Chapter Summaries

Xiao Mo’s pills fetched a fortune at the auction, and he spent part of his earnings buying Xiao Yi Xian a Blue Spirit Space and Xiao Yan a beast flame. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian promised to repay him, while Xiao Mo reaffirmed that he wanted to stay by their sides.

• Xiao Mo’s two Top-Tier Level Six Spirit Recovery Pills sold for a combined three million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Mo bought the Blue Spirit Space for Xiao Yi Xian, who thanked him and promised to repay his kindness.
• Xiao Mo bid one million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones for a level-seven Blazing Lion King’s beast flame for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan felt guilty about Xiao Mo’s generosity, but Xiao Mo said he wanted nothing in return beyond their friendship.

Xiao Mo helped Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian defeat a fourth-rank magical beast, then left them with resurrection talismans and went to negotiate with the Blood Battle Mercenary Group. He offered Lei Tianran ten million spirit stones and began proposing a business venture involving the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Mo earned a Resurrection Heavenly God Pill and three invincible blue talismans after Xiao Yan's affinity reached 2,000.
• Xiao Mo led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they killed a fourth-rank magical beast and found blood lotus grass.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Mo for the beast flame, which had improved his cultivation method, and Xiao Mo shared a meal with him and Xiao Yi Xian before leaving.
• Xiao Mo gave Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian blue talismans that could revive them, restore them to peak condition, and grant one minute of invincibility.
• Xiao Mo visited the Blood Battle Mercenary Group and offered its leader, Lei Tianran, ten million spirit stones to discuss business involving the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Mo used a Dou Wang Talisman to strike a deal with Lei Tianran and hunted five Rank Seven Magical Beasts with the Blood Battle Mercenary Group. After the beasts were sent to auction, bidding began in Qingshan Town, leaving Xiao Mo waiting to collect his share.

• Xiao Mo revealed his Three-Star Dou Wang aura, and Lei Tianran agreed to provide five Peak Dou Ling members and join the hunt as a One-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Mo led the group into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they killed five Rank Seven Magical Beasts and returned to Qingshan Town before nightfall.
• Xiao Mo and Lei Tianran agreed to auction the beasts and split the proceeds equally, with Xiao Mo staying at the Blood Battle Mercenary Group until the sale.
• Three days later, the auction drew a large crowd, and bidding began on the first beast, a Wind-Chasing White-Tailed Steed.

Xiao Mo collected his share of the auction proceeds and waited at Xiao Yi Xian's Medicine Hall for Xiao Yan to return. Xiao Yan came back with news of a cave containing valuable manuals, and Xiao Mo warned him that it might be protected by traps.

• Xiao Mo's five Seventh-Level Magical Beast carcasses and cores sold for a total of fifty-six million spirit stones, and Lei Tianran gave him thirty million as his share.
• Xiao Mo stayed at the Blood Battle Mercenary Group until Lei Tianran's subordinate brought him the payment, then left to visit Xiao Yi Xian's Medicine Hall.
• Xiao Mo waited ten days for Xiao Yan, who returned from the Magical Beast Mountain Range as a Seven-Star Dou Zhe while Xiao Mo had reached the Da Dou Shi level.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Mo about a cave containing a Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and a Flying Dou Technique manual, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized it as a cave she had discovered earlier.
• Xiao Mo warned Xiao Yan that treasures like those were likely guarded by protective restrictions, and Xiao Yan realized he had been right to retreat.

Xiao Mo comforted Xiao Yan over drinks as Xiao Yan wrestled with the Three-Year Agreement and vowed to defeat Nalan Yanran. Xiao Mo promised to remain by his side, while Xiao Yi Xian said she would also stay with Xiao Yan; the group planned to visit a cave in three days.

• Xiao Mo agreed to visit the cave with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian in three days, and Xiao Yi Xian offered them a place to stay at her Medicine Hall.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Mo to drink with him, triggering a system side quest that rewarded Xiao Mo with system points and talismans.
• Xiao Yan spoke about the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Mo comforted him by affirming his path and promising to stay by his side.
• Xiao Yan wept and vowed to become strong, defeat Nalan Yanran, and reach the pinnacle of the Dou Qi World.
• After drinking until dawn, Xiao Mo carried Xiao Yan to bed and told Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yan had no choice but to continue his path.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would stay beside Xiao Yan and never abandon him, while Xiao Mo called her one of his best friends.

