Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing prepared to refine three Seventh-Grade Pills before the Inner Academy, drawing a crowd eager to witness his skill. He began the public alchemy session on the Headmaster’s specially protected platform, with the Dragon-Phoenix Cauldron before him.

• Lin Qing left Zi Yan’s room after confirming that she was doing well, and Su Qian delivered the materials for the pills seven days later.
• Lin Qing agreed to let the academy observe his alchemy, and news of his planned Seventh-Grade Pills spread throughout the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian opened the Headmaster’s stone platform for Lin Qing, whose arrival stunned the academy elders with his Dou Emperor Peak cultivation.
• Cailin asked whether the crowd would disturb Lin Qing, and Su Qian explained that the platform’s spatial fluctuations would protect him and help with the pill’s Heaven and Earth Phenomenon.
• Lin Qing placed the Dragon-Phoenix Cauldron before him and prepared to begin refining as the crowd watched.

Lin Qing refined a Seventh-Grade pill in the Inner Academy, completing a top-quality pill with a Pill Vein after several days of work. Pill Lightning gathered overhead, and the elders prepared to protect the academy as Cailin stood ready to help him.

• Lin Qing refined the medicinal herbs and fused their extracts into a pill embryo while Cailin and the academy crowd watched.
• Over two and a half days, Lin Qing nurtured the pill until it became smooth and developed a Pill Vein.
• On the morning of the fourth day, dark clouds gathered and silver lightning signaled that the Seventh-Grade pill was about to succeed.
• Elder Huo told Su Qian to prepare, and Su Qian ordered the elders to form a formation and keep the Pill Lightning from striking the academy.
• Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin asked Cailin whether Lin Qing could intercept the lightning, and Cailin said she would act if necessary.

Lin Qing faced the Pill Lightning triggered by the medicinal pill he was refining for the Inner Academy and began countering it with his techniques. As the lightning intensified, he launched a Heavenly Flame-powered Heaven-Burning Seal at the storm.

• Su Qian ordered the Inner Academy students back to their dormitories and warned Cailin that Lin Qing’s Pill Lightning surpassed one he had seen before.
• Cailin trusted Lin Qing to withstand the lightning, while Su Qian promised that he and Old Man Huo would intervene if needed.
• The first Pill Lightning bolt struck toward the pill, and Lin Qing swallowed it with Devouring Sky Mouth.
• Lin Qing devoured a second, stronger bolt, provoking the clouds to unleash a barrage of lightning.
• Lin Qing summoned the Heaven-Burning Seal, infused it with Heavenly Flame, and sent the hundred-zhang seal into the storm.

Lin Qing completed the refining of twelve powerful pills for Canaan Academy and reunited with Little Fairy Doctor. After returning to the Inner Academy and sharing resources with his allies, he sensed Zi Yan nearing the end of her transformation.

• Lin Qing captured the Sect Extreme Pill after the Pill Lightning vanished, then endured eleven more rounds of pill tribulation over several weeks.
• Lin Qing gave Su Qian two Sect Extreme Pills, one Sect Origin Pill, and one Dilong Dan, and Little Fairy Doctor reunited with him.
• Lin Qing returned to the Small Courtyard, while Little Marten left to search the Magic Beast Forest for treasures and essence blood.
• Lin Qing visited the Green Emperor Pavilion, distributed pills and treasures to his allies, and gave Lion King gifts for Little Lion.
• The pavilion shook as purple light poured from Zi Yan's room, and Lin Qing entered with Cailin, Caidie, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin to find the Light Cocoon glowing brightly.

Zi Yan emerged from seclusion after a breakthrough, unleashing a dragon’s roar and a powerful bloodline pressure that alarmed the Inner Academy. She briefly appeared as a grown woman before shrinking to a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl, leaving Lin Qing to conclude that the Human Shape Grass’s effects had not worn off.

• The elders dispersed the Inner Academy students after Su Qian ordered them to stay away from Lin Qing’s residence.
• Zi Yan’s Light Cocoon shattered, releasing a purple pillar of light and a dragon’s roar that made everyone feel a terrifying bloodline pressure.
• Lin Qing and the others saw Zi Yan emerge as a grown woman, and Lin Qing gave her robes while turning away.
• Zi Yan suddenly shrank after a green light surged through her body and blamed the Human Shape Grass.
• Lin Qing realized Zi Yan’s growth came from the Myriad Beasts Fruit activating part of her bloodline, while the Human Shape Grass’s effects remained.

