Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned from the Ancient Tomb, brought Xiao Yi Xian to a new courtyard in Green Mountain Town, and promised to teach her Spirit Plant Techniques. After settling in, he prepared to use the Profound Bodhi Foundation Pill he had obtained from the tomb.

• Xiao Yi Xian wondered about Xiao Yan and their strange connection while waiting in the Small Mountain Valley with Little Blue.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a spatial Black Hole, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and explained that he could temporarily borrow power comparable to a Dou Zong’s.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Ten Thousand Medicines Shop, where Boss Yao gave Xiao Yan keys to a nearby courtyard and received Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid in return.
• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to the courtyard and promised to teach her Spirit Plant Techniques, which came from her future Spirit Orchid Secret Codex.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian separately discovered suggestive rocking chairs in their rooms, and Xiao Yan then opened the bottle containing the Profound Bodhi Foundation Pill.

Xiao Yan swallowed a Profound Bodhi Foundation Pill, which cleansed and strengthened his body as his Emperor Flame Seed helped him break through to one-star Dou Shi. After waking, he explained his transformation to Xiao Yi Xian and began teaching her Spirit Plant Techniques by having her plant medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Profound Bodhi Foundation Pill and fell asleep as it transformed his body and meridians.
• Xiao Yan's Emperor Flame Seed formed a Flame Little Person, refined incoming energy, and helped him condense energy liquid as he advanced to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke Xiao Yan the next morning and worried over the foul-smelling impurities covering him.
• Xiao Yan discovered his breakthrough and the Flame God Avatar within his Qi vortex, then washed and changed.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to teach her Spirit Plant Techniques, and he gave her medicinal ingredients to plant according to his instructions.

Xiao Yan taught Xiao Yi Xian Spirit Plant Techniques while Yao Lao recovered, and the two grew closer after a snake bit Xiao Yi Xian. When Yao Lao awakened with much of his Soul Power restored, Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Monster Mountain Range for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, leaving Xiao Yi Xian a jade slip to summon him if she faced trouble.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian medicinal herbs to plant and spent several days teaching her Spirit Plant Techniques while Yao Lao remained half-asleep.
• Xiao Yan killed a snake that bit Xiao Yi Xian, treated her wound, and helped her rest, deepening their closeness despite her insistence that they were only friends.
• Yao Lao awakened with nearly half his Soul Power restored, and Xiao Yan decided he was ready to seek the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he would be away for about a month and gave her a jade slip to crush if she encountered trouble.

Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian to travel to the Monster Mountain Range, where he demanded the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame from the White Tiger Siblings. After they refused and attacked, he prepared to subdue them and take them as guardians for the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a month to decide whether to return with him to Wu Tan City or remain in Green Mountain Town, then flew toward the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and the powerful Magical Beasts gathered around the White Tiger Siblings’ mountain stronghold.
• Xiao Yan summoned the White Tiger Siblings, revealed his Dou Zong-level aura, and faced the two Profound Nether White Tigers as they transformed into human forms.
• Xiao Yan asked the White Tiger Siblings for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and said they would also have to leave with him for a while.
• The White Tiger Siblings refused, gathered their followers’ killing intent, and attacked Xiao Yan with their White Tiger Ice Sky Claw.

Xiao Yan fought the White Tiger Siblings and used the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger to defeat and severely injure Bai Han. He demanded their submission and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, then offered to help them evolve to the Eighth Order if they served him for ten years.

• Bai Xue and Bai Han attacked Xiao Yan together, but he injured Bai Xue with Eight Extremes Collapse and evaded Bai Han's strike.
• Bai Han transformed into a giant white tiger and attacked Xiao Yan with White Tiger Tears Sky Rift.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger and shattered Bai Han's attack, then slammed him into the ground.
• Bai Xue and Bai Han offered to submit and give Xiao Yan the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame if he released Bai Han, but Xiao Yan demanded they both serve him.
• The siblings prepared to fight to the death, so Xiao Yan offered to help them evolve to the Eighth Order in exchange for ten years of service.

Xiao Yan subdued the White Tiger Siblings by planting Soul Seals in their souls and promising them the White Tiger Holy Transformation Skill. He obtained the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and gave them the skill’s first half, then ordered them to gather medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Yan offered the White Tiger Siblings the White Tiger Holy Transformation Skill in exchange for submission and warned that he would destroy their bloodline if they refused.
• Bai Han asked Xiao Yan to let the Magical Beasts disperse before enslaving them, and then dismissed the gathered beasts.
• Xiao Yan planted Soul Seals in Bai Han and Bai Xue and had them lead him to the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame beneath their mountain palace.
• Xiao Yan returned to the palace and transmitted the first half of the White Tiger Holy Transformation Skill to the siblings, promising the rest if they performed well.
• Xiao Yan gave Bai Han and Bai Xue a list of medicinal ingredients and ordered them to gather more than half within three days.

