Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian retrieve a valuable Red-Eye Fruit, then discovered she was hiding a cave beneath the cliff. They agreed to explore it together after dark and split whatever they found.

• Xiao Yan pulled Xiao Yi Xian up from the cliff and learned that the Red-Eye Fruit was worth four thousand gold coins, so they agreed to share its value.
• Xiao Yan questioned Xiao Yi Xian about the white powder she carried, and she attacked him with Sleep Powder when he pressed her.
• Xiao Yan resisted the powder, stopped Xiao Yi Xian's kick, and forced her to reveal that she had found a hidden cave below the cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned that Mu Li might grow suspicious if she stayed away too long, so she and Xiao Yan agreed to rest and return after dark to explore the cave and divide its treasure equally.
• Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian back to camp, holding to their agreement despite his eagerness to explore the cave.

Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian from the mercenary camp to a hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. They descended the cliff together and reached the cave entrance, where their treasure hunt began.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to camp with Xiao Yan, and Mu Li invited Xiao Yan to join the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yi Xian led the mercenaries to a flower-filled basin and established camp near the boundary of the mountain range’s depths.
• Xiao Yan kept watch for Xiao Yi Xian, then followed her when she slipped out of camp at night.
• At the cliff, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to descend together, and he carried her down the rocky ledges.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached the clearing outside the hidden cave.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave, overcame a Flying Rock Snake and a sealed stone door, and discovered the former owner's chamber and rare herbs. Xiao Yan offered Xiao Yi Xian the ice spirit flame grass and the other medicinal herbs in exchange for teaching him pharmacology and medicine.

• Xiao Yan killed a Flying Rock Snake before it could harm Xiao Yi Xian, then learned her name was one she had adopted.
• Xiao Yan warmed the shivering Xiao Yi Xian with his Dou Qi as they ventured deeper into the cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian found and operated a Formation Disk to open a stone door, while Xiao Yan checked the chamber beyond for traps.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered a chamber containing a skeleton, three locked iron boxes, and rare medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan took the ice spirit flame grass before Xiao Yi Xian could reach it, then offered her the herbs if she taught him pharmacology and medicine.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian searched a hidden stone chamber, finding a Poison Scripture and a rare Flying Dou Technique. As they opened the final box, Mu Li arrived with dozens of people, trapping them in the chamber.

• Xiao Yan agreed to learn medicine from Xiao Yi Xian and found three keys hidden in the skeleton's arm bone, along with a scroll he secretly stored.
• Xiao Yan opened the first box and gave the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture to Xiao Yi Xian, who admitted she had prepared green poison powder in case she needed to defend herself.
• Xiao Yan found an Eagle Wings Flying Dou Technique in the second box and claimed it as his share before opening the third.
• Xiao Yan heard dozens of people approaching, and Mu Li entered the chamber, thanking Xiao Yi Xian for leading them to the hidden place.

Xiao Yan opened the final treasure box while Mu Li and his mercenaries prepared to seize the treasures and kill him. Xiao Yan revealed himself as a Da Dou Shi, annihilated the mercenaries with the Great Flame Palm, and pursued Mu Li, whose escape rope caught fire.

• Mu Li admitted that Feili had told him about the cave and demanded the treasures, while Xiao Yan opened the final box and found the Mad Lion's Roar Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he would keep the technique if he survived, then confronted Mu Li and warned that only one side would leave alive.
• Mu Li ordered his mercenaries to attack Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Qi Armor and unleashed the Great Flame Palm, killing the men and shattering the stone door.
• Xiao Yan wrapped an arm around Xiao Yi Xian and chased after Mu Li, who fled to the cliff and called for a rope.
• As Mu Li reached for the rope lowered by the mercenaries above, it burst into flames before his eyes.

