Arc 35Divine Flame and Medicine Ceremony

Xiao Yan defeated Tou She Ancient God, refined the Five Elements Divine Flame, and entered the Medicine Ceremony after recovering from his injuries. He forced three Heaven Supremes into submission and confronted Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor over the attack on Ning Tian Continent.

  • Xiao Yan defeated Tou She Ancient God after their devastating battle and took the Five Elements Divine Flame's source.
  • Xiao Yan released three captive Heaven Supremes in exchange for pill formulas and ingredients, while Hun Tiandi joined the Great Thousand Palace and agreed to defend the Arctic Continent.
  • Xiao Yan demonstrated his alchemy for the Zhao Family and promised Medicine Emperor Ye Ming help entering the Sacred Land's inheritance grounds in exchange for the Immortal Vine Night Flower.
  • Xiao Yan refined the Five Elements Divine Flame, cleared his Fire Poison, and formed the Quasi-Saint Grade Endless Emperor Flame as powerful factions searched for him.
  • Xiao Yan defeated Jiang Sheng in a pill duel with an Intermediate Divine Pill, and Mao Wu killed Jiang Sheng when he attacked and fled.
  • Xiao Yan revealed his identity at Medicine Emperor City, declared that he would take the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie for Soul Hall, and confronted the three Heaven Supremes over their unpaid debt.
  • Xiao Yan overpowered the three Heaven Supremes and forced their submission with Heavenly Flame Soul Pills, destroying Hun Tiandi's hidden Soul Marks.
  • Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Miesheng to incite an attack on the Arctic Continent, while Xiao Yan accused Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor of orchestrating the attack on Ning Tian Continent and demanded repayment.
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Ch. 863Tou She Ancient God!

Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the Fire Spirit Clan, whose five leaders stopped the first fire lotus but were overwhelmed by Mao Wu’s second. As the surviving clan members recovered through Tou She Ancient God’s flames, Tou She appeared before Xiao Yan, setting up a clash between Fen Jue practitioners.

  • Nihility Devouring Flame’s Devouring Spirit Fire Lotus attacked the Fire Spirit Clan, but the five clan leaders combined their powers to contain its explosion and protect the disciples.
  • Xiao Yan sent Mao Wu to hurl a second Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus, which devastated the Fire Spirit Clan’s territory and left its leaders and disciples gravely wounded.
  • Xiao Yan recalled Mao Wu and Nihility Devouring Flame, then told Nihility Devouring Flame to leave the remaining fight to him.
  • Starlight and special flames restored the wounded Fire Spirit Clan members, and Tou She Ancient God emerged from the ruins as the clan’s Fire Spirit Old Ancestor.
  • Tou She Ancient God approached Xiao Yan, whose Heavenly Flames reacted to Tou She’s Divine Flame.

Ch. 864Five Elements Divine Flame

Tou She Ancient God revealed his Immortal Grade strength and the Five Elements Divine Flame, then challenged Xiao Yan for his Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan raised his cultivation with the Battle Through the Heavens Primordial Body and Emperor Soul Art, and their battle left the Fire Spirit Clan Territory in ruins.

  • Tou She Ancient God admitted that leaving behind his inheritance and the two flames had been a mistake, then summoned the Five Elements Divine Spirit Dharma Body and revealed his Immortal Grade cultivation.
  • Tou She Ancient God formed the Five Elements Divine Flame and declared that the Great Thousand World needed an Flame Emperor, not Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yan strengthened himself with the Battle Through the Heavens Primordial Body and Emperor Soul Art, while Zhu Jiuyan ordered the Fire Spirit Clan Disciples to flee.
  • Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God clashed with matching Heavely Flame Eternal Rulers, shattering volcanoes and overturning the Fire Spirit Clan Territory.
  • Tou She Ancient God split Xiao Yan’s Yellow Spring Finger with Five Spirit Emperor Slash, but Xiao Yan answered with Dragon Phoenix Eight Extremities Collapse.

