Chapter Summaries

Nine-year-old Xiao Li reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and impressed the Xiao Clan with his extraordinary talent. After sparring with his elder brother Xiao Lin, he agreed to look after Xiao Lin’s son while Xiao Lin left to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Li reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi, and the Xiao Clan praised his talent as Patriarch Xiao Ting discussed preparing a Gathering Qi Powder for him.
• Xiao Li trained in the back mountain, where Xiao Lin visited and told him he planned to spend several years training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Li warned Xiao Lin to beware of poisonous Magical Beasts, and the brothers roughhoused before settling down to spar.
• Xiao Li used the Profound Rank Low-Level Dou Technique Fiery Cloud Palm against Xiao Lin, who dispersed the attack with a punch.
• Xiao Lin asked Xiao Li to look after his son Zhan'er and encourage him to cultivate, and Xiao Li agreed.

Xiao Ting visited President Wang at the Alchemist Guild to request pills for his gifted grandson, Xiao Li. President Wang agreed to visit the boy and consider refining the pills, leaving Xiao Ting hopeful that his grandson would impress him.

• Xiao Ting arrived at the Alchemist Guild and Fa Ma escorted him to President Wang.
• Xiao Ting presented President Wang with Qing Ti Grass and two Rank 5 Beast Cores, then asked him to refine Gathering Qi Powder and a Foundation Establishment Pill for Xiao Li.
• President Wang noted that the Foundation Establishment Pill was rare and costly, then agreed to assess Xiao Li before discussing the request further.
• Xiao Ting told President Wang that nine-year-old Xiao Li had reached the Ninth Stage Dou Disciple, possessed Fire Attribute Dou Qi, and had learned Fiery Cloud Palm.
• President Wang asked about Xiao Li's Soul Talent, and Xiao Ting admitted that he did not know much about it.
• President Wang put on his Alchemist Robe and set out with Xiao Ting to meet Xiao Li.

Xiao Li easily defeated three Xiao Clan youths in a spar and impressed the visiting President Wang with his strength and manners. Xiao Ting introduced Wang Ming as the Jia Ma Empire’s Chief Alchemist, a Dou Emperor, and a Rank 6 Alchemist, who had come to examine Xiao Li.

• Xiao Li blocked Xiao Lie, Xiao Ying, and Xiao Hu’s coordinated attacks, then drove all three back with a restrained Fiery Cloud Palm.
• Xiao Zhan praised Xiao Li and said he wanted to become strong, so Xiao Li encouraged him to cultivate and promised to teach him Dou Techniques when he reached the Seventh Stage Dou Disciple.
• Xiao Ting returned with President Wang, who watched Xiao Li and praised his technique and physical condition.
• Xiao Ting called Xiao Li over, and President Wang invited him closer to examine his body.
• Xiao Ting introduced President Wang as Wang Ming, the Chief Alchemist of the Jia Ma Empire, a Dou Emperor, and a Rank 6 Alchemist.

Xiao Li impressed Wang Ming with his alchemy potential and became the Rank 6 Alchemist’s disciple, while Yun Shan brought a young girl to the Misty Cloud Sect and named her Yun Yun as his successor.

• Wang Ming examined Xiao Li and discovered his strong Soul Perception and Fire Attribute Dou Qi with a trace of Wood Qi.
• Wang Ming invited Xiao Li to become his disciple, and Xiao Li performed the master-disciple ceremony.
• Wang Ming took Xiao Li around the Xiao Clan and asked what he believed alchemy meant; Xiao Li described the joy of valuing the process itself.
• Yun Shan returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with a little girl, named her Yun Yun, and told the Elders she would become the next Sect Leader.

Wang Ming gave Xiao Li Gathering Qi Powder and guided him through condensing a Dou Qi Vortex. After becoming a One-Star Dou Practitioner, Xiao Li practiced controlling his new Dou Qi, and Wang Ming offered him a choice of Cultivation Methods.

• Wang Ming told Xiao Li to cultivate for half an hour before taking the Gathering Qi Powder and attempting to become a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Li swallowed the Gathering Qi Powder and refined its medicinal power as Dou Qi surged through his body.
• Wang Ming warned Xiao Li to condense his Dou Qi Vortex before his expanding energy made him explode.
• Xiao Li compressed his Dou Qi with Soul Perception and successfully became a One-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Li used Internal Vision to inspect his Qi Cyclone and practiced controlling its Dou Qi.
• Wang Ming praised Xiao Li and presented three scrolls for him to choose a Cultivation Method.

Xiao Li chose the Earth Rank Low-Level Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Technique and began cultivating under Wang Ming’s guidance. Wang Ming boosted his progress with pills and planned a long-term foundation-building regimen for him.

