Chapter Summaries

Su Tian arrived in the Tagor Desert on the Dou Qi Continent, activated a check-in system, and gained an emperor clan bloodline that raised him to Nine-Star Dou Shi. Queen Medusa sensed the bloodline and sent a Dou Wang to capture him alive; after Su Tian fought off a swarm of snakes, an arrow flew toward him.

• Su Tian fell into the Tagor Desert, learned that he had transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent, and activated the check-in system.
• Su Tian checked in and received the emperor clan bloodline, enduring a painful inheritance that raised his cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Shi.
• Queen Medusa sensed Su Tian's powerful aura and dispatched a Dou Wang to bring him back alive.
• Su Tian recognized the desert as Snake-People territory and fought off the snakes that surrounded him, using Dou Qi and Dou Qi armor.
• As Su Tian prepared to retreat, a long arrow suddenly hurtled toward him.

Su Tian escaped a Snake-People patrol in the Tagor Desert, but the system’s Temple City sign-in quest did nothing to ease his flight. After finding an oasis and drinking from its lake, he was ambushed by a powerful Snake-People woman whose identity might be Yue Mei.

• Su Tian shattered Base’s attacks and fled before the Snake-People could surround him.
• Hei Man, a One-Star Great Dou Master, ordered his squads to pursue Su Tian across the Tagor Desert.
• The system triggered a sign-in quest at Temple City while Su Tian continued running for his life.
• Su Tian found an oasis, searched for water, and plunged into a lake to drink.
• A Snake-People woman poisoned the lake and attacked Su Tian, who escaped to the opposite bank and suspected she was Yue Mei.

Su Tian was nearly killed by Yue Mei in the oasis, but Hua She'er intervened on Queen Medusa’s orders and brought him to the palace. After waking, Su Tian received the Flame Mantra from his system and came face-to-face with Queen Medusa.

• Yue Mei attacked Su Tian with venomous snakes and a giant green energy snake after suspecting he might be a spy, and her strike sent him crashing into a sand dune.
• Hua She'er destroyed Yue Mei’s energy snake and explained that Queen Medusa had ordered her to bring Su Tian back alive.
• Hua She'er knocked Su Tian unconscious and carried him to the palace, despite Yue Mei’s teasing remarks.
• Su Tian woke in the palace and signed in at Temple King City, receiving the yellow-tier low-grade cultivation method Flame Mantra.
• Queen Medusa spoke to Su Tian from her throne, and he recognized her and greeted her nervously.

Su Tian was brought before Queen Medusa in Temple City, where her casual attack left him badly injured. The First Elder and three hidden elders revealed their interest in his golden blood and ordered him kept alive in the Snake Prison, but the First Elder then wounded him and seized more of his blood.

• Su Tian tried to flatter Queen Medusa and escape suspicion, but she attacked him with purple energy and smashed him into the palace wall.
• Queen Medusa noticed the golden blood Su Tian had spat out, and the First Elder and three other elders emerged from the shadows.
• The First Elder said the golden blood was what they had sought and ordered Queen Medusa to confine Su Tian in the Snake Prison while keeping him alive.
• The First Elder struck Su Tian with black energy, opened a gash in his chest, and used suction to draw his golden blood into her hand.

Su Tian swallowed the Grand Elder’s Qi-Recovery Pill, triggering a fierce circulation of energy that pushed him to a breakthrough. As he compressed the swelling energy, fiery-red Dou Qi Armor began forming around him.

• The Grand Elder gave Su Tian a third-tier Qi-Recovery Pill to heal his injuries, and he swallowed it.
• Su Tian circulated the Flame Mantra and began refining the pill’s medicinal energy while Queen Medusa and the others watched his talent with new interest.
• Energy from the pill and the surrounding air filled Su Tian’s vortex until it neared its limit, and he realized he was about to break through.
• Su Tian followed the principle of compression, accelerating the vortex and transforming his Dou Qi gauze robe into nascent fiery-red Dou Qi Armor.

Su Tian survived a dangerous breakthrough when the energy from his first Qi Recovery Pill threatened his newly forming Dou Crystal, then reached the Da Dou Shi realm by forcing the excess energy out of his body. After celebrating, he remembered he was in Queen Medusa’s palace and faced the First Elder’s unsettling attention.

