Chapter Summaries

Kurumi protected Xiao Yi Xian from attacking magical beasts as they traveled to a natural herb field near Qingshan Town. Kurumi found the herbs insufficient for her needs and began gathering them with jade tools she made, while Xiao Yi Xian helped in disbelief.

• Kurumi killed the ape-beasts surrounding her and Xiao Yi Xian, then saved Xiao Yi Xian from another attacker with her flaming whip.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Kurumi along the road opened by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and explained the local rules for protecting natural herb fields.
• Kurumi burned a giant wolf and several other magical beasts without collecting their low-tier magic cores.
• Kurumi and Xiao Yi Xian reached a herb field, where Kurumi judged the medicinal herbs too few for her cultivation needs.
• Kurumi made jade digging tools from empty pill bottles, and Xiao Yi Xian used them to gather the herbs.

Kurumi and Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range while Kurumi considered how to obtain more medicinal ingredients. Xiao Yi Xian revealed that her Blue Eagle could lead them to a hidden herb valley, but a white shadow suddenly darted toward the woods concealing it.

• Kurumi gave Xiao Yi Xian a bottle of pill-patterned Qi Nourishing Pills and told her to keep the remaining pills.
• Kurumi and Xiao Yi Xian continued gathering herbs, and Kurumi wondered if she could get Zi Yan to take Jia Nan Academy's medicinal ingredients with Qi Nourishing Pills.
• Kurumi found the next herb field too poor and asked Xiao Yi Xian if she knew a place where spiritual herbs grew in clusters.
• Xiao Yi Xian said her Blue Eagle could take them to an enclosed valley, and Kurumi promised not to damage its immature herbs.
• After the pair gathered herbs and rested, a white shadow leaped across the path and ran toward the woods concealing the cliff.

Kurumi guided Xiao Yi Xian to the hidden cave and forced their way inside, where they found its treasures and an Ice Spirit Flame Grass. After collecting the herb, Kurumi sensed a massive presence of Negative Energy near the cave entrance.

• Kurumi led Xiao Yi Xian through the forest and spotted the hidden stone platform and cave below the cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Eagle, and Kurumi killed five rock snakes with her Heavenly Flame as they descended.
• Kurumi shattered the stone door, and she and Xiao Yi Xian entered the cave and found a skeleton and piles of Golden Flash coins.
• Kurumi inspected the medicinal herbs, dug up the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and sensed a massive mass of Negative Energy near the entrance.

Kurumi and Xiao Yi Xian uncovered treasures in the cave before Mu Li and his mercenaries arrived. Kurumi burned the intruders and followed the Negative Energy toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but the Blue Eagle refused to cross into its dangerous depths.

• Kurumi found a fragment of the Heavenly Flames map hidden inside the skeleton’s bone and took it along with the three black keys.
• Kurumi gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, a flight Dou Skill, and a high-grade Xuan-class Dou Skill from the chests.
• Mu Li and his mercenaries confronted Xiao Yi Xian and Kurumi, demanding their treasures and making lewd threats.
• Kurumi engulfed the mercenaries in Divine Flame, then urged Xiao Yi Xian to summon the Blue Eagle so they could track the Negative Energy.
• Kurumi followed the Negative Energy’s traces toward the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but the Blue Eagle stopped at the cliff’s edge, afraid of the high-tier magical beasts beyond.

Kurumi tracked the Negative Energy to a cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but she fled when its occupant began to emerge. Two familiar men attacked the cave and fought the black-robed figure riding a lion-like beast, while Kurumi watched from the forest.

• Kurumi left Xiao Yi Xian in the cave and raced through the forest after the Negative Energy, fighting off a giant spider along the way.
• Kurumi reached a rocky area and then another forest, where she found the Negative Energy flowing into a cave beneath a small mountain.
• Kurumi approached the cave cautiously, sensed its immense power, and prepared to flee as the two men watching from the sky readied themselves to protect her.
• Black energy surged from the cave, and Kurumi swiftly retreated toward the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The two men attacked the cave and sliced away the mountain’s top; a winged, lion-like beast carrying a black-robed figure burst out, and both sides began fighting with Dou Techniques.

Kurumi watched a battle between Dou Zongs escalate as the black-robed man absorbed Negative Energy and broke through to the Dou Zong realm. While the fighters remained locked in combat, she harvested nearby spiritual herbs, then agreed to help Lin Tie by giving him a flame seed.

