Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan ordered Gu He to refine a pill for the Jia Ma Imperial Family in return for a share of the empire’s revenue, then sent Yue Mei to provoke the Misty Cloud Sect and draw out Yun Shan. He was really testing whether someone from the Soul Hall had reached the sect, but Queen Medusa challenged how he knew so much, and he claimed to be a prophet from another world.

• Gu He and Yue Mei stabilized their new Dou Emperor cultivation, and Chen Xuan gave Gu He a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill formula to treat the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast under their revenue-sharing deal.
• Chen Xuan ordered Yue Mei to visit the Misty Cloud Sect and provoke Yun Shan, who might have advanced to Dou Zong, while Queen Medusa worried Yue Mei could be endangered.
• Chen Xuan explained that Yue Mei’s mission would test whether a Soul Hall member was at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Queen Medusa questioned how he knew about the faction.
• Chen Xuan claimed he was a prophet from another world, and Queen Medusa told him to stop acting crazy.

Chen Xuan used the green lotus core flame to purge the brand poison from Nalan Jie, then destroyed the poison drawn into the flame. Nalan Jie repaid him with the seven illusory azure spirit saliva, which seemed to strengthen Chen Xuan's soul power.

• Ya Fei told Chen Xuan that Nalan Jie had arrived, and Chen Xuan saw how severely the brand poison had ravaged him.
• Chen Xuan inspected the poison with his heavenly flame and found it had spread through Nalan Jie's body but had not yet fully fused with it.
• Chen Xuan carefully burned the brand poison from Nalan Jie's flesh, bones, and organs while Nalan Jie endured the heavenly flame's heat.
• Chen Xuan drew the remaining poison from the flame and incinerated it, confirming that Nalan Jie was completely cured.
• Nalan Jie gave Chen Xuan the seven illusory azure spirit saliva, and Chen Xuan sensed that it had already strengthened his soul power.

Chen Xuan used seven illusory azure spirit saliva to break through to the sixth-grade intermediate alchemist level, then spent seven days refining pills while Medusa trained. The chapter ended when Chen Xuan sensed a terrifying aura coming from his Storage Ring and realized it came from the little fellow.

• Chen Xuan refined seven illusory azure spirit saliva and absorbed it, raising his soul power to the sixth-grade intermediate level.
• Gu He sensed Chen Xuan’s breakthrough and completed a sixth-grade intermediate Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill.
• Chen Xuan began refining sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills, and Medusa trained in Dou Techniques.
• Over seven days, Chen Xuan refined seven Dou Ling Pills while Medusa mastered the earth-rank technique Snake-Shaped Thrust.
• Chen Xuan sensed a terrifying aura from his Storage Ring and reacted in shock to the little fellow.

The little one broke through to the Dou Zong realm, took the form of a young girl, and revealed her immense strength to the Snake-People Tribe. Chen Xuan appeased her appetite for medicinal herbs before she returned to his Storage Ring, while Queen Medusa began imagining their future child.

• The little one emerged from Chen Xuan's Storage Ring and released a Dou Zong aura that drew the Snake-People Tribe's experts toward the Sacred Hall.
• Gu He recognized the aura as belonging to the snake-shaped magical beast and reassured the tribe's leaders that Queen Medusa had the situation under control.
• After the aura faded, Chen Xuan emerged carrying the little one, who had taken human form and reached Three-Star Dou Zong strength.
• The little one demanded medicinal herbs, ate four fifth-grade herbs from Chen Xuan, and returned to his Storage Ring as a soul body.
• Queen Medusa admired the little one and imagined that her own future child with Chen Xuan would be just as adorable.

Yue Mei stormed the Misty Cloud Sect on Chen Xuan’s orders and challenged Yun Leng, who used the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation to fight her. After Yue Mei shattered the formation and left the sect in ruins, Yun Yun appeared, and Yue Mei made clear that she had come for her.

• Yue Mei forced her way into the Misty Cloud Sect and demanded that Yun Leng call Yun Yun out.
• Yun Leng gathered the strength of nearly a thousand disciples and several elders through the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Yue Mei transformed into a giant snake and split into three shadows to clash with Yun Leng’s attack.
• Yue Mei shattered the formation, wounded Yun Leng, and injured the disciples in the plaza.
• Yun Yun arrived and confronted Yue Mei, who revealed that Yun Yun was the one she had come for.

Chen Xuan sent Gu He to strengthen himself before traveling to Desert City, where Qing Lin was being bullied for her mixed human and Snake-People heritage. Xiao Ding brought her back safely to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, while an unseen Hai Bodong intervened to stop the attackers.

