Chapter Summaries

Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian hid in a secluded valley, where he recovered, learned the Purple Cloud Wings, and refined a Spirit Burst Pill to aid his breakthrough. Yao Feng successfully advanced to Dou Shi as the valley’s natural energy poured into his Dou Qi Vortex.

• Xiao Yi Xian brought Yao Feng to her hidden valley so they could recover and evade the black-robed man.
• Yao Feng studied the Flying Dou Technique and subdued the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle’s remnant soul, gaining the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Yao Feng refined a Spirit Burst Pill while Xiao Yi Xian watched in surprise at his alchemy skills.
• Yao Feng swallowed the pill, absorbed the valley’s natural energy, and broke through to Dou Shi.

Yao Feng advanced to two-star Dou Shi, learned to merge flames with his Dou Qi Gauze Robe, and refined Soul Nurturing Spirit Liquid that awakened Yao Chen. After days of training and companionship with Xiao Yi Xian, he noticed signs that her Calamity Poison Body had caused her to consume poison again, leaving her apologizing through tears.

• Yao Feng suppressed his breakthrough at two-star Dou Shi, then tested flame-infused Dou Qi Gauze Robes and marveled at their power and heavy Dou Qi consumption.
• Yao Feng told Xiao Yi Xian about his cultivation and agreed to refine pills for her, while she went to gather herbs for poison.
• Yao Feng used Soul Nurturing Spirit Liquid to awaken Yao Chen, then spent more than ten days refining pills and practicing the Roaring Lion Chant.
• Yao Chen said he could help Yao Feng escape another Dou Wang, and Yao Feng promised to restore his Soul Power and eventually give him a body.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Yao Feng food, and he noticed black powder at the corner of her mouth before she tearfully apologized for losing control again.

Yao Feng reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would help control her Calamity Poison Body, then parted from her and set out toward the Tagore Desert. Back at the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group, he witnessed Old Zhou’s breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yi Xian feared her Calamity Poison Body would make Yao Feng abandon her, but he promised she would remain his friend and said he would seek a way to control it.
• Yao Feng gave Xiao Yi Xian pills, potent poison, and a Storage Ring, and they promised to travel together once her condition was controlled.
• Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye; she gave him a poison-repelling sachet before he flew away, and she departed on her blue eagle.
• Yao Feng returned to the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group and sensed Old Zhou gathering power for a breakthrough.
• Old Zhou emerged from the building and stood in midair after breaking through to Dou Zong, frightening nearby powerhouses into fleeing.

Yao Feng organized the mercenary group, prepared supplies, and planned to investigate threats while preparing to leave for the Tagore Desert. After seven days of refining pills, he called everyone to the Troop Muster Platform.

• Old Zhou thanked Yao Feng for the energy crystal that helped him become a Dou Zong, while Wang Dahu reported the new halls and delivered medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Feng gave Wang Dahu a Blood Burst Pill and a Proficient Grade Advanced Dou Technique, and ordered him to establish a contribution system and handle the mercenary group’s affairs.
• Yao Feng told Xue Ying that they would head for the Tagore Desert after he finished refining pills, and ordered Old Zhou to watch the Blood Robe Hall and strike if an opportunity arose.
• Over seven days, Yao Feng refined fifty portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, thirty Qi Returning Pills, and nearly a hundred Spring Return Pills.
• Yao Feng had Wang Dahu gather everyone at the Troop Muster Platform, while Yao Chen followed with sadness and hatred in his eyes.

Yao Feng addressed the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group, promising resources for loyalty and hard work before leaving its growth in Wang Dahu’s hands. On the road, he explored how the Netherworld Demonic Eyes had changed after his breakthrough, discovering new powers in his Illusion Realm and enhanced vision.

