Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan refined three earth fire lotus seeds, strengthening her cultivation and evolving the Flame Mantra before setting out for the Tagor Desert. Near its central region, she faced the challenge of crossing one of the Snake-People’s guarded tribes to reach Queen Medusa’s holy city, while the Apothecary refused to help unless Xiao Yan encountered a heavenly flame or faced mortal danger.

• Xiao Yan refined three earth fire lotus seeds, transforming her Dou Crystal, Amethyst Wings, and meridians before merging the green flames with her beast flame.
• Xiao Yan advanced to the peak of Seven-Star Great Dou Master, and her Flame Mantra evolved from Profound Tier Low Grade to Black Tier Middle Grade.
• Xiao Yan tested her new strength by punching a stone wall, and the Apothecary said she could challenge weaker Nine-Star Great Dou Masters or possibly a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan traveled for nearly half a month through the Tagor Desert, following a map toward the Snake-People Empire’s central region.
• Xiao Yan realized she would have to cross one of the Eight Great Tribes to reach Queen Medusa, but the Apothecary left her to figure out how to infiltrate it herself.

Xiao Yan disguised herself as a stranded young Alchemist and surrendered to Yue Mei, using her pills to secure safe passage through the Snake-People Tribe's territory. Yue Mei took her toward her city, bringing Xiao Yan closer to Queen Medusa and the Apothecary’s intervention.

• Xiao Yan decided to pose as a talented Alchemist so the Snake-People would capture her and take her to Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yan approached Yue Mei’s pool, pretended to be frightened, and offered her pills to avoid being killed.
• Yue Mei recognized the pills as third-grade and questioned Xiao Yan, who claimed she was eighteen and had become lost while gathering herbs.
• Yue Mei ordered her guards to dress and escort Xiao Yan, then carried her onto a Desert Giant Python mount.
• The Apothecary watched Xiao Yan’s scheme unfold and threatened to spank her, while Xiao Yan anticipated meeting Queen Medusa soon.
• After nearly an hour of travel, Xiao Yan saw a city comparable in size to Stone Desert City.

Xiao Yan reached the Snake-People Tribe Temple after Yue Mei discovered she was a third-tier Alchemist, hoping to meet Queen Medusa and pursue a Heavenly Flame. With Medusa in seclusion, a human attack alarm sounded, and Yue Mei suspected Xiao Yan had led the attackers into the desert.

• Yue Mei brought Xiao Yan into her city, where Xiao Yan observed the Snake-People while Yue Mei teased her and assumed she was frightened.
• After testing Xiao Yan's Alchemy, Yue Mei took her by air to the Snake-People Tribe Temple, shielding her from the wind.
• Yue Mei introduced Xiao Yan as a third-tier Alchemist to Hua She'er and slapped her backside, prompting Xiao Yan to complain privately to the Apothecary.
• Hua She'er said Queen Medusa was in seclusion and promised to report Xiao Yan's arrival to her.
• An alarm announced that humans were attacking, and Yue Mei coiled Xiao Yan in front of herself and accused her of leading the humans into the desert.

Yue Mei suspected Xiao Yan had led the human invaders to the Charming Snake Tribe, but left her alive and had her imprisoned while she confronted Pill King Gu He. Xiao Yan escaped and reached the standoff, where she saw Queen Medusa appear.

• Yue Mei knocked Xiao Yan unconscious with venom and ordered a Snake-Woman to guard her while she and Hua She'er went to the city walls.
• Hua She'er challenged the invading humans, and Pill King Gu He introduced himself to the Snake-People.
• Xiao Yan asked Apothecary to intervene, but Apothecary refused because Xiao Yan was not yet in danger and had not encountered Medusa or the heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan knocked out her guard and sneaked toward the city walls, hoping to find Medusa and locate the green lotus core flame.
• Xiao Yan saw Gu He's group facing Yue Mei and Hua She'er, then spotted Queen Medusa standing above them.

Gu He failed to persuade Queen Medusa to trade away the heavenly flames, while Yun Yun exposed that the queen was only an energy clone preparing for evolution. Yun Yun urged Gu He to seize the opportunity and search for the flames as the Snake-People moved to stop them.

• Gu He offered Queen Medusa two Dou Ling Pills and a Transformation Pill for the heavenly flames, but she refused.
• Xiao Yan realized Queen Medusa might be stalling, and Apothecary confirmed that the queen was only an energy phantom.
• Xiao Yan left her hiding place to search for Queen Medusa's real body.
• Yun Yun exposed the energy clone and struck it, causing it to dissolve into purple mist.
• Yue Mei and Hua She'er attacked Yun Yun, while Yan Shi and Feng Li intercepted them.
• Yun Yun told Gu He to find the heavenly flames while Queen Medusa was occupied with her evolution and other Snake-People had yet to arrive.

