Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan helped Yao Yue refine the Heavenly Flames, but while they were joined in soul form, Yao Yue mistook him for a phantom and boldly clung to him until their souls united. After waking, she discovered the red mark on her soul and realized it had all been real, leaving her determined to stay by Xiao Fan.

• Yao Yue mistook Xiao Fan’s soul for a phantom and pinned him down, declaring herself a rebellious disciple.
• With his soul force depleted, Xiao Fan could not stop Yao Yue, and their souls entwined.
• Xiao Fan placed a rose-red mark between Yao Yue’s soul’s brows before withdrawing from her body.
• Yao Yue woke in Xiao Fan’s arms, believed their encounter had been a dream, and tried summoning the Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Yue saw the mark on her soul, realized the encounter was real, and threw herself into Xiao Fan’s arms, insisting she would cling to him for life.

Xiao Fan punished Yao Yue for her disobedience, then gave her new cultivation methods and sent her back to the imperial palace to train while he prepared for the coming plan. Jia Xingtian escorted Yao Yue away, increasingly suspicious of the changes in her relationship with Xiao Fan and the strength of his training.

• Xiao Fan tied up Yao Yue and punished her while Jia Xingtian watched from a distance.
• Afterward, Xiao Fan asked Jia Xingtian about Chairman Fa Ma's arrangements, and Jia Xingtian confirmed the plan could begin at any time.
• Xiao Fan had Yao Yue release her Heavenly Flames, praised her progress, and told her to return to the imperial palace to train and refine her body.
• Xiao Fan gave Yao Yue the Great Sun Burning Heaven Flame Art, the Five Elements Flame Spirit Art, and the Flame Control Art, telling her to master them before they met again.
• Jia Xingtian took Yao Yue away and tried to learn what had happened, but she refused to explain; he was surprised when she sensed his soul-power probe.

At the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Fan met with Fa Ma to discuss publicly refining pills after Zi Yan raided his medicinal ingredients. In Wutan City, Gu Xun'er defeated Xiao Yu again, while Xiao Yan asked the voice in his Storage Ring about learning to fight her and was warned to stay away.

• Zi Yan smelled medicinal ingredients on Xiao Fan, seized his Storage Ring, and ate the high-grade ingredients until Xiao Fan took the ring back.
• Xiao Fan decided he needed a password-protected Storage Ring, but gave in when Zi Yan insisted their possessions were shared.
• Fa Ma greeted Xiao Fan at the Alchemist Guild and led him and Zi Yan away to discuss the public pill refining.
• Gu Xun'er defeated Xiao Yu in a few moves, leaving Xiao Yu discouraged as Xiao Ning chased after her.
• Xiao Yan asked the voice in his Storage Ring if he could learn to fight like Gu Xun'er, and the voice warned him not to provoke her.

Protector Wu tracked the Xiao Family but withdrew after sensing the Gu Clan’s presence, then targeted Xiao Fan during his public pill refinement in the Imperial Capital. Zi Yan blocked his first attack, but Protector Wu launched a massive second assault as the chapter ended.

• Protector Wu found Xiao Yan in Wutan City, sensed the Gu Clan’s aura, and decided to target Xiao Fan in the Imperial Capital instead.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan about the danger and revealed that Protector Wu was one of the enemies who had forced him into his current state.
• Ling Ying warned Gu Xun’er that someone had been probing nearby, while she continued cultivating and brooding over Xiao Fan and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan began publicly refining a tier-six Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill as Chairman Fa Ma and a crowd of alchemists watched.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Fan, but Zi Yan blocked the strike and Fa Ma cleared the nearby onlookers.
• Protector Wu unleashed Shadow Ghost Hand, covering the Imperial Capital with its overwhelming power.

Xiao Fan finished refining medicine as Protector Wu attacked, and Queen Medusa revealed herself to protect him. The battle remained underway as Hai Bodong arrived to help, then immediately knelt when he recognized Medusa.

• Jia Xingtian blocked Protector Wu’s attack with an earthen barrier, but the ghostly hand pierced through until seven-colored energy from Xiao Fan dispersed it.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Xiao Fan, and Jia Xingtian realized she had advanced to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa attacked Protector Wu with a soul-targeting sword technique, forcing him to retreat before he unleashed a swarm of evil ghosts.
• Queen Medusa used flames to keep the ghosts at bay while Hai Bodong arrived and froze them with his ice powers.
• Hai Bodong recognized Queen Medusa, dropped to one knee, and learned from Xiao Fan that she was the helper he had invited.

