Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders struggled to find Zhang Kaitao within the seven-day deadline, and Xiao Zhan later told Xiao Yan about the assignment. Xiao Xun'er learned about the hunt but decided not to help, leaving the Xiao Family and Jialie Family to pursue it themselves.

• The Xiao Family elders rejected the Second Elder's proposal to kill every one-eyed mercenary and sent people to question mercenaries instead.
• Xiao Zhan received intelligence identifying Zhang Kaitao as an Eight Star Dou Shi archer who hunted alone in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but the report gave no location.
• Xiao Zhan visited Xiao Yan, encouraged him, and explained that Master Han had tasked the Xiao Family and Jialie Family with killing Zhang Kaitao.
• Xiao Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Han Li had hired the two families to kill Zhang Kaitao.
• Xiao Xun'er refused to intervene, fearing that Ling Ying's actions might expose her presence to Han Li.

Ya Fei investigated why the Xiao Family and Jialie Family were searching for Zhang Kaitao and ordered her subordinate to uncover their motives. Xiao Yan devised a plan to lure Zhang Kaitao to a Xiao Family marketplace, while Jialie Bi met with arms magnate Chen Tuqiang.

• Ya Fei learned that both families had asked mercenaries for information about Zhang Kaitao and paid her subordinate to investigate their motives.
• Xiao Yan suggested watching Wutan City's marketplaces because Zhang Kaitao would need to replenish supplies.
• Xiao Yan pointed out that Zhang Kaitao would likely seek the Xiao Family's First Grade Healing Pills, and Xiao Zhan realized they could use them to lure him.
• Xiao Yan proposed concentrating the pills in one marketplace so the Xiao Family could focus its manpower there, and Xiao Zhan summoned the three elders to discuss the plan.
• Jialie Bi received Chen Tuqiang, Wutan City's arms magnate, in the Jialie Family hall.

Jialie Bi persuaded Chen Tuqiang to reveal when Zhang Kaitao would return to buy arrows, intending to capture the archer on Han Li’s orders. Three days later, Zhang Kaitao entered Wutan City and learned that the Xiao and Jialie Families were mobilizing, along with another major development involving the Xiao Family’s Healing Pills.

• Jialie Bi told Chen Tuqiang that Zhang Kaitao had offended Han Li and asked for information about his whereabouts.
• Chen Tuqiang revealed that Zhang Kaitao usually bought arrows every seven days and was due to collect a custom order in three days.
• Jialie Bi decided to seize Zhang Kaitao before the Xiao Family could reach him.
• Zhang Kaitao entered Wutan City to buy arrows and supplies, hoping Han Li might be able to restore sight to his prosthetic eye.
• Zhang Kaitao sensed that the city was unusually quiet and forced a passerby to explain that the Xiao and Jialie Families were mobilizing and that the Xiao Family’s Healing Pills were also a topic of concern.

Zhang Kaitao went to the weapon shop to collect arrows, unaware that Jialie Bi and Chen Tuqiang had arranged an ambush for him. Chen Tuqiang attacked after Zhang Kaitao refused his poisoned tea, and another assailant struck as Zhang Kaitao demanded an explanation.

• Zhang Kaitao learned that Xiao Family Healing Pills were scarce and shot the passerby who told him where to find them.
• Zhang Kaitao reached the weapon shop, where Jialie Bi prepared the men hidden around it to ambush him.
• Chen Tuqiang welcomed Zhang Kaitao and offered him tea, but Zhang Kaitao refused to drink it because of his past experience with drugged tea.
• Chen Tuqiang struck Zhang Kaitao with Mountain Collapse Palm as he walked behind him, but Zhang Kaitao dodged most of the blow.
• Zhang Kaitao demanded to know why Chen Tuqiang had attacked him, and another assailant hit him with Wind Form Palm.

Jialie Bi ambushed Zhang Kaitao and tried to kill him for the chance to obtain more pills. Zhang Kaitao swallowed a Blazing Flame Pill and fought his way through Jialie Bi’s men, leaving Jialie Bi to strike down one of his own clan elders.

