Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian obtained Hai Bodong’s Heavenly Flame fragment map, restored Hai Bodong’s strength, and completed his mission to befriend him. In Shimo City, Xiao Tian found Qing Lin being bullied and took her away to a nearby residence.

• Xiao Tian encountered Xiao Yan on the flying beast and left after learning he was traveling to visit his brothers.
• Xiao Tian reached Hai Bodong’s hideout, demanded the fragment map, and received it in exchange for a pill that restored Hai Bodong to peak five-star Dou Huang strength.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Tian another Heavenly Flame map, but Xiao Tian revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame and promised to visit him in the imperial capital a year later.
• Xiao Tian traveled to Shimo City and found children throwing stones at Qing Lin, who believed others feared her snake scales.
• Xiao Tian comforted Qing Lin, invited her to leave with him, and brought her to a residence in a nearby city.

Xiao Tian broke through to Dou Wang and spent half a year tempering his body and strengthening his cultivation while Qing Lin trained beside him. After helping Qing Lin tame the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, he flew toward Medusa’s territory and sensed Yun Yun and Gu He nearby.

• Xiao Tian reached seven-star Dou Ling, prepared Qing Lin to cultivate, and began refining pills to break through to Dou Wang.
• After five days, Xiao Tian became a Dou Wang, and the system explained that his Purple Fire could rival Heavenly Flames; it advised him to stabilize his foundation rather than rush toward Dou Huang.
• Over the next half year, Xiao Tian reached peak Dou Wang and tempered his body, while Qing Lin advanced to Dou Master.
• The system assigned Xiao Tian a mission to conquer Medusa, and he decided to take Qing Lin to find her.
• Xiao Tian took Qing Lin to the underground magma, where she used her cultivation method to control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake as his gift to her.
• As Xiao Tian and Qing Lin flew toward the desert’s center, he sensed Yun Yun and learned she had come with Gu He to search for Heavenly Flames.

Gu He and the Jia Ma Empire’s fighters attacked the Snake People Clan to seize a Heavenly Flame, forcing Medusa into a desperate battle. Xiao Tian rescued her, drove the invaders away with his fused Heavenly Flames, and brought Medusa and Yun Yun back to Qing Lin.

• Gu He demanded that Medusa hand over the Heavenly Flame, and she denied having it before the two sides clashed.
• Medusa held off Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, and Hai Bodong until their combined attacks left her nearly out of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Tian appeared, caught Medusa as she fell, and stopped Yun Yun’s attack before revealing his identity.
• Xiao Tian threatened Gu He with three fused Heavenly Flames, so Jia Xing Tian and the others withdrew.
• Xiao Tian brought Medusa and Yun Yun to Qing Lin, then teased Yun Yun while she pinched his waist.

Xiao Tian helped Medusa evolve into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python while Yun Yun and Qing Lin watched. Afterward, he sealed Yun Yun’s battle qi and carried her and Qing Lin away, where he sensed a female Dou Huang approaching.

• Xiao Tian offered to help Medusa evolve, asking only that she not hold Yun Yun responsible for what had happened.
• Medusa accepted the risk and entered Xiao Tian’s Heavenly Flames while he guarded and controlled them.
• Medusa survived the lightning tribulation and evolved into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, then fell unconscious as her new form suppressed its soul.
• Xiao Tian fed the little snake Companion Purple Crystal Source, and it curled into his sleeve.
• Xiao Tian told Yun Yun about Yun Shan’s dealings with a Soul Hall Protector, sealed Yun Yun’s battle qi when she insisted on returning, and flew off carrying her and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Tian sensed a female Dou Huang approaching and wondered whether she had come for Qing Lin.

Xiao Tian fought Lu Man and White Fang to stop them from taking Qing Lin, then forced them to submit with his Heavenly Flames. He left with them to treat their injuries after sealing Yun Yun again when she tried to flee.

• Lu Man recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and tried to take her, but Xiao Tian challenged Lu Man and summoned Yun Yun to guard Qing Lin.
• Xiao Tian injured Lu Man and fought White Fang, then overwhelmed them with his strength and Heavenly Flame attacks.
• Xiao Tian formed a three-flame Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and threatened Lu Man and White Fang until they agreed to become his subordinates.
• Xiao Tian gave Lu Man and White Fang Purple Fire seeds, placed soul marks on them, and promised to help White Fang reach the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Tian stopped Yun Yun from escaping by sealing her Dou Qi again, then led Lu Man and White Fang away to treat their injuries.

Xiao Tian gave Qing Lin pills to aid her breakthrough, then spent a month cultivating and mastering the Sea Turning Seal. After a fierce battle with Yun Yun, Lu Man, and White Fang brought him close to breaking through to Dou Huang, he entered seclusion while Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong investigated the fight.

