Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang refined his modified Fifth-grade Three Spirit Soul Nurturing Saliva on the Alchemy Room terrace, impressing the gathered alchemists and apprentices with his Heavenly Flames and skill. He successfully completed the pill and stored it away.

• Xiao Cang told Otto and Frank that he would refine Three Spirit Soul Nurturing Saliva, a modified formula with nearly twice the effect of ordinary Soul Nurturing Saliva.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei bickered as they prepared to watch, and Lin Fei showed off the perfect Qi Replenishing Pill Xiao Cang had helped her refine.
• Xiao Cang used his Heavenly Flames to heat the Golden Dragon Chant Cauldron and began fusing the medicinal ingredients, while Otto and Frank protected the apprentices from the escaping medicinal ripples.
• After an hour of enduring the powerful ripples, Otto and Frank watched Xiao Cang condense the medicinal power into the completed pill, which released emerald-colored Pill Fragrance.
• Xiao Cang collected the crystal-clear Three Spirit Soul Nurturing Saliva in a porcelain bottle and stored it in his Storage Ring.

Xiao Cang refined the Three Spirit Soul Nurturing Saliva and rewarded Yao Chen, then ordered him to mass-produce low-grade pills inside the Storage Ring. As Lin Fei and Xue Mei were encouraged to seek Xiao Cang’s guidance, Lin Fei secretly went to his room to pursue both his attention and pill-refining knowledge.

• Xiao Cang thanked Otto and Frank for helping him obtain the Nether Lotus Soul Grass, accepted another set of ingredients, and offered to answer questions about pill refinement while he stayed in Blackrock City.
• Xiao Cang released Yao Chen, rewarded him with three drops of Three Spirit Soul Nurturing Saliva, and learned that Yao Chen could refine pills below the fourth grade inside the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Cang ordered Yao Chen to refine low-grade pills continuously, and Yao Chen returned to the Storage Ring and began working at once.
• Frank and Otto urged Lin Fei and Xue Mei to learn from Xiao Cang, then joked that one of them might become his concubine.
• Lin Fei denied being interested in becoming Xiao Cang’s concubine, left ahead of Xue Mei, and hurried to Xiao Cang’s room to knock on his door.

Lin Fei visited Xiao Cang for help preparing for her alchemist assessment, and he guided her through refining a first-grade pill. Xue Mei arrived, misread their close instruction as intimacy, and left after a sarcastic remark, prompting Xiao Cang to draw Lin Fei into his embrace.

• Lin Fei asked Xiao Cang to help her prepare for her alchemist assessment, and he began teaching her how to control her Pill Fire.
• Xiao Cang adjusted Lin Fei's fire temperature by guiding her Dou Qi, and she successfully refined a complete first-grade pill.
• Xue Mei entered, saw Lin Fei nestled against Xiao Cang, and left with a sarcastic remark about Lin Fei becoming his concubine.
• Lin Fei tried to explain herself to Xiao Cang, then flusteredly admitted that marrying him as a concubine might not be bad.
• Xiao Cang teased Lin Fei and pulled her into his embrace.

Xiao Cang married Lin Fei and received a one-star Dou Emperor cultivation reward, while Xue Mei grew jealous outside their room. Elsewhere, the Alchemist Guild refused to hand over the Netherworld Soul Grass to a He Family servant, risking a feud with He Gan.

• Xiao Cang carried Lin Fei to bed, and she accepted him despite their brief acquaintance.
• Xiao Cang and Lin Fei drank Bridal Cup Wine, triggering a reward of one-star Dou Emperor cultivation for Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang gave Lin Fei a Fertility Pill, while Xue Mei listened outside and vowed to win Xiao Cang's attention herself.
• A He Family servant came to the Alchemist Guild to collect the Netherworld Soul Grass, but the guard told him the herb was gone.
• Frank and Master Otto discussed He Gan's likely anger and dismissed the threat posed by the He Family.

Xiao Cang taught Lin Fei how to refine Qi Replenishing Pills so she could prepare for her alchemist examination. After Lin Fei left, Xue Mei came to Xiao Cang and asked to marry him as a concubine, then moved to prove her sincerity.

