Chapter Summaries

After becoming a Three Star Dou Zong, Xiao Yuan examined the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s spoils, discovered the complete Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body technique, and prepared to draw Fei Tian’s attention so he could learn how to cultivate it. He forged three more Earth-tier demon puppets and began refining a Clear Soul Pill to remove foreign soul imprints before attempting to become a Seventh Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Yuan completed his breakthrough to Three Star Dou Zong and considered the threats posed by Thunder Venerable and Ice River Valley, as well as the need to protect the Han Clan.
• Xiao Yuan opened four silver scrolls, endured their lightning strike, and found the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body’s scattered cultivation information, but could not work out the method.
• Xiao Yuan considered using Wind Venerable’s distinctive Dou Techniques to attract Wind Venerable’s attention and deter Thunder Venerable, while deciding he might have to trouble Fei Tian for the technique’s missing guidance.
• Xiao Yuan used materials from the Storage Rings to refine three Earth-tier demon puppets, completing the set with Shen Yun and the four elders Wind Cloud Lightning and Thunder.
• Xiao Yuan brought out Yao Lao’s Black Demon Cauldron and began refining a Clear Soul Pill to cleanse foreign soul imprints before pursuing a breakthrough to Seventh Grade Alchemist.

After emerging from a month of seclusion, Xiao Yuan reassured Han Chi that he would protect Han Yue and Han Xue, then proposed publicizing his ties to Starfall Pavilion and Danta to deter the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. He left Han Chi with a Break-Sect Pill and a large cache of pills, while Han Chi prepared to promote Xiao Yuan’s alchemy and arrange an auction.

• Xiao Yuan reunited with Han Yue and Han Xue, then visited Han Chi and agreed to become engaged to the sisters before marrying later.
• Han Chi urged Xiao Yuan to take the sisters away from the Northern Region to avoid retaliation from the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, but Xiao Yuan refused to risk their safety on the road.
• Xiao Yuan proposed spreading word that he was the personal disciple of the Starfall Pavilion Master, a Seventh Grade Alchemist, and connected to Danta so Wind Venerable might come to his aid.
• Xiao Yuan gave Han Chi a Break-Sect Pill and a Storage Ring filled with pills he had refined from the Han Clan’s medicinal herbs.
• Han Chi agreed to publicize Xiao Yuan’s alchemy and prepare an auction, while Xiao Yuan offered to refine more Grade 7 Pills for it.

Thunder Venerable weighed Fei Tian’s warnings about Xiao Yuan and chose to investigate before acting, while a green-robed Dou Zun learned that Xiao Yuan claimed to be Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master’s disciple and hurried to find him. The old man arrived at the Han Clan as Xiao Yuan sensed his wind-attribute Dou Qi resonate.

• Fei Tian told Thunder Venerable that Xiao Yuan was a powerful young Dou Zong and Seventh Grade Alchemist whose mysterious backing might include Starfall Pavilion, Burning Flame Valley, and the Pill Tower.
• Thunder Venerable decided not to provoke Xiao Yuan and used a Space Jade Slip to contact Wind Venerable.
• At an inn, a traveler recounted Xiao Yuan’s defeat of the Hong Clan and Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s North Pavilion, prompting a green-robed old man to ask whether Xiao Yuan was Wind Venerable’s disciple.
• The traveler clarified that Xiao Yuan had called Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master his teacher and said his alchemy came from the Pill Tower; the old man recognized a possible clue to Yao Chen and rewarded the traveler before departing through space.
• Xiao Yuan made progress toward cultivating the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body and believed he could condense it within a month.
• The green-robed old man appeared in the Han Clan courtyard, and Xiao Yuan sensed his wind-attribute Dou Qi resonate.

Xiao Yuan reunited Wind Venerable with Yao Lao and explained Han Feng’s betrayal and Soul Hall’s threat. Wind Venerable pledged to protect Xiao Yuan and named him Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, provoking Thunder Venerable.

