Chapter Summaries

After several peaceful days in Wutan City, Xiao Yang began preparing to teach Qian Renxue the Empress Chapter of the Xuanyuan Jade Maiden Scripture. He explained the technique’s origins and requirements before inviting her to the Back Mountain hot spring, leaving their lesson about to begin.

• Xiao Yang spent several days showing Qian Renxue around Wutan City.
• Xiao Yang reflected on how careful planning could have prevented Yao Lao’s capture in the original story and considered the forces shaping fate.
• Xiao Yang explained that the Xuanyuan Jade Maiden Scripture contained four techniques, including the women’s Empress Chapter he intended to teach Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yang knocked on Qian Renxue’s door and invited her to the Back Mountain hot spring to begin the lesson.

Xiao Yang taught Qian Renxue dou qi cultivation while they soaked in a hot spring, but Xiao Yu and her companions interrupted them. Xiao Yu extorted a Qi Gathering Powder from Xiao Yang and took over the spring, leaving him driven away.

• Xiao Yang taught Qian Renxue the Empress Chapter of the Xuanyuan Jade Maiden Scripture and the Golden Crow Burning Heaven Scripture, and she converted her Soul Power into dou qi.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Qing arrived at the hot spring, and Xiao Yu jumped in despite Qian Renxue's warning that someone was already there.
• Xiao Yang stopped Xiao Yu from attacking him and argued that she had barged in on him and Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yu threatened to tell Xiao Zhan and suggested she could secure a marriage to Xiao Yang, so Xiao Yang gave her a Qi Gathering Powder to keep quiet.
• Xiao Yu ordered Xiao Yang to leave, and Qian Renxue stayed at the hot spring with Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Qing.

Xiao Yang bought medicinal ingredients from Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and refined them into healing medicine. Two days later, the Xiao Family Marketplace began selling his Golden Wound Powder to Wutan City's mercenaries.

• Xiao Yang visited the Mittel Auction House and ordered large quantities of low-grade medicinal ingredients from Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yang warned Ya Fei that he had arranged for his master to destroy the Gale Family, then paid for the ingredients with a Youth Preservation Pill.
• Ya Fei delivered the ingredients in a Ring of Acceptance and agreed to cooperate with Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang refined the ingredients into 3,721 bottles of Golden Wound Powder.
• Two days later, a mercenary announced that the Xiao Family Marketplace was selling healing medicine.

The Xiao Family’s Golden Wound Powder drew a surge of mercenaries to its marketplace, while the Mittel Auction House announced a Youth Preservation Pill among its upcoming lots. Xiao Yang, Qian Renxue, Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er attended the auction, where the first items sold before the Youth Preservation Pill was presented.

• A mercenary demonstrated the Golden Wound Powder’s rapid healing effect, drawing a crowd to the Xiao Family Marketplace and boosting the family’s business.
• The Mittel Auction House announced an auction featuring Xiao Yang’s Youth Preservation Pill, catching Xun Er’s attention.
• Xiao Yang ended his seclusion with Qian Renxue and joined Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er at the Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei opened the auction, and a mercenary bought the Mystic Light sword for one hundred and eighty thousand.
• The auction continued with armor and medicinal ingredients, but the Youth Preservation Pill had not yet appeared.

Xiao Yang profited from the Youth Preservation Pill auction and helped the Xiao Family win the Wind Scroll Skill by stealing Ao Ba Pa’s Ring of Acceptance. He left Ao Ba Pa unconscious after the auction, carrying off the spoils toward an uncertain next move.

• Xiao Yang bought Platinum Heavenly Silkworm Silk Underwear Armor, embarrassing Xun Er and Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yang revealed to Xun Er that his Youth Preservation Pill had only temporary effects and could keep buyers dependent on repeated purchases.
• The Youth Preservation Pill sold for five hundred thousand gold coins after Sophia and the City Lord’s wife fought over it.
• Xiao Zhan and Ao Ba Pa competed fiercely for the Wind Scroll Skill until Ao Ba Pa bid five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yang took Qian Renxue to a secluded alley, knocked Ao Ba Pa and his companions unconscious, and stole Ao Ba Pa’s Ring of Acceptance.

