Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan wandered the Yao Clan streets, spotted Old Drunkard, and considered recruiting him for the Eastern Depot. He returned to find Chun Bao and Zi Yan had gone out, then sought Lin Chou, who revealed she had already concealed the girls’ presence with the Reality Gem.

• Yue Mei took Lin Xuan’s pill and paper to Lin Chou without looking at the paper.
• Lin Xuan invited Chun Bao and Zi Yan for a walk, but they stayed behind while he strolled alone.
• Lin Xuan recognized Old Drunkard and decided to have Lin Chou gather information on him as a potential Eastern Depot subordinate.
• Lin Xuan considered recruiting Yao Chen and his parents but abandoned the idea, leaving Yao Chen a chance to change his fate through the upgraded Bixie Sword Manual.
• Lin Xuan returned and found Chun Bao and Zi Yan gone, then entered Lin Chou’s room and awkwardly interrupted her bath.
• Lin Chou told herself that Chun Bao and Zi Yan would return soon because she had used the Reality Gem to make them nearly unnoticeable.

Chun Bao and Zi Yan told Lin Xuan how they had beaten a thief after the people on the street seemed unable to see them. After Lin Xuan comforted them and they left, Lin Chou emerged from her room in a purple dress, smiling at him.

• Lin Xuan waited outside Lin Chou's room while she bathed, and Chun Bao and Zi Yan returned from the street, angry and muttering.
• Chun Bao and Zi Yan explained that they had stopped a thief but that passersby seemed unable to see them, so the young woman had fled after they knocked the thief unconscious.
• Lin Xuan told Chun Bao and Zi Yan to stay indoors until they understood what was happening, while privately suspecting Lin Chou had used the Infinity Stones to hide their presence.
• Lin Xuan patted Chun Bao's head and then Zi Yan's; Zi Yan blushed and ran to her room, and Chun Bao kissed Lin Xuan's cheek before leaving.
• As Lin Xuan turned to go, Lin Chou opened her door in a long purple dress and looked at him with an amused smile.

Lin Xuan and Lin Chou planned the public-facing Eastern Depot and covert Western Depot, and Lin Chou set Yao Cang to begin recruiting in the Yao Clan. That night, Lin Xuan missed his mother, and Lin Chou comforted him until he fell asleep.

• Lin Xuan told Lin Chou that the Eastern Depot would operate openly and boldly, while the Western Depot would pose as an assassination organization and gather intelligence across the continent.
• Lin Chou warned that the Eastern Depot would draw opposition from the great families and Soul Hall, and Lin Xuan said he could cultivate Dou Zongs with pills using the Yao Clan's Spiritual Medicine.
• Lin Xuan told Lin Chou about the old drunkard, then left the planning to her and returned to his room.
• Lin Chou summoned Yao Cang, explained the plans, and told him to help recruit promising Yao Clan talents the next day; Yao Cang planned to make disguise pills.
• Lin Xuan thought of his mother, Lin Xiaoyu, while watching the stars, and Lin Chou comforted him until he fell asleep before carrying him back to his room.

Lin Xuan went to the Demon Flame Space in the northwestern desert and subdued and refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He left a giant Heavenly Flame lotus there as a trap for Xiao Yan, then planned to return home before dawn.

• After waking in the middle of the night, Lin Xuan teleported to the northwestern desert to find the Demon Flame Space.
• Lin Xuan entered the Demon Flame Space, defeated its Flame Slaves with the True Sun Fire, and confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized Lin Xuan as the former Emperor-grade Embryonic Pill, but Lin Xuan attacked him with the Emperor Flame.
• Lin Xuan subdued and forcibly refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in just over ten minutes.
• Instead of destroying the Demon Flame Space, Lin Xuan left a huge multicolored Heavenly Flame lotus there to explode when Xiao Yan arrived.

Lin Xuan rested after setting up a massive Heavenly Flame lotus to destroy the Demon Flame Space, then shared a nostalgic breakfast with Lin Chou and the others. He planned to collect every remaining Heavenly Flame across the Dou Qi Continent so Xiao Yan could not use them to cultivate the Fen Jue.

• Lin Xuan used the Space Ancestral Talisman to return to his courtyard and rested until morning, confident the Heavenly Flame lotus would destroy the Demon Flame Space.
• Lin Chou prepared spicy instant noodles for Lin Xuan, and he ate breakfast with her, Chun Bao, Zi Yan, Yue Mei, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• After breakfast, Lin Chou left to find Yao Cang and handle matters concerning the Eastern Depot and Western Depot.
• Lin Xuan decided to collect every Heavenly Flame remaining across the Dou Qi Continent to deny Xiao Yan the chance to use them to cultivate the Fen Jue.

