Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan brought his companions to a secluded valley to cultivate, then took Qingling into the dangerous Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Forest in search of its unusual treasures. They reached a clearing dominated by a fruit-laden peach tree, where a strange beast slept beside jars collecting honey.

• Yan Qingshan and his group settled in a hidden valley rich in herbs and spiritual energy, planning to stay until the Mittel Family delivered cultivation techniques.
• Yan Qingshan and Qingling visited the Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Forest and summoned the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake after noticing the unnatural silence.
• Yan Qingshan found a wolf-type magical beast ravaged by concentrated Peach Blossom Miasma and collected the Peach Fruit producing it.
• Yan Qingshan and Qingling followed the snakes' warning deeper into the forest, gathering Peach Fruits along the way.
• Yan Qingshan and Qingling discovered a clearing with a massive peach tree, a beehive dripping honey into stone jars, and a pink-and-green beast sleeping nearby.

Yan Qingshan lured the fifth-tier Kuimu Beast into a battle with Crimson Serpent to obtain its Peach Blossom Flame and Peach Fruit. The Kuimu Beast fell after Yan Qingshan used its treasured fruits to create an opening for Crimson Serpent’s attack.

• Yan Qingshan watched the sleeping Kuimu Beast and planned to take its Peach Blossom Flame and Peach Fruit.
• Qingling and Crimson Serpent drew the Kuimu Beast to the edge of the Ten-Li Peach Grove with a mass of snakes.
• The Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake fought the Kuimu Beast, striking first and then exchanging fire attacks as the grove burned.
• Yan Qingshan appeared above the battle with three specially cultivated Peach Fruit, angering the Kuimu Beast into chasing him.
• Yan Qingshan tossed two Peach Fruit away to distract the Kuimu Beast, and Crimson Serpent hit it with molten flame while it seized one.
• The Kuimu Beast crashed to the ground with trembling legs and could no longer fight.

Yan Qingshan subdued a Kuimu Beast and obtained its Peach Blossom Flame, then absorbed the Fire Seed into his Dantian. The flame took root in his Wood Attribute Dou Qi, improving his cultivation and recovery while granting him the ability to produce material flames.

• Yan Qingshan and the Fire Spirit Snake defeated the Kuimu Beast, which admitted defeat and gave them Peach Blossom Flame and other peach grove specialties.
• Yan Qingshan studied alchemist notes and used his Soul Power to subdue the Peach Blossom Flame Fire Seed.
• Yan Qingshan swallowed the Peach Fruit containing the Fire Seed and guided the seed into his Dantian.
• Yan Qingshan stabilized the Fire Seed as it merged with his Dou Qi, then summoned a pink flame at his fingertip.
• Yan Qingshan found that Peach Blossom Flame improved his Dou Qi cultivation and recovery and let him wield material flames despite being a Dou Master.

After absorbing the Peach Blossom Flame, Yan Qingshan became a Three-star Dou Master but decided that his fire attribute was still too weak to risk absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame. He met Ya Fei at the Myriad Medicine Hall to collect the requested cultivation arts and rare wood-attribute Dou Skills.

• Yan Qingshan checked his status, found that the Peach Blossom Flame had increased his fire resistance and purified his true qi, and reached Three-star Dou Master.
• Yan Qingshan saw Xiao Yi Xian's Little Blue Eagle signal that his requested items had arrived and flew to Qingshan Town.
• At the Myriad Medicine Hall, Ya Fei waited with Boss Yao and Gu Ni until Yan Qingshan arrived and asked whether she had brought the goods.
• Ya Fei gave Yan Qingshan three Profound-tier High-grade cultivation arts with matching Dou Skills, including a wind-attribute art and a Snake-people Race art.
• Ya Fei explained that the two Earth-tier Low-grade wood-related Dou Skills were Profound Wood Heavenly Thunder Slash, which required enduring lightning, and Emerald Light Sun Flame, which no one but its creator had mastered.

Yan Qingshan traded a chest of treasures for cultivation materials and asked the Mittel Auction House to gather alchemy resources. Back in the valley, he began experimenting with the Peach Blossom Flame but failed his first attempt at refining medicine.

