Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao arrived at the Alchemist Association to seek certification and convinced Master Otto to let him attempt the Fourth-Grade Alchemist assessment. He entered the examination room to begin the tests while Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Fei, and Little Zilin waited outside.

• Two guards demanded a mentor's recommendation letter, but Xiao Yao questioned the rule before Master Otto arrived with Lin Fei.
• Lin Fei mistook Xiao Yao for Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yao explained that he was Xiao Yan's older brother and wanted to take the Fourth-Grade Alchemist test.
• Xiao Yao demonstrated his Great Dou Master cultivation, and Otto agreed to let him attempt a second-grade pill before proceeding directly to the fourth-grade test.
• Yahan registered Xiao Yao using Xiao Yan's age and mentor information, and Otto arranged for Master Frank and himself to oversee the assessment.
• Xiao Yao entered the private assessment room while Otto barred Lin Fei and Xiao Yi Xian from watching, leaving them outside with Little Zilin.

Xiao Yao passed the Alchemist Association’s Second-Grade assessment and refined an exceptional Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill for the Fourth-Grade test. Frank and Otto invited him to become an honorary elder, and Xiao Yao accepted before leaving.

• Xiao Yao chose the Qi-Recovery Pill recipe and refined it with blue flames, shattering the ordinary Medicine Cauldron in the process.
• Otto examined Xiao Yao’s high-quality Second-Grade Qi-Recovery Pill and prepared to advance him to the Fourth-Grade test.
• Xiao Yao declined the offered ingredients and recipe, brought out his Black Demon Cauldron, and refined a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Otto and Frank praised the pill’s exceptional quality and invited Xiao Yao to become an honorary elder of the Alchemist Association.
• Xiao Yao accepted the honorary status despite warning that he would rarely visit, then stored his cauldron and left.

Xiao Yao passed the Alchemist Association’s assessment and received the status of an honorary elder, then declined Otto’s invitation to the Alchemist Grand Meeting. He and Xiao Yi Xian left for the city’s aerial transport square, where Xiao Yao said they did not need to wait in line.

• Xiao Yao emerged from the assessment room, and Otto and Frank confirmed that he had succeeded and praised his alchemy talent.
• Frank presented Xiao Yao with a Fourth-Grade Alchemist robe, and Xiao Yao put it on while Xiao Yi Xian adjusted its collar.
• Otto invited Xiao Yao to join the Alchemist Grand Meeting, but Xiao Yao declined and accepted an honorary elder’s jade plaque instead.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian chose to take the aerial transport toward a city near the Tagore Desert rather than travel directly.
• At the crowded square, Xiao Yao led Xiao Yi Xian toward the ticket counter and told her they did not need to queue.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian boarded a flying magical beast bound for Desert City, the city closest to the Tagore Desert. During the journey, they shared a quiet night together and woke the next afternoon still close.

• Xiao Yao used his alchemist badge to secure dedicated aerial transportation for himself and Xiao Yi Xian without waiting in line.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian boarded a swift wind-attributed flying beast bound for Desert City, and two other alchemists joined them before it took off.
• Xiao Yao began cultivating while Xiao Yi Xian stayed with Little Zilin, but they left their room for the corridor after hearing another couple through the wall.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian watched the starry sky together until dawn, then returned to their room and fell asleep in each other's arms.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian woke in the afternoon, exchanged smiles, and Xiao Yao gently stroked her hair.

Xiao Yao protected Xiao Yi Xian from four men who tried to claim her, then took her toward Stone Desert City and the Tagore Desert. They reached the city’s outskirts and planned to visit Xiao Yao’s eldest and second brothers.

• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian decided to leave the flying transport ship the next morning.
• Lin Hua demanded that Xiao Yao hand Xiao Yi Xian over to him, and Ha Lang and two other men joined in, openly leering at her.
• Xiao Yao trapped the four men with spatial power and banished them through a rift, then comforted Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yao carried Xiao Yi Xian away on his Kunpeng Wings and flew toward the Tagore Desert.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian reached the outskirts of Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yao said they would visit his brothers and their Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian entered Desert City and went to Gu Tu map shop, where they met Hai Bo Dong. After Hai Bo Dong challenged Xiao Yao, he discovered that Xiao Yao was a Dou Emperor with Heavenly Flames, leaving him wary of the brothers.

• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian reached Desert City, and a guard let them pass without an entry fee after noticing Xiao Yao's alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yao admitted he did not know the way to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, so he took Xiao Yi Xian to find a map shop.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian entered Gu Tu, where Hai Bo Dong recognized Xiao Yao's Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and mistook him for Xiao Yan's younger brother.
• Xiao Yao corrected Hai Bo Dong and asked for a detailed desert map, but Hai Bo Dong demanded that Xiao Yao address him as Senior and released his icy aura.
• Xiao Yao protected Xiao Yi Xian with his purple flood dragon, then revealed his Dou Emperor pressure and challenged Hai Bo Dong to continue testing him.
• Hai Bo Dong withdrew his aura and tried to pass off his provocation as a test, while realizing Xiao Yao was even more powerful than Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through a spatial passage to Stone Desert City, where they found Mo Cheng attacking Qing Lin and her Two-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent. Xiao Yao killed Mo Cheng, and the chapter left him standing beside Qing Lin after recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Hai Bo Dong apologized to Xiao Yao, gave him a detailed map of the Tagore Desert, and pointed out the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yao took Xiao Yi Xian through a spatial passage to the eastern Tagore Desert and headed toward Stone Desert City.
• Mo Cheng wounded Qing Lin's Two-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent and tried to force Qing Lin to go with him.
• Xiao Yao appeared with Xiao Yi Xian, reassured Qing Lin, and recognized her jade-green eyes as Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yao trapped Mo Cheng by twisting the surrounding space and killed him by crushing him into a cloud of blood mist.

Xiao Yao met Qing Lin, who led him and Xiao Yi Xian to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where he reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. The brothers welcomed him and Xiao Yi Xian into the hall, where Xiao Li asked about Xiao Yao's strength.

• Qing Lin met Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yao reassured her that her scales and eyes were beautiful and encouraged her to value herself.
• Qing Lin led Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where the guards welcomed Xiao Yao and directed them to the main hall.
• Xiao Li embraced Xiao Yao and asked about Zi Lin, and Xiao Yao warned him that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was a fourth-tier magical beast.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yi Xian after Xiao Yao introduced her, and the group entered the hall together.
• Xiao Li asked whether Xiao Yao had reached the Dou Emperor level, and Xiao Yao said he would protect his brothers.

Xiao Yao reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, gave them pills, and promised to include them in the powerful force he planned to build. After Xiao Yi Xian worried about his feelings for Xun Er, Xiao Yao confessed that he loved them both, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay with him.

• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Fourth-Grade Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pills to help Xiao Li break through to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yao told his brothers he planned to build the strongest force on the Battle Qi Continent and promised to bring them into it.
• Xiao Yao asked Qing Lin to prepare one room for him and Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Xiao Li to tease him about Xun Er.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yao whether he loved Xun Er and what she meant to him, and Xiao Yao admitted he had fallen for her while caring deeply for Xun Er.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay with Xiao Yao despite other girls being by his side and vowed to poison him if he ever betrayed her.

After a tender morning with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yao reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters. The group was attacked by the Sand Mercenary Group, the Mo Clan, and a Misty Cloud Sect elder seeking revenge for Mo Cheng’s death, and Xiao Yao revealed his strength by grabbing the elder by the throat.

• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian woke together, and Qing Lin came to help them wash up.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in the main hall and assured them they were comfortable.
• A mercenary rushed in to report that attackers had invaded the headquarters.
• Xiao Ding confronted the attackers and learned that the Sand Mercenary Group, the Mo Clan, and the Misty Cloud Sect had come to avenge Mo Cheng.
• Xiao Yao stepped forward to face the Misty Cloud Sect elder, vanished from sight, and seized him by the throat, leaving the elder to realize Xiao Yao was a Dou Zong.

Xiao Yao revealed his Dou Zong strength to save the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and promised to deal with their enemies. When a woman in green abducted Qing Lin, he left his brothers a powerful puppet and pursued her.

