Chapter Summaries

After waking from a Heavenly Dao attack, Xiao Huo found himself injured in the Fengyun Empire, where Princess Feng Xue'er had sheltered him for half a year. He planned to recover before searching for Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun, Medusa, and Xun'er.

• Xiao Huo woke in a luxurious room and could not contact Miss System, though the System's information function still revealed Feng Xue'er's identity as the Fengyun Empire's princess.
• Feng Xue'er told Xiao Huo that he had been unconscious for half a year and supported him when he tried to stand despite his injuries.
• Feng Xue'er explained that Xiao Huo had fallen from the sky and killed a magical beast that was attacking her, so she had brought her savior back to recover.
• Xiao Huo thanked Feng Xue'er and asked to stay for a few days while he healed, then planned to search for Nalan Yanran and visit the Ancient Clan to find Xun'er.

Xiao Huo stayed in the Fengyun Empire to recover after Feng Xue'er visited him and offered her help, while her guard Xue Lingfeng grew jealous of their connection. After learning that he was in the southern region of the Central Plains, Xiao Huo remained far from his allies and the Ancient Clan as Xue Lingfeng dismissed him as no rival for Feng Xue'er.

• Feng Xue'er offered Xiao Huo Healing Pills, but he declined, and she rebuked her guard Xue Lingfeng for insulting him.
• Xue Lingfeng warned Feng Xue'er that rumors about her and Xiao Huo threatened her reputation, and she apologized to Xiao Huo for the guard's behavior.
• Xiao Huo focused on recovering his cultivation and reflected that he could not reach Xun'er or find Nalan Yanran from his current position.
• After three days, Xiao Huo had recovered some cultivation; over the following half-month, he learned he was in the Fengyun Empire, one of the Five Great Empires on the edge of the Central Plains.
• Xue Lingfeng, angered that Feng Xue'er kept visiting Xiao Huo, rejected a suggestion to kill him and decided Xiao Huo was too insignificant to be a rival.

Feng Xue'er received a pill from Xiao Huo and invited him to her birthday banquet, while he recovered from his injuries and looked forward to seeing Xun'er again. When Feng Xue'er asked Master Chen to appraise the pill, its quality left the renowned Alchemist speechless.

• Feng Xue'er saw Xiao Huo use a Supreme Quality pill and was shocked when he said he had refined it casually.
• Xiao Huo gave Feng Xue'er a pill for her birthday, and she invited him to her banquet.
• Feng Xue'er left Xiao Huo's room blushing, surprising the maidservants who saw her.
• Half a month passed as Xiao Huo's injuries mostly healed, and he thought about finding Baby Xun'er and wondered how Medusa was doing.
• Feng Xue'er asked Master Chen to appraise Xiao Huo's pill, and he froze in shock when he opened the jade bottle.

Feng Xue'er showed Master Chen the pill Xiao Huo had given her, and he identified it as a Supreme Quality Seventh Grade Pill that suggested Xiao Huo was an Eighth-grade Alchemist and a nineteen-year-old Dou Ancestor. Master Chen urged her to win Xiao Huo over for the Fengyun Empire, while Feng Xue'er wondered whether he would attend her birthday banquet that night.

• Master Chen examined Xiao Huo's pill and identified it as a Supreme Quality Seventh Grade Pill.
• Master Chen said refining such a pill required at least an Eighth-grade Alchemist, and Feng Xue'er told him Xiao Huo was nineteen.
• Master Chen concluded Xiao Huo was likely both an alchemy prodigy and a nineteen-year-old Dou Ancestor.
• Master Chen urged Feng Xue'er to win Xiao Huo over before the other Four Great Empires could recruit him.
• Feng Xue'er accepted the importance of his advice but wondered whether Xiao Huo would attend her birthday banquet that night.

Feng Xue'er waited anxiously for Xiao Huo to attend her birthday banquet while envoys and prodigies from the Four Great Empires gathered. The arrival of Crown Prince Tong Lin, who was rumored to seek her hand, added pressure as Xiao Huo remained absent.

• On her birthday, Feng Xue'er wondered whether Xiao Huo would come and rejected Master Chen's suggestion that she win him over through schemes.
• Feng Xue'er told her maid she would arrive later, leaving Xue Lingfeng humiliated and vowing to kill Xiao Huo if he attended the banquet.
• Feng Xue'er appeared before the gathered guests, searched for Xiao Huo, and felt disappointed when he was nowhere to be seen.
• Xue Lingfeng resolved to protect Feng Xue'er and oppose Xiao Huo, while the assembled prodigies anticipated the arrival of Crown Prince Tong Lin.
• Feng Xue'er worried that Tong Lin might propose marriage and wondered how she would respond.

