Chapter Summaries

Gu Han returned Xiao Mei to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun recognized her exceptional Wind Attribute talent and arranged for Elder Yun Shang to take her as a disciple. After Xiao Mei left, Yun Yun teased Gu Han about how he addressed her, leaving him surprised by her suggestion.

• Gu Han declined Nalan Su's invitation to stay with the Nalan Family and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Mei.
• Nalan Su told Nalan Yanran that Gu Han had reached Six Star Dou Practitioner and urged her to set aside her arrogance and grow stronger.
• Gu Han introduced Xiao Mei to Yun Yun, who sensed her exceptional Wind Attribute affinity and chose Elder Yun Shang to take her as a disciple.
• Yun Yun sent Xiao Mei away with a Steward and asked Gu Han if he would call her Senior Sister.

Gu Han refused Yun Yun’s offer to make him her disciple, insisting he wanted to repay the Misty Cloud Sect without becoming too closely bound to it. Two months later, he completed the condensation of an Ice Soul crystal in the Xuanwu Secret Realm.

• Yun Yun offered to take Gu Han as her disciple on Yun Shan’s behalf, but Gu Han asked to consider it and explained that he did not want a nominal teacher.
• Gu Han told Yun Yun he would eventually leave the Misty Cloud Sect and pursue his ambitions across the continent; she gave him an Ice Heart Pill and a One-pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Yun Yun said she would be away until before the Outer Sect Grand Competition, and Gu Han left after asking whether he could seek her guidance every day.
• Over the next two months, Gu Han followed his cultivation routine, using the Xuanwu Secret Realm and various resources to strengthen himself.
• Gu Han gathered Ice Attribute energy and Dou Qi at his heart and successfully condensed an Ice Soul crystal.

Gu Han completed a second Ice Soul, raising his Dou Qi reserves, then left the Misty Cloud Sect to seek opportunities before the Outer Sect Grand Competition. In Qinghe Town, the Black Tortoise Shell revealed a poisoned chamber and an unexpected encounter with a Snake People traitor, leaving Gu Han stunned by her intentions.

• Gu Han used his two Ice Souls to strengthen his Dou Qi and tested his Cold Ice Hand Seal on the Purple Nether Flame Snake.
• Gu Han asked Yun Shang for permission to leave the sect, and she agreed; Xiao Mei stayed behind for a lesson.
• Gu Han flew to Qinghe Town and obtained intelligence about a dead Chuyun Empire Dou Ling whose inheritance lay in a poison-filled chamber.
• Gu Han realized he could enlist powerful help to enter the chamber but decided that doing so would not suit him.
• The Black Tortoise Shell revealed that the Snake People traitor in the room next to Gu Han planned to sneak in and ask him for Dual Cultivation.

Gu Han discovered that Lisa, a Snake People Race Da Dou Shi, had stolen a sacred crystal and was using men to absorb its power. After Lisa lured a man into her room, Gu Han left his safe room and approached to listen in, while Ling Ying watched.

• Gu Han returned to the Xuanwu Secret Realm and sensed Lisa and her companion snake in the adjacent room.
• Lisa revealed she had stolen the Previous Queen Medusa’s incomplete Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Demon Core Crystal and sought men for Dual Cultivation.
• Lisa followed an energy serpent to a nearby inn and seduced a burly Seven-star Dou Master.
• Ling Ying observed Lisa enter the man’s room but chose not to intervene, while Gu Han considered how to exploit the situation.
• Gu Han slipped into the inn and approached within one zhang of Lisa’s window, prompting Ling Ying to suspect he had come to eavesdrop.

Gu Han used soul transmission to wake Liu Suifeng during Lisa’s attempt to absorb his energy, then attacked and killed the injured Snake Woman as she fled. After hearing that Liu Suifeng was a wanted flower-stealing bandit, Gu Han returned to the inn and confronted the people gathered there.

• Gu Han watched Lisa and Liu Suifeng from the Xuanwu Secret Realm, then used a simulated Dou Wang’s pressure to wake Liu Suifeng during her secret technique.
• Liu Suifeng broke free and struck Lisa with his Fierce Tiger Roar, while Lisa retaliated, broke his arms, and fled the room.
• Gu Han hit the injured Lisa with a freezing palm strike, severed part of her arm, disrupted her Dou Qi, and killed her with his sword.
• Gu Han stored Lisa’s corpse and belongings in the Xuanwu Secret Realm as Ling Ying watched in shock.
• People at the inn identified the unconscious man as Liu Suifeng, a wanted flower-stealing bandit, and argued over who would escort him to Black Flame City.
• Gu Han entered the inn through a window, announced that he had killed Liu Suifeng, and ordered the onlookers to step back.

