Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan subdued Yan Li, rewarded him with alchemy notes, and tasked him with turning the Chu Yun Alchemist Guild toward the Poison Sect. He then attended the Alchemy Convention’s final round with Qing Lin, while worrying about Xiao Yi Xian’s rapidly advancing Woeful Poison Body.

• Lin Yuan forced Yan Li to swallow a poison-laced pill, then gave him alchemy notes and promised further rewards if he helped the Poison Sect.
• Lin Yuan ordered Yan Li to secure the Chu Yun Alchemist Guild presidency and make the guild support the Poison Sect; Yan Li agreed and shared his research on combining poison masters and alchemists.
• Yan Li forfeited the convention’s final round and left for the Chu Yun Empire, while Lin Yuan reassured Qing Lin that Xiao Yi Xian remained the sister she remembered.
• Lin Yuan worried that Xiao Yi Xian’s advance to Dou Zong meant her Woeful Poison Body had matured, and considered how to obtain the ingredients needed for the Poison Pill Method.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin entered the convention venue, where Lin Yuan spoke with Xiao Yan about the competition and promised to explain the news concerning the Xiao Clan afterward.
• Fama announced the final round’s rules, and the Alchemy Convention’s third round began.

Lin Yuan learned from Yan Li that Xiao Yi Xian had built the Poison Sect into the Chu Yun Empire’s dominant power, then forced Yan Li to serve her cause. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan ordering Yan Li to take a poison that only Xiao Yi Xian could cure.

• Queen Medusa gave Lin Yuan a soul-marked scale so she could sense his call for help, then returned to the Tagor Great Desert.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin encountered Yan Li in Jia Ma Holy City, and Lin Yuan compelled him to follow them into a private room.
• Lin Yuan questioned Yan Li about the Poison Sect and learned that Xiao Yi Xian controlled nearly thirty percent of the Chu Yun Empire while facing the Anti-Poison Sect Alliance.
• Yan Li said he supported Xiao Yi Xian, so Lin Yuan placed a Soul Restriction on him and revealed that he and Xiao Yi Xian were friends.
• Lin Yuan gave Yan Li a poison made with Heavenly Flame fire poison and ordered him to take it, explaining that Xiao Yi Xian would be the only one able to cure him.

Lin Yuan subdued Yan Li with poison, rewarded him with alchemy notes, and ordered him to bring the Chu Yun Alchemist Guild over to the Poison Sect. As the Alchemist Grand Meeting’s final round began, Lin Yuan worried about Xiao Yi Xian’s rapidly maturing Woeful Poison Body and prepared to discuss recent events with Xiao Yan after the competition.

• Lin Yuan made Yan Li swallow a poison, gave him advanced alchemy notes, and instructed him to secure the Chu Yun Alchemist Guild’s support for the Poison Sect.
• Yan Li presented his poison-and-alchemy research to Lin Yuan, then forfeited the convention and left to return to the Chu Yun Empire with his new notes.
• Lin Yuan reassured Qing Lin that the Heavenly Poison Woman was Xiao Yi Xian, but privately worried that her rapid rise to Dou Sect meant her Woeful Poison Body was nearing maturity and that he still lacked Bodhi Transformation Saliva for the Poison Pill Method.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin entered the Royal Plaza, where Xiao Yan asked Lin Yuan about troubling news; Lin Yuan promised to explain after the competition.
• Fama, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong realized Yan Li had fled and chose not to pursue him, while Fama announced the final round’s rules and began the assessment.

Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Grand Meeting by refining the Azure Origin Spirit Casting Pill, while Lin Yuan used Qing Lin’s Heavenly Eye to study Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra circulation and improve his chances of reconstructing its original form. The chapter ended with both men satisfied with what they had gained, as Nalan Yanran also learned that the Misty Cloud Sect might be facing changes.

• Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin an Image Stone as the crowd gathered for the final assessment, and Xiao Yan noticed that his expected rival Yan Li was absent.
• Xiao Yan displayed his Wind Fury Dragon Flame, while Lin Yuan asked Qing Lin to observe Xiao Yan’s cultivation route so he could reverse-deduce the Flame Mantra.
• Qing Lin used the Heavenly Eye to see Xiao Yan’s circulation route and transmitted what she observed to Lin Yuan as the alchemists began refining pills.
• Nalan Jie warned Nalan Yanran that the Misty Cloud Sect might be facing changes and urged her to be careful when she returned.
• Xiao Yan’s first attempt ended in a deliberate failure that helped him prepare for pill fusion, and he later refined the Azure Origin Spirit Casting Pill successfully.
• Fama announced Yan Xiao as the competition’s champion, while Lin Yuan concluded that Xiao Yan’s continuous cultivation had provided useful Flame Mantra information.

