Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wujiu gave Xiao Yi Xian a toxin-amplifying ring she named Chan Jin, then took her to Black Rock City to seek rare ingredients and earn an alchemist rank. At the Alchemist Guild, he requested a third-tier assessment and was challenged by an arrogant second-tier alchemist.

• Xiao Wujiu presented Xiao Yi Xian with a ring that could store and greatly amplify toxins, and she named it Chan Jin.
• Xiao Wujiu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Black Rock City, where he planned to trade for an Ice Spirit Cold Spring and look for medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Wujiu reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would help her fulfill her wish to refine pills, then used his pressure to enter the Alchemist Guild with her.
• Xiao Wujiu asked receptionist Yahan to arrange a third-tier alchemist assessment witnessed by Otto and Frank.
• An arrogant second-tier alchemist approached and mocked Xiao Wujiu for seeking a third-tier assessment.

After earning a third-tier alchemist badge, Xiao Wujiu tracked down Mo Qianjue, who had insulted him and Xiao Yi Xian, and decided to kill him before he could become a future threat. Mo Qianjue headed to meet Gu Te with a rare herb, unaware that Xiao Wujiu was flying after him.

• Mo Qianjue tried to introduce himself to Xiao Yi Xian, but she and Xiao Wujiu mocked him, so he left the Alchemist Guild in anger.
• Xiao Wujiu secretly placed a tracking mark on Mo Qianjue and revealed his violet flame while completing his alchemist assessment.
• Mo Qianjue returned to his residence to prepare a Sand Mandala gift for Gu Te and plotted to take Xiao Yi Xian for himself.
• Otto and Frank escorted Xiao Wujiu from the Alchemist Guild with a third-tier alchemist badge and discussed his strength and Xiao Yi Xian's talent.
• Xiao Wujiu explained to Xiao Yi Xian why they should eliminate enemies before they could cause trouble, then flew toward Mo Qianjue's location with her in his arms.

Xiao Wujiu killed Mo Qianjue and found a Sand Mandala in his Storage Ring before visiting Gu Te to trade rare treasures for high-tier medicinal ingredients and Magic Cores. The chapter ended as both men displayed their goods and began judging whether the exchange was worthwhile.

• Xiao Wujiu burned Mo Qianjue to ash with Purple Flame and took his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Wujiu found a Sand Mandala in the ring and stored it before heading with Xiao Yi Xian to meet Gu Te.
• Xiao Wujiu offered Companion Amethyst Source, Flame Marrow, and rare herbs in exchange for Tier 6 pill ingredients and Tier 6 or higher Magic Cores.
• Gu Te brought out three Tier 6 and seven Tier 5 Magic Cores, and Xiao Wujiu revealed rare herbs including Earth Bodhi, Black Iron Leaf, and Shadow Vine.

Xiao Wujiu traded rare herbs from another world to Gu Te for the valuable ingredients he needed to refine a Dou Ling Pill. After the successful exchange, he set his sights on becoming strong enough to kill Tang Hao the next time he went to the Douluo Continent.

• Gu Te searched his reference book but found no record of Xiao Wujiu's herbs beyond the Companion Amethyst Source.
• Xiao Wujiu demanded a long list of rare ingredients, and Gu Te initially refused the trade.
• Xiao Wujiu and Xiao Yi Xian started to leave, but Gu Te called them back before Xiao Wujiu's countdown ended.
• Gu Te retrieved his requested ingredients from a Storage Ring hidden in a bird's nest and exchanged them for Xiao Wujiu's herbs.
• Xiao Wujiu realized he needed only two more ingredients to refine the Dou Ling Pill and planned to kill Tang Hao on his next trip to the Douluo Continent.

Xiao Wujiu traveled toward Mo City with Xiao Yi Xian and used rare fire-aligned ingredients to break through to Two-Star Dou Wang. He then began refining two Magic Cores to gain additional Spirit Rings before his journey to the Tagor Great Desert.

• Xiao Wujiu concluded his trade with Gu Te and left Black Rock City with Xiao Yi Xian for a flying magical beast bound for Mo City.
• Xiao Yi Xian went to explore the Thick-Winged Bird while Xiao Wujiu stayed in their room to cultivate.
• Xiao Wujiu refined the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower with fire-aligned treasures and Companion Amethyst Source, then swallowed it to absorb its energy.
• Xiao Wujiu broke through to Two-Star Dou Wang and resolved to absorb two more Spirit Rings before traveling to the Tagor Great Desert.
• Xiao Wujiu began refining the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Magic Core and another fire-attributed Magic Core as Wutan City remained caught in a commercial war.

