Chapter Summaries

Ye Uchiha restored Hai Bodong’s strength and sent him to the Mist Cloud Sect while he continued his plans for the Dou Qi World. He located the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps’ base to find Qing Lin, but its guards challenged him and Nalan Yanran.

• Ye Uchiha explained why he had chosen Hai Bodong and outlined plans to use the Mittel family and Dou Qi World’s alchemy industry to expand Chaldea’s influence.
• Ye Uchiha used the Preta Path to remove the seal on Hai Bodong, who regained his Dou Huang strength and pledged his respect.
• Hai Bodong told Ye Uchiha he would need about three days to recover fully, and Ye Uchiha ordered him to wait at the Mist Cloud Sect.
• Ye Uchiha and Nalan Yanran traveled to the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps’ base near Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin.
• A lookout guard warned Ye Uchiha and Nalan Yanran to leave the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps’ territory.

Ye Uchiha arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps seeking Qing Lin, and Xiao Ding initially tried to hide her from him. After Ye Uchiha promised to treat her well, Xiao Ding agreed to bring her to him, while Nalan Yanran learned about Qing Lin’s unusual talent.

• Ye Uchiha used his Dou Wang pressure to summon Xiao Ding from the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps fortress, while Xiao Li wanted to accompany his brother.
• Xiao Ding denied knowing Qing Lin, fearing Ye Uchiha intended to harm the half Snake-People girl.
• Ye Uchiha confronted Xiao Ding and promised he would nurture Qing Lin rather than hurt her.
• Xiao Ding welcomed Ye Uchiha and Nalan Yanran into the fortress and went to fetch Qing Lin.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether Qing Lin was one of Ye Uchiha’s targets, and he explained that her Green Snake Three-Flower Eyes gave her great potential.

Ye Uchiha took Qing Lin as a potential disciple and gave Xiao Ding a Wood Release Potion. After the potion transformed and strengthened him, Xiao Ding resolved to leave the desert with Xiao Li and build a new force together.

• Ye Uchiha told Qing Lin he would train her as his disciple and gave Xiao Ding a Wood Release Potion in thanks for taking her in.
• Xiao Li warned Xiao Ding about drinking the unfamiliar potion, but Xiao Ding decided it was an opportunity and drank it.
• The potion transformed Xiao Ding, raising his cultivation from five-star Dou Shi to five-star Da Dou Shi and greatly increasing his combat strength.
• Xiao Ding rejected Xiao Li's plan to absorb nearby mercenary groups and proposed disbanding the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps to seek greater opportunities.
• Xiao Li agreed to follow Xiao Ding, and the brothers pledged to build a new force and bring glory to the Xiao Family.

Ye Uchiha brought Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin to the underground magma cavern where the Heavenly Flame had been hidden. He forced Qing Lin to awaken her Green Snake Three-Flower Eyes and subdue the Crimson Giant Python, leaving the beast under her emerging control.

• Qing Lin told Ye Uchiha that she had sensed Queen Medusa’s presence at the desert site half a year earlier, and Ye Uchiha detected magma and a living creature deep beneath the sand.
• Ye Uchiha used a Truth-Seeking Orb to bore through the desert, then took Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin down into the underground cavern.
• The Crimson Giant Python burst from the magma and attacked, but Ye Uchiha repelled it, pulled it back, and pinned it with his aura.
• Ye Uchiha urged and used genjutsu on Qing Lin to make her confront her painful memories and awaken her Green Snake Three-Flower Eyes.
• Three green petal-like marks appeared in Qing Lin’s eyes as her spiritual force began to alter the Crimson Giant Python’s consciousness, and matching marks formed on its heads.

Ye Uchiha retrieved the treasures left in the magma and left Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran to rest while he went alone to the Snake-People Tribe. After destroying the tribe’s fortified city in response to its attack, he faced Queen Medusa.

• Ye Uchiha found the green lotus and Earthfire Lotus Seeds, but discovered the heavenly flame was gone and took a seven-colored scale from the platform.
• The Crimson Giant Python shrank into a bracelet for Qing Lin, and Ye Uchiha fed her a pill to restore her mental energy.
• Ye Uchiha created a wooden residence for Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran, left a Shadow Clone to watch over them, and flew to the Snake-People Tribe.
• The Snake-People attacked Ye Uchiha with venom-coated spears, so he used Shinra Tensei to reduce their fortified city to ruins.
• An elderly Snake-Person and seven other Dou Wangs confronted Ye Uchiha, and Queen Medusa appeared to challenge him.

