Chapter Summaries

Xu Haoyu rejected the Medicine Gang’s demand to control Dragon Abyss’s pill business and agreed to a pill-refining contest with Liu Zhi seven days later. After cultivating, he collected his High-Level Storage Ring from Elder Zhou Quan and brought enough Fire Energy to begin forging his medicinal cauldron.

• Liu Zhi confronted Xu Haoyu over Dragon Abyss’s pill sales and demanded that the gang join the Medicine Gang or stop selling pills.
• Xu Haoyu refused and proposed that the loser of a pill-refining contest surrender its marketplace shops; Liu Zhi accepted the challenge for seven days later.
• Xu Haoyu spent the following days cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower while Dragon Abyss’s pill business continued.
• Elder Zhou Quan gave Xu Haoyu the High-Level Storage Ring he had forged and explained how its Soul Seal protected its contents.
• Xu Haoyu brought more than 4,800 points of Fire Energy to Elder Zhou Quan’s shop, and Zhou Quan led him to begin forging the medicinal cauldron.

Xu Haoyu and Zhou Quan forged a medicine cauldron infused with the Yin Yang Dual Flame, and Xu Haoyu sensed a special connection to it. Zhou Quan gave Xu Haoyu the Weapon Forging Art, leaving him with the chance to reforge the cauldron in the future.

• Xu Haoyu reviewed Zhou Quan’s cauldron design and asked him to add the Black and White Twin Fish.
• Xu Haoyu used the Yin Yang Dual Flame to smelt the ores, infusing the Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron with yin and yang energies.
• Zhou Quan used the Weapon Forging Art to form a cauldron shape from Dou Qi, and Xu Haoyu poured the molten metal into it.
• After the cauldron cooled, Xu Haoyu examined its black-and-white design and felt a connection between himself, the Heavenly Flame, and the cauldron.
• Xu Haoyu paid Zhou Quan 3,500 fire energy points, and Zhou Quan gave him the Weapon Forging Art scroll.

Xu Haoyu secured and named his new Storage Ring Hidden Dragon before preparing to face Liu Zhi in a pill-refining contest. Elder Hao announced the rules and selected a Rank 5 Qi Restoration Pill as the test, leaving the rivals with their recipes and ingredients yet to begin refining.

• Xu Haoyu sealed the Storage Ring with his Soul Strength and Yin Yang Dual Flame, named it Hidden Dragon, and transferred his treasures and Yin Yang Cauldron into it.
• Xu Haoyu restored his Dou Qi, then joined the Inner Courtyard crowd the next day as Liu Zhi and the Medicine Gang arrived for their contest.
• Liu Zhi declared that the contest would decide who could sell pills in the Inner Courtyard, and Xu Haoyu accepted Elder Hao as judge.
• Elder Hao set the contest rules and gave Liu Zhi and Xu Haoyu scrolls containing the Rank 5 Qi Restoration Pill recipe.

Xu Haoyu began refining the Rank 5 Qi Restoration Pill in front of the Inner Courtyard, revealing his Heavenly Flame and demonstrating the skill of a Fifth-Rank Alchemist. As his pill took shape, a white-robed, purple-haired little loli appeared near the storehouse, drawn by its fragrance.

• Elder Hao presented the Qi Restoration Pill recipe, and Liu Zhi and Xu Haoyu studied it before preparing to refine the pill.
• Liu Zhi displayed his Blue Whale Flame, but Xu Haoyu’s Yin Yang Dual Flame overwhelmed it and left Liu Zhi shaken.
• Xu Haoyu smoothly refined the ingredients while Liu Zhi lost control of his flame and burned an ingredient to ash.
• Xu Haoyu formed a pill embryo, filling the plaza with a rich medicinal fragrance and astonishing the onlookers.
• A little loli in white robes with purple hair emerged near the Inner Courtyard storehouse carrying medicinal ingredients and followed the scent toward Xu Haoyu’s pill.

Xu Haoyu completed a Rank 5 Qi Restoration Pill and stopped Zi Yan from stealing it, then agreed to refine medicinal ingredients for her. After Zi Yan admitted she had taken rare herbs from the storeroom, Elder Hao confronted her.

• Xu Haoyu refined a Rank 5 Qi Restoration Pill as the crowd praised his skill.
• Zi Yan tried to snatch the pill, but Xu Haoyu subdued her until Elder Hao caught it and confirmed its rank.
• Elder Hao separated Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan, reprimanded Zi Yan for stealing, and claimed the pill for himself.
• Xu Haoyu agreed to process Zi Yan’s medicinal ingredients in exchange for them, and began refining a bitten ginseng root.
• Elder Hao recognized the ingredients as stolen from the storeroom, and Zi Yan admitted taking them because guarded herbs in the forest were too difficult for her to obtain.

