Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after years away and revealed himself to Yun Yun, now a Dou Wang. He learned that Yun Yun planned to help Gu He search for the Green Lotus Core Flame and asked to join them.

• Gu He told Yun Yun that the Green Lotus Core Flame was somewhere in the Snake-People Tribe's territory in the Tagor Desert, and Yun Yun agreed to accompany him.
• After Gu He left, Xiao Tian appeared before Yun Yun, who initially failed to recognize him and confronted him as an intruder.
• Xiao Tian proved his identity with the Purple Cloud Token, and Yun Yun was shocked to learn he had reached the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Tian explained that his mysterious master had taken him away to cultivate, and Yun Yun welcomed him back and urged him to inform the Xiao Clan he was safe.
• Xiao Tian learned Yun Yun would help Gu He find the Green Lotus Core Flame and asked to go with them, intending to claim it for himself.

Xiao Tian tried to convince Yun Yun that he could survive the dangers of the Tagor Desert by demonstrating his clone and transformation techniques. Yun Yun was impressed by his disguise, but when she asked him to teach it to her, Xiao Tian refused and began explaining its requirements.

• Yun Yun forbade Xiao Tian from joining her trip to the Tagor Desert, warning that the Snake-People Tribe had powerful Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Tian claimed he had escaped two emperor-rank magical beasts, but Yun Yun accused him of bragging.
• Xiao Tian used his Clone Technique, first showing Yun Yun six clones and then demonstrating that seven clones were harder to distinguish at a distance.
• Xiao Tian used his Transformation Technique to disguise himself as Yun Yun, leaving her stunned by how convincing it was.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Tian to teach her the technique, but he said it required a special soul and another crucial condition.

Xiao Tian persuaded Yun Yun to let him accompany the group seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame, then offered her rare magical beast meat and a sixth-grade Snow Soul Ice Orchid. Yun Yun agreed to give him a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill after he returned to the Xiao Clan to reassure his family and clansmen.

• Xiao Tian explained that his transformation Dou Technique depended on an ancient being's recognition, and Yun Yun agreed to let him accompany them.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Tian not to display his transformation casually or behave disrespectfully, and he offered to barbecue king-tier magical beast meat.
• Xiao Tian revealed that he had killed a Qing Lin Earth Origin Python, startling Yun Yun because the beasts lived in groups.
• Xiao Tian gave Yun Yun a Snow Soul Ice Orchid, and she accepted it before stopping his long account of how he had found it.
• Xiao Tian asked to study a sixth-grade pill, and Yun Yun offered him a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill if he first returned to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Tian left Yun Yun after securing two Dou Ling Pills and returned to the sect, where he revealed himself to disciples who thought he was dead. He declared himself a Dou Wang and kicked Lei Yu flying when Lei Yu challenged him.

• Xiao Tian asked Yun Yun for two Dou Ling Pills and hurried out before she could respond.
• Xiao Tian overheard disciples gossiping about his supposed death and confronted Li Yuanhao, who recognized the spot where Xiao Tian had kicked him years earlier.
• Xiao Tian showed the disciples the Purple Cloud Token and stopped them from fleeing by cracking the ground with his staff.
• Lei Yu arrived and challenged Xiao Tian, who announced that he was a Dou Wang.
• Lei Yu attacked with Astral Might Earth-Dominating Fist, but Xiao Tian kicked him flying.

Xiao Tian returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and overwhelmed its disciples, including Lei Yu, before revealing that he had become a Dou Wang. Yun Leng went to report the news to Yun Yun and emerged from her office burdened with an order involving two Dou Ling Pills.

• Xiao Tian kicked Lei Yu into the air, and Lei Yu collapsed unconscious after being unable to catch his breath.
• Xiao Tian summoned Li Yunhao, insulted him, and sent him flying until he passed out.
• Yun Leng arrived, questioned Xiao Tian about his disappearance, and urged him to meet the sect leader.
• Xiao Tian formed Dou Qi Wings and flew away, revealing to the stunned disciples and Yun Leng that he was a Dou Wang.
• Yun Leng reported Xiao Tian’s return to Yun Yun and left her office complaining about two Dou Ling Pills.

