Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan drew Pill Lightning while refining a Tier 7 medicinal pill and used the lightning to temper it. Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders watched in shock as Gu He realized Xiao Yuan was using the legendary Tribulation Lightning Pill Tempering Method.

• Yun Leng confronted Yun Yun over the disturbance, but Gu He explained that the thunderclouds signaled a Tier 7 pill’s Pill Lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Yuan rose from the ruined pill room, and Yun Yun identified him as Nalan Yanran’s fiancé.
• Xiao Yuan cursed the Pill Lightning and gathered Life Spirit Flame in his hand, astonishing the elders and provoking Gu He’s envy.
• Xiao Yuan faced the lightning bolt with his unfinished pill and let it coil around the pill as it absorbed the lightning.
• Gu He realized Xiao Yuan was tempering the pill with Pill Lightning as Xiao Yuan laughed and continued shaping it with hand seals.

Xiao Yuan completed a lightning-tempered, grade-less pill and impressed Gu He with his alchemy. He then left with Nalan Yanran for a private conversation, where he rejected her feelings and challenged her explanation of her closeness with Mo Li.

• Xiao Yuan finished refining multiple Marrow Cleansing and Bone Forging Pills, while Gu He realized the batch included a Tier 7 pill and marveled at its power.
• Xiao Yuan let Gu He examine a pill, then reclaimed it and asked Yun Yun to discuss the matter at hand.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to let her speak privately with Xiao Yuan, and Yun Yun agreed.
• Nalan Yanran walked with Xiao Yuan toward the mountain gate and asked why he refused to give her a chance.
• Xiao Yuan said he did not like Nalan Yanran and questioned why Mo Li was always at her side, despite her insistence that they were only senior and junior disciples.

Xiao Yuan rejected Nalan Yanran’s appeals and agreed to break off their engagement, while she insisted on keeping their Three-Year Agreement. Nalan Yanran then sought dangerous cultivation in the Life and Death Gate and cut off Mo Li, with Yun Yun backing her decisions.

• Xiao Yuan told Nalan Yanran he would end their engagement, and she accepted but insisted they meet for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to let her enter the Life and Death Gate, and Yun Yun agreed on the condition that she first reach Dou Shi.
• Nalan Yanran visited the bedridden Mo Li and told him to stop pestering her.
• Mo Li offered to have the Mo Family attack Xiao Yuan, but Nalan Yanran left without answering him.
• Yun Leng demanded an explanation from Yun Yun, who defended Nalan Yanran’s choice and left.

Nalan Yanran confessed her regret over breaking her engagement with Xiao Yuan, while Yun Yun agreed not to oppose him and warned of threats to the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Yuan left for the Tagor Desert, and Ya Fei sought Fa Ma’s help after revealing that Xiao Yuan had refined a Tier 7 pill.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that several women could hear Xiao Yuan’s thoughts and urged her to avoid antagonizing him and to beware of Yun Leng and Soul Hall.
• Nalan Yanran broke down over her past choices, and Yun Yun comforted her, admitting they had both been wrong.
• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Jie and Nalan Su not to confront Xiao Yuan, while the Jia Ma Imperial Family and Mu Family considered trying to win him over; Xiao Yuan refused visitors.
• Xiao Yuan left Xiao Yi Xian in the Imperial Capital, assigned the Amethyst Winged Lion King to protect Ya Fei, gave them Marrow Cleansing and Bone Forging Pills, and flew toward the Tagor Desert.
• Ya Fei brought one of Xiao Yuan’s pills to Fa Ma, who recognized signs of a Tier 7 pill, and she revealed Xiao Yuan was its creator.

Xiao Yuan arrived in Mo City and discovered that his body could absorb lightning energy, then visited Hai Bodong's map shop to seek the fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map. He revealed that he knew about Hai Bodong's seal and could remove it, leaving Hai Bodong stunned by Xiao Yuan's strength and Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yuan reached Mo City and learned from the system that his Primordial Creation Art and Flawless Body could accommodate different energies, including lightning.
• Xiao Yuan found the Gu Tu Map Shop and bought a desert map while locating a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• Hai Bodong refused to sell the fragment, so Xiao Yuan offered to remove his Snake Seal and identified Queen Medusa as the one who placed it.
• Hai Bodong froze the shop and threatened Xiao Yuan after hearing how much he knew about his past.
• Xiao Yuan melted the frost with Life Spirit Flame, revealing power that Hai Bodong recognized as Dou Huang Peak strength and a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yuan persuaded Hai Bodong to let him refine the Break-Eon Pill by claiming he could make Tier 7 pills. After securing the pill formula and ingredients, Xiao Yuan went to a secret chamber to begin refining it.

