Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan interrupted Nalan Yanran’s attempt to annul their engagement and challenged her to a match in three days, with the loser’s terms to be made public. After she accepted, Xiao Yan returned to his room and activated his Character Panel, revealing a Huo Linfei template.

• Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Family hall to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan angrily objected.
• Xiao Yan arrived and challenged Nalan Yanran to a match in three days, proposing that the loser accept the engagement’s end and its public terms.
• Nalan Yanran accepted the challenge, and Xiao Yan left the hall despite Xiao Zhan’s concern.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room and activated his Character Panel, which revealed his Huo Linfei template, talents, and cultivation.

Xiao Yan used the Fire Cloud Art and his Qilin-related talents to reach Dou Zhe in one night, then confronted Yao Chen and mastered two Dou Skills with extraordinary fire-enhanced power. Three days later, he faced Nalan Yanran at the arena as a one-star Dou Master, astonishing the spectators and Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan cultivated the Fire Cloud Art, rose to the peak of Dou Qi in two hours, and became a Dou Zhe by morning.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yao Chen, accused him of draining his Dou Qi, and resisted his spiritual pressure with Qilin markings.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Shadowless Step and Eight Extremes Collapse scrolls, and Xiao Yan practiced them at the back mountain, greatly enhancing both techniques with fire power.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating for three days, then met Nalan Yanran at the arena as a one-star Dou Master, shocking Elder Ge Ye and Xiao Zhan.
• Yao Chen recognized signs of the Fire Qilin bloodline in Xiao Yan and anticipated his confrontation with the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan humiliated Nalan Yanran in their three-move duel, defeating her with his awakened flame abilities and presenting a Divorce Letter. Nalan Yanran left the Xiao Family grounds in disgrace, while Yao Chen recognized Xiao Yan as a prodigy suited to cultivate Fen Jue and alchemy.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Crimson Ancient Script and challenged Nalan Yanran to survive three moves or he would sever his own meridians.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Gang Step to evade Nalan Yanran's sword and burned away her hair ribbon in the first move.
• Xiao Yan disarmed Nalan Yanran with Crimson Flame in the second move, leaving a charred Qilin Claw Mark on her wrist.
• Xiao Yan restrained Nalan Yanran with Nine Flame Lock Scales, forced her to kneel, and formed a blood-red Divorce Letter from flames.
• Xiao Xun'er branded the Divorce Letter onto the Misty Cloud Sect banner with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Nalan Yanran left with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chen watched Xiao Yan and concluded that his constitution and flame control made him an exceptional candidate to cultivate Fen Jue and alchemy.

After defeating Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan fused the Fen Jue with his Fire Cloud Art and mastered the basics of alchemy with astonishing speed. Xiao Zhan then warned him that the Gale Family and Oba Family had joined forces against the Xiao Family and were accusing it of slaughtering civilians.

• Xiao Yan burned the Misty Cloud Sect's banner and left the training grounds as the Xiao Family and its elders marveled at his strength.
• Elder Ge Ye sent a message to the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master, warning that Xiao Yan had awakened a powerful constitution and requesting the Cloud Shadow Guard.
• Gale Bi, Oba Pa, and two gray-robed alchemists agreed to undermine the Xiao Family's shops and bring in Da Dou Shi from Black Rock City.
• Xiao Yan chose the Fen Jue, and it fused with the Fire Cloud Art in his body, raising his cultivation to 3-star Doushi.
• Yao Chen demonstrated how to refine Blood Coagulating Powder, and Xiao Yan immediately replicated the process to produce three high-quality pills.
• Xiao Zhan rushed to the cave and told Xiao Yan that the Gale Family and Oba Family had launched a joint attack and were spreading accusations against the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan completed a breakthrough in secluded cultivation, awakening his Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame and helping the Xiao Family’s pill shop undermine the Gale Family. As the Gale and Oba Families launched a night raid, Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Mansion’s gate and confronted their forces with overwhelming flames.

• Xiao Yan ruined more pill furnaces while rapidly advancing to Seven-Star Great Dou Master, perfecting the Kirin Sky Burning Art and naming his Origin Flame Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame.
• The Xiao Family opened the Kirin Pill Pavilion, selling high-quality pills at reduced prices and drawing customers away from the Gale Family’s Myriad Medicine Hall.
• Gale Bi and Oba Pa resolved to attack the Xiao Family that night, poisoning guards and gathering fighters while Gale Bi accused Xiao Yan of cultivating an evil art.
• Hundreds of attackers stormed the Xiao Mansion, where Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders assembled to face them.
• Xiao Yan arrived with a flaming heavy ruler, summoned a towering Fire Dragon, and revealed his Seven-Star Great Dou Master aura as he asked the attackers if they were looking for him.

