Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan rescued Qing Lin from slavers and comforted her about her snake-person mixed-blood heritage. He recognized her unusual eyes and invited her to follow him so he could help her master her abilities and control her fate.

• After Qing Lin was captured and taken from Shimo City, Lin Yuan arrived and killed the slavers transporting her.
• Lin Yuan freed Qing Lin and carried her away after discovering she had injured her ankle.
• When Lin Yuan noticed Qing Lin’s scales, she feared he would reject her, but he reassured her that he did not judge people by their bloodlines.
• Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin medicinal ointment, praised her eyes, and told her not to measure her worth by others’ discrimination.
• Lin Yuan invited Qing Lin to follow him so he could teach her to use her talent and become strong.

Lin Yuan persuaded Qing Lin to join him, treated her injured foot, and revealed that he had orchestrated their meeting to win her trust. He took Qing Lin toward Shimo City as his new companion.

• Qing Lin accepted Lin Yuan's invitation to follow him, and he asked her to call him Young Master while giving her the nickname Qing'er.
• Lin Yuan formed a Dou Qi bed, set Qing Lin down, and applied medicine to her injured foot as they spoke about Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan revealed that he had arranged Qing Lin's encounter with the slavers and staged his rescue to make her willingly join him.
• After Qing Lin's foot healed, Lin Yuan wrapped an arm around her waist, spread his Dou Qi Wings, and flew toward Shimo City with her.

Lin Yuan took Qing Lin from Shimo City to the underground magma world where he planned to find a Heavenly Flame and help awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which he intended to use as a guide for the next step.

• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin spent half a month together in Shimo City, and Qing Lin reached the fifth stage of Dou Qi while preparing for their journey.
• Lin Yuan flew with Qing Lin to the hidden cave southeast of Shimo City and led her through its passages toward the strongest fire-attribute energy.
• Qing Lin sensed no strange aura in the passages, and Lin Yuan concluded that Queen Medusa had not found the location.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin entered a vast underground magma world, where Qing Lin's bracelet and inner energy protected her from the heat.
• Lin Yuan lured a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma and knocked it unconscious, then called Qing Lin over for the next step.

Lin Yuan awakened Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, allowing her to subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and communicate with it. The snake revealed the Heavenly Flame’s location, and Lin Yuan reached the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the lava.

• Lin Yuan used Illusion Dream Incense and Blood Fiend Qi to awaken Qing Lin’s constitution, and its power subdued the unconscious Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qing Lin woke and discovered she could sense the snake’s thoughts, while Lin Yuan confirmed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had awakened.
• Qing Lin named the snake Crimson Jade and learned from it that the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the nearby lava.
• Lin Yuan left Qing Lin behind a protective formation and rode Crimson Jade down through the lava.
• Lin Yuan found the azure lotus that was the Green Lotus Core Flame, number nineteen on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Lin Yuan obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and escaped the Tagor Great Desert with Qing Lin before Queen Medusa could track them. He settled in a secluded cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Qing Lin guarded the entrance as he prepared to refine the flame.

• Lin Yuan cut the Green Lotus Core Flame from its root, tested the root's energy-devouring power, and returned to Qing Lin with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Lin Yuan thanked Qing Lin and Crimson Jade, then left the desert with Qing Lin and had her seal Crimson Jade away.
• Queen Medusa arrived at the cave site after Lin Yuan had departed and wondered whether the special aura came from underground.
• Lin Yuan flew with Qing Lin for three days to a secluded cave near the border between the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People Empire.
• Qing Lin released five powerful snake-shaped Magical Beasts to patrol and guard the cave while Lin Yuan entered to begin refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Lin Yuan refined and subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, then broke through to Seven-Star Dou Wang. After three days in seclusion, he reunited with the worried Qing Lin and prepared to leave with her.