• Xiao Tian gave Qing Lin one Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill and two Purple Heart Breakthrough Pills for her future breakthrough to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Tian spent the night with Yun Yun, and the next day she woke late and blushed when Qing Lin asked if she was alright.
• Xiao Tian failed again to refine Emperor Pills, argued with the system, and blocked it before continuing his cultivation.
• After a month, Xiao Tian mastered the Sea Turning Seal and asked Yun Yun, Lu Man, and White Fang to attack him so he could seek a breakthrough through battle.
• The three fought Xiao Tian with their full strength, and their coordinated attacks left him bloodied and convinced that battle could help him break through.
• Xiao Tian returned to the valley and entered seclusion, while Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong arrived at the battle site and wondered who had fought there.

After half a year in seclusion, Xiao Tian broke through to one-star Dou Huang and began refining Emperor Pills for his companions. The group set out for the Imperial Capital, but Xiao Tian changed their plans to visit the Misty Cloud Sect first because Yun Yun was worried about it.

• Xiao Tian emerged from seclusion as a one-star Dou Huang after half a year, and Qing Lin had advanced to Dou Ling.
• Xiao Tian successfully refined Emperor Pills and gave them to Lu Man, White Fang, and Yun Yun before beginning his own breakthrough.
• After three days, Xiao Tian reached two-star Dou Huang, while Lu Man advanced to the peak of Dou Huang and Yun Yun reached six-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Tian and his companions rode White Fang to the Imperial Capital, where Xiao Tian agreed to go with Yun Yun to the Misty Cloud Sect instead of visiting the Mittel Family.

Xiao Tian went with Yun Yun and Lu Man to the Misty Cloud Sect, where he confronted Elder Yun Leng and began removing the Soul Hall’s control over Yun Shan. After Xiao Tian finished healing Yun Shan, he called out the hidden Soul Hall Protector, who appeared and threatened him.

• Xiao Tian told Qing Lin to stay at the inn with White Fang, then flew to the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Yun and Lu Man.
• Elder Yun Leng urged Yun Yun to apologize to Gu He, and Xiao Tian punched Yun Leng when he insulted him, leaving him seriously injured.
• Xiao Tian entered Yun Shan’s quarters, restrained him with Heavenly Flames, and refined away the Soul Hall’s secret technique.
• Lu Man warned Yun Yun that someone was behind them, while Xiao Tian finished freeing Yun Shan from Protector Wu’s control.
• Xiao Tian called the hidden Soul Hall Protector out, and the Protector appeared and threatened him.

Xiao Tian and his allies fought Protector Wu after Yun Shan refused to kill them, but the powerful Soul Hall enforcer injured Xiao Tian and defeated Yun Shan. With the Misty Cloud Sect forming a defensive formation, Xiao Tian prepared to face Protector Wu alone and gamble on overcoming the gap in strength.

• Protector Wu demanded that Yun Shan kill Xiao Tian and the others, but Yun Shan refused, so Xiao Tian sealed Protector Wu's soul and joined the fight with Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun and Lu Man entered the battle, helping restrain Protector Wu while Xiao Tian landed powerful attacks that still failed to seriously injure him.
• Protector Wu broke free and struck Xiao Tian with an iron chain, leaving him heavily injured; Xiao Tian then ordered Yun Yun to organize the sect's Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Lu Man refused to enter the formation, while Yun Shan continued fighting Protector Wu and was eventually knocked to the ground.
• Xiao Tian gave Yun Shan pills and told him and Lu Man to go to the formation, then flew up to face Protector Wu alone.

Xiao Tian blasted Protector Wu into the mountain with his Heavenly Flame technique, but Protector Wu survived and used a secret technique to reach seven-star Dou Zong strength. Xiao Tian activated an unused system ability to attain two-star Dou Zong strength and arrived in time to save Yun Shan, leaving Protector Wu focused on claiming Xiao Tian’s power.

• Xiao Tian gathered three Heavenly Flames and used Dragon's Wrath Light Wave to blast Protector Wu into a mountain, severely injuring Misty Cloud Mountain's disciples with the shockwave.
• Xiao Tian warned Yun Shan that Protector Wu was alive and might use a secret technique, prompting Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Lu Man to rush to the rear mountain.
• Protector Wu used a body-harming secret technique to reach seven-star Dou Zong strength, destroyed the trio's attacks, and severely injured Yun Yun and Lu Man before overpowering Yun Shan.
• Xiao Tian stopped Yun Yun from rushing to save Yun Shan, teleported in front of him, and blocked Protector Wu's fatal attack after activating an unused system ability that raised him to two-star Dou Zong strength.
• Protector Wu questioned Xiao Tian's sudden breakthrough and stared at him greedily as Xiao Tian mocked him.

