Chapter Summaries

At Jia Nan Academy’s entrance, Xiao Huo drew the attention of Xue Ni and the other girls, then defeated Luo Bu and Ge La with a single wave. Instructor Ruo Lin asked to test his strength, and Xiao Huo led her to a deserted grove, leaving the others behind.

• Xiao Yu introduced Xue Ni to Xiao Huo, and Xue Ni flirted with him before other girls joined in.
• Luo Bu mocked Xiao Huo, so Xiao Yu called him her boyfriend, prompting Luo Bu to order Ge La to attack.
• Xiao Huo sent Luo Bu and Ge La flying into a stone monument with a single wave, shocking the students.
• Instructor Ruo Lin asked Xiao Huo to test his strength, and he suggested she experience it herself.
• Xiao Huo ran to a deserted grove, and Instructor Ruo Lin followed him.

Xiao Huo defeated Ruo Lin’s strongest attack with an Earth Tier technique and revealed that he had trained more than a hundred Xiao Clan disciples. Ruo Lin agreed to take them as her students and grew increasingly affectionate toward Xiao Huo, ending with her leaning into his arms.

• Ruo Lin challenged Xiao Huo to withstand one of her attacks in exchange for a not-too-excessive request.
• Xiao Huo used Heavenly Thunder to overwhelm Ruo Lin’s Water Mandala, revealing his strength and shocking her.
• Xiao Huo caught Ruo Lin as she fell, then tried to claim his promised reward before she slapped his hand away.
• Xiao Huo revealed that he had trained more than a hundred Xiao Clan disciples, all of whom were powerful Dou Practitioners.
• Ruo Lin realized the value of taking Xiao Huo and the other gifted students under her wing, then admitted she might like Xiao Huo.
• Ruo Lin nodded to Xiao Huo’s request and rested her hand on his shoulder as she leaned into his arms.

After winning over Ruo Lin, Xiao Huo was named an SSS-rank freshman at Jia Nan Academy, where his Xiao Clan disciples also astonished everyone with their test results. He left the academy to handle matters outside for three months, intending to visit Ya Fei before pursuing Yun Yun.

• The system rewarded Xiao Huo for winning over Ruo Lin and announced that he had advanced to six-star Dou Grandmaster.
• Ruo Lin named Xiao Huo an SSS-rank freshman, shocking Luo Bu, Ge Ci, and the other disciples.
• Ruo Lin tested Xiao Huo's Xiao Clan disciples and found that they were mostly A-class or higher, including Xiao Xun'er at SSS-class.
• Xiao Huo told Xun'er and Yu'er to wait for him and left Jia Nan Academy for three months.
• Xiao Huo planned to visit Ya Fei before setting out to find Yun Yun.

Xiao Huo left Ya Fei after giving her pills and flew to the Monster Beast Mountain Range to meet Yun Yun. He arrived after Yun Yun fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and fled, then prepared to make his move.

• Xiao Huo spent the night with Ya Fei at the Mite'er Auction Hall and promised to take her to the Mittel Family when he returned from training.
• Xiao Huo gave Ya Fei pills that could help her advance to Dou Ling, then left for the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Huo checked Yun Yun's quests and decided to win her over rather than take advantage of her while she was unconscious.
• Yun Yun asked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for its Purple Spirit Crystal and attacked when it refused to give it to her.
• After exchanging hundreds of blows with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Yun Yun fled, and the Lion King ordered the monster beasts to search for her.
• Xiao Huo watched from the shadows and prepared to step in.

Xiao Huo found the injured Yun Yun, brought her to a cave, and used the chance to flirt while treating her wounds. After the system shook the ground and made him fall on her, Yun Yun glared at him as he failed to move his hands away.

• Xiao Huo found Yun Yun unconscious and badly injured beside a waterfall, then carried her to a cave and secretly kissed her.
• When Yun Yun woke and accused him of holding her, Xiao Huo claimed he had saved her and handed her healing medicine.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Huo to apply the medicine, and he persuaded her to let him treat her wounds despite her warnings.
• Xiao Huo tore open Yun Yun's upper garment and applied medicine while she scolded him for staring and touching her.
• The system shook the cave, causing Xiao Huo to fall on Yun Yun, and she demanded that he remove his hands.

