Chapter Summaries

Yao Chen awakened in Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring with the Supreme Master System, received several gifts, and used a Yin-Yang Soul Pill to restore his soul. As he considered using the Secret Art of Teaching on Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan reached a breakthrough in his secluded cultivation.

• Yao Chen realized he had transmigrated into his former life’s favorite story as Yao Chen and learned that he was dormant in Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring.
• The Supreme Master System bound itself to Yao Chen and explained that teaching disciples could earn him multiplied returns.
• After Yao Chen exposed a system bug, the system upgraded its rules and awarded him a compensation gift pack containing a Yin-Yang Soul Pill, the Secret Art of Teaching, and the Secret Body Restoration Technique (Express Version).
• Yao Chen swallowed the Yin-Yang Soul Pill and substantially healed and strengthened his damaged soul.
• Yao Chen learned that the Secret Art of Teaching transferred seventy percent of his cultivation to another person and thought about using it on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan trained alone beneath a secluded cliff and broke through the bottleneck toward becoming a Dou Zhe.

After Xiao Yan broke through to One-Star Dou Zhe, Yao Chen emerged from the ring and took him as his disciple. The system rewarded Yao Chen with materials for a One-Star Dou Wang body and two high-grade techniques, leaving him with a warning that gifts given to Xiao Yan could not be returned.

• Xiao Yan broke through to One-Star Dou Zhe, and Yao Chen learned that the expedited body restoration technique required a Fifth-grade Body Reconstruction Pill and Fifth-Rank Magical Beast blood essence.
• Yao Chen appeared from Xiao Yan’s ring and persuaded the wary boy of his alchemist skills by using Bone Spirit Cold Flame to burn away Xiao Yan’s clothes.
• Xiao Yan agreed to become Yao Chen’s disciple, put on a black robe, and kowtowed to him.
• The system awarded Yao Chen a Fifth-grade Body Reconstruction Pill, a Fifth-Rank Red Heart Flame Wolf corpse, the Profound-tier High-grade Purple Flame Heaven-Burning Strike, and the Profound-tier High-grade Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Art.
• The system warned Yao Chen that rewards granted to his disciple could not be returned.

Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra, an evolvable cultivation method, then used the system’s materials and his Secret Body Restoration Technique to forge a new body. He successfully fused his soul with it, leaving him resurrected in a physical form.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Yellow Tier Low Grade Flame Mantra and explained that it could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan studied the Flame Mantra, triggering a system reward for Yao Chen: the High-grade Earth-tier Glazed Fire Diamond Canon.
• Yao Chen sent Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Clan and told him to return in three days.
• Yao Chen refined the Red Heart Flame Wolf’s corpse and Body Reconstruction Pill into a new body using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen endured the soul-body rejection and completely fused with his newly refined body.

Yao Chen changed his cultivation method to the Flame Mantra, absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and used his Teaching Art to raise Xiao Yan to One-Star Dou Shi. He ended the chapter by giving Xiao Yan the Earth-tier Low-grade Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and its Heavy Profound Ruler.

• Yao Chen abandoned his original cultivation method and successfully began cultivating the Flame Mantra, then used it to absorb the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and evolve it to Profound-tier High-grade.
• Yao Chen met Xiao Yan and used the Teaching Art to transfer cultivation to him, raising Xiao Yan from One-Star Dou Zhe to One-Star Dou Shi.
• The system rewarded Yao Chen with three years of cultivation, advancing him from Eight-Star Dou Ling to Eight-Star Dou Wang after the transfer lowered his cultivation.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and the Heavy Profound Ruler, and Xiao Yan immediately grasped the technique’s moves.

Yao Chen taught Xiao Yan the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and sent him back to the Xiao Clan with plans to teach him alchemy and give him a Heavenly Flame later. After practicing the Star Annihilation Sword, Yao Chen decided to seek out Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town as his next disciple.

