Chapter Summaries

Qin Yu and Yun Yun met by chance in Heiyan City and talked about Nalan Yanran’s planned broken engagement and Qin Yu’s alchemy certification. After Nalan Yanran interrupted them, Yun Yun explained their meeting to her and prepared to take her into the Magic Beast Mountains for combat training.

• Yun Yun told Qin Yu she had come to handle Nalan Yanran’s planned engagement-breaking so the Misty Cloud Sect would not seem overbearing.
• Qin Yu told Yun Yun he had earned Four-Grade Alchemist certification, and they discussed their journeys to Wutan City.
• Nalan Yanran found Yun Yun and Qin Yu, questioned their relationship, and learned Qin Yu’s name.
• Yun Yun sent Nalan Yanran back to the inn and joked with Qin Yu before he left.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Qin Yu was an Eight-Star Da Dou Shi and Four-Grade Alchemist, then announced they would train in the Magic Beast Mountains.
• Nalan Yanran remained suspicious that Yun Yun was hiding a secret about Qin Yu.

Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian about his past before earning certification as a Four-Grade Alchemist in Heiyan City. He left the city with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and her mother, heading toward Wutan City.

• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Qin Yu about smelling like a beautiful woman, then stayed the night to hear about his past; Qin Yu told her what he could and endured her pinches when he mentioned Xiao Yu.
• Qin Yu arrived at the Alchemist Association, where Otto and Frank examined his Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and certified him as a Four-Grade Alchemist.
• Frank asked why Qin Yu had bought a Green Wood Mysterious Spirit Pill at auction, but Qin Yu said he had needed it at the time and left without explaining further.
• Qin Yu returned to the inn, where Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother were ready to leave; Xiao Yi Xian smiled after he gave her a purple pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan, and the four flew along the edge of the Magic Beast Mountains toward Wutan City.

During the journey through the Magic Beast Mountains, Qin Yu gathered rare ingredients and reached Nine-Star Great Battle Master before the group returned to Xiao Yi Xian's Medicine Valley. Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Da Dou Shi, but her Woeful Poison Body flared up, and Qin Yu began using the Green Lotus Core Flame to suppress it.

• Qin Yu used his Innate Treasure-Seeking Body to find rare medicinal ingredients and reached Nine-Star Great Battle Master after fighting a fourth-tier Magic Beast.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother arrived at Qingshan Town and visited Xiao Yi Xian's Medicine Valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Dou Qi surged as she began breaking through, so Qin Yu sent Qing Lin and her mother away and protected himself with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian successfully advanced to Da Dou Shi, but her Woeful Poison Body flared up even more fiercely.
• Qin Yu pressed the Green Lotus Core Flame into Xiao Yi Xian's back to deal with the poison, while she endured the burning pain.

Qin Yu used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Wood Attribute power to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, then the two shared their first kiss. After the group reached Qingshan Town and booked rooms, Xiao Yi Xian went to Qin Yu’s door that night and demanded he open it.

• Qin Yu suppressed Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and treated the burns with medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Qin Yu, and they shared a lingering kiss while embracing.
• Qin Yu teased Xiao Yi Xian, and the two continued their intimate moment before he left her to tidy up.
• Qing Lin and her mother returned, and Xiao Yi Xian reassured Qing Lin that she was fine.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin’s mother gathered herbs in Medicine Valley and traveled to Qingshan Town, where they booked three rooms.
• Xiao Yi Xian tossed and turned before knocking on Qin Yu’s door and telling him to open it.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian shared an intimate night before the group returned to Wutan City. He found his home repaired and cared for by Xiao Zhan’s household, and welcomed Qing Lin inside.

• Xiao Yi Xian slipped into Qin Yu’s room, hugged him, and kissed him after he realized she wanted more than a hug.
• Qin Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and the two went to sleep together.
• The next morning, Qin Yu and his companions left Qingshan Town and flew directly toward Wutan City.
• At his home, Qin Yu learned Xiao Zhan had ordered the house repaired, cleaned, and guarded, and asked the guard to thank the clan leader.
• Qin Yu entered his home with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who asked whether it was his house.

Qin Yu bought the neighboring house for Qing Lin and her mother, then went to the Mittel Auction House to hire protection for them. He offered Ya Fei ten Four-Grade pills, insisting they were worth it because Qing Lin mattered to him.

