Chapter Summaries

Lin Hai awakened as Xiao Yan’s uncle and received Peak Spirit Saint cultivation from the Heavens Supreme System. He confronted Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye over the Yunlan Sect’s attempt to dissolve Xiao Yan’s engagement, leaving the sect’s power challenged and the hall stunned.

• Lin Hai realized he had become Xiao Yan’s uncle in the Xiao Clan and received Peak Spirit Saint cultivation, the Nine Nether Flame God Art, and the Great Heaven Creation Palm from the system.
• Lin Hai mocked the fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder Ge Ye offered as compensation, then defended Xiao Yan’s dignity and questioned the Yunlan Sect’s conduct.
• Ge Ye tried to attack Lin Hai, but Lin Hai’s aura crushed his spiritual energy and forced him to stagger back in terror.
• Yao Chen sensed Lin Hai’s Spirit Saint aura from Xiao Yan’s ring, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er reacted with shock and suspicion.
• Lin Hai told Nalan Yanran to inform Yun Shan that Xiao Yan would decide whether and when the engagement was dissolved, then challenged the Yunlan Sect’s power.

Lin Hai effortlessly defeated Ge Ye and drove him and Nalan Yanran from the Xiao Clan hall after destroying the Qi Gathering Powder. He promised Xiao Yan he would help him reclaim his lost dignity, while Yao Chen realized Lin Hai was a Spirit Saint.

• Ge Ye attacked Lin Hai with Mystic Wind Pierce, but Lin Hai shattered the technique with one finger and gravely injured Ge Ye with a glance.
• Lin Hai crushed the Qi Gathering Powder and warned Nalan Yanran to tell Yun Shan that Xiao Yan now held the initiative in the engagement.
• Nalan Yanran helped Ge Ye flee the Xiao Clan hall after Lin Hai threatened to make Yun Shan come answer him in person.
• Lin Hai comforted Xiao Yan and promised to help him reclaim his dignity and protect him from anyone who would bully him.
• Yao Chen recognized Lin Hai as a Spirit Saint and marveled at Xiao Yan having such a powerful uncle.

Lin Hai revealed that Yao Chen had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and explained the spirit’s identity and legacy. Xiao Yan accepted Yao Chen as his master, while Lin Hai turned his attention toward the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Lin Hai led Xiao Yan away from the clan hall to speak privately.
• Lin Hai told Xiao Yan that the spirit inside his ring, Yao Chen, had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years.
• Lin Hai revealed that Yao Chen had been Venerable Yao, a Peak Spirit Venerable and Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Yao Chen promised to guide Xiao Yan and repay him for the years of lost cultivation.
• Xiao Yan knelt before Yao Chen and formally accepted him as his master.
• Lin Hai watched them and looked toward the Misty Cloud Sect with a cold glint in his eyes.

Lin Hai arranged for Yao Chen to teach Xiao Yan and promised to restore Yao Chen’s soul, then set out to gather rare soul-nourishing herbs. He subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King as his mount and returned toward Wutan City with the medicinal treasures he found.

• Lin Hai urged Xiao Yan to train diligently under Yao Chen and promised to find herbs to restore Yao Chen’s soul so he could refine Eighth-Tier Pills.
• Lin Hai revealed that Yao Chen’s secret cultivation art was Burning Decision and assured him he would find Heavenly Flames for Xiao Yan.
• Lin Hai traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, forced the Amethyst Winged Lion King to submit, and made it his mount.
• Lin Hai and the Lion King swept through the mountains, collecting medicinal treasures while guarded beasts fled before Lin Hai’s power.
• Lin Hai found and harvested one Seven Illusion Clear Spirit Saliva and two Iron Thread Soul-Restoring Flowers in Cloud Mist Valley, then ordered the Lion King to take him back to Wutan City.

Lin Hai returned to Xiao Yan’s courtyard with rare soul-restoring ingredients and a trove of medicinal herbs for Yao Chen, then set out to hunt magical beasts for the Magic Cores needed to refine pills. Yao Chen began restoring his soul while Xiao Yan continued cultivating, and Lin Hai headed toward regions with stronger beasts.

• Lin Hai landed behind the Xiao Clan, hid the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and entered Xiao Yan’s room without alerting anyone.
• Yao Chen emerged from Xiao Yan’s ring, and Lin Hai gave him the Seven Illusion Clear Spirit Saliva and two Iron Thread Soul-Restoring Flowers.
• Lin Hai presented Yao Chen with a large collection of medicinal ingredients, and Yao Chen estimated what pills he could refine with them.
• Yao Chen explained that he needed fourth- and fifth-tier Magic Cores, so Lin Hai left to obtain them.
• Yao Chen began absorbing the soul-restoring ingredients as Lin Hai traveled toward regions inhabited by stronger magical beasts.

