Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling used ten extraction attempts and obtained valuable pills, Huang Tian Di's milk can, and a Meteor God Weapon suited to his fire and space attributes. After Zi Yan and Qing Lin returned, he learned Qing Lin had awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and contracted six snake pets, then prepared to leave with them to find the Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Ling used ten extraction attempts and received Gold Coins, pills, Huang Tian Di's milk can filled with energy-rich beast milk, and a Meteor God Weapon.
• Xiao Ling examined the Meteor God Weapon, found that its fire attribute strengthened his attacks, and stored it for later use when his cultivation was higher.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin arrived at the Map Shop, and Xiao Ling gave Zi Yan pills in exchange for the herbs she had gathered.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had awakened and showed him six contracted snake pets, including a fourth-order Green Phosphorus Snake.
• Xiao Ling told Zi Yan and Qing Lin they would set out to find the Heavenly Flame hidden in the Tagor Desert, and both agreed.

Xiao Ling led Qing Lin and Zi Yan into the Underground Magma World to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After locating a powerful snake-like creature beneath the magma, he drew it out, and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked him.

• Xiao Ling summoned Void Dragon and took Qing Lin and Zi Yan toward the Heavenly Flame location marked on Hai Bodong's map.
• Xiao Ling used his Soul Perception to find a concealed passage beneath the desert and led the girls down through its branching tunnels.
• Xiao Ling identified a passage leading toward the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the three reached the vast Underground Magma World.
• Xiao Ling asked Qing Lin to sense the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then attacked the magma to attract it while Zi Yan and Qing Lin watched from the passage.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake burst from the magma and lunged at Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling captured the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and had Qing Lin subdue it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After the snake recovered and revealed it knew where the Heavenly Flame was, Xiao Ling followed it into the magma to find the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Qing Lin and Zi Yan waiting on shore.

• Xiao Ling injured the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and dragged it from the magma with Suction Palm.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the snake, then grew dizzy from spending too much Soul Power.
• Xiao Ling gave the snake a healing pill, and Qing Lin learned that it knew where the Heavenly Flame was.
• Xiao Ling assured Qing Lin and Zi Yan that his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame would protect him, then followed the snake into the magma.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake led Xiao Ling toward a passage into the deeper magma, where violent currents surged around them.

Xiao Ling found and harvested the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Underground Magma World, then returned to Desert City with Zi Yan and Qing Lin. After planning their trip to the Imperial Capital, he prepared to use the Green Lotus Seat and its lotus seeds to strengthen his cultivation before devouring the flame.

• Xiao Ling followed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake through the magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ling cut the Green Lotus Seat from its root stalk and stored it with the Green Lotus Core Flame in the System Space.
• Xiao Ling returned safely to Zi Yan and Qing Lin, showed them the flame, and led them back to Desert City.
• Xiao Ling told Zi Yan and Qing Lin they would head for the Imperial Capital the next morning and that he planned to enter seclusion to advance toward Dou Huang.
• Xiao Ling decided to raise his cultivation with the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds and a Dou Ling Pill before devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ling sat on the Green Lotus Seat, where the Fire Attribute Dou Qi in his body began circulating faster.

Xiao Ling used an Earth Fire Lotus Seed to advance to Five-Star Dou King, then traveled with Qing Lin and Zi Yan to Qingshan Town. At Myriad Medicine House, he bought Blood Lotus Essence and reached Xiao Yi Xian, whose first meeting with him left a powerful impression.

• Xiao Ling refined an Earth Fire Lotus Seed overnight and broke through to Five-Star Dou King on the Green Lotus Platform.
• Xiao Ling showed Zi Yan an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, praised Qing Lin's cultivation, and left Desert City with both girls on Void Dragon.
• Xiao Ling arrived in Qingshan Town and entered Myriad Medicine House with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan identified a rare herb in a display case, and Xiao Ling bought it along with several other medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Ling bribed a clerk with a Second-grade Pill to meet Xiao Yi Xian, and her maid Li Fei led them to the courtyard.
• Xiao Ling saw Xiao Yi Xian studying beneath a pine tree and was deeply struck by her appearance.

Xiao Ling persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to guide him to a cliffside cave by offering medicinal herbs and an Alchemist’s Notes. The group reached the cave, where Xiao Yi Xian shared a painful memory from her childhood as they continued deeper inside.

