Chapter Summaries

Ling Li recovered from Ling Ying’s devastating strike before Zi Yan returned with a dangerous Sixth-Tier Surging Wave Dragon Beast. Meanwhile, Ruolin and the Jia Nan Academy recruitment party arrived in Black Rock City, where Little Doctor Fairy recognized the place where she and Xiao Yan had first met.

• Ling Li and Hai Bodong lay injured after Ling Ying’s attack, while Zi Yan and Qing Lin explored the Monster Beast Mountain Range with the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor.
• Zi Yan returned with a Surging Wave Dragon Beast, whose watery blue flames swept toward Ling Li.
• Ruolin led Jia Nan Academy’s flock of Blue Eagles into Black Rock City and presented her token to the city guard captain.
• Ruolin asked the captain to notify surrounding cities that Jia Nan Academy would soon recruit students in Jia Nan Town, then allowed the students an hour to buy supplies.
• Little Doctor Fairy spoke fondly of her Blue Eagle, and she told Xiao Yu that Black Rock City was where she and Xiao Yan had begun their story.

Little Doctor Fairy learned that Ling Li was alive when she saw his bounty portrait in Black Rock City, while Ling Li recovered from a battle with a powerful beast and planned his next journey. The chapter ended with Ling Li mapping a route toward the Tagor Desert that passed through Jia Nan Town.

• Little Doctor Fairy reminisced about Ling Li while traveling through Black Rock City with Ruolin and Xiao Yu, and she reflected on the medical knowledge she had gained from the Myriad Cloud Medical Canon.
• Little Doctor Fairy recognized Ling Li in a bounty portrait at the city gates and wept with relief, while Xiao Yu noticed the five-million-Gold-Coin reward and Ruolin suspected he was a notorious figure from the Black Corner Region.
• Ling Li escaped the Surging Wave Dragon Beast with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong, then scolded Zi Yan for provoking the beast and eating its Illusionary Flame Pearl.
• Three days later, Ling Li had mostly recovered, while Hai Bodong remained too injured to fight; Ling Li refused to return to the beast and instead studied a map.
• Ling Li plotted a route toward the Tagor Desert and noticed that it would take him through Jia Nan Town, where he could visit the place Jia Nan Academy used to recruit students.

Ling Li traveled to Jia Nan Town with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong, where Jia Nan Academy was recruiting students. He found the Little Doctor Fairy among the candidates and greeted her, reuniting with her after three years.

• Ling Li and his companions reached Jia Nan Town, where nearly a hundred thousand people had gathered for Jia Nan Academy's recruitment.
• Ling Li sensed the Little Doctor Fairy in the town and learned that she had advanced to Great Fighting Master.
• Ling Li led his companions through a soldiers' passage by overwhelming their killing intent, earning them direct entry to the recruitment plaza.
• Ling Li spotted the Little Doctor Fairy in the plaza and greeted her after three years apart.

Ling Li reunited with Little Doctor Fairy at Jia Nan Academy, where a misunderstanding over Zi Yan’s teasing led to a tense but intimate exchange. After Ling Li maimed Lin Nan for charging at him, he demanded enrollment for his group and insisted that Hai Bodong qualified because he was eighteen.

• Little Doctor Fairy tearfully embraced Ling Li after three years apart, and he noticed faint poison within her body before giving her an Alchemist Robe.
• Zi Yan called Ling Li “Dad” and implied Little Doctor Fairy was another woman he knew, making Little Doctor Fairy believe he had two children and someone new.
• Ling Li reappeared behind Little Doctor Fairy and tried to reassure her, while Zi Yan watched and Qing Lin asked what she had learned.
• Lin Nan charged at Ling Li, who severed Lin Nan’s limbs with black streaks; Ruolin and Little Doctor Fairy tried to treat him, but the black mist resisted their efforts.
• Ling Li demanded enrollment for himself, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong, and Ruolin explained that the academy only admitted students under eighteen.
• Ling Li held Dark Night to a female student’s neck until she claimed Hai Bodong was eighteen, then argued that the group should be allowed to enroll.

