Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan found the injured Yun Yun beneath the Gale Wolf King's corpse and brought her to his secluded home, where he treated her wounds after she woke. Yun Yun remained weak from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Sealing Technique and stayed in Xiao Yuan's care.

• Xiao Yuan discovered Yun Yun hidden beneath the dissected Gale Wolf King's corpse and carried her away as a fourth-tier magical beast searched for her.
• Xiao Yuan brought Yun Yun to his wooden house, where she woke and asked him to treat her after realizing the Sealing Technique had left her unable to move.
• Xiao Yuan cut away Yun Yun's ruined clothes and inner armor, then applied Azure Jade Paste to her claw wounds and bandaged her.
• Yun Yun admitted that her bunched-up dress was uncomfortable, so Xiao Yuan removed the ruined garment beneath the blanket and left to dispose of it.

Xiao Yuan cared for the injured Yun Yun, who woke to find her battle qi sealed and her Storage Ring inaccessible. After he fed her porridge and left clean robes for her, Yun Yun wondered how she could bring him to the Misty Cloud Sect and teach him while feeling so flustered around him.

• Xiao Yuan struggled with improper thoughts about treating Yun Yun's wounds, then reheated porridge outside the cabin.
• Yun Yun woke, discovered her injuries had healed but her battle qi remained sealed, and realized she could not access her clothes in her Storage Ring.
• Yun Yun considered bringing Yuan Xiao to the Misty Cloud Sect as a disciple, but felt embarrassed recalling how he had treated her wounds.
• Xiao Yuan fed Yun Yun porridge and propped her up with a cushion while she recovered.
• Yun Yun asked for clothes, and Xiao Yuan left his clean white robes by her pillow before leaving the room.

Xiao Yuan cared for the injured Yun Yun, who recovered enough to discuss her plan to obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal. Yun Yun asked Xiao Yuan to sneak into the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave while she distracted it, leaving him stunned by the request.

• Xiao Yuan cooked lunch for Yun Yun and joked with her while she recovered from her injuries and sealed Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yuan to call her Sister Yun, and the two ate together.
• Xiao Yuan warned Yun Yun that the Amethyst Winged Lion King would be prepared for her Wind Extremes, Meteorite Kill next time.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yuan to enter the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and find the Amethyst Spirit Crystal while she drew the beast away.
• Xiao Yuan reacted in disbelief when Yun Yun asked him to help.

Xiao Yuan and Yun Yun resolved their misunderstanding and prepared to steal the Amethyst Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair. Yun Yun drew the Lion King into battle while Xiao Yuan slipped toward the cave, where two third-tier beasts guarded the entrance.

• Yun Yun accused Xiao Yuan of washing the beast blood from her body, but he proved he had used his Ice Attribute Douqi and revealed that he had both ice and wind attributes.
• Xiao Yuan explained that Yun Yun's sword threat had reminded him of his own humiliation over a broken engagement, and Yun Yun apologized and agreed to wait for him to grow stronger.
• Five days later, Yun Yun gave Xiao Yuan a crystal that could locate the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and used a secret technique to lend him Douqi before flying him toward the Lion King's lair.
• Yun Yun attacked the beasts guarding the lair and drew the Amethyst Winged Lion King into a clash in the sky while Xiao Yuan entered the forest unseen.
• Xiao Yuan reached the cave entrance and found two surviving third-tier magical beasts guarding it, then began considering how to get past them without fighting.

Xiao Yuan entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, subdued the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, and collected the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Amethyst Accompanying Source. He left with his supplies secured and the cub still alive but unconscious.

• Xiao Yuan used Xiao Yi Xian's Tranquilizer Powder to incapacitate two Third Order Magical Beasts guarding the cave and killed them, finding a magic core.
• Xiao Yuan followed the heat of the crystal at his chest through the cave and found the sleeping Little Amethyst Winged Lion King among the amethyst crystals.
• Xiao Yuan drugged and bound the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, then uncovered and stored the Amethyst Spirit Crystal.
• Xiao Yuan went to the other passage and used the Amethyst Spirit Crystal to break open the purple sphere, collecting six jade bottles of Amethyst Accompanying Source.
• Xiao Yuan froze and swallowed the remaining Amethyst Accompanying Source before running out of the cave.

