Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun cultivated in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, eventually breaking through to Dou Ling after twenty days despite accumulating Fire Poison. He returned to his dormitory and began preparing a remedy to clear the poison.

• Xiao Yun entered a vacant high-grade cultivation room and used a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill to advance toward Dou Ling, but the pill’s energy ran out when he had reached eighty percent progress.
• Xiao Yun continued cultivating in the tower for twenty days and broke through to Dou Ling, but the accumulated Fire Poison made him irritable and left his eyes bloodshot.
• Xiao Yun took an Ice Heart Pill and asked Fang Wen to obtain a third-tier ice-element Magic Core.
• Xiao Yun refined Cold Dew Ice Liquid, mixed some into a basin of water, and sat in it to remove the Fire Poison from his body.

During three years at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yun advanced to Two-Star Dou Wang and Fifth-Tier Peak Alchemist, while the Xiao Clan struggled to understand why Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi had regressed. The chapter ended with Xiao Yun opening a letter from the clan, unaware of its contents.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhan and the three Elders why his Dou Qi had dissipated, and they reassured him that Xiao Yun might find the cause.
• Xiao Zhan decided to send Xiao Yun a letter asking him to return and help Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yun reflected on his slower cultivation progress and rapid alchemy advancement over the past three years.
• Xiao Long delivered the clan leader’s letter to Xiao Yun, who gave him a jade bottle and began reading it.

After learning that Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi had dissipated, Xiao Yun prepared to return to the Xiao clan, while making arrangements for Zi Yan and the Xiao Sect. He left Jia Nan Academy on a Griffon Beast, eager to reach the Jia Ma Empire and pursue its treasures and talents.

• Xiao Yun read Xiao Zhan’s letter about Xiao Yan’s cultivation problem and decided to return, though he worried about how his intervention might affect Xiao Yan’s future.
• Zi Yan begged Xiao Yun not to leave, and Xiao Yun promised to return within half a year and refined her medicinal herbs into a supply of pills.
• Xiao Yun gave Fang Wen instructions and cultivation resources before leaving the Inner Academy and traveling to the Outer Academy.
• Xiao Yun borrowed a Griffon Beast from Hu Gan, who told him that Fire Elder was attempting to break through to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yun flew toward the Jia Ma Empire, looking forward to its treasures and talents, including the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin.

Xiao Yun returned toward the Jia Ma Empire and flew to Ghost-Suppressing Pass to ask for Gu Te’s location. After Mu Tie told him that Gu Te lived in Black Rock City, Xiao Yun arrived there at night and decided to seek him out the next day.

• Xiao Yun planned to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame and find Gu Te to trade for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Yun left the Griffon Beast near the empire’s border and flew over Ghost-Suppressing Pass.
• Xiao Yun pressured Mu Tie into revealing that Gu Te lived in Black Rock City, and Mu Tie sent a warning to Gu He.
• Xiao Yun flew to Black Rock City and spent the night at an inn rather than visit Gu Te after dark.

Xiao Yun visited the Alchemist Association in Black Rock City to find Gu Te and trade for a rare treasure. Otto brought him to Gu Te’s residence, where Xiao Yun’s Fifth-Tier Alchemist status calmed Gu Te, and Otto left them alone in a sealed room.

• Xiao Yun wore his Fifth-Tier Alchemist robes to enter the Alchemist Association, where Otto and Frank greeted him as a master.
• Xiao Yun asked Otto to take him to Gu Te, explaining that he wanted to trade for one of Gu Te’s rare treasures.
• Otto warned Xiao Yun that Gu Te was eccentric and might use any means to obtain valuable treasures.
• Otto led Xiao Yun through the traps in Gu Te’s unusual residence and introduced him to Gu Te.
• Gu Te grew angry when Xiao Yun admired his collection, but withdrew his aura after Otto revealed Xiao Yun was a Fifth-Tier Alchemist.
• Otto left the room and sealed it, leaving Xiao Yun alone with Gu Te to trade.

