Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen devoured most of the Dark Demon Wolf’s Dou Qi, broke through to three-star Dou Huang, and left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with the Amethyst Winged Lion King as his loyal subordinate. In Qingshan Town, Xiao Yi Xian was stunned when the tier-6 beast called Xiao Chen its master.

• Xiao Chen used Devouring Power to drain the Dark Demon Wolf’s Dou Qi, then ordered the Amethyst Winged Lion King to finish it off.
• Absorbing the Dark Demon Wolf’s power raised Xiao Chen’s strength to three-star Dou Huang, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King pledged its loyalty to him.
• Xiao Chen flew to Qingshan Town and found Xiao Yi Xian treating wounded mercenaries.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King flew into town, terrifying Xiao Yi Xian and the mercenaries, then landed beside Xiao Chen and returned the medicinal pills he had left behind.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized that the tier-6 magical beast regarded Xiao Chen as its master and stared at him in shock and admiration.

After subduing the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Clan and advanced his Three Thousand Lightning Movement while receiving a favorability reward linked to Xiao Yan and Ya Fei. Yun Yun learned that the Dou Emperor expert was Xiao Chen and visited the Xiao Clan with Nalan Yanran, where Xiao Chen refused to interrupt his cultivation and told them to wait.

• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Chen fly away after he subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Clan to cultivate Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Chen advanced his movement skill and received a seventy-percent increase in Ya Fei's favorability after Xiao Yan gained twenty percent of her favor.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that the Dou Emperor expert was Xiao Chen, and Nalan Yanran struggled to believe that the Xiao Clan's third young master could be so powerful.
• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that her broken engagement with Xiao Yan might have angered Xiao Chen and decided to visit the Xiao Clan to confirm his identity.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran met Xiao Zhan at the Xiao Clan and asked to see Xiao Chen.
• A clan member returned with Xiao Chen's reply that he was cultivating, could not come, and would have them wait.

Xiao Chen kept Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran waiting while he cultivated, prompting Xiao Yan to defend his older brother. When Yun Yun went to find Xiao Chen, they witnessed his astonishing movement technique and realized his strength was far beyond ordinary.

• Yun Yun agreed to wait for Xiao Chen, while Nalan Yanran grew impatient after an incense stick passed.
• Xiao Yan arrived and told Nalan Yanran to wait, defending Xiao Chen from her complaints.
• Yun Yun decided to visit Xiao Chen in the Side Courtyard, followed by Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Chen's rapid movement technique filled the courtyard with afterimages, shocking Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Lao identified the technique as at least an Earth Tier movement Dou Technique and remarked that it was connected to an old acquaintance.

Xiao Chen accepted Yun Yun’s invitation to travel to the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital for an auction, hoping to find resources for Xiao Yan. On the way, a sixth-tier Shadow Demon Leopard attacked Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Chen stepped forward to face it.

• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Chen for saving her from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and invited him to visit the Misty Cloud Sect, but he refused.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Chen about the Mittel Family’s auction in three days, and he agreed to travel to the Imperial Capital with her and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan to cultivate properly and promised to look for items that could help him improve.
• Xiao Chen displayed his Dou Qi wings as the group flew from Wutan City, and Nalan Yanran became astonished by his strength and increasingly admired him.
• A sixth-tier Shadow Demon Leopard emerged from the Magical Beast Mountain Range and charged at Yun Yun, but Xiao Chen moved in front of her and prepared to stop it.

Xiao Chen killed a Tier 6 Shadow Demon Leopard and left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran aboard the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which addressed him as its master. At the Imperial Capital, the Auction’s guests watched the lion land outside the Mittal Auction House, unaware yet of who was riding on its back.