• Yao Feng warned the mercenaries against betraying the group and offered medicinal pills, cultivation resources, and the chance to earn an Earth-tier Dou Technique through contribution points.
• Wang Shi pledged his loyalty after Yao Feng praised Roaring Lion Chant, and Yao Feng encouraged Wang Xiaohu not to be outdone by other talented recruits.
• Yao Feng entrusted Wang Dahu with medicinal pills and instructions to expand the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group while he was away.
• Yao Feng departed without telling Yan Cheng and Wang Shi, relying on Wang Dahu and his brothers to manage the group and test the others’ loyalty.
• In the carriage, Yao Feng used his Soul Power to create a poisonous cactus in his Illusion Realm and discovered that the Netherworld Demonic Eyes let him see Dou Qi, sharpen his vision, and perceive Old Zhou’s powerful aura.

Yao Feng’s group passed through Black Rock City, where he intervened when He Li attacked Lin Fei and Sun Kai. After recognizing Sun Kai and sensing a faint Evil Clan aura in He Li, Yao Feng followed Lin Fei toward the Alchemist Guild, hoping to find Gute and a treasure that could restore souls.

• Yao Feng told Old Zhou to take the carriage straight to Black Rock City’s aerial transport center instead of stopping in the city.
• He Li attacked Old Zhou’s carriage, but Old Zhou stopped his horse; Lin Fei and Sun Kai confronted He Li, and Lin Fei was badly injured when He Li used Bone Shattering Palm.
• Yao Feng stepped in to save Sun Kai, recognized him, and restrained He Li while sensing a faint Evil Clan aura in him.
• He Li fled with his guards, and Yao Feng stopped Lin Fei from pursuing him while Sun Kai urged her to seek treatment for her shoulder.
• Lin Fei left for the Alchemist Guild, and Yao Feng took Sun Kai after her, hoping to find Gute and a soul-restoring treasure.

Yao Feng used President Fama’s token to enter the Alchemist Guild and persuaded Otto to take him to Gute, whose vast collection he hoped to inspect. He provoked Gute with the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and Gute began to reveal that he had even greater treasures.

• Yao Feng learned from Sun Kai that the He Family dominated Black Rock City and that He Feng and He Li had a poor relationship.
• Yao Feng presented President Fama’s token at the Alchemist Guild, where Otto recognized him as an Association elder and agreed to help him find Gute.
• Otto led Yao Feng and Xue Ying to Gute’s home, where they triggered a poisonous powder trap and Otto blasted through a disguised iron door.
• Yao Feng called Gute’s collection merely passable and showed him the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, provoking Gute to defend his hidden treasures.
• Gute demanded to know what Yao Feng wanted to exchange for and declared that he would show him his true treasures.

Yao Feng defeated Gute after Gute tried to kill him with the Ghost Infant Flower, then left with the flower and Ice Spirit Flame Grass. He departed Black Rock City for Desert City, where he planned to prepare the Ghost Infant Flower to restore Yao Chen's Soul Power before pursuing the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Gute showed Yao Feng his rare treasures, including a fifth-tier Demonic Core and the Ghost Infant Flower, then attacked him with the flower's soul-disrupting power.
• Yao Feng recovered from the Ghost Infant Flower's effects, overpowered Gute with the Netherworld Demonic Eyes, and took the flower and Ice Spirit Flame Grass, leaving a gold coin behind.
• Yao Feng reunited with Xue Ying and Old Zhou, thanked Otto, and headed to Black Rock City's flying transport center.
• Liu Quan recognized Fama's token and arranged a flying Demonic Beast to take Yao Feng and his companions to Desert City.
• On the flight, Yao Feng took out the Ghost Infant Flower and prepared to combine it with other medicinal ingredients to restore Yao Chen's Soul Power.

Yao Feng reached Desert City and found Hai Bodong, offering to trade a Spirit Revival Purple Pill for his fragmentary maps. After Hai Bodong handed over the maps, he asked Yao Feng to find a rare herb in the Tagore Desert and revealed that he had information about a Heavenly Flame.

