Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran defeated Xiao Yan’s resistance, promised to train Qing Lin, and revealed the power of her Three-Flower Green Snake Eyes. He then took her into a vast underground magma world near Shimo City, where they suspected a Heavenly Flame could be born.

• Xiao Yan vowed to avenge Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and investigate the secrets of the Xiao Clan, but Xu Ran knocked him aside and left with Qing Lin.
• Xu Ran asked whether Qing Lin thought he was a bad person, and she said she trusted him because he treated her well.
• Xu Ran promised to teach Qing Lin cultivation and have Xian'er refine pills for her.
• Xu Ran explained that Qing Lin had the Three-Flower Green Snake Eyes, which could sense and control snake-type magical beasts.
• Xu Ran opened a passage beneath the desert and took Qing Lin into an enormous cavern filled with flowing magma.
• Qing Lin wondered whether the underground world held a treasure.

Xu Ran brought Qing Lin to the magma world to help her use her Three-Flower Green Snake Eyes to contract the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. Qing Lin successfully bound the powerful beast to herself, leaving it docile and charged with protecting her.

• Xu Ran explained that the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake lived beneath the magma and that Qing Lin could control it with her innate eyes.
• Xu Ran forced the snake out of the magma and knocked it down with one punch.
• Xu Ran ordered the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to serve Qing Lin and protect her, and the beast accepted.
• Qing Lin activated her Three-Flower Green Snake Eyes and imprinted green flowers on the snake's two heads, completing the contract.
• Qing Lin excitedly leaped onto Xu Ran and embraced him after the snake became docile.

Xu Ran took Qing Lin into the magma to retrieve a cyan lotus and Queen Medusa’s snake scale. After securing the treasures, he prepared to go see Queen Medusa.

• Qing Lin told Xu Ran she wanted to marry him when she grew up, and Xu Ran agreed to let her decide then.
• Xu Ran carried Qing Lin on the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into the magma and shielded her from its heat.
• Xu Ran found Queen Medusa’s snake scale and collected the eight-leaf cyan lotus.
• Xu Ran said he was ready to go see Queen Medusa.

Xu Ran returned to Shimo City, gave the Little Medical Fairy a green lotus and its precious seeds, and told her he planned to leave for a while. He revealed that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and set out to retrieve it, while also hoping to win Medusa over.

• Xu Ran returned to Shimo City with Qing Lin and reunited with the Little Medical Fairy, Xue Mei, and Feilin.
• Xu Ran gave the Little Medical Fairy a green lotus that had nurtured a Heavenly Flame and gave Xue Mei and Feilin precious lotus seeds to strengthen their cultivation.
• Xu Ran told the Little Medical Fairy he needed to leave and asked her and the others to wait for him in Shimo City.
• After the Little Medical Fairy challenged his motives, Xu Ran revealed that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and showed the women a snake scale.
• The Little Medical Fairy accepted that Xu Ran was going after the Heavenly Flame and told him to return soon.

Xu Ran arrived at the Snake-People Tribe’s oasis and told Yue Mei he could help Queen Medusa survive her Heavenly Flame trial, break through to Dou Zong, and evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. Yue Mei recognized him as the rumored Seventh-Rank Alchemist Xu Ran and became more respectful.

• Xu Ran approached the oasis and saw Yue Mei bathing in the lake.
• Yue Mei spotted Xu Ran and demanded to know why a powerful human had entered Snake-People Tribe territory.
• Xu Ran denied that he had come to start a war and said he was there to hand Yue Mei credit.
• Xu Ran revealed that he knew Queen Medusa planned to use Heavenly Flames to evolve her bloodline, despite the risk to her life.
• Xu Ran offered to help Queen Medusa break through to Dou Zong and evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python.
• Yue Mei recalled rumors of a Seventh-Rank Alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire and asked whether Xu Ran was that person.

Xu Ran met Yue Mei and the Snake-People Tribe guards, who learned that he was the famed seventh-rank alchemist behind Ya Fei’s rise to Dou Huang. Yue Mei sought his favor and asked whether he would give her a pill, leaving Xu Ran to consider her request.

