Chapter Summaries

Turtle Spirit Venerable recognized Xiao Ling as worthy of inheriting the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame and entrusted it to him before his soul avatar dissipated. Xiao Ling received Turtle Spirit Venerable’s body and a mysterious Soul Light Cluster, which Yao Chen suspected contained inherited memories.

• Turtle Spirit Venerable praised Xiao Ling’s strength and agreed to pass the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame to him.
• Turtle Spirit Venerable released the little turtle-shaped flame, and it accepted Xiao Ling as its new master.
• Xiao Ling stored the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame in the System Space and offered to help revive Turtle Spirit Venerable, but the Venerable explained that his true soul was already gone.
• Turtle Spirit Venerable gave Xiao Ling his body and formed a Soul Light Cluster before his avatar dissipated.
• Yao Chen examined the Soul Light Cluster and concluded that it likely contained Turtle Spirit Venerable’s inherited memories.

Xiao Ling absorbed Turtle Spirit Venerable’s Soul Light Cluster and learned that it held an Eighth-grade Alchemist’s memories, then led the group out of the relic. After leaving, they prepared to seek the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, and the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor began recalling whether it had seen the beast.

• Xiao Ling absorbed the Soul Light Cluster, stored Turtle Spirit Venerable’s extensive alchemy memories, and gained a modest increase in soul force.
• Xiao Ling told the group they would leave the relic, return to the Xiao Family later, and first capture the seventh-tier Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake with Qing Lin subduing it.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin passed through the Space Gate, which collapsed after they emerged.
• The Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor appeared, and Xiao Ling confirmed that the group was leaving after obtaining Turtle Spirit Venerable’s inheritance.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor whether it had seen the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, and it began to recall something.

Xiao Ling learned where to find the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, rewarded the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor, and traveled with his companions to the snake’s purple-flame territory. After locating the seventh-tier beast, he approached its cave with Rayquaza, and the snake emerged to face them.

• The Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor told Xiao Ling that purple flames marked the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake’s territory in the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Ling gave it Sixth-grade Pills in return.
• The Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor refused Xiao Ling’s offer to leave its lake, choosing to continue guarding the land tied to Turtle Spirit Venerable.
• Xiao Ling and his companions rode Rayquaza east and spotted purple flames surrounding a cave in a barren forest of stone pillars.
• Xiao Ling sensed a seventh-tier Magical Beast inside the cave and decided to handle the encounter himself while Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan waited.
• As Rayquaza approached the cave, the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake sensed its aura, flew out, and faced Xiao Ling and the three women.

Xiao Ling and his companions confronted the Seventh-tier Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, and Xiao Ling subdued it long enough for Qing Lin to claim it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Qing Lin recovered from the strain, while the newly bonded snake still showed resentment toward the group.

• The Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake challenged Xiao Ling and his companions, but Rayquaza's Dragon Breath blasted it into a rocky mountain.
• Xiao Ling used Illusory Dream Spirit Shadow to control the injured snake and gave Qing Lin the chance to subdue it.
• Qing Lin awakened the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and imprinted a green flower on its forehead, making it accept her as its master.
• Xiao Ling supported Qing Lin when the technique left her exhausted, and she took a Soul Origin Pill to recover.
• The Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake lay quietly near Qing Lin but still hissed threateningly at Xiao Ling and the others.

Qing Lin bonded with the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, named her Little Purple, and introduced her to Xiao Ling and the others. After Little Purple transformed into human form, they flew to a scenic valley for a picnic, where Xiao Ling served chilled Cola.

• Qing Lin welcomed the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake as her companion and named her Little Purple, then told her to obey Xiao Ling as she obeyed Qing Lin.
• Little Purple accepted Xiao Ling's goodwill, transformed into a young woman at Zi Yan's request, and learned that Zi Yan had been changed by eating Form Transformation Grass.
• Little Purple and Zi Yan agreed to spar someday, then Little Purple carried Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to a scenic valley.
• The group prepared a picnic by the lake, and Qing Lin decorated Xiao Yi Xian's hair with wildflowers.
• Xiao Ling embraced and kissed Xiao Yi Xian during the flight, while Qing Lin and Zi Yan noticed but left them alone.
• Xiao Ling brought out chilled Cola for the group after Zi Yan asked for some.

After returning from Turtle Spirit Venerable’s ruins, Xiao Ling absorbed the Venerable’s memories during a three-day flight and gained valuable Alchemy knowledge. He arrived at the Xiao Family with his companions and prepared to sort through the memories and begin refining the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame.

