Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang broke through to the Dou Practitioner realm and considered how to improve his cultivation while staying safe in Wu Tan City. He settled on temporarily cultivating the Crimson Flame Art as he began his next stage of training.

• Wei Yang reached the Dou Practitioner realm after six years of diligent cultivation and inspected the Qi Cyclone formed in his body.
• Wei Yang compared his progress with Xiao Yan’s and reflected on his lack of a system or other shortcut.
• Wei Yang considered seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame in the future to gain a trace of Wood Attribute, but recognized that he first needed greater strength.
• Wei Yang reviewed his alchemy books and decided his immediate priority was choosing a cultivation technique.
• Wei Yang set aside the low-grade Crimson Flame Art’s shortcomings, chose to use it until he found a better technique, and began cultivating it.

Wei Yang spent three years cultivating in seclusion and reached Six-Star Dou Master, strengthening his body and learning to use Dou Qi Armor. With three years remaining before the main story began, he decided to leave and seek opportunities, starting with Green Mountain Town.

• Wei Yang converted his Dou Qi to the Fire attribute with the Crimson Flame Art and continued cultivating in seclusion.
• After three years of training and repeatedly consolidating his foundation, Wei Yang reached Six-Star Dou Master at age fifteen.
• Wei Yang demonstrated his Dou Qi Armor and noted that medicinal bathing had strengthened his physique beyond that of an ordinary Dou Master of his level.
• Wei Yang considered Xiao Yan’s recent breakthrough to Dou Zhe and anticipated that Elder Yao would soon begin absorbing his Dou Qi.
• Wei Yang decided to seek opportunities without provoking powerful enemies and chose Green Mountain Town as his first destination.

Wei Yang prepared to leave Wu Tan City after selling medicine to Captain Meng, then spotted Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er at the Xiao Family marketplace. Gu Xun'er noticed Wei Yang’s strength and talent, but both soon turned their attention elsewhere.

• Wei Yang sold Captain Meng forty portions of medicine for his mercenary team’s trip to the Magic Beast Mountain Range and warned him he would be away for two or three months.
• The next morning, Wei Yang left his courtyard and headed toward the city gates, passing the Xiao Family marketplace.
• Wei Yang saw Xiao Yan arrive amid cheers and guessed that Elder Yao had begun draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi.
• Gu Xun'er noticed Wei Yang’s Six-star Dou Master strength and strong soul fluctuations, while Wei Yang greeted her and left to avoid drawing her attention.
• Gu Xun'er considered Wei Yang unusually talented for Wu Tan City, then dismissed him as unworthy of further thought.

Wei Yang reached Green Mountain Town, avoided seeking out Xiao Yi Xian, and searched the Magic Beast Mountain Range for the Cliff Cave Opportunity. He finally spotted what appeared to be the cave entrance concealed behind fallen timber on a cliff face.

• Wei Yang arrived in Green Mountain Town and watched Myriad Medicine House, but heard no mention of Xiao Yi Xian and chose not to seek her out.
• Wei Yang realized he needed a Storage Ring to carry the treasure and medicinal herbs from the Cliff Cave, but he could not afford one.
• Wei Yang spent five or six days scouting the outer region of the Magic Beast Mountain Range while gathering medicinal herbs and Magic Cores.
• Wei Yang found a cliff whose terrain matched the description of the opportunity and spotted a dark hollow hidden behind fallen timber.

Wei Yang descended a cliff, fought off a Rock Serpent, and found a hidden tomb containing a vast treasure chamber. He discovered three locked stone boxes and a flower bed of medicinal herbs, but had not yet explored what they held.

• Wei Yang tied a rope to a tree and descended the cliff toward a cave hidden behind deadwood.
• A Rock Serpent ambushed Wei Yang, but he crushed its vital point and threw it into the valley.
• Wei Yang cleared the cave entrance, crawled inside, and cautiously followed the dark passage to a stone door.
• Wei Yang found a hidden switch and raised the stone door, then entered a chamber lit by Moonlight Stones.
• Wei Yang saw a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, piles of gold and valuables, and a flower bed filled with medicinal herbs.

