Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen spent half a month cultivating with Qing Lin’s help and broke through from Six-Star Dou Wang to Seven-Star Dou Wang. Afterward, he scolded Hai Bodong for not pursuing cultivation aggressively enough.

• Qing Lin asked Lin Chen about the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and he explained its strength and its interest in her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lin Chen reassured Qing Lin that she would not have to leave if she did not want to, then asked her to apply Marrow-Burning Liquid as he prepared to cultivate.
• Lin Chen used the Green Lotus Platform and earth fire lotus seeds to cultivate for half a month while Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Hai Bodong guarded him.
• Lin Chen broke through to Seven-Star Dou Wang, startling Hai Bodong and the others.
• Lin Chen berated Hai Bodong for relying on ordinary cultivation instead of pills, treasures, and other means to improve.

Lin Chen intercepted two Dou Huang experts from the Heavenly Snake Mansion who came searching for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He defeated the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and his green-robed companion, then approached them with the girl and asked to talk.

• Lin Chen told Hai Bodong to train his body while his seal prevented him from advancing his Dou Qi cultivation.
• A green-robed woman and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Bai Ya, arrived at Stone Desert City to find the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan sparred with Xiao Li while Xiao Ding watched, then learned from a familiar voice that two Dou Huang experts were approaching.
• The green-robed woman and Bai Ya spotted the little girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Lin Chen flew away with her as they pursued.
• Lin Chen countered Bai Ya's attack with his heavenly flame, struck both pursuers with his Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Subduing Roar, and brought them crashing into the desert with his Thousand-Leaf Heaven-Burning Palm.
• Lin Chen approached the injured woman and immobilized Bai Ya, then asked them to have a proper talk.

Lin Chen stopped Lu Man and Bai Ya from taking Qing Lin, then demonstrated a method that evolved a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into a Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Flood Dragon. He offered the Heavenly Snake Mansion a deal for the secret recipe and left Qing Lin preparing to contract with the beast.

• Lin Chen mocked Lu Man and threatened to kill her and Bai Ya before freezing them and rejecting the Heavenly Snake Mansion's claim to Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong brought over a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Lin Chen used heavenly flame and pills to evolve it into a fifth-rank Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Flood Dragon.
• Lu Man was shocked by the snake's evolution and asked Lin Chen what method he had used.
• Lin Chen offered to sell the secret recipe to the Heavenly Snake Mansion and told them to contact him at Jia Nan Academy, where he was an elder and Hu Gan's adoptive son.
• Lin Chen freed Lu Man and Bai Ya, then told Qing Lin to use the method he had taught her to contract with the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Flood Dragon.

Lin Chen recruited Bai Ya and Lu Man to help him retrieve the green lotus core flame from Queen Medusa, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao secretly sought a way to stop him. Back in Stone Desert City, Lin Chen prepared to use his newly available simulation to scheme against Xiao Yan.

• Qing Lin formed a contract with the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Flood Dragon, while Bai Ya and Lu Man discussed how Lin Chen's bloodline-evolution method could benefit the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Bai Ya gave Lin Chen his Storage Ring as an apology, and Lin Chen found the sand mandala Hai Bodong needed among its contents.
• Lu Man gave Lin Chen a Heavenly Snake Mansion access token, and Lin Chen ordered her and Bai Ya to help him retrieve the green lotus core flame from Queen Medusa.
• Lin Chen sent Qing Lin and the contracted snakes back toward Stone Desert City, then told Hai Bodong to gather his remaining ingredients so he could break Hai Bodong's seal the next day.
• After Lin Chen and the others left, Xiao Yan emerged from hiding and asked Yao Lao how they could prevent Lin Chen from taking the green lotus core flame; Yao Lao advised him to wait while he considered a cunning approach.
• Back in Stone Desert City, Lin Chen saw that a simulation was available and resolved to use it to obtain the Poison Pill Method and trap Xiao Yan.

Chen refined the Misfortune-Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong and traveled to the Tagor Desert, where he traded the green lotus core flame to Yao Lao for powerful techniques and knowledge. After helping Queen Medusa evolve and securing her service as his bodyguard, he returned to Jia Nan Academy, where the Heavenly Snake Venerable invited him to become the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Holy Son.

• Chen refined a sixth-grade Misfortune-Breaking Pill, breaking Hai Bodong’s seal and restoring his cultivation to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Yao Lao offered an eighth-tier alchemist’s legacy and a High-grade Earth-tier Cultivation Method for the green lotus core flame, and Chen also demanded a secret art for controlling the woeful poison body and a body-refinement technique.
• Chen’s group reached the Snake-People Holy City during Gu He’s assault, and Chen watched Queen Medusa evolve before collecting the green lotus core flame and completing his deal with Yao Lao.
• Chen escaped with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, later helped Queen Medusa continue evolving, and secured her agreement to serve as his bodyguard in exchange for medicinal ingredients.
• After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Chen met the Heavenly Snake Venerable, who invited him to join the Heavenly Snake Mansion as its Holy Son.