Xiao Yun traded a bottle of Earth Core Tempering Milk to Gu Te for Ice Spirit Cold Spring, using his strength to stop Gu Te from raising the price. After rewarding Otto for arranging the meeting, Xiao Yun flew toward the Tagor Desert to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Yun offered Gu Te Earth Core Tempering Milk in exchange for Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Gu Te refused the trade, but Xiao Yun pressured him with his aura until he agreed to exchange the treasures.
• Gu Te retrieved Ice Spirit Cold Spring from a hidden room, and Xiao Yun inspected it before storing it away.
• Xiao Yun thanked Gu Te, left his home, and taught Otto several alchemy techniques.
• Xiao Yun summoned his Dou Qi wings and flew toward the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame.

After getting lost on his way to Stone Desert City, Xiao Yun went to Desert City to find Hai Bo Dong and obtain the map to the Green Lotus Core Flame. Their meeting began with a fight, but Xiao Yun revealed his strength and alchemy rank, leaving Hai Bo Dong eager to befriend him and hoping he could break his seal.

• Xiao Yun asked desert travelers for directions, learned Hai Bo Dong was in Desert City, and rewarded the woman who guided him.
• Xiao Yun found Hai Bo Dong's Gu Tu map shop and forced his way inside after Hai Bo Dong refused to open the door.
• Hai Bo Dong attacked Xiao Yun, but Xiao Yun dispelled his freezing mist and defeated him with a Purple Flame dragon.
• Xiao Yun told Hai Bo Dong he knew about his seal and could restore his strength, then showed him a genuine Fifth-Tier Alchemist Badge.
• Xiao Yun displayed a Sixth Order Beast Flame and Fifth-Tier Pills, convincing Hai Bo Dong to apologize and accept him as a friend.

Xiao Yun negotiated with Hai Bo Dong for information about Heavenly Flames, agreeing to refine a pill that could break Hai Bo Dong’s seal. They traveled to Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yun planned to find Qing Lin and have Hai Bo Dong help look after her.

• Xiao Yun agreed to refine Hai Bo Dong’s Pill of Breaking the Seal in exchange for his Heavenly Flame map and information.
• Hai Bo Dong explained that he still needed Sand Mandrake from the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Yun said he might trade for it from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yun gave Hai Bo Dong a Tortoise Breath Pill and carried him through the night sky toward Stone Desert City to avoid the Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yun and Hai Bo Dong reached Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yun said he would ask the City Lord’s Manor to help find Qing Lin.

Xiao Yun found Qing Lin in Stone Desert City and reassured her that her Snake-People blood was nothing to be ashamed of. After explaining her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, he invited her to follow him as his little sister, and she joined him at the banquet.

• Hai Bo Dong and Xiao Yun attended a feast at the City Lord's Manor while the city lord searched for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yun met Qing Lin in the front courtyard and gently asked her name.
• Xiao Yun recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and explained her talent for controlling and absorbing snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yun promised Qing Lin that no one would bully her and asked her to follow him; Qing Lin agreed and called him Brother.
• Xiao Yun brought Qing Lin into the hall, introduced her to Hai Bo Dong, and comforted her as she began eating the banquet food.

Xiao Yun found the underground magma cavern and subdued its Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent so Qing Lin could control it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After Qing Lin learned the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the magma, Xiao Yun followed the serpent into the depths while leaving her protected above.

• Xiao Yun found a passage beneath the desert and led Qing Lin into the Underground Magma World.
• A Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent attacked Xiao Yun, who knocked it unconscious and brought it back to Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin activated her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and formed a bond with the serpent, though the effort left her exhausted.
• Qing Lin communicated with the serpent and learned the Heavenly Flame was beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yun left a wisp of Purple Crystal Lion Flame to protect Qing Lin and followed the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent into the magma.

Xiao Yun followed the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent through the magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame inside an azure lotus. He collected the lotus and returned safely to Qing Lin, then set off with her and the serpent.

• Xiao Yun followed the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent deeper into the magma, replenishing his Dou Qi as the heat intensified.
• The serpent stopped before the Green Lotus Core Flame and signaled Xiao Yun to continue alone.
• Xiao Yun entered the cooler azure radiance, cut the Green Lotus from its root, and supported it with Dou Qi.
• Qing Lin worried about Xiao Yun while she waited at the surface, and the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent prepared to search for him.
• Xiao Yun emerged with the lotus, explained that the Green Lotus Core Flame was inside it, and left with Qing Lin and the serpent.

