Chapter Summaries

Liu Xi used the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King to force the Amethyst Winged Lion King to let him escape after tempering her child with Heavenly Flames. He later searched the Monster Beast Mountain Range for medicinal herbs and left after half a month.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King returned to her cave and found Liu Xi had taken her crystals and was subjecting her child to Heavenly Flames.
• Liu Xi threatened the Amethyst Winged Lion King with her child, then completed the Exotic Flame Body Tempering and strengthened the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple flames.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King let Liu Xi pass through the cave exit, and Liu Xi returned her child before disappearing.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered the Magical Beasts to hunt Liu Xi, but he remained in the mountain range gathering medicinal herbs.
• After half a month, Liu Xi left the Monster Beast Mountain Range with his harvests.

Liu Xi returned to Qingshan Town and found Xiao Yi Xian trapped in an estate after the town learned she was a Poison Master. He reached her through her poison mist and learned how fear and an accidental death had turned the mercenaries against her.

• Liu Xi discovered Qingshan Town was deserted and used his soul power to locate mercenaries gathered outside an estate.
• Mu She and Mr. Yao argued over who should confront Xiao Yi Xian, while Mu She insisted she had to be eliminated.
• Liu Xi crossed the poison-filled estate, burned away the toxin with Green Flame, and found Xiao Yi Xian in a quiet room.
• Xiao Yi Xian feared Liu Xi had come to kill her and explained that she had accidentally poisoned Liefi, after which the town learned she possessed the Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Xi that mercenaries who had tried to force their way into the estate were poisoned, though she had never wanted to kill them.

Liu Xi offered Xiao Yi Xian hope of controlling her Calamity Poison Body with the Poison Pill Method and asked her to become his ally. Xiao Yi Xian chose to leave Qingshan Town with him and seek a way to change her fate.

• Liu Xi explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body could be controlled with the Poison Pill Method, though making the poison pill required three Heavenly Flames, a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Liu Xi showed Xiao Yi Xian his Green Flame and said he knew where the other two Heavenly Flames were, then asked her to become loyal to him.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Liu Xi’s offer, teased him by calling him Master, and agreed to leave Qingshan Town with him.
• Liu Xi gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring for her belongings, and she suggested extorting compensation from Mr. Yao and the mercenaries instead of killing them.

While traveling with Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian learned more about his status and mourned her lonely past. Liu Xi comforted her and promised to be her family, and she agreed to trust him and let him call her Xian'er.

• On the Blue Eagle, Xiao Yi Xian admired the medicinal herbs she had extorted from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and Myriad Medicine Hall and accepted her Calamity Poison Body.
• When Xiao Yi Xian asked where they were going and who he was, Liu Xi said he was the Alchemist Guild's Supreme Elder and the Jia Ma Empire's youngest Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Liu Xi said he first needed to settle his family and affairs in the Jia Ma Empire, which made Xiao Yi Xian lament that she had no relatives.
• Liu Xi embraced Xiao Yi Xian as she silently cried, then promised never to leave or abandon her and declared that she could regard him as family.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she believed Liu Xi and allowed him to call her Xian'er; he urged her to strengthen her cultivation for the future search for the Poison Pill Method's three essential items.

Liu Xi returned to Lin City with Xian'er and reunited with his family, who welcomed her warmly. He persuaded his father to move the Liu Family to the Imperial Capital, while his mother approved of Xian'er and warned Liu Xi to keep his promise to her.

• Liu Xi arrived outside Lin City with Xian'er, sent Xiao Lan to the nearby forest, and entered the city with a Brigadier General's escort as crowds welcomed him.
• Liu Xi reunited with Liu Ming and Li Yue, then introduced Xian'er and his younger brother Liu Cheng to his parents.
• Li Yue drew Xian'er aside to ask about her relationship with Liu Xi, while Liu Ming congratulated Liu Xi on becoming a Sixth-grade Alchemist and an Alchemist Guild elder.
• Liu Xi told Liu Ming that he wanted the Liu Family to move to the Imperial Capital and reassured him that powerful allies would protect them there.
• Liu Ming agreed to move the family, and Li Yue said she liked Xian'er and warned Liu Xi not to betray her.

Liu Xi settled his family in the Imperial Capital and secured promises of protection and future aid from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, influential clans, and the Misty Cloud Sect. After spending six months arranging matters and saying farewell to his family, he prepared to leave, with Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement and the Black Corner Region ahead.

