Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan took control of Li Tianlan’s body and demonstrated how to refine a Profound Water Pill while teaching him to control Soul Power and Heavenly Flames. The pill came out at exceptionally high quality, leaving Dugu Bo astonished as Li Tianlan pretended not to know whether it was any good.

• Dugu Bo gave Li Tianlan an Alchemy Furnace and three sets of ingredients to refine a Profound Water Pill.
• Xiao Yan took control of Li Tianlan’s body and began refining the pill while explaining how to handle the ingredients and regulate the flame.
• Li Tianlan carefully observed Xiao Yan’s control of Soul Power and Heavenly Flames as he taught him the pill-refining process.
• Xiao Yan completed the Profound Water Pill and returned control of the body to Li Tianlan.
• Li Tianlan handed the pill to Dugu Bo, who was astonished by its quality, while Li Tianlan acted as if he thought it might be substandard.

Li Tianlan impressed Dugu Bo with his alchemy, earning an Alchemy Furnace and a Treasure Bag before Dugu Bo departed. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Yan delayed making the Icefire Apricot Pill until they could improve their spiritual sense, while Li Tianlan began refining a Profound Water Pill and quickly showed exceptional talent.

• Dugu Bo praised Li Tianlan's flawless Profound Water Pill, warned him to keep his alchemy secret, and asked him to make another pill for Yan Yan.
• Dugu Bo gave Li Tianlan his Treasure Bag so he could store the heavy Alchemy Furnace, then left the hill.
• Li Tianlan stored the Alchemy Furnace in the Treasure Bag and returned with it to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Yan postponed refining the Icefire Apricot Pill until herbs around the well could strengthen their spiritual sense and improve the chance of success.
• Li Tianlan began refining a Profound Water Pill, and Xiao Yan was shocked by how quickly he mastered the process.

Li Tianlan discovered that he could reproduce Xiao Yan’s alchemy after watching him refine a pill, and that each demonstration improved his overall alchemy skills. He ended the chapter having advanced from a novice to nearly an ordinary First-Rank Alchemist in only a few hours.

• Li Tianlan refined a Profound Water Pill whose quality nearly matched Xiao Yan’s, then suspected he could copy Xiao Yan’s alchemy skills.
• Li Tianlan failed to make Healing Ointment on his own, so Xiao Yan demonstrated the process and Li Tianlan successfully reproduced it.
• Xiao Yan warned that Li Tianlan might only learn pills he had demonstrated, but Li Tianlan found that his understanding of Heavenly Flames and control over Soul Power had improved.
• Li Tianlan made a low-quality batch of Body Tempering Paste, then improved after Xiao Yan demonstrated its refinement.
• Li Tianlan refined another first-rank pill at nearly an ordinary First-Rank Alchemist’s level after just a few hours of practice.

Li Tianlan watched Xiao Yan refine an Autumn Water Pill from the rare Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, gaining a major boost to his alchemy skill. After swallowing the pill, Li Tianlan’s spiritual power surged, while Xiao Yan absorbed its effects and began transforming.

• Xiao Yan explained that Li Tianlan’s alchemy progress would slow as higher ranks required far more experience, and Li Tianlan agreed to study alchemy and strengthen himself.
• Xiao Yan identified the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew as the main ingredient for an Autumn Water Pill that could strengthen both their shared spiritual consciousness.
• Xiao Yan gathered supplementary ingredients and refined the Autumn Water Pill, allowing Li Tianlan to reach the peak of First-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan caught the pill, gave it to Li Tianlan, and returned control of his body before resting to recover his Primordial Spirit.
• Li Tianlan swallowed the Autumn Water Pill, expanding his Spiritual Sea into a golden lake and sharply heightening his senses as Xiao Yan absorbed the pill’s power.

After refining a Detoxification Pill, Li Tianlan used it to suppress Dugu Yan’s Innate Poison and began its gradual movement toward a poison pill. Dugu Bo insisted on caring for Li Tianlan’s dislocated shoulders, but Dugu Yan offered to feed him instead.

• Li Tianlan finished refining the Autumn Water Pill’s medicinal power, reached the rank of Second-Rank Alchemist, and made Detoxification Pills.
• Dugu Yan’s Innate Poison erupted, and Dugu Bo prepared to give her a dangerous pill before Li Tianlan arrived with a remedy.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan one of Li Tianlan’s Detoxification Pills, which calmed her poison and improved her condition.
• Li Tianlan explained that the pill would slowly gather Dugu Yan’s poison in her dantian, and Dugu Bo discovered Li Tianlan’s shoulders were dislocated.
• Dugu Bo insisted on tending to Li Tianlan, but Dugu Yan offered to feed him, and Li Tianlan eagerly accepted.

