Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan helped Nalan Yanran recover from her injuries, the two spoke about his survival, their tangled past, and her plans to protect his family while believing he was dead. Nalan Yanran sent him away and privately admitted she envied Little Fairy Doctor, though she told herself it was because of her strength.

• Nalan Yanran woke, and Xiao Yan helped her sit up while warning her not to strain herself.
• Nalan Su and Nalan Jie visited Nalan Yanran, who reassured them before asking to speak with Xiao Yan alone.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had survived after being trapped in the underground Magma World, and he thanked Nalan Yanran for helping protect his family while she thought he was dead.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan joked about their old broken engagement and discussed his relationship with Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Yanran urged Xiao Yan to leave, then admitted to herself that she was envious of Little Fairy Doctor and resolved to stay out of Xiao Yan's affairs.

Xiao Xun'er and Gu Qingyang arrived at the Yao Clan’s Living Being Celebration and saw the Yao Realm’s unusually dense Heaven and Earth Energy. As the guests discussed the Life Spirit Flame, footsteps sounded across the plaza and drew everyone’s attention.

• Xiao Xun'er warned Gu Qingyang that Yao Wan was not someone to underestimate, though Gu Qingyang remained confident in the Gu Clan’s strength.
• Xiao Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, and a Gu Clan Dou Saint crossed the Yao Realm’s cloud layer and found its Heaven and Earth Energy abnormally dense.
• Gu Qingyang judged that the Yao Clan was recklessly stirring the realm’s energy, while Xiao Xun'er stayed wary of Yao Wan.
• Xiao Xun'er and the others reached the plaza, where guests from the Yan Clan, Lei Clan, and Hun Clan had gathered.
• Huo Xuan and others discussed whether the Yao Clan had successfully nurtured the Life Spirit Flame’s flame seed.
• Clear footsteps echoed across the plaza, silencing the gathered guests.

Yao Wan displayed the Life Spirit Flame before the assembled clans and began engraving the Yao Clan’s bloodline mark onto it. The flame accepted her blood without resistance, but the Yan Clan members sensed an inexplicable trace of Death Qi around her.

• Yao Wan entered the square, and Gu Qingyang and the Ancient Clan Elder noticed her unusual presence and the life energy moving through the Yao Clan patterns.
• Huo Zhi recognized the Life Spirit Flame and judged that the power Yao Wan displayed did not reveal its full potential.
• Yao Wan climbed the raised platform to perform the ceremony that would bind the Life Spirit Flame to the Yao Clan bloodline.
• Yao Wan revealed the Life Spirit Flame and let it absorb her golden-tinged blood, which it accepted without backlash.
• Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and the Huo Yao Elder sensed Death Qi around Yao Wan and wondered how it could coexist with her abundant life energy.

Yao Wan completed the Life Spirit Flame ceremony, and its connection to the Yao Clan restored the vitality of its aging members. The unexpected power drew greedy attention from Hun Feng, who threatened Yao Wan in his thoughts and suffered a painful soul attack from her.

• Yao Wan received the Yao Clan Crest as the Life Spirit Flame was marked with her bloodline.
• The Life Spirit Flame's life energy flowed through the Yao Clan, making Yao Dan and Yao Wanhua look hundreds of years younger.
• Yao Wan described the effect as a backflow of life energy, while Huo Yao Elder and other guests grew interested in the flame's power.
• Hun Feng stared greedily at Yao Wan, intending to kill her and claim the Life Spirit Flame for the Hun Clan.
• Yao Wan struck Hun Feng with a powerful soul attack, leaving him in pain until a Hun Clan Dou Saint helped him recover.

Yao Wan left the Living Being Celebration to investigate why the Yao Clan had received life energy, and the Medicine Emperor Phantom traced the cause to the Azure Firmament Divine Tree. Meanwhile, Xiao Xun'er resolved to reclaim Xiao Yan Gege before Yao Wan could act first.

• Xiao Xun'er suspected Yao Wan had hidden the extent of her Soul Power and vowed to win Xiao Yan Gege's heart back.
• Yao Wan withdrew from the celebration and decided to ask the Medicine Emperor Phantom why the Yao Clan had received life energy.
• Yao Wan used the seal formula to travel through the void and enter the Inheritance Land.
• Yao Wan noticed the Azure Firmament Divine Tree had begun shedding golden leaves and questioned the Medicine Emperor Phantom.
• The Medicine Emperor Phantom explained that the Life Spirit Flame had only opened the path, while the Azure Firmament Divine Tree was the source of the Yao Clan's life-energy feedback.

