Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing brought Xiao Yixian and her mother into his Pocket World, explained Xiao Yixian’s dangerous constitution, and then searched with Lin Qi for the cave they had been seeking. After finding the cave, Lin Qing and Lin Qi entered its dark passage.

• Lin Qing told Li Qingchan, Ling Qingzhu, Xiao Yixian, and her mother that Xiao Yixian might reach the Battle Saint or Emperor Realm if her constitution’s fatal flaw was resolved, and warned her not to use poison.
• Lin Qing said Xiao Yixian and her mother would live in the Pocket World and mentioned that he would bring another girl with a powerful special constitution soon.
• Lin Qi cried and told Lin Qing she did not want to leave him, and he reassured her that he only wanted her to learn about her origins.
• Lin Qing and Lin Qi found a mist-covered valley rich in energy and medicinal herbs, then learned from the Flame Eagle that a Blue-Feather Eagle had found the cave they sought.
• Lin Qi cleared rubble and trees from the cave entrance, and Lin Qing rewarded the Flame Eagle with a Fourth-Rank Marrow-Washing Pill before entering the cave with Lin Qi.

Lin Qing and Lin Qi entered a hidden chamber, collected its herbs and treasure, and discovered a fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame map. After retrieving the chamber’s remaining possessions, Lin Qing left with a valuable collection of alchemy materials and manuals.

• Lin Qi smashed through a stone door, and she and Lin Qing entered a chamber filled with valuables and a skeleton.
• Lin Qi gathered the Medicinal Herbs and valuables while Lin Qing found a map fragment hidden inside the skeleton’s arm and identified it as one quarter of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame map.
• Lin Qing opened three stone boxes and collected the Wings of the Eagle, Mad Lion Chant, and Seven-Colored Poison Scripture scrolls.
• Lin Qing buried the skeleton, uncovered its Storage Ring, and found a Tier 7 Medication Cauldron, alchemy books and formulas, techniques, and expired Medicinal Pills.

Lin Qing found a strange white jade in the Cave Dwelling and chose to use a Jade Infant Fruit to resolve Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body. After giving her the fruit, he left Ling Qingzhu and Li Qingchan hopeful that they might receive one in the future.

• Lin Qing and Lin Qi searched the stone chamber and found a massive piece of white jade that stirred the Ancestral Stone and loosened Lin Qing’s cultivation bottleneck.
• The system offered Lin Qing four choices for handling Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body, and he chose to resolve it with a Jade Infant Fruit in exchange for the Ice Ancestral Talisman.
• Back in the Pocket World, Lin Qing called Little Fairy Doctor over and brought her to the courtyard, where Ling Qingzhu and Li Qingchan watched.
• Lin Qing explained the Jade Infant Fruit’s powers and opened its box, causing one of the spikes within him to dissolve and raising his cultivation to Six-Star Dou Spirit.
• Lin Qing gave the Jade Infant Fruit to Little Fairy Doctor, then promised Ling Qingzhu and Li Qingchan that he would give each of them one if they advanced to Heavenly Sovereign.

Little Fairy Doctor cured her Calamity Poison Body, advanced her cultivation, and successfully refined the Ice Ancestral Talisman. Lin Qing then brought Ling Qingzhu and the others to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory, where the Lion King backed down after recognizing their strength.

• Little Fairy Doctor consumed the Jade Infant Fruit, broke through to Nine-Star Dou Master, and learned that she could now cultivate normally.
• Lin Qing gave Little Fairy Doctor cultivation techniques and the Ice Ancestral Talisman, and she began preparing to refine it.
• Several days later, Little Fairy Doctor absorbed the Ice Ancestral Talisman without facing a trial and joyfully embraced Lin Qing.
• Lin Qing took Ling Qingzhu and the other two to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave dwelling.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King emerged to challenge the humans, then respectfully asked their business after sensing the three Dou Emperors among them.
• Lin Qing teased the Lion King for changing its attitude instead of fighting first.

Lin Qing persuaded the Amethyst Winged Lion King to serve him for five years by offering pills and a chance to refine another Transformation Pill, then brought the Lion King and its daughter into his group. The transformed Lion King, named Lion, revealed the history of the Magic Beast Mountains and the conflicts that had left them without powerful rulers.

• Lin Qing offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King three pills and five years of service in exchange for another Transformation Pill later, and the Lion King agreed while asking him to protect its daughter.
• Lin Qing gave the Lion King the pills, met its daughter, and selected Monster Cores, techniques, medicinal herbs, Storage Rings, and a Purple Spirit Crystal from its Cave Dwelling.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King transformed into a man named Lion and agreed to accompany Lin Qing with its daughter.
• Lion told Lin Qing that two Tier 8 Magical Beasts and Yun Potian had died a century earlier, after which the remaining Tier 7 beasts were killed by human experts.
• Lion explained that two Magical Beasts later reached Tier 7 and fought for control of the Magic Beast Mountains, killing his wife and several other powerful beasts before both leaders died.

