Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan attended the Xiao Clan's Dou Qi Test with Xun'er and Yun Xi, where he revealed he had become a Two Star Dou Zhe. He then reminded Little Fatty of his promise to call him Dad if he was wrong about Xiao Yan's strength.

• Xun'er finished cultivating without advancing to Nine Star, then agreed to attend the Xiao Clan's Dou Qi Test with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er arrived as the test was underway, and Little Fatty mocked the claim that Xiao Yan was a Two Star Dou Zhe.
• Xun'er laughed at Little Fatty's abrupt change from insulting her to complimenting her, while Xiao Yan wondered why nobody recognized him.
• Xiao Yan tested at Two Star Dou Zhe, stunning the crowd and leaving Little Fatty anxious about his wager.
• Xiao Yan spotted Little Fatty and asked him to honor his promise.

Xiao Xun'er stunned the crowd with her Eight-Star Dou Zhe strength, then accepted Xiao Yan's challenge and defeated him. Afterward, she borrowed Xiao Yan's Black Ring and promised to return it the next day.

• Xiao Yan teased Little Fatty before easing the crowd's tension by reminding him to help get lunch.
• Xiao Xun'er was called to the stone monument and revealed herself as an Eight-Star Dou Zhe, shocking the crowd.
• Xiao Xun'er defeated six young challengers with a few simple attacks, drawing loud cheers.
• Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Xun'er, and she agreed on the condition that he grant her one small request if he lost.
• Xiao Yan failed to harm Xiao Xun'er and admitted defeat, so she asked to borrow his Black Ring and promised to return it the next day.

Yun Xi discovered the Bone Chilling Flame inside a ring and took it from a nearly dead old man, whom he healed and left unconscious. After Xun'er identified the flame, Yun Xi prepared to devour it.

• Xun'er found the ring, and Yun Xi searched its damaged space for the Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Xi found an old man hiding the Bone Chilling Flame in a spatial crack and brought him into the ring's space.
• Yun Xi took the flame, healed the old man's injuries, and suppressed his consciousness so he would remain asleep.
• Yun Xi showed Xun'er the cold-white flame, and she identified it as the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yun Xi reassured Xun'er that he could handle devouring the flame and then prepared to begin.

Yun Xi devoured the Bone Chilling Flame, strengthening his power and changing the Golden Emperor Burning Flame within him. Xun'er’s strength also rose dramatically, and Yun Xi helped her suppress it to a steadier level before she went to rest.

• Yun Xi had Xun'er move away, protected her and the Bamboo House, then used his Spirit Art to suppress the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yun Xi absorbed the Bone Chilling Flame, which fused with the Golden Emperor Burning Flame and greatly increased his power.
• Xun'er’s strength surged to Dou Shi as a result of Yun Xi’s devouring, and he told her to suppress it until it settled at One-Star Dou Shi.
• Xun'er recalled Yun Xi’s earlier promise that devouring Heavenly Flames could increase her strength, then happily asked him to find more flames with her.
• Yun Xi told Xun'er to rest and adjust to her improved strength, and she went to bed.

Five years after arriving at the Xiao Family, Xun'er had reached Nine Star Dou Shi while Xiao Yan, aided by the awakened Yao Lao, had become a Two Star Dou Shi. At the Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan wondered about Xun'er's hidden strength, and the ceremony began by calling his name.

• Xun'er returned Xiao Yan's ring after devouring the Bone Chilling Flame, then spent five years cultivating and reached Nine Star Dou Shi.
• Yao Lao awakened inside Xiao Yan's ring, helped him advance to Two Star Dou Shi, and became his cultivation teacher.
• Xun'er declined most of Xiao Yan's invitations, but accompanied him to the Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to assess Xun'er's strength, but Yao Lao could not see through the strange energy protecting her.
• Yun Xi told Xun'er that Yao Lao had awakened and had just tried to probe her cultivation.
• The middle-aged man called Xiao Yan to the testing stone monument.

