Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lei asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to help locate a Heavenly Flame marked on his map, then met the timid Qing Lin at the Xiao brothers’ residence. After discovering the green scales on her wrist, he tried to comfort her, and the system spoke to him again.

• Xiao Lei showed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li his map and asked them to help find the flame marker southeast of Shi Mo City.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li agreed to accompany Xiao Lei when he went to inspect the location, and they caught up over dinner.
• Xiao Lei woke the next day, washed up, and learned that the girl assisting him was named Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin stumbled and revealed green snake scales on her wrist, then recoiled in fear when Xiao Lei noticed them.
• Xiao Lei gently lifted Qing Lin’s sleeve and praised her scales as the system’s voice sounded in his mind.

Xiao Lei comforted Qing Lin and stayed with the Mo Tie Mercenary Group while it searched for the location marked on his map. After the group began excavating the desert for a possible Heavenly Flame, a large mercenary squad forced its way into the cordoned-off area.

• Xiao Lei gained the Soul Capturing Technique after touching Qing Lin, reassured her about her scales, and asked her to guide him around the mercenary grounds.
• Xiao Lei encouraged Qing Lin to ignore others’ contempt, and she thanked him before following him.
• Three days later, a mercenary told Xiao Lei that the Mo Tie Mercenary Group had found the location he was seeking.
• Xiao Lei persuaded Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to search beneath the desert and joined them, hoping to find the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ding deployed over forty terrain scouts to investigate the site while the mercenary group kept onlookers outside its cordon.
• As the sun set, a squad of at least forty mercenaries pushed through the crowd and entered the cordoned-off area.

Xiao Lei drove Mo Xing and the Sand Mercenary Group away from the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s survey site and declared his intention to destroy them. That night, Mo Xing persuaded Luo Bu to attack the Mo Tie Mercenary Group the next day, setting up a decisive clash in Shi Mo City.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li confronted Mo Xing’s Sand Mercenary Group as it approached the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s survey site.
• Xiao Lei struck Mo Xing with a lightning-charged palm and ordered the Sand Mercenary Group to leave or die.
• Xiao Lei told Xiao Ding he wanted Luo Bu to gather his forces so he could eliminate the Sand Mercenary Group in one battle.
• Xiao Ding continued the survey and prepared the Mo Tie Mercenary Group for war as the surrounding spectators spread news of the coming clash.
• Mo Xing returned to Luo Bu and exaggerated the danger of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s survey, persuading Luo Bu to seize their territory the next day.

Xiao Lei confronted the Sand Mercenary Group and killed its leader, Luo Bu, with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger. He then attacked the fleeing mercenaries with the Thunder Emperor Scepter, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li readied the Mo Tie Mercenary Group as Luo Bu arrived with the Sand Mercenary Group to claim the surveyed land.
• Luo Bu demanded that Xiao Lei be handed over or that the Mo Tie Mercenary Group surrender the land, but Xiao Lei refused and threatened to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Lei summoned the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger, shattered Luo Bu's defense, and blew apart his head.
• Mo Xing tried to flee with the Sand Mercenary Group, but Xiao Lei summoned the Thunder Emperor Scepter and unleashed nine thunder staffs against the mercenaries.

Xiao Lei destroyed Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group, leaving the Mo Tie Mercenary Group free to take over their territory. He gained the Soul Handprint skill from touching Qing Lin and mastered it before Xiao Ding reported that the group had found traces of several passageways.

• Xiao Lei killed Luo Bu and wiped out more than two hundred Sand Mercenary Group mercenaries with his thunder staffs.
• Xiao Ding ordered Xiao Li to return to Shi Mo City, absorb any Sand Mercenary Group members who surrendered, and kill those who resisted.
• Xiao Lei reassured Qing Lin, shared his water with her, and received the Profound High-Rank Soul Skill, Soul Handprint, from the system.
• Xiao Lei used Heaven-Defying Comprehension to master the Soul Handprint after absorbing its instructions from a scroll.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Lei that the mercenary group had discovered traces of several passageways.

Xiao Lei investigated a newly discovered underground passage with Qing Lin and a group of mercenaries. Qing Lin sensed a powerful aura and led Xiao Lei to a vast Magma World, where a terrifying roar sent towering waves of magma crashing upward.