• Chen Xuan gave Gu He an Emperor's Extreme Pill and ordered him to break through before accompanying her to Desert City.
• Human children and adults in Desert City harassed Qing Lin, and the children began beating her and striking at her with a stick.
• Hai Bodong unleashed a terrifying pressure that knocked the attacking children unconscious and then disappeared.
• Xiao Ding found Qing Lin, learned she did not know what had happened, and escorted her back to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Qing Lin returned to her room, grateful for the mercenary group's kindness and determined to grow stronger so she could repay them.

Gu He reached Three Stars Dou Emperor, and Chen Xuan traveled with him to Desert City to find the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child, Qing Lin. After saving her from Luo Bu, Chen Xuan left the mercenary groups facing the consequences of Xiao Li killing their commander.

• Gu He broke through to Three Stars Dou Emperor, and Chen Xuan entrusted Elder Black Mountain with governing the Snake-People Tribe before departing for Desert City with Gu He.
• In Desert City, Chen Xuan met Lu Man and Bai Ya, who abandoned their attempt to obtain the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child after he refused to trade her.
• Hai Bodong told Chen Xuan that Qing Lin was with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, which was about to clash with the Sand Mercenary Group.
• Luo Bu overwhelmed Xiao Li and threatened Qing Lin, but Chen Xuan froze the battlefield, knocked Luo Bu unconscious, and stopped Qing Lin from being killed.
• After Hai Bodong drove away the Sand Mercenary Group, Xiao Li killed the unconscious Luo Bu with his spear.

Chen Xuan took Qing Lin from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, rewarding Xiao Ding and Xiao Li before leaving Desert City. After witnessing Snake-People slaughter human mercenaries in defiance of his orders, he began investigating corruption and disobedience within his tribe.

• Gu He struck Xiao Li down after Xiao Li killed Luo Bu, and Chen Xuan revealed himself as Queen Medusa to the mercenary group.
• Chen Xuan recognized Qing Lin’s Three-Flowered Green Snake Child power and invited her to join him; Qing Lin agreed after Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others urged her to go.
• Chen Xuan gave the Desert Iron Mercenary Group cultivation and combat technique scrolls and Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills before departing with Qing Lin, Gu He, and Hai Bodong.
• Chen Xuan and his companions saw Snake-People kill and rob a human mercenary group in territory where they were forbidden to enter.
• Chen Xuan ordered Hai Bodong to kill the Snake-People responsible, then vowed to investigate and purge those who disobeyed the tribe’s rules.

Chen Xuan returned to the Snake-People Tribe, approved reforms to punish disobedient tribespeople, and removed the curse seal Yue Mei brought back from the Misty Cloud Sect. After learning that a Soul Hall expert was involved, he chose not to confront the sect yet, while Snake Ji and her companions arrived with a Black Emperor Sect elder to meet him.

• Chen Xuan returned to the Snake-People Holy City and asked Ya Fei to look after Qing Lin.
• Elder Black Mountain proposed executions for serious offenders, making cultivation resources dependent on merit, and forming a squad to enforce discipline; Chen Xuan approved, and over a hundred Snake-People were executed.
• Yue Mei reported that Yun Shan had reached the Dou Zong realm and that a mysterious Black-Robed Man had cursed her; Chen Xuan burned away the curse seal with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa that the Black-Robed Man belonged to the Soul Hall and decided the Snake-People Tribe should avoid provoking him for now.
• The Black-Robed Man and Yun Shan realized the curse seal had been broken and suspected Queen Medusa had surpassed the strength they expected.
• Snake Ji, Gu Luo, and Ji Xuan arrived at the Snake-People Holy City with Che Cheng of the Black Emperor Sect, where Yan Ci revealed that the tribe's elders had received Transformation Grass.

Great Elder Snake Ji returned with Elder Che Cheng and reported that the Black Emperor Sect had agreed to take a city for the Snake-People Tribe, while Chen Xuan welcomed Che Cheng and rewarded the elders with rare treasures. Che Cheng left for his room increasingly alarmed by the tribe’s strength and resources, and he suspected its true power would become clearer at the evening banquet.

• Che Cheng toured Snake-People Holy City with Yan Ci and Great Elder Snake Ji, and was astonished by the number of powerful Snake-People soldiers and experts.
• Great Elder Snake Ji reported to Chen Xuan that the Black Emperor Sect had agreed to conquer a city for the Snake-People Tribe, and Che Cheng confirmed that the sect master had already led troops to take one.
• Chen Xuan gave Che Cheng a Sect Breaking Pill to inspect, then rewarded Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo with transformation grass and promised more Sect Breaking Pills for the elders.
• Chen Xuan gave Snake Ji a Sect Breaking Pill and told Queen Medusa he had a way to improve the elders’ bloodlines, though he did not reveal his plan.
• Ya Fei escorted Che Cheng to his room, where he encountered the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor cub and learned that it was the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s transformed child.
• After Ya Fei left, Che Cheng worried that allowing the Snake-People Tribe into the Black-Corner Region might be dangerous and suspected the tribe possessed another Dou Emperor.

