Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan emerged from her golden cocoon as a powerful adult and reconciled with her father, Zhu Kun, before returning to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yan and Cai Lin. Xiao Yan then mastered the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art by refining Zhu Kun’s blood essence and prepared to make Cai Lin a Dragon Blood Creation Pill.

• Zi Yan emerged from the cocoon at Nine Star Dou Zong strength and happily reunited with Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan forgave Zhu Kun, accepted the Taixu Ancient Dragon clan leader’s token, and promised to visit him again before he sent her, Xiao Yan, and Cai Lin back to Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan entered seclusion to stabilize her bloodline, while Xiao Yan informed Elder Qian Bai that the underground area was safe and planned how to use Zhu Kun’s blood essence.
• Xiao Yan swallowed half a drop of Zhu Kun’s blood essence and absorbed lightning to complete the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art, greatly strengthening his body.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would refine a High-grade Eighth-grade Dragon Blood Creation Pill for Cai Lin, who urged him to stabilize his cultivation first.

After reaching Seven-star Dou Zong, Xiao Yan rushed to the back mountain and reunited with Xiao Xun'er, who had to return to the Ancient Clan. Ling Quan arrived to escort her, insulted Xiao Yan, and attacked him, but Xiao Yan effortlessly blocked the strike and prepared to retaliate.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the remaining blood essence energy, mastered the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art, and broke through to Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Cai Lin gave Xiao Yan Xiao Xun'er's letter saying she was leaving and wanted him to meet her at the back mountain.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Xun'er, and they embraced and shared a tender farewell before she explained that the Ancient Clan had sent Ling Quan to take her back.
• Ling Quan arrived with several Black Seal Army soldiers, disparaged Xiao Yan, and ignored Xiao Xun'er's warning to watch his words.
• Ling Quan attacked Xiao Yan with his Seven-star Dou Huang power, but Xiao Yan blocked the strike with a crimson flame barrier and challenged him.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan and the Black Seal Army, then began refining an Eighth-grade High-level Pill at the Inner Academy. The chapter ended as dark clouds gathered over the cauldron and Xiao Yan prepared for the pill-refinement’s next challenge.

• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to defeat Ling Quan, who had attacked him on the Ancient Clan’s orders.
• Ling Quan used the Black Seal Army’s formation to reach Dou Zong strength, but Xiao Yan revealed his Seven-star Dou Zong cultivation and defeated the soldiers.
• Xiao Xun'er left with Ling Quan after she and Xiao Yan embraced and shared a farewell kiss.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy and told Su Qian and Elder Qian Bai that he would refine an Eighth-grade High-level Pill there.
• Xiao Yan refined the promised Seventh-grade Pills for the elders, then began making the higher-grade pill using Primordial Ancient Dragon Essence Blood as dark clouds gathered overhead.

Xiao Yan refined a high-grade Eighth-grade Dragon Blood Creation Pill and absorbed its Nine-Colored Pill Lightning to complete the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art. Cai Lin swallowed the pill and endured a bloodline evolution tribulation, advancing to an eight-colored Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python before Xiao Yan sensed someone approaching the academy.

• Xiao Yan added the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus to the medicinal mixture and refined it into a Dragon Blood Creation Pill amid Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan absorbed all nine lightning bolts, achieving Eight-Turn Great Accomplishment and gaining the physical strength to face a Dou Zun expert.
• Xiao Yan gave the Dragon Blood Creation Pill to Cai Lin, who swallowed it and transformed into a giant python as a bloodline evolution tribulation began.
• Cai Lin endured the seven-colored lightning and evolved her bloodline to eight colors, reaching the peak of the nine-star Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Yan turned toward another direction within Jia Nan Academy after sensing someone approaching.

Xiao Yan learned that a map to the Netherworld Poison Fire would be auctioned in seven days, giving him hope of helping Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamity Poison Body. After breaking through to the Heavenly Soul, he set out with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for the Black Corner Region, intending to settle matters with Demonic Flame Valley.

• An Inner Academy elder told Xiao Yan that a map to the Netherworld Poison Fire would be auctioned in the Black Corner Region in seven days.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian saw the Netherworld Poison Fire as a possible way to resolve the side effects of her Calamity Poison Body.
• The elder reported that Demonic Flame Valley demanded an explanation for Yan Yun's death, and Xiao Yan said they would deal with them at the auction if they met.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and broke through to the Heavenly Soul under Old Yao's guidance, gaining perception that reached across Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan stabilized his new soul realm overnight, then left with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for the auction and a confrontation with Demonic Flame Valley.