Lin Qing refined Fifth-Grade Soul-Nourishing Saliva in the valley while Xiao Yi Xian and the others watched. Afterward, he returned to the Pocket World with Xiao Yi Xian and reassured her that he was waiting to consummate their marriage until they were older.

• Lin Qing set up the Dragon-Phoenix Cauldron and began refining Soul-Nourishing Saliva while the Lion King guarded the valley.
• Lin Qing spent three days refining the medicinal liquid as Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Qi, Little Lion, and the Lion King watched.
• Lin Qing successfully stored the emerald medicinal liquid in a Jade Bottle and thanked the Lion King for keeping watch.
• Lin Qing returned to the Pocket World with Xiao Yi Xian, who cared for him while he recovered.
• Lin Qing told Xiao Yi Xian that he was thinking of her and that they would consummate their marriage in six years, when they were older.

Lin Qing promised Xiao Yi Xian that she would become his wife, then discovered that the Soul-Nourishing Saliva had awakened Little Marten inside the Ancestral Stone. He caught the furious little spirit and demanded to know why it had hidden from him.

• Lin Qing told Xiao Yi Xian that she was already his and that she could only wait to become his wife, and she promised not to run away.
• Lin Qing woke at noon and gave Lin Qi medicinal pellets made with spirit tea and royal jelly.
• Lin Qing brought the Soul-Nourishing Saliva close to the Ancestral Stone, which absorbed it and apparently awakened Little Marten.
• Lin Qing entered the Ancestral Stone's spiritual space and used Soul Power to find and capture Little Marten.
• Little Marten angrily denied being a mouse and asked how Lin Qing had discovered him.

Lin Qing revealed Little Marten’s past and offered to help him recover in exchange for his service. After bringing him out of the Ancestral Stone and giving him Soul-Nourishing Jade, Lin Qing learned that his jade stone was Heavenly Crystal Spirit Marrow.

• Lin Qing told Little Marten that Hao Jiuyou had betrayed him and agreed to help him revive if he became Lin Qing’s underling.
• Little Marten explained that his injured Demon Spirit needed time and soul energy to recover before he could revive.
• Lin Qing pulled Little Marten from the Ancestral Stone and placed him on Soul-Nourishing Jade in the Pocket World.
• Little Marten identified Lin Qing’s jade stone as Heavenly Crystal Spirit Marrow and described its effects and dangers.

Lin Qing advanced to Seven-Star Dou Spirit, tempered his combat skills by hunting magical beasts, and returned to find Ling Qingzhu and Li Qingchan had both broken through to Dou Zong. Xiao Xun'er left the Xiao Clan with Elder Tongxuan while Lin Qing headed for Black Rock City to seek an Alchemist badge and medicinal herbs.

• Lin Qing absorbed an Earthfire Lotus Seed in seclusion and reached Seven-Star Dou Spirit after half a month.
• Lin Qing hunted Tier 4 and Tier 5 magical beasts for several days, improving his fighting ability and killing a Frost Serpent.
• Lin Qing returned to the valley as two powerful auras emerged, and Ling Qingzhu and Li Qingchan stepped from their huts as Dou Zong.
• Elder Tongxuan arrived at the Xiao Clan and took Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying away to return to the clan.
• Lin Qing and his companions left the Magic Beast Mountains and traveled toward Black Rock City to obtain an Alchemist badge and look for medicinal herbs.

Lin Qing arrived in Black Rock City with Lion and Little Lion and went to the Alchemist Guild to obtain an Alchemist Emblem and trade for Medicinal Herbs. After demonstrating his flame and having Lion reveal his strength, Lin Qing met the guild’s president and vice president, who began arranging his assessment.

• Lin Qing entered Black Rock City with Lion and Little Lion and asked a passerby to guide them to the Alchemist Guild.
• At the guild entrance, Lin Qing showed a yellow flame, and Lion announced that his Young Master was a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, prompting the guards to kneel and apologize.
• Lion’s Dou Emperor aura drew the attention of the guild and powerful cultivators across Black Rock City.
• Lin Qing asked about getting an Alchemist Emblem and gathering Medicinal Herbs, then introduced himself to Frank and Otto.
• Frank offered to register Lin Qing for an assessment while wondering about his cultivation, soul, and mysterious master.

Lin Qing went to the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild to take a Fifth-Grade assessment, impressing Frank and Otto with his age, claimed mentor, and alchemy credentials. He began refining a Dragon Strength Pill with the Xuanhuang Flame, leaving the assessment in progress.