At a banquet, Che Cheng witnessed the Snake-People Tribe’s formidable strength as Queen Medusa announced that the tribe would relocate to the Black-Corner Region in three months. When Che Cheng warned that their route crossed the territory of Demon Flame Valley and its Seven-Star Dou Zong leader, Queen Medusa declared that the tribe would claim the region’s overlordship.

• Ya Fei escorted Che Cheng into the Sacred Hall, where he saw Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe’s powerful experts gathered for a banquet.
• Gu He, Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, and other elders arrived, and Che Cheng recognized their ranks, including several Dou Emperors and Gu He as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• Purple Cloud arrived with her young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor, which Queen Medusa allowed to eat from the banquet table.
• Queen Medusa announced that the Snake-People Tribe would move to the Black-Corner Region in three months, after the Black Emperor Sect secured a city for them.
• Che Cheng warned that the migration route passed through Demon Flame Valley’s territory and that its leader, Earth Demon Old Ghost, was a Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa said she would show Earth Demon Old Ghost who the true overlord was, while Che Cheng resolved to report the tribe’s strength to the Black Emperor Sect.

Elder Che Cheng departed with the Sect Breaking Pill, while Jia Xingtian learned that Yun Shan had reached Dou Zong and feared for the Jia Ma Imperial Family. Chen Xuan offered Jia Xingtian a chance to break through, but warned that the price would be enormous.

• Elder Che Cheng left for the Black-Corner Region carrying the Sect Breaking Pill and encountered an unfamiliar Peak Dou Emperor in the sky.
• Jia Xingtian hurried to the Snake-People Holy City and asked Chen Xuan whether Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan confirmed Yun Shan's breakthrough and said the Snake-People Tribe would move to the Black-Corner Region in three months.
• Chen Xuan told Jia Xingtian that his only chance was to reach Dou Zong and offered him an opportunity at a great price.

Chen Xuan made the Jia Ma Imperial Family a vassal of the Snake-People Tribe in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill, and Jia Xingtian used it to break through to Dou Zong. After a month of seclusion, Jia Xingtian prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire under Chen Xuan’s authority.

• Jia Xingtian agreed to make the Jia Ma Imperial Family a vassal of the Snake-People Tribe and surrender half the empire’s proceeds in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Chen Xuan gave Jia Xingtian the pill and revealed to Queen Medusa that he wanted to protect the secret of the Dou Saint Ruins beneath the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• After a month of cultivation, Jia Xingtian broke through to Dou Zong, drawing the Snake-People leaders and elders to witness his new aura.
• Jia Xingtian credited Chen Xuan for his breakthrough and asked to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Chen Xuan entrusted the Jia Ma Empire to Jia Xingtian, who promised to obey him.

Jia Xingtian revealed that the Snake-People Tribe had given him a Sect Breaking Pill, allowing him to break through to Dou Zong and challenge Yun Shan. He left after warning Yun Shan to stay quiet, while Yun Shan grew furious and wondered whether more Dou Zong experts would join the Snake-People Tribe against the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun whether Yun Shan would be all right as the two Dou Zong experts fought in the sky.
• Yun Shan confronted Jia Xingtian about his breakthrough, and Jia Xingtian admitted that he had used a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Jia Xingtian told Yun Shan that the Snake-People Tribe had supplied the pill, leaving Yun Shan and the disciples alarmed.
• Jia Xingtian warned Yun Shan to stay in the Misty Cloud Sect and said that next time he would not be the only Dou Zong who came.
• Yun Yun stopped Yun Leng from pursuing Jia Xingtian, while Yun Shan wondered how many Dou Zong experts the Snake-People Tribe could bring against him.

Jia Xingtian returned to the Jia Ma Imperial City after breaking through to Dou Zong, explaining that the empire had become dependent on the Snake-People Tribe. Meanwhile, Chen Xuan used four drops of Dou Sheng blood essence to transform a lake into a resource that could strengthen the entire tribe before its journey to the Black-Corner Region.

• Yun Shan consulted the Soul Hall's Vulture Protector, who left to deal with the Snake-People Tribe and told Yun Shan to manage matters until his return.
• Jia Xingtian arrived in the imperial capital, where Jia Ye, Yao Yue, and Yao Ye celebrated his breakthrough before learning the price was the empire's dependence on the Snake-People Tribe.
• Jia Xingtian warned Yao Yue never to challenge the Snake-People Tribe and urged her to grow stronger as the Queen's disciple.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa he planned to use Dou Sheng blood essence to strengthen the entire Snake-People Tribe, and revealed he had four drops.
• Chen Xuan poured the four drops into a lake, turning its water golden and creating a powerful resource for the tribe's cultivation.

