Chapter Summaries

After the Misty Cloud Sect and a mysterious black mist attacked the Xiao Family, Xiao Shuang brought the survivors to the Imperial Capital and began preparing a coalition against the sect. The Royal Family and Mittel Family agreed to resist, while the other invited powers considered their positions.

• Hai Bodong rescued the Xiao Family members from the black mist, and Xiao Ding suspected the attackers were searching for the family’s inherited jade fragment.
• Xiao Shuang gave Hai Bodong the Spirit Reviving Purple Pill and hurried to the Imperial Capital to warn Yaoye about the attack.
• Yaoye estimated the Royal Family had only a thirty percent chance against the Misty Cloud Sect without allies, so she agreed to contact the Mittel Family, Mu Family, and Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Shuang personally escorted the Xiao Family survivors to a secluded courtyard in the Imperial Capital.
• Jia Xingtian gathered leaders from the Royal Family, Mittel Family, Mu Family, and Alchemist Guild, and Xiao Shuang urged them to unite against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The Mittel Family declared its willingness to stand with the Royal Family against Yun Shan.

Xiao Shuang secured the Royal Family, the Mu Family, and the Alchemist Guild’s support to strengthen their defenses against the Misty Cloud Sect. After Yun Shan sealed the sect and allied with Soul Hall’s Protector Wu to raise its fighting strength, Jia Nan Academy opened a recruitment office and academy in the Imperial Capital.

• The Mu Family head, Yaoye, and President Fama agreed to support an alliance intended to protect against unexpected events involving the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hai Bodong prepared to enter seclusion to restore his strength with the Spirit Reviving Purple Pill, while Jia Xingtian received word that the Misty Cloud Sect had sealed its mountain and recalled its disciples.
• Yun Shan met Protector Wu, agreed to use Soul Hall’s secret technique to strengthen the Misty Cloud Sect, and promised to hand over members of the Xiao Family.
• The Misty Cloud Sect’s mountain closure caused an uproar across the Jia Ma Empire, and disciples who failed to return faced losing their status.
• Jia Nan Academy opened a recruitment office and academy in the Imperial Capital, drawing excitement from young people across the empire.

Xiao Shuang proposed seeking an alliance with the Snake People Race, and Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong agreed to accompany him. After returning to the palace, Xiao Shuang rested with Yaoye, and the two grew closer before he asked to fulfill their marriage agreement.

• Xiao Shuang suggested approaching the Snake People Race for an alliance, and Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong agreed to go with him after Hai Bodong refined the Spirit Reviving Purple Pill.
• Xiao Shuang and Yaoye returned to the Imperial City, where Yaoye comforted him and he fell asleep with his head on her lap.
• Yaoye watched over Xiao Shuang until evening, and he woke to find she had stayed beside him.
• Xiao Shuang and Yaoye bathed together and later shared an intimate evening in private.
• Xiao Shuang asked Yaoye to fulfill their marriage agreement, and she questioned him because he had said they would wait until the Misty Cloud Sect was gone.

Xiao Shuang and Yaoye prepared for their wedding, which was held two days later in the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial City. After the guests departed, Xiao Shuang joined Yaoye in the wedding chamber.

• Xiao Shuang arranged the wedding with Jia Xingtian, who set a date and began organizing the ceremony.
• The little Princess learned that Yaoye was getting married and hurried off to prepare a gift.
• The Royal Family invited prominent factions across the Jia Ma Empire to the wedding, excluding the sealed-away Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Shuang and Yaoye completed the wedding rituals before a gathering of influential guests.
• Xiao Shuang lifted Yaoye’s veil in the wedding chamber and kissed her before the maids withdrew.

Xiao Shuang cultivated for ten days using the Jia Ma Empire’s Ice Attribute medicinal ingredients and stabilized at Five-star Dou Wang. Afterward, he discovered that Yaoye’s Dou Qi contained a strand of his Ice Dou Qi, which she absorbed into her Dou Crystal as her strength grew.

• Yaoye gave Xiao Shuang the Royal Family’s Ice Attribute medicinal ingredients so he could prepare for the journey to the Snake People Race.
• Xiao Shuang refined the ingredients into Ice Attribute energy and absorbed it during ten days of seclusion, reaching Five-star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Shuang returned to the palace and found Yaoye arranging for a Rank Five Alchemist to prepare pills for his cultivation.
• Xiao Shuang noticed a blue strand of his Ice Dou Qi inside Yaoye’s Dou Qi and helped her merge it into her Dou Crystal.
• Yaoye said the Ice Dou Qi felt comfortable, improved her strength, and made her feel closer to Xiao Shuang.

