Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan received Xiao Yi Xian’s warning that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was rapidly growing and decided to return to Qingshan Town soon. While caring for Yun Zhi, he discussed how he knew the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and learned why she needed the Purple Spirit Crystal.

• Xiao Lan delivered Xiao Yi Xian’s letter warning Xiao Yan that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was expanding and sending mercenaries into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan replied that he would return as soon as he could and urged Xiao Yi Xian and Boss Yao to stay safe.
• Yao Chen teased Xiao Yan about Xiao Yi Xian’s affection, but Xiao Yan dismissed the idea and brought food and water to Yun Zhi.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi awkwardly caught up before Yun Zhi asked how he knew the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan said he had saved the beast king’s son, and Yun Zhi explained that she needed the Purple Spirit Crystal to refine pills for her disciple.

Yun Zhi watched Xiao Yan train and witnessed him split a waterfall and the cliff behind it with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler. His power left her convinced that Yanran could no longer marry him at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan asked Yun Zhi to introduce him to her disciple, and she concealed that the disciple was his fiancée, Yanran.
• Yun Zhi failed to break the Purple Crystal Seal and went outside to watch Xiao Yan train beneath a waterfall.
• Xiao Yan split the waterfall with a forceful swing, and Yao Chen realized he had done it without using a Dou Technique.
• At Yao Chen's instruction, Xiao Yan used the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and split the mountain behind the waterfall.
• Yao Chen marveled at Xiao Yan's strength, while Yun Zhi thought Yanran could no longer fulfill her wish to marry him.

Yun Zhi witnessed Xiao Yan’s brutal training and understood why Nalan Yanran was pushing herself so hard for the Three-Year Pact. After Xiao Yan finally stopped for the night, Yun Zhi prepared his dinner, unaware that red powder from his Storage Ring had landed on the meat.

• Yun Zhi watched Xiao Yan split the cliff and realized why Nalan Yanran was training desperately to face him in the Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Yan continued his punishing training through the afternoon while Yun Zhi watched in silence.
• After night fell, Xiao Yan collapsed from exhaustion and took healing medicine from his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan joined Yun Zhi by the fire, but let her handle grilling the meat before heading to the cave to rest.
• A wisp of red powder drifted from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and settled on the raw meat without Yun Zhi noticing.

Yao Chen secretly used a drug to loosen Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi’s restraint, hoping to bring them together. Xiao Yan resisted until he knocked himself unconscious, and Yun Zhi kissed him as Yao Chen chose not to intervene.

• Yun Zhi accidentally burned the last of their meat, and Xiao Yan ate it with her despite the charred taste.
• After eating, Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi felt increasingly warm and were drawn toward kissing each other.
• Xiao Yan pulled away at the last moment, then struggled against his impulses as Yao Chen revealed the drug had weakened their restraint.
• When Yun Zhi softly asked why he would not kiss her, Xiao Yan struck his own head with Dou Qi and fell unconscious.
• Yun Zhi kissed the unconscious Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen watched without stopping her.

Xiao Yan woke from a dream about Yao Chen and feared he had done something improper to Yun Zhi the night before, but Yao Chen assured him nothing had happened. Outside the cave, Yun Zhi privately recalled that she had knowingly acted on her feelings for Xiao Yan and resolved to keep the incident secret as a beautiful dream.

• Xiao Yan woke from a vivid dream about Yao Chen and felt guilty about his fantasies.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Zhi whether he had behaved improperly, and she claimed they had simply eaten and gone to sleep.
• Yao Chen assured Xiao Yan that he had done nothing, and he decided to meditate rather than train his body.
• Yun Zhi hid her embarrassment and recalled that she had acted on her feelings for Xiao Yan with a clear mind.
• Yun Zhi reminded herself that Xiao Yan was Nalan Yanran's fiancé and resolved to treat what happened as a secret dream.

Yun Zhi restored her Dou Qi and tried to leave Xiao Yan, but returned to kiss him while he slept before departing with a farewell letter and her Heart of the Sea Armor. She then promised the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King she would seek a Form Transformation Pill, leaving the Monster Mountain Range with her feelings for Xiao Yan still unspoken.

