Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin gained a black soul ring and the Jade Phosphor Purple Poison skill from the subdued Jade Phosphorous Serpent, while Xiao Yi Xian discovered she could absorb its venom to cultivate. Xiao Lin concealed the group and left them to watch Xiao Yan, who found a pool of ice spirit cold spring and a mysterious purple-black flame on the island.

• Qing Lin's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul absorbed power from the fifth-order Jade Phosphorous Serpent and gained a black soul ring with the Jade Phosphor Purple Poison skill.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison and realized it could nourish her woeful poison body, while Qing Lin released her five magical beasts to provide more venom.
• Xiao Lin stopped Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian from spreading and absorbing too much poison, then concealed their presence and led them away to watch Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan found a pool of ice spirit cold spring on Heart of the Lake Island and saw a mysterious purple-black flame dancing above a crystal pedestal.

Xiao Yan discovered Queen Medusa burning within a powerful purple-black flame during her evolution, while the Snake-People watched in despair as her life faded. Gu He and the other experts reached the light curtain and recognized the flame as a heavenly flame.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen examined the sentient purple-black flame and saw it imprisoned above a pool of ice spirit cold spring.
• Xiao Yan spotted Queen Medusa being scorched by the flame as her giant serpent body shrank and collapsed inside the light curtain.
• Hua She'er, the Snake-People chiefs, and the elders watched Medusa’s vitality fade and feared her evolution had failed.
• Gu He, Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong forced their way through Qing Lin’s poisonous mist and reached the light curtain.
• Gu He recognized the purple-black flame as a heavenly flame.

Gu He lost himself to greed for the purple-black flame and reached for it despite the Snake-People Tribe's lethal attacks. A mysterious soul-force hand erased the attacks, and a black-robed figure seized the flame as everyone stood frozen.

• Gu He revealed his Peak Dou Emperor strength and lunged for the Sparrow-Shaped Pedestal bearing the purple-black flame.
• The Snake-People Tribe's First Elder ordered an attack, and the Four Great Elders and nine Dou Wangs unleashed thirteen deadly strikes at Gu He.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong raised shields while Yun Yun attacked the incoming energies, but their defenses shattered and Gu He realized he was in danger.
• A vast illusory hand appeared and silently erased all thirteen attacks, terrifying the gathered experts with its overwhelming soul force.
• A black-robed figure raced to the pedestal and snatched away the purple-black flame.

Xiao Yan escaped the Divine Temple with the stolen Heavenly Flame after Yao Chen used the Soul-Extinguishing Palm to neutralize the gathered experts’ attacks. Gu He recognized Xiao Yan as Yao Yan and pursued him, while Yun Yun followed to prevent Gu He from provoking the mysterious expert; the chapter ended as Gu He attacked Xiao Yan in the sky.

• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan, used the Soul-Extinguishing Palm to stop the attacks, and carried off the ownerless flame.
• Gu He recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and identified the fleeing figure as Yao Yan, then chased him in fury.
• Yao Chen speculated that Gu He's clan markings belonged to the Gu Clan and used flaming wings to speed Xiao Yan away.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian hesitated to pursue, while Yun Yun set off after Gu He to protect him and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan turned to face Gu He, who hurled a flaming palm at him and demanded the Heavenly Flame back.

Yao Chen, controlling Xiao Yan, defeated Gu He and left the Divine Temple in ruins, while the Snake-People surrounded the surviving humans and threatened to kill them. Elsewhere, Xiao Lin watched Queen Medusa’s charred body shed its skin and confirmed that her evolution had succeeded, just before a vast aura erupted from the remains.

• Yao Chen struck Gu He with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, severely injuring him and destroying the Divine Temple.
• Yun Yun rescued the unconscious Gu He as Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong regrouped, but dark clouds and violent lightning gathered overhead.
• The Snake-People surrounded Yun Yun, Gu He, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong, accusing them of destroying Queen Medusa’s body and soul and vowing to kill them.
• Xiao Lin examined Queen Medusa’s charred serpentine body and noticed a new aura forming beneath its shell.
• The snake’s outer skin peeled away, and Xiao Lin confirmed to Xiao Yi Xian that Queen Medusa’s evolution had succeeded.
• Queen Medusa’s body exploded into black scales and powder as a vast, terrifying aura spread across the city.

Queen Medusa emerged from her evolution as an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and Xiao Lin recognized her formidable new strength. As the Snake-People and their enemies reacted to her breakthrough, Xiao Yi Xian suggested that Qing Lin use her eyes to control the little snake.

