Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing proved his strength to Hai Bodong and negotiated for both halves of the Fragmented Map in exchange for breaking his seal. Hai Bodong agreed to the deal, but Xiao Qing admitted he could not yet refine the Tier 6 pill formula Hai Bodong had collected.

• Xiao Qing offered to break Hai Bodong’s seal and restore him to the Dou Emperor realm in exchange for both halves of the Fragmented Map.
• Hai Bodong attacked with Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, but Xiao Qing shattered the ice dragon with Soul Power and overwhelmed Hai Bodong with pressure.
• Xiao Qing revealed a wisp of pale white flame, convincing Hai Bodong that he was a high-level alchemist with Heavenly Flames.
• Hai Bodong explained that Queen Medusa had sealed his cultivation more than ten years earlier after he obtained the Fragmented Map, which pointed to a Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong agreed to hand over his Fragmented Maps if Xiao Qing broke the seal, then described a Tier 6 pill formula he had gathered ingredients for.
• Xiao Qing said he could not yet refine a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill.

Xiao Qing used his Soul Power to break Queen Medusa’s Snake Sealing Curse on Hai Bodong without a Break-Edict Pill, restoring Hai Bodong’s Dou Emperor strength. Hai Bodong briefly considered taking Xiao Qing’s Fragmented Map, but Xiao Qing’s warning left their bargain intact.

• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Qing the Break-Edict Pill formula and three sets of ingredients in exchange for having his seal removed.
• Xiao Qing entered Hai Bodong’s body with his Peak Mortal Realm Soul Power and destroyed the Snake Sealing Curse.
• Queen Medusa sensed that her curse had been broken, recognized that Hai Bodong was no longer a threat, and returned to considering how to reach Dou Zong.
• Hai Bodong’s suppressed Dou Emperor aura erupted, and he celebrated his return to strength inside his rune-sealed chamber.
• Hai Bodong considered taking Xiao Qing’s Fragmented Map, but Xiao Qing’s pointed remark extinguished his greed.

Xiao Qing crossed the Tagor Desert while using the Burning Mantra to track a heavenly flame, eventually reaching a basin above an underground lava lake. His Peak Mortal Realm Soul Power could not penetrate an unseen barrier deep beneath the lava, leaving the cause of the obstruction unknown.

• Hai Bodong apologized to Xiao Qing, recalled his humiliation under Queen Medusa, and gave Xiao Qing a token for seeking his help through the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Qing left Desert City and entered the Tagor Desert, where his affinity for fire energy let him travel and cultivate with ease.
• Xiao Qing actively circulated the Burning Mantra and sensed a heavenly flame toward the southeast, then followed the signal for three days.
• Desert bandits tried to attack Xiao Qing, but he killed them with precise Soul Power strikes without using Dou Qi.
• After reaching Three-Star Dou Ling, Xiao Qing found a basin with violently turbulent energy and sensed a vast lava lake beneath it.
• Xiao Qing's Soul Power encountered an impenetrable obstruction in the underground lava, and he told Old Yao about it.

Xiao Qing used Old Yao’s power to temporarily reach the Dou Zong realm and blasted a passage into the underground lava, where the Green Lotus Core Flame was likely hidden. After Queen Medusa set out to investigate the eruption, Old Yao warned Xiao Qing not to become attached to borrowed strength.

• Xiao Qing identified the perception-blocking region as the likely birthplace of the Green Lotus Core Flame after sensing a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake nearby.
• Xiao Qing summoned Old Yao’s power and temporarily broke through to the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Qing unleashed Finger of Nirvana, vaporizing the desert surface and opening a massive passage into the underground world.
• Queen Medusa sensed the eruption, ordered Hua She'er to calm the Holy City, and flew toward its source.
• Xiao Qing felt intoxicated by his borrowed strength until Old Yao warned him to focus on cultivating power of his own.

Xiao Qing descended into the underground Lava Lake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame’s hidden chamber. He reached the flame’s source, while Old Yao recognized it as the nineteenth-ranked Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Qing calmed himself, then flew down the passage he had carved toward the underground world.
• He entered a vast subterranean cavern and discovered an enormous Lava Lake rich in Fire Attribute energy.
• The shockwaves from Xiao Qing’s earlier strike disturbed the Lava Lake and alerted the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Xiao Qing, but his crimson-gold flame extinguished its fire and frightened it into retreat.
• Xiao Qing sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Lava Lake and dove through the magma under the protection of his Law of Fire.
• Xiao Qing reached a clean spherical chamber deep beneath the lava, where Old Yao identified the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Qing found the Green Lotus Core Flame growing on an Earth Core Fire Jade Lotus Platform and began refining it, while Queen Medusa arrived above the ruined basin seeking the same heavenly flame. As Xiao Qing’s cultivation surged during the dangerous refinement, Old Yao sensed Medusa nearby and feared she would interrupt him.

