Chapter Summaries

A reincarnated consciousness awakened inside a giant egg in a hidden valley and was born as a powerful purple-gold magical beast. After meeting Xiao Yi Xian, he accepted the name Xia Mo and began his new life in the Monster Mountain Range.

• A girl and her Blue Eagle entered the hidden valley, where a surge of energy gathered around the giant egg.
• The consciousness inside the egg swallowed a dragon-and-phoenix fruit and a pill as it prepared to hatch.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the Blue Eagle found the egg, and the Blue Eagle sensed its overwhelming bloodline and retreated.
• The egg hatched, revealing a winged purple-gold magical beast that transformed into a boy before Xiao Yi Xian.
• The boy recognized Xiao Yi Xian's name and the Dou Qi Continent, then accepted the name Xia Mo from her.

Xia Mo studied his bloodline inheritance in the valley and gained the Grand Void Dragon Clan’s cultivation method and combat techniques. After Xiao Yi Xian visited with food, he resolved to cultivate quickly so he could protect her and reach Dou Zhe.

• Xia Mo sensed the weakest of nine points of light in his mind and absorbed its inherited memories.
• Xia Mo learned the Ancient Dragon Art, Ancient Dragon Fist, and Phoenix Flame techniques, along with knowledge of cultivation realms and tiers.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived with food and asked Xia Mo to help carry it into their small house.
• Xia Mo thought about protecting Xiao Yi Xian and advancing from three stages of Dou Qi to Da Dou Shi within three years.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian sat with Xiao Lan, then discussed making Monster Beast meat into soup while Xiao Yi Xian told Xia Mo to call her big sister.

Xia Mo trained in the valley, studied medicinal herbs with Xiao Yi Xian’s help, and advanced from the first stage of Dou Qi to Dou Zhe by condensing a Monster Core. He told Xiao Yi Xian he could now protect her and go out with her.

• Xia Mo reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi and decided to study medicinal herbs so he could gain energy from them safely.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Xia Mo annotated medicinal herb books, and he began studying while training in the valley.
• Over three and a half months, Xia Mo used medicinal herbs he found in the valley to advance to the complete ninth stage of Dou Qi.
• Xia Mo spent another half month tempering his Dou Qi, then compressed it into a Monster Core and became a Dou Zhe.
• Xia Mo told Xiao Yi Xian he could now protect her and go out with her, and she celebrated his breakthrough.

Xia Mo joined the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion as an apprentice and, a month later, accompanied Xiao Yi Xian’s herb-gathering expedition into the Monster Mountain Range. As the group approached a route marked by cliffs, he studied the path and asked about the White Orchid Fruit connected to the cave treasure he sought.

• Xia Mo negotiated a physician’s apprentice position with Boss Yao and accepted the pavilion’s pay and herb-buying terms.
• Over the next month, Xia Mo cultivated the Ancient Dragon Jade, reached two-star Dou Zhe, and planned to find the cave treasure to fund his growth.
• Xiao Yi Xian assembled a team of thirty Dou Zhe or stronger mercenaries for the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion’s monthly trip, and Xia Mo volunteered to accompany her.
• Xiao Yi Xian led the team into the Monster Mountain Range, with her and Xia Mo riding in the carriage at the center of the formation.
• After studying the map, Xia Mo advised the team to reach the cliffs by dusk and avoid traveling at night.
• Xia Mo memorized the appearance of the White Orchid Fruit by questioning Xiao Yi Xian, hoping to locate the cave treasure.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian’s camp came under attack by a Rock Wolf pack led by a Second-tier Rock Wolf King, which Xia Mo subdued with his bloodline before it withdrew. After treating the survivors, Xia Mo discovered a hidden cave behind the mountain wall and left the route memorized.

• Xiao Yi Xian ordered the mercenaries to camp near the mountain path, but a Rock Wolf pack surrounded them soon afterward.
• Orn organized the mercenaries into a defensive formation as the wolves attacked and pushed Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian toward the rear.
• The Second-tier Rock Wolf King broke through the defense and charged at Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian, but Xia Mo’s purple-gold gaze forced it to submit and flee with its pack.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian treated the wounded mercenaries, then went to the cliffside to look for medicinal herbs.
• Xia Mo spotted a White Orchid Fruit Plant and sensed a dark cave hidden behind a section of mountain wall concealed by a fallen log.

