Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo found and bound Die as his goddess target just before his system deadline, then attacked the mercenaries escorting her. After gaining favorability rewards by taking her hand, he declared that he was taking her away, and the mercenary leader ordered his men to kill him.

• With his binding deadline nearly up, Chen Mo spotted a caravan escorting snake-women and rushed toward it.
• Chen Mo accepted the system’s prompt to bind Die after recognizing her as Queen Medusa’s younger sister.
• When Die warned him about the mercenary leader’s attack, Chen Mo dodged his broadsword and punched him away.
• Chen Mo helped Die up, gained one point of favorability and system rewards, and said he was taking her with him.
• The mercenary leader ordered his men to chop Chen Mo to death.

Chen Mo tried to escape with Die, but the pursuing Mercenaries forced him to fight. After Die urged him to leave, his favorability reward raised him to a One-Star Dou Master, and he defeated the Mercenaries before agreeing not to kill their Leader.

• Chen Mo grabbed Die and fled from Leader and the Mercenaries, but Die fell and could not keep up.
• Chen Mo took an Accumulation Pill, then knocked down five Mercenaries with his newly boosted strength.
• Leader attacked Chen Mo with the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, and another Mercenary wounded Chen Mo from behind.
• When Die begged Chen Mo to leave, his favorability increased and raised his cultivation to One-Star Dou Master.
• Chen Mo defeated Leader and the remaining Mercenaries, then agreed to spare them after Die asked him not to kill anyone.

Chen Mo rescued Die and the other Snake-Women, then led her away from the Mercenaries while they treated his wound and talked. Die revealed that she had amnesia, and Chen Mo gave her the temporary name Die.

• Chen Mo freed Die and the other Snake-Women, then hurried away with Die before their pursuers arrived.
• A middle-aged man in blue brocade robes killed the Mercenary leader after he touched him and learned that the Snake-Women had been rescued and headed south.
• Chen Mo explained that they were traveling north to avoid the Mercenaries, and Die refused his offer to support her.
• At a shaded spot, Die treated Chen Mo’s wound with his Recovery Pill, and her concern for his injury increased her Favorability.
• Die told Chen Mo that she could not remember anything since waking up, and he gave her the temporary name Die.

Chen Mo studied his system and discovered how favorability could buy cultivation resources, while Die’s growing affection earned him more coins. After finding an underground river in a canyon and giving Die water, Chen Mo received a special enlightenment bonus, but the pair still needed to find a safe place.

• Chen Mo checked his attributes and learned that Favorability Coins could buy treasures, skills, and cultivation upgrades, though the prices were steep.
• Chen Mo noticed Die’s favorability had risen and gained a Favorability Coin, then examined the Divine-ranked Supreme Primordial Chaos Art and its abilities.
• Chen Mo decided he and Die had rested enough, and they set out to find water and food despite his injuries.
• Chen Mo followed signs through the desert and found a flowing underground river in a deep canyon.
• Chen Mo climbed down to collect water and brought it to Die; her gratitude raised her favorability three times and earned him an Incense Stick's Worth of Enlightenment Time.

Chen Mo and Die hid in a canyon, where their growing closeness earned him a flying skill from the system. After upgrading Kunpeng Wings, Chen Mo began cultivating it and collapsed under the strain, while Die tried to help him.

• Chen Mo and Die settled in a canyon beside an underground river and shared roasted fish by a hidden fire.
• Chen Mo triggered an intimacy bonus when he held Die's hand, earning the upgradeable Kunpeng Wings flying skill.
• Chen Mo spent ten Favorability Coins to upgrade Kunpeng Wings from Yellow-Rank Advanced to Mysterious-Rank Initial Stage.
• Chen Mo began cultivating Kunpeng Wings and suffered intense pain as the skill's remnant soul attacked his mind.
• Die embraced Chen Mo from behind in an attempt to help, while Chen Mo fought the soul attack with the Supreme Primordial Chaos Art and eventually fainted.

Die cared for Chen Mo as he recovered, while Hai Bo Dong and a masked figure pursued the missing snake-woman. After waking, Chen Mo discovered that his newly cultivated Kunpeng Wings could lift him off the ground, though he still needed practice to fly.

