Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions stayed at Gathering Immortals Pavilion, where they sampled its food and Drunken Immortal Brew before watching courtesan Qian Qian begin her performance. When Lei Shaoqing volunteered to play music, Qian Qian instead chose Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian learned that the drunkard Yun Chen belonged to the Yun Family and sensed that he was still a Dou Wang despite his reputation as a crippled good-for-nothing.
• Xiao Yi Xian paid for three guest rooms with third-grade pills, and her group settled in and praised the pavilion's dishes and wine.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Qian Qian descend to the stage and begin the Drunken Immortal Dance.
• Lei Shaoqing, the Young Master of the Lei Family, volunteered to play music, but Qian Qian asked Xiao Yi Xian to perform instead.

Xiao Yi Xian went to the Alchemist Guild with Liu Yan to take the Third-grade Alchemist assessment, drawing attention across Luokong City. As rumors spread, Qian Qian remained at Gathering Immortals Pavilion, thinking about Xiao Yi Xian and her rejection.

• Lei Shaoqing asked Xiao Yi Xian to give him the chance to perform, and Xiao Yi Xian refused to play music while watching Qian Qian dance.
• At daybreak, Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Yan went to the Alchemist Guild while Fu Ya investigated the city.
• A guard recognized Liu Yan as a Fourth-grade Alchemist and went to report their arrival to the Guild Master.
• Zhou Chen greeted Liu Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, and Liu Yan announced that Xiao Yi Xian would take the Third-grade Alchemist assessment.
• Onlookers spread news through Luokong City about Xiao Yi Xian's assessment and Liu Yan's deference to her.
• At Gathering Immortals Pavilion, Qian Qian drank alone and brooded over Xiao Yi Xian's rejection.

After awakening as a princess in a woman’s body, Xiao Yixian rescued Yun Zhi and fell for her while disguised as a young man. Yun Zhi revealed that she had engineered their meeting and had secretly loved Xiao Yixian for decades; the two became intimate as their cultivation rose.

• Xiao Yixian awoke in the body of a princess of the Jiang Kingdom, disguised herself as a man, and discovered she was the kingdom’s strongest young cultivator and heir to the throne.
• Xiao Yixian rescued Yun Zhi from a group of He Yuan and took her to the imperial capital.
• Yun Zhi fed Xiao Yixian a peach pastry and invited her to meet at the bamboo pavilion the next day.
• Xiao Yixian spent the night thinking about Yun Zhi and decided to meet her in her female form.
• Yun Zhi revealed that she had secretly loved Xiao Yixian for decades and had used the Reincarnation Stone and Fate Thread to arrange their encounter.
• Xiao Yixian and Yun Zhi became intimate, and Yun Zhi’s cultivation barrier vanished as Xiao Yixian’s cultivation began to rise.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Alchemist Association with Liu Yan and Zhou Chen to take the alchemy examination, startling Zhou Chen’s granddaughter Zhou Lanyan when she mistook Xiao Yi Xian for her grandfather. As Zhou Chen began the registration, Xiao Yi Xian gave the false name Lin Dong and claimed to be seventeen and a student of the Sky-Blowing Gang.

• Zhou Chen asked Liu Yan who Xiao Yi Xian was, but Liu Yan only said his young master was no ordinary person.
• Zhou Lanyan ran around a corner and hugged Xiao Yi Xian, then blushed and hid behind Zhou Chen after realizing she had mistaken her for her grandfather.
• Zhou Chen introduced his granddaughter Zhou Lanyan and led Xiao Yi Xian toward the examination room.
• The people in the Alchemist Association noticed Liu Yan was a Fifth-grade Alchemist and saw how respectfully he and Zhou Chen treated Xiao Yi Xian.
• Zhou Chen began filling out Xiao Yi Xian’s examination form and asked her name, age, and teacher; she answered that her name was Lin Dong, she was seventeen, and she studied under the Sky-Blowing Gang.

Xiao Yi Xian waited at the Alchemist Guild to take the first-grade alchemist examination while Liu Yan went to the lounge. Lei Shaoqing and Lin Hui mocked her for being only a first-grade candidate, and Zhou Lanyan stepped in to defend her.

