Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited with Hun Ruoruo, who claimed she had been seriously injured fighting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. She led him to retrieve a Companion Purple Crystal Source, then revealed she could not use Dou Qi and needed his help.

• Xiao Yan found Hun Ruoruo covered in blood and questioned her claim that she had fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Hun Ruoruo said she had come to make a deal with the beast, but it reneged, so she fought it; Xiao Yan remained suspicious of her sudden appearance.
• Hun Ruoruo led Xiao Yan into the cavern and pointed out a Companion Purple Crystal Source that could repair the Void Spirit Devouring Flame.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan to use a nearby crystal to smash the sphere, and he agreed to help retrieve the treasure.
• Hun Ruoruo whispered that she was seriously injured and could not use Dou Qi, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

Hun Ruoruo revealed that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had sealed her Dou Qi, then coaxed Xiao Yan into collecting the Companion Purple Crystal Source. As they prepared to leave, Xiao Yan secretly peeked into her Storage Ring and discovered an assortment of unusual outfits.

• Hun Ruoruo showed Xiao Yan her bloodstained skirt and proved that her Dou Qi had been sealed by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Innate Skill.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan as if inviting him to take advantage of her, but he refused and urged them to leave before the beast returned.
• At Hun Ruoruo's instruction, Xiao Yan shattered the crystal sphere and collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source in jade bottles.
• Hun Ruoruo handed Xiao Yan her Storage Ring, and he placed all the jade bottles inside instead of keeping a share.
• Xiao Yan secretly searched the Storage Ring and found an assortment of maid short skirts, cheongsams, and snake-people outfits.

Xiao Yan left Hun Ruoruo in the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave, where she revealed to Old Man Yao that she had been sealed while preparing a risky Dou Qi compression method for her breakthrough to Dou Emperor. Old Man Yao departed to teach Xiao Yan and accepted a Storage Ring of resources from Hun Ruoruo.

• Xiao Yan worried about Hun Ruoruo staying in the Lion King's Cave, but she explained that the Lion King's pressure deterred nearby beasts, and he flew back toward the outer mountain range.
• After Xiao Yan left, Hun Ruoruo called Old Man Yao out of hiding and joked that she had tested Xiao Yan because of Xun'er.
• Old Man Yao asked how Hun Ruoruo had been sealed by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and she explained that she planned to use its Sealing Technique to compress her Dou Qi before breaking through to Dou Emperor.
• Hun Ruoruo told Old Man Yao that the risky method would help her achieve a perfect breakthrough and that she had used similar methods before.
• Old Man Yao decided to leave to teach Xiao Yan, and Hun Ruoruo gave him a Storage Ring of resources to use for the lessons.

Hun Ruoruo examined the Purple Crystal Seal that had trapped her Dou Qi and prepared to remain with Xiao Yan while she pursued her breakthrough to Dou Emperor. After confronting Old Man Yao about his absence, Xiao Yan learned that Ruoruo’s actions were part of her advancement method and decided to revisit what had happened with her the next day.

• Hun Ruoruo cleaned up in the cave, inspected the seal on her chest, and realized she would likely have to stay with Xiao Yan for the remaining half month.
• Xiao Yan accused Old Man Yao of conspiring with Hun Ruoruo and demanded to know why he had returned so late.
• Old Man Yao teased Xiao Yan about his reaction to Ruoruo, then explained that she had been testing him.
• Old Man Yao revealed that Ruoruo’s sealed cultivation was one of her methods for advancing to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan admitted that having Hun Ruoruo back felt good and said they should go over what happened the next day.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Ruoruo after a night of headaches, only to learn that his pain came from peeking into her Storage Ring and triggering its precautions. As they spent more time together, she teased him while studying the sealing technique, and Xiao Yan began considering refining Bigu Pills to help her replenish her energy without breaking the seal.

• Xiao Yan accused Hun Ruoruo of making him suffer, but admitted he had secretly looked inside her Storage Ring and accepted blame for triggering its precautions.
• Hun Ruoruo invited Xiao Yan to try on the clothes in her Storage Ring, and he begged her to show mercy.
• Xiao Yan spent his time bringing Hun Ruoruo food while Old Man Yao gathered Soul Force to prepare for refining a medicinal pill.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that medicinal pills might draw out the Dou Qi compressed by her sealing technique and break the seal.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine Bigu Pills for Hun Ruoruo, then paused when she asked whether making them counted as pill refining or cooking.

