Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions followed Qing Lin to an ordinary stretch of desert where she sensed a disturbance linked to the Heavenly Flame. Xiao Ding concluded that the secret lay underground, and the group began surveying the terrain; the chapter ended as Xiao Yan hurried to ask an approaching figure whether they had found the passage.

• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li a detailed map marking a possible Heavenly Flame location east of Stone Desert City, but they knew of nothing unusual there.
• Qing Lin said she sensed that a disturbance from half a year earlier had occurred in the desert, and Xiao Yi Xian trusted her.
• Xiao Ding reasoned that the hidden location was likely underground and suggested surveying the area for a concealed passage.
• The Mo Tie Mercenary Group began surveying the desert, while Xiao Yi Xian told Yao Chen that her Calamity Poison Body might have a more severe outbreak next time.
• When an approaching figure arrived, Xiao Yan stopped cultivating and urgently asked whether the passage had been found.

Xiao Yan reached a hidden cave believed to lead to the Green Lotus Core Flame, but its many winding passages made the route difficult to find. Qing Lin offered to guide them by sensing an aura, though Xiao Yan’s excitement sparked a clash between Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Yan that ended in a sandstorm.

• Xiao Yan followed a mercenary to a cave entrance that Qing Lin had discovered beneath the sand by sensing an unusual aura.
• Xiao Yan learned that the cave contained many winding passages and refused Xiao Ding’s offer to send mercenaries inside, fearing they would be hurt.
• Xiao Ding suggested Xiao Yan win Xiao Yi Xian over, while Yao Lao warned him that she had no affection for him.
• Qing Lin said she could lead the group to the correct passage by following the aura of the person who had passed through half a year earlier.
• Xiao Ling'er froze Xiao Yan after he stared excitedly at Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan melted the ice with purple flames from the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Yan’s powers collided, sending sand raining down on everyone as Xiao Yi Xian protected her companions.

Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin followed the strongest trace of a Heavenly Flame into a deep underground passage. They reached its end and were stunned by the fiery-red world beyond it.

• Xiao Yi Xian led the group into the cave, and Qing Lin agreed to guide them using her ability to sense traces of aura.
• Qing Lin identified the passage where someone had stayed longest half a year earlier, and Xiao Yi Xian led the group inside.
• Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian through the dark passage while the temperature and fire-attributed aura steadily increased.
• The group reached a red glow at the end of the passage and stared in shock at the fiery-red world beyond.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin discovered a powerful Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake sleeping beneath the underground magma lake. Xiao Yan moved to lure it toward shore so Qing Lin could try to form a contract with it, while Xiao Yi Xian prepared for its arrival.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached the underground magma lake with Qing Lin and marveled at its intense heat.
• Qing Lin sensed a powerful creature concealed in the magma and warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian about it.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the creature as a Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, whose strength exceeded her expectations, and considered how the changed circumstances differed from what she knew.
• Xiao Yan flew over the magma lake, awakening the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, which fixed its four eyes on him.
• At Yao Lao's urging, Xiao Yan flew toward the shore to draw the snake after him, while Xiao Yi Xian waited there with You Su.

Xiao Yi Xian used her Sword Two technique to pin the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake down so Qing Lin could subdue it. The snake remained trapped as the sword repeatedly vanished and reappeared.

• Yao Lao explained that Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could form a compulsory connection with snake-type magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan lured the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma and retreated with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake with Sword Two, crushing it beneath a huge sword shadow.
• Xiao Yi Xian called for Qing Lin to subdue the pinned snake.
• The sword shadow repeatedly disappeared and returned, forcing the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake back down whenever it tried to escape.

Qing Lin formed a contract with the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake through the strange power in her eyes, then collapsed from exhaustion and was cared for by Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yan obtained Xiao Yi Xian’s ruler-based Dou Technique and began studying it.

• The Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake lunged at Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian used her sword shadow to slam it back to the ground.
• The snake attacked Qing Lin again, but her scream awakened the three green flowers in her eyes, which imprinted matching flowers on both of the snake’s heads and formed a contract.
• Qing Lin nearly collapsed after the contract, and Xiao Yi Xian caught her, gave her a Qi-Nourishing Pill, and let her sleep.
• Xiao Yan tried to strike the contracted snake with his Heavy Black Ruler, but its scales were unaffected, so he stopped.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan a scroll of her Dou Technique, and he studied it with Yao Lao, who praised its potential.

Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake descended into the magma lake to search for the Heavenly Flame. Deep below, they discovered a cyan lotus that Yao Lao identified as the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yi Xian’s arms, and Xiao Yi Xian praised her for subduing the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qing Lin revealed that the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake knew where the Heavenly Flame was, so Xiao Yi Xian told it to lead them there.
• The Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake plunged into the magma, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian followed under Yao Lao’s protection.
• The group avoided dangerous magma currents as the Fire Spirit Snake guided them deeper into the lake.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spotted a cyan lotus in the magma, and Yao Lao recognized it as the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao found a mature Green Lotus in the magma, but its core was empty and the Green Lotus Core Flame was gone. Yao Lao found a Seven-colored Snake Scale, suggesting someone had reached the lotus first.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian approached the Green Lotus while the frightened Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake stayed behind.
• Yao Lao warned them to avoid the lotus's tendrils, which could drain their Dou Qi, and judged that the lotus was over a thousand years old.
• Xiao Yan reached the lotus platform and found its center empty, leaving him devastated that the Green Lotus Core Flame was missing.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Yao Lao to check for signs that someone had arrived first.
• Yao Lao found a Seven-colored Snake Scale on the lotus platform and concluded that someone had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao realized Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and decided to seek her in the Tagor Desert, then Yao Lao explained the treasures of the Green Lotus. Xiao Yi Xian cut the lotus free, but a hidden flame burned away her Dou Qi and sent her plunging into an abyss, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Lao helpless to reach her.

• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, and they considered seeking her in the Tagor Desert.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to take the Green Lotus and explained the value of its platform and Earth Flame Lotus Seeds.
• Xiao Yi Xian cut the Green Lotus free with You Su and divided its seeds with Xiao Yan.
• A green flame burst from the lotus's base, burned away Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Qi, and sent her falling into the abyss.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Yi Xian would be all right, while Yao Lao admitted he could not descend to search for her.

Xiao Yi Xian survived the Green Lotus Core Flame’s devastating injuries and drifted downriver as her body slowly healed. Xiao Yan returned to the others carrying her dimmed You Su, leaving them grieving and suspicious, while a woman in black robes flying toward the area sensed that something might have happened.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke on the water with shattered meridians and severe internal injuries, swallowed a fifth-tier restorative pill, and fainted as the sword case’s life force and the pill began healing her.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether fate was controlled by an unseen power, and Yao Lao urged him to become strong enough to hold his own fate in his hands.
• Xiao Yan flew out of the cave carrying Xiao Yi Xian's dim, lifeless You Su, and Qing Lin, Xiao Ling'er, Liu Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li waited tensely for Xiao Yi Xian to appear.
• Xiao Ling'er’s snowflake mark appeared as snow fell over the Tagar Desert, while the group faced Xiao Yan in silence and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake prepared to oppose him.
• A group of powerful figures flew toward the area, and a woman in black robes felt an ominous foreboding as she thought of Xiao Yi Xian.

Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan and fought Xiao Ling'er and the Twin-Winged White Crystal Snake after she demanded to know where her sister was. He defeated them while sparing their lives, then carried Xiao Ding and Xiao Li away, believing Xiao Ling'er would return.

• Xiao Yan called on Yao Lao for help as Xiao Ling'er sent a storm of ice swords at him.
• Yao Lao took over Xiao Yan's body, destroyed the ice swords with flames, and told Xiao Ling'er that Xiao Yi Xian had fallen into an abyss.
• Xiao Ling'er revealed her wings and attacked Yao Lao, but he knocked her into a crater, where Liu Yan fed her a medicinal pill.
• Chi Han charged at Yao Lao, who struck it with the Earth-tier Dou Technique: Flame Splitting Wave-Crushing Ruler and left a deep wound in its scales.
• Yao Lao picked up Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and left, telling them Xiao Ling'er would survive and would return.

Xiao Yi Xian recovered from the Heavenly Flame and drifted through an underground waterway until she emerged in a lake in Snake People territory. After a snake man threatened her, she fled rather than fight without You Su.

• Xiao Yi Xian drank healing water, recovered her strength, and found that her Dou Qi and meridians had grown denser and tougher.
• Xiao Ling'er and the others waited for Xiao Yi Xian in Mo City, while Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li each struggled with her disappearance.
• Queen Medusa sensed the approaching danger and prepared to attempt controlling the Green Lotus Core Flame the next day.
• Xiao Yi Xian followed the current to a lake and emerged fully recovered, but discovered that You Su was missing from her sword case.
• A snake man in the grass tried to ambush Xiao Yi Xian, so she spread her wings and fled deeper into Snake People territory.

Xiao Yi Xian fled from Mo Bass, but after recovering her strength she turned to fight him and wounded one of his eyes. Mo Bass retaliated with overwhelming force as her sword case began to tremble, while two figures raced out of the oasis.

• Mo Bass pursued Xiao Yi Xian across the desert and cornered her after her Dou Qi ran low.
• Xiao Yi Xian replenished herself with poison, transformed into her Poison Master state, and attacked Mo Bass with Sword Qi.
• Mo Bass caught Xiao Yi Xian’s initial sword strike, but she extended her Sword Qi and pierced his eye.
• Mo Bass struck Xiao Yi Xian with his Dou Qi, then charged with twin swords as she defended herself with Sword One.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the sword case on her back trembling as two figures rushed out of the oasis.

Xiao Yan fled across the desert from Yue Mei, a snake-woman Dou Wang who wanted to capture him as her servant, but she overwhelmed him and brought him down. Their confrontation was interrupted by a powerful group whose arrival left Xiao Yan facing several high-ranking experts, including a mysterious black-robed figure who might be a Dou Huang.

