Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan used the Treasure Hunting Compass to search for a fire-attribute Immortal Grade Spirit Plant and discovered one inside Blue Tyrant Academy’s Fire-type Mimicry Environment. He sneaked into the environment at night and headed for Huoyan Peak, where the plant was located.

• Li Xuan activated the Treasure Hunting Compass and chose to search for a fire-attribute Immortal Grade Spirit Plant rather than a cultivation technique.
• The compass revealed that the nearest plant was two kilometers away, inside the Fire-type Mimicry Environment.
• Li Xuan decided to explore the environment that night, changed into black clothes, and slipped out of his dormitory while avoiding patrols.
• Li Xuan squeezed through the locked gate and used the compass to locate the plant a few hundred meters away at the summit of Huoyan Peak.
• Li Xuan set off toward Huoyan Peak despite doubting whether he could reach it.

Li Xuan climbed Huoyan Peak, enduring its extreme heat to locate the fire-attribute Immortal Grade Spirit Plant. He found a sealed lava chamber beneath the summit and identified the enormous lotus growing inside as the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

• Li Xuan removed his clothes and used the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame to protect himself as he climbed toward the summit.
• Li Xuan reached the summit, replenished his Soul Power, and found a vast carved stone disk covering the peak.
• Li Xuan used the Treasure Hunting Compass to locate a mechanism at the disk's center, where an inky-black flame erupted when he opened it.
• Li Xuan suppressed the black flames with the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame and peered into the chamber below.
• Li Xuan saw a huge black lotus rooted in lava and identified it as an Immortal Grade Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

Li Xuan retrieved the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus from its lava pool and extracted its Clear Lotus Seeds, securing a potential second Soul Ring for when he reached level 20. After erasing the evidence, he stayed in the Fire-type Mimicry Cultivation Environment and fell asleep in a Cultivation Room.

• Li Xuan used a Void Pearl to try to take the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus, but its flames destroyed the pearl.
• Li Xuan used a Void Crystal to draw the lotus into its space, then brought it through the opening before the crystal exploded.
• Li Xuan blasted the lotus petals away with Burning Heart Seals and collected their poisonous powder.
• Li Xuan burned away the remaining Filthy Flame and found nine Clear Lotus Seeds in the Lotus Platform.
• Li Xuan stored the seeds, removed the traces of the lotus, and went to sleep in a Cultivation Room.

After investigating the mysteries of Huoyan Peak, Li Xuan sought records in the library and considered his need for a cultivation technique. He bought and planted an Enlightenment Tree Seed, making it his next cultivation priority before falling asleep.

• Li Xuan woke in the Cultivation Room, joked with Zhou Miao about arriving early, and left the Fire-type Mimicry Environment.
• Li Xuan went to the library to borrow books on Heaven Dou Empire history and Spirit Master experiences, hoping to learn more about Huoyan Peak and its stone disk.
• Li Xuan checked the System Mall and lamented that the Flame Mantra cost five million points, far beyond his reach.
• Li Xuan bought the discounted Enlightenment Tree Seed for 100 points and identified it as an Immortal Grade Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Li Xuan planted the seed in a flowerpot and used Green Spirit Liquid to make two shoots grow, then decided to conserve the liquid and fell asleep.

Li Xuan was attacked by the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus in his spiritual world, where the creature tried to possess him. He trapped it with his Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame and considered how to make it reveal information.

• A cracked Void Pearl released corrosive black liquid that covered Li Xuan's head and drew him into his spiritual world.
• The Filthy Flame Yin Lotus attacked Li Xuan with Filthy Flame and trapped him in a fire prison as it attempted to possess him.
• Li Xuan recognized the attacker and blasted apart its fire prison with the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame.
• The Filthy Flame Yin Lotus revealed it could wield red flames as well as Filthy Flame, and Li Xuan trapped it in a Burning Heart light prison.
• Li Xuan considered how to question the trapped Filthy Flame Yin Lotus about its powers and history.

Li Xuan purified and sealed the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus’s soul, then used the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid to extract its memories. He learned how the lotus had studied its meridians and acupoints, recorded those findings, and collapsed from exhaustion.

