Chapter Summaries

Using the alias Yao Yan, Xiao Yan agreed to treat Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison with his Strange Fire in exchange for Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva and a reward from the Nalan Family. He began the dangerous treatment, leaving Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su braced for the worst.

• Nalan Yanran explained that Branding Poison had overwhelmed her grandfather, Nalan Jie, and offered Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva and another reward to anyone who could save him.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help and revealed his dark golden Strange Fire before accompanying Nalan Yanran and Bai Ge to the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Yan examined the unconscious Nalan Jie and warned Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran that the treatment carried great danger.
• Xiao Yan cleared the room, exposed Nalan Jie’s poisoned body, and began guiding a wisp of flame toward his back with his Soul Strength.

Xiao Yan and Bai Ge used their Strange Fires to purge Nalan Jie's Branding Poison, leaving Xiao Yan exhausted and unaware that a black substance had entered his body. Nalan Jie gave Xiao Yan the Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva, and Xiao Yan and Bai Ge departed the Nalan Family.

• Xiao Yan began burning the Branding Poison from Nalan Jie's bones and warned him that the treatment could kill him.
• Nalan Jie endured the pain, while Bai Ge helped Xiao Yan burn away the poison with his Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame.
• The Branding Poison was completely expelled, though an unknown black substance seeped into Xiao Yan unnoticed.
• Nalan Jie thanked Xiao Yan and presented him with the Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Yan and Bai Ge left the Nalan Family.

Bai Ge helped Yao Lao recover while Xiao Yan purified the Branding Poison, absorbed Nalan Jie’s Dou Qi, and advanced to 9-Star Da Dou Shi. Little Doctor Fairy absorbed the remaining poison and rose to 8-Star Dou Wang, and three days later Bai Ge and Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Guild in the Gama Imperial Capital.

• Bai Ge used the Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva to help restore Yao Lao, who revealed that Nalan Jie’s Dou Qi had gathered inside the Branding Poison.
• Xiao Yan purified the poison and absorbed its energy, reaching 9-Star Da Dou Shi, but black patterns remained in his right index finger.
• Bai Ge suggested that Little Doctor Fairy use her Woeful Poison Body, and she drew out the mutated Branding Poison and advanced to 8-Star Dou Wang.
• Three days later, Bai Ge and Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Guild headquarters in the Gama Imperial Capital.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Guild, where Bai Ge stopped an old merchant from overcharging Xue Mei and acquired the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. He gave the technique to Xiao Yan and hinted at the Xiao Family’s past, leaving Xiao Yan confused and subdued.

• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild and browsed its trading hall.
• Bai Ge recognized Xue Mei being overcharged for a Peach Blossom Flame and gave her one of his own flame seeds.
• Bai Ge exchanged a Nourishing Yuan Pill for a damaged jade fragment from a thin merchant.
• Bai Ge identified the fragment as the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and gave it to Xiao Yan, telling him to burn it with fire.
• Bai Ge told Xiao Yan that his family had once been glorious and that Xiao Yan would need to reach Dou Huang to learn the truth.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan met Otto and the other alchemists in Gama Holy City, where they learned that the Alchemist Convention’s champion would receive the Soul Fusion Pill formula. Queen Medusa privately urged Bai Ge to win it for her.

• Bai Ge hid his Fourth-Rank Alchemist Badge as Xiao Yan asked the guards to announce his visit to Otto.
• Otto recognized Xiao Yan despite his disguise, brought him and Bai Ge inside, and praised Xiao Yan’s increased strength.
• Bai Ge revealed himself to Xue Mei and dismissed the value of the Peach Blossom Flame he had given her, while Lin Fei teased him about liking Xue Mei.
• Xiao Yan questioned whether the Alchemist Convention offered a worthwhile reward, and Bai Ge pressed Otto and Frank for something tangible.
• Otto and Frank explained that the champion would receive the Sixth-Rank Soul Fusion Pill formula, and Queen Medusa asked Bai Ge to obtain it for her.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan became involved in a gathering of Gama Empire talents, where Xiao Yan defeated Mu Zhan, before the Alchemist Convention began in Gama Holy City. As alchemists streamed toward the Guild, Bai Ge prepared to compete despite his overwhelming advantage in skill.

