Chapter Summaries

After reaching Dou Emperor, Xuan Qing activated the Resource Plundering System and set out from the Pill Tower to seek opportunities in the Northwestern Continent. Xuan Yi and Cao Ying saw him off, and the system rewarded him with Wild Dog Milk after he accepted Cao Ying’s seventh-tier medicinal pill.

• Xuan Qing broke through to Dou Emperor, and the Resource Plundering System activated with rewards for plundering resources.
• Xuan Qing told Xuan Yi and Cao Ying that he was leaving the Pill Tower to gain experience, and Xuan Yi gave him supplies for the journey.
• Cao Ying hugged Xuan Qing and gave him a seventh-tier medicinal pill she had taken from her father.
• Xuan Qing bid farewell to Xuan Yi and Cao Ying, then flew toward the spatial teleportation array leading to the Northwestern Continent.
• The system recognized Xuan Qing’s pill as plundered and rewarded him with a bottle of Wild Dog Milk that could dispel abnormal statuses.

Xuan Qing learned in Wu Tan City that Xiao Yan had already become a cripple and made a three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran, then traveled to Qing Shan Town to find Xiao Yi Xian. He met her at Myriad Medicine Hall and noticed the abnormal hue on her hand, but had yet to explain why he had come.

• Xuan Qing entered Wu Tan City and paid a waiter for news about the Xiao Family.
• The waiter told Xuan Qing that Xiao Yan had become a cripple three or four years earlier and that Nalan Yanran had broken off their engagement a year earlier.
• Xuan Qing realized Yao Chen had likely awakened, abandoned his plan to take Xiao Yan's ring and Bone Chilling Flame, and set out to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xuan Qing arrived at Myriad Medicine Hall in Qing Shan Town and watched Xiao Yi Xian treat injured mercenaries.
• Xiao Yi Xian approached Xuan Qing, who introduced himself and said he had come specifically for her.
• Xuan Qing noticed the unnatural hue on Xiao Yi Xian's hand, but held back from explaining in front of the mercenaries.

Xuan Qing revealed his strength and alchemy credentials to convince Xiao Yi Xian to become his disciple. After she accepted, the system rewarded him with the Heavenly Poison Scripture.

• Xuan Qing offered to take Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple because of her extraordinary talent, but the mercenaries mistook his offer for an attempt to court her.
• When a Wolf Head Mercenary Group member threatened him, Xuan Qing released his Dou Qi pressure and silenced the mercenaries around Myriad Medicine Hall.
• Xuan Qing introduced himself as a one-star Dou Emperor and fifth-tier alchemist, then displayed his Dou Qi Transformation Wings and Pill Tower badge.
• Xuan Qing presented Xiao Yi Xian with pills, and she inspected them before formally accepting him as her master.
• The system awarded Xuan Qing the Heavenly Poison Scripture and explained that people could count as resources.

Xuan Qing accepted Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple and gave her a Storage Ring before taking her into the Magical Beast Mountain Range. When he searched for a cave rumored to contain treasure, Xiao Yi Xian offered to lead him to one she had already found.

• The system revealed that the Heavenly Poison Scripture could evolve by devouring poisons and keep the Calamity Poison Body from dying violently, so Xuan Qing decided it suited Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xuan Qing helped Xiao Yi Xian up, asked whether anyone had bullied her, and gave her a Storage Ring before they left the Myriad Medicine Hall.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Mr. Yao for taking care of her, then followed Xuan Qing out of the city as the mercenaries fled.
• Xuan Qing claimed he was searching for a cave after hearing about it from Tian Canzi, and Xiao Yi Xian said she knew of one nearby.
• When Xiao Yi Xian asked Xuan Qing's age, he avoided answering, and she guessed he was younger than her without calling attention to it.

Xuan Qing and Xiao Yi Xian explored a sealed tomb in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they found manuals, herbs, and a fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After receiving system rewards and burying the tomb’s owner, they headed to Xiao Yi Xian’s valley to cultivate in peace.

