Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to the Ye Family with the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and began treating Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body. The Poison Pill method was underway when he prepared the refined Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for her.

• Xiao Yan refined Wind-Fire Wings and strengthened his physique while traveling through the space tunnel.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Ye City with Heavenly Flame Venerable, and Ye Zhong welcomed him before leading him to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Old Yao explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body was nearing the point where she could lose control, and Xiao Yan confirmed he had obtained the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yan entered the Yang Huo Ancient Altar and used the Sea Lotus Heart Flame to drive Xiao Yi Xian’s poison toward her lower abdomen.
• Xiao Yan fused a Scorpion Dragon Beast Magical Core into Xiao Yi Xian, refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva into a Bodhi Seed, and pressed the purified liquid toward her.

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian form a Poison Pill and obtained a drop of the Nether Flame Demon Saint’s Essence Blood to revive Old Yao. Xiao Yi Xian completed the Poison Pill, reunited with Xiao Yan, and led him toward a quiet room.

• Xiao Yan used Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to heal Xiao Yi Xian and help him compress the Calamity Poison Qi into the Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan returned to Old Yao, who urged him to break through to Dou Zong, and told him he had learned from the Nether Flame Demon Saint.
• Xiao Yan asked the Nether Flame Demon Saint for a drop of Essence Blood, received it, and got permission to pass on the Demon Saint’s cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the Yang Huo Ancient Altar after forming his Poison Pill and embraced Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva might let him become an Alchemist, and Xiao Yi Xian invited him to a quiet room.

Xiao Yan helped Old Yao revive in a newly formed body using the Nether Flame Demon Saint’s Essence Blood and the Yang Huo Ancient Altar’s Formation. As Old Yao began his final fusion, Xiao Yan prepared to seek a Dou Zong breakthrough and put the Ye Family to work promoting his flame techniques.

• Xiao Yan and Old Yao used the Heaven and Earth Arrays to refine the Nether Flame Demon Saint’s Essence Blood into the Three-Revolutions Dou Zun Skeleton, where Old Yao entered and began reviving.
• Xiao Yan planned to travel to a mountain range to break through to Dou Zong, but Zi Yan asked whether she should follow the calling she felt in Central Continent, and Xiao Yan told her to wait until she could protect herself.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan an Imperial Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill, then asked Ye Zhong about a suitable breakthrough location.
• Ye Zhong told Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool in the Tian Mu Mountain Range would open soon and could help him break through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan gave Ye Zhong the Flame Manipulation Art · True and the Five Wheel Leaving Fire Method to promote Prosperous Fire through the Ye Family, and Ye Zhong reluctantly agreed.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Tian Mu Mountain Range early and persuaded Jin Shi to let him enter the depths beneath the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool. After crossing the Space Barrier, he found the Fire Toxin’s source and began cultivating to reach the peak of the Dou Emperor realm.

• Xiao Yan scanned the Tian Mu Mountain Range with his Soul Power, alarming Jin Shi and Jin Gu.
• Xiao Yan gave Jin Shi a Sect Breaking Pill and promised to refine a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill for him, then asked him to lead the way to the volcano.
• Jin Shi gave Xiao Yan a dark-golden Gold Devouring Rat Skull that opened the Space Barrier beneath the blood pool.
• Xiao Yan passed through the barrier and found dense Fire Toxin above a grooved volcanic crater.
• Xiao Yan swallowed an Imperial Pill and used his Nine-Colored Flame to devour the surrounding energy.

