Chapter Summaries

Gu He learned that Xiao Baichuan had defeated Liu Ling through extraordinary control of Dou Qi and decided to investigate the expert behind him. After returning from the jade pendant's space as a Dou Zhe, Xiao Baichuan found Gu Xun'er waiting outside his door with a medicine bottle.

• Gu He learned that Xiao Baichuan had defeated Liu Ling and concluded that an expert was backing him.
• Ling Xi told Xiao Baichuan that she had helped him break through to Dou Zhe and cultivated the Flame Mantra from a scroll Yao Chen gave her.
• Xiao Baichuan returned to his body, confirmed his new cultivation, and resolved to become a Dou Di.
• Xiao Baichuan stepped outside to gather supplies for training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found Gu Xun'er waiting there.
• Gu Xun'er greeted Xiao Baichuan and offered him a small medicine bottle.

Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Baichuan cultivation supplies, then Xiao Baichuan met Yun Yun when she visited the Xiao Clan. Pill King Gu He arrived soon after and said he had come to see Xiao Baichuan, leaving the clan on guard.

• Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Baichuan a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and a Storage Ring filled with cultivation supplies.
• The Xiao Residence steward summoned Xiao Baichuan to the front hall, where he met Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun praised Xiao Baichuan's combat talent and rapid breakthrough from Eighth Stage Dou Qi to Dou Zhe.
• Pill King Gu He arrived at the hall, and Xiao Baichuan warned Yao Chen to prepare for a fight.
• Gu He told Xiao Baichuan he had come to see him, making Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders wary.

Gu He questioned Xiao Baichuan about his secret Dou Qi technique, but Xiao Baichuan refused to reveal it or introduce his teacher. Yun Yun offered Xiao Baichuan and his teacher a place in the Misty Cloud Sect, then defended him when Gu He reproached him; Xiao Baichuan declined the offer but thanked Yun Yun, and Gu He left without learning his secrets.

• Yun Yun challenged Gu He’s visit, and Gu He said he had come to question Xiao Baichuan rather than make trouble.
• Gu He asked Xiao Baichuan to demonstrate the palm strike he had used against Liu Ling, but Xiao Baichuan refused and said his teacher had forbidden him to share it.
• Gu He asked to meet Xiao Baichuan’s teacher, but Xiao Baichuan said his teacher was away from Wutan City.
• Yun Yun invited Xiao Baichuan to join the Misty Cloud Sect and offered to accept his teacher too, but Xiao Baichuan declined.
• Gu He reproached Xiao Baichuan for refusing Yun Yun, and Yun Yun rebuked Gu He for interfering in her sect’s affairs.
• Yun Yun left with Nalan Yanran, and Gu He departed after casting Xiao Baichuan a cold glance.

Xiao Baichuan left Wutan City to gain experience and was nearly attacked by Ling Ying, Gu Xun’er’s hidden guard, who withdrew without explanation. In the mountains, Xiao Baichuan trained with Yao Chen and combined several Dou Techniques, ending the chapter by killing a Blood Ape with a single blow.

• Xiao Baichuan packed his belongings, told Xiao Zhan he was leaving to gain experience, and set out toward Qingshan Town.
• Yao Chen sensed that a concealed Dou Emperor was following Xiao Baichuan, and Ling Ying attacked before stopping his blade at Xiao Baichuan’s throat and retreating.
• Xiao Baichuan identified the attacker as Ling Ying, Gu Xun’er’s guard, and continued his journey while Ling Ying returned to report to her.
• Xiao Baichuan hunted magical beasts as Yao Chen taught him Suction Palm, Cloud-Shocking Step, and Eight Extremes Collapse, which Xiao Baichuan practiced in combination.
• Xiao Baichuan trained against ape-type magical beasts and perfected his use of Transforming Qi Palm on their acupoints.
• Xiao Baichuan immobilized a peak first-tier Blood Ape with Suction Palm, crossed the distance with Cloud-Shocking Step, disabled its defense with Transforming Qi Palm, and killed it with Eight Extremes Collapse.

