Chapter Summaries

After awakening in the Dou Qi Continent as an injured medical apprentice, Yan Qingshan used Intelligent Brain Dawn to plan his recovery. He discovered that his Yellow Lotus Essence was actually rare Blood Lotus Essence and was helped to the medicine hall by Xiao Yi Xian.

• Yan Qingshan woke with a fractured clavicle and realized he had transmigrated into the Dou Qi Continent as a five-stage Dou Qi apprentice at Myriad Medicine Hall.
• Yan Qingshan asked Dawn to assess his injuries, and Dawn recommended medicinal ingredients to speed his recovery.
• Yan Qingshan recognized that the Yellow Lotus Essence in his hand concealed Blood Lotus Essence, giving him a much better treatment option.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Yan Qingshan trying to get up and supported him as he made his way to the medicine hall.

Yan Qingshan used Blood Lotus Essence and an Azure Wood Wolf Magic Core to heal his injuries and advance to Sixth Duan Dou Qi. After deciding he needed resources and a powerful cultivation method, he joined Xiao Yi Xian to lead Myriad Medicine Hall’s herb-gathering expedition into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Yan Qingshan used the Blood Lotus Essence and a First-order Wood Attribute Magic Core to treat his shoulder, enduring intense pain as the wounds healed.
• Yan Qingshan checked Shuguang’s data and found that he was healthy with Sixth Duan Dou Qi, just short of Seventh Duan.
• Yan Qingshan considered his need for cultivation methods and resources, then planned to seek opportunities in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Myriad Medicine Hall called for mercenaries to join its monthly herb-gathering expedition, and Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to lead it.
• Boss Yao agreed to let the still-pretending-to-be-injured Yan Qingshan accompany Xiao Yi Xian, and he hired extra mercenaries to protect the party.

Yan Qingshan led the Myriad Medicine Hall herb-gathering team through the Magical Beast Mountain Range while using Shuguang to organize the mercenaries and detect threats. After a pack of Crimson Ice Serpents ambushed the group, Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian treated the injured as the expedition continued.

• Yan Qingshan studied the map with Xiao Yi Xian and worried that searching the mountain range's many cliffs and routes for opportunities would take months.
• Yan Qingshan arranged the nearly hundred-person expedition and offered Xiao Yi Xian water as the group struggled through the heat.
• Yan Qingshan agreed to lead the mercenaries to rest in nearby woods, where the group deliberately made noise to flush out hidden dangers.
• Yan Qingshan used Shuguang to warn the mercenaries of a Crimson Ice Serpent ambush, and the group killed most of the attacking serpents.
• Yan Qingshan prescribed treatment for the Cold Poison victims while Xiao Yi Xian tended to the other wounded, and the mercenaries guarded the team and collected the serpent corpses.

Yan Qingshan saved a mercenary from a Cunning Wood Fox and earned the mercenaries’ respect during the mountain expedition. At a cliffside camp, he searched below the cliff for an opportunity but concealed his purpose by pointing out an unripe White Orchid Fruit.

• Yan Qingshan shot a Cunning Wood Fox through the throat just before it attacked Yang Wu, and Mang Ba confirmed the mercenary was unharmed.
• Mang Ba praised Yan Qingshan’s shot and helped preserve the fox’s valuable pelt, while Yan Qingshan continued watching for danger with his unusually keen perception.
• The party fought several magical beasts, including a Serpent-tailed Leopard, then stopped to rest in a crude camp on the forest’s outskirts.
• Yan Qingshan walked to a cliff and focused his search below it until Mang Ba and Xiao Yi Xian approached.
• Yan Qingshan pointed out an unripe White Orchid Fruit, and Xiao Yi Xian explained that a mature one could sell for at least four thousand gold coins.

Yan Qingshan used Shuguang to analyze pill formulas and completed a workable Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid formula, then spent months cultivating and preparing a substitute for Qi Gathering Powder. After reaching the peak of Ninth Duan Dou Qi, he drank the medicinal liquid and began attempting to break through to Dou Zhe.

• Yan Qingshan refused Yang Wu's reward, asked the herb-gathering team to stay safe, and requested help finding Wood Attribute magical beasts.
• Back at Myriad Medicine Hall, Yan Qingshan used Shuguang to complete the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid formula and learned a preparation method suited to his limited resources.
• Over the next five months, Yan Qingshan cultivated at Myriad Medicine Hall and reached Ninth Duan Dou Qi.
• Yan Qingshan prepared a Qi Gathering Powder substitute from gathered ingredients and let it sit for a month to dissolve the Water Attribute Magic Core.
• After confirming the liquid's rich fragrance and stirring effect on his Dou Qi, Yan Qingshan drank it and began his breakthrough attempt to become a Dou Zhe.

