Chapter Summaries

Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian settled in Black Rock City, where Chen Yang’s Alchemy rank rose to Fifth-grade. At the Alchemist Guild, he reunited with Xiao Yan and shocked him by revealing his new rank.

• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian flew into Black Rock City, where City Lord Lin Li learned Chen Yang was a Dou Huang and offered his assistance.
• Chen Yang rented a courtyard and told Xiao Yi Xian they would stay for more than a month while cultivating and refining Poison Pills.
• After a month and a half, the System raised Chen Yang’s Alchemy level to Fifth-grade.
• Chen Yang brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Alchemist Guild and let Xiao Yan enter after he was stopped at the entrance.
• Chen Yang introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Yan and learned Xiao Yan had reached Three-Star Da Dou Shi and Third-grade Alchemist.
• Chen Yang revealed he was already a Fifth-grade Alchemist, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

Chen Yang celebrated his Fifth-grade Alchemist status while Xiao Yan passed the Third-grade assessment in Black Rock City. Back at the inn, Medicine Elder learned how Chen Yang had controlled Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, and Chen Yang asked him about a way to change the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s size.

• Chen Yang told Frank and Xue Mei that he had advanced to Fifth-grade Alchemist, then introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan passed the Second-grade and Third-grade Alchemist assessments, while Lin Fei and Xue Mei completed their assessments smoothly.
• Otto held a meal for the group, and Frank and Otto wondered about Chen Yang’s cultivation after he left with Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan.
• Medicine Elder saw that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body was under control, and Chen Yang explained that he had found an Earth Tier High-Grade Cultivation Method in the inheritance of the Senior who had devoured the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Chen Yang said he planned to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame after reaching Dou Zong and asked Medicine Elder about a way to make the Amethyst Winged Lion King grow larger or smaller.
• Medicine Elder said a Seventh-grade pill could change a Magical Beast’s size, then searched his Storage Ring for a Secret Art.

Chen Yang traded with Medicine Elder for a Magical Beast cultivation secret art and several Ice Attribute Dou Techniques, then began refining a Blood Lotus Pill for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan left the inn with Medicine Elder to gather the remaining ingredients and search for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring needed for his Heavenly Flame attempt.

• Medicine Elder gave Chen Yang a jade slip containing a secret art that let Magical Beasts change size after hearing about the three Fifth-grade Pills Chen Yang had prepared for Xiao Yan.
• Medicine Elder handed Chen Yang three Ice Attribute Dou Technique scrolls in exchange for the Pills’ value, and Chen Yang listed the required medicinal ingredients.
• Chen Yang offered to refine Xiao Yan a Blood Lotus Pill for one hundred thousand Gold Coins, and Xiao Yan paid him and supplied Blood Lotus Essence.
• Chen Yang began refining the Blood Lotus Pill with seven-colored flames, impressing Xiao Yan and prompting Medicine Elder to suspect Chen Yang’s Alchemy had reached Seventh Grade.
• Medicine Elder told Xiao Yan to gather the other medicinal ingredients and seek the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then Xiao Yan left the inn.

Chen Yang quickly refined the Blood Lotus Pill, then taught the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its son a size-changing Secret Art before returning to Black Rock City. He took Xiao Yan’s gathered materials and promised to help him train toward becoming a Dou Wang within a year, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

• Chen Yang refined the Blood Lotus Pill in two and a half hours while Xiao Yi Xian watched.
• Xiao Yan spent heavily to gather the required Medicinal Materials and traded a Crimson Sun Fruit for Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory, where Chen Yang taught the lion king and its son a Secret Art that let them shrink.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Chen Yang's courtyard with the materials, including Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and offered them to him.
• Chen Yang said he would handle the pill refinement and train Xiao Yan, predicting that Xiao Yan could become a Dou Wang in time for the Three-Year Agreement.

Xiao Yan sparred with Xiao Yi Xian to build strength and combat experience for his plan to reach Dou Wang within a year, but their exchange showed that her poison made her dangerous despite her lack of experience. After the spar, Chen Yang broke through to Nine-star Dou Huang, leaving Xiao Yan astonished.

• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to strengthen his body through six months of sparring before devouring Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan agreed to the plan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian began sparring under Medicine Elder’s protection, and her poison seeped into Xiao Yan’s hand despite his advantage in their first exchange.
• Xiao Yan used Purple Flame to counter Xiao Yi Xian’s poison and held back so she could gain combat experience.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan unleashed their Low-level Earth Tier Dou Skills, and Medicine Elder judged that Xiao Yan narrowly won the spar but would have died in a real fight.
• Xiao Yi Xian removed the poison from Xiao Yan’s hand, and Medicine Elder announced that Chen Yang had broken through to Nine-star Dou Huang.

