Chapter Summaries

After devouring the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and advancing to the middle stage of the Four Star Dou Saint realm, Xiao Cang left Blazing Flame Valley for Danta, leaving his pregnant wife Tang Huo'er behind. He set out hoping to pursue Dan Chen and Ye Xinlan and learn more about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Cang thanked Tang Zhen and Ancestor Huoyun before they led him and Tang Huo'er from the blazing area to the main hall.
• Xiao Cang told Tang Huo'er and Tang Zhen he planned to go to Danta, and Tang Huo'er agreed to stay in the valley to protect their child.
• Back in their room, Xiao Cang comforted the tearful Tang Huo'er, and she promised to care for their child while he was away.
• At dawn, Xiao Cang left without meeting Tang Zhen and the others, thinking of Dan Chen and Ye Xinlan as he hurried toward Danta.

On his way to Danta’s Pill Gathering, Xiao Cang learned that Han Yue had borne him a son and claimed the system’s reward of Ninth-grade Alchemist experience. At Danta, Dan Chen prepared to compete, determined to make a name for herself.

• Xiao Cang traveled toward Danta in a carriage custom-made by Tang Huo'er’s Valley Master.
• The system announced that Han Yue had borne Xiao Cang a son and rewarded him with Ninth-grade Alchemist experience.
• Xiao Cang claimed the reward and absorbed extensive alchemical knowledge, becoming a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Dan Chen looked ahead to the Pill Gathering and vowed to make a name for herself.
• Danta’s courtyard workers discussed the gathering’s distinguished attendees and the ancestor’s special gift.

Xiao Cang forced his way through the Space Blade Wind into Holy Pill City and decided to visit the Ye Family to pursue Ye Xinlan. Meanwhile, Ye Zhong insisted that the Ye Family’s crisis required Ye Xinlan to accept an arranged marriage, leaving her isolated and in tears.

• Before dawn, Xiao Cang entered the silver halo using his own strength and endured the violent Space Blade Wind.
• After arriving above Holy Pill City, Xiao Cang decided to visit the Ye Family first and considered joining the Pill Gathering in place of a Ye Family disciple.
• Travelers aboard Space Ships were astonished to see Xiao Cang enter the city without a ship.
• At the Ye Family, Ye Zhong grew angry that Ye Xinlan remained locked in her room and refused to eat, leave, or speak.
• Ye Zhong declared that the arranged marriage would not be changed for the sake of the Ye Family, while Ye Xinlan cried alone in her room.

Xiao Cang arrived in Ye City and confronted Ye Xinlan, claiming he was her future husband and warning that she would be his in three days. After he vanished, Ye Xinlan defied the Ye Family elders and declared that she had already found her husband, while Xiao Cang entered the main hall in disguise.

• Ye Xinlan wept over the Ye Family's plan to marry her to the Cao Family and feared the alliance would ruin her family.
• Xiao Cang arrived in Ye City and went to Ye Xinlan's room, where he revealed himself as her future husband.
• Xiao Cang silenced Ye Xinlan, overwhelmed her with his pressure, and promised that she would be his in three days before disappearing.
• Ye Zhong and the others rushed to Ye Xinlan's room, and she accused him of treating her as a pawn before declaring she had already found her husband.
• Xiao Cang concealed his aura and appeared in the Ye Family's main hall, while someone outside cursed Ye Xinlan.

Xiao Cang persuaded Ye Zhong to let him seek certification so he could represent the Ye Family at the Pill Gathering, claiming to be Ye Xinlan’s lover and the family’s son-in-law. Ye Zhong agreed to take him to the examination area, where a long queue awaited them.

• Ye Zhong worried over the Ye Family’s situation while his attendants reassured him about Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Cang appeared before Ye Zhong and asked him to secure a place for him in the Pill Gathering’s preliminary test.
• Xiao Cang offered to represent the Ye Family and declared himself Ye Xinlan’s lover and the family’s son-in-law.
• Ye Zhong agreed to take Xiao Cang for rank certification, and Xiao Cang demanded they leave at once.
• Ye Zhong led Xiao Cang to the examination area, where they found a line of at least a hundred people, and Ye Zhong offered to make arrangements.

Xiao Cang met Dan Chen after catching her as she fell, then followed Ye Zhong to a special alchemist testing site despite the rival families gathered there. The chapter left Xiao Cang facing mockery from members of the Bai Family and Qiu Family over his lack of a rank badge.

