Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun prepared to leave Wu Tan City, and Xiao Yu and Ya Fei caught up with them to offer gifts and farewells. Xiao Yu gave Su Qingyun a Jia Nan Academy Special Test Card and confessed she would wait for him, while Ya Fei gave him a Mittel Gold Card and declared she would marry no one but him.

• Xiao Yu caught up with Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun and warned them about the dangers beyond Wu Tan City.
• Xiao Yu gave Su Qingyun a Jia Nan Academy Special Test Card and said she would wait for him to visit her.
• Ya Fei rode after the group, but her frightened White Horse ran wild and threw her off.
• Xiao Yan stopped the horse, and Su Qingyun caught Ya Fei before she fell and covered her with his clothing.
• Ya Fei gave Su Qingyun a Mittel Gold Card and promised the Mittel Family would help him, then confessed she would marry no one but him.

As Xiao Yan cultivated under Su Qingyun’s guidance, Old Ya taught him the Fen Jue so he could grow strong enough to support his brother. Meanwhile, Su Qingyun’s breakthrough drew a host of magical beasts to guard the mountain, and he emerged above the clouds with his energy condensed into liquid, signaling his advance to Dou Shi.

• Su Qingyun gave Xiao Yan Companion Amethyst Source, Purple Spirit Crystals, and the Purple Spirit Flame, which Xiao Yan absorbed before advancing to the Seven Star Dou Zhe realm.
• Old Ya warned Xiao Yan that he needed to become strong enough to help Su Qingyun, then offered him the Yellow Tier Low Grade Fen Jue, a cultivation method that could evolve by fusing with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan chose to learn the dangerous Fen Jue so he could seek treasures for Su Qingyun and pave the way for him to cultivate it later.
• A strange phenomenon spread across the Magical Beast Mountain Range, drawing mercenaries and herb gatherers toward the mountains as magical beasts gathered around its center.
• Su Qingyun descended from the clouds surrounded by liquid golden-white energy, displaying the sign of a breakthrough to Dou Shi.

After Su Qingyun’s breakthrough astonished Xiao Yan and Old Ya, the group reached Black Rock City and decided to take alchemist assessments before traveling to the Tagor Desert. Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild with Little Purple, where Ya Han began registering them.

• Xiao Yan praised the life-nurturing effects of Su Qingyun’s Dou Qi Liquefaction as they walked through Black Rock City with Little Purple.
• Su Qingyun said they would rest briefly before taking a flying transport to the Tagor Desert, where Xiao Yan could train.
• Old Ya suggested that Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan take alchemist assessments at the city’s guild.
• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild with Little Purple after Su Qingyun promised to take responsibility for the beast.
• Su Qingyun told the front desk they had come for the alchemist assessment, and Ya Han offered to register them.

Otto and Frank were summoned to the guild after two young alchemists arrived with a tamed Amethyst Winged Lion. Their registration forms revealed that Xiao Yan planned to take the Grade 2 examination and Su Qingyun the Grade 3 examination, leaving Lin Fei and Xue Mei stunned and eager to watch.

• Otto noticed the two young men and their tamed Amethyst Winged Lion, then summoned Lin Fei and Frank along with Xue Mei.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei arrived at the guild and were astonished by Little Purple, while Frank warned Lin Fei not to approach it.
• Otto and Frank learned that the young men had come to take alchemist examinations and asked Ya Han to show them the registration forms.
• Ya Han showed them Xiao Yan's application for the Grade 2 examination, and Otto, Frank, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei doubted that an eighteen-year-old could pass it.
• Ya Han revealed that Su Qingyun had applied for the Grade 3 examination, prompting Lin Fei and Xue Mei to demand that they watch the assessment.

Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan passed the Grade 1 Alchemist assessment with top-grade Explosive Strength Pills, then began the Grade 2 assessment using the difficult Ice Heart Pill. Su Qingyun quickly produced another top-grade pill and moved on to the Grade 3 assessment while Xiao Yan continued refining.

• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan ignited their cauldrons with powerful purple flames, astonishing Frank and Otto.
• One examinee failed, while another passed with a low-quality pill; Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan then produced top-grade Explosive Strength Pills.
• Su Qingyun asked to take the Grade 2 assessment, and Frank and Otto assigned them the Ice Heart Pill.
• Su Qingyun refined a top-grade Ice Heart Pill with ease, while Xiao Yan drew on the power of his two lifetimes' souls to keep up.
• Su Qingyun submitted his Ice Heart Pill and began the Grade 3 assessment, leaving Lin Fei and Xue Mei stunned.

