Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling began refining the Ninth-grade Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill in a secluded valley at Starfall Pavilion, with Yao Chen standing guard. After preparing thousands of rare ingredients, Xiao Ling used his Heavenly Flames to form a medicinal cauldron and started refining hundreds of ingredients at once, leaving Yao Chen watching with anticipation.

• Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei settled into their duties at Starfall Pavilion as the pavilion began a new day.
• Yao Chen reminded Xiao Ling to check that he had all the ingredients for the Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill, and Xiao Ling confirmed his preparations were complete.
• Xiao Ling entered a secluded valley with Yao Chen and prepared himself to refine the Ninth-grade Pill while Yao Chen promised to stand guard.
• Xiao Ling formed a medicinal cauldron from his Heavenly Flames and summoned thousands of rare ingredients from his Portable Space.
• Xiao Ling sent the ingredients into the cauldron and divided his Spiritual Power into hundreds of strands to refine them simultaneously, while Yao Chen watched and hoped for his success.

After three days of refining, Xiao Ling formed the Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill using the Method of Condensing Objects to Contain Pills. Black Demon Lightning appeared as the pill neared completion, and the chapter ended with its first bolt racing toward the fire dragon.

• Xiao Ling stood and used a hand seal to enlarge the fire dragon until it burst the flaming cauldron apart.
• Xiao Ling formed a fireball around the pill with the Method of Condensing Objects to Contain Pills, astonishing Yao Chen with his ability to learn the technique.
• Xiao Ling continued pouring Dou Qi and Soul Power into the fireball as the pill took shape and black clouds gathered overhead.
• Yao Chen recognized the Black Demon Lightning as a sign that the Ninth-grade Pill was complete and expected no further trouble.
• Xiao Ling sensed the danger, raised a spatial barrier with his Spiritual Power, and watched the first bolt of Black Demon Lightning shoot toward the fire dragon.

Xiao Ling used three Sky Demon Puppets to withstand the Black Demon Lightning and contained the resulting destruction with the Power of Space. The Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill was completed, and Yao Chen congratulated Xiao Ling on becoming a genuine Ninth-grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Ling sent out three Sky Demon Puppets to meet the Black Demon Lightning, and the collision unleashed a devastating energy storm.
• Xiao Ling used the Destiny Talisman’s Power of Space to contain the storm and prevent it from spreading beyond the valley.
• After the storm subsided, Xiao Ling found that his two weaker Sky Demon Puppets had advanced to near the middle puppet’s level and recalled all three.
• The fire dragon erupted, and a streak of light shot from within it; Xiao Ling caught the pill with his Spiritual Power and drew it into his hand.
• Yao Chen joined Xiao Ling and congratulated him on becoming a genuine Ninth-grade Alchemist.

Xiao Ling gave Yao Chen the Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill to nurture a Pseudo Exotic Flame, hoping to repay him for giving up the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Yao Chen swallowed the pill and successfully formed a powerful flame, which he judged to be no weaker than the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and more versatile.

• Xiao Ling thanked Yao Chen for guiding him to become a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and Yao Chen credited Xiao Ling's talent and diligence.
• Xiao Ling offered Yao Chen the Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill so he could nurture a Pseudo Exotic Flame in place of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame he had given Xiao Ling.
• Yao Chen accepted the pill and swallowed it, then circulated his cultivation technique as its blazing energy gathered within him.
• After about half an hour, Yao Chen opened his eyes and summoned a brilliant flame in his palm.
• Yao Chen examined the Pseudo Exotic Flame and said its quality matched the Bone Spirit Cold Flame while its diverse characteristics made it more practical.

Yao Chen tested the Pseudo Exotic Flame Xiao Ling had made for him and found it easy to control and effective for refining pills. After returning to his cultivation room, Xiao Ling learned that the Flower Sect had chosen its next leader and planned a succession ceremony, so he decided to attend as Starfall Pavilion’s representative and see Han Yue and Han Xue.

• Yao Chen used the Pseudo Exotic Flame to refine a top-quality Emperor Grade Pill and praised its performance.
• Xiao Ling and Yao Chen made final arrangements at their location and departed through a spatial passage.
• Xiao Ling finished cultivating, and Feng Qing'er came to tell him that the Flower Sect had selected its next leader and would soon hold a succession ceremony.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Ling that the Flower Sect had invited Starfall Pavilion to attend as an observer.
• Xiao Ling decided to represent Starfall Pavilion at the ceremony, investigate the leadership change, and meet Han Yue and Han Xue.