Ch. 865Flame Emperor?

Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God fought over the Flame Emperor legacy, and Tou She unleashed a continent-threatening attack that Xiao Yan met with his Flame Emperor Reincarnation Seal. Their clash triggered an immense blast that drove everyone from the Fire Spirit Continent and awakened the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s Demon Emperor.

  • Xiao Yan struck Tou She Ancient God with his Dragon Phoenix Chaos Body and complete Primordial Body, cracking Tou She’s Five Elements Spirit God Dharma Body.
  • Tou She Ancient God summoned the Exotic Flame Emperor Crown and Fire Spirit Tablet, perfected his Tian Zun Spirit Body, and gathered the Fire Spirit Continent’s Spiritual Energy into a blazing sun.
  • Tou She Ancient God hurled the sun at Xiao Yan, who countered with the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation and Flame Emperor Reincarnation Seal.
  • Zhu Jiuyan and the Ice Spirit Old Ancestor evacuated the cultivators as the two attacks collided and released a devastating wave of energy.
  • The blast’s radiance awakened the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s Demon Emperor, who sensed Xiao Yan’s aura and felt his Saint Demon Flame stir.

Ch. 866Flame Mantle Combat Technique

Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God fought to decide who would claim the other's fused Heavenly Flames, then unleashed their strongest Fen Jue techniques against each other. Their Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and Taiji Fire Wheel collided, leaving the outcome unknown as two Great Thousand Palace experts arrived near the Fire Spirit Continent.

  • The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor sensed Xiao Yan's growing power and decided he should be eliminated after the Saint Eyes were collected.
  • Hun Tiandi observed the devastation around the Fire Spirit Continent and found Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God badly wounded in the black spatial cavity.
  • Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God acknowledged that their Fen Jue cultivation required them to compete for each other's fused Heavenly Flames.
  • Tou She Ancient God formed the Taiji Fire Wheel from his flames, while Xiao Yan created a twenty-four-petal Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
  • Xiao Yan released the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus as Tou She Ancient God unleashed the Taiji Fire Wheel, and the two techniques collided in a blinding flash.
  • Two Great Thousand Palace experts arrived near the Fire Spirit Continent and wondered whether they had come too late to witness the battle.

Ch. 867Great Thousand Palace High Level Demon Slayer

Xiao Yan defeated Tou She Ancient God, took the Five Elements Divine Flame, and left to heal before heading toward the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie. Two High Level Demon Slayers from the Great Thousand Palace confronted him over his captured Heaven Supremes, and Xiao Yan demanded a ransom for their release.

  • Xiao Yan explained how the evolved Mysterious Yellow Flame strengthened his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and helped him defeat Tou She Ancient God.
  • Xiao Yan extracted the Five Elements Divine Flame's remaining spirituality, swallowed its source, and left the Fire Spirit Continent to treat his wound.
  • Xiao Yan decided to visit the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie and used a Zhao token to locate it.
  • Shangguan Yan and Su Gong arrived and asked Xiao Yan to join the Great Thousand Palace as a guest elder and release the three captured Heaven Supremes.
  • Xiao Yan refused to join the Great Thousand Palace and demanded one Plane Embryo for each captive Heaven Supreme.

Ch. 868Investing in What the Other Party Likes

Xiao Yan negotiated with Shangguan Yan and Su Gong over the release of three Great Thousand Palace prisoners, demanding a Plane Embryo that the Great Thousand Palace did not possess. Shangguan Yan offered the Sublimation Pill formula, but Xiao Yan pressed for more and the negotiation continued with a mention of the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill.

