Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan unexpectedly reunited with Little Fairy Doctor in Black Cloud City, but she denied knowing him and kept her distance after her Woeful Poison Body awakened. After trading for the Yan Luo Branch, Xiao Yan left for Canaan Academy, unaware that she had chosen to follow him.

• Xiao Yan recognized the silver-haired woman at Thousand Medicines Workshop as Little Fairy Doctor, but she denied being the person he knew and disappeared into the crowd.
• Yao Lao explained that Little Fairy Doctor's Woeful Poison Body had likely awakened and that she was distancing herself to avoid implicating Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan returned to Thousand Medicines Workshop, exchanged a Purification Pill for the Yan Luo Branch, and gave the manager the name Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan searched Black Cloud City again for Little Fairy Doctor, then left for Canaan Academy after deciding to visit her in the Chu Yun Empire later.
• Little Fairy Doctor watched Xiao Yan depart and chose to follow him.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao hid from the approaching Dou Emperor, Blood Sect Sect Leader Fan Lao, who had come to avenge his son. Xiao Yan challenged Fan Lao with a fused Heavenly Flame fire lotus, and as Fan Lao charged him again, an unknown voice intervened.

• Yao Lao sensed a Dou Emperor approaching, so he hid Xiao Yan among the rocks and concealed his aura.
• Fan Lao searched the mountain range for the person who had killed his son, and his blood technique exposed Xiao Yan’s hiding place.
• Xiao Yan chose to face Fan Lao himself and struck his hundred-zhang blood claw with a fire lotus fused from two Heavenly Flames.
• The fire lotus swallowed and destroyed Fan Lao’s blood claw, forcing Fan Lao to retreat before he charged Xiao Yan again.
• An unknown voice warned Fan Lao not to touch Xiao Yan, and Fan Lao demanded to know who had spoken.

Little Fairy Doctor arrived in time to protect Xiao Yan and fought Fan Lao, who wanted to avenge his son. She killed Fan Lao and took his Storage Ring, then heard Xiao Yan call out to her as he approached.

• Little Fairy Doctor knocked Fan Lao back and shielded Xiao Yan, who recognized her silver hair and asked if it was really her.
• Little Fairy Doctor refused Fan Lao's demand for Xiao Yan's life and met his attack head-on.
• Fan Lao's Blood Qi failed to harm Little Fairy Doctor, who absorbed his blood threads and blinded him with poisonous rays.
• Little Fairy Doctor struck Fan Lao down, shattered his Heart Meridian, took his Storage Ring, and crushed his skull.
• Xiao Yan called out to Little Fairy Doctor, and she realized she could no longer avoid facing him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Little Fairy Doctor in the Black-Corner Region and learned that the Poison Flame he had left behind had only temporarily suppressed her Woeful Poison Body before becoming nourishment that strengthened it. After Xiao Yan persuaded her to travel with him to Canaan Academy, Little Fairy Doctor agreed to go along for now.

• Little Fairy Doctor gave Xiao Yan Fan Lao's Storage Ring, and they exchanged accounts of what had happened since they parted.
• Little Fairy Doctor explained that she had come to the Black-Corner Region seeking rare poisons and news of the King of Poisons, and that her Woeful Poison Body had driven her cultivation higher.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Xiao Yan that his Poison Flame had temporarily suppressed her condition but later nourished it, and she said she would return to the Chu Yun Empire to keep searching for a cure.
• Xiao Yan urged Little Fairy Doctor to visit Canaan Academy and reminded her that Wan Guniang might be able to resolve her constitution.
• Little Fairy Doctor recognized that Xiao Yan was trying to keep her with him and agreed to go to Canaan Academy for now.

Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor returned to Canaan Academy after sharing the spoils from Fan Lao’s Storage Ring and learning about each other’s recent troubles. Xiao Yan arranged for Little Fairy Doctor to enter the Inner Academy, where she went to find Elder Wan while he returned to his residence.

• Xiao Yan found Three Thousand Lightning Movements and a Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill in Fan Lao’s Storage Ring, but Little Fairy Doctor refused to take any of the spoils.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and drew out its strand of dragon qi after Yao Lao explained its effects.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor traveled back toward Canaan Academy and discussed the Three-Year Agreement and the hardships caused by her Woeful Poison Body.
• At Peace Town, Little Fairy Doctor suggested they part, but Xiao Yan insisted on asking the Vice Dean to let her into the Inner Academy.
• Hu Qian approved Xiao Yan’s application and escorted him and Little Fairy Doctor to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan sent Little Fairy Doctor to find Elder Wan while he returned to his residence.

Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy and sent Little Fairy Doctor to visit Yao Wan, who examined her Woeful Poison Body and assured her it would not be fatal for at least five years. Little Fairy Doctor reunited with Yao Wan and shared her journey, while Yao Wan offered to refine her pills to help her physical development.

• Xiao Yan decided to return to the Inner Academy before telling Xun'er he was safe, and Little Fairy Doctor went to find Yao Wan.
• Qing Lin met Little Fairy Doctor at Yao Wan's courtyard and called Yao Wan out to greet her.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Yao Wan about their separation, her travels, and how she had met Xiao Yan again in the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Wan examined Little Fairy Doctor's body and said her Woeful Poison Body would not kill her within five years, even if she kept consuming poisonous things.
• Yao Wan teased Little Fairy Doctor about her figure and offered to refine her pills to help her development.

Yao Wan used Yao Lao’s research and Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Poison Flame to begin controlling Little Fairy Doctor’s Woeful Poison Body. After gathering the poison inside Xian’er and guiding their Dou Qi through a Pill Formation Method, Yao Wan said the process was complete.

• Little Fairy Doctor declined Yao Wan’s offer, and Xiao Yan returned to find them talking.
• Yao Wan privately told Xiao Yan that she needed Yao Lao’s knowledge to address Xian’er’s Woeful Poison Body, and Yao Lao provided a scroll about controlling it.
• Yao Wan explained that she could temporarily restrain Xian’er’s poison and prepare a Poison Body Embryo Pill, then asked Xiao Yan to call her in.
• Xiao Yan used the Netherworld Poison Flame to draw the poison through Xian’er’s meridians for nearly four hours while Yao Wan prepared the next step.
• Yao Wan placed a golden seal near Xian’er’s heart and guided Xiao Yan and Xian’er’s Dou Qi through a Pill Formation Method, preventing the poison from spreading again.

Yao Wan used Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Poison Flame to stabilize Little Fairy Doctor’s Woeful Poison Body, leaving her dependent on Xiao Yan until the Poison Pill Method became feasible. As Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor walked together, he admitted that he liked Yao Wan, while Little Fairy Doctor prepared to stay near them in the Inner Academy.

• Yao Wan explained that Xiao Yan’s poison flame had gathered Little Fairy Doctor’s toxins and would need to be replenished by Xiao Yan for a while.
• After Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor left to clear their heads, Qing Lin asked Yao Wan whether she minded the women around Xiao Yan, and Yao Wan denied having feelings for him.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor walked in silence, each troubled by their new connection and Xiao Yan’s relationships with Yao Wan and Xun'er.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked whether Xiao Yan liked Yao Wan, and he admitted that he did while asking her to keep it secret.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to cultivate and refine the Soul Fusion Pill, and the Seven-Colored Little Snake perked up at the news.

Little Fairy Doctor questioned Yao Wan about her feelings for Xiao Yan, and Yao Wan encouraged Little Fairy Doctor to pursue him despite learning that Xiao Yan liked her. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan preparing to refine the Soul Fusion Pill as Queen Medusa arrived to watch.

• Little Fairy Doctor accepted poison pills from Yao Wan and asked how she felt about Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan teased Little Fairy Doctor until her reaction revealed that she liked Xiao Yan, then urged her to give their relationship a chance.
• Little Fairy Doctor admitted to herself that she liked Xiao Yan but struggled with the idea of coming between him and Yao Wan.
• Xiao Yan prepared the medicinal ingredients and medicine cauldron in the Inner Academy's Alchemy Room to refine the Soul Fusion Pill.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Xiao Yan while Yao Lao watched her cautiously.

Xiao Yan refined the Rank 6 Soul Fusion Pill despite the Yan Luo Branch taking far longer to process than the formula predicted. After completing the pill, he caught it before Queen Medusa could, leaving her to reconsider how she treated him.

• Xiao Yan used the Tri-Colored Flames to extract and purify the medicinal properties of the pill ingredients over a day and night.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Yan Luo Branch, and Yao Lao noticed that the process was taking unexpectedly long.
• Xiao Yan continued refining the branch for five hours until it produced amber resin, then merged it with the prepared medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yan added a thread of Soul Power and condensed the mixture into the completed Soul Fusion Pill.
• Queen Medusa failed to catch the pill as it flew around the Alchemy Room, and Xiao Yan beckoned it into his hand.