Li Tianlan gave Dugu Bo Detoxification Pills that suppressed his poison and helped loosen his cultivation bottleneck, earning his protection. After three days recovering under Dugu Yan’s care, Li Tianlan heard that Xiao Yan had awakened with strength close to a Soul Saint.

• Dugu Yan persuaded Dugu Bo to let her care for Li Tianlan, and Li Tianlan gave Dugu Bo a bottle of Detoxification Pills made for him.
• Dugu Bo swallowed a pill, felt his Innate Poison fall dormant and his Rank 91 bottleneck begin to loosen, then promised to protect Li Tianlan.
• Dugu Yan cared for Li Tianlan over the next three days, though her occasional rough handling prolonged his arm’s recovery.
• Li Tianlan practiced controlling Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Soul Power by boiling tea without evaporating the water.
• Xiao Yan awakened and told Li Tianlan that his spiritual sense had strengthened enough to give him power close to a Soul Saint.

Xiao Yan warned Li Tianlan not to grow careless and told him he would only intervene against opponents Li Tianlan could not handle. Dugu Yan asked to learn pill refinement, and Dugu Bo later told Li Tianlan that he had found him a school, leaving Li Tianlan unsure whether to go.

• Xiao Yan cautioned Li Tianlan against underestimating the dangers around him and said he would not intervene unless Li Tianlan faced an opponent he could not defeat.
• Li Tianlan prepared to refine the Icefire Apricot Pill, but Xiao Yan sensed Dugu Yan arriving.
• Dugu Yan asked Li Tianlan to teach her pill refinement, and Xiao Yan confirmed she had the aptitude, though her potential was limited.
• Dugu Yan happily left to prepare lunch, while Dugu Bo questioned Li Tianlan about examining her aptitude and then announced he had found him a school.
• Li Tianlan felt conflicted about attending because Xiao Yan already taught him, but he worried that learning everything without school would arouse suspicion.

Li Tianlan agreed to attend the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, then watched Xiao Yan begin refining the Icefire Apricot Pill at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The pill refinement stirred a massive vortex of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, drawing Dugu Bo’s concern.

• Dugu Bo told Li Tianlan he had arranged for him to attend the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, but warned him not to provoke the powerful Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan explained that only he could handle the dangerous harvesting and refining of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, so Li Tianlan relinquished control of his body.
• Xiao Yan taught Li Tianlan to leave part of each heavenly treasure behind so it could regrow, and Li Tianlan noticed that the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew had already sprouted again.
• Xiao Yan gathered medicinal ingredients and used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to begin refining the Icefire Apricot Pill while Li Tianlan watched and learned.
• The pill refinement drew in a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, and Dugu Bo noticed the disturbance and worried about Li Tianlan’s safety.

Li Tianlan refined the Icefire Apricot Pill with Xiao Yan’s guidance, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan watched anxiously. After Dugu Bo broke the pill’s tribulation lightning, Li Tianlan revealed the pill’s effects and warned that it was unsuitable for the Dugus.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived as Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to refine the herbs, and Dugu Bo judged that Li Tianlan was not in danger.
• Xiao Yan fused the opposing essences of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot into the Icefire Apricot Pill.
• A Pill Tribulation formed, and Dugu Bo shattered its lightning before it could damage the pill.
• Xiao Yan caught and sealed the finished pill, then let Li Tianlan take back control of his body.
• Li Tianlan told Dugu Bo that the Icefire Apricot Pill could toughen the body but was unsuitable for the Dugus because it clashed with their Innate Poison.

Li Tianlan took the Icefire Apricot Pill and endured a day and night of ice-and-fire tempering that strengthened his body while lowering and condensing his Soul Power. Afterward, he discovered that Dao Tong Yan had gained a new flame.

• Dugu Bo sensed the Icefire Apricot Pill’s medicinal power and dismissed it after Li Tianlan explained that it would cripple the Soul Power of anyone who took it for detoxification.
• Li Tianlan swallowed the pill, and its icy and fiery medicinal power tempered his body and widened his meridians.
• Xiao Yan explained that Li Tianlan’s Soul Power level was falling because its quantity had decreased while its quality improved.
• The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Heaven and Earth Vital Energy repeatedly cleansed Li Tianlan’s marrow, while his blood and body became resistant to the springs.
• After a day and night, Li Tianlan’s Soul Power had fallen to level 11, but his strength and physical toughness had greatly increased.
• Li Tianlan noticed a crimson flame had appeared on Dao Tong Yan, and touching it brought a stream of information into his mind.

