Chapter Summaries

Mo Yun bid farewell to Qing Lin as she left for Heavenly Snake Mansion with Lü Man, then recorded the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor’s body part and triggered a system upgrade. The chapter ended with Mo Yun focused on discovering the new version’s changes.

• Mo Yun reassured Qing Lin about her move to Heavenly Snake Mansion, and she teased him about losing his hair and eyebrows.
• Mo Yun asked Lü Man to protect Qing Lin from mistreatment, and Lü Man promised the mansion valued her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils while warning that competition would remain.
• Mo Yun asked to touch the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and successfully recorded its Outer Body Black Snake Eight Wings.
• Mo Yun delayed transplanting the new body part to avoid attracting suspicion, while Lü Man tried and failed to tempt him with Heavenly Snake Mansion’s resources.
• Mo Yun ignored Lü Man’s offer and turned his attention to the system’s successful 2.0 upgrade.

On the way back to the Snake-People Tribe, Medusa Queen brooded over Lü Man’s threat and began making up her mind about something. Mo Yun returned to his residence, transplanted the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor’s wings, and discovered that his system now granted set-like Monster Enhancements.

• Medusa Queen recalled Lü Man’s warning that she could not withstand the manor’s elders without reaching Dou Zong, and she resolved to act as they approached the Snake-People Tribe settlement.
• After entering the Holy City, Mo Yun parted ways with Medusa Queen and returned to his residence, where he checked that no one was nearby.
• Mo Yun inspected the Outer Body Black Snake Eight Wings C+ Grade and transplanted them, triggering the system’s Monster Enhancement status.
• Mo Yun saw that the wings granted Flight C Grade and completed Snake Python Enhancement 3/4, which increased his strength by 80%.
• Mo Yun examined the Tiger Leopard Enhancement bonuses and realized that completing an eight-part set could raise his realm strength by five stars.

Mo Yun examined the magical beast enhancement sets and tested the Flight C-Rank skill granted by the Black Eight Wings, while Medusa Queen defended her plan to evolve through Heavenly Flame before the Snake-People Tribe's four elders. The chapter left the elders questioning whether Medusa could risk the tribe on a method with no guaranteed success.

• Mo Yun studied magical beast enhancement limits and set effects, deciding to prioritize gathering a Monkey Set rather than planning complete equipment sets yet.
• Mo Yun activated Flight C-Rank and manifested a pair of black-and-purple Dou Qi Wings, then discovered they consumed one-tenth of his Dou Qi.
• Medusa Queen told the four elders that reaching the Dou Zong realm could protect the Snake-People Tribe and help it find a new homeland.
• The Great Elder warned Medusa Queen that Heavenly Flame evolution was described only in ancient records and asked whether she and the tribe could bear the consequences of failure.

Medusa weighed the risks of attempting evolution against the Snake-People Tribe’s need for her leadership, while the Great Elder proposed an Innate Method to produce a stronger successor. The elders began to realize the proposal involved Medusa conceiving a child with a powerful partner, leaving the other half of the plan unstated.

• The Third Elder explained that the Snake-People Tribe lacked the resources to cultivate its next Medusa bloodline with anything but an inferior secret method.
• The Second Elder warned Medusa not to risk the tribe’s interests, and the Great Elder advised her to wait roughly twenty years until a successor could take her place.
• The Great Elder proposed shortening the wait by cultivating a high-quality Medusa bloodline through an Innate Method rather than another secret method.
• The Great Elder explained that a child born to parents with powerful bloodline inheritance could surpass one cultivated through secret methods.
• The Second, Third, and Fourth Elders inferred that Medusa would need to conceive a child with a powerful partner, but the Great Elder did not reveal who that partner would be.

Medusa tried to reject the elders’ plan for her to unite with Mo Yun, but Great Elder argued that Mo Yun’s age, talent, and Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils made him uniquely suitable. The elders agreed to wait and assess his loyalty until he reached adulthood, while Medusa secretly ordered Ice Spirit Cold Spring gathered at the neglected southeast altar.

• Third Elder questioned whether Mo Yun, a twelve- or thirteen-year-old Great Dou Shi, was suitable for Medusa, and Great Elder praised his cultivation for his age.
• Medusa objected to Mo Yun’s age and suitability, but Great Elder explained that his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils embodied an ancient magical beast bloodline.
• Fourth Elder argued that Mo Yun had joined the Snake-People Tribe too recently for his loyalty to be known, and Great Elder agreed to assess him over time until he reached adulthood.
• Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe Great Hall and ordered Hua She Er to collect Ice Spirit Cold Spring and store it at the City Southeast Altar.
• Medusa privately regretted bringing Mo Yun to the Snake-People Tribe and insisted that she would never unite with him.

