Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions encountered awakened magical beast skeletons and the ancient Seven-Colored Demon Saint's daughter, Medusa, who questioned their purpose and the Xiao Clan's status. Xiao Wu revealed that the Xiao Clan had produced a Dou Di a thousand years earlier, and Medusa rejected the claim as impossible.

• Xiao Wu shielded Xiao Yan as magical beast skeletons awakened, and the giant python skeleton began to move.
• Wen and Wu, the Two Saints, prepared to fight as another Half-Saint aura emerged from the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's skull and an old woman appeared.
• You Mo recognized the old woman as Medusa, the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's daughter, and she accused his grandfather of fleeing during an ancient calamity.
• Medusa warned Wen and Wu that humans could not cultivate her father's inheritance, then learned Xiao Yan was the Xiao Clan's Emperor's Son.
• Xiao Yan identified himself as a member of the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Wu declared that the clan had produced a Dou Di a thousand years earlier.
• Medusa called Xiao Wu's claim impossible, arguing that another Dou Di could not have appeared on the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Yan learned that the First-Generation Medusa guarded the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan’s inheritance and asked him to protect the current Queen Medusa. She revealed that the clan’s ancient enemies included the Tunling Clan, which Xiao Yan said the Hun Clan had destroyed over a thousand years ago.

• Xiao Yan asked the First-Generation Medusa why no one could become a Dou Di, and she warned that deeper secrets were only for those with far greater strength.
• The First-Generation Medusa revealed that she was the Snake-People Tribe’s ancestor and offered Xiao Yan a deal: shelter the current Medusa until she grew strong enough to restore her people.
• She explained that she had been bound to the ancient city as its last guardian after her father hid the clan’s inheritance to protect it from their surviving enemies.
• The First-Generation Medusa named the Fallen Heavenly Phoenix clan and the Tunling Clan as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan’s enemies.
• Xiao Yan told her that the Hun Clan had wiped out the Tunling Clan over a thousand years earlier.

Xiao Yan negotiated with First-Generation Medusa for the Snake-People Tribe’s protection and received the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, while learning that the Demon Emperor’s ruins held secrets about the ancient Dou Di’s disappearance. As a group of powerful auras gathered outside the Ancient City, Xiao Yan prepared to deal with them.

• Xiao Yan told First-Generation Medusa that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Tunling Clan and that the Xiao Clan had later destroyed the Hun Clan.
• First-Generation Medusa offered Xiao Yan access to the Demon Emperor’s ruins and presented him with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked First-Generation Medusa to give him this generation’s Queen Medusa as well, and she left it to him to win her over.
• First-Generation Medusa said Xiao Yan should refine the flame and later use it to purify Medusa’s bloodline after her evolution.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame as powerful auras gathered outside the Ancient City, including one belonging to a Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu waited outside the Ancient City, where Xiao Wu subdued an eighth-rank magical beast that tried to claim the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's Inheritance. Queen Medusa arrived with Yue Mei and the others, and Xiao Yan invited them inside.

• An eighth-rank earth-yellow giant snake demanded the inheritance and drove away the weaker figures gathered outside the Ancient City.
• Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Wu to capture the giant snake, who begged for mercy after Xiao Wu sealed the space and seized him.
• Xiao Yan kept the captive snake alive while they waited for Queen Medusa to arrive.
• Queen Medusa approached with Yue Mei and two others, and they saw Xiao Wu's enormous energy hand holding the giant snake.
• Xiao Yan laughed from inside the Ancient City and told the wary Queen Medusa and her companions to come in.

Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe women inside the Ancient City and offered to lead them to their ancestor’s inheritance. They reached the First-Generation Queen Medusa, who had waited atop a sea of bones.

• Xiao Yan introduced himself to Queen Medusa and offered the Snake-People Tribe the inheritance left by their ancestor.
• Medusa questioned his motives, and Xiao Yan insisted she call him “hubby” and said the First-Generation Queen Medusa had already given him his desired reward.
• Xiao Yan ordered Elder Wu to dispel the enormous hand and made the Dust-Sand Ancient Snake guard the entrance while he went into seclusion.
• Xiao Yan led Medusa, Yue Mei, Hua She'er, and the old woman through the Ancient City toward their ancestor.
• The group’s bloodline summons intensified until they saw the aged First-Generation Queen Medusa standing atop a sea of white bones.

