Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu arrived at the Iron Mercenary Group’s tests and agreed to spar with Xiao Li, revealing to the onlookers that he had reached the Dou Master level. Their fight began in the arena, where Xiao Ding noticed that Xiao Yu’s speed and aura seemed unusual as the pair clashed.

• Xiao Yu arrived at the Training Ground with Qing Lin and greeted Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xue Lan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Die on the high platform.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Yu to a match, and Xiao Ding and Xue Lan urged Xiao Yu to beat him while teasing them about their relationship.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Xiao Yu was already a Dou Master, surprising Xue Lan, while Xiao Ding compared his talent to Xiao Yan’s.
• Xiao Li entered the arena with his spear, and Xiao Yu took the Ink Scale Sword from Qing Lin before both fighters formed Dou Qi Gauze.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Yu charged at each other, and their weapons clashed as Xiao Ding sensed that Xiao Yu’s movement and aura were unusual.

Xiao Yu fought Xiao Li in the arena and deliberately pushed him to break through to five-star Dou Master. Xiao Yu then defeated Xiao Li, who admitted defeat, and they returned to the platform.

• Xiao Li attacked Xiao Yu with his lightning-charged spear, but Xiao Yu avoided the current and countered with Mo Scale.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Li exchanged increasingly fierce attacks, while Xiao Ding realized Xiao Yu was helping Xiao Li break through.
• Xiao Li broke through to five-star Dou Master during the fight and unleashed Thunder Arc Triple Dance.
• Xiao Yu struck Xiao Li with Wind Demon Nine Fingers, forcing him back more than ten meters.
• Xiao Li admitted defeat, and Xiao Yu returned with him to the platform as the mercenaries reacted to the outcome.

Yue Mei visited Mo Bass to discuss Die’s disappearance and learned that the Elder Council had tried to order her killed, while Mo Bass refused. After Yue Mei encountered Gu He’s party in the desert, she tried to flee when they revealed they had come seeking the Heavenly Flame.

• Yue Mei met Mo Bass at the Ink Serpent Tribe and told him that the Queen’s younger sister, Die, was missing.
• Mo Bass said he had refused the Elder Council’s order to kill Die and warned that other tribes might still carry it out.
• Mo Bass told Yue Mei not to disturb the Queen, who was receiving her inheritance and searching for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yue Mei encountered Gu He’s group of three Dou Wangs and five Dou Lings in the desert, and Gu He said he wanted to bargain with the Queen for information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Yue Mei pretended she would notify the Queen, then tried to escape, but Feng Li swiftly blocked her path.

Yue Mei fought Feng Li and Yan Shi before Yun Yun captured her as she tried to escape. When powerful auras erupted to the north, Gu He headed toward Queen Medusa, while Xiao Yu revealed to his brothers that he was a Tier-Two Alchemist and set out to investigate a Heavenly Flame.

• Yue Mei battled Feng Li and Yan Shi, then used Snake Technique: Division to flee as energy serpents.
• Yun Yun intercepted Yue Mei, revealed herself as a Dou Emperor, and captured her for Gu He.
• Gu He refused Yan Shi’s suggestion to torture Yue Mei and decided to question other Snake People tribes instead.
• Gu He’s group sensed two Dou Emperor auras to the north, and Yue Mei recognized one as Queen Medusa’s before Gu He ordered the flying beast north.
• Xiao Yu sensed a Heavenly Flame east of Stone Desert City and told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he was an alchemist, with Xiao Yi Xian confirming he was Tier Two.

Xiao Yu set out with Cai Die to investigate a powerful aura in the desert, while those in Stone Desert City mistook his flight technique for the wings of a Dou Wang. At the crater, three black-robed figures hovered over the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Yu convinced Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to let him investigate the possible Heavenly Flame, then agreed to bring Cai Die after she sensed her sister's aura and Qing Lin detected a similar bloodline aura.
• Xiao Yu flew away carrying Cai Die with his Purple Cloud Wings, shocking Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the nearby mercenary groups, who mistook him for a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yu questioned Cai Die about recognizing her sister despite her lost memories, and she said the aura simply felt familiar and made her think of her sister.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Die reached a vast crater with a scorching magma cavern beneath an icy surface, where three black-robed figures hovered above the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Hai Bodong confronted Queen Medusa over a map fragment and fought her in the sky. Medusa sealed his Dou Qi with the Serpent Seal Curse, reducing his strength to the Dou Ling realm.