Xiao Fan and his allies struggled against Protector Wu after he strengthened himself with a Soul Hall secret art. Xiao Fan unleashed two Heavenly Flames and then trapped Protector Wu in the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, revealing that he had survived the scythe attack.

• Queen Medusa eased her hostility toward Hai Bodong, while Xiao Fan warned her to lure Protector Wu into the formation.
• Protector Wu absorbed souls to rise from four-star Dou Zong to mid-stage six-star Dou Zong and attacked the group with a black scythe.
• Zi Yan pulled Hai Bodong into the void to save him, while Queen Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma struggled against Protector Wu.
• Xiao Fan revealed two Heavenly Flames and used Dragon Saliva to fuel a Fire Lotus Bloom that engulfed Protector Wu in an explosion.
• Protector Wu stabbed Xiao Fan from behind, but the figure turned to mist as the Heaven Refining Ancient Array trapped Protector Wu in an illusion.
• Xiao Fan reappeared beside Zi Yan, who hugged him in relief, and he assured her he was still alive.

Xiao Fan trapped Protector Wu with the Nightmare Heavenly Mist and Heaven Refining Ancient Array, then captured and sealed his soul to avoid provoking the Soul Hall. He gave Jia Xingtian the promised pill and proposed that the Jia Ma Empire ally with the Snake-People Tribe, leaving Jia Xingtian to consider the arrangement.

• Xiao Fan revealed that Protector Wu had been caught in his illusion and formation, then implanted Heavenly Flame in the protector’s soul to control him.
• Xiao Fan sealed Protector Wu’s soul in a jade bottle and kept his Storage Ring from Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan gave Jia Xingtian the Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill and said Queen Medusa would soon leave the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Fan warned Jia Xingtian that the Jia Ma Empire was weakening and proposed an alliance with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Fan suggested the Snake-People Tribe settle in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and promised Queen Medusa would prevent it from troubling the empire without cause.
• Jia Xingtian asked for more time to consider the alliance.

Jia Xingtian and Queen Medusa agreed to pursue peace between the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-People Tribe, though both acknowledged the difficulties ahead. Xiao Fan then comforted Zi Yan about her helplessness in battle, and Yun Yun hurried to meet them as they returned to the Mittal Auction House.

• Jia Xingtian apologized to Queen Medusa and promised to restrain the Jia Ma Empire, while she warned him against any renewed enslavement of the Snake-People Tribe.
• Queen Medusa left, and Xiao Fan caught up with her and argued that cooperation with the Jia Ma Empire could benefit her people.
• Queen Medusa transformed back into Little Cai, who swallowed a medicinal pill before falling asleep in Xiao Fan's sleeve.
• Zi Yan confessed that she felt useless after watching Xiao Fan appear to be struck down, and Xiao Fan reassured her that he wanted her to grow up safe.
• Xiao Fan returned to the Mittal Auction House with Zi Yan, where Yun Yun rushed over to meet them.

When Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran disappeared, Xiao Fan tortured Protector Wu and forced him to reveal that Yun Leng had taken them to the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain. Injured by the interrogation, Xiao Fan headed for the Misty Cloud Sect with Zi Yan and Yun Yun.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Fan that Qing Lin was missing and Nalan Yanran had been taken away.
• Xiao Fan searched the Imperial Capital with his soul power but found no trace of the girls.
• Xiao Fan tortured Protector Wu with Heavenly Flame until his soul revealed that Yun Leng had taken them to the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain.
• Xiao Fan’s eyes turned bloodred from the backlash of controlling Protector Wu, and Zi Yan supported him.
• Yun Yun carried Xiao Fan and Zi Yan toward the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Fan, Zi Yan, and Yun Yun broke into the Misty Cloud Sect to find Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran. They found Nalan Yanran imprisoned, but Qing Lin’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Xiao Fan and his companions reached the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun led them through its protective array to the rear mountain.
• Xiao Fan demanded that Yun Shan hand over the captives, while Yun Yun told her teacher that the Soul Hall protector was dead and urged him to stop his dealings with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Fan ordered Zi Yan to beat Yun Leng, and she quickly overpowered him before forcing him to reveal that the captives were in the sect prison.
• Yun Yun led Xiao Fan and Zi Yan through the prison’s soul-blocking barrier, where they found Nalan Yanran tied up.
• Xiao Fan demanded to know where Qing Lin was, and Yun Leng said he had only followed orders to capture Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Fan tortured Yun Leng while searching for the missing Qing Lin, then used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to try to locate her. Qing Lin woke in the custody of Lv Man and White Fang of the Heavenly Snake Mansion, where they called her their future Saintess, but she demanded to know where her brother was.