• Lin Qing told Frank that he was twelve and that his master was Shen Xitong, while Lion said Shen Xitong was an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Frank and Otto arranged a Fifth-Grade assessment for Lin Qing at their guild and led him to the refining hall.
• Frank gave Lin Qing the Dragon Strength Pill formula and three portions of medicinal herbs for the assessment.
• Lin Qing summoned the Dragon-Phoenix Cauldron and used the Xuanhuang Flame, prompting Frank and Otto to recognize the cauldron’s quality and suspect the flame was a Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Qing studied the formula and began refining the Dragon Strength Pill, carefully feeding herbs into the cauldron and controlling the flame.

Lin Qing completed a Dragon Strength Pill on his first attempt, earning recognition as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist and receiving the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild’s Fifth-Grade Alchemist robe and badge. He agreed to teach three lessons in Black Rock City and arranged meetings and lodging before his planned departure.

• After three days and nights of refining, Lin Qing condensed a Dragon Strength Pill with Pill Veins and presented it to Frank and Otto for appraisal.
• Frank and Otto praised Lin Qing’s successful pill, and Frank gave him the guild’s custom Fifth-Grade Alchemist robe and badge.
• Lin Qing met with Frank and Otto in the study, where they asked him to teach guild lessons and receive visits from Black Rock City’s major factions.
• Lin Qing agreed to teach three lessons in exchange for medicinal herbs, scheduled faction visits for the next night, and asked the guild to arrange lodging.
• Lin Qing gave Frank lists of herbs for pill formulas and Soul-Nourishing Saliva, and Frank promised to gather what he could.

Lin Qing returned to his courtyard and found Jia Xing Tian waiting with his granddaughters, Yaoye and Yaoyue. After weighing Jia Xing Tian’s attempt to win him over, Lin Qing asked him directly why he had come.

• Lin Qing discovered an unfamiliar Dou Emperor in his courtyard and brought the lion and three women out of the Pocket World to prepare for a possible fight.
• Lin Qing entered the courtyard and found Jia Xing Tian with Yaoye and Yaoyue, while Jia Xing Tian realized Lin Qing had several powerful companions.
• Jia Xing Tian apologized for arriving without notice, praised Lin Qing, and sought to establish a relationship without revealing his request outright.
• Lin Qing recognized that Jia Xing Tian wanted help with Medicinal Pills and treatment for the Imperial Family’s Magical Beast, then asked why he had come.

Lin Qing negotiated with Jia Xing Tian for a Sect-Breaking Pill in exchange for ingredients, Monster Cores, and the destruction of the Mo Clan, but refused to take Yaoyue as a disciple. That night, powerful Black Rock City clans arrived at his courtyard with valuable gifts, including Xue Tian and Xue Mei.

• Lin Qing told Jia Xing Tian that he would not risk refining the requested pills, but offered a Sect-Breaking Pill from his master in exchange for four sets of ingredients, two Tier 6 Monster Cores, and help with a task.
• Lin Qing promised Jia Xing Tian a Supreme Emperor Pill if the Imperial Family destroyed the Mo Clan, and Jia Xing Tian accepted the terms and agreed to act within ten days.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Lin Qing to accept Yaoyue as a disciple, but Lin Qing declined because he planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire soon.
• Jia Xing Tian left with Yaoye and Yaoyue, while Lin Qing kept Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Qi, and the others nearby rather than returning them to the Pocket World.
• That night, Hao Gan offered a five-thousand-year-old Dragonblood Lingzhi, and Xue Tian arrived with Xue Mei bearing a Tier 6 Monster Core as a gift for Lin Qing.

Lin Qing met with Black Rock City's influential families, traded pills and manuals, and lectured the Alchemist Guild. After receiving the promised herbs and gathering ingredients for Soul-Nourishing Saliva, he left for Desert City with his companions.

• Lin Qing changed into his Alchemist robe and joined the visitors in the main hall, where he hosted them with tea.
• The Hao Clan traded Medicinal Herbs for a Dou Spirit Pill and a King-Breaking Pill before leaving with the Alchemist Guild.
• Feiteng and Xue Tian asked Lin Qing to accept Feilin and Xue Mei as disciples, but he offered them Fifth-Grade Alchemist's Manuals and a chance to become registered disciples if they reached Fifth Grade before graduating from Jia Nan Academy.
• The City Lord's Manor and the Xue Clan delivered gold coins and Medicinal Herbs the next day, and Lin Qing gave each family a King-Breaking Pill and a Dou Spirit Pill in return.
• Lin Qing lectured the Alchemist Guild for three days, received its promised herbs, gathered ingredients for Soul-Nourishing Saliva, and departed for Desert City with his companions.

