Chapter Summaries

Xing Hun trained the inn’s guards in combat techniques before confronting Galeo and the Gale Family, who had returned to demand management fees and assault the inn staff. After Xing Hun killed two attackers with purple energy, Galeo realized he was facing a Da Dou Shi.

• Xing Hun taught the inn’s eight guards combat techniques and watched them spar.
• A servant told Xing Hun that Galeo and the Gale Family had arrived, beaten Liu and Chef Zhao, and brought a huge yellow dog.
• Galeo demanded management fees and ordered his guards to punish the inn staff, while one guard prepared to kill the young chef.
• Xing Hun struck the executioner with purple energy, killing him and saving the young chef.
• Xing Hun confronted Galeo and killed another guard with a second blast of purple energy, confirming Galeo’s suspicion that he was a Da Dou Shi.

Xing Hun stopped Galeo and the Gale Family guards from leaving the inn, badly injured Galeo, and defeated the guards. The Flame Hound tried to protect Galeo but was spared, while the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion arrived and crashed face-first into the hall.

• Galeo tried to leave with his guards, but Xing Hun shut the inn doors and refused to let them go.
• Xing Hun punched Galeo into a wall and pinned him there with a kick that crushed his groin.
• Xing Hun sent all eleven Gale Family guards flying with a purple shockwave, killing some and badly injuring the rest.
• The Flame Hound charged at Xing Hun to protect Galeo, but Xing Hun kicked it away without killing it.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion rushed downstairs and slid to a stop on its face in the middle of the hall.

The Little Amethyst Winged Lion showed his strength by killing Galeo and his Flame Hound in the inn, leaving the workers terrified of the Gale Family’s retaliation. Yan Lingji praised him and ordered the guards to take the Flame Hound to the kitchen for a meal.

• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion charged the Flame Hound, whose fear of his bloodline and strength left it unable to fight back.
• Yan Lingji arrived as Galeo stared at her, then fainted from the pain of his injuries.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion rammed the Flame Hound into Galeo, killing him beneath its body.
• The inn workers feared the Gale Family’s revenge, while the young chef and several guards voiced support for the Little Amethyst Winged Lion.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion crushed the Flame Hound’s head, swallowed its Fire Attribute monster core, and returned to Yan Lingji.
• Yan Lingji praised the Little Amethyst Winged Lion and had the chef and guards carry the Flame Hound to the kitchen to be cooked for him.

After Galeo’s death brought the Gale Family’s revenge closer, Xing Hun let the inn’s staff choose whether to stay or leave. Most departed, leaving eight people behind as Xing Hun assessed their reasons for remaining.

• Xing Hun spared the three Gale Family guards who had survived and ordered them to carry away the corpses and warn their master.
• Xing Hun directed the inn’s workers to clean the hall, then granted several employees leave when they asked to go home.
• Xing Hun gathered the staff, explained that the Gale Family would seek revenge, and told them they could leave permanently without giving a reason.
• After Xing Hun allowed one man to leave without punishment, most of the staff packed their belongings and departed.
• Eight people remained, including two cooks, a handyman, and five guards, and Xing Hun asked why they had stayed.

Xing Hun revealed that he was a Four-Star Dou Ling to reassure the workers who stayed after the conflict with the Gale Family. At lunch, Chen Cheng entrusted him with two Dou Techniques for the guards and introduced Nameless as a Nine Star Dou Wang.

• Several workers chose to remain with Xing Hun, citing their loyalty and faith in his strength.
• Xing Hun told the eight holdouts that he was a Four-Star Dou Ling and promised to deal with the Gale Family if they came for revenge.
• Chen Cheng learned that the Gale Family conflict would escalate into war and left Xing Hun to handle it.
• Chen Cheng gave Xing Hun two Dou Techniques to pass on to the guards who had stayed.
• Chen Cheng introduced Nameless to the gathered workers as a Nine Star Dou Wang.

Gai Nie safely escorted Nalan Yanran to Misty Cloud Sect, refused Yun Yun’s attempt to recruit him, and prepared to leave to find his young master. Nalan Yanran exchanged her treasured sword for Gai Nie’s wooden one, revealed that she knew where his young master was, and broke down in Yun Yun’s arms, admitting she liked him.