• Xiao Lei and Xiao Ding inspected the passage, and Xiao Lei decided to explore it with a group of mercenaries.
• Qing Lin sensed a powerful aura underground and warned Xiao Lei before joining the expedition.
• Xiao Lei, Qing Lin, and the mercenaries descended through the passage, and Qing Lin identified the tunnel with the strongest aura.
• Xiao Lei sent the mercenaries back as the heat grew unbearable, then reached the Magma World with Qing Lin.
• A terrifying roar shook the Magma World and sent waves of crimson magma surging dozens of meters into the air.

Xiao Lei flew into the Magma World, subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with the Soul Capturing Technique, and rode it toward the Green Lotus Core Flame. He reached a bluish, hotter region where a huge Azure Lotus and a powerful figure stood ahead.

• Xiao Lei sent Qing Lin back into the passage and flew deeper into the Magma World.
• A Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Xiao Lei, who dodged its magma blasts and used the Soul Capturing Technique to subdue it.
• Xiao Lei rode the obedient snake, learned through their soul bridge that the Green Lotus Core Flame lay beneath the Magma Lake, and ordered it to take him down.
• Xiao Lei and the snake descended through increasingly hot, bluish magma until Xiao Lei spotted a huge Azure Lotus and a figure with an extremely powerful aura.

Xiao Lei encountered Queen Medusa as she tried to contain the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Magma Lake. After their clash, Queen Medusa fled with the flame, and Xiao Lei pursued her.

• Xiao Lei found Queen Medusa sealing the Green Lotus Core Flame and offered to help her evolve if she gave it to him.
• Queen Medusa attacked Xiao Lei, but his Soul Hand Seal overwhelmed her palm strike and wounded her.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame nearly broke through its barrier, forcing Queen Medusa to reinforce the seal as she questioned Xiao Lei.
• Queen Medusa pretended to consider Xiao Lei's offer, then struck him with her snake tail and used their clash to flee with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Lei deflected the magma waves and chased after Queen Medusa.

Xiao Lei followed the injured Queen Medusa into the desert as she began evolving with the Green Lotus Core Flame, then entered the flames and seized its Fire Seed. He gained immunity to fire damage, but Gu He arrived and tried to buy the flame, which Xiao Lei refused.

• Xiao Lei caught up with Queen Medusa in the desert after tracking and obstructing her escape.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a Purple Long Serpent and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin her evolution.
• Xiao Lei entered the flames with a soul-power barrier, took the Fire Seed, and gained a Fire Resistance Body from the system.
• The flames receded, leaving Queen Medusa shrunk to a weak, motionless snake.
• Gu He arrived, offered compensation for the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Lei refused to give it up.

Xiao Lei defeated Gu He with a Soul Skill and used the Soul Capturing Technique to make the Rank 6 Alchemist his subordinate. As powerful auras approached, Xiao Lei grabbed Queen Medusa and fled with her.

• Gu He offered pills and compensation for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Xiao Lei refused to give it up.
• Gu He attacked Xiao Lei with Blue Flame Surging Sky, but Xiao Lei's Soul Hand Seal broke through the flames and knocked Gu He to the ground.
• Xiao Lei used the Soul Capturing Technique to make Gu He obey him, then ordered him to hand over pills and leave.
• Gu He gave Xiao Lei several healing pills and a Dou Ling Pill before flying back toward the Jia Ma Empire.
• Queen Medusa rejected the idea of being controlled, but Xiao Lei sensed approaching nonhuman auras and fled with her in his hand.

Xiao Lei returned to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group with the Queen Medusa hidden as a small snake, then went back into the Magma World to retrieve the Azure Lotus pedestal and its Lotus Seeds. After freeing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, he prepared to return to the surface with Medusa.

• The System rewarded Xiao Lei with an Awakening Pool after he touched the Queen Medusa, and he concealed her aura as they approached the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Lei returned to camp, told Xiao Ding that he had found the Heavenly Flame, and said he would go back underground to collect things he had left behind.
• Xiao Lei found Qing Lin near the Magma World passage, reassured her, and sent her back to the surface while he went to retrieve the lotus treasures.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake carried Xiao Lei and Medusa to the lotus pedestal, where Xiao Lei cut it from its roots and stored it with eleven Lotus Seeds.
• Xiao Lei returned to the passage with Medusa and released the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake back into the magma.

