Chapter Summaries

After Mo Shuang'er broke off their engagement, Lu Yuan accepted that his poisoned cultivation left him unable to meet the Lu Clan’s requirements and chose to leave for Qingshan Town. He hoped to find a way to change his fate there, while his father secretly planned to avenge him; as Lu Yuan waited to depart, a young man and girl approached.

• Mo Shuang'er ended her engagement to Lu Yuan, and the Lu Clan members mocked him for being stuck at Sixth-Stage Dou Qi.
• Lu Yuan recalled how poisoning had crippled his cultivation and traced the trouble to the Wu Clan before the conflict ended through the Mo Clan’s mediation.
• Lu Yuan accepted that he had to leave the clan and chose Qingshan Town, hoping to meet Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and find a cure or another path forward.
• Lu Tong Xuan gave Lu Yuan a Storage Ring and arranged for Uncle Zhang, a Nine-Star Dou Shi, to accompany him, while privately vowing to avenge his son.
• Lu Yuan packed to leave that day and waited by the rear gate, where a youth in a brocade robe and a young girl approached, prompting him to frown.

After Lu Chen taunted Lu Yuan over his broken engagement and impending demotion, Lu Yuan left for the hidden courtyard where Qing Lin lived. Touching Qing Lin awakened the Fortune Catalog, which identified her extraordinary bloodline and offered to replicate or plunder her abilities.

• Lu Chen gloated over Lu Yuan's misfortune and claimed Lu Yuan's woman and position would belong to him, while Lu Qingqing remained uneasy.
• Lu Yuan mocked Lu Chen, then left the teahouse with Uncle Zhang after the old servant's presence silenced Lu Chen.
• Lu Yuan asked Uncle Zhang to take him to his mother's private courtyard in the south of the city, where Qing Lin greeted him.
• When Lu Yuan touched Qing Lin, the Fortune Catalog appeared and identified her Heavenly Snake Great Emperor Bloodline and unawakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The Fortune Catalog offered Lu Yuan the choice to activate elementary replication or plundering, and he realized he had gained a powerful advantage.

After copying part of Qing Lin’s Heavenly Snake Great Emperor Bloodline, Lu Yuan recovered to the Seventh Stage Dou Qi and set out with her and Uncle Zhang for Qingshan Town. Seven days into the journey, Qing Lin broke through to Dou Zhe, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils began to awaken.

• Lu Yuan copied twenty percent of Qing Lin’s Heavenly Snake Great Emperor Bloodline, clearing some of his toxins and restoring his cultivation to the Seventh Stage Dou Qi.
• Lu Yuan told Qing Lin the clan had sent him away and brought her along, then the three of them departed Salt City for Qingshan Town.
• During the seven-day journey, Qing Lin cultivated alongside Lu Yuan in the carriage.
• Qing Lin broke through to Dou Zhe as her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils briefly appeared and drained Lu Yuan’s strength.
• Qing Lin asked whether she could protect Lu Yuan, whom she cherished above her own life.

Lu Yuan arrived in Qingshan Town, learned about its rival factions and the recent conflict involving Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan, and began making plans. Seven days later, he went to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to see Xiao Yi Xian.

• Lu Yuan and Qing Lin reached Qingshan Town and settled at the Lu Merchant Guild, where Lu Yuan left the business in Manager Qian’s hands.
• Manager Qian described the town’s major forces and reported that Mu Li had failed to seize a cave’s treasures from Xiao Yi Xian and a young cultivator, who was now hiding in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Lu Yuan recognized the events as the aftermath of Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan discovering the cave, then asked where the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was based.
• After seven days, Lu Yuan arrived at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and asked attendant Xiao Xia whether Xiao Yi Xian was seeing patients.

Lu Yuan visited Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and used the Fortune Catalog to replicate her awakened Woeful Poison Body. The poison that had crippled his cultivation became fuel for his recovery, and he broke through to Dou Zhe, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned.

• A mercenary questioned Lu Yuan cutting into the Myriad Medicine Pavilion queue, but another mercenary warned him that Lu Yuan had a Dou Shi guard and recounted how Mu She had apologized after Lu Yuan's guard crippled a Wolf Head Mercenary Group member.
• Lu Yuan sat down at Xiao Yi Xian's consultation table and insisted she take his pulse for at least ten breaths.
• The Fortune Catalog reached full progress during the examination and offered Lu Yuan the chance to replicate or plunder Xiao Yi Xian's attributes.
• Lu Yuan chose replication, gaining a power that absorbed the poison in his dantian and meridians and converted it into energy.
• Lu Yuan's cultivation rose from Sixth-Stage Dou Qi to Ninth Stage and then formed a cyclone as he broke through to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed that Lu Yuan's poison had vanished and his cultivation had transformed, and Lu Yuan told her she was the medicine he needed.

