Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan comforted Zi Yan after Xue Mei kissed him, then prepared to leave and gave Xue Mei his alchemy notes. Before departing, he took Zi Yan to rob a wealthy collector’s residence, where they approached the unsuspecting Gute.

• Xiao Fan soothed the jealous Zi Yan with a kiss on her forehead and a hug.
• Xue Mei visited Xiao Fan as he prepared to leave, but could not bring herself to ask to go with him.
• Xiao Fan gave Xue Mei notes on Tier 5 alchemy and encouraged her to develop her own path toward higher tiers.
• Xiao Fan stopped Xue Mei from kissing him again, then caught her when she tripped while saying farewell.
• Xiao Fan packed up the sleeping Zi Yan and decided to visit the wealthy customer she had mentioned before they left.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan veiled their faces and entered Gute’s residence to steal treasures, while Gute admired his collection unaware of them.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan raided Gute’s residence, taking his treasures and leaving additions to his alchemy notes before heading for Desert City. Xue Mei caught Xiao Fan’s departing griffin to give him a Peace Talisman, while Gute woke and became engrossed in Xiao Fan’s notes.

• Zi Yan knocked Gute unconscious and helped Xiao Fan take his treasures, while Xiao Fan recognized Gute as Gu He’s younger brother and found his alchemy notes.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan left Gute’s residence, and Xiao Fan boarded a flying magical beast bound for Desert City.
• Xue Mei chased after Xiao Fan’s griffin and threw him a Peace Talisman, which Xiao Fan caught with his purple wings and thanked her for.
• Gute woke to find his treasures gone, read Xiao Fan’s apologetic note, and became absorbed in the new insights added to his alchemy notes.

Xiao Fan arrived in Desert City and found Hai Bodong, who was being controlled by Medusa through a Snake Curse Seal. Hai Bodong revealed that Medusa was searching for Xiao Fan, and Xiao Fan offered to remove the seal if Hai Bodong explained why.

• Xiao Fan refined a fifth-tier Blood Lotus Pill aboard the flying magical beast while Zi Yan guarded the door.
• In Desert City, Xiao Fan searched Hai Bodong’s Ancient Map Shop for the other fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• Hai Bodong recognized Xiao Fan as the young man Medusa had ordered him to await and complained about being forced to serve her.
• Medusa’s Snake Curse Seal activated as Hai Bodong cursed her, and Xiao Fan eased his pain with fire-element Dou Qi and Heavenly Flame energy.
• Hai Bodong offered to guard Xiao Fan for three years if Xiao Fan removed the seal, and Xiao Fan asked why Medusa was looking for him.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Fan’s name, and Xiao Fan introduced himself.

Xiao Fan met Hai Bodong, accepted a fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and explained how two Heavenly Flames could remove Hai Bodong’s Snake Curse Seal. After receiving a map of the Tagor Desert and gifts from Hai Bodong, Xiao Fan set out to seek the Heavenly Flame while Hai Bodong waited in Desert City.

• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Fan the fragmentary map after learning that Xiao Fan was interested in it.
• Xiao Fan told Hai Bodong that two Heavenly Flames could burn away his Snake Curse Seal, then revealed his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Fan said he already knew where to find another Heavenly Flame and asked Hai Bodong for a map of the Tagor Desert.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Fan a detailed desert map and promised to wait for him in Desert City.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Fan a Mittel Family token and medicinal ingredients after Xiao Fan revealed that Ya Fei had given him an identical token.
• Xiao Fan left Desert City to seek the Heavenly Flame, while Hai Bodong watched him go and planned to give Ya Fei more authority.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan rested at an oasis in the Tagor Desert, where they accidentally stumbled upon Medusa bathing. Medusa recognized Xiao Fan as vaguely familiar as he fled with Zi Yan, while Yue Mei pursued them.

• Xiao Fan gave Zi Yan a little Amethyst Birth Source and carried her across the desert toward Stone Desert City.
• At an oasis, Xiao Fan and Zi Yan relaxed in the lake and promised to explore beyond the sky together once Zi Yan reached Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Fan sensed a Dou Emperor and a Dou Wang approaching and hid with Zi Yan in a bush.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan recognized Medusa and watched her enter the lake, but Zi Yan struck Xiao Fan and their scuffle exposed them.
• Medusa caught sight of the pair, so Xiao Fan grabbed Zi Yan and fled while Yue Mei chased them; Medusa stayed behind, embarrassed and wondering why Xiao Fan looked familiar.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan escaped Yue Mei in the desert, while Medusa learned that Xiao Fan had arrived and recognized him from a portrait. Xiao Fan and Zi Yan reached Stone Desert City to restock supplies and search for the Heavenly Flame, where a nearby commotion drew his attention.

