Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discovered that the Blood Pool could greatly strengthen the Snake-People Tribe and began testing its effects on the Spirit White Fox and the young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor. After several days of cultivation and refining an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon’s remains, Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City with the Blood Pool secured for future use.

• Queen Medusa proposed limiting the Blood Pool to Dou Wang experts and above, while selecting fifty talented youngsters to use it each year.
• Chen Xuan forced the young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor into the Blood Pool’s deeper waters, where it began cultivating alongside the Spirit White Fox.
• After three days, the young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor advanced to the middle stage of a third-rank magical beast, while the Spirit White Fox neared a breakthrough.
• Chen Xuan used the azure green lotus core flame to refine the Ancient Void Dragon’s corpse, extracting its eighth-rank magic core and five drops of Dou Zun-level blood essence before storing the skeleton.
• Chen Xuan led the stronger Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor and Spirit White Fox out of the Blood Pool and returned to Demon Cloud City.

Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City, learned that Medicine Emperor Han Feng had been waiting to meet him, and organized how the Snake-People Tribe would use the Heavenly Blood Pool. The chapter ended with Han Feng entering the Great Hall beside a concealed Four-Star Dou Zong.

• Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City and learned that Han Feng had stayed there for three days requesting an audience.
• Chen Xuan reunited with Ya Fei and the elders, introduced the Spirit White Fox, and revealed that the little fellow’s rapid growth came from a Heavenly Blood Pool.
• Elder Ji Xuan and Leader Yin Shi advised limiting access to preserve the pool, and Chen Xuan set five-year entry rules and appointed Black Mountain and Gu Luo to guard it.
• Yue Mei reported that Great Elder Snake Ji and Gu He remained in seclusion, with Gu He’s attempts to refine Sect Breaking Pills having failed.
• A guard announced Han Feng’s arrival, and Chen Xuan recognized that the stranger accompanying him was a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Han Feng entered the Great Hall, paid his respects to Chen Xuan, and praised her beauty and strength.

Han Feng visited Demon Cloud City to apologize to Chen Xuan and offer a Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill for his past attack on the Snake-People Tribe. He then negotiated Chen Xuan’s help in attacking Jia Nan Academy for its heavenly flame, leaving with an agreement that each man privately planned to use to his own advantage.

• Chen Xuan intimidated Han Feng and revealed that the quiet old man accompanying him was a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• The little fellow recognized Han Feng’s medicinal scent, and Han Feng identified it as an Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor destined to become an eighth-rank magical beast.
• Han Feng admitted he had organized the attack on the Snake-People Tribe and offered Chen Xuan a Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill to settle the matter; Chen Xuan accepted it and warned Han Feng not to provoke the tribe again.
• Han Feng showed Chen Xuan his Sea Heart Flame and proposed that they attack Jia Nan Academy to seize its heavenly flame in exchange for a seventh-grade pill.
• Chen Xuan bargained for one seventh-grade pill and three Sect Breaking Pills, agreed to hold off one Dou Zong, and collected two Sect Breaking Pills as a deposit.
• Han Feng left intending to master the Flame Mantra and eventually subdue Chen Xuan and Jia Nan Academy, while Chen Xuan privately doubted he would need to honor the deal.

Chen Xuan used spirit nurturing dust and a Moon Immortal Spirit Flower to help Gu He overcome repeated failures in refining the Sect Breaking Pill. Gu He succeeded, and the Snake-People Tribe celebrated the emergence of a Pill Emperor as Chen Xuan continued to consider moving a Dou Sheng’s small world to the Black-Corner Region.

