Chapter Summaries

After Zhao Li revealed that he had reached the Da Dou Shi level, Lin Lan warned him to conceal his talent and disguised him with a human skin mask before sending him deeper into the Myriad Beast Mountain Range. The next day, Zhao Li led a growing group of Magical Beasts through the forest while collecting Medicinal Ingredients, then spotted a signal fire and approached the sounds of battle.

• Lin Lan questioned Zhao Li about his true strength, and Zhao Li admitted he had reached the Da Dou Shi level.
• Lin Lan warned Zhao Li not to reveal his talent and gave him a Human Skin Mask that made him look about twenty.
• Lin Lan told Zhao Li to continue deeper into the Myriad Beast Mountain Range and face danger without help unless his life was at risk.
• Zhao Li stole guarded treasures, drew several Magical Beasts after him, and used their pursuit to speed through the forest while gathering Medicinal Ingredients.
• Zhao Li saw a signal fire, escaped the beasts, and cautiously approached the sounds of fighting.

Lang Youqin and Qie Youyi halted their mercenary groups’ fight and agreed to search for a treasure together. Zhao Li secretly questioned Lang Youqin, learned that the Tiger Wolf Mercenary Group had found part of a treasure map near a Tier 4 Magical Beast, and set out to question Qie Youyi.

• Lang Youqin persuaded Qie Youyi to stop the fight and proposed that their groups search for the treasure together.
• Zhao Li followed the mercenaries through the forest and noticed they were heading toward a Tier 4 Magical Beast’s territory.
• Zhao Li captured Lang Youqin and threatened him until he revealed that the Tiger Wolf Mercenary Group had found a treasure-map fragment two months earlier.
• Lang Youqin identified the nearby beast as a Tier 4 Black Demonic Bear, and Zhao Li knocked him unconscious and returned him to his tent.
• Zhao Li headed for the Tiger Wolf Mercenary Group’s camp to question Qie Youyi about the treasure.

Zhao Li learned that Qie Youyi and Lang Youqin sought a Treasure Map Fragment held by the Black Demonic Bear, and he set out to find the bear and test his strength. Meanwhile, Lin Lan visited Xiong Ba and explained that Zhao Li was training in the mountains, leaving Zhao Li to face the dangers on his own.

• Zhao Li questioned Qie Youyi, obtained his Sheepskin Scroll, and confirmed it belonged to the same map as a fragment Zhao Li had bought at the Auction House.
• Qie Youyi woke and ordered his mercenaries to return and raid Black Panther's lair, while Lang Youqin hoped to profit from the others' fight.
• Zhao Li rested, then followed his map through the forest toward the fourth-rank Black Demonic Bear and steadied himself against doubts about the coming fight.
• Lin Lan drank with Xiong Ba and told him Zhao Li was in the mountains to gain experience.
• Xiong Ba offered to protect Zhao Li, but Lin Lan declined, saying Zhao Li needed to forge his own path while Lin Lan would protect him when necessary.

Zhao Li provoked the Black Demonic Bear, suffered a heavy blow in their first fight, and returned days later to battle it more evenly. After recovering, he concluded that his attacks lacked power and decided to find Dou Techniques to study.

• Zhao Li entered the Black Demonic Bear's territory, provoked it, and tested its speed while dodging its attacks.
• The Black Demonic Bear grew larger and stronger, struck Zhao Li into a small hill, and chased him until he hid and escaped.
• Zhao Li reflected on the fight and, several days later, returned to challenge the Black Demonic Bear again.
• Zhao Li and Big Xiong traded blows until the bear's berserk state ended, then Zhao Li left for his dwelling to recover and cultivate.
• Zhao Li assessed his fighting methods and decided to seek Dou Techniques to strengthen his attacks and improve his use of Dou Qi.

After improving through repeated battles with the Black Demonic Bear, Zhao Li sneaked into its cave to search for treasure but was discovered and pinned it down with his newly comprehended Grappling Technique. Zhao Li left after finding only Medicinal Ingredients, while Big Xiong fled to his father, who returned and killed Lang Youqin and his group.

• Zhao Li entered the Black Demonic Bear's cave and found it asleep on a stone bed in a clean Cave Dwelling.
• Big Xiong woke and attacked Zhao Li, who used his Grappling Technique to pin the bear down and repeatedly throw it around without seriously injuring it.
• Zhao Li found no treasure, left the cave, and planned to depart the area after one more visit.
• Zhao Li returned the next morning, found Big Xiong gone and only Medicinal Ingredients beneath the bed, then quickly left.
• Lang Youqin brought his subordinates to investigate the area as Big Xiong reached his father, Xiong Ba, and told him about his grievances.
• Xiong Ba returned to Big Xiong's Cave Dwelling and casually swatted Lang Youqin and his group to death.

