Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan was forced to serve as Zi Yan and her companions’ laborer at the Black Seal Auction, where Zi Yan dismissed Han Feng’s sixth-grade gift as trash and gave it to him. The group settled into a private room as the auction was about to begin.

• Qing Lin refused Elder Qing’s offer to join the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Little Doctor Immortal immobilized Elder Qing with her aura as a warning.
• Zi Yan detected Xiao Yan outside the auction and ordered him to carry things; Xiao Yan reluctantly agreed to serve her.
• An auction-house manager escorted Zi Yan, Cai Die, Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan to a Heaven-grade private room.
• Zi Yan crushed Han Feng’s gift box, called the Azure Nether Longevity Pill trash, and told the manager to report that Han Feng’s offering was insufficient.
• Zi Yan tossed the sixth-grade pill to Xiao Yan, who was shocked to receive it, while Yao Chen accepted that pills below seventh grade were useless to her.

Zi Yan and the others confronted Han Feng at the auction house, where he begged them to stop raiding Maple City. The group discovered that all four women had plundered his treasury that year, but Zi Yan still blamed him for being robbed.

• Zi Yan teased Yao Chen about Feng Xian searching for him and Han Feng living freely, prompting Yao Chen to hide in the Storage Ring when Han Feng approached.
• Han Feng entered the room and Zi Yan forced him to kneel with her Dou Saint aura.
• Han Feng pleaded for mercy, saying Maple City could not make ends meet after four raids in one year.
• Little Doctor Immortal admitted she had taken Han Feng's treasury, while Cai Die said she had accompanied her and Qing Lin named Gu Yan as the fourth raider.
• Zi Yan told Han Feng that he should look for the problem in himself because they robbed him instead of anyone else.

Zi Yan humiliated Han Feng at the Black Seal Auction, took his belongings, and gave Xiao Yan the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and other items. Elsewhere, Xun Er reached Half-Saint at Jia Nan Academy, then left to play with Cai Xiao after Fu Ye teased her.

• Zi Yan crushed Han Feng's Storage Ring, took his pills, and forced him to kowtow while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watched.
• At the auction, Zi Yan claimed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and Three Thousand Lightning Movement, then dismissed Han Feng and warned him to bring two seventh-grade pills next time.
• Zi Yan gave Han Feng's medicinal ingredients and the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to Xiao Yan, and let him keep the incomplete Three Thousand Lightning Movement manual.
• Xun Er reached Half-Saint at Jia Nan Academy, complained that Fu Ye would not praise her, and went to play with Cai Xiao.
• Fu Ye watched Xun Er leave and had also seen Zi Yan and the others torment Han Feng at the auction.

Xiao Mei defeated Bai Shan and used her new Dou Ling strength to tease Hu Jia before the academy's Inner Courtyard selection. Ruolin brought Xiao Yan to Jia Nan Academy and dropped him into the competition, where she reunited with Fu Ye.

• Xiao Mei injured Bai Shan with a spear after he harassed her, and Hu Gan let her off with a warning about damaging academy property.
• Xiao Mei revealed she had reached Dou Ling and carried Hu Jia away in a Dou Qi chain despite Hu Jia's protests.
• Fu Ye and Su Qian discussed the Outer Courtyard selection, while Fu Ye remarked that Qing Lin had surpassed Su Qian in strength.
• Ruolin met Xiao Yan in the Black Corner Region and revealed she had reached Dou Huang after taking pills from Fu Ye.
• Ruolin tossed Xiao Yan from the sky into the Inner Courtyard selection, then landed beside Fu Ye and greeted him.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Courtyard, where his flying Dou Technique and reputation drew attention. After Xiao Mei introduced him as an outsider seeking an Inner Courtyard spot, the students turned against him, eager to face him in the arena.