Xu Haoyu defeated Liu Zhi in the alchemy contest and took over the Medicine Gang’s marketplace shops, then expanded his pill business and developed two new recipes. As his cultivation accelerated, he began to focus on researching more pills.

• Xu Haoyu refined Ginseng Pills, and Zi Yan ate several before he ordered Liu Zhi to surrender the Medicine Gang’s shops to Dragon Abyss.
• Liu Zhi accepted the order and left with the Medicine Gang’s alchemists, while Zi Yan fought Xu Haoyu after he joked about making her his mount.
• Xu Haoyu refined three more batches of Pills to calm Zi Yan, and Elder Hao declared the alchemy contest decided as the elders examined Xu Haoyu’s Qi Restoration Pill.
• The next day, Dragon Abyss took over the Medicine Gang’s prime marketplace shops, and Xu Haoyu supplied them with pills until demand in the Inner Courtyard market began to fall.
• Xu Haoyu developed the fourth-rank Spirit Gathering Pill and Ice Spirit Pill recipes, then used his new pills while cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.

Xu Haoyu advanced to two-star Dou Ling in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, then returned home and agreed to refine Pills for Zi Yan in exchange for her leading him to a valley guarded by a Snow Demon Sky Ape. He suspected the valley held Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and decided it was worth investigating.

• Xu Haoyu broke through to two-star Dou Ling after cultivating on the fifth floor of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• Xu Haoyu left the tower, considered seeking a more powerful cultivation room, and returned to his residence.
• Xu Haoyu found Zi Yan waiting at his home, and she asked him to refine more Pills after running out of the previous batch.
• Zi Yan offered Xu Haoyu a single Earth Dragon Root and explained that Elder Hao had stopped her from taking more ingredients from the storeroom.
• Zi Yan offered to lead Xu Haoyu to a valley guarded by a Snow Demon Sky Ape, claiming her treasure-seeking talent sensed a valuable treasure there.
• Xu Haoyu recognized the possibility of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and agreed to refine Pills for Zi Yan in exchange for the trip.

Xu Haoyu accompanied Zi Yan to a valley where a Snow Demon Sky Ape guarded a treasure, then prepared an ambush when she lured it from its cave. He trapped the beast with vines and earth techniques and struck it with his Yin Fire, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Xu Haoyu refined more than forty Earth Dragon Root pills for Zi Yan, and she led him toward the valley.
• Xu Haoyu used his movement techniques to travel through the air faster than Zi Yan, and they reached the valley and found the Snow Demon Sky Ape's cave.
• Zi Yan warned Xu Haoyu that the Snow Demon Sky Ape was stronger than she was, then called it out of its cave to lure it toward him.
• Xu Haoyu ensnared the charging Snow Demon Sky Ape in thorny vines and forced it into a fissure in the earth.
• Xu Haoyu sent Yin Fire into the trapped Snow Demon Sky Ape, causing it to roar in pain as the flame began destroying it from within.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan entered the underground cave after the Snow Demon Sky Ape fled and found a pool of diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Zi Yan suspected the liquid was not the great treasure she had sensed.

• The Snow Demon Sky Ape ignited its berserk bloodline and escaped Xu Haoyu, but the Yin Fire continued consuming its body.
• Xu Haoyu decided not to pursue the crippled ape and went with Zi Yan to search the Mountain Cave for the treasure.
• Xu Haoyu used his soul perception to find a hidden hole beneath dry grass, and he and Zi Yan descended through the long tunnel.
• Xu Haoyu reached an underground cavern and found a stone pedestal holding diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Zi Yan examined the milk, judged it unimpressive, and suggested it was barely good enough for mouthwash.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan found the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk inside a stalactite, divided it between them, and agreed to cooperate over future treasures and pills. After returning to the Inner Courtyard, Xu Haoyu began preparing a medicinal liquid so he could safely absorb the milk.

• Xu Haoyu persuaded Zi Yan to fly him up to the stalactite in exchange for half the treasure.
• Xu Haoyu carved open the stalactite, found the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and collected two-thirds while leaving the rest behind.
• Xu Haoyu gave Zi Yan half of his share and borrowed her Number One Cultivation Room.
• Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan returned to the Inner Courtyard and agreed that she would share treasure locations with him in exchange for his Pills.
• Xu Haoyu returned to Dragon Abyss's base, developed a formula for medicinal liquid overnight, and arranged for people to buy the ingredients.

Xu Haoyu prepared a medicinal bath in Number One Cultivation Room and used it with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to cultivate. After eleven days, he had advanced from a two-star to a four-star Dou Ling, strengthened his body, and became confident he could reach Dou Wang in half a year.

