Chapter Summaries

Ling'er defeated the He Clan's seven Dou Ling experts and revealed that she was a three-star Dou Huang, while Qian Ye exposed himself as a nine-star Dou Zong. He Qian, Fu Xiao, and the Snake Nest Mercenary Company begged Qian Ye to spare them.

• Ling'er defeated the He Clan's seven Dou Ling experts, and Ka Gang realized Qian Ye had helped her become powerful.
• Qian Ye struck He Qian down with one move, leaving the four-star Dou Wang unable to get up.
• Ling'er flew above the square and revealed her three-star Dou Huang strength, stunning He Qian, Ka Dan, and the mercenaries.
• Ling'er credited her master Qian Ye, identifying him as a nine-star Dou Zong and explaining why he had easily beaten He Qian.
• He Qian, Fu Xiao, and the Snake Nest Mercenary Company knelt before Qian Ye and begged him to spare them.

Qian Ye punished He Qian and forced the Snake Nest Mercenary Company to leave the Blood Battle Mercenary Company in peace. Days later, a veiled woman returned to Qingshan Town and confronted a masked man who had followed her into the woods.

• Qian Ye cut off one of He Qian’s hands and warned him to leave the Blood Battle Mercenary Company alone.
• He Qian submitted to Qian Ye’s threat and led the Snake Nest Mercenary Company away.
• The Blood Battle Mercenary Company celebrated its survival and Ling’er’s advancement to Dou Huang with a banquet.
• A veiled woman revisited Qingshan Town and remembered her younger self and the youth she could not approach for his safety.
• A man wearing a Dragon King Mask followed the veiled woman to the Small Forest, where she asked who he was and why he was following her.

Qian Ye sat beside the veiled Little Fairy Doctor and recited a poem, then began telling her a story instead of revealing who he was. His story described a girl whose dangerous constitution awakened and killed her mother and everyone nearby, leaving the Little Fairy Doctor listening as he continued.

• Qian Ye sat beside the veiled woman, while she wondered whether he was Xiao Yan and then sat nearby.
• Qian Ye recited a poem, explained what poetry was, and described the poem’s meaning to the Little Fairy Doctor.
• The Little Fairy Doctor recited the poem and praised it, but concluded that Qian Ye was not Xiao Yan.
• When she asked who he was and why he followed her, Qian Ye offered to tell her a story first.
• Qian Ye described a cheerful little girl whose constitution awakened and killed her mother and the villagers around her.

Qian Ye recounted the Little Fairy Doctor’s tragic childhood and explained that he had heard her story from an expert, leaving her suspicious of how he knew so much. After she revealed that she was the friend from his story, he received the Flame of Life as a check-in reward.

• Qian Ye told how the Little Fairy Doctor’s Woeful Poison Body caused the deaths of her mother, villagers, and the elderly couple who had sheltered her, leaving her grief-stricken and transformed.
• The Little Fairy Doctor questioned Qian Ye about how he knew her history, and he said an expert had told him but refused to identify the source.
• The Little Fairy Doctor said she had a friend whose life matched the story, then admitted that the friend was herself.
• Qian Ye received the Heavenly Flame Flame of Life as his reward for checking in with the Little Fairy Doctor.

Qian Ye absorbed the Flame of Life, parted from the Little Fairy Doctor, and returned to Jia Nan Academy to see how the Qian Gate and its members had changed. After half a year there, he left for the Tager Great Desert.

• Qian Ye absorbed the Flame of Life and told the Little Fairy Doctor his name before leaving her behind.
• Qian Ye returned to the Inner Academy and found the Qian Gate expanded, with new attendants and a towering statue made in his likeness.
• Xiao Yu welcomed Qian Ye and brought him inside, where Elder Qing, Instructor Ruo Ling, Mei'er, Wu Wei, and the other women gathered around him.
• Qian Ye visited Su Qian, learned that Han Yue, Liu Qing, and Liu Fei had graduated, and helped members of the Qian Gate improve their cultivation.
• After half a year at Jia Nan Academy, Qian Ye left to return to the Tager Great Desert.

