Chapter Summaries

Xiao Huo rejected the Alchemist Guild’s assumptions about which examination he wanted to take, then revealed overwhelming power and announced that he had originally intended to challenge the sixth-grade examination. Frank and Master Otto were left stunned as Xiao Huo hovered above the Guild.

• Xiao Huo clarified that he had not asked to take the second-grade examination, leaving Frank, Master Otto, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei confused about his intended rank.
• Frank and Master Otto assumed Xiao Huo meant to take the third-grade examination, but Xiao Huo denied that as well.
• Frank and Master Otto grew angry when Xiao Huo rejected the fourth-grade examination, and Frank accused him of boasting beyond his abilities.
• Frank challenged Xiao Huo to prove he could reach Dou Wang strength if he wanted to take the fifth-grade examination, while Lin Fei pleaded for the Guild to give him another chance.
• Xiao Huo unfurled golden wings, revealed a majestic presence, and said he had originally wanted to take the sixth-grade examination.
• Xiao Huo rose into the air above the Alchemist Guild as Frank and Master Otto stared at him in shock.

Xiao Huo revealed himself as a peak Dou Emperor at the Alchemist Guild, stunning Frank, Otto, and the disciples. After they accepted him as their master, he gave Frank and Otto pills that raised them to the Dou Spirit peak, and they pledged their service to him.

• Xiao Huo revealed his peak Dou Emperor strength, causing Frank, Otto, and the disciples to kneel in fear.
• Frank and Otto apologized and proclaimed Xiao Huo the Alchemist Guild's master and guild leader.
• Xiao Huo dismissed the importance of the sixth-grade Alchemist title and gave Frank a Pipi Experience Pill.
• Frank and Otto swallowed the pills and both reached the Dou Spirit peak without side effects.
• Otto and Frank thanked Xiao Huo and vowed to serve him.

Xiao Huo stunned the Alchemist Guild with his strength and accepted Lin Fei and Xue Mei as disciples. He left them eager to meet him the next day, while Frank and Otto schemed to bring the young women closer to him.

• Frank and Otto knelt before Xiao Huo and begged to become his disciples or subordinates, while the gathered disciples and girls marveled at his achievements.
• Xiao Huo said he did not need male disciples but was open to female disciples, prompting Frank and Otto to urge Lin Fei and Xue Mei toward him.
• Otto and Frank praised Lin Fei and Xue Mei to Xiao Huo and encouraged him to take them as disciples.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei asked to become Xiao Huo's disciples, and he told them to find him the next day.
• Lin Fei embraced Xiao Huo and Xue Mei kissed his cheek, while Xiao Huo told them to wear less when they came to cultivate with him.

Xiao Huo gave Lin Fei and Xue Mei pills that raised their cultivation and promised he could improve their aptitude, while Frank and Otto grew more determined to recruit him. After the pills made both girls Dou Shi experts, Xue Mei gave Xiao Huo her first kiss, leaving everyone astonished by his abilities.

• Frank and Otto asked Xiao Huo to stay at the guild, hoping to strengthen their connection with the gifted alchemist.
• Xiao Huo learned that Lin Fei was a four-star Dou Practitioner and Xue Mei was a five-star Dou Practitioner, then promised he could improve their aptitude.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei both offered to give Xiao Huo whatever he wanted, and he gave each of them a bottle of Pipi Experience Pills.
• Ya Han watched the scene from her room and wondered whether Xiao Huo would visit her that night.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei swallowed the pills and advanced to Dou Master One Star, and Xue Mei kissed Xiao Huo, saying it was her first kiss.
• Frank, Otto, and the gathered young people were stunned by the girls' rapid advancement and became even more impressed by Xiao Huo.

Xiao Huo's pill-powered display transformed Xue Mei and Lin Fei and drew admiration and envy from the Alchemist Guild. As the guild learned he was Nalan Yanran's fiancé, Xiao Huo prepared to visit Ya Han while Xue Mei and Lin Fei anticipated joining him to cultivate.