Zhao Li cautiously searched the Myriad Beast Mountain Range while Lin Lan learned that his disciple had clashed with Big Xiong. Lin Lan and Xiong Ba found Zhao Li but let him continue unaware, while Zhao Li sensed danger and decided to find his teacher.

• Xiong Ba told Lin Lan that a human had beaten Big Xiong and taken over his Cave Dwelling.
• After hearing Big Xiong's account, Lin Lan suspected Zhao Li and went with Xiong Ba to find him.
• Lin Lan stopped Xiong Ba from attacking Zhao Li, explained that Zhao Li was his disciple, and agreed to let him face some trouble in the mountains.
• Zhao Li approached a Purple Leaf Ganoderma guarded by a Tier 4 Wind Wolf but sensed danger and chose to seek out Lin Lan instead.

Zhao Li withdrew from the Wind Wolf and discovered that organized groups of Magical Beasts were gathering deeper in the mountain range. Unable to travel safely alone, he began assembling beasts for an artificial Beast Tide and prepared to press onward.

• Zhao Li retreated from the Wind Wolf, unaware that Lin Lan and Xiong Ba had used a Spatial Seal to test his strength.
• Lin Lan and Xiong Ba discussed Zhao Li's sharp senses and possible talent as an alchemist, then followed him to watch how he handled the beasts ahead.
• Zhao Li noticed Tier 3 and Tier 4 Magical Beasts moving inward together and realized that hiding or fighting would leave him vulnerable to an encirclement.
• Zhao Li turned back, captured a Tier 3 Red Fox, and used it to help gather several other Magical Beasts.
• After stopping for the night, Zhao Li recommitted to his plan to create an artificial Beast Tide and advance deeper into the mountain range.

Zhao Li built a small Beast Tide by capturing and organizing Magical Beasts, alarming Lin Lan and Xiong Ba as he drove it through the Myriad Beast Mountain Range. After Eagle King stopped him and demanded compensation for the damage, another voice interrupted to ask what compensation he wanted.

• Zhao Li fed and organized the captured Magical Beasts into squads, then led them through the mountains, forcing many weaker beasts to join him.
• Lin Lan warned Xiong Ba that Zhao Li’s Beast Tide could cause heavy casualties, but Xiong Ba chose to keep watching.
• Zhao Li’s Beast Tide grew stronger with Tier 4 Magical Beasts before roars from Beast Emperors scattered it near his destination.
• A Tier 5 eagle attacked Zhao Li, and he blocked its strike within the area controlled by his Momentum.
• Eagle King questioned Zhao Li about disrupting the mountain’s order, then demanded compensation after Zhao Li explained his actions and named Lin Lan as his teacher.
• An unidentified speaker interrupted Eagle King and asked how he wanted Zhao Li to compensate the beasts.

Zhao Li reunited with Lin Lan and learned that Big Xiong’s mysterious map was tied to the words “Emperor... Fall.” After more than three years of cultivation, Zhao Li reached Dou King Peak and Sixth Rank Alchemy, then asked Big Xiong to leave the mountain range and venture into the world with him.

• Xiong Ba confronted Zhao Li over mistreating Big Xiong, but Lin Lan stepped in and stopped him from frightening his disciple.
• Zhao Li explained the dispute and showed the two incomplete maps; Big Xiong revealed that their markings came from a dream, and the words “Emperor... Fall” left Lin Lan and Xiong Ba shaken.
• Zhao Li returned to peaceful cultivation, while Lin Lan and Xiong Ba repeatedly searched the Eastern Region for the place shown on the map.
• After more than three years, Zhao Li reached Dou King Peak and Sixth Rank Alchemy, while Big Xiong advanced to a Tier 5 Magical Beast.
• Zhao Li asked Big Xiong whether he wanted to leave with him and venture out into the world.

Zhao Li left the Myriad Beast Mountain Range after saying goodbye to Big Xiong and returned to Danyuan City, where his parents eventually recognized him beneath his disguise. After more than a month of rest and helping around the Zhao Clan, he decided it was time to get things done, starting with the clan.

• Big Xiong chose to remain in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, and Zhao Li left him pills and asked him to pass a message to Lin Lan.
• Zhao Li reached Danyuan City, adjusted to its bustle, and returned to the Zhao Family wearing the mask Lin Lan had given him.
• Zhao Li's parents initially failed to recognize him until he removed his mask and revealed his identity.
• Zhao Li shared a meal with his parents and recounted some of his cultivation experiences, then found that relaxing at home made his Dou Qi more active.
• Zhao Li spent more than a month guiding Zhao Clan members and exchanging Alchemy Technique knowledge before deciding to begin working on clan matters.

