Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu reunited with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin in the magma cavern, where Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils formed a master-servant contract with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. The group learned the snake now obeyed Qing Lin, and Xiao Yu revealed that he had obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and could help Xiao Yi Xian refine the poison pill.

• Xiao Yu recognized Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in the magma, then stopped himself from attacking the Fire Spirit Snake when Qing Lin’s pupils immobilized it.
• Qing Lin’s eyes marked the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with green flowers, forming a contract, and she fainted from mental exhaustion before Xiao Yu caught her.
• Xiao Yu explained that the snake was a fourth-rank magical beast and showed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li the Green Lotus Core Flame, then told Xiao Yi Xian he could help refine the poison pill.
• Xiao Yu explained Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and gave her a healing pill; Qing Lin woke and confirmed that she had controlled the snake.
• Qing Lin called the Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li saw that it obeyed her.

Xiao Yu collected the treasures beneath the lava cavern and returned to Shi Mo City with the others. The next morning, he revealed that Cai Die and her sister Medusa had evolved into tiny snakes, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li frightened to learn that one was Queen Medusa.

• Qing Lin directed Xiao Yu to the Heavenly Flame's birthplace, where he cut down the green lotus platform and collected the Earthfire Lotus Seeds.
• Qing Lin recalled the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into her sleeve, and the group left the cavern and returned to Shi Mo City.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hosted a drinking gathering for Xiao Yu, and Qing Lin carried the drunk Xiao Yu to his room before kissing his cheek.
• The next morning, Xiao Yu showed Xiao Li the two little snakes and explained that Cai Die and her sister Medusa had evolved after devouring the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learned that the little snake named Medusa was the Snake People Clan's Queen Medusa and backed away in alarm.

Xiao Yu prepared to refine a poison pill for Xiao Yi Xian and reassured her about the risks of her Calamity Poison Body. As they began the procedure, Mo Cheng arrived near Shi Mo City, spotted Qing Lin’s unusual eyes, and ordered his men to follow her.

• Xiao Yu explained that Medusa had lost her memories, then arranged for a secluded eastern hall where he would refine the poison pill for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yu received a new sign-in location at Hai Bodong’s location in Desert City and cultivated on his lotus platform through the night.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she feared losing control of her Calamity Poison Body, and Xiao Yu warned her that the poison pill procedure might require her to remove her clothes.
• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yi Xian to the eastern hall to begin refining the poison pill.
• Mo Cheng led Mo Family members to Shi Mo City seeking snake women, then recognized Qing Lin’s jade-green pupils and suspected she had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Mo Cheng ordered his men to follow Qing Lin as she searched the desert for medicinal herbs.

After waking at the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun mourned Xiao Yu and grew intent on killing Medusa, then prepared to enter prolonged seclusion. Nalan Yanran took on responsibility for the sect while Liu Ling vowed to win the upcoming Alchemist Tournament.

• Yun Yun woke in her chambers beside Nalan Yanran and asked to see Gu He, revealing her anger toward Medusa.
• Gu He told Yun Yun that spies believed Medusa might have failed to evolve, but the Heavenly Flames had disappeared; Yun Yun insisted Medusa was not dead and left.
• Gu He encouraged Liu Ling to aim for first place in the Alchemist Tournament, warning him that Little Princess Yue'er would also compete.
• Yun Yun assigned Nalan Yanran to manage sect affairs with Yun Leng and gave her a jade token to summon her if necessary.
• Yun Yun flew to the rear mountain's forbidden area to cultivate, while Nalan Yanran resolved to train for the Three Year Pact.

Xiao Yu used the Poison Pill Method to gather Xiao Yi Xian’s toxic gas and refine it into a poison pill, with the first stage succeeding. Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes as Xiao Yu began to bleed from his nose.

• Xiao Yu prepared the Poria Formation, Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s purple flame, a Crimson Flame Snake core, and Life Spirit Liquid for the refinement.
• Xiao Yi Xian removed her clothes and agreed to endure the painful process as Xiao Yu began using the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yu used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame to gather and bind the poison mist in Xiao Yi Xian’s dantian.
• Xiao Yu inserted the magical beast core and Life Spirit Liquid, then told Xiao Yi Xian to gather her Dou Qi and form the poison pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s Dou Qi helped the toxic gas swallow the core and form a poison pill, completing the first stage of the method.
• Xiao Yu said he had fulfilled his mission, then got a nosebleed as Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes.