• Su Tian compressed the energy in his vortex and formed a fiery-red Dou Crystal, advancing toward the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Refined energy surged toward the fragile crystal, and Su Tian feared it would shatter and leave him powerless.
• Su Tian erupted with soul power and drove the excess energy through his meridians and out of his body.
• The Dou Crystal blazed as Su Tian completed his breakthrough, opened his eyes, and laughed with relief and delight.
• The First Elder spoke to Su Tian, who stopped laughing and awkwardly greeted her.

Su Tian used his newly gained Da Dou Shi strength to withstand the First Elder’s attack, then challenged her to clarify whether she would protect him in Temple City. The First Elder left without giving a direct answer, but Su Tian concluded that he would be safe for now and resolved to seek a chance to escape.

• The First Elder attacked Su Tian, and he used Dou Qi Armor and a forceful punch to meet her black energy head-on.
• Su Tian dispersed the resulting shock wave and showed the First Elder and the others that his strength had improved.
• The First Elder allowed Su Tian to move freely in Temple City outside forbidden grounds, while warning him about the danger posed by the Snake-People.
• Su Tian told the First Elder that she would have killed him already if she wanted him dead, and implied he understood the limits he must observe.
• The First Elder left after saying to let matters rest, and Su Tian decided he was temporarily protected but should still find a way to escape.

Queen Medusa watched as Hua She'er attacked Su Tian in the palace, and Su Tian fought back despite being badly outmatched. The chapter left Su Tian unharmed by Queen Medusa’s intervention, with Hua She'er ordered not to kill him for now.

• Queen Medusa summoned Hua She'er, who appeared beside Su Tian and attacked him without warning.
• Su Tian blocked Hua She'er's first palm strike with a punch but was injured and driven back.
• Hua She'er prepared another attack, and Su Tian used his Dou Qi and sharp perception to counter her feint.
• Hua She'er used her Thousand Snake Bone-Eroding Palm, whose poisonous fumes briefly made Su Tian dizzy, then pursued him with a chest strike.
• Su Tian shouted that Hua She'er should kill him in front of Queen Medusa, prompting Queen Medusa to shield him with a purple barrier and order Hua She'er to spare his life for now.

Su Tian provoked Hua She'er until Queen Medusa stopped her from killing him, but their clashing auras knocked him unconscious. Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er to take him to a designated place and allow him limited freedom in Temple City, while Base spotted his capture and hurried to report it.

• Hua She'er obeyed Queen Medusa's order to spare Su Tian, despite his taunts and her desire to kill him.
• Hua She'er unleashed her Dou Wang pressure on Su Tian, then prepared to attack him with the Thousand Snake Bone-Eroding Palm.
• Queen Medusa's peak Dou Emperor aura stopped Hua She'er, but the pressure left Su Tian injured and unconscious.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er to take Su Tian to a designated place and permit him to move around Temple City except in forbidden areas.
• Base saw Hua She'er carrying Su Tian, recognized the human who had escaped the Snake-People Squad, and rushed back to report the capture.

After Hua She'er left Su Tian imprisoned in a ruined courtyard, he realized his powerful soul might let him become an alchemist and improve his chances of survival. A mysterious old man appeared and confirmed Su Tian had the talent, then asked whether he wanted to become an alchemist.

• Hua She'er dropped Su Tian in a dilapidated courtyard and warned him not to wander around Temple City.
• Su Tian considered how to escape and discovered his soul power was strong enough to make him wonder whether he could become an alchemist.
• Su Tian rushed outside after hearing a cough and nearly struck a mysterious old man before retreating and apologizing.
• The old man recognized Su Tian's wood attribute within fire and substantial innate soul power, and said his talent could make him an alchemist.
• The old man asked Su Tian whether he wanted to become an alchemist.

Su Tian learned that Qing Mu was a Fifth-Rank Alchemist imprisoned by Queen Medusa and agreed to help refine a pill that could cure his poison in exchange for alchemy training and a chance to escape. The system then gave Su Tian a task to become a First-Rank Alchemist, which he accepted.

• Su Tian introduced himself to Qing Mu, who offered to teach him alchemy without requiring him to become his disciple.
• Qing Mu explained that Queen Medusa had imprisoned him in Temple City after he entered the Tagor Desert, and that she poisoned him to drain his Dou Qi.
• Qing Mu revealed that he had devised a pill to counter the poison, but its refinement required two Alchemists to use their soul power together.
• Qing Mu offered to guide Su Tian to become an Alchemist if Su Tian promised to assist with the pill and help him escape once cured.
• Su Tian accepted the deal, and the system triggered a check-in task requiring him to become a First-Rank Alchemist; Su Tian accepted it.