• Ya Fei offered Yan Qingshan two Earth-tier Dou Skills and three cultivation techniques for four million Gold Coins, and he agreed to take all five.
• Yan Qingshan gave Ya Fei a chest of treasures worth far more than the purchase price and asked the Mittel Auction House to collect pill formulas, alchemy notes, and rare herbs.
• Ya Fei and Gu Ni left Qingshan Town with the treasures, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qingling advanced to Dou Zhe and trained with Xuelan in the valley.
• Yan Qingshan set up an alchemy cave and used the Peach Blossom Flame to refine Azure Spirit Grass and Underworld Grass.
• Yan Qingshan's medicinal liquids failed to merge, leaving him with black sludge and a failed first attempt at alchemy.

Yan Qingshan kept attempting to refine a second-tier Rejuvenation Pill, driven by the original owner's painful memories of his mother's death. Before he could try again, a green-clad Dou Emperor attacked his group and became determined to take Qingling after recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Yan Qingshan's repeated pill-refinement attempts failed, and Xiao Yi Xian and Xuelan urged him to rest while Qingling prepared another batch of herbs.
• Yan Qingshan recalled that his mother had died because his poor family could not obtain a second-tier Rejuvenation Pill, and he continued trying to resolve the original owner's lingering obsession.
• Yan Qingshan sensed an attack, pulled Qingling out of danger, and ordered Crimson Serpent to burn the wooden cages formed by the attacker.
• A green-clad woman descended into the valley, and Qingling warned Yan Qingshan that the woman seemed stronger than Crimson Serpent.
• The woman recognized Qingling's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and expressed her desire to take her, but Yan Qingshan identified the woman as someone from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

Yan Qingshan confronted Lv Man and the Eight-winged Black Serpent Emperor, White Fang, when they came to take Qingling to Heavenly Serpent Mansion. He forced them to retreat and negotiate, but the chapter ended with him rejecting Lv Man’s claim that only the mansion could develop Qingling’s talent.

• Yan Qingshan and Qingling noticed the hidden Eight-winged Black Serpent Emperor, and it revealed itself beside Lv Man.
• Yan Qingshan recognized Lv Man and White Fang and judged that he could not defeat them by force.
• Yan Qingshan told Qingling to destroy her own eyes if anyone approached, threatening the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and making Lv Man retreat ten zhang.
• Yan Qingshan demanded a suitable price for Qingling, while Qingling insisted she would obey him and refused Lv Man’s attempts to turn her against him.
• After nearly half an hour of confrontation, Lv Man agreed to discuss Yan Qingshan’s conditions and argued that Heavenly Serpent Mansion could best nurture Qingling.
• Yan Qingshan dismissed Lv Man’s argument and said he had awakened Qingling’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and could nurture her himself.

Yan Qingshan negotiated with Lv Man for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and other cultivation resources, while refusing to join Heavenly Serpent Mansion. After Lv Man left to fulfill his conditions, Yan Qingshan persuaded White Fang to train Crimson Serpent.

• Lv Man agreed to trade for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Gute in Black Rock City after Yan Qingshan proposed his conditions.
• Yan Qingshan rejected Lv Man's offer to teach him as a Heavenly Serpent Mansion disciple and gave her a Storage Ring containing pill ingredients and formulas.
• Lv Man left White Fang to guard Yan Qingshan and the others while she sought the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and arranged the requested pills.
• Yan Qingshan asked White Fang to guide Crimson Serpent, but White Fang initially refused.
• Qingling appealed to White Fang, and Yan Qingshan argued that helping her would improve White Fang's standing at Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• White Fang relented and agreed to serve as Crimson Serpent's temporary teacher.

Yan Qingshan successfully refined a high-quality Rejuvenation Pill, but White Fang explained that Yan Qingshan’s Wood-heavy attributes and limited Peach Blossom Flame restricted his alchemy. The chapter left Yan Qingshan needing a stronger, compatible source flame, such as a Heavenly Flame or higher-tier Beast Flame, to overcome that limit.

• Yan Qingshan refined a Rejuvenation Pill after many failed attempts, using Soul Perception, the Peach Blossom Flame, and Shuguang to control the process.
• Yan Qingshan collected the pill and found that it bore Pill Markings, while White Fang praised its quality.
• White Fang warned Yan Qingshan that the Peach Blossom Flame consumed too much Dou Qi and could limit him to refining third-grade pills even as his strength improved.
• White Fang explained that Yan Qingshan could seek a higher-tier Wood Attribute Beast Flame or a Heavenly Flame compatible with his constitution.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the Flame of Life as the fifth-ranked Heavenly Flame, and White Fang said a sufficiently powerful source flame could make Yan Qingshan’s alchemy much more efficient.