• Wang Ming presented Xiao Li with the Earth Rank Intermediate Nine Heavens Yang Skill and the Earth Rank Low-Level Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Technique, paired with the Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Hand.
• Xiao Li chose the Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Technique, and Wang Ming gave him both scrolls in the set.
• Xiao Li began practicing the technique, and Wang Ming fed him an Awakening Spirit Pill and a Gathering Fire Pill to improve his cultivation.
• Wang Ming decided to replace his original plan with a Profound Yuan Foundation Establishment Pill and five years of medicinal baths to build Xiao Li’s foundation.

Six years after beginning his studies under Wang Ming, Xiao Li became a Peak Rank 4 Alchemist and strengthened the Xiao Clan. Wang Ming returned from a dangerous journey empty-handed, saying he had gotten himself into trouble.

• Wang Ming warned Xiao Li that his intense physical training had caused hidden injuries, then told him to cultivate until he reached Da Dou Shi and study herbal and magical beast encyclopedias before learning alchemy.
• Six years later, fifteen-year-old Xiao Li refined a Peak Grade 4 Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill in the Xiao Clan Medicine Hall while clan elders watched.
• Xiao Ting praised Xiao Li’s progress and explained that his alchemy had boosted the Xiao Clan’s strength, wealth, and cultivation resources.
• Xiao Ting told Xiao Li that Wang Ming had traveled to the Mu Lan Empire to seek opportunities at the site where a Dou Zun Expert had fallen.
• Wang Ming returned to the Medicine Hall in a bedraggled state, and Xiao Li greeted him.
• Wang Ming said he had found nothing good and had gotten himself into a mess.

After six years of training under Wang Ming, Xiao Li had become a Peak Six Star Dou Grandmaster and a capable alchemist, while learning the tragic history behind his master’s crippled physique and ruined clan. Xiao Li resolved to repay Wang Ming’s care and hoped to heal him as his own cultivation prepared to surge.

• Xiao Li watched Wang Ming rest in the Jia Ma Empire and reflected on how his alchemy had helped the Xiao Clan prosper without Wang Ming directly supporting the family.
• Xiao Li had spent six years studying alchemy, consuming pills, and enduring Medicinal Baths, reaching Peak Six Star Dou Grandmaster while strengthening his body and foundation.
• Xiao Li recalled Wang Ming’s past: Ice River Valley had destroyed the Wang Clan, stolen Wang Ming’s Heavenly Yang Physique Origin, and left him gravely injured.
• Wang Ming had survived a cliff fall, gained a Peak Rank 7 Alchemist’s inheritance, trained to Dou King, avenged himself on two Ice River Valley Dou Kings, and settled in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Wang Ming had given Xiao Li an Earth Grade Low-level Cultivation Method, the Purple Tiger Flame, and the Blue Flame Cauldron, and believed his investments could help Xiao Li reach Dou Zun.
• Xiao Li wanted to heal Wang Ming’s old injuries and knew Wang Ming expected his cultivation to erupt after years of foundation-building.

Xiao Li refined pills while Old Wang advised him on improving his alchemy, then showed him the items he had recovered from a Dou Zun ruin. Recognizing one parchment as an incomplete map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Li began planning how to protect his teacher and clan while relying on Xiao Yan to face future dangers.

• Xiao Li refined two more Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills, and Old Wang advised him to nourish the medicine liquid longer before condensing pills.
• Old Wang showed Xiao Li a Seven Colored Poison Scripture, a high-grade Mysterious Rank Flying Dou Technique, an incomplete map, and a wooden box recovered from a Dou Zun ruin.
• Xiao Li recognized the parchment as an incomplete map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and considered how he could extend Old Wang's life.
• Xiao Li thought through the future threats facing the Xiao Clan, including the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall, and considered ways to prepare.
• Xiao Li decided to avoid risking his life and let Xiao Yan handle the dangerous struggles ahead.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming discovered a Silver Soul Infant Fruit, then Wang Ming agreed to take Xiao Li on a dangerous training trial. Half a year later, Xiao Li was fleeing a pride of Green Eyed Lions after stealing their Ice Spirit Flame Grass and nearly killing one of their cubs.

• Wang Ming opened the wooden box and revealed a Silver Soul Infant Fruit, which he stored for later because they lacked a use for it.
• Wang Ming told Xiao Li that he had stolen the fruit while other Dou Zong experts distracted its Tier 7 guardian, a Phantom Fire Lizard Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Li asked for real life-and-death training, and Wang Ming planned to begin the trial in a month, warning that he would not intervene unless Xiao Li faced genuine danger.
• Wang Ming recalled Venerable Yao, a powerful alchemist from Central Continent whom he admired.
• Six months later, Xiao Li fled from two Rank 4 Green Eyed Lions and a Rank 3 Green Eyed Lion after taking their Ice Spirit Flame Grass and nearly killing their cub.