• Xiao Yuan told Hai Bodong that Ya Fei had sent him to find the Ice Emperor, and the System awarded him a Sand Mandala.
• Hai Bodong refused to return to the Mittel Family because Queen Medusa had sealed his cultivation and his enemies might target him.
• Xiao Yuan claimed he could refine Tier 7 pills, and Hai Bodong called him back after he began to leave.
• Hai Bodong offered his fragmentary map and a favor in exchange for Xiao Yuan refining the Break-Eon Pill.
• Xiao Yuan demanded the formula and ingredients, supplied his Sand Mandala, and asked Hai Bodong to find a secret room.
• Xiao Yuan took the materials to a secret chamber beneath Hai Bodong's shop.

Xiao Yuan refined a Break-Eon Pill that restored Hai Bodong’s Dou Emperor strength and then used the Life Spirit Flame inside him to ensure Hai kept his promises. Hai agreed to Xiao Yuan’s three requests, including serving as his attendant in the Tagor Desert and looking after Ya Fei when they returned to Jia Ma Holy City.

• Hai Bodong was astonished when Xiao Yuan emerged from the secret chamber with a freshly refined Break-Eon Pill.
• Hai Bodong took the pill, broke the seal, and regained his Dou Emperor strength.
• Xiao Yuan revealed that his Life Spirit Flame had merged into Hai’s body and warned that it would burn him to ash if he broke their deal.
• Hai asked Xiao Yuan’s name, and Xiao Yuan introduced himself again.
• Xiao Yuan demanded Hai’s remnant map, his service as an attendant in the Tagor Desert, and his help protecting Ya Fei after their return.
• Hai realized Xiao Yuan had lied about Ya Fei admiring him, and Xiao Yuan admitted that he and Ya Fei were close.

Hai Bodong left Mo City with Xiao Yuan and endured Xiao Yuan’s teasing as they traveled to Shimo City. Xiao Yuan reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding at the Moti Mercenary Group and confirmed that he had broken off his engagement with Nalan Yanran.

• Hai Bodong closed his shop, gave the woman in red a Profound-tier Intermediate Dou Technique scroll, and left Mo City with Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yuan teased Hai Bodong about the woman in red, and Hai Bodong vented his frustration on magical beasts along their route.
• Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong reached Shimo City, where Xiao Yuan reunited with Xiao Li at the Moti Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Li arranged accommodations for Hai Bodong and introduced Xiao Yuan to Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Yuan confirmed to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Nalan Yanran had come to the Xiao Clan and that he had already broken off their engagement.

Xiao Yuan reassured Xiao Li and Xiao Ding that he could break off his engagement, then met Qing Lin and showed her kindness as she led him to his room. His thoughts about Qing Lin’s future triggered a reward: the powerful Ten Thousand Spirit Soul-Locking Array.

• Xiao Yuan convinced Xiao Li and Xiao Ding that Nalan Jie would agree to break off his engagement, and the brothers drank until they passed out.
• Xiao Yuan discovered Qing Lin hiding near the doorway and recognized her despite her surprise.
• Qing Lin panicked when Xiao Yuan noticed her scales, but he caught her when she tripped and comforted her.
• Qing Lin offered to take Xiao Yuan to his room, while he thought about her tragic past and considered keeping her from going to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Yuan received the Ten Thousand Spirit Soul-Locking Array, which could trap weaker opponents and absorb their souls into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Xiao Yuan reassured Qing Lin about her snake scales and accepted her offer to serve as his personal maid. At the regiment’s meeting hall, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li asked about Hai Bodong after he defeated their mercenaries, and Xiao Yuan revealed that Hai Bodong was the Ice Emperor, a Dou Emperor.

