Chapter Summaries

Li Chen and his companions joined Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran on their way to the Xiao Clan, where Nalan Yanran came to break her engagement with Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with her offering Xiao Yan a chance to study at the Misty Cloud Sect as compensation.

• A young Misty Cloud Sect disciple attacked Mo Yuan, but Mo Yuan stood unharmed, so Ge Ye apologized and gave Li Chen a Qi Gathering Powder.
• Li Chen said his group was also going to the Xiao Clan to watch the show, and Ge Ye reluctantly let them accompany him.
• At the Xiao Clan, Li Chen noticed Xiao Xun'er’s powerful aura, while the Evil Emperor considered taking her away.
• Xiao Yan arrived and gave up his seat to Xiao Xun'er before Nalan Yanran announced that she wanted to break their engagement.
• Nalan Yanran offered Xiao Yan admission to the Misty Cloud Sect to study advanced Dou Qi cultivation methods as compensation.

Li Chen became Xiao Yan’s master and identified the black ring as the cause of Xiao Yan’s declining cultivation. He confronted Yao Chen in the ring and offered to resurrect him in exchange for joining Heaven Beyond Heaven as its chief alchemist.

• After Xiao Yan annulled his engagement with Nalan Yanran, Li Chen offered to restore his cultivation if he became Li Chen’s disciple.
• Li Chen revealed to Xiao Yan that they were both transmigrators, and Xiao Yan knelt and accepted him as his master.
• Li Chen gave Xiao Yan a fourth-rank Qi Gathering Powder and identified the black ring as the source of his lost Dou Qi; Xiao Yan handed it over and returned to cultivate.
• Li Chen summoned Yao Chen from the ring and offered to resurrect him if he joined Heaven Beyond Heaven as chief alchemist.
• Yao Chen named the materials normally needed to revive a soul, and Li Chen said he could resurrect him without them.
• Yao Chen agreed to give Li Chen his life, pill formulas, alchemy knowledge, and connections if Li Chen could truly resurrect him.

Li Chen resurrected Yao Chen, acquired the Flame Mantra and Bone Chilling Flame, and used them to cultivate while giving Yao Chen a system and pill-making task. When Li Chen left the room, he found the Evil Emperor waiting with Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying captured.

• Li Chen rebuilt Yao Chen's body, and Yao Chen signed Li Chen's contract in exchange for his resurrection.
• Li Chen sold the Flame Mantra and Bone Chilling Flame through the Transformation Table, then practiced the Flame Mantra and reached the threshold of three-star Dou Zong.
• Li Chen told Yao Chen he was not from the Dou Qi Continent and installed a system for him, instructing him to make one of every pill he knew how to refine.
• Li Chen gave Yao Chen a Bone Chilling Flame, then devoured another one himself, finding that it raised his cultivation by one star but did not improve the Flame Mantra's quality.
• Li Chen removed the room's concealment and stepped outside, where he saw the Evil Emperor with Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying bound and their mouths, eyes, and ears sealed.

Li Chen abducted Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying, then took Xiao Xun'er through a newly activated Sky Realm portal to hide her from the Ancient Clan. He left her on a floating island with a warning not to wander off and set out to explore the Sky Realm and defeat its bosses.

• The Evil Emperor told Li Chen that Ling Ying and Xiao Xun'er had come from the Ancient Clan, and Li Chen ordered him to take them somewhere secluded.
• Li Chen brought Xiao Xun'er to a cave, recorded her name in his booklet with a forced-conquest mark, and restored her sight, hearing, and speech.
• Xiao Xun'er threatened Li Chen with the Ancient Clan's power, but he built a glowstone-and-water portal that opened into the Sky Realm.
• Li Chen carried Xiao Xun'er through the portal and told her the Ancient Clan would not find them there; she warned that the Xiao Clan could suffer and asked about Xiao Yan.
• Li Chen said Xiao Xun'er would have to reassure her family if she wanted to protect Xiao Yan, placed a Teleportation Stele, and destroyed the portal.
• Li Chen found that the Teleportation Stele could not teleport across worlds and left to clear the Sky Realm's bosses.

Li Chen met the Valkyrie Queen in the Sky Realm, then hid Xiao Xun'er and pressured Ling Ying to send false reports to the Ancient Clan. The next morning, Xiao Yan discovered his Dou Qi had recovered and set out to choose a gift for his master, realizing he knew little about him.