Yao Wan learned from the Medicine Emperor Phantom that the Azure Firmament Divine Tree had died but could revive, and that the ancient progenitors had left the Dou Qi Continent to investigate invaders from beyond the heavens. The story left Yao Wan realizing the Ancient Eight Clans' ancestors had sealed the passage to the upper realm and expected a future Dou Di to uncover their legacy.

• The Medicine Emperor Phantom explained that the Azure Firmament Divine Tree's remaining life energy was only residue, and said the dead divine tree could revive.
• The Medicine Emperor asked Yao Wan whether she wanted to become a Dou Di, then challenged her assumptions about the enemy threatening the Dou Qi Continent.
• Yao Wan suggested the Void Swallowing Flame, and the Medicine Emperor recalled encountering him after becoming a Dou Di and letting him flee.
• The Medicine Emperor revealed that invaders from beyond the heavens had attacked the Dou Qi Continent, where the remaining ancient experts killed one of their kings.
• The Medicine Emperor said the eight surviving experts followed the Source Qi passage to the upper realm, sealed it behind them, and left Source Qi so a future Dou Di could discover their trail.

Yao Wan learned from the Medicine Emperor that the Spirit Devouring Clan, invaders who consumed energy and turned it into Demonic Qi, might still be alive and could threaten the Dou Qi Continent. After leaving the Inheritance Land, she planned to check on Xiao Yan, but encountered Xiao Xun'er and the Gu Clan as they prepared to depart.

• The Medicine Emperor told Yao Wan that the inheritance and Emperor Grade Young Pill were the only known paths to Dou Di, and that her true selection would come after she reached Dou Saint.
• Yao Wan asked about the enemy, and the Medicine Emperor explained that the Spirit Devouring Clan had once invaded from beyond the heavens and might have survived the continent's sealing.
• The Medicine Emperor said the Azure Firmament Divine Tree had sensed the Spirit Devouring Clan's return and explained that Heavenly Flames and violent Heaven and Earth Energy were especially effective against them.
• Yao Wan suspected the Spirit Devouring Clan would appear near Xiao Yan on the Northwest Continent and decided she should check on him.
• Yao Wan left the Inheritance Land and returned to the Yao Clan as the celebration ended.
• Yao Wan sensed hostile attention and saw Xiao Xun'er with two other Gu Clan members rising to leave.

Xiao Xun'er and the Ancient Clan delegation left the Yao Clan after discussing the Life Spirit Flame, while Yao Wan returned to her grotto-heaven and planned Qing Lin’s cultivation and a move against Yao Wangui. The chapter left Qing Lin preparing to quietly gather information about the elder as Yao Wan began building her own support within the clan.

• Xiao Xun'er concealed her anger toward Yao Wan as an Ancient Clan Elder led the delegation back to the Ancient Clan to discuss the Life Spirit Flame.
• Yao Wan avoided Yao Tian and returned to her grotto-heaven, where Qing Lin congratulated her and reported that Yao Tian had asked about her.
• Yao Wan told Qing Lin to keep cultivating and said she would help her seek the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan once she reached Dou Venerate.
• Qing Lin admitted she had turned Yao Tian away and said she wanted to teach him a lesson for pursuing Yao Wan.
• Yao Wan asked Qing Lin to discreetly gather information about Yao Wangui and explained that the elder had offended someone important to her.

Yao Wan safely awakened the Black-Red Flame within her and named it the Ash Extinction Flame after discovering that the Life Spirit Flame could replenish the life it consumed. Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family, checked on his unconscious Second Brother, and reunited with Xiao Zhan, ending by asking whether his father had spoken with Xian'er.

• Yao Wan released the Black-Red Flame from her Heart Meridian and found that it obeyed her without harming her.
• Yao Wan discovered that the flame rapidly consumed her life force, but the Life Spirit Flame restored it and kept the two forces in balance.
• Yao Wan drew the flame back into her Heart Meridian and named it the Ash Extinction Flame.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family and found that his Second Brother was stable but would likely remain unconscious for another day or two.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Zhan, assured him that Nalan Yanran's injuries were not serious, and asked whether he had spoken with Xian'er.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan and confirmed that he and the Little Fairy Doctor had resolved their relationship. He learned that Yao Wan had been taken away by a powerful expert and vowed to search for her in Central State, while Xiao Zhan entrusted him with the Xiao Clan’s mysterious jade heirloom.

