Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran, Lu Yu comforted him and stood by as Yao Chen revealed that he had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and offered to take him as a disciple. Lu Yu’s newly activated Future Simulator remained unused, and the chapter ended with Xun’er warning him to be careful around Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran and declared that they would meet again at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Lu Yu comforted Xiao Yan at the family’s Back Mountain, where Yao Chen appeared and introduced himself as Old Man Yao.
• The Future Simulator activated in Lu Yu’s mind, but he chose not to start his available simulation.
• Yao Chen admitted to absorbing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and offered to teach him; Lu Yu urged Xiao Yan to consider the value of Yao Chen’s abilities, and Xiao Yan accepted him as his master.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan a Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid formula and Lu Yu an Earth-tier cultivation technique, then Xun’er arrived and later warned Lu Yu to be careful around Yao Chen.

Lu Yu used the Future Simulator to preview a life in which he betrayed Mu Chen and obtained the Great Pagoda Art Yang Scroll, then brought the scroll into reality and cultivated it. He ended the chapter newly powerful and considering who might help him cultivate the technique’s Yin Scroll.

• Lu Yu chose the Mu Region Disciple identity and watched a simulated future in which he befriended Mu Chen and joined the Northern Cang Spiritual Academy.
• In the simulation, Lu Yu poisoned Mu Chen, stole the Great Pagoda Art Yang Scroll, and was killed by Qing Yan Jing’s spiritual energy avatar.
• Lu Yu chose the Great Pagoda Art Yang Scroll as his reward and received it in reality.
• Lu Yu cultivated the Great Pagoda Art, transformed his Dou Qi, and broke through to the Dou Master level.
• Lu Yu considered Xun'er and other potential partners for cultivating the Yin Scroll, but decided he needed to wait for the right opportunity.

Lu Yu found Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion in Qingshan Town and offered to help her control her Calamity Poison Body. After demonstrating his method and giving her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, he left her to decide whether to meet him at the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

• Lu Yu traveled to Qingshan Town and found Xiao Yi Xian working at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Lu Yu showed Xiao Yi Xian an eight-hundred-year-old Ghost Soul Grass and hinted that he knew about her interest in poisonous herbs.
• Three Wolf Head mercenaries came to seize Xiao Yi Xian, but Lu Yu drove them out with his Dou Master strength.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and explained the dangers of her Calamity Poison Body.
• Lu Yu guided Xiao Yi Xian's poison into a stable core that would prevent a flare-up for three months.
• Lu Yu invited Xiao Yi Xian to meet him at the Monster Beast Mountain Range the next day, then left her holding the Jade Slip.

Lu Yu simulated life as Ling Xi’s disciple to obtain the Great Pagoda Art Yin Scroll, then selected the scroll as his reward. After absorbing it, he planned to find Xiao Yi Xian and use the art to deal with her Calamity Poison Body.

• Lu Yu chose the Northern Cang Academy Student identity and became Ling Xi’s disciple, rapidly advancing in Spirit Array cultivation.
• Lu Yu befriended Mu Chen and secretly captured an aura of his Great Pagoda Art to deceive Ling Xi and lure her away.
• Lu Yu forced Qing Yan Jing’s Spiritual Energy Avatar to appear and demanded the Yin Scroll in exchange for Ling Xi’s life.
• Qing Yan Jing gave Lu Yu the Yin Scroll, but trapped him in a Soul-Seeking Array; Lu Yu called her Grandmaster and self-detonated.
• Lu Yu selected the Great Pagoda Art Yin Scroll as his simulation reward and absorbed it, then planned to find Xiao Yi Xian.

Lu Yu met Xiao Yi Xian and offered her the Yin Scroll of the Great Pagoda Art as a way to control her Calamity Poison Body, on the condition that she cultivate together with him when he asked. After reading the technique, Xiao Yi Xian agreed and asked him to leave so she could begin cultivating.

• Lu Yu arrived at Xiao Yi Xian’s medicine tent, where his Dou Qi Gauze Armor silenced mercenaries who challenged him for cutting the line.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she could not meet him alone because she was the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s public face, then took him to her residence in Qingshan Town.
• Lu Yu offered to help her control the Calamity Poison Body with a cultivation technique, requiring her to cultivate together with him whenever he asked.
• Xiao Yi Xian misunderstood his condition, but Lu Yu explained that he cultivated the Yang Scroll while she would cultivate the Yin Scroll of the Great Pagoda Art.
• After reading the Inheritance Jade Slip and recognizing the technique’s immense value, Xiao Yi Xian agreed to Lu Yu’s condition and asked him to leave so she could cultivate.