• Xiao Ling and his companions enjoyed Cola and a picnic before leaving the valley, and the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake carried them toward the Jia Ma Empire.
• During the three-day journey, Xiao Ling meditated on Turtle Spirit Venerable’s memories and realized the Alchemy knowledge could help him reach Grade 8 Alchemist status.
• Near Jia Ma Imperial City, Xiao Ling asked Qing Lin to store Little Purple, and the group flew to the gates on their Dou Qi Wings.
• The guards and citizens recognized Xiao Ling, and he gave a Fourth-grade Pill to cover the citizens’ entry fees after his arrival disrupted the queue.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family courtyard and told his companions he would study the memories and begin refining the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Ling to prepare pills for her before entering seclusion, and he agreed.

Xiao Ling began refining the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame in seclusion, using the Ice Soul Prison Jade Bed and two protective pills to prepare for the dangerous process. While he remained secluded, the Jia Ma Empire gained several new Dou Zong powerhouses, though the Three Kingdom Alliance continued to threaten it.

• Xiao Ling asked Xiao Yi Xian to keep anyone from disturbing him while he refined the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame, and he left Qing Lin and Zi Yan to cultivate safely.
• Xiao Ling entered the Training Room, set up the Ice Soul Prison Jade Bed, and took the Ice Wave Fire Control Pill and Flame Meridian Spirit Protection Pill.
• Xiao Ling swallowed the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame and began refining it with Fen Jue, settling into prolonged seclusion.
• During Xiao Ling's seclusion, Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan broke through to the Dou Zong realm.
• The Jia Ma Empire celebrated its growing strength, but its leaders remained wary of the Three Kingdom Alliance and the empire's disadvantage in lower-level combatants.

Ten months after Xiao Ling entered secluded cultivation to refine the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame, the Three Kingdom Alliance launched an early invasion of the Jia Ma Empire. As Jia Xingtian prepared to head to the front, he entrusted Yao Ye with managing the Royal Family and seeking help from Xiao Ling’s companions.

• Xiao Ling remained unaware of the Empire’s growing alarm as he continued refining the Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame in seclusion.
• The allied forces of the Chu Yun Empire, the Mu Lan Empire, and the Luo Yan Empire attacked Black Mountain Fortress, where Mu Tie and the Jia Ma Empire’s defenders met their vanguard in battle.
• Jia Xingtian received an urgent report from the front and summoned Yao Ye, telling her he would leave to protect the Empire on the battlefield.
• Jia Xingtian gave Yao Ye letters for the Mittel Family, the Misty Cloud Sect, and the Xiao Family, explaining that Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin could provide powerful support.
• Yao Ye agreed to seek help from Xiao Ling’s companions as Jia Xingtian prepared to depart.

Xiao Ling completed his year-long cultivation by fusing five Heavenly Flames into the Five Spirit Flame Heaven Flame and advancing to peak six-star Dou Zong. He inspected his system panel and used his three remaining draws, receiving thirty million Gold Coins, a Spirit Nurturing Cushion, and a Senzu Bean.

• Yao Ye sent letters to the Mittel Family, the Misty Cloud Sect, and the Imperial Capital's major families, then decided to visit the Xiao Family herself.
• The Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame devoured Heaven and Earth Power, returned to Xiao Ling, and awakened him from secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Ling revealed the Five Spirit Flame Heaven Flame, fused from five flames, and named it.
• Xiao Ling's cultivation surged from four-star Dou Zong to peak six-star Dou Zong, and his Fen Jue reached the Quasi-Heavenly Tier.
• Xiao Ling checked his system panel, used his three remaining draws, and received thirty million Gold Coins, a Spirit Nurturing Cushion, and a Senzu Bean.
• Xiao Ling examined the Spirit Nurturing Cushion's information and learned it could nourish spirits and help cultivators fight opponents above their level.

Xiao Ling used the Spirit Nurturing Cushion to fuse Dou Qi and Soul Power into a powerful new energy he named spiritual energy, then examined a Senzu Bean and stored it for emergencies. After nearly a year in seclusion, he left the Training Room and wondered how Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan had progressed.

• Xiao Ling discovered that the Spirit Nurturing Cushion's Cosmos Ancient Array could combine Dou Qi and Soul Power, then successfully created and controlled a fist-sized mass of spiritual energy.
• Xiao Ling recognized spiritual energy's destructive power and high cost, refined more of it for emergencies, and stored the cushion without attempting to extract its array.
• Xiao Ling examined a Senzu Bean, learned that it could restore strength, heal serious injuries, and relieve hunger, then returned it to the System Space.
• Xiao Ling opened the Training Room after nearly a year, dismantled the protective formation, and stepped outside into the sunlight.
• Xiao Ling wondered whether Xiao Yi Xian had reached the Dou Zong realm and whether Qing Lin and Zi Yan had advanced their cultivation.

After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Ling learned that the Jia Ma Empire was fighting the Three Kingdom Alliance and headed for the border. At Black Mountain Fortress, Xiao Yi Xian offered to face Xie Bi Yan as the allied army prepared an all-out assault.

