Chapter Summaries

Lu Heng reunited with Xiao Yi Xian at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion and urged her to return with him to Wutan City. He revealed his Dou Wang strength by unfurling his wings, then flew away with Xiao Yi Xian in his arms as the mercenaries watched in shock.

• Lu Heng embraced Xiao Yi Xian and asked her to return to Wutan City with him.
• Lu Heng hinted at his strength, and Xiao Yi Xian doubted that he had reached Dou Wang.
• Lu Heng carried Xiao Yi Xian out of the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion and crossed Green Mountain Town with her.
• At the mercenary gathering point, Lu Heng displayed his Five-Colored Wings and revealed himself as a Dou Wang.
• Lu Heng flew off with Xiao Yi Xian, while the stunned mercenaries discussed reporting the incident to Boss Yao.

Lu Heng took Xiao Yi Xian flying and revealed that he was a Seven-Star Dou King, then brought her to her secluded home in the valley. There, Xiao Yi Xian confessed that her Woe Poison Physique had caused her parents and villagers to die and asked whether Lu Heng would still be willing to stay with her.

• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian that he had reached the Seven-Star Dou King realm and could protect her.
• Xiao Yi Xian hesitated to return to Wutan City with Lu Heng because she feared her accumulating poison would endanger him.
• Xiao Yi Xian directed Lu Heng to her hidden valley home in the Back Mountain of Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lu Heng that poisonous qi had erupted from her body and killed her parents and villagers.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lu Heng whether he would still be willing to be with her despite her poison physique.

Lu Heng reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he had known about her Woe Poison Physique since they first met and still loved her. He revealed a pill that could suppress the condition and promised to seek a permanent cure, leaving Xiao Yi Xian moved but embarrassed by his claim that she was his woman.

• Lu Heng embraced Xiao Yi Xian and told her he had known about her Woe Poison Physique since their first meeting, when he glimpsed its Seven-Colored Hidden Line.
• Lu Heng explained that the Woe Poison Physique absorbed poison into Dou Qi but could eventually trigger a dangerous backlash, and Xiao Yi Xian broke down over years of fear and loneliness.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian that a peak Seventh-Grade Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill could suppress her condition, and he was confident he could refine it.
• Lu Heng admitted the pill was not a permanent cure but promised that higher-grade pills could eventually resolve the Woe Poison Physique as his cultivation advanced.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked who Lu Heng really was, and he called himself her man, making her blush and deny that she had agreed to it.

Lu Heng kissed Xiao Yi Xian and explained that his unusual constitution protected him from her poison. Xiao Yi Xian agreed to return to Wutan City with him after he refined a pill to control her constitution, but chose to wait in the valley until then.

• Lu Heng kissed Xiao Yi Xian, then explained that his Five Elements cultivation could neutralize her current Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Lu Heng's offer but asked to remain in the valley until he refined the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Lu Heng a Mystic Ice Toad's poison sac for the pill, and they shared lunch and cleaned up together.
• After nightfall, Xiao Yi Xian urged Lu Heng to return to Wutan City and promised to wait for him in the valley.
• Lu Heng flew away on his five-colored Dou Qi wings, while Xiao Yi Xian watched him go.

Lu Heng told Ya Fei about Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Physique and learned that Nalan Yanran had gone to the Xiao Family to break off her engagement. He planned to begin practicing Seventh-Grade pill refining with a Heaven Origin Pulse-Clearing Pill that might improve Ya Fei’s cultivation talent.

• Lu Heng returned from Green Mountain Town, and Ya Fei teased him about visiting Xiao Yi Xian alone.
• Lu Heng explained Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Physique and her tragic past, and Ya Fei urged him to keep visiting her.
• Ya Fei told Lu Heng that Nalan Yanran had gone to the Xiao Family to break off her engagement.
• Lu Heng decided to practice refining intermediate Seventh-Grade pills before attempting the peak Seventh-Grade Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill.
• Lu Heng chose the Heaven Origin Pulse-Clearing Pill as a possible way to improve Ya Fei’s physique and began shutting himself away to refine pills.

Lu Heng successfully refined a Seventh-Grade Intermediate Heaven Origin Pulse-Clearing Pill and gave it to Ya Fei to improve her cultivation talent. The chapter ended with him guiding the pill’s medicinal power through her blocked meridians as she began taking it.

• Lu Heng’s first attempt to refine the pill failed when a medicinal liquid exploded, but his second attempt succeeded.
• Ya Fei learned the pill could improve cultivation talent and cried as Lu Heng gave it to her.
• Lu Heng and Ya Fei ate together, then she arranged for Uncle Gu Ni to cover for her at the auction house.
• Lu Heng considered the ingredients and practice needed to refine the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill, noting that he had only two portions of its rarest ingredient.
• Ya Fei swallowed the Heaven Origin Pulse-Clearing Pill, and Lu Heng used his soul power to guide its medicinal power toward her blocked meridians.

Lu Heng used the Heaven Origin Pulse-Clearing Pill to clear Ya Fei’s meridians, and she broke through to One-Star Dou Master. Ya Fei celebrated her newfound cultivation potential and thanked Lu Heng as he went to bathe.