Lin Hai swept through the Hengduan Mountain Range and slaughtered its high-tier Magical Beasts to collect their Magic Cores. He returned to Xiao Yan’s courtyard at dawn, where Yao Chen’s recovery was progressing and Xiao Yan had finished cultivating.

• Lin Hai left Wutan City and traveled to the Hengduan Mountain Range, where he used his spiritual sense to find powerful Magical Beasts.
• Lin Hai killed Sixth- and Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts with ease and collected their Magic Cores.
• Lin Hai nearly wiped out the high-tier Magical Beasts in the range’s core region and amassed dozens of valuable Magic Cores.
• Lin Hai returned to the outskirts of Wutan City and slipped back into Xiao Yan’s courtyard at dawn.
• Lin Hai checked Yao Chen’s improving condition and found Xiao Yan finished cultivating.

Lin Hai left Yao Chen with a hoard of Magic Cores and rare ingredients so he could recover and refine pills, then set out to hunt Fire Lizardmen beneath Jia Nan Academy for valuable Fire Beads. He headed toward the Black Corner Region, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were left stunned by his plans.

• Yao Chen confirmed that Lin Hai's Magic Cores and soul herbs would let him recover and refine Fifth- and Sixth-Grade Pills before attempting Seventh-Tier Pills.
• Lin Hai told Yao Chen that he planned to trade the pills for ingredients for Eighth-Tier Pills, then collect Fire Beads beneath Jia Nan Academy as valuable 'pocket change.'
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan were shocked when Lin Hai explained that he intended to sweep through the Fire Lizardmen and gather enough Fire Beads to trade for more than a dozen eighth-tier Magic Cores.
• Lin Hai told Xiao Yan to train and listen to Yao Chen, then vanished without disturbing space.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to train hard, saying Lin Hai was laying a path to the heavens for him, while Lin Hai traveled toward the Black Corner Region.

Lin Hai entered Jia Nan Academy’s Underground Magma World and slaughtered its Fire Lizardmen to collect their Fire Beads. After wiping out nearly the entire race, he left with a vast haul intended to buy eighth-tier Magic Cores.

• Lin Hai slipped past Jia Nan Academy’s defenses and entered the Underground Magma World.
• Lin Hai killed waves of Fire Lizardmen and gathered the Fire Beads they dropped.
• Lin Hai swallowed the seven Spirit Venerable Fire Lizardmen’s combined attack and killed them with spatial blades.
• Lin Hai killed two ancient, nearly Half-Saint Fire Lizardmen and left their Fire Beads uncollected.
• Lin Hai stopped after collecting a vast store of Fire Beads, then vanished from the silent Magma World.

Lin Hai traded a vast collection of Fire Beads, including Spirit Venerable and Half-Saint cores, at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion for twenty Eighth-Tier Magic Cores. He left Sky Medicine City with the cores, planning to have Yao Chen refine them into pills to obtain Beast Fire.

• Lin Hai entered the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and demanded to speak with its person in charge about a major deal.
• Lin Hai produced a mountain of Fire Beads, including eight Spirit Venerable-level beads and two Half-Saint crystals, shocking the patrons and staff.
• Mo Li summoned the Grand Elder, who arranged for senior appraisers to assess the Fire Beads.
• The Grand Elder offered Lin Hai twenty Eighth-Tier Magic Cores of different attributes, and Lin Hai accepted the exchange.
• Lin Hai vanished without revealing his name, and the Grand Elder ordered the deal kept secret.
• Lin Hai left Sky Medicine City with the Magic Cores and planned to have Yao Chen refine them into pills for trading for Beast Fire.

Lin Hai returned to Xiao Yan’s courtyard with twenty eighth-tier Magic Cores, giving Yao Chen enough resources to attempt powerful pills. He then left Wutan City for Qingshan Town to visit Xiao Yixian, approaching her quietly beneath the moonlight.

• Lin Hai returned to Xiao Yan’s courtyard and found Yao Chen nearly recovered and Xiao Yan cultivating under his guidance.
• Lin Hai produced twenty eighth-tier Magic Cores, leaving Yao Chen overwhelmed by the resources and eager to refine pills.
• Lin Hai left Xiao Yan and Yao Chen without explaining where he was going.
• Lin Hai traveled to Qingshan Town and saw Xiao Yixian tending her herb garden.
• Lin Hai concealed his aura and approached Xiao Yixian with a gentle smile.

