Recaps

Xiao Yan tortured and killed Mo Cheng after learning that Mo Cheng had abducted Qing Lin and attacked Xiao Yan’s brothers. Just as Xiao Yan prepared to reunite with Qing Lin, a powerful attacker shattered Hai Bodong’s ice wall, drawing Xiao Yan toward the battle.

• Xiao Yan pulled the bone spears from Mo Cheng and demanded to know where Qing Lin was, while Mo Lan offered to bring her over.
• Xiao Yan burned Mo Cheng’s thigh and rejected Mo Cheng’s threat that the Misty Cloud Sect would retaliate.
• Hai Bodong secretly followed Mo Lan’s messenger to rescue Qing Lin and then informed Xiao Yan that he had found her.
• Mo Cheng revealed his Mountain Shattering Arm and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan killed him with a Soul Impact.
• An enormous ice wall outside the hall was shattered while Hai Bodong was under attack, and Xiao Yan flew toward him.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fought a cyan-clad woman from the Sky Serpent Mansion who tried to abduct Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After the woman escaped, Nalan Yanran chose to enter the Gate of Life and Death, setting the worldline on a new course.

• Xiao Yan flew toward the ice wall as the cyan-clad woman seized Qing Lin from Hai Bodong and knocked aside Xiao Yan’s attack.
• The woman put Qing Lin to sleep and revealed that she wanted to take the girl to the Sky Serpent Mansion because of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan attacked the woman, and Xiao Yan’s Soul Skill stunned her long enough for Hai Bodong to wound her with Cold Qi.
• The woman used a spatial secret art to escape, and Xiao Yan pursued her into the sky.
• Ge Ye urged Nalan Yanran to reconsider the Three-Year Agreement, but Nalan Yanran decided to enter the Gate of Life and Death.

Nalan Yanran decided to enter the Misty Cloud Sect’s Gate of Life and Death to gain enough strength to defeat Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong pursued Lü Man, whose Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor ally joined the fight, and Xiao Yan confronted them by invoking the Soul Hall.

• Nalan Yanran insisted on entering the dangerous Gate of Life and Death, despite Ge Ye warning her about its risks and the opposition within the sect.
• Nalan Yanran left to discuss entering the Gate of Life and Death with her master.
• Xiao Yan used a Soul Skill to interrupt Lü Man while Hai Bodong attacked her with his Ice and Snow Sky technique.
• Lü Man summoned the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, who recognized the danger posed by Xiao Yan’s Soul Skill.
• Xiao Yan advanced toward the two Dou Emperor experts and warned the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor that the Soul Hall had claimed what they were trying to take.

Xiao Yan confronted Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor over Qing Lin, but learned they intended to take her to inherit the Azure Serpent Demon Saint's legacy and train her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He accepted that Qing Lin would go with them and gave her a Soul Jade Pendant so she could contact him if she needed help.

• Xiao Yan used the Soul Hall's reputation and his Soul Token to try to make Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor release Qing Lin, but they refused because her pupils were key to the Azure Serpent Demon Saint's inheritance.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin would be taken to the Ancient Sky Serpent Mausoleum, and Xiao Yan asked Lü Man to wake her.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin whether she could control Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, but Lü Man explained that Qing Lin's pupils were still unawakened and Qing Lin failed to control them.
• Xiao Yan explained that Qing Lin would go with them to learn to use her pupils and grow stronger, and Qing Lin agreed despite her fear.
• Xiao Yan refined a Rank 5 Magical Beast Magic Core with the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and made Qing Lin a Soul Jade Pendant that would let her contact him for help.

Xiao Yan sent Qing Lin away with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and secured Hai Bodong’s promise to protect him in exchange for a future Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill. After recovering at Mo City Rock, Xiao Yan began developing a way to combine Heavenly Flames into a remotely delivered explosive.

• Xiao Yan gave Qing Lin a jade pendant and sent her away with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, warning the serpent not to deceive him.
• Mao Wu emerged from the void with the restrained Green Lotus Core Flame Source Fire Seed, revealing Xiao Yan’s hidden trump card to Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill formula, and Hai Bodong agreed to protect him until Xiao Yan could refine the pill.
• Hai Bodong carried Xiao Yan back to Mo City Rock, where Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Qing Lin had gone away to train.
• After recovering his Soul Power, Xiao Yan studied how to fuse the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame and imagined Mao Wu carrying the resulting explosive through the void.