Over a year and a half, Mo Yun improved the Snake-People Tribe’s trade profits and advanced to Dou Ling while gathering a complete D-grade ape set. After returning to the Holy City with his latest trade, he learned that the Great Elder wanted to see him the next day.

• Mo Yun entered the Snake-People Tribe Holy City with a train of Sand Camel Magical Beasts and greeted the snake-people who knew him.
• Mo Yun’s external trading raised the Snake-People Tribe’s profits by fifty percent, and his cultivation rose from a five-star Great Dou Shi to a one-star Dou Ling over a year and a half.
• Mo Yun completed a D-grade ape set, whose replacement would temporarily reduce his strength to a four-star Great Dou Shi.
• Mo Yun delivered his trade goods and money to the Fourth Elder, who told him that the Great Elder wanted to see him tomorrow.

Mo Yun and Medusa Queen were summoned to a side room, where the Four Great Elders secretly exposed them to incense made from the Yin Yang Heavenly Union Flower and Profound Yellow Spirit Grass. As the incense weakened them and clouded their minds, they realized the elders had set them up, but the two lost control of their bodies.

• Mo Yun arrived at the Bamboo House and found Medusa Queen waiting with the Four Great Elders.
• The elders revealed that the Fourth Elder’s incense would weaken Medusa by separating her soul from the Purple Nether Flame Snake and would affect Mo Yun as well.
• Mo Yun and Medusa Queen began to feel strange and noticed their battle qi and control over their bodies slipping away.
• Medusa recognized the scent as Profound Yellow Spirit Grass and realized the Four Great Elders had arranged the situation.
• Mo Yun approached Medusa, caught her hand when she tried to strike him, and their consciousnesses began to fade.

After the elders’ scheme left Mo Yun and Medusa together, Medusa returned to the palace and prepared to attempt her evolution alone. The chapter ended as she unleashed the Azure Flame in the Southeast Altar Pool and began removing her clothes before it.

• Mo Yun woke beside an angry Medusa, who warned him to stay silent and threatened to kill him.
• The four elders admitted they had arranged what happened and promised not to stop Medusa from pursuing evolution; Medusa left without responding.
• The Great Elder told Mo Yun to clean up and rest, while the Second and Third Elders argued over who was to blame.
• Medusa ordered Hua She Er to fill the Southeast Altar Pool with Ice Spirit Cold Spring and clear the area.
• Medusa entered the temple’s bamboo grove and removed the water curtain protecting the Azure Flame, which flared up and began evaporating the spring.
• Medusa resolved to make her own choice and began undressing before the Azure Flame.

After Mo Yun reached two-star Dou Spirit, he learned that Medusa had begun evolving and rushed toward the southeastern altar to witness it. The chapter left him flying toward the Purple Nether Flame Snake as the Snake-People Tribe watched in alarm.

• Mo Yun finished cleaning the side room and discovered that his Dou Qi had advanced him to two-star Dou Spirit.
• Qiang En told Mo Yun that the personal guards had withdrawn from the altar after unloading icy water, leading Mo Yun to suspect Medusa was preparing to evolve.
• Mo Yun ignored Qiang En’s warning and headed toward the southeastern altar, sensing Medusa’s powerful aura.
• Medusa released the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s true form, alarming Hua She Er, the Four Great Elders, and the Snake-People Tribe.
• Mo Yun watched the purple serpent ignore him, then formed Dou Qi wings and flew toward the altar.

Mo Yun slipped inside Medusa’s purple barrier as she began evolving by entering the Azure Lotus Core Flame, and he watched her body burn away. A lightning strike shattered her remains, but Mo Yun believed she had succeeded and searched the aftermath for her evolved form.

• Mo Yun flew into Medusa’s barrier just before it sealed the island, then watched her transformed Purple Nether Flame Snake plunge into the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
• The Heavenly Flame engulfed Medusa, burning her body as she screamed and the Snake-People Tribe feared their queen had died.
• Medusa’s remaining body fell motionless, and Hua She Er and the Four Great Elders grieved until Great Elder sensed something wrong in the darkening sky.
• Mo Yun recognized the gathering energy and believed Medusa had succeeded in evolving despite her apparent death.
• A massive lightning bolt struck the Azure Lotus Core Flame and shattered Medusa’s charred remains, then the sky cleared.
• Mo Yun returned to the pool, found the flame weakened and the snake’s remains scattered, and looked for Medusa’s evolved form.

