Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming brought Xiao Yi Xian to the cave near Green Mountain Town, joking with her as they searched for it. After finding the entrance and defeating a Rock Snake, they entered the cave together.

• Lin Ming asked Xiao Yi Xian to point out the cave, and they flew toward the cliffs while teasing each other about his cultivation and looks.
• Lin Ming arrived at the area Xiao Yi Xian recognized and caught and crushed a Rock Snake that attacked him.
• Lin Ming revealed the cave entrance among the rocks and trees and landed there with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian ran into the cave, stopped when Lin Ming warned her about scouting ahead, and then followed him deeper inside.

Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian entered a hidden Stone Chamber, where they collected valuable herbs and treasure. Lin Ming recovered the third fragment of the map from a skeleton and buried its remains before Xiao Yi Xian reluctantly gave him the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened the Stone Door after Lin Ming identified the Earth Element Mechanism.
• Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Stone Chamber and found three locked stone boxes, a skeleton, treasure, and medicinal herbs.
• Lin Ming claimed the Ice Spirit Flame Grass while Xiao Yi Xian gathered the remaining herbs.
• Lin Ming took a key and the third map fragment from the skeleton’s arm, then buried the skeleton.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished collecting the herbs and reluctantly handed the Ice Spirit Flame Grass to Lin Ming.

Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian divided the cave’s treasures, and he warned her not to return to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion after learning that her maid had leaked information about her. They left together, and Lin Ming decided to follow her to a quiet, energy-rich place in the Monster Mountain Range.

• Lin Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, while keeping the Eagle's Wing and Roaring Lion's Chant.
• Lin Ming told Xiao Yi Xian that her maid had revealed information about the cave, and advised her not to return to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to leave the pavilion behind and collected the Gold Coins before following Lin Ming out of the cave.
• Lin Ming said he would remain in the Monster Mountain Range and asked Xiao Yi Xian to recommend a quiet place rich in energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian named a place she also planned to visit, and Lin Ming swept her up and hurried toward the cave entrance, telling her to show him the way.

Lin Ming discovered that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body had awakened and reassured her that he would help her control it. Xiao Yi Xian trusted him and happily went to prepare breakfast.

• Lin Ming found the valley’s concealed location rich in energy and medicinal herbs.
• When Xiao Yi Xian did not answer his calls, Lin Ming kicked open her cabin door and found her asleep with seven-colored light on her face.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and worried that Lin Ming might have touched her or been harmed by her awakened Calamity Poison Body.
• Lin Ming explained that he knew about the Calamity Poison Body and promised he would help her control it.
• Xiao Yi Xian believed Lin Ming, got out of bed, and cheerfully began making breakfast.

Lin Ming practiced the Profound Tier High-grade Sound Wave Fighting Skill Roaring Lion's Chant and perfected a powerful roar that caused Magical Beasts across the Monster Mountain Range's outskirts to collapse in fear. Xiao Yan and his teacher heard the chant and realized it had come from a person.

• Lin Ming studied the Roaring Lion's Chant scroll and chose to cultivate its concealed, full-power method using his own voice.
• Lin Ming struggled through practice, producing only a faint trace of a lion's chant after a morning of training.
• Two days later, Lin Ming's roar made nearby Magical Beasts freeze and tremble, allowing Green Mountain Town mercenaries to kill their prey and return with abundant spoils.
• Xiao Yan heard the terrifying roar near a waterfall and asked his teacher about it.
• Xiao Yan's teacher suspected that a person had produced the lion's chant.

Xiao Yan learned from Old Yao that the lion's roar came from a Dou Wang, then continued training beneath the waterfall. Lin Ming returned to the valley, reassured Xiao Yi Xian about her constitution, and shared a meal with her.

• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao whether the lion's roar came from a person, and Old Yao explained that it was a Dou Technique with a human undertone.
• Old Yao described cultivation realms and told Xiao Yan that the roar's creator had reached at least the Dou Wang level.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether encountering two Dou Wangs in a few months made him lucky or unlucky, then began training in the lake beneath the waterfall.
• Lin Ming judged his lion's roar imperfect and flew back to the valley, where he smelled Xiao Yi Xian's cooking.
• Xiao Yi Xian became despondent about her constitution, but Lin Ming promised he could help control it and encouraged her to hope for marriage and children.
• Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian sat down and shared a warm meal.

Lin Ming watched Yun Yun fight the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King after she came to borrow its Purple Spirit Crystal. As the battle continued, he detected Xiao Yan nearby and resolved to prevent him from getting close to Yun Yun.

• Lin Ming sensed the arrivals and left the valley to watch Yun Yun confront the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Yun Yun asked to borrow the Purple Spirit Crystal, but negotiations failed and the two began fighting.
• Yun Yun’s Tornado Storms clashed with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s purple flames, unleashing powerful explosions.
• Lin Ming detected a concealed fluctuation of Soul Power and recognized that Xiao Yan had arrived.
• Yun Yun struck the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with Wind Blades, but its crystal armor showed only faint marks that quickly disappeared.