Mo Cheng ambushed Qing Lin in the desert and tried to seize her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Her Fire Spirit Snake fought to protect her, but Mo Cheng severely injured it, leaving Qing Lin to vow that Xiao Yu would avenge her.

• Mo Cheng's group intercepted Qing Lin and tried to lure her into handing over her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• When Qing Lin refused to go with Mo Cheng, he ordered his men to seize her, and her Fire Spirit Snake knocked them away.
• Mo Cheng revealed that he wanted Qing Lin's eyes so he could use them to control powerful magical beasts, then attacked her and the Fire Spirit Snake.
• Mo Cheng's transformed arm overwhelmed the Fire Spirit Snake's magma attack and struck it down, severely injuring it.
• Qing Lin rushed to the Fire Spirit Snake as it shrank into her sleeve, then warned Mo Cheng that Xiao Yu would avenge her; Mo Cheng invited Xiao Yu to come to the Mo Family.

Xiao Yu helped Xiao Yi Xian complete her poison pill, then learned that the Mo Family had kidnapped Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He set out to rescue her, first flying to Desert City to prepare for the journey to Yan City.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yi Xian that her poison pill could support her cultivation up to the Dou Emperor realm and promised to help refine stronger pills in the future.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yu that Qing Lin had disappeared, and Xiao Yu identified the Mo Family as her captors because they wanted her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yu received a system mission to help Hai Bodong lift his seal, with a check-in location in Desert City and a reward of three Cultivation Boost Cards.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yi Xian that he would go to Yan City, then flew toward Desert City to prepare.

Green Man and White Fang traced the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to the Mo Family residence in Yan City, while Xiao Yu reached Desert City and found Hai Bodong at Ancient Map. Xiao Yu received a Po E Dan and prepared to negotiate for Hai Bodong’s map fragment.

• White Fang sensed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in Yan City, and Green Man entered the Mo Family residence to search for their owner.
• Xiao Yu returned to Desert City after nearly four months and went to the Ancient Map shop to find Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yu received a Po E Dan from the system and resolved to obtain Hai Bodong’s map fragment.

Xiao Yu confronted Hai Bodong with a way to break Medusa’s seal and offered him a Po E Dan. After Hai Bodong agreed to hear his terms, Xiao Yu demanded the map Hai Bodong had obtained from Medusa.

• Xiao Yu entered Hai Bodong’s shop and revealed that he knew about the Serpent Seal Curse weakening Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yu told Hai Bodong that the Po E Dan could lift the seal, while Hai Bodong doubted Xiao Yu could obtain or refine the pill.
• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong clashed with their Dou Qi, and Hai Bodong realized Xiao Yu was also a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yu showed Hai Bodong a Po E Dan, then put it away before Hai Bodong could inspect it.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Yu to state his conditions, and Xiao Yu demanded the map Hai Bodong had obtained from Medusa.

Xiao Yu traded a Po E Dan for Hai Bodong’s fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then helped him break Medusa’s seal and regain his Dou Emperor strength. As Xiao Yu prepared to leave for the Mo Family with three new Cultivation Boost Cards, Hai Bodong stopped him.

• Xiao Yu persuaded Hai Bodong to trade the map for the Po E Dan and warned him against trying to learn more about the map or Xiao Yu’s backing.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yu the fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Yu handed him the pill.
• Xiao Yu accompanied Hai Bodong to his ice cellar, where Hai Bodong swallowed the Po E Dan to remove the seal.
• Medusa sprang from Xiao Yu’s sleeve and swallowed the expelled snake mark while Hai Bodong was recovering.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor strength, and Xiao Yu received three Cultivation Boost Cards from the system.
• Xiao Yu prepared to leave for the Mo Family, but Hai Bodong called after him, prompting Xiao Yu to ready a Cultivation Boost Card.

Xiao Yu negotiated with Hai Bodong to serve as his guard for one year in exchange for refining three Sixth Grade Pills. He then set off with Hai Bodong for Yan City to confront the Mo Family.