Xiao Yan devised and created the prototype of a new Combat Technique, Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, and asked Hai Bodong to help test its power. When Xiao Yan formed the fire lotus from his two Heavenly Flames, they began to clash beyond his control, and he hurled the unstable technique at Hai Bodong.

• Xiao Yan spent three days and nights designing a fire lotus that combined Heavenly Flames, Soul Power, and Dou Qi.
• Hai Bodong returned with medicinal ingredients he had found while searching for materials for the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong to defend against his newly created Combat Technique, and Hai Bodong agreed.
• Xiao Yan shaped his blood-red and emerald Heavenly Flames into a fist-sized fire lotus as the mercenaries, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li watched.
• The two flames began trying to Devour each other, so Xiao Yan used most of his Soul Power to control them before throwing the unstable lotus toward Hai Bodong.

Xiao Yan tested his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, but its uncontrolled explosion destroyed the Mo Tie Mercenary Group's base. After helping his brothers with reconstruction funds, he prepared to head to the Royal Capital's Soul Hall and resolve one last hidden danger.

• Xiao Yan threw the unstable Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus at Hai Bodong, and Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the mercenaries fled the Training Field.
• Hai Bodong formed a Mystic Ice Shield, but the fused Heavenly Flames exploded and obliterated the Training Field and much of the mercenary group's base.
• Hai Bodong feared Xiao Yan had died, but Xiao Yan crawled from the rubble after surviving with several layers of protection.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus was a dangerous Combat Technique powered by flames and dependent on Soul Power and Flame Control.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li accepted the destruction and planned to relocate to the Sha Mercenary Group's base, while Xiao Yan gave them several hundred thousand gold coins for reconstruction.
• Xiao Yan returned to his guest room and prepared to visit the Royal Capital's Soul Hall to resolve his final hidden danger.

Xiao Yan confronted Queen Medusa after realizing she had disguised herself as the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python and was following him for the Green Lotus Core Flame and Earth Fire Lotus Seeds. He used the threat of a Heavenly Flame explosion to keep her from attacking, then explained that her evolution had failed because she used the wrong Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had recognized Queen Medusa beneath the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python’s act of amnesia.
• Queen Medusa resumed her human form and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, while he remained wary of her weakened body and her need for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan raised two Heavenly Flames and warned that killing him could trigger a deadly explosion that would destroy them both.
• Xiao Yan showed Queen Medusa an ancient book describing a Heavenly Flame evolution method for fire-attribute Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Queen Medusa’s evolution had purified her bloodline but failed to rebuild her body because the method required the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, not the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Queen Medusa over the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and used it to refine a pill that began restoring her body. Medusa agreed to settle their grievances if he helped her return to her peak within three years, leaving Xiao Yan with an ally for his coming trip to the Jia Ma Empire's Royal Capital.

• Xiao Yan told Queen Medusa that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame could help her rebuild her body and revealed that he possessed a wisp of it.
• Queen Medusa offered to exchange the Green Lotus Core Flame for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, but Xiao Yan refused and proposed an alliance instead.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Medusa recover in return for her protection if he faced danger, and she asked him to prove his sincerity.
• Xiao Yan used the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and an Earth Fire Lotus Seed to refine pills, giving one to Medusa and one to Mao Wu.
• After taking the pill, Medusa returned to her snake form and told Xiao Yan that the Green Lotus Core Flame would be his payment if he restored her to her peak within three years.

After a month of training and alchemy, Xiao Yan left Mo City Rock for Jia Ma Holy City with Hai Bodong. He arrived near the capital determined to investigate the Soul Hall hidden there.

• Xiao Yan created a Fourth Grade Pill formula that raised him to Four-Star Da Dou Shi, but he still failed to refine a Fifth Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li valuable Skills, Combat Techniques, Fourth Grade Pills, Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus trump cards, and soul communication jade pendants.
• Xiao Yan credited his elder brothers with helping him obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the three brothers spent the night talking together.
• Xiao Yan flew with Hai Bodong toward Jia Ma Holy City, stopping in large cities to search for ingredients for the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Misty Cloud Sect's mountain range and declared that he would investigate the Soul Hall in Jia Ma Holy City.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong visited the Mittel Family auction house in Jia Ma Holy City to search for ingredients for the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill. After reuniting with Ya Fei, Xiao Yan burned off the hand of a young man who provoked and attacked him, then told him he should be grateful.

