Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyun reached Green Mountain Town and joined a Myriad Medicine Pavilion expedition into the Monster Beast Mountain Range to see Xiao Yi Xian. The group began its journey with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s young leader guarding Xiao Yi Xian, while Lin Qingyun traveled under the name Lu Xun.

• Lin Qingyun arrived at Green Mountain Town and headed for the entrance to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• After hearing that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was recruiting mercenaries for an herb-gathering expedition with Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Qingyun claimed the final place and displayed a Fighting Energy Gauze Robe to prove his strength.
• Lin Qingyun introduced himself as Lu Xun and let the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s middle-aged recruiter believe he was a young Dou Shi from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The expedition entered the forest, where Lin Qingyun saw Xiao Yi Xian and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s young leader approach her.
• The young leader ordered the Wolf Head people to stay alert and walked beside Xiao Yi Xian, while Lin Qingyun watched him and the other mercenaries grumbled about his attempts to win her over.

Lin Qingyun joined a mercenary party into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where the group fought off several monster beast attacks before camping for the night. He secretly located a cave beneath a cliff, but Xiao Yi Xian followed him there, and they faced off over the treasure inside.

• The mercenaries defeated a pack of Wind Wolves, then fought off three more monster beast attacks as they traveled deeper into the range.
• Lin Qingyun killed several monster beasts with single strikes, impressing the mercenaries, and the party camped near the herb-gathering area.
• After the camp quieted, Lin Qingyun slipped away and found a cave beneath a cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived and recognized Lin Qingyun as the Misty Cloud Sect genius Lu Xun, then grew wary when he revealed he had found the treasure.
• Xiao Yi Xian drew a dagger and threatened to call the mercenaries, but Lin Qingyun challenged her to do so.

Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to split the treasure hidden in a cliffside cave and descended toward it by rope. After Lin Qingyun defeated an attacking Rock Serpent, they reached the cave entrance and began clearing it.

• Xiao Yi Xian negotiated a fifty-fifty share of the treasure with Lin Qingyun after he threatened to expose their discovery to the mercenaries.
• Lin Qingyun tied ropes to a tree, and he and Xiao Yi Xian climbed down the cliff toward the cave.
• A Rock Serpent ambushed Lin Qingyun near a foothold, but he scattered and ignited realgar to burn it and send it falling into the depths.
• Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian reached the cave entrance, where he blew away the rubble and strange wood blocking it.
• Lin Qingyun asked Xiao Yi Xian for her torch so he could check whether any magical beasts remained inside.

Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave and found a chamber full of medicinal herbs and treasure. After they divided the herbs, Lin Qingyun opened a stone box and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, leaving him conflicted about the danger she would discover inside.

• Lin Qingyun led Xiao Yi Xian through the cave to a hidden stone door, which Xiao Yi Xian opened by finding its mechanism.
• Lin Qingyun recognized the medicinal herbs in the chamber and took the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and several other valuable plants after agreeing to leave Xiao Yi Xian two-thirds of the herbs.
• Lin Qingyun took the keys from the skeleton and opened one of three stone boxes while Xiao Yi Xian joined him.
• Lin Qingyun gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and worried that she would learn about the Calamity Poison Body and begin consuming poison.

Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian found a Flying Fighting Skill before Mu Li arrived with Wolf Head Mercenary Group members to seize the treasure and capture Xiao Yi Xian. Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian fought back, then used medicinal powder and darkness to make their escape.

• Lin Qingyun opened the second stone box and claimed the Profound Tier Advanced Flying Fighting Skill, Eagle's Wings, while Xiao Yi Xian kept the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Lin Qingyun sensed Mu Li approaching, and Xiao Yi Xian realized her assistant Li Fei had betrayed her by revealing the treasure's location.
• Mu Li offered Lin Qingyun half the treasure to stand aside, but Lin Qingyun refused and sided with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mu Li ordered his mercenaries to attack, and Lin Qingyun wounded several men before catching Mu Li's poisoned crossbow bolt and turning it against a mercenary.
• Mu Li redirected his men toward Xiao Yi Xian, who filled the chamber with medicinal powder as Lin Qingyun collected the Moonlight Stones.
• Lin Qingyun pulled Xiao Yi Xian through the darkness toward the stone doorway.

Lin Qingyun fought his way through the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s ambush with Xiao Yi Xian and escaped Mu Li’s attack. At the cave entrance, they found the cliff guarded, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Blue Eagle answered her flute call.