After returning from the Monster Mountain Range, Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian developed and sold Blood Coagulating Paste, earning enough to buy Storage Rings and grow stronger. With the cave treasure now easier to retrieve, Xia Mo prepared to begin the next stage of his plan.

• The Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion's team returned to Qingshan Town, where the mercenaries received their wages and Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian delivered the gathered herbs.
• Xia Mo told Xiao Yi Xian about a treasure-filled cave and worried they had no Storage Ring to conceal its contents.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian spent a month developing and testing Blood Coagulating Paste, then negotiated a production and sales partnership with Boss Yao.
• Boss Yao popularized the paste, and Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian earned enough to buy Storage Rings and gold savings cards.
• Over the following six months, Xia Mo advanced to Seven-Star Dou Master and mastered Ancient Dragon Fist, then prepared to retrieve the cave treasure.

Xia Mo retrieved the cave treasure and prepared to leave Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian for Jia Nan Academy. He uncovered a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and a Storage Ring, then approached three locked stone boxes.

• Xia Mo told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to retrieve the treasure and take her with him to Jia Nan Academy, and she agreed.
• Xia Mo traveled alone to the cliff, picked the White Orchid Fruit, and used his Purple Gold Wings to reach the hidden cave.
• Xia Mo entered the stone chamber and found scattered treasures, medicinal herbs, three locked boxes, and a skeleton beside a key.
• Xia Mo found the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside the skeleton's arm, then buried the remains and collected the herbs.
• Xia Mo gathered the cave's treasures and walked toward the three stone boxes.

Xia Mo opened the three stone boxes and looted a collection of techniques, Monster Cores, and other treasures from the Storage Ring. After sealing the cave again, he flew away and waited for dawn while cultivating.

• Xia Mo opened the first stone box and found the Profound-tier high-grade wind-attribute Dou Technique Raging Lion's Roar.
• Xia Mo opened the second box and found the Eagle's Wings Flying Dou Technique, then opened the last box and took the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xia Mo explored the Storage Ring, found valuable techniques, Monster Cores, a million gold coins, and an Alchemist's Handbook, then sorted and stored the treasures.
• Xia Mo sealed the stone door, blocked the cave entrance with branches, and flew from the cliff after summoning his Purple-gold Wings.
• Xia Mo entered a small grove before dawn, sat on a tree branch, and began cultivating.

Xia Mo returned to Qingshan Town and learned that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was targeting him. He killed Mu She at the mercenary headquarters and set the building ablaze.

• Mu She and Mu Li plotted to use the accusation that Xia Mo had killed mercenaries to pressure the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion into handing him over and seizing its Blood Coagulating Paste business.
• Mu She confronted Boss Yao, who denied knowing Xia Mo’s whereabouts; Mu She withdrew but ordered Gan Mu to watch the pavilion for Xia Mo’s return.
• Xia Mo returned to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, reassured Xiao Yi Xian, and told her the cave treasure was worth around one million gold coins.
• After nightfall, Xia Mo went to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters and confronted Mu She, who demanded the Blood Coagulating Paste formula.
• Xia Mo broke Mu She’s arm and gravely injured him with Ancient Dragon Impact, then killed him with Dragon Phoenix Flame and set fire to the house.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to leave Qingshan Town for Wutan City, while Xia Mo discovered that a piece of Yellow Lotus Essence was actually the rare Blood Lotus Essence. They agreed to preserve their partnership with Boss Yao before departing in a couple of days.

• Xia Mo heard reports that Mu She had died in the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters fire, then accompanied Xiao Yi Xian to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion to help with her work.
• Xia Mo used his Treasure Seeking Talent to buy two pieces of Yellow Lotus Essence and later uncovered Blood Lotus Essence inside one of them, which he stored safely.
• Xia Mo told Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to leave in a couple of days and proposed settling in Wutan City before enrolling in Jia Nan Academy.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian decided to continue their Blood Coagulating Paste partnership with Boss Yao and give him the formula in exchange for unchanged profit sharing.
• Xia Mo warned Boss Yao not to expand recklessly without enough strength, then he and Xiao Yi Xian returned to pack for their departure.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Wutan City and secured a partnership with the Xiao Clan by demonstrating the healing effects of Blood Coagulating Paste. They settled into a quiet courtyard in the clan, planning to cultivate there and look for a chance to join Jia Nan Academy.