• Lu Heng finished clearing and reinforcing Ya Fei’s meridians with the Heaven Origin Pulse-Clearing Pill.
• Ya Fei absorbed the pill’s remaining energy and broke through to One-Star Dou Master.
• Lu Heng used his Li Fire to remove the impurities from Ya Fei’s skin, and she hurried off to bathe.
• Ya Fei returned and embraced Lu Heng, excited that she had become a Dou Master and could cultivate more than ten times faster.
• Ya Fei told Lu Heng that heated water remained for his bath, then quietly thanked him as he left.

Lu Heng left Wutan City for the Tagor Desert to find Qing Lin and recruit Hai Bodong, after bidding farewell to Ya Fei. At the desert’s edge, he rescued a girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils who identified herself as Qing Lin.

• Lu Heng told Ya Fei he planned to leave Wutan City for several months, and she supported his decision.
• Lu Heng helped Ya Fei stabilize her cultivation before departing secretly for the Tagor Desert.
• Lu Heng reached the desert and headed toward Stone Desert City, the base of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Lu Heng spotted a caravan under attack and recognized the jade-eyed girl beside it as a likely Qing Lin.
• Lu Heng killed the bandit charging at the girl, then asked her name, and she said she was Qing Lin.

Lu Heng rescued Qing Lin from the Sand Iron bandits and recognized her rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He invited her to come with him to Stone Desert City and speak to her commander, but Qing Lin was left staring at his offered hand.

• Lu Heng killed the Sand Iron leader with Blazing Sun Finger, and the remaining bandits fled.
• The caravan manager thanked Lu Heng, who turned his attention to the frightened Qing Lin and invited her to come with him.
• Qin Yao introduced herself as deputy captain of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and explained that bandits had attacked the caravan on the way to Stone Desert City.
• Lu Heng decided to take Qing Lin to Stone Desert City and speak with Commander Xiao Ding.
• Lu Heng offered Qing Lin his hand, and she froze, unused to anyone treating her that way.

Lu Heng took Qing Lin from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and flew with her back to Stone Desert City, where the townspeople’s hostile reactions showed that her isolation continued. The chapter ended with Qing Lin leading Lu Heng through the city as she shrank under the locals’ attention.

• Lu Heng asked Qing Lin to call him Brother, then carried her into the sky on his Dou Qi wings while Qin Yao and the steward realized he was a Dou Wang.
• Lu Heng flew Qing Lin to Stone Desert City, and she marveled at seeing the world from above.
• Lu Heng landed outside the city and asked Qing Lin to lead the way.
• As they entered Stone Desert City, pedestrians recognized Qing Lin, avoided her, and muttered about her; Lu Heng noticed her hunching her shoulders and lowering her head.

Lu Heng comforted Qing Lin after people in Stone Desert City mocked her half-snake heritage, then publicly showed that she was under his protection. After buying her new clothes, he encouraged her to hold her head high and promised to defend her.

• Lu Heng used his Dou Wang pressure to silence the people insulting Qing Lin and warned them not to speak against her again.
• Lu Heng showed Qing Lin’s scales no disgust and told her they were beautiful, prompting her to cry as he comforted her.
• Lu Heng carried Qing Lin through Stone Desert City on his Purple Cloud Wings so everyone would see that she was under his protection.
• Lu Heng took Qing Lin to a Clothing Store, where she changed into a light green blouse and pale cyan skirt.
• Lu Heng praised Qing Lin’s appearance and promised to stand up for her, and she nodded in agreement.

Lu Heng took Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li accepted his explanation and his gift of Fourth-Grade Pills. He left Qing Lin in their care for the night and flew into the desert to find Hai Bodong and the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Lu Heng took Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li confronted him over taking her away.
• Lu Heng explained that he knew Xiao Yu and wanted Qing Lin because they got along, easing the brothers’ suspicions.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills as thanks for looking after Qing Lin.
• Lu Heng agreed to leave Qing Lin with the mercenary group overnight and promised to return for her by the next day.
• Lu Heng left Stone Desert City and flew into the desert, where he found the Ancient Map Shop beneath a faded wooden sign.

Lu Heng found the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in Hai Bodong's shop and revealed the Ice Emperor's identity. Their fight ended with Lu Heng effortlessly evaporating Hai Bodong's Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, leaving Hai Bodong confronted by the vast gap between them.

• Lu Heng found the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in an old chest and placed it in his Storage Ring despite Hai Bodong's protests.
• Lu Heng identified Hai Bodong as the former Ice Emperor and explained how Queen Medusa's seal had weakened him.
• Hai Bodong attacked Lu Heng with an ice spear, but Lu Heng countered with a fire spear and proved stronger in their exchanges.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, and Lu Heng destroyed the ice dragon with a burning shield.
• Hai Bodong stopped fighting after the attack failed, while Lu Heng remained calm and unharmed.

Lu Heng revealed his strength and claimed he could remove Queen Medusa’s seal, then offered Hai Bodong a bargain: serve as Mite'er Ya Fei’s public backer in exchange. Hai Bodong agreed to consider it, while Lu Heng left with the Fragmented Map.