First-Generation Medusa revealed why she had sealed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline and invited Medusa and Xiao Yan into the inheritance space. She began explaining the clan’s history, leaving the full story of the White Bone Battle Formation yet to come.

• First-Generation Medusa welcomed Medusa and the three Snake-People women, then revealed that she had sealed the tribe’s bloodline and caused its decline.
• First-Generation Medusa opened the Seven-Colored Demon Saint’s hidden Dou Sheng Space and invited Medusa and Xiao Yan inside, while the other women received drops of seven-colored blood.
• Xiao Wen cautioned Xiao Yan to be careful, and Xiao Yan entered the inheritance space alongside Medusa.
• First-Generation Medusa showed Medusa the blood lake and explained that it could strengthen her bloodline until she reached the Dou Zun realm.
• First-Generation Medusa recounted how she sealed the clan’s bloodline to protect the Snake-People Tribe from their enemies, and Xiao Yan was surprised to hear of the White Bone Battle Formation.

Xiao Yan explained that the First-Generation Medusa had become the spirit of the White Bone Battle Formation and learned that fallen races served a sinister source. Medusa began evolving with Demon Saint True Blood, while Xiao Yan was told to refine the myriad beast spirit flame as her transformation continued.

• Xiao Yan explained the White Bone Battle Formation and realized the First-Generation Medusa had sacrificed herself to become its spirit.
• The First-Generation Medusa warned Xiao Yan and Medusa about fallen races and urged Medusa to accept her people's inheritance.
• The First-Generation Medusa gave Medusa a drop of Demon Saint True Blood, beginning her evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Medusa endured severe pain as her body changed, and the First-Generation Medusa repeatedly stopped Xiao Yan from staring at her.
• The First-Generation Medusa told Xiao Yan to refine the myriad beast spirit flame, and a massive purple serpent appeared amid Medusa's seven-colored radiance.

Queen Medusa endured the painful first stage of her Seven-Colored Transformation to Sainthood, forming a cocoon while Xiao Yan began refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. The two transformations continued side by side as the First-Generation Medusa watched and hoped they would face the world’s coming calamity together.

• The First-Generation Medusa urged Queen Medusa to activate the Seven-Colored Transformation to Sainthood Art as her body split open and bled.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan’s enemies and vowed to wipe out the surviving Fallen Clans after reaching Dou Sheng.
• Queen Medusa’s blood turned seven-colored and hardened into a cocoon, marking the completion of her initial transformation.
• Xiao Yan used the First-Generation Medusa’s help to subdue the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and began refining it.
• The First-Generation Medusa watched Queen Medusa’s cocoon and Xiao Yan as both underwent transformations in the city-sized space.

Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and began fusing it with the Yin-Yang Saint Flame. After a month of careful cultivation, the flames showed signs of merging inside his Dou Qi vortex.

• Xiao Yan used the Yin-Yang Saint Flame and his soul power to suppress the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and erase its consciousness.
• Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in six days and produced a seven-colored flame at his fingertip.
• Xiao Yan began fusing the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame with the Yin-Yang Saint Flame, using Flame Mantra Dou Qi to control their violent clash.
• After seven days, the flames began churning together, and Xiao Yan continued guiding them as he cultivated for a month.
• Xiao Yan saw two black-and-white fish bearing seven-colored scales swimming in his Dou Qi vortex.

Xiao Yan struggled to contain the wicked fire of lust while waiting for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to hatch, then broke through to Dou Zong. The chapter left him and the First Ancestor facing black clouds and silver lightning gathering overhead.

• Xiao Yan felt the wicked fire of lust rise within him and stayed near the seven-colored cocoon at the First Ancestor's warning.
• Xiao Yan went behind a boulder for two hours, then emerged refreshed and remorseful.
• Xiao Yan sensed an imminent breakthrough and shattered his Dou Qi sea, advancing to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan's fire dragons refined the surrounding energy, and he replenished his Qi sea within half a day.
• Xiao Yan and the First Ancestor watched black clouds and silver lightning gather in the sky.

Xiao Yan watched Medusa undergo her lightning tribulation and emerge as a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python before the First Generation restored her human form. After Xiao Yan’s teasing embarrassed Medusa, the First Generation sent him away so she could speak privately with her descendant.

