Chapter Summaries

Yun Shenwei kept Queen Medusa company while she recovered, promised to help her obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame, and investigated strange sounds around the oasis. He discovered that the intruders were enforcers from the Hall of Souls, who had retreated after failing to capture a powerful alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yun Shenwei told Queen Medusa that her wounds should heal in about half a month and changed her medicine that night.
• Yun Shenwei promised Queen Medusa he would provide the Green Lotus Core Flame and help her complete her evolution.
• Yun Shenwei hid near the oasis and concluded that people, rather than desert creatures, were causing the strange disturbances.
• Soul Tyrant and several ghostly Hall of Souls enforcers entered the oasis and discussed their failed attempt to seize an alchemist.
• Yun Shenwei learned that the Hall of Souls had a Sub-Hall in the Jia Ma Empire.

Yun Shenwei watched as two Hall of Souls members cornered the injured Queen Medusa, but he hesitated to attack because they were stronger than him. Queen Medusa fought back and was defeated, leaving her in Soul Tyrant’s grasp as he prepared to strike her.

• Queen Medusa called for Yun Shenwei and approached the cacti, unaware that Soul Tyrant and Hun Nie were hiding nearby.
• Soul Tyrant and Hun Nie revealed themselves, trapped Queen Medusa between them, and threatened to assault her.
• Queen Medusa recognized the Hall of Souls and attacked rather than surrendering, while Soul Tyrant revealed he was a seven-star Dou Ling and Hun Nie a six-star Dou Ling.
• Soul Tyrant and Hun Nie combined their combat skills and blasted Queen Medusa beside the pond, leaving her badly wounded.
• Soul Tyrant seized Queen Medusa by the throat; after she spat blood in his face, he raised his hand to slap her.

Yun Shenwei rescued Queen Medusa from Hun Nie and Soul Tyrant, then fled with her while using Dou Qi Bombs to slow their pursuit. They reached a field of giant cacti, where Yun Shenwei activated protective barriers just as Soul Tyrant caught up.

• Yun Shenwei ambushed Hun Nie and Soul Tyrant with Dragon's Wrath, then gave Queen Medusa a healing snack and carried her away.
• Hun Nie and Soul Tyrant chased them, and Yun Shenwei gave Queen Medusa Dou Qi Bombs to throw behind them.
• Soul Tyrant dodged one bomb at first but was caught in its blast, then transformed into a giant black dog and sped after them.
• Yun Shenwei and Queen Medusa used the bombs to gain distance before he led her into a field of giant cacti and activated protective barriers.
• As Soul Tyrant arrived, Queen Medusa raised her hand to attack, but Yun Shenwei lunged forward and pinned her to the ground.

Yun Shenwei hid with Queen Medusa behind a protective barrier while Soul Tyrant and Hun Nie searched for them. After the pursuers left, Queen Medusa and Yun Shenwei became intimate, and Yun Shenwei tried to reclaim the initiative.

• Queen Medusa mistook Yun Shenwei's plan to stay hidden for surrender and tried to fight, so he pulled her back and kissed her to keep her quiet.
• Queen Medusa responded to the kiss while Yun Shenwei worried about his first kiss and apologized in his thoughts to Yanran.
• Soul Tyrant and Hun Nie searched the area, failed to find the pair, and left to continue their mission for the Hall of Souls.
• Believing she was about to die, Queen Medusa embraced Yun Shenwei passionately beneath a cactus.
• Yun Shenwei flipped Queen Medusa over and spanked her, while she moaned in response.

Yun Shenwei offered to help Queen Medusa evolve by providing his Heavenly Flame, and she decided to return to the Snake-People Tribe before proceeding. They left the Desert Oasis together, with both understanding that their closeness there would not continue in the same way.

• After Queen Medusa turned cold, Yun Shenwei offered to help her evolve by providing the Green Lotus Core Flame and Purple Flame despite the harm it could cause him.
• Yun Shenwei warned that he could not guarantee her evolution, and Queen Medusa decided to return to the Snake-People Tribe before attempting it.
• Yun Shenwei agreed to accompany Queen Medusa, and they spent several more days together in the Desert Oasis.
• Before they departed, Yun Shenwei helped Queen Medusa recover more than half of her strength.
• Yun Shenwei and Queen Medusa left the Desert Oasis, and Yun Shenwei reflected on their fading closeness and his marriage contract with Nalan Yanran.