Lin Qing reassured Zi Yan about her new appearance while the women helped her settle in, and Su Qian waited outside to see her. Far beneath Canaan Academy, Zhu Kun sensed his daughter’s aura and desperately tried to escape the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, where he had been imprisoned.

• Lin Qing praised Zi Yan’s grown appearance and stopped her from acting restlessly by threatening not to refine medicinal pellets for her.
• Little Fairy Doctor comforted Zi Yan, while Cailin and Qing Lin wondered about Lin Qing’s preferences and Caidie simply celebrated Zi Yan’s advancement.
• Lin Qing left the room so the five women could help Zi Yan change into better-fitting clothes.
• Zhu Kun awakened after sensing his child’s aura, then battered the sealed space around the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion and cursed Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.
• Lin Qing served tea to Su Qian, who chose to wait for Zi Yan and asked Lin Qing what kind of magical beast she was.

Lin Qing spoke with Su Qian about Zi Yan and his future plans, then helped Qing Lin strengthen her reserves of Magical Beasts. He settled into a routine of cultivation and work at the Green Emperor Pavilion while spending time with the girls.

• Lin Qing told Su Qian that he planned to visit the Jia Ma Empire before heading to the Central Plains, and Su Qian urged him to take Zi Yan along to learn about her origins.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion, happily embraced Lin Qing, and reunited with Su Qian, whose mood improved after Lin Qing praised her.
• Su Qian accepted tea leaves from Lin Qing and left after chatting with the group.
• Lin Qing and Little Marten took Qing Lin into the Magic Beast Forest, where Qing Lin gained four Tier 7 and six Tier 6 Serpentine Magical Beasts as reserves.
• Lin Qing settled into a routine of cultivation, researching techniques and pill formulas, hunting Lizardmen, and managing the Green Emperor Pavilion while spending time with the girls.

Lin Qing entered the Magma World beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and used pills and the surrounding fire energy to cultivate toward the Dou Ancestor realm. After months of seclusion, a violent surge signaled that he had begun to break through, and Su Qian and the elders evacuated the students and raised a Spatial Barrier.

• Lin Qing entered secluded cultivation in the Magma World, aiming to break through to the Dou Ancestor realm.
• He swallowed the Sect-Breaking Pill, Sect Extreme Pill, and a refined Dan Bead, then absorbed energy filtered by his Heavenly Flame.
• Over the following months, Lin Qing tempered his body and strengthened his Dou Qi, though he had not yet broken through.
• The four guardian elders felt a violent roar and underground energy tremors, and they suspected Lin Qing had broken through.
• Su Qian and the others evacuated students from the Qi Training Pagoda and set up a Spatial Barrier as energy converged on Lin Qing and his aura surged.

Lin Qing’s breakthrough to Dou Ancestor and creation of a Heaven Grade cultivation technique triggered a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon across the Inner Academy. He emerged with a transformed body and the Low Heaven Grade Swallowing Heaven Scripture, ready to enter the Central Plains.

• Dark clouds and violent winds spread over the Inner Academy as the Magma World erupted with pillars of fire.
• Su Qian and the Thousand-Hundred Elders deduced that Lin Qing had created a Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique or Dou Technique, while Cailin, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan watched in shock.
• Lin Qing withdrew his aura, causing the phenomenon and the Magma World’s turmoil to subside.
• Lin Qing appeared above the magma without Dou Qi wings and sensed that he had reached Three-Star Dou Ancestor with a Low Heaven Grade cultivation technique.
• Lin Qing tested his transformed strength with a plain punch that twisted space and produced a thunderous sonic boom.

Lin Qing stabilized his breakthrough to the Three-Star Dou Ancestor realm, tested the Heaven Grade Swallowing Heaven Scripture, and discovered that his Pocket World had expanded. He left the Magma World intending to return to the Jia Ma Empire and fulfill his promises to several allies.

• Lin Qing repaired his Cave Dwelling and confirmed that his cultivation had stabilized at the initial Three-Star Dou Ancestor stage.
• Lin Qing activated the Swallowing Heaven Scripture and found that it absorbed and refined energy quickly enough for him to use Earth Grade Dou Techniques without conserving Dou Qi.
• Lin Qing discovered that his Pocket World had expanded from one thousand to ten thousand square kilometers and checked that the Villa and Little Fairy Doctor's mother were safe.
• Lin Qing decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire to support the Xiao Clan, deliver Hai Bodong's promised Imperial Extreme Pill, help Lin Fei and Xue Mei's clans, and find the Snake-People Tribe a territory.
• Lin Qing flew out of the Fire Well, startling the four elders guarding the Fallen Heart Flame, who congratulated him on becoming a Dou Ancestor.