• Xiao Ling met Xiao Yi Xian and confirmed that he was a Sixth-grade Alchemist, then asked about a cave she had found in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ling offered Xiao Yi Xian herbs, Alchemist’s Notes, and first choice of the cave’s treasures in exchange for leading them there, and she accepted.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Ling flew Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the cave, while rumors spread in Qingshan Town that Xiao Yi Xian had been abducted by Dou Wang experts.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin entered the cave and began exploring it.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ling that her mother had died in an accident and that she had never known her father, then continued deeper into the cave.

Xiao Ling and his companions entered a hidden chamber, where he found a second Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and the group divided the treasures inside. Xiao Yi Xian discovered that she possessed the Calamity Poison Body and broke down in fear, while Xiao Ling assured her that its side effects could be resolved.

• Zi Yan smashed the stone door with one punch, and Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan entered the chamber.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered rare medicinal herbs while Qing Lin found keys on the skeleton and uncovered a scroll hidden among its bones.
• Xiao Ling recognized the scroll as the second Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and explained why he needed to collect all four fragments.
• Xiao Ling opened the three Stone Boxes, and Xiao Yi Xian chose the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture while Xiao Ling kept the Mad Lion Chant and Purple Cloud Wings.
• After reading the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian learned that she had the Calamity Poison Body and wept over its deadly consequences.
• Xiao Yi Xian begged Xiao Ling to cure her, and he comforted her by saying the condition's side effects could be resolved.

Xiao Ling persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to stay with him by explaining ways to manage the Calamity Poison Body and giving her a Ring and cultivation pills. He brought her back to Qingshan Town, settled matters with Mr. Yao, and then flew with the others to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Zi Yan immediately wanted to steal its medicinal herbs.

• Xiao Ling explained the Heavenly Flame and Poison Pill methods for resolving the Calamity Poison Body’s side effects, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay with him.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian a Ring and pills, then accompanied her to the Myriad Medicine House, where he compensated Mr. Yao for caring for her.
• Xiao Ling and his companions left for the Jia Ma Imperial Capital as news of his return and the Xiao Family’s rise spread through the empire.
• Xiao Ling arrived at the Imperial Capital with Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian riding on Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan sensed rare medicinal herbs in the city and proposed stealing them, but Xiao Ling told her not to take what belonged to others.

Xiao Ling arrived in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital aboard the Void Dragon, announced his strength to the city’s leading factions, and returned to the Xiao Family with valuable techniques and pills. He accepted an ancient jade from Xiao Zhan, recognized it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and later Xiao Yan studied a book on pharmacology.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained to Zi Yan that Imperial Capital factions would likely offer Xiao Ling medicinal ingredients to gain his favor.
• Xiao Ling transformed the Void Dragon and flew into the Imperial Capital, where Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, Fama, Mu Zhan, and Nalan Jie met him.
• Xiao Ling agreed to refine a pill for Jia Xing Tian and said he would begin after receiving three portions of ingredients the next day.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, gave its elders cultivation techniques, combat skills, and five Spirit Breaking Pills, and accepted Xiao Zhan’s Jade Pendant instead of becoming Clan Leader.
• Xiao Ling identified the Jade Pendant as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and warned Zi Yan that it was both precious and dangerous.
• Xiao Yan read the Compendium of Pharmacology that Yao Yue had given him as he considered learning Alchemy Art.

Xiao Ling examined Xiao Yan and uncovered Yao Chen hiding in the Bone Flame Ring, then challenged the remnant soul’s motives and offer to become his mentor. Yao Chen revealed his identity and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Xiao Ling displayed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan to Xiao Ling so Xiao Ling could examine Xiao Yan’s cultivation problem, and Xiao Yan apologized for his past prejudice.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan a Yellow Dragon Pill and used his Spirit Realm Soul Power to investigate Xiao Yan’s body as he cultivated.
• Xiao Ling discovered that Yao Chen was secretly draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, put Xiao Yan to sleep, and removed the Bone Flame Ring.
• Yao Chen emerged from the ring and explained that he had drained Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to temper him and had planned to take him as a disciple.
• Yao Chen identified himself as Venerable Yao and offered to help Xiao Ling become a powerhouse, then displayed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Ling revealed his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, which stirred in response to Yao Chen’s Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Ling and Yao Chen negotiated over Yao Chen’s future body and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then agreed that Yao Chen would teach Qing Lin. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling returning to the Cultivation Room, where Xiao Yan had awakened and was cultivating.