At the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan began their alchemist examinations while their youth and talent astonished the onlookers. Otto, Frank, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei wagered on the boys’ results, with marriage and valuable rewards at stake as the pill refinements reached their crucial stage.

• The guild alchemists gathered to watch masked Su Qingyun attempt the Grade 3 examination, and Frank and Otto wondered about his remarkable background.
• Otto teased Lin Fei and Xue Mei about marrying Su Qingyun or Xiao Yan, while Frank joked that a failed examinee might become his disciple.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei bet that the young alchemists would fail, wagering Lin Fei’s Cat Trout Cauldron and five Azure Spirit Pills from Otto and Frank if the boys passed.
• Otto and Frank accepted the bet, and Otto watched as Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan reached the crucial stage of forming their pills.

Xiao Yan successfully refined an Ice Heart Pill, while Su Qingyun astonished the Alchemist Guild by producing a perfect Grade 3 Pill and beginning a Grade 4 test. His elemental resonance stunned everyone, and Lin Fei and Xue Mei argued over whether they would marry him.

• Xiao Yan used Old Ya's advice and Bone Chilling Flame to refine a fine-quality Ice Heart Pill before reaching the Dou Shi Realm.
• Frank and Otto praised Xiao Yan, but he pointed them toward Su Qingyun, whose Grade 3 Meridian Continuation Pill was ready.
• Frank and Otto found Su Qingyun's pill perfect and urged him to attempt a Grade 4 Pill, so Frank chose the Purple Heart Spirit Raising Pill for the test.
• Su Qingyun began refining the Grade 4 pill, and his Immortal Cloud Star Qi Vortex made the hall's elements respond, stunning the alchemists.
• Frank and Otto urged Lin Fei and Xue Mei to marry Su Qingyun, but they objected to marrying a masked stranger before one of them declared she would marry him herself.

Su Qingyun failed to clear the impurities while refining a Grade 4 pill, but he successfully produced a good-quality Purple Heart Spirit Raising Pill. After revealing his face, he left Xue Mei and Lin Fei fighting over him, while the alchemists marveled at his talent.

• Su Qingyun’s first attempt at a Grade 4 pill sent impurities through the hall, and he removed his mask to clean it.
• Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and the gathered alchemists were stunned by Su Qingyun’s handsome face.
• Xiao Yan checked on Su Qingyun, who explained that he had failed to burn away the ingredients’ impurities in time.
• Lin Fei declared that she wanted to marry Su Qingyun, and she and Xue Mei argued over who would become his wife.
• Otto suggested that Xue Mei and Lin Fei marry Su Qingyun together.
• Frank opened Su Qingyun’s cauldron and confirmed that he had refined a good-quality Grade 4 Purple Heart Spirit Raising Pill.

After Su Qingyun passed the Grade 4 Alchemist examination, Lin Fei and Xue Mei competed for his hand in marriage, but he refused to choose either of them. The Alchemist Guild explained that its Black Rock City branch could not issue his Grade 4 credentials immediately, and Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan prepared to travel to the Tagor Desert.

• Lin Fei removed Su Qingyun's mask and asked him to choose between her and Xue Mei for marriage.
• Otto revealed that he had bet with the two women and jokingly offered marriage as a reward for passing the alchemist examination, but Su Qingyun declined.
• Frank explained that the Guild could issue Xiao Yan's Grade 2 credentials but had to apply to its headquarters for Su Qingyun's Grade 4 robe and badge.
• Su Qingyun asked the Guild to issue their lower-grade robes first and said he could retake the Grade 4 examination later, since he and Xiao Yan had urgent business in the Tagor Desert.
• Otto offered them a free ride to the Tagor Desert in a trained Flying Magical Beast and again urged Su Qingyun to consider Lin Fei and Xue Mei.

Su Qingyun left Black Rock City for the Tagor Desert with Xiao Yan, hoping to reach the Green Lotus Core Flame before Queen Medusa. Lin Fei and Xue Mei boarded his flying beast as well, each claiming her family had approved a marriage proposal and vowing to follow him.

