Chapter Summaries

Xiao Peng and Xiao Yi Xian explored a stone chamber, where he gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture after realizing she had the Calamity Poison Body. Their discovery was interrupted when Xiao Yan arrived.

• Xiao Peng flew Xiao Yi Xian to a cliffside cave and smashed open its stone door with a giant hand of Mana.
• Xiao Peng collected the chamber's Gold Coins and treasures, while Xiao Yi Xian gathered Medicinal Herbs.
• Xiao Peng took the Eagle Wings, learned Mad Lion's Roar, and examined the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Peng gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and explained that he had guessed she possessed the Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned Xiao Peng's name and thought of Xiao Yan before Xiao Yan entered the chamber.

Xiao Peng met his cousin Xiao Yan in a cave and sold him Blood Lotus Essence before escorting Xiao Yi Xian back to Qing Shan Town. Just as Xiao Yi Xian invited Xiao Peng into her home, Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group barged in, accusing her of causing his son’s death.

• Xiao Peng greeted Xiao Yan in the cave and sold him Blood Lotus Essence for 350,000 Gold Coins.
• After Xiao Yan left to train, Xiao Peng took Xiao Yi Xian to Qing Shan Town on the Qingping Sword.
• Xiao Peng reassured Xiao Yi Xian during the flight, and she invited him into her home for hot water.
• Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group kicked open Xiao Yi Xian’s door and confronted her.
• Mu She accused Xiao Yi Xian of having caused his son’s death, and she trembled with rage.

Xiao Peng rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then watched her resolve to become stronger and protect herself. He refused to take her with him but gave her a Storage Ring with useful items, leaving her to train on her own.

• Scarface tried to grab Xiao Yi Xian, so Xiao Peng severed his arm with the Qingping Sword.
• Mu She attacked Xiao Peng, who broke his saber, severed his arm, and used his Dou Wang pressure to crush Mu She and his men into blood mist.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Peng she wanted to become stronger and learn to protect what mattered to her.
• Xiao Peng said he could not take Xiao Yi Xian with him but agreed to provide her with useful things.
• Xiao Peng gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring, and she accepted it while vowing to repay him someday.

Xiao Peng stabilized Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body by condensing a Poison Pill for her and promised to have tea when she returned with treasures. The next day, he hunted Magical Beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to gather Flesh and Blood Essence for cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

• Xiao Peng condensed a Poison Pill in Xiao Yi Xian’s dantian and left power to suppress it if it became unstable.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Peng and promised to bring him Heavenly Treasures after refining the Poison Pill.
• Xiao Peng hunted Magical Beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but found that low-rank beasts yielded too little Flesh and Blood Essence.
• Xiao Peng flew deeper into the range on the Qingping Sword and killed dozens of Magical Beasts in a valley.
• Xiao Peng used the Conversion Method to gather the beasts’ blood-colored energy into a fist-sized mass of Flesh and Blood Essence.

Xiao Peng fought and killed a fifth-tier Rock Armored Rhinoceros with the Qingping Sword and the Purple Heaven Evil Slaying Sword. Yun Yun secretly watched the battle and decided to befriend him, hoping he might join the Misty Cloud Sect or become connected to her student Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Peng collected the essence in a Jade Bottle before an enraged Rock Armored Rhinoceros charged at him.
• Xiao Peng dodged the rhinoceros's attacks and wounded its flank with the Qingping Sword.
• Xiao Peng attacked from the air and used the Purple Heaven Evil Slaying Sword to kill the Rock Armored Rhinoceros.
• Yun Yun watched Xiao Peng's battle and was shocked by the strength he showed as a Dou Ling.
• Yun Yun decided to befriend Xiao Peng and considered inviting him to the Misty Cloud Sect for Nalan Yanran's sake.

Xiao Peng refused Yun Yun’s invitation to join the Misty Cloud Sect but agreed to help her obtain Purple Spirit Crystal in exchange for her help hunting Magical Beasts. The two settled on a plan to distract the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while Xiao Peng sneaked into its cave, though Yun Yun was uneasy about stealing.

