Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that Hun Ruoruo was nearing a breakthrough to Dou Emperor and asked Old Man Yao how to strengthen his cultivation method. Old Man Yao explained that Xiao Yan could evolve the Fierce Heaven Art by balancing the power within the Void Spirit Devouring Flame, but doing so would require fighting Third-order Magical Beasts.

• Old Man Yao admitted that he had tested Xiao Yan’s feelings for Ruoruo and praised his sincere concern for her.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan that Ruoruo was preparing to break through to Dou Emperor, prompting Xiao Yan to worry about falling further behind.
• Old Man Yao examined Xiao Yan’s Myriad Beast Flame and confirmed that the Purple Crystal Source had made it a newly born Heavenly Flame.
• Old Man Yao explained that balancing the Void Spirit Devouring Flame’s power could let the Fierce Heaven Art advance beyond Yellow-tier Advanced, though failing would prevent further evolution.
• Old Man Yao told Xiao Yan to collect different Magic Cores by fighting Magical Beasts, then admitted Xiao Yan would need to hunt Third-order Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan recalled the danger of Third-order Magical Beasts and resolved to risk everything on the Void Spirit Devouring Flame.

Xiao Yan hunted Second-order Magical Beasts to gather Magic Cores, then followed Old Man Yao’s lead into a swamp to fight a Peak Early Third-order Water Python. After his first attack failed against its Dou Qi Armor, Xiao Yan climbed onto its back and prepared to strike with the Void Spirit Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Yan collected Magic Cores from several High-level Second-order Magical Beasts and decided to hunt a Third-order beast.
• Old Man Yao located a Peak Early Third-order Magical Beast west of Xiao Yan and warned him that he would not intervene unless Xiao Yan faced fatal danger.
• Xiao Yan concealed his aura and entered a swamp, where a Water Python ambushed him and knocked him into an ancient tree.
• Xiao Yan chose to fight from firm ground, used his Soul Force to anticipate the Water Python’s attack, and leapt onto its head with the Mysterious Black Ruler.
• The Water Python’s Dou Qi Armor repelled Xiao Yan’s strike, so he climbed onto its back and swung his flame-wreathed arms down at its scales.

Xiao Yan defeated a Third-order Water Python but found it had no Magic Core, then returned to the waterfall and reunited with Hun Ruoruo. She claimed she had hit a cultivation obstacle, persuaded him to help, and asked him to make Bigu Pills from the ingredients in her Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan killed the Water Python through his own strength, but discovered it had no Magic Core.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan that other Magical Beasts were approaching, so Xiao Yan flew back to the cave.
• Xiao Yan met Hun Ruoruo by the waterfall and asked whether she had broken through.
• Hun Ruoruo said she had encountered an obstacle in her cultivation and asked Xiao Yan to help her.
• Hun Ruoruo gave Xiao Yan her Storage Ring and requested Bigu Pills from the medicinal ingredients inside.

Xiao Yan refined a patterned Tier 2 Bigu Pill for Hun Ruoruo, who used watching the process to steady her mind before attempting her breakthrough. Hun Ruoruo began preparing to advance to Dou Emperor and decided to eat the pill despite having requested it only as an excuse.

• Xiao Yan refined a Tier 2 Bigu Pill with a Pill Pattern on her first try, and Hun Ruoruo watched from inside the cave.
• Hun Ruoruo accepted the pill and left, while Old Man Yao praised Xiao Yan’s achievement and knocked her on the head after she questioned his expertise.
• Hun Ruoruo reached peak condition at her secluded spot and recalled that watching Xiao Yan’s Alchemy had calmed her mind.
• Hun Ruoruo activated an isolation barrier, prepared the pills from Old Man Yao and Xiao Yan, and decided to treat the Bigu Pill as a meal.

Hun Ruoruo broke the Purple Crystal Seal, used the returning Dou Qi to take Old Man Yao’s Yu Huan Pill, and underwent a breakthrough. Xiao Yan watched the energy vortex disperse and was stunned to see Hun Ruoruo standing in midair as a Dou Zong.

• Hun Ruoruo swallowed a Bigu Pill, then broke the Purple Crystal Seal and gathered Soul Water Dou Qi in her dantian.
• Hun Ruoruo took Old Man Yao’s Yu Huan Pill and endured its effects while comprehending his insight into Space power.
• Xiao Yan continued practicing Alchemy, failed to refine another Bigu Pill with a Pill Pattern, and rested beside the waterfall.
• Xiao Yan sensed the violent Heaven and Earth Energy around Hun Ruoruo and worried that she would treat him differently after recovering her strength.
• Hun Ruoruo emerged from the dispersing energy vortex, floated in midair, and left Xiao Yan exclaiming that she had reached Dou Zong.

