Chapter Summaries

Xuan Qing and Xiao Yi Xian reached Stone Desert City, where Xuan Qing found Qing Lin being abused by a crowd. He drove the attackers away and tried to reassure the terrified girl, but she remained wary.

• Xuan Qing gave Xiao Yi Xian and Little Blue Summer-Repelling Pills to protect them from the desert heat.
• After three days of travel, Xuan Qing and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Stone Desert City on Little Blue.
• Xuan Qing searched the city with his soul power and found Qing Lin surrounded by people insulting and beating her.
• Xuan Qing ordered the attackers to leave, then killed one who challenged him, causing the crowd to flee.
• Xuan Qing and Xiao Yi Xian approached the frightened, bruised Qing Lin and told her they would not hurt her, but she remained guarded.

Xuan Qing comforted Qing Lin, healed her injuries, and invited her to follow him so she could become strong and escape bullying. He brought her and Xiao Yi Xian to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, where captains Xiao Ding and Xiao Li came out to meet him.

• Xuan Qing reassured Qing Lin, learned her name, and asked her to follow him and become strong.
• Qing Lin accepted Xuan Qing’s offer, and he gave her a healing pill that cured her wounds.
• Xuan Qing led Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian through Stone Desert City toward the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters.
• Xuan Qing intimidated the guards at the entrance, who hurried to report his arrival.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li came out to greet Xuan Qing and saw Qing Lin standing beside him.

Xuan Qing took Qing Lin from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and thanked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with precious fourth-grade pills. He gained a Double Pupil whose uncontrolled power briefly saw through Xiao Yi Xian’s clothes, then brought Qing Lin to the city’s finest clothing shop.

• Xuan Qing asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to let Qing Lin leave with him, and Qing Lin firmly agreed after thanking them for taking her in.
• Xuan Qing gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Three-Line Green Spirit Pills as thanks, and the brothers were stunned by the valuable gift.
• As Xuan Qing left with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, he received a Double Pupil and discovered that its uncontrolled power could see through things.
• Xuan Qing accidentally saw through Xiao Yi Xian’s clothes, then restrained the Double Pupil’s power and resolved to learn to control it.
• Xuan Qing noticed Qing Lin’s worn and ragged clothes and took her with Xiao Yi Xian to the city’s finest clothing shop, where the shopkeeper first looked down on her.

Xuan Qing bought Qing Lin new clothes, took her out for a meal, and offered to make her his disciple. Qing Lin chose to stay by his side as a disciple, and he began nourishing her body and teaching her to cultivate.

• Xuan Qing bought several dresses for Qing Lin, who changed into an emerald gauze dress and received praise from Xiao Yi Xian and Xuan Qing.
• Xuan Qing took Qing Lin to eat, where she asked why he treated her so well and he offered to take her as his disciple.
• Qing Lin said she wanted to be Xuan Qing's maid, then agreed to become his disciple after he promised she could stay with him.
• Xuan Qing gave Qing Lin nourishing pills to heal the damage from her hardship and began teaching her to absorb the energy of heaven and earth.

Xuan Qing left Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian behind and went to an ancient map shop to find the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. After revealing Hai Bo Dong's identity and overpowering him with Dou Emperor strength, Xuan Qing struck him through the shop wall.

• Qing Lin told Xuan Qing she had broken through to the first stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yi Xian joined them in his room.
• Xuan Qing refused to let Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin accompany him because his task was dangerous, then left them behind.
• Xuan Qing found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map in Hai Bo Dong's shop and demanded the other half.
• Hai Bo Dong refused to sell the map, and Xuan Qing exposed his identity as the former Ice Emperor who had been sealed by Medusa.
• Hai Bo Dong unleashed his Dou Ling aura, but Xuan Qing overwhelmed him with Dou Emperor pressure and ignored his plea to talk.
• Hai Bo Dong raised an ice shield, but Xuan Qing shattered it with a punch and sent him crashing through the wooden wall.

Xuan Qing killed Hai Bo Dong and recovered the other half of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, then found an Ancient Map pointing to another Heavenly Flame. He left the inn with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to investigate the nearby location.

• Hai Bo Dong offered Xuan Qing the loyalty of the Mittel Auction House, but Xuan Qing killed him.
• Xuan Qing found the hidden map fragment beneath a floor tile and joined it with his half, revealing one-quarter of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map.
• Xuan Qing searched the old maps and took an Ancient Map marked with a possible Heavenly Flame location.
• Xuan Qing explained to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that the fragment map marked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and said its location was in the Central Plains.
• Xuan Qing paid the inn proprietor to care for his spirit bird and left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to investigate the nearby Heavenly Flame map.

After receiving the Formless Hand technique, Xuan Qing searched the desert with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for the Green Lotus Core Flame. At the final marked location, Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Xuan Qing received the Formless Hand technique after seizing the fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xuan Qing, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian searched two marked locations but found no trace of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xuan Qing found an opening beneath the basin at the map's final location and led Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian down to a magma lake.
• A Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked the group, but Xuan Qing pinned it down with his Dou Emperor pressure.
• Xuan Qing prompted Qing Lin to imagine the snake harming him and Xiao Yi Xian, awakening her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and making the snake submit.

Xuan Qing reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Qing Lin’s constitution had no side effects and could lead her to Dou Saint, then descended into the magma to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame. After refining it, he broke through to Two-Star Dou Emperor and returned to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Xuan Qing explained that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had no side effects and could help her reach Dou Saint, then told her to absorb the captured serpent’s cultivation when she recovered.
• Qing Lin became dizzy after using her bloodline power, and Xuan Qing caught her before asking Xiao Yi Xian to look after her.
• Xuan Qing descended into the magma, collected eleven Earth-Core Fire Lotus Seeds, and began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xuan Qing tamed and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, breaking through to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xuan Qing returned to the stone platform, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had waited anxiously for him.

At the Misty Cloud Sect, Gu He recruited Yun Yun for a trip to the Great Tagore Desert to search for a Heavenly Flame, and she agreed in hopes of seeing Xuan Qing again. In the desert, Xuan Qing received a cultivation technique after taking the Green Lotus Core Flame and planned to seek out Queen Medusa before returning to Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Gu He gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Pill for Yanran and asked her to accompany him to the Great Tagore Desert in search of a Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Yun agreed to Gu He's journey, thinking she might meet Xuan Qing again, and Gu He set their departure for three days later.
• Xuan Qing received the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art as a reward for seizing the Green Lotus Core Flame and began refining the flame's power.
• Xuan Qing told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that he planned to visit the Snake-People Temple and subdue Queen Medusa.
• Xuan Qing, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin left the desert for their inn in Stone Desert City as the sandstorm strengthened.