• Yao Feng refined the Ghost Infant Flower into medicinal liquid and gave it to Yao Chen to restore his soul strength.
• Yao Feng arrived in Desert City with Xue Ying and met Shen Meng at Gu Tu, where she had become Hai Bodong's disciple.
• Yao Feng identified Hai Bodong and offered to refine a Spirit Revival Purple Pill in exchange for Hai Bodong's fragmentary maps.
• Hai Bodong gave Yao Feng both maps and explained that he needed Yao Feng to find Sand Mandala in the Tagore Desert.
• Hai Bodong offered information about a Heavenly Flame, and Yao Feng asked whether he knew its exact location.

Yao Feng traded with Hai Bodong for a map of likely Heavenly Flame locations and set out into the Tagore Desert with Xue Ying and Old Zhou. In Desert City, he rescued Qing Lin from abusive mercenaries, awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and persuaded her to join his group.

• Yao Feng agreed to find Hai Bodong a Sand Mandala in exchange for his Heavenly Flame information, and Hai Bodong gave him a detailed map marking three likely locations.
• Hai Bodong told Shen Meng to cultivate the Ice Heart Art diligently after Yao Feng and his companions left.
• Yao Feng stopped to prepare for the desert after Old Zhou reminded him to bring fresh water, then encountered Qing Lin being harassed by mercenaries.
• Yao Feng protected Qing Lin, recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and helped her use them to incapacitate one of the mercenaries.
• Qing Lin agreed to leave with Yao Feng, who introduced her to Xue Ying and Old Zhou as part of their family.

Yao Feng gained the Flowing Sand Body after signing in at the Tagore Desert, then took shelter from a sandstorm in a ruined temple and discovered a mysterious fragment linked to the desert statues. He continued toward the Heavenly Flame, while promising Xue Ying that they would reunite after she cultivated to Dou Wang.

• Yao Feng signed in at the Tagore Desert, gained the Flowing Sand Body, and advanced to a four-star Dou Practitioner.
• Yao Feng and Old Zhou led Xue Ying and Qing Lin through the desert and sought shelter from a growing sandstorm in a ruined temple.
• Yao Feng followed a strange pull to jade embedded in the temple statue, which absorbed much of his Dou Qi and revealed a quarter-disc fragment.
• Yao Feng found four statue locations marked on the desert map, including one near the Heavenly Flame, and chose to continue toward it.
• Yao Feng told Xue Ying she would stay in the Tagore Desert to cultivate and promised to take her to Central Continent once she reached Dou Wang.

Yao Feng and Old Zhou descended into the underground cavern where Queen Medusa was battling the Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa tried to use them as a distraction, but Old Zhou blocked the flame and summoned a stone giant to fight her.

• Qing Lin sensed a powerful aura like her bloodline, and Yao Feng led the others to a cave where he believed Medusa was fighting the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yao Feng and Old Zhou entered the cavern, where Old Zhou killed a Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake and sensed a powerful presence beneath the magma.
• Medusa emerged from the magma with the Green Lotus Core Flame pursuing her, then turned aside and sent the flame crashing toward Yao Feng and Old Zhou.
• Old Zhou repelled the flame, and Yao Feng declared that Medusa would not take the Heavenly Flame; Medusa challenged them and tried to claim it anyway.
• Old Zhou revealed his Dou Zong strength by summoning a stone giant, which withstood Medusa's spear and charged at her.

Yao Feng and Old Zhou fought Queen Medusa over the Heavenly Flame, but Medusa subdued Yao Feng and used him to negotiate. After Yao Feng offered to help her evolve safely and revealed his snake person companions, Medusa began to consider cooperating with him.

