Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen relaxed in a bath, ate with Xiao Yi Xian, and spent the day with her. Later, he found Xiao Yi Xian waiting for him in a hot spring pool.

• Gu Fengchen soaked in a wooden tub and fell asleep, waking after an entire shichen feeling refreshed.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Gu Fengchen she had prepared food, and they ate together.
• Gu Fengchen teased Xiao Yi Xian after their meal, and the two spent the rest of the day fooling around.
• Gu Fengchen took a nighttime walk through the cherry blossom grove and found Xiao Yi Xian soaking in a hot spring pool.
• Xiao Yi Xian smiled and told Gu Fengchen that she had been waiting for him.

Gu Fengchen joined Xiao Yi Xian at the hot spring, where she teased him and drank beer. He noticed her drinking but reflected that her Dou Venerable strength made the cold and alcohol less of a concern.

• Gu Fengchen arrived at the hot spring and answered Xiao Yi Xian’s suggestive invitation by getting into the water.
• Gu Fengchen chose a spot away from Xiao Yi Xian, prompting her to tease him for avoiding her.
• Gu Fengchen reflected on how Xiao Yi Xian was more talkative and gentle with him than with others.
• Gu Fengchen noticed bottles of beer beside Xiao Yi Xian and considered how alcohol’s warmth could give way to cold.
• Gu Fengchen noted that Xiao Yi Xian had reached the Dou Venerable level after her Body of Calamitous Poison was brought under control.

Gu Yuan and Gu Nanhai discussed Gu Fengchen’s unexpected rise while playing chess in the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm. Meanwhile, an exhausted Gu Fengchen attacked Nan She, whose Incense Power had raised his cultivation close to Peak Dou Emperor.

• Gu Yuan asked Gu Nanhai about Gu Fengchen becoming a Dou Emperor and killing members of the Snake People Tribe.
• Gu Yuan reminded Gu Nanhai that he had strongly opposed bringing Gu Fengchen back to the Gu Clan.
• Gu Nanhai reflected on Gu Fengchen’s hidden secrets as he captured another of Gu Yuan’s chess pieces.
• Gu Fengchen regretted not restoring Hai Bodong’s strength earlier and considered using the Taotie Seal to remove the restriction within him.
• Gu Fengchen and Nan She charged at each other and clashed with their swords, sending shockwaves through the air.

Gu Fengchen led the Jia Ma Empire's defense against Nan She and the Demon Race army as the battle around Desert City intensified. After Nan She battered the city's protected wall, Gu Fengchen prepared to strike him with his sword.

• Gu Fengchen faced Nan She while Jia Ma Empire soldiers praised their general and trusted his presence.
• A Demon Race army and the Avian Army emerged behind Nan She, but the soldiers calmly built their defenses.
• The Jia Ma Empire's weapons brought down demons that revived and attacked their own companions.
• Gu Fengchen ordered formation-inscribed Heavy Arrows to target Nan She, and their hits caused him agonizing pain.
• Nan She rammed the city wall, cracking it despite its protective formation, and Gu Fengchen swung his longsword toward Nan She's waist.

Gu Fengchen reflected on Xiao Yi Xian's gloom and his complicated romantic relationships, then tried to cheer her up with a joke. Xiao Yi Xian laughed in the bath, and Gu Fengchen ended the chapter captivated by her beauty.

• Gu Fengchen considered how his romantic debts might lead to jealousy and thought that time was the only way to ease the situation.
• Gu Fengchen realized Xiao Yi Xian might be depressed because of what she had learned about his relationships with Yaoye and Nalan Yanran.
• Gu Fengchen told Xiao Yi Xian a joke about a vegetarian wolf cub demanding a rabbit's carrots.
• Xiao Yi Xian burst into laughter, and Gu Fengchen watched her, transfixed by her appearance in the bath.

Gu Fengchen used feints and precise swordplay to wound Nan She, then pressed his advantage with relentless attacks. Nan She was left dazed by Gu Fengchen’s knee strike.

• Nan She charged at Gu Fengchen, who released the Red Plum Sword and used a kick to set up a concealed slash that cut a long gash across Nan She’s body.
• Gu Fengchen’s continued surge of Dou Qi revealed his ability to absorb residual Dou Qi from corpses through the Taotie Seal.
• Gu Fengchen exploited Nan She’s lack of combat technique, released his sword to avoid recoil, and followed up with a leaping knee strike.
• Gu Fengchen’s strength, enhanced by the Indestructible Golden Body, struck Nan She like an iron hammer and left him dazed.

