Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian forced their way through a Snake People city’s defenses, then hid from patrols searching the desert for human intruders. They learned that the Snake People leaders were gathering at the central temple, leaving Xiao Yan wary of the increasingly tight search.

• A Snake People aerial sentry spotted Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, and hundreds of guards hurled poisoned spears at them.
• Xiao Yan charged through the spear barrage with pale flames while Xiao Yi Xian cut through the Snake People with You Su and Sword Qi, and both escaped over the city wall.
• A cold snake woman ordered the city cleared and the walls repaired, then sent warnings to nearby tribes and summoned powerful fighters to hunt the humans.
• In the central desert, a patrol leader told his squad that the Eight Great Tribes were heading to the temple and that Her Majesty the Queen would order a search once three leaders arrived.
• After the patrol moved on, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from a sand dune, and Xiao Yan lamented that Snake People patrols were crossing the desert more often.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the desert toward Queen Medusa’s city, hoping to slip into her temple and reclaim the Green Lotus Core Flame during the coming clash with Gu He’s group. They hid near the guarded city and sensed the flame within, but Yao Lao warned that a powerful aura was approaching.

• Xiao Yan studied the map with Xiao Yi Xian and agreed with Yao Lao to reach Medusa Temple and wait for Gu He’s group to start a fight.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian crossed the desert on foot, using Yao Lao’s soul perception to avoid Snake People patrols.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan rested behind a boulder near the city, where Xiao Yi Xian restored her Dou Qi by consuming poison and Xiao Yan took a Qi Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched the city’s shut gates and formidable guards, including Queen Medusa’s personal guard.
• Yao Lao sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame inside the city, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian concealed themselves beneath golden blankets.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian that a powerful aura was approaching.

Yan Ci arrived in the Snake People Clan’s city and learned that Mo Bass had died and that powerful human experts were seeking the Queen. When the humans reached the city, Ci Yan confronted them and their leader identified himself as Gu He.

• Yan Ci flew to the city and announced his arrival as chief of the Flame Snake Tribe.
• Yue Mei told Yan Ci that a group of humans—one Dou Huang, three Dou Wangs, and four Dou Lings—had attacked, and that Mo Bass’s soul flame had gone out.
• Yue Mei explained that the humans seemed to be trying to find the Queen, who was not receiving visitors.
• Yue Mei and Yan Ci sensed the human group outside the city and flew to the walls to meet them.
• Ci Yan warned the humans to leave, and Gu He introduced himself.

Gu He arrived with powerful allies to request an audience with Queen Medusa, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched from hiding. Queen Medusa appeared before the gathered forces, and the chapter ended with the snake people greeting their queen.

• Xiao Yan recognized Gu He and reflected on his bearing as a powerful alchemist.
• Gu He asked Yue Mei and Ci Yan to arrange a meeting with Queen Medusa, but Ci Yan refused and warned that the snake tribes were gathering.
• Yan Shi and Ci Yan traded insults until Gu He stopped them and called directly to Queen Medusa.
• After a long silence, Queen Medusa appeared above the city, drawing the attention of Gu He, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• The snake people knelt and hailed Queen Medusa, while Ci Yan watched her with concealed affection.

Gu He confronted Queen Medusa and revealed that he had come to obtain the Heavenly Flame she possessed. After she questioned his offer, Gu He proposed an exchange of two Sixth-grade Huang Ji Pills and one seventh-grade Hua Xing Pill, leaving his companions stunned.

• Queen Medusa appeared before Gu He and his companions, and Gu agreed to compensate the Snake People Clan for their intrusion.
• Gu He admitted that he had come for the Heavenly Flame Queen Medusa obtained, while Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao listened from the rubble.
• Ci Yan and Yue Mei realized Queen Medusa likely sought the Heavenly Flame to advance to Dou Zong and strengthen the Snake People Clan.
• Gu He explained how he had tracked the Heavenly Flame and offered to trade for it, prompting Queen Medusa to question what could match its value.
• Gu He offered two Sixth-grade Huang Ji Pills and one seventh-grade Hua Xing Pill, astonishing Yan Shi, the others, and the black-robed figure.