Gu Han defeated the mercenaries who mocked him, crippled Liu Suifeng’s cultivation, and claimed the flower thief’s techniques and wealth. After learning of a hidden inheritance near Qingshuihe Town, Gu Han flew toward Black Flame City, while Lin Hu identified him as a talented disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Gu Han struck Tang Hao with Sword Qi, and Lin Hu led most of the mercenaries away rather than challenge him.
• Gu Han destroyed Liu Suifeng’s cultivation and took his Storage Ring, finding three valuable techniques, including the Earth Tier movement technique Cold Pool Moonlit Walk.
• Liu Suifeng recounted how betrayal had turned him into a flower thief, and Gu Han showed him that Lisa was dead.
• Before dying, Liu Suifeng told Gu Han about another cache near a cliff in Qingshuihe Town, south of Blackwater City.
• Gu Han put Liu Suifeng’s corpse in the Storage Ring and flew toward Black Flame City, and Lin Hu told the crowd that Gu Han was a Misty Cloud Sect disciple.

After killing Liu Suifeng, Gu Han collected the bounty and traveled to Qingshan Town, while Ling Ying reported his growing abilities to Xun'er and Ling Xiao. Xun'er decided to raise the stakes by offering Gu Han an Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill, and Gu Han returned to the Xuanwu Secret Realm to confront the Purple Nether Flame Snake for taking advantage of him.

• Lin Hu identified Gu Han as the Misty Cloud Sect disciple who had killed Liu Suifeng, and Tang Shan thanked him for warning him against provoking Gu Han.
• Gu Han collected Liu Suifeng's fifty-thousand-Gold-Coin bounty in Black Flame City and traveled to Qingshan Town.
• Ling Ying returned to Wutan City and told Ling Xiao and Xun'er about Gu Han's strength, aura concealment, and attack on the Female Snake Person.
• Xun'er asked Gu Qingqing what she thought of Gu Han, then chose to offer him an Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill.
• Gu Han sensed a disturbance in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, entered it, and confronted the Purple Nether Flame Snake for taking advantage of him.

Gu Han confronted the awakened Purple Nether Flame Snake in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, but her crystal armor withstood his attack, so he planned to wait until she transformed before dealing with her. In Wutan City, Xun'er gave Ling Ying an Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill scroll for Gu Han, while Gu Qingqing questioned her generosity.

• The Purple Nether Flame Snake awakened, devoured the Female Snake Person, and threatened Gu Han after claiming she would refine the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Demon Core Crystal.
• Gu Han struck the Purple Nether Flame Snake with Heaven Seal, but her crystal armor remained unharmed, so he considered waiting for her transformation and finding a way for Qing Lin to control her.
• Gu Qingqing challenged Xun'er for giving Gu Han an Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill, and Xun'er argued that she was increasing her wager on his future.
• Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to keep protecting Gu Han in secret and deliver him the Fighting Skill scroll when an opportunity arose.
• Xun'er told Gu Qingqing she would raise her investment again only if Gu Han reached Middle Continent within five years.

Gu Han entered the Purple Spirit Flame Snake’s soul and weakened it until it was nearly destroyed, then learned the snake was Lisa, a high-ranking Snake Person who had stolen a relic tied to Queen Medusa. He resumed cultivating after discovering Gu Xun'er planned to gift him an Earth Tier sword Dou Technique, and the chapter ended as a mercenary group returned with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Gu Han entered the Purple Spirit Flame Snake’s Spiritual Space and used soul arrows to shrink her soul until she begged him to stop and acknowledge him as her master.
• Gu Han left the Spiritual Space before destroying the snake’s soul, then recovered his spiritual power with the Black Tortoise Shell and Ice Soul Profound Canon.
• Gu Han learned that the snake he had killed was Lisa, the granddaughter of a Snake People Race elder, and that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Demon Core Crystal came from Queen Medusa’s predecessor.
• Gu Han learned that Gu Xun'er planned to have Ling Ying gift him the Earth Tier low grade Profound Ice Nine Sword Art.
• Gu Han continued cultivating, and a commotion announced that the mercenary group that had taken Xiao Yi Xian into the mountains had returned.

Gu Han watched Xiao Yi Xian arrange another trip into the mountains with the Blood Battle Mercenary Group, then used the Black Tortoise Shell’s clues to find the cliff cave she was destined to discover. He entered the cave ahead of her, intent on claiming its relics for himself.

• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Yan Cheng and arranged to travel with the Blood Battle Mercenary Group to South Mountain Ridge in seven days.
• Gu Han spent six days cultivating and collecting valuable resources after following several clues from the Black Tortoise Shell.
• The Black Tortoise Shell revealed that Xiao Yi Xian would discover a cliff cave on her next herb-gathering trip, so Gu Han decided to find it first.
• Gu Han flew to South Mountain Ridge, located the concealed cave, and cleared its entrance with his sword.
• Ling Ying watched Gu Han enter the cave and wondered whether his behavior was strange.