Xiao Yan cultivated in the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool for a month, then discovered the Red Lotus Karmic Fire in the volcano and tried to subdue it with the Heaven Refining Ancient Array. The weakened flame broke free and lunged toward the heart containing Xiao Yan’s other Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan used the blood pool’s energy to cultivate the Great Dream Soul Evolution Technique and advanced his Soul Realm to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Red Lotus Karmic Fire inside the volcano and formed the Heaven Array to draw on the Tian Mu Mountain Range’s World Energy.
• Xiao Yan sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to open the volcanic vent, then set up the Earth Array in the magma to trap the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Xiao Yan used Lion’s Roar Shakes the Eight Directions to weaken the flame, but hesitated before delivering another roar.
• The Red Lotus Karmic Fire shattered the arrays, melted the Heavenly Demon Puppet’s hands, and charged toward Xiao Yan’s heart.

Xiao Yan used the Ice Spirit Cold Marrow and Nightmare Heavenly Mist to contain the Red Lotus Karmic Fire while guiding it through the Flame Mantra's cultivation route. After its consciousness remained intact, he ended the mist and prepared to confront it with his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Ice Spirit Cold Marrow to suppress the clashing Heavenly Flames and regained enough clarity to act.
• Xiao Yan used the Nightmare Heavenly Mist to trap the Red Lotus Karmic Fire's consciousness, then guided his Heavenly Flames to erode it.
• Xiao Yan slowly led the Red Lotus Karmic Fire through his meridians as the Heaven and Earth Array's blood-colored energy repaired and strengthened his body.
• After the Red Lotus Karmic Fire completed the Flame Mantra's route, Xiao Yan swallowed an Eighth Grade Obstacle Clearing Vein Protecting Pill and released the Nightmare Heavenly Mist.
• Xiao Yan wrapped the Red Lotus Karmic Fire in layers of Heavenly Flame nets before it could attack.

As Xiao Yan continued refining the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, Jin Shi and Jin Gu prepared the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool trial while worrying about the Alchemist trapped in the volcano. They made the Rat Tide Sonic Array more difficult, and Feng Qing'er set out to challenge it after Wang Chen was knocked back.

• Xiao Yan used the Heaven and Earth Array to keep erasing the Red Lotus Karmic Fire's consciousness.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu agreed to make the Rat Tide Sonic Array harder so fewer Dou Emperors would enter the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool while the Alchemist remained in the volcano.
• Jin Shi announced that the Gold Devouring Rat clan would give up its two slots and warned that the Fire Toxin and trial were more dangerous than usual.
• Wang Chen charged toward the summit but was struck down by the concentrated sound waves and accused the Gold Devouring Rat clan of rigging the trial.
• Feng Qing'er invoked her Wind Thunder Pavilion connections, then wrapped herself in silver light and raced toward the summit.

Feng Qing'er, Tang Ying, and Mu Qingluan passed the Rat Tide Sonic Array trial and prepared to enter the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool, but a violent eruption disrupted their plans. As the volcano settled, Feng Qing'er suspected the Green Lotus Core Flame had appeared, while the Blood Pool remained intact for another opening in three years.

• Feng Qing'er and Tang Ying passed the trial, while three other challengers failed and Wang Chen was left disgraced.
• Mu Qingluan used a birdlike hum to scatter the sonic waves and reach the summit, joining Feng Qing'er and Tang Ying as the trial's three successful challengers.
• A five-colored vortex poured energy into the volcanic crater, prompting the three challengers to rush toward the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool.
• A golden-silver figure flew into the vortex as a huge magma pillar erupted from the crater and scattered it, while Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan sensed a powerful bloodline with Dragon Might.
• Jin Shi warned that the figure inside the magma had the strength of a four-star Dou Zong, but the eruption subsided without destroying the Blood Pool.
• Feng Qing'er asked Jin Shi whether the magma-controlling power belonged to the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan used pills and the Green Lotus Core Flame to win Feng Qing'er’s cooperation, then refined an Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and ambushed her after she returned. He left Feng Qing'er incapacitated and exposed her intact Ancient Heavenly Demon Phoenix body.