Gu He offered Queen Medusa a sixth-tier Spirit Dou Pill and a seventh-tier Hua Xing Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, but she refused because she needed it for a crucial purpose. Gu He accepted that his offer had failed, leaving the exchange unresolved and the surrounding experts anticipating what Queen Medusa would do next.

• Gu He offered Queen Medusa a Spirit Dou Pill and a Hua Xing Pill, stunning the onlookers with the value of his terms.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao discussed the pills and Gu He's determination to obtain the Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa rejected Gu He's offer, explaining that the Heavenly Flame was too important to her right now.
• Yue Mei and Ci Yan realized Queen Medusa intended to take a dangerous risk, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao considered the threat if she succeeded.
• Gu He admitted that his offer had been the most precious things he could provide and recognized that his group could not force Queen Medusa to trade.

Yun Yun exposed Queen Medusa as an energy avatar and destroyed it, then urged Gu He and the others to seize the chance to reach the real Queen Medusa while she was vulnerable during her evolution. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to take advantage of the battle and pursue the Heavenly Flame.

• Yao Lao suspected that Queen Medusa was an illusion, and the black-robed Yun Yun revealed that she was an energy body while the real Queen Medusa prepared to evolve elsewhere.
• Yun Yun struck Queen Medusa's avatar and dispersed it, prompting Yue Mei and Yan Ci to attack the humans and Yan Shi and Feng Li to intercept them.
• Yan Ci ordered the snake-people to hurl poisonous spears at the humans, but Yun Yun summoned a green tornado that swept the attack aside.
• Yun Yun told Gu He and the others that Queen Medusa was vulnerable during her evolution and urged them to charge in for the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched for an opening to enter and claim the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian infiltrated the Divine Temple to find the Heavenly Flame before Queen Medusa completed her evolution. They crossed a poisonous lake toward the island, where Xiao Yi Xian began absorbing the toxins before a giant snake attacked her.

• Yao Lao traced the Heavenly Flame’s aura to the east, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian headed for the Divine Temple.
• Yao Lao concealed their auras as they slipped past patrols and reached a poisonous lake surrounding a small island.
• Xiao Yan’s attempt to fly across the lake failed when an energy restriction forced him down, and his jade ruler dissolved in the poison.
• Yao Lao wrapped Xiao Yan in the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian swam through the lake.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Yao Lao to remove the flames around her so she could absorb the poison, but a giant emerald-scaled snake burst from the lakebed and lunged at her.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated a venomous serpent, absorbed poison to raise her cultivation, and collected the river in a small bottle before she and Xiao Yan followed the Heavenly Flame’s aura into the island. They found Queen Medusa’s Ice Spirit Cold Spring and the Green Lotus Core Flame, while remaining concealed nearby.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed the serpent with You Su and absorbed its poison, raising her cultivation from three-star to five-star Da Dou Shi.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yi Xian a small bottle, and she stored the entire river inside it.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao entered the bamboo grove, with Yao Lao concealing their auras as they approached the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan hid in the grass when they spotted a clearing containing a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan saw the Green Lotus Core Flame hovering above a crystal lotus seat, held within its bounds by a white barrier.

Queen Medusa began a dangerous evolution using the Heavenly Flame to reach the Dou Zong realm while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched from hiding. As her ritual gathered energy around her, Xiao Yan waited for a chance to act and Xiao Yi Xian anticipated that Medusa would become a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Queen Medusa removed the seal protecting the green Heavenly Flame, causing it to blaze and evaporate the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Queen Medusa undressed and declared that she would use the evolution to reach Dou Zong, warning that she would kill the humans in the desert if she succeeded.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao watched from the grass as Queen Medusa began forming seals.
• Queen Medusa's ritual drew energy into a huge vortex above the island and surrounded her body in dense light.
• Yao Lao explained that Medusa's evolution was unpredictable, while Xiao Yi Xian said she expected Medusa to become a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Queen Medusa transformed into her enormous purple snake form and began evolving by plunging into the Green Lotus Core Flame. As the Heavenly Flame burned her body and soul, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Snake People watched helplessly from outside the temple.

