Chapter Summaries

Yun Yun, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Nalan Yanran cared for Xiao Yan through the night after he was badly wounded, removing the Dou Qi Residue and treating his injuries. At dawn, Xiao Yan woke and reassured Yun Yun that he would recover and help rescue Elder Yao from the Soul Hall.

• Cai Lin warned Yun Yun that Yun Shan's corrosive Dou Qi Residue had to be removed from Xiao Yan's wound before it damaged his meridians.
• Yun Yun carefully extracted the residue while Qing Lin comforted Xiao Yan, and Nalan Yanran brought medicine and checked his condition.
• Cai Lin supported Xiao Yan as Yun Yun slowly fed him medicine, then Yun Yun dressed his wounds with herbal paste and gauze.
• Yun Yun, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Nalan Yanran kept watch over Xiao Yan through the night as he remained unconscious.
• At dawn, Xiao Yan woke and spoke Yun Yun's name; Nalan Yanran checked his pulse and told him to rest.
• Xiao Yan squeezed Yun Yun's hand and apologized for worrying her, and Yun Yun said they would recover together and rescue Elder Yao from the Soul Hall.

As Yun Yun, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Nalan Yanran cared for him, Xiao Yan recovered from his wounds and rebuilt his Dou Qi. He broke through to Two-star Dou Huang and prepared to rescue Elder Yao from Soul Hall.

• Yun Yun helped Xiao Yan walk and recover while Cai Lin guided his Dou Qi, Qing Lin prepared nourishing meals, and Nalan Yanran treated his wounds.
• Nalan Yanran said Xiao Yan could attempt to break through his bottleneck in three days if he remained cautious.
• During meditation with Cai Lin, Xiao Yan shattered his One-star Dou Huang bottleneck and advanced to Two-star Dou Huang.
• Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran congratulated Xiao Yan on his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan thanked the four women and said they should prepare to rescue Elder Yao from Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan brought the Jia Ma Empire’s major powers and smaller forces together to establish the Yan Alliance, organizing it to resist the Soul Hall and protect the empire. The alliance began assembling troops and resources as Xiao Yan vowed to strengthen it until it could rescue Elder Yao.

• Xiao Yan proposed uniting the Jia Ma Empire’s forces, and Mittel Tengshan, Nalan Jie, Jia Xing Tian, and Fa Ma pledged their families’ and organizations’ support.
• Leaders of smaller families, mercenary groups, and towns arrived at the Xiao Clan and agreed to join the alliance.
• Xiao Yan held the founding ceremony and named the new organization the Yan Alliance, with himself as its leader.
• The Council of Elders established Military, Alchemy, Resource, and Intelligence departments, assigning Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, Mittel Tengshan, and Qing Lin to lead them respectively.
• The Yan Alliance began gathering troops, supplies, alchemists, and intelligence, while Xiao Yan oversaw its operations and helped its members grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun looked toward the Soul Hall, and Xiao Yan vowed to strengthen the Yan Alliance and eventually rescue Elder Yao.

Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan secluded themselves in a secret realm to strengthen their cultivation while Cai Lin guarded them. After all four broke through successfully, they turned their attention to confronting the Soul Hall and rescuing Elder Yao.

• Cai Lin prepared a protective barrier and gave Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran pills tailored to help them break through, while Zi Yan prepared to cultivate using her dragon bloodline.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Dou Huang Pill, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran took their pills, and Zi Yan absorbed spiritual energy while using a dragon scale to awaken her bloodline.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Three Star Dou Huang, Yun Yun reached Seven Star Dou Huang, and Nalan Yanran advanced to Four Star Dou Wang.
• Zi Yan completed her breakthrough to One-star Dou Huang, summoning a dragon-shaped Dou Qi phantom with her roar.
• Cai Lin withdrew the barrier and confirmed that everyone’s Dou Qi had stabilized; the group discussed using their improved strength to face the Soul Hall, protect the Yan Alliance, and rescue Elder Yao.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and stopped the Poison Sect, Golden Swan Sect, and Mulian Valley from destroying the Yan Alliance. He recognized the Poison Sect Master as Xiao Yi Xian and invited her to meet him at Qingshan Teahouse that night, while he and the Alliance tended to the wounded.

• Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Yan Alliance headquarters and found its defenses close to collapse under a coordinated attack by the Poison Sect, Golden Swan Sect, and Mulian Valley.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Poison Sect Master as Xiao Yi Xian, but she denied knowing him and attacked him with deadly poison techniques.
• Xiao Yan used the Sea Turning Seal to fatally wound the Golden Swan Sect Master, prompting the three attacking forces to retreat or surrender.
• Xiao Yan secretly told Xiao Yi Xian to meet him at Qingshan Teahouse at midnight and said he had kept the Nether Lotus she left behind.
• Xiao Yan directed Fa Ma to make stronger Detoxifying Pills with Nether Lotus petals and ordered Nalan Jie and Jia Xing Tian to assess losses and reinforce the headquarters.

Xiao Yan met Xiao Yi Xian at the Qingshan Teahouse and showed her a method that could control her Poison Body of Calamity. After proving he had the three required Heavenly Flames and explaining where they might find the other ingredients, he gained her trust and she agreed to pursue the cure with him.

• Xiao Yan met Xiao Yi Xian at the teahouse and returned the Nether Lotus she had left with him years earlier.
• Xiao Yi Xian doubted Xiao Yan could help with her Poison Body of Calamity and warned that she might lose control and hurt him.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Yi Xian an ancient scroll describing the Nine Revolutions Poison Refining Method and explained that it could condense her Origin Poison Power into a Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he possessed the Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Yin Yang Twin Flames, and described leads on Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and a Scorpion Venom Dragon Beast's magic core.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Yan's help, took his hand, and agreed to seek the materials needed to suppress her Poison Body of Calamity.

After Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Poison Sect to stabilize her position, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin launched a night raid on the Golden Swan Sect and Mulian Valley camps in retaliation for their attack on the Yan Alliance. By dawn, both camps had been destroyed, leaving Xiao Yan free to turn his attention to helping Xiao Yi Xian secure the Poison Sect and suppress her Poison Body of Calamity.

• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian, gave her a Communication Jade talisman, and sent her back to the Poison Sect with a plan to claim she was injured and enter seclusion.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin divided their forces, with Cai Lin targeting the Golden Swan Sect camp and Xiao Yan attacking Mulian Valley's Beast Soul Barrier and its Dou Zong Expert.
• Cai Lin killed the Golden Swan Sect's four elders and devastated the camp while Xiao Yan broke Mulian Valley's barrier and fought its disciples and the Mulian Elder.
• Cai Lin joined Xiao Yan and helped kill the Mulian Elder, after which they eliminated the remaining disciples and burned both camps to the ground.
• At dawn, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin returned toward the Yan Alliance, intending to help Xiao Yi Xian handle the Poison Sect elders and refine pills to suppress her Poison Body of Calamity.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Poison Sect as it prepared for a Myriad Scorpion Sect assault planned for three days later. After learning that the sect’s defenses and medicine supplies were failing, Xiao Yan organized preparations to repair the defenses, refine pills, and ready the disciples, leaving the group poised to face the coming attack.

• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Yan and the others that the Myriad Scorpion Sect had attacked Poison Sect strongholds and planned to assault Blackwood Cliff in three days.
• Xiao Yi Xian described the Poison Sect’s forces and the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s leaders, including Xie Shan and his three Dou Zong Protectors.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Yan and his companions through the mountain gate, where a disciple reported the latest threats and summoned Elder Mo and Elder Yao.
• Elder Mo revealed that the Myriad Poison Formation was damaged, while Elder Yao said the sect had almost run out of detoxification pills.
• Xiao Yan promised to refine pills and help repair the formation with his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan assigned Yun Yun to inspect the formation, Nalan Yanran to train the disciples, Qing Lin to help poisoned members, Zi Yan to patrol, and Xiao Yi Xian to organize the sect’s preparations.

Xiao Yan arrived during the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s assault on the Poison Sect and saved Xiao Yi Xian from White Scorpion Protector and the traitorous Elders Liu and Chen. After the traitors and White Scorpion Protector were killed, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian turned to treating the wounded and preparing for the enemy’s main force, which had not yet arrived.

