Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er devised a cover story for Xiao Yi Xian's sudden transformation after her Woeful Poison Body awakened, while Qing Lin used her newly awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to punish the people who bullied her. The chapter left Xiao Ting stunned when he found Xiao Yi Xian transformed and Xun'er began explaining what had happened.

• Xun'er reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Ting would accept a plausible explanation, then came up with an idea to conceal her transformation.
• Qing Lin learned that the Notebook Copy had perfectly awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and gained mastery of their abilities.
• Qing Lin hypnotized the maid who bullied her, causing the woman to believe Qiu Lan had stolen her money and start a fight.
• Xiao Ding expelled the short maid and Qiu Lan from the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and sent them to the city lord's manor for punishment.
• Xiao Ting arrived at Xun'er's courtyard, saw Xiao Yi Xian's transformed appearance, and asked how she had changed.
• Xun'er blamed herself and began telling Xiao Ting about the Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Ting accepted Xiao Yi Xian as his protector after Xun'er promised to help her control the Woeful Poison Body, and the three traveled to Qingshan Town. A Plane Blessing then revealed that the cave dwelling they planned to explore held more secrets than Xiao Ting expected.

• Xun'er explained Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body and proposed helping her grow stronger in exchange for protecting Xiao Ting.
• Xiao Ting learned the constitution's fatal drawback and urged Xiao Yi Xian to grow slowly, but Xun'er assured him she could eventually resolve it.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to become Xiao Ting's protector, and Xun'er arranged to gather poison to raise her toward the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Ting recorded the events in the Notes, then met Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er and traveled with them by carriage to Qingshan Town.
• After the group checked into an inn near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, a Plane Blessing revealed details about the cave dwelling, surprising Xiao Ting.

Xiao Ting took Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to explore the cave dwelling, confident that its hidden depths still held treasures. After killing the Jia Lie and Aoba family pursuers, the trio flew to the cave, where Xiao Ting swiftly destroyed a Rock Snake lying in ambush.

• Xiao Ting reasoned that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian had left the cave dwelling only partly explored, and anticipated finding more treasures there.
• Xiao Ting, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, drawing attention from the mercenaries in Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Ting lured away their pursuers and killed the Jia Lie and Aoba family members who had come to ambush him.
• Xiao Yi Xian introduced Xiao Lan, a First Rank Blue Eagle she had raised, and the trio rode it to the cave dwelling.
• A winged Rock Snake attacked Xiao Lan near the cave, and Xiao Ting destroyed it with his Snake Transformation Seal.

Xiao Ting, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er explored a sealed cave and collected its treasures, including a poison legacy suited to Xiao Yi Xian. After obtaining the visible loot and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, Xiao Ting prepared to search for more hidden treasures.

• Xiao Ting led Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er into the cave and opened its stone door by triggering a mechanism.
• Xiao Ting offered to split the cave's treasures with Xiao Yi Xian, but she asked only for items useful to her.
• Xiao Ting collected the gold and valuables, while Xun'er gave him a Storage Ring for the medicinal herbs and he entrusted their transplanting to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ting opened three jade boxes containing Purple Cloud Wings, Mad Lion Roar, and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, then gave the scripture to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ting took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map from the skeleton and recorded the treasures in his notes.
• Xiao Ting declared that he had collected the visible treasures and would look for hidden ones next.

Xiao Ting discovered a hidden chamber in the Tomb Mansion and found a tomb raider’s records containing the Great Sun Qi Observation Method. His note about giving the records to Zi Yan caught her attention and prompted Feng Qing’er to consider his plans for Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Ting explained that the Tomb Mansion’s layout concealed more than its visible rewards and found a hidden mechanism in the rock wall.
• Xiao Ting opened the chamber and discovered a scroll titled Tomb Raiding Records.
• Xiao Ting identified the Great Sun Qi Observation Method as the scroll’s most useful technique and noted that he could give the tomb-raiding methods to Zi Yan when he entered Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan read Xiao Ting’s note, welcomed the idea of taking him on as her little brother, and grew more eager to visit the Jia Ma Empire.
• Feng Qing’er heard that Xiao Ting planned to attend Jia Nan Academy and considered the academy she had once been invited to join.

Xiao Ting, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian explored the Tomb Mansion and uncovered its rewards, including a dual-cultivation art and the owner's belongings. Before leaving, Xiao Ting discovered a hidden Storage Ring inside the original skeleton's cushion.

