Chapter Summaries

Xiao Huo learned that Yun Yun and Medusa were alive and had risen to the Nine Regions Ranking, then discovered where they were. He planned to find them, while learning that reaching the Nine Regions could bring him to the heart of the Central Plains.

• Xiao Huo spotted Yun Yun and Medusa ranked twenty-second and twenty-third on the Nine Regions Ranking and asked Yun Qianqian's companion for news about them.
• The disciple told Xiao Huo that Yun Yun had joined the Flower Sect and Medusa was stranded on a snowy mountain, and warned him that both women were difficult to approach.
• Xiao Huo admitted to Yun Qianqian that Yun Yun, Medusa, Ling'er, and Xun'er were his girlfriends, but Yun Qianqian did not believe him.
• The disciple suggested that Xiao Huo ask Huang Feng and Lin Ming, ranking experts from the Nine Regions, for help finding Yun Yun and Medusa.
• Xiao Huo learned that he could reach the Nine Regions without joining its ranking, though the journey would take a month.

Xiao Huo learned that Huang Feng and Lin Ming had been defeated by Yun Yun and Medusa, and he planned to confront them at the Alchemy Tournament while helping Medicine Valley secure a ranking. As the tournament approached, Yun Qianqian explained its three tests, and Xiao Huo prepared to show everyone his alchemy skills.

• A disciple explained that Huang Feng and Lin Ming had fallen from twenty-second and twenty-third to twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth on the Nine Regions Ranking after challenging Yun Yun and Medusa.
• Xiao Huo resolved to confront Huang Feng and Lin Ming at the Alchemy Tournament and help Medicine Valley, while hoping a high ranking would let Baby Xun'er know he was alive.
• Baby Xun'er realized Xiao Huo was probably alive and felt relieved that she would not need to take over the Ancient Clan alone.
• Xiao Huo returned to Medicine Valley's inn and asked Yun Qianqian what the Alchemy Tournament would test.
• Yun Qianqian explained that the tournament would test pill refinement, a sect's pill reserves, and combat, and that merchant guilds had recruited Huang Feng and Lin Ming.
• Xiao Huo agreed to compete and vowed to demonstrate his alchemy skills at the tournament.

At the Alchemy Competition, Xiao Huo stood with Yun Qianqian and Yue Yao as Huang Feng and Lin Ming of the Alchemy Pavilion eyed the two women and threatened Medicine Valley’s prospects. The first round began with a challenge to refine a Seventh Grade Spirit Connecting Pill, and Xiao Huo stepped forward to represent Medicine Valley, shocking the assembled factions.

• Yun Qianqian asked Xiao Huo to help Medicine Valley win, and he assured her that the faction would not lose with him there.
• Huang Feng and Lin Ming discussed taking Yun Qianqian and Yue Yao for themselves, prompting Xiao Huo to pull Yue Yao close and take Yun Qianqian’s hand in public.
• Huang Feng reacted coldly to Xiao Huo’s display and warned that Medicine Valley was interesting.
• The elder announced the first round: each contestant had eight hours and one attempt to refine a Seventh Grade Spirit Connecting Pill.
• Xiao Huo stepped onto the arena as Medicine Valley’s representative, astonishing the crowd and drawing Huang Feng’s scorn.

Xiao Huo represented Medicine Valley in the first round of the Alchemy Competition, despite widespread doubts about his ability to refine a seventh-grade Spirit Connecting Pill. After spending his time in the secret chamber resting with Miss System instead of visibly refining, he emerged first after only two hours, leaving everyone unsure whether he had succeeded or given up.

• Yun Qianqian confirmed Xiao Huo as Medicine Valley's candidate, accepting the risk of elimination as Elder Qing Xuan and other factions questioned her choice.
• Elder Qing Xuan began the first round, requiring the Alchemists to refine a seventh-grade Spirit Connecting Pill within twelve hours.
• Xiao Huo entered his sealed chamber, spoke with Miss System, and rested with her rather than beginning the refinement immediately.
• Yun Qianqian reassured Medicine Valley's worried elders that Xiao Huo would lead them to victory.
• After two hours, Xiao Huo emerged first from his chamber, stunning the audience and leaving his success uncertain.

