Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing met with Hai Bo Dong at the Mittel Family headquarters, learned that a Dou Zong expert had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, and received a sealed letter. He arranged for his Huangji Pills to be auctioned to attract Dou Emperors, agreed to refine one for Hai Bo Dong in exchange for future help, and settled with Zi Yan and Qing Lin in a quiet courtyard.

• Hai Bo Dong told Xiao Qing that a Dou Zong expert had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and handed him a sealed letter left behind by the escorting elder.
• Xiao Qing gave Hai Bo Dong several high-grade pills to auction, and Tengshan identified one as a high-quality Huangji Pill.
• Hai Bo Dong asked to buy the Huangji Pill, but Xiao Qing refused and offered to refine one for him if Hai Bo Dong provided the ingredients and later did him a favor.
• Hai Bo Dong had Tengshan bring three sets of Huangji Pill ingredients and invited Xiao Qing and his companions to stay at the Mittel Family headquarters.
• Tengshan showed Xiao Qing, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to a secluded courtyard, where Xiao Qing settled in with his companions after Tengshan left.

Xiao Qing refined a Huangji Pill, creating a phenomenon that drew Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and other powerful figures to the Mittel Family. Hai Bo Dong collected their gifts and announced a Heaven-Grade Auction in two days where the pill would be sold.

• Xiao Qing spent two days refining a Huangji Pill with the Life Spirit Flame.
• The pill’s birth sent a pillar of energy into the sky, and Hai Bo Dong rose to guard the Mittel Family estate.
• Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and several Dou Wangs arrived and asked Hai Bo Dong to introduce them to the alchemist.
• Hai Bo Dong accepted their medicinal herbs and pill formulas as gifts for Xiao Qing.
• Hai Bo Dong invited the visitors to the Mittel Auction House’s Heaven-Grade Auction and revealed that a Huangji Pill would be auctioned.

Xiao Qing gave Hai Bo Dong a Huangji Pill and received medicinal ingredients and pill formulas from the Jia Ma Empire’s powerful figures. Two days later, Xiao Qing and Zi Yan attended the Mittel Auction House’s Heaven-Level auction, where Ya Fei opened with a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.

• The Dou Wangs agreed to attend the auction, and Hai Bo Dong and Mite'er Tengshan entered Xiao Qing’s room to collect the Huangji Pill.
• Hai Bo Dong gave Xiao Qing medicinal ingredients and pill formulas sent by influential figures, then reminded him that the auction would take place in two days.
• At the auction, Xiao Qing explained to Zi Yan that the serious buyers were seated in the second-floor lounges as guests began to arrive, including Jia Xing Tian, Yao Ye, Fa Ma, and Nalan Yanran.
• Ya Fei began the auction by presenting a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill as the first item.

The Jia Ma Empire’s experts competed to exchange valuables for a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill, and Fa Ma won it with a Fifth Grade Fire King Pill Recipe. Ya Fei confirmed that the pill’s master would attend the exchange, leaving the other bidders regretting that they had not offered more.

• Muzer Tengshan guarded the Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill as Ya Fei displayed it, and Fa Ma confirmed its authenticity.
• Jia Xing Tian agreed that Yao Ye should try to secure the pill for herself and Yao Yue.
• Nalan Jie and other experts offered valuables, cultivation methods, and recipes in exchange for the pill.
• Fa Ma won the exchange with a Fifth Grade Fire King Pill Recipe.
• Fa Ma asked to meet the pill’s refiner, and Ya Fei confirmed that the master would attend the exchange.

At the Heaven-Grade Auction, Fa Ma agreed to fulfill a task for the mysterious master in exchange for the Huangji Pill. After the auction ended, he arrived backstage with a Fifth-Grade Fire King Pill formula and asked to meet the master.

• Hai Bo Dong presented the Huangji Pill and announced that a Dou Emperor or stronger could claim it by agreeing to do one task for its owner.
• Yun Yun, Jia Xing Tian, and Yao Ye considered the risks and decided not to accept the offer, while Fa Ma weighed the chance to befriend the alchemist.
• Fa Ma declared that he would take the Huangji Pill, and Hai Bo Dong confirmed that it was his.
• After the auction ended, Fa Ma exchanged the Fifth-Grade Fire King Pill formula for two jade boxes at the auction house backstage.
• Fa Ma asked where the master was, and a voice from the doorway apologized for keeping him waiting.

