Chapter Summaries

Meng Chen won the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment at the auction, then rejected Qing Elder's offer to take Qinglin to the Sky Serpent Mansion. The chapter ended with Qinglin insisting she wanted to stay with Meng Chen.

• Meng Chen bid 110,000 gold coins for the map fragment, and no one dared to compete with him.
• Meng Chen invited Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin to bid on anything they liked, but neither found an item they wanted.
• The auction's low-tier Earth-class Dou Technique sold for 15.5 million gold coins, and the auction ended.
• Qing Elder and the Sky Serpent Mansion group blocked Meng Chen's party as they tried to leave.
• Qing Elder offered compensation to take Qinglin, but Qinglin refused and clung to Meng Chen.

Qing Elder abandoned her attempt to take Qinglin after recognizing the danger of opposing Meng Chen and the Divine Court. Back in Chen City, Meng Chen settled Qinglin in her room, then met Queen Medusa, who asked him to help her cultivate.

• Qing Elder refused to force Qinglin to leave with the Sky Serpent Mansion and led her group back to report to the Mansion Lord.
• Meng Chen took Qinglin and Xiao Yi Xian from Black-Mark City to Chen City on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Meng Chen carried the sleeping Qinglin to her room, where Yafei told him Queen Medusa had been waiting to see him.
• Queen Medusa asked Meng Chen to help her cultivate after hearing he had helped the Gold and Silver Elders break through to Dou Zong.
• Meng Chen realized he felt guilty because he had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and stolen Medusa's opportunity, leaving her stuck at the Dou Emperor level.

Meng Chen agreed to lend Medusa a Heavenly Flame to help her break through in exchange for trade between the Snake-People Tribe and Chen City, while keeping a second condition in reserve. After arranging preparations with Yafei, he left with Medusa for the Snake-People Tribe on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

• Medusa explained that she wanted to borrow Meng Chen's Heavenly Flame and trusted him more than Han Feng, who had possessed the Sea Heart Flame.
• Meng Chen demanded an open trade route between the Snake-People Tribe and Chen City, and Medusa accepted; he added an unspecified condition to be decided later.
• Medusa agreed to the reserved condition despite disliking the leverage it gave Meng Chen, then waited while he made arrangements.
• Meng Chen told Yafei to prepare for trade negotiations with the Snake-People Tribe, and Yafei mistakenly assumed he was sacrificing himself for Medusa.
• Meng Chen met Medusa outside Chen City and offered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King as their mount; Medusa climbed aboard.

Meng Chen and Medusa arrived at the Snake-People Tribe’s holy city to begin an alliance, but commander Mobas rejected cooperation with humans and challenged Meng Chen to prove his worth. The other commanders silently supported Mobas, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Meng Chen and Medusa flew across the Tager Desert and landed outside the Snake-People Tribe’s holy city.
• Medusa blew a bone whistle, and Snake-People commanders led by Yue Mei and Hua She'er came to greet her and Meng Chen.
• Medusa introduced Meng Chen as the young Divine King of Chen City and announced their alliance and plans for trade and peace.
• Mobas objected to cooperating with humans, citing the Snake-People Tribe’s history of being driven into the desert.
• Mobas demanded that Meng Chen prove himself or crawl back to the desert with Chen City, while the other commanders tacitly supported his challenge.

Meng Chen killed Mobas after the Snake-People commander threatened Chen City's people, then used his Dou Emperor pressure to force the remaining commanders to accept Medusa’s ruling and preserve trade. Medusa took Meng Chen into the temple to use his Heavenly Flame for her transformation, leaving Yue Mei and Hua She'er anxiously waiting outside.

• Mobas threatened to kill Chen City's people in the desert, and Meng Chen burned him to nothing with the Sea Heart Flame.
• The Snake-People commanders prepared to attack Meng Chen, but his Dou Emperor pressure overwhelmed them.
• Medusa declared Mobas’s death deserved and ordered the commanders to let the matter end, allowing trade with Chen City to continue.
• Meng Chen entered the Snake-People Tribe’s Central Holy City with Medusa and followed her into the temple.
• Hua She'er and Yue Mei worried that Meng Chen might harm Medusa while she used his Heavenly Flame to attempt her transformation.

Meng Chen helped Medusa prepare to evolve using the Sea Heart Flame and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, while the Snake-People elders guarded the temple. Medusa began her transformation and became a gigantic purple python, leaving Meng Chen watching as the process unfolded.

