Chapter Summaries

After an awkward morning with Hong Kui, Xiao Se broke through to five-star Dou Zhe and went to the Mittel Auction, where Xiao Ning summoned him to a Xiao Clan meeting. At the meeting, Xiao Se saw the dispirited Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning reluctantly take the seat beside his grandfather rather than sit near Xiao Xun'er.

• Xiao Se woke with Hong Kui beside him, learned that something intimate had happened while he was unconscious, and felt embarrassed when she explained what he had done.
• Xiao Se cultivated with a drop of Nurturing Spirit Liquid and broke through to five-star Dou Zhe after more than a month of effort.
• Hong Kui returned to the Demon Sword Tattoo, and Xiao Se left for Mittel Auction to collect the Nurturing Spirit Liquid he had sold.
• Xiao Ning found Xiao Se and brought him to a clan meeting called by Xiao Zhan and the three elders.
• Xiao Se saw Xiao Yan sitting dejectedly in a corner while Xiao Xun'er watched him, and Xiao Ning accepted the seat beside his grandfather instead of the empty seat beside Xun'er.

At the Xiao Clan meeting, Xiao Ba and the Elders called for Xiao Yan to lose his Young Clan Leader position because his Dou Qi had fallen and the clan’s resources could be better spent elsewhere. Xiao Yan refused to surrender the position, and the meeting ended in a tense confrontation.

• Xiao Se sat beside Xun Er, provoking jealousy from Xiao Yan and other Xiao Clan youths.
• Xiao Ba proposed stripping Xiao Yan of his Young Clan Leader position, and the Elders and several clan members supported him.
• Xiao Ba argued that Xiao Yan’s dwindling Dou Qi made the resources he received a waste for the clan.
• Xiao Yan said he would give up the resources but would not agree to lose his position.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Elders for having spoken against him only after his cultivation talent disappeared.

Xiao Se watched Xiao Yan lose his position as Young Clan Leader, then denied humming a familiar tune when Xun'er questioned him. He disguised himself and went to the Mittel Auction, where the appraiser recognized him as Master Pu.

• Long Kui woke and asked Xiao Se about the noise, and Xiao Se quietly sang her a song that Xun'er overheard.
• The Great Elder stripped Xiao Yan of his Young Clan Leader position, reduced his resources and allowance, and demoted him to an ordinary disciple.
• Xiao Yan left the Council Hall in anger, while Xun'er stayed behind to remind Xiao Se the meeting had ended.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Se about the tune he had hummed, but he denied singing and left without answering her.
• Xiao Se checked that no one was following him, disguised himself in a black robe, and entered the Mittel Auction.
• The appraiser recognized Xiao Se as Master Pu and led him toward the VIP room.

Xiao Se collected his auction proceeds from Ya Fei and prepared to leave Wutan City in a few days. On his way back to cultivate, he encountered Xiao Yan and sensed a powerful sweep of Soul Power, prompting him to conceal his presence.

• Xiao Se collected the proceeds from his auction, returned the three Low-Level Mysterious Dou Skills to Ya Fei, and gave her ten more bottles of Nurturing Spirit Liquid to auction.
• Xiao Se asked Ya Fei to prepare medicinal ingredients and wilderness survival tools, then left the Mittel Auction; Ya Fei later had Gu Ni verify the liquid was genuine.
• Xiao Se wandered through Wutan City, told Long Kui he was excited to leave the Xiao Clan soon, and bought two Half-face Masks.
• Xiao Se encountered Xiao Yan on the path to the back mountain and concealed his cultivation and Soul Power when he sensed a powerful sweep of Soul Power.

Xiao Se concealed his power from Yao Lao, then used his monthly System exchange on an egg and accidentally sent Yu Xiaogang a painful surprise. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang screaming in his dormitory, waking Notting Academy.

• Long Kui told Xiao Se that a weak Soul Body inside Xiao Yan's ring had examined him, but its Soul Imprint prevented her from learning more.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Se leave and lamented that his lack of strength had cost him Mei Er and seemed to draw Xun Er closer to Xiao Se.
• Yao Lao briefly awakened inside Xiao Yan's ring, sensed Xiao Se's keen Soul Power, and fell back into slumber without discovering its source.
• Xiao Se stopped cultivating and went to bed with Long Kui, who wondered why Hong Kui had stayed away that day.
• Xiao Se used his monthly System exchange on an egg and received Yu Xiaogang's "draft plaything" from Soul Land.
• Yu Xiaogang suffered sudden agony in his lower body, broke an egg beneath him, and screamed loudly enough to wake Notting Academy.