Chen Yang broke through to Nine-star Dou Emperor while refining pills, drawing Lin Li to his courtyard, where Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian guarded against a threat that never came. Chen Yang offered Lin Li a batch of pills before Lin Li departed, and the group resumed their plans with Chen Yang cautioning Xiao Yi Xian against reckless poisoning.

• Medicine Elder possessed Xiao Yan as Chen Yang's breakthrough aura spread, and Lin Li arrived at the courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian seated Lin Li while he waited; Xiao Yan introduced himself and learned that Lin Li's daughter Lin Fei had passed the First-grade Alchemist examination.
• A medicinal fragrance came from Chen Yang's room, and Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the magical beasts prepared to defend him as Lin Li stood up in alarm.
• Chen Yang emerged after refining pills, and Xiao Yan discovered that he had produced ten pills each of two kinds by refining twenty batches at once.
• Chen Yang offered to refine one batch of Fifth-grade or lower pills for Lin Li, who thanked him and promised future assistance before leaving.
• Chen Yang reproached Xiao Yi Xian for risking poisoning Lin Li, then sent her to have food brought from the kitchen.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian left Black Rock City and settled in Desert City, where she resumed cultivation and broke through to Three-Star Dou Grandmaster. The System gave Chen Yang a 100-cubic-meter Storage Ring and the Complete Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map after detecting Hai Bodong's treasures, and Chen Yang realized Xiao Yan had arrived in Desert City.

• Xiao Yan set out for Desert City while Chen Yang agreed to give him the remaining pills when they reunited there.
• Lin Li brought Lin Fei to ask Chen Yang to refine a Thunderclap Pill, and Chen Yang succeeded on his first try, adding pill patterns that strengthened its effect.
• Chen Yang declined Lin Li's offer of another gift and left Black Rock City with Xiao Yi Xian and the two Amethyst Winged Lion Kings.
• After a month in Desert City, Xiao Yi Xian resumed cultivation and reached Three-Star Dou Grandmaster.
• The System detected Hai Bodong's Storage Ring and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment, granting Chen Yang a larger Storage Ring and the Complete Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map.
• Chen Yang realized Xiao Yan had arrived in Desert City.

Xiao Yan arrived in Desert City and reunited with Chen Yang, who took him and Xiao Yi Xian to Hai Bodong’s map shop. After Hai Bodong provided Xiao Yan with a Heavenly Flame map and a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment, Chen Yang offered to break Hai Bodong’s seal, and Hai Bodong agreed to serve him if he succeeded.

• Xiao Yan reached Desert City after a month of punishing training and met Chen Yang at the Alchemist Association.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan prepared Medicinal Pills and asked him to arrange for his brothers to deliver more pills to the Xiao Family.
• Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian visited Gu Tu, where Chen Yang recognized Hai Bodong as a sealed Dou Emperor and revealed that he was a Nine-star Dou Huang.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan a map of Heavenly Flames in Tagor Desert and the remaining half of a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment.
• Chen Yang offered to help break Hai Bodong’s seal with their combined abilities, and Hai Bodong pledged to serve him if they succeeded.

Hai Bodong pledged allegiance to Chen Yang, who refined a Star Shattering Pill to break the seal Queen Medusa had placed on him. With Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King working together, Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor strength and declared that he lacked nothing now.

• Hai Bodong accepted Chen Yang’s offer and pledged allegiance, then gave him the Hollow Fruit needed for the Star Shattering Pill.
• Chen Yang refined a three-patterned Star Shattering Pill while Xiao Yan sparred with Hai Bodong outside Desert City.
• Hai Bodong agreed to take the pill the next day, reflecting that he had seized a rare opportunity by joining Chen Yang.
• In Hai Bodong’s secret chamber, the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Medicine Elder helped the pill’s power reach the seal in Hai Bodong’s dantian.
• Chen Yang shattered Queen Medusa’s manifested consciousness, breaking Hai Bodong’s seal and restoring his Dou Emperor strength.

After Chen Yang freed Hai Bodong from his seal, Hai Bodong pledged himself to Chen Yang and was promised a pill that could restore his lost strength. The group left Desert City, while Medusa sensed the seal’s breaking and resolved to seize the Heavenly Flame.

• Hai Bodong swore loyalty to Chen Yang, who asked him to call him Young Master.
• Medusa sensed that Hai Bodong’s seal had been broken, identified the likely location of the Heavenly Flame, and began preparing to obtain it.
• Hai Bodong closed his shop, gave the Mo City Lord’s daughter a Dou Skill, and returned to the inn with Chen Yang and Xiao Yan.
• Chen Yang asked Hai Bodong to take Medicinal Pills to Ya Fei and search the Imperial Capital for ingredients for the Reviving Spirit Ice Pill.
• Chen Yang told Hai Bodong that the pill could restore his peak strength and urged him to leave the next day to gather its ingredients.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Sand Mercenary Group under Chen Yang’s direction. While waiting outside, Chen Yang encountered Qing Lin, a frightened girl who recognized the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King as a Magical Beast.

