Chapter Summaries

Venerable Lei challenged Venerable Feng over Xiao Yan’s attacks on the Wind Thunder Pavilion, and they agreed to settle the dispute with a spar between Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er. Xiao Yan defeated Feng Qing'er and repelled Venerable Lei with his four Heavenly Flames, earning the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s concession and establishing his reputation among the Central Plains factions.

• Venerable Lei demanded that Xiao Yan be punished under the Four Pavilions Grand Gathering’s rules, but Venerable Feng vowed to defend him and risk war with the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Venerable Lei proposed a spar between Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan, with the winner settling their dispute, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Yan broke Feng Qing'er’s attacks with the Black Heavy Ruler, Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Sea Turning Seal, then overwhelmed her with Heaven Burning Fierce Prison Art.
• Feng Qing'er used the forbidden Wind Thunder Union: Thunder Wind Break, so Xiao Yan revealed four Heavenly Flames and launched a Four-colored fire lotus.
• Venerable Lei intervened to shield Feng Qing'er, but Xiao Yan’s fire lotus injured him, and Venerable Lei conceded the match.
• Venerable Feng praised Xiao Yan as the crowd and faction leaders recognized his strength, while Xiao Yan vowed to save Elder Yao.

After leaving the Wind Thunder Pavilion, Xiao Yan decided to enter the Pill Tower’s alchemy competition to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and improve his alchemy. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin at the Han Family and introduced Han Xue as their new companion for the journey ahead.

• Venerable Feng warned Xiao Yan and his companions that Venerable Lei might retaliate, then flew them away from the Wind Thunder Pavilion on the Green Thunder Eagle.
• Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng that he planned to compete at the Pill Tower for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Venerable Feng gave him a Wind Travel Jade Pendant for emergencies.
• Venerable Feng returned to Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Yan, Yan Ran, and Han Xue headed to the Han Family to meet Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before traveling to the Pill Tower.
• An old servant welcomed Xiao Yan to the manor and told him that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had been waiting for him for nearly a month.
• Qing Lin tearfully embraced Xiao Yan when he returned, and he gave her a pink Jade Pendant as a gift.
• Xiao Yan introduced Han Xue to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and the companions welcomed her before gathering together in the eastern wing.

Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan how Bing He and Ice River Valley had tried to seize her and Qing Lin, forcing them to escape through a secret passage. She then revealed that she had found evidence of a Scorpion Dragon Scorpion in Black Wind Forest, and Xiao Yan planned to investigate it the next morning.

• Xiao Yi Xian recounted how Bing He and four Ice River Valley Dou Huangs attacked the Han Mansion and tried to take her away.
• Xiao Yi Xian wounded Bing He with her poison, then escaped with Qing Lin through the Han Family's secret passage while the guards held off the pursuers.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had found Scorpion Dragon Scorpion footprints, venom, and a hair in a cave in Black Wind Forest.
• Xiao Yan examined the evidence and planned to investigate the beast's location and prepare formations and traps the next morning.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian worked together to defeat the Scorpion Dragon Scorpion and recover its magic core. The group returned toward Han Shan City so Xiao Yi Xian could refine it before they confronted Ice River Valley and continued to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Yan set a trap around the Scorpion Dragon Scorpion's cave while Xiao Yi Xian prepared poison mist and Yan Ran, Qing Lin, and Han Xue waited at a distance.
• Xiao Yi Xian enveloped the awakened Scorpion Dragon Scorpion in poison mist, and Xiao Yan struck its abdomen with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and Sea Turning Seal.
• Xiao Yi Xian pierced the crack in the Scorpion Dragon Scorpion's armor with a Poison Sting, and Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames to burn its organs and bring it down.
• Xiao Yan cut the magic core from the Scorpion Dragon Scorpion and gave it to Xiao Yi Xian to help her control the Poison Body of Calamity.
• Xiao Yan led the group back toward the Han Family, planning for Xiao Yi Xian to refine the magic core before they sought out Ice River Valley.

