Chapter Summaries

Yao Feng and his companions encountered Green Barbarian and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, who had been sent by the Heavenly Snake Mansion to bring Qing Lin back. After learning the Mansion would make Qing Lin its Saintess, Yao Feng secured promises for her protection and freedom from unrelated duties, then let her decide whether to go.

• Yao Feng revealed his inheritance to Old Zhou and learned that two powerful followers were tracking them, so he flew deeper into the Tagore Desert to meet them.
• Green Barbarian attacked Yao Feng and tried to seize Qing Lin, while the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, Bai Ya, secretly moved against Yao Feng; Old Zhou thwarted their plan and drove Bai Ya back.
• Yao Feng identified the pair as members of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and negotiated with Green Barbarian over Qing Lin's treatment as the Mansion's future Saintess.
• Yao Feng demanded that a strong expert protect Qing Lin and that she be free of duties beyond cultivation, and Green Barbarian agreed.
• Yao Feng explained Qing Lin's options and asked her to choose, and Qing Lin nervously asked whether she would see him again.

Yao Feng parted from Qing Lin, then returned to Desert City with the Sand Mandala and helped Hai Bodong begin refining the Po E Pill. With Yao Chen’s help, the pill was successfully formed, leaving Yao Feng with the finished medicine for Hai Bodong’s seal.

• Yao Feng gave Qing Lin a Soul Jade and warned the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor to protect her before she departed with Green Barbarian.
• Yao Feng flew to Desert City and met Hai Bodong and Shen Meng at the map shop.
• Yao Feng gave Hai Bodong the Sand Mandala and asked him to prepare the Po E Pill formula and ingredients.
• Yao Chen used the Black Demon cauldron to refine the Po E Pill, succeeding on his second attempt.
• Yao Chen contained the pill’s energy burst and collected the completed pale-purple Po E Pill.

Yao Feng successfully refined the Po E Pill and watched Hai Bodong use it to break Queen Medusa’s seal. Hai Bodong regained his strength and offered to fulfill Yao Feng’s conditions.

• Yao Feng gave Hai Bodong the Po E Pill and followed him to an underground ice cavern so he could break the seal safely.
• Hai Bodong swallowed the pill while Yao Feng examined his own cultivation and discovered that his Flame Mantra had evolved into a mid-tier Earth-class technique.
• The pill’s purple energy overcame the dark cyan snake seal on Hai Bodong’s forehead, and the seal vanished as green smoke.
• Hai Bodong regained his strength, displayed his power by unleashing an ice attack, and offered to meet Yao Feng’s conditions.

Yao Feng recruited Hai Bodong to help investigate the He Family and the Evil Clan, then traveled with Old Zhou toward Black Rock City. After a mysterious enemy lured Old Zhou away, Yao Feng found Yun Yun fighting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in the Monster Mountain Range.

• Hai Bodong agreed to help Yao Feng and sent his apprentice Shen Meng to stay with Yao Feng’s Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group.
• Yao Feng and Old Zhou discussed Hai Bodong’s Ice Attribute cultivation technique and its possible connection to Ice River Valley.
• A sinister figure who recognized Yao Feng’s Yao Clan aura appeared at their camp and fled after challenging him.
• Yao Feng sent Old Zhou after the mysterious figure while he remained with Yao Chen and waited through the night.
• Yao Feng heard a battle nearby, concealed his aura, and flew toward the fighting.
• Yao Feng spotted Yun Yun battling the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and watched from the treetops.

Yao Feng watched Yun Yun battle the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then rescued her after the beast injured her and she fell into a river. He brought her to a cave and began treating her wounds after she agreed to let him remove her armor.

• Yao Feng watched Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King exchange attacks, while Yao Chen shielded him from the battle’s shockwaves.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King struck Yun Yun with its Purple Crystal Seal and clawed her before she escaped into the distance.
• Yao Feng found the unconscious Yun Yun beneath a waterfall and carried her to a nearby cave as the beast’s subordinates searched for her.
• Yun Yun awoke as Yao Feng prepared to treat her wounds, then agreed to his help after discovering she could not move.
• Yao Feng revealed that Yun Yun’s Sea Heart Armor covered her injuries, and she let him remove her upper garments so he could treat her.

Yao Feng treated Yun Yun's severe chest wound with medicinal liquid, powder, and gauze while trying to control his reactions and respect her discomfort. After bandaging her, he told her that the rest of her recovery depended on her own strength, and Yun Yun thanked him.

