Chapter Summaries

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan arranged to leave Jia Nan Academy, passing Dragon Abyss’s leadership to the Four Guardians and waiting for their battle rewards. After Xu Haoyu sold three breakthrough pills and received their share of the spoils, the pair departed the Inner Courtyard.

• Xu Haoyu announced that he would graduate and leave Dragon Abyss’s leadership and pill recipes to the Four Guardians, while Zi Yan also said she would leave with him.
• Zhang Kaidi and the other Guardians refused to replace Xu Haoyu and pledged to develop Dragon Abyss under his name.
• Su Qian agreed that Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan could graduate after the spoils from their recent victories were inventoried and distributed.
• Zi Yan commissioned Zhou Quan to forge gauntlets from the Sky Demon Phoenix’s finger bones, while Xu Haoyu traded his fire energy for Gold Coins and refined three Dou Zong Breakthrough Pills.
• Su Qian bought the three pills for thirty million Gold Coins, then distributed Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan’s rewards and gave them ten million additional Gold Coins.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan left the Inner Courtyard as elders and students gathered to see them off, and Su Qian watched them depart.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan traveled to Green Mountain Town in the Jia Ma Empire to search for a cave containing a Demon Fire Remnant Chart and other treasures. They encountered Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Shop, and Xu Haoyu recognized her as the Woeful Poison Body’s possessor.

• Xu Haoyu chose the Jia Ma Empire as their destination, and he and Zi Yan flew there, passing through Town Ghost Pass before reaching Green Mountain Town.
• Xu Haoyu explained that they would buy a map and search the Magical Beast Mountain Range for treasure, while Zi Yan promised to sense anything valuable.
• Xu Haoyu recognized the Myriad Medicine Shop and wondered whether Xiao Yi Xian was there.
• A group of mercenaries charged toward the shop with an injured man, but Zi Yan’s presence frightened their horses and caused them to fall.
• Xiao Yi Xian came out of the shop, warned Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan about the mercenaries, and returned to treat the injured man.
• Xu Haoyu learned the girl’s name was Xiao Yi Xian and told Zi Yan they should leave.

Xu Haoyu studied the Magical Beast Mountain Range map and sought Xiao Yi Xian as a guide to the Myriad Medicine Shop’s herb-gathering sites. After breaking through to Eight Star Dou Wang, he hired Xiao Yi Xian with a bottle of second-tier Rebirth Pills, and the three prepared to enter the mountains immediately.

• Xu Haoyu decided to find a guide who knew where the Myriad Medicine Shop’s herb-gathering team went.
• Xu Haoyu broke through to Eight Star Dou Wang after a night of cultivation.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan returned to the Myriad Medicine Shop, where Xiao Yi Xian warned them about the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xu Haoyu offered Xiao Yi Xian a bottle of second-tier Rebirth Pills to guide them to the herb-gathering sites, and she agreed.
• Zi Yan said she would protect Xiao Yi Xian, and Xu Haoyu suggested they enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range right away.

Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian found the hidden cave containing the Demon Fire Remnant Chart and several treasures. Xu Haoyu claimed the chart and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, while the group’s next search was set for the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xu Haoyu was a Rank 6 Alchemist and that he and Zi Yan were Dou Wang experts.
• Xu Haoyu used the map to lead the group to a moss-covered cave beneath a steep cliff near the Myriad Medicine Shop’s herb-gathering grounds.
• Xu Haoyu opened the underground chamber and retrieved the Demon Fire Remnant Chart hidden inside a bone in the skeleton’s hand.
• Xu Haoyu unlocked three iron boxes and found a Dou Technique, a Flying Dou Technique, and the Seven-Colored Poison Classic.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked for the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, and Xu Haoyu gave it to her.

After leaving the tomb, Xu Haoyu taught Xiao Yi Xian alchemy and helped her deal with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group before departing Green Mountain Town with Zi Yan. Xiao Yi Xian was left with the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and a possible lead to help with her Woeful Poison Body, as its eruption approached in three months.

• Xu Haoyu sealed the tomb, then explained alchemy to Xiao Yi Xian as the group descended from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• He Meng and his mercenaries confronted Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan, who killed them and wiped out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group that afternoon.
• The next day, Xu Haoyu told Xiao Yi Xian where she might find him if her condition worsened, then he and Zi Yan flew away.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to town with the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, while the poisons in it were set to trigger her Woeful Poison Body in three months.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan traveled to Desert City to find a map and a Heavenly Flame, and Xu Haoyu led them to Hai Bodong’s Ancient Map shop. He recognized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Chart and asked Hai Bodong for the other half, leaving Hai Bodong wary of their strength.