• Xiao Yan recognized the royal family's carriage as it passed through the street, and Little Princess Yao Yue emerged from it.
• Jia Xingtian sought out Hai Bo Dong for a sparring match, drawing Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, Little Princess Yao Yue, Liu Ling, Mu Zhan, and other young talents to watch.
• Mu Zhan fought Xiao Yan after their gathering, and Xiao Yan beat him, earning Bai Ge a thousand Points.
• Alchemists from across the empire streamed into Gama Holy City as the Alchemist Convention officially began.
• Bai Ge told Hai Bo Dong that he intended to enter the convention for the Soul Fusion Pill, while Hai Bo Dong pointed out that Bai Ge's skill made the contest unfair.

Xiao Yan and Bai Ge arrived at the Gama Empire Alchemist Guild’s grand competition with their companions and learned how the event would proceed. Otto led them to the Royal Plaza’s VIP section, where Xiao Yan was introduced to Guild President Fa Ma before the competition began.

• Otto met Xiao Yan and Bai Ge at the guild and explained that the competition would be held at the Royal Plaza, while Frank encouraged Xiao Yan to represent Black Rock City's guild.
• Bai Ge introduced Qian Renxue as his fiancée, Little Doctor Fairy as his confidante, and Hai Bo Dong as a friend of his and Xiao Yan's.
• Otto explained that more than two thousand alchemists would compete in elimination rounds at the Royal Plaza, and he led the group into the venue.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the vast plaza, its spectator stands, VIP seats, and rows of platforms where contestants gathered.
• Otto brought the group toward the VIP section and identified Guild President Fa Ma, seated beside Vice President Qie Mi Er.

Hai Bo Dong reunited with Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian at the Gama Empire Alchemist Convention, where Bai Ge’s Dou Zong strength astonished the gathered elders. The convention began after the major factions and alchemists assembled.

• Hai Bo Dong revealed himself to Fa Ma, who welcomed the old friend he had thought lost to Queen Medusa.
• Jia Xingtian arrived with Yao Yue and introduced her older sister, Yao Ye, who commanded the fifty thousand troops guarding the venue.
• Jia Xingtian told Yao Ye that Bai Ge was a Dou Zong, surprising Fa Ma and the other elders, and Yao Ye wished Bai Ge victory.
• The empire’s three great families arrived with Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei as the crowd gathered in the stands.
• Fa Ma announced the start of the seventh Gama Empire Alchemist Convention.

The contestants descended into the square and took their places for the alchemy competition’s first round. Fa Ma explained that they had to refine a pill from an incomplete prescription, with only two attempts and a limited time before elimination.

• Fa Ma directed the contestants to their assigned platforms, and Liu Ling and the Little Princess made dramatic jumps down from the VIP seating.
• Hai Bo Dong sent Xiao Yan flying toward the square, where Xiao Yan used Fire Blowing Palm to make a showy landing.
• Bai Ge descended through the air as if walking down invisible steps, drawing thunderous cheers from the audience.
• Bai Ge and the other contestants examined the incomplete Tier-2 pill prescription and the limited ingredients on their platforms.
• Fa Ma announced that contestants would be eliminated if they failed after two attempts or ran out of time, and the contestants acknowledged the rules.

Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and the other contestants put their Bone Growing Pills through a test that eliminated many competitors. A Gray-Robed Man from the Chu Yun Empire produced an exceptionally bright green result, stirring anger and hostility among the Gama Empire's contestants and elders.

• Fa Ma explained that the contestants had to use the Testing Machines to prove their Bone Growing Pills met the prescription's requirements.
• Many Alchemists were eliminated when their pills failed the test, while Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, Little Princess Yao Yue, and Liu Ling received green lights.
• A Gray-Robed Man in a secluded corner produced a brilliant green pillar of light that rivaled Bai Ge's result.
• Little Princess Yao Yue recognized the Gray-Robed Man's badge as the symbol of the Chu Yun Empire, and Liu Ling urged the others not to let him win.
• Bai Ge angrily insulted the Gray-Robed Man, while Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with dark-gold flame.
• Hai Bo Dong told Fa Ma they should wait and, if necessary, find an opportunity to kill the Gray-Robed Man after the assessment.

