Chapter Summaries

Lin Che interrupted Old Ghost Chuyun’s attack on Yun Yun and accepted a fight against four Chu Yun Empire Dou Emperors. He unleashed overwhelming sword power and defeated one opponent, then asked for more wine as the others realized drinking made him stronger.

• Lin Che shattered Old Ghost Chuyun’s Dou Technique, checked on the injured Yun Yun, and challenged the Chu Yun Empire’s fighters.
• Chu Yun Que sent four Dou Emperors to face Lin Che, who agreed to fight them all at once.
• Lin Che drank a jar of wine, summoned a storm with his Dou Qi, and unleashed the Green Lotus Sword Song.
• Lin Che struck a Five-star Dou Emperor and blasted him away with one sword attack.
• Lin Che asked for another jar of wine, and the Chu Yun Empire’s fighters warned one another that drinking strengthened him.

Lin Che defeated the Chu Yun Empire’s Dou Emperor fighters at the gathering, earning a cultivation breakthrough and a new sword. His victory made him famous, but it also drew the attention of powerful enemies, and Jia Xing Tian warned him to be cautious.

• Lin Che killed two of the remaining Dou Emperors, severed Old Ghost Chuyun’s arm, and then killed him as the Chu Yun Empire’s fighters watched.
• Jia Xing Tian stopped Chu Yun Que from attacking Lin Che, and Chu Yun Que left the imperial capital with his surviving men while threatening revenge.
• Lin Che comprehended a higher level of Sword Intent, advanced to Six-star Dou Emperor, and received the Frost Ice Sword from the system.
• The gathering’s attendees spread word of Lin Che’s victory, making the Drunken Sword Immortal famous across the Northwest Continent and one of the Jia Ma Empire’s Ten Greatest Experts.
• Jia Xing Tian warned Lin Che that powerful figures had taken notice of him, but Lin Che remained carefree and said he would face anyone who came.

Lin Che returned to the Bamboo Forest with Xiao Yi Xian after Jia Xing Tian promised to provide rare herbs, and Yun Yun thanked him before leaving to seek help with the trouble caused by his clash with the Chu Yun Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Xun'er learned that Lin Che had killed several Dou Huang experts and ordered Ling Ying to investigate him further.

• Jia Xing Tian praised Lin Che, offered him protection, and agreed to provide thousand-year-old Fire Lotus plants and Marrow Cleansing Grass.
• Lin Che returned to the Bamboo Forest with Xiao Yi Xian, where Yun Yun thanked him and said she had to return to deal with the growing trouble.
• Yun Yun left after Lin Che reassured her, while Xiao Yi Xian teased him about Yun Yun's feelings and then went to cultivate.
• Ling Ying reported Lin Che's feats and mysterious background to Xiao Xun'er, who ordered him to investigate further and considered recruiting Lin Che into the family.

Lin Che taught Xiao Yi Xian how to make grape wine by having her crush grapes with her feet, then spent the evening relaxing on the lake as she rowed him. He left the wine to ferment for eighty-one days in his cellar.

• Lin Che reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would protect the Bamboo Forest when the major empires arrived.
• Lin Che asked Xiao Yi Xian to wash her feet and explained that he wanted to brew wine using them to crush grapes.
• Lin Che placed Xiao Yi Xian in a barrel of grapes, where she crushed them and produced grape juice for brewing.
• Lin Che sealed the grape juice with herbs and magic beast cores and stored it in his wine cellar to ferment for eighty-one days.
• Lin Che relaxed on a small boat under the moonlight while Xiao Yi Xian pushed it across the lake and told him he was different from everyone she had met.

Lin Che taught Xiao Yi Xian the first form of the Green Lotus Sword Song, Wind Rises, Clouds Surge, before the Wolf Head Mercenary Group found their hiding place. Mu She ordered his men to seize Xiao Yi Xian and kill Lin Che, who was still inside the valley.

• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian to follow her own path and demonstrated the first form of the Green Lotus Sword Song, Wind Rises, Clouds Surge.
• Lin Che's sword strike split the clouds and stirred the lake into a violent torrent, soaking Xiao Yi Xian.
• Two days later, Mu She arrived at the Bamboo Forest with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to avenge his son.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Mu She, and the mercenaries dragged out the dead Mr. Yao to show her they had slaughtered the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Mu She ordered He Meng to seize Xiao Yi Xian and sent the others into the valley to kill Lin Che.