Xiao Yan annihilated the Gale and Oba families’ allied forces after traitors attacked the Xiao Family, then prepared to leave on a journey to collect flames and kill his enemies. As he departed for the Monster Beast Mountain Range, a Yun Lan Elder reported his destination to the Sect Leader.

• Xiao Yan unleashed the Nine Fire Dragons and slaughtered the allied forces, killing Oba Pa, the Scarred Man, the two self-destructing Da Dou Shi, and Gale Bi.
• Three days later, the Great Elder reported that the Xiao Family had taken over the Gale Family’s mines and the Oba Family’s marketplaces.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yan if he was leaving, and he said he planned to collect flames and kill people before kissing her and promising to teach her alchemy when he returned.
• Xiao Yan departed beneath the evening sky, and a Yun Lan Elder sent a message to the Sect Leader that he was heading toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan killed Mu Li in Qingshan Town, then rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a Jade Scale Python in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. He brought her to a cliffside cave, where they discovered Purple Cloud Wings and other treasures.

• Xiao Yan killed Mu Li and several Wolf Head Mercenary Group members after Mu Li threatened him in Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yan reached the Monster Beast Mountain Range and, three days later, hurried toward a Peak Third-order Jade Scale Python after hearing its roar.
• Xiao Yan saved the injured Xiao Yi Xian by killing the Jade Scale Python and gave her a Rejuvenation Pill.
• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian to a concealed cliffside cave, killing a Second-order Magical Beast at its entrance.
• Xiao Yan opened three treasure boxes in the cave and found the Purple Cloud Wings scroll, an ancient book, and a Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit; Old Yao spoke from his ring.

Xiao Yan fused the Purple Cloud Wings, transforming them into two pairs of crimson flame wings, and escaped the collapsing cave with Xiao Yi Xian. He then annihilated the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Yan's Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame altered the Purple Cloud Wings into two pairs of crimson wings as he fused with them.
• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian out of the collapsing cave and landed on the outskirts of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan killed two mercenaries while Mu She and the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group followed a signal toward him.
• Xiao Yan slaughtered the mercenaries who surrounded him, then burned Mu She and the entire Blood Wolf Mercenary Group to ashes with Nine Flame Lock Scales.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Yan's display in shock as he turned toward her with a mischievous thought.

Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian after she learned her Calamity Poison Body had caused a tragedy in her childhood, then trained her while seeking a way to resolve it. In the Monster Beast Mountain Range, he intervened in Yun Yun’s battle with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and unleashed his strongest attack.

• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Yi Xian, gave her a Three-Pattern Spirit Nourishing Pill, and used the Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame to suppress the poison in her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian read the final page of the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and broke down after learning her Calamity Poison Body had caused the village tragedy; Xiao Yan promised to resolve her predicament within three years, and she embraced him.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yan taught Xiao Yi Xian to assist with pill refining and asked Old Yao about a solution to her poison body while they gathered herbs.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian came upon Yun Yun fighting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King; the beast struck Yun Yun down with its Purple-Gold Seal, and Xiao Yan caught her.
• Xiao Yan left Yun Yun in Xiao Yi Xian’s care, faced the weakened Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and launched his attack, Flame Wings, Heaven Slash.

Xiao Yan unleashed a devastating Crimson Flame attack that wounded the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then overwhelmed it and devoured its source beast fire, reaching the peak of Da Dou Shi. Three days later, he refined pills while cooking with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, traded with Xiao Yi Xian, and gave her a blood-colored Jade Slip before turning to Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yan struck the exhausted Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with Flame Wings, Heaven Slash, leaving it severely burned in a crater but still alive.
• Xiao Yan used his Kirin Sky Burning Art to draw out and devour the lion king's source beast fire, then surged to the peak of Da Dou Shi.
• Three days later, Yun Yun questioned Xiao Yan about his strength while he cooked and refined three Four-Patterned Nether Poison Pills at the same time.
• Xiao Yan gave the pills to Xiao Yi Xian in exchange for Mysterious Ice Marrow and tossed her a blood-colored Jade Slip to study.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun he had returned her undergarment, then began addressing her as he looked at the two women.

