Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang and Xiao Yu played finger-guessing and drank together, with Xiao Cang repeatedly winning and leaving faint red marks on her legs before soothing them away. Once Xiao Yu was drunk, Xiao Cang reminded her of their wager and asked her to marry him, leaving her to recall how he had favored Xun'er when they were children.

• Xiao Yu repeatedly won early rounds of finger-guessing, but Xiao Cang later won and struck her legs, leaving red marks.
• Xiao Yu kept playing with Xiao Cang until both her legs were covered in marks, and Xiao Cang gently stroked them away.
• Xiao Cang and Xiao Yu drank together, and Xiao Yu became thoroughly drunk after three rounds.
• Xiao Cang reminded Xiao Yu that the loser of thirty rounds had to grant a request and asked her to marry him.
• Xiao Yu recalled that she and Xun'er had both promised to marry Xiao Cang as children, then reproached him for favoring Xun'er.

Xiao Cang and Xiao Yu drank Bridal Cup Wine, and Xiao Cang received a system reward of one-star Dou Emperor cultivation, a seventh-grade Transformation Pill, and the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand. The next morning, Xiao Yu pieced together what had happened and insisted Xiao Cang honor his promise to marry her, and he kissed her.

• Xiao Cang poured Bridal Cup Wine for Xiao Yu, and they drank together before he carried her to bed.
• The system rewarded Xiao Cang with one-star Dou Emperor cultivation, a seventh-grade Transformation Pill, and the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand.
• Xiao Yu woke beside Xiao Cang, panicked, and gradually remembered that she had willingly married him while drunk.
• Xiao Cang teased Xiao Yu about taking responsibility, and she insisted he fulfill his promise to marry her.
• Xiao Cang asked whether Xiao Yu admitted marrying him, then kissed her and pushed her down when she tried to resist.

Xiao Cang teased Xiao Yu before she left Wutan City, then claimed his reward and broke through to the Dou Zong realm. His new aura shocked Wutan City and alarmed Ling Ying and Xun'er, and Xiao Cang challenged Ling Ying to fight.

• Xiao Cang tricked Xiao Yu into taking a Fertility Pill, then Xiao Yu angrily left for Jia Nan Academy with its recruitment team.
• Xiao Cang returned to his room and claimed his reward from the system.
• Xiao Cang broke through from the peak of Nine Star Dou Huang to Dou Zong, sending a powerful aura across Wutan City.
• Ling Ying recognized Xiao Cang's aura and prepared to report his breakthrough to the clan, while Xun'er hurried to stop him.
• Xiao Cang shot out of his room and challenged Ling Ying to fight.

Xiao Cang revealed that he had advanced to Dou Zong and challenged Ling Ying to a spar. After overwhelming Ling Ying with a finger, he suppressed his cultivation to One-star Dou Emperor for a spear duel, which ended with Ling Ying launching his fastest technique as Xiao Cang prepared to counter with his superior speed.

• Xiao Cang appeared above the Xiao Family, and Ling Ying realized the eighteen-year-old had become a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Cang challenged Ling Ying to fight, and the two flew to the mountains outside Wutan City.
• Ling Ying attacked with the Great Serpent Spear, but Xiao Cang repelled him with one strike of the Yellow Springs Finger.
• Xiao Cang suppressed his cultivation to One-star Dou Emperor and offered to continue sparring with spears, so Ling Ying accepted.
• Xiao Cang and Ling Ying exchanged spear blows, then Ling Ying unleashed his Dragon Roaming Spirit Flash Spear, confident its speed would win.
• Xiao Cang smiled as Ling Ying charged, relying on the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to outpace him.

Xiao Cang defeated Ling Ying in a spear sparring match and healed his near-fatal wound. Ling Ying agreed to three conditions and then left to attempt a breakthrough, leaving Xiao Cang to protect Xun'er.