• The black-robed man devoured the Negative Energy within a hundred li and advanced from peak Dou Emperor to Dou Zong.
• Kurumi judged that she could not affect the battle and gathered the spiritual herbs left unguarded by fleeing magical beasts.
• Lin Tie contacted Kurumi and warned her that a low-ranking Dou Emperor was approaching and other Dou Emperors would likely investigate.
• Lin Tie asked Kurumi for a flame seed and offered a wisp of his soul as proof of his loyalty.
• Kurumi imprinted Lin Tie's soul wisp and sent him a small seed of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Lin Tong used a secret technique to overpower the Purple Crystal Winged Lion, then attacked Yun Yun when she approached Kurumi. Kurumi stopped him and sent him to aid Lin Tie against the black-robed man, while Yun Yun lay injured in the water.

• Lin Tong activated Secret Technique: Black Iron, seized the Purple Crystal Winged Lion, and beat it into the ground.
• Yun Yun flew toward Kurumi, believing the girl was in danger, and Lin Tie ordered Lin Tong to protect Kurumi.
• Lin Tong charged Yun Yun and shattered her sword and defensive technique with a single punch, sending her into the water.
• Kurumi stopped Lin Tong before he could attack Yun Yun again and ordered him to help Lin Tie kill the black-robed man.
• Lin Tong left to join Lin Tie, and Kurumi looked toward the water and wondered why Yun Yun seemed familiar.

Lin Tie and Lin Tong fought a black-robed opponent who proved to be a puppet, while Kurumi rescued Yun Yun from the water. Lin Tie gained control of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's sub-flame and used it against the puppet, which self-destructed and scattered the flames, leaving Lin Tie badly singed.

• Lin Tie and Lin Tong attacked the black-robed man, and Lin Tie's Hundred Beast Fist tore away his robe to reveal a bald puppet.
• Lin Tong struck the puppet with his black iron fists while Lin Tie calmed and gained control of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's sub-flame.
• Kurumi realized Lin Tie had controlled the sub-flame, while Lin Tong's fading secret technique left him falling into the water.
• Lin Tie unleashed a golden sea of fire that drove the puppet away from the Negative Energy and began to surround it.
• The puppet self-destructed, scattering the fire into golden sparks and leaving Lin Tie with a blackened face and scorched hair.

Lin Tie drove off the watching Dou Emperors, but four High-level Dou Huangs ambushed him after pretending to leave. Kurumi urged him to stop holding back, and Lin Tie killed three attackers while the fourth escaped his golden hand and surrendered.

• Kurumi dried herself and watched as Lin Tie dismissed the Dou Emperors who had witnessed his battle.
• Several High-level Dou Huangs hid in the forest and ambushed Lin Tie after he took a Qi Nourishing Pill.
• Lin Tie shielded Kurumi and the others with the child flame, then followed Kurumi’s order to face the attackers alone.
• Lin Tie used Vast Palm to crush three of the four attackers, while the old man betrayed them and escaped the golden hand’s reach.
• The old man saw Lin Tie turn toward him and dropped to his knees.

Lin Tie killed the old Dou Emperor, returned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame seed to Kurumi, and explained what he knew about the Deathly Aura Tablet and the strange beads. After Lin Tie revived Lin Tong with his rough Black Annihilation Army methods, Kurumi pointed out the unconscious woman Lin Tong had injured, and Lin Tie demanded Lin Tong's Life-Calling Pill.

• The old man offered Lin Tie his storage ring as a token of allegiance, but Kurumi's golden flames burned him to nothing.
• Lin Tie gave Kurumi the storage ring and returned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame seed to her before explaining the Negative Energy, its three kinds of beads, and the Deathly Aura Tablet.
• Kurumi told Lin Tie to check Lin Tong's injuries; Lin Tie crushed a pill, forced it into Lin Tong's mouth, and washed him into the river.
• Lin Tong surfaced, realized Kurumi was watching, and knelt before her in alarm.
• Kurumi pointed out that Lin Tong had seriously injured a young woman, and Lin Tie ordered Lin Tong to bring over his Life-Calling Pill.