Xiao Ling encouraged Feng Qing'er to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where she could strengthen her position and gather information for him. After preparing a cover story, a hidden storage necklace, and powerful defenses for her, he watched her depart, believing they would meet again after both had grown stronger.

• Xiao Ling praised Feng Qing'er's rapid cultivation progress, which came from Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence and pills he had made from Ancient Sky Phoenix remains.
• After spending the night together, Xiao Ling suggested Feng Qing'er return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and she worried that he was sending her away because she had displeased him.
• Xiao Ling explained that Feng Qing'er could advance within her clan and send him information, and she agreed to follow his plan.
• Xiao Ling and Feng Qing'er prepared an explanation for her transformation and discussed how she would handle questions from clan members.
• Xiao Ling gave Feng Qing'er a concealed storage necklace with a teleportation formation, along with a Half-Saint-level puppet and several High-level Dou Zun puppets for protection.
• Feng Qing'er set out for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, repeatedly looking back at Xiao Ling as he watched her go.

Xiao Ling decided to attend the Flower Sect’s succession ceremony and agreed to bring Mu Qingluan after Elder Feng suggested she accompany him. He and Mu Qingluan prepared to leave Starfall Pavilion together, with the journey ahead set to include training in new Dou Skills.

• Xiao Ling visited Yao Chen and Feng Xian, saying he wanted to attend the Flower Sect’s succession ceremony; Feng Xian revealed that Yao Chen had once been close to Fairy Qing.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Ling to build ties with the Flower Sect, and Xiao Ling decided to travel alone because Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were cultivating in seclusion.
• Feng Xian suggested that Mu Qingluan accompany Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling agreed before leaving to find her at the training grounds.
• Xiao Ling found Mu Qingluan supervising the disciples and invited her to the Flower Sect; she agreed and asked him to teach her new Dou Skills on the way.
• Mu Qingluan rebuked the disciples when they lost focus over Xiao Ling’s arrival, then hurried to pack while Xiao Ling followed her.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan traveled leisurely to Hua Lin City on Rayquaza, growing closer along the way. After a Flower Sect deacon received them at Ning Xiang Pavilion, they agreed to rest there overnight before traveling to the sect the next morning.

• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan journeyed toward the Flower Sect, stopping to enjoy the scenery while Xiao Ling guided Mu Qingluan in cultivating her Dou Skills.
• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan arrived in Hua Lin City and headed toward Ning Xiang Pavilion, where their invitation instructed them to report.
• Xiao Ling bought Mu Qingluan a white jade hairpin, and the two walked hand in hand through the city.
• Hua Fei greeted Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan at Ning Xiang Pavilion and told them Flying Magical Beasts would take them to the Flower Sect the next morning.
• Mu Qingluan hurried into a side room and shut the door, while Xiao Ling entered another room for the night.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan traveled with Hua Fei to the Flower Sect and passed through its flower-filled protective formation. As the succession ceremony gathered powerful guests, Han Yue and Han Xue anticipated that Hua Jin would use the Demonic Flower Evil Lord’s backing to seize the sect master position.

• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan boarded the Flower Sect’s Cloud Sparrow Beast and flew for half a day to the sect’s hidden grounds.
• Hua Fei revealed the Flower Sect’s spatial barrier and guided Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan through its flower-sea protective formation.
• Xiao Ling, Mu Qingluan, and Hua Fei arrived at the Flower Sect’s main peak, where guests had assembled for the succession ceremony.
• Han Xue told Han Yue that the Demonic Flower Evil Lord had arrived to support Hua Jin and warned that the ceremony might bring unexpected changes.
• Han Yue said Hua Jin would try to force her claim to the sect master position, which she refused to let go to someone who would sell out the sect’s interests.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan arrived at the Flower Sect’s succession ceremony, where their presence drew the attention of the gathered factions. Acting Sect Master Hua Jin opened the competition and prepared to defend her claim, confident that the Demonic Flower Evil Lord would help her win.

• Hua Fei welcomed Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan to the Flower Sect gathering with a staircase formed from petals, and Xiao Ling raised a barrier around their seats.
• Mu Qingluan remarked on the large turnout, and Xiao Ling suggested that something unusual might happen during the ceremony.
• Hua Jin arrived from the Flower Sect’s back mountain and addressed the gathered guests as Acting Sect Master.
• Hua Jin declared that challengers would have to compete against her and her partner to dispute her succession.
• Hua Jin expected to win with the Demonic Flower Evil Lord’s help, believing the two sisters could send only one fighter.