Ling Li returned to Jia Nan Town with Little Doctor Fairy after she revealed that the Myriad Cloud Medical Canon identified his Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline as a way to suppress her Calamity Poison Body. They reunited with Ruolin, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong as a group of five newcomers arrived outside town.

• Little Doctor Fairy showed Ling Li the Myriad Cloud Medical Canon and explained that intercourse with someone of the Devouring Spirit Clan could suppress her Calamity Poison Body, while a Poison Pill offered another possible cure.
• Ling Li and Little Doctor Fairy returned to Jia Nan Town, where he threatened Blue Eagle after it tried to nuzzle Little Doctor Fairy.
• Ling Li and Little Doctor Fairy entered Ruolin’s tent, where Zi Yan sulked at Little Doctor Fairy until Ling Li lured her over with a package of food.
• A group of five people, including three women, arrived outside Jia Nan Town, and one woman exclaimed at the crowds gathered for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment.

Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yan, Gu Xun Er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment site, where they had to pass through a passage filled with soldiers’ killing intent despite her attempt to use a token. After they reached the plaza and entered the central tent, Xiao Yu greeted Little Doctor Fairy, while Ling Li sharply watched the newcomers.

• Xiao Yu explained that Jia Nan Academy accepted very few applicants and arranged for Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning to receive help with recruitment, while Xiao Yan weighed attending the academy against training with Yao Chen in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu presented her jade-green token to Senior Ke, but he refused to let the group bypass the soldiers’ killing-intent test and ordered them to cross the passage.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Xun Er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei each crossed the passage despite its oppressive pressure, and Xiao Yu thanked Senior Ke afterward.
• Xiao Yu explained that older students often made life difficult for newcomers as the group looked around the plaza and saw student trainees and Blue Eagles.
• Xiao Yu entered the central tent, recognized Little Doctor Fairy, and rushed over to greet her, while Ling Li fixed his attention on the black-robed youth and purple-clad girl at the entrance.

Ling Li seized Xiao Yan’s ring and drove Yao Chen into hiding, while Xiao Yan welcomed the loss and regained his confidence. Ruolin began registering the candidates for Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan announced that he was fifteen and at the fourth-stage Dou Qi.

• Ling Ying urged Ling Li to attack the Soul Body inside Xiao Yan’s ring, and Ling Li’s Soul Power forced Yao Chen to retreat into it.
• Xiao Yan decided not to protect the ring, and Ling Li snatched it from his hand.
• Xiao Yu confronted Ling Li over the keepsake, but Xiao Yan called the ring a gift, and Xiao Yu left the tent with Xiao Ning following her.
• Ruolin introduced herself as Xiao Yu’s instructor and began recording the candidates’ hometowns, ages, and strengths.
• Xiao Mei gave her registration details as an eighteen-year-old with eighth-stage Dou Qi, and Gu Xun Er registered as a thirteen-year-old with ninth-stage Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan loudly introduced himself as a fifteen-year-old from Wutan City with fourth-stage Dou Qi.

Ling Li explored the black ring, claimed its treasures, and confronted Yao Chen, forcing the weakened alchemist to agree to refine pills. After the group arrived in Wutan City and settled at the Xiao Family estate, Xiao Zhan grew suspicious of Ling Li and planned to test him that night.

• Ling Li searched the black ring and found the Black Heavy Ruler and Fentian Jue among its stored treasures.
• Ling Li summoned Yao Chen, offered to help revive him in exchange for pill refining, and threatened to destroy the ring until Yao Chen agreed.
• Ling Li's group arrived in Wutan City with the Jia Nan Academy recruitment team, and the Xiao Family arranged accommodations for them.
• Xiao Zhan recognized Ling Li's group as the people who had injured Gu Xun Er's guards and resolved to test their intentions that night.
• Ruolin selected several Xiao Family disciples to attend Jia Nan Academy, while Ling Li's group stayed together in a courtyard.