Xiao Qing met Fa Ma, patiently resolved his alchemy questions, and revealed that he was the legendary young prodigy from the Xiao Household. He secured Fa Ma’s promise to protect the household in the Imperial Capital, compensating him with a Sect-Breaking Pill.

• Fa Ma learned that Xiao Qing had refined the two pills and asked him for guidance on alchemy.
• Xiao Qing explained Fa Ma’s problems until Fa Ma saw a clear path toward becoming a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• Fa Ma recognized Xiao Qing as the prodigy who had reached Eight-Stage Dou Qi at four and was stunned to learn he was now a nine-year-old Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Qing asked Fa Ma to protect the Xiao Household after it moved to the Imperial Capital, and Fa Ma agreed in exchange for a Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Fa Ma disguised his agreement as a favor rooted in his longstanding ties to the Xiao Household, and Xiao Qing knowingly accepted the pretense.

Xiao Qing left the Imperial Capital after securing the Xiao Household’s future with Fa Ma and Hai Bo Dong, while the Xiao Household traveled back to Jia Ma Sacred City. The chapter ended with Muzer Tengshan welcoming Xiao Zhan and his people at the city gates.

• Fa Ma returned to the Alchemist Association, told visiting figures he would need years to complete his master’s entrusted task, and entered seclusion to pursue the Sixth Grade realm.
• Xiao Qing told Hai Bo Dong that he was leaving the Imperial Capital, then departed with Zi Yan and Qing Lin after entrusting the Xiao Household’s protection to Hai Bo Dong and Fa Ma.
• Hai Bo Dong watched Xiao Qing’s group leave, then went to find Muzer Tengshan.
• Half a month later, Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Household arrived at Jia Ma Sacred City with Xiao Yan, who had become Yao Chen’s disciple, and Xun’er.
• Muzer Tengshan greeted Xiao Zhan at the city gates and revealed that he had been waiting for the Xiao Household.

Xiao Qing took Xiao Yi Xian from Qingshan Town after recognizing her Calamitous Poison Body, then led her, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to a hidden cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. They entered an ancient stone chamber, where Xiao Qing claimed a fragment map and Zi Yan gathered the medicinal herbs.

• Xiao Qing descended into Qingshan Town and found Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Hall.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Yi Xian to come with him, and she was carried away with Zi Yan and Qing Lin toward the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Qing searched the mountains and led the group into a cave after Zi Yan sensed medicinal herbs nearby.
• Xiao Qing melted a Rock Snake, opened a stone door, and entered a chamber containing a skeleton, treasure, herbs, and stone boxes.
• Zi Yan uprooted the herbs, while Xiao Qing took three black keys and an ancient fragment map from the skeleton.

After two months in a hidden valley, Xiao Qing advanced his cultivation and began refining the Fire King Pill. The pill’s energy surged as it neared completion, shaking the surrounding cliffs.

• Xiao Qing gave Qing Lin the Eagle Wings flying Dou Technique and kept the other two scrolls for himself.
• Xiao Qing and his companions found a herb-filled valley, built cabins there, and cultivated for two months; Xiao Qing reached Five-Star Dou Wang while Qing Lin reached Seven-Stage Dou Qi.
• Xiao Qing decided to wait before telling Xiao Yi Xian about her Calamitous Poison Body and studied Fa Ma’s Fire King Pill Recipe.
• Xiao Qing used Life Spirit Flame to refine the Fire King Pill while Xiao Yi Xian watched nearby.
• Xiao Qing lifted the cauldron lid as the nearly completed pill unleashed waves of energy that shook the cliffs.

After Xiao Qing refined a pill that accelerated his cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian asked whether she could become an alchemist and learned that she possessed the Calamitous Poison Body. Xiao Qing explained a way to control it, and his companions promised to help gather the rare ingredients it required.

• Xiao Qing swallowed a newly refined pill and found that it more than doubled his cultivation speed for over three months.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether someone without alchemist talent could become an alchemist, and Xiao Qing said it might be possible despite there being no known method.
• Xiao Qing confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian possessed a special constitution and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, which revealed that it was the Calamitous Poison Body.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Yi Xian that the Venomous Pill Technique could control her poison by condensing it into a poison pill.
• Xiao Qing listed the required ingredients: three kinds of Heavenly Flames, a seventh-tier Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin comforted Xiao Yi Xian and promised to help obtain the ingredients, and Xiao Yi Xian thanked them through her tears.