• Lin Qingyun used the darkness to kill the mercenaries in the stone chamber while Mu Li tried to block the doorway.
• Lin Qingyun blasted past the two guards, defeated Mu Li with Sky-Breaking Strike, and pierced him with his iron spear before escaping with Xiao Yi Xian.
• A mercenary found Mu Li still alive and pursued Lin Qingyun while ordering Arthur to care for the Young Group Leader and send a signal.
• Lin Qingyun persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to summon her Blue Eagle, and they ran toward the cave exit while discussing the treasure they had left behind.
• Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian reached the cave entrance, spotted guards patrolling the cliff, and heard the Blue Eagle cry after Xiao Yi Xian blew her flute.

Lin Qingyun parted ways with Xiao Yi Xian, then returned to Green Mountain Town to settle his grudge with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He confronted Mu She in the group’s headquarters and began fighting him.

• The Blue Eagle carried Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian away from the cliff as the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s arrows failed to reach them.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would return to the herb-gathering team, while Lin Qingyun chose to stay in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and warned her to beware the master of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Lin Qingyun medicinal powders and learned that his real name was Lin Qingyun before they parted ways.
• Lin Qingyun entered Green Mountain Town at night and went to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s headquarters to eliminate Mu She before the grudge could cause further trouble.
• Mu She rang the alarm bell, but no mercenaries came; Lin Qingyun said he had come to kill him because of his son, and the two clashed with their spears.

Lin Qingyun killed Mu She with his black flame, spent the night at an inn, and cultivated until morning. After hearing that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had been reduced to ashes, he left town and spotted someone carrying a Great Black Ruler.

• Lin Qingyun overpowered Mu She, burned through his defenses, and killed him with black flame after rejecting his offer to bargain.
• Lin Qingyun went to an inn, ordered Big Bowl Wide Noodles, and rested for the night.
• At dawn, Lin Qingyun cultivated and estimated that he could reach three-star Dou Zhe within a month and fight a Seven-star Dou Shi with Chaotic Fire.
• Lin Qingyun heard mercenaries discussing the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's disappearance and the pile of ash left behind.
• Lin Qingyun left through the entrance behind Green Mountain Town and noticed a figure carrying a Great Black Ruler.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Green Mountain Town with the crippled Mu Li, while Lin Qingyun hunted in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and spared a pregnant Fire Wolf. Xiao Yan found Lin Qingyun and led him to a waterfall with caves that could serve as a camp.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Mu Li she had made him unable to speak so he could not threaten her or Qingyun, then left him with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Guo Jingming told Mu Li that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's leader and other members were dead, and Mu Li vowed revenge by writing in blood.
• Lin Qingyun ambushed the wounded Earth Tiger after it attacked the Fire Wolf, killed it, and took its magic core.
• Lin Qingyun discovered the Fire Wolf was pregnant and treated its wounds instead of killing it, earning its loyalty.
• Xiao Yan found Lin Qingyun and led him to a waterfall where they found caves suitable for a long-term shelter.

Lin Qingyun settled into a cave near the waterfall and began studying the scrolls he had obtained. He endured the Purple Cloud Wings’ violent will and painful transformation, then tested his new flight ability and learned two spear Fighting Skills before night fell.

• Lin Qingyun chose and prepared a cave dwelling near the waterfall, blocking its entrance for safety.
• Lin Qingyun endured the violent will in the Black Scroll, gained information about making Flying Fighting Skills, and received a surge of Dou Qi that improved his cultivation.
• Lin Qingyun activated the Purple Cloud Wings, endured the painful formation of wing-shaped tattoos on his back, and briefly hovered above the ground.
• Lin Qingyun learned the Raging Lion's Chant and Crimson Sun Shines Over Nine Heavens Fighting Skills, then examined the Fragmented Map without understanding its markings.
• Lin Qingyun noticed that night had fallen and decided to begin cultivating properly the next day.

Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yan left with the Blue Eagle after it arrived with a warning, while Xiao Yi Xian faced mounting pressure from Yao Yunfang and two mercenary leaders over a treasure. Xiao Yi Xian feared Lin Qingyun had been drawn into a trap and resolved to resist if Yao Yunfang pushed her too far.

• Lin Qingyun failed to refine a pill, fed the energy crystal to the Fire Wolf, and then successfully made top-grade Mixed Origin Pills with pill patterns.
• The Fire Wolf warned Lin Qingyun about a Blue Eagle, which he recognized as the companion of Xiao Yi Xian; he and Xiao Yan flew off with it to find her.
• Yao Yunfang told Xiao Yi Xian that Yang Cang and Li Yuanba had given him a three-day deadline and hinted that they were expecting Lin Qingyun to arrive.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled that Mu Li had spread knowledge of the treasure and that the Wood Leaf and Overlord Origin mercenary leaders had turned against her despite owing her favors.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that Lin Qingyun might be caught in an ambush and warned Yao Yunfang not to push her too far.

Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yan arrived at the manor where Xiao Yi Xian was being held, and Lin Qingyun fought the mercenary leaders who wanted the treasure. Lin Qingyun struck down Yao Yun Cang and blasted Yang Cang and Li Yuanba into the ruins, while the battle remained underway.

• Yao Yun Cang returned to the hall and told Yang Cang, Li Yuanba, and Mu Li that Xiao Yi Xian had refused to cooperate, while Mu Li insisted Lin Qingyun would come.
• Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yan arrived at the manor by Blue Eagle, and Xiao Yi Xian saw them arrive and smiled before turning her attention to the waiting crowd.
• Lin Qingyun kicked open the manor gate, and Yao Yun Cang, Yang Cang, and Li Yuanba surrounded him and demanded the treasure.
• Xiao Yan deflected the mercenaries' arrows while Lin Qingyun confronted the leaders, burned Yao Yun Cang's poison, and struck him down.
• Lin Qingyun used poisoned powder to weaken Yang Cang and Li Yuanba, then hit them with Raging Lion's Chant and sent them crashing through a wall.

Lin Qingyun killed Yang Cang and Li Yuanba, then rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Mu Li by using poison and a quick Dou Qi strike. After freeing her and giving her medicine, he heard Xiao Yan calling for help from the nearby battlefield.

• Lin Qingyun uncovered Yang Cang and Li Yuanba beneath the rubble and stabbed them to death.
• Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group arrived, and Mu Li threatened Xiao Yi Xian with a knife unless Lin Qingyun crippled his Dou Qi.
• Lin Qingyun revealed that Mu Li had been poisoned, then severed the hand holding the knife and drove him away with a punch as the mercenaries fled.
• Lin Qingyun freed Xiao Yi Xian, accepted her antidote pills, and gave her medicine to prevent a scar on her neck.
• Xiao Yan cried out for Lin Qingyun to help him on the battlefield.

Lin Qingyun received three drops of True Blood of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon at the Monster Beast Mountain Range and tried to move them out of his body. The blood instead merged with him, triggering a catastrophic transformation that left him in a mysterious state amid the ruins.

• Lin Qingyun received the check-in reward of three drops of True Blood of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon and learned that the next check-in location was Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Lin Qingyun packets and bottles of poison before he and Xiao Yan returned to the valley.
• Lin Qingyun tried to remove the dragon blood from his Dantian, but it burst apart and merged into his flesh and blood.
• Lin Qingyun’s transformation released violent energy waves that shattered the cave and valley, forcing Medicine Elder to carry Xiao Yan away.
• Lin Qingyun unleashed a Dragon’s Roar that made nearby magical beasts prostrate and left Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder in pain.
• Lin Qingyun remained in the ruins with golden blood pooled beneath him as Black Flame and golden flames balanced around his body.

Lin Qingyun entered the Ancestral Dragon Space, met the Ancestral Dragon, and agreed to seek its inheritance by climbing the Heavenly Dragon Ladder. Outside, Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder watched over him as his body transformed, with Medicine Elder recognizing traits of the Ancient Void Dragon.

• Lin Qingyun used the Chaotic Fire to absorb the Primordial Ancestral Dragon's True Blood, which began repairing and transforming his body.
• The True Blood triggered a golden space where Lin Qingyun met an old man who revealed himself as the Ancestral Dragon.
• The Ancestral Dragon offered Lin Qingyun its inheritance, and Lin Qingyun agreed to climb the Heavenly Dragon Ladder, where each thousand steps granted an inheritance.
• The Ancestral Dragon warned that a Filth was born beneath the Great Dao and that inheritors must vow to eradicate it, then explained that time in the space passed differently from outside.
• Outside the Ancestral Dragon Space, Xiao Yan ate beside the ruins while Medicine Elder watched Lin Qingyun and recognized his transformed appearance as resembling an Ancient Void Dragon.

Lin Qingyun received the True Dragon Transformation and Thousand Dragon Patrols the Heavens after reaching the thousandth step of the Heavenly Dragon Ladder, then left the Ancestral Dragon Space with his body strengthened by the inheritance. Ten days later, Xiao Yan reached seven-star Dou Zhe and experimented with his own medicine recipe while Lin Qingyun remained unconscious, until a sudden roar and energy fluctuation stirred Medicine Elder’s unease.