• Chen Xuan received ten grains of spirit nurturing dust and a Spatial Displacement Formation diagram, which could relocate a small world but required a Dou Zun and eight eighth-rank magic cores.
• After Gu He failed his fourth attempt to refine the Sect Breaking Pill, Chen Xuan gave him spirit nurturing dust to strengthen his soul power.
• Gu He used one grain of spirit nurturing dust and increased his soul power by ten percent, then accepted the remaining grains and a Moon Immortal Spirit Flower from Chen Xuan.
• Gu He resumed refining the Sect Breaking Pill, and two days later a pillar of pill energy rose from the Snake-People Tribe Sacred Hall.
• Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, and the Snake-People Tribe’s elders recognized Gu He’s success and anticipated that Pill Emperor Gu He would become famous throughout the Black-Corner Region.

Gu He successfully refined a Sect Breaking Pill and became a peak sixth-grade Alchemy Master, drawing the attention of Medicine Emperor Han Feng. At a banquet celebrating his achievement, Queen Medusa announced that the Snake-People Tribe would hold a major auction in Demon Cloud City in one week.

• Han Feng and the Eagle Mountain Elder watched the pill phenomenon and identified the Sect Breaking Pill as a likely peak sixth-grade pill.
• Gu He caught the escaping Sect Breaking Pill, and Hai Bodong congratulated him on his success.
• Chen Xuan praised Gu He, who briefly tested his soul power against Han Feng and recognized that Han Feng was stronger.
• At the banquet, Queen Medusa praised Gu He's value to the Snake-People Tribe, while Chen Xuan said he had nurtured Gu chiefly because of his loyalty.
• Queen Medusa announced that the Snake-People Tribe would hold a major auction in Demon Cloud City in one week and told the elders to prepare carefully.

Gu He’s rise and Hai Bodong’s history strengthened human support for Queen Medusa as major Black-Corner Region factions arrived in Demon Cloud City for her auction. Hai Bodong and three Snake-People Tribe elders executed two Dou Emperor rule-breakers, and a black-robed figure finally reached the city.

• Gu He publicly credited Queen Medusa for his achievements, while news of Hai Bodong’s place in the Snake-People Tribe further improved human opinion of her rule.
• Major Black-Corner Region factions, including Mo Tianxing of the Black Emperor Sect, arrived in Demon Cloud City for the auction and observed its orderly human and snake-person community.
• Two Dou Emperor experts fought inside the city, prompting Hai Bodong, Ji Xuan, Gu Luo, and Black Mountain to pursue and kill them.
• Hai Bodong displayed the two corpses at the city gate as a warning, and the visiting experts became more cautious.
• After three more days passed, a black-robed figure arrived outside Demon Cloud City with his teacher.

Xiao Yan arrived in Demon Cloud City before its auction and saw how Queen Medusa’s rule had brought humans and snake-people together in a prosperous city. After he used the Snake-People Tribe’s highest-ranking token to secure a room on the sixth floor, Han Feng sensed Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame, while Chen Xuan learned of Xiao Yan’s arrival.

• Xiao Yan entered Demon Cloud City, where Yao Lao identified two Dou Huang corpses on the walls and praised Queen Medusa’s power.
• Xiao Yan explored the city, admired its peaceful mix of humans and snake-people, and bought several fourth-tier medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan showed the inn receptionist Queen Medusa’s purple token, and Elder Jiadou personally escorted him to a free Honored Guest room on the sixth floor.
• Xiao Yan sensed that someone on the sixth floor possessed a Heavenly Flame, but Yao Lao did not answer when he called.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Poison Flame and decided not to act inside Demon Cloud City.
• Chen Xuan learned that Xiao Yan had arrived and realized he was staying on the same floor as Han Feng.

Xiao Yan attended Demon Cloud City's first auction, where he discovered that Han Feng, the man who killed his teacher, was also present. The auction's final lot was revealed as blood essence from an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon, leaving the assembled experts stunned.

