Recaps

Chen Xuan led Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, and Gu He into the Tagor Desert to retrieve the green lotus core flame, revealing that Hai Bodong’s remnant map pointed to the powerful Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. He unleashed a Heaven-Rank Dou Technique over the desert and struck the sands, leaving the Heavenly Flame’s location disturbed but not yet revealed.

• Chen Xuan told Hai Bodong that they were going to retrieve the Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert and asked him for the remnant map he had stolen.
• Hai Bodong returned the map, and Chen Xuan identified it as one of four remnant maps to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, another powerful Heavenly Flame.
• Chen Xuan, Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, and Gu He flew from Mo City into the Tagor Desert and reached the Heavenly Flame’s location the following day.
• Four high-level Dou Ling from the Snake-People Tribe appeared and greeted Chen Xuan as he sensed the flame beneath the desert.
• Chen Xuan used the Heaven-Rank Heavenly Dao Halberd Technique—Heaven Devourer, darkening the sky and sending a powerful strike into the sands.

Chen Xuan’s attack opened a chasm into a vast Magma World, where he and his companions found the Green Lotus Core Flame and a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring. The group discovered the unexpected treasures beneath the desert, leaving Chen Xuan with both prizes in sight.

• Chen Xuan’s strike made the desert vanish into a massive chasm, and Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, Gu He, and the others retreated into the air.
• Chen Xuan led the group down the chasm, where they emerged into an enormous world of magma.
• Chen Xuan identified the Green Lotus Core Flame at the center of the Magma World, and Gu He recognized it as a Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong spotted an icy pool near the flame, and Gu He identified it as a plentiful supply of Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Chen Xuan realized the spring was where Queen Medusa had obtained her supply and considered the discovery an unexpected windfall.

Chen Xuan swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame despite warnings that his Snake-People Tribe constitution made the process dangerous. After a fierce struggle aided by the ice spirit cold spring and the Meteor Tear, he opened his eyes with a terrifying aura, leaving Hai Bodong, Gu He, Yue Mei, and the others stunned.

• Gu He warned Chen Xuan that devouring a heavenly flame could be deadly for the Snake-People Tribe, but Chen Xuan said he was confident and told Hai Bodong to guard the area.
• Chen Xuan appeared beside the Green Lotus Core Flame and reassured Queen Medusa before swallowing the Blood Lotus Pill, the Naling, and the ice spirit cold spring.
• Chen Xuan transformed into Queen Medusa's Purple Nether Flame Snake form, swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame, and plunged into the cold spring.
• The heavenly flame scorched Chen Xuan from within as the cold spring cooled his body, while blue energy from the Meteor Tear rapidly healed his injuries.
• Chen Xuan used his soul power to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, gradually weakening it until he opened his eyes and released a powerful aura that shook the Magma World.

Chen Xuan refined the green lotus core flame and broke through to Dou Zong, while Queen Medusa evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. As they prepared to leave the Underground Magma World, a strange creature emerged from the green lotus root and appeared before Chen Xuan.

• Chen Xuan stopped the raging magma, revealed the green lotus core flame, and confirmed he had broken through to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa announced that her bloodline had evolved into that of a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, allowing her to advance beyond her former limits.
• Chen Xuan collected the Green Lotus Platform but chose to leave its root behind, hoping it might nurture another green lotus core flame.
• A strange burst of soul power shot from Chen Xuan toward the green lotus root, and Hai Bodong attacked it with an ice dragon before Chen Xuan stopped him.
• The Strange Creature appeared before Chen Xuan as a tiny snake silhouette and angrily chirped at Hai Bodong.

Chen Xuan learned how the Purple Nether Flame Snake had revived as an independent soul and let it consume the Green Lotus Foundation to regain strength. The snake revealed Dou Emperor-level power before returning to Chen Xuan’s Storage Ring, and he resolved to help it regain a physical body.

• Queen Medusa explained that the heavenly flames and the Meteor Tear had revived the Purple Nether Flame Snake and freed its soul from her body.
• The little snake asked Chen Xuan for the Green Lotus Foundation, and Medusa said it could help the snake form a physical body.
• Chen Xuan gave the Green Lotus Foundation to the snake, which absorbed its energy until the foundation withered away.
• The snake transformed into a giant Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with power exceeding Hai Bodong’s.
• Chen Xuan called the snake back, and it returned to its small form before darting into his Storage Ring.

