Chapter Summaries

Lu Xia confronted Queen Medusa after taking the Green Lotus Core Flame from a cave in Snake-People territory. He revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Zong, and attacked as she tried to retreat and summon reinforcements.

• Queen Medusa entered the cave, saw the empty stone lotus pedestal, and demanded that Lu Xia hand over the Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Xia argued that the Green Lotus Core Flame had been ownerless, then revealed his Two-Star Dou Zong cultivation.
• Queen Medusa realized she could not defeat Lu Xia alone and decided to escape to gather the Snake-People Tribe's experts.
• Lu Xia saw through Queen Medusa's plan and flashed toward her before she could leave.

Lu Xia defeated Queen Medusa with poison and took her prisoner, intending to keep her captive until he left the Tagor Desert. Queen Medusa was left unable to move and at Lu Xia’s mercy as he carried her away.

• Queen Medusa charged at Lu Xia, but his poison gas broke her attack and he struck her down with one blow.
• Lu Xia poisoned Queen Medusa’s meridians, temporarily sealing her battle qi, and dismissed her threats on behalf of the Snake-People Tribe.
• Lu Xia said he would keep Queen Medusa captive until he left the Tagor Desert, but she refused and tried to destroy her battle qi.
• Lu Xia stopped Queen Medusa with more poison, leaving her unable to move, then carried her out of the cave.
• When Queen Medusa struggled, Lu Xia threatened her, and she stopped resisting.

Lu Xia escaped the Tagor Desert with Queen Medusa captured and brought her to Stone Desert City. There, he proposed protecting the Snake-People Tribe as a Dou Zong, but Medusa refused to submit despite recognizing her tribe’s vulnerability.

• Lu Xia carried Queen Medusa out of the cave and fled the pursuing Snake-People Tribe elders, who failed to catch him.
• During the flight, Lu Xia restrained the struggling Medusa while her sealed Dou Qi left her powerless.
• After traveling for half a day, Lu Xia reached Stone Desert City and set Medusa down outside the city.
• Lu Xia told Medusa he would not release her and proposed that he protect the Snake-People Tribe as a Dou Zong.
• Medusa rejected his threat and declared that she would rather die than submit.

Lu Xia forced Queen Medusa to acknowledge him as her master by offering to protect the Snake-People Tribe and help her break through to Dou Zong. She also agreed to stay by his side temporarily as a maid, but he only partially lifted the poison sealing her strength, leaving her at Dou Ling level.

• Lu Xia warned Queen Medusa that the Snake-People Tribe could be destroyed if she died and offered to protect it if she acknowledged him as her master.
• Lu Xia claimed he could help Queen Medusa evolve her bloodline and break through to Dou Zong, persuading her to accept his offer in exchange for his protection and help.
• Lu Xia required Queen Medusa to remain with him as a temporary maid until he was satisfied that she had sincerely submitted, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Xia to remove the poison, but he refused to lift it fully and restored only enough strength for her to move around.
• Lu Xia partially dispelled the poison, leaving Queen Medusa with only Dou Ling-level strength.

Lu Xia took Queen Medusa into Stone Desert City, making her veil her face and pose as his maid. He checked into an inn and left to pursue his search for Qinglin, while Medusa stayed behind, torn over whether to attempt an escape.

• Lu Xia declared Queen Medusa his maid and warned her not to resist, while she silently vowed to endure until she could take revenge.
• Lu Xia brought Medusa to Stone Desert City and made her wear a veil to conceal her beauty and identity as the Snake-People Tribe's queen.
• Lu Xia entered the city with Medusa and headed to an inn, intending to find Qinglin, who worked as a servant girl for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Lu Xia booked two upper rooms, warned Medusa not to leave, and went out to handle his business.
• After Lu Xia left, Medusa considered escaping but feared she would be caught and punished.