Yun Shenwei returned toward the Snake-People Tribe with Queen Medusa while evading her questions about their earlier encounter. Meanwhile, Pill King Gu He’s group discovered that Queen Medusa had claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Yun Yun joined their journey to the Snake-People Tribe while still worrying about Yun Shenwei.

• Yun Shenwei followed Queen Medusa back toward the Snake-People Tribe and offered an awkward explanation for why their pursuers had left them alone.
• Pill King Gu He identified Queen Medusa as the one who had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and decided to demand it from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Pill King Gu He asked Yun Yun to accompany the group, while Yun Yun remained distracted by worry over Yun Shenwei’s disappearance.
• Wind Walker Feng Li blamed Yun Yun for delaying the group by searching for Yun Shenwei, and Yun Yun angrily confronted him.
• Pill King Gu He and Lion King Yan Shi calmed the dispute, and Yun Yun continued with the group toward the Snake-People Tribe, where she was destined to encounter Yun Shenwei.

While waiting among the Snake-People Tribe for the Cannibal Tribe's experts, Yun Shenwei learned the hidden story behind Queen Medusa's legendary battle with Ice Emperor Hai Bodong. The tale ended with Hai Bodong's strength destroyed and Die'er dead, leaving Yun Shenwei to grieve for both Hai Bodong and the Queen Medusa.

• Yun Shenwei asked a Snake-People guard about Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and gave him pills to persuade him to speak.
• The guard explained that Queen Medusa and Die'er were twin sisters, and that Die'er fled rather than fight her sister for the throne.
• Die'er lost her memory after teleporting away, and Hai Bodong rescued her; the two fell in love as they traveled together.
• Queen Medusa found Die'er with Hai Bodong and attacked, believing her sister was in danger, while Hai Bodong fought to protect Die'er.
• Die'er regained her memories and tried to stop the battle, but she died beneath the Snake-People Tribe's arrows, while Hai Bodong lost much of his life force and power.

Yun Shenwei accepted a system quest to help Queen Medusa evolve and find Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, then faced suspicion from the Snake-People Tribe’s leaders and ancestors. He left the council hall after one ancestor accused him of possibly staging Medusa’s rescue, refusing to help if they treated him with distrust.

• Yun Shenwei accepted the quest to help Queen Medusa evolve and find Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, and accidentally stepped on a snake-people guard before giving him snacks as compensation.
• Mo Bas confronted Yun Shenwei outside the Snake-People Tribe Main Hall, but Yun Shenwei taunted him until the other leaders intervened.
• Queen Medusa summoned Yun Shenwei to the council hall to discuss tribe matters with her two ancestors.
• One ancestor secretly attacked Yun Shenwei to test him, and he dodged before calmly taking his seat.
• The other ancestor questioned Yun Shenwei’s motives and suggested he might have arranged Medusa’s rescue, so Yun Shenwei declared he would not help and walked out.

Yun Shenwei stopped the Snake-People Tribe Ancestors from attacking him, and Queen Medusa explained that he had saved her life. As the tribe discussed the dangers of her evolution, Yun Shenwei claimed his master had given him the Myriad Beasts Overlooking the World Technique, which excited one of the Ancestors.

• A Snake-People Tribe Ancestor attacked Yun Shenwei, but he used his armor's Giant Beetle Ray to deflect her tiny black snakes before another Ancestor launched Snake Spirit Judgment.
• Queen Medusa shattered the second attack and told the Ancestors that Yun Shenwei had saved her life, asking them to honor him as a guest.
• Yun Shenwei withdrew from armor mode, made peace with the Ancestors, and asked when Queen Medusa planned to evolve.
• The Ancestors warned that Queen Medusa's evolution needed careful preparation and that the Jia Ma Empire might attack the Snake-People Tribe.
• Queen Medusa said she would prepare for either outcome, and Yun Shenwei claimed he could guarantee her evolution's success with the Myriad Beasts Overlooking the World Technique.
• One Snake-People Tribe Ancestor reacted excitedly, recognizing the technique and declaring that heaven was helping their tribe.

Yun Shenwei proved the Myriad Beasts Overlooking the World Technique was genuine and convinced the Snake-People Tribe Ancestors that Queen Medusa could evolve with a one hundred percent chance of success. Queen Medusa ordered the tribe into martial law and prepared to begin her evolution, while the Six Great Leaders' doubts were silenced by the Ancestors.

