Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se defeated and killed Mu She with a flame-infused Dou Skill, while Little Fairy Doctor dealt with Mu Li. They left Green Mountain Town together and flew toward the Demon Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Se planned to wait near the Amethyst Winged Lion King Cave.

• Mu She used Dou Qi Transformation Gauze and Wind Blade Dance, but Xiao Se countered with a flame-covered Mad Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Se's flaming energy lion destroyed Mu She's blade net, struck him through the courtyard wall, and killed him.
• Xiao Se pinned Mu Li with poisoned steel needles and left him to Little Fairy Doctor while he confirmed Mu She's death and took a Jade Card containing one hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Little Fairy Doctor poisoned the crippled Mu Li, and Xiao Se wondered whether she had awakened the Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor rode Blue Eagle toward the Demon Beast Mountain Range as news of Mu She and Mu Li's deaths spread through Green Mountain Town.

Xiao Se brought Little Fairy Doctor to a hidden valley rich in herbs, where they planned to stay while he cultivated and she studied the Seven-Colored Poison Classic. The next day, Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body awakened, and Xiao Se waited nearby as he wondered whether he could help her control it.

• Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor descended into a concealed valley filled with medicinal herbs and abundant natural energy.
• Xiao Se said he would cultivate in the valley while Little Fairy Doctor studied the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and gathered herbs carefully.
• Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor spent the evening talking, and Xiao Se later discussed her with Long Kui before cultivating and refining medicine through the night.
• Xiao Se built a wooden house with two bedrooms and a living room while Little Fairy Doctor continued sleeping in the tent.
• Xiao Se found poisonous smoke filling the tent and saw seven-colored light shining from Little Fairy Doctor’s face as her Calamity Poison Body awakened.

Xiao Se comforted the Little Fairy Doctor after witnessing her Calamity Poison Body awaken, and reassured her that he was not afraid of her. Their growing closeness left her flustered, while Xiao Se departed to gather herbs and said the condition could still be cured.

• Xiao Se considered three possible ways to resolve the Little Fairy Doctor's Calamity Poison Body and felt guilty that it had awakened early.
• The Little Fairy Doctor woke in tears, and Xiao Se comforted her and assured her he had not touched her while she was unconscious.
• Xiao Se embraced the Little Fairy Doctor and told her that using poison did not make her evil as long as she kept her conscience clear.
• Xiao Se showed the Little Fairy Doctor the wooden house, teased her about being more than friends, and left to gather medicinal herbs while promising that her condition could be cured.
• The Little Fairy Doctor prepared lunch, and she and Xiao Se laughed together as she served him rice soup.

Xiao Se explained three possible cures for Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body and exchanged a beef rib for the Vast Sea Universe Cover. In the Soul Land world, Xue Beng entered the imperial treasury while the national treasure had already vanished.

• Xiao Se described the Poison Poison Fruit, soul bones, and Poison Pill Method as possible ways to cure Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body, and promised to help her find a solution.
• Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor settled into peaceful days in the valley as she studied the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Xiao Se used his refreshed exchange opportunity on a beef rib and received the ownerless Vast Sea Universe Cover.
• Xue Beng used Emperor Xue Ye’s token to enter the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace treasury with his companion and took an expensive necklace.
• The Vast Sea Universe Cover had disappeared from the treasury and turned into a beef rib, leaving only a rotten bone in its brocade box.

Xiao Se bonded with the Vast Sea Universe Cover and set out to plunder the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave for treasure. After leaving Little Fairy Doctor behind and reaching the cave, he summoned Hong Kui to help him enter under the cover's concealment.

• Xiao Se bonded with the Vast Sea Universe Cover, learned its skills, and invited Long Kui to steal treasure with him.
• Xiao Se treated Little Fairy Doctor's burned hands at breakfast and told her he would search for something to help him break through to Dou Master.
• Xiao Se flew to the inner Demon Beast Mountain Range and concealed his presence near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.
• Xiao Se activated the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover and summoned Hong Kui, who embraced him before they went to plunder the cave.

Xiao Se and Hong Kui secretly entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave to obtain the Amethyst Accompanying Source. After taking the Purple Spirit Crystal and collecting the source, they left the enraged Lion King rushing toward them.