Xiao Mo helped Xiao Yan obtain the cave’s treasures and trained him to the Dou Shi stage before leaving Qingshan Town. He headed for Desert City and planned to enter its untamed Magical Beast Mountain Range to raise his cultivation.

• Xiao Mo found and disabled six concealed traps in the cave, then led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Eagle Wings Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Mo received three powerful cultivation methods and Dou Techniques from the system after helping Xiao Yan obtain the flying technique.
• Xiao Mo trained Xiao Yan in the Magical Beast Mountain Range until Xiao Yan reached the Dou Shi stage, while Xiao Mo advanced to Three-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Mo said goodbye to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then set out for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Mo reached Desert City and planned to enter its dangerous, independent Magical Beast Mountain Range to pursue a breakthrough to Peak Dou Ling or One-Star Dou Wang.

Xiao Mo explored the Magical Beast Mountain Range, met the tribe chief Lu Yu, and cured Lu Yu’s wife in exchange for a detailed map. Lu Yu also revealed that another continent lay west of the Dou Qi Continent, though Xiao Mo chose to remain with his friends.

• Xiao Mo entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone and met Chen Du Ling, who led him to her tribe.
• Xiao Mo met Chief Lu Yu, who offered him a detailed map of the region in exchange for curing his sick wife.
• Xiao Mo treated Lu Yu’s wife with healing power and stayed for three days to prepare medicinal decoctions as she recovered.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Mo the map and explained that a western continent had its own people who cultivated Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Mo learned that Lu Yu was a Dou Emperor-level Spiritual Power cultivator and said he would stay on the Dou Qi Continent with his friends.

Xiao Mo left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Lu Yixue after her father, Lu Yu, entrusted her to him as a disciple. They reached Jia Ma Holy City to spend a week sightseeing before Xiao Mo continued toward the Alchemy Master Pill Gathering.

• Lu Yu told Xiao Mo that he believed he was the hero foretold by the tribe’s legend and asked him to take Lu Yixue into the world.
• Xiao Mo agreed to make Lu Yixue his disciple and promised to return her to the tribe after three months.
• Xiao Mo and Lu Yixue traveled from the tribe through Desert City to Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Mo booked them an expensive inn room and decided they would enjoy the city for a week.
• Xiao Mo revealed that he had returned to the Jia Ma Empire to compete in the Alchemy Master Pill Gathering.

Xiao Mo and Lu Yixue grew closer in Jia Ma Holy City as Xiao Mo prepared to compete in the Alchemist Guild’s annual Pill Gathering. The first event began with Lu Yixue waiting for Xiao Mo to compete.

• Lu Yixue teased Xiao Mo, then told him she trusted him because he had saved her mother, and Xiao Mo promised to protect her.
• The next morning, Xiao Mo cultivated while Lu Yixue waited, then told her he had come to Jia Ma Holy City for the annual Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Mo and Lu Yixue spent seven days exploring Jia Ma Holy City before Xiao Mo registered at the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Mo brought Lu Yixue to the competition, where the guild announced that contestants would compete in pairs to make the higher-quality, higher-grade pill.
• Xiao Mo told Lu Yixue to wait while he competed, promising to win and take her to a feast; Lu Yixue kissed his cheek and promised to stay.

Xiao Mo competed in the annual Pill Gathering, advancing through its first three elimination rounds by refining high-scoring pills and winning a heavenly-flame clash. He began the final trial by refining another Three-Turn Soul-Congealing Pill and earned ten points, while Lin Jing scored nine.

• Xiao Mo refined a Three-Turn Soul-Congealing Pill and earned a perfect score, advancing past his first opponent.
• Xiao Mo burned through his opponent’s spiritual power barrier with his flame and advanced through the second round.
• Xiao Mo earned ten points for another Three-Turn Soul-Congealing Pill, defeating an opponent who scored nine.
• The Alchemist Guild announced a final trial in groups of five, with the top two contestants advancing.
• Xiao Mo refined a third Three-Turn Soul-Congealing Pill and earned ten points, while Lin Jing scored nine for a Soul-Returning Jade Pill.

Xiao Mo passed the first day of the Alchemist Guild’s Pill Gathering and spent time with Lu Yixue before returning for the next stage. After questioning what he was striving for, he watched the sunrise with her and reaffirmed his ambition to become the continent’s strongest.