  • Xiao Yan demanded a Plane Embryo in exchange for releasing Old Immortal Jing An and the other two prisoners, but Shangguan Yan said the Great Thousand Palace had none.
  • Su Gong objected when Xiao Yan criticized the Great Thousand Palace, and Xiao Yan warned him against provoking him with a display of Soul Power.
  • Shangguan Yan offered Xiao Yan the Sublimation Pill formula, which could raise a cultivated Supernatural Power by one level and could help him learn the Taiji Fire Wheel.
  • Xiao Yan said the formula was not enough and asked for Spirit Butterfly Pill Immortal's complete inheritance, but Shangguan Yan explained that it was lost in the dangerous Saint Abyss Continent.
  • Shangguan Yan asked whether Xiao Yan had heard of the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill.

Ch. 869I Want to Join the Great Thousand Palace

Xiao Yan traded the release of Old Immortal Jing An and the other two for two Heavenly Venerate Spirit Pill formulas and their ingredients, then refused to join the Great Thousand Palace. Hun Tiandi arrived, presented proof that he had killed a Nether Demon Emperor, and joined the Great Thousand Palace, while Xiao Yan remained suspicious of him without knowing he had joined the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.

  • Shangguan Yan offered the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill and Sublimation Pill formulas and the required ingredients in exchange for Xiao Yan releasing the three captives.
  • Xiao Yan released Old Immortal Jing An and the other two from his Soul Abyss after warning Shangguan Yan to deliver the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill materials to Medicine Saint Nu Shan.
  • Xiao Yan refused Shangguan Yan's invitation to join the Great Thousand Palace and said he would protect the Dou Qi Continent while remaining neutral.
  • Hun Tiandi appeared and told Shangguan Yan and Su Gong that he came from the same Lower Plane as Xiao Yan.
  • Hun Tiandi exchanged a jade pendant containing a Nether Demon Emperor's remnant soul and learned he could join the Great Thousand Palace with three thousand Demon Subduing Points.
  • Hun Tiandi agreed to travel to the Saint Abyss Continent with Shangguan Yan and restored the weakened Soul Bodies of the three released Heaven Supremes, leaving Xiao Yan unsettled.

Ch. 870New High-Level Demon Slayer

Xiao Yan left Hun Tiandi to pursue alchemy, while Hun Tiandi traveled with Shangguan Yan and Su Gong to Saint Abyss City to obtain a Demon Slayer Order. There, Nalan Yanran became a High-Level Demon Slayer after Xiao Yan arranged for her to claim the points from a Nether Demon Emperor’s remnant soul.

  • Xiao Yan decided Hun Tiandi’s plans were unrelated to him and flew toward the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie to cultivate his Alchemy Techniques.
  • Hun Tiandi, Shangguan Yan, and Su Gong arrived at Saint Abyss City and passed through its Spirit Array without Hun Tiandi being exposed as a threat.
  • Hun Tiandi studied the Demon Subduing List and learned about its ranks and the Demon Subduing King, Qin Tian.
  • The Demon Subduing List announced Nalan Yanran as a new High-Level Demon Slayer after Xiao Yan gave her the remnant soul of Profound World Great Emperor to exchange for resources.
  • Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun whether her name was really being registered, and Yun Yun reassured her that the Demon Slayer Order belonged to her.

Ch. 871Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie

Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun prepared to join the Great Thousand Palace and travel to Northern Wilderness Hill, while Hun Tiandi chose to claim the Arctic Continent by defending it from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Xiao Yan arrived at the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie to pursue the Great Thousand World's alchemy arts.

  • Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun exchanged for Supreme Dharma Bodies and set out to join the Great Thousand Palace before visiting Northern Wilderness Hill to check on Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan.
  • Hun Tiandi appeared on the Demon Subduing List as a High Level Demon Slayer and asked for a Plane Embryo to help his clan produce another Heaven Supreme.
  • Shangguan Yan told Hun Tiandi he could claim the Arctic Continent by holding it against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, and Hun Tiandi agreed to lead the defense.
  • Hun Tiandi concealed his separate Soul Body, which cultivated the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's Demonic Qi, as he followed Shangguan Yan and Su Gong toward the Arctic Continent.
  • Xiao Yan studied the Sublimation Pill recipe while traveling with Mao Wu, then arrived at the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie and saw its enormous grass blades forming continent-sized lands.

