Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing chose a secluded residence at Canaan Academy and received his status token as a Guest Elder of the Alchemy Department. He met Zi Yan, recognized her as a Void Ancient Dragon, and gave her several treats before returning to the Outer Academy.

• Su Qian showed Lin Qing the Inner Academy Elder Residential Area, where Lin Qing chose a remote courtyard and collected his status token.
• Lin Qing met Zi Yan in Su Qian’s office and recognized her as a little dragon person.
• Zi Yan sniffed Lin Qing and said the aura on him smelled good, while Su Qian introduced her as his adopted granddaughter.
• Lin Qing recognized that Zi Yan was a magical beast and gave her Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid, an Earthfire Lotus Seed, and Grain-Fed Pills.
• Lin Qing received his token and told Su Qian he would return to the Outer Academy before reporting to the Alchemy Department the next day.
• Zi Yan drank the Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid while Lin Qing left.

Lin Qing left Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy after giving Zi Yan precious gifts and trading Sect-Breaking Pills for medicinal materials with two elders. In Canaan City, he accidentally knocked down a silver-haired woman who appeared to be Han Yue, and the chapter ended as he offered her a hand.

• Lin Qing said goodbye to Zi Yan, who happily kept the Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid, Earthfire Lotus Seed, and Grain-Fed Pill.
• Lin Qing exchanged two Sect-Breaking Pills with Elder Su and Elder Lei for six portions of medicinal materials, asking them to look after him when he visited the Inner Academy.
• Lin Qing flew back to Canaan City and headed toward Ma Jun’s address to look for the Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin.
• Lin Qing bumped into a silver-haired woman at a street corner after putting away his soul perception, and his hand accidentally touched her chest.
• The woman, who Lin Qing suspected was Han Yue, calmed down after seeing him, and Lin Qing checked that she was unharmed before offering his hand to help her up.

Lin Qing met Han Yue and confirmed he was a Sixth-Grade Alchemist and an elder of Canaan Academy. He reunited with Instructor Ruolin, gave her pills in exchange for looking after his childhood friends Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, and learned the young woman's name was Han Yue.

• Lin Qing apologized after nearly colliding with Han Yue, introduced himself as an Alchemy Department elder, and offered her discounted pill refining.
• Ruolin greeted Lin Qing, and they exchanged pleasantries about their earlier meeting in Desert City.
• Lin Qing asked Ruolin whether Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei from Wutan City's Xiao Clan were in her class, and she confirmed they were.
• Lin Qing gave Ruolin a Three-Tailed Green Spirit Pill and two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, asking her to look after Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• Lin Qing turned back to the young woman beside him and learned her name was Han Yue.

Lin Qing apologized to Han Yue, then met Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin at Canaan Academy and showed them the academy’s facilities and customs. After they settled into his courtyard, they found the lion cultivating with the Fire Phoenix Art Lin Qing had given him.

• Lin Qing apologized to Han Yue for his improper behavior and offered to refine medicinal pills for her; Ruolin told Han Yue that Lin Qing was a twelve-year-old two-star Dou King and sixth-grade alchemist.
• Lin Qing met Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, who told him that Hu Jia had been pestering Little Fairy Doctor.
• Lin Qing reassured Little Fairy Doctor that Hu Jia’s grandfather could not interfere with his work and took the two girls to eat at the cafeteria.
• Lin Qing learned about Canaan Academy’s meals, student duties, training, and methods for obtaining cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and medicinal pills.
• Lin Qing, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin returned to his courtyard, where the lion was cultivating with the Earth-Mid Grade Fire Phoenix Art Lin Qing had copied for him.

Lin Qing settled into Canaan Academy and chose to work in its alchemy department, where he negotiated to replace teaching lectures with refining pills. After learning his duties and rewards from Elder Huo, he arrived at his new office.

• Lin Qing reassured Qing Lin that she could reach the inner academy selection tournament, promising to help her advance and letting Xiao Shuang and the snakes fight in her place if needed.
• Lin Qing chose the system task to work in the alchemy department for a year, earning a cluster of Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Qing sent Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin to the opening ceremony with Lion, then went to the alchemy department.
• Elder Huo explained Lin Qing's annual duties and rewards, including lectures, pill production, fire energy, and medicinal herbs.
• Lin Qing asked to replace his lectures with two additional sixth-grade pills, and Elder Huo agreed.