• Xue Mei and Lin Fei gained strength after taking Xiao Huo's Pipi Experience Pills, and the disciples cheered and envied them.
• The disciples learned Xiao Huo was Nalan Yanran's fiancé and spread rumors about his influence and relationships.
• Frank and Otto discussed sending Xue Mei and Lin Fei to Xiao Huo's room later that night to cultivate.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei dressed in short skirts and looked forward to surprising Xiao Huo, though Xue Mei wondered why they needed to wear less.
• Xiao Huo spoke with the upgrading system, which refused to let him see its appearance, then flew to Ya Han's room to teach her how to cultivate.

Xiao Huo spent the night with Ya Han, then with Lin Fei and Xue Mei, claiming he was helping them improve their cultivation. The next morning, Lin Fei and Xue Mei showed stronger cultivation and stayed close to him, leaving the Alchemist Guild's young men heartbroken.

• Xiao Huo visited Ya Han, promised to teach her cultivation, and spent the evening with her before tucking her into bed.
• Xiao Huo welcomed Lin Fei and Xue Mei to his room and told them he would help improve their talent.
• Xiao Huo shut the door and set up a protective barrier, then drew Xue Mei and Lin Fei into his arms and promised to marry Xue Mei someday.
• The next morning, Xue Mei and Lin Fei announced their improved cultivation and open meridians as Xiao Huo guided them through training.
• The Alchemist Guild's young men saw Lin Fei and Xue Mei cultivating intimately beside Xiao Huo's room, and some fainted or coughed up blood.

Xiao Huo received a system gift that raised his attributes and advanced him to Dou Grandmaster Nine Stars, while the system teased him with the prospect of a little loli. At the Alchemist Guild, he announced plans to found the Sacred Flame Sect and won over Otto, Frank, and the guild disciples.

• The System upgraded Xiao Huo, increased his attributes, and advanced him to Dou Grandmaster Nine Stars, while making a little loli available if he won Zi Yan's heart.
• Otto and Frank marveled at Lin Fei and Xue Mei's dramatically improved cultivation talent and heard Lin Fei mention Xiao Huo's guidance.
• Frank and Otto asked Xiao Huo to become president of the Alchemist Guild, but Xiao Huo announced he would establish the Sacred Flame Sect instead.
• Frank and Otto pledged to join the Sacred Flame Sect, and Xiao Huo assigned Frank to handle registration.
• Xiao Huo promised a Pipi Experience Pill to every recruit, prompting the Alchemist Guild disciples to chant the sect's name.

Xiao Huo founded the Sacred Flame Sect and planned to grow it into a force that could rule the Dou Qi Continent and beyond. Uneasy about the Misty Cloud Sect, he resolved to go bring Nalan Yanran home, then set off with Otto to obtain Ice Spirit Cold Spring and pursue his quests.

• Xiao Huo announced the Sacred Flame Sect and imagined recruiting thousands of beautiful women while using weaker disciples as cannon fodder.
• Xiao Huo worried that something might happen to the Misty Cloud Sect and decided to hurry there to bring Nalan Yanran home and marry Yun Yun as well.
• The system gave Xiao Huo a System Experience Card usable only at the Misty Cloud Sect and a Dou Venerate Nine Stars Prestige Card with no combat effect.
• Xiao Huo reviewed his quests, bought an item for subduing Heavenly Flames, and prepared to leave to find Qing Lin.
• Xiao Huo asked Otto for Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Otto eagerly led him to obtain it so he could advance to Dou Spirit One Star.

Xiao Huo recruited Gute into the Sacred Flame Sect by giving him Erguotou and obtained an Ice Spirit Cold Spring. After leaving the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Huo flew toward Desert City to find Qing Lin and Medusa, planning to establish the sect and use his Dou Venerate Prestige Card.

• Otto brought Xiao Huo to Gute, who doubted Xiao Huo’s claim that the Sacred Flame Sect would become the Jia Ma Empire’s greatest force.
• Gute saw Xiao Huo’s sixth-grade Alchemist badge and remained unconvinced that the sect could rise to prominence within a year.
• Xiao Huo offered Gute Erguotou, and Gute became so impressed that he agreed to join the Sacred Flame Sect.
• Gute gave Xiao Huo an Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then asked where he could find him; Xiao Huo said to come to the Sacred Flame Sect in the Jia Ma Empire.
• After hearing about Xiao Huo’s feats, Gute was astonished, while Xiao Huo flew toward Desert City to find Qing Lin and Medusa.

