Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan extracted the Yin Yang Dual Flames and began devouring them, enduring their destructive heat as the Yin Yang Yuan Guiding Pill and a new revelation from the Five-Colored Scroll helped stabilize them. He devised a plan to separate the flames through his Ren and Du Meridians before drawing them together in his lower dantian and using Spirit Absorption to subdue them.

• Xiao Yuan revealed that he had noticed Xiao Yi Xian's poison, swallowed the antidote she gave him, and warned her to retreat into the passageway if danger arose.
• Xiao Yuan weakened the Yin Yang Dual Flames with Heavenly Cold Qi, then seized and extracted their source flame.
• Xiao Yuan swallowed the source flame, and the intertwined black-and-white fires rampaged through his meridians as the pill repaired and strengthened his body.
• The Five-Colored Scroll responded to the flames and calmed them, revealing black-and-white patterns that helped Xiao Yuan understand how to handle the Yin Yang Dual Flames.
• Xiao Yuan planned to guide the yang fire through his Ren Meridian and the yin fire through his Du Meridian, then reunite them in his lower dantian and subdue them with Spirit Absorption.

Mu She blamed Xiao Yi Xian and Yuan Xiao for Mu Li’s death and led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to investigate the mountain cave, while Xiao Yuan completed the refinement of the Yin Yang Dual Flames. As the mountain formation began collapsing, Xiao Yuan carried Xiao Yi Xian deeper into the mountain to find a way out and a place to hide.

• Mu She learned that Mu Li and twenty mercenaries had died, blamed Yuan Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian, and argued with Mister Yao over the failed mission.
• Mu She led his mercenaries to the mountain cave and identified signs of an expert with Ice Attribute Douqi.
• Xiao Yuan pushed the Yin Fire and Yang Fire into his dantian, combined them, and used the Spirit Absorption to complete the refinement.
• Xiao Yuan put on clothes, asked Xiao Yi Xian for a place to stay, and carried her deeper into the mountain as the formation began collapsing.

Xiao Yuan escaped the collapsing mountain with Xiao Yi Xian and flew toward a safer place after revealing that he had never poisoned her. He offered her a Poison Scripture from the treasure chamber, and she accepted it while insisting she had earned it by accompanying him.

• Xiao Yuan carried Xiao Yi Xian through a passage and escaped the collapsing mountain into a misty valley.
• Mu She ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to circulate portraits of Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian and offer a reward for information about them.
• Xiao Yi Xian demanded an antidote, and Xiao Yuan admitted he had never poisoned her, making her cry in anger.
• Xiao Yuan picked Xiao Yi Xian up again and flew toward the basin where they had stayed the previous day.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian he had found a Poison Scripture for her, and she accepted it while claiming it was her due for joining the treasure hunt.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian settled in a secluded basin rich in medicinal herbs, where she began studying the Seven-Colored Poison Manual. They shared a meal and planned to lay a senior’s remains to rest, while Xiao Yuan remained concerned about finding a way to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body.

• Xiao Yuan flew with Xiao Yi Xian to the secluded basin, and she eagerly took the Seven-Colored Poison Manual.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yuan her grass shack, then went to gather herbs while he considered how to address her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yuan turned the grass shack into a wooden cabin and prepared dinner while Xiao Yi Xian gathered mushrooms.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian shared a meal, and she warned that she would eventually concoct a poison strong enough to kill him.
• Xiao Yuan suggested that they lay the senior’s remains to rest after dinner, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian lived and cultivated together in the valley, but Xiao Yuan told her he planned to leave in two months. Five weeks later, he reached nine-star Dou Zhe and began practicing his dou techniques, while Xiao Yi Xian remained in the valley.

• Xiao Yuan advanced to seven-star Dou Zhe over the course of a month, impressing Xiao Yi Xian with his cultivation speed.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to leave in two months, and she said she might travel across the continent rather than return to the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
• Xiao Yuan warned Xiao Yi Xian to conceal her Poison Master identity when traveling, then teased her about trying to poison him in the future.
• Xiao Yuan reached nine-star Dou Zhe five weeks later and chose to temper his douqi and practice his techniques before attempting to break through to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yuan flew to a secluded corner of the valley, tested the Wind Eagle Leg, and began attacking a mountain wall with the Mystic Iron Spear.

