Chapter Summaries

After Chu Yang began making Strength Advancement Pills for the Xiao family, the Galle family learned that their rival had gained a powerful advantage. Liu Xi dismissed the threat in front of Galle Bi, though he privately feared that the Xiao family's alchemist might surpass him.

• Chu Yang accepted that remaining with the Xiao family was a good place to grow stronger and began mass-producing Strength Advancement Pills for them.
• Galle Bi learned that the Xiao family had an alchemist who could refine pills to improve Dou Fighters' cultivation and worried that the Galle family could no longer compete.
• Liu Xi continued enjoying the Galle family's hospitality while pretending the Xiao family's new alchemist did not concern him.
• Galle Bi restrained his anger at Liu Xi's dismissive attitude and considered how to keep the lustful, greedy alchemist loyal.
• Liu Xi recognized that he could not refine Strength Advancement Pills and suspected the Xiao family's alchemist might be stronger than himself, but he belittled the rival in front of Galle Bi.

Jia Lie Bi decided to recruit or kill Chu Yang to prevent the Xiao family from using his pills to overpower the Jia Lie family. When Chu Yang left the Xiao family to browse the market, Jia Lie Bi watched him and began plotting to tempt him with a woman.

• Liu Xi urged Jia Lie Bi to obtain Chu Yang's prescription and kill him if necessary, and Jia Lie Bi agreed to handle the plan.
• Jia Lie Bi decided to approach Chu Yang with money and women, then kill him if he could not win him over.
• Chu Yang left the Xiao family to search the market for herbs and magical beast cores needed to learn advanced alchemy.
• A spy alerted Jia Lie Bi when Chu Yang left, and Jia Lie Bi followed him with his men.
• Jia Lie Bi saw Xiao Mei catch up with Chu Yang and decided to tempt him with a rare snake woman from the Tagor Desert.

Chu Yang accepted Nalan Bi’s invitation to lunch after leaving Xiao Mei, Keke, and Yanyan behind, and considered whether he could profit from both the Xiao and Nalan families. Nalan Bi gave him a money card containing one hundred thousand Gold Coins, while Chu Yang declined the offered snake women.

• Chu Yang left Xiao Mei, Keke, and Yanyan behind so they would not report his movements to Xiao Zhan or the Great Elder.
• Chu Yang went to a tavern for lunch, where Nalan Bi had ordered a lavish meal for him.
• Nalan Bi introduced himself and invited Chu Yang to dine, and Chu Yang accepted while deciding to judge whether Nalan Bi dealt fairly with him.
• Nalan Bi offered Chu Yang Gold Coins and rare snake women from the Tagor Desert, but Chu Yang wanted only the money.
• Nalan Bi gave Chu Yang a money card containing one hundred thousand Gold Coins and planned to reserve the snake women for Liu Xi.

Chu Yang gave the Xiao family his Strength Advancement Pills, prompting Liu Xi to try and fail to reproduce them and completing Chu Yang’s temporary quest for one Shop Point. He then considered how to strengthen his Demon Puppet and discovered that the system space could show his and the puppet’s current strength.

• Chu Yang gave the Xiao family his Strength Advancement Pills, hoping Liu Xi would try to refine one and fail.
• The Xiao family tested the pills and confirmed their effects before Liu Xi seized the last pill and tried to study it.
• Liu Xi failed to reproduce the pill and destroyed it, completing Chu Yang’s quest and earning him one Shop Point.
• Chu Yang considered ways to advance his Demon Puppet and wondered how much strength he had gained through the Great Dou Absorption.
• Huan Huan told Chu Yang to check his strength in the system space, where he saw that his Demon Puppet was a six-star Dou Practitioner.

Chu Yang discovered that his system panel showed him at Dou Qi Strength, Level One, and used Strength Advancement Pills to raise himself to Level Nine. He planned to refine Qi Gathering Pills next so he could quickly break through to the Dou Practitioner realm.