Xiao Yan had Yao Lao refine many pills while strengthening his soul through repeated recovery and practice. As the White Tiger Siblings guarded the mountain, two rival magical-beast overlords arrived, drawn by the pill fragrance, and discovered Bai Han was badly injured.

• After three days of rest, Xiao Yan inspected the medicinal ingredients gathered by Bai Xue and promised to make healing pills for Bai Han.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Lao to a secluded mountain peak, where Yao Lao refined more than ten kinds of Fifth and Sixth Grade pills while practicing the secret arts Xiao Yan had taught him.
• After Yao Lao recovered, Xiao Yan guided him through refining Blood God Pills, and the process strengthened Yao Lao's soul and deepened his understanding of the Medicine Emperor Codex.
• Bai Xue guarded the mountain and grew more wary of Xiao Yan's power when heavenly lightning accompanied the appearance of Seventh Grade pills.
• The Blood Winged Sky Wolf and Blood Transformation Demon Bull arrived, drawn by the pill fragrance, and the Blood Winged Sky Wolf noticed Bai Han's severe injuries.

Xiao Yan emerged from his pill refinement to protect Bai Han and Bai Xue as rival Beast Kings sought to kill the injured siblings and seize the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame. He killed the Blood Winged Sky Wolf with one strike and turned to the kneeling Blood Transformation Demon Bull, intent on taking its essence blood.

• The Blood Transformation Demon Bull and Blood Winged Sky Wolf attacked Bai Han and Bai Xue, hoping to claim Xiao Yan’s pill and exploit Bai Han’s injuries.
• Two more Seventh Rank Magical Beasts arrived and considered joining the fight to seize the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan ordered Bai Han and Bai Xue to step back, then declared that the siblings, his pills, and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame were under his protection.
• The Blood Transformation Demon Bull urged the two watching Beast Kings to help, but Bai Han revealed that Xiao Yan had caused his injuries as Xiao Yan raised his finger.
• Xiao Yan’s Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger crushed the Blood Winged Sky Wolf, leaving only its Magical Core.
• The Blood Transformation Demon Bull begged for its life and cited its Blood God Demon Bull ancestry, but Xiao Yan said its essence blood would be useful for refining pills.

Xiao Yan killed the Blood Winged Sky Wolf and Blood Transformation Demon Bull, harvested their cores and essence blood, and rewarded the White Tiger Siblings for serving him. After securing the Monster Mountain Range, he went to the Lava Coast to begin refining the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, his first true Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan crushed the Blood Transformation Demon Bull with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger, while two other Magical Beasts fled rather than challenge him.
• Xiao Yan refined the two dead beasts' essence blood, kept their Magical Cores, and gave the White Tiger Siblings the bull's shanks, Blood God Pills, and recovery supplies.
• Xiao Yan ordered the White Tiger Siblings to guard the cave as he prepared to refine the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, and the other high-order Magical Beasts stopped approaching their lair.
• After resting for three days, Xiao Yan returned to the Lava Coast with Yao Lao's Soul Power and approached the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Blood Lotus Pill, formed blood-colored armor, and reached for the resisting flame, declaring it would become his first Source Fire Seed.

Xiao Yan refined the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, strengthening his cultivation and transforming his Flame God Dharma Body. After emerging from seclusion, he returned to Bai Han and Bai Xue and announced that they would leave the Monster Mountain Range with him.

• Xiao Yan used the Emperor Flame Seed and his Soul Power to subdue the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and guide it through his meridians.
• Xiao Yan completed the refinement, awakening with a stronger Flame God Dharma Body, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame as his Strange Flame Source, and the Flame Mantra evolved to Profound Middle Grade.
• Xiao Yan's aura surged to the level of a five-star Dou Practitioner, and he tested his new multicolored flame by shaping it into different weapons.
• Xiao Yan left his seclusion and returned to Bai Han and Bai Xue, learning that he had been away for about ten days.
• Xiao Yan told Bai Han and Bai Xue that he planned to leave the Monster Mountain Range soon and ordered them to accompany him.

Xiao Yan ordered Bai Han and Bai Xue to leave the Monster Mountain Range with him, and they earned his approval by offering him their accumulated treasures. When the group reached Xiao Yi Xian's courtyard, Xiao Yan found her surrounded by people trying to seize her herbs and threaten her.

