Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After Xiao Meng defeats the Blast Ape, the Golden Giant Bird and the other beast descendants surround him and launch a coordinated attack. They believe that, despite his strength, their numbers and treasures will overwhelm him.
• The Golden Giant Bird orders them to kill Xiao Meng completely rather than attempt to control him.
• Xiao Meng responds with the first technique of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, Heaven and Earth Imprisonment. The enormous black finger shatters the attackers’ runes, destroys three treasures, kills five descendants, and severely injures another.
• The White Tiger attacks Xiao Meng from behind with incredible speed. After surviving its assault, Xiao Meng counterattacks and sends it flying, establishing his overwhelming physical strength.
• The strange snake, revealed to be a Feiyi, uses its fire treasure art and a powerful flying sword. Xiao Meng destroys the sword and cripples the snake, leaving it unable to fight.
• The remaining powerful descendants—the nine-headed Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf, the Crimson Flame Tiger, the Golden Giant Bird, and the White Tiger—intensify their assault.
• The Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf uses nine crescent-moon treasures to create a suppressive domain, while the White Tiger attacks with twenty-eight silver war spears and the Crimson Flame Tiger unleashes destructive flames.
• Despite fighting several opponents simultaneously and relying almost entirely on his physical body, Xiao Meng holds his ground. He treats the battle as an opportunity to temper himself.
• Xiao Meng grabs one of the White Tiger’s war spears and casually throws it to Little Dot, provoking the White Tiger.
• He then uses the second technique of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, Shatter Mountains and Rivers, against the White Tiger. Its ancient White Tiger Battle Garment protects it from the attack, but Xiao Meng continues battering it and nearly kills it.
• At the last moment, the White Tiger activates its most powerful treasure, the Cosmos Bag, attempting to absorb Xiao Meng.
• Xiao Meng barely resists and destroys the Cosmos Bag with three mid-grade bullets, ending the immediate crisis.

2. Character Developments

• Xiao Meng demonstrates that his earlier victory over the Blast Ape was not merely due to surprise. He proves capable of overpowering numerous elite descendants and their inherited treasures through sheer strength and combat skill.
• His confidence becomes more aggressive and playful, as shown by his taunts toward the White Tiger and Feiyi. However, he also recognizes the danger posed by the opponents’ treasures and becomes increasingly serious during the battle.
• Xiao Meng’s combat abilities expand beyond his initial technique: he begins using the second finger of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger and reveals his powerful firearms only when absolutely necessary.
• The White Tiger changes from an arrogant attacker into a desperate survivor. After being repeatedly beaten, it relies on defensive armor and finally its ultimate treasure, the Cosmos Bag.
• Little Dot remains greedy, mischievous, and enthusiastic about powerful treasures. He immediately wants the White Tiger’s war spears and battle garment, while presenting Xiao Meng boastfully as someone who came “from beyond the heavens.”
• The Nine-Headed Lion becomes increasingly irritated by Little Dot’s shameless jokes and attempts to provoke it into offering up its heads.
• The Golden Giant Bird shifts from trying to exploit Xiao Meng as a scout to treating him as a deadly enemy, though it mainly waits for an opening rather than confronting him directly.
• The Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf and Crimson Flame Tiger emerge as serious threats because of their powerful inherited treasures and coordinated attacks, though neither can yet defeat Xiao Meng.

3. Significant Themes

• Overwhelming individual strength versus collective power: Xiao Meng fights a large group of elite descendants and still maintains the upper hand, emphasizing his extraordinary cultivation and physical prowess.
• Inherited treasures and bloodline advantages: The descendants rely heavily on weapons and protective artifacts bestowed by their elders, contrasting with Xiao Meng’s dependence on his body and limited techniques.
• Hidden origins and exceptional talent: The beasts are bewildered by the appearance of a human stronger than their famed descendants, reinforcing the mystery surrounding Xiao Meng’s identity.
• Battle as cultivation and tempering: Xiao Meng deliberately welcomes the dangerous confrontation because it provides an opportunity to test and refine his strength.
• Composure under pressure: Even when the Cosmos Bag nearly absorbs him, Xiao Meng reacts decisively and uses his bullets at the crucial moment.
• Humor amid violence: Little Dot’s greed, his exaggerated praise of Xiao Meng, and the Nine-Headed Lion’s exasperation provide comic relief during the intense battle.

4. Character Interactions

• The beast descendants cooperate under the Golden Giant Bird’s command, but their confidence gradually turns into fear as Xiao Meng defeats them one after another.
• Xiao Meng repeatedly taunts the White Tiger, calling it a “little white cat” and threatening to make a fur coat from it. The White Tiger responds with escalating fury and increasingly powerful treasures.
• Xiao Meng and the Feiyi engage in a brief but brutal exchange, with Xiao Meng mocking its fire treasure art before crippling it.
• Little Dot humorously tries to claim the enemies’ treasures and jokes that Xiao Meng should be offered the Nine-Headed Lion’s heads.
• The Nine-Headed Lion reacts with anger and disgust, distancing itself from Little Dot’s provocations.
• Big Red Bird worries that Xiao Meng’s “machine gun” might destroy the treasures Little Dot wants to collect.
• Xiao Meng’s final destruction of the Cosmos Bag prevents the White Tiger from escaping or reversing the battle, preserving his dominance over the surrounding descendants.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The White Tiger attempts to use its powerful Qiankun Bag, but Xiao Meng destroys it instantly before it can display its power. The treasure explodes into fragments, shocking everyone.
• Xiao Meng attacks the White Tiger despite its threats and claims of protection from Xiling Beast Mountain. He declares that even backing from the immortal realm would not save it.
• A massive black finger crushes the White Tiger, killing it despite the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf and Crimson Flame Tiger’s attempt to intervene.
• The surviving ancient descendants consume rare treasures to strengthen themselves:
  • The Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf eats a Silver Moon Fruit, increasing its strength several times over.
  • The Crimson Flame Tiger consumes Scarlet Flame Essence, unleashing powerful divine flames.
• Xiao Meng fights both enhanced beasts directly. Although they become much stronger, he remains overwhelmingly superior.
• He breaks the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf’s moon-shaped treasure formation and allows Little Dot to keep several of the shattered treasures.
• Xiao Meng ends the battle by using a wok spatula as a weapon, severely injuring and knocking out the Crimson Flame Tiger and Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf.
• The golden giant bird attempts to flee. Xiao Meng prepares to shoot it with an AK-47, but Big Old Two asks to deal with it instead, intending to eat it. Xiao Meng agrees but jokingly requests that the bird’s legs be saved for him.

2. Character Developments

• Xiao Meng demonstrates overwhelming confidence and physical power. He intentionally fights without martial techniques to test the strength of his merged ten heavenly passages and better understand his combat ability.
• The White Tiger shifts from arrogance to desperation, invoking its powerful background and begging for help, but dies without being able to resist Xiao Meng.
• The Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf and Crimson Flame Tiger reveal that they possess rare emergency treasures and become significantly stronger. However, their confidence collapses when Xiao Meng still defeats them with ease.
• Little Dot remains greedy, shameless, and theatrically dramatic. He mourns the destruction of the Qiankun Bag and the consumption of the rare medicines because he wanted the treasures for himself, possibly to open his ninth heavenly passage.
• Big Red Bird continues to encourage Little Dot’s arrogance and joins him in bullying the Nine-Headed Lion.
• The Nine-Headed Lion becomes increasingly frightened of Xiao Meng’s strength and irritated by Little Dot’s behavior, especially when Little Dot threatens to take four of its heads.
• Big Old Two reveals a predatory interest in the fleeing golden bird, reinforcing the group’s casual and humorous attitude toward eating defeated enemies.

3. Significant Themes

• Overwhelming strength and hierarchy: Xiao Meng’s power completely overturns the ancient descendants’ assumptions about human weakness. Even rare bloodline treasures and clan backing cannot protect them.
• Arrogance versus reality: The White Tiger and its allies continue to challenge Xiao Meng despite witnessing his superiority, highlighting their inability to recognize the gap between them.
• Treasure and greed: Rare artifacts and medicines are treated as highly valuable, especially by Little Dot, whose exaggerated grief provides comic relief.
• Humor amid violence: Brutal battles are repeatedly undercut by absurd details, such as Little Dot claiming ownership of the enemy’s treasures and Xiao Meng fighting with a wok spatula.
• Testing and self-discovery: Xiao Meng does not merely seek victory; he uses the battle to measure the true limits of his physical strength after merging his heavenly passages.

4. Character Interactions

• Little Dot loudly blames the White Tiger for destroying the Qiankun Bag, causing the injured tiger to become furious and bewildered.
• The Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf and Crimson Flame Tiger try to save the White Tiger, partly out of fear of Xiling Beast Mountain’s retaliation, but arrive too late.
• Big Red Bird and Little Dot mock the Nine-Headed Lion after it questions whether Xiao Meng might be endangered by the enhanced enemies. They threaten to stew it and demand four of its heads.
• Little Dot introduces the phrase “over” as supposedly being part of Xiao Meng’s “Primordial Language,” using it to threaten that the Nine-Headed Lion will be finished. The scene is a comedic misunderstanding rather than a genuine revelation about ancient language.
• Xiao Meng defeats the Crimson Flame Tiger and Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf while Little Dot claims the wolf’s broken treasures. Their battle ends with the enemies unconscious and the remaining golden bird fleeing in terror.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Meng effortlessly kills the Crimson Flame Tiger and Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf, even after they consume life-saving divine treasures. He defeats them with an ordinary-looking wok spatula and slingshot, shocking both humans and foreign creatures.
• His victory establishes him as an overwhelmingly powerful human who may eventually suppress an entire era. The surrounding creatures flee rather than risk provoking him.
• Xiao Meng’s companions, Little Dot and Big Red Bird, are more amazed by his improvised weapons than by the victory itself.
• The group begins preparing the defeated ancient-bloodline descendants as food. Big Red Bird plucks and washes the meat, while the Nine-Headed Lion is forced to help.
• Little Dot washes his face and is recognized as the infamous child from the Void God Realm, whose appearance in Hundred Break Mountain causes an uproar.
• Xiao Meng shares cigars with Little Dot. Big Red Bird begs for a puff, while the Nine-Headed Lion tries one and immediately chokes.
• Little Dot and Big Red Bird secretly decide to add Blast Ape meat to the stew, intending to trick Xiao Meng despite Big Red Bird’s fear of being blamed.

