Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Shu Yue discovered the Mo Clan’s human experimentation laboratory and fought the people running it. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan accidentally killing Mo Li with a flicked booger, stunning everyone present.

• Xiao Yan used a calming pill to put the imprisoned people to sleep, telling Shu Yue they could rescue them after defeating the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Yan burned open the laboratory’s iron door and found people strapped to beds while Mo Clan members experimented on them.
• When the laboratory workers threatened Shu Yue, she fought back and killed more than a dozen of them with her sword.
• Mo Li arrived and ordered Mo Feng to capture Shu Yue, but Xiao Yan stepped in after Shu Yue acknowledged she could not defeat him.
• Xiao Yan flicked a booger at Mo Li, accidentally piercing his skull and killing him instantly.

Xiao Yan and Shu Yue escaped the Mo Clan’s underground laboratory after Xiao Yan killed the guards and rescued the captives. They returned to the Mo Clan as it hosted a banquet for Ocean City’s factions, with Xiao Yan planning to eat before destroying it.

• Xiao Yan killed Mo Feng and the fleeing guards, then burned their bodies with his Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Shu Yue treated and subdued the captives before escaping with a rescued little girl.
• Xiao Yan rejected Shu Yue’s plan to notify the Misty Cloud Sect and said he would deal with the Mo Clan himself.
• Xiao Yan and Shu Yue left the Mo Clan, stopped at an inn, and saw that the little girl had awoken but remained silent and vacant.
• Xiao Yan and Shu Yue returned to find the Mo Clan hosting a grand banquet attended by Ocean City’s city lord and other factions.
• Xiao Yan decided to enter the banquet, eat, and then destroy the Mo Clan.

Xiao Yan forced his way into the Mo Clan banquet and confronted Mo Cheng over his plan to establish the Mo Alliance. He declared that the Mo Clan must submit to the Tianxia Guild or die, leaving the hall under his crushing pressure.

• Xiao Yan seized an invited guest, shattered his Dou Qi Armor, and took his invitation to enter with Shu Yue and their companion.
• Mo Cheng addressed the banquet guests and proposed forming the Mo Alliance, but most attendees stayed silent rather than surrender their forces.
• Xiao Yan and the young woman beside him mocked Mo Cheng by discussing a showy old turtle while they ate.
• Mo Cheng learned Xiao Yan had overwhelmed a Great Dou Master and asked which Salt City faction he belonged to.
• Xiao Yan identified the Tianxia Guild as his faction and demanded that the Mo Alliance submit or die, then released a suffocating aura across the hall.

Xiao Yan confronted the Mo Clan over its crimes against the little girl accompanying Shu Yue and defeated Mo Cheng in their exchange. When the Mo Clan surrounded him, Xiao Yan unleashed a devastating saber attack, and Mo Cheng ordered Mo Lan to capture Shu Yue and the girl while he fought Xiao Yan.

• Mo Cheng invoked the Misty Cloud Sect to threaten Xiao Yan, who declared that Yun Yun was his wife and said he would purge the sect on her behalf.
• Xiao Yan used the first four forms of the Cloud-Discharging Palm to overwhelm Mo Cheng and send him crashing through the Mo Clan's buildings.
• Mo Lan recognized that Xiao Yan had come because of the Mo Clan's crimes against the little girl and ordered his men to attack.
• Mo Cheng emerged from the ruins, admitted he knew Xiao Yan had killed the patrol guards, and boasted that he would defeat him.
• Xiao Yan drew the Snow-Drinking Mad Saber and killed most of the attackers with a forty-meter saber qi.
• Mo Cheng told Mo Lan to capture Shu Yue and the little girl while he dealt with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Mo Cheng after Mo Cheng revealed his Blazing Flame Mountain-Crushing Rhino limbs and unleashed increasingly powerful attacks. Mo Cheng transformed into the giant beast and impaled Xiao Yan, while an approaching group decided to investigate the Mo Clan.

