Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu discovered that Xiao Yi Xian was refining a deadly poison after studying the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and learning about her Calamity Poison Body. He warned her about the dangers but promised not to become her enemy, and she chose to cultivate it.

• Xiao Yu sensed poison from Xiao Yi Xian's hut, neutralized it, and found her refining a toxin powerful enough to kill a Dou Master.
• Xiao Yu took the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had discovered her Calamity Poison Body and wanted to become stronger.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yi Xian about a Calamity Poison Body cultivator who devastated an empire and fought powerful experts, warning her that the world might pursue her.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Yu would become her enemy if she cultivated the Calamity Poison Body, and he promised he would not.
• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to cultivate the Calamity Poison Body, and Xiao Yu returned the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture to her.

Xiao Yu explained how Xiao Yi Xian could control her Calamity Poison Body and revealed that he had the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and knew where to find Life Spirit Liquid. They set out for Mo City to gather what she needed, leaving Xiao Lan at the edge of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yi Xian about the Poison Pill method for controlling the Calamity Poison Body and rejected the Poison Dissolving Zen Chant because it would leave her with less than a tenth of her strength.
• Xiao Yu showed Xiao Yi Xian his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and said they would travel to Mo City to seek another Heavenly Flame, while he already knew where to obtain Life Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested hunting a Third-Tier Magical Beast, and Xiao Yu revealed that Little Zi was one but assured her he would not take its magic core.
• Xiao Yu asked Xiao Yi Xian to wait until he had gathered the ingredients before cultivating the Calamity Poison Body, and she agreed to leave with him the next day.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yu, Little Zi, Little Lan, and Little White left the valley, and Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye to Little Lan at the edge of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian a Shape-Shifting Pill so Little Lan could travel with them, then confronted Hemon and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. After Xiao Yu killed Hemon’s fifteen men with one sword strike, Hemon and Madam Lan were left at his mercy.

• Xiao Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian a Shape-Shifting Pill, which shrank Little Lan to the size of an ordinary eagle.
• Hemon encountered Xiao Yi Xian and threatened to capture her and assault her before taking her to the Young Leader.
• Xiao Yu stopped Xiao Yi Xian from fighting Hemon and challenged the Eight-Star Dou Practitioner himself.
• Hemon ordered his fifteen mercenaries to kill Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu used One Sword Burns the Heavens to slaughter them all.
• Hemon knelt and begged Xiao Yu to spare him, while Madam Lan trembled beside him.

Xiao Yu returned to Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian after killing Hemon and the surrounding mercenaries, then accompanied her to the Myriad Medicines Pavilion to retrieve her belongings. Manager Yao welcomed Xiao Yi Xian with a false smile and prepared guards, leaving their intentions uncertain.

• Madam Lan praised Xiao Yu and insulted Hemon, so Xiao Yu kicked Hemon into a carriage and struck Madam Lan when she echoed his words.
• Xiao Yu questioned Hemon about the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's preparations, then killed Hemon and the others with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian headed to Qingshan Town, where Mu She's subordinates spotted them and one messenger ran to alert the leader.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Xiao Yu to the Myriad Medicines Pavilion to collect her belongings, and Manager Yao summoned guards before greeting her.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Manager Yao she had only come to take her things and would leave afterward.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Myriad Medicines Pavilion with Xiao Yu to collect her belongings, but Manager Yao tried to seize the treasures they had found. Xiao Yu defeated the guards and overpowered Manager Yao, leaving the latter injured and helpless.

• Xiao Yi Xian packed her belongings at Myriad Medicines Pavilion while Manager Yao questioned Xiao Yu about his connection to her.
• Manager Yao blocked Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu from leaving and demanded the treasures they had found in a cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Manager Yao about her poison, but he took antidote pills and ordered his guards to attack.
• Xiao Yu defeated the guards with a kick and his Moon Chasing technique, sending them crashing into the courtyard.
• Manager Yao revealed himself as a Two-Star Dou Master and challenged Xiao Yu, who displayed his Seven-Star Dou Master strength.
• Xiao Yu struck Manager Yao with his fist and palm, wrecked his right hand with the iron whip, and told him his greed had brought this on himself.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian were confronted by Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group at the Myriad Medicines Pavilion. Xiao Yu slaughtered Mu She’s mercenaries and shattered his spear, then used Moon Chasing to match Mu She’s movement technique as their fight continued.

