Chapter Summaries

Cao Ying teased Xiao Yi Xian, while Caidie and Physician Liu showed their affection for her. The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian called Physician Liu her godmother and left with Cao Ying and Caidie to continue traveling.

• Cao Ying teased Xiao Yi Xian by pinching her cheeks and kissing her forehead, leaving her flustered.
• Caidie confronted Cao Ying for bullying Xiao Yi Xian and pinned Cao Ying to the bed in playful retaliation.
• Physician Liu helped Xiao Yi Xian get ready the next morning and urged her to study under Senior Su and let go of her guilt.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Physician Liu and called her godmother, thanking her for saving and caring for her.
• Caidie gave Physician Liu a Profound Tier mid-level cultivation technique and a porcelain bottle before leading Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian away.

Su Baichen unlocked the Tianxuan Bead’s Spirit Gathering function and used his Soul Power to check on his disciples. He discovered Cao Ying neglecting her cultivation and woke her with a cold snort, only for her to boast in her sleep about being a Dou Di.

• Su Baichen activated the Tianxuan Bead’s Spirit Gathering function, which purified energy and greatly increased his cultivation speed.
• Su Baichen considered the resources his many pursuits required, then used his Soul Power to survey the inn.
• Su Baichen saw Caidie reading and Xiao Yi Xian cultivating with Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and planned to awaken Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body after she reached Dou Zhe.
• Su Baichen found Cao Ying sleeping instead of cultivating and realized she had spent the past few days neglecting the Shenyou Fire-Refining Art.
• Su Baichen startled Cao Ying with a cold snort, and she sleepily declared herself a Dou Di and threatened to slap him to death.

Su Baichen disciplined Cao Ying for her laziness and disrespect, then explained that her sheltered cultivation had made her too dependent on others. He decided she and Xiao Yi Xian would train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range once Xiao Yi Xian became a Dou Zhe, with Cao Ying as the main focus.

• Su Baichen confronted Cao Ying after she mistook her daydream for reality and claimed she was already a Dou Di, then punished her and made her cultivate through the night.
• The next morning, Cao Ying joined Su Baichen for breakfast but had to eat standing because sitting hurt from the previous night's punishment.
• Su Baichen told Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate diligently and announced that they would train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range once Xiao Yi Xian became a Dou Zhe.
• Su Baichen explained that Cao Ying's smooth cultivation and reliance on others had weakened her ability to think independently and handle crises.

Cao Ying accepted Su Baichen’s warning about her dependence on others and resolved to train seriously, while he gave her a Wanhuo Qinglian and promised Xiao Yi Xian a treasure after she advanced. Over two years, Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian grew rapidly through cultivation and dangerous training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, leaving Xiao Yi Xian close behind her senior sister in strength.

• Cao Ying admitted she had become lazy and dependent, then promised Su Baichen she would cultivate diligently and learn to face difficulties herself.
• Su Baichen gave Cao Ying the Wanhuo Qinglian to support her Shenyou Fire-Refining Art and promised Xiao Yi Xian a suitable treasure once she became a Dou Zhe.
• Over the next year and a half, Xiao Yi Xian carefully strengthened her foundation before advancing to Dou Zhe, while Cao Ying reached nine-star Dou Zhe by refining Beast Fires and learned Su Baichen’s Alchemy inheritance.
• Cao Ying successfully refined third-grade pills at nine years old, and Su Baichen later sent her and Xiao Yi Xian to train in the outer Magical Beast Mountain Range, with Caidie and Yun Yun secretly protecting them.
• After six months of combat training, Cao Ying advanced to three-star Dou Shi while Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body propelled her to eight-star Dou Zhe, leaving Cao Ying astonished and newly driven to keep pace.

Su Baichen killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, took its treasures, and returned to the inn, where Cao Ying greeted him and asked where he had gone. The chapter ended with Su Baichen back at her side after leaving her behind without explanation.

• A giant palm killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King in its cave dwelling.
• Su Baichen emerged from a spatial rift, collected the Lion King's magic core and Purple Flame, and stored its corpse.
• Su Baichen gathered the cave's treasures and killed the juvenile Amethyst Lion Beast.
• Su Baichen returned to the inn through another spatial rift, and Cao Ying rushed to embrace him and asked where he had gone.