• Li Xuan burned away the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus’s corrupt aura, erased its consciousness, and sealed its soul and two flame essences separately.
• Li Xuan returned to his dormitory, stored the flame essences in jade boxes, and fed the lotus’s soul to the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid with Green Spirit Liquid.
• Li Xuan ate the White Fruit produced by the orchid and struggled to absorb the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus’s vast memories.
• Li Xuan learned that the lotus had studied and developed its meridians and acupoints while creating a technique to balance flames, giving him knowledge to create his own cultivation technique.
• Li Xuan checked the lotus’s final memories, erased them from his spiritual world, and wrote down the important information before collapsing from exhaustion.

Li Xuan studied the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus’s cultivation memories alongside Spirit Master journals to develop his own cultivation method. After testing its purification and absorption functions, he named it Douluo No. 1 and planned to improve it further.

• Li Xuan cleaned up the corrosion left by the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus, stored his research notebooks in his Void Pearl, and returned to class.
• Li Xuan spent a month studying Spirit Master cultivation journals and comparing their techniques with the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus’s memories, filling more than a dozen notebooks.
• Li Xuan laid out 108 meridian diagrams and tested his new cultivation method, which purified and condensed his Soul Power into golden energy.
• Li Xuan used the method to absorb surrounding Soul Power, refine it, and store the resulting golden-red energy in his dantian.
• Li Xuan declared that he had created a cultivation method, named it Douluo No. 1, and resolved to keep optimizing it.

Li Xuan broke through to Soul Power Level 20 using his newly created cultivation technique, Douluo No. 1. He revived one of his supposedly lifeless Filthy Flame Yin Lotus seeds, leaving him with the prospect of cultivating a second Immortal Grade Spirit Plant Martial Soul.

• Li Xuan tested his cultivation technique, broke through to Soul Power Level 20, and continued circulating Soul Power to stabilize his cultivation.
• Li Xuan wrote the finalized technique into a notebook titled Douluo No. 1 and stored his collected research notes in the Void Pearl.
• Li Xuan prepared to seek a second Soul Ring and inspected the nine Filthy Flame Yin Lotus seeds he had obtained.
• Li Xuan placed the seeds in water and added Green Spirit Liquid, but the seeds initially showed no sign of absorbing it.
• One seed released Filthy Flame and consumed the essence of the other eight seeds before absorbing the Green Spirit Liquid and sprouting into a 50-year-old Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.
• Li Xuan resolved to cultivate the lotus to at least 900 years old so it could become a second Immortal Grade Spirit Plant Martial Soul.

Li Xuan began brewing Copper Bell Wine while waiting for the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus to mature, and decided to attend an upcoming auction to seek a treasure that could raise Soul Power Level. He started processing the wine ingredients, but the chapter ended before fermentation began.

• Li Xuan placed the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus in a dark corner of his dormitory and decided to wait for it to reach a thousand years of cultivation.
• Li Xuan remembered his Copper Bell Wine recipe and studied it during class the next day.
• Li Xuan overheard students discussing an auction in Heaven Dou City and learned that it would feature a treasure that could increase Soul Power Level.
• Li Xuan decided to attend the auction and considered brewing spirit wine to earn money, since he could not sell elixirs.
• Li Xuan went to the Fire-type Mimicry Cultivation Environment and began preparing Copper Bell Wine by extracting the ingredients and cooking the glutinous rice into sticky rice.

Li Xuan used Soul Power and flame to speed up brewing Copper Bell Wine, then spent eight days making thirty sealed jars. After tasting one and confirming it could strengthen the body, he planned to sell the wine while waiting for the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus to reach a thousand years so he could obtain his second Soul Ring.

• Li Xuan heated glutinous rice, wine yeast, and spiritual medicine essence to produce Copper Bell Wine, then sealed the first jar to ferment.
• Li Xuan stored his finished wine in the Void Pearl and used Green Spirit Liquid to help the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus grow.
• Li Xuan spent eight days brewing Copper Bell Wine and accumulated thirty sealed jars in his dormitory.
• Li Xuan opened and tasted his first jar, finding the wine smooth and mildly strengthening but insufficient for substantial body tempering on its own.
• Li Xuan resealed the jar and planned to sell the wine, noting that the lotus needed one more day to mature before he could absorb it and seek leave to attend the auction in Heaven Dou City.

