Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se and his allies drove Earth Demon Old Ghost away without fighting, while Xiao Se secretly marked him to track later. After thanking Su Qian with a life-extending pill, Xiao Se returned to Maple City and recovered, then shared a quiet moment with Long Kui.

• Mo Tianxing considered supporting Xiao Se, and Xiao Se offered him pills in exchange for help keeping Earth Demon Old Ghost there.
• Little Fairy Doctor revealed her increased strength, and Earth Demon Old Ghost fled rather than face Xiao Se and the others.
• Xiao Se told Little Fairy Doctor and Medusa that he had secretly placed a Soul Imprint on Earth Demon Old Ghost, but had been too depleted to fight him safely.
• Su Qian accepted an Azure Underworld Longevity Pill from Xiao Se and returned to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Se recovered in Maple City and reassured Long Kui that he would protect her if anyone judged their relationship.

Xiao Se prepared for a journey to Tagor Desert with Die and Medusa while arranging for Yao TianHuo to protect Zhu Zhuqing. He left Maple City with the two women after entrusting the Palm Heaven Bottle to Little Fairy Doctor and Yao TianHuo’s Ring to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xiao Se saw that Die now looked nearly identical to Medusa, while Zi Yan had reverted to her childlike form after briefly growing during her transformation and had advanced to Dou Huang.
• Xiao Se gave Little Fairy Doctor the Palm Heaven Bottle and asked her to cultivate rare medicinal herbs for future pill refining and an auction in Black Seal City.
• Xiao Se offered to take Zhu Zhuqing to Tagor Desert, but she chose to stay in the Black-Corner Region and continue training.
• Xiao Se brought Yao TianHuo out of the System Warehouse and asked him to protect Zhu Zhuqing; Yao TianHuo agreed in exchange for Xiao Se’s promise to help restore his body.
• Xiao Se gave Zhu Zhuqing Yao TianHuo’s Ring and a child flame of the Fallen Heart Flame, then left Maple City with Die and Medusa.

Nalan Su told Nalan Yanran that her grandfather had been poisoned and Xiao Yan had regained his talent, then revealed Xiao Se’s extraordinary reputation. Nalan Yanran learned that Xiao Se had reached Dou Ling before fifteen, while Ge Ye hinted that there was more to the story.

• Nalan Yanran finished cultivating and went to meet her father, Nalan Su, at the Yun Lan Sect.
• Nalan Su worried that Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison and the Xiao Clan’s rising geniuses could endanger the Nalan Family after Nalan Yanran broke off her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Su told Nalan Yanran that Nalan Jie had been poisoned by a Fifth Order Magical Beast, though his cultivation kept him safe for now.
• Nalan Su informed Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had regained his talent and advanced from Three Stages of Dou Qi to Dou Zhe in a year and a half, but she dismissed the news.
• Ge Ye told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Se had reached Dou Ling before fifteen and defeated three Great Fighters at Canaan Academy’s Inner Courtyard Selection Competition.
• Nalan Su accused Ge Ye of mocking the Nalan Family, and Ge Ye replied that Nalan Su knew only part of the matter.

Nalan Yanran learned more about Xiao Se’s mistreatment by the Xiao Clan and grew convinced that he might be Xiao Huo Huo. At the Tagor Desert border, Xiao Se sent Medusa and Die back to the Snake-People Race while he flew toward the Gama Empire, leaving Medusa to suspect he was visiting Ya Fei.

• Ge Ye explained that the Xiao Clan had cast Xiao Se aside after his parents died, and Nalan Su concluded that Xiao Se held no affection for the clan.
• Nalan Yanran connected Xiao Se with Xiao Huo Huo and asked Nalan Su about him; after learning he had left the Imperial City, she decided to return there and ask Ya Fei about him.
• Xiao Se arrived at the Tagor Desert border with Medusa and Die, who looked forward to seeing the Snake-People Race again.
• Xiao Se told Medusa and Die to return without him while he went to the Gama Empire to exchange for the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Se kissed Medusa goodbye and flew away, and Medusa wondered whether he was heading to see Ya Fei.

At the Mittel Family’s Heaven-tier Auction, Ya Fei auctioned an Earth Low Rank Dou Technique while the Gama Royal Family and Yun Lan Sect competed for it. Xiao Huo Huo appeared, claimed the technique for ten million Gold Coins and a personal promise, and reunited with Ya Fei, leaving most of the hall stunned.

• Ya Fei presented the Spirit Link Sword as the auction’s final item and opened bidding at two million Gold Coins.
• The Gama Royal Family and Yun Lan Sect drove the price to six and a half million Gold Coins, while Yao Ye refused to bid higher because the royal family needed its funds for the military.
• Xiao Huo Huo appeared in the front row and offered ten million Gold Coins for the technique.
• Xiao Huo Huo used suction to pull the scroll into his hand and told Ya Fei he would add himself if ten million was not enough.
• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Huo Huo, dropped the scroll in surprise, then accepted his offer as Hai Bo Dong stopped the auction house guards.
• Yao Yue asked Yao Ye who Xiao Huo Huo was, while the auction hall remained stunned.

