Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his group searched the Tagor Great Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, fought Desert Scorpions, and witnessed Queen Medusa defeat an ice-element Dou Emperor. They rescued the badly injured man and camped nearby while his Dou Qi remained sealed.

• Yao Chen explained how his Heavenly Flame could guide the group toward the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Mo Shan and the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Serpent Palace secretly guarded them.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Qing Lin defeated a group of Desert Scorpions, with Qing Lin's Black Jade Earth Dragon crushing one of the beasts.
• Medicine Elder led the group to observe a battle where Queen Medusa overwhelmed an ice-element Dou Emperor and sealed his meridians with a jade-green rune.
• Medicine Elder identified the victorious Snake People woman as Medusa and determined that the defeated Dou Emperor's cultivation had fallen to less than a tenth of its former strength.
• Xiao Yan and the others chose to rescue the unconscious Dou Emperor and settled him at a hidden dune.

Xiao Yan and his companions heard Hai Bodong recount how Butterfly died while trying to stop him and Queen Medusa from fighting. After giving Xiao Yan a map, Hai Bodong left to live out his remaining days in the desert.

• Hai Bodong awoke with his cultivation sealed and accepted food and wine from Xiao Yan.
• Hai Bodong introduced himself as the former Ice Emperor and explained that he had once been hired to find Butterfly, a Snake People Tribe woman who had fled her clan.
• Hai Bodong said he chose to help Butterfly escape, but Queen Medusa and eight Snake People Tribe leaders surrounded them in the desert.
• Butterfly threw herself between Hai Bodong and Medusa to stop their battle and died from the aftermath of their attacks.
• Medusa crippled and sealed Hai Bodong, and he gave Xiao Yan a map before walking into the desert to live out his days.

After Hai Bodong departed, Xiao Yan discovered that the map he had received concealed a fragment that joined with two fragments kept by Yao Chen. Together they formed most of a map to the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, and Xiao Yan prepared to continue searching for the Green Lotus Core Flame the next day.

• Hai Bodong disappeared into the desert, leaving Xiao Yan and the others shaken by his story.
• Xiao Yan opened the map and found a separate parchment fragment marked with a black lotus.
• Yao Chen recognized the fragment and brought out two matching pieces that Han Feng had given him.
• The three fragments joined together to reveal nearly three-quarters of a map to the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.
• Yao Chen identified the Pure Lotus Demon Flame as the third-ranked Heavenly Flame and warned Xiao Yan to keep the map secret.
• Yao Chen returned to the ring, and Xiao Yan looked forward to continuing the search for the Green Lotus Core Flame the next day.

Han Feng refined four Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pills at once, obtained the ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Saint-Melding Pill, and planned to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s group reached Stone Desert City after searching several anomalous sites in the Tagor Great Desert.

• Xiao Yan and his companions studied Hai Bodong’s map and chose to investigate the nearest anomalous location.
• Han Feng used his soul power to refine four Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pills simultaneously, and his Heavenly Demon Puppets endured the pill lightning tribulation.
• Sun Miao delivered two portions each of four rare ingredients, and Han Feng paid him with medicinal pills and an eighth-tier pill formula.
• Han Feng decided to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood in the Nine Netherworld Python Clan Territory to complete the Heavenly Soul Saint-Melding Pill ingredients.
• Xiao Yan and his group arrived in Stone Desert City to rest, investigate a nearby anomalous site, and visit Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City after two years apart. He told them he had come to find the Green Lotus Core Flame, and they agreed to accompany him to investigate the map’s marked location.

• Xiao Yan arrived in Stone Desert City with Tian Xin, Xiao Xun'er, and Qing Lin and asked for directions to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Li recognized Xiao Yan outside the group’s headquarters and welcomed him with a joyful embrace.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learned that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Master and greeted his companions.
• Xiao Yan explained that he needed the Green Lotus Core Flame and showed his brothers Hai Bodong’s map.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li said they knew the marked area east of Stone Desert City but had found nothing unusual there.
• Xiao Yan decided to investigate the location himself, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li offered to go with him.

Xiao Yan’s group found that the map’s marked location looked ordinary, but Medicine Elder confirmed the Green Lotus Core Flame lay underground. As the Desert Iron Mercenary Group began searching, the Sand Mercenary Group arrived to claim the area, and Xiao Yan confronted its men.