Bai Ya and Lu Man tracked the aura of heavenly flames to a ravine in the Tagor Desert, where they encountered Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa. Chen Xuan revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong realm, leaving the two Heavenly Snake Mansion elders stunned and outmatched.

• Lu Man sensed the aura of heavenly flames in the Tagor Desert, and she and Bai Ya decided to investigate despite the risk of encountering Queen Medusa.
• Bai Ya and Lu Man found a vast, heat-filled ravine and sensed Queen Medusa's presence below, but Lu Man chose to continue toward the heavenly flames.
• An ice dragon rose from the ravine and attacked the pair, and Bai Ya transformed into the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor to destroy it with his Black Prison Flame.
• Hai Bodong appeared, and Bai Ya declared that the two peak Dou Emperors could defeat him.
• Chen Xuan sent a green lotus flame toward Bai Ya and Lu Man, then appeared hovering in the air as a Dou Zong.
• Bai Ya and Lu Man recognized Queen Medusa in Chen Xuan's human form and realized they could not defeat him.

Chen Xuan revealed that he had devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and become a Dou Zong, shocking Lu Man and Bai Ya. He negotiated with Lu Man to trade the Green Lotus Platform for two Sect Breaking Pills, leaving the exchange to be completed later in the Snake-People Holy City.

• Chen Xuan showed Lu Man and Bai Ya the heavenly flame he had devoured, and Lu Man realized he had become a Dou Zong.
• Lu Man admitted that she and Bai Ya had come to the Tagor Desert seeking the heavenly flame, then confirmed Chen Xuan had obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Chen Xuan showed Lu Man the Green Lotus Platform, and she offered a Sect Breaking Pill to trade for it.
• Chen Xuan demanded two Sect Breaking Pills, and Medusa urged him to raise the price to three.
• Lu Man accepted the price of two Sect Breaking Pills and said the Heavenly Snake Mansion would bring them later.
• Chen Xuan told Lu Man to find him in the Snake-People Holy City to collect the Green Lotus Platform.

After Lu Man and Bai Ya left, Chen Xuan explained why he accepted their offer of two Sect Breaking Pills for the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform and prepared for the Snake-People Tribe’s migration to the Black-Corner Region. Lu Man revealed that the platform could help the Heavenly Snake Mansion break through its bloodline limits, and she planned to test Queen Medusa’s strength before handing over the pills.

• Lu Man and Bai Ya left after Queen Medusa agreed to trade the lotus platform for two Sect Breaking Pills.
• Chen Xuan told Gu He, Yue Mei, and Hai Bodong that the trade would bring needed resources without provoking the Heavenly Snake Mansion too severely.
• Chen Xuan said he was ready to fight if the Heavenly Snake Mansion tried to take the platform by force, noting that he had reached Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Lu Man told Bai Ya that they would send the Fourth Elder with the pills but might seize a Heavenly Flame if Queen Medusa proved weak.
• Lu Man explained that the lotus platform’s Heavenly Flame aura could help the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s secret technique overcome bloodline limits, making it more valuable to them than a Heavenly Flame.

Chen Xuan arranged for Hai Bodong to recover his sealed strength and search Stone Desert City for a girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He then received three immortal-grade medicinal herbs through the monthly Mystery Sign-In and considered how they could benefit the Snake-People Tribe.

• Chen Xuan reached the late stage of Three-Star Dou Zong, while Hai Bodong learned that the Snake-People Tribe had four powerful Dou Emperor elders and extensive strength.
• Gu He gave Hai Bodong the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill on Queen Medusa’s orders and warned him that she could take back whatever strength she restored.
• Gu He told Hai Bodong to travel to Stone Desert City and find a little girl with three snake-shaped markings in her pupils, and Hai Bodong departed.
• Chen Xuan explained that Hai Bodong was searching for the bearer of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, though Queen Medusa questioned whether the girl existed.
• Chen Xuan activated the monthly Mystery Sign-In and received three immortal-grade medicinal herbs that could strengthen bloodlines, aptitude, and cultivation.
• Chen Xuan brought the three herbs into the Sacred Hall and told Queen Medusa they could benefit members of the Snake-People Tribe.

Chen Xuan revealed three rare herbs that could improve aptitude and bloodlines, then decided who would receive two of them. The little snake ate the Ten Thousand Saints Phantom Soul Flower and went back to sleep, leaving Chen Xuan to wonder how costly its appetite might become.