• Xuan Qing carried Xiao Yi Xian down a cliff to a cave, destroyed a rock snake, and opened the tomb chamber.
• Xuan Qing found the Roaring Lion Chant, Eagle's Wings, the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, then stored the treasures.
• The system rewarded Xuan Qing with Thousand Mechanisms Forge, Cloudsoaring Wings, Spirit Formation Master Inheritance, and Spirit Recovery Pills.
• Xiao Yi Xian collected the herbs, and Xuan Qing buried the tomb’s remains before sealing the cave entrance.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Xuan Qing to her quiet valley, where he praised her and invited her inside.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xuan Qing had a way to address her Calamity Poison Body and reassured her she could still pursue alchemy without a wood affinity. The two began cultivating separately in the valley, with Xiao Yi Xian absorbing poisonous ingredients and Xuan Qing studying a Spirit Formation inheritance.

• Xuan Qing gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and she cried after reading about the Calamity Poison Body’s deadly eruption.
• Xuan Qing promised he had a solution and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Poison Scripture, telling her to cultivate until she became a Dou Zhe.
• Xuan Qing encouraged Xiao Yi Xian’s dream of becoming an alchemist, explaining that some alchemists worked without both wood and fire affinities and that a Heavenly Flame might change her affinities.
• Xuan Qing gave Xiao Yi Xian poisonous medicinal ingredients to absorb so she could advance, and she accepted them eagerly.
• Xuan Qing studied the Spirit Formation Master inheritance in a jade slip while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed poisonous essence in the valley.

Xuan Qing built a First-Rank Spirit Gathering Array in the valley to help Xiao Yi Xian cultivate, then visited the Myriad Medicine Hall to collect a Blood Lotus Crystal and other herbs. He remained at the hall, looking toward the road to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and saying he was enjoying the scenery.

• Xuan Qing constructed a First-Rank Spirit Gathering Array, drawing the surrounding energy into the valley.
• Xuan Qing told Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate in the valley while he scouted the area, and she agreed to stay and be careful.
• Xuan Qing returned to the Myriad Medicine Hall and found a Blood Lotus Crystal among the Yellow Lotus Essence.
• Mr. Yao gave Xuan Qing the Blood Lotus Crystal and the supplementary herbs he requested, while the system rewarded him with a Blood Lotus Pill.
• Xuan Qing looked toward the road to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and told Mr. Yao he was just enjoying the scenery.

Xuan Qing traded the Blood Lotus Crystal to Xiao Yan for Eight Extremes Collapse and learned that trading counted as plunder. After Yao Lao explained the crystal’s importance, Xuan Qing worried about his ability to face stronger opponents and obtain the Flame Mantra.

• Xuan Qing offered Xiao Yan the Blood Lotus Crystal in exchange for a Dou Technique or cultivation method.
• Xiao Yan traded Eight Extremes Collapse for the crystal, and Xuan Qing received a system reward for plundering it through trade.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Xuan Qing was a Dou Emperor and explained that the Blood Lotus Crystal was essential for refining pills needed to devour Heavenly Flames.
• Xuan Qing considered how powerful Yao Chen could become by possessing a Dou Emperor and worried about facing a High-Rank Dou Zong.
• Xuan Qing brooded over how to obtain the Flame Mantra as Xiao Yi Xian returned from cultivation.

Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Zhe and began cultivating the Heavenly Poison Scripture, which could control her Calamity Poison Body and grow stronger by consuming poisons. A fierce disturbance from Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King then drew Xuan Qing into the sky to investigate.

• Xiao Yi Xian massaged Xuan Qing's shoulders as he worried over the future, then quietly guarded him while he slept.
• Three months later, Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Zhe, though she still felt uneasy about the poison within her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied the Heavenly Poison Scripture and used it to calm her toxins and begin cultivating its technique.
• Xuan Qing warned Xiao Yi Xian to build her strength patiently and recognized that the path would bring her suspicion and hostility.
• A violent surge of wind energy and a lion's roar shook the valley, and Xuan Qing flew toward the distant figures of Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

Xuan Qing watched Yun Yun battle the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen secretly observed from nearby. After Xuan Qing drove them away with his soul power, Yun Yun was badly injured and fell from the sky, and Xuan Qing swept beneath her.