Yun Yun battled the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King through the afternoon, dodging its attacks while trying to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal. As sunset weakened the beast, it unleashed its Purple Crystal Seal, which shattered Yun Yun’s counterattack and continued toward her.

• Yun Yun evaded the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s attacks and blocked its purple fire pillar with Wind Push Stance.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King pursued Yun Yun through the sky, but neither fighter could gain the upper hand.
• As sunset approached and the beast’s power began to wane, Yun Yun calmly renewed her request for the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King gathered energy and launched its Purple Crystal Seal at Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun countered with Rending Wind Swirl Dance, but the Purple Crystal Seal shattered her spiraling wind blade and kept flying toward her.

Lin Ming rescued the severely injured Yun Yun after the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King defeated her in battle. He brought her to Xiao Yi Xian for treatment, then revealed that Yun Yun was the Misty Cloud Sect’s Dou Emperor Sect Master and that a Tier 6 Magical Beast had wounded her.

• Yun Yun’s attack broke the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s horn, but the beast struck her and its Purple Crystal Seal began freezing her meridians.
• Lin Ming followed Yun Yun as she fell toward a river and caught her before she hit the water.
• Lin Ming carried the unconscious Yun Yun to Xiao Yi Xian and gave her medicine and instructions for treating her wounds.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished treating Yun Yun, and Lin Ming told her that the injured woman was Yun Yun, Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Ming identified the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King as the Tier 6 Magical Beast that had injured Yun Yun.

Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian spoke with the recovering Yun Yun, who learned that Lin Ming was the young Dou Wang from the Mittel Family and that Xiao Yi Xian had treated her injuries. After Yun Yun explained that she still needed the Purple Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran, Lin Ming offered to help her obtain it.

• Yun Yun woke and asked Lin Ming who he was, and he gave her his real name.
• Yun Yun recognized Lin Ming as the Mittel Family genius and was surprised that he had already become a Dou Wang.
• Lin Ming introduced Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun thanked them and asked them to call her by her name.
• Lin Ming explained that Yun Yun's external injuries would heal quickly, while the Purple Crystal Seal's internal damage would take time to clear.
• Yun Yun told Lin Ming she still intended to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran, and Lin Ming offered to help.

After recovering from her injuries and sealed cultivation, Yun Yun joined Lin Ming in a plan to retrieve the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave. Yun Yun lured the beast into battle while Lin Ming moved toward its cave to search for the crystal.

• Lin Ming arranged for Xiao Yi Xian to stay in his room while Yun Yun recovered, and the three later shared breakfast together.
• After three days, Yun Yun's wounds had healed, and she told Lin Ming her sealed cultivation would soon recover; they agreed she would distract the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while he retrieved the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Yun recovered her cultivation, gave Lin Ming a crystal that could locate the Purple Spirit Crystal, and flew with him toward the beast's cave.
• Lin Ming stopped near the cave as Yun Yun went ahead to lure out the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, which roared that it would avenge its broken horn.
• As Yun Yun and the beast clashed in the sky, Lin Ming headed toward the cave in shadow.

Lin Ming sneaked into the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave while Yun Yun kept the beast occupied and obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal. He then returned to the fork in search of the rare Companion Purple Crystal Source to strengthen his Purple Crystal Wings.

• Lin Ming avoided alerting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and slipped past the two guards at the cave entrance.
• Lin Ming found the sleeping Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, knocked it unconscious, and moved it aside without killing it.
• Lin Ming uncovered the Purple Spirit Crystal beneath the cub and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Ming decided to search the other passage for the Companion Purple Crystal Source, hoping to use it to improve his Purple Crystal Wings.

Lin Ming stole the Companion Purple Crystal Source using the Purple Spirit Crystal, but the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King awakened and ran to summon its mother. As Lin Ming raced for the exit, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s roar sounded nearby, and he seized the cub as it waited at the cave entrance.

• Lin Ming pierced the Companion Purple Crystal Source’s protective shell with the Purple Spirit Crystal and collected the source in a Jade Bottle.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King awoke through its connection to the source and ran toward the cave entrance to summon its mother.
• Lin Ming noticed an energy fluctuation, realized the cub had escaped, and sprinted toward the exit.
• Lin Ming heard the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King roar and pushed himself to race out of the cave before it returned.
• As the cub waited at the entrance, Lin Ming lifted it into the air with one hand.

Lin Ming escaped the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave by threatening it with its captured cub, then returned the cub and fled with Yun Yun. He stunned the pursuing Lion King with Roaring Lion's Chant, leaving it to catch its falling child.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King confronted Lin Ming at the cave entrance and retreated when he threatened its cub with Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire.
• Lin Ming flew out of the cave with the cub, and Yun Yun apologized for the Lion King rushing back while she fought it.
• The Lion King demanded its cub back, and Lin Ming restrained the cub's flight and hurled it into the sky.
• Lin Ming used Roaring Lion's Chant to stun the Lion King, then flew away with Yun Yun.
• The Lion King recovered and rushed to catch its falling cub.

Lin Ming reunited with Xiao Yan in the Monster Mountain Range and concealed that he knew Xiao Yan’s teacher was hiding in his ring. He explained Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, leaving Xiao Yan eager to learn more about it.

