Chapter Summaries

Nalan Yanran advanced to six-star Dou Master after taking Fu Ye’s Earth Spirit Pill, and Fu Ye predicted she could reach Dou Huang within three years. He said surviving the Yunlan Sect’s Life and Death Gate could make Dou Sect only the beginning of her future, leaving Nalan Yanran asking whether she could really become a Dou Sect.

• Nalan Yanran woke after absorbing the Earth Spirit Pill and announced that she had advanced from three-star to six-star Dou Master.
• Yun Shan learned that Fu Ye had given Nalan Yanran a peak sixth-grade Earth Spirit Pill and Yun Yun a fifth-grade Spirit Nurturing Pill made from leftover medicinal power.
• Fu Ye explained that he had come to the Yunlan Sect to help Nalan Yanran, whom he had met before, rather than for Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that Fu Ye’s disciple was a fifth-grade alchemist with Heavenly Flames, and Fu Ye predicted Nalan Yanran could reach Dou Huang within three years.
• Fu Ye said that if Nalan Yanran survived the Yunlan Sect’s Life and Death Gate, she could rise far beyond Dou Sect, and Nalan Yanran asked whether she could really become a Dou Sect.

Fu Ye stayed at the Yunlan Sect to teach Nalan Yanran and offered to help Yun Shan break through to Dou Zong. After Yun Shan succeeded, Fu Ye took control of the hidden Protector Wu by posing as a Soul Hall Saint and planned to keep Yao Chen suffering longer.

• Fu Ye declined Yun Shan's recruitment offer but agreed to teach Nalan Yanran at the Yunlan Sect for two months and offered to refine a Pill to Break Through Sect for Yun Shan.
• Fu Ye refined three top-grade Pills to Break Through Sect and gave one each to Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Shan took a pill and broke through to Dou Zong after three days, while Fu Ye sensed Protector Wu spying nearby.
• Fu Ye appeared before Protector Wu, presented a Saint Token, ordered him to remain undercover, and gave him a Dou Zong Pill.
• Fu Ye decided to use Protector Wu to control events and make Yao Chen suffer longer.

After two months at Yunlan Sect, Fu Ye prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy, while Yun Yun asked to accompany him to the Central Continent. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan discovered a potent beast-flame essence in a cave treasure, and Yao Chen explained that it could advance the Burning Art.

• Nalan Yanran advanced from a six-star Dou Shi to a one-star Great Dou Shi and began grasping sword intent under Fu Ye's guidance.
• Fu Ye teased Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran about their cultivation goals before preparing to leave for Jia Nan Academy.
• Yun Yun kissed Fu Ye in front of Nalan Yanran and asked him to take her to the Central Continent when he returned.
• Yun Shan learned why Gu He had secluded himself and hoped Yun Yun would seize her chance with Fu Ye, whose gifts could raise Yunlan Sect's standing.
• Xiao Yan found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Eagle's Wing, and a jar of Shadow Flame Lion essence in the cave treasure.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the essence could improve his cultivation and provide a beast flame for the Burning Art, then punched him for misunderstanding how the technique worked.

Xiao Yan learned that his Burning Art could fuse flames, but Yao Chen warned him that beast flames could not replace Heavenly Flames and could harm his cultivation without one. Meanwhile, Fu Ye settled into life at the Alchemist Guild, where Fei Lin and Xue Mei celebrated their progress as alchemists and the Little Doctor Immortal reacted to his pampered treatment.

• Yao Chen explained that Xiao Yan could fuse multiple flames with the Burning Art, but he needed to absorb a Heavenly Flame before taking in multiple beast flames to avoid damaging his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan decided that he would gather beast flames after obtaining a Heavenly Flame, while Yao Chen planned to help him grow strong enough to defeat Nalan Yanran and eventually return to Starfall Pavilion.
• Over nearly half a year, Xiao Yan absorbed the Shadow Flame Lion's beast flame, reached one-star Dou Shi, and evolved his Burning Art to mid-level Yellow tier.
• At the Alchemist Guild, Fei Lin and Xue Mei told Fu Ye they had each refined a Second-grade Wind Walking Pill, and he praised their progress.
• Fu Ye's influence grew as Hai Bodong pledged allegiance and Ya Fei reached Great Dou Shi after taking a top-grade Earth Spirit Pill.
• Xue Mei and Fei Lin massaged Fu Ye in his alchemy room, and the Little Doctor Immortal complained that he always found people to pamper him.

