Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing left Banana Cottage after becoming a couple, and Zhang Yuan accepted an appointment as Stone Desert City's lord and a Black Armored Guard commander. Princess Yaoye asked whether he planned to deal with the Snake People Tribe, leaving his next move in question.

• Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing departed Banana Cottage together, and Zhang Yuan discovered a purple full-moon mark linked to Qing Yanjing in his Spiritual Sense.
• Zhang Yuan flew to Green Rock Town and asked Qin Zhenming about his application to become the Lord of Stone Desert City.
• Qin Zhenming gave Zhang Yuan approval to take the post within a year and appoint himself commander of a new 2,500-soldier camp with direct access to the royal family.
• Princess Yaoye explained that she had secured Zhang Yuan the concurrent military appointment because Stone Desert City bordered the Snake People Tribe, and Zhang Yuan negotiated triple merit rewards.
• Zhang Yuan said he would travel for a few months before establishing the Thunder Character Camp in Stone Desert City, and Princess Yaoye asked if he intended to deal with the Snake People Tribe.

Zhang Yuan prepared to make Stone Desert City his base and planned to explore the Illusionary Mist Mountain Range before returning to the Xiao Clan with Qing Yanjing. While Qing Yanjing practiced desserts to win over Xun Er, Xun Er learned that Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying had endured days of sweets and reacted with amusement rather than sympathy.

• Zhang Yuan told Princess Yaoye he intended to deal with the Snake People Tribe, then flew northeast with Qing Yanjing and Ling Ying toward the Illusionary Mist Mountain Range.
• Zhang Yuan explained that he would explore the mountain range and return to the Xiao Clan before settling in Stone Desert City, and Qing Yanjing agreed to prepare desserts for Xun Er.
• Qing Yanjing served Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying desserts for several days as practice, leaving both men desperate for roasted meat.
• After Qing Yanjing went to sleep, Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying worked overtime searching the mountain range, and Ling Ying sent Xun Er a message complaining about the endless sweets.
• Xun Er first grew angry at the thought that Qing Yanjing had tortured Zhang Yuan, then learned the reason and laughed that Qing Yanjing should have made Ling Ying taste the desserts alone.

Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying found the source of the Illusionary Mist Mountain Range’s strange mist: a dead Mirage Fish Flood Dragon and its pearl. Zhang Yuan began cultivating in the Pure Origin Dragon Spring to break through, but the Thunder God Visualization Diagram revealed that his stay would be longer than expected.

• Ling Ying detected an area hidden from his senses, and Zhang Yuan used lightning and the Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to clear the mist and reveal a lake.
• Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying found a pool generating illusionary mist, and Ling Ying pulled a dead Mirage Fish Flood Dragon from it.
• Ling Ying explained that the beast had failed its tribulation and gave Zhang Yuan its Mirage Fish Flood Dragon Pearl.
• Zhang Yuan sensed that the pearl’s Dragon Qi could help him break through to Dou Ling and evolve his Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, so he asked Ling Ying to guard him.
• Zhang Yuan brought Qing Yanjing to the island, then entered the pool to cultivate using the pearl and the Pure Origin Dragon Spring.
• The Thunder God Visualization Diagram revealed a profound incantation, and Zhang Yuan realized he would not be staying there briefly.

Zhang Yuan used the Primordial Mirage Dragon Pearl to learn how the Thunder God Visualization Diagram could guide his soul breakthrough, then advanced to Dou Ling and awakened a small, habitable space. He left the chapter asking Ling Ying whether he wanted to break through to Dou Zong.

• Zhang Yuan received an incantation from the Thunder God Visualization Diagram and realized he needed Dou Ling cultivation and a Fourth-tier Magical Beast-level body to stabilize his spiritual platform.
• Zhang Yuan cultivated in the Spirit Spring for three days, drawing in and refining energy with the Heavenly Thunder Art and Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Zhang Yuan transformed his Dou Crystal, broke through to Dou Ling, and condensed silver-purple Dou Qi Armor and weapons.
• Zhang Yuan discovered a roughly thirty-meter habitable space behind his Dou Crystal that contained the Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and could take in energy and air.
• Zhang Yuan summoned Ling Ying and asked whether he wanted to break through to Dou Zong.