Character developments

• Xiao Meng is revealed to possess frightening, near-unmatched combat ability, yet he remains playful, sarcastic, and casually domestic afterward. He treats powerful descendants as ingredients and uses humor to intimidate his companions.
• Little Dot continues to display his shameless, mischievous nature. He is comfortable smoking cigars, manipulating Big Red Bird, and plotting to deceive Xiao Meng. His recognition by outsiders also highlights his notorious reputation.
• Big Red Bird shifts from exaggerated flattery to obedient cooperation out of fear. Despite constantly scheming and complaining, it is easily bullied into taking responsibility for Little Dot’s plans.
• The Nine-Headed Lion is humbled further, forced to perform menial work and tricked into smoking. It remains cautious around Little Dot and Xiao Meng but increasingly participates in their group dynamic.
• The surrounding humans and foreign creatures develop greater fear and respect for Xiao Meng, while humans also gain confidence from seeing one of their own overpower ancient-bloodline descendants.

Significant themes

• Humanity challenging ancient bloodlines: Xiao Meng’s victory overturns the assumption that descendants of powerful primordial races naturally dominate humans.
• Strength hidden behind the ordinary: The wok spatula and slingshot appear mundane but are more powerful than treasured divine weapons, emphasizing Xiao Meng’s unconventional nature.
• Humor amid danger: Brutal battles and slaughter are immediately followed by jokes, smoking, cooking, and bickering, creating a deliberately absurd contrast.
• Power and submission: Even proud, powerful creatures obey Xiao Meng or Little Dot once confronted with overwhelming strength or intimidation.
• Food as comedy and dominance: Turning defeated enemies into stew reduces once-feared elites to ingredients and reinforces the group’s irreverent attitude toward authority and prestige.

Character interactions

• Xiao Meng mocks Big Red Bird’s exaggerated admiration, twisting its flattery into threats of cooking it.
• Little Dot and Big Red Bird work together to manage the cooking while treating the Nine-Headed Lion as a subordinate.
• Little Dot shares a cigar with Xiao Meng, then Big Red Bird begs for the remainder and tricks the Nine-Headed Lion into trying it.
• Little Dot orders Big Red Bird to secretly add Blast Ape meat to the stew, while Big Red Bird protests but submits after seeing the Golden Bone Scissors.
• The group’s casual banter contrasts sharply with the fear Xiao Meng inspires in the outside creatures.

Chapter Summary: “A Hearty Feast”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Outside the mountain gate, Xiao Meng and his companions prepare a lavish feast using the bodies of powerful creatures, including a tiger, a Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf, a sheep, and the golden giant bird.
• Big Old Two, the chicken-like bird, returns carrying only two legs from the golden giant bird, revealing that it has killed and eaten the rest. The others are shocked, while Little Dot is furious that such valuable meat was wasted.
• The group cooks the meat in several treasures: tiger bone soup in a bone cauldron, tiger meat in a black wok, the wolf in a huge iron bowl, and roasted sheep and bird legs on a grill.
• Xiao Meng contributes whiskey, diluting it with Pure Spirit Spring so everyone can drink it safely. The liquor proves to be extraordinarily potent, almost like a sacred medicine.
• During the feast, everyone eagerly eats and drinks. Big Red Bird consumes too much whiskey, catches fire, burns off all its feathers, and then breaks through to a higher cultivation realm. Its feathers quickly regrow.
• Little Dot and the Nine-Headed Lion also experience powerful effects from the liquor, with Little Dot’s strength stabilizing and another Grotto-Heaven soon within reach, while the Nine-Headed Lion feels its bottleneck loosen.
• After eating, the group smokes cigars and cigarettes together under the moon, ending the chapter in a relaxed, convivial mood.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Acts as the host and provider of the whiskey. He enjoys the food enthusiastically, recognizes the liquor’s medicinal value, and remains comparatively unaffected by it because of his greater strength.
• Little Dot: Shows his familiar combination of greed, culinary skill, pride, and short temper. He is angry at Big Old Two for wasting the golden bird’s meat but proudly accepts praise for his cooking. The feast and liquor significantly strengthen him.
• Big Red Bird: Remains boastful, greedy, and argumentative. It eagerly participates in the meal, serves Xiao Meng, and unexpectedly breaks through after overindulging in whiskey. Its arrogance returns immediately, but Little Dot keeps it under control.
• Big Old Two: Demonstrates frightening strength by killing the golden giant bird. It is arrogant and willing to eat its own kind, yet amusingly regrets not having eaten the bird after it was properly cooked.
• Nine-Headed Lion: Becomes increasingly impressed by Xiao Meng’s whiskey and the group’s food. It witnesses Big Red Bird’s breakthrough and realizes the liquor’s astonishing cultivation benefits.

Significant Themes

• Comradeship and celebration: The feast transforms powerful kills and rare treasures into a shared moment of friendship and relaxation.
• Food as pleasure and culture: Cooking is treated as an art, with Little Dot’s culinary talent earning admiration and bringing everyone together.
• Power and cultivation: The whiskey functions almost like a divine elixir, strengthening bodies, loosening bottlenecks, and enabling breakthroughs.
• Humor through conflict: Arguments over food, Big Old Two’s wastefulness, Big Red Bird’s arrogance, and Little Dot’s threats create a lighthearted contrast to the characters’ immense power.
• Indulgence and ordinary happiness: Despite their supernatural abilities, the characters enjoy simple pleasures—eating, drinking, smoking, and admiring the moon.

Character Interactions

• Little Dot repeatedly clashes with Big Old Two over the wasted golden giant bird, though he avoids a real fight because of the bird’s superior strength.
• Big Red Bird mocks Big Old Two for eating its own kind, but Big Old Two responds by demanding submission.
• Little Dot directs the cooking and serving, while Big Red Bird and the Nine-Headed Lion assist.
• Xiao Meng praises Little Dot’s roasted lamb, boosting the child’s pride and excitement.
• Everyone competes enthusiastically for food and liquor, creating a lively, almost familial atmosphere.
• When Big Red Bird catches fire during its breakthrough, Little Dot kicks it away to protect the others and later smacks it with a bone club when it becomes arrogant.
• The chapter concludes with Xiao Meng sharing cigarettes and offering casual smoking advice, reinforcing the group’s relaxed companionship.

Chapter Summary: “Brother Meng, Turn Around and Kill Them”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng spends the night smoking and reflecting on his absent parents, whom he considers strangers because they never cared for him or his grandfather. His main regret is that, after leaving Earth, no one will tend to his grandfather’s grave. He vows to return one day.
• At dawn, Xiao Meng wakes Little Dot, Big Red Bird, and Nine-Headed Lion and prepares to enter the dangerous ruins in search of treasure before he must return to the Dou Qi Continent at noon.
• Several powerful forces secretly follow the group into the ruins. They intend to kill Little Dot because of his past humiliating and extorting the four great clans in the Void God Realm. Some also view Xiao Meng as a target.
• The ruins are vast, gloomy, and filled with black mist, collapsed buildings, broken mountains, and living treasure artifacts capable of killing intruders.
• A spirit treasure suddenly flies through the ruins, prompting many creatures—including Little Dot—to chase it. Xiao Meng restrains him, preferring to let others scout the dangerous path.
• Xiao Meng detects three separate groups pursuing them. Rather than confront them immediately, he and Little Dot devise a plan to lure the enemies together and eliminate them.
• As the group searches the ruins, Xiao Meng reveals that he is specifically looking for a saber. After joking with Big Old Two about whether he should use a saber or sword, Xiao Meng notices something beneath his feet. The chapter ends as he looks down and recognizes it as something significant.

2. Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Shows emotional vulnerability while thinking about his family and grandfather, but quickly regains his practical, decisive attitude. He demonstrates strong vigilance, strategic thinking, and confidence in handling the hostile forces. His search for a saber hints at an important personal goal or weapon.
• Little Dot: Remains an energetic, treasure-obsessed “miser,” immediately excited by spirit artifacts. Despite his childish behavior, he is alert to danger and willing to participate in Xiao Meng’s plan to ambush their pursuers.
• Big Red Bird: Acts aggressively and opportunistically, urging Xiao Meng to kill the enemies following them. Its comments suggest it wants Xiao Meng to eliminate threats that might otherwise pursue it after Xiao Meng departs.
• Nine-Headed Lion: Provides the most cautious perspective, warning that the ruins and their sentient treasures are extremely dangerous.
• Big Old Two: Serves as comic relief and a subordinate companion. It questions Xiao Meng’s weapon preference and is punished humorously for making a remark Xiao Meng interprets as insulting.

3. Significant Themes

• Abandonment and belonging: Xiao Meng’s reflections reveal unresolved pain over his parents’ neglect and his emotional attachment to his grandfather and Earth.
• Loyalty and companionship: Despite their eccentric behavior, the group works together and trusts Xiao Meng’s judgment while entering a deadly environment.
• Greed versus caution: The characters are tempted by the ruins’ treasures, but Xiao Meng emphasizes patience and strategic restraint rather than rushing toward every artifact.
• Revenge and consequences: Little Dot’s past victories and humiliations inflicted on the four great clans have created lasting enemies, showing how earlier actions continue to shape the present.
• Danger hidden beneath opportunity: The ruins promise immense treasure but are also filled with sentient artifacts, traps, and hostile pursuers, making every gain potentially lethal.
• Departure and uncertainty: Xiao Meng’s limited time before returning to the Dou Qi Continent creates urgency and reinforces his concern about leaving his companions and grandfather’s grave behind.

4. Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng wakes and scolds Little Dot, Big Red Bird, and Nine-Headed Lion for sleeping carelessly in a dangerous area.
• Little Dot enthusiastically pushes the group toward treasure hunting, while Nine-Headed Lion repeatedly urges caution.
• Big Red Bird openly encourages Xiao Meng to turn around and kill their pursuers, prompting Xiao Meng to recognize the bird’s self-serving motives.
• Xiao Meng explains the enemy situation to Little Dot and coordinates a plan to lure the three groups into an ambush.
• Xiao Meng and Big Old Two exchange comic insults over Xiao Meng’s preference for a saber, ending with Xiao Meng slapping the subordinate.
• The chapter concludes with Xiao Meng discovering an unidentified object—likely connected to his search for a weapon—creating a cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng selects a rusty, broken half-blade from a collection of powerful artifacts. Although Big Old Two considers it worthless, Xiao Meng chooses it because it feels comfortable in his hand and can be used to humiliate enemies.
• The Primordial Origin Flame inside Xiao Meng suddenly reacts to a nearby treasure. Following the system’s guidance, he travels to a stone forest and discovers a fist-sized black-and-white Primordial Origin Stone.
• The stone appears ordinary, but it greatly excites the Primordial Origin Flame. Big Old Two also senses that it can help him evolve, potentially raising his chances of advancing from an Elder Immortal Phoenix to a Desolate Ancient Divine Phoenix.
• Xiao Meng refuses to give Big Old Two the stone, recognizing its immense value. Before the dispute can develop, a communication artifact stolen from the Rain Clan activates.
• Big Red Bird sends an urgent distress call, revealing that Little Dot, Big Red Bird, and the Nine-Headed Lion are being attacked by more than twenty enemies, including numerous Sealers and powerful young geniuses.
• Xiao Meng orders Big Old Two to transform and carry him rapidly toward the battlefield.
• Meanwhile, Little Dot fights desperately while using the Nine Crescent Moons, Golden Bone Scissors, battle spears, treasure artifacts, and techniques from the Original True Explanation. He taunts the Sealers, reminding them that he once defeated and humiliated them in the Void God Realm by piling them into a “mountain of people.”
• The Sealers, enraged by the reminder, unleash their strongest attacks. Although Little Dot can contend with any of them individually, he becomes overwhelmed when several attack together and is injured.
• Big Red Bird is also badly beaten while trying to resist the attackers. Just as the enemies boast that no one can save them, Xiao Meng arrives dramatically, his cold voice interrupting the battle.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Demonstrates unconventional judgment by choosing the broken blade, emphasizing his confidence and mischievous personality. He also shows decisive concern for his companions, immediately abandoning his search for treasures to rescue them.
• Big Old Two: Reveals a powerful personal motivation: the Primordial Origin Stone could significantly improve his evolutionary path. His usually proud and formidable demeanor becomes eager and almost pleading when asking Xiao Meng for the treasure.
• Little Dot: Shows continued growth after breaking through to Eight Cave Heavens. He fights boldly and uses numerous artifacts and advanced techniques, but the battle exposes the limits of his current strength against multiple veteran Sealers. Despite his danger, he remains defiant and verbally aggressive.
• Big Red Bird: Retains its comic, loud-mouthed nature, insulting the attackers even while being overwhelmed. Its desperate cries for Xiao Meng’s help also highlight its dependence on him.
• The Sealers: Their hatred of Little Dot is rooted in humiliation from the Void God Realm. Their obsession with revenge drives them to attack collectively and abandon any sense of dignity.

Significant Themes

• Hidden value and perception: The apparently useless broken blade and ordinary-looking Primordial Origin Stone both possess importance that is invisible to others. The chapter contrasts outward appearance with true worth.
• Power and evolution: The Primordial Origin Stone represents the possibility of transcending natural limitations, especially for Big Old Two, whose evolutionary advancement is extraordinarily difficult.
• Humiliation and revenge: The Sealers’ attack is motivated less by strategy than by their wounded pride over being defeated and publicly humiliated in the past.
• Loyalty and rescue: Xiao Meng’s immediate response to the distress signal shows that, despite his greed for treasures, he prioritizes his companions when they are in danger.
• Confidence versus overwhelming force: Little Dot’s courage and individual strength are impressive, but the battle demonstrates how even a talented fighter can be threatened by coordinated superior numbers.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Big Old Two argue indirectly over the Primordial Origin Stone, with Big Old Two clearly hoping to receive it and Xiao Meng pretending not to understand its request.
• Xiao Meng consults the Primordial Origin Flame and the system to locate the stone, showing his reliance on both supernatural guidance and his own judgment.
• Little Dot taunts the veteran Sealers by recalling their past defeat, intensifying their anger and turning the fight into a personal vendetta.
• Big Red Bird repeatedly calls for Xiao Meng’s help while insulting the enemies, reinforcing the group’s comedic but loyal dynamic.
• The chapter ends with Xiao Meng arriving at the critical moment, setting up his confrontation with the attackers.

Chapter Summary: “Farewell”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng suddenly returns after circling back and reveals that he had already noticed the Sealed Ones following and plotting against him. Their attempt to claim they only intended to kill Little Dot fails to convince him.
• The Sealed Ones threaten Xiao Meng, provoking him into abandoning any possibility of negotiation. He orders Little Dot and his companions to deal with the young prodigies while he handles the elders.
• More than a dozen Sealed Ones launch a combined attack, but Xiao Meng overwhelms them with the second move of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, Shatter Mountains and Rivers. One strike severely injures three elders.
• Xiao Meng destroys the elders’ rune weapons and kills them one after another. When some attempt to break their seals and unleash forbidden power, he anticipates them and blasts them apart with fireballs from the weapon merged into his arm.
• The young prodigies panic after seeing their elders die. Big Red Bird prevents their escape with the Big Black Pot, then piles them together and sits triumphantly atop them. Little Dot, Big Red Bird, and Nine-Headed Lion easily defeat the remaining youths.
• After the battle, Little Dot asks whether Xiao Meng found any treasures. Xiao Meng reveals a severely rusted, apparently broken blade, which leaves everyone speechless. He refuses to let them test it, implying that the weapon may be more significant than it appears.
• Xiao Meng announces that he must leave in two hours. The group spends their remaining time smoking cigars and talking about the dangers of the world and the possibility of meeting again.
• Xiao Meng enters a misty passage opened by the system. Little Dot, Big Red Bird, and Nine-Headed Lion bid him farewell and promise to find him again, possibly on Earth.
• Just before Xiao Meng leaves, Little Dot jokes that monkey meat tastes good. Xiao Meng realizes the remark is aimed at him, chases Little Dot down, and beats him before departing in fury.

2. Character Developments

• Xiao Meng demonstrates overwhelming confidence, sharp perception, and ruthless decisiveness. He refuses to accept the Sealed Ones’ hypocritical “misunderstanding” excuse and proves that he is effectively invincible at his current realm.
• His protective bond with Little Dot becomes clear: he crosses worlds and immediately risks battle to save him, yet their relationship is also marked by constant teasing and physical comedy.
• Little Dot remains fearless, arrogant, and mischievous. Xiao Meng’s power inspires him to pursue his own future invincibility, while his final prank shows that he is comfortable enough with Xiao Meng to provoke him even during an emotional farewell.
• Big Red Bird shifts rapidly from terrified victim to boastful spectator once Xiao Meng arrives. He enthusiastically praises Xiao Meng, mocks the defeated enemies, and imitates Little Dot by piling the young prodigies into a “mountain.”
• Nine-Headed Lion continues to act as the more sober observer, recognizing Xiao Meng’s terrifying strength and viewing the Sealed Ones’ decision to attack him as foolish.
• The Sealed Ones’ arrogance collapses into fear once they realize how badly they have underestimated Xiao Meng.

3. Significant Themes

• Strength and survival: The chapter emphasizes the brutal logic of the martial world, where the weak receive no mercy and survival depends on power.
• Overconfidence and misjudgment: The Sealed Ones believe their numbers and status can compensate for Xiao Meng’s strength, but their arrogance leads directly to their deaths.
• Loyalty and friendship: Xiao Meng’s immediate defense of Little Dot, along with the group’s emotional farewell, highlights the bonds formed through shared danger.
• Mortality and uncertainty: Xiao Meng’s comments about life’s fragility and the possibility that they may never meet again give the otherwise comedic chapter a bittersweet tone.
• Defiance of fate: Little Dot insists that his destiny will eventually belong to him rather than to heaven, expressing his determination to survive and control his own future.
• Humor amid danger: Mockery, cigar-smoking, exaggerated boasting, and Little Dot’s final prank relieve the tension and reinforce the group’s unconventional camaraderie.

4. Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and the Sealed Ones engage in a tense exchange over their attempted ambush. Their threats and excuses only intensify his hostility.
• Big Red Bird repeatedly taunts the elders and openly celebrates Xiao Meng’s arrival, though Xiao Meng also insults and nearly kicks him for his remarks.
• Xiao Meng coordinates with Little Dot, assigning him and the others to fight the younger enemies while he confronts the elders.
• Little Dot admires Xiao Meng’s power and declares that he too will one day become invincible.
• The group jokes about Xiao Meng’s rusted blade, carefully avoiding insulting it too directly because they fear his reaction.
• During the farewell, the friends smoke cigars together and express their hope of meeting again. The emotional moment is undercut when Little Dot makes a provocative joke, leading to one final comic beating before Xiao Meng leaves.