Kurumi retrieved the Deathly Aura Tablet from the Strange Rock Water Region and rescued Yun Yun before flying back to Xiao Yi Xian. In the Central Plains, a woman learned that the Negative Energy source numbered xjqm001 had been destroyed, while a man warned her that most of the Northwest Continent’s population was infected.

• Kurumi and the Lin brothers explored the cave, and Lin Tie killed a Negative Energy-corrupted Amethyst Winged Lion Beast cub.
• Kurumi collected black crystals, burned away the crystal encasing the Deathly Aura Tablet, and used golden flames to store the tablet in her ring.
• Kurumi let the Lin brothers claim the dead Amethyst Winged Lion king and then flew away as Yun Yun watched her depart.
• Kurumi flew through the giant forest and returned to Xiao Yi Xian’s cave, where Xiao Yi Xian cleared the mixed poisons at the entrance.
• At the Wind Lightning Pavilion, a seductive woman learned that source xjqm001 had been destroyed, and a man told her that sixty-five percent of the Northwest Continent’s population was infected.

A reincarnator named Yaorao and her companion discussed their missions and plans while fleeing their pursuers. Kurumi and Xiao Yi Xian settled into the hidden valley, built separate cabins, and Xiao Yi Xian resolved to make sure Kurumi ate enough.

• Yaorao learned that her bonus mission was to kill young masters from ancient clans, while her companion planned to combine Negative Energy with Dou Qi.
• Kurumi and Xiao Yi Xian flew by Blue Eagle to the secluded valley after a restless night on the trembling cliff.
• Kurumi built and furnished a new wooden cabin beside Xiao Yi Xian's house, then renovated Xiao Yi Xian's cabin as well.
• Xiao Yi Xian cooked with Kurumi's precious ingredients, and Kurumi ate the leftovers after Xiao Yi Xian could not handle their energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian prepared a larger dinner and insisted that Kurumi eat as much as she wanted so she would never go hungry.

Kurumi refined a Divine Bloodline overnight and used it with a force of origin to strengthen the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame until its power approached the level she remembered. She exhausted her spiritual power through further bloodline refinement, then woke to Xiao Yi Xian calling her for breakfast.

• Kurumi refined a drop of Divine Bloodline and confined the failed blood beneath the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• A thunderstorm concealed the force of origin that descended into the valley, and no one noticed Kurumi receiving it.
• Kurumi mixed Divine Bloodline and wasted blood with the origin power, strengthening the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame until it reached about ninety percent of its remembered strength.
• Kurumi used the strengthened flame to refine Ninth-grade Bloodline into more Divine Bloodline, continuing until she exhausted her spiritual power and fell asleep.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke Kurumi for breakfast, and Kurumi replenished her spiritual power with jade marrow before getting out of bed.

Kurumi ate breakfast with Xiao Yi Xian, then began cultivating in the valley to prepare for a breakthrough to Dou Wang before traveling to the desert. Xiao Yi Xian watched the enormous energy vortex Kurumi created and wondered whether her cultivation technique was Earth-tier or Heaven-tier and whether Kurumi trusted her completely.

• Xiao Yi Xian scolded Kurumi for coming out in revealing sleepwear and hurried her into the cabin to change.
• Xiao Yi Xian misunderstood Kurumi’s attempt to confess that she had a large appetite, then warned her not to wear the sleepwear around anyone, especially men.
• Kurumi ate nearly all the lavish breakfast while her Dou Qi rapidly converted the food into medicinal power.
• Kurumi went to a boulder in the valley and decided to cultivate until she could break through to Dou Wang before heading to the desert.
• Kurumi raised the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame’s temperature and circulated the Flame Mantra, creating a massive energy vortex that Xiao Yi Xian watched from beside the cabin.

Kurumi used the energy storm above the sealed valley to cultivate and broke through from five-star to six-star Dou Ling. Later, she absorbed Negative Energy from black crystals with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Lin Tong noticed she seemed ready to break through again.

• Kurumi stabilized her Battle Qi cultivation while drawing in the violent energy storm, then tested a black crystal and burned it into an empty shell with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Kurumi broke through to six-star Dou Ling, replenished her Battle Qi, and gradually settled the energy storm before getting up from the bluestone.
• Lin Tong and Lin Tie marveled at Kurumi's stable breakthrough as she prepared to continue cultivating.
• Kurumi absorbed Negative Energy from black crystals and used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to purify it into energy her Battle Qi sea urchin could absorb.
• Lin Tong told Lin Tie that Kurumi seemed about to break through again.