Xiao Baichuan refused Yao Chen’s weapons and relied on his fists as he trained in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. In Poison Pool Swamp, he found a girl whose woeful poison body was awakening and began trying to stop it under Yao Chen’s guidance.

• Yao Chen offered Xiao Baichuan a collection of weapons, but Xiao Baichuan demonstrated his strength and declared his hands were the best weapons.
• Xiao Baichuan trained while traveling through the Magical Beast Mountain Range until he entered the unfamiliar Poison Pool Swamp.
• Xiao Baichuan spotted an unconscious girl in the poisonous fog and went to help her despite Yao Chen’s warning.
• Xiao Baichuan and Yao Chen recognized the girl’s awakening woeful poison body and determined that its poison had to be contained.
• Xiao Baichuan used Transforming Qi Palm on the girl’s Dantian while Yao Chen guided him in sealing her meridians.

Xiao Baichuan saved Xiao Yi Xian when her Woeful Poison Body began awakening, then brought her to a secluded cave and helped her reach Three-Star Dou Zhe. After she woke, he explained her condition, leaving her to realize that she herself was poison.

• Xiao Baichuan sealed the nascent Woeful Poison Body in Xiao Yi Xian and carried her away from the poisonous marsh.
• Xiao Baichuan settled Xiao Yi Xian in a secluded cave, then followed Yao Chen's advice and drank medicine to break through to Three-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and learned that Xiao Baichuan had rescued her from the marsh.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she was a physician searching for herbs to cure her poisoning, and Xiao Baichuan told her that pills could not cure it.
• Xiao Baichuan explained the Woeful Poison Body and its awakening, and Xiao Yi Xian realized she herself was poison.

Xiao Baichuan explained how Xiao Yi Xian could cultivate through poison and helped her begin awakening the Woeful Poison Body. While waiting for her, he caught a Thousand Illusion Dream Snake for Yao Chen and learned its venom was an ingredient in a potent pill; then the Twin Fish Jade Pendant began glowing.

• Xiao Baichuan told Xiao Yi Xian that absorbing poison could rapidly raise her cultivation, though the Woeful Poison Body would eventually erupt, and said there was a difficult way to fix it.
• Xiao Baichuan undid Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Qi seal and left the cave so she could awaken her Woeful Poison Body without exposing him to the poisonous mist.
• Xiao Baichuan watched the awakening poison the valley, then followed Yao Chen's instructions to catch and kill a fleeing Thousand Illusion Dream Snake.
• Xiao Baichuan removed the snake's magic core and venom sac, and Yao Chen explained that its venom was a main ingredient in the Illusionary Love Pill.
• Xiao Baichuan stored the snake's remains and waited for Xiao Yi Xian, when the Twin Fish Jade Pendant against his chest suddenly began to glow.

Xiao Baichuan entered the jade pendant to bring Ling Xi out and show her the Woeful Poison Body, prompting her to explain the Dou Qi Continent’s power structure ten thousand years ago. Ling Xi described the fourteen Dou Di and the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s formidable strength, while the mystery of what happened to Dou Di who targeted it remained unresolved.

• Yao Chen panicked when Xiao Baichuan’s soul disappeared, then watched him return and explain that he had entered the jade pendant to cultivate his Soul Force.
• Xiao Baichuan brought Ling Xi to view the poisonous valley, and she recognized the Woeful Poison Body.
• Ling Xi explained that the Woeful Poison Body’s owner, the Northwest Poison Emperor, had been a Dou Di ten thousand years earlier, when the continent had fourteen Dou Di in total.
• Ling Xi named Xiao Heavenly Emperor, Tunling Emperor, and Hun Xuan Emperor as the three strongest Dou Di, and said they were near leaving the continent for the Great Thousand World.
• Ling Xi told Xiao Baichuan that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could contend with a Dou Di and that Dou Di who targeted it had returned without success; she did not know why.