Xiao Huo traveled toward the Tagor Desert, where he planned to complete his main quest and raise the system to Level Five. After intimidating a crowd and rejecting a woman who tried to win his favor, he bantered with the system before flying toward the desert.

• Xiao Huo reached the city plaza and asked a woman to arrange passage to a city near the Tagor Desert.
• A burly man attacked Xiao Huo with Fire Cloud Palm, but Xiao Huo killed him with a glance, terrifying the crowd into kneeling.
• The woman offered Xiao Huo a private room and tried to seduce him, but he rejected her and shut his door.
• The system teased Xiao Huo, offered him kisses and a Gift Pack, then threatened to cancel its functions after he questioned what it looked like.
• Three days later, Xiao Huo saw the Tagor Desert, spread his Purple Cloud Wings, and flew off to pursue his main quest.

Xiao Huo entered Desert City, took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map from Hai Bodong, and revealed overwhelming power. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong kneeling before him in fear.

• Xiao Huo entered Desert City after the system assigned him a quest to subdue Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and acquire the fragment map and Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Huo bought a map of the Tagor Desert and went to Hai Bodong's shop, where he found and took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.
• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Huo for taking the map, but Xiao Huo shattered his cold qi with a snap and revealed his Dou Qi Wings and sixth-grade Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Huo released an aura that Hai Bodong believed belonged to a Dou Zong, and Hai Bodong fell to his knees before him.

Xiao Huo recruited Hai Bodong by offering him a Po E Pill and revealed his plans to establish the Sacred Flame Sect. He left Hai Bodong eager to join, after claiming Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran were his women.

• Xiao Huo offered Hai Bodong a chance to recover his peak strength with a Po E Pill and demanded his Heavenly Flame map fragments in return.
• Hai Bodong warned Xiao Huo that Queen Medusa guarded the Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Huo claimed Medusa was his woman.
• Xiao Huo told Hai Bodong to find him at the Sacred Flame Sect in half a year and said he would make it the Jia Ma Empire’s number one sect.
• Xiao Huo revealed that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate, and Hai Bodong immediately pledged to join the Sacred Flame Sect.
• Xiao Huo said Hai Bodong would accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect and claimed Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran were also his women.

Xiao Huo gained a level after displaying his power, then flew to the desert to rescue Xue Lan from attacking serpentfolk. He appeared between her and her assailants just as they were about to seize her.

• Hai Bodong was stunned by Xiao Huo's overwhelming strength and looked forward to serving under him in the Sacred Flame Sect.
• Xiao Huo advanced to a two-star Dou Ling and accepted the System's mission to save Xue Lan.
• Xue Lan and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group faced a group of stronger serpentfolk, who planned to kill the mercenaries and abduct the women.
• The serpentfolk shattered Xue Lan's sword and reached for her as she was left unable to resist.
• Xiao Huo descended from the sky and shielded Xue Lan from the serpentfolk.

Xiao Huo rescued Xue Lan from the Serpentfolk and revealed overwhelming power by destroying their attackers with a glance and calling down heavenly thunder. The Serpentfolk were struck down as Xiao Huo stood victorious.

• Xiao Huo appeared before Xue Lan and assured her that no one would harm her.
• Two Serpentfolk attacked Xiao Huo, but he turned them and their weapons to ash with a glance.
• The Serpentfolk Leader ordered the remaining eighteen Serpentfolk to attack Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo summoned tens of thousands of bolts of heavenly thunder, which struck the Serpentfolk as they tried to flee.

Xiao Huo annihilated the serpentfolk and their leader to protect Xue Lan, leaving the mercenaries in awe of his power. After introducing himself as a member of the Sacred Flame Sect and predicting its rise, he astonished Xue Lan again when she discovered he was a sixth-grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Huo killed the serpentfolk with heavenly thunder, then destroyed the fleeing Serpentfolk Leader with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.
• The system praised Xiao Huo for earning Prestige Points and urged him to complete Xue Lan's optional mission.
• Xue Lan and the mercenaries thanked and praised Xiao Huo after realizing the serpentfolk were defeated.
• Xiao Huo introduced himself as being from the Sacred Flame Sect and told Xue Lan it would become the Jia Ma Empire's greatest power within half a year.
• Xue Lan noticed Xiao Huo was a sixth-grade Alchemist and wondered if his cultivation was above the Dou Wang realm.