• Liu Xi led his extended family from Lin City to the Imperial Capital, while the Lin City Lord watched him depart with envy.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Liu Xi to refine a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill for the imperial family’s Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon, and Liu Xi negotiated protection for his family and the dragon’s future aid.
• Liu Xi successfully refined the pill, and Jia Xing Tian accepted it and reaffirmed the imperial family’s promises.
• Over the next half year, Liu Xi refined Dou Ling Pills for Mitter Teng Shan, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie, who agreed to protect his family after he left.
• Liu Xi gave Yun Yun an Amethyst Spirit Crystal in exchange for her promise to aid him in the future.
• Liu Xi left his parents and Liu Cheng suitable items from his collection, spent time with his family and teacher, and prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Black Corner Region, where Liu Xi hoped to find poison cultivation methods and clues to rare ingredients. After a band of mercenaries ambushed them, Liu Xi killed their leader and ordered the survivors to take him to Wolf Fang Town, but they fled.

• Liu Xi explained to Xiao Yi Xian that the Black Corner Region might hold poison cultivation methods and news of the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and Seventh-tier Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Core.
• Seventeen mercenaries fired crossbow bolts at Xiao Lan, but the Second-order Magical Beast swept them aside with a gale.
• The mercenaries surrounded Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian, and their leader demanded Liu Xi's Storage Ring and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Xi killed the leader with a blast of wind and warned Xiao Yi Xian not to show mercy to people in the Black Corner Region.
• Liu Xi questioned the surviving mercenaries and ordered them to lead him to Wolf Fang Town, but the two remaining Dou Masters ran away, prompting Liu Xi to send Xiao Lan after them.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian reached Wolf Fang Town, where Liu Xi intimidated leering mercenaries and searched the marketplace for a rare cultivation method. After meeting Cai Lang, leader of the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group, Liu Xi learned that Black Seal City might have what he needed and decided to travel there.

• Liu Xi led the mercenaries to Wolf Fang Town, then shielded Xiao Yi Xian from leering townsmen with his Dou Wang pressure.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian searched the marketplace but found no useful cultivation method scrolls.
• Cai Lang arrived with the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group and respectfully invited Liu Xi to its headquarters.
• Liu Xi asked Cai Lang where he could buy a rare cultivation method of at least Xuan Rank.
• Cai Lang recommended Black Seal City and said its annual auction would take place in about three months.
• Liu Xi asked Cai Lang to prepare a map to Black Seal City and agreed to pay for it.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the Black Region Plain to Black Seal City, where Liu Xi killed a man who harassed her and drew attention from the city’s watchers. They entered the Black Seal Auction House, and Liu Xi revealed his Dou Wang aura to demand a meeting with someone who could handle a major deal.

• Liu Xi accepted Cai Lang’s crude map and rejected Cai Lang’s offer to make him stay overnight, intimidating the mercenary leader with his killing intent.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian waited out a Black Storm behind his azure barrier, then flew east on Little Azure Eagle after the storm passed.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian reached Black Seal City, where Liu Xi burned a burly Da Dou Shi to ashes for teasing Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Xi told Xiao Yi Xian that they had been watched since entering the city and took her to the Black Seal Auction House.
• Liu Xi approached a restricted passage at the auction house, revealed his Dou Wang aura to its guards, and asked them to summon someone who could handle a major deal.

Liu Xi visited the Eight Gates to buy a poison-attributed cultivation method for Xiao Yi Xian and negotiated with Sect Master Yuan for the high Xuan Rank Poison Control Art. After Liu Xi demonstrated his Heavenly Flame and refined a sixth-grade pill, the Eight Gates agreed to the exchange, leaving Liu Xi better positioned to pursue Han Feng.

• Liu Xi told Lu Cheng he wanted a Xuan Rank or higher poison cultivation method, but Lu Cheng found none in the Black Seal Auction House's catalog.
• Sect Master Yuan revealed that the Eight Gates' secret treasury held the high Xuan Rank Poison Control Art and offered it to Liu Xi if he joined the sect.
• Liu Xi refused to join, and Sect Master Yuan threatened him until Liu Xi invoked his Sixth-grade Alchemist connections and showed his Heavenly Flame.
• Sect Master Yuan backed down and agreed to trade the Poison Control Art and two million gold coins for a sixth-grade pill, and Liu Xi requested a Dou Ling Pill.
• Liu Xi refined a Dou Ling Pill in one day, and the Heaven and Earth phenomenon convinced the Eight Gates that he had truly made a sixth-grade pill.