Xiao Yang arranged for Xiao Zhan to take the Life Devouring Pill, confident he had a backup plan if the breakthrough failed. After Xiao Zhan reached Dou Wang, Xiao Yang left to bring Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian back to the Xiao Family, stopping in Green Mountain Town at Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.

• Xiao Yang tried to make Xiao Zhan take the Life Devouring Pill, but Xiao Yan and Xun Er intervened until Xiao Yang explained he could give Xiao Zhan a Dou Zong body if the breakthrough failed.
• Xiao Zhan swallowed the pill without hesitation and began cultivating, trusting Xiao Yang's assurances.
• Xiao Zhan broke through to Dou Wang, and Xiao Yang left after entrusting the Xiao Family's healing-medicine business to the Golden Wound Powder formula.
• Xiao Yang traveled to Green Mountain Town to fetch Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and entered Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.

Xiao Yang found the hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, took its treasures, and abducted Xiao Yi Xian after she arrived. In Black Rock City, he gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Classic while considering the uncertain timeline of her Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Yang searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range, killed a Rock Snake, and entered the hidden cave.
• Xiao Yang collected the cave's medicinal ingredients, gold, three scrolls, and a fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yang captured Xiao Yi Xian when she descended the cliff and brought her to an inn in Black Rock City.
• Xiao Yang released Xiao Yi Xian's bindings and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Classic to read.
• Xiao Yang considered how Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body might have activated before she met Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yang reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would help her control her Woeful Poison Body and gave her a powerful cultivation technique. They traveled to Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yang headed toward the southern district in search of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Yang comforted Xiao Yi Xian after she read about the Woeful Poison Body and told her he had the confidence to save her.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked why Xiao Yang had recognized her condition, and he admitted his eye technique had revealed the Seven-Colored Hidden Line on her abdomen.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Yi Xian the Empress Chapter of Xuanyuan Jade Maiden Scripture and explained that it could help her control the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yang chartered a flying transport to Stone Desert City for himself and Xiao Yi Xian.
• After arriving five days later, Xiao Yang led Xiao Yi Xian toward the city's southern district, where the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was based.

Xiao Yang saved Qing Lin from a stall owner, accidentally killed the man, and learned that she had not yet joined his brothers’ Desert Iron Mercenary Group. The chapter left Xiao Yang speaking with Xue Lan, who revealed she was part of the group.

• Xiao Yang stopped a stall owner from striking Qing Lin with a stone and killed him with a casual slap after the man insulted him.
• Xiao Yang helped Qing Lin up, and Xiao Yi Xian treated her wounds as she introduced herself.
• Xiao Yang realized Qing Lin had appeared years earlier than in the original story and worried that his brothers’ mercenary group was not yet established.
• Xue Lan and Dan Zai arrived to buy supplies, and Xiao Yang asked Xue Lan where the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was.
• Xue Lan questioned why Xiao Yang wanted to find the group, and he explained that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were his older brothers.

Xiao Yang reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s base and revealed that he had already become a Dou Wang. He gave Xiao Li a High Profound Rank Lightning Attribute cultivation method and Xiao Ding a High Earth Rank sword canon, leaving his brothers stunned and better equipped to grow stronger.

• Xue Lan brought Xiao Yang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s base in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yang reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and Xiao Li explained that he had been injured fighting the Storm Mercenary Group for a Lightning Attribute Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yang revealed his Douqi Wings, shocking Xiao Ding and Xiao Li by showing that he had reached the Dou Wang level.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Li a High Profound Rank Lightning Attribute cultivation method, and Xiao Li eagerly accepted it.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Ding the High Earth Rank Yi Wood Azure Lotus Sword Canon, which could grant him the Yi Wood Azure Lotus Sword Body.

Xiao Yang led the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to find the underground passage to the Green Lotus Core Flame, then entered alone to explore the magma cavern below. He reached a vast underground magma lake and began scouting for the flame.

• Xiao Yang brought the mercenaries to the desert and had them dig after Qing Lin learned the basics of the Pure Maiden Yin Gathering Scripture.
• A mercenary found a winding underground passage, and Xiao Yang confirmed it led below the desert.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Ding medicines and pills to distribute as payment, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to wait while he went underground alone.
• Xiao Yang followed the passage into a vast cavern filled with flowing magma and flew above the lake to scout.

