Chapter Summaries

Xun'er entered a remote cabin in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious and radiating a deathly aura. Yun Xi identified Xiao Yi Xian's innate poison body, and Xun'er discovered that touching her had poisoned her before Yun Xi cleared the toxin.

• Xun'er and Yun Xi approached a cabin surrounded by flourishing medicinal herbs and found a woman lying inside.
• Xun'er recognized the woman as Xiao Yi Xian and discovered that she was unconscious, deathly pale, and marked by a faint seven-colored glow.
• After Xun'er touched Xiao Yi Xian, her hands turned black and red-veined, so she called Yun Xi for help.
• Yun Xi identified Xiao Yi Xian's innate poison body and removed the poison from Xun'er's hands.
• Xun'er read an ancient book's description of the Woeful Poison Body and learned that touching its bearer could poison someone.

Xun'er comforted Xiao Yi Xian after her Woeful Poison Body nearly poisoned her, explaining that she could help once Xiao Yi Xian reached Dou Huang. Xiao Yi Xian recounted how a Black Mist killed her companions, and just as Xun'er began to answer what she would do next, a voice challenged them.

• Xun'er learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body could be refined only after she reached Dou Huang, though the Seven-Colored Poison Classic claimed it had no cure.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and feared she had poisoned Xun'er, but Xun'er reassured her and promised she could help her control the poison at Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xun'er that a Black Mist had killed everyone in the herb-gathering party except her.
• Xun'er connected the Black Mist to Soul Mirror and angrily named the Soul Clan.
• As Xiao Yi Xian asked what Xun'er planned to do, a deafening voice demanded to know where they thought they were going.

Soul Fiend, a Soul Clan Dou Saint, imprisoned Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian while searching for the person who killed Soul Mirror. As he approached the two, Yun Xi appeared beside them.

• Soul Fiend froze the mountain valley and revealed himself, identifying Xun'er as Gu Yuan's daughter.
• Xun'er recognized Soul Fiend as one of the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints and asked why the Soul Clan kept trying to kill her.
• Soul Fiend searched the mountain range for Soul Mirror's killer, found no powerful presence, and decided to kill Xun'er while taking Xiao Yi Xian too.
• Xun'er apologized to Xiao Yi Xian, who accepted her fate despite trembling under Soul Fiend's pressure.
• Xun'er called on Yun Xi, and an illusory Soul Body appeared beside the two as Soul Fiend approached.

Yun Xi confronted Soul Fiend, a Six Star Dou Sheng, and effortlessly broke through his Soul technique. Soul Flame joined the fight, and both Soul Clan experts unleashed powerful techniques as Yun Xi welcomed the challenge.

• Yun Xi freed Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian from Soul Fiend's Space Imprisonment, and Xun'er identified him as a Six Star Dou Sheng.
• Yun Xi pierced Soul Fiend's Ten Thousand Souls Shield with a casual palm strike, forcing him to retreat.
• Soul Fiend called Soul Flame out of hiding, and Xun'er reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Yun Xi was her Guardian Spirit.
• Yun Xi invited Soul Fiend and Soul Flame to attack him together and compared them to Soul Mirror.
• Soul Fiend absorbed hundreds of thousands of captive Soul Bodies while Soul Flame unleashed Hell Flame Soul, and Yun Xi smiled at their gathering power.

Gu Yuan learned that three of the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints had gone to the Jia Ma Empire, but believed Xun'er and her guardian Yun Xi could handle them. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Yun Xi killed Soul Flame with one grip and turned his attention to the fleeing Soul Fiend.

• A scout told Gu Yuan that three of the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints had gone to the Jia Ma Empire, alarming the Gu Clan elders.
• Gu Yuan recalled meeting Yun Xi and reassured the elders that the Soul Clan might lose three Dou Sheng, then thought of Xun'er.
• Yun Xi battered Soul Flame and Soul Fiend without using a weapon or battle skills, while the two Soul Clan fighters considered retreating.
• Soul Flame attacked as Soul Fiend opened a spatial crack to escape, but Yun Xi summoned his Ancient Halberd and crushed Soul Flame's head from afar.
• Yun Xi told Soul Fiend that only he remained.

