Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions stopped at Yuelai Inn, where they ordered a feast and joked about her dancing. As they enjoyed the food, Fu Ya, Zi Yan, and Xiao Lan teamed up to steal wine from Xiao Yi Xian’s Wine Gourd.

• Xiao Yi Xian led Zi Yan, Fu Ya, and Xiao Lan into Yuelai Inn and ordered a private room with all the signature dishes.
• Xiao Lan praised Xiao Yi Xian’s dancing, prompting Zi Yan and Fu Ya to admit they had not known she could dance.
• The group eagerly ate the eighteen dishes, while Xiao Yi Xian wondered whether she should find a Form Transformation Pill for Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused to share her wine, but Fu Ya restrained her, Xiao Lan blocked her view, and Zi Yan poured wine for them all.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed the others drinking from her Wine Gourd while they pretended nothing had happened.

Xiao Yi Xian watched the courtesan queen's poetry challenge and disguised herself as Xiao Yan to confront the You Sect disciple Qian Shang. She introduced herself as the sect master of Canaan Panmen and answered his challenge with a bold poem while riding her flying sword.

• Xiao Yi Xian silently endured watching Zi Yan, Fu Ya, and another companion drink her wine, then decided to let them off and drank from her Wine Gourd.
• A courtesan queen offered to waive a man's bill and spend a day and night with whoever recited a poem that moved her.
• A You Sect disciple recited a boastful poem onstage, and Xiao Yi Xian transformed her appearance into Xiao Yan's and descended to challenge him.
• The You Sect disciple revealed himself as Qian Shang, the You Sect's Saint Son, while people from the You Sect and Poison Sect watched from private rooms.
• Xiao Yi Xian rode Spirit Control, drank wine, and recited a grand poem, declaring herself Xiao Yan, sect master of Canaan Panmen.

Disguised as Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian defeated Qian Shang and used the contest to get a free meal, then returned to her companions. After hearing rumors of disappearances and dried corpses in the west of the city, she decided the group would investigate there that night.

• Xiao Yi Xian won the courtesan’s contest, then cut off Qian Shang’s arm when he attacked her.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent Qian Shang away with a stone bearing an insulting message, causing him to faint again.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused the courtesan’s advances and left the room in less than a minute, confusing the watching crowd.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to her companions, changed back, and shared the free meal with Zi Yan, Fu Ya, and Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yi Xian overheard rumors that people in the west of the city vanished and became dried corpses, so she suggested investigating there that night.

Xiao Yi Xian, Fu Ya, Zi Yan, and Xiao Lan investigated a desolate part of the city and discovered six coffins arranged around a withered tree. After they destroyed the Dou Ling-level puppets inside, a mysterious figure appeared on a rooftop.

• Xiao Yi Xian used her soul force to locate a withered tree and six coffins, but the coffin lids blocked her probing.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Fu Ya, Zi Yan, and Xiao Lan approached the coffins, and Zi Yan opened one to reveal a dried corpse.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Fu Ya realized the corpse was likely a puppet, then retreated as the other five coffins opened and six figures emerged.
• Fu Ya burned the six Dou Ling-level puppets with Sacred Fire after Xiao Yi Xian explained that the coffins appeared to form an arrangement around the tree.
• A mysterious black figure appeared on a rooftop and applauded, surprising Xiao Yi Xian and Fu Ya.

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions encountered Zhao Ren Tian, the Nether Sect’s Peak Dou Emperor, while inspecting a puppet formation, and agreed to leave him alone as he studied the coffins. After settling in an intact house, Xiao Yi Xian asked Fu Ya about formations and learned that the Elf Race had inherited three types.

• Zhao Ren Tian introduced himself as the Nether Sect’s master and said he had come to study the You Sect’s puppet formation.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Fu Ya and Zi Yan to rest in a nearby house, deciding not to attack Zhao Ren Tian.
• Fu Ya told Xiao Yi Xian that the Elf Race had inherited warning, defensive, and offensive formations.
• Fu Ya explained that the offensive formation required five people to activate.