Ch. 872An Alchemist Passing By

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie under the Zhao Family’s invitation, seeking medicinal ingredients to recover from his injuries while keeping a low profile. In the Zhao Family’s herb field, he encountered an alchemist whose ancient pill formula kept causing furnace explosions and identified the likely reason for the failures.

  • Xiao Yan used a Zhao Family token to enter the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie and learned about its rival alchemist factions and upcoming Medicine Ceremony.
  • Xiao Yan reached the Zhao Family residence, where he planned to recover his strength and possibly compete on the family’s behalf in exchange for medicinal ingredients.
  • A Zhao Family steward led Xiao Yan through a medicinal herb field, where he found an old alchemist beside a furnace damaged by an explosion.
  • Xiao Yan examined the furnace ashes and explained that the alchemist’s ancient formula no longer matched the medicinal properties of ingredients changed over time.
  • Xiao Yan concluded that a fire-attributed ingredient had likely mutated, causing the pill to explode whenever the furnace heat was raised.

Ch. 873I Only Perform Once

Xiao Yan’s guidance helped Zhao Gao Ming solve a difficult pill formula, prompting the Zhao Family Head to seek him out and invite him to the Tian Ming Medicine Country’s Pill Festival. Xiao Yan agreed to represent the country in exchange for a healing Saint Medicine, then prepared to demonstrate his alchemy skills.

  • Xiao Yan passed the Zhao Family’s alchemy test, rested in seclusion for half a month, and used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to treat his injuries.
  • Zhao Gao Ming visited Xiao Yan after successfully refining the pill that Xiao Yan had helped him fix, and asked him to join the Tian Ming Medicine Country’s Pill Festival.
  • Xiao Yan agreed to represent the country if its ruler would provide the Immortal Vine Night Flower, a healing Saint Medicine that could treat his fire injuries.
  • Zhao Gao Ming asked Xiao Yan to demonstrate his alchemy so he could recommend him to the ruler, and Xiao Yan began refining a Dharma Body Spirit Pill using the Mysterious Yellow Flame.

Ch. 874Tian Ming Medicine Country

Xiao Yan refined six perfect-quality Dharma Body Spirit Pills with ease, stunning Zhao Gao Ming and Zhao Yang and earning Zhao Gao Ming’s devoted respect. After they reached the capital of Tian Ming Medicine Country, Zhao Gao Ming presented one of Xiao Yan’s pills to Medicine Emperor Ye Ming and urged her to recruit him for the Pill Festival.

  • Xiao Yan used the medicinal ingredients to refine six Dharma Body Spirit Pills at once, surprising Zhao Gao Ming and Zhao Yang with their speed and quality.
  • Zhao Gao Ming recognized Xiao Yan’s extraordinary alchemy and promised to arrange his trip to the capital; Xiao Yan declined a new courtyard and asked them to depart as soon as possible.
  • A few days later, Xiao Yan traveled to the capital with Zhao Gao Ming and Zhao Yang, then settled at the Zhao Family residence.
  • Zhao Gao Ming hurried to the Imperial Palace and urged Medicine Emperor Ye Ming to meet Xiao Yan and recruit him for the Pill Festival.
  • Zhao Gao Ming showed Ye Ming the Dharma Body Spirit Pill Xiao Yan had refined, and Ye Ming was astonished by its perfect quality and the lost ancient formula.

Ch. 875Disruptor

Medicine Emperor Ye Ming considered trading Tian Ming Medicine Country’s Immortal Vine Night Flower for Xiao Yan’s help at the Pill Festival after witnessing his remarkable alchemy. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s conflict with the Fire Spirit Clan drew the attention of powers across the Great Thousand World, and the three Grandmasters of Pill Refining began questioning Immortal Yao Shi about his whereabouts.