Xiao Yan attended the Black Emperor Pavilion auction and won the Heavenly Demon Phoenix wings, the Netherworld Poison Fire map, and the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. After Old Ghost of Earth Demon ambushed him outside, Xiao Yan killed him and found two useful techniques in his Storage Ring, then identified the map’s destination as the Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp in the Chu Yun Empire.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin sensed hidden spiritual probes at the Black Emperor Pavilion, and Xiao Yan crushed them with his Heavenly Soul Power before entering with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan won the Heavenly Demon Phoenix wings and the map to the Netherworld Poison Fire, promising to refine the wings into a Flying Fighting Skill for Xiao Yi Xian and saying the fire would help her control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan outbid Old Ghost of Earth Demon for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, then faced his threat outside the auction house.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon attacked Xiao Yan with his Demonic Flame techniques, but Xiao Yan emerged unharmed and killed him with Dragon Emperor Break.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered Old Ghost of Earth Demon’s Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan found the Flame Control Art and Puppet Refining Method inside.
• Xiao Yan examined the Netherworld Poison Fire map and identified its destination as the Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp in the Chu Yun Empire.

After refining Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and mastering the Flame Control Art, Xiao Yan reached eight-star Dou Zong and improved his five-Heavenly-Flame Fire Lotus. When Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin reported that the Jia Ma Empire was under attack, he set out with them for the Chu Yun Empire to find the Netherworld Poison Fire and deal with the war.

• Xiao Yan refined half the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, strengthening his body and advancing to eight-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan mastered the Flame Control Art and fused five Heavenly Flames while preserving their individual properties, enhancing the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan spent two days improving his flame control and discovered that his new fusion method used less Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that the Chu Yun Empire and another empire had joined forces to attack the Jia Ma Empire, and that Hai Bodong had gone to support it.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin left Jia Nan Academy for the Chu Yun Empire, where Xiao Yan planned to find the Netherworld Poison Fire and enlist the Poison Sect's help.

The allied forces attacked the Jia Ma Empire, and Xie Biyan badly wounded Jia Xing Tian while Yan Luotian kept Hai Bodong occupied. Xiao Yan emerged from a Space Rift as an Eight-star Dou Zong and confronted the invading forces.

• Yan Luotian, Xie Biyan, and their allies advanced on the Jia Ma Empire’s defensive line and rejected Jia Xing Tian’s challenge to withdraw.
• Xie Biyan attacked Jia Xing Tian with a poisonous scorpion while Yan Luotian fought Hai Bodong, and Jia Xing Tian was struck down and badly wounded.
• Xiao Yan burst through a Space Rift and slammed Xie Biyan into a crater with a five-colored flaming hand.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin, revealed his Eight-star Dou Zong strength, and demanded that the invaders pay for their attack.

Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire and defeated the Three Great Empires’ Dou Zong experts, forcing their remaining forces to surrender. He spared the surviving Dou Emperors to deliver his terms, then ordered everyone from the Poison Sect to stay behind.

• Xiao Yan arrived as Jia Xing Tian was near defeat, revealed his Eight-star Dou Zong strength, and confronted the Three Great Empires’ forces.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Three Great Empires surrender, pay one hundred times the Jia Ma Empire’s losses, and cede half their territory.
• Xie Biyan, the eldest Mulan Elder, and Yan Luotian launched their strongest attacks, but Xiao Yan killed all three and destroyed the Golden Goose Grand Formation.
• The surviving Dou Emperors knelt and begged for mercy, and Jia Xing Tian urged Xiao Yan to spare them for their usefulness.
• Xiao Yan gave the survivors three days to bring surrender letters and reparations, demonstrated his power by leveling a mountain, and ordered the Poison Sect members to remain.

Xiao Yan forced the Poison Sect to reveal the dangers of the Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp, then entered it with Xiao Yi Xian to seek the Netherworld Poison Fire. As the swamp’s mind-affecting poison began to influence Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan formed a Heavenly Flame barrier and sensed a beautiful butterfly wreathed in purple flames.

• Xiao Yan subdued the Poison Sect’s Grand Elder and questioned the sect’s leaders about his map of the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• The Poison Sect master and elders warned Xiao Yan that the swamp’s poison could distort perceptions and thoughts, and said past Dou Emperors had gone mad there.
• Xiao Yi Xian volunteered to enter the swamp, and Xiao Yan ordered the Poison Sect master to guide them there.
• At the swamp, Xiao Yan told pregnant Cai Lin to wait outside, then killed the Poison Sect master and entered with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Inside the swamp, Xiao Yan realized the poison was affecting Xiao Yi Xian’s mind, raised a barrier of five Heavenly Flames, and sensed a purple-flamed butterfly.

