Chapter Summaries

Jia Lie Jun was caught spying near the Snake People Tribe’s camp by Yue Mei, who chased and captured him. He lied that Xiao Yan had forced him to gather information about Queen Medusa’s impending breakthrough, then asked to join the tribe.

• Jia Lie Jun secretly approached the camp, but Yue Mei detected him and attacked with a poisoned water snake.
• Jia Lie Jun escaped across the desert, using Purple Fire and Spiritual Power Barriers to slow Yue Mei’s pursuit.
• Yue Mei broke through Jia Lie Jun’s defenses, struck him into the sand, and questioned him about his purpose.
• Jia Lie Jun claimed Xiao Yan had threatened Xun Er and forced him to spy on Queen Medusa’s planned breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Jia Lie Jun asked Yue Mei to let him join the Snake People Tribe, claiming he wanted revenge on Xiao Yan and had always dreamed of marrying a snake-person.

Jia Lie Jun tried to escape Yue Mei, but a black-robed swordswoman intervened and the arriving group of Dou Wangs sought an audience with the Snake People queen. Jia Lie Jun recognized the swordswoman as Yun Yun and clung to her hand, leaving Yue Mei facing Gu He and his companions.

• Jia Lie Jun distracted Yue Mei with Flying Sand and Stones and fled, but she quickly caught up to him.
• Yun Yun and several Dou Wangs arrived, and Yun Yun’s sword strike forced Yue Mei to retreat.
• Gu He asked Yue Mei to lead them to the Snake People queen, but Yue Mei refused and warned them to leave.
• Jia Lie Jun recognized Yun Yun by her uniquely shaped longsword and pretended she needed to rescue him.
• Jia Lie Jun held Yun Yun’s hand while she secretly pinched him, and Yun Yun let him keep holding on.

Yun Yun and Gu He's group pursued Yue Mei after she alerted the Snake-People Tribes, but she escaped while they fought off her energy snakes. As the group hurried toward the Medusa Temple, Yue Mei told Mo Ba Si that a Dou Emperor and his companions had entered the desert, while Medusa remained unavailable.

• Yue Mei sent a warning signal, then fled as Yun Yun and the other Dou Wangs pursued her through the desert.
• Yue Mei used Snake Technique: Differentiation to unleash energy snakes and escape, while Yun Yun protected Jia Lie Jun.
• Jia Lie Jun praised Yan Shi's golden hair as a “Golden Mane Lion King,” and Yan Shi eagerly adopted the title.
• Gu He urged the group to reach the Medusa Temple before the eight Snake-People leaders gathered, and they traveled onward through guarded territory.
• Mo Ba Si arrived after Yue Mei issued three warnings, and Yue Mei told him that a Dou Emperor, four Dou Wangs, and five Dou Lings had entered the desert to see Medusa.
• Mo Ba Si vowed to stop the human intruders, while Yue Mei said Medusa was seeing no one and Hua She Er was relaying messages for her.

Gu He met Queen Medusa and offered powerful pills in exchange for the Heavenly Flames she had found in the Tagor Desert. Medusa refused, explaining that giving the flames to a member of the Jia Ma Empire would strengthen her tribe’s enemy, leaving Gu He at a loss.

• Mo Ba Si attacked Gu He after Gu He’s group injured Snake-People, but Medusa ordered him to stop.
• Medusa appeared and heard Gu He apologize for the injuries and offer compensation to her people.
• Gu He revealed that he had come to negotiate for Medusa’s Heavenly Flames, which he had tracked through seven-colored scales.
• Medusa rejected Gu He’s offer of two sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills and a seventh-grade Shaping Pill.
• Medusa explained that the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-People Tribe were enemies, so she would not hand the Heavenly Flames to Gu He.

Yun Yun exposed Medusa’s plan to use the Heavenly Flame to evolve, and the Snake-People Tribe fought back as Gu He and Jia Lie Jun pushed toward Medusa Temple. Jia Lie Jun slipped through the temple and found Queen Medusa guarding the green flame, where he waited for a chance to act.

• Yun Yun revealed that Medusa needed a Heavenly Flame to evolve, then struck her apparent avatar, which dissolved into purple smoke.
• Yue Mei and Mo Ba Si attacked Yun Yun, but Yan Shi blocked their combined assault while Hua She Er ordered the Snake-People soldiers and tribal leaders to attack.
• Yun Yun held off Hua She Er and told Gu He to take the Heavenly Flame, while the guards formed a three-headed snake to block his path.
• Jia Lie Jun used purple fire to break through a weak point in the Snake-People defenses and entered Medusa Temple.
• Jia Lie Jun crossed a pool full of poisonous snakes and found Queen Medusa watching the green flame in a secluded garden.
• Jia Lie Jun suppressed his excitement and waited for an opportunity to take the flame.

