Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Li’s challenge after he provoked Su Mu, and the two prepared to spar at the Iron Mercenary Group’s training ground. The mercenaries watched as Xiao Ding asked Xiao Yue which fighter she thought was stronger.

• Xiao Li challenged Su Mu, but Su Mu refused and said Xiao Yi Xian could handle him instead.
• Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward and insisted on fighting Xiao Li, while Xiao Yue introduced her to her brothers.
• Xiao Li agreed to spar with Xiao Yi Xian, promising to hold back, and the group went to the training ground.
• The mercenaries gathered as Xiao Li and Xiao Yi Xian faced each other, and Xiao Ding asked Xiao Yue who she thought would win.

Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Li began a match, revealing that she possessed formidable strength and used poisoned silver needles against him. As their battle intensified, Xiao Li unleashed his Lightning Arc Three Stage Dance, while Xiao Ding remained upset about her methods.

• Xiao Yue told Xiao Ding that Xiao Yi Xian could defeat Xiao Li if she used all her abilities, and Xiao Li prepared to fight with his lightning-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian rose into the air and attacked Xiao Li, who countered with his spear as their strikes collided.
• Xiao Yi Xian fired a poisoned silver needle that blackened the ground, prompting Xiao Ding to criticize her tactics and Xiao Yue to defend her.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Yi Xian fought for several minutes, and Xiao Li grew cautious after noticing poisoned needles scattered around the training ground.
• Xiao Li launched his Lightning Arc Three Stage Dance, splitting his spinning spear into three arcs of lightning.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated the injured Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding apologized to Su Mu on behalf of the Iron Mercenary Group. Xiao Li remained resentful, while Xiao Yue tried to smooth things over with Su Mu and Xiao Yi Xian, who accepted the apology but asked that her master be treated with respect.

• Xiao Yi Xian's green python overwhelmed Xiao Li's silver serpent and knocked him from the training ground, so Xiao Ding conceded on his behalf.
• Xiao Yi Xian challenged Xiao Ding after the mercenaries objected, but Xiao Ding admitted fault and apologized to her and Su Mu.
• Su Mu left with Xiao Yi Xian after Xiao Ding and Xiao Li offered apologies, though Xiao Li's apology was reluctant.
• Xiao Li complained that Xiao Ding had stopped the fight, but Xiao Yue and Xiao Ding told him Xiao Yi Xian had held back.
• Xiao Yue apologized to Su Mu for her brothers and asked him to forgive them, then persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to accept an apology and request that they respect Su Mu.

Su Mu brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Iron Mercenary Group’s courtyard to find Qing Lin, a girl he hoped to take as his disciple. Xiao Yi Xian rescued Qing Lin from a group of women insulting her, and Su Mu prepared to speak with her properly.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yue she did not blame Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, though she had acted because they disrespected Su Mu.
• Su Mu took Xiao Yi Xian to find someone he planned to make his disciple, and Xiao Yi Xian discovered Qing Lin being bullied by women from the Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yi Xian chased off Qing Lin’s tormentors, helped her up, and learned her name.
• Xiao Yi Xian introduced Qing Lin to Su Mu as her new friend, leaving Qing Lin moved but doubtful they could remain friends once she learned her identity.
• Su Mu suggested they find a suitable place to talk, and Xiao Yi Xian reminded him that they had come out to look for someone.

Su Mu offered to take Qing Lin as his disciple, but her painful past as a human-snake hybrid made her believe she was unworthy and afraid he would reject her. Xiao Yi Xian tried to reassure her, but Qing Lin still could not explain her fear.

• Xiao Yi Xian stopped Qing Lin from leaving and asked whether she wanted to cultivate and become stronger.
• Qing Lin remembered being abused and deceived by people who said they would teach her, and she lost hope in cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian shared how gaining strength had changed her life and encouraged Qing Lin to consider her future.
• Su Mu plainly offered to take Qing Lin as his disciple, but Qing Lin immediately refused.
• Xiao Yi Xian assured Qing Lin that Su Mu had no ill intentions and would compensate the Iron Mercenary Group if needed.
• Qing Lin said she was not worthy of Su Mu, but could not bring herself to reveal why she feared becoming his disciple.