Chapter Summary

• Setting and opening conflict: In the Beast Mountain Range, the tier-six Purple Crystal Lion King battles Yun Yun, master of the Misty Cloud Sect, in a devastating clash above the mountains. Meanwhile, the Lion King’s young offspring sleeps inside its crystal-filled cave.
• Xiao Meng’s unexpected arrival: After returning from the Hundred-Broken Mountains, Xiao Meng is transported by the system into the cave rather than to his basement. He crashes onto the Little Purple Crystal Lion King, knocking it unconscious. Realizing he has arrived in the Beast Mountain Range, he becomes alarmed by the danger surrounding him.
• System mission and restrictions: The system orders Xiao Meng to leave the mountain range alive, rewarding him with two fishing opportunities. However, it forbids him from using his AK-47 or receiving help from the Nine-Colored Heavenly Phoenix. Xiao Meng recognizes that his limited strength makes the mission extremely dangerous, especially with powerful magical beasts nearby.
• Observing the battle: From the cave entrance, Xiao Meng witnesses the terrifying battle between Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Lion King, recognizing it as a confrontation between Dou Emperor-level powers. He also notices the storm clouds and lightning gathering overhead, increasing his fear that the area may soon be struck by heavenly tribulation or catastrophic lightning.
• Xiao Meng’s escape plan: As other magical beasts begin approaching the cave, Xiao Meng devises a desperate strategy. He ties up the unconscious Little Purple Crystal Lion King and uses it as a hostage, reasoning that the surrounding beasts will not dare attack while the “little prince” is in his possession.
• Confrontation with the magical beasts: Seven or eight powerful beasts, including tier-five and tier-six creatures, surround Xiao Meng and demand that he release the cub. A wolf-like beast threatens to tear him apart, while a rapeseed-flower giant python tries to negotiate. Xiao Meng insists that he only wants to leave the mountain range and refuses to trust their promise to let him go unharmed.
• Humorous exchange: Xiao Meng insults the python and her claim that magical beasts are more honorable than humans. When she releases a deadly poisonous mist, Xiao Meng inhales it without apparent consequence. The beasts expect him to die instantly, but he remains completely unharmed, leaving the python and the others stunned.

Character Development and Interactions

• Xiao Meng: He remains fearful of the overwhelming danger but responds with quick thinking, shameless confidence, sarcasm, and improvisation. His decision to use the Little Purple Crystal Lion King as a hostage shows his willingness to exploit circumstances to survive. His immunity to the python’s poison introduces a mysterious advantage and surprises both him and the beasts.
• Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Lion King: Their battle establishes them as extremely powerful figures, though they do not directly interact with Xiao Meng in this chapter.
• Magical beasts: The surrounding beasts are fiercely protective of the Little Purple Crystal Lion King. They initially view Xiao Meng as an inexplicable intruder, then become increasingly confused by his lack of Dou Qi and his immunity to the poisonous mist.

Major Themes

• Survival through wit rather than strength: Xiao Meng cannot rely on combat power, so he uses deception, hostage-taking, and psychological pressure to survive.
• Unexpected advantages and mystery: His arrival in the wrong location and resistance to deadly poison suggest that the system or Xiao Meng himself may possess hidden powers.
• Power imbalance: The chapter contrasts Xiao Meng’s weak apparent cultivation with the overwhelming strength of Dou Emperor-level combatants and tier-six magical beasts.
• Humor amid danger: Xiao Meng’s irreverent insults and exaggerated reactions create comedy despite the life-threatening situation.
• Trust and prejudice: The conflict between humans and magical beasts is reflected in their mutual suspicion, with both sides accusing the other of being deceitful or malicious.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng realizes that the Cauliflower Python secretly attacked him with poisonous mist rather than merely releasing a vicious aura. Because he has built up immunity to various poisons, the mist has no effect.
• Holding the young Purple Crystal Lion King hostage, Xiao Meng forces the magical beasts blocking the cave entrance to let him leave.
• The beasts speculate that Xiao Meng is far stronger than he appears because they cannot sense any Dou Qi from him. They fear he intends to abduct the lion cub and raise it as a mount.
• They alert the Purple Crystal Lion King, who abandons his battle with Yun Yun and rushes to rescue his son.
• Xiao Meng is surrounded by the enraged Lion King and pursued by Yun Yun. To maintain control, he repeatedly threatens to kill the cub if anyone attacks him.
• Xiao Meng insults the Lion King, calls the wolf-like beast a “black dog,” and even impulsively threatens to eat the Lion King. Though frightened by the king’s overwhelming power, he continues acting aggressively so he will not lose the advantage.
• The Lion King offers Yun Yun the Amethyst Spirit Crystal in exchange for his son’s release, assuming she is connected to Xiao Meng.
• Yun Yun denies knowing Xiao Meng. The chapter ends with Xiao Meng cheekily greeting her—“Hi, Little Yun, don't you even recognize me?”—despite their apparent lack of prior acquaintance.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Demonstrates unusual poison immunity, quick thinking, and considerable nerve. Although terrified by the Lion King’s power, he masks his fear with bluster and uses the cub as leverage. His reckless humor and provocative behavior make him appear both absurdly bold and dangerously unpredictable.
• Purple Crystal Lion King: Revealed as an immensely powerful and fiercely protective father. His anger is extreme, but he is forced to suppress it because Xiao Meng is holding his son hostage. He is willing to surrender the valuable Amethyst Spirit Crystal to ensure the cub’s safety.
• Yun Yun: Becomes an unwilling participant in the confrontation after being blamed for Xiao Meng’s actions. She is stunned by his audacity and frustrated by the Lion King’s repeated accusations, while also remaining curious about the mysterious young man.
• The magical beasts: Shift from dismissing Xiao Meng as an ordinary human to fearing that he may be a hidden expert. Their alarm grows when he successfully escapes the cave and threatens their prince.

Significant Themes

• Appearance versus reality: Xiao Meng looks like an ordinary human because he has no detectable Dou Qi, but his poison immunity and fearless behavior make the beasts suspect that he is concealing immense strength.
• Courage and intimidation: Xiao Meng survives by projecting confidence even when he is genuinely terrified. His threats are a psychological strategy designed to preserve his leverage.
• Parental protectiveness: The Lion King’s rage and willingness to sacrifice the Amethyst Spirit Crystal emphasize the depth of his devotion to his son.
• Misunderstanding and mistaken blame: Yun Yun is repeatedly accused of collaborating with Xiao Meng despite not knowing him, creating much of the chapter’s comedy and tension.
• Humor amid danger: Xiao Meng’s insults, exaggerated threats, and irreverent attitude contrast sharply with the deadly situation and the Lion King’s overwhelming power.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng clashes with the Cauliflower Python and the other beasts, verbally condemning their attempted poisoning and forcing them to retreat.
• The magical beasts discuss Xiao Meng’s mysterious strength and pursue him after he abducts the cub.
• The Lion King confronts Xiao Meng, but Xiao Meng turns the encounter into a hostage negotiation.
• Yun Yun is caught between the two sides and unfairly treated as Xiao Meng’s accomplice.
• Xiao Meng and Yun Yun exchange their first notable interaction when he claims familiarity with her, ending the chapter on a comedic cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng tricks Yun Yun into believing he is her long-lost grandmaster by addressing her familiarly as “Little Yun,” claiming he held her as a child, and pretending to have a senior relationship with her master, Yun Shan.
• He repeatedly insults Yun Shan for failing to reach the Dou Zong realm, reinforcing the illusion that he is an ancient and powerful figure.
• Yun Yun, initially furious and skeptical, becomes increasingly uncertain when Xiao Meng accurately identifies her master and speaks with complete confidence about the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Meng orders the Purple Crystal Lion King to surrender the Amethyst Spirit Crystal. Because the lion king’s son is being held hostage, it reluctantly complies and sends the old black bull to retrieve it.
• Xiao Meng reveals that Yun Yun wants the crystal so Gu He can refine pills for her disciple, Nalan Yanran, to help her prepare for the three-year agreement against a disciple of the Xiao Clan.
• He criticizes Yun Yun for relying on pills to help Nalan Yanran defeat what he assumes is merely a weak clan disciple, unaware—or pretending not to know—that the opponent is Xiao Yan.
• To explain his youthful appearance, Xiao Meng invents an elaborate story: he claims to be a Dou Venerable expert whose cultivation and age were altered by a technique called the Yin-Yang Reversal Rejuvenation Seal after fighting the Blood Slaughter Venerable.
• He hands the bound young Purple Crystal Lion King to Yun Yun and asks her to supervise the magical beasts while he searches for herbs to break the supposed seal.
• After escaping, Xiao Meng admits privately that the entire story was a bluff and flees at full speed. He then realizes he may have become lost in the wilderness.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Demonstrates his talent for deception, improvisation, and psychological manipulation. He exploits Yun Yun’s respect for powerful elders and his knowledge of her background to create a convincing false identity. Although outwardly confident, he is actually terrified of being exposed and immediately runs away once safe.
• Yun Yun: Shifts from anger and suspicion to confusion, then to genuine belief. Her normally dignified and authoritative demeanor becomes almost childlike when Xiao Meng scolds her as a supposedly irresponsible junior. She also reveals her concern for Nalan Yanran and the importance she places on the upcoming three-year agreement.
• Purple Crystal Lion King: Moves from hostility and resistance to reluctant submission after Xiao Meng takes its son hostage. His fear increases when Xiao Meng appears to possess knowledge of both the lion clan and powerful human experts.
• The magical beasts: Become intimidated and confused by Xiao Meng’s apparent status. They begin to believe he is an ancient expert far beyond the Dou Emperor level.
• Nalan Yanran: Does not appear directly, but her upcoming battle and Yun Yun’s efforts to strengthen her drive the chapter’s conflict.

Significant Themes

• Deception and performance: Xiao Meng constructs an entire identity through confident speech, invented history, and selective use of real information.
• The power of reputation: Names such as Yun Shan, the Blood Slaughter Venerable, and the Dou Venerable realm are enough to frighten both Yun Yun and the magical beasts, even without Xiao Meng displaying any actual power.
• Generational authority: Xiao Meng’s false position as a grandmaster allows him to criticize Yun Yun and Yun Shan while making them feel like unruly juniors.
• Appearance versus reality: Xiao Meng looks like a powerless teenager but successfully convinces everyone that he is an ancient, terrifying expert whose body has been rejuvenated.
• Protectiveness and responsibility: Yun Yun’s actions show her concern for Nalan Yanran’s future, while Xiao Meng’s decision not to demand the Purple Crystal Source suggests that, despite his schemes, he is avoiding unnecessary cruelty.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Yun Yun engage in a tense but increasingly comedic exchange, with Xiao Meng treating her as a disobedient child and Yun Yun struggling between anger, disbelief, and respect.
• Xiao Meng intimidates the Purple Crystal Lion King by combining hostage-taking with claims of superior knowledge and authority.
• Yun Yun honestly explains her plan for Nalan Yanran, allowing Xiao Meng to understand the connection between the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and the three-year agreement.
• Xiao Meng’s false explanation of his “sealed cultivation” convinces Yun Yun and the magical beasts alike, causing them to reinterpret all his earlier behavior as that of a disguised Dou Venerable.
• The chapter ends humorously with Xiao Meng fleeing from the consequences of his own deception and discovering that he may not even know where he is.

