Chapter Summaries

After spending nearly a year advancing to Dou Emperor in the Magma World, Liu Xi left the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to return to the Jia Ma Empire. He arrived just as the three-year deadline came due.

• Liu Xi absorbed the Magma World's energy and broke through to Dou Emperor, reaching strength comparable to an ordinary Three-Star Dou Huang.
• Liu Xi emerged from seclusion and reunited with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then told them he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Liu Xi bid farewell to Su Qian, who agreed to let Zi Yan leave with him, and the Inner Court elders gathered to see them off.
• Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled on the Blue Eagle, left the Black Corner Region, and entered the Jia Ma Empire one month later.

Xiao Yan arrived in Jia Ma Holy City with Yao Chen to enter the Alchemist Tournament and visit the Mitter Auction House. Meanwhile, Liu Xi prepared to attend a banquet as the tournament and Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement drew near.

• Xiao Yan entered Jia Ma Holy City, restrained his anger toward Nalan Yanran, and promised Yao Chen he would win the Alchemist Tournament.
• Xiao Yan followed Yao Chen’s advice to visit the Mitter Auction House before going to the Alchemist Guild headquarters.
• Xiao Yan reached the Mitter Auction House and wondered whether Ya Fei was still in Wutan City.
• Liu Xi lounged while Liu Cheng practiced punching, until Xiao Yi Xian announced that the Mittel Family had invited Liu Xi to a banquet.
• Liu Xi accepted the invitation and told Xiao Yi Xian to take Zi Yan out while he attended the banquet.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei at the Mitter Auction House and learned that Liu Xi was visiting the Mittel Family. With Yao Chen's advice, Xiao Yan arranged for Ya Fei to introduce him to Liu Xi, using a pill formula that could restore Hai Bodong's strength as leverage.

• Xiao Yan entered the Mitter Auction House and recognized Ya Fei as she headed toward the entrance.
• Ya Fei brought Xiao Yan upstairs and explained that she was expected to accompany the honored guest Liu Xi at a family banquet.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to meet Liu Xi and sound him out about the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan asked Ya Fei to introduce him to Liu Xi and offered a formula for the Revitalizing Purple Spirit Pill to help Hai Bodong recover his strength.
• Ya Fei agreed to bring Xiao Yan along, while Liu Xi headed to the Mittel Family estate for the banquet.

Liu Xi met with Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family, giving Hai Bodong a pill that could restore his strength to its peak. At the banquet, Ya Fei brought in Xiao Yan, whose pill formula caught Liu Xi’s interest.

• Liu Xi arrived at the Mite'er Family Manor and reunited with Hai Bodong, Mitter Teng Shan, and the family elders.
• Liu Xi gave Hai Bodong a Revitalizing Purple Spirit Pill that could restore strength lost through injury or a seal.
• Hai Bodong promised the Mittel Family’s full support to Liu Xi in return for his generosity.
• A maid told Hai Bodong that an alchemist had come with a pill formula to restore his strength, and Liu Xi asked to meet him.
• Ya Fei introduced her old friend Xiao Yan, who greeted Liu Xi and the other seniors.

Xiao Yan claimed that his teacher could refine the Revitalizing Purple Spirit Pill to restore Hai Bodong’s strength, only to learn that Liu Xi had already given Hai Bodong one. Liu Xi asked to meet Xiao Yan’s teacher, and the chapter ended with Liu Xi and Xiao Yan entering a quiet courtyard while Hai Bodong and the elders stood guard outside.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Mittel Family elders’ contempt but concealed his anger as Hai Bodong asked him about the pill formula.
• Liu Xi probed Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and realized that Yao Chen was inside it.
• Xiao Yan said his teacher had taught him the formula for the Revitalizing Purple Spirit Pill, but Hai Bodong revealed that Liu Xi had already refined and given him one.
• Liu Xi asked Xiao Yan to bring his teacher out so they could talk, and Xiao Yan proposed that they meet somewhere secluded.
• Liu Xi agreed to meet Xiao Yan’s teacher, and Hai Bodong arranged a quiet courtyard despite warning Liu Xi to be cautious.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yan entered the courtyard while Hai Bodong and the elders guarded the entrance.

Liu Xi met Yao Chen and negotiated for Yao Chen’s secret methods, concealing his plan to capture him while claiming he could help deal with Han Feng. After obtaining the Body Refining Method and Poison Pill Method, Liu Xi revealed that he had already killed Han Feng, leaving Yao Chen and Xiao Yan shocked.