Lin Hai met Xiao Yixian in her herb garden and won her trust through their shared interest in medicinal plants and a gift of Warm Jade Ointment. He arranged to return the next day, while privately resolving not to let her bear the Woeful Poison Body alone again.

• Xiao Yixian spotted Lin Hai at the valley entrance and cautiously asked whether he was lost.
• Lin Hai identified rare herbs and diagnosed a problem with her Moonlight Grass, impressing Xiao Yixian with his knowledge.
• Lin Hai gave Xiao Yixian Warm Jade Ointment and explained how its ingredients were prepared, drawing her into an enthusiastic discussion.
• Lin Hai proposed returning the next day to examine the Star Spirit Flowers, and Xiao Yixian eagerly agreed.
• As Lin Hai left, he vowed that Xiao Yixian would not have to bear the Woeful Poison Body alone again.

Lin Hai examined Xiao Yixian’s struggling star spirit flowers and explained that they lacked celestial energy, then encouraged her with the prospect of meeting an alchemy master who might take her as a disciple. Xiao Yixian embraced the hope he offered, and their relationship grew closer as they turned back to the flowers.

• Xiao Yixian prepared for Lin Hai’s visit, and the two went together to inspect her star spirit flowers.
• Lin Hai determined that the flowers were unhealthy because the soil lacked celestial energy and described ways to restore them.
• Lin Hai hinted that a traveling alchemy master might recognize Xiao Yixian’s talent and take her as a disciple.
• Xiao Yixian eagerly asked whether the master might accept her, and Lin Hai assured her that her talent deserved a teacher.
• Lin Hai encouraged Xiao Yixian to care for the flowers for her future teacher, leaving her hopeful and more attached to him.

Lin Hai guided Xiao Yixian into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and revealed that he knew about her Woeful Poison Body. He promised he could help her master it, and she rushed into his arms, trusting him with her hope.

• Lin Hai asked Xiao Yixian to guide him through the outer reaches of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and she agreed.
• As they traveled, Lin Hai spoke about unusual constitutions and named the Woeful Poison Body, causing Xiao Yixian to realize he knew her secret.
• Lin Hai described Xiao Yixian's loneliness and fear of hurting others, and she broke down in tears.
• Lin Hai promised to help Xiao Yixian control and master her Woeful Poison Body so she could live freely.
• Xiao Yixian embraced Lin Hai and sobbed as he gently held her.

Lin Hai brought Xiao Yixian from Qingshan Town to the Xiao Clan and asked Yao Chen to help resolve her Woeful Poison Body. The chapter left Xiao Yixian with hope for a cure and a possible path to becoming an alchemist, while Lin Hai promised to seek the needed Heavenly Flames and Nether Poison Fire.

• Xiao Yixian agreed to leave Qingshan Town with Lin Hai and travel to the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Hai flew with Xiao Yixian to Wutan City and brought her to Xiao Yan's courtyard, where Yao Chen was teaching Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen confirmed that Xiao Yixian had the Woeful Poison Body and said three Heavenly Flames could help control it once Xiao Yan could use them.
• Lin Hai promised to find three Heavenly Flames for Xiao Yan within a year and asked Yao Chen how Xiao Yixian could become an alchemist without fire or wood attributes.
• Yao Chen proposed that Xiao Yixian refine the Nether Poison Fire to develop a poison flame, and Lin Hai agreed to look for it.

Lin Hai returned to Central Plains to trade Yao Chen’s pills for a complete set of Eighth-Tier Supreme Pill ingredients, then quickly went back to the Xiao Clan’s courtyard in Wutan City. He left the ingredients with himself, while Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yixian remained behind to cultivate and study.

• Yao Chen gave Lin Hai two Sixth-Grade Imperial Extreme Pills and three Fifth-Grade Dou Ling Pills, which Lin Hai said he would trade for something useful to Xiao Yan.
• Lin Hai told Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian to keep up their cultivation and studies, then left for Central Plains.
• Lin Hai visited Hundred Herb Hall in Sky Medicine City and asked the shopkeeper to trade the pills for a set of Supreme Pill ingredients.
• The shopkeeper, terrified by Lin Hai’s presence, handed over the complete set of ingredients, and Lin Hai left the five pills behind.
• Lin Hai returned to the Xiao Clan’s courtyard in Wutan City in a single step.

