Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin fought Mu Chen to test the power of his Imperial Flame-refined Dou Qi, then ended the spar after realizing Mu Chen’s combat experience made the fight more challenging than expected. Mu Chen was left unable to fight, while two watching elders wondered whether Xiao Jin could help with the Burning Poison in Nalan’s body.

• Mu Chen attacked Xiao Jin with a Dou Qi longsword, but Xiao Jin evaded it with Phantom Transformation and blocked Mu Chen’s next strike with his Rainbow Gloves.
• Xiao Jin tested his Dou Qi against Mu Chen’s, then nearly impaled himself on Mu Chen’s spear before deciding to stop holding back.
• Xiao Jin broke Mu Chen’s spear with a punch, struck his chest through a Heartguard Mirror, and sent him flying while the Dark-Faced Elder and Linen-Clad Elder watched.
• The Dark-Faced Elder told the Linen-Clad Elder that Pill King Gu He had said only an alchemist with Heavenly Flames could remove the Burning Poison from Nalan’s body, and they wondered whether Xiao Jin could help.
• Xiao Jin vanished from Mu Chen’s sight, shattered his full-body Dou Qi Armor, and struck his stomach, leaving Mu Chen unable to fight.

Xiao Jin defeated Mu Chen and revealed that he had a Dou Zong-level guard, then invited Jia Xing Tian, Na Lan Jie, and Mu Chen to the Mite'er Auction House. There, he announced plans to auction high-grade pills for gold coins, leaving the Jia Ma Empire powerhouses stunned and excited.

• Xiao Jin defeated Mu Chen, who conceded and promised the Mu Family would pay five million gold coins.
• Xiao Jin summoned the Earth Demon Puppet, whose ability to fly through the air revealed it was a Dou Zong powerhouse and shocked the onlookers.
• Xiao Jin invited Jia Xing Tian, Na Lan Jie, and Mu Chen to the Mite'er Auction House for tea and a discussion.
• Xiao Jin reunited with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, then led the group to a quiet meeting room.
• Xiao Jin announced he would auction high-grade pills, including Fifth-Grade Dou Spirit Pills and Sixth-Grade Imperial Pills, with bids made in gold coins.
• Jia Xing Tian, Na Lan Jie, and Mu Chen reacted with intense excitement and asked whether Xiao Jin's offer was genuine.

Xiao Jin revealed that he possessed a Heavenly Flame and had refined the auction’s pills, then agreed to cure Na Lan Jie’s Burning Poison the next day. After Jia Xing Tian teased him about meeting Princess Yao Ye, Xiao Jin reassured Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian that he would not pursue other women.

• Mu Chen, Jia Xing Tian, and Na Lan Jie agreed to spread news of the upcoming event across the Jia Ma Empire and left to gather gold coins.
• Xiao Jin showed Na Lan Jie and Jia Xing Tian his Seven-Colored Flame and confirmed that he had refined the auction’s pills himself.
• Na Lan Jie knelt and offered Xiao Jin five million gold coins to cure his Burning Poison, and Xiao Jin promised to visit the Nalan Family the next day.
• Jia Xing Tian invited Xiao Jin to visit the palace and meet Princess Yao Ye, prompting Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian to demand that he stay away from other women.
• Xiao Jin reassured Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, then sent Ya Fei to check on the auction’s medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian set off for a hidden valley in the Monster Mountain Range to gather medicinal ingredients for his pills. After Xiao Jin kissed Ya Fei goodbye, word of his strength and identity quickly spread through the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Jin her savings, and he embraced her, touched by her generosity.
• Ya Fei reported that the Mite'er Auction House had too few ingredients, so Xiao Jin considered getting an alchemist badge and Xiao Yi Xian offered to lead him to a medicinal valley.
• Xiao Jin postponed removing Na Lan Jie's poison and decided to travel with Xiao Yi Xian to the Monster Mountain Range.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Jin the gold coins from the Mu Family and warned him to be careful; Xiao Jin kissed her cheek before flying away with Xiao Yi Xian.
• A passerby told Ya Fei's admirers that Xiao Jin was a Dou Wang with Dou Zong guards, and news of him spread across the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian traveled toward the Monster Mountain Range, growing closer as they shared their hopes for the future. They arrived at a valley rich in medicinal herbs and Heaven and Earth Energy, where they prepared to spend the night before exploring it.

• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yi Xian he wanted to become the strongest person in the world, and she said she wanted to grow stronger and travel with him.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian kissed and exchanged promises to stay together as they watched the sunset from Little Blue's back.
• Xiao Jin summoned the Earth Demon Puppet to carry them faster, while Xiao Yi Xian helped guide it using Little Blue's directions.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian reached a dark valley, sensed its dense energy and medicinal fragrance, and decided to gather herbs the next day.
• Xiao Jin had the Earth Demon Puppet guard the hut, then led Xiao Yi Xian inside to spend the night together.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together in a secluded valley, then Xiao Jin discovered and gathered rare medicinal herbs there. The harvest gave him enough ingredients to refine dozens of high-grade pills, and he thanked Xiao Yi Xian for leading him to the valley.

• Xiao Jin cleaned the room, and he and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to share the bed after she made him promise not to get handsy.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian slept together, and Xiao Jin left the room the next morning while she continued sleeping.
• Xiao Jin searched the valley and found a Blood Python Tree, Imperial Grass, and other rare medicinal herbs, while detecting no magical beasts besides Little Blue and some birds.
• Xiao Jin harvested the mature herbs and left the immature plants untouched.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Jin, teased him for breaking his promise, and Xiao Jin barked like a puppy when she called him a liar.
• Xiao Jin thanked Xiao Yi Xian, explaining that the gathered herbs could supply ingredients for dozens of high-grade pills.

Xiao Jin found Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow hidden inside a boulder and watched an icy-blue egg hatch into a magical beast hatchling. He collected the remaining Cold Marrow and returned to Xiao Yi Xian with the hatchling hidden in his robes.

• Xiao Jin split open a cold-emitting boulder and discovered Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow and an egg inside.
• The egg absorbed most of the Cold Marrow, hatched into a Blue Hatchling, and the newborn ate its shell and reached the strength of a Third-Order Magical Beast.
• Xiao Jin fed the hungry hatchling a Beast-Raising Pill, tucked it into his robes, and collected the remaining Cold Marrow and boulder.
• Xiao Jin met Xiao Yi Xian, teased her about what she had called him the previous night, and the hatchling peeked out from his clothes before hiding again.

Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yi Xian the newly hatched magical beast and entered seclusion in the valley to break through to Dou Emperor. As immense Heaven and Earth Energy flooded his body, a vortex formed over the valley and attracted high-level magical beasts, leaving Xiao Yi Xian worried about the danger.

• Xiao Jin warned Xiao Yi Xian that the creature was a Third-Order Magical Beast, then gave it to her along with Beast-Raising Pills after she called him “dear big brother.”
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yi Xian to remain in the valley while he cultivated, and summoned the Earth Demon Puppet to guard them.
• Xiao Jin used the system to raise his strength to Dou Emperor, and the resulting surge of Heaven and Earth Energy nearly overwhelmed his body until the Nascent Emperor Flame absorbed it.
• Xiao Jin's breakthrough created a massive energy vortex over the valley and drew the attention of nearby high-level magical beasts.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard the beasts roaring and worried that they might force their way into the valley despite the Earth Demon Puppet.

Magical beasts gathered outside a valley as a vast energy vortex formed, drawing the attention of the regional overlord, the Purple Gold Winged Lion King. After sending five Fifth-Order Magical Beasts inside and receiving no response, it entered the valley, sensed deadly danger, and fled as a mysterious figure appeared behind it.

• The Ice Soul Snow Wolf and four other Fifth-Order Magical Beasts gathered outside the valley, where a powerful aura kept lower-tier beasts from entering.
• The Purple Gold Winged Lion King arrived, accused the five beasts of hiding the discovery, and ordered the Ice Soul Snow Wolf into the valley to retrieve the supposed treasure.
• When the Ice Soul Snow Wolf failed to return, the Purple Gold Winged Lion King forced the other four Fifth-Order Magical Beasts to enter, but they also vanished without a trace.
• The Purple Gold Winged Lion King entered the valley, felt a lethal presence, and immediately fled.
• A mysterious figure appeared in the sky where the Purple Gold Winged Lion King had been, watched it escape, and vanished.

Xiao Yi Xian watched the little fellow absorb the Ice Soul Snow Wolf’s icy core and form an egg, while poisonous qi from the Branded Poison Mark Python propelled her breakthrough to Dou Master. After two days of cultivation, the energy vortex vanished and an immense aura from Xiao Jin’s cave left Xiao Yi Xian unable to move.