Xiao Tian returned to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City after reaching Dou Wang and revealed himself to his father and the elders. He reunited with Xiao Zhan, who recognized him through his childhood secrets and habits.

• Xiao Tian arrived at the Xiao Clan gate, where guards Xiao Erding and Xiao Sanjia failed to recognize him and he vanished before their eyes.
• Xiao Tian overheard the elders urging Xiao Zhan to accept resources from the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Zhan refused because he felt the sect had already done enough for the clan.
• Xiao Tian entered the council hall and told Xiao Zhan private details about his hidden belongings to prove his identity.
• Xiao Zhan recognized Xiao Tian when he recalled his son's childhood food aversions and welcomed him home.

Xiao Tian returned to the Xiao Clan as a Dou Wang and celebrated with his family, refining Marrow Cleansing Powder that improved his parents’ cultivation and appearance. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhan ordering the clan to accept resources from the Misty Cloud Sect and claim more compensation.

• Xiao Tian revealed his Dou Wang cultivation, delighting Xiao Zhan and the elders, while his mother scolded him for worrying her.
• Xiao Tian worried that the Misty Cloud Sect and Yun Shan might be tied to the Hall of Souls and decided he needed to investigate the sect.
• Xiao Tian refined Marrow Cleansing Powder and gave portions to Xiao Zhan and Lady Xiao, telling them it could improve their potential.
• After bathing with the powder, Xiao Zhan advanced to Dou Ling and Lady Xiao advanced to Da Dou Shi, astonishing the First Elder.
• Xiao Zhan told the First Elder to accept the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources and handle the fourth-rank Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pills as he saw fit.

Xiao Tian returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and surprised Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran with his Dou Wang cultivation and teasing manner. After Nalan Yanran fled from his teasing, Yun Yun questioned what he thought of her, and Xiao Tian instead flirted with Yun Yun, who reminded him that she was his master.

• Xiao Tian left the Xiao Clan pill formulas and decided to visit Jia Lan School after learning Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Teng had enrolled there.
• Xiao Tian flew out of the Xiao Clan, and onlookers mistook him for the young Dou Wang they suspected was Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and met Nalan Yanran beside Yun Yun.
• Xiao Tian teased Nalan Yanran about her appearance and tried to stop her from leaving, but Yun Yun told him not to bully his senior sister.
• After Nalan Yanran fled, Yun Yun asked Xiao Tian what he thought of her, and he praised Yun Yun instead; she told him to stop talking nonsense because she was his master.

Xiao Tian pressured Yun Leng into handing over two Dou Ling Pills and swallowed one, advancing to Six-Star Dou Wang. He left Yun Leng furious as he prepared to set out with Yun Yun to find the Green Lotus Core Flame the next day.

• Xiao Tian asked Yun Yun about the Xiao Clan and reminded her to keep sending it Misty Cloud Sect resources, then asked when they would search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Tian to ask Yun Leng for his Dou Ling Pills and said they would set out the next day.
• Xiao Tian threatened Yun Leng until the first elder gave him two bottles, each containing a Dou Ling Pill.
• Xiao Tian swallowed one pill and absorbed its power, reaching Six-Star Dou Wang as his presence shattered the room's furniture.
• Xiao Tian thanked Yun Leng and left, while the first elder fumed and resolved to avoid provoking him.

After Xiao Tian advanced to Six-Star Dou Wang, Yun Shan confronted him and asked him to look after Yun Yun, believing he had little time left after a failed breakthrough. Xiao Tian offered to help Yun Shan recover if he could find spiritual ingredients to nourish his damaged soul.

• Xiao Tian told Yun Yun that he had finished digesting the Dou Ling Pill and reached Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Tian noticed someone watching him and met Yun Shan on a deserted mountain path.
• Yun Shan proposed betrothing Yun Yun to Xiao Tian and asked him to look after her.
• Yun Shan explained that his failed attempt to break through to Dou Zong had left his soul incomplete, and Gu He could not help him.
• Xiao Tian promised to refine pills for Yun Shan if he found king-grade or emperor-grade spiritual ingredients that nourished the soul.

Xiao Tian convinced Yun Shan to give him rare soul-nourishing materials and refined a Life Wheel Golden Pill to repair Yun Shan’s damaged soul. Yun Shan took the pill while Xiao Tian stood guard.