• Xiao Yan entered Jia Ma Holy City with Hai Bodong and said he would wait another month or two before going to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hai Bodong brought Xiao Yan to the Mittel Family auction house and explained its four auction ranks and the rare Heaven-rank auctions.
• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Yan and led him and Hai Bodong upstairs to find somewhere quiet to talk.
• A lecherous young man blocked Ya Fei and insulted her and her companions, then grabbed at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan's green Flame burned off the young man's right hand, and Xiao Yan told him, "Thank me. I just saved your life."

Xiao Yan visited the Mittel auction house with Ya Fei to buy rare ingredients for the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill, while Hai Bodong intervened when Lei Le and his grandfather confronted them. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong revealing his identity and demanding that Mittel Tengshan come see him.

• Xiao Yan crippled Lei Le’s hand after Lei Le harassed Ya Fei, then followed her and Hai Bodong to a VIP room.
• Ya Fei explained that Lei Le had been troubling her and said she would resolve the family dispute, while Xiao Yan warned Lei Le not to provoke him again.
• Xiao Yan asked Ya Fei to gather ingredients for the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill, and Hai Bodong paid for the roughly two-thirds the auction house could obtain.
• Lei Le returned with Elder Lei Ou, who attacked Xiao Yan, but Hai Bodong pinned Lei Ou to the wall with ice needles and froze his limbs.
• Hai Bodong told Ya Fei to summon Mittel Tengshan and announce that Hai Bodong had returned, leaving Lei Ou and Lei Le in his hands.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong settled the dispute with Lei Ou, and Hai Bodong revealed his long-standing ties to the Mittel Family. He promised Xiao Yan half of the Mittel Auction House’s support, then stunned him by proposing that Ya Fei marry him.

• Xiao Yan explained that Lei Ou had ignored warnings and let lust cloud his judgment.
• The Mittel Family elders arrived, and Mittel Tengshan recognized Hai Bodong as the former protector who had helped the family rise to power.
• Mittel Tengshan stripped Lei Ou of his elder position and sent him to manage a branch in a border city for three years.
• Hai Bodong announced that Xiao Yan would receive half of the auction house’s support in the form of medicinal ingredients, while agreeing to help the family when needed.
• Hai Bodong proposed betrothing Ya Fei to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan sprayed tea over Hai Bodong and protested that they had never agreed to that.

Xiao Yan escaped Hai Bodong’s attempt to bind him to the Mittel Family through Ya Fei, then learned that Nalan Yanran had come seeking an alchemist with Heavenly Flames to treat Nalan Jie. He went to the Nalan Mansion to pay his respects, where Steward Zhao recognized him and excitedly announced his arrival.

• Hai Bodong proposed that Xiao Yan marry Ya Fei as a way to connect him to the Mittel Family, but Xiao Yan rejected the arrangement and flew away.
• Hai Bodong warned Mittel Tengshan not to make an enemy of Xiao Yan, and Mittel Tengshan gave Ya Fei control of the Royal Capital auction house and ordered her to build a relationship with Xiao Yan.
• Ya Fei told Hai Bodong that Nalan Yanran had come seeking an alchemist with Heavenly Flames to cure Nalan Jie, and Hai Bodong revealed that the alchemist had just left.
• Xiao Yan landed outside the city, made a fruit basket, and headed to the Nalan Mansion, where he found alchemists gathered to treat Nalan Jie.
• Steward Zhao recognized Xiao Yan and hurriedly led him into the mansion while announcing that Young Master Xiao Yan had arrived.

Xun Er sent Ling Ying to watch over Xiao Yan from a distance as he reached Jia Ma Holy City. At the Nalan Mansion, Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Jie was dying from Branding Poison and examined him after discovering that his Heavenly Flame might be needed for a cure.

• Xun Er asked Ling Ying to travel to the Jia Ma Empire and observe Xiao Yan without being discovered.
• Nalan Su learned that Xiao Yan had arrived and told the gathered alchemists that they had found someone with a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had come to visit Nalan Su, not in response to the Nalan Family's search for him.
• Nalan Su explained that Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison had erupted and that Gu He could only prolong his life.
• Xiao Yan examined Nalan Jie and judged his condition to be very serious.

Xiao Yan used Nihility Devouring Flame to remove the Branding Poison from the dying Nalan Jie. Nalan Jie regained his Dou Wang strength, and Xiao Yan left instructions to watch for any returning symptoms.