• Xia Lan swallowed the White Orchid Fruit, flew toward the Monster Mountain Range, and advanced to Second-tier Magical Beast before Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian traveled on to Wutan City.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian reached Wutan City by carriage, explored its streets, and spent the night at an inn near the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian presented Blood Coagulating Paste to Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders and demonstrated how quickly it helped an injured person’s wound heal.
• Xiao Zhan agreed to provide medicinal herbs for the paste and accepted the proposed profit split, offering Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian lodging in the clan.
• The Third Elder escorted Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian to a secluded courtyard, where they planned to settle and cultivate.

Xia Mo befriended the despondent Xiao Yan after repeatedly greeting him and joining him to cultivate in the Xiao Clan’s back mountain. He revealed that he was already a Dou Zhe, then shared a barbecue with Xiao Yan and later began spending time with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian as well.

• Xia Mo greeted Xiao Yan each morning until Xiao Yan agreed to let him accompany him to the back mountain.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan cultivated together, and Old Yao sensed Xia Mo’s remarkable talent through Xiao Yan’s ancient ring.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Xia Mo was a Dou Zhe and learned his name and that he had come from Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xia Mo summoned Xiao Lan, which brought back a pine resin deer, and he prepared a barbecue for Xiao Yan.
• Xia Mo began spending his days with Xiao Yan and got to know Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian became friends at their barbecues.

Xia Mo sold treasures at the Mittel Auction House, bought a medicinal cauldron and herbs, and began teaching himself alchemy. After a week of practice, he successfully refined a pill-shaped medicine and became a First-grade Alchemist.

• Xia Mo met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, sold his treasures for about one million gold coins, and arranged to buy a medicinal cauldron and herbs.
• Xia Mo returned three days later with the cauldron and herbs and began preparing to refine medicine while Xiao Yi Xian read the Alchemist's Handbook.
• Xia Mo repeatedly practiced extracting the ingredients for a healing medicinal powder, then combined them into a usable medicine and showed it to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Old Yao learned that Xia Mo was teaching himself alchemy, and the two youngsters trained more diligently.
• After a week of practice, Xia Mo refined a flawed pill-shaped medicine and became a First-grade Alchemist.

Four months later, Xia Mo had reached the peak of Nine-star Dou Zhe, learned saber techniques, and accompanied Xiao Yan to the Xiao Clan’s test, where Xiao Yan remained at the third stage of Dou Qi. After Xia Mo cheered him up at a barbecue, Xiao Zhan reminded Xiao Yan that his Coming of Age Ceremony was a year away and that guests would arrive the next day.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian discussed their cultivation progress as Xia Mo described his new saber and daily training with Xiao Yan.
• Xia Mo followed Xiao Yan to the clan test, where Xiao Yan was measured at the third stage of Dou Qi and mocked by the crowd.
• Xia Mo teased Xiao Yan and suggested they leave the test to have a barbecue, lifting his spirits.
• Xia Mo, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er shared a meal at the back mountain, and Xiao Zhan joined them.
• Xiao Zhan reminded Xiao Yan that his Coming of Age Ceremony was a year away and said they would have guests the next day.
• An unseen observer declared that this time, he definitely would not be mistaken.

Xia Mo accompanied Xiao Yan to the Xiao Clan reception hall, where Nalan Yanran came to end her engagement to him. Xiao Yan rejected the Misty Cloud Sect’s offer, challenged Nalan Yanran to a three-year agreement, and left with Xia Mo following him.

• Xia Mo followed Xiao Yan and Steward Mo to the reception hall, where he saw Nalan Yanran and the other Misty Cloud Sect visitors.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that Nalan Yanran was Xiao Yan’s fiancée and had come to break off their engagement.
• The Misty Cloud Sect offered the Xiao Clan a Qi Gathering Powder in exchange for the marriage contract, but Xiao Yan rejected the offer.
• Xiao Yan argued with Nalan Yanran, rejected her attempts to belittle him, and declared that he would prove himself in three years.
• Xiao Yan threw a letter of repudiation before Nalan Yanran and swore to wash away his father's humiliation; Xia Mo followed him as the guests departed.

At the Xiao Clan's back mountain, Xiao Yan met Old Yao, the spirit in his ring who had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years. Old Yao took Xiao Yan and Xia Mo as disciples, promised to help them develop their cultivation and alchemy, and left them with studies and ingredients to gather before returning to the ring.

