Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen rescued Qing Lin from three Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python pursuers and reunited with her after she refused to use his jade slip so as not to trouble him. After Qing Lin suppressed her poison and shared her experiences, the group returned to Burning Flame Valley, where the chapter left them safely home.

• Tang Chen appeared before Qing Lin's pursuers and annihilated all three with a single palm strike.
• Tang Chen reunited with Qing Lin, embraced her, and reproached her gently for not using the Space Jade Slip when she was in danger.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Qing Lin an Antidote Pill, and Qing Lin refined its medicinal power to suppress the poison in her body.
• As they traveled home, Qing Lin told Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian about her recent experiences, her Seven-Star Peak Dou Venerable cultivation, and the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python elders who had poisoned and hunted her.
• Tang Chen promised to settle the score with Qing Lin's attackers, and the group continued their journey to Burning Flame Valley on Zhu Li's back.
• Zhu Li delivered Tang Chen, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to Burning Flame Valley, then departed immediately.

Tang Chen returned to Medusa and met their daughter, who had been born just half a year earlier but could already speak and wield Dou Venerate power. He and Medusa put off choosing her name, and Medusa suggested that Tang Chen spend the night with Qing Lin instead.

• Tang Huo'er told Tang Chen that Medusa had given birth, and he hurried with the women to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Tang Chen followed the bloodline resonance to Medusa's courtyard, where his daughter ran into his arms and called him Daddy.
• Tang Chen was stunned by the child's rapid growth until she demonstrated that she could tear open space; she then fell asleep in his arms.
• Tang Chen and Medusa tenderly put their daughter in her crib and discussed her well-being and the need to choose a name.
• Medusa suggested that Tang Chen give Qing Lin her turn that night, and he agreed.

Tang Chen spent the night with Qing Lin, then traveled to the Pill Region to visit Cao Ying before keeping his appointment with Xuan Yi. After confronting Song Qing at Danta, he left Cao Ying and arrived at Xuan Yi's residence.

• Tang Chen took Qing Lin to a bedroom, and their intimacy coincided with her breakthrough to Peak Eight-Star Dou Venerable.
• After spending more time in Burning Flame Valley, Tang Chen set out for the Cao Clan to see Cao Ying before meeting Xuan Yi.
• Tang Chen surprised Cao Ying at her residence, and they spent several days together while Song Qing's visit went unanswered.
• At Danta, Tang Chen confronted Song Qing for addressing Cao Ying familiarly and forced him to flee under his pressure.
• Tang Chen bade Cao Ying farewell, went to Xuan Yi's residence, and greeted her as Aunt Xuan.

Tang Chen and Xuan Yi entered a hidden corridor in the Wind Thunder Mountain Range, where ancient herbs and increasingly powerful Wind-Thunder Force awaited them. Tang Chen protected Xuan Yi as they pressed deeper, ending with her drawing close to him under the crushing pressure.

• Tang Chen reassured Xuan Yi, and the two traveled to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range in search of their destination.
• Tang Chen sensed Feng Qing'er cultivating in Wind Thunder Canyon but continued onward with Xuan Yi.
• They found a concealed spatial fissure in the mountain range and entered a corridor filled with dense Wind-Thunder Force and rare medicinal herbs.
• Tang Chen warned Xuan Yi that the corridor might have been left by a Dou Saint, and they cautiously advanced while she gathered herbs.
• As the Wind-Thunder Force intensified, Tang Chen raised a Dou Qi barrier to protect the struggling Xuan Yi.
• They continued deeper into the corridor, and Xuan Yi gradually moved close to Tang Chen under the growing pressure.

Tang Chen and Xuan Yi endured the Wind Thunder Corridor, then were pulled through a spatial wormhole into a series of treasure chambers. They reunited in a mysterious hall beside a sealed coffin, but another teleportation array activated, suggesting someone else was approaching.

• Tang Chen held Xuan Yi close as they crossed the corridor, collected Wind-Thunder Crystals and herbs, and tempered his body and soul against the storm.
• The pair emerged from the corridor, but a spatial wormhole swallowed them before Xuan Yi could leave Tang Chen's embrace.
• Tang Chen awoke alone in a stone chamber filled with cultivation techniques and battle skills, selected an ancient black scroll, and was teleported to a grand hall.
• Tang Chen found a massive purple-black chest that blocked his soul perception, then reunited with Xuan Yi, who had also gained a treasure.
• A teleportation array lit beneath Tang Chen and Xuan Yi, leaving them wondering who the third arrival would be.