Xiao Yan fought off magical beasts approaching the Purple Crystal Palace while Hun Ruoruo secretly killed a stronger beast with Soul Force. After Xiao Yan collapsed and woke, Hun Ruoruo grilled fish and picked up a small jade vial, asking whether it was seasoning.

• Xiao Yan went out to lure away the approaching magical beasts despite Hun Ruoruo telling him she could handle them.
• Hun Ruoruo spotted a concealed peak Fourth-order Wolf-type Magical Beast and killed it with Soul Force, then absorbed its Soul Light Cluster.
• Xiao Yan returned to the cave mansion covered in blood, collapsed, and struck his head when Hun Ruoruo stepped aside.
• Hun Ruoruo dragged the unconscious Xiao Yan deeper into the cave and later grilled fish while he recovered.
• Hun Ruoruo picked up a small jade vial and asked Xiao Yan whether it was seasoning, leaving him sweating nervously.

Hun Ruoruo urged Xiao Yan to recognize that Xiao Yi Xian might be in danger, prompting him to return to Qingshan Town. He found the town nearly deserted and detected poison in the air, suggesting something had happened to her.

• Hun Ruoruo stopped Xiao Yan from opening the seasoning bottle, then grilled him a fish that he praised enthusiastically.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yan about Qingshan Town, and he recounted meeting Xiao Yi Xian and finding the Flying Dou Technique.
• Hun Ruoruo warned that the treasure and the mercenary captain's suspicions could put Xiao Yi Xian in danger, and Xiao Yan realized she might have been sincere when she said she had no one to rely on.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself and returned to Qingshan Town to check on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan found the town nearly empty, smelled poison in the air, and concluded that something had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan entered the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to rescue Xiao Yi Xian, who was trapped inside by Mu She and Boss Yao while they waited for her to succumb to poison. He smashed through the manor gates and faced the mercenaries alone.

• Xiao Yan killed the guards at the manor entrance with the Void Spirit Devouring Flame and continued toward the growing poison cloud.
• Mu She and Boss Yao discussed how long Xiao Yi Xian could endure the poison and their plans to claim her Poison Scripture.
• A mercenary reported that a lone intruder had slaughtered his way through the front gate, and Mu She suspected the newcomer was Xiao Yi Xian's accomplice from the ruins.
• Xiao Yan shattered the manor gates and revealed himself to the gathered mercenaries, saying he had come to kick up a fuss.

Xiao Yan confronted Mu She and Boss Yao over Xiao Yi Xian, then fought off their forces while holding back his full strength. He unveiled the Void Spirit Devouring Flame and used his newly developed Fire Blowing Palm to unleash a rain of sparks upon them.

• Boss Yao claimed Xiao Yi Xian had betrayed the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and Xiao Yan rejected his excuse and exposed their failed attempt to use her as a threat.
• Mu She ordered the mercenaries and pavilion guards to attack Xiao Yan, who smashed through their ranks with the Mysterious Black Ruler.
• Mu She attacked with his spear and Phoenix Soaring Steps, but Xiao Yan swept the ruler around him and forced Mu She back.
• Mu She gathered the surviving mercenaries, believing Xiao Yan would tire from relying on physical strength, but Xiao Yan revealed the Void Spirit Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan introduced his new Fire Blowing Palm and sent waves of flame and sparks raining down on his enemies.

Xiao Yan burned through the Myriad Medicine Pavilion manor while searching for Xiao Yi Xian and learned why she had sealed herself away. He killed Boss Yao and entered the toxin-filled room, where Xiao Yi Xian faintly recognized him.

• Xiao Yan's Evil Flame consumed Mu She and the mercenaries, then he demanded that Boss Yao reveal Xiao Yi Xian's whereabouts.
• Boss Yao explained that Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation and poison arts had surged, but she had sealed herself in a room after her uncontrolled toxins began spreading through Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yan learned that Boss Yao had planned to starve Xiao Yi Xian and steal her treasures, then killed him with his Soul Force.
• Xiao Yan opened the sealed room and called for Xiao Yi Xian through the dense purple-black smoke.
• Xiao Yi Xian weakly answered Xiao Yan by name.

