Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan accompanied Jia Xingtian and the others to the Jia Ma Imperial Family's treasury, where he collected pill ingredients and a Transformation Grass. Jia Xingtian revealed that the sealed lower levels hid an ancient secret, and Chen Xuan attacked the barriers to open them.

• Jia Xingtian led Chen Xuan, Yao Yue, and Ya Fei to the treasury, where Elder Wang recognized Yao Yue and opened the doors.
• Chen Xuan explored the treasury's upper levels and received five sets of Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill ingredients, three sets of Sect Breaking Pill ingredients, and a Transformation Grass from Jia Xingtian.
• Jia Xingtian revealed that the sealed first and second levels predated the imperial family and that its ancestors had found an Earth Tier Cultivation Method and an earth-rank Dou technique nearby.
• Jia Xingtian asked Chen Xuan to open the barriers and offered to split anything inside equally; Yao Yue and Ya Fei left the treasury.
• Chen Xuan unleashed Serpent Shadow Tribulation, forming a massive black serpent that charged toward the underground barriers.

Chen Xuan broke through the barrier beneath the Jia Ma treasury and entered a small world created by a Dou Sheng. After a white rabbit fled into his Storage Ring, an eighth-rank Golden Giant Ape attacked him, and Chen Xuan escaped through a spatial fissure badly wounded.

• Chen Xuan opened the Eight Gates to the sixth gate, destroyed the treasury with his halberd, and tore a fissure in the light curtain beneath it.
• Chen Xuan entered the light curtain and discovered a small world that he believed had been created by a Dou Sheng.
• A white rabbit appeared and hid in Chen Xuan's Storage Ring, drawing the fury of an eighth-rank Golden Giant Ape.
• The Golden Giant Ape trapped and attacked Chen Xuan, who fought back with his Fang Tian Painted Halberd and Green Lotus Core Flame but was badly injured.
• Following the rabbit's urging, Chen Xuan used the halberd to open a spatial fissure and escaped back through the light curtain, gravely wounded.

Chen Xuan realized the white rabbit was likely a pill that had taken form after it healed his injuries with its medicinal energy. He persuaded it to stay with him by promising protection and high-rank herbs, and it agreed.

• Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discussed the Golden Giant Ape’s unusual strength and wondered whether it was an ancient exotic beast.
• The white rabbit returned to the hall with a stolen Fifth-tier White Jade Spirit Ginseng, and Queen Medusa revealed that it had repeatedly sneaked out to steal herbs.
• The rabbit bit Chen Xuan’s arm and transferred medicinal energy into him, rapidly healing his injuries and leading him to suspect it was an Eighth-Tier Pill that had taken form.
• Chen Xuan offered the rabbit medicinal herbs and warned it that powerful experts could capture it, then promised to protect it if it stayed by his side.
• The white rabbit agreed to stay with Chen Xuan, who gave it more herbs and privately celebrated having a living Eighth-Tier Pill as an ally.

Chen Xuan revealed that the rabbit was an Eighth-Tier Pill, then warned Jia Xingtian that the dangerous restriction held a treasure beyond his current strength. He secured the Three Great Families’ silence and loyalty with black snake marks and Dou Ling Pills.

• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa that the rabbit was an Eighth-Tier Pill, and the rabbit showed its power by hovering out of Yao Yue’s grasp before settling into Ya Fei’s arms.
• Jia Xingtian asked Chen Xuan about the restriction, and Chen Xuan warned him that only a Dou Zun might survive an attempt to explore it.
• Chen Xuan ordered Jia Xingtian to make the rebuilt Treasury’s restricted site forbidden and keep its secrets from leaking.
• Mittel Tengshan, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen arrived to declare loyalty to the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Chen Xuan placed black snake marks on Nalan Jie and Mu Chen as a precaution, then gave all three patriarchs a Dou Ling Pill.

Chen Xuan and Ya Fei traveled to Wutan City to visit the Xiao Clan, while Chen Xuan discovered that Little White had improved Ya Fei’s aptitude and cultivation. They arrived at Wutan City, where Chen Xuan hoped to find a way to restore the little Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s physical body.