• Xiao Mei and Hu Jia spotted Xiao Yan descending with a flying Dou Technique, and the Outer Courtyard students discussed his wealth and plans to enter the Inner Courtyard.
• Xiao Mei told Hu Jia and the surrounding students that Xiao Yan was her cousin and had taken a three-year leave, prompting resentment from students competing for the limited Inner Courtyard spots.
• Su Qian watched Xiao Yan arrive and discussed his talent with Fu Ye and Ruolin, while Fu Ye revealed that he had given Xiao Yan the location of the Heavenly Flames he absorbed.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Mei, who mocked him and warned that the students would resist an outsider competing for a spot.
• The students threatened to challenge Xiao Yan in the arena, and Fu Ye told Su Qian and Ruolin that Xiao Yan could defeat even a Dou Ling opponent.

Xiao Mei defeated Xiao Yan in the Jia Nan Academy Outer Courtyard battle by summoning an Azure Dragon Spirit with Fu Ye’s technique. Afterward, Yao Chen reassured Xiao Yan that Fu Ye’s pills explained Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu’s rapid growth, while rejecting Xiao Yan’s suspicion that Fu Ye had harmed them.

• Xiao Yan defeated Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Wu Hao during the three-day Outer Courtyard battle, then agreed to give Xiao Mei the championship if she could beat him.
• Xiao Mei used the Four Gods Constellation Scripture to summon an Azure Dragon Spirit, and the dragon overwhelmed Xiao Yan even after he used Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Mei told Xiao Yan that Fu Ye had taught her the technique two years earlier and that he was its first victim.
• Xiao Yan, discouraged by his Great Dou Shi strength, asked Yao Chen whether he was weak, and Yao Chen told him he was talented but Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu were special cases.
• Yao Chen explained that Fu Ye’s pills had no impurities or medicinal residue, then stopped Xiao Yan from speculating that Fu Ye had defiled Xiao Mei and the others.

In Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Courtyard, Zi Yan lamented that her father had been missing for centuries, and Fu Ye revealed that Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun was alive but imprisoned. He disclosed that Zhu Kun had entered the cave dwelling where the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor kept his inheritance, leaving Xun Er and Zi Yan eager to learn more.

• Gu Dao and Gu Yuan discussed Xun Er’s delayed return to the Ancient Clan and her emerging God-tier Bloodline.
• Xun Er received a letter from her father, and Zi Yan expressed resentment that her own father had been missing for hundreds of years.
• Zi Yan told Xun Er that her father was Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, a Nine-star Dou Sheng Peak expert whom she had been unable to find.
• Fu Ye appeared and assured Zi Yan that Zhu Kun was alive but trapped somewhere by its energy.
• Fu Ye revealed that Zhu Kun had entered the cave dwelling where the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor stored his inheritance.

Zi Yan and Xun Er learned that Zhu Kun was trapped guarding Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode, while Hun Tiandi and Void Devouring Flame discussed Fu Ye and the Soul Clan's plans. At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Mei rode her Azure Dragon Spirit to rob older students as Xiao Yan watched.

• Fu Ye told Zi Yan and Xun Er that Zhu Kun was bound at the entrance to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode and could not escape without its key.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed the Four Demon Saints after they failed to find Fu Ye anywhere in Central Continent or the northwest.
• Void Devouring Flame suggested that Fu Ye was waiting for the cave abode to open and might be targeting the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Hun Tiandi asked Void Devouring Flame about the Soul Clan's preparations concerning the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, and Void Devouring Flame said they were waiting for the right time.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Mei rode her Azure Dragon Spirit through the Inner Courtyard, robbing older students for Fire Energy while Xiao Yan abandoned his plan to do the same.

Yun Yun recruited Yao Yue and Yao Ye to help the Yunlan Sect replace Gu He, while Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy after learning his family was in trouble. In the Soul Realm, Xiao Zhan offered Hun Tiandi the Xiao Family’s Ancient Jade, and Hun Tiandi accepted it as genuine despite doubts about its weak energy.

