Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han cared for Yun Zhi as she recovered from the Ice Seal Technique, rejecting the chance to exploit her with aphrodisiac powder and giving her pills he had refined. Yun Zhi offered to introduce him to her alchemist friend, but Xiao Han refused and declared that even Gu He was unworthy of becoming his master.

• Xiao Han considered using aphrodisiac powder on Yun Zhi, then threw it away and brought her deer blood to ease the Ice Seal Technique.
• Xiao Han fed Yun Zhi and cared for her in the cave until she regained her mobility, though her Dou Qi remained sealed.
• Xiao Han gave Yun Zhi three Red Deer Pills that he had refined to help remove the Ice Seal Technique.
• Yun Zhi offered to introduce Xiao Han to her alchemist friend, but Xiao Han rejected the offer twice.
• Xiao Han told Yun Zhi that Gu He and no one else was qualified to become his master.

Xiao Han and Yun Zhi spent time together in the cave while Yun Zhi recovered, but a bottle she mistook for seasoning triggered a powerful effect in both of them. The chapter ended with Xiao Han trying to manage Yun Zhi’s worsening condition while keeping his mind clear.

• Yun Zhi refined Xiao Han’s pills and said she would recover enough to dispel the Ice Seal Technique the next day.
• Yun Zhi planned to return to fight the Silver Winged Dragon Snake King, while Xiao Han teased her and shared food with her.
• Yun Zhi offered to cook for Xiao Han, but her grilled fish was badly charred.
• Xiao Han and Yun Zhi felt increasingly intense heat after eating the fish, and Xiao Han discovered Yun Zhi had used a bottle of potent medicine as seasoning.
• Yun Zhi resisted the medicine’s effects and warned Xiao Han not to touch her, while Xiao Han pushed her down and commanded Extraction.

Xiao Han extracted and fused the Evil Flame from Yun Zhi, then reassured her after the embarrassing incident in the cave. Yun Zhi returned at sunset, and Xiao Han claimed the magical beasts were avoiding her because the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had ordered them not to attack.

• Xiao Han extracted the Evil Flame from Yun Zhi and fused it, gaining 55 points of the attribute.
• Xiao Han considered creating an artificial Heavenly Flame but abandoned the idea after Xiao Ai estimated it would take at least 100,000 days.
• Yun Zhi left the cave for air and warned Xiao Han not to tell anyone about the day's events.
• Xiao Han grilled fish for Yun Zhi and told her he had sunk the bottle to the bottom of the river.
• Yun Zhi said the magical beasts had fled from her, and Xiao Han attributed it to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's order.
• Yun Zhi glared at Xiao Han and asked whether he would die if he did not brag.

Yun Zhi left Xiao Han several treasures before preparing to depart, but he woke and exchanged gifts with her. After Xiao Han revealed his astonishing power and advanced to Five Star Dou Shi, Yun Zhi flew away, inviting him to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Zhi dispelled the Ice Seal Technique, confessed her feelings for Xiao Han, and left him the Heart of the Sea Armor, Blazing Flame Art, and Explosive Steps.
• Xiao Han woke as Yun Zhi was leaving and gave her Snake Scale Armor and Purple Spirit Crystal, explaining that he had killed the Silver Winged Dragon Snake King with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's help.
• Xiao Han claimed he could refine Rank 7 pills, shocking Yun Zhi, who accepted his gifts.
• The system rewarded Xiao Han for preventing Yun Zhi from meeting Xiao Yan, and he advanced to the middle stage of Five Star Dou Shi.
• Yun Zhi flew from the cave and told Xiao Han she would wait for him at the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Han put on the armor and followed her out.

Xiao Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Xiao Han had reached Five Star Dou Shi and possessed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Ling Ying admitted Xiao Han had shaken him off. Xiao Han traveled toward the Tagor Desert by horse, concealing his treasures as he pursued the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Ling Ying returned to Xiao Xun'er and explained that Xiao Han had noticed him and escaped using the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Han had become a Five Star Dou Shi and possessed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and she allowed Ling Ying to stop following him.
• Xiao Xun'er reflected that Xiao Han's strength still would not win her father's approval and thought of another figure alongside him.
• Xiao Han confirmed that Ling Ying was gone and explained that he had shaken off the guard to avoid competing with him for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Han bought a Black Wind Steed to travel toward the Tagor Desert without drawing attention to his Purple Cloud Wings and Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Han went to the Alchemist Guild in Black Rock City to reach Otto and find Gute, but was drawn into an examination for Otto’s prospective disciples. After passing the herb-identification round with help from System Xiao Ai, he entered the final test of Soul Perception.