• Yao Chen taught Xiao Yan the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Xiao Yan gained an initial grasp of the technique after repeated practice.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to return to the Xiao Clan, promised to give him a Heavenly Flame and teach him alchemy later, and warned him not to reveal Yao Chen's existence to the elders.
• After Xiao Yan left, Yao Chen examined the Dragon Abyss Star Sword and learned the Star Annihilation Sword from its book.
• Yao Chen practiced the Star Annihilation Sword for several days and made his first strides toward mastering the Heaven-Tier technique.
• Yao Chen judged his strength insufficient to confront the traitor and flew toward Green Mountain Town to seek Xiao Yi Xian, who possessed the Woe Poison Body.

Yao Chen went to Green Mountain Town to find Xiao Yi Xian, learned she had entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and flew after her. He rescued her and the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group from a third-tier Amethyst Pangolin, then confirmed that she was Xiao Yi Xian.

• Yao Chen intimidated the owner of Ten Thousand Herb Pavilion, Yao Jinbao, and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had gone herb gathering with the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group.
• Yao Chen warned Yao Jinbao to treat Xiao Yi Xian well, demonstrated his power, and flew toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group encountered a third-tier Amethyst Pangolin that wounded Li Feng and scattered the mercenaries.
• Xiao Yi Xian lured the Amethyst Pangolin away from the fleeing mercenaries, but Yao Chen appeared and destroyed the beast, saving her.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Yao Chen, who asked whether she was Xiao Yi Xian, and she explained how she got her name.

Yao Chen persuaded Xiao Yi Xian that he could change her constitution and Dou Qi attribute, then formally accepted her as his disciple. After appeasing his system and learning it could fulfill his promise, he told Xiao Yi Xian he would take her somewhere before raising her cultivation.

• Yao Chen offered to make Xiao Yi Xian an alchemist and persuaded her to become his disciple.
• Xiao Yi Xian completed the discipleship ceremony and Yao Chen's system confirmed that she met its requirements.
• Yao Chen learned that the system would not give him another disciple gift pack, then apologized when it threatened to shut down.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian that she had a senior disciple and promised to help her improve her cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she was at the third stage of Dou Qi and had learned to make poisons, and Yao Chen asked her to come with him.

Yao Chen took Xiao Yi Xian to a cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, other treasures, and a fragment map. After he explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body could eventually kill her, she broke down crying, and Yao Chen promised to help her control it.

• Yao Chen persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to search for a cave before looking for the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group.
• Yao Chen found the cave by a cliff and led Xiao Yi Xian inside, where they uncovered a hidden stone chamber.
• Yao Chen collected the medicinal ingredients and claimed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Eagle Wings, Mad Lion Roar, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.
• Yao Chen explained that Xiao Yi Xian had the Woe Poison Body and described how it could erupt and destroy all life within a thousand li.
• Xiao Yi Xian cried and begged Yao Chen to save her, and he promised he could help her control her constitution.

Yao Chen explained several Dou Techniques to Xiao Yi Xian, then used a secret method to raise her cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Zhe. After receiving the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian began cultivating its Poison Dou Qi as Yao Chen promised to help control her Woe Poison Body.

• Yao Chen introduced Eagle Wings and Mad Lion Roar to Xiao Yi Xian, who disliked the sound-wave technique because it would ruin her image.
• Yao Chen transferred cultivation to Xiao Yi Xian, breaking her bottleneck and raising her to Nine-Star Dou Zhe, while the system's reward advanced him to Eight-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian changed her sweat-soaked clothes and accused Yao Chen of peeking at her.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture first and promised he would later help control her Woe Poison Body and change her Dou Qi attribute.
• Xiao Yi Xian practiced the scripture, gradually turning the surrounding poisonous energy into Poison Dou Qi as nearby leaves began to yellow.

Yao Chen gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and taught her the Eagle Wings Flight Dou Technique, helping her learn to fly. After she mastered it, the system rewarded him with Gale Shadow Step, a High-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique that could mark people with Soul Imprints and let him teleport to them.

• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and Yao Chen received the Nine-Colored Poison Sovereign Art as a system reward.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Yao Chen by tugging out some of his beard, and he gave her the Eagle Wings Flight Dou Technique scroll.
• The scroll's wings entered Xiao Yi Xian's back, and Yao Chen used his soul power to help her overcome the technique's attempt to seize her body.
• Yao Chen guided Xiao Yi Xian through forming and controlling the purple wings until she learned to fly steadily.
• The system rewarded Yao Chen with Gale Shadow Step, which could leave hidden Soul Imprints and let him cross space to their bearers.

Yao Chen returned Xiao Yi Xian to Green Mountain Town, where she reunited with the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group and learned they had held a memorial for her. After warning her to be wary of Yao Jinbao, Yao Chen left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to master Gale Shadow Step.

• Yao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian searched for the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, but discovered the group had already returned to Green Mountain Town and spent a day looking for them.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian found the mercenaries at the town entrance wearing mourning bands, and Xiao Yi Xian revealed she had survived the Amethyst Pangolin attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the group that Yao Chen had saved her and raised her strength, then asked them to tell Li Feng she was alive.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yi Xian that Yao Jinbao might covet her Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and told her to stay in town while he was away.
• Yao Chen flew back to the cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to cultivate Gale Shadow Step.

Yao Chen mastered Gale Shadow Step and visited Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town before heading to the Tagor Desert. He left a Soul Imprint on her so he could reach her if she was in danger, then listened as she asked for help with her cultivation.

• Yao Chen spent a week practicing Gale Shadow Step in a secluded valley until he could travel instantly to places marked with his Soul Imprints.
• Yao Chen went to Green Mountain Town to see Xiao Yi Xian, who had been cultivating with poisons and treating injured mercenaries.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian he was leaving for the Tagor Desert and reassured her that Gale Shadow Step would let him escape danger or come to her aid.
• Yao Chen placed a Soul Imprint on Xiao Yi Xian and told her to activate it only if she needed help.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Yao Chen to explain the problems she had encountered in her cultivation.

Yao Chen intervened when Medusa defeated Hai Bodong in the Tagor Desert, battling her until the Snake Emperor Heart-Protecting Shield shattered. He withdrew with Hai Bodong before the Snake-People Tribe’s elders could arrive, leaving Medusa wondering who he was and how he had become so powerful.

• After guiding Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town, Yao Chen flew away and headed to the Tagor Desert.
• Medusa overwhelmed Hai Bodong, leaving him severely injured and preparing to strike again.
• Yao Chen appeared and fought Medusa with his white flames and Dragon Abyss Star Sword, eventually shattering her Snake Emperor Heart-Protecting Shield.
• Hai Bodong warned Yao Chen that the Snake-People Tribe’s Peak Dou Emperor elders would sense the shield’s destruction and come.
• Yao Chen carried Hai Bodong away with Gale Shadow Step, while Medusa watched them go and questioned Yao Chen’s identity and strength.

Yao Chen accepted Hai Bodong’s invitation to recover at his residence and arranged to refine healing pills for him. In return for saving Hai Bodong, Yao Chen obtained the black fragment map and began preparing to refine pills in Hai Bodong’s secret chamber.

• Hai Bodong invited the injured Yao Chen to rest at his residence in Desert Rock City, and Yao Chen accepted.
• At the residence, Yao Chen asked for a secret chamber so he could refine pills and treat Hai Bodong’s injuries.
• Hai Bodong offered to repay Yao Chen, who requested the black map from the table as payment.
• Hai Bodong gave Yao Chen the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map and led him to his underground cultivation chamber.
• Yao Chen approved the chamber’s formation and told Hai Bodong to rest upstairs while he refined pills.

Yao Chen refined a Purple Spirit Rejuvenation Pill for Hai Bodong using the Black Demon cauldron and Bone Spirit Cold Flame. He gave Hai Bodong the pill, and Hai Bodong recognized its value but hesitated to accept it.

• Yao Chen found the Purple Spirit Rejuvenation Pill recipe and the rare ingredients needed to make it.
• Yao Chen used Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Black Demon cauldron to refine the ingredients into a pill.
• Yao Chen completed the Purple Spirit Rejuvenation Pill and stored it in a jade box before resting.
• Yao Chen summoned Hai Bodong to collect the pill, and Hai Bodong came to the secret chamber.
• Hai Bodong recognized the pill as a precious Fifth-grade Pill and said it was too valuable to accept lightly.

