Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin gave Xun Er a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill to purify her Dou Emperor Bloodline and improve her cultivation, then awkwardly left after calling it a betrothal gift. Xun Er accepted it and began refining the pill while Elder Ling went to inform Gu Yuan, leaving her cultivation to rise as the pill’s power slowly circulated through her body.

• Xiao Jin gave Xun Er an Emperor Blood Guidance Pill and explained that its power would improve her aptitude and strengthen her body over time.
• Xun Er worried that she was too weak to refine a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, but Xiao Jin reassured her and explained that he had already taken one himself.
• Xiao Jin blurted out that the pill should be enough as a betrothal gift, and Xun Er accepted it on behalf of Gu Yuan before Xiao Jin fled in embarrassment.
• Xun Er told Elder Ling to return to the Ancient Clan and report the pills and Xiao Jin’s breakthrough to the Dou Wang realm at age fifteen.
• Xun Er swallowed the Emperor Blood Guidance Pill, and its power gathered in her dantian as her aura and cultivation began to rise.

Xiao Jin returned to Green Mountain Town and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian after she successfully condensed her Poison Pill. He planned to take her and Xun'er to Jia Nan Academy to help her cultivate, while Xiao Yi Xian asked him to stay with her until she finished a scheduled herb-gathering mission.

• Xiao Jin arrived in Green Mountain Town after learning Xiao Yi Xian had refused to leave Wutan City until she could safely condense her Poison Pill.
• Xiao Jin found Xiao Yi Xian treating mercenaries and realized she had successfully formed the Perfect Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian joyfully leapt into Xiao Jin's arms and complained that he had taken almost two years to visit her.
• Xiao Jin explained that he wanted to take Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er to Jia Nan Academy to use the energy around the Fallen Heart Flame to aid Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would first complete a scheduled herb-gathering mission, and Xiao Jin agreed to stay in Green Mountain Town and lodge at her house.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian settled into a comfortable routine, but Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor sensed the Soul Hall’s threat and discussed preparing for the Soul Clan’s eventual attack. The Pill Tower Ancestor began recovering his strength with Xiao Jin’s Soul Origin, while Xiao Jin insisted they could someday face the Nihility Devouring Flame together.

• Xiao Yi Xian made up a bedroom for Xiao Jin and went to cook, while he enjoyed her care and teased her about treating him like a helpless young master.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor sensed Soul Hall auras nearby, and Xiao Jin warned that the Soul Clan could threaten the entire Central Plains.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor agreed that he needed to recover his strength after realizing the Soul Hall might seek to capture him.
• Xiao Jin directed the Pill Tower Ancestor to the Soul Origin in his Storage Ring, explaining it would help him more than the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Xiao Jin urged the Pill Tower Ancestor to accept the Soul Origin, claiming that together they could beat the Nihility Devouring Flame into the dirt.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian spent time together after he returned, then joined mercenaries searching for herbs in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Mu Li grew jealous of Xiao Jin and planned to use the expedition to kill him.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor returned to the Storage Ring to refine Soul Origin while Xiao Jin bathed and ate a meal Xiao Yi Xian prepared.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed she had reached Three-Star Dou Ling, and Xiao Jin told her he had advanced one major realm beyond her.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke Xiao Jin and asked him to accompany her and dozens of mercenaries into the Magic Beast Mountain Range to gather herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the hostile young man as Mu Li, the Young Leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and told Xiao Jin she had avoided confronting him so she could stay in Green Mountain Town.
• Mu Li failed to discover Xiao Jin's identity and decided to exploit the trip into the Magic Beast Mountain Range to arrange his death by a Magical Beast.

Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs in the Magic Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Jin protecting her, while Mu Li grew jealous and secretly ordered his men to kill Xiao Jin. After the group fought off several Magical Beast attacks and reached another gathering area, Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin about a place she had found but could not reach, which he suspected was a cave containing a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Yi Xian rejected Mu Li's invitation to eat with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and shared Xiao Jin's food, then accepted a Storage Ring from him.
• Xiao Yi Xian made Xiao Jin rest with his head on her lap, and Mu Li became jealous enough to order a mercenary to watch for a chance to kill him.
• The group encountered three Red Ice Snakes that poisoned three mercenaries before the mercenaries killed the Magical Beasts without finding any Magic Cores.
• Xiao Yi Xian treated the poisoned mercenaries and later healed minor injuries as the group faced more Magical Beast attacks deeper in the range.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin she had found a place she could not reach because she could not fly, and Xiao Jin suspected it was a cave containing a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs and exchanged playful barbs before quietly leaving the mercenary camp after midnight to visit the cave dwelling. They flew through the night with Xiao Yi Xian clinging to Xiao Jin, who reflected on his improving strength and future cultivation.

• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian decided to wait until night to visit the cave dwelling so the mercenaries would not notice them.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered mostly poisonous herbs, and she and Xiao Jin teased each other about his long absence and Xun'er.
• Xiao Jin lit their dinner fire with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and considered how the Three Thousand Star Physique was strengthening him.
• Around one in the morning, Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian slipped away from the camp and flew toward the cave dwelling.
• Xiao Yi Xian wrapped her arms around Xiao Jin, claimed she was afraid of heights, and teased him for hesitating to take off.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave mansion, collected its gold and medicinal herbs, and found a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The map convinced Xiao Jin that another Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame existed and that the Soul Clan still possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame, leaving him facing a more dangerous enemy than he had hoped.

• Xiao Jin followed Xiao Yi Xian's directions to find the hidden cave mansion and broke through its stone gate.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered the medicinal herbs while Xiao Jin collected the gold coins from the stone chamber.
• Xiao Jin took three keys from the skeleton, accidentally pulling off its arm, and Xiao Yi Xian used the keys to open three stone boxes.
• Xiao Yi Xian found two scrolls and a Fragmented Map, and Xiao Jin recognized it as a map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Jin reasoned that the map meant the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame still existed in the Demonic Flame Space and that the Soul Clan likely still had the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Jin explained the treasures in the stone boxes to Xiao Yi Xian while considering how to prepare for the Soul Clan’s future threat. Their discussion was interrupted by Mu Li and his mercenaries, who entered the cave to seize the treasures and abduct Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Jin decided to strengthen his own power before relying on the Ancient Clan, and told Xiao Yi Xian that the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture could help her Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Jin explained why Purple Cloud Wings would not suit Xiao Yi Xian, and she punched him after he joked that using them would tear her clothes.
• Xiao Jin sensed someone approaching and told Xiao Yi Xian to put away the scrolls while he kept the Fragmented Map.
• Mu Li entered the cave with more than a dozen mercenaries and demanded that Xiao Yi Xian hand over the treasures, then threatened to force her to stay with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to deal with Mu Li herself, while Xiao Jin laughed at him and Mu Li realized their calmness did not match his expectations.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Mu Li and his mercenaries after they attacked, then decided to leave Green Mountain Town with Xiao Jin. Before they departed, Xiao Jin destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to prevent Mu She from retaliating against the other mercenaries.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Mu Li's mercenaries, and Xiao Jin killed Mu Li after he begged for mercy.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin she planned to leave Green Mountain Town with him, and the two returned to camp.
• The camp discovered Mu Li and the night guards were missing, but Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian gave vague answers and the group left the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian announced her departure to the mercenaries who came for treatment while Xiao Jin went to deal with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Jin destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and killed Mu She, then left Green Mountain Town with Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian reached Mo City to find a map fragment connected to the Pure Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then confronted its owner, Hai Bodong. Xiao Jin offered a Break Calamity Pill for the fragment, but their negotiation escalated into a challenge to fight.

• Xiao Jin led Xiao Yi Xian through the desert to Mo City, where he paid their entrance fee and asked a passerby to guide them to a map shop.
• Xiao Jin found a map fragment hidden among old maps, and Hai Bodong recognized him as unusually young before refusing to sell it.
• Xiao Jin offered Hai Bodong a Break Calamity Pill in exchange for the fragment, but Hai Bodong questioned who he was.
• Xiao Jin threatened Hai Bodong when he refused to trade, and Hai Bodong challenged him to a lesson in manners.
• Xiao Jin accepted Hai Bodong's challenge and asked whether the old man was qualified to teach him.

