Chapter Summaries

As the Hall of Souls and the Spirit Devouring Clan prepared to target the Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan sensed Old Man Mu Gu’s hostility and began the contest under the attention of Yao Chen, Han Shanshan, and Xuan Yi. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan’s five-colored Strange Fire overwhelming the flames of the other alchemists.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost agreed to work with the Spirit Devouring Clan and ordered his subordinates to tell Mu Gu to prepare for the Pill Gathering.
• At the Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan sensed a hostile gaze and recognized the pale Old Man Mu Gu as a likely Hall of Souls enemy.
• Yao Chen and Han Shanshan recognized Mu Gu, while Yao Chen reassured them that Xiao Yan could handle him.
• The judge started the Pill Gathering, and the alchemists lit their flames to begin refining medicine.
• Xiao Yan’s five-colored Strange Fire caused the surrounding flames to falter, drawing the other alchemists’ attention.

Yao Wan advanced her research into Demonic Qi while Xiao Yan completed a powerful pill at the Pill Gathering. The chapter ended as seven-colored Pill Lightning gathered above Xiao Yan and he declared that he could withstand it.

• Yao Wan tested converting Dou Qi into Demonic Qi and concluded that her research could progress to a technique for destroying Demonic Qi once she reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Yao Wan reassured Feng Qing'er about the frightening power and went with her to watch the Pill Gathering.
• Several alchemists refined pills and survived their Pill Lightning, while Old Man Mu Gu formed a four-colored tribulation and taunted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan completed his pill, summoning a vast tribulation cloud that grew to seven colors and shocked the Pill Tower's leaders and Yao Lao.
• Old Man Mu Gu warned that seven-colored Pill Lightning could not be endured by anyone below High-level Dou Zun, but Xiao Yan said he could withstand it.

Xiao Yan used the Glass Body Sculpting Art to absorb Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, tempering his Glass Image instead of being destroyed by it. As the tribulation clouds cleared, the image had shrunk and solidified around him into a Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body.

• Xiao Yan summoned a towering Glass Image and waited for the Seven-Colored Pill Lightning to strike.
• The first bolt struck the Glass Image, leaving lightning patterns and making it more solid.
• Successive bolts of Pill Lightning tempered the Glass Image, while Old Man Mu Gu watched in frustration.
• Yao Chen recognized the technique as the Yao Clan's Glass Body Sculpting Art and realized Xiao Yan was using the lightning to break through to its next realm.
• The Glass Image shrank until it overlapped Xiao Yan, and the dissipating clouds revealed his dazzling Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering and advanced to the Dharma Body realm, while Zi Yan asked to accompany him into the Star Region because she believed she could improve his chances of subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Yao Chen arranged for her to go with him, then left to speak privately with Xuan Yi.

• Xiao Yan completed the Dharma Body realm and emerged as the Pill Gathering champion, leaving Old Man Mu Gu to accept the result and look ahead to the Star Region.
• Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi, who praised Xiao Yan's talent and his achievement at the Pill Gathering.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan to take her to the Star Region, explaining that she might raise his chances of subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame by at least thirty percent.
• After hearing Zi Yan's claim, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to prepare for the Heavenly Flame and instructed Zi Yan to stay with him while he spoke privately with Xuan Yi.
• Zi Yan questioned Xiao Yan about Yao Chen and Xuan Yi's relationship, and Xiao Yan acknowledged that Xuan Yi likely had feelings for his teacher.
• Yao Chen entered Xiao Yan's room and told Zi Yan to go to the Star Region with Xiao Yan.

Yao Chen secured the Pill Tower giants’ approval for Zi Yan to help Xiao Yan pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the contestants entered the Star Region. When Old Man Mu Gu sabotaged the attempt by releasing the flame’s seal, Xiao Yan survived its attack with his Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body.

• Yao Chen explained that he had persuaded the Pill Tower giants to favor Xiao Yan over Old Man Mu Gu, on the condition that Zi Yan would not try to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame herself.
• Two days later, Zi Yan joined the Pill Tower Great Elder and the top ten Pill Gathering contestants as they entered the Star Region.
• Zi Yan secretly placed a Dragon Mark on Xiao Yan, hoping it would help him control the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan approached the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Old Man Mu Gu revealed that he had released its seal, and the flame engulfed Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan emerged unharmed in his Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body, thwarting Old Man Mu Gu’s scheme.

Xiao Yan fought off the Spirit Devouring Clan ambush, using his Five-Colored Strange Fire and Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body to kill three powerful demons. As Old Man Mu Gu and the Hall of Souls struggled to contain the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the flame broke free and escaped his grasp.