Queen Medusa endured the Tribulation Lightning and emerged as a small Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which Jia Lie Jun subdued with Companion Purple Crystal Source before escaping the temple with the Heavenly Flame. As he flew toward Stone Desert City, Gu He and his party caught up and demanded that he hand over the flame.

• Queen Medusa transformed into a seven-colored python and endured a series of Tribulation Lightning strikes as Yun Yun and the others watched anxiously.
• The lightning stopped and the clouds dispersed, leading Yan Shi to believe Queen Medusa had failed her evolution.
• Jia Lie Jun found a small snake emerge from the python’s burned scales, fed it Companion Purple Crystal Source, and subdued the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Jia Lie Jun took the Heavenly Flame and escaped the Medusa Temple while Gu He searched for it and the Snake People Tribe fought the intruders.
• Jia Lie Jun flew toward Stone Desert City, but Gu He and his party caught up and demanded the Heavenly Flame.

Jia Lie Jun fought Gu He for the Heavenly Flames and defeated him in a contest of fire control, but Gu He survived and attacked him in a rage. Yun Yun prepared to intervene if Gu He tried to kill Jia Lie Jun, and the chapter ended as Gu He unleashed his Blazing Heaven Palm.

• Jia Lie Jun scattered sand to evade Gu He, but Gu He burned it away and confronted him.
• Jia Lie Jun and Gu He exchanged attacks using only their fire-control techniques, and Jia Lie Jun's Purple Fire whip exploded around Gu He.
• Yan Shi and the others watched in shock as Gu He emerged unharmed in Dou Qi Armor and threatened Jia Lie Jun.
• Yun Yun resolved to save Jia Lie Jun if Gu He struck to kill him and recalled how happy she had been with him in the cave.
• Gu He roared and sent his Blazing Heaven Palm, wreathed in blue flames, toward Jia Lie Jun.

Jia Lie Jun escaped Gu He’s group by pretending to have a powerful master, then recovered in a forest on the Tian Xuan Continent. As he refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, he broke through to Minor Accomplishment of the Origin Core Realm with a Nine-Star Origin Core and strengthened his Spiritual Power.

• Yun Yun prepared to save Jia Lie Jun, but a voice claiming to belong to Venerable Yan appeared and a flash of white light carried him away.
• Gu He and Yan Shi worried that Jia Lie Jun’s supposed master might seek revenge, while Yun Yun left regretful that she had parted from him.
• Jia Lie Jun rested in the forest and revealed to himself that he had used Ventriloquism to fool Gu He and conceal his secrets.
• Jia Lie Jun cultivated in a cave and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, enduring the pain as he refined his meridians and bound the flame to himself.
• Jia Lie Jun condensed a Nine-Star Origin Core and reached Minor Accomplishment of the Origin Core Realm, while his Spiritual Power also increased.

Jia Lie Jun escaped the fogbound forest by joining Ning Yuyao’s herb-gathering party, which was shadowed by the rival Lu Family. When a giant snake ambushed Ning Yuyao at the swamp, Jia Lie Jun rescued her with a bluish-purple fireball.

• Jia Lie Jun wandered through the foggy forest for days before following the sound of a caravan and meeting Ning Yuyao’s group.
• Ning Yuyao ordered her people to stay alert when she suspected the Lu Family caravan was following them.
• Jia Lie Jun introduced himself as a lost traveler and joined Ning Yuyao’s party, learning about the feud between the Ning and Lu Families.
• Jia Lie Jun noticed Lu Wushuang’s concealed hostility and sensed a giant snake waiting in the swamp ahead.
• The giant snake burst from the swamp and attacked Ning Yuyao, but Jia Lie Jun struck it with a bluish-purple fireball and caught her around the waist.

Jia Lie Jun intervened when Lu Wushuang and Master Li threatened Ning Yuyao and the Ning Family. After rescuing Ning Yuyao from the Black Water Mysterious Snake, he revealed his Origin Core Realm strength and confronted Master Li.

• Jia Lie Jun rescued Ning Yuyao from the Black Water Mysterious Snake, while Lu Wushuang summoned Master Li and demanded that Ning Yuyao surrender the Ning Family's medicine shops.
• Ning Yuyao refused Lu Wushuang's demand and tried to persuade Master Li to aid the Ning Family, but Lu Wushuang attacked her with his spear.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake severed a Ning Family guard's leg, and Lu Wushuang pressed Ning Yuyao until Jia Lie Jun struck him with a green fireball.
• Jia Lie Jun told Ning Yuyao to focus on Lu Wushuang and advanced to face Master Li as the Black Water Mysterious Snake hid in the swamp.
• Jia Lie Jun hovered in the air and dried out the swamp with greenish-purple flames, frightening Master Li.