• Feng Qing'er considered ways to approach Xiao Ting in the Black-Corner Region, while Cao Ying, Medusa, Yun Yun, and others formed their own plans.
• Xiao Ting opened a hidden passage and led Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian into the Tomb Mansion's great hall, where they collected Storage Rings from several skeletons.
• Xiao Ting avoided the dangerous main entrance, revealed the Yin-Yang Unification Art, and opened a star bridge to the Tomb Mansion owner's crystal coffin.
• Xiao Ting found the owner's Storage Ring and gave Xiao Yi Xian the wood-element Dou Techniques and herb-cultivation Notes.
• Xiao Ting realized the original skeleton might also have a Storage Ring and found it concealed inside the cushion beneath it.

Xiao Ting and his companions returned toward Wutan City with treasures and techniques from the cave, while Yun Yun asked Queen Medusa to join her in hunting Soul Hall Soul Envoys and pursuing an inheritance. They set off for the Chu Yun Empire, where Medusa warned Yun Yun that her death could be disguised as an unexplained event in Strange Fire Firmament.

• Xiao Ting gathered the cave’s treasures into his Storage Ring as he, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian flew toward Wutan City on Blue Eagle.
• Yun Yun met Queen Medusa and explained that she wanted to hunt three Soul Hall Soul Envoys to open her sect’s inheritance.
• Queen Medusa questioned Yun Yun’s chances of gaining Xiao Ting’s trust, but agreed to cooperate after Yun Yun offered support for her breakthrough and restoration.
• Yun Yun agreed to let Queen Medusa observe the inheritance ritual, sent word to the Misty Cloud Sect general, and traveled with Medusa into the Chu Yun Empire.
• Queen Medusa warned Yun Yun that she could kill her without Xiao Ting suspecting her or learning about the Observation Copy.

Yun Yun and Queen Medusa discovered that their Observation Copies granted them long-distance soul communication, which they planned to use during their investigation in the Chu Yun Empire. After returning to Wutan City, Xiao Ting shared techniques and rewards with his family, then asked Yao Lao about the Woeful Poison Body.

• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa exchanged Observation Copies and gained the ability to communicate across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Ting gave Xun'er two prepared scrolls for making Flight Dou Techniques and asked her to have a senior complete them.
• Xiao Lan carried Xiao Ting and Xiao Yi Xian to Wutan City, where Xiao Ting gave Xiao Zhan several Xuan Tier cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Ting gave Xiao Yan a fire-element High Xuan Tier Dou Technique and Purple Cloud Wings, prompting Xiao Yan to lament that he was too weak to use them.
• Xiao Ting asked Yao Lao whether he had heard of the Woeful Poison Body, and Yao Lao reacted with shock.

Xiao Ting and Xiao Yan learned how the Woeful Poison Body worked and what Xiao Yi Xian would need for a chance at controlling it. Xiao Ting also gave Xiao Yan the Purple Cloud Wings and openly relied on Xun'er’s resources, leaving Xiao Yan to focus on growing strong enough to protect him.

• Xiao Ting explained to Yao Lao how Xiao Yi Xian had awakened her Woeful Poison Body, and Yao Lao described the danger of its accumulated toxins and the difficulty of treating it.
• Yao Lao said he had a method to control the Woeful Poison Body but would not reveal it, then named a Tier 7 Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva as materials to gather.
• Xiao Ting asked Yao Lao to tell him the other requirements so Xun'er could help, and Yao Lao gave him the list of materials.
• Xiao Yan returned the Purple Cloud Wings to Xiao Ting, who said he could not use them and could ask Xun'er's senior to make him a flight technique from a Sixth Rank magical beast.
• Xiao Ting told Xiao Yan to become stronger and protect him, while he relied on Xun'er and the Notes to secure his future.

Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er benefited from Xiao Ting’s Notes, while Medusa received a Plane Blessing and Yun Yun learned where to find a Soul Hall Soul Envoy. After half a month of hunting, Medusa prepared to leave Yun Yun, but Xiao Ting’s latest entry revealed how his actions had altered Yun Yun and Xiao Yan’s encounter with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Ting recorded that he planned to arrange the Poison Pill Method for Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian told Xun'er that a blessing was improving her control over the toxins in her body.
• Medusa received a Plane Blessing that advanced her companion serpent’s evolution, while Yun Yun learned that a Soul Hall Soul Envoy would appear in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Medusa gave Yun Yun half a month to hunt Soul Hall Soul Envoys, but Yun Yun and Medusa took down only two before Medusa announced she would leave.
• Xiao Ting recorded reaching Seven-Star Dou Shi and receiving a Flight Dou Technique made from the wings and beast soul of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Ting’s entry described how Yun Yun had fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King, lost her cultivation, and been rescued by Xiao Yan, who used the name Yan Xiao while she called herself Yun Zhi.

Yun Yun and Queen Medusa discussed the consequences of Yun Yun’s handling of Xiao Yan’s broken engagement as Xiao Ting’s Notes revealed how the original timeline connected Xiao Yan, Medusa, and the Misty Cloud Sect. The Amethyst Winged Lion King’s death and Xiao Ting’s interventions had already changed those events, leaving the future uncertain.