• Li Chen found the Valkyrie Queen, whose true body awakened and recognized him as Father God, but she explained that she could not leave the Sky Realm.
• Li Chen built a sealed bedrock cell for Xiao Xun'er, returned to the cave, and released Ling Ying after ordering him to keep sending false reports to the Ancient Clan.
• Li Chen dismissed the Evil Emperor’s suggestion to kill Ling Ying and left the cave with him.
• Xiao Yan woke to find his Dou Qi intact, told Xiao Zhan he was cured, and prepared to visit his master.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan money and advised him to bring a thoughtful gift, so Xiao Yan searched the marketplace while realizing he knew little about his master’s preferences.

Li Chen gave Xiao Yan a Blazing Sun Giant Spirit Martial Soul and arranged for Yao Chen and his companions to help guide his growth. He then traveled to Green Mountain Town, intending to find the Little Doctor Fairy and see what she would choose.

• Xiao Yan brought Li Chen tea, and Li Chen recognized that Xiao Yan had reached 3.1-stage Dou Qi overnight.
• Li Chen gave Xiao Yan a Bottle o' Enchanting, then awakened and bestowed the Blazing Sun Giant Spirit Martial Soul on him.
• Li Chen explained that Xiao Yan could not cultivate the Martial Soul in a world without soul power and assigned Yao Chen to guide his Dou Qi cultivation.
• Li Chen tasked Mo Yuan with teaching Xiao Yan physical combat, Evil Emperor with collecting cultivation methods and combat techniques, and Lan Xi with mapping and setting up properties and Teleportation Steles.
• Li Chen traveled to Green Mountain Town to seek the Little Doctor Fairy, and his carriage arrived amid the town's mercenaries and herb gatherers.

Li Chen tested Little Doctor Fairy’s choices by trapping Green Mountain Town in an illusion and forcing her to decide whom to save from a poisonous mist. After she absorbed the poison and exposed her constitution, she left town as her powers and fear of harming others grew.

• Li Chen created an illusion of Green Mountain Town and made Little Doctor Fairy relive an ordinary day until a poisonous mist trapped herb gatherers and mercenaries in a valley.
• Little Doctor Fairy entered the poisonous mist, absorbed it, and saved everyone, revealing her unusual constitution to the horrified survivors.
• The herb gatherers and mercenaries thanked Little Doctor Fairy but kept their distance, and people in town later avoided the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall.
• Little Doctor Fairy began craving poisonous herbs, rapidly grew to the strength of a three-star Dou Master, and feared she might harm the people around her.
• Little Doctor Fairy left Green Mountain Town after Mr. Yao gave her a pouch of gold coins, then traveled from place to place offering brief periods of free medical care.

Little Doctor Fairy tried to stop a deadly poison outbreak in Duskcloud City, then fled after her Misfortune Poison Body revealed itself to mercenaries and brought relentless pursuit. She fell into a hidden crevice and found a half-open stone door glowing faintly inside.

• Little Doctor Fairy discovered a poison outbreak in Duskcloud City and learned that the antidote required icy heart nine-leaf lotus.
• The captured Poison Master refused to reveal where she had hidden the lotus, so Little Doctor Fairy forced her to drink an imitation of her poison.
• The Poison Master revealed that the lotus was beneath the third brick under the offering table in a ruined temple west of the city.
• Little Doctor Fairy found the lotus, made and tested an antidote, treated the city's victims, and continued east.
• Little Doctor Fairy's Misfortune Poison Body erupted in front of mercenaries, drawing the attention of Chu Yun Empire Poison Masters and triggering a pursuit.
• Little Doctor Fairy fell into a vine-concealed crevice and found a half-open stone door with faint light behind it.

Little Doctor Fairy questioned the veiled figure in the Holy Hall of the Heavenly Dao and learned that her misfortune poison body could either be removed at the cost of cultivation or mastered through a sacrifice of ten thousand lives. She discovered that Li Chen had engineered the trials around her, and the chapter ended with him challenging her belief that isolating herself protected others.

• Little Doctor Fairy entered the Holy Hall and learned that her poison constitution would eventually erupt, while the figure offered her a Poison-Removing Pill or the Misfortune Poison Scripture.
• Little Doctor Fairy questioned the figure about her life and learned that Lan Xi had been the last person to visit the hall before her.
• Little Doctor Fairy realized the figure was not the true Heavenly Dao and confronted him about arranging the strange valley and the plague in town.
• Li Chen argued that Little Doctor Fairy’s refusal to accept her poison power had led to the crises she faced.
• Little Doctor Fairy said she had feared becoming a monster, and Li Chen told her that her isolation had hurt herself most deeply.

After Little Doctor Fairy woke from Li Chen’s dream, she recognized him at the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall and agreed to leave with him. When Mr. Yao tried to stop her by demanding money and invoking her patients, Li Chen intervened.