• Chen Xuan and Ya Fei left the capital as Jia Xingtian and the Three Great Families’ patriarchs watched them depart.
• Chen Xuan told Ya Fei they would visit the Xiao Clan in Wutan City instead of returning to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Little White struck the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor after it showed interest in the rabbit’s hidden energy.
• Ya Fei said Little White’s energy had helped her break through to peak Five-Star Dou Zhe, and Chen Xuan found that it had improved her meridians and aptitude.
• Chen Xuan told Ya Fei to keep Little White with her, and after several days of flight they arrived at Wutan City.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King returned to Wutan City carrying Chen Xuan and Ya Fei, who visited the Xiao Clan. Chen Xuan gave the clan valuable pills and a cultivation manual, while the Xiao Clan turned away visitors hoping to benefit from its new connection.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared over Wutan City again, drawing crowds of curious and excited residents.
• Xiao Yan went to the courtyard, where Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders and younger generation had gathered to welcome the beast and its rider.
• Chen Xuan and Ya Fei landed in the Xiao Clan courtyard, and Chen Xuan praised Xiao Yan to Xiao Zhan.
• After a meal with the clan, Chen Xuan gave the Xiao Clan three Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills, a Black-Rank High Cultivation Technique manual, and low-rank pills.
• Influential families and mercenary groups visited the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Zhan's clan refused all guests and warned that intruders would be killed.
• News spread through Wutan City that the Xiao Clan had formed ties with a powerful being.

Chen Xuan asked Yao Lao to help refine a body for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but Yao Lao said the Flame Mantra and multiple heavenly flames were needed. Chen Xuan revealed leads to flames in the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yan vowed to kill Han Feng himself.

• After Clan Leader Xiao Zhan dismissed the banquet guests, Chen Xuan asked Yao Lao to help refine a body for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Yao Lao said he could guide Xiao Yan in refining a body if Xiao Yan obtained two heavenly flames through the Flame Mantra.
• Chen Xuan revealed that the Jia Nan Academy and Han Feng in the Black-Corner Region were connected to heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan refused Chen Xuan's offer to deal with Han Feng, insisting that he would kill his traitorous senior himself.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yan, and Chen Xuan left them to pursue the heavenly flames.

Yao Lao asked Little White to clear Xiao Yan’s meridians, revealing that the rabbit was an eighth-tier pill with extraordinary power. Meanwhile, a Heavenly Snake Mansion elder grew impatient waiting for Queen Medusa and gave the Snake-People one week before inviting them to the mansion.

• Yao Lao offered Little White a rare medicinal herb in exchange for clearing Xiao Yan’s meridians, and Little White accepted.
• Little White widened and strengthened Xiao Yan’s meridians, helping him advance from fifth-stage to seventh-stage Dou Qi before eating the herb.
• Yao Lao revealed that Little White was an eighth-tier pill that had gained intelligence after five-colored pill lightning, and told Ya Fei it could help her reach Dou Wang.
• Ya Fei promised Chen Xuan she would look after Little White and make the most of its support.
• At the Snake-People Holy City, a Heavenly Snake Mansion elder questioned Pill King Gu He about Queen Medusa’s absence and offered him a place at the mansion.
• The elder gave the Snake-People one week for Medusa to return before they would all be invited to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Chen Xuan returned to the Snake-People Holy City and confronted Blood Ji, the Heavenly Snake Mansion expert demanding the Green Lotus Core Flame's lotus platform. Blood Ji raised her strength to eight-star Dou Zong, but Chen Xuan remained unaffected as her own strength continued to grow.

• Blood Ji demanded more food, and Lu Man failed to persuade her to eat medicinal materials instead.
• A week later, Chen Xuan arrived at the Snake-People Holy City and learned that Blood Ji had turned the Holy Temple into a dining hall.
• Chen Xuan, the little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor, and Little White joined Blood Ji in devouring the feast.
• Blood Ji recognized Chen Xuan as a four-star Dou Zong and threatened to take the lotus platform and heavenly flame for the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Blood Ji released her full power and used a secret technique to reach eight-star Dou Zong, but Chen Xuan showed no sign of pressure.
• Blood Ji saw Chen Xuan's strength rise from four-star to five-star Dou Zong and stared in astonishment as it kept growing.

Queen Medusa revealed power comparable to an Eight-Star Dou Zong, shocking Xue Ji and the Heavenly Snake Mansion delegation. After Xue Ji attacked and was effortlessly caught by Chen Xuan, she backed down and agreed to exchange the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform for two Sect Breaking Pills.

• Queen Medusa’s aura surged to a level that surpassed Xue Ji’s secret-technique strength, stunning the Heavenly Snake Mansion elders and delighting the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xue Ji repeatedly closed and opened her eyes, hoping Queen Medusa’s overwhelming strength was an illusion, but realized it was real.
• Chen Xuan asked Xue Ji whether they were going to fight, and her anger drove her to charge at him.
• Xue Ji used a movement dou technique to create three phantom images and tried to attack Chen Xuan from behind.
• Chen Xuan swept his hand behind himself and caught Xue Ji in midair, then she quickly reappeared opposite him.
• Xue Ji claimed she had only been testing Chen Xuan’s strength and agreed to trade the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform for two Sect Breaking Pills.

Xue Ji abandoned the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s plan to fight Chen Xuan, but Chen Xuan raised the price of the Green Lotus Core Flame’s lotus platform after accusing them of breaking their agreement. Lu Man paid three Sect Breaking Pills and took the platform, while Chen Xuan invited them to return with more pills.