  • Zhao Gao Ming showed Medicine Emperor Ye Ming a Spiritual Energy projection of Xiao Yan refining pills, and she agreed to meet him the next day while suspending the country’s choice of a Pill Festival candidate.
  • A Medicine God Clan ancestor learned that Yan Tianzun had taken the Fire Spirit Clan’s Divine Flame and ordered his people to search the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie for him.
  • Medicine Saint Nu Shan and Wu Ling Tian Zun worried that Xiao Yan’s enemies would find him while he remained badly injured and watched by powerful figures.
  • The three Grandmasters of Pill Refining held a secret meeting, and one of them asked Immortal Yao Shi whether his younger brother knew where Yan Tianzun was.

Ch. 876Conjure One Up

Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor, Alchemy God Tong, and Immortal Yao Shi discussed Xiao Yan’s injuries, the Five Elements Divine Flame, and rumors that he possessed a lost Primordial Body. Immortal Yao Shi denied knowing Xiao Yan’s whereabouts, while the growing attention from powerful forces left him uncertain whether Xiao Yan would still attend the Pill Festival.

  • Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor questioned Immortal Yao Shi about Yan Tianzun, but Immortal Yao Shi said he did not know where Xiao Yan was.
  • Alchemy God Tong revealed that Yan Tianzun was rumored to possess a lost Primordial Body, stirring greed among those who learned of it.
  • Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor argued that Xiao Yan would need Immortal Yao Shi’s help to heal and warned that the Moksha God Clan would not fear him.
  • Immortal Yao Shi denied knowing Xiao Yan’s whereabouts and challenged Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor and the Moksha God Clan to fight if they came after him.
  • Immortal Yao Shi met Medicine Saint Nu Shan and Wu Ling Tian Zun, warned that powerful forces were watching, and asked whether Xiao Yan would still attend the Pill Festival.

Ch. 877Begin Refining the Five Elements Divine Flame

Xiao Yan secured the Immortal Vine Night Flower from Medicine Emperor Ye Ming by promising to help her reach the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie’s Grandmaster inheritance. He then began refining the Five Elements Divine Flame to remove the Fire Poison ravaging his body.

  • Medicine Saint Nu Shan said Xiao Yan would keep his promise and attend the Pill Festival despite the danger, while Immortal Yao Shi remained silent.
  • Xiao Yan met Medicine Emperor Ye Ming and promised to help her become a Grandmaster of Pill Refining in exchange for the Immortal Vine Night Flower.
  • Medicine Emperor Ye Ming agreed to the exchange after Xiao Yan signed a spiritual contract promising to help her enter the Sacred Land’s inheritance grounds.
  • Xiao Yan used Soul Pursuit to track Medicine Emperor Ye Ming, then revealed his true appearance and prepared the medicinal pool in his hidden space.
  • Xiao Yan added the Immortal Vine Night Flower to the pool, concluded that only Fen Jue could remove the Five Elements Divine Flame’s Fire Poison, and swallowed the flame to refine it.

Ch. 878What Was Lost Must Be Taken Back by One's Own Hand!

Xiao Yan survived refining the Five Elements Divine Flame after Nihility Devouring Flame and the other Heavenly Flames reclaimed their stolen sources. He then consumed five drops of Tian Zun Spirit Liquid as Fen Jue evolved, leaving his cultivation surging.

  • Xiao Yan swallowed the Five Elements Divine Flame, and its power began tearing apart his wounded body despite the Medicinal Liquid stitching his injuries closed.
  • Nihility Devouring Flame joined forces with Xiao Yan to devour the Five Elements Divine Flame, while Xiao Yi and the other Heavenly Flames blocked its escape.
  • Xiao Yan and the Twenty-Two Types of Heavenly Flames reclaimed their stolen sources, burned away Tou She Ancient God's remaining Heavenly Flame Dou Qi, and weakened the Five Elements Divine Flame.
  • Xiao Yan used Fen Jue to refine the weakened Five Elements Divine Flame, survived the process, and cleared the Fire Poison from his body.
  • Xiao Yan opened Profound World Great Emperor's sealed bottle, swallowed its five drops of Tian Zun Spirit Liquid, and began evolving Fen Jue.