• Xiao Han arrived in Black Rock City and planned to obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Gute before Xiao Yan could trade for it.
• Unable to find Gute’s address, Xiao Han asked for directions to the Alchemist Guild so he could seek Otto’s help.
• Guild guards mistook Xiao Han for a contestant in Otto’s disciple selection and directed him to the examination room.
• Xiao Han identified all ten medicinal herbs correctly in three minutes, impressing the First-grade Alchemist overseeing the round.
• Xiao Han received ten daggers and entered the final examination, where he had to hit at least six targets in a pitch-dark room without using lights or Dou Skills.

Xiao Han passed the Alchemist Guild’s tests with perfect scores, but rejected Otto’s offer of discipleship. He revealed that he had taken the assessment to meet Gute, angering Otto, who questioned why Xiao Han would choose a Third-grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Han used Soul Perception to locate and strike all ten hidden targets, passing the second assessment.
• Of the eight candidates who passed the first stage, only Xiao Han and two others passed the Soul Perception test; Otto announced that he would accept only two disciples and give them another test.
• Otto learned that Xiao Han had earned perfect scores in both assessments and offered to make him his disciple if he had wood and fire spiritual roots.
• Xiao Han declined Otto’s offer and explained that he wanted Otto to take him to Gute.
• Otto grew angry when he realized Xiao Han wanted Gute as his master, noting that Gute was only a Third-grade Alchemist who was more interested in collecting treasures than refining pills.

Xiao Han sought Otto’s help to meet Gute and trade for Ice Spirit Cold Qi, but refused to become Otto’s disciple. Otto agreed to take him to Gute if he refined a pill of Second-grade or above, then secretly gave him a Fourth-Grade Pill challenge instead.

• Otto tried to persuade Xiao Han to become his disciple, while Xiao Han explained that he wanted to trade with Gute and did not consider even Gu He qualified to teach him.
• Otto refused to take Xiao Han to Gute unless he became his disciple, so Xiao Han proposed proving his alchemy skill by refining a Second-grade pill.
• Otto accepted the challenge, supplied a pill formula and ingredients, and opened a secret chamber for Xiao Han to use.
• Xiao Han entered the chamber to refine the pill, and Otto revealed to Yi Zhai that the formula was for a Fourth-Grade Pill.
• Otto smugly expected Xiao Han to fail and have no choice but to become his disciple, while Yi Zhai was stunned by his teacher’s scheme.

Xiao Han refined a divine-grade Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill from Otto’s Fourth-Grade formula, proving his talent and earning Otto’s respect. He chose to register as a Second-grade Alchemist, claimed Xiao Yan’s future distinction, and Otto prepared to take him to see Gute.

• Otto expected Xiao Han to fail and demanded that he become his disciple, but Xiao Han revealed that he had refined the Fourth-Grade pill.
• Otto and Yi Zhai examined the pill and realized Xiao Han had produced a divine-grade Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill in only a few minutes.
• Xiao Han refused to reveal how he had refined the pill, and Otto agreed to take him to see Gute.
• Otto personally registered Xiao Han as an Alchemist, and Xiao Han chose Second grade instead of Fourth grade.
• Xiao Han received 8,000 Experience Points and 1,600 Coupon Points for becoming Black Rock City’s youngest Second-grade Alchemist ahead of Xiao Yan.

Xiao Han followed Otto to Gute’s home to trade for a treasure, where Gute recognized the rarity of Xiao Han’s Companion Purple Crystal Source. The chapter ended with Gute asking what Xiao Han wanted in exchange for it.

• Otto warned Xiao Han that Gute prized treasures obsessively, and black powder burst from the doorway when they arrived.
• Xiao Han and Otto crossed Gute’s booby-trapped, cluttered building and reached the top floor.
• Otto threatened to reveal Gute’s hidden collection, prompting Gute to stop arguing and ask what Xiao Han wanted to trade.
• Xiao Han showed Gute a jade bottle containing Companion Purple Crystal Source, which Otto identified as a rare treasure suited to Fire Attribute cultivators.
• Gute eagerly asked Xiao Han what he wanted in exchange, while Otto warned him to consider the trade carefully.