• Xiao Cang outmaneuvered Ling Ying and used their fight to guide him in spear techniques.
• Xiao Cang's Heaven Overturning Emperor Exterminating Spear defeated Ling Ying's Great Serpent Spear and pierced his chest.
• Xiao Cang gave Ling Ying a healing pill from Yao Chen, and Ling Ying recovered and accepted defeat.
• Ling Ying offered to fulfill three conditions; Xiao Cang required him to conceal his breakthrough to Dou Zong and reserved the other two conditions for later.
• Ling Ying asked to stay in Wutan City and attempt a breakthrough to Nine Star Dou Huang, and Xiao Cang agreed to guard Xun'er.
• Ling Ying flew away to begin his breakthrough, and Xiao Cang returned to find Xun'er.

Xiao Cang returned to the Xiao Family Compound after defeating Ling Ying, then took Xun'er to a mountain hot spring while Ling Ying went to pursue a breakthrough. The chapter ended with Xiao Cang and Xun'er playfully splashing each other in the water.

• The Xiao Family disciples watched Xiao Cang return after defeating Ling Ying, while Xiao Yan abandoned his plan to tell Xiao Zhan about reaching the fifth stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cang reunited with Xun'er and told her that Ling Ying had gone to break through after gaining insight.
• Xun'er invited Xiao Cang to the hot spring she had discovered, and he carried her to it in the mountains.
• Xiao Cang checked the hot spring for danger, then joined Xun'er as they soaked their feet and teased each other.
• Xun'er pushed Xiao Cang into the spring, and he pulled her in after him before they began splashing each other.

Xiao Cang spent several days with Xun'er, then greeted Ling Ying after he advanced to Nine Star Dou Huang and gave Xiao Zhan pills to strengthen the Xiao Family. He later went to see Ya Fei, who had been waiting for him at the Wutan Grand Restaurant.

• Xun'er scattered rose petals into the hot spring, and she and Xiao Cang shared an intimate evening together.
• After three days with Xun'er, Xiao Cang sensed Ling Ying's return and exchanged blows with him, congratulating him on reaching Nine Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Cang gave Xun'er two letters to deliver to Ling Ying if her pregnancy became known, so Ling Ying could help conceal it within the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Cang gave Xiao Zhan more than three hundred pills for rewarding worthy Xiao Family disciples.
• Ya Fei drank alone in her reserved private room at the Wutan Grand Restaurant, and Xiao Cang arrived to see her.

Xiao Cang reunited with Ya Fei, gave her a Youth-Preserving Health Pill, and learned that she was pregnant before leaving Wutan City. He then reunited with Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian in Blackrock City, discovered Lin Fei was pregnant, and set off with Xiao Yi Xian toward the Tagar Desert to win over Medusa.

• Xiao Cang found Ya Fei in a private room and tempted her with a Grade 5 Youth-Preserving Health Pill that could preserve her beauty for thirty years.
• Xiao Cang and Ya Fei reconciled, and he told her she was pregnant and gave her pills to support the fetus and her cultivation.
• Xiao Cang left Wutan City before Ya Fei woke and rode Little Silver to Blackrock City.
• Xiao Cang reunited with Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian, and Lin Fei became pregnant after he spent the night with them.
• Xiao Cang gave Lin Fei and Xue Mei medicine, then flew with Xiao Yi Xian toward the Tagar Desert to win over Medusa.

Xiao Cang arrived in Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Mo Tie Mercenary Group. After giving his cousins a powerful Fire Lotus to use against the Sand Mercenary Group, he discovered Qing Lin, the possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Xiao Cang taught Xiao Yi Xian the complete Heavenly Netherworld Poison Codex and told her he would teach her to refine a Calamity Poison Talisman once she reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Cang and Xiao Yi Xian landed in Stone Desert City, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed them to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Cang that the Sand Mercenary Group was causing trouble, and he gave them a porcelain bottle containing a Fire Lotus comparable to a Dou Wang's full-strength strike.
• Xiao Cang wandered around the mercenary group and found a frail young woman with a green scale on her wrist, recognizing her as Qing Lin.

Xiao Cang took Qing Lin under his protection after finding her working in the kitchen, and reassured her about her scales and potential. He promised to create a cultivation technique suited to her mixed bloodline, and Qing Lin pledged to serve him.

