Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan stored the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and comprehended a method for refining it into a Bone Chilling Flame Seed. As he finished planning, Yue Mei arrived at Serpent-People City and requested an audience with Medusa.

• Medusa said she was no longer in a hurry to evolve and teased Xiao Yan about testing him with snakewomen from the Enchanting Snake Tribe.
• Xiao Yan used sword qi to lift the pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring and stored it in his Bone Flame Ring.
• Xiao Yan contemplated how to create the Bone Chilling Flame and comprehended a method using an Extreme Cold Pill combined with the Yin-Yang Twin Flame.
• Yue Mei flew to Serpent-People City and requested an audience with Queen Medusa.

Yue Mei arrived at the royal hall, where Medusa asked her to find two maidservants from the Enchanting Snake Tribe for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan then devised a sixth-tier pill to help Medusa withstand the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving the prescription ready for future use.

• Yue Mei entered the hall and was surprised to find a human, Xiao Yan, beside Medusa.
• Yue Mei explained that two Enchanting Snake Tribe women who had escaped from the human world were in the royal city.
• Medusa told Yue Mei to summon the women so she could choose two maidservants for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan considered how to protect Medusa during her evolution and used his knowledge of the Earthfire Lotus Seed and Heavenly Flame pills to devise the Green Lotus Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Xiao Yan considered using alchemy to advance his soul power while Medusa asked two snake maidens to serve as his maidservants. The maidens eagerly agreed after recognizing Xiao Yan as the man who had rescued them, leaving Medusa unexpectedly troubled by their closeness to him.

• Xiao Yan memorized two sixth-tier pill formulas and considered using Sublimation to raise the pills to seventh tier and stimulate his soul power.
• Two snake maidens arrived at the royal temple with Yue Mei to meet Medusa.
• Medusa asked the maidens whether they would serve Xiao Yan, and they recognized him as their rescuer.
• The ice-blue-tailed maiden told Medusa that Xiao Yan had saved them and brought them back to the Tagor Great Desert.
• The two maidens agreed bashfully to serve Xiao Yan, while Medusa felt an unexplained reluctance about the arrangement.

Xiao Yan settled into his temporary residence among the Serpent-People Tribe and refined the Ice Spirit Cold Spring into an Extreme Cold Pill. He finished with a pale white pill and gained insight into the Yin-Yang Twin Flame that could help him condense the Bone Chilling Flame.

• Xiao Yan learned that the two snake-woman sisters attending him were Yue Xing'er and Yue Lan'er, then dismissed them and went to refine medicine.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power and Yin-Yang Twin Flame to compress a small portion of Ice Spirit Cold Spring into a crystal droplet.
• Xiao Yan refined successive streams of Ice Spirit Cold Spring, improving his control of the Heavenly Flames and deepening his understanding of yin and yang.
• Xiao Yan used up the entire pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring and completed a pale white Extreme Cold Pill.

Xiao Yan completed the Extreme Cold Pill, then consumed it with a Dou Emperor Star-Rising Pill to raise his strength and condense the Bone Chilling Flame. He leaves the chapter with the two pill energies fused into a pale-white flame inside his Spirit-Nascent Stone.

• Xiao Yan refined the Extreme Cold Pill, releasing a pillar of pale-white light that shook the stone chamber and drew the Serpent-People Tribe guards' attention.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Extreme Cold Pill and his last Dou Emperor Star-Rising Pill, directing their energies into his Spirit-Nascent Stone.
• Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to purify and control the pill energies, then comprehended the secret technique Beastheart Mad Lion.
• Xiao Yan formed a gigantic crimson flame lion, whose roar forced the two pill energies to intertwine and fuse.
• Xiao Yan guided the fused energies into the pale-white Bone Chilling Flame.

Xiao Yan condensed the Bone Chilling Flame from the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and tested its icy sword qi against the Wu Ya puppet. He fused the new flame with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame through the Flame Mantra, breaking through to the Nine-Star Dou Emperor realm.