Xiao Huo emerged from the secret chamber after two hours, and the crowd assumed he had failed despite Yun Qianqian continuing to trust him. When Elder Qing Xuan opened Xiao Huo’s cauldron after the other results were announced, he froze at the pill inside, leaving its quality and Medicine Valley’s fate unrevealed.

• Xiao Huo returned after two hours, prompting the crowd and Medicine Valley’s elders to conclude that his refinement had failed, while Yun Qianqian stood by him.
• Xiao Huo told Yun Qianqian and Yue Yao that they would not lose, then submitted his covered pill cauldron and fell asleep as the other alchemists finished.
• Elder Qing Xuan inspected the submitted pills and announced that several alchemists had refined Spirit Connecting Pills, including an Alchemy Pavilion elder who produced an upper-grade pill.
• Elder Qing Xuan opened Xiao Huo’s cauldron and stared at the pill inside, frozen in shock.

Xiao Huo refined a Supreme Quality Spirit Connecting Pill in the Alchemy Competition, stunning the arena and securing Medicine Valley’s first victory. Medicine Valley needed one more win to take the competition.

• Elder Qing Xuan opened Xiao Huo’s pill cauldron and was shocked to find a pill inside.
• Elder Qing Xuan inspected the pill and recognized it as a Supreme Quality Seventh Grade Spirit Connecting Pill.
• Elder Qing Xuan announced that Xiao Huo had refined the pill within twenty-four hours and declared Medicine Valley the winner of the first round.
• The crowd erupted in astonishment as they realized Medicine Valley needed only one more victory to win the competition.
• Huang Feng and Lin Ming stood frozen with ashen faces.

Xiao Huo stunned the Alchemy Competition by refining a Supreme Quality Seventh Grade Spirit Connecting Pill in two hours, then asked Elder Qing Xuan about Xun'er and the Ancient Clan. Qing Xuan revealed that Xun'er had changed dramatically and that Ling'er had also begun cultivating and competing in earnest, leaving Xiao Huo troubled and determined to learn more.

• Xiao Huo's Supreme Quality Spirit Connecting Pill shocked the crowd, and the Alchemy Pavilion elder inspected it and confirmed its quality.
• Huang Feng acknowledged Xiao Huo's alchemy, while Lin Ming remained confident that the Alchemy Pavilion would win the final battle.
• Elder Qing Xuan invited Xiao Huo to join the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Huo said he might consider it after finding Yanran, Medusa, and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Huo asked Elder Qing Xuan whether Xun'er was well, and Qing Xuan said she was no longer the Xun'er she used to be.
• Elder Qing Xuan explained that Ling'er had recently begun cultivating and refining pills seriously and had defeated ranking experts, though he did not know why she had changed.

Xiao Huo shocked the plaza by refining a Supreme Quality Seventh Grade Spirit Connecting Pill, giving Medicine Valley hope in the Alchemy Competition. Medicine Valley then lost the second round, leaving its fate to the upcoming third round as Yun Qianqian feared the sects’ plans to drive them out.

• Xiao Huo refined the Spirit Connecting Pill in two hours, and Elder Qing Xuan confirmed its Supreme Quality.
• Medicine Valley elders apologized to Xiao Huo for doubting him, but he told them he did not care.
• Xiao Huo said he planned to rise onto the Nine Regions Ranking and search for Xun'er, Ling'er, Medusa, and Yun Yun.
• Yue Yao ran into Xiao Huo's arms, while Medicine Valley lost the second round to the Alchemy Pavilion.
• Yun Qianqian told Xiao Huo that the Alchemy Pavilion and other factions had joined forces against Medicine Valley, and she feared what would happen if the sect lost.

After Yun Qianqian lost the second round, Xiao Huo comforted her and promised to help Medicine Valley win the final Alchemy Competition before leaving to search for Medusa and Baby Xun'er. Huang Feng and Lin Ming prepared to face Xiao Huo, certain they would defeat him in the third round.