• Xiao Qing discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame and learned from Old Yao that the Lotus Platform could help him withstand and refine it.
• Xiao Qing used his affinity for fire to take the docile source flame and swallowed it, beginning the refinement.
• Queen Medusa arrived at the ruined basin, recognized traces of a heavenly flame underground, and worried that a powerful Dou Zong had reached it first.
• Xiao Qing spent half an hour refining the flame on the Lotus Platform as Old Yao watched over him.
• Old Yao sensed Queen Medusa’s cold soul force approaching, and Xiao Qing’s aura rose from Five-Star Dou Ling to Nine-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Qing broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang, advanced his soul to Spirit Realm Initial Peak, and raised Burning Mantra to Earth Rank Low-grade. When he confronted Queen Medusa above ground, he effortlessly neutralized her attack and prepared to show the gap between them.

• Xiao Qing used five Fire Lotus Seeds and Innate Spiritual Rhyme to break through to Three-Star Dou Wang while evolving his [Devour] Talent into [Law of Devouring].
• Xiao Qing's soul reached Spirit Realm Initial Peak, and Burning Mantra advanced to Earth Rank Low-grade.
• Xiao Qing sensed Queen Medusa above ground and flew out of the underground cavern to confront her.
• Queen Medusa questioned Xiao Qing, but he instead asked why she had come and warned her not to attack him.
• Queen Medusa attacked Xiao Qing with a powerful sword strike, and he erased it with a Three-Colored Fire Screen.

Xiao Qing defeated and seriously wounded Queen Medusa, then offered her a ten-year agreement: serve him and gather medicinal ingredients in exchange for his help evolving to Dou Zong. He threatened the Snake-People Tribe if she refused, and Queen Medusa lowered her head as she weighed her tribe’s safety and her chance to evolve against ten years of lost freedom.

• Queen Medusa attacked Xiao Qing for his Heavenly Flames, but he revealed three flames and countered with the Earth-Rank Great Heaven Red Sun Palm, injuring her.
• Queen Medusa raised her power to Half-Step Dou Zong and unleashed Heaven Snake Slash, but Xiao Qing erased the attack with Finger of Nirvana and wounded her severely.
• Xiao Qing approached Queen Medusa and asked to talk, while she rejected what she assumed were demands to make her a Snake Slave.
• Xiao Qing revealed that he knew Queen Medusa sought Heavenly Flames to evolve and offered to help her reach Dou Zong if she served him for ten years and gathered medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Qing threatened to destroy the Snake-People Tribe if Queen Medusa refused, then promised its safety if she kept the agreement; she reluctantly lowered her head.

Xiao Qing treated Queen Medusa’s wound and secured her agreement to serve him for ten years. She brought him to the Snake-People Tribe’s royal palace, ordered Hua She'er to house him beside her bedchamber, and went to recover before discussing their arrangement further.

• Queen Medusa agreed to Xiao Qing’s terms but coughed up blood as her wound worsened.
• Xiao Qing restrained Queen Medusa and used the Law of Devouring to remove the lingering Will of Nirvana from her wound.
• Queen Medusa escorted Xiao Qing through the royal palace while the Snake-People guards whispered about their relationship.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er to treat Xiao Qing’s commands as her own and take him to the West Side Hall beside her bedchamber.
• Hua She'er was shocked to see that Queen Medusa had brought a human man into the palace’s guarded inner area.
• Xiao Qing followed Hua She'er to the West Side Hall while Queen Medusa entered her bedchamber to recover and consider what to do next.

Xiao Qing stayed in the West Side Hall, sensed a hidden force in the Holy City’s earth veins, and cultivated through the night while Queen Medusa wrestled with the terms of their agreement and recovered. By dawn, his Three-Star Dou Wang cultivation was stable, and Hua She'er summoned him to Queen Medusa.

• Hua She'er escorted Xiao Qing to the West Side Hall, where he gave his name and refused to explain his relationship with Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Qing sensed unusual, cold energy beneath the Holy City, and Old Yao said the earth veins appeared guided or sealed and held a deeper secret.
• Xiao Qing cultivated in the hall as Hua She'er posted four guards and ordered them to keep his presence secret.
• Queen Medusa recalled Xiao Qing's demands and power, questioned his motives, and took a medicinal pill to heal her injuries.
• After a night of cultivation, Xiao Qing stabilized his Three-Star Dou Wang realm, and Hua She'er told him Queen Medusa wanted to see him.