• Xiao Yan gave Bai Han and Bai Xue three days to prepare to leave the Monster Mountain Range with him.
• Bai Han and Bai Xue gathered medicinal herbs and rare treasures and presented them to Xiao Yan, who promised they could eventually return as overlords.
• Xiao Yan told Bai Han and Bai Xue to help protect people in human form, then led them out of the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Xiao Yi Xian's courtyard and saw her facing a group demanding the medicinal herbs she had planted.
• The female Alchemist and Lin Feng threatened Xiao Yi Xian, and Lin Feng ordered two Dou Masters to seize her.
• Boss Yao declared that Xiao Yi Xian was Xiao Yan's woman and warned the attackers to consider the consequences.

Boss Yao invoked Xiao Yan’s name to stop the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group from taking Xiao Yi Xian, but Lin Feng refused to back down. Xiao Yi Xian’s doubts about her place in Xiao Yan’s life surfaced before Xiao Yan arrived and began killing Lin Feng’s men.

• Boss Yao warned that Xiao Yan would punish anyone who harmed Xiao Yi Xian, and Hao Lan reconsidered her stance after hearing his name.
• Hao Lan apologized to Xiao Yi Xian and ordered Lin Feng to leave, but Lin Feng refused and questioned whether Xiao Yan truly cared about her.
• Lin Feng’s words left Xiao Yi Xian pale and struggling with doubts about Xiao Yan’s feelings and whether he would return.
• Lin Feng eventually agreed to leave after Hao Lan threatened to tell Hao Qian what had happened.
• Xiao Yan descended into Green Mountain Town, killed the two Dou Masters, seized Lin Feng, and set him ablaze with a multicolored flame.

Xiao Yan defeated the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group’s leaders, spared Hao Lan, and ordered action against the Hao Family and the mercenaries who had committed grave crimes. After everyone left, he comforted Xiao Yi Xian, who tried to end their relationship because she felt unworthy of him, and promised he would never leave her to face the future alone.

• Xiao Yan revealed his identity to Hao Lan after burning Lin Feng to ashes, then spared her while ordering Bai Han to make Hao Qian bedridden for exactly seven days.
• Xiao Yan sent Bai Xue to punish Serpent Nest Mercenary Group members who had committed rape, kidnapping, or plunder, and warned Hao Lan never to return to Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yan thanked the mercenaries and Boss Yao for their help, then approached Xiao Yi Xian in the courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian said their relationship should end because she was a village girl with the Woeful Poison Body and believed Xiao Yan deserved someone better.
• Xiao Yan pulled Xiao Yi Xian into his arms despite her resistance and promised she was no worse than anyone and would never have to face the future alone.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to part ways for now as he taught her how to cultivate her Woeful Poison Body, while his Protectors’ attacks on the Hao Family and Serpent Nest Mercenary Group spread his reputation across the Jia Ma Empire. In the Imperial Capital, the Nalan Family decided to visit Wu Tan City with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, hoping to meet Xiao Yan and seek a cure for Nalan Jie's Brand Poison.

• Xiao Yi Xian declined to return to Wu Tan City with Xiao Yan, and he promised to teach her Woeful Poison Body cultivation and Spirit Plant Techniques before leaving.
• A man in white severely wounded Hao Qian, and a woman in white massacred most of the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group after Lin Feng offended Xiao Yan.
• Hao Lan revealed that Xiao Yan was behind the attacks and that the man in white was his Protector, causing news of Xiao Yan's powerful backing to spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire.
• Nalan Su celebrated the prospect of Xiao Yan becoming Nalan Yanran's husband, while Nalan Jie proposed that the family travel with Yun Yun and Yanran to Wu Tan City.
• Nalan Su suggested that Xiao Yan's teacher might be able to cure Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, which Gu He had been unable to treat.

As the empire’s powerful factions reacted to Xiao Yan’s growing reputation, the Nalan Family, Jia Ma imperial clan, Mittel Family, and Misty Cloud Sect considered how to approach him. Xiao Yan arranged for Bai Xue to stay beside Xiao Yi Xian in the form of a kitten, leaving Bai Han to guard his family.

• Jia Xingtian agreed with Yao Ye’s proposal to visit the Xiao Family and establish friendly relations, and told her to bring Yao Yue and assess Xiao Yan.
• Teng Shan decided Ya Fei should become one of the Mittel Family’s chief decision-makers because of her connection with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran she would take her to Wu Tan City after finishing a Secret Art, and Nalan Yanran looked forward to meeting Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Bai Xue to remain with Xiao Yi Xian while Bai Han returned to guard his family, and persuaded Bai Xue to transform into a kitten with the promise of Blood God Pills.
• Xiao Yan presented the snow-white kitten to Xiao Yi Xian, who happily embraced and praised Bai Xue.