Gu Han uncovered a hidden cave, took its treasures, and used the Ice Spirit Flame Grass to advance to One Star Dou Master. The Black Tortoise Shell granted him a targeted deduction ability, while Xiao Yi Xian spotted something remarkable below a cliff.

• Ling Ying watched Gu Han enter a cave and decided to protect him more carefully.
• Gu Han opened the hidden chamber, collected its wealth and medicinal garden, and recovered a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and three valuable techniques or scriptures.
• Gu Han swallowed the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and broke through to One Star Dou Master.
• Gu Han learned that the Black Tortoise Shell now let him exchange three days of Opportunity intelligence for a targeted deduction within his abilities.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted something below the cliff and wondered if she had found a storybook chance encounter.

Xiao Yi Xian discovered a cave on a cliff and returned to prepare to explore it, while Gu Han learned she had found his cave and that a Rock Snake was waiting outside. After Gu Han killed the Rock Snake and met Xiao Yi Xian, he asked her to become his maid.

• Xiao Yi Xian found a cave entrance in the cliff and decided to return later with supplies to explore it secretly.
• Gu Han used Deduce Destiny to learn that Xiao Yi Xian had found the cave and that a Rock Snake was ambushing him at its entrance.
• Gu Han cultivated until noon, then killed the Rock Snake with his icy sword and collected its Magical Core and Heartfall Rock.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Gu Han as the Snow Sword Young Master of the Misty Cloud Sect after he flew out of the cave.
• Gu Han landed before Xiao Yi Xian and asked her to become his maid.

Gu Han revealed that Xiao Yi Xian possessed a Calamity Poison Body and offered to make her his Sword-holding Maidservant while helping her find a way to control it. Xiao Yi Xian, moved by his confidence and acceptance, asked whether he feared her or the danger of her poison.

• Xiao Yi Xian refused Gu Han's offer to become his maidservant until he revealed that he knew about the poisoning that had killed her village when she was a child.
• Gu Han showed Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and she read about the Calamity Poison Body and its deadly awakening.
• Xiao Yi Xian began to check her abdomen for the Seven-Colored Hidden Lines, then became embarrassed when Gu Han saw her lifting her skirt.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that her physique made her crave poison and could eventually cause a fatal outbreak that endangered others.
• Gu Han insisted that he still wanted her as his Sword-holding Maidservant and promised to search with her for a way to resolve the Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Gu Han whether he despised or feared her because of her dangerous physique.

Gu Han reassured Xiao Yi Xian that her Calamity Poison Body did not change his opinion of her and invited her to become his Sword-holding Maidservant. After leaving her with the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, he followed an Opportunity to a hidden cave beneath a lake and found an Azure Flame Snake Molt.

• Gu Han told Xiao Yi Xian that he trusted her goodness and believed they could eventually find a solution to the Calamity Poison Body’s dangers.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Gu Han’s offer in her heart, but he flew away before she could give him her answer.
• Ling Ying reflected on the risks of the Calamity Poison Body and thought Gu Han underestimated how difficult it would be to help Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu Han followed an Opportunity to a lake in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, removed a concealed rock, and entered the underwater passage.
• Gu Han emerged in a hidden cave and discovered an Azure Flame Snake Molt, realizing the Opportunity had pointed him toward the greatest reward rather than every valuable find.

Gu Han stole the Symbiotic Amethyst Crystal Source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and escaped after the beast discovered him. He warned Xiao Yi Xian to return to Qingshan Town, then began cultivating with the treasure and pills while Ling Ying returned to Xun'er with news.

• Gu Han collected shed snakeskin, Purple Spirit Crystals, and the Symbiotic Amethyst Crystal Source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, but left the Little Amethyst Winged Lion behind.
• After an enraged roar revealed that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had noticed him, Gu Han flew toward South Mountain Ridge and warned Xiao Yi Xian that a Sixth-Order Magical Beast was pursuing him.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yan Cheng to lead the mercenaries back to Qingshan Town, while Gu Han watched until she was safe and then returned to the Mitel Merchant Guild's station.
• Gu Han combined the Symbiotic Amethyst Crystal Source with the Ice Heart Pill and One-pattern Green Spirit Pill and began cultivating in the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Ling Ying returned to Wutan City, and Xun'er asked whether Gu Han had done something astonishing again.