• Xu Haoyu explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body would eventually devour her consciousness and kill her, though he had some ideas for addressing it.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan reached the Tagor Desert after five days of travel and headed for Desert City.
• Xu Haoyu asked an inn waiter where to find Ancient Map, then gave him all the Gold Coins on the table as a tip.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan entered Ancient Map, where Hai Bodong sensed their overwhelming strength and watched them carefully.
• Xu Haoyu found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Chart and asked Hai Bodong to bring out its other half.

Xu Haoyu traded with Hai Bodong for the first half of a map and traveled with Zi Yan to Stone Desert City. There, he found Qing Lin being abused by a hostile crowd and decided to take her in as Zi Yan’s companion.

• Hai Bodong admitted he had hidden the other half of the map and asked Xu Haoyu to bring him three Sand Mandalas in exchange.
• Xu Haoyu accepted the deal, took the detailed desert map, and set out with Zi Yan for Stone Desert City.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan reached Stone Desert City before nightfall and went looking for an inn.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan found Qing Lin kneeling beside her dead mother while the crowd cursed her for her snake-person heritage.
• Xu Haoyu decided to intervene and told Zi Yan that he would find her a companion.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan rescued Qing Lin from the cruelty of the townspeople and helped her prepare a burial for her mother. After they laid her mother to rest in the desert, Qing Lin looked to Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan for hope, and a three-petaled flower shimmered in her eyes.

• Xu Haoyu gave Qing Lin Gold Coins and told her she would be their companion, while Zi Yan drove away the townspeople who insulted her.
• Xu Haoyu placed Qing Lin's mother's body in a Storage Ring, and Qing Lin bought new clothes, a coffin, and three flatbreads for the funeral.
• At Qing Lin's home, she washed and dressed her mother's body as Zi Yan sympathized with her, and Xu Haoyu comforted Zi Yan by reminding her that she was not alone.
• The next day, Xu Haoyu helped Qing Lin place her mother in the coffin, and they traveled out of the city to bury her in the desert.
• After the burial, Qing Lin looked at Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan with renewed hope as a three-petaled flower flickered in her eyes.

Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin searched the desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame after nursing Qing Lin back to health and teaching her to cultivate. Xu Haoyu found a vast underground magma lake and descended into it, leaving Zi Yan and Qing Lin waiting above.

• Zi Yan and Xu Haoyu brought Qing Lin to the city, helped her wash and dress, and began caring for her.
• Over three days, Xu Haoyu prepared Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Qing Lin and taught her to cultivate; she recovered and condensed a thread of Dou Qi.
• Xu Haoyu searched beneath the desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame and sensed a network of Magma Rivers converging underground.
• Xu Haoyu opened a passage beneath the desert, and Zi Yan carried Qing Lin down after him.
• At the underground magma lake, Xu Haoyu knocked away an attacking Two-Headed Giant Serpent and plunged into the magma to search below.

Xu Haoyu absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the magma and broke through to Nine Star Dou Wang. After Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subdued the Two-Headed Giant Serpent, the group left the cavern and encountered Queen Medusa.

• Xu Haoyu found and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, then cultivated atop its lotus for a day.
• Xu Haoyu broke through to Nine Star Dou Wang, took the green lotus, and returned to the surface.
• Zi Yan told Xu Haoyu that Qing Lin had subdued the Two-Headed Giant Serpent after her eyes released green light.
• Xu Haoyu confirmed that Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had awakened and gave her pills to treat the serpent's injuries.
• Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin left the underground cavern and saw Queen Medusa waiting in the sky.

Xu Haoyu traded a Rank 6 Dou Ling Pill to Queen Medusa for three Sand Mandalas and revealed that he could refine even more powerful pills. Medusa asked him to stay in the Holy City to discuss buying a Huang Ji Pill or a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill, and Xu Haoyu questioned whether she could afford them.