• Chen Yang told Xiao Yi Xian that Ya Fei was also his woman and explained that Ya Fei excelled at business rather than cultivation.
• After spending the night together, Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian left for Stone Desert City with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its cub; Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Four-Star Dou Grandmaster.
• Chen Yang arrived at the Sand Mercenary Group and urged Xiao Yi Xian to attack its leader, claiming the group was a scourge connected to the Mo Family.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed the guard at the entrance and charged into the Sand Mercenary Group, while Chen Yang sent the Amethyst Winged Lion King after her.
• Qing Lin warned Chen Yang that his cat was a transformed Magical Beast, and he noticed green scales on her wrist.
• Chen Yang called Qing Lin over, but she remained afraid and backed away.

Chen Yang rescued Qing Lin after Xiao Li accidentally knocked her down and took the mistreated girl in as his maidservant. After Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Qing Lin, the group decided to stay at the Sand Mercenary Group’s headquarters.

• Xiao Li knocked Qing Lin over, apologized, gave Chen Yang ten Gold Coins, and rushed toward the city gate.
• Chen Yang comforted Qing Lin, praised the scales on her wrist, and offered to take her in as his maidservant.
• Qing Lin accepted and introduced herself to Chen Yang, who told her to call him Young Master and fear no one but him.
• Xiao Yi Xian met Qing Lin, welcomed her as a younger sister, and told Chen Yang she had wiped out the Sand Mercenary Group and collected its assets.
• Chen Yang decided they would stay at the Sand Mercenary Group’s headquarters, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to wash Qing Lin and find her new clothes.

Chen Yang settled in the Sand Mercenary Group’s former headquarters, took Qing Lin in, and trained her and Xiao Yi Xian. After a month, the system recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and granted Chen Yang Piercing Gold Eyes, prompting him to realize Xiao Yan had reached Stone Desert City.

• Chen Yang claimed the Sand Mercenary Group’s headquarters and ordered the city’s mercenaries to keep its businesses running.
• Qing Lin spent her first night in a comfortable bed and began serving Chen Yang the next morning.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yi Xian that he had kept Qing Lin because she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and was cute.
• Chen Yang settled in Stone Desert City and taught Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate while refining Medicinal Pills.
• After a month, Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Six-star Great Dou Master, and the system awarded Chen Yang Piercing Gold Eyes for Qing Lin’s talent.

Chen Yang unlocked another part of his sealed talent and planned to help Xiao Yan search for the remaining Heavenly Flame location the following month. Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, then visited Chen Yang with them, while Chen Yang prepared to take Qing Lin along to obtain a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Chen Yang gained the ability to perceive Xiao Yi Xian’s attacks and flaws, then told her and Qing Lin that another part of his sealed talent had awakened.
• Xiao Yan reached Stone Desert City and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who learned about his strength, Xiao Zhan’s breakthrough, and the Xiao Family’s hopes of returning to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Chen Yang had visited the Sand Mercenary Group, so Xiao Yan and his brothers went there to find him.
• Chen Yang praised Xiao Yan’s progress and agreed to search with him for the remaining Heavenly Flame location next month.
• Chen Yang planned to wait for Qing Lin to become a Dou Zhe before entering the Magma Sea to help her control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

Chen Yang helped Xiao Yan and the Xiao brothers prepare to return to the Xiao Family, then spent the next month training Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian. After Qing Lin led them to the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan went into the magma to find it, and the System awarded Chen Yang the Ten Thousand Year Green Lotus Platform once Xiao Yan obtained the flame.

• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan medicinal pills for Xiao Yong and advised Xiao Li to seek help in Black Rock City if danger arose on the way home.
• Over the next month, Xiao Yan advanced to Six-star Great Dou Master, Xiao Yi Xian reached Seven-star Great Master, and Qing Lin became a Dou Zhe.
• Qing Lin guided Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and their companions to the site where the Green Lotus Core Flame was hidden beneath the desert.
• Chen Yang caught and controlled the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then ordered it to guide Xiao Yan through the magma to the Heavenly Flame.
• After Xiao Yan went to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame, the System announced that Chen Yang had obtained the Ten Thousand Year Green Lotus Platform.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan left the magma cave after learning that Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Chen Yang helped Qing Lin control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Chen Yang sent Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Imperial Capital with the Amethyst Winged Lion King while he and Xiao Yan flew toward the heart of the Snake-People Tribe.