• Xiao Ling found Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Yao Tianhuo, and Yao Chen absent, and Rayquaza told him they had gone north after fighting broke out.
• A maid told Xiao Ling that Yao Ye had requested aid for the war, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had agreed to help if the empire faced collapse, and Zi Yan had gone to support the Snake People Race.
• Xiao Ling learned that the Three Kingdom Alliance was preparing a major attack and flew toward the border on Rayquaza.
• At Black Mountain Fortress, Hai Bodong reported that Yan Luotian, Mulan Valley’s three Grand Elders, and Xie Bi Yan had joined the enemy forces for the coming assault.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the fortress walls with Queen Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, then told Jia Xing Tian that she would handle Xie Bi Yan.

Xiao Yi Xian volunteered to face Xie Bi Yan and revealed that she had reached Four-star Dou Zong, just as the Three Nations Allied Army began its assault on Black Mountain Fortress. The allied leaders assembled opposite Jia Ma Empire, and Yan Luotian declared that the invasion would proceed by force.

• Xiao Yi Xian assured Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian that she could handle Xie Bi Yan, explaining that she had stabilized her cultivation at Four-star Dou Zong.
• The Three Nations Allied Army advanced on Black Mountain Fortress, and Jia Xingtian ordered the Dou Wang experts to defend the lines.
• Yan Luotian appeared above the allied army and taunted Jia Ma Empire, while the Mulan Three Elders joined him and Queen Medusa challenged them.
• Xie Bi Yan arrived and announced that he would deal with Jia Ma Empire; Xiao Yi Xian prepared to test her strength against him.
• Jia Xingtian tried to sow discord among the allied leaders, but Xie Bi Yan accused Jia Ma Empire of harming their people, and Yan Luotian backed him and vowed to win the battle.

Yan Luotian attacked Black Mountain Fortress, but Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Hai Bodong blocked his strike and fought him in the sky. As the battle intensified, the Mulan Valley elders activated their Three Beasts Savage Art, and Medusa prepared to face them while Zi Yan guarded the Snake People Race.

• Yan Luotian unleashed a massive golden sword strike, and Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Hai Bodong joined forces to stop it.
• Yan Luotian formed sword-qi wings and attacked again, but the three defenders pushed through his barrage and engaged him at close range.
• Xie Bi Yan sent the Mulan Valley elders to fight Medusa, and they used the Three Beasts Savage Art to merge their power.
• Medusa asked Zi Yan to protect the Snake People Race, then gathered her purple energy and prepared to battle the elders.

Medusa and the Jia Ma Empire’s forces fought the Three Kingdom Alliance, but the alliance’s numerical advantage initially pushed them back. Little Purple’s arrival turned the aerial battle around, and Xiao Yi Xian blocked Xie Bi Yan from reaching her, setting up a clash between the two poison cultivators.

• Medusa fought the Mulan Three Elders while the armies’ Dou Huangs and Dou Wangs joined battle above Black Mountain Fortress.
• Zi Yan was surrounded by three Golden Goose Sect Dou Huangs, injured one with a sudden attack, and then faced two more enemies from the Luo Yan Empire.
• Qing Lin summoned Little Purple, who defeated the five Dou Huangs attacking Zi Yan and helped her finish the last survivor.
• Little Purple joined the wider fight, killed several allied Dou Huang experts, and shifted the battlefield in the Jia Ma Empire’s favor.
• Xie Bi Yan moved to stop Little Purple, but Xiao Yi Xian blocked his way and challenged him to a fight.
• Xie Bi Yan met Xiao Yi Xian’s Four-star Dou Zong aura with his own power and declared that he would show her the true Grandmaster of Poison Dao.

Xiao Yi Xian and Xie Bi Yan fought as the war turned against the Three Kingdom Alliance, until Protector Iron of the Soul Hall arrived and joined the battle. Protector Iron collected the fallen soldiers’ souls and targeted Qing Lin, while Little Purple tried to shield her from his chains.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xie Bi Yan clashed while the Mulan Three Elders and Yan Luotian fought Queen Medusa, Jia Xing Tian, and the others, leaving the Dou Zong battles evenly matched.
• Little Purple’s arrival shifted the lower battlefields in Jia Ma Empire’s favor, and the Three Kingdom Alliance suffered heavy losses, including the deaths of several Dou Emperors and many Dou Wangs.
• Xie Bi Yan summoned Protector Iron, a three-star Dou Zong and Earth-level Protector of the Soul Hall, who agreed to help in exchange for payment.
• Protector Iron rejected Xiao Yi Xian’s refusal to join the Soul Hall, then used his chains to harvest the souls of recently slain fighters.
• Protector Iron noticed Qing Lin’s Spirit Realm Soul and attacked her and her companions; Little Purple raised a flame barrier against his Three-section Soul Lock, but the chains overwhelmed her and caused her soul discomfort.