• Xiao Yi Xian fought White Scorpion Protector as Elder Liu and Elder Chen revealed their betrayal and attacked her from behind.
• Xiao Yan arrived and used his Green Lotus Core Flame to stop the elders’ attack and protect Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan defeated White Scorpion Protector while Xiao Yi Xian recovered, killed Elder Chen, and blocked Elder Liu’s escape.
• Xiao Yan killed Elder Liu after rejecting his plea for mercy.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian, and they went to help the wounded and plan the Poison Sect’s defenses against the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s main force.

Xiao Yan fought Xie Shan to protect Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Sect, defeating the Myriad Scorpion Sect leader with his Heavenly Flames before Xie Shan’s final poison attack struck him. Xiao Yan collapsed near death, and Xiao Yi Xian held him as the Poison Sect disciples could do little to help.

• Xie Shan led the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s forces onto Blackwood Cliff and threatened Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan stepped in front of Xiao Yi Xian, countered Xie Shan’s poison attack with two Heavenly Flames, and forced him back with the Mountain Opening Seal.
• Xie Shan summoned a massive Poison Scorpion, but Xiao Yan destroyed it with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus and trapped Xie Shan using Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Xie Shan consumed an Explosive Poison Pill, broke Xiao Yan’s seal, and shot a deadly poison needle into Xiao Yan’s chest before dying.
• Xiao Yan collapsed from the poison, and Xiao Yi Xian cried out as she held him and revealed she had found a way to cure the Rebellion of Exotic Flames.
• The Poison Sect disciples gathered around Xiao Yan and raised a protective barrier, but they could not treat his injuries.

Cai Lin tortured and killed Xie Shan after he refused to reveal an antidote for Xiao Yan’s poison. Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to suppress the poison temporarily, and Cai Lin turned her attention to helping him while the Poison Sect prepared to secure the survivors.

• Cai Lin demanded the antidote from Xie Shan, but he claimed Xiao Yan’s poison was incurable and refused to cooperate.
• Cai Lin crushed both of Xie Shan’s wrists and threatened to wipe out the Myriad Scorpion Sect, but he continued to defy her.
• Cai Lin snapped Xie Shan’s neck and killed him, leaving the remaining Myriad Scorpion Sect disciples terrified.
• Xiao Yan reignited his Heavenly Flames and used them to suppress the poison near his dantian, stabilizing his condition.
• Cai Lin calmed down and checked on Xiao Yan, who asked the Poison Sect disciples to control the survivors and search for an antidote.

A Soul Hall Protector appeared at Blackwood Cliff to claim Xie Shan’s remnant soul and capture Xiao Yan, forcing Cai Lin to fight him while Xiao Yan battled the poison. Xiao Yan and Cai Lin defeated and killed the Protector, but Xiao Yan was left gravely weakened and more determined to rescue Elder Yao.

• A Soul Hall Protector emerged from the shadows and revealed that he wanted Xie Shan’s soul and Xiao Yan’s body.
• Cai Lin interrupted the Protector’s attempt to seize Xie Shan’s remnant soul and fought back with her dragon power.
• The Protector unleashed a Soul Storm, but Cai Lin used Dragon Might Suppression to break through it.
• Xiao Yan activated Soul Devour with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, then urged Cai Lin aside and challenged the Protector.
• Cai Lin shattered the Protector’s soul shield and wounded him, allowing Xiao Yan to devour his soul and kill him.
• Cai Lin fed Xiao Yan a Healing Pill, and the Poison Sect elder thanked him as Xiao Yan silently vowed to rescue Elder Yao.

After Xiao Yi Xian sealed the deadly poison in Xiao Yan’s body, he refined part of Xie Shan’s remaining Soul Power and used the remnant soul and a Seventh-Rank Demonic Core to create a Dou Zong-level puppet. The poison remained only temporarily contained, and Xiao Yan ended the chapter meditating with Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin as he prepared to oppose the Soul Hall and rescue Elder Yao.