• Medusa led Meng Chen across the poisonous lake to the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and asked him to place the Sea Heart Flame on the lotus platform.
• Meng Chen questioned whether the Snake-People commanders might interrupt, and Medusa said the four elders would keep them out.
• Meng Chen summoned the Sea Heart Flame and began heating the spring while explaining that Medusa's transformation would become painful.
• Meng Chen asked whether Medusa would remove her clothes, angering and embarrassing her before he apologized and focused on the flame.
• Medusa formed hand seals as an energy vortex gathered, then transformed into a purple python over a hundred feet long, leaving torn robes on the ground.

Meng Chen used the Sea Heart Flame to help Medusa complete her evolution, and she emerged as a newborn Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python that he secretly took into the Small Pagoda. When the Snake-People confronted him, Qing Yanjing appeared and overwhelmed their forces with her pressure.

• Meng Chen increased the Sea Heart Flame’s intensity as Medusa endured the painful transformation, while Hua She'er and the four elders kept the Snake-People commanders from entering the temple.
• A bolt of lightning struck Medusa’s charred body, and she successfully transformed into a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with a newborn soul.
• Meng Chen coaxed the python onto his finger, stored it in the Small Pagoda, and told the Snake-People that Medusa had fallen into a deep sleep.
• The First Elder and the other Snake-People elders demanded to see Medusa and released their Battle Emperor Peak pressure against Meng Chen.
• Qing Yanjing emerged from the Small Pagoda, repelled the elders’ pressure, and forced the Snake-People commanders to the ground.

Meng Chen revealed that Medusa had awakened as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but a newborn Beast Soul had taken control of her body. The elders temporarily restored Medusa’s consciousness, and Meng Chen offered to help fuse her souls if she stayed with him.

• Qing Yanjing stopped the Snake-People elders from threatening Meng Chen, and he asked her to ease her pressure so he could show them their queen.
• Meng Chen summoned the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and the elders recognized that Medusa’s bloodline had awakened but feared her soul was asleep.
• Meng Chen explained that a newborn Beast Soul shared Medusa’s body, and the four elders used a secret art to temporarily restore her consciousness.
• Medusa learned that the Snake-People Tribe had no known way to resolve the conflict between her souls.
• Meng Chen offered to help fuse Medusa’s souls over time if she stayed by his side, then waited for the Snake-People’s answer.

Meng Chen took Medusa away to help her complete her soul fusion and returned toward the Black-Corner Region with Qing Yanjing. Their journey ended with Qing Yanjing fleeing into the Small Pagoda after Meng Chen kissed her, while Xiao Yan saw them pass overhead and renewed his resolve to grow stronger.

• Medusa entrusted the Snake-People Tribe to the four elders and agreed to owe Meng Chen a favor if he helped her complete the soul fusion.
• Meng Chen stored the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python in the Small Pagoda and left the Snake-People Tribe on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with Qing Yanjing.
• Qing Yanjing scolded Meng Chen for his behavior with Medusa, and Meng Chen realized she might be jealous.
• Meng Chen held Qing Yanjing and kissed her, prompting her to flee back into the Small Pagoda.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao spotted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King overhead, and Xiao Yan continued his trials with renewed determination.
• Meng Chen returned to the Black-Corner Region.

Meng Chen drew Qing Yanjing out of the Small Pagoda by asking for help tempering his body, and she agreed to guide him through a painful cultivation method. The chapter ended with Qing Yanjing activating a powerful formation and Meng Chen entering a medicinal bath.

• Yafei negotiated a trade agreement with the Snake-People Tribe on terms favorable to Chen City because the tribe feared for Queen Medusa, whom Meng Chen had captured.
• Meng Chen stopped cultivating and worried that Qing Yanjing would remain secluded in the Small Pagoda and grow distant from him.
• Meng Chen prepared medicinal water and asked Qing Yanjing to help temper his body, prompting her to emerge behind a veil.
• Qing Yanjing warned Meng Chen not to act recklessly after recalling how he had nearly exploded while condensing the Blazing Sun Flood Dragon Markings.
• Qing Yanjing activated a powerful formation and instructed Meng Chen to remove his upper garments and enter the medicinal bath.
• Meng Chen entered the barrel and sat cross-legged as Qing Yanjing prepared to guide his cultivation.