• Xiao Chen killed the Shadow Demon Leopard with a single palm strike and took its Tier 6 magical core.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared, called Xiao Chen its master, and agreed to escort him to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Chen, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran rode the Amethyst Winged Lion King toward the Imperial Capital, leaving Nalan Yanran astonished by Xiao Chen’s power.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Miteer Tengshan, and others discussed the rumored Tier 7 Alchemist at the Mittal Auction House, while Nalan Jie doubted the Xiao Clan could produce one.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King flew over the Auction House and landed as the assembled guests recognized the Tier 6 Magical Beast and wondered who could command it.

Xiao Chen arrived at the Mittal Auction House with the subdued Tier 6 Amethyst Winged Lion King and offered a Tier 7 Pozong Pill for auction. Jia Xingtian bought the pill for 50 million gold coins, while Nalan Jie and Nalan Su worried that the Nalan Clan had offended Xiao Chen through Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Chen arrived at the auction house riding the Amethyst Winged Lion King and confirmed that he had subdued the Tier 6 beast.
• Xiao Chen gave Miteer Tengshan a Tier 7 Pozong Pill to auction, shocking Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Miteer Tengshan.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su warned Nalan Yanran that the Nalan Clan could not afford to offend Xiao Chen because of her annulment of the engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen bid one million five hundred thousand gold coins for the Blazing Palm, and no one outbid him.
• Jia Xingtian won Xiao Chen’s Pozong Pill for 50 million gold coins, hoping it would help him break through to Dou Zong.
• Miteer Tengshan gave Xiao Chen the 50 million gold coins, and Jia Xingtian thanked him and offered him the imperial family’s favor.

After the auction, Xiao Chen killed the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and took its Magic Core. He returned to Wutan City and gave Xiao Yan a High Xuan-Rank fire-element Dou Technique, triggering the system's multiplied feedback.

• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor demanded the Pozong Pill and attacked Fa Ma, but Xiao Chen confronted it.
• Xiao Chen sent the serpent flying with one palm, drained its Dou Qi with his Devouring Power, and broke through two levels.
• The serpent begged to become Xiao Chen's slave, but Xiao Chen drained its remaining Dou Qi and killed it.
• Xiao Chen took the serpent's Sixth-Rank Magic Core, while Yao Ye decided to befriend him and Nalan Yanran watched in shock.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City and gave Xiao Yan a High Xuan-Rank fire-element Dou Technique, activating the system's multiplied feedback.

Xiao Chen gained the Low Heaven-Rank Dou Technique Huangquan Finger and decided to take Xiao Yan to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for combat training. Yao Lao revealed Xiao Chen was the Jia Ma Empire’s mysterious Tier 7 Alchemist, and Ling Ying confirmed the same to Xiao Xun'er.

• Xiao Chen tested Huangquan Finger and destroyed a stone table with a casual strike.
• Xiao Chen went to the back mountain and told Xiao Yan they would travel to the Magical Beast Mountain Range the next morning.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Xiao Chen was the Tier 7 Alchemist who had sold a Pozong Pill at the Imperial Capital Auction.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Chen about the Tier 7 Alchemist, but Xiao Chen denied knowing anything.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Chen was the Tier 7 Alchemist, confirming her suspicions.

Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Chen was a Tier 7 Alchemist who had killed the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and absorbed its Dou Qi. After training Xiao Yan in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Chen rose to Nine-Star Dou Emperor Peak through strength feedback, then received a mission to seize the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert and give it to Xiao Yan.

• Ling Ying reported Xiao Chen's strength and abilities to Xiao Xun'er, who was shocked by what she heard.
• Xiao Chen took Xiao Yan to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and made him fight magical beasts while intervening when Xiao Yan could not win.
• Xiao Yan grew stronger through the training and returned to Wutan City, prompting the system to raise Xiao Chen to Nine-Star Dou Emperor Peak.
• Xiao Yan cultivated at home while Xiao Chen consolidated his new strength.
• The system tasked Xiao Chen with taking the Green Lotus Core Flame from the Tagor Desert and giving it to Xiao Yan for double feedback.

