Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan completed his cultivation in the magma cavern, awakening with greater power after refining the Green Lotus Genesis Canon and reorganizing his Heavenly Flames. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent also grew stronger, and Xiao Yan assessed their progress as he emerged.

• Xiao Yan’s absorption of fire-attributed energy stirred the magma cavern into a vast vortex and rapidly drained its magma.
• Xiao Yan’s aura erupted after his seclusion, shaking the underground world and the Tagor Great Desert as he emerged from the green world.
• Xiao Yan assessed his cultivation, noting that his realm had temporarily fallen below Dou Zong, while his eleven Heavenly Flames could combine to kill a Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan found that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had advanced to the seventh tier and reached strength comparable to a five-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent had reached the sixth tier, comparable to a Dou Emperor.

After more than two years in seclusion, Xiao Yan collected the root stalk needed to complete the Flame Spirit Sacred Garment and reunited with Medusa, who revealed that she was pregnant. He flew with her toward the Serpent-People King City to meet her tribe's elders, while considering the time remaining before an impending conflict.

• Xiao Yan stored the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent, then returned to the underground cyan world.
• Xiao Yan severed and stored the root stalk, believing it would let him complete the Flame Spirit Sacred Garment with eleven Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan emerged into the Tagor Desert and encountered Medusa, who had been searching for him during his more than two years of seclusion.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that the Serpent-People Tribe's elders knew she was no longer a virgin, and Xiao Yan sensed the life force in her abdomen and realized she was pregnant.
• Xiao Yan carried Medusa into the sky toward the Serpent-People King City, learned that more than two years had passed, and judged that he had returned in time for the coming conflict.

Xiao Yan and Medusa traveled to the Serpent-People Tribe's royal city, where he impressed the four elders by overcoming their combined attack with the Super Fallen Heart Flame. The eldest elder then told Xiao Yan that Medusa was pregnant and that he was involved.

• Medusa explained that heavenly phenomena had drawn humans into the Tagor Great Desert, where they now traded for local resources.
• Xiao Yan comprehended the Flying Fire Meteor technique while flying with Medusa toward the Serpent-People Tribe's royal city.
• Medusa led Xiao Yan to the bamboo house where the four elders secluded themselves.
• The four elders tested Xiao Yan with a combined attack, but his Super Fallen Heart Flame disrupted their strength and shattered their giant python.
• The eldest elder introduced the four elders and told Xiao Yan that Medusa was pregnant and that the matter was closely related to him.

Xiao Yan promised to marry Medusa and agreed to refine the Serpent-People Tribe’s seventh-tier Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusion Pill to nourish their unborn child. He reassured the elders that he had enough stored ingredients to prepare it within the six-month window.

• The Second Elder explained that Medusa’s pregnancy would last a year or several years because she had evolved into a Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yan declared that he had chosen Medusa and would return home to inform his elders before arranging their wedding.
• Medusa blushed and reluctantly accepted Xiao Yan holding her hand, while the First Elder approved of their marriage.
• The First Elder explained that the tribe’s secret techniques nourished unborn children and asked Xiao Yan to refine the highest-grade technique, the Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusion Pill.
• The First Elder warned that the seventh-tier pill required rare ingredients and had to be prepared within half a year.
• Xiao Yan assured the elders that he had stored many rare medicinal herbs, and the First Elder expressed relief.

After reading the Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusion Pill prescription, Xiao Yan rejected Medusa’s plan to end their relationship once their obligations were fulfilled and declared that he wanted to marry her. He then devised the eighth-tier Innate Soul-Blood Pill and began refining it in front of Medusa.

• Xiao Yan quickly memorized the Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusion Pill prescription and returned it to Medusa.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that she intended to raise their child with the Serpent-People Tribe and have no further relationship with him afterward.
• Xiao Yan pulled Medusa into his arms and insisted that he would refine the pill and marry her.
• Xiao Yan comprehended the eighth-tier Innate Soul-Blood Pill, which would let a fetus cultivate through the pill’s medicinal power.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Black Demon Cauldron and valuable medicinal materials, then began refining the pill as Medusa watched in alarm.

