Chapter Summaries

Qi Fan and Nalan Yanran were caught sharing her room when Nalan Su returned from the Tagor Desert. Yanran tried to explain that Nalan Jie had arranged for Qi Fan to stay there, but Nalan Su remained furious and demanded to know what was going on between them.

• Nalan Su called anxiously outside Yanran’s room, and Yanran told Qi Fan that her father had arrived.
• Yanran stopped Qi Fan from getting out of bed, and they hurried to get dressed while Nalan Su waited outside.
• Yanran told Nalan Su she had had a nightmare, then invited him into the room after Qi Fan was still sitting on her bed.
• Nalan Su saw Qi Fan in Yanran’s room and angrily demanded to know where he had come from.
• Yanran claimed Nalan Jie had arranged for Qi Fan to sleep there, explaining that she had found him bare-chested and then gone to bed too.

Nalan Su confronted Qi Fan over his relationship with Nalan Yanran, then learned Qi Fan was the powerful senior revered by Nalan Jie and the father of Qi Yan'er. After Nalan Su attacked Qi Fan and tried to cripple his own arm in apology, Qi Fan stopped him, leaving his response unfinished.

• Nalan Yanran refused to reveal Qi Fan's identity and told Nalan Su to ask Qi Fan or Nalan Jie.
• Qi Fan told Nalan Su that he had a wife and daughter, provoking Nalan Su to attack him in a rage.
• Nalan Jie rushed in, stopped Nalan Su, slapped him, and ordered him to apologize to Senior.
• Nalan Su realized Qi Fan was the legendary Dou Di expert and Qi Yan'er's father, then knelt and prepared to cut off his own arm.
• Qi Fan knocked Nalan Su's hand aside with Dou Qi and began explaining that he understood Nalan Su's anger.

Qi Fan traveled with Nalan Yanran through the Imperial Capital and asked Nalan Su to recount what had happened to Qi Yan'er in the Tagor Desert. Meanwhile, Qi Yan'er arrived at Da Ling City with Bai Ya and learned that the Imperial Capital had issued a search warrant for someone.

• Nalan Jie offered to show Qi Fan around, and Qi Fan agreed to go with Nalan Yanran instead of Nalan Su.
• Qi Fan asked Nalan Su whether he had seen Qi Yan'er during the desert expedition, and Nalan Su began telling him what had happened.
• At Da Ling City's northern gate, mercenaries discussed a search warrant promising a cultivation method for clues about a wanted person.
• Qi Yan'er descended from Bai Ya, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and asked the mercenaries who they were searching for.
• The mercenaries recognized Qi Yan'er, leaving her to wonder whether the search warrant was for her.

Qi Yan'er learned that the Mittel Auction House had placed a reward for information about her, then left the Jia Ma Empire with her companions. In the Imperial Capital, Qi Fan found out she had already gone and set off with Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran for the Alchemist Association, ending up caught between their competing advances.

• Qi Yan'er discovered that the Mittel Auction House was offering a reward for news of her, but she did not know why Sister Ya Fei was searching for her.
• Qi Yan'er and her companions rested near Da Ling City, then passed through Zhenbei Pass and left the Jia Ma Empire for the Chaotic Land.
• Hai Bo Dong told Qi Fan that Qi Yan'er had already left the Jia Ma Empire, leaving Qi Fan unsure how he could catch up.
• Qi Fan asked Ya Fei to take him to the Alchemist Association, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Nalan Yanran insisted on coming too, and she and Ya Fei each clung to one of Qi Fan's arms.

Qi Fan went with Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei to the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild, where Ya Fei explained the guild’s layout and trading areas. The trio entered the eastern trading section, attracting astonished and jealous attention.

• Qi Fan accompanied Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei through the Imperial Capital as the two women held his arms and drew stares from passersby.
• At the Alchemist Guild entrance, Qi Fan asked Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei to call him “Brother Fan,” then had them release his arms before they entered.
• Ya Fei explained that the guild had eastern, western, and southern sections, while Nalan Yanran said the northern section held alchemist assessments.
• Qi Fan chose to visit the eastern trading area, where alchemists displayed ingredients, pills, and scrolls for trade.
• Onlookers recognized Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei and reacted with surprise and jealousy at seeing Qi Fan between them.

Qi Fan found a rare Peach Blossom Fire at the Treasure Hunting Zone and offered to trade for it. The white-haired Dou Wang demanded a fourth-grade pill formula and pills, but Qi Fan instead claimed he could cure the poison inside the old man.

