Chapter Summaries

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Heiyan City and learned that Frank would give a free Alchemist Basics Lecture. After spending two days exploring the city, they attended the lecture, where the crowded hall fell silent as it was about to begin.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian entered Heiyan City and learned from a herb stall owner that Frank would hold a free lecture in two days.
• Qin Yu decided to attend the lecture, and he and Xiao Yi Xian settled into an inn near the Alchemist Association.
• Xiao Yi Xian hinted that she wanted to explore the city, so Qin Yu took her shopping and bought her osmanthus cakes.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived early for the lecture and found the association's main hall packed with hundreds of attendees.
• Qin Yu led Xiao Yi Xian to seats in a back corner, and the hall fell silent after they waited.

At an Alchemy lecture, Qin Yu conceived a possible way to balance the Woeful Poison Body’s wood and poison energies through human intervention. Frank offered Xiao Yi Xian a chance to study Alchemy, but she declined because she lacked a Fire Attribute, and Qin Yu told her he had a new idea about her constitution.

• Frank lectured on how wood energy and fire worked together in Alchemy, prompting Qin Yu to consider balancing wood and poison within Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu listened distractedly as Frank described the Alchemist Association, while Xiao Yi Xian paid close attention to the lecture.
• Frank approached Xiao Yi Xian after the lecture and offered to recommend her a teacher and help her join the association.
• Xiao Yi Xian declined Frank’s offer because she did not have a Fire Attribute, and Frank left after expressing his regret.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian that he had a new idea about her constitution and said they would discuss it after they returned.

Qin Yu’s attempt to use Earth Vein Wood Attribute energy to balance Xiao Yi Xian’s poison failed because he could not control the external energy precisely. After Xiao Yi Xian comforted him with an embrace, Qin Yu began working through the night to create Wood Attribute power of his own.

• Qin Yu guided Earth Vein Wood Attribute energy through Xiao Yi Xian’s meridians but found he could not make it sense or balance her poison.
• Qin Yu admitted that the method would only ease Xiao Yi Xian’s symptoms, and Xiao Yi Xian embraced him to reassure him.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to her room, resolved to cultivate diligently so she would not become Qin Yu’s burden.
• Qin Yu reasoned that he needed Wood Attribute power he could control as his own, then began developing it through his Dou Qi and the Five Elements cycle.
• Xiao Yi Xian lay awake recalling their embrace while Qin Yu continued his experiments through the night.

Qin Yu found that the Wood energy in his dantian remained too weak to use freely and considered seeking a natural treasure to strengthen it. After Xiao Yi Xian urged him to rest and assured him her Poison Body was not immediately urgent, they decided to leave Heiyan City and head for Jia Ma Imperial City.

• Qin Yu examined the new Wood energy in his dantian and realized it would take years to refine without outside help.
• Xiao Yi Xian pulled Qin Yu out for a walk and told him her Poison Body would likely remain stable for three to five years, so he should not sacrifice his cultivation for her.
• Qin Yu showed Xiao Yi Xian the Dou Qi he had accumulated and assured her that helping her had not significantly slowed his progress toward Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yi Xian kept Qin Yu resting for two days, then asked what they would do next.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian they would travel to Jia Ma Imperial City to seek a treasure that could help him develop his Wood Attribute power.

Qin Yu experimented with water energy to improve the fusion of his Wood Attribute and soul force while helping Xiao Yi Xian manage the toxins in her body. After they reached the Imperial Capital, Qin Yu took Xiao Yi Xian to the Mittel Family's auction house to look for suitable treasures.

• Qin Yu found Thousandfold Waves among the loot taken from Jia Lie Nu and began using water energy to nourish the fusion of his Wood Attribute and soul force.
• Qin Yu steadily improved his perception as he practiced, while Xiao Yi Xian controlled her poison consumption and relied on his wood energy to clear toxic residue.
• Qin Yu sensed that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Nine-Star Dou Practitioner, while his own Dou Qi was nearly ready for the Da Dou Shi breakthrough.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Jia Ma Imperial City, found an inn, and rested overnight.
• Qin Yu took Xiao Yi Xian to the Mittel Family's auction house to search for suitable heavenly treasures, where a welcoming young woman offered to assist them.