Yan Qingshan successfully broke through to One-star Dou Practitioner and left Myriad Medicine Hall to avoid drawing attention to his rare talent. He traveled into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, found the hidden cave he sought, and survived an ambush by a Rock Snake.

• Yan Qingshan used the Qi Gathering Spirit Liquid to break through to Dou Zhe and checked his new cultivation stats with Shuguang.
• Yan Qingshan left a letter and departed Myriad Medicine Hall before dawn, disguising himself as a winter herb gatherer on his way into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Yan Qingshan reached a cliffside campsite and descended by rope to a concealed cave entrance.
• A Rock Snake ambushed Yan Qingshan as he moved aside the vines, but he evaded its attack and threw powder that immobilized it.
• Yan Qingshan struck the Rock Snake with his battle saber, severing nearly half its body.

Yan Qingshan discovered a hidden stone chamber and claimed its inheritance, including the attribute-free Profound-tier High-grade Lionheart King's Art and several rare Dou Skills and texts. After changing his cultivation method, he secured the chamber’s treasures and examined the Wings of the Eagle Flying Dou Skill.

• Yan Qingshan retrieved the Rock Snake’s Magic Core, opened the concealed cave entrance, and entered the stone chamber.
• Yan Qingshan found the skeleton, its keys, and three locked Stone Boxes among piles of treasure and rare medicinal herbs, including Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Yan Qingshan unlocked the boxes and discovered Lionheart King's Art, Roaring Lion's Roar, Phoenix Soaring Steps, and other inheritance records.
• Yan Qingshan learned that Lionheart King's Art was an attribute-free Profound-tier High-grade cultivation technique and converted his cultivation route to it.
• Yan Qingshan had Shuguang record the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and stored it along with Lionheart King's Art.
• Yan Qingshan examined the Profound-tier High-grade Flying Dou Skill, Wings of the Eagle, which enabled people below the Dou Wang realm to fly.

Yan Qingshan mastered the Purple Cloud Wings, advanced to a Three-star Dou Practitioner, and discovered that the Demonic Flame Remnant Map held knowledge his Dawn Database could analyze. After nearly a month in the mountains, he headed back toward Qingshan Town, where fleeing herb gatherers tried to draw him into danger.

• Yan Qingshan endured the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's soul attack, absorbed the Purple Cloud Wings, and broke through to a Two-star Dou Practitioner.
• Yan Qingshan removed the Demonic Flame Remnant Map, and Shuguang began parsing its hidden knowledge, which he suspected came from the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint.
• Yan Qingshan practiced flying with the Purple Cloud Wings and reached Three-star Dou Practitioner cultivation.
• Yan Qingshan decided to return to Qingshan Town after nearly a month in the mountains and set out with his belongings.
• Yan Qingshan heard fleeing herb gatherers calling for help and realized they were trying to use him as a shield, so he ran away.

Yan Qingshan ambushed and killed a young Azure-maned Scorpion-lion Beast, then eliminated the herb gatherers who had tried to use him as a decoy. He left the forest with the beast’s corpse and returned to Qingshan Town, arriving at Myriad Medicine Hall on a snowy night.

• Yan Qingshan watched the Azure-maned Scorpion-lion Beast hunt herb gatherers and learned they had stolen its Thunder Tempering Fruit.
• Yan Qingshan confirmed no adult Scorpion-lion Beast was nearby and decided to attack the cub for Lionheart Baptism.
• Yan Qingshan used powder, a hunting net, and a saber to sever the beast’s scorpion tail, then finished it with arrows.
• Yan Qingshan killed the three surviving herb gatherers to keep them from revealing what they had seen, then took the Scorpion-lion corpse and left.
• Yan Qingshan returned to Qingshan Town through the winter night and arrived at Myriad Medicine Hall.

Yan Qingshan returned to Myriad Medicine Hall, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and traded rare Medicinal Soil to Boss Yao for their promotion to physicians. At the hall, Mu Li announced that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would take over the entire herb-gathering escort mission, leaving the other mercenaries facing his show of force.

• Yan Qingshan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and felt guilty that he had originally pursued her partly for the power her Poisonous Body of Misfortune could offer.
• Boss Yao reprimanded Yan Qingshan for returning after nearly a month, but eagerly accepted the Medicinal Soil he brought back and agreed to announce that Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian qualified as physicians.
• Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian joined Boss Yao in investigating a commotion at the outer hall, where Mang Ba and other mercenaries disputed the allocation of escort slots.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yan Qingshan that Mu Li had bullied someone, and Yan Qingshan recognized him as a minor villain from the original story.
• Mu Li assembled the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and announced that a hundred of its elite members would handle the entire escort mission.

Yan Qingshan challenged the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s claim to the herb-gathering escort jobs and negotiated a match with its strongest fighter. He defeated Herman with a single palm strike, leaving the dispute over the extra slots to be settled by the agreed terms.