Qian Ye gave Queen Medusa a pair of red jade bangles, then was confronted by Zi Yan after she barged into his room. Zi Yan demanded a gift of her own because he had brought one for Sister Sha Sha.

• The desert around Tager Great Desert grew greener as Qian Ye's rainfall and the snake-people's tree planting expanded the oasis.
• Queen Medusa visited Qian Ye, who gave her the jade bangles he had chosen for her.
• Queen Medusa happily let Qian Ye put on the bangles, kissed his cheeks, and left him to rest.
• Zi Yan burst into Qian Ye's room, pounced on him, and playfully bit him before demanding her gift.
• Zi Yan complained that Qian Ye had given Sister Sha Sha bangles but had brought nothing for her.

Qian Ye tried to give Zi Yan a gift after she angrily demanded one, but she misunderstood his teasing claim that the gift was herself and began to cry. He started to explain what he meant when four people suddenly smashed open the door.

• Zi Yan demanded a gift from Qian Ye and bit his shoulder when he hesitated.
• Qian Ye promised Zi Yan a big gift and assured her that he had not lied to her before.
• Qian Ye told Zi Yan that the big gift was she herself, and Zi Yan thought he was deceiving her and started crying.
• Qian Ye began to explain his meaning, but four people smashed open the door and interrupted him.

Qian Ye gave Zi Yan pills after Queen Medusa caught them together, then promised to help her grow up by breaking through to Dou Huang. He took Zi Yan to his All Things Storage Ring, picked a golden fruit from the Heavenly God Tree, and gave it to her to eat.

• Queen Medusa entered Qian Ye’s room with the four elders, mistook Zi Yan’s tears for bullying, and asked what had happened.
• Zi Yan claimed Qian Ye had refused to give her pills, and Qian Ye gave her a bottle without exposing her lie.
• Queen Medusa invited Qian Ye to a welcoming feast with the four elders, and he agreed to attend that night.
• After waking, Qian Ye explained that helping Zi Yan break through to Dou Huang could let her grow up, and she eagerly agreed.
• Qian Ye took Zi Yan to his All Things Storage Ring, picked a golden fruit from the Heavenly God Tree, and brought her back to his room.
• Qian Ye handed Zi Yan the golden fruit, and she took a bite despite doubting it could help her break through.

After Zi Yan ate the Heavenly God Fruit, she cocooned and transformed into an adult woman. Qian Ye explained why comparing her beauty with Queen Medusa’s was pointless, then reminded Zi Yan of the hurt she had felt when others treated her as a child.

• Qian Ye gave Zi Yan one Heavenly God Fruit and told her it was enough.
• Zi Yan’s body grew hot as golden light enveloped her, and she formed a cocoon while absorbing Spiritual Energy.
• The cocoon rose into the air and burst with golden light, revealing Zi Yan transformed into a beautiful adult woman.
• Zi Yan asked Qian Ye whether she was prettier than Queen Medusa, and he said they had different kinds of beauty.
• Qian Ye explained that comparing people caused hurt and reminded Zi Yan how painful it had been when others treated her as a child.

Qian Ye helped Zi Yan briefly grow into an adult and gave the four Snake-People elders pills that advanced them to Dou Zong. After the elders’ breakthrough, he reflected on Queen Medusa’s twin sister Die and the sisters’ forced fight to determine who would become queen.

• Qian Ye covered Zi Yan with a robe after she grew into an adult, and she kissed his cheek before reverting to her child form.
• At dinner, the First Elder asked Qian Ye for pills to help the four Snake-People elders advance, and he gave each of them one.
• The four elders cultivated while Queen Medusa guarded them, and all four broke through to one-star Dou Zong, bringing the Snake-People Tribe’s total to five Dou Zong experts.
• Qian Ye rested in a grove and recalled that Queen Medusa and her twin sister Die had been forced to fight because only one could become queen.

Qian Ye reflected on Die’s tragic life before Jia Xingtian found him and invited him to the imperial capital on behalf of the eldest princess, Yao Ye. Qian Ye recognized the invitation’s political purpose but had not yet decided whether to accept it.