Xiao Jin fought Hai Bodong in the shop, overwhelming him with powerful Dou Techniques while Xiao Yi Xian protected the bystanders. Meanwhile, Xun'er reached Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster and confronted her father, Gu Yuan, when he visited the Xiao Clan, insisting that she believed in Xiao Jin's ability to forge his own path.

• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin melted his Condensed Ice Mirror with Heart Melting Palm.
• Xiao Jin countered Hai Bodong's ice spikes with Nine Suns Vein-Piercing Finger while Xiao Yi Xian shielded the shop from the battle's aftershocks.
• Xun'er absorbed a fraction of the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill's power and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster.
• Xun'er read Xiao Jin's letter and learned that he had left without taking her along.
• Gu Yuan visited Xun'er at the Xiao Clan and praised her cultivation, but she feared he had come to take her back to the Ancient Clan.
• Xun'er defended Xiao Jin's strength to Gu Yuan and said she believed he could establish another Emperor Clan through his own abilities.

Gu Yuan agreed to let Xun'er stay with Xiao Jin after learning about the pills he had given her, but he warned her to keep the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill secret. He asked her to return to the Ancient Clan once she reached Peak Dou King to refine its Heavenly Flame, and planned for Xiao Jin to formally seek her hand after reaching Dou Zun.

• Gu Yuan told Xun'er to conceal Xiao Jin's Ninth-Grade Golden Pill from the clan, fearing its elders might exploit or harm him.
• Xun'er explained the effects of the Exotic Flame Fusion Pill and Emperor Blood Guidance Pill, and Gu Yuan confirmed her rapid advancement had left her Dou Qi stable.
• Gu Yuan agreed to let Xun'er remain with Xiao Jin, provided she returned to the Ancient Clan at Peak Dou King to refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xun'er accepted the condition, understanding that she needed to grow stronger to stand beside Xiao Jin.
• Gu Yuan said Xiao Jin must visit the Ancient Realm to formally ask for Xun'er's hand after he reached Dou Zun, and grew angry when Xun'er said Xiao Jin had never confessed his feelings.

Xiao Jin defeated Hai Bodong and offered him two pills in exchange for the remaining Fragmented Map piece. When Xiao Jin returned to the Map Shop the next day, Hai Bodong had recovered to Two-Star Dou Emperor strength and tried to intimidate Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Xiao Jin to confront him.

• Xiao Jin overwhelmed Hai Bodong and demanded the other piece of the Fragmented Map, offering a Break Calamity Pill and a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill.
• Hai Bodong agreed to hand over the missing piece the following day, and Xiao Jin left him both pills while warning that he could still suppress him after his recovery.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian ate and rested in Mo City before returning to Hai Bodong's Map Shop the next day.
• Hai Bodong released his Dou Emperor aura to intimidate Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Jin countered with a casual attack that forced Hai Bodong to use more than seventy percent of his strength.
• Xiao Jin rebuked Hai Bodong for intimidating Xiao Yi Xian and demanded to know who he thought he was.

Xiao Jin punished Hai Bodong for threatening Xiao Yi Xian by destroying his Map Shop, then offered him an Imperial Extreme Pill in exchange for protecting Ya Fei. Hai Bodong accepted and left Mo City, newly determined to support Ya Fei.

• Hai Bodong apologized and gave Xiao Jin another one-eighth of the Fragmented Map after Xiao Jin warned him not to threaten his people again.
• Xiao Jin ordered Hai Bodong to leave the Map Shop, then used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to destroy it without harming the neighboring shops.
• Hai Bodong recognized Xiao Jin's flames as a Heavenly Flame, apologized again, and announced he would leave Mo City.
• Xiao Jin asked Hai Bodong to look after Ya Fei in Wutan City and offered him an Imperial Extreme Pill in return.
• Hai Bodong accepted the pill and promised to have Teng Shan raise Ya Fei's status in the Mittel Family.

