Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire for the Three-Year Agreement, while Yao Chen gave Xiao Yu a rare pill. Han Feng and Yao Chen returned to Jia Nan Academy before heading to Maple City, where they found the city bustling for its Alchemist Tournament.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yu an Ice Marrow Jade Bone Pill, and she went to the training room to take it.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Family disciples from the Outer Academy would join them for the trip to the Jia Ma Empire and the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan recognized the pill as a peak fifth-tier pill and thought about learning to refine one for Xun'er.
• Han Feng introduced Yao Chen to First Elder Su Qian, who welcomed them and learned they would soon leave to watch Xiao Yan's battle with Nalan Yanran.
• Han Feng and Yao Chen traveled to Maple City and found it crowded for the Black Corner Region Alchemist Tournament.

Han Feng and Yao Chen toured Maple City during its Alchemy Tournament, then prepared to leave for the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu. Han Feng left the Golden Silver Elders imprisoned but supplied them with resources, while Yao Chen privately wondered how his disciple had changed so much.

• Han Feng and Yao Chen watched the Alchemy Tournament and observed that the Black Corner Region's alchemists had improved, though Xiao Yan was not competing.
• Han Feng declined to preside over the tournament finals and secretly visited the Golden Silver Elders, giving them cultivation resources and reinforcing their prison formation.
• Yao Chen found his own gravestone in the cemetery and silently reflected on its presence.
• Han Feng told Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu that they would depart, and Yao Chen piloted his Flying Treasure Ship toward the Outer Academy to collect Xiao Yan's family.
• Han Feng explained that a Half-Saint's inheritance had helped him obtain the Void God Stele, and Yao Chen privately resolved to learn more about his disciple's transformation.

Han Feng and Yao Chen visited the Outer Academy’s Library Pavilion, where they reunited with Qian Mu and Bai Lie, then used Han Feng’s treasure ship to bring Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family disciples back to Wutan City. The group entered the city, leaving Xiao Yan eager to see his father and Han Feng quietly unsettled by Yao Chen’s question about his past.

• Han Feng brought Yao Chen to the Library Pavilion, where they met the newly advanced Dou Zun experts Qian Mu and Bai Lie.
• Han Feng gathered Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family disciples, then piloted the treasure ship through space to Wutan City.
• Han Feng stored the ship and led the group toward the city gates as the returning disciples marveled at their swift journey.
• Xiao Yan entered Wutan City, remembering the Xiao Family’s troubles and wondering how his father was doing.
• Yao Chen asked Han Feng whether he had looked the same when he visited Wutan City more than ten years earlier, and Han Feng answered that he had.

Xiao Yan reunited with his father, Xiao Zhan, at the Xiao Mansion and prepared to face the Three-Year Agreement at the Misty Cloud Sect. Han Feng and Yao Chen then discussed taking Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion after the agreement, while Han Feng suggested that the Xiao Family could move to the Central Plains too.

• Xiao Yan and the others returned to the Xiao Mansion, where Xiao Zhan welcomed his son and thanked Yao Chen for guiding him.
• Han Feng praised the Xiao Family’s younger generation and recalled that he had protected the family for years.
• Xiao Zhan agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan promised to reclaim his lost dignity.
• Han Feng told Xiao Zhan that he and Yao Chen planned to take Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion after the agreement.
• Han Feng suggested that the Xiao Family could move to the Central Plains and settle near Xiao Yan.

Han Feng warned Xiao Zhan that the Hall of Souls might have discovered the Xiao Family and urged them to relocate to the Black Corner Region, while promising protection. Nalan Yanran broke through to Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan set out with Han Feng, Yao Chen, and other Xiao Family members for the Imperial Capital.

• Han Feng told Xiao Zhan that the Hall of Souls might have learned the Xiao Clan's descendants were in the Northwest Continent and recommended moving the Xiao Family to the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Zhan agreed to discuss the relocation with the clan members, and Han Feng reassured him that he could protect them if the Hall of Souls found them.
• Han Feng and Yao Chen reflected on the Xiao Clan's past as they walked through the Xiao Mansion, and Yao Chen promised to support Han Feng.
• Nalan Yanran broke through to Da Dou Shi at eighteen and looked ahead to her Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan with confidence.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan prepared to travel to the Imperial Capital, where Xiao Zhan recalled his father's legacy and the Xiao Family's former ties to the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the meeting place with Xiao Zhan and found Han Feng, Yao Chen, and a group of Xiao Family members, including Xiao Yu.