• Xiao Yuan revealed Yao Lao’s soul inside the Black Demon Cauldron, and Wind Venerable promised to watch over his friend’s disciple.
• Xiao Yuan told Wind Venerable that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Lao and that Soul Hall had been involved in the attack.
• Xiao Yuan explained that he had drawn Wind Venerable to him partly to divert Soul Hall’s attention from Yao Lao, and Wind Venerable agreed to guide him.
• Wind Venerable warned that Soul Hall might want Yao Lao’s alchemical abilities and discovered Xiao Yuan could wield five or more attributes of Dou Qi.
• Wind Venerable sent Thunder Venerable a message declaring Xiao Yuan the Young Pavilion Master of Starfall Pavilion and threatening war against anyone who harmed him.
• Thunder Venerable flew out of the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range in fury over Wind Venerable’s declaration.

Xiao Yuan discussed Heavenly Flame Venerable’s resurrection and Soul Hall with Wind Venerable, then demonstrated the power of his Soaring Nine Breaks. Wind Venerable agreed to help gather the resurrection materials and guide Xiao Yuan, who left the demonstration having impressed him with his strength.

• Wind Venerable met Heavenly Flame Venerable and agreed to help obtain the materials needed for his resurrection, including eighth-tier magical beast essence blood.
• Xiao Yuan told Wind Venerable he would focus on improving his alchemy and invited him to his engagement ceremony with Han Yue and Han Xue; Wind Venerable agreed to attend.
• Wind Venerable took Xiao Yuan to a mountain range and watched him demonstrate Soaring Nine Breaks, which could defeat a Six Star Dou Zong at Xiao Yuan’s current strength.
• Xiao Yuan used the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and Qi Gathering Palaces Infusion Method to raise his strength to the peak Dou Zong level and continued the demonstration.
• Wind Venerable blocked Xiao Yuan’s attacks, redirected the accumulated force into a mountain peak, and praised the results.

Wind Venerable and Thunder Venerable fought while Xiao Yuan battled Fei Tian, whose strength rose to Half-Step Dou Zun and who summoned his Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body. Xiao Yuan revealed Dou Zun-level power, destroyed the clone, and acquired the complete cultivation method as Fei Tian's main body reeled from the backlash.

• Thunder Venerable and Fei Tian confronted Wind Venerable and Xiao Yuan, and Wind Venerable empowered Xiao Yuan before clashing with Thunder Venerable.
• Xiao Yuan used the Qi Gathering Palaces Infusion Method, Demon Lightning Body, and Heavenly Lightning Movement to overpower Fei Tian with a series of attacks.
• Fei Tian activated Thunder God Descent, rose to Half-Step Dou Zun, and summoned his Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body.
• Xiao Yuan revealed Dou Zun-level strength, froze Fei Tian's clone, and destroyed it with Shao Yin Sovereign Fire.
• Xiao Yuan captured the energy released by the clone and obtained the complete cultivation method as Fei Tian spat blood from the clone's destruction.

Xiao Yuan killed Fei Tian and joined Wind Venerable in defeating Thunder Venerable, then tracked down and sealed Thunder Venerable’s escaping soul. With Wind and Thunder Pavilion likely to retaliate, Xiao Yuan considered moving the Han Clan to the Southern Region of Central State.

• Wind Venerable blocked Thunder Venerable from aiding Fei Tian while Xiao Yuan chased Fei Tian down and killed him, sealing his soul and storing his corpse.
• Xiao Yuan watched Wind Venerable use Soaring Nine Breaks as they fought Thunder Venerable together.
• Xiao Yuan struck Thunder Venerable with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and used Shao Yin Sovereign Fire to stop him from self-destructing, killing him.
• Xiao Yuan searched for Thunder Venerable’s soul, found it with Heavenly Flame Venerable’s guidance, and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Wind Venerable asked what Xiao Yuan planned to do after Thunder Venerable’s death, and Xiao Yuan suggested discussing a move for the Han Clan to the Southern Region of Central State.

After helping the Han Family relocate to the Southern Region, Xiao Yuan traveled through the Space Channel to Central State. He headed for Tianhuang City to visit Liu Qing’s family, while intending to seek Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and anticipating trouble with the Cheng Family.

