Chapter Summaries

After gaining the purple Wind God's Favor Trait, Xu Qi rapidly learned Wind Element skills and demonstrated their tremendous power. The next morning, he searched the Misty Cloud Sect disciples for a Talent to convert, then spotted Great Elder Yun Leng and his three purple Traits.

• Xu Qi equipped Wind God's Favor and mastered the low-grade Yellow-tier Whirlwind Palm in half an hour, then used it to blast a hole through a large tree.
• Xu Qi decided to stay at the Misty Cloud Sect and use his Dou Qi Pavilion post to inspect and select Talents.
• Xu Qi spent the rest of the day learning the Wind Element skills on the pavilion's first floor before returning to his courtyard at night.
• The next morning, Xu Qi opened the Dou Qi Pavilion and examined the Traits of the disciples entering, but found none that suited him.
• Great Elder Yun Leng entered the pavilion, and Xu Qi saw his Earth God's Favor, Above Ten Thousand, Below One, and Headstrong Traits, all purple.

Xu Qi dismantled the unwanted Headstrong trait, received a Purple Experience Orb, and spent the following days gaining useful blue traits that helped him advance to a five-star Dou Zhe. After closing the Dou Qi Pavilion one evening, he encountered the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master, Yun Yun, who asked whether it was closing.

• Xu Qi dismantled Headstrong and learned that two Experience Orbs of the same grade could upgrade a Talent Trait of that grade.
• Xu Qi organized Yun Leng's combat techniques and studied techniques suited to his Wind God's Favor and Earth God's Favor traits after the pavilion closed.
• Over five days, Xu Qi acquired five blue Talent Traits focused on different combat disciplines and rose from a one-star to a five-star Dou Zhe.
• Xu Qi failed to find more traits he wanted and saved several unwanted traits to convert into Experience Orbs.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Dou Qi Pavilion as Xu Qi prepared to close, and he offered to keep it open for her.

Xu Qi cultivated a wide range of Dou Qi techniques while his growing affinity affected Nalan Yanran, who became flustered around him. He upgraded three Talent Traits, greatly improving his swordsmanship, martial arts, and comprehension.

• Xu Qi realized Yun Yun had developed a slight fondness for him and resolved to grow stronger before pursuing her.
• Xu Qi spent the following days cultivating many Yellow-tier Dou Qi techniques, quickly bringing more than a dozen to the proficient level.
• Nalan Yanran returned the Returning Wind Sword and blushed when Xu Qi touched her forehead, then hurried away.
• Xu Qi used six blue Experience Orbs to upgrade Swordsmanship Expert, Martial Arts Expert, and Photographic Memory into three purple Talent Traits.
• Xu Qi gained powerful improvements to sword and fist techniques, along with greater memory and insight that made learning Dou Qi techniques easier.

Nalan Yanran asked Xu Qi to guide her cultivation, specifically her Returning Wind Sword. After watching her perform it, Xu Qi identified a problem with her technique and began to correct her.

• Nalan Yanran blushed and asked Xu Qi to guide her cultivation because Yun Yun was busy.
• Xu Qi agreed and asked what she wanted help with.
• Nalan Yanran explained that she struggled to grasp the essentials of the Yellow-tier High-grade Returning Wind Sword.
• Nalan Yanran performed the technique, but her sword aura only blasted apart half of a boulder.
• Xu Qi used his swordsmanship insight to spot her mistake and told her that she was not using the sword correctly.

Nalan Yanran pressed Yun Yun to support her breaking off her engagement, but Yun Yun deferred the decision to Yanran’s father. At the Dou Qi Pavilion, Xu Qi mastered the Meteor Wind Art, advanced to Five-star Dou Shi, and settled a dispute between two disciples.

• Nalan Yanran urged Yun Yun to support her decision to end the engagement, but Yun Yun said Yanran needed her father’s approval and left to avoid the subject.
• Xu Qi studied the low-grade Mystic Tier Meteor Wind Art in the Dou Qi Pavilion and mastered it in an hour.
• Xu Qi broke through from nine-star Dou Zhe to Five-star Dou Shi.
• Two disciples argued over a fiery red Dou Qi skill scroll, so Xu Qi ordered them to put it back and compete fairly to borrow it the next day.

Xu Qi was caught watching Yun Yun bathe in the back mountain, and he convinced her he had only seen a little. Yun Yun stopped him from leaving and offered to test his improved strength.

• Xu Qi encountered Yun Yun bathing in a pool and was caught when she looked up and saw him.
• Yun Yun flew up, confronted Xu Qi with her sword, and demanded to know why he had entered the back mountain.
• Xu Qi explained that he had come to practice his Dou Skills and admitted he had seen a little of her bathing.
• Yun Yun warned Xu Qi not to return to the back mountain and lowered her sword.
• Yun Yun noticed Xu Qi had advanced from a Three-star Dou Zhe to a Five-star Dou Shi and decided to personally test his strength.