Yun Xi killed Soul Fiend after slaughtering Soul Flame, but the Ancient Halberd’s influence left him frighteningly bloodthirsty. Xun’er calmed him, and the two reconciled before she and Xiao Yi Xian settled in for the night.

• Yun Xi sealed Soul Fiend in place, cut off his arm, then killed him by splitting his body and soul in two.
• Xun’er called out to Yun Xi and saw that he had become distant and unfamiliar under the Ancient Halberd’s influence.
• Yun Xi put away the Ancient Halberd, reassured Xun’er, and embraced her after she affirmed that he was still her Guardian Spirit.
• Xiao Yi Xian interrupted them and suggested that they spend the night in the wooden cabin.
• Yun Xi transformed into a streak of light and entered Xun’er’s body, startling Xiao Yi Xian before Xun’er went inside.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion with Xun'er, where Mister Yao demanded the treasure she had found and trapped them with armed guards. Mu She appeared and threatened to kill Xiao Yi Xian, but Xun'er challenged whether he was worthy.

• Xiao Yi Xian brought Xun'er to Green Mountain Town and led her to the heavily guarded Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
• A newly appointed guard captain stopped them at the gate, behaved rudely toward Xiao Yi Xian, and let them enter to meet Mister Yao.
• Mister Yao accused Xiao Yi Xian of obtaining a treasure and demanded she hand it over.
• Mister Yao signaled the guards to surround the two girls after Xiao Yi Xian denied having the item.
• Mu She threatened to kill Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er asked whether he was worthy to do so.

Xun'er revealed her strength as a one-star Da Dou Shi when Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group cornered her and Xiao Yi Xian. She froze and destroyed several guards with the Bone Chilling Flame, then warned Mu She before leaving the group terrified.

• Mu She entered with his men and mocked Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian while the guards threatened them.
• Xun'er unleashed her one-star Da Dou Shi aura and protected herself and Xiao Yi Xian from the collapsing manor with a fiery barrier.
• Mu She realized Xun'er was a Da Dou Shi and grew fearful of her strength and powerful backing.
• Xun'er froze several guards who had spoken crudely, then shattered them with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Xun'er confronted Mu She, who denied wanting to keep them there, and warned him she would visit the Wolf Head Mercenary Group if he tried again.

Xun'er rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then secretly killed Mu She with the Ancient Halberd. The two set off for the Xiao Family, which was facing a crisis after Xiao Xun'er disappeared.

• Xun'er spared Mu She before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian, but Yun Xi killed Mu She with the Ancient Halberd as he plotted revenge.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xun'er was a Da Dou Shi and thanked her for saving her life.
• Xun'er called Xiao Yi Xian her friend, and Xiao Yi Xian remembered the old man who had raised her and gained hope from their friendship.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian headed toward the Xiao Family.
• The Xiao Family prospered because of Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, but Xiao Zhan had mobilized the clan to search for the missing Xiao Xun'er before a mysterious person told him not to worry.

Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian returned safely to Wutan City, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and arranged a room for Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yan also came to see Xun'er, while Xun'er settled in for the night and remembered her recent adventures.

• Xiao Yan dismissed Xiao Mei after cultivation, and Yao Lao teased him about liking Xiao Xun'er.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Wutan City and arrived at sunset.
• Xiao Zhan heard that Xun'er had been seen outside the city and went to welcome her.
• Xun'er introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Zhan, who tried to ask about her marriage before Xun'er interrupted him.
• Xiao Yan entered the hall to see Xun'er, stared at Xiao Yi Xian, and left when Xiao Zhan sent him away.
• Xun'er returned to her room, recalled her recent experiences, and fell asleep as someone covered her with a blanket.

Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian found the Xiao Clan gathered as a Misty Cloud Sect messenger announced the sect’s demand to break Xiao Yan’s engagement. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran confirmed she wanted to end the engagement, and Yun Yun sent Ge Ye and several powerful disciples to the Xiao Family before following them.

• Xun'er woke after returning to the Xiao Family and found its grounds deserted, then joined Xiao Yi Xian in searching for the clan members.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian discovered Xiao Zhan, the Elders, and Xiao Yan in the main hall as a Misty Cloud Sect messenger demanded that Xiao Yan’s engagement be broken.
• Xiao Zhan refused the messenger’s demand, while the man insisted that the Misty Cloud Sect Master had authorized it.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she had decided to break the engagement because she wanted to choose her own partner, and Yun Yun agreed to support her.
• After learning Xiao Zhan had refused, Yun Yun sent Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and three Da Dou Shi disciples to the Xiao Family and said she would follow.

Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran returned to the Xiao Family to demand the engagement be broken, and Xiao Yan defended his family’s honor while refusing to let the decision be made without the elders. As the two sides’ Dou Qi standoff ended with a powerful voice interrupting them, Yao Lao and Xun'er recognized the arriving Misty Cloud Sect Master Yun Yun.

• News that the Misty Cloud Sect had come to break Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement spread through Wutan City.
• Ge Ye told Xiao Zhan that the Misty Cloud Sect Master supported ending the engagement because Nalan Yanran was being groomed as the sect’s next master.
• Xiao Zhan and Ge Ye released their Dou Qi, prompting the Xiao Family elders and Misty Cloud Sect disciples to join the standoff.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Nalan Yanran’s grandfather had approved the breakup, and she admitted that it was her own decision.
• Xiao Yan argued that breaking the engagement would humiliate his father and the Xiao Family, while Nalan Yanran grew angry at his refusal.
• A powerful voice interrupted the confrontation, and Yao Lao and Xun'er recognized Yun Yun as the newcomer.

Yun Yun came to the Xiao Family to end Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan rejected her humiliating offers and accepted a challenge to defeat Nalan Yanran in three years. Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect departed, leaving Xiao Yan’s family impressed by his defiance.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the arriving visitor was Yun Yun, a Dou Huang and the Misty Cloud Sect Master.
• Yun Yun pressured Xiao Zhan to dissolve Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, offering Xiao Yan rewards and a place in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Yun Yun and said he would kill her if she were not a Dou Huang, shocking the gathered Xiao Family members.
• Yun Yun offered Xiao Yan three years to defeat Nalan Yanran, with victory earning an apology and defeat requiring him to join the Misty Cloud Sect and end the engagement.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and warned Yun Yun not to look down on him; Xiao Zhan ordered Yun Yun and her party to leave.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Xiao Yan before departing, and Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er regarded him with renewed interest.

Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan and introduced him to Xiao Yi Xian before speaking privately with Ling Ying about her plans to train in the Demon Spirit Mountain Range. She revealed that three of the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints had fallen, then left for the training grounds with the Guardian Spirit watching over her.

• Xun'er tried to leave with Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind, watching Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xun'er and shook hands with Xiao Yi Xian after Xun'er introduced them.
• Xun'er noticed Ling Ying in the hall and went outside with him to talk privately.
• Xun'er told Ling Ying she planned to train in the Demon Spirit Mountain Range and asked him to return to the Gu Clan.
• The Guardian Spirit reassured Ling Ying that Xun'er would be safe, and Xun'er told him that three of the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints had fallen.
• Ling Ying realized the news pointed to Yun Xi, while Xun'er jogged toward the training grounds.

Xun'er left Xiao Yi Xian behind in Wutan City and traveled to the Operation Hub to begin her search for Heavenly Flames. There, Yun Xi revealed that the Soul Pill from the Purple Wood Demon Vine had given her enough wood attribute to count as half an alchemist, just as her turn in line arrived.

• Xiao Yi Xian chose to stay in Wutan City for now and said she might later visit the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xun'er gave Xiao Yi Xian a milky-white bead to suppress the poison in her Woeful Poison Body, then departed for the Demon Spirit Mountain Range.
• Xun'er reached the Operation Hub and learned that the Demon Spirit Mountain Range lay between the Tagor Desert and the Secluded Mountain Ravine, on the border of the Jia Ma Empire and the Ten Thousand Demons Empire.
• Xun'er envied the alchemists receiving free flight transport and lamented that she lacked the wood attribute to refine pills.
• Yun Xi reminded Xun'er that absorbing the Purple Wood Demon Vine's Soul Pill had given her a trace of the wood attribute, making her half an alchemist.
• A woman asked Xun'er where she wanted to go as Xun'er reached the front of the line.