Li Xuan absorbed the essence of the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus, purified its dangerous energy with the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame, and gained a thousand-year Soul Ring. He awakened Filthy Flame Tentacle and discovered the flame’s corrosive, mind-eroding powers.

• Li Xuan fed the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus Green Spirit Liquid, causing it to bloom and then wither until only its essence petal remained.
• Li Xuan swallowed the petal and used the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame to refine the lotus’s energy into Soul Power and soul-nourishing energy.
• By morning, Li Xuan had absorbed the lotus’s power and gained control of the sticky, corrosive Filthy Flame.
• Li Xuan formed a dark purple Soul Ring for his Nine Hearts Nine Flames Lotus, turning one petal black.
• Li Xuan tested his second Soul Skill, Filthy Flame Tentacle, and learned that Filthy Flame could corrupt minds and erode wills.

Li Xuan obtained half a month of leave from Shao An and traveled to Heaven Dou City to attend an auction. At the auction house, he offered Copper Bell Wine for sale, and manager Kabo recognized that it was no ordinary wine.

• Li Xuan checked the damage to his meridians, attended class, and asked Shao An for leave to visit the auction in Heaven Dou City.
• Shao An approved half a month of leave, and Li Xuan stored thirty jars of Copper Bell Wine before traveling to the city.
• Li Xuan reached Heaven Dou City before its gates closed and spent the night at an inn.
• Li Xuan collected an auction catalog and asked a maid whether the auction house would accept his wine for sale.
• Kabo sampled Li Xuan's Copper Bell Wine, recognized its unusual quality, and asked what had been added to it.

Li Xuan negotiated a deal to supply the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House with Copper Bell Wine, securing a steady income and payment for his current stock. After leaving the auction house, he returned to the inn to review the treasures in the upcoming auction.

• Kabo offered Li Xuan five hundred Gold Soul Coins per jar, and Li Xuan sold him thirty jars of Copper Bell Wine.
• Li Xuan said he could provide ten jars each month, and Kabo offered six hundred Gold Soul Coins per jar in exchange for exclusive sales rights.
• Li Xuan gave Kabo the false name Li Feiyu and signed a contract to supply the auction house with ten jars monthly.
• Kabo paid Li Xuan eighteen thousand Gold Soul Coins for the thirty jars, then considered how the wine could help the Fourth Prince build his strength.
• Li Xuan left the auction house and returned to the inn to examine the treasures scheduled for auction in three days.

Li Xuan searched for a manor near Blue Tyrant Academy to grow medicinal herbs and brew alcohol, then discovered a rare Dragon Tooth Rice stalk at the Yahang. After buying the rice from Feng Lu, he set off with him to inspect a nearby estate.

• Li Xuan found no living-storage soul tool in the auction catalog and decided to look for a large estate near Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Li Xuan visited the Heaven Dou City Yahang, where Feng Lu identified an estate with farmland and mountain forest that matched his requirements.
• Li Xuan asked Feng Lu to take him to inspect the estate, and Feng Lu arranged a carriage for their trip.
• Li Xuan recognized the Dragon Tooth Rice stalk in a vase as a Heavenly Treasure and learned that Feng Lu had found it in the wild.
• Li Xuan paid Feng Lu ten gold soul coins for the Dragon Tooth Rice, stored it in the Void Pearl, and left with Feng Lu to view the estate.

Li Xuan inspected a dilapidated estate and its surrounding land, which he wanted for a winery and cultivation. He negotiated a purchase with Feng Lu, and they signed a contract before setting off for Heaven Dou City to transfer the deed.

• Li Xuan and Feng Lu toured the neglected estate, and Li Xuan decided its buildings could be cleared for a winery.
• Li Xuan spent the night camping outside, preserving Dragon Tooth Rice seeds with diluted Green Spirit Liquid and setting Burning Heart Seals on his tent.
• The next morning, Li Xuan and Feng Lu toured the several thousand mu of surrounding land, and Li Xuan approved of its soil.
• Feng Lu asked for thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, but Li Xuan offered ten thousand plus a two-thousand-coin commission, and Feng Lu accepted.
• Li Xuan and Feng Lu signed the contract and left for Heaven Dou City to handle the deed transfer.