• Xiao Yan and Xia Mo reflected on the humiliation of the day until Old Yao revealed himself from Xiao Yan's ring.
• Old Yao admitted that he had absorbed Xiao Yan's Dou Qi for three years, and Xiao Yan angrily threw his mother's ring off the cliff before Old Yao brought it back.
• Xia Mo advised Xiao Yan to demand compensation, and Old Yao promised to help Xiao Yan reach the Seventh Stage Dou Qi within a year and introduced alchemy.
• Old Yao offered Xia Mo a path to become a Peak Second-grade Alchemist within a year, and both boys accepted him as their master.
• Old Yao named Xiao Yan the senior disciple and Xia Mo the junior, assigned both of them books to study, and prescribed herbs and a First-tier Monster Core for Xiao Yan's Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• When someone approached, Old Yao returned to the ring and warned the boys to keep his existence secret.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan visited Wutan City's Marketplace with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to gather materials for Xiao Yan's Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. Xia Mo found a mysterious jade bead at a stall, then reunited with Xiao Yan in the deeper Marketplace as he searched for Monster Cores.

• Xia Mo interrupted Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er's affectionate moment on the mountain and hurried away when they glared at him.
• Xiao Yan borrowed money from Xia Mo and then Xiao Xun'er, while Xia Mo teased him about asking a child and a girl for money.
• Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian went to the Marketplace, where Xiao Yan sought materials and Monster Cores for his Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Xia Mo sensed a nearby treasure and bargained with a stall owner, buying a necklace and taking a shabby jade bead as his extra item.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan searching for Monster Cores in the deeper Marketplace, and Xia Mo sent Xiao Yi Xian to join Xiao Xun'er.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan searched the Marketplace before Jia Lie Ao harassed Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, provoking a confrontation. Xia Mo badly injured Jia Lie Ao despite the intervention of Jia Lie Ao's father, and Xiao Yan later found a Wood-type Monster Core and an iron sheet before returning to the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian encountered Jia Lie Ao, who blocked their way and offered them bracelets containing Monster Cores.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Xun'er from accepting Jia Lie Ao's gift and mocked him, while Xia Mo took Xiao Yi Xian's hand and tried to leave.
• Jia Lie Ao's lackeys blocked Xia Mo and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan summoned the Xiao Clan Marketplace guards to confront them.
• After Jia Lie Ao insulted Xiao Yan and threatened Xiao Yi Xian, Xia Mo attacked him with an iron rod and shattered his shoulder despite Jia Lie Ao's father's intervention.
• Xiao Zhan and Jia Lie Ao's father arrived, and both groups withdrew; Xiao Yan then found a Wood-type Monster Core and an iron sheet before returning to the Xiao Clan.

Xia Mo discovered that his strange jade bead was a valuable Blazing Flame Valley storage vessel containing the Blazing Flame Slash Dou Technique. After Old Yao helped him unlock it, Xia Mo claimed victory over Xiao Yan in their treasure contest.

• Xia Mo showed Xiao Yi Xian the jade bead, then went to Xiao Yan’s room to compare treasures with him.
• Xiao Yan revealed a black iron plate containing the Profound-tier low-grade Dou Technique Sucking Palm, while Xia Mo presented his jade bead.
• Old Yao identified the bead as a Blazing Flame Valley storage vessel and explained that fire could unlock what it contained.
• Old Yao used his bone-white flame to melt the bead and revealed the Blazing Flame Slash Dou Technique.
• Xia Mo absorbed the technique’s information and, after recovering, told Xiao Yan to cry because he had won their contest.

Old Yao refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yan and Xia Mo, and Xia Mo used it to break through to Dou Shi at the rear mountain. After testing his new power, Xia Mo continued cultivating while Xiao Yan trained beside him.

• Old Yao refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yan and explained that Xia Mo could use another batch to help trigger his breakthrough.
• Old Yao gave Xia Mo the formula and told him to rest before attempting the breakthrough at the rear mountain the next day.
• Xia Mo drank the spirit liquid and absorbed natural energy for three hours while Xiao Yan and Old Yao watched over him.
• Xia Mo refined the energy with Dragon Phoenix Flame, strengthened his body, and broke through to Dou Shi.
• Xia Mo tested his new Dou Qi Garment and continued cultivating to stabilize his realm while Xiao Yan trained nearby and Old Yao returned to the ring.