Chapter Summaries

Nalan Yanran decided to keep her engagement to Xiao Yan for now, while Yun Xiu faced a lightning assault from the Continent Consciousness. The system revealed that the lightning was targeting him because he had summoned the Nihility Devouring Flame near Xiao Yan, and Yun Xiu struggled to evade increasingly powerful strikes.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she no longer intended to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun accepted her choice.
• Lightning blasted through the Xiao Residence hall, forcing Yun Yun, Nalan Su, and the others to flee outside.
• Yun Xiu appeared in the sky, and Yun Yun and Nalan Su realized he was a Dou Zong and the man who had taken Nalan Yanran away.
• The system warned Yun Xiu that the Continent Consciousness was trying to erase him and offered him a choice; Yun Xiu chose to resist and received a Xuanyuan Divine Sword reward.
• Yun Xiu blocked one devastating bolt with a Dou Qi barrier, then dodged as stronger lightning pursued him.
• The system explained that Yun Xiu had drawn the Continent Consciousness by summoning the Nihility Devouring Flame near Xiao Yan, while Yun Xiu protested that he had only meant to prank him and begged for help.

After the Continent Consciousness struck Yun Xiu with lightning, the storm cleared and his mask broke, revealing his peerless appearance to the Xiao Clan. He masked himself again and spoke with Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Yan unexpectedly asked Yun Xiu to take him as a disciple.

• Yun Xiu was struck by a bolt of lightning, and the system warned him not to summon the Continent Consciousness again.
• Yun Xiu landed in the Xiao Clan courtyard as the gathered clan members stared at his unmasked appearance.
• Xiao Xun'er pointed out that Yun Xiu's mask was gone, so he used a new one to cover his face.
• Yun Xiu offered to compensate Xiao Zhan for the lightning damage, but Xiao Zhan refused.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Xiu to take him as his disciple, leaving Yun Xiu stunned.

Yun Xiu refused Xiao Yan’s request to become his disciple and prepared to leave with Xiao Xun'er, but Yun Yun confronted him about bringing her disciple to the Xiao Clan and accused him of lying. The chapter ended with Yun Xiu puzzled by Yun Yun’s accusation.

• Xiao Yan tried to kneel and become Yun Xiu’s disciple, but Yun Xiu stopped him and said they had no master-disciple destiny.
• Xiao Yan continued pleading, but Xiao Xun'er ignored him, and Xiao Zhan pulled him away and forbade him from asking again.
• Yun Xiu apologized to Xiao Zhan, then prepared to leave with Xiao Xun'er.
• Yun Yun stopped Yun Xiu and asked whether he had taken her disciple to the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Xiu pretended not to recognize Yun Yun, but after studying his eyes, she told him, “You lied.”

Yun Yun tried to take Xiao Xun'er as her disciple, but Yun Xiu rejected the proposal and a tense standoff ended peacefully. As the group headed inside to discuss the three Qi Gathering Powders, Nalan Yanran suddenly announced that she wanted to break off her engagement.

• Yun Yun asked to take Xiao Xun'er as her disciple, but Xiao Xun'er and Yun Xiu both said she was not worthy of being her master.
• Yun Xiu and Yun Yun faced off in a tense silence, then Yun Yun agreed that Xiao Xun'er did not need her as a master.
• Xiao Zhan invited Yun Yun and Nalan Su to discuss the three Qi Gathering Powders, while Yun Xiu left with Xiao Xun'er holding his hand.
• Xiao Yan watched Yun Xiu and Xiao Xun'er leave, and Nalan Yanran felt annoyed as she watched them.
• As Xiao Zhan led the group toward the hall, Nalan Yanran stepped forward and declared that she wanted to break off the engagement.

Nalan Yanran announced that she wanted to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan responded by writing a letter of divorce that formally severed their ties. Nalan Yanran accepted it with relief, while Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan watched her go.

