Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yan and the others to the academy entrance test, where Luo Bu tried to impose humiliating rules on them. Xiao Yu challenged Luo Bu to a fight, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er watched without concern.

• Xiao Yu introduced her companions to Luo Bu, and Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun Er all passed the test with the crystal ball.
• When Luo Bu looked at Xiao Xun Er with greed, Xiao Yu pulled her close and whispered that he would help teach Luo Bu a lesson, and she played along.
• Luo Bu ordered the newcomers to sit outside in the sun, but Xiao Yu and the girls objected to his using unwritten rules to bully them.
• Luo Bu proposed that the newcomers spar with Ge La for twenty exchanges, but Xiao Yu refused and challenged Luo Bu instead.
• Ge La stepped forward to fight, and Xiao Yu insulted him for being only a One-star Dou Zhe; Xiao Yan joked that he had learned the insult by putting learning into practice.

Xiao Yu defeated Luo Bu in one blow after Luo Bu attacked him during their dispute outside Jia Nan Academy. Instructor Ruo Lin then began assessing the new students’ potential, with everyone waiting to learn Xiao Yu’s strength.

• Xiao Yu challenged Luo Bu to a fight, and the two went outside as the new students watched.
• Luo Bu revealed himself as a Four-star Dou Zhe and charged at Xiao Yu with a powerful punch.
• Xiao Yu caught Luo Bu’s fist and struck him in the chest, sending him flying and leaving him unconscious.
• Instructor Ruo Lin inspected Luo Bu, ordered Ge La to take him to the infirmary, and heard Xiao Yu explain what had happened.
• Instructor Ruo Lin began calling the new students forward to assess their strength and potential, while the others anticipated Xiao Yu’s rating.

During registration for Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yu revealed that he was a sixteen-year-old Eight-star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Xun Er and Xiao Yan were also recognized as exceptional talents. Xiao Yu secured a year-long leave from Instructor Ruo Lin, agreeing to reach Six-star Dou Shi by the time he joined the academy.

• Xiao Yan announced that he was a sixteen-year-old Four-star Dou Zhe, surprising the students and earning an A-grade evaluation from Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he had reached Eight-star Dou Zhe at sixteen, shocking Ruo Lin and the others with his extraordinary potential.
• Xiao Xun Er registered as a Six-star Dou Zhe, prompting Xiao Yu to point out Xiao Yan as another exceptional talent and explain his situation to Ruo Lin.
• Ruo Lin welcomed the three gifted students to Jia Nan Academy and said they could travel with its convoy in seven days.
• Xiao Yu requested a year-long leave, and Ruo Lin agreed on the condition that he reach Six-star Dou Shi before joining the academy.

Xiao Yu saw Xun Er off to Jia Nan Academy, then prepared to leave Wu Tan City to seek greater strength. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun announced her journey to the Monster Mountain Range and reminded Nalan Yanran to explain the broken engagement to her father.

• Xiao Yu comforted Xun Er and promised to visit her at Jia Nan Academy within a year.
• Xiao Yu spent the next seven days with Xun Er, prepared supplies for his journey, and learned from Gu Ni that Ya Fei had been transferred to the Mittel Family headquarters.
• Xiao Yu saw Xun Er depart with Jia Nan Academy's flying convoy, then told his father he planned to leave and heard about his brothers' mercenary group, Desert Iron.
• Xiao Yu packed his belongings and left his room, setting out to pursue greater strength.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that she would travel to the Monster Mountain Range to borrow the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple-Gold Winged Lion King, and instructed her to explain the broken engagement to her father.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to speak with her father and said she would wait for Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yu arrived in Qingshan Town to stock up before entering the Monster Mountain Range and visited the Wan Family Blacksmith to find a sword. He easily wielded a ten-thousand-jin longsword that no one else could lift, leaving the blacksmith baffled.

• Xiao Yu reached Qingshan Town and bought supplies before searching for a blacksmith shop.
• Xiao Yu met the blacksmith and learned that his younger brother could no longer hear after a forging accident.
• The blacksmith showed Xiao Yu a longsword made from meteorite iron whose weight had risen to ten thousand jin after a magical core was embedded in its hilt.
• Xiao Yu lifted and swung the sword with ease, while the blacksmith found it too heavy to raise.

