Chapter Summaries

The Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group launched a surprise attack on the Flame Mercenary Group, and Xiao Yu used a Da Dou Shi Combat Power Card to reach five-star Da Dou Shi and join Han Jue against Zhu Yan. Zhu Yan unleashed his trump card, Fire Dragon Tornado, as Han Jue prepared Myriad Swords Return to Origin.

• The Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group attacked the Flame Mercenary Group's headquarters at night, but a sentry spotted them and raised the alarm.
• Xiao Yu and Han Jue led the attack, and Han Jue confronted Zhu Yan while the mercenaries and fighters clashed across the battlefield.
• Xiao Yu moved closer as Guo Pu and the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group's fighters drew Zhu Yan's allies away from the duel.
• Xiao Yu used the Da Dou Shi Combat Power Card and reached five-star Da Dou Shi, startling Zhu Yan and giving Han Jue an opening.
• Xiao Yu attacked Zhu Yan with the Thousand Flame Spear while Han Jue pressed him from the other side.
• Zhu Yan unleashed Fire Dragon Tornado, and Han Jue answered with Myriad Swords Return to Origin.

Xiao Yu defeated Zhu Yan with Cloud Crane Shadow, then gained deeper mastery of the technique and completed the quest to unify Desert City. After claiming the System’s rewards, he advanced to five-star Dou Shi.

• Xiao Yu blocked Zhu Yan’s escape while Han Jue pursued him, and Xiao Yu countered Zhu Yan’s Fire Dragon Tornado with Cloud Crane Shadow.
• Xiao Yu survived the explosion with the Sea Heart Soft Armor, while Zhu Yan died in the crater and Han Jue rushed to Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu returned to the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group’s secret chamber and realized his clash with Zhu Yan had raised Cloud Crane Shadow’s proficiency to Mastery.
• Xiao Yu checked the System panel and confirmed that the quest to unify Desert City was complete, with Han Jue under his control.
• Xiao Yu claimed the quest rewards and advanced from four-star Dou Shi to five-star Dou Shi.

Xiao Yu spent his Source Coins on summons, then exchanged the spoils from Desert City for more and finally obtained a Dou Wang-level Combat Power Card. After the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group unified the city, he received news of activity at Gu Tu’s residence, where Xiao Yan was expected to appear.

• Xiao Yu used his remaining 3,000 Source Coins on summons, receiving a Dou Ling-level Speed Card, a single Dou Wang-level strike, and a Da Dou Shi-level Combat Power Card.
• Xiao Yu asked Han Jue for funds, and Han Jue gave him a storage ring containing more than three million gold coins and other spoils from the Flame Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yu exchanged three million gold coins for Source Coins and summoned a Dou Wang-level Combat Power Card, a Da Dou Shi-level puppet, and Sky Wolf Grass.
• Xiao Yu stayed with the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group after it took control of Desert City and decided he no longer needed to go to Stone Desert City.
• A mercenary told Xiao Yu there was news from Gu Tu’s residence, which Xiao Yu had ordered the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group to watch for signs of Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yu learned that Xiao Yan had met Hai Bo Dong and sent a map of the Green Lotus Core Flame to him through Yuan Wen. After Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder discussed their plans to search the desert, Yuan Wen arrived to deliver the map and asked whether Xiao Yan had mastered white flames.

• Xiao Yu learned that a black-robed man had visited Gu Tu and decided Xiao Yan was likely preparing to travel toward Stone Desert City with Hai Bo Dong.
• Xiao Yu gave Yuan Wen the Green Lotus Core Flame Map and instructed him to confirm whether Xiao Yan had mastered white flames before revealing it was from “Yu.”
• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder discussed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and planned to search the Tagor Great Desert for another Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan told Medicine Elder he sensed surveillance in Desert City, and Medicine Elder advised him to rest before leaving the next day.
• Yuan Wen visited Xiao Yan, said he had been entrusted with something, and asked whether Xiao Yan had mastered white flames.

Xiao Yan received a map and letter from Xiao Yu pointing to the Green Lotus Core Flame, while warning that Medusa likely possessed it. Xiao Yu left Desert City and cultivated as he crossed the Tagore Great Desert toward the Snake-People Tribe, aiming to strengthen himself before seeking the Heavenly Flame.