• Xiao Huo comforted Yun Qianqian after her loss and promised to secure Medicine Valley's victory in the final round.
• Yun Qianqian asked whether she would see Xiao Huo again, and he assured her that she would before saying he might leave the next day.
• Yue Yao found Xiao Huo and complained that he had not called for her, so he took her and Yun Qianqian away together.
• Miss System announced that she had completed her mission and reached Level Six, but Xiao Huo fell asleep without hearing her.
• Huang Feng grew furious over Xiao Huo and, with Lin Ming, vowed to defeat him in the final Alchemy Competition.

Xiao Huo entered the Alchemy Competition’s final battle on behalf of Medicine Valley and challenged Huang Feng and Lin Ming together. He killed both one-star Dou Venerates with his overwhelming power, officially claiming the twenty-third spot on the Nine Regions Ranking.

• Elder Qing Xuan announced that the final battle would decide the Alchemy Competition champion and offer a chance to enter the Nine Regions Ranking.
• Xiao Huo assured Yun Qianqian that Medicine Valley would win, then stepped onto the battle platform as the sects questioned his strength.
• Xiao Huo challenged Huang Feng and Lin Ming to attack together, and both Alchemy Pavilion disciples accepted.
• Huang Feng and Lin Ming revealed their one-star Dou Venerate cultivation, but Xiao Huo unveiled his two-star Dou Venerate strength and froze them with the Space Rule.
• Xiao Huo used the Star Rule to kill Huang Feng and Lin Ming after they begged him for mercy.
• Xiao Huo was officially placed at twenty-third on the Nine Regions Ranking.

Xiao Huo defeated Huang Feng and Lin Ming at the Alchemy Competition, earning a place on the Nine Regions Ranking and bringing about the destruction of the Alchemy Pavilion. He declined Elder Qing Xuan’s invitation to join the Ancient Clan, left gifts for Xun'er and Ling'er, and set out to find Yun Yun, Medusa, and Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Huo’s name appeared in twenty-third place on the Nine Regions Ranking after he defeated Huang Feng and Lin Ming.
• Sect Master Ling attacked Xiao Huo, but Elder Qing Xuan intervened and killed him, wiping out the Alchemy Pavilion faction.
• Elder Qing Xuan invited Xiao Huo to join the Ancient Clan, but Xiao Huo declined and gave him brocade pouches for Xun'er and Ling'er.
• Xiao Huo told Medicine Valley to develop well and prepared to leave in search of Yun Yun, Medusa, and Nalan Yanran.
• Yue Yao asked Xiao Huo to remember their promise, and Xiao Huo embraced her and Yun Qianqian before departing for the Central Continent Nine Regions.

Yun Yun learned that Xiao Huo had appeared at twenty-third on the Nine Regions Ranking and became certain he was alive. She asked Xiao Die to gather information about him and continued waiting for him at the Flower Sect.

• Medicine Valley won the Alchemy Competition, and Ancient Clan experts arrived to investigate something, though what happened there remained unknown.
• Xiao Huo appeared at twenty-third on the Nine Regions Ranking, drawing attention across the Central Continent Nine Regions.
• Yun Yun received the updated ranking and found Xiao Huo's name below hers and Medusa's.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Die about Xiao Huo, and Xiao Die said he had recently defeated Huang Feng and Lin Ming to claim his place.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Die to find all available information on Xiao Huo and rejoiced that she had finally received news of him.

After Xiao Huo appeared on the Nine Regions Ranking, Medusa and the Sacred Flame Sect learned that he was alive. Medusa resolved to accept the Snow Mountain Clan’s inheritance, while Xiao Yu rallied the sect to grow stronger before Xiao Huo’s return.

• Medusa learned Xiao Huo was alive, decided to cultivate through the Snow Mountain Clan’s inheritance, and vowed to avenge herself on Xiao Yan.
• Medusa reassured her daughter that Xiao Huo would return and urged her to grow up well.
• Xiao Yu, Zi Yan, Nangong Yumo, and the Sacred Flame Sect disciples saw Xiao Huo’s name on the Nine Regions Ranking and celebrated his survival.
• Xiao Yu addressed the kneeling disciples, declared that the sect would become stronger for Xiao Huo, and led them in cheering for the sect and its master.
• The Sacred Flame Sect disciples vowed to cultivate harder and stand beside Xiao Huo when he returned.