Chapter Summary: “Beasts and Ghosts”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng spends more than ten days lost in the dangerous inner regions of the Beast Mountain Range after being relentlessly pursued by powerful magical beasts.
• Severely injured and covered in blood and dirt, he hides beneath a boulder and consumes spirit herbs to heal himself.
• He repeatedly encounters terrifying Level Four and Level Five magical beasts, including a black great ape fighting a golden-maned lion. He avoids the battle and continues searching for an escape route.
• Two Iron-Armored Crocodiles ambush him from underground, biting through his abdomen. Xiao Meng survives by activating a formation that cuts one crocodile in half, kills the other, and flees before more beasts arrive.
• Over the next two months, he survives more than three hundred battles and repeatedly comes close to death before finally reaching the outer region of the mountain range.
• A mercenary group mistakes Xiao Meng’s filthy, rag-covered appearance for that of a powerful magical beast and attacks him. He easily defeats more than twenty mercenaries and several herb gatherers.
• Xiao Meng forces the mercenary leader to give him his outer robe, though the man mistakenly begins stripping completely. Xiao Meng takes only the robe and leaves.
• In the outer region, Xiao Meng dominates the weaker magical beasts he encounters, kicking them aside or killing them with ease.
• He then finds a beautiful woman about to be devoured by magical beasts. He rescues her and defeats the surrounding beasts in a series of powerful kicks.
• Instead of thanking him, the woman screams that Xiao Meng is a ghost and struggles in terror, provoking his angry response.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: His prolonged ordeal makes him more cautious, battle-hardened, and resilient. He demonstrates impressive combat strength, survival instincts, and mastery of formations. Despite his injuries and exhaustion, his pride, temper, and sarcastic humor remain intact. He is also easily offended by being mistaken for a beast or ghost.
• Mercenary leader: Initially confident enough to order an attack, he becomes terrified once Xiao Meng effortlessly defeats the group. He is submissive when Xiao Meng demands clothing.
• The rescued woman: Introduced as vulnerable and near death, she immediately reacts with fear and hysteria after being saved, misidentifying Xiao Meng as a ghost.

Significant Themes

• Survival and endurance: Xiao Meng’s journey emphasizes the brutality of the Beast Mountain Range and his determination to survive despite repeated life-threatening injuries.
• Appearance versus reality: His filthy, blood-covered state causes others to mistake him for a magical beast or supernatural creature, contrasting sharply with the fact that he is a powerful but human cultivator.
• Humor amid danger: The chapter repeatedly undercuts deadly situations with misunderstandings, exaggerated reactions, and Xiao Meng’s irritated commentary.
• Power and vulnerability: Xiao Meng is nearly helpless against the strongest beasts in the inner region but becomes overwhelmingly dominant once he reaches the outer region.
• Isolation and misrecognition: Although Xiao Meng encounters people after months alone, they fail to recognize him correctly, creating further conflict and comedic frustration.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng observes the battle between the black great ape and golden-maned lion but wisely avoids interfering.
• He confronts the mercenary group after they mistake him for a magical beast, defeating them before demanding the leader’s robe.
• The mercenaries’ fear and confusion intensify when they realize that the “beast” can speak and is actually human.
• Xiao Meng rescues the woman from magical beasts, carries her in his arms, and destroys her attackers. However, she screams that he is a ghost, leading to another comic misunderstanding and ending the chapter on Xiao Meng’s exasperated anger.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng, having already rescued Xiao Yi Xian from danger, becomes offended when she mistakes him for a ghost. In retaliation, he throws her into the middle of the magical beasts.
• The surrounding mercenaries, led by Mu Li, recognize Xiao Yi Xian and rush to save her. The beasts are about to attack, but unexpectedly retreat before the situation becomes fatal.
• Xiao Meng attempts to leave the mountains, only to be stopped when Mu Li throws a dagger in front of him and orders him to apologize to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mu Li’s jealousy intensifies when Xiao Yi Xian defends Xiao Meng and apologizes to him. He orders his mercenaries to seize or kill Xiao Meng.
• Xiao Meng effortlessly kills more than ten mercenaries and then confronts Mu Li. Despite Mu Li’s threats that his father is a powerful mercenary leader, Xiao Meng kills him by snapping his neck.
• The system initially gives no reaction to Mu Li’s death, confusing Xiao Meng. When he insults the system, however, dark clouds and lightning suddenly appear, frightening him before disappearing.
• Xiao Meng orders Xiao Yi Xian to lead him out of the mountains. She instead insists on collecting medicinal herbs and manipulates him into helping her.
• After arguing, Xiao Yi Xian attempts to force Xiao Meng’s cooperation by poisoning him. Xiao Meng reveals that he is immune to poison, leaving her shocked.
• Their quarrel continues until Xiao Meng finally gives in and agrees to help her gather the herbs.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: He is shown to be overwhelmingly powerful, ruthless toward anyone who threatens or disrespects him, and impatient with unnecessary complications. Despite his violence, he repeatedly protects Xiao Yi Xian and ultimately agrees to help her. His confusion and fear regarding the system and its lightning punishment also reveal a more humorous and vulnerable side.
• Xiao Yi Xian: She shifts from fear and anger toward Xiao Meng to curiosity and reluctant reliance on him. Though offended by his crude behavior, she recognizes that he is not inherently evil because he saved her. She also demonstrates resourcefulness and stubbornness by manipulating him into helping gather herbs.
• Mu Li: His infatuation with Xiao Yi Xian develops into irrational jealousy. He underestimates Xiao Meng, using his men to attack him and relying on his father’s reputation, but his arrogance leads directly to his death.

Significant Themes

• Power and arrogance: Mu Li’s belief that status and numbers can protect him contrasts sharply with Xiao Meng’s overwhelming strength.
• Misjudgment and appearances: Xiao Meng is repeatedly mistaken for a magical beast, ghost, or beggar because of his unkempt appearance, while his true power is far beyond everyone present.
• Violence versus kindness: Xiao Meng claims to be kind, but his brutal actions make the statement ironic. Nevertheless, his willingness to rescue and assist Xiao Yi Xian suggests that his harsh exterior conceals a protective nature.
• Manipulation and mutual dependence: Xiao Yi Xian exploits Xiao Meng’s strength to gather herbs, while Xiao Meng needs her guidance to escape the mountains.
• Humor amid danger: Their constant insults, arguments, and misunderstandings provide comic relief despite the deadly events surrounding them.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Xiao Yi Xian develop an antagonistic but increasingly cooperative relationship. She insults him out of fear, he retaliates harshly, and they repeatedly argue over his treatment of her and her attempts to use him as protection.
• Mu Li’s interactions with Xiao Yi Xian are possessive and patronizing; he believes Xiao Meng must apologize despite Xiao Yi Xian defending him.
• Xiao Meng openly mocks Mu Li’s jealousy and kills him when he attempts to use force.
• The chapter ends with Xiao Yi Xian successfully forcing Xiao Meng to accompany her, establishing their bickering partnership.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng reaches Qingshan Town late at night after a difficult period in the Beast Mountain Range. Exhausted, he looks for an inn while Xiao Yi Xian follows him.
• Xiao Yi Xian repeatedly asks for his name and insists on staying with him because Xiao Meng killed Mu Li, Mu She’s son. She fears Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group will retaliate against her.
• After arguing, Xiao Meng agrees to eliminate the threat. Xiao Yi Xian leads him to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s headquarters, where he easily cripples Mu She and several other leaders before leaving.
• Xiao Meng rents a room, pays extra because of his filthy condition, bathes, and sleeps for more than two days.
• After recovering, he decides to return to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City. Before leaving, the system orders him to detour to Black Rock City and buy the Heavenly Origin Fruit—also known as the Red Spirit Fruit—which can help him break through to the next major cultivation realm.
• Xiao Meng summons Big Old Two and rushes toward Black Rock City, joking and arguing with the reluctant Nine-Colored Heavenly Phoenix about giving it the Primordial Origin Stone.
• During the journey, Xiao Meng notices Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Lion King pursuing him from the Beast Mountain Range. They intercept him before he can escape.
• The Purple Crystal Lion King senses Big Old Two’s overwhelmingly superior bloodline and becomes both fearful and greedy, wanting to eat it to improve its own cultivation.
• When the lion openly threatens Big Old Two, Xiao Meng turns hostile and prepares to attack. The chapter ends as he launches a fireball at the Purple Crystal Lion King.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng remains abrasive, sarcastic, and self-interested on the surface, but his actions reveal that he protects those connected to him. He helps Xiao Yi Xian despite being annoyed by her and becomes fiercely defensive when Big Old Two is threatened.
• Xiao Yi Xian shows both shameless persistence and practical intelligence. She uses Xiao Meng’s involvement in Mu Li’s death to persuade him to eliminate Mu She, while also choosing to stay near him for protection. Her anger at his rejection is mixed with growing familiarity and attachment.
• Big Old Two continues to act childish, greedy, and humorous, begging for the Primordial Origin Stone and complaining about being forced to fly at full speed. Despite his cowardly attitude, his extraordinary bloodline is revealed to be powerful enough to suppress a tier-six magical beast.
• Yun Yun still believes Xiao Meng is the “grand-master” of the Misty Cloud Sect and waits for him to return, unaware that his identity and claims are false. Her pursuit suggests she is determined to confront or accompany him.
• The Purple Crystal Lion King is portrayed as proud but conflicted. Its fear of Big Old Two’s bloodline is overcome by greed, leading it to threaten a creature far above its natural status.