Xiao Yan killed Mu Li and returned to Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian, where he studied medicine under her and their peaceful days drew the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's attention. The chapter ended with the group surrounding the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan rejected Mu Li's pleas, killed him, and took the Storage Ring while the surviving mercenaries fled.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian and agreed to return with her to Qingshan Town so she could teach him pharmacology and medicine.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Little Lan, and the Blue Eagle carried them out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan moved into the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and studied medicinal ingredients and basic remedies with Xiao Yi Xian.
• After four days, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion in almost full force.

Xiao Yan’s secret potion embarrassed Xiao Yi Xian, but their awkwardness was interrupted when Mu She surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and demanded they surrender. Gan Mu and He Meng entered to seize them, only to be thrown back outside, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Xiao Yan secretly made a potion in Xiao Yi Xian’s dispensary, and Xiao Yi Xian identified its ingredients and accused him of making it for her.
• A messenger warned Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian hid behind Xiao Yan, and he promised to protect her as they went to face the mercenaries.
• Mu She demanded that Xiao Yi Xian and the man who killed his son be handed over, while the owner of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion eventually ordered his guards to stand aside.
• Gan Mu, He Meng, and a group of mercenaries charged into the pavilion, but Gan Mu and He Meng were hurled back outside within seconds.

Xiao Yan confronted Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, using the promise of an Xuan Tier High Grade Dou Technique to draw a crowd. He revealed his strength as a Da Dou Shi and left Mu She badly injured while the mercenaries lay defeated.

• Xiao Yan threw Gan Mu and He Meng out of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion after breaking their legs.
• Mu She arrived with over a hundred mercenaries and tried to turn Qingshan Town against Xiao Yan, then offered to settle their grievances for the Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan displayed Mad Lion's Roar, drawing more spectators and stoking the mercenaries' desire for the technique.
• Mu She promised rewards to anyone who wounded or killed Xiao Yan, and the mercenaries charged at him.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Mad Lion's Roar, incapacitating the mercenaries and severely injuring Mu She.
• Mu She realized Xiao Yan was a Da Dou Shi and understood that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would no longer exist in Qingshan Town.

After destroying the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan spent half a month cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian, reaching Three-Star Da Dou Shi and mastering Eagle Wings. He entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find a third-tier poison-type magic core for Xiao Yi Xian, and on the fourth day discovered a Demon Fusion Flower.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the remaining contents of Mu She's Storage Ring after taking its gold and healing pills, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's destruction spread through Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yan mastered Eagle Wings and advanced to Three-Star Da Dou Shi during half a month of cultivation and studying medicine with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to obtain a third-tier poison-type magical beast's magic core, and he agreed; she kissed his cheek before ordering him out in embarrassment.
• Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone and followed Xiao Yi Xian's map into its depths to search for the magic core.
• Xiao Yan set up camp in a hidden cave and explored the surrounding area for several days before finding a third-tier plant-type magical beast, the Demon Fusion Flower, amid purple poisonous mist.

Xiao Yan baited and defeated a third-tier Demon Fusion Flower, obtaining its emerald-green magic core for Xiao Yi Xian. As he prepared to return, a distant clash between two powerful beings shook the sky, where green and purple lights collided.

• Xiao Yan lured the Demon Fusion Flower into feeding on a Savage Bear's head and attacked it with Great Flame Palm.
• Xiao Yan grabbed the flower's vines, uprooted its main root, and weakened it with repeated ranged attacks.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the Demon Fusion Flower's main root with Mad Lion's Roar and found an emerald-green magic core.
• Xiao Yan stored the core in a jade bottle and prepared to leave after completing Xiao Yi Xian's request ahead of schedule.
• Xiao Yan looked up as a tremendous blast shook the sky and saw green and purple masses colliding in the distance.

Xiao Yan witnessed a battle between two Dou Huang experts that ended with the cyan combatant falling into the forest. He rescued the badly injured woman from a waterfall and was about to treat her when she woke and demanded to know what he was doing.