• Yue Mei attacked Xiao Fan, but Zi Yan took her by surprise with a powerful punch, allowing the pair to escape.
• Yue Mei told Medusa that Zi Yan seemed to be a magical beast and that the human boy resembled the portrait in Medusa's room.
• Medusa realized Xiao Fan had finally come, while Xiao Fan remained unaware of her interest in him.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan arrived in Stone Desert City, where Zi Yan disliked the atmosphere and Xiao Fan said they would replenish supplies before searching for the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Fan heard people nearby insulting someone as ugly, a Snake-People bastard, and blind.

Xiao Fan rescued the blind Qing Lin from three boys who were beating her and comforted her as she described her painful past. He invited her to travel with him and Zi Yan, and Qing Lin accepted, gaining a new family.

• Xiao Fan confronted three boys bullying Qing Lin, beat them, and made them apologize before they fled.
• Xiao Fan recognized Qing Lin and learned that she had been blind since childhood and that her mother had recently died.
• Xiao Fan embraced the distressed Qing Lin and asked her to come with him, promising that he could care for her.
• Qing Lin agreed to follow Xiao Fan, and Zi Yan supported taking her in and promised to defend her.
• Xiao Fan introduced Zi Yan and told Qing Lin to call him Big Brother and consider herself family, and Qing Lin accepted him as her brother.

Xiao Fan welcomed Qing Lin into his family and tried to help her feel safe, while Zi Yan bonded with her and took her shopping. The chapter left Qing Lin feeling embraced by their warmth as Zi Yan dragged her to the bathhouse and Xiao Fan was left with a fresh bite mark.

• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan took Qing Lin by the hands and promised to protect her, making her feel cared for.
• Xiao Fan bought Qing Lin many outfits, and Zi Yan encouraged her to spend more of his money while they shopped.
• A shop assistant recognized Qing Lin as a Snake-Person and recoiled, but Zi Yan stayed close and reassured her.
• Xiao Fan noticed Qing Lin had hurt her hand carrying the shopping bags, comforted her, and reminded her that they were her family.
• Xiao Fan sent Zi Yan and Qing Lin to wash up, and Zi Yan bit him before dragging Qing Lin away.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan welcomed the blind Qing Lin into their family, and Zi Yan comforted her while helping her bathe. After promising to restore Qing Lin’s sight, Xiao Fan discovered her body and soul were severely damaged and suspected her condition was connected to the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Zi Yan bathed Qing Lin, comforted her, and told her that her eyes were beautiful.
• Xiao Fan brought Qing Lin to eat with him and Zi Yan, then asked about her blindness and promised to examine and cure her.
• Qing Lin gained hope after Xiao Fan told her he was an orphan and had become a fourth-tier Alchemist.
• Xiao Fan examined Qing Lin and found her meridians severed, her blood and qi in chaos, and her soul damaged as if by a curse.
• Xiao Fan concealed how serious Qing Lin’s condition was and considered seeking information from the Heavenly Snake Mansion or the Nine Nether Earth Python clan.

Xiao Fan treated Qing Lin and brought her and Zi Yan underground to investigate the Green Lotus Core Flame, where they found signs that Medusa had already visited. At the magma pool, Xiao Fan left Qing Lin behind and sent Zi Yan after the hidden Double-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent.

• Xiao Fan treated Qing Lin and reassured her that she could begin cultivating once her body had healed.
• Qing Lin asked to cultivate so she could protect Xiao Fan, and he encouraged her to build a strong foundation first.
• Xiao Fan took Qing Lin and Zi Yan underground to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Zi Yan dug a passage through the earth.
• Qing Lin sensed something hiding ahead, and Xiao Fan realized Medusa had already been to the underground world.
• Xiao Fan told Qing Lin to wait by the magma pool, then sent Zi Yan into the magma to catch the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan reached the underground birthplace of the Green Lotus Core Flame, only to find that Queen Medusa had already taken it. Xiao Fan collected the remaining Green Lotus Seat and decided to stay in the magma while Zi Yan returned to Qing Lin.