Liu Xi traded a Dou Ling Pill to Yuan Yi for the Poison Control Art, which he gave to Xiao Yi Xian, and promised an Imperial Pill in exchange for information about rare treasures. After Liu Xi left Black Seal City, Yuan Yi spread word of his identity, and the news reached Medicine Emperor Han Feng.

• Liu Xi gave Yuan Yi a Dou Ling Pill after Yuan Yi delivered the Poison Control Art and two million gold coins, then passed the cultivation method to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yuan Yi asked Liu Xi to refine an Imperial Pill, and Liu Xi agreed to do so if Yuan Yi found information about rare treasures, including Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva or a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core.
• Liu Xi refused Yuan Yi’s offer to conceal his identity and left Black Seal City with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yuan Yi ordered the Black Seal Auction House to search for Liu Xi’s requested treasures and secretly spread information about him to major factions.
• News of a Sixth-grade Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame from Jia Nan Academy spread through the Black Corner Region and reached Medicine Emperor Han Feng.

Han Feng learned of the Green Lotus Core Flame and planned to use it and the Heavenly Flame at Jia Nan Academy to advance his strength. Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to the academy, where Liu Xi hoped to keep her safe and plan against Han Feng.

• Han Feng read that the Green Lotus Core Flame had appeared and resolved to devour it and the Heavenly Flame at Jia Nan Academy, despite the Sea Heart Flame destabilizing his body.
• Han Feng cursed his incomplete cultivation method and vowed to inherit Venerable Yao's title after reaching Dou Zun.
• Liu Xi left Black Seal City with Xiao Yi Xian, who studied the Poison Control Art and said she wanted to become strong enough to help him.
• Liu Xi encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to build a solid foundation and resolved to find the Poison Pill Method and treasures that could control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian traveled without stopping and arrived at Peace Town eleven days later.

Liu Xi returned to Peace Town with Xiao Yi Xian and used his status as a Jia Nan Inner Court student and High-level Alchemist to secure entry toward the academy. As they approached the Outer Court, he planned to ask Vice Principal Hu Gan to arrange an identity for her so she could enter the Inner Court with him.

• The Enforcement Team confronted Liu Xi’s Blue Eagle for violating the town’s flying ban, but Liu Xi identified himself as a returning student and Wan Ping escorted him to register.
• An elder verified Liu Xi’s identity and issued Xiao Yi Xian a Family Visit Permit, requiring her to resolve her status within three days.
• The elder teased Liu Xi about bringing Xiao Yi Xian back, and Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian departed Peace Town on the Blue Eagle.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian reached Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Court, where Liu Xi explained that they needed Vice Principal Hu Gan’s help to get her into the Inner Court.

Liu Xi returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and confirmed to Vice Principal Hu Gan that he had become a Sixth-grade Alchemist. He persuaded Hu Gan to send Xiao Yi Xian to the Inner Court, but her admission still depended on Great Elder Su Qian’s approval.

• Liu Xi entrusted his Blue Eagle to the academy and visited Hu Gan with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Xi confirmed that a Heavenly Flame had helped him become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Hu Gan agreed to place Xiao Yi Xian in a Xuan Rank class but refused to admit her directly to the Inner Court under the academy’s rules.
• Liu Xi offered to refine Hu Gan an Imperial Pill, and Hu Gan agreed to send Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian to the Inner Court for Su Qian’s decision.
• Liu Xi told Hu Gan to bring the medicinal ingredients to the Inner Court when he was ready for the Imperial Pill.

Liu Xi sought Elder Huo’s advice on bringing Xiao Yi Xian directly into the Inner Court and learned he might secure approval by staying at Jia Nan Academy as an elder after graduation. The next day, Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Inner Court with Hu Gan, where the elders reacted with shock to Liu Xi’s Sixth-grade Alchemist status and Elder Qin led them to meet Great Elder Su Qian.