Han Feng brought the Xiao Family to the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital for the Alchemy Tournament, where Irene arranged their entry through the Mittel Family. Irene caught Han Feng up on her work and revealed that Ya Fei was her niece.

• Xiao Yu joined Xiao Yan’s group, and Han Feng transported everyone from Wutan City aboard his Flying Treasure Ship.
• The group reached the Imperial Capital and found long queues at the gates because the Alchemy Tournament was drawing visitors.
• Han Feng contacted Irene, who sent a Mittel Family carriage procession to receive the group and take them into the city.
• Han Feng and Irene discussed the Mittel Auction House and Ya Fei, and Irene revealed that Ya Fei was her niece.

Han Feng brought Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family to the Imperial Capital for Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement, staying at the Mittel Family residence with Eileen’s help. As other factions investigated their arrival, Han Feng learned that Hai Bodong had reached Nine-Star Dou Huang and that the Mittel Family had grown more powerful.

• Eileen explained that Ya Fei belonged to the Mittel Family’s main branch and had earned her Imperial Capital position through her performance and Han Feng’s letter.
• Han Feng told Eileen that he had come to witness Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement with the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Eileen welcomed Han Feng and the Xiao Family to the Mittel Family residence, where Yao Chen greeted them as Han Feng’s teacher.
• The imperial family dispatched secret agents to investigate why the Mittel Family had personally welcomed Han Feng and his party.
• Mitel Tengshan visited Han Feng and confirmed that Hai Bodong had returned and broken through to Nine-Star Dou Huang, raising the Mittel Family’s standing above the other great families.

Han Feng agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill to help Hai Bodong break through to Dou Zong, while Eileen asked to expand the Mittel Family’s trade into the Black Corner Region. Yao Chen tested Xiao Yan’s alchemy and persuaded him to enter Jia Ma Holy City’s Alchemy Tournament, where Xiao Yan decided to compete in disguise.

• Han Feng promised Mitel Tengshan he would help Hai Bodong break through to Dou Zong by refining a Sect Breaking Pill, and Mitel Tengshan offered to prepare three sets of ingredients.
• Eileen told Han Feng that the Mittel Family had opened a trade route to the Black Corner Region and asked to expand the family’s business there; Han Feng welcomed the plan.
• Yao Chen brought Xiao Yan to the Mittel Family’s alchemy room and asked him to demonstrate his alchemy skills.
• Xiao Yan refined a high-quality Grade 4 Xuan Yuan Pill, and Yao Chen praised his fundamentals.
• Yao Chen invited Xiao Yan to join the Alchemy Tournament in Jia Ma Holy City, and Xiao Yan agreed to compete while disguising his identity.

Xiao Yan registered for the Alchemy Tournament under the alias Yan Xiao, using Han Feng’s mask and his purple Beast Fire to gain entry to the Alchemist Guild. The chapter ended with Yao Chen studying a portrait of Guild President Fa Ma.

• Han Feng gave Xiao Yan a mask that concealed his appearance and aura, and Yao Chen led him out of the Mittel Family by a route that avoided imperial spies.
• Jia Xing Tian learned that members of the Xiao Family had visited the Mittel Family and ordered an investigation into the Xiao Family in Wutan City.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan arrived at the crowded Alchemist Guild, where Xiao Yan used his purple Beast Fire to convince the guard to let them enter without an alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yan registered for the tournament under the name Yan Xiao and received a form directing him to attend the first assessment at Royal Square.
• Yao Chen stared at a portrait of Guild President Fa Ma, but he told Xiao Yan that nothing was wrong.

Hai Bodong rushed to the Imperial Capital after learning Han Feng was there and fought Jia Xing Tian before meeting Han Feng. Han Feng offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong in exchange for a favor, and Hai Bodong agreed.

• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan left the Alchemist Guild after registering, while Mitel Tengshan delivered ingredients for a Sect Breaking Pill to Han Feng.
• Hai Bodong arrived in the Imperial Capital, where Jia Xing Tian confronted him and challenged him to a fight.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian battled above the clouds, then stopped after finding themselves evenly matched.
• Hai Bodong returned to the Mittel Family grounds and met Han Feng, who confirmed he would refine a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for a favor.
• Hai Bodong promised to do his utmost to fulfill whatever Han Feng asked of him.

