Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang and Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Core Flame deep in the magma, and Old Yao said it was suitable for Xiao Yan to absorb. They cautiously approached the blue lotus while Xiao Yan remained wary of Chu Yang.

• As the magma turned blue, Chu Yang spotted a blue lotus and Old Yao identified it as the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Old Yao said the nineteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame was suitable for Xiao Yan and warned him to be careful as they approached.
• Xiao Yan grew suspicious of Chu Yang, who reassured him that neither of them could afford to betray the other there.
• Chu Yang and Xiao Yan entered the blue radiance and saw the lotus’s petals, platform, and energy-draining tendrils.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan not to touch the tendrils, then told them the thousand-year-old lotus should have condensed the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Chu Yang slowly swam toward the lotus, keeping apart as Xiao Yan remained cautious.

Chu Yang and Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Platform empty, but Old Yao identified a seven-colored snake scale as proof that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame. They decided to pursue her, and Old Yao stopped Xiao Yan from leaving without collecting the valuable platform and its lotus seeds.

• Xiao Yan discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame was missing and lost his composure until Old Yao calmed him down.
• Old Yao found a seven-colored snake scale in the lotus pedestal and recognized it as Queen Medusa's.
• Old Yao reasoned that Queen Medusa could not absorb a Heavenly Flame and suggested they seek her in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan worried about facing the Dou Huang-level Queen Medusa, but Old Yao said he would handle any fight.
• Xiao Yan turned to leave, and Old Yao scolded him for abandoning the Green Lotus Platform and its valuable Earth Flame Lotus Seeds.

Old Yao helped Xiao Yan harvest the Green Lotus and its Fire Lotus Seeds while leaving the stem intact so it could grow again. As Xiao Yan and Old Yao prepared to leave, they finally turned their attention to Chu Yang, who had been meditating nearby.

• Old Yao stopped Xiao Yan from trying to take the Green Lotus by force and demonstrated how ordinary steel melted when it touched the lotus.
• Old Yao made a jade ruler from jade bottles, and Xiao Yan used it to cut the Green Lotus free from its stem.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan to leave the stem intact so another Green Lotus could grow, then harvested eleven Fire Lotus Seeds and warned Xiao Yan to keep the treasures hidden.
• Old Yao covered Xiao Yan in pale white flames, and they began swimming toward the edge of the green glow.
• Chu Yang remained behind a former petal, meditating as Xiao Yan and Old Yao prepared to notice him.

Chu Yang awakened an extremely yin technique after Xiao Yan collected treasures in the magma, then caught up with Xiao Yan and returned with him to the surface. Xiao Yan revealed that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and declared that he would pursue her into the Tagor Desert to reclaim it.

• Xiao Yan and Old Yao left Chu Yang behind in the magma, fearing he might attack them and worrying that Old Yao could not endure the harsh conditions.
• Chu Yang emerged from meditation, realized he had glimpsed an extremely yin technique that might counter Xiao Yan’s future Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus, and flew after them.
• Chu Yang reassured Xiao Yan that he had no hostile intentions, and Xiao Yan received five hundred card points for having misjudged him.
• Xiao Ding and Qing Lin waited above the magma until Xiao Yan, Chu Yang, and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake surfaced.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and that he intended to pursue her, leaving Xiao Ding shocked and doubtful.

Xiao Yan set out with Chu Yang to find Queen Medusa and seize her Heavenly Flame, while Chu Yang developed the Lunar Soul Injury technique. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan reaching two-star Dou Shi and Chu Yang learning enough about his new technique to believe it could counter Xiao Yan’s future Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.

• Chu Yang reassured Xiao Ding that he would help Xiao Yan obtain a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan agreed to let him join the expedition.
• Qing Lin summoned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which shrank and flew into her sleeve to follow her as a companion.
• Xiao Yan left for the desert’s depths to find Queen Medusa, and Chu Yang followed while Xiao Yan cultivated along the way.
• Chu Yang deduced that his new subsidiary technique was called Lunar Soul Injury and began learning its fundamentals.
• Xiao Yan advanced to two-star Dou Shi, while Chu Yang reasoned that Lunar Soul Injury could overcome Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus if their cultivation levels were comparable.

After Old Yao sent Xiao Yan away from Chu Yang, Xiao Yan wandered into a Snake People Clan oasis and was discovered while spying on a commander bathing. Chu Yang tracked the encounter from afar and watched as Xiao Yan’s careless remark provoked the powerful snake woman.

• Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to use an excuse to separate from Chu Yang, and Xiao Yan changed their route with a map.
• Xiao Yan entered a Snake People Clan oasis at night to find water, unaware that the clan had already detected him.
• Xiao Yan spotted guards around a lake and secretly watched a beautiful snake woman bathing.
• The snake woman confronted Xiao Yan, and he accidentally challenged her by insisting he was not little.
• Chu Yang watched through the Myriad Mile Tracker as the snake woman struck the lake and sent a water arrow toward Xiao Yan’s hiding place.

Xiao Yan was cornered by Yue Mei and the Snake People after she accused him of being a spy, so he revealed his Purple Cloud Wings and fled. Yue Mei recognized that his wings were fake, rose after him with her genuine Dou Qi Wings, and continued the pursuit across the desert.

• Yue Mei summoned venomous snakes and surrounded Xiao Yan with her guards, while Chu Yang watched their encounter through the Universal Tracker.
• Yue Mei refused to believe Xiao Yan was merely passing through and ordered him to return to the tribe with her.
• Xiao Yan tried to break through the Snake People’s formation but was knocked back by a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan used his Purple Cloud Wings to take flight, and the Snake People mistook him for a Dou Wang.
• Yue Mei realized Xiao Yan’s wings were not genuine, sent her subordinates back, and pursued him through the desert with her own Dou Qi Wings.

Chu Yang arrived in time to stop Yue Mei from killing Xiao Yan and fought her with summoned Undead Creatures and the Yellow Demonic Puppet. The battle remained dangerous as Yue Mei proved powerful enough to repel most of his attackers.

• Yue Mei knocked Xiao Yan into the sand and prepared to kill him, while Old Yao warned that a powerful soul presence was nearby and said Chu Yang was coming.
• Chu Yang summoned two vampires to distract Yue Mei, then landed and helped Xiao Yan to his feet.
• Chu Yang and Xiao Yan chose to face Yue Mei on the ground because they could not escape her Dou Qi Wings or defeat her in the air.
• When Yue Mei tried to whip Chu Yang, he summoned a Yellow Demonic Puppet, Servant Corpses, skeletons, and Black Zombies to attack her from several sides.
• Yue Mei knocked the Servant Corpses and skeletons away, but the Yellow Demonic Puppet and Black Zombies kept attacking, leaving her astonished by Chu Yang.

Chu Yang, Xiao Yan, and Yue Mei’s battle was interrupted by Gu He’s powerful party, who had come to negotiate for Queen Medusa’s Heavenly Flame. Yue Mei challenged the human visitors and warned them to leave before the Snake People Clan’s commanders assembled.

• Yue Mei poisoned Xiao Yan and pressed her attack on Chu Yang, but Chu Yang’s Great Dou Absorption Technique failed to drain her Dou Qi.
• Yue Mei burned her hand on Chu Yang’s flame and retreated after sensing its extraordinary heat.
• Gu He’s group arrived on a flying magical beast, and Chu Yang recalled his summoned underworld forces before they could be seen.
• Gu He revealed that he had come to meet Queen Medusa and seek the Heavenly Flame, while Yue Mei demanded to know why the humans had entered Snake People territory.
• Yue Mei warned Gu He’s party to leave or face the Snake People Clan’s Eight Great Commanders.

Yue Mei refused to cooperate with Gu He and fought Yan Shi and Feng Li, two of the Jia Ma Empire’s ten greatest experts, in the Great Desert. As the battle continued, Gu He considered sending more help and looked to the mysterious black-robed Dou Huang.

• Yan Shi urged Gu He to stop negotiating with Yue Mei and capture her before their target disappeared.
• Gu He agreed to attack Yue Mei with Yan Shi and Feng Li, and the two experts introduced themselves before joining the fight.
• Yue Mei raised a wave of sand against her attackers, but Yan Shi dispersed it with a lion’s roar while Feng Li attacked from behind.
• Yue Mei summoned two enormous green energy snakes that held off Yan Shi and Feng Li, while Chu Yang and Xiao Yan watched.
• A Dou Ling man asked Gu He whether his allies should join the battle, and Gu He turned to the black-robed figure for guidance.

Chu Yang and Xiao Yan watched Yue Mei battle Yan Shi and Feng Li, then saw her escape by splitting into energy serpents. As one serpent ambushed Xiao Yan, Chu Yang moved to protect him, while the mysterious man in black also stirred unexpectedly.