• Xu Ran was surprised that the Snake-People Tribe knew of him, and Yue Mei delightedly confirmed his identity.
• Yue Mei ordered the guards to treat Xu Ran as an honored guest and punish anyone who offended him.
• Yue Mei praised Xu Ran’s alchemy and explained that his pill had raised Ya Fei from a weak Dou Zhe to a Dou Huang.
• After Xu Ran confirmed the story and called Dou Huang a trifle, Yue Mei flirted with him and asked for a pill.
• Xu Ran raised his eyebrows and asked whether Yue Mei wanted to request pills from him.

Xu Ran gave Yue Mei a Human Transformation Pill, and she successfully took human form before pledging her loyalty to him. She returned to the Snake-People Tribe, where her transformation caused an uproar and Queen Medusa became eager to meet Xu Ran for help with swallowing the Heavenly Flames.

• Xu Ran offered Yue Mei a Human Transformation Pill instead of helping her become a Dou Huang.
• Yue Mei swallowed the pill and transformed into a human in less than half an hour.
• Yue Mei thanked Xu Ran, pledged to serve him, and agreed to bring Queen Medusa to him.
• Yue Mei returned to the Snake-People Tribe and caused a stir when the tribe saw her human form.
• Queen Medusa grew excited at the prospect of Xu Ran helping her survive the Heavenly Flames.

Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe’s elders discussed Xu Ran’s gifts and suspected he might be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist seeking the Heavenly Flame. The elders urged Medusa to win him over for the tribe’s sake, and she went to meet him while remaining wary of his intentions.

• Queen Medusa questioned whether Xu Ran’s generosity and pills meant he was more than a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
• Yue Mei suggested Xu Ran might want the Heavenly Flame and argued that the tribe should befriend him rather than risk offending him.
• Yue Mei explained that Xu Ran’s Seventh-Rank reputation came from Pill Lightning in Wutan City, and she speculated that he might be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.
• The Snake-People Tribe’s elders agreed that Xu Ran could help the whole tribe prosper and insisted they should give him whatever he wanted.
• Queen Medusa rebuked the elders for disregarding tribal rules, then decided to meet Xu Ran and judge his intentions herself.

Xu Ran met Queen Medusa and offered to help her awaken her bloodline and advance to Dou Zong in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After she tried to secure additional pills for the Snake-People Tribe, Xu Ran called her demand shameless and moved closer to her.

• After the elders left, Queen Medusa asked Yue Mei why Xu Ran wanted to help her, and Yue Mei suggested he coveted Medusa’s beauty.
• Queen Medusa welcomed Xu Ran and offered him the Green Lotus Core Flame if he helped her transform and reach Dou Zong.
• Xu Ran teased Medusa by saying the Snake-People Tribe’s most precious person was Yue Mei, prompting Medusa to wonder whether he preferred her subordinate.
• Medusa offered to let Yue Mei keep Xu Ran company, but Xu Ran asked for the Heavenly Flame and promised to help her advance safely.
• Medusa also demanded that Xu Ran refine several sixth- or seventh-rank pills for her tribe, and Xu Ran objected as he stepped closer to her.

Xu Ran tried to persuade Queen Medusa to join him, but she rejected him despite being tempted by his pill and promises. The chapter left her wavering between her principles and the chance to gain power and protect the Snake-People Tribe.

• Queen Medusa attacked Xu Ran, then warned him not to pursue her or expect her to share a husband.
• Xu Ran showed Queen Medusa a living eighth-grade pill, shocking her into believing he might be an eighth-rank alchemist.
• Xu Ran claimed he could be a ninth-rank alchemist and said the Central Plains held little importance to him.
• Xu Ran offered to take Queen Medusa to a wider world and protect the Snake-People Tribe if she became his.
• Queen Medusa felt tempted by Xu Ran's offer but resolved not to trade her body or principles for power.