Xiao Yu bought a longsword he named Black Scale and discovered the system’s Dream Cultivation Environment, which let him train for two hours while only a second passed in reality. His first session ended in a realistic battle against Blizzard Demon Wolves, where he was killed before he could defeat them.

• Xiao Yu bought a sword from Wan Cheng for twenty thousand Gold Coins and named it Black Scale.
• Xiao Yu checked into an inn and began cultivating before the system announced the Dream Cultivation Environment as a hidden reward.
• Xiao Yu entered the dream and found himself in a snowy forest, where several Blizzard Demon Wolves and their second-tier wolf king attacked him.
• Xiao Yu wounded one wolf by striking its eye with a sword aura, but the pack surrounded him and killed him before the wolf king joined the fight.
• Xiao Yu woke drenched in cold sweat, ended his training for the night, and fell asleep.

Xiao Yu entered the Monster Mountain Range alone to train and gather herbs, avoiding the Myriad Medicine Pavilion party despite Xiao Yi Xian inviting him to join. After finding a hidden cave and killing a Rock Snake, he discovered a glowing stone door and wondered if it was the treasure cave Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan had found.

• Xiao Yu refused to join Xiao Yi Xian’s party because he wanted to train alone and avoid provoking the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yu entered the Monster Mountain Range and used the Moon Chase Movement Technique to reach its outer region.
• Xiao Yu climbed a cliff and found a concealed cave among the branches.
• Xiao Yu entered the dark cave, killed a Rock Snake with the Ink Scale Sword, and continued deeper inside.
• Xiao Yu found a glowing stone door and suspected it was the cave where Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan had searched for treasure.

Xiao Yu looted the cave’s treasures, mastered the Eagle’s Wings flying technique, and trained until he reached Nine-star Dou Zhe. When he went to investigate crashing trees, he found a tiny white beast confronting a Cloud Wood Elephant.

• Xiao Yu collected medicinal herbs, a fragmentary map, the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Eagle's Wings, and a top-grade Breakthrough Pill from the cave, leaving the poison scripture for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yu absorbed the Purple Cloud Eagle’s soul while learning Eagle's Wings, advancing his soul realm toward the Spirit realm and gaining the ability to fly.
• Xiao Yu trained in a waterfall valley for a month, improving his strength to Nine-star Dou Zhe and practicing his techniques.
• Xiao Yu heard trees breaking, flew above the waterfall, and saw a Cloud Wood Elephant facing a tiny snow-white magical beast.

Xiao Yu rescued a mysterious white beast in the Monster Mountain Range, named it Xiao Bai, and brought it back to his cave. There he met Yun Yun, who introduced herself as a traveler seeking a medicinal herb and showed interest in recruiting him for the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yu watched the white beast repel a Cloud Wood Elephant with a red protective membrane, then caught it when it tried to flee.
• Xiao Yu brought the beast to his cave, shared a roasted pheasant with it, and named it Xiao Bai.
• Yun Yun entered the cave, said she meant no harm, and told Xiao Yu she was searching for a medicinal herb.
• Xiao Yu recognized Yun Yun as a Dou Emperor, gave her the false name Xiao Shi Yi, and agreed to let her stay for the night.
• Yun Yun noticed Xiao Yu's talent and asked whether he knew the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yu asked about her relationship with it.

Xiao Yu agreed to help Yun Yun steal Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave, while bargaining for half of it. After Yun Yun temporarily raised his strength, they flew to the mountain, where Yun Yun prepared to lure the beast away and Xiao Yu planned to enter the cave.

• Yun Yun invited Xiao Yu to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he refused because he preferred freedom.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yu to help her obtain Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave, and he demanded half in return.
• Yun Yun boosted Xiao Yu's strength to Six-star Dou Shi by transferring Dou Qi into him.
• Xiao Yu revealed his purple flying wings, and he and Yun Yun flew to the mountain cave where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King dwelled.
• Yun Yun planned to draw the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King away while Xiao Yu entered the cave, and Xiao Yu privately worried that his system mission would complicate the plan.

