Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianci learned that the Azure Cloud Sacred Ice might be in the deepest part of the Tager Desert and accepted a mission to train there and refine a Resurrection Pill. After leaving Gute, he returned to the Alchemist Guild with Otto and asked for the pill’s supplementary ingredients.

• Gute agreed to reveal the Azure Cloud Sacred Ice’s possible location in exchange for a share if Xiao Tianci found enough for himself.
• Gute told Xiao Tianci the ice might be in the deepest part of the Tager Desert, within Snake-People Tribe territory.
• Xiao Tianci accepted the system’s mission to train in the Tager Desert and refine a Resurrection Pill.
• Xiao Tianci left Gute’s building, and Otto was surprised to learn he had obtained the Yin-Yang Immortal Spring as well as the Immortal-Slaying Underworld Flower.
• Xiao Tianci returned to the Alchemist Guild with Otto and requested the supplementary ingredients for the Resurrection Pill.

Xiao Tianci received the Alchemist Guild's help gathering medicinal ingredients and promised Otto he would attend the Alchemist Conference. After leaving the guild, he headed to the Mite'er Auction House to obtain the remaining supplies.

• Xiao Tianci told Otto he planned to prepare everything he needed before traveling to the empire's eastern border, and Otto offered to fetch medicinal ingredients from the auction house.
• Otto reminded Xiao Tianci that the Alchemist Conference would take place in half a year, and Xiao Tianci promised Otto and President Frank that he would attend.
• A guild member delivered the medicinal ingredients, and Otto refused Xiao Tianci's payment as a gesture of goodwill.
• Xiao Tianci joked that he would have to take first place at the Alchemist Conference, then said farewell to Otto.
• Xiao Tianci found the Mite'er Auction House in Black Rock City and admired its imposing building.

Xiao Tianci bought supplies at the Mite'er Auction House, prepared pills, and left Black Rock City for the Tagor Desert in search of Azure Cloud Sacred Ice. He arrived at the Flight Transport Agency with Green Ox to arrange a long-distance flight east.

• Xiao Tianci used Ya Fei's VIP card at the Mite'er Auction House, bought the materials he needed, and left the manager puzzled about his identity.
• Xiao Tianci returned to the Alchemist Guild lodging and spent the night refining pills for his journey.
• Xiao Tianci told Frank and Otto he was heading east to search for Azure Cloud Sacred Ice, and they wished him well.
• Xiao Tianci rode Green Ox to the Flight Transport Agency and inspected its fleet of Thick-Winged Birds.

Xiao Tianci rode Green Ox to a crowded square to buy a Thick-Winged Bird ticket, but the long queue prompted him to offer a rare pill for a place near the front. His offer drew eager responses from the waiting crowd, though the chapter ended before the exchange was settled.

• Xiao Tianci entered the square on Green Ox and learned where tickets were sold.
• He joined the long queue at the ticket booth and grew impatient at how slowly it moved.
• Xiao Tianci rode toward the front, prompting Ye Mo to accuse him of cutting in line and threaten him with his saber.
• Xiao Tianci offered Ye Mo a Three-Pattern Spirit Clearing Pill in exchange for his spot.
• After people noticed Xiao Tianci's Alchemist Badge, someone farther back eagerly offered to trade places with him.

Xiao Tianci traded a Three-Pattern Spirit Clearing Pill for a place in line, then learned that his status as a Third-Tier Alchemist entitled him to free flight transport. He boarded a White-Winged Giant Falcon bound for a city near the Tagor Desert, while his Experience Points climbed toward another prize draw.

• Xiao Tianci gave a middle-aged man a Three-Pattern Spirit Clearing Pill in exchange for his place in line.
• Xiao Tianci told the Flight Transport Agency clerk he wanted to reach the Tagor Desert, then changed his destination to a nearby city when she explained that Thick-Winged Birds could not enter Snake-People Tribe territory.
• The clerk gave Xiao Tianci a free ticket for a special flight mount reserved for Alchemists and led him away from the counter.
• The clerk tried to attract Xiao Tianci's attention as she escorted him, but he showed little interest.
• The clerk showed Xiao Tianci a White-Winged Giant Falcon headed for cities on the Jia Ma Empire's eastern border, and Xiao Tianci boarded it with the Green Ox as his Experience Points increased.

