Chapter Summaries

Lu Heng awakened the Small Five Elements Spirit Body, then used a King Heaven-Breaking Pill to break through from peak Nine-Star Dou King to One-Star Dou Emperor. Yue Mei and Hua She'er sensed his new aura outside the sealed stone door.

• Lu Heng found that the Green Lotus Core Flame had merged into his grayish-white sea of qi and could now emerge naturally with his Fire Attribute Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng sensed that he had reached peak Nine-Star Dou King and took the King Heaven-Breaking Pill to push through his bottleneck.
• Lu Heng broke through to One-Star Dou Emperor as a Five-Color Wheel formed within his sea of qi.
• Lu Heng tested his ability to switch between all five attributes and found that the Green Lotus Core Flame remained easy to summon.
• Yue Mei and Hua She'er sensed the pressure from behind the sealed stone door, and Hua She'er asked whether Lu Heng had broken through to Dou Emperor.

Lu Heng emerged from the Divine Temple as a sixteen-year-old One-Star Dou Emperor after Medusa’s successful evolution, leaving Yue Mei and the Snake-People Tribe’s elders stunned. He explained that Medusa needed several days of uninterrupted rest and went to find a quiet place to wait for her to wake.

• Yue Mei and Hua She'er reacted to Lu Heng’s breakthrough, while the Four Great Supreme Elders decided to obey the Queen’s command not to provoke him.
• Lu Heng examined his new Five Elements abilities and the information recorded in the Book of Destiny, then tucked the sleeping Little Heaven-Swallowing Python into his sleeve.
• Lu Heng told Yue Mei and Hua She'er that Medusa had successfully evolved into a One-Star Dou Zong but needed time for her soul to merge.
• Hua She'er asked to take Medusa, but Lu Heng refused, and Yue Mei persuaded Hua She'er to leave the Queen with him.
• Lu Heng headed for a quiet stone chamber and promised Yue Mei he would still repay the Snake-People Tribe with pills after Medusa woke.

Lu Heng cultivated in the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City while helping the elders understand the soul-fusion problem caused by Medusa’s evolution. Months later, as Lu Heng reached Three-Star Dou Emperor, the Little Heaven-Swallowing Python’s two souls began to fuse, signaling Medusa’s imminent awakening.

• Lu Heng found that his Small Five Elements Spirit Body and Five Elements Roulette automatically absorbed surrounding Five-Element Spiritual Energy at exceptional speed.
• Lu Heng told the four Supreme Elders that Medusa had become a One-Star Dou Zong but that her soul had not fully fused with the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s soul, and he said he needed a Soul Fusion Pill formula.
• Moro told Lu Heng that Medusa had instructed the Snake-People Tribe not to make things difficult for him and to become his friend, and Lu Heng agreed to stay until she awakened.
• Lu Heng spent several months cultivating, refining pills, and monitoring the sleeping Little Heaven-Swallowing Python, advancing to Three-Star Dou Emperor at age seventeen.
• The Little Heaven-Swallowing Python began twisting as her two soul consciousnesses drew together and fused, then a gentle ball of light enveloped her.

Medusa awakened as a One-Star Dou Zong after evolving, and Lu Heng offered to help her take the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert if she became his woman. She challenged him to defeat her before they discussed it, leaving Lu Heng eager to face her despite their difference in cultivation.

• Medusa transformed into human form in Lu Heng's arms, and he awkwardly realized she was naked before she woke.
• Medusa confirmed she had become a One-Star Dou Zong, then dressed in the red garments Yue Mei had left for her.
• Lu Heng told Medusa he had cared for her throughout her evolution, and she offered to be his if he joined the Snake-People Tribe.
• Lu Heng refused to give up the other women in his life, then offered to help the Snake-People Tribe leave the desert while Medusa remained its queen.
• Medusa told Lu Heng to defeat her before they discussed becoming his woman, and Hua She'er and Yue Mei welcomed her outside the chamber.
• Lu Heng considered the challenge as a Three-Star Dou Emperor facing a One-Star Dou Zong and smiled.

After Medusa broke through to Dou Zong, she told the elders that her unstable cultivation prevented her from leading the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert yet. Lu Heng decided to leave the Holy City, and Yue Mei asked him whether he was going.