Xiao Qing gave Queen Medusa the ingredient list for a Peak Tier 7 Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and revealed his Tier 6 alchemy ability, leading her to offer the Snake-People Tribe’s resources for his help. Three days later, Mo Basi arrived at the Holy City after hearing that Queen Medusa had brought a human man into the Royal Palace.

• Xiao Qing warned Queen Medusa not to delay gathering the ingredients, then gave her the scroll listing the pill’s rare materials.
• Queen Medusa recognized the list’s valuable ingredients and agreed to let Xiao Qing select materials from the tribe’s treasury.
• Xiao Qing offered to refine pills for the Snake-People Tribe and claimed he could refine Tier 6 pills, then demonstrated his overwhelming Soul Power to Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa agreed to send Xiao Qing a list of the tribe’s stored medicinal ingredients in three days.
• Rumors about Queen Medusa bringing a human man to the Royal Palace spread among the Holy City’s snake-people as Mo Basi entered the city with his group.

Xiao Qing killed Mo Basi after the commander attacked him in the Royal Palace, then used his Soul Power to intimidate the Snake-People Tribe’s elders and commanders. Queen Medusa ordered the tribe to leave Xiao Qing undisturbed, and he began refining a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill in Flame Heart Palace.

• Yue Mei heard that Mo Basi was rushing to confront Xiao Qing and anticipated trouble.
• Mo Basi attacked Xiao Qing in the Royal Palace, but Xiao Qing’s azure flame burned away the attack.
• Queen Medusa arrived, but Xiao Qing killed Mo Basi with Soul Power and spread a warning that terrified the tribe’s elders and commanders.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er to take Xiao Qing to Flame Heart Palace and forbade anyone from approaching him during pill refinement.
• Xiao Qing inspected the medicinal ingredients, prepared himself, and began refining the pill in Old Yao's Black Demon Cauldron with the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Qing refined a Tier 6 Ice Pulse Pill while Queen Medusa secured the Snake-People elders’ acceptance of their cooperation. Over the next month, he produced numerous pills for the tribe and gained experience toward refining higher-tier pills, leaving him ready to use the tribe’s resources to pursue his breakthrough.

• Mo Basi’s death shocked the Snake-People, while Yue Mei witnessed the news spreading through the Holy City.
• Queen Medusa told the four elders that Mo Basi had deserved his fate, revealed Xiao Qing was a Tier 6 Alchemist, and ordered that he receive the treatment of an elder.
• Xiao Qing completed a Tier 6 Low-Grade Ice Pulse Pill, creating a Pill Cloud that drew the Royal Palace’s attention.
• During the following month, Xiao Qing failed at his first attempt to refine an Emperor Ultimate Pill, then succeeded on his second try with Old Yao’s guidance.
• Xiao Qing refined ten Dou Ling Pills, three Emperor Ultimate Pills, and many other pills, keeping the extra medicinal ingredients as payment.

Xiao Qing prepared Queen Medusa for her perilous evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, providing pills and using the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin tempering her body and soul. Queen Medusa entered the flames, and the chapter ended as the protective pills’ power erupted against the agony of the transformation.

• Queen Medusa accepted Xiao Qing’s pills for the Snake-People Tribe and agreed to begin her evolution.
• Xiao Qing warned Queen Medusa of the deadly pain and risks, then gave her the Ice Pulse Pill, Heart Protecting Pill, and Life Creation Pill.
• Queen Medusa entered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, swallowed the pills, and transformed into the Purple Nether Flame Snake.
• Xiao Qing explained Queen Medusa’s Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline and prepared the Green Lotus Core Flame, supported by the Law of Fire.
• Queen Medusa activated the protective pills and charged into Xiao Qing’s sea of green fire, where the flames began burning her body and soul.

Queen Medusa survived her evolution and became an Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, but a mysterious force pulled her and Xiao Qing into a desolate pocket world. Xiao Qing awoke in a vast, ruined battlefield with no sign of Queen Medusa.

• Xiao Qing guided the Green Lotus Core Flame as Queen Medusa endured the body-tempering and bloodline purification, then survived eight bolts of Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Life Creation Pill restored Queen Medusa, whose evolution produced an Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python with the potential to reach the peak of the Dou Saint realm.
• Queen Medusa returned to human form, thanked Xiao Qing, and recalled their agreement before Xiao Qing sensed imminent danger.
• A force from the sky locked onto Queen Medusa and swallowed both her and Xiao Qing through a spatial rift; beneath the Snake-People Tribe's Holy City, an ancient rune briefly flickered.
• Xiao Qing awoke alone in a lifeless pocket world marked by immense destruction and recognized it as a battlefield of the Dou Saint.