• Xiao Cang caught a young woman who stumbled into him and realized from her badge that she was Dan Chen.
• Dan Chen thanked Xiao Cang and hurried away, while he mused about visiting his little fiancée that night.
• Ye Zhong told Xiao Cang that members of the Bai Family and Qiu Family were occupying the special testing site and that the Dan Family might arrive soon.
• Xiao Cang insisted on completing his measurement that day and followed Ye Zhong to the testing room.
• A gray-clad Bai Family man and an old man in white mocked Ye Zhong for bringing Xiao Cang, who had no rank badge.

Xiao Cang accompanied Ye Zhong to a rank-testing site, where the Bai and Qiu families mocked the Ye Family and doubted Xiao Cang’s ability. After learning the tests only reached Grade Seven Intermediate, Xiao Cang challenged their claims and entered the final testing room, leaving Ye Zhong worried about the result.

• A white-clad woman questioned Ye Zhong for bringing Xiao Cang into the restricted testing site, while an elder defended the Ye Family’s special circumstances.
• Two Qiu Family disciples tested at Grade Six Intermediate, and the white-clad woman tested at Grade Six Advanced.
• Xiao Cang asked the white-haired elder for the test site’s maximum measurable rank and learned it was Grade Seven Intermediate.
• Xiao Cang mocked the site’s limited tests and rebuked the gray-clad old woman when she insulted him.
• Xiao Cang entered the final testing room, and Ye Zhong watched anxiously as the hall fell silent.

Xiao Cang took the seventh-grade intermediate assessment while the Ye Family faced mockery and doubt. He emerged without a badge, but Steward Han revealed that Xiao Cang had passed and urged him to test at a higher grade.

• The white-haired examiner announced Xiao Cang’s simulated grade as seventh-grade intermediate, provoking the woman in white and the elders.
• Xiao Cang lashed his whip beside the old woman after she insulted him, and another figure ordered him to take the test or leave.
• The woman in white passed the sixth-grade advanced test as the others completed sixth-grade intermediate assessments.
• Xiao Cang emerged with no badge, leading the old woman and the woman in white to assume he had failed and mock him.
• Steward Han announced that Xiao Cang had passed the seventh-grade intermediate test and said that it was not his limit.

Xiao Cang’s seventh-grade Intermediate alchemy skill stunned the Pill Gathering examiners, but Han Li could not test him at their site. After Xiao Cang asserted his right to represent the Ye Family and left, he asked Ye Zhong to take him to the Dan Family, determined to seek an exception to the gathering’s rules.

• Xiao Cang revealed alchemy abilities beyond the testing site’s limits, and Han Li could not determine his grade.
• The gray-robed woman challenged Xiao Cang’s identity, age, and legitimacy as a Ye Family representative, citing the Cao Family’s betrothal gift to Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Cang claimed he was Ye Zhong’s son-in-law and said he and Ye Xinlan were in love; Ye Zhong confirmed it and defended the Ye Family’s right to choose her husband.
• Han Li ruled that Xiao Cang could represent the Ye Family but ended the dispute over testing, so Xiao Cang said he would go to the Danta the next day and left with Ye Zhong.
• That night, Xiao Cang asked Ye Zhong to take him to the Dan Family for the Pill Gathering, and declared he would make an exception to its rules.

Xiao Cang brought Ye Zhong to Danta’s assessment grounds and demanded to skip the usual tests, seeking a direct advancement. The Great Elder agreed to judge him through pill refinement, and Xiao Cang began using thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence and the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Ye Zhong brought Xiao Cang to Danta’s assessment grounds, where the Great Elder and Second Elder met them after hearing of Xiao Cang’s seventh-grade intermediate ability.
• Xiao Cang declared that the preliminary tests were a waste of time and demanded a direct chance to prove himself.
• The Second Elder challenged Xiao Cang’s arrogance, but the Great Elder agreed to test him by having him refine a pill.
• Xiao Cang produced thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence and began refining it in the pill furnace with the Green Lotus Core Flame, startling the elders.

Xiao Cang refined a Grade 9 Pill, earning the Ye Family an exemption from the preliminary tests and direct entry into the competition. When he returned with Ye Zhong, Ye Xinlan learned of the exception and was stunned by Xiao Cang’s ability.

