Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with her strange green-eyed ability, while Su Mu helped by weakening the beast. Over the following month, Su Mu kept a low profile as his disciples trained, and Qing Lin’s cultivation advanced at a startling pace.

• Qing Lin approached the reluctant Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and her eyes bloomed with three green flowers as she tried to subdue it.
• Su Mu struck the snake several times to weaken it, allowing Qing Lin to imprint it and claim it as her beast.
• Xiao Yue asked whether Qing Lin had succeeded, while the Ice Emperor wondered at the snake’s sudden obedience and Qing Lin’s eerie eyes.
• Over the next month, Su Mu rarely appeared, though he continued helping his disciples when they needed guidance.
• The Ice Emperor grew comfortable ordering Iron Mercenary Group members around and rewarded them with treasures and cultivation advice.
• Qing Lin reached Qi Condensation Stage Nine in less than a month and kept her subdued snake-type magical beasts close to aid her cultivation.

Qing Lin’s controlled magical beasts helped the Iron Mercenary Group take over Shimo City, while Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yue also made notable progress. The chapter ended with Xiao Yue breaking through two minor realms after using an item Su Mu had prepared for her.

• Qing Lin restricted her magical beasts’ movements, and the other mercenary groups fled Shimo City after learning of her strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated Xiao Li, refined pills for the Iron Mercenary Group, and improved her standing with its members.
• Xiao Yi Xian developed a moisturizing face mask after experimenting with desert medicinal ingredients, though she had not created a whitening formula.
• Xiao Yue reached the Dou Shi realm after a month of training and became more proficient in her Dou Techniques.
• Su Mu gave Xiao Yue a special item, and she broke through two minor realms, astonishing her brothers.

After Su Mu’s breakthrough impressed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, Xiao Yue challenged her second brother and defeated him in front of the group. The mercenaries came away wary of the three powerful women in the Iron Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were impressed after Su Mu broke through two minor realms at once.
• Xiao Yue challenged her second brother to a duel in front of everyone.
• Xiao Yue defeated Xiao Li in fewer than ten moves, leaving him humiliated.
• The mercenaries recognized that the three women in the Iron Mercenary Group were both beautiful and dangerous.