• Xiao Yan’s group reached the mapped stretch of sand, where Medicine Elder sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the ground.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li the Heavenly Flame was underground, and they ordered Xue Lan to bring surveyors to search the area.
• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group sealed off the site and began excavating, drawing the attention of spies and wandering mercenaries.
• Mo Xing led more than forty Sand Mercenary Group members to the site and demanded that Xiao Ding hand over the sand.
• Xiao Li prepared to fight Mo Xing, but Xiao Yan stepped forward and gave the Sand Mercenary Group three breaths to leave.

Xiao Yan went to the Sand Mercenary Group headquarters to settle the threat against the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. After Qing Lin’s Black Jade Earth Dragon crushed Mo Xing, Sha Luo surrendered and promised to leave their territory alone.

• Xiao Li wounded Mo Xing and drove him and his men away after Mo Xing insulted Xiao Yan and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ding feared Sha Luo would retaliate, but Xiao Yan reassured his brothers and asked Xun'er and Tian Xin to watch over the camp.
• Sha Luo ordered his men to attack the Desert Iron Mercenary Group at dawn after Mo Xing claimed they had found Desert Spirit Medicine.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin appeared at the Sand Mercenary Group headquarters, where Xiao Yan knocked Mo Xing unconscious with one palm.
• Qing Lin summoned the Black Jade Earth Dragon, which smashed Mo Xing into minced flesh, and Sha Luo begged for mercy.
• Xiao Yan warned Sha Luo to keep his promise and stay away from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's patch of sand.

Xiao Yan and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group found the underground cave entrance while the Sand Mercenary Group stayed away after Mo Xing’s death and Sha Luo’s ban. Guided by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Xiao Yan led a small team into the cave to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Ding told Xiao Li that Mo Xing had died mysteriously and Sha Luo had forbidden the Sand Mercenary Group from approaching the area.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding realized Xiao Yan might have caused Mo Xing’s death as he cultivated nearby.
• A Desert Iron mercenary found the cave entrance, and Xiao Yan used a moonlight stone to reveal a maze of underground passages.
• Xiao Yan refused to risk the mercenaries’ lives, but Xiao Ding insisted on joining him with Dou Master-level elites.
• Medicine Elder reminded Xiao Yan that the Bone Spirit Cold Flame could guide them to the Green Lotus Core Flame, so the team prepared to descend.
• Xiao Yan, Yaoxin, Xun'er, Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and ten elite mercenaries entered the cave while Xiao Li stayed above with the remaining men.

Xiao Yan led the group through an underground maze toward the Green Lotus Core Flame, guided by the bone-white flame from his ring. The group reached a vast magma ocean, where they stopped in shock.

• Xiao Yan's flame pointed toward a passage, and Ham scouted ahead, sensing scorching fire energy beyond his range.
• Xiao Ding ordered the group to mark their route and follow the passage, turning back the weaker mercenaries as the heat intensified.
• Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra began devouring the surrounding fire energy, and he rushed ahead with Xiao Ding, Qing Lin, Tian Xin, and Xun'er following.
• The group emerged into a scarlet underground world and found an immense magma ocean before them.

Han Feng searched the Bone Mountain Range for the Creation Saint’s ruins, then entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to obtain blood essence for reconstructing his teacher’s body. At the bottom, he found the imprisoned former Nine Netherworld Python Clan leader Yao Ming, who begged to be freed and swore eternal service.

• Han Feng searched the Bone Mountain Range repeatedly but found no trace of the Creation Saint’s ruins.
• Han Feng headed for the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to obtain blood essence for his teacher.
• Han Feng used the Red Lotus Karmic Fire to withstand the Yellow Springs’ deadly aura and cut through its attacking black snakes with his sword aura.
• Han Feng reached the bottom of the Yellow Springs and followed a faint plea for help to an underwater mountain.
• Han Feng discovered Yao Ming chained inside the mountain, and Yao Ming begged Han Feng to save him, promising that his clan would serve Han Feng forever.

Han Feng forced Yao Ming to accept a Soul Seal, took a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal, and shattered the chains that had imprisoned him. In the Nether Serpent Vein, the current clan leader learned the seal had broken and sent an elder to deal with Yao Ming.