• Rumors about Su Qingyun's looks and Grade 4 alchemy spread through Black Rock City as he departed aboard a luxurious Thick-Winged Bird.
• Xiao Yan celebrated passing the Grade 2 Alchemist examination, and Old Ya reminded him that he still needed to grow stronger to defeat Nalan Yanran.
• Su Qingyun explained that the Tagor Desert might offer Xiao Yan opportunities and that they needed to reach the Green Lotus Core Flame before Queen Medusa.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei arrived with their belongings, argued over who was Su Qingyun's fiancée, and boarded his flying beast with Dou Master guards.
• Su Qingyun realized Lin Fei and Xue Mei had secured their families' support and planned to follow him to the Tagor Desert.

Su Qingyun traveled toward the Tagor Desert aboard a Thick-Winged Bird while Lin Fei and Xue Mei followed, eager to see him. Xiao Yan kept them out of Su Qingyun’s room by claiming he was in enlightenment, and a strange phenomenon eventually appeared above the pavilion, suggesting the claim was true.

• Lin Fei and Xue Mei boarded the Thick-Winged Bird with guards and maids, while Otto and Frank saw them off and Su Qingyun worried they would burden the journey.
• Su Qingyun asked Xiao Yan to keep Lin Fei and Xue Mei out of his room and find a way to shake them off during the trip.
• Xiao Yan blocked the two women and claimed Su Qingyun had entered enlightenment and could be harmed if disturbed.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei waited outside the room, each imagining a future with Su Qingyun, while the flying beast traveled toward the Tagor Desert.
• After a few days, clouds rippled above the pavilion and Flying Beast Spirits circled within them, startling everyone and convincing Lin Fei and Xue Mei that Su Qingyun had truly entered enlightenment.

Su Qingyun experienced an epiphany aboard the Thick-Winged Bird, then departed for the Tagor Desert with Xiao Yan and Little Purple. Lin Fei and Xue Mei were left behind in the air, but they interpreted his farewell letter as proof that he cared for them and would return.

• Su Qingyun's epiphany created a celestial phenomenon that astonished Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and the other passengers.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Tagor Desert as the Thick-Winged Bird neared Desert City, while Lin Fei and Xue Mei looked forward to seeing Su Qingyun.
• Su Qingyun rode clouds away from the bird, calling Xiao Yan and Little Purple to follow him and leaving payment in the room.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei demanded that the handler chase after Su Qingyun, but the handler warned that leaving the fixed route could make the bird crash.
• Xue Mei found gold, Dou Techniques, medicinal pills, and Su Qingyun's letter, which explained that he had left to keep them safe in the dangerous desert.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei decided Su Qingyun's letter meant he cared for them and argued over which of them he would marry.

Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan flew across the Tagor Desert toward Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yan hoped to reunite with his brothers and Su Qingyun planned to investigate the Green Lotus Core Flame. They reached the city without disguising Su Qingyun, whose appearance and rain-bringing presence drew a crowd as they headed for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan flew over Desert City, where onlookers marveled at them and an old man from the Ancient Map shop pursued them into the desert.
• Su Qingyun explained that they should visit Stone Desert City to find Xiao Yan’s brothers and check whether Green Scales had detected changes near the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Su Qingyun chose not to wear a mask and landed openly in Stone Desert City with Xiao Yan and Little Purple.
• Xiao Yan asked a resident for directions to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and the crowd followed the group after seeing Su Qingyun.
• Xiao Yan frightened the crowd away with his Dou Qi while Little Purple bared its fangs.

Xiao Yan arrived in Stone Desert City with Su Qingyun and reunited with his brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. After the brothers welcomed Xiao Yan, Su Qingyun descended from the Amethyst Winged Lion and greeted them.

• Dan Zai told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that two youths were approaching on a third-rank Amethyst Winged Lion.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and others went outside to see the visitors, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li recognized Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan joyfully greeted Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding joined them in welcoming their younger brother.
• Xiao Yan introduced Su Qingyun as the Xiao Clan's benefactor and his companion.
• Su Qingyun stepped down from the Amethyst Winged Lion amid an immortal aura and greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed them and arranged for their search for Heavenly Flames. After a night of drinking and brotherly reunion, Green Scales escorted the drunken Su Qingyun away, while Xiao Yan's brothers offered to help him bathe.

• Xiao Ding brought Su Qingyun into the courtyard as the mercenary group gathered to see him, and Xue Lan openly tried to seduce him until Xiao Ding had her sent to guard the gate.
• Xiao Yan, Su Qingyun, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li discussed searching the Tagor Desert for opportunities and Heavenly Flames, and the brothers arranged lodging and patrols.
• The Xiao brothers and their guests drank together, toasted Su Qingyun's kindness, and celebrated their reunion.
• Xiao Ding called Green Scales to escort Su Qingyun to his room, and Green Scales became flustered by his handsome appearance.
• Xiao Yan asked who would help him, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li volunteered to bathe and change him, making him protest that they were drunk.