• Zhou Chen arranged Xiao Yi Xian's examination, while Liu Yan went to wait in the lounge.
• Xiao Yi Xian rested in the hall as Zhou Lanyan sat beside her and watched her.
• Lei Shaoqing questioned why Xiao Yi Xian was taking the first-grade examination despite having a Fifth-grade Alchemist with her.
• Lin Hui and his servant mocked Xiao Yi Xian, boasting that he and Lei Shaoqing were taking the second-grade examination.
• Yun Qianji mocked Xiao Yi Xian for carrying a zither, and Zhou Lanyan told them not to go too far.

Xiao Yi Xian crushed Lei Shaoqing, Lin Hui, and Yun Qianji beneath her Dou Ling pressure after they insulted Lin Dong, then entered the Alchemist Guild’s assessment area. The three young masters remained humiliated and resentful as the crowd stayed behind.

• Yun Qianji and Lin Hui mocked Xiao Yi Xian and Lin Dong, while Lei Shaoqing apologized for their behavior.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed her Dou Ling aura, forcing Yun Qianji, Lin Hui, and Lin Hui’s servant to kneel.
• Xiao Yi Xian used wood-attributed life energy to force Lei Shaoqing to kowtow and shatter the floor beneath him.
• Zhou Chen arrived, recognized the three kneeling young masters, and told Xiao Yi Xian that the assessment was ready.
• Xiao Yi Xian forced Yun Qianji back to his knees when he tried to stand, then followed Zhou Chen into the assessment area.

Xiao Yi Xian passed the First-grade Alchemist assessment with ease, astonishing President Zhou by using green flames he suspected were Heavenly Flames. She then began the Second-grade assessment while Zhou Lanyan left the hall and warned the gathered young masters that Lin Dong was still testing.

• Zhou Chen started the assessment, and Xiao Yi Xian and Zhou Lanyan drew the Condensing Fire Pill and Qi Increasing Powder formulas.
• Xiao Yi Xian ignited green flames in her furnace, startling Zhou Chen and distracting Zhou Lanyan until her furnace exploded.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined the Condensing Fire Pill successfully, and Zhou Lanyan later finished her pill as the bell rang.
• Zhou Chen congratulated both women on passing the First-grade assessment, and Xiao Yi Xian asked to take the Second-grade assessment.
• Zhou Lanyan left and found the young masters sitting while others knelt; she told them to behave because Lin Dong was still taking his assessment.

Xiao Yi Xian passed the Second-grade and Third-grade Alchemist tests as Lin Dong, astonishing everyone in the hall. As Lei Shaoqing and the others threatened her for her treasures, a powerful voice interrupted them from outside.

• Xiao Yi Xian refined a Second-grade Nourishing Qi Powder and then passed the Third-grade Alchemist test by refining Qi Gathering Powder.
• Zhou Chen announced that eighteen-year-old Lin Dong had become a Third-grade Alchemist, leaving the hall stunned.
• Lei Shaoqing and two others plotted to seize Xiao Yi Xian's treasures, believing her backing was too weak to stop them.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged in her alchemist robes and confronted the three men after they demanded her treasures.
• A powerful voice sounded from outside, and the immense pressure made Zhou Chen's expression change.

Lei Wujie attacked Xiao Yi Xian and the Alchemist Guild, revealing his plan to eliminate her and seize the soul of a high-grade alchemist. After killing the guild’s low-grade alchemists, he defeated Zhou Chen and left him barely alive.

• Lei Wujie struck Xiao Yi Xian with lightning, but she blocked his next attack with her zither.
• Lei Shaoqing, Lin Hui, and Yun Qianji obeyed Lei Wujie and left as he prepared to face the guild members.
• Lei Wujie unleashed lightning across the Alchemist Guild, killing the low-grade alchemists.
• Zhou Chen attacked Lei Wujie with his Beast Flame, but Lei Wujie resisted the fire and shattered it with lightning.
• Lei Wujie blasted Zhou Chen into the rubble, leaving him gravely injured and barely alive.

Lei Wujie attacked Xiao Yi Xian and destroyed the Alchemist Guild, believing Lin Dong had died in the ruins. Lin Dong reappeared unharmed as Luokong City descended into chaos, while Xiao Yi Xian realized Fu Ya had been held back by an unknown opponent.

