Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han returned to his cave and rescued an unconscious Yunlan Sect disciple from Wild Dogs and pursuing Demon Beasts. After treating her injuries, he awkwardly tried to explain why he had removed her soaked clothes, but she woke up furious.

• Xiao Han recognized that he had returned to his cave and discovered Demon Beasts searching the forest near the waterfall.
• Xiao Han found an unconscious woman in a Moon White Robe in the water as Wild Dogs approached her, then decided to rescue her.
• Xiao Han killed three Wild Dogs, gained experience and a Woof Woof skill book, and carried the woman into his cave while the other Demon Beasts searched the area.
• Xiao Han removed the woman's soaked clothes, covered her with bedding, and used thirty bottles of Red Potion to heal her injuries.
• The woman woke up and stared angrily at Xiao Han, who hurriedly explained that he had only removed her clothes to keep her from catching a cold.

Xiao Han rescued Yun Zhi, who was immobilized by a Sealing Technique, and the two talked beside a fire in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. Yun Zhi offered to introduce him to an alchemist, but Xiao Han boasted that even Pill King Gu He was not qualified to teach him.

• Yun Zhi woke and explained that a Sealing Technique left her unable to move, while Xiao Han asked about the commotion among the magical beasts.
• Yun Zhi said someone had stolen something from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Xiao Han admitted that he was responsible.
• Xiao Han learned that the woman called herself Yun Zhi, then introduced himself as Xiao Han; Yun Zhi recognized his name from Nalan Yanran’s account of the Marriage Certificate incident.
• Yun Zhi changed into clean clothes, and Xiao Han shared roasted meat with her beside the fire.
• Yun Zhi offered to introduce Xiao Han to an alchemist as repayment for saving her, but Xiao Han refused and claimed that even Pill King Gu He was unworthy of teaching him.

Xiao Han used his system to raise his cultivation to One-Star Great Dou Shi while living with Yun Zhi, who began to feel affection for him. As Yun Zhi’s seal neared release, Xiao Han rejected the chance to use an aphrodisiac on her and left the bottle behind.

• Xiao Han spent his stored Experience Points to raise his Qi Cultivation eleven levels, reaching One-Star Great Dou Shi.
• Yun Zhi noticed Xiao Han’s sudden breakthrough and questioned his identity and extraordinary progress, but he brushed off her doubts with jokes.
• After two peaceful days together, Yun Zhi told Xiao Han that her seal would be lifted the next day and admitted she envied his freedom.
• Yun Zhi offered to cook for Xiao Han before leaving, and he went for a walk by the river.
• Xiao Han considered using an aphrodisiac he had prepared but decided against deceiving Yun Zhi and threw the bottle away.

Xiao Han returned to the cave and discovered that Yun Zhi had accidentally put an aphrodisiac into her grilled fish, affecting them both. When Yun Zhi tried to leave to cool down, Xiao Han stopped her and warned that the Monster Beast Mountain Range’s HeYuan could target her while her cultivation was sealed.

• Xiao Han returned to the cave and found Yun Zhi grilling fish, then ate some despite discovering she had left in the scales and guts.
• Yun Zhi admitted she had used a bottle she found in Xiao Han’s jade pendant as seasoning, and Xiao Han realized it contained an aphrodisiac.
• Yun Zhi and Xiao Han began feeling the effects of the aphrodisiac, and Xiao Han explained what the substance was.
• Yun Zhi apologized and tried to leave the cave for fresh air, but Xiao Han grabbed her hand and warned her about the HeYuan nearby.
• Yun Zhi recognized the danger of encountering a HeYuan while her cultivation was sealed and grew pale with fear.

Xiao Han used Grafting Flowers onto Trees to remove the Evil Fire afflicting Yun Zhi and himself, preserving her chastity and earning an achievement that raised him to Two-Star Great Dou Shi. A wolf howled outside the cave, and Xiao Han wondered whether they had been discovered.

• Yun Zhi feared she would lose her chastity and threatened to kill Xiao Han and herself afterward, but Xiao Han said he could solve their predicament.
• Xiao Han transferred Yun Zhi's Evil Fire into a stalactite, freeing her from the drug's effects.
• Xiao Han transferred his own Evil Fire into the stalactite, then earned the Undisturbed by Beauty achievement for resisting temptation.
• The achievement reward filled Xiao Han's Experience Points and raised his Qi Cultivation to Two-Star Great Dou Shi.
• A wolf howled outside the cave, and Xiao Han asked Yun Zhi whether they had been discovered.

