Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian advanced to the ninth stage of Dou Qi and sold the Xuan-tier Sucking Palm technique through the Mittel Family auction house. He left with the proceeds, a VIP card, and a low-grade storage ring, while deciding to avoid becoming involved with women.

• Xiao Tian learned Sucking Palm from the Mysterious Iron Fragment and reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi after seven days of training.
• Xiao Tian brought the fragment to Guni at the Mittel Family auction house and sold the complete Xuan-tier technique for 180,000.
• Ya Fei and Guni met Xiao Tian, who recognized Ya Fei and urged them to finish paying him.
• Ya Fei completed the sale, handed Xiao Tian the remaining money and a VIP card, and provided him with a low-grade storage ring.

Xiao Tian reached the Dou Zhe realm, refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to fund his cultivation, and advanced to eight-star Dou Zhe. When Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Family to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan, Xiao Tian arrived at the meeting hall just after Xiao Yan set their Three-Year Pact, and the gathering quickly dispersed.

• Xiao Tian cultivated in a cave for fifteen days and broke through to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Tian refined eight portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and traded them to Guni for resources.
• Xiao Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Xiao Tian was a member of the Xiao Family and wondered why he occupied her thoughts more than Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Tian used the resources from selling the liquid to reach eight-star Dou Zhe over the next month.
• Nalan Yanran visited the Xiao Family to break off her engagement, and Xiao Yan challenged her to a Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Tian entered the meeting hall after Xiao Yan stormed out, but Nalan Yanran and the others soon departed.

Xiao Tian gave up on reaching Dou Ling and obtained a leave of absence from Jia Nan Academy before heading to Qingshan Town. He entered the Monster Mountain Range to find Xiao Yi Xian and help her obtain the Poison Manual.

• Xiao Tian returned to the Xiao Family for Jia Nan Academy's recruitment and met Xiao Yu and her younger brother.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan passed Ruo Lin's test, defeated her in a fight, and secured leave of absence.
• Xiao Tian traveled to Qingshan Town to seek Xiao Yi Xian and gather materials for refining a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Tian learned that Xiao Yi Xian had already gone to gather herbs and set off into the Monster Mountain Range to find her.
• Ka Lan warned Xiao Tian against entering the mountains alone and offered to let him join his group, but Xiao Tian declined and ran into the forest while searching with his soul power.

Xiao Tian found Xiao Yi Xian near the hidden cave and pretended to be a threat before revealing himself to her. Xiao Yi Xian quickly trusted him, but Xiao Tian’s teasing turned into an unwanted kiss, leaving him wondering if he had gone too far.

• Xiao Tian searched the Monster Mountain Range for Xiao Yi Xian and found her aura near the hidden treasure cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave up trying to enter the cave and prepared to leave when Xiao Tian approached her in disguise as a bad person.
• Xiao Tian restrained Xiao Yi Xian, but she soon stopped fearing him and asked who he was.
• Xiao Yi Xian called Xiao Tian a little brat, so he kissed her before realizing she might see him as a stranger.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian explored a cliffside cave, divided its treasures, and traveled to a secluded valley Xiao Tian knew from his past life. They spent the night there separately, leaving Xiao Yi Xian curious about how he knew the place.

• Xiao Yi Xian changed the subject after Xiao Tian took advantage of her and proposed that they explore a cave beneath the cliff together.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian descended into the cave, avoided its mechanisms, and divided the treasure, with Xiao Tian keeping the Purple Cloud Wings, Raging Lion's Roar, and Heavenly Flame materials.
• Xiao Tian warned Xiao Yi Xian not to flaunt her wealth, then led her away from Qingshan Town to a secluded valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian was stunned that Xiao Tian knew the valley and cooked for him after he promised to explain how he had found it.
• Xiao Tian chose to cultivate outside rather than sleep in Xiao Yi Xian's room, and Xiao Yi Xian wished him good night before going inside.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town to treat the mercenaries, while Xiao Tian went hunting in the Monster Mountain Range and was gravely injured fighting a Fourth-Grade Magical Beast. He killed the ape with Fiery Blast Palm and struggled back toward the valley as more beasts roared nearby.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Tian she was returning to Qingshan Town to treat the mercenaries, and Xiao Tian let her go.
• Xiao Tian hunted several low-grade Magical Beasts for food and magic cores before venturing deeper into the Monster Mountain Range.
• A giant gray ape ambushed Xiao Tian and overpowered him, leaving him severely injured after he tried to fight back with Raging Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Tian dodged the ape's final attack and killed it with Fiery Blast Palm, but the technique exhausted his remaining strength.
• Xiao Tian hurried toward the valley while more Magical Beasts roared through the forest around him.