• Wind Venerable agreed to build a Space Channel so the Han Family could relocate, and Xiao Yuan explained why he had killed Thunder Venerable.
• Han Chi planned two engagement banquets, and Xiao Yuan told Han Yue and Han Xue what had happened before spending time with them.
• A month later, Xiao Yuan emerged in the Central Region after practicing alchemy during his two-month journey, reaching intermediate seventh-tier skill.
• Xiao Yuan flew toward Tianhuang City to visit Liu Qing’s family and pursue the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• The chapter established that Burning Flame Valley controlled Tianhuang City’s Space Wormhole and that the Liu Family and Cheng Family competed to manage it.

Xiao Yuan and Cai Lin arrived in Tianhuang City and found Liu Qing caught in a dispute with the Cheng Family over control of the Space Wormhole. As Liu Qing prepared to yield after Burning Flame Valley demanded a Sixth Grade Alchemist, Xiao Yuan appeared and greeted his old friend.

• Xiao Yuan persuaded Cai Lin to accompany him into Tianhuang City, where they went to the Liu Family manor.
• A guard told Xiao Yuan that Liu Qing was confronting the Cheng Family over control of the Space Wormhole, so Xiao Yuan and Cai Lin headed to the city plaza.
• Red Fire Elder announced that Burning Flame Valley would grant three-year management rights to a family that provided a Sixth Grade Alchemist, and the Cheng Family presented one.
• Liu Qing learned that his family could not produce a Sixth Grade Alchemist by the deadline and prepared to give up control of the Space Wormhole.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at the plaza, and Liu Qing and Liu Fei recognized him as he revealed his Dou Zong strength.

Xiao Yuan helped Liu Qing secure the Liu Family’s right to manage Tianhuang City’s Space Wormhole by defeating Zeng Xiu with overwhelming Soul Strength. When Red Fire Elder granted the Liu Family three years of control, Xiao Yuan argued they should receive an additional year and silenced Cheng Yao’s protest with his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yuan reunited with Liu Qing and learned that the Cheng Family had challenged the Liu Family’s claim to manage the Space Wormhole.
• Liu Qing explained that Burning Flame Valley had made the management rights depend on finding a high-grade alchemist, and Xiao Yuan volunteered to compete with Zeng Xiu.
• Xiao Yuan overwhelmed Zeng Xiu with his Soul Strength, forcing the Sixth Grade Alchemist to concede and prompting Red Fire Elder to recognize Xiao Yuan as a Seventh Grade Alchemist.
• Red Fire Elder awarded the Liu Family three years of management rights, and Xiao Yuan argued that the year they had originally lost should be added to the term.
• When Cheng Yao objected, Xiao Yuan threatened the Cheng Family and surrounded its members with Heavenly Flames, leaving them silent and afraid.

Xiao Yuan secured an invitation to Burning Flame Valley after helping the Liu Family retain management of Tianhuang City's Space Wormhole. He and Cai Lin traveled with Red Fire Elder to the valley, where they reached its hidden entrance behind a powerful spatial barrier.

• Red Fire Elder extended the Liu Family's management rights over the Space Wormhole to four years and invited Xiao Yuan to Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yuan agreed to help Burning Flame Valley refine a pill, asked Liu Qing to gather information about the Pill Domain and Xiao Yan, and brought Cai Lin along.
• Red Fire Elder carried Xiao Yuan and Cai Lin toward the Blazing Fire Mountain Range on a giant crimson bird.
• Red Fire Elder warned them about the range's berserk energy and vicious Magical Beasts as they approached Burning Flame Valley.
• Red Fire Elder opened Burning Flame Valley's spatial barrier with a crimson jade tablet and stepped through.

Xiao Yuan and Cai Lin arrived at Burning Flame Valley, where Valley Master Tang Zhen gathered alchemists to help refine a high-level Grade 7 pill. After Xiao Yuan noticed that Tang Huo'er was ill, Tang Zhen began a trial to find alchemists able to withstand his Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.

• Red Fire Elder led Xiao Yuan and Cai Lin through Burning Flame Valley to Tang Zhen's hall, where several alchemy masters had gathered.
• Tang Zhen welcomed Xiao Yuan and recognized that he and Cai Lin were young Dou Zongs, while Master Mo questioned Xiao Yuan's credentials as an alchemy master.
• Tang Huo'er challenged her father's praise of Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yuan told her she seemed unwell; Cai Lin bluntly agreed, leaving Tang Zhen solemn and curious.
• Red Fire Elder explained that the two restrained elders beside Tang Zhen were Seventh Grade Alchemists and Guest Elders of Danta.
• Tang Zhen announced that he needed two alchemists who could withstand his Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, then summoned the flame and called for everyone to release their Soul Strength.