Xiao Yun entrusted Qing Lin to Hai Bo Dong before retreating into the desert to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame. After swallowing its fire seed and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, he began trying to control the Heavenly Flame as it ravaged his body.

• Xiao Yun reassured Qing Lin, entrusted her to Hai Bo Dong, and promised to reunite with them after subduing the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yun flew to a deserted area, dug a hidden cave, and prepared the pills and Ice Spirit Cold Spring needed to endure the process.
• Xiao Yun separated the Green Lotus Core Flame from its lotus seat, endured its eruption, and pulled its fire seed from the flames.
• Xiao Yun swallowed the fire seed and drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring as the flame tore through his body.
• Xiao Yun focused on contacting the rampaging Green Lotus Core Flame and began circulating his cultivation technique to control and refine it.

Xiao Yun endured a near-fatal struggle to subjugate the Green Lotus Core Flame and emerged from the desert with greatly increased strength. He tested the Heavenly Flame’s power and found that it dramatically enhanced his Dou Qi and techniques.

• Xiao Yun guided the Green Lotus Core Flame through his frozen meridians, using the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to withstand its heat as he refined it.
• Xiao Yun merged the Green Lotus Core Flame with his Dou Qi and Soul Power, then drew it into the Naling before its backlash knocked him unconscious.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame and green lotus platform repaired Xiao Yun’s body, and he awoke as the magma pit collapsed around him.
• Xiao Yun escaped the collapsing pit, checked his Status Panel, and discovered he had reached Three-Star Dou Wang with peak Mortal Realm Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun tested the Green Lotus Core Flame in battle, using it to enhance his Dou Techniques and devastate the desert with the Azure Flame Palm.

Xiao Yun entered Snake-People territory to trade for Sand Mandrake, but Mobas said his tribe had run out and offered to take him to Queen Medusa. When Medusa arrived to negotiate, Xiao Yun resisted her invitation and revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame, shocking her by showing that he possessed a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yun flew to a Snake-People city and called for someone who could negotiate with him.
• Mobas challenged Xiao Yun's claim to be a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, then respected him after inspecting his genuine Fifth-Tier Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yun asked for Sand Mandrake, but Mobas said his tribe's supply was gone and invited him to seek some from Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yun refused to travel to the Snake-People Holy City and offered to refine pills in exchange for Sand Mandrake.
• Mobas returned with Queen Medusa, who invited Xiao Yun to the Holy City, but Xiao Yun refused and displayed his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa stopped when she recognized Xiao Yun's cyan flame as a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yun negotiated with Queen Medusa to refine pills in exchange for Sand Mandrake, then returned to Desert City with Mobas and began alchemy. He successfully formed a Dou Ling Pill, while Mobas guarded the shop and waited for him to finish.

• Xiao Yun used his Heavenly Flame and Jia Nan Academy’s backing to make Queen Medusa abandon her attempt to keep him in the Snake-People Tribe.
• Queen Medusa agreed to provide Sand Mandrake in exchange for five Sixth-Tier Pills and Xiao Yun’s future help with her evolution; they settled on two Dou Ling Pills first.
• Queen Medusa gave Xiao Yun a Storage Ring containing ingredients for twelve batches and ordered Mobas to accompany him to Desert City.
• Xiao Yun brought Mobas to Hai Bo Dong’s abandoned map shop and entered its secret chamber to refine the pills.
• After losing one herb while adjusting to the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yun successfully formed a Dou Ling Pill and contained most of its energy with a Soul Power barrier.
• Mobas sensed the pill’s energy in the hall and resolved to keep anyone from disturbing Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun refined pills for the Snake-People Tribe, then traveled to Green Mountain Town seeking Xiao Yi Xian and the cave she had discovered. He offered to reward her and teach her medicine if she took him there.

• Xiao Yun refined two Dou Ling Pills and a Pill of Breaking the Seal, then gave the Dou Ling Pills to Mobas.
• Xiao Yun left the Snake-People Tribe and flew toward Wutan City.
• Xiao Yun went to Myriad Medicine Store in Green Mountain Town and demanded to speak with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yun pressured Boss Yao into bringing Xiao Yi Xian to him.
• Xiao Yi Xian denied knowing about a cave beneath a steep cliff, but Xiao Yun saw through her lie and offered her a reward and medical instruction if she led him there.

