Chapter Summaries

After learning that Xiao Yi Xian was caught in a beast horde, Xiao Yan tracked her to a cliffside crevice where she was trapped with the wounded Blue Eagle and threatened by a Black Demon Ape. As the ape battered the rocks, Xiao Yi Xian prepared to swallow poison to awaken her constitution and save them.

• A wounded mercenary told Xiao Yan that a beast horde had attacked his team and that Xiao Yi Xian was among the missing, so Xiao Yan rushed into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with Soul-Nourishing Dew, which he gave to Yao Lao before continuing toward the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan found a blood-soaked battlefield and used a tracking technique from Yao Lao to follow a torn piece of white cloth.
• Xiao Yan traced Xiao Yi Xian to a crevice halfway down a cliff, where she was hiding beneath the wounded Blue Eagle as a Black Demon Ape attacked.
• As the Black Demon Ape battered the crevice entrance, Xiao Yi Xian gripped the poison in her medicine pouch, preparing to swallow it to awaken her constitution and save herself and Little Blue.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a Black Demon Ape, then agreed to help her and her wounded Blue Eagle in exchange for half of a hidden treasure. He carried Little Blue and Xiao Yi Xian up to the cliff, leaving them on the way out of danger.

• Xiao Yan reached the crevice as the Black Demon Ape charged him, and he killed it with a stone flicked from his finger.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from hiding, met Xiao Yan, and learned he was from Wutan City rather than a mercenary sent by the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Little Blue was dying, and Xiao Yi Xian offered him half of a hidden treasure if he helped them.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help and promised to take Little Blue with them, then freed the Blue Eagle from the rocks and carried it to the cliff top.
• Xiao Yan returned for Xiao Yi Xian, lifted her, and carried her upward toward the cliff top.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian and Little Blue, then learned that magical beasts had attacked her herb-gathering team. After giving Little Blue a healing pill and revealing that he was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, he left Xiao Yi Xian thinking about her long-held dream of becoming an alchemist despite lacking fire attributes.

• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Yan and treated Little Blue’s wounds on the cliff top.
• Xiao Yi Xian recounted how magical beasts had attacked the herb-gathering team and a flying beast had injured Little Blue.
• Xiao Yan realized that his changes to the story had altered events and warned himself not to rely on the original plot.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked to return to Green Mountain Town to find medicine for Little Blue, but Xiao Yan gave her a Bone-Growth Pill instead.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Yan was an alchemist, and he revealed that he was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
• After examining Xiao Yan’s robe and badge, Xiao Yi Xian returned them and reflected on how her lack of fire attributes prevented her from pursuing alchemy.

Xiao Yan helped Little Blue awaken its Golden-Plume Eagle bloodline and evolve, then recruited Little Doctor Fairy to help establish his own force. After she agreed to settle her contract with Boss Yao, they flew to a hidden cliff cave and began descending toward it together.

• Xiao Yan explained that Little Doctor Fairy could become an Alchemist, while Little Blue began a painful transformation after its wounds healed.
• Xiao Yan used a Blood Spirit Pill and Golden Plume Flame to help Little Blue awaken its Golden-Plume Eagle bloodline and evolve into a second-order Golden-Feather Eagle.
• Little Doctor Fairy agreed to join Xiao Yan's planned force after speaking with Boss Yao about her employment contract, and they set out for the hidden treasure.
• Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy flew on Little Blue to a cliff, where Xiao Yan used Soul Power to locate a cave concealed below.
• Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy descended into the abyss together, with Xiao Yan holding her and controlling their fall by rope as she pointed toward the cave.

Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy reached a hidden cave, where Xiao Yan defeated a Rock Serpent and broke through an ancient stone door. They found a chamber containing a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, and a large treasure hoard.

• Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy swung toward the concealed cave entrance, but a Rock Serpent attacked them.
• Xiao Yan dodged the Rock Serpent's attacks and killed it with Flameburst Kick.
• Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy entered the cave and followed its passage to an ancient stone door.
• Xiao Yan shattered the stone door with Eightfold Collapse before Little Doctor Fairy could stop him.
• Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy discovered a stone chamber with a skeleton, three locked boxes, and piles of valuables.

Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy discovered a hidden chamber filled with treasure and rare medicinal herbs. Xiao Yan collected the chamber’s contents and found a poison classic and a rare flying Dou Technique, leaving Little Doctor Fairy curious about the treasures he had claimed.

• Little Doctor Fairy gaped at the piles of treasure while Xiao Yan focused on the herb garden and collected every plant, including the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Xiao Yan gathered the gold, jewelry, jade, Magic Cores, and medicinal materials, then took a key and map fragment from the skeleton.
• Xiao Yan opened the first stone box and found the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, but refused Little Doctor Fairy’s request to keep it and stored it away.
• Xiao Yan opened the second stone box and found the High Mystic Tier flying Dou Technique, Eagle Wings, then explained how flying techniques let cultivators fly before the Battle King level.

After opening the final treasure box, Xiao Yan received several system rewards for intercepting opportunities and chose a loyal Tier-Five Magical Beast and a Fifth-Grade Pill over gold, medicinal ingredients, and Dou Techniques. The chapter ended before the selected rewards appeared.

• Xiao Yan found a High Mystic Tier wind-attribute sound-wave Dou Technique, Wild Lion Roar, and put it away for his father.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with a random Heavenly Flame map, the Great Evolution Divine Art, and the Soul-Binding Chain for intercepting a Pure Lotus Demon Flame map fragment.
• The system also rewarded Xiao Yan with the Myriad Calamities Poison Codex, Wind-Thunder Wings, and Wind Extremity Space-Shattering Slash for intercepting three other opportunities.
• After Xiao Yan intercepted the cave treasure, the system offered him either gold, a medicinal ingredient, and three Dou Techniques or a loyal Tier-Five Magical Beast and a Fifth-Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan chose the second reward option because he valued the beast's Dou Wang-level strength and the pill more than the alternatives.

Xiao Yan claimed the system’s reward, receiving a Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame map, a Glazed Illusion Butterfly, and a Dou Spirit Pill. Before leaving the emptied stone chamber, he fused the Wind-Thunder Wings into his body and revealed them on his back.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the system’s reward information and told Xiao Yi Xian they should leave the chamber.
• Xiao Yan sat down and summoned the Wind-Thunder Wings, shielding Xiao Yi Xian from their pressure.
• Xiao Yan drew the wings into his body, where they tore open two new branch meridians along his spine.
• Xiao Yan endured the pain as the Wind-Thunder Wings fused with him and emerged from his back.

Xiao Yan used the energy from refining the Wind-Thunder Wings and his stored Beast Flame to break through to the One-Star Great Dou Master realm. After confirming his new strength to the stunned Little Doctor Fairy, he took her from the cave and flew away with her.

• Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi surged as the Heaven-Burning Divine Art drew in energy, and he began compressing the liquid in his dantian to attempt a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power to condense the golden-red Dou Qi into a cyan-gold crystal, successfully reaching the One-Star Great Dou Master realm and forming Dou Qi Armor.
• Little Doctor Fairy recognized Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi Armor and asked in disbelief whether he was a Great Dou Master, and he confirmed that he was.
• Xiao Yan took Little Doctor Fairy’s hand and led her out of the cave, then put an arm around her waist and flew into the sky with his Wind-Thunder Wings.

Xiao Yan returned to Green Mountain Town with Little Doctor Fairy, who grew flustered as they traveled hand in hand. Near the town, Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group blocked their way, and Mu Li became jealous when he saw them holding hands.

• Little Doctor Fairy clung to Xiao Yan as he carried her out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range on his Wind-Thunder Wings.
• Xiao Yan landed, changed into a new robe, and took Little Doctor Fairy's hand as they set off for Green Mountain Town.
• Little Doctor Fairy allowed Xiao Yan to lead her by the hand, growing embarrassed as travelers noticed them.
• Mu Li appeared with Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries and blocked Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy's path.
• Mu Li checked that Little Doctor Fairy was unharmed, then grew jealous when he saw her holding Xiao Yan's hand.

