Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye successfully refined Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and discussed Little Doctor Immortal’s dangerous Body of Calamitous Poison with Yao Chen. Yun Yun, leader of the Cloud Mist Sect, visited to negotiate a purchase of Spirit Hall’s soul bones, and Lin Ye awaited her offer.

• Lin Ye refined Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, and Yao Chen praised his rapid progress as an alchemist.
• Lin Ye decided to give the liquid to Little Doctor Immortal and explained that he wanted her to pursue her dream of becoming a physician before her Body of Calamitous Poison worsened.
• Bi Ji told Lin Ye that a Cloud Mist Sect representative was waiting in the reception hall.
• Lin Ye met Yun Yun and learned she had come on behalf of the Cloud Mist Sect to negotiate a soul bone purchase.
• Yun Yun asked how many soul bones Lin Ye could provide and what grades they would be.

Lin Ye negotiated Spirit Bone sales with Yun Yun, securing cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and a future favor from the Cloud Mist Sect. A year later, after building several trade relationships and devouring the Fallen Heart Flame to reach the Dou King realm, Lin Ye prepared to leave Wu Tan City for the Tagore Desert to pursue the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Lin Ye told Yun Yun how many Spirit Bones he could supply and set prices for each grade; Yun Yun accepted them.
• Lin Ye asked the Cloud Mist Sect for cultivation methods and Dou Techniques of several grades and one future request within its power, and Yun Yun agreed to the conditions.
• Over the next year, the Jia Ma Empire's imperial family and the Mitel Family also arranged Spirit Bone transactions with Lin Ye, while he rejected less useful forces.
• With Lin Ye's Fallen Heart Flame and Xiao Xun'er's medicinal pills, Xiao Yan reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi and performed well in the final ceremonial test.
• Lin Ye gathered the ingredients for an Earth Spirit Pill, had Yao Chen refine it, and successfully devoured the Fallen Heart Flame, advancing from Dou Spirit to Dou King.
• After gathering what he needed to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, Lin Ye prepared to leave Wu Tan City for the Tagore Desert.

Lin Ye found Hai Bodong’s Ancient Map shop in Mo City and picked a fight over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. When Hai Bodong unleashed his aura, Lin Ye revealed that he knew the old man was the Ice Emperor, leaving Hai Bodong stunned.

• Lin Ye arrived in Mo City and found Hai Bodong’s Ancient Map shop.
• Lin Ye found the unusual fragment map and asked Hai Bodong to sell it.
• Hai Bodong refused, and Lin Ye insisted that he was buying the map.
• Hai Bodong grew angry and released his aura, warning Lin Ye not to act recklessly.
• Lin Ye named Hai Bodong as the Ice Emperor, and Hai Bodong froze in surprise.

Lin Ye challenged Hai Bodong outside Mo City to prove his strength and force him to yield the Mysterious Fragment Map. Hai Bodong attacked with Ice Seal Hundred Miles, but Lin Ye countered with the Purifying Demonic Flame, leaving the fire dragon charging toward him.

• Hai Bodong grew suspicious when Lin Ye identified him and demanded the Mysterious Fragment Map back.
• Lin Ye refused to hand over the map unless Hai Bodong could defeat him, and Hai Bodong agreed to fight.
• Lin Ye flew to a desolate Gobi outside Mo City, and Hai Bodong followed to reclaim the map and test his strength.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Ice Seal Hundred Miles, sending a wave of extreme cold toward Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye summoned the Purifying Demonic Flame, overwhelmed the cold, and sent a fire dragon rushing at Hai Bodong.

Lin Ye defeated Hai Bodong and offered to remove the seal on his cultivation in exchange for his submission and the remaining half of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. Hai Bodong agreed to the terms, but planned to judge Lin Ye by how he dealt with Queen Medusa.

• Lin Ye overwhelmed Hai Bodong with the Fallen Heart Flame and Xuanyuan Sword, breaking through his defenses and holding the blade at his throat.
• Lin Ye revealed that his flame was the fourteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and offered two ways to remove Hai Bodong's seal.
• Lin Ye demanded Hai Bodong submit and hand over the remaining half of the fragment map, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Hai Bodong agreed to Lin Ye's conditions on the condition that Lin Ye remove his seal first.
• Hai Bodong secretly planned to escape if Lin Ye failed to reach an agreement with Queen Medusa.