Qin Yu learned that the Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill would be offered at the Mite'er Auction House’s major auction and attended with Xiao Yi Xian to bid on it. The pill came up as the tenth lot, and the bidding was about to begin.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian searched the trading fair, then Qin Yu obtained a partial list of the next day’s auction items from a Mittel Family steward.
• Qin Yu found the Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill on the list and decided to obtain it for Xiao Yi Xian’s future treatment and his own cultivation.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian attended the auction, where Elder Yun Leng arrived and was escorted to a private room by Teng Shan.
• Qin Yu waited through the opening lots until the host revealed the Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill and announced its starting bid of five hundred thousand gold coins.

Qin Yu won the Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill at auction and used it to fuse wood energy with his soul power, then broke through to Da Dou Shi. Afterward, he went for a walk with Xiao Yi Xian and encountered Frank alongside an unfamiliar golden-haired alchemist.

• Qin Yu outbid the other buyers and won the Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill for nine hundred thousand gold coins.
• Yun Leng bought the auction’s final medicinal herb for eight million gold coins, and Qin Yu returned to the inn with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu swallowed the pill, fused wood energy into his soul power, and broke through to Da Dou Shi using the remaining medicinal power.
• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Qin Yu on his breakthrough, and the two went for a walk through the imperial capital.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian encountered Frank leaving a teahouse with an unfamiliar golden-haired alchemist.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian met Frank and Otto in the imperial capital before Xiao Yi Xian began breaking through to Battle Master. While helping her through the breakthrough, Qin Yu drew his third trait and obtained the Gold Innate Treasure-Seeking Body.

• Qin Yu told Frank and Otto that he had bought the Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill, leaving them to wonder whether it had helped him advance.
• Xiao Yi Xian enjoyed the imperial capital's night market until her Dou Qi surged and she rushed back to the inn to break through.
• Qin Yu channeled wood energy into Xiao Yi Xian's back to help protect her from a violent wave of toxins as she began her breakthrough.
• Qin Yu summoned his system panel and chose the Gold Innate Treasure-Seeking Body trait.

Qin Yu sensed treasures throughout the Imperial Capital and decided to hunt for them with Xiao Yi Xian after her breakthrough. At a jewelry shop, he found an unusual black jade fragment and bought it along with a pendant for Xiao Yi Xian.

• Qin Yu sensed strong treasures at the imperial palace, the Alchemist Association headquarters, the Nalan Family, and the Mittel Family, as well as a powerful treasure in the Tagor Great Desert.
• Xiao Yi Xian advanced to a One-Star Battle Master, and Qin Yu promised to help her find a place at Jia Nan Academy and solve her constitution problem.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian they would hunt for treasure in the Imperial Capital and led her to a jewelry shop the next day.
• Qin Yu found a cracked black jade fragment in the shop and learned it had come with rough stones transported from the north.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose a silver pendant, but Qin Yu picked out a white flower pendant for her and asked the shop to wrap it with the black jade fragment.

Qin Yu bought a mysterious jade fragment and a rare Purple Thorn Ghost Vine, suspecting the fragment needed fire to reveal its secret and choosing the vine for Xiao Yi Xian. When Liu Yi tried to seize the herb by invoking his cousin Liu Ling’s name, Nalan Yanran intervened and drove him away.