• Liu Xi recognized Yao Chen in Xiao Yan’s Black Ring, and Yao Chen emerged and offered Liu Xi advanced Alchemy in exchange for protecting Xiao Yan.
• Liu Xi asked Yao Chen about Han Feng and offered to help settle their feud in exchange for information about the Body Refining Method and Poison Pill Method.
• Yao Tianhuo appeared to help Liu Xi resist Yao Chen’s Soul Power, while Yao Chen explained the secret methods’ requirements and offered to help refine Yao Tianhuo a body.
• Liu Xi persuaded Yao Chen to hand over both scrolls for inspection, then gave the Body Refining Method to Yao Tianhuo and opened the Poison Pill Method.
• Liu Xi told Yao Chen that Han Feng had already been killed by him, shocking Yao Chen and Xiao Yan.

Liu Xi refused Yao Chen’s offer to trade for Han Feng’s soul, while Yao Chen concealed the Flame Mantra and left with Xiao Yan. After Xiao Yan fled, Liu Xi considered how Yun Lan might force Yao Chen to give up the technique, then returned to the banquet with Hai Bodong.

• Liu Xi released Han Feng’s soul and told Yao Chen that Han Feng had blamed his defeat on being denied a complete cultivation method.
• Liu Xi offered to exchange Han Feng’s soul for the complete method, but Yao Chen claimed it had been destroyed and offered pill formulas instead.
• Liu Xi imprisoned Han Feng again, and Yao Chen returned to Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring before Xiao Yan hurried away.
• Liu Xi considered using events at Yun Lan to pressure Yao Chen into surrendering the Flame Mantra, while avoiding direct conflict with the Ancient Clan and Soul Hall.
• Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family elders greeted Liu Xi, and Liu Xi returned to the banquet as Ya Fei apologized for interrupting the gathering.

After the Mittel Family banquet, Liu Xi learned that Zi Yan might be close to advancing and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Pill Method scroll, promising to resolve her constitution when they were strong enough. Ten days later, Xuan Hao invited Liu Xi to witness the Alchemist Tournament’s first round, and Liu Xi agreed to attend.

• Liu Xi returned from the Mittel Family estate, and Xiao Yi Xian checked that he smelled only of wine before helping him wash.
• Liu Xi gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Pill Method scroll and explained that they would seek the ingredients to cure her Calamity Poison Body after reaching Dou Zong.
• The next day, Liu Xi examined Zi Yan and found that the energy in her body was nearing its limit, so he warned her not to go anywhere alone.
• Ten days later, Xuan Hao told Liu Xi that the Alchemist Guild wanted him to witness the tournament’s first round, and Liu Xi agreed to attend.

Liu Xi attended the Alchemist Tournament in Jia Ma Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, where guild officials and powerful visitors gathered to greet him. He recognized the disguised Xiao Yan among the contestants and quietly encouraged him, while the arrival of Nalan Yanran stirred Xiao Yan’s resentment.

• Liu Xi arrived at Royal Plaza with his family and companions, took the highest-tier VIP seat, and learned that President Fa Ma had left the tournament arrangements to Chemir.
• Otto and Frank introduced the disguised Xiao Yan as their branch’s contestant, and Liu Xi recognized him, offered a pointed word of encouragement, and sent him to prepare.
• Jia Xing Tian arrived with Yao Ye and Yao Yue, and Xiao Yi Xian embraced Liu Xi when Yao Ye greeted him.
• Hai Bodong, Mitter Teng Shan, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen arrived with Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, Liu Ling, and Mu Zhan, who greeted Liu Xi.
• Nalan Yanran reminded Liu Xi of their meeting three years earlier, and Liu Xi noticed Xiao Yan’s hostile reaction to her.

Liu Xi announced the Seventh Alchemist Tournament, and nearly two thousand contestants began the first round by studying a Bone-Regenerating Pill formula. As the screening started, Liu Xi identified Yan Xiao as the strongest championship contender, while Yan Li and hidden contestants from the Luoyan and Mulan Empires pursued plans to undermine the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild.

• Liu Xi announced the start of the Seventh Alchemist Tournament, and Chemir directed the contestants to their positions.
• Liu Ling and Yao Yue made dramatic leaps from the VIP seats into the plaza, while Xiao Yan quietly joined the contestants as Yan Xiao.
• Yan Li, secretly competing for the Chu Yun Empire, hoped to win the championship and weaken the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild; hidden alchemists from the Luoyan and Mulan Empires shared similar aims.
• The contestants began the first round, which tested their ability to refine a Second-grade Bone-Regenerating Pill using only two sets of ingredients.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Liu Xi who might contend for the championship, and Liu Xi named Yan Xiao while acknowledging Yao Yue and Liu Ling's abilities.