Xiao Yan endured Xiao Yi Xian’s uncontrolled poison and used the Void Spirit Devouring Flame to absorb it until he could reach her. After they escaped the ruined Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian chose to leave Qingshan Town and invited Xiao Yan to a place where they could be friends.

• Xiao Yan resisted Xiao Yi Xian’s poison and urged her to stay calm while he prepared to fight it.
• Xiao Yan used the Void Spirit Devouring Flame to consume the poisonous mist and found Xiao Yi Xian weakened inside the room.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian recovered enough to leave the ruined Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and Xiao Yan told her he had killed Boss Yao for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she no longer cared about her reputation in Qingshan Town and only wanted a friend who was not afraid of poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan and invited Xiao Yan to go somewhere nice with her.

Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and poison in Xiao Yi Xian’s secluded valley, then hurried back to the Monster Beast Mountain Range because Hun Ruoruo was nearing a breakthrough. Hun Ruoruo waited in the Lion King’s Cave Mansion, hoping Xiao Yan would stay away while she advanced.

• Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Yan to a hidden valley rich in energy and urged him to recover there.
• Xiao Yan spent two days purging Xiao Yi Xian’s poison from his body with the Void Spirit Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that his flame had helped her control her poison arts, and he realized she reminded him of Ruoruo.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave and help his friend, explaining that she was close to a breakthrough.
• Hun Ruoruo waited in the Lion King’s Cave Mansion and hoped Xiao Yan would not bother her while she broke through.

Hun Ruoruo struggled to move the Purple Crystal Seal while stranded in the Lion King's Cave Mansion, revealing her fear and loneliness as she hid her weakness from Xiao Yan. When Xiao Yan returned with a flying magical beast chasing him, she rescued him with her Soul Force and greeted him coldly.

• Hun Ruoruo complained to herself about her depleted strength and tried unsuccessfully to move the Purple Crystal Seal from her chest to her dantian.
• Hun Ruoruo reflected on her lost bloodline, her fear of the breakthrough, and her painful loneliness as she hid inside the cave mansion.
• Hun Ruoruo heard fighting outside and saw Xiao Yan fleeing from a Fourth Order flying magical beast toward the cave.
• Hun Ruoruo realized Xiao Yan had deliberately lured the beast away from her cave and used her Soul Force to knock it from the sky.
• Hun Ruoruo failed to force a playful smile and coldly reproached Xiao Yan when he reached the cave mansion.

Xiao Yan tried to comfort and help Hun Ruoruo as she recovered from losing her Dou Qi, but she rejected his efforts and ridiculed his weakness. When Xiao Yan suggested that Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yi Xian had similar experiences, Hun Ruoruo angrily told him to stop prying into her affairs.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Hun Ruoruo, who dismissed him and mocked him for being unable to help her.
• Hun Ruoruo ate dry rations and refused Xiao Yan's offer to find ingredients.
• Xiao Yan produced a Purple Spirit Crystal to warm the cave, and Hun Ruoruo wrapped it in her robe and held it.
• Hun Ruoruo asked about Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan said her poison cultivation was under control.
• Xiao Yan questioned Hun Ruoruo's knowledge of Xiao Yi Xian and suggested the two women had similar experiences.
• Hun Ruoruo became furious and told Xiao Yan not to interfere in her affairs or pretend to understand her.

Xiao Yan tried to convince Hun Ruoruo that he wanted to help her rather than curry favor, but she dismissed his efforts and revealed he had only made things harder for her. As Hun Ruoruo grew exhausted and feared falling asleep in the cave, she asked Xiao Yan to take her down.

• Xiao Yan asked Hun Ruoruo whether he could defeat Nalan Yanran and said he wanted to help her instead of relying on her to solve everything.
• Hun Ruoruo called Xiao Yan overconfident and incompetent, then told him that she had cleaned up the trouble he caused at the Lion King's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yan realized he had made things worse, rubbed his nose, and sat down beside Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo's Soul Force ran out, and she grew drowsy as night fell around the cave mansion.
• Hun Ruoruo grew frightened at the thought of falling asleep and asked Xiao Yan to take her down.

Xiao Yan discovered that Hun Ruoruo could not leave the cliffside cave on her own because she was exhausted and unable to fly with Soul Force. He carried her down, leaving both of them awkwardly unsettled by the close contact.