Xiao Han and Yun Zhi left their hidden cave to face the Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Demon Beasts surrounding it. The Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill, while Xiao Han refused and threatened to beat it, leaving Yun Zhi incredulous at his boasting.

• After Yun Zhi admitted that bathing had exposed their scent, the Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded that the cave's human come out.
• Yun Zhi offered to lure the Rank 6 Demon Beast away, but Xiao Han told her it was searching for him and went outside with her.
• Xiao Han revealed that the Lion King was angry because he had given it an Eighth-Rank Disguise Pill instead of the Seventh-Rank Transformation Pill it wanted.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill in exchange for sparing Xiao Han, and Xiao Han refused and threatened to beat it.
• Yun Zhi silently wondered whether Xiao Han could stop bragging even for a moment.

Xiao Han fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King's army of magical beasts, using his overwhelming physical strength and the Hongmeng System to kill them and gain Experience Points and Skill Books. He leveled up to Three-Star Great Dou Shi while Yun Zhi watched in astonishment.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered its minions to attack Xiao Han, and Yun Zhi tried to pull him to safety.
• Xiao Han refused to retreat and charged into the approaching magical beasts, while Yun Zhi wondered about his unusual protective Qi Aura.
• Xiao Han slaughtered the beasts with his fists, tearing, and kicks, and Yun Zhi saw that their attacks could not penetrate his Qi Aura.
• The Hongmeng System awarded Xiao Han Experience Points and Skill Books for killing magical beasts, including Spotted Tigers and Earth Barbarian Bears.
• Xiao Han filled his Experience Points and leveled up to Three-Star Great Dou Shi.

Xiao Han slaughtered the Demon Beasts until he reached Five-Star Great Dou Shi, then looted several skill books as the survivors fled. He faced the Amethyst Winged Lion King over the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Amethyst Source, and the Lion King attacked him.

• Yun Zhi watched Xiao Han fight for half an hour, level up three times, and drain the blood from the Demon Beast corpses.
• Xiao Han drove the Demon Beasts into retreat, then collected seven Skill Books and learned Eagle Stomp.
• Xiao Han flew up to confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King and refused to return the Amethyst Spirit Crystal or the Amethyst Source.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King charged at Xiao Han, demanding that he surrender the treasures.

Xiao Han defeated the Amethyst Winged Lion King with his powerful physical body and made it submit as his mount. After sparing its life for the sake of its child, he gained experience and energy points and advanced to Seven-Star Great Dou Shi.

• Xiao Han withstood the Amethyst Winged Lion King's fire and claw attacks without injury, then knocked it from the sky and beat it until it surrendered.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King offered Xiao Han the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and the Amethyst Source and promised not to trouble him again.
• Xiao Han refused to let the Amethyst Winged Lion King leave and demanded that it serve as his mount, sparing its life for the sake of its child.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King reluctantly agreed, and Xiao Han gained 100,000 Experience Points and 100 Energy Points before leveling up twice to Seven-Star Great Dou Shi.

Xiao Han subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King and repeatedly advanced to become a Nine Star Great Dou Shi. Yun Zhi left him the Heart of the Sea Armor and two Dou Skill scrolls, accepted an Amethyst Spirit Crystal from him, and departed for Yunlan Sect.

• Xiao Han advanced to a Seven Star Great Dou Shi, gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King potions, and ordered it to bring its child to his cave.
• Xiao Han defeated and subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then prepared a meal while Yun Zhi recognized his strength.
• Yun Zhi undid her seal and, after Xiao Han advanced to an Eight Star Great Dou Shi, left him the Heart of the Sea Armor and two scrolls.
• Xiao Han advanced again to a Nine Star Great Dou Shi, woke, and asked Yun Zhi whether the treasures were gifts for him.
• Xiao Han gave Yun Zhi an Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and she departed, telling him she would wait for him at Yunlan Sect.