Li Xuan bought a sixth-grade Eight Hundred Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman from the System Mall to help build his winery. He summoned the warriors at his estate, where they began surveying the land and preparing construction plans.

• Li Xuan transferred the estate deed into his name and paid Feng Lu the agreed twelve thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Xuan bought several System Mall items and exchanged points for the discounted Eight Hundred Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman.
• Li Xuan discovered the talisman could summon eight hundred Spirit Emperor-level Yellow Turban Warriors for construction, but not combat.
• Li Xuan traveled from Heaven Dou City to his estate and summoned the Yellow Turban Warriors with the talisman.
• The leading Yellow Turban Warrior promised to survey the land and prepare winery design plans within two hours.

Li Xuan chose a design for his fortified winery and headquarters, which the Yellow Turban Warriors began building. He named it Spring and Autumn Winery, then returned to Heaven Dou City to attend the auction.

• The Yellow Turban Warriors completed their survey and showed Li Xuan a detailed map of the estate.
• Li Xuan told the Yellow Turban Warriors to build a fortified winery with cellars and tunnels, and they eagerly connected his plans to their hopes of rebellion.
• The Yellow Turban Warriors presented twelve blueprints, and Li Xuan chose the Four Symbols Formation after hearing how it suited the estate.
• Li Xuan named the estate Spring and Autumn Winery and arranged to return in five days to provide the materials they needed.
• Li Xuan traveled to Heaven Dou City and waited for the auction to begin.

Li Xuan attended the Heaven Dou Grand Auction and bought a bead that he recognized as a Sanskrit Sound Glazed Flower seed, despite the crowd dismissing it as a worthless crystal. A mysterious nobleman in a fox mask questioned him about the purchase, but Li Xuan kept his knowledge to himself.

• Li Xuan arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House, waited in line, and took his seat on the third floor.
• Kabo opened the auction and presented dozens of lots, most of which Li Xuan ignored.
• Li Xuan recognized the forty-second lot as a Sanskrit Sound Glazed Flower seed and bid 550 Gold Soul Coins for it.
• Kabo sold the bead to Li Xuan after no one else bid.
• A middle-aged man wearing a fox mask asked Li Xuan what he thought the bead was, and Li Xuan avoided explaining.

Li Xuan ignored the middle-aged man’s attempts to learn about the Sanskrit Sound Glazed Flower and watched the auction’s second portion sell a variety of slaves. As the slave auction ended and the Soul Tool auction was about to begin, he was puzzled to see many attendees leaving.

• The middle-aged man offered Li Xuan one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the crystal bead, but Li Xuan refused and told him to be quiet.
• Kabo began the second portion of the auction by revealing a fox-eared slave girl in an iron cage, and Li Xuan declined the middle-aged man’s suggestion to bid for her.
• The fox woman sold for five hundred and ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the auction continued with other slaves, including children and Spirit Masters.
• Li Xuan gave up on buying talented children because he could not afford them and decided to look for bargains at the slave market.
• After the slave auction ended, Li Xuan expected the Soul Tool auction to begin but noticed nobles, dignitaries, and wealthy merchants leaving.

Li Xuan watched the Spirit Master auction and learned about Soul Tools and Spirit Bones from the wealthy middle-aged man beside him. The man spent millions of Gold Soul Coins buying Soul Tools, while Li Xuan stayed to see the Spirit Bones as their auction began.

• The middle-aged man explained that the auction’s second half featured items for Spirit Masters, and Li Xuan said he only wanted to observe.
• Kabo opened the second half by presenting the Wind Eye Soul Tool ring, which the middle-aged man bought for 250,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• The middle-aged man bought more than a dozen Soul Tools, spending several million Gold Soul Coins, while Li Xuan questioned his spending.
• The middle-aged man told Li Xuan that six Spirit Bones would be auctioned, and Li Xuan stayed to see them.
• Kabo presented a three-thousand-year Burning Fire Tiger left arm Spirit Bone, and the middle-aged man explained Spirit Bone types as Li Xuan admired it.