Lin Ye and Hai Bodong traveled through the Tagore Desert toward Shimo City, where Hai Bodong rescued members of the Mo Iron Mercenary Group at Lin Ye’s command. The grateful mercenaries invited them to their headquarters, and the group arrived near it as Xue Lan took an interest in Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye gave Hai Bodong half a day to prepare, then the two set out from Mo City into the Tagore Desert.
• Hai Bodong guided Lin Ye across the desert for several days, while Lin Ye’s dragon-like pressure drove away nearby magical beasts.
• Near Shimo City, Lin Ye ordered Hai Bodong to rescue the Mo Iron Mercenary Group members fighting raiding snake people, and Hai Bodong swiftly defeated their attackers.
• The surviving mercenaries thanked Lin Ye and Hai Bodong, then invited them to rest at the Mo Iron Mercenary Group headquarters.
• Xue Lan admitted to her companion that she was attracted to Lin Ye as the mercenary squad led him and Hai Bodong across Shimo City toward its headquarters.

Lin Ye visited the Mo Iron Mercenary Group headquarters and met Qing Lin, the Half-Snake Person he had been seeking. When she feared he would hate her for her heritage, Lin Ye reassured her, and she thanked him for accepting her.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Lin Ye to the Mo Iron Mercenary Group headquarters and hosted him and Hai Bodong for a meal.
• After the meal, Xiao Ding assigned Qing Lin to show Lin Ye the guest rooms and guide him around Shimo City.
• Lin Ye recognized Qing Lin as the Half-Snake Person he had come to find and left the reception hall with her.
• Lin Ye noticed Qing Lin's green scales, prompting her to hide her hands and ask whether he hated her for being a Half-Snake Person.
• Lin Ye told Qing Lin he did not care about her heritage and gently patted her head, and Qing Lin thanked him for not hating her.

Lin Ye grew closer to Qing Lin and asked her to leave the Mo Iron Mercenary Group with him, promising to protect her. Qing Lin fled without answering, while Lin Ye remained confident she would go with him.

• Lin Ye saw mercenaries greet him warmly but glare at Qing Lin, so he took her hand and comforted her.
• Qing Lin showed Lin Ye and Hai Bodong to rooms in a detached courtyard and asked whether he wanted to visit Shimo City; Lin Ye declined.
• Lin Ye asked Qing Lin to leave with him, promised he would protect her, and said he would ask Xiao Ding the next day.
• Qing Lin hesitated and ran from the room without giving Lin Ye an answer.
• Hai Bodong asked why Lin Ye wanted Qing Lin, and Lin Ye claimed her cultivation would surpass Hai Bodong's in less than a year.

Lin Ye asked Xiao Ding to let Qing Lin leave the Mo Iron Mercenary Group with him, and Xiao Ding agreed once Qing Lin did not refuse. As Lin Ye departed with her, he told Xiao Ding that Qing Lin was priceless to him.

• Lin Ye told Xiao Ding he was leaving and asked to take Qing Lin with him.
• Xiao Ding warned Lin Ye that Qing Lin was a Half-Snake Person and agreed only if she was willing to go.
• Qing Lin hesitated but left the decision to Xiao Ding, who released her to follow Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye gave Xiao Ding a dose of Qi Gathering Powder he had refined himself, revealing he was an alchemist.
• As Lin Ye left with Qing Lin, he told Xiao Ding that Qing Lin was priceless to him, and Qing Lin tightened her hold on Lin Ye's hand.

Lin Ye took Qing Lin and Hai Bodong to the underground magma world near Shimo City, hoping to find the Green Lotus Core Flame and use the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to help Qing Lin awaken her Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils. Guided by Qing Lin, Lin Ye reached the magma lake, where the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged and attacked them.

• Lin Ye left Shimo City with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong and learned from Qing Lin where the underground magma world was located.
• Lin Ye found and opened the hidden entrance in the desert, then led Qing Lin and Hai Bodong through the deep passage to a network of tunnels.
• Qing Lin sensed the strongest aura and guided Lin Ye through the tunnels to the vast magma lake.
• Lin Ye left Hai Bodong behind and flew over the magma with Qing Lin, following her directions toward the aura.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake burst out of the magma and fired two pillars of flame at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye used the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes attacking him and Qing Lin to awaken Qing Lin’s Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils. After she subdued one of the snakes and discovered she could command it, Lin Ye prepared to continue searching for the aura she had sensed.