Xiao Han publicized that he would trade Amethyst Source for Ice Spirit Cold Spring, hoping to draw out Gu Te, the collector who possessed it. Gu Te arrived at Youjia Inn, and Xiao Han prepared to meet him.

• Xiao Han explained that Ice Spirit Cold Spring was the last item he needed to safely devour a different fire in the Tagor Desert.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King questioned whether Black Rock City could provide Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Xiao Han said he knew Gu Te possessed it.
• Xiao Han explained that he had publicized his Amethyst Source because searching Black Rock City for Gu Te would be too troublesome.
• Gu Te knocked on Xiao Han's door and asked to meet with the person who possessed Amethyst Source.
• Xiao Han told the Amethyst Winged Lion King that the person he had been waiting for had arrived.

Xiao Han traded Amethyst Source with Gu Te for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and revealed that he possessed a Heavenly Flame. After receiving a reward for taking Xiao Yan’s opportunity, he left for Mo City with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Han met Gu Te, Grandmaster Otto, and a young alchemist apprentice, then insisted he would trade only for Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Gu Te tried to offer other rare treasures and downplayed the Amethyst Source, but Grandmaster Otto exposed that he had Ice Spirit Cold Spring to trade.
• Xiao Han showed Gu Te and Grandmaster Otto the Amethyst Source, and Gu Te agreed to exchange it for a sealed jade bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Han used a dark white flame to handle the bottle, prompting Gu Te and Grandmaster Otto to recognize that he possessed a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Han received 20,000 Experience Points and 50 Energy Points for seizing Xiao Yan’s opportunity, completed the trade, and departed for Mo City on the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Han arrived in Mo City to buy a map fragment leading to the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire. There, he spotted a young Half-Snake Man being forced toward a brothel and suspected she was Qing Lin.

• Xiao Han told the Amethyst Winged Lion King that he had come to Mo City to buy a map, not to find a route through the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Han explained that the map shop belonged to Hai Bodong and held a fragment showing the location of the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, whose acquisition could earn him system rewards.
• Xiao Han rode through Mo City and noticed a crowd gathered around Scarface, who claimed a young girl's mother owed him ten thousand gold coins and tried to take the girl to a brothel.
• The girl protested that her mother had repaid the debt, while Scarface insisted that a promissory note proved otherwise and the crowd scorned her.
• Xiao Han noticed snake scales on the girl's wrist and recognized her as a Half-Snake Man.
• Xiao Han saw three tiny emerald-green dots in the girl's pupils and wondered whether she was Qing Lin.

Xiao Han rescued Qing Lin from a scarred man in Mo Bei City and took her in as his maid after the Amethyst Winged Lion King killed the man. The encounter earned Xiao Han a reward and a level-up, and he set out with Qing Lin for Gu Tu’s shop.

• Xiao Ding recognized Xiao Han, and Xiao Han asked to take Qing Lin with him; Xiao Ding agreed.
• The scarred man demanded ten thousand gold coins for Qing Lin, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed him after Qing Lin said the debt note was fake.
• Xiao Han offered Qing Lin her freedom, but she begged to stay with him and swore she would never leave.
• The system rewarded Xiao Han for gaining his first personal maid and leveling up to Level 30 after he recognized Qing Lin as the owner of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Han asked Qing Lin to lead him to Gu Tu’s shop.

Xiao Han confronted Hai Bodong at Gu Tu's Map Shop and offered to break the seal on him in exchange for his Breaking Calamity Pill formula, Fragmented Map, and help traveling to the Tagor Desert. The chapter ended with Xiao Han revealing a dark white flame to prove he possessed a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Han entered Gu Tu's Map Shop with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and recognized the old mapmaker as Hai Bodong, the Ice Emperor.
• Hai Bodong denied his identity and ordered Xiao Han to leave, but Xiao Han revealed that he knew about the seal on Hai Bodong's body.
• Hai Bodong shut the shop doors and released his aura, then backed down after sensing the Amethyst Winged Lion King's strength.
• Xiao Han demanded Hai Bodong's Breaking Calamity Pill formula and Fragmented Map, and asked him to accompany him to the Tagor Desert in return for removing the seal.
• Hai Bodong doubted Xiao Han could refine the required sixth-tier pill, so Xiao Han summoned a dark white flame that set nearby maps alight.