Lu Yuan revealed that he knew Xiao Yi Xian had the Woeful Poison Body, and she led him to a locked secret room to hear what he knew. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan was cornered by Wolf Head Mercenary Group members in the Magical Beast Mountain Range until an old Dou Shi killed them and asked whether he was Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian suspected Lu Yuan was hiding his cultivation, but he claimed she was his benefactor and named the Woeful Poison Body.
• Lu Yuan described Xiao Yi Xian’s dangerous physique, and she panicked and demanded to know how much he knew.
• Xiao Yi Xian dismissed her patients and took Lu Yuan to a locked secret room in the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan was pursued to a cliff by Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries and asked Yao Lao for help, but Yao Lao told him to fend for himself.
• An old Dou Shi appeared, killed the mercenaries, and asked Xiao Yan if he was Xiao Yan.

Uncle Zhang explained why Lu Yuan had helped Xiao Yan and reassured him that Xiao Yi Xian was protected. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian about his misfortunes and began explaining his knowledge of the Woeful Poison Body by mentioning Ice River Valley and its Dou Zun master.

• Uncle Zhang told Xiao Yan that Lu Yuan had sent him because they shared similar misfortunes and because the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had offended Lu Yuan and threatened Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan learned that Mo Shuang'er had forced Lu Yuan into an engagement before his cultivation regressed from poison and the Mo Clan broke off the engagement.
• Xiao Yan promised to remember Lu Yuan's help and resolved to make a pill to cure Lu Yuan's poison once he became a capable alchemist.
• Uncle Zhang assured Xiao Yan that Lu Yuan's guards could protect Xiao Yi Xian, easing Xiao Yan's worry about her safety.
• Lu Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian about his past, then asked whether she knew of Ice River Valley and revealed that its master, the Ice Venerable, was a Dou Zun.

Lu Yuan explained how his Acquired Calamity Poison Body could help Xiao Yi Xian escape the fate of her Innate Calamity Poison Body, and she agreed to leave Qingshan Town with him. After Xiao Yi Xian asked him to deal with the people coveting her cave treasure, Lu Yuan declared that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion would be bought out and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group disbanded.

• Lu Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian about Ice Venerable and explained the difference between innate and acquired Calamity Poison Bodies.
• Lu Yuan revealed that contact with Xiao Yi Xian had awakened his Acquired Calamity Poison Body and offered to help her avoid her constitution's deadly fate.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to leave Qingshan Town with Lu Yuan, explaining that her poison cravings and uncontrolled cultivation made staying unsafe.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lu Yuan to deal with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and Mr. Yao, who coveted her cave treasure.
• Lu Yuan announced that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion would be bought out and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group disbanded.

Lu Yuan revealed that his cultivation had recovered and sent Zhang Qingqing to protect Xiao Yi Xian by forcing Mr. Yao out and destroying the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. After Zhang Qingqing completed the bloody takeover, Lu Yuan’s steward began securing the group’s territory and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

• Lu Yuan told Zhang Qingqing that Xiao Yi Xian had cured his poison and asked her to repay Xiao Yi Xian by taking over the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and killing the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s core members.
• Zhang Qingqing threatened Mr. Yao into surrendering the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s property to Xiao Yi Xian and leaving Qingshan Town.
• Zhang Qingqing killed Mu She and more than twenty core members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then looted their Storage Rings and secret vault.
• Lu Yuan told Steward Qian to take over the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s nearby territory, and Steward Qian realized Zhang Qingqing had carried out the attack.

Lu Yuan strengthened the Yuan Treasure Pavilion and advanced his cultivation by collecting poisons while Xiao Yi Xian grew stronger by consuming them. After building closer contact with her, he completed an intermediate copy of her physique and asked whether she wanted to feel him weaken it.

• Zhang Qingqing gave Lu Yuan the valuables and contracts taken from Mu She's subordinates, and Lu Yuan assigned Steward Qian to take over the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and buy poisons.
• Steward Qian learned that Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had been killed, while Lu Yuan's guild took only part of their territory to avoid drawing suspicion.
• Over the next month and a half, the Yuan Treasure Pavilion became Qingshan Town's landmark and controlled most of its resources; Lu Yuan reached Seven-Star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Yi Xian reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Lu Yuan found Xiao Yi Xian alone and held her hand, then suggested that closer contact could help him analyze her Woeful Poison Body faster.
• After Xiao Yi Xian reacted to Lu Yuan's suggestion that they need not remain innocent, his intermediate copy of her physique reached completion.
• Lu Yuan asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she wanted to experience him weakening her physique.

