Chapter Summaries

Fan Lang battled Demon Xiaoyao while the Golden Sun War Lion helped him, and he overcame Demon Xiaoyao’s domain and medicinal rain to eliminate the other demons. As Fan Lang prepared to face Demon Xiaoyao alone, Demon Xiaoyao summoned the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and called for the demons within it to emerge.

• Fan Lang and the Golden Sun War Lion fought Demon Xiaoyao while Fan Lang killed most of the demons around them.
• Demon Xiaoyao unleashed the Pale Demonic Domain, suppressing energy attributes and giving himself an advantage, but Fan Lang adapted by relying on physical strength.
• Demon Xiaoyao drenched the battlefield in medicinal rain that strengthened demons, and Fan Lang used his Xuanyuan Bone to absorb its benefits and kill another demon.
• Demon Xiaoyao withdrew the Pale Demonic Domain as its cost grew too great, and Fan Lang and the Golden Sun War Lion killed the remaining demons.
• Fan Lang advanced on the exhausted Demon Xiaoyao, who revealed the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and summoned the demons inside.

Fan Lang and the Golden Sun War Lion defeated Demon Xiaoyao amid the chaos unleashed by the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, then escaped through a Space Crack. After restraining the crippled Demon Xiaoyao, Fan Lang offered him a system in exchange for his life.

• Demon Xiaoyao released ten thousand demons from the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, but they were leaderless because he had not fully refined the treasure.
• Fan Lang disguised himself with Demonic Qi and attacked Demon Xiaoyao alongside the Golden Sun War Lion as the demons fought chaotically around them.
• Fan Lang activated Tenfold Burst and unleashed the Lapis Lazuli Illuminating Heaven Skill, while he and the Golden Sun War Lion cornered and overwhelmed Demon Xiaoyao.
• The Golden Sun War Lion swallowed Demon Xiaoyao and Fan Lang, then carried them through a Space Crack into a dark world of ruins before Fan Lang returned it to its Summoning Card.
• Fan Lang bound the limb-less Demon Xiaoyao with the Yin Yang Dragon Lock and offered him a system if he would accept it, promising to spare his life.

After defeating Demon Xiaoyao, Fan Lang offered him a subsystem fitted with mental shackles in exchange for his life. Demon Xiaoyao accepted and became Fan Lang’s controllable subordinate, while Fan Lang confirmed that his secret remained hidden and asked about the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.

• Fan Lang told Demon Xiaoyao that the subsystem would enslave him and demanded that he accept it or die.
• Demon Xiaoyao agreed to take the subsystem, joking that he might still control Fan Lang despite the shackles.
• Fan Lang implanted the subsystem, and Demon Xiaoyao complained that he had received a son system instead of the stronger parent system.
• Fan Lang tested forced commands that paralyzed Demon Xiaoyao and made him obey, confirming that the subsystem worked.
• Demon Xiaoyao admitted he had shared some memory contents but had not revealed Fan Lang’s identity as their source or the system’s secret.
• Fan Lang asked how much of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall Demon Xiaoyao had refined and whether he could reclaim it after releasing it.

Fan Lang and Demon Xiaoyao recovered from their battle and headed to reclaim Ten Thousand Demons Hall before the escaped demons could seize it. They fought their way through the demons, and Demon Xiaoyao began refining the hall while Fan Lang guarded him.

• Demon Xiaoyao accepted that Fan Lang’s system controlled him and agreed to serve as Fan Lang’s subordinate.
• Fan Lang considered the mysteries of the deeper Pangu System as he healed, while Demon Xiaoyao regrew temporary limbs.
• Fan Lang and Demon Xiaoyao left the Demon Pill Tomb to reclaim Ten Thousand Demons Hall, which a crowd of demons was trying to refine.
• Fan Lang and Demon Xiaoyao fought through the demons and reached Ten Thousand Demons Hall.
• Demon Xiaoyao placed his hand on Ten Thousand Demons Hall to reclaim it, while Fan Lang stayed to protect him.

Demon Xiaoyao reclaimed the Ten Thousand Demons Hall while Fan Lang protected him from the attacking demons, and the two fought together to clear the surrounding area. They entered the Demon Pill Tomb to hunt down more demons and began searching for its greatest treasure, which Fan Lang hoped would make him a master alchemist.