• Boss Yao faced pressure from Mu Li, who demanded that Wolf Head receive the herb-gathering party’s extra fifty escort slots.
• Yan Qingshan stepped in, identified himself as Myriad Medicine Hall’s assigned physician, and challenged Wolf Head to a match for the slots.
• Mu Li accepted Yan Qingshan’s terms and chose Herman, Wolf Head’s third leader and a Peak Seven-star Dou Practitioner, to fight.
• Herman charged at Yan Qingshan, who blasted him backward with a strike of dark cyan Dou Qi.
• Herman tried to rally, but an Emerald Palm Print disrupted his Dou Qi; he vomited blood and collapsed.

Yan Qingshan defeated Herman and forced the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to retreat, then returned to Myriad Medicine Hall with Xiao Yi Xian. At night, he visited her room and used their closeness to ask her to promise him something, while she nervously misunderstood his intentions.

• Yan Qingshan effortlessly defeated Herman and revealed enough strength to make Mu Li admit defeat and lead the Wolf Head Mercenary Group away.
• Mang Ba warned Yan Qingshan that Mu She might retaliate, while Boss Yao reacted to the possibility that Yan Qingshan possessed a high-grade cultivation technique.
• Yan Qingshan whispered to Xiao Yi Xian, who blushed and hurried away, then he went to the rear courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian waited nervously in her room after Yan Qingshan asked her to leave the door open for a nighttime visit.
• Yan Qingshan sat with Xiao Yi Xian on her bed, held her close, and asked her to promise him something as she hesitated and misread his intentions.

Yan Qingshan examined Xiao Yi Xian’s Seven-Colored Hidden Thread and secretly drew three drops of blood to study her Poisonous Body of Misfortune, then warned her to avoid medicines and poison without telling him. That night, Mu She questioned his men about Yan Qingshan’s background and powerful techniques, but the Wolf Head Mercenary Group remained unsure whether he had powerful backing.

• Yan Qingshan drew three drops of blood from Xiao Yi Xian’s Seven-Colored Hidden Thread and treated the tiny wound without triggering her poison body.
• Yan Qingshan held Xiao Yi Xian close and made her promise not to prepare medicines or touch poison without telling him; she also worried that his actions at Myriad Medicine Hall had exposed his strength.
• Boss Yao heard that Yan Qingshan had stayed in Xiao Yi Xian’s room and grumbled about him before accepting that Xiao Yi Xian would be well cared for.
• Mu She questioned Mu Li about Yan Qingshan, but Mu Li could provide little beyond his family background and a month-long absence from Qingshan Town.
• Herman told Mu She that Yan Qingshan likely possessed a high-level cultivation technique and a matching Dou Skill, while the Wolf Head Mercenary Group could not determine whether he had powerful backing.

Yan Qingshan attacked the Wolf Head Mercenary Group at night, killing its guards and defeating Gan Mu before facing Mu She. After revealing that he had poisoned Mu She and the others, Yan Qingshan killed the weakened captain, leaving the group’s leadership incapacitated or dead.

• Mu She ordered Mu Li and Gan Mu to investigate Yan Qingshan and prepare to retaliate if no powerful backer stood behind him.
• Yan Qingshan entered the Wolf Head residence, taunted Mu She, and fought Gan Mu, repeatedly overpowering him with his Wood Attribute Dou Qi.
• Mu She intervened with Wind Blade Dance and clashed with Yan Qingshan’s Roaring Lion's Roar, forcing Yan Qingshan to retreat several steps.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had killed the Wolf Head subordinates and explained that he targeted the group to protect Myriad Medicine Hall and prevent retaliation.
• Mu She, Mu Li, Gan Mu, and Herman collapsed after the poison Yan Qingshan had planted took effect.
• Yan Qingshan ignored Mu She’s attempts to resist the poison and killed him with a palm strike to the head.

Yan Qingshan arranged for Boss Yao to gather rare materials, then began the Lionheart Baptism using the Azure-maned Scorpion-lion Beast’s blood, heart, and Magic Core. As Xiao Yi Xian guarded and controlled the fire, Yan Qingshan absorbed the medicinal essence and broke through his cultivation bottleneck.

• Yan Qingshan asked Boss Yao to procure rare materials and offered a Profound-tier Low-grade Dou Technique and additional payment in return.
• Yan Qingshan summoned Xiao Yi Xian to guard the courtyard while he prepared the Lionheart Baptism and instructed Shuguang to record the process.
• Yan Qingshan refined medicinal ingredients with Black Locust Wood fire, then added the Azure-maned Scorpion-lion Beast’s blood, heart, and Magic Core to the cauldron.
• Yan Qingshan entered the cauldron while Xiao Yi Xian controlled the flames, and the medicinal paste enveloped him in a glazed cocoon.
• Yan Qingshan absorbed the beast’s bloodline essence, transformed his body, and broke through his cultivation bottleneck before opening his eyes with a stronger aura.