Xiao Yi Xian learned Fu Ya’s formations and quickly mastered a defensive barrier, then created a spectacular meteor shower for Zi Yan. Zhao Ren Tian watched the display before turning his attention back to the six coffins.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Fu Ya to teach her three formations while Zi Yan swallowed a crab she found in the courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian failed twice at linking the formation’s points of light, then studied Fu Ya’s demonstration and successfully formed a barrier around the courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian promised Zi Yan a meteor shower, removed her Mask, and sent a pillar of light into the sky that burst into green-flamed meteors.
• People across the area watched the meteor shower and wished upon it, while Zhao Ren Tian studied Xiao Yi Xian before refocusing on the six coffins.

Xiao Yi Xian left Fu Ya in charge of Zi Yan and Xiao Lan and headed for the Nether Poison Marsh, where Qian Shang and the You Sect ambushed her. She defeated the three Dou Wang deacons with a Dragon Roar and fought their Dou Emperor elder as her Morning Flower Evening Shadow technique filled the sky with deadly petals.

• Xiao Yi Xian departed for the Nether Poison Marsh after asking Fu Ya to look after Zi Yan and Xiao Lan.
• Qian Shang led You Sect forces in an ambush, and Xiao Yi Xian revealed Xiao Yan's face before defeating three Dou Wang deacons with a Dragon Roar.
• The You Sect's Dou Emperor elder challenged Xiao Yi Xian, and they exchanged blows in the sky.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Spirit Control and unleashed Morning Flower Evening Shadow, filling the area with razor-sharp petals that frightened the elder.

Xiao Yi Xian killed the old Dou Emperor with her Natal Venom and overwhelmed the You Sect disciples who tried to attack her. She took their Storage Rings and left for the Nether Poison Marsh, while her poison later killed the remaining force; Qian Shang was the only one to escape.

• Xiao Yi Xian's Natal Venom stopped the old Dou Emperor's Dou Qi, and her sword light killed him.
• The You Sect disciples attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but she scattered their Dou Techniques, killed some, and ordered the rest not to move.
• Qian Shang fled toward his sect, vowing to return with reinforcements, while Xiao Yi Xian took the Storage Rings and flew toward the Nether Poison Marsh.
• After Xiao Yi Xian left, her poison caused hundreds of You Sect disciples to explode into blood mist, wiping out the force except for Qian Shang.

Xiao Yi Xian entered the Nether Poison Marsh, absorbed its Poisonous Gas, and searched for the Hall of Rebirth while cultivating. She left the chapter advancing deeper into the marsh, with a breakthrough to four-star Dou Emperor within reach.

• Xiao Yi Xian changed into women's clothing and flew to the Nether Poison Marsh on her flying sword.
• Xiao Yi Xian used the Dragon Pearl to devour Poisonous Gas while she searched for traces of the Hall of Rebirth and felt her cultivation advancing.
• Xiao Yi Xian played Long Qin and recited Guang Ling San as she reflected on her resolve to forge her own path.
• Xiao Yi Xian descended into the Poison Marsh and walked across its unstable surface using Dou Qi and soul power to navigate.
• Xiao Yi Xian continued deeper into the marsh, absorbing the surrounding Poisonous Gas into her energy.

Xiao Yi Xian explored the Nether Poison Marsh, absorbed its poisonous gas, and broke through to the four-star Dou Emperor realm. After a wild boar attacked her and used clones to escape, she identified the real boar and pursued it, convinced it would lead her to something unexpected.

• Xiao Yi Xian entered the depths of the Nether Poison Marsh, drove off a swarm of venomous snakes, and passed a green turtle.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the marsh’s Poisonous Gas and successfully broke through to the four-star Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian encountered a talking wild boar that attacked her, but she knocked it down with a kick.
• The wild boar split into identical clones, but Xiao Yi Xian used her Dragon Clan eyes to identify the real one and cut down a clone.
• The wild boar fled across the mountains, while Xiao Yi Xian followed its scent and continued the pursuit.

Xiao Yi Xian found the Hall of Rebirth after killing a wild boar and discovering its building. Inside, she encountered a Poison Spirit and read Hall Master Hu Yao’s account of leaving the isolated sanctuary and building a life in the outside world.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed the wild boar, found the Hall of Rebirth nearby, and buried the boar as the “Lucky Pig.”
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the dilapidated Hall of Rebirth and saw a portrait of a woman in a red dress.
• Xiao Yi Xian caught a small white Poison Spirit, examined it, and released it.
• Xiao Yi Xian read Hall Master Hu Yao’s account of guarding the Nether Poison Fire and leaving the Hall after living there for eighteen years.
• Hu Yao wrote that she returned after three years as a Dou Emperor, later established the City of Rebirth, and became a Dou Zong at age thirty.