• Xiao Se decided to avoid fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Hong Kui carried him past the cave guards while the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover concealed them.
• Xiao Se found the Amethyst Accompanying Source but explained that he needed a Purple Spirit Crystal to open it.
• Xiao Se tossed a drugged Purple Smoke Fruit near the Lion King's cub, but Hong Kui knocked the cub unconscious with a red beam before it could eat the fruit.
• Xiao Se found the Purple Spirit Crystal hidden beneath a slab beside the cub and took it back to the Amethyst Accompanying Source.
• Xiao Se used the Purple Spirit Crystal to crack open the source and filled eight Jade Bottles with its purple liquid.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered its unconscious cub and missing crystal, realized the Amethyst Accompanying Source was in danger, and raced toward it.

Xiao Se stole the Amethyst Accompanying Source and a Purple Flame seed from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, then returned to find that Little Fairy Doctor had left him a farewell letter. A month later, after refining the Purple Flame seed, he prepared to break through to Dou Shi.

• Xiao Se blamed Xiao Yan for the theft by drawing his portrait on the amethyst platform, while he and Hong Kui escaped the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave undetected with the Amethyst Accompanying Source and a bottle of Purple Flame.
• Xiao Se returned to the valley and found Little Fairy Doctor gone, along with a letter explaining that she had left to pursue poison and avoid burdening him with her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Se read Little Fairy Doctor's letter and resolved to grow stronger so he could revive Long Kui and help Little Fairy Doctor resolve her Calamity Poison Body.
• One month later, Xiao Se successfully refined the Purple Flame seed and felt the energy of heaven and earth surge toward him as he approached a breakthrough to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Se spread his Purple Cloud Wings and flew down into the valley to attempt the breakthrough where the energy was denser.

Xiao Se cultivated in the valley and broke through to One-Star Dou Shi, then tested his enhanced strength and shattered a boulder. After the System installed a patch that added X-Ray Vision, Xiao Se decided to keep the ability secret.

• Xiao Se absorbed the valley’s natural energy until his Dou Qi Cyclone filled with liquid droplets and he broke through to Dou Shi.
• The System rewarded Xiao Se with a patch, and Long Kui congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Xiao Se tested his new Dou Shi strength by using Exploding Fist to shatter a huge boulder.
• Xiao Se told Long Kui that he would let the Purple Flame seed grow stronger before devouring it.
• The System finished installing the patch and added X-Ray Vision, which Xiao Se used before resolving to keep it secret.

Xiao Se left the Demon Beast Mountain Range after advancing to a two-star Dou Master, while the System’s exchange caused Xun Er’s underwear to turn into parchment. He reached Black Rock City and planned to visit the Alchemist Guild before traveling to the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Se nurtured and devoured the Purple Flame, raising the Burning Art to the High Huang Class and advancing to a two-star Dou Master.
• The System exchanged Xiao Se’s map for Gu Xun'er’s Little Moon Underwear, which later became parchment against Xun Er’s chest.
• Xun Er asked Ling Ying about Xiao Yan and Xiao Se, then learned that Xiao Se had left Wutan City for the eastern Demon Beast Mountain Range months earlier.
• Xiao Se left the Demon Beast Mountain Range, reached Black Rock City, and decided to take the Second-Rank Alchemist test to help find materials needed to devour a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Se went to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild to take the alchemist examination, using his ability to condense Solid Flame to enter without a recommendation. He registered under the false age of sixteen and the invented teacher Luo Lao, then entered the testing room.

• Xiao Se showed the guild guards his purple-blue Beast Flame, convincing them to let him enter without a teacher's recommendation.
• Otto and his disciple Lin Fei arrived, and Lin Fei dismissed the guards' claim that Xiao Se could condense Solid Flame.
• Otto told Lin Fei not to judge Xiao Se by his appearance and entered the guild.
• Xiao Se told the registrar Bo Duo that he was sixteen and had studied under Luo Lao, then persuaded her to accept the registration without a teacher's name.
• Bo Duo gave Xiao Se an examination number and led him into the testing room.

Xiao Se took the First-Rank Alchemist examination in Black Rock City and impressed the guild’s leaders with his precise technique. The examination ended with Otto and Fokland declaring his Qi Enhancing Powder flawless, leaving the hall stunned.

