Chapter Summaries

Xian'er, Xiao Yan, and the gray-robed youth raced to condense their pills after removing the unnecessary Thick Earth Ganoderma. The pills neared completion, but the outcome remained uncertain as the three stayed close in speed.

• Xian'er, Xiao Yan, and the gray-robed youth each discarded the Thick Earth Ganoderma after realizing it had caused their earlier failures.
• The gray-robed youth mocked Xian'er and Xiao Yan, claiming his pill condensation was faster despite his weaker flames and Fire Control Technique.
• Fa Ma explained that the gray-robed youth's experience and efficiency had offset Xian'er and Xiao Yan's advantages, leaving the contest difficult to predict.
• Wei Yang and Fa Ma reminded the VIPs that pill quality and heat control mattered more than speed.
• The Little Princess, Liu Ling, and the other contestants watched as the three pills neared completion, with the racers still close together.

Xiao Yan risked removing his pill before it had finished stabilizing, then used intense flames and Soul Power to complete it first, drawing the crowd’s attention and angering the gray-robed youth. The second round ended with just over a hundred contestants still qualified, including Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and the gray-robed youth.

• Xiao Yan pulled his unfinished pill from the cauldron and used purple flames and Soul Power to stabilize it, completing his refinement ahead of Xian'er and the gray-robed youth.
• The gray-robed youth and Xian'er completed their pills almost simultaneously, about a minute after Xiao Yan, and all three qualified for the next round.
• Xiao Yan taunted the gray-robed youth, who vowed to reveal his full strength in the final round and claimed the others had exposed their trump cards.
• Xiao Yan discarded the Thick Earth Ganoderma to show the other alchemists how to correct the pill formula, and many contestants resumed refining.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling completed their pills, but many contestants failed; when the hourglass ran out, just over a hundred remained qualified.

After the tournament assessments ended, Wei Yang and his companions left to eat instead of attending Yaoye’s celebratory banquet. The contestants prepared for the final round the next day, while Yaoye and the other women watched the group disappear into the crowd.

• Fa Ma announced that the assessments had ended and warned the contestants not to miss the final round the next day.
• Wei Yang waited for Xian'er and Xiao Yan, then invited his companions to join him for a meal.
• Yaoye offered Wei Yang and the others a banquet, but Wei Yang, Xian'er, Otto, Frank, Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and Xiao Yan each left to follow Wei Yang’s group.
• The Little Princess complained that the group had used excuses to avoid the banquet, while Ya Fei wondered if they belonged to a different world.
• Yaoye declined the Little Princess’s suggestion to follow them and led the others away.

The final round of the Alchemist Grand Meeting began as a gray-robed youth openly insulted the contestants and provoked the empire’s leaders. Wei Yang secretly prepared to deal with the youth that night, while Xiao Yan and Xian'er faced the coming test with grim resolve.

• The gray-robed youth arrived last, dismissed the contestants as beneath mention, and singled out Xian'er and Xiao Yan as the only ones with skill.
• Xian'er and Xiao Yan recalled Wei Yang’s warning that an old monster’s soul inhabited the youth’s body, while the Little Princess and Liu Ling reacted angrily to his contempt.
• The gray-robed youth provocatively met the VIPs’ stares, and Wei Yang told Qing Lin to give Single-Horn the remaining Soul Nourishing Liquid so he could take him out that night.
• President Fa Ma announced that the final test would determine the Grand Meeting’s champion, drawing a roar from the crowd.
• Xiao Yan and Xian'er exchanged determined looks and watched the gray-robed youth as Xiao Yan said they should prepare to risk their lives.

Fama began the final assessment, leaving the contestants to choose their own pills and provide their own formulas and ingredients. As Xiao Yan started preparing to refine a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, the Little Princess revealed her rare Azure Water Flame.

• Fama announced that the final round had no set pill or supplied materials, and that the winner would be judged by the pill's grade, quality, and practical value.
• The contestants hesitated as they considered what they could refine, while the gray-robed youth declared that the championship would be his.
• Xian'er, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling brought out their cauldrons, including the Little Princess's fifth-tier Azure Flame Cauldron and Liu Ling's Volcano Flame Furnace.
• Xiao Yan and Xian'er prepared identical ingredients for the Fourth-Grade Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and Xiao Yan worried about the difficulty of producing three patterns.
• The Little Princess displayed the Azure Water Flame, a rare water-attributed flame associated with the Jia Ma Imperial Family's guardian beast, the Surging Waves Dragon Beast.