Ch. 879The Great Thousand World Watched

Xiao Yan continued cultivating in twisted time and space, healing and fusing the Five Elements Divine Flame with his own Fused Emperor Flame while the Medicine Ceremony drew attention across the Great Thousand World. Rumors brought rival forces to the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie, where Dan Zhu Huo confronted Immortal Yao Shi, who invoked his Great Thousand Palace status to deter an attack.

  • Xiao Yan used the Bodhi Ancient Tree and Heavenly Flames to distort time as he cultivated, strengthened his Burning Flame Dharma Body, and began fusing the Five Elements Divine Flame with his Fused Emperor Flame.
  • The Medicine Ceremony began, drawing alchemists and crowds who discussed the prodigies Ji Yong, Gongsun Zhang, and Yue Lan, as well as the search for Yan Tianzun.
  • Word spread that Old Immortal Jing An and two other Heaven Supremes had been rescued by the Great Thousand Palace and had come to deliver medicinal ingredients for Yan Tianzun to Medicine Saint Nu Shan.
  • People wrongly concluded the ingredients were meant to heal Yan Tianzun and that he would appear at the Medicine Tower, drawing the attention of powerful factions to the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie.
  • Dan Zhu Huo accused Immortal Yao Shi of hiding Xiao Yan in the Medicine Tower and tried to probe inside, but Immortal Yao Shi blocked him and presented his Demon Slayer Order to warn the gathered Heaven Supremes against breaking the Great Thousand Covenant.

Ch. 880Quasi-Saint Grade

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with the Quasi-Saint Grade Endless Emperor Flame and battle power approaching Immortal Grade, only to discover an Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme had probed his room. Alchemy God Tong and her powerful protector appeared before him, leaving Xiao Yan wary of their intentions.

  • Dan Zhu Huo accused Immortal Yao Shi of shielding Yan Tianzun, but Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor intervened and persuaded Dan Zhu Huo to wait until the Ancient Medicine Ceremony.
  • Zhao Gao Ming and Zhao Yang grew anxious because Mister Yao Yan had not appeared before the ceremony.
  • Xiao Yan absorbed the surrounding Exotic Flames and formed the Quasi-Saint Grade Endless Emperor Flame, then judged that his strength had risen to Late stage Spirit Grade Heaven Supreme with power comparable to Immortal Grade.
  • Xiao Yan returned from Void Space and struck back at a probe with a Soul Severing Strike, but an Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme blocked it.
  • Alchemy God Tong appeared with an elder protector, and Xiao Yan demanded to know why they had entered his room.

Ch. 881Medicine Ceremony

Disguised as Yao Yan, Xiao Yan met Alchemy God Tong, who deduced his identity and discovered that his injuries had healed, but agreed to keep his secret. He then attended Tian Ming Medicine Country’s banquet ahead of the Ancient Medicine Ceremony, where other alchemists questioned why he had been chosen as their representative.

  • Alchemy God Tong recognized Xiao Yan as Yan Tianzun from his Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan denied the guess while she deduced that he had used the medicinal-ingredient deliveries as a diversion.
  • Tong Lao tested Xiao Yan with his pressure but could not shake him, so Alchemy God Tong apologized with a Li Huo Pill and decided to pretend she knew nothing about his identity.
  • Alchemy God Tong told Tong Lao that Xiao Yan could disrupt the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie’s and Medicine God Clan’s control of alchemy and might help create an opportunity for a Saint Grade Grandmaster.
  • Zhao Gao Ming and Zhao Yang welcomed Xiao Yan after his injuries had healed, and he agreed to attend the alchemists’ banquet before the Medicine Ceremony.
  • At the banquet, Medicine Emperor Ye Ming personally welcomed Xiao Yan, while the other alchemists discussed the unknown Yao Yan taking Jiang Sheng’s place as Tian Ming Medicine Country’s representative.