Xiao Tian and Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Lu Man defeat Protector Wu, but Xiao Tian is gravely injured and Medusa takes him away to recover. Three days later, Xiao Tian wakes in a cave and persuades Medusa to gather herbs for his treatment.

• Xiao Tian fought Protector Wu with his enhanced strength while Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Lu Man prepared to join the battle.
• Xiao Tian distracted Protector Wu, then joined the other three in a coordinated attack that destroyed Protector Wu’s body and soul.
• Medusa caught the falling Xiao Tian, confirmed Protector Wu was dead, and flew away with him despite Yun Yun’s objections.
• Three days later, Xiao Tian woke in a cave and learned Medusa had only given him medicine to restore his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Tian asked Medusa to gather medicinal herbs, and she agreed as repayment for his past help.

Xiao Tian recovered from his injuries, returned to the imperial capital, and refined a Spirit Fusion Pill during a Sixth Grade Alchemist assessment. Yun Yun found him at the Alchemist Association and dragged him away to settle accounts for disappearing.

• Medusa treated Xiao Tian’s wounds, then transformed into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and entered hibernation after demanding a Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Tian recovered most of the night, visited Qing Lin at the inn, and learned Yun Yun and Lu Man had been searching for him.
• Xiao Tian entered the Alchemist Association and asked to take the Sixth Grade assessment, then drove Gu He's disciple out with a blast of Dou Qi after the youth insulted him.
• Xiao Tian refined a Spirit Fusion Pill with two Heavenly Flames as Fa Ma, Jia Xing Tian, and the gathered alchemists watched.
• Yun Yun, Lu Man, and Qing Lin found Xiao Tian at the association, and Yun Yun dragged him into a room to discuss his disappearance.

Xiao Tian confronted Hai Bodong after believing he planned to marry Ya Fei to another man, but learned that he was the intended husband. After apologizing with an Emperor Pill, Xiao Tian revealed his plans for the Black Corner Region, and Nalan Yanran arrived seeking Ya Fei’s help.

• Xiao Tian summoned Hai Bodong and threatened him for arranging Ya Fei’s marriage, while Ya Fei urged Xiao Tian to leave and offered to accept the match.
• Hai Bodong explained that Ya Fei was meant to marry Xiao Tian, clearing up the misunderstanding.
• Xiao Tian apologized to Hai Bodong with an Emperor Pill and told Ya Fei he planned to make her queen of the Black Corner Region.
• A maid told Ya Fei that Nalan Yanran had arrived with an urgent request, and Xiao Tian grew nervous that Yun Yun might be with her.

Xiao Tian treated Nalan Jie's Luo Poison because Nalan Yanran was Yun Yun's disciple, then left without accepting a reward. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran learning that Xiao Tian was Yun Yun's lover.

• Xiao Tian left Hai Bodong's gathering with Lu Man and the others, offered to help Nalan Yanran save her grandfather, and was appointed the Mittel Family's Clan Leader by Hai Bodong after departing.
• Nalan Yanran brought Xiao Tian to the Nalan Residence, where he reunited with Yun Yun and agreed to treat Nalan Jie using his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Tian refined the Luo Poison in Nalan Jie's body, restored the old man's condition, and told the Nalan Family he had come only for Yun Yun's sake.
• Xiao Tian left with Yun Yun and the others, and Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that he was the man she had asked about, prompting Nalan Yanran to realize he was Yun Yun's lover.

Yun Yun brought Nalan Yanran to Xiao Tian so he could refine pills to strengthen her before the Three-Year Pact with Xiao Yan. After handing over the pills, Xiao Tian stayed behind with Lu Man while Yun Yun took Nalan Yanran to the Nalan Family to use them.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran about Xiao Tian and encouraged her to train for the coming Three-Year Pact, while keeping Xiao Yan's hidden advantages secret.
• Yun Yun brought Nalan Yanran to Xiao Tian and asked him to refine one Azure Spirit Pill and two Purple Heart Breakthrough Pills for her.
• Xiao Tian refined the pills and gave Nalan Yanran a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill and two Purple Heart Breakthrough Pills.
• Xiao Tian teased Yun Yun about thanking him properly, and Yun Yun blushed and left with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Tian stopped Lu Man from slipping away and resumed disciplining her, while Yun Yun took Nalan Yanran to the Nalan Family to refine the pills.