Su Qingyun stopped Green Scales from undressing him, reassured her about her snake scales, and told her that her physique was remarkable. Green Scales pledged to follow him, then revealed she sensed a strange new place near Stone Desert City that made her blood boil.

• Green Scales tried to help the apparently drunken Su Qingyun bathe, but he woke, expelled the alcohol, and stopped her.
• Su Qingyun touched Green Scales's snake scales without disgust and told her he thought they were beautiful.
• Su Qingyun reflected on Green Scales's mistreatment as a Human-Snake Hybrid and recognized her unusual talent.
• Su Qingyun praised Green Scales's physique and told her the scales could help her become formidable, prompting her to pledge to follow him.
• Su Qingyun asked Green Scales whether she sensed anything unusual around Stone Desert City, and she described a recently appeared place that made her blood boil.

Su Qingyun led the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to the place where Green Scales sensed a bloodline resonance, and deduced that the source lay underground. As the group searched for an entrance, Captain Luo Bu gathered the Sand Mercenary Group to ambush them and seize Su Qingyun’s Amethyst Winged Lion.

• Green Scales led Su Qingyun, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yan, and the mercenaries to the spot where she sensed something unusual.
• Su Qingyun concluded that the elevated temperature meant the source was beneath the sand, and Xiao Ding ordered the mercenaries to search for an entrance and guard against rivals.
• Green Scales joined the search after Su Qingyun told her to protect herself.
• Xiao Ding warned Su Qingyun, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Li that the Sand Mercenary Group and Blizzard Mercenary Group were approaching.
• Luo Bu ordered the Sand Mercenary Group to gather its forces and surround the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, hoping to take Su Qingyun’s third-tier Amethyst Winged Lion.

Su Qingyun and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group found a treasure cave, but rival mercenaries led by Luo Bu attacked them over the cave and the Amethyst Winged Lion. Su Qingyun stepped in and revealed his terrifying killing aura, killing Luo Bu with a single attack.

• Green Scales found the passage to the treasure cave, but the Sand Mercenary Group and other mercenaries surrounded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Luo Bu ordered his men to seize the Amethyst Winged Lion and the treasure cave, while Moxing attacked Xiao Yan and the groups began fighting.
• Xiao Yan held Moxing at bay, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li clashed with Luo Bu and were driven back by his slash.
• Su Qingyun left Green Scales by the cave and faced Luo Bu, who threatened to take him as a son-in-law.
• Su Qingyun unleashed his Blood Fiend Qi and pierced Luo Bu's heart with two blood spears, killing him.

Su Qingyun killed Luo Bu and led Xiao Yan and Green Scales into the underground molten cavern, where he helped Green Scales awaken her bloodline. A strange creature emerged from the lava, and Green Scales asked if it was the pet Su Qingyun had prepared for her.

• Su Qingyun killed Luo Bu with one attack, terrifying the Sand Mercenary Group and forcing its survivors to flee.
• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group cheered Su Qingyun, while Xiao Yan checked that he was unharmed.
• Su Qingyun left Little Purple with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to guard the cave entrance, then took Xiao Yan and Green Scales below.
• Su Qingyun explained that Green Scales had a role to play underground and guided her toward awakening her bloodline beside the molten lava.
• Green Scales' Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened, and a strange blue figure with a beautiful snake body emerged from the lava.

Su Qingyun, Xiao Yan, and Green Scales encountered Queen Medusa as she tried to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa captured Su Qingyun and demanded a precious compensation, leaving Xiao Yan and Green Scales unable to intervene.

• Su Qingyun recognized Queen Medusa and the Green Lotus Core Flame, then urged Xiao Yan and Green Scales to flee.
• Queen Medusa caught Su Qingyun with her snake tail as Xiao Yan and Green Scales turned back to help him.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame stopped fleeing and sent flame spirits against Medusa in an attempt to rescue Su Qingyun.
• Queen Medusa scattered the flame spirits and said Su Qingyun had to compensate her to earn her forgiveness and spare his companions.
• Queen Medusa hinted that she wanted something precious that all men possessed, leaving Su Qingyun to ask what she meant.