• Old Man Mu Gu summoned the Spirit Devouring Clan, and Hall of Souls members formed the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Array to cut off the Three Thousand Burning Flame's access to Star Power.
• Xiao Yan told the Pill Tower Great Elder to hold off one demon and Zi Yan to hide, then charged the four Demonic Shadows with a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan's Dharma Body withstood a demon's Heart Shattering Seal, and he used two demons as weapons while burning and killing three Spirit Devouring Clan experts.
• Xiao Yan purified two fleeing Evil Cores into Energy Cores and killed another demon with a slap, shocking the remaining enemies and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan turned toward the Hall of Souls as they lost control of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which escaped Old Man Mu Gu's grasp.

Xiao Yan fought Old Man Mu Gu and the Hall of Souls after their failed attempt to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The Hall of Souls and Spirit Devouring Clan retreated, and Xiao Yan captured the Heavenly Flame, preparing to refine it while the Great Elder of the Pill Tower returned.

• Xiao Yan confronted Old Man Mu Gu, overpowered him, and damaged his Life-Bound Soul Lock while condemning his betrayal and insults against Yao Chen.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost arrived and saved Old Man Mu Gu, but Xiao Yan resisted his pressure and attacked him with startling speed.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost abandoned the fight and led the Hall of Souls elders through Space Cracks to retreat, while the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Zun also escaped from the Great Elder of the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan caught the Three Thousand Burning Flame in his palm and thanked the Great Elder of the Pill Tower for his help.
• Xiao Yan said he would refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the Great Elder agreed to return with the others.

Xiao Yan began refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region, using his Dragon Mark, Flame Mantra, and dharma body to withstand its resistance. As the struggle continued, Little Fairy Doctor arrived and learned about Yao Wan’s situation, while Zi Yan remained beside Xiao Yan as he slowly gained the upper hand.

• The Pill Tower Great Elder and the others left after acknowledging that Xiao Yan had won the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Zi Yan stayed to explain the Dragon Mark’s connection to the flame.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which ignited the Star Region, while he protected Zi Yan with the Five-Colored Strange Fire.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi worried about the blazing Star Region, but Yao Lao told them to maintain its stability and trust Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen met Little Fairy Doctor, confirmed that Xiao Yan and Zi Yan were refining the strange fire, and told her what he knew about Yao Wan.
• Xiao Yan continued using the Flame Mantra and Dragon Mark to overcome the Three Thousand Burning Flame as Zi Yan stayed beside him in the heat.

After Xiao Yan absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the Flame Mantra evolved and his cultivation stabilized, but the new flame triggered an uncontrollable impulse. He pounced on Zi Yan, then the Little Fairy Doctor arrived and was caught up in the crisis as well.

• Xiao Yan completed his refinement of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, making it his sixth Heavenly Flame and causing the purple-black sea of fire to shrink.
• Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong and tried to drive Zi Yan away when the Three Thousand Burning Flame ignited an overpowering impulse in him.
• Xiao Yan cut his palm to expel the energy, but found no Clear Spirit Pills in his Storage Ring and could not regain control.
• Zi Yan stayed rooted in place as the Dragon Mark transmitted Xiao Yan's strange impulses to her, and Xiao Yan pounced on her.
• The Little Fairy Doctor entered the Star Region through a poison-fire Space Crack, but Xiao Yan pounced on her too as Zi Yan looked on helplessly.

Little Fairy Doctor sensed Xiao Yan in danger and forced her way into the Star Region, where she found him overwhelmed by the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s effects. After the fire’s power was spent and strengthened her poison flame, Xiao Yan recovered and found Little Fairy Doctor asleep in his arms while Zi Yan remained nearby.

• Little Fairy Doctor sensed her poison flame stirring and tore open a Space Tunnel into the Star Region.
• Little Fairy Doctor found Xiao Yan disheveled and struggling to control himself, with Zi Yan nearby.
• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame-fueled impulse overwhelmed Little Fairy Doctor, while Zi Yan turned away and covered her eyes.
• The Starfire Source flowed into Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor, strengthening his Heavenly Flame fusion and transforming her poison flame into an eerie jade green.
• Xiao Yan regained his senses, dressed the sleeping Little Fairy Doctor, and looked toward Zi Yan.

After absorbing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan discovered that the energy transfer between him and Little Fairy Doctor had helped both of them reach Four Star Dou Zun. Little Fairy Doctor’s Netherworld Poison Flame evolved into a new Poison Fire, which she named the Woeful Poison Fire.