Xiao Yan completed a specially refined body for Heavenly Flame Venerable and helped him merge with it using a Soul Fusion Pill. Heavenly Flame Venerable regained a physical body, and Xiao Yan left him to recover in the Pill Hall before they planned their next steps.

• Xiao Yan prepared a living body from rare materials and explained that the Soul Fusion Pill would help Heavenly Flame Venerable merge with it.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the body, and Heavenly Flame Venerable swallowed the Soul Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Yan formed a Soul Protection Array and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to protect the fusion as Heavenly Flame Venerable guided his soul into the body.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable completed the fusion, opened his eyes, and moved in his new body.
• Xiao Yan told Heavenly Flame Venerable to rest and adapt before they planned how to deal with Ice River Valley or go to the Pill Tower, then left him in the Pill Hall.

Xiao Yan used the Ye Family’s Sun Gathering Protective Array, Yang Fire, and Heavenly Flames to help Xiao Yi Xian refine the Scorpion Dragon Scorpion’s magic core and condense the poison energy of her Poison Body of Calamity into a poison pill. Xiao Yi Xian gathered the remaining poison from her meridians into the pill, gaining control over it as the refinement continued.

• Xiao Yan prepared the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and Scorpion Dragon Scorpion magic core in the Ye Family’s forbidden chamber, while Xiao Yi Xian stepped into the jade pool and agreed to endure the refinement.
• Xiao Yan used his four Heavenly Flames and the chamber’s Yang Fire to draw Xiao Yi Xian’s poison energy into the pool and fuse it with the magic core, easing the process when the pain strained her meridians.
• Xiao Yan refined the collected poison energy into a poison pill as Xiao Yi Xian prepared her dantian to receive it.
• Xiao Yi Xian guided the remaining poison energy into the completed pill, which sealed her Poison Body of Calamity’s power and became responsive to her control.

Ice River Valley attacked the Ye Family Manor to seize Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity, but Xiao Yan and his allies defeated the invading elders and disciples. Mist Protector then appeared, bringing Xiao Yan face-to-face with the Soul Hall enemy who had captured Elder Yao, and Xiao Yan confronted him in fury.

• Ice Soul Venerable and Ice Fang Venerable led Ice River Valley’s elite forces into the Ye Family Manor and demanded that Xiao Yi Xian be handed over.
• Xiao Yan defended Han Xue and Qing Lin, repelled Ice Fang Venerable’s ambush, and sent his Flame Thunder Puppets against Ice River Valley’s disciples.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable emerged from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and defeated Ice Soul Venerable, while the puppets subdued the disciples and trapped Ice Fang Venerable.
• Mist Protector appeared in black mist, and Xiao Yan recognized him as the Soul Hall member who had captured Elder Yao.
• Xiao Yan unleashed four Heavenly Flames and vowed to settle his blood debt with Mist Protector.

Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to break free of Mist Protector’s advantage, combining three Heavenly Flames to raise his cultivation from Three-Star Dou Zong to peak Ninth Star Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Mist Protector recognizing Xiao Yan as a serious threat, while the Flame Thunder Puppets remained trapped in Ice River Valley’s formation.

• Ice River Valley’s disciples restrained Xiao Yan’s seven Flame Thunder Puppets with the Profound Ice Lock Formation, and Mist Protector threatened to capture Xiao Yan and take his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan merged the Green Lotus Core Flame in the first transformation, raising his cultivation to Dou Zong Five-Star and alarming the Ice River Valley elder.
• Xiao Yan merged the Fallen Heart Flame in the second transformation and reached Dou Zong Seven-Star, prompting Ice Soul Venerable to warn Mist Protector.
• Mist Protector launched ten Soul Chains to stop Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s three-colored flame ring burned through them as he began the third transformation with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Xiao Yan combined all three Heavenly Flames and surged to peak Ninth Star Dou Zong, forcing Mist Protector to lower his guard and admit that he had misjudged Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Mist Protector and the Ice River Valley expert in the Ye Family Manor after vowing to avenge Elder Yao. He killed Mist Protector with his Heavenly Flames, seized the Soul Ring, and vowed to grow stronger and rescue Elder Yao.