• Medusa sensed the power hidden within Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan, then asked who they were.
• Xu Haoyu offered Medusa a Rank 6 Dou Ling Pill for three Sand Mandalas and identified himself as a Rank 6 Alchemist.
• Medusa accepted the deal and led Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to the Snake-People Race's Holy City.
• Medusa ordered Hua She'er to fetch three Sand Mandalas, and Xu Haoyu exchanged them for the Dou Ling Pill.
• Medusa gave the pill to Hua She'er and asked Xu Haoyu to stay so she could inquire about buying a Huang Ji Pill or a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill.
• Xu Haoyu confirmed he could refine both pills and asked whether Medusa could afford the price.

Xu Haoyu left the Snake-People Holy City after agreeing to refine a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill for Medusa once she gathered the ingredients and payment. In Mo City, he exchanged three Sand Mandalas with Hai Bodong for the remaining map fragment, bringing him to three-quarters of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.

• Hua She'er advanced one star after refining the Dou Ling Pill, persuading Medusa to gather the ingredients and payment for Xu Haoyu to refine her breakthrough pill.
• Xu Haoyu told Medusa where he would be traveling, then left the Holy City with Zi Yan and Qing Lin.
• Xu Haoyu and his companions traveled to Mo City instead of returning to Stone Desert City.
• At Ancient Map, Xu Haoyu gave Hai Bodong three Sand Mandalas in exchange for the map fragment.
• Xu Haoyu recognized the fragment as part of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and had collected three-quarters of it.

Xu Haoyu set out for the Gama Empire Capital with Zi Yan and Qing Lin to seek a treasure that could restore soul power. When envoys from Heavenly Serpent Mansion came to recruit Qing Lin, Xu Haoyu agreed to discuss her training with their leader and reassured Qing Lin that he wanted her to grow stronger.

• Xu Haoyu offered to refine Hai Bodong’s Po E Dan if he received suitable compensation, and Hai Bodong decided to return to the Gama Empire Capital.
• Xu Haoyu told Zi Yan that he was seeking the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva from the Nalan Family in exchange for learning the Five Round Li Fire Method.
• On the journey, Xu Haoyu confronted Lu Man and Bai Ya, who said they had come to bring Qing Lin to Heavenly Serpent Mansion for training.
• Xu Haoyu told Lu Man and Bai Ya to return with someone authorized to negotiate, and they left to summon the Mansion Lord.
• Xu Haoyu explained to Qing Lin and Zi Yan why Heavenly Serpent Mansion might help develop Qing Lin’s abilities and promised to prepare Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for her.

Xu Haoyu reached the Nalan Family estate and offered to cure Nalan Jie’s Branding Iron Poison Seal Python poison in exchange for the family’s Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva. He used Heavenly Flames to purge the poison, leaving Nalan Jie cured as the chapter ended.

• Xu Haoyu arrived at the Nalan Family estate and knocked away the guards with his aura to draw out Nalan Jie.
• Xu Haoyu told Nalan Jie he could cure his poison and asked for the family’s Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva as payment.
• Nalan Jie welcomed Xu Haoyu inside and ordered Nalan Su to fetch the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva.
• Nalan Jie removed his shirt and entrusted his life to Xu Haoyu before Xu Haoyu sent Heavenly Flames into his body.
• Xu Haoyu tempered Nalan Jie’s body with Heavenly Flames for about half an hour, expelling the poison and leaving Nalan Jie cured.

Xu Haoyu cured Nalan Jie of his deadly poison and received the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva, then refined it to help Yao Tian Huo restore his soul. After trading the treasure for Yao Tian Huo’s Five Round Li Fire Method, Xu Haoyu began studying the technique.

• Nalan Jie recovered from the poison, while Nalan Su gave Xu Haoyu the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva as agreed.
• Xu Haoyu left the Nalan estate, and Nalan Su told Jia Xingtian, Fama, Mu Chen, and Mitre Tengshan how Xu Haoyu had cured his father.
• Jia Xingtian and the others entered Nalan Jie's room to question him about Xu Haoyu and his background.
• Xu Haoyu refined the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva into a seven-colored liquid, which Yao Tian Huo consumed to strengthen his soul.
• Yao Tian Huo gave Xu Haoyu the Five Round Li Fire Method, and Xu Haoyu began studying the Quasi-Heaven Rank technique.

Hai Bodong returned to the Mite'er Auction House and reunited with Mitre Tengshan, revealing that Xu Haoyu could restore his lost strength. After learning Xu Haoyu was a Rank 6 Alchemist, the empire’s prominent figures gathered to meet him.