• Demon Xiaoyao reinforced his imprint on the Ten Thousand Demons Hall as Fan Lang fought off the demons attacking them.
• Demon Xiaoyao refined the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and shrank it into his hand, then joined Fan Lang in killing the demons around them.
• Fan Lang explained the system's Experience Points to Demon Xiaoyao before taking him through a Space Crack into the Demon Pill Tomb.
• Fan Lang and Demon Xiaoyao battled demons and the tomb's Tusk Vines, Life-Stealing Rats, and Bone Spirit Fire, leaving about eight hundred escaped demons behind.
• Fan Lang led Demon Xiaoyao deeper into the Demon Pill Tomb to search for its greatest treasure.

Fan Lang cleared the energy storm in the Demon Pill Tomb and obtained the Demon Pill Record, an alchemy inheritance that raised him to an Eight-Star Grade Alchemist. He set out to refine pills to advance further, ending with a choice of what to make first.

• Fan Lang explained to Demon Xiaoyao that the Demon Pill Tomb had belonged to a powerful alchemist and led him toward its surviving relics.
• Fan Lang opened a Space Crack and sucked the living energy storm into another space, revealing ruins beneath it.
• Fan Lang recovered a damaged Storage Card and found an ancient chest containing nearly a hundred Demon Pill Records.
• Fan Lang absorbed the alchemy inheritance while Demon Xiaoyao stood guard, advancing to Eight-Star Grade Alchemist.
• Fan Lang brought out a Pill Cauldron and considered which pill to refine first.

Fan Lang chose to refine the Sea Flipping Pill, successfully made his first Eight-Star pill, and continued producing them to advance his alchemist rank before heading to Flame Dragon Academy. The chapter then introduced the academy, where three of its leaders were discussing matters.

• Fan Lang chose the Sea Flipping Pill and began refining it with materials from his Storage Card.
• Fan Lang used his cheats to increase his alchemy speed and guarantee success, then produced a fine-quality Eight-Star Sea Flipping Pill in one hour.
• Fan Lang raised the pill's purity to one hundred percent and continued refining Sea Flipping Pills to advance toward Nine-Star Grade.
• The chapter described Flame Dragon Academy's vast grounds, buildings, and defenses.
• Three leaders of Flame Dragon Academy discussed matters in the academy's largest hall.

Fan Lang advanced to Nine-Star Grade alchemist while refining pills in the Demon Pill Tomb as Flame Dragon Academy prepared for its Enrollment Conference. When the conference began, the dean presided over the fiercely competitive examinations as a Twelve-Star Grade alchemist and Mystic God.

• The Vice Deans discussed the upcoming Enrollment Conference and wondered whether Fan Lang would attend, while the Human Dragon Bloodline middle-aged man resolved to seek him out if he did not.
• Fan Lang refined a Sea Flipping Pill, gained enough Alchemy Experience Points to become a Nine-Star Grade alchemist, and chose to begin making Geng Metal Sword Intent Pills.
• Fan Lang rapidly refined Geng Metal Sword Intent Pills, and Demon Xiaoyao noticed that they were coming out of the furnace unusually quickly.
• The Enrollment Conference began, with only five hundred student places available among ten thousand examinees.
• The dean presided over the examinations, revealed as the Twelve-Star Grade Pill Saint and a Mystic God.

Flame Dragon Academy held its Enrollment Conference, where Lin Hubiao placed first and Xiao Yan failed for the eighteenth year in a row. After the new students swore their oath, Fan Lang finally arrived at the academy aboard a Sky Boat, refining Ten-Star Grade pills.

• Lin Hubiao impressed the academy's instructors and Vice Deans with his talent, while Long Xiaotian complained that Fan Lang had not arrived.
• The academy announced its five hundred successful candidates, with Lin Hubiao in first place and Xiao Yan among those who failed again.
• Xiao Yan endured mockery from other failed candidates after his eighteenth unsuccessful attempt at the Enrollment Conference.
• The five hundred successful candidates swore to share Flame Dragon Academy's glory and disgrace and officially became its students.
• Fan Lang arrived above Flame Dragon Academy aboard a Sky Boat, refining Ten-Star Grade pills as he approached.

Fan Lang arrived at Flame Dragon Academy with Demoness Mengxue after refining an Aperture Opening Pill, and the academy’s staff began arranging to receive him. As he waited, two powerful newcomers arrived, prompting the guide to call them peerless prodigies.

