Chapter Summaries

Chu Zhou rescued Chi Mei, uncovered Mulan Valley’s plot to provoke conflict between the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire, and asked Chi Mei to kill two of his Otherworlder enemies. Chi Mei agreed to help, and the chapter left her poised to return to the Snake-People Tribe.

• Chu Zhou defeated three Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yi Xian healed Chi Mei with a Pill.
• Chu Zhou searched the attackers’ storage rings and found letters revealing Mulan Valley had ordered them to kill Chi Mei and frame the Jia Ma Empire.
• Chi Mei read the letters and realized the attackers had tried to lure her into a trap that could spark war between the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Chi Mei asked Chu Zhou to let her leave so her mother would not mistake her disappearance for Jia Ma Empire aggression.
• Chu Zhou revealed that he had saved Chi Mei to ask her to kill two enemy Otherworlders hiding among the Snake-People Tribe’s Eight Great Tribes, and Chi Mei agreed.

Chu Zhou secured Chi Mei’s help in killing two Otherworlders and gained a token that could help him build ties with the Snake-People Tribe. After returning to Blue Star, he advised Meng Ziwei to sell her family’s land before reporting its Spirit Stone Mine Spatial Node.

• Chu Zhou named Mo Xite and Yan Yanshan Jiro as the two Otherworlders he wanted Chi Mei to kill, and Chi Mei agreed in exchange for his help and a favor owed.
• Chi Mei gave Chu Zhou a Red Serpent Clan token and invited him to meet Queen Medusa, while Xiao Yi Xian cured Chi Mei’s poison.
• Chu Zhou and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Desert City, where Chu Zhou stayed at a Mittel Merchant Guild residence.
• Back on Blue Star, Chu Zhou learned that the authorities had publicly reprimanded and fined the Jiang Family for failing to report the Tea Mountain Spatial Node.
• Chu Zhou told Meng Ziwei to sell her family’s land and have the Meng Family report its Spirit Stone Mine Spatial Node as soon as the sale was complete.

After helping the Meng Family undermine the Jiang Family, Chu Zhou visited Hai Bodong’s map shop in Desert City to obtain a mysterious map fragment. He left with both pieces and promised to help Hai Bodong break Queen Medusa’s seal and regain his Dou Emperor strength.

• Chu Zhou proposed that the Meng Family sell land over a Spirit Stone vein to make the Jiang Family bear the loss, and Meng Ziwei relayed his plan to Meng Shanhe.
• Chu Zhou and Meng Ziwei made up for their missed date, and the next day Chu Zhou invited Xiao Yi Xian to explore Desert City.
• At Hai Bodong’s shop, Chu Zhou used soul force to locate a damaged map fragment and took it despite Hai Bodong’s objection.
• Chu Zhou revealed that he knew Hai Bodong’s identity, showed his Mittel Family guest elder token, and threatened to summon Queen Medusa with his Snake-People Tribe token.
• Hai Bodong gave Chu Zhou the second fragment, and Chu Zhou offered to break his seal and restore his Dou Emperor strength.

Chu Zhou severed Queen Medusa’s Snake-Shaped Seal from Hai Bodong’s Bloodline, restoring him to Three-Star Dou Emperor and gaining his support. Queen Medusa sensed her seal had been broken and learned that the culprit wielded Azure Flame Sword Intent, but she was occupied preparing to evolve with the green lotus core flame.

• Chu Zhou negotiated with Hai Bodong for support of Ya Fei and three years of protection in exchange for removing Queen Medusa’s seal.
• Chu Zhou found the purple energy snake rooted in Hai Bodong’s Bloodline and severed its connection to his Dou Qi with his Azure Flame Sword Intent.
• Hai Bodong regained his strength up to Three-Star Dou Emperor, destroyed the remaining seal, and thanked Chu Zhou.
• Queen Medusa sensed that someone had dispelled her seal and identified the attacker’s Azure Flame Sword Intent.
• Queen Medusa resolved to deal with the young attacker later while she prepared to retrieve the green lotus core flame and attempt to evolve.