Xiao Yan confronted the Netherworld Poison Fire and its two Seventh-Tier Peak Magical Beast guardians in the swamp. After defeating the beasts and binding the fire butterfly, he rejected its offer to surrender and prepared to erase its intelligence.

• Xiao Yan identified the purple fire butterfly as the Netherworld Poison Fire and warned Xiao Yi Xian to retreat as the Netherworld Poison Scorpion and Netherworld Poison Python appeared.
• Xiao Yan fought all three Peak Dou Zong opponents, using his Heavenly Flames to burn away their poison and overpower their attacks.
• Xiao Yan killed the Netherworld Poison Python with a five-colored flame-powered punch and smashed the Netherworld Poison Scorpion into submission.
• Xiao Yan tore apart the Netherworld Poison Fire's poisonous barrier and bound the butterfly with chains formed from his five Heavenly Flames.
• The Netherworld Poison Fire offered to surrender, but Xiao Yan brought out a strange five-colored flame and said he would erase its intelligence.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Netherworld Poison Fire, advanced to the peak of Nine Star Dou Zong, and helped Xiao Yi Xian balance her Calamity Poison Body with the flame. He then vowed to secure a new home for Cai Lin’s Snake People Clan, while an old man emerged in the Chu Yun Empire’s imperial hall.

• Xiao Yan erased the Purple Flame Butterfly’s intelligence and absorbed the Netherworld Poison Fire as his sixth Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose from the peak of Eight-star Dou Zong to the peak of Nine Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan fused part of the Netherworld Poison Fire into Xiao Yi Xian, balancing her Calamity Poison Body and raising her strength to Seven-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Yan, and Cai Lin congratulated her after the fusion succeeded.
• Xiao Yan cleared the poisonous miasma from the Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp and promised to find a base with beautiful scenery and abundant resources for Cai Lin’s clansmen.
• An old man in black robes emerged from the shadows in the Chu Yun Empire’s imperial hall.

The Three Great Empires allied with Elder Hei Ku to lure Xiao Yan into a trap by attacking the Snake People Clan. Xiao Yan rescued Cai Lin’s people and faced Hei Ku and four Dou Zong experts, while Hei Ku hinted that an even stronger figure was coming.

• The Three Great Emperors agreed to attack the Snake People Clan after Hei Ku promised to help them kill Xiao Yan.
• A Snake People Clan scout reported the surprise attack, and Xiao Yan and Cai Lin flew to the clan’s sacred grounds.
• Xiao Yan killed three Dou Wangs who were attacking Yue Mei, then learned that the eastern and northern fortresses had fallen and that at least five Dou Zongs had joined the assault.
• Xiao Yan devastated the enemy forces on the battlefield, leaving thousands of corpses as the surviving soldiers fled.
• Hei Ku appeared with four Dou Zong experts and challenged Xiao Yan, who formed a Six-colored Lotus as they prepared to fight.

Xiao Yan faced Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable after they arrived to avenge Soul Tribulation, and his Six-colored Fire Lotus annihilated the surrounding attackers and landscape. The two Venerables launched another assault, and Xiao Yan answered by summoning the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art.

• Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable descended through a spatial rift and confronted Xiao Yan over Soul Tribulation’s death.
• Xiao Yan mocked the Venerables, and they attacked him alongside five Dou Zongs and more than a dozen Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, destroying the attackers and turning the battlefield into a vast crater.
• Cai Lin praised Xiao Yan’s true strength as the two Venerables resolved to kill him.
• Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable launched their powerful attacks, and Xiao Yan manifested a purple-gold dragon phantom with the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art.

Xiao Yan withstood the full-force attacks of Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable, then battered them with his dragon-scale techniques and a half-formed Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus. As Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and their reinforcements arrived but could not approach, Xiao Yan donned his crimson Kirin armor and prepared to finish the fight.

• Xiao Yan used the Eight-Turn Dragon Scale Art to endure both Venerables' attacks, leaving only faint white marks on his arms.
• Xiao Yan struck Blood Fiend Venerable with Eight Extremes Collapse: Dragon Scale Break and shattered Earth Nether Venerable's ghostly claw with Eight-Turn Dragon Tail Sweep.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a half-formed Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, evaporating Blood Fiend Venerable's ghost faces and blasting both Venerables backward.
• Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and reinforcements arrived but were held back by the battlefield's Dou Zong pressure.
• Xiao Yan donned Kirin: Armament and challenged the battered Venerables to prepare for their deaths.