• Xiao Yan fled the approaching Dou Huang battle and hid in his cave while the fighters clashed from day until dusk.
• The purple combatant struck down the cyan one, then withdrew after a bird cry interrupted its pursuit.
• Xiao Yan went to a nearby waterfall for water and found an unconscious, bloodied woman floating there.
• Xiao Yan carried the woman to his cave and prepared to treat her wounds with Healing Pills.
• The woman opened her eyes as Xiao Yan reached toward her clothes, and he claimed he only wanted to apply medicine.

Xiao Yan treated Yun Zhi’s severe wounds while her Dou Qi remained sealed, and the two exchanged names and discussed his wish to become an alchemist. Yun Zhi offered to introduce him to an alchemist friend, then agreed to stay hidden in the cave while Xiao Yan dealt with the searching magical beasts.

• Xiao Yan kept his distance until Yun Zhi assured him she would not harm the person who saved her.
• Yun Zhi discovered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Sealing Technique had disabled her Dou Qi and asked Xiao Yan to treat her wounds.
• Xiao Yan removed Yun Zhi’s armor, disinfected and sutured her claw wounds, and bandaged them.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi exchanged names, and Yun Zhi offered to introduce him to an alchemist friend.
• Xiao Yan warned Yun Zhi that magical beasts were searching for her and told her to recover in the cave; she agreed.

While recovering in a cave, Yun Zhi opened up to Xiao Yan about her burdens and explained her battle with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and her need for purple spirit crystal. She asked Xiao Yan to help her steal it during a rematch, and he agreed despite privately considering the plan far too dangerous.

• Xiao Yan served Yun Zhi grilled fish, and the two shared their dissatisfaction with lives constrained by duty and organizations.
• Yun Zhi told Xiao Yan she was a Three-Star Dou Emperor and described the Amethyst Winged Lion King as a powerful sixth-rank Magical Beast.
• Yun Zhi identified the Azure Emperor Sparrow, Emperor Blind Alligator, and Mountain-Moving Ape as the other sovereigns of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Yun Zhi explained that she had fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King to obtain purple spirit crystal, which he had refused to trade for anything short of a seventh-grade Transformation Pill.
• Yun Zhi asked Xiao Yan to sneak into the lion king's cave and steal the purple spirit crystal when she fought him again, and Xiao Yan agreed aloud while inwardly dreading the danger.

Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi shared another quiet day in the cave, cooking together as Yun Zhi grew closer to him. When her seal began to loosen and she could access her Storage Ring, Yun Zhi chose not to hasten her recovery because she feared their peaceful days together would end.

• Yun Zhi served Xiao Yan a grilled fish seasoned with his beast-repelling poison, but he stopped her before either of them ate it.
• Xiao Yan warned Yun Zhi not to leave the cave alone, then returned with two Blackfoot Chickens and prepared Beggar's Chicken.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Zhi the story behind Beggar's Chicken, and she reflected on what she had learned while living as an ordinary person.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi ate the Beggar's Chickens together, and Yun Zhi wondered whether she might have more choices if she were truly ordinary.
• Yun Zhi felt her lion's seal loosening and gained access to her Storage Ring, but she closed it without taking pills because she feared her time with Xiao Yan would soon end.

Yun Zhi recovered her Dou Emperor strength and gave Xiao Yan several valuable items before they set out to steal the purple spirit crystal. While Yun Zhi drew the Amethyst Winged Lion King away, Xiao Yan entered its cave and began searching through the branching passages.

• Yun Zhi broke through the Amethyst Seal, regained her Dou Emperor strength, and gave Xiao Yan a jade token, two scrolls, the Heart of the Sea Armor, and a purple spirit crystal pendant.
• Yun Zhi explained that she needed Xiao Yan's help stealing the purple spirit crystal and warned him to leave the cave as soon as he found it.
• Yun Zhi carried Xiao Yan to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave abode and told him to enter while she lured the beast away.
• Yun Zhi attacked the guarding magical beasts and drew the Amethyst Winged Lion King away from its cave.
• Xiao Yan killed the last remaining third-tier magical beast and entered the cave, where he found purple ore and seven or eight branching passages.