• Qi Fan accompanied Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran through the Treasure Hunting Zone, ignoring the sellers’ attempts to impress the two women.
• Qi Fan noticed Peach Blossom Fire at the stall of a frail white-haired elder and sensed that the man was a Dou Wang.
• The elder refused offers of a fourth-grade pill and demanded a fourth-grade pill formula with clear soul imprints, along with a good affinity.
• Qi Fan declared that he would trade for the Peach Blossom Fire, surprising Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, and the onlookers.
• The elder asked Qi Fan for a fourth-grade pill formula and three fourth-grade pills, and Qi Fan answered that he could cure the elder’s Snake Venom and Fire Poison.

Qi Fan recognized Lei Na as the Thunder King and offered to remove the Snake Venom and Fire Poison in his body. Lei Na explained that his Fire Poison came from getting close to Yanran and Han Feng, leaving Qi Fan and the women amused by the connection to his daughter.

• Qi Fan identified the poisoned old man as Lei Na and offered to completely remove his Snake Venom and Fire Poison.
• Lei Na agreed to let Qi Fan treat him after hearing that he had cured Nalan Jie.
• Qi Fan gave Lei Na the false name Xiao Fan and asked why he had not sought help from Gu He or Fa Ma.
• Lei Na explained that he avoided choosing sides amid the Jia Ma Empire's political split.
• Lei Na said Yue Mei had caused his old Snake Venom and that Heavenly Flames had given him Fire Poison when he fought near Yanran and Han Feng.
• Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei laughed as Qi Fan realized his daughter had injured Lei Na.

Qi Fan began purging Lei Na’s Fire Poison and Snake Venom while absorbing the Peach Blossom Beast Fire. Meanwhile, Qi Yan’er and her companions entered the Black-Corner Region, where she planned to make it safer for Jia Nan Academy travelers and brushed aside Ling Ying’s request to keep a low profile.

• Qi Fan agreed to treat Lei Na, then swallowed the Peach Blossom Beast Fire and began drawing the Dou Qi from Lei Na’s body.
• Qi Yan’er and her companions arrived at the Black-Corner Region Great Plains aboard Bai Ya and discussed whether to head straight to Jia Nan Academy.
• Qi Yan’er said she wanted to improve the route through the dangerous region before ordinary students had to travel it.
• Qi Yan’er revealed that she had advanced two stars and was now a five-star Dou Ling, astonishing her companions.
• Ling Ying urged Qi Yan’er to keep a lower profile, but she insisted that they already were.

Qi Yan'er and her companions entered the Black-Corner Region and reached a small tribe after finding the plains strangely deserted. The tribe welcomed them as friends out of fear, while the group’s arrival led its residents to suspect they had come for the Black Ranking.

• Qi Yan'er ordered Big Big Spicy Stick to carry the group into the Black-Corner Region, and Ling Ying warned her not to show misplaced compassion there.
• After traveling across empty plains, the group spotted a small tribe and approached slowly so the giant snakes would not frighten its residents.
• The tribe panicked at the sight of the Rank 6 Magical Beasts, and Xiao Yan called out to explain that the group only wanted supplies.
• The middle-aged man recognized the newcomers as powerful rookies, welcomed them, and agreed with Qi Yan'er that they were all friends.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian explained that people in the Black-Corner Region treated the strong as friends, and the group entered the tribe.
• The tribe's residents froze at the newcomers' arrival and feared they had come for the Black Ranking.

Qi Yan'er and her companions hired the merchant Doma to guide them across the Black-Corner Region Great Plains to Blood-Ink City. After Qi Yan'er used her snakes to frighten the caravan into moving faster, the travelers discovered a Black Storm ahead.

• A merchant explained that Black-Ink City had been renamed Blood-Ink City after the Blood Sect took it from the Eight Gates Sect, and offered Qi Yan'er an updated map.
• Doma offered to guide Qi Yan'er and her companions to Blood-Ink City for its upcoming auction, and Qi Yan'er accepted.
• Qi Yan'er traveled with Doma's caravan alongside two enormous snakes, frightening the merchants as they crossed the plains.
• When Doma said the caravan would reach Blood-Ink City the next morning, Qi Yan'er ordered Bai Ya to scare the travelers into speeding up.
• The caravan members fled from the snakes, making the horses gallop faster, just as someone shouted that a Black Storm was ahead.

Qi Yan'er and the caravan were caught in a Black Storm, where they witnessed a Hall of Souls member seize a Soul Body with black chains. Qi Yan'er attacked the captor with azure-green Heavenly Flames and ordered Yao Chen and the others to defeat him.

