Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and entered the Tagor Great Desert alone, hoping to encounter a woman from his memories. At an oasis, he found Yue Mei bathing, and she trapped him among her venomous snakes after mistaking him for a possible spy.

• Xiao Yan got up with Qing Lin's help, then left Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group before heading into the desert alone.
• Xiao Yan followed a map to an oasis near a Snake People Tribe and searched the forest for water.
• Xiao Yan spotted guards near a lake and saw Yue Mei emerge from the water, recognizing her from a blurry memory.
• Yue Mei attacked Xiao Yan with a poisoned water arrow and a venomous snake, then summoned more than a thousand snakes to surround him.
• Yue Mei questioned Xiao Yan about whether he was a spy from the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan attempted to flee into the forest.

Xiao Yan escaped Yue Mei's attack, but she chased him across the desert until she realized he was far stronger than he had let on. Their pursuit was interrupted by Yun Yun and a group of Jia Ma Empire experts, who confronted Yue Mei and prepared to capture her.

• Xiao Yan fought off Yue Mei's Snake Person subordinates and flew from the oasis, prompting Yue Mei to pursue him.
• Yue Mei attacked Xiao Yan with five energy snakes, but they vanished against his fire wings; realizing he was a high-rank Dou King, she fled.
• Two Dou King experts appeared and blocked Yue Mei's escape, while Yun Yun arrived with a larger group on a magical beast and recognized Xiao Yan.
• Old He asked Yue Mei to lead the group to the Snake People Queen, but she refused and warned them to leave her territory.
• Old He enlisted Old Lion and Feng Li to capture Yue Mei, and Yan Shi introduced himself before the confrontation began.

Xiao Yan watched Yue Mei battle Feng Li and Yan Shi before continuing toward the Snake People Royal City. As the Snake People Race mobilized under martial law, Yue Mei briefed another tribal leader on the human fighters approaching the temple.

• Yue Mei fought Feng Li and Yan Shi, then used her Snake Technique: Division to escape as energy snakes scattered through the desert.
• Xiao Yan flew toward the Snake People Royal City while the Black-robed Figure warned the others to leave the area.
• Xiao Yan reached the fortress and disappeared, while Snake People patrols searched the desert under martial law and prepared for the eight tribes’ leaders to gather at the temple.
• Yue Mei met a male snake person in the great hall and reported that the intruders included a Dou Emperor, three Dou Kings, four Dou Ling, and a powerful young man.

Mo Bas and Yue Mei faced Gu He’s party outside the Snake People city, where Queen Medusa appeared and learned they had come for her Heavenly Flames. The Black-robed Figure exposed and destroyed Medusa’s energy clone, and the Snake People attacked as the chapter ended with the Black-robed Figure shielding Gu He’s group from a rain of poison spears.

• Mo Bas and Yue Mei learned that human experts had approached the city, then went to the wall to confront Gu He and his party.
• Queen Medusa appeared, and Gu He offered two sixth-tier Dou Spirit Pills and a seventh-tier Form Transformation Pill in exchange for her Heavenly Flames.
• The Black-robed Figure revealed that Medusa was an energy clone and struck it, causing it to disperse into pale-purple smoke.
• Mo Bas ordered the Snake People guards to attack Gu He’s party, and the Black-robed Figure summoned a green tornado that shattered the incoming poison spears.

Queen Medusa began evolving by attempting to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Yan watched from hiding. After her charred body appeared dead, Xiao Yan emerged, and a new aura erupted from the remains, leaving the city uncertain about her fate.

• Gu He and the Black-robed Figure prepared to break into the city while Queen Medusa began her evolution inside the bamboo forest.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple serpent and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, suffering as it burned her body.
• Gu He, Snake People experts, and others gathered outside the purple barrier as Queen Medusa’s screams faded and her serpent body appeared lifeless.
• A thunderbolt struck the flames, and Xiao Yan emerged from the void beside the charred serpent, startling everyone with his apparent Dou Ancestor-level spatial travel.
• The serpent corpse burst into powder as a familiar aura spread through the city, but an even more terrifying pressure immediately overwhelmed it.

After Queen Medusa evolved into a tiny seven-colored snake, Xiao Yan named her Little Cailin and left the Snake People with a protective formation. He traveled with his companions to Jia Ma Holy City, where he planned to have Little Doctor Immortal test her alchemist grade and visit the Mittel Auction House.