• Yun Shan doubted Xiao Tian could help him because even Gu He had failed to cure his incomplete soul.
• Xiao Tian examined Yun Shan and explained that two of his human spirits had been damaged when he failed to break through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Tian promised to refine a Life Wheel Golden Pill and persuaded Yun Shan to hand over three king-grade stalks and one emperor-grade stalk of spiritual material.
• Xiao Tian recognized the emperor-grade material as a twin-stalk soul orchid and secluded himself to refine the pill.
• At night, Xiao Tian emerged with a flawless golden pill, and Yun Shan took the Life Wheel Golden Pill as Xiao Tian offered to stand guard.

After the Life Wheel Golden Pill completed Yun Shan’s human spirits, Xiao Tian earned an achievement point and upgraded his Sharingan to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He tested its Kamui and Kotoamatsukami abilities and considered how he might use them.

• Yun Shan’s souls and spirits formed a yin-yang pattern, curing his discomfort and bringing him to the verge of becoming a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Tian left Yun Shan to rest and earned an achievement point for stopping him from turning evil.
• Xiao Tian exchanged the achievement point for 100,000 system points, then spent 50,000 to upgrade his cultivation but remained a Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Tian spent another 50,000 system points to upgrade his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Xiao Tian discovered that his left eye had Kamui and his right eye had Kotoamatsukami, then used Kamui to send a tea set into its alternate dimension.

Xiao Tian joined Yun Yun, Pill King Gu He, and three other Dou Wangs on an expedition to the Snake-People Tribe’s territory. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan prepared to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame and vowed revenge against the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Tian to follow her instructions when they reached the Snake-People Tribe’s territory, and they left the Misty Cloud Sect together.
• Pill King Gu He arrived with Feng Li, Lei Na, and Yan Shi, and Yun Yun introduced Xiao Tian to the group.
• Gu He introduced his three Dou Wang companions, and Yun Yun ordered Xiao Tian to wear a black robe before the six flew toward the Tagor Desert.
• In the Tagor Desert, Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether he was ready to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Yao Lao encouraged him by recalling his past training.
• Xiao Yan thought of Xiao Tian and Xun'er, clenched his fists, and vowed to make the Misty Cloud Sect wait.

Xiao Tian rescued Qing Lin from the Blood Wolf Mercenary Company and carried her toward Stone City. After learning she had nowhere to go, he considered the significance of finding her and asked about her home.

• Xiao Tian flew to the battle and incapacitated the Blood Wolf mercenaries, saving the Snake-People Tribe warriors and their captives.
• Xiao Tian told Hans to take the human girl somewhere safe, but she pleaded to go with him because her mother had been killed by the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Tian learned that Stone City lay three hundred li to the south, freed the girl, and carried her away on his Dou Qi Wings.
• The girl introduced herself as Qing Lin, and Xiao Tian recognized her as the possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Tian that she had no home and offered to work for him in exchange for food.

Xiao Tian and Gu He’s group entered the Snake-People Tribe’s royal stockade to seek Queen Medusa and discuss a trade, but Commander Mo Bass attacked them. The group repelled the opening assault, leaving Xiao Tian disappointed that Yue Mei was not guarding the stockade.

• Xiao Tian sent Qing Lin into the Kamui Dimension and promised to return for her.
• Xiao Tian caught up with Yun Yun, Gu He, and the others, and they flew toward the Snake-People Tribe’s royal stockade.
• The Snake-People raised the alarm and notified Commander Mo Bass as the human Dou Wang experts approached.
• Gu He introduced himself as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist and asked Mo Bass to arrange a trade with Queen Medusa.
• Mo Bass accused the humans of abducting Snake-People women and ordered his warriors to attack.
• Lei Na and Yan Shi blocked Mo Bass’s blade waves, while the poisoned arrows and spears failed to pierce the group’s Dou Qi defenses.

Xiao Tian ended the fight by defeating Mo Bass with one blow, then saved him with a sixth-rank pill. Mo Bass agreed to lead Xiao Tian and the others to Queen Medusa, warning that several commanders would be there to protect her.