After half a year in seclusion, Lin Qing emerged as a Three-Star Dou Ancestor and prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire. Su Qian approved his plan to take Zi Yan, and Lin Qing reunited with the women waiting at his courtyard.

• Elder Liu told Lin Qing that half a year had passed while he was underground, and Lin Qing left the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower after thanking the guards.
• Lin Qing greeted Su Qian and the Thousand-Hundred Elders, who congratulated him on reaching Dou Ancestor and creating a Heaven Grade technique.
• Su Qian asked Lin Qing to warn him before future disturbances, and Lin Qing said he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire in three days.
• Su Qian agreed that Zi Yan could accompany Lin Qing and offered to lend the group Flying Magical Beasts, but Lin Qing declined because they had their own powerful Magical Beasts.
• Lin Qing returned to the Small Courtyard, where a group of women had gathered, and their leader joyfully greeted him as he emerged from seclusion.

Lin Qing reunited with Xiao Yu and the others, then prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with his companions. Before leaving, he arranged for the Xiao Clan and the families of Xue Mei and Lin Fei to move to the Green Emperor Pavilion, and the group departed for the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Han Yue, Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and Qing Ye visited Lin Qing after his breakthrough caused a commotion.
• Lin Qing told them they would return to the Jia Ma Empire in three days to settle affairs before heading to the Central Plains.
• Lin Qing asked Xue Mei and Lin Fei to have their families prepare to relocate to the Green Emperor Pavilion, and promised Cailin he would seek the Jia Ma Empire's agreement to return Snake-People territory.
• Three days later, Lin Qing and the others gathered at his courtyard and left Canaan Academy together.
• The group rode a Griffin to the Outer Academy, where Qing Lin summoned a Tier 7 Ten-Winged Dark Serpent to carry them toward the Green Emperor Pavilion.

Lin Qing set out from the Green Emperor Pavilion for the Jia Ma Empire with his companions and continued mastering his newly gained strength during the journey. As the group traveled toward Wutan City, he discovered Zi Yan had been taking medicinal herbs and warned her and Cailin not to steal from people.

• Lin Qing left Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo to guard the Green Emperor Pavilion and departed for the Jia Ma Empire with his companions aboard four serpentine magical beasts.
• During the journey, Lin Qing practiced controlling his strength and Ancestor Symbols, then learned from Qing Lin that they were still twenty days from Wutan City.
• Cailin and Zi Yan returned from an outing with medicinal herbs, and Lin Qing guessed that Zi Yan had stolen some of them.
• Lin Qing scolded Zi Yan for stealing herbs and offered to refine pills to trade for what she wanted.
• Lin Qing comforted Zi Yan and warned Cailin not to encourage her to steal, since they might not always be there to protect her.

Lin Qing returned to the Jia Ma Empire with his powerful companions and arrived at the Xiao Clan during its annual Dou Qi test. His appearance stunned the clan and Yao Chen, who realized Lin Qing had reached the Dou Ancestor realm.

• Lin Qing gave Zi Yan a ten-thousand-year Dragonblood Lingzhi, and she eagerly ate it.
• Lin Qing's group crossed the Jia Ma Empire's border after he explained their arrival to the guards.
• At the Xiao Clan's annual test, Xiao Yan remained at the Third Stage of Dou Might and endured his peers' mockery.
• The elders discussed Xiao Yan's place in the clan as Xiao Zhan worried over his son and the clan's future.
• Four powerful Magical Beasts arrived above the testing square, and Lin Qing greeted Xiao Zhan after three and a half years away.
• Yao Chen watched from Xiao Yan's ring and was shocked to see Lin Qing had advanced from Grand Dou Master to Dou Ancestor.

Lin Qing returned to the Xiao Clan with powerful companions, drawing the clan’s attention and revealing that several of his guests were Dou Emperor experts. The clan celebrated his return and learned that the Amethyst Winged Lion King and his daughter would help protect it.

• Lin Qing and his group landed beside Testing Square, where Qing Lin stored away the Magical Beasts and startled Xiao Clan members watched them arrive.
• The Great Elder welcomed Lin Qing and Xiao Yu, while Xiao Yan saw Lin Qing and despaired of ever catching up to him.
• At the Reception Hall, the Great Elder praised Lin Qing for helping the Xiao Clan prosper, and Lin Qing credited the clan’s own efforts.
• Xiao Zhan asked Lin Qing to introduce his companions, and Lin Qing named the Amethyst Winged Lion King, his daughter, and Zi Yan as Dou Emperor experts.

