Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen saved Yun Yun from the Snake-People Dou Wang experts and used Space Power to help them escape. Once they were safe, Yun Yun asked why Xiao Chen carried the aura of a Heavenly Flame, and he showed her the Green Lotus Seat and its azure flame.

• Xiao Chen burned away the Snake-People elder’s energy green snake and asked Yun Yun if she was alright.
• Xiao Chen teleported himself and Yun Yun away, then trapped the pursuing Snake-People experts behind a Space Prison and Space Walls.
• The gray-robed elder called off the pursuit after the five experts broke free and saw that Xiao Chen and Yun Yun had escaped.
• Xiao Chen and Yun Yun landed in the desert, where Yun Yun asked about the Heavenly Flame aura around him.
• Xiao Chen took out the Green Lotus Seat and revealed the azure flame to Yun Yun.

Xiao Chen confronted Yun Yun after secretly obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame and discussed their past intimacy and his plans. He gave her a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill, which Yun Yun accepted as a favor she would repay.

• Yun Yun recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame and learned that Xiao Chen had obtained it before Gu He could.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Chen about the medicine he had placed in the seasoning, and Xiao Chen denied doing it deliberately before saying he would take responsibility for her.
• Yun Yun urged Xiao Chen to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he declined and teased her about her beauty.
• Xiao Chen gave Yun Yun a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill, claiming his master had made it.
• Yun Yun accepted the pill and promised to repay Xiao Chen someday.

Xiao Chen parted from Yun Yun and returned to Stone Desert City, where he checked on Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before entering his Small World to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame. The chapter ended as he reached into the flames to seize their Fire Seed.

• Xiao Chen gave Yun Yun a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill, kissed her goodbye, and flew toward Stone Desert City while wondering whether Yun Shan had colluded with the Soul Hall.
• Seven days later, Xiao Chen returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, spoke with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and checked on Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Chen entered his Small World and explained the Green Lotus Core Flame to Xian Er before preparing to refine it.
• Xiao Chen separated the Azure Lotus Seat from the Green Lotus Core Flame, swallowed an Auxiliary Pill, and reached into the flames for their Fire Seed.

Xiao Chen refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, advancing to Five-Star Dou Shi and raising the Flame Mantra to Xuan tier. After learning more about Xian Er’s evolution and receiving a check-in location in the Gama Empire Imperial Capital, he left Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to begin his journey there.

• Xiao Chen extracted and swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s Fire Seed, refined it into his source flame, and advanced the Flame Mantra to Xuan tier.
• Xiao Chen reached Five-Star Dou Shi after refining the Fire Seed, then cultivated the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture with Xian Er.
• Xiao Chen reflected on Xian Er’s potential evolution into a Nine-tailed Divine Fox and decided to nurture her, along with Meng Er, as a trusted ally.
• Ling Er announced that Xiao Chen’s next check-in location was the Gama Empire Imperial Capital, where he planned to subdue major forces and form a faction.
• Xiao Chen left Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin after giving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li supplies, and flew toward the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Chen brought Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital after helping them begin cultivation. He signed in at the city and received a Chaos Progenitor Dragon Bone, then met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House.

• Xiao Chen explained the advantages of his cultivation methods and prepared to take Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Chen gave Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian Marrow Cleansing Pills and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to improve their aptitude and help them cultivate.
• After seven days of travel, Xiao Chen arrived in the Imperial Capital with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Chen signed in at the Imperial Capital and received the Chaos Progenitor Dragon Bone, which could bring the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art to great completion.
• Xiao Chen took Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the Mittel Auction House and greeted Ya Fei.

Xiao Chen reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and asked her to gather rare ingredients and find flames for his plans. He left with a way to cover the cost: refining pills for the Mittel Family and auctioning them to repay his debt.