• Hai Bodong demanded the map fragment from Queen Medusa, while she insisted it belonged to her Snake People Clan.
• Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa fought with ice and poison as the Snake People Clan Elders endured the shockwaves.
• Hai Bodong noticed human auras approaching and hoped to escape amid the confusion, but Queen Medusa attacked with the Serpent Seal Curse.
• The Serpent Mark struck Hai Bodong's forehead and sealed his Dou Qi, reducing his strength to the Dou Ling realm.

After Queen Medusa fled, Cai Die remembered that she was the Queen’s younger sister, and Xiao Yu’s attempt to hide her from Gu He’s party failed. Xiao Yu faced Yan Shi and Feng Li while Yun Yun recognized him, leaving their reunion tense and Cai Die’s identity exposed.

• Queen Medusa retreated with the two Elders, while Hai Bodong fled to Stone Desert City after her seal weakened and poisoned him.
• Cai Die recalled that she was Queen Medusa’s younger sister and seemed to have escaped from the Snake People Clan’s temple.
• Gu He’s group investigated the magma cavern, found snake scales, and suspected Queen Medusa had sought the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Cai Die’s exposed aura alerted Yan Shi and Feng Li, who attacked Xiao Yu’s hiding place and demanded that he hand her over.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yu but denied knowing him, while Yue Mei realized Cai Die was the Queen’s younger sister.

Xiao Yu warned Gu He and his companions about Queen Medusa’s power, then agreed to take Cai Die into Snake People territory so she could check on her sister. They reached the temple, where Mo Bass arrived to request an audience with the queen.

• Xiao Yu told Gu He that Queen Medusa had cursed Hai Bodong and forced him to flee, prompting Yun Yun and the others to head for the Snake People Clan.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Yu to leave the desert, and Cai Die asked him to take her to the Snake People Clan to check on her sister.
• Xiao Yu agreed to take Cai Die on the condition that she obey him, then carried her toward the temple with his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Die reached the city near the temple and hid from the patrols while he waited for Gu He’s group.
• Mo Bass flew to the temple and requested an audience with Her Majesty the Queen, who told him to enter.

Queen Medusa refused Gu He’s offer to trade for the Heavenly Flames, and the two sides began fighting outside the temple. As Gu He moved toward the temple, Xiao Yu seized the chaos to take Cai Die inside, while Hua She’er appeared to stop Gu He.

• Mo Bass told Queen Medusa that Yue Mei had been captured and that Die’s trail had been lost, and Queen Medusa ordered the Snake People leaders and Elders to gather.
• Gu He demanded the Heavenly Flames and offered two sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills and one seventh-grade Transformation Pill, but Queen Medusa refused to trade.
• Yun Yun, Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li attacked Queen Medusa and the Snake People Elders as the battle erupted above the city wall.
• Gu He headed for the temple while Snake People guards rushed to stop him, and Xiao Yu used the distraction to grab Cai Die and dash inside.
• Hua She’er flew out of the temple and forced Gu He to retreat from a flying snake spear.

Xiao Yu and Cai Die infiltrated the Snake People Clan’s temple while Gu He and Hua She'er fought outside. They reached a lake guarding the island where the Heavenly Flames were hidden, and a giant serpent emerged and bowed before Cai Die.

• Gu He and Hua She'er fought near the temple as Yun Yun and Queen Medusa drew their battle away from the Snake People city.
• Xiao Yu entered the temple with Cai Die, but the system said he had to see the Heavenly Flames before he could complete the Sign-in.
• Snake People guards mistook Cai Die for Queen Medusa and obeyed her, allowing the pair to reach the eastern temple.
• Xiao Yu swallowed a Transformation Snake Pill, and Cai Die used her apparent royal status to send the temple guards outside.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Die reached the lake and saw a giant emerald-scaled serpent rise from the water and bow to Cai Die.

Xiao Yu and Cai Die reached the Green Lotus Core Flame on the island, where Cai Die mysteriously removed its barrier and transformed into a giant red snake. Queen Medusa arrived as the flame swallowed Cai Die, then struck Xiao Yu into it as well.