Fu Ye accepted Yao Yue and Yao Ye as Little Doctor Immortal’s granddisciples after they left the Jia Ma royal family to follow her. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen arrived at the Alchemist Association, where they learned that Little Doctor Immortal had become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.

• Little Doctor Immortal sat in Fu Ye’s arms while Xue Mei and Fei Lin left after visiting to study alchemy.
• A week later, Little Doctor Immortal brought Yao Yue and Yao Ye to Fu Ye and asked him to accept them as granddisciples.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ye explained that they had severed ties with the Jia Ma royal family and wanted to follow Fu Ye and Little Doctor Immortal.
• Fu Ye accepted the sisters and told them to study alchemy under Little Doctor Immortal.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Association for his certification exam, and Fu Ye told him that Little Doctor Immortal had become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Little Doctor Immortal and the Yao sisters emerged and greeted Fu Ye as their grandmaster and master.

Fu Ye took Yao Ye and Yao Yue away from the Jia Ma Empire, left them with Little Doctor Immortal at Jia Nan Academy, and then traveled with Cai Die to the Tagor Desert as Medusa prepared to absorb a Heavenly Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan entered the Snake People Clan’s territory to seek the flame, and Fu Ye sensed a Dou Wang disturbance near Yue Mei’s oasis.

• Fu Ye left the Jia Ma Empire with Yao Ye, Yao Yue, and Little Doctor Immortal, then gave Little Doctor Immortal an Earth Spirit Pill formula and ingredients to help train her new disciples.
• Fu Ye departed Jia Nan Academy with Cai Die and promised that he would protect Medusa whether her attempt to evolve succeeded or failed.
• Xiao Yan rejected Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s warnings, then traveled with Yao Chen into the Snake People Clan’s territory to find a Heavenly Flame.
• After half a month, Xiao Yan reached an oasis near Medusa’s Imperial Palace, while Fu Ye and Cai Die approached the same region.
• Fu Ye and Cai Die sensed a Dou Wang disturbance near Yue Mei’s oasis, and Fu Ye recognized that Xiao Yan had likely encountered Yue Mei.

Fu Ye and Cai Die encountered Xiao Yan while Yue Mei pursued him, and Fu Ye effortlessly subdued Yue Mei. Cai Die then revealed herself as the Snake People Clan’s presumed-dead Queen Cai Die, leaving Yue Mei stunned.

• Cai Die recognized Xiao Yan as he fled through the desert, and she and Fu Ye decided to intercept him while discussing taking Snake People leaders as maids.
• Yue Mei struck Xiao Yan out of the sky and prepared to capture him, but Fu Ye arrived and Xiao Yan begged him for help.
• Fu Ye shattered Yue Mei’s attack and pulled her before him, while Yue Mei attempted to detonate her Crystal Core rather than become his maid.
• Cai Die stopped Yue Mei from self-destructing and greeted her, then revealed her bloodline as Queen Cai Die, the younger sister believed to be dead.

Cai Die reunited with Yue Mei and had Fu Ye transform her into a tiny human maid. Fu Ye gave Xiao Yan and Yao Chen Fire Lotus Seeds and pointed them toward a possible Heavenly Flame in the Blazing Desert, where they would need to prepare for harsh conditions.