Xiao Tian broke through to the Dou Ling realm while Yun Yun watched, then accompanied her to find the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. Xiao Tian stole the Companion Purple Crystal Source and Purple Spirit Crystals, but the Lion King sealed Yun Yun’s strength after hearing its cub’s cries.

• Xiao Tian began cultivating and broke through to the Dou Ling realm as Yun Yun observed him.
• Yun Yun confronted Xiao Tian about concealing his strength and beat him before asking him to help steal the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Xiao Tian and Yun Yun searched for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and eventually found its location.
• Yun Yun fought the Lion King while Xiao Tian entered its cave and took the Companion Purple Crystal Source and some Purple Spirit Crystals.
• Xiao Tian drove away the cub and escaped the cave, prompting the Lion King to catch Yun Yun off guard and seal her strength.

Xiao Tian rescued the injured Yun Yun after the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King left, while hiding his strength from Xiao Yan. Yun Yun woke in their cave with her Dou Qi sealed and her wounds treated, and Xiao Tian offered her food as their argument continued.

• Xiao Tian found Yun Yun falling after leaving the Lion King's cave and hid his strength beneath black robes when he sensed Xiao Yan nearby.
• Xiao Tian stopped Xiao Yan from approaching Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan left after claiming he had only wanted to check on her.
• Yun Yun woke and questioned Xiao Tian, but fainted again before he carried her back to their cave.
• Yun Yun woke that night, discovered her strength was sealed, and angrily confronted Xiao Tian after he had removed her damaged clothes to treat her wounds.
• Xiao Tian roasted a wild deer while Yun Yun cursed him, then handed her a piece of meat when her stomach growled.

Xiao Tian reached the three-star Dou Ling realm after devouring the Purple Fire and parted ways with Yun Yun, promising to visit her within three years. He rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, learned she had chosen to awaken her Calamity Poison Body, and began training in the Three Thousand Lightning Movement as she recovered.

• Xiao Tian devoured the Purple Fire and broke through to the three-star Dou Ling realm, while Yun Yun recovered her cultivation and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after he declined to join her.
• Xiao Tian went to Qingshan Town, learned that the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion's owner had detained Xiao Yi Xian, and destroyed the pavilion to rescue her.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yi Xian that he knew about her Calamity Poison Body and could cure it, and she chose to cultivate the Poison Manual to gain strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian began swallowing poisonous medicines to awaken her Calamity Poison Body while Xiao Tian trained in the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• The next day, Xiao Tian mastered the movement technique and went to Xiao Yi Xian's house, where he saw that she had begun to recover.

Xiao Tian hunted magical beasts to sharpen his strength, then prepared to leave for Black Rock City and the Tagore Great Desert to gather materials for obtaining Heavenly Flames. He left Xiao Yi Xian in the valley with a storage ring and flew toward Qingshan Town.

• Xiao Tian fought several third- and fourth-tier magical beasts in the Monster Mountain Range and sensed Xiao Yan and Old Yao near the Mu She Mercenary Group's encampment.
• Xiao Tian returned to the valley with a wild boar, and he and Xiao Yi Xian joked together before eating and resuming cultivation.
• Xiao Tian decided he needed an alchemy furnace and materials from a man in Black Rock City to pursue the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave for Black Rock City and the Tagore Great Desert, and he refused to let her travel to the Cloud Empire.
• Xiao Tian left a storage ring beside the sleeping Xiao Yi Xian and flew toward Qingshan Town.

Xiao Tian went to Black Rock City to obtain Gute's Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then killed Gute to prevent retaliation. He left aboard a flying magical beast bound for the Tagore Great Desert and began cultivating in seclusion during the journey.