• The Four Supreme Elders congratulated Medusa on reaching Dou Zong, and she said she would delay any war until her cultivation stabilized.
• Medusa warned the elders not to provoke Lu Heng and heard that he had refined pills for the tribe and helped Yue Mei stabilize her cultivation.
• The elders left as Medusa began stabilizing her cultivation, while Lu Heng concluded that his work in the Holy City was finished and planned to return to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yue Mei brought tea to Lu Heng and asked if he was leaving, and he confirmed that he was.

As Lu Heng prepared to leave the Snake-People Tribe, Yue Mei and Medusa spoke with him about their parting and his promise to return. Medusa asked him to visit the Divine Temple before he departed, while Hua She'er secretly watched him from a rooftop.

• Yue Mei asked Lu Heng whether they would meet again, and he assured her that Medusa would lead the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert and they would cross paths.
• Yue Mei teased Lu Heng about having several women after admitting she and Hua She'er had overheard his conversation with Medusa.
• Medusa joined Lu Heng beneath the moon and learned that he planned to leave for the Jia Ma Empire the next morning.
• Medusa reminded Lu Heng that he had to defeat her if he wanted to marry her, and Lu Heng promised to prove himself when they met again.
• Medusa told Lu Heng to come to the Divine Temple before leaving because she had something for him, while Hua She'er watched their exchange from a rooftop.

Lu Heng prepared to leave the Snake-People Tribe, and Medusa gave him a Supreme Elder Token, her treasured medicinal ingredients, and a drop of her Seventh-Rank blood essence. He offered Medusa a Clear Spirit Pill in return, and their parting was interrupted when the temple doors opened.

• Lu Heng went to the Divine Temple, where Medusa waited for him in red robes.
• Medusa gave Lu Heng a Supreme Elder Token that let him travel freely through Snake-People territory and mobilize its people.
• Medusa gave Lu Heng her collection of medicinal ingredients and a drop of her Seventh-Rank blood essence, despite the cost to her cultivation.
• Lu Heng accepted the gifts and gave Medusa a fifth-grade Clear Spirit Pill to suppress the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's consciousness for one day.
• The temple doors suddenly opened as Lu Heng was about to discuss their departure.

Queen Medusa learned that Gu He’s group was approaching the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City to negotiate for the Green Lotus Core Flame, unaware that Lu Heng had already absorbed it. She chose to meet them herself with Lu Heng beside her, while Gu He’s party reached the city and found its gates open and unguarded.

• Yue Mei reported that several powerful humans, including a possible Dou Emperor, were heading toward the Holy City, and Lu Heng recognized their leader as Gu He.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe not to stop the group and decided to face them without calling the elders.
• Lu Heng stayed with Queen Medusa, and she instructed Yue Mei to have Hua She’er maintain order while the other commanders continued their duties.
• Gu He led Yan Shi, Feng Li, Zhuo Kang, two attendants, and the cloaked Yun Yun toward the Holy City; Hai Bodong had declined to join them because he had promised Lu Heng to protect Ya Fei.
• Gu He’s group reached the city and found its gates open with no snake-person guards in sight.

Gu He and his companions entered the Holy City to offer Medusa pills in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but they discovered that she had reached Dou Zong. Lu Heng appeared beside Medusa, and he and Yun Yun recognized each other.

• Gu He led his group into the Holy City to negotiate with Medusa, offering a Seven-Grade Shape-Shifting Pill and two Sixth-Grade Dou Ling Pills for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa released her immense pressure over the group and descended through the air, revealing that she was a Dou Zong.
• Medusa told Lu Heng that Gu He wanted his Green Lotus Core Flame, and Lu Heng appeared beside her.
• Yun Yun recognized Lu Heng as the young man who had saved her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Lu Heng recognized her aura.
• Gu He raised the pills and pleaded for the deal, but Medusa replied that killing him would let her take the pills anyway.

Medusa slaughtered Gu He’s Dou King escorts and pursued the Pill King, while Lu Heng intervened to save Yun Yun. The chapter ended with Yun Yun recovering and Medusa dismissing the threat posed by Yun Shan, the former Misty Cloud Sect leader.