During the alchemy competition, the gray-robed youth revealed a powerful seventh-tier Azure Nether Flame, while Xian'er and the other contestants began refining their pills. Xian'er completed extraction and started condensing her pill, with Xiao Yan and the gray-robed youth doing the same.

• Qing Lin asked Wei Yang for the Azure Water Flame, and he promised to seek a suitable Heavenly Flame for her.
• Liu Ling revealed a fifth-tier beast flame, and the gray-robed youth summoned the seventh-tier Azure Nether Flame, shocking the spectators.
• The gray-robed youth declared he would win the competition and placed the Azure Nether Flame in his medicinal cauldron.
• Contestants revealed more beast flames and began extracting their medicinal ingredients, with Xian'er choosing to process only a few at a time.
• After finishing extraction, Xian'er began condensing her pill, combining more than twenty materials into a deep crimson mass as she monitored it with her powerful Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan and the gray-robed youth also finished extracting their ingredients and began the Pill Condensation step.

Xian'er revealed a Sub-Flame of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame during the pill competition, stunning the spectators and contestants. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Elder Yao astonished by Wei Yang’s apparent possession of another Heavenly Flame.

• Several leading contestants completed Pill Condensation, leaving the competition’s likely champion among Xian'er, Xiao Yan, the gray-robed youth, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling.
• The gray-robed youth judged Xian'er and Xiao Yan’s pills inferior to his own and dismissed the Little Princess and Liu Ling as contenders.
• Xian'er summoned a tornado-shaped flame, causing the flames in the contestants’ cauldrons to bow toward it.
• Fama and the other spectators recognized the flame as the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked eighteenth among Heavenly Flames, before Wei Yang explained that it was only a Sub-Flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized the flame, and Elder Yao confirmed its identity while wondering how many Heavenly Flames Wei Yang possessed.

During the alchemy competition, Miss Xian'er revealed that her Wind Fury Dragon Flame was only a Sub-Flame and barely managed a dangerous flame transition while refining a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill. Xiao Yan then brought out his Green Lotus Core Flame and began his own transition, leaving the contestants’ flames bowing toward him.

• Elder Yao and Xiao Yan recognized that Miss Xian'er's Wind Fury Dragon Flame was a Sub-Flame, and Xiao Yan began thinking about obtaining the true flame from Wei Yang.
• A gray-robed youth and Liu Ling also recognized the flame's significance as the contestants watched Miss Xian'er prepare her pill.
• Miss Xian'er transferred the Wind Fury Dragon Flame into her medicinal cauldron, where she struggled to lower its temperature and protect the pill.
• Miss Xian'er stabilized the flames and continued refining the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, drawing praise from the guests and concern from the gray-robed youth and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Qi Returning Pill, withdrew his purple flames, and revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame, causing the other contestants' flames to bow toward it before he put it into his cauldron.

Xiao Yan’s failed attempt to switch flames left him shaken and unsure how to continue, while the championship contest advanced around him. Xian’er secretly succeeded in switching to the Netherworld Poison Flame, and the Little Princess and Liu Ling each produced a Fourth-Grade Pill before the gray-robed youth challenged their celebration.

• Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Core Flame went out during his attempt to switch flames, leaving black ash in his cauldron.
• Xiao Yan froze in confusion, and Elder Yao told him he had to overcome this obstacle on his own.
• Xian’er used the Wind Fury Dragon Flame as a barrier while secretly nourishing her pill with the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling each refined a Fourth-Grade Pill, with Liu Ling’s pill appearing slightly higher in grade.
• The gray-robed youth laughed at the Little Princess and Liu Ling for celebrating before the contest was over.

Xiao Yan broke through a Soul Power bottleneck under pressure and resumed refining with striking speed and control. As the crowd rallied behind him, the gray-robed youth realized Xiao Yan’s performance posed a serious challenge, though the contest remained unfinished.

• The gray-robed youth produced colored pill fragrance, making his pill appear superior to those of Liu Ling and the Little Princess, while the spectators worried that Xian'er’s Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill would not be enough.
• Fa Ma asked Wei Yang whether he should enter the competition, but Wei Yang told him to stay calm and trust the situation.
• Xiao Yan recovered his confidence after breaking through a Soul Power bottleneck, then challenged the gray-robed youth and began preparing another pill.
• Xiao Yan surrounded himself with green Heavenly Flames and refined ingredients with newfound power, using nine fire dragons and fluid, masterful movements that astonished the alchemists.
• The crowd erupted in cheers for Xiao Yan, while the gray-robed youth watched him with surprise and growing seriousness.