Xiao Yan gave Queen Medusa the Soul Fusion Pill after recovering from its refinement, and she left to fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul. Yao Lao then discovered that a Yan Luo Branch had survived the Heavenly Flames, leaving Xiao Yan worried the ingredient might be wrong, before Zi Yan found him and offered to take him somewhere to rest.

• Xiao Yan recovered for two hours, then handed Queen Medusa the Soul Fusion Pill after asking her to honor her promise.
• Queen Medusa said she would take the pill and fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul, then left.
• Yao Lao found a black Yan Luo Branch remnant in the Black Demon Cauldron, and Xiao Yan realized the ingredient had survived the Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Lao reassured Xiao Yan that the Soul Fusion Pill seemed to have formed correctly, but said they would need to investigate the unusual ingredient.
• Xiao Yan encountered Zi Yan, who accepted his apology for not visiting and offered to take him somewhere to rest so he could recover and refine pills for her later.

Zi Yan brought Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and secured him access to its strongest cultivation room so he could recover. As Xiao Yan began cultivating, he sensed that Medusa had taken the Soul Fusion Pill, and days later Little Fairy Doctor felt the pressure of a powerful magical beast near the Inner Academy.

• Zi Yan led Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and silenced the disciples gossiping about them.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan her purple crystal card, allowing Elder Liu to take him to Number One Cultivation Room on the tower’s sixth level.
• Xiao Yan began recovering in the room’s dense Heart Flame and pure energy while Zi Yan waited for him to refine pills.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had sensed Medusa taking the Soul Fusion Pill, and Yao Lao wondered whether the pill or an unknown ingredient had caused it.
• Several days later, Little Fairy Doctor sensed the pressure of a seventh-rank magical beast near the Inner Academy’s Back Mountain.

After recovering in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and reaching Two-Star Dou Ling, Xiao Yan left with Zi Yan to refine medicine and asked her about a mysterious charred branch. They headed toward Pan Gate, where Xiao Yan sensed a disturbance like the one he had felt when Queen Medusa took the Soul Fusion Pill.

• Yao Wan told Little Fairy Doctor there was nothing to fear and that they could watch the commotion later.
• Xiao Yan recovered in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, advanced to Two-Star Dou Ling, and returned Zi Yan's crystal card.
• Xiao Yan refined medicinal ingredients for Zi Yan, who offered to help him find rare ingredients from the Back Mountain.
• Zi Yan could not identify or break the charred branch Xiao Yan had burned with Heavenly Flames, so Xiao Yan decided to ask his alchemist friend about it.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan went toward Pan Gate, where Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong.

Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa after she arrived looking for him, and negotiated an agreement for her to stay by his side and provide ingredients and rewards for his alchemy. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan relieved that their conversation had gone peacefully.

• Xiao Yan rushed into the courtyard and found Queen Medusa waiting, while Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun'er stood guard; Medusa gave him one incense stick to settle matters before speaking with her.
• Xiao Yan checked that Xiao Xun'er was unharmed, then sent Nalan Yanran, Xiao Xun'er, and Zi Yan out so he could talk to Medusa alone.
• Medusa asked about Zi Yan, recognized her as a transformed magical beast, and said she was not in a hurry to return to the Tagor Desert.
• Medusa proposed that Xiao Yan refine medicine for her, promising to provide the ingredients and give him another reward when she returned to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan agreed to Medusa staying by his side for roughly a year and accepted her offer of cooperation; afterward, he left the conversation relieved that they had not argued.

Yao Wan examined the mysterious branch Xiao Yan had recovered and advised him about the tension between her and Xiao Xun'er. She left after warning Xiao Yan not to mistake the conflict between women for a simple misunderstanding.

• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan that Medusa would likely honor her promise to provide payment for his future pill refining.
• Yao Wan inspected the black branch, restored its appearance with her green flame, and said it might be a rare variant of the Progenitor of the Yan Luo Branch, though she could not identify it.
• When Yao Wan tried to leave, Xiao Yan persuaded her to stay and massaged her shoulders, then told her he worried about her well-being.
• Yao Wan agreed to assess Xiao Yan's compatibility with the Fallen Heart Flame when he returned to the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower to cultivate.
• Yao Yan said she wanted to get along with Xiao Xun'er but doubted Xiao Xun'er felt the same, and warned Xiao Yan that women’s conflicts were not always misunderstandings.
• Yao Wan departed, telling Xiao Yan to seek her out if he needed anything.