• Nalan Su asked Xiao Yan whether he could save Nalan Jie, and Xiao Yan tested a sample of the Branding Poison.
• Xiao Yan explained that using a Heavenly Flame could kill Nalan Jie unless he first drank Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Nalan Jie drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Xiao Yan guided Nihility Devouring Flame through his body while keeping him from resisting with Dou Qi.
• After about twenty minutes, Xiao Yan withdrew the flame and told the old butler to monitor Nalan Jie and wait a week to confirm the poison was gone.
• Nalan Jie felt his Dou Wang strength return, and Xiao Yan said the detoxification had been easy.

Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison and received permission to choose medicinal herbs from the Nalan Family’s stores. In the medicinal room, he discovered Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva that could help raise his Soul Power, leaving him eager to use it.

• Xiao Yan told Nalan Jie the Branding Poison was gone, and Nalan Jie got out of bed and walked comfortably for the first time in years.
• Nalan Su offered Xiao Yan a reward for curing Nalan Jie, including access to the family’s precious medicinal herbs and Natural Treasures.
• Nalan Yanran arrived and asked Xiao Yan to save her grandfather, then learned he had already cured him.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Su he would skip the Alchemist Convention, and he and Nalan Yanran followed Nalan Su to the medicinal room.
• Xiao Yan found the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and realized it might help him raise his Soul Realm further.

Xiao Yan accepted the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, refined pills for Nalan Jie, and later used the treasure to raise his Soul Power to Rank 6 Alchemist. He remained unable to locate the Soul Hall, but his enhanced perception reached across Nalan Mansion and the surrounding streets.

• Nalan Su gave Xiao Yan the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and warned him to expose it to sunlight for an hour each day.
• Xiao Yan refined a Second Grade Water Replenishing Pill and a Third Grade Blood Replenishing Pill in the courtyard, while Nalan Yanran insisted she would not yield to him.
• Nalan Su offered to help Xiao Yan enter the Alchemist Convention without preliminary rounds, but Xiao Yan declined to commit and returned to cultivation.
• Xiao Yan searched for the Soul Hall in Jia Ma Holy City without success, then cultivated the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art while waiting to use the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Yan melted and absorbed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, raising his Soul Power to Rank 6 Alchemist and expanding his perception tenfold.
• Xiao Yan sensed Elder Ling while surveying Nalan Mansion and wondered why he had not returned.

Xiao Yan discovered that Ling Ying was secretly monitoring him and agreed to let him stay until the duel with Nalan Yanran, while arranging a message for Xun Er. At the Alchemist Association, a strange pulse led Xiao Yan to a broken black jade fragment that stirred a mysterious feeling within him.

• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power to find Ling Ying and silently approached him at the inn.
• Xiao Yan agreed to let Ling Ying monitor him until the duel and asked him to tell Xun Er that he would return after settling his clan.
• Xiao Yan reflected that he needed to search for the Soul Hall after the duel without alerting Ling Ying.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Jie he was going to the Alchemist Association to find medicinal ingredients, and Nalan Jie informed him about an upcoming internal test for the Alchemist Convention.
• Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Association and felt a strange pulse that led him to a stall selling a broken black jade fragment.

Xiao Yan discovered that a damaged black jade slip resisted his Soul Power and traded healing pills for it, then obtained the Alchemist Convention rules after proving he could summon a real flame. As he considered competing for the Soul Fusion Pill formula, an icy voice demanded that he get it and threatened to kill him otherwise.

• Xiao Yan traded three healing pills to a stall owner for a damaged black jade slip that his Soul Power could not penetrate.
• Xiao Yan searched the market, saw a Peach Blossom Flame seed traded for a Fourth Grade pill formula, and found no other treasures he wanted.
• Xiao Yan showed the receptionist maid his black flame, obtained the Alchemist Convention manual, and removed her address and lip print from it before leaving.
• Xiao Yan read that alchemists under thirty could compete for the Soul Fusion Pill formula, which could restore Soul Power and repair soul injuries.
• An icy voice told Xiao Yan to obtain the Soul Fusion Pill formula and threatened to kill him otherwise.