Xiao Yan entrusted Bai Xue to Xiao Yi Xian and prepared to leave, while the two exchanged a promise to meet again after growing stronger. Xiao Yan returned to Wu Tan City with Bai Han, carrying Blood God Pills and looking forward to improving his family’s strength.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to care for Bai Xue and gave her two Blood God Pills, warning her to feed Bai Xue only one every six months.
• Xiao Yan said he would leave and promised to return within a few years; Xiao Yi Xian embraced him, vowed to train, and gave him a sachet containing her father’s second-tier Magic Core.
• After Xiao Yan departed, Xiao Yi Xian’s aura surged to the peak of Nine Star Dou Zhe, and she told Bai Xue that they would become good friends.
• Xiao Yan flew toward Wu Tan City with Bai Han, who joked about acting cute to get pills, and Xiao Yan told him to guard the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wu Tan City after two months away and considered how the three Blood God Pills might improve his father and older brothers.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan Manor with Bai Han, reunited with Xun'er, and introduced the powerful protector to his family. After learning that Nalan Yanran would soon visit with the Nalan Family, Xiao Yan decided to call off their engagement.

• Xiao Yan brought Bai Han to the Xiao Clan Manor and asked him to protect his family for the next three to five years.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, while Xiao Zhan and the clan members welcomed Bai Han as the expert who had injured Hao Qian.
• Xiao Yan arranged for Bai Han to become the Xiao Clan's Protector Bai, and Bai Han accepted the role of Guest Elder.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran would soon visit with the Nalan Family and asked what he planned to do about their engagement.
• After reading Nalan Su's letter, Xiao Yan decided to call off his engagement to Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan insisted on ending his engagement to Nalan Yanran with dignity, then guided Xiao Zhan, Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding through awakening the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline. The three gained major increases in strength and formed Clan Marks, with Xiao Ding achieving the second layer on his first attempt.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he intended to break off his engagement to Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Zhan agreed as long as both families kept their dignity.
• Xiao Yan revealed he had obtained Blood God Pills and would awaken the Xiao Clan Bloodline in Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li, warning them to keep the secret.
• In a shielded cave, Xiao Yan gave the three men bloodline guidance and Clan Mark methods, and they studied them before taking their pills.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Li endured the bloodline awakening, formed Clan Marks, and rose to Eight Star Dou Ling and Three Star Da Dou Shi respectively.
• Xiao Ding awakened his bloodline later, reached Four Star Da Dou Shi, and formed a Clan Mark at the second layer on his first attempt.

Xiao Yan’s father and brothers greatly strengthened themselves by awakening the Xiao Clan Bloodline, while news of Xiao Yan’s achievements reached the clan and stirred the elders. Xun’er confronted Xiao Yan over rumors about a girl from Green Mountain Town, then privately learned from Ling Ying that Bai Han was far stronger than he appeared.

• Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li formed Clan Marks with the Blood God Pill, and Xiao Yan explained that bloodline power could hinder his future breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and told the elders that he had reached the Dou Master realm, leaving them thrilled by his unprecedented talent.
• Xun’er questioned Xiao Yan about the girl from Green Mountain Town, and Xiao Yan said she was his teacher’s new disciple before promising to spend the day with Xun’er.
• Xun’er told Ling Ying that Xiao Yan had become unfathomable, and Ling Ying revealed that Bai Han could likely injure him with a single strike.
• Xun’er was shocked to learn that Bai Han was far more powerful than the Dou Emperor he appeared to be.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei, reassured her, and learned that the Xiao Clan’s business and strength had grown under his guidance. After several peaceful days, news of Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family’s arrival put the Xiao Clan on alert.

• Xun'er concluded that a powerful, mysterious expert stood behind Xiao Yan, while Ling Ying hoped that expert could help Xiao Yan win her affection.
• Xiao Yan visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, apologized for neglecting her, and told her Xiao Zhan had successfully broken through to Dou Ling.
• Ya Fei described the growth of her business and status, then privately worried that Xiao Yan’s future would leave her behind.
• Xiao Yan spent the next several days cultivating, visiting Xun'er, and teaching Xiao Zhan and two others to control their Dou Qi and use Earth Rank Dou Techniques.
• The Xiao Clan grew tense when Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family arrived.