At the Xiao Family’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan demonstrated that he had reached Two Star Dou Shi, but Xiao Xun’er stunned everyone by testing at Nine Star Dou Shi. After the shocked crowd realized her identity, Xun’er teleported with Yun Xi to the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan tested at Two Star Dou Shi, drawing praise from the gathered families and factions.
• Xun’er asked Yun Xi to take her to the Magical Beast Mountain Range after the ceremony.
• As the guests prepared to leave, Xun’er tested at Nine Star Dou Shi, shocking the entire venue and Xiao Yan.
• Xun’er asked Yun Xi to teleport them away, then vanished from the platform and arrived at the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xun'er met Xiao Yi Xian near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then entered the forest despite Xiao Yi Xian's warning. A black-robed man spread a mist of imprisoned souls across the mountains, trapping the Blood Battle Mercenary Group as its members were slaughtered.

• Yun Xi returned to Xun'er's body as she walked through the forest.
• Xiao Yi Xian stopped Xun'er to warn her about the dangers of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and the two exchanged names.
• Xun'er entered the mountain range after Xiao Yi Xian left, while a black-robed man emerged and covered the area in black mist.
• Ka Gang ordered the Blood Battle Mercenary Group to form up as the mist surrounded them.
• The mist's unseen creatures killed and mutilated the mercenaries, and Ka Gang ordered a retreat as someone cried for help.

Xun'er became trapped in a lightless forest where black mist massacred travelers and stripped her of her powers. She encountered Soul Mirror of the Soul Clan, but an enraged voice then challenged him for daring to touch her.

• Ka Gang tried to rescue Qing Xin, but Qing Ye took his bow and shot her before the black mist could reach her.
• Black mist hunted people throughout the forest, leaving screams and blood but no bodies.
• Xun'er sensed danger, discovered Yun Xi and the Golden Emperor Burning Flame were gone, and found herself unable to use her soul power or Dou Qi.
• Xun'er fled from figures appearing along the forest paths until she reached a black-robed man who identified her as Gu Xun'er and named himself Soul Mirror of the Soul Clan.
• A furious voice echoed across the forest, demanding to know what Soul Mirror was and why he had touched its person.

Yun Xi freed Xun'er from Soul Mirror’s illusion and defeated the Soul Clan assassin who had hunted her for five years. He appeared to let Soul Mirror escape, but killed him with a thrown Ancient Halberd a thousand miles away.

• Yun Xi’s voice shattered Soul Mirror’s illusion, freeing Xun’er in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Yun Xi protected Xun’er and sealed Soul Mirror’s movement as the assassin tried to flee through space.
• Yun Xi shattered Soul Mirror’s body, then contained his self-destruction within a golden fire barrier.
• Yun Xi released Soul Mirror’s soul from the Space Lock, and Soul Mirror fled while threatening to return.
• Yun Xi threw the Ancient Halberd after Soul Mirror and killed him a thousand miles away.

Soul Emperor learned that Soul Mirror Elder had died and sent Soul Fiend Elder and Soul Flame Elder to investigate. After Yun Xi killed Soul Mirror to protect Xun'er, the two prepared to enter the Magical Beast Forest, where a beast roared from ahead.

• Soul Emperor heard that Soul Mirror Elder's soul plaque had shattered and ordered Soul Fiend Elder and Soul Flame Elder to investigate the death site cautiously.
• Soul Emperor suspected Soul Mirror's death was connected to his five-year-old search for Gu Xun'er.
• Yun Xi turned from Xun'er with killing intent, then regained control and returned the Heavenly Spirit Ancient Halberd to her.
• Xun'er asked whether the Soul Clan had targeted her, and Yun Xi reassured her that he would protect her.
• Yun Xi and Xun'er set out toward the Magical Beast Forest, where a powerful beast roared.

Xun'er and Yun Xi flew to watch a battle between the Amethyst Winged Lion King and a mysterious woman seeking its Amethyst Spirit Crystal. The woman shattered the Lion King's horn with a sword technique, but it struck her with Amethyst Seal and sent her fleeing into the distance.