Lin Xuan traveled to the Gods Fall Ice Plain to seize the Bone Spirit Cold Flame before Yao Chen could find it. After the flame submitted to the Emperor Flame, Lin Xuan prepared to destroy the Dead Domain so it could never be found again.

• Lin Xuan reviewed the known locations of the Heavenly Flames and decided to collect the Bone Spirit Cold Flame first.
• Lin Xuan used the Space Ancestral Talisman to teleport toward the freezing lands, then followed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's resonance to the Dead Domain.
• Lin Xuan used the Emperor Flame's pressure to force the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to reveal itself.
• The Bone Spirit Cold Flame took human form and asked Lin Xuan why he possessed the Emperor Flame.
• Lin Xuan attacked with a fire dragon formed from the Emperor Flame, which devoured the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in less than ten seconds.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Dead Domain with a precisely controlled Heavenly Flame Lotus, then returned to his courtyard and gave Zi Yan, Yue Mei, and Chun Bao primordial divine fires to cultivate. He left the three girls with their new flames and instructions to nourish them with battle qi and keep training.

• Lin Xuan stopped the Bone Spirit Cold Flame inside the Emperor Flame from merging with his own, then prepared to destroy the Dead Domain.
• Lin Xuan teleported beyond the blast radius and detonated a multicolored Heavenly Flame Lotus, blasting away everything within five hundred li.
• Lin Xuan returned to his room and found Chun Bao, Zi Yan, and Yue Mei playing Fight the Landlord while Lin Chou and Yao Cang were away seeking recruits for the Eastern Depot and Western Depot.
• Lin Xuan gave Zi Yan, Yue Mei, and Chun Bao portions of the Ziwei Heavenly Fire, Nine Heavens Profound Fire, and Nanming Lihuo, respectively.
• Lin Xuan told the three girls to nourish their new flames with battle qi and cultivate more.

Lin Xuan left Zi Yan and Yue Mei in Chun Bao’s care and traveled to Sacred Pill City to collect the Three Thousand Burning Flame and change Han Shanshan’s fate. He entered the Pill Tower after presenting an Eighth-grade Pill, and the guards escorted him to meet its higher-ups.

• Zi Yan and Yue Mei returned to their rooms to test their flames, while Lin Xuan asked Chun Bao to protect them during his absence.
• Lin Xuan decided to visit the Pill Tower, collect the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and try to alter Han Shanshan’s tragic fate.
• Lin Xuan teleported to Sacred Pill City and went to the Pill Tower to take its alchemist assessment.
• When the guards questioned Lin Xuan, he showed them an Eighth-grade Pill, prompting one to respectfully escort him to the Pill Tower’s higher-ups.

Lin Xuan sought to join the Pill Tower and presented a Ninth-grade Pill, prompting Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower to test his skill. Lin Xuan began refining another Ninth-grade Pill before the elders, using a method from the Myriad Pill Codex.

• A guard told a Pill Tower elder that Lin Xuan had arrived hoping to join as an eighth-grade alchemist.
• The elder brought Lin Xuan into the hall, where Lin Xuan showed a Ninth-grade Pill and claimed he had refined it himself.
• Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower asked Lin Xuan to demonstrate his pill-refining ability.
• Lin Xuan produced an ordinary pill cauldron and the ingredients for a Ninth-grade Pill, then began refining it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Myriad Pill Codex method.

Lin Xuan stunned the Pill Tower by effortlessly refining two batches of Ninth-grade Profound Pills and secured an invitation to join. The Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower was left wondering about Lin Xuan’s mysterious master and the other Heavenly Flames he might possess.

• Lin Xuan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to refine two Ninth-grade Profound Pills in an hour, astonishing everyone in the hall.
• The Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower gave Lin Xuan a Storage Ring of spiritual herbs and asked him to refine another batch, which he produced just as easily.
• Several elders eyed Lin Xuan’s pill-refining method with ill intent, hoping to obtain his secret technique.
• Lin Xuan asked to join the Pill Tower, and the Old Ancestor welcomed him while asking who his master was.
• Lin Xuan said he did not know his master and described Bone Spirit Cold Flame as one of the gifts he had received, leading the Old Ancestor to suspect he possessed multiple Heavenly Flames.