• The Purple Gold Winged Lion King fled, and the Earth Demon Puppet guarded the valley while Xiao Yi Xian examined the dead magical beasts.
• The little fellow drained the Ice Soul Snow Wolf’s cold energy, swallowed its ice-blue crystal, and transformed inside an enormous ice-blue egg.
• Black qi entered Xiao Yi Xian, became pure Dou Qi, and helped her break through to Nine-Star Dou Practitioner and then Dou Master.
• Xiao Yi Xian found the dead Branded Poison Mark Python and absorbed its poisonous qi to cultivate alongside the little fellow and Xiao Jin.
• Over two days, an energy vortex grew above the valley as more magical beasts approached and were killed or driven away.
• After the vortex disappeared, a terrifying aura from Xiao Jin’s cave immobilized Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Jin emerged from his breakthrough as a one-star Dou Zong, accidentally collapsing his cave and frightening Xiao Yi Xian. He showed her his new abilities and credited his rise to his supposed teacher, leaving her convinced that he had become a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Jin tested his new strength, tore through space with a punch, and caused the cave to collapse.
• Xiao Yi Xian rushed toward the cave, but Xiao Jin rescued her from a falling boulder and flew them to safety.
• Xiao Jin apologized after scolding Xiao Yi Xian, and she cried, vented her grievance, and forgave him.
• Xiao Yi Xian guessed Xiao Jin's breakthrough realm, and he revealed that he had reached one-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Jin demonstrated stepping through the void and using Space Lockdown, then claimed his supposed teacher had transmitted cultivation to him.

Xiao Jin learned that the creature in the giant egg was an Ancient Ice Luan, a rare beast with the potential to reach the Ninth Order. After two more hours, it hatched as a beautiful Fifth-Order Magical Beast and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Jin paid Linglong 10,000 Breakthrough Points to learn the creature was an Ancient Ice Luan with the bloodline of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yi Xian about the Ancient Ice Luan, and she suggested naming it Ice Dumpling.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian waited together as the giant egg finished its advancement.
• The egg shattered and released a wave of freezing cold, which Xiao Jin's Nine-colored Dou Qi blocked from reaching Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Fifth-Order Ancient Ice Luan emerged, and it recognized Xiao Yi Xian and affectionately rubbed its head against her.

Xiao Jin apologized to Ancient Ice Luan after embarrassing it, and Xiao Yi Xian named the bird Ice Crystal. The group returned to the Imperial Capital, where Ice Crystal shrank to a small bird on Xiao Yi Xian’s shoulder.

• Xiao Jin’s inspection of Ancient Ice Luan angered it, and Xiao Yi Xian explained that the intelligent beast was embarrassed.
• Xiao Jin apologized and offered Ancient Ice Luan a Beast Power Pill, which it accepted.
• Xiao Yi Xian named the bird Ice Crystal, and Xiao Jin refined the Branded Poison Mark Python’s corpse into a poison pellet for her cultivation.
• Ice Crystal refused to carry Xiao Jin and flew Xiao Yi Xian to the Imperial Capital while Xiao Jin followed.
• Ice Crystal shrank into a small bird and perched on Xiao Yi Xian’s shoulder in an uninhabited corner of the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Jin returned to the Mite'er Auction House, where he met Hai Bo Dong and learned that its branches had gathered most of the herbs he needed for pills. He left for the Alchemist Guild to search for the remaining Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng, postponing Nalan Jie's treatment for two days.

• Xiao Jin arrived at the Mite'er Auction House with Xiao Yi Xian and Ice Crystal, where Mite'er Teng Shan and Hai Bo Dong were waiting for him.
• Hai Bo Dong thanked Xiao Jin for restoring his cultivation with the Calamity Breaking Pill and promised to repay his favor.
• Ya Fei reported that the auction house had ingredients for thirty batches of Dou Spirit Pills and twenty batches of Imperial Pills, but only two Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng.
• Xiao Jin decided to visit the Alchemist Guild to look for more Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng and told Ya Fei to have Nalan Su wait two more days for Na Lan Jie’s treatment.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei returned to Ting Zhu Xuan with Ice Crystal, while Xiao Jin left for the Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Jin went to the Alchemist Guild to take the Sixth-grade Alchemist rank badge examination and demand an audience with President Fama. After overpowering the people who mocked or challenged him, he called out to Fama, whose pill-refining attempt exploded.

• Xiao Jin arrived at the Alchemist Guild and said he wanted to take the Sixth-grade Alchemist rank badge examination and see President Fama.
• When passersby mocked him, Xiao Jin unleashed his Dou Zong pressure and forced them to collapse before guard Brother Tian escorted him inside.
• Xiao Jin waited for Fama, but more than a dozen consecrated elders arrived and accused him of causing trouble.
• Xiao Jin sent the elders flying with his Nine-colored Dou Qi and threatened to turn the Alchemist Guild upside down if Fama did not appear.
• Fama's pill furnace exploded while he was refining a pill after Xiao Jin's voice reached him, destroying the room and blasting Fama away.