• Lin Ming gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal and another crystal, then told her to return to the valley while he handled other matters.
• Xiao Yan discussed Lin Ming with his teacher, who sensed Lin Ming’s arrival and withdrew into Xiao Yan’s ring.
• Lin Ming found Xiao Yan by a river, and Xiao Yan pretended his teacher was absent while Lin Ming played along.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Ming he planned to keep training before resolving his matter with Nalan Yanran and going to Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Ming described Jia Nan Academy’s Outer and Inner Academies, and Xiao Yan became eager to attend.

Lin Ming confronted Xiao Yan about the Soul Body and Heavenly Flame he sensed around him, and Xiao Yan admitted that his absent teacher possessed a Heavenly Flame. Lin Ming planned to force Old Yao to help him, relying on Yun Yun’s nearby presence to protect him if a fight broke out.

• Lin Ming told Xiao Yan that Jia Nan Academy’s records described the powerful Dou Qi experts and Alchemists of Middle Continent.
• Lin Ming questioned Xiao Yan about an unusual Soul aura and the Heavenly Flame he had sensed from him and his Qi Gathering Powders.
• Xiao Yan admitted that his teacher possessed a Heavenly Flame but claimed he did not know where the teacher had gone.
• Lin Ming decided to confront Old Yao while Yun Yun was nearby, intending to obtain pill refining, pill formulas, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method.

Lin Ming revealed that he knew Old Yao was hiding in Xiao Yan’s ring and brought him out to discuss a Heavenly Flame. Old Yao mistook Lin Ming’s offer for a demand to trade for his own flame, but Lin Ming clarified that he meant to sell information about another Heavenly Flame.

• Lin Ming deduced that Old Yao was hiding in Xiao Yan’s ring, and Old Yao emerged from it.
• Lin Ming offered to make a deal involving a Heavenly Flame, and Old Yao demanded five Tier 9 Medicinal Pill formulas in exchange for his own flame.
• Lin Ming acted as though Old Yao had offered him the flame for nothing, angering Old Yao and Xiao Yan.
• Old Yao unleashed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Lin Ming clarified that he wanted to trade information about a Heavenly Flame he knew of.
• Old Yao asked Lin Ming to repeat himself, unable to believe he would sell information about a Heavenly Flame.

Lin Ming offered Old Yao and Xiao Yan information about the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for three conditions. Old Yao accepted Lin Ming’s first two demands, but the final condition remained undisclosed.

• Lin Ming confirmed that he wanted to trade information about a Heavenly Flame, and Old Yao questioned his motives before asking which flame he meant.
• Lin Ming described the flame’s origins, and Old Yao identified it as the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth among the twenty-three Heavenly Flames.
• Old Yao explained that the Green Lotus Core Flame would suit Xiao Yan, who eagerly anticipated obtaining a Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Ming demanded that Old Yao refine a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill with a Heavenly Flame and provide a Tier 6 or higher formula for subduing Heavenly Flames.
• Old Yao agreed to refine the pill using materials and a formula provided by Lin Ming, and agreed to give him the medicinal formula after verifying the information.
• Lin Ming warned Old Yao that reneging on the agreement could bring trouble for Xiao Yan’s family, darkening Xiao Yan’s expression.

Lin Ming negotiated with Old Yao for three things, including a method to control his friend’s Calamity Poison Body, in exchange for information about the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Lin Ming revealed the flame’s history and produced its Azure Lotus Pedestal, Old Yao offered the requested items and asked to borrow the pedestal for a year.

• Lin Ming asked Old Yao about the Calamity Poison Body, and Old Yao explained its rapid growth through poison and the fatal backlash it caused.
• Lin Ming asked to exchange his third condition for a method to control the Calamity Poison Body, and Old Yao agreed after learning Lin Ming’s friend possessed it.
• Lin Ming told Old Yao and Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame but could not refine it because of her Snake People bloodline.
• Lin Ming produced the Azure Lotus Pedestal, confirming his account, and Old Yao offered the three requested things in exchange for borrowing it for a year.

Lin Ming and Old Yao completed a trade involving the Calamity Poison Body scrolls and the Green Lotus Lotus Pedestal, with Old Yao agreeing to find Sand Mandara and refine a pill. As Lin Ming prepared to leave, Old Yao offered rare sixth-grade pill formulas in exchange for medicinal materials, and Lin Ming froze at his request.

• Lin Ming offered Old Yao use of the Lotus Pedestal for a year in exchange for Sand Mandara from the Snake People Race's core territory.
• Old Yao handed Lin Ming two scrolls, which Lin Ming inspected and accepted despite the difficult conditions for controlling the Calamity Poison Body.
• Lin Ming gave Old Yao the Lotus Pedestal, a scroll, and a map directing him to the person who needed the pill refined.
• Old Yao stopped Lin Ming from leaving and offered fifth- and sixth-grade Medicinal Formulas for medicinal materials.
• Old Yao named the Swift Breath Pill, Dou Emperor Pill, and Sect Breaking Pill formulas, then asked whether Lin Ming could provide the required medicinal materials, leaving Lin Ming frozen.