Yun Yun taught Xu Qi the basic moves of the Returning Wind Sword, but he struggled to handle the weapon and became distracted by their close contact. After Yun Yun stopped the lesson, Xu Qi returned her sword and left the back mountain reluctantly.

• Yun Yun asked Xu Qi to perform the Returning Wind Sword's basic moves again.
• Xu Qi performed awkwardly, and Yun Yun criticized his movements before guiding his wrist through the sword forms.
• Xu Qi lost focus as Yun Yun's body brushed against his while she taught him from behind.
• Yun Yun noticed their intimate position, blushed, and ended the lesson.
• Xu Qi returned Yun Yun's sword and left the back mountain reluctantly.

Xu Qi accompanied Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye from the Misty Cloud Sect to the Xiao Family in Wutan City, where he discovered that Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er had many unactivated Talent Traits. Ge Ye cleared the hall and began a private discussion with Xiao Zhan, leaving the reason for the visit unrevealed.

• Xu Qi washed and changed before joining Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect group for their trip to Wutan City.
• Yun Yun advised Nalan Yanran to handle the Xiao Family matter peacefully, and the group departed on a flying beast.
• The group arrived at the Xiao Family, where Xiao Zhan welcomed Ge Ye and the Misty Cloud Sect guests.
• Xu Qi inspected Xiao Yan's and Xiao Xun'er's Talent Traits but found that their notable traits were unactivated.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to send the elders and onlookers away, then pointed to Nalan Yanran and asked whether Xiao Zhan recognized her.

Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s attempt to end their engagement by writing a divorce letter and declaring a three-year challenge at Misty Cloud Sect. Xu Qi’s plans went awry, and after returning to the sect, he decided to leave in search of more talents.

• Xiao Yan wrote a divorce letter, pressed his bloody handprint on it, and declared that Nalan Yanran and the Xiao Family were no longer connected.
• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to meet him at Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and she accepted before leaving with Ge Ye and the others.
• Xiao Yan told Xu Qi that he would challenge him someday, and Xu Qi agreed to wait.
• Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and Xu Qi departed Xiao Wutan City, with Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye later reporting to Yun Yun.
• Xu Qi returned to the Dou Qi Pavilion, decided there were few useful talents left at Misty Cloud Sect, and planned to leave and explore elsewhere.

Xu Qi left the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Yanran kissed him and said she would wait for his return.

• Nalan Yanran hurriedly kissed Xu Qi as he turned to leave.
• Nalan Yanran blushed and told Xu Qi she would wait for him to come back.
• Xu Qi touched his lips, remarked that hers had been soft, and headed down the mountain.

Xu Qi gained the Heart Towards Alchemy trait and became a First-Rank Alchemist while accompanying Xiao Yi Xian’s herb-gathering team into the Monster Beast Mountain Range. During a rest, Xiao Yi Xian slipped away to explore a hidden cave on a cliff, but her rope snapped and she fell.

• Xu Qi equipped Heart Towards Alchemy, raising his alchemy level and making him a First-Rank Alchemist.
• The herb-gathering team entered the Monster Beast Mountain Range and fought off an attack by more than a dozen First-Order Demonic Beasts.
• Xiao Yi Xian called for a rest, while the young leader Mu Li tried to talk with her and she responded politely.
• After leaving the group unnoticed, Xiao Yi Xian went to a cliff to explore a hidden cave she had discovered.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s rope snapped as she descended, and she fell down the cliff.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to the herb-gathering team with Xu Qi and encountered Mu Li of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. Xu Qi brushed off Mu Li’s questions, leaving their encounter tense.

• Mu Li approached Xiao Yi Xian and asked where she had gone.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she had taken a walk and refused Mu Li’s offer to accompany her.
• Mu Li noticed Xu Qi beside Xiao Yi Xian and asked his name.
• Xu Qi recognized the malice in Mu Li’s gaze, walked past him, and told him it was none of his business.

Xu Qi rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a Rock Snake and brought her to the hidden cave. After breaking through a sealed stone door, they found a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, and an altar covered in rare medicinal herbs.

• A Rock Snake crept toward Xiao Yi Xian, and Xu Qi pinned it with his torch before carrying her safely down to the cave entrance.
• Xu Qi pushed aside the vines and entered the cave with Xiao Yi Xian following close behind.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified an earth-element seal on a stone door and began searching for its mechanism.
• Xu Qi found and broke the seal, then forced the stone door open despite Xiao Yi Xian's concern about damaging the treasures.
• Xu Qi and Xiao Yi Xian entered a chamber containing a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, and an altar bearing rare medicinal herbs.

Mu Li revealed that he learned about the cave from Xiao Yi Xian’s personal maid, whom he bribed. He planned to claim Xiao Yi Xian and take the cave’s treasures.

