Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan protected Xiao Yi Xian from Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, revealing overwhelming strength as he killed the attackers. He left Mu Li helpless and asked whether he had any final requests.

• Mu Li revealed that Xiao Yi Xian's assistant had betrayed her and that he had killed the assistant, then demanded the cave's treasures and threatened Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan killed a Three-Star Dou Zhe with one swing of the Heavy Xuan Ruler, stunning Xiao Yi Xian and the mercenaries.
• Mu Li ordered the mercenaries to attack from all sides, but Xiao Yan blocked their assaults and killed their hidden attackers.
• Xiao Yan accepted Mu Li's challenges to fight without his weapon and then without Combat Techniques, killing more mercenaries with his fists and a kicked-up blade.
• Xiao Yan sat down with his hands behind his back and used Soul Impact to kill the remaining mercenaries as they rushed him.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Li if he had any other requests before he died.

Xiao Yan defeated Mu Li and opened the third stone box, finding a Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique called Lion's Roar. After escaping the tomb with Xiao Yi Xian, they parted ways, while she wondered about a strange feeling she had when she first found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

• Xiao Yan used Soul Impact to kill the mercenaries, then kicked Mu Li out of the chamber and killed him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the third stone box and found the Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique Lion's Roar, which Xiao Yi Xian let Xiao Yan keep.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Tier 2 Small Return Pill, then burned the cave and its contents to hide evidence of the remnant map.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Eagle, and Xiao Yan dealt with the mercenaries watching the cliff before they prepared to part ways.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew toward the Herb Gathering Team and wondered what had caused the strange feeling she experienced when she first found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

Xiao Yan settled in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, mastered the Amethyst Cloud Wings, and began searching the three locations marked on the Soul Hall's map. After more than four months of cultivation, he reached three-star Dou Shi but found that the last unsearched location was inside the Cave Mansion of a sixth-rank Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan made a cave dwelling near the three suspected locations of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and began cultivating there.
• Xiao Yan overcame the soul sealed in the Eagle Wings scroll and learned to summon the Amethyst Cloud Wings, though using the Void Swallowing Flame made them difficult to control.
• Mao Wu reacted to a faint pink lotus on the incomplete map, leading Xiao Yan to suspect it was connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan set out to explore the Magical Beast Mountain Range and attacked a second-rank giant bear with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Over four months, Xiao Yan raised his cultivation from one-star to three-star Dou Shi and found no Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame at the first two locations.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the final location was inside the Cave Mansion of the powerful Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King, which he could not defeat.

Xiao Yan watched the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave while improving his combat skills and refining a Tier 3 pill. Three days after deciding to wait for a better chance, he saw Yun Yun arrive to challenge the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan investigated the cave and concluded that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was likely inside, but refused to hire a Soul Hall Dou Emperor because he feared betrayal.
• Xiao Yan killed a Rank 3 Earth White Snake, then returned to his waterfall cave and practiced alchemy with its Magic Core.
• Mao Wu devoured the Magic Core's resentment, allowing Xiao Yan to refine five Rising Flame Pills and judge himself a Tier 3 Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan decided to wait another month before pursuing the cave, planning to return after reaching Dou Ling if no opportunity arose.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan hid near the cave and watched Yun Yun confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Yan secretly watched Yun Yun negotiate with the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King for a Purple Spirit Crystal, then witnessed their battle end with Yun Yun’s Dou Qi sealed and her falling from the sky. He decided to intervene so he could gain the powerful Dou Emperor’s help in entering the Cave Mansion.

• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader and learned she wanted a Purple Spirit Crystal, but the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill in exchange.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Amethyst Pill recipe and worried that Nalan Yanran’s rapid cultivation came from support and pills provided by Yun Yun and Gu He.
• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King fought fiercely, while Xiao Yan hid nearby and observed their Dou Emperor-level battle.
• The Lion King used the Amethyst Seal to seal Yun Yun’s Dou Qi after she wounded it with Wind's End: Meteor Kill, leaving her to fall helplessly.
• Xiao Yan decided to save Yun Yun so she would owe him a favor and could help him enter the Cave Mansion.

Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun from the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King and escaped with her using Soul Impact and the Black Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame. Back at the cave, they revealed they both wanted something from the beast’s lair, and Xiao Yan offered to remove the seal on her Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan charged through the Magical Beasts and caught Yun Yun as she fell, then used Soul Impact and Black Flame to escape the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King with her.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun returned to the cave, where he recovered his Dou Qi while she changed her torn clothes.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as Yun Zhi, and Xiao Yan gave the false name Yao Yan while admitting he had saved her so she could help him enter the beast’s Cave Mansion.
• Yun Yun revealed she also needed the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Cave Mansion and worried that the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King would recover.
• Xiao Yan showed Yun Yun a wisp of Black Flame and said he could use it to remove the seal on her Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to break the seal on Yun Yun, secretly absorbing a trace of her Dou Qi as he worked. Once Yun Yun recovered, she lent Xiao Yan her power to fly, and they headed to confront the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Yan began devouring the Amethyst Crystal Fire sealing Yun Yun’s meridians, and Yun Yun endured the process in embarrassment.
• After training, Xiao Yan discovered he had absorbed a small amount of Yun Yun’s Dou Qi and used the Flame Mantra to refine it into his cultivation.
• Over the next three days, Xiao Yan removed most of Yun Yun’s seal while privately anticipating the energy he might gain from finishing the job.
• Yun Yun broke through the remaining seal, regained her strength, and formed her cyan Wings of Wind.
• Yun Yun transferred Dou Qi to Xiao Yan so he could fly for two hours, and they flew toward the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun distracted the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King so Xiao Yan could search its cave for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame. He found a weak fragment of the flame sealed beneath the Symbiotic Purple Crystal Source, but a shadow appeared behind him.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun agreed that Yun Yun would draw the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King away while Xiao Yan searched its cave.
• Yun Yun attacked the beast’s territory with tornadoes, provoking it into a battle in the sky.
• Xiao Yan concealed his aura with a Soul Robe and entered the cave, avoiding the passage leading to the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan found the treasure vault and Mao Wu swallowed the Symbiotic Purple Crystal Source whole.
• Xiao Yan uncovered a sealed fragment of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, then noticed a black shadow silently appear behind him.

Xiao Yan fought the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Cave Mansion and used tricks to escape with Purple Spirit Crystal and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame. The Amethyst Winged Lion King realized Xiao Yan had taken the flame and suspected he had come from the Beast Tomb.

• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King ambushed Xiao Yan, and he fought back with Dou Techniques before spotting the Purple Spirit Crystal necklace around its neck.
• Xiao Yan and Mao Wu clashed flames with the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, so Xiao Yan tried to distract it with Rising Flame Pills.
• Xiao Yan froze the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King with Ice Spirit Cold Spring, took a piece of Purple Spirit Crystal, and absorbed the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame before fleeing.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Xiao Yan as he escaped, but Yun Yun shielded him and flew away with him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King found the Rising Flame Pills and discovered the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was gone, leading it to suspect Xiao Yan had come from the Beast Tomb.

Xiao Yan obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal, but the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame fused with his body and overwhelmed his reason until Yun Yun purged its beastly will. After she left, Xiao Yan discovered he could use the flame to transform his body into one as powerful as a Magical Beast.

• Xiao Yan returned to Yun Yun with the Purple Spirit Crystal, then suffered as the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame spread through his flesh and bones.
• Yun Yun used her Dou Qi to suppress the flame, but its Beast Spirit Intent transformed Xiao Yan into a feral Magical Beast who bit and drank her blood.
• Yun Yun cleared the Beast Spirit Intent from Xiao Yan, carried him into the cave, and left him two technique scrolls before departing.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had regained awareness and pretended to remain unconscious as Yun Yun left.
• Xiao Yan tested the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and transformed his body into a powerful Magical Beast form.