Xiao Tian introduced Lin Fei and Xue Mei to Yun Yun, then watched the Alchemist Tournament’s second round, where Xiao Yan revealed a Heavenly Flame and competed against a poison-using Cloud Empire alchemist. The match ended in a draw, and Nalan Yanran insisted she did not regret breaking her engagement to Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Tian took Lin Fei and Xue Mei to meet Yun Yun, who welcomed them but warned Xiao Tian not to take any more women.
• Yun Yun joined Xiao Tian at the tournament, where Xiao Yan caught his attention as he prepared for the second round.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Six Paths Samsara Flame, astonishing the spectators and prompting Yun Shan to consider recruiting him into the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Tian revealed that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan, whose engagement Nalan Yanran had annulled, and Yun Shan abandoned his recruitment hopes.
• The match between Xiao Yan and the Cloud Empire contestant ended in a draw after their final exchange, leaving the winner to be decided the next day.
• Xiao Tian asked Nalan Yanran if she regretted ending her engagement, and she said she did not.

Xiao Yan and Yan Li battled in the alchemist finals, where Xiao Tian stopped Yan Li’s poison attack and killed him after asking about Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yan won the competition, while Xiao Tian returned home still worried about Xiao Yi Xian and planned to train Qing Lin in combat.

• Xiao Yan risked using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame alongside his own flame to continue refining his pill after his furnace exploded.
• Yan Li abandoned the match and released poison he had planted throughout the competition venue.
• Xiao Tian burned away the poisonous mist, confronted Yan Li, asked whether he knew Xiao Yi Xian, and incinerated him when he could not provide an answer.
• Xiao Tian returned to his residence, where Qing Lin told him she had reached six-star Dou Ling, and he promised to take her to watch a battle the next day.
• Xiao Yan won the alchemist competition and received the Fourth Grade Alchemist insignia and the other rewards.

Xiao Yan arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain to fulfill the Three-Year Pact and fight Nalan Yanran, who represented Misty Cloud Sect. The duel began with Nalan Yanran taking the upper hand, but both revealed their strength as Da Dou Shi, leaving the crowd astonished as their battle continued.

• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he wanted to reclaim his family's dignity without killing Nalan Yanran or provoking Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran introduced themselves before the gathered factions, and Xiao Yan insisted that life and death were left to fate.
• Nalan Yanran said she did not regret breaking off the engagement but accepted responsibility and promised to apologize to the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan began fighting, with her superior movement technique and seven-star Da Dou Shi cultivation initially giving her the advantage.
• Nalan Yanran acknowledged Xiao Yan's talent and revealed her seven-star Da Dou Shi strength, while Xiao Yan revealed that he was a two-star Da Dou Shi whose aura rivaled hers.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to settle their three-year grievance, but Xiao Tian intervened when their ultimate attacks threatened to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect. He declared Xiao Yan the winner, ended the dispute between the sect and the Xiao Family, and Xiao Yan left for Canaan.

• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan exchanged powerful attacks, and Xiao Yan sent her crashing into the arena wall with a rapid combination.
• After taking pills to recover, Nalan Yanran prepared her ultimate attack while Xiao Yan fused the Bone Spirit Cold Flame with the Six Paths Samsara Flame to create the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran launched their ultimate attacks, but Xiao Tian teleported between them and neutralized both strikes.
• Xiao Tian declared Xiao Yan the winner, ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to leave the Xiao Family alone, and warned Xiao Yan about the danger of his immature fire lotus.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Tian, told Nalan Yanran their past grievance was settled, and left for Canaan.

After Xiao Tian stopped the Misty Cloud Sect battle, he and Yun Yun discussed traveling together while Nalan Yanran stood by her decision. Xiao Yan then learned the Soul Clan had devastated the Xiao Family and taken Xiao Zhan, and left to prepare his family for the danger as Xiao Tian pointed him toward the long struggle ahead.

• Xiao Tian demanded a reward from Yun Yun and kissed her in front of the crowd, while Nalan Yanran said she would not regret her marriage decision.
• Xiao Tian invited Nalan Yanran to Jia Nan Academy, and Yun Shan gave Yun Yun permission to leave with him; Yun Yun agreed to keep an eye on Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Yan returned to find the Xiao Family devastated, learned Xiao Zhan had fled from assassins, and massacred the Oba Family after it seized Xiao territory.
• Xiao Yan flew to Xiao Tian for help, and Xiao Tian identified the Soul Clan as the force that had taken Xiao Zhan and warned that neither of them could rescue him yet.
• Old Yao explained his history with the Soul Clan, while Xiao Tian obtained a Poison Pill formula and offered to help Old Yao deal with Han Feng and find another Falling Heart Flame.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yan to move the Xiao Family away from Wutan City because the Soul Clan might return for the Tuoshe Ancient Jade, and Xiao Yan headed back to make arrangements.