At the Flower Sect succession contest, Hua Jin appeared with the Demonic Flower Evil Lord and challenged anyone who wanted the sect master position. Han Yue and Han Xue arrived to oppose her, while Xiao Ling recognized his old acquaintances and realized they had likely received Granny Hua’s inheritance.

• The Demonic Flower Evil Lord joined Hua Jin at the ceremony, and guests expected their combined strength to secure her the sect master position.
• Xiao Ling sensed two familiar auras, then watched as Han Yue and Han Xue descended into the plaza to answer Hua Jin’s challenge.
• Xiao Ling recognized the sisters and recalled secretly guiding them to care for Granny Hua, whose inheritance appeared to have raised their cultivation to peak Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Han Yue said the sisters would honor Granny Hua’s instructions and accused Hua Jin of being impure in heart; Hua Jin denied the accusation and called them outsiders.
• Hua Jin ordered the Demonic Flower Evil Lord to fight alongside her and challenged the sisters to decide whether they would fight alone or summon their partners.

Han Xue and Han Yue challenged Hua Jin for using the Flower Sect’s ancestral rules to tilt the sect master contest, while the elders refused to intervene. Xiao Ling appeared and, after reuniting with the sisters, challenged Hua Jin and the Demonic Flower Evil Lord to face him in the arena.

• Han Yue and Han Xue accused Hua Jin of exploiting the rule that partners could fight together to bully them and undermine the Flower Sect’s principles.
• Hua Jin appealed to the elders to uphold the ancestral rules, but they avoided the sisters’ gazes and remained silent.
• Xiao Ling rose from the western seats, and Han Xue and Han Yue recognized the boy they had known years before in the famed alchemist who stood before them.
• Hua Jin politely invited Xiao Ling to judge the match, but he stepped onto the plaza beside the sisters instead.
• Xiao Ling declined to judge and offered to enter the arena against Hua Jin and the Demonic Flower Evil Lord, shocking the crowd.

Xiao Ling reunited with Han Xue and Han Yue, then invoked the Flower Sect’s ancestral rules to enter the Sect Master contest as Han Yue’s partner. The elders approved a two-against-two battle, and the Demonic Flower Evil Lord accepted the challenge while Hua Jin hoped he could defeat Xiao Ling.

• Xiao Ling reunited with Han Xue and Han Yue and reassured them as Hua Jin realized they already shared a close history.
• Xiao Ling asked the Flower Sect elders to let him join the contest as one sister’s partner, and the lead elder approved a two-against-two battle.
• Han Xue yielded the Sect Master opportunity to Han Yue, and Xiao Ling chose to fight alongside Han Yue.
• Xiao Ling promised Starfall Pavilion’s support for the Flower Sect, and the crowd cheered his decision to enter the contest.
• Hua Jin looked to the Demonic Flower Evil Lord, who agreed to fight Xiao Ling, believing the renowned alchemist could not match his combat strength.

Xiao Ling faced the Demonic Flower Evil Lord and Hua Jin in the Flower Sect Master contest, but chose to fight alone. He badly wounded the Demonic Flower Evil Lord in their first exchange, and the two opponents prepared to join forces against him.

• The Demonic Flower Evil Lord politely addressed Xiao Ling while secretly planning to use hidden tricks against him in the contest.
• After the contest began, Xiao Ling sent Han Yue back and said he would face the Demonic Flower Evil Lord and Hua Jin alone.
• Xiao Ling's fire dragon burned up the Demonic Flower Evil Lord's folding fan, then Xiao Ling struck him with a single punch and sent him nearly three hundred meters across the plaza.
• The Demonic Flower Evil Lord struggled to his feet with a badly injured arm as the crowd reacted to Xiao Ling's strength, and Hua Jin rushed to his side.
• The Demonic Flower Evil Lord told Hua Jin he had only been careless and urged her to join him in suppressing Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling overwhelmed Hua Jin with Heavenly Flames, then faced Demonic Flower Evil Lord’s Heaven Nether Sect secret art. As the giant’s devastating fist descended, Xiao Ling unleashed the Azure Dragon Throne Seal, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Demonic Flower Evil Lord ordered Hua Jin to stall Xiao Ling while he prepared Qi Transformation Heaven and Earth.
• Hua Jin attacked Xiao Ling with poisonous vines, silver needles, and flower blades, but Xiao Ling burned and destroyed her attacks.
• Xiao Ling engulfed Hua Jin in a barrage of fire, leaving her gravely injured and unable to continue fighting.
• Demonic Flower Evil Lord completed his secret art and sent a hundred-zhang Dou Qi giant to strike Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling met the giant’s descending fist with the Azure Dragon Throne Seal.