• Lin Yuan swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame and used the Hundred Beasts Spirit Refining Technique, his Natal Blood Pill, and Soul Power to tame it within his meridians.
• Lin Yuan refined the flame through his cultivation route and forced it into the space formed by the Spirit Repository, completing its subjugation.
• Lin Yuan entered an azure cocoon on the Azure Lotus Flame Platform while Qing Lin waited anxiously outside the cave.
• Three days later, Lin Yuan emerged in a burst of azure light and stabilized his cultivation at Seven-Star Dou Wang after breaking through two stars.
• Lin Yuan embraced Qing Lin, thanked her for protecting him, and told her they would leave.

One month later, Lin Yuan battled the Heavenly Fire Mad Lion to test his strength, exploiting the beast’s openings and worsening its injuries. The Heavenly Fire Mad Lion activated its Berserk Bloodline and reached the strength of a Six-Star Dou Huang, and Lin Yuan charged at it to begin the next round.

• Lin Yuan challenged the wounded Heavenly Fire Mad Lion, saying he wanted to test his strength against the magical beast king.
• Lin Yuan dodged the Heavenly Fire Mad Lion’s attacks with Cloud Dragon Reversal, then suppressed it with close-range spear strikes.
• The Heavenly Fire Mad Lion tried to trade its body for a chance to kill Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan withdrew and detonated his Azure Flame Spear before bombarding it with Azure Fire Cones.
• The Heavenly Fire Mad Lion survived the explosions and activated its Berserk Bloodline, boosting its strength to the level of a Six-Star Dou Huang.
• Lin Yuan formed a spiral-headed Azure Flame Spear and charged the berserk Heavenly Fire Mad Lion.

Lin Yuan defeated the Tier 6 Heavenly Fire Mad Lion and collected its treasures before flying home to celebrate Qing'er's birthday. An elder later arrived at the battlefield and wondered who had killed the beast.

• Lin Yuan lured the berserk Heavenly Fire Mad Lion into a chase, then used Cloud Dragon's Great Reversal to pierce its defenses and wound it severely.
• Lin Yuan used Blood God Transformation and Heavenly Fire Tribulation, Mountain River Seal, then pierced the lion's vital points and killed it.
• Lin Yuan collected the Heavenly Fire Mad Lion's corpse and medicinal ingredients, including five sixth-tier and ten fifth-tier ingredients, from its cave abode.
• Lin Yuan retrieved the traps he had placed nearby and flew northeast to prepare a birthday feast for Qing'er.
• An elder in hemp robes inspected the battlefield, realized a Tier 6 Heavenly Fire Mad Lion had been killed, and wondered who the fire-type expert was.

Lin Yuan celebrated Qing Lin’s birthday and her breakthrough to the seventh stage of Dou Qi, then refined his first Sixth-Grade Pill and prepared to leave the valley. As Lin Yuan headed southwest to seek the next Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Map, Xiao Yi Xian planned to investigate a cave she had discovered.

• Qing Lin broke through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and Lin Yuan returned to celebrate her birthday.
• Ten days later, Lin Yuan refined a high-grade Dou Spirit Pill and became a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• After noticing his growing urge to kill, Lin Yuan calmed himself and decided to leave the valley with Qing Lin.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin set off southwest as he planned to obtain the next Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Map.
• On the road back to Qingshan Town, Xiao Yi Xian told Lifie she had thought of a way to improve a prescription and resolved to investigate a cave beneath a cliff.

Lin Yuan visited Myriad Medicine Pavilion in Qingshan Town while disguised as Xu An, testing whether Xiao Yi Xian knew about a cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After detecting her reaction, he left her and Mr. Yao with a plan that could lead him to the cave.

• Lin Yuan left Qing Lin at the estate to cultivate and went to Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Lin Yuan questioned Mr. Yao about a cave beneath a cliff in the nearby Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Yi Xian briefly reacted because she had found it before.
• Lin Yuan ordered Mr. Yao to make a detailed map of every cliff in the area within three days, threatening him if the map was incomplete.
• Lin Yuan told Mr. Yao he would return in three days, then leaped through the pavilion's roof and left.
• Xiao Yi Xian caught a faint medicinal-herb scent after Lin Yuan departed.