• After reaching Misty Cloud Sect, Gai Nie refused Yun Yun’s Spirit King Pill and recruitment offer, saying he needed to search for his young master.
• Yun Yun accepted Gai Nie’s refusal and gave him a gold storage card for travel expenses.
• Nalan Yanran gave Gai Nie her Wind Whisper Sword and took his wooden sword from him.
• Nalan Yanran told Gai Nie that she had met his young master at the Xiao Family in Wutan City, and Gai Nie thanked her before leaving.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she would forget her feelings, then cried in her arms and confessed that she liked him.

Wei Zhuang survived a fall into a cliff, gained the Blood Crying Sword and the Demonic Possession secret art, and left for Wutan City to find Chen Cheng. Meanwhile, Gale Bi learned that his son had been killed by people at Yuan Lai Inn and rushed to seek revenge despite Jia Lie Nu's warnings.

• Wei Zhuang found the remains of a Dou Emperor and three Sixth Order Magical Beasts beneath the cliff, claiming their treasures and learning Demonic Possession.
• After healing and mastering the secret art, Wei Zhuang used it to fly out of the ravine and headed for Green Mountain Town, believing Gai Nie would survive.
• Wei Zhuang met Murong Zhi at the inn, learned Chen Cheng and the others were in Wutan City, and rode there with him.
• At the Gale Family hall, a guard said people from Yuan Lai Inn had killed Galeo, including a powerful child and a flaming Magical Beast.
• Jia Lie Nu urged Gale Bi not to provoke a likely Da Dou Shi while the family fought over Hengtai Street, but Gale Bi gathered guards and set out to avenge his son.
• Jia Lie Nu sent a servant to notify the Great Elder and followed Gale Bi to protect the clan leader.

Xing Hun killed Gale Bi with two Qi blades when Gale Bi attacked him at the inn. Jia Lie Nu surrendered and the Gale Family guards were made to clean the blood before leaving.

• Gale Bi and his men stormed the inn and confronted Xing Hun over Galeo's death.
• Gale Bi attacked Xing Hun with the Gale Family's highest-grade Dou Technique.
• Xing Hun cut Gale Bi into four pieces with two Qi blades while remaining seated.
• Jia Lie Nu recognized Xing Hun's strength, disavowed Gale Bi, and asked to leave with the guards.
• Xing Hun let them leave only after Jia Lie Nu and the Gale Family guards cleaned the hall.

Xing Hun rewarded the inn’s remaining workers and made them clean after killing Gale Family men. He killed Jia Lie Nu when the latter angered him, leaving Bai Xiao Liu newly emboldened and the surviving guards terrified.

• Xing Hun and Zhu WuShi tripled the eight remaining workers’ pay, provided food and lodging, and offered cultivation guidance.
• Xing Hun gave Bai Xiao Liu a horsewhip and ordered him to supervise the workers as they cleaned the inn.
• Huang Yaoshi told Xing Hun that Chen Cheng’s alchemy research had progressed and that he needed more medicinal herbs.
• Bai Xiao Liu whipped Jia Lie Nu for slowing down, and Jia Lie Nu restrained himself when Xing Hun turned his gaze on him.
• Xing Hun killed Jia Lie Nu with a purple Qi blade after declaring that he deserved punishment, and the Gale Family guards knelt and begged for mercy.
• Xing Hun ordered the guards to clean the bloodied floor, while Bai Xiao Liu felt emboldened under his protection.

Xiao Zhan learned that Gale Bi and Jia Lie Nu had likely been killed, while Xiao Yan discussed the deaths and his cultivation with Yao Lao. The Gale Family later knelt outside the inn to beg forgiveness, confirming the Xiao scout’s suspicions.

• A Xiao Family servant reported that Gale Bi and Jia Lie Nu had entered an inn but never emerged, leading Xiao Zhan and the elders to conclude that both had died.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the servant to keep gathering information and promised him a reward if the report proved true.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao who could have killed two Da Dou Shi, and they suspected Murong, who had not yet delivered the medicinal herbs.
• Yao Lao revealed that he had added herbs to Murong’s list to restore his own soul force, while Xiao Yan described his progress with the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• The Gale Family’s Great Elder led hundreds of family members and guards in kneeling outside the inn to beg forgiveness, and the Xiao scout recognized the scene as proof that their clan leader and Second Elder were dead.

Chen Cheng came out after the Gale Family’s commotion interrupted his alchemy and confronted the kneeling family members. After the Great Elder offered Gale Ying to him, Chen Cheng crushed the elder beneath his foot and began draining his cultivation, leaving Zhu WuShi to recognize the technique as the Star Absorbing Great Art.