• Yuan Wen delivered Xiao Yu's package and message to Xiao Yan, who discovered a map to the Green Lotus Core Flame and a letter explaining that Xiao Yu could not meet him.
• Medicine Elder told Xiao Yan to remember Xiao Yu's generosity in sharing valuable information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yu put Han Jue in charge of Desert City and continued his journey through the Tagore Great Desert.
• Xiao Yu used Medicine Elder's medicinal liquid to cultivate while traveling, raising his Dou Qi to 573 as a Five-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yu planned to reach Six-Star Dou Zhe before completing the Green Lotus Core Flame quest, whose reward could raise him to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yu found a bloodied oasis where desert bandits had drugged the water and ambushed a mercenary group. After saving Liu Yun, he hid with him as another disciplined group of mercenaries entered, leaving their identity uncertain.

• Xiao Yu headed toward an oasis to replenish his water while continuing his search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yu found the oasis deserted and discovered mercenaries killed by attackers who had drugged the water.
• Xiao Yu treated the wounded Liu Yun, who explained that desert bandits had ambushed his group to steal their goods.
• Xiao Yu and Liu Yun hid in the bushes when a disciplined group of mercenaries arrived, unsure whether they were Liu Yun's companions or the bandits.

Xiao Yu rescued Liu Yun and reunited him with the Wind-Chasing Mercenary Group, learning that Lion King Yan Shi and his companions had entered the Tagor Desert. The next morning, Xiao Yu and the mercenaries parted ways near the Snake-People Tribe’s territory.

• Xiao Yu revealed Liu Yun to Sun Wu and the Wind-Chasing Mercenary Group, who confirmed that he had saved their wounded fourth brother.
• Sun Wu introduced himself and thanked Xiao Yu, while healer Hou San said Xiao Yu’s timely treatment had saved Liu Yun’s life.
• Sun Wu said he suspected the Yang Family had sent the desert bandits and revealed that Lion King Yan Shi had rescued the group with Windwalker and two other companions.
• Xiao Yu deduced that the two unknown companions were Gu He and Yun Yun and realized the oasis was close to the Snake-People Tribe’s territory.
• The next morning, Sun Wu loaded Liu Yun and the other wounded men onto a carriage and said farewell to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu followed Xiao Yan and Yue Mei’s trail through the Snake-People Tribe’s territory, then slipped past the damaged Charm Serpent Tribe and its weakened defenses. Just as he tried to leave unnoticed, a squad from a nearby tribe spotted him and moved to capture him.

• Xiao Yu found traces of Xiao Yan’s clash with Yue Mei and followed their trail to the site where Gu He’s group had fought her.
• Xiao Yu used Hai Bo Dong’s map to identify the Charm Serpent Tribe and cautiously skirted its settlement.
• Xiao Yu saw the damaged walls and injured snake-people, then took advantage of the disrupted patrols to pass through the tribe’s blockade.
• A squad of guards from a nearby tribe spotted Xiao Yu, and their leader ordered them into a defensive formation, hoping to capture him and earn the Charm Serpent Tribe’s favor.

Xiao Yu escaped a Snake-People squad with his flying wings and reached the area near the Snake-People Holy City, where Xiao Yan was also hiding. As Yue Mei and Mebas learned that human forces had invaded, Gu He arrived with his group and called for the Queen to meet him.

• Xiao Yu struck the Snake-People squad's defensive shield, then flew over it with his Purple Cloud Wings and escaped.
• Xiao Yu evaded Snake-People search parties and hid near the holy city, while Xiao Yan waited nearby for the human experts to act.
• Yue Mei told Mebas that the invading force included one Dou Emperor, three Dou Wang, and five Dou Ling, and Mebas prepared to see the Queen.
• Yue Mei and Mebas sensed powerful auras outside the holy city and went to investigate as the Snake-People panicked.
• Gu He arrived on a magical beast with his expedition party and announced that he wanted to discuss a matter with the Queen.

Gu He offered Medusa a fortune for the Heavenly Flame, but she refused, and Yun Yun exposed her appearance as an avatar before attacking her. Gu He and his allies then fought their way toward the Snake-People Tribe's holy city to seize the flame.

• Mebas recognized Gu He as the only person capable of gathering so many powerful experts, and Medusa appeared before the assembled forces.
• Gu He offered Medusa two sixth-tier Dou Ling Pills and a seventh-tier Form-Transformation Pill for her Heavenly Flame, but she refused.
• Yun Yun revealed that Medusa was using an avatar and struck at her, causing Medusa to vanish and the Snake-People Tribe to attack.
• Yun Yun swept aside the tribe's arrows and venom with a tornado, then told Gu He that force was the only way to obtain the Heavenly Flame.
• Gu He sent Yan Shi and Feng Li to hold off Mebas and Yue Mei while he flew toward the city, but Yue Mei ordered the Medusa Snake Guard to stop him.
• Gu He used Blue Flame Soaring Heaven to scatter the guards' formation and passed through them toward the city.