Li Tianlan awakened the Yang Spring Fire and demonstrated his greatly increased strength to Dugu Bo. He began testing a self-created skill combining Heavenly Flames, but stopped when the flames threatened the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo gave him clothes to put on.

• Li Tianlan awakened the Yang Spring Fire, and Xiao Yan warned him that it could become extremely powerful near fire-attributed energy.
• Dugu Bo tested Li Tianlan's strength and found that his punch had reached the level of a Soul Grandmaster.
• Li Tianlan told Dugu Bo that he had comprehended a Self-Created Soul Skill and began combining Nether Flame with Yang Spring Fire.
• The Heavenly Flames clashed and withered nearby plants, so Dugu Bo stopped Li Tianlan before he could unleash the move.
• Li Tianlan withdrew the flames and agreed to test the skill outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then realized the Yang Spring Fire had vaporized his clothes.

Li Tianlan tested his control over the Yangquan Fire and Nether Flame, eventually creating a Buddha's Fury Lotus Flame whose explosion approached Soul Saint-level power. Dugu Bo described a purple, orchid-shaped flame he had seen near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Li Tianlan became eager to find it.

• Li Tianlan tried to combine the Yangquan Fire and Nether Flame, but their unstable collision exploded and left a vast crater; Dugu Bo shielded him from the blast.
• Li Tianlan tried again with Dugu Bo nearby and successfully formed a fiery lotus, but his excitement destabilized it, causing an explosion twice as powerful as the first.
• Dugu Bo judged the second blast close to a Soul Saint's power, and Li Tianlan explained that the fire lotus drew its strength from the two Heavenly Flames.
• Dugu Bo recalled a purple flame shaped like an orchid in a canyon near the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Li Tianlan asked eagerly about it.

Li Tianlan identified Purple Orchid Heart Flame as a Heavenly Flame connected to spiritual power and decided to seek it out despite its danger. As Dugu Yan asked to learn how to use Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan judged that she could survive refining one with his help and pointed to the Ice Spring at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for making Ice Spirit Pills.

• Li Tianlan recognized Purple Orchid Heart Flame in Dao Tong Yan's fan and asked Dugu Bo for its location, but Dugu Bo warned that it had killed a Titled Douluo and burned anything it touched.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that Purple Orchid Heart Flame attacked the soul and that Li Tianlan and he could benefit greatly from obtaining it.
• Dugu Bo agreed to reveal the flame's location after Li Tianlan made preparations, and Dugu Yan arrived, mistaking the ruined ground for the aftermath of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast attack.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Li Tianlan could teach Dugu Yan to control Heavenly Flames, and Li Tianlan warned that she had only a one percent chance of surviving the Nether Flame's refinement.
• Dugu Yan asked Li Tianlan to teach her, and Xiao Yan advised against giving her Flame Mantra but said he could help her devour a Heavenly Flame using Ice Spirit Pills refined at the Ice Spring in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Li Tianlan explained that Dugu Yan needed the Heavenly Poison Flame and learned that Dugu Bo would ask his contacts to search for it. After Dugu Yan shared her dream of becoming a chef, Li Tianlan promised they would always be friends.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Ice Spirit Pill protected soul masters while refining Heavenly Flames, and Li Tianlan said only the Heavenly Poison Flame suited Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to find the flame, and he agreed to ask his contacts after Li Tianlan described its appearance and where it might be found.
• Dugu Bo left to seek information while Li Tianlan planned to refine pills.
• Dugu Yan invited Li Tianlan to try her new dishes, which he found delicious.
• Dugu Yan told Li Tianlan she dreamed of becoming a chef and asked if they would always be friends; Li Tianlan promised they would.

Li Tianlan refined Detoxification Pills to improve his alchemy and Soul Power, while Xiao Yan prepared fifth-grade pills to help Li Tianlan and Dugu Yan handle Heavenly Flames. Dugu Yan accepted the pills but promised not to eat them recklessly, leaving Li Tianlan grumbling about how long he had to wait to grow up.

• Li Tianlan refined 150 Detoxification Pills over a day and night, advancing to mid-stage Second-Rank Alchemist before recovering his Soul Power under Xiao Yan's guidance.
• Xiao Yan took over Li Tianlan's body and refined an Ice Spirit Pill, explaining how its fire-attributed herbs balanced the Ice Spring's chill.
• Xiao Yan also refined a Detoxification Pill to counter the Heavenly Poison Flame's toxicity, then gave both pills to Li Tianlan for Dugu Yan.
• Li Tianlan warned Dugu Yan not to eat the Ice Spirit Pill without Heavenly Flames, and she promised not to eat either pill recklessly.
• Dugu Yan teased Li Tianlan about their ages, and Li Tianlan complained that he would have to wait seven or eight years to grow up.