• Yao Feng removed Yun Yun's Sea Heart Armor and covered her with a black robe before laying her down.
• Yao Feng cleaned Yun Yun's wound and applied medicinal powder, causing her pain.
• Yun Yun warned Yao Feng to watch his eyes, and he finished bandaging her wound.
• Yao Feng covered Yun Yun again and said he could do no more for her injuries; Yun Yun thanked him.

Yao Feng learned that an Evil Clan member had gone to Black Rock City and told Old Zhou to watch the He Family while he stayed in the Monster Mountain Range with the injured Yun Yun. As they shared a meal and discussed their plans, Yao Feng warned Yun Yun that fighting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King again to obtain Purple Spirit Crystal would be too dangerous.

• Yao Feng caught fish with the Great Desolation Annihilation Spear, and Old Zhou returned to report that an Evil Clan member had entered the He Family in Black Rock City.
• Yao Feng sent Old Zhou to watch Black Rock City and the He Family, then returned to the cave where Yun Yun was recovering from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's seal.
• Yun Yun tried to grill fish for Yao Feng, and they shared their names while discussing his alchemy, his search for a Demonic Beast with an extraordinary bloodline, and her friend Gu He.
• Yun Yun said she still planned to seek Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, but Yao Feng warned that another fight could cost her life.

Yao Feng battled a Yellow Flame Tiger that threatened the cave where he and the injured Yun Yun were hiding. After Yun Yun was badly hurt trying to help, Yao Feng defeated the tiger and carried her away.

• Yao Feng and Yun Yun agreed that Yun Yun would distract the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while Yao Feng searched its cave for the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• A Yellow Flame Tiger attacked Yao Feng outside the cave, and he fought it using his spear, Heavenly Flame, and other abilities.
• Yun Yun left the cave to help but was struck by the tiger, so Yao Feng caught her and gave her medicinal liquid.
• Yao Feng boosted his strength, pierced the tiger with his spear, and burned it to death with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yao Feng collected some tiger meat, scattered medicinal powder to deter Demonic Beasts, and carried the injured Yun Yun away.

Yao Feng treated Yun Yun’s reopened wound after she was injured protecting him, and the two traded teasing remarks while he cared for her. As they shared food and water in the cave, Yun Yun briefly imagined staying with him, though she knew her special status would eventually take her away.

• Yao Feng carried the injured Yun Yun back into the cave and warned her to lie still so her wound would not scar.
• Yao Feng removed Yun Yun’s bloodied bandages, treated her wound, applied scar medicine, and helped her get dressed.
• Yao Feng teased Yun Yun about falling for him, and she retorted by asking who else he had dressed.
• Yao Feng offered Yun Yun seasoned Third-tier Demonic Beast meat and fed her while she was too weak to move her hands.
• Yun Yun laughed at Yao Feng’s alarm when she seemed ready to bite his fingers, then joked that she would make him pay once she recovered.
• Yao Feng gave Yun Yun water, and she thought she would like to live that way with him, though she knew she could not.

After Yun Yun recovered from the seal, she and Yao Feng set out to obtain Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave. Yun Yun began attacking the beasts guarding the entrance while Yao Feng prepared to sneak inside, with one hour to return.

• Yun Yun's seal lifted, and she joined Yao Feng for a meal before agreeing to pursue the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Yun gave Yao Feng a Rhombus Crystal to locate the Purple Spirit Crystal and explained their plan for him to enter the cave while she distracted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Yun Yun teased Yao Feng about his Flying Dou Technique, and he used his Purple Cloud Wings to fly toward the mountain with her.
• Yun Yun told Yao Feng to return within an hour, whether or not he found the crystal, then flew toward the cave and attacked the guarding magical beasts.

Yao Feng entered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave while Yun Yun distracted it, collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and bonded with its cub using a Spirit Pet Contract. After obtaining the Purple Spirit Crystal, he escaped with Yun Yun and left the enraged beast behind.

• Yao Feng waited for Yun Yun to lure the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King away, then entered its cave and collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source with the system.
• Yao Feng found the sleeping cub, wounded it to obtain a drop of blood, and used the Spirit Pet Contract to make it his spirit pet.
• Yao Feng healed and fed the cub, then stored it in his Spirit Pet Space before breaking open the crystal where it had slept and taking the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yao Feng flew to Yun Yun and told her he had obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal, and the two fled as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King realized what had happened and pursued them.
• Yao Feng and Yun Yun reached the edge of the Monster Mountain Range, where Yao Feng handed her the Purple Spirit Crystal and reassured her that he was unharmed.