Lin Qing explained the soul realms needed for higher alchemy ranks to Elder Huo, then completed his annual Alchemy Department mission using pills he already had. He later helped Xue Mei and Feilin register as alchemy apprentices.

• Lin Qing told Elder Huo how soul strength and cultivation related to advancing in alchemy, and Elder Huo began summarizing his notes.
• Lin Qing went to the Mission Hall and turned in thirteen top-quality pills, completing his annual tasks and receiving 2,500 points and three herb-claim slips.
• Lin Qing declined to complete next year's tasks and thought about trading the Fallen Heart Flame with Su Qian after reaching Dou Emperor so Little Marten could revive.
• Lin Qing met Xue Mei and Feilin at the Alchemy Department and arranged for them to register as auditors and apprentices.
• The instructor gave Xue Mei and Feilin tokens and explained the department's lectures, practice opportunities, and apprentice benefits.

Lin Qing recruited Xue Mei and Feilin as prospective disciples, giving them resources and a soul cultivation technique with strict goals to meet. He then reunited with Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Qing Ye at Canaan Academy and settled in to catch up with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.

• Lin Qing welcomed Xue Mei and Feilin, gave them storage rings with alchemy notes, techniques, and pills, and set requirements for them to become his true disciples.
• Lin Qing imparted a soul cultivation technique to Xue Mei and Feilin and warned them to keep it secret before sending them away.
• Lin Qing found Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Qing Ye outside the dormitory building, where Xiao Mei embraced him and they greeted one another.
• Qing Ye declined Xiao Mei’s invitation to join them, and Lin Qing went into Xiao Yu’s room with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Mei asked Lin Qing how he had been, and he praised the women’s rapid progress.

Lin Qing reunited with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, gave them valuable cultivation resources, then returned to Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy to collect medicinal herbs. The chapter ended with him entering the Medicine Repository and surveying its rare stock.

• Xiao Yu told Lin Qing about the Xiao Clan’s recent fortunes and gave him a black scroll containing the Emperor Seal Art from Xun'er.
• Lin Qing gave Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei Earth Grade cultivation techniques, a Dou Technique, medicinal pills, and other resources, then told them to cultivate diligently.
• Lin Qing rode his Griffin to the Inner Academy, where Elder Qing asked him to refine an Imperial Extreme Pill and Elder Hao asked him for a Dou Spirit Pill; Lin Qing agreed to both requests.
• Elder Hao gave Lin Qing a White Jade Tablet and let him take extra medicinal herbs from the Medicine Repository.
• Lin Qing used the tablet to open the repository’s barrier and entered its jade-lined chambers, where he found counters filled with rare medicinal herbs.

Lin Qing searched the Medicine Repository for rare herbs and encountered Zi Yan, who eagerly followed him after he offered to make her medicinal pellets and pills. The chapter left Zi Yan trying the pellets Lin Qing gave her.

• Lin Qing toured the Medicine Repository, admired its rare herbs, and decided not to take any by force.
• Zi Yan recognized Lin Qing, took a Snow Lotus Fruit, and asked to accompany him.
• Lin Qing told Zi Yan he could refine herbs into medicinal pellets or pills for her.
• Lin Qing gave Zi Yan two Jade Bottles, and she opened the bottle of red pellets to eat them.

Lin Qing gathered rare herbs from the Medicine Repository and promised Zi Yan he would make her medicinal pellets and pills. After Zi Yan left, Lin Qing exchanged the Dou Spirit Pills for ingredients from Elder Hao and departed with the materials he needed.

• Zi Yan ate Lin Qing’s medicinal pellet, learned that he had a little sister named Xiao Qi, and asked him to make more medicinal pellets and pills for her.
• Lin Qing agreed to cook for Zi Yan and collected the Five-Colored Infant Soul Flower and other herbs needed for Soul-Nourishing Saliva and the Earth Spirit Pill.
• Zi Yan demonstrated that she could reach through the Medicine Repository’s energy barrier, then left after telling Lin Qing she would visit him for medicinal pellets.
• Elder Hao asked whether Zi Yan had harmed Lin Qing, and Lin Qing returned the White Jade Tablet without explaining their encounter.
• Elder Hao gave Lin Qing herbs for three batches of Dou Spirit Pills, and Lin Qing handed him the pills in a Jade Bottle.