• Xue Ji realized Chen Xuan was too powerful to challenge and proposed that Lu Man exchange the Sect Breaking Pills for the lotus platform.
• Lu Man produced two genuine Sect Breaking Pills, which Pill King Gu He confirmed.
• Chen Xuan said the two pills were no longer enough because the Heavenly Snake Mansion had planned to seize his belongings and Xue Ji had stayed with the Snake-People Tribe for over a month.
• Chen Xuan demanded three Sect Breaking Pills, and Lu Man reluctantly handed over a third pill intended for her own breakthrough.
• Chen Xuan gave Lu Man the Green Lotus Core Flame’s lotus platform, and Lu Man left with Bai Ya and Xue Ji after Chen Xuan invited them to visit again with more pills.

Chen Xuan strengthened the Snake-People Tribe by distributing transformation grass, allowing eight leaders to take human form, and discussed the tribe’s planned move to the Black-Corner Region with Queen Medusa. He planned to wait for Great Elder Snake Ji’s report on the Black Emperor Sect, but was prepared to attack the sect if it refused to cooperate.

• Queen Medusa regretted that Chen Xuan had accepted only three Sect Breaking Pills from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but he explained that provoking the powerful faction would be too risky.
• Chen Xuan praised the Snake-People Tribe’s growing strength and gave eight stalks of transformation grass to one elder and seven leaders.
• The eight leaders swallowed the herbs and successfully transformed into human form, then thanked Chen Xuan.
• Queen Medusa asked Chen Xuan when he would put his plan to move the tribe to the Black-Corner Region into action.
• Chen Xuan said they would wait for Great Elder Snake Ji and the others to report on whether the Black Emperor Sect would cooperate and provide them with a city.
• Chen Xuan declared that if the Black Emperor Sect refused, the tribe would attack it to establish its foothold in the Black-Corner Region.

After the Heavenly Snake Mansion left, Chen Xuan assessed the Snake-People Tribe’s growing strength and gave eight leaders Transformation Grass, allowing them to assume human form. He and Queen Medusa discussed the tribe’s planned move to the Black-Corner Region and what they would do if the Black Emperor Sect refused to cooperate.

• Queen Medusa regretted accepting only three Sect Breaking Pills, but Chen Xuan explained that provoking the Heavenly Snake Mansion would be too dangerous.
• Chen Xuan praised the Snake-People leaders’ improved strength and gave Transformation Grass to one elder and seven leaders.
• The eight Snake-People leaders consumed the herbs and successfully transformed into human form, then thanked Chen Xuan.
• Queen Medusa asked Chen Xuan about beginning the plan to move the tribe to the Black-Corner Region, and he said they awaited news from Great Elder Snake Ji and her companions.
• Chen Xuan said that if the Black Emperor Sect refused to offer them a city, the Snake-People Tribe would attack it to establish a foothold in the region.

Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo offered the Black Emperor Sect a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for help securing a territory for the Snake-People Tribe in the Black-Corner Region. After learning that the tribe's Queen was a Dou Zong, Mo Tianxing asked for time to discuss the offer with his allies.

• Mo Tianxing received Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo after they arrived at the Black Emperor Sect seeking a major deal.
• Snake Ji offered the sect a Sect Breaking Pill, prompting Mo Tianxing and his son Mo Ya to show keen interest.
• Snake Ji presented a map marking four territories and asked the Black Emperor Sect to help the Snake-People Tribe claim one of them.
• Snake Ji revealed that the tribe wanted a prosperous home and that its Queen was a Dou Zong, making Mo Tianxing and his companions wary of the tribe's power.
• Mo Tianxing asked Snake Ji and her companions to wait while he discussed their request with Mo Ya, Qi Shan, and Che Cheng.

Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect weighed the Snake-People Tribe’s request against the threat of allowing them into the Black-Corner Region. They agreed to help in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill and planned to secretly alert other factions to weaken the Snake-People Tribe, then sent Elder Che Cheng back with Snake Ji’s group.

• Qi Shan warned Mo Tianxing that the Snake-People Tribe’s powerful arrival could threaten the Black-Corner Region, while Mo Ya argued that the sect should still secure the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Elder Che Cheng proposed helping the Snake-People Tribe destroy a faction, then leaking information so other factions would attack them as they moved into the region.
• Mo Tianxing accepted the plan, deciding to obtain the pill while allowing other factions to wear down the Snake-People Tribe.
• Snake Ji said the group would retrieve the Sect Breaking Pill only after the Black Emperor Sect fulfilled its conditions.
• Mo Tianxing sent Elder Che Cheng with Snake Ji’s group and promised the city matter would be settled within a month.