Yun Yun left Yao Feng after accepting his gift, and he returned to Black Rock City, where a new sign-in reward gave him a pill formula and a technique against the Evil Clan. At the Alchemist Guild, he reunited with Hai Bodong and arranged to obtain ingredients before meeting Old Zhou in an alley.

• Yun Yun gave Yao Feng a Misty Cloud Sect token, accepted his Eye of the Storm, promised to stand by him, and flew away.
• Yao Feng reached Black Rock City and signed in, receiving the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill formula and the Evil Suppressing Technique.
• Yao Feng found Hai Bodong at the Alchemist Guild, where he also greeted Master Otto and met Frank.
• Yao Feng asked Frank and Otto for ingredients to refine a Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill, surprising them by revealing the pill he intended to make.
• Yao Feng left the Alchemist Guild with Hai Bodong and met Old Zhou in an alley.

Yao Feng investigated He Li as a possible ally against the Evil Clan and went to Tingyu Xuan, where he waited for nightfall at Guangjiang Terrace. He Li revealed that he planned to cooperate with Yao Feng to overthrow the Evil Clan’s hidden leader, leaving their alliance poised for its first move.

• Old Zhou told Yao Feng that He Li seemed to command an underground force and that the He Family was divided, so Yao Feng decided to meet him at Tingyu Xuan.
• Yao Feng, Old Zhou, and Hai Bodong arrived at Tingyu Xuan, where Yao Feng learned He Li was aboard a pleasure boat and that Sister Furong would perform that night.
• Yao Feng went to Guangjiang Terrace and waited for nightfall, while Old Zhou warned him that Tingyu Xuan contained several cultivators and hidden guards.
• He Li ordered his followers to keep others away from Guangjiang Terrace and to accommodate Yao Feng’s group, then discussed with his ancestor why Yao Feng could help them defeat the man controlling the He Family.
• He Li explained that the hidden leader had killed his father for resisting the Evil Clan’s arts, and he vowed to his ancestor that their plan would succeed.

Yao Feng joined forces with He Li to attack the He Family and eliminate the sealed Evil Clan member. At the strange building, the enemy appeared to be breaking the seal, and Yao Feng led Old Zhou inside while Hai Bodong faced He Kun and He Qian.

• He Li offered to guide Yao Feng to the sealed Evil Clan member in exchange for taking control of the He Family, and Yao Feng accepted.
• He Li led Yao Feng, Old Zhou, Hai Bodong, and an aged Dou Wang through a hidden passage into the He Family estate.
• Yao Feng and He Li found the area around the strange building eerily deserted and confronted He Kun, He Qian, and the black-mist Evil Clan member.
• Old Zhou realized the Evil Clan member was attacking his seal, and Yao Feng sent Hai Bodong to fight He Kun and He Qian while he and Old Zhou charged inside.
• He Kun rushed to intercept Yao Feng and Old Zhou, but Old Zhou struck him and sent him flying.

Yao Feng and Old Zhou confronted Xie Zhan inside a blood-soaked chamber while Hai Bodong blocked the He Family members outside. Yao Feng’s newly created Exotic Fire Disk destroyed the blood pool, but Xie Zhan recovered from the blast and remained a threat.

• Hai Bodong sealed the building’s entrance with an ice wall and challenged He Qian and He Kun.
• Yao Feng and Old Zhou discovered a blood pool feeding the seal that restrained Xie Zhan.
• Old Zhou attacked the pool and then fought Xie Zhan, but Xie Zhan used the Spirit Devouring Great Method to absorb the blood and weaken the seal.
• Yao Feng combined the Green Lotus Core Flame and Mysterious Yellow Flame into an Exotic Fire Disk and sent it toward the platform.
• Xie Zhan halted the disk, but its explosion vaporized the remaining blood and damaged the platform before Xie Zhan quickly recovered.
• Yao Chen identified Xie Zhan’s technique as the Tunling Clan’s Spirit Devouring Barrier and warned that their strength was limited.

Yao Feng, Old Zhou, and Yao Thirteen defeated Xie Zhan after he escaped the stone platform’s seal, and the system rewarded Yao Feng with a three-star cultivation increase. Yao Thirteen gave Yao Feng the Evil Origin Bead left behind by Xie Zhan.