Xiao Shuang traveled with Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong to the Snake People Race to propose cooperation and offer them land near the Demonic Beast Mountain Range. The elders rejected the idea of cooperation, leaving Xiao Shuang’s proposal unresolved.

• Yaoye supported Xiao Shuang’s plan to expand through alliances and war across the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Shuang, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong flew to the Tagor Desert after Hai Bodong regained his strength with the Spirit Reviving Purple Pill.
• Xiao Shuang’s group reached the Medusa Temple, where Hua She’er attacked and Xiao Shuang’s icy Dou Qi halted her advance.
• The Great Elder invited Xiao Shuang’s group into the main hall, where he asked the four elders about cooperating with humans.
• The Snake People Race elders laughed at Xiao Shuang’s proposal, and the Great Elder told him to abandon the idea.

Xiao Shuang negotiated an alliance with the Snake People Race, offering them land near the Demonic Beast Mountain Range in exchange for support in future wars. After the deal, he and his companions left, while the elders revealed that Queen Medusa’s evolution had succeeded and she would return soon.

• Xiao Shuang proposed giving the Snake People Race land near the Demonic Beast Mountain Range in exchange for its help in wars against surrounding empires.
• Xiao Shuang told the Great Elder that the Misty Cloud Sect had sealed off its mountain and offered the land immediately without requiring the Snake People Race to fight the sect.
• The Great Elder agreed to the cooperation, promising one Dou Huang and three Dou Wangs if civil war broke out in the Jia Ma Empire.
• The Great Elder revealed that Queen Medusa’s evolution had succeeded and that she had temporarily left after encountering an opportunity of her own.
• Xiao Shuang and his companions left the Snake People Race’s territory, and Jia Xingtian teased Hai Bodong about his unpleasant memories among the Snake People.

Xiao Shuang traveled to the Demonic Beast Mountain Range to clear the land assigned to the Snake People Race by persuading its mercenary groups to relocate. He confronted Lion King Yan Shi, who rejected the order and attacked, and Xiao Shuang overwhelmed him with a single technique.

• Xiao Shuang left for the Demonic Beast Mountain Range to arrange the relocation of the mercenaries living on the Snake People Race’s assigned land.
• After arriving, Xiao Shuang learned that three powerful mercenary groups occupied the area, including the group led by Yan Shi.
• A mercenary insulted Xiao Shuang, so he froze the man’s legs and ordered him to remain there for a day.
• Yan Shi arrived, and Xiao Shuang gave him three days to move his group to Qingshan Town.
• Yan Shi accused Xiao Shuang of lying about the land grant and attacked him, but Xiao Shuang’s Ice Breaking Finger forced Yan Shi back and left Xiao Shuang unharmed.

Xiao Shuang forced Yan Shi to move the mercenary groups to Qingshan Town, then searched the Demonic Beast Mountain Range for medicinal herbs. He found and treated an unconscious woman in a valley, and she recognized him as Big Brother Xiao Shuang.

• Xiao Shuang subdued Yan Shi with Ice Dou Qi and gave him three days to relocate every mercenary group to Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Shuang concealed his aura, searched the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, and stole a medicinal herb guarded by a sleeping Dou Wang-level magical beast.
• Xiao Shuang discovered a herb-filled valley and entered its thatched hut after sensing poisonous gas.
• Xiao Shuang found an unconscious woman and used Ice Dou Qi to gather and suppress the toxins in her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and asked how Xiao Shuang had entered, then recognized him as Big Brother Xiao Shuang.

Xiao Shuang reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in her valley and showed that his Extreme Cold Physique could resist her poisonous aura. After Xiao Yi Xian described how she became the feared Heavenly Poison Woman, Xiao Shuang offered to help delay the Calamity Poison Body’s outbreak.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Shuang as the person who had saved her before, then discovered that his body held no trace of her poisonous aura.
• Xiao Yi Xian cooked vegetable soup for Xiao Shuang, who asked to gather medicinal herbs as repayment for saving her.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had the Calamity Poison Body and had reached Dou Emperor by consuming poisons, including after poisoning an entire family in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Shuang revealed that his Extreme Cold Physique and Ice Dou Qi could withstand her poison, and Xiao Yi Xian gladly agreed they could become friends.
• Xiao Shuang said he could help delay the outbreak of Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and touched her wrist with his Ice Dou Qi.