• Queen Medusa revealed her gigantic purple snake true form above the temple.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed the danger of her attempting to evolve with a Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian watched.
• Queen Medusa formed a purple energy barrier around the temple to prevent interference.
• Queen Medusa plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame and screamed as it burned her scales, flesh, and blood.
• Snake People experts gathered outside the barrier and watched Queen Medusa writhe in the flames.

Queen Medusa endured the Green Lotus Core Flame and a lightning tribulation before emerging from her charred snake body with a vastly stronger aura, signaling that her evolution had succeeded. Xiao Yi Xian’s aid appeared to have changed the evolution, and Medusa addressed her as the dust cleared.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched as the Green Lotus Core Flame burned Queen Medusa’s giant snake form until it lay motionless.
• Yao Lao sensed the energy of heaven and earth turning violent as dark clouds gathered overhead.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent a bottle into the flames, and a lightning bolt struck Queen Medusa while a silver-white barrier shielded Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Queen Medusa’s charred outer skin shed, and her snake corpse crumbled as a powerful new aura spread across the city.
• Gu He warned Yun Yun to retreat, while the Snake People celebrated Queen Medusa’s successful evolution and Yun Shan sensed her aura through the seven-colored scale.
• Queen Medusa emerged from the swirling dust and asked Xiao Yi Xian if she had helped her.

Xiao Yi Xian helped Queen Medusa survive her heavenly tribulation and evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, then asked her to cooperate in the future. Medusa threatened Xiao Yi Xian, who revealed a power that raised her cultivation to peak Dou Huang.

• Queen Medusa emerged from the mist with human legs and revealed that she had broken through to Dou Zong after Xiao Yi Xian's spiritual liquid helped her survive the tribulation.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Medusa that she had helped because she did not want her to die, and asked for Medusa's help in the future.
• Medusa challenged Xiao Yi Xian's confidence, then unleashed her aura to intimidate her.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she might help Medusa become a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and faced Medusa's threat without backing down.
• Xiao Yi Xian glanced at Yao Lao as the sword case on her back rang; silver-white power surged through her, raising her cultivation to peak Dou Huang.

Xiao Yi Xian pressured Queen Medusa into agreeing to help them and let Xiao Yan take the Green Lotus Core Flame. After surviving the dangerous refinement, Xiao Yan succeeded and was asked by Xiao Yi Xian to separate a child flame for her.

• Xiao Yi Xian used the Sword Box’s Dou Zong-level pressure to make Queen Medusa back down and agree to help her become a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yi Xian secured Queen Medusa’s permission to take the Heavenly Flame and told Xiao Yan to consume it.
• Xiao Yan prepared the Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Spirit Absorption with Yao Lao’s guidance.
• Xiao Yan endured the Green Lotus Core Flame’s perilous refinement and successfully devoured it.
• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Xiao Yan and asked him to separate a child flame for her.

Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan for a seed of the Green Lotus Core Flame so she could pursue alchemy, and he agreed despite Yao Lao’s concerns. After Xiao Yi Xian requested Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Queen Medusa quickly left to fetch it and returned with a large piece, while Xiao Yi Xian concealed that her supposed divination tradition was fabricated.

• Xiao Yi Xian declared that she wanted a flame seed, and Yao Lao warned her that Heavenly Flames suppressed poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained her plans for absorbing several Heavenly Flames and becoming an alchemist, and Xiao Yan agreed to give her a seed of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yi Xian a Blood Lotus Pill and Spirit Absorption to help her absorb the flame seed.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Queen Medusa for Ice Spirit Cold Spring, prompting Medusa to leave the throne room in a flash.
• Xiao Yi Xian invented a story about divination harming one’s lifespan, and Xiao Yan and Yao Lao believed her.
• Queen Medusa returned with a large piece of Ice Spirit Cold Spring and handed it to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian began devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame to overcome poison’s vulnerability to Heavenly Flames, relying on the Blood Lotus Pill and other treasures for protection. The process began with her arm entering the flame, where the pill’s protective energy repeatedly repaired the blood-red armor as it melted.