Significant Themes

• Protection beneath hostility: Xiao Meng constantly insults Xiao Yi Xian and Big Old Two, yet repeatedly protects them when they are in danger.
• Power and intimidation: Xiao Meng’s overwhelming strength allows him to cripple the Wolf Head leaders effortlessly and challenge a powerful magical beast without hesitation.
• Bloodline superiority and ambition: Big Old Two’s hidden identity as a Nine-Colored Heavenly Phoenix is emphasized through the Purple Crystal Lion King’s instinctive fear and desire to consume it.
• Mistrust and mistaken identity: Yun Yun continues to believe Xiao Meng’s false identity as a grand-master, while Xiao Meng worries about being exposed.
• Humor through contradiction: Xiao Meng acts like a detached, ruthless strongman, but his petty arguments, reluctance to help, and concern for Big Old Two create a comedic contrast.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Xiao Yi Xian bicker constantly. She accuses him of abandoning her after Mu Li’s death, while he mocks her for exploiting him during their herb-gathering trip.
• Xiao Meng and Big Old Two exchange sarcastic threats and bargaining. Big Old Two wants the Primordial Origin Stone to evolve, while Xiao Meng refuses because he fears the creature might become powerful enough to escape him.
• Xiao Meng’s meeting with Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Lion King shifts the mood from comedy to confrontation. Big Old Two exposes the lion’s hostile intentions, prompting Xiao Meng to defend it and launch an attack.

Chapter Summary: Black Rock City, Alchemist Association

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng fires a top-grade AK-47 bullet at the Purple Crystal Lion King. He deliberately avoids killing it, using the shot only to drive it away and conserve his limited trump card.
• The bullet severely injures the Lion King, blasting a hole through one of its wings and leaving it close to death. Terrified, the beast retreats.
• The chapter explains that the AK-47’s power changes according to the laws and power systems of each world. In the Battle Through the Heavens world, a top-grade bullet can kill a Dou Emperor, but recoil severely damages Xiao Meng’s arm.
• Yun Yun witnesses the attack and becomes fully convinced that Xiao Meng is the Misty Cloud Sect’s mysterious “Grand Patriarch,” unaware that he is actually far weaker than she believes.
• Xiao Meng orders Yun Yun to return to the Misty Cloud Sect and keep their meeting secret, especially from Yun Shan, whom he mocks as foolish and troublesome.
• After leaving, Xiao Meng suffers from the recoil of the shot. The Chaos Green Lotus heals his injured arm while he travels on Big Old Two.
• Xiao Meng and Big Old Two arrive at Black Rock City. Xiao Meng pays the entrance tax, navigates the crowded city, and locates the Alchemist Association.
• The Association’s cauldron-shaped architecture impresses him. However, he discovers that entry requires a mentor’s recommendation letter, which he does not possess.
• When the guards refuse him entry, Xiao Meng attempts to provoke them into accepting a fight. His absurd threat to accuse them of sexual assault horrifies them and causes them to back away.
• Unable to gain entry normally, Xiao Meng asks Big Old Two to create a terrifying aura, imitating the method used by Xiao Yan in the original story. The chapter ends as the aura spreads and everyone nearby reacts in alarm.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Demonstrates his ruthlessness, resourcefulness, and willingness to use unconventional methods. Although he appears overwhelmingly powerful, the recoil reveals that his apparent strength is largely deceptive. He remains physically immature and comparatively weak, relying on technology, bluffing, healing abilities, and improvisation.
• Yun Yun: Becomes completely convinced that Xiao Meng is an immensely powerful senior figure. Her respect and fear increase, but she is left confused and emotionally unsettled after he orders her to conceal their encounter.
• Purple Crystal Lion King: Shifts from aggression to overwhelming fear after suffering Xiao Meng’s attack. It mistakenly assumes Xiao Meng is a Dou Venerable.
• Big Old Two: Acts as Xiao Meng’s mount and companion, complaining defensively about being blamed for their slow travel. Despite their bickering, he continues helping Xiao Meng.
• Alchemist Association guards: Initially arrogant and dismissive toward Xiao Meng, but his bizarre threats and attempted intimidation make them uneasy and hostile.

Significant Themes

• Appearance versus reality: Xiao Meng appears to possess the strength of a Dou Venerable, but the truth is that he is exploiting a powerful weapon and maintaining a dangerous bluff.
• Misunderstanding and deception: Yun Yun and the Lion King both greatly overestimate Xiao Meng’s cultivation, allowing him to command respect despite his actual limitations.
• Power and technology across worlds: The chapter emphasizes that the AK-47’s effectiveness depends on the rules and cultivation systems of each world.
• Improvisation and trickery: Xiao Meng repeatedly relies on absurd threats, psychological pressure, and imitation rather than conventional strength.
• Comedic contrast: Serious battles and dangerous injuries are paired with Xiao Meng’s insults, his argument with Big Old Two, and his outrageous attempt to manipulate the guards.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng intimidates the Purple Crystal Lion King into fleeing, while Yun Yun watches in awe.
• He orders Yun Yun to conceal his presence and insults Yun Shan, reinforcing the false image of himself as an ancient, powerful ancestor.
• Xiao Meng and Big Old Two exchange sarcastic complaints during their journey, with Xiao Meng threatening to cook Big Old Two if the Heavenly Origin Fruit is sold.
• At the Alchemist Association, Xiao Meng verbally clashes with the guards, using mock innocence, challenges, and scandalous threats to unsettle them.
• Xiao Meng finally turns to Big Old Two for assistance, preparing another deception to force his way into the Association.

Chapter Summary: “Old Man, Are You Otto?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Meng unleashes the Primordial Origin Flame outside the Black Rock City Alchemist Association. Although the flame was previously weak, it suddenly produces an overwhelming, almost divine aura that terrifies the guards and onlookers.
• The flame’s display convinces everyone that Xiao Meng is at least a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, despite his young age. The guards immediately allow him into the association.
• Master Otto, a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, rushes outside after sensing the frightening flame. He is shocked to learn that it came from a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy.
• Inside the association, Xiao Meng searches for a Red Spirit Fruit, which he needs for refining a medicinal pill. Staff members explain that the association does not sell ingredients and cannot reveal which alchemist owns one.
• Otto and the purple-clad Lin Fei arrive. Xiao Meng identifies Otto by his badge and bluntly asks, “Old man, are you Otto?”
• Xiao Meng then physically grabs Otto by the neck and drags him aside, demanding to know who possesses the Red Spirit Fruit. His behavior horrifies the staff, Lin Fei, and the other alchemists.
• Otto confirms that the Red Spirit Fruit is in his storage ring. Xiao Meng releases him and demands to buy it, but Otto refuses to discuss the matter until Xiao Meng reveals his alchemist rank.
• The confrontation escalates when Xiao Meng threatens Otto and claims that the entire Alchemist Association is beneath his notice. Just as he makes this outrageous statement, an unknown person angrily challenges him from behind.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Demonstrates the terrifying power of the Primordial Origin Flame and gains immediate authority through fear and awe. However, he remains recklessly arrogant, crude, impatient, and willing to threaten powerful figures to obtain what he wants. His physical strength also surprises Otto, a Da Dou Shi, since Otto cannot easily break free from his grip.
• Primordial Origin Flame: Reveals unexpected intelligence and control by dramatically amplifying its aura. Xiao Meng is impressed but frustrated that it creates far more spectacle than he intended.
• Master Otto: Initially curious and alarmed by the flame, Otto becomes humiliated and enraged after Xiao Meng treats him disrespectfully and physically restrains him. Despite his anger, he becomes cautious after sensing Xiao Meng’s terrifying flame and strength.
• Lin Fei: Appears as Otto’s beautiful disciple and witnesses Xiao Meng’s shocking behavior. Her surprise and disbelief highlight how abnormal his treatment of Otto is.
• Association Staff and Guards: Shift rapidly from dismissing Xiao Meng to fearing and revering him after witnessing his flame. They are stunned by his boldness toward Otto.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Xiao Meng’s flame instantly changes how others perceive him, showing that power can establish status before formal recognition or credentials.
• Arrogance versus authority: Xiao Meng’s confidence borders on recklessness, while Otto represents established authority within the Alchemist Association. Their clash centers on whether raw power or institutional rank carries more weight.
• Hidden strength: The Primordial Origin Flame appears weak but possesses far greater potential than expected, foreshadowing Xiao Meng’s unpredictable abilities.
• Social hierarchy and intimidation: Guards, staff, and alchemists immediately submit to displays of overwhelming power, revealing the association’s fear-based respect for strong cultivators.
• Comedy through absurdity: Xiao Meng’s childish insults, casual threats, and insistence on calling Otto “brother” create a deliberately exaggerated contrast with Otto’s respected position.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng internally scolds the Primordial Origin Flame for overdoing its intimidating aura.
• The guards nervously permit Xiao Meng to enter after witnessing the flame.
• Otto questions the guards about the mysterious fire and later confronts Xiao Meng regarding the Red Spirit Fruit.
• Xiao Meng questions the female staff member, flirts lightly with her, and presses her for information.
• Xiao Meng treats Otto with shocking familiarity, calling him “old man” and “brother,” while physically choking him.
• Otto attempts to regain control by demanding Xiao Meng reveal his alchemist rank, but Xiao Meng responds with threats.
• A middle-aged Da Dou Shi tries to defend Otto, but Xiao Meng dismisses him and warns him not to interfere.
• The chapter ends with another powerful figure confronting Xiao Meng over his insulting declaration against the association.