Lu Yuan persuaded Xiao Yi Xian not to give up her Woeful Poison Body yet, explaining that removing its source could permanently weaken her and might transfer the danger to him. He copied forty percent of her source, strengthening his own physique and advancing to an eight-star Dou Zhe, then planned to take her and Qing Lin into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lu Yuan to remove her Woeful Poison Body, but he warned that losing its source could limit her cultivation and be difficult to reverse.
• Lu Yuan suggested Xiao Yi Xian use the physique to grow stronger first, and explained that removing it later could put him at risk if he could not suppress it.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she trusted Lu Yuan to help her, and he proposed taking half her physique after she reached Dou Wang or Dou Emperor.
• Lu Yuan copied forty percent of Xiao Yi Xian's source, bringing his share of the Woeful Poison Body to sixty percent and raising his cultivation from seven-star to eight-star Dou Zhe.
• Lu Yuan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could take her physique away if necessary, then said they would enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range after Qing Lin returned and they had dinner.

Lu Yuan took Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zhang Qingqing to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, intending to awaken Qing Lin's hidden talent. They reached Xiao Yi Xian's secluded valley, where Zhang Qingqing captured a tier-three Earth-Splitting Rock Python for the test.

• Lu Yuan praised Qing Lin's cooking and announced they would travel to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to awaken her talent.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan, and Lu Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zhang Qingqing flew toward the mountains.
• Xiao Yi Xian led them to her hidden valley and explained how she had discovered it with Xiao Lan.
• Lu Yuan asked Zhang Qingqing to catch a tier-three snake-shaped magical beast, and she returned with an unconscious Earth-Splitting Rock Python.
• Lu Yuan thanked Zhang Qingqing and told Qing Lin to prepare to wear the snake down.

Lu Yuan and his companions trapped an Earth-Splitting Rock Python so Qing Lin could train her gaze against it, while Lu Yuan cultivated and Xiao Yi Xian began a breakthrough. The chapter ended with Qing Lin awakening the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subduing the python.

• Zhang Qingqing gathered sunken wood, and the group built a cage that restrained the Earth-Splitting Rock Python.
• Lu Yuan told Qing Lin to face the trapped snake daily, and she gradually overcame her fear of it.
• Lu Yuan advanced to nine stars, while Xiao Yi Xian remained asleep amid protective poison mist as she broke through.
• Lu Yuan sensed Qing Lin's awakening and waited as three pale cyan lights appeared in her eyes.
• Qing Lin's pupils formed three blooming flowers, and a beam of green light marked the Earth-Splitting Rock Python, making it docile.

After Qing Lin awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Lu Yuan copied part of their origin and explained their powers to her. Three months later, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had grown stronger, and Lu Yuan planned to find Qing Lin a Fourth-Order snake-shaped Magical Beast to control.

• Qing Lin successfully awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and gained control of the Earth-Splitting Rock Snake.
• Lu Yuan copied forty percent of the pupils’ origin, awakening their one-flower stage and its mental-suppression ability in himself.
• Lu Yuan explained the pupils’ abilities to Qing Lin, who celebrated her newfound power and promised to do more for him.
• Over three months, Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Seven-Star Dou Shi, while Qing Lin learned to control five Third-Order snake-shaped Magical Beasts.
• Lu Yuan decided to reduce the number of beasts Qing Lin controlled and seek a Fourth-Order beast for her, then asked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for a kiss before making more copies.

Lu Yuan replicated Qing Lin’s bloodline and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation, gaining a stronger pupil technique and reaching the peak of seven-star Dou Shi. He then led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zhang Qingqing toward the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find an Azure-Feathered Flame Snake.

• Lu Yuan used the Fortune Catalog to replicate sixty percent of Qing Lin’s Heavenly Snake Great Emperor Bloodline and sixty percent of Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation.
• The bloodline awakened two Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in Lu Yuan, with a third beginning to form, and gave him the ability to contract with any living being whose soul realm was below his.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation pushed Lu Yuan from four-star to peak seven-star Dou Shi, and he assured her he would help resolve the suffering of her Woeful Poison Body.
• Lu Yuan summoned Xiao Lan and set out with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zhang Qingqing to find the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake near the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lu Yuan and his companions attacked a weakened Azure-Feathered Flame Snake so Qing Lin could contract it. Qing Lin subdued the serpent, then collapsed into Lu Yuan’s arms after succeeding.