• Nalan Yanran changed her mind and declared that she wanted to break off the engagement, prompting Yun Xiu and Xiao Xun'er to stay and watch.
• Nalan Yanran rejected Xiao Yan's attempt to take her hand and told him she had always hated the marriage contract.
• Nalan Yanran glanced at Yun Xiu, and Xiao Yan noticed before warning her she would regret her choice.
• Xiao Yan knelt before Xiao Zhan and asked to decide his own marriage, and Xiao Zhan granted his request.
• Xiao Yan cut his finger, wrote a letter of divorce, and declared that all ties with Nalan Yanran were severed.
• Nalan Yanran accepted the letter without anger and thanked Xiao Yan for letting her go.

After Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan ended their engagement, Yun Yun and Nalan Su left the Xiao Clan with her, while Yun Xiu reassured Xiao Xun'er about their future together. Yun Yun later headed to the Mitel Auction House, and Nalan Yanran returned toward the Imperial Capital with her father.

• Yun Yun offered the Xiao Clan three Qi Gathering Powders as an apology, but Xiao Zhan refused them before Yun Yun insisted the gift would stand.
• Nalan Su and Yun Yun prepared to leave, and Nalan Yanran thanked Xiao Yan before departing with her father.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Xiu whether they would meet again, and Xiao Yan blamed Yun Xiu for her broken engagement as Yun Xiu left with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Yun Xiu whether they were fated to be together and whether he would abandon her, and he reassured her that they would marry when she grew up.
• Yun Yun reproached Nalan Yanran for being willful, then separated from Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran and headed to the Mitel Auction House.

Yun Yun asked Yun Xiu to help her obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub so she could build her own power within the Misty Cloud Sect. Yun Xiu first refused, but returned after his system assigned him a mission to assist her, leaving Yun Yun to depart with a mysterious jade bottle.

• Yun Yun met Yun Xiu at night and asked him to help obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub.
• Yun Yun explained that she wanted the cub as a guardian beast to strengthen her position in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Xiu refused Yun Yun's request and started to leave.
• The system assigned Yun Xiu a mission to help Yun Yun obtain the cub within ten years, and he accepted it without realizing it at first.
• Yun Xiu returned and agreed to help, telling Yun Yun to return to the Misty Cloud Sect and wait for him before taking action.
• After Yun Xiu left, Yun Yun took out the jade bottle again, then put it away and vanished into the night.

Xiao Yu confronted Yun Xiu about his past behavior and tested whether he would take responsibility for her, but he refused. After Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe and the Xiao Clan celebrated his achievement, Yun Xiu prepared to leave Wu Tan City and promised Xiao Xun'er that he would return and marry her when she grew up.

• Xiao Yu visited Yun Xiu, asked him to acknowledge his past behavior, and said she would accept it if he took responsibility for her.
• Yun Xiu refused Xiao Yu, and she left disappointed.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yan condensed a Dou Cyclone and became a Dou Zhe, prompting the Xiao Clan to celebrate him as Wu Tan City's greatest young genius.
• Yun Xiu decided to leave Wu Tan City, and Xiao Xun'er asked him to return and promised she wanted to be his bride.
• Yun Xiu promised Xiao Xun'er red bridal attire and vowed never to leave or forsake her, and they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.

Yun Xiu gave Xiao Xun'er a protective necklace and left after warning her to be careful of Xiao Yan. While traveling, he discovered a poisoned village full of corpses and found a terrified little girl who ran into him.

• Yun Xiu gave Xiao Xun'er a necklace containing his power and kissed her before she could kiss him.
• Yun Xiu told Xiao Xun'er to be careful of Xiao Yan, then left the Xiao Clan with Grass Stepping Horse.
• Yun Xiu examined the Tou She Ancient God Jade he had stolen from the Xiao Clan and hidden in his Storage Ring.
• Yun Xiu heard crying while traveling and descended into a village shrouded in poisonous mist and scattered with corpses.
• A ragged little girl ran from Yun Xiu, but he appeared in front of her and she collided with him.
• Yun Xiu asked the trembling girl whether she was afraid of him.

Yun Xiu discovered that the little girl’s poisonous body had caused the mountain village’s destruction and persuaded her to leave with him after helping her bury the villagers. She asked to stay another month beside her mother’s grave, and Yun Xiu agreed before learning that her name was Xiao Yi Xian.