Su Tian accepted Qing Mu’s offer to teach him alchemy, restored his Dou Qi through overnight cultivation, and began his first lesson the next morning. When he instinctively sent his Dou Qi into Qing Mu’s medicinal cauldron, he produced flames immediately and wondered if he was a genius.

• Su Tian agreed to study alchemy under Qing Mu while privately deciding to prioritize his own safety.
• Qing Mu told Su Tian to rest and recover before beginning his alchemy lessons the next morning.
• Su Tian cultivated through the night, replenished his Dou Qi, and broke a withered tree with a punch.
• Qing Mu arrived and presented Su Tian with a two-mouth medicinal cauldron, explaining how its fire openings worked.
• Su Tian sent his fiery-red Dou Qi into the cauldron and produced flames on his first attempt.

Su Tian began learning alchemy from Qing Mu and discovered that even a simple healing formula demanded intense concentration and energy. After two hours of practice, he had learned to refine blood-clotting branches but collapsed from exhaustion, leaving his alchemy lesson to continue after a rest.

• Su Tian successfully summoned flames in the cauldron, then found his wood-affinity energy and used it to stabilize the flames as Qing Mu instructed.
• Qing Mu passed Su Tian a simple healing medicine formula and supplied the ingredients for his first attempt at refining medicine.
• Su Tian repeatedly burned blood-clotting branches to ash before learning to control the flame temperature and extract their medicinal essence.
• Su Tian continued refining blood-clotting branches for two hours until Qing Mu noticed his exhaustion and told him to rest.
• Su Tian thanked Qing Mu, collapsed on the ground, and complained that being an alchemist was exhausting.

Su Tian recovered his Dou Qi and, with Qing Mu’s guidance, learned to combine the extracted ingredients into a healing medicine after his first attempt failed. He successfully refined the medicine, but the system did not respond when he claimed he had completed the task to become a First-Rank Alchemist.

• Su Tian cultivated to recover his exhausted Dou Qi while Qing Mu examined the ingredients he had extracted from the Blood-Clotting Twigs.
• After nearly an hour, Su Tian recovered and extracted the remaining ingredients for Qing Mu’s healing medicine.
• Su Tian tried merging the ingredients in the Medicine Cauldron, but a slight rise in temperature scorched the mixture into ash.
• Qing Mu advised Su Tian to control the flame according to each ingredient’s heat tolerance, and Su Tian began refining the ingredients again.
• Su Tian carefully heated and combined the ingredients until he produced a mass of reddish-black medicine, then celebrated his success.
• Su Tian called to the system to report that he had become a First-Rank Alchemist, but the system gave no reply.

Su Tian learned that his crude healing medicine did not qualify him as a First-Rank Alchemist, then spent days refining ingredients and strengthening his Dou Qi under Qing Mu’s guidance. As Su Tian attempted a difficult iron jade leaf extraction, Hei Man and Base tracked him down and launched an attack, leaving Su Tian and Hei Man’s fists about to clash.

• Qing Mu explained that Su Tian had to refine a complete First-Rank Pill to become a First-Rank Alchemist, so Su Tian replenished his Dou Qi and resumed practicing.
• Su Tian spent nearly a week refining medicinal ingredients with Qing Mu’s help, improving his alchemy skills and condensing his Dou Qi while remaining a One-Star Great Dou Master.
• Base confirmed Su Tian’s location to Hei Man, who set out to kill him because he resented Su Tian’s earlier escape.
• Su Tian tried to extract an iron jade leaf for Qing Mu’s test, but Hei Man’s sudden attack shattered the courtyard gate and ruined the ingredient.
• Su Tian kicked the gate aside and lunged at Hei Man with a fiery fist as Hei Man counterattacked, and their attacks were about to collide.

Su Tian fought Hei Man, a Snake-People captain who had come to settle an earlier score, and revealed that he had also reached One-Star Great Dou Master. After accepting a system task to defeat Hei Man within ten exchanges, Su Tian gained the upper hand, and the chapter ended as Hei Man realized he had fallen for Su Tian’s feint.