Ch. 882Someone Behind the Scenes

Xiao Yan was escorted through the Tian Ming Medicine Country’s medicine garden, where alchemists doubted his abilities and Jiang Sheng challenged him to an alchemy contest with a deadly wager. Xiao Yan accepted after suspecting someone was directing Jiang Sheng, but the chapter ended with Xiao Yan admitting he had no herbs and did not know what pill he would refine.

  • Medicine Emperor Ye Ming personally guided Xiao Yan through the garden while other alchemists spread rumors that he had gained his position through connections.
  • Jiang Sheng confronted Xiao Yan and challenged him, demanding Xiao Yan’s alchemy inheritance and departure from the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie if Xiao Yan lost.
  • Xiao Yan noticed someone was behind Jiang Sheng, and Zhao Gao Ming warned him that the Three Great Medicine Countries might be trying to eliminate him before the Pill Festival.
  • Xiao Yan accepted Jiang Sheng’s challenge, and Jiang Sheng prepared to refine a Low-grade Grandmaster Divine Pill.
  • Xiao Yan told Medicine Emperor Ye Ming that he had brought no medicinal herbs, then admitted he did not know what pill he would refine.

Ch. 883Heavenly Dao Alchemy

Xiao Yan created and refined a new pill on the spot using the herbs in the Medicine Garden, stunning the alchemists and defeating Jiang Sheng. After Medicine Emperor Ye Ming confirmed the pill's grade and effects, Xiao Yan ordered Jiang Sheng to kill himself.

  • Xiao Yan borrowed the Medicine Garden's herbs and used the Life Spirit Flame to accelerate their growth, decay them into soil, and draw Spiritual Energy from the ley lines.
  • Xiao Yan used the cycle of life and rebirth to grow a Medicinal Pill from the transformed herbs, revealing an alchemy technique based on the Heavenly Dao.
  • Xiao Yan explained how medicinal properties could be combined to create pill formulas and described the pill as an Intermediate Divine Pill that could restore a Supreme Dharma Body and replenish Spiritual Energy.
  • Medicine Emperor Ye Ming examined and tasted the pill, confirming its grade and verifying Xiao Yan's claims, while Jiang Sheng collapsed in disbelief.
  • Xiao Yan told Jiang Sheng to accept his loss and kill himself.

Ch. 884Inviting the Lord into the Jar

Xiao Yan defeated Jiang Sheng in an overwhelming pill duel, then revealed his Spirit Grade Heaven Supreme strength as Mao Wu killed Jiang Sheng when he tried to flee. Medicine Emperor Ye Ming suspected Yao Yan was actually Yan Tianzun, and Xiao Yan arrived at Medicine Emperor City for the Pill Festival as its participants anticipated a coming battle.

  • Xiao Yan declared Jiang Sheng the loser of their pill duel, and Jiang Sheng's hidden backers—including Jiang Ming and the Tian Yuan Medicine Kingdom—did not intervene.
  • Jiang Sheng attacked Xiao Yan and fled through a void passage, but Xiao Yan shattered his attack and Mao Wu burned him to ash.
  • Medicine Emperor Ye Ming connected Yao Yan's identity and abilities to Yan Tianzun and warned Zhao Gao Ming that the Pill Festival involved more than an ordinary competition.
  • Yao Yan's alchemy spread across the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie, and Xiao Yan, Ye Ming, and Zhao Gao Ming traveled to Medicine Emperor City.
  • Xiao Yan took a seat among the Medicine Country leaders, who studied him as rumors circulated that the Pill Festival would be interrupted by a great battle.

