Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao began their journey toward the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where Yao Lao planned a year of harsh training before they continued to the Tagore Desert. As Xiao Yan struggled under the Heavy Xuan Ruler, his training began in earnest, while Xun Er stayed behind and vowed to wait for him at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xun Er learned from Instructor Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan had left and said she and Phoenix Cry would wait for him at Jia Nan Academy.
• Yao Lao explained that the group was heading through the eastern Magic Beast Mountain Range toward the Tagore Desert and planned a year of training for Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao promised to teach Xiao Yan an Earth Tier Dou Skill after they entered the mountain range, while Xiao Yao told him to master Eight Extremes Collapse first.
• Xiao Yan struggled to walk under the Heavy Xuan Ruler, which suppressed his Dou Qi, while Xiao Yao carried it with little difficulty.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the strenuous march marked the start of his training, and Xiao Yan shouldered the ruler and continued walking.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan arrived in Green Mountain Town, where Xiao Yao reunited with his old acquaintance Xiao Yi Xian. After Yao Lao identified Xiao Yao’s purchase as Blood Lotus Essence, Xiao Yao gave it to Xiao Yan, and the two settled in at an inn for the night.

• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan reached Green Mountain Town, and Xiao Yao wondered how Xiao Yi Xian was doing.
• Xiao Yao explained that Xiao Yi Xian was a physician as they browsed a medicine shop, then bought a low-grade Yellow Lotus Essence from a clerk.
• Xiao Yi Xian approached and asked Xiao Yao for the Yellow Lotus Essence, saying he seemed familiar, but Xiao Yao left with Xiao Yan without explaining their past.
• Yao Lao recognized the ingredient as rare Blood Lotus Essence, and the System warned Xiao Yao that devouring a Heavenly Flame without a fusion card could kill him.
• Xiao Yao gave the Blood Lotus Essence to Xiao Yan, who accepted it gratefully, and the two later rented a room at an inn.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan joined the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s escort team by demonstrating that they met its strength requirement. As the group entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yao recognized Xiao Yi Xian, a kind physician he had known in childhood.

• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan reached the town entrance and saw the Myriad Medicine Pavilion recruiting mercenaries for its herb-gathering trip with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan proved his strength by knocking down a tree, and Xiao Yao concealed his cultivation and revealed a Six-Star Dou Zhe aura.
• The middle-aged recruiter accepted both brothers into the escort team for five hundred gold coins each.
• The escort group entered the forest, where the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s young leader stayed close to Xiao Yi Xian after she rejected his approach.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Yi Xian was the girl Xiao Yao had known as a child, and Xiao Yao confirmed it and recalled her kindness and knowledge of medicinal herbs.

Xiao Yao followed Xiao Yi Xian into the Magic Beast Mountain Range after showing the mercenaries his strength. He found her hiding below a cliff, and the two were left staring at each other in surprise.

• Three Red Ice Snakes poisoned mercenaries in the group, and the others killed the beasts.
• A Snake-Tailed Leopard attacked Xiao Yao, who blocked its blow and killed it with a punch, impressing the mercenaries.
• Xiao Yi Xian called for the group to rest near the herb-gathering site, then slipped away unnoticed.
• Xiao Yao told Xiao Yan not to follow and secretly tracked Xiao Yi Xian through the forest.
• Xiao Yao found a White Orchid Fruit near a cliff, where Xiao Yi Xian suddenly emerged from below and startled him.

Xiao Yao confronted Xiao Yi Xian about why she had descended the cliff, then discovered a dark hollow in the rock. Xiao Yi Xian drugged him, but he feigned unconsciousness and caught her; the chapter ended with him pinning her down as she angrily demanded to be released.

• Xiao Yao helped Xiao Yi Xian climb up the cliff and identified the White Orchid Fruit she claimed to have come for.
• Xiao Yao questioned Xiao Yi Xian about what she had really been doing beneath the cliff, and she denied hiding anything.
• Xiao Yao spotted a dark hollow behind fallen timber on the cliff face.
• Xiao Yi Xian sprayed Xiao Yao with sleeping powder and tried to tie him up, but he revealed he had only pretended to be unconscious.
• Xiao Yao blocked Xiao Yi Xian's kick, pinned her beneath him, and refused to let her go as she called him shameless.

Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Yao despite his changed appearance, and he apologized for hiding his identity from her. They discovered a hidden cave but decided to return to the group and visit it later, while Mu Li tried unsuccessfully to recruit Xiao Yao into the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Yao by his eyes and cried over his long deception, so Xiao Yao apologized and admitted he had been wrong to hide his identity.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yao the concealed cave she had found beneath the cliff and suggested returning to explore it that night after the herb-gathering party settled in.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xiao Yao about his disguise and his treatment of her, then forgave him while warning him not to deceive her again.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the mercenary group, where Mu Li asked Xiao Yao to join the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yao refused Mu Li's offer and quietly asked Xiao Yan whether anything unusual had happened while he was away.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian secretly left the herb-gathering camp at night to find a cave on the cliff. After teasing Xiao Yi Xian during their descent, Xiao Yao used his Battle Qi Wings to carry them safely to the cave she identified.

• The party reached a basin filled with medicinal herbs and set up camp under Xiao Yi Xian's direction.
• Xiao Yi Xian slipped out of camp at night, and Xiao Yao followed her into the forest.
• At a cliff, Xiao Yi Xian prepared torches and a rope, but Xiao Yao revealed his Heavenly Flame and offered to carry her down.
• Xiao Yao jumped from the cliff with Xiao Yi Xian, then stopped their fall with his Battle Qi Wings after frightening her with a false claim that he had forgotten the rope.
• Xiao Yi Xian pointed out the likely cave, and Xiao Yao illuminated it with a flame.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian reached the hidden cave, defeated the Rock Snake, and opened the stone door leading to its treasure chamber. Inside, they found a skeleton, locked boxes, piles of valuables, and a garden of rare medicinal herbs, including Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

• Xiao Yao killed the Rock Snake with the Fallen Heart Flame as Xiao Yi Xian watched.
• Xiao Yao carried Xiao Yi Xian to the cave entrance, and they entered together to search for treasure.
• Xiao Yi Xian found and pressed the mechanism that raised the glowing stone door.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian entered a chamber containing a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, and piles of gold and valuables.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized several rare medicinal ingredients in a flower bed, and Xiao Yao identified Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian collected treasures from the hidden cave, and Xiao Yao gave her a Storage Ring before they opened the stone boxes. Their search was interrupted when Mu Li and more than a dozen men entered, revealing that he had learned about the cave from Lifi.

• Xiao Yao took the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, while Xiao Yi Xian dug up the other herbs and shared two bottles with him.
• Xiao Yao found three keys and a small scroll by a skeleton, then gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened the first stone box and claimed a Seven-Colored Poison Manual; Xiao Yao took the Eagle's Wings and Crazy Lion's Roar techniques from the other boxes.
• Xiao Yao sensed intruders approaching and warned Xiao Yi Xian to put away her belongings.
• Mu Li entered with more than a dozen men and admitted that Lifi had told him about the treasure cave.

Xiao Yao killed Mu Li and the mercenaries with invisible flames after Mu Li tried to seize Xiao Yi Xian and the goods. As they escaped the cave, Xiao Yi Xian jumped with Xiao Yao into an abyss, where a Blue Eagle caught them and carried them away.

• Mu Li demanded the goods and threatened Xiao Yao, while Xiao Yi Xian rejected him and told Xiao Yao to kill him.
• Xiao Yao burned the five charging mercenaries to ash, then killed Mu Li and incinerated the remaining mercenaries near the entrance.
• Xiao Yi Xian collected the gold coins, and she and Xiao Yao left the cave together.
• Xiao Yao spotted torch-bearing patrols above the cliff, but Xiao Yi Xian stopped him and played a bamboo flute.
• Xiao Yi Xian pulled Xiao Yao into the abyss, and a Blue Eagle caught them before carrying them into the sky.

Xiao Yao parted ways with Xiao Yi Xian after she returned to the herb-gathering party, then went into seclusion in the Magic Beast Mountain Range to break through. He left Heavenly Thunder Son to guard the area and began circulating the Myriad Devouring Art as his Dou Qi surged through his meridians.

• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Yi Xian a soul jade fragment so he could sense her location if she ran into danger.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yao she planned to return to the herb-gathering party, trusting the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and the other mercenary leaders to protect her.
• Xiao Yao revealed that his breakthrough years earlier had caused the tribulation lightning in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, then said he would train there while Xiao Yi Xian returned to Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yao a pouch of medicinal powder before they parted atop a mountain, and Xiao Yao promised to visit her again.
• Xiao Yao found a secluded peak with dense energy and ordered Heavenly Thunder Son to guard him while he prepared to break through.
• Xiao Yao entered cultivation and used the Myriad Devouring Art to guide his turbulent Dou Qi through his main meridians.

Xiao Yao completed his three-month seclusion and broke through to Three-Star Dou Emperor, while Heavenly Thunder Son absorbed the tribulation lightning and rose to Nine-Star Dou Zong. After checking his updated status, Xiao Yao set off to find his teacher and continue advancing his alchemy.

• Xiao Yao absorbed the mountain's abundant natural energy for nearly three months, using the Fallen Heart Flame to refine it as he cultivated.
• Xiao Yao's breakthrough stirred the magical beasts and spread his Soul Force across part of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where he briefly sensed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.
• As tribulation clouds gathered, Heavenly Thunder Son absorbed three bolts of lightning and advanced from One-Star Dou Zong to Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yao absorbed the pure energy that descended after the tribulation and broke through to Three-Star Dou Emperor, earning a 100% Heavenly Flame Fusion Card.
• Xiao Yao reviewed his updated character panel, decided to refine his remaining Heavenly Flames later, and used the Great Void Technique to go find his teacher.

Xiao Yao returned to the valley and astonished Yao Lao by revealing he could use spatial power despite being only a three-star Dou Emperor. He promised to teach Xiao Yan the Great Void Technique, gave him a flying Dou Technique, and joined him for a hotpot meal while Yao Lao watched.

• Yao Lao sensed someone hiding nearby, and Xiao Yao emerged from a spatial crack.
• Yao Lao examined Xiao Yao and wondered how he had used spatial power without reaching Dou Zong; Xiao Yao identified his technique as the Great Void Technique and promised to teach it to Xiao Yan later.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Yan a scroll containing the flying Dou Technique Eagle's Wings.
• Yao Lao arranged for Xiao Yao to refine fifth-tier pills for two nights before attempting the sixth-tier Emperor's Extreme Pill, while Xiao Yan resumed his waterfall training.
• That night, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao prepared a hotpot together, teasing Yao Lao because his soul body could not eat, then enjoyed the meal.

Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan so he could taste Xiao Yao’s hot pot, then watched Xiao Yao refine a superior-quality Dragon Strength Pill. Yao Lao praised Xiao Yao’s skill and told him to continue refining other Fifth-Grade Pills the next night, while Xiao Yao went to rest.

• Yao Lao offered to possess Xiao Yan so he could experience a Dou Wang’s aura, and Xiao Yan agreed so Yao Lao could taste the hot pot.
• Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan and enjoyed the meal with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao took out the ingredients and a Medicine Cauldron, then began refining a Dragon Strength Pill as Yao Lao and Xiao Yan watched.
• Xiao Yao used his Soul Force and Heavenly Flames to complete a superior-quality Dragon Strength Pill.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yao’s technique and Soul Force, said he could attempt Sixth- and Seventh-Grade Pills, and asked him to refine more Fifth-Grade Pills the next night.
• Xiao Yao put away the pill and went into his tent to rest.

Yao Lao demonstrated the Earth-Tier Dou Technique Flame Splitting Tsunami, and Xiao Yao imitated it after watching once, astonishing Yao Lao and Xiao Yan. Two nights later, Xiao Yao asked Yao Lao to refine Sixth-Grade Pills, and Yao Lao prepared to make an Emperor's Extreme Pill and a Sect-Breaking Pill.

• Yao Lao demonstrated Flame Splitting Tsunami at the waterfall and passed the technique to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yao said he had already learned the technique and imitated it with the Heavy Xuan Ruler, impressing Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yao declined Yao Lao's offer to teach him the technique properly and sat down to cultivate.
• Two nights later, Xiao Yao asked Yao Lao to begin refining Sixth-Grade Pills, including an Emperor's Extreme Pill.
• Xiao Yao gave Yao Lao two bottles of Soul Liquid and asked him to refine a Sect-Breaking Pill as well.
• Yao Lao agreed, and Xiao Yao laid out the rare medicinal ingredients for the pills.