• Xiao Yan convinced Feng Qing'er he could help her advance and gave her a Sect Breaking Pill and a Green Lotus Core Flame imprint.
• Xiao Yan gave Mu Qingluan a Sect Breaking Pill, then had Jin Shi bring him the gathered herbs and prepared Magical Cores.
• Xiao Yan refined an Eighth Grade Four-Color Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet recovered after devouring its lightning energy.
• Feng Qing'er returned after breaking through and demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame back.
• Xiao Yan struck Feng Qing'er with two Lion's Roar Shakes the Eight Directions attacks, incapacitating her and revealing her Ancient Heavenly Demon Phoenix body.

Xiao Yan returned to the Ye Family and negotiated with Burning Flame Valley Master Tang Zhen over the Nong Yan Jue, Prosperous Fire, and Burning Flame Valley’s inherited techniques. After learning of Xiao Yan’s connection to the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, Tang Zhen invited him to Burning Flame Valley to receive the inheritance.

• Xiao Yan processed the Heavenly Demon Phoenix’s corpse and returned to the Ye Family with Zi Yan.
• Ye Zhong introduced Xiao Yan to Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, who had come to trade for the Nong Yan Jue.
• Xiao Yan proposed trading the Nong Yan Jue for Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but Tang Zhen hesitated and Tang Huo'er accused Xiao Yan of coveting their Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan offered Tang Zhen the Five Wheel Leaving Fire Method in exchange for the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, explaining that his ancestor Xiao Xuan had created it.
• Tang Zhen invited Xiao Yan to Burning Flame Valley to receive the inheritance, and Xiao Yan agreed.

Xiao Yan entered Burning Flame Valley with Tang Zhen and learned about the valley’s history and protected inheritance. He absorbed the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations’ teachings and selected the practical experience while ignoring modifications that weakened the technique.

• Tang Zhen brought Xiao Yan and the others through the Scorching Volcano Range and explained its abundant but violent fire energy.
• Zi Yan recognized the Space Barrier around Burning Flame Valley’s inner world, and Tang Zhen described how the valley’s ancestors had built and maintained it.
• Tang Zhen took Xiao Yan to the Skill Pavilion and had three Red-robed Elders open its doors.
• Tang Zhen revealed the Inheritance Crystal, which contained Burning Flame Valley’s version and accumulated teachings on the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Yan studied the crystal for half a day, discarded the weakened modifications, and accepted the practical guidance on using the technique.

Xiao Yan tested the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and combined them with the Peerless Prison Body, reaching Nine Star Dou Ancestor strength while learning to manage the strain with Emperor Flame. After Zi Yan contacted him, he joined her in the Scorching Volcano Range, where she sensed a powerful Magical Beast presence underground.

• Xiao Yan activated the First and Second Transformations, raising his strength to the Nine Star Dou Ancestor realm, and used Emperor Flame to protect his meridians from the clashing Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan combined the transformations with the Peerless Prison Body, drawing in nearby World Energy and unleashing two-colored Buddha's Rage Fire Cannons as he trained for three days.
• Zi Yan contacted Xiao Yan after Tang Huo'er lost their spar and sought the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire from her father.
• Xiao Yan flew to Zi Yan in a relatively fertile area of the Scorching Volcano Range, where she sensed pressure and fear from something beneath the ground.
• Xiao Yan protected himself and Zi Yan with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and prepared to investigate underground.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan discovered the remains of a Phoenix that had failed to reach the Dou Emperor realm, then explored the Scorching Volcano Range together and gathered medicinal ingredients. The chapter left Xiao Yan meeting Tang Zhen, who wanted to discuss trading for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire again.

• Xiao Yan dug into the crimson earth and learned from the Nether Flame Demon Saint that the site was the nirvana land of a Phoenix that had failed to break through to Dou Emperor.
• The Nether Flame Demon Saint explained how Phoenix nirvana worked and said the land could help Xiao Yan survive a future rebirth-from-the-flames state.
• Xiao Yan marked the Phoenix's nirvana land, and Zi Yan left one of her scales beside the marker before they moved on.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan spent nearly a month gathering fire-attribute medicinal herbs, and Xiao Yan reached five-star Dou Zong while Zi Yan's strength rose to the level of a three- or four-star Dou Ancestor.
• Tang Zhen summoned Xiao Yan to discuss trading the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, explaining that Huo'er had failed to refine it and that he had hired alchemists to make a Fire Bodhi Pill.