Lin Hai returned with a complete set of rare ingredients, and Yao Chen refined them into a Supreme Pill. When the pill’s powerful lightning threatened Wutan City, Lin Hai erased it effortlessly, leaving Yao Chen with the pill and Lin Hai considering how to trade it for more rare ingredients.

• Lin Hai gave Yao Chen the complete set of Supreme Pill ingredients, and Yao Chen announced he would begin refining at dawn.
• Yao Chen used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to refine the pill while Xiao Yan, Xiao Yixian, and Lin Hai watched.
• The Supreme Pill emerged from the cauldron, and six-colored Pill Lightning gathered over Wutan City, threatening the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Hai pressed down his hand and erased the Pill Lightning, making the thunderclouds disperse.
• Yao Chen stored the untouched Supreme Pill in a jade bottle while Lin Hai considered trading it for more rare ingredients.

Lin Hai traded a Supreme Pill for four sets of its ingredients at Myriad Medicine Pavilion, then went searching for a poison flame in Sky Medicine City. He acquired Nether Poison Dragon Fire and returned to the Xiao Clan courtyard in Wutan City.

• Lin Hai exchanged a flawless Supreme Pill for four sets of Supreme Pill ingredients and accepted Myriad Medicine Pavilion's highest-grade guest token.
• Lin Hai found Nether Poison Dragon Fire for sale at Myriad Fire Hall but lacked the Sixth-Tier Magic Core needed to buy it.
• Lin Hai traveled to the Hengduan Mountain Range and killed a Sixth-Rank Storm Demon Tiger to obtain its Magic Core.
• Lin Hai traded the Magic Core for Nether Poison Dragon Fire and returned to the Xiao Clan courtyard in Wutan City.

Lin Hai gave Xiao Yixian the Nether Poison Dragon Fire and learned that Ice-Ridge Cold Spring could help her refine it. He traveled to the Snake-Person Tribe’s palace to seize the spring and confronted Queen Medusa, who was left stunned by his overwhelming power.

• Lin Hai gave Xiao Yixian the Nether Poison Dragon Fire, and Yao Chen explained that she could refine it with an Ice Spirit Pill and a Pulse-Protecting Pill.
• Yao Chen described the benefits of Ice-Ridge Cold Spring, and Lin Hai decided to take the pool from Queen Medusa’s palace.
• Lin Hai told Yao Chen to prepare the pills and left Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian to continue their cultivation and studies.
• Lin Hai appeared beside Queen Medusa as she bathed in the Ice-Ridge Cold Spring in the Snake-Person Sacred City.
• Queen Medusa attacked Lin Hai in fury, but he crushed her purple energy serpent with a casual squeeze.

Lin Hai took the Snake-Person Tribe’s Ice-Ridge Cold Spring and offered Medusa a chance to submit in exchange for leading her tribe out of the desert and helping her grow stronger. He left her in the emptied spring, torn between fury and the possibility of accepting his offer.

• Lin Hai condensed the Ice-Ridge Cold Spring and its Cold Spring Jade Essence into an ice bead and took it.
• Medusa watched helplessly as Lin Hai emptied the treasure her tribe had guarded for generations.
• Lin Hai asked Medusa to submit and promised her tribe livable territory and a path beyond the Spirit Sect Realm.
• Lin Hai vanished before Medusa could answer, leaving her alone to weigh his offer.

Lin Hai returned to the Xiao Clan courtyard with a concentrated Ice-Ridge Cold Spring Essence Bead, which Yao Chen confirmed would help Xiao Yixian refine the Nether Poison Dragon Fire. After Yao Chen finished preparing the pills, Xiao Yixian began absorbing the Beast Fire, leaving her enduring its painful assault as her Woeful Poison Body tried to devour it.

• Lin Hai appeared in the courtyard and showed Yao Chen the concentrated Ice-Ridge Cold Spring Essence Bead.
• Yao Chen declared the bead more than sufficient for refining the Nether Poison Dragon Fire and said it could aid Xiao Yan with future Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Chen completed the Pulse-Protecting Pill and Ice Spirit Pill, and Lin Hai gave the cold spring bead to Xiao Yixian.
• Yao Chen instructed Xiao Yixian on how to control and absorb the Beast Fire, warning her to use the pills and cold spring energy if needed.
• Xiao Yixian sat down, and Yao Chen sent the Nether Poison Dragon Fire into her dantian.
• Xiao Yixian endured the fire's pain as her Woeful Poison Body began trying to envelop and devour it.