Xiao Wujiu and Xiao Yi Xian reached Mo City and went to Hai Bodong’s ancient map shop to obtain a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map. Hai Bodong attacked them, and Xiao Wujiu countered his strike with a fiery shield.

• Xiao Wujiu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Mo City, where Xiao Wujiu made Xiao Yi Xian a jade butterfly necklace filled with Cold Spring to protect her from the heat.
• Xiao Wujiu led Xiao Yi Xian to Hai Bodong’s ancient map shop and found the fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• Xiao Wujiu recognized Hai Bodong and offered to pay for the fragment and a map of the area, but Hai Bodong threatened him and told him to leave.
• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Yi Xian through the cold mist, and Xiao Wujiu moved in front of her and blocked Hai Bodong’s frost-covered punch with a Flame Shield.

Xiao Wujiu defeated Hai Bodong and negotiated a deal involving the map fragment, a pill, and information about the Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Great Desert. He left with a detailed desert map and planned to find the missing Sand Mandala before returning for Hai Bodong’s pill.

• Xiao Wujiu blocked Hai Bodong’s attack and blasted him into the counter, leaving him badly injured.
• Xiao Wujiu introduced himself as a Tier 6 Alchemist and offered to refine a pill in exchange for the other map half and a detailed map of the Tagor Great Desert.
• Hai Bodong accepted the deal and revealed that he needed a Heavenly Flame to refine the pill that could break his seal.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Wujiu to find the missing Sand Mandala and offered information about the desert’s Heavenly Flame in return.
• Hai Bodong showed Xiao Wujiu a detailed map marking water sources, the Snake-People Tribe, and three flame locations, and Xiao Wujiu accepted the deal.
• Xiao Wujiu left with Xiao Yi Xian, telling Hai Bodong to guard the other map half until he returned.

Xiao Wujiu brought Xiao Yi Xian to Shimo City to stay with his cousins while he searched for a Heavenly Flame. After reuniting with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, he asked the Mo Tie Mercenary Group to lead an investigation, then proposed using a Dou Wang expert’s order to secure cooperation.

• Xiao Wujiu took Xiao Yi Xian across the desert to Shimo City and told her to stay with his cousins while he explored the dangerous desert.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Wujiu and Xiao Yi Xian to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, teasing them about their relationship.
• Xiao Wujiu told his cousins he wanted Mo Tie to lead Shimo City’s forces in investigating abnormalities around the area to search for a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Li warned that the other mercenary groups might not cooperate and that news of the Heavenly Flame could leak.
• Xiao Wujiu asked whether a Dou Wang expert’s order would persuade them.

Xiao Wujiu located the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the desert east of Shimo City and found a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to lead him to it. While he was away, Xiao Yi Xian advanced her cultivation and Qing Lin sensed a powerful aura, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to use Chan Jin to absorb poison and grow stronger.

• Xiao Wujiu gathered the materials for refining a Heavenly Flame, entrusted Qing Lin to his care, and gave the Xiao brothers supplies to help them take control of rival mercenary groups.
• After mercenaries discovered an unusual spot east of Shimo City, Xiao Wujiu dismissed them and dug through the sand into a Magma Sea.
• Xiao Wujiu bound a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and forced it to guide him toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Master and found that Qing Lin had exceptional cultivation talent.
• Qing Lin sensed a powerful aura outside Shimo City that seemed stronger than Xiao Wujiu's, and Xiao Yi Xian returned to her room to absorb poison through Chan Jin.

Xiao Wujiu absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang, but Queen Medusa confronted him when he emerged from the magma. Their battle began as he tried to convince her to make a deal, leaving him facing her after surviving her first attacks.

• Queen Medusa entered the underground cavern after discovering someone had already reached the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Wujiu absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, advanced to Eight-Star Dou Wang, and took part of the Green Lotus Pedestal.
• Queen Medusa ambushed Xiao Wujiu after he surfaced and demanded that he surrender the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Wujiu summoned the Creation Cauldron and blocked Medusa's attack, then used his Flame Prison skill to break apart her energy serpents.
• Xiao Wujiu emerged from the blast with his eight wings fluttering and urged Medusa to discuss a deal.

Xiao Wujiu used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to rise to Five-Star Dou Emperor and challenged Medusa over the Heavenly Flames. Their fight left Medusa trapped in the path of his compressed flame attack, with Xiao Wujiu ready to judge whether she could withstand it and negotiate as an equal.