• Xuan Qing set up formations to protect Xiao Yi Xian before flying toward Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's battle.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen concealed themselves and moved closer to watch the fight.
• Xuan Qing hid in the clouds, waiting for Yun Yun to weaken instead of helping her.
• Yao Chen sensed Xuan Qing's presence, and Xuan Qing's soul power forced him to flee with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun was struck by the Lion King's attacks, lost strength, and fell toward the ground as Xuan Qing rushed beneath her.

Xuan Qing rescued the injured Yun Yun after her battle with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and treated her in a hidden cave with a fifth-tier pill. Yun Yun woke unable to circulate her Dou Qi, and the chapter left her curious about Xuan Qing after he dismissed the pill’s value.

• Xuan Qing caught the unconscious Yun Yun and carried her to a concealed cave while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watched from a distance.
• Xuan Qing laid Yun Yun on hay and gave her a pill that soothed her injuries and stabilized her Dou Qi.
• Xuan Qing briefly returned to tell Xiao Yi Xian he would be away before Yun Yun woke in the cave.
• Yun Yun discovered that her Dou Qi was sealed, thanked Xuan Qing for saving her, and asked where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had gone.
• Xuan Qing told Yun Yun she owed him for the fifth-tier pill, then said repayment could wait because the pill was nothing important to him.
• Yun Yun questioned Xuan Qing’s claim and studied him with surprise.

Xuan Qing treated Yun Yun’s claw wound while her Dou Qi remained sealed, then went out to find food. He returned with a tenderbone rabbit and began roasting it outside the cave as Yun Yun grew hungry inside.

• Xuan Qing offered Yun Yun several fifth- and sixth-tier medicinal pills in exchange for something of equal value, leaving her amazed by his mysterious identity.
• Yun Yun asked Xuan Qing to treat her chest wound, and he gently applied ointment and wrapped it with gauze.
• Xuan Qing teased Yun Yun about seeing her body, and she called him a shameless rogue while blushing.
• Xuan Qing went out to find food and returned with a tenderbone rabbit.
• Xuan Qing roasted the rabbit over a bonfire while Yun Yun smelled the meat and felt hungry.

Xuan Qing fed the injured Yun Yun roasted rabbit and revealed that he knew Yun Yun’s identity and had come to see the Misty Cloud Sect’s beautiful sect master. He then disclosed that he was a fifteen-year-old One-Star Dou Emperor and fifth-tier alchemist, leaving Yun Yun eager to befriend him and offering him the Misty Cloud Sect’s support.

• Xuan Qing brought Yun Yun roasted rabbit, and Yun Yun praised his cooking while giving the alias Yun Zhi.
• Xuan Qing recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect’s sect master and explained that he had identified Yun Yun’s wind-element Dou Emperor aura.
• Xuan Qing said he had come to the Jia Ma Empire to see Yun Yun’s beauty, and Yun Yun called him a pervert and challenged his strength.
• Xuan Qing revealed his One-Star Dou Emperor aura and said he was fifteen years old and a fifth-tier alchemist, stunning Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun introduced himself properly and offered Xuan Qing the Misty Cloud Sect’s help, while Xuan Qing reminded him that he owed him a life and a fifth-tier medicinal pill.

Xuan Qing left Yun Yun in a concealed cave and went to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lair to demand the Purple Spirit Crystal. He overwhelmed the beast, which submitted and brought out the treasure despite its reluctance to give up the crystal meant for its daughter.

• Xuan Qing praised Yun Yun's beauty, then told her to stay in the cave while he went to scout.
• Xuan Qing concealed the cave with spirit formations and flew to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lair.
• Xuan Qing used his Dou Emperor pressure and a single strike to gravely wound the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, which begged for mercy.
• Xuan Qing demanded the Purple Spirit Crystal, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King led him deeper into its cave past its young daughter.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King brought out the Purple Spirit Crystal and placed it before Xuan Qing, mourning the treasure he had reserved for his daughter.

Xuan Qing forced the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to hand over the Companion Amethyst Source and obtained a system talent. After returning, he gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal in exchange for another favor, leaving her indebted to him.

