Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Xun'er confessed that she had let go of her lingering feelings for Xiao Yan, Xiao Long accepted her renewed devotion and prepared a meal for her. He also used the System to acquire a wood attribute spiritual root, then found Xiao Xun'er asleep while he went to call her.

• Xiao Xun'er pleaded for Xiao Long's attention, and he demanded to know what had changed.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that seeing Xiao Yan with Xiao Mei had ended her lingering attachment to Xiao Yan, and she promised to devote herself to Xiao Long.
• Xiao Long learned that Xiao Xun'er had wanted to cook him a surprise, but she admitted that she could not cook.
• Xiao Long bought and implanted a King grade wood attribute spiritual root from the System, then purchased a dozen spiritual-herb dishes from the System Mall.
• After arranging the food, Xiao Long found Xiao Xun'er asleep on the bed and went to call her.

Xiao Long spent the night with Xiao Xun'er, then demonstrated his newly learned alchemy by refining a first-grade Rejuvenation Pill. He sent Xiao Xun'er to the main hall to meet visitors from the Misty Cloud Sect while he finished his business.

• Xiao Long woke Xiao Xun'er and shared strong wine with her until she became drunk, then held her as they slept.
• Xiao Xun'er woke late the next morning, found Xiao Long refining pills, and questioned whether alchemy would distract him from cultivation.
• Xiao Long finished refining a first-grade Rejuvenation Pill and handed it to Xiao Xun'er, who praised his skill and asked to take it.
• Xiao Long told Xiao Xun'er the pill was an aphrodisiac, and she blushed and decided not to take it.
• Xiao Long told Xiao Xun'er to wait in the main hall and check on the visitors from the Misty Cloud Sect while he took care of something.

Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Family to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and the dispute escalated into a fight and a challenge to Xiao Long. Xiao Xun'er rebuked the Misty Cloud Sect disciple who insulted Xiao Long, then he turned his attention to her.

• Xiao Xun'er joined the gathering in the main hall as Nalan Yanran mocked Xiao Yan's cultivation and Xiao Zhan defended his son.
• Xiao Yan wrote a letter of divorce and fought Nalan Yanran's companion with Eight Level Collapse, gaining a slight advantage.
• A Xiao Family disciple praised its sixteen-year-old Dou Practitioners, prompting Nalan Yanran's companion to demand that Xiao Long appear and fight him.
• When Xiao Long did not show up, the Misty Cloud Sect disciple mocked him, and Xiao Xun'er stood up to defend him.
• The Misty Cloud Sect disciple noticed Xiao Xun'er and asked who she was.

Xiao Xun'er frightened Yun Xuan into collapsing after he threatened her, and Xiao Zhan rejected Ge Ye's demand to take her back to the Misty Cloud Sect. The dispute between the Xiao Family and the Misty Cloud Sect escalated as Xiao Zhan refused to surrender a clan member.

• Yun Xuan threatened Xiao Xun'er after she insulted the Misty Cloud Sect, and she challenged him to fight her instead.
• Yun Xuan attacked Xiao Xun'er, but her terrifying gaze made him collapse and lose control of himself.
• Xiao Xun'er returned to her seat, while Ge Ye confronted Xiao Zhan over how the Xiao Family had treated the Misty Cloud Sect's party.
• Xiao Zhan mocked Yun Xuan's humiliation and rejected Ge Ye's demand to take Xiao Xun'er back to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Zhan erupted at the demand and refused to hand over a member of his family.

Xiao Long drove Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect away from the Xiao Family, earning the family a public victory. Afterward, he asked Xiao Xun'er about her strength as he planned to take Yao Chen from Xiao Yan and sought her help.

• Nalan Yanran invoked her Master, the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master, to pressure Xiao Zhan into accepting the broken engagement.
• Xiao Long challenged Nalan Yanran to fight and ordered her group to leave the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran feared Xiao Long's strength and led the Misty Cloud Sect members away without accepting his challenge.
• The Xiao Family celebrated its victory, while Xiao Yan resented Xiao Long for taking the spotlight.
• Xiao Long asked Xiao Xun'er what level she had reached because he wanted her help dealing with Yao Chen.