• Cai Die used her bloodline to persuade the giant snake to carry her and Xiao Yu to the island.
• Xiao Yu found the Green Lotus Core Flame above an Ice Spirit Cold Spring and received it as a system sign-in reward.
• Cai Die formed hand seals that removed the flame's barrier, while Queen Medusa sensed the change and wounded Yun Yun as she rushed toward the island.
• Cai Die broke free of Xiao Yu's grasp, transformed into a giant red snake, and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, which swallowed her.
• Queen Medusa enclosed the island in an energy barrier and struck Xiao Yu into the Green Lotus Core Flame as Yun Yun arrived and saw him swallowed.

Gu He and his companions retreated after the Snake People leaders arrived, while Queen Medusa and Cai Die endured the Green Lotus Core Flame’s painful evolution with Xiao Yu trapped between them. Xiao Yu’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame emerged and divided the flames between the two sisters, sending the evolution in an uncontrollable direction.

• The Snake People leaders arrived, and Gu He ordered Yan Shi and Feng Li to retreat with the injured Yun Yun.
• Yan Shi threw Yue Mei toward Mo Bass, who stopped pursuing the departing humans and caught her.
• The Snake People Grand Elder told the leaders not to chase the invaders and to guard Cai Die’s critical evolution instead.
• Cai Die suffered as the Green Lotus Core Flame burned her body, and Queen Medusa entered the flames in her serpent form to share her sister’s pain.
• Xiao Yu’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame emerged and swallowed Queen Medusa while the Green Lotus Core Flame continued to envelop Cai Die.

Cai Die and Queen Medusa endured the Heavenly Flames and successfully evolved, drawing lightning tribulations that Xiao Yu absorbed to raise his cultivation. The chapter ended as their charred bodies burst apart and their powerful auras spread across the city.

• Cai Die and Queen Medusa fell still inside the Heavenly Flames, prompting the Snake People to fear that their Queen had died.
• Dark clouds gathered, and a silver lightning bolt struck Cai Die and Xiao Yu, helping Xiao Yu break through to the Nine-Star Dou Master realm.
• Purple lightning struck Medusa, and Xiao Yu absorbed its energy while suppressing a breakthrough to Da Dou Shi until he could leave the Snake People’s territory.
• The lightning clouds dispersed, and Xiao Yu saw the charred skins of Cai Die and Queen Medusa begin to crack and peel away.
• Cai Die and Queen Medusa burst from their charred bodies, releasing powerful auras that made the Snake People cheer.

Xiao Yu escaped the collapsing barrier with the Green Lotus Core Flame and the newly reborn Cai Die and Medusa, but the Snake People Clan’s leaders pursued him across the desert. He stopped to face the seven Dou Wangs, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Cai Die and Medusa approached Xiao Yu, accepted Amethyst Source, and hid in his sleeves as the barrier began to crack.
• Xiao Yu placed the Green Lotus Core Flame in its lotus pedestal and fled when the barrier shattered, using the escaping mist to conceal his escape.
• The Snake People Clan’s Elders found the ruined island and learned that Queen Medusa and the Heavenly Flame’s auras had vanished.
• Yan Ci and six other Snake People Clan leaders pursued Xiao Yu as he flew away with his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yu stopped in the desert, and Mo Bass taunted him as the seven Dou Wangs halted nearby.

Xiao Yu broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm while facing seven Snake People Clan Dou Wangs, triggering a powerful Heavenly Tribulation. He turned the tribulation against his pursuers, and the chapter ended as three bolts struck all eight of them, injuring Xiao Yu as well as the seven Dou Wangs.

• Xiao Yu taunted the seven Snake People Clan Dou Wangs, put the two little ones into his Storage Ring, and prepared to fight with Mo Scale behind him.
• Xiao Yu stopped suppressing his cultivation and broke through into the Da Dou Shi realm, causing dark Heavenly Tribulation clouds to gather overhead.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he had drawn the Heavenly Tribulation and made the Snake People Clan Dou Wangs realize they were also being targeted if they entered its range.
• Xiao Yu flew into the first lightning bolt and absorbed its power before chasing the fleeing Dou Wangs beneath the tribulation clouds.
• The tribulation struck the seven Dou Wangs, injuring them, and then sent three bolts down at once, wounding Xiao Yu and the seven pursuers.