Xiao Tianci traveled east aboard a White-Winged Giant Falcon and used his newly reached Experience Points to draw a weapon. The draw gave him the Cold Sky Sword, whose icy energy froze his cabin and startled the flying beast.

• Xiao Tianci boarded the White-Winged Giant Falcon with his Green Ox and ignored the maid assigned to entice him into choosing her as an attendant.
• Xiao Tianci settled into a cabin as the White-Winged Giant Falcon took flight toward the eastern part of the empire, a journey expected to last three days.
• Xiao Tianci read during the flight until night fell and noises from a neighboring cabin interrupted him.
• Xiao Tianci used the system lottery and drew the Cold Sky Sword.
• Xiao Tianci summoned the sword, whose chill froze everything in his cabin, cracked the Moonlight Stone, and made the White-Winged Giant Falcon tremble.

Xiao Tianci used the Green Emperor Longevity Art to steady the White-Winged Giant Falcon while the Cold Sky Sword absorbed the energy of heaven and earth. Four alchemists decided to seize the sword from him, claiming they would find it a more suitable owner.

• The Cold Sky Sword drew in energy, chilling the air and making the White-Winged Giant Falcon tremble and descend.
• Xiao Tianci wrapped the falcon in green dou qi, restoring its condition and stabilizing its flight while the sword continued absorbing energy.
• Four men emerged from the neighboring rooms and questioned the bewildered beast tamer about the disturbance.
• The old man persuaded the three middle-aged men that the Cold Sky Sword was ownerless and that Xiao Tianci was not its rightful owner.
• The four men agreed to wait outside Xiao Tianci's room and demand that he hand over the treasure.

Xiao Tianci finished strengthening the Cold Sky Sword as four alchemists waited outside his room, hoping to claim the treasure that had caused the disturbance. Ha Lang and the others tried to force their way inside, while Xiao Tianci refused to move aside.

• The Cold Sky Sword finished absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, and Xiao Tianci sensed that it had become much more powerful.
• Ha Lang and three other alchemists grew impatient outside Xiao Tianci's room as the energy fluctuations faded.
• Xiao Tianci opened the door and saw that Ha Lang was a Third-Tier Alchemist, accompanied by two Second-Rank Alchemists and a First-Tier Alchemist.
• Ha Lang and the others questioned Xiao Tianci about the disturbance and claimed they wanted to inspect the room for everyone's safety.
• The alchemists edged toward the room, but Xiao Tianci refused to step aside as Ha Lang insisted they had to conduct a brief inspection.

Xiao Tianci repelled Ha Lang’s group when they tried to seize his Cold Sky Sword and displayed overwhelming strength. Ha Lang realized Xiao Tianci was likely a young Dou Wang from a great faction, but Xiao Tianci still held him by the throat.

• A middle-aged Second-Rank Alchemist tried to shove Xiao Tianci, who struck him with a casual blow and sent him through the wall and off the White-Winged Giant Falcon.
• Xiao Tianci warned Ha Lang and the two remaining middle-aged men, while the falcon’s caretaker saw the damage and quietly withdrew.
• Ha Lang hesitated but, driven by greed for the heavenly treasure, ordered the others to attack Xiao Tianci.
• Xiao Tianci seized Ha Lang by the throat and restrained his Dou Qi, leaving Ha Lang horrified by the gap in their strength.
• Ha Lang concluded that Xiao Tianci was likely a young Dou Wang and a prodigy from a great faction.

Xiao Tianci confronted Ha Lang and two other alchemists who tried to seize the Cold Sky Sword, then killed Ha Lang with Samadhi True Fire. He offered the remaining men a choice between enduring one attack from the flame or jumping from the White-Winged Giant Falcon.

• Ha Lang tried to excuse the group’s attempt to take Xiao Tianci’s Cold Sky Sword, while the other two men backed away in fear.
• Ha Lang secretly prepared to use medicinal powder, but Xiao Tianci burned him to ashes with Samadhi True Fire.
• Xiao Tianci told the surviving alchemists they had to pay for trying to seize his treasure.
• Xiao Tianci offered the two men a choice between taking an attack from his flame or jumping thousands of meters to the ground.