• The Snake-People celebrated Queen Medusa’s breakthrough, while Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the others realized she had reached Dou Zong and tried to retreat.
• Queen Medusa’s aura abruptly receded, and an eight-colored silhouette emerged from the mist before racing toward Xiao Lin, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Lin stopped the tiny snake with an invisible barrier, then let her coil around his finger after she sensed his aura and relaxed.
• Xiao Lin identified the snake as Queen Medusa, an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python at Three-Star Dou Zong, and noted that the undying flame had aided her evolution.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qing Lin to use her eyes to control Queen Medusa.

Qing Lin chose not to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the little snake, and Xiao Lin fed it companion amethyst source before taking it away with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. Meanwhile, the Snake-People Tribe mourned Queen Medusa’s disappearance, while Xiao Yan prepared to master the green lotus core flame before attempting the purple-black flame.

• Qing Lin declined to control the little snake because of her Snake-People Tribe heritage, and Xiao Lin agreed to leave it alone.
• Xiao Lin fed the eight-colored snake companion amethyst source and sensed the dormant blood essence of a Nine-Headed Devouring Heaven Snake Beast Sovereign within it.
• Xiao Lin concealed himself, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the snake with heavenly dao energy and vanished from the ruins.
• The First Elder, Yin Shi, Yue Mei, and the other Snake-People Tribe experts found the ruins and mourned Queen Medusa’s disappearance.
• Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong escaped amid the Snake-People Tribe’s turmoil with the unconscious Gu He.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to master the green lotus core flame before trying the purple-black flame, and Xiao Yan reached out to begin.

Xiao Yan prepared to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame with Yao Chen’s help, while Xun'er learned of his perilous plans and heard that Gu He bore a Gu Clan bloodline. The chapter ended with Ling Ying asking whether she remembered Gu Yue, the suspected Inheritor who had blown himself up decades earlier.

• Xiao Yan gathered the pills and materials Yao Chen had prepared to protect him as he refined the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan about the danger and promised to shield the cave with his soul power while Xiao Yan prepared himself on the Green Lotus.
• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Xiao Yan’s companion was Yao Chen, and Xun'er felt reassured about Xiao Yan’s cultivation and safety.
• Ling Ying recounted Xiao Yan’s bold exploits and his attempt to seize a Heavenly Flame, alarming Xun'er because Xiao Yan was only a Dou Shi.
• Ling Ying revealed that Gu He had activated a Gu Clan Clan Mark in the Tagor Desert, indicating at least a fifth-grade bloodline.
• Ling Ying asked Xun'er whether she remembered Gu Yue, the suspected Inheritor who had blown himself up decades earlier.

Xun'er learned that the Gu Clan was monitoring Gu He while its young prodigies continued to grow in strength. She worried that the Inheritors’ unknown powers would bring upheaval to the continent and hoped Xiao Yan would remain safe.

• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Gu He, a Gu Clan descendant outside the clan, might be connected to the Inheritors, and she ordered him to report on Gu He without alerting him.
• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Gu Qingyang was nearing Dou Zun, Gu Xing and Ancient Hua had reached Dou Zong, and Gu Yao was in seclusion after gaining an opportunity.
• Ling Ying described Gu Fangzheng as a gifted young descendant and said his ordinary older brother, Gu Fangyuan, kept pace with him despite his poor aptitude.
• Ling Ying praised the Gu Clan’s many prodigies and declared that the clan would stand firm even without awakened Inheritors.
• Xun'er warned that the Inheritors were frightening because of their unpredictable powers and said she hoped Xiao Yan would stay safe.

Xiao Yan successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, naming its merged form the Green Lotus Annihilation Flame, and resolved to absorb another Heavenly Flame before the Three-Year Agreement. Seven days later, he began refining the purple-black Undying Flame, which overwhelmed him and began transforming his constitution.

• Xiao Yan completed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s refinement, reaching Four-Star Great Dou Master and advancing the Flame Mantra to High Xuan Tier.
• Yao Chen judged the newly merged Green Lotus Annihilation Flame to be at least as powerful as a Heavenly Flame ranked fifteenth, and Xiao Yan named it.
• Xiao Yan insisted on refining the purple-black Heavenly Flame to prepare for his coming fight with Nalan Yanran, and Yao Chen told him to rest for several days first.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yan swallowed the purple-black flame and endured its assault on his Dou Qi crystal, body, and soul.
• Yao Chen realized the purple-black flame was transforming Xiao Yan’s constitution as purple light spread beneath his skin.