Xu Ran impressed Queen Medusa with his calligraphy and poetry after she tried to deter his advances, and she explained the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline behind her clan’s power. Xu Ran claimed his own bloodline surpassed even the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python’s, leaving Medusa shocked and questioning whether he was a magical beast.

• Queen Medusa challenged Xu Ran to write a love poem, hoping his failure would make him stop pursuing her.
• Xu Ran wrote a poem praising Medusa, and she was captivated by its verses and elegant calligraphy.
• Medusa admitted she was impressed but worried that Xu Ran might abandon her when her beauty faded.
• Medusa explained that her clan descended from a snake-person and a Heaven-Swallowing Python, and that preserving their bloodline was essential to the tribe’s future.
• Xu Ran claimed his bloodline surpassed that of even a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and said their daughter would outshine the first Medusa.
• Medusa stared at Xu Ran in disbelief and asked whether he was a magical beast.

Xu Ran revealed his overwhelming bloodline to Queen Medusa after claiming to be the ancestor of the Dragon Clan. The chapter left Medusa staring in shock at his enormous dragon form.

• Xu Ran told Queen Medusa he was a magical beast and teased that he was a dragon, making her consider how his bloodline might help her evolve.
• Queen Medusa questioned Xu Ran about the Primordial Void Dragon clan, but he dismissed them and claimed to be the ancestor of all dragons.
• Xu Ran released a vast bloodline presence that made Medusa's Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline recoil in fear.
• Xu Ran's presence intensified, and Queen Medusa rose into the air to behold his immense, winding Dragon Body.

Xu Ran used his overwhelming bloodline pressure to help Queen Medusa merge with the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and break through to Dou Zong. After transforming into human form, Medusa knelt before Xu Ran in worship and gratitude.

• Xu Ran revealed his enormous Dragon Body, and Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe were awed by his power.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline inside Medusa merged safely with her body under Xu Ran’s pressure.
• Medusa transformed into a seven-colored snake whose power was strong enough to command the respect of a Dou Zong expert.
• Xu Ran returned to human form, and Medusa knelt before him and thanked him for her transformation and breakthrough.
• Medusa concluded that Xu Ran’s strength could only belong to a legendary Dou Di.

Xu Ran helped Queen Medusa complete her transformation into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and gain Dou Zong strength, and she agreed to consider becoming his partner. After she left to handle the Snake-People Tribe’s affairs, Yun Yun and Gu He’s party headed toward the tribe, with Yun Yun recognizing something familiar in the terrifying presence they had witnessed.

• Queen Medusa credited Xu Ran with perfecting her transformation, and she agreed to take time to adjust before accepting his advances.
• Xu Ran began calling Queen Medusa Cai Lin and asked her to keep his strength secret.
• Queen Medusa left to report her transformation and new Dou Zong strength to the Snake-People Tribe’s higher-ups.
• Yue Mei asked whether Xu Ran had caused the terrifying display, and he answered with a smile.
• Pill King Gu He, Yun Yun, and their party traveled through the Tagor Desert toward the Snake-People Tribe after witnessing the immense presence.
• Gu He and the others dismissed the display as an illusion, but Yun Yun believed it was real and sensed something familiar in it.

Yun Yun suspected Xu Ran had gone to the Snake-People Tribe for Queen Medusa and grew jealous at the thought. She agreed to bring Gu He to Xu Ran in exchange for ten years of free alchemy work for the Mist Cloud Sect, and the group set out for the tribe.

• Yun Yun imagined Xu Ran pursuing Queen Medusa and became jealous, while Gu He and the other experts wondered about her reaction.
• Gu He asked Yun Yun to help him meet Xu Ran so he could seek guidance in alchemy.
• Yun Yun agreed to introduce Gu He to Xu Ran if he refined pills for the Mist Cloud Sect free for ten years, without promising Xu Ran would help him.
• Yun Yun revealed that Xu Ran was at the Snake-People Tribe, and Gu He immediately flew there.
• Gu He reflected on Xu Ran's strength and the many women associated with him, and his admiration for Xu Ran grew.