Xiao Yuan discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had begun cultivating her Calamity Poison Body by consuming poison, and he stayed by her after she woke. He accepted her dangerous condition and left her to help clean up and prepare dinner.

• Xiao Yuan tested his new spear technique and Yin Yang Dual Flames during training.
• Xiao Yuan found Xiao Yi Xian collapsed after consuming a potent poison, and he cleared the poison from her hand and mouth.
• Xiao Yuan read the Seven-Colored Poison Manual and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had a Calamity Poison Body that would grow stronger by devouring poison but eventually bring severe suffering.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and tried to hide her condition, but Xiao Yuan confronted her with the manual and reassured her that he would not fear or abandon her.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian to clean the room and help make dinner, and she watched him leave with a softer opinion of him.

Xiao Yuan used the Heavenly Flame to temper himself as he advanced toward Dou Shi, while Xiao Yi Xian reached Three Star Fighter by consuming poison. After sharing a final meal, Xiao Yuan left her supplies and cultivation resources in a Storage Ring and departed, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to set out for the Chuyun Empire.

• Xiao Yuan carved a Mountain Cave with the Heavenly Flame and used its fire energy to temper his body and expand his Five Elements Qi Palace.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed poison, endured its painful effects, and woke to find she had advanced to Three Star Fighter.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian shared mushroom soup and discussed leaving the valley, with Xiao Yi Xian planning to travel to the Chuyun Empire.
• At midnight, Xiao Yuan placed a Storage Ring containing herbs, Gold Coins, poison-attribute cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and medicinal pills on Xiao Yi Xian's finger.
• Xiao Yuan flew away beneath the moon, and Xiao Yi Xian woke, saw the ring, and watched his silhouette disappear.

Xiao Yuan left the Monster Mountain Range and decided to strike the Wolf Head Mercenary Group before negotiating in Green Mountain Town. He infiltrated its headquarters and began cutting down its guards, leaving the raid underway.

• Xiao Yuan encountered Ka Gang, Ling Er, Mu Lan, and two other Blood Battle Mercenary Group members, killed an ambushing Crimson Ice Serpent, and continued toward Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yuan remembered the wanted notices for himself and Xiao Yi Xian and headed to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters to weaken the group before negotiations.
• Xiao Yuan killed the two Three Star Fighter guards at the entrance with Wind Spiral Finger Force and entered the compound.
• Xiao Yuan used his soul perception to detect more than thirty people and a Fighter Master aura, likely Mu She, inside the headquarters.
• Xiao Yuan killed an alert patrol mercenary, knocked a Five Star Fighter out of the fight with a kick, and faced the remaining mercenaries as they surrounded him.

Xiao Yuan attacked the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters and revealed himself to its leader, Mu She. After crushing Mu She with a powerful Dou Technique and killing the treacherous Gan Mu, Xiao Yuan faced the remaining mercenaries.

• Xiao Yuan killed the six guards at the courtyard entrance and advanced toward the main hall.
• Mu She and Gan Mu confronted Xiao Yuan, who revealed that he was Yuan Xiao and had come in response to the bounty on his head.
• Mu She charged Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan overpowered him and sent him stumbling backward with a spear strike.
• Xiao Yuan launched Furious Lion's Roar, blasted through Mu She's defense, and struck him down.
• Gan Mu abandoned his sneak attack and offered to lead the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Xiao Yuan spotted the Bone Burning Powder he carried and killed him.
• Xiao Yuan challenged the surrounding mercenaries to come forward and fight.

Xiao Yuan defeated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s leaders and arranged for Fei Lei to absorb the group into the Blood Battle Mercenary Group. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and the others reached Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, where Xiao Yuan’s return was still pending.

• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s mercenaries surrendered after Xiao Yuan defeated their commanders, and none chose to leave when he offered them the chance.
• Xiao Yuan told Fei Lei that he was the Xiao Clan’s Third Young Master and tasked him with making the Blood Battle Mercenary Group the largest in Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yuan revealed that he had killed Mu She and Gan Mu, left their Storage Rings for Fei Lei, and flew away on his Purple Cloud Wings.
• At Wutan City’s Central Square, Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and the others through the soldiers guarding Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to enter, Xiao Yuan called out to Xiao Yu from the crowd and asked whether she would wait a little longer.

