Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s attempt to break through to the Dou Zong realm drew an immense tide of worldly energy that overwhelmed Medusa and astonished the Serpent-People Tribe. As he absorbed and refined the energy into his newly formed Endless Flame Domain, Xiao Yan weighed whether to fuse the Green Lotus Core Flame while continuing to study his cultivation technique.

• Medusa felt the pressure around Xiao Yan’s breakthrough grow unbearable and left for the royal city.
• The serpent-people watched tangible energy clouds sweep over their city, while Hua She'er and the commander-in-chief reacted with shock and awe.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the worldly energy, refined it through his cultivation technique, and filled the Endless Flame Domain with flowing energy.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame and the embryonic Emperor Flame absorbed energy in the domain, while eleven Earthfire Lotus Seeds revolved around them.
• Xiao Yan considered whether fusing the Green Lotus Core Flame would speed his breakthrough, then continued studying his cultivation technique.

Xiao Yan completed his enlightenment and comprehended the complete Green Lotus Genesis Canon, which coordinated his Heavenly Flames and reduced the loss of strength when they awakened and cultivated independently. After ending his long cultivation session, he learned that Medusa had summoned him.

• Xiao Yan realized that separating his Heavenly Flames to cultivate the Green Lotus Genesis Canon would divide his Dou Qi and weaken him, and he considered how the Cloud-Smoke Covering Sun Formation could offset the flaw.
• Xiao Yan used the formation, the Endless Flame Domain, and the Green Lotus Genesis Canon as a basis for deduction and comprehended the complete cultivation art.
• Xiao Yan decided to postpone breaking through and stopped absorbing energy, drawing the gathered energy into himself in a single breath.
• Hua She'er arrived on the island and told Xiao Yan that Medusa had ordered her to bring him to see her.

Xiao Yan finished cultivating and followed Hua She'er to meet Medusa, while considering how to stabilize his disrupted cultivation and where to practice the Green Lotus Genesis Canon. He and Hua She'er traded questions about their meeting with Medusa, and Xiao Yan insisted that Medusa was not his queen.

• Xiao Yan noticed that the energy in the lake had strengthened his high-level puppets, then followed Hua She'er after she relayed Medusa's request to see him.
• Xiao Yan restrained his unstable Dou Qi and realized he would need to upgrade his cultivation technique and begin a long period of cultivation.
• Xiao Yan considered the magma where the Green Lotus Core Flame grew as a suitable cultivation ground, though he still needed to tend the Green Lotus Core Flame Root.
• Hua She'er grew curious about Xiao Yan when he showed little interest in her appearance and asked what he needed to discuss with Medusa.
• Xiao Yan asked why Medusa wanted to see him, then told Hua She'er that he would not call Medusa his queen; Hua She'er could not refute his confidence.

Hua She'er brought Xiao Yan to the Serpent-People Tribe's sacred lake, where Medusa performed an ancient dance amid moonlight, petals, and flames. Xiao Yan watched in a composed state of mind, and the dance reached its blazing climax.

• Hua She'er served Xiao Yan the Serpent-People Tribe's wine at the sacred site beside the lake.
• Medusa appeared in the lake and began her ancient, graceful dance as Xiao Yan watched.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his cultivation and felt more composed than when he had watched Yue Mei dance.
• Medusa's spinning drew the petals into a vortex, then ignited them into flames around the stone pillars.
• Medusa's dance intensified as she moved through the firelit lake, appearing to become one with the flames and petals.

Medusa’s Heaven Swallowing Python soul briefly challenged her for control during her dance, but she suppressed it and restored stability. She asked Xiao Yan to judge her dance, and his restrained “not bad” surprised both her and Hua She’er.

• Xiao Yan watched Medusa dance and sensed the conflict between her soul and the Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul.
• The Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul tried to seize control, but Medusa calmed the turmoil and kept control of her body.
• Xiao Yan considered whether to fuse the two souls or separate them, while Medusa’s soul forces settled.
• Medusa asked Xiao Yan what he thought of her dance, and he initially praised the setting and wine instead.
• Medusa pressed him for an opinion, and Xiao Yan called her dance “not bad,” shocking Hua She’er and surprising Medusa.