• Han Feng rejected Yao Ming’s offer of allegiance unless Yao Ming released his Soul Essence and accepted a Soul Seal, and Yao Ming agreed to secure his escape and revenge.
• Han Feng branded Yao Ming’s soul with a Red Lotus Soul Seal, placing his life under Han Feng’s control.
• Yao Ming gave Han Feng a Primordial Blood Crystal, which Han Feng stored away.
• Han Feng used a crimson sword strike to shatter the four chains sealing Yao Ming.
• The black-robed clan leader learned Yao Ming’s seal had broken and told an elder to hurry to the Yellow Springs while he held the hall.

Han Feng freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and confronted Yao Xiaotian, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan chief who had usurped the throne. Han Feng defeated Yao Xiaotian, but an enraged elder and the Nether Serpent Guards arrived before he could finish him.

• Yao Ming thanked Han Feng for freeing him, and Han Feng gave him a pill before they headed for the surface.
• Yao Ming used his bloodline authority to drive back the black snakes, and Han Feng evaded Yao Xiaotian's ambush as they emerged from the water.
• Yao Ming recognized Yao Xiaotian as the traitor who had usurped the throne and prepared to attack, but Han Feng told him to recover and faced the clan chief himself.
• Han Feng dissolved Yao Xiaotian's Yellow Springs Palm with Red Lotus Karmic Fire and split his Yellow Springs Finger with a sword technique.
• Yao Xiaotian transformed into a giant black snake and unleashed the Yellow Springs Great Seal, but Han Feng split it and pierced Yao Xiaotian with a silver sword.
• Han Feng prepared to kill the fallen Yao Xiaotian, but an aged voice shouted at him as elite Nether Serpent Guards rushed into the area.

Han Feng kept Yao Xiaotian subdued as Yao Ming emerged from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and exposed the betrayal that had imprisoned him. Yao Ming proved he was the true clan chief with the Nine Netherworld Staff, and Yao Xiaotian and the grand elder attacked Han Feng to try to regain control.

• The Nine Netherworld Python elders and Nether Serpent Guard arrived and surrounded Han Feng, while Yao Xiaotian urged them to activate the Ten Thousand Serpents Formation.
• Yao Ming emerged from the ravine, restored by Han Feng's pill, and stunned the clan members who believed he had died centuries earlier.
• Yao Ming accused Yao Xiaotian and the grand elder of poisoning and imprisoning him, prompting the grand elder to attack.
• Han Feng blocked the grand elder's Withered Leaf Poison Palm with the Green Lotus Sword.
• Yao Ming summoned the Nine Netherworld Staff, convincing the elders that he was the true clan chief and dividing the clan into opposing factions.
• Yao Xiaotian and the grand elder joined forces and attacked Han Feng.

Han Feng crushed Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder, while Yao Ming revealed his Two-Star Dou Saint strength and pledged the Nine Netherworld Python clan to Han Feng. Han Feng left Yao Ming to settle the clan’s feud and captured Yao Xiaotian’s soul for puppet-making material.

• Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder joined forces to attack Han Feng, but Han Feng unleashed the overwhelming pressure of a late-stage Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Han Feng drove his silver sword of qi through Yao Xiaotian, pinning him to the ground and leaving him near death.
• The Grand Elder unleashed his ultimate venomous attack, but Han Feng shattered it with crimson sword qi and sent him flying.
• Yao Ming revealed his Two-Star Dou Saint strength, thanked Han Feng for saving him, and pledged the Nine Netherworld Python clan’s eternal submission.
• Han Feng left Yao Ming to confront the Grand Elder and ripped Yao Xiaotian’s soul from his body, sealing it in a jade bottle for puppet-making material.

Yao Ming defeated the Grand Elder, and Han Feng killed him before he could escape through a false self-destruction. After Yao Ming restored order to the Nine Netherworld Python clan, he repaid Han Feng by revealing that he knew of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

• Yao Ming attacked the Grand Elder with Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm, badly wounding him.
• The Grand Elder attempted to fake his death and escape by detonating his body, but Han Feng destroyed him with Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Yao Ming purged Yao Xiaotian's followers, restored the clan's order, and regained control of the Nine Netherworld Python clan.
• Yao Ming thanked Han Feng and asked whether he had heard of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

Yao Ming told Han Feng that the Nine Netherworld Python clan's Yellow Springs Stele held the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's essence blood and secret techniques, and asked him to break its protection. Han Feng agreed and arrived at the stele, where he sensed the immense soul pressure of the Demon Saint's remnant soul.