Su Mu tried to persuade Qing Lin to become his disciple, assuring her that he knew about her human and Snake-Person heritage and would not let others look down on her. Qing Lin left still uncertain, while Xiao Yue learned why she felt inferior and carried a Jade Bottle from Su Mu to her brothers.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Qing Lin was unwilling to become Su Mu’s disciple, and Su Mu reassured Qing Lin that her identity did not matter to him.
• Xiao Yue met Qing Lin and urged her to accept Su Mu as her master, but Su Mu told Xiao Yue to let Qing Lin decide for herself.
• Qing Lin left wondering whether Su Mu truly knew her heritage and whether becoming his disciple would improve her life.
• Su Mu told Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yue that Qing Lin was a human and Snake-Person half-blood who had endured scorn and felt inferior.
• Xiao Yue said Xiao Ding and Xiao Li regretted offending Su Mu, and Su Mu gave her a Jade Bottle to pass to them as thanks for caring for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Yue whether Su Mu had complained about him again and said he would admit his mistake.

Xiao Yue gave Xiao Li a healing pill from Su Mu and told him Su Mu wanted to accept Qing Lin as a disciple. Unsure whether to trust Su Mu, Qing Lin sought Xiao Li’s advice, and Su Mu prepared to take her as his student.

• Xiao Yue gave Xiao Li a pill from Su Mu, and Xiao Li swallowed it and felt his injuries ease.
• Xiao Yue told Xiao Li that Su Mu wanted to accept Qing Lin as a disciple, and Xiao Li agreed as long as Qing Lin consented.
• Xiao Li asked about Qing Lin’s background, and Xiao Yue explained that Su Mu considered her mixed bloodline a source of unusual talent.
• Qing Lin struggled to decide whether to become Su Mu’s disciple and planned to ask Xiao Li for advice.
• Xiao Li advised Qing Lin to leave Su Mu if he did not teach her well or she became unhappy, and told her she could return to the Iron Mercenary Group.
• Su Mu received 50 Admiration Value from Xiao Yue and focused on quickly accepting Qing Lin as his disciple.

Qing Lin became Su Mu’s disciple, and he prepared to reveal the special ability that made him choose her. The chapter left Qing Lin trembling before a restrained Rock Snake as Su Mu began the process of awakening her talent.

• Qing Lin entered Su Mu’s room and called him Master, accepting him as her disciple.
• Su Mu had Xiao Yi Xian return with a Rock Snake and brought Qing Lin outside to explain why he had chosen her.
• Su Mu revealed that Qing Lin was a rare human-snake hybrid and prepared Spirit Awakening Liquid to demonstrate her difference.
• Su Mu had Xiao Yi Xian wake the Rock Snake and told Qing Lin to drink the liquid.
• Qing Lin approached the thrashing Rock Snake in fear but resolved not to give up her chance to grow stronger.

Qing Lin awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and gained control over a Rock Snake. Su Mu explained her talent’s abilities, while the rewards from his disciples’ admiration continued to chime.

• Su Mu reassured Qing Lin as she drank the awakening potion and endured intense pain while green light appeared in her eyes.
• Qing Lin’s pupils manifested three green flowers, subduing the Rock Snake and making it lie obediently at her side.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered from the pupils’ effect, and Qing Lin tested her control by ordering the Rock Snake to move.
• Su Mu received admiration rewards from Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as Qing Lin expressed gratitude for his help.
• Su Mu explained that Qing Lin’s talent could control snakes, affect other people, and eventually create a space to store subdued snakes.

Qing Lin learned that her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could control third-tier snake-type magical beasts, and Su Mu urged her to train her own strength. Xiao Yue challenged Xiao Li to prove the strength she had gained from Su Mu's teachings, leaving him shocked by her power and techniques.

• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian were astonished when they learned Qing Lin could easily control third-tier snake-type magical beasts, and Su Mu encouraged Qing Lin to train.
• Xiao Yue challenged Xiao Li and asked him to suppress his strength to One Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Li agreed and took Xiao Yue to an empty house, where he formed Dou Qi armor and waited for her attack.
• Xiao Yue used the Green Lotus Sword and unleashed the techniques Su Mu had taught her, forcing Xiao Li to take her seriously.
• Xiao Yue ended the match after shredding Xiao Li's clothes, and Xiao Li asked about her strength and where she had learned her Dou Techniques.