Zhang Yuan used the Quasi-Seventh-Rank Primordial Mirage Dragon Pearl to help Ling Ying observe the Power of Space and pursue a breakthrough to Dou Zong. As Ling Ying studied the changing space, Zhang Yuan secretly began strengthening his own soul, causing the space to transform.

• Ling Ying explained how the Ancient Clan selected descendants and why he needed the clan's help or a rare opportunity to advance to Dou Zong.
• Zhang Yuan offered Ling Ying a chance to study spatial changes inside the pearl, claiming its transformation mirrored a breakthrough to the seventh tier.
• Ling Ying agreed to help, and Zhang Yuan had him seal the area before arranging a place for Qing Yanjing to stay.
• Zhang Yuan brought Ling Ying into the pearl's space, where Ling Ying began observing the Power of Space.
• Zhang Yuan secretly condensed his Soul Power and began advancing his soul realm, causing the barriers of his personal space to change as Ling Ying watched.

Zhang Yuan’s Soul Power broke through and formed a Spirit Realm soul after seven days of cultivation in the Spirit Spring. He demonstrated its power to Qing Yanjing, then turned their exchange flirtatious.

• Zhang Yuan’s Soul Power exceeded its limit, and he condensed it into a living soul by drawing in spiritual energy.
• After seven days, Zhang Yuan’s humanoid soul appeared above the Spirit Spring and merged into his body.
• Qing Yanjing recognized Zhang Yuan’s new soul and felt the pressure around her disappear when it entered him.
• Zhang Yuan challenged Qing Yanjing to a palm strike without using his physical strength or Dou Qi, then struck her mind with his soul and made her dizzy.
• Zhang Yuan teased Qing Yanjing about being a monster, and she softened as she understood his suggestive invitation.

Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing waited nearly five months in the Illusionary Mist Mountain Range while he trained and Ling Ying prepared to break through. After Ling Ying reached Dou Zong, Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing left and encountered Yun Yun and Queen Medusa facing off.

• Zhang Yuan taught Qing Yanjing cultivation principles, deepening her foundation, and the two spent the night together in the Spirit Spring.
• Over nearly five months, Zhang Yuan advanced his Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, tempered his body, reached Two-Star Dou Ling, and stabilized his soul realm.
• Ling Ying used his accumulated cultivation and comprehension of the Power of Space to break through to Dou Zong inside Zhang Yuan's Small World.
• Zhang Yuan told Qing Yanjing that Ling Ying had succeeded and that they would leave the mountain range.
• Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing departed after he used the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl to release the space seal, then saw Yun Yun confronting Queen Medusa.

Zhang Yuan arrived as Yun Yun and Medusa confronted each other, and Medusa immediately tried to seize him. Yun Yun intervened to protect him and challenged Medusa, who attacked her as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Yuan appeared before Yun Yun and Medusa, and Medusa rushed over to grab him.
• Zhang Yuan evaded Medusa with Ling Ying’s help nearby, then explained that he wanted to return to the Xiao Clan before openly building a force because the Soul Hall posed a threat.
• Yun Yun blocked Medusa’s next attack and warned her to leave Jia Ma Empire territory.
• Medusa dismissed Yun Yun’s warning, released her peak Dou Emperor aura, and attacked Yun Yun with several snakes formed from purple Dou Qi.

Medusa attacked Yun Yun while Jia Xingtian and Zhang Yuan’s hidden protector watched, then tried to take Zhang Yuan with her. Jia Xingtian intervened, and Medusa agreed to leave in exchange for one condition.