• Yun Yun approached Xiao Peng after watching him fight and invited him to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he declined.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Peng she was seeking Purple Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran’s Three Year Agreement and dismissed Xiao Yan as a waste.
• Xiao Peng offered to help Yun Yun deal with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in return for her help hunting third- to fifth-tier Magical Beasts, and Yun Yun agreed.
• After obtaining a fifth-tier Magic Core, Xiao Peng proposed that Yun Yun lure the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King away while he stole the Purple Spirit Crystal from its cave, making Yun Yun frown at the idea.

Xiao Peng and Yun Yun worked together to obtain Purple Spirit Crystals and the Companion Purple Crystal Source from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's nest. Xiao Peng negotiated with the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and left it willing to trade the source for Flesh and Blood Essence and pills.

• Xiao Peng proposed that Yun Yun lure the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King away from its nest while he took the Purple Spirit Crystals, and Yun Yun agreed.
• Yun Yun provoked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and fought it in the forest, drawing its attention away from the nest.
• Xiao Peng entered the nest, took some Purple Spirit Crystals, and removed the Companion Purple Crystal Source from its platform.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King confronted Xiao Peng, who offered Flesh and Blood Essence and pills in exchange for the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King demanded extra payment, and Xiao Peng offered more Flesh and Blood Essence until it appeared to accept the deal.

Xiao Peng escaped the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's nest and found Yun Yun unconscious in a stream after she was struck by its sealing power. He treated her in a nearby cave, where she woke after he changed her wet clothes, and he stayed to help her recover.

• Xiao Peng left the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in its nest and hurried to the mountain stream where he had arranged to meet Yun Yun.
• Xiao Peng found Yun Yun unconscious in the water, her Dou Qi suppressed by the Purple Crystal Seal, and carried her to a cave.
• Xiao Peng fed Yun Yun Healing Pills, concealed the cave with formations, and changed her soaked clothes while she drifted in and out of consciousness.
• Yun Yun woke, accepted water from Xiao Peng, and learned that he had changed her clothes while she was unconscious.
• Xiao Peng consumed the Flesh and Blood Essence as Yun Yun rested, then used the Absorbing Palm to bring in a tree and build a fire for her.

Xiao Peng refined nine Sixth-grade Pills, shocking Yun Yun with his skill and the heavenly phenomenon they produced. The phenomenon drew three sixth-tier Magical Beasts to the cave, where Xiao Peng concealed them with his array as the beasts searched and began confronting one another outside.

• Xiao Peng used the Companion Purple Crystal Source and Medicinal Herbs to refine pills while Yun Yun watched and questioned his fire-controlling technique.
• Xiao Peng produced nine Sixth-grade Pills with Pill Patterns, and Yun Yun was shocked by his age, skill, and batch of pills.
• Xiao Peng concealed the heavenly phenomenon with the Return Home Array and stored the pills as his Spiritual Sense detected three approaching sixth-tier Magical Beasts.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, the Blood Eagle, and the Black Scaled Giant Python arrived outside the hidden cave, drawn by the medicinal fragrance.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King challenged the Blood Eagle while the Black Scaled Giant Python searched the forest for the hidden source.

Xiao Peng and Yun Yun hid in a cave while three sixth-tier Magical Beasts fought over the Pill that had caused a heavenly phenomenon. Xiao Yan and Old Yao discovered the concealed formation, and Xiao Peng reinforced it as the beasts’ battle raged outside.

• As the Magical Beasts searched outside, Yun Yun grew nervous and hungry, and Xiao Peng shared candied fruit and dried meat with her.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao arrived and concluded that a Sixth-grade Pill had drawn the three Magical Beasts to the area.
• Old Yao detected a concealed formation in the mountain wall, but warned Xiao Yan not to approach the cave.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King attacked the Black Scaled Giant Python, and the Blood Eagle wounded both while exploiting their fight.
• Xiao Peng deflected a stray attack and blocked Xiao Yan and Old Yao’s probing, then reinforced the formation with three flags.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Peng whether everything was all right.

While trapped in a cave with Yun Yun, Xiao Peng used Purple Crystal Pills to rapidly strengthen his Golden Core and Nine Revolutions Profound Technique. After Yun Yun recovered her strength and the other beasts left, Xiao Peng offered her his last pill to help them face the Black Scaled Giant Python.