After absorbing the Undying Flame, Xiao Yan transformed his Flame Mantra and reached Seven-Star Great Dou Master before returning to Stone Desert City. There, he learned that the Misty Cloud Sect was investigating the destruction of the Mo Family and searching for someone called Xuan Gu.

• Xiao Yan completed his absorption of the Undying Flame, advancing his Flame Mantra to Low Earth Tier and reaching Seven-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan separated the Undying Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame into his left and right hands, while Yao Chen praised his achievement.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave for the Imperial Capital to prepare for his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, stopping first at Stone Desert City to see Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• A Misty Cloud Sect disciple questioned Xiao Ding about suspicious visitors and a person called Xuan Gu while investigating the Mo Family's destruction.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then learned that a mysterious expert had wiped out the Mo Family and identified himself as Venerable Xuan Gu.

Xiao Yan learned that the Mo Family had been exterminated for its ancestor’s monstrous experiments and suspected Xiao Zha might be responsible. After learning Nalan Yanran was investigating the massacre, he set out for the Imperial Capital and reaffirmed his resolve to face her in the Three-Year Agreement.

• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that the Mo Family’s ancestor had transplanted magical-beast parts and stolen unusual organs to strengthen his relatives, and that the Misty Cloud Sect had sent disciples to investigate the slaughter.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen suspected Venerable Xuan Gu might be Xiao Zha, whose evil cultivation and puppets could explain how a Dou Ling had been killed, but they could not confirm the connection.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he would leave for the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Ding revealed that Nalan Yanran was leading the investigation and had gone to Salt City to hunt for the Mo Family’s killer; Xiao Yan resolved to meet her at the Three-Year Agreement.
• A black-robed figure outside Salt City praised the Mo Family’s transplanted beast parts as a useful foundation for cultivating the Fiendbeast Art.

Lu Man and White Fang searched the Tagor Desert for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils but found no trace and fled before nearby experts arrived. Xiao Lin explained the Heaven Swallowing Python’s bloodline and power to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then announced their plan to travel to the Jia Ma Empire and seek the Heavenly Poison Pearl from Yun Shan.

• Lu Man and White Fang searched outside the Divine Temple for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, found nothing, and left the desert to avoid the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Imperial Family experts.
• Xiao Lin explained to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin how Snake-People bonded with snake companion souls and how Queen Medusa’s Heaven Swallowing Python had evolved to eight colors and reached Dou Emperor strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned that Qing Lin might struggle to control the Heaven Swallowing Python while Queen Medusa’s soul remained inside it.
• Xiao Lin encouraged Qing Lin to cultivate until she could control powerful snake magical beasts and promised to take her to the Heavenly Snake Mansion for suitable techniques and companions.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin they would go to the Jia Ma Empire, visit the Misty Cloud Sect, and seek the Heavenly Poison Pearl from Yun Shan to help Xiao Yi Xian control her poison body.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital ahead of his Three-Year Agreement with the Misty Cloud Sect and registered for the Alchemist Tournament while learning that the search for him had been withdrawn. At the Mittel Auction House, he reunited with Ya Fei, who revealed that she was facing trouble involving the Mu Family.

• Xiao Yan left his brothers, reached the Imperial Capital, and steeled himself for his promised confrontation with Nalan Yanran.
• At the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Yan discovered that officials were wary of his Yao Yan identity, but learned the Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect had withdrawn their search order.
• Xiao Yan adopted the name Yan Xiao and searched for medicinal ingredients at the Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Yan, and he revealed his true face to her in a private room.
• Ya Fei explained that she had returned to the Imperial Capital after failing her family's trial, then asked Xiao Yan whether he knew the Mu Family.

Xiao Yan learned that Mu Zhan was pressuring Ya Fei into a marriage alliance and agreed to challenge him in exchange for a mysterious map fragment connected to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan planning to pose as Ya Fei’s suitor before the Alchemist Tournament.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that Mu Zhan, a powerful Core Disciple and inheritor, was pursuing her while the Mittel Family’s patriarch favored an alliance with the Mu Family.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Ya Fei, and she promised him two auction items if he taught Mu Zhan a lesson.
• Yao Chen recognized a map fragment among the auction items as possibly connected to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and urged Xiao Yan to obtain it.
• Xiao Yan asked Ya Fei to sell him the map fragment and promised to defeat Mu Zhan and stop him from pestering her.
• Ya Fei agreed not to auction the fragment, and Xiao Yan planned to pose as her suitor so the Imperial Capital would know he was protecting her.