Queen Medusa learned that Mulan Valley had lured Chi Mei into an ambush and ordered the Snake-People Tribe to advance its eastern front. After acquiring a second fragment map, Chu Zhou discovered that his expanded Demon Saint Space let him enter it, but the chapter ended with him noticing messages about the two Otherworlders and wondering why Chi Mei had not returned.

• Chi Ling told Queen Medusa that Chi Mei had been lured into a trap intended to inflame conflict between the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Queen Medusa ordered two clans to remain watching the Jia Ma Empire and moved two others to advance against the Mulan Empire; she left the two Otherworlders for Chi Mei to handle.
• Queen Medusa considered befriending Chu Zhou as an alchemist and potential partner for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Hai Bodong left to visit old friends and handle personal matters, agreeing to meet Chu Zhou later at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group in Stone Desert City.
• Chu Zhou found that his upgraded Demon Saint Space had expanded greatly and now allowed him to enter and leave, though he still could not bring other living beings inside.
• Chu Zhou failed to store a Blue Star sheet of paper in the Spatial Boundary, then noticed chat messages about the two Otherworlders and wondered whether Chi Mei had returned.

Chu Zhou warned Mo Xite and Yanshan Jiro in the Jia Ma Empire chat channel, then Chi Mei used the Snake-People Tribe’s forces to kill them and their followers. The two respawned elsewhere as Snake-People with only their Dou Zhe strength, while Chu Zhou’s influence spread through the chat.

• Chu Zhou told Mo Xite and Yanshan Jiro that they might not survive the night, drawing a flood of reactions from Chosen Ones and government officials in the chat.
• Yanshan Jiro plotted to exploit the Snake-People Tribe’s power until Chi Mei arrived and revealed that Chu Zhou had saved her and would become an honored guest.
• Chi Mei ordered a Snake-People guard to kill Yanshan Jiro, then had his accompanying Chosen Ones killed as well.
• Chi Mei found Mo Xite in the Ink Snake Tribe and ordered her warriors to kill him and his associates.
• Mo Xite and Yanshan Jiro respawned at random locations as Snake-People, retaining their Dou Zhe strength but losing their former connections and advantages.

After Chi Mei killed Mo Xite and Yanshan Jiro, Chu Zhou and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Stone Desert City to find the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. There, Chu Zhou intervened when a shop assistant mistreated Qing Lin, who offered to guide them to the group.

• Online commenters confirmed that Mo Xite and Yanshan Jiro had been killed, and Chu Zhou realized Chi Mei had kept her promise.
• The next morning, Chu Zhou and Xiao Yi Xian flew to Stone Desert City and began looking around for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• A general store assistant shoved Qing Lin out and insulted her for being half Snake-Person and half human.
• Chu Zhou defended Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian helped her to her feet.
• Qing Lin said she was a maid with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and agreed to take Chu Zhou and Xiao Yi Xian there.

Chu Zhou visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and was welcomed by Xiao Ding and Xiao Li after telling them about Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan. He asked for Qing Lin to serve as his maid, and Xiao Li punished Sister Yan for bullying her before taking Qing Lin to Chu Zhou.

• Chu Zhou and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed them and asked about Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan.
• Chu Zhou told the brothers about Xiao Yan's restored talent and new Alchemist master, then agreed to stay and refine pills for the group.
• Chu Zhou asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to assign Qing Lin as his maid, and they agreed.
• Sister Yan accused Qing Lin of mishandling the group's purchases and insulted her background.
• Xiao Li overheard Sister Yan, stripped her of her position, expelled her from the group, and ordered an investigation into her past purchasing assignments.
• Xiao Li told Qing Lin that Chu Zhou had chosen her as his personal maid, and Qing Lin felt that he had saved her again.

Chu Zhou returned to the Dou Qi Continent, rapidly advanced his alchemy and cultivation, and earned the Azure Flame Cauldron as a reward. After inspecting his new soulbound artifact, he decided to seek pill formulas and ingredients from the Snake-People Tribe.

