Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa followed the bloodline resonance to the Sky Temple, where they were transported inside and met a mysterious woman connected to Queen Medusa’s lineage. The woman revealed that she was Saint Qingling, a Dou Saint Remnant Soul who had waited there for thousands of years.

• Xiao Qing deduced that the source of the bloodline resonance might be their way out, and Queen Medusa agreed to investigate it with him.
• A pillar of multicolored light revealed the Sky Temple, and its power transported Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa into its vast inner space.
• Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa found a plaza surrounded by floating treasure halls, but a woman in green warned that most of their contents had turned to dust.
• The woman explained that Queen Medusa’s bloodline belonged to her race and that she had summoned them after awakening.
• The woman said she had forgotten her name but remembered being called Saint Qingling and waiting there to fulfill an unfinished mission.

Saint Qingling explained the history of her clan and the Small World before Queen Medusa accepted the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python inheritance. As Medusa began the long transformation, Xiao Qing chose to return to the Xiao Family and received two items from Saint Qingling.

• Saint Qingling told Queen Medusa how her ancestor received Nine-Colored Origin Blood and how Saint Xueyou destroyed the clan’s refuge, leaving Qingling to seal him and sustain the failing Small World.
• Saint Qingling asked Queen Medusa to inherit the clan’s legacy, and Medusa agreed after Xiao Qing encouraged her.
• Saint Qingling enclosed Queen Medusa in a nine-colored cocoon and began the bloodline inheritance using a drop of Nine-Colored Essence Blood.
• Saint Qingling questioned Xiao Qing about Saint Xueyou’s death, but Xiao Qing denied being responsible; she chose not to press him.
• After learning the inheritance could take months or years, Xiao Qing asked to leave so he could return to the Xiao Family and seek a way to awaken Old Yao.
• Saint Qingling gave Xiao Qing an ancient dark-golden book and a green scroll bearing sword intent before preparing to send him out.

After leaving Saint Qingling’s ruined pocket dimension with two Heaven Rank treasures, Xiao Qing returned to Desert City to rest and continue preparing to resurrect Old Yao. There he heard a little girl named Qing Lin cry for help over her dead grandmother and realized she was the future possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Saint Qingling gave Xiao Qing the Heavenly Snake Canon and Annihilation Sword Art, then sent him back to the Tagor Desert and asked him to check on the Nine Nether Deepworld Python clan if he reached the Central Plains.
• Xiao Qing reviewed what he still needed to resurrect Old Yao, concealed the two treasures in his Storage Ring, and headed toward Wutan City.
• Xiao Qing returned to Desert City, remembered Hai Bodong, and spent the night resting at the Desert Boat Inn.
• Xiao Qing bought Silver Sand Ginseng from a roadside stall and saw a small girl hurry into a nearby house.
• Xiao Qing heard the girl cry that her grandmother was dead and recognized her name as Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin stumbled out of the house, pleading for someone to save her grandmother, and Xiao Qing recognized her as the possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Qing found Qing Lin abandoned and grieving after her grandmother’s death, protected her from the people who mistreated her, and offered to take her away and teach her to cultivate. Qing Lin accepted, and they left Desert City for the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Qing watched Qing Lin get rejected and blamed for her grandmother’s death, then drove away the onlookers and comforted her.
• Xiao Qing examined Qing Lin’s eyes, recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and reassured her that she had not caused her grandmother’s death.
• Xiao Qing confirmed that Qing Lin’s grandmother had died naturally and buried her with Qing Lin.
• Scarface and his men came to collect rent and tried to seize Qing Lin, but Xiao Qing drove them away and gave her a Foundation Building Pill.
• Xiao Qing offered to take Qing Lin with him and teach her to cultivate, and she agreed before they left Desert City for the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Qing returned to the Xiao Family with Qing Lin, whom he had taken in as his younger sister, and promised her a home there. Gu Xun'er learned that Xiao Qing had brought back a little girl, while the family prepared for its Coming of Age Ceremony.

• Xiao Qing took Qing Lin across the desert toward Wutan City and reassured her that he would help guide her cultivation.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that Xiao Qing had returned with a little girl, dampening her excitement.
• Xiao Qing brought Qing Lin into the Xiao Family and assured her that she would be welcome there.
• Xiao Zhan greeted Xiao Qing, praised his return, and told him the Coming of Age Ceremony was a month away and Xiao Ding would be a featured participant.
• Xiao Qing introduced Qing Lin as his younger sister, and Xiao Zhan welcomed her as part of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Qing introduced Qing Lin to Gu Xun'er, and the two girls quickly grew close as Gu Xun'er welcomed her as a younger sister. A month later, the Xiao Family's Coming of Age Ceremony began, with Xiao Zhan presiding over the ancestral rites.