Xiao Yun revealed that Xiao Yi Xian had the Woeful Poison Body and promised to cure it, then took her to a hidden cave in the Warcraft Mountains. Inside, he found a map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Yun identified Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body and explained that the Poison Pill Method could stop it from eventually killing her.
• Xiao Yun showed Xiao Yi Xian his Green Lotus Core Flame and said he knew where to find the ingredients needed for the method, and she agreed to guide him to the cave.
• Xiao Yun paid Boss Yao fifty thousand gold coins to compensate for Xiao Yi Xian leaving the Myriad Medicine Store, then flew with her to the Warcraft Mountains.
• Xiao Yun cleared the cave entrance and broke through a stone door, revealing a chamber with a skeleton, three locked boxes, gold coins, and medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yun found a hidden scroll in the skeleton's arm and recognized its map as a route to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian finished looting the cliffside cave, where Xiao Yi Xian acquired the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and learned that it recorded the Woeful Poison Body. Xiao Yun brought her toward home while Hai Bo Dong and Qing Lin waited in Wutan City, and the chapter ended with them watching the Xiao Clan’s annual cultivation assessment.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened the stone boxes and collected the Wild Lion's Roar, Eagle's Wings, and Seven-Colored Poison Classic, while Xiao Yun explained the flying technique and the book’s record of the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered the gold coins, and Xiao Yun led her out of the cave and buried its entrance before telling her to come home with him.
• Hai Bo Dong reassured Qing Lin that Xiao Yun would return safely, then agreed to take her to the Xiao Clan’s cultivation assessment after Xiao Zhan invited them.
• At the assessment square, the First Elder told Hai Bo Dong and Qing Lin that Xiao Yun had reached Ninth Duan of Dou Qi at age seven, and the assessment began.

Xiao Yun returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian during the Xiao Clan’s cultivation assessment and revealed his growing strength and accomplishments to his family. The clan learned he was a Dou Wang and Sixth-Tier Alchemist, while Hai Bo Dong left to take the pill that could break his seal.

• Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian flew toward Wutan City, where guards and townspeople recognized them as Dou Wang experts.
• Xiao Yun sensed the Xiao Clan’s cultivation assessment and arrived above the testing grounds with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders welcomed Xiao Yun, who introduced Xiao Yi Xian as Xian’er, a physician also known as Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yun gave Hai Bo Dong a Pill of Breaking the Seal, and Hai Bo Dong hurried away to take it.
• Xiao Yun told the Xiao Clan that Hai Bo Dong was the Ice Emperor and a Dou Emperor, and that he planned to ask Hai Bo Dong to protect the clan after he left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yun revealed that he had become a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, astonishing the Xiao Clan alongside his Dou Wang strength at thirteen years old.

Xiao Yun’s return brought celebration and upheaval to Wutan City, while the Jia Lie Clan planned to adapt rather than openly challenge him. After Hai Bo Dong regained his Dou Emperor cultivation, he agreed to travel with Xiao Yun to Jia Ma Sacred City, where Xiao Yun intended to take the Sixth-Tier Alchemist examination and seek a rare medicinal ingredient.

• Xiao Zhan celebrated Xiao Yun’s return with a banquet, and Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yun to diagnose his dissipating Dou Qi as a strange glimmer flashed from his black ring.
• News of Xiao Yun’s strength spread through Wutan City, prompting the Jia Lie Clan and Oba Clan to consider how to respond to the Xiao Clan’s rise.
• Jia Lie Bi failed to persuade Oba Pa to oppose the Xiao Clan, so he ordered the Jia Lie Clan to enter the gambling business and prepared to visit Xiao Zhan.
• Hai Bo Dong emerged after recovering his Dou Emperor cultivation, thanked Xiao Yun for the pill, and agreed to travel with him to Jia Ma Sacred City.
• Xiao Yun carried the drunken Qing Lin to his courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian took her to sleep and left Xiao Yun to cultivate outside.