• Lin Fei worried she could not refine a properly formed first-grade pill before the examination, so Xiao Cang taught her the heat, temperature, and timing for making Qi Replenishing Pills.
• Lin Fei practiced until she could refine the pills successfully, then left wearing Xiao Cang's tight-fitting alchemist robe.
• Xiao Cang tried to rest, but Xue Mei came to his room and said she wanted to do what Lin Fei had done.
• Xue Mei told Xiao Cang she wanted to marry him as a concubine and argued that she matched Lin Fei in beauty and talent.
• Xiao Cang asked Xue Mei to show her sincerity, and she trembled before reaching toward his waist.

After marrying Xue Mei, Xiao Cang gained another star of Dou Emperor cultivation and promised to teach her about alchemy before her rank assessment. The next morning, he learned that He Gan, the head of the He Family, had come to see him and went to meet him.

• Xiao Cang took Xue Mei as his concubine after they shared Bridal Cup Wine.
• The system rewarded Xiao Cang with one-star Dou Emperor cultivation, and he agreed to teach Xue Mei how to improve her pill-refining success rate.
• Xue Mei left the next morning to take the alchemist rank assessment.
• A maid told Xiao Cang that He Gan was waiting in the reception room, and Xiao Cang went there to meet him.

Xiao Cang traded the remaining Netherworld Soul Grass to He Gan in exchange for bringing Xiao Yi Xian from Qingshan Town. After Lin Fei and Xue Mei passed their Rank 1 Alchemist examinations, they both hurried to Xiao Cang’s room and argued over who was his wife.

• He Gan visited Xiao Cang to ask about the Netherworld Soul Grass he had reserved, and Xiao Cang revealed he had used the other stalk to refine a Fifth-grade Pill.
• Xiao Cang offered to return his remaining stalk to President Frank if He Gan brought Xiao Yi Xian from Qingshan Town, and He Gan agreed to bring her within three days.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei both passed the Rank 1 Alchemist examination a year early.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei hurried to Xiao Cang’s room, where Xue Mei called him her husband and Lin Fei objected that he was hers.

Lin Fei and Xue Mei returned from their alchemy assessment and competed for Xiao Cang’s affection, while he promised to help them become Fifth-grade Alchemists. After spending three days together, the system announced that Xiao Cang’s wife was pregnant.

• Lin Fei boasted that she had been the first to refine a finished Qi Replenishing Pill, while Xue Mei thanked Xiao Cang for helping her pass her assessment.
• Xiao Cang promised Lin Fei and Xue Mei that they could become Fifth-grade Alchemists with diligent practice and his help.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei each tried to send the other away and asked Xiao Cang to declare whom he missed more, so he embraced them both.
• Frank accepted Xue Mei and Lin Fei’s relationship with Xiao Cang and arranged for nourishing supplements to be sent to them.
• Xiao Cang, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei stayed in the room for three days, until a system notification announced that Xiao Cang’s wife was pregnant.

Xiao Cang received rewards including the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, Sixth-grade Alchemist experience, and a Seventh-grade Pill Refining Cauldron, then learned that Xue Mei was pregnant. The next morning, He Gan arrived with the person promised in their agreement, and Xiao Cang went to meet him.

• Xiao Cang received three rewards and considered how the new technique, alchemist experience, and cauldron would benefit him.
• Xiao Cang told Xue Mei that she was pregnant and sent her back to rest that evening.
• The next morning, a maid told Xiao Cang that He Gan was waiting in the guest reception room to fulfill their agreement.
• Xiao Cang greeted He Gan, who said he had brought the person they had agreed on.

Xiao Cang received the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian from He Gan and returned the Netherworld Soul Grass to the Alchemist Guild. When he tried to move her, her Calamity Poison Body went out of control, leaving him struggling to contain her deadly poison as her life appeared to be at risk.

• He Gan brought the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Cang and explained that He Family experts had knocked her out while inviting her to come.
• Xiao Cang returned the Netherworld Soul Grass to Frank, then left He Gan to discuss buying the herb.
• Xiao Cang examined Xiao Yi Xian, removed her veil, and ordered a separate room prepared for her.
• When Xiao Cang touched Xiao Yi Xian to pick her up, her Calamity Poison Body erupted and released corrosive poisonous gas.
• Xiao Cang burned away the poison on Xiao Yi Xian and used a dark green flame to contain its spread, but she suffered worsening pain and appeared to be in danger.