Xiao Yue revealed that Su Mu had helped her reach Nine-star Dou Zhe, convincing Xiao Li that her master was truly powerful. Xiao Li then encouraged Qing Lin to accept Su Mu as her master, while Su Mu received a surge of Admiration Value from his disciples.

• Xiao Li changed clothes to compose himself after seeing Xiao Yue's strength.
• Xiao Yue told Xiao Li that Su Mu had made her and his other disciples much stronger.
• Xiao Li admitted he had misjudged Su Mu and decided to apologize to him.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Li she had decided to become Su Mu's disciple and leave the Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Li urged Qing Lin to seize the opportunity, and Su Mu received Admiration Value from Qing Lin and Ya Fei.

Su Mu urged Xiao Yue to take cultivation seriously and showed her why Qing Lin’s abilities made her a formidable junior sister. The chapter ended with Xiao Yue stunned to learn that Qing Lin could control powerful snake-type magical beasts.

• Xiao Li apologized to Su Mu, who dismissed him without much response.
• Xiao Yue asked why Su Mu had not answered Xiao Li, and Su Mu scolded her for neglecting cultivation.
• Su Mu proposed that Xiao Yue and Qing Lin compete, but Qing Lin refused to fight her senior sister.
• At Su Mu’s urging, Qing Lin summoned her pet Rock Snake, startling Xiao Yue.
• Su Mu explained that Qing Lin could control snake-type magical beasts up to the fourth tier, leaving Xiao Yue dumbfounded.

Xiao Yue asked Su Mu to improve her physique so she could keep up with her extraordinary junior sisters, but he told her she first needed to show results through cultivation. The chapter ended with Xiao Yue stopping at the door after learning Su Mu was still willing to offer her a fortuitous opportunity if she was prepared to seize it.

• Xiao Yue pleaded with Su Mu to help her improve her physique and cultivation speed because she feared falling behind her junior sisters.
• Su Mu considered possible ways to help but rejected the System Mall because its most powerful items cost too much Admiration Value.
• Su Mu asked why he should pay such a high price to help Xiao Yue, and she accepted that she could not demand everything from him.
• Xiao Yue turned to leave, but Su Mu told her that changing her physique required her to show results first.
• Su Mu urged Xiao Yue to focus on cultivating so she would be ready to seize a fortuitous opportunity.

Su Mu gathered his disciples to explain when they could ask for his help, then traveled into the Tagor Desert to seek a Green Lotus for Xiao Yue. He entered a shop to meet its white-haired owner, a former Jia Ma Empire expert, who told him to state his business or leave.

• Xiao Yue left to cultivate after promising Su Mu she would work hard.
• Su Mu explained to Xiao Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Ya Fei how he decided when to help his disciples, and assured them he would pursue opportunities suited to them.
• The disciples expressed their support for Su Mu, and their Admiration Value notifications prompted him to consider using inspirational talks to earn more.
• Su Mu decided the Green Lotus that had birthed the Green Lotus Core Flame was the best opportunity for Xiao Yue, since she was not yet ready to refine the flame.
• Su Mu entered a small shop in the Tagor Desert and approached its white-haired owner, who ordered him to state his business or leave.

Su Mu demanded the Ice Emperor’s information about Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert, but the old man denied his identity and refused to cooperate. After the Ice Emperor attacked, Su Mu revealed overwhelming Dou Zong-level power and restrained him, leaving the Ice Emperor forced to reconsider his resistance.

• Su Mu identified the map seller as the Ice Emperor and demanded all the information he had gathered about Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert.
• The Ice Emperor denied his identity and ordered Su Mu to leave, while privately admitting he could not gauge Su Mu’s strength.
• Su Mu warned the Ice Emperor to hand over the information and revealed that he had advanced to the high-level Dou Zong realm.
• The Ice Emperor attacked Su Mu with ice shards and Cold Qi Ice Finger, but Su Mu destroyed the ice and stopped his strike.
• Su Mu used spatial power to suppress the Ice Emperor and demanded the information again, warning him of the consequences of refusing.