Xiao Yan used the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame to strengthen his body and crafted five pills to prolong its effects, then planned his next steps. As he left the cave to visit his older brothers in Desert City, Little Blue arrived wounded, making him fear that something had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame had strengthened his body but would fade after only a few uses.
• Xiao Yan made Mao Wu return the Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal and used it to craft five pills that could support his Beast Transformation Form.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Soul Hall in the Royal Capital, settle the matter with Nalan Yanran, and return to Jia Nan Academy after half a year.
• Xiao Yan chose to rest and visit his two older brothers in Desert City, then blocked the cave entrance and left.
• Little Blue descended with a bleeding blade wound, and Xiao Yan feared that something had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan returned to Green Mountain Town and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had been blamed for a plague and captured by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He flew to Ten Thousand Medicines Hall to rescue her, while Mu She and Boss Yao were surprised that he had walked into their trap.

• Xiao Yan treated Blue Eagle's fresh wound and rode it toward Green Mountain Town, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King found his empty cave and decided to wait for his return.
• Xiao Yan entered Green Mountain Town in disguise and learned that Mu She and Boss Yao had accused Xiao Yi Xian of causing a plague and planned to burn her that day.
• Xiao Yan heard that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had captured Xiao Yi Xian and flew toward Ten Thousand Medicines Hall using his Amethyst Cloud Wings.
• Boss Yao demanded that the bound Xiao Yi Xian hand over the Medicine Ceremony, but she refused and revealed she had already sent her belongings away with Blue Eagle.
• A mercenary reported that Xiao Yan had charged through the front gate, and Xiao Yi Xian smiled when she heard he had come.

Xiao Yan entered Ten Thousand Medicines Hall alone to rescue Xiao Yi Xian and confronted Mu She and Boss Yao over the cave’s treasures. After getting Xiao Yi Xian to safety, he faced more than a hundred attackers and unleashed Lion’s Roar, leaving the battle underway.

• Mu She and Boss Yao learned that Xiao Yan had arrived alone, and Mu She ordered the estate gates sealed.
• Xiao Yan met Mu She and Boss Yao at the entrance, where he offered Eagle’s Wings and an ancient prescription in exchange for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan distracted the crowd by throwing the Combat Technique scroll, then sent Xiao Yi Xian to safety with Little Blue.
• Mu She discovered the scroll’s warning that only one person could cultivate the technique and ordered his men to kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan gave the surrounding fighters ten seconds to leave, then used Lion’s Roar to tear apart more than a dozen mercenaries with one strike.

Xiao Yan used perfected Lion's Roar to slaughter the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and defeat Mu She while rescuing Xiao Yi Xian. He pursued and killed Boss Yao, leaving the town to believe Boss Yao had framed Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan activated Blood Rage Lion and used Lion's Roar to slaughter the mercenaries attacking him, then killed those who tried to flee with a ground-shattering shockwave.
• Mu She attacked Xiao Yan with his spear, but Xiao Yan shattered it with Eight Extremities Collapse and killed him.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Yan emerge unharmed after the battle, while Xiao Yan realized Boss Yao had escaped through an underground passage with the ancient formula.
• Xiao Yan caught up with Boss Yao in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, rejected his pleas for mercy, and snapped his neck.
• Xiao Yan planned to leave poison and ancient poison-making recipes on Boss Yao so the townspeople would believe Boss Yao had framed Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan defeated Mu She and Boss Yao, exposed their plot to poison Green Mountain Town, and gave the residents Antidote Pills. He then took Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden mountain valley, where she revealed her Poison Dou Qi and rapid cultivation growth, and asked whether he knew the poison was connected to her.

• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian had rapidly risen to Six-Star Dou Zhe and suspected that she had poisoned Blue Eagle.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Yi Xian, showed her Boss Yao’s Poison Formula, and explained that Mu She and Boss Yao had poisoned Green Mountain Town to frame her.
• Xiao Yan gave the town chief First-grade Antidote Pills for the residents and asked Xiao Yi Xian what she planned to do.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would leave Green Mountain Town and guided Xiao Yan to a hidden valley rich in medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that her innate attribute was Poison Dou Qi, her cultivation had risen rapidly since she obtained the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and she had treated every poisoned resident.