Lin Xuan joined the Pill Tower as an elder on terms that let him come and go freely, then arrived at his new residence and discovered that the four maidservants assigned to him were identical quadruplets. He suspected the Pill Tower had sent them to monitor him and considered turning them into spies.

• Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower offered Lin Xuan elder status and freedom to come and go in exchange for refining pills each month.
• Lin Xuan accepted the arrangement and asked whether maidservants would be provided at his residence.
• A young woman in a light green dress bumped into Lin Xuan as he walked to his new courtyard, apologized, and hurried away.
• An elder showed Lin Xuan his residence and told him that four young maidservants were waiting there.
• Lin Xuan found that the maidservants were identical A-rank quadruplets and suspected the Pill Tower had assigned them to watch him.

Lin Xuan settled into the Courtyard House and learned that the four maid quadruplets assigned to him were meant to monitor him. Meanwhile, Pill Tower elders schemed to get his pill-refining methods through Han Shanshan and another young woman, unaware the Myriad Pill Codex could not be learned by anyone else.

• Lin Xuan met Xiao Mei, Xiao Lan, Xiao Zhu, and Xiao Ju, told them to handle his daily needs, and explored the Courtyard House.
• Lin Xuan checked his room, stored his four Ninth-grade Profound Pills in the system inventory, and continued familiarizing himself with the Courtyard House.
• Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower told a high-ranking figure to arrange for a woman to approach Lin Xuan, then announced that he was entering seclusion to avoid involvement.
• The high-ranking figure summoned Han Shanshan and instructed her to approach Lin Xuan and try to obtain his pill-refining methods; Han Shanshan agreed.
• A young woman in green also received an assignment to approach Lin Xuan, while he remained unaware of the plans and watched the four sisters prepare for the evening.

Lin Xuan strolled through the Pill Tower to draw out people seeking his special alchemy techniques and ran into Han Shanshan. She asked him for guidance with pill refining, and he agreed to go with her.

• Lin Xuan intercepted Xiao Mei’s message that he had left the Courtyard House, then continued his stroll to attract people with ulterior motives.
• The Pill Tower elders sent women to approach Lin Xuan, while Han Shanshan worried about how to get his attention and learn his special alchemy techniques.
• Lin Xuan recognized Han Shanshan when one of the women following him deliberately bumped into her.
• Lin Xuan apologized to Han Shanshan, introduced himself, and asked her name.
• Han Shanshan asked Lin Xuan to guide her with problems she had encountered while refining pills, and he agreed.

Elder Lin Xuan guided Han Shanshan through her pill-refining problems before returning to his Courtyard House, where he took Ninth-grade Pills. Meanwhile, Lin Chou and Yao Cang prepared to establish the Eastern Depot and Western Depot, and Xiao Mei sent word that Elder Lin Xuan had returned.

• Han Shanshan brought Elder Lin Xuan to her residence, where he answered all her pill-refining questions.
• Xuan Yi learned that the man she had bumped into was Elder Lin Xuan and told Han Shanshan she had wanted to find him.
• Elder Lin Xuan returned to his Courtyard House, bathed, and swallowed several Ninth-grade Pills from the system inventory.
• Xiao Mei sent out information that Elder Lin Xuan had returned.
• Lin Chou and Yao Cang controlled people within the Yao Clan, fed Old Drunkard a Puppet Pill, and planned to assign their recruits to the Eastern Depot and Western Depot.

Lin Xuan learned that events in Legend of Yao Lao had moved ahead of schedule and ordered Lin Chou to monitor Yao Chen while accelerating the Eastern Depot and Western Depot’s expansion. When Han Shanshan and Xuan Yi visited, he invited them to continue discussing alchemy, giving him a chance to draw Han Shanshan closer and let Xuan Yi observe his pill-refining methods.

• Lin Xuan realized his arrival had caused the plot to unfold early and told Lin Chou to watch Yao Chen and prompt him to uncover the clan monument after his father died.
• Lin Chou reported on the depots’ personnel and Li Sha’s flight with Li Junyi, and Lin Xuan ordered her to speed up recruitment and seek ways to infiltrate the Soul Clan.
• Lin Xuan planned to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame before searching for Hu Jiujiu and considered using the depots to build influence across the continent.
• Han Shanshan brought Xuan Yi to apologize for bumping into Lin Xuan, while Xuan Yi hoped to learn about his pill-refining method and fulfill her clan’s task.
• Lin Xuan accepted their apology and began discussing alchemy with Han Shanshan and Xuan Yi.