Xiao Yan followed the heat through the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave Abode, found its treasure room, and fought the Little Amethyst Winged Lion. After discovering that his divine pattern could suppress its beast flame, he followed the cub through a purple-flame gate and found a mountain of purple spirit crystals.

• Xiao Yan used his divine pattern to sense the warmest passage and reached the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cavern.
• Xiao Yan searched the caverns for purple spirit crystals, then found a treasure room filled with dried medicinal herbs and magic cores.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion attacked Xiao Yan, but his awakened divine pattern boosted his strength and neutralized its purple beast flame.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion fled, and Xiao Yan followed it through a gate of purple flames, which his divine pattern suppressed.
• Xiao Yan entered the room beyond the gate and found a small mountain of purple spirit crystals.

Xiao Yan took purple spirit crystals and some of the sealed purple liquid from the cub’s sanctuary before Yun Zhi rescued him from the Amethyst Winged Lion King. He escaped by plunging into the abyss and survived the fall, but the soul imprint on his Heavenly Flames coordinate map began flashing.

• Xiao Yan took two large chunks of purple spirit crystal and used another crystal to open the Purple Orb’s seal, filling three jade bottles with its purple liquid.
• Yun Zhi feinted against the Amethyst Winged Lion King, grabbed Xiao Yan as he emerged from the Cave Abode, and tried to flee with him.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Zhi a purple spirit crystal, broke free, and fell into the abyss so she could escape at full speed.
• Yun Zhi fled into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King gave up its pursuit and returned to its Cave Abode.
• Xiao Yan used his Eagle Wings to slow his fall and landed safely, but the soul imprint on his Heavenly Flames coordinate map began flashing.

Xiao Yan followed the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map into Fallen Emperor Gorge and discovered a graveyard of powerful magical beasts where the myriad beast spirit flame had formed. When the map's guidance ran out, his divine pattern warned him of danger, and flame-shaped beasts surrounded him.

• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and followed the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map deeper into Fallen Emperor Gorge.
• Xiao Yan entered an area where the mist had evaporated and sensed that the heavenly flame was nearby.
• Xiao Yan found more than a hundred peaceful magical beast corpses and realized the gorge was a graveyard that could nurture the myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yan reached the graveyard's center as the map's soul power ran out, then his divine pattern warned him of danger.
• A flaming python attacked Xiao Yan, and he dodged before striking back at a flaming eagle with his Great Flame Palm.
• Flaming apes, tigers, elephants, and other magical beasts formed around Xiao Yan, surrounding him.

Xiao Yan fled the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame’s flame beasts and decided he was not strong enough to claim the heavenly flame yet. A final soul imprint on the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map led him to a cave, where he found a skeleton and a dust-covered scroll.

• Xiao Yan fought off twelve flame magical beasts, then fled through the Magical Beast Graveyard until they stopped pursuing him.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the beasts were fragments of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and chose to recover his Dou Qi before leaving to return when stronger.
• Xiao Yan noticed a cave across the canyon, and the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map revealed a final soul imprint pointing toward it.
• Xiao Yan cautiously entered the cave and found a skeleton beside a dust-covered scroll.

Xiao Yan discovered the remains and belongings of Lu Chang, a fourth-grade alchemist who had died trying to subdue the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. Lu Chang’s alchemy book and instructions for surviving the flame gave Xiao Yan a path into alchemy and a chance to pursue the heavenly flame.

• Xiao Yan read Lu Chang’s final letter and promised to return his remains to the Lu Family in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yan opened Lu Chang’s Storage Ring and found medicinal ingredients, pills, an Ice Heart Pill, a pill furnace, and an alchemy book.
• Xiao Yan studied Lu Chang’s detailed notes and pill formulas, which moved him to embrace alchemy beyond its practical benefits.
• Xiao Yan discovered Lu Chang’s account of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and its subjugation method, including the need to use an Ice Heart Pill and fire-attribute treasures as bait.
• Xiao Yan praised Lu Chang’s noble spirit after reading the alchemist’s final warning and gift to whoever came after him.