Lin Qing returned to the Xiao Clan, visited his parents’ graves, and settled back into his old courtyard while Wutan City’s factions hurried to court his favor. That night, Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan to meet him, hoping Lin Qing could examine Xiao Yan’s failing cultivation.

• Lin Qing appointed Lion and his daughter guest elders of the Xiao Clan, then visited his parents’ graves with Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Lin Qi.
• Lin Qing arranged lodging for his companions and returned to his old courtyard with Qing Lin, while Cailin and Caidie left for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yafei ordered gifts and a letter sent after learning Lin Qing had returned, and leaders of Wutan City’s other factions also prepared to approach the Xiao Clan.
• After the family dinner, Qing Lin prepared hot water while Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan visited Lin Qing in the courtyard.
• Xiao Yan nervously greeted Lin Qing as his cousin, and Xiao Zhan brought him to discuss his cultivation problem.

Lin Qing cured Xiao Yan's vanishing Dou Qi by making him remove his mother's ring, then exposed Yao Chen as the cause and demanded compensation. Yao Chen appeared as a remnant soul and questioned how Lin Qing knew so much.

• Xiao Zhan left after Lin Qing promised he could cure Xiao Yan's cultivation problem.
• Xiao Yan explained that his Dou Qi Whirlpool had vanished three years earlier, causing his cultivation to fall from Fighter to the third stage of Dou Might.
• Lin Qing had Xiao Yan remove his ring and circulate his Dou Qi, confirming that the problem was fixed.
• Lin Qing called out Yao Chen, who emerged from the ring as a remnant soul and admitted it was his storage ring.
• Lin Qing identified Yao Chen as the culprit behind Xiao Yan's lost Dou Qi and urged Xiao Yan to negotiate compensation.
• Yao Chen questioned Lin Qing's identity and how he had discovered so much about him.

Lin Qing confronted Yao Chen over Xiao Yan’s lost cultivation, while Xiao Yan negotiated compensation and considered becoming Yao Chen’s disciple. Lin Qing endorsed Yao Chen as a suitable teacher, leaving Xiao Yan poised to accept his offer.

• Lin Qing sealed the Small Courtyard with a Spatial Barrier and told Yao Chen he knew his secrets before insisting they discuss Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan blamed Yao Chen for dispersing his Dou Qi and demanded help reaching Fighter within a year, along with high-grade Cultivation and Dou Techniques.
• Yao Chen persuaded Xiao Yan by pointing out how long it could take him to regain his cultivation on his own.
• Yao Chen asked whether Xiao Yan wanted to become an Alchemist, and Xiao Yan realized he might meet the requirements.
• Lin Qing told Xiao Yan that Yao Chen’s soul and alchemy potential made him a suitable teacher.

Xiao Yan became Yao Chen’s disciple, while Lin Qing revealed the truth about Yao Chen’s lost beloved and offered Han Feng’s soul in exchange for valuable pill formulas. The negotiations continued as Lin Qing hinted that he had something more to add to the deal.

• Xiao Yan accepted Yao Chen as his master and performed the disciple-taking ceremony.
• Lin Qing told Yao Chen that Han Shanshan had sacrificed herself for him and could be revived only by reaching the Dou Emperor realm.
• Lin Qing released Han Feng’s soul, and Yao Chen asked to take custody of his former disciple.
• Lin Qing refused to hand Han Feng over without payment and demanded Tier 9 Medicinal Pill Formulas.
• Yao Chen objected that the formulas were too precious, so Lin Qing hinted that he could add something else to the bargain.

Lin Qing and Yao Chen negotiated over the Flame Mantra, Beast Flames, and medicinal formulas, after which Yao Chen killed Han Feng and left with Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that his talent had returned, while Lin Qing reflected on Yao Chen’s misfortunes and fortune.

• Lin Qing explained that Beast Flames could test whether the Flame Mantra evolved and offered Yao Chen a Soul-Nourishing Pill to restore his soul.
• Yao Chen agreed to test the Flame Mantra with Beast Flames, and he traded thirty Beast Flames, Han Feng’s soul, and a Soul-Nourishing Pill for five medicinal pill formulas.
• Yao Chen burned Han Feng’s soul with the Bone Chilling Flame, then left to absorb the Soul-Nourishing Pill and help Xiao Yan regain a physical body.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that his talent had returned, and Xiao Zhan celebrated his son’s recovery.
• Lin Qing told Qing Lin that Yao Chen was a pitiful man and reflected on how his fate might have shaped Xiao Yan’s role.