• Chu Yang saw that his cultivation was only at Dou Qi Strength, Level One, and decided to test whether Strength Advancement Pills could raise his own strength.
• Chu Yang swallowed a Strength Advancement Pill and confirmed that his cultivation had risen to Level Two.
• Chu Yang ate several more Strength Advancement Pills in succession and reached Dou Qi Strength, Level Nine.
• Chu Yang decided to mass-refine Qi Gathering Pills and other higher-grade pills instead of focusing on Strength Advancement Pills.
• Chu Yang resolved to refine Qi Gathering Pills immediately so he could break through to the Dou Practitioner realm as soon as possible.

Chu Yang secretly broke through to become a one-star Fighter, developed a Fighter Pill that advanced Fighters up to nine stars, and began arranging sales with the Xiao and Nalan families. After refining a batch, he met a cloaked stranger sent by the Nalan family to collect the pills.

• Chu Yang refined a Qi Gathering Pill and secretly advanced from peak Dou Qi Strength to a one-star Fighter.
• Chu Yang devised the Fighter Pill, which could raise a Fighter from one star to nine stars but could not advance a nine-star Fighter to a Dou Master.
• Chu Yang tested his first Fighter Pill and advanced to a two-star Fighter.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao family’s Great Elder visited Chu Yang, and he agreed to refine Fighter Pills for the Xiao family as the Nalan family also offered him a share of its profits.
• After several days of refining Fighter Pills, Chu Yang left the Xiao family to deliver a batch to the Nalan family and met a cloaked stranger who proved his identity with the family’s token and secret phrases.

A mysterious cloaked man abducted Chu Yang after Liu Xi hired him to eliminate his rival, but the man promised only to make Chu Yang disappear from Wutan City. As the cloaked man carried him into the Monster Mountain Range, Chu Yang searched for a chance to escape.

• The cloaked man subdued Chu Yang with a sudden attack and a knockout drug.
• Chu Yang regained consciousness and overheard Liu Xi demand that the cloaked man kill him, while the cloaked man insisted he would only remove him from Wutan City.
• Chu Yang realized Liu Xi had hired an outsider because Chu Yang threatened his standing and business in Wutan City.
• The cloaked man carried Chu Yang away at great speed, and Chu Yang suspected they had entered the Monster Mountain Range.
• Chu Yang secretly watched the terrain and looked for a chance to escape rather than be forced to serve the cloaked man.

Chu Yang tried to escape the mysterious cloaked man, but his surprise attack with the Great Dou Absorption Technique failed. A powerful winged woman arrived and attacked the man, leaving Chu Yang wondering how to fulfill the system's mission to heal her.

• The system gave Chu Yang a random mission to heal a beautiful woman who was about to appear, promising three attraction points.
• As wingbeats approached, the mysterious cloaked man tried to hide Chu Yang in the bushes, but Chu Yang attacked him with the Great Dou Absorption Technique and released his Yellow Demonic Puppet.
• The cloaked man suppressed Chu Yang's absorption attack, then became distracted by the puppet and tried to seize it.
• A beautiful woman with pale green Dou Qi Wings swooped down and attacked the cloaked man with her sword.
• The woman pierced through the cloaked man's defense and accused him of causing an alchemist's death, while he recognized her as someone from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Chu Yang realized that the beautiful woman who had killed the cloaked man was Yun Yun and recognized that she had suffered internal injuries after her first clash with the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King. He offered to treat her, hoping to earn her trust and prevent her from later being gravely injured.

• Yun Yun killed the mysterious cloaked man, and Chu Yang recognized her as the Misty Cloud Sect's sect leader.
• Chu Yang stared at Yun Yun, then noticed her coughing up blood and identified her internal injuries.
• Yun Yun denied that the cloaked man had injured her, and Chu Yang recalled that she had fought the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King over its Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Chu Yang decided to heal Yun Yun and stop her from confronting the lion again, hoping to prevent Xiao Yan from meeting her while she was badly injured.
• Yun Yun asked what Chu Yang was thinking, and he told her he could treat her injuries.

Chu Yang revealed that he was an alchemist and treated Yun Yun’s external and internal injuries with medicine he prepared from herbs in the Monster Mountain Range. Yun Yun was astonished by his skill and wondered whether he surpassed Gu He, while Chu Yang anticipated a reward for completing his task.

