Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han entered the Alchemist Tournament’s first preliminary round as spectators reacted to his Dou Zong strength and rivals doubted his alchemy skills. Fama explained the pill-refining test, and the contestants began the timed assessment.

• The Little Princess and Xiao Yan assumed Xiao Han’s rapid cultivation left him with poor alchemy skills, while Mu Zhan abandoned his hopes of challenging Xiao Han over Ya Fei.
• Nalan Yanran learned Xiao Han had become a Dou Zong and felt a new affection for him, while Hai Bodong urged Mittel Tengshan to choose a side after the tournament.
• Xiao Han examined the incomplete Second-Grade Pill formula and remained confident, while Xiao Yan trusted his training under Yao Chen and expected to win.
• Fama announced that contestants had to refine the pill within the time limit, with two attempts and jade mirrors signaling success or failure.
• The first preliminary round began as fireworks burst over the plaza and more than three thousand contestants prepared to refine their pills.

Xiao Han began refining the Bone-Regenerating Pill in the Alchemist Tournament, using a rare furnace and the Green Lotus Core Flame while choosing to test his traditional alchemy skills. He quickly tempered all six ingredients and started fusing them together, leaving Fama worried that his risky method would make the furnace explode.

• Xiao Han recognized the Bone-Regenerating Pill formula and decided to refine it manually rather than use his Extraction and Fusion abilities.
• Xiao Han spent 2,000,000 Coupon Points to obtain the Four Dragons Eight Trigrams Furnace, impressing Fama.
• Xiao Han used the Green Lotus Core Flame, prompting Liu Ling to realize Xiao Han had taken the Heavenly Flame his master sought in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan also used a Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Han chose manual pill refinement so he could test his alchemy skills.
• Xiao Han tempered all six ingredients and tossed their droplets into the furnace together, alarming Fama with the risk of failure.

Xiao Han completed his first pill-refining trial and passed the competition’s healing-effect test, though his pill produced the weakest green light among the four leading contestants. The first round ended with hundreds of Alchemists eliminated, and the surviving contestants moved on in the competition.

• Xiao Han refined a Second-grade Mid-tier Bone-Regenerating Pill before the time ran out.
• Fama announced that contestants had to test their pills’ healing effects, and hundreds more Alchemists were eliminated after their results flashed red.
• The Little Princess invited Xiao Han, Liu Ling, and Xiao Yan to test their pills together.
• Xiao Yan’s pill produced the strongest green light, Liu Ling’s and the Little Princess’s followed, and Xiao Han’s produced the lightest green.
• The Little Princess and Xiao Yan claimed an advantage in alchemy, while Xiao Han said the first round judged whether the pills met the standard, not their grade.

Xiao Han identified the powerful gray-robed contestant as Yan Li, the Cloud Empire Alchemist Guild’s vice president, as the second round of the Gamma Empire Alchemist Tournament began. The seemingly simple pill-refining test quickly caused contestants to fail, while Xiao Yan, Yue'er, and Liu Ling held back to watch.

• A gray-robed contestant produced an intense green glow, and Hai Bodong exposed his face by destroying his hood with a blast of cold air.
• Xiao Han identified the youth as Yan Li, and Liu Ling explained that winning could boost Yan Li’s standing in the Cloud Empire Alchemist Guild.
• Fama announced the second round, requiring contestants to refine a Wind Hành Pill from a formula and provided ingredients before time ran out.
• Xiao Yan, Yue'er, and Liu Ling waited instead of rushing to refine, while Yan Li worked with practiced skill.
• Several contestants failed soon after beginning the second round and blamed their heat control.

Xiao Han helped Liu Ling identify the flaw in the pill formula and used the system to refine a Wind Hành Pill, revealing that the Thick Earth Ganoderma was unnecessary. After learning that Yan Li planned to compete for the championship, Xiao Han revealed the secret format of the third round to the contestants, insisting he wanted a fair contest.

• Xiao Han pointed out that the Thick Earth Ganoderma caused the other Alchemists' refinements to fail, and Liu Ling began refining without it.
• Xiao Han activated the semi-automatic pill refinement program and completed a third-tier Wind Hành Pill in fifteen minutes.
• Liu Ling and Xiao Yan finished before Yan Li, who crushed his pill and threatened that he would not hold back in the championship contest.
• Xiao Han warned Yan Li about the third round's open format, prompting Yue'er, Fama, and Mitchell to wonder how he knew the confidential details.
• Yan Li asked why Xiao Han had told a Cloud Empire contestant the secret, and Xiao Han said he did not want to win unfairly.