• Xiao Yu agreed to refine pills for Hai Bodong’s teacher in exchange for Hai Bodong guarding him for a year, and they settled on three pills with Xiao Yu supplying most of the ingredients.
• Xiao Yu told Hai Bodong that the Mo Family had provoked him and asked him to accompany him to Yan City.
• Hai Bodong agreed to go with Xiao Yu and dismissed the Mo Family’s ties to the Misty Cloud Sect as no reason to fear them.
• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong flew through the night toward Yan City, with Hai Bodong guiding the way.

Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong arrived in Yan City and prepared to confront the Mo Family at its Great Elder’s birthday celebration. As Mo Cheng plotted to seize Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and target Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yu encountered the Mo Family’s spoiled Second Miss, Ling Lin, while seeking an inn room.

• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong landed near Yan City, where Hai Bodong sensed a powerful aura in the forest; White Fang watched them and worried about Green Man inside the city.
• Green Man searched the Mo Family estate for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils but found only secret laboratories for transplanting magical beast parts.
• Mo Cheng learned Qing Lin possessed the legendary pupils and ordered Mo Lin to guard her until the transplant after his birthday celebration; he also ordered his men to target Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong entered Yan City and planned to force the Mo Family to hand over Qing Lin at the next day’s celebration.
• At the Mo Suo Flower Garden, Xiao Yu showed his Second-grade Alchemist badge to seek a room, but Ling Lin arrived and claimed that she alone decided who could stay.

Xiao Yu accepted Mo Feng’s offer of luxurious rooms after Ling Lin and the Mo Family backed down from their dispute. Nalan Yanran arrived in Yan City and was lodged across from Xiao Yu, but neither recognized the other.

• The maid warned Ling Lin that Xiao Yu was a Second-grade Alchemist, and Mo Feng offered him and Hai Bodong the inn’s two most luxurious rooms.
• Xiao Yu accepted Mo Feng’s offer and went upstairs with Hai Bodong, while Ling Lin told the young men with her to stop asking about Xiao Yu.
• Nalan Yanran arrived with Ge Ye, and Ling Lin greeted them and offered to arrange a luxurious room.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yu briefly saw each other outside their rooms, but she did not recognize the black-robed Xiao Yu.
• Mo Feng led Nalan Yanran to the room opposite Xiao Yu’s.

Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong discussed Nalan Yanran’s arrival and whether Yun Shan was still alive before preparing to storm the Mo Family estate. Xiao Yu used a Cultivation Boost Card to raise his strength to peak Nine Star Dou Emperor, leaving Hai Bodong stunned as they set out to attack.

• Xiao Yu told Hai Bodong that Nalan Yanran had arrived, and Hai Bodong questioned why the Misty Cloud Sect had sent her to the Mo Family.
• Hai Bodong revealed his suspicion that Yun Shan had faked his death, and Xiao Yu hinted that Yun Shan might soon reappear.
• Xiao Yu cultivated through the night, then joined Hai Bodong outside the Mo Family estate and rejected the idea of sneaking in.
• Xiao Yu activated the Cultivation Boost Card and surged from Da Dou Shi to peak Nine Star Dou Emperor, telling Hai Bodong the boost would cost him his cultivation for three days.
• Hai Bodong watched Xiao Yu suppress his power at Nine Star Dou Emperor and asked what his cultivation had become.

Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong arrived at the Mo Family’s crowded birthday celebration, where Mo Cheng displayed his growing influence and welcomed Nalan Yanran and other powerful guests. Xiao Yu smashed through the gates and demanded that Mo Cheng return the little girl the Mo Family had captured, leaving the hall stunned and Nalan Yanran unsettled by his familiar voice.

• Mo Cheng welcomed Lord Bo Er, Lord Ye Cong, and other eastern provincial leaders at his birthday celebration.
• Nalan Yanran and Elder Ge Ye arrived, and Mo Cheng seated them in the place of honor.
• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong reached the Mo Family estate, where Xiao Yu rejected the guards’ demand for an invitation and blasted them through the gates.
• Mo Cheng confronted the black-robed Xiao Yu, who demanded the release of the little girl and declared that Mo Cheng was unqualified to negotiate.
• Xiao Yu insulted Mo Cheng as a dog of the Misty Cloud Sect, while Nalan Yanran recognized something familiar in his voice.