Xiao Yi Xian discovered the spirit tablets in the Hall of Rebirth, took the Tou She tablet, and advanced to Six-Star Dou Emperor after cultivating there. Outside the Nether Poison Marsh, she encountered Qian Shang and a powerful Dou Zong expert, and claimed to be Zhao Ren Tian’s disciple.

• Xiao Yi Xian read Hu Yao’s final message and found a hidden chamber containing the spirit tablets of the Rebirth Hall masters.
• Xiao Yi Xian took the Tou She spirit tablet and left the Hall of Rebirth.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed poisonous gas for three days and three nights, breaking through to Six-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian encountered Qian Shang and an elderly Dou Zong expert outside the Nether Poison Marsh.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the two men that she was a disciple of Zhao Ren Tian, Sect Master of the Nether Sect.

Xiao Yi Xian impersonated Ling Qing Zhu to trick a Dou Zong elder into revealing the history and location of the Nether Poison Fire sealed beneath Four Sect Valley. After leaving the City of Rebirth with her gains, she killed four Poison Sect disciples who tried to rob her.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Qian Shang and his grandfather that she was Ling Qing Zhu and claimed Lin Dong was her beloved, prompting the elder to explain Four Sect Valley.
• The Dou Zong elder revealed that Hall Master Hu Yao and the Nether Poison Fire had been sealed beneath Four Sect Valley after a three-day battle with the Four Sects a hundred years earlier.
• Xiao Yi Xian excused herself and left, while Qian Shang’s grandfather promised to propose marriage for him.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the City of Rebirth and bought candied hawthorns as she headed toward Zi Yan and Fu Ya.
• Four Poison Sect disciples ambushed Xiao Yi Xian and demanded her money and body, so she killed them with a thrown stick and her bare hand.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to her companions, prepared to travel to Four Sect Valley after identifying it as the likely location connected to the Nether Poison Fire. After destroying the dangerous formation site, she and the others set off at daybreak, leaving the story headed toward Four Sect Valley.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned with candied hawthorns and reunited with Zi Yan, Fu Ya, and Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied Fu Ya's map, identified the likely location of Four Sect Valley, and explained its connection to the Nether Poison Fire.
• Xiao Yi Xian inspected the formation that had held six coffins, judged its puppet technique dangerous, and destroyed the site with a palm strike.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke the next morning, called Xiao Lan, and departed with Zi Yan and Fu Ya for Four Sect Valley.

Xiao Yi Xian, Fu Ya, and Zi Yan searched Four Sect Valley for the place where Hu Yao’s soul had been suppressed, but found no clues above the waterfall. Xiao Yi Xian dove into the enormous pool to investigate its depths and discovered a vast underwater world, though she had not yet reached the bottom.

• Zi Yan had Xiao Yi Xian catch a red carp, released it into the pool, then ate it when it stayed nearby.
• Fu Ya and Xiao Yi Xian searched the valley, while Xiao Yi Xian considered whether Hu Yao’s soul might be hidden near the waterfall or beneath the pool.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew above the waterfall and probed its rock with her soul strength, finding no concealed space.
• Xiao Yi Xian transformed into a White Dragon and dove into the pool, splashing Zi Yan and startling the magical beasts below.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that the pool was a vast underwater world and continued diving without yet reaching its bottom.

Xiao Yi Xian fought her way through the pool while Fu Ya learned that four Dou Zongs and their forces had surrounded them. As the sect leaders confronted Fu Ya, their conversation revealed that a misunderstanding involving Zhao Ren Tian and Ling Qing Zhu had helped bring them there.