• Xiao Yan returned from the Magma Sea without the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Chen Yang deduced that Medusa had taken it.
• Xiao Yan gave Chen Yang five lotus seeds and kept the Green Lotus Platform, while Chen Yang promised to refine pills for him in exchange for Gold Coin.
• Chen Yang guided Qing Lin as she used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to imprint and control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Medicine Elder gave Qing Lin a Mysterious Tier High-grade Cultivation Method, and Chen Yang promised to find her better methods and skills at the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Chen Yang arranged for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to travel to the Imperial Capital with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and meet Elder Hai.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan flew toward the heart of the Snake-People Tribe.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan crossed the Tagor Desert while Xiao Yan endured daily beatings that strengthened his body and cultivation. After reaching an oasis near the Snake-People Tribe’s Divine Temple, Chen Yang killed Yue Mei’s companions with one sword and warned her not to mistake his intentions.

• Chen Yang and Medicine Elder set Xiao Yan a slow route through the desert, and Xiao Yan began enduring six hours of brutal daily beatings before recovering with Chen Yang’s Medicinal Pills.
• Chen Yang explained that Queen Medusa would need to evolve from a Purple Nether Flame Snake into a Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python to break through to Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan fell asleep exhausted.
• Over the journey, Xiao Yan’s body grew as strong as an ordinary Tier 5 Magical Beast, and he reached Seven-star Great Master before advancing to Eight-star Great Master in his sleep.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan waited at the oasis near the Snake-People Tribe’s Divine Temple, where Yue Mei arrived with a group of Snake-People and Chen Yang identified her as a Dou Wang.
• When Yue Mei invoked Queen Medusa’s authority, Chen Yang beheaded every Snake-Person present except Yue Mei and warned her that one sword was enough to kill her.

Chen Yang reunited with Yun Yun in the Tagor Desert while Xiao Yan knocked Gu He out of the sky to stop him interrupting them. Chen Yang then intimidated Gu He with his sword and threatened to kill him if his companions attacked.

• Yun Yun spotted Chen Yang and flew to him, where Xiao Yan called her his sister-in-law and she embraced Chen Yang.
• Gu He charged at Chen Yang, but Xiao Yan used the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and blasted Gu He into the desert.
• Yun Yun told Chen Yang that she had joined Gu He's expedition to find a Heavenly Flame and hoped to give it to him, while Chen Yang said he planned to give the flame to Xiao Yan.
• Gu He approached Chen Yang and asked about his relationship with Yun Yun, but Chen Yang ordered him to land.
• Chen Yang's Rainbow Sword struck Gu He's shoulder and remained pointed at his forehead as Chen Yang threatened to kill him if his companions attacked.

Chen Yang, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan reached the Snake-People Tribe’s Temple City after Yun Yun rejected Gu He’s demands and defended her choices. When they entered the city, Chen Yang’s strength rose to One-star Dou Zong, and the onlookers mistook his ability to stand in the air for that of a Dou Ancestor.

• Yun Yun told Gu He their relationship was only that of Sect Leader and sect Elder, and Chen Yang sent him away from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Gu He invoked Yun Shan to pressure Yun Yun, but she threatened him and refused to let him interfere in her affairs.
• Gu He abandoned his pursuit of Yun Yun and flew back toward the Jia Ma Empire, while Yan Shi and Feng Li left with the other Dou Ling experts.
• As Chen Yang, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan flew toward Temple City, Yun Yun explained that Gu He was over forty and a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Hua She'er challenged the group for entering Snake-People territory, and Chen Yang’s strength rose to One-star Dou Zong as they arrived.
• Chen Yang’s Dou Qi Wings disappeared while he remained airborne, leading Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and the Snake-People to call him a Dou Ancestor Expert.

Chen Yang revealed that he had reached Dou Zong and demanded the Heavenly Flames from Medusa, who chose to begin her risky evolution while the Four Elders held him back. Chen Yang faced the four elders, and his Dragon Subduing Palm overwhelmed them as Xiao Yan watched in shock.

• Chen Yang appeared in midair as a Dou Zong, astonishing Xiao Yan and Yun Yun and forcing Hua She'er to address him respectfully.
• Chen Yang told Medusa he wanted her Heavenly Flames, and she admitted she planned to use them for her evolution.
• The Four Elders arrived and offered to hold Chen Yang off while Medusa attempted her evolution in the Divine Temple.
• Medusa left after asking Chen Yang to spare the Four Elders, promising to give him the Heavenly Flames if she survived and evolved.
• Chen Yang sent Yun Yun and Xiao Yan back, then attacked the Four Elders with his Dragon Subduing Palm.