Wei Yang explored the cave’s flower bed and stone boxes, finding valuable medicinal herbs, a remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and several high-grade scrolls. He left with the Mad Lion Blazing Flame Art, a fire-elemental Cultivation Technique he urgently needed.

• Wei Yang identified the rare Spiritual Herbs in the flower bed, including Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Wei Yang took a hidden remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from the skeleton’s arm bone.
• Wei Yang opened the first stone box and found the Seven-Colored Poison Classic.
• Wei Yang found the Profound Tier High-Grade flight Dou Technique Wings of the Eagle in the second box.
• Wei Yang opened the final box and found Mad Lion's Roar and its matching fire-elemental Cultivation Technique, Mad Lion Blazing Flame Art.

Wei Yang replaced his Crimson Flame Art with the Mad Lion Blazing Flame Art, then began learning its matching Dou Technique and a valuable flight technique. After defeating the remnant soul within the Wings of the Eagle scroll, he was poised to refine the flight technique.

• Wei Yang changed his cultivation technique to the Mad Lion Blazing Flame Art over seven days, dropping from Six-star Dou Master to Two-Star Dou Shi while gaining a stronger, more condensed aura.
• Wei Yang began learning Mad Lion's Roar and reached the beginner stage after three days of cultivation.
• Wei Yang examined the Wings of the Eagle Flight Dou Technique and sensed the remnant soul of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle within it.
• Wei Yang resisted the eagle soul's attacks with his Soul Perception and defeated it after a contest lasting more than ten minutes.

Wei Yang successfully integrated the Black Wings, enduring severe pain as new meridians formed in his back, and learned to fly. While preparing to bury the senior whose remains were scattered, he discovered an ancient black ring buried beneath the stone floor.

• Wei Yang activated the black scroll, and its light tore open two branch meridians along his spine, causing him intense pain.
• Wei Yang summoned the Black Wings from the tattoos on his back and practiced flying until he could hover steadily.
• Wei Yang assessed his new strength, expecting to return to Dou Master Six-Star within three or four months.
• Wei Yang apologized to the senior’s remains and gathered the scattered bones before noticing the cracked floor beneath the chair.
• Wei Yang dug beneath the chair and uncovered an ancient black ring at the bottom of a buried stone pit.

Wei Yang searched the Storage Ring and found mostly ruined supplies, along with a map pointing to an unknown flame deep in the Endless Sand Sea. After gathering the chamber’s treasures, he buried the senior’s remains and sealed the passage, leaving the mysterious flame unexplored until he grew stronger.

• Wei Yang entered the ownerless Storage Ring and found that most of its pills and herbs had decayed into residue.
• Wei Yang discovered a map leading to a black-sun-like flame in a Life Forbidden Zone deep within the Endless Sand Sea and put it away for future exploration.
• Wei Yang buried the senior’s bones in a grave mound, bowed in gratitude, and collected the gold, jewelry, medicinal herbs, Seven-Colored Poison Classic, stone boxes, and key.
• Wei Yang sealed the stone chamber, then spent three days destroying and burying the passage and concealing the cave entrance.

After four months of seclusion in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Wei Yang restored his cultivation and flew back toward Green Mountain Town. At the inn, he unexpectedly recognized Xiao Yi Xian, but left without approaching her.

• Wei Yang tested his Black Wings, found that sustained flight consumed too much Dou Qi, and recovered his energy through cultivation.
• After four months of seclusion, Wei Yang returned to six-star Dou Master and found his strength far greater than before.
• Wei Yang flew toward Green Mountain Town, landed outside it to avoid attracting attention, and decided to rest at an inn for two days.
• At the inn, Wei Yang noticed a young girl eating alone and recognized her as Xiao Yi Xian.
• Wei Yang dismissed the waiter’s attempt to hurry him along, then withdrew his gaze and continued upstairs without speaking to Xiao Yi Xian.