• Ya Fei welcomed Xiao Chen and led him and his companions to her private room, where they caught up on their past few years.
• Xiao Chen told Ya Fei he planned to enter the Alchemist Convention and discussed his uncertain engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Chen introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Ya Fei, then asked her to gather rare medicinal ingredients and locate Beast Fire or other flames.
• Ya Fei warned that the ingredients were scarce and expensive, while Xiao Chen explained that he wanted to refine Dou Ling Pills to win over major factions.
• Xiao Chen offered about two million gold coins and Crystal Cards toward the cost, and Ya Fei suggested he repay the rest by refining pills for the Mittel Family to auction.

Xiao Chen traded a Rejuvenating Purple Pill to Hai Bodong for Gold Coins and left the Mittel Auction House with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. He later entered the Small World in his Cosmos Ring, refined the Chaos Progenitor Dragon Bone, and emerged after seven days.

• Xiao Chen told Ya Fei he wanted to meet Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and explained how he knew him, while Ya Fei arranged medicinal ingredients, poisons, and Beast Fires.
• Hai Bodong examined Xiao Chen's Rejuvenating Purple Pill, accepted it, and understood that Xiao Chen's help was partly motivated by Ya Fei.
• Hai Bodong advised Ya Fei to spend more time with Xiao Chen, and she remembered Xiao Chen calling her his woman.
• Xiao Chen left with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, settled into an inn, and entered the Small World inside his Cosmos Ring.
• Xiao Chen checked the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, then sent Xian Er away with it before beginning to refine the Chaos Progenitor Dragon Bone.
• After seven days, the golden dragon bone had shrunk and fused completely with Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen tested how the Azure Dragon Transformation Art had changed after he refined the Chaos Progenitor Dragon Bone, then went to the Nalan Family to treat Nalan Jie's Brand Poison. He began burning the poisoned bone, and Nalan Jie awoke in agony.

• Xiao Chen summoned a short-lived golden Energy Body dragon, then transformed using the Chaos Progenitor Dragon Bone and found that his techniques had grown stronger.
• Xiao Chen heard that the Nalan Family was seeking an Alchemist, but chose not to go at first because he hoped Xiao Yan would help instead.
• Three days later, Ya Fei asked Xiao Chen to visit the Nalan Family, and he agreed.
• Xiao Chen introduced himself as a Fourth-Rank Alchemist from the Xiao Family and revealed a Heavenly Flame, impressing Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Chen began expelling the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie by burning a section of blackened bone, and Nalan Jie awoke with a roar of pain.

Xiao Chen used his Heavenly Flame to begin treating Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, learning that the treatment would take at least seven days. After leaving the Nalan Residence, he checked on Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then entered his Small World and began refining pills.

• Xiao Chen burned away part of Nalan Jie's Brand Poison and told him the treatment would take at least seven days.
• Nalan Jie learned that Xiao Chen was from the Xiao Family in Wutan City and asked Nalan Yanran to see him off.
• Nalan Yanran questioned Xiao Chen about his identity, and he teased her about whether she would fulfill the engagement before leaving the Nalan Residence.
• Xiao Chen checked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin's cultivation, left them resources, and returned to his room.
• Xiao Chen checked on the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, fed it Amethyst Companion Source, and began refining pills in his Small World.

Xiao Chen refined three Dou Ling Pills, then told Xian Er that the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python contained Queen Medusa’s soul and asked her to watch for signs of awakening. He later went to the Nalan Family to remove Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and arrived at a celebration where Ya Fei praised his success.

• Xiao Chen finished refining pills and stored the three Dou Ling Pills he had made.
• Xian Er revealed that she had sensed a powerful second soul inside the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and Xiao Chen identified it as Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Chen told Xian Er he planned to separate the snake’s soul and make it a new body once Queen Medusa awakened, then asked Xian Er to alert him to unusual behavior.
• Xiao Chen cultivated at the inn until evening, then left to expel Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison.
• At the Nalan Family celebration, Xiao Chen met Ya Fei, who explained the gathering and remarked that he had succeeded where Pill King Gu He had struggled.

At the Nalan Family gathering, Xiao Chen met Mittel Tengshan while Nalan Jie and others discussed his ties to Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei. Mu Zhan arrived seeking Ya Fei, attacked Xiao Chen, and was swiftly crushed by Xiao Chen’s counterattack.