• Xiao Yi Xian prepared to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, hoping to strengthen herself against Heavenly Flames and supreme yang forces.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed Yao Lao’s Blood Lotus Pill, which covered her body in a protective scarlet keratin layer.
• Xiao Yi Xian drew the Green Lotus Core Flame toward herself, while Yao Lao blocked its scorching aura.
• Xiao Yi Xian sat on the green lotus seat to shield herself from the heat, then extended her armored arm into the flame.
• The flame melted the scarlet armor as the Blood Lotus Pill’s cold energy continually repaired it, and Xiao Yi Xian endured the painful process.

Xiao Yi Xian endured the Heavenly Flame burning through her body as its power clashed with her poison, Sword Qi, and icy spring. Near death, she encountered the original Xiao Yi Xian, whose light merged into her and renewed her determination to survive and fulfill their promise.

• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the green Heavenly Flame seed, and its flames ravaged her meridians while her other powers resisted.
• Queen Medusa considered attacking Xiao Yan and the others but held back, restrained by an unknown force and wary of Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yi Xian's consciousness sank toward death as the Heavenly Flame overwhelmed her poison and Sword Intent failed to reach her.
• The original Xiao Yi Xian appeared in her mind and transformed into white light that entered Xiao Yi Xian's soul.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered her resolve and vowed to become a star that would ignite hope and fulfill their promise.

Xiao Yi Xian endured the violent Green Lotus Core Flame as she used the Nameless Sword Canon to guide it through her meridians. She and the original Xiao Yi Xian had fused their souls and promised to reshape the story, while Yao Lao and Queen Medusa watched; the flame had begun its circulation, but Xiao Yi Xian’s body was badly injured and her Dou Qi was running low.

• Yao Lao watched cracks spread across Xiao Yi Xian’s skin and feared that the searing energy would erupt, while Queen Medusa observed her condition.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled how the original Xiao Yi Xian had surrendered her soul essence to the newcomer, then remained within her soul and helped her survive the Heavenly Flames.
• The two Xiao Yi Xians fused and promised to turn their imperfect story into the one they had hoped for.
• Xiao Yi Xian used her soul strength and purple Dou Qi to guide the Green Lotus Core Flame through the Nameless Sword Canon’s cultivation route.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame turned violent and severely damaged Xiao Yi Xian’s meridians as her vortex continued supplying Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian successfully sent the flame along the Sword Canon route, though her Dou Qi reserves were visibly dwindling.

Xiao Yi Xian endured the final stage of refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, which emerged from the Nameless Sword Canon circulation route and was absorbed into her body. As the flame repaired and strengthened her body, Xiao Yan prepared to face the Three-Year Agreement.

• Xiao Yi Xian used the last of her liquid purple Dou Qi to guide the Green Lotus Core Flame through the final meridians of the Nameless Sword Canon.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame’s destructive heat receded into its seed, and Yao Lao sent the Spirit Absorption bead into Xiao Yi Xian as a cyan flame barrier enveloped her.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yi Xian’s success, while Queen Medusa recognized her as a potential friend and considered the danger of being deceived.
• Xiao Yan rejoiced that his sister had succeeded and turned his thoughts toward challenging the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame restored Xiao Yi Xian’s damaged meridians, bones, muscles, and skin, leaving her body more resilient than before.

Xiao Yi Xian awakened after refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, discovering that the ordeal had transformed her body, Dou Qi, and soul. She returned to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao with her cultivation strengthened and the flame’s bond to its primary flame severed.

• Xiao Yi Xian sensed that she had refined the Heavenly Flame and preserved the original Xiao Yi Xian’s last soul fragment, which held her happiest memories.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao worried outside the barrier while Queen Medusa continued to feel strange in her own body.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the barrier transformed, holding a green lotus and the pale cyan flame as Xiao Yan stared in astonishment.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled how the original Xiao Yi Xian’s soul had helped her survive, and how Sword Qi and soul power had severed the bond between the Green Lotus Core Flame and its primary flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to solid ground with stable Seven-Star Grand Dou Shi cultivation and twice her former Dou Qi, and Yao Lao welcomed her back.