• Chen Xuan showed the Sacred Hall three immortal-grade herbs and explained their extraordinary effects, surprising Pill King Gu He and Queen Medusa.
• Chen Xuan chose the Earth Dragon Golden Melon for Yue Mei, and Queen Medusa thanked him for supporting the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chen Xuan teased Queen Medusa about having children, and she angrily insisted that she would have at most one.
• A little snake emerged from Chen Xuan's Storage Ring and begged for the Ten Thousand Saints Phantom Soul Flower.
• Chen Xuan offered the little snake Ice Spirit Cold Spring, but it refused, so he let it swallow the flower before it returned to the Storage Ring to sleep.

Chen Xuan rewarded Yue Mei and Gu He with rare herbs that could improve their aptitude and bloodlines. Gu He pledged himself to the Snake-People Tribe and presented Chen Xuan with the Soul-Control Technique, offering him control over his soul.

• Chen Xuan praised Yue Mei for advancing to eight-star Dou Wang and urged her to focus on growing stronger.
• Chen Xuan offered Yue Mei an earth dragon golden melon, and she accepted after he said he hoped she would reach Dou Zun or even Dou Sheng.
• Chen Xuan gave Gu He a velvet sky-piercing chrysanthemum, and Gu He vowed to remain with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Gu He presented Chen Xuan with the Soul-Control Technique, offering his soul and placing his life and death in Chen Xuan's hands.

Chen Xuan summoned the Snake-People Tribe’s elders and leaders to begin planning their relocation to the Black-Corner Region. After learning about its powerful factions, he warned that the tribe could not conquer a foothold openly without provoking the region to unite against them.

• Chen Xuan praised the elders and leaders for their increased strength and announced that it was time to put their relocation plan into motion.
• Gu He reported that the Black-Corner Region had more than a dozen first-rate factions and three top-tier powers: the Black Emperor Sect, Demon Flame Valley, and Jia Nan Academy.
• Mo Bass proposed fighting their way into the region, and Yue Mei rebuked him.
• Yin Shi pointed out that the Snake-People Tribe needed a large city, but good locations were likely already occupied; Great Elder Snake Ji declared that they should conquer one.
• Chen Xuan cautioned that openly destroying a faction could unite the Black-Corner Region against the Snake-People Tribe.

Chen Xuan planned to secure a new home for the Snake-People Tribe by paying a Black-Corner Region faction with a Sect Breaking Pill to conquer a city. Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo departed to negotiate with the Black Emperor Sect, beginning the tribe’s relocation plan.

• Chen Xuan proposed hiring a Black-Corner Region faction to capture a vast city for the Snake-People Tribe in exchange for valuable resources.
• Chen Xuan offered one of the two Sect Breaking Pills owed by the Heavenly Snake Mansion as payment.
• Chen Xuan selected Kui Wolf City, Beast Taming City, Demon Blade Mountain Road, and Heavenly Yin City as possible targets.
• Great Elder Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo received orders to tell the Black Emperor Sect that the tribe wanted to enlist its forces to conquer one of the four cities.
• A few days later, Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo set out for the Black-Corner Region, and Chen Xuan watched them disappear into the desert.

Chen Xuan tested the Eight Gates technique and discovered that opening six gates raised his strength from Three-Star Dou Zong to the peak of Six-Star Dou Zong. He realized it was a weaker “Pseudo Eight Gates,” but saw that teaching it to the Snake-People Tribe could greatly increase their strength.

• Chen Xuan studied the Eight Gates technique with Queen Medusa and noted the severe cost of opening all eight gates.
• Chen Xuan opened the first gate and found that it raised his power to Four-Star Dou Zong strength.
• Chen Xuan opened six gates in succession, unleashing enough power to demolish the courtyard and reach the peak of Six-Star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan deactivated the Pseudo Eight Gates and concluded that it would not raise him to Dou Zun, even if he opened all eight gates.
• Chen Xuan considered spreading the easy-to-learn technique throughout the Snake-People Tribe to give its fighters a major boost in strength.

Chen Xuan gave Yue Mei and Pill King Gu He the False Eight Gates, ordering them to keep it secret and carefully control who learned it so the Snake-People Tribe could grow stronger. After declaring his ambitions extended beyond the Black-Corner Region, he said he would go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to retrieve something.