Meng Chen endured Qing Yanjing’s painful formation-assisted cultivation, while noticing her growing struggle to hide her feelings for him. He finally confronted her and confessed, leaving Qing Yanjing shaken in his arms.

• Qing Yanjing used the formation and Dragon Blood to temper Meng Chen’s body, guiding the energy through his weaker areas despite the intense pain it caused him.
• After the cultivation session, Meng Chen collapsed into Qing Yanjing’s arms, and she carried him to bed before returning to the Small Pagoda.
• Over the following days, Qing Yanjing continued assisting Meng Chen’s cultivation and repeatedly stopped herself from touching him, until she finally touched his chest and sighed.
• Meng Chen interrupted their usual cultivation and insisted that Qing Yanjing listen to what he had to say.
• Meng Chen held Qing Yanjing close and confessed that he loved her, saying there should never have been a master-disciple relationship between them; Qing Yanjing trembled and nearly fell.

Meng Chen confessed his love to Qing Yanjing and persuaded her to reconsider their relationship despite their master-disciple bond. Qing Yanjing relented enough to ask for time to think, then returned to the Small Pagoda, leaving Meng Chen to wait.

• Meng Chen held Qing Yanjing and confessed that he loved her, refusing to let her avoid giving him an answer.
• Qing Yanjing struggled free, leaned against the wall, and argued that their master-disciple relationship and Meng Chen’s future made his feelings wrong.
• Meng Chen insisted that his love would not hinder his cultivation and that strength could silence any gossip.
• Qing Yanjing suggested Meng Chen should be with someone younger, such as Xiao Yi Xian, but admitted she needed time to think.
• Meng Chen agreed to wait without demanding a deadline, and Qing Yanjing transformed into golden light and returned to the Small Pagoda.

Meng Chen found Qinglin lonely while Xiao Yi Xian cultivated, so he promised to spend the day with her and took her into Chen City. As they shopped, Meng Chen noticed someone following them and staring greedily at Qinglin.

• Meng Chen found Qinglin sitting alone in a pavilion and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had gone into seclusion to cultivate.
• Meng Chen promised to accompany Qinglin for the day, and Qinglin agreed to begin cultivating the next day so she could protect him.
• Meng Chen took Qinglin to Chen City's commercial district, where she bought chili-coated candied hawthorns and asked to see colorful pinwheels.
• Meng Chen spotted a suspicious person following them and keeping their gaze fixed on Qinglin.

Meng Chen caught a Sky Serpent Mansion spy who had been tracking Qinglin in Chen City. The spy confessed that the vice mansion master had sent him to record Qinglin’s movements and associations.

• Meng Chen left Qinglin playing with her windmill and caught a disguised spy watching her from a dried-fruit stall.
• The spy tried to flee, but Meng Chen suppressed his Dou Qi and gave the stall owner gold coins to cover the damage.
• In a deserted alley, Meng Chen identified the man as a Sky Serpent Mansion spy and pressured him into admitting his allegiance.
• The spy tried to take poison, but Meng Chen knocked it from his mouth and forced him to answer.
• The spy confessed that the vice mansion master had ordered him to track Qinglin’s whereabouts, company, and daily patterns.

Meng Chen discovered that the Sky Serpent Mansion still intended to pursue Qinglin and sent the spy who had been watching her back as a warning. After receiving the spy’s head, Deputy Chief Chi Lian resolved to continue seeking Qinglin despite the threat from Chen City.

• The gray-robed spy told Meng Chen that Chi Lian planned to send people after Qinglin, and Meng Chen killed him.
• Meng Chen returned to Qinglin and told her he had taken care of some trash.
• Chi Lian received a wooden box from Chen City containing the spy’s head and a note warning her not to send anyone after Qinglin again.
• Chi Lian summoned Elder Green Man, who warned that Chen City likely had more Dou Zong experts than were visible.
• Chi Lian insisted that the Sky Serpent Mansion pursue Qinglin to reclaim its rare secret art, and Green Man agreed to obey her orders.

Chi Lian and Green Man sought to enlist Sky Serpent Mansion’s reclusive master, Xuan Qiu, after learning that the Divine Court held a girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Xuan Qiu agreed to emerge from seclusion and recruit Demon Flame Valley and Mo Tianxing to help seize her, intending her for his son.