• Elder Jiadou escorted Xiao Yan to the auction, where he encountered Han Feng and sensed the Heavenly Flame within him.
• Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa, Gu He, Hai Bodong, and Chen Xuan, who identified Han Feng as Xiao Yan's senior fellow disciple and offered to kill him; Xiao Yan refused, saying his teacher should take Han Feng's life.
• Ya Fei hosted the auction, which sold rare pills including the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, Emperor's Extreme Pills, and a Sect Breaking Pill that the Thousand Medicine Shop bought for twenty-five million gold coins.
• The Snake-People Tribe presented a jade bottle that released a powerful dragon phantom, and Ya Fei revealed it contained blood essence from an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon.

At the Black-Corner Region auction, Ya Fei offered the Snake-People Tribe’s eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon blood essence, drawing fierce bids from powerful factions. After leaving the auction, Chen Xuan returned to the Sacred Hall with Xiao Yan, who asked her to help keep the situation under control during his approaching Three-Year Agreement with the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Ya Fei revealed the blood essence’s origin and began bidding at twenty million gold coins, exciting the Black-Corner Region’s major factions.
• Mo Tianxing offered gold and an Earth Tier Mid Grade Dou Technique, but a black-robed bidder raised the price to fifty million and continued competing with the Thousand Medicine Shop.
• Chen Xuan left the auction with Yue Mei and Xiao Yan, saying Gu He and Hai Bodong could oversee the sale.
• At the Sacred Hall, Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Qing Lin was a Three-Flowered Green Snake Child with the potential to become a powerful overlord.
• Chen Xuan took Xiao Yan aside and asked why he had come; Xiao Yan requested help keeping matters under control during his Three-Year Agreement with the Misty Cloud Sect.

Chen Xuan learned that golden spirit saliva might be found among the Earth Bear clan and traded ancient void dragon blood essence to Yao Lao for a seventh-rank pill formula. After the auction ended, a fight broke out over Han Feng’s winnings outside Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan chose to protect the city’s reputation by watching rather than intervening.

• Xiao Yan asked Chen Xuan to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect for his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, and Chen Xuan agreed in exchange for one of Xiao Yan’s favors.
• Yao Lao revealed that golden spirit saliva was a rare metal-attribute treasure and suggested Chen Xuan search among the powerful Earth Bear clan in the Central Plains.
• Yao Lao traded a Pure Heart Pill formula to Chen Xuan for Ancient Void Dragon blood essence to aid his planned rebirth.
• A battle erupted outside Demon Cloud City after the auction, and Hai Bodong reported that Han Feng had bought the final blood essence for ninety million gold coins before an unidentified Dou Zong attacked his Four-Star Dou Zong bodyguard.
• Hai Bodong offered to intervene, but Chen Xuan refused to rob the auction winner and told him to watch the fight as long as it did not affect the city.

Chen Xuan watched the Lion Nether Sect confront Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder over the Eighth-Rank Magical Beast blood essence. When the Lion Nether Sect threatened them with two Dou Zong experts, Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder fled back to Demon Cloud City for protection.

• Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan went to Demon Cloud City's gate, where Hai Bodong identified Eagle Mountain Elder as a Four-Star Dou Zong fighting a mysterious White-Haired Elder.
• The White-Haired Elder summoned a Black-Clad Elder, revealed that both belonged to the Lion Nether Sect, and demanded Han Feng surrender the blood essence.
• Queen Medusa told Chen Xuan that the Lion Nether Sect was a powerful faction rumored to have Dou Zun experts, while Black-Corner Region leaders returned to the city for safety.
• Chen Xuan allowed the factions to enter Demon Cloud City but charged each group five hundred thousand gold coins and reaffirmed his ban on fighting inside the city.
• As the Lion Nether Sect elders prepared to attack, Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder fled back to Demon Cloud City rather than fight them.

Chen Xuan protected Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder in Demon Cloud City, accepting Han Feng’s seventh-grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill as the price of his protection. After defeating two Lion Nether Sect Dou Zong experts who challenged his authority, Chen Xuan forced them to flee and warned everyone to obey his rules within the city.