Xiao Huo treated Yun Yun’s severe wound in a cave, insisting he was only helping even as Yun Yun accused him of taking advantage of her. As Yun Yun fell asleep in his arms, Xiao Huo leaned in to kiss her, but she suddenly opened her eyes and caught him.

• Xiao Huo kept pressure on Yun Yun’s wound and argued that he was helping her avoid a scar.
• When Xiao Huo started to pull his hand away, Yun Yun felt the pain and pleaded with him not to let go.
• Xiao Huo continued treating Yun Yun while holding her close, and she thanked him before falling asleep in his arms.
• As Yun Yun slept beside the waterfall, Xiao Huo moved toward her lips to kiss her.
• Yun Yun suddenly opened her eyes and met Xiao Huo’s gaze.

Xiao Huo cared for Yun Yun while she recovered and won her over with grilled fish and stories. After three days together, Yun Yun’s hostility faded, and she found herself becoming dependent on him.

• Xiao Huo treated Yun Yun’s wound, and Yun Yun was startled that she could not discern his cultivation.
• Xiao Huo offered Yun Yun grilled fish, and she eventually accepted it despite insisting she would not eat his food.
• Yun Yun was astonished by how delicious Xiao Huo’s grilled fish was and asked for more.
• Xiao Huo teased Yun Yun by asking for a kiss in exchange for more fish, then gave her another portion without demanding one.
• Xiao Huo told Yun Yun the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and she spent the night impressed by his knowledge and storytelling.
• After three days together, Yun Yun’s resentment disappeared, and she realized she was growing dependent on Xiao Huo.

Xiao Huo healed Yun Yun with an extraordinary pill and gave her a pill that raised her cultivation. Yun Yun discovered Xiao Huo was an Alchemist, learned he had taken her first kiss, and broke through to the four-star Dou Emperor realm.

• Yun Yun woke in Xiao Huo's arms and confronted him about holding her while they slept.
• Xiao Huo gave Yun Yun a healing pill that instantly healed her injuries and lifted her seal.
• Yun Yun asked if Xiao Huo was an Alchemist, and he dismissed Gu He as someone who played with mud.
• Xiao Huo gave Yun Yun an Invincible Experience Pill and said he would take responsibility for taking her first kiss.
• Yun Yun swallowed the pill and broke through to the four-star Dou Emperor realm.

After Yun Yun’s cultivation rose to four-star Dou Emperor, Xiao Huo brought her to seek Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. The beast knelt and called Xiao Huo its master, leaving Yun Yun stunned as Xiao Huo claimed her as his wife and confronted it.

• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Huo for the miraculous pill, and he teased her before asking why she wanted Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Xiao Huo claimed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was his little brother, and Yun Yun bet that he would have to return with her to the Misty Cloud Sect if he was lying.
• Xiao Huo carried Yun Yun to the beast’s cave, where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King roared at her and prepared to fight.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King recognized Xiao Huo, knelt before him, and respectfully called him master.
• Xiao Huo held Yun Yun’s hand and accused the beast of refusing his wife’s request and injuring her, while Yun Yun blushed at his claim.

Xiao Huo claimed Yun Yun as his wife and used a kiss to convince the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King that she was his boss's wife. After the beast gave Yun Yun a hundred pieces of Purple Spirit Crystal, Xiao Huo said he had come for her, leaving Yun Yun wondering whether he had confessed his feelings.

• Xiao Huo pulled Yun Yun close and kissed her in front of the terrified Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King knelt, begged Xiao Huo for forgiveness, and offered a piece of Purple Spirit Crystal.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King gave Xiao Huo one hundred pieces of Purple Spirit Crystal, which Xiao Huo handed to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun said she needed only one piece, but Xiao Huo insisted that all the crystals were hers.
• Xiao Huo told Yun Yun he had come to the Monster Beast Mountain Range for her, and Yun Yun wondered if it counted as a confession.

