Chapter Summaries

Su Yun returned to Hai Bodong with the Sand Mandragora and a Heavenly Flame, then negotiated for Hai Bodong to serve him for three years in exchange for refining the pills needed to break his seal and restore his strength. They left Hai Bodong's Map Shop to find a safer place to refine the pill, wary that Queen Medusa could sense the Heavenly Flame.

• Su Yun brought Qing Lin to Hai Bodong's Map Shop and showed Hai Bodong the Sand Mandragora and confirmed he had obtained a Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong asked Su Yun to refine the pill that could break his seal, and Su Yun demanded three years of service in exchange for refining it and an Emperor's Extreme Pill.
• Hai Bodong agreed to serve Su Yun for three years after hearing the offer, then asked when Su Yun would refine the pill.
• Su Yun said they had to leave because Queen Medusa could sense the aura of a Heavenly Flame, and Hai Bodong reacted with shock that Su Yun had escaped her.
• Hai Bodong packed his belongings, closed the Map Shop, and left with Su Yun and Qing Lin.

Su Yun refined a Grade Six Pill of Breaking Obstacles in Black Rock City, allowing Hai Bodong to break Queen Medusa’s seal and regain his Dou Emperor strength. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong celebrating his freedom as his powerful aura filled the inn.

• Su Yun, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin reached Black Rock City and decided to refine the pill there before continuing to Wutan City.
• Hai Bodong gave Su Yun the pill formula and ingredients, and Su Yun memorized the formula before beginning the refinement.
• Su Yun used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the ingredients and successfully formed a Pill of Breaking Obstacles.
• Hai Bodong swallowed the pill and refined its medicinal strength for half an hour.
• Hai Bodong regained his powerful cultivation and declared that he was no longer bound.

Su Yun returned to Wutan City with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and took her away. After Xiao Yi Xian kissed him, she demanded that he define their relationship.

• Su Yun told Hai Bodong that his pill had restored only part of his strength and offered him a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill in exchange for five years of service; Hai Bodong agreed and decided to follow him.
• Su Yun brought Hai Bodong and Qing Lin home, then left them to tidy the house while he went to Luo Qianchen's residence.
• Disguised as Han Li, Su Yun met Luo Qianyun and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, giving Luo Qianyun a scroll of Soul Power methods for her teacher.
• Su Yun took Xiao Yi Xian away, changed back into his usual appearance, and Xiao Yi Xian kissed him.
• When Su Yun called their relationship that of siblings, Xiao Yi Xian protested and asked him to say what they really were.

Su Yun reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in Wutan City, promised to make her his fiancée, and brought her home to meet Hai Bodong and Qing Lin. After Xiao Yi Xian admitted she was jealous of Qing Lin, Su Yun examined the system’s new Replacement Function.

• Su Yun asked Xiao Yi Xian to define their relationship, and she told him to take responsibility for her; he called her his fiancée and promised never to regret it.
• Xiao Xun'er learned that Jia Xingtian had investigated a fight between two Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts and decided not to pursue the other Dou Emperor near the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian about Hai Bodong and Qing Lin and recounted his recent travels, then the two returned home and met them cleaning the house.
• Xiao Yi Xian cooked dinner for the four of them, then visited Su Yun’s room and confessed she was jealous that he liked little girls like Qing Lin.
• After Xiao Yi Xian left, Su Yun inspected the system and discovered its new Replacement Function, which used energy to replace scanned things.

Su Yun tested the system’s latest update, discovered its expanded abilities and new Energy Crystal Block currency, then fused an Earth Tier Dou Technique. The next day, he called Hai Bodong over for what he said was proper business.

• Su Yun discovered that the system’s scanning and exit range had expanded to fifty meters, letting him jump between locations through the System Space without Hai Bodong noticing his arrival.
• Su Yun found that fusion and replacement now used Energy Crystal Blocks made from energy-bearing items, but learned that converting Magic Cores into higher-tier blocks came with steep losses.
• After realizing he lacked enough Fourth Tier Magic Cores, Su Yun converted lower-tier cores into blocks and fused the Earth Tier Middle Grade Dou Technique Flowing Flame Dragon Slash.
• Su Yun mastered the technique and believed it would let him kill powerful opponents in a single strike if he seized an opening.
• The next day, Su Yun called Hai Bodong over and said he had proper business to discuss.

Su Yun took Hai Bodong to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to test his strength against a Fifth-Tier Violent Wind Tiger, while Hai Bodong guarded the cave entrance. Su Yun defeated the beast with a single Eight Extremities Collapse, leaving him surprised by how quickly it died.

• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong to accompany him to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before they departed.
• Su Yun located the Violent Wind Tiger’s cave, and Hai Bodong agreed to conceal the battle’s aura from the entrance.
• Su Yun entered the cave alone and attacked the awakened Violent Wind Tiger with Setting Sun and Blazing Flame Heaven-Earth Split.
• Su Yun exchanged a powerful blow with the Violent Wind Tiger and sent it flying with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Su Yun detonated the eight layers of Hidden Force inside the Violent Wind Tiger, killing it and leaving him wondering why it had died so easily.

Su Yun and Hai Bodong returned from the Magical Beast Mountain Range after Su Yun swiftly killed the Violent Wind Tiger, then prepared to leave Wutan City for the Imperial Capital. Su Yun planned to obtain the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva and later enter Jia Nan Academy, while wondering what would become of Xiao Lan as their paths diverged.

• Su Yun killed the Violent Wind Tiger with Eight Extreme Collapse, recycled its corpse, and returned to Hai Bodong.
• Su Yun and Hai Bodong flew back home, where Su Yun changed into his Han Li persona and went looking for Luo Qianchen and Luo Qianyun, but learned they were away visiting a friend.
• Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong they would leave for the Imperial Capital; Hai Bodong suggested staying with the Mittel Family, and Su Yun agreed to have them help gather ingredients for the Spirit Recovery Purple Pill.
• Su Yun decided to seek the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva from the Nalan Family before waiting for Jia Nan Academy's recruitment and planning to help Xiao Yi Xian awaken her Poisonous Body of Misfortune.
• The four set out for the Imperial Capital on Xiao Lan, and Su Yun worried that Xiao Lan might no longer be able to keep pace with them as they grew stronger.

Su Yun and his companions arrived at the Imperial Capital, where Hai Bodong announced his return to the Mittel Family and reunited with Mitel Tengshan. After giving Tengshan a beating, Hai Bodong met the city’s powerful figures, including Alchemist Guild Leader Fa Ma.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian embraced while Hai Bodong and Qing Lin walked away to give them privacy.
• After several days of travel and rest stops, Xiao Lan carried Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong to the Imperial Capital and flew to the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong revealed his Dou Emperor aura and called for Mitel Tengshan, who hurried out and recognized him.
• Qing Lin laughed at Tengshan’s claim that he would recognize Hai Bodong even if he turned to ash, and Hai Bodong challenged Tengshan to spar.
• Hai Bodong beat Tengshan while Su Yun sensed four powerful figures nearby, including two Dou Emperors and two Dou Wangs.
• Hai Bodong called the four figures over, and Fa Ma, the Alchemist Guild Leader, greeted him after decades apart.

Jia Xingtian defeated Hai Bodong in a brief exchange and learned that his strength had fallen, while Hai Bodong assured him he would not take control of the Mittel Family. The next day, Su Yun obtained two Fifth Tier Magic Cores from Hai Bodong and arranged for the Mittel Family to supply more without disrupting its business.

• Jia Xingtian challenged Hai Bodong and overpowered him, revealing that Hai Bodong's strength had fallen to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong told Jia Xingtian that he would not seek control of the Mittel Family, and Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen departed.
• Su Yun noted Nalan Jie's weak aura and anticipated obtaining the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva to advance his alchemy.
• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong for Fifth Tier Magic Cores, and Hai Bodong gave him two without accepting payment.
• Su Yun asked for the Mittel Family's Magic Cores, and Hai Bodong offered to provide those that would not hinder operations and have the family search for more.

Su Yun went to the Alchemist Guild in the Imperial Capital to take the Fifth Grade Alchemist assessment, while Hai Bodong arranged protection for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. At the guild, Su Yun met Fa Ma and discovered that the System’s scan panel had gained more detailed information.

• Su Yun changed into his Zhang Xiaofan persona and left for the Alchemist Guild, promising Xiao Yi Xian he would take her and Qing Lin sightseeing later.
• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong to arrange secret protection for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong brought Mitel Tengshan into the arrangements.
• Hai Bodong told Mitel Tengshan that Su Yun was a Sixth Grade Alchemist, leaving him stunned.
• Su Yun arrived at the Alchemist Guild and requested the Fifth Grade Alchemist assessment, prompting a staff member to summon an elder.
• Su Yun used the System to scan the elder and learned that he was Fa Ma, a Six-star Dou Emperor and peak Fifth Grade Alchemist; he also noticed the System’s scan panel had become more detailed.

Su Yun passed the Fifth Grade Alchemist assessment with an exceptional pill, revealing his Heavenly Flame and strength to Fa Ma, then asked to be assessed as a Sixth Grade Alchemist. Meanwhile, Jia Xingtian watched the pill phenomenon and worried about the Imperial Family’s lack of heirs capable of protecting it.