• Qian Ye recalled how Die escaped the Snake-People, was captured by humans, and died accidentally at Queen Medusa’s hands while protecting Hai Bodong.
• Jia Xingtian approached Qian Ye as he lay with his eyes closed, and Qian Ye calmly asked what he wanted.
• Jia Xingtian introduced himself as guardian of the Jia Ma Empire’s imperial family, but Qian Ye dismissed his status and demanded he get to the point.
• Jia Xingtian considered recruiting Qian Ye, judging his strength and usefulness despite his arrogance.
• Jia Xingtian invited Qian Ye to the imperial capital on the eldest princess Yao Ye’s orders, saying she wanted to discuss something with him.

Jia Xingtian brought Qian Ye to the imperial palace to meet Princess Yao Ye, where Qian Ye received and absorbed the Golden Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame. Yao Ye arrived to find Qian Ye sitting in her seat, and their meeting began with her irritation at his behavior.

• Jia Xingtian persuaded Qian Ye to accompany him to meet Princess Yao Ye, and Qian Ye said goodbye to Queen Medusa before they left.
• Jia Xingtian brought Qian Ye to the imperial palace and left him waiting in the Council Hall while he went to inform the princess.
• Qian Ye received the Golden Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame from the Check-in System and absorbed it.
• While waiting for Yao Ye, Qian Ye sat in the chair at the head of the Council Hall.
• Yao Ye entered the hall, found Qian Ye in her seat wearing a Dragon King Mask, and confronted him.

Yao Ye questioned Qian Ye about his work with the snake-people and his claimed abilities as a Seventh-Tier Apothecary. When she doubted his alchemy rank, Qian Ye prepared to prove it by refining a pill in front of her.

• Yao Ye asked Qian Ye why he was helping the snake-people and how a nine-star Dou Wang could summon wind and rain.
• Qian Ye rejected Yao Ye's authoritative demands and confirmed that he was a Seventh-Tier Apothecary.
• Yao Ye challenged Qian Ye to explain how his alchemy rank could exceed what his cultivation seemed to support.
• Qian Ye brought out a pill-refining furnace and offered to demonstrate his ability, while Yao Ye watched with growing curiosity.

Qian Ye refined pills in the Jia Ma Empire's Council Hall while Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue watched, hoping he was truly a seventh-tier alchemist. After ten pills emerged from the Eight Trigrams Furnace, dark clouds and thunder suddenly filled the sky.

• Qian Ye admitted he was refining pills and used Heavenly Flames in the Eight Trigrams Furnace as Yao Ye watched.
• Jia Xingtian arrived with Yao Yue, and Yao Ye told them Qian Ye claimed to be a seventh-tier alchemist refining a seventh-tier pill.
• Yao Yue asked about Qian Ye and learned that Yao Ye had invited him from the Snake-People Tribe.
• After half an hour, Qian Ye stopped refining, and ten pills rose from the furnace.
• Qian Ye put away the Eight Trigrams Furnace as dark clouds gathered outside and thunder and lightning startled Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue.

Qian Ye refined ten seventh-tier Life Returning Pills, endured their Pill Lightning, and caught them when they tried to escape. Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue admired the flawless pills and each received one.

• Yao Yue recognized the sudden storm as Pill Lightning, revealing that Qian Ye had refined seventh-tier pills.
• Qian Ye stood before the pills and absorbed the repeated lightning strikes until the tribulation ended.
• The ten pills tried to flee, but Qian Ye used a jade bottle to catch all of them.
• Qian Ye told Jia Xingtian and the princesses that the pills were Life Returning Pills, which could save anyone whose head and heart remained intact.
• Qian Ye gave Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue a pill each, and they blew away its black ash to reveal its radiant appearance.
• Jia Xingtian praised the pills as flawless, while Yao Yue said even her teacher Fa Ma could not refine one so perfect.

Qian Ye negotiated with Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue to trade three Life Returning Pills for a palace residence, the title of imperial preceptor, and gold coins. The deal was settled, and Jia Xingtian left to arrange the benefits.