• Xiao Ling revealed that he practiced Fen Jue and had absorbed several Beast Fires and a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Child Flame, prompting Yao Chen to offer him the Bone Spirit Cold Flame if he became his disciple.
• Xiao Ling declined to become Yao Chen’s disciple but introduced Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils gave her exceptional cultivation potential.
• Qing Lin agreed to become Yao Chen’s disciple after confirming she could stay with Xiao Ling, and they completed an Apprenticeship Ceremony with the Bone Flame Ring entrusted to her.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Ling his Alchemist’s Notes and the Black Demon Cauldron, and provided Cultivation Techniques and Combat Skills for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Cultivation Room and found Xiao Yan awake and cultivating Dou Qi.

Xiao Ling helped Xiao Yan regain his cultivation and arranged for him to study under Elder Huo at Jia Nan Academy. After delivering a Sect Breaking Pill to Yao Ye, Xiao Ling prepared to enter seclusion to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Yao Chen to watch over the three girls.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ling about his missing ring, accepted pills and cultivation resources, and agreed to strive to become Elder Huo's disciple.
• Xiao Ling explored the Xiao Family estate, then returned to his courtyard and began refining an Earth Fire Lotus Seed.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that Princess Royal Yao Ye had brought medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Ling met her in the reception hall.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Ye a finished peak Sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill, and she returned to the Imperial Palace with it.
• Xiao Ling gave Zi Yan pills for her and Void Dragon, informed the three girls he would be secluded for nearly half a year, and asked Yao Chen to look after them.
• Xiao Ling entered the Cultivation Room to prepare for his seclusion and the refinement of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Over six months, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin advanced rapidly while Xiao Yan regained his talent and became a rising star in the Jia Ma Empire. At the Xiao Family, Nalan Yanran decided to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion close to reaching the Dou Ling realm.

• Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Da Dou Shi Peak after activating her Calamity Poison Body, while Qing Lin reached Dou Master Peak and subdued three fifth-order snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan rose to Three-Star Dou Practitioner and became a First-Grade Alchemist, renewing discussion of his engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wanted to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun agreed to accompany her to the Xiao Family the next day.
• Qing Lin fed her Snake Pets in the Xiao Family courtyard while Yao Chen watched over her.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yao Chen she had absorbed all her poison, and he judged that she was nearing a breakthrough to Dou Ling.

Xiao Yi Xian grew more hopeful that Xiao Ling could resolve the side effects of her Calamity Poison Body, while Xiao Ling remained in seclusion. At the Xiao Family reception, Nalan Yanran surprised everyone by asking Xiao Zhan to dissolve her marriage agreement with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian discussed the Calamity Poison Body with Yao Chen and felt reassured when he confirmed Xiao Ling could eventually meet the requirements to resolve its side effects.
• Yao Chen sensed Xiao Ling's energy gathering in his Cultivation Room, concealed the disturbance, and predicted he would emerge the next day.
• Xiao Yan practiced Eight Extremes Collapse, then went to the Reception Hall to meet the Misty Cloud Sect visitors, who were led by Yun Yun and accompanied by Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family welcomed Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation while Zi Yan represented Xiao Ling, who was still cultivating.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Zhan that she had come to dissolve her marriage agreement with Xiao Yan, leaving the hall stunned.

Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun came to the Xiao Family to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, offering valuable compensation. Xiao Yan accepted the annulment but challenged Nalan Yanran to a duel over the public insult, defeated her, and left the Misty Cloud Sect shocked by his strength.

• Nalan Yanran announced that she wanted to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun offered the Xiao Family pills and cultivation techniques as compensation.
• Xiao Yan rejected the compensation and proposed a duel at equal cultivation levels, saying he would accept the annulment if Nalan Yanran won but publicly repudiate her if she lost.
• Nalan Yanran attacked Xiao Yan with her Wind Spirit Fractal Sword, but he dodged two strikes, endured the third, and rushed in with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran with a single strike, and Zi Yan declared him the winner.
• Xiao Zhan checked Xiao Yan’s injured shoulder, and Xiao Yan healed it with a Second-grade Healing Pill as the Misty Cloud Sect stewards gathered around Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran and negotiated compensation from the Misty Cloud Sect instead of publicly divorcing her at the Nalan Family's doorstep. Xiao Ling emerged from half a year of seclusion as a four-star Dou Emperor, reunited with his companions, and learned what had happened at the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran and declared that he would visit the Nalan Family to divorce her.
• Yun Yun offered Misty Cloud Sect techniques, pills, and medicinal ingredients to prevent a public divorce, and Xiao Yan accepted compensation while ending the engagement peacefully.
• Xiao Ling broke through to the four-star Dou Emperor Realm, and his aura shattered the Soul Barrier around his Cultivation Room.
• Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Chen welcomed Xiao Ling as he left seclusion, and Xiao Ling noted Xiao Yi Xian's awakened Calamity Poison Body.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling about the Misty Cloud Sect's visit and Xiao Yan's settlement, and Xiao Ling considered the danger the sect's connection to the Soul Hall posed.
• Xiao Ling summoned his System Panel and checked his updated cultivation and abilities.