Su Baichen gave Cao Ying the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Purple Flame so she could strengthen her foundation for absorbing Heavenly Flames. After impulsively kissing him, Cao Ying resolved to grow stronger and become a rebellious disciple who could pursue him as more than a master.

• Su Baichen presented Cao Ying with the sixth-rank Beast Fire and advised her to refine it before attempting to absorb Heavenly Flames.
• Cao Ying kissed Su Baichen's cheek in gratitude, then fled to her room, embarrassed by her impulsive act.
• Cao Ying resolved to cultivate diligently and refine the Purple Flame, admitting to herself that she had improper feelings for her master.
• Cao Ying declared that she would become a rebellious disciple who defied heaven and overturn the natural order, because she could not accept being only Su Baichen's disciple.
• Su Baichen sneezed while preparing to cultivate and assumed that Xuanyi was talking about him, resolving to make it up to her when he returned.

Cao Ying broke through to one-star Da Dou Shi after refining the Purple Flame, and Su Baichen prepared her to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame. He released Yun Yun from her restriction and told her to go to Wutan City, leaving her terrified that he meant to send her away.

• Cao Ying completed her breakthrough and received the Blood Lotus Pill, Earth Spirit Pill, and Green Lotus Core Flame from Su Baichen.
• Cao Ying left the chamber determined to become strong enough to stand beside Su Baichen as an equal.
• Su Baichen removed the restriction he had placed in Yun Yun and told her to pack for a trip to Wutan City.
• Yun Yun fell to her knees and begged Su Baichen not to drive her away, insisting she wanted to remain by his side.

Su Baichen sent Yun Yun to Wutan City to investigate the Xiao Clan, then opened blind boxes and prayed for better luck on the last one. His joke sacrifice of Hun Tiandi gave the Soul Clan patriarch an ominous premonition, prompting him to investigate the other great clans before returning to cultivation with his unease unresolved.

• Su Baichen reassured Yun Yun that he was sending her ahead to Wutan City to scout the Xiao Clan, not dismissing her.
• Su Baichen opened blind boxes and received a Small Dragon Essence, smelly socks, a frying pan, and other useless items.
• Su Baichen fashioned clay statues, prayed to the Sanqing, and offered Hun Tiandi a hundred years of lifespan for good luck with his final blind box.
• Hun Tiandi felt an inexplicable disturbance and ordered his intelligence network to investigate whether the other great clans were acting against the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi reviewed reports showing no unusual activity, dismissed Gu Yuan as shortsighted, and resumed cultivating while his foreboding remained.

Su Baichen opened his final blind box and obtained Xiao Jin, an Auspicious Beast whose Fate Pact tripled his cultivation efficiency and improved his fortune. He brought her into the outside world, where her hidden blessings began affecting the surrounding mountains and rivers.

• Su Baichen opened the blind box and found a golden-furred Three-Eyed Golden Lion named Xiao Jin.
• The System explained Xiao Jin’s talents, including boosting nearby beasts and plants, glimpsing fate, and wielding ultimate light and fire affinities.
• Xiao Jin formed a Fate Pact with Su Baichen, permanently tripling their cultivation efficiency and slightly improving his innate fortune.
• Su Baichen gave Xiao Jin the Dragon Essence, and she began nibbling on it.
• Su Baichen left the System Space with Xiao Jin, whose golden ripples awakened a Black Tortoise, loosened magical beasts’ bottlenecks, and revived buds in his courtyard.
• The Xuantian Bead concealed Xiao Jin’s aura, while Su Baichen welcomed her and asked her to take care of him.

Su Baichen introduced Xiao Cai to Xiao Jin, and the two beasts quickly became friendly playmates. Three days later, Cao Ying began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving the chamber protected by pills as the flame entered her body.

• Xiao Cai awakened and was drawn to Xiao Jin’s Auspicious Beast aura, then approached and befriended him with Su Baichen’s permission.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Cai played together on the bed while Su Baichen watched them.
• Three days later, Su Baichen warned Cao Ying to take the Earth Spirit Pill and Blood Lotus Pill in the proper order before refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Cao Ying swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill, fortifying her organs and meridians, then took the Blood Lotus Pill, which formed a protective blood crust around her body.
• Cao Ying summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame and guided it into her mouth to begin absorbing it.

Cao Ying successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, reached four-star Da Dou Shi, and upgraded her cultivation art. Su Baichen learned of her success and told Caidie to remind Xiao Yi Xian to balance cultivation with rest and avoid recklessly consuming poisons.