• Die woke from a nightmare, checked Chen Mo’s healing wound, and wondered aloud who she was.
• Hai Bo Dong told a fat middle-aged man that the snake-woman had been rescued, then threatened him for mocking him.
• A masked figure demanded the snake-woman’s location, learned she had escaped, and promised to bring what the fat middle-aged man wanted once she was found.
• Chen Mo woke with Die’s arms around him, and Die helped him stand before noticing golden wing tattoos on his back.
• Chen Mo channeled Dou Qi into new branch meridians, manifested the Kunpeng Wings, and managed to rise slightly off the ground.

Chen Mo used enlightenment to break through to Two-Star Dou Master, but his cultivation drew the attention of Die’s pursuers. He carried Die out of the exposed canyon and fled into the sky with his Kunpeng Wings as a mercenary squad prepared to shoot them down.

• Chen Mo cultivated the Supreme Primordial Chaos Art until he hit a bottleneck, then used one Incense Stick's Worth of Enlightenment Time.
• The cultivation caused a powerful surge of energy that drew a middle-aged man and another squad toward the canyon.
• Chen Mo broke through to Two-Star Dou Master and gained one Favorability Coin and the Yellow-Rank Intermediate Skill—Mystic Thunder Palm when Die's favorability increased.
• Chen Mo picked Die up and rushed out of the canyon after telling her their location had been exposed.
• Chen Mo flew away with Die using his Kunpeng Wings, while the middle-aged man mistook him for a Dou King before giving chase.
• A mercenary squad recognized Die in the sky, and its captain ordered the others to fire arrows at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo and Die were shot down by the Sinister Man after he pierced Chen Mo’s Kunpeng Wings, and the mercenaries surrounded them on the ground. Chen Mo refused to surrender Die or his flying Dou Technique and, after gaining Cloud Roaming Steps and Footwork Mastery, prepared to fight.

• The Sinister Man recognized Chen Mo’s Kunpeng Wings as a rare flying Dou Technique and ordered his mercenaries to shoot him and Die down.
• Chen Mo climbed beyond the archers’ range, but the Sinister Man fired a powerful arrow that pierced his wings and sent him and Die falling onto a sand dune.
• Die urged Chen Mo to flee without her, but he refused to leave her behind, and she gained favorability for his concern.
• The Sinister Man and his mercenaries surrounded them and demanded Die and Chen Mo’s flying Dou Technique in exchange for sparing Chen Mo.
• Die offered her pendant to save Chen Mo, but Chen Mo stopped her and vowed to protect her, gaining Cloud Roaming Steps and Footwork Mastery.
• Chen Mo retrieved Cloud Roaming Steps, used his newly mastered footwork, and faced the mercenaries as they closed in.

Chen Mo fought the Sinister Man and his mercenaries, using Mystic Thunder Palm to badly injure their leader despite exhausting much of his Dou Qi. As the mercenaries attacked again, the Sinister Man fired a poisoned arrow that went toward Die, and Chen Mo lunged to protect her.

• Chen Mo overwhelmed most of the mercenaries and used Cloud Roaming Steps to evade the Sinister Man’s surprise attack.
• Chen Mo clashed with the Sinister Man and discovered that his strength could force back the four-star Dou Master.
• Chen Mo used Incense Stick's Worth of Enlightenment Time to master Mystic Thunder Palm while evading the Sinister Man and the remaining mercenaries.
• Chen Mo struck the Sinister Man with Mystic Thunder Palm, sending him flying, but the attack left Chen Mo badly weakened.
• The Sinister Man ordered the remaining mercenaries to attack Chen Mo, then fired a poisoned arrow that veered toward Die.
• Chen Mo knocked aside the mercenaries and lunged toward Die to shield her from the arrow.

Chen Mo took a poisoned arrow meant for Die and collapsed while they fled the mercenaries. Die treated his wounds and cared for him in a cave, where Chen Mo eventually woke.

• Chen Mo was struck by a poisoned arrow while protecting Die, and his increased favorability rewards granted him new abilities and items.
• Die helped Chen Mo escape, but he collapsed from his injuries and lost consciousness as the mercenaries pursued them.
• Die carried Chen Mo away and awakened to a sudden increase in her speed, while a stranger confronted the Sinister Man and asked where the pair had gone.
• Die sucked the poisoned blood from Chen Mo's wound, bandaged him, and cleaned him while he remained unconscious.
• Die gave Chen Mo water by kissing him, triggering a reward that granted him Transcendent Aura and top-tier charm.
• Chen Mo regained consciousness in a cave beside a small pool.