Lin Chen joined the Heavenly Snake Mansion, rose to become its Master, and united the Northwest Continent before confronting the Hall of Souls. After killing the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, he faced a Half-Saint and ended the simulation with a final strike.

• Lin Chen accepted the Heavenly Snake Venerable’s invitation, left Jia Nan Academy with his companions, and gave Xun'er a white snake before traveling to the Heavenly Snake Empire.
• Lin Chen became the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Holy Son, advanced rapidly in cultivation and alchemy, and helped the mansion defeat Han Feng’s attack on Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Chen inherited the Mansion Master position, healed the Heavenly Snake Venerable, and led an alliance of Northwest powers to destroy the Lion Nether Sect and kill Shi Tian.
• Lin Chen unified the Northwest Continent by founding the Heavenly Snake Alliance and broke through to Dou Zun.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate demanded that Lin Chen supply souls to the Hall of Souls, so Lin Chen ordered an evacuation and fought the two Heavenly Venerates.
• Lin Chen killed the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, then burned his remaining blood essence to attack the descending Half-Saint as the simulation ended.

Lin Chen chose peak Seventh-Rank Alchemist experience from the simulation, greatly improving his pill refining and fire control. After refining a Misfortune-Breaking Pill, he removed Hai Bodong’s seal, restoring him to Two-Star Dou Emperor and leaving him to stabilize his cultivation before they visited Queen Medusa.

• Lin Chen chose the alchemy experience and absorbed memories of refining pills, gaining peak seventh-rank fire control.
• Lin Chen refined a sixth-grade Misfortune-Breaking Pill and judged that he needed greater strength before attempting seventh-grade pills.
• Lin Chen used the pill to remove Hai Bodong’s seal, and Hai Bodong broke through to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong celebrated his restored freedom until Lin Chen told him to stabilize his cultivation before their planned visit to Queen Medusa.
• Lin Chen began recording the pill formulas he had learned.

Lin Chen negotiated with Yao Lao for the green lotus core flame, demanding several rare techniques and legacies in exchange. Yao Lao accepted a deal for the Spirit Ascension Method, a body-refinement technique, an alchemist’s legacy, and a method to restore a Dou Zun’s body, while Lin Chen promised to help resurrect him if needed.

• Zi Yan and Qing Lin applied medicinal liquid to Lin Chen as he cultivated with Heavenly Flames, then left when Xiao Yan arrived to speak with him alone.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Lin Chen planned to take Queen Medusa’s green lotus core flame, and Yao Lao appeared from his ring to negotiate on his disciple’s behalf.
• Lin Chen recognized Yao Lao as a famed alchemist and demanded a Peak Eighth-Tier alchemist’s legacy, a high-grade earth-tier body-refinement technique, a cultivation method, and the Spirit Ascension Method.
• Yao Lao offered the Spirit Ascension Method and an ordinary eighth-tier alchemist’s legacy, and Lin Chen countered by requesting a body-refinement technique and a method to resurrect a Dou Zun.
• Yao Lao agreed to Lin Chen’s terms after Lin Chen promised to help restore his body if he needed it.

Lin Chen set out with Xiao Yan and their companions for the Snake-People Holy City, while Yao Lao gave him a resurrection method with costly requirements. At the city, Bai Ya called for Queen Medusa, who appeared to confront him.

• Lin Chen negotiated with Yao Lao for an eighth-tier alchemist legacy, a body-refinement technique, a Spirit Ascension Method, and a resurrection method, receiving the latter before obtaining the green lotus core flame.
• Lin Chen stayed with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then departed Stone Desert City with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Hai Bodong, Bai Ya, and Lu Man for the Snake-People Holy City.
• The group slipped through the Charm Snake Tribe fortress after Yao Lao, possessing Xiao Yan, silently killed a guard and disguised the wound.
• After half a month, the group reached the Snake-People Holy City, where Bai Ya called for Queen Medusa and revealed his identity as a member of the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Queen Medusa appeared in the sky and angrily challenged Bai Ya for daring to return.

Lin Chen confronted Queen Medusa over the green lotus core flame and defeated her with his mastery of fire and a dragon's roar. He left her immobilized in his arms as she demanded to be released.

• Queen Medusa recognized Hai Bodong and questioned why he had returned with a group of experts, and Hai Bodong identified Lin Chen as the one who summoned them.
• Lin Chen introduced himself as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist and asked Queen Medusa to give him the green lotus core flame in exchange for compensation.
• Queen Medusa denied knowing about the flame and attacked Lin Chen's group with her purple fire, but Lin Chen's Dark-Blue Flame barrier held and redirected her assault.
• Queen Medusa used the Purple Flame Snake Demon Seal to swallow Lin Chen's blue pillar, but Lin Chen froze the giant serpent and shattered it into ice crystals.
• Lin Chen used a dragon's roar to disrupt Queen Medusa's defenses, then seized her and froze her meridians with his Dark-Blue Flame.
• Queen Medusa found herself immobilized in Lin Chen's arms and demanded that he release her.