Yan Xiao, secretly Xiao Yan, impressed the tournament’s judges by refining a pill first, but three mysterious foreign alchemists dominated the first round’s pill testing. After learning the rivals had been sent to undermine Jia Ma Empire’s prestige, Liu Xi decided to enter the tournament and claim the championship himself.

• Ya Fei recognized Yan Xiao as Xiao Yan and considered introducing him to Liu Xi, while the first round began with more than two thousand alchemists refining pills.
• Yan Xiao used a crimson-gold Beast Fire and became the first contestant to refine a pill, prompting Liu Xi to wonder whether he possessed a Heavenly Flame.
• After the eliminations, pill testing unexpectedly placed Yan Xiao fourth as three foreign alchemists’ results overwhelmed those of the Jia Ma Empire contestants.
• Liu Xi and Jia Xing Tian learned that the unfamiliar foreign alchemists came from rival empires and suspected their participation was a plan to damage Jia Ma Empire’s reputation.
• Liu Xi asked the vice president to get him into the third round so he could compete for the championship.

Liu Xi identified a flaw in the Windwalk Pill formula used for the second round of the Alchemist Tournament. While Xiao Yan and the other competitors struggled to find the conflicting ingredient, Yan Li completed the pill first.

• Yao Yue urged Liu Ling and Xiao Yan to keep the championship from going to foreign alchemists, while Xiao Yan remained focused on his own reasons for competing.
• Chemir began the second round and explained that the alchemists had to refine a pill using the guild’s formula and ingredients.
• Liu Xi examined the formula and announced that one ingredient conflicted with the others, challenging anyone who could follow it exactly to prove himself the strongest alchemist.
• Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and Yan Li failed their first attempts, while Xiao Yan eventually spotted the formula’s flaw and began refining again.
• Yan Li finished refining the Windwalk Pill before Xiao Yan and mocked the other competitors.

Xiao Yan and the other Jia Ma Empire alchemists failed to outperform Yan Li in the tournament’s second round, leaving the championship to be decided the next day. Liu Xi arranged to refine an Imperial Pill and accepted Nalan Yanran’s invitation to watch her duel with Xiao Yan, giving her an Earth Tier Dou Skill before departing.

• Xiao Yan finished refining his pill ten minutes after Yan Li, while Liu Ling and Yao Yue also completed their Windwalk Pills before time ran out.
• Chemir ended the tournament and announced that the final round would determine the champion and include a major surprise.
• Liu Xi told Chemir he had prepared ingredients for his own pill and asked the guild to gather several sets of ingredients for Imperial Pills.
• Nalan Yanran invited Liu Xi to watch her duel with Xiao Yan in two days and explained how she had annulled their childhood engagement.
• Liu Xi reassured Nalan Yanran and gave her the low-grade Earth Tier Dou Skill Wind Howl Nine Heavens before disappearing.

Liu Xi joined the Alchemist Tournament’s final round as a guest competitor, shocking the crowd and crushing Yan Li’s hopes of winning. As the contest began, Liu Xi prepared to refine the Azure Nether Longevity Pill while Xiao Yan watched closely.

• Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong welcomed Liu Xi to the VIP seats and promised to handle the foreign competitors after the tournament.
• Chemir announced that Liu Xi, the Alchemist Guild’s twenty-two-year-old Grand Elder, would compete in the final round, prompting Yan Li to protest.
• Chemir explained that the rules restricted age, not alchemist grade, and said Liu Xi would give the champion’s rewards to second place if he happened to win.
• Liu Xi descended into the plaza, and Chemir began the round, requiring contestants to supply their own formulas and ingredients.
• Xiao Yan listened as Yao Chen urged him to watch Liu Xi and learn from him, while Yan Li realized his championship hopes were ruined.
• Liu Xi summoned his Medicine Cauldron, ignited it with Green Flame, and began refining the Azure Nether Longevity Pill.

Liu Xi used the Myriad Beasts Cauldron and a Heavenly Flame to refine the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, intending it for his teacher, Xuan Hao. After successfully producing the sixth-grade pill and revealing its ability to extend life by ten years, Liu Xi was regarded as the uncrowned champion.

• Xiao Yan recognized Liu Xi’s Green Flame as a Heavenly Flame, while Yao Chen advised him to investigate Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame after overcoming his inner demon.
• Liu Xi used his Spiritual Power to refine the medicinal ingredients at different temperatures, gradually extracting their essences and the Azure Nether Fruit’s vital juice.
• Liu Xi nourished the fused medicinal essences for eight hours until a pill embryo formed, then continued refining it with the Heavenly Flame.
• A pillar of light marked the pill’s completion, and Liu Xi caught the escaping pill and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Liu Xi identified the pill as a Sixth-grade Intermediate Azure Nether Longevity Pill that could extend a person’s lifespan by ten years, and the crowd celebrated his achievement.