Chapter Summary: “Oh My God, You Scared the Baby to Death”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A sinister-looking old alchemist, Master Ku He, enters the Alchemist Association. He is a Third-Grade Alchemist and a Three-Star Da Dou Shi, reportedly close to advancing to the Fourth Grade.
• Ku He confronts Xiao Meng for allegedly insulting the Alchemist Association. He publicly labels Xiao Meng an enemy of all alchemists, attempting to turn the crowd against him.
• Xiao Meng responds violently, striking Ku He in the face with a wok spatula, knocking out several teeth. He then grabs Ku He by the throat before anyone can react.
• Despite Master Otto’s attempts to calm the situation, Xiao Meng cripples Ku He’s cultivation by destroying his Dou Qi vortex. Ku He survives but becomes permanently powerless.
• Xiao Meng throws Ku He aside, takes his Storage Ring, and warns him to gather his allies if he wants revenge.
• Xiao Meng then turns his attention to Otto, demanding the Red Spirit Fruit and jokingly calling Otto his “brother.”
• Otto warns Xiao Meng that Ku He’s family possesses a Dou Ling-level ancestor, meaning Xiao Meng has provoked a powerful enemy.
• Xiao Meng pretends to be terrified, dramatically exclaiming, “You scared the baby to death!” He uses the distraction to attempt to steal Otto’s Storage Ring.
• Otto and Xiao Meng become involved in an undignified struggle over the ring and the Red Spirit Fruit. During the chaos, Xiao Meng claims that refining Fourth-Grade Pills would be easy for him.
• The chapter ends when an unknown person arrives and asks what everyone is doing.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng is established as overwhelmingly powerful, fearless, ruthless, and completely unconcerned with social status or consequences. He reacts to hidden murderous intent immediately and shows that he will punish anyone who genuinely threatens him.
• His personality is also shown to be highly shameless and comedic. After crippling Ku He, he casually shifts into bargaining, teasing, theft attempts, and outrageous jokes.
• Ku He is revealed to be arrogant, manipulative, and malicious. His attempt to use the Alchemist Association’s reputation against Xiao Meng backfires catastrophically, leaving him crippled and humiliated.
• Master Otto remains responsible and politically aware, understanding the danger of killing or crippling Ku He. However, Xiao Meng’s behavior repeatedly drives him into anger, helplessness, and embarrassment.
• Lin Fei and the woman in purple are visibly shocked by Xiao Meng’s strength and later become caught up in the chaotic physical struggle.

Significant Themes

• Power versus status: Ku He’s reputation as a respected alchemist means little against Xiao Meng’s overwhelming strength.
• The danger of arrogance and provocation: Ku He attempts to intimidate Xiao Meng through moral condemnation and political influence, but his arrogance leads directly to his downfall.
• Rebellion against authority: Xiao Meng openly mocks the Alchemist Association and ignores its rules, demonstrating that conventional institutions cannot control him.
• Violence mixed with comedy: The chapter contrasts Xiao Meng’s brutal crippling of Ku He with absurd humor, teasing, and slapstick fighting.
• Hidden strength and uncertainty: Xiao Meng’s claim that he can refine Fourth-Grade Pills raises questions about his true identity and abilities.

Important Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Ku He: Their encounter begins with Ku He condemning Xiao Meng and ends with Xiao Meng physically defeating and crippling him. Xiao Meng recognizes Ku He’s concealed hostility and retaliates decisively.
• Xiao Meng and Otto: Otto tries to prevent a disaster, but Xiao Meng ignores him, later treats him as a close friend, and pressures him for the Red Spirit Fruit. Their hostile yet comedic relationship drives much of the chapter’s humor.
• Xiao Meng and the surrounding alchemists: The crowd initially assumes Xiao Meng is doomed, but their confidence turns to fear after witnessing him overpower Ku He.
• Xiao Meng and Lin Fei/the woman in purple: Their interactions become part of the chaotic scuffle, with Xiao Meng jokingly complaining when the woman in purple kicks him.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• President Frank and Xue Mei arrive at the alchemy association and discover Otto fighting Xiao Meng. Xiao Meng has already beaten and humiliated the respected Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Meng stops fighting only when Otto offers him the Red Spirit Fruit, but Otto insists that Xiao Meng help him with another matter first.
• Xiao Meng treats Frank, Otto, and the women accompanying them with outrageous familiarity. He calls President Frank “Old Frank,” spins him around, grabs him by the neck, and attempts to hug the grown-up Xue Mei while calling her “Little Xue Mei.”
• Xue Mei reacts furiously and attacks him, while Feilin and the onlookers are similarly angered by Xiao Meng’s lecherous jokes and shameless behavior.
• In a private room, Otto asks whether Xiao Meng can truly refine Fourth-Grade Pills. Frank is incredulous, but Otto gives Xiao Meng several sets of ingredients and Third-Grade pill formulas to test his abilities.
• Xiao Meng summons the bizarre Myriad Furnace God, which appears as a flaming toad holding a furnace. He throws multiple batches of ingredients into it simultaneously instead of processing them individually.
• Using an extraordinary technique, Xiao Meng extracts and refines all the ingredients at once. In less than ten minutes, he produces eight flawless golden pills.
• Otto, Frank, Xue Mei, and Feilin are stunned. Xiao Meng’s technique appears to surpass what even much higher-grade alchemists could accomplish, confirming that his abilities are genuine and possibly miraculous.
• Xiao Meng immediately demands the Red Spirit Fruit. Otto explains that Ku He had repeatedly sought the fruit and attacked Xiao Meng after learning that Xiao Meng wanted it as well.
• Otto again offers the Red Spirit Fruit in exchange for Xiao Meng’s assistance with an undisclosed task. Xiao Meng responds by threatening and striking Otto, then agrees to hear the request.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng is established as powerful, shameless, unpredictable, and comically lacking in social restraint. Beneath his reckless behavior, however, lies astonishing alchemical talent. His main motivation remains obtaining the Red Spirit Fruit to help him break through to the True Essence Realm.
• Otto shifts from an embarrassed and angry victim of Xiao Meng’s violence to a scheming negotiator. Although initially skeptical of Xiao Meng’s claims, he becomes deeply impressed by the young man’s alchemy and tries to recruit his help.
• President Frank is portrayed as Otto’s dignified but easily flustered old friend. Xiao Meng’s familiarity and physical antics leave him shocked, humiliated, and unable to understand why Otto tolerates the youth.
• Xue Mei is introduced as Frank’s beautiful silver-haired disciple. Despite her elegant appearance, she has a fierce temper and immediately attacks Xiao Meng when he teases and attempts to embrace her.
• Feilin remains protective of Otto and hostile toward Xiao Meng’s vulgar jokes. She joins Xue Mei in attacking him when he suggests taking both women as wives.
• Xiao Meng’s alchemy demonstration changes the group’s perception of him: they can no longer dismiss him as merely a violent or eccentric young man.

Significant Themes

• Hidden genius beneath absurdity: Xiao Meng’s crude manners and ridiculous behavior contrast sharply with his nearly unprecedented alchemical skill.
• Appearance versus ability: Although the elders see him as reckless and unreliable, Xiao Meng proves himself through extraordinary results rather than conventional methods.
• Power and humiliation: Xiao Meng repeatedly overturns social hierarchies, physically dominating respected masters and treating them as equals—or inferiors.
• Greed and bargaining: The Red Spirit Fruit drives conflicts and negotiations, revealing how valuable resources create resentment, violence, and manipulation.
• Comedic irreverence: Formal institutions and respected figures are undermined by Xiao Meng’s casual insults, exaggerated confidence, and refusal to respect conventional etiquette.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Otto maintain a hostile but transactional relationship, constantly threatening and insulting each other while cooperating when their interests align.
• Xiao Meng’s familiarity with Frank creates immediate confusion and embarrassment, especially because Frank does not recognize him or understand their supposed history.
• Xiao Meng’s teasing of Xue Mei and Feilin provokes their anger and turns the women into active opponents rather than passive observers.
• Otto and Frank share astonishment at Xiao Meng’s abilities, though Frank initially doubts Otto’s judgment.
• After witnessing the perfect pills, Otto and Frank view Xiao Meng with a mixture of awe, frustration, and concern, while Xiao Meng remains focused almost entirely on securing the Red Spirit Fruit.

Chapter Summary: “A Note on Going Premium”

Key Events and Information

• The author announces that the novel will become a paid/premium book at noon.
• One final free chapter will be released before the paywall begins.
• The author asks readers to subscribe, especially on the first day, and promises a substantial update the following day—likely at least 20,000 words.
• The author thanks readers for their support and Editor Demon Wind for offering a contract and promoting the novel.
• The author apologizes for perceived weaknesses in the writing and invites readers to leave comments about confusing or poorly handled elements.

Clarifications About the Story

• The Fishing System is intentional and not useless. Xiao Meng cannot cultivate battle qi because he will travel between multiple worlds, where power systems differ. His physical body is being strengthened first to compensate for inconsistencies between realms.
• Xiao Meng will later cultivate Origin Force and Divine Power, which are more advanced or otherwise more suitable than battle qi. His physical training is connected to his future physique and cultivation path.
• The protagonist’s combat strength is scaled differently from the Battle Through the Heavens setting: Xiao Meng’s realm is treated as roughly 70% as strong as the equivalent realm there. Thus, reaching the seventh realm would allow him to challenge a tenth-realm expert from Battle Through the Heavens.
• Jia Lie Ao’s survival is deliberate. He was not killed because, according to the system, he can currently die only at Xiao Yan’s hands. The reason for this restriction will be explained later.
• Xiao Meng helps Xiao Yan primarily because of their brotherly bond. However, the system’s assistance toward Xiao Yan has a deeper purpose: it may be using Xiao Yan to help Xiao Meng avoid future disasters. The system is not simply serving Xiao Yan.
• The story will contain additional transmigrators besides Xiao Meng and Xiao Yan, including at least one character whose status as a transmigrator is deliberately ambiguous.

Character Development

• Xiao Meng: His cultivation route is clarified. Rather than relying on battle qi, he is being prepared for a broader, cross-world power system involving physical cultivation, Origin Force, and Divine Power.
• Xiao Yan: His relationship with Xiao Meng remains important, with Xiao Meng supporting him out of genuine brotherhood. His future role is also tied to Jia Lie Ao’s fate and possibly to the system’s larger plans.
• Jia Lie Ao: His survival becomes a purposeful mystery rather than an unresolved plot inconsistency. His eventual death is specifically linked to Xiao Yan.
• The System: It is presented as an independent force with its own motives. Its apparent support of Xiao Yan may actually serve Xiao Meng’s interests and prevent calamities.

