Chapter Summaries

Su Yun investigated the Mu Family after learning Luo Qianchen was being held there and discovered Mu Chen was involved. He captured a guard who knew where the evidence was hidden and prepared to use the man’s memories to locate Luo Qianchen.

• Su Yun pretended not to know Luo Qianchen, then returned secretly to the Mu Family after sending Hai Bodong away.
• Su Yun overheard Mu Chen ordering guards to investigate the connection between Luo Qianyun and Master Zhang while keeping the matter from the family elders.
• Su Yun followed the guards and heard one of them say he needed to destroy Luo Qianchen’s corpse and erase all traces.
• Su Yun caught the Dou Ling guard alone, knocked him unconscious, scanned and recycled his memories, and stored him in the System Space.
• Su Yun entered the System Space and asked the system to manifest the guard’s memories.

Su Yun learned how Luo Qianchen and Luo Qianyun had suffered at the hands of Mu Chen, recovered Luo Qianchen’s body, and considered avenging him. He decided the Mu Family would pay, while Mu Chen suspected Su Yun and Hai Bodong of interfering.

• Su Yun learned from the guard’s memories that Mu Chen had abused the woman Luo Qianchen loved, leading Luo Qianchen to bring Luo Qianyun to the Imperial Capital, where they were captured and she was assaulted.
• Su Yun collected Luo Qianchen’s corpse and brought it back to the Mittel Family, where Luo Qianyun fainted and Xiao Yi Xian grieved.
• Su Yun ordered Hai Bodong to watch for Mu Family scouts and gave him drawings of the three Da Dou Shi involved.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun she wanted revenge but cared most about him, and Su Yun vowed he could destroy Mu Chen.
• Jia Xingtian and Yaoye discussed Su Yun’s dealings with the major clans and Yaoye’s preparations to approach him.
• Mu Chen realized his scouts had disappeared and Luo Qianchen’s corpse was gone, and suspected Su Yun and Hai Bodong.

Su Yun and Hai Bodong visited the Jia Ma Empire’s imperial palace to speak with Jia Xingtian about the Mu Family, while Princess Yaoye tried to learn what they had come to discuss. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong insisting that Yaoye summon her great-grandfather because she could not decide the matter herself.

• Su Yun and Hai Bodong traveled to the imperial city while Xiao Yi Xian went to visit Luo Qianyun.
• Su Yun explained that the Imperial Family depended on the Mu Family’s military strength, but claimed Jia Xingtian could not refuse his bargaining chip.
• Yaoye welcomed Su Yun and Hai Bodong into the palace and personally served them tea.
• Su Yun asked whether Jia Xingtian was available, and Yaoye offered to discuss the matter herself.
• Hai Bodong told Yaoye to summon her great-grandfather, while Su Yun filled her teacup and apologized for Hai Bodong’s bluntness.

Su Yun offered Jia Xingtian a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for the Imperial Family killing Mu Chen. Jia Xingtian accepted, and Su Yun left with Hai Bodong, who began asking about the pill.

• Yaoye brought Jia Xingtian to meet Su Yun and Hai Bodong.
• Su Yun asked Jia Xingtian to have Mu Chen killed, but Jia Xingtian objected because Mu Chen and the Mu Family were important to the empire.
• Su Yun offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill and gave Yaoye a scroll listing the required materials.
• Jia Xingtian agreed to the deal after Su Yun said he would hand over the pill only after Mu Chen was killed.
• Su Yun and Hai Bodong flew back to the Mittel Family, and Hai Bodong asked Su Yun about the Sect Breaking Pill.

Su Yun arranged for Luo Qianyun to take revenge on the four men who had harmed her, while Jia Xingtian prepared to exchange Mu Chen for a Sect Breaking Pill. That night, Su Yun and Hai Bodong hid near Jia Xingtian as Mu Chen arrived at their meeting place.

• Jia Xingtian ordered Yaoye to gather medicinal ingredients and investigate why Master Zhang wanted Mu Chen dead.
• Mitel Tengshan told Su Yun that the three men from the portraits had been captured, and Su Yun brought them and a captured Dou Ling before Luo Qianyun.
• Luo Qianyun tortured and killed the four men with Setting Sun, then thanked Su Yun for helping her avenge her grandfather.
• Hai Bodong gave Mitel Tengshan his Gold Coins card so the Mittel Family could buy the ingredients for the Spirit Recovery Purple Pill.
• Su Yun and Hai Bodong hid with Jia Xingtian in a deserted wasteland, and Mu Chen arrived for their arranged meeting.