• Xu Haoyu went to Number One Cultivation Room with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and medicinal ingredients.
• He refined the herbs into a medicinal bath, added the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and began cultivating in the barrel.
• Xu Haoyu drew in the room’s crimson mist and used his Invisible Flame and black-and-white flames to refine energy and absorb its violent factors.
• After three days, Xu Haoyu broke through to become a three-star Dou Ling.
• After four more days, another spine retracted into his Sea Urchin Dou Crystal, raising him to a four-star Dou Ling and greatly strengthening his body.
• Xu Haoyu emerged from cultivation and said he believed he could shorten the time to reach Dou Wang from one year to half a year.

Xu Haoyu expanded Dragon Abyss’s pill business while cultivating and exploring with Zi Yan, then learned that the Strong Ranking Competition would soon offer access to the tower’s deepest levels. He resolved to compete for a place in the top ten so his Yin Yang Dual Flame could absorb the Fallen Heart Flame’s energy.

• Elder Liu asked Xu Haoyu to refine two batches of Qi Restoration Pills and paid him three hundred Fire Energy points.
• Xu Haoyu reviewed Dragon Abyss’s growth, ordered more Spirit Gathering Pills and Ice Spirit Pills while keeping their prices unchanged, and received over three thousand Fire Energy points in dividends.
• Zi Yan asked Xu Haoyu to go searching for herbs, but he postponed the trip until he had refined pills and agreed to make her more pills.
• Xu Haoyu spent the following months refining pills, cultivating, and occasionally hunting for medicinal ingredients with Zi Yan, reaching nine-star Dou Ling.
• Xu Haoyu learned that the Strong Ranking Competition’s top ten would earn a chance to undergo Original Heart Flame Body Tempering and decided to participate.

The Inner Courtyard’s Strong Ranking Competition began, and Xu Haoyu’s reputation prompted several opponents to concede before he could fight. On the fourth day, he finally faced Hua Shaojun, and their match began as both released their full auras.

• Su Qian opened the competition and praised the stronger contestants, while the elders credited Xu Haoyu’s pills with improving the Inner Courtyard’s cultivation.
• Xu Haoyu told Zi Yan that she would likely lose her top rank to him, and she worried that her limited abilities left her unable to match him.
• The first eleven matches concluded, and Zhang Jun conceded to Xu Haoyu in the twelfth match.
• Xu Haoyu’s opponents conceded throughout the next two rounds, but Hua Shaojun chose to fight him in the fourth round.
• Xu Haoyu and Hua Shaojun faced each other inside the raised protective barrier, and the referee started their match.

Xu Haoyu defeated Hua Shaojun and then overwhelmed Chu Shan in the fifth round of the tournament. His victory over the second-ranked contestant left the arena stunned.

• Hua Shaojun used her Hundred Flowers Realm against Xu Haoyu, but he burned away its flowers with his black-and-white flames until she conceded.
• Xu Haoyu's victory over Hua Shaojun was officially announced, and the fifth round began the next day.
• After Su Qian drew the lots, Xu Haoyu was matched against Chu Shan, second on the Strong Ranking.
• Chu Shan attacked with his giant axe, but Xu Haoyu used Dou Qi wings to dodge his strike and closed in with Thousandfold Strike.
• Xu Haoyu broke through Chu Shan's Immovable as a Mountain defense with one palm strike, leaving Chu Shan unable to move.
• The referee declared Xu Haoyu the winner and called for Chu Shan to be taken away for treatment.

Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan arranged a playful finish to the Strong Ranking Competition, and Su Qian named Xu Haoyu first and Zi Yan second. Three days later, the top ten entered the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower’s sealed depths for Original Heart Flame Body Tempering, where they found powerful seals and eighteen waiting figures.

• Xu Haoyu offered to refine six batches of Pills for Zi Yan if she let him win, and she agreed before pretending to faint after he flicked her forehead.
• Su Qian announced Xu Haoyu as the Strong Ranking’s first-place winner and Zi Yan as second, then told the top ten to recover for three days before their body tempering.
• Xu Haoyu told Zi Yan to stop pretending, and she got up and followed him to claim her promised Pills.
• Three days later, Su Qian led the top ten into the temporarily closed tower and down past the sixth floor as the heat from the Fallen Heart Flame intensified.
• Xu Haoyu and the others reached the tower’s bottom, where they saw layers of crystallized-energy seals above surging flames and eighteen gray-robed figures, including two with Dou Emperor auras.

Xu Haoyu began the Original Heart Flame Body Tempering, but the Yin Yang Dual Flame inside him devoured the Fallen Heart Flame’s energy and triggered a violent attack on the seal. As Xu Haoyu endured the dangerous tempering, Su Qian saw the Fallen Heart Flame weakening, though the elders still had to hold the seal against its assault.