After Lin Yuan secretly monitored the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Mr. Yao organized a search for cartographers and mercenaries to map the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Yi Xian decided to reach the cave before Lin Yuan returned, and flew toward the mountains on her blue eagle, Xiao Lan.

• Mr. Yao ordered the Myriad Medicine Pavilion workers to recruit cartographers and experienced mercenaries to make a detailed map, while Lin Yuan secretly listened nearby.
• Mr. Yao treated Xiao Yi Xian more politely and considered using her to gain Lin Yuan's favor, but chose not to risk angering him.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized Mr. Yao's change in attitude was connected to Lin Yuan and decided to explore the cave before he returned for the map.
• Lin Yuan followed Xiao Yi Xian's preparations from a distance and resolved to protect her without being seen.
• The next evening, Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan with a bamboo flute, mounted the blue eagle, and flew toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lin Yuan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a Rock Serpent and revealed how he had tracked her to the cave. He invited her to explore with him and share some of the treasure, leaving Xiao Yi Xian wondering whether she could one day wield the same freedom as the strong.

• Lin Yuan followed Xiao Yi Xian to the cave while a man he had put to sleep woke beneath their earlier location.
• A Rock Serpent attacked Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Lan near the cave, but Lin Yuan caught Xiao Yi Xian and killed the serpent with an azure flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Lin Yuan as the visitor to Myriad Medicine Pavilion by his herbal scent and realized he had followed her using Soul Perception.
• Lin Yuan explained his plan and offered to explore the cave with Xiao Yi Xian and share some of its treasure.
• Lin Yuan teased Xiao Yi Xian, then described the willfulness of the strong, prompting her to wonder if she could become strong enough to live that way.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian explored the hidden cave and opened its treasure chamber, where they found riches, medicinal herbs, and valuable Dou Skill scrolls. Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian one scroll and kept another to study before preparing to open the final box.

• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian reached a glowing stone door, and Xiao Yi Xian used her knowledge of mechanisms to open it.
• They entered a bright stone chamber filled with a skeleton, treasure, medicinal herbs, and three locked stone boxes; Lin Yuan already had the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map in his storage ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized several herbs, including Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and told Lin Yuan she was Qingshan Town's best physician but lacked the aptitude to become an alchemist.
• Lin Yuan opened the left box and gave Xiao Yi Xian its Profound Tier High-Grade Dou Skill, Mad Lion's Roar.
• Lin Yuan found the Wings of the Eagle flight Dou Skill in the right box and refused to give it to Xiao Yi Xian because he wanted to study it.
• After Xiao Yi Xian urged him to hurry, Lin Yuan went to open the last stone box.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian read the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and learned that she had the Woeful Poison Body. He encouraged her to choose her own path, and the two became friends.

• Lin Yuan opened the stone box and found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, which Xiao Yi Xian felt drawn to read.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian studied the scroll together, discovering its final section described the Woeful Poison Body and the tragic fate of a former owner.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized she had the Woeful Poison Body and feared she would become a disaster, but Lin Yuan urged her not to despair and said her future was her choice.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked why Lin Yuan treated her so well, then introduced herself as Mu Yunxian and offered her hand in friendship.
• Lin Yuan introduced himself, and the two smiled at each other as friends.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian discussed whether she should awaken her Woeful Poison Body, and he revealed that he had less than four years to live while reassuring her he had a solution. After their treasure hunt, Lin Yuan strengthened Xiao Lan with Gale Eagle King essence blood and exchanged a strand of hair with Xiao Yi Xian as a token of their friendship.

• Lin Yuan advised Xiao Yi Xian to consider the gains and costs of awakening the Woeful Poison Body and admitted he had less than four years of lifespan remaining.
• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and let her take the cave’s other treasures, then recorded her carrying them with an Image Stone.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had rescued Xiao Lan years earlier, and Lin Yuan used a pill and Gale Eagle King essence blood to raise the Blue Eagle’s strength to Tier 2.
• Lin Yuan asked Xiao Yi Xian for a strand of her hair as a keepsake, and she cut one off and gave it to him.