• Xiao Yi Xian protected Liu Yan as he carried the badly wounded Zhou Chen away, then fought Lei Wujie with her zither.
• Lei Wujie flew above the Alchemist Guild and blasted it into ruins with lightning, while Zhou Chen and Liu Yan watched the fighting and worried about the turmoil across Luokong City.
• Lei Wujie ordered Lei Shaoqing and the other two men to search the ruins for Lin Dong's Storage Ring, believing Lin Dong had been killed.
• Lin Dong appeared alive above the ruins with purple wings, shocking Lei Shaoqing and Lei Wujie.
• Lei Wujie revealed that someone behind him was holding off the black-robed man, and Xiao Yi Xian realized Fu Ya had not arrived because she had been detained.

Xiao Yi Xian summoned Chi Han to fight Lei Wujie’s hidden ally, Yun Chen, while she faced Lei Wujie herself. As their battle escalated, Xiao Yi Xian’s zither slowed and wounded Lei Wujie, and her strength continued to rise as her male disguise began to fade.

• Xiao Yi Xian called out Chi Han, who blocked Lei Wujie’s lightning attacks and challenged him.
• Lei Wujie summoned Yun Chen by promising to spare Yun Chen’s wife, and Yun Chen engaged Chi Han in a fierce fight.
• Lei Wujie powered himself up to Six-star Dou Wang and charged Xiao Yi Xian with his Thunderous Strike.
• Xiao Yi Xian played her zither to slow Lei Wujie, then filled the music with Sword Qi that cut his face.
• Lei Wujie countered with lightning attacks as Xiao Yi Xian’s strength rose and her male appearance began to fade.

Xiao Yi Xian’s hidden female appearance was revealed as she fought Lei Wujie, the Thunderclap Law King, with her zither and sword. After replenishing her Dou Qi with medicinal pills, she unleashed Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, and the battle continued in a clash that filled half the sky with swords and lightning.

• Xiao Yi Xian’s appearance changed into that of a beautiful woman, briefly distracting Lei Wujie and allowing her zither attack to wound him.
• Lei Wujie recognized Xiao Yi Xian as the Poison Master wanted by the Jia Ma Empire and attacked her after she put away her zither.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned You Su and clashed with Lei Wujie in a fierce exchange of sword Qi and lightning.
• As Xiao Yi Xian’s Dou Qi waned, she swallowed medicinal pills to recover, while Lei Wujie charged at her to exploit the opening.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, and her sword shadows collided with Lei Wujie’s lightning, forcing Yun Chen and Chi Han to retreat.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated Lei Wujie and the others, then questioned Lei Shaoqing about the man in black and his plans for Luokong City. Lei Shaoqing revealed that the man in black was pursuing the four stones before the city’s monument opened in three days.

• Xiao Yi Xian overcame Lei Wujie, whose poison-infused wounds proved fatal, and confronted the three young men mourning him.
• Xiao Yi Xian kicked Lin Hui to death, killed Yun Qianji, and warned Lei Shaoqing not to flee.
• Xiao Yi Xian helped Chi Han defeat Yun Chen, and Chi Han devoured him to heal its injuries.
• Xiao Yi Xian sat down and ordered Lei Shaoqing to explain what had happened, offering to consider sparing him.
• Lei Shaoqing said that a man in black had helped his father seize power, later sought the four stones held by Luokong City’s Four Great Powers, and planned to act before the stone monument opened in three days.

Xiao Yi Xian learned about the stone stele and killed Lei Shaoqing before discovering that Luokong City had been devastated by the Lei Family’s scheme. She destroyed the approaching horde of undead-like creatures, but her unstable powers left her weakened as a white light approached.

• Lei Shaoqing explained the stone stele and its inheritances to Xiao Yi Xian, who killed him after he finished speaking.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Zhou Chen and Liu Yan that the Lei Family had likely destroyed the other families and that a horde was approaching Luokong City.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew into the sky and used Myriad Swords Returning to Origin to burn the horde with azure Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian landed weakened as her powers struggled to remain in balance, then spotted a streak of white light approaching.

After Luokong City was devastated, Xiao Yi Xian learned that the Soul Hall was behind the threat and decided to pursue the stone stele’s secrets despite the danger. Three days later, she and her companions waited in hiding near the stele for the Soul Hall to arrive with the four stones needed to open it.