Wei Yang rescued Xiao Yi Xian from three Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries harassing her in Green Mountain Town. As he led her away, he decided he would not let her go and began to treat her with tenderness.

• Wei Yang went into town to sell herbs and Magic Cores and encountered Xiao Yi Xian surrounded by three mercenaries near Myriad Medicine House.
• Wei Yang knocked out one mercenary with a slap and sent the other two flying with kicks, then told them their commander could come find him at the inn.
• Xiao Yi Xian followed Wei Yang to the inn, grateful and increasingly drawn to his protection.
• Wei Yang decided he would not let Xiao Yi Xian get away despite the trouble posed by her Body of Calamitous Poison.
• Wei Yang asked Xiao Yi Xian her name and gently rubbed her head, causing her to tear up as her defenses began to crumble.

Wei Yang recruited Ye Xian'er as his medical assistant and set off with her for Wu Tan City. Their journey was interrupted when Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group blocked the road.

• Ye Xian'er told Wei Yang her name and followed him back to his inn room.
• Ye Xian'er explained that she had come to Green Mountain Town to seek an apprenticeship at Myriad Medicine House, and Wei Yang offered her a job as his assistant.
• Wei Yang promised Ye Xian'er food, lodging, and fifty gold coins a month, then told her to return to Wu Tan City with him.
• The next morning, Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er left Green Mountain Town in a carriage.
• The coachman reported that Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had blocked the road, and Wei Yang reassured Ye Xian'er before confronting them.

Wei Yang confronted Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after Mu Li lusted after Ye Xian'er and demanded an explanation for the previous day's fight. Wei Yang killed Mu Li and slaughtered the mercenaries, leaving the road covered in bodies.

• Mu Li gathered around thirty Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries to confront Wei Yang, but became fixated on Ye Xian'er when he saw her.
• Wei Yang mocked the mercenaries and called the three he had beaten dogs, then told Mu Li that he had bullied Wei Yang's girl.
• Wei Yang sent Ye Xian'er back into the carriage and rushed forward to grab Mu Li by the throat.
• Wei Yang slammed Mu Li to the ground and killed him, terrifying the remaining mercenaries.
• Wei Yang attacked the mercenaries and killed them all in less than a minute.

Wei Yang stormed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters to avenge Ye Xian'er and kill Mu She’s family. He killed Mu She with Mad Lion’s Roar, leaving the hall in ruins and its surviving mercenaries dead or gravely injured.

• Wei Yang left Ye Xian'er in the carriage and entered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters alone.
• Mu She learned that his son had gone out to cause trouble and ordered Hemon and others to bring him back.
• Wei Yang fought his way into the hall, killed Third Commander Hemon, and told Mu She that he had killed Mu Li and had come to kill him.
• Mu She attacked Wei Yang with Wind Blade Dance, but Wei Yang unleashed Mad Lion’s Roar and killed him.
• The energy shockwave destroyed much of the hall and struck the last mercenary, embedding him in a wall.

Wei Yang destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and took Mu She's Storage Ring and techniques. On the carriage ride away, he gave the ring to Ye Xian'er, began teaching her cultivation, and drew her into an embrace.

• Wei Yang found Mu She's ring among the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's ruins, having killed Mu She, while Gan Mu remained missing.
• Wei Yang told Ye Xian'er that he had wiped out most of the group and gave her Mu She's Storage Ring.
• Wei Yang held Ye Xian'er's hand to fit the ring, making her blush and turn away in embarrassment.
• Wei Yang studied Mu She's techniques, including Phoenix Soaring Steps and Gale Stab, while Ye Xian'er waited for him to teach her cultivation.
• Wei Yang explained the basics of cultivation to Ye Xian'er, edged closer, and put an arm around her waist; she accused him of bullying her.