• Yao Feng used the Evil Suppressing Technique while Old Zhou fought Xie Zhan, and the seal weakened Xie Zhan despite his activated Saint Spirit Body.
• Yao Chen took control of Yao Feng’s body and joined Old Zhou’s attacks, shattering Xie Zhan’s Saint Spirit Body and sealing him again.
• Xie Zhan destroyed the stone platform’s seal and escaped as a mysterious black light struck Old Zhou, but a golden blade blocked Xie Zhan’s flight.
• Yao Thirteen emerged from hiding and killed Xie Zhan with the golden blade after Xie Zhan threatened Yao Feng and the Dou Qi Continent.
• The system rewarded Yao Feng for eliminating the Evil Clan within the Jia Ma Empire, raising his cultivation by three stars, and Yao Thirteen handed him Xie Zhan’s Evil Origin Bead.

Yao Thirteen broke through to Dou Zun and suppressed the God Devouring Thorn inside Old Zhou, but he could not remove it permanently. Yao Feng learned that a Bright Spirit Restoration Pill might cure Old Zhou and set out to visit Gute for the rare ingredients it required.

• Yao Feng asked Yao Thirteen about his breakthrough, and Yao Thirteen confirmed he had reached Dou Zun.
• Yao Thirteen examined Old Zhou and found that the God Devouring Thorn was destroying his vitality, then spent two hours suppressing it.
• Yao Chen revealed that a seventh-tier Bright Spirit Restoration Pill could counter the threat and described the rare ingredients needed to refine it.
• Yao Feng decided to visit Gute to seek what they needed, while Yao Thirteen concealed himself and followed him.
• Yao Feng, Old Zhou, and Hai Bodong left the building, where the corpses of He Qian and He Kun lay nearby.

Yao Feng learned that Xie Zhan had sacrificed the He Family members to break his seal, then recruited Hai Bodong by offering to restore his strength and help him advance. After learning that Rayna and the Lei Sha Sea might lead to the Blood Robe Hall, Yao Feng visited the Alchemist Guild, where his increased cultivation shocked Otto and Frank and he encountered Xue Mei and Lin Fei.

• He Li told Yao Feng that the He Family members above the Da Dou Shi level had vanished and that He Feng was missing, and Yao Feng left He Li to deal with the aftermath.
• Yao Feng offered Hai Bodong an honorary elder position in the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group, promising to restore his cultivation and help him reach an eight-star Dou Huang.
• Hai Bodong accepted the offer after recognizing the Spirit Revival Purple Pill prescription, and he told Yao Feng that Rayna at the Lei Sha Sea might provide clues to the Blood Robe Hall.
• Yao Feng, Old Zhou, and Hai Bodong entered the Alchemist Guild, where Otto and Frank noticed that Yao Feng had reached the two-star Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei emerged from their examination rooms and exchanged taunts before Lin Fei recognized Yao Feng.

Yao Feng revealed his Heavenly Flame and alchemy skill while helping expose a fraudulent assessment candidate, then obtained ingredients from the Alchemist Guild and went to visit Gute. He reached Gute’s building, where a hidden arrow trap activated and Yao Feng’s black flames melted the projectiles before they could hit him.

• Frank and Otto passed Lin Fei and Xue Mei, while rejecting a candidate whose pill lacked medicinal potency.
• Yao Feng used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to examine and remake the candidate’s pill, proving its poor quality and impressing the Guild presidents with his Heavenly Flame and skill.
• Yao Feng asked Frank and Otto to gather ingredients for the Bright Spirit Restoration Pill and paid Otto five hundred thousand gold coins for the ingredients already prepared.
• Yao Feng left the Alchemist Guild and headed to Gute’s building, intending to obtain Blood Dragon Grass from him.
• A mechanism launched iron arrows at Yao Feng near Gute’s door, but his black Flame Gauze Robe melted them before they struck him.

Yao Feng returned to Gute’s collection and took the medicinal ingredients he needed, including the Blood Dragon Grass, to complete his materials for refining the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill and gather supplies for the Bright Spirit Restoration Pill. He left Gute with a Fire Lotus Seed as payment, while Gute accepted the exchange rather than risk resisting.

• Yao Feng entered Gute’s room with Old Zhou and Hai Bodong and demanded to inspect Gute’s medicinal ingredients.
• Gute led Yao Feng’s group to his collection after realizing he could not safely oppose him.
• Yao Feng selected valuable herbs and had Old Zhou store them, including the Blood Dragon Grass.
• Yao Feng gave Gute a Fire Lotus Seed in exchange for the ingredients, and Gute accepted it after rejecting Yao Feng’s offer to take it back for gold coins.
• Yao Feng left with the materials needed for the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill and additional ingredients for the Bright Spirit Restoration Pill.