Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin left the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in a valley to grow, deciding that Xiao Yan should find and subdue it himself. He traveled to Green Mountain Town to involve Xiao Yi Xian in passing the location map to Xiao Yan, and arrived at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

• Xiao Lin decided not to give the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame directly to Xiao Yan so his grandson could earn the opportunity himself.
• Xiao Lin drew a map, established a Spirit-Gathering Formation to strengthen the flame, and left it in the valley.
• Xiao Lin chose Xiao Yi Xian as the person who could eventually pass the map to Xiao Yan without revealing his involvement.
• The story described Green Mountain Town and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where Xiao Yi Xian served as chief physician and treated mercenaries for free.
• An old man in a blue robe arrived at the entrance of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Xiao Lin disguised himself as a beggar outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to observe Xiao Yi Xian, and he was impressed by her kindness. He left the encounter considering a plan to match her with his grandson.

• Xiao Lin, dressed as a beggar, asked the Myriad Medicine Pavilion attendant Xiao Yu for food and water, then requested more.
• Xiao Yu refused to give him another serving until Xiao Yi Xian came out and ordered Xiao Yu to bring more food and water.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered Xiao Lin further help, and he recognized her sincere kindness.
• Xiao Lin decided Xiao Yi Xian would be a perfect match for his grandson and began forming a matchmaking plan.

Xiao Lin spent a month silently observing Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and decided that she was kind, cautious, and trustworthy. After eating there once more, he agreed to let her take his pulse, beginning the conversation she had been trying to start.

• Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion for food and water, while Xiao Yi Xian served him and tried to learn about him.
• Xiao Lin visited every day for a month, and Xiao Yi Xian gradually eased her guard as he never acted threateningly.
• Xiao Lin concluded that Xiao Yi Xian was a kind and trustworthy young woman.
• Xiao Lin stayed at the pavilion after eating, and Xiao Yi Xian asked to take his pulse.
• Xiao Lin agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian take his pulse.

Xiao Lin revealed that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Woeful Poison Body and urged her to face and learn to control it. Xiao Yi Xian asked whether he knew how to help her, but Xiao Lin bluntly said he did not.

• Xiao Yi Xian led Xiao Lin into the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and took his pulse herself.
• Xiao Lin identified Xiao Yi Xian's constitution as the Woeful Poison Body, startling her.
• Xiao Yi Xian denied having the constitution, but Xiao Lin urged her to face it and learn to use it so she would not harm those she cared about.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Lin who he was and how he knew about her, and he said he had recognized her constitution when he first saw her.
• Xiao Lin asked whether Xiao Yi Xian wanted to learn to control her constitution, then admitted he did not know how to help her.

Xiao Lin told Xiao Yi Xian that the Netherworld Poison Flame could delay the Woeful Poison Body’s aftereffects and shamelessly praised his grandson Xiao Yan to make her curious about him. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi again in Wutan City, as Yao Lao urged him to advance and leave to build his strength.

• Xiao Yi Xian felt unexpectedly at ease with Xiao Lin, who teased her by saying his grandson Xiao Yan might someday resolve her Woeful Poison Body’s aftereffects.
• Xiao Lin lavishly praised Xiao Yan, making Xiao Yi Xian curious and eager to meet him.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked how to delay the onset of her aftereffects, and Xiao Lin explained that the Netherworld Poison Flame could strengthen her and delay them.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Lin for telling her about the flame, while he privately considered her an ideal match for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi for the third time, sneezed, and heard Yao Lao urge him to reach the Dou Zhe Realm and venture out.