Medusa decided not to flee, hoping Lu Xia could help her break through to Dou Zong despite her resentment at being his maid. Lu Xia stormed the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s base to retrieve a maid, knocking out the guards and mercenaries before confronting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

• Medusa abandoned her plan to run and resolved to wait for a chance to break through to Dou Zong and settle the score with Lu Xia.
• Lu Xia reached the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s base and knocked out its two guards with poison gas.
• Lu Xia incapacitated the mercenaries in the courtyard with poisonous mist and continued toward the inner hall.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li left the hall to investigate the commotion and found Lu Xia among their unconscious men.
• Lu Xia told Xiao Ding he had come to take a maid, and Xiao Li challenged his reason for attacking the group.

Lu Xia identified Qinglin, a mistreated maid with the rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, among the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s servants. He invited her to leave with him and promised to protect and train her, and Qinglin began to trust him.

• Xiao Ding stopped Xiao Li from attacking Lu Xia and offered to gather the maids so Lu Xia could find the person he sought.
• Xiao Li summoned the maids from the rear courtyard, where Qinglin had been forced to wash clothes by a supervising woman.
• Lu Xia recognized Qinglin’s special bloodline and approached her at the end of the maids’ line.
• Lu Xia named Qinglin, examined her jade-green eyes, and identified her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lu Xia told Qinglin she was not ill-omened and invited her to come with him, promising to protect and train her.
• Qinglin tearfully wondered whether she could trust Lu Xia, then felt she wanted to believe him.

Lu Xia took Qinglin away from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group after she agreed to leave with him. He brought her to meet Medusa at the inn, where Medusa saw the girl but remained unsure why Lu Xia had sought her out.

• Qinglin agreed to leave with Lu Xia, and Xiao Ding allowed him to take her from the mercenary group.
• Qinglin thanked Xiao Ding, then took Lu Xia's hand and left the hall with him as the maids watched enviously.
• After Lu Xia departed, Xiao Ding reassured Xiao Li that the visitor probably meant them no harm and ordered him to wake the brothers.
• Lu Xia told Qinglin to call him Brother Xia and explained that Medusa was waiting for them at the inn.
• Medusa opened the inn room door, saw Lu Xia holding Qinglin's hand, and wondered whether the girl was the person he had come to find.

Lu Xia introduced Qinglin to Medusa, who discovered the girl carried Snake-People blood and reacted with reluctant warmth. The next morning, Lu Xia prepared to activate Qinglin’s dormant bloodline, leaving Medusa to guard the room as he brought Qinglin inside.

• Lu Xia introduced Qinglin to Medusa and called Medusa his maid, angering her.
• Qinglin admired Medusa’s beauty, then became upset when she saw Medusa’s snake tail and remembered her own heritage.
• Lu Xia comforted Qinglin and told Medusa that Qinglin had Snake-People blood and was the girl he had come to find.
• Medusa sensed Qinglin’s unusual bloodline but concealed her identity as the Snake-People queen.
• The next morning, Lu Xia told Medusa to guard the room while he activated Qinglin’s bloodline, then brought Qinglin with him.

Lu Xia used the Green Lotus Core Flame to awaken Qinglin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, enduring the painful process with her until the bloodline emerged. Qinglin collapsed afterward, while Medusa learned what power had awakened and reacted with shock.

• Lu Xia warned Qinglin that awakening her dormant power would be painful, and she agreed to endure it.
• Lu Xia guided the Green Lotus Core Flame through Qinglin’s body, increasing its intensity when her bloodline showed little response.
• Qinglin endured the pain as her Snake-People bloodline awakened, revealing jade-green flower patterns in her eyes and a force that suppressed serpentine bloodlines.
• Medusa sensed the bloodline suppression outside the room but stayed by the door rather than interrupting Lu Xia.
• Lu Xia stabilized Qinglin’s bloodline, put her to bed after she fainted, and told Medusa that Qinglin had awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Medusa recognized the legendary bloodline and reacted in shock.

Qinglin awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and rapidly grew stronger, so Lu Xia prepared to leave Stone Desert City with her and Medusa. Outside the city, he revealed a seemingly dead Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake as Qinglin’s gift and began reviving it.

