Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming completed the treatment that cured Na Lan Jie’s Brand Poison, then declined Yaoye’s invitation to stay in the Imperial Capital. He left the next morning with Zi Yan, flying toward the Northeast Province and the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Ming withdrew his Heavenly Flames and told Na Lan Su that Na Lan Jie would need seven days of treatment to expel the poison.
• Over the following days, Xiao Ming treated Na Lan Jie until the Brand Poison was gone and his complexion returned to normal.
• Yaoye visited Xiao Ming with tea from Elder Jia and asked him to stay longer, but Xiao Ming said he would leave the next day to return to his family.
• Zi Yan burst into the sitting room with medicinal herbs she had taken from a Magical Beast and learned that Xiao Ming planned to leave the next morning.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan flew from the Imperial Capital toward the Northeast Province, where the Xiao Family lived.

Xiao Ming returned to the Xiao Family with Zi Yan and reunited with Xiao Shan. He showed Xiao Shan two Grade Seven pills, including a Life Devouring Pill that could grant Dou Wang strength, leaving Xiao Shan wondering what its cost was.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan reached the Xiao Family after spending three days gathering Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures on the way.
• Xiao Ming asked Xiao Qing to summon Xiao Shan and rewarded her with a Grade Two Explosive Qi Pill.
• Xiao Shan came to Xiao Ming's residence and explained that he had been teaching Dou Skills to clan members.
• Xiao Ming showed Xiao Shan a Grade Seven Life Devouring Pill and a Grade Seven Azure Nether Longevity Pill, explaining the Life Devouring Pill could grant someone Dou Wang strength.
• Xiao Shan questioned whether the Life Devouring Pill's power came with a catch.

Xiao Ming gave Xiao Shan pills to protect the Xiao Family before leaving with Zi Yan for the Magical Beast Mountain Range. In Qingshan Town, he entered the Ten Thousand Medicine House, apparently searching for something.

• Xiao Ming explained that the Life Devouring Pill granted Initial Dou Wang strength by consuming the user's life, and Xiao Shan declined to take it.
• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Shan two Life Devouring Pills and a Dou Spirit Pill for Xue Tian, cautioning him to distribute the pills carefully and prepare for dangers to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Ming told Xiao Shan that he would soon leave the family and return to Jia Nan Academy, then entrusted him with pills promised to Xiao Yu and Xiao Hu.
• The next day, Xiao Ming left the Xiao Family with Zi Yan and flew toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ming arrived in Qingshan Town with Zi Yan and entered the Ten Thousand Medicine House.

Xiao Ming went to the Ten Thousand Medicine House to find Xiao Yi Xian, then secretly marked her and returned to her room that night with Zi Yan. Xiao Yi Xian’s attempt to ambush them failed, and she woke to find the two intruders beside her bed.

• Xiao Ming asked a Ten Thousand Medicine House assistant about Xiao Yi Xian and waited until she arrived to treat patients.
• Xiao Ming watched Xiao Yi Xian work, placed a spiritual imprint on her, and left with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan came to Xiao Yi Xian’s room at night, startling her while she bathed.
• Xiao Yi Xian extinguished the light and attacked the intruders with medicinal powder, but Xiao Ming deflected it and she collapsed.
• Xiao Ming revived Xiao Yi Xian with a medicinal pill, and she woke up wary as Zi Yan taunted her.

Xiao Ming forced Xiao Yi Xian to guide him and Zi Yan to a hidden cliffside cave, promising her a medical codex and the cave’s remaining treasures. They entered the cave and reached a stone chamber, where Zi Yan smashed through the sealed door.

• Xiao Ming confronted Xiao Yi Xian, offered her a Medical Treasure Codex, and persuaded her to lead him to the cave she had found.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan revealed their Dou Wang wings, then flew with Xiao Yi Xian to a cliff in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ming cleared the cave entrance and led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian through the dark passage.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified a stone door as an Earth Element Mechanism and offered to open it, but Zi Yan kicked it down.
• Xiao Ming entered the Stone Chamber and reminded Xiao Yi Xian that she could keep everything there except the one item he wanted.