Little Purple struggled to protect Qing Lin and Zi Yan from the Iron Protector while Xiao Yi Xian was held back by Xie Bi Yan. Xiao Ling arrived on a black dragon and struck the Iron Protector with the Emperor Seal Art, leaving the battlefield to settle after the devastating impact.

• Little Purple evaded the Iron Protector’s black chains while protecting Qing Lin and Zi Yan, but he trapped them in a closing net.
• Xiao Yi Xian tried to reach the girls, but Xie Bi Yan intercepted her and forced her to continue fighting.
• Yao Chen sensed Xiao Ling approaching and chose to let him handle the battle.
• Xiao Ling arrived atop a massive black dragon, and his aura dispersed the Iron Protector’s chain net.
• The Iron Protector launched chains at Xiao Ling, but they shattered before reaching him as Xiao Ling charged.
• Xiao Ling used the Mountain Splitting Seal, a technique the Iron Protector recognized as the Emperor Seal Art, and struck him with overwhelming force.

Xiao Ling captured Iron Protector and joined the defenders at Black Mountain Fortress, where his arrival drove the Three Kingdom Alliance to call off its invasion. As Xie Bi Yan attempted to withdraw, the white-robed woman blocked his way, leaving him facing Xiao Ling’s demands.

• Xiao Ling overpowered Iron Protector, burned away his black mist with the Fallen Heart Flame, and sealed his soul and the collected souls in jade bottles.
• The defenders recognized Xiao Ling, and he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan before speaking with Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan.
• Xiao Ling warned Yun Shan not to return to evil ways, prompting Yun Shan to wonder whether Xiao Ling knew of his past contact with the Soul Hall.
• Xie Bi Yan, intimidated by Xiao Ling’s strength, promised that the Three Kingdom Alliance would stop attacking the Jia Ma Empire and ordered his troops to withdraw.
• As Xie Bi Yan tried to leave, the white-robed woman blocked his path, and he challenged Xiao Ling over the attempted restraint.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian fought the Three Nations Allied Army, defeating its leaders and leaving Xie Bi Yan caught in Xiao Ling’s Two-Colored Fire Lotus. The chapter ended before the blast’s outcome was revealed.

• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Xie Bi Yan with her Calamity Poison Body, while Xiao Ling broke the Mulan Three Elders’ formation and killed two of them.
• Xiao Ling stopped Yan Luotian’s escape, defeated him, extracted his soul, and stored his body and the leaders’ Storage Rings.
• Xiao Yi Xian gained the upper hand against Xie Bi Yan, whose body began to succumb to her poison.
• Xiao Ling launched a Two-Colored Fire Lotus at Xie Bi Yan, and it broke through his barrier and engulfed him in an explosion.

Xiao Ling defeated Xie Bi Yan, who unleashed the Demonic Poison Spot as a final attack. Xiao Ling deliberately took the poison, believing he could refine it with Heavenly Flames and absorb its power, then offered the routed Three Nations Allied Army a chance to withdraw.

• Xie Bi Yan, badly wounded and facing defeat, used the Demonic Poison Spot against Xiao Ling before Xiao Yi Xian killed him.
• Xiao Ling explained that the poison could be refined with Heavenly Flames and might raise his strength to High-level Dou Zong; he concealed the spot from Hai Bodong and reassured his allies.
• Xiao Ling collected Xie Bi Yan's Storage Ring, extracted his soul, and sealed it in a porcelain bottle.
• Zi Yan arrived with Rayquaza, Little Purple, and Qing Lin after helping defeat the allied army's Dou Emperor- and Dou Wang-level fighters.
• Xiao Ling offered the demoralized Three Nations Allied Army a chance to retreat and decided not to pursue the defeated nations or involve himself further in the war.

After the Three Nations Allied Army fled, Xiao Ling returned to Black Mountain Fortress and reassured the Jia Ma Empire’s experts that Xie Bi Yan’s Demonic Poison Spot had not harmed him. In the courtyard, Queen Medusa asked him to lend her his Heavenly Flame so she could use the Snake People Race’s secret art to purify her bloodline and break through her cultivation bottleneck.

• Xiao Ling declared that the Jia Ma Empire’s future belonged to its people, and the Three Nations Allied Army panicked and fled while Jia Xing Tian chose not to pursue them.
• Xiao Ling returned to Black Mountain Fortress with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, where Jia Xing Tian and the other experts praised him and Queen Medusa asked whether the Demonic Poison Spot had harmed him.
• Xiao Ling assured Hai Bodong and the others that he had suppressed the poison, then left for the courtyard with his companions and Queen Medusa.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Ling Storage Rings containing the enemy experts’ corpses, which he planned to use to strengthen Iron Protector’s soul and refine a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Ling that her bloodline had limited her cultivation and asked him to lend her his Heavenly Flame to help her perform the Snake People Race’s secret art.