• Cai Die told Yue Mei she had gone to the Central Continent with Fu Ye and would not return to the Snake People Clan.
• Fu Ye gave Yue Mei an improved Humanoid Transformation Pill, which turned her into a petite human and left her Dou Qi sealed.
• Fu Ye explained that he planned to make the Green Lotus Core Flame Medusa's natal flame and help her prepare for a future transformation into a dragon.
• Fu Ye gave Xiao Yan three Fire Lotus Seeds, while Yao Chen realized Fu Ye had also taken the Green Lotus Core Flame's lotus pedestal.
• Fu Ye told Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that a Heavenly Flame might be hidden in the Blazing Desert and warned them to bring at least three months' worth of food and water.

Fu Ye and Cai Die reached Medusa’s palace as Medusa began evolving her bloodline with the Green Lotus Core Flame. As the evolution neared its end, Fu Ye separated Medusa’s soul from a newly conscious soul and began placing the latter into a violet-gold Crystal Core.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen set off to seek a Heavenly Flame, while Fu Ye and Cai Die traveled undetected to Medusa’s Imperial Palace.
• Fu Ye and Yue Mei subdued Hua She’er, and Yue Mei revealed her identity while refusing to betray Queen Medusa.
• Medusa began her final transformation by swallowing the Green Lotus Core Flame, forcing her bloodline to evolve under the Heavenly Flame’s threat.
• Fu Ye and Cai Die entered the palace and discovered that the Heavenly Flame had awakened a second soul within Medusa.
• Fu Ye used his Emperor Realm Soul to separate Medusa from the newly conscious soul, then placed the second soul in a violet-gold Crystal Core with Medusa’s origin energy.

Fu Ye restored Medusa and Cai Die to new bodies, then Cai Die persuaded and pressured Medusa to leave the Snake People Clan with them. The group departed the Tagor Desert, and Medusa learned that Cai Die had reached Dou Saint.

• Fu Ye used the Emperor Flame to create bodies for Medusa and the newly intelligent soul, restoring Medusa to peak Dou Zong and the other soul to one-star Dou Zong.
• Cai Die reunited with Medusa and explained how Fu Ye had rescued her and taken her to the Central Continent.
• Medusa refused to leave the Snake People Clan, so Cai Die revealed her Saint-level aura and insisted that they would take her with them.
• Fu Ye named the newly intelligent girl Cai Xiao, and Medusa agreed to leave after learning that the Snake People had prepared a successor.
• Fu Ye took Medusa, Cai Die, Yue Mei, Hua She'er, and Cai Xiao away from the Tagor Desert through a Space Rift.
• Medusa asked Cai Die about her strength, and Cai Die revealed that she was a Dou Saint.

Fu Ye teased Medusa about her affection for Cai Xiao, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen crossed the barren northern lands and discovered that the Blazing Desert held the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen entered the dangerous desert to search for the Heavenly Flame.

• Fu Ye told Medusa that Cai Xiao was her daughter, and Medusa carried Cai Xiao away after Fu Ye teased her about caring for the child.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen struggled across the barren northern lands, where scarce food and rampant Rodent Demons made travel difficult.
• Xiao Yan spotted the crimson earth of the Blazing Desert, and Yao Chen sensed its powerful fire-attributed energy.
• As Xiao Yan and Yao Chen ventured deeper, they felt the auras of powerful demonic beasts, and Yao Chen confirmed that the area contained a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen identified the flame as the twenty-second-ranked Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, formed from the souls and flames of countless beasts.

Nalan Yanran advanced her cultivation and prepared for her Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan, while Fu Ye brought Xun Er to the Jia Ma Empire ahead of the young alchemist competition. The chapter ended with a starving, exhausted Xiao Yan finally reaching the city after a long journey absorbing a Heavenly Flame.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that she had comprehended sword intent and reached the three-star Dou Ling realm, and Yun Yun warned her that she had to win the Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran secretly recalled that Fu Ye had taught her the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger and given her its first form, One Finger Imprisons Heaven and Earth.
• Fu Ye brought Xun Er to the Miter Family and then the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Association, where Xun Er grew jealous of the many women around him and he urged her to focus on becoming stronger.
• Xiao Yan staggered into the city after absorbing a Heavenly Flame, nearly starving because he and his companions had run out of food and water on the way back.