• Chu Zhou returned to Blue Star, where Meng Ziwei celebrated the worldwide uproar over Yanshan Jiro and Mo Xite being killed by the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chu Zhou spent three days mastering three grade-four pill recipes, then refined and consumed Purple Flame Pills to advance to three-star Da Dou Shi.
• The Firmament Ledger announced Chu Zhou was the first to reach fourth-rank alchemy and rewarded him with the Azure Flame Cauldron.
• Chu Zhou bound the cauldron to his soul and considered using it to refine fifth-grade pills once he found formulas and ingredients.
• Chu Zhou decided to seek pill formulas and medicinal ingredients from the Snake-People Tribe.

Chu Zhou set out for the Snake-People Holy City with Hai Bodong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, confident that his alchemy could win the Snake-People Tribe’s cooperation. Their journey left them surrounded by hostile Snake-People warriors, and Chu Zhou presented Chi Mei’s token to identify himself as an invited guest.

• Chu Zhou gave Xiao Ding a Storage Ring filled with Pills and asked to take Qing Lin as his personal maid; Qing Lin agreed.
• Chu Zhou announced that he planned to visit the Snake-People Holy City, and Hai Bodong reluctantly agreed to accompany him despite his fear of Queen Medusa.
• After lunch, Chu Zhou, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong traveled deep into the desert by magical-beast sand boat.
• The group entered the outskirts of Snake-People territory, where more than a dozen warriors surrounded their boat and threatened them.
• Chu Zhou showed the Snake-People leader the token Chi Mei had given him and said she had invited him to the Holy City.

Chu Zhou’s group reached the Snake-People Holy City under escort, where a noble’s harassment prompted Hai Bodong to reveal his Dou Huang strength. Queen Medusa appeared to confront Hai Bodong, and Chu Zhou challenged her over how her tribe treated its invited guests.

• A Snake-People patrol recognized Chi Mei’s token and escorted Chu Zhou, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin into the Holy City.
• Mo Kars blocked the group and tried to take Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin away under the pretense of inspecting them.
• At Chu Zhou’s signal, Hai Bodong unleashed his Dou Huang aura, frightening Mo Kars and alarming the city.
• Medusa appeared, overwhelmed Hai Bodong’s aura, and recognized him as the man she had once sealed.
• Chu Zhou stepped in front of Hai Bodong and told Medusa that he had saved a Snake-People commander and come to discuss cooperation, then questioned how her tribe treated guests.

Queen Medusa recognized Chu Zhou as a guest after he exposed Mo Bass’s wrongdoing, then invited him to a banquet where he proposed an alchemy partnership with the Snake-People Tribe. The chapter ended with Chu Zhou arguing that being an Otherworlder was the very reason he could cooperate with them.

• Queen Medusa ordered the Enforcement Team to punish Mo Bass and declared Chu Zhou an honored guest.
• Queen Medusa invited Chu Zhou, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong to a banquet in the Holy Hall.
• At the banquet, Queen Medusa threatened to seal Hai Bodong again, and Chu Zhou redirected her attention by raising the matter of business.
• Chu Zhou proposed using his alchemy to turn the Snake-People Tribe’s stored medicinal ingredients into Pills that could strengthen the tribe.
• Queen Medusa explained that past attempts to secure high-tier alchemists had failed, then questioned why an Otherworlder like Chu Zhou could succeed.
• Chu Zhou replied that his status as an Otherworlder was precisely why he could cooperate with the Snake-People Tribe.

Chu Zhou negotiated a deal with Queen Medusa, promising to prove his alchemy or cultivation talent in exchange for the Snake-People Tribe’s support. Medusa approved the trial and ordered resources prepared for him, while Chu Zhou told Xiao Yi Xian to get ready for a rapid rise in strength.

• Chu Zhou outlined his rapid progress and proposed that the Snake-People Tribe supply resources in return for his future cooperation as an alchemist.
• Queen Medusa offered him three months of Fifth-Tier-and-below resources, with the terms favoring her tribe if he failed to reach Fifth Grade or Dou Ling.
• Chu Zhou accepted and declared that one month would be enough to meet the target, and Medusa agreed to the deal before the banquet ended.
• After elders questioned the plan, Medusa reaffirmed her decision and ordered the tribe to give Chu Zhou priority access to medicinal ingredients.
• Chu Zhou told Xiao Yi Xian to prepare for her strength to skyrocket.