• Nalan Yanran woke in the Misty Cloud Sect prison and told Yun Yun that she had been abducted from her clan.
• Xiao Fan accused Yun Leng of taking Qing Lin and mutilated him when he denied knowing about her; Yun Yun refused to intervene.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Fan a drop of her refined blood essence, allowing him to activate the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils again despite the risk to his eyes.
• White Fang sensed the pupils' aura while flying with Lv Man and Qing Lin, and warned that the other user's power seemed to have detected them.
• Qing Lin woke and heard Lv Man identify herself and White Fang as members of the Heavenly Snake Mansion who had taken her to become their future Saintess; Qing Lin demanded to know where her brother was.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan found Qing Lin in the custody of the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but Xiao Fan collapsed after fighting White Fang. Queen Medusa arrived, took Qing Lin and Xiao Fan, and left Lv Man and White Fang unable to stop her.

• Lv Man apologized to Qing Lin for losing track of her brother, but White Fang sensed Xiao Fan and Zi Yan arriving through a tear in space.
• Xiao Fan attacked Lv Man to rescue Qing Lin, and White Fang blocked his strike before preparing to take Xiao Fan to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Fan collapsed from exhaustion, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to freeze White Fang.
• Queen Medusa caught Xiao Fan before he could be harmed and took him and Qing Lin from Lv Man.
• Lv Man recognized that Queen Medusa had become a Dou Zong, and Queen Medusa told Qing Lin that Xiao Fan would wake soon despite having accidentally poisoned him too heavily.

Queen Medusa rescued Qing Lin from the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s agents and showed her unexpected motherly tenderness before returning to sleep. After Xiao Fan woke and found Qing Lin safe, he vowed to keep her close, while Lv Man tried to recruit Qing Lin into the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Queen Medusa knocked Lv Man unconscious, soothed Qing Lin, and asked her to call her Big Sister Cai’er before turning back into a sleeping seven-colored snake.
• Zi Yan placed Dragon Seals on Lv Man and White Fang, then reassured Qing Lin that she was not to blame.
• Xiao Fan woke, checked Qing Lin for injuries, and decided to keep her by his side after the kidnapping.
• Lv Man stopped Xiao Fan from leaving and offered Qing Lin the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s training and inheritance, leaving Qing Lin tempted by the chance to become stronger.

Xiao Fan refused to let Qing Lin join the Heavenly Snake Mansion and kept her by his side, then confronted Lv Man and White Fang over Qing Lin’s abduction. After bringing them to the Imperial Capital, he used Qing Lin’s pupils to enslave White Fang and turned his attention to Lv Man.

• Xiao Fan recalled Qing Lin’s lonely future in the Heavenly Snake Mansion and told her to stay with him and grow up safely.
• Xiao Fan challenged Lv Man’s ability to protect Qing Lin and stopped her from leaving, demanding compensation for the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s actions.
• Hai Bodong reunited with Xiao Fan and Qing Lin, recognized Lv Man and White Fang, and attacked White Fang after learning they had abducted Qing Lin.
• Xiao Fan took Zi Yan and the captives aside, then used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to erase most of White Fang’s consciousness and make it his servant.
• Lv Man resisted Xiao Fan’s attempt to control her by biting her tongue, and Xiao Fan remarked on her quick reaction.

Xiao Fan subdued Lv Man and forced her to protect Qing Lin while he prepared to enter seclusion. Afterward, he collapsed from the strain of using the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Queen Medusa caught him as he fell.

• Xiao Fan defeated Lv Man, learned how the Heavenly Snake Mansion had found Qing Lin, and made Lv Man open her soul origin.
• Xiao Fan renamed Lv Man Xiao Lv, bound her with a soul mark, and ordered her to guard Qing Lin in exchange for the possibility of freedom and an Imperial Extreme Pill.
• Xiao Fan put on a green snake mask for Xiao Lv and stored White Fang in the space opened by the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan he was going into seclusion and asked her to help keep Qing Lin safe, while Zi Yan left with her Sugar Pills.
• Xiao Fan vomited blood and nearly collapsed from his injuries, and Queen Medusa caught him and listened as he thanked her.