Xiao Yan fought Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable alongside their Dou Zun puppets, destroying the puppets and overpowering the Venerables. As the two enemies began merging their powers, Xiao Yan refused Old Yao’s offer to intervene and prepared to test a new technique.

• Xiao Yan donned his crimson armor and fought the two Venerables and their Blood Puppet and Nine Nether Puppet at once.
• Xiao Yan wounded the Blood Puppet, then shattered its head with Flame Dragon Tail Sweep.
• Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable burned their essence blood and unleashed their strongest attacks, but Xiao Yan’s Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus destroyed both puppets and repelled them.
• The two Venerables used Blood Nether Combined Technique to fuse their powers, creating a destructive energy that shook the surrounding land.
• Old Yao offered to lend Xiao Yan his power, but Xiao Yan declined and began preparing a new move with six Heavenly Flames and an Ancient Void Dragon phantom.

Xiao Yan defeated Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable, even after they fused into a stronger foe. He restrained them before they could self-destruct and planned to use them as expendable materials.

• Xiao Yan unleashed Thunder Flame Heaven-Treading Steps and shattered the combined attack of Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable.
• Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable used the Blood Nether Soul Fusion Technique to merge and raise their power to the Half-Step Five-star level.
• Xiao Yan summoned Super Beast Armament and fought the fused Venerable with Thunder Flame Heaven-Treading Steps and Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan blasted the fused Venerable apart, leaving Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable severely injured.
• Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable tried to self-destruct, but Xiao Yan bound them with Heavenly Flame chains and said he would use them as expendable materials.

Xiao Yan destroyed the ruling families of the Three Great Empires and divided their territories between the Snake People Clan and Jia Ma Empire. Back in Jia Ma, he prepared to interrogate two captured Venerables before stabilizing his cultivation and eventually traveling to the Central Continent.

• Xiao Yan sealed the two Venerables, took them with Hai Bodong and Cai Lin to Chu Yun Imperial City, and found the Three Great Empires' rulers begging for mercy.
• Xiao Yan burned the imperial families of Chu Yun, Jin Yan, and Mu Lan, declaring their nations destroyed and dividing their lands between the Snake People Clan and Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Ma and told Jia Xing Tian that the true enemy remained on the Central Continent, while ordering him to protect the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan said he would interrogate the captured Venerables, stabilize his cultivation, and handle one more important matter before leaving for the Central Continent.

Xiao Yan tortured Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable for information about Soul Hall, but Soul Hall’s restrictions destroyed their souls before they could reveal its secrets. He then offered Yao Tian Huo a choice of resurrection bodies, with a stronger one available for extra payment.

• Xiao Yan used soul needles, whips, and other attacks to torture Blood Fiend Venerable and Earth Nether Venerable, but they initially refused to betray Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan threatened to give the Venerables an aphrodisiac and throw them in with male Magical Beasts, causing Blood Fiend Venerable to break and begin revealing Soul Hall’s presence in the Northwestern Continent.
• Soul Hall’s restriction activated and destroyed Blood Fiend Venerable’s soul before he could finish, then destroyed Earth Nether Venerable’s soul as he mocked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yao Tian Huo and offered to restore him in a Three-star Dou Zun body, explaining that the ordinary package would restore him to One-star or Two-star Dou Zun while the Deluxe Package would restore him to Four-star Dou Zun.
• Yao Tian Huo asked what the Deluxe Package required, and Xiao Yan told him he would have to add money.

Xiao Yan persuaded Yao Tian Huo to join him by demonstrating his pill-making skill, then used an Eighth-grade pill and Blood Fiend Venerable's corpse to give him a powerful new body. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan jokingly offering Yao Tian Huo a dangerous pill as a test subject.

• Xiao Yan offered Yao Tian Huo two years of service in exchange for free Eighth-grade Pills, then convinced him by giving him a Seventh-grade Snow Soul Pill and recalling his Nine-colored Pill Lightning Eighth-grade High-level pill.
• Yao Tian Huo agreed to sign on for twenty years after witnessing Xiao Yan refine an Eighth-grade High-level Primordial Blood-Generating Pill.
• Xiao Yan used six Heavenly Flames and the Primordial Blood-Generating Pill to rebuild Blood Fiend Venerable's corpse and transfer Yao Tian Huo's soul into it.
• Yao Tian Huo awakened in a Five-star Dou Zun body, tested his new strength, and laughed with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan offered Yao Tian Huo a Poison Spirit Returning to Heaven Pill as a test, making the old man's laughter stop.