Han Feng prepared Hai Bodong’s Sect Breaking Pill while Yao Chen trained Xiao Yan for the Alchemy Tournament. As the tournament approached, Han Feng showed Yao Chen the Netherworld Flame Remnant Map.

• Han Feng told Hai Bodong to rest and stabilize his aura before receiving his pill the next day.
• Yao Chen demonstrated Rank 5 pill refining to Xiao Yan, who eagerly asked to learn his Pill Formation technique.
• Han Feng refined three flawless Rank 6 Sect Breaking Pills from Mitel Tengshan’s ingredients.
• Yao Chen helped Xiao Yan recover after their training, and he and Han Feng discussed Han Feng’s ties to the Mittel Family and his future romantic prospects.
• Han Feng took out the Netherworld Flame Remnant Map and showed it to Yao Chen.

Han Feng and Yao Chen studied the map fragments that might lead to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then headed with Xiao Zhan and the others to watch Xiao Yan compete in the Alchemy Tournament. Xiao Yan passed the entrance inspection, while the group arrived at the crowded Royal Square and worried they might be late.

• Han Feng and Yao Chen examined two map fragments that hinted at the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Han Feng said he was also targeting the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Han Feng agreed to watch Xiao Yan compete anonymously in the Alchemy Tournament so the Three-Year Agreement would not be affected.
• Xiao Yan entered the Royal Square wearing a mask, passed the strict bone-age inspection, and joined the tournament contestants.
• Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, Gu He, Liu Ling, and Nalan Yanran arrived at the tournament, while Hai Bodong stayed away to focus on breaking through with the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Han Feng, Yao Chen, Xiao Zhan, and the others reached the packed Royal Square entrance and worried they might be late.

Xiao Yan competed in the Alchemy Tournament’s first test and impressed the crowd by refining a high-quality pill on his first attempt. The round ended with another mysterious grey-robed contestant matching his result, leaving Xiao Yan curious about the hidden competitors.

• Han Feng used a spatial technique to bring Yao Chen, Xiao Zhan, and the others to the viewing stands, where Xiao Zhan spotted Xiao Yan among the contestants.
• Fa Ma opened the tournament, and Xiao Yan began the first test by studying the prescription for a Bone-Regenerating Pill.
• Xiao Yan refined the pill on his first attempt and produced a brilliant testing light that surpassed the results of Liu Ling and Yao Yue.
• Liu Ling threatened Xiao Yan, who ignored him, while Yao Yue reacted angrily to being outperformed.
• A grey-robed contestant produced a similarly dazzling result, and the bell then ended the first round as the eliminated alchemists left the arena.

During the second round of the Alchemy Tournament, Xiao Yan recognized a flaw in the Wind-moving Pill recipe and used his advanced Soul Power to refine it successfully. A grey-robed youth sabotaged his pill formation with an explosion shockwave, leaving Xiao Yan to attempt an unconventional technique as the chapter ended.

• Jia Xing Tian exposed the grey-robed contestant's young face with a sand attack, while Fa Ma stopped him from escalating further.
• Fa Ma announced that the second test required contestants to refine a third-grade Wind-moving Pill, and Xiao Yan noticed that the recipe's ingredients seemed to conflict.
• Xiao Yan revised the pill's refinement method, began refining at remarkable speed, and impressed Gu He by manipulating his Soul Power.
• The flawed recipe caused many contestants, including Liu Ling and Yao Yue, to suffer exploding cauldrons, while Xiao Yan reached the pill-formation stage.
• The grey-robed youth deliberately destabilized his own cauldron and redirected its explosion toward Xiao Yan to prevent him from winning the test.
• Xiao Yan abandoned the usual pill-formation method and clenched his right hand as the shockwave struck, leaving the onlookers uncertain whether he had succeeded.

Xiao Yan overcame Yan Li’s interference and won the second assessment round, bringing him closer to a tournament grand slam. After the tournament ended, Yao Ye invited him to the Imperial Family, but he declined and left to rest for the finals.

• Xiao Yan formed a Wind Hành Pill despite Yan Li’s interference, while Yao Chen praised his progress with Alchemy Technique.
• Yan Li, secretly the Cloudy Empire Alchemist Guild’s vice president, resumed refining after his plan to stop Xiao Yan failed.
• Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and Yan Li completed their pills before the bell, with Yan Li catching up to them and placing behind Xiao Yan.
• Fa Ma ended the day’s tournament, and Jia Xing Tian asked Yao Ye to contact Xiao Yan while he and Fa Ma investigated Yan Li.
• Yao Ye invited Xiao Yan to visit the Imperial Family, but he declined so he could conserve his energy for the finals.