• Zi Yan captured the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent, and Xiao Fan offered it a Red Flame Pill to guide them to the Heavenly Flame.
• The serpent told Zi Yan that a woman had already taken a strange flame, and Xiao Fan concluded that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Fan found the Green Lotus Seat and cut it free, then stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Fan decided to remain at the bottom of the magma pool with Ice Spirit Cold Spring and the serpent’s protection while Zi Yan left to look after Qing Lin.

Xiao Fan used the Green Lotus root stalk’s fire energy to forge a Green Lotus Heart, advancing his cultivation and evolving the Spirit Devouring Art. After nearly half a month, he emerged from the magma and reunited with Zi Yan and Qing Lin.

• Xiao Fan plunged the Green Lotus root stalk into his heart and used the Spirit Devouring Art, pills, and Ice Spirit Cold Spring to endure and refine its powerful energy.
• Xiao Fan formed a Green Lotus Seed and entered a long slumber as the Spirit Devouring Art began evolving, while Zi Yan and Little Spirit watched over him.
• After nearly half a month, Xiao Fan’s heart stopped and restarted beneath green flames, completing the Green Lotus Heart and raising his cultivation to Three-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Fan woke with enhanced recovery and resistance to heat, then left the magma with Little Spirit, noting that his soul power had not reached the Spirit Realm.
• Qing Lin waited anxiously for Xiao Fan while Zi Yan sensed his return and flew into his arms; Zi Yan then sniffed Xiao Fan and said he smelled good.

After awakening with a reconstructed Green Lotus Heart and reaching Da Dou Shi, Xiao Fan reunited with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then brought Qing Lin to Hai Bodong for protection before pursuing the Heavenly Flames again. He asked Hai Bodong for help and planned to eliminate the Mo Family to keep Qing Lin safe.

• Zi Yan greeted Xiao Fan as a delicious ingredient, and Qing Lin recognized him by his aura and fainted in his embrace.
• The Double-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent asked to follow Xiao Fan, shrank to bracelet size, and coiled around Qing Lin's wrist to protect her.
• Xiao Fan decided not to bring Qing Lin into the Snake-People Tribe's territory and planned to leave her with Hai Bodong while he pursued the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Fan resolved to wipe out the Mo Family because he feared they would target Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Fan reunited with Hai Bodong, who noticed his breakthrough to Da Dou Shi, and asked the old man to help him.

Xiao Fan left Qing Lin in Hai Bodong’s care before traveling with Zi Yan toward the Snake-People Tribe’s territory. A sandstorm forced them to shelter in a cave with the Sand Mercenary Group, whose leader turned hostile toward Xiao Fan.

• Hai Bodong warned Xiao Fan about Medusa, then agreed to care for Qing Lin and received a secret scroll and medicinal pills from him.
• Xiao Fan said goodbye to Qing Lin, who asked Hai Bodong to teach her Dou Qi so she could protect Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan crossed the Tagor Desert and took shelter in a cave during a sandstorm.
• Xiao Fan recognized the people in the cave as members of the Sand Mercenary Group and sensed that their leader was at least a Da Dou Shi.
• The Sand Mercenary Group’s leader angrily demanded that Xiao Fan answer him.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan witnessed Mo Basi betray Yue Mei and reveal his plot against Medusa. The Great Elder joined the attack, leaving Medusa and the wounded Yue Mei trapped and outmatched.

• Xiao Fan hid with Zi Yan as Commander Luo’s mercenaries faced Yue Mei, who demanded that they release their Snake-People captives.
• Mo Basi ambushed Yue Mei and revealed that he and his allies intended to remove Medusa, claiming the Snake-People Tribe did not need two Medusas.
• Mo Basi killed Commander Luo and slaughtered the mercenaries and captive Snake-People, then overpowered the weakened Yue Mei.
• Medusa arrived, and Yue Mei tried to warn her before shoving her clear of a powerful attack.
• The Great Elder emerged from the darkness, and Medusa recognized him as he joined Mo Basi in declaring that the tribe did not need two Medusas.

Medusa fought the Great Elder and Mo Basi to protect Yue Mei, then sent Yue Mei away with a Teleportation Scroll. When the elders moved to kill her, Xiao Fan used the jade token Elder Su had given Zi Yan to unleash a Dou Zong-level attack and annihilate them.