Ya Fei received Nalan Yanran, who sought news of Xiao Huo Huo to help her poisoned grandfather and asked whether Xiao Se might be the same person. Xiao Se listened from behind a screen as Nalan Yanran laid out the clues, leaving Ya Fei surprised by how close she had come to the truth.

• Xiao Se hid behind a screen when Nalan Yanran arrived to meet Ya Fei.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ya Fei to help find Xiao Huo Huo, explaining that her grandfather was being consumed by Luo Poison and that the Nalan Family would offer its treasures for his help.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ya Fei about Xiao Se, the young Xiao Clan genius who had reached the Dou Ling realm before age fifteen.
• Nalan Yanran explained that her teacher suspected Xiao Huo Huo had disguised his appearance at the Alchemist Grand Meeting and that his resemblance to Xiao Se, along with the timing of Xiao Se's rise, suggested they were the same person.
• Ya Fei realized Nalan Yanran had unknowingly pieced together Xiao Se's identity while Xiao Se listened from behind the screen.

Xiao Se reunited with Ya Fei in Gama Holy City, gave her a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame and an Earth Low Rank cultivation method, and became intimate with her. The chapter ended with Xiao Se asking Ya Fei to find out whether Xiao Yan was still in Wutan City because he had unfinished business with the Dou Venerate soul inside him.

• Nalan Yanran asked Ya Fei to notify her if she heard news of Xiao Se or Xiao Huo Huo, then left.
• Xiao Se emerged from behind a screen and went with Ya Fei to her room.
• Xiao Se gave Ya Fei a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame and the Earth Low Rank Phoenix Feather Wind Wind Art.
• Ya Fei chose to embrace and kiss Xiao Se, and they spent the day together.
• After Ya Fei woke, Xiao Se told her he was fickle, but she said she did not regret choosing him.
• Xiao Se asked Ya Fei to check whether Xiao Yan was in Wutan City and explained that he had an unfinished deal with the Dou Venerate soul inside him.

After learning that Xiao Yan had entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range and Yun Yun had gone there too, Xiao Se flew out to investigate. Xiao Yan encountered Yun Yun battling the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Yao Lao urged him to hide his identity and watch the clash.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Se that Xiao Yan had left Wutan City for the Demon Beast Mountain Range and Yun Yun had also departed the Yun Lan Sect.
• Xiao Se left Ya Fei and flew toward the Demon Beast Mountain Range after hearing Yun Yun's name.
• Xiao Yan fled a pack of demon beasts, and Yao Lao advised him to change his clothes and remove the Mysterious Heavy Ruler to avoid being recognized.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao heard the Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar, then headed toward the disturbance to watch a battle between Dou Huang-level experts.
• Xiao Yan watched Yun Yun fight the Amethyst Winged Lion King and vowed to grow stronger after recalling Nalan Yanran's humiliation.

Xiao Se saved Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then exchanged a Soul Fusion Pill for a scroll of ingredients with Yao Lao. He took the sealed Yun Yun to a valley to recover, where she recognized his name as Xiao Se of the Xiao Clan.

• Yun Yun struck the Amethyst Winged Lion King's horn, but its seal suppressed her Dou Qi and left her vulnerable to its attack.
• Xiao Se arrived, severed the beast's foreclaw, and forced it to retreat before carrying Yun Yun away.
• Xiao Se gave Yao Lao the Soul Fusion Pill and received a scroll of required materials in return.
• Xiao Se took Yun Yun to a wooden house in a small valley and told her the seal would take two or three days to break.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Se's name and realized he was the Xiao Se from the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Se gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal she needed and exchanged it for magic cores and Dou Techniques, then cooked for her after learning that her sealed Dou Qi had left her hungry. That night, Yun Yun found Xiao Se cultivating outside the hut and studied the young man she felt was strangely familiar.

• Xiao Se told Yun Yun that the Xiao Clan meant nothing to him, and Yun Yun introduced herself as Yun Zhi.
• Xiao Se gave Yun Yun a Purple Spirit Crystal he had taken from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, and she traded him two fifth-tier magic cores and two Mysterious High Rank Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Se warned Yun Yun about the old man who had watched their fight, and Yun Yun thanked him for saving her.
• Xiao Se cooked a meal for Yun Yun, who eagerly ate the spicy dishes after her sealed Dou Qi left her hungry.
• Xiao Se cultivated outside the hut that night, and Yun Yun came out to watch him, wondering why he seemed familiar.

