Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen helped Xiao Yi Xian master the Woeful Poison Body and absorb Poison Cloud Mountain’s deadly poison, guiding her from Dou Ling to Dou Wang and into the poisonous swamp to pursue a breakthrough. After forty-five days, Xiao Yi Xian emerged as a Three-Star Dou Emperor, while Xiao Chen considered whether to break the formation enclosing the mountain.

• Xiao Yi Xian completed her mastery of the Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Chen took her to the Purple Wood Forest to absorb its poisonous miasma.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the forest’s poison and advanced to Five-Star Dou Wang, then flew with Xiao Chen to the poisonous swamp.
• Xiao Yi Xian descended to the swamp’s bottom and cultivated inside a poison cocoon while Xiao Chen waited outside.
• Over forty-five days, Xiao Chen explored Poison Cloud Mountain and discovered that a formation enclosed it, while the swamp’s toxins were depleted.
• Energy surged around the swamp, and Xiao Yi Xian emerged with the aura of a Three-Star Dou Emperor.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian traveled on foot toward Mo City and took shelter from a storm in a mountain cave, where several powerful strangers gathered. A confrontation began when the newcomers moved to capture Kong Ruonan, leaving Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian watching from the cave.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian to gather poisonous plants on Poison Cloud Mountain, then chose to walk with her toward Mo City as a cultivation journey.
• Ten days later, Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian sheltered in a mountainside cave during a torrential storm.
• Kong Ruonan entered the cave to escape the rain, and Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian kept their distance from him.
• You Yingluo and a huge-axed man arrived and confronted Kong Ruonan, who claimed he could defeat them both.
• A black-robed man with an ink-black spear arrived and demanded that Kong Ruonan come with him; Kong refused, and the man threatened to kill him.

Kong Ruonan fought Fei Jiamu and two other Dou Emperors to give Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian a chance to escape. As Kong Ruonan was disarmed and stabbed in the back, Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian remained in the grotto.

• Kong Ruonan promised to protect Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian, while the axe-wielding man threatened Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Chen asked Kong Ruonan if he had once been one of the Jia Ma Empire's Ten Great Experts alongside Hai Bodong, and Kong Ruonan confirmed it.
• Kong Ruonan charged out of the grotto and fought Fei Jiamu, the woman in red, and the axe-wielding man in the rain.
• Kong Ruonan held the three Dou Emperors back with desperate attacks and urged Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian to flee.
• Xiao Chen realized Kong Ruonan and Duan Ruifeng had both died during this period, explaining why only Hai Bodong remained renowned later.
• Kong Ruonan's saber was knocked away, and the woman in red stabbed him in the back.

Xiao Yi Xian intervened to save Kong Ruonan, and Xiao Chen gave her permission to act as she wished. When their attackers turned on them, Xiao Yi Xian killed the axe-wielding man with her poisonous swordsmanship, while Little Gold helped Xiao Chen kill the fleeing black-robed man; the woman in red realized they faced a true expert.

• Kong Ruonan fell wounded, and Xiao Yi Xian stepped in to block the axe-wielding man's strike before he could kill him.
• Xiao Yi Xian called Xiao Chen her teacher and said she wanted to save Kong Ruonan, and Xiao Chen told her to do as she wished.
• Xiao Chen declared that they would kill their attackers, and the axe-wielding man charged at Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian cut the axe-wielding man with her sword, and her poison dissolved him into a puddle of black blood.
• The black-robed man fled, but Little Gold used spatial power to bring him back, and Xiao Chen killed him with a golden strike.
• The woman in red stared in shock, suspecting Xiao Chen was a Dou Zun.

Xiao Chen killed the red-dressed Dou Huang woman and recruited Kong Ruonan as a fighter after learning that experts from the Luo Yan Empire had hunted him. The three set out together at dawn, while Xiao Yi Xian grew troubled by her approaching separation from Xiao Chen.

• The red-dressed woman begged Xiao Chen for mercy, then lunged at Xiao Yi Xian and was killed by Xiao Chen's golden light.
• Xiao Chen questioned Kong Ruonan, who explained that he had withdrawn from the world before You Yingluo and the other Luo Yan Empire experts found him.
• Xiao Chen offered Kong Ruonan a place as his fighter, and Kong Ruonan agreed to follow him.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Kong Ruonan the spoils and healing pills after Xiao Chen explained that Kong Ruonan had risked his life to protect them.
• At dawn, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Kong Ruonan left the grotto together, while Xiao Yi Xian felt increasingly downcast about parting with her teacher.