• Xiao Wujiu emerged from the Creation Cauldron with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Southern Bright Spirit Fire, while Medusa assessed the dangers of fighting him in the magma environment.
• Xiao Wujiu activated the First and Second Transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, raising his strength to Five-Star Dou Emperor.
• Medusa charged Xiao Wujiu with her sword after the magma fire dragons attacked, and Xiao Wujiu countered with Eight Desolations Ash Extinction: Break.
• Xiao Wujiu used his Second Soul Skill, Locking the Peak, to prevent Medusa from evading the compressed flame attack.
• Medusa formed purple flame armor and a snake-scale energy barrier as Xiao Wujiu prepared chains and the Creation Cauldron, declaring that she had to prove her strength before they could make a deal.

Xiao Wujiu defeated Medusa in the underground magma chamber and offered to help her evolve with a Heavenly Flame. He bound her with a seal and threatened the Snake-People Race, leaving Medusa powerless and vowing revenge.

• Xiao Wujiu used the Creation Cauldron to stabilize the collapsing chamber and found Medusa bound and injured after his attack.
• Xiao Wujiu revealed that he knew Medusa wanted to evolve with a Heavenly Flame and offered to help her break through to the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Wujiu placed the Mystic Fire Dharma Seal on Medusa and told her he would visit the Snake-People Race in two days.
• Xiao Wujiu threatened the Snake-People Race, and when Medusa tried to attack him, the seal weakened her and left her collapsing into his embrace.

Xiao Wujiu left Medusa bound by his seal and returned to Shimo City, where he discovered Xiao Yi Xian unconscious after absorbing an enhanced poison. He began clearing the toxins and found that she had grown stronger, but her condition remained uncertain.

• Xiao Wujiu warned Medusa to return to the Snake-People Race and concealed the seal on her neck before leaving for Shimo City.
• Xiao Wujiu arrived at Xiao Yi Xian's courtyard and learned from Qing Lin that Xiao Yi Xian had shut herself in her room and remained unconscious for days.
• Xiao Wujiu reassured Qing Lin, sent her outside the courtyard, and entered the room filled with poison mist.
• Xiao Wujiu used Southern Bright Spirit Fire to burn away the toxins and found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious beside a bottle of second-tier poison enhanced by Snowy Swan Kiss.
• Xiao Wujiu sensed that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced from a nine-star Dou Zhe to a four-star Dou Master, despite the short time since he had left.

Xiao Yi Xian woke from a nightmare in which Xiao Wujiu died and left her, then clung to him after he comforted her. Three days later, Hua She Er went to confront a human Dou Wang who had entered the Snake-People Race’s Divine Temple, unaware of who the intruder was.

• Xiao Wujiu fed Xiao Yi Xian a medicinal pill after finding her unconscious from overdosing on medicine.
• Xiao Yi Xian dreamed that Xiao Wujiu died and later left her, then woke in tears and embraced him when she saw he was safe.
• Xiao Wujiu stayed with Xiao Yi Xian for several days and told her roughly about Medusa, while she quietly understood that she had fallen for him.
• Three days later, Hua She Er noticed Medusa’s sorrow and worried it was connected to the human empire.
• A Medusa Snake Guard squad captain reported that a human Dou Wang had entered the Divine Temple, and Hua She Er left to confront the intruder without informing Medusa.

Xiao Wujiu arrived at the Snake-People Temple to meet Medusa and was confronted by Hua She Er, whom he forced to kneel before revealing he was the invited sixth-tier alchemist. After Medusa brought him inside and promised compensation, he cornered and teased her at the throne, leaving her humiliated and furious.

• Xiao Wujiu used the Creation Cauldron's pressure to force Hua She Er out of the sky and into a kneeling position.
• Hua She Er realized Xiao Wujiu was powerful and learned he was the sixth-tier alchemist Medusa had invited to trade with the Snake-People Race.
• Medusa stopped the confrontation, promised to compensate Xiao Wujiu, and led him into the Medusa Temple.
• Medusa instructed the Snake-People guards to keep outsiders away as she and Xiao Wujiu entered the temple.
• Xiao Wujiu sealed Medusa's strength, cornered her against her throne, and teased her while she silently vowed revenge.

Xiao Wujiu arranged to strengthen the Snake-People Race and help Medusa evolve, while Medusa began to see him as a possible hope for her people. As her breakthrough began, Gu He and his allies tried to force their way in, but an overwhelming spatial pressure erupted from the divine temple.