Lin Yuan left the competition, helped Qing Lin recover, and continued his research before inviting Xiao Yan and Elder Yao to a meal. Elder Yao learned that the Xiao Family had been attacked and planned to ask Lin Yuan for help investigating, while Lin Yuan presented him with a draft on medicinal cuisine.

• Lin Yuan sent Xiao Yan an invitation to visit the Mittel Family and told the Mittel Family to let Xiao Yan meet him.
• Lin Yuan helped the exhausted Qing Lin recover, then assigned his clones to work on reverse-engineering the Flame Mantra while he cultivated.
• Ling Ying told Elder Yao that one Dou Zong and two Dou Emperors guarding the Xiao Family had fallen, and Elder Yao suspected the Hall of Souls was responsible.
• Ling Ying said Gu Xun'er authorized him to arrange a transaction with Lin Yuan, so Elder Yao decided to ask Lin Yuan to investigate the Xiao Family.
• Lin Yuan prepared medicinal cuisine for Qing Lin and welcomed Xiao Yan and Elder Yao to his courtyard.
• Lin Yuan gave Elder Yao his booklet, Medicinal Cuisine Studies Draft: Initial Chapter, and asked him to assess the idea and consider collaborating.

Lin Yuan traded information and ingredients with Elder Yao, then agreed to investigate the Xiao Clan in Wu Tan City in exchange for Bodhi Transformation Saliva. Meanwhile, Protector Wu found the site of Yun Shan’s death and began planning how to capture Yao Chen’s soul despite the added risks.

• Elder Yao judged Lin Yuan’s medicinal cuisine studies idea feasible, but declined to join until he recovered.
• Lin Yuan told Xiao Yan and Elder Yao that Yun Shan had likely died in a self-destruction, and Elder Yao accepted this as fulfilling their trade condition if confirmed.
• Lin Yuan traded for Xiao Yan’s Soul Melting Pill formula and other items, then accepted Elder Yao’s request to investigate the Xiao Clan before the Three-Year Agreement in exchange for Bodhi Transformation Saliva within a year.
• Lin Yuan sent Hai Bodong toward Wu Tan City and took Qing Lin to the Alchemist Guild’s trading area.
• Protector Wu found the pit left by Yun Shan’s self-destruction and resolved to seize the chance to capture Yao Chen’s soul during the Three-Year Agreement.

Lin Yuan found and decoded a jade slip containing the second change of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, then assessed the dangers surrounding the Xiao Clan and summoned Queen Medusa for help. He began another round of body refinement with the Beast Origin Sky Tempering Pill as Hai Bodong reached Wu Tan City and headed for the Xiao Clan.

• Lin Yuan explored the Alchemist Guild’s trading area with Qing Lin and bought a black jade slip from an apprentice, secretly giving him a fourth-grade pill and asking him to send similar finds to the Mittel Family.
• Lin Yuan burned the jade slip with his Green Lotus Core Flame and learned it held the second change of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, including a way to stack it with the first change.
• Lin Yuan deduced that Protector Wu might recruit another Four-Star Dou Sect and that Elder Yao planned to use a Spirit Ascension Pill to confront him, so he summoned Queen Medusa as a potential ally.
• Queen Medusa received Lin Yuan’s signal and flew toward Jia Ma Holy City, while Hai Bodong arrived at the Mite’er Auction House branch in Wu Tan City and set out toward the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Yuan swallowed the Beast Origin Sky Tempering Pill in the Mittel Family’s back mountain and began refining his body.

As the Three-Year Agreement approached, Xiao Yan took the Azure Origin Spirit Casting Pill to advance while Elder Yao and Ling Ying arranged to investigate the Xiao Clan and prepare for possible interference from the Hall of Souls. Lin Yuan completed his body transformation, met Queen Medusa and Zi Yan, and received Hai Bodong’s intelligence about the Xiao Clan, ending with a hint that Yun Shan might not truly be dead.