Xiao Lin told Xiao Yi Xian about the Netherworld Poison Flame and asked her to deliver a scroll to his grandson, Xiao Yan. He then gave her a one-sided engagement contract as a reward, leaving her flustered and unwilling to agree to a lifelong decision before meeting Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Lin suggested that Xiao Yi Xian search for the Netherworld Poison Flame in the Cloud Empire’s poisonous swamps.
• Xiao Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a scroll marking the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and asked her to pass it to Xiao Yan without mentioning him.
• Xiao Lin explained that Xiao Yan would likely visit Green Mountain Town while training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to deliver the scroll.
• Xiao Lin handed Xiao Yi Xian a one-sided engagement contract as an additional reward, shocking her.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused to agree to the engagement, saying she had never met Xiao Yan and could not make such a consequential decision.

Xiao Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a unilateral Engagement Contract with Xiao Yan and revealed his true mastery before leaving. He returned to Wutan City, where people were once again discussing Xiao Yan, though the talk had changed since his last visit.

• Xiao Lin persuaded a reluctant Xiao Yi Xian to keep the unilateral Engagement Contract, which she could choose to sign or ignore.
• Xiao Lin dropped his Old Beggar disguise and vanished, leaving Xiao Yi stunned and Xiao Yu disbelieving that he had missed a great opportunity.
• Xiao Yi returned to work at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, feeling awkward and uncertain about meeting Xiao Yan someday.
• Xiao Lin planned to take Li'er to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after the Xiao Household's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and returned to Wutan City.
• Xiao Lin heard passersby discussing Xiao Yan, the Xiao Household's third young master, as they had during his previous visit, but the topic had changed.

Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household to take Xiao Li away for training, while Xiao Yan’s cultivation remained stable after reaching the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi. As the family gathered, Xiao Yan learned that his second brother would soon leave too.

• The Xiao Household discussed whether Xiao Yan’s cultivation had finally stopped falling after his breakthrough to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Lin returned to Wutan City, and Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue welcomed him while reflecting on how close Xiao Yan had become to his family.
• Yang Xiyue asked whether Xiao Lin had come to take Xiao Li away, and Xiao Lin confirmed it.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Yan arrived to greet Xiao Lin and their parents, and Xiao Li excitedly asked about the journey to gain experience.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Li would leave the Xiao Household and felt guilty as he recalled how his brothers had cared for him.

Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that he planned to leave the Xiao Household to train, and the brothers discussed Xiao Yan staying with their parents. Later, Xiao Yan privately asked Xiao Lin about the Storage Ring, but Xiao Lin concealed what he knew, leaving Xiao Yan unable to learn whether he knew about Yao Lao.

• Xiao Yan accepted that Xiao Li would leave home to improve his strength, while Xiao Li asked him to spend time with their parents.
• Xiao Lin watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Li get along and felt reassured that Xiao Yan had fully embraced life in the Dou Qi Continent.
• The family shared a meal, after which Xiao Yan followed Xiao Lin to his courtyard to ask about the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Lin feigned confusion about the Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan claimed he had come only to thank him for its usefulness.

Xiao Lin encouraged Xiao Yan to value his family and leave his cultivation to Yao Lao, while Xiao Yan set aside his doubts about his grandfather. After departing Wutan City with Xiao Li, Xiao Lin decided to detour to Stone Desert City to seek out a girl with the potential to become a Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Lin praised Xiao Yan’s promise to help the Xiao Household, and Xiao Yan resolved to live up to his grandfather’s hopes.
• Xiao Yan left without learning whether Xiao Lin knew the secret of his Storage Ring, then accepted Yao Lao’s advice to stop worrying about it.
• A month passed, and Xiao Li broke through to eight-star Dou Zhe three days before the Xiao Household’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• After the ceremony, Xiao Lin and Xiao Li said goodbye to the family and left Wutan City.
• Xiao Li asked about finding Xiao Ding, but Xiao Lin chose to detour to Stone Desert City to look for a girl he believed could become a Dou Sheng.