Tang Chen found Feng Qing'er in the teleportation array with her memories erased, though she vaguely remembered him and called him Dad. As the three explored the sealed hall and recognized it as a tomb, Tang Chen wondered whether the coffin held the only exit.

• Tang Chen found Feng Qing'er confused and unable to remember her identity or past.
• Feng Qing'er recovered a fragment of memory and told Tang Chen she thought he was someone important whom she called Dad.
• Tang Chen confirmed Feng Qing'er had amnesia and suspected the Wind-Thunder Force had damaged her soul.
• Tang Chen, Xuan Yi, and Feng Qing'er searched the hall and studied murals depicting the life of a powerful female cultivator.
• The three found no treasure or exit, and Tang Chen wondered if the purple-black coffin concealed a way out.

Tang Chen and his companions fought the lightning creatures guarding the enormous coffin, then Tang Chen captured the being controlling them and absorbed the information in its pearl. The coffin opened fully, but its interior remained hidden from Tang Chen’s perception, and Feng Qing’er suddenly moved.

• Tang Chen released his two Half-Saint Puppets and sent one toward the coffin, whose opening unleashed an ancient aura and five lightning beasts.
• Tang Chen destroyed the Thunder Beasts with Heavenly Flames as waves of lightning energy bodies attacked the group from every direction.
• Tang Chen sensed and caught the woman-shaped lightning being controlling the attackers, causing the energy army to vanish into a blue pearl that entered his hand.
• Tang Chen absorbed information from the pearl, while Xuan Yi and Feng Qing'er worried over him and Xuan Yi blushed after realizing she was holding his hand.
• The coffin lid burst open, and Tang Chen pulled Xuan Yi and Feng Qing'er back while the puppets guarded them; unable to sense inside, he considered investigating, but Feng Qing'er suddenly moved.

After returning from the Wind Thunder Corridor, Tang Chen refined the Thunder Source Bead and discovered its powers, then examined an ancient artifact-refining inheritance. He learned about the Thunder-Fire Refining Technique and was left intrigued by the path of artifact refining.

• Tang Chen persuaded Xuan Yi to inspect his supposed injury, and their intimate encounter continued on and off for nearly a month.
• Tang Chen returned to his residence and refined the Thunder Source Bead, which increased the purity of his lightning-attributed Dou Qi and let him control lightning with greater ease.
• Tang Chen used the bead to shape lightning Dou Qi into small figures capable of carrying out tasks and fighting.
• Tang Chen opened the ancient black scroll from the stone chamber and learned that it contained a complete inheritance of artifact refining.
• Tang Chen studied the ranks and methods of artifact refiners, then noticed the inheritance's special Thunder-Fire Refining Technique.

Tang Chen learned the Thunder-Fire Refining Technique and went looking for Xuan Yi to help him find materials, but found her and Cao Ying both in seclusion. He encountered Dan Chen in a corridor and discovered that touching him did not trigger the usual weakness caused by her constitution, leaving her stunned.

• Tang Chen absorbed the artifact-refining knowledge in the scroll and resolved to practice the Thunder-Fire Refining Technique.
• Tang Chen went to Xuan Yi's residence, learned she had entered seclusion to advance to Half-Saint, and found Cao Ying's residence sealed as well.
• Tang Chen decided to seek help from Xuan Kongzi but noticed a frail young girl approaching in the corridor.
• Tang Chen recognized the girl as Dan Chen and deliberately stood in her path until she bumped into him.
• Dan Chen tried to push away from Tang Chen but froze when touching him did not weaken her.

Tang Chen met the shy Dan Chen, whose mysterious constitution caused her to suffer from an unbearable chill but felt warm and comfortable when she touched him. After learning his name and asking to hold his hand, Dan Chen experienced that warmth again, and Tang Chen sensed something unusual about her constitution.

• Dan Chen clung to Tang Chen after discovering that his body eased the chill that had tormented her for years.
• Dan Chen pulled away in embarrassment, and Tang Chen gently patted her head before preparing to leave.
• Dan Chen grabbed Tang Chen's robe and asked his name, then introduced herself as Dan Chen.
• Tang Chen complimented Dan Chen, and she blushed before asking to hold his hand.
• Tang Chen held Dan Chen's hand, felt the warmth affect her again, and noticed that something was unusual.