• Yan Shi and Feng Li overwhelmed Yue Mei, who used her Snake Skill: Diversion to scatter into countless energy serpents and flee through the desert sand.
• Gu He and the other experts destroyed many of the serpents, but several escaped into the sand.
• An energy serpent burst from a nearby dune and lunged at Xiao Yan, while the experts hesitated to save him.
• Chu Yang shoved Xiao Yan away and used Lunar Soul Injury and the Great Dou Absorption Technique to try to block the serpent, earning two hundred and fifty card points from Xiao Yan's gratitude.
• The mysterious man in black pressed a deep footprint into the sand as the serpent attacked.

A mysterious black-robed figure saved Chu Yang from Yue Mei, then cleansed the Wandering Soul Sword of her venom before leaving with Gu He and the others. Old Yao warned Chu Yang and Xiao Yan to split up because the experts had detected Heavenly Flames, and Chu Yang fled into the sky while Xiao Yan remained behind.

• The black-robed figure destroyed Yue Mei’s energy snake and injured her as she escaped through the sand.
• Chu Yang and Xiao Yan thanked the black-robed figure, who urged them to leave the desert and silenced Gu He when he questioned her voice.
• The black-robed figure removed Yue Mei’s snake venom from Chu Yang’s Wandering Soul Sword, then departed with Gu He and the other experts.
• Old Yao warned Chu Yang and Xiao Yan to split up after recalling that Gu He’s group had detected Heavenly Flames.
• Chu Yang realized the experts might pursue him for using Heavenly Flames, unfurled his Azure Cloud Wings, and flew away from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Chu Yang fled when Gu He’s group turned back, but Old Yao helped Xiao Yan escape while the mysterious black-robed woman secretly sent Chu Yang on his way. The group continued toward Queen Medusa’s holy city, and Xiao Yan and Old Yao decided to follow and wait for a chance to seize the Heavenly Flame amid the coming conflict.

• Xiao Yan and Chu Yang fled in separate directions as Gu He’s group turned back to question them about the Heavenly Flame.
• The mysterious black-robed woman pursued Chu Yang while Gu He and the others chased Xiao Yan.
• Old Yao boosted Xiao Yan’s Purple Cloud Wings, allowing him to outrun Gu He’s group.
• The woman restrained Chu Yang, then pushed him far ahead and told him to flee; Chu Yang recognized her as the woman he had met in the Monster Mountain Range.
• The woman rejoined Gu He’s group, and they continued toward Queen Medusa’s city in the Tagor Desert.
• Old Yao advised Xiao Yan to follow them and wait for the battle with the Snake People Clan to create an opportunity to take the Heavenly Flame.

Chu Yang pursued Xiao Yan toward the Snake People Sacred City while observing him with the Universal Tracking Mirror. When Xiao Yan was discovered crossing the Mei Snake Tribe fortress, Old Yao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame protected him from the poison arrows, giving Chu Yang an idea for crossing the fortress himself.

• Chu Yang watched Xiao Yan and Old Yao discuss him through the Universal Tracking Mirror, then decided to follow them toward the Snake People Sacred City.
• Chu Yang saw Gu He and his group smash through the Mei Snake Tribe fortress and leave it in chaos.
• Old Yao concealed Xiao Yan’s aura and helped him fly over the fortress with his Purple Cloud Wings.
• A Snake People scouting beast spotted Xiao Yan, and the fortress guards fired poison arrows and spears at him.
• Old Yao surrounded Xiao Yan with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, burning away the arrows and inspiring Chu Yang to use his own Heavenly Flame to cross.

Chu Yang was flying after Xiao Yan and Old Yao when a mysterious unseen attacker knocked him from the sky and toyed with him. After Huan Huan revealed the attacker was hiding in the Yellow Demonic Puppet’s shadow, Chu Yang used Di Jun's Exotic Fire to burn the concealed foe and make it cry out in pain.

• Chu Yang escaped the Snake People fortress, burning away their poisoned weapons with Di Jun's Exotic Fire before continuing after Xiao Yan and Old Yao.
• A mysterious voice claimed to have knocked Chu Yang out of the sky, but Chu Yang found no attacker when the Yellow Demonic Puppet destroyed the nearby sand dune.
• Huan Huan told Chu Yang that the unseen attacker was beside the Yellow Demonic Puppet, hiding in its shadow.
• Chu Yang stabbed at the shadows with the Wandering Soul Sword, but the attacker moved between them and evaded him.
• Chu Yang flew into the sky again, fell weak from the attacker's power, then took off surrounded by Di Jun's Exotic Fire and made the attacker cry out in pain.