Yan Qingshan searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for a high-grade Fire Attribute lion-type magical beast and found a juvenile Amethyst Winged Lion King protected by a group of powerful beasts. He ordered Crimson Serpent to attack and used green smoke to stop the protectors from calling for reinforcements.

• Yan Qingshan explained that his Lionheart Baptism required a high-grade Fire Attribute lion-type magical beast below the Fourth-tier, then set a Purple Smoke Fruit trap.
• White Fang ate one of the bait fruits and observed as the trap drew in various Fire Attribute beasts, though none were suitable.
• Yan Qingshan spotted a juvenile Third-tier Amethyst Winged Lion King arriving with more than a dozen powerful magical beasts.
• After White Fang confirmed there were no nearby beasts above the Fifth-tier, Yan Qingshan ordered Crimson Serpent to attack the group.
• Crimson Serpent sent two Fourth-tier beasts flying, and Yan Qingshan released green smoke that choked the remaining protectors and prevented them from calling for help.

Yan Qingshan ambushed the guards around a young Amethyst Winged Lion King and drugged the cub to make it helpless. Its parent confronted White Fang, who fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Yan Qingshan and his companions stayed with the cub.

• The Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake knocked out the young Amethyst Winged Lion King's Third-tier guards and tossed the cub into the grass.
• Yan Qingshan fed the cub a medicinal liquid that left it weak, and White Fang realized Yan had planned to use it to draw out the adult Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived and demanded that White Fang return its child, threatening to rally the mountain's overlords against him.
• White Fang confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky, taunted it, and continued fighting while Yan Qingshan and his companions handled the cub.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Eight-winged Black Serpent Emperor fought fiercely in the sky while Yan Qingshan kept the young Amethyst Winged Lion King quiet below. Their battle drew Magical Beasts from across the mountains, including three fifth-tier Ferocious Beasts who watched from nearby peaks.

• Yan Qingshan covered the young Amethyst Winged Lion King's mouth as its parent demanded that the Eight-winged Black Serpent Emperor return it.
• The Eight-winged Black Serpent Emperor and the Amethyst Winged Lion King exchanged attacks with their tails, claws, black flames, and purple fire.
• The two Magical Beasts clashed with a black wind tornado and a pillar of purple fire, then resumed close combat after their attacks dissipated.
• Their collision of black and purple flames sent both combatants flying in opposite directions.
• Numerous Magical Beasts gathered to watch, while three fifth-tier Ferocious Beasts observed from separate mountain peaks.

Yan Qingshan stopped the battle between the Amethyst Winged Lion King and White Fang by revealing that he held the young lion king hostage. He negotiated for the Lion King to gather materials for his secret technique while a fifth-order magical beast monitored him, and the Lion King agreed as long as Yan Qingshan stayed near its cave.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King rallied the magical beasts to attack White Fang for allegedly targeting its child.
• Yan Qingshan rode Crimson Serpent into the sky holding the young Amethyst Winged Lion King, and White Fang identified him as a junior under its care from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded Yan Qingshan's conditions and offered to release his child in exchange for help gathering materials.
• Yan Qingshan required the Lion King to gather precious materials and assign a fifth-order magical beast to monitor him until he completed his secret technique.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King agreed on the condition that Yan Qingshan remain near its cave, and Yan Qingshan accepted.

Yan Qingshan used the little Amethyst Winged Lion King's essence blood in a medicinal bath to begin a new transformation. The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived in fury but relented after its child defended Yan Qingshan, and watched as he entered the cauldron.

• Yan Qingshan won the little Amethyst Winged Lion King's trust by caring for it and feeding it potions.
• White Fang told Yan Qingshan that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had sent another batch of supplies, and Yan Qingshan began preparing for his transformation.
• Yan Qingshan drew essence blood from the little Amethyst Winged Lion King while replenishing it with potions.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived with a beast horde and accused Yan Qingshan of coveting its clan's bloodline, but the little Amethyst Winged Lion King persuaded it to stand down.
• Yan Qingshan stopped the bloodletting, sent the little Amethyst Winged Lion King back to its mother, and leaped into the medicinal cauldron to begin his baptism.

Yan Qingshan completed his second Lionheart Baptism and reached Five-star Dou Master, then negotiated with the Amethyst Winged Lion King for essence blood to prepare for a future baptism. The Lion King gave him a sealed portion of its essence blood after examining the Lionheart King's Art.