• Xiao Yan realized that Hun Ruoruo was sleepy and needed his help to leave the cave residence.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that Soul Force could not let her fly and agreed to let Xiao Yan carry her down.
• Hun Ruoruo tugged Xiao Yan's arm around her waist, and he lifted her into a sideways carry.
• Xiao Yan flew while carrying Hun Ruoruo, who grabbed his clothes near his neck for support and told him to hurry.

Xiao Yan brought Hun Ruoruo back to their cave and continued cultivating while she recovered. When his attempt to evolve the Void Spirit Devouring Flame failed, Hun Ruoruo hinted that she could help if he addressed her as his teacher.

• Xiao Yan flew with Hun Ruoruo to the waterfall cave, where she rested and restored her Soul Force.
• Xiao Yan sensed his cultivation bottleneck loosening and trained while thinking about the Three-Year Pact with Nalan Yanran.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan sheltered from the rain in the cave and changed out of his wet clothes as Hun Ruoruo watched.
• Hun Ruoruo asked about Old Man Yao’s prolonged absence, and Xiao Yan guessed that his teacher was refining a pill of at least the sixth tier.
• Xiao Yan fed his Magic Cores to the Void Spirit Devouring Flame, but it showed no change, so Hun Ruoruo offered guidance if he called her teacher.

Hun Ruoruo gave Xiao Yan Companion Purple Crystal Source to strengthen his Void Spirit Devouring Flame, but he drank it before hearing her warning and endured its fierce energy. He began tempering his Myriad Beast Flame and star-cloud vortex while Hun Ruoruo left the cave.

• Hun Ruoruo explained that the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame could grow stronger by absorbing treasures that aided Magical Beasts’ evolution.
• Xiao Yan hesitated to accept the Companion Purple Crystal Source, but Hun Ruoruo told him it was not important to her and he thanked her before gulping it down.
• The Purple Crystal Source’s energy overwhelmed Xiao Yan, who accidentally breathed purple fire and feared that his star-cloud vortex would burst.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan to use the Nihility Devouring Flame to consume the excess energy, but warned that doing so would waste much of it and weaken the tempering effect on the Myriad Beast Flame.
• Xiao Yan chose to endure the energy and temper both the Myriad Beast Flame and his vortex, while Hun Ruoruo watched until he stabilized and then left the cave.

Hun Ruoruo realized she had only five days to complete the Soul Hall mission and considered risking a breakthrough to Dou Emperor. Old Man Yao returned with a pill he had refined for her, and the chapter ended as he warned her that dangerous gambles could fail.

• Hun Ruoruo decided she might have to break through to Dou Emperor before the Soul Hall mission deadline to avoid exposing her resistance to the Soul Seal.
• Hun Ruoruo sensed Old Man Yao's concealed Soul Force and waited for him to arrive so she could explain the situation.
• Old Man Yao returned from collecting pills and found Hun Ruoruo by the stream.
• Hun Ruoruo asked what pill Old Man Yao had refined, and he revealed it was not for Xiao Yan but for her.
• Old Man Yao guessed that Hun Ruoruo had delayed her breakthrough because of the Purple Crystal Seal and warned her against relying on risky gambles.

Hun Ruoruo accepted the Yu Huan Pill Old Man Yao had refined to help her use the Sealing Technique, while Xiao Yan emerged from tempering the Purple Crystal Source stronger than before. Old Man Yao revealed he had arranged for Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo to spend time together, but Xiao Yan admitted she had not wanted it.

• Old Man Yao gave Hun Ruoruo a peak Tier 6 Yu Huan Pill that could help her grasp Space power and draw upon her Sealing Technique.
• Hun Ruoruo accepted the pill and thanked Old Man Yao, feeling uncertain about the master and disciple's generosity.
• Xiao Yan finished tempering the Purple Crystal Source, advanced to Mid-stage Dou Shi, and gained enough strength to challenge a Third-order Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan rushed outside when he could not find Hun Ruoruo, fearing she had left the protective barrier without her Dou Qi.
• Old Man Yao appeared and teased Xiao Yan about his concern, then revealed that he had created an opportunity for Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo to be together.
• Xiao Yan told Old Man Yao that he was not happy about it because Hun Ruoruo did not like it.