• Gu He and the other experts fled after realizing Queen Medusa had successfully evolved, while Xiao Yan named the little snake Little Cailin and protected the Snake People’s royal city with a formation.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li matching Heaven-class cultivation methods and techniques, then restored their courtyard after their auras damaged it.
• Xiao Yan left Desert Rock City with Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong, and the group traveled by flying beast to Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Yan told Little Doctor Immortal to test her alchemist grade and try the upcoming alchemist competition, then led the group to the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan entered the auction house, where Hai Bodong explained its four auction levels and recalled a past auction of a sixth-rank Fire-scaled Crocodile-Dragon egg.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei at the auction house, then helped the Little Doctor Immortal refine the Life Flame so she could prepare for the Alchemist Grand Meeting. The group reached the Alchemist Guild for her test and began exploring its trading hall.

• Xiao Yan recognized Ya Fei at the auction house, and she recognized him but waited to speak with him until after the auction.
• Xiao Yan gave the Little Doctor Immortal the Life Flame to refine while Qing Lin watched, and he protected her with a formation after the auction ended.
• Ya Fei met Xiao Yan in his private room, discussed her cultivation and ambitions, and learned he had returned with the Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin.
• The Little Doctor Immortal successfully refined the Life Flame, rising from Dou Master to Nine-star Dou King.
• Xiao Yan, the Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong went to the Alchemist Guild so the Little Doctor Immortal could take her test, then explored the eastern trading hall.

Xiao Yan’s group visited the Alchemist Guild, where Little Doctor Immortal obtained a Peach Blossom Flame and agreed to represent the Black Rock City branch at the Alchemist Grand Meeting. Hai Bodong warned the Mittel Family about Xiao Yan’s hidden strength, and the next day Xiao Yan encountered a commotion outside the guild as a noble carriage arrived.

• Xiao Yan bought the Peach Blossom Flame for Little Doctor Immortal, who met Xue Mei and joined her group on the way to the Alchemist Guild.
• Master Otto explained that the Alchemist Grand Meeting champion would become an honorary elder and win a sixth-grade Spirit Fusion Pill formula, prompting Queen Medusa’s dormant consciousness to ask Xiao Yan to obtain it.
• Otto and Frank invited Little Doctor Immortal to represent the Black Rock City branch, and she agreed before passing her assessment as a fifteen-year-old fifth-grade alchemist.
• Hai Bodong visited the Mittel Family, warned Mittel Teng Shan and the elders not to antagonize Xiao Yan, and urged Ya Fei to win Xiao Yan’s affection.
• The next day, Xiao Yan headed toward the crowded Alchemist Guild and turned to look when a noble carriage bearing a blue-flamed beast crest caused a commotion.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Misty Cloud Sect had moved against the Xiao Family under Soul Hall’s influence, then attended the Alchemist Grand Meeting and a Nalan Family banquet. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Ya Fei sharing a flirtatious moment while Nalan Yanran left them together.

• Xiao Yan watched the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s Little Princess arrive and learned she was a talented tier-three alchemist.
• Yun Leng led Misty Cloud Sect carriages toward Wutan City, while Old Ya later warned Xiao Yan that the sect’s people had been captured by the Xiao Family and carried Soul Hall’s aura.
• The Alchemist Grand Meeting began, and the Little Doctor Immortal stood out in the preliminary round as Xiao Yan and Qing Lin cheered for her.
• The Little Doctor Immortal invited Xiao Yan and Qing Lin to the Nalan Family’s banquet, and Xiao Yan agreed to pay his respects to Nalan Yanran’s grandfather.
• Xiao Yan met Nalan Yanran at the banquet, then reunited with Ya Fei, whose teasing familiarity made Nalan Yanran leave them alone.

Xiao Yan attended the Nalan Family banquet with Ya Fei and met Mittel clan head Mitel Tengshan, while the Nalan Family recognized him and planned to apologize for its past wrongs. The returning Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yan over his closeness to Ya Fei, and the chapter ended with the two facing off.

• Ya Fei persuaded Xiao Yan to attend the banquet and introduced him to Mitel Tengshan, who sought to build ties with him.
• Nalan Jie learned Xiao Yan had arrived and told Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran to invite him and personally apologize for the Nalan Family's past treatment of the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran and others discussed Mu Zhan's return and his admiration for Ya Fei, anticipating trouble.
• Mu Zhan charged into the Nalan Family banquet and attacked Xiao Yan from behind as he sat with Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yan blocked Mu Zhan's strike with his fist, and the assembled guests watched as the two faced each other.

Xiao Yan knocked Mu Zhan unconscious after Mu Zhan attacked him at the Nalan Family gathering, while Ya Fei reflected on her clan’s control over her future and Xiao Yan comforted her. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and the others rushing toward two powerful auras in the northwest of the capital, where Hai Bodong appeared to be fighting another Dou Huang expert.

• Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yan and provoked him by claiming Ya Fei as his intended wife, but Xiao Yan struck him into a courtyard wall and knocked him unconscious.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, learned what had happened, and arranged for servants to send Mu Zhan back to the Mu Family.
• Miteer Tengshan told Ya Fei that the clan might have chosen Mu Zhan as her marriage partner, prompting her to resolve that she would control the clan rather than be controlled by it.
• Xiao Yan returned to Ya Fei, draped his black robe over her, and invited her to leave with him, but she chose to stay behind.
• Xiao Yan sensed two powerful auras near the northwest of the capital and recognized one as Hai Bodong’s; Nalan Jie, Miteer Tengshan, Nalan Yanran, Liu Ling, and others flew toward the disturbance.
• Miteer Tengshan realized that Nalan Yanran had reached the Dou Huang level as the group hurried toward the Imperial Garden Mausoleum.

Nalan Jie, Mitel Tengshan, and Nalan Yanran arrived at the garden mausoleum and discovered Hai Bodong sparring with Jia Xingtian. After the fight ended, Xiao Yan reunited with Hai Bodong, and Jia Xingtian questioned him about his teacher.

• Nalan Yanran joined Nalan Jie and Mitel Tengshan as they flew toward the clash, while Yaoyue, the Little Princess, and the others followed behind.
• Mitel Tengshan recognized one of the auras as Hai Bodong, and Nalan Jie realized the other fighter was Jia Xingtian of the imperial family.
• Nalan Jie and Mitel Tengshan watched Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian spar before Hai Bodong conceded that his strength had declined.
• Hai Bodong revealed that he did not intend to manage the Mittel Family and then spotted Xiao Yan waiting nearby.
• Jia Xingtian asked whether Hai Bodong was Xiao Yan's teacher, and Xiao Yan explained that he already had a teacher whose name could not be revealed.

Xiao Yan kept his strength and identity hidden after the confrontation with Elder Jia, then accompanied Little Doctor Immortal to the opening of the Alchemist Grand Meeting. At the Royal Plaza, more than a thousand alchemists gathered at their assigned platforms as the competition prepared to begin.

• Elder Jia, Nalan Jie, and Mittel Tengshan chose not to reveal what they suspected about Xiao Yan, and Elder Jia said he would attend the gathering to watch Little Doctor Immortal compete.
• Hai Bodong assured Xiao Yan that he had not disclosed Xiao Yan’s identity, then explained that Elder Jia had challenged him to warn him against using the Mittel Family’s influence against the imperial family.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Nalan Family with Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin, then rose early the next day and urged Little Doctor Immortal to give her best at the gathering.
• Xiao Yan’s group met Otto, Frank, and Xue Mei at the Alchemist Guild, and Otto led Little Doctor Immortal and the others toward the Royal Plaza while explaining the competition format.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong entered through the spectator passage and took seats overlooking the plaza, where participating alchemists assembled at their numbered platforms.

Little Doctor Immortal joined the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Grand Meeting, where she met prominent guild and imperial figures before the contest began. As the contestants headed to their assigned platforms, Liu Ling and the Little Princess leaped down to the square, drawing cheers.

• Otto and Frank brought Little Doctor Immortal and Xue Mei to the VIP seats, where they greeted Guild President Fama.
• Elder Jia arrived with the Little Princess and introduced Princess Yaoye, who sat beside Little Doctor Immortal.
• Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei joined the VIP gathering with the three great clans, and both encouraged Little Doctor Immortal while mentioning Xiao Yan.
• Fama announced the start of the seventh Alchemist Grand Meeting and directed Liu Ling, the Little Princess, and Little Doctor Immortal to their prominent platforms.
• Liu Ling leaped from the VIP platform and cushioned his fall with Dou Qi, then the Little Princess followed with a graceful descent that set off cheers.

The Little Doctor Immortal began the grand alchemy meeting’s first round, which required contestants to make a Bone-Growing Pill from an incomplete formula with only two attempts. After carefully testing the ingredients’ purity with the Peach Blossom Flame, she prepared to fuse them as the hourglass ran down.

• The Little Doctor Immortal flew onto the refining platform with purple wings, drawing cheers, while Ya Fei, Yaoyue, and Nalan Yanran watched from the VIP seats.
• The Little Doctor Immortal found a makeshift tier-two pill formula and learned that contestants had two attempts and a limited time to finish a pill or be eliminated.
• Fama announced the rules and started the first round, prompting over a thousand contestants to summon their cauldrons and flames.
• The Little Doctor Immortal studied the Bone-Growing Pill formula before using the Peach Blossom Flame Xiao Yan had given her to refine the ingredients cautiously.
• A contestant’s cauldron exploded and the red light marked his failure; more alchemists withdrew as the Little Doctor Immortal finished testing the ingredient purities and began preparing to fuse them.