Xiao Yuan returned and reunited with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu during their Jia Nan Academy enrollment. After the group passed through the soldiers’ intimidating passage, Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yuan to her friend Xue Ni, who mistook their closeness for a romance and reminded Xiao Yu that he was her little brother.

• Xiao Yuan greeted Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao sensed the aura of a Heavenly Flame on him.
• Xiao Yuan took Xiao Yu’s hand and joked with her and Xun Er as the group walked through the soldiers’ passage.
• The middle-aged officer explained that their test had been arranged by Mentor Ruo Lin, and Xiao Yu led everyone toward the plaza tent.
• Xue Ni hugged Xiao Yu and teased her about Xiao Yuan, then noticed their joined hands and exclaimed that he was her little brother.

Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yuan and her clan to Jia Nan Academy for their tests, where her friends teased her about her relationship with Xiao Yuan. When Luo Bu arrived, Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yuan as her boyfriend, leaving Luo Bu visibly displeased.

• Xiao Yu reunited with Xue Ni, who told her that Luo Bu had joined the recruitment team and advanced to Four Star Fighter.
• Xue Ni led Xiao Yu, Xiao Yuan, and the others to the testing area, where Xiao Yu's friends greeted her and teased her about Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yu grabbed Xiao Yuan's arm and told her friends they were not blood-related, hinting that she could pursue him.
• Luo Bu arrived and greeted Xiao Yu, concealing his anger when he noticed her holding Xiao Yuan's arm.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yuan to Luo Bu as her boyfriend, making Luo Bu visibly gloomy.

Xiao Yuan and the others passed Jia Nan Academy’s preliminary test, but Luo Bu tried to force them to wait in the sun and provoke Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan defeated Ge La and Luo Bu, leaving Luo Bu pinned beneath his foot and warning him not to provoke him again.

• Xiao Yu vouched for Xiao Yuan and Luo Bu used a Testing Crystal to confirm that Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei passed.
• Luo Bu ordered the group to wait in the sun, then singled out Xiao Yuan after Xiao Yu objected.
• Xiao Yuan insulted Luo Bu and the academy, while Xiao Yu and the others refused to accept Luo Bu’s demand.
• A One Star Dou Zhe senior named Ge La challenged Xiao Yuan, who sent him flying with a single slap.
• Luo Bu tried to threaten Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan slapped him twice, stomped on his chest, and warned him not to provoke him again.

Xiao Yuan subdued Luo Bu and secured Mentor Ruo Lin’s promise to keep him and Ge La confined until recruitment ended. As registration began, Xiao Yu revealed that Xiao Yuan had already been a Four Star Fighter months earlier, leaving the others stunned by his talent.

• Xiao Yu greeted Mentor Ruo Lin, who praised the new students and invited them into the tent.
• Mentor Ruo Lin explained that Luo Bu and Ge La were not seriously injured, while Xiao Yuan warned that people in Wutan City might retaliate against Luo Bu.
• Mentor Ruo Lin ordered Luo Bu and Ge La confined until recruitment ended, then began registering the students and explaining the academy’s potential ratings.
• When the girls asked whether Xiao Yuan was S-grade, Xiao Yu said he was at least S-grade because he had been a Four Star Fighter months earlier.
• Mentor Ruo Lin’s ink brush trembled as she overheard Xiao Yu’s revelation.

Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Yuan stunned Mentor Ruo Lin and the other applicants with their extraordinary cultivation levels and potential. The chapter ended with Ruo Lin recognizing that she had underestimated the Xiao brothers' heaven-defying talent.

• Xiao Yan introduced himself as a sixteen-year-old Five Star Fighter, shocking Mentor Ruo Lin and the applicants.
• Xun'er revealed that she was a sixteen-year-old Six Star Fighter, surpassing S-rank potential.
• Xun'er hinted that another applicant had exceptional potential, and Xiao Yuan revealed he was a Dou Master.
• Xiao Yuan demonstrated his Douqi Gauze Robe, confirming his level and leaving the tent in shock.
• Xun'er described how Xiao Yan had advanced from the third stage of Dou Qi to Five Star Fighter in a year and a half, and Ruo Lin admitted she had underestimated the Xiao brothers.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruo Lin for a year of leave from Jia Nan Academy, and she agreed on the condition that they withstand twenty exchanges against her. Their spar began with Ruo Lin targeting Xiao Yuan, who dodged her whip before rushing toward her, while Xiao Yan waited for an opening.

• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruo Lin for a year of leave to handle important matters outside the academy.
• Ruo Lin challenged the brothers to last twenty exchanges against her, promising to settle their leave with the academy if they succeeded.
• Xiao Yuan accepted the condition, and he and Xiao Yan followed Ruo Lin outside to fight her together.
• Ruo Lin drew a blue whip and attacked Xiao Yuan while Xiao Yan kept his distance, waiting for a chance to help.
• Xiao Yuan evaded Ruo Lin's whip and charged toward her, sensing another strike rushing toward the back of his head.

Xiao Yuan defeated Mentor Ruo Lin in a spar by turning her water mirror into an ice-blade attack and using an Ice Phantom Body to conceal his real position. Ruo Lin granted him leave, and Xiao Yuan revealed how his lifelike ice decoy had let him appear behind her.

• Xiao Yuan froze Mentor Ruo Lin’s Force-Redirecting Water Mirror and transformed its shards into the Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill.
• Mentor Ruo Lin countered with Water Mandala, and the water snake broke through Xiao Yuan’s ice storm and struck his apparent position.
• Xiao Yuan appeared behind Ruo Lin and asked her to grant him leave, prompting her to concede the spar.
• Ruo Lin asked how Xiao Yuan had evaded her attack, and he revealed that the figure left in place was an Ice Phantom Body while his real body had hidden inside the ice storm.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan for the Monster Mountain Range after Xiao Yuan reunited with Ya Fei and revealed that he had subdued the Yin Yang Dual Flames. Xiao Yuan returned to Green Mountain Town and set out to cultivate in the depths of the range, while Xiao Yan stayed behind in town.

• Xiao Yuan reassured Mentor Ruo Lin that he and Xiao Yan would keep cultivating despite taking leave from Jia Nan Academy, then spent a day with Xiao Yu and visited Ya Fei, promising to meet her in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan departed for the Monster Mountain Range, and Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yan Medicinal Herbs and showed him the Yin Yang Dual Flames.
• At the recruitment site, Xun Er injured Lin Nan with a golden flame spike after he bothered her and Xiao Yu, and Mentor Ruo Lin warned the male students against repeating such behavior.
• Three days later, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan reached Green Mountain Town and separated, with Xiao Yan remaining in town while Xiao Yuan returned to the valley where Xiao Yi Xian had stayed.
• Xiao Yuan cleaned the abandoned house, gathered useful Medicinal Herbs, and flew into the depths of the Monster Mountain Range to cultivate.

Xiao Yuan fought a pack of Gale Wolves and their Wolf King in the Monster Mountain Range, then was ambushed by a Wind Chasing Leopard. As the leopard pressed its attack, an azure sword light cut it in half, leaving Xiao Yuan staring in surprise at his unseen rescuer.

• Xiao Yuan fled from a pack of Gale Wolves and a pursuing Wind Chasing Leopard, then turned to fight the wolves in an open area.
• Xiao Yuan killed many Gale Wolves with his spear and struck the Wolf King with Furious Lion's Roar.
• The injured Wolf King howled, sending the remaining Gale Wolves into a berserk state, and Xiao Yuan killed them with his perfected Six Harmonies Spear Technique.
• The Wind Chasing Leopard attacked Xiao Yuan from behind, sent him crashing through a tree, and pounced again.
• An azure sword light suddenly sliced the Wind Chasing Leopard in half, and Xiao Yuan stared in surprise.

Xiao Yuan followed Yun Yun to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory and watched their battle over the Amethyst Spirit Crystal. After the Lion King severely injured Yun Yun, she escaped and hid beneath a Gale Wolf King's corpse, while Xiao Yuan searched for her.

• Yun Yun saved Xiao Yuan from a Wind Chasing Leopard, warned him to leave, and flew toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory.
• Xiao Yuan followed Yun Yun, concealed his aura, and watched her battle the Lion King after it refused to give her the Amethyst Spirit Crystal.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King broke its horn and struck Yun Yun, who escaped using a secret technique as it ordered the magical beasts to search for her.
• Xiao Yuan sensed Yun Yun's fading aura and headed toward where she had last been.
• Yun Yun landed among Gale Wolf corpses, concealed herself beneath the Gale Wolf King's body, and lost consciousness.