After Medusa mocked Xiao Yan as incapable, he carried her to her bedchamber and pinned her on her stone bed. Medusa declared that Xiao Yan had lost their wager, but he ignored her and began to act on his own.

• Medusa concluded that Xiao Yan was incapable because he had shown little reaction to the snake women, and Hua She'er agreed with her.
• Xiao Yan lifted Medusa into his arms despite her threats, then used the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame to take them to her bedchamber.
• Xiao Yan pinned Medusa to her stone bed as she struggled against him and told him that he had lost.
• Xiao Yan ignored Medusa's claim and tore her clothing as a private scene began beneath the palace curtains.

Xiao Yan and Medusa’s intimacy coincided with the birth of Xiao Yan’s Super Fallen Heart Flame, which surged through his body and began tempering him. The chapter left Medusa caught up in the flame’s effects as Xiao Yan’s transformation continued.

• Medusa endured the painful encounter with Xiao Yan and clung to him, biting his shoulder until it bled.
• Xiao Yan realized that completing his understanding of the Super Fallen Heart Flame had freed him from an obsession that had distracted him.
• A powerful heart flame stirred inside Xiao Yan and raced through his meridians, scorching them despite their extensive tempering.
• Xiao Yan explained how the Super Fallen Heart Flame could temper Dou Qi and the body while enhancing soul power.
• The heart flame spread through Xiao Yan’s flesh and reached his skin, making his body radiate intense heat.
• Medusa, able to withstand the heat as a Heaven Swallowing Python, felt changes in her body and could only go with the flow.

Xiao Yan’s restrained Dou Qi surged as he cultivated with Medusa, tempering his body and strengthening her while he gathered energy to condense the Super Fallen Heart Flame. He began drawing the refined power of his secret arts into his flames, leaving his breakthrough in progress.

• Medusa endured the blazing cultivation environment as Xiao Yan’s interrupted breakthrough resumed and his uncontrolled Dou Qi rushed through his body.
• Xiao Yan’s Heart Flame refined the Dou Qi coursing through his meridians, bones, and flesh, strengthening his body as some pure energy flowed into Medusa.
• Medusa’s accumulated energy surged toward her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python magical core, whose response released pure, icy-cold energy.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Medusa’s icy energy into the Endless Flame Domain, increasing the power of the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and Bone Chilling Flame.
• Xiao Yan guided his circulating flames toward their intended destination, purifying medicinal remnants and drawing the fruits of his secret-art cultivation into the flames.

Xiao Yan used the energy refined from Medusa’s seven-colored Magic Core to condense the Super Fallen Heart Flame in his Endless Flame Domain. After the new flame was born, his Dou Qi passed through its reflection and emerged purer, more condensed, and imbued with heat.

• Xiao Yan drained the energy from Medusa’s Magic Core, leaving it filled with exceptionally pure fire-attributed energy.
• Xiao Yan guided the energy released by the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and Bone Chilling Flame into a cluster in his Endless Flame Domain, then used the Heart Flame to devour it.
• Xiao Yan formed the Super Fallen Heart Flame as a tiny crimson snake and let it consume the surrounding energy until it grew solid.
• Xiao Yan sensed the new flame’s reflection in his heart and discovered that Dou Qi passing through it became purer, more condensed, and hotter.

Xiao Yan used the Super Fallen Heart Flame and his other Heavenly Flames to advance his cultivation method to the Heaven Tier, unleashing a tremendous surge of energy and triggering a terrifying storm over the Serpent-People royal city. He flew into the thunderclouds as his soul pressure silenced the city and made its creatures tremble.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Super Fallen Heart Flame accelerated his Dou Qi circulation and nourished his soul power.
• Xiao Yan fused the Heavenly Flames within the Proto-Emperor Flame, using his understanding of the Green Lotus Genesis Canon to advance his cultivation method.
• Xiao Yan’s body released a vast torrent of energy that struck Medusa and surged into her seven-colored magic core.
• Dark storm clouds and powerful lightning gathered over the Serpent-People Tribe’s royal city as Xiao Yan’s cultivation method reached the Heaven Tier.
• Xiao Yan flew into the thunderclouds, and his soul pressure spread across the city, silencing its surroundings and forcing living creatures to cower.