• Fan Lang finished refining a perfect-purity Aperture Opening Pill and continued toward Flame Dragon Academy with Demoness Mengxue.
• At the academy gate, Fan Lang presented Long Buxiang’s identity Jade Talisman and registered Demoness Mengxue as his Saint Demoness concubine.
• Academy staff escorted Fan Lang and Demoness Mengxue to a reception area and asked them to wait for further arrangements.
• A guide mistakenly assumed Fan Lang had come to enroll as a student, while Fan Lang let the misunderstanding pass.
• A Mystic Saint man and a Mystic Emperor woman entered the reception room, and the guide recognized them as peerless prodigies.

Fan Lang clashed with Meng Feilei after refusing to move aside, and Meng Feihong stopped her brother from attacking him. At Flame Dragon Academy, Meng Feihong was welcomed as a student, but Fan Lang announced that he had come to become a mentor instead.

• Meng Feilei and Meng Feihong arrived at the academy, where Meng Feihong planned to study pill refining and Weapon Forging.
• Meng Feilei ordered Fan Lang to move aside, but Fan Lang refused and stood ready to fight when Meng Feilei threatened him.
• Meng Feihong restrained Meng Feilei, and the siblings left for the academy without Fan Lang yielding the way.
• The academy welcomed Meng Feihong as a student, and Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint invited her and Fan Lang to take the student oath.
• Fan Lang corrected Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint and announced that he had come to become a mentor.

Fan Lang declared that he wanted to become an instructor at Flame Dragon Academy and claimed his alchemy skills qualified him. After the Second Elder of the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire challenged him, Fan Lang prepared to demonstrate his ability before the crowd, but their argument escalated until the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint intervened.

• Fan Lang insisted to the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint that he was qualified to apply as an instructor because he knew alchemy.
• The Second Elder of the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire accused Fan Lang of lacking the skill to teach alchemy, citing their past clash.
• Fan Lang set down a Pill Cauldron and announced that he would prove his level by refining a Ten-Star Grade pill.
• Fan Lang and the Second Elder exchanged insults, and the angry elder threatened him for insulting an academy instructor.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint roared at Fan Lang and the Second Elder to shut up.

Fan Lang began refining a Ten-Star Grade Aperture Opening Pill before the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint and the gathered crowd to prove his alchemy ability. As he worked at extraordinary speed, the First Elder of the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire predicted that he would fail.

• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint rebuked the Second Elder and allowed Fan Lang to prove himself by refining a Ten-Star Grade pill.
• Fan Lang chose to refine an Aperture Opening Pill and said he would need only Two Quarter Hours.
• Fan Lang precisely measured and arranged the ingredients, drawing praise and skepticism from the watching crowd.
• Meng Feihong asked Meng Feilei whether Fan Lang could succeed, and Meng Feilei insisted that such young success was impossible.
• Fan Lang began refining with Pacing the Dipper Array, sending Mystic Fire into the Pill Cauldron and processing the ingredients at six times normal speed.
• The First Elder of the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire declared that Fan Lang was too impatient and would fail.

Fan Lang refined a Ten-Star Grade Aperture Opening Pill in two quarter hours, and the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint confirmed it qualified. The Second Elder of the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire then accused Fan Lang of cheating.

• Big Brother and the other two Elders of Heavenly Fire predicted that Fan Lang would fail because he was refining the ingredients too quickly.
• Fan Lang refined the ingredients and formed an Aperture Opening Pill in two quarter hours, then presented it to the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint for inspection.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint confirmed that Fan Lang's pill qualified, stunning the crowd and the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire.
• Meng Feihong wondered if Fan Lang was more talented than a peerless pill-refining genius, while Meng Feilei refused to believe it.
• The Second Elder of the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire accused Fan Lang of secretly swapping in a pill, despite having no evidence.

Fan Lang faced accusations that he had cheated by refining an Aperture Opening Pill in Two Quarter Hours, but the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint verified his process and the pill’s perfect purity. After publicly praising Fan Lang as a once-in-a-thousand-years genius, the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint asked to discuss something with him.

• The Three Elders of Heavenly Fire and others accused Fan Lang of hiding a finished pill in his Alchemy Furnace.
• Fan Lang said the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint could determine whether he had cheated, and the saint showed memory projections of the entire refining process.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint confirmed that Fan Lang had not committed fraud and praised his talent and speed.
• Meng Feilei asked about the Aperture Opening Pill’s purity, and the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint tested it with an Inspection Card.
• The Inspection Card showed that the pill had one hundred purity and was Supreme Grade, silencing Fan Lang’s remaining doubters.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint smiled at Fan Lang and said he wanted to discuss something with him.