• Qin Yu bought the vacant house next door and gave Qing Lin's mother the keys so she and Qing Lin could move in.
• Xiao Yi Xian helped Qing Lin's mother clean the house, kissed Qin Yu goodbye, and let him leave for the Mittel Auction House.
• Qin Yu met Ya Fei and Gu Ni, who identified the pills he brought as Four-Grade pills.
• Qin Yu offered Ya Fei ten Four-Grade pills in exchange for the Mittel Auction House protecting Qing Lin and her mother.
• When Ya Fei asked whether the pills were worth it, Qin Yu said they were because he thought Qing Lin was worth it.

Qin Yu arranged protection and medicinal ingredients through Ya Fei, then returned home and reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. After Xiao Yi Xian reached Two-Star Great Dou Master, Qin Yu told her he planned to visit the Xiao Household in a few days to deliver a gift of thanks.

• Ya Fei promised that the Mittel Auction House would protect Qing Lin and her mother, and offered Qin Yu the medicinal ingredients on his list for free.
• Qin Yu heard that the Xiao Household had grown stronger after destroying the Jia Lie Household and was pushing the Oba Clan aside.
• Qin Yu met Qing Lin and her mother shopping, shared a candied hawthorn with Qing Lin, and watched them head home.
• Qin Yu returned to find Xiao Yi Xian cultivating; she broke through to Two-Star Great Dou Master and greeted him affectionately.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to visit the Xiao Household in a few days to deliver a gift of thanks, and asked whether she wanted to come.

Qin Yu collected medicinal ingredients from Ya Fei and refined three fourth-tier pills before visiting Xiao Zhan at the Xiao Household. He presented the pills as thanks for looking after his home, leaving Xiao Zhan stunned when he learned one was a peak fourth-tier pill.

• Ya Fei gave Qin Yu the gathered medicinal ingredients and offered him the auction house's alchemy room, while Xiao Yi Xian joined him.
• Ya Fei tried to learn about Qin Yu from Xiao Yi Xian, but only discovered that he was twenty; Gu Ni later reported that Xiao Yi Xian was at least a Da Dou Shi.
• Qin Yu refined a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, a Wind Spirit Pill, and a Profound Origin Pill, all fourth-tier pills.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Xiao Household, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and Xiao Yan greeted Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu gave Xiao Zhan three jade bottles as thanks for caring for his home and explained that the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill was a peak fourth-tier pill.

Qin Yu gave Xiao Zhan three precious fourth-tier pills, while Xiao Yan met Yao Chen and learned how far behind Qin Yu he was. Xiao Yan was summoned to Xiao Zhan’s courtyard, where two unfamiliar women had arrived and an urgent matter was beginning.

• Qin Yu explained the effects of three fourth-tier pills and gave them to Xiao Zhan, who accepted them gratefully.
• Xiao Yan heard Yao Chen’s voice in his mind, left the courtyard, and confronted him in his room about absorbing his Battle Qi for three years.
• Yao Chen offered to teach Xiao Yan alchemy and told him Qin Yu was a Nine-Star Great Battle Master, had fifth-tier Alchemist standards, and possessed Heavenly Flames.
• A clan member summoned Xiao Yan to Xiao Zhan’s courtyard, where he found Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and two unfamiliar women.
• A gentle female voice had addressed Xiao Zhan as the Xiao clan leader while he was discussing the Xiao Household’s recent changes with Qin Yu.

Yun Yun brought Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Household, where Nalan Yanran asked to dissolve her engagement with Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan struggled with his anger but heard her explain that she wanted to choose her own marriage, leaving him conflicted as he prepared to make a request.

• Yun Yun arrived at the Xiao Household and told Xiao Zhan she had come to discuss a matter.
• Nalan Yanran arrived with Yun Yun, and Xiao Zhan summoned Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to lose his temper, and Xiao Yan asked Nalan Yanran whether she would still break the engagement if he had regained his cultivation talent.
• Nalan Yanran said she wanted to choose her own marriage, and Xiao Yan accepted her reasoning before asking to make one request.

Xiao Yan annulled his engagement to Nalan Yanran but arranged to challenge her at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years. Meanwhile, Yun Yun took Qin Yu aside to talk privately, leaving their conversation ongoing.

• Xiao Yan asked Nalan Yanran to meet him for a duel in three years, and Yun Yun agreed to preside over the match.
• Xiao Zhan declined compensation from Yun Yun, who left three boxes before inviting Qin Yu to talk; Xiao Yi Xian reluctantly let him go.
• Xiao Yan realized Qin Yu had flown using a Dou technique, and Yao Lao confirmed Qin Yu was a Nine-Star Great Battle Master.
• Xiao Yan pressed Yao Lao for support with cultivation, techniques, and pills in return for becoming his disciple and having his Dou Qi absorbed for three years.
• Yun Yun and Qin Yu flew to a quiet plaza, where Yun Yun teased him about Xiao Yi Xian and began sharing her complaints about the Misty Cloud Sect.