Xiao Se revealed his identity to Yun Yun and explained why he had refused to become her disciple, telling her he wanted to know and cherish her instead. Yun Yun fell asleep beside him and woke to find him gone, with a Ring on her finger and a letter in her arms.

• Xiao Se draped his robe over Yun Yun and revealed that he was Xiao Huo Huo, the young man she had met before.
• Xiao Se and Yun Yun settled on a boulder to talk, and he explained that he had hidden his identity because he lacked the strength to protect himself.
• Xiao Se told Yun Yun he had refused her invitations because he wanted a relationship beyond master and disciple and wished to cherish her.
• Yun Yun fell asleep beside Xiao Se and later woke to find the boulder warm, a Ring on her left ring finger, and a letter in her arms, while Xiao Se had disappeared.

Yun Yun recovered her cultivation and left the valley after reading Xiao Se’s letter and receiving his gifts. Xiao Se married Long Kui there, and Hong Kui helped her temporarily regain a physical body so the newlyweds could consummate their marriage.

• Yun Yun read Xiao Se’s letter, swallowed the Breaking Calamity Pill, recovered her cultivation, and flew away from the valley.
• Xiao Se told Long Kui they would stay in the valley to prepare a wedding and fulfill his promise to marry her.
• Xiao Se arranged a wedding in Green Mountain Town, and he and Long Kui held a simple ceremony three days later.
• Long Kui worried that her Soul Body prevented her from consummating the marriage, and Xiao Se comforted her.
• Hong Kui explained that Long Kui could use their Ghost Power to condense a body for three days, then merged into her to restore her physical form.
• Long Kui joyfully embraced Xiao Se, and the two went to bed together.

Xiao Se used his monthly rewards to draw and exchange for several unusual items, including a White Tiger cub’s corpse, then flew with Long Kui toward the Tagor Desert. Seeing Xiao Se head that way, Yao Lao suspected he was seeking a Heavenly Flame and hurried Xiao Yan to follow, despite Xiao Yan not yet reaching Dou Shi.

• Xiao Se spent two days touring with Long Kui and tormenting Xiao Yan before Hong Kui and Lan Kui returned to Soul Bodies.
• Xiao Se checked his panel, installed a System Patch, and used his draws to obtain travel tickets and Zimu River Water.
• Xiao Se exchanged an inflatable doll for several corpses, including a White Tiger cub from Perfect World.
• Xiao Se finished dinner with Long Kui and flew with her toward the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Se passed Xiao Yan training under Yao Lao at a waterfall and continued on his way.
• Yao Lao noticed Xiao Se heading toward the Tagor Desert and ordered Xiao Yan to depart there at once to search for a Heavenly Flame.

After the Snake-People Race’s baptism revealed that Medusa was pregnant and no longer a virgin, she told the elders about Xiao Se. Xiao Se arrived at the Snake-People Holy City, where Mobas attacked him and was defeated with one punch before a snake-person approached to apologize.

• Medusa completed the secret baptism, rose from a two-star to a five-star Dou Zong, and the elders sensed a child within her and that she was no longer a virgin.
• Medusa admitted that the elders had discovered the truth and told them about Xiao Se.
• Xiao Se arrived at the Snake-People Holy City and caught and crushed a black arrow shot at him.
• Mobas accused Xiao Se of violating the Snake-People Race’s rules and attacked him despite a woman ordering him to stop.
• Xiao Se broke Mobas's bones with a single punch and sent him crashing into a stone wall.
• A snake-person pushed through the crowd, apologized for Mobas, and addressed Xiao Se as Lord Xiao Se.

Xiao Se visited the Snake-People Race and declared that he had come to marry Medusa. When the Second Elder challenged him over Mobas and Die, Medusa intervened to suppress her.

• Yue Er recognized Xiao Se as the human who had saved her years earlier and led him to Medusa, telling him that Die had entered seclusion.
• Xiao Se entered Medusa's bamboo house, where the four elders tested him with a combined attack that his golden Heavenly Flame dispersed.
• The Great Elder introduced the elders, and Xiao Se greeted them before saying that he intended to marry Medusa.
• Xiao Se explained that he had injured Mobas in self-defense and threatened anyone who harmed Die.
• The Second Elder attacked Xiao Se, but Medusa released her Dou Zong aura and immobilized her.

Xiao Se defended Die against the Second Elder’s hostility, then agreed with the Great Elder to marry Medusa and refine a Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill for her unborn child. The wedding was set for when Die emerged from seclusion, and Medusa explained why the elders had been trying to drive her younger sister from the Snake-People Race.