Xian'er revealed a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill at the last moment of the alchemy competition, challenging the gray-robed youth's confidence in his Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill. Xiao Yan continued refining with Purple Flame and bone-white flame as the contest neared its end.

• Xiao Yan completed extracting the medicinal ingredients and added their essences to his cauldron.
• Xiao Yan called on Elder Yao for help and used the bone-white flame to wrap the pill after forcing aside the Purple Flame.
• The gray-robed youth completed a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill and urged President Fa Ma to announce the result.
• Fa Ma refused to declare a winner while time remained, despite the gray-robed youth's taunts.
• With five minutes left, Xian'er struck and shattered her cauldron, then revealed a green pill bearing three red, yellow, and green Pill Markings.

Xian'er and Xiao Yan each revealed a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and the Alchemist Grand Meeting awarded them joint championships. As the crowd celebrated, the gray-robed youth decided to take action to obtain a pill formula.

• Xian'er proved her pill had three markings, while the gray-robed youth accused her of cheating and secretly sent a message.
• Xiao Yan's cauldron shattered, and he revealed his own Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill before the competition ended.
• Seven inspectors confirmed the contestants' pills were genuine, but could not distinguish between Xian'er and Xiao Yan's matching pills.
• The Alchemist Guild leaders and inspectors voted unanimously to name Xian'er and Xiao Yan the first double champions of the gathering.
• Xian'er and Xiao Yan accepted the result and received congratulations as the crowd celebrated their victory.
• The gray-robed youth watched from a secluded corner and resolved to make a move to obtain a pill formula.

After the alchemist competition, the gray-robed Chu Yun Empire youth demanded to see the champion’s Sixth-Grade pill recipe and provoked the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders. When a mysterious Dou Zong restrained the contestants and knelt to the youth, the venue discovered that the youth was his master.

• The gray-robed youth demanded to inspect the champion’s pill recipe, but Fama and the other leaders refused.
• The youth kicked over his medicine cauldron, prompting Hai Bodong to attack him with an Ice Dragon.
• A black-robed Dou Zong appeared and shattered Hai Bodong’s Ice Dragon with one hand.
• The Dou Zong’s aura pinned the contestants in place as the leaders held back to protect them.
• The black-robed Dou Zong knelt before the gray-robed youth, addressed him as Master, and received the youth’s approval.

A gray-robed youth demanded the Soul Fusion Pill recipe and threatened to destroy the Holy City unless it was handed over. After Fa Ma surrendered it to protect the crowd, the youth fled with his Dou Ancestor guard, and Wei Yang pursued him.

• The gray-robed youth revealed that he was a Venerable, ordered Di to stand behind him, and demanded the Soul Fusion Pill recipe.
• The youth summoned three High-Level Dou Emperor subordinates and threatened the Holy City, forcing Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Wei Yang to choose between the recipe and the crowd's lives.
• Fa Ma gave the youth the recipe, which he read and took, then considered seizing Xian'er or Xiao Yan for their Heavenly Flames.
• Wei Yang and the other leaders threatened to fight if the youth touched Xian'er or Xiao Yan, so the youth abandoned the idea and fled with Di and his three subordinates.
• Wei Yang picked up Qing Lin, spread his black flame wings, and pursued the fleeing group.

Wei Yang joined the three elders and Xian'er in confronting the mysterious Dou Zong's pursuers, then flew ahead to pursue the Dou Zong while the others battled three Dou Emperors. The chapter left the seven Dou Emperors fighting inside Xian'er's tornado as Xiao Yan watched from a distance.

• Wei Yang flew after the mysterious Dou Zong and attacked the three pursuing Dou Emperors with six Black Flame dragons.
• Wei Yang told Fama, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Xian'er to hold off the three Dou Emperors while he went after the Dou Zong.
• Xian'er unleashed Wind Fury Dragon Flame, trapping the three Dou Emperors in a tornado and aiding the elders in their fight.
• Fama, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Xian'er gained the advantage in the chaotic battle against the Eight-Star Dou Emperor and two Seven-Star Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Yan arrived with the watching Dou Wangs and saw Xian'er controlling the storm, while Wei Yang was already gone.