Xiao Chen met Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town and brought her along to Tagor Desert to seek a Heavenly Flame for his younger brother. As they arrived near the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s headquarters, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li saw the Amethyst Winged Lion King approaching and noticed someone riding on its back.

• Xiao Chen met Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town and told her he was heading to Tagor Desert to find a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Chen about the danger but chose to accompany him so she could treat him if he was injured.
• Xiao Chen summoned the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and he and Xiao Yi Xian flew toward Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li read a letter from their father describing Xiao Chen’s rise in strength and debated returning to see him, but decided to stay with the mercenary group for now.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived near the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s headquarters, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li spotted a person on its back.

Xiao Chen reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s compound and revealed that he had come to the Tagor Desert to find a Heavenly Flame. The brothers welcomed him and Xiao Yi Xian into the compound, while Qing Lin watched Xiao Chen with curiosity.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li recognized Xiao Chen after he arrived riding the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Qing Lin wondered how he could command a Tier 6 Magical Beast.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li embraced Xiao Chen and learned that he had subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which addressed him as its master before leaving at his command.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he had come to find a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Ding warned him that the desert belonged to the Snake-People Tribe and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ding invited Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s compound, where Qing Lin stepped aside and lowered her head as Xiao Chen passed.

Xiao Chen took his brothers and Qing Lin into the Tagor Desert to locate the Green Lotus Core Flame, using her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to find its underground source. As they uncovered a heated crack in the rock, Queen Medusa arrived, determined to claim the flame before the humans.

• Xiao Chen reassured Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he was helping Xiao Yan after Nalan Yanran called off their engagement, and he asked Qing Lin to help search for the Heavenly Flame.
• Qing Lin sensed something powerful beneath the desert and led Xiao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li to a heated crack in the rock.
• A snake-person told Queen Medusa that humans were searching in the desert, and she suspected they had found the Green Lotus Core Flame she needed to advance to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa flew to the crack and confronted Xiao Chen and the others, who recognized her as a Dou Emperor Peak expert.

Xiao Chen confronted Queen Medusa when she demanded to know why he and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group were searching near the crack, then defeated her with overwhelming strength. Queen Medusa retreated to the Snake-People Tribe settlement, where the elders saw her injuries.

• Queen Medusa appeared and questioned the group about what they were searching for, but Xiao Chen told her it was none of her business.
• Queen Medusa struck Xiao Chen, but he stood unharmed, then repelled her full-force palm strike with his own.
• Queen Medusa attacked again, and Xiao Chen hit her with a Huangquan Finger-powered strike that badly wounded her.
• Queen Medusa asked Xiao Chen who he was, learned his name, and flew back to the Snake-People Tribe settlement.
• Xiao Chen reassured Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yi Xian that he was fine, then told them to keep searching the crack.
• The Snake-People elders saw Queen Medusa's wounds and asked who had injured their peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor queen.

Xiao Chen descended into the fissure with Qing Lin and found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the earth. After Qing Lin subdued the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, Xiao Chen captured the Heavenly Flame and returned to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

• Queen Medusa told her elders that a human Dou Zong expert around twenty years old had defeated her while seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Chen took Qing Lin into the fissure as Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yi Xian waited anxiously above.
• Xiao Chen and Qing Lin reached an underground magma lake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame guarded by a Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Chen used his Devouring Power to capture the Green Lotus Core Flame, then returned to the surface with Qing Lin and the snake.
• Xiao Chen showed the Green Lotus Core Flame to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who were astonished that he had obtained a Heavenly Flame.

After defeating Queen Medusa and obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Chen returned to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s base with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. Their celebration was interrupted by Luo Bu’s attack, and the chapter ended with Xiao Chen shattering Luo Bu’s dantian.

• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Chen whether he could subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Chen said he was confident.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li celebrated Xiao Chen’s victory at the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s base and asked about his strength; Xiao Chen said he was at Nine-Star Dou Emperor Peak.
• A wounded mercenary reported that the Sand Mercenary Group had attacked, and Luo Bu entered the hall demanding their treasure and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Chen called Luo Bu trash and stood protectively in front of Qing Lin as Luo Bu’s men mocked him.
• Luo Bu struck Xiao Chen’s chest, but Xiao Chen did not move and then pierced Luo Bu’s dantian with a stream of Dou Qi.

Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Clan, reunited with Xiao Yan, and gave him the Green Lotus Core Flame to help him grow stronger for the Three-Year Agreement. After Xiao Chen returned to his Side Courtyard, the system rewarded him with doubled feedback for Xiao Yan obtaining the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were doing well, and went to see Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that he was close to a breakthrough and promised to keep training for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and Xiao Yan accepted it gratefully.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to work hard and subdue the Heavenly Flame as soon as possible.
• Xiao Chen returned to his Side Courtyard, where the system announced doubled feedback for Xiao Yan obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Chen received two Heavenly Flames and three tier-six pill formulas, then brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to test a fire lotus formed by combining the flames. The lotus killed a fifth-tier Shadow Black Ape in one explosion, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned.

• Xiao Chen received the Fallen Heart Flame, the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and formulas for three tier-six pills.
• Xiao Chen returned to Wutan City, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin stayed in the Xiao Clan guest quarters, and Xiao Xun'er questioned him about the two girls.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian he would gather herbs and refine pills for her and Qing Lin, then invited both girls to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Chen flew with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range to test the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• A fifth-tier Shadow Black Ape lunged at Qing Lin, and Xiao Chen's fire lotus struck it down with an explosion, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned.

Xiao Chen gathered herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and refined pills for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, helping them advance their cultivation. The system rewarded him for strengthening Xiao Yan’s confidantes, and he broke through to one-star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Chen collected second-tier medicinal herbs and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin he would refine pills for them.
• Xiao Chen used the Fallen Heart Flame to refine a Green Spirit Pill and a Red Essence Pill.
• Qing Lin swallowed the Red Essence Pill and advanced to Fourth-Stage Dou Qi, while Xiao Yi Xian took the Green Spirit Pill and reached Ninth-Stage Dou Qi.
• The system recognized Xiao Chen’s help to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and offered him doubled feedback because they were confidantes of Xiao Yan whom he had intercepted.
• Xiao Chen accepted the reward and broke through to one-star Dou Zong, also receiving the Marrow Cleansing Pill and Qi Gathering Powder medicinal formulas.

Xiao Chen refined a Purple Spirit Pill for Xiao Xun'er, helping her advance from One-Star to Three-Star Dou Zhe and earning a Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Control Method from the system. He planned to teach the technique to Qing Lin the next day, hoping her improvement would bring him more feedback.

• Xiao Chen used his medicinal ingredients and Fallen Heart Flame to refine a fourth-grade Purple Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Chen gave Xiao Xun'er the pill, and she consumed it and advanced from One-Star to Three-Star Dou Zhe.
• The system rewarded Xiao Chen with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Control Method after Xiao Xun'er's breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan saw Xiao Xun'er's strength on the Testing Magic Stone Stele and learned that Xiao Chen had helped her with a pill.
• Xiao Chen memorized the control method and planned to teach it to Qing Lin the next day.

Xiao Chen taught Qing Lin how to control the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and helped her practice in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After she mastered controlling first-tier magical beasts, he received a sixth-grade Soul Recovery Pill formula and returned to cultivation.

• Xiao Chen passed the control method for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Qing Lin and took her to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Qing Lin failed to control a Bamboo Leaf Green Snake at first, then followed Xiao Chen’s advice and successfully established a mental connection with it.
• Qing Lin practiced on several more first-tier snakes and steadily learned to control them.
• The system rewarded Xiao Chen with a sixth-grade Soul Recovery Pill formula after Qing Lin’s mastery improved.
• Xiao Chen escorted Qing Lin back to the Xiao Clan, reviewed the formula, and began cultivating in the Side Courtyard.