• Yun Shan learned Gu He had left the Yunlan Sect and told Yun Yun they needed another high-grade alchemist.
• Yun Yun asked Fu Ye for help, and he offered to send Yao Yue to the Yunlan Sect to gain experience as she trained to become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Yao Ye asked to accompany her sister, and Yao Yue, Yao Ye, and Little Doctor Immortal went with Yun Yun to the Yunlan Sect.
• Three months later, Xiao Yan read a letter about trouble facing his family, then left Jia Nan Academy after Yao Chen agreed to help him.
• Hun Miesheng brought Xiao Zhan before Hun Tiandi, and Xiao Zhan offered him the Xiao Family’s Ancient Jade in exchange for the Soul Clan’s promised support.
• Hun Tiandi noticed the jade’s energy was weak but did not recognize that Fu Ye had replaced it with an imitation.

Hun Tiandi rewarded Xiao Zhan for giving him the imitation Ancient Jade and sent him to Soul Hall to cultivate toward Dou Zun. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan searched for his missing father and elders, while Fu Ye wondered how Xiao Yan would react if he learned Xiao Zhan was thriving in Soul Hall.

• Hun Tiandi praised Xiao Zhan for handing over the Ancient Jade and ordered Hun Miesheng to supply him with resources until he reached Dou Zun.
• Hun Miesheng brought Xiao Zhan to Human Hall, provided him with cultivation techniques, a Dou skill, and a Soul-Devouring Lock, and instructed eight Venerables to guide him.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family, found that his father and the elders were missing, and vowed to rescue them after confirming their soul plaques remained intact.
• Xiao Yan found a letter demanding that he give up the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, and Yao Chen suspected Gu He had kidnapped the elders to seize Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames.
• Fu Ye reflected on the passage of time and realized Hun Tiandi had accepted the imitation Ancient Jade, then wondered whether Xiao Yan might help Hun Tiandi defeat Gu Yuan if he learned his father was in Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan killed Gu He, then joined Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Courtyard and began selling pills to earn Fire Energy. A month later, Xun Er told Fu Ye that Xiao Yan had founded Panmen and was likely to clash with the White Gang and Medicine Gang.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen learned from the dying Gu He that his actions had endangered the Xiao Family, and Xiao Yan killed him before erasing the evidence with Heavenly Flames.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Yao Chen suggested Xiao Yan sell discounted third- and fourth-grade pills to earn Fire Energy, and Xiao Yan realized it was a good plan.
• Xiao Yu met Xiao Yan in the Inner Courtyard, praised how he had handled his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, and gave him a green Fire Crystal Card.
• A month later, Xun Er told Fu Ye that Xiao Yan had founded Panmen with the new students and that the faction had clashed with the White Gang.
• Xun Er added that Panmen’s pill sales might bring it into conflict with the Medicine Gang, leaving Fu Ye and the others expecting more trouble.

Fu Ye praised Xiao Yan’s pills at the Inner Courtyard marketplace, drawing customers to Panmen’s stall and unsettling Medicine Gang leader Han Xian. Panmen’s business surged, but Xiao Yan’s limited output left it unable to match the Medicine Gang’s organized alchemy team.

• Xiao Yan sold pills at the marketplace while Fu Ye arrived and judged his Second-grade pills, praising the later batches as the finest.
• Inner Courtyard students rushed to buy Xiao Yan’s pills after hearing Fu Ye’s assessment, quickly clearing the stall and asking Xiao Yan how he knew Fu Ye.
• Han Xian learned that Panmen’s pills cost less and worked better than the Medicine Gang’s, and resented Fu Ye’s praise of Xiao Yan’s work.
• Fu Ye urged Han Xian to reconsider his goals as an alchemist, then left him to reflect.
• Panmen’s sales boomed over the next two days, but Xiao Yan could not produce pills fast enough to compete with the Medicine Gang’s team.