• Xiao Yi Xian devoured the crazed magical beasts in the pool and continued exploring deeper after wiping out a swarm of fish.
• Zi Yan worried that Xiao Yi Xian had not returned, so Fu Ya gave her medicinal herbs and contacted Xiao Yi Xian.
• Fu Ya told Xiao Yi Xian that four Dou Zongs, twelve Dou Emperors, thirty Dou Kings, and sixty Dou Lings had surrounded the pool.
• Fu Ya activated formations and confronted the gathered forces as the You Sect's Dou Zong old man accused the Nether Sect's elder of raising a fine disciple.
• The two elders discussed how Ling Qing Zhu had learned their sect leaders' names, and the Nether Sect elder recalled Qian Shang's planned marriage proposal and Zhao Ren Tian's bewilderment.

Zhao Ren Tian was mistaken for having taken Ling Qing Zhu as a disciple, and a marriage proposal descended into confusion and threats. After Zhao Ren Tian swore he had no disciple, the elders realized something was happening at the Four Sect Valley Forbidden Ground, while his master turned his anger on him.

• The You Sect elder accused Zhao Ren Tian of hiding his beautiful disciple, while Qian Shang tried to keep the proposed marriage from falling apart.
• The Nether Sect elder arrived, and Qian Shang recounted why he and the You Sect elder had come to propose marriage to Ling Qing Zhu.
• Zhao Ren Tian swore he had never taken a disciple, prompting the two elders to realize the matter involved the Four Sect Valley Forbidden Ground.
• The You Sect elder took Qian Shang to gather people and alert the other sects, telling the Nether Sect elder to deal with things and head there.
• The Nether Sect elder flipped Zhao Ren Tian upside down with battle qi and began whipping him for being an unfilial disciple.

Zhao Ren Tian realized he had been beaten because of the group protecting Ling Qing Zhu, while the four sects attacked their barrier. Xiao Yi Xian contacted the Thousand Hundred Elders for help, and Elder Qian set out to support her.

• Zhao Ren Tian recalled escaping an old turtle and realized the You Sect's old man had punished him for insulting his master.
• Fu Ya, Zi Yan, and Xiao Lan stood against the four sects as their Dou Emperors attacked the protective barrier.
• Fu Ya warned Xiao Yi Xian that the group could only hold out for three incense sticks.
• Xiao Yi Xian used a token to ask Elder Qian and Elder Bai for support, reporting four low-star Dou Zongs and twelve Dou Emperors.
• Elder Qian told Elder Bai to remain at Jia Nan Academy and left to help Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian sought the Heavenly Flame beneath the pool to break through to Dou Zong, where she encountered Hu Yao, the Hall of Rebirth’s ninety-ninth Hall Master. Hu Yao learned the Four Sects had surrounded the others and asked Xiao Yi Xian to explain how she would help before deciding whether to cooperate.

• Elder Qian burst out of the collapsing Heavenly Burning Qi Tower, while Elder Su Qian discovered that Xiao Yan’s statue had fallen and the tower’s supposed dead occupant stood naked with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Fu Ya that a Peak Dou Zong expert was coming, encouraging Fu Ya, Zi Yan, and Xiao Lan to keep defending themselves against the Four Sects’ forces.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Hu Yao beneath the pool, holding the Poison Spirit and the Heavenly Flame, and showed her the portrait that had revealed her location.
• Hu Yao recognized the portrait and asked whether Xiao Yi Xian had come for the Heavenly Flame; Xiao Yi Xian confirmed she needed it because of her special constitution.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Hu Yao that the Four Sects had sent four Dou Zongs and many fighters, then promised to help her if she gave up the flame; Hu Yao asked her to explain how.

Xiao Yi Xian offered Hu Yao a resurrection technique and the chance to become her Heavenly Flame Spirit. Hu Yao accepted, and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to refine the Nether Poison Fire, expecting it to greatly strengthen her.

• Xiao Yi Xian revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Hu Yao recognized it as a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Hu Yao that Venerable Yao’s resurrection technique could restore her physical body, then offered her the alternative of becoming a Heavenly Flame Spirit.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that a Heavenly Flame Spirit would lose its freedom but could aid her in battle and help control her flames.
• Hu Yao accepted Xiao Yi Xian’s offer and merged her soul into the Nether Poison Fire.
• Xiao Yi Xian looked forward to refining the Nether Poison Fire and gaining enough power to rise from the peak of Five-Star Dou Emperor toward Nine-Star Dou Emperor.