Tang Chen discovered that Dan Chen’s rapidly growing soul power had left her body dangerously frail, while his warm, life-filled aura made her instinctively cling to him. He brought her to his residence and settled her in the secret chamber to address her condition.

• Dan Chen burrowed deeper into Tang Chen’s embrace and clung to him in the corridor.
• Tang Chen examined Dan Chen and found her Dou Emperor cultivation and Spirit Realm soul power were mismatched with her fragile body, though her condition could still be remedied.
• Tang Chen realized his masculine, fire-and-lightning constitution and Life Flame soothed Dan Chen’s cold, deficient constitution, making her dependent on his warmth.
• Tang Chen took Dan Chen through a spatial rift to his residence, where she clung to him until he carefully placed her on a meditation cushion.
• Tang Chen told Dan Chen to sit cross-legged, and she obeyed before blushing and growing dizzy when he praised her and rubbed her head.

Tang Chen used the Life Flame to improve Dan Chen’s frail health, and she recovered enough to change and leave the secret chamber. Back in the hall, Tang Chen saw Cao Ying emerge from seclusion and greet him with an uninhibited kiss.

• Tang Chen carefully circulated his battle qi through Dan Chen’s meridians, restoring color and strength to her.
• Dan Chen thanked Tang Chen, then changed into clean clothes after he left the secret chamber.
• Tang Chen returned to the hall and sensed Cao Ying’s excited aura outside the courtyard.
• Cao Ying emerged from seclusion, entered the courtyard, and kissed Tang Chen while sitting on his lap.

Cao Ying boldly kissed and teased Tang Chen, but Dan Chen emerged from the secret chamber and caught them in an intimate pose. Cao Ying and Tang Chen helped Dan Chen after she became flustered, while Cao Ying set aside her advances for the time being.

• Cao Ying kissed Tang Chen and teased him, but he tried to stop her because Dan Chen was about to come out.
• Dan Chen emerged from the secret chamber and saw Cao Ying sitting on Tang Chen's lap.
• Cao Ying got off Tang Chen's lap, greeted Dan Chen, and questioned Tang Chen after hearing he had treated her.
• Cao Ying decided not to press Dan Chen about what had happened and grew warmer toward her.
• Dan Chen imagined herself as a mistress caught by a lawful wife, became overwhelmed, and was helped into a chair by Cao Ying and Tang Chen.
• After Dan Chen recovered, Cao Ying put aside her plans to be intimate with Tang Chen.

Tang Chen reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, told them about his journey and his relationship with Xuan Yi, then went shopping for artifact-refining materials. After returning, he hurried into the secret chamber to begin learning artifact refining, leaving Cao Ying frustrated in the courtyard.

• Tang Chen recounted his journey through the Wind Thunder Mountain Range and revealed that Xuan Yi had become his sister, shocking Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Cao Ying told Tang Chen she had reached Grade Eight as an alchemist, while Dan Chen resolved to seek his guidance.
• Tang Chen said he planned to buy artifact-refining materials, and Cao Ying offered to lead him through Holy Pill City; Dan Chen shyly asked to join them.
• Tang Chen explained that he had obtained a complete artifact-refiner inheritance and bought a wide range of materials for First Grade artifact refining.
• Tang Chen returned to their residence and went straight into the secret chamber with the materials, leaving Cao Ying resentfully watching the door.

Tang Chen reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, shared news of his relationship with Xuan Yi and Cao Ying’s Grade Eight alchemist breakthrough, then went shopping for artifact-refining materials. He returned to the residence and hurried into the secret chamber to begin his first attempt at artifact refining.

• Tang Chen told Cao Ying and Dan Chen about his journey through the Wind Thunder Mountain Range and revealed his relationship with Xuan Yi.
• Cao Ying announced that she had become a Grade Eight Alchemist, shocking Dan Chen and inspiring her to seek Tang Chen’s guidance.
• Tang Chen said he planned to learn artifact refining, and Cao Ying and Dan Chen accompanied him to buy materials in Holy Pill City.
• Tang Chen gathered a large supply of artifact-refining materials and returned to the residence with Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Tang Chen entered the secret chamber to begin artifact refining, leaving Cao Ying frustrated in the courtyard.