• Xiao Yao burned the Misty Cloud Sect elder and the Sand Mercenary Group attackers to ashes, then reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding arranged treatment for the wounded, and Xiao Yao asked the mercenaries to keep the day's events confidential.
• Xiao Yao vowed to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group and Mo Clan, and threatened the Misty Cloud Sect if it retaliated after Little Flame's Three-Year Pact.
• A burly mercenary reported that a woman in green had taken Qing Lin, so Xiao Yao used his Soul Force to locate the abductors fleeing northeast.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Ding the Dou Zong puppet Lei Chenzi to help fight the Sand Mercenary Group, then left with Xiao Yi Xian staying behind.
• Green Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor confirmed that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Yao intervened when Green Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor tried to take Qing Lin to the Sky Serpent Mansion. He defeated Green Man, recovered Qing Lin, and pursued the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, whom he intended to make her pet.

• Xiao Yao accepted the mission to prevent Green Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor from taking Qing Lin to the Sky Serpent Mansion.
• Green Man sent the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor fleeing with Qing Lin, then attacked Xiao Yao with a giant fist made of vines.
• Xiao Yao overwhelmed Green Man, knocked her unconscious, took her Storage Rings, and pursued the fleeing serpent emperor.
• Xiao Yao caught up with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and brought Qing Lin back, completing the mission.
• Xiao Yao refused to let the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor leave and said he would serve as Qing Lin’s pet, but the serpent emperor fled again.
• Xiao Yao vanished into the void and reappeared in front of the fleeing Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.

Xiao Yao subdued the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and traveled with Qing Lin to Salt City, where he destroyed the Mo Clan manor with the third finger of the Great Wilderness Heaven-Prisoning Finger. He then warned the Serpent Emperor against betrayal and left with Heavenly Thunder Son.

• Xiao Yao branded the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's soul, suppressed its cultivation, and changed his appearance with the Disguise Mask.
• Xiao Yao carried Qing Lin and the subdued Serpent Emperor to the Mo Clan in Salt City, where the Second Elder learned that the group sent to Stone Desert City had been wiped out.
• Xiao Yao summoned Heavenly Thunder Son and entrusted him with Qing Lin and the Serpent Emperor before launching the third finger of the Great Wilderness Heaven-Prisoning Finger.
• Xiao Yao's attack obliterated the Mo Clan manor, leaving its residents dead and the site a wasteland.
• Xiao Yao threatened the frightened Serpent Emperor against attempting to escape or betray him, then left Salt City with Heavenly Thunder Son.

Xiao Yao returned with Qing Lin and explained the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He took her as his first disciple and began training her, while Xiao Yi Xian rapidly advanced through cultivating with refined poisons.

• Xiao Yao returned to the hall with the unconscious Qing Lin, reuniting with Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yao's arms, and he explained that she had been captured because of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yao offered to teach Qing Lin cultivation methods and Dou Skills, and she formally accepted him as her master.
• Xiao Yao gave Qing Lin Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid and taught her to cultivate, helping her reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi within days.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined poisons from medicinal ingredients and raised her cultivation from the Dou Zhe realm to the Battle Master realm within a month.

Xiao Yao prepared to leave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, giving them pills and powerful cultivation techniques before heading back toward Jia Nan Academy. He planned to meet Xiao Yan at the Three-Year Pact at Misty Cloud Sect and received permission to take Qing Lin with him.

• Xiao Yao told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he would leave to visit their father before returning to Jia Nan Academy, and he concealed his cultivation as a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li pills ranging from Fourth-Grade to Sixth-Grade and agreed that they would help him manage a future faction.
• Xiao Yao said he would not wait for Xiao Yan but would join him at the Three-Year Pact at Misty Cloud Sect a year later.
• The three brothers drank together, and Xiao Yao taught Xiao Li the All-Character Secret and Xiao Ding the Traveling Secret.
• Xiao Yao asked to take Qing Lin with him, and Xiao Ding agreed on the condition that he take good care of her.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group with Qing Lin and set out for Wutan City. They used Qing Lin’s contracted Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, White Fang, as their transport, and Qing Lin happily saw the land beyond the Tagore Desert for the first time.