Lin Chen forced Queen Medusa to surrender the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for her life and the safety of her tribe. After Hua She'er brought the flame, Lin Chen tossed Medusa toward her and seized the lotus pedestal, leaving Medusa falling from the city wall.

• Bai Ya struck Hua She'er and sent her crashing into the city wall when she attacked Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen froze Hua She'er's signal flare and pressured Queen Medusa to hand over her heavenly flame.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-People guards to prepare to fight, but Lin Chen struck and threatened her until she relented.
• Queen Medusa told Hua She'er to fetch the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Hua She'er soon returned with it.
• Lin Chen tossed Queen Medusa toward Hua She'er and used an icy-blue flame whip to pull the Green Lotus Core Flame from Hua She'er's hands.

Lin Chen secured the Green Lotus Core Flame and offered Queen Medusa a deal to help her evolve her bloodline and reach the Dou Zong realm. As Medusa considered accepting, Gu He arrived and interrupted the negotiation by offering her a pill and eyeing Lin Chen’s heavenly flame.

• Lin Chen kept the Green Lotus Core Flame and proposed another deal to Queen Medusa, while Hua She'er and the Snake-People guards demanded that the humans leave.
• Lin Chen had Qing Lin summon Little Red, whose transformation into a Two-Headed Flood Dragon shocked Medusa by revealing its evolved bloodline.
• Lin Chen offered to help Medusa evolve her bloodline, and Bai Ya and Lu Man confirmed his ability as Medusa weighed the offer against her pride and authority.
• Gu He arrived with three companions, offered Medusa a pill to help her break through, and asked Lin Chen about the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Chen accused Gu He of trying to steal his business and glared at him angrily.

Lin Chen ordered Hai Bodong, Bai Ya, and Lu Man to capture Gu He and his companions after they demanded his Heavenly Flame. The group defeated them, captured Gu He and Yun Zhi alive, and Lin Chen ordered their execution until Xiao Yan begged him to spare them.

• Lin Chen rejected Gu He's offer and ordered Hai Bodong, Bai Ya, and Lu Man to take down the Misty Cloud Sect group.
• Hai Bodong and the others fought Gu He, Yan Shi, Feng Li, and the black-robed Yun Zhi, while Xiao Yan recognized Yun Zhi and tried to warn Lin Chen.
• Bai Ya knocked Yan Shi unconscious, Lu Man poisoned and captured Yun Zhi, and Hai Bodong shattered Gu He's defenses and sealed his Dou Qi.
• Hai Bodong brought Gu He to Lin Chen, who ordered the captives killed so they would not disrupt his deal with Her Majesty the Queen.
• Xiao Yan rushed to Lin Chen and pleaded with him to spare the group because one of them was his old acquaintance.

Lin Chen secured Xiao Yan’s favor and used it to claim Yun Yun, then bargained with Queen Medusa for her allegiance in exchange for helping her advance and evolve her bloodline. A month later, Medusa completed her breakthrough and became a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan asked Lin Chen to spare Yun Yun, and Lin Chen agreed in exchange for Xiao Yan’s favor, while Gu He offered pills and another favor to save her.
• Yun Yun woke, accepted Xiao Yan’s antidote, and rejected Gu He’s proposal before Hai Bodong knocked Gu He unconscious and carried him away with his companions.
• Lin Chen left Yun Yun with Xiao Yan and asked Queen Medusa to cooperate with him to evolve her bloodline and reach Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa agreed to serve Lin Chen for three years in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill and his help evolving her bloodline, then took him to the Snake-People Tribe’s treasury.
• A month later, Queen Medusa transformed into human form and broke through to become a Dou Zong expert.

After a month of cultivation, Lin Chen reached the mysterious skin realm of the Mysterious Jade Vajra Body and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang. As Bai Ya, Lu Man, and Xiao Yan prepared to leave, Lin Chen asked Xiao Yan whether he had visited Qingshan Town.

• Lin Chen emerged from seclusion after absorbing the Marrow-Burning Liquid and reached Eight-Star Dou Wang, entering the mysterious skin realm.
• Lin Chen reflected on the growing resource demands of his cultivation and hoped the Heavenly Snake Mansion could provide the ingredients needed for the vajra body realm.
• Lin Chen met Qing Lin and learned that she had advanced to Dou Shi, then woke Zi Yan and told her it was time to leave.
• Hai Bodong told Lin Chen that Gu He and the others had departed in a dejected, drunken state.
• Bai Ya and Lu Man left for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, promising to report Lin Chen's proposed deal to their Mansion Lord.
• Xiao Yan revealed that refining the Green Lotus Core Flame had raised his cultivation from two-star to seven-star Dou Shi, and Lin Chen asked whether he had visited Qingshan Town.