• Xiao Yan watched as a lightning bolt struck Medusa’s cocoon, and the First Generation confirmed that her evolution had succeeded.
• Xiao Yan found Medusa transformed into a tiny snake and fed her companion amethyst source.
• The First Generation sent seven-colored light into the little snake, restoring Medusa to her human form.
• Medusa struck at Xiao Yan, but her weakened blow sent her tumbling into his embrace, where he teased her.
• The First Generation dressed Medusa in a seven-colored gown and expelled Xiao Yan from the space so she could speak with Medusa privately.

First Generation warned Medusa that the Fallen Races would target her and urged her to rely on Xiao Yan and the powerful Xiao Clan for protection and help refining her bloodline, while leaving the choice to her. Outside the Demon Saint's space, Xiao Yan found a Dou Sheng waiting in the Ancient City after the Snake-People experts had grown stronger and the Dust-Sand Ancient Snake had been badly wounded.

• First Generation told Medusa that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan's return would draw the Fallen Races, who could threaten both her and the Snake-People Tribe.
• First Generation revealed that Xiao Yan's Xiao Clan was the only family with a Dou Di and said he could protect Medusa and help refine her bloodline.
• Medusa questioned First Generation's advice to get involved with Xiao Yan, then lamented that accepting the Demon Saint Inheritance had left her without a real choice.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Ancient City and noticed the Snake-People experts' breakthroughs, the Dust-Sand Ancient Snake's severe wounds, and the grave expressions of Wen and Wu.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Purple-Robed Youth before him as a Dou Sheng Expert.

Xiao Yan refused Ziran’s offer to surrender the Demon Saint Inheritance, and First-Generation Medusa entrusted him with the sleeping Seven-Colored Little Snake. Ziran revealed his betrayal of the Seven-Colored Tribe and prepared to fight, but Caiyu confronted him as a skeletal python.

• Ziran demanded that Xiao Wen and Wu leave, but they deferred to Xiao Yan, prompting Ziran to ask about his clan.
• Xiao Yan identified himself as belonging to the Xiao Clan of the Central Plains and refused Ziran’s offer of a Heaven-tier Dou Technique and three eighth-rank magic cores.
• First-Generation Medusa gave Xiao Yan the sleeping Seven-Colored Little Snake and recognized Ziran as her former fellow disciple.
• Caiyu accused Ziran of betraying his master and abandoning the Seven-Colored Tribe, while Ziran defended his choice to survive and gain power.
• Ziran transformed into a Purple Heavenly Demon Python and threatened Xiao Yan, but Caiyu answered him by appearing as a towering skeletal python.

Ziran attacked the Ancient City, but Caiyu used the skeletal python and the Seven-Colored Tribe’s techniques to wound him. When Ziran withdrew to drag out the fight, Xiao Yan ordered Elder Wen to call in backup.

• Ziran struck at the Ancient City, and Wen and Wu shielded Xiao Yan while Caiyu met the blow with the skeletal python’s tail.
• Caiyu revealed that her father had withheld some of his teachings from Ziran, who then unleashed the Seven-Colored Saint-Slaying Light.
• Caiyu countered with a brighter crescent that destroyed a third of the Ancient City and left a deep wound across Ziran’s body.
• Ziran transformed into a purple-robed young man and vanished into the surrounding space, hoping to outlast Caiyu.
• Xiao Yan turned to Xiao Wen and told Elder Wen to call in backup.

Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Shaobei’s support against a Dou Sheng, then began devouring the newly named Yin-Yang Saint Spirit Flame. After seven days of cultivation, a group of powerful figures arrived near the Ancient City as Xiao Yan opened his eyes.

• Xiao Yan used Xiao Wen’s Jade Talisman to contact Xiao Shaobei and persuaded him to send experts after hearing that a One-Star Dou Sheng had threatened him.
• Xiao Shaobei asked whether Xiao Yan had found a female descendant of the Seven-Colored Tribe, then teased him about his romantic prospects and promised a new trial when he reached Dou Zun.
• The First Generation Medusa revealed that helping Xiao Yan had depleted her vital energy and lifespan, and hoped to see the Sky-Swallowing Python Clan rise again.
• Xiao Yan named his merged Heavenly Flame the Yin-Yang Saint Spirit Flame and began devouring it while Wen and Wu guarded him.
• After seven days of Xiao Yan’s secluded cultivation, more than a dozen powerful figures appeared near the Ancient City, and Xiao Yan opened his eyes.

After Xiao Yan advanced to Three-Star Dou Zong and strengthened his Flame Mantra and physique, First Generation appointed him the Snake-People Tribe’s new protector. The Golden Twelve Saints arrived in the Ancient City, including Xiao Yan’s grandfather Xiao Lin.