Xiao Se spent the morning with Long Kui before heading to the Mittel Auction, where his Nurturing Spirit Liquid was about to be sold. Xiao Ning brought him into the auction as a guest, unaware that Xiao Se already knew about the item.

• Xiao Se shared breakfast with Long Kui, reassured her that he would not let anyone marry her, and promised to stay by her side.
• Long Kui asked about a missing egg, and Xiao Se claimed he had roasted and eaten it the previous night.
• Xiao Se left the cave after practicing his Dou Technique and headed to the Mittel Auction, planning to leave Wutan City in three days.
• Xiao Ning invited Xiao Se to use an extra Xiao Clan spot at the auction and took him along with the clan members.
• At the auction, Xiao Ning explained the Nurturing Spirit Liquid's effects while Xiao Se pretended not to know what it was.

At the auction, Xiao Se ignored Ya Fei and watched the Nurturing Spirit Liquid sell for enormous sums. Xiao Ning exposed the sword tattoo on Xiao Se’s wrist, and Ya Fei recognized it as the mark of Master Pu.

• Xiao Se told Xiao Ning that the Xiao Clan’s youths should focus on cultivating rather than pursuing Nurturing Spirit Liquid they could not use.
• Xiao Se spotted Ga Lie Ao among the invited guests and exchanged a cold look with him.
• Ya Fei opened the auction by presenting ten bottles of Nurturing Spirit Liquid, which sold quickly, with flawless bottles fetching nearly a hundred thousand.
• Xiao Ning complained about the later auction items, then grabbed Xiao Se’s hand and exposed the sword-shaped tattoo on his wrist.
• Ya Fei saw the tattoo and suspected Xiao Se was Master Pu, while Xiao Se realized she might have recognized it when he gave her his gold card.

After the auction made Xiao Se a fortune, he returned in disguise to collect his earnings and supplies from Ya Fei. He revealed that he knew she had guessed his identity, leaving Ya Fei to ask what she should call him.

• Xiao Se left the Auction House after the Nurturing Spirit Liquid sold for more than seven hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Xiao Se changed into a black robe and returned to the Auction House, where a maid led him to Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Se a gold card with the auction proceeds and arranged for his medicinal ingredients, outdoor supplies, and a special black robe to be delivered.
• Xiao Se noticed Ya Fei watching his hands and questioned her about the prepared gifts.
• Xiao Se dropped his hoarse voice and revealed his youthful face, telling Ya Fei he knew she had guessed his identity.
• Ya Fei asked whether she should call him Grandmaster Pu or Little Brother Xiao Se, and Xiao Se asked what she thought.

Xiao Se left Wutan City to train in the Demon Beast Mountain Range and head toward the Tagor Desert, pursuing opportunities to grow stronger. He camped in the woods with Long Kui, then told her not to help him unless he faced certain death.

• Xiao Se told Ya Fei he planned to leave Wutan City and advised her to gain control of the Mittel Family rather than let it control her.
• Xiao Se and Ya Fei said goodbye, and he said he might return in one, two, or three years.
• Three days later, Xiao Se left a letter in his room at the Xiao Clan and departed Wutan City with the Demon Sword weighing him down.
• After three days of travel, Xiao Se camped in the woods and told Long Kui they were heading through the Demon Beast Mountain Range toward the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Se refused Long Kui's offer of help and ordered her and Xiao Hong not to assist unless he faced certain death.

Xiao Se entered Green Mountain Town to buy Huang Lian Essence and discovered that Little Fairy Doctor was joining a herb-gathering expedition. He proved his strength to claim the expedition’s final mercenary slot, hoping to find a cliff from the original novel and befriend Little Fairy Doctor.