Gu Fengchen killed Nan She with One Sword Breaks All Techniques, ending the Snake People Tribe’s assault and resolving Desert City’s crisis. Afterward, Yaoye woke in Jia Ma Holy City following a night of heavy snow.

• Gu Fengchen used the Taotie Seal to drain Nan She's strength and briefly restrained him with the Sound Absorption Technique.
• Nan She broke free and attacked Gu Fengchen with his black saber, but Gu Fengchen killed him with One Sword Breaks All Techniques.
• The Snake People Tribe fell silent as Nan She collapsed, and Yaoye felt relieved that Desert City’s crisis had ended.
• After a night of snowfall in Jia Ma Holy City, Yaoye woke in her warm room and noticed a cold draft from the window.

Gu Fengchen took Yaoye flying above Jia Ma Holy City, showing her the city by moonlight and deepening their romance. Yaoye asked him to seek her grandfather’s permission to marry her, but Gu Fengchen said he would do so later, when he was stronger.

• Yaoye spent the day grieving Gu Fengchen’s departure after the battle.
• Gu Fengchen appeared at the imperial palace and took Yaoye into the night sky above Jia Ma Holy City.
• Jia Xingtian sensed Gu Fengchen but let him take Yaoye, supporting their relationship.
• As Gu Fengchen held her above the city, Yaoye admired the illuminated streets and imperial palace.
• Yaoye asked Gu Fengchen to ask her grandfather for her hand in marriage, and he promised to do so when he was stronger.

Gu Fengchen returned to Shimo City in disguise to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame, carrying the Little White Fox. After eating and feeding her a Spirit Fruit, he attracted bold attention from the women around him.

• Gu Fengchen returned to Shimo City, intending to take the Green Lotus Core Flame for the Taotie Seal.
• Gu Fengchen disguised himself and ate grilled fish at a roadside stall while holding Little White Fox.
• Little White Fox protested that Gu Fengchen had not shared his fish, so he gave her a black Spirit Fruit instead.
• Women in Shimo City watched Gu Fengchen as he carried Little White Fox through the city.

Gu Fengchen drew attention as he walked through the desert with Little White Fox, while mercenaries fought three Snake People on the outskirts of the Tagor Desert. The mercenaries had gained the upper hand and were poised to capture the female Snake Person alive.

• Gu Fengchen praised Little White Fox’s taste as women around them openly admired him.
• More than a dozen mercenaries surrounded three Snake People among the dunes outside the Tagor Desert.
• The mercenaries warned one another about the Snake People’s poisoned weapons and vowed to avenge Old Chen.
• The mercenaries’ interest in the surviving female Snake Person kept them from killing the Snake People outright.
• After the clash left several Snake People and one mercenary dead, the mercenaries held the advantage.

Gu Fengchen assessed his strength and feared that the Soul Hall had already noticed him after his rise to fame, so he went to Shimo City to seek Qing Lin, who possessed the Jade Green Snake Three-Eyed, as his disciple. Outside Mo City, a bloody fight between three snake people and human mercenaries left the snake people at a disadvantage.

• Gu Fengchen reflected that he was a Three-Star Dou Emperor and Fifth Grade Alchemist but still needed to grow stronger.
• Gu Fengchen suspected the Soul Hall had infiltrated the Jia Ma Empire and was working with Yun Shan to gain power and harvest souls.
• Gu Fengchen worried that his powerful soul made him a likely target for the Soul Hall after his fame spread from the battle at Mo City.
• Gu Fengchen went to Shimo City intending to take Qing Lin, who possessed the Jade Green Snake Three-Eyed, as his disciple.
• Outside Mo City, three wounded snake people faced human mercenaries after a clash that left several Snake People Tribe members and one poisoned human dead.

Outside Shimo City, a mercenary squad confronted the surviving Snake People after killing four of their seven members. The White-Tailed Snake Man invoked his tribe to threaten the humans, while the mercenary leader’s brother proposed killing the Snake People and capturing a female alive.

• The White-Tailed Snake Man faced the human mercenaries with two surviving companions after four Snake People had been killed.
• The White-Tailed Snake Man warned that the Snake People Tribe would retaliate against the mercenaries and their entire group.
• The armored mercenary told his Big Brother to kill the Snake People except for the female they could capture alive.
• The mercenary party’s young woman was revealed to be a Six-star Dou Practitioner.

After Gu Fengchen found Lin Fei upset and drunk, he stayed with her and listened as she confessed her insecurity about Xue Mei. They shared drinks as the night grew late.