• Xiao Yao told Xiao Yi Xian he had finished his arrangements, and she agreed to travel with him to the Xiao Clan before he escorted her to the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Little Zilin quietly left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group with the sleeping Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian joked with Qing Lin after she woke, then prepared to travel to Wutan City.
• Qing Lin summoned the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and Xiao Yao ordered it to carry them to Wutan City.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor flew higher and slower at Xiao Yao’s request as Qing Lin enjoyed seeing the scenery beyond the Tagore Desert.

Xiao Yao brought Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the shrunken Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to Wutan City, where he showed Xiao Yi Xian around and returned to the Xiao Clan. As they reached the main hall to meet his family, Xiao Yi Xian grew nervous about whether they would accept their relationship.

• Xiao Yao had the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor shrink down and travel with the group, then gave Zi Lin a Purple Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yao and his companions entered Wutan City, and he showed Xiao Yi Xian its streets and local wares.
• At the Xiao Clan gates, Xiao Yao gave two bottles of pills to the guards, who told him the Clan Leader wanted to see him.
• Xiao Yao reassured Xiao Yi Xian and teased her about calling his father Father, while Qing Lin joked about their future wedding.
• Xiao Yao comforted Xiao Yi Xian as the group arrived at the Xiao Clan's main hall.

Xiao Yao returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, introduced them to Xiao Zhan, and revealed his achievements as a Fourth-Grade Alchemist. The chapter ended with Xiao Yao telling his father about Xiao Yan and his own encounters during their travels.

• Xiao Yao introduced Xiao Yi Xian as his beloved and Qing Lin as his disciple to Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan cautioned Xiao Yao to treat Xiao Yi Xian and Xun Er responsibly, and warmly welcomed both Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• The First Elder and Second Elder discovered that Xiao Yao was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, and Xiao Yao gave Xiao Zhan five bottles of Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pills for the Xiao Clan.
• At dinner, Xiao Yao told Xiao Zhan about his experiences with Xiao Yan in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and his encounters with his eldest and second brothers in the Tagore Desert.

After Xiao Zhan reminded Xiao Yao that the Xiao Clan would always welcome him home, Xiao Yao reflected on his relentless pursuit of strength and found a freer outlook with Xiao Yi Xian’s support. Days later, Qing Lin broke through to Dou Zhe while Xiao Yao searched for a cultivation technique suited to her.

• Xiao Zhan reassured Xiao Yao that the Xiao Clan would always be a harbor he could return to, and Xiao Yao went back to his room thinking about his life.
• Xiao Yao told Xiao Yi Xian he wondered what relentless cultivation was for, and she encouraged him to become strong so he could live freely and avoid being controlled.
• The next morning, Xiao Yao received the Azure Soul Hand skill from the System for achieving the Powerhouse Mindset achievement and told Xiao Yi Xian he would live unbound.
• A few days later, Xiao Yao watched Qing Lin cultivate and searched the System-provided Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils technique for a suitable method for her.
• Qing Lin formed a qi vortex and broke through to Dou Zhe, thanking Xiao Yao for giving her Qi-Gathering Powder.

Xiao Yao taught Qing Lin the Heaven Tier high-grade Green Snake Illusory Eyes Art and the Xuan Tier high-grade Illusory Eye Starburst after she broke through to Dou Zhe, then gave Xiao Yi Xian the healing Dou Technique Secret of the Practitioner Character. Xiao Yao went to refine fourth-grade pills while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin began cultivating their new techniques.

• Xiao Yao taught Qing Lin the Green Snake Illusory Eyes Art and encouraged her when she promised to protect him.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Qing Lin and asked why Xiao Yao had not also taught her a Dou Technique, so Xiao Yao taught Qing Lin Illusory Eye Starburst.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Yi Xian the Secret of the Practitioner Character, which she learned could restore severed limbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Yao's cheek to thank him, while Qing Lin shyly watched.
• Xiao Yao entered the alchemy room to refine fourth-grade medicinal pills, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin began cultivating their techniques.