Lin Che defeated Mu She and wiped out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after they attacked the valley and killed people from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. Xiao Yi Xian began cultivating the Flame Mantra to grow stronger, though she would need a Heavenly Flame to improve it.

• Lin Che arrived at the valley and revealed his Dou Huang strength, frightening Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group into submission.
• Mu She begged Xiao Yi Xian to spare him, but she refused after seeing Mr. Yao dead, and Mu She attacked her before Lin Che killed him.
• Lin Che ordered nearby magical beasts to remove the mercenaries' corpses and warned them not to enter the valley.
• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian that she needed strength to protect those she cared about, and she decided to cultivate the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yi Xian began cultivating with Old Yao's help, while Lin Che considered the Heavenly Flames she might need to advance the technique.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er visited Lin Che to say farewell before leaving for Jia Nan Academy, and he gave them two Fifth-grade Pills. After they departed, Lin Che reassured Xiao Yi Xian that her Poison Body of Calamity would remain secret and said they would find a Heavenly Flame to evolve her Flame Mantra.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er told Lin Che they were heading to Jia Nan Academy with Instructor Ruo Lin before Xiao Yan's Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Yan thanked Lin Che for helping him recover his strength, bowed to him, and vowed to become his disciple.
• Xiao Xun'er noticed Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Body of Calamity but kept her suspicions to herself.
• Lin Che warned the pair to be careful in the Black Corner Region and gave Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er two Fifth-grade Pills.
• After Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er left, Lin Che reassured Xiao Yi Xian that no one would reveal her secret and planned to find her a Heavenly Flame.

Lin Che learned of signs of a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert and decided to leave the search for later while confronting the Mulan Three Elders before they attacked the Jia Ma Empire. He ambushed them at their fortress with the Frost Ice Sword, and they recognized his Seven-Star Dou Huang strength and prepared to use the Three Beasts Savage Art.

• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen about the Heavenly Flame signs in the Tagor Desert and said he would deal with the Mulan forces first.
• The Mulan Three Elders planned to destroy the Jia Ma Empire and pursue a Rank 7 Pill reward for killing Jia Xing Tian and Lin Che.
• Lin Che arrived outside the Mulan Three Elders’ fortress and waited for a chance to strike.
• Lin Che chilled the fortress with the Frost Ice Sword, then burst into the elders’ tent and attacked Lion-head Elder.
• The Mulan Three Elders recognized Lin Che as Drunken Sword Immortal Lin Che, realized he had reached Seven-Star Dou Huang, and prepared to use the Three Beasts Savage Art.

Lin Che fought the Mulan Three Elders, whose combined Three Beasts Savage Art gave them Dou Zong-level power. After wounding Tiger-head Elder and revealing the Frost Ice Sword’s deadly barrier, Lin Che caught him at swordpoint and declared that he would kill all three.

• The Mulan Three Elders combined their powers and attacked Lin Che, who drank wine to strengthen himself.
• Tiger-head Elder struck at Lin Che, but Lin Che dodged and wounded him with a crescent of Sword Qi.
• Lin Che shattered his wine jar and faced the three elders as they attacked together.
• Lin Che planted the Frost Ice Sword in the ground, forming a barrier that swallowed several Mulan Valley elders who touched it.
• While the three elders were distracted by the sword’s power, Lin Che rushed Tiger-head Elder and held the Frost Ice Sword against his throat.
• Lion-head Elder threatened Lin Che, but Lin Che said he would kill all three, leaving Tiger-head Elder pleading for his life.

Lin Che defeated the Mulan Three Elders with the final move of the Green Lotus Sword Song, then recovered in the Bamboo Forest after the battle. Yan Luo Tian decided to attack Mulan Valley, while Yao Chen offered Lin Che a pill to restore his depleted Dou Qi.

• Lin Che unleashed the Green Lotus Sword Song’s final move, splitting the sky and leaving the Mulan Three Elders gravely wounded.
• Lin Che killed Bear-head Elder and struck down fleeing Lion-head Elder, then collected their Storage Rings and left the ruined camp.
• Yan Luo Tian arrived, learned the three elders had fallen, and led the Yan Luo Sect toward Mulan Valley to seize it.
• Lin Che meditated in the Bamboo Forest to recover, and Yao Chen gave him a Grade Six Pill to restore his Dou Qi.