Lin Qing and his companions reached Desert City and found the map shop run by Hai Bodong, the weakened former Ice Emperor. Lin Qing identified the shop’s Tattered Map as part of a map leading to a Heavenly Flame, and Hai Bodong confronted the group, unaware that they had him surrounded by stronger experts.

• Lin Qing asked a city guard to lead the group to Gu Tu Map Shop and rewarded him with a healing pill.
• Lin Qing sensed Hai Bodong’s suppressed ice-attributed Dou Qi and searched the shop for the Tattered Map.
• Lin Qing found the map and told Hai Bodong it was one-eighth of a map leading to a Heavenly Flame, then questioned how Hai Bodong had damaged it.
• Hai Bodong demanded to know who Lin Qing and his companions were, shut the shop door, and threatened them.
• Lin Qing stopped his companions from attacking and laughed as Hai Bodong realized he was surrounded by experts far stronger than himself.

Lin Qing recovered the Tattered Map from Hai Bodong and revealed that it pointed to a Heavenly Flame requiring immense strength to claim. He offered to remove Hai Bodong’s seal in exchange for five years of service, leaving Hai Bodong stunned by Lin Qing’s alchemy skill and Heavenly Flame.

• Lion knocked Hai Bodong unconscious, and Lin Qing searched his Storage Ring, finding a blade made of Star Iron.
• Lin Qing discovered the Tattered Map sewn into Hai Bodong’s clothes, combined it with the other pieces, and completed half of the Demon Flame Map.
• Lin Qing explained to Li Qingchan, Ling Qingzhu, and the others that the map concerned a Heavenly Flame that required at least Five-Star Battle Saint strength to subdue.
• Hai Bodong woke and confronted Lin Qing, who said he had intended to trade an Eighth-Grade Pill for the map.
• Lin Qing offered to lift Hai Bodong’s seal in exchange for five years of service guarding a family in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Lin Qing demonstrated his Xuanhuang Flame and claimed he could refine Tier 6 Medicinal Pills, shocking Hai Bodong.

Lin Qing and his companions traveled to Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin and the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Lin Qing chose to take Qing Lin in as his younger sister. A soldier led them to learn about her harsh life, and Lin Qing said he had come to take her home.

• Hai Bodong offered information about a Heavenly Flame as payment, but Lin Qing declined and asked him to protect a family when he returned to the Mittel Family.
• Lin Qing told Li Qingchan and Ling Qingzhu that he planned to find Qing Lin, search for the Heavenly Flame, and eventually remove Hai Bodong's seal; Lin Qi worried he was seeking another sister.
• The system offered Lin Qing four choices, and he chose to find Qing Lin and take her in rather than remove her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lin Qing's group reached Stone Desert City and asked a soldier to find Qing Lin.
• The soldier described Qing Lin's mixed heritage, her mother's death, and the difficult jobs she had done to survive.
• Lin Qing told the soldier that he was Qing Lin's distant relative and had come to take her home.

Lin Qing found Qing Lin living in poverty and offered to hire her, giving her a Storage Ring and reassuring her that he did not dislike her Snake-People scales. Qing Lin agreed to leave with him, though she remained timid about being accepted.

• Lin Qing rewarded a soldier for leading him and his companions to Qing Lin's home in Stone Desert City.
• The soldier explained that Qing Lin was often bullied because of her Snake-People blood and said she had gone out to work.
• Qing Lin returned carrying two flatbreads, and Lin Qing recognized her by the green scales on her arm.
• Lin Qing offered Qing Lin work, and she agreed after asking whether she would be able to eat her fill.
• Lin Qing stored Qing Lin's belongings in a Storage Ring and gave it to her before inviting her to come along.
• Qing Lin pulled her hand away and asked whether Lin Qing disliked her scales, and he reassured her that they were not ugly.

Lin Qing explained Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and invited her to join him, promising to help her develop her abilities. After the group settled in Stone Desert City, he arranged food and clothes for her, and the next morning Qing Lin entered his room with water and a towel.

• Lin Qing reassured Qing Lin that he and his companions did not detest her for her Snakefolk bloodline.
• Lin Qing explained that Qing Lin’s pupils could create illusions, control most Serpentine Magical Beasts, and potentially help her reach Battle Saint strength.
• Qing Lin firmly agreed to follow Lin Qing, and he introduced her to Lin Qi, Ling Qingzhu, Li Qingchan, Lion, and Little Lion.
• Lin Qing led the group to an inn in Stone Desert City and paid for meals and decent clothes for Qing Lin.
• After a quiet night, Qing Lin entered Lin Qing’s room carrying a basin of water and a towel.