As chaos erupted in the Snake-People Holy City, Xiao Yan and Apothecary reached Queen Medusa’s bedchamber and realized Medusa might be using the heavenly flame to lure Gu He into a trap. When Medusa attacked Gu He, Xiao Yan set out to intervene, leaving Gu He’s fate unresolved.

• Yun Yun held off Snake-People reinforcements while the other fighters clashed around the Holy City.
• Xiao Yan and Apothecary avoided Gu He and entered Medusa’s bedchamber, where they sensed the heavenly flame and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yan deduced that Medusa had delayed her evolution to lure Gu He in and capture him for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan told Apothecary they would intervene if Medusa captured Gu He, but loot his belongings if she killed him.
• Gu He entered the bedchamber with his companions, and Medusa soon unleashed her powerful aura after the two Dou Lings disappeared.
• Xiao Yan told Apothecary to move, then vanished from the spot.

Queen Medusa defeated Gu He and nearly trapped Yun Yun and her companions, but Xiao Yan intervened and sent them away. Xiao Yan then offered Medusa two choices: surrender the heavenly flames or join her faction in exchange for help with her evolution.

• Queen Medusa used the Snake Seal Curse on Gu He, took his Storage Ring, and brought him outside to face Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li.
• Xiao Yan appeared as a masked Dou Zong and let Yun Yun's group leave with the weakened Gu He.
• After Yun Yun's group departed, Xiao Yan revealed herself as a young girl and demanded the Snake-People Tribe's heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan broke the eight Dou Wang's formation with her soul power and warned Medusa that she had powerful backing.
• Xiao Yan offered Medusa the heavenly flames in exchange for either ending their dealings or joining her faction, promising to guarantee Medusa's evolution if she joined.

Xiao Yan persuaded Queen Medusa to consider joining her in exchange for help evolving with the heavenly flame. Medusa weighed the offer as a way to strengthen herself and improve her tribe’s prospects, then tentatively proposed their terms.

• Queen Medusa considered the danger Gu He posed and the Snake-People Tribe’s future if she failed to evolve.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Medusa evolve in exchange for her occasional service and argued that joining her would protect the tribe from human hostility.
• Medusa questioned whether Xiao Yan intended to control the Snake-People, and Xiao Yan said she was interested in Medusa’s potential rather than the tribe.
• Medusa concluded that joining a powerful faction could benefit her people while allowing them to govern themselves.
• Medusa asked whether the Snake-People Tribe’s enmity with humans bothered Xiao Yan, then tentatively offered to join and serve after reaching Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan secured Queen Medusa’s cooperation by promising to help her evolve and handed over several pills from Gu He’s Storage Ring. Medusa led Xiao Yan to the heavenly flame, where preparations for her evolution had been made.

• Queen Medusa agreed to join Xiao Yan and help her after breaking through to Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan introduced herself as Alliance Leader Xiao.
• Medusa gave Xiao Yan Gu He’s Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan kept its valuable contents while gifting Medusa two Dou Ling Pills and a Transformation Pill.
• Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe to keep in check while she prepared to enter seclusion, then offered to show Xiao Yan the heavenly flame.
• The Apothecary questioned Xiao Yan’s motives for bringing the Snake-People Tribe under her control, and Xiao Yan’s flustered replies led the Apothecary to suspect she liked Medusa.
• Medusa guided Xiao Yan through the Temple’s poisonous lake and flight restriction to an island, where an azure flame rose from a lotus pedestal in a pool of ice spirit cold spring.

Xiao Yan retrieved the green lotus core flame and prepared to help Queen Medusa evolve using Apothecary’s bone spirit cold flame. Medusa agreed to begin the dangerous process after Xiao Yan explained why the bone spirit cold flame suited her better.

• Xiao Yan took the green lotus core flame from its crystal lotus seat and gave Queen Medusa an earth fire lotus seed.
• Xiao Yan stored the green lotus core flame in an empty Storage Ring after Apothecary warned it would destroy anything else inside.
• Xiao Yan revealed that she already possessed the bone spirit cold flame, prompting Queen Medusa to realize Xiao Yan had another heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan explained that the bone spirit cold flame could improve Medusa’s chances of purging her cold, yin bloodline and awakening her ancient bloodline.
• Queen Medusa agreed to evolve and told Xiao Yan not to stop until her old body had burned to ashes.
• Queen Medusa began undoing her robe as the evolution was about to start.

Queen Medusa endured the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as she underwent a dangerous bloodline evolution, and a storm of lightning marked her transformation’s completion. Her ravaged serpent body vanished beneath a lightning strike as a powerful aura spread through the Temple.

• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple serpent and plunged into the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Apothecary added more flame to engulf her completely.
• Queen Medusa’s scales and flesh burned away as she screamed through nearly half an hour of agony, and her body shrank until it barely moved.
• Apothecary withdrew the flame and told Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa was still alive.
• Dark clouds and thunder gathered over the Snake-People Holy City, and Yue Mei, Hua She'er, and the other senior members concluded that Queen Medusa had evolved successfully.
• A bolt of silver lightning struck Queen Medusa’s bedchamber and reduced her ravaged body to ash, while a terrifying aura spread through the Temple.