Xiao Chen parted from Xiao Yi Xian and sent her to rule the Chu Yun Empire while he continued toward the Tagor Desert. After obtaining a Second-Rank Alchemist Badge, he used it to secure free transport on a flying mount.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian they had to part, and she confessed that she did not want to leave him.
• Xiao Chen promised to take Xiao Yi Xian with him in the future and gave her an Azure Origin Spirit Ring for protection and storage.
• Xiao Chen tasked Xiao Yi Xian with ruling the Chu Yun Empire, and she set out with Kong Ruonan the next morning.
• Xiao Yi Xian cried after Xiao Chen departed, then touched her ring and wondered about her feelings for him.
• Xiao Chen obtained a Second-Rank Alchemist Badge in a nearby city and used it to claim free flying transport in Qingyuan City.

Xiao Chen attempted to refine a fifth-grade Blood Lotus Pill aboard a flying Magic Beast bound for Mo City, using Little Gold’s Natal Dragon Flame. After two and a half days, the pill entered its final stage, and its powerful energy and fragrance stirred the beast and drew attention from the other passengers.

• Xiao Chen boarded the flying Magic Beast to Mo City and settled into an empty room, ignoring the attendant’s advances.
• After being woken by noises from a neighboring room, Xiao Chen brought out the ingredients and asked Little Gold to lend him his Natal Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Chen refined the ice-attribute Magic Core and Blood Lotus Essence, then used the Ice Spirit Flame Grass to balance and fuse their energies.
• Xiao Chen restored his exhausted soul power with a blue-green pill and successfully stabilized the ingredients inside the cauldron.
• After two and a half days of tempering, Xiao Chen brought the Blood Lotus Pill to its final condensation stage, causing the flying beast to sway and the pill’s rich fragrance to spread through the air.

Five alchemists tried to force their way into Xiao Chen's room after smelling his pill, but a young man with a crimson staff tried to stop them. The two Third-Rank Alchemists broke down the door, only for Xiao Chen to seize one of them by the neck.

• Five alchemists smelled the medicinal fragrance from Xiao Chen's room and decided to investigate.
• A young man with a Second-Rank Alchemist badge ordered the five to leave Xiao Chen alone, then struck back when the burly man tried to shove him.
• The first old man called Ying Ming and You Kang to attack, and the three middle-aged alchemists tried to hold the young man back.
• The two Third-Rank Alchemists reached Xiao Chen's door, smashed it open, and threatened to deal with him.
• Xiao Chen appeared and lifted the old man who had broken the door by the neck.

Xiao Chen subdued Liang Lei and the other men who tried to steal his pill, then killed Liang Lei and Jing Yuan with golden flames. As the remaining passengers faced death, You Kang murdered his fellow disciple Ying Ming and begged Xiao Chen to spare him.

• Xiao Chen revealed the pill and effortlessly restrained Liang Lei, exposing the men’s attempt to seize it.
• Liang Lei pretended the group had acted out of concern, then secretly prepared to throw dark green powder at Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen burned Liang Lei to ashes with golden flames and demanded that the four remaining men jump from the flying beast.
• Jing Yuan attacked the young man, but Xiao Chen killed Jing Yuan with a wisp of golden flame.
• You Kang stabbed Ying Ming, then pleaded with Xiao Chen to spare his life.

Xiao Chen crippled You Kang and Zhang Yan after they begged for their lives, then brought Leng Chenxuan to the Tagor Desert and offered him a place at his side. After explaining that he valued Leng Chenxuan’s righteousness and promising to help him grow, Xiao Chen received his pledge of loyalty.

• You Kang and Zhang Yan begged Xiao Chen to spare them, but he crippled their cultivation and left them for the young man to deal with.
• The young man killed You Kang and Zhang Yan, and Xiao Chen invited him to travel onward together to avoid trouble when the bird landed.
• Xiao Chen took the young man through the air to the sand near Mo City, where he learned the young man was named Leng Chenxuan.
• Xiao Chen offered Leng Chenxuan a place working for him and explained that he valued his righteousness, character, and perseverance.
• Xiao Chen promised to help Leng Chenxuan improve his strength and alchemy, adding that Heavenly Flames were not precious to him.
• Leng Chenxuan bowed and knelt, pledging to follow Xiao Chen and fulfill his commands.