Xiao Cang used the Nether Poison Fire to stabilize Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, then claimed his stored rewards and broke through to Nine Star Dou Huang. He began refining pills to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s toxicity as she woke up.

• Xiao Cang used the Nether Poison Fire to consume Xiao Yi Xian’s rampaging toxins and replace them with mild venom to keep her Calamity Poison Body nourished.
• Xiao Cang carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian to a prepared room, covered her, and sent a maid to gather ingredients for pills that could temporarily suppress her toxicity.
• Xiao Cang claimed his accumulated rewards and advanced to Nine Star Dou Huang, while Frank, Otto, and He Gan sensed his aura and were shocked.
• Xiao Cang began refining pills in the Purple Gold Immortal Cloud Cauldron, and Xiao Yi Xian slowly woke up.

Xiao Cang explained that Xiao Yi Xian had the Calamity Poison Body and claimed he could cure it within three years if she stayed with him. After he used a pill to stop her poison from flaring, he told her she had to remain by his side if she wanted to live.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke up beside Xiao Cang, feared that he had harmed her, and learned that he was the famous young alchemist from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Cang identified Xiao Yi Xian’s constitution as the Calamity Poison Body and said he knew how to cure it, though not immediately.
• Xiao Cang promised to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s condition within three years if she stayed with him, and she found no sign that he had violated her.
• Xiao Cang offered Xiao Yi Xian a poisonous herb, which she eagerly swallowed, triggering a painful flare-up of her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Cang gave Xiao Yi Xian a pill that neutralized the poison and told her she had to stay by his side to survive.

Xiao Cang demanded that Xiao Yi Xian marry him in exchange for pills to control her Calamity Poison Body, while she struggled with the choice and her worsening condition. After another outbreak left her in agony, she crawled to Xiao Cang and agreed to marry him if he saved her.

• Xiao Cang refused to teach Xiao Yi Xian how to refine the pill and told her to marry him and serve him for access to his medicine.
• Xiao Cang visited Xue Mei, who told him her fetal stabilizing medicine would protect their child, and they spent the morning together.
• Xiao Yi Xian examined the growing Seven-Colored Hidden Line on her abdomen and worried that her Calamity Poison Body would erupt more often.
• Xiao Yi Xian stayed at the Alchemist Guild, where she swallowed several ungraded poisons and saw the hidden line become more obvious.
• When Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body erupted again, she crawled to Xiao Cang and agreed to marry him if he saved her.

Xiao Cang saved Xiao Yi Xian from a Calamity Poison Body outbreak, then used her agreement to stay by his side to press her into becoming his wife. He promised to help her control her poison, reach Dou Zong, and become an alchemist, leaving Xiao Yi Xian shaken but persuaded by his offers.

• Xiao Cang waited until Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay by his side, then gave her a Poison Pill that balanced the toxins in her body.
• Xiao Cang carried Xiao Yi Xian to the bed and began undressing her despite her protests and request to wait for a proper marriage.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Cang she was willing to stay with him but asked that their marriage be proper.
• Xiao Cang said he already had a principal wife and promised to care for Xiao Yi Xian, help her master her Calamity Poison Body, and raise her cultivation to at least Dou Zong.
• Xiao Cang promised to help Xiao Yi Xian become an alchemist, swaying her, then told her he was not negotiating with her.

After marrying Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Cang claimed powerful poison-related rewards and used a fragment of the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Codex to help her control her Calamity Poison Body. He withheld the rest unless she agreed to bear him a son, and the chapter ended after she accepted and swallowed a Fertility Pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Cang as her husband, triggering a system reward of the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Codex, Calamity Poison Talisman, and Yellow Springs Finger.
• Xiao Cang claimed the rewards and mastered the three techniques, while his poisonous aura stirred Xiao Yi Xian's appetite for him.
• Xiao Cang taught Xiao Yi Xian a small portion of the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Codex, and she felt her Calamity Poison Body become easier to control.
• Xiao Cang stopped the lesson before the first major cycle and offered to teach the complete incantation if Xiao Yi Xian bore him a son.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed, accepted a Fertility Pill from Xiao Cang, and swallowed it.