• Mo Cheng revealed his crimson beast arms and attacked Xiao Yan, who used his Snow Mastiff Armor to withstand the blow and countered with a powerful punch.
• Mo Cheng summoned a flaming rhinoceros with Savage Charge, but Xiao Yan absorbed it with Heavenly Shift and sent back a larger beast that shattered Mo Cheng’s defenses and wounded him.
• Mo Cheng swelled into a Blazing Flame Mountain-Crushing Rhino, whose roar was heard across Salt City.
• A middle-aged man and a woman in black traveling toward Salt City recognized the roar as likely coming from a Mo Clan member and chose to visit the Mo Clan.
• The transformed Mo Cheng charged out of the crater, pierced Xiao Yan with his horn, and blasted him backward.

Xiao Yan used the Blazing Flame Mountain-Crushing Rhino to destroy the Mo Clan, then fled before powerful fighters arrived. Yun Yun and the others found the ruins and prepared to learn what had happened, while Yun Yun’s unusual behavior continued to concern them.

• Xiao Yan recovered from the Rhino’s attack and lured it into demolishing the Mo Clan’s buildings.
• After Medicine Elder warned that several powerful fighters were approaching, Xiao Yan killed the Rhino with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, destroying the Mo Clan’s headquarters in the blast.
• Xiao Yan summoned Black Feather and flew away, leaving Shu Yue and the little girl behind.
• Yun Yun and a group of experts arrived above the ruins, and Yun Yun said the Mo Clan’s destruction might spare the Misty Cloud Sect from dealing with its wrongdoing.
• Yun Yun sensed a familiar aura and went down to investigate, while the others reflected on how much her behavior had changed since returning from the Warcraft Mountains.
• After learning what the Mo Clan had done, the newcomers felt it deserved to be destroyed.

Xiao Yan escaped Yun Yun and traveled to Desert City to obtain a detailed desert map and a Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map. After taking the fragment from Hai Bodong’s shop, he lured the Ice Emperor into the desert and challenged him for the other fragment.

• Yun Yun ordered her group to rescue the Mo Clan’s captives, while Xiao Yan flew away and reflected on his desire to see her again.
• Xiao Yan decided to go to Desert City for a detailed map before entering Snake People territory, then arrived there on Black Feather.
• Xiao Yan entered Gu Tu’s shop, recognized Hai Bodong, and found a Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map among the maps.
• Xiao Yan took the fragment map and provoked Hai Bodong into chasing him out of Desert City.
• After leading Hai Bodong nearly a hundred li into the desert, Xiao Yan challenged him to fight, wagering the fragment map and an additional benefit against Hai Bodong’s other fragment map.

Xiao Yan revealed that he knew Hai Bodong was sealed and challenged him to a fight, offering to tell him how to break the seal if Hai Bodong defeated him. They fought through the night without a victor, and Xiao Yan proposed deciding the match with one final move.

• Hai Bodong agreed to fight Xiao Yan after realizing Xiao Yan genuinely wanted to test his skills.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong traded powerful fire, ice, and martial arts attacks, but neither gained a decisive advantage.
• Hai Bodong's spear techniques forced Xiao Yan to defend until Xiao Yan shattered the weapon with a powerful saber strike.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong continued fighting barehanded through the night without determining a winner.
• Xiao Yan proposed using one final move to decide the fight, and Hai Bodong agreed.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fought to a draw, then negotiated over removing Hai Bodong’s seal. Hai Bodong agreed to offer a favor, half a fragmentary map, and information about a Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan also demanded extra compensation for finding the missing Sand Mandala.

• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong unleashed giant dragon attacks and poured Dou Qi into them until they stopped and the dragons dissipated.
• Hai Bodong revealed that he needed a Calamity-Breaking Pill to remove his seal and had been seeking someone with a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan showed Hai Bodong his black-and-white Heavenly Flame, convincing Hai Bodong that he could help remove the seal.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Yan a favor, the other half of a fragmentary map, and information about a Heavenly Flame in exchange for the pill.
• Hai Bodong admitted that he lacked the Sand Mandala ingredient, and Xiao Yan agreed to find it only if Hai Bodong paid extra.

Xiao Yan arranged for Hai Bodong to accompany him to the Jia Ma Empire after his seal was lifted, then flew toward Stone Desert City to retrieve treasures left near the Heavenly Flame’s birthplace. On the way, he rescued Xuelan’s mercenary group from snake people and left them with a troubling demand before continuing on.