Ling Li planned to enter Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame and gave Hai Bodong a pill formula that could restore his strength before the journey. While searching the Xiao Family grounds for traces of its lost legacy, Ling Li grew suspicious of Xiao Zhan, who seemed to be watching him.

• Ling Li asked Hai Bodong whether he could hold Queen Medusa back, and Hai Bodong said he could stall her for only a few minutes even at full strength.
• Ling Li used his Soul Power to engrave a fifth-rank Reviving Purple Spirit Pill formula, then gave it and several ingredients to Hai Bodong so he could gather the rest from the Miter Family.
• Hai Bodong realized the pill could restore the strength lost to his injuries and seals, thanked Ling Li, and flew to the Gamma Empire's imperial capital to collect the remaining ingredients.
• Ling Li wondered whether Yao Chen would emerge to possess a body, then searched the Xiao Family's halls and grounds for the clan's hidden legacy without finding any treasures.
• Ling Li noticed Xiao Zhan repeatedly watching him, and the two met each other's gaze before Xiao Zhan quietly walked away.

Xiao Zhan worried that Ling Li was searching for a Xiao Clan treasure tied to Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan asked his father how to distance himself from Gu Xun Er. Xiao Yan invited Ling Li to a banquet, and Ling Li decided it might be worthwhile to get to know him.

• Xiao Zhan suspected Ling Li was seeking the Xiao Clan's supreme treasure and worried about the danger it posed to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhan to make Gu Xun Er leave the Xiao Family, but Xiao Zhan said she had to stay and Xiao Yan could not avoid Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Zhan suggested Xiao Yan host Ling Li for a banquet after learning Ling Li had helped him, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Ling Li visited Xiao Yu's courtyard but left when she refused to see him, then returned to his room to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan invited Ling Li to the Xiao Family banquet, and Ling Li accepted while wondering why he could not sense Xiao Yan's treasure.

Ling Li discovered that Xiao Yan and Gu Xun Er had been drugged, then learned from Ling Ying that Gu Xun Er carried a transaction treasure and valuable bloodline. He used the treasure to trade away his Devour Skill for her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Sub-flame and the damaged treasure called Jealousy.

• Ling Li visited Xiao Yan and found that Snake Desire Fruit had been added to the tea, leaving Xiao Yan and Gu Xun Er dazed.
• An unfamiliar Dou Huang aura appeared near the courtyard, and Zi Yan, the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, and another force rushed toward the outskirts of Wutan City.
• Ling Ying told Ling Li that Gu Xun Er possessed a god-grade bloodline and one half of a treasure capable of trading anything, and urged him to seize the opportunity.
• Ling Ying left to help stall the others, while Ling Li carried the unconscious Gu Xun Er onto Xiao Yan's bed.
• The transaction treasure displayed the parties' available stakes, and Ling Li traded his Devour Skill for Gu Xun Er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Sub-flame and Jealousy.

Ling Li completed his transaction with Gu Xun Er, gaining her God-grade bloodline and a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Sub-flame before leaving her unconscious. As Xiao Zhan fought Zi Yan and Gu Yuan prepared to summon Gu Xun Er back, she awoke in Wutan City and realized what Ling Li had done.

• Ling Li gained Jealousy (Incomplete) and absorbed Gu Xun Er's God-grade bloodline, raising his bloodline rank from four to five.
• Ling Li left Xiao Yan in bed with Gu Xun Er's blood on him, then slipped into Xiao Yu's room to visit Little Doctor Fairy.
• After Ling Ying withdrew, Zi Yan attacked Xiao Zhan, who struggled to escape her powerful lightning-infused strikes.
• Gu Yuan sensed the completed transaction, decided to let the Xiao Family live, and sent Gu Xun Er a message telling her to return.
• Ling Ying adjusted Xiao Yan's position and revived Gu Xun Er, who discovered her injuries and angrily called for Elder Ling.