After absorbing the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, Xiao Yan reunited with Fu Ye and Xun Er and came to the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Youth Competition. There, he encountered Nalan Yanran and renewed their Three-Year Agreement before she invited him and Fu Ye to a banquet at the Nalan Family home.

• Fu Ye transported the ragged, starving Xiao Yan into his restaurant room, where Yao Chen confirmed Xiao Yan had absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
• The next day, Fu Ye and Xun Er visited the competition venue, where Little Doctor Immortal arrived with Yao Yue and Yao Ye, and Fu Ye encouraged Yao Yue to register.
• Xiao Yan told Fu Ye he planned to compete, and Fu Ye recognized him as an eighteen-year-old Fourth-grade Alchemist and a Seven-star Dou Shi.
• Nalan Yanran arrived and Xiao Yan recognized his Three-Year Agreement opponent; he vowed to defeat her, but she coolly told him to do his best.
• Nalan Yanran invited Fu Ye, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan to a banquet hosted by her grandfather, explaining that he wanted to thank them for treating his Branded Toxin.

At the Alchemist Conference, Xiao Yan prepared to test his skills while Yao Chen discussed Fu Ye’s strength and Nalan Yanran’s growing attachment to him. As the ceremony began, Fu Ye and Little Doctor Immortal noticed a disguised poison master and quietly prepared for trouble.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen whether his Fourth-grade Alchemist skills could win the conference, and Yao Chen said he had a strong chance if nothing unexpected happened.
• Ya Fei opened the Jia Ma Empire’s eighth Alchemist Conference, while Nalan Yanran sat beside Fu Ye and Liu Ling watched in dismay.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discussed Fu Ye’s youthful appearance, great strength, and the attention he received from Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan learned that Yao Yue had become a Fourth-grade Alchemist under Little Doctor Immortal’s tutelage and was shocked by her progress.
• Xun Er and Little Doctor Immortal spotted a disguised poison master, and Fu Ye told Little Doctor Immortal to prepare antidotal powder.

At the Alchemist Grand Assembly banquet, Xiao Yan collected his champion’s prize while Nalan Yanran reaffirmed her confidence in defeating him, and Fu Ye gave her pills to support her cultivation. Fu Ye warned Hai Bodong that the Northwest Continent might face major changes within two years, leaving him wondering what was coming.

• Xiao Yan won fame by refining a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, while Nalan Yanran dismissed the pressure and accepted pills from Fu Ye.
• Fu Ye invited Nalan Yanran to the Miter Family banquet, irritating Xun Er and Little Doctor Immortal.
• At the banquet, Ya Fei gave Xiao Yan the Storage Ring containing his champion’s prize, and Yao Chen told him Nalan Yanran had reached three-star Dou Wang.
• Yao Yue apologized to Little Doctor Immortal for failing to take first place, and Jia Xing Tian reflected on the imperial family’s decline since the young sisters left.
• Fu Ye spoke with Hai Bodong and warned him that the Northwest Continent might undergo great changes in two years.

As the Three-Year Agreement approached, Xiao Yan insisted on facing Nalan Yanran despite Yao Chen warning him that she had reached four-star Dou Ling. Nalan Yanran prepared for her final breakthrough at the Yunlan Sect, while Yun Yun waited for her to get through the agreement safely.

• Fu Ye and Hai Bodong reminisced about their decades-old friendship, and Fu Ye teased Hai Bodong about his past.
• Fu Ye praised Xiao Yan's performance only faintly and urged him to look beyond his achievements, while Yao Chen approved of Fu Ye tempering Xiao Yan's pride.
• Nalan Yanran considered how far Central Continent's young geniuses might have advanced after hearing Fu Ye's advice about cultivation.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran had reached four-star Dou Ling, but Xiao Yan refused to withdraw from the Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran began her final breakthrough at the Yunlan Sect, and Yun Yun resolved to wait until Yanran had safely faced the agreement.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Yunlan Sect for his Three-Year Agreement duel with Nalan Yanran, whose cultivation had reached the Dou Ling realm. Nalan Jie apologized to Xiao Yan and asked him to let the matter go, leaving Xiao Yan unsure whether he should still fight.