• Su Tian recognized Hei Man as the snake-man whose aura he had sensed during the earlier pursuit and met his attack with strength that matched or exceeded Hei Man’s.
• Su Tian and Hei Man exchanged powerful attacks, while Base retreated and realized he had been fortunate not to fight Su Tian himself.
• Hei Man used Yin Snake Poison-Devouring Palm, but Su Tian’s fire-attribute Dou Qi burned away the poisonous snakes formed by Hei Man’s attack.
• The system offered Su Tian a reward for defeating Hei Man within ten exchanges, and Su Tian accepted the task.
• Su Tian landed several punches on Hei Man, then charged toward his snake-shaped blade and vanished, leaving Hei Man to realize he had fallen for a trick.

Su Tian defeated Hei Man and Base in Temple City and, unable to kill them without worsening his position, destroyed both of their Dou Crystals. Base was left helpless as Su Tian silenced him, while the cause of Su Tian’s extraordinary strength remained uncertain.

• Su Tian ambushed Hei Man from behind, broke through his Dou Qi Armor, and knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• Base tried to catch the flying Hei Man, but Su Tian’s force sent both men crashing outside the courtyard.
• Su Tian wondered whether his unusual physical strength came from his emperor clan bloodline, then decided to punish the two rather than kill them.
• Su Tian pierced Hei Man’s dantian and destroyed his Dou Crystal, causing Hei Man to wake in agony before passing out again.
• Su Tian kicked Base awake, then reached into his dantian and crushed his Dou Crystal.
• Base recognized that his Dou Crystal had been destroyed, but Su Tian shoved a foot into his mouth to keep him quiet.

Su Tian crippled Base, claimed the Army-Breaking Dragon Fist reward for defeating Hei Man, and began refining iron jade leaf while preparing to improve his strength. Base carried the unconscious Hei Man back to camp and headed toward a prominent tent, apparently seeking retaliation.

• Su Tian destroyed Base's Dou Crystal, beat him, and ordered him to leave with the unconscious Hei Man; Base obeyed and fled with Hei Man on his back.
• Su Tian worried that the Snake-People Tribe would retaliate and resolved to strengthen himself, then claimed the system's Army-Breaking Dragon Fist reward and learned its cultivation method from illusory demonstrations.
• Su Tian returned to refining iron jade leaf, noticing that his battle had improved his Dou Qi and flame control.
• Base brought Hei Man to camp, grew furious over his destroyed Dou Crystal, and left without treating his injuries to head toward a towering tent.
• Su Tian refined the iron jade leaf into a small lump of paste, and Qing Mu praised his progress toward becoming a First-Rank Alchemist.

Su Tian nearly became a First-Rank Alchemist and recovered his Dou Qi while Qing Mu promised to protect him. Hei Meng came to avenge Hei Man and Base, but Qing Mu confronted him with the aura of a Dou Wang expert.

• Su Tian successfully extracted the final substance from an iron jade leaf, and Qing Mu praised his alchemy progress before telling him to rest and recover his Dou Qi.
• Qing Mu revealed that he knew about Su Tian's clashes with the Snake-People Tribe and promised to stand guard while Su Tian cultivated.
• Hei Meng, a Three-Star Dou Ling and Hei Man's elder brother, believed Base's account and set out to kill Su Tian.
• Su Tian recovered his Dou Qi and asked Qing Mu to resume his alchemy lessons.
• Hei Meng charged into the courtyard, but Qing Mu released his powerful aura, making Hei Meng realize he faced a Dou Wang expert.

Qing Mu intervened when Hei Meng came to target Su Tian, revealing that Su Tian was his Medicine Boy and offering Hei Meng to him to deal with. With Qing Mu pinning Hei Meng down, Su Tian approached the helpless Deputy Commander and taunted him.

• Qing Mu's Dou Wang aura drove Hei Meng out of Su Tian's courtyard, and Hei Meng recognized the Fifth-Rank Alchemist.
• Hei Meng admitted he had come for Su Tian, while Qing Mu rebuked him for threatening his Medicine Boy.
• Qing Mu told Su Tian he could do whatever he wanted to Hei Meng as long as he left him alive.
• Hei Meng mocked Su Tian, so Qing Mu restrained him with his aura and prevented him from moving or using his Dou Qi.
• Su Tian approached the kneeling Hei Meng and mocked him for losing his arrogant attitude.