• Medusa and Yun Yun fought fiercely, with Yun Yun sensing that Medusa was holding back and wondering why Jia Xingtian and Elder Ling had not intervened.
• Medusa appeared before Zhang Yuan and told him to come with her, but Jia Xingtian blocked her with an earth wall.
• Jia Xingtian emerged and ordered Medusa to return to the Tagor Desert, while the chapter explained the Jia Ma Empire’s political and military balance.
• Medusa broke through Jia Xingtian’s barrier, then agreed to grant him face on the condition that he fulfill one request.

Medusa demanded that Jia Xingtian hand Zhang Yuan over, but Zhang Yuan explained why Jia Xingtian could not agree publicly. Medusa attacked anyway, and Jia Xingtian defended Zhang Yuan as their confrontation continued.

• Medusa argued that the Snake People Tribe protected the Jia Ma Empire's eastern border and demanded that Jia Xingtian let her take Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan told Medusa that making her request in front of the Dou Wang experts prevented Jia Xingtian from agreeing without damaging the royal family's standing.
• Jia Xingtian refused Medusa's demand and challenged her, so she attacked him with red energy serpents.
• Medusa reached for Zhang Yuan, but Jia Xingtian blocked her attack after Zhang Yuan retreated with the Four Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Medusa suspected Jia Xingtian was putting on a show and prepared to test whether he had grown stronger.

Zhang Yuan protected the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl from Yan Shi while Medusa and Jia Xingtian fought and Yun Yun struggled against Medusa’s sealing technique. He defeated Yan Shi and secretly planted Heavenly Flames in him, setting up a death that could serve a larger purpose.

• Medusa and Jia Xingtian clashed, allowing Zhang Yuan to descend to Yun Yun, who was resisting Medusa’s sealing technique while Gu He and several Dou Wangs guarded her.
• Yan Shi demanded that Zhang Yuan hand over the pearl, and Zhang Yuan challenged him to take it.
• Zhang Yuan sent Qing Yanjing into his Small World and had Ling Ying remain concealed nearby.
• Yan Shi attacked Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan’s punch struck Yan Shi’s mind and sent him crashing unconscious into a crater.
• Zhang Yuan seized Yan Shi and secretly injected a strand of Heavenly Flames into him.

Zhang Yuan subdued Yan Shi, then spared him in exchange for Gu He's favor and Yun Yun's request. After Zhang Yuan left, Gu He and Feng Li believed a hidden Peak Dou Emperor had protected him, while Ling Ying realized Zhang Yuan had deliberately concealed his strength.

• Zhang Yuan dodged Feng Li's attacks while threatening Yan Shi, prompting Gu He to ask him to stop and offer a favor for Yan Shi's life.
• Yun Yun said she and Yan Shi were old friends, so Zhang Yuan spared Yan Shi and accepted Gu He's jade token as proof of the favor owed.
• Gu He examined Yan Shi, found him unconscious but unharmed, and asked how Zhang Yuan had subdued him.
• Zhang Yuan flew away, and Yun Yun told Gu He and Feng Li that a Peak Dou Emperor had acted secretly to protect him.
• Ling Ying realized Zhang Yuan had intentionally misled the others about his strength and then worried that he had not contacted the young lady for a long time.

Xun'er learned that Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying were safe and that Zhang Yuan had grown much stronger, while Xiao Yan agreed to attend Jia Nan Academy after hearing it might hold a Heavenly Flame. In the Jia Ma Empire, Medusa revealed that she wanted to take Zhang Yuan back to the Snake People tribe and make him her consort, leaving Jia Xingtian, Zhang Yuan, and Ling Ying stunned.