Xiao Lin took his grandson Xiao Li to Stone Desert City to find a person with peerless talent, then bring him to Xiao Li’s older brother. After arriving, Xiao Lin used his soul power to search the city and found the person immediately.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li about the Xiao Household’s profitable partnership with the Snake-People Tribe and explained that they were traveling to Stone Desert City to find someone, not Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Li spent ten days to half a month traveling to Stone Desert City, taking bandit routes so Xiao Li could train and they could eliminate criminals.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Li entered Stone Desert City, where Xiao Lin examined the residents with his late-stage Heavenly Realm soul power.
• Xiao Lin found the person he sought and led Xiao Li toward them without revealing who they were.

Lin Xiao returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin, alarming Ji Li and Zuo He with his unexpected arrival. After they recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and praised her extraordinary potential, Lin Xiao introduced the three newcomers and said he planned to reveal his true identity to his trusted friends soon.

• Ji Li and Zuo He scolded Lin Xiao for appearing through a spatial passage, and he laughed off their complaints.
• Ji Li recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and he and Zuo He explained that she could control snake-type magical beasts and had great potential to reach the Dou Sheng realm.
• Ji Li and Zuo He examined Qing Lin, while Xiao Li and Xue Lan were astonished by the prospects they described.
• Lin Xiao introduced Xiao Li as his grandson, named Qing Lin and Xue Lan, and told Zuo He that Xiao Ding was also his grandson.
• Lin Xiao decided he would soon reveal his true identity to Ji Li and the others.

Xiao Lin and Xiao Li reached a confrontation in Stone Desert City, where Commander Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group were bullying Xue Lan and Qing Lin. Xiao Lin held back Xiao Li while he assessed the situation, leaving the two girls facing Luo Bu’s demand to take Xue Lan away.

• Xiao Lin used his soul power to make the crowd part and walked through with Xiao Li.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Li saw Xue Lan shielding Qing Lin from Luo Bu and his men.
• Xiao Li wanted to intervene, but Xiao Lin told him to wait and hear what was happening.
• Luo Bu accused Xue Lan of deliberately bumping into his men and demanded compensation while leering at both girls.
• Xue Lan comforted the frightened Qing Lin, while Luo Bu prepared to take Xue Lan by force after she had rejected his advances.

Xiao Lin encouraged Xue Lan to fight back against Luo Bu and secretly promised to help her. Xue Lan struck Luo Bu with her sword, piercing his Dou Qi Armor and wounding him.

• Xiao Li urged Xiao Lin to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group after learning how Luo Bu had threatened Xue Lan and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li that Xue Lan and Qing Lin were the talented girls they had come to find, especially valuing Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Lin rejected Xiao Li's guess that he planned to provoke the crowd and instead secretly urged Xue Lan to fight Luo Bu.
• Xue Lan decided to protect herself and Qing Lin, then thrust her sword at Luo Bu as he reached for her.
• Luo Bu tried to stop Xue Lan's attack with his Dou Qi Armor, but her sword pierced it and drew blood from his chest.

Xiao Lin secretly helped Xue Lan kill Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group, turning the fight into a one-sided slaughter. After the witnesses scattered, Xue Lan and Qing Lin thanked Xiao Lin for his help.

• Xue Lan killed Luo Bu with a single thrust, and the Sand Mercenary Group charged her in revenge.
• Xiao Lin secretly helped Xue Lan as she defeated the mercenaries, whose weapons vanished and movements were stopped whenever they tried to attack or escape.
• Xue Lan killed the final fleeing mercenary with her sword, and the shocked spectators dispersed as word of the battle spread through Stone Desert City.
• Xue Lan brought Qing Lin to Xiao Lin and Xiao Li, then thanked Xiao Lin for helping them.

Xiao Lin invited Xue Lan and Qing Lin to leave Stone Desert City with him, and they accepted after he offered them protection and a wider world. He brought them and Xiao Li through a Spatial Passage to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace in the Central Plains, where Ji Li and Zuo He recognized their hands-off palace master.

