Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao and Yun Yun descended into the magma in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame, but the two-headed snake flung them into a hidden space where they found its companion treasures. Lin Hao gathered the fire lotus seeds and began cutting the roots, while Xiao Yan was destined to arrive later and find the flame gone.

• Yun Yun asked Lin Hao about his cultivation, and he explained that his martial soul and ice-and-fire body tempering helped him endure the magma.
• Yun Yun refused to descend farther, so the two-headed snake coiled around them and accidentally pressed their lips together before flinging them into a deeper region.
• Lin Hao and Yun Yun found the empty lotus heart and the remaining fire lotus seeds, pedestal, and roots; Lin Hao offered Yun Yun the pedestal and began collecting the seeds.
• Yun Yun urged Lin Hao to leave the roots intact, but he said they could absorb flames and carefully cut five of them.
• A few days later, Xiao Yan arrived and found the Green Lotus Core Flame gone, then decided to take the remaining roots for his cultivation of the Burning Mantra.

After refining the five roots taken from the underground magma, Lin Hao broke through to the Dou Emperor realm in the Tagore Desert, drawing the attention of Queen Medusa, Gu He’s group, and Xiao Yan. He revealed that his Martial Soul had mutated and gained a seventh Spirit Ring.

• Lin Hao spent five days refining the five roots while Yun Yun guarded him, then triggered a massive breakthrough that drew energy from across the desert.
• Queen Medusa noticed the strange phenomenon and learned it came from a human whose power seemed to exceed that of a one-star Dou Emperor.
• Gu He and his companions waited at the ruins for Yun Yun, while Xiao Yan and his teacher discussed the distant breakthrough.
• Lin Hao completed his breakthrough, and Yun Yun congratulated him on becoming the Misty Cloud Sect’s fourth Dou Emperor.
• Lin Hao displayed seven Spirit Rings and said that refining the Green Lotus Core Flame’s roots had mutated his Martial Soul, allowing it to absorb surrounding energy and form a seventh ring.

Lin Hao challenged Gu He's plan to take the Green Lotus Core Flame by force and exposed the risks of attacking the Snake-Person Tribe's Holy City. When Queen Medusa appeared to negotiate, Lin Hao revealed that he knew about her plan to evolve with the Heavenly Flames and offered knowledge of a pill that could help her control the result.

• Lin Hao warned Gu He that the Snake-Person Tribe's elders and warriors made a forcible raid on Holy City dangerous, and Gu He said he would try trading pills first.
• Gu He and the others flew into Holy City, where Snake guards surrounded them after their approach drew attacks.
• Gu He offered Queen Medusa pills in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, but she rejected his offer.
• Yan Shi suspected Queen Medusa was stalling while preparing to refine the Heavenly Flames, making Gu He consider seizing them by force.
• Lin Hao asked whether Queen Medusa planned to evolve and told her that he knew of a pill that could merge the souls awakened by the process.

Lin Hao negotiated an agreement between the Misty Cloud Sect and Queen Medusa, offering pill-refining services in exchange for the Heavenly Flames after her evolution. The contract was signed, and Lin Hao suspected Medusa had delayed evolving because she was injured.

• Lin Hao revealed the Snake-Person Tribe’s secrets and proposed refining one thousand pills over a hundred years in exchange for the Heavenly Flames after Queen Medusa evolved.
• Queen Medusa consulted the Snake-Person Tribe’s elders, then asked Yun Yun whether Lin Hao’s offer represented the Misty Cloud Sect’s position.
• Yun Yun accepted the proposal, and Lin Hao argued that closer ties with the Snake-Person Tribe could deter the Jia Ma Imperial Family from attacking the sect.
• Queen Medusa and Yun Yun signed the contract, which allowed Medusa to keep the Heavenly Flames until she completed her evolution.
• Lin Hao told Queen Medusa that he believed she had not evolved because her body was injured.

Lin Hao negotiated with Queen Medusa, offering medicinal pills in exchange for witnessing her evolution with the Heavenly Flames. Queen Medusa tested his abilities at a venomous lake, but he swam past her and the Great Elder toward the island where the evolution would take place.

• Lin Hao argued that cooperation with the Misty Cloud Sect would benefit the Snake-Person Tribe more than a conflict, and Queen Medusa invited him to state his proposal.
• Lin Hao offered a Jade Ganoderma and requested to witness Queen Medusa's evolution, then raised the medicinal-pill offer to four thousand as her subordinates urged her to accept.
• Queen Medusa left the throne and led Lin Hao toward the evolution site, while the Snake-Person elders kept Yun Yun behind.
• Queen Medusa and the Great Elder swam toward an island across a venomous lake with a no-fly domain, expecting Lin Hao to be unable to follow.
• Lin Hao entered the lake and swiftly swam past Queen Medusa and the Great Elder toward the island.

