Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang refined two Body Strengthening Pills and completed his mission to become a second-grade Alchemist. After claiming the rewards, his Beginner Alchemy Talent advanced to Intermediate Alchemy Talent, and his pill proficiency missions became easier.

• Xiao Yang failed twice before successfully refining two Body Strengthening Pills using the Silver Moon Wolf King's blood.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yi Xian that the failed ingredients could still be used if the failure happened during medicinal-material refining, and she agreed the pills would be profitable.
• Xiao Yang decided to stay in the valley to cultivate and refine pills, while Xiao Yi Xian gathered medicinal materials nearby.
• Xiao Yang claimed his mission rewards, expanding the Medicinal Field and advancing his talent from Beginner Alchemy Talent 9/10 to Intermediate Alchemy Talent 1/10.
• Xiao Yang discovered that his second-grade pill proficiency missions had become half as difficult and that he had already completed one.

Xiao Yang used his time in the Small Valley to refine pills and cultivate, growing closer to Xiao Yi Xian before she returned to Qingshan Town. He completed the Nameless Soul Art and obtained its Mortal Realm Chapter, learning that the true Gestating Soul Art could improve his Soul Realm.

• Xiao Yang helped Xiao Yi Xian prepare medicinal powders and poisons, and warned her not to handle the poisons herself.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town, telling Xiao Yang she would come back in a few days.
• Xiao Yang continued refining pills, improving his Second-grade Pill proficiency and advancing the Nameless Soul Art to beginner 9/10.
• After three days of cultivation, Xiao Yang raised the Nameless Soul Art to Minor Accomplishment and claimed the Gestating Soul Art (Mortal Realm Chapter).
• Xiao Yang absorbed the chapter's cultivation method and created a mission to cultivate the Gestating Soul Art for three days.

Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yang about a hidden cave containing a secret chamber, and they agreed to explore it together that night. After Mu Li tried and failed to recruit Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian, the pair secretly left camp to investigate the cave.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned with the Herb Gathering Team and told Xiao Yang she had discovered a hidden cave with a secret chamber on the way back.
• Xiao Yang recognized the cave as the one containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and agreed to explore it with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yang noticed Mu Li watching him while he roasted meat, then rejected Mu Li's invitation to join the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused Mu Li's invitation to eat with him and waited for Xiao Yang's roasted meat instead.
• After dinner, Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian returned to their lodgings, then secretly slipped out of camp after most of the Mercenaries had fallen asleep.

Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian searched a cave beneath a White Orchid Fruit and opened a hidden stone chamber. They found a skeleton, three stone boxes, and scattered treasures, leaving the chamber’s contents unexplored.

• Xiao Yang met Xiao Yi Xian outside the camp, and they went to the cliff where the cave was hidden.
• Xiao Yang climbed down the cliff, killed a Rock Snake, and found the cave entrance behind strange trees and broken rocks.
• Xiao Yi Xian climbed down to join Xiao Yang, and they explored the cave until they reached a glowing stone gate.
• Xiao Yang sensed something unusual in the gate, and Xiao Yi Xian pressed a small protrusion to open it.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian entered the stone chamber and saw a dried skeleton, three stone boxes, and treasures in a corner.

Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian explored the cave’s treasure chamber, collecting herbs and opening its stone boxes. Xiao Yang obtained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and a system reward, while Xiao Yi Xian claimed a poison scripture; they were about to open the second box.

• Xiao Yi Xian offered Xiao Yang the Ice Flame Spirit Grass, and he dug it up, saved its seeds, and received a system reward of Blood Lotus Essence and a Ten Directions Medicine Field.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian gathered the cave’s medicinal materials, with Xiao Yang keeping seeds and letting Xiao Yi Xian choose first.
• Xiao Yang found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map inside the skeleton’s hand bone, and Xiao Yi Xian let him keep it.
• Xiao Yang received a random Heavenly Flame Map from a system mission for obtaining the fragment map.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened the first stone box and found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, which Xiao Yang let her keep.
• Xiao Yang reassured Xiao Yi Xian that poisons could be used to save people and for self-defense, then asked her to open the second stone box.

Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian found the Profound Tier High-level Flight Dou Technique Eagle Wing, but Mu Li and his men arrived after Li Fei betrayed Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yang killed Mu Li with the Nine Flame Fist while the mercenaries were weakened by poison.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yang the Eagle Wing scroll, and he stored it after receiving a system task for it.
• Xiao Yang sensed people approaching, and Xiao Yi Xian spread poison at the entrance before Mu Li entered with more than a dozen mercenaries.
• Mu Li admitted that Li Fei had revealed the expedition's location and demanded that Xiao Yi Xian join him.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had poisoned Mu Li and his men, while Xiao Yang secretly put on his Nine Flame Gauntlets.
• Xiao Yang swallowed an Earth Armor Pill, charged Mu Li, and killed him with a Nine Flame Fist punch.

Xiao Yang killed Mu Li and the mercenaries, then joined Xiao Yi Xian in opening the last stone box and finding a sound-wave Dou Skill. They divided the spoils and prepared to return before anyone grew suspicious.

• A mercenary urged the others to avenge Mu Li, but Xiao Yang pursued the fleeing men as Xiao Yi Xian's poison made them drowsy.
• Xiao Yang defeated the mercenaries with Nine Flame Fist, completed his mission, and collected their meager spoils.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized for her assistant's betrayal, and Xiao Yang reassured her before they opened the final stone box.
• Xiao Yi Xian found the Profound Tier High-level Dou Skill Mad Lion's Roar, and Xiao Yang accepted a system mission to copy it for a reward.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian divided the loot, checked the stone chamber, and headed back to avoid arousing suspicion.

Xiao Yang rescued the exhausted Xiao Yi Xian while they climbed back up the cliff, and the two returned to camp after he killed the mercenaries keeping watch. Xiao Yi Xian later visited Xiao Yang’s thatched cottage to discuss what her medicinal materials could be refined into.

• Xiao Yang climbed up to Xiao Yi Xian, caught her when she lost her grip, and carried her up the cliff using the rope.
• At the top, Xiao Yang killed the two mercenaries Mu Li had left to guard the rope, then escorted Xiao Yi Xian back toward camp.
• Xiao Yang created a mission to win Xiao Yi Xian’s heart, with Charm and Netherworld Poison Skill as its rewards.
• Xiao Yang returned to the thatched cottage unseen, and Xiao Yi Xian soon entered to ask him what pills her medicinal materials could produce.

Xiao Yi Xian discovered that she had a Calamity Poison Body and feared it would awaken and harm those around her. Xiao Yang comforted her and urged her to cultivate while they searched for a cure, then learned that his new Netherworld Poison Skill could control her condition.

• Xiao Yi Xian read the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and learned that exposure to poison could awaken her Calamity Poison Body, eventually causing a deadly eruption.
• Xiao Yang saw Xiao Yi Xian crying, and she showed him the seven-colored line on her lower abdomen and warned him to stay away.
• Xiao Yang embraced Xiao Yi Xian and reassured her that he was not afraid of her and that they would find a solution.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Yang would still eat her cooking, and his system announced that he had completed the mission to win her heart.
• Xiao Yang advised Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate so she could better resist and suppress the Calamity Poison Body, then claimed his reward and learned that Netherworld Poison Skill could control it.

Xiao Yang gave Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Poison Skill, and she discovered that it was exceptionally suited to her Calamity Poison Body. The skill could grow stronger through a Poison Pill and the Netherworld Poisonous Fire, while Xiao Yang held off on claiming the reward that would enhance her physique.

• Xiao Yang noticed that his Charm had risen to 53 and saw subtle changes in his appearance.
• Xiao Yang created a mission to give Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Poison Skill in exchange for an Enhanced Calamity Poison Body and fortune.
• Xiao Yang offered Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Poison Skill, and the system marked the mission complete; he postponed claiming the reward in case her physique changed dangerously.
• Xiao Yi Xian read the scroll and learned it was the cultivation method most suited to her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yang read that the growth-type skill could rival an Earth Tier High-level method with a Poison Pill and a Heaven Tier High-level method if combined with the Netherworld Poisonous Fire.

Xiao Yang merged the Netherworld Poison Skill into his Myriad Laws Incantation, advanced his cultivation, and discovered that a Heavenly Flame lay deep in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. He planned to grow stronger before pursuing it and intended to claim the Enhanced Calamity Poison Body the next day.

• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yi Xian that refining the Netherworld Poisonous Fire could resolve her Calamity Poison Body, and she kissed him before shyly running off without taking the technique.
• Xiao Yang memorized and merged the Netherworld Poison Skill into the Myriad Laws Incantation, raising it to Profound Tier Mid-grade and increasing his cultivation speed.
• Xiao Yang created a mission and smoothly broke through to Five-star Dou Practitioner, then claimed several earlier mission rewards.
• Xiao Yang studied the Heavenly Flame Map and identified the flame in the Monster Beast Mountain Range as the twenty-second-ranked Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, but decided he was too weak to seek it yet.
• Xiao Yang planned to claim the Enhanced Calamity Poison Body in a deserted place the next day, while the Mercenaries noticed Mu Li and his companions were gone in the morning.

Xiao Yang claimed the Enhanced Calamity Poison Body reward in a sealed cave and tested its effects by inhaling and consuming poison. He found that the poisons became cultivation energy, then returned to camp planning to refine stronger poisons.

• Xiao Yi Xian began memorizing the Netherworld Poison Skill while Xiao Yang left the camp for a cave.
• Xiao Yang killed an Ice Snake, sealed the cave, and claimed the Enhanced Calamity Poison Body reward, which caused him overwhelming pain and left him unconscious.
• After waking, Xiao Yang checked his System Panel and found the Enhanced Calamity Poison Body listed among his talents and poison added to his attributes.
• Xiao Yang inhaled Paralysis Powder and discovered that it became energy in his dantian instead of making him numb.
• Xiao Yang swallowed his remaining poisons and found that they provided the equivalent of five days of cultivation.
• Xiao Yang burned away traces of his presence and hurried back to camp, intending to refine more Grade 2 Poisons.

Xiao Yang tested the Enhanced Calamity Poison Body’s toxins and discussed poison cultivation with Xiao Yi Xian. After the mercenaries agreed to leave without them, Xiao Yang borrowed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and received a bottle of Nine Springs Pills from the system.

• Xiao Yang discovered that he could control and condense his body’s toxins, though producing them consumed his Dou Qi and physical strength.
• Xiao Yang asked Xiao Yi Xian why she was not using poison to cultivate, and she agreed to wait until the mercenaries had left before awakening her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian heard mercenaries discussing Mu Li and his missing companions but kept their knowledge to themselves.
• Xiao Yi Xian persuaded the mercenaries to leave the next day while she and Xiao Yang stayed behind, and Xiao Lan reassured their leader that she could return to Qingshan Town safely.
• Xiao Yang borrowed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, triggering a system reward of a bottle of Fourth-grade Nine Springs Pills, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to help him prepare poisons.

Xiao Yang studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, gained pharmacology mastery, and collected seeds for mid-grade medicinal herbs. He then stood guard as Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a mild poison to activate her Calamity Poison Body, which gently increased her Dou Qi without releasing poison.

• Xiao Yang created missions to learn poisonous medicine recipes and reach Pharmacology Mastery, earning Snow Kiss Grass and a gift pack of mid-grade medicinal herb seeds.
• Xiao Yang planted medicinal herbs, including poisonous varieties, and memorized every recipe in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture before returning it to Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Herb Gathering Team left for Myriad Medicine Hall while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind and asked Xiao Yang to stand guard as she tried taking poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed ordinary poison in a nearby cave and felt her Dou Qi increase by the equivalent of a week of cultivation.
• Xiao Yang concluded that the mild poison had safely activated Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body and advised her to avoid stronger poisons for now.

Xiao Yang advised Xiao Yi Xian to take ordinary poison gradually and cultivate her control as her Calamity Poison Body developed. After refining and consuming a Snow Kiss Pill to boost his cultivation, he prepared to absorb the Purple Cloud Wings from the Eagle Wing scroll.

• Xiao Yang learned that Xiao Yi Xian was at the Fourth Stage of Qi Cultivation and reassured her that her Calamity Poison Body would help her advance quickly.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned with Xiao Yang to the Small Valley and prepared more poison while Xiao Yang set a task to refine five Second-grade Pills.
• Xiao Yang successfully refined and ate a Snow Kiss Pill, gaining a large amount of stable Poison Attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yang realized he was short on medicinal ingredients and Magic Cores, then took out the Eagle Wing scroll now that the mercenaries had left.
• Xiao Yang examined the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle wings and placed both hands on them to begin using the Flight Dou Technique.

Xiao Yang destroyed the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul and received True Spirit Grass as a mission reward. After refining and consuming it, he advanced to Mortal Realm High-level Soul Realm and gained a Soul Skill reward.

