Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian used Xiao Ce as her fiancé to fend off Muli’s advances, and Xiao Ce played along. Muli threatened Xiao Ce and showed his jealousy, while Xiao Ce declared that Muli would die if he coveted Xiao Yi Xian.

• Muli put away the pendant and invited Xiao Yi Xian to dinner after she rejected his gift.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted Xiao Ce, told Muli that her fiancé had come to pick her up, and ran into Xiao Ce’s arms.
• Xiao Ce embraced Xiao Yi Xian and joined her in pretending they were a couple as passersby watched.
• Muli became jealous, demanded to know when Xiao Yi Xian had gotten a fiancé, and threatened Xiao Ce with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s power.
• Xiao Yi Xian taunted Muli by pointing out that he was threatening Xiao Ce, and Xiao Ce warned that Muli would pay if he coveted her.

Xiao Ce killed Muli after the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s young master attacked him at Wanyao Pavilion, then told Xiao Yi Xian that he was a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi. They left together, with Xiao Yi Xian flustered by his strength and teasing.

• Muli threatened Xiao Ce, then attacked him while Xiao Yi Xian was in his arms.
• Xiao Ce caught Muli’s fist and killed him with a burst of flame, shocking the onlookers.
• Xiao Ce left Wanyao Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian as the crowd made way for them.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Ce about his strength, and he revealed that he was a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Ce teased Xiao Yi Xian as they walked, and she blushed and protested when he suggested they could fool around once they were back in the room.

After Xiao Ce killed Muli, Mushe ordered an investigation while rumors about Xiao Yi Xian’s mysterious fiancé spread through Qingshan Town. Xiao Yi Xian awakened her Woeful Poison Body by consuming poison, then woke beside Xiao Ce and screamed at him.

• Mushe grieved over Muli’s death and ordered his men to investigate Xiao Ce before taking revenge.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Wanyao Pavilion, and Mr. Yao showed no concern about the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Rumors spread across Qingshan Town about Muli’s death and Xiao Yi Xian’s fiancé, with people speculating about Xiao Ce’s strength and background.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank the poison Xiao Ce had prepared, awakened her Woeful Poison Body, and advanced from the eighth to the ninth stage of Dou Qi before collapsing.
• Xiao Ce carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian to bed, and she woke the next day to find him lying beside her and screamed at him.

Xiao Yi Xian awakened her Woeful Poison Body and advanced to Nine-Stage Dou Qi before she and Xiao Ce spent the night together. By dawn, Xiao Ce had refined her primordial yin, reached Nine-Star Dou Ling, and teased Xiao Yi Xian awake.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke beside Xiao Ce, realized he had not taken advantage of her, and apologized for her mistaken accusation.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that her Woeful Poison Body had awakened and that she had advanced to Nine-Stage Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to take the next step with Xiao Ce that night, and the two spent the night together.
• Xiao Ce refined Xiao Yi Xian's primordial yin and advanced from Nine-Star Da Dou Shi to Nine-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Ce kissed Xiao Yi Xian's forehead and teased her until she opened her eyes in fright.

After a second session of dual cultivation, Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian bathed together and discussed their backgrounds and cultivation. Xiao Ce asked whether she had found a cave beneath a cliff, but she said she knew of no such place.

• Xiao Yi Xian blushed as she remembered the previous night, and Xiao Ce teased her until she pounced at him.
• Xiao Ce caught Xiao Yi Xian, and they had a second session of dual cultivation that left them both exhausted.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized the first session had raised her from Nine-Stage Dou Qi to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yi Xian he came from the Xiao Clan in Wutan City and had sought experience in Qingshan Town, then said she was his first dual cultivation partner.
• Xiao Ce asked whether Xiao Yi Xian had found a cave beneath a cliff, and she dismissed the idea and said she knew of no such cave.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where they grew closer as he searched for a cave from the original story. They found the cave and a glowing stone door, and went to explore what lay beyond it.

• Xiao Ce declined Mr. Yao’s offer of mercenaries and chose to enter the Magic Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the outskirts of the range at ease while their relationship grew warmer over the next few days.
• Xiao Ce found the cave he had been searching for near Wanyao Pavilion’s herb-gathering area and a cliff.
• Xiao Ce used a flame formed from Dou Qi to light the cave as he and Xiao Yi Xian explored it.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a glowing stone door and excitedly ran toward it, then playfully pinched Xiao Ce after he teased her.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian opened a hidden stone chamber, collected its treasure, and found a Demonic Flame Fragment Map and a poison scripture. After they left, Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Eagle to take Xiao Ce to a little valley.