• Medusa forced the Second Elder to the ground and warned her against defying the Queen’s orders, while the Great Elder ordered the Second Elder to stop harmful rumors about Die.
• Xiao Se told the elders he knew about the child in Medusa’s body and was gathering materials to refine a Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill, delighting the Great Elder and the other elders.
• Xiao Se agreed to marry Medusa, and the Great Elder set their wedding date for when Die emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Se pulled Medusa into his arms despite her protest, and the two left the bamboo hut hand in hand.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Se for defending Die and explained that the Second Elder had secretly spread rumors to drive Die out of the Snake-People Race.

Medusa confronted Xiao Se about his recent absence and learned he had visited Ya Fei, then kicked him out of her room after he admitted to having more women. Xiao Se decided to visit Li Hanyi and other acquaintances, while Yue Er’s feelings for him went unanswered.

• Xiao Se told Medusa that Mobas had secretly resented Die, and Medusa teased him about being jealous of Mobas.
• Medusa questioned Xiao Se about his month away, and he claimed he had gone to obtain the Poison Pill Method before she challenged him about visiting Ya Fei.
• Medusa kicked Xiao Se out of her room, and Long Kui reminded him that he had more than ten women, including Li Hanyi.
• Xiao Se decided to visit Li Hanyi, Huaizhu, and Dong Er, then declined Yue Er’s offer of a room and flew away to enter seclusion.
• Yue Er watched Xiao Se leave and realized her feelings for him were unrequited.

Azure-Robed Xiao Se and Lei Wujie reached Snow Moon City, where they encountered a youth who looked just like Azure-Robed Xiao Se. A scholar joined them and revealed that another youth named Xiao Se had once defeated the Snow Moon Sword Immortal, leaving the mystery of the lookalike unresolved.

• Azure-Robed Xiao Se and Lei Wujie arrived at Snow Moon City after losing their way for nearly three months.
• Lei Wujie spotted a black-robed youth who looked almost exactly like Azure-Robed Xiao Se, and Azure-Robed Xiao Se sensed that the youth was exceptionally dangerous.
• Azure-Robed Xiao Se recognized the sword tattoo on the youth's hand as a possible mark of the Snow Moon Sword and explained the sword's history to Lei Wujie.
• A scholar carrying a peachwood sword joined Azure-Robed Xiao Se and Lei Wujie and said that a youth named Xiao Se had once severed Li Hanyi's Listening Rain Sword and replaced it with the Snow Moon Sword.

Xiao Se and Long Kui arrived in Snow Moon City and discovered that the story’s Xiao Se looked exactly like Xiao Se. Xiao Se met Si Kong Changfeng and Si Kong Qianluo, said he had come to fulfill a promise to Li Hanyi, and watched as the other Xiao Se arrived with Li Fansong and Fei Xuan.

• Xiao Se and Long Kui observed the blue-robed Xiao Se and his companions, and Long Kui noted that he had hidden injuries and many severed meridians.
• Li Fansong told Lei Wujie that Xiao Se resembled a mysterious senior who had defeated Li Hanyi, while Lei Wujie recalled seeing another youth who looked just like Xiao Se.
• Lei Wujie ran off to challenge the Ascension Tower, and the blue-robed Xiao Se set out with Li Fansong and Fei Xuan to watch and ask for a fortune reading.
• Xiao Se told Si Kong Changfeng that he had come to see Li Hanyi and fulfill a promise, then clarified to Si Kong Qianluo that he was not the Xiao Se she knew.
• As Lei Wujie challenged the Ascension Tower, Xiao Se told Si Kong Qianluo and Si Kong Changfeng that the other Xiao Se had arrived with Li Fansong, Fei Xuan, and a donkey.

At a Snow Moon City tavern, Xiao Chuhe and his companions met Xiao Se, an immortal-looking martial artist who shared Xiao Chuhe’s name and appearance. As Xiao Se’s age and legendary strength astonished the group, Lei Wujie returned after clearing Ascension Tower’s twelfth floor.

• Si Kong Qianluo, Li Fansong, and Fei Xuan were shocked by how closely Xiao Se and Xiao Chuhe resembled each other.
• Li Fansong recognized Xiao Se as the senior who had severed Li Hanyi’s Listening Rain Sword, and he introduced himself and Fei Xuan.
• Xiao Chuhe and Li Fansong explained Xiao Se’s connection to the Spirit Wandering Mysterious Realm and his past duel with Li Hanyi.
• Xiao Se said he was thirty-four, leaving Si Kong Qianluo, Li Fansong, Fei Xuan, and Xiao Chuhe astonished by his youthful appearance.
• Xiao Chuhe realized Xiao Se might be able to cure his hidden ailment, while a crowd announced that Lei Wujie had cleared Ascension Tower’s twelfth floor.
• Lei Wujie spotted Xiao Chuhe and the others, hurried back to the tavern, and drank from Xiao Chuhe’s cup.