• Chen Xuan summoned Yue Mei and Gu He and gave them the False Eight Gates, restricting it to high-rank Dou Ling and stronger tribe members and ordering them to kill anyone who leaked it.
• Yue Mei promised to supervise and soul-control those who learned the art, with elders included under the same strict rules.
• Chen Xuan warned Yue Mei and Gu He never to open the Seventh Gate except in a life-or-death crisis and never to open the Eighth Gate, whose full power would cost their lives.
• Chen Xuan told Gu He to memorize and cultivate the art, and Gu He praised the Snake-People Tribe's prospects in the Black-Corner Region.
• Chen Xuan told Yue Mei and Gu He that his ambitions reached the Central Plains and the entire Dou Qi Continent, then sent them to master the art.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa that he planned to visit the Magical Beast Mountain Range to retrieve something.

Chen Xuan planned to retrieve another fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map from the Magical Beast Mountain Range after preparing the Snake-People Tribe to defend itself. When the Jia Ma Imperial Family invited the tribe to the emperor’s fiftieth birthday celebration, Chen Xuan decided to attend with Gu He and reveal his Dou Zong strength.

• Chen Xuan showed Queen Medusa a map fragment and explained that he intended to find another fragment in the Magical Beast Mountain Range after arranging the Eight Gates secret technique.
• Over three days, Chen Xuan taught the False Eight Gates to the Snake-People Tribe’s Eight Leaders and Elder Black Mountain.
• A guard delivered an invitation from the Jia Ma Imperial Family to the emperor’s fiftieth birthday celebration.
• Leader Yin Shi advised accepting the invitation, and the other Leaders agreed that attending would recognize the tribe’s growing strength.
• Chen Xuan chose Gu He to accompany him to the Jia Ma Empire Capital for the celebration.

Chen Xuan, Gu He, and Yue Mei traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they encountered the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Yue Mei used the Eight Gates to reach Dou Emperor strength and challenged the weakened beast, while Chen Xuan sensed there was more to her reluctance to fight.

• Chen Xuan set out with Gu He and Yue Mei, explaining that he had something to find in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The group crossed the Tagor Desert and entered the mountain range, where Chen Xuan's Dou Zong pressure kept the magical beasts away.
• Chen Xuan sensed a powerful aura below and identified the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whom he decided to subdue as a mount.
• Yue Mei volunteered to test her strength and opened the first six gates of the Eight Gates, rising from eight-star Dou Wang to late one-star Dou Emperor.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King warned Yue Mei to leave, and Chen Xuan noticed that the beast was not at her peak.

Yue Mei fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King for nearly two hours as Chen Xuan let her face the challenge without help. Exhausted and unable to defend herself, Yue Mei was left in the path of the lion king’s devastating innate attack.

• Yue Mei challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Chen Xuan told Gu He to wait rather than intervene.
• Yue Mei and the Amethyst Winged Lion King clashed, devastating the surrounding mountains as the lion king gradually gained the advantage.
• Gu He asked whether he should support Yue Mei, but Chen Xuan said that trials of life and death were necessary for her to become a true expert.
• After nearly two hours of fighting, both combatants were badly wounded, but Yue Mei had exhausted her Dou Qi and could no longer fight back.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King gathered her innate purple energy attack and fired it toward the defenseless Yue Mei.

Chen Xuan stopped Yue Mei from being killed by the Amethyst Winged Lion King and used his Dou Zong strength to make the beast submit as his mount. He brought the Amethyst Winged Lion King to her cave, where he met her cub and promised it could surpass its bloodline with enough resources.

• Chen Xuan appeared and used spatial confinement to stop the Amethyst Winged Lion King's attack on Yue Mei, then dispersed it.
• Chen Xuan praised Yue Mei for refusing to give up, and she resolved not to disappoint him.
• Chen Xuan offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King the choice to submit as his mount, and she refused, insisting she would never become one.
• Chen Xuan later arrived at the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave with Yue Mei and Pill King Gu He, where the Amethyst Winged Lion King introduced her cub.
• Chen Xuan said the cub had the potential to break through its bloodline if it received enough resources, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King thanked him.

Chen Xuan promised to help the Amethyst Winged Lion King's child overcome its bloodline limits with a seventh-grade Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill. The little lion then mistook Gu He and Yue Mei's attention for hunger and brought them meat from the cave.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked Chen Xuan how he had broken through his bloodline shackles, and he explained that he had tempered his bloodline with a Heavenly Flame.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked Chen Xuan to help her child's bloodline improve, and he confirmed the little lion had a good chance of breaking through its limits.
• Chen Xuan explained that the Snake-People Tribe possessed the formula for a seventh-grade Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and promised to refine one once he became a Seventh-Grade Alchemist.
• The little Amethyst Winged Lion King stopped nuzzling Chen Xuan, ran into the cave, and returned with a slab of magical beast meat for Gu He and Yue Mei.