After Xiao Han dominated the second round, Fama announced the final round’s rules and questioned Xiao Han about his foreknowledge. Xiao Han identified Yan Li and gave Fama a list of rare ingredients, leaving the guild president stunned by the cost and difficulty of gathering them.

• Xiao Han won the second-round test, with Xiao Yan placing behind him and Yan Li close behind.
• Fama announced that the final round would begin at eight and let contestants refine pills of their choice using their own ingredients.
• Yan Li left with an icy glare toward Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling.
• Fama asked Xiao Han how he knew the third-round rules, and Xiao Han joked that he could foresee the future before handing him an ingredient list.
• Xiao Han identified the gray-robed contestant as Yan Li and warned Fama against trying to make him disappear.
• Fama read the list of priceless ingredients and asked Xiao Han what pill he intended to refine.

The third round of the Alchemist Tournament began, with Yan Li openly challenging the Gamma Empire’s contestants and the competitors preparing their cauldrons. Xiao Han recognized Xiao Yan’s Black Demon as the eighth-ranked cauldron on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, and the championship contest remained unresolved.

• Contestants including Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered Royal Square, where Yan Li declared that he would show no restraint in the final round.
• Mitchell worried that Yan Li’s decades of experience gave him an unfair advantage, while Fama said the four Gamma Empire contestants would have to rely on their own strength.
• Fama announced that contestants would have three attempts to refine a pill, and the champion would be chosen based on the highest-grade and most practical pill.
• The contestants brought out their furnaces, including the Little Princess’s Azure Flame Cauldron and Liu Ling’s Volcanic Flame Furnace.
• Xiao Yan revealed a black cauldron whose ancient aura impressed the Alchemist Guild leaders, and Xiao Han recognized it as Black Demon, eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.

The final round began as the contestants revealed their special flames, including Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Han unexpectedly took a nap instead of starting his pill refinement. As the arena erupted in confusion and anger, Mitchell reminded Otto that he would have to resign if Xiao Han failed to make the top ten.

• The Little Princess revealed the Surging Dragon Beast’s Dry Blue Water Flame, and other contestants displayed their own powerful Beast Flames.
• Xiao Yan summoned an earth-yellow Heavenly Flame that drew the other flames toward it, while Nalan Yanran insisted she did not regret rejecting him and refused to apologize.
• Xiao Han wondered what pill Xiao Yan would refine without three Heavenly Flames, then took a rocking chair from his storage ring and lay down to sleep.
• Spectators cursed Xiao Han for appearing to abandon the competition, while the other contestants continued refining their pills.
• Mitchell reminded Otto that he had pledged to resign as vice president of the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild if Xiao Han failed to enter the top ten.

Xiao Yan refined a peak Fifth-grade Spirit Ascension Pill and appeared to win the Alchemy competition after Yan Li produced a lower-grade Fifth-grade pill. Xiao Han woke near the end of the contest, insisted the championship was still undecided, and set out nine medicinal ingredients.

• The Little Princess and Liu Ling each refined a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, but Yan Li then revealed a high-grade Fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill.
• Xiao Yan produced a peak Fifth-grade Spirit Ascension Pill, prompting Fama to declare him the champion and Yan Li to storm out.
• Xiao Han woke from his nap with about ten minutes left, while the crowd and Xiao Yan mocked him for missing most of the competition.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Yan he could still turn things around and waved nine medicinal ingredients onto his stone platform.

Xiao Han used his strange extraction ability to refine a pill without flames or an Alchemy Furnace, leaving Xiao Yan and the crowd stunned when it triggered pill lightning. The pill’s true grade remained uncertain as dark clouds gathered over Royal Square.

• Xiao Han laid out nine seventh-grade medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan and the spectators mocked him for waiting until only minutes remained.
• Xiao Han extracted crystalline essence from the ingredients with his ability, including the earth-element magic core, without using flames.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Han’s ability as the same power that had once stripped away his cultivation and techniques, but argued Xiao Han could not fuse the essences in time.
• Xiao Han fused the nine droplets without an Alchemy Furnace, producing a pill that Xiao Yan first believed was fifth-grade.
• The crowd saw fierce winds and dark clouds gather above Royal Square, and Xiao Yan realized the pill had triggered pill lightning.