• Xiao Yan flew through the desert while Yue Mei pursued him, and Yao Lao failed to answer his calls for help.
• Yue Mei attacked with five energy snakes, struck Xiao Yan's wings, and sent him crashing into a sand dune.
• Xiao Yan launched a counterattack but was easily defeated, and Yue Mei prepared to capture him.
• Two Dou Wang experts arrived from the east, followed by a magical beast carrying six more people.
• Xiao Yan recognized five Dou Ling experts, another Dou Wang, and a mysterious black-robed figure who seemed powerful enough to be a Dou Huang.

After Yue Mei escaped, a hidden energy serpent attacked Xiao Yan, and the mysterious black-robed figure rescued him. She then seized his sword, “You Su,” and crushed Xiao Yan beneath her pressure before asking whether he knew the sword.

• Yue Mei used energy serpents to escape, and Gu He and the other experts failed to stop them all.
• An energy serpent ambushed Xiao Yan, but the black-robed figure rushed in and destroyed it, then injured the serpent’s fleeing owner.
• Xiao Yan thanked the black-robed figure, who took “You Su” from his back and reacted with visible distress.
• The black-robed figure unleashed her Dou Huang pressure on Xiao Yan, injuring him, then withdrew it and asked whether he knew the sword.

Xiao Yi Xian fought Mo Bass and summoned You Su, then unleashed a life-draining sword technique as Xiao Yan and Yun Yun rushed to help. The chapter ended with Sword Thirteen gathering power above Xiao Yi Xian and Mo Bass realizing the attack could hurt him.

• Yun Yun questioned Xiao Yan about her sister’s personal sword, accidentally sent him flying, then apologized and gave him a healing pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Myriad Swords Returning to Origin and Sword Three against Mo Bass, but he overpowered her and left her badly wounded.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun what had happened beneath the lava pool, and You Su flew away in response to Xiao Yi Xian’s summons.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian was in danger, and Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, Gu He, and the others hurried after the sword.
• You Su reached Xiao Yi Xian, who drew on her Dou Qi and life force to unleash Sword Thirteen as Mo Bass sensed the danger.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated Mo Bass with a life-draining sword technique but collapsed before he could claim her. Yun Yun arrived in time to rescue her, while Mo Bass tried to escape and was exposed by Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian used Sword Thirteen to wound Mo Bass, sacrificing her life force and exhausting her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian fell unconscious, and Mo Bass approached her intending to seize her techniques and divine artifact.
• Yun Yun arrived and sent Mo Bass flying with a single sword strike, then held the gravely injured Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu He offered Xiao Yi Xian a fifth-tier healing pill, but Yun Yun struggled to get it into her mouth.
• Mo Bass tried to sneak away while everyone was focused on Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan pointed him out.

Yun Yun killed Mo Bass after he was badly wounded, while Gu He considered using him to bargain with Queen Medusa for a Heavenly Flame. Queen Medusa sensed the deaths and ordered the Snake People Clan to its highest alert, vowing to kill those responsible once she finished her work.

• Gu He examined Mo Bass’s sword wounds and considered the possibility of using him to negotiate with Queen Medusa for a Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Yun comforted Xiao Yi Xian, whose body was recovering but whose lost life essence left white strands in her purple hair.
• Yun Yun walked toward Mo Bass and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Mo Bass’s soul flame went out in the Snake People Clan’s Forbidden Grounds, while Yue Mei’s flame dimmed as she faced mortal danger.
• Queen Medusa sensed Mo Bass’s death and Yue Mei’s peril, ordered the Snake People Clan onto highest alert, and vowed to kill the attackers after finishing her work.

After Yun Yun and her group left Xiao Yi Xian in Xiao Yan's care, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao realized that the powerful party was searching the Tagor Desert for Queen Medusa and might be pursuing a Heavenly Flame. Xiao Yan suspected Pill King Gu He was leading them and resolved to treat anyone who threatened his own pursuit of the Green Lotus Core Flame as an enemy.

• Yun Yun left Xiao Yi Xian with Xiao Yan and flew away with Gu He and the others to continue their mission.
• After the group departed, Xiao Yan called Yao Lao out of his ring and asked what they were doing in the desert.
• Yao Lao explained that Yun Yun's group appeared to be searching for Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yan worried that the Snake People Clan would retaliate.
• Yao Lao identified Gu He as a likely alchemist and suggested he was seeking a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan suspected the alchemist was Pill King Gu He and clenched his fists, deciding that anyone who obstructed his search for the Green Lotus Core Flame would be his enemy.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew toward the depths of the desert, using the chaos from Gu He's attack on the Charming Snake Tribe to sneak through its fortress. They reached a less-damaged section of the wall, where Yao Lao warned them that guards were still patrolling.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke and caught You Su as it attacked Yao Lao, then Xiao Yan urged them to continue toward the desert's depths.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew toward the Charming Snake Tribe, hoping to pass through while Gu He and his group caused disorder.
• They found the fortress brightly lit and heavily defended, with a passage torn through its defenses by Gu He's group.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian crossed the damaged section of the fortress and flew toward the far side.
• Yao Lao warned them that the fortress exit had fewer destroyed arrow towers and several hundred snake people were guarding the wall.