• Ya Fei led Xiao Chen through the hall to meet Mittel Tengshan, who welcomed him warmly because of his reputation and strength.
• Nalan Jie asked Nalan Yanran what she thought of Xiao Chen, while Nalan Su noted Ya Fei’s charm and they anticipated trouble from Mu Zhan.
• Mu Zhan rode to the Nalan Family gathering, entered the hall, and spotted Xiao Chen and Ya Fei.
• Mu Zhan struck at Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen met his fist and sent him flying across the hall.
• Xiao Chen formed a golden palm and smashed Mu Zhan, shattering his bones and tendons as he screamed and coughed blood.

Xiao Chen defeated Mu Zhan in the Nalan Family hall, revealing overwhelming combat strength and drawing the attention of those present. After he left to treat Old Master Nalan, Mittel Tengshan urged Ya Fei to consider him as a way to gain influence over her family.

• Xiao Chen struck Mu Zhan down and summoned a golden palm, but Nalan Yanran stopped the fight by reminding Mu Zhan that he was a guest in the Nalan Family.
• Mu Zhan left the hall badly injured, while Nalan Jie and others checked on Xiao Chen and recognized his strength.
• Xiao Chen resumed talking with Ya Fei as Mittel Tengshan and Nalan Jie discussed whether their families might win him over through marriage.
• Xiao Chen left with a maid to help Old Master Nalan expel the poison, and Mittel Tengshan suggested Ya Fei could pursue him instead of accepting a marriage alliance with Mu Zhan.
• Ya Fei wondered how she could avoid being controlled by her family and thought that she would have to control it herself.

Xiao Chen and Ya Fei discussed the Mittel Family’s proposed marriage alliance, then grew closer as he gave her pills to strengthen her standing in the family. After returning to the Small World, Xiao Chen met Xian Er, who began reporting abnormalities in the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Chen that the Mittel Family had chosen her to form a marriage alliance with him, and Xiao Chen asked whether she was willing.
• Xiao Chen took Ya Fei’s hand and left Nalan Residence with her, prompting Mittel Tengshan to watch approvingly and Nalan Jie to grow curious.
• Xiao Chen gave Ya Fei an Imperial Zenith Pill for Old Hai and a Dou Ling Pill for Mittel Tengshan, then kissed her during their walk.
• Near the Mittel Family grounds, Xiao Chen used Space Power to vanish and return to his room at the inn.
• Xiao Chen entered the Small World, where Xian Er emerged from cultivation and began telling him about the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s abnormalities.

Xiao Chen refined Earth Fire Lotus Seeds and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Shi, then the Mittel Family discussed the pills he had given them and the powerful Dou Zong beside him. Hai Bodong urged the family to strengthen its ties with Xiao Chen and never make an enemy of him.

• Xiao Chen refined an Earth Fire Lotus Seed and advanced to Six-Star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Chen used three more Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to break through to Seven-Star Dou Shi, then saved the remaining seven.
• Mittel Tengshan asked Hai Bodong what Xiao Chen meant by giving the family an Imperial Zenith Pill and a Dou Ling Pill.
• Hai Bodong suggested Xiao Chen’s gifts were connected to Ya Fei, and Mittel Tengshan put her in charge of the auction house at the Mittel Family Headquarters.
• Hai Bodong warned Mittel Tengshan that Xiao Chen had a Dou Zong beside him and urged the Mittel Family to become his friend.

Xiao Chen visited the Alchemist Guild to register for the Alchemist Convention, where he learned that the champion would receive a Sixth-Rank Soul Fusion Pill recipe and become an honorary elder. He continued treating Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and then returned to his Small World to train.

• Hai Bodong told Mittel Tengshan that Xiao Chen planned to establish a faction and had invited him to serve as an elder.
• Xiao Chen visited the Alchemist Guild, met Otto and Falken, and agreed to register for the Alchemist Convention.
• Otto explained that the champion would receive a Soul Fusion Pill recipe and become an honorary elder of the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Chen treated Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, and Nalan Jie gave him precious medicinal ingredients after learning he would enter the convention.
• Xiao Chen returned to his room, entered the Small World within his Cosmos Ring, ate Xian Er’s meal, and began training.