Qin Yu and Yun Yun talked about his mysterious background and Yun Yun's troubles in the Misty Cloud Sect before they encountered Qing Lin in Wutan City. After Qing Lin was startled by Yun Yun noticing her snake scales, Yun Yun comforted her and gave her a bracer, then watched Qin Yu take her home.

• Yun Yun guessed Qin Yu came from beyond the Jia Ma Empire, but he kept his true explanation to himself as they discussed sect affairs.
• Qin Yu spotted Qing Lin carrying vegetables and pastries, picked her up, and introduced her to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun noticed Qing Lin's snake scales, causing Qing Lin to remember how people had treated her in Stone Desert City and hide in Qin Yu's arms.
• Yun Yun reassured Qing Lin that she did not dislike her and gave her a bracer to cover the scales.
• Qin Yu took Qing Lin home, and Yun Yun watched them leave while imagining having a daughter of her own.

Qin Yu prepared to take Xiao Yi Xian to Jia Nan Academy, leaving Qing Lin behind to cultivate with her mother. At registration, Mentor Ruo Lin was astonished by Qin Yu’s rapid advancement and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation, then privately teased Qin Yu about Xiao Yu’s absence.

• Qin Yu told Qing Lin and her mother that he would take Xiao Yi Xian to register at Jia Nan Academy, and Qing Lin promised to cultivate diligently while he was away.
• Qin Yu cultivated on the mountain outside Wutan City while Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran to train harder for the Three-Year Agreement and her standing within the Misty Cloud Sect.
• A week later, Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye to Qing Lin and her mother, then went to meet Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team.
• Mentor Ruo Lin discovered that Qin Yu had reached Nine-Star Great Battle Master, far surpassing the target Hu Gan had set for him.
• Ruo Lin learned that Xiao Yi Xian was nearly eighteen and already a Great Dou Master, then privately teased Qin Yu about Xiao Yu not returning.

Qin Yu secured Xiao Yi Xian's registration at Jia Nan Academy and left Wutan City with her, promising to handle any trouble caused by her constitution. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan began cultivating again with Yao Lao's Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid, while the Second Elder was left managing the Xiao Household alone.

• Qin Yu told Instructor Ruo Lin that Xiao Yi Xian's special constitution might cause trouble at Jia Nan Academy, and Ruo Lin agreed to register her first.
• Ruo Lin welcomed Xiao Yi Xian to Jia Nan Academy, and Qin Yu reassured her that he would deal with any problems her constitution caused.
• Instructor Ruo Lin arranged a quiet place for Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate before the recruitment group departed for Jia Nan Academy.
• Qin Yu left Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian on a Griffin Beast and promised they would return for Hai Bo Dong's Poe Dan.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating with Yao Lao's Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid after borrowing money from Xun'er to buy its ingredients.
• The Second Elder cursed Xiao Zhan and the First Elder for leaving him to handle the Xiao Household's affairs while they enjoyed the pills Yun Yun had given them.

After two months of cultivation on the journey to Jia Nan Academy, Qin Yu broke through to one-star Dou Ling, delaying the recruitment party until he finished. He then drew his fourth trait and chose Golden Kidney Warrior after the draw produced no Golden trait.

• Qin Yu reached the peak of Nine-Star Da Dou Shi and sensed an opportunity to break through as the party camped one day from Jia Nan Academy.
• Qin Yu swallowed a fourth-grade Profound Origin Pill and repeatedly attacked the barrier to Dou Ling while Xiao Yi Xian guarded his tent.
• Mentor Ruo Lin halted the party’s departure and told everyone to wait while Qin Yu continued cultivating.
• Qin Yu emerged as a one-star Dou Ling, and Xiao Yi Xian rushed into his arms as the waiting students gathered around.
• Qin Yu resumed the journey with the party and used the system to draw his fourth trait, choosing Golden Kidney Warrior after receiving no Golden trait.

Qin Yu brought Xiao Yi Xian to Jia Nan Academy and asked Vice Principal Hu Gan to let her stay despite her Woeful Poison Body. Hu Gan agreed for now, set a limit on her cultivation, and demanded payment from Qin Yu, who offered him three pills he had refined himself.