Xiao Yan absorbed the fire-attributed energy across the Serpent-People King City and the Tagor Great Desert to advance to Dou Zong. He mastered his new strength and stood in the sky as the surrounding regions returned to normal.

• Xiao Yan drove his Heaven-tier technique to its limit, shattered the lightning in the clouds, and absorbed the energy above the Serpent-People King City.
• Xiao Yan refined the city's fire-attributed energy, then drew in fire-attributed energy from across the Tagor Great Desert as the region grew cold.
• Mercenaries in Stone Desert City noticed the sudden chill, while Hai Bo Dong and Yun Yun sensed the changes in the surrounding energy and suspected Xiao Yan was responsible.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the remaining energy and completed his breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan restrained his aura, controlled his new strength, and made space tremble with a clench of his fist.

After reaching Dou Zong, Xiao Yan reflected on his strength and checked on Xiao Yi Xian’s progress in the Chu Yun Empire. He returned to Medusa’s bedchamber, where she questioned his idea of cultivation and he carried her off again.

• Xiao Yan felt the changes in his power, recalled his past encounters with the Soul Hall, and looked forward to facing a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan went to the Poison Sect and observed that Xiao Yi Xian had greatly advanced her poison control while continuing to cultivate the Three Paths Poison Codex.
• Xiao Yi Xian wondered about Xiao Yan’s progress, vowed to deal with Soul Hall, and resumed cultivation.
• Xiao Yan returned to Medusa’s bedchamber and found that her appearance and body had changed after their cultivation.
• Medusa asked Xiao Yan if this was the cultivation he had meant, and Xiao Yan lifted her into his arms as she protested.

After several days together, Xiao Yan and Medusa discussed his promise to transform the Tagor Great Desert and the cultivation problems facing her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python body. Xiao Yan explained that he had removed the desert’s fire-attributed energy and began to discuss how Medusa could break past her limits, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Medusa pushed Xiao Yan to get up, and he prepared to cultivate with the Green Lotus Genesis Canon.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help transform the Tagor Great Desert, while Medusa reminded him that he also needed to resolve the Heaven Swallowing Python soul in her body.
• Xiao Yan showed Medusa that he could gather natural energy without any fire-attributed energy and explained that he had absorbed the desert’s fire energy during his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan explained that Medusa would need to break through her own shackles to reach a higher realm, and he began describing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s energy-refining ability.

Xiao Yan created the Devouring Reincarnation Method to help Medusa evolve her Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline beyond its current limits. Medusa absorbed the technique and began trying to understand it.

• Xiao Yan warned Medusa that simply devouring energy would eventually bring her to another cultivation bottleneck.
• Xiao Yan deduced the Devouring Reincarnation Method, which accelerated energy absorption and used periods of dormancy to transform a Heaven Swallowing Python’s strength and bloodline aptitude.
• Xiao Yan transmitted the technique’s information to Medusa, who absorbed it with her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python constitution.
• Medusa struggled to quickly comprehend the unfamiliar technique after absorbing its information.

After Medusa began cultivating the Devouring Reincarnation Method, Xiao Yan left the Serpent-People royal city to cultivate in the magma beneath the Tagor Great Desert and begin practicing the Green Lotus Genesis Canon. Medusa remained behind, exhausted but determined to wait for his return.

• Medusa quickly grasped the basics of the Devouring Reincarnation Method and realized how greatly it could increase her strength and potential.
• Xiao Yan told Medusa he planned to cultivate in the magma beneath the Tagor Great Desert, then vanished using spatial power.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and flew to the sand-covered entrance of the underground passage.
• Xiao Yan descended into the magma and reached the azure world where the Green Lotus Core Flame had grown.
• Xiao Yan sat down to begin cultivating the Green Lotus Genesis Canon, while Medusa bathed and said she would wait for him in the Serpent-People Tribe.

Xiao Yan replaced his cultivation technique with the Green Lotus Genesis Canon and began redistributing the Heavenly Flames in his body. After separating ten flames onto Earthfire Lotus Seeds, he sent the final seed toward the remaining embryonic Emperor Flame.