After nearly half a year of growth, Xiao Yan had strengthened Panmen while the Fallen Heart Flame approached a breakout, and Fu Ye promised Jia Nan Academy support if needed. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan prepared to bring Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan so she could awaken her God-tier Bloodline.

• Fu Ye judged Xiao Yan's Dragon Power Pill flawed because it was made from discarded ingredients, though he acknowledged Xiao Yan's performance.
• Xiao Yan grew stronger and drove the White Gang into avoiding Panmen members.
• Su Qian asked Fu Ye for help with the Fallen Heart Flame, and Fu Ye said he would intervene if Jia Nan Academy could not contain it.
• Han Feng and the Black Corner Region factions learned of the Fallen Heart Flame's turmoil, but feared Zi Yan and Cai Die too much to act.
• Gu Yuan asked Gu Dao to personally bring Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan for her bloodline awakening.

Gu Yuan arranged for Gu Dao to escort Xun Er and reflected on the Soul Clan’s threat and his plans for his daughter. At Jia Nan Academy, Fu Ye received a warning that Extraterrestrial Evil Clan members had arrived, and he spotted a wounded intruder hiding in the Extreme South Black Sea.

• Gu Dao promised Gu Yuan that he would secretly follow the Black Mist Army and protect Xun Er.
• Gu Yuan recalled Xiao Xuan’s failed attempt to become a Dou Di and revealed that he hoped Xun Er’s powerful bloodline would let her surpass him.
• Fu Ye watched the Inner Courtyard disciples prepare to deal with the Fallen Heart Flame and said he would only help by setting up a barrier if needed.
• Fu Ye’s system warned him that a group of fleeing Extraterrestrial Evil Clan members had descended upon the Dou Qi Continent.
• A wounded black figure hid in the Extreme South Black Sea, vowed to devour the world’s living beings, and went unnoticed as Fu Ye observed it and received its information.

Fu Ye discovered that the wounded Blood Demon Emperor had escaped to the Dou Qi Continent and erected a barrier to keep the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan out of Northwest Continent. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan absorbed Fallen Heart Flame with Yao Chen’s help, and the two then set out to explore the vast underground lava lake beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Fu Ye learned that the Blood Demon Emperor was hiding beneath the Black Sea and raised a barrier that barred the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan and anyone tainted by its aura from entering Northwest Continent.
• Fu Ye told Xun Er that he sensed a being stronger than himself, but assured her it would not be able to cause trouble while he was there.
• Xiao Yan used himself as bait to seal Fallen Heart Flame inside the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Yao Chen helped him absorb it over nearly half a year.
• Yao Chen discovered a vast Underground Lava Lake beneath the tower, and he and Xiao Yan decided to explore it in search of another Heavenly Flame.

Xun Er prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy and return to the Ancient Clan, asking Fu Ye for a farewell kiss before departing. When Ling Quan and Gu Dao challenged Fu Ye over his treatment of the Black Mist Army deputy commander, Fu Ye restrained Ling Quan and punched Gu Dao, leaving the Ancient Clan party stunned.

• Xun Er met Fu Ye on the back mountain as the Ancient Clan's Black Mist Army arrived to escort her home.
• Xun Er asked Fu Ye for a farewell kiss, kissed him, and told him to visit the Ancient Clan or she would sneak out to find him.
• Ling Quan confronted Fu Ye over Xun Er delaying her return, and Fu Ye immobilized him and ordered him to face the wall.
• Gu Dao emerged from hiding and asked Fu Ye to spare Ling Quan, but Fu Ye dismissed him and refused to grant him face.
• Gu Dao began warning Fu Ye about provoking the wrong person, and Fu Ye punched him through the air with enough force to shatter space.

Fu Ye subdued the Ancient Clan’s anger after striking Gu Dao, and Gu Dao recognized him as a ninth-tier alchemist and promised to punish Ling Quan. Fu Ye reflected on Hun Tiandi’s motives and the possibility that he might not become Xiao Yan’s enemy, then learned that Medusa wanted to know whether Xun Er had left.