Xiao Yan offered Yun Yun a choice between supplying rare soul-restoring herbs and marrying him, then broke her seal and went to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lair. After killing a Fourth Tier Purple Lightning Mad Tiger and taking its core, he entered the cave, collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and stopped after noticing something.

• Xiao Yan demanded seven sixth-tier and fifteen fifth-tier soul-related herbs from Yun Yun, or offered marriage as an alternative; Yun Yun accepted the herb condition.
• Xiao Yan used his flames to break Yun Yun's Amethyst Seal and asked her to stabilize her cultivation and watch over Xiao Yi Xian while he went to the lion's lair.
• Xiao Yan killed the Fourth Tier Purple Lightning Mad Tiger with his battle techniques and took its magic core.
• Xiao Yan knocked out the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King cub, entered the cave, and collected the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Xiao Yan turned his head and halted as he was about to leave.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao discovered a cavern where an unfinished Fire Cloud Water Flame was forming, but a powerful guardian emerged from the lake. The chapter ended as a peak fifth-tier Red Scaled Giant Snake and an Azure Snake Body rose to attack.

• Xiao Yan sensed a Heavenly Flame beneath the crystal rock and broke through into a vast cavern filled with blue crystal ore.
• Old Yao identified the attackers as Spirit Crystal Flame Snakes and directed Xiao Yan toward their Snake King.
• Xiao Yan fought through the swarm, battling six peak fourth-tier Crystal Snakes before diving into the fissure to avoid being overwhelmed.
• Xiao Yan found a boiling underground lake with an unfinished dual-aspect Fire Cloud Water Flame burning on a crystal platform.
• A peak fifth-tier Red Scaled Giant Snake and an Azure Snake Body burst from the lake as Xiao Yan and Old Yao faced them.

Xiao Yan battled two giant snakes until Old Yao took over and killed them, then Xiao Yan consumed their essence and broke through to Three-star Dou Ling. He approached the Fire Cloud Water Flame, but Old Yao warned him to stop before he touched it.

• Xiao Yan fought the red and blue giant snakes, but their attacks froze his wings and a blood-colored spear shattered his collarbone.
• Xiao Yan called for his teacher, and Old Yao took control, wielding the Heavy Black Ruler and Bone Spirit Cold Flame to kill both snakes.
• Xiao Yan woke on the lake and swallowed the two snakes’ refined essence despite Old Yao’s warning.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose to Three-star Dou Ling, and his body became comparable to a Fifth-Tier Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan flew to the crystal platform and reached toward the Fire Cloud Water Flame, but Old Yao roared for him to stop.

Xiao Yan forcibly fused the Fire Cloud Water Flame and then used it with the Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame to create Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus. He destroyed six Snake Kings and escaped the collapsing cavern, leaving Old Yao to warn him about his recklessness.

• Xiao Yan ignored Old Yao's warning and used the Kirin Sky Burning Art to fuse the immature Fire Cloud Water Flame within his body.
• Xiao Yan absorbed energy from the thirty-three Crystal Pillars and successfully formed the Fire Cloud Water Flame without increasing his cultivation level.
• Six peak fourth-rank Snake Kings attacked Xiao Yan, and he fused the two Heavenly Flames into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan launched the Fire Lotus and obliterated the six Snake Kings, triggering the collapse of the space.
• Old Yao carried Xiao Yan out of the collapsing cavern, then warned him to consider Old Yao's endurance before attempting such a dangerous attack again.

Xiao Yan refused Yun Yun’s invitation to join the Misty Cloud Sect and learned that Yun Leng would take Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Family in three days. In Black Rock City, he awakened Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and prepared for the Alchemist Guild examination, while Old Yao began explaining his real reason for sending him there.

• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun a Fifth-grade Ice Heart Flame Poison Pill but refused to join the Misty Cloud Sect as a Guest Elder.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng would take Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Family in three days, and Xiao Yan left the cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian grew jealous over Xiao Yan’s meeting with Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan kissed her as they teased each other.
• In Black Rock City, Xiao Yan used the Nether Poison Pill and Heavenly Calamity Poison Canon to awaken Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, raising her cultivation to Seven-star Fighter.
• Xiao Yan refined an Ice-Fire Dragon Beard Pill while preparing poison, and Old Yao asked whether he knew the real reason for the Alchemist Guild examination.