Lin Yuan sealed the treasure cave, returned Xiao Yi Xian to Qingshan Town, and then went home to find Qing Lin overexerting herself in cultivation. After comforting her, he began studying the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and decided to research illusion techniques.

• Lin Yuan sealed the cave to protect its master's rest, then flew Xiao Yi Xian back to Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned home and reflected on her gains, including learning that she had the Woeful Poison Body.
• Lin Yuan returned to Qing Lin and realized that her greeting made him feel as though he had come home.
• Lin Yuan scolded Qing Lin for cultivating without rest, reassured her, and helped her recover with Calming Incense.
• Lin Yuan studied the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, sensed the formidable Soul Power protecting it, and resolved to research illusion techniques.

Lin Yuan watched Qing Lin break through to the Ninth Stage Dou Qi and prepared to visit Xiao Yi Xian in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. There, Xiao Yi Xian chose to drink the poison that awakened her Woeful Poison Body.

• Lin Yuan used Soul Power to frighten away a Black-Striped Leopard while guarding Qing Lin as she cultivated.
• Qing Lin broke through to the Ninth Stage Dou Qi, and Lin Yuan praised her progress and gave her a bracelet.
• Lin Yuan set off with Qing Lin toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range, planning to visit Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian reflected on her Woeful Poison Body and resolved to pursue strength rather than return to ordinary life.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank the poison from the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, fainted, and awakened her Woeful Poison Body.

After Xiao Yi Xian awakened her Woeful Poison Body, Lin Yuan helped her gain initial control and supported her decision to travel to the Chu Yun Empire. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian departing after a brief kiss, promising to surprise Lin Yuan when they met again.

• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed that her Woeful Poison Body had awakened, and Lin Yuan encouraged her while criticizing her poor control of dou qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to make a more suitable study plan for Qinglin, and the three shared a meal prepared by Lin Yuan using his modified medicinal cauldron.
• After a month together, Xiao Yi Xian decided to travel to the Chu Yun Empire, and Lin Yuan gave her supplies, techniques, and notes on the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye to Qinglin and Lin Yuan, kissed Lin Yuan on the cheek, and flew away on Xiao Lan after promising to surprise him when they met again.

Lin Yuan completed the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang after sensing an opportunity. With his preparations in the valley finished, he planned to check on Qing Lin as the Jia Nan Academy recruitment team entered the Jia Ma Empire.

• Lin Yuan let Xiao Yi Xian leave without using Thought Severing to suppress his happiness, then sent Qing Lin to finish her studies.
• Lin Yuan spent ten days refining magical beast essence blood and completed the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art, forming his Natal Blood Pill.
• Lin Yuan realized his body and vitality could now support Blood God Transformation and another secret technique at the same time.
• Lin Yuan entered the Clear Mind State, seized an opportunity to cultivate, and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang.
• Lin Yuan put away his Dou Spirit Pill to consolidate his breakthrough and went to check Qing Lin's cultivation and studies.
• The Jia Nan Academy recruitment team passed through Ghost Suppressing Pass and entered the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yan entered Qingshan Town, bought a rare ingredient for the Blood Lotus Pill, and decided to train alone in the dangerous Magical Beast Mountain Range. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan prepared to track him using a surveillance network commanded through Qing Lin, and awaited news of his arrival.

• Xiao Yan bought Blood Lotus Essence at Myriad Medicine Pavilion and stored it in a jade box at an inn.
• After hearing about recent beast riots, Xiao Yan told Elder Yao he would enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone, and Elder Yao agreed to go with him the next day.
• Lin Yuan, whose recent battles had caused the beast riots, studied a map and asked Purple Jade to tell Qing Lin to monitor several zones for a youth carrying a black Giant Ruler.
• Qing Lin ordered her dependents to watch the specified areas, while Lin Yuan rewarded Purple Jade with diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Lin Yuan reflected on the Sky Dome Network and waited for it to locate Xiao Yan.