• Xiao Yan condensed the Bone Chilling Flame, whose frigid waves overwhelmed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and shook the Spirit-Nascent Stone space.
• Xiao Yan tested the Bone Chilling Flame by firing icy sword qi at the Wu Ya puppet, leaving frost and a faint mark on its iron fist.
• Xiao Yan circulated the Bone Chilling Flame through his meridians, then returned it to the Spirit-Nascent Stone space to fuse with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to stabilize and fuse the two flames, refining the Bone Chilling Flame's energy into Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan's aura rose as he broke through the bottleneck into the Nine-Star Dou Emperor realm.

Xiao Yan continued absorbing the Bone Chilling Flame’s energy in seclusion while Medusa grew anxious about his progress and the evolution they had agreed on. She learned that he had spent days in the alchemy room—and that the Yue Lan'er sisters remained untouched—leaving her baffled.

• Xiao Yan refined and absorbed the Bone Chilling Flame’s energy for several more days as ice engulfed the alchemy room.
• Medusa asked Yue Mei and Hua She'er about Xiao Yan, and they told her of a strange white beam that had shone from his residence on the night he arrived.
• Yue Lan'er and her sister reported that Xiao Yan had been in the alchemy room for several days without coming out.
• Medusa asked whether the sisters still had their crucial scales, and they blushed and confirmed that they did.
• Yue Lan'er explained that Xiao Yan had changed clothes before entering the alchemy room, leaving Medusa stunned and wondering why he had not pursued the sisters.

After fusing the Bone Chilling Flame with another Heavenly Flame, Xiao Yan emerged from his cultivation with increased strength and new insights into the Flame Mantra. Yue Mei summoned him to a moonlit oasis, where she appeared from a pool on an ornate jade platform.

• Medusa decided that Yue Mei should personally approach Xiao Yan and told her to display her charm.
• Xiao Yan completed his cultivation, reached around the middle stage of the nine-star Dou Emperor realm, and gained insights into fusing and cultivating Heavenly Flames.
• Yue Lan'er and her sister greeted Xiao Yan and told him that Yue Mei wanted to see him.
• Xiao Yan followed the sisters to a small oasis, where they left him beside a pool.
• Yue Mei emerged from the pool onto a white jade platform as silver bells rang beneath the moon.

Yue Mei performed an increasingly seductive dance to help Xiao Yan cultivate the secret art Vajra Four Principles. Her performance strengthened his cultivation but began to overcome his composure, and she ended by inviting him to seize his chance.

• Xiao Yan sat down to watch Yue Mei dance, and the secret art Vajra Four Principles accelerated as his inner heat rose.
• Yue Mei's dancing and silver ornaments accompanied the formation of a golden sacred lotus that purified the surrounding energy.
• When Yue Mei saw that Xiao Yan remained composed, she brought out a luminous pearl and continued dancing in shifting light and darkness.
• Yue Mei tore away part of her gauzy skirt and made her dance more passionate, while Xiao Yan's cultivation improved and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
• After her dance, Yue Mei reclined on the jade platform, approached Xiao Yan, and asked whether he would seize his chance with her.

Xiao Yan resisted Yue Mei’s Dance of Ultimate Bliss, then faced the Serpent-People Grand Commander, who came to kill him as a supposed scourge. Xiao Yan used his newly refined Three Arts United as One to repel the Grand Commander, leaving his true strength exposed.

• Yue Mei’s Dance of Ultimate Bliss failed to disturb Xiao Yan’s clear mind.
• The Serpent-People Grand Commander arrived and accused Xiao Yan of receiving improper treatment and bringing an ominous sign to the tribe.
• Yue Mei stood between the Grand Commander and Xiao Yan, but the Grand Commander attacked her anyway.
• Xiao Yan pulled Yue Mei aside and countered the Grand Commander’s punch, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had united Stellar Transformation, Reincarnation Tribulation, and Void Extinction into Three Arts United as One.

Xiao Yan comprehended Maha Five Destinies and used its sword technique to overwhelm the Serpent-People Grand Commander. The Grand Commander was left badly wounded and unable to stand as Yue Mei watched.