• Xun'er read Ling Ying's report about Zhang Yuan's breakthrough to Dou Ling and Ling Ying's breakthrough to Dou Zong, then hurried down the mountain to prepare for Zhang Yuan's return.
• After Xun'er left, Xiao Yan discussed leaving the Xiao Clan with Old Yao, who persuaded him to wait for Jia Nan Academy's recruitment because it might have a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan agreed to attend Jia Nan Academy and joked that he wanted to find suitable women to introduce to Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying arrived unseen near Medusa and Jia Xingtian as Medusa fought Jia Xingtian and asked him to let her take Zhang Yuan away.
• Medusa told Jia Xingtian that she had taken a fancy to Zhang Yuan and proposed a marriage alliance between the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People tribe.

Jia Xingtian and Medusa negotiated a military cooperation agreement as the Jia Ma Empire faced growing threats from neighboring empires. Zhang Yuan then pursued Medusa and used Ling Ying’s power to trap her, insisting that she sit and talk with him.

• Jia Xingtian warned Medusa that Yan Luotian had become a Dou Zong and explained why the Jia Ma Empire needed the Snake People tribe’s help.
• Medusa negotiated an agreement with Jia Xingtian to exchange resources for military merit every three months when her tribe fought the Chuyun Empire.
• Jia Xingtian decided to cultivate ties with Zhang Yuan and the Xiao Clan, unaware that Zhang Yuan had followed Medusa.
• Zhang Yuan met Medusa on a mountain with Ling Ying and invited her to sit, but she tried to leave and attacked him with a strand of Dou Qi.
• Ling Ying used the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl to seal the space around Medusa, and Zhang Yuan again told her to sit.

Medusa attacked Zhang Yuan, but Ling Ying overwhelmed her and forced her to reveal her Purple Nether Flame Snake form. Zhang Yuan then persuaded her to discuss cooperation and deduced that she planned to use the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve her bloodline, leaving Medusa facing his warning that her dangerous attempt could endanger the Snake People Tribe.

• Medusa attacked Zhang Yuan, and Ling Ying blocked her techniques and countered with his dark-attribute Dou Techniques.
• Medusa used her companion soul, the Purple Nether Flame Snake, to escape Ling Ying’s sealing attack, but Zhang Yuan invited her to sit and talk.
• Zhang Yuan told Medusa that he was becoming City Lord of Stone Desert City and a military commander, with the Snake People Tribe as his target.
• Zhang Yuan asked Medusa about Heavenly Flames and the Green Lotus Core Flame, then inferred that she had discovered the flame and intended to use it to evolve her bloodline and reach Dou Zong.
• Zhang Yuan warned that Medusa’s attempt could kill her and leave the Snake People Tribe vulnerable, while Medusa recognized that he was threatening her.

Zhang Yuan negotiated with Medusa, offering help with her breakthrough and a path toward peace between humans and the Snake-People tribe in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame and her support for his future force. Medusa agreed to help if he fulfilled his promises, and Zhang Yuan left for Stone Desert City while Yun Yun warned Jia Xingtian that the Falling Goose Sect’s probing had intensified.

• Zhang Yuan explained how the Four Dragon Thunder Gang Fire could help Medusa awaken her bloodline and survive her breakthrough more safely, then asked her to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame for him.
• Medusa agreed to their initial terms, and Zhang Yuan raised the prospect of easing tensions between humans and the Snake-People tribe.
• Zhang Yuan revealed his ambition to build a major force and asked Medusa to support it; she agreed to lend him a hand if he delivered on his promises.
• Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying departed toward Stone Desert City after Zhang Yuan and Medusa exchanged a handshake and agreed to discuss their cooperation further there.
• Jia Xingtian came up empty-handed, and Yun Yun told him that the Falling Goose Sect’s probing had intensified and asked whether Senior Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast was available.

Zhang Yuan returned to the Xiao Clan and reunited with Xun Er, while Xiao Yan learned that his cousin had advanced to Two-Star Dou Ling. Xun Er revealed her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Zhang Yuan discovered she could not yet use Heavenly Flame Wings; she then asked where Qing Yanjing was.

