Chapter Summaries

Su Yun found an unnamed soul art in the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories and passed it to Xiao Yi Xian before the two spent a year cultivating in seclusion. At the end of the year, Xiao Zhan secretly sought Su Yun’s help obtaining a Qi Gathering Powder for Xiao Yan.

• Su Yun found an unnamed soul art in the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories and warned Xiao Yi Xian to keep it secret before teaching it to her.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian spent most of the next year cultivating in seclusion while Su Yun supplied pills to the Xiao Family and received visits from the Mitel Auction House manager and Luo Qianchen.
• Xiao Zhan secretly embezzled Gold Coins from the Xiao Family treasury to gather ingredients for Qi Gathering Powder for Xiao Yan, and the elders questioned him about the missing funds.
• After a year, Su Yun reached Nine Star Dou Shi while Xiao Yi Xian remained at the Dou Qi stage.
• Su Yun visited the Xiao Family in his Han Li disguise, delivered the pills, and heard Xiao Zhan ask to entrust him with a private matter.

Su Yun agreed to refine Qi Gathering Powder for Xiao Yan without a fee, using the request as a chance to build ties with the future Dou Di. He later visited the Alchemist Guild to advise Luo Qianchen, who remained discouraged about his stalled progress toward becoming a Fourth Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Zhan asked Su Yun to refine Qi Gathering Powder for Xiao Yan, and Su Yun agreed despite the Xiao Family having only two sets of ingredients.
• Su Yun waived the refining fee because Xiao Lin had helped him in the past, and Xiao Zhan thanked him for his generosity.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Su Yun would refine the powder, and Xiao Yan promised to repay Su Yun's kindness when he grew stronger.
• Su Yun went to the Alchemist Guild and spent two hours sharing his knowledge with Luo Qianchen while Luo Qianyun served tea.
• Luo Qianchen regretted that Su Yun's year of guidance had not loosened his bottleneck toward becoming a Fourth Grade Alchemist.

Luo Qianchen recalled how a family-arranged marriage and imprisonment had ruined his cultivation, then accepted Su Yun’s invitation to watch him refine a pill. Su Yun successfully made Qi Gathering Powder for Xiao Yan, who prepared to attempt his breakthrough to Dou Zhe that night and promised to repay him.

• Luo Qianchen recounted his love for a woman from the Imperial Capital, her family’s arranged marriage, and the torture that left his cultivation foundation damaged.
• Su Yun invited Luo Qianchen to observe him refining Qi Gathering Powder at the Xiao Family, and Luo Qianchen agreed.
• Su Yun returned home to Xiao Yi Xian and reflected that he needed to grow stronger to protect her and address her Poisonous Body of Misfortune.
• Seven days later, Su Yun arrived at the Xiao Family with Luo Qianchen, where the three elders remained angry that Xiao Zhan had used family funds to buy ingredients for Xiao Yan.
• Su Yun refined Qi Gathering Powder in half an hour, astonishing Luo Qianchen and delighting Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan.
• Su Yun praised Xiao Yan’s talent and gave him the Qi Gathering Powder, and Xiao Yan promised to repay his kindness.

Su Yun and Xiao Yan both advanced to new realms, but Su Yun focused on growing stronger before pursuing the Green Lotus Core Flame. Two months later, he noticed Xiao Zhan's troubled mood and realized Xiao Yan's Dou Qi was about to start disappearing.

• Su Yun refined a Profound Origin Breaking Mirror Pill and waited until the next day to attempt his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan used the Qi Gathering Powder and successfully reached Dou Zhe at age eleven, drawing attention throughout Wutan City.
• Su Yun took the pill, broke through to Da Dou Shi at age twelve, and kept the news private while his system scan range increased.
• Su Yun planned to take the Green Lotus Core Flame two years later and resumed cultivation to prepare.
• Two months later, Su Yun delivered the Xiao Family's monthly pills and sensed Xiao Zhan was troubled, recognizing that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi was about to be absorbed by Medicine Elder.

Su Yun examined Xiao Yan after Xiao Zhan reported that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had suddenly fallen to the third stage, but he pretended he could not find the cause. Xiao Yan fled in despair, while Su Yun suggested that only a Fifth Grade Alchemist might be able to help.