• Su Yun greeted Fa Ma, blocked his attempt to probe him with Soul Power, and began the Fifth Grade Alchemist assessment.
• Su Yun chose a pill recipe and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine a Fifth Grade Pill, revealing that he was a five-star Dou Ling.
• The pill’s formation phenomenon drew attention across the Imperial Capital, while Jia Xingtian worried that the Imperial Family had no powerful successor.
• Su Yun handed Fa Ma an exceptionally high-quality Fifth Grade Pill and passed the assessment.
• Su Yun asked Fa Ma to assess him as a Sixth Grade Alchemist, leaving Fa Ma stunned.

Su Yun passed the Alchemist Guild’s Sixth Grade assessment by refining a Grade Six Pill in one attempt, causing a spectacular phenomenon over the Imperial Capital. Fa Ma kept Su Yun’s identity private as Jia Xingtian and another powerful figure arrived to meet the mysterious alchemist.

• Fa Ma gathered three Grade Six pill formulas and their ingredients, and Su Yun chose one and began refining it with his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• After a day of refining, Su Yun successfully made the Grade Six Pill on his first attempt, triggering a phenomenon that stirred the Imperial Capital.
• Su Yun handed the pill to Fa Ma and began restoring his depleted Dou Qi while Fa Ma marveled at his skill.
• Jia Xingtian arrived at the Alchemist Guild, and Fa Ma told him the achievement was not his and that Su Yun was still recovering.
• Fa Ma declined to introduce Jia Xingtian to Su Yun immediately and said Old Man Bing was also on his way.

Su Yun completed his assessment as a Sixth Grade Alchemist, drawing the attention of Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma, then returned to the Mittel Family. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and spent the night cultivating, intent on growing stronger for the challenges ahead.

• Hai Bodong arrived and revealed to Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian that Su Yun had helped him return.
• Su Yun introduced himself to Jia Xingtian as Zhang Xiaofan, confirmed that he had refined the pill in Black Rock City, and received his fifth-grade and sixth-grade Alchemist Robes from Fa Ma.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma discussed Su Yun's origins and his pill-refining skill, with Fa Ma judging him stronger than Pill King Gu He.
• Su Yun returned to the Mittel Family, where Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him and shared candied hawthorn with him.
• Su Yun went to his room and began cultivating rather than sleeping, determined not to grow complacent about his strength.

Yaoye warned Jia Xingtian that Zhang Xiaofan’s alchemy could make the Mittel Family a major threat, and Jia Xingtian proposed winning the alchemist over through Yaoye. Meanwhile, Su Yun strengthened Cold Jade with a Fifth Tier ice-attributed Magic Core after realizing he lacked a fire-attributed one.

• Yaoye told Jia Xingtian that the Imperial Family should try to win over Zhang Xiaofan, but his ties to the Ice Emperor and Mittel Family made that difficult.
• Yaoye revealed that the Mittel Family was gathering high-grade medicinal ingredients, raising the possibility that Zhang Xiaofan could help it rival the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jia Xingtian suggested that the Imperial Family imitate Gu He’s courtship of Yun Yun, and Yaoye understood that he meant for her to approach Zhang Xiaofan.
• News of a Sixth Grade Alchemist in the Imperial Capital spread, with people noting that he was staying with the Mittel Family and was friends with the Ice Emperor.
• Su Yun found that he could not use the Replacement Function to obtain a fire-attributed Fifth Tier Magic Core because he had not scanned one.
• Su Yun fused a Fifth Tier ice-attributed Magic Core with Cold Jade, and the system strengthened the sword’s material as it embedded the higher-grade core.

Su Yun strengthened his weapons, checked his updated system scan, and received Nalan Jie, who asked for help with the Brand Poison afflicting him. After scanning Nalan Jie and examining his body, Su Yun confirmed that the poison limited him to seventy percent of his strength.

• Su Yun strengthened the Cold Jade Sword and scanned himself, finding that the system now displayed status and more detailed attributes.
• Hai Bodong told Su Yun that Nalan Jie had arrived, and Su Yun disguised himself as Zhang Xiaofan before going to meet him.
• Nalan Jie gave Su Yun a Fourth Grade Pill Recipe and explained that Brand Poison from a Branding Poison Python had afflicted him for years.
• Su Yun agreed to examine Nalan Jie, scanned him, and learned that the Brand Poison left him able to use only seventy percent of his strength.