• Cao Ying endured the Green Lotus Core Flame's resistance as her pills, the Wanhuo Qinglian, and her existing fires protected and guided the refinement.
• After seven days, Cao Ying completed the fusion, broke through to four-star Da Dou Shi, and advanced her Shenyou Fire-Refining Art to high Profound Tier.
• Su Baichen left Cao Ying new clothes and a letter instructing her to dress before coming out.
• Cao Ying realized she was naked after the flame burned away her clothes, blushed at the thought that Su Baichen had seen her, and changed into the garments he had prepared.
• Caidie told Su Baichen that Xiao Yi Xian had reached the ninth star of Dou Zhe after pushing herself to cultivate.
• Su Baichen asked Caidie to remind Xiao Yi Xian to rest and avoid consuming poisons recklessly, and Caidie agreed.

Su Baichen arrived in Wutan City and learned about the Xiao Clan’s decline and the arrival of Gu Xun’er, protected by a powerful Dou Emperor. After rewarding Yun Yun, he headed for the Xiao Clan, intending to intervene in Xiao Yan’s future and save Yao Chen.

• Yun Yun welcomed Su Baichen and his companions to Wutan City and led them to their arranged courtyard.
• Yun Yun reported that Xiao Lin had been killed in a trap involving the Snake-People Tribe, forcing the declining Xiao Clan to relocate to Wutan City under Xiao Zhan’s leadership.
• Yun Yun told Su Baichen that a three-year-old girl had arrived at the Xiao Clan under the protection of a Dou Emperor, and Su Baichen identified her as Gu Xun’er.
• Su Baichen gave Yun Yun three jade bottles of pills and urged her to cultivate toward the Dou Emperor realm.
• Su Baichen set out for the Xiao Clan, intending to change Xiao Yan’s path and save Yao Chen.

Xiao Yan tried to sneak into Xiao Xun'er's room to win her trust, unaware that Su Baichen was watching him. As Su Baichen wondered why Ling Ying had failed to protect Xun'er, an unwelcome visitor arrived at Su Baichen's base.

• Xiao Zhan introduced Xiao Xun'er to the Xiao Clan and asked Xiao Yan to show her around.
• Xiao Yan deduced that Xun'er had an extraordinary background and decided to gain her favor by sneaking into her room with gifts.
• Xiao Yan avoided the night patrols and crept beneath Xun'er's window to peek inside.
• Su Baichen watched Xiao Yan from above and questioned Ling Ying's failure to notice the intruder.
• An unwelcome visitor arrived at Su Baichen's base.

Su Baichen’s Puppet Avatar captured Ling Ying as he investigated the courtyard, while Su Baichen stopped Xiao Yan from sneaking into Xiao Xun’er’s room and took his ring. Xiao Xun’er calmly thanked Su Baichen, who remained intrigued by her composure.

• Ling Ying searched Wutan City for the source of a watchful presence and entered Su Baichen’s courtyard at night.
• Su Baichen’s Puppet Avatar knocked Ling Ying unconscious, stripped him of his valuables, and locked him in the woodshed.
• Su Baichen caught Xiao Yan sneaking through Xiao Xun’er’s window and knocked him unconscious.
• Su Baichen removed Xiao Yan’s black ring, recognized it as Yao Chen’s, and put it away without examining it further.
• Xiao Xun’er revealed she was awake and thanked Su Baichen for intervening, then calmly explained that she trusted him because he had saved her.

Su Baichen tried to leave Xiao Xun'er alone, wary of her powerful Gu Clan, but the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame suddenly went out of control and engulfed her. Urged by Xiao Jin, he turned back and began reaching through the flames with his restorative Dou Qi.

• Xiao Jin emerged from the System Space and drew Xiao Xun'er's attention with its cuteness.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Su Baichen if she could hold Xiao Jin, but he refused and headed for the door.
• Xiao Xun'er was suddenly engulfed by her uncontrolled Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame.
• Xiao Jin begged Su Baichen to help Xiao Xun'er, and he returned to face the flames.
• Su Baichen sent his gentle white Dou Qi through the flames toward Xiao Xun'er.