Lin Hao watched Queen Medusa undergo her Heavenly Flame evolution, and she emerged as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. The newly awakened ancient serpent spirit chose to follow Lin Hao, while the Grand Elder accused him of having wanted the Queen from the start.

• Queen Medusa agreed to undergo the evolution after Lin Hao proved he could withstand the poisonous pool and gave her a jade ganoderma to refine.
• Queen Medusa plunged into the Heavenly Flames, and her body burned until only a charred remnant remained.
• Lightning struck the flames, and the charred body cracked apart as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python emerged and drank Lin Hao's spiritual liquid.
• The newly awakened serpent spirit nodded when Lin Hao asked if it would come with him, but rejected the Grand Elder.
• Lin Hao explained that the ancient serpent spirit controlled the body while Queen Medusa slept, then revealed his Dou Emperor cultivation and defended taking the python with him.
• The Grand Elder accused Lin Hao of wanting Queen Medusa from the beginning.

After returning to the Misty Cloud Sect, Lin Hao explained why Gu He would keep the Green Lotus Core Flame and agreed to save Nalan Jie, whose Branding Poison he removed in minutes. Nalan Su then honored the Nalan Clan’s promised reward by giving Lin Hao the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva.

• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Lin Hao told Yun Yun that Gu He would refine pills for the sect and Snake-Person Tribe in exchange for receiving the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Nalan Yanran brought Lin Hao to examine her poisoned grandfather, while Nalan Su doubted Lin Hao’s claim that he could cure Nalan Jie in a few minutes.
• Lin Hao used his soul power and battle qi to draw the Branding Poison out of Nalan Jie, who woke and confirmed that he was cured.
• Nalan Su returned with the promised reward, the sixth-tier medicinal ingredient Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva.

Lin Hao refined the Branding Poison into a combat skill and used the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva to break through to the Spirit Abyss Realm. After sensing that someone had noticed his soul exploration, he went to Misty Cloud Mountain and declared his intention to wipe out the Imperial Guard Legion stationed at its foot.

• Nalan Jie arranged for Lin Hao to cultivate in Nalan Yanran's bedroom, where Lin Hao refined the Branding Poison and demonstrated its effects.
• Lin Hao absorbed the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva and broke through from the Spirit Sea Realm to the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• Lin Hao explored Jia Ma City with his soul body, then withdrew it after a faint cough alerted him that someone had sensed him.
• Lin Hao left for Misty Cloud Mountain, and Nalan Yanran followed him to the Imperial Guard Legion's camp.
• Lin Hao rejected Nalan Yanran's attempt to stop him and announced that he would wipe out the legion stationed at the foot of the mountain.

Lin Hao attacked the Imperial Guard Legion’s military camp, declaring that the Jia Ma Empire needed a change of dynasty after its schemes against the Misty Cloud Sect. Nalan Yanran rushed to find her grandfather for help while Lin Hao continued cutting through the camp’s defenders.

• Nalan Yanran failed to dissuade Lin Hao from opposing the Jia Ma Empire and hurried toward the capital to find Nalan Jie.
• Lin Hao ignored the camp guards’ warnings, knocked them unconscious, and killed the soldiers who came to stop him.
• Lin Hao killed a Dou Shi with a swift strike after the man attacked him.
• Lin Hao summoned his Talisman and seven Spirit Rings, then used his second Spirit Skill, Sea Overturning, to kill a four-star Da Dou Shi and sweep away several tents.

Lin Hao declared rebellion, defeated the Imperial Guard Legion commander with the Plague God Finger, and called on the soldiers to surrender to the Misty Cloud Sect. Yun Yun protected Lin Hao by framing the clash as the commander’s treason, but an arriving elder challenged her over the Sect’s intentions toward the empire.

• The Imperial Guard Legion commander confronted Lin Hao, who admitted he intended to rebel and challenged the commander to fight.
• The commander attacked Lin Hao with a lightning slash, but Lin Hao struck him with the Plague God Finger and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The soldiers panicked after learning Lin Hao was a Dou Emperor, and Lin Hao offered to spare those who surrendered.
• Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples arrived, and Yun Yun ordered Yun Leng to take the commander’s corpse to the emperor while claiming the commander had tried to usurp the throne.
• Lin Hao urged the soldiers to surrender peacefully, but an arriving elder asked Yun Yun whether the Misty Cloud Sect planned to declare war on the empire.

Yun Yun and Jia Xingtian tried to keep the clash between the Misty Cloud Sect and the imperial family from escalating, but Lin Hao openly declared the sect’s conflict with the empire and called for war. Yun Yun protected Lin Hao when Jia Xingtian tried to take him away, leaving the two sides on the brink of battle.