Lin Chen learned that Xiao Yan had never heard of Xiao Yi Xian and decided to search for her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After Xiao Yan left for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, Lin Chen departed with Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, while Medusa stayed behind to settle her tribe’s affairs before joining him.

• Lin Chen asked Xiao Yan about Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan said he had never heard of her and described his plans to attend the Alchemist Grand Meeting before facing the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Chen parted ways with Xiao Yan, then sent Hai Bodong to ask Medusa whether she would leave with them or join later.
• Medusa asked for three months to settle her tribe’s affairs, and Lin Chen agreed on the condition that she honor their agreement by the deadline.
• Medusa gave Lin Chen her life-bound Snake Scale, which could withstand a strike from an ordinary Dou Zong, and Lin Chen set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin.
• Hua She'er questioned whether Medusa would serve Lin Chen, and Medusa told her to oversee the tribe until Medusa returned after evolving her bloodline.

Lin Chen returned to Qingshan Town and learned that Xian'er had disappeared after destroying the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He then led Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to investigate a hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Lin Chen brought Qing Lin and Hai Bodong to Qingshan Town, where he sent Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to explore while he visited the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Lin Chen asked Yao Wan'an whether Xian'er had returned, and Yao Wan'an told him she had vanished after using her Woeful Poison Body to kill the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Lin Chen blamed himself for Xian'er's disappearance, asked Yao Wan'an to notify Jia Nan Academy if he heard from her, and gave him a bottle of Qi Recovery Pills.
• Lin Chen and his companions found a cave hidden behind vines beneath a cliff and entered to investigate a powerful expert's hidden treasure site.

Lin Chen discovered Xiao Yi Xian’s letter in the hidden tomb and learned she had gone to the Chu Yun Empire while seeking a cure for her woeful poison body. He decided to travel there alone, while the Soul Hall Protector’s plot against the Jia Ma Empire continued to unfold.

• Zi Yan broke through the tomb’s stone door, and Lin Chen found Xiao Yi Xian’s handwriting on the gravestone and a hidden box beneath the flower bed.
• Lin Chen opened the box and read Xiao Yi Xian’s letter, which said she had traveled to the Chu Yun Empire and worked for a Soul Hall Protector who promised a cure for her poison body.
• Lin Chen decided to go to the Chu Yun Empire alone and told Hai Bodong to take Qing Lin and Zi Yan to the Imperial Capital and meet Xiao Yan.
• In the Chu Yun Empire, a subordinate told the Soul Hall Protector that Lord Heavenly Poison had gone to cripple Jia Xingtian and that assassins had been sent after Gu He.
• The subordinate mentioned Lord Heavenly Poison’s objections to the mission, and the Soul Hall Protector ordered him to leave the matter alone.

Lin Chen parted ways with Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin before entering the Chu Yun Empire in disguise. At the border city of Abundance, a Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect leader mistook him for a fifth-rank alchemist and ordered a subordinate to capture him.

• Lin Chen gave Hai Bodong the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill recipe and promised him an Emperor's Extreme Pill if he recovered and served well.
• Lin Chen flew away from Qingshan Town while Zi Yan and Qing Lin stayed with the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Flood Dragon.
• Disguised as a third-grade alchemist, Lin Chen entered Abundance and learned that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had backed the third prince's rise to the throne.
• Lord Gui Li recognized Lin Chen as a fifth-rank alchemist and decided to capture him rather than pursue Gu He.
• Lord Gui Li ordered a Black-Robed Man to capture Lin Chen, leaving the subordinate stunned.

Lin Chen tortured a Hall of Souls envoy for information, learned of a plot against the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemists, and disguised himself as envoy 7962 to infiltrate the organization while searching for Xiao Yi Xian. In the Imperial Capital, Lord Heavenly Poison prepared to target the Alchemist Grand Meeting and dismissed the contestants as unimpressive.

• Lin Chen defeated a Black-Robed Man, discovered he was Hall of Souls envoy 7962, and tortured him for answers.
• The envoy revealed plans to attack during the Alchemist Grand Meeting and capture Jia Xingtian and the empire’s Alchemists, while Gui Li prepared to move against Gu He.
• Lin Chen weighed whether to go to the Imperial Capital to protect Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then decided to infiltrate the Hall of Souls as 7962 and search for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Chen put on the envoy’s robes and mask, burned the corpse, and used the Hall of Souls’ voice-changing technique.
• In the Imperial Capital, Lord Heavenly Poison received a roster of Alchemist contestants, rebuked a gray-robed man, and burned the list after judging the contestants inferior to someone.