• Jialie Bi struck Zhang Kaitao through a wall, then surrounded him with his people and rejected his offers to serve the Jialie Family.
• Jialie Bi revealed that he wanted Zhang Kaitao’s head and advanced while using Dou Qi Transformation into Armor.
• Zhang Kaitao swallowed a Blazing Flame Pill, temporarily boosting his cultivation to Great Dou Master while risking permanent damage to his foundation.
• Zhang Kaitao charged through the weaker point in the encirclement and killed three people as he tried to escape.
• Jialie Bi pursued Zhang Kaitao with Wind Form Palm, but Zhang Kaitao used a Jialie clan elder as a shield, and Jialie Bi’s palm killed the elder.

Zhang Kaitao fled from Jialie Bi into the Xiao Family’s marketplace, where Xiao Zhan killed him and claimed his body after revealing his breakthrough to Eight Star Da Dou Shi. Two days later, Su Yun confirmed Zhang Kaitao’s identity from the body, leaving the Xiao Family members wondering how much Master Han had known and whether he had been testing them.

• Zhang Kaitao fled toward the Xiao Family’s marketplace while Jialie Bi pursued him and dodged his arrows.
• Xiao Zhan killed the injured Zhang Kaitao with Lion Mountain Split, then refused to hand his corpse to Jialie Bi.
• Xiao Zhan’s breakthrough to Eight Star Da Dou Shi forced Jialie Bi to retreat from the Xiao Family’s marketplace.
• Ya Fei watched the confrontation from an inn and returned with her subordinates without intervening.
• Two days later, Xiao Zhan showed Su Yun Zhang Kaitao’s body, and Su Yun confirmed it with the system’s scanning function.
• The Xiao Family members speculated that Master Han had tracked Zhang Kaitao or had been testing both families.

Su Yun told the Xiao Family that he belonged to a powerful sect and urged Xiao Zhan’s sons to seek out the prodigy Zhang Xiaofan in the Tagor Desert. He explained that he would leave Wutan City in a month after Xiao Yan’s chance to enter the sect had passed, then rejected the Great Elder’s request to admit Xiao Yu.

• Su Yun asked Xiao Zhan to have his sons in the Tagor Desert look for Zhang Xiaofan, a prodigy from Su Yun’s sect.
• Su Yun described Zhang Xiaofan as a handsome youth under sixteen who should be at least a Dou Ling, stunning the Xiao Family members.
• Su Yun said he would leave Wutan City in a month and explained that he had stayed to give Xiao Yan time to recover his talent and enter the sect.
• The Great Elder asked whether his granddaughter Xiao Yu could join the outer sect, but Su Yun refused because she was only at the eighth stage of Dou Qi at age fifteen or sixteen.

Su Yun arranged to leave the Xiao Family in a month, then accidentally embarrassed Xiao Yi Xian while teasing her and spent the day trying to appease her. At dinner, Xiao Yi Xian served him a meal of foods associated with virility and insisted he eat it all.

• Su Yun agreed to refine a Qi Gathering Powder for the Great Elder’s granddaughter and told the Xiao Family he would leave in a month.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders regretted losing Su Yun’s pill-making services, while Xiao Zhan wished he could have requested a Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill instead.
• Su Yun returned home and startled Xiao Yi Xian in the kitchen, accidentally pulling down her skirt as he set her down.
• Xiao Yi Xian cried and scolded Su Yun for being a pervert, then tugged his ear while he repeatedly apologized.
• Xiao Yi Xian served Su Yun bull pizzle, lamb kidneys, tiger pizzle, and other foods, and told him she would never forgive him if he did not eat everything.

Su Yun endured Xiao Yi Xian's teasing and an awkward night before focusing on cultivation again. A month later, he prepared to leave the Xiao Family, gave Xiao Yu a Jade Bottle, and exchanged farewells with Xiao Zhan and the elders.

• Su Yun ate all of Xiao Yi Xian's prepared food while she watched, then spent the night with her after she insisted she was afraid of the dark.
• Su Yun woke to find the mattress sticky, and Xiao Yi Xian teased him about wetting the bed and dirtying her skirt.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian made peace, and he returned his focus to cultivation for another month.
• Su Yun told Xiao Yan he was leaving and advised him to stay hopeful about recovering his talent and strengthening his foundation.
• Su Yun gave Xiao Yu a Jade Bottle, bid farewell to the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhan brought out a Gold Coins card.

Su Yun accepted a three-hundred-thousand-Gold-Coin gift from the Xiao Family, then received a Blue Eagle Magic Core and a map to the Blue Eagles’ gathering place from Ya Fei. He planned to hunt the Blue Eagles for Xiao Lan’s advancement and left Ya Fei believing he was a Dou Wang.