• Xiao Yan struck the Grand Commander with his own attack and wounded him, while Yue Mei was shocked by the peak Dou Emperor's defeat.
• Xiao Yan comprehended Maha Five Destinies and formed a blazing red longsword from his Dou Qi.
• The Grand Commander summoned his Serpent Skill, creating a giant serpent phantom that lunged at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used Human Multitudes Return to Old Age to cleave the giant serpent in two.
• Xiao Yan's sword aura severed part of the Grand Commander's tail and sent him crashing into the sand, where he could barely kneel.

Xiao Yan defeated the Serpent-People Tribe's Grand Commander in one move and revealed that he planned to help Yue Mei grow strong enough to challenge him. After gaining the Demon Dance: Shattering Heaven's Splendor technique from Yue Mei's snake dance, Xiao Yan gave the Grand Commander a pill and began guiding Yue Mei through a mysterious transformation.

• Xiao Yan's single strike badly wounded the Grand Commander, leaving Yue Mei stunned by the alchemist's apparent strength.
• Xiao Yan said he was only a Dou Wang and told Yue Mei that she could one day defeat the Grand Commander, explaining the benefits he saw in helping her.
• Xiao Yan gained the Demon Dance: Shattering Heaven's Splendor technique after using Yue Mei's snake dance as the basis for his deductions.
• The Grand Commander claimed he could still kill Yue Mei despite having less than ten percent of his strength, so Xiao Yan gave him a pill to recover half of it.
• Xiao Yan told Yue Mei to reduce her control over her Dou Qi as purple light flared and he began manipulating the energy around her heart.

Xiao Yan forged the Soul-Seizing Twin Rings from Yue Mei’s Dou Qi and gave her the Dou Technique Demon Dance: Shattering Heaven's Splendor. Yue Mei tested her new weapon and technique against the recovering Serpent-People commander.

• Xiao Yan drew Yue Mei’s Dou Qi out of her body and condensed it into the Soul-Seizing Twin Rings.
• Xiao Yan gave Yue Mei the rings and transmitted the Dou Technique Demon Dance: Shattering Heaven's Splendor to her.
• The commander laughed at the idea that Yue Mei could master a powerful Dou Technique immediately.
• Yue Mei absorbed the technique’s information, recovered some vitality through the rings, and prepared to fight the commander.
• Yue Mei shook the Soul Hooks and unleashed Demon Dance: Shattering Heaven's Splendor, sending purple sound waves through the surrounding energy.

Yue Mei used Xiao Yan’s Spirit-Bound Weapon and sonic Dou technique to overwhelm the bald Serpent-Person commander, but Medusa intervened before she could kill him. After learning that the commander had provoked Xiao Yan, Medusa ordered him to spend a month in the Snake Cave.

• Yue Mei’s Soul-Seizing Twin Rings disrupted the bald commander’s mind and destroyed his blood-red Dou Qi pythons.
• Yue Mei used Demon Dance: Shattering Heaven’s Splendor to leave the bald commander helpless before her Soul Hook.
• Medusa shot a blazing arrow to stop Yue Mei’s finishing strike, and the explosion blasted the commander away with severe injuries.
• Medusa asked what had happened, and Yue Mei said the commander had provoked Mister Xiao Yan, whom Medusa had invited.
• Medusa ordered the commander to enter the Snake Cave for one month after he recovered, and he reluctantly agreed.

Medusa sent Yue Mei back to guard the Enchanting Snake Tribe, then took Xiao Yan to the island to begin her evolution. Xiao Yan considered the risks and his cultivation plans as Medusa insisted she was prepared to pay the price for power.

• Medusa ordered Yue Mei to return to the Enchanting Snake Tribe, and Yue Mei protested because she had been close to succeeding in her mission with Xiao Yan.
• Medusa told Yue Mei that she would be responsible for Xiao Yan and that no one but her should disturb them on the island.
• Xiao Yan reflected on how Heavenly Flames and the Nine Dragon Mysterious Dragon Pill could advance his cultivation technique.
• Medusa took Xiao Yan by the hand and flew with him to the island beneath the temple, leaving Yue Mei shocked.
• Xiao Yan warned Medusa that gaining power required a price, and Medusa said she was prepared to begin evolving.