• Mu Li asked Xiao Yi Xian to consider who else knew about the cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized she had told her personal maid about it.
• Mu Li admitted that he had bewitched the maid into revealing what she knew.
• Xiao Yi Xian condemned Mu Li for bribing someone close to her.
• Mu Li declared that Xiao Yi Xian would become his woman and that he would take the cave’s treasures.

Xu Qi and Xiao Yi Xian escaped the cave on Xiao Lan and returned to camp, where they learned the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had left. After the herb-gathering party resumed, Xu Qi sensed a familiar Misty Cloud Sect aura overhead and suspected Yun Yun was in danger deeper in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan with her flute, and Xu Qi joined her on the eagle despite her objections.
• Xu Qi intimidated Xiao Lan into obeying him, and the eagle carried them from the cave toward camp.
• Xu Qi noticed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's empty tents, and the group returned to camp without them.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the mercenaries the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had returned early and doubled their promised reward for continuing the escort mission.
• Xu Qi sensed a concealed aura like Misty Cloud Sect Dou Qi techniques and decided to head deeper into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, suspecting Yun Yun was there.

Xu Qi waited in the Monster Beast Mountain Range for Yun Yun to confront the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then hurried toward the clash when their auras appeared. Yun Yun and the Lion King failed to agree on an exchange for Purple Spirit Crystal, and Yun Yun drew her sword to take it by force.

• Xu Qi searched the depths of the Monster Beast Mountain Range for Yun Yun while avoiding powerful magical beasts.
• Xu Qi sensed a powerful aura and rushed toward its source, where he found Yun Yun facing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Yun Yun asked the Lion King for Purple Spirit Crystal and offered to exchange it for something he needed.
• Yun Yun and the Lion King failed to reach an agreement, so Yun Yun drew her sword and prepared to take the crystal by force.

Xu Qi found the unconscious Yun Yun after her battle with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and carried her to a cave while evading the monster beasts searching for her. As he began to open her armor to treat her wound, Yun Yun woke and demanded to know what he was doing.

• Yun Yun escaped the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, which ordered the monster beasts across the Monster Beast Mountain Range to search for her.
• Xu Qi found Yun Yun unconscious in a river and picked her up, but Xiao Yan appeared on the opposite bank.
• Xu Qi and Xiao Yan exchanged taunts, and Xiao Yan followed Old Yao's advice to retreat while Xu Qi carried Yun Yun away.
• Xu Qi evaded or killed the monster beasts he encountered and hid Yun Yun in a cave.
• Xu Qi examined Yun Yun's chest wound and began opening her blue inner armor to treat it, but Yun Yun woke and asked what he was doing.

Xu Qi treated Yun Yun’s chest wound with chewed medicinal herbs and bandaged her, since he had no healing pills. After questioning why he was in the Monster Beast Mountain Range’s depths, Yun Yun let him stay and help until her seal was lifted.

• Xu Qi found that he had no pills, so he chewed medicinal herbs and applied them to Yun Yun’s wound.
• Xu Qi bandaged Yun Yun’s injury and gave her his clothes to wear.
• Yun Yun asked Xu Qi why he had come alone to the depths of the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and he said he had come for experience.
• Yun Yun accepted Xu Qi’s explanation and told him to stay and help her until her seal was lifted.
• Xu Qi promised he would not leave Yun Yun while she was badly injured.

Yun Yun realized that she had accidentally taken Hundred-Colored Grass, whose effects were overwhelming her despite her resistance. Xu Qi had taken none, but he responded to her passionate advances, and the chapter left them embracing as the herb’s effects intensified.

• Yun Yun learned that the grass she had taken was Hundred-Colored Grass.
• Yun Yun panicked when she recognized the herb’s effects and her cultivation seal prevented her from suppressing them.
• Yun Yun kissed Xu Qi eagerly under the herb’s influence.
• Xu Qi embraced Yun Yun and responded to her advances.
• Yun Yun said they could not do this, but her body clung more tightly to Xu Qi.

Xu Qi and Yun Yun hid in a cave while recovering from their injuries, and Yun Yun broke the seal on her cultivation. After regaining her Dou Huang strength, she pointed a sword at Xu Qi, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Xu Qi woke in the cave and thanked Yun Yun for bandaging his wounds, while she said she had only wanted to keep him from dying.
• Xu Qi tried to go find food, but Yun Yun produced dried rations from her Storage Ring and told him to stay and eat.
• Over the next few days, Xu Qi recovered while Yun Yun meditated to break her seal.
• Yun Yun broke the seal and released an aura across the Monster Beast Mountain Range, restoring her Dou Huang strength.
• When Xu Qi congratulated her, Yun Yun pressed a longsword to his throat, and he fell silent at the conflicted look on her face.