• Li Chen erased the illusion actors’ memories, healed their injuries, and helped them recover before waking at the inn.
• Little Doctor Fairy woke from a dream of her childhood, remembered Li Chen’s name, and went to begin her consultations.
• Li Chen arrived at the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall, and Little Doctor Fairy recognized him and agreed to leave with him.
• Little Doctor Fairy went to say goodbye to Mr. Yao, who tried to keep her by offering higher pay and then demanding five thousand gold coins.
• Li Chen appeared beside Little Doctor Fairy and challenged Mr. Yao’s claim that the patients depended on her.

Li Chen left Green Mountain Town with Little Doctor Fairy, revealing his ruthless way of dealing with anyone who blocked them. As they traveled toward Jia Ma Sacred City, he bought an off-road vehicle, and Little Doctor Fairy began to enjoy riding in it.

• Li Chen and Little Doctor Fairy left the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall and set out for Jia Ma Sacred City, where she asked about his origins and why he had come to their world.
• Mu Li and his mercenaries blocked the road, and Li Chen broke their bones and then snapped their necks at Little Doctor Fairy's request.
• Little Doctor Fairy said she did not regret leaving with Li Chen but would try to correct his disregard for life, and Li Chen welcomed the uncertainty of that challenge.
• Li Chen used the system to order the Evil Emperor to wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and Mr. Yao.
• When Little Doctor Fairy grew tired, Li Chen bought an off-road vehicle, drove it at high speed, and watched her become excited by the ride.

Li Chen rammed a Hall of Souls protector with his vehicle, while Little Doctor Fairy ate a poisonous herb and awakened her Misfortune Poison Body. The Evil Emperor killed the injured protector, looted the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and a Cave Abode, then confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King to capture it alive.

• Li Chen struck the Hall of Souls protector with his vehicle after the man appeared in the road, leaving him badly injured.
• Little Doctor Fairy asked Li Chen to teach her cultivation, then ate a poisonous herb and reached One-Star Dou Zhe.
• The Evil Emperor used fear and mental energy to kill the wounded Hall of Souls protector.
• The Evil Emperor wiped out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and collected its assets, then broke into a Cave Abode and looted it.
• The Evil Emperor headed to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair and decided to capture the beast alive and apparently unharmed.
• The enraged Amethyst Winged Lion King emerged from its cave and faced the Evil Emperor.

After returning to Wutan City with Little Doctor Fairy, Li Chen found Xiao Yan had regained his Dou Zhe cultivation and challenged him to win the Xiao Clan’s obedience before receiving weapons to help it rise. He began teaching Xiao Yan that strength depended on intelligence, fighting prowess, wealth, authority, and charisma, leaving Xiao Yan with a new understanding of what he needed to accomplish.

• Li Chen spent six months teaching Little Doctor Fairy and conditioning Xiao Xun'er in the Sky Realm, while Xiao Yan asked about Xiao Xun'er only once and Ling Ying kept searching for her.
• After Mo Yuan reported that Xiao Yan had regained his Dou Zhe cultivation, Li Chen traveled to Wutan City with Little Doctor Fairy and met Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Mo Yuan.
• Li Chen asked whether Xiao Yan would face the Three-Year Agreement alone or lead an army against the Misty Cloud Sect, then offered weapons on the condition that Xiao Yan first gained the Xiao Clan’s obedience.
• When Xiao Yan wondered whether Li Chen could simply command the clan, Li Chen refused and explained that strength included more than cultivation and fighting prowess.
• Li Chen taught Xiao Yan about intelligence, fighting prowess, wealth, authority, and charisma as the five foundations of strength.

Li Chen urged Xiao Yan to use his existing strengths to gain what he lacked, promising a sixth-rank magical beast mount if Xiao Yan united the Xiao Clan under his command. Xiao Yan brought the offer to Xiao Zhan and the three elders, but First Elder Xiao Shan remained unconvinced.

• Li Chen explained his five-part framework of strength to Xiao Yan and promised him a sixth-rank magical beast mount for uniting the Xiao Clan.
• Little Doctor Fairy questioned Li Chen’s claim to charisma, and he pointed to Mo Yuan, Yao Chen, and his other followers as proof.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan about the promise, and Xiao Zhan urged him to secure the three elders’ support.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Shan, Xiao Heng, and Xiao Yuanshan to the Council Hall.
• Xiao Yan announced Li Chen’s offer to the elders, and Xiao Shan said Xiao Yan needed to convince him the promise was genuine.

Xiao Yan failed to win the elders’ support for his proposal, while Li Chen prepared to seek heavenly flames and left with Little Doctor Fairy for Rock Desert City. There, Little Doctor Fairy intervened when a crowd harassed a small girl with snake scales.