Xiao Yan went to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild to take the fifth-grade alchemist examination, shocking the examiners by revealing his four-star Dou Ling strength and Heavenly Flames. He refined the Ice Flame Meridian Opening Pill and emerged with a pill that produced an unprecedented phenomenon.

• Xiao Yan ignored Lin Fei and Xue Mei's mockery, then told Otto and Flank that he intended to take the Rank 5 examination.
• Xiao Yan released his Dou Ling pressure and revealed a Heavenly Flame, convincing Otto and Flank to let him enter the examination chamber.
• Xiao Yan refined the Ice Flame Meridian Opening Pill with Fire Cloud Water Flame as Xiao Yi Xian waited outside.
• The pill-testing mirror shone with rosy light, and seventeen Third-Rank Alchemists crowded into the Guild to witness the phenomenon.
• Dark clouds gathered over Black Rock City as Xiao Yan emerged with the completed fifth-grade Ice Flame Meridian Opening Pill and offered it for inspection.

After earning a Rank 5 Alchemist badge, Xiao Yan sought a Flame Spirit Fire Crystal to prepare for a dangerous pill-assisted Heavenly Flame fusion. When its owner Gute tried to exploit his need, Xiao Yan rejected Gute’s rules and threatened him.

• Xiao Yan declined to become a Guest Elder but asked Otto and Flank for leads on a Flame Spirit Fire Crystal, offering alchemy guidance in return.
• Old Yao explained that the Flame Devouring Spirit Pill could strengthen Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame fusion, despite the danger, and Xiao Yan agreed to pursue it.
• Otto and Flank led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian through hidden alleys to Gute, who said he owned a Flame Spirit Fire Crystal.
• Xiao Yan offered Companion Purple Crystal Source for the crystal, but Gute repeatedly raised his price and insisted that his rules were final.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Yi Xian from attacking, summoned his Heavenly Flame and Heavy Black Ruler, and threatened to cut off Gute’s hand for trying to haggle a third time.

Xiao Yan defeated Gute’s traps in Black Rock City, took two items from his secret chamber, and left with Xiao Yi Xian. On the Flying Transport Guild’s beast, he forged a high-grade pill, but Little Doctor’s weak voice at the cabin door interrupted him.

• Xiao Yan broke Gute’s Seven Banishment Spirit Locking Array and burned away the chains with his crimson flames.
• Gute sent Marrow-Gnawing Poisonous Insects after Xiao Yi Xian, but she destroyed them with her poison.
• Xiao Yan defeated Gute, searched the secret chamber, and took two Jade Boxes while leaving the rest of the collection behind for Otto and Flank.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left Black Rock City aboard a Flying Magical Beast, and Xiao Yan forged a high-grade pill using the Water Flame Nine Forging Method.
• Little Doctor knocked on the cabin door and called out to Xiao Yan in a weak voice.

Xiao Yan saved Xiao Yi Xian from a Calamity Poison Body outbreak by drawing out and burning away her poison, and the two confessed their feelings and became a couple. After they arrived at a desert outpost, a scar-faced member of the Sand Scorpion Mercenary Group noticed Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body erupted, and poisonous mist spread through the room.
• Xiao Yan drew the poison from Xiao Yi Xian and used the Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame to burn it away, enduring the poison's effects himself.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed Xiao Yan had been poisoned, and he kissed her before confessing that he liked her.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Yan's confession and said she could not leave him anymore.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at a desert outpost, where a scar-faced Sand Scorpion Mercenary Group member fixed his gaze on her.

Xiao Yan killed twelve Sand Scorpion Mercenaries who harassed Xiao Yi Xian, then confronted Hai Bodong over a fragmentary map in Desert City. After defeating Hai Bodong, Xiao Yan offered to break his seal, leaving Hai Bodong asking whether he could refine a Sixth-grade Tribulation Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Yan crushed the knees of twelve Sand Scorpion Mercenaries and killed them after they harassed Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew to Desert City and visited the Ancient Map Workshop to buy maps.
• Xiao Yan recognized a fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and tried to buy it from Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used the Fire Cloud Water Flame to defeat him and revealed his Rank 5 Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Hai Bodong break his seal, and Hai Bodong asked whether he could refine a Sixth-grade Tribulation Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yan confidently said he could refine it.