• Chi Lian and Green Man decided that Sky Serpent Mansion needed Xuan Qiu’s strength to challenge the Divine Court and went to bring him out of seclusion.
• Chi Lian and Green Man entered Xuan Qiu’s cave and told him that Qing Elder had found a girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in the Divine Court.
• Chi Lian explained that the Divine Court had killed Han Feng, elevated Gold and Silver Elders to Dou Zong, and might have another hidden Dou Zong expert.
• Chi Lian proposed joining forces with Earth Demon Old Ghost and Mo Tianxing, offering them the Divine Court’s other benefits in exchange for help taking the girl.
• Xuan Qiu agreed to negotiate with the two factions and revealed that he intended to take the girl for his son.

Meng Chen learned that Sky Serpent Mansion was joining forces with Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect against Chen City, then remembered what Qing Yanjing had done for him during his breakthrough. The chapter left him focused on preparing for the three factions, while Qinglin misunderstood an awkward moment between him and Yafei.

• Yafei reported that Sky Serpent Mansion had been contacting Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect, and Meng Chen ordered her to monitor them and stay safe.
• Meng Chen asked Yafei to pose in a way that reminded him of Qing Yanjing's actions when he had broken through.
• Yafei misunderstood Meng Chen's urgent instructions, but Qinglin burst in and interrupted before anything happened.
• Yafei laughed off the awkwardness and told Meng Chen to explain the scene to Qinglin.
• Meng Chen realized Qing Yanjing had avoided him afterward because she had taken advantage of him, then turned his attention to the alliance threatening Divine Court.

Meng Chen reunited with Qing Yanjing and asked how much of her cultivation she had recovered, as Chen City faced an attack from three allied factions. Qing Yanjing prepared to help defend the city, while her misunderstanding about Meng Chen and Yafei was cleared up.

• Meng Chen called Qing Yanjing out of the Small Pagoda and asked about her recovered cultivation.
• Qing Yanjing said she had reached the Heaven Fusion Stage and could confront a Battle Venerable with the help of a Spirit Array.
• Meng Chen offered Chen City's resources to help Qing Yanjing prepare the array and denied that his earlier encounter with Yafei had been what Qing Yanjing suspected.
• Meng Chen introduced Qing Yanjing to Yafei, who greeted her respectfully.
• Qing Yanjing praised Yafei's work managing Chen City's affairs and said she would have to work harder during the coming crisis.

As Demon Flame Valley, Black Emperor Sect, and Sky Serpent Mansion allied against Divine Court, rumors spread that surrendering Qinglin could avert war. Meng Chen emerged from seclusion and took Qinglin outside, promising that no one would take her from him.

• Meng Chen explained why Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect would delay attacking while they negotiated over territory and resources, then entered seclusion as Qing Yanjing prepared a spirit array.
• Yafei gathered Qing Yanjing's materials and monitored the enemy factions while Meng Chen cultivated; a month later, Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect joined forces and marched against Divine Court alongside Sky Serpent Mansion.
• As Chen City's businesses and residents fled, rumors claimed the alliance only wanted Qinglin, and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion to brutally suppress a protest at the City Lord's Manor.
• Meng Chen emerged from seclusion with the power of two great laws and demonstrated the force of the Green Lotus Divine Sun and Vast Sea Divine Sun.
• Qinglin told Meng Chen that people had come to take her away, and he took her hand and led her outside, assuring her they could not claim her freedom.

Meng Chen confronted the three forces besieging Chen City and rejected Xuan Qiu’s offer to hand over Qinglin. He chose to test his strength against the Sky Serpent Mansion master as Xuan Qiu launched a powerful attack.

• Xuan Qiu, Mo Tianxing, and Earth Demon Old Ghost led their forces to surround Chen City, where Qing Yanjing and the Divine Court stood against them.
• Meng Chen emerged carrying Qinglin, and Xuan Qiu recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and tried to persuade Meng Chen to hand her over.
• Meng Chen rejected Xuan Qiu’s offer and challenged him to fight, prompting Xuan Qiu to unleash his Dou Zong aura.
• Meng Chen handed Qinglin to Qing Yanjing and asked her to let him test his strength against Xuan Qiu.
• Xuan Qiu summoned a massive dark-green snake phantom and sent it flying toward Meng Chen.