Xiao Yi Xian’s poison flared repeatedly while Xiao Cang cared for her, and Lin Fei and Xue Mei came to visit him. Meanwhile, Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment convoy arrived in Blackrock City, where Instructor Ruo Lin discussed recruiting Xiao Cang after the selection.

• Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body erupted, but Xiao Cang swallowed the poison with his dark green flames and gave her a medicinal pill.
• Over the next two days, Xiao Yi Xian’s poison flared twice more, and she told Xiao Cang she wanted to bear children for the Xiao Family.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei arrived to see Xiao Cang, and he introduced them to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment convoy entered Blackrock City, where Xiao Yu and Xue Ni rode with Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Yu said she did not know whether Xiao Cang would enroll, and Ruo Lin resolved to recruit him after visiting the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yu agreed to return to the Xiao Family before meeting Jia Nan Academy’s recruiters in Blackrock City, while Xue Mei and Lin Fei refused invitations to join the academy. Xiao Cang took an interest in Ruolin’s group and left the Alchemist Guild, promising to return in a few days.

• Xue Ni teased Xiao Yu over her legs until Instructor Ruolin interrupted their playful scuffle and asked Xiao Yu to visit the Xiao Family before traveling to Blackrock City.
• Xue Ni offered to accompany Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu rejected the idea.
• Master Otto and President Frank invited Lin Fei and Xue Mei to join Jia Nan Academy, but both refused because they preferred staying with Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang thought about the arrival of Ruolin, Xue Ni, and Xiao Yu and considered the rewards he might gain from them.
• Xiao Cang gave Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and Xiao Yi Xian pills, then flew away on his golden Dou Qi Wings, saying he would return in a few days.

Xiao Cang arrived at the tavern to see Xiao Yu, but Ge La accused him of being an impostor and ordered the soldiers to seize him. Ke Zhen recognized Xiao Cang as the Imperial Son-in-Law, struck Ge La, and ordered him bound to apologize.

• Ruolin and Xue Ni left the tavern to go shopping, leaving Ke Zhen and Ge La in charge.
• Xiao Cang arrived at the tavern and asked the soldiers to let Xiao Yu know he was there.
• Ge La recognized Xiao Cang as Xiao Yu’s cousin and decided to confront him on Luo Bu’s behalf.
• Ge La accused Xiao Cang of being an impostor and ordered the soldiers to seize him.
• Ke Zhen recognized Xiao Cang as the Imperial Son-in-Law, slapped Ge La, and ordered the soldiers to bind him and make him apologize.

Xiao Cang punished Ge La and went looking for Ruolin and Xue Ni, then encountered them shopping for antiques in Wutan City. He claimed a stained dudou had Dou Qi fluctuations, provoking the crowd and angering the two women.

• Xiao Cang ordered Ke Zhen to break Ge La’s legs after Ge La was brought before him.
• Ke Zhen told Xiao Cang that Xiao Yu had returned to Wutan City and that Ruolin and Xue Ni had gone shopping.
• Xiao Cang wandered through the city and arrived at Tian Gu Zhai’s antiques district.
• Xiao Cang found Ruolin and Xue Ni inspecting antiques and pointed out a stained dudou as if it contained Dou Qi.
• The crowd mocked Xiao Cang, while Ruolin and Xue Ni took his remark as a flirtation and prepared to teach him a lesson.

Xiao Cang proved that a shabby dudou was a defensive magical treasure after Xue Ni and Ruolin accused him of using it as an excuse to flirt. He left them owing him tea and friendship, while keeping his full name secret.

• Xue Ni and Ruolin mistook Xiao Cang's remarks about the dudou for an attempt to flirt, and Xue Ni challenged him to prove it had Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cang asked the women to compensate him if he was right, and they agreed to have tea with him if the dudou reacted.
• Xue Ni channeled Dou Qi into the dudou, which glowed and hardened into a defensive magical treasure.
• Ruolin realized Xiao Cang could sense power she had missed, apologized with Xue Ni, and addressed him as Young Master Xiao.
• Xiao Cang reminded Ruolin and Xue Ni that they had promised to have tea with him.