• Chu Yang told Yun Yun that he was an alchemist and correctly guessed that her internal injuries came from fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion.
• Chu Yang gathered herbs and prepared medicine, while Yun Yun initially doubted his abilities and resisted using it.
• Yun Yun applied Chu Yang’s medicinal liquid and watched her external wounds disappear, then swallowed his medicine and felt her internal symptoms vanish.
• Yun Yun asked Chu Yang what tier of alchemist he was, and he estimated that he was third-tier despite not having taken an assessment.
• Yun Yun suspected Chu Yang might be more capable than Gu He, while Chu Yang thought about obtaining a third-tier breakthrough card after completing his task.

Chu Yang secretly left Yun Yun and headed for the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, hoping to negotiate by offering to refine a Strength Advancement Pill and secure its Companion Purple Crystal Source. He bought Azure Cloud Wings from the system shop and flew toward the lair, arriving near the mountain.

• Chu Yang agreed to accompany Yun Yun to confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then secretly left to approach the beast on his own.
• Chu Yang planned to offer the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Strength Advancement Pill in exchange for its friendship and hoped to obtain the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Chu Yang searched the system shop and spent two thousand check-in points to buy Azure Cloud Wings.
• Chu Yang learned to use the wings, spread them, and flew toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's mountain lair.
• Chu Yang arrived in the skies near the mountain where the Amethyst Winged Lion King lived.

Chu Yang entered the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's territory and stopped it from attacking by offering a Transformation Pill. He proposed friendship and promised to help the beast obtain the pill, leaving the Lion King wary but listening.

• Chu Yang flew over the Lion King's territory while its subordinate magical beasts roared below.
• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King rose to confront Chu Yang, but he called out that he had a Transformation Pill before it could attack.
• The Lion King halted and asked whether Chu Yang was telling the truth, and he said he was a human alchemist.
• The Lion King asked what Chu Yang wanted in exchange, but he said he only wanted to be friends.
• Chu Yang offered to help the Lion King obtain a Transformation Pill and asked it to help him if anyone bullied him.

Chu Yang befriended the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King by offering to heal its injured subordinates, then used his alchemy knowledge to treat them with striking results. He admitted he could not yet make a Shape-Shifting Pill but promised he would help the king transform into human form in the future.

• Chu Yang approached the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King and led it back to its cave, while its subordinates stopped threatening him.
• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King explained that its subordinates had been injured in a territorial battle, and Chu Yang offered to treat them.
• Chu Yang gathered medicinal herbs with the king and prepared medicines that quickly healed the wounded magical beasts.
• Chu Yang told the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King he could not make a Shape-Shifting Pill yet but promised he would help it transform later, and the king agreed to wait.

Chu Yang obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King for Yun Yun and invited the beast to wait near Wutan City while he prepared a Transformation Pill. Yun Yun discovered Chu Yang leaving the cave with the Lion King, and Chu Yang flew over to speak with her privately.

• Chu Yang asked the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King for the Purple Spirit Crystal, and the Lion King gave it to him in trust that he would provide a Transformation Pill.
• Chu Yang invited the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to accompany him to Wutan City or wait nearby, promising to help him obtain the pill.
• Yun Yun returned to the Lion King's cave seeking the Purple Spirit Crystal and saw Chu Yang flying out beside the beast.
• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King prepared to attack Yun Yun, but Chu Yang stopped him and reminded him of his promise about the Transformation Pill.
• Chu Yang admitted to Yun Yun that his wings came from a flying Dou Technique, then led her down to talk elsewhere.

Chu Yang gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal and reassured her that he would fulfill his promise to give the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King a Transformation Pill. He returned toward Wutan City with the beast, which stayed outside the city and gave him a bone flute to summon it in an emergency.

• Yun Yun accepted the Purple Spirit Crystal from Chu Yang and offered him a favor at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Chu Yang told Yun Yun he had promised the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King a Transformation Pill, and she flew away after thanking him.
• Chu Yang admitted to the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King that he had given Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal and repeated his promise to provide the pill.
• Chu Yang and the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King flew toward Wutan City, but the beast waited outside the city to avoid alarming its people.
• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King gave Chu Yang a bone flute he could blow to summon it in an emergency.

