Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen, a transmigrator living in the Gu Clan, discovered that his Taotie Seal could devour powerful treasures after it consumed a Seventh-Grade Fire Bodhi Pill. He resolved to pursue Dou Emperor-level strength, though he still had to discover what else the seal could eat.

• Gu Fengchen reflected on his arrival in the Gu Clan and his fear of the dangers awaiting him on the Dou Qi Continent.
• He considered the Taotie Seal’s ability to produce talents from precious items and noted that it had rejected his ordinary pills and treasures.
• Gu Xun'er showed Gu Fengchen a Seventh-Grade Fire Bodhi Pill, and he kept it rather than letting her take it away.
• After Gu Xun'er left, Gu Fengchen brought the pill near his left hand, and the Taotie Seal revealed its immense hunger.
• The Taotie Seal devoured the Fire Bodhi Pill, and Gu Fengchen vowed to become a Dou Emperor.

After swallowing the Grade 7 Fire Bodhi Pill, Gu Fengchen awakened the first level of the Three Thousand Burning Flame Body, gaining immense physical strength and resistance to blades, fire, water, and poison. He collapsed from exhaustion, while the Pill Tower’s three leaders discovered the Three Thousand Burning Flame raging against its seal.

• Gu Fengchen entered a vast Star Domain in his vision and received the first-level Three Thousand Burning Flame Body.
• Gu Fengchen considered the power’s potential and thought about befriending Xiao Yi Xian because of her Body of Calamitous Poison.
• Gu Fengchen felt his physique and spiritual power strengthen, then cracked a stone table with a single palm strike.
• Gu Fengchen became dizzy and exhausted, staggered to his bed, and lost consciousness.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi saw the Three Thousand Burning Flame battering its seal and decided to reinforce it.

After recovering from the Taotie Seal’s use, Gu Fengchen planned to seek powerful treasures and opportunities while deciding to leave the Gu Clan and gain experience. Gu Xun'er learned she would be sent to the Xiao Clan and, afraid of losing him, asked whether he would go with her.

• Gu Fengchen suspected the Taotie Seal consumed his mental strength and planned to seek Heavenly Flames, rare treasures, and opportunities among the women tied to Xiao Yan’s story.
• Gu Fengchen noticed the Taotie Seal had dimmed and concluded it needed to rest after devouring something.
• Gu Xun'er visited Gu Fengchen for food, and he served her Red Banana Fruit before asking whether she was going to the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun'er cried because she wanted to stay with Gu Fengchen, while he reassured her that he planned to leave the Gu Clan and gain experience too.
• Gu Xun'er stopped crying and asked Gu Fengchen whether he would go with her to the Xiao Clan.

Gu Fengchen decided against visiting the Xiao Clan and planned to train in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, while Gu Xun'er gave him an Earth Rank Cultivation Technique. The two left for the marketplace as Gu Fengchen quietly welcomed the gift and ignored the Gu Clan disciples who mocked him.

• Gu Fengchen rejected a trip to the Xiao Clan and planned to travel to the Jia Ma Empire to train in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Gu Fengchen comforted Gu Xun'er about the pursuit of strength and led her outside, where Ling Quan and his followers insulted him.
• Gu Xun'er promised to give Gu Fengchen an Earth Rank Cultivation Technique, and he decided to keep quiet rather than fight the mockers.
• Gu Fengchen and Gu Xun'er passed Yang Hao practicing swordsmanship and saw the Gu Clan disciples training before Gu Xun'er suggested visiting the marketplace.

Gu Fengchen wandered through the Gu Clan marketplace with Gu Xun'er, who gave him money after he complained about being broke. He then asked Gu Yuan for permission to leave the clan and train alone, but Gu Yuan refused to let him go while he was still a Dou Zhe.

• Gu Fengchen and Gu Xun'er browsed the Gu Clan marketplace, where Gu Fengchen found the goods too expensive to afford.
• Gu Xun'er gave Gu Fengchen 3,000 Gold Coins, and he used her money to buy her trinkets.
• Gu Fengchen visited Gu Yuan and asked to leave the Gu Clan to temper himself.
• Gu Yuan refused to let Gu Fengchen travel alone as a Dou Zhe and offered to send him to the Xiao Clan with Xun'er and Ling Ying protecting them.
• Gu Fengchen rejected the escort and left, privately considering going without permission.