• Qin Yu bought a black jade fragment after his treasure-seeking intuition marked it as unusual, though he could not identify what it contained.
• Qin Yu guessed that the jade fragment might need fire to unseal and thought it could be the first change of the Three Mysterious Flame Change.
• Qin Yu recognized a Purple Thorn Vine as a rare Purple Thorn Ghost Vine and bought it for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Yi demanded that Qin Yu sell him the herb, then threatened him by invoking Liu Ling and Pill King Gu He.
• Qin Yu pinned Liu Yi with his Dou Qi, while Xiao Yi Xian intimidated Liu Yi’s guards.
• Nalan Yanran rebuked Liu Yi for throwing his weight around on Nalan Family territory, and Liu Yi left with his attendants.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian encountered Nalan Yanran at a Nalan Family herbal shop, where Qin Yu restrained his urge to kill Liu Yi and Xiao Yi Xian secretly poisoned him. After Qin Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian a Purple Thorn Ghost Vine, she thanked him at the inn, and he realized she intended to leave.

• Nalan Yanran entered the herbal shop, identified Liu Yi's mistake, and left after introducing herself to no one.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Qin Yu's killing intent toward Liu Yi and revealed that she had poisoned him with a nonlethal curse that would cause nightly cramps and itching.
• Qin Yu showed Xiao Yi Xian the Purple Thorn Ghost Vine, confirmed what it was, and told her to keep it.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian acquired a damaged movement technique scroll called Moonlit Journey and returned to the inn.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Qin Yu from behind to thank him, and Qin Yu caught the reluctance in her eyes and realized she wanted to leave.

Xiao Yi Xian confessed that she feared her Poison Body would hurt Qin Yu, even as she had begun wanting to live and share a future with him. Qin Yu comforted her and promised to find a solution, but their intimate moment was interrupted by dinner—and Xiao Yi Xian discovered the food was poisoned.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu she had once planned to die alone before her constitution erupted, but now wanted to live and see the places he had promised to show her.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she feared losing control of her Poison Body and ruining Qin Yu’s future, while Qin Yu reassured her that she was not a burden and promised to resolve her constitution.
• Qin Yu embraced Xiao Yi Xian as she admitted she was still afraid, and they drew close enough to nearly kiss.
• A room-service attendant interrupted them by delivering dinner, and Qin Yu brought the meal box back to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian smelled the food and declared that it was poisoned.

Xiao Yi Xian confessed that her fear of the Woeful Poison Body hurting Qin Yu had made her reluctant to die and eager to live. Qin Yu comforted her and promised to solve her constitution, but their intimate moment was interrupted by a dinner delivery that Xiao Yi Xian discovered was poisonous.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu she had once planned to die alone but now wanted to live and see Jia Nan Academy and the places he had described.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she feared her Poison Body would erupt and harm Qin Yu or ruin his future, and Qin Yu promised he would find a solution.
• Qin Yu held Xiao Yi Xian as she sought comfort, and they nearly kissed before a knock at the door interrupted them.
• Qin Yu accepted dinner from room service and invited Xiao Yi Xian to eat.
• Xiao Yi Xian smelled the food and declared that it was poisonous.

Qin Yu helped Xiao Yi Xian stay safe in the Imperial Capital, discovered he could absorb Earth Vein Force to cultivate faster, and killed Liu Yi after tracking him to a secret trading fair. The next morning, he and Xiao Yi Xian left the city, with her practicing the movement technique he had completed for her.

• Qin Yu decided he would kill Liu Yi and asked Xiao Yi Xian to stay in his room while he guarded her and tested his new cultivation method.
• Qin Yu discovered that his Battle Crystal could absorb and refine Earth Vein Force, then spent half the night confirming that it accelerated his cultivation.
• Qin Yu watched Liu Yi for several days as Xiao Yi Xian's poison left him suffering nightly cramps and itching, then followed him to a secret trading fair.
• Qin Yu ambushed Liu Yi in a dark alley and beat him to death before leaving the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian the next morning.
• Qin Yu teased Xiao Yi Xian as she practiced the Moonlit Journey movement Dou Technique during their low-altitude flight.

After Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian traveled into the Tagor Desert, they camped for the night and were attacked by a squad of Snake People. Xiao Yi Xian fought them alone and rapidly killed several, leaving the Snake People captain poisoned and dying.

