Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan tried to approach Xiao Yi Xian after Apothecary told her to make contact, but she struggled to think of a way to start a conversation. She finally intimidated the line at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and asked Xiao Yi Xian if she wanted to become an Alchemist.

• Xiao Yan sensed that Xiao Yi Xian was only at the seventh stage of Dou Qi and wondered whether she really had a special constitution.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Yi Xian treat mercenaries and heard Apothecary tell her to get acquainted with the young woman and lure her away.
• Xiao Yan removed the Heavy Xuan Ruler and approached Xiao Yi Xian, unsure how to strike up a conversation.
• Xiao Yan cut in line, released a trace of her Dou Shi aura to silence the objections, and asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she wanted to become an Alchemist.

Xiao Yan offered Xiao Yi Xian a chance to become her disciple and travel with her, after revealing she was a Second-Rank Alchemist. Xiao Yi Xian accepted the possibility of leaving Qingshan Town, where she felt trapped and vulnerable, while Xiao Yan gave her time to decide.

• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Yi Xian as a talented physician and showed her Second-Rank Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yan offered to take Xiao Yi Xian as her disciple but warned that she would have to leave Qingshan Town and travel with her.
• Xiao Yi Xian readily agreed, surprising Xiao Yan, who told her to think it over before she left town in two or three days.
• The mercenaries and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion worried that Xiao Yi Xian might leave, while Xiao Yi Xian reflected that Qingshan Town was a cage and following Xiao Yan could be her chance to escape.
• The Apothecary teased Xiao Yan for speaking unusually considerately to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan learned from Apothecary that Xiao Yi Xian had a woeful poison body, which could grant rapid growth through consuming poisons but would eventually kill her. Apothecary offered a way to control the condition or, as a fallback, save Xiao Yi Xian by transferring her soul into a new body.

• Mr. Yao invited Xiao Yan to stay at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and she accepted his best room while dismissing the guards and maids.
• Xiao Yan asked Apothecary about Xiao Yi Xian's constitution, and Apothecary identified it as a woeful poison body that grew stronger by consuming toxins.
• Apothecary warned Xiao Yan that the toxins would eventually overwhelm Xiao Yi Xian and kill her if she could not suppress them.
• Apothecary explained that three heavenly flames, Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and a seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core could control the condition through the Poison Pill Method.
• Apothecary proposed separating Xiao Yi Xian's soul from her body before the poison backlash and placing it in a new body as a fallback plan.

Xiao Yan explained to Apothecary how poison could be used in medicine, inspiring her to develop a new Poison Pill Path and consider Xiao Yi Xian as its ideal practitioner. Wondering how Xiao Yan knew so much, Apothecary put her to sleep and entered her body to investigate.

• Apothecary warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body would make becoming an Alchemist difficult.
• Xiao Yan argued that poison could be used to heal and described how snake venom might provide pain relief or help stop bleeding.
• Apothecary had an epiphany and began formulating a Poison Pill Path, with Xiao Yi Xian as a potential practitioner and test case.
• Apothecary grew suspicious of Xiao Yan's unusual knowledge, made her fall asleep, and entered her body to take a closer look.

Apothecary examined Xiao Yan and found no sign that she had been possessed, then let her sleep through the night before preparing for her training. The next morning, Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left Qingshan Town to gather herbs, and she suspected the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was behind the sudden trip, though Apothecary assured her Xiao Yi Xian was safe.

• Apothecary examined Xiao Yan's soul, ruled out possession, and wondered whether her unusual talent for medicine made her a genius.
• Apothecary let Xiao Yan sleep, moved her from the medicinal bath to the bed, and preserved the bath's remaining medicinal essence for later use.
• Xiao Yan woke the next morning and asked Apothecary why she had fallen asleep, but Apothecary said she had wanted her to rest before training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Mr. Yao told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had left with mercenaries to gather herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan suspected the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had arranged Xiao Yi Xian's trip to keep her from leaving town, and Apothecary assured her Xiao Yi Xian was fine.

Xiao Yan learned that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had confined Xiao Yi Xian and decided to rescue her without risking a direct fight. She reached the guarded courtyard, incapacitated its occupants, and found Xiao Yi Xian asleep at a table.