After defeating the Mulan Three Elders, Lin Che reunited with Yun Yun, who scolded him for risking his life and worried over their feelings for each other. They discussed their separate journeys: Yun Yun would seek a medicinal herb for Nalan Yanran, while Lin Che planned to enter the Tagor Desert for Xiao Yi Xian and a wine ingredient.

• Lin Che recovered from his battle and told Yao Chen that he had defeated the Mulan Three Elders after reaching Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• Yun Yun arrived, checked Lin Che's condition, and rebuked him for confronting the three elders without waiting for help from her teacher.
• Yun Yun took Lin Che to the Bamboo Pavilion and tearfully asked him not to risk his life again; Lin Che reflected on the danger Yan Luo Tian had posed.
• Yun Yun told Lin Che she would leave the next day to gather a medicinal herb for Nalan Yanran's pill refinement.
• Lin Che said he planned to travel to the Tagor Desert for something Xiao Yi Xian needed and for brewing wine, and Yun Yun warned him that it was Snake People Clan territory.

Lin Che traveled to the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame and a fragment of the Netherworld Flame Map. At a map shop, he confronted Ice Emperor Hai Bodong over the fragment and revealed enough power to force Hai Bodong back, leaving the two poised for a clash.

• Yun Yun left Lin Che at the Bamboo Pavilion, and he set out for the Tagor Desert the next day.
• After three days of flight, Lin Che reached the desert and spent half a day searching for a map shop.
• Lin Che found the Fragment of the Netherworld Flame Map among the shop's dusty maps and identified the shopkeeper as Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
• When Hai Bodong refused to give up the fragment, Lin Che taunted him about his reduced strength and introduced himself as Drunken Sword Immortal Lin Che.
• Hai Bodong unleashed his icy aura and threatened Lin Che, but Lin Che shattered the frost with his Dou Qi and forced Hai Bodong back two steps.
• Hai Bodong recognized Lin Che's aura as that of a Dou Huang expert.

Lin Che negotiated with Hai Bo Dong for his map fragment, offering to cure the seal that had reduced Hai Bo Dong’s strength. He left to obtain the Heavenly Flame ingredient needed for his wine, while Hai Bo Dong waited and remembered someone from his past.

• Hai Bo Dong confronted Lin Che, who revealed he was eighteen and had reached the peak of the Seven-Star Dou Huang realm.
• Hai Bo Dong explained that Queen Medusa had cursed him, sealing his strength at the Dou Ling level and causing him to age.
• Lin Che offered to break Hai Bo Dong’s seal in exchange for his map fragment, explaining that his wine needed a Wine Catalyst containing Heavenly Flame energy.
• Hai Bo Dong agreed to give Lin Che the fragment and owe him a favor if the cure worked.
• Lin Che rode away on his sword, and Hai Bo Dong watched him leave before murmuring about someone he had not seen in twenty years.

Lin Che arrived in Stone Desert City and had Kano mobilize the local mercenary groups to search for the entrance to a cavern beneath the city. While shopping, Lin Che intervened when a merchant blamed a young girl for broken porcelain, and he paid for the damage.

• Lin Che reached Stone Desert City and asked its city lord, Kano, to help find the entrance to a naturally formed cavern beneath the city.
• Kano recognized Lin Che from his battle against four Dou Huang experts and arranged for the Iron, Sand, and Storm Mercenary Groups to search the surrounding desert.
• Lin Che explored Stone Desert City to buy supplies and came upon a merchant berating a girl over broken porcelain.
• Lin Che stopped Kano from killing the merchant and paid him ten Gold Coins for the porcelain.

Lin Che learned that Qing Lin was a scorned human–Snake People descendant with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, then waited for the mercenary groups to find the hidden entrance in the desert. He reached the entrance to the Green Lotus Core Flame and found Xiao Ding and Xiao Li confronting the Sand Mercenary Group over control of the site.

• City Lord Kano explained Qing Lin’s mixed ancestry and told her to thank Lin Che for intervening against the vendor.
• Lin Che comforted Qing Lin, helped her gather her food, and told her she could find him at the Monster Mountain Range.
• After the mercenary groups searched the desert for several days, Kano told Lin Che they had found the entrance, and Lin Che left alone to investigate.
• Lin Che arrived at the cave entrance and identified it as the likely location of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li argued with Moxing and the Sand Mercenary Group, who demanded that the Iron Mercenary Group leave the site.