• Hai Bodong offered to protect Xiao Yan for a year, but Xiao Yan instead asked him to accompany him to the Jia Ma Empire after his seal was lifted.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan detailed desert maps, and Xiao Yan flew toward Stone Desert City to seek the Azure Lotus Platform and Heavenly Flame Lotus Seed.
• Xiao Yan spotted Xuelan’s Desert Iron Mercenary Group being overwhelmed by snake people and killed dozens of their attackers with a single saber strike.
• Xiao Yan gave Xuelan healing pills and antidotes, then jokingly demanded ten million gold coins and threatened to collect from the mercenary group later.
• Xuelan and the mercenaries decided to report the encounter to their two commanders, hoping Xiao Yan knew them and had been joking.

Xiao Yan followed Medicine Elder to a magma cavern where the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake guarded the underground Heavenly Flame. He lured the beast out with Companion Amethyst Source, wounded it, and watched it retreat beneath the magma.

• Xiao Yan asked Medicine Elder to locate the Heavenly Flame, and Medicine Elder led him to a fire-rich area beneath the desert.
• Xiao Yan drilled through rock into a magma cavern and sensed that a powerful Magical Beast guarded the lava.
• Xiao Yan used Companion Amethyst Source to lure out the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake, while Medicine Elder returned to the Storage Ring so the beast would approach.
• The Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake charged for the bait, and Xiao Yan struck it with a punch that tore a bloody hole through its body.
• The Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake spat magma at Xiao Yan, then dived back into the lava and vanished.

Xiao Yan fought the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake through the magma and followed it to the birthplace of the Green Lotus Core Flame. He found the azure lotus but discovered that its Heavenly Flame was gone, and Medicine Elder was puzzled by Xiao Yan’s calm reaction.

• The Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake knocked Xiao Yan into the magma, but the Snow Mastiff Armor protected him and grew stronger in the heat.
• Xiao Yan wounded the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Snake with his Snow-Drinking Mad Saber and pursued it into the depths of the magma.
• Xiao Yan stopped chasing the snake when he reached the source of the azure glow, sparing it because it was Qinglin’s pet.
• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder found the eight-petaled azure lotus, which Medicine Elder identified as the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medicine Elder saw that the lotus heart was empty and questioned why the Heavenly Flame was missing, while Xiao Yan remained calm.

Xiao Yan searched beneath the Azure Lotus Platform and found five powerful lotus roots, which Medicine Elder said could be used to create a Lotus Root Body. Xiao Yan gave them to Medicine Elder and prepared to take the platform so they could contain the Heavenly Flame and return to devour it.

• Xiao Yan showed Medicine Elder a seven-colored snake scale and reasoned that Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flame, while the Azure Lotus Platform and its seeds remained useful treasures.
• Xiao Yan searched through the magma beneath the platform and found five large lotus roots.
• Medicine Elder explained that the lotus roots were supreme medicine and could be refined into a Lotus Root Body with extraordinary talent and affinity for flames.
• Xiao Yan gave the lotus roots to Medicine Elder, who vowed to help him reach his goals.
• Medicine Elder advised taking the Azure Lotus Seat to contain the Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan removed it using Medicine Elder's method.

Xiao Yan secretly visited his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, leaving them a Storage Ring filled with pills before hurrying away. After discovering the gift, the brothers resolved to train hard and become Great Dou Masters before Xiao Yan returned.

• Xiao Yan flew to Stone Desert City and slipped into the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters to see Xiao Ding and Xiao Li while they slept.
• Xiao Yan left a Storage Ring of pills for his brothers and departed without waking them.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li revealed they had been awake and discussed Xiao Yan's urgent departure and remarkable strength.
• Xiao Li examined the Storage Ring and was stunned by its many powerful pills, including a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Ding explained that they should save the breakthrough pills until they were ready, and he and Xiao Li vowed to train toward becoming Great Dou Masters.

Xiao Yan flew deep into Snake People territory but was intercepted by Yue Mei after crossing her defensive zone. Their battle escalated when Yue Mei summoned two powerful soul snakes, leaving Xiao Yan facing a dangerous disadvantage.

• Xiao Yan flew Black Feather high above the desert to evade Snake People scouts as he approached Yue Mei's territory.
• Yue Mei appeared in the clouds and attacked Xiao Yan after he refused her invitation to stay.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Yue Mei's five azure energy snakes with his Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, then sent a golden dragon toward her.
• Yue Mei summoned two enormous soul snakes, and Xiao Yan realized he was outmatched by her and the two Dou Ling-level creatures.