• Xiao Tian arrived in Black Rock City and went to Gute's residence to demand the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Tian kicked Gute through the doorway and forced him to hand over the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Tian stabbed Gute in the heart, fearing Gute's connections could lead to a hunt for him.
• Xiao Tian rested at an inn, then boarded a flying magical beast bound for the Tagore Great Desert without taking the Alchemist rank examination.
• Xiao Tian ordered the crew to keep others away, raised a soul barrier, and began cultivating as his scarlet Dou Qi swirled around him.

Xiao Tian reached the underground magma chamber and defeated the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Medusa arrived before he could collect it. When she rejected his offer to help her evolve and attacked, Xiao Tian revealed his true Dou Ling strength and fought back against her.

• Xiao Tian broke through to five-star Dou Ling and traveled across the desert to the Green Lotus Core Flame's hiding place.
• Xiao Tian defeated the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, took its magical core, and reached the Green Lotus Core Flame in the magma.
• Medusa appeared, ordered Xiao Tian to leave, and attacked after he offered to help her break through her barrier.
• Xiao Tian dodged Medusa's strike and fought back with the Blazing Flame Palm, revealing that he was a Dou Ling.
• Medusa raised her strength to Dou Huang despite suffering in the magma.

Xiao Tian gave Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame and later traveled to the Snake People Clan when he expected her evolution to begin. He reached Yue Mei’s tribe ahead of Xiao Yan and Old Yao and asked to see Medusa.

• Xiao Tian and Medusa joined forces to take the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa gave him a Snake People Clan token before leaving.
• Xiao Tian collected the fire lotus seeds, then spent a month cultivating and refining pills until he advanced to the Dou Wang realm and evolved the Flame Mantra to the low Xuan tier.
• Xiao Tian set out for the Snake People Clan, while Old Yao detected his aura and warned Xiao Yan to hide as he flew past.
• Xiao Tian showed Yue Mei Medusa’s token and asked to see the Queen, then warned her that several Dou Wangs and a Dou Huang were heading for the tribe.

Xiao Tian rescued Bai Yu from abuse in the Snake People Clan and sent her home before returning to Medusa as she began her evolution. He warned Medusa that she would become the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and promised to help free her within three years, while Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and others gathered outside.

• Xiao Tian drove off a snake person abusing Bai Yu and gave her a Xuan-rank cultivation technique, but refused to rescue her friends.
• Xiao Tian flew Bai Yu beyond the Snake People Clan's territory and sent her home before returning to Yue Mei's tribe.
• Yue Mei told Xiao Tian that Medusa had agreed to teach him, and he went to meet her at her cultivation site.
• Xiao Tian warned Medusa that her evolution would suppress her original soul and promised to help her break free within three years.
• Medusa transformed into a purple snake and entered the Green Lotus Core Flame as Xiao Tian guarded her behind a barrier.
• Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and their companions arrived outside and watched the battle between the Snake People Clan's leaders and Gu He's group.

Gu He and his companions attacked the Snake People Clan’s city in an attempt to obtain Medusa’s Green Lotus Core Flame, but Medusa’s evolution disrupted their plans. After Medusa emerged stronger, Yun Yun stayed behind to hold off the Snake People Clan’s reinforcements while Gu He and the others retreated.

• Mo Bass and Yue Mei refused to let Gu He’s group enter, and Yan Shi and Feng Li fought them, defeating the two Snake People Clan Dou Wangs.
• Medusa appeared, injured Yan Shi, and rejected Gu He’s offer of pills in exchange for the Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Yun struck Medusa’s image and realized it was an illusion, while Gu He tried to reach Medusa as she evolved.
• Medusa’s evolution erupted with powerful energy, and Gu He abandoned the Heavenly Flame and ordered his group to flee.
• The Snake People Clan’s six other Dou Wangs arrived, and Yun Yun stayed behind to cover the retreat as they attacked her.

Xiao Tian rescued the poisoned Yun Yun from the Snake People Clan elders, then devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to three-star Dou Wang. Later, he found Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fighting White Fang and flew past them to pursue Lu Man, intending to rescue Qing Lin.