Yao Chen healed Hai Bodong with a Purple Spirit Rejuvenation Pill, then prepared to search the Tagor Desert for another Heavenly Flame. With Hai Bodong's map of likely locations, Yao Chen set out alone while Hai Bodong warned him about the Snake-People Tribe.

• Yao Chen gave Hai Bodong a Purple Spirit Rejuvenation Pill, and Hai Bodong took it back to his room and healed from his wounds.
• Yao Chen spent three days refining pills, while Hai Bodong recovered and grew stronger through cultivation.
• Yao Chen told Hai Bodong that he planned to seek a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert and could fuse two flames using a special cultivation technique.
• Hai Bodong found a map marking places in the desert where a Heavenly Flame might be hidden and gave it to Yao Chen.
• Hai Bodong offered to accompany Yao Chen but warned him that the Snake-People Tribe might pursue him; Yao Chen declined and departed using Gale Shadow Step.

Yao Chen found the hidden entrance to the Underground Magma World, defeated its Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame. After learning that gifting a Heavenly Flame to a disciple would earn him another flame from the system, he decided to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame himself and later give it to Xiao Yan.

• Yao Chen used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to burn the desert until he uncovered a concealed entrance.
• Yao Chen entered the Underground Magma World and killed the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, collecting its Fourth-Order fire-attribute Magic Core.
• Yao Chen crossed the magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame before Medusa reached it.
• Yao Chen asked the system about gifting the flame and learned that the reward would be a randomly powered, unique Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen decided to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame first and later give it to Xiao Yan to obtain another Heavenly Flame.

Yao Chen absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and fused it with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, creating the Ice Lotus Blazing Heart Flame. The fusion raised his cultivation to Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor, and he tested the new flame’s power in the magma.

• Yao Chen absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and used the Flame Mantra to bring it together with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen forced the two Heavenly Flames to merge, forming a new flame that combined bone-chilling cold with intense heat.
• Yao Chen’s cultivation surged from Eight-Star Dou Emperor to Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor, while the Flame Mantra evolved to Middle-grade Earth-tier.
• Yao Chen learned that the fused flame was called the Ice Lotus Blazing Heart Flame and tested it by spreading it through the magma, cooling and solidifying the molten rock.

Yao Chen collected the Green Lotus and its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds before heading to the Snake-People Tribe to settle their grievance. Meanwhile, Queen Medusa and her commanders discussed how to respond to the powerful human who had injured her, and an elder urged her to seek peace with Yao Chen.

• Yao Chen harvested the Green Lotus Platform and collected its eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to save for Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Chen left the magma and headed for the Snake-People Tribe's Royal City to confront Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa questioned Mo Basi about his search for the human Dou Huang expert, and he reported finding no trace of him.
• Queen Medusa ordered Mo Basi to train the warriors, Yin Shi to gather information, Yan Ci to strengthen the city's defenses, and Hua She'er to seek contact with the human.
• After the commanders left, Queen Medusa discussed Yao Chen with four elders, and the Second Elder urged her to befriend him and seek peace.

Yao Chen confronted Medusa and the Snake-People elders after finding their city, and the Great Elder attacked him but was quickly injured. The Second Elder tried to appease Yao Chen, while Medusa recognized that the elders would need to fight together to challenge him.

• Medusa ordered the elders to find Yao Chen before deciding whether to make peace or go to war.
• Yao Chen found Medusa's city and appeared above its square, drawing Medusa and the four elders to meet him.
• Yao Chen explained that he had injured Medusa to save Hai Bodong, while Medusa said Hai Bodong had trespassed and ignored her warnings.
• The Great Elder attacked Yao Chen with a black beam and a serpent phantom, but Yao Chen blocked him and struck him hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Medusa stopped the Great Elder and concluded that the elders needed to join forces against Yao Chen.
• The Second Elder apologized and offered the Snake-People Tribe's cooperation and women to appease Yao Chen.