Su Yun and Jia Xingtian joined forces to defeat Mu Chen, and Su Yun handed Luo Qianyun’s request to Hai Bodong. Later, Xiao Yi Xian confronted Su Yun about his refusal to treat her as an adult, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Jia Xingtian ambushed Mu Chen and struck him down, then Hai Bodong helped subdue him.
• Su Yun thanked Jia Xingtian for his help, promised to refine the Sect Breaking Pill, and stayed behind with Mu Chen.
• Su Yun injured Mu Chen further before Hai Bodong carried him back to the Mittel Family.
• Luo Qianyun asked Su Yun to find He Yuan, and Su Yun asked Hai Bodong to arrange it.
• Xiao Yi Xian visited Su Yun in his room and asked why he had never wanted her, while Su Yun insisted she was still too young.

Su Yun revealed the truth about Xiao Yi Xian’s Poisonous Body of Misfortune and the village massacre it had caused, leaving her devastated and afraid to be near him. After she woke that night, Su Yun pulled her into his embrace despite her retreat.

• Su Yun comforted Xiao Yi Xian’s worries about his interest in other women, and she fell asleep in his arms without the two taking their relationship further.
• The next morning, Su Yun showed Xiao Yi Xian the seven-colored mark on her abdomen and gave her the final volume of the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that her constitution had caused the village’s deaths and her mother’s death, then sobbed until she passed out.
• Su Yun told Qing Lin, Luo Qianyun, and Hai Bodong the truth about Xiao Yi Xian, shocking Hai Bodong.
• That night, Xiao Yi Xian woke and shrank away from Su Yun, but he pulled her into his embrace.

Su Yun learned that Luo Qianyun’s clan had been destroyed over a map said to lead to a Heavenly Flame, and he asked Hai Bodong to decipher it. The map pointed to the vast Magical Beast Mountain Range, but its exact location remained unknown as Su Yun considered how to find the flame.

• Su Yun reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he had found a cultivation method to resolve her Poisonous Body of Misfortune, then had Qing Lin care for her.
• Luo Qianyun gave Su Yun a map to a Heavenly Flame and explained that the Mu Family had helped destroy her clan after it refused to surrender the map.
• Su Yun tried to read the map but could not identify its location, so Hai Bodong studied it and recognized the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Hai Bodong said he still needed time to determine which part of the mountain range the map showed, and he copied it for further study.
• That night, Su Yun watched over Xiao Yi Xian and considered using the connection between Heavenly Flames to locate the flame.

Su Yun prepared to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Poisonous Body of Misfortune and began training Qing Lin, while Luo Qianyun died by suicide. He later refined a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill for Hai Bodong, who could now restore his strength.

• Su Yun decided that Queen Medusa’s Glass Ball was essential for locating the unknown Heavenly Flame and covered the sleeping Qing Lin with a coat.
• Su Yun fused the Flame Mantra with the Heavenly Poison Scripture into a poison-attribute Qi Method, planning to give it to Xiao Yi Xian after she reached Dou Zhe.
• Su Yun began refining Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid for Qing Lin and considered how to train her without alerting the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Luo Qianyun swallowed a dark pill and died, leaving Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin grieving.
• Hai Bodong gathered the ingredients for a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill from Mu Chen’s Ring of Holding, and Su Yun successfully refined it for him.

Su Yun celebrated Qing Lin’s first step into cultivation with her and Xiao Yi Xian, while Hai Bodong recovered from his seal and broke through to Seven-star Dou Emperor. Hai Bodong then flew to the imperial palace and challenged Jia Xingtian to fight.

• Qing Lin successfully condensed her first wisp of Dou Qi, and Su Yun gave her Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and Xiao Yi Xian’s Soul Art.
• Su Yun took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin around the Imperial Capital for a day, then spent time alone with Xiao Yi Xian in the bath.
• Hai Bodong entered a hidden room to refine the Spirit Recovery Purple Pill while Mitel Tengshan and the Shadow Guards guarded the door.
• Hai Bodong emerged with his strength restored and advanced to Seven-star Dou Emperor after breaking Queen Medusa’s seal.
• Hai Bodong flew to the imperial palace and challenged Jia Xingtian, who came out to face him.