Chen Mo recovered in an underground desert cave while Die treated his poisoned wound and asked whether he had fallen for her. After discovering new system attributes and using several items, Chen Mo prepared to refine a powerful beast flame as Die asked whether snake-people and humans could be together.

• Die treated Chen Mo's poisoned wound, and he learned he had been unconscious for a day and a half in an underground cave.
• Die asked whether Chen Mo had fallen for her, then claimed she was joking; Chen Mo's favorability with Die dropped by one.
• Chen Mo checked his attribute panel, discovered his Qiankun Sword Body and Transcendent Aura, and decided to save Favorability Coins to improve his physique.
• Chen Mo used a Qi Recovery Pill and Marrow Cleansing Fluid, then buried the foul-smelling result of the cleansing while Die went to find food.
• After Die returned with mushrooms and they ate, Chen Mo prepared to refine the Azure Lightning Blood Eagle Beast Flame, and Die asked whether snake-people and humans could be together.

Die and Chen Mo grew closer as they agreed to keep his unexplained pills a secret, and Chen Mo began refining the Azure Lightning Blood Eagle’s beast flame. Meanwhile, Queen Medusa received news of a traitor, while Die had a nightmare about someone forcibly using a spatial forbidden technique.

• Die asked whether Snake-People and humans could be together, and Chen Mo reassured her, earning her favorability.
• Die noticed Chen Mo had produced pills without a Storage Ring, but promised to keep his secret; Chen Mo agreed that it was their little secret.
• Die asked where they would go, and Chen Mo said they would decide together after she recovered her memories.
• Chen Mo swallowed the Azure Lightning Blood Eagle’s beast flame and used the Supreme Primordial Chaos Art to refine it as Die watched.
• A messenger told Queen Medusa that there was news of the traitor, and she went to retrieve a black robe and white mask.
• Die appeared to have a nightmare in which voices warned someone to stop using a spatial forbidden technique.

Chen Mo fought a One-Star Da Dou Shi while trying to help Die escape, but his attacks failed to overcome the man’s Dou Qi Armor. The Sinister Man caught up with Die, then a crimson arrow pierced his chest.

• Die woke from a nightmare and clung to Chen Mo before the Sinister Man blasted open the rock wall above them.
• Chen Mo recognized the arriving One-Star Da Dou Shi and told Die to flee while he stayed behind to fight.
• Chen Mo killed a mercenary who pursued Die, but the Da Dou Shi struck him back and demanded his flying and movement Dou Techniques.
• Chen Mo hit the Da Dou Shi with his Beast Flame and lightning, but the man survived in Dou Qi Armor.
• The Sinister Man cornered Die, but a crimson arrow pierced his chest.

Queen Medusa and Hai Bo Dong fought over Die while Chen Mo activated a Dou Emperor Experience Card and emerged from the collapsing cave. Queen Medusa pursued Chen Mo, and the chapter ended as Mo Bas attacked Die and Chen Mo stepped in front of her.

• Queen Medusa killed the Sinister Man and ordered Mo Bas to slaughter the surviving mercenaries, then approached Die, who called for Chen Mo.
• Hai Bo Dong appeared and attacked Queen Medusa, insisting that he had accepted a request to take Die away.
• Chen Mo activated a One-Star Dou Emperor Experience Card, emerged from the collapsing cave, and raced toward Die as Queen Medusa chased him.
• Mo Bas pursued Die with two snake people and declared that she should be executed for defying clan rules.
• Mo Bas thrust his spear at Die despite Queen Medusa's order to take her alive, and Chen Mo stepped between them.

Chen Mo saved Die from Mo Bas, then fought Queen Medusa while Hai Bo Dong tried to take Die. Chen Mo was poisoned by a small snake, and the chapter ended with him standing between Hai Bo Dong and Die.

• Chen Mo caught Mo Bas's spear, sent him flying, and comforted Die as she cried.
• Queen Medusa attacked Chen Mo, who dodged her and clashed with her using Mystic Thunder Palm and his beast flame.
• Queen Medusa caught Chen Mo by the throat, but he warned her that Hai Bo Dong was approaching Die, prompting her to rush back.
• A small red snake bit Chen Mo's shoulder before he crushed it and tried to contain the poison.
• Queen Medusa destroyed Hai Bo Dong's ice dragon, but Hai Bo Dong reached Die before Chen Mo appeared in front of her and declared that Hai Bo Dong would not take her.