Xiao Jin confronted Fama after the Alchemist Guild provoked him and disrupted his visit to take the alchemist rank badge examination. Fama acknowledged the guild’s fault and agreed to negotiate, and Xiao Jin demanded forty Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng plants as compensation.

• Fama arrived furious over the ruined pill refinement and threatened Xiao Jin, but reconsidered after sensing Xiao Jin’s Dou Zong strength.
• Xiao Jin killed a staff member who insulted him and threatened to destroy the Alchemist Guild unless it gave him an explanation.
• Xiao Jin sealed the guild with Space Power, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.
• Brother Tian explained how the guild’s members had mocked Xiao Jin during his alchemist rank badge examination.
• Fama admitted the guild was at fault and asked what compensation Xiao Jin wanted.
• Xiao Jin demanded forty Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng plants to settle the matter.

Xiao Jin forced President Fama to trade rare medicinal ingredients for the trouble at the Alchemist Guild, then completed the Fifth-Rank Alchemist examination. He left with his new rank badge and robes, while the Sixth-grade examination remained beyond the Jia Ma Empire Guild’s authority.

• Xiao Jin negotiated for twenty Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng plants or equivalent ingredients, and Fama agreed to provide fifteen plants and five other ingredients.
• Xiao Jin selected Dragon Saliva Fruit, Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, Reincarnation Grass, and Jade Bone Fruit, then released the Space Power surrounding the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Jin learned that the Jia Ma Empire Guild could not certify Sixth-grade Alchemists, so he asked Fama to arrange the Fifth-Rank examination.
• Xiao Jin spent half a day refining a Dou Spirit Pill in the sealed examination room, and Fama confirmed that he had passed.
• Fama presented Xiao Jin with a Fifth-Rank Alchemist badge and robes, announced him as the Jia Ma Empire’s youngest Fifth-Rank Alchemist, and Xiao Jin left the Guild.

Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin that Ya Fei's parents had vanished while searching for rare medicinal herbs in the Monster Mountain Range, and Xiao Jin promised to help uncover what happened. The group spent the evening at Ting Zhu Xuan, while Little Blue remained missing.

• Ya Fei reminisced about feeding birds as a child and explained that her parents and several family elders disappeared on an expedition into the Monster Mountain Range when she was fifteen.
• Ya Fei said she had been unable to investigate because she lacked strength and did not know where her parents had gone or what herb they sought.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested that Xiao Jin ask the Mittel Family's First Elder for answers, and Xiao Jin arrived and heard about Ya Fei's missing parents.
• Xiao Jin promised to ask Clan Leader Teng Shan about the expedition and take Ya Fei to the Monster Mountain Range after the auction to uncover the truth.
• Xiao Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Ice Crystal ate dinner and relaxed in the courtyard, where Xiao Jin asked about Little Blue, which Xiao Yi Xian said had likely gone out to find food.

Xiao Jin spent the night with Ya Fei, then left Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei at Ting Zhu Xuan while he went to the Mite'er Auction House to refine pills. Mite'er Teng Shan asked him for a favor before offering the prepared medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Jin agreed to hear him out.

• Ya Fei hesitated outside Xiao Jin's room, but he pulled her inside, and they spent the night together.
• Xiao Jin joined Xiao Yi Xian for breakfast and promised to refine extra Beast Power Pills for Ice Crystal in exchange for guarding her and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Jin left for the Mite'er Auction House to begin refining pills while Ya Fei continued sleeping.
• Mite'er Teng Shan and Hai Bo Dong welcomed Xiao Jin and said the Mittel Family had prepared the ingredients for him.
• Mite'er Teng Shan offered the ingredients for free if Xiao Jin would first help the Mittel Family, and Xiao Jin agreed to listen.

Xiao Jin accepted the Mittel Family’s request to refine a Revival Purple Pill and began preparing to make a Sect-Breaking Pill. After days of practice with his powerful flame, he felt ready to attempt the difficult pill.

• Xiao Jin agreed to refine a Revival Purple Pill for the Mittel Family and promised Hai Bo Dong an Imperial Pill as well.
• Mite'er Teng Shan escorted Xiao Jin to an Alchemy Room, where Xiao Jin placed the Earth Demon Puppet on guard outside.
• Xiao Jin began practicing with the Nine-Colored Flame but burned ingredients and failed several times while refining a Beast Power Pill.
• Xiao Jin successfully refined a hundred Beast Power Pills, then made twenty-eight Dou Spirit Pills and twelve Imperial Pills after recovering his Soul Power between batches.
• Xiao Jin slept after finishing the Imperial Pills and woke feeling refreshed, with greater Soul Power and confidence in his control of the Nascent Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Jin took out the Sect-Breaking Pill ingredients again and prepared to begin refining them.