• Xun'er arrived near the battlefield, and Yun Xi flew her there on an Ancient Sword phantom.
• Xun'er identified the magical beast as an Amethyst Winged Lion King and explained the value of its Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Accompanying Amethyst Source.
• Xun'er and Yun Xi saw a mysterious Dou Huang woman confront the Lion King over the Amethyst Spirit Crystal.
• The woman used Ultimate Wind: Fallen Kill to crack and shatter the Lion King's horn.
• The enraged Lion King struck the woman with Amethyst Seal, and she fled into the horizon.

After the mysterious woman escaped the Lion King, Yun Xi guided Xun'er to a cave where the sealed and gravely injured woman had hidden. Xun'er found her unconscious, and Yun Xi prepared to help treat her injuries.

• Yun Xi explained that the mysterious woman fled because the Lion King had placed a seal on her, while the wounded Lion King ordered the beasts to search for her.
• Yun Xi taught Xun'er to control Sword Flight and guided her to a nearby cave.
• Xun'er entered the dark cave and shattered a blue-green attack with her spiritual power before calling out that she had come to help.
• Xun'er found the mysterious woman unconscious and badly wounded, with a purple seal on her forehead.
• Yun Xi lit the cave, moved the woman onto a stone bed, and offered to help remove her clothes so Xun'er could treat her.

Xun'er treated the wounded Yun Yun in a hidden cave while Yun Xi guarded the entrance. After learning Yun Yun was a Dou Huang who knew Xiao Yan, Xun'er finished tending to her wounds, and Yun Xi's knowledge of Yun Yun's name left Xun'er suspicious.

• Xun'er ordered Yun Xi outside, and he placed a Space Restriction over the forest before guarding the cave.
• Xun'er questioned the injured Yun Yun, who introduced herself, and Xun'er said she was from the Xiao Family of Wutan City.
• Yun Yun recognized the Xiao Family as Xiao Yan's family and questioned how Xun'er had discovered her strength.
• Xun'er treated Yun Yun's wounds, gave her clothes, and Yun Yun fell asleep as the medicine took effect.
• Yun Xi returned and identified Yun Yun as likely belonging to a major sect, prompting Xun'er to ask how he knew Yun Yun's name.

Yun Xi and Xun'er left Yun Yun asleep behind a concealed barrier and headed to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave dwelling. Yun Xi crushed the cave's Third Order Magical Beasts with his soul pressure, drawing the Lion King's angry challenge.

• Xun'er questioned how Yun Xi knew Yun Yun's name, and he claimed he had overheard it at the entrance.
• Xun'er suggested searching for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and Yun Xi agreed to visit the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave dwelling.
• Yun Xi concealed the mountain cave with a barrier to protect the sleeping Yun Yun, then entered Xun'er's body as they set out on foot.
• Xun'er asked why Yun Yun had let her treat her wounds, and Yun Xi explained that Yun Yun had not considered her a threat.
• Yun Xi and Xun'er reached the cave, where Yun Xi's soul pressure crushed three attacking Third Order Magical Beasts into blood mist.
• The remaining magical beasts trembled as the Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded to know who had disturbed its rest.

Yun Xi and Xun'er entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and found a cache of Accompanying Amethyst Source. As they collected it, the Lion King roared at them from nearby.

• The magical beasts guarding the cave fled after Yun Xi's soul pressure overwhelmed them.
• Yun Xi and Xun'er searched the cave until Xun'er chose the passage leading to the stored treasure.
• Xun'er opened a purple sphere on a stone platform, revealing Accompanying Amethyst Source.
• Yun Xi gathered the liquid into Xun'er's jade bottles without wasting a drop.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared and demanded to know who had touched its treasure.

Yun Xi and Xun'er confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Little Amethyst Winged Lion King in their cave. Yun Xi secured permission to use a nearby cave for cultivation and borrowed the Lion King's Amethyst Spirit Crystals, leaving the beasts to accept his demands.