Xiao Long learned that Xiao Xun'er had reached Nine-star Dou King and sent her to cultivate while he prepared to hunt down the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. After exchanging for a level-twelve Green Leopard Beast, he challenged the lion king in the Monster Forest, where their fight was about to begin.

• Xiao Long learned that Xiao Xun'er was a Nine-star Dou King and told her to refine the remaining Emperor Blood while he pursued his own plans.
• Xiao Long decided that Heavenly Flames and Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Flame could raise his cultivation, so he spent twelve thousand Exchange Points on Green Leopard Beast.
• Xiao Long piloted Green Leopard Beast into the Monster Forest to take revenge on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King recognized Green Leopard Beast as the metal machine whose flying companion he had destroyed with Hedong Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Long challenged the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and decided to take him as a mount, while the lion king prepared to demonstrate his roar.

Xiao Long used the Green Leopard Beast’s loudspeakers and weapons to counter the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s roar and Purple Fire. He repeatedly fired the Energy Cannon at her as she took to the air, leaving the fight ongoing.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King unleashed a deafening roar, and Xiao Long bought soundproof headphones to endure it.
• Xiao Long bought one hundred loudspeakers and amplified the Green Leopard Beast’s taunts, overpowering the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s roar.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King attacked with Purple Fire, but Xiao Long split the flames with the Green Leopard Beast’s saber.
• Xiao Long fired the Green Leopard Beast’s Energy Cannon at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s wing while she breathed fire.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King dodged by flying, while Xiao Long continued firing despite the Green Leopard Beast being unable to fly.

Xiao Long defeated the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and tried to force him to become his subordinate, using the lion king’s son as leverage. He revealed a Humanoid Pill, tempting the king with the transformation and breakthrough he had long desired.

• Xiao Long wounded the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with cannon fire and severed one of his wings with a thrown machete, making him crash to the ground.
• Xiao Long threatened the fallen king with death and warned that his son would be vulnerable to former enemies if he died.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King refused to become Xiao Long’s little brother, despite realizing Xiao Long did not intend to kill him.
• Xiao Long produced a Humanoid Pill and said he had another for the lion king’s son, leaving the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King desperate for the pills.

Xiao Long subdued the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with a Humanoid Pill and a Myriad Gu Pill, then collected his Purple Spirit Crystals. After refining all fourteen crystals, Xiao Long reached the Four-star Dou Master stage before Xiao Xun'er emerged from seclusion.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King agreed to become Xiao Long's subordinate after seeing the Humanoid Pills and fearing death.
• Xiao Long made the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King swallow a Myriad Gu Pill and gave him healing medicine for his injuries.
• Xiao Long demanded Purple Spirit Crystals, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King brought him more than a dozen from his cave.
• Xiao Long gave the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King another Humanoid Pill and sent him back while keeping him available for later plans against Yao Chen.
• Xiao Long returned to the Xiao Family and refined all fourteen Purple Spirit Crystals before Xiao Xun'er emerged from seclusion four days later, reaching the Four-star Dou Master stage.

Xiao Long asked Xiao Xun'er to lure Xiao Yan to the Monster Forest, intending to seize Yao Chen. Xiao Yan received the letter and believed Xiao Xun'er might want to reunite, while Yao Chen warned him not to lower his guard.

• Xiao Long told Xiao Xun'er to write Xiao Yan a letter inviting him to the Monster Forest.
• Xiao Xun'er worried Xiao Yan would not dare enter the forest's core region, but Xiao Long insisted he would come because Yao Chen was protecting him.
• Xiao Long asked Xiao Xun'er about her strength, and she revealed she had reached Five-star Dou Emperor after refining five drops of Qing Luan Emperor Blood.
• Xiao Yan received Xiao Xun'er's letter and thought she might have changed her mind about him.
• Yao Chen cautioned Xiao Yan that the invitation might be a trap, while Xiao Yan expressed confidence in Yao Chen's protection.

Xiao Long lured Xiao Yan into the Monster Forest and demanded the ring that held Yao Chen, then revealed his Four-star Dou Master cultivation and attacked him. As Xiao Long unleashed Nine Layered Waves, Xiao Yan’s aura suddenly surged to overwhelming strength.