Xiao Yu and Yun Yun raided the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave, taking the Purple Spirit Crystal and Companion Purple Crystal Source while Yun Yun fought the king. The king attacked Xiao Yu and then charged up its Purple Crystal Seal as Yun Yun answered with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill.

• Yun Yun killed the two beasts guarding the cave and drew the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King into a fight while Xiao Yu entered the cave.
• Xiao Yu used sleeping drug to knock out the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, took the Purple Spirit Crystal, and collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• The young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King woke and attacked Xiao Yu, who fled the cave with the beast in pursuit.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King spotted Xiao Yu and attacked him, but Yun Yun blocked its strike with Rift Wind Dance.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King unleashed Purple Crystal Seal as Yun Yun launched Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill.

Xiao Yu rescued the badly injured Yun Yun and treated her wounds in their cave while she was weakened by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's sealing technique. Yun Yun began to soften toward him as he left the cave, unaware that she was smiling.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King wounded Yun Yun and ordered the beasts of the valley to search for her and Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu escaped the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and found Yun Yun injured beneath the waterfall.
• Xiao Yu carried Yun Yun into the cave, erased their scent, and prepared to treat her while Xiao Bai waited outside.
• Yun Yun woke as Xiao Yu undressed her to treat the wound, but accepted his explanation that he was helping her.
• Xiao Yu treated and bandaged Yun Yun's chest wound, teasing her as she thanked him.
• Xiao Yu left to check outside, and Yun Yun smiled while watching him go.

After rescuing Yun Yun, Xiao Yu received the Life Divine Tree, whose life aura accelerated her recovery and strengthened Xiao Bai. As Yun Yun stayed in the cave to recover and break the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s seal, she asked Xiao Yu to stand guard while she bathed.

• The system rewarded Xiao Yu with the Life Divine Tree and named the Snake People Clan as his next check-in location, with Green Lotus Core Flame as the reward.
• The Life Divine Tree appeared in Xiao Yu’s dantian, and its life aura sped up Yun Yun’s healing while Xiao Bai grew slightly larger.
• Yun Yun recovered enough to stand, thanked Xiao Yu, and agreed to remain in the cave while she worked to break the seal.
• Xiao Yu told Yun Yun he had a teacher when she offered to introduce him to an alchemist, and he continued cultivating while she tried to break the seal.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yu to keep watch while she went to bathe in the lake, and he agreed.

Yun Yun and Xiao Yu ate a Union Fruit that drove them together, and Yun Yun left the cave the next morning after confronting him. She recovered her strength, advanced to peak Four Star Dou Huang, and departed after cutting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's horn again.

• Yun Yun picked unfamiliar fruits in the forest and brought them back to the cave, where she and Xiao Yu ate them.
• Xiao Yu identified the fruit as a Union Fruit, and its effects overcame both of them, leading them to unite.
• The next morning, Yun Yun held a sword to Xiao Yu's throat, then left the cave with the Purple Spirit Crystal and told him never to seek her again.
• Yun Yun revealed her restored Dou Huang aura and cut off the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's remaining half-horn with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King realized Yun Yun had advanced to peak Four Star Dou Huang, and she flew away after glancing back toward the cave.

Yun Yun returned to Misty Cloud Sect troubled, while Xiao Yu’s impending breakthrough triggered a Heavenly Tribulation in the Monster Mountain Range. Xiao Yu flew to face the first strike, learning that every future major breakthrough would bring heavenly punishment.

• Yun Yun gave Nalan Yanran a Purple Spirit Crystal and sent her to Gu He to have it refined into pills.
• Nalan Yanran told Gu He that Yun Yun seemed troubled, so he went to visit Yun Yun after beginning to refine the Purple Jade Liquid.
• In the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Yu’s Dou Qi surged toward a breakthrough, and he suspected the Chaos Cultivation Source Method had gained power from his union with Yun Yun.
• Dark clouds gathered over the mountain range, and the system announced that every major breakthrough would bring a Heavenly Tribulation, granting Xiao Yu a Vajra Bodyguard Shield and a Heavenly Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yu flew beneath the tribulation clouds as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King recognized him, and the first heavenly lightning began to descend.