• Apothecary told Xiao Yan that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had placed Xiao Yi Xian under house arrest.
• Xiao Yan decided to rescue Xiao Yi Xian and pretended to leave Qingshan Town so Mr. Yao would lower his guard.
• Xiao Yan followed Mr. Yao back to a guarded courtyard where her soul power detected Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan scattered medicinal powder that knocked out the guards and Mr. Yao, then entered the bedroom and found Xiao Yi Xian asleep.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, but the two discovered they had each accidentally exposed the other to poison. After Xiao Yi Xian recovered, she revealed a way for them to leave Qingshan Town together.

• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian to a bed and gave her an antidote after sedating the people outside.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and accidentally threw poison powder at Xiao Yan, who blocked it before realizing who she was.
• Xiao Yi Xian applied her own antidote to Xiao Yan and explained that she had prepared slow-acting poison to protect her room.
• Xiao Yan introduced herself and invited Xiao Yi Xian to leave Qingshan Town with her, while Xiao Yi Xian collected her packed bag.
• Xiao Yi Xian blew a bamboo flute to summon her first-rank blue eagle companion to take them away.

Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian away from Qingshan Town on Blue Eagle and wondered why she had stayed at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion despite being able to leave. Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had waited for Xiao Yan to rescue her, and Xiao Yan resolved not to betray her trust.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew away from Qingshan Town on Blue Eagle, unnoticed by the people below.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian could have left the Myriad Medicine Pavilion on her own and wondered why she had stayed.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she had waited for Xiao Yan to come rescue her rather than leave Qingshan Town alone.
• Xiao Yan understood that Xiao Yi Xian trusted her and decided she would make sure not to betray that trust.

Xiao Yan discussed where Xiao Yi Xian should go while she trained in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then followed her to a hidden cave. Xiao Yi Xian revealed that the cave might contain treasures left by a powerful predecessor, and Xiao Yan prepared to investigate.

• Xiao Yan and Apothecary considered sending Xiao Yi Xian to Wutan City or Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan gave her a Xiao Clan token.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she wanted to take Xiao Yan to two places before deciding where to go.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew with Xiao Yan on her Blue Eagle, Xiao Lan, to a cliff near a cave she had discovered while gathering herbs.
• Apothecary pointed out something below the cliff, and Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan the concealed cave and explained that its predecessor might have been powerful.
• Xiao Yan became interested in exploring the cave after hearing it might contain valuable items.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and discovered a sealed chamber containing a skeleton and a bed of rare medicinal herbs. As Xiao Yi Xian examined the herbs, Xiao Yan and Apothecary realized that the plants’ unusual arrangement should not have been possible.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian descended the cliff on a rope, with Xiao Yan carrying Xiao Yi Xian for safety.
• Xiao Yan killed a Rock Snake at the cave entrance and cleared away the rubble blocking the passage.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian walked through the cave until they reached a glowing stone door, which Xiao Yi Xian opened.
• Xiao Yan tested the chamber beyond the door by throwing stones inside, then entered with Xiao Yi Xian and found a skeleton in a chair.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized rare medicinal herbs in a flower bed, while Xiao Yan asked Apothecary how incompatible plants could grow together.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a poison master's ruins, where Xiao Yan found several techniques and a hidden scroll. The ruins' uncanny fit with Xiao Yi Xian's circumstances convinced Xiao Yan that she had transmigrated into a book and that Xiao Yi Xian was its protagonist.

• Xiao Yan used Suction Palm to retrieve three keys from the skeleton, discovered a scroll hidden in its arm, and opened the Stone Boxes.
• Xiao Yan found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, the Flying Dou Technique Eagle Wings, and the Mystic Rank High Grade Dou Technique Mad Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Yan realized the poison master's ruins seemed designed to provide Xiao Yi Xian with resources suited to her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan questioned why the Dou Qi Continent shared Hanxia's language and patterns of thought, then concluded she had transmigrated into a book.
• Xiao Yan decided Xiao Yi Xian was the continent's protagonist and resolved to cling to her.