Xiao Han bargained with Gute for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, refusing to accept a lesser substitute for his Companion Purple Crystal Source. Gute finally revealed the spring and traded it to Xiao Han, who leveled up to Six-star Dou Shi.

• Otto exposed that Gute had recently traded away a small bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Spring, prompting Gute to offer Xiao Han a Mysterious Frost Spirit Crystal instead.
• Xiao Han rejected Gute’s offer and argued that the Companion Purple Crystal Source was valuable to Alchemists.
• Xiao Han began to leave, and Gute stopped him by admitting he had kept the Ice Spirit Cold Spring after all because he wanted the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Gute retrieved a jade box from a hidden cave and gave Xiao Han the Ice Spirit Cold Spring in exchange for the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Xiao Han received 70,000 Experience Points and 14,000 Coupon Points, then leveled up to Six-star Dou Shi.

Xiao Han reached Six-star Dou Shi, obtained the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Gute, and set out for Mo City. During the journey, he fused medicinal ingredients to create a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill, which he planned to use after reaching Nine-star Dou Shi.

• Xiao Han put the Ice Spirit Cold Spring into his System Package and thanked Gute, who sent him away.
• After leaving Gute, Xiao Han accepted Otto's invitation to attend the Alchemist Grand Meeting in the Gamma Empire's capital the following year.
• Xiao Han traveled toward Mo City on an imperial flying mount, using the free transport available to Alchemists.
• Past midnight, Xiao Han extracted the essences of six medicinal ingredients and fused them into a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Han decided to keep the pill for advancing to Da Dou Shi after reaching Nine-star Dou Shi.

Xiao Han was confronted by four Alchemists who tried to rob him of his pill and formula, and he killed their leader with the Pale White Flame. After forcing the survivors to turn on one another and driving the last man overboard, Xiao Han summoned the Purple Cloud Wings and prepared to fly to Mo City himself.

• Harley and three other Second-grade Alchemists demanded Xiao Han hand over his pill and formula, threatening to throw him from the flying transport.
• Xiao Han killed the Eight-star Dou Shi with the Pale White Flame, but System Xiao Ai said he received no reward because the man was not Xiao Yan's future target.
• Xiao Han ordered the three remaining Alchemists to jump, and Wang Gang stabbed the man who proposed fighting before begging Xiao Han to spare him.
• Xiao Han tricked Wang Gang into killing the last Alchemist, then refused to spare Wang Gang and forced him to jump from the transport.
• Xiao Han summoned the Purple Cloud Wings and decided to fly to Mo City himself.

Xiao Han arrived in Mo City, prepared to search the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, and learned that Queen Medusa’s Snake People had become active. While heading toward the Ancient Map shop, he found a girl selling herself to bury her mother and saw the Third Group Leader of the Sand Mercenary Group kick her down.

• Xiao Han entered Mo City without paying the entrance tax because his Alchemist badge granted him an exemption, and a gate guard warned him about the restless Snake People.
• Xiao Han recalled that Queen Medusa would seek the Green Lotus Core Flame months later, then conceived a bold plan.
• Xiao Han bought snake-repelling medicine, provisions, and water, and set out to find a map shop called Ancient Map.
• Xiao Han approached a crowd gathered around a green-clad girl who was selling herself to bury her mother.
• The Third Group Leader of the Sand Mercenary Group demanded to see the girl’s face and kicked her when she refused to raise her head.

Xiao Han intervened when the Sand Mercenary Group’s Third Group Leader tried to take the Half-Snake Person girl, and recognized her as Qing Lin. After Xiao Ding yielded her to him, Xiao Han left with Qing Lin and learned her name.

• The crowd discovered that the frightened girl was a Half-Snake Person and treated her with contempt.
• The Third Group Leader grabbed the girl and threatened her, but Xiao Ding and Xiao Han stepped forward to stop him.
• The Third Group Leader offered the girl to Xiao Han in exchange for making him a Guest Elder Alchemist, but Xiao Han refused and demanded that he release her.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Ding recognized each other as cousins, and Xiao Ding let Xiao Han take the girl.
• Xiao Han told the girl to follow him and learned that her name was Qing Lin.

Xiao Han bought Qing Lin’s mother a proper burial plot and took Qing Lin as his maid, awakening her Azure Eyes Three-Flower Pupils and earning a large system reward. He left with her, encouraging her to live for herself as hostile onlookers watched.