Xiao Yu confronted the Mo Family over the little girl its Great Elder had captured and revealed overwhelming Dou Emperor strength. After killing Mo Cheng, he gave the family ten minutes to bring the girl to him, leaving Mo Lan scrambling to comply.

• Mo Cheng unleashed his aura and ordered the Mo Family experts to attack Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yu's bone-white flame burned the charging Mo Family members to white powder, and he struck Mo Cheng down and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Yu to spare Mo Cheng, but Xiao Yu rejected his plea and sent Ge Ye flying with a single wave.
• Mo Lan arrived and, after hearing Xiao Yu's demand for the captured little girl, ordered his subordinates to bring her over.
• Mo Cheng tried to stop Mo Lan, but Xiao Yu crushed Mo Cheng's head beneath his foot.

After Xiao Yu killed Mo Cheng, Mo Lan submitted to him while Nalan Yanran challenged him on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect. The Misty Cloud Sect party left, but the servant sent for Qing Lin returned saying she had vanished in a demonic wind.

• Mo Lan ordered his subordinates to bring Qing Lin to Xiao Yu, while Mo Feng and Ling Lin hid that they recognized him from their inn.
• Nalan Yanran warned Xiao Yu that killing Mo Cheng had damaged the Misty Cloud Sect's reputation and accused him of concealing his identity out of fear.
• Xiao Yu dismissed the Misty Cloud Sect's threat and burned Mo Cheng's corpse to ashes with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yu threatened to kill Nalan Yanran if she continued interfering, so Ge Ye took her away and said the Misty Cloud Sect would remember the incident.
• A guard returned without Qing Lin and reported that a demonic wind had swept over her and she had disappeared.

Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong pursued Green Man after she took Qing Lin from the Mo Family, and Xiao Yu stopped her in the forest outside Yan City. Green Man refused to surrender Qing Lin and summoned the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, leaving Xiao Yu smiling as it arrived.

• Mo Lan learned Mo Cheng was dead, while Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong left the Mo Family estate and revealed themselves as Dou Emperors to Yan City.
• Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye saw the two Dou Emperors flying away and decided to investigate before returning.
• Green Man fled Yan City with Qing Lin, but Xiao Yu sensed her aura and pursued her with Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yu appeared in front of Green Man and demanded Qing Lin, but Green Man refused to give her up.
• Green Man whistled for help, and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor flew out of the forest as Hai Bodong recognized it.

Xiao Yu reclaimed Qing Lin from Green Man and revealed power that reached the Dou Zong level, forcing Green Man and White Fang to abandon their attempt to take her. He then singled out White Fang for a fight and lashed him with a whip of Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Green Man and White Fang confirmed that Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and planned to take her back to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Yu took Qing Lin from Green Man, while Hai Bodong fought White Fang to keep him from interfering.
• Green Man attacked Xiao Yu, but he easily destroyed her vine fist and stopped her next assault by unleashing Dou Zong-level power over the surrounding space.
• Green Man apologized and gave up on taking Qing Lin after Xiao Yu released his spatial suppression.
• Xiao Yu challenged White Fang and struck him with a Bone Spirit Cold Flame whip until the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor begged him to stop.

Xiao Yu rescued Qing Lin and agreed to let her train at Heavenly Snake Mansion for two years, warning Green Man and White Fang to protect her. After Qing Lin left with them, Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong flew away as Jia Xingtian approached.

• Xiao Yu woke Qing Lin and comforted her after telling her he had killed her captors.
• Green Man asked to speak with Qing Lin, and Xiao Yu let Qing Lin choose whether to go with her.
• Qing Lin decided to join Heavenly Snake Mansion for two years so she could grow stronger, and Xiao Yu agreed while threatening Green Man and White Fang if they harmed her.
• Qing Lin left with Green Man and White Fang, and Xiao Yu gave her Black Scale as a keepsake.
• Hai Bodong sensed Jia Xingtian approaching, so he and Xiao Yu flew away while Nalan Yanran watched them leave.