• Xiao Yang used the Gestating Soul Art and Soul Power spikes to destroy the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul in his Consciousness Sea.
• Xiao Yang created a mission for destroying the remnant soul, claimed the True Spirit Grass reward, and planted its roots in his Medicinal Field.
• Xiao Yang refined the remaining True Spirit Grass into Spirit Liquid and consumed it.
• Xiao Yang's Soul Realm advanced from Mortal Realm Intermediate to Mortal Realm High-level, completing a mission that rewarded Spirit, comprehension, and the Yellow Tier High-level Soul Skill Netherworld Stab.

Xiao Yang learned the Netherworld Stab Soul Skill and fused the Purple Cloud Wings into his body. After enduring severe pain, he tried flying but struggled to control the wings and crashed into a rock wall.

• Xiao Yang claimed the Netherworld Stab reward, learned the Yellow Tier High-level Soul Skill, and successfully formed a needle-like soul attack on his first attempt.
• Xiao Yang began fusing the Purple Cloud Wings, and the technique opened two new meridians in his back, causing him intense pain.
• Xiao Yang drank healing medicinal liquid, recovered enough to inspect the Purple Cloud Wings tattoos on his back, and made the wings manifest by circulating Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yang flew out of the Thatched Cottage but could not control his direction and crashed into a rock wall as Xiao Yi Xian watched.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Yang and suggested he ask Xiao Lan how to fly.

Xiao Yang practiced using the Purple Cloud Wings while Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs in the valley. Several days later, Mu She questioned the mercenaries who had returned without Mu Li and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had stayed behind in the valley.

• Xiao Yi Xian admired Xiao Yang's bare chest and touched his muscles before he showed her the Purple Cloud Wings tattoo on his back.
• Xiao Yang tested the Purple Cloud Wings, discovered they consumed a fixed but heavy amount of Dou Qi, and practiced taking off and landing.
• Xiao Yang replenished his Dou Qi with Foundation Building Divine Liquid and continued practicing over the next several days.
• At the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters, Mu She interrogated the bound mercenaries about why Mu Li had not returned with them.
• A mercenary told Mu She that Mu Li had left the Small Valley with other group members during the night and that Xiao Yi Xian had stayed behind for a few more days.
• Mu She realized Mu Li had likely followed Xiao Yi Xian, who knew the cave's location.

Mu She learned that Xiao Yi Xian was staying in the Small Valley with a powerful young man, then killed Li Fei and led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group toward them. Unaware of the danger approaching, Xiao Yang reached Six-star Dou Practitioner and planned to keep cultivating until he could take the Perfect Fighter Pill.

• Mu She questioned captured mercenaries and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was with a young man in the Small Valley who might have killed Mu Li and the others.
• Mu She ordered his men to deal with the captured mercenaries and summon Li Fei to question her about Xiao Yi Xian's cave.
• Li Fei admitted she had told Mu Li about the cave but could not reveal its location, so Mu She ordered her killed.
• Mu She gathered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and led them toward the Small Valley to avenge Mu Li and find the cave.
• Xiao Yang refined two Snow Kiss Pills, reached Six-star Dou Practitioner, gained two physique points, and decided to cultivate toward Seven-star Dou Practitioner before taking the Perfect Fighter Pill.

Xiao Yang used a Perfect Fighter Pill to surge from Seven-star Dou Practitioner to Nine-star Dou Practitioner Peak, while Xiao Yi Xian continued rapidly advancing by consuming low-grade poisons. Xiao Yang decided to hunt Magical Beasts to master his new strength before attempting the Dou Master bottleneck.

• Xiao Yi Xian raised her cultivation from Fourth Stage to Sixth Stage of Qi Cultivation by eating low-grade poisons, and she and Xiao Yang grew closer while gathering herbs together.
• Xiao Yang swallowed a Snow Kiss Pill and broke through to Seven-star Dou Practitioner, completing a system mission and claiming its reward.
• Xiao Yang created missions for breakthroughs to Eight-star and Nine-star Dou Practitioner, then swallowed his Perfect Fighter Pill.
• The Perfect Fighter Pill nourished Xiao Yang's meridians and raised his cultivation to Nine-star Dou Practitioner Peak, completing both missions.
• Xiao Yang claimed a bone structure reward, bringing his bone structure to 37, and decided to hunt Magical Beasts before attempting the Dou Master bottleneck.