Gu Xun Er realized that she had lost her first time, a child flame, and her divine-grade bloodline, but gained the Dou Zhe stage before learning that her clan had summoned her home. As Ruolin led Jia Nan Academy’s new students toward Peace Town, Gu Xun Er said goodbye to Xiao Yan, who secretly celebrated her departure.

• Gu Xun Er questioned Ling Ying about the tampered food and Ling Li, then discovered she had advanced to Dou Zhe and confirmed Ling Li was with Little Doctor Fairy in Xiao Yu’s courtyard.
• Gu Xun Er received a message from her clan summoning her home, while Ling Li left Xiao Yu’s courtyard on the morning Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team prepared to depart.
• Ling Li teased the exhausted Little Doctor Fairy and Xiao Yu as Ruolin assembled the new students and explained their dangerous journey to Peace Town.
• Xiao Yan mistook Gu Xun Er’s condition for evidence that he had slept with her, and she accepted his awkward apology before telling him she was leaving to return to her clan.
• Gu Xun Er and Xiao Yan embraced tearfully as Ruolin ordered the students to set out for Peace Town.

Ling Li left Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment party and traveled with Zi Yan, Little Doctor Fairy, and Qing Lin to the Tagor Desert to find the Green Lotus Core Flame. Qing Lin located a nearby serpentine magical beast, giving them their first lead as Ling Li worried Queen Medusa might notice them.

• Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment party departed Wutan City, while Ling Li and his companions traveled ahead on Blue Eagle.
• Ling Li reviewed his gains from Wutan City, including a seventh-grade bloodline, the Jealousy treasure, and a child flame of the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame.
• Ling Li explained that he wanted to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame, help the Snake People Clan, and obtain its medicinal ingredients.
• Ling Li’s group reached the Tagor Desert after gathering supplies, and Qing Lin searched underground for the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qing Lin announced that she had found a lead while Ling Li worried Queen Medusa might sense their presence.

Ling Li and his companions descended beneath the desert to find the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Qing Lin identified the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake and Ling Li captured it for her. Ling Li and Zi Yan reached the flame’s lotus-like fire body at the bottom of the magma lake and realized they would have to face its defenses themselves.

• Qing Lin sensed the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake below, and Ling Li used Dark Night to bore a passage through the sand.
• Ling Li brought Qing Lin and Little Doctor Fairy down the passage, protecting them from the escalating heat with Dou Qi and Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Ling Li sent Qing Lin and Little Doctor Fairy back to the surface, then entered the magma lake with Zi Yan.
• Ling Li trapped the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake inside a ball of rock so Qing Lin could use it later.
• Ling Li and Zi Yan followed the Mysterious Flame’s aura through the magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame within a huge green flame lotus.
• Ling Li recognized the outer lotus as the flame’s dangerous fire body, and he and Zi Yan prepared to press onward without Queen Medusa’s help.

Ling Li fought the Green Lotus Core Flame’s green vines until his blade arts advanced to Grandmaster, letting Dark Night cut through the expanding spatial cavities. He and Zi Yan reached the lotus platform, but green vines erupted just as Zi Yan tried to take its seventeen seeds.

• Ling Li sent Zi Yan aside and fought the green vines, discovering that destroying them earned Blade Arts Experience Points.
• Ling Li covered himself in his Venom armor and repeatedly dodged and cut apart the vines as their attacks expanded dangerous spatial cavities around him.
• Ling Li’s Blade Arts reached Grandmaster, and his new Blade Qi sliced through the cavities and shattered the green fire lotus.
• Ling Li told Zi Yan that Dark Night had repelled the Spatial Power, then promised to have a weapon forged for her in Yan Tie City.
• Ling Li and Zi Yan flew to the lotus platform and found a quiet green flame surrounded by seventeen lotus seeds.
• Zi Yan reached for the seeds, but green vines suddenly sprang from the platform.