• Chen Cheng left his room to find the Gale Family kneeling outside the inn while Xing Hun berated them.
• Chen Cheng dismissed the onlookers and questioned the Gale Family’s Great Elder about offering Gale Ying to him.
• Chen Cheng pressed his foot into the Great Elder’s thorn-covered back after spotting the elder’s wood attribute.
• Chen Cheng used a suction technique to drain the Great Elder’s Dou Qi, and Zhu WuShi recognized it as the Star Absorbing Great Art.

Chen Cheng absorbed the Dou Qi of the Gale Family’s elders, then ordered Xing Hun and Zhu WuShi to exterminate the clan to prevent future revenge. Wei Zhuang joined the massacre, and Wutan City later treated Yuan Lai Inn as its strongest force while Chen Cheng recovered at the inn.

• Chen Cheng killed the Great Elder and absorbed the third elder’s Dou Qi after rejecting his plea to spare the Gale Family’s children.
• Chen Cheng entered Yuan Lai Inn to digest the absorbed energy, while Xing Hun let the surviving Gale Family members return to their clan.
• Wei Zhuang and Murong Zhi arrived in Wutan City, and Wei Zhuang followed the scent of blood to the Gale Family compound.
• Xing Hun, Zhu WuShi, and Wei Zhuang slaughtered the Gale Family, confirmed no one survived, and burned the compound.
• City Lord Manor blamed the destruction on an accidental fire, while Wutan City accepted Yuan Lai Inn’s control of the Gale Family marketplace.

Chen Cheng completed the Body Tempering Liquid with Xiao Yi Xian’s help, then collected the medicinal ingredients he needed from Mittel Auction House. With everything prepared, he planned to seek out Yao Lao and treat Xing Hun’s hidden illness, just as he received a new copying opportunity.

• Chen Cheng absorbed the energy and knowledge of two Great Dou Shi, reaching Nine-Star Great Dou Shi and strengthening his soul power through cultivation.
• Chen Cheng sensed Wei Zhuang returning to the inn with three others, but did not see Gai Nie among them.
• Chen Cheng refined the first effective bottle of spirit liquid, and five guards’ cultivation improved after using it for seven days.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Chen Cheng her detailed refinement notes and named the spirit liquid Body Tempering Liquid.
• Chen Cheng bought the remaining medicinal ingredients at Mittel Auction House and decided to find Yao Lao to treat Xing Hun’s hidden illness.
• Chen Cheng received a notification that he had gained one copying opportunity.

Chen Cheng copied Yao Lao’s alchemy knowledge and visited Xiao Yan in the rear mountain, where he said he had found a way to cure Xing Hun’s hidden illness and no longer needed Yao Lao’s help. After gifting Xiao Yan medicinal ingredients, Chen Cheng left, while Yao Lao realized he would have to rely on Xiao Yan to obtain ingredients for restoring his soul.

• Chen Cheng copied Yao Lao’s alchemy ability and gained the knowledge of a Ninth-Rank Alchemist.
• Chen Cheng told Yao Lao he had found a way to repair Xing Hun’s hidden illness and gave Xiao Yan medicinal ingredients as thanks.
• Xiao Yan happily accepted the ingredients, which could make several portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and thanked Chen Cheng.
• Chen Cheng flew away with his Purple Cloud Wings, leaving Xiao Yan envious of the Flight Fighting Skill.
• Yao Lao scolded Xiao Yan for being won over by the gift, then asked him for the ingredients so he could refine more Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

Chen Cheng used Yao Lao’s alchemy knowledge to refine a Soul Stabilizing Pill for Xing Hun and several Grade 4 pills to strengthen his allies. Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi advanced in cultivation, while Red Serpent and Yan Lingji began preparing to absorb the Purple Flame Fierce Fruits.

• Chen Cheng practiced refining Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, then successfully made a Grade 4 Soul Stabilizing Pill and considered how to use his remaining Wood Element Dou Qi.
• Chen Cheng gave Xing Hun the Soul Stabilizing Pill and asked Red Serpent to have Murong Zhi gather ingredients for three kinds of Grade 4 pills.
• After seven days of gathering ingredients, Chen Cheng refined one Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, two One-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills, and two Crimson Flame Pills, though some attempts failed.
• Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi took pills from Chen Cheng and each advanced one star, while Murong Zhi chose to save his pill for later.
• Chen Cheng gave Red Serpent and Yan Lingji Crimson Flame Pills and Purple Flame Fierce Fruits so they could absorb the fruits and strengthen their abilities.