Xiao Yan decided to stay close to Xiao Yi Xian, whom she suspected was a Child of Destiny, and helped her search the ruin. Apothecary noticed Xiao Yan's unusual attention toward Xiao Yi Xian, while the two women uncovered a huge Jade Stone beneath the flower bed.

• Xiao Yan concluded that Xiao Yi Xian might be a Child of Destiny and resolved to follow her for a share of her good fortune.
• Apothecary noticed Xiao Yan staring at Xiao Yi Xian and decided to watch her feelings before intervening.
• Apothecary told Xiao Yan that something valuable lay beneath the flower bed after Xiao Yi Xian had gathered its medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan handed Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Eagle Wings, and Mad Lion's Roar, then began digging beneath the flower bed.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Yan in digging, and they uncovered a Jade Stone far larger than either of them.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian discovered and collected a valuable piece of green jade marrow in the ruins, then searched the chamber before leaving. Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Yan to a secluded valley rich in wood-attribute energy, where they agreed she could cultivate.

• Apothecary explained that the green jade marrow was a rare treasure with many uses, and Xiao Yan stored the whole piece in her ring.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian collected the flower-bed soil and searched the stone chamber for more valuables, but found nothing else worth taking.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left the ruins on Xiao Lan and asked Xiao Yi Xian where their second destination was.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Xiao Yan into a mist-covered valley with dense wood-attribute energy and explained that Xiao Lan had once found it.
• Xiao Yan agreed with Apothecary that Xiao Yi Xian could cultivate in the valley, where medicinal herbs could support her woeful poison body.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian settled in a valley, where Xiao Yan learned how to preserve and use the green jade marrow. She gave Xiao Yi Xian resources and guidance for developing her Woeful Poison Body, then began examining the Mysterious Scroll from the arm bone.

• Xiao Yi Xian led Xiao Yan into the valley and showed her the grass hut where they would stay.
• Xiao Yan examined the green jade marrow and learned from Apothecary that its fluid could benefit her and Xiao Yi Xian, though it was no substitute for a Heavenly Flame.
• Apothecary explained how to preserve the fluid in fresh wooden containers, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian made containers before extracting it.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring with an Earth Tier Cultivation Method, Qi Gathering Powder, and two books about her Woeful Poison Body and Poison Pills.
• Xiao Yan urged Xiao Yi Xian to study and cultivate, then took out the Mysterious Scroll hidden inside the arm bone.

Xiao Yan and Apothecary discovered that a torn scrap from the ruins might be a map fragment connected to the purifying lotus demon flame. Xiao Yan put aside her doubts about whether the fragment was a destined opportunity and resumed cultivation, while Apothecary processed green jade marrow.

• Xiao Yan asked Apothecary to examine the torn scrap, and Apothecary identified it as a possible map fragment.
• Apothecary noticed a blurry lotus on the fragment and said it might be connected to the purifying lotus demon flame.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the fragment was a destined opportunity for Xiao Yi Xian or meant for her, then decided not to dwell on the possibility.
• Xiao Yan stored the fragment in her Storage Ring and began cultivating.
• Apothecary brought out the bone spirit cold flame and began processing the green jade marrow Xiao Yan had dug up.

Xiao Yan used the Apothecary’s refined green jade marrow to strengthen her body and Dou Qi, while Xiao Yi Xian received supplies and improved cultivation liquid. The marrow washing left Xiao Yan enduring intense alternating heat and cold as her vortex filled and her beast flame began to transform.

• The Apothecary gave Xiao Yan refined green jade marrow and a bottle of improved Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the spirit liquid and medicinally prepared magical beast jerky, explaining how to use the liquid during her next cultivation session.
• Xiao Yan returned to her cave and learned that the marrow would improve her physique, resistance, vitality, and possibly the Flame Mantra, but that applying it would be painful.
• Xiao Yan asked the Apothecary to spread the marrow over her back, and its intense heat and cold seeped through her body.
• The marrow strengthened Xiao Yan’s physique and Dou Qi, filled her Dou Qi Vortex, and gave her beast flame traces of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s aura.

Xiao Yan used green jade marrow to strengthen her constitution, then consolidated her cultivation and improved the Flame Mantra. After deciding to seek beast flame, she went to see Xiao Yi Xian before leaving, only to find her collapsed inside the grass hut.