Lin Xuan refined a special pill that made its taker fall in love with the first person they saw, intending to use it on the quadruplet sisters. He gave one to Xiao Lan, who took it and immediately fell in love with him.

• Han Shanshan and Xuan Yi reluctantly left Lin Xuan's Courtyard House around noon after admiring his alchemy skills.
• Lin Xuan decided to use a special pill from the Myriad Pill Codex to make the quadruplet sisters fall in love with him.
• Lin Xuan sealed his room with the Space Ancestral Talisman and refined six special pills using the Emperor Flame.
• Lin Xuan gave Xiao Lan one pill and told her to keep it secret from her sisters.
• Xiao Lan swallowed the pill, and after Lin Xuan became the first person she saw, she fell in love with him.

Lin Xuan secretly gave Xiao Lan and Xiao Ju a pill that made each fall in love with the first person she saw. After Xiao Ju took it, Lin Xuan told her to dress and stay in his room for an hour so Xiao Mei and Xiao Zhu would not suspect anything.

• Xiao Lan's affection for Lin Xuan spread to Xiao Mei and the other sisters through their psychic connection, so Lin Xuan told Xiao Lan to hide her feelings.
• Lin Xuan gave Xiao Lan a portion of Nirvana Fire and took her to the kitchen, where Xiao Mei and the others noticed nothing unusual.
• After lunch, Lin Xuan took Xiao Ju to his room, where she mistook his intentions and began undressing.
• Lin Xuan gave Xiao Ju the special pill, and she fell in love with him as soon as she saw him.
• Lin Xuan kissed Xiao Ju's cheek and told her to get dressed and wait an hour before leaving the room.

Lin Xuan helped Xiao Ju absorb the Nirvana Fire's source true flame, and she left his room pretending to be unsteady so Xiao Mei and Xiao Zhu would not suspect what had happened. He then wandered through the Pill Tower looking for a secluded place to open a spatial wormhole to its Star Domain, while planning to win over Han Shanshan and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Ju absorbed one portion of the Nirvana Fire's source true flame with Lin Xuan's help and began nurturing it with her Dou Qi.
• After an hour, Xiao Ju left Lin Xuan's room acting unsteady, and Xiao Lan escorted her back while Xiao Mei and Xiao Zhu waited.
• Xiao Lan and Xiao Ju discussed sending Xiao Mei and Xiao Zhu to Lin Xuan one at a time, while Xiao Mei secretly reported what had happened.
• Lin Xuan left the Courtyard House and searched the Pill Tower for a secluded place to open a spatial wormhole to its Star Domain.
• A group of young women gathered around Lin Xuan as he wandered and chatted with them, but he had not yet encountered any young ladies from the Eight Great Families.

Lin Xuan left the Pill Tower in disguise and entered its Star Domain to take Three Thousand Burning Flame. After absorbing the flame, he faced the Pill Tower elders under his new identity as The Only Show, sect master of the Heavenly Show Sect.

• Lin Xuan had the Mei Lan Zhu Ju sisters help conceal his departure from the Pill Tower, then changed his appearance and adopted the name The Only Show.
• Lin Chou and Yao Cang searched the Central Continent, controlled Li Sha and his subordinates with Puppet Pills, and avoided Feng Xian's family to preserve the plot.
• Lin Xuan used the Space Ancestral Talisman's power to bypass the Pill Tower's seal and enter the Star Domain.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the seal around Three Thousand Burning Flame and absorbed the flame, keeping it separate from the one already inside him for his women.
• The Pill Tower's Old Ancestor and several elders confronted Lin Xuan, who declared himself the sect master of the Heavenly Show Sect and said he had subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Lin Xuan trapped the Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor and elders in a space created with the Space Ancestral Talisman, then used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to defeat them and make five survivors his puppets. He ordered the five to leave the Star Domain before leaving himself.

• Lin Xuan decided to spare the Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor and elders but planned to control them with Puppet Pills.
• Lin Xuan used the Space Ancestral Talisman to trap the group in a special space.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and ordered it to attack, killing several weaker elders.
• After half an hour, five survivors remained, including the Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower and Han Shanshan's grandfather.
• Lin Xuan had the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame force the five to swallow Puppet Pills, then ordered them to leave the Star Domain.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and left the Star Domain.