Hun Ruoruo used the Yu Huan Pill to comprehend Space power and broke through to two-star Dou Huang, leaving her Dou Qi unstable. Old Man Yao agreed to let her borrow Xiao Yan to help stabilize it, and Xiao Yan nervously wondered what she planned to do with him.

• Xiao Yan feared he could not keep up with Hun Ruoruo, but Old Man Yao explained that she had reached two-star Dou Huang and used Space power to walk through the air.
• Hun Ruoruo descended from the sky, celebrated her breakthrough, and thanked Old Man Yao for the Yu Huan Pill.
• When Xiao Yan asked about his pill, Hun Ruoruo said it had been tasty, leaving him feeling like she regarded him as a cook.
• Old Man Yao warned that Hun Ruoruo's Dou Qi was unstable and would need combat to settle.
• Hun Ruoruo asked to borrow Xiao Yan, and Old Man Yao agreed before retreating into the ring.
• Xiao Yan protested that he was not merchandise, then nervously asked Hun Ruoruo if she planned to fight him.

Hun Ruoruo cleared up Xiao Yan’s misunderstanding, thanked him for helping her, and called him her friend before taking him to the Monster Beast Mountain Range. There, she began slaughtering Magical Beasts and collecting their Magic Cores, leaving Xiao Yan to witness her revenge.

• Xiao Yan accused Hun Ruoruo of planning to retaliate against him, but she explained that she was repaying him for helping her break through.
• Hun Ruoruo called Xiao Yan her friend, and he accepted the friendship despite feeling flustered by her teasing.
• Hun Ruoruo admitted she had never had friends and replenished Xiao Yan’s depleted Soul Force with a ball of water.
• Hun Ruoruo carried Xiao Yan to the Lion King's Cave Mansion in the Monster Beast Mountain Range to avenge their past troubles with the beasts.
• Hun Ruoruo massacred the Magical Beasts with Water Blades while Xiao Yan collected their Magic Cores.

Hun Ruoruo returned after killing the Magical Beasts that had attacked the Lion King's Cave Mansion and gave Xiao Yan a Disguise Dou Technique while ordering him to feed the Magic Cores to the Void Spirit Devouring Flame. Xiao Yan realized her unusual explanation meant she was preparing to leave, but the chapter ended before she answered.

• Hun Ruoruo finished killing the Magical Beasts that had attacked the Lion King's Cave Mansion and descended to Xiao Yan, who was sorting the Magic Cores.
• Xiao Yan glanced beneath Hun Ruoruo's skirt, and she teased him before forcing the Disguise Dou Technique's information into his mind with Soul Force.
• Hun Ruoruo explained the technique's limits and ordered Xiao Yan to devour every Magic Core to help the Void Spirit Devouring Flame advance.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Hun Ruoruo was about to leave and asked her if she was leaving.

Hun Ruoruo confirmed she would leave the Monster Beast Mountain Range, while Xiao Yan accepted that he had to follow his own path and focused on evolving the Fierce Heaven Art. With Hun Ruoruo guarding him, he began feeding Magic Cores to the Void Spirit Devouring Flame and prepared to risk a Fifth-order core.

• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that she had no reason to stay in the Monster Beast Mountain Range after breaking through to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Old Man Yao urged Xiao Yan not to pressure himself blindly and said their paths would cross again if they both kept going.
• Xiao Yan returned to the cave determined to repair the Void Spirit Devouring Flame and evolve the Fierce Heaven Art.
• Hun Ruoruo warned Xiao Yan about the Beast Spirits inside the Magic Cores as he consumed the Third Order cores and began feeding Fourth Order cores to the flame.
• When Xiao Yan's soul trembled from the gathered Beast Spirits, Hun Ruoruo advised him to use a Fifth-order Magic Core, and he hurled it into the Fire Seed.

Xiao Yan refined a Fifth-order Magic Core, but the Fire Seed Origin remained out of balance, so he chose to absorb more cores despite the danger. After enduring the impact of six Fifth-order Beast Spirits without reaching equilibrium, he appeared to have failed, but Hun Ruoruo revealed that he could now absorb a Sixth-order Demonic Core.