Die began recovering a memory of being named the new Queen Medusa and feared Chen Mo had been hired to capture her, but he defended her and fought Queen Medusa. The chapter ended as purple light erupted from Die just as Queen Medusa pursued the exhausted Chen Mo.

• Die remembered being shackled in a hall as Snake-People elders declared her the new Queen Medusa and ordered her to kill the former queen.
• Chen Mo intercepted Hai Bo Dong as he tried to seize Die, and rejected his offer to join forces against Queen Medusa.
• Hai Bo Dong abandoned the mission and left, while Chen Mo refused Queen Medusa's demand to hand over Die.
• Queen Medusa attacked Chen Mo, who used the seventh form of Swordfall of Nine Heavens to shatter her blade and knock her crown into the sand.
• Queen Medusa pursued the pale and exhausted Chen Mo, and Die released a dazzling purple radiance into the sky.

Chen Mo took Queen Medusa’s blow to protect Die, leaving him gravely injured and revealing that his Dou Emperor strength was temporary. Die agreed to return with her sister, and Queen Medusa ordered Chen Mo taken to the palace as her slave.

• Die stepped between Chen Mo and Queen Medusa, and Chen Mo shielded her from the attack, crashing with her into the sand.
• Die realized she had fallen in love with Chen Mo as he lay wounded and reminded her that he had promised to protect her.
• Queen Medusa arrived and offered to take Die back if she agreed to return; Die accepted and stood between her sister and Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo insisted he would go with Die and protect her, but Queen Medusa exposed his weakened condition and temporary Dou Emperor power.
• Queen Medusa declared Chen Mo her slave and ordered Mo Bas to take him to the palace.

Hai Bo Dong abandoned the mission to capture Chen Mo after learning it involved Queen Medusa and another Dou Emperor, then killed the man who had commissioned it. At the Snake-People royal palace, Chen Mo received treatment and supplies as Queen Medusa’s exclusive slave, healed in a medicinal bath, and strengthened his sword body and alchemy skills.

• Hai Bo Dong told the middle-aged fat man that he was canceling the mission because Queen Medusa and another Dou Emperor were involved.
• The middle-aged fat man tried to deduct the remaining commission, so Hai Bo Dong killed him with a crystal shard before leaving.
• Rumors spread through the Snake-People Clan that Queen Medusa had brought back a powerful human as her slave.
• Two Snake-Women gave Chen Mo a medicinal bath and a Storage Ring of clothes and food, explaining that he would serve Queen Medusa once he recovered.
• Chen Mo used 30 Favorability Coins to advance his Qiankun Sword Body, mastered the Tian Yuan flying sword, and acquired the skills of a 1st-grade alchemist.

Chen Mo refined the Accompanying Amethyst Source while Queen Medusa defied the Snake-People elders and rejected their rule that only one sister could live. She arranged for Die to receive Medusa’s Inheritance, but agreed to let her wait three days before going to the Forbidden Ground.

• Chen Mo absorbed the Accompanying Amethyst Source and used the Supreme Primordial Chaos Art to suppress and refine its purple energy and flames.
• Queen Medusa defended Chen Mo before the elders, explaining that he had saved Die and more than a dozen Snake-People.
• Queen Medusa refused the Grand Elder’s demand to punish Die and declared that she would abolish the clan’s unreasonable rules.
• Queen Medusa led Die away, then sensed unusual natural energy coming from Chen Mo’s room.
• Queen Medusa told Die to receive Medusa’s Inheritance the next day, but agreed to wait three days after Die pleaded for time until Chen Mo recovered.

Chen Mo awoke as a Four-Star Dou Master and met with Queen Medusa and Die after recovering from his injuries. When Die asked whether he had fallen for her, Chen Mo admitted he had, and she fled in embarrassment.

• Chen Mo tested his Purple Flame and Lightning Arc Blood Flame, but Queen Medusa and Die walked in while he was undressed.
• Die asked Chen Mo about his injuries, and he learned she had requested medicine for him while Queen Medusa had supplied his clothes and Storage Ring.
• Queen Medusa declared Chen Mo her exclusive slave and said he would serve as her punching bag once he recovered, while Die asked her to go easy on him.
• After Queen Medusa left, Die shyly asked Chen Mo whether he had fallen for her, and he told her that he had.
• Die blushed and fled Chen Mo's room, while Chen Mo asked her to give him an answer.