• Xiao Yan found that he had risen to Four Star Dou Zun and realized Little Fairy Doctor’s mutated Poison Fire had helped transfer energy between them.
• Little Fairy Doctor woke in Xiao Yan’s arms, complained about how he had tormented her, and discovered that her cultivation had also reached Four Star Dou Zun.
• Little Fairy Doctor found that her Netherworld Poison Flame had changed into a dark-green Poison Fire, which Xiao Yan judged to be a powerful new Strange Fire.
• Little Fairy Doctor named her evolved flame the Woeful Poison Fire, and she scolded Xiao Yan when he teased her about the name.

After leaving the Star Region, Xiao Yan reunited with Little Fairy Doctor while Yao Wan and Yao Wanhua prepared to return to the Yao Clan, with Yao Wanhua increasingly impressed by Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan admitted that he wanted to go to the Yao Clan soon but did not want to hurt Zi Yan, and learned that Nalan had returned to No Sword Mountain to enter seclusion.

• Little Fairy Doctor blushed at Xiao Yan's affectionate words, and the two spoke privately after Zi Yan left.
• Yao Wan and Feng Qing'er departed Holy Pill City and met Yao Wanhua, who had been waiting outside.
• Yao Wanhua praised Yao Wan for keeping Feng Qing'er by her side and accepted her choice without objection.
• Yao Wanhua reflected on Xiao Yan's alchemy, cultivation, and use of the Glass Body Sculpting Art, and decided Xiao Yan was worth drawing into the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Little Fairy Doctor that the Dragon Mark let him and Zi Yan sense each other, and said he wanted to visit the Yao Clan soon without hurting Zi Yan.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Xiao Yan that Nalan had returned to No Sword Mountain to cultivate in seclusion because she was troubled by his faster progress.

Xiao Yan returned with Little Fairy Doctor to Starfall Pavilion, while Yao Wan brought Feng Qing'er back to the Yao Clan and prepared for her Coming-of-Age Ceremony. At her residence, Yao Wan reunited with Qing Lin, whose questions about Xiao Yan revealed her growing curiosity about their relationship.

• Little Fairy Doctor suggested returning to Starfall Pavilion to discuss restoring Yao Chen's body, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Yao Wanhua escorted Yao Wan and Feng Qing'er into the Yao World, where Yao Wan told him to conceal what he knew about her from Xiao Yan and prepare rare treasures for Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Wan returned to her residence and reunited with Qing Lin, who had become a Five Star Dou Zun.
• Yao Wan introduced Feng Qing'er as her mount and promised to help her grow stronger, while Qing Lin worried that she might be replaced.
• Qing Lin asked about Xiao Yan, and Yao Wan's evasive, happy response led Qing Lin to tease her about her changed feelings.

After returning to Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan awkwardly discussed the emotions they had sensed through their Dragon Mark. Their reunion was interrupted by visitors from the Yao Clan, whose lavish gifts and unusual attention left Yao Chen visibly shaken.

• Yao Wan sent Qing Lin away, then cultivated while preparing for her Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan whether she planned to return, and she questioned him about the feelings she had sensed through their Dragon Mark.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan discussed her curiosity about his relationship with Little Fairy Doctor as they traveled back to Starfall Pavilion with Yao Chen and Little Fairy Doctor.
• Mu Qing Luan reported that several special guests had arrived, and Wind Venerable waited with them outside Starfall Pavilion.
• The Yao Clan visitors presented Xiao Yan with rare medicinal herbs, and he accepted them as thanks from their Young Miss after recognizing Yao Chen's reaction.

Xiao Yan accepted a gift of rare Spirit Medicines from the Yao Clan and learned that Wan'er’s upcoming Coming-of-Age Ceremony could bring clan-arranged marriages, making him determined to visit her. As Xiao Yan prepared to travel to a newly opened Dou Sheng Relic, Yao Wanhua considered whether the Yao Clan should continue supporting him.

• Yao Clan Dou Zun delivered a congratulatory gift to Xiao Yan, who accepted it and asked whether Young Miss was well; they said they knew nothing about her.
• Yao Chen identified Yao Wanhua as the likely sender and suggested using the gift as an excuse to visit the Yao Clan.
• Yao Chen explained that Wan'er’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony would reveal her bloodline and could lead to clan-arranged marriages, so Xiao Yan firmly asked how they could go to the Yao Clan.
• Yao Chen cautioned Xiao Yan not to act impulsively and told him Wan'er would likely be able to resist clan pressure; Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger and become a Dou Sheng.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to take Xian'er and Zi Yan to investigate an ancient Dou Sheng Relic in the Beast Domain, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Yao Wanhua heard that Xiao Yan had accepted the gift and said the Yao Clan would continue supporting him if his cultivation or soul realm advanced, while leaving Wan'er room to speak for herself if he did not.