• Liu Xi visited Elder Huo with Xiao Yi Xian and asked how to obtain approval for her direct entry into the Inner Court.
• Elder Huo advised Liu Xi to remain at Jia Nan Academy as an elder after graduation to persuade Great Elder Su Qian and the other elders.
• Liu Xi agreed to take the elder post, while Xiao Yi Xian felt increasingly indebted to him.
• Hu Gan led Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian, and One Eagle through the spatial gate into the Inner Court and warned Liu Xi to keep his promise to refine an Imperial Pill.
• Hu Gan told Elder Qin that Liu Xi had subdued a Heavenly Flame and become a Sixth-grade Alchemist, stunning the Inner Court elders.
• Elder Qin said Great Elder Su Qian already knew they had arrived and led the group to meet him.

Liu Xi persuaded Great Elder Su Qian to let Xiao Yi Xian stay in the Inner Court without student status until she reached the Dou Ling realm, then brought her to his former residence. Xiao Yi Xian kissed him, while a purple-haired girl named Zi Yan learned that Liu Xi had returned and planned to challenge him.

• Liu Xi asked Su Qian to admit Xiao Yi Xian into the Inner Court, and offered to become an honorary elder after graduation.
• Su Qian agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian live in the Inner Court without student status until she broke through to the Dou Ling realm.
• Liu Xi brought Xiao Yi Xian to his courtyard and told her she could choose an empty room.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Liu Xi, then blushed and ran into the rooms.
• Zi Yan heard that Liu Xi had returned and decided to beat him up the next day.

After waking to find Xiao Yi Xian beside his bed, Liu Xi apologized for pinning her down and learned that a crowd had gathered outside to find him. He went out to face them and discovered that Zi Yan had come to challenge him, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Liu Xi sprang up and pinned Xiao Yi Xian to the bed, then released her and apologized when he recognized her.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Xi that people had gathered outside looking for him, and she helped him dress and wash up.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian left the courtyard together, where Liu Xi silenced the crowd with his Dou King aura.
• Zi Yan remained before the crowd, challenged Liu Xi as the first-ranked Strong Ranking expert, and bit into the medicinal herb in her hand.

Liu Xi fought Zi Yan in an arena match and defeated her with his flame techniques. He offered to make her medicinal candy if she would recognize him as Big Brother, leaving her response unknown.

• Zi Yan challenged Liu Xi to a fight, and he agreed after recognizing the powerful energy within her.
• Liu Xi and Zi Yan began their arena sparring match before a packed audience.
• Zi Yan shattered Liu Xi's first green Fire Python, but he summoned five more flame beasts and used them to wear her down.
• Zi Yan reached Liu Xi and struck what turned out to be a fiery illusion, then took a Blowing Fire Palm to the back and fell injured.
• Liu Xi offered Zi Yan candy made from refined medicinal liquid if she would recognize him as Big Brother.

Liu Xi defeated Zi Yan and won her over with pills, then reclaimed his Fire Spirits as the arena celebrated his victory. He and Zi Yan greeted Great Elder Su Qian, who explained how he had found and brought her to the Inner Court.

• Zi Yan gave in to Liu Xi's offer of daily pills and admitted defeat, becoming his little sister.
• Liu Xi withdrew the five Fire Spirits, and the referee announced him as the winner.
• The crowd cheered Liu Xi as the Demon Lord and Green Flame Fire Lord, while Wang Shan accepted that he could not catch up to him.
• Liu Xi and Zi Yan went to greet Su Qian, who told Liu Xi that he had rescued Zi Yan from Magical Beasts and brought her to the Inner Court.
• Zi Yan insisted she had been making a strategic retreat while stealing medicinal herbs, and Su Qian said he was relieved that she and Liu Xi got along.

After Zi Yan became Liu Xi’s little brother, he promised Su Qian he would help her find her father and taught her to stay loyal and protect him. Zi Yan left with more pills, determined to become his devoted companion.

• Liu Xi reassured Su Qian that he and Zi Yan would get along, and promised to help her find her father.
• Zi Yan returned to Liu Xi’s courtyard asking for more pills, and he introduced her to Xiao Yi Xian as Sister Xian’er.
• Liu Xi taught Zi Yan to bring him any treasures she found and to take him with her if they had to flee danger.
• Liu Xi told Zi Yan the story of Second Master Guan and made her promise to seek him out if they were ever separated.
• Zi Yan left with a bottle of pills, vowing to become Purple Second Master and remain loyal to Liu Xi.