• Old Zhou attacked Medusa with the stone man while she fired a flame arrow that wounded him, then transformed into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form.
• Medusa escaped Old Zhou's attacks by splitting into energy snakes, then emerged beside Yao Feng and held a dagger to his neck.
• Medusa demanded to place a Snake Sealing Curse on Old Zhou, but Yao Feng offered to help her evolve with the Heavenly Flame beneath the magma.
• Yao Feng revealed that he knew Medusa had gathered Ice Spirit Cold Spring and argued that his Heavenly Flame and Old Zhou's presence made cooperation preferable to fighting.
• Yao Feng told Medusa he had come to escort a snake person friend back to the tribe, and Medusa sensed the companions above and recognized their unusual bloodlines.
• Medusa asked whether Yao Feng could help her evolve successfully, and he said he could not guarantee it but could greatly improve her chances and protect her life if she failed.

Yao Feng refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, strengthening his cultivation and advancing the Flame Mantra. He agreed to accompany Queen Medusa to the Snake People Tribe, where she would prepare for her evolution, and the chapter ended with Medusa questioning Xue Ying about her family.

• Queen Medusa took Yao Feng into the magma, where he found the Green Lotus Core Flame growing within a green lotus.
• Yao Feng used the system to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, combining it with the Mysterious Yellow Flame and advancing to a Seven-Star Dou Master.
• Yao Feng agreed to help Queen Medusa evolve and accompany her to the Snake People Tribe with Xue Ying and Old Zhou.
• Yao Feng cut the Green Lotus Seat from its root and stored it, then emerged from the magma with Queen Medusa.
• After the group reached the surface, Queen Medusa sensed Xue Ying's unusual power and asked whether she had any family in the tribe.

Yao Feng and Queen Medusa brought Xue Ying to the Snake People Tribe, where Medusa welcomed her and arranged for her to stay. They reached the tribe’s city at dawn, and Yao Feng requested medicinal ingredients before resting while Medusa attended to her affairs.

• Xue Ying told Queen Medusa that her parents had been captured by humans and had never returned, so Medusa invited her to stay with the Snake People Tribe and called her little sister.
• Yao Feng warned Medusa that Qing Lin was bound for Heavenly Snake Mansion, then prepared to leave with Medusa, Xue Ying, and Old Zhou.
• Yao Feng left the green lotus roots buried in the desert and flew with the others toward the Snake People Tribe’s city.
• Medusa carried Xue Ying over the city walls, and Yao Feng followed her to a palace where a Snake Woman received Medusa’s instructions.
• Yao Feng requested more than a dozen medicinal ingredients, including Sand Mandala and materials needed for Medusa’s evolution, then went to his room to rest.

Yao Feng received the medicinal herbs and accompanied Queen Medusa to the secluded lake where she planned to undergo evolution. At the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, he prepared the Green Lotus Seat and Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa’s evolution was about to begin.

• The Snake Woman delivered Yao Feng’s requested herbs and told him Queen Medusa was waiting in the main hall.
• Queen Medusa told Yao Feng that Xue Ying had awakened her constitution further after resonating with a clan ancestor, and promised she would not harm her.
• Yao Feng agreed to help Queen Medusa evolve, then followed her to the lake with Old Zhou, who stayed behind to guard the island.
• Queen Medusa and Yao Feng swam to the island, where she questioned his origins and remarked on his survival after devouring two Heavenly Flames.
• At the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Yao Feng gave Queen Medusa three Fire Lotus Seeds, placed the Green Lotus Seat in the pool, and set the Green Lotus Core Flame atop it.

Yao Feng helped Queen Medusa undergo her evolution by subjecting her to the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and heavenly lightning. Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with an awakened Medusa bloodline, but her injuries left her unable to move, so Yao Feng began preparing medicine to treat her.