• Han Feng offered Chen Xuan the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill in exchange for protection from the Lion Nether Sect, and Chen Xuan declared that no one could fight in Demon Cloud City.
• A Lion Nether Sect elder threatened Chen Xuan, who released overwhelming Dou Qi and challenged the two elders to attack him together.
• The two Lion Nether Sect experts summoned lion phantoms and unleashed their signature techniques, but Chen Xuan shattered their attacks with his Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Chen Xuan overpowered the two elders, ordered them to obey his rules inside the city, and sent them fleeing.
• Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder recognized how easily Chen Xuan could have killed them, and Han Feng regretted ever scheming against the Queen.

After Queen Medusa enforced peace in Demon Cloud City, Han Feng stayed there in seclusion while the Snake-People Tribe prepared to use a blood pool. Great Elder Snake Ji broke through to Dou Zong, leaving Demon Cloud City stronger and drawing the attention of its many visiting experts.

• Chen Xuan warned the Black-Corner Region experts that fighting in Demon Cloud City would mean death, and Xiao Yan rebuffed Han Feng before flying into the city.
• Han Feng chose to remain in Demon Cloud City and cultivate, while the other visiting experts stayed to watch how events unfolded.
• Yue Mei reported that the city was stable, and Chen Xuan ordered punishment for malicious provocation and delayed blood-pool entry until the visitors left.
• Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discussed the wealth the city had gained and planned a celebratory bath before a breakthrough shook the city.
• Great Elder Snake Ji broke through to Dou Zong, regained a younger appearance, and astonished the Snake-People Tribe leaders and Black-Corner Region experts.

Chen Xuan prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire after Great Elder Snake Ji became a Dou Zong and Demon Cloud City’s defenses strengthened. Xiao Yan successfully refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and Chen Xuan told him they would depart in three days.

• Great Elder Snake Ji’s breakthrough spread through Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan appointed Yue Mei to take over her duties while Snake Ji oversaw the tribe’s affairs.
• Chen Xuan ordered the blood pool opened for eligible experts and gifted children, and he told Ya Fei to manage the Demon Cloud Auction House.
• Yue Mei reported that Medicine Emperor Han Feng planned to cultivate in Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan ordered the elders to leave him alone because he had paid a seventh-grade pill as his protection fee.
• Chen Xuan announced his return to the Jia Ma Empire and reassured the elders that the awakened Seven-Colored Heaven-Connecting Python and Snake Ji could protect Demon Cloud City; Hai Bodong joined the journey.
• Xiao Yan refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and Chen Xuan praised his achievement before telling him they would leave for the Jia Ma Empire in three days.

Chen Xuan and his companions left Demon Cloud City and flew into the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Yan chose to return to Wutan City before facing the Misty Cloud Sect. The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived above the city, and the Xiao Clan recognized the beast that had helped raise their standing two years earlier.

• Chen Xuan entrusted Demon Cloud City to Great Elder Snake Ji, then set off with Hai Bodong, Xiao Yan, and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor on the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor revealed that he had reached high third rank, joined the journey, and settled down after Xiao Yan gave him honey.
• The group flew past Ghost-Suppressing Pass and entered the Jia Ma Empire without stopping.
• Xiao Yan told Chen Xuan that he wanted to visit Wutan City before going to the Misty Cloud Sect, and the party flew across the Magical Beast Mountain Range toward it.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared over Wutan City, startling its residents, while the Xiao Clan recognized the beast from two years earlier and watched its arrival with excitement.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan with Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa, astonishing Xiao Zhan with his Da Dou Shi strength and news about his brothers. As they continued toward the capital, Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue confronted the threat of the Chu Yun Empire, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King's arrival startled the city.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa to the Xiao Clan, where he was delighted to discover that Xiao Yan had returned as a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were also Da Dou Shi and had founded Desert City's strongest mercenary group, with Queen Medusa's pills helping them advance.
• Xiao Zhan hosted Chen Xuan and his party before Xiao Yan left with them for the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Zhan worried about his son's coming confrontation.
• Yao Yue warned Jia Xingtian that the Chu Yun Empire was mobilizing, and they discussed how to counter its poisons and Four-Star Dou Zong Xie Biyan.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived over the capital, and Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue recognized the roar of Queen Medusa's mount.