Yao Lao refined the Sixth-Grade Emperor's Extreme Pill while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao watched, with Heavenly Thunder Son sealing the area to hide the coming heavenly phenomena. The pill formed successfully, and Yao Lao drew it from the enormous purple beam of light.

• Yao Lao summoned the Black Demon Cauldron and warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao to watch closely and keep their distance when the pill formed.
• Xiao Yao summoned Heavenly Thunder Son, who placed a spatial seal over the area.
• Yao Lao used bone-white flames to extract the ingredients, spending two hours purifying the stubborn purple herb before completing the extractions by noon the next day.
• Yao Lao fused the medicinal liquids into a pill embryo, which gradually formed and triggered destructive energy ripples across the mountain peak.
• Yao Lao drew the pale-purple Emperor's Extreme Pill from the beam of light as the beam faded away.

Xiao Yao agreed to help Yao Lao obtain the materials needed to restore his body, then began refining a Sixth-Grade Sect-Breaking Pill under Yao Lao’s supervision. The pill gradually took shape in the cauldron, but its refinement was still underway.

• Yao Lao explained that restoring his body required an Eighth-Grade Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill, the Essence Bloodline of a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast, and the bones of someone who had reached Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yao promised to help gather the materials and revealed that he had reached Three-Star Dou Emperor.
• Yao Lao returned to Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao went to rest.
• Xiao Yao told Yao Lao he was ready to refine a Sixth-Grade Sect-Breaking Pill and brought out its ingredients and his Earth-Tier Black Demon Cauldron.
• Xiao Yao used the Fallen Heart Flame to extract the ingredients, fuse their medicinal liquids, and begin solidifying the mixture into a pill.

Xiao Yao refined a high-quality Sixth-Grade Pill and completed a system mission, while Yao Lao reminded him that alchemy had no end. After a month of training, Yao Lao announced that Xiao Yan would soon face stronger magical beasts in the depths of the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yao refined a Sixth-Grade Pill, earning mastery of Seventh-Grade formulas and materials, a medicinal-herb gift pack, and the Chaos Sacred Cauldron.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Yao by calling him Little Yao, then warned him not to become complacent about his alchemy achievement.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan agreed to help Yao Lao refine a body when the time came.
• During the following month, Xiao Yan trained beneath a waterfall while Xiao Yao refined pills nearby and Heavenly Thunder Son concealed their activity.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that his training would grow more brutal and that he would soon fight Second- and Third-Order Magical Beasts, leaving Xiao Yan apprehensive.

Xiao Yao taught Xiao Yan the Heaven Tier Great Void Technique and warned him to keep it secret until he was strong enough to use it safely. After Xiao Yan demonstrated his progress against a Frost Unicorn Bear, Xiao Yao flew toward a distant confrontation between Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yao transmitted the Great Void Technique to Xiao Yan and explained that mastery could produce the Void Great Hand Seal.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that powerful experts might try to seize the rare spatial battle skill, and Xiao Yan promised to use it only in a life-or-death situation.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan headed into the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan defeated a peak second-rank Frost Unicorn Bear using Explosive Step and Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Yao Lao sensed a battle nearby and identified the roar of the sixth-rank Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yan recognized it as an opponent equivalent to a human Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yao saw Yun Yun confronting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and flew over to help.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao secretly watched Yun Yun negotiate with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King before Xiao Yao arrived to help her. When the lion king refused to let them leave, Xiao Yao attacked it with the Great Wilderness Heaven-Prisoning Finger, leaving it badly injured amid widespread destruction.

• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan and concealed his wings as they flew to observe the battle.
• Yun Yun asked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for a Purple Spirit Crystal and offered a Transformation Pill or other valuable items in exchange.
• Xiao Yao appeared beside Yun Yun, and the lion king refused their offer and demanded they pay a price before leaving.
• Xiao Yao stepped forward to fight while Yun Yun prepared to attack, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King unleashed a pillar of violet fire.
• Xiao Yao shattered the lion king's attack with the first two fingers of the Great Wilderness Heaven-Prisoning Finger and struck it with devastating force.