Ye Uchiha intimidated Queen Medusa and the Snake-People leaders into surrendering the Green Lotus Core Flame. He followed Queen Medusa toward her bedchamber, leaving her frightened by his suggestion that they discuss the future of her people.

• Queen Medusa confronted Ye Uchiha over his killing of Snake-People, and he said he had acted to make them respect his strength.
• Ye Uchiha summoned his Susanoo Gundam and challenged Queen Medusa and the eight leaders to break through its defenses.
• Queen Medusa recognized that Ye Uchiha was far stronger than a Dou Zong and persuaded her leaders to stand down to protect their tribe.
• Ye Uchiha dismissed the Susanoo, touched Queen Medusa’s cheek, and demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa agreed to retrieve the flame from her bedchamber, and Ye Uchiha followed her, saying they could discuss the future of the Snake-People.

Ye Uchiha absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame into his body and used his dōjutsu to endure and subdue it. Queen Medusa watched in shock as he emerged with the Heavenly Flame under his control.

• Ye Uchiha compared the Green Lotus Core Flame to Itachi Uchiha's Amaterasu as he approached the lotus pedestal.
• Ye Uchiha used his Mangekyō eyes to draw the Green Lotus Core Flame into his body, shocking Queen Medusa.
• The flame burned Ye Uchiha's body, but Ukanomitama-no-Kami regenerated him while Toyouke-no-Mikoto absorbed and refined the fire.
• After half an hour, Ye Uchiha tamed the Green Lotus Core Flame and summoned it in his palm.
• Queen Medusa stared in horror as Ye Uchiha demonstrated his control over the Heavenly Flame.

After subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame, Ye Uchiha proposed that Queen Medusa’s Snake-People submit to him in exchange for a better place to live. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa unable to dispute his claim that humans ruled the continent and had forced her people into the Tagor Great Desert.

• Ye Uchiha tested the Green Lotus Core Flame, then told Queen Medusa he wanted to discuss the future of the Snake-People.
• Queen Medusa mistook Ye Uchiha’s words for a demand for intimacy, but he clarified that he wanted to discuss her people’s future.
• Ye Uchiha offered the Snake-People a better environment in exchange for submitting to him in name and working for him.
• Queen Medusa questioned whether humans and the Snake-People could reconcile, and Ye Uchiha argued that humans dominated the continent.
• Queen Medusa struggled to respond as she recognized that her people had been driven into the Tagor Great Desert by human experts.

Ye Uchiha struck a three-year mercenary deal with Queen Medusa in exchange for helping her evolve, then used the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin the transformation. The evolution ended with the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python appearing as a tiny purple snake that felt drawn to him.

• Ye Uchiha offered to help Queen Medusa evolve and secure territory for the Snake-People in return for three years of service, and she accepted with the condition that her people not be sent on needless suicidal missions.
• Ye Uchiha agreed to Queen Medusa's terms and told her they could begin her evolution immediately.
• Ye Uchiha enveloped Queen Medusa in the Green Lotus Core Flame as the Snake-People leaders watched her transformation unleash a vast purple python and violent surges of Dou Qi.
• The purple python collapsed and was destroyed by a pillar of lightning, revealing a tiny seven-colored, purple-eyed snake.
• The little snake noticed Ye Uchiha, approached him, and regarded him with curiosity and affection because his aura seemed familiar.

Two Hall of Souls Dou Zong experts attacked the Mist Cloud Sect, demanding the killer of their protector Wu Ying. Yun Shan confronted them and called on the White-Haired Youth to fight, leaving Yun Shan to block their escape routes.

• Jia Xingtian sensed two Dou Zong auras at the Mist Cloud Sect and went to observe, worried that the sect's destruction would leave the Jiama Empire vulnerable.
• Yun Leng met the Hall of Souls experts, who demanded the killer of Wu Ying and forced him to his knees.
• Yun Shan intervened before a Hall of Souls expert could kill Yun Leng, then sent Yun Leng back into the sect.
• Yun Shan recognized the attackers as Hall of Souls experts and remained confident despite facing two Dou Zong opponents.
• Yun Shan bowed to the approaching White-Haired Youth, who said he would handle the attackers and told Yun Shan to block their escape routes.