Xiao Yu sneaked into the Snake-People Holy City to find the Green Lotus Core Flame while Gu He and Xiao Yan were drawn into separate battles. He crossed a poisoned lake to reach an island, where a giant emerald snake struck him and left him injured but alive.

• Yun Yun intercepted Hua She'er so Gu He could continue toward the Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Yu secretly entered the Holy City.
• Xiao Yu sensed Heavenly Flame auras in four locations, traced the strongest one to a temple, and distracted its guards with a decoy explosion before slipping inside.
• Medicine Elder detected an aura matching the Bone Chilling Flame, and Xiao Yan fought Snake-People guards outside the temple.
• Xiao Yu found a lake blocking the way to a small island and used the Bone Chilling Flame to swim through water that turned into deadly poison.
• A giant emerald snake attacked Xiao Yu, but he used his Da Dou Shi Combat Power Card to survive its tail strike and reach the island.

Xiao Yu found Medusa beginning her evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame and received a timed mission to help her succeed. He accepted and revealed himself as she writhed in the flames, close to losing consciousness.

• Xiao Yu found the Green Lotus Core Flame protected in a crystal lotus pedestal beside the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, with Medusa preparing to evolve nearby.
• Medusa removed her clothes, dispelled the barrier, transformed into a giant purple snake, and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yun Yun sensed that Medusa's evolution had begun, while Hua She'er insisted that Medusa would succeed.
• The system assigned Xiao Yu a timed mission to help Medusa evolve, explaining that his blood could greatly improve her chances.
• Xiao Yu accepted the mission and emerged from hiding as Medusa's strength faded and she thought she had failed.

Xiao Yu used his essence blood to help Medusa endure the Green Lotus Core Flame’s trial, despite her anger at his provocative words. With her chances of surviving improved, Medusa turned back to devour the Heavenly Flames as dark clouds covered the sky.

• Medusa sensed Xiao Yu nearby but lacked the strength to attack him while the Heavenly Flames burned her.
• Xiao Yu shouted provocative remarks to make Medusa open her mouth, then managed to get a small amount of his blood past the flames and into her.
• Medusa felt Xiao Yu’s blood ease the burning, and she cooperated as he continued feeding her his essence blood.
• Xiao Yu replenished his strength with a medicinal herb and told Medusa she could weather the trial safely with his final batch of blood.
• Medusa chose to attack the Green Lotus Core Flame again, while dark clouds spread across the sky.

Medusa survived her lightning tribulation but emerged as a tiny purple snake, which Xiao Yu befriended with Companion Amethyst Source. Xiao Yu then claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame, gained a rank in cultivation, and prepared to face the Dou Wangs outside.

• Xiao Yu fled the island’s edge as Medusa’s lightning tribulation began, while Medicine Elder explained the phenomenon to Xiao Yan.
• Medusa’s enormous body was struck by the lightning and appeared to perish, but her aura spread across Holy City before abruptly vanishing.
• Xiao Yu found Medusa’s charred body in the pit, watched it turn to dust, and met the tiny purple snake that emerged.
• Xiao Yu fed the little snake Companion Amethyst Source, and it curled around his arm.
• Xiao Yu collected the Green Lotus Core Flame without being harmed, gained its origin source, and raised his cultivation from 573 to 690.
• Xiao Yu received the mission reward but held off on claiming it because the Dou Wangs outside still threatened him.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan collected the Green Lotus Core Flame and waited for the temple barrier to fall while Snake-People reinforcements gathered outside. After the barrier shattered, the two groups rushed toward the island, leaving Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan to slip away amid the chaos.

• Xiao Yu reunited with Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder at the temple, then urged Xiao Yan to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame using the Green Lotus Seat.
• As the temple barrier neared breaking, Xiao Yu activated his Dou Wang-level combat power card, and Medicine Elder warned them to prepare.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan carried the Green Lotus Core Flame out of the temple and concealed themselves as they headed toward the encirclement's edge.
• Yun Yun concluded that Medusa had failed, while Gu He and the others realized that the Heavenly Flame's aura had disappeared and prepared to search the temple.
• Yan Ci arrived with more Snake-People reinforcements, and the two sides held their positions until the barrier shattered.
• Gu He and Yun Yun rushed toward the mist-shrouded island as Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan continued their escape.