• Medusa realized Xiao Wujiu had tricked her, but he silenced her and declared he would help her advance and strengthen the Snake-People Race before taking her with him under the name Cai Lin.
• Xiao Wujiu refined pills from the Snake-People Race’s medicinal stores, and Medusa learned he was an eight-star Dou Wang under eighteen with a perfect success rate refining Tier 6 Pills.
• Xiao Wujiu prepared to help Medusa evolve, prompting the Snake-People Race to lock down its territory and guard the divine temple.
• Gu He connected the Snake-People Race’s movements to the Heavenly Flame and summoned Yun Yun and other powerhouses to negotiate, but the Snake-People Race rejected their conditions.
• As Medusa’s evolution began, Mo Ba Si and the other Snake-People leaders faced Gu He’s group, and Gu He ordered an attack after negotiations failed.
• Before Gu He’s group could strike, a powerful spatial force erupted from the divine temple and pressed down on everyone.

Xiao Wujiu contained Gu He, Yun Yun, and the others so they could not interfere with Medusa’s advancement. Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, drank Companion Amethyst Source, and curled up asleep around Xiao Wujiu’s wrist as he prepared to return.

• Xiao Wujiu appeared above Gu He’s group and sealed them inside the Creation Cauldron, warning them not to interfere.
• Yun Yun attacked Xiao Wujiu, but his azure Fire Beasts blocked her and kept the group trapped.
• Gu He and the others could not find a way to break the formation and resigned themselves to waiting.
• Xiao Wujiu returned to the Divine Temple and waited until Medusa’s advancement ended.
• A Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python emerged from Medusa’s charred snake body, drank Companion Amethyst Source, and fell asleep around Xiao Wujiu’s wrist.
• Xiao Wujiu decided it was time to head back.

Xiao Wujiu returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then joined the Xiao family members at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment plaza. As Xiao Yan learned about his companions’ rare abilities and Xiao Wujiu’s formidable strength, the group passed the preliminary test and was told to wait.

• Xiao Wujiu returned from the Tagor Great Desert with Medusa, collected the final map fragment from Hai Bodong, and headed home with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Xiao Yu led Xiao Yan and the others to the recruitment plaza, where Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei discussed her worry about Xiao Wujiu’s absence.
• Xiao Wujiu appeared with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, greeted the group, and gave Xiao Yan a letter from his older brothers.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Wujiu and his companions to the recruitment team, while Yao Chen identified Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body and Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Xiao Wujiu had at least high-level Dou Wang strength, and Xiao Yan learned that he had passed the preliminary test and must wait outside for half an hour.

Xiao Yi Xian punished Luo Bu for harassing the women in Xiao Wujiu’s group, then Ruo Lin intervened and treated the incident as she began registering the newcomers. The group was left to have their strength and potential assessed for Jia Nan Academy.

• Luo Bu invited Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others to avoid the test in exchange for his attention, and Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward to confront him.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Battle Qi Gauze, poisoned Luo Bu with her Woe Poison Body, and left him writhing in agony without killing him.
• Ruo Lin arrived, restrained Luo Bu with Water Bind, and politely asked Xiao Yi Xian to cure him; Xiao Yi Xian used poison against poison to remove the toxin.
• Ruo Lin sent Luo Bu away with other students and began registering the group's strength information to assess their potential.

Xiao Wujiu revealed that he was a one-star Dou Ling and secured permission to delay enrolling at Jia Nan Academy while he prepared to leave for Douluo Continent. After the academy group departed, he defeated Ling Ying, suspected Gu Xun'er had sent him, and vanished through the Dual-World Gate with a threat of revenge.

• Ruo Lin registered Xiao Wujiu as a sixteen-year-old one-star Dou Ling after he demonstrated Battle Qi Materialization, and he requested one or two years of leave before enrolling at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Wujiu gave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin supplies and instructions before departing, while Xiao Yu vowed to pursue him despite Xue Ni's doubts.
• The Jia Nan Academy group left Wutan City, and Xiao Wujiu handed Xiao Yan the Tattered Map before heading into a forest.
• Xiao Wujiu confronted Ling Ying, who had secretly followed him, and beat the Ancient Clan Dou Emperor unconscious.
• Xiao Wujiu concluded that Gu Xun'er had sent Ling Ying and disappeared through the Dual-World Gate, vowing to make her wait.