• Lin Qingyun climbed the Heavenly Dragon Ladder’s thousandth step and absorbed a Dragon Clan inheritance containing the True Dragon Transformation and Thousand Dragon Patrols the Heavens.
• Lin Qingyun tried the thousand and first step, was flattened by overwhelming soul pressure, and exited the Ancestral Dragon Space.
• Lin Qingyun returned to the ruins with greatly increased Dou Qi and True Blood of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon spreading through his body, including his heart.
• After ten days, Xiao Yan broke through to seven-star Dou Zhe and tried refining an aphrodisiac using a prescription of his own.
• Xiao Yi Xian caught Xiao Yan refining the aphrodisiac, then left after checking on the still-unconscious Lin Qingyun.
• A violent lion’s roar and energy fluctuation sounded in the sky, and Medicine Elder sensed unease as he looked toward Lin Qingyun.

Lin Qingyun fused the True Blood of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon into his body and fought to contain its power by advancing through the True Dragon Transformation. Nearly consumed by the power, he attacked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and collapsed after defeating it.

• The True Blood of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon repeatedly destroyed Lin Qingyun's chest, and the Chaotic Fire restored him each time.
• Lin Qingyun used the True Dragon Transformation to gather his blood and vitality into a dragon, fuse the true blood into himself, and transform his body.
• Overwhelmed by the surging power, Lin Qingyun rampaged across the land and flew toward the battle between the woman and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Lin Qingyun struck the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with the True Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand and overwhelmed it with attacks, while Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder watched.
• After the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King fell and Lin Qingyun's power faded, his scales disappeared and he collapsed.

Yun Yun killed the wounded Purple Golden Winged Lion King, took its Magic Core and beast flame, and saved the unconscious Lin Qingyun. Lin Qingyun woke in a cave, discovered his strength had surged to Nine Star Dou Zhe, and realized his rescuer was Yun Yun, who warned him to keep her identity secret.

• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder watched as Yun Yun killed the Purple Golden Winged Lion King and collected its Magic Core and beast flame.
• Yun Yun covered Lin Qingyun, carried him away, and decided to save him because she owed him a favor.
• Medicine Elder followed Yun Yun in secret while Xiao Yan stayed behind, worried about Lin Qingyun.
• Lin Qingyun woke in a cave, sensed his strengthened body and Dou Qi, and found himself close to breaking through to Dou Shi.
• Yun Yun entered the cave with two fish, and Lin Qingyun recognized her as the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master.
• Yun Yun threatened Lin Qingyun to keep her identity secret, then handed him the fish to prepare.

Lin Qingyun and Yun Yun recovered from their injuries and grew closer while sharing a cave in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. As Yun Yun prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, Lin Qingyun began creating a sword technique to send her off.

• Lin Qingyun cooked fish porridge for Yun Yun, and they exchanged names and discussed his strength and her injuries.
• Lin Qingyun gave Yun Yun Mixed Origin Pills to heal her meridians, and she invited him to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he declined.
• Lin Qingyun and Yun Yun spent four or five days recovering in the cave and gradually became more familiar with each other.
• On the fifth night, Yun Yun said she would leave the next day, and Lin Qingyun shared wine with her before asking to borrow her sword.
• Lin Qingyun danced with Yun Yun's sword and entered a state of self-forgetfulness as he developed a new sword technique.

Lin Qingyun taught Yun Yun the sword art Will Enter Wine, then found her gifts after she left and absorbed the Purple Golden Winged Lion King's Beast Flame into his Chaotic Fire. After testing his new wings and getting lost, he was found by Medicine Elder, who flew off with him to meet Xiao Yan.

• Lin Qingyun finished demonstrating Will Enter Wine, warned Yun Yun to avoid the Tagor Desert, and fell asleep as she contemplated the sword techniques.
• Lin Qingyun woke to find Yun Yun gone, along with a Storage Ring and a note saying she had repaid his favor and warning him to keep her visit secret.
• Lin Qingyun found the Purple Golden Winged Lion King's Magic Core, Amethyst Accompanying Source, rare herbs, and a Beast Flame in the ring, which his Chaotic Fire swallowed and absorbed.
• Lin Qingyun flew out of the cave using his Purple Cloud Wings, then landed in the forest after nearly exhausting his Dou Qi and realized he was lost.
• Medicine Elder appeared, teased Lin Qingyun about his approaching breakthrough, and carried him away to find Xiao Yan.