Bai Ge exposed a hidden flaw in the Wind Walk Pill prescription and refined the pill flawlessly, winning the second assessment while the other contestants failed. Fa Ma ended the day’s convention and announced that the championship round would take place tomorrow, as Bai Ge noticed the Gray-Robed Man’s hostile stare.

• Fa Ma began the second assessment, requiring contestants to refine a pill from the provided prescription and ingredients.
• Xiao Yan and the other contestants treated the Wind Walk Pill prescription as straightforward, but Bai Ge spotted the incompatible Thick Earth Mushroom and left it out.
• Bai Ge refined a perfect Wind Walk Pill without a cauldron, stunning the audience and winning the round while the other contestants’ furnaces failed.
• Xiao Yan, Little Princess Yao Yue, and Liu Ling completed their pills before Fa Ma ended the day and scheduled the final round for the next day.
• Bai Ge noticed the Gray-Robed Man glaring at him and dismissed the threat.

Bai Ge obtained Yao Lao’s Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill formula and planned to use it to win the Alchemist Convention and earn more Points. At the convention’s final round, Fa Ma announced that contestants would have to supply everything themselves and refine a pill within the time limit.

• Bai Ge learned that Yao Chen had once given Fa Ma the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill formula, and received the Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill formula and five thousand Points.
• Bai Ge decided to refine the Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill, expecting its grade to secure the convention’s championship and earn more Points.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong reached Royal Plaza and entered through a guarded side gate with Bai Ge.
• The Little Princess urged the contestants to defeat Yan Li, who declared that he would show no restraint in the final round.
• Fa Ma announced that contestants had to provide their own formulas and ingredients and that the winner would be judged by the grade and practical value of their pill.

The third round of the Alchemist Convention began with contestants caught off guard by the pill-refining topic, while Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling had the resources to proceed. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan recognized the Little Princess’s unusual azure flame and Bai Ge identified it as sixth-tier Beast Fire.

• Fa Ma announced the unexpected examination topic, and Xiao Yan realized Bai Ge had prepared for it in advance.
• Yan Li declared that he would claim the championship as Fa Ma started the third round.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling summoned their fifth-tier alchemy cauldrons, and the elders discussed the value and safety of high-quality cauldrons.
• Xiao Yan brought out his fifth-tier Fire Jade Cauldron, which Bai Ge had upgraded from a cauldron he gave him.
• The Little Princess ignited azure flames, and Xiao Yan recognized them from the Gama royal emblem.
• Bai Ge identified the Little Princess’s azure flames as sixth-tier Azure Water Flame Beast Fire.

Xiao Yan revealed his Strange Fire during the alchemy competition, while Bai Ge used the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron to refine the Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill by processing many ingredients at once. As the contestants continued, pill failures reduced their numbers, and Fa Ma explained that pill fragrance and energy ripples would help reveal the finalists’ pill grades.

• The Little Princess, Liu Ling, and Yan Li summoned unusual flames, and Xiao Yan revealed his cyan Strange Fire, causing the other flames to lean toward it.
• Bai Ge concealed the Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame and refined the Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill’s Magic Cores and thirty-six ingredients in the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan finished refining his ingredients and began Pill Fusion, followed by the Little Princess, Liu Ling, and Yan Li.
• Several contestants’ pills failed, and those Alchemists left the arena as the field narrowed.
• Hai Bo Dong asked Fa Ma whose pill was better, and Fa Ma said the grades would become clearer through pill fragrance or energy ripples as the pills formed.

Xiao Yan failed to complete a flame transition while refining his pill, and the Little Princess and Liu Ling produced fourth-grade pills. Yan Li revealed a peak fourth-grade pill with colored fragrance, but Bai Ge answered by opening his cauldron and revealing the aura of a peak fifth-grade Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Yan tried to switch from green flames to purple flames, but lost control and burned his pill to ashes.
• The Little Princess successfully refined a fourth-grade pill, and Liu Ling produced a slightly stronger fourth-grade pill.
• Yan Li taunted the others and revealed violet, colored pill fragrance from his peak fourth-grade pill.
• Fa Ma explained that Yan Li's pill surpassed the Little Princess's and Liu Ling's, leaving the judges fearing defeat.
• Bai Ge challenged Yan Li's confidence, opened the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron, and revealed the aura of a peak fifth-grade Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill.