Xiao Yang forced the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to guide him through the magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame. After he took the lotus, he returned to shore, where Qing Lin enslaved the snake with her awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Xiao Yang, who injured it and used his Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes to control it.
• Xiao Yang ordered the snake to lead him through dangerous magma currents toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yang used a Deep Sea Cold Jade shortsword to cut the lotus free and stored it in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xiao Yang returned to shore with the snake, where Qing Lin screamed and enslaved it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Yang traveled to the Snake-People Race to request an audience with Queen Medusa and met Yue Mei, leader of the Mei Snake Tribe. Yue Mei escorted him to the Royal City, where Medusa ordered Hua She'er to bring them in.

• Xiao Yang studied his map and headed for the Mei Snake Tribe's oasis to seek an audience with Queen Medusa.
• Yue Mei spotted Xiao Yang near her bathing lake and attacked him with a poisoned water arrow, which his Yin-Yang Dual Flame burned away.
• Xiao Yang apologized for intruding and offered Yue Mei a Dou Ling Pill, then asked her to guide him to Queen Medusa.
• Yue Mei accepted the pill, introduced herself, and escorted Xiao Yang to the Snake-People Race Royal City.
• Yue Mei announced their arrival from outside the city, and Medusa ordered Hua She'er to bring her and Xiao Yang into the hall.

Xiao Yang met Medusa and offered to help her reach the Dou Zong realm in exchange for the Snake-People Race relocating to his faction in the Black-Corner Region. Medusa considered the proposal, agreed to provide Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and left the relocation decision for further discussion.

• Xiao Yang showed Medusa the Seven-Colored Primal Stone and revealed his Dou Emperor strength, convincing her that he was qualified to discuss cooperation.
• Xiao Yang proposed helping Medusa restore her bloodline and break through to Dou Zong in exchange for the Snake-People Race joining his faction in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yang laid out rules against abducting, enslaving, or harming people from either race, and asked Medusa for Ice Spirit Cold Spring in exchange for Dou Ling Pills.
• Medusa considered the proposal but noted that relocating would take time and might provoke opposition from Jia Xingtian and other factions.
• Medusa led Xiao Yang to a lake island, where he collected the Ice Spirit Cold Spring in his Sumeru Ring.

Xiao Yang watched Medusa undergo the dangerous Thunder Tribulation required to awaken the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline. After her giant snake form was destroyed, a tiny seven-colored snake emerged and stopped in front of him.

• Medusa recognized Xiao Yang's storage ring as a rare high-grade item and took the Seven-Colored Primal Stone from him.
• Medusa undressed, formed hand seals, and transformed into a giant purple snake above the island.
• The Seven-Colored Primal Stone entered the snake's forehead as dark clouds gathered and lightning struck the seven-colored light surrounding it.
• Xiao Yang sensed a new life force within the charred snake corpse and waited as its skin peeled away.
• The corpse exploded, and a tiny seven-colored snake emerged from the dust and stopped before Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang tentatively asked the tiny snake whether it was Her Majesty Queen.

Xiao Yang convinced Medusa Queen that he had not tampered with the Seven-Colored Primal Stone, and she kept him with the Snake-People Race while her bloodline stabilized. After a month, Medusa agreed to inspect his proposed cooperation plan and traveled with him to Mo City.

• Medusa Queen questioned Xiao Yang about the Seven-Colored Primal Stone, and he explained its origin and suggested his Light Attribute physique caused her sense of closeness.
• Medusa ordered Yue Mei to host Xiao Yang as an honored guest while she underwent the Clan Altar's baptism and stabilized her bloodline.
• Yue Mei brought Xiao Yang to her palace, where Isha and Shelly served him in a luxurious bathhouse.
• Xiao Yang stayed with the Snake-People Race for a month until Medusa emerged from seclusion and said the elders had generally approved his cooperation proposal.
• Medusa agreed to travel with Xiao Yang to assess whether his plan was feasible, and they flew to Mo City.