At Feng Xue'er’s birthday banquet, Xiao Huo’s arrival astonished the guests and deepened her reverence for him. After learning that an Eighth-grade Alchemist was beneath his standards, she knelt and begged him to save her and the Fengyun Empire from a threat involving the Four Great Empires.

• Xue Lingfeng won eighteen consecutive duels, but Feng Xue'er dismissed his boastful display.
• When Xue Lingfeng ordered Xiao Huo turned away, Feng Xue'er personally went to welcome him and bowed before him.
• Xiao Huo wished Feng Xue'er a happy birthday and praised her appearance, delighting her as they walked together.
• Feng Xue'er asked whether Xiao Huo was an Eighth-grade Alchemist, and he replied that an eighth-grade alchemist could not even be called an alchemist.
• Feng Xue'er knelt before Xiao Huo and begged him to save her and the Fengyun Empire, showing him a letter from Tong Lin threatening war if she refused his marriage proposal.

Feng Xue'er begged Xiao Huo to save the Fengyun Empire from Crown Prince Tong Lin’s coercive marriage proposal, and Xiao Huo agreed to help. He offered to take her as a disciple of the Sacred Flame Sect, leaving her blushing at his possessive terms.

• Feng Xue'er knelt before Xiao Huo and pleaded for his help, warning that the Fengyun Empire faced invasion if she refused Tong Lin’s proposal.
• Xiao Huo agreed to help Feng Xue'er because she had saved his life, then helped her up and teased her while holding her hand.
• Feng Xue'er explained that Tong Lin intended to marry her and that either accepting or refusing could bring ruin to her and the Fengyun Empire.
• Xiao Huo told Feng Xue'er about the Sacred Flame Sect and offered to make her his disciple, forbidding his disciples from having ties with other men.
• Xiao Huo declared that Feng Xue'er would be his disciple and his woman, and she blushed as she understood his meaning.

Feng Xue'er became Xiao Huo's first personal disciple under a Heavenly Dao Oath and decided to leave her life as a princess behind to follow him. After dismissing Xue Lingfeng as her guard and defending her feelings for Xiao Huo, she left him stunned and intent on appealing to His Majesty.

• Feng Xue'er accepted Xiao Huo as her master, and the Heavenly Dao Oath bound her to him as his disciple.
• Xiao Huo told Feng Xue'er she was his first personal disciple and teased her about a reward that night.
• Feng Xue'er said she would explain her decision to her father and follow Xiao Huo wherever he went.
• Feng Xue'er dismissed Xue Lingfeng as her personal guard and told him she had the right to like Xiao Huo.
• Xue Lingfeng, furious that Feng Xue'er had chosen Xiao Huo, decided to seek justice from His Majesty.

Feng Xue'er rejected Tong Lin’s attempt to take her as a concubine and asked Emperor Feng to betroth her to Xiao Huo. After Xiao Huo’s pill raised her cultivation to peak Dou Emperor, Emperor Feng issued the decree, and Feng Xue'er became Xiao Huo’s fiancée; Tong Lin was on his way to the Fengyun Empire.

• Feng Xue'er told Emperor Feng she wanted to choose her own happiness and asked him to betroth her to Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo gave Feng Xue'er a pill that raised her from one-star Dou Emperor to peak Dou Emperor and transformed her constitution.
• Emperor Feng and the officials witnessed Feng Xue'er's breakthrough, and Emperor Feng drafted an imperial edict betrothing her to Xiao Huo.
• Feng Xue'er confessed her feelings to Xiao Huo, and she stayed in his room for the night.
• Xiao Huo accepted the imperial edict and promised to protect Feng Xue'er, while Crown Prince Tong Lin approached the Fengyun Empire.

At Feng Xue'er’s birthday celebration, Tong Lin proposed that she become his concubine, but she rejected him and revealed that she had been promised to Xiao Huo. Tong Lin threatened the Fengyun Empire, and Xiao Huo arrived as Tong Lin was preparing to leave, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Tong Lin arrived in the Fengyun Empire with powerful prodigies from other empires and presented Feng Xue'er with lavish birthday gifts.
• Tong Lin announced that he wanted Feng Xue'er as his concubine and demanded that she agree.
• Feng Xue'er rejected Tong Lin, and an imperial edict declared that she and Xiao Huo were formally wed.
• Feng Xue'er told Tong Lin she was carrying Xiao Huo’s baby, and Tong Lin threatened the Fengyun Empire before ordering his people to leave.
• Xiao Huo descended, took Feng Xue'er’s hand, and told Tong Lin he had not given him permission to leave.