After Xiao Yi Xian changed cultivation arts and rapidly increased her strength, Lu Yu killed Mu She and Mu Li when the Wolf Head Mercenary Group ambushed them. He and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to leave Qingshan Town, first heading for the cave where Lu Yu had found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

• Lu Yu advanced to Two-star Dou Shi while guarding Xiao Yi Xian as she changed cultivation arts.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged at Five-star Dou Zhe and thanked Lu Yu for helping her convert her poison energy into Dou Qi.
• Lu Yu offered to pay off Xiao Yi Xian's contract with the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, but the Wolf Head Mercenary Group burst into the courtyard.
• Mu She recognized Lu Yu's strength and offered him ten thousand Gold Coins, but Lu Yu killed Mu She and Mu Li with the Guardian Trigram Palm.
• Lu Yu took Mu She and Mu Li's Storage Rings and asked Xiao Yi Xian to help gather herbs at the cave where he found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

Lu Yu brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Xiao Family residence, where Xun'er grew jealous and ordered Ling Ying to investigate her and summon female guards. Lu Yu learned Purple Cloud Wings and later met Yao Chen, who offered to teach him alchemy.

• Lu Yu brought Xiao Yi Xian to his courtyard at the Xiao Family residence and warned her about Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er learned that Lu Yu had brought a woman home, then told Ling Ying to investigate Xiao Yi Xian and summon several female guards from her clan.
• Lu Yu cultivated the Purple Cloud Wings scroll, endured the eagle's remnant soul, and gained wing-shaped tattoos on his back.
• Lu Yu reviewed his Dou Skills and began studying Roaring Lion's Chant.
• Lu Yu asked Yao Chen to refine a throat-protecting medicine, and Yao Chen offered to teach him alchemy techniques.

Lu Yu accepted Yao Chen’s basic alchemy instruction and trained for half a month, becoming skilled at refining medicinal liquids. After Yao Chen demonstrated the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yan, he gave Lu Yu a First-grade Qi Replenishing Pill formula, and Lu Yu left to continue practicing.

• Lu Yu agreed to learn alchemy from Yao Chen, who explained flame control, formulas, soul perception, and the basic steps of refining.
• Yao Chen assigned Lu Yu to prepare materials for Blood Coagulating Powder and Ice Spirit Throat Protectant Liquid.
• Half a month later, Lu Yu successfully refined Ice Spirit Throat Protectant Liquid to a quality comparable to an ordinary First-grade Alchemist’s work.
• Yao Chen demonstrated how to refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and gave the finished liquid to Xiao Yan, explaining how to use it.
• Yao Chen gave Lu Yu a First-grade Qi Replenishing Pill formula, and Lu Yu promised to repay his guidance before leaving to practice.

Lu Yu returned to the Xiao Family and found Xun'er meeting Little Fairy Doctor, whose presence sparked jealousy and questions about their dual cultivation. After Xun'er learned about Lu Yu's cultivation method and warned him to keep it secret, she decided to let Little Fairy Doctor stay near him for now while keeping a close watch on her.

• Lu Yu returned to his courtyard, where Little Fairy Doctor was washing his clothes, and Xun'er arrived with a new robe for him.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Xun'er that she and Lu Yu needed to dual cultivate, prompting Xun'er to take Lu Yu aside and demand an explanation.
• Lu Yu explained the cultivation method to Xun'er, who burned the copied pages and warned him it was at least Heaven Class and must not be shared before he became a Dou Saint.
• Xun'er told Lu Yu to attribute the method to the Ancient Clan and cautioned him to put his safety first when cultivating with Little Fairy Doctor.
• After Lu Yu left, Xun'er told Ling Ying not to send anyone from the clan and said she would deal with Little Fairy Doctor herself if she harmed Lu Yu.

Lu Yu realized that his simulator self could use his real-world memories and skills, so he chose the Liu Family Horse Slave identity. The simulation ended after he killed Liu Mu Bai and took the Mustard Seed Bracelet.

• Lu Yu mastered Roaring Lion's Chant and began his monthly simulation while alone in his room.
• Lu Yu chose the Liu Family Horse Slave identity, believing his simulated self could benefit from his memories and abilities.
• After his parents died in a Beast Tide, the simulated Lu Yu was sold to the Liu Family and secretly cultivated the Flame Manipulation Art.
• Lu Yu entered Northern Spiritual Academy alongside Liu Yang, then used Guardian Trigram Palm and Roaring Lion's Chant to top the Earth Tier Students and become a Heaven Tier Student.
• On the Northern Spiritual Plains, Lu Yu survived an assassination attempt, broke through to the Spirit Wheel Stage, killed the attackers, and took a map to the Nine Nether Sparrow's hiding place.
• Liu Mu Bai tried to kill Lu Yu and reclaim the map, but Lu Yu killed him publicly and seized his Mustard Seed Bracelet.