Xiao Yan began refining the Innate Soul-Blood Pill for Medusa’s unborn child after she agreed not to refuse his request if the refinement succeeded. He smoothly fused the refined medicinal ingredients, and pill lightning gathered over the Serpent-People Tribe’s royal city.

• Medusa embraced Xiao Yan and agreed to his request if he studied the prescription and successfully refined the pill, warning that she would never forgive him if he failed at the crucial time.
• Xiao Yan reassured Medusa that he had prepared carefully and began refining the Innate Soul-Blood Pill with the Proto-Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan controlled nearly a hundred precious medicinal ingredients with his immense soul force, refining them in the Black Demon Cauldron.
• After two or three hours, Xiao Yan began fusing the medicinal liquids, while the Serpent-People Tribe elders watched in awe.
• Thunderclouds gathered above the Serpent-People Tribe’s royal city, and the First Elder recognized the signs of pill lightning.

Xiao Yan refined the Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusion Pill and endured its powerful three-colored pill lightning, absorbing the lightning to evolve his Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame. He captured the escaping pill and turned toward Medusa, while the Serpent-People watched in awe at his strength.

• Three-colored pill lightning gathered above Xiao Yan as Medusa and the Serpent-People elders sensed its immense power.
• Xiao Yan charged into the first bolt and transformed the lightning into armor, then withstood the cloud’s repeated strikes.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the lightning through the Super Fallen Heart Flame, feeding it to the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame and evolving it from one fire dragon to two.
• After the thunderclouds dispersed, Xiao Yan opened the Black Demon Medicine Cauldron and stopped the escaping pill with a wall of invisible flames.
• Xiao Yan placed the pill in a jade bottle and turned toward Medusa.

Xiao Yan gave Medusa an eighth-tier Innate Soul-Blood Pill for their child, and the two spent the night together. Afterward, Medusa spoke of the Serpent-People Queens’ devotion to the ones they love, and Xiao Yan said he had an idea for transforming the Tagor Great Desert but still needed materials.

• Xiao Yan gave Medusa the eighth-tier Innate Soul-Blood Pill, and she swallowed it so its power would benefit their child.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa spent the night together, with Xiao Yan taking care not to hurt the child.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that Serpent-People Queens loved with unwavering devotion and recalled that she had expected to fall into his hands after their first meeting.
• Xiao Yan said he had an idea for transforming the Tagor Great Desert but still needed some materials.

Xiao Yan devised the Ice-Fire Fruit Tree to help transform the Tagor Great Desert while providing food and gathering fire-attributed energy. He assigned the snake maidens to collect materials and prepare planting sites, then summoned his puppets to begin work.

• Medusa sent word to Hua She'er, Yue Mei, and the Yue Lan'er sisters to help Xiao Yan gather items while she stayed in her chamber to absorb the pill's medicinal power.
• Xiao Yan comprehended the Ice-Fire Fruit Tree, which could alter the environment, produce hunger-suppressing fruit, and gather energy to help condense the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Hua She'er and Yue Mei arrived in the main hall and bickered over Xiao Yan's relationship with Medusa until the Yue Lan'er sisters arrived.
• Xiao Yan gave Hua She'er and Yue Mei jade slips listing materials to collect, then assigned the Yue Lan'er sisters to find and clear spacious places nearby.
• After the four snake maidens left to carry out their tasks, Xiao Yan summoned more than ten black puppets in the main hall.

Xiao Yan modified his alchemy puppets and the Beast Storage Ring, then demonstrated how his prepared seeds and medicinal liquid could rapidly grow Ice-Fire Fruit Trees in the Tagor Great Desert. Watching the saplings flourish gave him a vague insight into condensing the Life Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Yan altered his old alchemy puppets to prepare growth-promoting medicinal liquid and added runes to the Beast Storage Ring so magical beasts could cultivate inside it.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King sensed natural energy increasing in the ring, and Xiao Yan told the magical beasts they could cultivate there.
• Yue Mei and Hua She'er brought the materials Xiao Yan needed, and he refined them into medicinal liquid and prepared tree seeds.
• Xiao Yan and the four women planted the treated seeds in the desert and dripped red medicinal liquid onto them.
• Hua She'er watched a red-and-blue sprout grow into a meter-tall sapling in moments, while Xiao Yan gained a vague insight into condensing the Life Spirit Flame.