• Yun Zhi broke the purple seal and regained her full strength as a Dou Emperor.
• Yun Zhi returned to the cave, kissed the sleeping Xiao Yan, and left a letter and her Heart of the Sea Armor before departing.
• Yao Chen watched Yun Zhi leave and reflected that their restraint and sense of responsibility kept Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi apart.
• Yun Zhi asked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King what it wanted besides a Form Transformation Pill and promised to obtain one in thanks for the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Zhi left the Monster Mountain Range, thinking she did not want anything to make her unable to face Xiao Yan.

After Yun Zhi left Xiao Yan a valuable armor and a farewell letter, Xiao Yan accepted her departure and resumed his training. At Yao Chen’s suggestion, he drank the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and Yao Chen waited to see how his body would handle its violent energy.

• Xiao Yan woke in the cave and found a letter and the Heart of the Sea Armor that Yun Zhi had left for him.
• Xiao Yan read Yun Zhi’s farewell, learned she had concealed her real name, and felt lonely that she had left without saying goodbye.
• Yao Chen explained the armor’s value, while Xiao Yan decided to keep it and put aside his thoughts about Yun Zhi.
• Yao Chen reminded Xiao Yan to use the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and Xiao Yan asked how to take it.
• Xiao Yan drank the Companion Purple Crystal Source in one gulp, and Yao Chen watched, confident that his body could withstand its energy.

Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Master, obtained the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Beast Fire, and confirmed that Fen Jue could evolve by devouring unusual flames. After saying farewell to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and its son, he flew toward Qingshan Town, carrying the beast king's promise of future aid.

• Xiao Yan woke to find that he had reached Dou Master and gained Dou Qi Gauze.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Chen that Fen Jue had advanced from Yellow-tier low-grade to yellow-tier mid-grade and displayed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Beast Fire.
• Xiao Yan packed his belongings, put on the Heart of the Sea Armor, and flew to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King greeted Xiao Yan affectionately, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King recognized that he was leaving.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King vowed to help Xiao Yan at the cost of its life if he ever faced trouble.
• Xiao Yan bid farewell to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and its son, then flew toward Qingshan Town.

Xiao Yan returned to Qingshan Town and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was trapped inside the surrounded Myriad Medicine Pavilion. After thanking the mercenary who warned him, he faced a group of Wolf Head Mercenary Group members to force answers from them.

• Xiao Yan saw a wanted poster offering three hundred thousand gold coins for his capture and left town after noticing a mercenary following him.
• The mercenary told Xiao Yan that Mu She had consolidated Qingshan Town's mercenaries and had surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, trapping Xiao Yi Xian inside for seven days.
• The mercenary gave Xiao Yan a letter from Xiao Yi Xian that claimed she and Boss Yao had left town and that Mu Li had been poisoned, but the mercenary revealed the letter concealed the danger.
• Xiao Yan thanked the mercenary for telling him the truth and learned that Boss Yao had been missing before the siege.
• Wolf Head Mercenary Group members approached, and Xiao Yan drew the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler and advanced toward them.

Xiao Yi Xian remained trapped in the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, refusing to flee because she feared Mu She would kill Boss Yao once she was gone. Xiao Yan broke through the mercenaries surrounding the pavilion and revived her, but she woke to realize he had been feeding her chewed jerky mouth-to-mouth.

• Xiao Yi Xian stayed in the Myriad Medicine Pavilion for seven days, using poison to keep Mu She's mercenaries out while she went without food or water.
• Xiao Yi Xian grew too weak to stay conscious and wondered whether Xiao Yan would grieve if she died.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Yi Xian and gave her water, then tried to feed her jerky, but she was too weak to chew it.
• Xiao Yan chewed the jerky and fed it to Xiao Yi Xian mouth-to-mouth while Yao Chen watched silently.
• Xiao Yi Xian regained consciousness, recognized Xiao Yan's lips against hers, and wondered if he was taking advantage of her.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and urged her to flee while he went to save Boss Yao. As mercenaries closed in, Mu Li appeared, and Xiao Yan turned his focus to confronting the man he had sworn to kill.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke after Xiao Yan fed her dried meat, then gave him a medicinal pill when he coughed blood from the pavilion's poison.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to escape to the Monster Mountain Range while he rescued Boss Yao, but she initially refused to leave him behind.
• When mercenaries surrounded the pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian agreed to flee, and Xiao Yan broke through a wall to send her toward the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan blocked the pursuing mercenaries and asked them to let Xiao Yi Xian go, while they hesitated because she had saved their lives.
• Mu Li stepped forward as a newly promoted Dou Master and ordered the mercenaries to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan's killing intent surged as he declared that Mu Li would not escape him this time.