After winning the tournament, Liu Xi rejected Jia Xing Tian’s offer for his lifespan-extending pill and agreed to make Sect Breaking Pills for Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong. He then reassured Xiao Yi Xian about Qing Lin, and she declared that she wanted to be first in his heart.

• Liu Xi finished first in the tournament, while Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and Xiao Yan placed second, third, and fourth.
• The next morning, Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong brought Liu Xi the Storage Rings they had taken from the hostile Alchemists and asked to buy his sixth-grade pill.
• Liu Xi refused to sell the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, which he had reserved for Xuan Hao, and offered to make Sect Breaking Pills for Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong in exchange for ingredients and three million Gold Coins each.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Liu Xi about Qing Lin, and he explained how the mixed-blood girl had become a Dou Zong’s disciple.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Liu Xi and said she wanted to be the first, easing his concern about her feelings.

Liu Xi gave Xuan Hao an Azure Nether Longevity Pill, restoring his vitality and renewing his hopes of advancement. He then went to the Misty Cloud Sect for Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s duel, where Yun Yun questioned his intentions after learning he had given Nalan Yanran an Earth Tier Dou Skill; their conversation ended as Xiao Yan arrived.

• Liu Xi gave Xuan Hao the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, and Xuan Hao absorbed it, regained a more youthful appearance, and hoped to break through to Dou Wang.
• Liu Xi told Xiao Yi Xian he was going to the Misty Cloud Sect and left her at home to look after Zi Yan.
• Liu Xi traveled to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the elders welcomed him.
• Yun Yun delegated the duel to Yun Leng and accompanied Liu Xi, then asked whether he had improper intentions toward Nalan Yanran because he had given her an Earth Tier Dou Skill.
• Liu Xi denied pursuing Nalan Yanran and offered the Dou Skill to Yun Yun as well, while she wondered what he wanted; Xiao Yan then arrived.

Xiao Yan arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, now a powerful cultivator. After both accepted a life-or-death duel, they drew their weapons and prepared to settle their grievances.

• Xiao Yan reached the plaza, where Nalan Yanran, the Misty Cloud Sect elders, and hundreds of disciples awaited him.
• Xiao Yan announced that he had come to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement, and Liu Xi sensed that Xiao Yan had reached the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Yun Leng began to set rules for a friendly exchange, but Xiao Yan declared that life and death would be left to fate.
• Nalan Yanran accepted the condition and said she would spare Xiao Yan's life, while Yun Leng agreed to let the duel proceed under that rule.
• Xiao Yan drew the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and demanded that Nalan Yanran answer for humiliating his family; she said she would apologize to Uncle Xiao after defeating him but would never accept their arranged marriage.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Agreement duel, trading rapid weapon strikes before escalating to Dou Techniques and Dou Qi Armor. Both revealed their Da Dou Shi strength, and Liu Xi judged that Nalan Yanran’s deeper reserves gave her the advantage if the fight continued.

• Xiao Yan charged Nalan Yanran, and the two exchanged fast attacks with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and her longsword.
• Xiao Yan threw his ruler and followed with an Eight Extreme Collapse, but Nalan Yanran evaded him and countered with Light Splitting Shadow Sword.
• Xiao Yan dodged the returning Sword Shadows, then shattered them with Eight Extreme Collapse while wearing Dou Qi Armor.
• Nalan Yanran formed her own Dou Qi Armor, surprising the audience and prompting Liu Xi to assess their relative strengths.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought fiercely in the arena, with Nalan Yanran gaining the advantage as Xiao Yan's Dou Qi ran low. Xiao Yan summoned Yao Chen's flame for a decisive attack, and Nalan Yanran prepared a powerful technique in response, leaving the victor undecided.

• Nalan Yanran revealed her stronger Dou Qi Armor, and Xiao Yan retrieved the Mysterious Heavy Ruler before charging at her.
• Nalan Yanran's Wind Spirit Sword Qi collided with Xiao Yan's Flame Strike, creating an unstable wind-fire vortex that exploded.
• Nalan Yanran pressured Xiao Yan with Wind Blades, leaving his armor damaged and his body covered in wounds as his Dou Qi dwindled.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen for help, then gathered icy white flame and Heaven and Earth Energy around the Mysterious Heavy Ruler.
• Nalan Yanran removed her hairpin, rose into the air, and gathered sunlight into her sword as both fighters prepared to decide the victor.