• Xiao Mo and Lin Jing earned the highest scores and advanced directly, while only fifty Alchemy Masters remained after the first day’s trials.
• Xiao Mo left the arena with Lu Yixue, then shared a meal with her and heard her say she would always belong to him.
• Xiao Mo wondered what destination he had pursued so desperately, and the question followed him into his dreams.
• Xiao Mo woke Lu Yixue before sunrise, and they watched the morning sun from a restaurant in the Holy City.
• Xiao Mo returned to the inn with Lu Yixue for breakfast and explained that he kept pressure on his opponents because he feared giving them a chance to recover.

Xiao Mo spent time with Lu Yixue, promised to help her mother live a long life, and gave her an introductory Alchemy Master cultivation book. After resting and eating, they went out to explore the prosperous Jia Ma Empire capital before the Pill Gathering trial.

• Xiao Mo told Lu Yixue that her mother was healthy and that he could help her live past a hundred, and Lu Yixue promised to marry him if he could ensure it.
• Xiao Mo said he was a Seventh-Level Alchemy Master and explained his mysterious abilities as the result of his own opportunities and hard work.
• Xiao Mo gave Lu Yixue an introductory Alchemy Master cultivation technique and mental discipline, and she eagerly accepted it so she could help care for her parents.
• Xiao Mo and Lu Yixue slept after their meal, then woke around eleven with more than three hours left before the Pill Gathering trial.
• Xiao Mo and Lu Yixue ate again, then went out to stroll through the Jia Ma Empire capital, where Lu Yixue marveled at its prosperity.

Xiao Mo took Lu Yixue to the Alchemist Guild’s Pill Gathering and advanced by winning his match with a perfect score. After the latest wave of eliminations left thirty-two contestants, the guild announced that twenty survivors would join its Inner Cabinet.

• Xiao Mo brought Lu Yixue to the Alchemist Guild, where they waited for the second day of the Pill Gathering to begin.
• The stipendiary elder announced the rewards for the top contestants and explained that half the remaining alchemists would be eliminated by pill-refining scores.
• Xiao Mo refined a Three-Turn Soul-Congealing Pill and received full marks, defeating his opponent, who scored nine points.
• The first trial eliminated half the contestants, leaving thirty-two alchemists in the plaza.
• The stipendiary elder announced that the twenty contestants who survived the next round would become members of the Alchemist Guild’s Inner Cabinet.

Xiao Mo secured first place in the Alchemist Guild trial by refining a tier-seven Purple Spirit Pill, then won the spirit flame contest to reach the next day’s final. After resting with Lu Yixue, he considered his plans to learn alchemy before returning to Xiao Yan and supporting his desert training.

• Xiao Mo refined a tier-seven Purple Spirit Pill and earned a perfect score, taking first place and securing a place in the Alchemist Guild’s Inner Cabinet.
• Xiao Mo won the spirit flame contest, leaving ten Alchemy Masters to compete in the final the next day.
• Lu Yixue worried about Xiao Mo’s exhaustion, then shared dinner with him at the inn and teased him about their future together.
• Xiao Mo planned to learn alchemy at the Guild before returning to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and later guarding Xiao Yan during his training in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Mo woke at eight the next morning.

Xiao Mo won first place at the Alchemy Masters' Pill Gathering by refining a Level Eight Heart-Returning Pill after Lin Tianlang tied his perfect score. Exhausted but victorious, he settled into a residence near the Alchemist Guild with Lu Yixue and promised to help her mother live to a hundred.

• Xiao Mo refined a perfect-quality level-seven Purple Spirit Pill and initially took first place with a score of 100.
• Lin Tianlang also scored 100 by refining a Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill, forcing Xiao Mo into a tiebreaker.
• Xiao Mo refined a Level Eight Heart-Returning Pill and earned 150 points, defeating Lin Tianlang for first place.
• Xiao Mo and Lu Yixue moved into a residence near the Alchemist Guild, where Xiao Mo planned to rest for three months.
• Lu Yixue told Xiao Mo she most wanted her mother to live to a hundred, and Xiao Mo said it would take only one pill.