• Hai Bodong arrived at the Mite'er Auction House, where Ya Fei protected him and escorted him upstairs while Mitre Tengshan was away.
• Mitre Tengshan returned, recognized Hai Bodong, and learned that he needed an alchemist to refine the Po E Dan and restore his strength.
• Hai Bodong recognized Xu Haoyu as the young expert he had met in the desert and told Mitre Tengshan to prepare at least ten million gold coins for a visit.
• Mitre Tengshan granted Ya Fei authority second only to his own and ordered her to prepare fifteen million Gold Coins or equivalent treasures for Xu Haoyu.
• The next morning, Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Mitre Tengshan, Hai Bodong, and other prominent figures gathered outside an inn and learned that Xu Haoyu was a powerful graduate of Jia Nan Academy, wielded Heavenly Flames, and was a Rank 6 Alchemist.

Xu Haoyu refined the Po E Dan for Hai Bodong after Jia Xingtian and the Jia Ma Empire’s other leading figures visited him. The successful pill drew a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon, and Xu Haoyu left with a wave of new commissions from the empire’s elite.

• Jia Xingtian and the others visited Xu Haoyu’s inn and offered to pay for his stay, then asked him to refine a pill for Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong gave Xu Haoyu the Po E Dan recipe and ingredients, while Mitre Tengshan provided payment worth fifteen million Gold Coins.
• Xu Haoyu studied the recipe and spent two days refining the Six-Rank pill as Zi Yan and Qing Lin kept watch.
• The completed pill produced a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon that the capital’s residents sensed.
• Xu Haoyu handed the pill to Hai Bodong, who left with Mitre Tengshan to consume it, while Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie asked Xu Haoyu to refine pills for them.

Xu Haoyu met the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master, who sought to bring Qing Lin to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and train her. Qing Lin chose to become her disciple, and after they departed, Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan prepared to leave the Gama Empire Capital.

• Xu Haoyu refined numerous Six-Rank Pills, and the resulting Heaven and Earth Phenomena spread news of his arrival throughout the Jia Ma Empire.
• The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master came to the capital aboard the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and asked Jia Xingtian and the others to take her to Xu Haoyu.
• The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master promised to personally train Qing Lin and respect her wishes, while Xu Haoyu insisted that she be treated as his companion by name.
• Qing Lin agreed to become the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master's disciple, and Zi Yan promised to visit and take her away if she was unhappy.
• After the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master departed with Qing Lin, Xu Haoyu told Zi Yan they would tour the Jia Ma Empire's major cities to buy medicinal ingredients and ores.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan left the Gama Empire Capital and traveled to Wutan City, where Xiao Zhan invited Xu Haoyu to the Xiao Family Residence. After hearing about Xiao Yan’s declining Dou Qi, Xu Haoyu asked to examine him.

• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan departed the Gama Empire Capital after Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong thanked him and tried to persuade him to stay.
• Yun Yun watched them leave, while Gu He promised he would eventually be able to refine Six-Rank Pills in large quantities.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan spent ten days traveling to Wutan City and gathering ingredients for the Grandmaster Pill, which he hoped to refine as his first Seventh-Rank Pill.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xu Haoyu to the Xiao Family marketplace and invited him and Zi Yan to the Xiao Family Residence for a banquet.
• Xu Haoyu asked Xiao Zhan to state his request, and Xiao Zhan explained that his son had fallen from Dou Zhe to Three Stages of Dou Qi.
• Xu Haoyu asked Xiao Zhan to bring his son over so he could examine him.

Xu Haoyu examined Xiao Yan and revealed that a soul inside Xiao Yan's Storage Ring had been absorbing his Dou Qi. The soul, Yao Chen, emerged, and Xiao Yan learned that he had lost three years of cultivation because of him.

• Xiao Zhan summoned Xiao Yan so Xu Haoyu could investigate his declining Dou Qi, while Xiao Xun'er and the Xiao Family elders watched.
• Xu Haoyu sent everyone, including Zi Yan, out of the hall and sealed it from outside observation.
• Xu Haoyu told Xiao Yan that a soul within him had likely absorbed his cultivated Dou Qi.
• Xu Haoyu forced the soul to emerge from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring, revealing Yao Chen.
• Xu Haoyu told Xiao Yan that Yao Chen's absorption had reduced him from Dou Ling to Three Stages of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan glared at Yao Chen in anger.