• Medusa battled the Great Elder, using her command of heaven-and-earth energy to suppress him until he called Mo Basi to help.
• The Great Elder attacked the wounded Yue Mei, and Medusa shielded her from the blow, leaving both women injured.
• Medusa gave Yue Mei a Teleportation Scroll and sent her to find Big Sister at the Snake-People Tribe palace.
• Xiao Fan decided to help Medusa and asked Zi Yan for Elder Su's jade token, while Medusa prepared to fight the elders to the death.
• Xiao Fan activated the jade token, and its Dou Zong-level attack annihilated the Great Elder and Mo Basi.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian sensed that the jade token had been triggered and worried that Zi Yan was in danger.

Xiao Fan rescued the injured Medusa and negotiated for a Heavenly Flame in exchange for helping her sister pursue Dou Zong. Medusa fainted after an accidental kiss, and Zi Yan freed Xiao Fan from her constricting tail.

• Medusa recognized Xiao Fan as the boy who had once peeked at her bathing, while Zi Yan reported finding only one Storage Ring among the two dead men.
• Xiao Fan offered to help Medusa's sister break through to Dou Zong in exchange for a Heavenly Flame and promised not to harm her sister or make enemies of the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Fan carried the injured Medusa, but she tightened her tail around his waist, and he accidentally slapped her backside before they fell together.
• Zi Yan tried to pull Medusa away, causing Medusa's lips to land on Xiao Fan's and giving him her first kiss before she fainted.
• Zi Yan refused to help Xiao Fan at first, then relented and freed him from Medusa's tail.

Xiao Fan carried Medusa out of the cave with Zi Yan on his back, while Queen Medusa arrived and killed the Great Elder for betraying her. As Xiao Fan continued across the desert, Medusa's tail still clung to him, leading to an argument between them.

• Xiao Fan left the cave carrying Medusa, with Zi Yan riding on his back, after agreeing not to carry anyone else there.
• The Great Elder revived through a secret technique, realized humans had rescued Medusa, and resolved to risk everything for a chance to become a Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa confronted the Great Elder and killed him with Spirit-Devouring Snake Flame, devouring his soul as well.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er to deliver the Great Elder's head to the other three elders and privately acknowledged that she owed Xiao Fan a favor.
• While Xiao Fan traveled through the desert with Medusa and Zi Yan, Medusa accused him of seducing her tail, which continued brushing against his waist.

Xiao Fan discovered that Medusa’s companion soul had awakened and was causing her tail to move uncontrollably, then explained the Snake-People Tribe’s bloodline and migration history to her. He offered to improve Queen Medusa’s chances of evolving with Heavenly Flames and said he could preserve her soul if the attempt failed.

• Xiao Fan examined Medusa’s tail and concluded that her awakened companion soul was making it act on its own.
• Medusa tried to communicate with the other soul but could not, so Xiao Fan carried her while Zi Yan tugged on his hair.
• Medusa asked why Xiao Fan wanted Heavenly Flames, and he explained his interest in bloodlines and the Ancient Heaven Snake within hers.
• Xiao Fan claimed his bloodline inheritance had revealed that the Snake-People Tribe migrated from the Central Plains, making Medusa curious about the outside world.
• Medusa asked whether Xiao Fan could help her sister advance, and he said he could improve Queen Medusa’s chances and preserve her soul if she failed to evolve.

Xiao Fan, Zi Yan, and Medusa disguised themselves with Snake-Transformation Pills and entered the Snake-People Imperial City. Medusa’s younger sister received the name Die, and the group discovered that the city had unusually many guards just before encountering Queen Medusa.

• Xiao Fan gave Zi Yan a Snake-Transformation Pill, and the three disguised themselves to enter Snake-People territory.
• A guard let the trio into the Imperial City after Medusa showed a Yue Mei Tribe token and warned them to behave themselves.
• Zi Yan and Medusa competed for Xiao Fan’s attention, while Xiao Fan scolded them for fighting over him.
• Medusa told Xiao Fan that she and her sister had no names of their own, so he named her Die.
• Die noticed the unusual number of guards and led Xiao Fan and Zi Yan toward a secret passage to her sister’s room, where they heard Queen Medusa’s voice.