Zhao Li established a school to spread education and gradually challenge the cultivators’ monopoly over knowledge and resources. After two years, the school had grown and Zhao Li had advanced to Peak Dou Emperor, so he prepared to travel the continent.

• Zhao Li planned to begin changing the world through education and persuaded the clan elders to let him establish a school for its young members.
• Zhao Li struggled to teach the children and switched to telling mythological stories, then answered Zhao Xuanxuan’s questions about Jingwei filling the sea.
• Zhao Li became more careful about the stories’ lessons as the school expanded to include people of all ages over the next two years.
• Zhao Li’s mind settled through teaching, his strength rose to Peak Dou Emperor, and his Soul Power neared the Spirit Realm while his Alchemy Technique reached the seventh tier.
• Zhao Li trained respected people from existing private schools to become his successors and decided it was time to travel the continent.

Zhao Li left the Great Qian Empire to explore the wider world, saying farewell to Lin Lan and Big Xiong before boarding a flying Magical Beast toward the Jia Ma Empire. On the journey, he overheard a suspicious rumor about ruins and began refining pills in his room.

• Zhao Li said goodbye to Lin Lan, who asked him to visit the Yun Family in White Cloud City if he passed through.
• Zhao Li visited Big Xiong in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, asked him to watch for Ye Yunsheng, and left him wine and storybooks.
• Zhao Li spent the night revisiting places tied to his memories, then boarded a flying Magical Beast bound for the Great Qian Empire's border and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Zhao Li overheard passengers discussing ruins supposedly discovered by Heaven Kill, while their leader revealed that his gang used the rumor to lure travelers into an ambush.
• Zhao Li isolated his room, formed his Life Flame, and began refining medicinal ingredients into pills.

After Sha Bi and his men tried to rob Zhao Li for his pills, he subdued them and continued his journey out of Great Gan. Over the next two years, he explored the Dou Qi Continent, advanced his cultivation, and arrived at Xuanhuang Fortress.

• Sha Bi and his men lured Zhao Li into his room and demanded his treasures after Sha Diao smelled pills.
• Zhao Li sealed the group's Cultivation Levels, learned they had planned to fabricate Ruins information to deceive travelers, and threw them off the Magical Beast.
• Zhao Li crossed the border into Great Zhou and flew toward the Jia Ma Empire, stopping along the way to experience local life and help people.
• Over two years, Zhao Li gathered Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques, advanced his self-created Limitless method to Heaven Tier, and reached the Dou Zong level.
• Zhao Li developed his understanding of space, Soul Power, and cultivation before arriving at Xuanhuang Fortress.

After reaching the Jia Ma Empire, Zhao Li visited the Snake People and offered to refine a pill to nourish Medusa’s unborn child. Medusa accepted his offer, and the tribe’s leaders agreed to provide the formula and ingredients despite their doubts.

• Zhao Li entered the Jia Ma Empire, traveled to the Tagor Desert, and confirmed that the Green Lotus Core Flame was nowhere to be found.
• Zhao Li went to Snake People Royal City and asked to meet Medusa, who welcomed him and hosted a banquet.
• Zhao Li offered to refine a pill no higher than seventh grade to nourish Medusa’s child if the Snake People supplied the formula and ingredients.
• Medusa agreed to Zhao Li’s terms, and the elders debated whether to trust him with resources vital to their royal bloodline.
• Medusa persuaded the elders to accept the risk, hoping the pill would help her child lead the Snake People out of the desert.

Zhao Li refined a Seventh-Grade Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill for the Snake People Tribe in a secluded canyon. After the pill took shape, a Thunder Cloud gathered overhead, leaving Zhao Li facing the coming tribulation.

• The Great Elder brought Zhao Li two sets of ingredients and the formula for the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill, and Zhao Li warned that refining a Seventh-Grade Pill could attract attention.
• The Great Elder led Zhao Li to a secluded canyon, where he began refining the pill with his Medicine Cauldron and Natal Flame.
• Medusa arrived and watched Zhao Li refine the ingredients, while the Great Elder urged her to build a closer relationship with him; Medusa warned against trying to keep him in the tribe.
• Zhao Li spent several days extracting and fusing the ingredients until a blood-red pill condensed and absorbed the surrounding energy.
• Zhao Li warned Medusa and the Great Elder to retreat as a Thunder Cloud gathered, and the pill lay still in the Medicine Cauldron.