Major Themes

• Author-reader relationship: The note emphasizes gratitude, vulnerability, and the author’s desire for continued reader support.
• Growth and self-improvement: The author acknowledges flaws and promises to improve, while the protagonist’s training also centers on gradual development and preparation for future challenges.
• Power-system flexibility: The story’s multiple worlds require different cultivation methods and carefully adjusted power scaling.
• Hidden motives and future revelations: The system’s true intentions, Jia Lie Ao’s fate, and the identity of other transmigrators are deliberately reserved for later explanations.
• Brotherhood and loyalty: Xiao Meng’s actions toward Xiao Yan are motivated by personal bonds, even though larger forces may be manipulating the situation.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Meng and Xiao Yan are characterized as brothers or close companions, with Xiao Meng helping Xiao Yan out of loyalty.
• The system influences events involving both Xiao Meng and Xiao Yan, but its relationship with them is complex and potentially strategic rather than simply obedient.
• Xiao Yan’s future confrontation with Jia Lie Ao is foreshadowed as a predetermined or system-enforced event.
• The author directly addresses readers, asking for subscriptions, feedback, patience, and encouragement while acknowledging criticism.

Chapter Summary

• Otto’s request: Otto, Frank, Feilin, and Xue Mei ask Xiao Meng to help refine a beginner Fifth-Grade Detoxification Pill. Since they are only Peak Fourth-Grade Alchemists, they plan to combine their efforts, but need a fourth participant.
• Xiao Meng’s mockery and confrontation: Xiao Meng ridicules Otto and Frank for being unable to refine a Fifth-Grade Pill, provoking them. When Otto threatens to give the valuable Red Spirit Fruit to pigs if Xiao Meng refuses, Xiao Meng attacks and beats him.
• Xiao Meng teases Feilin: Feilin intervenes to protect her master, but Xiao Meng grabs and teases her, pretending that her attempt to bite him is an eagerness to embrace him. He pulls her into his arms, humiliating and enraging her. Otto furiously tries to stop him, while Frank finds the scene amusing. Feilin is furious, though the encounter stirs an unfamiliar feeling in her heart.
• Xiao Meng offers to refine the pill alone: Rather than cooperate with four alchemists, Xiao Meng confidently claims he can refine the Fifth-Grade pill himself within three to ten days. Otto and Frank are stunned, since even becoming a Third-Grade Alchemist is considered extraordinary at a young age. Xiao Meng’s confidence is partly an act: although he possesses powerful alchemy knowledge, he lacks sufficient cultivation and relies heavily on the Myriad Furnace God and Primordial Origin Flame.
• Beginning cultivation: Otto gives Xiao Meng the Red Spirit Fruit and arranges a superior cultivation chamber while the remaining ingredients are gathered. Xiao Meng swallows the Heavenly Origin Fruit and begins cultivating with the Eternal Undying Art, attempting to transform his Origin Force into True Essence and break through into the True Essence Realm.
• Conflict at the Alchemist Association: Meanwhile, Black Rock City is stirred by demands from Ku He’s faction that the Alchemist Association surrender Xiao Meng. The Association refuses decisively, even when the Ku He Clan’s Dou Ling ancestor personally appears. Frank and the others value Xiao Meng’s unprecedented alchemy talent too highly to hand him over.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Xiao Meng remains arrogant, provocative, and physically overbearing, but his confidence conceals uncertainty about refining a Fifth-Grade Pill. He recognizes that he must improve his cultivation before attempting it.
• Otto shifts from requesting Xiao Meng’s help to openly fighting with him after Xiao Meng insults and humiliates him. Despite his anger, he ultimately trusts Xiao Meng enough to provide the Red Spirit Fruit.
• Feilin fiercely defends Otto and reacts with intense embarrassment and anger to Xiao Meng’s teasing. Although she despises his behavior, the encounter leaves her emotionally unsettled.
• Frank acts as an amused observer, admiring Xiao Meng’s shamelessness and refusing to take Otto’s side.
• The Alchemist Association demonstrates its loyalty to Xiao Meng by protecting him against Ku He’s faction, establishing that his talent has made him exceptionally valuable.

Major Themes

• Genius versus established ability: Xiao Meng’s unprecedented talent makes conventional alchemy rankings seem insignificant, leaving older alchemists both offended and awed.
• Pride and provocation: Much of the chapter’s humor and conflict comes from Xiao Meng’s deliberately insulting and shameless behavior.
• Hidden insecurity beneath confidence: Xiao Meng boasts about refining a Fifth-Grade Pill while privately knowing he may not yet be capable of it.
• Protection of exceptional talent: The Association’s refusal to surrender Xiao Meng highlights the value placed on rare genius and foreshadows escalating conflict with Ku He’s faction.
• Emerging romantic tension: Xiao Meng’s teasing creates an antagonistic but emotionally charged dynamic with Feilin, whose anger is mixed with feelings she does not yet understand.

Chapter Summary: “Meng Dayi Here, May I Ask Your Name?”

Plot Points and Events

• Lin Fei and Xue Mei wait outside Xiao Meng’s cultivation chamber while he attempts to refine a fifth-grade pill. Both are stunned and discouraged by his extraordinary talent, as neither can yet refine even a first-grade pill.
• The two women joke and argue about Xiao Meng’s shameless behavior and whether either of them has feelings for him. Their teasing reveals that, despite being rivals, they are close friends.
• A powerful disturbance shakes the cultivation building, alarming Lin Fei and Xue Mei. Lin Fei summons Otto, Frank, and the City Lord of Black Rock City, who fear Xiao Meng may be at a dangerous breakthrough point.
• The disturbance suddenly stops, but Xiao Meng does not emerge for several more days. Frank warns everyone not to investigate Xiao Meng’s background, explaining that a teenage fifth-grade alchemist is too powerful and valuable to offend.
• Xiao Meng finally leaves the chamber and immediately resumes teasing Lin Fei and Xue Mei. Xue Mei attacks him but is pulled into his embrace, while Lin Fei tricks her into dealing with him alone and escapes.
• Xiao Meng encounters Otto and tests his newly increased strength by punching him. Otto, a Six-Star Da Dou Shi, is sent flying, revealing that Xiao Meng has reached a frightening level of physical power after breaking through to the True Essence Realm.
• In the reception hall, Xiao Meng meets Lin Fei’s father, the City Lord. He rudely calls him “brother,” introduces himself as “Meng Dayi,” and jokes about his surname, causing widespread irritation.
• Otto announces that the medicinal ingredients are ready: two sets for the Clear Poison Pills and two additional sets for other fifth-grade pills. Xiao Meng begins refining, first using the extra ingredients as practice.
• Xiao Meng summons the Myriad Furnace God and demonstrates astonishing alchemical control. He spends over three hours extracting the ingredients, then begins merging their essences.
• Just as the medicinal liquids are about to fuse successfully, Xiao Meng realizes something has gone wrong, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Xiao Meng: Reveals that his cultivation has advanced dramatically. He is now powerful enough to overwhelm high-level Da Dou Shi experts and may even kill a Dou Ling when using formations. Despite his immense abilities, he remains boastful, mischievous, and deliberately provocative. His first serious attempt at refining a fifth-grade pill also shows that even he must work carefully and cannot treat advanced alchemy casually.
• Lin Fei: Becomes increasingly exasperated by Xiao Meng’s flirtation but also participates in teasing him and Xue Mei. Her behavior suggests a growing familiarity and possible attraction, though she hides it behind embarrassment and hostility.
• Xue Mei: Continues acting as Xiao Meng’s outspoken opponent, but she is easily embarrassed by his teasing. Her friendship with Lin Fei is emphasized through their playful rivalry and mutual scheming.
• Otto: Remains frustrated by Xiao Meng’s disrespect but recognizes his terrifying talent and strength. Rather than questioning Xiao Meng’s origins, Otto focuses on persuading him to fulfill his promise to refine the pills.
• Frank: Acts as the cautious and practical leader, warning others not to investigate Xiao Meng’s background. He understands that Xiao Meng’s status as a young fifth-grade alchemist could threaten the entire Jia Ma Empire’s balance of power.
• Lin Fei’s father, the City Lord: Initially arrives out of curiosity and shock, but quickly realizes that Xiao Meng is someone too dangerous and valuable to offend. His bewilderment grows as Xiao Meng behaves irreverently toward him.

Significant Themes

• Extraordinary talent and envy: Xiao Meng’s age and skill make him an unprecedented figure, forcing established alchemists to question their own abilities.
• Power and caution: The adults recognize that Xiao Meng’s influence exceeds his apparent age. His strength and alchemical status make investigating or antagonizing him potentially disastrous.
• Comedy through disrespect and flirtation: Much of the chapter’s humor comes from Xiao Meng’s shameless behavior, especially his teasing of Lin Fei, Xue Mei, Otto, and the City Lord.
• Friendship beneath rivalry: Lin Fei and Xue Mei constantly insult and compete with one another, yet their playful interaction shows genuine closeness.
• Risk behind genius: Although Xiao Meng appears overwhelmingly capable, the difficult pill-refinement process reminds readers that fifth-grade alchemy remains challenging, even for him.

Character Interactions

• Lin Fei and Xue Mei discuss Xiao Meng’s talent and mock one another over their supposed romantic interest in him.
• Their playful fight outside the chamber shifts into a prank when Lin Fei abandons Xue Mei after Xiao Meng pulls her into his embrace.
• Xiao Meng challenges Otto physically, humiliating him while also revealing the gap between his cultivation and that of a seasoned Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Meng’s introduction to Lin Fei’s father is deliberately disrespectful, creating immediate comic tension.
• Otto and Frank treat Xiao Meng as an indispensable alchemist, while Xiao Meng constantly mocks their impatience.
• Lin Fei, Xue Mei, Otto, Frank, and the City Lord all watch in astonishment as Xiao Meng begins refining fifth-grade pills, their admiration mixed with disbelief and fear.