• Xiao Yan refined a Fifth-order Magic Core, suppressing the Fourth-order Beast Spirits, but found that the Fire Seed Origin still had not reached equilibrium.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan against absorbing more cores, while Hun Ruoruo protected his soul and encouraged him to continue.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the remaining Fifth-order Magic Cores, enduring severe soul pain as their Beast Spirits attacked him.
• After the cores were gone, Xiao Yan sensed no response from the Ten Thousand Beast Origin, and Old Man Yao believed he had fallen short of equilibrium.
• Hun Ruoruo told Old Man Yao that Xiao Yan's endurance of six Fifth-order Beast Spirits meant he could absorb a Sixth-order Demonic Core.

Hun Ruoruo used the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Sixth-order Magic Core to help Xiao Yan withstand the Ten Thousand Beast Origin, while Old Man Yao realized how much she had risked for him. After Old Man Yao returned to the ring, Hun Ruoruo revealed that she had also obtained the Beast Soul for her mission against the Soul Hall.

• Hun Ruoruo showed Old Man Yao the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Sixth-order Magic Core, and he marveled at its powerful Beast Spirit will.
• Hun Ruoruo placed the Magic Core into the Void Spirit Devouring Flame and began repairing Xiao Yan's damaged channels so he could endure the Ten Thousand Beast Origin.
• Hun Ruoruo told Old Man Yao that she would leave after helping Xiao Yan cultivate and entrusted his future cultivation to him.
• Old Man Yao suspected Hun Ruoruo had taken the risk of breaking through for Xiao Yan, then returned to the ring to recover his Soul Force.
• After Old Man Yao's aura disappeared, Hun Ruoruo privately wondered whether she and Xiao Yan now counted as friends.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed that she had collected the Purple Crystal Source, Magic Core, and Beast Soul to aid Xiao Yan, advance her breakthrough, and complete her mission against the Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Beast Spirit inside the Fire Seed Space and absorbed it, triggering a surge of soul power. As he remained unconscious afterward, Hun Ruoruo inspected his Storage Ring and decided to prepare more clothes for him before they left.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Hun Ruoruo had killed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and placed its Beast Spirit in the Fire Seed Space.
• Xiao Yan used the Void Spirit Devouring Flame to battle the Lion King's Beast Spirit, gradually weakening it through the flame's devouring power.
• After several hours, Xiao Yan overcame the Beast Spirit, and a powerful golden radiance and immense soul pressure erupted from him.
• Hun Ruoruo waited as Xiao Yan remained unconscious, then took one of his rings and found only one set of clothes in his Storage Ring.
• Hun Ruoruo decided to prepare more clothes for Xiao Yan before they left.

Hun Ruoruo confirmed that Xiao Yan’s Fierce Heaven Art had evolved and left him with scrolls and instructions to continue training in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After saying goodbye to Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao, she departed to pursue her plans in the Misty Cloud Sect and obtain a Dou Zong’s soul.

• Hun Ruoruo examined Xiao Yan’s transformed Qi vortex and discovered that his cultivation had reached advanced Xuan-tier, nearly crossing into Earth-tier.
• Hun Ruoruo reflected on her limited supply of rare resources, her gains in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and her determination to grow stronger.
• Hun Ruoruo decided to continue her arrangements in the Misty Cloud Sect and pursue a Dou Zong’s soul.
• Hun Ruoruo left scrolls for Xiao Yan, told him to keep training in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and said goodbye to him and Old Man Yao.

Xiao Yan woke to find Ruoruo had left without saying goodbye, then examined his cultivation with Old Man Yao and discovered that the Fierce Heaven Art had advanced to the advanced Xuan-tier. He resolved to make sure Ruoruo could not slip away without a farewell next time.

• Xiao Yan woke in the cave, saw Ruoruo was gone, and lamented that she had left without saying goodbye.
• Old Man Yao appeared and teased Xiao Yan about worrying over Ruoruo before changing the subject to his strength.
• Xiao Yan examined his dantian and found that the Fierce Heaven Art had evolved to the advanced Xuan-tier.
• Old Man Yao congratulated Xiao Yan, saying his technique was among the strongest in the Jia Ma Empire and approached a typical Earth-tier technique in power.
• Xiao Yan celebrated his breakthrough, regretted that Ruoruo was not there to praise him, and resolved not to let her leave without saying goodbye again.