• Qinglin woke up at Nine-Star Dou Zhe and discovered her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had begun to awaken.
• Lu Xia explained Qinglin’s new abilities and told her to summon Medusa so they could leave Stone Desert City.
• Medusa noticed Qinglin’s awakened bloodline and advised her to cultivate well.
• Lu Xia led Qinglin and Medusa beyond Stone Desert City and revealed the unconscious Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake as Qinglin’s meeting gift.
• Lu Xia sent Dou Qi into the snake, promising to turn the dead snake into a living one.

Lu Xia revived a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with a poison that induced suspended death and helped Qinglin tame it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. As Lu Xia, Qinglin, and Medusa continued through the desert, the Snake-People Tribe's Third Elder and four clansmen found them, and the Third Elder mistook Medusa's situation for human sorcery.

• Lu Xia explained that he had placed the weakened Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in suspended death and told Qinglin to tame it.
• Qinglin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the snake, named it Little Flame, and stored it in her eyes' exclusive space.
• Lu Xia led Qinglin and Medusa onward through the desert while his Dou Zong perception monitored their surroundings.
• After two or three hours, Lu Xia noticed approaching Snake-People Tribe members and said they had come for Medusa.
• The Third Elder arrived with four Dou Wang clansmen, accused Lu Xia of abducting Medusa, and prepared to attack him.
• Medusa ordered the Third Elder to stop, but he insisted Lu Xia had used vile sorcery to control her and vowed to rescue her.

Lu Xia subdued the Snake-People Tribe's Third Elder and helped Medusa secure his departure before traveling with Medusa and Qinglin out of the Tagor Desert. At their rest stop, Lu Xia decided that Sky Serpent Mansion could give Qinglin the cultivation technique and inheritance best suited to her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Lu Xia pressed the hostile Third Elder to the ground with his Dou Zong aura, then relented after Medusa pleaded for mercy.
• Medusa ordered the Third Elder to tell the First Elder that she was safe and would leave with Lu Xia, who would help her break through to Dou Zong.
• Qinglin learned that Medusa was the Snake-People Queen, and Medusa thanked Lu Xia for sparing the Third Elder.
• Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin traveled to the edge of the Tagor Desert and stopped to rest.
• Lu Xia considered Qinglin's lack of a suitable cultivation technique and resolved to take her to Sky Serpent Mansion for its Sky Serpent Art and Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance.

Lu Xia decided to travel to the Black-Corner Region to obtain Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, help Medusa evolve her bloodline, and strengthen their position before taking Qinglin to Sky Serpent Mansion. After sharing a meal by the campfire, the three had grown closer as they prepared for the journey.

• Lu Xia chose the Black-Corner Region as their next destination because Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame, which could help Medusa evolve and further temper Lu Xia’s Poison Dao Spirit Body.
• Lu Xia briefly worried about Xiao Yi Xian and whether she had gone to Wu Tian Manor to find Dugu Mei.
• Lu Xia told Qinglin and Medusa they were heading to the Black-Corner Region, then promised Medusa he would help her break through to Dou Zong.
• Medusa was surprised that Lu Xia had remembered his promise, though she quickly hid her softened feelings behind her usual haughty manner.
• Lu Xia lit a campfire, and Qinglin roasted meat that Medusa eventually ate with them, bringing the three closer.

Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin traveled east to Ghost Suppression Pass, where Qinglin broke through to One-Star Dou Master. After they left the inn and rejoined the crowded streets, they encountered a group led by a woman in a blue-green gown, and someone in the group addressed Xun'er.

• Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin traveled east through Black Rock City and reached Ghost Suppression Pass.
• Qinglin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils stirred her dou qi, so Lu Xia decided they would stay for her breakthrough.
• Qinglin successfully broke through to One-Star Dou Master while Lu Xia and Medusa watched over her.
• Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin left the inn and walked through Ghost Suppression Pass.
• They encountered a group led by a woman in a blue-green gown, and someone in the group called out to Xun'er about the lively streets.

Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin crossed into the Black-Corner Region and reached Black Mark City while searching for Han Feng’s Feng City. After buying a map, Lu Xia found Feng City’s direction and prepared to continue their journey.