At the Imperial Capital trade fair, Xiao Yan, disguised as Yan Xiao, stood with Ya Fei when Mu Zhan attacked them in a jealous rage. Xiao Yan protected Ya Fei and fought Mu Zhan, using nether flame to burn through Mu Zhan’s wood-based attacks and leaving the clash unresolved.

• Xiao Yan attended the trade fair with Ya Fei, drawing attention because Mu Zhan had claimed her as his own.
• Mu Zhan arrived and unleashed vines at Xiao Yan, who evaded the attack and moved Ya Fei to safety.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Zhan revealed their Great Dou Master strength and exchanged blows using Eight Extremes Collapse and Wood Thorn Fist.
• Xiao Yan coated his fist with nether flame, igniting Mu Zhan’s wooden thorns and burning his hand.
• Mu Zhan tried to defend himself with a wooden shield, but Xiao Yan shattered it and left Mu Zhan bleeding and wary of his beast flame.

Mu Zhan unleashed the Wood God Scripture to drain nearby plants and empower his Wood Spirit Impact, but Xiao Yan countered with a newly fused Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus. The attack shattered Mu Zhan's technique and left him severely wounded as he knelt amid the ruins.

• Mu Zhan gathered the spiritual energy of surrounding vegetation and used the Wood God Scripture to raise his power to the Dou Ling level.
• Mu Zhan launched Wood Spirit Impact at Xiao Yan with a massive pillar of emerald energy.
• Xiao Yan fused the Qingyun Flame and the Netherflame Leopard's beast flame into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• The Fire Lotus collided with the Wood Spirit Impact, destroying it and sending Mu Zhan crashing into the Stone Pagoda.
• Mu Zhan emerged badly injured, coughed black blood, and fell to one knee as the fused flames ravaged his meridians.

Xiao Yan defeated Mu Zhan and warned him to stay away from Ya Fei, but Mu Chen arrived and attacked Xiao Yan with the pressure of a Dou Wang. As Xiao Yan prepared to defend himself with the Green Lotus Core Flame, President Fa Ma intervened and stopped Mu Chen’s strike.

• Xiao Yan struck Mu Zhan with Eight Extremes Collapse, badly injuring him and threatening to cripple him if he bothered Ya Fei again.
• Xiao Yan checked on Ya Fei and started to leave with her, but Mu Chen flew in and demanded that they stay.
• Mu Chen found his injured son and unleashed a massive emerald palm print at Xiao Yan, pinning him down with Dou Wang pressure.
• Xiao Yan called for Yao Chen, then prepared to use the Green Lotus Core Flame and Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus when Yao Chen did not respond.
• President Fa Ma deflected Mu Chen’s attack and descended before the two men.

Fa Ma protected Xiao Yan from Mu Chen and invited him to the Alchemist Guild. Meanwhile, Yun Shan learned that the black mist wanted Gu He because someone was interested in his awakened bloodline.

• Fa Ma recognized the Nether Flame and Qingyun Flame Xiao Yan controlled, then confirmed that Xiao Yan would participate in the Alchemist Tournament.
• Fa Ma stopped Mu Chen from taking revenge on Xiao Yan by placing Xiao Yan under the Alchemist Association’s protection.
• Mu Chen took the unconscious Mu Zhan and left, warning Xiao Yan that he would remember what happened.
• Xiao Yan accepted Fa Ma’s invitation to visit the Alchemist Guild.
• Yun Fan thanked Yun Shan for helping him become a Dou Wang, then departed while concealing an eerie gleam in his eyes.
• The black mist urged Yun Shan to bring Gu He to meet it, revealing that someone wanted Gu He’s awakened bloodline.

Yun Yun prepared to enter seclusion and attempt to break through to Dou Zong, while Yun Shan weighed the Misty Cloud Sect’s future and his missing son, Yun Che. Yun Shan then proposed that Yun Yun marry Gu He, leaving her shocked as she realized someone else occupied her heart.

• Yun Shan brooded over Protector Wu’s interest in Gu He and feared the power of the Hall of Souls.
• Yun Yun reflected on her rise to Peak Dou Emperor and told Yun Shan she planned to enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan remembered his missing son, Yun Che, and the jade-green bead left behind when Yun Che vanished.
• Yun Shan told Yun Yun he intended to betroth her to Gu He.
• Yun Yun rejected the proposal, saying she had no romantic feelings for Gu He, then thought of a hazy figure in her heart.