Queen Medusa returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Hai Bodong and the masked Xiao Yan, and Jia Xingtian welcomed them with a banquet. The gathering ended with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arriving, startling Xiao Yan when he recognized Yun Yun from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Queen Medusa landed at the capital on the Amethyst Winged Lion King and reunited with Yao Yue, while Jia Xingtian, Mittel Tengshan, and Nalan Jie greeted her.
• Hai Bodong revealed his Nine-Star Dou Emperor strength, and Mittel Tengshan recognized him as the Mittel Family's former patriarch, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yan Xiao, and Yao Yue and Jia Xingtian praised his talent after learning he had reached the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Jia Xingtian arranged a lavish welcoming banquet and asked Yao Yue to invite young talents, including Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun arrived at the banquet with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the woman he had met in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

At the imperial banquet, Xiao Yan, posing as Yan Xiao, stunned the gathered nobles by defeating Wang Zhong in one move with the Netherworld Poison Flame and revealing his Fourth-Rank Alchemist status. Nalan Yanran recognized him as an extraordinary rival, while the powerful guests began coveting his talents.

• Yao Yue introduced Nalan Yanran to Yan Xiao, who responded coolly and declined to entertain the gathered young nobles.
• Wang Zhong challenged Yan Xiao, but Xiao Yan defeated him with a burst of green flame and gave him an Ice-Breath Pill for his burns.
• Jia Xingtian identified the flame as a heavenly flame, and Queen Medusa named it the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Queen Medusa revealed that Yan Xiao was a Fourth-Rank Alchemy Master, shocking the banquet guests and unsettling Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Yue asked how Yan Xiao used the poisonous flame to refine medicine, and he teased her by calling the answer a secret.

At Jia Xingtian's banquet, Xiao Yan agreed to enter the alchemist competition after learning the champion would receive a Sixth-grade Magic Core, while Jia Xingtian revealed that the Chu Yun Empire threatened war. After Queen Medusa promised to kill Xie Biyan, Chen Xuan explained that the Snake-People Tribe should control the Black-Corner Region from the shadows and gather its resources, leaving the region's chaos intact.

• Xiao Yan praised Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa confirmed that his teacher was a great man, prompting the clan heads to treat Xiao Yan with greater respect.
• Yao Yue invited Xiao Yan to the Jia Ma Empire's alchemist competition and persuaded him to enter by revealing its Sixth-grade Magic Core prize.
• Jia Xingtian told Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong that the Chu Yun Empire had sent alchemists to compete and assembled its armies at the border under the command of Four-Star Dou Zong Xie Biyan.
• Queen Medusa agreed to kill Xie Biyan, and Jia Xingtian reminded her that half of the Jia Ma Empire belonged to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa to gather the Black-Corner Region's resources and control it from the shadows, since the region concealed Tou She Ancient God's tomb.

Chen Xuan emerged from seclusion as the Jia Ma Empire faced an invasion by the Chu Yun Empire and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. He joined Jia Xingtian at the battlefield, where Queen Medusa appeared to confront Xie Biyan.

• Chen Xuan practiced the Sea Overturning Seal and learned that the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor had grown stronger by eating the Jia Ma Imperial Family's medicinal materials.
• Jia Xingtian told Chen Xuan that the Chu Yun Empire had invaded and that Xie Biyan had demanded the Jia Ma Empire surrender within a week.
• Chen Xuan ordered a full mobilization, took Jia Xingtian to the battlefield, and left Hai Bodong to guard the imperial capital.
• Jia Xingtian attacked Xie Shan, but Xie Biyan appeared and offered him a chance to submit.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Jia Xingtian, and Xie Biyan recognized that her concealed strength made her a formidable opponent.