• Hai Bodong and Zi Yan left the Reception Hall so Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhan, and the Little Fairy Doctor could speak as a family.
• Xiao Yan introduced the Little Fairy Doctor as someone he had pledged himself to, and Xiao Zhan welcomed her into the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan let the uncomfortable Little Fairy Doctor leave the hall, then told Xiao Zhan that a powerful expert had taken Yao Wan away.
• Xiao Yan said he would search for Yao Wan in Central State after settling matters in the Gama Empire.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan’s jade heirloom, believing it had drawn the powerful expert’s attention.

Xiao Yan learned that strange Black-Robed Men were spreading across the surrounding empires and that reports had reached the Tagor Desert, so he agreed to investigate and retrieve his eldest brother from Stone Desert City. Before leaving the imperial capital, he visited Nalan Yanran, who had just finished bathing.

• Xiao Yan met Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian at the palace, explained the Black-Robed Man’s power and his weakness to violent Heaven and Earth Energy, and showed them a fragment of a strange array.
• Jia Xingtian reported that similar beings had appeared in neighboring empires, while Hai Bodong mentioned reports from the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan decided to travel to the Tagor Desert, where his eldest brother was in danger, and began preparing to leave the imperial capital.
• Xiao Yan visited Nalan Yanran at the Nalan Residence and found her wrapped in a bath towel after bathing.

Xiao Yan visited Nalan Yanran before leaving to investigate strange figures in the Tagor Desert, and their teasing conversation grew unexpectedly intimate. He kissed her forehead and fled, leaving Nalan Yanran flustered and secretly delighted.

• Nalan Yanran asked whether Grandmaster was involved, and Xiao Yan explained that the Yun Lan Sect had a stake in the empire-wide crisis.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran he planned to investigate the strange figures in the Tagor Desert and refused her offer to accompany him because her injuries had not healed.
• Xiao Yan moved closer and asked Nalan Yanran whether she would still have broken off their engagement if time could flow backward; she said she would, though she would have acted less forcefully.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran he would leave her one last technique, then kissed her forehead and hurried out of the Nalan Residence.
• Nalan Yanran sat stunned, touched her forehead, and called Xiao Yan's name as her face flushed with embarrassment and joy.

Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor traveled to the Tagor Desert to investigate the spreading Black Qi, and Xiao Yan found his eldest brother Xiao Ding and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group weakened by its effects. After realizing the enemy was targeting the spirit vein where the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame had formed, Xiao Yan understood the contamination could spread across the Gama Empire and beyond.

• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor set out for the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Yan explained his past with Queen Medusa and why he could not avoid the mission.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor found the Tagor Desert shrouded in dark clouds and followed the Black Qi toward its source.
• Xiao Yan realized the route led to Stone Desert City and hurried there, where he found the city eerily quiet and its residents sickened.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan how the strange illness had spread among the mercenaries, and Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flame to remove the Black Qi from his brother.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One noticed unusual fire-attribute energy, and Xiao Yan deduced that the enemy was contaminating the spirit vein where the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame had formed.

Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor tracked the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame’s guidance to the Evil Array poisoning the Tagor Desert. Little Fairy Doctor battled its guardian with the Netherworld Poison Flame while Xiao Yan prepared a three-colored Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus to destroy the array.

• Xiao Yan followed the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame’s guidance deeper into the desert and planned to purify the Black Qi at the earth vein’s core after destroying the array.
• Xiao Yan lent Little Fairy Doctor the Netherworld Poison Flame, and she confronted the guardian protecting the Evil Array.
• Little Fairy Doctor’s poison flame overwhelmed the guardian’s Black Qi, but the Evil Array raised layers of barriers that stalled her advance.
• Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus and threw it toward the Evil Array’s guardian.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Evil Array and subdued its surviving Spirit Devouring Clan guard, then went with Little Fairy Doctor to help the Snake-People Tribe. Queen Medusa confronted two Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Zong experts above the tribe’s main city, and their first clash began a difficult battle.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus obliterated the Evil Array and its surrounding black qi, though the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Zong guarding it survived the blast.
• Little Fairy Doctor stopped the fleeing Dou Zong with poison fire, and Xiao Yan threw him into the magma pit to feed the damaged spirit vein.
• Xiao Yan realized the Spirit Devouring Clan had sent more fighters to attack the Snake-People Tribe, and he and Little Fairy Doctor set off to intervene.
• Queen Medusa faced Spirit Devouring Clan experts Shi You and Shi Quan above the Snake-People Tribe’s main city.
• Queen Medusa blocked and countered their opening attacks, and both sides recognized that the other was a formidable opponent.

Queen Medusa struggled against Shi Quan and Shi You until Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor arrived, turning the battle against the Spirit Devouring Clan into a two-on-three fight. Shadow Protector also revealed himself to confront Xiao Yan, who vowed to stop him from escaping after he had harmed Nalan and Xiao Yan’s family.