• Nalan Jie told Nalan Yanran she must win the Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Yan took the Azure Origin Spirit Casting Pill to begin advancing.
• Elder Yao asked Ling Ying to obtain Bodhi Transformation Saliva and help meet Tian Shu, fearing the Hall of Souls was watching him.
• Lin Yuan finished tempering his body, tested his strength, and studied the Dragon Profound Body Tempering Pill formula.
• Lin Yuan met Queen Medusa and Zi Yan in the valley, discussed an approaching enemy, and brought Zi Yan back to the Mittel Family residence.
• Hai Bodong gave Lin Yuan intelligence about the Xiao Clan and reported signs of a Dou Sect self-destructing; Lin Yuan confirmed Yun Shan had self-destructed, then privately noted that self-destruction and death were not the same.

Lin Yuan exchanged knowledge of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame with Elder Yao and warned Xiao Yan that Yun Shan would not attend the Three-Year Agreement. He then showed Elder Yao and Ling Ying evidence that the Hall of Souls had abducted Xiao Zhan, leaving Elder Yao to weigh the danger facing Xiao Yan before the duel.

• Lin Yuan met Xiao Yan and Elder Yao, and they agreed to exchange the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame after confirming their jade slips held the first and second changes.
• Elder Yao received the inheritance from Xiao Yan's jade slip, and he and Lin Yuan transmitted their respective techniques to one another.
• Lin Yuan told Xiao Yan that Yun Shan had died in a Dou Sect-level self-destruction and could not attend the next day's Three-Year Agreement.
• Lin Yuan met Elder Yao's soul clone and Ling Ying in a private room and presented Hai Bodong's evidence that the Hall of Souls had taken Xiao Zhan.
• Elder Yao concluded that the Hall of Souls might target him or Xiao Yan at the Three-Year Agreement, and Lin Yuan urged him to take Xiao Yan away from the Jia Ma Empire.

Lin Yuan negotiated with Elder Yao to help protect Xiao Yan during the Three-Year Agreement, accepting only after Elder Yao offered the location of an ancient tomb that could fully control the Woeful Poison Body. Elder Yao returned with two scrolls to address Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa’s remaining concerns.

• Elder Yao and Ling Ying rejected Lin Yuan’s suggestion that Xiao Yan skip the Three-Year Agreement, and Elder Yao offered Lin Yuan a transaction to help protect Xiao Yan.
• Lin Yuan refused Elder Yao’s offers of pill recipes and Dou skills until Elder Yao revealed that an ancient tomb held a method to thoroughly control the Woeful Poison Body.
• Lin Yuan revealed Queen Medusa, his wife and backup for preventing Yun Shan from interfering, but said she could not risk drawing the Hall of Souls’ attention.
• Ling Ying promised protection in the name of his young lady from the Gu Clan, and Elder Yao disappeared before returning with two scrolls.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement and began his duel with Nalan Yanran. As their battle intensified, Xiao Yan revealed his control of a Heavenly Flame, exposing his identity as Yan Xiao to the assembled spectators.

• Lin Yuan, Elder Yao, and Ling Ying confirmed their preparations and agreed to follow their contingency plan as they approached the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran resolved to shoulder the weakened Misty Cloud Sect after learning that Yun Leng, Yun Du, Yun Sha, and Yun Shan had died.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the sect plaza and declared that he had come to fulfill the agreement; Nalan Yanran accepted a fight where victory, defeat, life, and death were left to fate.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran traded attacks, and Xiao Yan used his movement technique and Heavy Xuan Ruler to match her in combat.
• Nalan Yanran revealed her Four-Star Great Dou Master cultivation and attacked with Wind Spirit Splitting Sword, while Xiao Yan countered with five flame whips and destroyed her energy swords.
• A spectator recognized Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame and announced that Xiao Yan was Yan Xiao.

Lin Yuan joined Elder Yao and Ling Ying's plan to face the Hall of Souls, shared supplies and intelligence, and helped establish a battle plan. As Protector Wu and Protector Sun argued over the spoils of capturing Yao Chen, Lin Yuan made preparations with Queen Medusa, while Xiao Yan set out for the Three-Year Agreement.