Xiao Lei claimed the Profound Realm Pearl, took Medusa inside to recover, and returned to Shi Mo City with the Green Lotus Core Flame and related treasures. After announcing that he would enter seclusion, he went back into the pearl and stepped into the Awakening Pool.

• Xiao Lei bonded the Profound Realm Pearl to himself, shaped its inner world to resemble Earth, and entered it with Medusa.
• Xiao Lei told Medusa about the Ancient Eight Clans and left her healing medicine before returning to the surface.
• Xiao Lei and Xiao Ding returned to Shi Mo City, where the Mo Tie Mercenary Group celebrated their spoils and the Sand Mercenary Group's defeat.
• The next morning, Xiao Lei announced his seclusion, entered the Profound Realm Pearl, and found that Medusa's injuries had eased.
• Xiao Lei placed the Awakening Pool on a scenic island and stepped into its mysterious purple liquid.

Xiao Lei awakened his Dou Di Bloodline and rose from Four-Star Dou Ling to Dou Wang Peak after cultivating in the Awakening Pool. He then met Queen Medusa, offered to help her evolve and improve the Snake-People Tribe’s prospects in exchange for their allegiance, and left her three days to decide.

• Xiao Lei absorbed the Awakening Pool’s energy and refined several Earth Fire Lotus Seeds while his bloodline transformed.
• The Awakening Pool cleared and then returned to its purple state as Xiao Lei emerged with his Dou Di Bloodline awakened and his cultivation at Dou Wang Peak.
• Xiao Lei manifested purple Thunder Wings and flew to Queen Medusa, whose injuries had recovered by half after seven days of refining healing pills.
• Queen Medusa asked when Xiao Lei would let her leave, and he offered to help her evolve in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame or the Snake-People Tribe recognizing him as their master.
• Xiao Lei proposed leading the Snake-People Tribe out of the Tagor Desert and said he would return in three days, leaving Queen Medusa to consider his offer.

After leaving seclusion, Xiao Lei agreed to take Qing Lin with him and prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy. He told Hai Bodong that he had subdued the Heavenly Flames and found the Sand Mandala, then asked for the map fragment and Breaking Pill materials, but Hai Bodong questioned whether Xiao Lei could refine the pill.

• Xiao Lei emerged from seven days of seclusion, reunited with Qing Lin, and agreed she could remain by his side as his maid.
• Xiao Lei met Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, heard how they had taken over the Sand Mercenary Group's businesses, and asked permission to take Qing Lin with him.
• Xiao Lei told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he was leaving Shi Mo City to return to Jia Nan Academy, and they accepted his decision.
• Xiao Lei visited Hai Bodong and revealed that he had subdued the Heavenly Flames and found the Sand Mandala.
• Xiao Lei asked Hai Bodong for the map fragment, the Breaking Pill formula, and its ingredients, but Hai Bodong expressed doubt about Xiao Lei's ability to refine the pill.

Xiao Lei used the Automatic Pill Refining Furnace to make Breaking Pills for Hai Bodong. Hai Bodong received one and Xiao Lei immediately demanded the fragment map he had promised.

• Xiao Lei agreed to refine the Breaking Pill after Hai Bodong promised to hand over the fragment map, and Hai Bodong gave him the formula and three sets of ingredients.
• Xiao Lei sent Hai Bodong and Qing Lin outside, then used the Automatic Pill Refining Furnace to refine three Breaking Pills.
• Hai Bodong grew anxious while waiting, but Qing Lin stopped him from entering Xiao Lei’s room.
• Xiao Lei emerged with a jade bottle and gave a Breaking Pill to Hai Bodong, who praised his skill.
• Xiao Lei held out his hand and asked Hai Bodong for the fragment map.