Lin Qing bonded with the Flame Ancestral Talisman, fused his Heavenly Flames, and advanced to Three-Star Dou King. After leaving seclusion, he met Zi Yan, who asked him to refine a rare herb into a Medicinal Pellet.

• Lin Qing entered seclusion in the Pocket World and branded his soul imprint onto the Flame Ancestral Talisman.
• Lin Qing drew the Flame Ancestral Talisman into his body and used it to control the Xuanhuang Flame, creating a crimson Fire Phoenix.
• Lin Qing devoured the Ancient Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, named the resulting flame Qingxuan Spiritual Flame, and advanced to Three-Star Dou King.
• Lin Qing left seclusion and found Zi Yan visiting his courtyard with the Blood Python Branch.
• Lin Qing recognized the herb as a rare ingredient, and Zi Yan handed it to him with a fawning request to refine it into a Medicinal Pellet.

Lin Qing traded Zi Yan a Dragonblood Lingzhi for her Blood Python Branch and refined the lingzhi into sweet medicinal pellets for her. Zi Yan happily accepted Lin Qing as a friend and ran off to tell the old man about him.

• Lin Qing offered Zi Yan a Dragonblood Lingzhi in exchange for her Blood Python Branch, and she agreed.
• Lin Qing used his Qingxuan Spiritual Flame to refine the Dragonblood Lingzhi with royal jelly into red medicinal pellets.
• Zi Yan eagerly ate the pellets, and Lin Qing warned her not to eat too many because of their potent medicinal power.
• Zi Yan asked Lin Qing to make more pellets and medicinal pills for her in exchange for herbs, and Lin Qing agreed.
• Zi Yan said she would tell the old man she had a friend and ran out, while Little Fairy Doctor asked whether she was special.

Lin Qing opened the black scroll and received the complete Emperor Seal Art, a powerful technique whose seals required Dou King-level cultivation. He left with its method imprinted in his mind and resolved to use it carefully.

• Lin Qing told Zi Yan about her origins and potential, then advised her to treat him as a friend rather than curry favor.
• Zi Yan began visiting Lin Qing regularly, while he cultivated, refined pills, and guided Xiao Yu, Xue Mei, and the others.
• Lin Qing perfected his Earth Grade Dou Techniques and recognized that his cultivation and body still limited his use of their strongest moves.
• Lin Qing infused the black scroll with Dou Qi until it cracked and burst into golden light.
• The golden light entered Lin Qing's consciousness and revealed the Emperor Seal Art's five connected seals and its Dou King cultivation requirement.
• Lin Qing received the complete cultivation method and decided to use the technique cautiously in the Central Plains.

Lin Qing heard Xun'er’s message about the Emperor Seal Art and went into the mountains to cultivate it, but Xiaocai unexpectedly transformed back into Medusa. Medusa confronted Lin Qing about treating her like a pet, and their teasing exchange left their partnership unchanged.

• Lin Qing heard Xun’er congratulate him on reaching Dou King and warn him to use the Emperor Seal Art cautiously.
• Lin Qing went into the mountains to practice and asked Xiaocai to watch for disturbances.
• Lin Qing fed Xiaocai the remaining Companion Purple Crystal Origin, and she suddenly transformed into the naked Medusa.
• Lin Qing gave Medusa a black robe, and she teased him about being the first man to see her bare.
• Medusa reproached Lin Qing for treating her like a pet, and he joked that they were partners.

Lin Qing explained Medusa’s options for resolving her dual soul, but she rejected having a child and chose to wait for another solution. He then used the Ancestral Stone to study the Mountain-Opening Seal and began practicing it.

• Medusa admitted her feelings for Lin Qing but insisted they were only in a cooperative relationship.
• Lin Qing told Medusa that her dual soul could be addressed by having a child, extracting a soul with a Heaven Realm expert, or accepting the condition; Medusa refused motherhood and chose to wait.
• Medusa transformed into Xiaocai, and Lin Qing asked her to guard the area while he studied the Mountain-Opening Seal.
• The Ancestral Stone’s deduction revealed the seal’s meridians and hand sign, and Lin Qing learned his Sacred Body had already opened the required meridians.
• Lin Qing attempted the Mountain-Opening Seal, produced only a tiny pit, and continued practicing to improve his timing.

After a month of training, Lin Qing mastered the simultaneous use of two powerful seals and prepared to return to the academy with Medusa. He planned to take Qing Lin and the others to the Magic Beast Forest, then travel toward the Black-Corner Region, and offered to give Medusa a personal name.