• Doma warned the group that a Black Storm was approaching, but Bai Ya said it was far more dangerous than ordinary storms and shielded the caravan with his body.
• Qi Yan'er and the others spotted a red Soul Body in the storm, and Yao Chen recognized it as a Soul Body and sensed the Hall of Souls nearby.
• A Hall of Souls member captured the red Soul Body with a black chain that weakened and engulfed him despite his struggles.
• Qi Yan'er sent azure-green Heavenly Flames at the Hall of Souls member, whose black chains screamed when they touched the flames.
• The Hall of Souls member mistook Qi Yan'er for an old monster from the Pill Tower, then recognized Bai Ya as the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.
• Qi Yan'er told Yao Chen to attack and wipe out the Hall of Souls member, leaving Yao Chen dismayed that she had ignored his warning not to act rashly.

Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and joined Bai Ya and Ling Ying in fighting the Hall of Souls Protector. The Protector fled after his Soul Net Restraint was broken, but Qi Yan'er chased him down and sent Little Spicy Stick after him.

• Qi Yan'er urged Yao Chen to act, and Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan to confront the Hall of Souls Protector.
• Yao Chen struck the Protector with Flame Splitting Wave Severing Ruler, and the two exchanged attacks as the merchants watched in fear.
• Yao Chen called Bai Ya and Ling Ying to attack the Protector together, and Bai Ya's strike sent him flying.
• The Protector unleashed Soul Net Restraint, but Yao Chen, Bai Ya, and Ling Ying shattered the net, allowing him to flee.
• Qi Yan'er caught up with the fleeing Protector and called on Little Spicy Stick to attack.

Qi Yan'er summoned and fed Little Spicy Stick, revealing her as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python that joined the fight against the Hall of Souls Protector. When the Protector began to self-destruct, Qi Yan'er charged in and used the Heaven Swallowing Magic Skill to absorb him.

• Qi Yan'er unleashed Little Spicy Stick's snake tail, knocking the Hall of Souls Protector back.
• Qi Yan'er enlarged Little Spicy Stick, identified as an extinct Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and fed her Salt Soda before ordering her to fight.
• Little Spicy Stick battled the Hall of Souls Protector while Yao Chen and Ling Ying attacked him from both sides.
• Cornered, the Hall of Souls Protector began compressing his Dou Qi to self-destruct, and Yao Chen warned everyone.
• Qi Yan'er rushed toward the Protector and placed her hand on his head, activating the Heaven Swallowing Magic Skill.

Qi Yan'er devoured the Hall of Souls Protector’s Dou Qi, raised her cultivation to Nine Star Dou Ling, and absorbed his Soul Power. The others learned that she had been born with Spirit Realm Soul Power, and she revealed that her devouring ability came from her daddy.

• Qi Yan'er drained the Hall of Souls Protector’s Dou Qi, stopping his attempt to self-destruct and leaving him shriveled and powerless.
• Qi Yan'er’s strength rose by five stars, while the onlookers marveled that she could devour another person’s Dou Qi.
• Yao Chen discovered that Qi Yan'er’s Soul Power had reached Great Perfection of Spirit Realm, and Qi Yan'er said she had been born in the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Xun'er reasoned that Qi Yan'er's Soul Power had not been sealed along with her cultivation talent, and Qi Yan'er confirmed that her devouring ability came from her daddy.

Qi Yan'er and the caravan survived a Black Storm and traveled across the plains toward Blood-Ink City, where an auction convention was about to begin. As they rushed toward the city gates with two enormous serpents chasing them, the guards panicked and called for the gates to be closed.

• Qi Yan'er explained that her devouring ability came from her father, and Ling Ying recalled that he had eaten a great deal in Qing Shan Town.
• Doma thanked Qi Yan'er and the others for protecting the caravan, then nervously defended himself when she asked why they had entered the Black Storm.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Bai Ya, and Yao Chen discussed the Hall of Souls' terrifying methods, while Qi Yan'er suggested asking them about those methods if they met again.
• The caravan crossed the black plains without further trouble and reached a ridge overlooking Blood-Ink City, where Doma said an auction convention was underway.
• Doma told the group that last year's auction in Feng City had been overseen by Han Feng and had ended with a low-level Earth-class Dou Skill as its grand finale.
• Qi Yan'er led the caravan downhill toward Blood-Ink City's gates at increasing speed as two enormous serpents chased them, prompting the guards to call for the City Lord and order the gates closed.