Xiao Li escaped the Green Eyed Lions and returned to his cave, where he met Yun Shan and Yun Yun. The chapter ended with Yun Yun noticing Xiao Li as he cultivated.

• Xiao Li attacked the Three-Headed Green Eyed Lion with his Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Hand, then fled from the two Green Eyed Lions.
• Xiao Li circled through the Magical Beast Mountain Range to confuse pursuers before returning to his cave.
• Old Wang introduced Xiao Li to Yun Shan, who learned that Xiao Li was a Peak Rank 4 Alchemist with a high pill-refining success rate.
• Yun Yun returned from training, and Wang Ming introduced her to Xiao Li.
• Yun Shan considered Xiao Li a promising possible husband for Yun Yun, while Yun Yun quietly observed him cultivating.

Wang Ming and Yun Shan discussed Xiao Li’s future training and the Misty Cloud Sect’s decline, which Yun Shan attributed to the loss of its core inheritance. The chapter ended with Wang Ming giving Yun Yun a Foundation Establishment Pill and medicinal liquid, while Yun Shan reacted sourly to Wang Ming’s hopes that she and Xiao Li would become a couple.

• Wang Ming said he planned to take Xiao Li to Jia Nan Academy in the Black Horn Region once Xiao Li reached Dou Ling, and Yun Shan acknowledged that the academy was a suitable place for training.
• Wang Ming asked Yun Shan why the Misty Cloud Sect had declined, and Yun Shan explained that Yun Aokong had died carrying the sect’s Earth Rank High Grade Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Technique and Heavenly Breaking Sword Technique.
• Yun Shan said he hoped Yun Yun would inherit the sect after completing the Gate of Life and Death, then asked Wang Ming to refine a Breaking Ancestor Pill; Wang Ming said his lifespan was too short to do so.
• Yun Shan asked Wang Ming to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill for Yun Yun and gave him the ingredients, but Wang Ming instead handed him a leftover pill and a medicinal liquid he had developed.
• Wang Ming said Yun Yun should take a medicinal bath before using the pill and offered to refine a Grade 6 Mystic Heaven Foundation Establishment Pill for her if she became Xiao Li’s partner, leaving Yun Shan displeased.

Xiao Li met Yun Yun after cultivating and was assigned to train with and protect her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range for six months. He began preparing a pill to help her cultivate, and the chapter left them discussing how she could safely use it.

• Xiao Li reached the Peak Da Dou Shi stage and met Yun Yun, Yun Shan's High Disciple.
• Old Wang arranged for Xiao Li to train with Yun Yun for six months, while Yun Shan agreed in exchange for pills.
• Yun Shan left Xiao Li responsible for Yun Yun's safety, and the two began getting acquainted in the cave.
• Xiao Li and Yun Yun discussed their ages, cultivation, and goals of protecting their clan and sect.
• Xiao Li began refining pills and offered to make Yun Yun a Grade 4 Wind Spirit Gathering Qi Pill using a medicinal bath to keep it safe for her.

Xiao Li refined pills for Yun Yun, who asked him to make a Breaking Ancestor Pill for her teacher, Yun Shan. After agreeing to help if the sect provided the ingredients, Xiao Li considered Yun Yun’s offer to join the Misty Cloud Sect and accepted a token that would let him visit.

• Xiao Li refined Qi Returning Pills and offered to make Yun Yun a Qi Nurturing Pill.
• Yun Yun knelt and asked Xiao Li to refine a Breaking Ancestor Pill for Yun Shan, and Xiao Li agreed if the Misty Cloud Sect supplied the ingredients.
• On a nearby mountaintop, Wang Ming offered to refine a Grade 6 Profound Yuan Foundation Establishment Pill for Yun Yun and showed Yun Shan a scroll for making Flying Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Li continued refining pills that helped Yun Yun’s cultivation rise from a Five Star Dou Practitioner to an Eight Star Dou Practitioner.
• Yun Yun invited Xiao Li to become an Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Li accepted her jade token so he could enter the sect later.

Xiao Li and Yun Yun studied strange phenomena, including Heavenly Flames and Strange Thunder, while discussing treasures and powerful natural forces. Elsewhere, Yun Shan and Wang Ming hunted a wounded Green Shadow Condor King and planned to use its Magical Core to make Yun'er a Magic Core Weapon.