Xiao Ling used ten extraction attempts, gained several powerful items, and gave Xiao Yi Xian techniques suited to her future growth. He spent the following months studying alchemy with Yao Chen and sharing peaceful days with his companions before advising Xiao Yan, whose connection to the imperial princess became a source of teasing.

• Xiao Ling extracted the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Scripture, the Ling Clan Tou She Ancient God Jade, Companion Purple Crystal Source, Thunder Emperor Scripture, and other items, then kept the dangerous clan treasures stored away.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Scripture and Taiyi Soul Art, and later gave Zi Yan the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Xiao Ling studied alchemy under Yao Chen, improved his skills, and agreed to hand Han Feng over to Yao Chen once he was strong enough to capture him.
• Xiao Ling spent the next two months studying, sightseeing with his companions, and helping Xiao Yan with alchemy.
• Xiao Ling teased Xiao Yan about receiving a Sixth Rank Dark Sea Flood Dragon Beast Fire through Yao Yue's connections, and Xiao Yan turned away bashfully.

Xiao Ling agreed to cure Nalan Jie’s Branded Poison in exchange for the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, which he gave to Yao Chen to use in preparing a low-grade Seventh-grade Pill. Xiao Ling then began treating Nalan Jie with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Nalan Jie trembled as it entered his body.

• Xiao Ling dismissed Nalan Jie’s apology for Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement and learned that Nalan Jie was suffering from Branded Poison.
• Nalan Jie offered medicinal ingredients as payment, and Xiao Ling asked for the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva instead.
• Nalan Jie agreed to provide the ingredient, and the Nalan Family delivered it to Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling gave the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to Yao Chen, who planned to use it to prepare a low-grade Seventh-grade Pill for Xiao Ling to refine.
• Xiao Ling went to Nalan Mansion, examined Nalan Jie, and confirmed the poison was spreading through his flesh.
• Xiao Ling sent the Green Lotus Core Flame into Nalan Jie’s body to remove the Branded Poison, causing Nalan Jie to tremble violently.

Xiao Ling removed the Branded Poison from Nalan Jie, then visited the Alchemist Guild to search for a fragment containing the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations. He found a mysterious Jade Pendant instead and rejected Fama’s offer to make him president of the guild.

• Xiao Ling used the Green Lotus Core Flame and his healing skill to remove all the Branded Poison from Nalan Jie, then left the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Ling searched the Alchemist Guild’s trading area for the fragment but traded a Spirit Ascension Pill to Wang for a mysterious Jade Pendant with a concealed soul fluctuation.
• Fama invited Xiao Ling to the Reception Hall and asked him to join the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild.
• Fama offered to relinquish the presidency to Xiao Ling, but Xiao Ling refused and said he had no plans to join any faction.

Xiao Ling became an Honorary Elder of the Alchemist Guild, searched its pill recipes, and learned the illusion Dou Technique Illusory Dream Spirit Shadow from a jade pendant. After practicing it, he received a visit from Ya Fei, who invited him to the Mittel Family to collect ingredients for three Spirit Replenishing Purple Pills and choose his reward.

• Xiao Ling accepted the Alchemist Guild's honorary title, and Fa Ma gave him an elder token and agreed to search for damaged black jade fragments.
• Xiao Ling discussed alchemy with Fa Ma, examined the guild's pill recipes, and added the Sixth-grade Spirit Fusion Pill recipe to his collection.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian the Branded Poison extracted from Nalan Jie, then used his Soul Perception on a jade pendant and discovered the illusion Dou Technique Illusory Dream Spirit Shadow.
• Xiao Ling practiced Illusory Dream Spirit Shadow over the following days and demonstrated its illusion of a small cat to Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen.
• Ya Fei visited Xiao Ling and invited him to the Mittel Family, where the Grand Elder had gathered ingredients for three Spirit Replenishing Purple Pills and prepared a reward for him to select.