Little Doctor Immortal and other competitors tested their Bone-Growing Pills in the Grand Meeting’s first round, while a mysterious gray-robed alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire produced an exceptional result. After Fama investigated him, the young man’s disguise was exposed, and he declared that he intended to win the championship.

• Fama instructed the remaining competitors to test their Bone-Growing Pills, and nearly a hundred more alchemists failed and left the square.
• Little Doctor Immortal, Yaoyue, and Liu Ling tested their pills, with Little Doctor Immortal producing the strongest green light among the three.
• A gray-robed competitor from the Chu Yun Empire produced a powerful green light, prompting Fama to investigate his identity and question the reported rank of second-grade alchemist.
• Fama’s group revealed the competitor’s face by destroying his bamboo hat, exposing a blue-eyed youth who said he wanted the Grand Meeting championship.
• Fama and Elder Jia questioned whether the apparent youth was truly his real age or had altered his appearance with medicinal ingredients or pills.

The Alchemist Grand Meeting began its second assessment, requiring contestants to refine a Windwalk Pill from a formula that concealed a trap. The Little Doctor Immortal identified the trick and succeeded on her first attempt, while the gray-robed youth and many others failed once and started again.

• Mu Chen suspected the gray-robed youth was an ancient soul, but Fama refused to risk harming him and damaging the Alchemist Guild's reputation.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling recognized the gray-robed youth as a contestant from the Chu Yun Empire and resolved not to let him win.
• Fama announced the Windwalk Pill assessment, and the Little Doctor Immortal noticed a hidden trick in the formula before beginning to refine.
• Many contestants, including Liu Ling, the Little Princess, and the gray-robed youth, failed their first attempts as their medicinal ingredients turned to ashes.
• The gray-robed youth mocked the Jia Ma Empire's alchemists and began using his last ingredients, while the Little Doctor Immortal completed the pill successfully and drew cheers from the spectators.

The Little Doctor Immortal passed the second Grand Meeting assessment as the contestants were reduced to a little over a hundred, while the gray-robed youth vowed to expose her in the final round. After the competitors gathered for the decisive match the next morning, the spectators praised her as a young tier-five alchemist.

• The Little Doctor Immortal, Liu Ling, and Yaoyue corrected the flawed formula and completed the Windwalk Pill, while most contestants failed and were eliminated.
• Fama announced that the final round would take place the next day, and the Little Doctor Immortal declined Yaoyue's banquet invitation to rest.
• The gray-robed youth watched the Little Doctor Immortal leave and vowed to expose her true colors in the final assessment.
• Fama, Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and others secretly investigated Yan Li, while Xiao Yan watched their confrontation and left without intervening.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Royal Plaza through a side gate, and the Little Doctor Immortal joined the other surviving contestants as spectators cheered for her.

The third round of the Grand Meeting began, requiring contestants to supply their own formulas and ingredients and refine a pill within their ability. The Little Doctor Immortal revealed ingredients for a sixth-grade pill and used her Heavenly Flame, while the other contestants displayed unusual flames before the alchemists began refining.

• Fama announced that contestants had to provide their own formulas and ingredients and that the champion would be chosen by the grade and practical value of the refined pill.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling summoned fifth-tier Medicine Cauldrons, while the Little Doctor Immortal prepared the rare ingredients for the sixth-grade Azure Glaze Crimson Fire Pill.
• The Little Princess revealed the Azure Water Flame, Liu Ling displayed a pale-brown flame, and Yan Li produced a black flame.
• The Little Doctor Immortal released an emerald-green Heavenly Flame, causing the contestants’ flames to tilt toward it before she placed it in her cauldron.
• Fama recognized the Little Doctor Immortal’s flame as the Life Flame, ranked fifth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and the contestants began refining their pills.
• Nearly half an hour into the test, some alchemists had finished refining their ingredients and were preparing for the next step.

Little Doctor Immortal won the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Grand Meeting after refining and proving the quality of a Sixth-grade Azure Glaze Crimson Fire Pill. Yan Li left the venue after his challenge failed, while Fama revealed he had marked Yan Li’s pill so he could track him.

• Xiao Yan told Little Qing Lin that Little Doctor Immortal was likely to win the competition with her Sixth-grade Pill.
• Yan Li demanded an inspection of Little Doctor Immortal’s pill, so Fama organized a seven-person team of guild elders and reputable independent alchemists.
• The inspectors confirmed Yan Li’s Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill had no flaws, then Elder Mo declared Little Doctor Immortal’s Azure Glaze Crimson Fire Pill a nearly perfect Sixth-grade Pill.
• Yan Li left the venue in a hurry, and Fama said Otto had placed a Spiritual Mark on Yan Li’s pill so he could not escape.
• Fama announced Little Doctor Immortal as the champion, and the crowd erupted in cheers as she exchanged congratulations with the Little Princess.