Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan left the Snake-People women with a new guardian and traveled to Desert City to find a hidden expert. He discovered a map fragment in the shopkeeper’s discarded maps and asked how much it cost.

• Yue Mei accepted the Snake-People elder’s rebuke, and Xiao Yan spent the night anticipating the green lotus core flame.
• Xiao Yan told the three Snake-People women to return to their tribe after refining the blood essence, then departed with First Generation’s farewell.
• Xiao Yan recruited the Dust-Sand Ancient Snake, gave him blood essence, and ordered him to protect the women and become the tribe’s Clan-Guardian Spirit Beast.
• Xiao Yan flew to Desert City and found the Ancient Map shop, where he uncovered a map fragment hidden inside a damaged scroll.
• The elderly shopkeeper’s composure faltered when Xiao Yan picked up the fragment and asked its price.

Xiao Yan traded a Seal-Clearing Pill for Hai Bodong’s two map fragments and revealed that he knew about the seal placed on him by Queen Medusa. Hai Bodong discovered Xiao Yan was a Dou Zong expert and prepared to use the pill to break his seal, while Xiao Yan headed for another city.

• Xiao Yan identified Hai Bodong and offered him a Barrier-Breaking Pill in exchange for the map fragment.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong that Queen Medusa had sealed his strength and teased him by claiming to be her man.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong a Sixth-Grade Seal-Clearing Pill and asked him to hand over his other map fragment.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan the second fragment, and Xiao Yan told him to work for his girl after returning to the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong saw Xiao Yan step through space and realized he was a Dou Zong expert, then opened the pill vial and felt his seal loosen.
• Xiao Yan sped toward another city as Hai Bodong prepared to break his seal.

Xiao Yan found a young human and Snake-Person girl being abused in Desert North City and killed the couple who threatened her. He asked the frightened girl her name.

• Xiao Yan arrived in Desert North City and searched it with his soul power.
• He found a woman threatening to sell a young human and Snake-Person girl to a brothel while her husband eyed her.
• Xiao Yan descended into the courtyard and warned the couple to stop abusing the girl.
• He burned the woman and her husband to ash after they pleaded for their lives.
• Xiao Yan turned to the girl and asked her name.

Xiao Yan took Qing Lin with him as he searched the desert near Desert North City for the green lotus core flame. He found a heat-emitting cave entrance, while Qing Lin’s family sought to conceal the death of her sister and brother-in-law.

• Xiao Yan reassured Qing Lin, made her his maid, and carried her away from the estate.
• A servant reported the deaths of Qing Lin’s sister and her husband to the head of the house, who recognized Xiao Yan as a Dou Zong and ordered the servant killed to keep the matter quiet.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the desert less than a hundred li from Desert North City and sensed the green lotus core flame’s aura.
• Xiao Yan swept away the desert sand with a gigantic hand and revealed a heated, pitch-black cave entrance.

Xiao Yan took Qing Lin through the underground passages and descended into the magma sea to find the green lotus core flame. He discovered the lotus was intact but its platform and flame were missing, leaving him uncertain who had taken them.

• Xiao Yan used the seven-colored myriad beast spirit flame to guide Qing Lin through the dark passage and noticed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in her eyes.
• Xiao Yan found the magma sea and the corpse of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then asked Qing Lin to accompany him below.
• Xiao Yan wrapped Qing Lin in a Dou Qi barrier reinforced with the yin-yang saint spirit flame and plunged into the magma.
• Xiao Wen told Xiao Yan the green glow lay three thousand zhang ahead, and Xiao Yan sped toward it.
• Xiao Yan reached the green lotus inside a barrier and found that its lotus platform and the green lotus core flame were gone.

After discovering that someone had stolen the green lotus core flame, Xiao Yan used the Blood-Tracking Method to follow traces of human blood from the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. The trail led him to Salt City, where he sensed the flame and found the Head of the Zhang Family meeting with a Dou Emperor expert.

• Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Wen to collect the green lotus rootstock for cultivation and then examined the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's corpse.
• Xiao Yan found human blood on the snake's broken fangs, and Xiao Wen taught him the Hun Clan's Blood-Tracking Method.
• Xiao Yan mixed the blood with Soul-Nourishing Liquid and followed its shifting arrow-like signal across the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan reached Salt City and suspected the Mo Family had taken the green lotus core flame.
• Xiao Yan detected the flame and a Dou Emperor expert in Salt City, then recognized the middle-aged man speaking with him as the Head of the Zhang Family from Wutan City.

Xiao Yan discovered that the head of the Zhang Family and Mo Cheng were working for the Hall of Souls and had hidden the Green Lotus Core Flame. He seized the flame, crippled Mo Cheng, and forced him to reveal what he knew about the Hall of Souls.

• Xiao Yan secretly followed the head of the Zhang Family and Mo Cheng into an underground cavern after overhearing them discuss the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Hall of Souls.
• The two men showed Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame, and he revealed himself and confronted them about their ties to the Hall of Souls.
• Mo Cheng attacked Xiao Yan, who crippled his Dou Emperor cultivation with a single strike.
• Xiao Yan restrained the head of the Zhang Family, removed his poison tooth, and collected the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan burned Mo Cheng's body and threatened to burn his soul until Mo Cheng agreed to talk.

Xiao Yan tortured Mo Cheng for information about the Hall of Souls, then killed him and used soul-searching on the Zhang Family's Head of the House to uncover his connection to the Hun Clan and seize a piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xiao Yan flew back toward Wutan City with Qing Lin as Wen and Wu, the Two Saints, discussed the prospect of wiping out the Hall of Souls.

• Mo Cheng revealed that he had joined the Hall of Souls, which had a Venerable stationed at one of its locations, and said the Zhang Family's Head of the House belonged to a secret branch.
• Mo Cheng explained that a curse prevented him from revealing the branch hall's location and directed Xiao Yan to question the Zhang Family's Head of the House.
• Xiao Yan burned Mo Cheng's soul to ashes, then searched the Zhang Family's Head of the House's soul and discovered the man was a Hun Clan Remnant descended from Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan found a piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade on the Zhang Family's Head of the House and learned that the lineage had concealed itself from the Xiao Clan for a thousand years.
• Xiao Yan flew toward Wutan City with Qing Lin while Wen and Wu, the Two Saints, spoke of wiping out the Hall of Souls.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City to reward the Zhang Family, but discovered Protector Wu of the Hall of Souls hiding there. After Protector Wu killed the Zhang Family and tried to destroy himself, Xiao Yan and an elder subdued him and prepared to enter a nearby branch hall.

• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and found Protector Wu emerging from beneath the Zhang Family estate.
• Protector Wu learned Xiao Yan was from the Xiao Clan and fled, but Xiao Yan caught and injured him.
• Protector Wu returned to the estate, killed the Zhang Family with a soul technique, and tried to self-destruct.
• An old man sealed Protector Wu’s Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan mocked him for killing the Zhang Family before Xiao Yan could act.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu entered the underground chamber and prepared to use the spatial tunnel to attack the Hall of Souls branch hall.

Venerable Niu reflected on the Hall of Souls’ decline and his weariness with its doomed plans. When Xiao Wu and two Half-Saints trapped the branch hall, Venerable Niu shattered his own soul rather than be captured.

• The Beast Taming Sect's master reported a talented new disciple to Venerable Niu, who ordered a Heart-Refining Assessment.
• Venerable Niu lamented the Hall of Souls’ decline and questioned why Protector Wu had not returned, then sent Protector Jie to investigate.
• Protector Jie approached the Spatial Passage as Venerable Niu sensed danger and ordered the Soul Hall Protectors to flee.
• Xiao Wu and two old men emerged from the passage and froze the space, trapping Venerable Niu and more than a dozen protectors.
• Venerable Niu accepted that he was tired of hiding and used a Secret Art to shatter his own soul.