• Yun Yun urged Jia Xingtian to investigate the killings before blaming Lin Hao, and Jia Xingtian publicly agreed while intending to let the matter end without war.
• Lin Hao rejected the truce, accused the imperial family of plotting to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, and said he had killed the imperial troops for that reason.
• The Second Elder supported Lin Hao, while the First Elder cited the sect’s rule against interfering in dynastic affairs; Lin Hao argued that the empire’s threat made neutrality impossible.
• Jia Xingtian offered to take Lin Hao away for questioning, but Yun Yun killed the two men sent to seize him and refused to surrender her junior brother.
• Lin Hao challenged Jia Xingtian to either destroy the Misty Cloud Sect or fight him, threatening to turn the Heaven Dou Empire upside down.

The Misty Cloud Sect and the Gama Imperial Family went to war, with Lin Hao drawing Nalan Jie and the Mad Lion Legion to his side. As the imperial forces gained the advantage, Elder Hai entered the battle, prompting Mittel Tengshan to commit the Mittel Family to supporting the sect.

• Gu He revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame, and Jia Xingtian assessed the strength of the Misty Cloud Sect’s fighters and guardian beasts.
• Mu Chen and the Imperial Guard Legion arrived, while Nalan Jie joined the Misty Cloud Sect’s side on behalf of the Mad Lion Legion.
• Lin Hao proposed a contest between the sides’ core members, but Jia Xingtian rejected the offer and ordered his troops to attack.
• Yun Shan arrived to support the Misty Cloud Sect, but its forces remained outnumbered and began losing ground.
• Elder Hai entered the fight with an ice-blade technique, and Mittel Tengshan ordered the Mittel Family to support him.

Lin Hao fought the Jia Ma Emperor on the legion drill grounds and killed him with his seventh Soul Skill, River Severing. With Jia Xingtian enraged and Yun Shan urging Yun Yun and Lin Hao to flee, Lin Hao turned to help his master confront the Jia Ma Empress.

• Lin Hao used Wind-Rending Whirl Dance and Mountain Moving against the Jia Ma Emperor, while the emperor's defenses and counterattack showed that Lin Hao was slightly weaker.
• Lin Hao transformed with Realm Profound Talisman True Body and battered the Jia Ma Emperor with Demon-Subduing and Demon-Suppressing, forcing him to rely on golden armor.
• The Jia Ma Emperor summoned a Sunflare Sand Phoenix, but Lin Hao's River Severing destroyed it and killed the emperor.
• The Jia Ma Empress retreated in grief, Jia Xingtian vowed to wipe out the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Shan told Yun Yun and Lin Hao to run.
• Lin Hao refused to flee and activated his fifth Soul Skill, Edict God, to help Yun Yun fight the Jia Ma Empress.

Lin Hao helped Yun Shan defeat Jia Xingtian after the Jia Ma Empress briefly resisted Lin Hao’s control and was killed in the struggle. With the Jia Ma Emperor and Empress also dead, Yun Shan called on the imperial soldiers to surrender, ending the battle.

• Tengshan and Ya Fei rallied the injured Mittel Family fighters to keep resisting as Yun Shan began to lose to Jia Xingtian.
• The Jia Ma Empress stabbed Jia Xingtian, leading him to suspect Yun Shan had planted her as a spy.
• Lin Hao’s plea revealed that he was controlling the Jia Ma Empress, and Jia Xingtian realized Lin Hao was responsible.
• The Jia Ma Empress held Jia Xingtian in place, but he struck her down as Yun Shan unleashed Wind's Extreme: Thousand Blades Fall.
• Yun Shan shredded Jia Xingtian’s body, captured his fleeing soul in his Storage Ring, and stopped Lin Hao from pursuing further killings.
• Yun Shan announced Jia Xingtian, the Jia Ma Emperor, and the Jia Ma Empress were dead, and offered the imperial forces mercy if they surrendered.

Lin Hao persuaded Mu Chen and other royal forces to surrender, then discussed the Misty Cloud Sect’s political plans with Yun Shan. In the sect’s secluded cave, Yun Shan showed Lin Hao a soul cultivation method given to him by a Soul Hall protector, and Lin Hao recognized the name Wu Ying.