• Xiao Yan used the Mountain Opening Seal to shatter the Ice River Valley expert’s ice spears and destroy several of Mist Protector’s soul chains.
• Xiao Yan broke the Ice Shield and defeated Mist Protector’s Giant Soul Shadow with the Sea Turning Seal, hurling the Ice River Valley expert into a wall.
• Xiao Yan used the Earth Covering Seal to destroy the Ice River Valley expert’s ice spikes and crush Mist Protector’s soul formation.
• Mist Protector tried to escape, but Xiao Yan trapped him in the Flame Vortex and burned his body and soul to ashes.
• Xiao Yan picked up Mist Protector’s Soul Ring and promised Elder Yao that he would rescue him and make his enemies pay.

Xiao Yan fought Hun Sha, a One-star Dou Zun from Soul Hall, and killed him with a four-Exotic-Flame Buddha Flame Fire Lotus. Hun Sha’s distress signal summoned Soul Hall’s attention, leaving an exhausted Xiao Yan facing the threat of stronger enemies.

• Hun Sha appeared at Ye Family Manor and attacked Xiao Yan with a Soul Blade.
• Xiao Yan dodged Hun Sha’s attacks while combining four Exotic Flames into a Fire Lotus.
• Hun Sha trapped Xiao Yan with Soul Chains and struck at him, but Xiao Yan evaded and completed his attack.
• Xiao Yan’s Buddha Flame Fire Lotus destroyed Hun Sha’s Dou Qi pillar and defenses, then fatally burned him.
• Hun Sha crushed a Soul Hall distress Jade Pendant before dying, sending a signal across Ye Mountain City and beyond.
• Xiao Yan, nearly depleted of Dou Qi and Soul Power, sensed the signal and feared Soul Hall’s retaliation.

Xiao Yan struggled to recover after killing Hun Sha, but a Three-star Dou Zun from Soul Hall arrived to kill him. Xiao Yi Xian shielded Xiao Yan from the attacker and the Valley Master of Ice River Valley, who demanded that she surrender; she refused and prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan swallowed pills to restore his Dou Qi, heal his soul, and suppress Hun Sha's poison, but a Three-star Dou Zun from Soul Hall attacked him.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared and protected Xiao Yan, declaring that she would not let the Soul Hall Dou Zun harm him.
• The Soul Hall Dou Zun attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but the Valley Master of Ice River Valley arrived and froze the courtyard.
• The Valley Master demanded that Xiao Yi Xian return with him and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, revealing that Ice River Valley wanted her Poison Body of Calamity.
• Xiao Yi Xian fully activated her Poison Body of Calamity and vowed that the Valley Master would have to kill her before touching Xiao Yan.

Xun'er arrived with two Ancient Clan elders to protect the wounded Xiao Yan, then killed the Soul Hall attackers and spared the Ice River Valley Master. After the enemies fled or fell, she returned to Xiao Yan's side to tend to his injuries.

• Xun'er emerged through a Space crack, reunited with Xiao Yan, and used her Golden Dou Qi to soothe his wounds and suppress the evil poison.
• Two Ancient Clan elders appeared and pressured the Soul Hall's Third Star Dou Zun and the Ice River Valley Master into submission.
• Four Soul Hall Ninth Star Dou Zong experts tried to ambush Xiao Yan, but Xun'er killed them with the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame.
• The Soul Hall's Third Star Dou Zun begged for mercy, but an Ancient Clan elder killed him on Xun'er's order.
• Xun'er spared the Ice River Valley Master after warning him never to threaten Xiao Yan again, and he fled the courtyard.
• Xun'er returned to Xiao Yan and asked about his injuries and the evil poison.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er reunited in private after years apart, sharing their longing and promising not to leave each other again. The chapter ended with them embracing through the night, certain they would stay together.