• Several Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes emerged from the magma and attacked Lin Ye, while Yao Chen explained their traits and weaknesses.
• Lin Ye maneuvered through the snakes’ attacks to put Qing Lin in danger, and a snake’s tail sent him crashing into a rock wall.
• Qing Lin screamed as a charging Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake threatened them, awakening her Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and marking the snake with its power.
• The other Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes fled into the magma, and Qing Lin collapsed from exhaustion after subduing the remaining one.
• Lin Ye explained Qing Lin’s new ability, and she discovered she could command the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

Lin Ye and Qing Lin searched beneath a lava lake for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but found that it had already been taken, so Lin Ye removed the Earth Core Green Lotus pedestal instead. They then traveled with Hai Bodong for more than ten days and reached the depths of the Tagore Desert, where Snake People tribes and dangerous human mercenary groups were common.

• Lin Ye shielded himself and Qing Lin with the Fallen Heart Flame and dove into the lava lake to follow the aura she sensed.
• Lin Ye used his External Soul Bone: Double Pupils to locate the Earth Core Green Lotus, but found its lotus pedestal without the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Ye cut off and stored the lotus pedestal, then found a colorful snake scale and said he knew who had taken the flame.
• Lin Ye returned to Hai Bodong and said they should continue toward the Snake People Oasis because someone had taken the flame first.
• Lin Ye, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong traveled for more than ten days and reached the depths of the Tagore Desert, where powerful Snake People tribes and mercenaries seeking to abduct snakewomen posed dangers.

Lin Ye and his companions traveled through the Tagore Desert and encountered Snake People killing human mercenaries who had invaded their territory. After Yue Mei discovered them and challenged Lin Ye’s claim that they were ordinary travelers, he realized a fight might be unavoidable.

• Lin Ye, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong ate roasted Yellow Sand Demon Scorpion pincers before continuing toward the Snake People Oasis.
• Lin Ye spotted a Snake People patrol defeating a group of mercenaries, and the captain urged Aku to escape.
• Yue Mei pursued Aku and killed him after Lin Ye refused to help the mercenary who begged for rescue.
• Yue Mei sensed Lin Ye’s group and called them out, so Lin Ye emerged and claimed they were merely travelers.
• Yue Mei mocked Lin Ye’s explanation and accused humans of entering the desert to abduct Snake Women.

Lin Ye fought Yue Mei after she challenged him, defeating her with superior swordsmanship and the Dragon Might of his Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul. He restrained her with special shackles and carried her down as she protested that she did not like being cuffed.

• Yue Mei attacked Lin Ye to test whether he and his companions were ordinary travelers, and Lin Ye told Elder Hai to protect Qing Lin before taking the fight into the air.
• Yue Mei recognized Lin Ye as a Dou King and decided to capture him for the Snake People Race Queen, but Lin Ye said he would take her back instead.
• Lin Ye overwhelmed Yue Mei with his swordsmanship, then released his Dragon Might to frighten the venomous snakes and everyone watching.
• Lin Ye subdued Yue Mei, cuffed her with shackles that sealed her Dou Qi, and caught her as she fell when her Dou Qi Wings vanished.
• Yue Mei asked Lin Ye what he had done and protested that she did not like being cuffed.

Lin Ye brought Yue Mei and his companions toward the Snake People Oasis to negotiate with Queen Medusa, while Yue Mei remained shackled and under guard. As they camped for the night, Lin Ye spotted Gu He's force approaching and realized the attack on the queen had arrived earlier than expected.

• Lin Ye persuaded Yue Mei to lead him and his companions to the Snake People Oasis, and the group set out with a patrol.
• Yue Mei asked Lin Ye to remove her shackles so she could bathe, but he refused and suggested she have the other snake people help her.
• Lin Ye sensed a powerful group approaching and saw nine riders on a green flying eagle, including a Dou Emperor, three Dou Kings, and five Dou Spirits.
• Lin Ye recognized the group as Gu He's force and suspected his actions had brought forward their attempt to seize Queen Medusa's Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yue Mei saw the approaching force, hurried from the lake, and fired three signal arrows to warn the Snake People Oasis.

Lin Ye flew Yue Mei toward the Snake People Oasis as Gu He and his group forced their way past the Charming Snake Tribe’s defenses. Gu He reached the oasis and asked to meet Queen Medusa, while Mobas warned that the human intruders would face the other tribe leaders when they arrived.