• Xiao Se bought Huang Lian Essence at the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion and learned that its Herb Gathering Team would soon enter the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Se saw Little Fairy Doctor leave the shop and learned from the clerk that the expedition was recruiting mercenaries at the town gate.
• The middle-aged recruiter announced that Little Fairy Doctor would accompany the expedition, drawing a crowd of mercenaries competing for fifty slots.
• Xiao Se reached the final slot, ignored the mercenaries’ insults, and broke a thick tree with his Sky Rending Leg to prove his strength.
• The middle-aged man accepted Xiao Se into the Herb Gathering Team and gave him an advance payment of two hundred and fifty Gold Coins.

Xiao Se left the Herb Gathering Team to investigate a cave beneath a cliff and found the Purification Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map and two Dou Skills inside. Little Fairy Doctor followed him down the cliff, and Xiao Se caught her when she fell, leaving them suspended together above the ravine.

• Xiao Se drove off a Scorpion Tail Demon Wolf that attacked the Herb Gathering Team, then slipped away during a rest stop.
• Long Kui located a cave beneath a cliff, and Xiao Se descended by rope while Little Fairy Doctor discovered his tracks and followed him.
• Xiao Se defeated an ambushing Rock Snake with Beast Flame and entered the cave.
• Xiao Se opened the stone door, took the Purification Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map, and retrieved the Dou Skills Wings of the Eagle and Mad Lion's Roar.
• Little Fairy Doctor lost her grip on the rope, and Xiao Se caught her and grabbed the rope, leaving them clinging to the cliff face.

Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor explored the cave together and divided its treasures. Little Fairy Doctor left with the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and herbs, while Xiao Se remained in the Demon Beast Mountain Range to cultivate.

• Xiao Se pulled Little Fairy Doctor into the cave and lit it with torches.
• Little Fairy Doctor found the herb garden, and Xiao Se revealed that he had taken the contents of two stone boxes.
• Xiao Se opened the last box and gave Little Fairy Doctor the Seven-Colored Poison Classic.
• Xiao Se took the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, several herbs, and the Gold Coins, while Little Fairy Doctor gathered the remaining herbs.
• Little Fairy Doctor planned to return to the Herb Gathering Team, and Xiao Se warned her to keep the cave and its treasures secret.
• Little Fairy Doctor wished Xiao Se well, and they shook hands before parting.

Xiao Se used his refreshed exchange attempt to trade a flame for ten levels of Dai Mubai’s soul power. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai prepared to show Oscar around, but the exchange triggered a sudden surge of evil fire that left him burning and disoriented.

• Little Fairy Doctor returned to her group, and Xiao Se explained the Calamity Poison Body to Long Kui.
• Xiao Se exchanged his bluish-white flame and received ten levels of Dai Mubai’s soul power.
• Flander congratulated Dai Mubai on reaching level thirty and planned to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest for a Third Soul Ring.
• Flander sent Ma Hongjun with him to Soto City, while Dai Mubai agreed to show Oscar around and arrange a dormitory.
• Dai Mubai opened a thatched hut for Oscar, then staggered as his body turned crimson and his evil fire surged.

Dai Mubai knocked Oscar unconscious while under the effects of Xiao Se’s exchanged flames, and Xiao Se used the resulting Soul Power to strengthen himself. After cultivating the energy, Xiao Se learned Purple Cloud Wings and prepared to grow stronger.

• Dai Mubai stopped Oscar from leaving, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away while Xiao Se’s exchanged flames made him feverish.
• Xiao Se received ten levels of Soul Power from the System and consumed the energy as a pill.
• Xiao Se refined the pill, reached Fighter Seven Stars, and grew taller while Long Kui watched over him.
• Xiao Se began cultivating Purple Cloud Wings, defeated the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle’s remnant soul, and formed two wing tattoos on his back.

After three months of training in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Se fought a powerful Blood Ring Snake over a Blood Lotus Fruit and recovered from the battle. The fight helped him break through to Nine-Star Dou Zhe, and he prepared to harvest the fruit as faint voices approached.

• Xiao Se spent three months honing his combat skills, advancing to Eight-Star Dou Zhe, improving his alchemy, and exchanging for Guiguzi's Vertical and Horizontal Sword Technique.
• Xiao Se lured the Blood Ring Snake into a trap and killed it with Crimson Flame Sword. Breaking Point after a difficult fight for the Blood Lotus Fruit.
• Xiao Se told Long Kui that he avoided using the Demon Sword because he wanted to temper his own abilities, then rested while Long Kui guarded him and the unripe fruit.
• Xiao Se used Nurturing Spirit Liquid and broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zhe, crediting the battle with the Blood Ring Snake for giving him the opportunity.
• Xiao Se prepared to pick the Blood Lotus Fruit, but faint voices drifted toward him from below the cliff.