Xiao Yan refined a Green Lotus Barrier-Breaking Pill for Medusa’s evolution and studied the medicinal properties of the Green Lotus Core Flame’s roots. The completed pill floated above his palm as Medusa watched.

• Xiao Yan brought out the Black Demon Cauldron and told Medusa he was refining a pill for her.
• Xiao Yan extracted medicinal properties from a root segment of the Green Lotus Core Flame and discovered how its roots could grow faster.
• Xiao Yan spent the night extracting and combining the ingredients for the Green Lotus Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yan completed the pill and drew its jade-green form from the cauldron while Medusa watched.

Xiao Yan completed the Green Lotus Barrier-Breaking Pill for Medusa and released the Green Lotus Core Flame to support her evolution. Medusa began the evolution while insisting Xiao Yan remain as a witness.

• Xiao Yan finished the Green Lotus Barrier-Breaking Pill and warned Medusa that her evolution would demand an unyielding will.
• Medusa swallowed the pill before the Heavenly Flame was ready, and Xiao Yan brought out the Green Lotus Core Flame from the Green Lotus Seat.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave, but Medusa grabbed his wrist and ordered him to stay until her evolution was over.
• Medusa began guiding the pill’s medicinal power as the Green Lotus Core Flame flared and heated the island.
• Medusa declared that even if she failed, someone would witness her loyalty to the Serpent-People Tribe, then removed her cloak and raised her aura.
• Medusa’s crimson dou qi wings emerged as she prepared to begin her evolution.

Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve, using Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Barrier-Breaking Pill to withstand the flames and strengthen her body. When the pill’s protection faded and the Heavenly Flame intensified, her scales burned away, leaving her injured but able to draw on the defenses the pill had forged.

• Medusa charged into the Green Lotus Core Flame and discovered the pill’s green energy protected her from its heat.
• Medusa cultivated within the flames, drawing in energy purified by the Heavenly Flame as it strengthened her meridians.
• After an hour, the pill’s medicinal effects began to run out, and the scorching energy started damaging Medusa’s meridians.
• Medusa’s meridians grew wider and developed a jade-green protective layer, allowing her to endure the flames after the pill’s green light vanished.
• The enraged Green Lotus Core Flame grew hotter, burning Medusa’s scales and injuring her, but she absorbed energy and used the defenses left by the pill to keep healing.

Medusa absorbed vast energy of heaven and earth and became sealed inside a colorful cocoon as her evolution began. Meanwhile, Gu He returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and learned Yun Yun had not come back, while Yun Leng plotted to take control of the sect.

• The Green Lotus Core Flame purified energy drawn to Medusa, and a jade lotus refined her as she absorbed more power.
• Medusa became enclosed in a colorful cocoon, and Xiao Yan waited, expecting her evolution to be more complete than before.
• Yun Leng thanked Gu He for restoring some of his strength and urged him to meet the old Sect Master about Yun Yun's absence.
• Yun Leng secretly planned to turn the sect against Yun Yun and claim leadership after Yun Shan died.
• Gu He reached the council hall and asked Yun Shan why Yun Yun had not returned despite the expired three-month deadline.

Yun Shan allowed Gu He to pursue a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Great Desert and promised Yun Yun would assist him. Meanwhile, Yun Yun trained in the Magical Beast Mountains and wondered what Xiao Yan was doing.

• Yun Leng urged Yun Shan to let Gu He bring Yun Yun back, but Yun Shan warned Gu He about his limitations and offered to test his strength.
• Yun Shan told Gu He that Yun Yun had left the Xiao Clan to train, then hinted that the Misty Cloud Sect might someday rely on him.
• Gu He revealed that he had sensed a powerful aura in the Tagor Great Desert and believed it was a Heavenly Flame, so Yun Shan agreed to send Yun Yun with him.
• Gu He hurried off to gather experts, while Yun Leng refused to join the search and said he would help manage the sect instead.
• Yun Yun trained in the Magical Beast Mountains using Xiao Yan's cultivation technique and wondered what Xiao Yan was doing.