Chu Yang used his last hundred Check-in Points to gain the inspiration needed to refine a Shape-Shifting Pill for the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King. The beast swallowed the pill and transformed into a burly, clothed man, leaving Chu Yang stunned as it ran to inspect its reflection.

• Chu Yang returned to the Xiao Clan and reassured Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder that he had only gone out briefly; they urged him not to enter the Monster Mountain Range alone again.
• Chu Yang refined and took Dou Qi Pills until he reached nine-star Dou Zhi.
• Unable to work out how to refine a Shape-Shifting Pill, Chu Yang spent his last hundred Check-in Points to buy inspiration from the system.
• Chu Yang used gathered ingredients to refine a Shape-Shifting Pill and brought it to the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King.
• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King swallowed the pill, transformed into a burly man wearing clothes, and hurried to look at its reflection in a pond.

Chu Yang summoned the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King, then returned to the Xiao Family as its feud with the Jia Lie Family escalated and several people plotted against Liu Xi. He hid in Liu Xi’s room to kill him, but the chapter ended when a beautiful maid entered before Liu Xi returned.

• Chu Yang used the bone flute to summon the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King and warned him to keep a low profile in Wutan City.
• Chu Yang returned to the Xiao Family, where the rivalry between the Xiao and Jia Lie Families intensified as their medicinal powders competed in the market.
• Liu Xi and Jia Lie Bi plotted to capture Xun'er, but a mysterious expert helped her escape, and she learned of their scheme.
• Chu Yang decided to kill Liu Xi, whose true strength was that of a five-star Fighter, and hid in his room with the Yellow Demonic Puppet ready to assist him.
• A maid entered Liu Xi’s room after Jia Lie Bi arranged for her to serve Liu Xi, while Chu Yang remained concealed nearby.

Chu Yang secretly watched Xiao Yan and Xun’er enter Liu Xi’s room, where Xun’er killed Liu Xi and left. Liu Xi then revealed that he had survived by using a Turtle Breath Pill, and Xiao Yan confronted him as Chu Yang remained hidden.

• Chu Yang recognized Xiao Yan hiding in Liu Xi’s room and stayed concealed rather than risk confronting Old Yao.
• Xun’er entered Liu Xi’s room, lured him close, and killed him with a scorching attack before leaving through the window.
• After Xun’er departed, Liu Xi revived and revealed he had used a Turtle Breath Pill to survive her attack.
• Xiao Yan confronted Liu Xi, who questioned whether the supposedly useless Xiao Yan could kill him.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would kill Liu Xi, while Chu Yang continued watching from hiding.

Xiao Yan killed Liu Xi with Old Yao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame while Chu Yang watched from hiding, then Chu Yang encountered Xiao Yan and Xun'er during their late-night conversation. When Xiao Yan and Old Yao moved against the masked intruder, Chu Yang fled with his Azure Cloud Wings and summoned the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to block Old Yao.

• Old Yao used Xiao Yan to burn Liu Xi to nothing with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame while Chu Yang watched unseen.
• Chu Yang left Liu Xi’s room and later spotted Xiao Yan and Xun'er talking on a rooftop.
• Old Yao sensed Chu Yang nearby, and Xiao Yan raised the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as Xun'er moved to flank him.
• Chu Yang masked his face, spread his Azure Cloud Wings, and sounded a bone flute to summon help.
• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King arrived and blocked Old Yao as Chu Yang escaped into the night.

After escaping the battle with the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King, Chu Yang kept his involvement secret and decided that growing stronger mattered more than making money. He began developing a pill to help him advance from a five-star Dou Qi practitioner to a Dou Shi and worked out a formula.

• Chu Yang fled while the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King fought Old Yao, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er, then both sides withdrew to avoid attracting more human experts.
• Chu Yang returned to the Xiao Family residence without being recognized, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Old Yao showed no suspicion toward him.
• Chu Yang realized he needed to focus on strength after the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King saved him from a potentially fatal fight with Old Yao.
• Chu Yang decided to create an Advancement Pill because his Dou Qi Pill could no longer help him progress beyond five-star Dou Qi practitioner.
• Chu Yang studied the Advancement Pill and worked out a formula without spending Check-in Points on inspiration.