Tang Zhen gathered alchemists to find two who could withstand his Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire while refining a high seventh-grade pill. Most failed, leaving Gu He and two Pill Tower guest Elders, and Master Huan stepped forward to take the test.

• Xiao Yan welcomed Gu He and passed him a Heavenly Grade Cultivation Method, encouraging him to cultivate until he reached the high seventh grade.
• Tang Zhen revealed the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and explained that alchemists had to withstand it for ten minutes to qualify for the pill-refining task.
• The alchemists tested their Soul Power against Tang Zhen's flame, but most failed; only two Pill Tower guest Elders and Gu He remained.
• The two guest Elders agreed to go before Gu He, and Master Huan presented his Sky Cold Flame, which Tang Zhen identified as a Sky Bone Python's Beast Flame.

Gu He demonstrated that his Green Lotus Prosperous Fire could withstand Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, prompting interest from the assembled Alchemists and a promise of future access to child flames. After negotiating their rewards, Gu He and Master Huan began refining Pills with Tang Zhen, whose approach left Xiao Yan puzzled as the work grew increasingly rushed.

• Master Huan’s Sky Cold Flame endured Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire for ten minutes, while another guest Elder’s flame lasted only seven.
• Gu He revealed his Green Lotus Prosperous Fire, explained how he cultivated it, and suggested Master Huan could improve his Sky Cold Flame by fusing it with other Beast Flames.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Ye Family’s Yang Huo Ancient Altar could help cultivate the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Tang Zhen eagerly offered to support the effort.
• Gu He’s Green Lotus Prosperous Fire battled Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire for ten minutes, resisting the silver dragons before Gu He withdrew it.
• Tang Zhen invited Gu He and Master Huan to refine Pills, and they agreed to work for an Earth Core Pearl and an ice-attributed Beast Flame, respectively.
• During the pill refinement, Tang Zhen rapidly processed nine portions of herbs at once, forcing Gu He and Master Huan to keep pace until Xiao Yan closed his eyes to ignore their increasingly crude work.

Xiao Yan returned to Burning Flame Valley and successfully refined an enhanced Fire Bodhi Pill after Tang Zhen’s earlier attempt with Gu He and Master Huan failed. His powerful flames and pill-refining skill impressed Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun, and the chapter ended with the pill’s Spiritual Qi forming a towering tree over the Stone Platform.

• After Master Huan and Gu He failed to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill, Tang Zhen asked Xiao Yan to make an Eighth Grade pill and offered him a reward of his choosing.
• Xiao Yan agreed to Tang Zhen’s payment terms and returned to Burning Flame Valley with Zi Yan to refine the pill while Tang Zhen observed.
• Tang Zhen saw Xiao Yan’s deep purple flame suppress the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and concluded that Xiao Yan’s flame had absorbed other Exotic Flames.
• Tang Zhen brought Old Ancestor Huoyun to watch Xiao Yan, and they discussed Xiao Yan’s cultivation, alchemy, and possible connection to Venerable Yao.
• Over seven days, Xiao Yan processed the medicinal herbs into sixteen drops of liquid, then fused and refined them through the pill’s final stage.
• After a day and night of further refinement, Xiao Yan completed the Fire Bodhi Pill, whose overflowing Spiritual Qi formed a towering tree over the platform.

Xiao Yan refined Tang Zhen’s Fire Bodhi Pill into an Eighth Grade Four-Color Pill and received an invitation to Body Burning Valley. After Old Ancestor Huoyun arranged for Xiao Yan’s teacher to treat his hidden injury, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered the valley to temper their bodies.