• Yun Shenwei showed the Myriad Beasts Overlooking the World Technique to the two Snake-People Tribe Ancestors, who confirmed it was genuine and apologized for doubting him.
• Yun Shenwei urged Queen Medusa to begin her evolution quickly, fearing interference from the Hall of Souls and Pill King Gu He.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe into martial law and summoned the Six Great Leaders.
• Snake Woman Yue Mei and other leaders questioned Queen Medusa's decision and the promised certainty of the evolution.
• The two Snake-People Tribe Ancestors rebuked the Six Great Leaders and defended Queen Medusa and Yun Shenwei, prompting the leaders to lower their heads.

Yun Shenwei assisted Queen Medusa as she began her final evolution in the Snake-People Tribe Forbidden Ground. The chapter ended with Medusa's Life-Bound Beast engulfed in Yun Shenwei's two Heavenly Flames, leaving her fate uncertain.

• The Snake-People Tribe sealed its borders and stationed the Six Great Leaders on guard while Yun Shenwei accompanied Queen Medusa to the Forbidden Ground.
• Queen Medusa bathed in the altar pool before changing into a clean dress, while Yun Shenwei waited nearby.
• Queen Medusa summoned her Life-Bound Beast and began transforming into a colossal serpent.
• Yun Shenwei used his dark purple and blue-green flames to burn the serpent and forge Queen Medusa a new body.

Queen Medusa endured her dangerous evolution while Yun Shenwei waited for her signal to intervene. Meanwhile, Pill King Gu He led human experts into Snake-People Tribe territory and threatened the Six Great Leaders, leaving them suppressed by the hidden Yun Yun.

• Queen Medusa told Yun Shenwei not to help until she could no longer endure the flames herself.
• Over the next two days, Queen Medusa's body shriveled as she continued her evolution.
• Lion King Yan Shi and Pill King Gu He confronted the Snake-People Tribe's Six Great Leaders after human experts forced their way inside.
• Pill King Gu He demanded to meet the queen and threatened the tribe when the leaders refused.
• Pill King Gu He called on the black-robed Yun Yun, who unleashed her Dou Emperor aura and suppressed the Six Great Leaders.

Yun Yun and the human powerhouses attacked the Snake-People Tribe while Queen Medusa underwent her evolution, and the Snake-People Tribe Leaders fought to keep them away from her. The battle intensified after ordinary Snake-People Tribe members were killed, while Gu He continued toward Queen Medusa.

• The Snake-People Tribe Leaders activated their defensive formation, injuring Lion King Yan Shi and prompting Yun Yun to assign the others to hold them off while Gu He went to find Queen Medusa.
• Gu He defeated the Snake-People Tribe members who tried to block his path and continued deeper into the tribe.
• Lion King Yan Shi fought Mo Bas, Wind Walker Feng Li faced Yue Mei, and the other human powerhouses clashed with the remaining Snake-People Tribe Leaders to buy time.
• Snake-People Tribe members launched sneak attacks, but many were killed by the human powerhouses’ attacks and shockwaves.
• The Cannibal Tribe Leader grew furious over the deaths, while Lion King Yan Shi struck Mo Bas with Lion King Sky Rending and Mo Bas counterattacked.

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong rushed toward the Snake-People Tribe after the Hall of Souls stole his beloved wife’s soul, hoping Queen Medusa would help him. During the battle, Yun Yun exposed a false Queen Medusa and sent Pill King Gu He searching for the real queen in four directions while she held off two Snake-People Tribe Ancestors.

• Ice Emperor Hai Bodong recalled how two Hall of Souls members had seized his wife Die’er’s soul and hurried toward Queen Medusa to seek help.
• Lion King Yan Shi and Snake-People Tribe Leader Mo Bas fought as the other experts joined the battle, while Pill King Gu He searched for Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa appeared with two Snake-People Tribe Ancestors and refused Gu He’s offer to negotiate.
• Yun Yun broke through the formation and shattered the false Queen Medusa, revealing that the real queen was elsewhere.
• Yun Yun sensed Queen Medusa’s aura in four directions and urged Gu He to search while she blocked the ancestors’ attacks.

Yun Shenwei disrupted Pill King Gu He’s search for the Green Lotus Core Flame, then helped Queen Medusa complete her evolution. After she emerged as a tiny, winged Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, he slipped out to find Yun Yun and revealed that he was safe.

• Yun Shenwei set up illusion arrays and fired an Anti-Aircraft Gun at Pill King Gu He and his companions, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.
• Yun Shenwei returned to the forbidden ground and used his cultivation technique to help Queen Medusa through the final stage of her evolution.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python with three pairs of dark purple wings, and Yun Shenwei fed her nutritional supplements.
• Yun Shenwei disguised himself and secretly approached Yun Yun, who was fighting two Snake-People Tribe Ancestors.
• Yun Shenwei revealed himself to Yun Yun, and the two Snake-People Tribe Ancestors retreated to rest.