Gu Fengchen visited the Gu Clan's Scripture Repository, where the Taotie Seal led him to a mysterious black sword. Elder Gu Nanhai identified the sword as Momentary and began explaining its history.

• Gu Fengchen got lost in the Ancient Realm and met Gu Nanhai outside the Scripture Repository, where Gu Nanhai recognized his cultivation as a Dou Zhe.
• Gu Fengchen explored the Repository's collection and learned that its manuals and skills required clan points to obtain.
• The Taotie Seal in Gu Fengchen's left palm grew hot as he approached a heavy black sword marked with a Bodhi Seed pattern.
• Gu Fengchen drew the sword, releasing a chilling murderous aura, and Gu Nanhai identified it as Momentary, a Mountain Refining Iron sword recorded in the Imperial Qi Saber and Sword Record that had slain thirty Dou Zong-level masters.

Gu Fengchen accepted the heavy sword Instant and exchanged his remaining points for the Forest Strolling Technique before returning to his courtyard. There, he began cultivating the painful Indestructible Golden Body Technique and stopped when he could no longer endure it.

• Gu Nanhai let Gu Fengchen take Instant for free and explained that its weight had kept most people from using it.
• Gu Fengchen spent his remaining points on the Forest Strolling Technique, choosing a movement skill to help him evade attacks.
• Back at his courtyard, Gu Fengchen studied the Earth Rank Indestructible Golden Body Technique Gu Xun'er had given him and learned its stages and painful training method.
• Gu Fengchen confirmed he was still a Virgin Body, a requirement for cultivating the technique, then reversed his Dou Qi and began training.
• The technique tore at Gu Fengchen's meridians, bones, and skin while a crimson glow emerged from his heart, and he stopped when the pain became unbearable.

Gu Fengchen cultivated the Indestructible Golden Body, absorbed the sword Instant with the Taotie Seal, and tested his growing strength while Gu Xun'er repeatedly sought his company. After two months of training, he had advanced to Four-Star Dou Practitioner and grown closer to Xun'er.

• Gu Fengchen practiced the Indestructible Golden Body and learned the Forest Strolling Technique before using the Taotie Seal to absorb Instant, which strengthened his body.
• Gu Xun'er accidentally saw Gu Fengchen naked while he was cultivating, then later visited him for candied hawthorn and complained about her Martial Arts Hall lessons.
• Gu Fengchen tested his enhanced physique on a mountaintop and shattered a massive boulder with the Thunderbolt Fist without suffering its usual recoil injuries.
• Over the next two months, Gu Fengchen cultivated with Three-Leaf Green Ganoderma and the Indestructible Golden Body, advancing from One-Star to Four-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Gu Fengchen and Gu Xun'er grew closer, and he pushed her on a swing while teasing her for acting frightened despite her strong physique.

Gu Fengchen sparred with Gu Xun'er, who easily beat him before revealing she was about to leave the Gu Clan. As they parted, they promised to meet again, and Xun'er vowed to wait for him to fulfill his promise.

• Gu Xun'er noticed Gu Fengchen's cultivation had improved and challenged him to spar.
• At the Training Ground, Gu Xun'er used her movement technique and martial skills to beat Gu Fengchen for over half an hour.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu Fengchen she was about to leave the Gu Clan and said she wanted him to remember her.
• Gu Fengchen told Xun'er he saw her as his only family and promised to protect her.
• As they parted, Gu Fengchen promised they would meet again, and Xun'er said she would wait for his return.

Gu Xun'er fell asleep in Gu Fengchen's arms, allowing the Taotie Seal to absorb energy from the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and strengthen his Dou Qi. By morning, Gu Fengchen had resolved to seek Heavenly Flames and develop in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, while Gu Xun'er woke still nestled against him.

• Gu Xun'er asked Gu Fengchen to play horse with her, then fell asleep in his arms as he cultivated beside her.
• Gu Fengchen noticed golden energy flowing from Gu Xun'er into his left hand and realized the Taotie Seal was absorbing energy from the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
• Gu Fengchen considered Jia Nan Academy and other Heavenly Flames, then chose the Magic Beast Mountain Range as his destination to grow stronger safely.
• Gu Fengchen examined his dantian and found golden energy and Wood Attribute Dou Qi within his cultivated Dou Qi.
• Gu Xun'er woke the next morning in Gu Fengchen's arms, blushed when she realized she had slept there all night, and stayed close as he teased her about snoring.