• Xiao Yan replaced the Flame Mantra with the Green Lotus Genesis Canon, causing the magma world to ripple as his cultivation began.
• Zi Yan and the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent cultivated in the magma, drawing in its fire-attributed energy with their techniques.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to break apart the embryonic Emperor Flame and separated the Green Lotus Core Flame onto an Earthfire Lotus Seed.
• Xiao Yan separated the other Heavenly Flames onto the remaining seeds while retaining part of each flame to preserve the embryonic Emperor Flame and prevent damage to the seeds.
• Xiao Yan used the eleventh and final Earthfire Lotus Seed by sending it toward the embryonic Emperor Flame.

Xiao Yan used an Earthfire Lotus Seed to restore the Green Lotus Core Flame within the nascent Emperor Flame, completing the beginner level of the Green Lotus Genesis Canon. He began Heavenly Flame Awakening, tempering ten Earthfire Lotus Seeds as the Green Lotus Core Flame seed showed its first trace of intelligence.

• The Earthfire Lotus Seed’s energy strengthened the nascent Emperor Flame, which heated the Endless Flame Domain and absorbed energy from the surrounding Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan guided azure energy refined from the seed into a green lotus pattern, restoring the Green Lotus Core Flame to the nascent Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan reached the beginner level of the Green Lotus Genesis Canon and began cultivating Heavenly Flame Awakening.
• Xiao Yan used soul power and the nascent Emperor Flame’s heat to temper ten Earthfire Lotus Seeds with different runes.
• The Earthfire Lotus Seed bearing the Green Lotus Core Flame developed a trace of intelligence, and Xiao Yan focused more closely on it.

Xiao Yan's cultivation awakened the Green Lotus Core Flame into a silver-haired young woman, though she emerged weaker than he had expected and still remembered her former wild nature. She challenged Xiao Yan, insisting that defeating him would let her escape the Endless Flame Domain.

• Xiao Yan refined the Heavenly Flames and developed cultivation paths suited to each one's traits.
• The Earthfire Lotus Seed fused with the Green Lotus Core Flame transformed into a vast azure lotus, which released a powerful light and formed a young woman.
• Xiao Yan observed that his soul power had reached the middle stage of the Spiritual Realm, while he had not yet advanced to Dou Zun.
• The young woman sensed Xiao Yan, accused him of trapping her, and declared that she would defeat him to escape.
• The young woman rushed at Xiao Yan as an azure streak, wielding the wooden sword strapped to her back.

Xiao Yan persuaded the newly formed Heavenly Flame girl to cultivate the Green Lotus Genesis Canon, then turned his attention to the other Heavenly Flames. Medusa underwent the Serpent-People Tribe's baptism after her evolution, and the oldest elder noticed something startling about her lower abdomen.

• Xiao Yan caught the girl's sword between two fingers and urged her to cultivate the technique he had given her.
• The girl accepted Xiao Yan's advice and began cultivating the Green Lotus Genesis Canon.
• Xiao Yan reflected that the Heavenly Flames' cultivation would strengthen both them and himself.
• Medusa went to the ancient altar to undergo the Serpent-People Tribe's baptism after her evolution.
• The four elders chanted and poured four streams of transformed energy over Medusa, making her more compatible with the Heaven Swallowing Python's body.
• The oldest elder stared at Medusa's lower abdomen in shock and exclaimed to her.

Medusa learned that she might be pregnant with Xiao Yan’s child, and the Serpent-People elders discussed nurturing the possible heir. Meanwhile, Yun Shan gave a devastated Gu He a Soul Hall cultivation secret art to help him grow stronger.

• The Second Elder told Medusa that a faint life aura suggested she might be pregnant, though the elders could not yet confirm it.
• The Grand Elder urged Medusa to be careful and explained that the Serpent-People Tribe could nourish a child with medicines; Medusa said she would tell Xiao Yan when he returned from seclusion.
• The Grand Elder hoped Xiao Yan would continue visiting the tribe and might refine its long-sought Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusion Pill.
• Yun Shan found Gu He drinking and grieving over his defeat before Yun Yun, then urged him to become stronger.
• Yun Shan gave Gu He a Soul Hall cultivation secret art, and Gu He accepted it, determined to win Yun Yun back.