After witnessing the Ice-Fire Fruit Trees thrive, Xiao Yan found a way to supply the Life Spirit Flame with energy and began condensing it outside his body. He purified a gathered mass of energy with the Super Fallen Heart Flame, leaving a smaller, purer core.

• Xiao Yan realized that the Ice-Fire Fruit Trees' growth had revealed a way to overcome the energy shortage in his plan to condense the Life Spirit Flame.
• As Yue Mei and the other snake women approached, Xiao Yan ordered them to expand the tree cultivation and continue preparing medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yan ignored Yue Mei's teasing and returned to the forest to begin condensing the Life Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan concealed himself with four flags and spread his soul power, which had reached the peak of the mid-stage Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yan gathered natural and tree-growth energy outside his body, compressed it with his soul power, and refined it using the Super Fallen Heart Flame until it shrank to a tennis-ball-sized mass.

Xiao Yan refined the Life Spirit Flame's nascent fire while the Serpent-People Tribe spread Ice-Fire Fruit Trees across the Tagor Great Desert, transforming its environment and strengthening the flame. After two days, the flame broke free of Xiao Yan's control and took the form of a beautiful woman.

• Xiao Yan used the Super Fallen Heart Flame and his soul power to inscribe life laws into the Life Spirit Flame's nascent fire.
• Hua She'er and the Serpent-People Tribe planted Ice-Fire Fruit Tree branches throughout the Tagor Great Desert.
• The trees drew fire-attributed energy through their roots, melting underground magma and restoring the flow of energy near the Green Lotus Core Flame's birthplace.
• Xiao Yan refined the nascent fire for two days, shaping it with the spirit-awakening portion of the Green Lotus Genesis Canon.
• The Life Spirit Flame broke free of Xiao Yan's soul power, rose into the sky, and transformed into a woman.

Xiao Yan encountered Life Spirit Flame after it transformed, but Wind Fury Flame appeared in the Tagore Desert and began pursuing it. Life Spirit Flame fled from both flames, and Xiao Yan blocked its escape as the desert’s upheaval summoned crimson clouds.

• Life Spirit Flame took form and tried to flee, while Xiao Yan noted that its strength was weak despite its intelligence and status as a Heavenly Flame.
• Yue Mei and Hua She'er struggled against Life Spirit Flame until Xiao Yan arrived and stopped its green vines.
• Wind Fury Flame swept toward them, and Xiao Yan recognized it as the fourteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Life Spirit Flame fled from Wind Fury Flame, which pursued it relentlessly, and later raced back toward Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan blocked Life Spirit Flame’s path and said it would have to come back as crimson clouds filled the sky.

Xiao Yan taught the Life Spirit Flame to redirect her energy, allowing her to restrain the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s core. He then swallowed the core to absorb its power, leaving Yue Mei and Hua She'er stunned.

• Xiao Yan guided the Life Spirit Flame’s energy and helped her form a rotating leaf barrier that dispersed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s force.
• The Life Spirit Flame shaped a leaf bow and arrow, striking the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and binding its exposed core with energy chains.
• The Life Spirit Flame warned that she could hold the core only briefly, while Xiao Yan told her to study the technique and flew toward it.
• Xiao Yan picked up the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s core and swallowed it, shocking Yue Mei.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, recovered to the peak of the Dou Wang realm, and advanced the Green Lotus Genesis Canon to the middle Heaven tier. He took the Life Spirit Flame into the Endless Flame Domain to train her in alchemy, then wondered why Medusa had not appeared during the disaster in the Tagor Great Desert.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame seed, whose energy strengthened his body and soul and helped the Green Lotus Genesis Canon break through to the middle Heaven tier.
• Xiao Yan recovered to the peak of the Dou Wang realm, while Yue Mei and Hua She'er left to oversee repairs to the damaged Ice-Fire Fruit Trees.
• Xiao Yan told the Life Spirit Flame he would teach her alchemy and allow her freedom if she surpassed his abilities, and she agreed to learn.
• Xiao Yan took the Life Spirit Flame into the Endless Flame Domain to begin her training.
• Xiao Yan wondered why Medusa had not appeared after the Wind Fury Dragon Flame's destruction in the Tagor Great Desert.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Medusa in her bedchamber was the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul, which had taken control while Medusa underwent reincarnation. He promised to find a way to resolve their shared-body problem and considered using a familiar soul to guide the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.