• Xiao Cang refined a pill from the Thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence, and the Second Elder and Great Elder identified it as a Grade 9 Pill.
• Xiao Cang asked to leave, and Ye Zhong followed him, shaken by the possibility that he was a rare Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Danta announced that Ye Family disciples could skip the preliminary tests and enter the official competition directly, angering the Bai Family and leaving a woman in white disheartened.
• Ye Xinlan waited anxiously at home, fearing for the Ye Family’s future, until a maid announced Ye Zhong had returned.
• Xiao Cang put an arm around Ye Xinlan and told her he had advanced; Ye Zhong confirmed the Ye Family had received an exception, and Ye Xinlan marveled at Xiao Cang’s ability.

Xiao Cang claimed Ye Xinlan as his bride, and Ye Xinlan rejected her arranged marriage to the Cao Family and chose him instead. After they spent the night together, Xiao Cang trained for the Pill Gathering while Ye Xinlan urged him to observe the competition, but he refused.

• Xiao Cang announced that the three-day deadline had passed and that he would marry Ye Xinlan, while an elder protested that she was promised to the Cao Family.
• Ye Xinlan declared that she loved Xiao Cang and believed the Cao Family intended to take over the Ye Family, then left with him as Ye Zhong stopped the other elders from intervening.
• Xiao Cang brought Ye Xinlan to the bamboo house, and they spent the night together; Ye Zhong decided that marrying her to Xiao Cang would best support the Ye Family.
• The next morning, Ye Xinlan tried to leave while Xiao Cang slept, but he drew her back; later, he stayed behind to experiment with his pill-refining skills and cultivate.
• As the Pill Gathering preparations began, Ye Xinlan told Xiao Cang about the prominent contestants and suggested he watch them, but he said he would rather spend time with her.

Xiao Cang received a Five Star Dou Saint cultivation reward and gave Ye Zhong a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pill before the Pill Gathering. The elders’ doubts about him disappeared when they discovered the pill was Grade 8, leaving them wondering about his background.

• Ye Xinlan visited Xiao Cang, and he delayed going to the elders while they spent time together.
• Xiao Cang received Five Star Dou Saint cultivation, ten Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pills, Heavenly Fire Prairie Grass, and Nine Heavens Profound Nether Grass as rewards.
• Xiao Cang met the Ye Family elders, dismissed their concerns about the Pill Gathering, and said he would refine a pill on the spot the next day.
• Xiao Cang gave Ye Zhong a wooden box and left the hall shortly after arriving.
• Ye Zhong opened the box and revealed a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pill, astonishing the elders and ending their doubts about Xiao Cang.

Ye Zhong discovered a rare pill that gave him hope for the Ye Family, while Xiao Cang brought Ye Xinlan to the Pill Gathering and made a dramatic entrance with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. The gathering began with Xiao Cang preparing to refine a pill on the spot.

• Ye Zhong laughed with relief after finding a rare pill that he regarded as a treasured heirloom for the declining Ye Family.
• Xiao Cang spent the night with Ye Xinlan, then headed with her and the Ye Family members to the Pill Gathering the next day.
• Xiao Cang entered the crowded venue with Ye Xinlan, and the remaining contestants and spectators watched the stone platforms rise.
• Silver Heavenly Flames poured from the sky as Xiao Cang descended with Ye Xinlan, and Tian Lei Zi recognized the flames as the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Xiao Cang brushed off the angry crowd and sat on the highest stone platform, while Tian Lei Zi defended his right to enter.
• The Pill Gathering officially began, and Xiao Cang prepared to refine a pill on the spot as the other families took their positions.

On the third day of the Pill Gathering, Xiao Cang refined a pill that summoned extraordinary Pill Lightning and stunned the spectators. The storm subsided, leaving a powerful pill fragrance that Tian Lei Zi recognized with shock.

• Ye Xinlan worried that the pill she had refined needed more time, but Xiao Cang reassured her before entering his designated area.
• Xiao Cang poured a silver beam into his cauldron, and dark clouds gathered over the alchemy grounds.
• Silver Pill Lightning struck Xiao Cang's stone platform, and Ye Zhong recognized it as a sign that Xiao Cang had refined at least a seventh-grade pill.
• The lightning continued, and a silver radiance collided with the descending bolt, sending a forceful shockwave through the crowd.
• The clouds began to clear as pill fragrance filled the venue, and Tian Lei Zi recognized the scent with disbelief.