• Queen Medusa teased Yun Yun about meeting Xiao Yan under the name Yun Zhi, while Xiao Ting’s Notes described how the public engagement break had turned Xiao Yan against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun defended her cautious approach by explaining the political and reputational risks of destroying the Xiao Clan, and Queen Medusa reluctantly listened.
• Xiao Ting’s Notes recounted how Xiao Yan and Yun Yun worked together to steal Purple Cloud Crystal, during which Xiao Yan found an Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub and Companion Amethyst Source.
• The Notes revealed that the Companion Amethyst Source later supported the Newborn Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and Xiao Yan, prompting Medusa to recognize its connection to her transformation and slumber.
• Yun Yun and Medusa realized that Yun Shan may have broken through to Dou Zong, while Yun Yun wondered whether Xiao Yan’s feelings for her could have escalated their future conflict.
• Xiao Ting recorded that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had been killed, Xiao Yi Xian had joined his command, and the future was in chaos; he planned to master Purple Crystal Wings and seek Medusa’s guidance.

Xiao Ting mastered the Purple Crystal Wings, advanced to Eight-Star Dou Zhe, and learned through a Plane Blessing about four rare fruits hidden in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave. As he set out with Ling Ying to retrieve them, Yun Yun and Queen Medusa prepared to capture another Hun Clan Soul Envoy, while Cao Ying puzzled over Feng Qing'er's remark.

• Xiao Ting cultivated the Purple Crystal Wings, advanced to Eight-Star Dou Zhe, and gained a soul breakthrough.
• Xiao Ting learned that four Purple Crystal Jade Fruits were hidden behind an Amethyst Sealing Barrier and planned to collect them for himself, Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and a future trade.
• Yun Yun told Queen Medusa that they would ambush and capture a Five-Star Dou Emperor Soul Envoy at Black Abyss Mountain Stream.
• Xiao Ting asked Xun'er to send a guard with him to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, and she assigned Ling Ying to accompany him.
• Xiao Ting recorded the fruits' location and harvest deadline in the Notes, while Cao Ying asked Feng Qing'er what she meant by calling her jealous.

Cao Ying pretended to accept Feng Qing’er’s plan to approach Xiao Ting while secretly trying to keep her from exposing their shared knowledge. Xiao Ting retrieved an item from the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave and planned to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame for Xiao Yan.

• Feng Qing’er confronted Cao Ying about sharing the Observation Copy, then revealed that she wanted them to cooperate as Awakened Ones.
• Feng Qing’er proposed separate plans to travel to the Northwest Continent and find Xiao Ting, and Cao Ying flattered her while agreeing outwardly.
• Xiao Ting entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave through a barrier with his Purple Crystal Wings and retrieved an item.
• Xiao Ting left with Senior Ling Ying and planned to find the Green Lotus Core Flame for Xiao Yan after becoming a Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Ting gave Xun'er and Xiao Yan Amethyst Spirit Fruits, and Yao Lao explained how the fruit could help Xiao Yan recover to Dou Zhe and introduced him to Beast Flames and Fen Jue. Three days later, Yun Yun brought Queen Medusa into the Life and Death Gate to offer a captured Soul Hall Soul Envoy and investigate its inheritance.

• Xiao Ting gave Xun'er an Amethyst Spirit Fruit and learned that she planned to give him a birthday gift.
• Xiao Ting gave Xiao Yan an Amethyst Spirit Fruit, and Yao Lao explained its benefits and began teaching him about Beast Flames and Fen Jue.
• Xiao Ting consumed an Amethyst Spirit Fruit in his secret chamber and tempered his meridians and bones with its power.
• Yun Yun brought Queen Medusa to the Life and Death Gate, overruled two Dou Wang elders who objected, and entered with her.
• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa reached the altar at the end of the fifth level, where Yun Yun wondered what inheritance it held.

After Yun Yun and Queen Medusa sacrificed three Soul Hall Soul Envoys, the altar granted them power and revealed Yun Potian’s sword inheritance. They agreed to hunt more Soul Hall members together, then received a Notebook Copy prompt about living off women.

• Yun Yun sacrificed three Soul Hall Soul Envoys at the altar, which bestowed Feng Zhi Ji Jian Shen upon her and raised her to one-star Dou Emperor.
• Queen Medusa absorbed energy from the sacrifice and broke through to Half-Step Dou Zong.
• Yun Yun learned that greater sacrifices of Soul Hall Protectors would unlock more of the inheritance, and she proposed that she and Queen Medusa hunt Soul Hall members together.
• Queen Medusa agreed to help search for Soul Hall Soul Envoys in exchange for receiving the first three sacrifices’ energy to aid her breakthrough.
• Yun Yun invited Queen Medusa to drink at her residence, where they received a Notebook Copy prompt praising soft rice from all directions.