Tang Chen emerged from three months of artifact-forging seclusion as a master forger and showed Cao Ying and Dan Chen a strange weapon they had never seen before. The weapon’s identity remained unexplained as both women waited to learn what he had created.

• Tang Chen forged a Third Grade Qi Gathering Ring and Fourth Grade Chainmail with defensive, paralyzing, and burning effects while he practiced artifact forging in seclusion.
• Dan Chen visited Tang Chen’s residence, exchanged alchemy insights with Cao Ying, and grew more curious about Tang Chen’s skills.
• After waiting for Tang Chen, Cao Ying and Dan Chen entered separate secret chambers to practice alchemy.
• Three months later, Tang Chen emerged, having mastered artifact forging from Mortal Grade First Grade to Spiritual Grade Eighth Grade and invented several new items.
• Cao Ying flirted with Tang Chen, but he held back because Dan Chen was present and redirected their attention to his creations.
• Tang Chen revealed a broad, matte-black weapon with a thick barrel and triangular support, leaving Cao Ying and Dan Chen unable to identify it.

Tang Chen showed Cao Ying and Dan Chen Barrett, the eighth-grade spiritual weapon he had forged, and demonstrated its devastating power in a remote mountain range. Dan Chen volunteered to try it, and Tang Chen began teaching her how to use it.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen asked Tang Chen about the strange weapon, and he explained that he had forged and named it Barrett.
• Tang Chen brought the two women to a desolate mountain range and created an energy construct as a target.
• Tang Chen fired Barrett, whose aura-locking shot destroyed the target and carved a massive fissure through the mountains.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen were stunned by Barrett’s power, and Dan Chen asked to try firing it.
• Tang Chen stood behind Dan Chen and began showing her how to hold and use Barrett.

Tang Chen taught Dan Chen and Cao Ying to use a powerful Dou Qi-powered Barrett, then returned with them to Danta. After Dan Chen left, Tang Chen announced that Cao Ying's after-class tutoring was about to begin.

• Tang Chen guided Dan Chen through charging and firing the Barrett, and her shot pierced and shattered several mountains.
• Cao Ying demanded hands-on instruction, so Tang Chen sent Dan Chen to play with his toys and began a private lesson behind isolation barriers.
• Tang Chen taught Cao Ying for two hours, correcting her whenever her attention wandered.
• Tang Chen brought both girls back to Danta, where he patiently answered Dan Chen's alchemy questions until evening.
• After Dan Chen left, Tang Chen turned to Cao Ying and announced their after-class tutoring.

After spending a long tutoring session with Cao Ying, Tang Chen rested and then received a summons from Xuan Kongzi to attend Danta’s Council Hall. There, Xuan Kongzi realized Tang Chen’s cultivation had nearly matched or surpassed his own and resolved to cultivate in seclusion after the meeting.

• Tang Chen taught Cao Ying until she was exhausted, and the two slept through the night and into the morning of the third day.
• Tang Chen woke before Cao Ying, covered her with a blanket, and found a voice transmission from Xuan Kongzi summoning him to Danta’s Council Hall.
• Tang Chen left Cao Ying a note and headed to the Council Hall, where elders greeted him warmly and sought his favor.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi arrived, and Xuan Kongzi sensed that Tang Chen’s cultivation had risen close to or beyond his own.
• Xuan Kongzi compared Tang Chen’s progress with Xuan Yi’s and decided to enter seclusion after the matter was settled.

Tang Chen agreed to enter the Pill Gathering after learning its champion would receive a high-level soul combat skill, then taught Cao Ying and Dan Chen before deciding to pursue a breakthrough to Half-Saint. He left the Danta for Burning Flame Valley to cultivate in seclusion.

• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Pill Gathering would take place in a year and invited Tang Chen to compete.
• Tang Chen agreed to enter after Xuan Kongzi revealed that the champion's prize was a high-level soul combat skill.
• Tang Chen told Cao Ying he would compete, and she gave up on winning the championship before asking him for more alchemy lessons.
• Dan Chen joined Tang Chen's lessons, and she and Cao Ying later secluded themselves to absorb what they had learned.
• Tang Chen decided to break through to Half-Saint, left Cao Ying a communication talisman, and departed for Burning Flame Valley.