• Queen Medusa was forced into a stalemate against Shi Quan and Shi You, and Shi You’s sneak attack made her suffer a backlash.
• Xiao Yan burst through the black clouds with his Heavenly Flame and drove Shi Quan back, then joined Queen Medusa as Little Fairy Doctor arrived with a Dou Zong aura.
• Queen Medusa questioned why Xiao Yan had come, but he refused to leave her to face the enemies alone.
• Shi Quan called for Shadow Protector, who emerged from the distorted space and focused his hostility on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan vowed to keep Shadow Protector from escaping, while Shadow Protector prepared to capture him and Shi Quan took relief in the Heavenly Flame wielder being occupied.

Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, and the Little Fairy Doctor fought the Spirit Devouring Clan and Shadow Protector, then destroyed their enemies with a Fire Lotus far from the Snake-People Tribe. Xiao Yan’s strength faded afterward, and he waited to see how Queen Medusa would respond.

• The Little Fairy Doctor and Queen Medusa attacked Shi Quan and Shi You together, forcing the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Zong onto the defensive.
• Xiao Yan fought Shadow Protector, using his Heavenly Flames to summon fire spirits and begin forming a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Shadow Protector retreated from the Fire Lotus, and Xiao Yan signaled the Little Fairy Doctor to drive their enemies away from the Snake-People Tribe's main city.
• The Spirit Devouring Clan members and Shadow Protector fled into the distance, and Xiao Yan threw the Fire Lotus after them.
• The Little Fairy Doctor infused the Fire Lotus with poisonous fire, and its explosion killed the three fleeing enemies and burned away the Black Qi over the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan’s aura weakened after the blast, and he watched Queen Medusa, waiting for her reaction.

After Xiao Yan and the others helped defeat the invading enemy, Queen Medusa stopped her Elders from attacking them and offered Xiao Yan a place to recover in the Snake-People Tribe. Xiao Yan accepted, leaving his uneasy relationship with Medusa and the tribe unresolved.

• Queen Medusa's Snake-People Tribe leaders and four peak Dou Emperor Elders arrived after the battle and turned their hostility toward Xiao Yan.
• Little Fairy Doctor released her Dou Zong aura to protect Xiao Yan, but Queen Medusa ordered her clansmen not to interfere in her personal grudge with him.
• Xiao Yan nearly collapsed from exhausting his Dou Qi, so Queen Medusa invited him to stay in the tribe and recover.
• The Snake-People Tribe leaders and Little Fairy Doctor objected to the invitation, but Queen Medusa held firm and Xiao Yan agreed to stay for a few days.
• Queen Medusa considered killing Xiao Yan but decided against it, while the group returned to their positions before the true master of the place arrived.

Queen Medusa met privately with Xiao Yan and told him the Snake-People Tribe’s Elders wanted to see him. After she left, Little Fairy Doctor encouraged him to consider making peace with Medusa, and Xiao Yan kissed her in thanks.

• Queen Medusa asked Little Fairy Doctor to leave so she could speak with Xiao Yan alone, and Little Fairy Doctor readily agreed.
• Queen Medusa confronted Xiao Yan about returning, and he said he had followed a mark from the Spirit Devouring Clan’s Evil Array in the Tagor Desert.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Yan that the Snake-People Tribe’s Elders wanted to meet him, and he agreed to go after resting.
• Queen Medusa left, saying she still considered Xiao Yan’s life hers, and Little Fairy Doctor returned to talk with him.
• Little Fairy Doctor urged Xiao Yan to think carefully about his relationship with Medusa, and Xiao Yan kissed and embraced her.

The Snake-People Tribe elders told Xiao Yan that Medusa might be pregnant, leaving him anxious about becoming a father and prompting Little Fairy Doctor to comfort him. Meanwhile, Yao Wan explored splitting her Soul Power into incarnations to cultivate more efficiently and observe the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Yan admitted to the elders that he had taken Medusa's virginity, and they said they would not dwell on it because he had helped the Snake-People Tribe.
• The elders revealed that they had detected Fetal Breath in Medusa's abdomen, shocking Xiao Yan and Medusa with the possibility that she was pregnant.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan to refine the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill and said she would not entangle him further before leaving the hall.
• Xiao Yan told Little Fairy Doctor about the possible pregnancy, and she reassured him that he should let their relationships continue naturally.
• Yao Wan considered using her Soul Power to create incarnations that could increase her cultivation efficiency and observe the Dou Qi Continent.