Ling Ying reported Gu Han’s remarkable string of discoveries to Xun’er and Gu Qingqing, who decided to keep his unusual luck secret while Xun’er waited to see whether he would become worth greater investment. In the Xuanwu Secret Realm, Gu Han reached six-star Dou Master and began using the Black Tortoise Shell to investigate whether one Heavenly Flame could replace the three required for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method.

• Ling Ying told Xun’er, Gu Qingqing, and Ling Xiao about Gu Han’s finds, including the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, a possessor of the Calamity Poison Body, and rare treasures.
• Xun’er ordered Ling Ying to keep protecting Gu Han and conceal his unusual fortune, saying she might invest more in him once he reached Middle Continent.
• Xun’er declined Ling Xiao’s invitation to watch the Misty Cloud Sect Outer Disciple Competition.
• Gu Han reached six-star Dou Master after refining the Symbiotic Amethyst Crystal Source and planned to stabilize his cultivation before advancing further.
• Gu Han used three Random Opportunity chances to ask whether one Heavenly Flame could substitute for the three required to refine a Poison Pill for the Calamity Poison Body.

Gu Han used the Black Tortoise Shell to deduce three ways to resolve Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body, then cultivated his techniques and received an ice-attribute sword Dou Technique from Ling Ying. When he arrived at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and found Xiao Yi Xian missing, he sensed something nearby and threw his sword into a courtyard.

• Gu Han learned three possible methods to resolve Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body and judged that her condition was no longer an unsolvable problem.
• Gu Han cultivated the Purple Qi Heavy Pupils, spotted Ling Ying, and was praised for reaching the Dou Master realm.
• Ling Ying gave Gu Han an Earth Tier low grade ice-attribute sword Dou Technique on Gu Xun'er's behalf and urged him to grow stronger and go to Middle Continent.
• Gu Han returned to Qingshan Town and heard that Xiao Yi Xian was late to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Gu Han sensed someone nearby, hurled his frost-wrapped sword through a wall, and demanded to know what they wanted with his maidservant.

Gu Han arrived at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and stopped Mu Li from forcing Xiao Yi Xian to stay and marry him. He left with Xiao Yi Xian for the Misty Cloud Sect, where she would pursue a higher realm and serve as his Sword-holding Maidservant.

• Gu Han entered the pavilion’s rear courtyard and asked Xiao Yi Xian if she was ready to leave.
• Mu Li tried to stop Xiao Yi Xian, so Gu Han struck him with the Heaven Seal of the Sky Cold Seal and warned the pavilion that Xiao Yi Xian belonged with him.
• Mr. Yao tried to pressure Gu Han by claiming the mercenaries needed Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yi Xian rejected the demand and Gu Han defended her choice to leave.
• Yan Cheng and the other mercenaries apologized and wished Xiao Yi Xian well as she left with Gu Han.
• Gu Han asked Xiao Yi Xian to call her magical beast pet and explained that a Sword-holding Maidservant was someone he had to trust absolutely.

Gu Han accompanied Xiao Yi Xian to her hidden valley so she could awaken her Calamity Poison Body, then trained with his sword while she remained unconscious. As night fell, he discovered an unexpected Opportunity connected to the Blue Eagle.

• Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian rode the Blue Eagle to her secluded valley, where she planned to awaken her Calamity Poison Body.
• Gu Han gave Xiao Yi Xian Scorpion Grass, and she swallowed it to trigger the awakening.
• Seven-Colored Patterns spread across Xiao Yi Xian as the poison overwhelmed her and she fainted; Gu Han covered her and withdrew to the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Gu Han practiced his Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill until midnight, then visualized the Black Tortoise Shell to obtain Opportunities.
• Gu Han sensed an Opportunity and looked toward the Blue Eagle's nest, surprised by the bird's history.

Gu Han learned of Yun Qingfeng’s hostility and the plot to give Yun Lange an advantage in the Outer Disciple Grand Competition, while Xiao Yi Xian awakened the Calamity Poison Body and became a Dou Zhe. After sharing breakfast, Gu Han promised Xiao Yi Xian that he would always consider her a friend as they prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Gu Han learned that the Blue Eagle had a powerful Poison- and Wind-attribute lineage, but left its care to Xiao Yi Xian and chose to nurture the Purple Winged Cloud Crane instead.
• Gu Han learned that Yun Qingfeng blamed him for healing Zhang Chuchen, while Yun Leng and Yun Sheng planned to help Yun Lange win the Outer Disciple Grand Competition.
• After cultivating his secret art, Gu Han cooked breakfast while Xiao Yi Xian woke and discovered that her Calamity Poison Body had awakened, advancing her to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian changed clothes and joined Gu Han for porridge, then called him Young Master and asked whether he would always consider her a friend.
• Gu Han promised Xiao Yi Xian that he would always consider her a friend.