• Xiao Yan could not persuade the Xiao Clan elders, and Xiao Zhan told him they were waiting for an offer that interested them.
• Li Chen studied Dou Techniques and considered combining soul power and Dou Qi into a new energy.
• Li Chen decided to search for heavenly flames, and Little Doctor Fairy joined him on the trip to the Tagore Desert.
• Li Chen and Little Doctor Fairy drove to Rock Desert City, where they found a crowd abusing a small girl with snake scales.
• Little Doctor Fairy caught the man’s wrist as he tried to strike the girl and squeezed until he released her.

Little Doctor Fairy rescued Qing Lin from a bully in Rock Desert City, and she and Li Chen invited the timid girl to travel with them. After Little Doctor Fairy’s Misfortune Poison Body began to run wild, Li Chen steadied her, reassured Qing Lin that they would not abandon her, and gave her a new dress.

• Little Doctor Fairy revealed that she had reached Dou Ling and rescued Qing Lin from a man who was bullying her.
• Little Doctor Fairy asked Qing Lin to come with them, and Qing Lin agreed before they found an inn and rented three rooms.
• Little Doctor Fairy’s poisonous Dou Qi surged out of control after she ate poisonous herbs, so she went to Li Chen for help.
• Qing Lin visited Li Chen because she feared he and Little Doctor Fairy would leave without her, and Li Chen promised they would not abandon her if she behaved.
• Li Chen gave Qing Lin a pale green dress and helped her put it on.

Li Chen brought Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin into the Tagor Desert, where Qing Lin awakened the Jade Snake Three-Flower Pupils and subdued a Two-Headed Snake. After refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, Li Chen confronted Queen Medusa and forced her to ask his forgiveness.

• Li Chen took Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin into the Tagor Desert and led them to the dune hiding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Li Chen opened a passage through the dune to a magma sea, where Qing Lin's Jade Snake Three-Flower Pupils awakened and subdued a Two-Headed Snake.
• Li Chen entered the magma, refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, and gained five-star Dou Zong cultivation.
• Queen Medusa arrived, and Li Chen forced her down to the ground with his power.
• Queen Medusa recognized Li Chen's superior strength and asked him to forgive her.

Li Chen offered Medusa a Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for something priceless, then traveled to the Black-Corner Region to confront Han Feng. The chapter ended with Han Feng pleading for his life and offering his wealth and a map to a Dou Zun ruin.

• Li Chen showed Medusa several Green Lotus Core Flames and offered one in exchange for something priceless; Medusa kept his humiliating proposal rather than accept or reject it outright.
• Li Chen set off with Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin for the Black-Corner Region, capturing snake magical beasts for Qing Lin along the way.
• Li Chen drove through Maple City's gate and smashed into Maple Manor, killing the guard commander when he tried to stop him.
• Li Chen walked through Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame, shattered his sword, and dragged him back when he tried to flee.
• Han Feng begged Li Chen not to kill him and offered his assets, stored treasures, and a map to a ruin containing the remains of a Dou Zun.

Li Chen killed Han Feng despite his threats about the Hall of Souls, took his soul and sea heart flame, and then went to Jia Nan Academy to negotiate access to the fallen heart flame. Hu Qian said the decision belonged to the Inner Court’s grand elder and agreed to pass along Li Chen’s request.

• Han Feng invoked the Hall of Souls and offered Li Chen his businesses and Dou Zun ruins, but Li Chen killed him and took his soul and sea heart flame.
• Li Chen joked with Little Doctor Fairy about being a child before traveling with her and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Qian met Li Chen at the academy gates and brought him to his office to discuss a deal.
• Li Chen offered Hu Qian sixth-tier pills and three rare immortal herbs in exchange for borrowing the fallen heart flame for one day.
• Hu Qian refused to decide without the Inner Court grand elder’s approval and took out a Communication Jade Slip to relay Li Chen’s request.

Li Chen forced Su Qian to lead him to the Fallen Heart Flame, then captured it and resurrected the Heavenly Fire Venerable with a Contract. Deep beneath the tower, he found Zhu Kun and offered to free him in exchange for joining his force, but Zhu Kun had not decided whether to sign.

• Su Qian refused to lend Li Chen the Fallen Heart Flame, so Li Chen revealed his Level 199 Soul Power and compelled Su Qian to guide him.
• Li Chen gave Zi Yan three bottles of pills in exchange for calling him big brother, and she eagerly accepted them.
• Li Chen seized the Fallen Heart Flame, erased its consciousness when the Transformation Table could not sell it, and subdued it.
• Li Chen found the Heavenly Fire Venerable's remains beneath the magma and resurrected him after he signed a Contract.
• Li Chen entered Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode, called out Zhu Kun, and offered to free him if he joined his force.
• Zhu Kun hesitated over the Contract, weighing the cost of surrendering his freedom against remaining imprisoned.