Xiao Ming found a remnant map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Stone Chamber and let Xiao Yi Xian take the medicinal herbs and the contents of three stone boxes. The chapter ended as Xiao Yi Xian examined the final book, whose pages were seven-colored.

• Xiao Ming let Xiao Yi Xian gather the herbs from the flower bed while Zi Yan reluctantly gave up the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Xiao Ming removed three keys from the skeleton and found a scroll hidden inside its arm bone.
• Xiao Ming recognized the scroll as one quarter of a map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened the stone boxes and found the Flying Dou Technique Wings of the Eagle and the Green Wood Method.
• Xiao Yi Xian looked into the final box and saw a seven-colored book.

Xiao Ming revealed that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Woeful Poison Body and explained the danger it posed, along with two ways to control it. After promising he could obtain the necessary resources, he persuaded her to leave Qingshan Town and follow him.

• Xiao Yi Xian took the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and happily began reading it.
• Xiao Ming identified Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body and explained that accumulated toxins could erupt and kill everyone within a thousand miles.
• Xiao Ming described the Poison Fire Method and Poison Pill Method as ways to control the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Ming said he knew where to find the Nether Poison Flame and already had two Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to follow Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming welcomed Xiao Yi Xian into his group and took her to a secluded valley where she could stay while he and Zi Yan searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for herbs. The chapter ended with the three settling in for the night before setting out the next day.

• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian an Intermediate Storage Ring, learned she had named herself Li Xian'er, and told her to stay with him and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ming sealed the cave entrance and said the group would search the mountain range before traveling to the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked to visit her hidden valley so she could retrieve clothes, and Zi Yan flew there with her while Xiao Ming followed.
• Xiao Ming found the valley rich in energy and medicinal herbs, then told Xiao Yi Xian to stay in her grass shelter while he and Zi Yan gathered herbs.
• Zi Yan returned with valuable herbs to share with Xiao Ming and said she was still some distance from becoming a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Ming comforted Zi Yan and led her to the grass shelter, where they planned to rest before setting out the next day.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for medicinal herbs, angering its powerful beasts. When Zi Yan led the Amethyst Winged Lion King to Xiao Ming after stealing its Companion Amethyst Source, the two faced the beast in battle, and Zi Yan shattered its attack.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan split up to search for medicinal herbs and repeatedly defeated beasts guarding them, stirring unrest across the mountain range.
• Xiao Ming collected Ice Blue Grass from a pool and prepared to leave after more than ten days in the mountains.
• Zi Yan fled toward Xiao Ming with the Amethyst Winged Lion King pursuing her, then asked him to help fight it in exchange for half the loot.
• Zi Yan revealed she had stolen the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Companion Amethyst Source, provoking the beast to attack.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King launched a pillar of Purple Flame at Zi Yan, and she compressed the space before her to destroy it.

Zi Yan battled the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Ming prepared and launched the Three Flame Ethereal Seal to turn the fight in her favor. As the Lion King struggled against the seal, Xiao Ming sent Ling at it, and she snapped its crimson horn in half.

• Zi Yan exchanged powerful blows with the Amethyst Winged Lion King but began to fall behind.
• Xiao Ming combined several flames, including the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, to form the Three Flame Ethereal Seal.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King forced Zi Yan back and charged at Xiao Ming, who launched the seal at it.
• The seal shattered the Lion King's purple barriers and clashed with its raised claw, melting the Purple Crystal under the heat.
• Xiao Ming sent Ling toward the Lion King's forehead, but the beast lowered its head and Ling struck its crimson horn, breaking it in half.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan wounded the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but it escaped before they could finish the fight, and they returned to their valley. There, they found Xiao Yi Xian had awakened her Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Ming reassured her that she had done nothing wrong.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King fled after the Three Flame Ethereal Seal badly injured it and Xiao Ming and Zi Yan prepared to attack.
• Xiao Ming declined Zi Yan's suggestion to chase the lion, took custody of their Companion Amethyst Source, and decided they should leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan returned to the valley and found Xiao Lan circling above their thatched hut.
• Xiao Ming sensed poison in the hut and found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious with a seven-colored face, recognizing that she had awakened her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and told Xiao Ming she had awakened her Woeful Poison Body to grow strong enough to help him; he reassured her that she had done nothing wrong.

Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian poisonous herbs and Poison Master techniques, then took her and Zi Yan toward the Tagor Desert. They reached Desert City, where Xiao Ming planned to buy a reliable desert map and water before continuing his search for the second Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.

• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian potent poisonous herbs and warned her to consume them gradually.
• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian high-grade Cultivation Methods and Dou Skills, cautioning her about cultivating the Flying Dou Technique alone.
• Xiao Yi Xian released Xiao Lan into the valley, and Xiao Ming persuaded Zi Yan to carry Xiao Yi Xian in exchange for an extra medicinal herb.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian flew east for two days and arrived at Desert City on the edge of the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Ming proposed that they buy an accurate desert map and water before entering the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Ming and his companions visited Ancient Map to obtain a map fragment, but Hai Bodong attacked them after a confrontation with Zi Yan. Zi Yan swiftly defeated him, and Xiao Ming told the injured Ice Emperor that they had come only to buy maps.

• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian went to Ancient Map, where Xiao Ming found Hai Bodong behind the counter and retrieved the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's Fragment Map.
• Zi Yan challenged Hai Bodong for ignoring them, and Hai Bodong shut the doors and released his aura against the group.
• Xiao Ming shielded Xiao Yi Xian and identified Hai Bodong as the Ice Emperor, whose strength had fallen to that of a Dou Ling.
• Hai Bodong attacked through a freezing mist, but Zi Yan shattered his Ice Spirit Armor with one punch and sent him crashing into the counter.
• Xiao Ming crouched beside the injured Hai Bodong and said they had come to buy maps, not to fight.

Xiao Ming negotiated with Hai Bodong for the other half of the Fragment Map by offering to refine a pill that could break Hai Bodong’s seal. When Hai Bodong lacked the Sand Mandara ingredient and offered Heavenly Flame information in exchange for help finding it, Xiao Ming said he already knew where the Heavenly Flames were and asked for another form of compensation.

• Hai Bodong admitted he had the other half of the Fragment Map and refused to hand it over without a price.
• Xiao Ming identified Queen Medusa as the one who had sealed Hai Bodong and revealed that he was a Grade Six Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong offered the map, his friendship, and a future favor in exchange for Xiao Ming refining a Grade Six pill; Xiao Ming agreed if Hai Bodong supplied the formula and ingredients.
• Hai Bodong said he was missing Sand Mandara, which grew in the Tagor Great Desert, and explained that Medusa would notice him if he searched there.
• Hai Bodong offered information about Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Ming said he already knew their whereabouts and asked for something else.
• Hai Bodong offered compensation from the Mittel Family if Xiao Ming helped him find Sand Mandara.

Xiao Ming traveled to Stone Desert City with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian after agreeing to help Hai Bodong find medicinal ingredients. He visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to meet Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, where he noticed Xiao Li seemed dissatisfied with him.

• Xiao Ming agreed to help Hai Bodong search for medicinal ingredients and left with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ming explained that he had plans to prepare for the dangers of the Tagor Desert, then decided to travel to Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Ming reached Stone Desert City with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and hired a passerby to guide them to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• The group’s guards let Xiao Ming enter after he identified himself, and they sent someone to summon the captains.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived to meet Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ding welcomed him as the clan’s new Supreme Elder.