• Otto defended Xiao Se after Lin Fei accused him of impersonating a Fourth-Rank Alchemist, and Fokland learned Xiao Se was sixteen and could condense Solid Flame.
• Fokland announced the First-Rank Alchemist examination, and Xiao Se began refining Qi Enhancing Powder while the guild leaders watched his skillful process.
• Otto and Fokland inspected the examinees’ pills and found that the first five had failed.
• Otto and Fokland examined Xiao Se’s pill and announced that his Qi Enhancing Powder was flawless, shocking the hall and Lin Fei.

Xiao Se passed the First-Rank Alchemist assessment by refining a flawless Qi Enhancing Powder, then revealed he was a Dou Shi and began the Second-Rank assessment. After he displayed a powerful Purple-Cyan Beast Flame and completed a Bone Growing Pill, Otto, Fokland, and Lin Fei watched in shock.

• Fokland confirmed Xiao Se had passed and awarded him the title of First-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Se asked to take the Second-Rank assessment and demonstrated Dou Shi-level cultivation by forming Dou Qi Transformation Gauze.
• Fokland led Xiao Se to another hall, where he began an assessment to refine a Bone Growing Pill.
• Xiao Se revealed his Purple-Cyan Flame, which Otto and Fokland identified as a powerful Beast Flame.
• Xiao Se completed the Bone Growing Pill while Otto, Fokland, and Lin Fei watched.

Xiao Se passed the Second-Rank Alchemist assessment and received the guild’s robes, but declined an offer to join the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild. In a private meeting, Fokland and Otto questioned him about his age and unusual flame.

• Xiao Se presented Otto and Fokland with a flawless Bone Growing Pill, and they urged him to join their guild, with Fokland even suggesting he pursue Lin Fei.
• Xiao Se declined the offer because he had to complete a training mission for his teacher, Luo Lao, whom he said was waiting in the Tagor Desert.
• Fokland gave Xiao Se the robes of a Second-Rank Alchemist, and Lin Fei watched him admiringly as the assessment ended.
• Xiao Se joined Fokland and Otto in a study and offered to answer their questions within his limits.
• Fokland challenged Xiao Se’s claim that he was sixteen and asked why his flame surpassed ordinary Beast Flame.

Xiao Se asked Fokland and Otto to help him find a third-tier demon core, Na Ling, and Ice Cold Spring. Fokland gave him a piece of Na Ling in exchange for Xiao Se representing the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild at the upcoming Alchemist Grand Meeting, while Otto pointed him toward someone who might have Ice Cold Spring.

• Xiao Se told Fokland and Otto that his Purple Flame came from the Beast Flame of the Amethyst Winged Lion King and asked them to find three rare items.
• Fokland offered Xiao Se his piece of Na Ling, provided Xiao Se agreed to represent the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild at the Alchemist Grand Meeting in one year and two months.
• Xiao Se agreed to compete and asked Fokland and Otto to conceal his identity; they accepted his condition.
• Fokland gave Xiao Se the Na Ling and promised to send him a third-tier demon core the next day, though he could not help with Ice Cold Spring.
• Otto said he knew someone who might have Ice Cold Spring and warned Xiao Se that the person would likely fleece him.

Xiao Se visited Gu Te with Otto to trade Amethyst Accompanying Source for Ice Cold Spring. After evading Gu Te’s traps and bargaining, Xiao Se acquired the spring and left with Otto.

• Otto brought Xiao Se to Gu Te’s residence and warned him about the old alchemist’s traps and costly treasures.
• Xiao Se used X-Ray Vision to avoid the traps while Otto fell into a pit filled with foul water.
• Xiao Se offered Gu Te Amethyst Accompanying Source in exchange for Ice Cold Spring, and Gu Te reluctantly admitted he had it.
• Gu Te tried to take the bottle, but Xiao Se dodged him and insisted on seeing the Ice Cold Spring before trading.
• Gu Te exchanged Ice Cold Spring for Amethyst Accompanying Source, and Xiao Se left the building to find Otto, who had climbed out of the pit.

Xiao Se received third-tier Magic Cores from Otto and Fokland, then used Long Kui’s power to refine a Fifth-Rank Blood Lotus Pill during his journey to Mo City. After spotting an isolated building on the city’s southern edge, he decided to disembark early.