• Lin Hao promised Mu Chen that surrendered soldiers and clan members would be protected, and Mu Chen agreed to join the Misty Cloud Sect as an elder.
• Lin Hao declared that Jia Clan members could continue ruling the Jia Ma Empire, prompting royal relatives to surrender in hopes of gaining power.
• Yun Shan took Lin Hao to his secluded cave and learned that Lin Hao had reached Dou Emperor in the Tagore Desert before helping Gu He obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Hao proposed that the Misty Cloud Sect approve emperors and important officials while a Grand Secretariat handled state affairs, and Yun Shan realized Lin Hao wanted to curb the emperor’s power.
• Yun Shan asked Lin Hao to inspect a soul cultivation method given to him by a Soul Hall protector, and Lin Hao identified the giver as Wu Ying.

Lin Hao warned Yun Shan that Wu Ying’s cultivation technique was likely a trap meant to harvest his soul, then told him about the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool as a chance to reach Dou Zong. Yun Shan set out for Heaven’s Eye Mountain and, unsure whether he would return alive, gave Lin Hao his accumulated treasures.

• Lin Hao burned Wu Ying’s scroll and told Yun Shan that the Soul Hall protector was probably targeting his soul.
• Lin Hao urged Yun Shan to leave the sect secretly and revealed that the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool could help him break through to Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan told Lin Hao to inform Yun Yun that he was entering seclusion, then flew toward Heaven’s Eye Mountain.
• After Yun Shan left, Lin Hao reflected on their relationship and hoped his master would survive the journey.
• Yun Shan returned and gave Lin Hao all the treasures he had accumulated in case he did not come back alive.

Yun Shan left his accumulated treasures with Lin Hao before setting out for Heaven's Eye Mountain, and Lin Hao used them to advance his cultivation. The Misty Cloud Sect debated controlling the Gama Empire through a marriage alliance, while Lin Hao ended the chapter having reached level eighty and hit a bottleneck.

• Yun Shan gave Lin Hao his treasures and flew away through the forest toward Heaven's Eye Mountain.
• Lin Hao joined the Misty Cloud Sect's meeting, where the elders proposed making Yao Ye Empress and marrying her to Lin Hao; Lin Hao and Yun Yun objected.
• Lin Hao gave Ya Fei and the Amethyst Winged Lion King Fire Lotus Seeds.
• Lin Hao refined the Emperor Extreme Pill and raised his Dou Qi cultivation to mid three-star Dou Emperor.
• Lin Hao tested his Soul Power at level seventy-eight, then continued cultivating until he reached level eighty and hit a bottleneck.

Lin Hao returned from the Battle Through the Heavens Plane to Spirit City, where he found Spirit Hall repairing the damage he had caused and still searching for him. He blended into the crowd and planned to escape after nightfall, but a woman recognized him.

• Lin Hao told Yun Yun about what had happened to Yun Shan, then entered the Realm Profound Talisman's dimensional space and prepared to return to the Douluo Plane.
• Lin Hao emerged in the square outside Pope Palace and realized workers were repairing the damage caused by his Star Plucking technique.
• Lin Hao carried scaffolding out of Pope Palace and slipped into Spirit City's crowded streets without drawing attention.
• Lin Hao learned that Spirit Hall was searching for him and offering a reward of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, so he turned away from the guarded city gates.
• Lin Hao decided to wait until nightfall and fly out of Spirit City, but a woman called out his name.

Lin Hao escaped Spirit City after Hu Liena recognized him, but Ghost Leopard Douluo confronted him in the forest. Facing a powerful opponent he could neither outrun nor defeat, Lin Hao summoned the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and asked it to let her come out.

• Hu Liena exposed Lin Hao in Spirit City and called for Spirit Masters to capture him.
• Lin Hao revealed his seven Spirit Rings and flew out of the city, leaving Hu Liena astonished by his rapid rise to Soul Sage.
• Hu Liena decided to ask her Teacher to let her enter Slaughter City.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo intercepted Lin Hao in the forest and demanded that he surrender.
• Lin Hao summoned the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and asked it to let her come out.

Lin Hao’s Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python transformed into Queen Medusa and fought Ghost Leopard Douluo, who had attacked Lin Hao while hoping to draw nearby Spirit Masters into the battle. Queen Medusa easily countered Ghost Leopard Douluo’s Soul Skills without using one of her own, leaving him frustrated as the fight continued.

• Ghost Leopard Douluo mistook the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python for a potentially million-year soul beast, then decided to capture Lin Hao and use the battle to attract nearby Spirit Masters.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo attacked Lin Hao with Hell Slash, and Lin Hao threw the Python forward as he urged it to let Queen Medusa out.
• The Python formed a seven-colored shield against Hell Slash, and Queen Medusa emerged from the radiance.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo used Shadow Evasion and Phantom Shadow Divine Movement, but Queen Medusa deflected his attack and dismantled his clones with effortless movements.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo unleashed Hell Cold Light and grew furious that Queen Medusa kept countering his Soul Skills without using one herself.