• Su Qian warned the ten participants about the risks of Original Heart Flame Body Tempering and had them sit on emerald platforms.
• The Dou Emperor elders sent spheres of Original Heart Flame into the participants, and Xu Haoyu began absorbing its warmth.
• Xu Haoyu released the Black and White Twin Fish, which devoured the flame energy and formed a black-and-white vortex that drew in even more energy.
• Su Qian recognized the Yin Yang Dual Flame’s plundering and ordered the elders to stabilize the seal rather than interrupt Xu Haoyu.
• The Formless Fire Python attacked the Crystal Seal from the Underground Lava World, while the elders repaired its cracks and the released energy flowed into Xu Haoyu.
• Xu Haoyu endured agonizing heat as his body was tempered, and Su Qian noticed that the Fallen Heart Flame had weakened.

As Xu Haoyu absorbed the flame energy released by the raging Formless Fire Python, Han Feng detected two Heavenly Flames at Canaan Inner Courtyard and decided to gather allies to seize them. After the others completed their tempering and left the tower, Zi Yan stayed beside Xu Haoyu.

• The Formless Fire Python attacked the Crystal Seal, leaking flame energy that Xu Haoyu absorbed while the elders repaired the seal.
• Three students failed the Original Heart Flame Body Tempering and were escorted out, leaving seven participants.
• In Maple City, Han Feng detected the auras of two Heavenly Flames at Canaan Inner Courtyard and resolved to recruit helpers to break in and take them.
• After a day, the other six participants, including Zi Yan, completed the tempering, while Xu Haoyu continued absorbing the enormous Flame Vortex.
• Su Qian ordered the group to leave the dangerous tower bottom, but Zi Yan stayed to watch over Xu Haoyu.

Xu Haoyu recovered after the Yin Yang Dual Flame devoured much of the Fallen Heart Flame’s energy, leaving the Formless Fire Python weakened and the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower temporarily closed. Seven days later, Xu Haoyu discovered that his flame had grown stronger and gained an invisible outer flame with properties of the Fallen Heart Flame.

• The exhausted Formless Fire Python retreated into the Scarlet Lava to absorb magma energy while the elders worked to repair the seal.
• Xu Haoyu awoke after enduring the flames’ scorching, found his body greatly strengthened, and guided the Black and White Twin Fish back into his Spirit Receptacle.
• Zi Yan welcomed Xu Haoyu, and Su Qian told him the weakened Formless Fire Python would likely be unable to erupt again for some time.
• Su Qian closed the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower for inspection, and Xu Haoyu went to a Back Mountain cave to prepare for his breakthrough.
• Seven days later, Xu Haoyu found that the Yin Yang Dual Flame had reached peak Dou Wang strength and acquired an Invisible Flame with Fallen Heart Flame properties.

Xu Haoyu broke through from peak Dou Ling to Dou Wang after three days of cultivating in a mountain cave. Li Xiantian awakened and agreed to teach him the Wrath of Heavens Heart Sutra and Wrath of Heavens Eight Forms in a couple of days, but left when someone approached.

• Xu Haoyu absorbed and refined Heaven and Earth Energy for three days as he prepared to dissolve his Dou Crystal.
• Xu Haoyu's Dou Crystal shattered, and the resulting surge of Dou Qi strengthened his body and connected him to Heaven and Earth Energy, advancing him to Dou Wang.
• Xu Haoyu manifested nine-colored Dou Qi Transformation Wings and tested his new ability to mobilize Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Li Xiantian emerged from Xu Haoyu's Storage Ring, praised his cultivation, and agreed to teach him the Wrath of Heavens Heart Sutra and Wrath of Heavens Eight Forms.
• Li Xiantian sensed someone approaching, returned to the Storage Ring, and told Xu Haoyu to meet him in a secluded mountain spot in a couple of days.

After breaking through to Dou Wang, Xu Haoyu reorganized Dragon Abyss and received the Wrath of Heavens Heart Sutra from Li Xiantian. As Xu Haoyu began cultivating the method, Li Xiantian secretly anticipated using him to return to the continent.

• Xu Haoyu greeted the Inner Courtyard elders, who congratulated him on reaching Dou Wang, and his breakthrough sparked a wave of cultivation among the students.
• Xu Haoyu adjusted Dragon Abyss’s strategy, urging its protectors to improve and planning to recruit and train alchemists.
• Zi Yan brought Xu Haoyu medicinal ingredients, and he refined them into Pills for her before she left with the Jade Bottles.
• Xu Haoyu formed Flame Wings from the Yin Yang Dual Flame and flew to a secluded valley in the Back Mountain.
• Xu Haoyu summoned Li Xiantian, who passed on the High-Level Earth Rank Wrath of Heavens Heart Sutra, and Xu Haoyu began cultivating it.
• Li Xiantian watched Xu Haoyu cultivate and secretly looked forward to returning to the continent through him.