Xiao Huo subdued the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, gathered the cave’s treasures, and grew closer to Yun Yun, but he left before she could learn his name. Yun Yun realized after his departure that she had become deeply attached to him and regretted not accepting him.

• Yun Yun confronted Xiao Huo about secretly subduing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Xiao Huo told her he liked her.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King asked to follow Xiao Huo, who stored it and its young in his extraordinary Storage Ring.
• Xiao Huo kissed Yun Yun, gained her favor, advanced to seven-star Da Dou Shi, and collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source and Purple Flame.
• Xiao Huo left Yun Yun at the mountaintop, saying they might meet again, while she asked if they would ever see each other.
• Yun Yun searched for Xiao Huo, regretted not agreeing to become his woman, and wondered whether she would ever meet him again.

Yun Yun discovered Xiao Huo’s gifts and regretted their parting, while Xiao Huo received a favorability reward and traveled to Qingshan Town. He returned to the thriving Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where Ling'er and the disciples welcomed him.

• Yun Yun found three Pipi Super Experience Pills, Purple Spirit Crystals, and a Storage Ring from Xiao Huo, then hurried toward Wutan City hoping to see him again.
• The system rewarded Xiao Huo with 300 Experience Points and Prestige Points after Yun Yun’s favorability deepened, and confirmed it had helped him subdue the Purple Flame.
• Xiao Huo arrived in Qingshan Town and saw that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had become its leading power, with the three major Mercenary Groups protecting Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ling'er dropped her herbs, embraced Xiao Huo, and walked beside him into the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• The Pavilion’s disciples and mercenaries lined up and cheered to welcome Xiao Huo back, while Kagan, Magic Lion, and the others rejoiced.

Xiao Huo promised to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamity Poison Body and become an alchemist, but their plans were interrupted when Liu Xi attacked the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. Xiao Huo went to confront him, leaving Liu Xi puzzled by the defenders’ lack of fear.

• Ling'er teased Xiao Huo and asked him to teach her cultivation that night, while the other girls resolved to seek his guidance too.
• Xiao Huo kissed Xiao Yi Xian and promised to help suppress her Calamity Poison Body; he also offered to pass her the Purple Flame and take her to the Alchemist Guild examination.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Huo that Liu Xi, master of the Alchemy Pavilion, wanted to seize the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and make her his woman.
• Liu Xi arrived with mercenaries and magical beasts, boasting that he would break the poison formation and take Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Huo led Xiao Yi Xian out to face Liu Xi, who noticed that Kagan, Ling'er, and the other defenders seemed unafraid.

Xiao Huo confronted Liu Xi after he threatened the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and coveted Ling'er and Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Huo made Liu Xi’s beasts kneel, then had the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King destroy Liu Xi and his mercenaries, leaving the pavilion’s people stunned by his power.

• Liu Xi threatened Ling'er and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion with his mercenaries and more than a hundred beasts.
• Ling'er ran to Xiao Huo for protection, and Liu Xi recognized Xiao Huo and grew furious when she showed her affection for him.
• Liu Xi ordered his beasts to attack, but Xiao Huo commanded them to kneel and then turned them against Liu Xi.
• Xiao Huo summoned the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and ordered it to kill Liu Xi and the mercenaries.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King annihilated Liu Xi’s group, while Ling'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the pavilion’s people stared at Xiao Huo in amazement.

After defeating the Alchemy Pavilion and subduing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Xiao Huo gave Xiao Yi Xian Purple Flame, temporarily suppressing her Calamity Poison Body. He then headed to Ling'er's darkened room, saying he was going to teach her cultivation.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King submitted to Xiao Huo, and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion crowd celebrated his victory.
• Ling'er praised Xiao Huo, embraced him, and returned to her room to wait for him to finish.
• Xiao Huo used the system to pass Purple Flame to Xiao Yi Xian, temporarily suppressing her Calamity Poison Body for three years.
• The system claimed it had deducted all of Xiao Huo's Prestige Points, but he saw that his balance had actually increased by twenty thousand.
• Xiao Yi Xian celebrated gaining control of Purple Flame and prepared to refine medicine while Xiao Huo went to Ling'er's darkened room to teach her cultivation.