Accelerator fought two Hall of Souls Dou Zongs, killing one and crushing his escaping soul into a bead. Yugi Muto trapped the other with Swords of Revealing Light, while he struggled to accept the brutality of the new world.

• Accelerator destroyed one Hall of Souls Dou Zong's arm, then made his body explode when the man attacked again.
• The dead Dou Zong emerged as a soul body, but Accelerator manipulated it into a pearly white bead.
• The remaining Hall of Souls Dou Zong stunned Yun Shan and tried to flee, but Yugi Muto sealed him inside Swords of Revealing Light.
• Accelerator took the bead and left, while Yugi Muto and Yami Yugi decided to leave the captive for their Master.
• Yugi Muto admitted he needed time to adjust to the cruel world, where his cards could become real and deadly.

After the Mist Cloud Sect defeated the Hall of Souls’ Dou Zong experts, Ye Uchiha secured the Snake-People’s service and left for the sect with Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran. Queen Medusa, still trapped in her Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python form, clung to him as he traveled.

• Jia Xingtian realized that the Mist Cloud Sect’s strength had made it the dominant power in the Jiama Empire and left to consult the emperor.
• After Amakusa Shirou Tokisada reported the Hall of Souls’ attack, Ye Uchiha planned to destroy the Hall of Souls once he finished with the empire.
• Ye Uchiha told the Snake-People’s eight leaders that their Queen had agreed to serve him for three years in exchange for help evolving her bloodline, and they pledged their loyalty.
• Queen Medusa’s snake form refused to leave Ye Uchiha, so he agreed to keep looking after her while the Snake-People awaited his orders.
• Ye Uchiha found Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran, then began traveling with them back to the Mist Cloud Sect.

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada expanded Chaldea Cathedral while Accelerator and Siegfried carried out missions against its opponents. Back at the Mist Cloud Sect, Ye Uchiha learned the Hall of Souls’ location and prepared to consolidate control of the Jiama Empire as the three-year duel approached.

• Amakusa Shirou Tokisada recruited followers in the frontier town and asked Accelerator to deal with hostile factions in the Izumo Empire.
• Amakusa Shirou Tokisada gave Siegfried a list of targets to eliminate, and Siegfried accepted the mission.
• Chaldea Cathedral spread across the Jiama Empire and into the Izumo Empire, while the Jiama emperor feared the Mist Cloud Sect’s strength.
• Ye Uchiha read the imprisoned Hall of Souls Dou Zong’s memories, learned the Hall of Souls’ location, and destroyed the captive and all evidence.
• Yun Shan reported that most leading families had submitted to the Mist Cloud Sect, while the imperial family defended the capital with a hundred thousand troops.
• Ye Uchiha and Yun Shan noted that the three-year duel between Yyanran and the Xiao Family Kid was due in the next few days.

Ye Uchiha reflected on how he had taken Xiao Yan’s opportunities and looked forward to the Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital determined to defeat Nalan Yanran. The chapter ended with Yao Chen sensing that something was wrong.

• Ye Uchiha considered Nalan Yanran’s strength and wondered whether she could change the fate of the original story by defeating Xiao Yan.
• Ye Uchiha recalled taking Xiao Yan’s opportunities, devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame, saving Nalan Jie, and gaining the Mittel family’s submission.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital with Yao Chen and declared that Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family would repay their past humiliation.
• Yao Chen worried that Xiao Yan’s obsession with defeating Nalan Yanran might hinder his cultivation, then felt an ominous unease.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Mist Cloud Sect to settle his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, wary of the mysterious expert who had defeated two Dou Zong but determined to face the duel. At the sect’s mountain gate, Ye Uchiha revealed Yao Chen’s identity to Yun Shan and said he would not force the Medicine Venerable to serve him.