Ling Li and Zi Yan claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame and its seeds before Queen Medusa arrived with eight Snake People Clan warriors. Ling Li proposed marriage to the queen, then defeated Mo Bass with one strike, leaving Queen Medusa to answer his bold offer.

• Zi Yan used a lightning sword to sever the lotus pedestal, and Ling Li collected the Green Lotus Core Flame and eleven lotus seeds, sharing six seeds with her.
• Ling Li and Zi Yan emerged from the magma passage and met Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin as Queen Medusa approached with eight snake people.
• Queen Medusa confronted Ling Li and Zi Yan, suspecting that they were connected to the spatial fluctuations and Mysterious Flame she had sensed.
• Ling Li told Queen Medusa that he wanted to marry her, provoking Mo Bass to attack.
• Ling Li struck Mo Bass with the back of Dark Night and sent the peak Dou Wang flying, after which Queen Medusa asked whether she should call Ling Li her husband.

Ling Li forced Queen Medusa to agree to meet him by threatening her remaining Snake-People Kings, then entered her palace with Zi Yan. He stood before Medusa on her throne as she asked what he wanted.

• Queen Medusa tried to petrify and control Ling Li, but Zi Yan awakened him, and Ling Li destroyed two of Medusa's clones.
• Ling Li demanded marriage, then threatened to kill Mo Bass and the other Snake-People Kings unless Medusa granted him a meeting.
• Medusa surrendered to protect her people's remaining strength and ordered Yue Mei to escort Ling Li's group to the Holy City.
• Yue Mei guided Ling Li, Zi Yan, Little Doctor Fairy, and Qing Lin through the city, but only Ling Li and Zi Yan were invited into the palace.
• A Snake-People Dou Wang stopped Zi Yan at the palace entrance, and Ling Li entered the central hall alone to face Queen Medusa.

Ling Li negotiated a marriage alliance with Queen Medusa, offering a Mysterious Flame, support for the Snake People Clan, and migration to the Black Corner Region. After Queen Medusa agreed to marry him once he fulfilled his promises, Ling Li reassured Zi Yan that he would not abandon her, then found Little Doctor Fairy asking him the same question.

• Ling Li threatened Queen Medusa and proposed a marriage alliance, offering the Green Lotus Core Flame, his support, and a safe migration for the Snake People Clan.
• Queen Medusa questioned whether Ling Li could protect the Snake People from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Ling Li claimed Xia Pan would stay quiet or be silenced.
• Queen Medusa agreed to marry Ling Li after he fulfilled his promises, and Ling Li said the Snake People should prepare to migrate while he traveled to the Gamma Empire.
• After leaving the palace, Ling Li reassured Zi Yan that he would never abandon her, and they made a pinky promise.
• Ling Li visited Little Doctor Fairy at dusk, where she asked him whether he would abandon her.

Ling Li gave Little Doctor Fairy the Green Lotus Core Flame and helped her begin devouring it so she could become an alchemist. After enduring the flame’s destruction and renewal through the night, Little Doctor Fairy showed signs of recovering as dawn arrived.

• Ling Li learned that Little Doctor Fairy could understand advanced pill formulas but could not refine pills because she lacked a fire attribute.
• Ling Li revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and told Little Doctor Fairy he wanted her to devour it, warning that she could die in the attempt.
• Little Doctor Fairy accepted the risk, and Ling Li took her into the desert with a Blood Lotus Pill, Naling, and Ice Spirit Cold Spring to aid the process.
• Ling Li drew away some of the flame’s energy while Little Doctor Fairy entered the lotus pedestal and endured the fire burning away her skin and flesh.
• Little Doctor Fairy seized and swallowed the flame’s origin, then collapsed as the Mysterious Flame tore through her body.
• At sunrise, Little Doctor Fairy’s life aura strengthened, new flesh grew over her bones, and cracks appeared in the charred shell covering her.