Xiao Yan recovered from his failed attempt, refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and defeated Yan Li in the Alchemist Convention. After taking the pills prepared by Bai Ge, Xiao Yan broke through to peak Dou Spirit and declared that Nalan Yanran would lose.

• Bai Ge urged Xiao Yan to keep going, and Xiao Yan cleared his stone platform and began refining the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan refined a Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, then used Golden Sun True Fire to complete the third pattern.
• Xiao Yan presented the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, causing Yan Li to collapse while Liu Ling and Little Princess Yao Yue reacted in shock.
• At the inn, Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and prepared to use the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and Bai Ge's Yin-Yang Profound Spirit Pill.
• A day later, Xiao Yan reached peak Dou Spirit and thanked Bai Ge, saying Nalan Yanran would lose.

Xiao Yan climbed Yunlan Mountain to face Nalan Yanran and keep their appointment, as the Yunlan Sect and the empire’s prominent figures gathered to witness their meeting. He announced his arrival before the assembled sect, while Nalan Yanran recognized how much he had changed.

• Nearly a thousand Yunlan Sect Disciples sat in formation on the plaza as Hai Bo Dong, Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, Nalan Jie, and other prominent figures arrived to watch.
• Hai Bo Dong and the other observers sensed that the disciples had formed a combined array powerful enough to threaten even a Dou Huang expert.
• As the sun reached its zenith, Xiao Yan climbed the final stairs, drawing the attention of the disciples, elders, and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Xiao Clan’s Xiao Yan and declared that he had come to keep their appointment.
• Nalan Yanran studied Xiao Yan’s face and saw the boy she remembered transformed into a calm, restrained youth.

Xiao Yan easily overpowered Nalan Yanran during their Three-Year Agreement, dismissing her concern for the Yunlan Sect’s reputation and the opinions of others. As Nalan Yanran revealed that she had advanced to Da Dou Shi, the fight was set to continue.

• Yun Leng introduced himself as the Great Elder and said he would oversee the Three-Year Agreement while the Sect Master was away.
• Nalan Yanran attacked Xiao Yan, but he identified her as a two-star Da Dou Shi and repelled her with a burst of Dou Qi.
• Nalan Yanran used the Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword, but Xiao Yan shattered its five sword auras with Awakening of Insects and blasted her backward.
• Nalan Yanran landed without injury and said she would fight for the Yunlan Sect’s reputation, while Xiao Yan criticized her concern for others’ opinions and declared that those below Dou Zong were ants.
• Nalan Yanran’s aura rose, astonishing the Yunlan Sect disciples as they realized she had advanced to Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan gained the upper hand against Nalan Yanran, countering her sword attacks and forcing her to unleash her ultimate technique. Nalan Yanran rose above the plaza and gathered sunlight into her sword for a decisive strike.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Ling strength and taunted Nalan Yanran before she charged at him in Battle Qi Armor.
• Xiao Yan evaded Nalan Yanran's sword and destroyed her Thousand Wind Force with wisps of dark golden flame.
• Xiao Yan used Wind Sweeping the Crumbling Tower to attack Nalan Yanran with a tornado of shattered bluestone.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged attacks, but Xiao Yan remained composed while Nalan Yanran became disheveled.
• Nalan Yanran untied her hair, rose into the air, and gathered sunlight into her sword as she announced Wind's Extremity - Sunset Radiance.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed powerful Dou Skills that collided above the square, revealing Xiao Yan’s identity as Yao Yan to Nalan Yanran. The resulting shockwaves overwhelmed the Yunlan Sect’s first defenses, and Xiao Yan dodged the advancing wave as the battle continued.

• Nalan Yanran’s Wind’s Extremity sent a storm of Sword Qi toward Xiao Yan, while Jia Xingtian noted that she could not unleash much of the technique’s power.
• Xiao Yan ignited his dark gold Strange Fire and drew the Mystic Heavy Ruler, prompting Nalan Yanran to recognize him as Yao Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler collided with Nalan Yanran’s Blazing Sun Light Sword, creating a devastating shockwave above the square.
• Yun Leng ordered the Yunlan Sect Disciples to reinforce their barriers, and nearly a thousand disciples combined their Dou Qi to withstand the shockwave.
• Xiao Yan spread his Purple Cloud Wings and retreated from the advancing energy wave, then abruptly changed direction as it swept past.