Xiao Yi Xian realized that her Woeful Poison Body had caused the poisonings in Green Mountain Town, and Xiao Yan reassured her that he was not afraid of her. After she went into their thatched hut, Xiao Yan recognized the body’s fatal danger and decided to cultivate his alchemy so he could refine a Hidden Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the Woeful Poison Body transformed consumed poison into Poison Dou Qi and changed medicinal herbs into poison, leading her to suspect that she had poisoned the townspeople unintentionally.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture was meant for someone with her constitution, and Xiao Yan realized that her Woeful Poison Body had led her to the cave and awakened through the poisonous scripture.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he was not afraid of her poison, and she thanked him before inviting him to stay in her thatched hut.
• After Xiao Yi Xian entered the hut, Xiao Yan recalled that the Woeful Poison Body could eventually kill its bearer through Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring the Body.
• Xiao Yan took out a formula for a Hidden Spirit Pill and decided to practice alchemy until he could refine it.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yan decides to refine a Fourth Grade Pill, the Hidden Spirit Pill, to raise his Alchemy skill.
• Xiao Yan uses various herbs from the Small Mountain Valley to practice refining, causing several furnace explosions.
• Xiao Yan discovers a broken Pill Furnace and decides to use the Black Demon, ranked eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Xiao Yan successfully refines a Fourth Grade Pill using Black Demon but nearly overdrawn his Soul Power.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yan's Alchemy skill improves as he practices refining Fourth Grade Pills.
• Xiao Yan learns to control his focus and avoid overdrawing his Soul Power while using Black Demon.

Significant Themes

• The dangers and benefits of using powerful tools like Black Demon.
• The importance of practice and experience in mastering a skill.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian live together in the Small Mountain Valley, supporting each other's cultivation.
• Xiao Yan's explosions while refining pills become a routine occurrence that Xiao Yi Xian is used to.

Xiao Yan trained in the valley with Xiao Yi Xian, who succumbed to the Woeful Poison Body’s hunger and advanced to Dou Shi. He showed her the Poison Pill Method and revealed his Heavenly Flame, giving her hope that he could help control her condition.

• Xiao Yan trained with Exploding Step and spent his days practicing Alchemy, Combat Techniques, and cultivation while Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs and cooked for him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to leave for Desert City in about ten days, and she said she wanted to visit the Chuyun Empire.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious amid poisonous mist, and Mao Wu devoured the mist as Xiao Yi Xian’s poison-induced markings faded and she woke up.
• Xiao Yi Xian blamed herself for losing control, but Xiao Yan comforted her and showed her the Poison Pill Method for managing the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian despaired at the method’s rare requirements until Xiao Yan revealed his stark-white Heavenly Flame and promised there would be a way forward.

Xiao Yan explained that the Poison Pill Method could only temporarily contain Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and urged her to restrain her appetite while he searched for the materials and skills needed to refine the pill. When the Amethyst Winged Lion King confronted them, Xiao Yan bluffed about his standing as an alchemist and invited it in for tea, suspecting it had come for something other than the Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that the Poison Pill Method was only a stopgap and warned her to control her consumption of poison until he could gather three Heavenly Flames and become a Seventh Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to remain the same person she had been in Green Mountain Town, and over the next seven days her Cultivation Level did not increase.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived at the Small Mountain Valley, and Xiao Yi Xian stood beside Xiao Yan rather than flee.
• Xiao Yan claimed that killing him would bring trouble from the Alchemist Association and used his Soul Token to reinforce the bluff, despite not being a member of the association.
• After Xiao Yi Xian prepared medicinal tea, the Amethyst Winged Lion King withdrew its pressure and shrank, while Xiao Yan suspected it had come for something besides the Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal.

Xiao Yan used his alchemy skills and implied ties to powerful allies to negotiate with the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King instead of being killed over the Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal. After accepting a Purple Fire Pill for the Little Lion King, the Lion King offered to reveal the location of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame in exchange for a Transformation Pill.

• Xiao Yan led the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King into the Thatched Cottage, where Xiao Yi Xian served medicinal tea as Xiao Yan emphasized his alchemist credentials.
• The Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King complained that the tea was not enough, and Xiao Yan offered five Purple Fire Pills made with Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal for the Little Lion King.
• The Little Lion King eagerly swallowed one Purple Fire Pill and ran outside to absorb its energy while the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King accepted Xiao Yan's terms.
• The Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King proposed a deal and asked Xiao Yan for a Transformation Pill.
• The Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King offered to reveal the location of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, startling Xiao Yan.