After Medusa’s evolution, Mo Yun discovered the juvenile Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head alive among the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s remains. He recorded and implanted its B-Rank parts, gaining powerful new abilities while retaining his growth-type pupil part.

• Mo Yun searched the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s ashes but found no remains the system could record.
• A crack opened in the wreckage, releasing a powerful aura that briefly reached the Holy City before fading.
• A tiny Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head emerged and avoided Mo Yun until he offered it an Azure Lotus Core Flame Lotus Seed.
• After the creature ate the lotus seed, Mo Yun touched it and recorded its Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head as B-Rank parts.
• Mo Yun implanted both parts and saw that he had gained Seven-Colored Scale Armor and the Devouring Sky ability.

Mo Yun’s new Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head pushed him to nine-star Dou Spirit, but Medusa remained unable to control her body after her evolution. The Four Great Elders sent Mo Yun to seek a high-ranking alchemist who could solve her soul problem, offering him a stroke of fortune for the journey.

• Mo Yun realized his new head and Azure Snake Three-Blossom Pupil could coexist, and the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head’s two lotus seeds raised him from two-star to nine-star Dou Spirit.
• Mo Yun took the sleeping Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head to the Bamboo House after Medusa’s purple barrier disappeared.
• Great Elder explained that Medusa and the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head now shared one body but had separate souls, leaving the beast in control while Medusa was weak.
• The Four Great Elders found they lacked soul-related treasures and could not afford to hire a high-ranking alchemist without risking the tribe’s safety.
• Great Elder ordered Mo Yun to seek out a high-ranking alchemist and become his apprentice, promising the Snake-People Tribe would grant him a stroke of fortune for the mission.

The Great Elder and Second Elder assigned Mo Yun to gather ingredients for Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste, which could strengthen his soul force and help restore Medusa, while the tribe kept the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head. Ten days later, Mo Yun tested his new Dou Technique, Absolute Entanglement, on Hua She Er, but a sudden attack struck at him as they prepared to leave.

• The Great Elder explained how Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste could strengthen Mo Yun's soul force, and Second Elder urged him to help Medusa recover.
• Mo Yun took responsibility for Medusa's soul, while the Snake-People Tribe kept the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head and gave him the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
• Mo Yun summoned Hua She Er to test a new Dou Technique, and his Dou Qi serpent trapped her and tightened whenever she struggled.
• The serpent drained Hua She Er's Dou Qi and strengthened itself until she admitted defeat, after which Mo Yun shattered it and called the technique Absolute Entanglement.
• As Mo Yun and Hua She Er prepared to leave, a massive shadow descended and struck viciously at Mo Yun.

Mo Yun faced Mo Bas after the Mo Snake Tribe leader attacked him and challenged him to prove he deserved the materials for the Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste. The other tribe leaders restrained Hua She Er, leaving Mo Yun to fight Mo Bas while he activated his strength boosts and prepared to test the gap between them.

• Mo Bas attacked Mo Yun, who blocked the strike and recognized him as the Mo Snake Tribe leader.
• Hua She Er confronted Mo Bas, and the other leaders arrived and questioned whether Mo Yun deserved the Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste.
• Mo Bas challenged Mo Yun to survive three minutes in exchange for the tribes' materials, and Mo Yun insulted him by telling him to ask Medusa whether he was a man.
• Mo Bas ordered Bai Liang and Di Mo to hold Hua She Er back, while they agreed to contribute their materials if Mo Yun lasted until the Four Great Elders arrived.
• Mo Bas charged at Mo Yun, who activated his strength-enhancing abilities and readied himself to fight.

Mo Yun fought Mo Bas, revealing a flying Dou Technique and using Devouring Sky to replenish his Dou Qi. He caught Mo Bas in a draining python just as the Four Great Elders approached.