Xiao Han won the Gamma Empire Alchemist Tournament after refining and protecting a seventh-grade Shape-Shifting Pill, then gained three levels and the Soul Fusion Pill formula. He left the celebration for the imperial palace, demanding that the imperial family explain its actions against the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Han smashed the pill lightning with Eight Extremes Collapse, and Fama announced him as the tournament champion.
• Xiao Han received the Soul Fusion Pill formula and enough experience to rise three levels to Three-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Han gave Liu Ling the Four Dragons Eight Trigrams Furnace, accepted an honorary elder token from Fama, and refused Yao Ye's banquet invitation.
• Xiao Yan watched others congratulate Xiao Han and clenched his fists in frustration over losing the championship.
• Xiao Han told Yao Ye that the imperial family owed the Xiao Clan an explanation, then left for the imperial palace with Hai Bodong, Mittel Tengshan, and Ya Fei.

Xiao Han and Ya Fei rode together after leaving the Royal Plaza, where he revealed that he intended to demand justice from the Gamma Royal Family. He unlocked a damaged jade fragment and discovered that it contained Xiao Xuan’s Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, leaving Ya Fei astonished by the valuable secret technique.

• Mittel Tengshan and Hai Bodong arranged for Xiao Han and Ya Fei to share a carriage, where an almost-romantic moment ended when the carriage jolted and they bumped foreheads.
• Ya Fei warned Xiao Han that the Gamma Royal Family had powerful defenders, including the Surging Dragon Beast, but Xiao Han remained determined to avenge the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Han recognized a damaged jade fragment as a Fanning Flame Valley storage device and burned it with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• The jade fragment melted into green liquid and released a glowing screen of text and a cultivation diagram.
• Ya Fei recognized the revealed technique as the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and marveled at its ability to increase combat strength.

Xiao Han obtained the first level of an advanced secret technique and recruited the Flying Sky Divine Tiger as the Xiao Clan’s guardian divine beast in exchange for a Shape-Shifting Pill. He then set out with his allies for the Gamma Empire’s imperial palace, while the Mittel Family decided to gamble on supporting him.

• Xiao Han absorbed the information from the light screen and learned the first level of the advanced secret technique, while realizing he would need to visit Fanning Flame Valley to obtain the complete technique.
• Ya Fei noticed that her dress was soaked through by the Heavenly Flame’s heat, and Xiao Han left the carriage so she could change.
• At the Mittel Auction House, Xiao Han met the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, the Flying Sky Divine Tiger, and Old Bing.
• The Flying Sky Divine Tiger offered to help Xiao Han in return for a Shape-Shifting Pill, and Xiao Han required it to become the Xiao Clan’s guardian divine beast.
• Xiao Han led the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Old Bing, and the Flying Sky Divine Tiger toward the Gamma Empire’s imperial palace, and Mittel Tengshan chose to back him.

Xiao Han stormed the Gamma Imperial Palace with Hai Bodong, Old Bing, and the woman in the purple crystal phoenix crown to confront Emperor Luo Qi over the Gamma Empire’s attack on the Xiao Clan. He rejected every offer of compensation and insisted that Luo Qi pay for his crimes with his life.

• Old Bing shielded Xiao Han and his companions from the palace guards’ arrows and escorted them to Qianyuan Palace.
• Xiao Han confronted Jia Xing Tian and Emperor Luo Qi, then used his palm techniques to knock Mu Chen unconscious through seven walls.
• Luo Qi admitted fault and offered compensation, but Xiao Han refused his apology and demanded his life.
• Jia Xing Tian offered wealth, a fief, and a marriage alliance with Yao Ye or Yue'er, but Xiao Han rejected the offers and repeated his demand.

Xiao Han revealed that Luo Qi had nearly destroyed the Xiao Clan to steal its Shadow Clone Technique and refused to negotiate, knocking Nalan Jie aside when he tried to intervene. Luo Qi summoned the Gamma Empire’s guardian Surging Dragon Beast and two elderly Dou Zong ancestors, who decided to seize the technique for themselves.

• Xiao Han told Nalan Jie that Luo Qi had sent experts to attack the Xiao Clan for its Shadow Clone Technique and vowed to kill Luo Qi and anyone who resisted.
• Xiao Han used Fire Blowing Palm to knock Nalan Jie through a palace, leaving him unconscious with minor injuries.
• Luo Qi summoned the Gamma Empire’s guardian Surging Dragon Beast, which assessed Xiao Han and his companions.
• Two elderly Dou Zong ancestors appeared, and Luo Qi explained the conflict to them.
• The two ancestors became eager to obtain the Shadow Clone Technique, hoping it could help them break through to the Dou Venerable realm.