Qi Yan'er and her companions arrived in Blood-Ink City on two Rank 6 Magical Beasts, entered the chaotic city, and asked after Fan Lao before going their separate way from Doma. Elsewhere, Han Feng learned that a Dou Huang had died, and the group encountered a leering young man who said he wanted to take care of them.

• Blood-Ink City's guards shut the gates as the crowd panicked and fought for entry, but they opened them when Doma announced his caravan's arrival with Qi Yan'er and the two giant snakes.
• Qi Yan'er told Bai Ya and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to wait outside the city, then entered with her companions and asked Doma whether Fan Lao was in Blood-Ink City.
• Doma said he did not know, and Qi Yan'er parted ways with him to explore the city.
• In Feng City, a mysterious man told Han Feng that a Dou Huang's aura had disappeared, then vanished before Han Feng could get answers.
• Qi Yan'er and her companions saw repeated street fights, and Xiao Yi Xian complained about the city's lack of order.
• A pale-faced young man leered at the girls and said he wanted to take care of them.

Qi Yan'er and her companions entered Blood-Ink City and made their way to the Blood-Ink Auction House, where their presence frightened the locals. At the appraisal room, Qi Yan'er prepared to offer treasures for auction so they could receive a better seat.

• Qi Yan'er called the pale-faced young man Black Old Man, and an eerie voice sent him flying.
• The group reached the Blood-Ink Auction House, and Xiao Xun'er noted that even its entrance guards included several Dou Masters.
• As men stared greedily at the girls, unseen blades struck them down, and the crowd cleared a path for Xiao Yan and the others.
• Qi Yan'er dismissed the items advertised on the auction house's screens and headed to the Treasure Appraisal Room.
• Qi Yan'er told the maid she intended to auction something and said she would use the good things her daddy had given her to secure a better seat.

Qi Yan'er presented a wooden toy for auction, which transformed into a puppet with Dou Wang strength and left the appraiser stunned. Meanwhile, Qi Fan learned that Fa Ma was needed to save the unconscious royal elder and exchanged points for the puppet, unaware that Yan'er had already brought it out.

• Qi Yan'er entered the Treasure Appraisal Room alone and challenged the old appraiser to assess what she planned to auction.
• Qi Fan realized his strength had risen to Nine-Star Dou Wang and worried that Qi Yan'er might be devouring others' Dou Qi.
• Qi Fan learned that Fa Ma was needed to save the unconscious royal elder, who had been badly injured by Qi Yan'er in the Tagor Desert.
• The system offered Qi Fan a Dou Wang-level Heavenly Demon Puppet for 80,000 points, and he exchanged for it for his daughter.
• Qi Yan'er showed the appraiser a wooden toy, which broke open to reveal a towering puppet with Dou Wang strength.
• The appraiser panicked when Qi Yan'er confirmed she intended to auction the puppet.

Qi Yan'er offered a Dou Wang-level puppet and a rare medicinal pill for auction, then led her companions to an inn in Blood-Ink City. She sent Xiao Yan outside to investigate the Blood Sect, where he tried to escape but Yao Chen saw through him and urged him to stay with Yan'er.

• Qi Yan'er arranged to auction a Dou Wang-level puppet and a medicinal pill, and received a first-class VIP card.
• The old appraiser recognized the value of Qi Yan'er's offerings and vanished to report them to someone.
• Qi Yan'er and her companions settled into a luxurious inn, where Xiao Xun'er suspected the Blood Sect was watching them.
• Qi Yan'er sent Xiao Yan out to take a stroll, and he seized the chance to sneak toward the city gates.
• Yao Chen confronted Xiao Yan in his mind and urged him to stay with Yan'er, so Xiao Yan claimed he only wanted to go parkour.

Xiao Yan tested Blood Sect's reaction in Blood-Ink City by causing a scene on the rooftops, but the sect's men captured him before Yao Chen rescued him. After he reported that Fan Lao seemed to know their identities, Qi Yan'er and the group headed to the auction, where they spotted Fan Ling.

• Xiao Yan climbed and ran across shop rooftops to draw Blood Sect's attention, damaging roofs and angering their owners.
• Several Da Dou Shi from Blood Sect captured Xiao Yan, then carried him through the streets and revealed that his survival was Young Sect Master Fan Ling's order.
• Yao Chen blasted away Xiao Yan's captor and helped Xiao Yan escape back to the inn.
• Xiao Yan told Qi Yan'er and the others that Fan Ling was the Young Sect Master and that Blood Sect appeared to be watching their every move.
• Qi Yan'er led the group to the auction, where they saw Fan Ling emerge and learned he was at least a Dou Ling.