• Medusa killed Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Zhuo Kang, then turned on Gu He as he begged for his life.
• Yun Yun tried to protect Gu He, but Medusa’s attack overwhelmed her until Lu Heng blocked it and claimed Yun Yun as an old acquaintance.
• Medusa caught Gu He and pierced his dantian, killing the Pill King before taking his Storage Ring and pills.
• Lu Heng gave Yun Yun a Healing Pill, and she swallowed it and began recovering from her injuries.
• Medusa asked whether Yun Yun was one of Lu Heng’s women, and Lu Heng explained her identity and warned that Yun Shan was still alive.
• Medusa declared that as a Dou Zong, she had no reason to fear Yun Shan.

Lu Heng healed Yun Yun after Medusa spared her, then explained his connection to the Snake-People Tribe while refusing to reveal how he knew Yun Shan was alive. Lu Heng and Yun Yun agreed to travel together to the Jia Ma Empire, and he went to the Divine Temple to say goodbye to Medusa.

• Medusa returned to the Divine Temple after Lu Heng persuaded her not to kill Yun Yun, while Yun Yun overheard their conversation.
• Yun Yun recovered with Lu Heng's pill and questioned him about his knowledge of Yun Shan and his role in Medusa's breakthrough.
• Lu Heng refused to explain how he knew Yun Shan was alive, and Yun Yun thanked him for saving her twice.
• Lu Heng decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire and travel first to the Imperial Capital, and Yun Yun agreed to go with him.
• Lu Heng entered the Divine Temple to bid farewell to Medusa, who remarked that he had not looked at her so carefully when she was revived.

Lu Heng left the Snake-People Tribe with Yun Yun and headed toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range to retrieve Xiao Yi Xian, carrying a pill made to suppress her Woe Poison Physique. After parting from Yun Yun at the range’s edge, he flew toward the valley where he remembered Xiao Yi Xian living.

• Lu Heng told Medusa he was returning to the Jia Ma Empire and promised to find a way to obtain the Soul Fusion Pill.
• Lu Heng gave Hua She'er a Dou Ling Pill and Yue Mei a King Heaven-Breaking Pill as he departed the Divine Temple.
• Lu Heng and Yun Yun flew out of the desert, then turned south toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range so he could retrieve Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lu Heng and Yun Yun parted at the mountain range’s edge, and Yun Yun asked him to visit her at the Misty Cloud Sect when he reached the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Heng flew into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and headed for the valley where he remembered Xiao Yi Xian.

Lu Heng returned to Xiao Yi Xian's secluded valley and reunited with her. He revealed that he had refined the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill, which could suppress her poison physique for at least ten years, and they went inside so he could guide her in taking it.

• Lu Heng arrived at Xiao Yi Xian's valley, and the two embraced after their long separation.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian shared a kiss and teased each other before he turned serious.
• Lu Heng showed Xiao Yi Xian the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill and explained that it could seal her poison for at least ten years.
• Xiao Yi Xian wept with relief when Lu Heng confirmed the pill was real.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the cottage so he could guide her in taking the pill.

Lu Heng used a Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill and his Five Elements Dou Qi to seal Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Physique, stopping the Seven-Colored Hidden Line from growing. After the seal raised her cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Zhe, Xiao Yi Xian agreed to leave with Lu Heng and follow him for the rest of her life.

• Lu Heng guided the pill’s medicinal power through Xiao Yi Xian’s body and formed a Five Elements seal around her poison power.
• The seal stopped the Seven-Colored Hidden Line from spreading, and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation surged to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Lu Heng explained that the seal could suppress her poison until she reached Dou Zun, though she might need a stronger method afterward.
• Lu Heng asked Xiao Yi Xian to leave with him, mentioning that Sister Ya Fei missed her.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to follow Lu Heng for the rest of her life, then hurried out to cook for him.

Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian spent a quiet day together in the valley, where he told her about his journey and she promised to cultivate harder so she could help him. That night, Lu Heng gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, believing the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill had made it safe for her to cultivate its techniques.

• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian shared a meal, then walked hand in hand beside the stream.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian about visiting the Snake-People Tribe, helping Queen Medusa evolve, and reaching the Three-Star Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about Queen Medusa and Lu Heng’s relationship with her, then said she would work harder to cultivate and help him.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian spent the afternoon together, and Xiao Yi Xian cooked roasted fish for dinner.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, an inheritance he had kept from her until her poison physique was safely suppressed.

Xiao Yi Xian received the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture from Lu Heng and began studying its cultivation method for her Woe Poison Physique. After they spent the night together, they planned to leave for the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital once she mastered the first tier and stabilized her cultivation.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized that the ancient scroll described her Woe Poison Physique and contained techniques tailored to it.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture while Lu Heng cultivated nearby.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Lu Heng to stay, and they spent the night together in the cabin.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian secretly put away the stained bed sheet, but Lu Heng saw her and eased her soreness with his Wood Attribute Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian they would travel to the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital after she mastered the first tier and stabilized her cultivation.

Xiao Yi Xian mastered the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, advanced to One-Star Dou Master, and left her mountain cabin with Lu Heng for the Imperial Capital. There, Ya Fei worried about Lu Heng after hearing that Gu He and three Dou Wang experts had died in the Snake-People Tribe's territory, while Qing Lin reassured her that he would return safely.

• Xiao Yi Xian mastered the poison-energy techniques in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture after three days of cultivation and four days of practice.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian a Yuan-Gathering Pill, and she advanced from Nine-Star Dou Zhe to One-Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yi Xian packed her belongings, left her cabin with Lu Heng, and flew with him toward the Imperial Capital.
• Ya Fei worried about Lu Heng after learning that Gu He, Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Bing Zhuokang had died in the Snake-People Tribe's territory.
• Qing Lin brought Ya Fei fresh tea and reassured her that Lu Heng was strong and would return safely.

Ya Fei, Zi Yan, and Han Yue waited and worried about Lu Heng during his long absence. Lu Heng returned to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian, intending to pursue the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and address the danger posed by Yun Shan and Protector Wu.

• Ya Fei reached Nine-Star Da Dou Shi while Hai Bodong approached a breakthrough to Six-Star Dou Emperor, and both awaited Lu Heng's return.
• Zi Yan missed Lu Heng and his pills, while Han Yue reassured her that he would come back.
• Han Yue told Zi Yan she would get lost if she left Jia Nan Academy to search for Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng carried sleeping Xiao Yi Xian toward the Imperial Capital and considered obtaining the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and visiting Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lu Heng worried that Yun Shan could join forces with Protector Wu and resolved to handle matters one at a time as the Imperial Capital came into view.

Lu Heng returned to the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian and brought her to the Miteer Auction House, where he had once lived under Ya Fei’s care. Ya Fei agreed to search for a Fifth-Rank-or-higher alchemist to treat Nalan Yanran’s poisoned grandfather, though she could not promise to find one.

• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Imperial Capital, and he recalled how Ya Fei had taken him in as a child.
• Lu Heng led Xiao Yi Xian to the Miteer Auction House and told her it was Ya Fei’s home.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ya Fei to find an alchemist of at least Fifth-Rank to treat her poisoned grandfather.
• Ya Fei agreed to make inquiries but warned Nalan Yanran that alchemists of that rank were rare.

Lu Heng returned to the Imperial Capital and reunited with Ya Fei, whose public embrace sparked rumors that he was her sweetheart. After Ya Fei dismissed the gossip, Lu Heng asked why Nalan Yanran had visited, intending to obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.

• Ya Fei recognized Lu Heng outside the auction house and rushed down to embrace him while Nalan Yanran watched in shock.
• Ya Fei greeted Xiao Yi Xian, then took her and Lu Heng inside the Mittel Family grounds.
• Auction house attendants spread news of Ya Fei's embrace, and rumors about her sweetheart swept through the Imperial Capital.
• Qing Lin welcomed Lu Heng and told him that Ya Fei had worried about him while Old Hai pursued a breakthrough.
• A steward reported that several families were asking about Lu Heng, but Ya Fei told him to let the rumors spread.
• Lu Heng asked Ya Fei what Nalan Yanran had come to see her for, hoping to obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.