Xiao Yuan escaped the young Amethyst Winged Lion King with Yun Yun’s help, then absorbed the Amethyst Accompanying Source and grew stronger. Yun Yun cared for him before leaving him protective armor and two Dou Techniques, and Xiao Yuan began training with one of them.

• Xiao Yuan escaped the cave with the Amethyst Accompanying Source as the young Amethyst Winged Lion King broke free and pursued him.
• Yun Yun rescued Xiao Yuan, drove back the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and fled with him as the beast attacked.
• Xiao Yuan fainted from the Amethyst Accompanying Source’s energy, which strengthened his body and raised his cultivation by one star.
• Yun Yun cooked porridge for Xiao Yuan, gave him the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and left after he declined to join the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun departed after promising to meet Xiao Yuan again, leaving him the Heart of the Sea Armor and two Wind Attribute Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yuan put on the armor and began practicing Wind Willow Fleeting Shadow in the valley.

A month after leaving the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Yuan arranged for Fei Lei to expand his influence in Green Mountain Town and traveled to Desert City to seek an investor. The chapter ended as he entered the Ancient Map shop and noticed an old man drawing a map behind the counter.

• Xiao Yuan gave Fei Lei a token to discuss cooperation with his father and supplied the Blood Battle Mercenary Group with wound medicine, then told Fei Lei to make Green Mountain Town his territory.
• Xiao Yuan rode to Black Rock City, where his Purple-Gold Card earned him free passage on a flying magical beast bound for Desert City.
• Xiao Yuan spent the three-day flight cultivating despite the noisy neighbors in the adjoining room.
• Xiao Yuan arrived in Desert City, learned the location of its finest map shop, and entered the Ancient Map shop.
• Xiao Yuan looked around the quiet shop and focused on an old man behind the counter who was carefully drawing a map.

Xiao Yuan confronted Hai Bodong in his map shop after finding an ancient map fragment and revealing that he knew the old man’s identity. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong recognizing Xiao Yuan’s Mystic Ice Douqi and realizing the young man was no ordinary customer.

• Xiao Yuan found a damaged ancient map fragment among the shop’s discarded maps and asked Hai Bodong whether he had any more like it.
• Hai Bodong denied having other fragments and refused to sell the one Xiao Yuan had found, despite Xiao Yuan offering a high price.
• Xiao Yuan identified Hai Bodong as the Mittel Family’s reclusive elder and warned that Great Elder Teng Shan could learn about his sealed strength.
• Xiao Yuan activated Teng Shan’s jade projection, but Hai Bodong denied being the person shown and ordered Xiao Yuan to leave.
• Xiao Yuan revealed his Mystic Ice Douqi, leaving Hai Bodong astonished.

Xiao Yuan fought Hai Bodong in a test, impressing him with his varied techniques and Heavenly Flames. Hai Bodong explained how Medusa sealed him and offered a powerful Dou Technique and a favor in exchange for a pill and a search for a desert herb; Xiao Yuan agreed to find it and planned to master the technique.

• Hai Bodong surprised Xiao Yuan with an icy mist, and Xiao Yuan countered with Heavenly Flames and Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill.
• Xiao Yuan used Wind Extremes, Meteorite Kill, to break through Hai Bodong’s ice defenses, then stopped the test by taking to the air with his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Hai Bodong explained that Medusa had sealed his strength after he found a map fragment, and Xiao Yuan pointed out that he knew an alchemist with Heavenly Flames who could refine the pill needed to undo the seal.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Yuan the Mystic Ice Dragon Flight Dou Technique and his favor in exchange for help, and Xiao Yuan negotiated before agreeing to refine the pill.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Yuan to find Sand Mandala in the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Yuan agreed before declaring he would try to master the Dou Technique within days.

Xiao Yuan left Hai Bodong to cultivate in the Tagor Desert, where he learned a Fire Attribute Skill and encountered a wounded mercenary from his brothers’ group. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong and agreed to refine a pill in exchange for information about Heavenly Flames; Xiao Yuan set off to rescue the mercenaries surrounded by Snake-People.

• Hai Bodong trained Xiao Yuan in ice techniques until Xiao Yuan advanced to Five Star Dou Shi, then sent him into the desert with supplies.
• Xiao Yuan searched his Storage Ring for a suitable Skill, found the Mystic High-Rank Fire Essence Art, and studied it while crossing the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Hai Bodong’s shop after fleeing the Amethyst Winged Lion King and agreed to refine a pill in exchange for Hai Bodong’s Heavenly Flame information.
• Xiao Yuan found a wounded man from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and learned that Snake-People had surrounded the mercenary squad.
• Xiao Yuan identified himself as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s younger brother, gave the man medicine, and ordered him to lead the way to the besieged squad.