• Jia Xingtian asked Qian Ye to trade the three Life Returning Pills, and Qian Ye agreed to hear their offer.
• Qian Ye accepted a palace residence for one pill and the position of imperial preceptor for another.
• Qian Ye asked for 999,999 gold coins for the third pill, then offered to sell only two when Jia Xingtian hesitated.
• Yao Ye cried and rolled on the ground after Qian Ye took back the pill, prompting Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye to agree to his price.
• Qian Ye tossed the pill to Yao Yue, and Yao Ye asked Jia Xingtian to arrange the residence, title, and payment.

Qian Ye received the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from the Check-in System, then accepted his payment and Imperial Preceptor appointment from Jia Xingtian and settled into his palace residence. Yao Yue told Fa Ma that Qian Ye was a Seventh-Tier Apothecary and showed him evidence, prompting him to ask to meet Qian Ye.

• Qian Ye checked in with Yao Yue and absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into his Dantian.
• Jia Xingtian paid Qian Ye more than nine hundred thousand gold coins, appointed him Imperial Preceptor, and gave him a residence in the palace.
• Qian Ye settled into his new residence and fell asleep.
• Yao Yue visited Fa Ma at the Alchemist Association and told him that Qian Ye had refined ten seventh-tier pills.
• Yao Yue explained that Qian Ye's pill lightning had appeared above the palace and revealed that she had bought a Life Returning Pill from him.
• Fa Ma recognized the Life Returning Pill as a seventh-tier pill that could grant its owner another life.

Qian Ye welcomed Ning'er, Xia'er, and Ruo'er as palace maids, and the Check-in System rewarded him with a Soul Storage Ring for meeting Ning'er. Later, Yao Yue and Fa Ma arrived to request an audience, and Fa Ma restrained Yao Yue while they waited for permission to enter.

• Qian Ye accepted the three palace maids sent by Yao Ye and asked Xia'er and Ruo'er to leave so he could speak with Ning'er privately.
• Qian Ye entrusted Ning'er with managing his residence, triggering a system reward of a Soul Storage Ring, which he claimed by binding it with his blood.
• Ning'er left the room, and Yao Ye later sent Qian Ye a full set of State Preceptor's equipment and a swift horse.
• Ruo'er told Ning'er that Yao Yue and Fa Ma had come to discuss an important matter, so Ning'er decided to ask Qian Ye whether he would receive them.
• Yao Yue grew impatient and wanted to enter Qian Ye's residence, but Fa Ma stopped her and told her to wait for Ruo'er to return.

Fa Ma visited Qian Ye to exchange alchemical knowledge and buy a Life Returning Pill, then agreed to introduce Xue Mei to him. The chapter ended with Qian Ye walking through the garden of his temporary residence.

• Ruo'er escorted Fa Ma and Yao Yue to the Council Hall, where they met Qian Ye.
• Fa Ma bought a seventh-tier Life Returning Pill from Qian Ye for one million gold coins.
• Qian Ye asked Fa Ma to bring Xue Mei to his residence, and gave him a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in return.
• Fa Ma agreed to bring Xue Mei the next afternoon at three thirty, then left with Yao Yue.
• Qian Ye went to the pond in his garden, where Ruo'er and Xia'er were watering the flowers.

Qian Ye accepted the rewards he received for checking in with Ruo'er and Xia'er, then set out with Ning'er to visit the Alchemist Association. The chapter ended as his carriage entered the bustling city streets.

• Qian Ye received one hundred bottles each of Qi Nourishing Powder, Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Meridian Protection Pill, Ice Heart Pill, and Bone Growth Pill from the Check-in System.
• Qian Ye called Ruo'er over and asked her to fetch Ning'er so he could visit the Alchemist Association.
• Ning'er joined Qian Ye and arranged a carriage to take them to the Alchemist Association.
• Qian Ye rode with Ning'er through the guarded road from the palace and passed a checkpoint into the city.
• Qian Ye observed the crowds, carriages, carts, and vendors filling the city's main street.