After Tong Lin led the Purple Nether Empire’s army against the Fengyun Empire, Xiao Huo defeated him and destroyed the invading force. With the threat gone, Xiao Huo set out for Medicine Valley to find the Ice Spirit Spring and awaken Miss System, while the women she had sent away remained in danger if he delayed.

• Tong Lin warned the Fengyun Empire that it would pay for annulling his engagement to Feng Xue'er and vowed to invade.
• Xiao Huo found Miss System’s message in his Spiritual Sea, learned that the Ice Spirit Spring in Medicine Valley could awaken her, and that Xun'er, Yun Yun, and Medusa had been sent somewhere safe but could be in danger after half a year.
• Tong Lin ordered the Fengyun Empire to surrender Xiao Huo and Feng Xue'er, then led the Purple Nether Empire’s army to attack without waiting for a reply.
• Xiao Huo brought Feng Xue'er onto the Great Roc and challenged Tong Lin and the invading army.
• Xiao Huo unleashed the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, then struck Tong Lin with a golden staff and destroyed the Purple Nether Empire’s army.
• Xiao Huo prepared to leave for Medicine Valley to find the Ice Spirit Spring and awaken Miss System.

Xiao Huo defeated the Purple Nether Empire’s Crown Prince and army, winning Fengyun Empire’s admiration and securing its dominance. He then took Feng Xue’er to her room and prepared to awaken her Saint-grade bloodline.

• Xiao Huo’s defeat of the Crown Prince and Purple Nether Empire’s army amazed Emperor Feng, Master Chen, and the people of Fengyun Empire.
• Master Chen praised Xiao Huo’s strength and alchemy, while Emperor Feng credited Feng Xue’er and Xiao Huo with saving the empire.
• Xiao Huo told Emperor Feng he would take Feng Xue’er to rest, and Emperor Feng urged him to help her bathe.
• Xiao Huo accompanied Feng Xue’er to her room and examined her calves to determine whether her body could endure a bloodline breakthrough.
• Xiao Huo told Feng Xue’er that he would help awaken her Saint-grade bloodline, and she asked how he planned to do it.

Xiao Huo gave Feng Xue'er a Saint-grade bloodline, and her cultivation quickly rose to Dou Ancestor. After spending three months with her, he departed for Medicine Valley to retrieve the Ice Spirit Spring and awaken Miss System, while Feng Xue'er stayed behind, pregnant and determined to wait for his return.

• Xiao Huo told Feng Xue'er that she had gained a Saint-grade bloodline and that her cultivation would advance faster.
• Feng Xue'er asked whether Xiao Huo would leave; he said he had someone to find and suggested she join the Sacred Flame Sect if she heard of it.
• Xiao Huo stayed with Feng Xue'er for three months, during which she grew stronger and discovered that her stomach had changed.
• Feng Xue'er asked Xiao Huo to stay alive and return for her and their baby, and Xiao Huo promised to come back for them.
• Xiao Huo flew toward Medicine Valley to retrieve the Ice Spirit Spring and awaken Miss System as Feng Xue'er watched him leave and vowed to wait.

Xiao Huo traveled to Medicine City seeking experience and learned about the Medicine Valley Trial. He met Yue Yao, who insisted on following him, and the chapter ended with her walking beside him.

• Xiao Huo rode a Great Roc across the Central Plains toward Medicine Valley, rejecting invitations from sects along the way.
• Xiao Huo arrived in Medicine City, where a sign announced that flying was prohibited.
• Yue Yao explained that the Medicine Valley Trial offered rewards and that its top three contestants could attempt the Thirteen Layer Challenge.
• Yue Yao persuaded Xiao Huo to let her follow him and learned his name.
• Xiao Huo made a teasing remark that embarrassed Yue Yao, who then followed beside him instead of clinging to his arm.

Xiao Huo and Yue Yao wandered through the city, shared candied hawthorn, and settled into an inn where he cooked for her. While Xiao Huo briefly stepped out, a drunk disciple tried to assault Yue Yao, and Xiao Huo returned as the attack began.

• Yue Yao asked Xiao Huo to buy her candied hawthorn, then kissed his cheek as thanks.
• Yue Yao teased Xiao Huo about the Trial Assembly rules, and they went to an inn for the night.
• Xiao Huo cooked hotpot and grilled fish for Yue Yao, who happily decided to stay with him for the food.
• After Xiao Huo left to look around, a drunk disciple from Tianji City offered Yue Yao money and demanded she spend the night with him.
• Yue Yao refused, and the drunk disciple ordered his followers to seize her as his hand reached toward her.
• Xiao Huo returned just as the drunk disciple was about to touch Yue Yao.