Mu She raced to kill Xiao Yan before the Cloaked Figure’s deadline, which would otherwise cost him his life and destroy the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. Xiao Yan emerged from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion with Mu Li’s burned body, leaving Mu She furious and confronting him.

• The Cloaked Figure reminded Mu She that Xiao Yan had to die within three days or Mu She would lose his life and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would be destroyed.
• A mercenary reported that Xiao Yan had entered the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and that Mu Li had already led men there.
• Mu She ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to converge on the pavilion, then found its guards collapsed and the gates open.
• Purple flames rose behind the pavilion, and Mu She recognized the aura of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan emerged carrying Mu Li’s charred body and threw it before Mu She, who recognized his son and angrily accused Xiao Yan of killing him.
• Xiao Yan remained calm, believing Mu Li deserved death for abandoning his subordinates after ordering them to attack Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan defeated Mu She in a single blow and killed him with purple flames, while the black Qi in Xiao Yan grew stronger. As he faced the terrified mercenaries, Xiao Yan began to consider killing them too, and Yao Chen feared he was becoming uncontrollable.

• Mu She charged at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan broke his arm in their clash and advanced toward him with purple flames surging behind him.
• Xiao Yan decided Mu She could not be allowed to live because he might threaten the people Xiao Yan cared about.
• Xiao Yan seized Mu She by the neck and burned him to death as Mu She regretted his own role in the chain of events that led to his downfall.
• Xiao Yan felt resentment rather than relief at Mu She's death, and the black Qi within him grew denser, alarming Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan looked at the frightened mercenaries and wondered whether they also posed a threat to the people around him.

After nearly giving in to the temptation of power, Xiao Yan regained control of himself and learned why the mercenaries had joined the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He headed to rescue Boss Yao with a new resolve: to build a world where the Righteous Path could endure without him.

• Xiao Yan nearly decided to kill everyone in Qingshan Town, but Yao Chen's warning jolted him back to his senses, and Xiao Yan punched himself to reject his dangerous thoughts.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to stop cultivating after the crisis, and Xiao Yan agreed before storing Mu She and Mu Li's corpses and telling the mercenaries to tend their wounded.
• A mercenary warned Xiao Yan that a Dou Ling backed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and had forced other groups to join by killing a leader who resisted.
• The mercenary explained that many had joined under threat of death, and Xiao Yan realized that ordinary people could be driven away from the Righteous Path by circumstances they could not bear.
• Xiao Yan thanked the mercenary and raced toward the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters to rescue Boss Yao, resolving to help the Righteous Path take root even without him.

Xiao Yan entered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's fortress to rescue Boss Yao, but three Dou Lings ambushed him and revealed their connection to the force behind Mu She's rise. Refusing to retreat after promising Xiao Yi Xian he would save Boss Yao, Xiao Yan launched an attack under Yao Chen's guidance, and the three Dou Lings prepared to fight him together.

• Xiao Yan searched the fortress for the prison but was ambushed by a cloaked Dou Ling and thrown into a wall.
• Yao Chen sensed two more Dou Lings hiding nearby, and Xiao Yan chose to stay and rescue Boss Yao despite the danger.
• The three Dou Lings revealed that they had supported Mu She's rapid rise and had ties to the Dou Wang who had pursued Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to use Eight Extremes Collapse, and Xiao Yan struck one Dou Ling hard enough to numb his arm and force him back.
• The injured Dou Ling called on the other two to attack Xiao Yan together.