• Xiao Yan reached Three-Star Dou Zong, evolved his Flame Mantra to Early Earth Tier, and raised his Crimson Refining Flame Demon Body another level.
• First Generation named Xiao Yan the Snake-People Tribe’s new protector and placed the current Medusa under his protection.
• First Generation suggested Yue Mei and Hua She'er serve as the queen’s bedchamber maids if she married Xiao Yan, and both women agreed they would be honored to accompany her.
• Twelve Dou Sheng Experts appeared in the Ancient City, and Xiao Lin greeted Xiao Yan as his grandson.
• Wen and Wu recognized the twelve experts as the Golden Twelve Saints, while Xiao Yan praised the clan leader’s generous move.

After Ziran tried to kill Xiao Yan over an inheritance, Xiao Yan summoned the Xiao Clan’s Golden Twelve Saints to hunt him across the Northwest Continent. Their search terrified the region and disturbed a Seven-Star Dou Saint, the Black God Xuanwu, who let them continue after learning they belonged to the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Lin and eleven other young Dou Sheng arrived after Xiao Yan called for help, and Xiao Yan showed them Ziran’s image and explained that he had tried to kill him.
• The Golden Twelve Saints praised Xiao Yan’s talent and agreed to search for Ziran, while Xiao Lin vowed to punish the offender who had harmed his grandson.
• The twelve Dou Sheng spread across the Northwest Continent, unleashing their auras and frightening its sects, empires, and Dou Zun experts.
• The search disturbed the sleeping Seven-Star Dou Saint Black God Xuanwu, who recognized the Xiao Clan’s connection to a Dou Di and allowed the search to continue.

The Golden Twelve Saints tracked down Ziran and captured him after three Dou Sheng Experts defeated and sealed him. Back in the Ancient City, Xiao Yan perfected his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and confronted the bound Ziran.

• A childlike Two-Star Dou Sheng found Ziran relaxing in a forest and attacked him after revealing that Xiao Yan had sent him.
• Ziran escaped the first battle, but a Three-Star Dou Sheng intercepted and wounded him before he fled again.
• A Five-Star Dou Sheng caught Ziran, sealed his cultivation, and reported that the net had been drawn in.
• Xiao Yan combined two heavenly flames to create and test a powerful Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• The Golden Twelve Saints returned to the Ancient City with Ziran, and Xiao Yan slapped him while taunting him about his fighting ability.

Xiao Yan had Ziran executed after Caiyu revealed that he had betrayed and devoured his former masters. Afterward, Xiao Lin learned that Xiao Yan had settled matters with the Nalan Family and planned to visit Nalan Jie, while Xiao Yan hinted that he might have several granddaughters-in-law there.

• Xiao Yan mocked the captured Ziran and ordered the Golden Twelve Saints to kill him.
• Caiyu told Xiao Yan that Ziran had devoured a former master and betrayed her father, confirming Xiao Yan’s decision to execute him.
• A Three-Star Dou Sheng beheaded Ziran, and the Golden Twelve Saints divided his remains after Xiao Yan gave them permission to take what they wanted.
• Xiao Lin asked how Xiao Yan’s dealings with the Nalan Family had gone, and Xiao Yan said Nalan Xueyin could become his concubine after their engagement was broken.
• Xiao Yan assured Xiao Lin that Nalan Xueyin had agreed willingly, then told him to bring extra gifts because he might have several granddaughters-in-law to meet.

Xiao Yan refined the Purple Heavenly Demon Python’s blood and gave drops to Yue Mei and two others, then refused Yue Mei when she offered to attend to him. Yue Mei returned to camp, where Hua She’er and the Old Woman rebuked her for approaching Xiao Yan before the queen.

• Xiao Lin parted from the Golden Twelve Saints and flew toward the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to visit an old acquaintance.
• Xiao Yan spent the night refining the Purple Heavenly Demon Python’s blood with his Yin-Yang Saint Spirit Flame and medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan gave Yue Mei and two others a drop of the refined blood, which could help them break through.
• Yue Mei offered to attend to Xiao Yan, but he declined and told her to return to the Snake-People Tribe after refining the blood essence.
• Hua She’er accused Yue Mei of shamelessly trying to seduce Xiao Yan before the queen, and the Old Woman agreed that Yue Mei was in the wrong.