• Xiao Yan sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to devour the pill lightning and gave the finished Fire Bodhi Pill to Tang Huo'er as a gift.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun asked Xiao Yan to marry Tang Huo'er, but Xiao Yan called her his niece and mentioned his two wives.
• Xiao Yan offered to have his teacher heal Old Ancestor Huoyun’s injury in exchange for Burning Flame Valley opposing Soul Hall, and Huoyun agreed to gather medicinal herbs.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun ordered Tang Zhen to take Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to Body Burning Valley, where Tang Zhen warned them of its dangers and gave them protective Jade Tokens.
• Xiao Yan placed a Flame Mark in Zi Yan’s palm and plunged into the burning valley.

Xiao Yan discovered that the crimson flames in the valley could nourish his soul, while Gu Xun'er persuaded the Gu Clan to support him against Soul Hall. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan approving Gu Xun'er’s plan to attend the Pill Gathering and attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan found that the crimson flames devoured his Soul Power but were subdued by his Spirit Realm Soul, and he sent Fallen Heart Flame to consume the flames and strengthen his soul.
• Gu Xun'er argued that the Gu Clan should support a force to oppose Soul Hall rather than rely solely on the Black Annihilation Army.
• The Elders agreed to support Xiao Yan, citing his grudge against the Soul Clan and his ties to Venerable Yao, and assigned Gu Zhen to contact him.
• Gu Xun'er asked to attend the Pill Gathering and subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame for the Gu Clan, but the Elders objected over the danger.
• Gu Yuan overruled the objections, saying Gu Xun'er could bring his Space Jade Slip, and the meeting concluded with him taking Gu Xun'er and Gu Zhen aside for instructions.

Xiao Yan fused the Fallen Heart Flame with his Soul Origin, advanced his alchemy, and prepared for the Pill Gathering. His training was interrupted when Cao Dan arrived at the Ye Family to renew a marriage agreement with Ye Xinlan, and Xiao Yan confronted him.

• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er that the Three Thousand Burning Flame had become an Ancient Void Dragon and let her leave the Ancient Realm to have fun.
• After a month in the Sea of Fire, Xiao Yan fused the Fallen Heart Flame with his Soul Origin, creating a Soul Flame, and reached six-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan taught Tang Zhen the Nong Yan Jue and explained that the crimson flames in Body Burning Valley could be used to cultivate it.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Ye Family with Zi Yan, refined several Eighth Grade Pills, and prepared for the upcoming Pill Gathering.
• Cao Dan brought Cao Family members to the Ye Family and sought to renew a marriage agreement with Ye Xinlan, prompting Xiao Yan to identify himself.

Xiao Yan rejected Cao Dan’s attempt to marry Xin Lan and backed the Ye Family, helping it rise through the ranks as alchemists sought its Prosperous Fire. When the Five Great Families’ assessment arrived, Xiao Yan and his companions reached Sacred Pill City to obtain Pill Tower certification for the Pill Gathering.

• Cao Dan explained that he planned to marry Xin Lan to help the Ye Family pass the Pill Tower assessment, but Xiao Yan and Gu He dismissed his offerings and Ye Zhong pledged the Ye Family to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Ye Zhong advance to Eighth Grade once he reached the Spirit Realm, then resumed refining pills and entered seclusion to cultivate the Prosperous Fire.
• Alchemists flocked to the Ye Family seeking Prosperous Fire, while the Pill Tower Three Giants rejected the Cao Family’s complaint against the Ye Family and Xuan Yi rebuked them.
• The Dan, Bai, and Qiu Families began cooperating with the Ye Family, which gained prominence before the Five Great Families’ assessment.
• Ye Zhong and Xiao Yan’s group traveled to Sacred Pill City, where Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Gu He entered a special room to take the Pill Tower Alchemist certification assessment.