After being swept through a spatial rift, Xiao Qing arrived in a collapsing ancient battlefield Small World without Queen Medusa. He exposed a false inheritance and discovered the Blood Stele’s imprisoned occupant, who identified himself as Saint Xueyou and threatened Xiao Qing and Old Yao.

• Xiao Qing realized Queen Medusa was missing and learned from Old Yao that they were in an unstable Small World once used as a battlefield by Dou Saint experts.
• Xiao Qing followed a strange red glow toward a white jade palace while his Soul Power was suppressed and Old Yao warned him of danger.
• A white-haired elder offered Xiao Qing a Heaven Rank inheritance, but Xiao Qing sensed the illusion’s flaws and shattered it with a soul attack.
• The illusion revealed a giant Blood Stele surrounded by countless bones, and its voice declared that living beings had entered its eternal prison.
• The Blood Stele detected Old Yao and unleashed a powerful soul pressure before identifying itself as Saint Xueyou.

Xiao Qing survived Saint Xueyou’s soul attack when the Golden Book awakened and erased the sealed Dou Saint, but Old Yao fell into a deep protective slumber after shielding him. Xiao Qing set out to find a way out of the dangerous Small World and to gather what he needed to awaken Old Yao, then sensed a jade-like Dou Saint Skeleton.

• Saint Xueyou attacked Xiao Qing’s Soul Origin, and Old Yao burned his recovering Soul Origin to shield him before falling silent in the Bone Flame Ring.
• The Golden Book released golden light that destroyed Saint Xueyou, the Blood Stele, and the surrounding bones.
• Xiao Qing sensed that Old Yao remained alive in a deep slumber and resolved to find treasures or pills to restore him.
• Xiao Qing concealed his aura and searched the Small World for an exit and resources to awaken Old Yao.
• Xiao Qing detected a jade-like Dou Saint Skeleton, and seven and a half days passed.

Xiao Qing survived the dangers of the collapsing Small World, grew stronger, and eventually found Queen Medusa under attack by two Tier 7 Venomous Jade Scorpions. He helped her kill them, but Queen Medusa immediately noticed the hidden source of his soul attack.

• Xiao Qing killed and devoured a Tier 5 magical beast, using its life energy to strengthen his body.
• After days of fighting and evading stronger beasts, Xiao Qing advanced to Four-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Qing sensed Queen Medusa and two Tier 7 magical beasts fighting, then approached while hiding his aura.
• He found Queen Medusa badly injured and struggling against two Venomous Jade Scorpions.
• Xiao Qing killed one scorpion with a Soul-Extinguishing Arrowhead, and Queen Medusa killed the other with a purple beam.
• Queen Medusa turned toward Xiao Qing's hiding place after sensing his soul fluctuation.

Xiao Qing reunited with an exhausted Queen Medusa after killing the two Tier 7 Venomous Jade Scorpions, then harvested their valuable cores and poison source before devouring their corpses to strengthen his body. He reached Five-Star Dou Wang, while he and Queen Medusa remained trapped in the collapsing Small World.

• Queen Medusa sensed a powerful Soul Power attack and raised her defenses until Xiao Qing revealed himself and explained that he had been searching for a way out.
• Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa discussed the Magical Beasts’ abnormal hostility and dulled intelligence, suspecting that the Small World’s destructive aura had eroded their souls.
• Xiao Qing gave Queen Medusa a Tier 5 Qi-Recovery Pill, and she let him take the two Venomous Jade Scorpion corpses as repayment for saving her.
• Xiao Qing extracted the two Tier 7 Poison-Attribute Magic Cores and carefully collected the scorpions’ Poison Origin for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Qing opened a black vortex that devoured both corpses, returning life essence that tempered his body and raised him to Five-Star Dou Wang.

Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa escaped the approaching Magical Beasts and took shelter in a concealed valley while searching for a way out of the collapsing Small World. Queen Medusa revealed the Snake-People Tribe’s history with an ancient seal beneath the Holy City, leaving Xiao Qing to wonder what deeper truths lay beyond the story he knew.

• Xiao Qing used the Law of Devouring against a Tier 7 Magical Beast, then he and Queen Medusa fled as more corrupted Magical Beasts approached.
• Queen Medusa led Xiao Qing to a hidden valley, where he concealed their presence with soul barriers.
• Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa agreed that the Small World was collapsing and discussed their search for its shifting Spatial Passage.
• Queen Medusa recalled that her bloodline had sensed a summons after she evolved and connected it to an ancient seal described in the tribe’s old texts.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Qing that the first Queen Medusa had discovered a powerful place beneath the Holy City, but a mysterious force from its seal had gradually drained the land and turned the oasis into the Tagor Desert.