Jia Lie Jun overwhelmed Master Li and trapped the Black Water Mysterious Snake, but Master Li drained the snake’s blood to enter the Form Creation Realm. Master Li then threatened Jia Lie Jun with his newly increased power.

• Jia Lie Jun struck the Black Water Mysterious Snake with his Flame Blade while Master Li attacked him with Spiritual Flying Blades.
• Jia Lie Jun protected himself with Spiritual Power armor, broke Master Li’s attacks, and drove the snake away from his punches.
• Jia Lie Jun trapped the Black Water Mysterious Snake in the Life Transformation Rune Array and controlled a splitting Flame Blade to pursue Master Li.
• Master Li used his great sword to break the arrows, but Jia Lie Jun detonated them and burned away Master Li’s black robe, revealing his frail, elderly body.
• Master Li drained the trapped snake’s blood, transformed into a younger-looking form, and reached the Form Creation Realm before threatening Jia Lie Jun.

Jia Lie Jun used Mystic Fire Returning Origin Transformation to overpower Master Li and turn the battle around. He then helped Ning Yuyao defeat Lu Wushuang and killed Master Li as he tried to flee.

• Jia Lie Jun and Master Li fought fiercely, while Jia Lie Jun held his own against Master Li's greater cultivation.
• After Ning Yuyao was knocked into a tree, Jia Lie Jun activated Mystic Fire Returning Origin Transformation and raised his cultivation to the Great Perfection of Yuan Dan Realm.
• Jia Lie Jun knocked Master Li's massive sword away and struck him in the chest, leaving him badly wounded.
• Jia Lie Jun hurled the massive sword toward Lu Wushuang, whose Raging Lion Dance stopped it, giving Ning Yuyao the chance to send him flying.
• Jia Lie Jun shot Master Li with a cyan arrow as he fled, and flames consumed him.

Ning Yuyao killed Lu Wushuang and prepared to move the Ning Family before the Lu Family could retaliate, while Jia Lie Jun continued toward the Ancient Tomb Mansion in the Tianyan Mountain Range. There, he encountered Lin Dong and realized Lin Dong had reached Late Heavenly Origin Realm and Two-Seal Symbol Master strength.

• Ning Yuyao killed Lu Wushuang and, with Steward Ning, slaughtered the Lu Family men present; Jia Lie Jun agreed to keep the incident secret.
• Ning Yuyao guided Jia Lie Jun to the Misty Forest exit, then ordered the Ning Family to prepare to leave Tiandu Commandery.
• Jia Lie Jun learned that experts were heading to the Ancient Tomb Mansion to contest for a Nirvana Heart and set off for the Tianyan Mountain Range.
• On the journey, Jia Lie Jun killed mercenaries who tried to rob him, discouraging others from attacking.
• At the Tianyan Mountain Range, Jia Lie Jun met Lin Dong and sensed that he had reached Late Heavenly Origin Realm and Two-Seal Symbol Master strength.

Jia Lie Jun and the others waited outside the Ancient Tomb Mansion as powerful young heirs arrived to confront its seal. Lin Langtian revealed they were still waiting for an especially formidable guest, and Ling Qingzhu arrived on a Green Lotus.

• Several groups of martial artists failed to break the Ancient Tomb Mansion's seal, and Jia Lie Jun waited there for three days.
• Lin Langtian arrived on a giant eagle formed from Origin Energy, and Jia Lie Jun noticed Lin Dong's concealed hatred toward him.
• Wang Yan arrived on a golden wheel with the Great Luo Golden Spear and exchanged boasts with Lin Langtian.
• Qin Shi arrived on a Wind Luan and joined Lin Langtian and Wang Yan at the mansion.
• Lin Langtian said they were waiting for someone invited by the Huangpu Family, and Ling Qingzhu arrived atop a Green Lotus.

Jia Lie Jun entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion after Ling Qingzhu and the others broke its seal, then used his Spiritual Power to find a hidden chamber and gathered its treasures. He left three mercenaries barely alive after they tried to rob him.

• Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and Ling Qingzhu combined their attacks to shatter the ancient tomb’s seal.
• Jia Lie Jun flew to the mountaintop and forced his way through the crowd at the stone gate with his blue-violet flames.
• Jia Lie Jun entered the tomb, endured the Nirvana Realm expert’s pressure, and used Spiritual Power to choose a passageway.
• Jia Lie Jun broke through a hidden stone wall, entered a chamber, and filled his Universe Bag with its contents.
• Jia Lie Jun defeated an ambusher and then used flaming chains and an explosion to leave three mercenaries barely alive.

