Chapter Summaries

Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group tried to force Xiao Yi Xian to surrender a treasure she had found, using Li Fei as leverage. Xiao Yi Xian revealed herself to protect Li Fei, and just as Mu Li invoked his father’s authority, a newcomer challenged his actions.

• Mu Li led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to search the Myriad Medicine Pavilion for Xiao Yi Xian, but Yao Wan Yao said she had left.
• Mu Li’s men seized Li Fei and threatened her to draw Xiao Yi Xian out, while Xiao Yi Xian watched in disguise.
• After the mercenaries threatened Li Fei with abuse, Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward and confronted Mu Li.
• Mu Li claimed Xiao Yi Xian had taken the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s property and ordered her to come to their base, citing his father Mu She’s authority.
• A newcomer arrived and challenged Mu Li for trying to abduct an innocent woman.

Xiao Long rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then learned about a treasure cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He agreed to accompany her there and teased her about giving him a token of love.

• Xiao Long confronted Mu Li after he tried to take Xiao Yi Xian, then revealed that Mu She and the other Wolf Head Mercenary Group leaders had already been captured.
• Xiao Long used his shadow army to make Mu She, Mu Li, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group disappear before the shocked townspeople.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that a treasure cave lay in a cliff face, and Xiao Long recognized it as the place containing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, a Flying Dou Technique, and a map fragment.
• Xiao Long agreed to accompany Xiao Yi Xian into the Magical Beast Mountain Range while searching for the myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had kept the secret from others because she valued what she shared with Xiao Long, and he jokingly asked her for a token of love.

Xiao Long gave Xiao Yi Xian hope that her constitution could be cured and shared a secret midair walk with her, deepening their bond. They explored a cliffside cave and found a hidden treasure chamber, where Xiao Long suggested Xiao Yi Xian could still become an alchemist by controlling the Netherworld Poison Flame.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Long the jade bracelet her mother had left her for her future marriage, and Xiao Long promised to help cure her constitution.
• Xiao Long used the Chicken Talisman to float with Xiao Yi Xian down to a cliffside cave, and the Bittersweet Tree's Renewal Token progress increased as their feelings deepened.
• Xiao Long broke open the cave's stone door and found a skeleton, valuable goods, medicinal herbs, and three locked stone boxes.
• Xiao Long recovered a scroll hidden in the skeleton's arm bone and opened the boxes to find Eagle Wings, the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and Mad Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Long gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and told her that the Netherworld Poison Flame might let her become an alchemist after her constitution was resolved.

Xiao Long told Xiao Yi Xian that she had the Woeful Poison Body, sent her home with Xiao Lan, and set off to find the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. He found it in a valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where the flame summoned a host of fire spirits to attack him.

• Xiao Long explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s physique was called the Woeful Poison Body and told her to search the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture for more information.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan to take her home, and Xiao Long gave her his Storage Ring for safekeeping.
• Xiao Long kissed Xiao Yi Xian before leaving, then hurried back toward the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Long followed the flame’s presence into a valley filled with the bones of fire-attribute magical beasts.
• A flaming python and numerous fire spirits, including several Dou Ling-level ones, emerged and attacked Xiao Long.

Xiao Long subdued and refined the myriad beast spirit flame with little difficulty, then discovered it greatly strengthened his Dragon Blast and let him summon intelligent fire beasts. He left the altar riding a fire dragon toward Qingshan Town.

• Xiao Long blasted apart the charging fire beasts and suppressed their flames with the golden emperor burning heaven flame.
• He tested the myriad beast spirit flame against his dragon-scaled Dou Qi Veil, then seized the flaming lizard and refined its origin flame seed.
• Xiao Long swallowed the origin flame seed, which settled into his dantian without causing him pain.
• He combined the myriad beast spirit flame with Dragon Blast to create a lifelike fire dragon that blasted a huge hole into a mountainside.
• Xiao Long used the Rat Talisman to summon intelligent fire beasts, then rode a sentient fire dragon back toward Qingshan Town.

Xiao Yi Xian worried about the dangers of cultivating with her Woeful Poison Body while preparing poisons for Xiao Long. After Xiao Long returned safely with the myriad beast spirit flame, he suggested that she study at Jia Nan Academy to learn how to control her condition.