After learning that Xiao Huo was alive, Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei renewed their resolve to grow stronger, while Xiao Yi Xian left the Sacred Flame Sect to seek experience. The sect sent its disciples out to train, and Xiao Huo returned to the Central Plains to begin his journey there.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei celebrated news that Xiao Huo was alive and resolved to keep cultivating until they could see him again.
• Xiao Yi Xian packed her belongings, left a jade token with Ling'er for Xiao Huo, and set out to gain experience.
• The Sacred Flame Sect ordered its disciples to travel beyond the Jia Ma Empire and grow stronger.
• Xiao Yu stayed behind to manage the sect and diligently practice her swordsmanship.
• Xiao Huo returned to the Central Plains and prepared to begin his journey there.

Xun'er learned from Elder Qing Xuan that Xiao Huo was alive and read the note he had left for her. Her joy helped her break through to Dou Sheng, and she flew off to find him.

• Xun'er recalled her grief after hearing that Xiao Huo had fallen, then sensed he might still be alive and searched for him in the Central Plains.
• Xun'er questioned Elder Qing Xuan about Xiao Huo, and he gave her the brocade pouch Xiao Huo had left behind.
• Xun'er read Xiao Huo's note promising to return and marry her, and she cried with relief before deciding to wait for him.
• Xun'er broke through from Half-Saint to Dou Sheng at seventeen, astonishing the Ancient Clan as her white hair turned black again.
• Xun'er flew away from the Ancient Clan to find Xiao Huo, while Gu Ling'er understood why she was so happy.

Xiao Huo reunited with Yun Yun at the Flower Sect, where she longed to have a child with him despite his continued thoughts of Xun'er. After spending the night together, Xiao Huo left Yun Yun asleep and encountered Hua Yu outside her room.

• Xiao Huo admitted to Yun Yun that he still wondered how Xun'er was faring in the Ancient Clan.
• Hua Yu questioned Yun Yun's feelings for Xiao Huo, and Yun Yun declared that he was her husband.
• Yun Yun reflected on her wish to have a baby and her envy of Queen Medusa's child.
• Xiao Huo entered Yun Yun's room, embraced her, and spent the night with her.
• Xiao Huo left Yun Yun sleeping and found Hua Yu waiting outside the room.

Three years after Xiao Huo parted from Xun'er, Hun Tiandi overwhelmed the human armies, and Xun'er failed to break through to Dou Di. Xiao Huo arrived to reunite with her and revealed that he had reached the Dou Di realm, leaving the battle against Hun Tiandi poised to begin.

• Hun Tiandi attacked the Ancient Clan and human armies, killing hundreds of thousands and leaving Gu Yuan and the others despairing.
• Gu Xun'er failed to break through to Dou Di, then joined the battle and was defeated by Hun Tiandi's attack.
• Xiao Huo appeared and embraced Xun'er, who tearfully confronted him for staying away for three years.
• Xiao Huo promised Xun'er that no one would keep them apart again, then turned toward Hun Tiandi as the battle continued.
• Xiao Huo unleashed his cultivation, shocking everyone by revealing that he had reached the Dou Di realm.

After defeating Hun Tiandi and gaining the Ancient Clan's approval, Xiao Huo married Xun'er in a grand ceremony witnessed by the world. The chapter ended with the two embracing and beginning their life together as husband and wife.

• Xiao Huo defeated Hun Tiandi, became Lord of the World, and brought peace to the continent.
• The Ancient Clan approved Xiao Huo and Xun'er's marriage, and the clan prepared a grand wedding.
• Xun'er waited in her chamber, longing to reunite with Xiao Huo after five years apart.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Huo and gave his blessing at the wedding ceremony.
• Xiao Huo lifted Xun'er's veil, asked her to be his wife, and Xun'er accepted.
• Xiao Huo embraced and kissed Xun'er, and they became husband and wife.