Xiao Ming visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and asked Xiao Ding to bring him Qing Lin, a Snake-People hybrid girl. Xiao Ming took Qing Lin away with his companions, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li discussed Xiao Ming’s past inaction over Xiao Yan and their hopes of helping their younger brother leave the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Ming questioned Xiao Ding about why he and Xiao Li had left the Xiao Family, and Xiao Ding explained that they had wanted to prepare a way out for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Li objected to Xiao Ding discussing Xiao Yan with Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ding apologized and explained that Xiao Li was emotionally unsettled after being poisoned by a Flower-tailed Snake.
• Xiao Ming asked for a little girl with Snake People Race blood, and Xiao Ding recognized her as Qing Lin and sent for her.
• Xiao Ming confirmed Qing Lin’s identity by noticing the green scales on her arm, left medicinal pills as compensation, and took her away with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• After Xiao Ming left, Xiao Ding rebuked Xiao Li for offending him and explained that Xiao Ming’s support could help Xiao Yan leave the family, while Xiao Li wondered why Xiao Ming wanted Qing Lin.

Xiao Ming discovered that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and explained their abilities to her and his companions. He invited Qing Lin to follow him, and she agreed, leaving the group introduced to one another.

• Xiao Ming examined Qing Lin's eyes and saw the three emerald marks of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Ming explained that the pupils could create illusions, control snake-like Magical Beasts, and store beings in a space that absorbed their strength.
• Xiao Ming reassured Qing Lin that he did not hate her for her Snake-People blood and invited her to follow him.
• Qing Lin accepted Xiao Ming's offer, and he introduced her to Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Qing Lin greeted Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward to pinch her cheeks.

Xiao Ming secluded himself in a cave near Stone Desert City to refine the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon’s wings into materials for the Heavenly Swan Nine Movement Wings. After purging the beast’s lingering aura, he began heating the wings, which started to release silver liquid.

• Xiao Ming left the inn alone and found a small mountain range near Stone Desert City, where he carved out a hidden Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Ming removed the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon’s wings from its preserved corpse and stored the rest of the body in his Na Ring.
• Xiao Ming used his Soul Power to confront the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon’s lingering aura inside the wings, then burned it away with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming placed the purified wings into controlled flames and heated them for roughly two hours.
• Silver liquid began seeping from the wings and rolling within the flames.

Xiao Ming refined the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon's wings into the Heavenly Swan Nine Movement Wings and extracted the first stage of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes from a damaged jade fragment. After crafting armor and gauntlets from the falcon's remains, he left the cave using his new wings.

• Xiao Ming fused the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon's wings with lightning-infused materials and an Eight Rank Lightning Attribute Magic Core, then shaped them into the Heavenly Swan Nine Movement Wings.
• Xiao Ming bonded the new wings to himself with his blood and tested their wind and lightning abilities, concluding they would let him cross the Snake People Race's territory without obstruction.
• Xiao Ming roasted the damaged jade fragment with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and extracted the first stage of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes.
• Xiao Ming absorbed the secret technique's information and refined the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon's claws into Gauntlets and its hide into three sets of Feather Armor.
• Xiao Ming pushed aside the stone blocking the Cave Mansion and flew away with his new silver wings.

Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan protective gear before setting out to find Sand Mandara in the Snake People Royal City. After flying through the Tagor Desert for two days, he reached the territory of one of the Eight Great Snake People Tribes, ruled by Yue Mei.

• Xiao Ming returned to the inn and learned that Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation had advanced rapidly through the poisons he had consumed.
• Xiao Ming distributed Feather Armor to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and gave Zi Yan Gauntlets made from the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon's claws.
• Xiao Ming told Zi Yan and the others he would search for Sand Mandara first and asked them to watch the area southeast of Stone Desert City, where the Heavenly Flames lay underground.
• Xiao Ming flew into the depths of the Tagor Desert and consulted his map after two days of travel.
• Xiao Ming identified the tribe blocking his route as one of the Eight Great Snake People Tribes, ruled by the Dou King Yue Mei.