Xiao Lei used the Soul Capturing Technique to control Hai Bodong and obtained the map fragment, then brought Qing Lin to the Profound Realm Pearl to help her grow stronger. After Qing Lin became a One-Star Dou Zhe, he placed her in the Awakening Pool to awaken her bloodline or talent and left to find Medusa.

• Xiao Lei used the Soul Capturing Technique on Hai Bodong, who handed over the map fragment and agreed to take the Breaking Pill and secretly protect the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City.
• Xiao Lei brought Qing Lin into the Profound Realm Pearl and gave her a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Qing Lin absorbed the pill and became a One-Star Dou Zhe with a perfect cultivation foundation.
• Xiao Lei took Qing Lin to the Awakening Pool and encouraged her to enter it for a bloodline or innate talent awakening.
• As mysterious energy flowed into Qing Lin, Xiao Lei left and appeared where Medusa was.

Xiao Lei brought Queen Medusa to the Awakening Pool, where Qing Lin awakened an unusual ability and Medusa began her evolution. After seven days, Medusa completed her transformation into human form and challenged Xiao Lei to their promised battle.

• Xiao Lei changed his condition with Queen Medusa, proposing that she become his woman if he could defeat her after her evolution, and she agreed to consider it.
• Xiao Lei took Queen Medusa to the Awakening Pool and told her she would evolve there after seven days.
• Qing Lin awakened with green eyes bearing three tiny flowers, then emerged from the pool and told Xiao Lei she might have gained an unusual ability.
• Queen Medusa entered the pool, transformed into a Purple Long Serpent, and evolved amid a nine-colored pillar of light.
• Queen Medusa completed her transformation into human form, donned a red brocade robe, and asked Xiao Lei if he was ready for their battle.

Xiao Lei defeated and subdued Queen Medusa inside the Profound Realm Pearl, then accompanied her and Qing Lin to the Snake-People Tribe. As they neared its fortress, they discovered that intruders had entered while Medusa was away.

• Xiao Lei shattered Medusa’s attack with his Soul Hand Seal and sealed her Dou Qi using the Profound Realm Pearl.
• Xiao Lei punished Medusa, gained an Imperial Pole Pill from the system, and accepted her promise to uphold their agreement.
• Xiao Lei released Medusa’s seal and brought her and Qing Lin out of the Profound Realm Pearl.
• Medusa led Xiao Lei and Qing Lin toward the Snake-People Tribe, and they arrived near its fortress three days later.
• Medusa sensed that someone had trespassed into the Snake-People Tribe and hurried toward the fortress with Xiao Lei and Qing Lin following.

Xiao Lei and Qing Lin arrived above the Snake-People Tribe, where Queen Medusa defeated Bai Ya, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor. As Bai Ya tried to flee, Xiao Lei attacked and annihilated its soul, leaving its body to crash to the ground.

• Xiao Lei brought Qing Lin over the Snake-People Tribe, where Bai Ya confronted Queen Medusa and realized she had evolved.
• Queen Medusa answered Bai Ya’s offer to spar by striking it with her Nine-Colored Training and sending it crashing to the ground.
• Queen Medusa warned Bai Ya to leave, sparing its life to avoid provoking the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Lei told Qing Lin to hold on and launched a Soul Hand Seal at the fleeing Bai Ya.
• Xiao Lei’s Soul Hand Seal broke through Bai Ya’s defense and annihilated its soul, and its corpse fell to the ground.

Xiao Lei killed the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and intimidated the Four Great Elders while Queen Medusa confirmed their relationship. At the Divine Hall, Queen Medusa told the elders she planned to relocate the Snake-People Tribe to a Small World.

• The Four Great Elders arrived after the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor had been killed, and Mo Bas told them Xiao Lei had struck the final blow.
• Xiao Lei demonstrated his soul attack, convincing the elders that he could kill the sixth-tier magical beast, and Queen Medusa stopped him before he threatened them further.
• Xiao Lei declared Queen Medusa was his woman and said she had awakened the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline; Queen Medusa confirmed their relationship.
• Queen Medusa dismissed the tribe leaders and brought Xiao Lei, Qing Lin, and the Four Great Elders to the Divine Hall.
• Queen Medusa told the Four Great Elders she planned to move the Snake-People Tribe to a Small World, leaving them wide-eyed.