Xun'er traveled toward Demon Lock City aboard a Flying Magical Beast, hoping to reach the Demon Spirit Mountain Range in search of Heavenly Flames. After hearing a girl being attacked in a neighboring room, she confronted the men responsible and lured one of them back to her room, where Yun Xi concealed their presence.

• Xun'er learned that many people were heading to the Demon Spirit Mountain Range to search for Heavenly Flames and boarded a Flying Magical Beast bound for Demon Lock City.
• Xun'er heard a young girl crying for help from the neighboring room and discovered that several men were assaulting her.
• Yun Xi assessed the men's strengths, and Xun'er went next door and pretended to seek help from them.
• The men argued over which of them would accompany Xun'er, and the eldest senior brother followed her back to her room.
• Yun Xi sealed the room with his aura, and the Eight-Star Dou Shi erupted with Dou Qi as he realized the trap.

Xun'er fought the men from the Desire Immortal Sect after Yun Xi stopped one of them from ambushing her. She defeated the other two, but their master burst into the room and confronted her.

• Xun'er revealed her strength and nearly killed the man who had begged for mercy, but Yun Xi froze him and burned him away.
• Yun Xi withdrew the room's restriction and urged Xun'er to handle the two remaining men herself.
• Xun'er emerged and countered the Eight-Star Dou Zhe and Three Star Dou Zhe's attacks, sending them crashing into the door.
• Xun'er tossed the Bone Chilling Flame toward the fallen men, and the Eight-Star Dou Zhe called for his master to save him.
• The door exploded open, and a middle-aged man accused Xun'er of attacking members of his Desire Immortal Sect.

Xun'er discovered a tortured woman in the Desire Immortal Sect and attacked the fat man responsible, whose strength and threats could not match the power awakened in her. After learning he was tied to Starfall Pavilion, she revealed her Gu Clan token and turned her attention to the sect members, questioning whether they still expected to survive.

• A fat man emerged from a room and attacked Xun'er with azure Dou Qi, while two disciples he had nearly rescued watched in fear.
• Xun'er saw a badly wounded woman pleading for help and became consumed by killing intent as the fat man threatened her.
• The Ancient Halberd resonated with Xun'er, and Yun Xi sensed its seal loosen as her aura changed.
• Xun'er lifted the eight-star Da Dou Shi fat man into the air and choked him from afar before dropping him when he claimed to be from Starfall Pavilion.
• Xun'er showed the fat man her Gu Saint Token, and the frightened disciples revealed they had been expelled from Starfall Pavilion before founding the Desire Immortal Sect.
• Xun'er looked toward the wounded woman and asked the fat man whether he thought he could still live.

Xun'er rescued Ling Yin from her attackers, but Ling Yin refused treatment and chose to die rather than live with her trauma. After honoring Ling Yin’s final wish and escaping the damaged flying beast, Xun'er set out to find the Heavenly Flames in the Demon Spirit Mountain Range.

• Xun'er defeated the three men who had attacked Ling Yin and fell from the flying beast, then tried to treat Ling Yin’s severe injuries.
• Ling Yin refused Xun'er’s help, revealed her name, and said she wanted to die; Yun Xi told Xun'er that Ling Yin’s heart had already given up on life.
• Xun'er watched Ling Yin die, turned her body to ashes with Dark White flame, and scattered the ashes into the sky.
• The flying beast suddenly plummeted, but it stopped before crashing; Xun'er passed the approaching guards and escaped without being recognized.
• Xun'er checked her supplies and entered the Demon Spirit Mountain Range to search for the Heavenly Flames, unaware that her green wristband briefly glimmered.

Xun'er explored the Demon Spirit Mountain Range, collecting rare herbs until a tear in space released a tentacled monster from the Demon Plane. Yun Xi rescued her and identified the creature, warning that stronger beings might soon follow.

• Xun'er noticed a strange formation beneath her feet as she entered the Demon Spirit Mountain Range, and Yun Xi sensed an impenetrable black mist at its core.
• Xun'er gathered rare herbs and killed magical beasts as she explored deeper into the mountain range.
• A spatial crack opened ahead of Xun'er, and tentacles emerged and seized her as she tried to flee.
• Yun Xi freed Xun'er, carried her to safety, and failed to hold the tentacled creature in a spatial cage.
• Yun Xi recognized the creature as a being from the Demon Plane and warned that larger ones might arrive soon.