Xiao Yan defeated the three Dou Lings guarding the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s fortress with Yao Chen’s guidance, but his powerful final attack left him exhausted. A beautiful woman named Yun Ying appeared and introduced herself as a Nine Star Dou Huang, leaving Xiao Yan facing a vastly stronger opponent.

• Yao Chen directed Xiao Yan to evade the three Dou Lings and use Mad Lion's Roar to stun them.
• Xiao Yan trapped the Dou Lings in a Purple Flame Vortex and struck them with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, destroying much of the fortress and killing two of them.
• Xiao Yan took a Qi Replenishing Pill and approached the surviving Dou Ling, intending to end his suffering.
• The surviving Dou Ling called for Yun Ying before Xiao Yan killed him with the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Yun Ying appeared in the hall and introduced herself to Xiao Yan as a Nine Star Dou Huang.

Xiao Yan faced Yun Ying, who revealed overwhelming power and explained that she had followed the three Dou Lings to witness their target for herself. After noticing his Storage Ring, she took it and forced Yao Chen to emerge, leaving Xiao Yan unable to move.

• Yun Ying told Xiao Yan she had followed the three Dou Lings from the Black Corner Region because she was curious about the Dou Zhe they had hired a Dou Wang to assassinate.
• Yun Ying erased the three Dou Ling corpses and part of the ground with her control over space, alarming Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Yun Ying examined Xiao Yan and expressed interest in his feat of killing three Dou Lings as a Dou Master.
• Yun Ying took Xiao Yan's Storage Ring and froze him when he tried to attack her.
• Yun Ying threatened to kill Xiao Yan unless someone inside the ring came out, and Yao Chen appeared before her.

Yun Ying confronted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, asked whether Xiao Yan knew Xiao Xuan, and learned that Yao Chen was willing to sacrifice herself to save him. Yun Ying’s interest in Xiao Yan grew, and she knocked him unconscious after announcing a new idea.

• Yun Ying recognized Yao Chen as the Continent's Number One Alchemist and restrained Xiao Yan while questioning him.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to answer Yun Ying truthfully, and Xiao Yan said he had never heard of Xiao Xuan.
• Yun Ying revealed that Yao Chen had been expelled from the Yao Clan and mocked the Clan for driving her out.
• Yao Chen offered to go with Yun Ying in exchange for Xiao Yan's freedom and threatened to use Soul Burning if Yun Ying refused.
• Yun Ying became intrigued by Xiao Yan's importance to Yao Chen and tapped his forehead, causing him to lose consciousness.

Yun Ying erased Xiao Yan’s memories of their meeting and warned Yao Chen to keep her existence secret. She then discovered Ling Ying was guarding Xiao Yan on Gu Yuan’s orders and erased his memories of her, leaving Xiao Yan unaware of the encounter.

• Yun Ying erased Xiao Yan’s memories of herself, threatened Yao Chen into silence, and disappeared.
• Yao Chen told the awakened Xiao Yan that he had fainted from exhaustion, and he hurried off with her to save Boss Yao.
• Yun Ying watched Xiao Yan approach the fortress and restrained Ling Ying, who had been unable to intervene.
• Yun Ying recognized Ling Ying as one of Gu Yuan’s men and inferred that Xiao Yan was Xiao Xuan’s descendant.
• Yun Ying spared Ling Ying to avoid drawing Gu Yuan’s attention, then erased his memories of her.

Xiao Yan rescued Boss Yao from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group fortress after defeating its three Dou Lings, while Boss Yao worried that Xiao Yan was walking into danger. Ling Ying watched them leave and decided to keep observing Xiao Yan’s path.

• Xiao Yan knocked out the guards and found Boss Yao in the fortress prison.
• Xiao Yan freed Boss Yao, who urged him to flee and protect Xiao Yi Xian from the Dou Lings.
• Xiao Yan told Boss Yao that he had already slain all three Dou Lings, then helped him leave the fortress.
• Boss Yao saw the destruction in the main hall and asked whether Xiao Yan had caused it; Xiao Yan confirmed that he had.
• Ling Ying watched Xiao Yan escort Boss Yao away, marveled at Xiao Yan’s strength and righteousness, and vanished to continue observing him.