• Yao Ming explained that the Yellow Springs Stele contained the Demon Saint Essence Blood and the hidden high-grade Heaven-tier technique Yellow Springs Heaven's Wrath.
• Yao Ming admitted he had revealed the clan's secret in hopes Han Feng could break the stele's restriction and grant him a share of the essence blood.
• Han Feng agreed to attempt the task but told Yao Ming to settle the clan's turmoil before they departed at dawn.
• Yao Ming purged Yao Tianxiao's followers overnight and led Han Feng to the clan's rear mountain altar the next morning.
• Han Feng approached the Yellow Springs Stele and felt the powerful soul pressure of the Demon Saint's remnant soul.

Han Feng entered the Yellow Springs Stele’s inner space and faced the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul, demanding the Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath technique and Demon Saint Essence Blood. The remnant soul unleashed Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, and Han Feng braced himself against its devastating soul waves.

• Han Feng sent his soul into the Yellow Springs Stele and entered its desolate inner space.
• Han Feng neutralized the stele’s lightning, Yellow Springs Finger, and giant palm before summoning its guardian.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul revealed that his soul had reached the Imperial Realm before death.
• Han Feng demanded Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath and the Demon Saint Essence Blood, then fought off the remnant soul’s giant palms with a Heavenly Flame-imbued punch.
• The Demon Saint’s remnant soul unleashed Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, shattering the space with soul sound waves as Han Feng faced the attack seriously.

Han Feng survived the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath and received the Demon Saint’s inheritance and essence blood. Before disappearing, the Demon Saint revealed that the world lacked a source essence needed to reach the Imperial Realm, which might be connected to Han Feng’s jade pendant.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint attacked Han Feng with Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, but Han Feng survived by rebuilding his soul within the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• The Demon Saint accepted Han Feng as a suitable inheritor and passed him Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm.
• The Demon Saint gave Han Feng his essence blood and explained that the world seemed to lack a source essence needed to reach the Imperial Realm.
• The Demon Saint sensed that Han Feng’s jade pendant might contain that missing source essence, though Han Feng could not yet perceive it.
• The Demon Saint refused Han Feng’s offer to restore him, then entrusted his hopes and ultimate arts to Han Feng before dissipating.
• Han Feng stored the essence blood, withdrew from the collapsing secret realm, and opened his eyes upon the altar.

Han Feng defeated the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul, claimed its essence blood, and formed an alliance with the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. After recovering and advancing in strength, he left the clan’s territory and headed toward the Bone Mountain Range in search of the Creation Saint’s ruins.

• Han Feng emerged from the Yellow Springs Stele injured but victorious, and the stele revealed the Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath battle skill.
• Yao Ming was struck by the stele’s soul impact when he tried to comprehend the skill, while Han Feng showed him the Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Han Feng arranged for spatial wormholes linking the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, Sacred City, and Falling Star Pavilion, and asked Yao Ming to gather thirty live sixth-rank snake-type magical beasts.
• Han Feng gave Yao Ming thirty percent of the essence blood, reserved forty percent for his teacher, and decided to keep the last thirty percent for himself.
• After seven days of cultivation, Han Feng’s soul recovered and advanced toward Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection, while his strength rose to mid-stage Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Ming completed the wormholes and prepared the beasts, and Han Feng left for the Bone Mountain Range to seek the Creation Saint’s ruins.

Han Feng found the hidden pocket realm in the Bone Mountain Range and entered the Creation Saint’s relic. After overcoming its fiery passage, he reached a plaza guarded by ten Earth Demon Puppets, intent on claiming everything inside.

• Han Feng spent three days sensing the Bone Mountain Range before discovering the hidden space in an inconspicuous valley.
• Han Feng entered the pocket realm and opened the crimson hall’s sealed stone door.
• Han Feng walked through the hall’s magma and blue-flame trap, protected by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, then plunged through the magma to reach a lower passage.
• Han Feng reached a plaza and found ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding a massive stone door.
• Han Feng resolved to claim the relic’s treasures, including the Soul Infant Fruit, Dragon Emperor Origin Fruit, sentient Pill Beast, and Creation Saint’s Dou Sheng skeleton.