Xiao Yan fought Yue Mei and used a surprise Heavenly Flame attack to injure her, but she entered a berserk state and overwhelmed him. As Yue Mei struck at his chest, Xiao Yan was badly injured and received no answer from Medicine Elder.

• Xiao Yan battled Yue Mei while controlling golden dragons, but her attacks and poison left him severely wounded.
• Xiao Yan feigned defeat, then used his Heavenly Flame to burn Yue Mei and reveal that it could heal him and neutralize the poison.
• Yue Mei activated Snake Art: Berserk, and Xiao Yan fled after using his Clan Mark to raise his strength.
• Yue Mei caught Xiao Yan and struck him repeatedly; their fists collided, shattering the bones and severing the tendons in his right arm.
• As Yue Mei's next punch approached his chest, Xiao Yan called for Medicine Elder, received no response, and feared he was about to die.

Yun Yun rescued Xiao Yan from Yue Mei, and Xiao Yan returned her repaired Sea Heart Soft Armor before leaving. Yun Yun then helped Gu He’s group break through the Yue Mei Tribe’s defenses, while Xiao Yan hid nearby and prepared to follow them into the desert.

• Yun Yun appeared in time to block Yue Mei’s attack on Xiao Yan and wounded Yue Mei with her sword.
• Yun Yun pursued Yue Mei and destroyed the energy serpents she split into to escape.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun he had searched the desert for her, then handed her a package and left as Gu He arrived.
• Yun Yun opened the package and found her Sea Heart Soft Armor repaired, then joined Gu He’s group at the Yue Mei Tribe.
• Yun Yun tore open the tribe’s defenses with a cyan tornado, and Gu He led the group through the breach.
• Xiao Yan hid after being threatened by circling giant birds, waiting for Gu He’s group to clear a path.

Gu He’s group negotiated with Medusa for the Heavenly Flame, but the talks failed and fighting broke out after Yun Yun destroyed Medusa’s energy body. Xiao Yan followed Medicine Elder’s directions to the east and reached a lake where the Heavenly Flame’s aura was coming from.

• Yue Mei told Moba Si that powerful intruders had come to the Queen’s Temple seeking Medusa, and they sensed the group arriving outside the city.
• Gu He called for Medusa, and she appeared before the group as an energy body.
• Medusa refused Gu He’s offer of a seventh-tier Transformation Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, and Yun Yun shattered her energy body.
• Gu He’s group and the Snake People began fighting, while Gu He headed north and Xiao Yan rode Black Feather east on Medicine Elder’s advice.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Heavenly Flame and arrived at a clear lake with a restriction that dragged anything flying above it into the water.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the island where Medusa was using the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve, intending to take the flame for himself. When Medusa’s transformation seemed close to failure, he used a white flame to rekindle her strength, prompting the Snake People to believe her evolution would succeed and attack Gu He’s group.

• Xiao Yan crossed the corrosive lake and reached the island, where Medicine Elder concealed his aura from Medusa.
• Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Core Flame trapped above the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and watched as Medusa began her transformation.
• Medusa transformed into a giant purple snake, formed an energy barrier, and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, suffering severe burns as the island filled with her screams.
• After Medusa’s screams stopped and she lay nearly lifeless, Xiao Yan enveloped her in a white flame, restoring her strength.
• Yun Yun wondered how Medusa had regained strength, while the Snake People cheered and charged Gu He’s group, believing Medusa would evolve successfully.

With Xiao Yan's help, Medusa survived the nine lightning strikes and evolved into a Nine-Colored Swallowing Heaven Python. Xiao Yan took the Green Lotus Core Flame and fled as the newly awakened Medusa disappeared, while Gu He pursued him.

• Xiao Yan used white flames to heal Medusa through nine lightning strikes as her body changed into a nine-colored snake.
• Yun Yun and Gu He recognized Medusa's evolution and decided to attack the Snake People while she was weak.
• Medicine Elder identified Medusa as a Nine-Colored Swallowing Heaven Python, and Xiao Yan collected the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Azure Lotus Platform.
• Medusa awakened and vanished from sight, while Medicine Elder warned Xiao Yan that she no longer feared his Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan escaped on Black Feather, and Gu He shouted for him to surrender the Heavenly Flame.