Yao Wanhua prepared for the Yao Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony as guests from the Ancient Eight Clans gathered at the Divine Mountain. The young guests discussed the absent Gu Xun’er and the mysterious Yao Clan Young Miss, while Gu Yao wondered why Gu Qingyang had come so willingly.

• Yao Wanhua watched the arriving guests and went to the Divine Mountain plaza as the ceremony approached.
• Huo Xuan greeted Lei Xiao and asked after his twin brother, Lei Dong, who had not attended.
• Lei Xiao admitted he had hoped to see Gu Xun’er, and Huo Xuan told him she likely would not come but praised the Yao Clan Young Miss’s beauty and abilities.
• Lei Yun teased Lei Xiao about proposing marriage to the Yao Clan Young Miss, while Lei Xiao told him to mind his manners as a guest.
• Gu Yao complained about attending the ceremony, and Gu Qingyang said the visit would let him see more of the world.
• Gu Yao asked whether Gu Qingyang had come because he was interested in the Yao Clan Young Miss.

The Yao Clan began its Coming-of-Age Ceremony with ancestor worship and tested the bloodline power of its young members by growing divine tree branches from their blood. Yao Xingji earned a gold clan crest with six branches, and Yao Ling followed with seven, while the ceremony continued.

• Gu Qingyang told Gu Yao he was curious about Yao Wan because she had moved Xun'er to emotion.
• Yao Wangui and two Elders recited an ancestor-worship prayer as the Yao Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony began.
• Yao Xingji gave a drop of blood that produced a six-branched divine tree, earning him a gold clan crest.
• Gu Qingyang and Lei Xiao discussed the Yao Clan's unusual bloodline-based clan crest and exchanged greetings.
• Yao Ling gave a drop of blood that produced a seven-branched divine tree, and the Elders awarded her a gold clan crest.

Yao Ling awakened a peak Seventh Grade Bloodline, and Yao Tian followed with a peak Eighth Grade Bloodline that fell just short of the Ninth Grade. The crowd then turned its attention to Yao Wan as she stepped forward for the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, leaving her awakening results unrevealed.

• Yao Wangui announced that Yao Ling had awakened a peak Seventh Grade Bloodline destined to become Eighth Grade.
• Yao Tian stepped before the clan monument and awakened a peak Eighth Grade Bloodline, stopping one branch short of the Ninth Grade.
• Yao Tian accepted his result as the Coming-of-Age Ceremony continued, while the crowd anticipated the true grand finale.
• Yao Wangui called Yao Wan, and she walked past Yao Tian to the clan monument as the assembled clan leaders and Qing Lin watched closely.

Yao Wan awakened a God Grade bloodline at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, astonishing the Yao Clan and the gathered geniuses from the Ancient Eight Clans. After receiving her Seven-Colored Golden Clan Mark, she tried to leave but stayed at the Clan Leader’s request and went to sit beside Huo Zhi.

• Yao Wan pricked her finger with the Jade Needle, and her golden blood awakened a Divine Tree Phantom that rapidly grew beyond the other participants’ trees.
• The phantom grew a ninth branch and reached Ninth Grade Peak, making the Three Elders and the gathered geniuses suspect that Yao Wan might possess a God Grade Bloodline.
• A tenth branch emerged, transforming the Divine Tree Phantom into a radiant, substantial golden tree and confirming Yao Wan’s God Grade Bloodline.
• Yao Wangui declared Divine Tree Ten Branches and bestowed a Seven-Colored Golden Clan Mark on Yao Wan’s brow.
• Yao Wan turned to leave after the ceremony, but the Clan Leader asked her to wait, so she joined Huo Zhi at the guests’ seats.

At the Yao Clan coming-of-age ceremony, Yao Wan awakened a God Grade Bloodline and drew the attention of the other clans. Huo Yao Elder approached her with a proposal for the Yan Clan to obtain her method for cultivating a new Strange Fire, and Yao Wan considered what price to demand.

• Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan congratulated Yao Wan on her God Grade Bloodline, while Yao Wan remarked that it was only a legacy that could eventually be spent.
• Yao Wan asked the Gu Clan about Xun'er, and Gu Qingyang said she was well but busy with closed-door cultivation.
• Huo Yao Elder told Yao Wan that the Yan Clan wanted to discuss her Life Spirit Flame and asked whether she could cultivate another Strange Fire from a divided flame source.
• Huo Yao Elder offered a generous reward if Yao Wan would pass the cultivation method to the Yan Clan, explaining that he had approached her directly to avoid cumbersome clan negotiations.
• Yao Wan recognized that the Yan Clan wanted to cooperate with her personally after her bloodline awakening and considered writing out the method in exchange for a suitable price.