• Fu Ye sent Gu Dao flying with one punch, but Gu Dao returned calmly and apologized for the Ancient Clan’s actions.
• Fu Ye told Gu Dao he came from the Pill Tower, and Gu Dao recognized him as the ninth-tier alchemist the Ancient Clan had invited decades earlier.
• Fu Ye refused compensation for Ling Quan and asked the Ancient Clan to punish him; Gu Dao left with Xun Er.
• Fu Ye considered Hun Tiandi’s past, his plan to become Dou Di, and how he might avoid becoming Xiao Yan’s enemy in this world.
• The next day, the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower lost its energy, and Fu Ye understood that Xiao Yan had absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Medusa asked Fu Ye whether Xun Er had really left, and Fu Ye said she had returned to Central Continent with her family.

Fu Ye prepared Nine-star Dou Sheng self-destructing Puppets and used one to ambush the hidden Blood Demon Emperor, a wounded Extraterrestrial Evil Clan expert. The Puppet’s explosion crippled the Emperor’s cultivation, while Fu Ye’s companions watched and learned how he controlled it.

• Fu Ye teased Medusa and gave her ninth-grade cultivation resources, making her blush and flee.
• Su Qian discovered that Xiao Yan had survived refining the Fallen Heart Flame and was delighted to hear he had found another juvenile flame in the Underground Lava Lake.
• More than a year later, Fu Ye refined Nine-star Dou Sheng self-destructing Puppets while the Blood Demon Emperor hid and recovered from his injuries.
• Fu Ye sent a Puppet modeled on Martial Ancestor Lin Dong to attack the Blood Demon Emperor, then controlled it through a series of powerful techniques.
• Fu Ye detonated the Puppet beside the Blood Demon Emperor, dropping his cultivation from peak Eight-star Dou Sheng to peak Seven-star Dou Sheng and reopening his wounds.

Fu Ye let Zi Yan and the others take turns using a Puppet to torment the Blood Demon Emperor, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen continued their attempt to kill Han Feng. Xiao Yan ambushed Han Feng with a fused Heavenly Flame attack, but Han Feng recognized him and fled while sending up signal flares.

• Fu Ye agreed that Zi Yan, Gu Yan'er, Cai Die, and Medusa could each control the Puppet once a week to fight the Blood Demon Emperor, and they chose four days for their turns.
• The Blood Demon Emperor cursed the unseen attackers from the beach, while Fu Ye used the Puppet battles to keep Zi Yan and the others occupied and considered the wider Extraterrestrial Evil Clan threat.
• Over the following three months, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen made little progress against Han Feng, whose vigilance and influence as a Seventh-grade Alchemist made him difficult to assassinate.
• Xiao Yan ambushed Han Feng with Fire Spirit Double Blast, badly injuring him, while Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo watched from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan as Yao Chen's new disciple after seeing his two Heavenly Flames, then fled from Xiao Yan's second attack and released several signal flares.

Xiao Yan failed to kill Han Feng and returned to Jia Nan Academy, while Han Feng secretly searched for the attacker. In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan learned Fu Ye might be an Eight-star Dou Sheng, and Xun Er revealed her peak Half-Saint cultivation during a spar with Gu Qingyang.

• Han Feng survived Xiao Yan's ambush, and Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to leave before reinforcements arrived.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, while Han Feng asked the Gold and Silver Elders to search for the black-clad attacker without revealing his secrets.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen he feared Han Feng might come to Jia Nan Academy, and Yao Chen said the academy was protected by Zi Yan.
• Gu Dao told Gu Yuan that Fu Ye was likely an Eight-star Dou Sheng, prompting Gu Yuan to feel uneasy about his strength.
• Xun Er agreed to spar with Gu Qingyang, and her peak Half-Saint aura spread through the Ancient Realm.