• Apothecary guided Xiao Yan through an exhausting marrow-washing treatment with green jade marrow, which raised her cultivation to Four-Star Dou Shi and strengthened her foundation.
• Apothecary had Xiao Yan cultivate in a medicinal bath for three days, during which she consolidated her Four-Star Dou Shi cultivation and advanced the Flame Mantra to quasi-mystic tier.
• Xiao Yan decided to search for beast flame to further evolve the Flame Mantra, and Apothecary approved of her plan.
• Xiao Yan went to the grass hut to see Xiao Yi Xian before departing and found her sitting on the bed in a bath towel.
• Xiao Yi Xian suddenly toppled headfirst onto the bed as Xiao Yan was about to knock.

Xiao Yi Xian survived the backlash from practicing the Eagle Wings Flying Dou Technique, and Xiao Yan helped her recover while worrying about the dangers of her woeful poison body. After giving Xiao Yi Xian medicine and supplies, Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to train, while Apothecary planned to keep the two apart for a while.

• Xiao Yan and Apothecary discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had been struck by the remnant soul in the Eagle Wings scroll, but the soul was suppressed and the wings settled into a tattoo on her back.
• Apothecary decided to send Xiao Yan into the Magical Beast Mountain Range for extra training because she suspected Xiao Yan's feelings for Xiao Yi Xian might complicate their teacher-disciple relationship.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke up, drank the medicinal broth Xiao Yan gave her, and accepted a scolding for attempting to practice a Flying Dou Technique as a One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had awakened her woeful poison body, advanced to Ninth Stage Dou Qi, and broken through to Dou Zhe with Qi Gathering Powder.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian pills and green jade marrow, warning her to use medicinal substances in moderation because her poison body could become uncontrollable.
• Xiao Yan gathered medicinal herbs and entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to train.

Xiao Yan ventured deep into the Magical Beast Mountain Range under Apothecary’s guidance, while Apothecary took control of her body to hunt a sixth-rank fire-attribute magical beast. They found the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its cub, and Apothecary killed both with bone spirit cold flame while they slept.

• Xiao Yan gathered medicinal herbs, then traveled into the Magical Beast Mountain Range as Apothecary directed her to seek Earth Spirit Pill ingredients and improve her combat and alchemy skills.
• Apothecary led Xiao Yan to a waterfall pool, where Xiao Yan rested before they headed deeper into the range.
• Apothecary used Heaven Tier Dou Technique-Ghost Possession to control Xiao Yan’s body and fly through the mountains while Xiao Yan experienced a Dou Zong’s power through her senses.
• Apothecary spotted the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its cub in a cave and explained that the adult’s purple flame could help evolve the Flame Mantra.
• To avoid attracting attention, Apothecary quietly burned through both sleeping lions’ heads with bone spirit cold flame.

Apothecary harvested the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s materials and refined an Amethyst Lionheart Pill, which helped Xiao Yan strengthen her body and cultivate purple flame. Xiao Yan then evolved the Flame Mantra, learned to fly with Amethyst Wings, gave Xiao Yi Xian a weaker version of the pill, and set out to search for herbs to make an Earth Spirit Pill.

• Apothecary collected the magic cores, purple spirit crystal, and companion amethyst source from the two lions, then returned with Xiao Yan to their lodging.
• Apothecary refined a patterned Amethyst Lionheart Pill from the adult lion’s blood essence, magic core, and medicinal herbs, and Xiao Yan swallowed it.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the pill’s power, strengthening her constitution and gaining the ability to form purple flame by absorbing sunlight.
• Xiao Yan cultivated purple flame for seven days, devoured it with the Flame Mantra, and advanced to Six-Star Dou Shi as the technique evolved to Profound Tier Low Grade.
• Apothecary made the Earth Tier Low Grade Flying Dou Technique Amethyst Wings from the lion king’s wings, and Xiao Yan mastered it.
• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian an Amethyst Lionheart Pill-junior edition, then left to search the Magical Beast Mountain Range for herbs to refine an Earth Spirit Pill.