• Xiao Zhan gave Su Yun a Gold Coins card containing three hundred thousand Gold Coins, and Su Yun accepted it before leaving the Xiao Family.
• Ya Fei showed Su Yun a Second Tier Blue Eagle Magic Core recovered from Zhang Kaitao’s hut and explained what her people had discovered.
• Ya Fei gave Su Yun Zhang Kaitao’s map to the Blue Eagles’ gathering place, and Su Yun recognized it as a chance to obtain Magic Cores for Xiao Lan.
• Su Yun told Ya Fei he would leave Wutan City soon and declined her offer to help hunt the Blue Eagles.
• Ya Fei inferred that Su Yun was a Dou Wang, and Su Yun warned her to keep what she understood to herself before departing.

Su Yun left Xiao Yi Xian at home and went to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to hunt Blue Eagles for their magic cores. After silently killing several birds, he was discovered and faced a flock led by two Third Tier Blue Eagles.

• Su Yun checked the map, then promised Xiao Yi Xian jewelry and oranges before leaving home.
• Su Yun reached the Blue Eagles’ nesting tree and used his Purple Cloud Wings and Cold Jade Sword to kill and store several Blue Eagles.
• Su Yun attacked two Second Tier Blue Eagles in their nest, but another Blue Eagle spotted him and raised the alarm.
• Su Yun dodged a Second Tier Blue Eagle’s sneak attack and killed it with his Cold Jade Sword.
• The two Third Tier Blue Eagles rallied dozens of Blue Eagles to charge at Su Yun.

Su Yun defeated a flock of Blue Eagles, escaped a pack of Blood Wolves, and returned to Wutan City with enough magic cores for Xiao Lan's advancement. On the way home, he saw Xiao Yan brooding over his uncertain future and left him alone.

• Su Yun killed the Blue Eagles with Clear Frost White Dew and Ice Shattering Jade, then slew the two Third Tier Blue Eagles with Frost Condensing Slash and stored their corpses in System Space.
• Su Yun abandoned the remaining Blue Eagle corpses when he spotted nearly a hundred Blood Wolves approaching, then flew out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Su Yun returned to Wutan City, bought oranges and jewelry for Xiao Yi Xian, and headed home.
• Su Yun saw Xiao Yan worrying that he might fail to reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi before age sixteen and be assigned to the clan's businesses, then continued on his way.

Su Yun evolved Xiao Lan into a Third Tier Magical Beast to help protect Xiao Yi Xian. The next day, he told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to leave Wutan City and take her to Luo Qianchen, and she feared he was abandoning her.

• Su Yun returned home with jewelry and oranges, then shared a playful moment with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Yun fused Magic Cores into Xiao Lan, evolving it into a Third Tier Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yi Xian admired Xiao Lan, then felt inadequate and resolved to cultivate seriously.
• The next day, Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to entrust her to Luo Qianchen while he traveled to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yi Xian cried and asked whether Su Yun thought she was useless and wanted to abandon her, and Su Yun reassured her.

Su Yun left Xiao Yi Xian in Luo Qianchen’s care before cultivating until he became a Nine Star Great Dou Master. Seeking a faster way to break through to Dou Ling, he entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to fight a Fourth Tier Magical Beast.

• Xiao Yi Xian questioned why Su Yun had not helped her grow stronger, and he asked her to trust him and wait until the time was right.
• Su Yun entrusted Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Lan to Luo Qianchen, promising to help him become a Fourth Grade Alchemist after he returned.
• After two months of solitary cultivation, Su Yun broke through from an Eight Star to a Nine Star Great Dou Master.
• Two more months later, Su Yun sensed a bottleneck and chose to seek battle in the Magical Beast Mountain Range because he lacked a rare ingredient for a breakthrough pill.
• Su Yun concealed his presence and entered the mountain range, planning to find a lone Fourth Tier Magical Beast to fight.

Su Yun hid in the System Space as the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought the Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog over territory. Seeing a chance to obtain the lion king’s flame and energy, Su Yun waited for the two beasts to weaken each other.