• Xiao Zhan stopped Su Yun as he was leaving and asked him to examine Xiao Yan, whose Dou Qi had vanished three days earlier.
• Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Zhan was taking Su Yun to see Xiao Yan and silently hoped the examination would help.
• Xiao Yan begged Su Yun to save him and described how his Dou Qi Cyclone had vanished and his cultivation had fallen to the third stage.
• Su Yun scanned Xiao Yan's Ring of Holding and discovered that Yao Chen's soul was awake, but the system could not take it into System Space.
• Su Yun spent the day examining Xiao Yan, then claimed he could find no cause for the loss of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan ran out in despair, and Su Yun told Xiao Zhan that they might need a Fifth Grade Alchemist.

Xiao Yan was overwhelmed by the loss of his Dou Qi, while Su Yun arranged a medicinal liquid to help him and later offered Mitel Kuang Tang a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill in exchange for ingredients and Beast Flames. The chapter ended with Kuang Tang considering Su Yun’s offer and the prospect of breaking through to Dou Ling.

• Xiao Yan fled to the back mountain, shoved Xiao Xun'er aside when she tried to comfort him, and ran deeper into the mountain as Ling Ying followed to protect him.
• Su Yun discussed Xiao Yan’s recovery with Xiao Zhan, then returned home and prepared a medicinal liquid for Xiao Yan that could strengthen his aptitude and body over time.
• A month later, Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan thanked Su Yun after he delivered the pills, while Xiao Yan continued to endure the clan’s gossip and mockery over his vanished Dou Qi.
• Su Yun visited the Mitel Auction House and asked Mitel Kuang Tang to purchase medicinal ingredients and two kinds of Beast Flame.
• Su Yun offered one Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for the requested supplies, and Kuang Tang reacted eagerly because the pill could help him break through from Nine Star Great Dou Master to Dou Ling.

Su Yun returned home after giving Kuang Tang a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, then spent a warm afternoon with Xiao Yi Xian. That night, he confronted a Third Tier Violent Wind Tiger near his house and wounded it with his sword, but the fight was still underway.

• Su Yun gave Kuang Tang a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, impressing him and earning his gratitude.
• Su Yun returned home, where Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him, hugged him, and cooked lunch for them.
• Su Yun sensed an approaching Magical Beast that night, told Xiao Yi Xian to hide, and went outside to face it.
• A Third Tier Violent Wind Tiger charged at Su Yun, but he dodged it with Mysterious Shadow Steps and drew Cold Jade.
• Su Yun struck the tiger with four of nine Ice Shattering Jade sword auras, then vanished and appeared beside it.

Su Yun collected beast flames and ingredients from Kuang Tang, then refined two Fourth Tier beast flames and prepared pills to raise his cultivation. He left the chapter with one set of Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill ingredients unused and planned to refine it as well.

• Su Yun killed a Violent Wind Tiger with Eight Extremities Collapse and stored its corpse for food.
• Two months later, Su Yun delivered pills to the Xiao Family, visited Xiao Yan, and collected medicinal ingredients and two beast flames from Kuang Tang.
• Su Yun refined both Fourth Tier beast flames, improving his cultivation slightly, and decided to seek body-forging techniques before attempting to absorb Heavenly Flames.
• Su Yun refined two Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills successfully, leaving one set of ingredients unused.
• Su Yun planned to refine another Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill and sell it if he did not need it.

Su Yun refined high-grade pills and used a Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill to advance to Six Star Great Dou Master over the next month. After delivering pills to Xiao Zhan and Kuang Tang, he learned that Kuang Tang might leave Wutan City for a Mittel Family assessment, prompting Su Yun to think about Ya Fei and the possibility of exploring more system functions.

• Su Yun refined three Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills from four sets of ingredients, then swallowed a Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill and advanced to Two Star Great Dou Master.
• Over the following month, Su Yun refined more Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills and Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills, reaching Six Star Great Dou Master while his Dou Qi became somewhat unstable.
• Su Yun delivered pills to Xiao Zhan and then gave Kuang Tang a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill at the Mitel Auction House.
• Kuang Tang told Su Yun that the Mittel Family's internal assessment might take him away from Wutan City in a year, and Su Yun thought Ya Fei might soon arrive there.
• Kuang Tang urged Su Yun to leave Wutan City for the Imperial Capital, but Su Yun dismissed the suggestion.

Su Yun obtained the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Luo Qianchen and spent the next half year cultivating, reaching eight-star Da Dou Shi. He later checked on Xiao Yan, whose Dou Qi still dispersed whenever he tried to cultivate.

• Su Yun declined Kuang Tang's invitation and went to the Alchemist Guild to collect the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Luo Qianchen.
• Su Yun gave Luo Qianchen a Fourth Grade Pill Recipe in exchange and explained his insights on breaking through to Fourth Grade Alchemist.
• Luo Qianchen asked about Su Yun's changing height, and Su Yun claimed he had developed a Fourth Grade Height Increasing Pill.
• Su Yun cultivated and fought Magical Beasts for half a year, advancing to eight-star Da Dou Shi.
• Su Yun visited Xiao Yan, learned that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi still dispersed during cultivation, and encouraged him to keep working hard.