• Lu Xia recognized Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment party, including Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei, as the group passed through Ghost Suppression Pass.
• Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin left the Jia Ma Empire and traveled east through several small nations, with Lu Xia helping Qinglin strengthen her Dou Master realm and learn Dou Techniques.
• After half a month, the three reached the Black Region Great Plain and set out to find Han Feng’s Feng City, whose exact location Lu Xia did not know.
• The group crossed the dangerous plain and arrived at Black Mark City, where Lu Xia recalled the famous Black Mark Auction House.
• Lu Xia bought a detailed map of the Black-Corner Region and located Feng City’s direction from Black Mark City.

Lu Xia took Qinglin and Medusa to the Black Mark Auction House, where he bought two Netherworld Flowers and used one to cultivate through the night. The next day, Qinglin worried when Lu Xia did not leave his room, but Medusa sensed that he was safe and deeply cultivating.

• Lu Xia suggested that they rest in Black Mark City and visit its auction house, and Qinglin and Medusa agreed.
• Lu Xia, Qinglin, and Medusa attended the auction, where Lu Xia bought two Netherworld Flowers for thirty thousand gold coins.
• After returning to the inn, Lu Xia absorbed one Netherworld Flower while cultivating the Nine Revolutions Poison Art.
• When Lu Xia did not emerge from his room by noon, Qinglin sought Medusa's help.
• Medusa sensed that Lu Xia was in deep cultivation and reassured Qinglin that he was safe.

Lu Xia broke through to Three-Star Dou Zong, then traveled with Medusa and Qinglin to Feng City, where they learned Han Feng was preparing to refine a seventh-grade pill. After night fell, Lu Xia slipped out alone and infiltrated Han Feng’s heavily guarded Emerald Jade Bamboo Forest.

• Lu Xia refined the Netherworld Flower’s medicinal power and broke through to Three-Star Dou Zong while Medusa kept watch nearby.
• Lu Xia thanked Medusa for watching over him, then told her and Qinglin that they would continue their journey to Feng City.
• Lu Xia, Medusa, and Qinglin reached Feng City and heard that Han Feng was soon going to refine a seventh-grade pill.
• Lu Xia booked rooms at an inn, settled Qinglin and Medusa in, and waited until midnight.
• Lu Xia silently bypassed the formations and guards around Emerald Jade Bamboo Forest and entered Han Feng’s residence.

Lu Xia captured Han Feng in Feng City and brought him to a secluded valley, where he killed him and seized the Sea Heart Flame. With Medusa’s cultivation restored to Dou Emperor Peak, Lu Xia prepared to help her evolve her bloodline after returning to inform Qinglin.

• Lu Xia broke into Han Feng’s pill-refining chamber and subdued him with one strike.
• Lu Xia knocked Han Feng unconscious, carried him back to the inn, and showed him to Medusa.
• Lu Xia restored Medusa’s cultivation to Dou Emperor Peak, and they left Feng City with Han Feng.
• In a secluded valley, Lu Xia killed Han Feng and trapped the Sea Heart Flame as it tried to escape.
• Lu Xia put away the Sea Heart Flame and told Medusa to prepare herself while he returned to inform Qinglin.

Lu Xia guided Medusa through a dangerous Sea Heart Flame tempering to awaken her bloodline and help her break into the Dou Zong realm. Medusa evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python while retaining her memories, and Lu Xia congratulated her.

• Lu Xia returned to the inn and told Qinglin that he and Medusa would be away for a few days, and Qinglin agreed to wait for them.
• Lu Xia led Medusa to a secluded underground cavern and explained that he would control the Sea Heart Flame during her evolution.
• Lu Xia used the Sea Heart Flame to temper Medusa, awakening and transforming her Purple Nether Flame Snake bloodline.
• Medusa's bloodline evolved into that of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and she broke through to the One-Star Dou Zong realm.
• Medusa's body collapsed into a palm-sized seven-colored snake, but her soul and memories remained intact, and Lu Xia congratulated her.