• Su Yun sensed two Dou Emperor auras and fled into the System Space, where he recognized the opposing beasts as the Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog.
• The Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog demanded the lion king’s territory, knowing its mate was unable to fight while pregnant.
• Su Yun realized the battle might explain why the male Amethyst Winged Lion King later disappeared, and hoped to claim its flame and energy to reach Dou Ling.
• The Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog attacked, and the two Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts began a fierce battle that drove the other beasts into hiding.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King fell behind, and Su Yun prepared to use his Purple Cloud Wings to loot the corpses once the beasts had taken each other down.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King used the Amethyst Seal to suppress the Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog’s Dou Qi, turning their battle into a bloody ground fight. Su Yun approached the battlefield and waited in the System Space as the two beasts continued to maul each other.

• The Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which endured the bite and pinned it in place.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King unleashed the Amethyst Seal, weakening the Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog and forcing both beasts to fight on the ground.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King pierced the Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog with its horn, badly wounding it.
• Su Yun moved closer to the battle while hiding in the System Space whenever dangerous aftershocks came near.
• The two bloodied beasts continued their brutal fight as Su Yun watched from a safe distance.

Su Yun waited for the Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog to kill each other, then recovered both corpses and escaped the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He decided not to upgrade his cultivation method too far yet, and left while thinking about Xiao Yan’s recent progress.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King killed the exhausted Ice Flame Two-Headed Dog, then collapsed from its own injuries and died.
• Su Yun emerged from the System Space and recovered both beasts’ corpses before three Fifth-Tier Magical Beasts arrived.
• A Violent Wind Tiger attacked Su Yun with a wind blade, forcing him back into the System Space, where he avoided further danger.
• Su Yun restored his Dou Qi and left the area, deciding the Purple Flame from the Amethyst Winged Lion King was enough to help him break through to Dou Ling.
• Su Yun chose not to upgrade the Fennel Cold Art into a High Earth Tier Cultivation Method because he wanted to build a stable foundation.
• As he flew out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Su Yun thought Xiao Yan had likely been cultivating the Playing Flame Art and progressing quickly.

Su Yun extracted a Purple Flame seed from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's corpse, then searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for an ice-type magic core needed to prepare to absorb it. After days of searching, he found a cave with two Fourth Tier Magical Beasts and stealthily entered.

• Su Yun used his Dou Qi and Soul Power in the System Space to condense the Purple Flame inside the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body into a seed and sealed it in a Jade Bottle.
• Su Yun realized that he needed a Fourth Grade ice-type magic core to refine a pill that could protect him while absorbing the Purple Flame.
• Su Yun restored his Dou Qi, then flew through the Magical Beast Mountain Range searching lakes and cold, damp places for an ice-type beast.
• After searching for several days without success, Su Yun discovered a gloomy cave where two Fourth Tier Magical Beasts were resting.
• Su Yun concealed his figure and aura with the Phantom Decoy Art and quietly entered the cave.

Su Yun sneaked into a cave and ambushed two Fourth Tier Magical Beasts, killing one with a surprise strike before becoming locked in a difficult fight with the Ice Snake. After escaping its constriction with his flames and defenses, he faced the prospect of a prolonged battle for its Magic Core.

• Su Yun sensed an ice-type and a water-type Fourth Tier Magical Beast in a secluded cave and entered without alerting them.
• Su Yun struck the sleeping water snake with his Blazing Sun Staff and killed it, but dodged the Ice Snake's counterattack.
• Su Yun evaded the Ice Snake's bite, but it wrapped around him and began squeezing him.
• Su Yun used Blazing Shield, Dou Qi Armor Transformation, and his two flames to withstand the constriction and burn the Ice Snake until it withdrew.
• Su Yun recovered from the struggle and prepared to continue fighting the Ice Snake, recognizing that obtaining its Magic Core would be difficult.

Su Yun killed the Fourth Tier Ice Snake with a three-colored Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, then hid in the System Space when a powerful presence approached. He watched Jia Xingtian confront the pregnant Amethyst Winged Lion King and three other Fifth-Tier Magical Beasts.

• Su Yun retreated into the System Space and combined two beast flames with a trace of Bone Chilling Flame to create a powerful Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Su Yun lured the Ice Snake into charging, vanished into the System Space, and let the fire lotus strike and kill it.
• Su Yun stored the Ice Snake's corpse, left the cave, and hid in the System Space after sensing a powerful Dou Qi aura approaching.
• Jia Xingtian arrived above the Magical Beast Mountain Range, drawing out the Amethyst Winged Lion King and three other Fifth-Tier Magical Beasts.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked Jia Xingtian why he had come, and he calmly explained that he had sensed strong Dou Qi fluctuations.