Yan Qingshan left Qingshan Town, passed through Wutan City to check Xiao Yan’s cultivation, and continued to Black Rock City. There, he entered the Mitel Auction House in disguise and presented a jeweled golden crown for appraisal.

• Yan Qingshan departed Qingshan Town after warning Xiao Yi Xian not to use the dangerous contingency he had left behind.
• Yan Qingshan arrived in Wutan City and learned from Ye Xiaoliu about the Xiao Family and Xiao Yan’s reputation.
• Yan Qingshan observed Xiao Yan and concluded that his unstable aura showed Old Ya had begun awakening, with the three-year decline still ahead.
• A girl beside Xiao Yan sensed a strong spiritual fluctuation from Yan Qingshan’s passing carriage.
• Yan Qingshan reached Black Rock City, entered the Mitel Auction House disguised in a black robe, and showed a golden crown to the appraiser.
• The appraiser called for chief appraiser Old Mister Zheng to inspect the crown.

Yan Qingshan tried to trade treasures through the Mittel Family for a high-grade Wood Attribute cultivation technique, but learned that powerful factions in the Jia Ma Empire monopolized such techniques. He instead arranged for the family to find him an Earth-tier Wood Attribute Dou Skill within a year, and left Black Rock City with an Ice Attribute Magic Core.

• Old Mister Zheng appraised the black-robed man's golden crown and estimated it could sell for at least one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins at auction.
• The black-robed man revealed three more treasures as a deposit and asked Mitel Green to exchange them for a Wood Attribute Profound-tier High-grade Cultivation Technique and matching Dou Skills.
• Mitel Green explained that the Jia Ma Empire's major factions monopolized high-grade cultivation techniques, and offered a Profound-tier Mid-grade Wood Attribute technique instead.
• The black-robed man changed his request to an Earth-tier Wood Attribute Dou Skill and agreed to return in one year, leaving Mitel Green's identity token as proof of the deal.
• Yan Qingshan bought a Fourth-tier Ice Attribute Magic Core and reflected that he needed stronger combat Dou Skills because his current fighting options were limited.

Yan Qingshan chartered a flying mount from Black Rock City to Stone Desert City in the Tagore Desert. After arriving, he encountered a lonely young girl whose blue scales caused the people around her to shun her.

• Yan Qingshan paid to charter a Thick-Winged Bird directly to Stone Desert City and refused the attendants’ advances during the journey.
• After six days, Yan Qingshan arrived outside Stone Desert City and learned that the Sand Mercenary Group was the city’s strongest force.
• Yan Qingshan entered the desert city, which relied on an underground river and canal for its water supply.
• A small girl washed clothes beside the canal while passersby recoiled from the blue scales on her wrist.
• The girl finished washing the clothes and turned to leave, unaware that someone had appeared behind her.

Yan Qingshan found Qing Lin, a lonely mixed-blood Snake-person girl in Stone Desert City, and offered to take her with him. After her unusual emerald eyes briefly overwhelmed his newly awakened Thunder Eyes, Qing Lin agreed to follow him for the rest of her life.

• Yan Qingshan steadied the girl and discovered the green scales on her wrist, recognizing her as a mixed-blood Snake-person.
• Yan Qingshan reassured the frightened girl that her scales were beautiful, and she told him her mother had died and she lived by washing clothes for Sister Xuelan.
• Yan Qingshan explained that his Lionheart Baptism had strengthened his lightning affinity and awakened his Thunder Eyes.
• The girl's emerald pupils overwhelmed Yan Qingshan's Thunder Eyes and drained the lightning power he had accumulated.
• Yan Qingshan asked Qing Lin to follow him, and she happily agreed to stay with him for the rest of her life.

Yan Qingshan’s awkward morning with Qingling was interrupted by Xuelan, who angrily confronted him over how he treated the eleven-year-old girl. The chapter left Yan Qingshan facing Xuelan in the reception hall, coolly warning her that any damage to his property would cost her.

• Qingling tried to wake Yan Qingshan, but he pulled her into bed and fell asleep with her in his arms.
• Xuelan entered the bedroom, saw them together, and screamed; Yan Qingshan shouted her out of the room.
• Qingling explained that Yan Qingshan had arranged to meet Xuelan and reminded him of his threat to punish her if she failed to wake him on time.
• Yan Qingshan recalled that Qingling was Qing Lin, a mixed-blood snake girl he had befriended and taken in as his maid.
• Xuelan confronted Yan Qingshan in the reception hall for his treatment of Qingling, and he challenged her to pay for anything she damaged.