Kurumi investigated the Deathly Aura Tablet and discovered that it could draw her into an illusion that seemed to reveal a path to advancement. She broke through to eight-star Dou Ling, then spent a month cultivating before beginning another breakthrough.

• Kurumi tested the Deathly Aura Tablet with Dou Qi and spiritual power, turning her spiritual sea black after her spiritual power returned.
• Kurumi spent a week trapped in an illusion where she believed she had reached eight-star Dou Ling, then used the experience to break through to eight-star Dou Ling in reality.
• Kurumi avoided using the tablet again, while Xiao Yi Xian gathered spiritual herbs and Kurumi continued her daily cultivation and bloodline refinement.
• After a month, Kurumi's Dou Qi sea urchin stopped cycling energy amid a cyan tornado, and a pile of discarded crystals lay before her.

Kurumi completed her breakthrough to Dou Wang, practiced new techniques, and discovered Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body was beginning to affect her. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian waking and pushing Kurumi away.

• Kurumi reached Dou Wang, formed Flame Wings, and teased Xiao Yi Xian by blowing away the herbs she had gathered.
• Kurumi spent the following days collecting herbs, cultivating Divine Bloodline, and learning the techniques Hurricane Fire and Wind Control.
• Kurumi tested her new techniques in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, burning beasts and taking nearby medicinal herbs.
• Kurumi noticed Xiao Yi Xian collecting herbs less often and smelled poison when she returned to the cabin.
• Kurumi broke into the locked cabin, found Xiao Yi Xian consuming poison, examined her condition, and woke her with spiritual power.
• Xiao Yi Xian remembered what had happened, saw Kurumi beside her, and slapped her hand away, warning her not to come near.

Kurumi reassured Xiao Yi Xian that her Calamity Poison Body could be suppressed and helped her choose a path as an alchemist. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian smiling and preparing dinner for Kurumi, confident that their friendship would continue.

• Kurumi caught Xiao Yi Xian when she shoved her away, then used her Heavenly Flames to reassure her that the Calamity Poison Body would not poison her.
• Kurumi explained that the Negative Energy affecting Xiao Yi Xian had dissipated and said the Pill Tower or Yao Clan could suppress her constitution.
• Kurumi asked Xiao Yi Xian to choose between cultivating the Calamity Poison Body and pursuing alchemy, and Xiao Yi Xian chose to become an alchemist.
• Kurumi helped Xiao Yi Xian absorb a subsidiary flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked why Kurumi was kind to her, and Kurumi said it was repayment for gathering medicinal herbs.
• Kurumi assured Xiao Yi Xian she would still eat her cooking, and Xiao Yi Xian smiled and went to prepare dinner.

Kurumi searched Rock Desert City for Qing Lin, hoping to use the mixed-blood girl to locate the Green Lotus Core Flame. She found Qing Lin being beaten in an alley just as Xiao Ding noticed the violence and Kurumi arrived overhead.

• Kurumi studied Hai Bodong’s map and flew to Rock Desert City after parting ways with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Kurumi searched Xiao Yan’s brothers’ mercenary group for Qing Lin but found no trace of her.
• Qing Lin was beaten by townspeople after they saw the snake-person scales on her arm.
• Xiao Ding left the teahouse to intervene, but Kurumi’s arrival sent a blast of air through the area as she appeared above the city on her Flame Wings.

Kurumi rescued a mistreated little girl in Mo City and reunited with her cousin Xiao Ding, revealing that the Desert Metal Mercenary Company had a Dou Wang backing. She named the girl Qing Lin and left her with the company, though she promised to ask for her help before departing.

• Kurumi burned the three men bullying the little girl and gave her medicine to heal her injuries.
• Kurumi recognized Xiao Ding as her cousin, and the onlookers learned that she was the Desert Metal Mercenary Company's powerful backing.
• News of Kurumi's arrival spread through Mo City, alarming the Sand Mercenary Company, which had been suppressing Xiao Ding's company.
• Kurumi brought the girl to the Desert Metal Mercenary Company, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed her after she cleaned up.
• Kurumi named the girl Qing Lin and arranged for her to stay with the company, while promising she would need Qing Lin's help with a few things before leaving.