Xiao Yang and the Medusa Queen found Hai Bodong in his map shop and recovered a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map. After Medusa lifted Hai Bodong’s seal, Xiao Yang explained that the map led to a Heavenly Flame and took the fragment, leaving Hai Bodong to accept that it was beyond his reach.

• Xiao Yang and the Medusa Queen entered the city and went to Hai Bodong’s Ancient Map shop.
• Xiao Yang found a fragment of the map among Hai Bodong’s failed maps, and the Medusa Queen revealed herself to the old man.
• Xiao Yang offered to have Medusa lift Hai Bodong’s seal in exchange for his support, and she removed the seal before restraining him with her Space Power.
• Xiao Yang asked Hai Bodong for the other map fragment and offered three pills, while Hai Bodong handed it over and asked about its origins.
• Xiao Yang said the map recorded the location of a Heavenly Flame, and Hai Bodong accepted that his ice-element cultivation left him no connection to it.

Xiao Yang arranged for the Xiao Family to relocate to the Black-Corner Region under an alliance with the Mittel Family and the Snake-People Race. He returned to Wutan City with Medusa, introduced her as the family’s protector, and reunited with his companions.

• Xiao Yang proposed using Mittel Family caravans to move the Xiao Family to Black Seal City, with the Mittel Family and Snake-People Race supporting one another; he asked Hai Bo Dong to protect his family elders.
• Three days later, Hai Bo Dong went to the Mittel Auction House in Wutan City to gather ingredients for the Soul Recovery Purple Pill, while Xiao Yang and Medusa went to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Zhan that he planned to relocate the family and introduced Medusa as its protector; Medusa noticed Qing Lin’s Snake-People bloodline.
• Qing Lin rushed into Xiao Yang’s arms, and Xiao Yang embraced Xiao Yi Xian and Qian Renxue; Qian Renxue scolded him for bringing another girl back.
• Xun Er questioned Xiao Yan about his envy of Xiao Yang, and Xiao Yan denied it before promising not to imitate him.

Xiao Yang confronted Yao Lao about draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and arranged for Xiao Yan to become his disciple. Yao Lao offered Xiao Yan the evolving Flame Mantra, while Xiao Yang borrowed the scroll to examine it.

• Xiao Yang took Xiao Yan to the Back Mountain and called Yao Lao out from the ring, explaining that he had identified him through the Life and Death Pill Master’s memories.
• Xiao Yang accused Yao Lao of draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and tested his feelings toward Xiao Yan; Yao Lao said he accepted him as a disciple despite owing him a debt.
• Xiao Yang made Xiao Yan perform the apprenticeship ceremony, and Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to teach him alchemy.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan he needed Fire Attribute Dou Qi and offered him the Yellow Rank Low Grade Flame Mantra, which could evolve.
• Xiao Yang asked to inspect the Flame Mantra, assured Yao Lao he would not cultivate it, and mentioned Han Feng; Yao Lao lent him the scroll and asked him to find a suitable skeleton.

Xiao Yang confirmed the Flame Mantra was genuine, then told Yao Lao that the Soul Clan and Soul Hall were tied to the Xiao Clan’s ancient blood feud and that Yellow Springs Pavilion had likely helped Han Feng escape. After Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a costly list of ingredients, Xiao Yan asked Xun Er for money, leaving his plans to restore his cultivation underway.

• Xiao Yang confirmed that the Flame Mantra could evolve and told Xiao Yan to wait until next year for his cultivation recovery.
• Xiao Yang revealed the Xiao Clan’s feud with the Soul Clan and explained that Soul Hall served the Soul Clan by gathering souls.
• Xiao Yang reasoned that Yellow Springs Pavilion operated in Soul Hall’s western territory and had likely helped Han Feng escape Wind Venerable.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yang’s deductions, returned to the ring, and asked Xiao Yan to buy medicinal ingredients and a first-tier wood-element Magic Core.
• Xun Er found Xiao Yan in the Back Mountain, heard that his Dou Qi leak had been fixed, and smiled at his renewed confidence.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er for money to buy the ingredients, blaming Xiao Yang for giving him the list and leaving.