Xiao Han persuaded Hai Bodong to give him the Breaking Calamity Pill formula in exchange for removing the seal that had weakened him. Xiao Han began extracting the seal directly, without using a pill, and Hai Bodong felt it leaving his body.

• Xiao Han convinced Hai Bodong that he could remove the seal and restore his Dou Huang cultivation.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Han the Breaking Calamity Pill formula, earning Xiao Han 3000 Experience Points and 30 Energy Points from the System.
• Hai Bodong explained that he lacked Sand Mandala, but Xiao Han said he could break the seal without refining the pill.
• Xiao Han admitted he had taken the formula as interest, then asked Hai Bodong to hold out his hand.
• Xiao Han grasped Hai Bodong's hand and used a mysterious force to lock onto and begin removing the seal.

Xiao Han transferred Queen Medusa's Serpent Sealing Curse from Hai Bodong to an ant, freeing Hai Bodong from the seal. After seeing Xiao Han break his ice and realizing he knew about the Fragmented Map's hidden half, Hai Bodong handed over both pieces, and Xiao Han leveled up to One-Star Dou Ling.

• Xiao Han used Grafting Flowers onto Trees to transfer Queen Medusa's Serpent Sealing Curse from Hai Bodong to an ant.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Huang cultivation and accidentally froze Xiao Han, Qing Lin, and the two Amethyst Winged Lion Kings in ice.
• Xiao Han and the two Amethyst Winged Lion Kings broke free, and Hai Bodong thawed Qing Lin before handing Xiao Han one half of the Fragmented Map.
• Xiao Han revealed that he knew Hai Bodong had the other half, so Hai Bodong retrieved it from a wooden shelf and gave it to him.
• The system awarded Xiao Han 50,000 Experience Points for obtaining a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, and he reached Level 31, One-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Han led Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King to a magma pool beneath the Tagor Desert in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame. After capturing a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, he learned the Strange Flame lay deeper below and followed it onward.

• Xiao Han and Hai Bodong found a cave leading to a vast underground magma pool, while Qing Lin remained unusually comfortable in the heat.
• Xiao Han, Hai Bodong, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King dove into the magma, leaving Qing Lin behind to wait.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sensed a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and defeated it without killing it.
• Xiao Han had the Amethyst Winged Lion King ask the snake about the Strange Flame, and it confirmed the Flame was below.
• Xiao Han’s group followed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake deeper into the magma.

Xiao Han and Hai Bodong descended through the magma in search of a Heavenly Flame, but Hai Bodong was forced to turn back. Xiao Han found and claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame, earning system rewards and rising to Level 34.

• Hai Bodong warned Xiao Han that he could only endure another half hour in the magma, then turned to retreat when his limit approached.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake struck Hai Bodong aside, and he spotted a glowing green lotus nearby.
• Xiao Han identified the lotus as the Green Lotus Core Flame and explained its origins and power to Hai Bodong and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Han warned the Amethyst Winged Lion King that the lotus's tendrils could drain its energy, then carefully approached the flame.
• Xiao Han used a jade knife to cut the lotus free, obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame, and received 200,000 Experience Points and 200 Energy Points from the system.
• Xiao Han leveled up three times and reached Level 34, a Four-Star Dou Ling.

After obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame and other treasures, Xiao Han leveled up repeatedly and fused eight sonic skills into an Earth Rank Intermediate combat skill. He kept Hai Bodong’s bodyguard mission going by announcing that they would head to the Serpent-People Race Holy City, Queen Medusa’s territory.

• Xiao Han gained the Green Lotus Core Flame, Cyan Lotus Platform, and eleven Fire Lotus Seeds, then rose to Level 36 (Six Star Dou Ling).
• Xiao Han used the system to raise seven sonic skills to Great Perfection and fused them with Lion's Roar into the Earth Rank Intermediate Hundred Beast Roar.
• Xiao Han learned that raising Hundred Beast Roar to Great Perfection would cost one million Points, which he could not afford.
• Xiao Han explained the Cyan Lotus Platform’s cultivation benefits and left the roots that produced Heavenly Flames in place.
• Hai Bodong said his bodyguard mission was complete, but Xiao Han told him it had only just begun and chose the Serpent-People Race Holy City as their next destination.