• Xiao Yi Xian studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and considered refining poison into poison Dou Qi, but decided to ask Xiao Long before beginning.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that Xiao Long had not returned from refining a heavenly flame and wondered whether she should cultivate to keep up with him.
• Xiao Long returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion riding a huge fire dragon, then showed Xiao Yi Xian the myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Long about her concerns over cultivating with the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Long suggested that Xiao Yi Xian go to Jia Nan Academy, where she might find a way to control her condition.

Xiao Long persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to leave Qingshan Town and attend Jia Nan Academy, promising to control her Woeful Poison Body. They stayed at her mountain hideout while she prepared for the journey and gathered poisons, and Xiao Long began testing magic cores as a source of cultivation energy.

• Xiao Long reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could suppress her Woeful Poison Body, and she agreed to attend Jia Nan Academy after arranging care for her patients.
• Xiao Long brought Xiao Yi Xian to her cabin in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he assigned shadows to help her find poisons and protect her.
• Xiao Long sent other shadows to hunt magical beasts, then killed an earth-horn lizard with one punch.
• The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame showed interest in the lizard’s magic core, so Xiao Long ate it himself and fed a second-order magic core to the flame.

After months of hunting magical beasts and absorbing their magic cores, Xiao Long reached Six-Star Dou Shi while Xiao Yi Xian neared Dou Zhe. A wounded Purple Flame Tiger attacked, and as Xiao Long struck it down, hidden projectiles flew toward him.

• Xiao Long and his shadow army hunted magical beasts across the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while he discovered that the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame grew stronger by devouring magic cores.
• Xiao Long sensed that Xiao Yi Xian was close to forming a Qi Vortex, and she hoped to accompany him to Jia Nan Academy.
• A Purple Flame Tiger charged toward Xiao Long and Xiao Yi Xian, drawn by the smell of the corpses they had gathered.
• Xiao Long sent shadows to protect Xiao Yi Xian and charged the tiger, swallowing its flame attack with a lizard-shaped flame beast before punching through its fiery shield.
• Xiao Long noticed the Purple Flame Tiger was weaker than expected, then spotted cold, Dou Qi-infused projectiles flying at him from the shadows.

Xiao Long fought Yue Huo and the Snake-People Tribe over the injured Purple Flame Tiger, revealing that his abilities let him contend with a Dou Ling. Surrounded by Snake-People Tribe fighters, he refused to back down and challenged them to bring Medusa.

• Xiao Long used Dragon Blast to destroy Yue Huo's Dou Qi arrows and blast her backward.
• Xiao Long stunned Yue Huo with Lion-Tiger Roar and struck her with a flame-powered punch, sending her flying again.
• Yue Huo accused Xiao Long of stealing the Purple Flame Tiger, and he demanded that the beast identify its owner.
• More Snake-People Tribe fighters arrived, and Yue Huo warned Xiao Long against offending her tribe.
• Xiao Long rejected Yue Huo's threat and called for Medusa to come.

Xiao Long fought off Yue Huo and the Snake-People with his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and powerful Ten Thousand Flames Great Hand Seals. After defeating Yue Huo, he used the Monkey Talisman to transform her into a Purple Flame Ghost Snake, intending to exploit her knowledge of Snake-People secret arts and investigate whether he could transform into magical beasts.

• Yue Huo ordered the Snake-People to surround Xiao Long and attacked him with purple-piton Dou Qi, but his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame summoned fiery beasts that clashed with her soldiers.
• Xiao Long used the Ten Thousand Flames Great Hand Seal to shatter Yue Huo's attacks and send her flying.
• Yue Huo burned her essence to raise her strength to Four-Star Dou Ling, but Xiao Long unleashed more hand seals and overwhelmed her.
• Xiao Long changed his killing blow into a touch with the Monkey Talisman, transforming the badly injured Yue Huo into a Purple Flame Ghost Snake.
• Xiao Long considered studying Yue Huo's transformation and Snake-People secret arts, and imagined using the Monkey Talisman to take the form of a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.