Tang Zhen tested the gathered alchemists to find someone who could help him refine a pill, but only Master Huan and Xiao Yuan passed. After Xiao Yuan demonstrated his power and silenced his critics, he asked Tang Zhen for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.

• Tang Zhen challenged the alchemists to endure ten minutes inside the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, and Hua Chen and several others failed.
• Master Huan passed with his Heavenly Cold Fire, while Master Xiao failed after about seven minutes.
• Master Mo mocked Xiao Yuan, who answered with overwhelming Soul Strength and sent his dark-golden Heavenly Flame into the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, where its dragons submitted.
• Tang Zhen chose Xiao Yuan to assist Master Huan in refining the pill and offered them rewards for succeeding.
• Xiao Yuan asked Tang Zhen for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations as his reward.

Xiao Yuan negotiated with Tang Zhen for a chance to obtain Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations by revealing that Tang Huo’er was dying from a Heavenly Flame backlash and offering to treat her. Tang Zhen agreed to let him earn the technique, then the two began preparing to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill that could save her.

• Xiao Yuan demanded the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and Tang Zhen refused to hand over Burning Flame Valley’s treasured technique directly.
• Xiao Yuan privately told Tang Zhen that Tang Huo’er had suffered a backlash from the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and had only half a year left to live.
• Xiao Yuan promised he could treat Tang Huo’er and said he could reach Seventh Rank High Level alchemy; Tang Zhen offered him an assessment for the technique and a generous reward.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo’er he would take the risk of relying on Xiao Yuan to save her, then arranged for the Fire Bodhi Pill refinement.
• Tang Zhen, Xiao Yuan, and Master Huan gathered on the plaza, reviewed their portions of the Grade 7 High Level pill formula, and took their places to begin refining.
• Tang Zhen summoned the Mountain Melting Cauldron, which Xiao Yuan recognized from the Heaven Cauldron Ranking.

After Huan Feng collapsed during the final fusion of the Fire Bodhi Pill, Xiao Yuan took over and began refining it alone. At dawn, pill lightning appeared over Burning Flame Valley, signaling that Xiao Yuan had succeeded in forming the pill.

• Tang Zhen, Xiao Yuan, and Huan Feng began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill together, with Tang Zhen extracting the herbs and the two alchemists fusing their essences.
• After nearly ten days of work, the medicinal essences were fused, but Huan Feng collapsed and his portion turned into waste liquid.
• Xiao Yuan asked Tang Zhen for another set of ingredients and the complete pill formula, then began a solo refinement with the Black Demon Cauldron.
• Xiao Yuan completed the refinement over the next four days while Huan Feng and the gathered alchemists watched.
• At dawn, the pill aroma emerged from the cauldron and dark clouds gathered over Burning Flame Valley, leaving the alchemists stunned by the apparent success.

Xiao Yuan completed the Fire Bodhi Pill and used Shen Yun, the Di Yao Kui, to endure the pill lightning, strengthening the puppet. Tang Zhen secured the pill, while Cai Lin carried the exhausted Xiao Yuan back to rest.

• Xiao Yuan sent Shen Yun to absorb the pill lightning while Tang Zhen and the onlookers watched in surprise.
• Cai Lin stayed beside Xiao Yuan as Shen Yun endured successive lightning strikes and Xiao Yuan said he was tired.
• The final lightning bolt crashed Shen Yun into the plaza, but the puppet emerged intact after the clouds cleared.
• Xiao Yuan judged that Shen Yun had grown to the strength of a Seven Star Dou Zong and stored it away.
• The Fire Bodhi Pill tried to escape, but Tang Zhen captured it in a jade bottle and thanked Xiao Yuan.
• Cai Lin caught the exhausted Xiao Yuan and carried him to his lodging, while Tang Huo'er watched with irritation.