Xiao Huo revealed that he was a sixth-grade Alchemist and healed Xue Lan and the mercenaries with miraculous pills. He then showed Xue Lan his azure wings and said he was far stronger than a Dou King, leaving her wondering if he was a Dou Huang.

• Xue Lan and the mercenaries learned Xiao Huo was a sixth-grade Alchemist and revered him.
• Xiao Huo gave healing pills to the mercenaries and extra bottles to Xue Lan.
• Xue Lan took a pill and discovered that all her injuries had healed.
• The mercenaries found that their old wounds had healed and even severed limbs had regrown.
• Xiao Huo displayed his azure wings and told Xue Lan he was far stronger than a Dou King, prompting her to wonder if he was a Dou Huang.

Xiao Huo revealed that he was a Dou Emperor and agreed to accompany Xue Lan to Desert City. As they flew there together, he flirted with her and kissed her, leaving her embarrassed and realizing he had tricked her again.

• Xue Lan and the mercenaries learned that Xiao Huo was a Dou Emperor and knelt to show their gratitude and respect.
• Xue Lan invited Xiao Huo to Desert City, and he agreed because his elder brothers and Qing Lin were there.
• Xiao Huo took Xue Lan's hand and flew with her toward Desert City, holding her close when she became afraid.
• Xue Lan hinted that she might repay Xiao Huo by offering herself to him, but asked for more time to think.
• Xiao Huo kissed Xue Lan and touched her, while she protested that he had tricked her and taken her first kiss.

Xiao Huo drew Xue Lan closer with promises of joining the Sacred Flame Sect and improving her abilities, then gave her a pill that rapidly raised her cultivation. Xue Lan reached Dou Master Nine Stars and learned that improving her talent would require her to give something up.

• Xue Lan accepted Xiao Huo's affection and kissed him as repayment, while Xiao Huo promised to protect her if she joined the Sacred Flame Sect.
• Xue Lan worried that her low cultivation and ordinary talent would make her unworthy of joining, but Xiao Huo promised to improve both.
• Xiao Huo gave Xue Lan a Pipi Experience Pill, which raised her cultivation from Dou Practitioner Eight Stars to Dou Practitioner Nine Stars.
• Xue Lan continued breaking through until she reached Dou Master Nine Stars, surpassing the strongest members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Huo offered to improve Xue Lan's talent but warned that she would have to give something up, leaving her choice undecided.

Xiao Huo and Xue Lan shared a romantic moment after he raised her cultivation and promised to improve her talent further. In Desert City, he reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, whose mercenaries learned of his power and were astonished when Xue Lan revealed her new strength.

• Xue Lan thanked Xiao Huo for raising her cultivation, confessed her feelings, and kissed him.
• Xiao Huo and Xue Lan entered Desert City and arrived at the brightly lit Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were shocked to hear that Xiao Huo was a sixth-grade Alchemist and a Dou Emperor, and the mercenaries praised his strength and healing pill.
• Xiao Huo reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who celebrated his cultivation and alchemy achievements.
• Xue Lan revealed that she had reached Dou Master nine-star after taking Xiao Huo's pill, leaving the mercenaries stunned before they cheered and bowed to him.

Xiao Huo learned that the He Yuan Mercenary Group, led by Xiao Yan and a Dou Emperor-level Green-Headed Monster, had taken over Desert City and captured Qing Lin. He flew to rescue her, leaving the city under gathering storm clouds as the system locked onto her location.

• Xiao Huo impressed the Desert Iron Mercenary Group when Xue Lan advanced to a nine-star Dou Master, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed his help.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Huo that the He Yuan Mercenary Group had taken control of the Sand and Storm Mercenary Groups and that its leader could control Mating Apes.
• Xiao Li revealed that Luo Bu had captured Qing Lin and planned to present her to the Green-Headed Monster the next day.
• Xiao Huo spread his wings and flew off in fury, while dark clouds and lightning gathered over the Tagor Desert.
• The system locked onto Qing Lin's location, and Xiao Huo charged toward the Sand Mercenary Group to rescue her.