Xiao Yu endured the Heavenly Tribulation and emerged as a three-star Da Dou Shi, then spared the unconscious Snake People Clan experts at Cai Die and Medusa’s request. He flew toward the magma cave where he planned to refine the Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yu taunted the fleeing Snake People Clan experts as he drew them beneath his Heavenly Tribulation, while the clan’s three Elders chose to focus on calming their people.
• Xiao Yu’s lightning struck the seven Dou Wangs, leaving them badly injured and unconscious, before the final bolt buried him beneath the sand.
• Xiao Yu absorbed the lightning’s energy and advanced to a three-star Da Dou Shi as the charred outer layer fell away and his body recovered.
• Xiao Yu prepared to kill the unconscious Dou Wangs, but Cai Die and Medusa stopped him, and he agreed to spare them.
• Xiao Yu fed Cai Die and Medusa Amethyst Source, then flew toward the cave beneath the magma to refine the Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yu fought the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in the Magma cavern, then spent seven days refining the Green Lotus Core Flame while sparring with the beast. He gained control of the new Heavenly Flame, while the snake remained furious and waited nearby.

• Xiao Yu flew over the Magma lake and provoked the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with a sword strike.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged and hesitated when it sensed Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but attacked after Xiao Yu withdrew the flame.
• Xiao Yu exchanged blows with the snake, dodging its tail and molten pillars while using Heavenly Flames to shield himself.
• Xiao Yu sat on a stone pillar, surrounded himself with a curtain of Heavenly Flames, and began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame as the snake circled nearby.
• Xiao Yu spent seven days refining the Green Lotus Core Flame and sparring with the snake, then sensed the new Green Lotus Heart Fire alongside Bone Spirit Cold Flame within his body.

Xiao Yu fought the Fire Spirit Snake beneath the Magma while Xiao Ding and the others searched the desert for the hidden cave. As the Iron Mercenary Group began surveying the buried entrance, Mo Xing defied Luo Bu’s warning and went to investigate.

• Xiao Yu pursued the Fire Spirit Snake into the Magma, using the Green Lotus Core Flame to protect himself as they battled beneath the surface.
• Guided by Qing Lin’s bloodline sense, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Iron Mercenary Group found the buried site of the disturbance and began searching for an underground passage.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Li that Luo Bu had sent gifts after learning Xiao Yu was his younger brother, and Xiao Li admitted he had returned them unopened.
• Xiao Ding sent Xue Lan back to Stone Desert City to bring terrain experts while the others guarded the site.
• Luo Bu rejected Mo Xing’s suggestion to investigate, but Mo Xing left with a Sand Mercenary Group party to follow Xue Lan and the others.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li dealt with Mo Xing after he brought Sand Mercenary Group members to the Iron Mercenary Group’s search site without Luo Bu’s permission. The searchers found a buried cave entrance, and Xiao Li prepared to explore it with several men as Qing Lin volunteered to join them.

• Xue Lan arrived with the Iron Mercenary Group, and Xiao Ding ordered the members to search the area.
• Mo Xing arrived with Sand Mercenary Group members and challenged the Iron Mercenary Group’s work; Xiao Ding realized Mo Xing had likely acted without Luo Bu’s orders.
• Xiao Li pointed his Tungsten Steel Spear at Mo Xing, but Luo Bu arrived, apologized, and took Mo Xing and his men away.
• A mercenary reported that the Third Squad had found traces of buried passageways, and Xiao Ding and the others followed him to a small cave opening.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li decided that Xiao Li would scout the cave with several men, and Qing Lin timidly asked to go with him.

Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin followed the strongest traces of aura into a fiery cavern, where the Fire Spirit Snake attacked them. Qing Lin’s eyes awakened a strange power that froze the snake, just as Xiao Yu emerged from the Magma.

• Xiao Li led Qing Lin and several members into the underground passages, and Qing Lin sensed that the strongest aura came from a passage to the left.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Yi Xian joined the group, and they followed the passage as its Fire Attribute energy grew hotter.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reached a Magma lake while the others withdrew or stayed behind.
• The Fire Spirit Snake burst from the Magma and lunged at Qing Lin, but three green flowers appeared beside her jade-green pupils and their light froze the snake.
• Another explosion sounded from the Magma, and Xiao Yu leaped out.