• Xiao Yan traveled toward the Mist Cloud Sect while Yao Chen warned him not to act recklessly around the mysterious expert who had killed two Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan reached the mountain steps and declared that he had come to end the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• More than a thousand Mist Cloud Sect disciples and honored guests gathered at the mountain gate square for the duel, where Ye Uchiha occupied the highest seat beside two unfamiliar companions.
• Yun Shan recognized Xiao Yan’s rapid advancement as evidence of a hidden secret, and Ye Uchiha told him that Yao Chen’s soul body was attached to Xiao Yan.
• Yun Shan asked whether Ye Uchiha intended to recruit Yao Chen, and Ye Uchiha replied that he would not force the Medicine Venerable to serve him.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Mist Cloud Sect to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement duel, and the two began fighting before a crowd of spectators. After Nalan Yanran used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to overpower his opening strike, Xiao Yan decided to wear her down by prolonging the battle.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Mist Cloud Sect and declared that he had come to answer Nalan Yanran's challenge.
• Yun Leng offered to preside over the duel, but Nalan Yanran asked him to let her handle Xiao Yan herself.
• Nalan Yanran apologized for breaking off their engagement but stood by her choice, and Xiao Yan rejected her apology and began the duel.
• Nalan Yanran activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and sent Xiao Yan flying after blocking his Heavy Xuan Ruler strike.
• Yao Chen explained that Nalan Yanran's lightning technique enhanced her strength and speed but could not last long, so Xiao Yan chose to use a battle of attrition.

Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan escalated their duel after her sword shattered, with her lightning and Rasengan overwhelming him and driving him toward a desperate final technique. As Xiao Yan prepared Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, Nalan Yanran summoned a colossal lightning Kirin and declared that the attack would end their enmity, whether he survived or not.

• Nalan Yanran shattered her steel sword during her clashes with Xiao Yan, then trapped him in Chidori Current and struck him with a Rasengan that sent him flying.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Chen’s advice to concede and, consumed by resentment, decided to use Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Xiao Yan’s aura rose to the level of a Dou Ling, astonishing the elders and Jia Xingtian.
• Nalan Yanran climbed the Ancient Stone Stele and summoned a colossal lightning Kirin from the storm clouds.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that Kirin would decide victory, defeat, and survival, and that their enmity would end with the thunder.

Nalan Yanran’s lightning Kirin collided with Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, devastating the Mist Cloud Sect’s plaza and destroying its historic stele. The lightning faded with Nalan Yanran standing and Xiao Yan motionless, leaving her unsure whether he had survived.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that he could not outrun Nalan Yanran’s lightning Kirin and promised to protect him.
• At Yao Chen’s urging, Xiao Yan leaped into the air and struck the charging Kirin with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Yao Chen’s soul power shielded Xiao Yan from most of the lightning as the collision blasted apart the plaza and the Mist Cloud Stele.
• Yun Leng reassured the elders that they could rebuild the stele from its rubbings and reflected that Nalan Yanran’s victory would benefit the sect.
• Nalan Yanran landed on intact ground, saw no movement from Xiao Yan, and wondered whether he was dead.

Xiao Yan refused to accept Nalan Yanran’s claim that their grievances were settled and unleashed the Flame Lotus of the Angry Buddha, risking the Mist Cloud Sect’s wrath. As the attack flew toward Nalan Yanran, Yun Shan intervened while Ye Uchiha relied on a protective talisman he had prepared for her.

• Nalan Yanran offered to let the injured Xiao Yan recover at the Mist Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan rejected her offer and insisted they still had to settle their feud.
• Xiao Yan’s Xuanhuang flame healed his injuries and replenished his strength as he prepared to use the Flame Lotus of the Angry Buddha.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that using the technique could provoke powerful Mist Cloud Sect experts, but Xiao Yan chose to proceed.
• Xiao Yan fused two heavenly flames into the Flame Lotus of the Angry Buddha and hurled it at Nalan Yanran.
• Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian shielded the VIP seats, while Yun Leng’s elders protected the disciples and Yun Shan formed a palm to intervene.
• Ye Uchiha remained calm, trusting the protective talisman he had prepared to save Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan escaped after his Flame Lotus of the Angry Buddha injured Nalan Yanran, but Yun Shan pursued him toward the Black-Corner Region. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen stopped to risk another Flame Lotus, leaving the two sides facing off as Yun Shan demanded Xiao Yan return to the Mist Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan unleashed the Flame Lotus of the Angry Buddha, and Yao Chen took control of his body to flee as Yun Shan's intervention failed to shield Nalan Yanran from the blast.
• Ye Uchiha helped Nalan Yanran up and gave her medicine, and she realized she had neglected defensive techniques.
• Yun Shan pursued Xiao Yan toward the Black-Corner Region while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen struggled to escape using their dwindling strength.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen stopped and prepared to form another Flame Lotus of the Angry Buddha, warning Yun Shan that they would fight to the death.
• Yun Shan held back from attacking because he feared the Heavenly Flames, then demanded that Xiao Yan return to the Mist Cloud Sect with him.