Xiao Ting planned to travel to the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame and to bring Qing Lin back to the Xiao Clan. Before he could leave, Yun Yun and Medusa went to meet Xun'er, who questioned what roles they wanted in relation to him.

• Xiao Ting planned to reach Da Dou Shi, travel to the Tagor Desert, recruit Qing Lin, and take the Green Lotus Core Flame for Xiao Yan to refine.
• Medusa and Yun Yun decided to approach Xun'er before Xiao Ting set out, but Medusa warned that Yun Yun's presence near him could expose their plans.
• Ling Yue intercepted Yun Yun and Medusa above Wutan City and escorted them to Xun'er's courtyard, where she sealed the space.
• Xun'er asked Yun Yun and Medusa whether they wanted to protect their own interests, cooperate with Xiao Ting, assist him, or become his confidantes.

Xun'er explained that she would not stop Yun Yun and Queen Medusa from approaching Xiao Ting, provided they did not challenge her position, and the women discussed how to get close to him. They planned to use the Green Lotus Core Flame as an opportunity, while Medusa would first check whether Qing Lin had awakened her abilities; the chapter ended with the women planning how to approach Xiao Ting without raising his suspicions.

• Xun'er told Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian that she accepted they might fall for Xiao Ting, but would not tolerate anyone challenging her position.
• Yun Yun agreed to become friends with Xun'er and leave her future relationship with Xiao Ting undecided, while Queen Medusa also accepted letting nature take its course.
• Xun'er proposed using the Green Lotus Core Flame as a reason to accompany Xiao Ting, and Medusa offered to check whether Qing Lin was like them before returning to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xun'er warned the women that the Notes would not let them reveal the copies to Xiao Ting, and said they should avoid letting him discover the truth on his own.
• The four women discussed ways to appear naturally at Xiao Ting's side and become his friends without arousing suspicion.

Xiao Ting broke through to Da Dou Shi and received the Purple Heaven Sky Flame Visualization Method, which strengthened his soul and rapidly advanced his cultivation. He ended the chapter at the peak of six-star Da Dou Shi, having perfected the Thunder Flame Treasure Mirror and manifested purple flame nurturing silver lightning.

• Xiao Ting condensed a Dou Crystal and formed silver-purple Dou Qi armor as he broke through to Da Dou Shi.
• The Notes granted Xiao Ting an opportunity for enlightenment in the Thunder Flame Treasure Mirror and the Purple Heaven Sky Flame Visualization Method.
• Xiao Ting visualized a weakened phantom of Purple Heaven Sky Flame, tempering his soul and entering a state of enlightenment.
• Xun'er, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa sensed Xiao Ting drawing in vast amounts of natural energy and realized he had gained another fortune.
• After two hours, Xiao Ting reached the peak of six-star Da Dou Shi, perfected the Thunder Flame Treasure Mirror, and summoned purple flame with silver lightning inside it.

After receiving the Purple Heaven Sky Flame Visualization Method, Xiao Ting planned to learn alchemy and travel to the Tagor Desert to bring Qing Lin and the Green Lotus Core Flame home. Meanwhile, the women discovered that their Observation Copies could connect them through private soul-imprint chats and began coordinating there.

• Xiao Ting realized the Purple Heaven Sky Flame could grow with him and let him become an alchemist, then wrote that he aimed to reach Eighth Rank before turning twenty.
• Cao Ying resolved to reach Eighth Rank at nineteen after Xiao Ting named her as his benchmark.
• Xiao Ting decided to learn alchemy with Xiao Yan before going to the Tagor Desert for Qing Lin and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa and Yun Yun discovered that Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian had not formed soul imprints with them, so the four women used their Observation Copies to connect.
• The women tested private messages and voice chats, agreed to discuss the notes secretly, and Medusa offered to check whether they could add others to their group.

Queen Medusa found Qing Lin and brought her into contact with the other Notebook Copy owners, though Qing Lin remained suspicious of Medusa’s intentions toward Xiao Ting. The group chat formed, leaving Medusa amused and Qing Lin still accusing her of bullying.

• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night studying their Notebook Copies but discovered no new functions.
• Queen Medusa found Qing Lin in Shimo City after witnessing her use the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Medusa told Qing Lin about the Notebook Copy’s restrictions, but Qing Lin accused her of wanting to harm Xiao Ting.
• Medusa teased Qing Lin by flicking her forehead, then persuaded her to manifest her Notebook Copy and connect with the others.
• Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Medusa, and Qing Lin formed a group chat, where Qing Lin told Xun'er that Medusa had bullied her and wanted to kill Xiao Ting.