• Fu Ya returned wounded and told Xiao Yi Xian that the remaining residents had fled to a neighboring town.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the Soul Hall was a powerful faction that collected souls, and the group realized they were caught in its scheme.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to stay for the stone stele’s opening in three days and summoned Queen Medusa with a seven-colored scale.
• Xiao Yi Xian considered how the four powers in her body clashed and hoped the powerful soul inside the stele could help her.
• After three days of recovery, Xiao Yi Xian, Fu Ya, Liu Yan, and Queen Medusa hid near the stone stele and waited for the Soul Hall’s people.

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions confronted Zen Protector at an ancient monument, but he underestimated them until Xiao Yi Xian summoned Queen Medusa. Medusa fought Zen Protector with Dou Zong-level power, and the chapter ended as his deadly chain pierced through space toward her.

• Zen Protector placed stone blocks into the monument's four openings as Xiao Yi Xian, Fu Ya, Liu Yan, Chi Han, and a snake arrived.
• Zen Protector recognized Fu Ya and released his aura, then threatened to devour the group and use their souls as nourishment.
• Xiao Yi Xian called for Queen Medusa, who appeared with Dou Zong-level strength and startled the others.
• Queen Medusa attacked Zen Protector with seven-colored snake phantoms, while his dark-red chains clashed with them.
• Queen Medusa formed the Myriad Snake Devouring Seal, and Zen Protector sent a sharp, rune-covered chain piercing through space toward her.

Xiao Yi Xian and Queen Medusa fought Zen Protector, who unleashed a devastating soul attack before fleeing without the stone tablet. With the tablet still in place and Queen Medusa injured, Xiao Yi Xian approached it to investigate its importance.

• Queen Medusa rejected Zen Protector's warning about Soul Hall and attacked him to protect Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Zen Protector detonated three souls to unleash a darkness that overwhelmed Queen Medusa and shrouded the area.
• The darkness broke apart, and Zen Protector threatened Xiao Yi Xian and the others before fleeing without the stone tablet.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Queen Medusa a fifth-tier healing pill and thanked her for helping.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the others to wait and walked up to the stone tablet to examine it.

Xiao Yi Xian entered the opened stone stele and found herself in a mist-covered realm with another stele and a vast sea. A colossal white dragon appeared before her and transformed into a man who greeted her.

• Xiao Yi Xian entered the energy vortex after dispersing the force that tried to repel her.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged in a barren realm and approached a stone stele surrounded by dense mist.
• Xiao Yi Xian gripped You Su and retreated as a gigantic shadow stirred the mist and sent waves crashing across the sea.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw a colossal white dragon whose pressure made her tremble.
• The white dragon told Xiao Yi Xian that a talented girl had finally arrived after several decades, then transformed into a man in white robes.

Xiao Yi Xian met Bai Cang, the White Dragon Great Emperor, and accepted his inheritance in exchange for destroying a weakened Outer Realm Demon and finding and protecting Bai Cang’s daughter. Bai Cang began preparing the inheritance and planned to sacrifice himself to reinforce the demon’s seal for three years.

• Bai Cang asked Xiao Yi Xian for her true name, and she told him it was Ye Qingxian.
• Bai Cang warned that Xiao Yi Xian would die without his inheritance and offered to help resolve the problems with her Innate Poison Body, mixed-attribute Dou Qi, and soul.
• Bai Cang required Xiao Yi Xian to destroy the Outer Realm Demon sealed beneath the stone stele and find and protect his daughter in another world.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted the conditions and became Bai Cang’s successor, and he passed ancient runes into her mind.
• Bai Cang said he would sacrifice himself to reinforce the seal for three years as Heavenly Dragon Qi gathered around Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian cultivated Bai Cang’s Flowing Dragon Clear Shadow technique, using Heavenly Dragon Qi to condense a Dragon Pearl and transform her soul. She completed the first stage with a purple Dragon Pearl and a white Dragon Soul, leaving her body cleansed and her cultivation path changed.

• Xiao Yi Xian studied the inheritance Bai Cang had left her and learned that Flowing Dragon Clear Shadow could fuse her four energies into Dragon Qi and help contain her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed Heavenly Dragon Qi, enduring intense pain as it consumed impurities in her body and merged the lingering yin and yang souls.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s violent struggles unleashed powerful punches that blasted craters into the ground as the Heavenly Dragon Qi cleansed her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian formed a purple Dragon Pearl from her fused powers and Heavenly Dragon Qi, with its color reflecting her Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s soul became a miniature white dragon, entirely yin in nature but retaining a trace of pure yang, and she opened her pale violet eyes in joy.