• Manager Yao fainted after Xiao Yu’s display of strength, and Xiao Yu prepared to leave the Myriad Medicines Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and the three beasts.
• Mu She arrived with mercenaries, accused Xiao Yu of killing Gan Mu and Hemon, and ordered his men to attack.
• Xiao Yu told Little Zi to protect the others, then killed more than twenty charging mercenaries with his sword.
• Mu She attacked Xiao Yu with Gale Stab, but their weapons clashed and Xiao Yu shattered Mu She’s Fine Steel Spear.
• Mu She used Phoenix Soaring Steps to vanish from sight, so Xiao Yu activated Moon Chasing and matched his speed.

Xiao Yu killed Mu She and destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group before traveling with Xiao Yi Xian to Mo City. At the city gate, an arrogant alchemist demanded that they clear the way.

• Xiao Yu killed Mu She with Mo Scale, then used Heavenly Flames to turn the courtyard's corpses to ashes.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian flew away from Qingshan Town on Little Lan, and the town's residents later found only white powder at Myriad Medicines Pavilion.
• After half a month of travel, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian reached Mo City and discussed visiting Xiao Yu's brothers in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian joined the line at Mo City's gate, where a fat alchemist ordered them aside and a soldier echoed his demand.

Xiao Yu protected Xiao Yi Xian when Ke Lei, a Tier-Two Alchemist, threatened and attacked them. After the soldiers surrounded Xiao Yu, he revealed an icy-white flame that showed he was a Tier-Four Alchemist, leaving Ke Lei terrified.

• Ke Lei leered at Xiao Yi Xian and invited her to stroll with him, but she refused.
• Ke Lei threatened Xiao Yi Xian, so Xiao Yu stepped between them and warned Ke Lei to leave them alone.
• Ke Lei punched Xiao Yu, who caught the blow and sent him flying backward.
• Ke Lei ordered the soldiers to arrest Xiao Yu and threatened to claim Xiao Yi Xian for himself.
• Xiao Yu revealed his icy-white real flame, and the soldiers recognized that he was a Tier-Four Alchemist.
• Ke Lei saw Xiao Yu's flame and realized in horror that Xiao Yu outranked him.

Xiao Yu challenged Ke Lei to accompany him to the Alchemist Guild for a Tier-Two Alchemist assessment. At the guild, Bulin and Otto discussed the growing unrest surrounding the Snake People Clan and the Green Lotus Core Flame before heading downstairs to witness Xiao Yu's assessment.

• Xiao Yu told Ke Lei he looked down only on Ke Lei and invited him to the Alchemist Guild to see him take the Tier-Two Alchemist assessment.
• A soldier offered to guide Xiao Yu and the group to the guild, and they set off with Ke Lei.
• Master Otto arrived at the Mo City Alchemist Guild with Lin Fei and Xue Mei, where Bulin welcomed them.
• Bulin told Otto that the Snake People Clan's Queen's inheritance had gone awry and that rumors of the Green Lotus Core Flame were drawing powerful factions to the desert.
• An attendant informed Bulin that a young man had come to take the Tier-Two Alchemist assessment and that Ke Lei wanted him to witness it.
• Bulin and Otto led their guests downstairs to watch the assessment.

Yun Yun discovered she was pregnant with Xiao Shi Yi’s child just as she prepared to travel with Gu He’s group to the Tagor Desert in search of a Heavenly Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu arrived at the Alchemist Guild in Mo City for his assessment, where Ke Lei mocked his unknown mentor, Dan Lao.

• Yun Yun sensed a faint trace of life in her abdomen and realized she was pregnant, then agreed to accompany Gu He to the Tagor Desert.
• Gu He asked Frank to join the journey, and Frank warned that the Snake People Clan had several Dou Wang experts and a Dou Emperor inheritor.
• Gu He led Yun Yun and the assembled experts toward the Tagor Desert the next day, while Yun Yun traveled at the front of their flying beast, troubled by an uneasy feeling.
• Xiao Yu registered for an alchemist assessment at the Mo City Alchemist Guild and named Dan Lao as his mentor.
• Ke Lei ridiculed Xiao Yu’s unknown mentor, and Xiao Yi Xian objected before Xiao Yu calmly retorted that Dan Lao might be stronger than Ke Lei.