• Xiao Peng set the cave’s defenses, watched over Yun Yun as she slept, and swallowed a Purple Crystal Pill to strengthen his Golden Core.
• Yun Yun woke to find Xiao Peng’s aura had grown stronger, and he began cultivating with another Purple Crystal Pill while she worked to undo her seal.
• Over several days, Xiao Peng consumed seven Purple Crystal Pills, reached the Mid Golden Core stage, and advanced the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the ninth level of the First Turn.
• Yun Yun undid her seal and regained her former strength, while the other two sixth-tier Magical Beasts left the Black Scaled Giant Python outside the cave.
• Xiao Peng asked whether Yun Yun could defeat the python, then offered her his last Purple Crystal Pill to improve her strength.

Xiao Peng gave Yun Yun a Purple Crystal Pill, helping her break through to six-star Dou Emperor, and accepted her Heart of the Sea Armor. They left the cave and fought the Black Scaled Giant Python, with Xiao Peng seeking a fierce battle to break his bottleneck; as the fight intensified, his Golden Core began to tremble and his bottleneck showed signs of loosening.

• Xiao Peng persuaded Yun Yun to take a Purple Crystal Pill so she could grow stronger and help them escape.
• Yun Yun refined the pill, broke through to six-star Dou Emperor, and gave Xiao Peng the Heart of the Sea Armor.
• Xiao Peng and Yun Yun left the cave as the Black Scaled Giant Python approached, and Xiao Peng insisted on fighting it to break through his bottleneck.
• Yun Yun cut the python with wind blades while Xiao Peng endured its blows and struck its weak points, allowing Yun Yun to attack its eye.
• The enraged python focused its attacks on Xiao Peng, who continued battering its weak spots as his Golden Core trembled and his bottleneck began to loosen.

Xiao Peng used his fight with the Black Scaled Giant Python to break through to Late Golden Core, Second Turn, First Layer, and Yun Yun treated his injuries and harvested the beast’s valuable parts. After recovering, Xiao Peng used the Conversion Method on the python’s corpse.

• Xiao Peng battered the Black Scaled Giant Python while Yun Yun watched, ready to intervene, and pushed his Golden Core toward a breakthrough.
• Xiao Peng pierced the python’s vital wound with his fist, killed it, and reached Late Golden Core, Second Turn, First Layer.
• Yun Yun removed Xiao Peng’s Heart of the Sea Armor, treated his wounds, and collected the python skin, venom sac, and Sixth-Order Magic Core.
• Xiao Peng swallowed two Healing Pills and refined them while Yun Yun processed the corpse and teased him about risking his life.
• Xiao Peng used the Conversion Method on the Black Scaled Giant Python’s corpse and produced a mass of golden Flesh and Blood Essence.

Xiao Peng and Yun Yun exchanged the Purple Spirit Crystal and hunted Magical Beasts to gather Flesh and Blood Essence. After Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Peng refined the essence, raised the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the seventh level of the second revolution, and planned to keep training in the mountain range.

• Xiao Peng gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal, and she agreed to hunt Magical Beasts with him before leaving to gather them for three days.
• Yun Yun returned with many Magical Beast corpses, and Xiao Peng used the Conversion Method to refine them into Flesh and Blood Essence.
• Xiao Peng gave Yun Yun two portions of the essence, and Yun Yun gave him a Misty Cloud Sect token before returning to the sect.
• Xiao Peng absorbed the essence in his cave and advanced the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the seventh level of the second revolution.
• Xiao Peng planned to absorb his Magic Cores and continue training until he reached the ninth level of the second revolution.

After leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Peng traveled to Stone Desert City and reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. He told them that Xiao Yan had recovered and reached Six-star Dou Practitioner, leaving the brothers overjoyed.

• Xiao Peng reached the Second Transformation, Ninth Level, left the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and obtained Second-grade Alchemist certification in Black Rock City.
• Xiao Peng arrived in Stone Desert City and went to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Li recognized him and brought him inside.
• Xiao Peng greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then told them that his family was well and that he had come to gain experience.
• Xiao Ding asked about Xiao Yan, and Xiao Peng said Xiao Yan had recovered and reached Six-star Dou Practitioner in one year.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reacted with joy and relief at the news about Xiao Yan.