• Lin Yuan accepted Elder Yao's cooperation offer, gave Ling Ying pills to strengthen and speed him up, and proposed sharing intelligence and planning their response to the Hall of Souls.
• After hearing Elder Yao and Ling Ying's information, Lin Yuan helped formulate a battle plan that included extracting Xiao Yan, using secret signals, setting objectives, and arranging meeting places.
• Protector Wu met Protector Sun in a valley near the Misty Cloud Sect, and the two argued over how to divide the reward for capturing Yao Chen.
• Lin Yuan walked through Jia Ma Holy City with Queen Medusa, who acknowledged his ties to Xiao Yi Xian and then led him away for a night together.
• At the Mittel Family residence, Lin Yuan praised Qing Lin's cultivation and instructed her to maintain surveillance and prepare the Beast Essence Gathering Array with Zi Yan and Little Cai.
• Xiao Yan discarded his Yan Xiao identity, donned his black robe and Heavy Xuan Ruler, and headed toward the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three-Year Agreement.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement and began fighting Nalan Yanran before the gathered sect disciples and Jia Ma Empire’s notable figures. As the battle escalated, Xiao Yan revealed his strength and Heavenly Flames, prompting an observer to recognize him as Yan Xiao.

• Lin Yuan, Elder Yao, and Ling Ying confirmed their preparations and agreed to follow their plan if events changed.
• Nalan Yanran faced the sect’s burden after learning that Yun Leng, Yun Du, Yun Sha, and Yun Shan were dead, while Lin Yuan sensed Protector Wu hiding nearby.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect square and declared that he had come to keep the appointment; Nalan Yanran accepted his challenge.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged rapid weapon attacks, and Xiao Yan’s Fire Wind Movement Steps helped him keep pace with her.
• Nalan Yanran revealed her Four-Star Great Dou Master cultivation and attacked with Wind Spirit Splitting Sword, but Xiao Yan caught and shattered its five sword-shaped energy strikes with flame whips.
• An observer recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and cried out that Xiao Yan was Yan Xiao.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, forgave her rather than enforce the slave-or-maid oath, and burned the divorce letter. As he left the square, two black-mist figures attacked him with chains and threatened to take him to his father.

• Xiao Yan revealed his identity as Yan Xiao, and the spectators recognized his Heavenly Flame and speculated about the support behind his talents.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Nalan Yanran in close combat, then met her Wind's Extreme: Falling Kill with Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler and won the final clash.
• Xiao Yan declared the Three-Year Agreement over, stopped Nalan Yanran from killing herself, freed her from the oath, and burned the divorce letter.
• Xiao Yan addressed the crowd and started to leave the square, but two figures in black mist appeared and launched chains at him, saying he would come with them to see his father.

After the Three-Year Agreement, Soul Palace Protectors Wu and Sun ambushed Xiao Yan and tried to capture Elder Yao, Lin Yuan, and the Jia Ma Empire experts inside a sealed barrier. Lin Yuan rallied the experts to attack the barrier’s weak point while he delayed Protector Sun, and the battle remained poised for the barrier to break.

• Protector Sun attacked Xiao Yan with soul chains, but Elder Yao blocked them and Lin Yuan diverted another chain before warning the gathered experts that a barrier had sealed the square.
• Lin Yuan exposed the barrier, prompting Fama, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the other Jia Ma Empire experts to cooperate against the two Soul Palace Protectors.
• Protector Wu and Protector Sun revealed their plan to capture the gathered souls, while Elder Yao and Lin Yuan agreed to hold off one protector each as the others attacked the barrier.
• Lin Yuan secretly identified a weak point and directed the Jia Ma Empire experts to strike it while Elder Yao and Ling Ying prepared to attack another point on his signal.
• Lin Yuan raised his strength to Nine-Star Dou Huang and evaded Protector Sun’s chains, then shattered the head of one soul lock with his spear.
• As the Jia Ma Empire experts weakened the barrier, Elder Yao fought Protector Wu through Xiao Yan’s body and waited for a chance to send Xiao Yan out.

Lin Yuan and his allies broke the Space Barrier and escaped the Misty Cloud Sect, but Protector Wu and Protector Sun pursued them. As they reached the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Lin Yuan, Elder Yao, and Queen Medusa turned to confront the pursuers while Ling Ying took Xiao Yan away.

• Jia Xingtian, Fama, and Hai Bodong battered the Space Barrier's weak point as Lin Yuan drew Protector Sun away from them.
• Lin Yuan, Elder Yao, and Ling Ying tricked Protector Wu with their attacks, then shattered another weak point in the barrier and escaped with Queen Medusa.
• A Colorful Skirt Woman appeared to shield Lin Yuan from Protector Sun's ambush, and Protector Wu and Protector Sun pursued the escaping group.
• Jia Xingtian and Fama discussed the unfamiliar Dou Sect-level fighters with Hai Bodong, while Nalan Yanran stayed at the Misty Cloud Sect and asked Gu He to help her enter the Gate of Life and Death.
• As Protector Wu and Protector Sun closed in, Elder Yao, Lin Yuan, and Queen Medusa stopped to fight while Ling Ying took Xiao Yan away.