• Xiao Qing brought Qing Lin home, where Gu Xun'er greeted him and received a hand-carved figure as a gift.
• Xiao Qing introduced Qing Lin to Gu Xun'er and told her about Qing Lin's painful past.
• Gu Xun'er warmly accepted Qing Lin as her little sister and helped her enjoy the swing.
• A month later, Xiao Qing attended the Xiao Family's Coming of Age Ceremony with Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Zhan opened the ceremony, and the Xiao Family youths began the ancestral worship rites.

Xiao Ding completed his Coming of Age Ceremony with Nine-Duan Dou Qi, while Xiao Qing took Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin to the market. After Jialie Bi hired assassins to target Xiao Ding, the killers entered Xiao Qing's courtyard by mistake, where Xiao Qing overwhelmed them and prepared to interrogate their leader.

• Xiao Ding received the Xiao Family pendant and tested at Nine-Duan Dou Qi, drawing admiration from the crowd and jealousy from Jialie Bi.
• Xiao Qing took Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin to Wutan City's market, where the girls browsed stalls and Qing Lin received a paper pinwheel.
• Jialie Bi secretly hired the Shadow Kill organization to capture Xiao Ding, and the assassins later broke into the Xiao Family estate with a crude map.
• The assassins mistakenly approached Xiao Qing's courtyard as Ling Ying watched, and Xiao Qing confronted them.
• Xiao Qing released his Dou Wang pressure, knocked the seven assassins unconscious, and seized the fat leader to question him with his soul.

After Jialie Bi hired assassins to kill Xiao Ding, Xiao Qing revealed his Dou Wang strength, destroyed the Jialie Family, and left Xiao Zhan to manage the aftermath. As Xiao Qing took Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin around Wutan City, Nalan Jie arrived from the Imperial Capital and took notice of him.

• Xiao Qing learned that Jialie Bi had hired the assassins, reassured Xiao Zhan that Xiao Ding was safe, and flew to the Jialie Family.
• Xiao Qing incinerated Jialie Bi and the Council Hall with a single palm, erased the souls of the Jialie Family's bloodline members, and returned to the Xiao Family.
• The Xiao Family took over the Jialie Family's assets, and Xiao Zhan publicly exposed the captured assassins and demonstrated his Dou Ling cultivation to Wutan City's factions.
• Xiao Qing met Gu Xun'er, invited her to bring Qing Lin on an outing, and noticed Nalan Jie arriving from the Imperial Capital.
• Nalan Jie spotted Xiao Qing leaving with Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin, sensed that he was unusual, and was warmly received by Xiao Zhan at the Xiao Family's Council Hall.

Xiao Qing revealed himself as the Dou Wang Nalan Jie had come to investigate and defeated the marshal with a single palm strike. After Nalan Jie left, Xiao Qing warned Xiao Zhan that strength governed their dealings and said he would soon leave Wutan City to seek soul-nourishing treasures for Old Yao.

• Nalan Jie visited the Xiao Family to investigate the Dou Wang rumored to have destroyed the Jialie Family, but Xiao Zhan said the expert would not meet him.
• Xiao Qing entered the Council Hall, and Nalan Jie tried to pressure Xiao Zhan while testing Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing revealed that he was the Dou Wang Nalan Jie sought, then repelled Nalan Jie's attack with one palm and sent him flying from the hall.
• Xiao Qing ordered Nalan Jie to leave, and Nalan Jie's servants helped him return to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Zhan to deal firmly with powerful opponents and revealed that he would soon leave Wutan City.
• Xiao Qing gave Xiao Zhan a jade bottle containing three fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pills for the family to use.

Xiao Qing prepared the Xiao Family for his departure by leaving them powerful resources and asking Xiao Zhan to protect Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin. In the following days, the family consolidated its influence in Wutan City while Xiao Qing helped his younger relatives advance their cultivation.

• Xiao Qing gave Xiao Zhan three breakthrough pills and the Earth Rank Low-grade Flame Sun Technique, and asked him to look after the family after Xiao Qing left.
• Gu Xun'er told Qing Lin that Xiao Qing was a Dou Wang and promised that he would protect them, while keeping her own secret.
• Nalan Jie ordered his people to keep quiet about Xiao Qing and prepare an apology gift for the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave in a few days and asked him to care for Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin.
• Oba Pa offered Xiao Zhan market deeds and a share of his family's profits, after which other factions brought gifts and the Xiao Family took control of nearly seventy percent of Wutan City's resources and industries.
• Xiao Qing guided Xiao Ding, helped Xiao Li break through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and occasionally offered Xiao Yan pointers on cultivation.