• Xiao Se met Otto, Fokland, Lin Fei, and Fokland’s disciple Xue Mei at the flying transport plaza, where Fokland gave him two third-tier Magic Cores.
• Xiao Se boarded a flying beast bound for Mo City and asked Long Kui to help him refine a Fifth-Rank Blood Lotus Pill.
• Long Kui possessed Xiao Se, raising his strength to the Dou Emperor level and his Soul Power to that of a sixth-rank alchemist.
• Xiao Se refined the Blood Lotus Pill twice, with his second attempt producing a higher-quality pill.
• Xiao Se spotted an isolated building on Mo City’s southern edge, suspected it might be Hai Bo Dong’s shop, and chose to get off early.

Xiao Se found Hai Bo Dong’s Ancient Map Shop and tried to buy the Purification Lotus Demon Fire remnant map, but their negotiations turned hostile when Xiao Se revealed he knew Hai Bo Dong’s strength had been sealed. Hai Bo Dong confronted him, and the chapter ended with both men poised for a clash.

• Xiao Se flew to the Ancient Map Shop and recognized Hai Bo Dong as the old man drawing maps.
• Long Kui warned Xiao Se that Hai Bo Dong was a Dou Huang expert whose strength had been suppressed to the Dou Ling level.
• Xiao Se found the matching half of the remnant map and asked Hai Bo Dong to sell it along with a map of the Tagor Desert.
• Hai Bo Dong refused to sell the remnant map, despite Xiao Se offering a high price.
• Xiao Se provoked Hai Bo Dong by pointing out that his life was nearing its end, and Hai Bo Dong froze the floor and demanded to know who Xiao Se was.
• Xiao Se resisted Hai Bo Dong’s frost with purple-cyan flames and offered to trade, but Hai Bo Dong angrily asked if Xiao Se thought he had him cornered.

Xiao Se fought Hai Bo Dong to keep the fragmentary map, trading fire and ice techniques in the air above the Ancient Map Shop. Hai Bo Dong caught Xiao Se off guard and struck him from behind, sending him crashing to the ground.

• Xiao Se refused to return the fragmentary map, and Hai Bo Dong attacked him with an ice spike.
• Xiao Se retreated outside and flew into the sky with his Purple Cloud Wings as Hai Bo Dong pursued him.
• Xiao Se launched sixteen flaming swords with Crimson Flame Sword, but Hai Bo Dong blocked them with an ice wall and halberd.
• Hai Bo Dong formed an ice dragon with Mystic Ice Dragon Flight, and Xiao Se countered with Mad Lion's Roar, causing both attacks to cancel in a cloud of mist.
• Hai Bo Dong appeared behind Xiao Se and brought down his Ice Halberd; Xiao Se blocked with the Demon Sword but was hurled to the ground.

Xiao Se used Hong Kui’s possession to defeat Hai Bo Dong, then recovered the hidden half of the fragment map. He offered to refine the pill needed to remove Hai Bo Dong’s seal in exchange for information about the Tagor Desert, leaving Hai Bo Dong to consider the deal.

• Xiao Se let Hong Kui possess him, and she knocked Hai Bo Dong unconscious with a swift attack.
• Xiao Se brought Hai Bo Dong to his secret chamber, set his broken bones, and refined a Bone Renewal Pill for him.
• Xiao Se revealed that he had found the other half of the fragment map hidden beneath Hai Bo Dong’s meditation cushion.
• Hai Bo Dong admitted that he needed a sixth-grade Breaking Calamity Pill and a Heavenly Flame to remove his seal.
• Xiao Se offered to refine the pill in exchange for Hai Bo Dong’s information about the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Se crossed the Tagor Desert, exchanged a rotten egg for Dugu Bo’s Wishful Treasure Pouch, and encountered traffickers transporting captive Snake Women. He decided to intervene after spotting the group, but waited for the man named Tang San to return.

• Xiao Se traveled through a sandstorm while searching the desert and cultivating with the Amethyst Accompanying Source.
• When his exchange opportunity refreshed, Xiao Se traded a rotten egg for Dugu Bo’s Wishful Treasure Pouch, causing the pouch to vanish and an egg-shaped mass to appear on Dugu Bo’s waist.
• Xiao Se equipped the Wishful Treasure Pouch and spent the night cultivating inside the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover.
• The next morning, Xiao Se spotted eight armed men escorting a carriage with captive Snake Women in an iron cage.
• Xiao Se assessed the men’s strength and decided to rescue the Snake Women, but held back because the group was waiting for someone named Tang San.