• Xiao Lan brought Lu Yuan, Zhang Qingqing, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the volcano where the recently fed Azure-Feathered Flame Snake was recovering.
• Lu Yuan proposed using Xiao Yi Xian and himself to restrain the serpent while Qing Lin’s three Third-Order Magical Beasts sacrificed themselves to wound it.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian trapped the serpent in the Heavenly Poison Prison Realm, and Qing Lin’s three beasts exploded against it, tearing open its defenses.
• Zhang Qingqing struck the serpent’s wound with the Green Wood Demon-Sealing Seal, pinning it in place for Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to contract the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, then lost consciousness in Lu Yuan’s arms.

Qing Lin recovered after contracting the Fourth-Order Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, giving the group strength to face a Dou Ling expert. Lu Yuan then found a Fourth-Order Earth Nether Rock Turtle and began contracting it with Xiao Yi Xian’s help.

• Qing Lin woke beside the stream, and Lu Yuan helped her recover after she used up her soul strength contracting the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake.
• Qing Lin tested her control of the snake, and Lu Yuan concluded the group now had the combat strength to face a Dou Ling expert.
• Lu Yuan decided to find a flying Magical Beast for himself, while Xiao Lan objected and Xiao Yi Xian reassured her that no one would replace her.
• After Qing Lin recovered, the group searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found a Fourth-Order Earth Nether Rock Turtle that Lu Yuan chose to contract.
• Qing Lin’s Azure-Feathered Flame Snake restrained the turtle, Xiao Yi Xian paralyzed it, and Lu Yuan formed a soul imprint as he began the contract.

Lu Yuan bound the Earth Nether Rock Turtle and headed toward a battle between Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, hoping to find an opportunity to recruit Yun Yun. After Yun Yun fled east, wounded and sealed, Lu Yuan rode toward her.

• Lu Yuan marked the Earth Nether Rock Turtle with a contract, gaining control of the beast.
• Lu Yuan sent Qing Lin, Xian'er, and Zhang Qingqing back to the valley while he rode the Earth Nether Rock Turtle toward the clash.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King overwhelmed Yun Yun's defenses, wounded her, and sealed her Dou Qi, though Yun Yun severed his horn and escaped.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered the Magical Beasts to search for Yun Yun, and Lu Yuan spotted her fleeing east from a distant peak.
• Lu Yuan told the Earth Nether Rock Turtle to run after noticing Yun Yun was heading in his direction.

Lu Yuan rescued the unconscious Yun Yun from a Green-Scaled Water Python and brought her to a hidden cave to treat her injuries. Xiao Yan arrived too late to save her, while Yun Yun woke as Lu Yuan was preparing to tend to her wounds.

• Lu Yuan spotted Yun Yun being dragged through the water by a Green-Scaled Water Python and ordered the Earth Nether Rock Turtle to kill it.
• Lu Yuan rescued Yun Yun, covered her with a robe, collected the python's remains, and left on the Earth Nether Rock Turtle.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao arrived after the rescue, discussed the unknown beast-tamer who had taken Yun Yun, and left when a fourth-order flying magical beast approached.
• Lu Yuan took Yun Yun to a concealed underground cave, laid her on a carpet, and began preparing to treat her injuries.
• Yun Yun woke as Lu Yuan had his hand on her chest.

Lu Yuan rescued the injured Yun Yun and treated her while she was unable to move, earning her trust by pretending to be wary of powerful women. After agreeing to protect her until her cultivation returned, he left the underground shelter to deceive his companions and blend into the magical beasts searching for someone.

• Lu Yuan gave Yun Yun healing medicine and turned away, and she realized he had rescued her from the Green-Scaled Water Python.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Yuan to apply her medicine, and he reluctantly agreed after she promised not to repay his kindness with enmity.
• Yun Yun gave Lu Yuan the false name Yun Zhi and instructed him to feed her a pill, remove her inner armor, and treat her wound.
• Yun Yun told Lu Yuan that her cultivation would remain sealed for seven days and asked him to protect her, promising a generous reward.
• Lu Yuan agreed to guard Yun Yun but left the underground shelter to reassure his companions, then disguised his presence and prepared to join the magical beasts searching for someone.