• Xiao Yi Xian deciphered the stone door’s mechanism, and she and Xiao Ce entered the chamber filled with treasure and medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian harvested the herbs while Xiao Ce found the Demonic Flame Fragment Map on a skeleton and opened three stone boxes.
• Xiao Ce gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, which she eagerly read for its poison-making methods and information about the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Ce packed the chamber’s valuables, and he and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the cliff above.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Eagle, Xiao Lan, and told it to take them to the little valley.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian settled into her hidden valley, where they built a home and Xiao Ce cultivated with her help. After Xiao Yi Xian sent him away for three days, Xiao Ce ventured deeper into the Magic Beast Mountain Range to hunt magic beasts.

• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian entered a secluded valley rich in heaven and earth energy and medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Ce built a spacious wooden house while Xiao Yi Xian prepared their dinner.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together, helping Xiao Ce move closer to breaking through to Dou Wang.
• The next day, Xiao Yi Xian sent Xiao Ce out of the valley for three days after he kept pursuing her.
• Xiao Ce headed into the depths of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, confident he could handle most fifth-tier magic beasts.

Xiao Ce raided herbs and treasures guarded by magical beasts in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, sharpening his combat skills until the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King began pursuing him. He evaded the Sixth-Rank beast’s lightning attacks but knew he could not keep running without exhausting his Dou Qi.

• Xiao Ce gathered herbs and fought magical beasts in the mountain range to improve his practical combat experience.
• After Xiao Ce looted four Fifth-Rank Magical Beasts, the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King came after him.
• Xiao Ce fled through the forest as the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King pursued him and fired lightning balls.
• Xiao Ce dodged the attacks with Nine Turns of the Wandering Dragon, First Turn, while considering how to escape before his Dou Qi ran out.
• Xiao Ce realized he had no pills to restore his Dou Qi and decided he needed to learn alchemy.

Xiao Ce stopped fleeing and used his Yin-Yang Sky Splitting Palm to injure the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King, then fought while drawing it toward a cave in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory. The chapter ended as he deliberately led the enraged wolf toward the rival ruler’s domain.

• Xiao Ce left the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King's territory, but the wolf continued pursuing him for dozens of li.
• Xiao Ce stopped near a massive cave and struck the wolf with his Yin-Yang Sky Splitting Palm.
• The Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King underestimated the attack, suffered several wounds, and lunged at Xiao Ce in fury.
• Xiao Ce evaded the wolf with Nine Turns of the Wandering Dragon and harassed it with Xuan Class Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Ce drew the wolf through the forest toward a cave within the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory.

Xiao Ce lured the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King into the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory, provoking the two overlords into a confrontation. With the Wolf King occupied, Xiao Ce headed for his lair to collect a reward.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King confronted the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King for destroying his territory.
• Xiao Ce used Nine Turns of the Wandering Dragon to escape while the two beast kings argued.
• The Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King pursued Xiao Ce, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked him with a purple fireball.
• The two beast kings blamed each other and prepared to fight, while Xiao Ce watched from a tree.
• Xiao Ce decided to visit the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King's lair while the Wolf King was occupied.

While the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King fought, Xiao Ce raided the wolf king’s lair and gathered its treasures. With his Dou Qi running low, he left the lair and headed back to the small valley.

• Xiao Ce slipped away from the battle between the two Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts and made for the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King's nest.
• Xiao Ce killed the two Third-Rank Magical Beasts guarding the lair and took their Magic Cores.
• Xiao Ce entered the lair, uprooted seven medicinal herbs, and collected the Magic Cores, beast materials, and high-ranking beast bone from an iron chest.
• Xiao Ce searched the cave and took the natural crystals embedded in its walls.
• Xiao Ce left the lair with less than thirty percent of his Dou Qi remaining and headed back to the small valley.

Xiao Ce returned to the valley after raiding the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King's cave and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian. After spending the night together, they woke up and prepared to bathe while Xiao Ce told her about his recent adventures.

• The injured Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King returned to his cave, found it completely looted, and roared in fury.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that Xiao Ce had been gone nearly a week when he appeared behind her and startled her with an embrace.
• Xiao Ce reassured Xiao Yi Xian that she was special to him, and she called him “Hubby” before they spent the night together.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke beside Xiao Ce, and he suggested they bathe together while he told her what he had been doing.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to let Xiao Ce carry her but warned him not to try anything.

Xiao Ce recounted his dangerous exploits in the Magic Beast Mountain Range to Xiao Yi Xian, then showed her the rare medicinal herbs he had gathered. Meanwhile, Mushe hired Mo Shan to kill Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian, believing Xiao Ce was only a nine-star Doushi.

• Xiao Yi Xian worried over Xiao Ce's near-death escape from the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King and urged him not to take such risks again.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian shared an intimate moment, after which Xiao Ce showed her the rare medicinal herbs he had collected.
• Xiao Yi Xian admired the herbs and planned to plant their roots or seeds in the valley.
• Mushe assured Mo Shan that he would honor his payment whether Xiao Ce was dead or alive.
• Mushe recalled learning Xiao Ce's supposed cultivation from Mr. Yao and explained that he had hired Mo Shan to avenge his son by killing Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Ce returned to Wanyao Pavilion and learned that Mushe had seized its wealth and hired the Da Dou Shi Mo Shan to kill him. Xiao Ce went to face them, while Mo Shan sensed that Xiao Ce seemed to be only a Nine-Star Dou Zhe.