After Yao Wan left, Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that she might be jealous, and Xiao Yan wondered whether he should act on his feelings before she understood them herself. Xun'er noticed Yao Wan’s scent on him, while Nalan Yanran urged him to be honest with Yao Wan, leaving Xiao Yan excited by her advice and Nalan confused by his reaction.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan’s anger might mean she was jealous and urged him to pursue her feelings before they became clear to her.
• Xiao Yan met the returning Pan Gate members and heard how Wu Hao, Hu Jia, Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran managed the group’s affairs.
• Xun'er embraced Xiao Yan, sensed Yao Wan’s faint scent on him, and tried to cover it with her own.
• Nalan Yanran criticized Xiao Yan for acting devoted while harboring feelings for Yao Wan and told him to treat Yao Wan’s feelings seriously.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Nalan Yanran’s hands to thank her excitedly, and she demanded that he let go.

Xiao Yan advanced to three-star Dou Ling and took over Pan Gate’s duties while Nalan Yanran trained. A Xiao family letter prompted Xiao Xun'er to plan how to strengthen her relationship with Xiao Yan before Yao Wan could gain an advantage.

• Xiao Yan thanked Nalan Yanran for managing Pan Gate, then spent a month cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and advanced to three-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan returned to find Nalan Yanran fighting Bai Shan and Bai Cheng, then sent her to cultivate while he took over Pan Gate’s work.
• Xiao family letters reached Canaan Academy, including Xiao Zhan’s hint that young family members should pursue gifted young ladies and help arrange a good match.
• Hu Jia brought Xiao Yu’s letter to Xiao Xun'er, who realized Xiao Zhan’s hint might refer to her or Yao Wan.
• Xiao Xun'er decided to enlist Pan Gate’s help in advancing her relationship with Xiao Yan, then dressed up and left her room.

Xiao Yan worried about Pan Gate’s growing Fire Energy expenses and considered entering the Inner Academy’s medicine market. Xiao Xun'er gave him medicinal ingredients and persuaded him to spend time with her, and they left together for the student market.

• Xiao Yan considered refining medicine to help fund Pan Gate without driving the Medicine Gang out of business.
• Xiao Xun'er offered Xiao Yan a Storage Ring filled with medicinal ingredients, asking him to accompany her on a walk in return.
• Xiao Yan accepted the ingredients and went out with Xiao Xun'er, while Pan Gate students greeted them as they left.
• Xiao Yan bought Xiao Xun'er a phoenix-shaped fire-attribute Magic Core necklace for ten Fire Energy points.
• Xiao Xun'er enjoyed their time together and set aside her concern that Yao Wan might act.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er watched fireworks together, while Yao Wan hid her jealousy and learned that Xiao Xun'er had given Xiao Yan medicinal ingredients. Yao Wan decided to give Xiao Yan a personally created pill formula, and he fell into a daze as its spiritual energy entered his mind.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er lay together in the Back Mountain and watched fireworks Pan Gate had set off.
• Yao Wan and Little Fairy Doctor saw the fireworks, and Yao Wan concealed her gloomy feelings about Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan visited Yao Wan the next day and explained that Xiao Xun'er had given him a Storage Ring of medicinal ingredients to support Pan Gate.
• Yao Wan inspected Xiao Xun'er's Storage Ring and, amused by the chance to surprise her, gave Xiao Yan a pill formula she had created.
• Xiao Yan opened the Scroll and was overwhelmed by the spiritual energy in the formula.

Xiao Yan received Yao Wan's pill formula for boosting cultivation efficiency in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, which she intended to help Pan Gate compete with the Medicine Gang. After Yao Wan asked him to massage her, Xiao Yan did so while wondering whether he could get away with hugging her again.

• Xiao Yan examined Yao Wan's pill formula and learned that its pill could increase cultivation efficiency in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower by at least fifty percent.
• Yao Wan explained that Pan Gate could use the pill to compete with the Medicine Gang by selling a product students would want, and Xiao Yan accepted the formula.
• Yao Wan struggled to decide how Xiao Yan should repay her help, then tentatively asked him to massage her again.
• Xiao Yan eagerly agreed, grabbed Yao Wan's hand, and got smacked before moving behind her to massage her shoulders.
• Xiao Yan massaged Yao Wan and wondered what would happen if he hugged her again.