After reaching Seven-Star Dou Wang, Xiao Qing agreed to help Zi Yan seize the Concomitant Purple Crystal Source from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. They confronted the beast at its cave, where it mistook them for easy prey.

• Over three months, Xiao Yi Xian cultivated her Calamitous Poison Body, Qing Lin strengthened her control over snakes, and Xiao Qing advanced to Seven-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Qing promised Zi Yan they would return to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave and take the treasure she had found there.
• Xiao Qing told Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to stay in the valley, then flew with Zi Yan into the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Zi Yan shouted for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to come out, and it flew from its cave to confront them.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King mocked Xiao Qing and Zi Yan, calling them prey.

Xiao Qing and Zi Yan defeated the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Xiao Qing harvested its magical core and essence blood. They then headed to its cave to search for the treasure Zi Yan had found there.

• Zi Yan broke the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's horn, and Xiao Qing followed with a blazing palm strike.
• Xiao Qing used the Azure Dragon Heaven-Rending Hand to tear open the lion king's neck and kill it.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Qing to teach her the Dou Technique, and he agreed to teach her after they returned.
• Xiao Qing collected the lion king's magical core and essence blood for use by Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan entered the lion king's cave, where Zi Yan led him toward the Concomitant Purple Crystal Source.

Xiao Qing and Zi Yan retrieved the Concomitant Purple Crystal Source and Purple Spirit Crystal after killing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. They returned to the valley, where Xiao Qing prepared to refine pills from the treasure and the lion’s blood essence, while Zi Yan began telling Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian about their battle.

• Zi Yan showed Xiao Qing the Concomitant Purple Crystal Source, and he cut it from its platform and stored it for refining into pills.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan collected the Purple Spirit Crystal and left the cave as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s corpse burned in the forest.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan returned to the valley, where Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed them and asked whether they were injured.
• Xiao Qing said the pair had killed the Sixth-Rank Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and promised to refine its blood essence for Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Qing went to the wooden house to refine pills, while Zi Yan agreed to stay put and then began recounting the battle to Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Qing finished refining pills for Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, then left the valley for the Imperial Capital to check on the Xiao Household and investigate Yao Chen and the Soul Hall. There, Xiao Yan had just recovered to the Dou Zhe level when Yao Chen urgently told him to return to his room, leaving Xiao Yan alarmed.

• Xiao Qing refined two Beast Blood Foundation Establishment Pills and a pill made from the Concomitant Purple Crystal Source after working continuously for half a month.
• Xiao Qing gave Zi Yan three jade bottles to share with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, then promised to give Zi Yan a Dou Ling Pill when he returned.
• Xiao Qing refused Zi Yan's request to accompany him and flew toward the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan strolled through the Xiao Household after recovering to the Dou Zhe level, but Yao Chen suddenly ordered him to hurry back to his room.
• Xiao Yan grew worried when Yao Chen did not explain and ran toward his residence.

Xiao Qing reunited with Yao Chen to ask for a way to control the Calamitous Poison Body and learn about the Soul Hall. Yao Chen gave him a control method and two cultivation methods, then explained how the Soul Hall had reduced him to his current state.

• Xiao Qing entered Xiao Yan's room and revealed that he had found a third Heavenly Flame, though it was in his teacher's hands.
• Xiao Qing asked Yao Chen for a way to control the Calamitous Poison Body, and Yao Chen gave him a scroll with the method.
• Xiao Qing asked for yin-cold and poison-attribute Earth Tier cultivation methods, and Yao Chen handed him two scrolls.
• Xiao Qing told Yao Chen he had encountered and interrogated a Soul Envoy from the Soul Hall two months earlier.
• Yao Chen revealed that the Soul Hall had reduced him to his current state after a Venerable Elder plotted against him, and described the strength of its Venerable Elders and Guardians.

Xiao Qing and Yao Chen searched the Jia Ma Empire for signs of the Soul Hall Guardian Wu Protector, then Xiao Qing found a Space Lock hidden in the Misty Cloud Sect. The chapter left him investigating the ancient gate concealed within it.