Wei Yang returned to Wu Tan City with Ye Xian'er, and the two settled into his home and grew closer as they built a life together. After asking about her body, he left Ye Xian'er facing the choice of revealing the secret she feared would make him despise her.

• Wei Yang brought Ye Xian'er to Wu Tan City and promised that it would be her home and that they would be family.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er moved into his two-courtyard residence and cleaned it together.
• Over the next six months, Wei Yang advanced to the peak of Eight-star Dou Master while Ye Xian'er reached Dou Zhi Qi Stage Two and continued studying medicine.
• Wei Yang asked Ye Xian'er whether she was still unwilling to tell him about her body, and she said she feared he would despise her.

Wei Yang persuaded Ye Xian'er to reveal the secret she had kept from him: the seven-colored mark on her lower abdomen that identified her as having the Body of Calamitous Poison. He examined the mark, leaving their conversation about her condition unresolved.

• Wei Yang asked Ye Xian'er to trust him and tell him what she had been hiding, promising he would not despise her.
• Ye Xian'er agreed to show Wei Yang her secret and asked him to carry her to her room.
• Wei Yang brought Ye Xian'er to her bed and, with her permission, opened her clothing to examine her lower abdomen.
• Wei Yang recognized the seven-colored mark below Ye Xian'er's navel as the sign of the Body of Calamitous Poison.

Wei Yang explained Ye Xian'er’s dangerous Body of Calamitous Poison and promised to help her control it with the Poison Pill Method. Ye Xian'er felt reassured and asked whether she could have children once her physique was controlled.

• Wei Yang decided not to awaken Ye Xian'er’s poison body yet and planned to wait until he had grown stronger.
• Ye Xian'er admitted she secretly studied poisons but had never eaten any, and Wei Yang told her to avoid poison for now.
• Wei Yang explained the Body of Calamitous Poison and the Poison Pill Method, assuring Ye Xian'er that he would help her control her physique.
• Ye Xian'er worried Wei Yang would dislike her and feared she could not have children, but he reassured her and cheered her up.

At sixteen, Wei Yang broke through to Da Dou Shi and formed a Dou Crystal, then reunited with Ye Xian'er after his three-day seclusion. As Xiao Yan's fall from genius was drawing attention in Wu Tan City, Wei Yang considered helping his fellow countryman and went with Ye Xian'er to the main hall.

• Wei Yang naturally advanced from Nine-star Dou Shi to Da Dou Shi, forming a Dou Crystal and gaining the ability to manifest Dou Qi Armor.
• After emerging from seclusion, Wei Yang reflected on Xiao Yan's struggles and felt he might help him because they were fellow countrymen.
• Ye Xian'er congratulated Wei Yang on reaching Da Dou Shi at sixteen and told him she was close to the third stage of Dou Qi.
• Wei Yang learned that Ye Xian'er had treated several injured customers who came to buy medicine, and the two headed to the main hall to eat.

Wei Yang gave Ye Xian'er the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and guided her through awakening her Body of Calamitous Poison. After she rapidly advanced to a three-star Dou Zhe, Ye Xian'er feared Wei Yang would eventually reject her as a feared Poison Master, leaving him to comfort her and regret awakening her physique so early.

• Wei Yang gave Ye Xian'er the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and warned her to control her rapid cultivation carefully.
• Seven days later, Wei Yang sensed Ye Xian'er break through and found her surrounded by potent poisonous mist.
• Ye Xian'er absorbed the poisonous gas and stabilized at the peak of the three-star Dou Zhe level.
• Ye Xian'er urged Wei Yang to leave because she could not yet control her poison, but he assured her the gas could not harm him.
• Ye Xian'er feared that people would hate and hunt her for her Body of Calamitous Poison and asked whether Wei Yang would someday treat her the same way.
• Wei Yang promised he would not reject her and regretted awakening her poison body while she was still so young.