• Xiao Han spent a hundred gold coins on a burial plot for Qing Lin’s mother and asked Qing Lin to follow him as his maid.
• Xiao Han praised Qing Lin’s snake scales and reassured her that he was not afraid of her, causing the Azure Eyes Three-Flower Pupils to appear in her eyes.
• Xiao Han received 150,000 Experience Points and 30,000 Coupon Points for taking Qing Lin, advancing from Six-star Dou Shi to Seven-star Dou Master.
• Xiao Han learned that Qing Lin’s future help to Xiao Yan had increased the system’s reward calculation.
• Several people who hated the Snake People Tribe watched Qing Lin with hostility, and Xiao Han urged her not to let others’ actions control her peace of mind.
• Xiao Han led Qing Lin past the onlookers, while her expression grew clearer and the three green dots reappeared in her eyes.

After burying Qing Lin’s mother, Xiao Han visited Hai Bodong’s map shop and offered to lift Queen Medusa’s seal in exchange for Hai Bodong’s mysterious map. Xiao Han left with maps and a fragment while revealing that he could Know Fate.

• Xiao Han told Qing Lin to wait outside the Ancient Map shop and confronted Hai Bodong, identifying him as the former Ice Emperor.
• Xiao Han offered to refine a Po E Pill to remove Queen Medusa’s seal in exchange for Hai Bodong’s mysterious map, and Hai Bodong accepted.
• Xiao Han showed Hai Bodong his Heavenly Flame and claimed he could refine a sixth-grade pill, then asked for a detailed desert map.
• Xiao Han identified Hai Bodong’s map marking possible Heavenly Flame locations and the missing ingredient, Sand Mandara, and Hai Bodong handed over the map.
• Xiao Han found a Fragmented Map hidden on a shelf and took it as a deposit before leaving the shop.
• Hai Bodong asked how Xiao Han knew so much, and Xiao Han pointed to his banner and said he was a Divine Calculator who could Know Fate.

After leaving Qing Lin with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Xiao Han crossed the Tagor Desert toward Queen Medusa’s city, hoping to reach her temple. He arrived at an oasis near one of the Snake People tribes and spotted a guarded lake, where more than a dozen Snake Women stood watch.

• Hai Bodong wondered about Xiao Han’s claim to be a Divine Calculator and agreed to their deal despite being tempted by Xiao Han’s Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Han left Qing Lin in Stone Desert City and spent half a month traveling through the Tagor Desert, using Hai Bodong’s map to avoid Snake People patrols.
• A giant scorpion attacked Xiao Han from beneath the sand, but he drove it off with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Han reached an oasis near one of the Snake People tribes and decided to make contact with the tribe on his way to Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Han followed the sound of water to a small lake, where he saw more than a dozen armed Snake Women guarding the shore.

Xiao Han encountered Yue Mei while she was bathing in a lake and told her he wanted to meet Queen Medusa. Yue Mei suspected he was a spy and tried to force him to come to her tribe, leaving them surrounded by venomous snakes as she weighed his unusual abilities.

• Xiao Han was spotted by Yue Mei after a water arrow struck the tree where he had been hiding.
• Yue Mei's guards surrounded Xiao Han, and he told her he had come to speak with Queen Medusa about the Snake People Clan's prosperity.
• Yue Mei dismissed Xiao Han's explanation and invited him to her tribe, but he refused to follow her without a fight.
• Xiao Han used his Purple Cloud Wings to block a venomous snake's attack, surprising Yue Mei with his Flight Fighting Skill.
• Yue Mei summoned countless venomous snakes and demanded that Xiao Han come to her tribe, while he asked if she intended to turn him into a snake person.

Xiao Han fought off Yue Mei and her Snake People guards while demanding to see Queen Medusa. Queen Medusa appeared above the lake and confronted Yue Mei, leaving Xiao Han face-to-face with the ruler he had sought.

• Xiao Han refused Yue Mei's offer and asked her to take him to Queen Medusa, provoking her and the Snake Women into attacking him with venomous snakes.
• Xiao Han used the enhanced Purple Cloud Wings to repel the snakes and withstand attacks from Yue Mei's guards, forcing Yue Mei to call them back.
• Xiao Han taunted Yue Mei for fearing that a mere Dou Shi might threaten her Queen, as a tremendous disturbance erupted from the lake.
• Queen Medusa rose from the lake and scolded Yue Mei for taking so long to kill Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han recognized the woman as Queen Medusa and asked whether she was the ruler feared across the desert's empires.