Xiao Mo returned Lu Yixue to her tribe, then ventured into the Magical Beast Mountain Range’s central region and fought dangerous Fierce Beasts. After breaking through to four-star Dou Ling and giving Lu Yu medicine for his wife, Xiao Mo traveled to Qingshan Town and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Mo brought Lu Yixue back to the tribe, where Lu Yu welcomed them and warned Xiao Mo about the dangers of the mountain range’s central region.
• Xiao Mo entered the central region, killed a Three-Eyed Hanging-Eyed White Tiger with a Dou Wang Talisman, then defeated a Spider Spirit while empowered by a Dou Emperor Talisman.
• Xiao Mo retreated from the central region and returned to the tribe, where he used the Gathering Spirit Formation to break through to four-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Mo gave Lu Yu three stalks of blood deer antler to help extend his wife’s life, then traveled through Jia Ma Holy City to Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Mo visited Xiao Yi Xian’s Medicine Hall, and Xiao Yi Xian greeted him and asked whether everything had gone well.

Xiao Mo reunited with Xiao Yan in Qingshan Town, gave him a pill and money for his journey, and learned that Xiao Yan planned to head to the Tagor Desert. As Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to pursue their own paths, Xiao Mo decided to return to Jia Ma Holy City and the Alchemist Guild.

• Xiao Mo found Xiao Yan at Xiao Yi Xian's Medicine Hall and learned he was a six-star Dou Shi planning to travel to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Mo gave Xiao Yan a Three-Turn Nirvana Pill, raising Xiao Yan's favorability and earning Xiao Mo system points, a Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and three lottery draws.
• Xiao Mo told Xiao Yan he had become a member of the Alchemist Guild's Inner Cabinet and revealed he had reached the peak of Five-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Mo gave Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan Storage Rings containing five million spirit stones each, and Xiao Yan teased Xiao Yi Xian about marrying him.
• Xiao Mo spent the evening with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian at the Medicine Hall, then decided to return to the Alchemist Guild in Jia Ma Holy City.

Xiao Mo said goodbye to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then returned to Jia Ma Holy City feeling isolated but determined to keep moving forward. He refined a Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill and stored it safely.

• Xiao Mo advised Xiao Yan to learn patience before Xiao Yan left for the Tagor Desert, but Xiao Yan confidently insisted he could reach Peak Dou Emperor within three years.
• After Xiao Yan departed, Xiao Yi Xian politely saw Xiao Mo off, and he left Qingshan Town feeling that she had only been warm toward him while Xiao Yan was present.
• Xiao Mo reflected on his isolation and dependence on the Strongest Best Brother System, stored his identity card in the system's storage cabinet, and took the Teleportation Array back to Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Mo returned to the Alchemist Guild and decided to refine a Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill.
• Xiao Mo used a Level Three Magic Core, century-old agarwood immortal herb, blood deer antler, and an Ice Spirit Pill to refine a Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill, then placed it in a jade box.

Xiao Mo used the Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill to reach six-star Dou Ling, then spent his lottery rewards on powerful treasures that could help him grow stronger. After absorbing a body-refining pill, he began practicing the Chaos Mental Cultivation Method and remained immersed in it for nearly three days.

• Xiao Mo swallowed the Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill and broke through to six-star Dou Ling.
• After sleeping for two days, Xiao Mo used his three lottery chances to obtain the Bluefield Jade Body-Refining Pill, the Chaos Mental Cultivation Method, and the Eight Trigrams Corpse Flame.
• Xiao Mo absorbed the Bluefield Jade Body-Refining Pill and found that his physical strength could contend with a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Mo began practicing the Chaos Mental Cultivation Method, became deeply immersed in it, and spent nearly three days cultivating.

After settling his affairs in Jia Ma Holy City, Xiao Mo joined Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy and raised his cultivation to seven-star Dou Ling. He entered the academy’s competition and advanced by defeating his first opponent instantly.

• Xiao Mo donated five Seventh-Tier Pills and a Purple Spirit Pill to the Alchemist Guild, earning enough contribution points to enter the top twenty rankings.
• Xiao Mo traveled through the Black-Corner Region to Jia Nan Academy and enrolled by paying the annual fee.
• Xiao Mo rested for half a month, refined a Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill, and advanced to seven-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Mo spent six months cultivating in the Outer Academy before signing up for its competition and drawing number seven.
• Xiao Mo defeated his first opponent in an instant and advanced to the next stage.