• Yue Mei fired three danger signal arrows, then asked Lin Ye to free her so she could help protect the Queen.
• Lin Ye flew toward the Snake People Oasis carrying Yue Mei, while Hai Bodong stayed behind to protect Qing Lin.
• The Charming Snake Tribe fired Demon Breaking Arrows at Gu He's approaching Wind King Eagle, but two Dou Kings destroyed the arrows and flew past the wall.
• The Charming Snake Tribe recognized Yue Mei with Lin Ye and let them cross the wall without attacking.
• Mobas confronted Gu He and his group at the oasis, and Gu He asked to meet Queen Medusa.
• Mobas warned Gu He to leave before the other tribe leaders arrived, then reacted with surprise when Gu He gave his name.

Gu He demanded an audience with Queen Medusa, but Mobas concealed that she was absent while tensions rose between the humans and the Snake People. Lin Ye arrived with Yue Mei and insisted he could defeat the Dou Emperor, while Gu He called for the queen to appear.

• Mobas refused to let Gu He meet Queen Medusa, claiming she had retired and would receive him another day.
• Yan Shi threatened to attack the city, and Mobas recognized him as an old enemy and exchanged angry challenges with him.
• Lin Ye reached the city with Yue Mei and stopped in the woods while she urged him to release her so she could help defend the Snake People.
• Lin Ye learned from Yue Mei that Queen Medusa was absent and claimed he could defeat the Dou Emperor in moments, though Yue Mei doubted him.
• Gu He flew above the city and called for Queen Medusa to appear for a trade.

Gu He came to the Snake People oasis to trade for Queen Medusa’s Heavenly Flame, but she refused his offer because she needed it for her evolution. After Yun Yun revealed the reason for the refusal and identified the queen before them as an energy body, tensions rose and the deal appeared headed for conflict.

• Queen Medusa appeared above the oasis, and Mobas and Yan Ci knelt to greet her.
• Gu He asked Queen Medusa to give him her Heavenly Flame in exchange for two Rank 6 Dou Spirit Pills and one Rank 7 Shapeshifting Pill.
• Lin Ye recognized that Queen Medusa’s appearance was not her true body and realized Gu He’s offer would fail because she needed the flame for her transformation.
• Queen Medusa refused Gu He’s offer and warned him to leave rather than force her to act.
• Yun Yun explained that a Heavenly Flame was required for Queen Medusa’s evolution, then identified the queen before them as an energy body.
• The revelation changed the atmosphere as both sides considered the possibility of a fight.

Lin Ye stopped Yun Yun from striking Queen Medusa and declared that he would protect the Snake People Race. After Yan Shi insulted him and urged an attack on the snake people, Lin Ye knocked the Dou King flying with one punch, leaving Gu He and Feng Li rushing to his aid.

• Gu He and the other Dou Kings and Dou Spirits considered attacking the Snake People Race if Queen Medusa proved unable to resist.
• Yun Yun struck at Queen Medusa, but Lin Ye teleported beside her and caught Yun Yun's hand.
• Yun Yun recognized Lin Ye and questioned why he was protecting Queen Medusa, and Lin Ye told her to leave with her people.
• Yan Shi insulted Lin Ye and urged Yun Yun to wipe out the Snake People Race.
• Lin Ye teleported to Yan Shi and punched through his Dou Qi Armor, sending him crashing into a city wall.
• Gu He and Feng Li rushed toward Yan Shi after he was buried beneath the collapsed wall.

Lin Ye protected the Snake People Race and urged Yun Yun to seek peace between them and the Jia Ma Empire, but Yun Yun refused to abandon her mission to obtain Queen Medusa’s Heavenly Flames. They began a fierce battle in the sky, leaving the Snake People Race hoping Lin Ye would win.

• Lin Ye struck Yan Shi into a wall and warned him not to insult him again, while Gu He gave the badly injured Yan Shi a life-saving pill.
• Lin Ye told Yun Yun to abandon the operation and declared that the Snake People Race was under his protection.
• Lin Ye argued that the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People Race could set aside their grievances and become allies, but Yun Yun said she would not withdraw while she still had a chance to obtain Queen Medusa’s Heavenly Flames.
• Queen Medusa, who was present only as an energy body, watched with curiosity because Lin Ye supported peaceful coexistence between humans and the Snake People Race.
• Yun Yun attacked Lin Ye with her Magic Conducting Sword, and Lin Ye summoned the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul and Double Pupils to fight her in the sky.
• Mobas and Yan Ci watched the battle anxiously and hoped Lin Ye would defeat Yun Yun.