Zhao Li refined a Bone-Generating Blood-Melting Pill, endured its Pill Lightning, and gained insights into thunder before leaving Medusa and the Great Elder. After settling in Jia Ma Holy City and learning about its major forces, he became interested in using the upcoming Alchemist Competition to meet them.

• Zhao Li blocked the Pill Lightning striking the pill and studied the thunder as the storm grew stronger and eventually dispersed.
• Zhao Li caught the pill after it tried to escape, gave it to Medusa, and left to reflect on his new insights.
• Zhao Li traveled to Jia Ma Holy City, learned about its major forces, and wondered why the Xiao Family would later leave the Imperial Capital.
• Zhao Li settled in the city and, after hearing people discuss the Alchemist Competition, considered using it to approach the empire's major forces.

Zhao Li visited the Alchemist Guild to enter the Fourth-Grade Alchemist examination, but a quarrel between Buluo and Jia Wen drew him into a dispute. After Zhao Li offered Jia Wen insight into his ideas about Pill Formulas, Buluo’s teacher Ao Feng arrived, leaving Zhao Li facing a possible confrontation.

• Zhao Li entered the Alchemist Guild after showing the guards his Second-Grade Alchemist Badge and asked to take the Fourth-Grade Alchemist examination.
• While waiting, Zhao Li watched Buluo and Jia Wen argue, then challenged Buluo after he mocked Zhao Li for not wearing an Alchemist robe.
• Zhao Li asked Jia Wen whether he belonged to the Imperial Family and explained that Pill Formulas could be questioned and improved through medicinal theory.
• Jia Wen recognized Zhao Li’s guidance as a valuable opportunity, while guild members hurried to summon someone with authority.
• Ao Feng arrived, and Buluo accused Zhao Li of boasting despite being only a Second-Grade Alchemist.

Zhao Li impressed the Alchemist Guild with his alchemy insight, accepted a position as a competition judge, and drew the attention of powerful factions across the Jia Ma Empire. The chapter ends with him considering the Xiao Family’s invitation and wondering what might happen if he took their Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Ao Feng arrived and discovered Zhao Li guiding Jia Wen; after listening, he recognized Zhao Li as a profound senior and treated him with reverence.
• Jia Wen thanked Zhao Li for his guidance, and Ao Feng invited him to judge the Alchemist Competition; Zhao Li accepted and received a separate courtyard.
• Buluo apologized to Zhao Li, and Ao Feng later ordered him to reflect behind closed doors for three months.
• Jia Wen told Jia Wu about Zhao Li, and the brothers decided to ask their father to approach him; other major factions also prepared invitations.
• Zhao Li received invitations from the empire’s influential factions and considered the consequences of taking the Xiao Family’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Zhao Li judged the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Competition and recognized Yun Xin'er as a hidden genius among the finalists. When Ao Feng raised concerns that she might win despite being from outside the empire, Zhao Li condemned any attempt to sabotage her and defended the competition’s integrity.

• Zhao Li served as a judge at the competition, where he recognized a black-robed contestant as a gifted alchemist with powerful Soul Power and Flame Control.
• The first round ended with eighteen contestants remaining, including the black-robed figure, whom Zhao Li identified as Yun Xin'er.
• Three days later, the finalists began a pill-refining round in which the pill’s rank and quality would determine the winner.
• Ao Feng told Zhao Li that investigators had learned Yun Xin'er was not from the Jia Ma Empire and worried that her victory would cost the empire face.
• Zhao Li rebuked the idea of harming contestants to secure the championship, and Ao Feng felt ashamed of his narrow outlook.

After leaving the Alchemist Competition, Zhao Li decided to use his strength to teach and make gradual changes in Jia Ma Empire, establishing an academy called Jade Capital. Yun Xin'er won the competition, and Zhao Li hosted a banquet to meet the empire’s major factions.

• Zhao Li left the competition after deciding he could already make changes in the remote countries and should begin teaching.
• Zhao Li bought a courtyard in a village outside Jia Ma Holy City, prepared it for classes, and named the academy Jade Capital.
• Yun Xin'er won the Alchemist Competition by refining a Fourth-Grade Spirit Ascension Pill, while another young contestant also managed to refine a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill but finished behind her.
• Susan told Zhao Li the competition results and invited Yun Xin'er to his banquet; Zhao Li praised the contestants for testing and improving themselves.
• Zhao Li and Susan went to Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant, where Zhao Li met representatives of several major factions and built goodwill with them.