Xu Ran devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and emerged with new insight into how he could strengthen Heavenly Flames. He then toured the Snake-People Tribe with Yue Mei, leaving her subordinates stunned by her intimate, obedient behavior toward him.

• Xu Ran used the Flame Mantra and his Qilin Flame to calm and devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, nurturing it within his body.
• Xu Ran realized that Heavenly Flames could grow stronger under his power and planned to collect and cultivate more of them.
• Xu Ran emerged from the room and asked Yue Mei to show him around the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yue Mei walked through the tribe in Xu Ran's embrace, shocking her subordinates, who had known her as a stern woman hostile to humans.
• Yue Mei teased Xu Ran and declared that she would not refuse anything he liked, leaving the Snake-People Tribe's powerhouses dumbstruck.

Queen Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe after breaking through to Dou Zong with Xu Ran’s help, bringing hope of a powerful future for her people. She told the elders that Xu Ran was beyond even a Dou Sheng, and they began to imagine the tribe prospering under his protection.

• The Snake-People Tribe members discussed Queen Medusa’s human transformation and wondered how Xu Ran had helped her.
• Queen Medusa confirmed to the elders that she had become a Dou Zong and demonstrated her control of spatial power.
• The elders celebrated her breakthrough and discussed how the tribe should repay Xu Ran for his help.
• Queen Medusa explained that Xu Ran had resolved her problem without refining a pill and was far stronger than a Dou Zun.
• Queen Medusa said Xu Ran might be stronger than a Dou Sheng, leaving the elders imagining the Snake-People Tribe’s future under his protection.

The Snake-People Tribe's elders urged Queen Medusa to win Xu Ran's favor, and she decided to draw closer to him for the tribe's future. Xu Ran revealed that he was the Dou Qi Continent's only Dou Di and told Medusa that he had come from another world, leaving her with the truth about his origins.

• The Snake-People Tribe's elders pleaded with Queen Medusa to secure Xu Ran's favor for the tribe's future.
• Queen Medusa said she would draw closer to Xu Ran and help the Snake-People Tribe flourish, while news of her becoming a Dou Zong spread through the settlement.
• Queen Medusa joined Xu Ran on a hillside, and he promised that no one would dare bully her people.
• Xu Ran told Queen Medusa that he was the only Dou Di on the Dou Qi Continent, and she believed him.
• Xu Ran told Queen Medusa that he came from another world, where he had been a god, and that he had come to prepare for venturing into the Great Thousand World.

Queen Medusa learned how vast the world was, while Xu Ran’s arrival brought her together with Yun Yun and Gu He’s party. Yun Yun and Medusa exchanged accusations over Xu Ran and Nalan Yanran, leaving their rivalry on the verge of a fight.

• Queen Medusa sensed Yun Yun and Gu He approaching and grew jealous when Xu Ran called Yun Yun his little lover.
• Yun Yun’s party arrived at the Snake-People Tribe and realized Queen Medusa had likely broken through to Dou Zong.
• Gu He and his experts abandoned their hopes of taking the Heavenly Flame in favor of meeting Xu Ran, whom they greatly admired.
• Xu Ran and Queen Medusa met Yun Yun’s party, and Yun Yun accused Medusa of seducing Xu Ran despite his engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Medusa retorted that Yun Yun was betraying her own disciple by pursuing Xu Ran, and the two women traded insults.

Xu Ran dealt with the argument between Queen Medusa and Yun Yun before Gu He knelt and begged to become his disciple. Xu Ran refused to take him on but offered to teach him enough alchemy to pursue the seventh rank, leaving Gu He with a chance to advance if his cultivation allowed it.

• Queen Medusa mocked Yun Yun over her relationship with Xu Ran, and Xu Ran stopped their argument.
• Xu Ran showed Yun Yun and Gu He the Green Lotus Core Flame he had subdued.
• Gu He knelt before Xu Ran and begged him to accept him as a disciple.
• Xu Ran refused to take Gu He as a disciple but offered to pass on alchemy knowledge that could help him pursue the seventh rank.