Chen Xuan and his companions collected what they had come for in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where mercenaries had found the beasts missing. After rescuing the young Amethyst Winged Lion King from the greedy mercenaries, Chen Xuan headed off to offer birthday wishes to His Majesty the Emperor.

• Mu She rallied nearly a hundred Wolf Head Mercenary Group members and other mercenaries to search deeper in the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the missing beasts.
• The mercenaries heard a powerful roar and encountered a cub that a knowledgeable old mercenary identified as a young Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Mu She led the mercenaries in chasing the cub, and they cornered it at a cliff.
• Chen Xuan appeared in the air as the cub called to him, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Yue Mei, and Pill King Gu He arrived and greeted him.
• Chen Xuan immobilized the cub and left with his companions, while the mercenaries remained frozen in place.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked why Chen Xuan had spared the mercenaries, and Chen Xuan said they were beneath his notice and that they would now offer birthday wishes to His Majesty the Emperor.

At the forest lake, Chen Xuan watched Queen Medusa bathe and traded teasing remarks with her before another beautiful woman appeared across the water. Medusa discovered that the stranger was a young Dou Emperor, and the chapter ended with the woman startled that Medusa had recognized her strength.

• Pill King Gu He asked Yue Mei why Queen Medusa became so cold at night, and Yue Mei warned him to be careful around her.
• Queen Medusa bathed in the lake while Chen Xuan watched and praised her beauty, then recited a poem that impressed her.
• Chen Xuan exclaimed about a beautiful woman across the lake, and Queen Medusa realized another woman was bathing nearby.
• The stranger apologized for intruding, but Chen Xuan immediately said he did not mind, making Queen Medusa jealous.
• Queen Medusa sensed that the stranger was a Dou Emperor and questioned how someone so young had reached that realm.
• The stranger was astonished that Queen Medusa had identified her rank without her releasing her aura.

Yun Yun encountered Queen Medusa and fled after learning her identity, while Medusa chose not to pursue her and set out for Wutan City. Yun Yun later questioned why Medusa had left the Tagor Desert and allowed her to escape.

• Yun Yun introduced herself to Queen Medusa, who recognized her as Yun Shan’s disciple and the Misty Cloud Sect’s new sect master.
• Queen Medusa revealed her identity, and Yun Yun immediately flew away, believing she could not defeat her.
• Chen Xuan questioned why Medusa had let Yun Yun go, and Medusa said they would meet again at the Jia Ma Empire’s capital for the emperor’s birthday.
• Medusa asked Gu He for the nearest city and chose Wutan City, prompting Chen Xuan to realize it was Xiao Yan’s hometown.
• After flying away, Yun Yun stopped and wondered why Medusa had left the Tagor Desert and not pursued her.

Queen Medusa and her companions toured Wutan City before visiting the Mittel Auction House, where the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King took an interest in a mysterious black-robed figure’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. The figure gave the liquid to the cub and escaped, revealing himself to be a teenage boy.

• Queen Medusa, Gu He, Yue Mei, Chen Xuan, and the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King explored Wutan City’s night market and sampled its food.
• Medusa asked Gu He for an interesting place to visit, and he led the group to the Mittel Auction House.
• Gu He presented a high-level Mittel token, and the guards escorted the group through the honored guest passage.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King sniffed a black-robed figure and excitedly reacted to his Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• The black-robed figure gave the liquid to the cub, then escaped the auction house and revealed a teenage boy’s face.
• The teenage boy asked Yao Lao what had happened.

After Xiao Yan encountered powerful figures at the Mittel Auction House, Yao Lao explained their strength and warned Xiao Yan not to provoke them. Xiao Yan regained his resolve, and he and Yao Lao decided to return to the auction house while keeping their distance from the group.

• Xiao Yan called out to Yao Lao after the mysterious group and the young magical beast startled him at the Mittel Auction House.
• Yao Lao said the man and the woman in blue were high-rank Dou Wang, the man was likely Jia Ma Empire's strongest alchemist, and the magical beast was an Amethyst Winged Lion King cub.
• Yao Lao revealed that the woman in red had reached Dou Zong and was likely the strongest individual in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the woman in red was a magical beast with the bloodline of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Connecting Python, but encouraged him to keep cultivating and surpass them someday.
• Xiao Yan asked whether they would return to auction the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and Yao Lao agreed as long as they stayed away from the group.