After Mu Li threatened Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan killed him and wiped out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He confirmed there were no survivors, collected the group’s treasures, and flew back toward Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian rejected Mu Li’s advances and explained that Xiao Yan had saved her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Mu Li threatened Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan revealed his Great Dou Master strength and killed Mu Li with a single punch and stomp.
• Xiao Yan used his fused flames to kill the fleeing mercenaries, then flew to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s base.
• Xiao Yan launched a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus at the base, destroying it and killing Mu She and the mercenaries inside.
• Xiao Yan searched the ruins for survivors, took the group’s valuables, and flew back toward Xiao Yi Xian.

Little Doctor Fairy tried to leave Ten Thousand Medicines Hall, but Mr. Yao demanded the location of the treasure cave she had found. The chapter ended with him revealing his greed and refusing to let her go without its location.

• Mr. Yao questioned Little Doctor Fairy after she presented the contract to terminate her employment.
• Little Doctor Fairy said her work had repaid the favor of taking her in and rejected Mr. Yao's guilt-laden appeal.
• Little Doctor Fairy reminded Mr. Yao that he had taken her in for her medical talent and demanded that he state what he wanted.
• Mr. Yao dropped his pretense and demanded the location of the treasure cave in exchange for letting Little Doctor Fairy leave.

Xiao Yan rescued Little Doctor Fairy from Mr. Yao’s attempt to seize the treasure cave’s location and destroyed the mercenaries guarding Ten Thousand Medicines Hall. After Xiao Yan flew away with Little Doctor Fairy, the Glazed Illusion Butterfly killed Mr. Yao and everyone else still alive in the hall.

• Mr. Yao revealed that Li Fei had told him about Little Doctor Fairy’s hidden cave and surrounded her with mercenaries to demand its location.
• Xiao Yan arrived, and Little Doctor Fairy identified him as her savior and said he had killed Mu Li.
• Mr. Yao ordered more than twenty mercenaries to kill Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s pressure and violet-red flames reduced them to ashes.
• Little Doctor Fairy asked Xiao Yan to spare Mr. Yao because he had taught her, and Xiao Yan agreed before flying away with her.
• The Glazed Illusion Butterfly landed on Mr. Yao and killed him with its illusion, then spread scales that killed everyone else in Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.

Xiao Yan followed Little Doctor Fairy to a hidden valley to stabilize his cultivation, where she planned to gather herbs and learn alchemy from him. He cultivated the Great Evolution Divine Art and raised his Soul Power to the peak of the Late Mortal Realm, just short of Mortal Realm Perfection.

• Little Doctor Fairy brought Xiao Yan to a secluded valley filled with dense energy and rare herbs, and asked to stay there while he taught her alchemy.
• Xiao Yan agreed, and Little Doctor Fairy showed him the thatched hut where they would stay.
• After Little Doctor Fairy went to gather herbs, Xiao Yan used Beast Flame to carve a cultivation cave into the cliff.
• Xiao Yan circulated the Great Evolution Divine Art, which he had perfected in the Martial Dao Space, and felt his Soul Power reach the peak of the Late Mortal Realm.

Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy settled into a peaceful routine in the valley as he taught her alchemy and cultivated. After a month of progress, Xiao Yan broke through to Two-Star Great Dou Master.

• Xiao Yan returned to the hut, where Little Doctor Fairy had prepared mushroom and meat soup, and they shared a warm dinner.
• Xiao Yan gave Little Doctor Fairy two alchemy books and promised to teach her how to refine medicinal liquids without flames.
• Over the next month, Little Doctor Fairy mastered more than a dozen basic medicinal liquids while Xiao Yan cultivated and guided her.
• Xiao Yan completed the second layer of the Great Evolution Divine Art, raising his Soul Power to Mortal Realm Perfection.
• Xiao Yan broke through the barrier of Two-Star Great Dou Master.

After Xiao Yan broke through, he found Little Doctor Fairy unconscious from activating her Calamitous Poison Body. Yao Lao explained the condition and gave Xiao Yan a method to cure it, leaving him resolved to gather the rare ingredients once he became strong enough.