Su Baichen treated Xiao Xun'er as her Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame ravaged her meridians, while Xiao Jin unexpectedly began devouring the escaping Heavenly Flame. With the system explaining that Xiao Jin could absorb it and that Su Baichen would receive some energy in return, Su Baichen guided the flames to the beast until Xiao Xun'er was safe and Xiao Jin grew stronger.

• Su Baichen used white and blue Dou Qi to heal Xiao Xun'er and suppress the pain caused by the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame.
• Xiao Xun'er told Su Baichen that her elders had advised her to endure the flame's effects.
• Xiao Jin rushed forward and began inhaling the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame escaping from Xiao Xun'er.
• The system told Su Baichen that Xiao Jin could absorb the Heavenly Flame and that he would receive twenty percent of the absorbed energy.
• Su Baichen continued healing Xiao Xun'er while guiding the flame toward Xiao Jin, which grew stronger as the fire inside her calmed.

After containing the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame, Su Baichen tended to Xiao Xun'er and left with the stuffed Xiao Jin and sleeping Xiao Yan. Xiao Xun'er revealed she had only pretended to faint and was left alone to recover.

• Xiao Jin lay exhausted and stuffed after eating the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame, while Su Baichen teased it and checked on Xiao Xun'er.
• Su Baichen pointed out that Xiao Xun'er was naked, and she fainted from embarrassment when she realized her clothes had burned away.
• Su Baichen carried Xiao Xun'er to the bed, covered her with a blanket, and used Dou Qi to steady her breathing before leaving medicinal liquid beside her.
• Su Baichen received word that his puppet clone had caught an eight-star Dou Emperor infiltrating his residence and guessed that the intruder was Ling Ying.
• Su Baichen carried Xiao Jin and the sleeping Xiao Yan out of the room, then Xiao Xun'er opened her eyes and confirmed she had only pretended to faint.

Xiao Zhan’s plan to use Xiao Yan’s closeness to Xiao Xun’er for the Xiao Clan’s revival was stopped by Su Baichen, who spared Xiao Yan and warned Xiao Zhan. Su Baichen then freed Ling Ying and sent him to check on Xiao Xun’er, while keeping his belongings and pondering the consequences of his intervention.

• Xiao Zhan anxiously hoped Xiao Yan would win Xiao Xun’er’s favor and secure support for the Xiao Clan.
• Su Baichen confronted Xiao Zhan over sending Xiao Yan into Xiao Xun’er’s room, then warned that another attempt would mean the Xiao Clan’s destruction.
• Su Baichen returned the unconscious Xiao Yan to Xiao Zhan, who cared for his son and regretted risking his life and the clan.
• Su Baichen revived Ling Ying and explained that he had saved Xiao Xun’er after the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame lost control.
• Su Baichen released Ling Ying, confiscated his storage ring and jade talismans, and let him hurry back to check on Xiao Xun’er.
• Su Baichen contemplated the Gu Clan, the Xiao Clan, and the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame, wondering whether helping Xiao Xun’er would bring fortune or disaster.

Su Baichen teased Cailin after she awakened from two years of sleeping in her snake form, revealing he had known she was secretly watching him. He carried her into the inner room, where they began to rekindle their intimacy.

• Xiao Cai transformed into Cailin, who asked Su Baichen when he had discovered her identity.
• Su Baichen explained that he had sensed her watching him about a year earlier and admitted he had deliberately teased her while pretending to sleep.
• Cailin confronted Su Baichen about holding and touching her during the night, and he confessed that those actions had been intentional.
• Su Baichen embraced Cailin, teased her about enjoying his affection, and carried her to the inner room.

Su Baichen left Cailin resting after their night together, then used Soul-Nourishing Spiritual Liquid to awaken Yao Chen inside the Bone Flame Ring. Yao Chen revived to the Dou Zong realm and heard Su Baichen greet him as his “big son.”

• Cailin pretended to sleep until Su Baichen left, then complained about him and fell back asleep while Xiao Cai protested from within her consciousness.
• Su Baichen asked Caidie to prepare nourishing food, then took out the Bone Flame Ring to attend to business.
• Su Baichen broke through the ring’s soul restriction and claimed medicinal herbs and pills from its stored treasures.
• Su Baichen fed Yao Chen a drop of Soul-Nourishing Spiritual Liquid and contained the rising soul pressure inside the ring.
• Yao Chen awakened with his strength restored to the Dou Zong realm, and Su Baichen greeted him as his “dear big son.”