Su Yun visited the Mitel Auction House to buy medicinal ingredients and met its new steward, Ya Fei, who tried to recruit him with a valuable gift. He left with a fourth-rank medicinal cauldron attracting his interest.

• Su Yun gave Xiao Yan his monthly pills and encouraged him before leaving for the Mitel Auction House.
• Su Yun learned that Kuang Tang had been transferred to the Imperial Capital after breaking through to Dou Ling, and met Ya Fei as his replacement.
• Ya Fei introduced herself as Wutan City's new steward and assured Su Yun that Mitel's relationship with him would continue.
• Su Yun bought medicinal ingredients and tried to leave, but Ya Fei stopped him to offer a greeting gift.
• Ya Fei presented Su Yun with a fourth-rank medicinal cauldron, which caught his interest.

Su Yun accepted a fourth-tier medicinal cauldron from Ya Fei, then used Medicine Elder’s Black Demon Cauldron and Naling to refine pills. After clearing up Xiao Yi Xian’s jealous misunderstanding, he encountered Jialie Bi and Aoba Dun, the heads of Wutan City’s other two great families.

• Ya Fei gave Su Yun a fourth-tier medicinal cauldron, which he accepted before leaving the Mitel Auction House.
• Su Yun used Medicine Elder’s Black Demon Cauldron to refine pills and reflected on taking it and the Naling from the Bone Flame Ring while leaving the Heavy Xuan Ruler behind.
• Xiao Yi Xian smelled rouge on Su Yun and accused him of visiting improper places, so he spent the night explaining the misunderstanding.
• The next morning, Su Yun comforted Xiao Yi Xian, who admitted she had felt uncomfortable without understanding why.
• One month later, Jialie Bi and Aoba Dun blocked Su Yun after he delivered pills to the Xiao Family.

Jialie Bi and Aoba Dun failed to recruit Su Yun to supply pills for their struggling families, then agreed to a desperate plan. Jialie Bi revealed he intended to frame Aoba Dun for plotting against Master Han and report him, though the family did not know how to contact Han.

• Jialie Bi and Aoba Dun asked Su Yun to make pills for their families, but Su Yun refused and walked away.
• Jialie Bi persuaded Aoba Dun to go with him to an inn after they agreed they had to take action to save their families.
• Jialie Bi told the Jialie Family elders that attacking a Fourth Grade Alchemist would bring the forces of Wutan City down on them.
• Jialie Bi claimed Aoba Dun had plotted to murder Master Han and intended to report him, and the elders agreed.
• The elders asked how they could contact Master Han.

Jialie Bi told Xiao Zhan that the Aoba Family planned to ambush Su Yun, prompting the Xiao Family to prepare a counterattack with the Jialie Family. Unaware that Jialie Bi was manipulating both sides, Su Yun spent the evening playfully with Xiao Yi Xian and woke to find her teasing him.

• Jialie Bi secretly informed Xiao Zhan that Aoba Dun planned to attack Su Yun on the road at the start of next month.
• Xiao Zhan and Jialie Bi agreed that the Jialie Family would act as an inside agent while the Xiao Family surrounded the Aoba Family.
• Xiao Zhan persuaded the three elders to mobilize the Xiao Family and join the plan to destroy the Aoba Family.
• Jialie Bi privately believed Xiao Zhan and Aoba Dun were both being manipulated by him.
• Su Yun accidentally splashed fruit pulp on Xiao Yi Xian, and the two teased and wrestled together before falling asleep.
• Xiao Yi Xian slapped Su Yun awake the next morning, and he tapped her head in response.

Jialie Bi convinced Aoba Dun that his visit to the Xiao Family had been to plant an undercover agent, while secretly planning to surrender to the Aoba Family. A month later, Su Yun used the Phantom Decoy Art to evade spies and learned that the Jialie Family had turned against the Aoba Family, leaving him to arrange an attack on the remaining enemy.

• Jialie Bi told Aoba Dun he had planted an undercover agent in the Xiao Family to delay its response to their ambush, while privately seeing the Aoba Family as his pledge of loyalty.
• A month later, Su Yun sensed people watching him on the road, used the Phantom Decoy Art to hide his figure and aura, and identified the spies as members of the Aoba and Jialie families.
• Su Yun avoided the spies and reached the Xiao Family, where Xiao Zhan and the three elders told him that the Aoba Family planned to harm him.
• Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder explained that Jialie Bi had agreed to surrender, so Su Yun decided the Xiao and Jialie families could handle the Aoba Family without involving the Mitel Auction House or Alchemist Guild.
• Su Yun asked the Xiao and Jialie families to take care of the attack and planned to reward them with medicinal pills.