• Xiao Yan held Xun'er and told her how much he had missed her.
• Xun'er kissed Xiao Yan, and the two deepened their embrace as they shared their relief and longing.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er not to leave him again, and she promised she would stay.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er became intimate beneath the moonlight, reaffirming their bond and promise never to part.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er woke together after their reunion and shared a tender morning, reaffirming their love and promise never to part again. They stayed in each other’s arms, looking forward to facing the future side by side.

• Xiao Yan woke at dawn and watched Xun'er sleep in his embrace, recalling their reunion and the night they had shared.
• Xiao Yan gently adjusted Xun'er’s pillow and kissed her hair, careful not to wake her.
• Xun'er awoke, nestled closer to Xiao Yan, and told him that being his woman felt wonderful.
• Xiao Yan kissed Xun'er and told her that having her was the greatest luck of his life.
• Xun'er embraced Xiao Yan and resolved to stay by his side as they traveled the Central Plains, faced the Soul Hall, and pursued his dream of becoming a Dou Di.

Xun'er returned to the Ancient Clan to deal with threats to her clan, leaving Xiao Yan with a Spirit Jade and a promise to reunite when he reached Dou Zun. Xin Lan then asked Xiao Yan to help stop the Bai Family from taking control of the Alchemist Association, and he arrived just as its leaders were about to concede to Bai Feng.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan she had to return to the Ancient Clan and gave him a Spirit Jade so they could communicate and he could detect Soul Hall threats.
• Xiao Yan promised to grow stronger, attend the Alchemist Conference, and meet Xun'er at the Ancient Clan after reaching Dou Zun.
• Xin Lan told Xiao Yan that the Bai Family, supported by the Shi and Liu Families, was bullying young alchemists and pressing for the association's vice president position.
• Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Xin Lan to the Alchemist Association and challenge the Bai Family's arrogance.
• Bai Zhenshan, Shi Feng, Liu Ming, and allied elders pushed for Bai Feng to become vice president while President Lin Mo struggled to oppose them.
• As President Lin Mo prepared to yield, Xiao Yan's voice from the hall entrance challenged the claim that no younger alchemist could surpass Bai Feng.

Xiao Yan challenged Bai Feng to an alchemy contest and defeated him by refining Po E Pills with ninety-nine percent purity. After the Bai Family conceded and agreed to withdraw from the vice-president contest and apologize to the young alchemists it had bullied, Lin Mo invited Xiao Yan to the Alchemist Conference, where Xiao Yan prepared to grow stronger and eventually reunite with Xun'er.

• Xiao Yan confronted Bai Feng and accepted his challenge to refine Po E Pills, wagering that the Bai Family would withdraw from the vice-president contest and apologize if it lost.
• Bai Feng began refining first, but Xiao Yan's pale purple Heavenly Flames disrupted his fire control as Xiao Yan carefully inspected the ingredients and started his own batch.
• Xiao Yan produced four flawless Po E Pills with ninety-nine percent purity, and Lin Mo confirmed that he had not cheated.
• Bai Zhenshan accepted defeat and promised that the Bai Family would withdraw from the contest and apologize to the bullied young alchemists within three days.
• Lin Mo invited Xiao Yan to the Alchemist Conference as a specially invited guest, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Yan returned to his inn to train and study alchemy, aiming to grow stronger and reach Xun'er in the Ancient Clan.