• Xiao Yan traveled deep into the Monster Forest to meet Xiao Xun'er and found her in Xiao Long’s arms.
• Xiao Long revealed that he had arranged the meeting and demanded the ring Xiao Yan’s mother had left him.
• Xiao Long released his Four-star Dou Master cultivation, shocking Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Long insulted Xiao Yan and attacked him with the ninth layer of Nine Layered Waves while Xiao Xun'er did not intervene.
• Xiao Yan’s aura surged more than a hundredfold as he shouted, "Eight Extremes Collapse!"

Xiao Yan used Yao Chen’s power to overpower Xiao Long and tried to win Xiao Xun’er back, but Xiao Long exposed Yao Chen’s presence. With Xiao Xun’er revealed as a Five-star Dou Emperor and the Purple Gold Winged Lion King joining them, Xiao Long forced Yao Chen to negotiate.

• Xiao Yan blocked Xiao Long’s attack with Yao Chen’s power and boasted that he could command it.
• Xiao Yan urged Xiao Xun’er to return to him, but she rejected him, and Xiao Long called out Yao Chen from the ring.
• Yao Chen emerged and threatened Xiao Long and Xiao Xun’er, who revealed her Five-star Dou Emperor strength.
• Yao Chen claimed his Nine-star Dou Emperor power would defeat Xiao Xun’er, but Xiao Long summoned the Purple Gold Winged Lion King to oppose him.
• Xiao Long warned that Xiao Yan could not survive a fight between Dou Emperors, and Yao Chen asked him to state his terms.

Yao Chen agreed to join Xiao Long after learning that nearby Heavenly Flames could help him regain a body, and Xiao Long offered to spare Xiao Yan if he became his lackey. Xiao Yan’s demand for Xiao Xun’er enraged her, and she struck him down, leaving him near death.

• Xiao Long persuaded Yao Chen to join his faction by promising to forge him a body using three Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Chen agreed after learning of the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame, and Han Feng’s Sea Heart Blue.
• Xiao Long offered to keep Xiao Yan alive as his lackey, and Xiao Yan said he would accept if Xiao Long gave him Xiao Xun’er.
• Xiao Long rejected Xiao Yan’s demand and told Xiao Xun’er to punish him.
• Xiao Xun’er struck Xiao Yan, warned him to stay away, and left him with only one breath; Yao Chen watched without intervening.

Xiao Long took Yao Chen’s possessions and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then explained the Flame Mantra’s origin to Xiao Xun'er and gave her a copy. The Purple Gold Winged Lion King began preparing for Humanoid Transformation, while Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er discussed their paths toward becoming Dou Di.

• Xiao Long stored Yao Chen and took his treasures, techniques, formulas, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, promising to forge him a physical body within two years.
• Yao Chen stayed in the volcano beneath the Purple Gold Winged Lion King's cave mansion while the beast drove nearby Fifth-tier Magical Beasts away and began preparing for Humanoid Transformation.
• Xiao Long returned to the Xiao Family, where Xiao Xun'er asked whether the Flame Mantra had been practiced by Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Long told Xiao Xun'er that Tou She Ancient God had been a Heavenly Flame that devoured twenty-two ranked flames and gained the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Xun'er asked to cultivate the Flame Mantra, but gave up when Xiao Long said only one person in each era could reach Dou Di through it.
• Xiao Long said he had other ways to reach Dou Di and gave Xiao Xun'er a copied Flame Mantra.

Xiao Long gave Xiao Xun'er the Flame Mantra and then used the system to refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in stages. After absorbing all three portions, he reached the Three-star Dou Spirit realm and looked ahead to gaining more Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Long gave Xiao Xun'er the Flame Mantra, and she left to cultivate with the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame within her.
• Xiao Long asked the Exchange System for help refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and it divided the flame into three portions for a fee of one thousand Exchange Points.
• Xiao Long refined the weakest portion, breaking through to the two-star Da Dou Shi realm and raising the Flame Mantra to Yellow Tier Advanced.
• Xiao Long refined the middle portion, reaching the nine-star Da Dou Shi realm as the Flame Mantra advanced to Mysterious Tier Primary.
• Xiao Long refined the final portion, reaching the Three-star Dou Spirit realm and raising the Flame Mantra to Mysterious Tier Intermediate.
• Xiao Long considered how acquiring more Heavenly Flames could help him reach higher realms.