• Yan Qingshan emerged from the cauldron at Five-star Dou Master and checked his improved attributes.
• Yan Qingshan explained that the Lionheart King's Art could be used by the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its cub, and offered to help the cub advance to the fourth tier.
• Yan Qingshan asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for a portion of its essence blood.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King agreed to the request after examining the Lionheart King's Art.
• Yan Qingshan treated the weakened cub, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King sealed its essence blood in an Amethyst Spirit Crystal sphere and gave it to him.

Yan Qingshan negotiated with Lv Man over Qingling’s future in the Heavenly Serpent Mansion after securing the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s support. He left the decision with a plan for White Fang to guard Qingling and shield her from the Mansion’s internal struggles.

• Yan Qingshan accepted the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Essence Blood, which he could not use until he reached Da Dou Shi.
• Lv Man arrived and questioned Yan Qingshan about bringing his group deep into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and asked whether he had brought the requested items.
• Yan Qingshan refused to let Qingling go without protections, and Lv Man apologized for having tried to abduct her earlier.
• Lv Man explained that Qingling would become the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s Saintess and receive personal instruction from its Dou Zun master.
• Yan Qingshan asked Lv Man to arrange for White Fang to become Qingling’s guardian and represent her among the Mansion’s magical beasts.

Yan Qingshan began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave after arranging for magical beasts to guard the mountain. He swallowed the flame’s source Fire Seed and started the dangerous Phoenix Nirvana process, with his survival still uncertain.

• Yan Qingshan remembered Qingling’s farewell and turned his attention back to absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xuelan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the surrounding magical beasts watched as the Heavenly Flame’s power stirred inside the cave.
• Yan Qingshan used the Green Lotus Seat to separate the Green Lotus Core Flame and swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill to protect his body.
• Yan Qingshan drew a small cluster of the flame into the lotus seat, then swallowed the source Fire Seed with the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Yan Qingshan guided the Heavenly Flame toward his dantian and began the Phoenix Nirvana process, risking severe injury or death.

Yan Qingshan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and rapidly advanced in cultivation, then suppressed his breakthrough to build understanding of the Da Dou Shi realm. The flames receded with Yan Qingshan alive at peak six-star Da Dou Shi, while much of the Heavenly Flame’s energy remained stored within him for later use.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sealed off the area as the Green Lotus Core Flame erupted and drew the attention of nearby magical beasts.
• Xuelan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake waited anxiously as Yan Qingshan endured the flames and successfully absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Heavenly Flame’s energy raised Yan Qingshan from Dou Shi to the peak of Da Dou Shi, and his soul power grew substantially.
• Yan Qingshan used his soul power and technique to suppress his cultivation, stopping at peak six-star Da Dou Shi rather than advancing into the Dou Ling realm.
• The flames receded, leaving much of the Green Lotus Core Flame’s energy stored in Yan Qingshan’s body and Fire Seed for gradual use.

After surviving his rebirth through fire, Yan Qingshan reached peak six-star Da Dou Shi and prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy. He arrived in Wutan City with Xuelan and Xiao Yi Xian as the academy’s admissions team began recruiting.

• Yan Qingshan emerged from the cave unharmed and embraced Xuelan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Wutan City grew crowded as youths gathered for Jia Nan Academy’s admissions, held there once every two or three years.
• Yan Qingshan traveled to the central square in a Mitel carriage with Xuelan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Mitel Ya Fei.
• Yan Qingshan reminded Ya Fei to manage Myriad Medicine Hall after his departure and rebuked her for asking about his absent maid.
• The carriage stopped near the recruitment team’s location in the central square.

Yan Qingshan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xuelan entered Jia Nan Academy’s selection through the Mitel Auction House’s influence, but Yan Qingshan challenged a humiliating extra test imposed by Lin Xu. After defeating senior student Shi Kai with one move, Yan Qingshan secured the group’s exemption from the rule.

• A Mitel Auction House attendant escorted Yan Qingshan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xuelan past the soldiers and into the selection area.
• Yan Qingshan took the testing crystal from Lin Xu and handed it to Xuelan and Xiao Yi Xian, who both passed the preliminary test.
• Lin Xu ordered the three to sit outside in the sun for half an hour, and Yan Qingshan challenged the supposed rule.
• Shi Kai arrived and offered to waive the test if Yan Qingshan could withstand three moves from him.
• Yan Qingshan knocked Shi Kai down with one move, and Shi Kai conceded that the group no longer had to follow the rule.