• Xun'er realized Yun Xi had known the right passage led to the Amethyst Winged Lion King and scolded him for keeping it from her.
• Yun Xi and Xun'er entered the Lion King's cave, where the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Little Amethyst Winged Lion King confronted them.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sensed Yun Xi's overwhelming pressure and respectfully asked why he had come.
• Yun Xi asked to borrow the cave beside the Lion King's, where the Accompanying Amethyst Source was stored, so he could cultivate there with Xun'er.
• Yun Xi also asked to borrow the Amethyst Spirit Crystals, and the Lion King handed him two gemstones.

Xun'er asked Yun Yun about the Amethyst Winged Lion's flames and learned of several rumored Heavenly Flame locations. Yun Yun planned to recover and return for the Amethyst Spirit Crystals, but Xun'er revealed she already had one.

• Yun Xi and Xun'er left the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave with the Amethyst Spirit Crystals and Accompanying Amethyst Source, unsure how to use them.
• Yun Yun tried to break the barrier sealing the cave entrance, then examined her injured body and found her Dou Qi still sealed.
• Xun'er returned to the cave, and Yun Yun mistook her arrival for an attack before apologizing.
• Yun Yun explained Beast Flames and told Xun'er of Heavenly Flame rumors near Jia Nan Academy, the Tagor Desert, and the Demon Spirit Mountain Range.
• Yun Yun identified the rumored flame in the Demon Spirit Mountain Range as the Mysterious Yellow Flame, ranked twenty-third.
• Yun Yun said she would return for the Amethyst Spirit Crystals after healing, and Xun'er showed her a purple crystal from her storage ring.

Xun'er gave Yun Yun an Amethyst Spirit Crystal and asked how to use Accompanying Amethyst Source. After deciding to rely on her own strength unless danger became extreme, Xun'er drank the source to cultivate, and her aura turned chaotic.

• Xun'er gave Yun Yun one of her two Amethyst Spirit Crystals, and Yun Yun accepted it with gratitude.
• Xun'er asked Yun Yun about Accompanying Amethyst Source, and Yun Yun warned that it needed to be refined to avoid damaging the meridians.
• Yun Yun resolved to recruit Xun'er into the Misty Cloud Sect after Xun'er left to watch the sunset.
• Xun'er asked Yun Xi whether she was holding him back, and he reassured her that protecting her was his duty.
• Xun'er asked Yun Xi not to interfere unless she faced especially great danger, then drank the Accompanying Amethyst Source and began to lose control of her aura.

Xun'er refined the Accompanying Amethyst Source and broke through to the peak of the one-star Da Dou Shi realm. After testing her new strength with Dou Qi Emission, she vowed to defeat Gu Qingyang, while he sensed an ominous feeling back in the Gu Clan.

• Xun'er used her Starry Radiance Art and two Heavenly Flames to control the Accompanying Amethyst Source as it surged through her body.
• Xun'er condensed her Dou Qi into a Dou Crystal and formed a prototype of Dou Qi Armor, reaching the peak of the one-star Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xun'er tested her speed and strength, then used Dou Qi Emission to reduce a large tree to ashes.
• Xun'er decided she would beat Gu Qingyang for looking down on her, and Gu Qingyang sneezed in the Gu Clan and wondered why he felt uneasy.

Yun Yun recovered from the seal and left the cave to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xun'er and Yun Xi prepared to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Near the forest’s outskirts, Xun'er sensed a strange blood-scented fragrance and found a crude wooden hut.

• Yun Yun broke the seal, thanked Xun'er for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and flew away toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xun'er revealed that she planned to return and make preparations before heading to the Demon Spirit Mountain Range.
• Yun Xi stared after Yun Yun, irritating Xun'er, who pulled him back into her body when he tried to walk away.
• Xun'er continued toward the outskirts, killing the low-tier magical beasts she encountered along the way.
• Xun'er smelled a strange fragrance with a heavy scent of blood, summoned the Golden Emperor Burning Flame for protection, and approached a crude wooden hut as Yun Xi warned her to be careful.