After his simulation ended with him overcoming the Body Tribulation, Lu Yu chose the Earth Core Flame Spirit Liquid for its body-tempering effects and fire affinity. Consuming it raised his cultivation to Four-star Dou Master and left him with a trace of Thousand Year Earth Core Flame in his dantian.

• Lu Yu reviewed the simulation rewards and chose the Earth Core Flame Spirit Liquid over the Mustard Seed Bracelet and Heavenly Dragon Flame Finger.
• He opened the jade bottle, saw crimson mist take the shape of a lotus, and drank a drop of the liquid.
• Lu Yu endured the burning energy and circulated the Great Pagoda Art as the liquid purged impurities from his body.
• His cultivation surged from late Two-star Dou Shi through peak Two-star Dou Shi to Four-star Dou Master.
• Lu Yu discovered a cluster of crimson flames in his dantian and realized the liquid contained a trace of Thousand Year Earth Core Flame, a weakened version of a Heavenly Flame.

Lu Yu refined his first First-grade Qi Replenishing Pill and advanced his cultivation over the next four months, while Old Man Yao taught him more flame-control techniques and rewarded him with an alchemist inheritance. When Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor began dual cultivation, he reached the second realm of the Great Pagoda Art, but she was left exhausted.

• Lu Yu refined a First-grade Qi Replenishing Pill, and Old Man Yao judged the Earth Core Flame an embryonic exotic flame before offering to teach Lu Yu flame-control techniques.
• Over four months, Lu Yu reached seven-star Dou Master, gave Old Man Yao Heavenly Soul Nurturing Liquid, and received the complete inheritance of a Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Little Fairy Doctor broke through to one-star Dou Master, stabilized her cultivation with Lu Yu’s Medicinal Tea, and prepared to begin dual cultivation with him.
• During dual cultivation, the Yin and Yang auras formed a Yin-Yang Fish in Lu Yu’s dantian, and he condensed the embryonic Pagoda Tower of the Great Pagoda Art’s second realm.
• Little Fairy Doctor exhausted her Dou Qi helping Lu Yu condense the Pagoda Tower, and he caught her and offered to help her recover.

Six months later, Lu Yu stunned the Xiao Family by revealing that he had become a three-star Great Dou Shi, while Xiao Yan had recovered to the eighth stage of Dou Qi. Lu Yu continued refining Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid with Xiao Yan and planned to visit Jia Nan Academy when it opened for enrollment.

• Xiao Yan reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi, and he and Lu Yu silently acknowledged each other at the Xiao Family gathering.
• Lu Yu tested as a three-star Great Dou Shi, shocking the Xiao Family and the visiting Gale Family elders.
• Xiao Zhan suspected Lu Yu's rapid cultivation came from his closeness with Xiao Xun'er, while Yao Chen told Xiao Yan not to compare himself to Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid with Xiao Yan's help, and Yao Chen advised him to earn an Alchemist Guild badge.
• Lu Yu said he planned to visit Jia Nan Academy in six months, while Xiao Yan remained unsure whether he would go.

Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor were ambushed at night by six Great Dou Masters sent by the Jia Lie and another family, but they killed all the attackers. The Xiao Family guards arrived afterward, while Xiao Yan watched from nearby and took an interest in Lu Yu’s flying Dou Skill.

• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor sensed six attackers closing in while they were in the courtyard.
• Lu Yu killed two attackers with Earth Core Flame, while Little Fairy Doctor trapped two more in poisonous mist.
• The veiled leader and the black-clad man combined their attacks, but Lu Yu countered with Roaring Lion's Chant and revealed his Purple Wings.
• Lu Yu broke through the pair’s wind-and-ice defense with Heavenly Dragon Flame Finger and killed them, while Little Fairy Doctor finished off the two trapped attackers.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family guards arrived, and Xiao Yan watched with Old Man Yao before leaving after admiring Lu Yu’s flying Dou Skill.

Lu Yu strengthened the Earth Core Flame, helped the Xiao Clan take advantage of the Gale and Ouba families’ destruction, and prepared to travel to the Tagor Desert. After Old Man Yao refined a fifth-grade Blood Lotus Pill, Lu Yu revealed he had targets there beyond the rumored Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Lu Yu praised Xiao Yi Xian’s progress with the Jade Butterfly Art and Purple Smoke Barrier and recalled obtaining Earth Core Jade Marrow that strengthened his Earth Core Flame.
• The Xiao Clan learned that six Da Dou Shi experts from the Gale and Ouba families had vanished, and Xiao Zhan ordered the elders to seize their businesses and resources.
• Lu Yu told Xun'er he was going to the Tagor Desert to investigate rumors of a Heavenly Flame and promised to return within six months.
• Old Man Yao refined a fifth-grade Blood Lotus Pill for Lu Yu, who planned to use it for the Lesser Falling Heart Flame and privately intended to seek Qing Lin and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Map.