Gu Fengchen said farewell to Gu Xun'er, gave her a lasting memory by showing her stars in his eyes, and left the Gu Clan with supplies and a Breaking Barrier Pill. After gaining control of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, he discovered that the Taotie Seal let him wield a tiny portion of its power.

• Gu Xun'er confessed her admiration for Gu Fengchen and asked him for a parting gift, so he let her see stars within his eyes.
• Gu Fengchen and Gu Xun'er left the Gu Clan, and Gu Fengchen asked Ling Ying to protect her.
• Gu Yuan gave Gu Fengchen a Breaking Barrier Pill, along with Qi Augmenting Powder and Qi Recovery Pills, and Gu Fengchen planned to use the pill to help Hai Bodong and pursue the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu Fengchen gained full control of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame before leaving the Gu Clan.
• Gu Fengchen tested the Taotie Seal and found that it let him summon a weak wisp of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.

Gu Fengchen refined the remaining Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, rapidly advanced to the peak of Five-Star Dou Practitioner, and planned his next steps. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan tried to visit Gu Xun'er at night, but Ling Ying intervened and kicked him away.

• Gu Fengchen realized his Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame could help him become an Alchemist and decided to seek Gu He's guidance at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu Fengchen planned to visit Qingshan Town, find Hai Bodong, and return to the Xiao Clan before cultivating with the Heavenly Flame's remaining energy.
• The Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame tempered Gu Fengchen's meridians and raised his cultivation from Four-Star Dou Practitioner to the peak of Five-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Gu Fengchen noticed that the tempering had left his body covered in foul-smelling black filth.
• Xiao Yan approached Gu Xun'er's door at night, but Ling Ying kicked him away after remembering Gu Fengchen's warning.

Gu Fengchen traveled to Qingshan Town, where he encountered Xiao Yi Xian treating injured mercenaries. Meanwhile, Ling Ying punished Xiao Yan for sneaking into Gu Xun'er’s room and confiscated his black ring.

• Ling Ying caught Xiao Yan outside Gu Xun'er’s room and rejected his claim that he had brought her late-night snacks.
• When Xiao Yan continued calling out to Xun'er, Ling Ying broke his right leg and knocked him unconscious.
• Ling Ying removed Xiao Yan’s black ring and said he would keep it unless Xiao Zhan complained.
• Gu Fengchen arrived in Qingshan Town, surveyed its mercenary-filled streets, and headed toward Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Gu Fengchen spotted Xiao Yi Xian seated behind a wooden table as injured mercenaries waited in line for her care.

Gu Fengchen discovered that the Taotie Seal reacted to Xiao Yi Xian and considered whether absorbing her excess Poison Dou Qi could strengthen him and prevent her constitution from erupting. When he hinted that he knew about the cave she had found, Xiao Yi Xian realized he had seen through her secret.

• Gu Fengchen found no valuable herbs in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, but the Taotie Seal grew hot when he approached Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu Fengchen considered absorbing the Poison Dou Qi from Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Calamitous Poison and decided he needed to make contact with her.
• A mercenary mocked Gu Fengchen for waiting near Xiao Yi Xian, but she greeted him and asked whether he had come for treatment.
• Gu Fengchen teased Xiao Yi Xian by saying he had heard about the expert’s cave she found in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian was startled that Gu Fengchen knew about the cave and felt that his gaze had exposed her secret.

Gu Fengchen proposed joining Xiao Yi Xian to explore the treasure cave and revealed that he knew about her Body of Calamitous Poison. He offered to help her control it, but Xiao Yi Xian warned him away because she feared her poison would kill him.

• Gu Fengchen asked Xiao Yi Xian to work with him to explore a cave holding treasures, including a Flying Dou Skill and the Seven-Colored Poison Classic.
• Gu Fengchen told Xiao Yi Xian she lacked the talent to become an Alchemist and suggested she could become a Poison Master instead.
• Gu Fengchen explained that Xiao Yi Xian had the Body of Calamitous Poison and described how accumulated toxins could eventually erupt.
• Gu Fengchen offered to help Xiao Yi Xian control her constitution, but she told him to stay away because she did not want to kill him.
• Gu Fengchen insisted he had a way to help and asked Xiao Yi Xian to release a small amount of Poison Dou Qi at him as a test.