• Xiao Lin offered to take Xue Lan and Qing Lin away from Stone Desert City so they could grow under his protection.
• Xue Lan accepted the invitation for herself and Qing Lin, who agreed to follow her decision.
• Xiao Lin opened a Spatial Passage, swept Xiao Li and the two sisters inside, and left Stone Desert City as onlookers watched.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li that his eldest brother would answer his questions once they arrived at their destination.
• Xiao Lin brought the group to the depths of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace in the Central Plains, reassuring Ji Li and Zuo He, who had mistaken his arrival for an enemy incursion.

Xiao Lin reunited with Ji Li, confirmed he had reached Dou Sheng, and received two Heaven Rank earth-attribute Dou Techniques. He renamed Earth Sword to Cliffside Sword and examined Infinite Purgatory, a domain technique that let him control gravity within an area.

• Ji Li realized Xiao Lin had become a Dou Sheng, and Xiao Lin admitted he had broken through during his previous return.
• Xiao Lin asked about Ji Li's progress, and Ji Li said he planned to skip Half-Saint and advance directly to Dou Sheng.
• Ji Li gave Xiao Lin two Heaven Rank earth-attribute Dou Technique scrolls he had found for him.
• Xiao Lin renamed the offensive technique Earth Sword to Cliffside Sword after Ji Li suggested he could change its name.
• Xiao Lin discovered that Infinite Purgatory was a domain technique that let its user manipulate gravity and gravitational attraction within an enclosed region.

Xiao Li reunited with Xiao Ding, learned the truth about their grandfather and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and settled into the sect with Xue Lan and Qing Lin. After seeing them adjust, Xiao Lin prepared to tell Ji Li, the Eight Elders, and his other friends the truth about himself.

• Xiao Lin taught Xiao Li the Heaven Rank Dou Techniques Cliffside Sword and Infinite Purgatory, while Zuo He registered Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin as disciples.
• Xiao Li reunited with Xiao Ding, who told him that their grandfather had founded the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and was an expert beyond the Dou Venerable realm.
• Xiao Ding also revealed their grandfather's strength, the palace's powerful forces, and his recent acquisition of the three thousand burning flame from Danta.
• Xiao Ding reminded Xiao Li to keep their grandfather's identity and their relationship with him secret, and Xiao Li agreed to make his own way in the sect.
• Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin settled into the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where elders personally trained Qing Lin to develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Lin watched the three newcomers adjust, then resolved to come clean to Ji Li, the Eight Elders, and his other friends about matters he had kept hidden.

Xiao Lin gathered Ji Li and the Eight Elders to reveal the identity he had concealed behind the name and appearance of Lin Xiao. After changing into his true youthful form, he gave them his real name and apologized for keeping the secret.

• Xiao Lin summoned Ji Li and the Eight Elders alone, leaving the Ye Family and other members of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace out of the meeting.
• Yi Moqiu complained that Xiao Lin had gathered them while leaving the sect’s work for them to handle.
• Xiao Lin transformed from the elderly-looking Lin Xiao into a handsome young man, astonishing the group and prompting Wu Yunfeng to joke that he was an impostor.
• Xiao Lin apologized to Ji Li and the Eight Elders, revealed that his true name was Xiao Lin, and said he had concealed his identity for reasons he could not disclose.

Xiao Lin revealed that he had concealed his identity because the force behind the Soul Hall threatened the Xiao Household, and his companions accepted his explanation. They playfully beat him as punishment, settling the matter among them.

• Ji Li and Zuo He connected Xiao Lin’s name to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and asked why he had hidden the truth.
• Xiao Lin told the group he had come clean because they were friends who had faced hardship together.
• Xiao Lin explained that the Xiao Household’s enemy was the force behind the Soul Hall, and that exposing his identity could endanger them all.
• The group accepted Xiao Lin’s reason and understood why he had kept his identity secret.
• Baili Qing declared that Xiao Lin deserved punishment, and the others—including Ji Li—playfully beat him.