Yun Yun discussed her breakthrough with Gu He and agreed to accompany him to the desert to seek a Heavenly Flame. In the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Yu endured a heavenly tribulation, using its energy to cultivate until he stabilized at Six-star Dou Shi.

• Yun Yun told Gu He she had advanced to Four Star Dou Huang after fighting the Crystal Wing Lion King.
• Gu He explained that he planned to seek a Heavenly Flame in the desert, and Yun Yun agreed to go with him.
• Xiao Yu was struck by successive lightning bolts that badly injured him in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu circulated the Chaos Cultivation Source Method to absorb the tribulation energy, briefly reached Nine-star Dou Shi, then suppressed his cultivation.
• Xiao Yu endured the final lightning strike and stabilized his cultivation at Six-star Dou Shi.

After surviving the heavenly tribulation, Xiao Yu agreed to take the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King out into the world as his companion. He prepared to leave the Monster Mountain Range with Little Purple and Xiao Bai, using a Shape-Shifting Pill to make Little Purple less conspicuous.

• Xiao Yu refined the lightning from the heavenly tribulation, healed his injuries, and dispersed the clouds with a punch.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King asked Xiao Yu to take his son out into the world, and Xiao Yu agreed.
• Xiao Yu named the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King Little Purple and offered him Companion Purple Crystal Source to lift his spirits.
• Xiao Yu returned to the cave, where Little Purple felt a powerful bloodline suppression from Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Yu gathered herbs and refined a Shape-Shifting Pill, shrinking Little Purple until he resembled a golden retriever.

Xiao Yu encountered Xiao Yi Xian being attacked by Gan Mu and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He rescued her, killed Gan Mu, and left Xiao Yi Xian safe but stunned by his strength and methods.

• Xiao Yu heard fighting in the woodland and found Xiao Yi Xian wounded and surrounded by Gan Mu and his men.
• Gan Mu tried to assault Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yu seized his hand and stopped him.
• Xiao Yu severed the attackers’ hands with Black Scale, and the surviving men fled.
• Gan Mu threatened Xiao Yu with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Xiao Yu revealed his Six-star Dou Shi strength.
• Xiao Yu burned Gan Mu to white powder, and Xiao Yi Xian said he deserved to die.

Xiao Yu rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and accompanied her to a hidden valley in the Monster Mountain Range. They settled in for the night after sharing a meal, while Xiao Yu kept his thoughts about the Calamity Poison Body to himself.

• Xiao Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian healing medicine and introduced her to Xiao Bai and Little Purple.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Mu Li had pursued her because he believed she had taken all the treasure from a cave marked on a map.
• Xiao Yi Xian called her Blue Eagle, Xiao Lan, and led Xiao Yu to her hidden valley.
• Xiao Yu admired the valley and joked that Xiao Yi Xian should cook him a meal, so she caught two wild rabbits.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu roasted the rabbits and shared the meal with Xiao Bai, Little Purple, and Xiao Lan.

Mu She learned that Gan Mu had died and ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to withdraw from the Monster Mountain Range while watching Xiao Yi Xian. Hermon ignored the warning and entered the mountains with fifteen men, while Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian stayed in the valley to cultivate and gather herbs.

• Mu Li accused the wounded mercenaries of abandoning Gan Mu, and Mu She had them executed as traitors.
• Mu She concluded that a powerful young man had likely killed Gan Mu and ordered the group to leave the Monster Mountain Range and watch Xiao Yi Xian without confronting her.
• Mu She learned Hermon planned to enter the mountains with Madam Lan and sent a subordinate to stop him.
• Hermon struck the messenger and led more than a dozen Wolf Head mercenaries into the Monster Mountain Range despite the warning.
• Sa Gan expected Hermon's group to meet the young man and regretted the danger to the fifteen men.
• Xiao Yu cultivated in the valley while Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs to study the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.