At the Alchemist Trade Fair, Xiao Yan traded a Seventh-grade Soul Gathering Pill for a seemingly worthless bronze fragment after Qing Lin spotted it and Heavenly Flame Venerable recognized it as an ancient Soul Pattern treasure. The group learned the fragment could enhance Soul Force and reveal lost soul techniques, and Xiao Yan left with it secured in his Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Alchemist Trade Fair and headed to the second floor to inspect its higher-grade wares.
• Qing Lin noticed a bronze fragment on a junk stall, and Heavenly Flame Venerable identified it as an Ancient Soul Pattern Copper Fragment that could enhance Soul Force and reveal ancient soul techniques.
• Xiao Yan ignored Nalan Yanran's warning and offered the stall owner, Fatty Wang, a Seventh-grade Soul Gathering Pill for the fragment.
• Fatty Wang accepted the pill and handed the bronze fragment to Xiao Yan, while nearby cultivators gathered and speculated about the trade.
• After Xiao Yan stored the fragment, Heavenly Flame Venerable explained its powers to Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, who urged Xiao Yan to try activating it.

Xiao Yan activated the Soul Pattern copper plate, absorbing Rhyme Phosphorus Dust and raising his Soul Force to the level of an Eighth-grade Alchemist Master. He used the Green Lotus Core Flame to transform the plate into an ancient key, then learned it led to a ruin in the Misty Forest and decided to wait until after the Alchemist Conference to explore it.

• Xiao Yan followed Heavenly Flame Venerable’s instructions to awaken the copper plate, revealing ancient Soul Patterns and releasing Rhyme Phosphorus Dust.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Rhyme Phosphorus Dust and broke through his Soul Force bottleneck, reaching the standard of an Eighth-grade Alchemist Master.
• Xiao Yan applied the Green Lotus Core Flame to the plate, transforming it into a scarlet key linked to an Ancient Ruin.
• Xiao Yan used Soul Power to see the ruin’s location in the Misty Forest southeast of Central Plains City, and Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin noticed the key’s directional pull and the Spirit Fox’s reaction.
• Xiao Yan and his companions agreed to postpone exploring the ruin until after the Alchemist Conference and prepare their strength in the meantime.

Xiao Yan entered the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range for the Alchemist Conference assessment to gather ingredients for the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill. He obtained the Thousand-Year Nether Heart Grass and continued searching for Eighth-grade Purple Ganoderma, collecting useful herbs while facing the mountain’s dangers.

• Xiao Yan entered the mountain range, used his Spirit-Sensing Jade Slip to seek the pill ingredients, and declined to compete with another alchemist over Purple Stripe Grass.
• Xiao Yan reached a cliffside Thousand-Year Nether Heart Grass and fought its guardian, an Ink-Scaled Giant Python, striking its weak abdomen with a spear made from two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan safely harvested the Thousand-Year Nether Heart Grass, sealed it in a Poison-Averting Jade Bottle, and continued deeper into the range in search of Eighth-grade Purple Ganoderma.
• Xiao Yan witnessed a Red-Eyed Bear kill one alchemist and drag another away after they fought over a Ninth-grade Blood Lotus.
• Xiao Yan resisted the illusions of the Heart-Intoxicating Flowers with his Soul Force and escaped the Soul-Bewitching Flower Sea.
• Xiao Yan collected around ten stalks of Water Pattern Grass and stored them in a jade box for future use.

Xiao Yan encountered Old Man Mu Gu of the Soul Hall, who demanded his Heavenly Flames and tried to capture him. Xiao Yan sent three lightning-infused puppets to fight, but Mu Gu swiftly overwhelmed them, leaving Xiao Yan facing him with his strongest defenses failing.

• Xiao Yan sensed a deathly aura and recognized the approaching gray-robed Old Man Mu Gu as a Soul Hall expert.
• Old Man Mu Gu demanded Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames and ordered him to return to the Soul Hall as a Soul Slave.
• Xiao Yan summoned three lightning-infused puppets refined from Dou Zong corpses and ordered them to attack Mu Gu.
• Old Man Mu Gu absorbed the left puppet's lightning attack and destroyed the right puppet with a blow from his cane.
• Old Man Mu Gu smashed the heavy puppet, then bound the last puppet with corrosive Soul Qi as it charged its attack.