Xiao Yu began his Alchemist Guild assessment under Master Bulin, while Ke Lei expected him to fail. The chapter left Bulin, Otto, and the others stunned when Xiao Yu revealed a Heavenly Flame during the test.

• Ke Lei introduced himself to Bulin and urged Xiao Yu to begin his assessment, while Xiao Yi Xian and Lin Fei rebuked Ke Lei for provoking him.
• Bulin led Xiao Yu to the First Grade Alchemist assessment, where Xiao Yu received the Power Surge Pill formula and the test began.
• Xiao Yi Xian let Lin Fei and Xue Mei pet Little White while Xiao Yu prepared to refine the pill using a medicinal cauldron for the first time.
• Xiao Yu decided to keep a low profile and began heating the cauldron with his Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Bulin, Otto, Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and the others recognized Xiao Yu's flame as a Heavenly Flame and stared at him in shock.

Xiao Yu completed the first-grade alchemist assessment by refining a Power Surge Pill with a Pill Pattern, impressing Bulin and Otto. He then requested the Tier-Two Alchemist assessment, and Bulin agreed to prepare it after asking whether Xiao Yu had Dou Master strength.

• Bulin and Otto watched Xiao Yu refine a Power Surge Pill with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and wondered about his mysterious mentor, Dan Lao.
• Xiao Yu produced a Power Surge Pill with a clearly visible Pill Pattern and sealed it in a Jade Bottle as the assessment bell rang.
• Bulin and Otto praised Xiao Yu’s result, while Ke Lei fell silent after realizing Xiao Yu had surpassed his own ability.
• Xiao Yu reminded Bulin and Otto that he had bet Ke Lei he would complete the Tier-Two Alchemist assessment and asked to take it immediately.
• Bulin agreed to arrange the Tier-Two Alchemist assessment after asking Xiao Yu whether he possessed the required Dou Master strength.

Xiao Yu passed the Tier-Two Alchemist assessment in Mo City and accepted an invitation to the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Conference. After preparing to travel into the desert to visit his relatives, he cultivated through the night and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Master.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Fei and Xue Mei how Xiao Yu had saved her in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and described the mercenary groups’ cruelty in Qingshan Town.
• Bulin announced that Xiao Yu had passed the Tier-Two assessment and impressed him by refining a Second Grade Pill with a Pill Pattern.
• Otto and Bulin invited Xiao Yu to the Alchemist Conference in the capital, and Xiao Yu said he would go if he had time.
• Xiao Yu received his Tier-Two Alchemist robes and asked Bulin for medicinal ingredients before setting off to visit his relatives in the desert.
• Xiao Yu cultivated with the Amethyst Source, absorbed energy through the Life Divine Tree, and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Master.

Xiao Yu realized that the Chaos Origin Cultivation Method let him combine multiple attributes of Dou Qi and set out with Xiao Yi Xian for Stone Desert City to visit his brothers. On the way, he discovered the Sand Mercenary Group facing off against Snake People who demanded a woman from their carriage, just as a battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Yu understood that cultivating multiple attributes filled his Qi Sea and could improve his growth, then continued cultivating before entering the desert.
• Bulin gave Xiao Yu his requested supplies, including a third-tier Magic Core, and Xiao Yu left the Alchemist Guild with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian headed toward Stone Desert City to find Xiao Yu's brothers and their Iron Mercenary Group.
• When their water ran low, Xiao Yu left Xiao Yi Xian and Little Zi on a hill and flew ahead to look for help.
• Xiao Yu found the Sand Mercenary Group surrounded by six Snake People, who demanded that the mercenaries hand over a snake woman from their carriage.
• The Snake People leader ordered his group to attack after the Sand Mercenary Group's leader refused.

Xiao Yu intervened when the Snake Person leader tried to kill a snake girl, defeating the Snake People who had attacked him. After killing their leader, he left the snake girl alive, though she mourned the dead.