Lin Yuan and Elder Yao faced Protector Wu and Protector Sun, who trapped them in the Soul Palace’s Myriad Soul Devouring Array. Lin Yuan used the Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame to annihilate the array’s souls before they could feed its Malevolent Soul, and he continued attacking as the protectors tried to stop him.

• Protector Wu and Protector Sun caught up with Lin Yuan, Elder Yao, and Medusa, and Elder Yao dissolved a Spirit Ascension Pill to raise his strength to Four-Star Dou Sect.
• The two protectors formed the Myriad Soul Devouring Array, releasing countless souls and sacrificing them to create a Malevolent Soul while Protector Sun concealed himself in the clouds.
• Lin Yuan and Medusa fought off the array’s bloody souls, but Elder Yao warned that killing them would nourish the Malevolent Soul.
• Lin Yuan released his Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame and shaped it into a dragon-like Fire Spirit that annihilated hundreds of souls without feeding the array.
• Protector Sun attacked Lin Yuan with black chains, but Elder Yao and Medusa deflected them as Lin Yuan continued his soul-annihilating assault.

Lin Yuan fused the Fallen Heart Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame into an Angry Buddha Fire Lotus, destroying the malevolent soul and breaking the Myriad Soul Devouring Array. After the battle turned against them, Protector Wu betrayed Protector Sun, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Protector Sun and Protector Wu blocked Lin Yuan’s Dragon Roar Heart Fire Wave while Protector Sun used Blood Soul Gu to make the souls devour one another.
• Lin Yuan fused the Fallen Heart Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame into an Angry Buddha Fire Lotus and hurled it into the black clouds.
• Lin Yuan destroyed the malevolent soul with the fire lotus and Mountain River Seal, triggering backlash that weakened Protector Sun and broke the Myriad Soul Devouring Array.
• Protector Wu used Soul Dark Curtain to shield Protector Sun, and Lin Yuan, Queen Medusa, and Elder Yao withdrew to the valley’s edge and attacked from outside.
• Protector Wu told Protector Sun he had another way to capture Yao Chen, then stabbed him from behind with a black-glowing claw.

Lin Yuan captured Protector Wu, while Elder Yao reunited with Xiao Yan and began explaining the Hall of Souls and the Xiao Clan’s troubles. After the battle, Lin Yuan returned with Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to Jia Ma Holy City to celebrate the conclusion of their long-running plan.

• Lin Yuan burned away Protector Wu’s resistance with the Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame, sealed his soul in a box, and reflected on Elder Yao’s tracking soul power.
• Elder Yao and Ling Ying met Xiao Yan in a secluded valley, where Elder Yao gave him intelligence about the Xiao Clan and promised to explain their enemies.
• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that the black enemies belonged to the Hall of Souls and began recounting the related matters involving himself and the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Yuan released his secret technique, sealed the remaining medicinal force of his pill with the Green Lotus Origin Locking Seal, and recovered with Medusa’s help as Qing Lin dismissed her formation.
• Lin Yuan praised Qing Lin’s Beast Spirit Gathering Array, promised Zi Yan ten meals as a reward, and led everyone back to Jia Ma Holy City for a celebration banquet.

Protector Wu betrayed and devoured Protector Sun to gain the strength of a Six-Star Dou Sect, then battled Lin Yuan, Queen Medusa, and Elder Yao. Lin Yuan combined two seals with their attacks to defeat Wu’s assault, leaving the weakened Protector Wu exposed as the battle ended.

• Protector Wu stabbed Protector Sun with the Soul Refining Hand and devoured his soul while Lin Yuan, Queen Medusa, and Elder Yao attacked the black fog protecting them.
• Protector Wu completed Nine Forest Hundred Soul Devour, gained Six-Star Dou Sect strength, and fought all three opponents as Lin Yuan used Qi Origin Transformation.
• With Elder Yao’s Spirit Ascension Pill nearing its limit, Lin Yuan left the battle circle and fused the Mountain River Seal and Sun Radiance Seal into a powerful crystal seal.
• Protector Wu launched Myriad Phenomena: Soul Origin Burial as Lin Yuan, Queen Medusa, and Elder Yao unleashed their finishing attacks together.
• The combined attacks devastated Protector Wu and scattered the valley’s darkness; his secret technique expired, leaving him badly weakened as Lin Yuan prepared to claim the spoils.