• Mr. Yao learned that Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian had returned and hurried to meet them in the main hall.
• Mr. Yao told Xiao Ce that Mushe had taken Wanyao Pavilion's assets and hired a Da Dou Shi, and admitted he had fed Mushe false information about Xiao Ce.
• Xiao Ce promised Mr. Yao he would recover the pavilion's wealth from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after dealing with Mushe and Mo Shan.
• Mushe shouted for Xiao Ce to come out and die, while Mo Shan dismissed him as an easy opponent.
• Xiao Ce approached with Xiao Yi Xian and another companion, and Mo Shan was surprised that he sensed only a Nine-Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Ce killed Mo Shan after revealing strength far beyond the level Mushe had claimed, then Xiao Yi Xian used her poison to defeat Mushe. The chapter ended with Xiao Ce killing the mutilated Mushe while Xiao Yi Xian wondered whether her attack had been too vicious.

• Mo Shan underestimated Xiao Ce, but Xiao Ce appeared before him in an instant and killed him with a single strike.
• Mushe realized Xiao Ce had never been a Nine-Star Doushi and accused Yao Wanjin of setting him up.
• Mushe tried to seize Xiao Yi Xian as a hostage, but she released poison mist that badly corroded his body.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Ce whether her method had been too vicious, and Xiao Ce killed Mushe with a finger strike.
• Yao Wanjin watched their exchange and quietly stepped back.

After defeating the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Ce left Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian and traveled toward the Tagor Desert. They arrived at the desert’s edge after passing through Heiyan City and Mo City.

• Xiao Ce killed Gan Mu and He Meng, then left the surviving Wolf Head Mercenary Group members and their fate to Mr. Yao.
• Mr. Yao took over the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s members and assets, recovered his wealth, and gave Xiao Ce four Storage Rings and the group’s spoils.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to leave Qingshan Town three days later, and he told Mr. Yao to seek the Xiao Clan in Wutan City if trouble arose.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian departed Qingshan Town and traveled to Heiyan City, then boarded a flying transport convoy to Mo City.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian stepped off the convoy into the heat at the edge of the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Mo City, where Xiao Ce sought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and met the sealed Ice Emperor Hai Bodong. Xiao Ce revealed his strength as a Nine-Star Dou Ling and offered to help Hai Bodong regain his cultivation, leaving Hai Bodong surprised and interested in the deal.

• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yi Xian that he sensed someone with a special physique in the Tagor Desert, and she accepted that he might pursue another partner.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Gutu shop in Mo City, where Xiao Ce recognized a second incomplete map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Ce picked up the map and offered to trade with Hai Bodong, who refused to part with it.
• Xiao Ce asked whether Hai Bodong wanted to regain his strength, prompting Hai Bodong to unleash his aura and demand to know who Xiao Ce was.
• Xiao Ce suppressed Hai Bodong's aura, revealed that he knew Hai Bodong's identity, and disclosed that he was a Nine-Star Dou Ling.
• Hai Bodong admitted that he had spoken too loudly and reconsidered Xiao Ce's offer.

Xiao Ce told Hai Bodong that he could surpass Queen Medusa and remove the seal on Hai Bodong’s cultivation within three years. After Hai Bodong tested him in a fight and was decisively defeated, he began to believe Xiao Ce.

• Xiao Ce revealed that he knew Queen Medusa had sealed Hai Bodong’s cultivation and promised to remove the seal within three years.
• Hai Bodong doubted Xiao Ce’s claim, so Xiao Ce challenged him to test his strength.
• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Ce with a Mystic Ice Spear, but Xiao Ce’s body was barely harmed.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill, and Xiao Ce shattered the attack with one punch and sent Hai Bodong through the shop wall.
• Hai Bodong returned and admitted that he believed Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce persuaded Hai Bodong to accept an invitation to settle with the Xiao Clan, hoping to gain the Ice Emperor’s support and secure investment from the Mittel Family. After meeting up with Hai Bodong, Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian headed toward Stone Desert City for his next stop.

• Xiao Ce and Hai Bodong agreed that Hai Bodong would hand over the map after Xiao Ce lifted his seal, and Hai Bodong agreed to stay with the Xiao Clan in the meantime.
• Xiao Ce invited Hai Bodong to the Xiao Clan, intending to use his presence and the Mittel Family’s wealth to support the clan and his alchemy studies.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Ce had known Hai Bodong was in Mo City, and Xiao Ce said their encounter had been a coincidence.
• After Hai Bodong finished his business in Mo City, he joined Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Ce said they were going to Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Ce, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong traveled by carriage for four days to reach Stone Desert City.