• Xiao Yan sensed his increased Dou Qi, left the cave, and headed to the cottage for lunch.
• Xiao Yan found the cottage silent and discovered Little Doctor Fairy unconscious amid poisonous fog, with poison powder scattered nearby.
• Xiao Yan cleared the poisonous fog, tended to Little Doctor Fairy, and waited beside her bed.
• Yao Lao identified Little Doctor Fairy's Calamitous Poison Body and explained its rapid cultivation and fatal suffering.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the Poison Pill Method, which required three Heavenly Flames, a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and a place of utmost Yang energy.
• Xiao Yan considered his leads for the ingredients and resolved to grow stronger so he could cure Little Doctor Fairy.

Xiao Yan revealed that Little Doctor Fairy had a Calamitous Poison Body and shared the Poison Pill Method as a way to save her. He reassured her that he knew where to find its required ingredients, and she kissed him before he gave her a Storage Ring filled with cultivation resources.

• Little Doctor Fairy awoke after consuming poison, and Xiao Yan told her he could explain her condition.
• Xiao Yan showed her the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, and she learned that she had a Calamitous Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan comforted Little Doctor Fairy and transmitted the complete Poison Pill Method to her.
• When Little Doctor Fairy doubted she could obtain the method’s rare ingredients, Xiao Yan revealed that he possessed two Heavenly Flames and knew where to find the remaining requirements.
• Little Doctor Fairy kissed Xiao Yan, and he placed a Storage Ring containing cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and alchemy books on her finger.

Little Doctor Fairy tried to leave Xiao Yan because she feared her Calamitous Poison Body would burden him and wanted to grow strong enough to help him. Xiao Yan stopped her, refused to let her go alone, and their exchange ended with her kissing him of her own initiative.

• Little Doctor Fairy woke beside Xiao Yan and decided to leave quietly, believing her poison master identity and weakness would bring him trouble.
• Little Doctor Fairy carefully got dressed and whispered a farewell, but Xiao Yan revealed he was awake.
• Xiao Yan used a gentle suction force to pull Little Doctor Fairy into his embrace and asked why she planned to leave without saying goodbye.
• Little Doctor Fairy told Xiao Yan she wanted to help him rather than depend on him, but Xiao Yan refused to let her go alone because the Cloud Empire was dangerous.
• Little Doctor Fairy kissed Xiao Yan first, and he returned the kiss, his resolve softening as he remembered how she often won him over.

Xiao Yan promised Xiao Yi Xian he would reunite with her in five years and gave her a Tier-Five Glazed Illusion Butterfly for protection before she left. He then traveled into the Magical Beast Mountain Range in search of the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame and reached its guarded mountain, where he found a lavish palace.

• Xiao Yan made Xiao Yi Xian promise to prioritize her safety, limit her use of poison, and meet him again in five years.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Beast-Taming Ring containing the Tier-Five Glazed Illusion Butterfly, then watched her leave the valley.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he planned to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range while searching for the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan traveled deeper into the range, with Yao Lao using his Soul Power to scout and carry him past powerful Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan reached the map's destination and sensed two Intermediate Seventh-Tier Magical Beasts guarding the central mountain.
• Xiao Yan concealed his aura and entered the mountain's palace, where he saw lavish halls and piles of heavenly treasures.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame was nearing maturity and hid underground while he cultivated to Three-Star Great Dou Master. When the flame matured, Blazing Flame and Mystic Flame arrived to claim it, and its newly born spirit attacked them.

• Xiao Yan found the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame beneath the palace and learned that two Seventh Tier Magical Beasts guarded it, so he withdrew without alerting them.
• Xiao Yan hid in a nearby mountain cave and cultivated for half a month, advancing from Two-Star to Three-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan returned underground and concealed himself as Blazing Flame and Mystic Flame arrived to collect the flame they had agreed to divide.
• The Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame completed its maturation and formed a weak spiritual intelligence.
• The Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame sensed danger, transformed into a multicolored fire dragon, and lunged at Blazing Flame and Mystic Flame.