• Yao Feng strengthened the Green Lotus Core Flame with Blood Flame Fruits, and Queen Medusa swallowed three Fire Lotus Seeds before entering the flames.
• When Medusa’s evolution failed to begin and the fire weakened, Yao Feng added another Blood Flame Fruit, a Blood Generating Fruit, and the Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• Heavenly lightning struck Medusa repeatedly, and after the storm passed, she shed her charred scales and emerged in human form with legs.
• Medusa ordered Yao Feng to turn away and help dress her; he put white robes on her while keeping his eyes shut, though he accidentally touched her during the process.
• Medusa told Yao Feng she had become a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, awakened the Medusa bloodline, and gained Medusa’s Eyes.
• Yao Feng began preparing medicine from healing herbs to restore Medusa’s ability to move.

After helping Queen Medusa recover from her successful evolution, Yao Feng returned with her to the Snake People Tribe, where she claimed her new authority as a Dou Zong and prepared her people for action. Several days later, Yao Feng decided to leave for the desert and then the Monster Mountain Range, leaving Xue Ying behind to undergo her baptism.

• Yao Feng refined a Saint Blood Pill with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Queen Medusa used it to heal her injuries.
• Yao Feng carried Queen Medusa away from the island, where the Snake People Tribe welcomed her as their newly evolved Dou Zong ruler.
• Queen Medusa ordered Yue Mei and Mo Bass to investigate the Savage Bear Tribe and instructed Hua She'er to strengthen the city's defenses and prepare the other tribes.
• Yao Chen awoke with his Soul Power restored to Dou Zong strength and realized that Yao Feng's Green Lotus Core Flame proved the Flame Mantra could work.
• Yao Feng told Queen Medusa he planned to travel through the desert and visit the Monster Mountain Range, then left Xue Ying in the Snake People Tribe for her baptism.

Yao Feng entered the Desert Temple and received the Flowing Sand Body, Flowing Sand Armor, and the Great Desolation Annihilation Spear from the legacy of Great Emperor Flowing Sand. After learning the spear’s first technique, he left the temple with a warning about the Evil Clan and the bloodline of another Dou Emperor within him.

• Yao Feng followed the fragments’ guidance into a hidden valley, where a stone marked “Temple of God” drew him through a mountain wall into the Desert Temple.
• Yao Feng used the completed disk to open the temple gate and checked in, breaking through to nine-star Dou Master and receiving the Flowing Sand Body and Flowing Sand Armor.
• Yao Feng’s blood awakened the spear, and Great Emperor Flowing Sand revealed its power and warned him that the Evil Clan had not vanished.
• Yao Feng pulled out the Great Desolation Annihilation Spear, learned the first form of its Heavenly Rank Dou Technique, and stored the weapon as a pattern on his arm.
• Yao Feng returned from the temple hall to rejoin Yao Chen, carrying the spear and the legacy’s warning.

Lan Feng outbid Xu Dong for the Vatican Lotus at the auction, but Feng Ruxue won the Water Repelling Bead, and Lan Feng later met Kong You on his way back to White Cloud Pavilion. At the lodge, Lan Feng awakened the Soul Suppressing Banner, identified the black bead as the Falling Star Bead, and absorbed the Vatican Lotus to strengthen his Soul Power before resting.

• Lan Feng drove the Vatican Lotus's price to thirty thousand spirit stones, forcing Xu Dong to give up, then watched the Demon Devouring Wolf sell and examined his auction purchases.
• Xu Dong bid against Lan Feng for the Water Repelling Bead until Feng Ruxue raised the price to one hundred and ten thousand spirit stones and won it.
• Feng Ruxue met Lan Feng in a secluded alley, cautioned him about stabilizing his cultivation, and challenged him to reach the Cloud Ladder's three hundred and thirty-third step for a surprise.
• Kong You tried to befriend Lan Feng after spotting him at the auction, but Lan Feng sensed his concealed hostility and escaped with Phantom Step.
• Lan Feng returned to his lodge, awakened the Soul Suppressing Banner and bound it to himself, then identified the black bead as the Falling Star Bead after offering it blood.
• Lan Feng absorbed the Vatican Lotus to increase his Soul Power, discovered that his Purple Demon Divine Eyes could reveal slowed movement, and went to sleep.