• Yun Xiu caught the little girl as she tried to flee and recognized her as someone with the Body of Poisonous Misfortune.
• Yun Xiu offered to take the girl with him and solve her problem; she agreed on the condition that he help bury the villagers.
• Yun Xiu and the girl spent three days and nights digging graves throughout the village.
• The girl wept beside her mother’s grave, and Yun Xiu gave her a handkerchief and roasted meat.
• The girl asked Yun Xiu to wait another month so she could keep her mother company, and he agreed.
• Yun Xiu asked the girl’s name, and she introduced herself as Xiao Yi Xian.

Yun Xiu gave Xiao Yi Xian a new name, Lin Xian, and cared for her as they grew familiar during a month together. Afterward, he tested the Xuanyuan Divine Sword and saw its immense power.

• Yun Xiu brought Xiao Yi Xian moon-white clothes so she could wash and change.
• Yun Xiu gave Xiao Yi Xian the surname Lin, naming her Lin Xian, and she gladly accepted.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked why Yun Xiu never ate or removed his mask, but he avoided answering and left.
• Yun Xiu took out the Xuanyuan Divine Sword and swung it, cutting down a stretch of trees.
• Yun Xiu praised the sword and believed it made him invincible in the mortal world of the continent.

Yun Xiu took Xiao Yi Xian to the Tagor Great Desert to find someone, while promising to guide her cultivation. In Shimo City, they found a frightened, homeless girl with blue scales, and Xiao Yi Xian pleaded with Yun Xiu to help her.

• Yun Xiu gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring filled with clothes before they left the next day.
• Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye to her mother's grave, then agreed to cultivate by Yun Xiu's side as they traveled to the Tagor Great Desert to find someone.
• Yun Xiu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Shimo City, where Yun Xiu used his Soul Power to locate the person he sought.
• Yun Xiu led Xiao Yi Xian to a dark alley, where they found a filthy, frightened girl with blue scales on her arm.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized her own past helplessness in the girl and begged Yun Xiu to help her.

Yun Xiu rescued Qing Lin from a dark alley and tried to reassure her as he led her through Shimo City. Their walk was interrupted by the Three Bears Mercenary Group, who demanded 50,000 gold coins to let Qing Lin go.

• Yun Xiu took Qing Lin out of the alley, learned her name, and told her to follow him as his Young Master.
• On the street, Yun Xiu urged Qing Lin to stop feeling inferior, but she remained frightened and insecure.
• Three men surrounded Yun Xiu, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, introducing themselves as the Three Bears Mercenary Group.
• Xiong Da claimed Qing Lin was the group's pet and demanded 50,000 gold coins from Yun Xiu in exchange for her.

Yun Xiu rescued Qing Lin from the Three Bears Mercenary Group, killed the mercenaries with Black Flame, and took her and Xiao Yi Xian to an inn. After buying Qing Lin new clothes, the three returned to the inn for the night.

• The Three Bears demanded five million gold coins from Yun Xiu for Qing Lin and threatened him and the two girls.
• Yun Xiu told Qing Lin that she needed to become stronger so others could not bully her, then burned all three mercenaries to ashes with Black Flame.
• Yun Xiu took Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to Tongfu Inn and arranged for Qing Lin to wash up.
• Yun Xiu noticed Qing Lin's borrowed clothes were too large and took both girls to buy her new clothes.
• Yun Xiu returned with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the inn after it grew late.

Yun Xiu secretly entered the Snake People Race’s territory to see Queen Medusa, then left after admiring her beauty and promising to return. Medusa remained puzzled about his visit as her people gathered around her.

• At midnight, Yun Xiu confirmed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were asleep, then vanished from the inn and traveled to the Snake People Race’s territory.
• Yun Xiu released a trace of his aura near Medusa’s castle, prompting her to fly out and confront the intruder.
• Medusa sensed Yun Xiu’s overwhelming pressure, while he admired her beauty and praised her reputation.
• Yun Xiu disappeared and called out that he would return, stirring the Snake-person Kingdom and drawing its experts to Medusa.
• Medusa told her people that Yun Xiu was not an enemy, then returned to the castle as he went back to the inn and watched the distant tribe.

