Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement, facing Nalan Yanran before the sect and gathered imperial and family leaders. As Yun Leng began explaining the contest, Xiao Yan declared that life and death would be left to fate.

• Xiao Yan traveled toward Misty Cloud Mountain accompanied by Hai Bodong, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Liu Yan, and Chi Han.
• Xiao Yan climbed the mountain and entered the plaza, where nearly a thousand Misty Cloud Sect disciples and numerous distinguished guests awaited him.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran introduced themselves to each other before the assembled crowd.
• Jia Xingtian and Fama remarked on Xiao Yan's bearing and wondered why he seemed familiar.
• Yun Leng announced that he would preside over the Three-Year Agreement and said the contest should end at the proper point.
• Xiao Yan interrupted Yun Leng and declared that life and death would be left to fate.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement, but Yun Leng accused him of stealing Gu He's Heavenly Flame and moved to detain him. Xiao Yi Xian intervened, and Yun Leng confronted her while Cai Lin waited nearby.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought before the gathered Misty Cloud Sect, with Xiao Yan revealing his strength as a Da Dou Shi and gradually gaining the advantage.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed her Blazing Sun Light Sword, and Xiao Yan countered with his Heavenly Flame fire lotus, defeating her in a massive collision.
• Gu He accused Xiao Yan of stealing his Green Lotus Core Flame, and Yun Leng's disciples trapped Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, Xiao Yi Xian, and their companions in a formation.
• Yun Leng ordered the Enforcement Team to detain Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi Xian appeared beside him and stopped them.
• Yun Leng accused Xiao Yi Xian of obstructing the Misty Cloud Sect and claimed he knew who she was.

Yun Leng accused Xiao Yi Xian of being the Poison Master behind past massacres, and the confrontation escalated when a hidden attacker struck at her. Cai Lin shattered the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation and revealed her Dou Zong strength, but Yun Shan then appeared as another two-star Dou Zong, leaving the standoff poised to worsen.

• Yun Leng accused Xiao Yi Xian of destroying the Mo Family and Luokong City, and she wounded him with a purple dragon attack.
• Gu He launched a hidden three-star Dou Huang attack, forcing Xiao Yi Xian to use the White Dragon Fist and Taixu Step to escape beside Xiao Yan.
• The crowd recognized Xiao Yi Xian as the wanted Poison Master, while Fama departed and Jia Xingtian demanded an explanation.
• Cai Lin attacked the concealed female Peak Dou Huang who had ambushed Xiao Yi Xian and confessed her desire for her, then struck her away for coveting Xiao Yi Xian.
• Jia Xingtian, Old Master Nalan, Yun Leng, Gu He, and the female Peak Dou Huang confronted Xiao Yi Xian’s group, while Cai Lin broke the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation and Ling Ying revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s guard.
• Yun Shan arrived with two-star Dou Zong strength, and Cai Lin questioned how he had recovered from her earlier injuries.

Yun Shan and Cai Lin began a rematch as battles broke out across the Misty Cloud Sect. With Xiao Yan cornered by three Dou Ling elders, Yao Lao appeared and took control of his body to fight them.

• Yun Shan refused to release Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, so Cai Lin challenged him to battle.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian flew off to fight, while Ling Ying, Liu Yan, Gu He, Chi Han, and Old Master Nalan joined the clashes around the sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian charged at Yun Leng after he swallowed a pill and used the disciples' array to boost his cultivation.
• Three Dou Ling elders approached Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan's body, changing his eyes and hair as he prepared to fight.

Xiao Yi Xian battled Yun Leng at the Misty Cloud Sect and revealed the full power of Myriad Swords Returning to Origin. After killing thousands of disciples, she sent her swords against Yun Leng as he launched a desperate attack.

• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and attacked the Misty Cloud Sect elders with Flame Splitting Wave-Crushing Ruler.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought Yun Leng, dodging his attacks and cutting him with Sword Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Myriad Swords Returning to Origin to draw the disciples’ swords and kill thousands of them.
• Yun Leng launched a powerful sword attack at Xiao Yi Xian, who turned the three thousand and one swords against him.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Yun Leng with her sword formation, provoking Yun Shan to break through and attack the injured group. She borrowed Yao Lao’s strength to reach Dou Zong and clash with Yun Shan, and the chapter ended with the group preparing to flee while Yun Shan blocked their way.

• Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed Yun Leng with three thousand and one swords, killing him and leaving the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples dead.
• Yun Shan struck Cai Lin and surged from Two-Star to Four-Star Dou Zong as his rage nearly drove him berserk.
• The injured allies gathered around Xiao Yi Xian while Yao Lao warned them that their situation was dangerous.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, accepted Yao Lao’s strength, and raised her cultivation to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian met Yun Shan’s attack with a white dragon shadow, and their clash blasted apart the clouds before they faced each other in midair.
• Cai Lin and Hai Bodong urged Xiao Yi Xian to escape, but Yun Shan challenged the group as they prepared to leave.

Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Lao escaped Yun Shan’s attack by using a spatial transfer, leaving the Misty Cloud Sect in ruins. Yun Shan and the Jia Ma Imperial Family issued a joint manhunt for Xiao Yi Xian, including her male disguise as Lin Dong, while a Peak Dou Huang woman vowed to find her.

• Yun Shan unleashed Wind's Extreme—Meteor Kill, and Xiao Yi Xian fought back as Yao Lao urged her to endure the attack so he could transport them away.
• Xiao Yi Xian and her group vanished in a spatial transfer, leaving Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian to find only the dead and faint traces of spatial fluctuations.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to issue a blood-letter pursuit order and demanded that Xiao Yi Xian be exterminated.
• The Jia Ma Imperial Family joined the hunt, accusing Xiao Yi Xian of poisoning the Mo Family, destroying Luokong City, and disguising herself as Lin Dong.
• The wanted notices turned the Jia Ma Empire against Lin Dong, and a Peak Dou Huang woman vowed that Xiao Yi Xian would not escape her grasp.

After escaping the Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian parted ways as their companions prepared for separate journeys. Xiao Yan headed home to Wutan City, while Xiao Yi Xian set out with Cai Lin and left Liu Yan and Chi Han behind in the imperial capital.

• Hai Bodong laughed about their escape, but Cai Lin rebuked him for calling it a disgraceful flight.
• Xiao Yan thanked everyone for helping him through the Three-Year Agreement, and Ling Ying departed after reminding him to thank his young lady.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Yi Xian and flew toward Wutan City to tell his father he had won.
• Hai Bodong headed for the imperial capital to arrange protection and doubles for Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Liu Yan her alchemy notes and told him and Chi Han to stay in the imperial capital while she traveled with Cai Lin toward the Black Corner Region and possibly Jia Nan Academy.
• Liu Yan and Chi Han departed in tears, and Xiao Yi Xian said the parting was for the sake of a better reunion.

Yun Yun returned to the ruined Misty Cloud Sect and vowed to kill Lin Dong, while Hai Bodong’s allies used impersonators to mislead the search. Yun Yun eventually tracked Xiao Yi Xian to her valley in the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian chose to face her herself.

• Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, blamed herself for failing to protect it, and swore to kill Lin Dong.
• The Misty Cloud Sect and bounty hunters chased numerous impostors posing as Lin Dong and Xiao Yi Xian across the empire.
• Yun Yun learned that the pair had appeared throughout the Jia Ma Empire and suspected that someone was impersonating them to distract her.
• Mitel Tengshan told Hai Bodong that the Shadow Guards had kept the pursuers confused, but Yun Yun had gone alone to the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Cai Lin to her valley, where Cai Lin offered to act after sensing Yun Yun approach, but Xiao Yi Xian said the matter was between them.

Yun Yun confronted Xiao Yi Xian over the destruction of the Misty Cloud Sect and the deaths of its people. Xiao Yi Xian explained the sect’s crimes and asked whether Yun Yun had come to kill her too, leaving their once-close relationship in painful conflict.

• Yun Yun tracked Xiao Yi Xian using a fragment of the Sea Heart Armor and aimed sword phantoms at her, but Xiao Yi Xian trusted her not to strike.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yi Xian as the person behind the attacks on the Misty Cloud Sect and said she had once cherished her like a little sister.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Mo Cheng had kidnapped Qing Lin and that Misty Cloud Sect disciples had attacked and devastated Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yi Xian blamed Yun Leng and other sect members for twisting the truth and trying to kill her, while Yun Yun refused to believe the accusations.
• Yun Yun’s sword cut Xiao Yi Xian’s neck, but Xiao Yi Xian knocked the weapon away and asked whether Yun Yun had come to kill her too.

Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian fought after Yun Yun chose to separate herself from the Misty Cloud Sect’s orders, leaving Xiao Yi Xian defeated and Yun Yun heartbroken. Yun Yun reunited with Nalan Yanran and Gu He, then decided to conceal what had happened from the Elder Council.

• Yun Yun offered to take Xiao Yi Xian to the Misty Cloud Sect and protect her, but Xiao Yi Xian warned that the sect would not accept her.
• Yun Yun declared that she and Xiao Yi Xian owed each other nothing, then fought her with swords across the valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian ran out of Dou Qi and fell, while Yun Yun sat over her and wept over how events had turned out.
• In the Monster Mountain Range, Nalan Yanran thanked Gu He for helping her search for Yun Yun, and they discussed Xiao Yi Xian’s innocence and loyalty.
• Yun Yun emerged from the undergrowth carrying a bloodstained sword, and Nalan Yanran embraced her and urged her to find her own path.
• Yun Yun asked Gu He to keep the day’s events secret and decided they would tell the Elder Council that Lin Dong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan were nowhere in the Monster Mountain Range.

On her nineteenth birthday, Xiao Yi Xian woke in Qingshan Town after her battle with Yun Yun and reflected on how much her life had changed. She reunited with the town’s residents and announced a three-day free clinic before leaving.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke in an inn beside Cai Lin, who told her Yun Yun had left and her valley home had been destroyed.
• Xiao Yi Xian left the inn and realized it was her nineteenth birthday, three years after arriving in this world.
• Residents welcomed Xiao Yi Xian back to Qingshan Town, and Wang Dashuai asked if she would treat people again.
• Xiao Yi Xian promised to open a free clinic beneath the peach tree for three days before she left.
• Xiao Yi Xian visited Granny Li’s noodle stall, where the old woman eagerly began preparing her a bowl.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town on her birthday, ate Granny Li’s noodles, and quietly gave the elderly woman a gift of life energy. She left town to the support of its residents, while Cai Lin woke and reflected on Xiao Yi Xian’s standing at home.

• Xiao Yi Xian ate longevity noodles at Granny Li’s stall, where a local uncle recognized her and hurried away without disturbing her.
• Mercenaries plotted to beat the uncle and prevent other clinics from treating him so he would have to seek Xiao Yi Xian’s help.
• Xiao Yi Xian paid Granny Li for the noodles and secretly sent life energy into her body to help keep her healthy.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew away as the people of Qingshan Town declared that they believed in her despite the accusations outside.
• Cai Lin woke in bed and considered how Xiao Yi Xian remained respected in her hometown.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Peach Blossom Village on her nineteenth birthday and relived memories of her childhood, the deaths of her family and villagers, and the young man who had once comforted her. After visiting the thirty-six gravestones, she found relief in accepting the past and flew above the valley, where she noticed something unexpected.

• Xiao Yi Xian walked the overgrown path to Peach Blossom Village, recalling the place from her childhood and her last visit three years earlier.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw memories of herself giving flowers to Granny Liu and sharing a happy meal with her mother and grandmother.
• Xiao Yi Xian remembered eating a poisonous fruit, killing her relatives and fellow villagers, and being comforted by a young man who later left her in Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian visited the thirty-six gravestones and reflected on her guilt and the family she had lost.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted that the past was over, said she wanted to see the wider world, and flew above the valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed something unexpected as she looked down from above the little valley.

Xiao Yi Xian found a nearly mature Mysterious Dragon Fruit guarded by a huge black snake and defeated the snake with a single punch. She took the fruit, surprised that the encounter had been so easy.

• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a Mysterious Dragon Fruit atop a mountain and approached to collect it.
• A Little Black Snake appeared, claimed to guard the fruit, and transformed into a twenty-meter-long Peak Dou Wang Big Black Snake.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the Big Black Snake both feared the other’s strength and hesitated while preparing to attack.
• The Big Black Snake threw a boulder at Xiao Yi Xian, then swung its tail when she emerged through the debris.
• Xiao Yi Xian dodged the tail with Taixu Step and struck the Big Black Snake’s forehead with a White Dragon Fist, killing it instantly.
• Xiao Yi Xian shielded herself from the snake’s blood and picked the Mysterious Dragon Fruit, wondering how she had defeated its guardian so easily.

Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin set up a free medical stall beneath the willow tree in Qingshan Town, with Xiao Yi Xian treating patients and Cai Lin helping apply medicine. The town’s residents flocked to them, and their day of healing left behind a lasting tale.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to Cai Lin after visiting her mother’s grave and suggested they stay in Qingshan Town to treat the people.
• Cai Lin reflected on the Snake People Clan’s strength and her interest in humans who tried to protect others despite their weakness.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin prepared a free medical stall beneath the old willow tree and divided the work between them.
• An injured uncle arrived first, followed by a steady stream of patients as the town’s pharmacies closed for three days.
• Xiao Yi Xian treated patients while Cai Lin applied medicine, and the people left happy despite her rough handling.

After their three days of free treatment ended, Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin danced in the rain and reaffirmed their friendship. Elsewhere, a mysterious woman attacked the Snake People Clan to draw out its leaders, and Mei She’s self-destruction wounded her but failed to stop her pursuit of Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin shared a meal after their free medical treatment in Qingshan Town ended, and Cai Lin said she would not help with it again.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Cai Lin to dance in the rain, and the two performed together atop a roof as Xiao Yi Xian sang.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Cai Lin to guide her on the difficult road ahead, and Cai Lin reminded her to keep her promise.
• Yun Yun wondered whether she and Xiao Yi Xian could still be friends, while Nalan Yanran reflected on the events that had entangled them.
• A mysterious woman wearing Xiao Yi Xian’s clothes attacked the Snake People Clan, and Mei She fought her to protect the clan.
• Mei She grabbed the mysterious woman and self-destructed; the blast badly injured her, but she vowed to keep pursuing Xiao Yi Xian.

Cai Lin left Qingshan Town to save the Snake People Clan from a peak Dou Huang, leaving Xiao Yi Xian alone. Two Dou Wangs arrived to capture Xiao Yi Xian, but she confronted them after they seized Granny Li and struck Sun Dahan with a poisonous blow.

• Cai Lin received word that a peak Dou Huang was slaughtering the Snake People Clan and left, telling Xiao Yi Xian to wait for her return.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed an unfamiliar Dou Wang aura in Qingshan Town as Sun Dahan and Wang Xizhe arrived seeking her.
• Wang Xizhe had his men bring Granny Li to use her as leverage, while Sun Dahan beat a middle-aged man who could not answer their questions.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared and demanded that Sun Dahan and Wang Xizhe release Granny Li.
• Sun Dahan attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but she blocked his punch and struck him with poisonous energy, sending him crashing into a house.

Xiao Yi Xian tricked Wang Xizhe into believing she had destroyed her cultivation, then defeated him and pretended to let him go. She killed him when he flew away, while Granny Li and Sun Dahan watched.

• Xiao Yi Xian defeated Sun Dahan and demanded that Wang Xizhe release Granny Li.
• Wang Xizhe threatened Granny Li, so Xiao Yi Xian pretended to destroy her cultivation while secretly using the Dragon Pearl to preserve it.
• Wang Xizhe released Granny Li and tore off Xiao Yi Xian's mask, then she struck him with a poisoned punch.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the wounded Wang Xizhe she would spare him, and he flew away believing her.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared above Wang Xizhe and killed him as he tried to escape.

Xiao Yi Xian left Granny Li in Sun Dahan’s protection and traveled to Little Valley to reunite with Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan led her deeper into the Monster Mountain Range to explore, leaving Xiao Yi Xian curious about what they would find.

• Xiao Yi Xian spared Sun Dahan on the condition that he protect Granny Li, then secretly left poison in his body to ensure he kept his promise.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew to Little Valley, repaired some of the damage there, and burned the ruined house.
• Xiao Yi Xian blew her bamboo whistle, and Xiao Lan arrived, much larger and stronger than before.
• Xiao Lan invited Xiao Yi Xian onto its back and flew deeper into the Monster Mountain Range to explore.