• Xiao Li read about Heavenly Flames and Strange Thunder while Yun Yun recovered from fighting Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Li explained Heavenly Flames, Strange Thunder, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree to Yun Yun, who promised to tell him if she found a Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Shan and Wang Ming discussed Yun Shan's growing strength and his lack of a path to Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan killed the wounded Green Shadow Condor King, severed its wings, and removed its Magical Core.
• Wang Ming said he could not refine the core into a suitable pill, so Yun Shan decided to use it to make Yun'er a Magic Core Weapon.

Xiao Li repeatedly refined a Spirit Ascending Pill to prepare for his breakthrough to Dou Ling, eventually succeeding with Yun Yun’s help. He planned to rest for three days before advancing, with Yun Yun agreeing to guard him.

• Xiao Li’s first three attempts to refine the Spirit Ascending Pill failed, and he discovered that excessive heat during pill condensation caused the explosions.
• Xiao Li resumed refining while Yun Yun stayed nearby and supplied him with Qi Returning Pills and Ice Heart Pills when he grew exhausted.
• Xiao Li successfully refined the Grade 5 Spirit Ascending Pill, producing a pill-forming phenomenon that amazed Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Li she would help him seize a Heavenly Flame even if someone else owned it, and Xiao Li teased her about her resolve.
• Xiao Li said he would rest for three days before advancing to Dou Ling, and Yun Yun agreed to stand guard.

Xiao Li broke through to Dou Ling while Yun Yun fought off the Magical Beasts drawn to the cave. After Xiao Li rescued and healed Yun Yun and killed a Rank 4 Rocksplit Bear, a roar from an even stronger beast forced them to flee.

• Xiao Li swallowed a Spirit Ascending Pill and broke through to Dou Ling as Yun Yun guarded the cave.
• Yun Yun killed three attacking Magical Beasts with her sword skills, then took Qi Returning Pills to restore her Dou Qi.
• A Rank 4 Rocksplit Bear attacked Yun Yun, injured her, and left her unable to fight.
• Xiao Li emerged, gave Yun Yun a Bone Regrowth Pill, and killed the Rocksplit Bear with his Dou Qi-materialized sword.
• Xiao Li cut off the bear's paws and took its Magical Core, then carried Yun Yun away after hearing a roar from a Rank 5 Magical Beast or stronger.

Xiao Li took the injured Yun Yun to a cave near the edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range and treated her after his breakthrough. As they confessed their feelings and discussed his coming journey, Yun Shan and Wang Ming found them.

• Xiao Li carried Yun Yun out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range and rested with her in a cave.
• Yun Shan and Wang Ming discovered Yun Yun was missing, searched for her, and Yun Shan killed a Rank 5 demonic tiger for its Magical Core.
• Xiao Li set Yun Yun’s misaligned bones and told her to rest while the Bone Regrowth Pill took effect.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Li she was willing to spend her life with him, and Xiao Li promised he would never betray her.
• Xiao Li told Yun Yun he planned to train at Jia Nan Academy and then in the Black Horn Region to complete his teacher’s assignment.
• Yun Shan and Wang Ming flew into the cave after finding Xiao Li and Yun Yun.

Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan and gave his aging grandfather, Xiao Ting, pills to extend his life and help him advance his cultivation. Xiao Ting began refining the Longevity King Pill, while Xiao Li turned his attention to strengthening the clan.

• After saying farewell to the departing azure figure, Xiao Li decided to return home before heading to the Black Horn Region.
• Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Lin recognized that he had reached the Two Star Dou Spirit realm and brought him to see Xiao Ting.
• Xiao Li sensed that Xiao Ting had less than three years to live, and Xiao Ting said he had little hope of reaching the Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Li gave Xiao Ting a Longevity King Pill to extend his life and a Dou Spirit Pill to help him reach the Nine Star Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Ting accepted the pills and swallowed the Longevity King Pill, then began refining its medicinal power.

Xiao Li secured his family’s future before leaving the Xiao Clan to train in the Black Horn Region with Old Wang. He warned Xiao Ting and Xiao Lin to conceal the clan’s strength from its enemies, then flew away toward the trials ahead.

• Xiao Li gave Xiao Lin Gathering Qi Powder for Xiao Zhan and a Storage Ring of pills to help strengthen the clan.
• Xiao Li urged Xiao Lin to train the clan’s will and told Xiao Ting to conceal any breakthrough to Dou Emperor, citing the Xiao Clan’s enemies.
• Xiao Ting recovered after absorbing the Longevity King Pill and charged Xiao Li with restoring the Xiao Tribe’s former glory.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Ting and Xiao Lin that he would train in the Black Horn Region and promised to help raise their strength.
• Xiao Li used his Crimson Flame Wings to leave the Xiao Clan, and Old Wang joined him after he departed the Imperial Capital.