• Xiao Qing told Yao Chen that a Soul Envoy was headed for the Jia Ma Empire, and Yao Chen agreed to help investigate for the price of soul-restoring pills.
• Yao Chen returned to the Bone Flame Ring and told Xiao Yan to cultivate while he was away, then Xiao Qing left the Xiao Household with the ring.
• Half a month later, Xiao Qing and Yao Chen reached the Misty Cloud Sect and found no sign of Wu Protector.
• As Xiao Qing prepared to leave after surveying the sect, he sensed a Space Lock and discovered an ancient black-and-white gate surrounded by cyan whirlwinds.

Xiao Qing and Yao Chen broke the weakened Space Lock around the Misty Cloud Sect’s Life-and-Death Gate and discovered that its entrance led to a secret ground with its own one-person restriction. Xiao Qing entered, while Yun Yun arrived afterward and mistakenly believed an energy fluctuation had dispersed the Spatial Power.

• Yao Chen detected the Space Lock and concealed Xiao Qing as they traveled unnoticed to the Life-and-Death Gate.
• Yao Chen shattered the worn-down Space Lock, revealing a cyan energy screen that allowed only one person to enter at a time.
• Yao Chen determined that the gate predated the Space Lock and that the secret ground itself imposed the entry restriction.
• Xiao Qing entered the cyan screen, which vanished behind him.
• Yun Yun arrived, saw that the Spatial Power had dissipated, and decided to tell Yun Shan after he left seclusion.

Xiao Qing entered the Misty Cloud Sect’s vast Secret Realm, where Yao Chen explained that its Astral Wind was a weakened restriction created by a Dou Zun expert. After Xiao Qing defeated an aged figure who attacked him with a sword beam, the figure vanished and left behind a glowing green crystal.

• Xiao Qing arrived in the energy-rich Secret Realm and surveyed its surroundings with Yao Chen.
• Xiao Qing flew deeper into the realm as the Astral Wind followed and repeatedly dissolved against the Life Spirit Flame.
• Yao Chen examined a strand of Astral Wind and concluded that a Misty Cloud Sect Dou Zun had created it to attack intruders without a designated technique.
• An aged figure in white appeared below Xiao Qing and launched an Astral Wind-wrapped sword beam at him.
• Xiao Qing shattered the attack with a palm strike, which engulfed the aged figure and left a large crater.
• Xiao Qing used his soul power to retrieve a glowing, thumb-sized green crystal from the crater.

Xiao Qing discovered that the Life-and-Death Gate’s Secret Realm turned the dead into mindless energy bodies whose crystals could strengthen him. After confirming Yao Chen could resist the realm’s erosion and that Xiao Qing had time before it expelled him, he began hunting the former Misty Cloud Sect leaders and claimed two Energy Cores.

• Xiao Qing guessed that the diamond-shaped crystal came from an energy body formed in the Secret Realm and decided to hunt the former Misty Cloud Sect leaders.
• Yao Chen sensed that the Secret Realm was assimilating him but said he could resist its erosion as long as he conserved his soul power.
• Yao Chen estimated that the realm would take about two years to expel Xiao Qing and said Xiao Qing could remain unless he advanced to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Qing flew through the mist and encountered two mindless figures in moon-white robes, who attacked him with coordinated sword strikes.
• Xiao Qing destroyed the figures with a crystalline palm imprint, collected their two Energy Cores, and flew onward.

After breaking through to Eight-Star Dou Wang, Xiao Qing used a Dou Ling Pill to continue cultivating in the Secret Realm, where Yun Potian appeared and attacked him. Yao Chen stopped the attack, and Yun Potian offered his hidden Storage Ring as compensation while Xiao Qing remained focused on cultivation.

• Xiao Qing absorbed Energy Cores from the Misty Cloud Sect’s past sect masters and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Qing swallowed a Dou Ling Pill and began refining its medicinal power to pursue a breakthrough to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Yun Potian arrived, sensed the past sect masters’ auras in Xiao Qing, and attacked him with an azure palm seal.
• Yao Chen appeared, dispelled Yun Potian’s attack, and challenged him to fight instead.
• Yun Potian introduced himself, apologized, and offered his hidden Storage Ring as compensation.
• Yao Chen told Yun Potian that Xiao Qing would decide what happened after he finished cultivating.