Chu Zhou used the Snake-People Tribe’s medicinal resources to refine large quantities of high-quality fourth-grade pills, earning the tribe’s trust. Queen Medusa’s elders then proposed a serpent beauty ploy to bind him more closely to the tribe, and she questioned whether it would work.

• Chu Zhou told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to use the Snake-People Tribe’s resources to help her grow stronger, and she agreed to trust him.
• Chi Ling delivered a medicinal ingredient list and Queen Medusa’s storehouse token to Chu Zhou in gratitude for saving Chi Mei and exposing the Mulan Empire’s deception.
• Chu Zhou spent seven days refining more than thirty batches of fourth-grade pills, succeeding every time and producing nearly a hundred pills.
• Chu Zhou gave about one-third of the pills to Chi Mei, who showed them to Chi Ling, prompting the news to spread through the Snake-People Tribe.
• Queen Medusa and the elders praised Chu Zhou’s skill, and Elder Hui proposed offering him a Snake-People woman to secure his loyalty.
• Queen Medusa asked Elder Hui whether the beauty ploy would work on Chu Zhou.

Queen Medusa agreed to test whether Chu Zhou was interested in the Snake-People Tribe’s beauties, while Chu Zhou helped Xiao Yi Xian control her growing poisonous Dou Qi and encouraged Qing Lin about her innate ability. Luo Lin then delivered the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill formula, and Chu Zhou agreed to attend the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Tournament.

• Elder Hui proposed using the Snake-People Tribe’s beautiful women to win Chu Zhou’s favor, and Queen Medusa decided Chi Mei should get to know him first.
• Chu Zhou used the Mystic Yellow Azure Flame to restrain Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous Dou Qi as her cultivation rose from a Three-Star Dou Master to a nine-star Dou Shi in seven days.
• Chu Zhou reassured Qing Lin that her slow progress came from storing energy to awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and promised to help her when the time was right.
• Chi Mei brought Luo Lin to Chu Zhou, and Luo Lin handed him the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill formula obtained through Mittel Tengshan and President Fa Ma.
• Chu Zhou agreed to attend the upcoming Alchemist Tournament of the Jia Ma Empire, though he privately expected not to participate.

Chu Zhou hunted a leopard after it advanced to the third tier, then refined Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills that greatly increased his cultivation, physique, and soul force. He emerged from seclusion at Half-Step Dou Ling and handed two pills to Chi Mei, while his plan to break through further by detonating the Spirit Stone Vein’s Spatial Node remained ahead.

• Chu Zhou asked Luo Lin for ingredients and had Chi Mei gather supplies for Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chu Zhou returned to Blue Star, waited for a leopard to reach the third tier, and killed it with the Thunderclap Sword.
• Meng Ziwei told Chu Zhou that the Jiang Family had bought the Meng Family’s land at a high price, and Chu Zhou planned another strike against them.
• Chu Zhou shared second-tier spirit beast meat with the Meng Family and ate the third-tier leopard meat with Meng Ziwei, who broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zhe.
• Chu Zhou refined and consumed Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills, reaching Half-Step Dou Ling while his physique and soul force also advanced.
• After refining five more Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills, Chu Zhou gave two to Chi Mei for the Snake-People Tribe.

Chu Zhou secured fifth-grade pill formulas and ten different pills from the Snake-People Tribe, then used his studies and cultivation to strengthen himself and refine all ten kinds. He returned to Blue Star, broke through to three-star Dou Ling, and sent Meng Zihan and Meng Shanhe the signal to close in before logging back into the Dou Qi Continent to claim his breakthrough reward.