Xiao Cang refined a Grade 8 Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pill in three days, earning the elders’ recognition and securing a major victory for the Ye Family. The Cao, Bai, and Qiu families challenged his eligibility, and Ye Xinlan defended him before the elders.

• Xiao Cang presented his pill, and Xuan Kongzi identified it as a Grade 8 Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pill.
• Tian Lei Zi announced that Xiao Cang of the Ye Family had successfully refined the pill, thrilling Ye Zhong and astonishing the crowd.
• The Cao Family's Great Elder disputed Xiao Cang's eligibility, questioning his age and background, and the Bai and Qiu families supported the challenge.
• Xiao Cang said he had married Ye Xinlan three days earlier and invited the elders to ask her about him.
• Ye Xinlan affirmed that their marriage was by mutual consent and rebuked the elders for trying to pressure her husband.

At the alchemy contest, Xiao Cang defended Ye Xinlan against the Cao Family’s marriage claim and revealed that he was only twenty and a ninth-grade alchemist. After Xiao Cang defeated Elder Cao’s attack, Cao Ying apologized on her family’s behalf, and he let them go with a warning.

• Ye Xinlan vouched for Xiao Cang, but the Cao Family elder invoked her marriage contract with the family.
• Xiao Cang accused the Cao Family of using the marriage to absorb the Ye Family and revealed he was just over twenty, shocking the crowd and Xuan Kongzi.
• The Cao Family elder attacked Xiao Cang, who pierced through him with silvery-white flames and knocked him unconscious.
• Cao Ying intervened and apologized for the elder, acknowledging that Xiao Cang had already won the contest.
• Xiao Cang spared the elder and warned the Cao Family to stop causing trouble, while Cao Ying took the elder away.

After the Ye Family’s public dispute with the Cao Family, Xiao Cang comforted Ye Xinlan and spent the night with her. Later, he sought out Dan Chen, offered her two Grade 8 Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pills and help advancing her grade, then confessed that he wanted her to become his wife.

• Ye Zhong confirmed Xiao Cang was unharmed and left with him and Ye Xinlan after their pills were refined.
• Xiao Cang reassured Ye Xinlan that her former Marriage Contract with the Cao Family was not her fault, and they spent a passionate night together.
• After Ye Xinlan fell asleep, Xiao Cang went to a bamboo grove and found Dan Chen drinking alone.
• Xiao Cang offered Dan Chen a wooden box containing two Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pills, startling her and pulling her briefly into his arms.
• Xiao Cang offered to help Dan Chen break through her grade and confessed that he wanted her to become his wife.

Xiao Cang used his charm and promised Dan Chen wealth and a rapid rise to Dou Zun to persuade her to marry him. After proving he was a Five Star Dou Saint, he kissed her and enclosed them in a soundproof barrier.

• Dan Chen questioned why Xiao Cang, the Ye Family's son-in-law, had come to take her as his wife, while his charm made her struggle with her attraction to him.
• Xiao Cang pulled Dan Chen into his embrace and promised her glory, wealth, and advancement to Dou Zun within a year through dual cultivation.
• Dan Chen asked him to prove his claims, and Xiao Cang revealed his Dou Saint aura, convincing her to agree to marry him.
• Xiao Cang kissed Dan Chen, tore her clothes, and surrounded them with a pale blue barrier.

Xiao Cang received system rewards for taking in alchemists, then gave Dan Chen three Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pills after she asked for one. As he prepared to leave for the convention, Dan Chen asked whether he would stay with her, and he teased her to beg him.

• Xiao Cang received two young Cang Wolves, two young Purple Crystal Winged Lions, Blood Essence Demonic Fruits, and Ten-Thousand-Year Evergreen Spirit Vines from the system.
• Dan Chen tried to leave, but Xiao Cang pulled her back and asked what pill she wanted him to give her.
• Dan Chen requested the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pill, and Xiao Cang gave her a wooden box containing three of them.
• Xiao Cang reminded Dan Chen that she still had to attend the convention and encouraged her to do her best for her family.
• Dan Chen asked whether Xiao Cang would stay with her, and he teased her by saying she would have to beg him.