Chen Xuan watched Gu He and Yue Mei prepare to break through to Dou Emperor, then learned Hai Bodong had found a girl in Mo City with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He identified her as Qing Lin and became interested in bringing her to the Snake-People Tribe.

• Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa observed Gu He and Yue Mei cultivating in the Snake-People Tribe's Forbidden Grounds and discussed their likely breakthroughs to Dou Emperor.
• Chen Xuan left the Forbidden Grounds and returned to the Sacred Hall, where Hai Bodong arrived with Jia Xingtian.
• Hai Bodong told Chen Xuan he had found a little girl with three snake-shaped markings in her eyes who could control a powerful snake-type magical beast.
• Hai Bodong explained that the girl was a Snake-Person and human child traveling with a small mercenary group in Mo City.
• Chen Xuan recognized the girl as Qing Lin, wielder of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and considered the power she could bring to the Snake-People Tribe.

Chen Xuan sent Hai Bodong to Desert City to watch over the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child and keep the Heavenly Snake Mansion from finding her. He then refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for the Snake-People Tribe’s young children and prepared to make more.

• Chen Xuan told Hai Bodong to watch over the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child in Desert City and bring her back if danger arose, warning him to keep the Heavenly Snake Mansion from discovering her.
• Hai Bodong left for Desert City, while Queen Medusa questioned the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child’s power and Chen Xuan said she would understand once she saw it.
• Chen Xuan entered seclusion with guards protecting the Snake-People Holy City and studied Yao Lao’s recipe for Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Chen Xuan used the Snake King Cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the recipe’s three ingredients into Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Chen Xuan tasted the finished liquid, confirmed it was successful, and said he would continue refining it from the many sets of ingredients on hand.

Chen Xuan learned that Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid rapidly strengthened the Snake-People Tribe's children, but limited alchemists made large-scale production difficult. Yun Yun arrived at the Sacred Hall with Nalan Yanran and a gravely ill Nalan Jie, whose condition Chen Xuan examined.

• Chen Xuan finished refining several thousand portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and ordered Leader Yin Shi to test it on children.
• Yin Shi reported that many of the first hundred children had advanced in Dou Qi, and urged Chen Xuan to distribute the liquid throughout the tribe while keeping it secret.
• Chen Xuan explained that he and Gu He could not produce enough for the tribe's tens of thousands of children, so he proposed diluting the liquid and promised to find a way to make more.
• A guard announced that Misty Cloud Sect Master Yun Yun had come to visit, and Chen Xuan ordered her admitted.
• Yun Yun arrived with Nalan Yanran and Nalan Jie, whose pale face and unstable aura prompted Chen Xuan to scan his body with Soul Power.

Chen Xuan agreed to remove Nalan Jie's brand poison in exchange for seven illusory azure spirit saliva, while Yun Yun delivered Yun Shan's offer to divide the Jia Ma Empire. Chen Xuan rejected the proposal and warned Yun Shan not to cross his bottom line, leaving Nalan Jie uncertain whether he would still be saved.

• Queen Medusa identified Nalan Jie's illness as brand poison from a Branding Iron Poison Seal Python, and Nalan Jie explained that he had been poisoned after underestimating the beast.
• Nalan Jie offered seven illusory azure spirit saliva, and Chen Xuan agreed to treat his brand poison later.
• Yun Yun observed the Snake-People Tribe's transformed leaders and formidable forces, then revealed that Yun Shan had sent her to ask Chen Xuan to stay out of Jia Ma Empire's affairs in exchange for half its territory and any resources he wanted.
• Chen Xuan suspected Yun Shan had gained an outside source of confidence and warned Yun Yun to tell him that the Jia Ma Empire was not his to divide.
• Chen Xuan dismissed Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran but ordered Nalan Jie to stay, leaving Nalan Jie fearing that Chen Xuan might refuse to save him.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran left the Sacred Hall after Queen Medusa rejected their request, while Yun Yun warned that Xiao Yan’s talent could surpass expectations. A massive breakthrough aura then revealed that Gu He had reached Dou Emperor, and a second breakthrough began, leaving the observers stunned by the prospect of two new Dou Emperors.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Queen Medusa would not abandon the Jia Ma Empire and that Yun Shan would have to handle the conflict himself.
• Yun Yun reminded Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had regained his cultivation speed and could become a powerful Dou Emperor, but Nalan Yanran insisted she would win their Three-Year Agreement.
• A terrifying aura erupted from the Snake-People Tribe’s territory, and Yun Yun recognized it as Gu He breaking through from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor.
• The Snake-People Tribe’s leaders, Chen Xuan, Yin Shi, Nalan Jie, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran watched as Gu He’s breakthrough aura subsided.
• A second Dou Emperor breakthrough aura erupted, shocking Yun Yun, Nalan Jie, and Nalan Yanran.