• Mo Bass fought Lei Na and Yan Shi until he severed Lei Na’s arm, and Feng Li took Lei Na’s place.
• Xiao Tian rushed into the battle and struck Mo Bass’s skull with his Adamantine Staff, sending him crashing into a crater.
• Xiao Tian fed the nearly dying Mo Bass an Orpiment Life Force Pill, and Mo Bass’s skull began to heal.
• Mo Bass said he owed Xiao Tian a favor but would not help anyone harm Queen Medusa.
• Mo Bass agreed to lead them to the temple while warning that several commanders would be there to protect Queen Medusa.

Mo Bass brought Xiao Tian and the others to the Snake-People Tribe’s city, where Yue Mei challenged them with poison before offering to take Xiao Tian to see Medusa if he drank her poisoned wine. Xiao Tian drank it safely, leaving Yue Mei stunned.

• Mo Bass led Xiao Tian and the others to the Snake-People Tribe’s city, where Yue Mei and the other Dou Wangs confronted them.
• Yue Mei released colorless, odorless poison gas, but Xiao Tian blew it back with a gust from his Adamantine Staff.
• Xiao Tian told Yue Mei that Gu He wanted to negotiate with Medusa, and Yue Mei offered to take him to the queen if he drank her poisoned wine.
• Xiao Tian caught the wine, neutralized its toxins with the system’s data mode, and drank it in one gulp.
• Xiao Tian asked Yue Mei for another cup, and her face paled.

Xiao Tian survived Yue Mei’s poison and demanded that she take him to Queen Medusa, but Medusa appeared before the group herself. Gu He revealed that he had come to trade for the Heavenly Flame in Medusa’s possession, leaving the Snake-People Tribe’s leaders alarmed.

• Yue Mei and Gu He were shocked when Xiao Tian showed no signs of poisoning, while Yun Yun felt relieved.
• Xiao Tian reminded Yue Mei of her promise to take him to Queen Medusa, but she refused and an older Snake-People Dou Wang intervened.
• Space twisted above the city wall, and Queen Medusa appeared, drawing reverent greetings from Yue Mei, Mo Bass, and the others.
• Gu He introduced himself to Medusa and proposed a trade; Medusa recognized him as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist who had brought a Dou Huang expert.
• Gu He said the group wanted the Heavenly Flame in Medusa’s possession, alarming the Snake-People leaders, and Medusa ordered them to leave.

Gu He failed to persuade Queen Medusa to trade the Green Lotus Core Flame, so Xiao Tian slipped away to search for it himself. After sensing that Medusa had split the flame’s presence into four parts, he chose one direction as Gu He and Yun Yun returned to the city.

• Gu He offered Queen Medusa three Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills and a Seventh-grade Transformation Pill for the heavenly flame, but she refused and ordered the group to leave.
• Xiao Tian realized Queen Medusa was being affected by the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul and sensed that her consciousness might eventually be devoured.
• Xiao Tian left with Gu He and the others, then slipped away that night to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Tian evaded Yun Yun by transforming into a sand snake, returned to the city disguised as a Snake-Person, and sensed four traces of the heavenly flame.
• Xiao Tian saw Gu He, Yun Yun, and the others returning to the city, then chose one direction to search for the flame.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Tian infiltrated the city during the battle between the Jia Ma Empire forces and the Snake-People Tribe. Xiao Tian crossed the poison-filled lake with Heavenly Meteor Divine Fire Blaze and reached the area near the heavenly flame.

• Yao Lao recognized Queen Medusa as an energy clone and urged Xiao Yan to enter the city amid the fighting.
• Xiao Yan identified Pill King Gu He and Yun Yun, but Yao Lao warned him not to confront Yun Yun and told him to prioritize refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Tian evaded patrols and discovered that the lake surrounding the island contained flight-restricting power and deadly poison.
• Xiao Tian crossed the lake under the protection of Heavenly Meteor Divine Fire Blaze, transformed into a giant python, and approached the heavenly flame.
• Xiao Tian used Kamui to remove the head of a sixth-rank two-headed python and found Qing Lin in the Kamui Dimension considering how to cook it.
• Xiao Tian continued through the grass and found a mist-covered pool whose cold water reminded him of cola.