• The Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Huangs gathered at the Yunlan Sect and were shocked to see Nalan Yanran’s strength.
• Fu Ye arrived with Little Doctor Immortal and Xun Er, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discussed the duel and the danger of the Yunlan Sect.
• Xiao Yan flew past Ge Ye’s formation and landed in the arena, where he and Nalan Yanran prepared to settle their agreement by fighting.
• Nalan Jie revealed that he and Xiao Yan’s grandfather had been comrades and apologized to Xiao Yan on behalf of the Nalan Family.
• Nalan Jie asked Xiao Yan to forgive Nalan Yanran and call off the duel, leaving Xiao Yan torn between accepting and fighting anyway.

Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran at the Yunlan Sect to erase his reputation as a trash, but she overwhelmed him with a powerful Dou skill. After Xiao Yan survived her first attack, Nalan Yanran revealed she had held back and prepared a second strike.

• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Jie's apology and insisted on fighting Nalan Yanran to prove himself.
• Nalan Yanran stopped Xiao Yan's charge with her Heavenly Gang Sword Intent and unleashed the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, One Finger Imprisons Heaven and Earth.
• Fu Ye revealed that Nalan Yanran's first-form technique was likely pseudo-heaven-tier, while Yun Shan raised a barrier around the arena.
• Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Spirit and a nuclear explosion to withstand Nalan Yanran's attack, leaving the arena in ruins.
• Xiao Yan argued that Nalan Yanran had nearly exhausted her Dou Qi, but she revealed she had held back and launched the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, Second Finger Shatters Mountains and Rivers.

Nalan Yanran defeated Xiao Yan in their Three-Year Agreement, while Gu He’s attempt to abduct Xiao Zhan was interrupted by Protector Wu, who took Xiao Zhan to the Soul Hall and promised him the chance to become a Dou Huang and Dou Zong. After the duel, Xiao Yan complained to Fu Ye about Nalan Yanran’s Heaven-tier technique, and Yao Chen reminded him that Fu Ye had also helped him obtain Heavenly Flames.

• Nalan Yanran defeated Xiao Yan with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, and Yun Shan stopped the attack before it could land.
• Gu He attacked Xiao Zhan at the Xiao Family, but Protector Wu abducted Xiao Zhan before Gu He could take him.
• Protector Wu revealed that he was taking Xiao Zhan to the Soul Hall and promised he might become a Dou Huang and Dou Zong if he provided the information they wanted.
• Nalan Yanran’s victory raised the Nalan Family’s standing, while Xiao Yan’s reputation improved because he had faced a Dou Wang as a Great Dou Shi and was a peak fourth-grade alchemist.
• Xiao Yan complained to Fu Ye about teaching Nalan Yanran a Heaven-tier Dou Technique, and Yao Chen hit him and pointed out Fu Ye had helped him obtain Heavenly Flames.

Fu Ye gave Xiao Yan a powerful Dou Skill before Yun Shan considered expanding the Yunlan Sect toward Central Continent. After learning Yao Chen’s history with Han Feng, Xiao Yan arrived in Black Seal City and was shocked by its prices, while two mysterious girls passed nearby.

• Fu Ye gave Xiao Yan the Eight Desolate Emperor Hand, a Dou Skill whose full power could reach Heaven-tier level.
• Three months later, Yun Shan learned Yun Yun had reached the Dou Zong realm and planned to establish a Yunlan Sect-affiliated force near Central Continent.
• In the Black Corner Region, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had betrayed him, and Xiao Yan vowed to restore Yao Chen’s body and avenge him.
• Xiao Yan complained about Black Seal City’s exorbitant prices as a purple-haired girl and a red-haired girl walked past, drawing the crowd’s deference.