Xiao Shuang offered to use his Ice Dou Qi to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and delay its eruptions, and she agreed to stay alive even if it slowed her cultivation. They went to meet Yan Shi’s mercenaries, where Xiao Yi Xian killed a man who insulted her, leaving Yan Shi and the others frightened of her poison arts.

• Xiao Shuang explained that his Ice Dou Qi could weaken the poison qi and delay Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body eruptions, though his current strength limited how much he could help.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to accept the suppression and prioritize survival over rapid cultivation, then agreed to accompany Xiao Shuang to handle another matter.
• Yan Shi moved the mercenaries near Qingshan Town as Xiao Shuang had instructed and complained that the relocation had nearly exhausted his savings.
• A Dou Ling mercenary insulted Xiao Yi Xian, who struck him with a black Dou Qi arrow that melted his body into a pool of blood.
• Xiao Shuang removed an ice crystal from Yan Shi, and Yan Shi thanked him, apologized to Xiao Yi Xian, and prepared to leave with the terrified mercenaries.

Xiao Shuang began using his Ice Dou Qi to suppress the poison in Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body. The treatment worked, though Xiao Shuang still had to complete the final step.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Shuang left Yan Shi and his mercenaries, who feared the consequences of having angered them.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized for her behavior and offered to serve as Xiao Shuang’s enforcer in repayment for his help.
• Xiao Shuang tested how much Ice Dou Qi was needed to counter Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous Dou Qi, then began treating her while she suppressed its rebound.
• Xiao Shuang swallowed the fruit Zi Yan had given him to replenish his strength and carefully merged his Ice Dou Qi into Xiao Yi Xian’s Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian felt the poison grow less active, but Xiao Shuang warned her to stay focused because the treatment was not finished.

Xiao Shuang helped Xiao Yi Xian suppress the poison in her body, then rested while she prepared a peaceful dinner and gave him Calamity Poisonous Energy. He purified the crystal and used its energy together with the fruit inside him to push toward Six-star Dou Wang, leaving Xiao Yi Xian hoping he would break through.

• Xiao Shuang reduced the activity of Xiao Yi Xian's poison, lowering her strength from Eight-Star Dou Emperor to four-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Shuang rested in the cabin while Xiao Yi Xian gathered ingredients, cooked dinner, and spoke to Blue Eagle.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Shuang a crystal of Calamity Poisonous Energy that she had weakened so he could absorb it.
• Xiao Shuang purified the crystal's poison and absorbed its energy, reaching Five-star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Shuang drew on the unrefined fruit's energy to force a breakthrough toward Six-star Dou Wang as Xiao Yi Xian watched anxiously.

After Xiao Shuang broke through to the six-star Dou King, he and Xiao Yi Xian raided the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave for medicinal herbs. The Amethyst Winged Lion King admitted defeat and asked them to let his son travel with them so the young beast could grow stronger.

• Xiao Shuang used the energy in the valley to break through to the six-star Dou King and tested the Calamity Poison Body's poison with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yi Xian went to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory to take the medicinal herbs he had gathered.
• Xiao Yi Xian held off the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Shuang entered the cave and collected the herbs.
• Xiao Shuang found the empty Amethyst Companion Source and spared the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, who had run outside for his father's protection.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King admitted defeat and asked Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yi Xian to let his son follow them.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked Xiao Shuang to take in his son after the Innate Amethyst Source was stolen, then attacked the Four-Eyed Saber-Toothed Tiger to seize its inherited crystal for him. Xiao Shuang named the young lion Little Purple, while Xiao Yi Xian joined the battle as the two beasts unleashed powerful attacks.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King explained that his son had lost the Innate Amethyst Source and asked Xiao Shuang to let the young lion stay with him.
• Xiao Shuang agreed to take in the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, and its father set out to seize the Saber-Toothed Demonic Crystal from the Four-Eyed Saber-Toothed Tiger.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Four-Eyed Saber-Toothed Tiger fought, with the lion king using his Amethyst Seal while other demonic beasts watched for a chance to profit.
• Xiao Shuang named the young lion Little Purple and sent Xiao Yi Xian to help its father, telling her to protect herself if the fight turned dangerous.
• The Four-Eyed Saber-Toothed Tiger gathered energy from its four eyes and fired four blood-red beams that converged into one.