• Chu Zhou requested every fifth-grade pill formula the Snake-People Tribe possessed and ten different fifth-grade Pills, and Queen Medusa ordered Chi Mei to give him what he wanted.
• Over ten days, Chu Zhou analyzed and refined all ten kinds of fifth-grade Pills, strengthened his body to the peak of the early fourth tier, and achieved a hundred-percent refining success rate.
• Chu Zhou returned to Blue Star, secretly eliminated the guards near the Jiang Family's wasteland, and struck the hidden Spatial Node to unleash a surge of spiritual energy.
• Chu Zhou absorbed the spiritual energy, broke through to Dou Ling, and reached the early three-star level.
• Chu Zhou sent Meng Zihan and Meng Shanhe the message "Close in," returned to his villa, and logged into the Dou Qi Continent to check his breakthrough reward.

After reaching Dou Ling, Chu Zhou claimed the Firmament Ledger’s rewards and gained a cultivation method and abilities tailored to him. He went to the Snake-People Tribe’s sacred hall to renew their cooperation, arriving as Mo Baxi argued that Chu Zhou had taken too much from the tribe.

• Chu Zhou received the Mystic Yellow Flame-Forging Body, upgraded Purple Cloud Wings into Azure Flame Cloud Wings, and raised Azure Flame Sword Intent to a Low Earth Tier secret technique.
• The Firmament Ledger granted Chu Zhou the Clarity Sword-Controlling Art, completing a set of abilities for body cultivation, soul attacks, sword control, and flight.
• Chu Zhou decided to prioritize meeting the Snake-People Tribe’s one-month deadline and winning their support for gathering alchemy resources, then headed to the sacred hall.
• Summoners across the World Chat Channel reacted to Chu Zhou becoming a Dou Ling, while some criticized his achievement and others sought his cooperation.
• At the sacred hall, Mo Baxi accused Chu Zhou of greed for taking ten Fifth Grade pills, and Chi Ling defended the agreement between Chu Zhou and the tribe.
• Chu Zhou entered and said the tribe could end their cooperation if they believed it was unfair.

Chu Zhou confronted Mo Baxi over taking ten Fifth Grade pill ingredients, then proved his ability by refining Snake Soul Saliva in public. Queen Medusa declared him the Snake-People Tribe’s guardian worshiper, granting him authority over alchemy resources.

• Mo Baxi challenged Chu Zhou for taking ten sets of Fifth Grade pill ingredients before proving he could refine them.
• Chu Zhou revealed ten completed Fifth Grade pills and said he would refuse to refine high-grade pills for Mo Baxi and the Mo Tribe unless he chose to.
• Chu Zhou challenged the Snake-People Tribe to provide Snake Soul Saliva ingredients so he could prove his skill by refining the pill in front of everyone.
• Queen Medusa accepted the public test and ordered Chi Ling to bring the ingredients, promising full cooperation if Chu Zhou succeeded.
• Chu Zhou refined a high-quality Snake Soul Saliva pill with the Azure Flame Cauldron, stunning the Snake-People Tribe and silencing Mo Baxi.
• Queen Medusa named Chu Zhou the Snake-People Tribe’s guardian worshiper and required his approval for alchemy resources.

Queen Medusa appointed Chu Zhou as the Snake-People Tribe’s Guardian Worshiper, and he negotiated a large-scale pill-refining arrangement with the tribe. Mo Baxi and his tribe were punished for offending Chu Zhou, while news of Chu Zhou’s new status spread throughout the tribe and onto the [Firmament Ledger] World Chat Channel.

• Queen Medusa appointed Chu Zhou Guardian Worshiper, and he accepted the position while exchanging a pill for Snake Soul Saliva ingredients.
• Queen Medusa sent Mo Baxi and the Mo Tribe to the front against the Luo Yan Empire and placed their resources under the tribe’s control.
• Chu Zhou offered to refine most of the tribe’s medicinal ingredients and magic cores into pills, keeping two-thirds of the resulting pills and trading his surplus to the tribe.
• Mo Baxi returned home, struck Mo Kars, explained the consequences of his offense, and ordered him into the dangerous Scout Squad.
• News of Chu Zhou’s appointment spread through the Snake-People Tribe, and Chosen Ones shared it on the [Firmament Ledger] World Chat Channel.