The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint accepted Fan Lang as his Nominal Disciple and gave him the Eternal Red Furnace. Fan Lang secured permission to become an alchemy instructor and sought an assessment for a martial arts instructor position, which ended with Lin Hubiao volunteering to spar with him.

• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint offered to take Fan Lang as a Nominal Disciple, and Fan Lang accepted and bowed to him.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint gave Fan Lang the Eleven-Star Grade Eternal Red Furnace as a meeting gift.
• Fan Lang asked to become an alchemy instructor and received the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint’s approval.
• Fan Lang asked to become a martial arts instructor and proposed that the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire spar with him, but they refused.
• Lin Hubiao, the Enrollment Conference champion and a Mystic Sovereign, volunteered to spar with Fan Lang, and the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint approved the match.

Fan Lang defeated Lin Hubiao in a brief swordfight and became Flame Dragon Academy’s swordsmanship instructor. Meng Feilei then challenged him to a spar, and Fan Lang drew his sword to accept.

• Fan Lang used the Nine Hates Swordplay to break Lin Hubiao’s attacks, destroy his gauntlets, and wound him.
• Lin Hubiao activated his White Tiger Bloodline and attacked again, but Fan Lang wounded him once more and stopped the fight.
• Lin Hubiao admitted defeat, and the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint appointed Fan Lang as a swordsmanship instructor.
• Meng Feilei praised Fan Lang, then asked the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint for permission to spar with him.
• Fan Lang drew the Dragon Scale Sword, answering Meng Feilei’s challenge with his actions.

Fan Lang accepted a weapon-only spar against the Mystic Saint Meng Feilei, who agreed not to use Dao Seals and promised to wield his sword with one hand. Their first clash proved nearly equal in speed, and Fan Lang charged again, unleashing three moves of Nine Hates Swordplay.

• Fan Lang set rules for his spar with Meng Feilei, and Meng Feilei agreed to forgo Dao Seals and use only one hand.
• Fan Lang and Meng Feilei drew their swords as the spectators, including Meng Feihong and Long Xiaotian, watched.
• Fan Lang used Nine Hates Swordplay while Meng Feilei used Hundred Birds Swordplay, and they raced into their first clash.
• Fan Lang and Meng Feilei both suffered cuts as they passed each other, astonishing Meng Feilei with Fan Lang's speed.
• Fan Lang turned in midair and charged at Meng Feilei, unleashing the first three moves of Nine Hates Swordplay.

Fan Lang and Meng Feilei fought an increasingly dangerous duel, each revealing powerful techniques until the Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint intervened. He stopped the fight before either could be seriously hurt and declared Fan Lang qualified to serve as a martial arts instructor.

• Meng Feilei opened more than five thousand acupoints and used Swordplay Shattering Thunder, but Fan Lang fought through the lightning with the Nine Hates Swordplay.
• Fan Lang unleashed the Ninth Hate, blood feud, and Meng Feilei drove him back with his lightning-charged sword.
• Meng Feilei used Perfect Swordplay, and Fan Lang answered by unlocking tenfold power and combining the Nine Hates into one strike.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint caught both swords with his bare hands, told Fan Lang to release his attack, and safely dispersed their power.
• The Heavenly Gifted Pill Saint ended the sparring match, praised Meng Feilei's mastery of Perfect Swordplay, and declared Fan Lang qualified to be a martial arts instructor.

Fan Lang fought Meng Feilei to a draw, earning widespread admiration and the attention of Long Xiaotian and Meng Feihong. He and Meng Feilei agreed to fight again in one year without restrictions, while Meng Feihong stayed behind at Flame Dragon Academy, eager to learn alchemy from Fan Lang.

• The crowd praised Fan Lang for matching Meng Feilei despite their difference in cultivation, while the Three Elders of Heavenly Fire worried that Fan Lang would retaliate against them.
• Long Xiaotian suspected Fan Lang possessed a secret cultivation method or was an Awakened One, and he resolved to seek the secret behind Fan Lang’s rapid progress.
• Meng Feihong admired Fan Lang and decided she wanted him to teach her alchemy, imagining that they might grow closer.
• Fan Lang challenged Meng Feilei to a rematch in one year with no restrictions, and Meng Feilei accepted before leaving.
• Meng Feihong persuaded Meng Feilei to depart without her, then rejoiced that she could now learn alchemy from Fan Lang.