Hai Bodong visited the Xiao Family to ask Xiao Qing to refine a Restoration Purple Pill, which he needed to repair the damage to his cultivation. He supplied three sets of ingredients and offered an ancient Tier 6 pill formula as payment, leaving Xiao Qing to examine the proposed reward.

• Hai Bodong arrived at the Xiao Family estate, and Xiao Zhan recognized the famed Ice Emperor and welcomed him personally.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Zhan that he had come to meet his benefactor, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Zhan summoned his nephew.
• Xiao Qing met Hai Bodong and learned that he wanted a pill to restore his damaged meridians, dantian, and cultivation foundation.
• Xiao Qing identified Hai Bodong's formula as the Tier 5 Restoration Purple Pill and confirmed it could address his lingering damage.
• Hai Bodong presented three sets of ingredients and offered an ancient Tier 6 pill formula as payment for Xiao Qing's alchemy.

Xiao Qing accepted Hai Bodong’s ancient Soul Infant Spirit Pill formula as payment and successfully refined a supreme-quality Restoration Purple Pill for him. Hai Bodong pledged the Mittel Family’s support, and Xiao Qing decided to travel with him to the Imperial Capital to seek rare medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Qing accepted Hai Bodong’s request to refine a Restoration Purple Pill after receiving the Soul Infant Spirit Pill formula and its herbs.
• Xiao Qing spent the morning with Gu Xun’er and Qing Lin, then went to a secluded chamber and refined the Restoration Purple Pill.
• Xiao Qing delivered the three-pattern, supreme-quality pill to Hai Bodong, who thanked him and swore that he and the Mittel Family would support him.
• Hai Bodong said he planned to return to the Imperial Capital to handle family matters and take the pill in seclusion.
• Xiao Qing said he would travel to the Imperial Capital to search for rare medicinal ingredients, and Hai Bodong welcomed the plan.

Xiao Qing arranged to travel with Hai Bodong to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to find medicinal ingredients for Old Yao. After saying farewell to Gu Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Xiao Zhan, he reached the capital and followed Hai Bodong toward the Mittel Family headquarters.

• Xiao Qing and Hai Bodong agreed to depart for the Imperial Capital, where Hai Bodong promised to use the Mittel Family’s network to find the needed ingredients.
• Hai Bodong secretly took the Restoration Purple Pill and recovered his strength before waiting for Xiao Qing at the Xiao Family gates.
• Xiao Qing said goodbye to Gu Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Xiao Zhan, then flew away with Hai Bodong.
• Gu Xun'er and Qing Lin resolved to cultivate harder after watching Xiao Qing depart.
• After nearly a day of flight, Xiao Qing and Hai Bodong arrived at the Imperial Capital, and Hai Bodong pointed out the Misty Cloud Sect’s mountain gate.
• Hai Bodong led Xiao Qing from a plaza toward the Mittel Family headquarters and offered to host a welcome banquet.

Xiao Qing accompanied Hai Bodong to the Mite'er Auction House headquarters, where the family’s guards publicly welcomed Hai Bodong as their Supreme Elder. The crowd recognized the returned Ice Emperor, and Hai Bodong realized Teng Shan had staged the display to reaffirm the family’s strength.

• Xiao Qing and Hai Bodong walked through the Imperial Capital as Hai Bodong introduced its sights and forces.
• Hai Bodong brought Xiao Qing to the grand headquarters of the Mite'er Auction House and explained that it was the Mittel Family’s foundation.
• Yan Wei and the guards greeted Hai Bodong as Supreme Elder, drawing the attention of everyone in the hall.
• Merchants and visitors recognized Hai Bodong as the returned Ice Emperor and reacted with shock and admiration.
• Hai Bodong figured out that Teng Shan had arranged the public welcome to demonstrate the Mittel Family’s strength, and he called out his old friend’s name.

Hai Bodong reached the Mittel Family’s inner courtyard with Xiao Qing and confronted Mite'er Tengshan over the humiliating public welcome. After the two old friends’ fight was interrupted by guards, Mite'er Tengshan recovered in his room and asked who Xiao Qing was.

• Hai Bodong released his Dou Emperor aura in the auction hall, then left with Xiao Qing as onlookers speculated that Xiao Qing was his illegitimate son.
• Hai Bodong stormed into Mite'er Tengshan’s room and beat him, sending him crashing through the door into the corridor.
• Guards surrounded the battered Mite'er Tengshan, mistook him for an intruder, and withdrew after recognizing him as the family head.
• Mite'er Tengshan treated his bruises in the tidied room and asked Hai Bodong who Xiao Qing was.

Xiao Qing learned that the Alchemist Conference’s champion reward was a rare ingredient capable of restoring soul force and decided to compete for it to awaken Old Yao. With Mite'er Tengshan’s help, he secured direct entry, and they headed to the packed conference venue.