Su Mu forced the Ice Emperor to guide him through the Tagor Desert in search of a Heavenly Flame, but their searches found nothing. Su Mu gave the Ice Emperor a thermometer to continue the hunt and left him under a Dou Qi seal, still hoping to locate the flame.

• Su Mu grabbed the Ice Emperor and forced him to reveal every unusual place where a Heavenly Flame might be found.
• After they searched more than a dozen locations without finding anything, Su Mu accused the Ice Emperor of misleading him.
• Su Mu exchanged 100 Admiration Value for a thermometer and explained that the Ice Emperor should use it to seek out the hottest areas.
• Su Mu planted a Dou Qi seal in the Ice Emperor and promised to remove it if he completed the search.
• Su Mu ordered the Ice Emperor to keep looking and report anything unusual, while prioritizing the thermometer's safety.

Su Mu and the Ice Emperor tracked a Heavenly Flame to a darkened spot in the Tagor Desert, where the Ice Emperor dug through the ground and uncovered surging magma. Meanwhile, Xiao Yue worried that her demands had burdened Su Mu and urged Qing Lin to focus on cultivation.

• Su Mu used the Dou Qi inside the Ice Emperor to compel him to keep searching west for a Heavenly Flame.
• Su Mu and the Ice Emperor reached the darkest spot on the thermometer, and Su Mu ordered the Ice Emperor to dig.
• The Ice Emperor dug a deep passage, reinforced its walls with Dou Qi, and sensed the growing heat below.
• The Ice Emperor broke through the ground into a surge of magma, and Su Mu descended to see what lay beneath.
• Xiao Yue reflected on her behavior while waiting for Su Mu, then told Qing Lin to go cultivate instead of keeping her company.

Qing Lin focused on cultivating after Xiao Yue arranged for her protection, while Su Mu kept the Ice Emperor under his control and brought him to meet Xiao Yue as her prospective bodyguard. Xiao Yue recognized the Ice Emperor’s title but mistook him for someone who had merely received the legendary expert’s guidance.

• Qing Lin left Xiao Yue to cultivate and arranged for others to guard her, silencing those who mocked her with her aura.
• Su Mu collected the Green Lotus along with the Green Lotus Core Flame and told the Ice Emperor he wanted to keep using him as a tool.
• The Ice Emperor objected to Su Mu breaking his promise to release him, but stayed because Su Mu had partly broken his seal and promised him a chance to reach Dou Zong.
• Su Mu returned to Xiao Yue with the Ice Emperor and introduced him as a bodyguard he had found for her.
• Xiao Yue asked about the Ice Emperor’s strength, recognized his title, and guessed that he had received guidance from the legendary expert.

Su Mu returned with the Ice Emperor as a bodyguard and gathered his three disciples, assessing how much they had improved. He gave Xiao Yue a jade-green lotus and set out how she should cultivate with it as her strength grew.

• Xiao Yue mistook the Ice Emperor for an old servant until Su Mu explained who he was and led everyone into the courtyard.
• Su Mu assessed Xiao Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin’s cultivation progress, while the Ice Emperor agreed to protect them after seeing the remarkable disciples.
• Su Mu told the disciples to respect the Ice Emperor as their bodyguard without treating him as more important than their master.
• Su Mu explained that he had brought a gift for each disciple, then showed Xiao Yue a jade-green lotus he had promised her.
• Su Mu told Xiao Yue to cultivate on the lotus after reaching Dou Zhe, refine its seeds at Peak Great Fighter, and wait until Dou Wang to refine it completely.

Su Mu gave Xiao Yi Xian medicinal herbs and reassured Qing Lin that he had prepared a gift for her too. He revealed a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and suggested Qing Lin tame it as a bodyguard, leaving its success uncertain.

• Su Mu gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring filled with medicinal herbs, which she accepted and resolved to save for later.
• Su Mu told Qing Lin he had prepared a gift for her, moving her with the reassurance that he cared about her.
• Su Mu summoned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, alarming the Ice Emperor.
• Su Mu proposed that Qing Lin try taming the snake to serve as her bodyguard.