• Qing Lin brought Xiao Yuan water to wash and later told him that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li wanted to see him.
• Xiao Yuan praised Qing Lin’s snake scales, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils appeared; she then offered to become his personal maid.
• Qing Lin led Xiao Yuan to the meeting hall, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li asked about Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Ding explained that Hai Bodong had defeated the regiment’s mercenaries in a fight and mocked them for being weak.
• Xiao Yuan identified Hai Bodong as the Ice Emperor and one of the Jia Ma Empire’s ten greatest experts, a Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yuan agreed to help Xiao Ding and Xiao Li deal with the Sand Mercenary Group, then flew to its headquarters and declared that it would be removed from Shimo City. The group’s men invoked their connection to the Mo Family as Xiao Yuan faced them.

• Xiao Yuan asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to let Qing Lin accompany him, and they agreed while teasing the pair about their feelings.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li asked Xiao Yuan for help against the Sand Mercenary Group, which threatened their standing in Shimo City.
• Xiao Yuan told Hai Bodong to guard the Moti Mercenary Group and look after his brothers, then flew away.
• Hai Bodong revealed to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Xiao Yuan was a Peak Dou Emperor, astonishing them.
• Xiao Yuan landed at the Sand Mercenary Group’s headquarters and announced that it would be struck from Shimo City’s rolls.
• A Sand Mercenary Group member warned Xiao Yuan that the group worked for the Mo Family in Salt City.

Xiao Yuan wiped out the Sand Mercenary Group and then searched the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After finding an underground magma world, he subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and demanded that it lead him to the flame.

• Xiao Yuan dismissed the Misty Cloud Sect as a threat and killed a Sand Mercenary Group member before trapping the group in the Human Emperor Banner and eradicating them.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learned that Xiao Yuan had left no survivors, then returned with him to the Moti Mercenary Group, where Qing Lin tended to him.
• Xiao Yuan searched beneath the Tagor Desert with his Eye of Truth and located a magma pool.
• Xiao Yuan used Taixu Sword God to carve open the ground, descended into the underground magma world, and drew out a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Yuan seized the snake and threatened to make snake soup unless it led him to the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yuan followed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake through the magma world, absorbing fire-attributed energy as he searched for the Green Lotus Core Flame. He found it growing intelligence and dancing on the lotus platform, and the chapter ended as he examined it with his Eye of Truth.

• Xiao Yuan absorbed the surrounding fire-attributed energy while forcing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to lead him deeper into the magma.
• Xiao Yuan sensed the green tint in the lava and the surge in fire energy, which slightly loosened his Dou Zong bottleneck.
• Xiao Yuan overtook the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame inside a green barrier.
• Xiao Yuan saw a small flame dancing on the lotus platform and suspected the Green Lotus Core Flame was nearing the development of intelligence.
• Xiao Yuan examined the Green Lotus Core Flame with his Eye of Truth and reacted with a sharp breath.

Xiao Yuan befriended and refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, then used its power and the Green Lotus’s aid to break through to Dou Zong. He took the ancient Green Lotus with him, planning to give it a magma pool in the valley.

• Xiao Yuan learned that the Green Lotus Core Flame was close to developing full sentience and claimed it from the lotus platform.
• The flame became affectionate in Xiao Yuan’s hand, and the system explained that his Flawless Body gave him exceptional affinity with it.
• Xiao Yuan chose to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame while preserving its sentience, then cultivated the Primordial Creation Art as the flame and Green Lotus supplied fire-element energy.
• Xiao Yuan broke through to One-Star Dou Zong and gained greater control over spatial power.
• Xiao Yuan thanked the Green Lotus, separated it from the magma, and stored it in a jade basin inside his Storage Ring.

After returning from the underground Magma World, Xiao Yuan reunited with Qing Lin and revealed that he had broken through to Dou Zong and obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame. He gave Qing Lin a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened and marked the snake.

• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding confronted Xiao Yuan after he returned, while Qing Lin tearfully clung to him, afraid he had abandoned her.
• Xiao Ding announced that the Moti Mercenary Group had taken over the Sand Mercenary Group's territory and proposed a celebration, where Xiao Li and Xiao Ding drunkenly dragged Xiao Yuan into a confused sworn-brotherhood ceremony.
• Hai Bodong noticed Xiao Yuan's stronger aura, and Xiao Yuan explained that he had accidentally broken through to Dou Zong while finding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yuan gave Qing Lin a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils activated, imprinting two green flowers on the snake's heads.

After Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and collapsed from exhaustion, Xiao Yuan left her in Hai Bodong’s care and flew into the Tagor Desert to find Queen Medusa. He encountered Yue Mei, one of the Snake-People Tribe’s leaders, and she agreed to guide him to the queen, leaving the guards bewildered.

• Qing Lin revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, exhausted herself, and fell asleep in Xiao Yuan’s arms.
• Xiao Yuan asked Hai Bodong to watch over Qing Lin while he went to Snake-People territory, and Hai Bodong refused to accompany him.
• After flying through the night, Xiao Yuan found Yue Mei at an oasis and asked her to take him to Queen Medusa.
• Yue Mei agreed to guide Xiao Yuan to the Snake-People Temple, shocking the guards who saw her lead a human there.

Xiao Yuan entered the Snake-People Tribe’s temple with Yue Mei to meet Queen Medusa, despite Hua She’er’s attempt to stop him. He finally stood before Medusa and received a Bloodline Pill.

• Yue Mei led Xiao Yuan through the Snake-People Tribe’s city to the temple, where the guards let them pass.
• Hua She’er intercepted them and accused Xiao Yuan of taking Yue Mei hostage and trespassing.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She’er to stand down and admitted Xiao Yuan to the great hall.
• Xiao Yuan saw Medusa on her throne and used his Eye of Truth to inspect her.
• Xiao Yuan received one Bloodline Pill.

Xiao Yuan met Queen Medusa, who realized he might know how to help her awaken her ancestral bloodline. When he tried to leave, he revealed spatial power that convinced her he was a Dou Zong, and she immediately apologized and bowed to him.

• Xiao Yuan argued with the system over its recommendation to give Queen Medusa the Bloodline Pill, while Medusa sensed his thoughts and wondered whether he could help her evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Queen Medusa explained that her Purple Nether Flame Snake bloodline could evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and she silently studied Xiao Yuan as he stared back.
• Xiao Yuan tried to end the awkward conversation by claiming he needed to buy rice, but Queen Medusa sealed the doors and told him he was staying.
• Queen Medusa sent a teasing strike of Dou Qi at Xiao Yuan, and he stopped it with spatial power, revealing himself as a Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa bowed and apologized to Xiao Yuan, while privately reflecting that he had achieved the goal she had pursued for over a decade.

Xiao Yuan offered to help Queen Medusa evolve in exchange for her becoming his bedmaid, provoking her into attacking him. He revealed that he had already taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and hurled Medusa into the palace wall, while Hua She'er waited anxiously outside.

• Xiao Yuan explained how Queen Medusa could evolve and offered his help in exchange for a reward.
• Xiao Yuan suggested that Medusa become his bedmaid, then mocked her by calling her a potential pet.
• Medusa attacked Xiao Yuan in fury, citing her refusal to be treated like the Snake-People sold as pets.
• Xiao Yuan caught Medusa's tail and revealed he had already taken the Green Lotus Core Flame she hoped to use for her evolution.
• Xiao Yuan threw Medusa into the palace wall, leaving Hua She'er worried outside the hall.

Xiao Yuan defeated Queen Medusa and forced her to become his pet, promising to help her evolve and relocate her tribe. He renamed her Cailin and took her toward the oasis, unaware that the Bloodline Pill he swallowed was gathering the Xiao Clan bloodline within him.

• Xiao Yuan subdued Medusa and threatened to kill the Snake-People Tribe unless she accepted his terms.
• Medusa chose to become Xiao Yuan's pet in hopes of evolving and eventually gaining the power to resist him.
• Xiao Yuan healed Medusa, made her call him Master, and renamed her Cailin.
• Cailin claimed an ancient text described a pill that could purify her bloodline, hoping Xiao Yuan would give it to her.
• Xiao Yuan swallowed the Bloodline Pill, then carried Cailin toward the oasis as its power slowly gathered the Xiao Clan bloodline within him.