• Qin Yu agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian skip movement Dou Technique training for the day, and she eagerly went to hunt sand rabbits.
• At their camp, Qin Yu considered the Green Lotus Core Flame and concluded that Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body could only be suppressed by a violent power like Heavenly Flames.
• A dozen Snake People approached the camp, and their captain leered at Xiao Yi Xian and threatened the pair.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu not to interfere and killed five Snake People in quick succession with her Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck the Snake People captain from behind and poisoned him, then said she had only been warming up.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian reached Stone Desert City, where they intervened after seeing a young mixed-blood girl mistreated. The girl, Qing Lin, cautiously accepted their help, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to take her home.

• Qin Yu sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame deep in the desert but entered Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw two thugs kick over a little girl's water bucket and moved to help her.
• Qin Yu pointed out the snake scales on the girl's wrist, revealing that she was a human and Snake-People mixed-blood child.
• Qin Yu used his battle qi to silence the townspeople who spoke cruelly about the girl.
• Qin Yu learned the girl's name was Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian helped her up and offered to take her home.

Xiao Yi Xian treated Qing Lin’s sick mother and decided to stay with them in Stone Desert City while Qin Yu continued alone into the desert. Qin Yu left after asking Qing Lin to listen to her mother and Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian carried the frightened Qing Lin home through Stone Desert City’s hostile streets.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Qing Lin’s mother feverish and weakened by old injuries, then prepared and fed her medicine until she woke.
• Qing Lin’s mother asked Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian to take Qing Lin with them because she feared she would not survive.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu she wanted to stay and help Qing Lin and her mother recover, and Qin Yu supported her decision.
• Qin Yu asked Qing Lin to listen to her mother and Xiao Yi Xian, then left Stone Desert City and flew into the desert alone.

Qin Yu rescued Xiao Li’s convoy from Snake People and continued into the desert, where he reached the Green Lotus Core Flame’s hidden location. As Qin Yu entered the magma cavern, the flame formed into a lotus before him on its own.

• Xiao Li led a Desert Iron Mercenary Group convoy through the sandstorm zone, but Snake People attacked and poisoned him.
• Qin Yu summoned a giant dragon of sand that crushed the Snake People, then left before Xiao Li could learn his name.
• Qin Yu rescued several more convoys while traveling through the desert and advanced to the Two-Star Great Dou Master realm.
• Qin Yu followed the Earth Vein Force to a dune, where the ground collapsed and revealed passages leading underground.
• Qin Yu entered a magma cavern and watched the Green Lotus Core Flame emerge from the lava as a flaming lotus.

Qin Yu descended into the magma with the Green Lotus Core Flame protecting him and received its flame seed. In the Snake-People Holy City, Medusa sensed the Heavenly Flame and set out to find it.

• The Green Lotus Core Flame blasted the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent and formed a protective lotus platform around Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu followed the flame's signal down through the magma to the cavern where its flame seed floated at the center of a blue lotus.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame's flame seed drifted into Qin Yu's palm.
• Medusa sensed a Heavenly Flame, ordered the Snake-People Holy City into lockdown, and flew toward its source.

Qin Yu absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, which entered his body willingly and raised his cultivation to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi. He left the underground hollow with the Green Lotus Platform as his new possession and discovered he could command the Tagor Desert’s underground lava.

• The Green Lotus Core Flame entered Qin Yu’s body and began merging with his Battle Crystal, while he used Earth-Attribute Battle Qi and the lotus platform to control and survive the fusion.
• Qin Yu’s cultivation rose rapidly, but he cut off the flow of surrounding energy to keep the growing Dou Qi from tearing his body apart.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame settled inside Qin Yu’s Battle Crystal, bringing his cultivation up five levels to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Qin Yu emerged from the lotus platform and discovered it had recognized him as its master and could protect him with a barrier.
• Qin Yu connected with the Green Lotus Core Flame and confirmed he could command the underground lava beneath the Tagor Desert.
• Qin Yu expanded the lotus platform and flew upward, wondering whether other Heavenly Flames would also be affected by his power.