Yun Xiu brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Snake People Race's royal capital to meet Medusa, and his overwhelming strength convinced her that he should be treated as a potential friend rather than an enemy. The chapter ended with Medusa asking what he intended by coming to her territory.

• Yun Xiu arrived at the Snake People Race's royal capital with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and was surrounded by Yue Mei and her soldiers.
• Yun Xiu told Yue Mei that he had already visited Medusa the night before and asked to see her again.
• Yue Mei ordered her soldiers to seize Yun Xiu, but his pressure pinned them to the ground.
• Medusa contacted Yue Mei and ordered her to bring Yun Xiu and the girls to the main hall.
• Medusa met Yun Xiu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin and asked Yun Xiu what he intended by coming to her territory.

Yun Xiu offered Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame to help her break through to Dou Zong, but insisted on meeting her true body. He overwhelmed Medusa’s clone and Yue Mei, forcing the clone to summon Medusa from seclusion.

• Yun Xiu returned to Medusa’s palace and learned that the Medusa before him was a clone while her true body remained in seclusion.
• Yun Xiu revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and offered it to help Medusa break through to Dou Zong.
• Yun Xiu demanded to meet Medusa’s true body, then appeared beside the clone and threatened to bring her out himself.
• Yun Xiu’s pressure pinned Yue Mei to the floor and left Medusa’s clone unable to resist.
• Medusa’s clone dispersed, and Medusa opened her eyes in the secret chamber and murmured that her clone was gone.

Yun Xiu confronted Medusa in the Snake People Race’s main hall and offered to use his Heavenly Flames to help her evolve. Medusa rejected his offer and mistook Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for his daughters, leaving Yun Xiu to protest the misunderstanding.

• Medusa appeared in the main hall and attacked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, but Yun Xiu blocked her invisible force.
• Medusa questioned Yun Xiu about invading her territory, and he introduced himself and explained that he had come to help her break through to Dou Zong.
• Yun Xiu offered to use his Heavenly Flames to help Medusa evolve, but she refused and told him to leave.
• Medusa called Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin Yun Xiu’s daughters, and Yun Xiu protested that he had no daughters.

Yun Xiu refused to leave Medusa’s territory, even after she summoned the seven Snake People Race chiefs. When they attacked him, he effortlessly destroyed a spear and froze Mobas in place, leading Medusa to suspect he was a Dou Zun Expert with a hidden objective.

• Medusa rejected Yun Xiu’s offer and ordered him to leave, while Yun Xiu stayed on the throne and urged her to reconsider.
• Medusa’s seven chiefs arrived, and she demanded that Yun Xiu get off the throne or be killed.
• A Snake People Race expert threw a spear at Yun Xiu, who caught it between two fingers and shattered it into dust.
• The spear’s owner, Mobas, charged Yun Xiu, but Yun Xiu froze him in place with a brief distortion of time.
• The other Snake People Race chiefs attacked Yun Xiu as Medusa sensed a fluctuation of spatial power and suspected he was a Dou Zun Expert pursuing a greater scheme.

Yun Xiu subdued Medusa’s leaders and offered her a mature Green Lotus Core Flame to help her break through and evolve in exchange for one request. Medusa suspected what he wanted and asked him to state his demand, accepting that she had little choice but to negotiate.

• The six remaining Snake People leaders attacked Yun Xiu, but their battle qi dissipated and they fell helplessly to the ground.
• Yun Xiu approached Medusa and said he wanted to make a deal without hostility.
• Medusa agreed to hear his terms because she feared the consequences of refusing a powerful expert.
• Yun Xiu revealed a mature Green Lotus Core Flame, which surprised Medusa because the flame in the Tagor Great Desert was not yet mature.
• Yun Xiu offered the flame and his help with Medusa’s evolution in exchange for one request.
• Medusa refused to touch the flame and told Yun Xiu to state what he wanted, as long as it was not excessive.