Su Yun began treating Nalan Jie's Brand Poison with the Green Lotus Core Flame after negotiating the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva as payment. Nalan Jie survived the first session, and Su Yun received the treasure the next day, expecting it to greatly strengthen his Soul Power.

• Su Yun revealed that his Heavenly Flame could remove Nalan Jie's Brand Poison and demanded a worthwhile reward for treatment.
• Nalan Jie agreed to give Su Yun the Nalan Family's Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva in exchange for his help.
• Su Yun began the first of three daily treatments, carefully guiding the Green Lotus Core Flame through Nalan Jie's body for an hour.
• Nalan Jie endured the treatment, which removed nearly thirty percent of the Brand Poison, then promised to deliver the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva the next day.
• Nalan Jie delivered the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva, and Su Yun anticipated refining it to raise his Soul Power to Mortal Realm Consummation.

Su Yun secured the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva and planned his next steps with Hai Bodong, including sending him to the Black Corner Region while Su Yun pursued Jia Nan Academy. He refined the saliva with other ingredients in the System Space, greatly increasing his Soul Power without attracting the Soul Hall’s attention.

• Su Yun finished treating Nalan Jie, then told Hai Bodong he planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire and seek entry to Jia Nan Academy for its Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Hai Bodong asked where he would go, and Su Yun learned that he had not found the ingredients for the Spirit Recovery Purple Pill.
• Su Yun urged Hai Bodong to travel to the Black Corner Region to find the missing ingredients and establish a foothold there, hinting that he had other plans for the region.
• Su Yun returned to the System Space and refined the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva with other ingredients into a medicinal liquid that would strengthen his Soul Power.
• Su Yun consumed the liquid and refined it in the System Space, raising his Soul Power to Mortal Realm Consummation while avoiding detection by the Soul Hall.

Su Yun finished treating Nalan Jie, received the Mittel Family’s collected Magic Cores, and rewarded Hai Bodong with an Earth Tier Qi Method. After upgrading Residual Sun, Su Yun began looking into fusing Dou Techniques that could use his combined ice-and-fire Dou Qi.

• Su Yun used the Green Lotus Core Flame to remove another portion of Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, then dismissed Nalan Jie’s promises of friendship as mere lip service.
• Hai Bodong gave Su Yun more than a hundred collected Magic Cores and reported that the ingredients for the Earth Spirit Pill had not yet been found.
• Su Yun gave Hai Bodong the Low Earth Tier Qi Method Nine Nether Frost Art to help him grow stronger before their trip to the Black Corner Region.
• Su Yun backed up the Magic Cores and fused Residual Sun with a Fifth Tier fire-attributed Magic Core, upgrading the sword.
• Su Yun studied Dou Techniques and considered using the System’s Fusion Function to create a technique suited to his ice-and-fire Dou Qi.

Su Yun discovered that the updated system could fuse cultivation methods into techniques tailored to particular attributes, and found a poison method that could counter the Poisonous Body of Misfortune’s dangerous toxins. Qing Lin then summoned him to the living room, where he found Xiao Yi Xian safe and met Kuang Tang and Luo Qianyun.

• Su Yun tested the system’s fusion plans for Blazing Blade and Ice Fiend, then confirmed it could also fuse the Flame Mantra with an ice-attribute Qi Method.
• Su Yun fused the Flame Mantra with Poison Cultivation in the system’s plans and realized its poison-devouring effect could control the Poisonous Body of Misfortune’s toxins.
• Qing Lin called Su Yun over, and he rushed out fearing something had happened to Xian'er, accidentally bruising Qing Lin’s shoulders before apologizing.
• Su Yun followed Qing Lin to the living room and found Xiao Yi Xian unharmed alongside Hai Bodong.
• Su Yun recognized the visitors as Kuang Tang and Luo Qianyun and wondered why they had come.

After Luo Qianyun escaped the Mu Family with help from Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and their guards, she begged Xiao Yi Xian to save her teacher, Luo Qianchen. Su Yun and Hai Bodong flew to confront the Mu Family, where Mu Chen greeted them uneasily.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that Luo Qianyun had fled the Mu Family and that Kuang Tang and the Shadow Guards had brought them to safety.
• Kuang Tang identified the attackers as Mu Family guards, and Luo Qianyun revealed that Luo Qianchen was still at the Mu Family.
• Su Yun and Hai Bodong left for the Mu Family after Luo Qianyun asked Xiao Yi Xian to save her teacher.
• Mu Chen learned that Luo Qianchen had died after taking a pill to hold off the guards, then sensed Su Yun and Hai Bodong approaching.
• Mu Chen greeted Su Yun and Hai Bodong, and Su Yun asked whether he knew Luo Qianchen.