Xiao Yan decided to enter the Alchemist Convention to obtain the Soul Fusion Pill formula Medusa wanted, then unlocked the Black Jade Slip and discovered it contained the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change. Its incomplete-looking instructions left him wondering how it could match the Heaven Rank High-Level technique he had seen in Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan dismissed Medusa’s threats and considered using the Soul Fusion Pill as leverage to secure her help once she recovered.
• Xiao Yan decided to enter the Alchemist Convention and told Nalan Jie about his plan after returning to the Nalan Mansion.
• Xiao Yan tried to activate the Black Jade Slip, then burned away its black surface coating with Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan sealed the room against the slip’s brilliant light and recognized the revealed technique as Skyfire Three Mysterious Change.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the technique’s instructions and questioned why its First Change seemed far weaker than the Heaven Rank High-Level technique described by Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan learned to use the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change, which greatly increased his strength but caused severe pain. After he encountered Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling, Liu Ling resolved to challenge him at the Alchemist Convention, while Nalan Yanran foresaw Xiao Yan becoming Liu Ling’s nightmare.

• Xiao Yan tested the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change and found that it could raise his cultivation, though it caused intense pain in his meridians.
• Xiao Yan ran into Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling, who had come to check on Nalan Jie under Gu He's orders.
• Liu Ling questioned Xiao Yan about his Heavenly Flame and learned that Xiao Yan would attend the Alchemist Convention's internal test.
• Liu Ling told Nalan Yanran he hoped to prove himself by defeating Xiao Yan at the Convention, but she said he had not met her standards.
• Nalan Yanran recalled Xiao Yan's victory over her three years earlier and thought he would become Liu Ling's nightmare.

Xiao Yan attended the Alchemist Association’s internal test before the Pill Convention and finished refining the test ingredient in under a minute. His effortless performance shocked the judges, who had assumed he was an inexperienced entrant.

• Liu Ling vowed to make Xiao Yan feel ashamed at the convention and praised himself as the Jia Ma Empire’s most outstanding alchemist.
• Steward Zhao brought Xiao Yan to the crowded Alchemist Association, where Xiao Yan saw the Little Princess Yue Er arrive and learned she was a Tier 3 alchemist and a favorite to win.
• Vice Chairman Chemir explained that the test required entrants to refine medicinal ingredients to the highest purity before the hourglass ran out.
• Xiao Yan identified the ingredient as Black Iron Spirit Leaf and used the Green Lotus Core Flame and his soul strength to extract its medicinal essence in a single pass.
• Xiao Yan returned to the hall in under a minute and told Chemir and Master Otto that he had refined the ingredient once, leaving both judges stunned.

Xiao Yan misunderstood the Black Iron Spirit Leaf assessment and refined the ingredient only once, while the other alchemists repeatedly refined theirs. The purity test revealed Xiao Yan’s powder had the highest possible score, leaving Chemir and Otto astonished and prompting Xiao Yan to question why anyone would refine it ten times.

• Chemir explained that the Black Iron Spirit Leaf grew harder to refine each time, and Xiao Yan spent the assessment trying to understand how it could be refined more than once.
• Liu Ling and the Little Princess Yue Er emerged before time ran out, while Xiao Yan remained in the room until Chemir called time.
• Xiao Yan came out with his powder still refined only once, drawing laughter from the alchemists, though Liu Ling suspected Xiao Yan was more skilled than he claimed.
• Liu Ling scored seven points after refining six times, and Yue Er also refined six times but scored slightly lower.
• Xiao Yan placed his pure white powder in the measuring instrument and received a score of ten, then asked Chemir why anyone would refine the ingredient ten times if its medicinal properties could be extracted at once.

Xiao Yan astonished the Alchemist Convention judges by refining Black Iron Spirit Leaf powder to nearly perfect purity, then agreed to attend a gathering celebrating Nalan Jie's recovery. At the gathering, Ya Fei drew everyone’s attention to Xiao Yan as that day’s top scorer.

• Xiao Yan learned that other alchemists needed repeated refinements to remove impurities, while his single refinement produced nearly pure powder.
• Liu Ling recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames as the reason for his result, and Chemir and Otto let him leave the assessment.
• Steward Zhao drove Xiao Yan away from the Alchemist Convention and invited him to the estate gathering celebrating Nalan Jie's recovery.
• Xiao Yan agreed to attend the gathering, viewing it as a chance to meet the younger generation of Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the gathering and saw Liu Ling, Yue Er, Ya Fei, and Nalan Yanran among the guests.
• Ya Fei greeted Xiao Yan as the Alchemist Convention internal test’s first-place winner, causing everyone in the hall to look at him.