Yun Shenwei secretly told Yun Yun to leave, then helped the Snake-People Tribe drive off Pill King Gu He and the Jia Ma Empire’s forces. After revealing his identity to the tribe’s leaders, he remained behind while Yun Yun departed.

• Yun Shenwei secretly told Yun Yun to leave and keep his presence secret, and she agreed to pretend to lose their staged battle.
• Yun Yun feigned defeat, while the Snake-People Tribe Leaders pressed the injured Gu He and his allies to retreat.
• Gu He fled without obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Feng Li led the other Jia Ma Empire fighters away in separate directions.
• Yun Shenwei gave Yun Yun a voice-transmitting item and sent her away, promising to contact her and return within two months.
• The Snake-People Tribe Ancestor and Leaders thanked the mysterious fighter, and Yun Shenwei revealed that he was the young guest they knew.

Yun Shenwei stayed with the Snake-People Tribe after Queen Medusa completed her evolution, waiting for Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and his next mission. When Medusa regained her original form, she thanked him by embracing and kissing him, and he gave in despite his love for Nalan Yanran.

• Mo Bas and Yue Mei thanked Yun Shenwei, while the Snake-People Tribe Ancestors sent their people to strengthen the tribe's defenses.
• Yun Shenwei told the ancestors that Medusa had completed her evolution but needed to remain in seclusion, then settled into their courtyard.
• Over the following days, Yun Shenwei secretly fed the little snake Medusa and worried that Ice Emperor Hai Bodong had not arrived to advance his mission.
• Medusa grew larger in her snake form, then unexpectedly transformed back into her original form while Yun Shenwei slept.
• Medusa embraced and kissed Yun Shenwei as thanks, and he yielded despite telling her that Nalan Yanran was waiting for him.

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong came to the Snake-People Tribe to tell Queen Medusa that the Hall of Souls had taken her younger sister’s soul. Queen Medusa grieved with Yun Shenwei, who vowed to help her, and the chapter left them facing the Hall of Souls’ threat.

• Ice Emperor Hai Bodong arrived at the Snake-People Tribe and demanded to speak privately with Queen Medusa about her sister’s soul.
• Queen Medusa pulled Hai Bodong inside after he warned that her sister’s soul was in danger.
• Yun Shenwei went to Queen Medusa and comforted her, telling her he would take responsibility and help.
• Queen Medusa told Yun Shenwei that the Hall of Souls had seized her sister’s soul and threatened to destroy it unless Hai Bodong served them.
• Yun Shenwei condemned the Hall of Souls after hearing what they had done.

Yun Shenwei agreed to help Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong retrieve Die'er's soul from the Hall of Souls. After consulting the system, he planned to lift Hai Bodong's seal and revealed that Queen Medusa had reached the Dou Zong realm, but the rescue still lay ahead.

• Yun Shenwei promised Queen Medusa he would help get Die'er's soul back and asked her to summon Hai Bodong.
• Yun Shenwei questioned Hai Bodong, learned the Hall of Souls had given him a month to decide, and chose to set out after a day's preparation.
• Yun Shenwei consulted the system in secret and learned the Hall of Souls' location and the strength of its experts.
• Yun Shenwei summoned Hai Bodong and said he would help lift the Snake-People Tribe's seal on him.
• Yun Shenwei told Hai Bodong that Queen Medusa had reached the Dou Zong realm and said he would secretly help when they faced the Hall of Souls.

Yun Shenwei lifted Ice Emperor Hai Bodong’s seal and persuaded him to serve as his enforcer while they pursued the return of Die’er’s soul. After securing Queen Medusa’s agreement to join them, Yun Shenwei prepared to carry out the system’s task against the Hall of Souls.

• Yun Shenwei challenged Ice Emperor Hai Bodong to let him lift the seal, staking his life on success.
• Yun Shenwei used specialized items and a Breaking the Seal technique to remove the seal, though the effort drained him.
• Ice Emperor Hai Bodong confirmed that the seal was gone and agreed to serve as Yun Shenwei’s enforcer, provided they resolved the matter involving Die’er’s soul.
• Yun Shenwei left Hai Bodong and persuaded Queen Medusa to join the effort against the Hall of Souls.
• Yun Shenwei planned to set out the next day and begin the system-assigned task.