Chu Yang fled the mysterious man in the Tagor Desert and learned that he used the rare darkness-element Dou Skill Shadow Vanish. Chu Yang found Shadow Vanish in the system shop but could not afford it, then resumed flying toward Xiao Yan.

• Chu Yang escaped the desert after Di Jun's Exotic Fire deterred the injured shadowy man from pursuing him.
• With Huan Huan's help, Chu Yang learned that the man was a person who used the rare darkness-element Dou Skill Shadow Vanish.
• Chu Yang searched the system's information on darkness-element arts, then found Shadow Vanish in the system shop and learned it cost four thousand check-in points.
• Chu Yang sighed over the price and his outstanding debt, checked Xiao Yan's location, and flew onward with his Azure Cloud Wings.
• Chu Yang passed Snake People Clan patrols, which could not stop him as long as they had no Dou Wang experts.

Chu Yang hid outside the Snake People Clan's Holy City as its experts gathered and Gu He arrived with his group. He tried to borrow Card Points from Huan Huan to obtain Shadow Vanish, while Xiao Yan and Old Yao remained nearby, preparing to exploit the turmoil for the Heavenly Flames.

• Chu Yang reached the Holy City and used the Universal Tracker to locate Xiao Yan and Old Yao outside its vast outskirts.
• Mo Basi, leader of the Ink Snake Tribe, arrived and requested an audience with Queen Medusa, while Chu Yang considered borrowing Card Points to buy Shadow Vanish.
• Huan Huan told Chu Yang to wait while she tried to help him obtain the loan.
• Gu He and his group arrived at the Holy City after Chu Yang and Xiao Yan, and Mo Basi demanded to know why they had entered Snake People Clan territory.
• Gu He identified himself to Mo Basi, and Yue Mei and Mo Basi recognized the Pill King of the Jia Ma Empire.

Gu He and his companions entered the Snake People Clan’s territory and asked Queen Medusa to meet with them. She appeared and challenged Gu He to explain his business, while hinting that he should compensate the clan for their intrusion.

• Mo Basi refused to arrange a meeting and warned Gu He that Snake People from the eight tribes were heading to the temple.
• Yan Shi and Mo Basi traded insults until Gu He stopped them and called out to Queen Medusa.
• When no one answered, the space above the city twisted and Queen Medusa appeared, drawing the Snake People’s reverent cries.
• Chu Yang watched Queen Medusa appear, while Gu He and Yan Shi moved closer to the silent black-robed figure.
• Queen Medusa recognized Gu He and asked what business he had, suggesting he compensate the clan for his forced entry.

Gu He asked Queen Medusa to trade her Heavenly Flame for rare medicinal pills, explaining how he had tracked it to the Snake People Clan. Queen Medusa had not accepted his offer by the chapter’s end, while Xiao Yan and Chu Yang watched from the ruins below.

• Gu He apologized for forcing his way into the Snake People Clan and promised to compensate Queen Medusa for the losses.
• Gu He revealed that he had come to obtain the Heavenly Flame in Queen Medusa’s possession, while Xiao Yan recognized it as the Green Lotus Core Flame and Chu Yang planned to help him pursue Check-in Points.
• Mo Basi and Yue Mei realized Queen Medusa likely wanted the Heavenly Flame to advance to Dou Zong, though they feared the transformation could fail.
• Gu He explained that he had found bloodstained Seven-colored Snake Scales carrying the Heavenly Flame’s scent and inferred that Queen Medusa had been injured when she took it.
• Gu He offered two Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills and one seventh-grade Transformation Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, astonishing his companions.

Gu He offered Queen Medusa a Dou Ling Pill and a Transformation Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, but she refused despite admitting the terms were tempting. The reason remained unexplained as Gu He asked why she needed the Heavenly Flame so urgently.

• Gu He’s offer of two rare pills stunned Xiao Yan and the experts watching nearby.
• Old Yao said Gu He might manage to refine a Dou Ling Pill but could not refine a Transformation Pill.
• Queen Medusa rejected Gu He’s offer, leaving him, Yan Shi, and Feng Li astonished.
• Yue Mei and Mo Basi understood that Queen Medusa intended to use the Heavenly Flame for a specific purpose.
• Old Yao began to suspect the reason for Queen Medusa’s refusal but told Xiao Yan he would explain later.
• Gu He accepted that he could not force an exchange and asked Queen Medusa why she was determined to keep the Heavenly Flame.