Xiao Yan learned that the Fierce Heaven Art’s evolution had raised his cultivation to Seven-star Dou Shi, but Old Man Yao warned that his Dou Qi was unstable and ordered him to fight Magical Beasts without using the Void Spirit Devouring Flame. As Xiao Yan left the cave to train, Hun Ruoruo secretly recorded him standing outside in tattered clothes, believing he was too proud to wear the women’s clothes in his Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan discovered that his cultivation had reached Seven-star Dou Shi and that he had touched a bottleneck.
• Old Man Yao explained that Xiao Yan’s gains came with risk and told him to stabilize his Dou Qi by fighting Magical Beasts without using the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan agreed to test himself against opponents near the strength of an ordinary Da Dou Shi and hurried out of the cave.
• Xiao Yan stood in the morning light outside the cave, thinking that he would not hold Hun Ruoruo back the next time they met.
• Hun Ruoruo watched Xiao Yan’s tattered clothes blow away, mistook his appearance for a refusal to wear women’s clothes, and recorded him with an Imprint Jade Slip before leaving.

Hun Ruoruo advanced her understanding of Space power and, while heading back from the Monster Beast Mountain Range, spotted Xiao Yi Xian and secretly followed her to Qingshan Town. Xiao Yi Xian entered the renamed Myriad Medicine Pavilion to buy medicine, where a clerk questioned why she was there.

• Hun Ruoruo reflected on her rudimentary grasp of Space power and flew toward the outskirts of the Monster Beast Mountain Range, intending to keep her new ability secret.
• Hun Ruoruo recognized Xiao Yi Xian riding a Blue Eagle and followed her in disguise instead of returning to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian landed outside Qingshan Town, concealed herself beneath a bamboo hat, and walked into town.
• Xiao Yi Xian found that Myriad Medicine Pavilion had changed owners, with the words “Blood Battle” added to its sign, and sat in a corner inside.
• A male clerk told Xiao Yi Xian to leave if she had no business there, and she replied that she had come to buy medicine.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Myriad Medicine Pavilion in disguise to buy herbs and learned how Qingshan Town had changed since her departure. After the clerk insulted her and she left alone, Hun Ruoruo watched over her and vanished.

• Xiao Yi Xian disguised her voice and appearance as she entered Myriad Medicine Pavilion to buy herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian selected herbs and learned from the clerk that prices had risen as mercenaries and physicians dwindled.
• The clerk disparaged Xiao Yi Xian, blamed her for the town’s troubles, and said he did not want her to return.
• Xiao Yi Xian paid for the herbs, rejected the clerk’s offer to join the Blood Battle Mercenary Group, and left town.
• Hun Ruoruo watched Xiao Yi Xian depart, called her a stupid woman, and disappeared.

After leaving Qingshan Town, Xiao Yi Xian settled in a secluded valley and tried to continue practicing as a physician. Her Poison Dou Qi turned her medicine into poison, and Hun Ruoruo found her unconscious after she gave in to its craving.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the valley with Xiao Lan and prepared medicine in her hut.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that her medicine had become poison because of her Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian tasted the poison repeatedly and eventually consumed the powder, filling the hut with toxic mist.
• Hun Ruoruo entered the hut, cleared the poison mist, and cared for the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian recalled how consuming poison awakened her constitution and drove her to cultivate despite longing for her former ordinary life. After she woke distressed over taking medicine again, Hun Ruoruo challenged her belief that she deserved to die and asked why she did not condemn bloodied mercenaries instead.

• Xiao Yi Xian remembered how accidentally consuming a poisonous herb made her Dou Qi surge and how the Poison Scripture revealed her poison-consuming constitution.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled regretting the loss of her ordinary life and feeling unable to turn back from poison cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke with a crumpled medicine packet in her hand, hid beneath a blanket, and lamented that she could not restrain herself.
• Hun Ruoruo startled Xiao Yi Xian by asking why taking medicine meant she deserved to die when mercenaries had blood on their hands.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Hun Ruoruo as a potentially overwhelming threat and readied her Poison Dou Qi.
• Hun Ruoruo rose and challenged Xiao Yi Xian to condemn the mercenaries before wishing death upon herself.

Hun Ruoruo challenged Xiao Yi Xian’s belief that her sins meant she deserved to die, then showed no fear of her Calamity Poison Body. Xiao Yi Xian recognized Hun Ruoruo’s self-given name, “Bad Person,” as a phrase her friend Xiao Yan often used, and Hun Ruoruo asked to hear more about him.

• Hun Ruoruo argued that Xiao Yi Xian should not consider herself deserving of death while worse sinners were still alive, and Xiao Yi Xian accepted her twisted reasoning.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Hun Ruoruo knew she had the Calamity Poison Body and whether she feared her, but Hun Ruoruo’s amused silence reassured her.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Hun Ruoruo, introduced herself, and asked the girl’s name.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yi Xian to call her Bad Person, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to remember that Xiao Yan often used the same phrase.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Hun Ruoruo knew Xiao Yan, and Hun Ruoruo showed interest and asked her to tell him about him.