• Hai Bodong introduced Xiao Qing to Mite'er Tengshan as his benefactor and revealed that Xiao Qing was a Dou Wang who had defeated Nalan Jie.
• Mite'er Tengshan thanked Xiao Qing and offered the Mittel Family’s assistance, so Xiao Qing asked him to find rare ingredients that could strengthen or restore soul force.
• Mite'er Tengshan told Xiao Qing that the Alchemist Conference champion could receive a precious soul-restoring ingredient, and Xiao Qing resolved to enter and win it.
• Mite'er Tengshan arranged for Xiao Qing to bypass the preliminary test and join the competition directly.
• Xiao Qing, Hai Bodong, and Mite'er Tengshan set out for the Alchemist Guild’s Giant Alchemist Plaza as crowds filled the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Qing entered the Alchemist Conference and began its first round, a test requiring contestants to refine a Tier 2 Qi Boosting Pill. Gu He regarded Xiao Qing as a rival, but Xiao Qing ignored his show of popularity and began preparing his ingredients.

• Mite'er Tengshan and Hai Bodong escorted Xiao Qing into Alchemist Plaza, where he joined the nearly two thousand contestants.
• Fa Ma recognized Hai Bodong and studied Xiao Qing, while Gu He dismissed the young competitor and resolved to win the conference.
• The sixty-seventh Alchemist Conference began, and Fa Ma announced two rounds with contestants eliminated if they failed to refine the assigned pill.
• Xiao Qing read the formula for a Tier 2 Qi Boosting Pill and noticed Gu He watching him from a nearby platform.
• After the crowd cheered for Gu He, Xiao Qing ignored him and calmly arranged his medicinal ingredients.

At the Alchemist Conference, Xiao Qing revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and demonstrated extraordinary alchemy that stunned the spectators and judges. As he refined the competition ingredients with a flame cauldron, Fa Ma learned Xiao Qing was likely a Tier 6 Alchemist and realized the championship was all but decided.

• Gu He grew angry when Xiao Qing ignored him, then turned away to prepare for the competition.
• Mite'er Tengshan and Hai Bodong greeted Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong briefly explained how he had been sealed and rescued by Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame, causing flames throughout the plaza to weaken and leaving Gu He and Fa Ma shocked.
• Xiao Qing refined all the ingredients at once and formed a Medicine Cauldron from flame, astonishing the audience with his Spirit Realm soul control.
• Hai Bodong told Fa Ma that Xiao Qing had refined a supreme three-pattern Tier 5 pill and could likely refine Tier 6 pills, prompting Fa Ma to conclude Xiao Qing would probably win.

Xiao Qing won the first round of the Alchemist Conference by refining a supreme Tier 3 Qi Boosting Pill from a Tier 2 formula, and the final round was set for the following day. That night, Jia Xingtian visited him and revealed that the imperial treasury held Soul Nourishing Wood, then asked what tier of pills Xiao Qing could refine.

• Xiao Qing used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Void Alchemy to refine a Qi Boosting Pill in less than a quarter of the allotted time.
• Fa Ma appraised Xiao Qing's pill as a supreme Tier 3 pill, and Xiao Qing won the first round while Gu He advanced with his own Tier 2 pill.
• Fa Ma announced that the final round would take place the next day, with contestants refining the highest-grade pill they could master using their own ingredients.
• Jia Xingtian visited Xiao Qing at the Mite'er Auction House, where he and Hai Bodong exchanged greetings as old friends.
• Jia Xingtian revealed that the imperial treasury held Soul Nourishing Wood and asked Xiao Qing what tier of pills he could refine.

Xiao Qing agreed to refine an Emperor Ultimate Pill for Jia Xingtian and proposed doing so publicly at the Alchemist Conference finals. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan learned about Xiao Qing and resolved to recruit him, while the Imperial Capital gathered in unprecedented numbers for the finals.

• Xiao Qing accepted Jia Xingtian's three sets of Emperor Ultimate Pill ingredients and the Soul Nourishing Wood as payment, but declined the offer to become a Guest Elder of the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Xiao Qing suggested refining Jia Xingtian's Emperor Ultimate Pill during the Alchemist Conference finals, and Jia Xingtian eagerly agreed to the public display.
• Yun Leng told Yun Shan that Xiao Qing was a teenage Dou Wang with Heavenly Flames and extraordinary alchemy skills, prompting Yun Shan to decide to attend the finals with Yun'er.
• Yun Shan resolved to recruit Xiao Qing to the Misty Cloud Sect, hoping he could eventually refine a Break Sect Pill to help Yun Shan reach the Dou Zong realm.
• The Imperial Capital filled with crowds eager to watch Xiao Qing at the Alchemist Conference finals.