Queen Medusa completed her evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and asked Xiao Yan to provide pills while she recovered. Xiao Yan agreed to study her condition and left the Temple to rest.

• After Queen Medusa evolved, the Snake-People spread word of her breakthrough and began preparing to leave the desert.
• Queen Medusa called Xiao Yan back and asked her to refine healing medicine.
• Xiao Yan tried to examine Queen Medusa's pulse but could not find it, prompting Medusa to tease her.
• Queen Medusa said she had become a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with the strength of a One-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan agreed to receive the pill formulas and herbs, then left to recover from using the heavenly flame.

Xiao Yan settled into the Snake-People palace and discussed her personal affairs with Apothecary before Queen Medusa arrived with pill recipes. Xiao Yan arranged for the Snake-People Tribe to relocate into the Jia Ma Empire, with the Misty Cloud Sect paying the costs.

• Hua She'er escorted Xiao Yan to a palace and assigned maids to attend her.
• Apothecary asked Xiao Yan about her feelings, then told her to decide her own affairs.
• Queen Medusa brought Xiao Yan pill recipes and herbs to help stabilize her cultivation.
• Xiao Yan said she would make the pills when she could, since she was not yet able to refine the required high-rank pills.
• Xiao Yan told Queen Medusa to prepare the Snake-People Tribe's relocation, use Gu He to approach the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and make the Misty Cloud Sect cover the costs.

Xiao Yan refined Queen Medusa’s seven-colored beast flame, advancing the Flame Mantra and her cultivation, then decided to refine the green lotus core flame immediately despite Apothecary’s warnings. The chapter ended as Apothecary agreed to help her face the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan asked Queen Medusa about the Fragmentary Map connected to a Heavenly Flame and learned she had only seen one piece held by Hai Bodong.
• Queen Medusa gave Xiao Yan a wisp of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s beast flame and offered her the unused ice spirit cold spring.
• After Queen Medusa left, Apothecary formed a Soul Power Barrier, and Xiao Yan refined the seven-colored flame in the cold spring pool.
• The seven-colored flame fused with the Azure Flame, raising the Flame Mantra to mystic rank high grade and Xiao Yan’s cultivation to Nine-Star Great Dou Master.
• Apothecary urged Xiao Yan to wait until she reached Dou Ling before refining the green lotus core flame, but Xiao Yan insisted on doing it that day.
• Apothecary accepted Xiao Yan’s decision and prepared to help her face the green lotus core flame.

Xiao Yan attempted to refine the green lotus core flame, but the Flame Mantra and her other flames triggered its evolution as it consumed her energy. She survived, broke through to One-Star Dou Ling, and discovered she had merged the heavenly flame into her origin without needing a Naling.

• Apothecary explained that Xiao Yan would normally need a Naling to contain a heavenly flame, and Xiao Yan prepared her protective measures before grasping the green lotus core flame.
• Xiao Yan weakened the flame seed in the ice spirit cold spring, swallowed it, and guided it through her meridians with the Flame Mantra.
• The flame seed damaged Xiao Yan's meridians as the Earth Spirit Pill's protection faded, but the Amethyst Lionheart Pill's dormant power repeatedly healed and strengthened her.
• When the flame seed began consuming Xiao Yan's dou qi, she fed it earth fire lotus seeds and restrained it with her soul power, causing the flame to evolve and her own strength to rise.
• After Xiao Yan swallowed seven earth fire lotus seeds, she broke through to One-Star Dou Ling and summoned an azure lotus from within herself.
• Apothecary examined the lotus and concluded that Xiao Yan had merged the green lotus core flame into her origin.

Xiao Yan discovered that the green lotus core flame had fused with her essence, then evolved the Flame Mantra and consolidated her new Dou Ling cultivation. After Apothecary finished refining pills for Medusa, Xiao Yan invited Medusa to accompany her to the Misty Cloud Sect to discuss cooperation.

• Apothecary realized the green lotus core flame had fused with Xiao Yan’s essence, and Xiao Yan explained how the flame evolved after she failed to refine it.
• Apothecary advised Xiao Yan to let the fusion take its course, avoid using the Naling, and watch for problems with future heavenly flame refinements.
• Xiao Yan evolved the Flame Mantra into an Earth Tier Low Grade cultivation method and spent several days consolidating her breakthrough to Dou Ling.
• Apothecary refined the herbs Queen Medusa had sent into fifth- and sixth-grade pills, keeping the surplus.
• Xiao Yan gave Medusa the pills and invited her to accompany her to the Misty Cloud Sect for a discussion about cooperation.