Li Tianlan prepared medicines at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then learned from Dugu Bo where the Heavenly Poison Flame lay and set out alone to find the Purple Orchid Heart Flame. Five days later, he reached Soder City near Purple Orchid Valley.

• Li Tianlan sorted herbs, planted high-grade medicines, and stocked his Treasure Bag with pills while Dugu Yan practiced controlling pill fire.
• Dugu Bo returned with a scroll locating the Heavenly Poison Flame in the Star Dou Great Forest, but warned that the Death Forbidden Zone was too dangerous to enter without powerful allies.
• Li Tianlan said he would seek the Purple Orchid Heart Flame alone, and Dugu Bo gave him a token and promised to arrange his enrollment at Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy.
• Dugu Bo left for the imperial city with Dugu Yan, while Li Tianlan departed for Purple Orchid Valley.
• After five days of travel, Li Tianlan arrived at Soder City, a small settlement bordering the Star Dou Great Forest.

Li Tianlan hired the mercenary Benna to guide him to the valley where the Purple Orchid Heart Flame was said to be, despite her warnings about its dangers. Benna agreed to take him to the outskirts on the condition that he would not enter the valley.

• Li Tianlan went to a mercenary recruitment area to find a guide for the Star Dou Great Forest and met Benna.
• Li Tianlan explained that he was searching for a purple flame in a valley, and Benna warned that the valley was notorious for people disappearing there.
• Benna refused Li Tianlan's offer of one hundred Gold Soul Coins to guide him into the valley.
• Li Tianlan paid Benna to answer questions, and she told him that the valley was a land of death for local mercenaries.
• Benna agreed to take Li Tianlan to the valley's outskirts for the same fee, provided he did not enter it.

Li Tianlan hired Bena and Jarvis’s mercenaries to guide him toward Purple Fire Valley through the Star Dou Great Forest. After he killed a Black Striped Poison Moth with Nether Flame, the group discovered a soul bone beside its corpse.

• Bena brought Li Tianlan to Jarvis and offered him ten Gold Soul Coins to guide them through Purple Fire Valley’s outer region.
• Li Tianlan promised Jarvis another fifty Gold Soul Coins upon their arrival, and Jarvis agreed to lead the mercenaries.
• Jarvis led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them to camp without lighting a fire after nightfall.
• Li Tianlan extinguished his Nether Flame, but a Black Striped Poison Moth appeared and attacked him.
• Li Tianlan burned the six-hundred-year Black Striped Poison Moth with Nether Flame, and Jarvis found a left leg bone beside its corpse.

Li Tianlan defeated Jarvis after the mercenary captain tried to steal a soul bone, then gave the bone to Bena for her orphanage. The two moved to a new campsite, where Bena entered Li Tianlan’s tent dressed only in a thin undergarment.

• Jarvis took the soul bone and rallied the mercenaries to claim its value, while Bena objected that it belonged to Li Tianlan.
• Li Tianlan knocked Jarvis unconscious with one punch, reclaimed the soul bone, and ordered the mercenaries to leave.
• Li Tianlan gave the soul bone to Bena as a reward for her trustworthiness.
• Bena explained that she planned to sell the soul bone to fund renovations to the orphanage where she had grown up.
• Li Tianlan and Bena set up another campsite, and Bena entered his tent wearing only a thin undergarment.

After Jarvis recovered from Li Tianlan’s punch, he recruited his Soul King brother Javita to pursue Li Tianlan and claim the soul bone. Li Tianlan prepared to face them as a test of his Heavenly Flames, while Bena followed despite his warnings, and he began targeting the group from the trees.

• Jarvis woke, vowed to get revenge on Li Tianlan and take the soul bone, then led his mercenaries to seek help from his older brother Javita.
• Xiao Yan told Li Tianlan that a Soul King and several other pursuers were approaching and urged him to use the encounter for battle training.
• Li Tianlan told Bena he would handle the attackers, but she put on her armor and followed him into the forest.
• Jarvis agreed to give Javita the soul bone and accept ten thousand Gold Soul Coins in return for his help.
• Li Tianlan watched the group from the trees, chose a rear-guard Soul Grand Master as his first target, and readied his blade and lightning.