Xiao Peng visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, where they prepared him for desert training and welcomed him warmly. He planned to explore the area around Crescent Moon Spring the next morning, and Qing Lin led him to the west wing to rest.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li eagerly discussed Xiao Yan's planned visit and warned that the desert could be dangerous.
• Xiao Ding recommended Crescent Moon Spring as a safe place for Xiao Peng to begin training and gave him the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's Signal Whistle.
• Xiao Li gave Xiao Peng a camel-hair vest to protect him from the desert's harsh weather.
• Xiao Peng said he would set out the next morning and learn the outskirts before Xiao Yan arrived.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li shared dinner and drinks with Xiao Peng, then asked Qing Lin to take him to the west wing.
• Qing Lin led Xiao Peng to his room and began preparing it, while Xiao Peng declined her offer to boil hot water.

Xiao Peng left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to train in the desert and pursue benefits from the events surrounding Medusa and a Heavenly Flame. He encountered Yun Yun, who was traveling with Gu He to seek a Heavenly Flame from Queen Medusa, and they exchanged warnings about the Snake-people Tribe.

• Xiao Peng thanked Qing Lin for preparing his bath, then rested at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Peng left cultivation pills for Xiao Ding and the others before entering the desert to train and gather Flesh and Blood Essence.
• Xiao Peng decided to take part in the events involving Medusa and a Heavenly Flame to gain benefits.
• Xiao Peng sensed Yun Yun and her group traveling deeper into the desert and recognized her Dou Emperor-level aura.
• Yun Yun left Gu He to speak with Xiao Peng, and they discussed their reasons for being in the desert and the dangers posed by the Snake-people Tribe.

Xiao Peng watched Gu He’s group approach Snake-people City, where Medusa rejected Gu He’s offer for the Heavenly Flames and underwent a dangerous evolution. After Medusa successfully evolved, Xiao Peng found the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python waiting for him in Medusa Palace.

• Xiao Peng parted from Yun Yun and hurried toward the depths of the desert to watch Medusa’s attempt to use the Heavenly Flames.
• Gu He and Yun Yun reached Snake-people City, where Yue Mei and Mo Bass blocked their approach until Medusa appeared.
• Gu He offered Medusa two sixth-tier Dou Spirit Pills and a seventh-tier Shaping Pill for the Heavenly Flames, but Medusa refused.
• Yun Yun revealed that Medusa was an energy body seeking to evolve, and the Snake-people guards attacked Gu He’s group.
• Medusa endured the Heavenly Flames as a giant purple snake, then survived a lightning strike and successfully evolved.
• Xiao Peng entered Medusa Palace and found the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python looking at him pitifully.

Xiao Peng discovered the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python liked Flesh and Blood Essence, and Sect Leader Tongtian revealed its nearly lost Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline. After naming the snake Little Seven and receiving Green Lotus Core Flame for body tempering, Xiao Peng began training with it and endured sudden, intense pain.

• Xiao Peng fed Flesh and Blood Essence to the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which ate it and curled around his arm.
• Sect Leader Tongtian identified the snake as a descendant of the extinct Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and said its bloodline was too weak to recover without help or a great opportunity.
• Sect Leader Tongtian strengthened the snake's bloodline slightly and gave Xiao Peng a wisp of Green Lotus Core Flame for body tempering.
• Xiao Peng left the palace, fed the snake more Flesh and Blood Essence, and named it Little Seven.
• Xiao Peng set up formations and began tempering his body with Green Lotus Core Flame, but the flames intensified and caused him severe pain.

Xiao Peng completed another stage of body tempering and traveled to Salt City to confront the Mo Family. Disguised as Han Li, he reached Mo Cheng and declared that he had come to kill him.

• Xiao Peng endured the Heavenly Flames and reached the Third Turn, Third Layer, then fed Little Seven some Flesh and Blood Essence.
• Xiao Peng traveled to Salt City after deciding to rescue someone and kill Mo Cheng before the Mo Family elder’s birthday celebration.
• Xiao Peng concealed his identity with the Crimson Mask and a black cloak, then entered the Mo Family estate.
• Xiao Peng subdued the guards who tried to stop him and walked through the estate until he confronted Mo Cheng.
• Xiao Peng introduced himself as Han Li and told Mo Cheng he had come to take his life.