Xiao Tianci dealt with the remaining alchemists aboard the White-Winged Giant Falcon, then left the bird with his Green Ox as the Tagor Desert came into view. He discovered that the Green Ox could fly on its own, and the two continued through the sky together.

• The Second-Rank Alchemist jumped from the White-Winged Giant Falcon, and Xiao Tianci kicked the begging First-Tier Alchemist off after refusing to spare him.
• The beast tamer appeared, and Xiao Tianci told him to keep controlling the White-Winged Giant Falcon without fear; the beast tamer later provided a replacement Moonlight Stone.
• After three days of reading in his cabin, Xiao Tianci saw the Tagor Desert on the horizon and decided to leave before the Jia Ma Empire investigated the deaths of four alchemists.
• Xiao Tianci jumped from the White-Winged Giant Falcon with the Green Ox and used the Demon God Wings to stop them in midair.
• Xiao Tianci discovered that the Green Ox could fly without his protection, climbed onto its back, and flew with it through the sky.

Xiao Tianci and Green Ox reached Desert City after three days of travel across the Tagor Desert. Xiao Tianci discovered that the desert strengthened his Samadhi True Fire, then entered the heavily guarded city without paying the fee.

• Xiao Tianci urged Green Ox to speed up toward the city in the desert, and they arrived at the Tagor Desert after three days on the road.
• Xiao Tianci found that the Cold Sky Sword kept him cool in the scorching heat and that the desert's earth- and fire-type energy made his Samadhi True Fire more active.
• Xiao Tianci rode toward Desert City, noticing the bold local clothing and the irritable soldiers demanding entry fees.
• Xiao Tianci ignored the soldiers' calls for payment and rode Green Ox through the city gate, using his alchemist privilege to avoid the fee.

Xiao Tianci entered Desert City after sparing a soldier who had nearly knocked him from the Green Ox, and learned that the Snake-People Tribe had recently grown restless. He explored the city’s customs and sought an up-to-date map of the Tagor Desert, ending up at the city’s best map shop.

• A soldier tried to knock Xiao Tianci off the Green Ox, then panicked when he noticed Xiao Tianci’s tier-three alchemist badge and begged for mercy.
• Xiao Tianci spared the soldier but warned him not to repeat the offense, and the soldiers cleared a path for him into the city.
• The soldier warned Xiao Tianci that the Snake-People Tribe in the Tagor Desert had recently become restless.
• Xiao Tianci entered Desert City and observed its unusual buildings and the respect people showed his alchemist badge.
• Xiao Tianci asked a passerby for an accurate desert map, and the passerby led him to the best map shop in Desert City.

Xiao Tianci visited Ancient Map in Desert City, where reading maps increased his experience points and he found a mysterious map fragment among the shop’s old stock. The white-haired mapmaker questioned whether Xiao Tianci wanted a Tagor Desert map, then warned him that the shop’s travel books might not be useful.

• Xiao Tianci entered Ancient Map and saw an old man carefully drawing a map behind the counter.
• Xiao Tianci read several maps and discovered that each one increased his experience points.
• Xiao Tianci browsed the shop’s travel books and old maps, intending to buy the books for his journey.
• A damaged palm-sized picture fell from the old shelf, and Xiao Tianci picked it up and studied its route.
• The old man finished drawing and asked Xiao Tianci whether he wanted a map of the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Tianci asked whether the shop’s books were for sale, and the old man warned that their authenticity was uncertain and they would be of little practical use.

Xiao Tianci tried to buy a map fragment from a scarred old bookseller, but the former Dou Emperor refused to sell it and became suspicious of Xiao Tianci. The old man attacked him inside the sealed shop.

• Xiao Tianci bought a large number of books and asked the old man to name a price for the map fragment.
• The old man questioned Xiao Tianci about where he came from and why he was going into the desert, then said the fragment was not for sale.
• Xiao Tianci revealed that he had sensed the old man's suppressed power and identified him as a former Dou Emperor.
• The old man shut the shop doors, warned Xiao Tianci not to take the fragment by force, and refused to hear his offer.
• The old man mocked Xiao Tianci and lunged at him as an icy aura spread through the shop and obscured Xiao Tianci's vision.