After a near-kiss with Queen Medusa was interrupted by Little Cai, Xiao Fan recovered from his injuries and refined Protector Wu’s Soul Origin. He found that Protector Wu’s Storage Ring held valuable items but not Soul Hall’s memory-extraction technique, and its Break Sect Pill came with a hidden cost.

• Xiao Fan teased Queen Medusa, who nearly let him kiss her before Little Cai interrupted them.
• Queen Medusa retreated into the illusory space and fought Little Cai while Xiao Fan tucked the apparently sleeping snake into his sleeve.
• A purple figure at the doorway saw that Xiao Fan was safe, then quietly left through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Fan refined Protector Wu’s Soul Origin to replenish his Soul Force, but his soul realm did not improve.
• Xiao Fan searched Protector Wu’s Storage Ring for Soul Hall’s memory-extraction technique, found none, and recognized that the Break Sect Pill would place its user’s soul under Soul Hall’s control.

Xiao Fan used Magic Cores and White Fang’s cultivation to raise his strength, preparing for his eventual journey to Jia Nan Academy and the Central Plains. As he absorbed White Fang’s power, an unknown phantom within the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils’ space began to take shape, unnoticed by Xiao Fan.

• Xiao Fan found a Soul Seal in the Break Sect Pill and considered the dangers Zi Yan would face if she returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Fan planned to strengthen himself before leaving for Jia Nan Academy to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame and possibly confront the Medicine Emperor.
• Xiao Fan used the Spirit Devouring Art to absorb high-tier Magic Cores, reaching seven-star Dou Ling while the art grew stronger and more selective.
• Xiao Fan used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to absorb White Fang’s cultivation and steadily raise his strength.
• A hazy phantom within the pupils’ special space gradually solidified into a beautiful young woman, while Xiao Fan remained unaware.

Zi Yan enlisted Little Qing Lin to take Xiao Fan’s Storage Ring while he cultivated, unaware that he had deliberately made it easy for her. After reaching the peak of Dou Ling, Xiao Fan taught Yao Yue alchemy, and she succeeded in refining a high-grade third-tier Qi Recovery Pill.

• Zi Yan persuaded Little Qing Lin to help her take Xiao Fan’s Storage Ring, then escaped with it while Lv Man watched.
• Lv Man reflected on how she had begun to enjoy life beside Xiao Fan and followed Little Qing Lin, leaving her former partner behind.
• Xiao Fan revealed he had kept a second Storage Ring and explained that he hoped to find a treasure in the Black-Corner Region to help him break through to Dou Wang.
• Yao Yue visited Xiao Fan, and he had her watch as he refined pills and taught her alchemy over several days.
• Yao Yue successfully refined a high-grade third-tier Qi Recovery Pill, and Xiao Fan rewarded her with an alchemy manual entered into her mind.

Xiao Fan forced Yao Yue to memorize alchemy inheritances, then Queen Medusa branded him with a Snake Curse Seal before leaving for the Snake-People Tribe. Xiao Fan failed to remove either of the two seals and feared Queen Medusa could control and torment him from afar.

• Xiao Fan gave Yao Yue a week to memorize the middle volume of alchemy and pill formulas, then kicked her out.
• Queen Medusa prepared to return to the Snake-People Tribe, and she branded Xiao Fan with a Snake Curse Seal.
• Queen Medusa discovered the matching seal Die had left on Xiao Fan and grew furious over his supposed relationship with her sister.
• Queen Medusa left for the Snake-People Tribe, but she used the curse mark to inflict pain on Xiao Fan from afar.
• Xiao Fan tried Heavenly Flames, Dou Qi, and pills to remove both seals, but his efforts failed and left his shoulders burned.

Die discovered Queen Medusa’s secret collection of books, and their confrontation revealed Die’s love for Xiao Fan and her determination to choose her own life. Queen Medusa took Die to the Jia Ma Empire to pursue cooperation with humans, leaving Hua She’er to manage the Snake-People Tribe.

• Die read the books hidden in Queen Medusa’s bedchamber and admitted that Xiao Fan had promised a Tier 7 Human-Form Pill as a betrothal gift.
• Die defied Queen Medusa and declared that she wanted to pursue her own life with Xiao Fan, prompting Queen Medusa to order her out.
• Queen Medusa summoned the chiefs and elders, argued for moving the Snake-People Tribe to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and rejected an invasion of the Jia Ma Empire.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She’er to accompany her to the Jia Ma Empire, but Die insisted on going too.
• Queen Medusa took Die to the Jia Ma Empire and left Hua She’er behind to handle the tribe’s affairs.