After winning the first day of the tournament, Xiao Yan received a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame from Han Feng, which boosted his confidence for the finals. The final round began with contestants free to refine any pill, and Xiao Yan considered what to make.

• Yao Ye declined to follow Xiao Yan, deciding the imperial family would approach him again depending on his final-round performance.
• Han Feng gave Xiao Yan a specially treated Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame that Xiao Yan could use without refining it.
• Xiao Yan activated the sub-flame and found it aided his cultivation and responded to him like a flame he had refined himself.
• Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma watched the finalists, while the gray-robed contestant feared for his life and resolved to win.
• Fa Ma announced that the finals had no restrictions on ingredients or pills, and Xiao Yan began considering what to refine.

Xiao Yan chose to refine a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill and tried to push the peak Rank 4 pill toward Rank 5, while Yan Li prepared a formidable Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill. The chapter ended with Yan Li successfully completing his pill as Xiao Yan continued his attempt.

• Xiao Yan decided to refine a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill using ingredients he had saved from the Inner Academy’s medicinal storehouse.
• Xiao Yan finished fusing the ingredients and inscribed the pill’s first pattern, then used Purple Crystal Fire to complete a second pattern.
• Fa Ma, Gu He, Han Feng, and Yao Chen watched Xiao Yan’s progress while Yan Li focused on refining his own pill.
• Yan Li completed a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, whose colored pill fragrance marked it as a peak Rank 4 pill.
• Liu Ling and Yao Yue hoped Xiao Yan would defeat Yan Li and represent the Jia Ma Empire’s interests.

Xiao Yan used the Fallen Heart Flame to refine a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill into a fifth-tier pill, winning the Alchemy Tournament. As the crowd celebrated, Nalan Yanran resolved to ask him to cure her grandfather Nalan Jie's Burning Poison.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Fallen Heart Flame, overwhelming the other flames in the arena and drawing everyone's attention.
• Xiao Yan inscribed the pill's third pattern and used the Heavenly Flame to advance the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill to the fifth tier.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the pill's energy ripples, completed Pill Formation, and presented the finished pill as Yan Li watched helplessly.
• The crowd celebrated Xiao Yan's victory, while Xiao Zhan, Han Feng, Yao Chen, Fa Ma, and Gu He acknowledged his achievement.
• Nalan Yanran recognized that Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame might cure Nalan Jie and resolved to invite him to treat her grandfather's Burning Poison.
• The tournament bell rang, marking the competition's end.

Xiao Yan won the Alchemy Tournament and drew the attention of the Jia Ma Empire’s powerful figures. After Nalan Yanran asked him to save her grandfather from Burning Poison, he left to consult his teacher, leaving her to wait for his answer.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Spirit Fusion Pill recipe as his prize, while Jia Xing Tian invited him to meet Yaoyue and join the imperial family, which he politely declined.
• Yan Li tried to flee after losing the tournament, but Yao Ye and her soldiers captured him.
• Gu He praised Xiao Yan’s alchemy and invited him to visit the Misty Cloud Sect, where Xiao Yan also encountered Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to use his Heavenly Flame to cure her grandfather’s Burning Poison, explaining that Gu He had said only a Heavenly Flame could purge it.
• Xiao Yan declined to answer immediately, told Nalan Yanran to wait for him at Martyrs’ Garden, and returned to the Mittel Family, where Xiao Zhan congratulated him.

After Xiao Yan won the Alchemy Tournament, Xiao Zhan told him about the Xiao Family’s history and his grandfather’s bond with Nalan Jie. Xiao Yan prepared to treat Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison at Nalan Estate, while Nalan Yanran waited at Martyrs' Garden for him.

• Xiao Zhan proudly praised Xiao Yan and told him about Xiao Lin and the Xiao Family’s past in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he had met Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Zhan urged him to help Nalan Jie, his grandfather’s sworn brother.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen whether the Fallen Heart Flame could cure Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison, and Yao Chen confirmed it could while explaining the potential benefits.
• Xiao Yan put on a mask and set out to treat Nalan Jie, while Han Feng went to check on Hai Bodong’s ongoing breakthrough.
• Nalan Yanran waited overnight at Martyrs' Garden and wondered whether Mister Yan Xiao had sent her there because he knew someone listed on the monument.