• Lin Qing unleashed the Mountain-Opening Seal and Heaven-Burning Seal together, destroying a distant mountain but exhausting most of his Dou Qi.
• Queen Medusa watched Lin Qing's training and reflected on how her curiosity and concern for him had grown into affection.
• Lin Qing planned to check Qing Lin's progress, gather snakes, and take several companions to the Magic Beast Forest before heading toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Lin Qing called Medusa and asked her to return to the academy with him, and she silently agreed.
• Lin Qing told Medusa that her title might reveal her identity and offered to give her a personal name.

Lin Qing returned to the academy with Medusa, whom he named Cailin, and reunited with Zi Yan and the others. The group flew to the Magic Beast Forest to hunt magical beasts and gather herbs, where Lin Qing discovered a Tier 4 Black-Striped Python and a Tier 5 White-Striped Python near the river.

• Lin Qing named Medusa Cailin and headed back to the academy with her.
• Zi Yan threw herself into Lin Qing's arms when he arrived, then met Cailin and welcomed her as an older sister.
• Lin Qing gathered Zi Yan, Xiao Yixian, Qing Lin, Cailin, and Lion to travel into the Magic Beast Forest for hunting and practical training.
• Zi Yan identified the river where she had fought a Tier 4 snake, and Lin Qing searched the area with his spiritual soul.
• Lin Qing found a Tier 4 Black-Striped Python and a Tier 5 White-Striped Python hiding in a cave west of the river.

Lin Qing brought Qing Lin into the Magic Beast Forest to subdue serpentine Magical Beasts, and Cailin recognized Qing Lin's Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes and its danger to the Snake-People Tribe. After Qing Lin collected more than ten beasts, Zi Yan led the group to a cave guarded by a Snow-Heaven Demonic Ape, whose hostility faded when it saw Cailin and Lion.

• Lin Qing sent Lion to retrieve two hidden Boa Serpents, and Qing Lin used her Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes to subdue them.
• Cailin recognized Qing Lin's eyes and recalled the ancestral warning and the harm a previous owner had brought upon the Snake-People Tribe.
• Lin Qing introduced Qing Lin as his younger sister, and Qing Lin stored the two obedient Boa Serpents in her sleeves.
• Lion knocked out a Golden-Eyed Black-Abdomen Python for Qing Lin, who collected more than ten Tier 4 and Tier 5 Serpentine Magical Beasts over the day.
• Zi Yan offered to guide the group to a cave guarded by a large white ape, and Lin Qing agreed to go there.
• The group reached the valley, where the Snow-Heaven Demonic Ape glared at them before becoming docile at the sight of Cailin and Lion.

Lin Qing and his companions entered the Snow-Heaven Demonic Ape’s valley and followed it to the hidden underground cavern containing Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid. They found the rare fluid beneath a gigantic stalactite, and Lin Qing explained its effects.

• Lin Qing told the Snow-Heaven Demonic Ape to fight Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, but the ape surrendered and offered to lead them to its treasure.
• The Snow-Heaven Demonic Ape guided Lin Qing, Zi Yan, Cailin, Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Lion through its valley and into a concealed underground passage.
• The group emerged into a vast cavern filled with glowing stalactites, and Zi Yan sensed the treasure and led them toward it.
• The group found Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid collected in a stone depression beneath the cavern’s largest stalactite.
• Lin Qing explained that the fluid could cleanse the marrow, refine the bones, and potentially help cultivators break through to the next level.

Lin Qing harvested the genuine Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid hidden inside a giant stalactite, leaving some behind to preserve its source. He shared the treasure with Zi Yan, and the group departed to find a place to spend the night.

• Zi Yan tasted the diluted Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid in the cavern’s depression, and Lin Qing collected it into jade bottles before giving some to the Snow-Heaven Demonic Ape.
• Lin Qing led the group to the cavern dome and explained that the genuine Earth-Center Body-Tempering Fluid was concealed inside the largest stalactite.
• Lin Qing carefully opened the stalactite and revealed a glowing cluster of emerald liquid.
• Lin Qing scooped out most of the genuine fluid, leaving some behind so the stalactite could continue producing it.
• Lin Qing gave Zi Yan half of the harvested fluid, warned her not to drink too much at once, and led the group toward the exit.