Xiao Se infiltrated the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion and reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, who had been targeted after rumors spread about her discovery of a cave’s treasures. After learning how Mu Li exposed her, Xiao Se prepared to leave Green Mountain Town with her.

• Xiao Se heard that Little Fairy Doctor was in danger and decided to rescue her, with Long Kui encouraging him.
• Xiao Se entered Green Mountain Town and sneaked into the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion without alerting its guards.
• Xiao Se evaded the guards and entered Little Fairy Doctor’s room, where she initially attacked him with a knockout drug.
• Little Fairy Doctor recognized Xiao Se and explained that Mu Li had bribed her maid and spread rumors about her cave discovery.
• Little Fairy Doctor admitted she had been waiting for Xiao Se, and he told her they would leave.

Xiao Se helped Little Fairy Doctor escape Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion by defeating the guards who tried to stop them. At the estate exit, Little Fairy Doctor revealed that she had poisoned Mister Yao, forcing him to confront the threat to his life.

• Little Fairy Doctor told Xiao Se that she had poisoned Mister Yao with a slow-acting toxin after he demanded the Profound Rank Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Se crippled the two guards blocking their way with his Sky Rending Leg, then defeated more than a dozen guards who rushed to stop them.
• Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor left the pavilion without the remaining guards daring to interfere.
• Mister Yao ordered the guards to capture Little Fairy Doctor, but they refused to act after seeing Xiao Se's attacks.
• Little Fairy Doctor showed Mister Yao the bruise caused by her poison and warned that it would reach his heart within a month unless he cut off his arm.

Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor escaped Mister Yao, then set out for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to avenge her framing. As they traveled there, Mu She learned that the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion had been wiped out.

• Little Fairy Doctor summoned Xiao Lan, and Xiao Se used a rigged pill to incapacitate Mister Yao and leave him at the mercy of his guards.
• Xiao Se offered Little Fairy Doctor a place to settle in an isolated valley and proposed attacking the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, whose leader Mu She had framed her.
• Little Fairy Doctor agreed to use poison against the mercenaries, and Xiao Se gave her two Zhuge Divine Crossbows and taught her how to use them.
• At the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters, Mu She, Gan Mu, and Hao Meng were enjoying a feast when a young man rushed in and reported that the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion had been wiped out.

After learning that the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion had been crippled, Mu She planned to exploit its weakness and unite Green Mountain Town, but Xiao Se arrived alone to demand Mu Li. Xiao Se killed Hao Meng with one sword strike, leaving Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group facing him.

• Mu Li told Mu She that Little Fairy Doctor and a mysterious youth had crippled the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion and might seek revenge.
• Mu She dismissed the threat and planned to annex the weakened pavilion and seize control of Green Mountain Town.
• A mercenary reported that the youth had entered the compound alone, and Mu She led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to confront him.
• Xiao Se introduced himself as Xiao Huo Huo and demanded that Mu Li be handed over so he could punish him for offending Little Fairy Doctor.
• Hao Meng charged Xiao Se, who cut off Hao Meng's head with a single sword strike.

Xiao Se fought the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after killing Hao Meng, while Little Fairy Doctor supported him from the sky. Mu She survived the ambush and poison, then clashed evenly with Xiao Se as their duel continued.

• Xiao Se killed Hao Meng with a single strike, and Mu She urged the mercenaries to attack while blaming the purple Long Sword for Hao Meng's death.
• Little Fairy Doctor fired bolts from the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, killing Gan Mu and forcing Mu She to rally the fleeing mercenaries.
• Blue Eagle scattered poisonous powder across the courtyard, incapacitating the mercenaries while Mu She suppressed its effects and pursued Xiao Se.
• Mu She and Xiao Se exchanged blows with their Guan Sword and Demon Sword, and their first clash ended in a draw.
• Mu She and Xiao Se continued fighting, and Mu She noticed that Xiao Se's sword techniques were growing fiercer.