Xiao Huo helped Ling'er advance from Dou Zhe to Dou Master nine-star in a month, then promised to take her to Jia Nan Academy. He declared that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion would become the Jia Ma Empire's strongest force, while Xiao Yi Xian embraced her place at his side.

• Xiao Huo agreed to postpone cultivation with Ling'er, and they began practicing together the next day.
• Xiao Huo trained Ling'er in swordsmanship, and she improved rapidly over the next half month.
• After a month, Ling'er reached Dou Master nine-star, stunning Kagan and the others at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Huo promised to take Ling'er to Jia Nan Academy, and she vowed to keep cultivating hard.
• Kagan knelt to thank Xiao Huo, who declared that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion would become the Jia Ma Empire's number one force.
• Xiao Huo called Xiao Yi Xian the pavilion master's wife, and she resolved to support him and the pavilion.

After completing Ling'er’s optional task, Xiao Huo received new quests that sent him to the Alchemist Guild in Black Rock City to take a fifth-tier assessment and obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. He intimidated the guards on arrival and kissed Ya Han after the ground shook, leaving her in distress.

• The system announced that Xiao Huo had won Ling'er’s heart, advanced to Dou Grandmaster Eight Stars, and received a main quest to take the fifth-tier alchemist assessment and obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Huo flew to the Alchemist Guild in Black Rock City, where his pressure made two guards kneel and the stone stele behind them crumble to powder.
• Xiao Huo entered the guild and met Ya Han, who asked whether he was an alchemist.
• Xiao Huo claimed to be the guild leader, and when the ground shook, Ya Han fell into his arms.
• Xiao Huo caught Ya Han and kissed her; she fled to a corner, upset that she had lost her first kiss.

Xiao Huo revealed his power to Ya Han, pursued her, and completed her optional mission before heading to the Alchemist Guild’s main hall. There, he encountered Lin Fei, who recognized him from their earlier meeting.

• Ya Han doubted Xiao Huo could take the sixth-grade Alchemist assessment until he displayed Dou Qi wings and claimed to be a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Huo kissed Ya Han, promised to take responsibility for her, and won her affection.
• Xiao Huo left Ya Han and received a system notification that he had completed Ya Han’s optional mission for 100 System experience points.
• Xiao Huo headed toward the main hall and overheard Lin Fei saying she would become a First-rank Alchemist that day.
• Lin Fei noticed Xiao Huo and recognized him as the handsome man she had met on the street.

Xiao Huo took the Alchemist Guild examination and astonished everyone by refining a supreme-quality Condensing Fire Pill in less than a minute with purple flames. The chapter ended with Frank and Master Otto staring in disbelief at a feat they thought no human could achieve.

• Frank and Master Otto questioned Xiao Huo's presence at the examination, while Xue Mei arrived and traded barbs with Lin Fei.
• The examination began, and Xiao Huo ignited powerful purple flames that stunned the guild members.
• Xiao Huo sent his cauldron soaring above the guild before bringing it back down intact and declaring the pill finished.
• Frank opened Xiao Huo's cauldron and found a freshly made Condensing Fire Pill of extraordinary quality.
• Frank and Master Otto were overwhelmed by the pill's quality and Xiao Huo's speed, while Frank insisted the result was impossible.

Xiao Huo silenced accusations of cheating by refining a Supreme Quality Healing Pill in seconds with a Seven-Colored Flame. Frank and Master Otto recognized his extraordinary talent, and Xiao Huo said he still had more assessments to take.

• When disciples accused Xiao Huo of cheating, Frank demanded that he refine three more sets of ingredients to prove himself.
• Master Otto gave Xiao Huo ingredients for three Healing Pills, and Xiao Huo summoned a Seven-Colored Flame to refine one in seconds.
• The crowd praised Xiao Huo after the pill's fragrance revealed that it surpassed his earlier Condensing Fire Pill in quality.
• Frank and Master Otto admired Xiao Huo and decided to recruit him, while Frank congratulated him on becoming a first-grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Huo said he still needed to take more assessments, leaving Lin Fei and Xue Mei wondering whether he would attempt the second-grade test.