Jia Lie Jun and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python discovered a chamber of Demon Spirits, which the python devoured while Jia Lie Jun refined some for Energy Points. In the treasure hall, Jia Lie Jun used a Fire Clone to seize the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd as other cultivators attacked.

• Jia Lie Jun left the stone room with thirty thousand Pure Origin Pills and thirty Three-Marked Treasure Artifacts after driving off the would-be robbers.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python led Jia Lie Jun into a chamber of Demon Spirits and devoured more than half of them.
• Jia Lie Jun refined a Demon Spirit for Energy Points, then fled with the python when footsteps approached.
• Jia Lie Jun entered a hall where cultivators were breaking barriers around spiritual treasures and spotted the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd.
• Jia Lie Jun formed a Fire Clone and sent it toward the halberd while he used barriers and weapons to hold off the other cultivators.

Jia Lie Jun claimed the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd and defeated the cultivators who had tried to take it, then fought Wang Pan after the Wang Clan disciple ambushed him and demanded the weapon. The chapter left Wang Pan badly injured on the ground while Jia Lie Jun still held the ancient halberd.

• The Fire Clone threw the ancient halberd to Jia Lie Jun, who marked it with a rune and used it to drive the assembled cultivators from the main hall.
• Jia Lie Jun ambushed one cultivator with the halberd, leaving him gravely injured and terrifying the rest into fleeing.
• Wang Pan attacked Jia Lie Jun and demanded the ancient halberd as a favor to the Wang Clan.
• Wang Pan sent his Flame Blade Disc against Jia Lie Jun, but Jia Lie Jun struck it into the ground and damaged it.
• Jia Lie Jun attacked while Wang Pan was distracted, breaking several of his ribs and knocking him to the ground.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Wang Pan’s attack and pressed deeper into the Ancient Tomb Mansion, navigating its traps and discovering a ruined puppet training ground. He reached a jade pool of medicinal herbs and found that Lin Langtian and the others had already taken the best ones.

• Jia Lie Jun shattered Wang Pan’s spear attack with the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd, but let Wang Pan escape to conserve his strength and pursue the Nirvana Heart.
• Jia Lie Jun triggered a Gravity Array, then recognized and navigated a maze of enormous wooden stakes.
• Jia Lie Jun found traces of battle and several weak Talisman Puppets inside the maze.
• Jia Lie Jun discovered hundreds of ruined Talisman Puppets on a training ground and continued onward.
• Jia Lie Jun reached a jade pool filled with medicinal herbs and realized Lin Langtian and the others had harvested its high-grade plants.

Jia Lie Jun gathered rare herbs and an intact symbol puppet before entering a sea of fire in the Ancient Tomb Mansion. He reached the Nirvana Heart, where he met Ling Qingzhu, who allowed him to look at it but warned him not to covet it.

• Jia Lie Jun collected eight rank-six spiritual herbs, drained a pool, and uncovered an intact symbol puppet powerful enough to rival a Form Creation Realm expert.
• Jia Lie Jun passed through a light screen into a sea of fire and found Lin Langtian and the others trapped by an array.
• Jia Lie Jun crossed an illusory passage and entered a stone hall containing the Nirvana Heart.
• Jia Lie Jun met Ling Qingzhu and said he had no intention of competing for the Nirvana Heart.
• Ling Qingzhu identified Jia Lie Jun as a Minor Accomplishment of the Origin Core Realm cultivator and permitted him to admire the heart while warning him against improper thoughts.

Ling Qingzhu claimed the Nirvana Heart and began refining it, while Jia Lie Jun concealed that its energy required yin-yang harmony to refine safely. The Heart’s icy energy overwhelmed her defenses, leaving the two in a dangerous situation in the great hall.

• Ling Qingzhu broke open the sphere and drew out the Nirvana Heart, then dissolved its outer layer and swallowed its emerald-green essence.
• Ling Qingzhu warned Jia Lie Jun not to disturb her as she refined the Heart, and Jia Lie Jun hid the warning carved into the coffin about its yin-yang requirement.
• Jia Lie Jun discovered the coffin inscription stating that the Nirvana Heart’s energy required yin-yang harmony or its consumer would be consumed by flames.
• Ling Qingzhu lost control of the Heart’s energy as icy yin energy battled her Origin Energy, turning her body red and white.
• The Green Lotus around Ling Qingzhu exploded, releasing freezing energy that made Jia Lie Jun kindle his flames to keep warm.