Xiao Yi Xian helped the Amethyst Winged Lion King defeat the Four-Eyed Saber-Toothed Tiger, while Xiao Shuang fought off one of the tiger’s reinforcements. The group entered the tiger’s cave, where Little Purple began consuming the Saber-Toothed Demonic Crystal.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the Four-Eyed Saber-Toothed Tiger, letting the Amethyst Winged Lion King gain the upper hand and defeat it.
• Three Fifth-Tier Demonic Beasts rushed to help the tiger, and Xiao Shuang used spear shadows to kill one while the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its allies fought the others.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King collected the tiger’s demonic core and found the Saber-Toothed Demonic Crystal in its cave.
• After Xiao Shuang nodded, Little Purple tried to bite the crystal and chipped its teeth, so the Amethyst Winged Lion King cracked it open for its son to drink the liquid inside.

Xiao Shuang helped Little Amethyst advance to the Fifth Tier, then entrusted him to Xiao Shuang as the Amethyst Winged Lion King prepared to recuperate. Xiao Yi Xian agreed to establish the Poison Sect in the Chu Yun Empire and support Xiao Shuang if war broke out.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King offered Xiao Shuang the Saber-Toothed Demonic Crystal and entrusted Little Amethyst to him, but declined to leave his subjects and become the Jia Ma Empire's guardian demonic beast.
• Little Amethyst struggled to refine the crystal inside the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Life Flames, so Xiao Shuang used an Ice Crystal to temper the violent energies and ease his advancement.
• Three days later, Little Amethyst reached the Fifth Tier, shrank his body, and affectionately followed Xiao Shuang while his father departed to recover from his injuries.
• Xiao Shuang told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to wage war against the Chu Yun Empire and asked her to support him despite the Dou Zong experts on both sides.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to establish the Poison Sect in the Chu Yun Empire and told Xiao Shuang to send word if he needed help.
• Xiao Yi Xian mounted a Blue Eagle and called goodbye to Xiao Shuang as she departed.

Xiao Shuang returned to the Imperial Capital with Little Purple, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and reunited with Yaoye at the palace. The chapter ended with Xiao Shuang relaxing in a herbal hot spring while two famous women performed music for him.

• Xiao Shuang rode Little Purple toward the Imperial Capital, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King watched them leave.
• Jia Xingtian moved to intercept the approaching Fifth-Tier Demonic Beast but was surprised to see Xiao Shuang riding it; Xiao Shuang explained that Little Purple was his friend.
• Xiao Shuang arrived at the palace, where the maidservants told him Yaoye had ordered them to address him as Young Master, and he settled Little Purple inside.
• Xiao Shuang soaked in a medicinal hot spring prepared by Yaoye and told her he had dealt with Yan Shi in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.
• Yaoye joined Xiao Shuang at the hot spring and presented two famous women to perform music; Xiao Shuang said he enjoyed listening to it.

Xiao Shuang settled Little Purple, an Amethyst Winged Lion King, in the back mountain and asked the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast to train him. He returned to the Imperial City with Yaoye to assess her cultivation, learning that she practiced only a Mysterious Tier High-grade technique.

• Xiao Shuang introduced Little Purple to Yaoye and took them both to the back mountain on the lion king's back.
• Yaoye chose a place for Little Purple to live and explained that the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast guarded the mountain lake.
• The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast arrived, agreed to guide Little Purple after he rested, and recognized Xiao Shuang as the Royal Family's master.
• Xiao Shuang promised to provide cultivation medicines and a cave for Little Purple, then told him to protect Yaoye.
• Xiao Shuang flew back to the Imperial City with Yaoye and asked her to circulate her cultivation technique so he could assess her progress.
• Yaoye began cultivating, and Xiao Shuang learned that she practiced a Mysterious Tier High-grade technique rather than an Earth Tier one.

Xiao Shuang helped Yaoye convert her Dou Qi toward the Ice Attribute and supported her breakthrough to the Dou Ling realm. Afterward, Yaoye saw the Jade Pendant she had given him and learned he had kept it safe in his storage ring.

• Xiao Shuang gave Yaoye the Earth Tier Intermediate Cold Sky Essential Art, but she returned it because she could not yet cultivate a technique of that level.
• Xiao Shuang guided Yaoye in absorbing his Ice Dou Qi, and her Dou Qi began changing toward the Ice Attribute.
• Xiao Shuang added Ice Attribute medicinal ingredients to the hot spring pool while Yaoye cultivated, then supplied more energy when she neared a breakthrough.
• Yaoye cultivated through the night and broke through to the Dou Ling realm with Xiao Shuang's help.
• Yaoye noticed the Jade Pendant around Xiao Shuang's neck, embraced him tearfully, and learned he had kept it safely stored until it was safe to wear.