Xiao Yuan woke after recovering from his injuries and went with Tang Huo'er to seek Burning Flame Valley's Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. When the elders challenged his right to receive the secret art, Xiao Yuan revealed his connection to it and his power, leaving the hall stunned as the Second Elder recognized the silver-haired figure beside him as Fei Tian.

• Xiao Yuan woke after resting for two and a half days, stole a kiss from Cai Lin, and left to meet Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Huo'er escorted Xiao Yuan to Tang Zhen's hall and explained that Burning Flame Valley's elders would have to approve his request for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Wu Chen objected to giving the secret art to an outsider, while the Second Elder questioned Xiao Yuan about the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion and his possession of other people's techniques.
• Xiao Yuan revealed that he had cultivated an incomplete version of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations from a jade fragment and said it connected him to Burning Flame Valley.
• After Wu Chen tried to strike Xiao Yuan, a silver figure punched the Third Elder away, and the Second Elder identified the figure as Fei Tian, the North Pavilion Master of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.

Xiao Yuan forced Burning Flame Valley’s elders to honor Tang Zhen’s decision and accepted Wu Chen’s challenge for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and an Earth Rank Advanced set. Their battle began before a crowd of disciples, and Wu Chen’s unusual palm skill knocked Xiao Yuan back without seriously injuring him.

• Xiao Yuan revealed Fei Tian and four Wind and Thunder North Pavilion elders as puppets, silencing Burning Flame Valley’s Second Elder and Third Elder.
• Tang Zhen ruled that Xiao Yuan would receive the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations without an assessment, while Wu Chen challenged him for the skill and an Earth Rank Advanced cultivation method and battle skill.
• Wu Chen and Xiao Yuan moved outside the hall to fight before a crowd of Burning Flame Valley disciples.
• Wu Chen struck at Xiao Yuan with his Pure Yang Cotton Hand, sending him flying, but Xiao Yuan’s Demon Lightning Body kept him from being seriously hurt.
• Xiao Yuan praised Wu Chen’s attack by saying it had nearly scraped his skin.

Xiao Yuan fought Wu Chen in a Burning Flame Valley assessment, matching the Eight Star Dou Zong with an array of powerful techniques. After their clash unleashed a catastrophic energy storm, Xiao Yuan revealed Dou Zun-level strength, contained the storm, and won the promised techniques.

• Wu Chen attacked Xiao Yuan with the Heavenly Star Shattering Steps, but Xiao Yuan countered with Black Demon Lightning and Thunder God Descent, raising his strength to Five Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yuan and Wu Chen exchanged repeated charges, and Wu Chen acknowledged Xiao Yuan's strength before unleashing the Taiyi Fire Luo Palm.
• Xiao Yuan struck Wu Chen's final attack with three Earth Rank Dou Techniques, and the collision sent Wu Chen flying while Xiao Yuan escaped with Space Power.
• Xiao Yuan returned above the growing energy storm, boosted himself to the Dou Zun class with two secret methods, and threw the storm into a Space Rift.
• Wu Chen admitted defeat and gave Xiao Yuan the Fire Luo Codex and Taiyi Fire Luo Palm.

Xiao Yuan entered Burning Flame Valley’s Dou Techniques Pavilion to inherit the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and the Inheritance Crystal reacted with unprecedented brilliance to his talent. While he absorbed the technique, Tang Zhen revealed its legendary creator was Xiao Xuan and urged Tang Huo'er to spend time with Xiao Yuan, leaving her blushing.

• Tang Zhen praised Xiao Yuan’s strength and took him and Tang Huo'er to the Dou Techniques Pavilion so he could receive the technique’s complete inheritance.
• Tang Zhen explained that the Inheritance Crystal contained the technique and generations of Burning Flame Valley’s experience, then Xiao Yuan began absorbing its information.
• The crystal blazed with scarlet light, astonishing Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er with the strength of Xiao Yuan’s aptitude for the technique.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er that the Burning Flame Old Ancestor had been one of five supreme experts, and that Xiao Xuan, the technique’s creator, was his friend.
• Tang Zhen praised Xiao Yuan’s talent and suggested Tang Huo'er might have feelings for him, making her blush and protest.