Xiao Chen encountered Queen Medusa after she temporarily suppressed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul and took control of its body. He used their contract to immobilize her, and she transformed back into the python before Xiao Chen left her with Xian Er.

• Xiao Chen sensed Queen Medusa's aura and teleported to the room where she confronted Xian Er.
• Queen Medusa accused Xiao Chen of raising her as a pet and attacked him, but he blocked her punch.
• Queen Medusa questioned Xiao Chen about refining the Heavenly Flame and prepared to attack again.
• Xiao Chen used their contract to immobilize Queen Medusa and explained that she had become his person.
• After Xian Er explained the contract, Queen Medusa transformed into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which Xiao Chen handed to Xian Er before leaving.

Xiao Chen prepared to separate Queen Medusa's soul from the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's and asked Ya Fei to look for materials to rebuild the python's body. When Qing Lin was kidnapped, Xiao Chen and Hai Bodong tracked her to a woman from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and attacked to rescue her.

• Xiao Chen found a solution in the Soul Codex for the two souls sharing one body and identified materials needed to reconstruct the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's body.
• Xiao Chen visited Nalan Jie to expel poison, then asked Ya Fei to search the Mittel Auction House for the materials and discussed forming a faction with Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Chen that Qing Lin had vanished, and Xiao Chen used the Soul Seal to locate her outside Gama Holy City.
• Xiao Chen and Hai Bodong confronted a green-robed woman from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion who refused to surrender Qing Lin.
• Xiao Chen trapped the group with Space Lock and attacked the woman while reaching for Qing Lin, as Hai Bodong joined the fight.

Xiao Chen rescued Qing Lin from Lü Man, who summoned Bai Ya, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, to help take the girl back to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. With Qing Lin safe in his arms and allies nearby, Xiao Chen faced the two Dou Emperors as they prepared to attack and escape before reinforcements arrived.

• Xiao Chen punched Lü Man away, rescued Qing Lin, and checked that she was unconscious but unharmed.
• Hai Bodong attacked Lü Man with an ice dragon, but she destroyed it with a fist made of vines.
• Lü Man demanded Qing Lin, but Xiao Chen refused and explained that he had used Space Power to stand in the air.
• Lü Man whistled and summoned Bai Ya, an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, whose arrival shattered the spatial barrier.
• Lü Man told Bai Ya that Qing Lin had Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and warned him to help seize her before reinforcements arrived.

Xiao Chen defended Qing Lin from Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, using Space Power to evade their attacks and striking the serpent hard enough to make it retreat. After both sides assessed one another’s abilities, Lü Man and Bai Ya launched a coordinated attack against him with vines and black flames.

• Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor attacked Xiao Chen while trying to seize Qing Lin, but Xiao Chen used Space Power to evade them and handed Qing Lin to Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Chen punched the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, knocking it away and scattering its scales.
• Lü Man and the serpent regrouped, warned one another about Xiao Chen’s strength, and healed their injuries while the two sides sized each other up.
• Lü Man formed a massive fist from green vines as Bai Ya created a black-flame serpent, and both attacks charged toward Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen fought the green-clad woman and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, protecting Qing Lin from their attempt to seize her. He broke free from their coordinated attacks and launched two powerful techniques at them, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Chen used the Azure Dragon Heavenly Throne Seal to clash with the green-clad woman's and Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's attacks, astonishing them and Hai Bodong.
• The green-clad woman, Lü Man, and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Bai Ya, decided that Bai Ya would hold Xiao Chen back while Lü Man tried to seize Qing Lin.
• Lü Man trapped Xiao Chen in a Ten Thousand Wood Prison and rushed toward Qing Lin, but Hai Bodong retreated with the girl and avoided her reach.
• Xiao Chen shattered the wooden prison, blocked Bai Ya's flaming tail with Space Walls, and teleported to Hai Bodong's fight with Lü Man.
• Xiao Chen joined Hai Bodong, then attacked Lü Man and Bai Ya with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Hand and Azure Dragon Heavenly Throne Seal.