• Xiao Yi Xian used her Poison Body of Calamity and the Soul Locking Poison Sealing Array to temporarily contain the poison in Xiao Yan’s meridians and near his dantian.
• Xiao Yan drew Soul Power from Xie Shan’s corpse and refined it with his Heavenly Flames, strengthening his Dou Qi while gaining insight into the Dou Zong realm.
• Cai Lin proposed turning Xie Shan’s remnant soul and corpse into a puppet using the Seventh-Rank Nether Spirit Cat Demonic Core and Xiao Yan’s materials.
• Xiao Yan refined Xie Shan’s corpse into a Dou Zong-level puppet, which obeyed his command and retained roughly seventy percent of Xie Shan’s strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Xiao Yan to recover and keep tempering the poison as they anticipated the Soul Hall’s pursuit; Xiao Yan vowed to rescue Elder Yao.
• Xiao Yan began meditating at Blackwood Cliff with the puppet standing guard while he continued refining Soul Power and tempering the sealed poison.

Cai Lin brought Xiao Yan to the Snake People Tribe, where the Great Elder revealed that she was carrying his child and outlined three possible treatments. Xiao Yan committed to refining the Seventh-grade Dragon Marrow Pill for Fetal Soul Nurturing within a year, leaving the tribe ready to help him find the rare ingredients.

• Cai Lin asked Xiao Yan to return with her to the Snake People Tribe, and he agreed after leaving Xiao Yi Xian a letter.
• The Great Elder used the Spirit Nurturing Pendant to confirm that Cai Lin was nurturing a New Life and told Xiao Yan to take responsibility for the child.
• The Great Elder described three treatment options, including the Seventh-grade Dragon Marrow Pill for Fetal Soul Nurturing, which could give the child greater potential.
• Xiao Yan said he would pursue the Dragon Marrow Pill despite not yet being able to refine a Seventh-grade Pill, and the Great Elder promised the tribe would help gather ingredients within the year.
• Xiao Yan took Cai Lin's hand and promised to obtain the pill; Cai Lin leaned against him and said she believed him.

Xiao Yan departed for the Black Corner Region with Yun Yun to find an old friend and obtain the main ingredient for the Dragon Marrow Pill for Fetal Soul Nurturing. Cai Lin stayed behind to lead the Yan Alliance and protect their unborn child while waiting for Xiao Yan to return within three months.

• Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin communication talismans detailing the Yan Alliance's defenses and accepted her Purple Crystal Heart-Protecting Pendant for protection on his journey.
• Cai Lin and Yun Yun prepared supplies and cautioned Xiao Yan to stay safe and send word while he traveled with ten Snake People hunters.
• Xiao Yan promised to return within three months with the pill's main ingredient, then rode toward the Black Corner Region with Yun Yun and a supply carriage.
• After Xiao Yan's party left, Cai Lin entered the council hall and rejected Elder Hai's offer to send more fighters, saying extra people would slow the group and expose its target.
• Cai Lin assigned Elder Jia Liebi to inspect pills and supplies and Elder Hai to train new disciples, then went to the training grounds to oversee the Yan Alliance.

Xiao Yan and his companions visited Hundred Herbs Hall in the Black Corner Region, where Old Ghost revealed that Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva would be auctioned in Black Stone City in three days. After Liu Chengfeng threatened the group and insulted Yun Yun, Xiao Yan defeated him and left Old Ghost to investigate the auction and its participants.

• Xiao Yan offered Old Ghost a Fifth-grade Pill for information about Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Old Ghost revealed it would be auctioned in Black Stone City in three days.
• Liu Chengfeng barged into Hundred Herbs Hall, mocked Xiao Yan, threatened Yan Ran, and tried to persuade Yun Yun to leave with him.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Zong strength and struck Liu Chengfeng, breaking his bones and forcing him to beg for mercy.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Ghost to investigate the auction rules, its attendees, and the mysterious seller, then gave him the Qi Gathering Pills as payment.
• Xiao Yan and his companions headed toward Black Stone City to prepare for the auction and seek the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.

Xiao Yan refined Qi Gathering Pills, Pulse Protecting Pills, and a peak Rank 6 Sect Breaking Pill at Qiyun Inn while his companions guarded the alchemy room. The pill’s heavenly phenomenon attracted powerful factions, but Xiao Yi Xian’s Dou Zong aura forced them to hold back, leaving Xiao Yan and his companions to prepare for the auction and pursue the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.