• Hai Bodong realized Lu Heng’s strength rivaled his own at his peak and asked why he had come.
• Lu Heng said he belonged to the Mittel Family through Mite'er Ya Fei and wanted Hai Bodong to support her rise to power.
• Hai Bodong explained that Queen Medusa’s seal had reduced him to Dou Ling strength, and Lu Heng claimed he was a Seventh-Grade Alchemist who could remove it.
• Lu Heng asked Hai Bodong to publicly back Mite'er Ya Fei after the seal was removed, and Hai Bodong said he would consider the deal.
• Lu Heng took Hai Bodong’s Fragmented Map, saying he would deduct its cost from the fee for the pill.

Lu Heng prepared to enter the Tagor Desert to find the Sand Mandala and Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Qing Lin in Stone Desert City. He arranged for Hai Bodong to watch over her and then set out alone.

• Lu Heng returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Qing Lin ran to welcome him.
• Lu Heng told Qing Lin he would leave for several months and promised to return for her, and she agreed to wait at the headquarters.
• Lu Heng asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to protect Qing Lin while he was away.
• Lu Heng persuaded Hai Bodong to watch over Qing Lin by promising to find the Sand Mandala needed for the Break-Edict Pill.
• Lu Heng left Stone Desert City and entered the Tagor Desert alone.

Lu Heng followed a powerful Fire Attribute energy fluctuation underground and found the Green Lotus Platform, but the Green Lotus Core Flame was already gone. He took the platform and its eleven lotus seeds, then returned to the surface near a Snake-People Tribe patrol led by Yue Mei.

• Lu Heng explored the desert, using his physiques to sense underground movement and avoid magical beast nests.
• Lu Heng detected a violent Fire Attribute energy fluctuation and dug a passage down to an underground lava lake.
• Lu Heng entered the magma, passed through a cyan barrier, and found the Green Lotus Platform without the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Heng cut down the platform, collected its eleven lotus seeds, and stored both in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng escaped to the surface near a Snake-People Tribe patrol, where Yue Mei was camped.

Lu Heng encountered Yue Mei and her Snake-People guards after emerging from underground in the Tagor Desert. Seeking Sand Mandala for a Break-Edict Pill, he recognized Yue Mei might have access to it, and the chapter ended with him striking her.

• Yue Mei sent Snake-People guards to investigate an explosion, where they found Lu Heng emerging from underground.
• Lu Heng claimed he was passing through, but Yue Mei accused him of trespassing and ordered her guards to surround him.
• Yue Mei flirted with Lu Heng and invited him to her tent, but he refused and said he preferred taking the initiative.
• Yue Mei attacked with her bone whip, which Lu Heng caught and burned to ash with his Separating Fire Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng considered that Yue Mei might possess Sand Mandala, then used his Purple Cloud Wings to evade her tail and slap her.

Lu Heng subdued Yue Mei and traded a Fifth-Rank Energy Recovery Pill for five Sand Mandalas and other supplies. After claiming to be a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, he flew north, while Yue Mei hurried to the Holy City to report the news to Queen Medusa.

• Lu Heng defeated Yue Mei in three moves and held her until she agreed to talk.
• Lu Heng asked Yue Mei for Sand Mandalas, offering a Fifth-Rank Energy Recovery Pill in exchange.
• Yue Mei traded him five Sand Mandalas and additional herbs and materials for the pill.
• Lu Heng revealed his name and claimed to be a Seventh-Grade Alchemist before flying away.
• Yue Mei ordered her guards to return to the Holy City overnight so she could report Lu Heng to Queen Medusa.

Lu Heng began refining a Break-Edict Pill in a desert hideout while anticipating Medusa’s response to news of a Seventh-Grade Alchemist. In Stone Desert City, Mo Cheng learned Qing Lin had Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and arrived to capture her, planning to lure away her Dou Ling guardian.

• Lu Heng built a sheltered stone house, recovered his Dou Qi, and began refining the Break-Edict Pill.
• A Mo Clan guard spotted Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in Stone Desert City and sent the discovery to the Mo Clan.
• Mo Cheng received the report, recognized the eyes as the key to his body-modification plan, and traveled alone to Stone Desert City.
• Mo Cheng observed the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters and identified the Ice Attribute Dou Ling guardian as the main obstacle.
• Mo Cheng decided to lure the guardian away so he could seize Qing Lin.

Mo Cheng abducted Qing Lin during a beast attack and defeated Hai Bodong in a fight outside Stone Desert City. Meanwhile, Lu Heng completed the Break-Edict Pill and prepared to return to the city, unaware that Qing Lin had been taken.

• Mo Cheng lured Magical Beasts toward Stone Desert City, slipped into the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's compound, and abducted Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong followed Mo Cheng outside the city and fought him, but Mo Cheng's beast transformations let him defeat Hai Bodong and escape with Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong, badly injured, headed north to find Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng completed the Break-Edict Pill, stored it in his Storage Ring, and planned to return to Stone Desert City to give it to Hai Bodong.