Xiao Huo returned to find Lin Bing and his lackeys threatening Yue Yao, then used his power over space and stars to freeze and kill them. Yue Yao watched in shock as Xiao Huo claimed her as his and headed upstairs to rest before the Medicine Valley Trial.

• Lin Bing ordered his lackeys to seize Yue Yao and promised them gold for helping him.
• Xiao Huo returned, and Yue Yao clung to him while describing herself as his treasure.
• Lin Bing demanded that Xiao Huo hand Yue Yao over and become his battle slave.
• Xiao Huo unleashed his power, froze Lin Bing and the lackeys, and made them vanish from the inn.
• Yue Yao stared after Xiao Huo in amazement, then followed him upstairs as the inn manager trembled.

Xiao Huo agreed to bring Yue Yao with him to the Medicine Valley Trial, and she grew to trust him despite the danger she expected in Medicine City. As a thunderstorm frightened her, Xiao Huo comforted her and prepared for the Trial Assembly the next day.

• Yue Yao teased Xiao Huo and massaged his back while he cultivated in their inn room.
• Xiao Huo warned Yue Yao not to cause trouble, and she promised to obey if he took her to the trial.
• Yue Yao explained that she felt safer with Xiao Huo, unaware that Miss System was drawing her to him.
• Xiao Huo tucked Yue Yao into bed and said he intended to reach the final challenge and climb Medicine Valley's Thirteen-Story Tower to obtain the Ice Spirit Spring.
• When thunder frightened Yue Yao, Xiao Huo held her and promised not to leave before they went to the Trial Assembly.

Xiao Huo and Yue Yao arrived at the Medicine Valley Trial, where Yue Yao drew attention and teased Xiao Huo about pursuing her. The chapter left them together after Yue Yao rejected Bai Yixue’s invitation to join his team and Xiao Huo took her hand.

• Xiao Huo and Yue Yao arrived at the crowded Medicine Valley Trial, and Xiao Huo warned Yue Yao to stay close to him.
• Yue Yao clung to Xiao Huo’s arm and suggested that he pursue her, but Xiao Huo refused to take the initiative.
• Bai Yixue approached Yue Yao and invited her to join the White Robe Family’s team for the trial, promising her an extra share of any treasures.
• Yue Yao rejected Bai Yixue and held Xiao Huo’s arm, then Xiao Huo took her hand as they prepared to leave.

Xiao Huo rejected Bai Yixue’s attempt to recruit Yue Yao and promised to protect her during the Medicine Valley Trial. At the Trial Assembly, Yun Qianqian announced rewards that included a chance to spend time with her, the Ice Spirit Spring, and a personal request for anyone who conquered all thirteen layers.

• Bai Yixue tried to persuade Yue Yao to join the White Robe Family, but Xiao Huo took her hand and left with her.
• Yue Yao told Xiao Huo she trusted only him and teased him about holding her hand, while Bai Yixue watched them with cold resentment.
• An elder announced the one-month Trial Assembly, where competitors would earn points by finding heavenly treasures and could fight without restrictions.
• The elder announced that the top ten could cultivate in Medicine Valley, while the top three could enter the Thirteen Layer Challenge.
• Yun Qianqian offered the first-place winner a private meal and a mission with her.
• Yun Qianqian promised anyone who defeated all thirteen layers countless heavenly treasures, the Ice Spirit Spring, and one additional request, even marriage to her.

Xiao Huo learned that Yue Yao had entered Medicine Valley's Trial Assembly to win a thousand-year-old Ganoderma and save her injured parents, and promised to help her. He revealed that he aimed to clear the Thirteen Layer Challenge, and the trial began as the disciples entered the secret realm.

• Yue Yao told Xiao Huo that she was Jade Terrace Palace's princess and needed the Ganoderma awarded to the top three to save her parents.
• Xiao Huo promised to help Yue Yao win a place in the top three and said he had come to attempt the Thirteen Layer Challenge.
• Yue Yao encouraged Xiao Huo to clear all thirteen layers and offered to grant him one request if he succeeded.
• The elder announced that the Medicine Valley Trial Assembly had begun and that participants would search the secret realm for heavenly treasures for one month.
• Yun Qianqian wished the disciples good luck, and white light began teleporting them into the secret realm.