The Snake-People Tribe grew stronger after Chen Xuan distributed diluted Dou Sheng blood essence, while his monthly sign-in awarded him an Ancient Void Dragon corpse. Mo Tianxing arrived to warn that Han Feng and other Black-Corner Region experts might ambush the tribe during its relocation, and Chen Xuan suspected Han Feng wanted his Heavenly Flame.

• Elder Yin Shi reported that the sacred medicine had helped the tribe gain six Dou Wang experts, fifty Dou Ling experts, and many other strength increases, while Yan Ci had reached Dou Huang.
• Chen Xuan signed in and received the remains of an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon, then decided to keep the dangerous prize hidden for now.
• Chen Xuan detected an intruder in the Sacred Hall, and Mo Tianxing of the Black Emperor Sect appeared and paid his respects.
• Mo Tianxing told Chen Xuan that the Black Emperor Sect had seized the Demon Blade Mountain Range for the tribe, but a leaked agreement had stirred the Black-Corner Region and prompted plans to rob the relocating Snake-People Tribe.
• Mo Tianxing identified Earth Demon Old Ghost and Han Feng as threats, and Chen Xuan revealed his Heavenly Flame as a possible reason for Han Feng's interest.
• Chen Xuan realized that Han Feng was the person he had planned to seek out.

Chen Xuan dismissed Mo Tianxing’s fears about Earth Demon Old Ghost and Han Feng and prepared the Snake-People Tribe for its entry into the Black-Corner Region. After Mo Tianxing left, Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discussed the dangers ahead, and he ordered the tribe to prepare for war.

• Chen Xuan assured Mo Tianxing that Earth Demon Old Ghost and Han Feng would die if they came, while Mo Tianxing recognized the Snake-People Tribe’s formidable strength.
• Chen Xuan invited Mo Tianxing to return to the Black-Corner Region with the Snake-People Tribe, but Mo Tianxing declined to avoid alarming local factions.
• Mo Tianxing left the Snake-People Holy City and concluded that befriending the Snake-People Tribe before their arrival had been wise.
• Queen Medusa worried that conflict with the Black-Corner Region’s battle-hardened factions would cause heavy Snake-People casualties.
• Chen Xuan said the tribe must grow stronger and ordered it to prepare for war in the Black-Corner Region.

As the Snake-People Tribe prepared to relocate to the Black-Corner Region, the Jia Ma Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect assessed the consequences. Jia Xingtian ordered Yao Yue to deliver the tribe its share of resources, while Yun Shan remained wary of Queen Medusa’s power and ordered continued surveillance.

• Chen Xuan prepared the Snake-People Tribe for war and relocation by gathering supplies, weapons, pills, and medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Yue told Jia Xingtian that her teacher was increasing purchases and demanding the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s fifty-percent resource share in advance.
• Jia Xingtian ordered Yao Yue to deliver the resources and instructed the provinces to treat the Snake-People Tribe respectfully as it traveled.
• Yun Leng reported to Yun Shan that the Snake-People Tribe was relocating to the Black-Corner Region.
• Yun Shan considered the danger of the Black-Corner Region and Queen Medusa’s strength, then ordered Yun Leng to keep monitoring the tribe.

Chen Xuan prepared the Snake-People Tribe to leave its homeland for the Black-Corner Region, using the Sea King Ring to solve the problem of transporting their vast supplies. After rallying the uncertain tribe with a speech about growing stronger, he led them to set out.

• Yue Mei reported that all 218,741 members had assembled, but the tribe had more supplies than its Storage Rings and carriages could carry.
• Chen Xuan said he would store the excess resources in the Sea King Ring, then left the Sacred Hall with Yue Mei.
• Great Elder Snake Ji confirmed that the tribe and its supplies were ready outside the city gates, where Chen Xuan and the leaders had gathered.
• Chen Xuan addressed the tribe, explained why they were leaving for the Black-Corner Region, and declared that the Snake-People Tribe would triumph.
• The tribe repeated Chen Xuan's rallying cry, and he ordered everyone to move out.

The Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect learned that Queen Medusa had begun moving the Snake-People Tribe toward the Black-Corner Region, and both ordered their forces not to interfere. After leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan traveled through the Tagor Desert toward Desert City, where he heard startling news about his brothers and the tribe’s migration.

• Yao Yue reported the Snake-People Tribe’s departure, and Jia Xingtian ordered the empire to assist them and avoid interference.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to let the tribe pass, while Yun Yun recalled her encounter with a mysterious young man who had injured her.
• Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range after reaching the Dou Shi realm, and Yao Lao directed him across the Tagor Desert toward the Chu Yun Empire in search of a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Desert City and learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had become Da Dou Shi and led the city’s strongest mercenary group.
• Xiao Yan heard that Queen Medusa was relocating the Snake-People Tribe to the Black-Corner Region and reacted in disbelief.