The Gamma Empire’s royal forces surrounded Xiao Han and his allies, but the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python awakened and struck one of their Dou Zongs. After feeding it Companion Purple Crystal Source, Xiao Han sent it to hold the old man back while he prepared to face the Surging Dragon Beast, leaving the royal forces wary of the cost of victory.

• The Gamma Empire’s three Dou Zongs and three Dou Emperors encircled Xiao Han, Hai Bodong, and their allies, while Hai Bodong’s companions urged a retreat.
• Jia Xing Tian, Luo Qi, and the Empress moved to attack Hai Bodong as the old man reached for Xiao Han.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged from Xiao Han’s sleeve and struck the old man, forcing him to retreat.
• Xiao Han fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Companion Purple Crystal Source and asked it to hold the old man back while he dealt with the Surging Dragon Beast.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python transformed into a fifty- or sixty-meter giant, and the old man realized that defeating Xiao Han could still leave the Gamma Royal Family badly weakened.

Xiao Han confronted the Surging Dragon Beast while Ling Ying stopped an elderly woman from joining the fight. After revealing two Heavenly Flames and beginning to fuse them, Xiao Han left the beast facing his attack above it.

• The elderly woman moved to help Xiao Han, but Ling Ying struck her back and kept her from interfering.
• Xiao Han told Ling Ying to hold off the elderly woman while he dealt with the Surging Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Han revealed a Pale White Flame, then a green Heavenly Flame, shocking the Surging Dragon Beast, Fama, and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Han began fusing the two flames, prompting the Surging Dragon Beast to fire an azure beam at him.
• The beam hit Xiao Han's clone, and the real Xiao Han appeared above the Surging Dragon Beast with the flames merging in his hands.

Xiao Han fused two Heavenly Flames into a tiny sparrow-shaped Dou Technique and detonated it against the Surging Dragon Beast. The blast devastated the surrounding forest and destroyed half the imperial capital, leaving the watching experts stunned.

• Xiao Han resisted the repulsion of the white and green flames and used Dou Qi to calm them until they fused into a sparrow.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Han's Fen Jue and wondered why his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus had taken a different form.
• The Surging Dragon Beast sensed the sparrow's danger and fled, but Xiao Han sent it chasing after the beast.
• The Surging Dragon Beast formed a Blue Flame Barrier, and Xiao Han triggered the sparrow's explosion.
• The blast flattened nearby terrain, destroyed the forest, and left half the imperial capital in ruins.

Xiao Han killed the Surging Dragon Beast with an upgraded Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, revealing a technique that used Soul Power to trigger an Explosion Talisman inside the flames. After the Gamma royal family’s elder surrendered, Luo Qi called for the Dragon Protection Formation, and the elder killed him to protect the royal family.

• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Han used Soul Power to control and precisely detonate his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, while Xiao Han's Explosion Talisman innovation gave him that ability.
• Xiao Han found the Surging Dragon Beast dying in the crater, extracted and fused its Dragon Bloodline attribute, and claimed its seventh-tier magic core remained intact.
• The onlookers realized Xiao Han had killed the Gamma Empire's guardian beast in one move, and Queen Medusa returned after defeating the elderly Dou Zong.
• Xiao Han restored his Dou Qi with Blue Potions and approached the old man, who knelt and offered to make the Gamma Empire submit.
• Xiao Han insisted that Luo Qi had to die, but Luo Qi urged the generals to form the Dragon Protection Formation.
• The old man shot Luo Qi with a silver arrow, telling him he had to die for the royal family's sake as Yao Ye and Yue'er cried out.

Xiao Han refused to spare the Gamma Royal Family after the old man killed Luo Qi, and ordered Queen Medusa to eliminate the remaining royals. After Queen Medusa killed the Empress, Yao Ye, Yue'er, and Jia Xing Tian, Xiao Han gained control of the Gamma Empire and received a system reward.

• The old man killed Luo Qi, but Xiao Han rejected his plea to spare the Gamma Royal Family and attacked with two powerful Shadow Clones.
• Xiao Han threatened to withhold the Soul Fusion Pill formula unless Queen Medusa killed the Empress of the Gamma Empire, and she obeyed.
• Xiao Han ordered Queen Medusa to kill Yao Ye and Yue'er, and she slew them while Mitchell watched helplessly.
• Xiao Han directed Queen Medusa to fight Jia Xing Tian, whom she killed after reminding Xiao Han of his promise.
• The system awarded Xiao Han 360,000 Experience Points and 72,000 Coupon Points for destroying the Gamma Royal Family and taking control of the Gamma Empire.