Chen Cheng and his companions entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they found Yun Yun fighting the injured Amethyst Winged Lion King near its lair. As Yun Yun negotiated for an Amethyst Spirit Crystal, Chen Cheng’s group waited nearby, keeping the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion from revealing itself.

• Yan Lingji refined the Purple Flame Fierce Fruit, raising her cultivation to Three-Star Dou Ling and improving her flames to fourth-tier beast flame level.
• Chen Cheng, Nameless, Wei Zhuang, and Yan Lingji entered the mountain range with the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion to find the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair.
• Chen Cheng and Nameless spotted a battle between two Dou Huang and confirmed that one fighter was the Amethyst Winged Lion King; Chen Cheng identified the other as Yun Yun.
• Nameless found the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, and Chen Cheng's group hid nearby to wait for an opening.
• Yun Yun asked the injured Amethyst Winged Lion King for an Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and it demanded that she find its missing child in exchange.
• When the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion nearly called out to its parent, Chen Cheng fed it an apple and Yan Lingji ordered it to stay quiet.

Yun Yun fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and both combatants suffered severe injuries. The Lion King fell near Chen Cheng, where it reunited with Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion and faced Chen Cheng and his companions.

• Yun Yun attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King after it refused to give her the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, while Chen Cheng's group watched from nearby.
• Yan Lingji offered to lure the Lion King away so Chen Cheng could enter its cave, but Chen Cheng refused to put her in danger.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King pierced Yun Yun with a sealing beam, and Yun Yun answered with Meteor Kill, destroying its left wing.
• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King both crashed to the ground, with the Lion King landing in front of Chen Cheng.
• Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion ran to its injured father, and the Lion King pulled it close protectively when it saw Chen Cheng and the others.
• Chen Cheng told the badly injured Lion King that he could beat it to death with one punch.

Chen Cheng confronted the badly wounded Amethyst Winged Lion King and offered it a choice between death and submission. After Wei Zhuang retrieved the Coexisting Amethyst Source and other treasures, the Amethyst Winged Lion King chose to submit to protect its child.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King begged Chen Cheng to spare its child, but Chen Cheng ordered Wei Zhuang to retrieve the Coexisting Amethyst Source from its lair.
• Chen Cheng gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King the choice of surrendering its magic core or pledging loyalty in exchange for healing.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion left its mother's embrace and tugged at Yan Lingji's skirt, asking her to spare the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Wei Zhuang returned with six bottles of Coexisting Amethyst Source, eight Amethyst Spirit Crystals, and the Shark Tooth Sword.
• Seeing Nameless ready a small sword, the Amethyst Winged Lion King chose to submit to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng accepted the Amethyst Winged Lion King's submission and learned of a rare pill that could create a powerful beast fire. After Wei Zhuang supplied three of the required magic cores, Chen Cheng realized the Lion King might provide the last one.

• Chen Cheng gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Blood Healing Pill and a poison pill that would punish it if it betrayed him, and the Lion King accepted them and called him Master.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked whether Chen Cheng could refine Seventh Grade Pills, then revealed a recipe for the Beast Fire Saint Spirit Pill and asked him to make one for its child.
• Chen Cheng agreed to consider refining the pill, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King transmitted the recipe to him with its soul power.
• Chen Cheng discovered the recipe required five Sixth Order magic cores of different attributes, and Wei Zhuang gave him three that he had stored.
• Chen Cheng remembered that Chen Yuan possessed a poison-attribute core and looked at the exhausted Amethyst Winged Lion King, suspecting it could supply a Fire Attribute core.

Chen Cheng spared the Amethyst Winged Lion King, named it Amethyst, and brought it along after it transformed into a small cat. He rescued the injured Yun Yun and left Yan Lingji to treat her while he and the others guarded the cave against approaching magical beasts.

• Chen Cheng decided he would seek a sixth-order magic core from the Gama Empire Royal Family rather than kill the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then named the beast Amethyst.
• Amethyst shrank into a housecat, and Chen Cheng prepared to take it with him and later refine healing pills for it.
• Chen Cheng spotted the unconscious Yun Yun hanging from a tree and flew over to rescue her.
• Chen Cheng carried Yun Yun into a cave, gave her a healing pill, and asked Yan Lingji to treat the wound on her chest.
• Amethyst warned that Yun Yun's Dou Qi was sealed and would take five or six days to recover if she broke the seal herself.
• Chen Cheng, Wei Zhuang, and Nameless left Yan Lingji to treat Yun Yun and went outside to guard against approaching magical beasts.