Lin Che killed Moxing and the Sand Mercenary Group before entering the magma cavern to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. He encountered a Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, but it fled into the magma rather than fight him.

• Moxing threatened Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and Lin Che killed him with a flash of Sword Qi after Moxing insulted him.
• Lin Che killed Rob and the Sand Mercenary Group, then told Xiao Ding to inform Kano and collect the payment from him.
• Lin Che sealed the area, entered the cavern, and took a Frost Spirit Pill before diving into the magma to find the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• A Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Lin Che with a pillar of magma, but it decided not to fight him and disappeared into the magma.

Lin Che endured the magma beneath Stone Desert City and obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and Green Fire Lotus Seeds. Queen Medusa pursued him and demanded the Heavenly Flame, and the chapter ended as she drew her weapon against him.

• Lin Che descended through the magma, evading dangerous currents as his Dou Qi dwindled.
• Lin Che found the Green Lotus Core Flame inside a cyan lotus, collected the lotus seeds, and stored the flame in his system space.
• Queen Medusa arrived at the cave, saw Lin Che fleeing, and pursued him.
• Lin Che stopped in the air and challenged Queen Medusa's claim that the area belonged to the Snake People Clan.
• Queen Medusa demanded the Heavenly Flame, and Lin Che refused, saying it already had an owner.
• Queen Medusa pointed a seven-colored snake-shaped longsword at Lin Che's throat.

Lin Che fought Queen Medusa and revealed that he knew she needed the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve into a Dou Zong. He offered her wine infused with Heavenly Flame energy as a safer path to breakthrough, leaving Queen Medusa wary but willing to hear him out.

• Queen Medusa attacked Lin Che with her Seven-Colored Snake Sword, but Lin Che parried her strikes and forced her back.
• Lin Che explained that he knew Queen Medusa sought a Heavenly Flame to evolve and that the Green Lotus Core Flame was guarded by the Snake People Clan.
• Lin Che warned that consuming a Heavenly Flame could kill her and claimed his wine could help her reach Dou Zong without enduring its flames.
• Queen Medusa caught Lin Che’s wine jug and questioned who he was after smelling its unusual peach fragrance.
• Lin Che said his wine held Heavenly Flame energy and that the Green Lotus Core Flame would vanish if he died, then asked Queen Medusa for precious herbs in exchange for his help.

Lin Che accompanied Queen Medusa to the Snake People Clan Tribe after promising to help her advance to Dou Zong by brewing wine infused with Companion Purple Crystal Source. He met Elder Yin Shi at the tribe and asked him for herbs.

• Queen Medusa drank Lin Che’s wine, recognized the Companion Purple Crystal Source in it, and agreed to his offer of a possible Dou Zong breakthrough in two years.
• Lin Che persuaded Queen Medusa to let him brew the wine in the Monster Mountain Range, and she agreed to go there after informing her clansmen.
• Lin Che and Queen Medusa reached the Snake People Clan Tribe, where the snake people reacted warily to his presence.
• Elder Yin Shi recognized Lin Che as the Drunken Sword Immortal and ordered the snake people to stand down.
• Lin Che told Elder Yin Shi that he had come with Queen Medusa and asked him for herbs.

Lin Che visited the Snake People Clan, where Mo Bass challenged him and was swiftly defeated. Queen Medusa arrived, reprimanded them, and announced that she would leave for the Jia Ma Empire to break through to the Dou Zong realm.

• Elder Yin Shi accepted Lin Che's list of medicinal herbs and sent Snake People Clan experts to search for them.
• Yue Mei and the other leaders arrived, and Mo Bass challenged Lin Che despite Elder Yin Shi's warning that Lin Che was Queen Medusa's friend.
• Lin Che struck Mo Bass down with a single blow and warned that he could replace the Mo Ba Snake Clan's chief.
• Queen Medusa arrived, rebuked Mo Bass for provoking her guest, and told Lin Che he had injured him too severely.
• Queen Medusa announced that the clan's affairs were arranged and that she would go to the Jia Ma Empire to break through to the Dou Zong realm.