• Yun Yun was wounded and poisoned by Yin Elder, but Xiao Tian arrived and helped her repel the eight Snake People Clan elders with their combined attacks.
• Xiao Tian carried the unconscious Yun Yun to an inn in Sand City, healed her, left a letter behind a soul barrier, and departed.
• Xiao Tian devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame in the desert, advanced to three-star Dou Wang, and raised the Flame Mantra to high Xuan rank.
• Xiao Tian visited Hai Bodong's shop but found him gone, then headed toward the Monster Mountain Range to seek the Volcanic Stone Flame.
• Xiao Tian sensed Hai Bodong, Old Yao, and Lu Man fighting; he saw Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong holding off White Fang and flew past them after Lu Man to rescue Qing Lin.

Xiao Tian fought Lu Man to reclaim Qing Lin, but held back after defeating her. When White Fang arrived to help Lu Man, Xiao Tian attacked the overconfident beast and left it near death.

• Xiao Tian intercepted Lu Man and attacked her when she refused to hand over Qing Lin.
• Xiao Tian overpowered Lu Man with his Heavenly Flames but stopped short of seriously injuring her.
• Lu Man refused to give up Qing Lin and realized Xiao Tian had deliberately spared her.
• White Fang arrived and mocked Xiao Tian, who struck it before it could react.
• Xiao Tian battered White Fang with his battle skills until it was on the brink of death.

Xiao Tian confronted the sixth-tier Molten Magma Beast guarding the Volcanic Stone Flame in the Monster Mountain Range. After taking heavy damage, he struck the beast with the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Method, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Xiao Tian left Xiao Yi Xian behind and traveled alone to the volcanic lair where he had found the Volcanic Stone Flame in his previous life.
• Xiao Tian confronted the Molten Magma Beast and attacked, but its counterstrike forced him back and damaged him.
• Xiao Tian used the Mountain Splitting Seal, but the Molten Magma Beast shattered the Earth Tier Battle Skill.
• Xiao Tian unleashed his fused Green Lotus Core Flame and mutated Lion King Purple Flame, badly burning the Molten Magma Beast.
• The enraged Molten Magma Beast struck Xiao Tian out of the air, but Xiao Tian dodged its next charge and hit it with the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Method.

Xiao Tian defeated the Molten Magma Beast, subdued the Volcanic Stone Flame, and began a breakthrough toward Dou Huang. Half a year later, Xiao Yan won the Three-Year Pact against Nalan Yanran, but his confrontation with the Misty Cloud Sect escalated as Yun Leng sought reinforcements.

• Xiao Tian killed the Molten Magma Beast, took its magic core, and recovered by cultivating near the volcano.
• Xiao Tian subdued the Volcanic Stone Flame, reached peak Dou Wang, and flew deeper into the volcano to break through to Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Pact, and the crowd learned he was the alchemist Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan burned the engagement contract and rejected Nalan Yanran’s offer to serve him, but Yun Leng challenged him and the dispute turned into a fight.
• Yun Yun demanded that Xiao Yan remain at the Misty Cloud Sect while she investigated his alleged crimes, but the Purple Gold Winged Lion King and Hai Bodong backed him and demanded his release.
• Yun Leng ran toward the back mountain as Yun Yun faced the two Dou Huang-level allies supporting Xiao Yan.

Yun Shan confronted Xiao Yan and his allies at the Misty Cloud Sect, but let them leave after Yao Chen and several powerful experts intervened. Days later, Xiao Yan returned after learning the Xiao Family had been destroyed, while Xiao Tian arrived at the sect to watch for a chance to eliminate him.

• Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan, who emerged from seclusion and revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Yun Shan attacked Hai Bodong after rejecting his offer to settle the dispute with an apology, then used wind attacks to trap Xiao Yan and his allies.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan's body and used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to break Yun Shan's attack, while Ling Ying and Protector Wu arrived and pressured Yun Shan to let them go.
• Yun Shan allowed Xiao Yan and the others to leave, warning Xiao Yan not to return to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Several days later, Xiao Yan returned in fury after discovering that Yun Suo had led the destruction of the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Tian arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect after breaking through to Dou Huang, intending to wait for Yun Shan and Yao Chen to weaken before killing Xiao Yan.