• Gu Fengchen saw Lin Fei emerge from a room after an argument with her family and supported her to her room.
• Lin Fei asked Gu Fengchen to stay and admitted she compared herself to Xue Mei to attract attention.
• Gu Fengchen candidly called Lin Fei hypocritical, then explained that people exhausted themselves by pretending to be someone they were not.
• Gu Fengchen offered Lin Fei a drink, and the two continued drinking as night fell.

Human mercenaries confronted the snakefolk, who continued to leer at the women despite being surrounded. The leading snakefolk attacked the young man in moon-colored robes, who dodged its tail and struck its vulnerable abdomen.

• The snakefolk stared lustfully at the female mercenaries, who answered with cold glares.
• One mercenary ordered the others to kill the snakefolk and leave none alive.
• The leading snakefolk charged at the young man in moon-colored robes, targeting him first.
• The young man ducked beneath the snakefolk's sweeping tail and punched its abdomen.

Gu Fengchen drank with Lin Fei and comforted her about feeling overshadowed by Xue Mei. As the night deepened and Lin Fei grew tipsy, their private conversation took on an ambiguous air.

• Gu Fengchen invited Lin Fei to relax over drinks after her day at the Alchemist Guild.
• Lin Fei drank with Gu Fengchen and removed her Snow Fox fur coat as she warmed up.
• Gu Fengchen realized Lin Fei was troubled by comparisons with Xue Mei and her perceived shortcomings as an alchemist.
• Gu Fengchen joked and spoke soothingly until Lin Fei thanked him and said she felt better.
• Lin Fei looked at Gu Fengchen with flushed cheeks and hazy eyes as they sat alone together.

A young man in a moon-colored robe fought a leading Snake Person, trading rapid attacks and dodging its tail strikes. He saw through the Snake Person’s feint and reached for its neck, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The young man in the moon-colored robe struck the Snake Person’s abdomen with a lightning-fast punch.
• The Snake Person swept its tail at the young man’s head, but he bent aside and avoided the blow.
• The Snake Person dodged the young man’s next abdominal strike and feinted with a punch at his face.
• The young man in the moon-colored robe noticed the delay in the Snake Person’s tail movement and recognized its trap.
• The young man slipped past the Snake Person’s arm and reached for its neck, surprising his opponent.

Gu Fengchen traveled through the desert, reflecting on how boring the journey was before a venomous snake attacked him. He killed it, cooked it for a meal, and continued onward.

• A snake-man fought a moon-robed youth, who outmaneuvered him and struck the back of his knee.
• Gu Fengchen crossed the desert and complained to himself about the long, lonely journey.
• Gu Fengchen sensed a venomous snake approaching and split it in two with the Red Plum Sword.
• Gu Fengchen crushed the snake's head, prepared it, and ate grilled snake meat before continuing his journey.

Gu Fengchen used his past experience with women to coax Lin Fei, whose lack of affection from her parents made his words move her deeply. Lin Fei stopped crying and said she was going to the restroom.

• Gu Fengchen recalled how a wealthy girl he had dated in his previous life had explained that her family’s support did not replace her own hard work.
• Gu Fengchen told Lin Fei he was not comforting her but coaxing her, and the word made her eyes redden.
• Gu Fengchen continued to coax Lin Fei and joked that crying would smudge her makeup.
• Lin Fei said she was not wearing makeup, then paused before saying she was going to the restroom.

Gu Fengchen and Lin Fei drank and talked late into the night, growing increasingly close. When Lin Fei leaned against his shoulder, Gu Fengchen asked whether she liked someone, leaving her flustered.

• Lin Fei went to the bathroom to compose herself after crying, then returned to find Gu Fengchen still drinking.
• Lin Fei agreed to have a little more wine and led Gu Fengchen to sit with her by the bedside.
• Gu Fengchen asked Lin Fei why she seemed troubled, and they spent the hours drinking slowly and talking.
• Gu Fengchen stopped Lin Fei from drinking more when he thought she was getting drunk.
• Lin Fei leaned her head against Gu Fengchen's shoulder, and he asked whether she liked someone, making her blush and tense up.

Gu Fengchen traveled deeper into the desert, killing the poison scorpions that attacked him and studying how to fuse different attributes of Dou Qi. After successfully combining Poison and Fire Attribute Dou Qi, he added Wind Attribute Dou Qi and made the flames even more fierce.

• Gu Fengchen killed several second-tier poison scorpions and stored them in his Storage Ring as materials.
• As he ventured deeper into the desert, fewer magical beasts attacked him because they recognized his strength.
• Gu Fengchen fused Poison Attribute Dou Qi with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and burned away a sand dune while corroding a huge hole in it.
• Gu Fengchen added Wind Attribute Dou Qi to the combination, making the flames even fiercer.