• Mo Yun clashed with Mo Bas, whose strength overwhelmed him in their direct exchanges.
• Mo Yun revealed his purple-black Dou Qi Wings, surprising the Snake-People leaders, and evaded Mo Bas in the air.
• Mo Bas summoned his own Dou Qi Wings and attacked with full strength as the Four Great Elders rushed toward them.
• Mo Yun used Devouring Sky to absorb Dou Qi and empowered his Hidden Shadow Snake Hand.
• Mo Yun bound Mo Bas with a giant Dou Qi python that began draining his Dou Qi, earning Hua She Er's praise.

Mo Yun defeated Mo Bas’s attempts to break free, prompting the Great Elder to stop the fight and secure the leaders’ agreement to prepare Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste for him. Three days later, Mo Yun arrived at Medusa Palace, where Hua She Er explained the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron and the effort required to refine the paste.

• Mo Yun used his Dou Qi serpent and repeated attacks to restrain Mo Bas until Mo Bas transformed into his Yue Xi Black Python form and broke free.
• The Great Elder intervened, rebuked Mo Bas, and asked the leaders to approve preparing Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste for Mo Yun.
• The leaders, including Mo Bas and Yue Mei, agreed, and the Great Elder ordered them to bring their ingredients to Medusa Palace in three days.
• Three days later, Hua She Er guided Mo Yun to Medusa Palace, where he resolved to help with Medusa’s soul problem in return for the tribe’s opportunity.
• Hua She Er explained the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron and its ancient origins, while Mo Yun expressed a desire to touch it.

Mo Yun watched the Snake-People Tribe refine Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste from the ancient treasures and bodily parts of eight tribes. The Great Elder added a newly obtained drop of blood essence from the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head, and the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron began shaking violently.

• The Four Great Elders fed Dou Qi into the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron, burning away its impurities until it shone like green jade.
• Mo Bas added the Mo Snake Tribe's Black Spirit Mysterious Snake essence, which Hua She Er explained was the ancient beast's excrement.
• Yue Mei and then the other tribe chieftains added their ancestral ingredients, including a scale, venom sacs, skins, fangs, and eyes, until all eight ingredients were in the cauldron.
• The Four Great Elders increased the heat, and the Great Elder revealed that a final ingredient had become available.
• The Great Elder poured a drop of blood essence from the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head into the cauldron, which immediately shook violently.

The Four Great Elders refined the Nine Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste with Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head blood essence and applied it to Mo Yun’s eyes. After enduring the painful absorption, Mo Yun upgraded his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to B+ grade.

• The Great Elder forced the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron to contain the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head blood essence as the other elders helped stabilize it.
• The elders completed the refinement and collected the black paste, which the Great Elder renamed the Nine Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste.
• The Great Elder spread the paste over Mo Yun’s closed eyes and bound him with Dou Qi when the burning pain made him try to wipe it off.
• After more than an hour, Mo Yun opened his eyes with sharper, connected flower patterns and clearer perception.
• A mechanical voice announced that Mo Yun’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had upgraded from C- rank to B+ grade.

After earning a B+ grade, Mo Yun absorbed a surge of energy and broke through to Dou Wang, while his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils grew powerful enough to control Mo Bas. Once the elders tasked him with seeking a solution to Medusa’s soul problem, Mo Yun prepared to leave the Snake-People Tribe, and Hua She Er watched him depart.

• Mo Yun gained a boost to his soul power and Dou Qi, reached One-Star Dou Wang, and found his Dou Qi had increased sevenfold.
• Mo Yun used his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to overwhelm and control Mo Bas, demonstrating the eyes’ enhanced power.
• Great Elder urged Mo Yun to rest before leaving Holy City to search for a way to solve Medusa’s soul problem.
• Mo Yun spoke with the elders and his friends, packed his belongings, and left the Snake-People Tribe under cover of night.
• Hua She Er watched Mo Yun depart and felt that he would be far stronger by the time they met again.

After leaving Mo City, Mo Yun noticed that Mo Cheng’s men had begun searching the Magical Beast Mountain Range for him. The chapter ended with a mercenary spotting Mo Yun and shouting to alert the others.

• Mo Yun sensed an old mapmaker in Mo City probing him, traced the soul power to the Gu Tu shop, and left without confronting him.
• Mo Yun searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for stronger Magical Beasts but found only weak ones.
• Mo Cheng learned that Mo Yun had been seen south of Mo City and ordered Mo Shi and Mo Chen to organize a search.
• Mo Cheng told Mo Shi to offer mercenaries a large bounty and find Mo Yun within three days.
• A mercenary spotted Mo Yun hiding in a tree and shouted, “I found him!”