Yun Yun sent a courtesy gift from the Misty Cloud Sect to the newly emerged Sixth Grade Alchemist, while Hai Bodong fought Jia Xingtian above the Imperial Capital. Hai Bodong won with his seven-dragon Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, and Su Yun decided to learn the technique.

• Yun Yun told a Misty Cloud Sect elder to select precious medicinal ingredients and visit Master Zhang, allowing Gu He to go as well.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian exchanged blows, and Jia Xingtian realized Hai Bodong’s strength matched his own and that his Ice Dou Qi had changed.
• Hai Bodong used Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar to summon seven ice dragons and overwhelm Jia Xingtian’s Dou Qi phoenix.
• Jia Xingtian emerged battered and bleeding, while Hai Bodong remained standing despite his heavy exhaustion.
• Su Yun sensed that Jia Xingtian had lost and resolved to learn Hai Bodong’s Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar.

Hai Bodong defeated Jia Xingtian and revealed that he would soon leave the Jia Ma Empire with Su Yun. After Jia Xingtian delivered five sets of ingredients, Su Yun began refining the Sect Breaking Pill for him.

• Hai Bodong admitted to Jia Xingtian that he had changed his Dou Qi Cultivation Technique and said he would soon leave the Jia Ma Empire with Su Yun.
• Hai Bodong explained to Su Yun that the new technique had helped him improve Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar and break through to Seven-star Dou Emperor.
• The battle's aftermath strengthened the Mittel Family's standing, while Jia Xingtian and the Imperial Family quietly gathered ingredients for the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Jia Xingtian and Yaoye visited Su Yun with five sets of medicinal ingredients, and Su Yun agreed to refine the pill immediately.
• Su Yun entered a quiet room, prepared his cauldron and azure flame, and began refining the Sect Breaking Pill.

Su Yun refined a Sect Breaking Pill after three days, overcoming an initial failure and nearly exhausting his Dou Qi. Jia Xingtian captured the completed pill, while Yaoye helped Su Yun rest, and Gu He witnessed the achievement.

• Gu He arrived to visit Su Yun and learned that he was refining a Sect Breaking Pill with five sets of ingredients.
• Su Yun failed his first attempt when the medicinal liquid burned to ash, then recovered his Dou Qi and began refining again.
• After three days, strong energy fluctuations signaled that Su Yun had nearly completed the pill, and he warned the others that his Dou Qi was running low.
• A white ball of light carrying the Sect Breaking Pill tried to flee, but Jia Xingtian caught it as Su Yun emerged from the quiet room.
• Yaoye supported the exhausted Su Yun, gave him a Fourth Grade Pill, and helped him rest while the others departed.

After recovering from refining the Sect Breaking Pill, Su Yun reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would marry her when they were both adults. The next morning, he turned down Yaoye’s invitation to tour the Imperial Capital, saying he would soon leave the Jia Ma Empire.

• Su Yun finished recovering from refining the Sect Breaking Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian asked him about Princess Yaoye.
• Su Yun described his encounters with Yaoye and promised Xiao Yi Xian he would marry her when they were both adults.
• Yaoye and Gu He visited Su Yun and Hai Bodong, and Gu He spoke with Su Yun before departing.
• Yaoye privately invited Su Yun to stroll through the Imperial Capital, but he declined and said he would soon leave the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hai Bodong chided Su Yun for turning Yaoye down, and Su Yun teased him about his younger days.

Su Yun learned that Mu Zhan had escaped and ordered a search while arranging for Ya Fei to return to the Imperial Capital. Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Zhe, and the chapter ended with a mysterious black-clothed person approaching Mu Zhan about revenge.

• Hai Bodong told Su Yun that Mu Zhan had fled the military camp, and Su Yun ordered the Mittel Family and Imperial Family to issue a warrant for him.
• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong to transfer Ya Fei from Wutan City to the Imperial Capital in his name.
• Su Yun sensed Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough and found that she had advanced to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Su Yun to celebrate her breakthrough, and he helped apply spiritual medicine while Qing Lin overheard them outside the room.
• Mu Zhan vowed to take revenge on the Imperial Family and the Mittel Family, and a black-clothed person claimed that a group had helped him escape.