Xiao Yuan rescued a Desert Iron Mercenary Group squad from a band of snake people in the desert. After the fight, Xue Lan recognized him as the group’s third leader, whom she had not seen for two and a half years.

• Xiao Yuan brought an injured mercenary to a dune overlooking his surrounded squad and agreed to help them find their way through the desert.
• The snake people attacked the mercenaries, but Xiao Yuan killed their leader and all seven remaining snake people in seconds.
• Dan Zai reunited with Xue Lan and explained that Xiao Yuan had come as their reinforcement.
• Xiao Yuan greeted Xue Lan, and she recognized him as Young Master Xiao Yuan and confirmed he was the younger brother of the group’s two leaders.

Xiao Yuan arrived in Shi Mo City and reunited with his elder brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound. He told them about Nalan Yanran’s engagement annulment and his rapid rise to five-star Dou Shi, then joined them for a celebratory drink.

• Xue Lan led Xiao Yuan and the mercenaries back to Shi Mo City and brought him to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound.
• Xiao Li warmly embraced Xiao Yuan, then took him inside to reunite with Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Yuan told his brothers that Xiao Yan had become the final disciple of a high-ranking alchemist and revealed he had reached five-star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yuan explained Nalan Yanran’s attempt to annul their engagement and said he would go to the Nalan Residence in a little over a year to settle it.
• Xiao Yuan hinted that he had met a woman from the Misty Cloud Sect whom he liked, and Xiao Li invited him to drink with his brothers.

Xiao Yuan welcomed Qing Lin, renamed her Qing Lian, and gave her a place at his side as his maid. Xiao Yan arrived in Shi Mo City and reunited with his brothers, then accepted Xiao Li’s challenge to spar as the mercenary group watched.

• Xiao Yuan woke after drinking, met Qing Lin, and renamed her Qing Lian after reassuring her about the scales on her arm and inviting her to stay as his maid.
• Xiao Yuan and Qing Lian settled into a routine in Shi Mo City while Xiao Yan searched for a Heavenly Flame, found nothing, and decided to seek his brothers’ advice.
• Xiao Yuan brought Qing Lian to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s strength assessment, where the members’ respect helped her see the value of strength.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the mercenary group and reunited with Xiao Yuan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Yan to spar, and Xiao Yuan lifted Qing Lian above the crowd so they could watch.

Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Li in a sparring match, then the Xiao brothers followed Qing Lian’s clue to investigate a possible Heavenly Flame site in the desert. Xiao Yuan shared rare maps and treasures with Xiao Yan, revealed that he possessed five Douqi attributes, and accepted Yao Lao as his master before ending the chapter playfully fighting with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan beat Xiao Li by using the hidden force of Eight Extremes Collapse after his Mystic Heavy Ruler had been knocked away.
• Xiao Li tested the Mystic Heavy Ruler, and Xiao Yuan lifted and swung it with ease, astonishing Xiao Yan and Xiao Li with his physical strength.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yuan traveled with Qing Lian and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to investigate the ordinary-looking desert site where Qing Lian had sensed a disturbance.
• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yan two incomplete maps linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and a bottle of Amethyst Accompanying Source, then learned that Xiao Yan’s cultivation method evolved by devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yuan revealed his five Douqi attributes, received cultivation methods and Dou Techniques from Yao Lao, and accepted Yao Lao as his master.
• Xiao Yuan kicked Xiao Yan into the sand and beat him after Xiao Yan teased him about becoming his Senior Brother, while Yao Lao watched with fond nostalgia.

Xiao Yuan killed Mo Xing and Luo Bu, then forced the Sand Mercenary Group to disband and join the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. As the search for a passage continued, the mercenaries found a heated opening in the sand.

• Xiao Yuan killed Mo Xing when the Sand Mercenary Group challenged the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s search, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li led their men in defeating the remaining attackers.
• Xiao Yuan rode to Shi Mo City and killed Luo Bu after breaking through his defenses, then ordered the Sand Mercenary Group to disband and join the Desert Iron Mercenary Group or die.
• Xiao Yuan returned to the search camp, where Xiao Ding confirmed that Luo Bu was dead and Xiao Li teased him about Qing Lian.
• A mercenary reported traces of a passage, and Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li followed him to a shallow depression where the men had dug a heated opening in the sand.

Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin followed the strongest traces of Medusa’s aura through the underground passages and reached a vast magma cavern. When Qing Lin sensed a powerful creature beneath the magma, Xiao Yuan began drawing it out so Xiao Yan could search below.

• Qing Lin helped the group find the buried entrance, and Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan entered the twisting passages with her.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to identify the passage with the strongest trace of Medusa’s aura.
• Xiao Yuan warned Xiao Yan that Medusa might have taken the Heavenly Flame to attempt an evolution into a Dou Zong.
• The three reached a magma cavern, where Qing Lin sensed a concealed creature stronger than Luo Bu beneath the surface.
• Xiao Yuan sent Xiao Yan to investigate while he used Yin Yang Dual Flames to draw the approaching creature out of the magma.

Xiao Yuan fought the Fourth Order Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in the magma cavern while Xiao Yan entered the magma to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After the snake injured Xiao Yuan while he protected Qinglian, three green dots appeared clearly in Qinglian’s jade-green pupils.

• Xiao Yuan distracted the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake so Xiao Yan could dive into the magma, then drew on the Douqi from his five Qi Gathering Palaces to fight the beast.
• Xiao Yuan struck the snake’s unhealed belly wound with Wind Extremes, Meteorite Kill, but the snake surrounded him with Beast Fire and formed ten fiery copies that exploded around him.
• Xiao Yuan absorbed the Beast Fire into his Yin Yang Dual Flames, recovered Douqi, and provoked the snake into attacking again.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake swam toward Qinglian, but Xiao Yuan shielded her with his body and flames; the magma attack shattered his shield and injured him.
• Qinglian saw Xiao Yuan bleeding and turned toward the snake as three distinct green dots appeared in her pupils.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan left for the depths of the Tagor Desert to pursue the Green Lotus Core Flame, which Medusa had taken. Before departing, Xiao Yuan reached Six-Star Dou Master and left Qing Lian behind with his brothers, who planned to strengthen and expand their mercenary group.

• Qing Lian used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to contract the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then learned she could sense its thoughts.
• Xiao Yan confirmed Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and gave Xiao Yuan a seven-colored snake scale; the brothers decided to search for a chance to reclaim the Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yuan consumed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed overnight and advanced to Six-Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yuan told Qing Lian to stay behind with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, promising to return after he and Xiao Yan retrieved the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan departed together as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li resolved to grow stronger and make the Desert Iron Mercenary Group the leading group in Shi Mo City.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan reached an oasis in the Tagor Desert but discovered that Yue Mei, a Snake-Person Dou Wang, was bathing there. After she caught up with them and attacked, Xiao Yuan fled with Xiao Yan, and Yue Mei pursued them.

• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan used Hai Lao's map to approach an oasis near a Snake-People tribe, avoiding settlements and patrols as they crossed the desert.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan spotted a group of Snake-Women guarding the oasis and retreated before entering the water.
• Yue Mei emerged from the lake and learned through a small snake that the brothers had been nearby seeking water.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yan that he had sensed a Dou Wang in the lake, and the brothers tried to leave with their dwindling water supply.
• Yue Mei confronted the brothers, but Xiao Yuan grabbed Xiao Yan and fled using his flying Dou Technique and speed.
• Yue Mei attacked with energy serpents, then flew after Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan when he escaped their first strike.

Xiao Yuan was pursued by Yue Mei until Yun Yun arrived and fought her off, while Gu He and his group watched. After Yun Yun’s group departed, Xiao Yuan found a pale-green jade fragment where she had stood.

• Xiao Yan escaped beneath a sand dune and asked Yao Lao about Xiao Yuan, who said that someone was coming to rescue him.
• Yue Mei struck Xiao Yuan from the sky, but he wounded her with Wind Extremes, Meteorite Kill as he fled.
• Yun Yun arrived in disguise, overwhelmed Yue Mei, and protected Xiao Yuan from an energy snake while Gu He and his group joined the scene.
• Xiao Yuan pretended not to know Yun Yun, rebuffed Gu He, and heard Yun Yun warn him to leave the area.
• Yun Yun and Gu He departed with their group, and Xiao Yuan retrieved a pale-green jade fragment from the sand where Yun Yun had stood.