Su Yun used the Xiao Family’s cooperation to draw Aoba Dun and the Aoba Family into a trap, where the Xiao and Jialie families ambushed them. Afterward, Su Yun went to the Xiao Family residence with Xiao Zhan and Jialie Bi.

• Jialie Bi learned that Han Li had entered the Xiao Family and realized the family had covertly warned him, while Aoba Dun remained unaware.
• Su Yun left the Xiao Family and let Aoba Dun and Jialie Bi lead their forces into a secluded place.
• Jialie Bi struck Aoba Dun and signaled the Jialie Family to ambush the Aoba Family as the Xiao Family joined the attack.
• Jialie Bi killed Aoba Dun, and the Xiao and Jialie families slaughtered most of the Aoba Family while sending men after the survivors.
• Xiao Zhan invited Su Yun to the Xiao Family residence, where Su Yun met Xiao Yu and thanked the Xiao and Jialie families for their help.

Su Yun rewarded Xiao Zhan and Jialie Bi for their help, then returned home and found Xiao Yi Xian caring for an injured Blue Eagle. After treating it, they gained its loyalty and Xiao Yi Xian named it Xiao Lan.

• Su Yun gave Xiao Zhan a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and Jialie Bi a Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill as payment for their families' help.
• Su Yun asked Xiao Zhan and Jialie Bi to handle the Aoba Family's remnants, then left the Xiao Family and hurried home after sensing a magical beast nearby.
• Su Yun found Xiao Yi Xian safe with an injured Blue Eagle, which she had bandaged after it arrived at their home.
• Su Yun fed the Blue Eagle a pill and had Xiao Yi Xian apply medicine and bandage its deep wound.
• The Blue Eagle showed its loyalty to Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian named it Xiao Lan.

Su Yun used the system to fuse Blue Eagle Magic Cores with Xiao Lan, raising the bird to the Second Tier. As he prepared for a future trip to the Tagor Desert, he remained worried about Xiao Yi Xian’s Poisonous Body of Misfortune.

• Xiao Lan joined Su Yun’s courtyard and flew with Xiao Yi Xian, while Su Yun warned them not to venture too far into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Ya Fei gave Su Yun a Second Tier Blue Eagle Magic Core at Mitel Auction House and resolved to keep trying to recruit him, hoping a Fifth Grade Alchemist could help her control her own fate.
• Su Yun fused three First Tier Blue Eagle Magic Cores, one Second Tier Blue Eagle Magic Core, and another Second Tier Magic Core with Xiao Lan, transforming it into a Second Tier Blue Eagle.
• Xiao Yi Xian came out to see Xiao Lan’s transformation and asked whether Su Yun had caused it, and Su Yun only smiled.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian were enjoying a flight on Xiao Lan when a mercenary shot an arrow at them, forcing them to return home. Su Yun set out in disguise to find the archer before he could escape.

• Su Yun took Xiao Yi Xian flying on Xiao Lan, which circled near the outer edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• A one-eyed mercenary shot an arrow at Xiao Lan, and Su Yun protected Xiao Yi Xian while deciding not to pursue the archer from the air.
• The mercenary watched Xiao Lan fly away and assumed its riders were outsiders who would not find him.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian returned home, where Su Yun comforted her after the scare.
• Su Yun changed into Han Li's appearance and hurried to the Xiao Family to track down the mercenary discreetly.

Su Yun recruited the Xiao Family and Jialie Family to hunt down a one-eyed archer, offering a Fourth Grade Pill to whichever family brought him the man’s head. The families began competing to find him, while the Xiao Family discussed how to uncover the mercenary’s hidden whereabouts.

• Su Yun asked Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Family elders, and Jialie Bi to identify a tall, sturdy, one-eyed archer with likely Dou Shi cultivation among the local mercenaries.
• Su Yun ordered them to bring him the man’s head within seven days and promised to refine a Fourth Grade Pill for the family that succeeded.
• Xiao Zhan and Jialie Bi agreed to compete, and Jialie Bi left the Xiao Family considering whether success could shift the pill business toward his family.
• After Su Yun returned home, Xiao Zhan and the three elders discussed questioning mercenaries and paying for information, while recognizing that finding the target’s residence would be difficult.