• Xiao Cang asked Qing Lin to follow him, and she agreed to go with him after he said he would speak to his cousin.
• Two kitchen hands mocked Qing Lin, so Xiao Cang killed them and led her away by the hand.
• Xiao Cang told Qing Lin she was no longer a servant and gave her two pills to aid her cultivation.
• Xiao Cang praised Qing Lin's scales and encouraged her to grow strong enough that others would respect her.
• Xiao Cang promised to seek Snake People Clan techniques and combine them with human methods to create a cultivation technique for Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin knelt before Xiao Cang and pledged to serve him as his maid and slave.

Xiao Cang's gift helped Xiao Ding and Xiao Li destroy the Sand Mercenary Group and make the Mo Tie Mercenary Group dominant in Stone Desert City. After Xiao Yi Xian accepted her place as his wife, Xiao Cang returned to find Qing Lin waiting with breakfast.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li used Xiao Cang's porcelain bottle to burn Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group's elites, then wiped out the rest of the group and absorbed it into the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Cang congratulated Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, gained their approval to keep Qing Lin by his side, and drank with them.
• Xiao Cang gave Xiao Yi Xian two Poison Pills, and she kissed him and said she would work to fulfill her role as his wife.
• The next morning, Xiao Cang woke beside Xiao Yi Xian, returned to his quarters, and found Qing Lin waiting with a warm breakfast and soup.

Xiao Cang encouraged Qing Lin to embrace her potential, then traveled to Mo City and found Hai Bo Dong. He offered the shocked Ice Emperor a Revival Purple Pill and revealed that he was a sixth-grade alchemist.

• Xiao Cang told Qing Lin to stop thinking of herself as a servant and praised the potential of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Cang realized that Hai Bo Dong was in Mo City, not Stone Desert City, and flew there using Treading the Void and the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Xiao Cang found Hai Bo Dong in a dilapidated map shop and provoked him into releasing his peak Nine-star Dou Ling aura.
• Xiao Cang overwhelmed Hai Bo Dong with his Dou Zong aura and offered to help him recover his strength.
• Xiao Cang showed Hai Bo Dong a Revival Purple Pill and disclosed that he was a sixth-grade alchemist.

Xiao Cang recruited Hai Bo Dong to serve the Xiao Family in exchange for a pill that could restore his cultivation, then used his Dou Zong aura to secure the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s dominance in Stone Desert City. After Qing Lin recalled sensing a powerful presence southeast of the city, Xiao Cang flew there with her to investigate the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Cang offered Hai Bo Dong a Revival Purple Pill in exchange for three years as a guest elder of the Xiao Family, and Hai Bo Dong accepted and swallowed it.
• Xiao Cang agreed to attend the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s assembly in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Cang revealed his Dou Zong aura at the assembly, silencing the opposition and winning the gathered mercenary groups’ support for the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Cang asked Qing Lin whether she had sensed any strange aura near Stone Desert City, and she recalled a powerful force southeast of the city from a month earlier.
• Xiao Cang took Qing Lin with him and flew southeast to investigate the powerful presence.

Xiao Cang led Qing Lin beneath the desert to find the Green Lotus Core Flame. He reached the flame’s underground home, but it awakened and unleashed a savage blaze as he tried to take it.

• Qing Lin sensed Medusa’s lingering aura and guided Xiao Cang to the hidden entrance beneath the desert sand.
• Xiao Cang opened the passage with Dou Qi and led Qing Lin through it, helping her breathe in the oxygen-poor tunnel.
• Xiao Cang protected Qing Lin with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as they crossed the magma and destroyed a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Cang used his Spiritual Sense to find the exit and emerged with Qing Lin in a small world deep beneath the magma.
• Xiao Cang warned Qing Lin not to touch the green lotus’s roots, then reached for the Green Lotus Core Flame, which awakened and erupted with terrifying force.

Xiao Cang subdued and devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame while Qing Lin guarded him from three Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes. Her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened, but using them exhausted her, and Xiao Cang caught her as she collapsed.

• Xiao Cang suppressed the Green Lotus Core Flame with his three refined Heavenly Flames and began devouring it with the Supreme Flame God Canon.
• As Xiao Cang refined the flame, three Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes attacked, and Qing Lin decided to protect him while he cultivated.
• One snake struck Qing Lin and sent her crashing into a wall, but she rose to face the next attack.
• Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which stopped one snake, then collapsed after trying to use them again.
• Xiao Cang caught the unconscious Qing Lin and poured Dou Qi into her, telling her she did not need to protect him.

After refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Cang rescued Qing Lin from two Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes and discovered that he had advanced to a Three-star Dou Zong and perfected the Supreme Flame God Canon. Qing Lin awoke safely, and Xiao Cang encouraged her to stand up for herself before a powerful aura approached the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Cang awakened in time to destroy the two Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snakes attacking Qing Lin, then gave her a medicinal pill and carried her back to his room.
• Xiao Cang discovered that refining the Green Lotus Core Flame had advanced him to a Three-star Dou Zong and raised the Supreme Flame God Canon to the perfected Super Heavenly Tier.
• Xiao Cang stayed beside Qing Lin as she recovered, and she awoke by evening with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened.
• Qing Lin worried that she had slept in Xiao Cang's bed, so he reassured her that she should not feel inferior and taught her how to answer anyone who disrespected her.
• Xiao Cang tucked Qing Lin in to rest, then sensed a powerful aura approaching amid a commotion outside.

Xiao Cang received one Demonic Flame Fragmented Map from Hai Bo Dong and found a second fragment in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After listening to Qing Lin share her painful past, he asked her to marry him, leaving her response unknown.

• Hai Bo Dong gave Xiao Cang a Demonic Flame Fragmented Map after recovering his cultivation with the Spirit Replenishing Purple Pill.
• Xiao Cang learned the direction of Qingshan Town from Xiao Ding and flew to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Cang found a cave near Qingshan Town, defeated the magical beasts guarding it, and took a flying Dou Technique, spirit herbs, and another map fragment.
• Xiao Cang returned to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and invited Qing Lin to share wine and watch the moon.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Cang about the pain she had suffered and said she wished to serve him for the rest of her life.
• Xiao Cang lifted Qing Lin's chin and asked her to marry him.

Xiao Cang asked Qing Lin to become his concubine, and she accepted, beginning their life together with a marriage ceremony. After three days with Qing Lin, Xiao Cang prepared to leave for the eastern desert to win Medusa over.

• Xiao Cang asked Qing Lin to marry him as his concubine, and she agreed despite feeling unworthy.
• Xiao Cang kissed Qing Lin and carried her to his room, where they spent the night together.
• Qing Lin prepared breakfast the next morning, and Xiao Cang completed their marriage ceremony by sharing Bridal Cup Wine with her.
• Xiao Cang received one-star Dou Zong cultivation and the Heavenly Snake Netherworld Technique, which he decided to teach Qing Lin.
• Xiao Cang spent three days with Qing Lin, helping her grow more confident, then looked toward the eastern desert and decided to pursue Medusa.

Xiao Cang left the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and flew into the Tagor Desert to confront Queen Medusa. He arrived above the Snake People Holy City as Medusa and her elders sensed a Dou Zong expert and went to meet him.

• Xiao Cang said goodbye to Qing Lin and gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Three Stripe Green Spirit Pills, urging them to strengthen the mercenary group.
• After Xiao Cang left, Qing Lin warned two servants not to insult him, and they apologized in fear.
• Xiao Cang flew past the Snake People cities and arrived above the holy city, where guards alerted their commanders.
• Medusa discussed the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Snake People Clan's future with four elders in her palace.
• Xiao Cang released his Dou Zong aura above the Queen's Palace, and Medusa and the elders flew out to confront him.

Xiao Cang confronted Medusa and the Snake People Clan, overwhelming their forces with his Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method and demanding that Medusa marry him. After Medusa and her allies attacked, Xiao Cang defeated them and forced a medicinal pill into Medusa's mouth.

• Medusa and the four elders blocked Xiao Cang, who claimed he was Medusa's future husband.
• The eight city leaders and Hua She'er joined Medusa, but Xiao Cang shattered their combined pressure with five flames and the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method.
• Hua She'er asked what Xiao Cang wanted, and he repeated that he wanted Medusa to marry him.
• Medusa charged Xiao Cang, and several Snake People Clan experts joined the attack.
• Xiao Cang engulfed Medusa and the others in flames, then appeared beside Medusa, forced her mouth open, and fed her a medicinal pill.