• The Snake People defeated the Sand Mercenary Group, and Luo Kun revealed that they were taking the snake girl to Mo City before the Snake Person leader killed him.
• The Snake Person leader uncovered the snake girl and tried to kill her, saying the Snake People Clan could have only one Queen.
• Xiao Yu rushed in and stopped the spear, then killed the five Snake People who surrounded him.
• The Snake Person leader attacked Xiao Yu with a poisoned spear, but the Bone Spirit Cold Flame burned away the poison.
• Xiao Yu revealed the strength of an Eight-Star Dou Master and killed the Snake Person leader, while the snake girl looked sorrowful.

Xiao Yu rescued an amnesiac snake woman and brought her back to Xiao Yi Xian, despite initially refusing to take her along. After learning she was the Queen’s younger sister, Yue Mei went to search for her, while Xiao Yu prepared Transformation Pills so the snake woman could travel in human form.

• Xiao Yu freed the snake woman from her cage, gave her water, then changed his mind and carried her back to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yue Mei learned that someone else had rescued the snake woman and set out for the Ink Serpent Tribe while ordering her subordinates to search.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed the snake woman and told Xiao Yu to protect her after hearing how he had found her.
• Xiao Yu refined two Transformation Pills and gave them to the snake woman, who swallowed one and transformed her snake tail into bare human legs.
• Xiao Yu cried out and covered his eyes when he saw the snake woman’s legs.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and the snake woman reached Stone Desert City and went to the Iron Mercenary Group to find Xiao Yu’s brothers. After Xue Lan recognized Xiao Yu as the leaders’ younger brother, she agreed to take him to them and asked whether Xiao Ding had really mentioned her.

• Xiao Yu and his companions arrived at Stone Desert City after traveling through the desert for seven or eight days.
• Xiao Yu paid a passerby to lead them to the Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters.
• Xue Lan questioned Xiao Yu when he asked to see the group’s leaders, and the mercenaries gathered around them.
• Xiao Yu said his name and mentioned Xiao Yan, prompting Xue Lan to recognize him as the leaders’ younger brother.
• Xue Lan agreed to take Xiao Yu to the leaders and shyly asked whether Xiao Ding had mentioned her.

Xiao Yu reunited with his eldest and second brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, after finding them at their mercenary group’s headquarters. After catching up and sharing news about the Xiao Family and Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Yu got drunk and slept through the night.

• Xue Lan led Xiao Yu and his companions to the hall, where Xiao Li recognized Xiao Yu’s voice and rushed out to embrace him.
• Xiao Yu greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, told them that Xiao Yan’s condition was cured and that he had gone to Jia Nan Academy, and introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Die.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Yu to a fight, unaware that Xiao Yu was a Seven-Star Dou Master, while Xiao Ding welcomed Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Die as guests.
• Xiao Yu told his brothers about the Xiao Family and Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement, then promised to accompany Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect to seek justice.
• Xiao Li brought out wine, and Xiao Yu drank until he was completely drunk before sleeping soundly through the night.

Xiao Yu woke up in the Iron Mercenary Group and defended Qing Lin from the mercenaries’ prejudice, encouraging her to become stronger. He agreed to spar with his second brother, Xiao Li, at the group’s assessment the next day.

• Xiao Yu met Qing Lin, who had been assigned to serve him, and asked her to show him around the Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yu confronted mercenaries who looked down on Qing Lin, defended her, and shattered a boulder to make his warning clear.
• Xiao Yu encouraged Qing Lin not to live by others’ judgments, and three green dots appeared in her eyes as she thanked him.
• Xiao Yu met Xiao Yi Xian and Xue Lan after they returned from the market and heard about the upcoming assessment.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Yu to a spar during the assessment, and Xiao Yu accepted.

Xiao Yu welcomed Qing Lin into his household after learning about her painful past, and she grew increasingly attached to him. After cultivating through the night and balancing Fire, Wood, and Wind energies, Xiao Yu set out with Qing Lin for his test.

• Xiao Yi Xian invited Qing Lin to help sort medicinal herbs, and Cai Die introduced herself as Qing Lin's sister.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yu about Qing Lin's background and explained why he had made her Xiao Yu's maidservant.
• Xiao Yu cultivated overnight, using the Life Divine Tree to produce Wood Attribute energy and stabilize the Fire, Wood, and Wind energies in his Qi Sea.
• Qing Lin promised to stay by Xiao Yu's side forever, and Xiao Yu agreed to keep her with him.
• Qing Lin easily picked up Mo Scale and offered to look after Xiao Yu's sword before following him to the test.