Lu Yu and Xiao Yi Xian left the Xiao Family and traveled toward the Tagor Desert, stopping in Qingshan Town and the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a bottle of poison, they dual cultivated to contain it, then continued their journey.

• Xiao Yi Xian prepared travel supplies, and she and Lu Yu left the Xiao Family for the Tagor Desert.
• Lu Yu carried Xiao Yi Xian with his Purple Cloud Wings, and they reached Qingshan Town after several days of travel.
• Xiao Yi Xian declined to visit the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and the two entered the Monster Beast Mountain Range and camped for the night.
• Lu Yu offered Xiao Yi Xian Desperate Powder, which she drank all at once, causing poison mist to spill from her body.
• Lu Yu and Xiao Yi Xian dual cultivated through the night, sealing the poison inside her poison core and improving Lu Yu's cultivation.
• The next morning, Lu Yu warned Xiao Yi Xian not to take such risks before reaching the Tower Transformation Realm, and they continued through the mountain range.

Lu Yu arrived in Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian and delivered pills to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li of the Barren Iron Mercenary Group. After meeting the abused Qing Lin, he gave her medicine and decided to take her with him, leaving her with a new sense of hope.

• Lu Yu and Xiao Yi Xian entered Stone Desert City and went to the Barren Iron Mercenary Group to deliver pills from Xiao Yan to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• At the banquet, Qing Lin accidentally spilled wine on Lu Yu, and he stopped a mercenary from berating her and sent her away from the hall.
• Qing Lin brought Lu Yu clean clothes, and he noticed the wounds and calluses on her hands while Xiao Yi Xian recognized signs of deliberate abuse.
• Lu Yu gave Qing Lin medicine and said she would follow him, promising to ask Xiao Ding about her the next day.
• Xiao Yi Xian healed Qing Lin's worst wounds, and Lu Yu told her to call him Young Master.

Lu Yu and Xiao Yi Xian advanced their cultivation together, then Lu Yu began another simulation focused on finding a way to break Hai Bodong’s seal. He chose an Endless Fire Domain identity, and the simulation began with his early academy success.

• Lu Yu broke through to four-star Great Dou Master while Xiao Yi Xian reached two-star.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Lu Yu about keeping him, but he stepped away and told her to rest before their trip.
• Lu Yu reviewed his simulation routes and decided to seek a safe Academy route that could help him break Hai Bodong’s seal.
• The simulator offered Lu Yu three identities, and he chose to be an Endless Fire Domain disciple.
• In the simulation, Lu Yu began cultivating the Great Pagoda Art at age six and advanced rapidly.
• At age seven, Lu Yu won academy competitions, earned a supreme-grade Spirit Nurturing Pill, reached the Spirit Wheel Stage, and moved to the Heaven-tier Academy.

Lu Yu completed a simulation in the Endless Fire Domain, where he rose as a cultivator and alchemist and learned the Method for Shaping Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridians. He chose the Inheritance Jade Slip and received its techniques and alchemy knowledge, including a Fifth-grade Alchemist’s inheritance.

• Lu Yu chose Living Flame in the simulation, formed an Exotic Flame Spiritual Vein, and joined the Alchemy Pavilion, where Xuan Yi gave him the Clear Heart Pill Method.
• Lu Yu advanced as an alchemist and cultivator, placed third in the Heaven Melting group at the Outer Domain Grand Competition, and later became Xuan Yi’s disciple.
• Old Man Yao gifted Lu Yu the Nine Phoenixes Facing the Sun Cauldron after Lu Yu encountered him and Xuan Yi on a date.
• Lu Yu served in the logistics corps during the war against the Outer Realm Evil Tribe and chose the Detailed Explanation of the Serpent Seal Curse as his reward.
• After the simulation ended, Lu Yu chose the Inheritance Jade Slip and learned the Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridian method, the Snake Seal Curse manual, and the Fifth-grade Alchemist inheritance.

Lu Yu studied the Snake Seal Curse and fused it with the power of his developing Futu Tower, greatly strengthening the sealing technique. After arranging for Little Fairy Doctor to train Qing Lin, he set out to handle a matter of his own.

• Lu Yu reviewed his new inheritances and planned to master the Snake Seal Curse before pursuing the Heavenly Fire Dragon Steps and other techniques.
• Lu Yu arranged with Xiao Ding to take Qing Lin as his maid, then asked Little Fairy Doctor to teach her the Mysterious Yellow Breathing Technique.
• Lu Yu spent half a month comprehending the Snake Seal Curse and used Xuan Guang from the Futu Tower to boost its sealing power by more than thirty percent.
• Lu Yu left cultivation-aiding pills for Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, encouraged Qing Lin to build a strong foundation, and departed alone.