Ch. 885Death Note

Xiao Yan revealed himself as Yan Tianzun after the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie sealed Medicine Emperor City and accused him of killing Jiang Sheng. As Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor confronted him, Xiao Yan announced that he had come to collect debts and attacked Old Immortal Jing An and the other two for withholding medicinal ingredients.

  • Medicine Emperor Ye Ming thanked Xiao Yan and accepted the Unknown Pill formula and its Alchemy Technique before the city’s sealing Spirit Array rose.
  • Tian Yuan Medicine Emperor exposed Xiao Yan as Yan Tianzun and accused him of killing Fire Spirit Old Ancestor and Jiang Sheng.
  • Xiao Yan revealed his identity, rejected the accusations, and declared that he would take the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie for Soul Hall.
  • Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor appeared with Wu Ling Tian Zun and Medicine Saint Nu Shan, while Jiang Ming publicly blamed Xiao Yan for his son’s death.
  • Xiao Yan asked whether the medicinal ingredients he had requested had arrived, then learned that Old Immortal Jing An and the other two had brought none.
  • Xiao Yan broke through the sealing Spirit Array and confronted Old Immortal Jing An and the other two, demanding that they repay their debt to Soul Hall.

Ch. 886Soul Palace Debt Collector

Xiao Yan confronted Old Immortal Jing An, Green Flood Dragon Saint Emperor, and Heavenly Eagle Great Emperor over their unpaid debt, then overwhelmed them with his newly advanced power. After discovering they had brought incomplete medicinal ingredients, he threatened to kill them, and they offered to join the Soul Hall to save their lives.

  • Xiao Yan appeared in the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie and demanded that Old Immortal Jing An and the other two repay their debt for their attack on his homeland.
  • Xiao Yan struck the three Heaven Supremes and revealed that he had recovered, advanced to Late stage Spirit Grade Heaven Supreme, and refined the Five Elements Divine Flame.
  • Xiao Yan used Five Elements Reincarnation, Flame God Seal to overpower the three, who admitted they had gathered medicinal ingredients for him.
  • Xiao Yan inspected their treasure artifact, found the ingredients incomplete, and burned them with his Strange Flame while they begged for mercy.
  • Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor accused Xiao Yan of weakening the Great Thousand World, but Xiao Yan rejected the Great Thousand Palace's authority and continued threatening the three.
  • Old Immortal Jing An, Green Flood Dragon Saint Emperor, and Heavenly Eagle offered to join the Soul Hall in exchange for their lives.

Ch. 887I Dare

Xiao Yan forced three Spirit Grade Heaven Supremes to submit, then discovered Hun Tiandi had hidden Soul Marks inside them. Hun Tiandi prepared to seize control of the Arctic Continent, while Xiao Yan turned to confront Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor over the attack on Ning Tian Continent.

  • Xiao Yan made Old Immortal Jing An, Green Flood Dragon City, and Purple Eagle Hall swallow Heavenly Flame Soul Pills and submit to him, but Hun Tiandi's hidden Soul Marks clashed with the pills' Heavenly Flame.
  • Hun Tiandi sensed Xiao Yan had destroyed the Soul Marks and ordered Hun Miesheng to incite a large-scale Extraterritorial Evil Clan attack on the Arctic Continent so Hun Tiandi could gain enough merit to rule it.
  • Hun Xuzi brought Hun Tiandi collected Soul Origins, which Hun Tiandi consumed to increase his power, and Hun Tiandi rejected searching for the Ancient Heavenly Palace until the Arctic Continent was secured.
  • The gathered powers feared Xiao Yan after learning his injuries had healed and his Cultivation Level had risen, and the three submitted Heaven Supremes remained behind him.
  • Xiao Yan accused Myriad Herbs Medicine Emperor of orchestrating the attack on Ning Tian Continent to seize the Plane Embryo and Dou Qi Continent's Alchemy Techniques, then declared that he would make him pay.
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