Xiao Tianci confronted the old man to obtain a fragment, but the old man demanded the Cold Sky Sword in exchange. When Xiao Tianci refused, the old man attacked, and the sword easily absorbed his mist and shattered his ice defenses.

• The old man's icy mist filled the house, but Xiao Tianci absorbed it with the Cold Sky Sword.
• Xiao Tianci asked the old man to hand over the fragment, and the old man offered it only in exchange for the sword.
• Xiao Tianci refused to give up the Cold Sky Sword, and the old man launched ice spikes at him before charging in.
• Xiao Tianci's sword cut through the old man's Condensed Ice Mirror, leaving the old man shocked.
• The old man retreated and sent dozens of spiral-shaped ice spikes toward Xiao Tianci.

Xiao Tianci easily destroyed the old man's ice attacks and revealed an aura powerful enough to shock him. After learning Xiao Tianci was a Dou Wang, the old man armed himself for battle, but Xiao Tianci demonstrated overwhelming sword power by striking the roof apart.

• Xiao Tianci dispelled the old man's ice mirror and sword spikes with ease, and the old man sensed a terrifying flame in his hand.
• The old man questioned Xiao Tianci's origins and demanded he surrender the fragment, but Xiao Tianci refused and proposed settling their dispute in one strike.
• Xiao Tianci released his aura, revealing Dou Wang strength and terrifying the old man.
• The old man formed an ice spear and armor from Dou Qi, while Xiao Tianci pointed out that the old man's strength was sealed and limited to Dou Ling.
• Xiao Tianci used Great River Sword Intent against the sky, tearing apart the roof as sunlight poured in.

After Xiao Tianci’s sword move made the old man abandon any thought of opposing him, the two discussed the map fragment and struck a bargain. Xiao Tianci offered the old man a choice between two miraculous pills in exchange for the fragment’s other half, leaving the old man torn between them.

• Xiao Tianci apologized to the old man, paid for the books and map, and prepared to leave.
• The old man revealed that he had divided the map into two halves and hinted that he would trade the other half for something.
• Xiao Tianci offered the old man a choice between the Taiping Golden Pill and the Resurrection Pill.
• Xiao Tianci gave the old man a Taiping Golden Pill, and the old man confirmed its effects after examining it.
• The old man said he wanted both pills, but Xiao Tianci reminded him that he had to choose after attacking him.

Xiao Tianci learned that the weakened map seller was Hai Bodong, the famed Ice Emperor, whose strength had been sealed by Queen Medusa. Hai Bodong revealed that he had already found a way to remove the seal, leaving Xiao Tianci to hear what it was.

• Hai Bodong asked to buy one of each of Xiao Tianci's pills, explaining that restoring his strength mattered more to him than choosing between them.
• Xiao Tianci guessed that Hai Bodong sought a way to regain his lost strength and asked about the special flame he had used.
• Hai Bodong introduced himself as the Ice Emperor, and Xiao Tianci recognized him from his reputation as one of the Jia Ma Empire's strongest figures.
• Hai Bodong recounted how Queen Medusa pursued him over a map fragment and struck him with the Snake Sealing Curse, reducing his strength to the Dou Ling stage and rapidly aging his body.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Tianci that he had already found a method to remove the seal.

Hai Bodong asked Xiao Tianci to refine a sixth-grade pill that could break his seal, offering the remaining fragment and a favor in return. Xiao Tianci agreed, but Hai Bodong revealed that he still lacked Sand Mandala, which grew in the dangerous depths of the Tagor Desert.

• Hai Bodong explained that breaking his seal required a pill made by an alchemist with a flame as powerful as a Heavenly Flame, and he recognized Xiao Tianci's fire as suitable.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Tianci the remaining fragment and his favor if he refined the pill, and Xiao Tianci agreed after learning it was sixth grade.
• Xiao Tianci asked Hai Bodong for the formula and required two sets of ingredients, with the extra set going to him even if the refinement failed.
• Hai Bodong admitted that he had collected most of the ingredients but still needed Sand Mandala from the Tagor Desert, where Queen Medusa might detect and pursue him.