Xiao Yan learned that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s Sub-Flame was already as powerful as a mid-stage Dou Emperor, while its true body might have reached the Dou Zong level. As the gray-robed youth fled after losing the Alchemist Assembly, Wei Yang caught up, and the youth ordered Di to kill him.

• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao discussed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s immense strength and the danger of pursuing it.
• Xiao Yan decided to head toward Wei Yang’s battle, but Medusa suddenly emerged from his sleeve and raced ahead.
• The gray-robed youth lamented losing three high-stage Dou Emperor subordinates and blamed his failed attempt to win the pill recipe through the Alchemist Assembly.
• Dou Zong Di told the gray-robed youth that Wei Yang was catching up, despite appearing to be only a mid- to high-stage Dou Emperor.
• The gray-robed youth stopped, ordered Di to kill Wei Yang, and waited in the sky as Di charged toward him.

Wei Yang pursued the gray-robed youth while Qing Lin and Single-Horn held off Dou Zong Di. After refusing the youth’s desperate offers to bargain, Wei Yang revealed that he simply wanted to kill him and attacked with Small Black Sun Burning Heaven Palm.

• Wei Yang threw Qing Lin toward Dou Zong Di’s attack, and she summoned Single-Horn, which shattered the palm print and attacked the Dou Zong.
• Dou Zong Di warned the gray-robed youth to flee while he held Single-Horn back, and Wei Yang continued chasing the youth.
• Wei Yang taunted the gray-robed youth as he caught up, then rejected his apologies and offers of compensation unless he could provide a Heaven Tier technique.
• Wei Yang admitted he wanted to kill the gray-robed youth for his possessions, and the youth turned to fight with two palm strikes.
• Wei Yang launched the black sun of Small Black Sun Burning Heaven Palm at the gray-robed youth.

Wei Yang and the gray-robed youth survived their clash, but both were badly weakened after Wei Yang’s Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame attack. After discussing the new Heavenly Flame and gauging each other’s recovery, the gray-robed youth began gathering Nine Nether Cold Qi as their battle was about to resume.

• The gray-robed youth used more than half his Soul Power to withstand Wei Yang’s Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, while Wei Yang emerged battered but still composed.
• The gray-robed youth realized Wei Yang’s aura was unstable and asked whether the black flame was a Heavenly Flame; Wei Yang confirmed it was the newly created Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
• The gray-robed youth recognized Wei Yang’s flame as a new Heavenly Flame and said its ranking would likely change as it became known across the continent.
• Wei Yang and the gray-robed youth each claimed they had recovered enough strength for two or three more attacks, while the gray-robed youth worried about his subordinate Di near the Imperial Capital.
• The gray-robed youth summoned frigid black currents and mixed them with his Eerie Blue-White Flame, causing pale black frost to spread through the surrounding space.

Medusa arrived to help Wei Yang defeat the gray-robed youth, while Single-Horn and Qing Lin joined him after dealing with another opponent. The gray-robed youth was nearing defeat as Wei Yang learned that Xian'er’s battle was also turning in their favor.

• Wei Yang learned that the gray-robed youth wielded Nine Nether Cold Qi alongside the Azure Nether Flame.
• Medusa emerged and told Wei Yang that the gray-robed youth had taken something of hers.
• Medusa attacked the gray-robed youth with her Seven-Colored Snake Sword while Wei Yang watched and recovered his Dou Qi.
• Single-Horn and Qing Lin arrived, and Qing Lin told Wei Yang that Single-Horn had eaten their defeated Dou Ancestor opponent.
• Qing Lin checked and straightened Wei Yang’s clothes as he watched Medusa push the gray-robed youth toward defeat.

After Venerate You Hun’s body was destroyed, his remnant soul invaded Wei Yang in a desperate attempt to seize his body. Medusa and Qing Lin waited as Wei Yang’s Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame emerged, giving them hope that he could defeat the intruder.

• Venerate You Hun admitted defeat was imminent, then burned his body with the Blue-White Flame while preserving his remnant soul.
• Venerate You Hun’s remnant soul wrapped itself in Blue-White Flame and shot into Wei Yang’s mind.
• Medusa destroyed Venerate You Hun’s charcoal body and told Qing Lin that the weakened soul might not overcome Wei Yang’s powerful soul.
• Wei Yang began falling unconscious, and Qing Lin supported him while Medusa and Single-Horn suspended him in midair.
• Black Flame enveloped Wei Yang, and Medusa and Qing Lin believed he was using the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame to counterattack.