• Xuan Qing ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to lead him to the Companion Amethyst Source, and the beast surrendered it rather than risk its life.
• The system rewarded Xuan Qing with the Dark Night's Protection talent for obtaining the Companion Amethyst Source and Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Yun waited at the cave entrance, and Xuan Qing teased her when he returned.
• Yun Yun asked Xuan Qing to help her obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal, but he revealed that he already had it.
• Xuan Qing gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal in exchange for another favor, and she promised to remember her debt.

Xuan Qing confided to Yun Yun that he could never return to his distant hometown, and Yun Yun stayed with him as they drank. The next morning, Yun Yun woke in Xuan Qing’s embrace, escaped in embarrassment, and was left wondering whether Xuan Qing knew he had been awake.

• Xuan Qing told Yun Yun he missed his hometown but could never reach it again, and Yun Yun offered to drink with him.
• Yun Yun became drunk and collapsed, so Xuan Qing laid him down, purged the alcohol from his own body, and went to sleep beside him.
• Yun Yun woke sprawled across Xuan Qing and cautiously freed himself from the sleeping youth’s embrace.
• Xuan Qing revealed that he had been awake and had deliberately held Yun Yun to observe his reaction.
• Xuan Qing asked Yun Yun whether he had slept well, and Yun Yun replied that he had while trying to appear calm.

Yun Yun asked Xuan Qing to guard her while she bathed, but a venomous snake bit her while her Dou Qi was sealed. After he carried her from the stream, she was too weak to dress herself and asked him to help her put on her clothes.

• Yun Yun asked Xuan Qing to keep watch while she bathed in the stream, and he promised not to look or spread out his senses.
• A water snake bit Yun Yun, and Xuan Qing turned around and killed it with Dou Qi.
• As the venom left Yun Yun numb and unable to move, she asked Xuan Qing to carry her out of the water.
• Xuan Qing carried Yun Yun to a bluestone and laid her down, then said he had no antidote pill.
• Yun Yun, unable to dress herself, blushed and asked Xuan Qing to help her put on her clothes.

Xuan Qing left Yun Yun after helping her recover, then returned to the valley where Xiao Yi Xian suspected he had visited another woman. He redirected her questions to her cultivation and learned that she had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xuan Qing helped Yun Yun get dressed and teased her as she recovered by the mountain stream.
• A few days later, Yun Yun read Xuan Qing's note promising they would meet again and regretted that he had left without telling her where he lived.
• Xuan Qing returned to the valley, where Xiao Yi Xian asked where he had gone and noticed Yun Yun's fragrance on him.
• Xuan Qing denied that he had visited a girl and changed the subject to Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian proudly told Xuan Qing that she had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zhe.

Xuan Qing gave Xiao Yi Xian the Eagle's Wings technique and prepared her to refine the Purple Cloud Wings safely. After she endured the Purple Cloud Eagle's soul attacks and formed the wings, she rose into the air and flew toward him.

• Xuan Qing gave Xiao Yi Xian the Eagle's Wings scroll and explained that refining the Purple Cloud Wings required resisting the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul.
• Xuan Qing gave Xiao Yi Xian three fourth-grade pills to protect her soul, replenish her Dou Qi, and heal potential injuries.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the pills and began refining the Purple Cloud Wings, enduring repeated soul attacks from the remnant soul.
• Xiao Yi Xian formed the Purple Cloud Wings and rose off the ground, then flew unsteadily toward Xuan Qing.

Xuan Qing and Xiao Yi Xian left Qingshan Medicinal Valley with Little Blue, flying toward the Tagore Desert. They arrived in the desert, where Xiao Yi Xian struggled with the heat.

• Xiao Yi Xian accidentally crashed into Xuan Qing while learning to control her Purple Cloud Wings, and he helped her retract them.
• Xuan Qing told Xiao Yi Xian they would leave the valley, and she asked to bring her tamed magical beast, Little Blue.
• Xuan Qing agreed, and Xiao Yi Xian called Little Blue and packed her belongings.
• Xuan Qing and Xiao Yi Xian flew away on Little Blue, and Xuan Qing promised they would return to the valley someday.
• Xiao Yi Xian complained to Xuan Qing that the Tagore Desert was unbearably hot.