• Qin Yu chose the Golden Kidney Warrior trait and felt his physical condition improve.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Canaan City and went to Hu Gan's office.
• Qin Yu told Hu Gan that Xiao Yi Xian had the Woeful Poison Body, and Hu Gan asked her to wait outside while he spoke with Qin Yu.
• Hu Gan agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian stay at the academy for now, but said she must leave once she reached the Dou Wang realm.
• Hu Gan asked Qin Yu to pay for the extra work, and Qin Yu gave him a jade bottle containing three fourth-tier pills he had refined.

Qin Yu persuaded Hu Gan to let Xiao Yi Xian enter Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy with him, using his Green Lotus Core Flame and medicine-refining ability to reassure the vice dean that he could control her Woeful Poison Body. After Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu spoke privately, they returned and pinched Qin Yu’s waist, whereupon he discovered it no longer hurt.

• Qin Yu revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame and medicine-refining skills to Hu Gan, then offered to help control Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body.
• Hu Gan agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian enter the Inner Academy with Qin Yu, pending coordination with the Inner Academy, and arranged a separate dormitory for her.
• Qin Yu took Xiao Yi Xian to her dormitory and then to the cafeteria, where she relaxed after hearing that Jia Nan Academy had agreed to accept her.
• The next morning, Qin Yu told Xiao Yu about Xiao Yi Xian, and the two girls later left to speak alone.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian returned calmly and pinched Qin Yu’s waist together, but he felt no pain and wondered whether it had turned to iron.

After Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian reconciled with Qin Yu, he met Liu Qing and agreed to spar with him the next afternoon. Xiao Yi Xian teased Qin Yu about the women he knew at the academy before settling back into his arms.

• Xiao Yu left after signaling Qin Yu to visit her the next day, and Xiao Yi Xian asked him to help Xiao Yu reach the Battle Master realm before they entered the Inner Academy.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian watched students fight at the competition grounds, where Lin Xiuyan and Liu Qing came over to greet him.
• Liu Qing tested Qin Yu's strength with a handshake and challenged him to a match the next afternoon, which Qin Yu accepted.
• Lin Xiuyan explained that Liu Qing kept challenging him after losing their spars and said Liu Qing had long wanted to compete with Qin Yu.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Qin Yu which academy classmates he was close to, pinched him when he mentioned Han Yue, and then returned to his arms.

Qin Yu learned that Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian had reached an understanding, then gave Xiao Yu a Water-Nourishing Pill. He faced Liu Qing in the academy arena and gained the upper hand, but Liu Qing made one final desperate attack with the Mountain-Splitting Spear.

• Qin Yu met Xiao Yu, learned that Xiao Yi Xian had willingly yielded to avoid putting him in a difficult position, and thanked them both.
• Qin Yu gave Xiao Yu a Water-Nourishing Pill, embraced her, and left her smiling over the gift.
• Qin Yu arrived at the competition grounds and began his arena battle with Liu Qing as Lin Xiuyan, Han Yue, Lin Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yu watched.
• Qin Yu matched Liu Qing's attacks, revealed lotus-blue flames fused with the Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor, and used the Coiling Serpent Hand to throw Liu Qing off balance.
• Qin Yu blasted Liu Qing away with a Qilin Fist, but Liu Qing poured his Dou Qi into the Mountain-Splitting Spear and hurled it at him.

Qin Yu defeated Liu Qing by catching the Mountain-Splitting Spear with Dou Qi materialization, then went to find Xiao Yi Xian and learned the Inner Academy had approved her joining him there. The chapter ended with Qin Yu preparing to enter the Inner Academy, where its alchemy elders wanted to test his skills.

• Qin Yu caught Liu Qing's Mountain-Splitting Spear with a materialized dragon head, and Liu Qing conceded defeat.
• Qin Yu helped Liu Qing up, and Liu Qing asked him not to use the Coiling Serpent Hand in their next fight.
• Qin Yu went to Xiao Yi Xian's dormitory and was kicked out after interrupting her and Xiao Yu playing together.
• Ruo Lin told Qin Yu that Hu Gan wanted to discuss the Inner Academy's decision about Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hu Gan showed Qin Yu the decision allowing Xiao Yi Xian to enter and live in the Inner Academy with him, provided she left if she reached Dou Wang.
• Hu Gan told Qin Yu that the Inner Academy's Alchemy Department elders wanted to test his pill-refining skills.