Xiao Jin explained his investments in Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian before bringing Xiao Yi Xian to Stone Desert City to visit his brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. The reunion ended with Xiao Li teasing Xiao Jin about his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Jin who Ya Fei was, and he explained their business partnership and that he had helped improve her cultivation potential.
• Xiao Jin reflected that he was investing in Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei as future allies against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters in Stone Desert City, where guards recognized him as a member of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hurried out to welcome Xiao Jin, and he introduced Xiao Yi Xian as an important friend.
• Xiao Li privately asked whether Xun'er knew about Xiao Yi Xian, then teased Xiao Jin after he insisted they were only friends.

Xiao Jin revealed that he was already a Dou Wang and gave his brothers powerful pills to strengthen the Xiao Clan. He warned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that the Soul Hall would threaten the clan with annihilation within three years.

• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding learned that Xiao Yi Xian was a Dou Ling, then joked with Xiao Jin about his relationships and claimed strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed Xiao Jin was a Dou Wang, and he unfurled his Dou Qi Wings to prove it.
• Xiao Jin learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were still Dou Shi and urged them not to let the Desert Iron Mercenary Group hinder their cultivation.
• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Ding a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill suited to his wood-attributed Dou Qi and explained its benefits.
• Xiao Jin warned his brothers about the Soul Hall and the Xiao Clan's impending destruction, and Xiao Ding accepted the pill.

Xiao Jin gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li pills and cultivation methods before they entered seclusion, then met Qing Lin and comforted her about the snake scales on her wrists. Qing Lin broke down crying in Xiao Jin’s embrace after he told her she and her mother were not to blame.

• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Li and Xiao Ding rare pills, recovery medicine, and Earth Tier Intermediate cultivation methods to strengthen them and their mercenary group.
• Xiao Ding arranged for two Dou Shi to manage the group while he and Xiao Li entered half-month seclusion to refine their pills.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian settled in with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and Qing Lin entered Xiao Jin’s room the next morning to help him wash.
• Xiao Jin recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and reassured her that the scales on her wrists were beautiful.
• Xiao Jin told Qing Lin that she and her mother had done nothing wrong, and Qing Lin cried in his embrace.

Xiao Jin comforted Qing Lin and revealed the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, encouraging her to cultivate. After Xiao Yi Xian learned about Qing Lin’s past, she welcomed her as a younger sister and offered to teach her.

• Qing Lin insisted on washing Xiao Jin’s clothes, while Xiao Jin chose a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin that a girl’s crying had kept her awake, and Xiao Jin suspected Qing Lin had cried through the night.
• Xiao Jin introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian and explained her painful experiences of discrimination.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Qing Lin as her younger sister and promised to teach her cultivation.
• Xiao Jin explained the abilities of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Qing Lin vowed to become strong enough to protect him.

Xiao Jin left Xiao Yi Xian to watch the Desert Iron Mercenary Group while he traveled into the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame and a snake-type Magical Beast for Qing Lin. He found the volcano and reached a fiery red cavern, where the Flame awaited.

• Xiao Jin reassured Qing Lin about her slow cultivation and told her to train with Xiao Yi Xian until she became a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Jin asked Xiao Yi Xian to protect the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and keep Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils secret while he searched for Queen Medusa and a snake-type Magical Beast.
• Xiao Jin set out alone for the depths of the Tagor Desert, intending to find the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Jin located the volcano in less than half a day and followed a dark passage toward the dense fire-element energy.
• Xiao Jin reached the passage's end and entered a crimson, fiery world.

Xiao Jin subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the magma. As he reached to take it, Queen Medusa appeared and ordered him to put it down.

• Xiao Jin found the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and overcame its magma attack with Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Jin immobilized the snake with his soul power and forced it to lead him to the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Jin entered the green lotus and suppressed the Green Lotus Core Flame with Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Jin reached to take the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Queen Medusa appeared and warned him to put it down.