• Xiao Yan rushed to Medusa's residence and realized the woman in bed was the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python rather than Medusa.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python remembered an intimate encounter with Xiao Yan, and he recalled that she had been in control of Medusa's body at the time.
• Xiao Yan caught her ankle, prompting the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to react with embarrassment and demand that he let go.
• Xiao Yan released her and promised to find a way to address the two souls sharing one body.
• Xiao Yan considered giving the intelligent Wind Fury Dragon Flame a familiar soul to help control its cultivation.

After refining the Green Lotus Genesis Canon, Xiao Yan comprehended the Green Lotus Flame Emperor Art, which centered on human-flame unity and using hosts to improve Heavenly Flames. He finished resting and began considering suitable candidates for the art’s Heavenly Flame fusions.

• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python urged Xiao Yan to devise a way to help her, then let him rest with his head on her lap.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python needed soul-nourishing items before her soul could lead a fusion with the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that human-flame unity could strengthen a host and speed a Heavenly Flame’s cultivation without dispersing his own dou qi.
• Xiao Yan comprehended the Green Lotus Flame Emperor Art, a modification of the Green Lotus Genesis Canon tied to the number and quality of Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan decided that candidates for Heavenly Flame fusion needed loyalty and obedience, then got up as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python asked if he had finished resting.

Xiao Yan named the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Cai Lin and left the Tagor Great Desert for Stone Desert City. He found Qing Lin cultivating there and discovered that she had reached Dou Wang and advanced her Chaos Life-Nourishing Technique to mid-tier Earth rank.

• Xiao Yan named the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Cai Lin and planned to prepare a new body for her, but she transformed into a little snake and fell asleep.
• Xiao Yan left the Tagor Great Desert with Cai Lin tucked in his robes and flew toward Stone Desert City to check on Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan heard residents discussing the Tagor Great Desert’s transformation into a forest and the Misty Cloud Sect’s growing influence, so he decided to go to Jia Ma Sacred City after seeing Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan found Qing Lin cultivating in a secluded courtyard and saw that her Chaos Life-Nourishing Technique had reached mid-tier Earth rank.
• Xiao Yan realized Qing Lin had become a Dou Wang in less than three years, despite not having subdued any magical beasts.

Xiao Yan realized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils needed a cultivation method that drew strength from controlled snake-type magical beasts, and he brought her into his Beast Storage Ring to begin. The chapter ended as he asked Qing Lin to use her pupils to control the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent.

• Xiao Yan watched Qing Lin cultivate to the Dou Wang level and considered how her pupils could support a new technique that shared cultivation gains from controlled magical beasts.
• Qing Lin woke, greeted Xiao Yan affectionately, and tried to entice him into bed, but he told her to focus on cultivation.
• Xiao Yan took Qing Lin into the modified space inside his Beast Storage Ring and woke the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the serpent.

Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the sixth-tier Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent. As the serpent’s strength flowed into her, Qing Lin rapidly broke through cultivation bottlenecks while Xiao Yan watched from a distance.

• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to demonstrate her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils on the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent.
• Qing Lin activated her pupils and trapped the serpent in mysterious green light, imprinting flower patterns on both its heads.
• Qing Lin summoned the subdued Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent into her eyes and began absorbing its strength.
• Qing Lin’s cultivation surged through successive bottlenecks, prompting Xiao Yan to move away and watch her rapid breakthroughs.