Xiao Ling defeated the Demonic Flower Evil Lord and forced Hua Jin to concede, ending her bid for the Flower Sect Master position. The Great Elder named Han Yue the new Flower Sect Master, and she celebrated with Xiao Ling.

• Xiao Ling shattered the Demonic Flower Evil Lord's Dou Qi giant with his physical strength, leaving the Six-star Dou Zun gravely injured.
• Hua Jin saw her plans collapse and, badly wounded, conceded to Xiao Ling before losing consciousness.
• Xiao Ling withdrew his aura and joined Han Yue, who praised his overwhelming victory and admitted she still had a long way to go.
• The Flower Sect's Great Elder declared Han Yue the new Flower Sect Master, and the assembled guests applauded.
• Han Yue held Xiao Ling's hand and told him how glad she was to have him.

Han Yue became the Flower Sect’s new Sect Master after Xiao Ling helped her secure the position, and the ceremony concluded amid cheers and celebration. Xiao Ling stayed at the Flower Sect with Mu Qingluan, while Han Xue’s words revealed her feelings for him and left Mu Qingluan furious.

• The Flower Sect disciples and elders acclaimed Han Yue as Sect Master, and she told Xiao Ling she was glad to fulfill Granny Hua’s wish and protect the sect.
• Hua Jin watched Han Yue and Xiao Ling together before leaving the plaza, wounded and bitter over her lost ambitions.
• Han Xue expressed her happiness for Han Yue and referred to Xiao Ling as the man they loved, prompting Mu Qingluan to realize Han Xue also loved him and angrily confront the revelation.
• Han Yue completed her succession ceremony, accepted the Flower Sect’s jade seal, and became its formal leader as the Seven Heart Begonia bloomed.
• Xiao Ling brought Mu Qingluan to stay at the Flower Sect, where he planned to spend time with Han Yue and Han Xue under the pretext of discussing cooperation.

Xiao Ling reunited intimately with Han Xue at the sisters’ residence, but Han Yue returned and caught them together. Han Yue joined Xiao Ling and Han Xue as they went into the bedroom together.

• Xiao Ling rested beside Han Xue as she massaged his head, then teased her about their past intimacy.
• Han Xue blushed and suggested waiting for Han Yue so the three of them could be together.
• Xiao Ling embraced and kissed Han Xue, and she responded to his affection.
• Han Yue returned from handling sect affairs and found Xiao Ling and Han Xue embracing.
• Han Yue teased her sister, then leaned into Xiao Ling’s embrace, and the three went into the bedroom together.

Xiao Ling examined the Dou Qi seals Granny Hua left in Han Xue and Han Yue and confirmed they were safe but overly restrictive. He recommended carefully loosening them so the sisters could absorb the inheritance faster, especially because the news could attract dangerous outsiders.

• Xiao Ling woke beside Han Xue and Han Yue, and the three dressed after teasing and caring for one another.
• Xiao Ling warned Han Xue and Han Yue that Granny Hua had sealed her lifelong Dou Qi inside them and examined their meridians with his Soul Perception.
• Xiao Ling found that Granny Hua’s powerful Dou Qi was safely contained in layered seals that gradually fed it into the sisters’ meridians.
• Xiao Ling explained that the seals slowed their absorption and recommended moderately loosening them to hasten their cultivation.
• Han Xue and Han Yue said they had been unable to affect the seals themselves and feared provoking a backlash.
• Xiao Ling warned that rumors about their inheritance could attract desperate experts and urged them to prepare by refining the Dou Qi sooner.

Xiao Ling reset the seals containing Han Xue and Han Yue’s inherited dou qi so they could safely draw on it as their cultivation advanced. After enduring severe pain, the sisters awoke to find the new seals formed and under their control.

• Han Yue and Han Xue agreed that they needed to use Granny Hua’s sealed dou qi before others could target them, and Xiao Ling offered to reset the seals.
• Xiao Ling warned that releasing the vast power directly could damage their meridians, so he planned to make the seals release dou qi gradually as their cultivation improved.
• Han Xue and Han Yue prepared themselves as Xiao Ling used his fused Heavenly Flame to enter their meridians and strike the old seals.
• The old seals shattered, releasing violent dou qi that Xiao Ling trapped with fiery nets while forming replacement seals and healing the sisters’ meridians with Life Energy.
• Xiao Ling withdrew his hands and told Han Xue and Han Yue that the new seals would release dou qi for cultivation at a rate they could control.