After Xiao Xun'er emerged from seclusion as a Two-star Dou Zun, Xiao Long left Wuketan City with Yao Chen and her to travel toward the Tagor Desert. On the way, they encountered a group led by a yellow-haired man who ogled Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Long noticed Xiao Yi Xian among the newcomers.

• Xiao Xun'er refined the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame, reached Two-star Dou Zun, and advanced the Flame Mantra to mid-tier Earth-class.
• Xiao Long left cultivation resources with Ya Fei and the Xiao Family's Second Elder, then departed with Xiao Xun'er and Yao Chen, leaving the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to guard the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er traveled on foot toward the Tagor Desert because Xiao Long hoped to find Qingshan Town and Xiao Yi Xian.
• A group of forty or fifty people approached, and their yellow-haired leader ignored Xiao Long to flirt with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Long noticed Xiao Yi Xian among the group and lingered on her appearance.

Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er joined Mu Li's mercenary party and traveled to Qingshan Town, where Mu Li secretly planned to abduct them. Xiao Long left Xiao Yi Xian and went with Mu Li to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Xun'er grew hostile toward Xiao Yi Xian after noticing Xiao Long looking at her, while Mu Li invited the couple to Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Long accepted Mu Li's invitation before Xiao Xun'er could answer, and the couple joined the mercenary group.
• Xiao Yi Xian felt neglected after Xiao Xun'er joined and warned Xiao Long that Mu Li had bad intentions.
• Xiao Long told Xiao Yi Xian that he was already a Dou Ling, impressing her and leaving Xiao Xun'er jealous.
• After the group reached Qingshan Town, Xiao Long accepted Mu Li's invitation to visit the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and left Xiao Yi Xian behind.

Xiao Xun'er revealed her overwhelming power when Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group tried to assault her, then burned the mercenaries to ashes. Xiao Long sent her to destroy the rest of the group while he went to take care of something, prompting Xiao Xun'er to suspect he was seeking the fox spirit they had met earlier.

• Mu Li led Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er to a remote area and ordered his men to restrain Xiao Long while he tried to assault Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er revealed she could immobilize Mu Li, blinded him, and removed his limbs with her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xun'er burned every member of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group present to ashes with the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Long scolded Xiao Xun'er for her cruel methods and told her to wipe out the rest of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Xun'er asked whether Xiao Long was going to find the fox spirit they had met on the road, and Xiao Long challenged her objection.

Xiao Xun'er accused Xiao Long of planning to abandon her for another woman, but he reassured her and explained that he had only visited Xiao Yi Xian to deliver the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. After they made up, Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er set out to eliminate the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s leader and key members.

• Xiao Xun'er cried and confronted Xiao Long, accusing him of using her and abandoning Ya Fei for other women.
• Xiao Long reassured Xiao Xun'er that he would not leave her and told her about his past with Ya Fei.
• Xiao Long explained that he had visited Xiao Yi Xian only to deliver the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, not to sleep with her.
• Xiao Long playfully punished Xiao Xun'er after she admitted she had misunderstood him.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er went to wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s leader and key members.

Xiao Long visited Xiao Yi Xian with Xiao Xun'er and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture after revealing that he knew she had a Calamity Poison Body. After they left the Monster Forest, Xiao Long suggested racing with Xiao Xun'er as they headed for the desert.

• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where Xiao Xun'er teased Xiao Long about someone who admired Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Long recognized Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body, and she admitted that he was right.
• Xiao Long gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture he had found in the Monster Forest, and she thanked him.
• Xiao Xun'er apologized to Xiao Long after they left, and Xiao Long suggested they race on their way to the desert.
• Xiao Xun'er called Xiao Long bad and punched his chest, while Xiao Long remembered how their previous race had ended.