Gu He and his allies pursued Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan after they stole the Heavenly Flames, while Yun Yun held off the Snake-People Tribe long enough for the chase to begin. As pursuers closed in, Xiao Yu prepared to combine Purple Flame and Bone Chilling Flame, alarming Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder.

• Gu He and Yun Yun found the island scorched and empty, then spotted Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan fleeing with a green flame.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li pursued the pair while Yun Yun blocked Yue Mei, Mebas, and Yan Ci, then escaped after delaying them.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan raced across the desert as more pursuers joined the chase, and Xiao Yan complained that they kept catching up.
• Xiao Yu brought out Purple Flame and Bone Chilling Flame and began moving them together as Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder watched in alarm.

Xiao Yu used a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to drive back Gu He and the other Dou Wangs, but Yun Yun and Snake-People Tribe pursuers continued the chase. Xiao Yu stayed behind to hold Yun Yun off while Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder went ahead, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Xiao Yu fused the Purple Flame and Bone Chilling Flame into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, blasting Gu He and the other two pursuers and slowing them down.
• Yun Yun ordered Gu He and the other Dou Wangs to split up as five Snake-People Tribe experts arrived; Yin Elder and Yan Ci pursued Yun Yun's route while Yue Mei and another expert chased the others.
• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder accelerated away from Yun Yun, while Xiao Yu noticed Yun Yun's black robe and chose to delay her.
• Xiao Yu offered to stay behind and hold Yun Yun back, but Xiao Yan objected until Medicine Elder told him to trust his senior brother.
• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder continued ahead, promising to leave marks for Xiao Yu to follow, as Yun Yun approached the waiting Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu confronted Yun Yun while disguised as a Dou Wang, then revealed that he recognized her as Yun Zhi and kissed her. Yun Yun mistook him for an abandoned pawn and urged him to accept her help, but he refused; she warned him that Snake-People Dou Wangs were pursuing them.

• Xiao Yu dodged Yun Yun’s wind blade and pretended to be a young stranger blocking her path.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yu and stopped fighting, but Xiao Yu acted as though he did not know her.
• Xiao Yu called Yun Yun “Yun Zhi,” rushed into her arms, and kissed her, leaving her flustered.
• Yun Yun asked why Xiao Yu had come, and he said he wanted the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yun Yun believed Xiao Yu’s allies had abandoned him as a sacrificial pawn and offered to introduce him to a friend who could help him cultivate, but Xiao Yu refused.
• Yun Yun sensed pursuing Snake-People Dou Wangs and told Xiao Yu to leave quickly.

Xiao Yu left Yun Yun to hold off the Snake-People Tribe's pursuers and reunited with Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder, then escaped the desert with them. In a mountain cave, he revealed copies of the Bone Chilling Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medicine Elder realized they had the power of Heavenly Flames but lacked souls.

• Xiao Yu embraced Yun Yun, teased that he would tie her up once he became a Dou Emperor, and flew away while she prepared to fight the approaching Snake-People Tribe's Dou Wangs.
• Xiao Yu found Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder waiting for him, and the three used the pursuers' battle with Yun Yun as an opportunity to flee through remote parts of the desert.
• After a day of travel, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Medicine Elder reached the forest, hid in a mountain cave, and blocked its entrance with a boulder.
• Xiao Yu manifested a Bone Chilling Flame and a Green Lotus Core Flame, astonishing Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder.
• Medicine Elder examined Xiao Yu's flames and concluded that, despite their Heavenly Flame traits and power, they were like soulless puppets.

Xiao Yu revealed that his unusual physique let him wield the Green Lotus Core Flame without protection, then claimed the system rewards for obtaining it and surged to peak Nine-Star Dou Shi. Xiao Yan prepared to subdue the flame as Xiao Yu fell just short of breaking through to Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Yu explained that his physique had allowed him to use several flames and thrust his bare hand into the Green Lotus Core Flame, turning himself into a figure of fire without harm.
• Medicine Elder warned Xiao Yu to keep his physique secret and said it gave him an almost certain chance of subduing Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan began recovering for his attempt to take the Green Lotus Core Flame while Xiao Yu restored his strength and claimed his completed quest rewards.
• Xiao Yu's system reward triggered a breakthrough, raising him from Six-Star Dou Shi to peak Nine-Star Dou Shi as Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder watched in shock.
• Xiao Yu said he was only ten Dou Qi Points short of becoming a Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder chose to ignore his complaint.