• Xiao Yan distributed pills and defensive supplies, then began refining in seclusion while Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Yan Ran, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin established guards around the alchemy room.
• Xiao Yan completed thirty-seven Qi Gathering Pills and ten perfect Pulse Protecting Pills before refining the Sect Breaking Pill with rare medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan’s peak Rank 6 pill triggered a heavenly phenomenon that drew Mo Tianxing, Xue Ying, Old Man Sky Eagle, and other cultivators toward Qiyun Inn.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed her Dou Zong aura and poison formations, making the arriving factions retreat and stopping several cultivators who tried to force their way in.
• Xiao Yan completed and secured the Sect Breaking Pill, then emerged to join his companions and prepare to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva at the auction.

Xiao Yan bought a mysterious Peak Eighth-Rank Demonic Beast mummy at the Myriad Treasure Pavilion auction after Zi Yan sensed its Dragon Slaying aura. As the auction continued, the factions gathered for the upcoming Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva grew tense.

• Xiao Yan and his companions attended the Myriad Treasure Pavilion auction, where several early lots sold without attracting their interest.
• The auctioneer presented a winged Demonic Beast mummy, and Zi Yan reacted with fear when she sensed its hostile aura.
• Xiao Yan recognized the mummy's Dragon Slaying aura and decided it could not fall into another faction's hands.
• Xiao Yan offered a top-grade Rank 6 Calm Heart Pill and a Fifth-Rank Qi Gathering Pill, outbidding the Alchemist Guild and securing the mummy.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had bought the mummy to protect Zi Yan, while Yun Yun noted that his bid also warned the other factions.
• The auction resumed with a Seventh-Rank Thunder-Patterned Leopard Beast Core as the factions prepared to compete for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.

At the Myriad Treasure Pavilion auction, Xiao Yan bid a peak Rank 6 Sect Breaking Pill and a Thousand-Year Bodhi Leaf for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, but Old Man Eagle Mountain outbid him with a Seventh-grade Heaven Piercing Pill. Xiao Yan then planned an ambush in Black Wind Valley as Old Man Eagle Mountain and rival factions prepared to leave Black Stone City.

• The auctioneer sold the Deep Sea Cold Jade Bed, Sky Burning Grass, and several other treasures for record prices while Xiao Yan assessed the bidders and their strength.
• The auctioneer presented the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and the Black Wind Stockade chief, Xue Ying, Mo Tianxing, a reclusive family's elder, and the Water Cloud Sect's master competed for it.
• Xiao Yan offered a peak Rank 6 Sect Breaking Pill and a Thousand-Year Bodhi Leaf, forcing the other bidders to withdraw.
• Old Man Eagle Mountain revealed a Seventh-grade Heaven Piercing Pill and won the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva after no one could raise his bid.
• Xiao Yan ordered Yun Yun to investigate Old Man Eagle Mountain's route and assigned Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin roles in an ambush at Black Wind Valley.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left the auction and hurried toward Black Wind Valley while other factions secretly moved to intercept Old Man Eagle Mountain.

Xiao Yan and his allies ambushed Old Man Eagle Mountain in Black Wind Valley to seize the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, but Han Feng arrived and forced the battle into a deadly confrontation. Xiao Yan survived Han Feng’s Soul Devouring Explosion, and the group escaped with the Saliva and reunited with him in the forest.

• Su Qian and Xiao Yan’s allies prepared an ambush in Black Wind Valley, where Xiao Yan confronted Old Man Eagle Mountain and demanded the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yan and his allies fought Old Man Eagle Mountain and the Sky Eagle Sect guards, while Xiao Yan badly wounded Han Feng with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan knocked the Storage Ring containing the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva from Old Man Eagle Mountain and caught it.
• Han Feng used the remaining Demonic Flame Valley experts to form a Soul Devouring Explosion, and Xiao Yan sent Xiao Yi Xian, Su Qian, Yun Yun, Yan Ran, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan away with the Storage Ring.
• The Soul Devouring Explosion detonated, but the group survived behind their shields and waited in the forest for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the smoke injured but alive, and his allies gathered around him before heading deeper into the forest.