Gu Fengchen proved that the Taotie Seal could absorb Xiao Yi Xian’s excess poison and turn it into Dou Qi, helping her while strengthening himself. When Mu Li confronted him outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Gu Fengchen defeated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group fighters and left them alive.

• Xiao Yi Xian let Gu Fengchen absorb a trace of poison, and he confirmed that the Taotie Seal refined it into Dou Qi without harming him.
• Gu Fengchen realized he could grow stronger by absorbing Xiao Yi Xian’s excess poison, while helping her control her constitution.
• Mu Li arrived with Wolf Head Mercenary Group fighters, objected to Gu Fengchen standing near Xiao Yi Xian, and ordered his men to attack.
• Gu Fengchen fought the mercenaries and swiftly broke or injured them, while refusing to kill them.
• The mercenaries fell back in fear, and Xiao Yi Xian and Widow Ju watched Gu Fengchen’s victory in astonishment.

Gu Fengchen defeated Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s men outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, making it clear that Xiao Yi Xian was under his protection. He returned to the pavilion and recognized Mr. Yao as a future threat to Xiao Yi Xian, though he decided not to act against him yet.

• Gu Fengchen confronted Mu Li, beat him, and frightened him by narrowly missing his head with a large rock.
• Gu Fengchen knocked Mu Li into his lackeys and defeated the mercenaries who remained, while the others fled.
• Gu Fengchen told Xiao Yi Xian to treat the injured mercenaries and demanded they pay double Gold Coins for her overtime work.
• Gu Fengchen returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and encountered Mr. Yao, whom he remembered as a greedy man who would later threaten Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu Fengchen reflected that the mercenaries had broken because they were not united, so he had focused on overwhelming a few of them to destroy the rest’s will to fight.

Gu Fengchen secured Mr. Yao’s promise of support and received an Ancient Technique Scroll that made the Taotie Seal react. After agreeing to protect Myriad Treasures Pavilion, he was asked whether he knew Xiao Yi Xian.

• Gu Fengchen told Mr. Yao that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would not dare cause trouble while he was there.
• Mr. Yao offered Gu Fengchen an Ancient Technique Scroll to gain his favor and protection.
• Gu Fengchen examined the scroll, found that the Taotie Seal reacted to it, and recognized it as a mysterious fragment he could not decipher.
• Gu Fengchen accepted the scroll and promised to protect Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Mr. Yao asked Gu Fengchen whether he knew Xiao Yi Xian.

Gu Fengchen protected Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Pavilion and invited her to search for a treasure in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. He also proposed testing whether the Taotie Seal could control her Body of Calamitous Poison, while admitting he hoped to gain a powerful companion.

• Gu Fengchen warned Mr. Yao that Xiao Yi Xian was under his protection, and Mr. Yao and his subordinate discussed the dangerous Ancient Technique Scroll they had given him.
• Gu Fengchen urged Xiao Yi Xian to go treasure hunting that night, and she agreed to prepare for the journey into the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Gu Fengchen asked Xiao Yi Xian for poison so he could test whether the Taotie Seal could eliminate the harmful effects of her Body of Calamitous Poison.
• In Xiao Yi Xian’s private room, she asked why Gu Fengchen was helping her, and he explained that he wanted to recruit her as a powerful companion because of her potential.

Gu Fengchen used the Taotie Seal to draw excess poison from Xiao Yi Xian, helping her recover and advance her cultivation while he also broke through. Afterward, he suffered severe gastrointestinal side effects and stayed behind to recover before they could leave.

• Gu Fengchen explained that he had helped Xiao Yi Xian partly in hopes she might later become his companion, and she quietly accepted his kindness.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a potent poison that corroded her clothes, so Gu Fengchen covered her with a quilt and used the Taotie Seal to absorb the poison.
• As the poison left Xiao Yi Xian, she felt warm and safe, and her cultivation rose from the Fifth Stage Dou Qi to the Seven-Segment Dou Qi Stage.
• Gu Fengchen absorbed the poison energy and advanced to the Eight Star Dou Practitioner while he and Xiao Yi Xian entered a shared state of cultivation.
• The Taotie Seal's side effects gave Gu Fengchen severe diarrhea, and he spent half an hour in the bathroom while Xiao Yi Xian anxiously checked on him.