• Yun Yun agreed to travel north with Jia Xingtian because the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast was unavailable.
• Zhang Yuan arrived in Wutan City with Ling Ying and went to see Xun Er before visiting the rest of the Xiao Clan.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Zhang Yuan had reached Two-Star Dou Ling, shocking Xiao Yan with his cousin's rapid progress.
• Zhang Yuan embraced Xun Er, then took her to the back mountain to teach her Heavenly Flame Wings.
• Xun Er summoned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Zhang Yuan concluded she lacked the Dou Qi to use the wings before becoming a Dou Master.
• Xun Er asked Zhang Yuan where Qing Yanjing was.

Zhang Yuan introduced Xun Er to Qing Yanjing inside the Primordial Mirage Dragon Pearl, and the two women immediately bonded and sent him away so they could talk privately. After returning to the Xiao Clan, he discovered Xiao Yan was cultivating the low-grade Flame Mantra, learned why Xiao Yan had chosen it, and offered a newly obtained Heavenly Flame to test whether it could evolve.

• Zhang Yuan brought Xun Er into the Primordial Mirage Dragon Pearl, where she and Qing Yanjing warmly met and praised each other.
• Xun Er asked to speak with Qing Yanjing alone, and Zhang Yuan left the Small World to visit Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Yuan found Xiao Yan preparing to bathe and pressed him to reveal his cultivation method after noticing he had reached the Dou Zhe realm.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao explained that Xiao Yan practiced the Yellow-tier low-grade Flame Mantra, which could evolve by absorbing Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan said he chose the Flame Mantra to help Old Yao revive and to support Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan offered a newly obtained Heavenly Flame to test it.

Zhang Yuan told Xiao Yan and Yao Chen about the Green Lotus Core Flame and discussed how Xiao Yan could eventually use Beast Flame to test the Flame Mantra. After returning to the Xiao Clan, Zhang Yuan went to Xiao Zhan and began asking about the clan’s history.

• Zhang Yuan clarified that he had found the Green Lotus Core Flame for Xiao Yan, but it was currently in Queen Medusa’s custody as part of their cooperation.
• Zhang Yuan explained his agreement with Medusa, and Yao Chen warned him that she could turn against him; Zhang Yuan said Elder Ling’s support made cooperation the better choice.
• Yao Chen and Zhang Yuan told Xiao Yan he needed to become stronger and prepare the right materials before refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, then suggested using Beast Flame to test the Flame Mantra first.
• Zhang Yuan teased Xiao Yan before leaving to visit Xiao Zhan, while Yao Chen explained that Dragon Qi had tempered Zhang Yuan’s body.
• Zhang Yuan told Xiao Zhan he had become a Dou Ling and the city lord of Stone Desert City, then isolated the study with the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl and asked about the Xiao Clan’s history.

Zhang Yuan told Xiao Zhan that the Xiao Clan had once been a powerful clan allied with the Ancient Clan, but was now targeted by Soul Hall, and proposed three arrangements to protect and strengthen it. He revealed his portable Small World to Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, preparing to move the clan’s blood relatives there while sending its younger generation to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Zhan explained that the Xiao Clan’s founders had fled the Black Corner Region after offending a powerful faction, and Zhang Yuan revealed that the clan had once been allied with a Dou Saint-level ancient clan.
• Zhang Yuan warned Xiao Zhan that Soul Hall held an extermination grudge against the Xiao Clan, though it was unlikely to target the weakened clan immediately.
• Zhang Yuan proposed sending the Xiao Clan’s juniors to Jia Nan Academy, putting its blood-related middle and upper ranks into seclusion, and entrusting its businesses to Ya Fei.
• Xiao Zhan agreed after Zhang Yuan explained his prospects, Xiao Yan’s potential, and his own connections and position.
• Zhang Yuan summoned Xiao Yan, brought out the Mirage Fish Flood Dragon Pearl, and prepared to take him and Xiao Zhan to the portable Small World.