Mu Zhan agreed to trade Jia Ma Empire’s military intelligence to a man from Chuyun Empire in exchange for Ya Fei. Su Yun helped Xiao Yi Xian begin a new cultivation method, while Ya Fei returned to the Imperial Capital and was offered a favor from Han Li; she left still considering what to ask for.

• Mu Zhan agreed to give a black-robed man Jia Ma Empire’s defense maps and checkpoint leaders’ information if he could have Ya Fei.
• Su Yun passed Xiao Yi Xian a cultivation method, and she named it “Lingyun Immortal” before beginning to cultivate it.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Qing Lin unusually tired and let her rest, unaware that Qing Lin had overheard her and Su Yun earlier.
• Ten days later, Ya Fei returned to the Imperial Capital and met Su Yun, who offered to repay Han Li’s debt to her.
• Ya Fei left without choosing a favor, wondering what she should ask for.

Su Yun prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy and arranged for Qing Lin and Hai Bodong to travel to Peace Town. After entrusting the Mittel Family’s affairs to Ya Fei, he and Xiao Yi Xian prepared for the journey.

• Su Yun considered abandoning his masked alternate identity at Jia Nan Academy, where powerful Dou Zongs could see through his disguises.
• Mu Zhan learned that Ya Fei had left Wutan City for the Imperial Capital and decided to leave the Jia Ma Empire with the man in black.
• Ya Fei used her favor to ask Su Yun to support her bid to control the Mittel Family, and he assigned Hai Bodong and Mitel Tengshan to handle the transfer of power.
• Su Yun instructed Hai Bodong to take Qing Lin to Peace Town and warned him about the powerful experts in the Black Corner Region.
• Su Yun urged Hai Bodong to collect the ingredients for the Emperor's Extreme Pill, then comforted Qing Lin before she departed.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian shared a tender moment and confirmed that their preparations were complete.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Wutan City to conceal Su Yun’s strength and joined Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment selection. After Su Yun sent a student flying for trying to impose a newcomer hazing rule, Instructor Ruo Lin realized his strength was at least as great as hers.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian left for Wutan City with their companions, then spent more than a month at their old home before Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team arrived.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian passed the crystal-ball test and entered a tent to meet Instructor Ruo Lin.
• A student challenged Chen Kun for bringing the pair inside too quickly, then tried to confront Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Yun used controlled Dou Qi to send the student flying out of the tent.
• Su Yun apologized to Ruo Lin, who realized his strength was no lower than hers.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian registered for Jia Nan Academy, where Ruolin discovered Su Yun was a nearly fourteen-year-old five-star Dou Ling and Xiao Yi Xian was a fifteen-year-old seven-star Dou Zhe. Ruolin welcomed them as students and promised to take them to the academy after enrollment.

• Ruolin tested Su Yun's age and cultivation, confirming that he was nearly fourteen and a five-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yi Xian registered as Mu Lingxian and gave her age as fifteen and cultivation as a seven-star Dou Zhe.
• Ruolin welcomed Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian and told them to wait until enrollment was finished before going to Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Yun warned Xiao Yi Xian not to get too close to other boys at the academy, and she playfully agreed.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian waited out Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment in Wutan City, where Su Yun tried to reassure her after she became jealous of his attention to Xiao Yu. Seven days later, they met Ruolin and headed for the academy’s flying magical beast to begin their journey.

• Xiao Yu arrived at the recruitment tent having advanced to Dou Zhe, and Su Yun recognized that the Qi Gathering Powder had helped her breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi Xian grew jealous when Su Yun looked at Xiao Yu, then asked him to consider her feelings and avoid paying attention to other women in front of her.
• Xiao Yu noticed that the people in the tent avoided Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, but she could not work out why and waited quietly for recruitment to end.
• Ruolin ended recruitment and told Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to return in seven days for the academy’s flying magical beast.
• Seven days later, Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian joined Ruolin and followed her toward the flying magical beast bound for Jia Nan Academy.