Xiao Yan destroyed a Hall of Souls branch and learned that its members knew little about its plans, though a young Saint Daughter with a dark red heavenly flame had appeared. He hurried toward Xiao Yi Xian after realizing he had been gone for two months, while a man in the hidden Small Soul Realm crushed his wine cup.

• Venerable Niu burned his soul to avoid capture, and Xiao Yan interrogated the remaining Hall of Souls members after the Beast Taming Sect's leaders died.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Hall of Souls was recruiting talent and building strength, but the Protectors knew neither its headquarters nor its reasons for collecting heavenly flames.
• A Protector told Xiao Yan that a young Saint Daughter had reached Dou Zun and possessed a dark red heavenly flame, but her masked face left him uncertain about her identity.
• Xiao Yan left the destroyed branch and hurried through the Magical Beast Mountain Range after realizing he had been away from Xiao Yi Xian for two months.
• Inside the hidden Small Soul Realm, a middle-aged man in black crushed his wine cup.

The weakened Hall of Souls mourned Hun Niu’s death, while Hun Wuya placed his hopes in the Hun Clan’s Saint Daughter and her mysterious weapons. Xiao Yan returned to the basin near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian had been waiting for him.

• Dark Sun Heavenly Venerate told Gu You that Hun Niu had died, and Gu You urged him not to lose faith in victory.
• Gu You told Hun Wuya about Hun Niu’s death and asked whether the Hun Clan could survive until victory.
• Hun Wuya said the Saint Daughter gave the Hun Clan hope, while Gu You doubted her weapons could overcome the Xiao Clan’s strength and Xiao Xuan.
• The Saint Daughter forged mysterious metal components beside a volcanic crater as Hun Wuya watched with confidence.
• Xiao Yi Xian wondered whether Xiao Yan would return, and Xiao Yan appeared behind her and answered that he had come back.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and tried to persuade her to return with him to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. After reassuring her and promising to build her a place to grow medicinal herbs, he was intimate with her, then introduced her to Qing Lin, leaving Xiao Yi Xian furious at his apparent harem plans.

• Xiao Yan returned to Xiao Yi Xian, apologized for being late, and embraced her while Blue Eagle chased after companion amethyst source.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Yi Xian to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, but she refused because she wanted a quiet life studying herbs and poisons.
• Xiao Yan promised to establish medicinal herb fields and a residence for Xiao Yi Xian, and she agreed to join him after he sweet-talked her.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent two hours together in the cottage, then he told her he would introduce her to a new friend.
• Xiao Yan brought Qing Lin out of his space, and Xiao Yi Xian called him a beast.

Xiao Yan explained that Qing Lin was an orphan he had rescued and asked Xiao Yi Xian to look after her. Xiao Yi Xian shared the story of her own father, and the chapter ended with her realizing Xiao Yan had gathered three Heavenly Flames that could help control her Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Yan explained to Xiao Yi Xian that he had rescued Qing Lin from people bullying her in the desert.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Qing Lin and revealed that her mother died when she was born and her father raised her until he died when she was sixteen.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian to let Qing Lin stay with her while he was away, and he reassured Qing Lin that he regarded her as a little sister.
• Xiao Yan reminded Xiao Yi Xian of the Secret Art for controlling the Woeful Poison Body, and she realized he had gathered three kinds of Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame and spent a month fusing it while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin grew closer. He returned to the cottage flushed and focused on Xiao Yi Xian, sending Qing Lin to her room.

• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Yi Xian his yin-yang saint flame and myriad beast spirit flame, then told her he would refine another heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Wen to release the Green Lotus Core Flame and swallowed it to begin refining it.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin sensed the flame’s heat spreading through the basin and realized how powerful Xiao Yan was.
• Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame in three days, then began the longer process of fusing it.
• During the following month, Xiao Yi Xian taught Qing Lin about herbs, and the two became like sisters.
• Xiao Yan returned to the cottage flushed and told Qing Lin to go to her room while keeping his gaze on Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python companion amethyst source and demon saint essence blood, triggering her transformation back into Medusa. Medusa learned of the Snake-People Tribe Ancestor’s support for their marriage, but challenged Xiao Yan to defeat her before she would accept him; she turned back into the snake before their confrontation could begin.

• Xiao Yan gave the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python companion amethyst source and demon saint essence blood, and she fell asleep after consuming them.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python transformed into Medusa in Xiao Yan’s arms, and he covered her with a robe after she rebuked him.
• Medusa said the Snake-People Tribe Ancestor had told her about Xiao Yan and that marrying him made sense, but she refused to follow a weakling.
• Medusa challenged Xiao Yan to defeat her, then learned he had advanced to Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan predicted he would reach Five-Star Dou Zong, and Medusa turned back into the Seven-Colored Little Snake.

While Xiao Yan continued devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin shared dinner and teased each other. Three days later, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a Five-Star Dou Zong, his overwhelming aura shaking the Basin and nearby forests.

• Xiao Yan resumed devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame and felt his aura surge as its energy fueled his cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered from her exhaustion and prepared dinner with Qing Lin, who teased her about her time with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin ate together, and Xiao Yi Xian jokingly threatened to have Xiao Yan make Qing Lin try what she and Xiao Yan had eaten.
• Xiao Yan's aura erupted across the Basin and surrounding forests, frightening the magical beasts and Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan's secluded hill shattered, and he emerged into the sky as a Five-Star Dou Zong.

After consuming the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan reached Five-Star Dou Zong and prepared to return to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. He arrived to find the city and Flame Alliance growing rapidly, then entered the Xiao Residence and saw Xiao Li beating Xiao Feng.

• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose to Five-Star Dou Zong, his Flame Mantra advanced to intermediate Earth tier, and his Crimson Refining Flame Demon Body reached five revolutions.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he was returning to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and invited her to come with him; she agreed after he promised to help Little Blue evolve.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Little Blue to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital in two hours.
• Xiao Yan saw that Ya Fei and Yao Ye had expanded the city and established more exchange stations for the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan entered the Xiao Residence and found Xiao Li beating Xiao Feng.

Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, where Xiao Li was punishing Xiao Feng for nearly killing the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub. Xiao Yan spanked Hun Xin for urging Xiao Feng to catch the cub, but Ya Fei intervened and asked who Xiao Yi Xian was.

• Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then accepted Qing Lin as his younger sister and greeted Xiao Yi Xian as his sister-in-law.
• Xiao Li explained that Xiao Feng and his group had tried to capture the young Amethyst Winged Lion King to make braised lion's head, and Xiao Yan agreed Xiao Feng deserved punishment.
• Xiao Feng claimed he had caught the cub for Xiao Yan's disciple, Hun Xin, and Xiao Yan vowed to punish her too.
• Hun Xin rushed to Xiao Yan, who spanked her until she cried and asked what she had done wrong.
• Ya Fei took Hun Xin from Xiao Yan, noticed Xiao Yi Xian, and asked who the young lady was.

Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Yan’s household and met his influential partners, including the Misty Cloud Sect’s Yun Yun and the Empire’s eldest princess, Jia Yao Ye. Though the women welcomed her, she felt overwhelmed by their status and ended the evening asking Xiao Yan to take her back to Qingshan Town.

• Xiao Yi Xian met Ya Fei, who welcomed her into the household and offered to introduce her to the other women.
• Ya Fei arranged a courtyard for Xiao Yi Xian and secured her a plot for an herb field below the Misty Cloud Sect.
• At dinner, Yun Yun, Jia Yao Ye, and Nalan Yanran introduced themselves to Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Lin joined the gathering.
• Xiao Yi Xian felt out of place among Xiao Yan’s powerful partners, then asked him to take her back to Qingshan Town.