Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan visited the Nalan residence to dissolve his engagement with Nalan Yanran and used his Heavenly Flame to treat Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison. After Nalan Jie recovered enough to agree to the breakup, Xiao Yuan left the Nalan Family with the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva promised as payment, while Nalan Jie feared his family had lost Xiao Yuan for good.

• Xiao Yuan presented the engagement contract, but Nalan Su delayed dissolving the engagement because Nalan Jie was unconscious and the family copy was unavailable.
• After hearing that Gu He could not cure Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, Xiao Yuan revealed his Heavenly Flame and offered to treat him.
• Xiao Yuan used the Yin Yang Dual Flames to purge the poison, enduring Nalan Jie’s painful reaction as Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran watched.
• Nalan Jie recognized Xiao Yuan and blamed Nalan Yanran for the events that had led to his condition, but Xiao Yuan insisted that he still intended to dissolve the engagement.
• Nalan Jie gave Xiao Yuan the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva and returned the engagement contract to Nalan Yanran, agreeing to end the match.
• Xiao Yuan dismissed the past grievances between the families, and Nalan Jie realized that the Nalan Family might regret losing him.

Xiao Yuan removed Nalan Jie's Brand Poison and received the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva to help restore Yao Lao's Soul Strength. After leaving the Nalan Residence, he reunited with Xiao Yan and Ya Fei at the newly established Xiao Residence, where he spent the night with Ya Fei.

• Xiao Yuan eradicated Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, accepted the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva and the prepared rewards, and confirmed that he and Nalan Yanran could dissolve their marriage contract.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su discussed Xiao Yuan's strength and his powerful teacher, while Nalan Yanran thanked Xiao Yuan as he left with Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong arrived at the new Xiao Residence, where Xiao Yuan met Xiao Yan and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yuan gave the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva to Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao said it could restore much of his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Yan left to gather herbs for Yao Lao, and Xiao Yuan embraced Ya Fei before carrying her to the bedroom.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan watched Yao Lao refine restorative spiritual liquid, which restored his Soul Strength and let him strengthen both disciples’ souls. After receiving the boost, the brothers appeared ready to advance, while Yao Lao’s probing Soul Strength struck a shadow on the roof.

• Xiao Yuan asked Ya Fei to notify his father and have him come to the Imperial Capital to discuss their relationship.
• Yao Lao refined the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva into spiritual liquid and swallowed it, rapidly recovering his Soul Strength.
• Yao Lao drew Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan into his soul sea of consciousness and shared the remaining medicinal potency with them.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan’s Soul Strength gained Spiritual Energy and made minor breakthroughs as Yao Lao’s own strength recovered.
• Yao Lao sensed that both brothers were about to advance, then sent his Soul Strength into a shadow on the distant roof and reacted with surprise.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan advanced their soul strength and Douqi, then parted ways to attend to their duties. At the Xiao Residence, Nalan Yanran invited Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei to a Nalan Family banquet, while Xiao Yuan promised to marry Ya Fei and urged her to return to the Mittel Family before the event.

• Yao Lao watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan complete breakthroughs in their Douqi Realms after advancing their soul strength, and Xiao Yuan demonstrated his improved control of the Yin Yang Dual Flames.
• Yao Lao warned the brothers that future soul recovery should happen somewhere remote, then told them he would explain his past only after they became Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Yan left for the Alchemist Guild's internal test, while a maid led Xiao Yuan to the Reception Hall to meet Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran invited Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei to the Nalan Family banquet, and Xiao Yuan confirmed he would attend before seeing her out.
• Xiao Yuan promised Ya Fei he would never betray her and said he would ask his father to propose to the Mittel Family, then advised her to return to her family to avoid political trouble.

Xiao Yuan refined the Brand Poison he had taken from Nalan Jie into a sealed poisonous bead and absorbed the Dou Qi it contained before attending the Nalan Residence banquet with Ya Fei. There, Nalan Yanran announced him as the banquet’s main character, and Xiao Yan and the Little Princess arrived, leaving Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan amused as the Little Princess greeted Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Yuan used his Heavenly Flames to separate Nalan Jie's Dou Qi from the Brand Poison, sealed the poison into a black bead, and absorbed the purified energy to strengthen his cultivation.
• Xiao Yuan dressed for the banquet and entered the Nalan Residence, where Ya Fei welcomed him and led him to their seats.
• Nalan Yanran left a man who was trying to ingratiate himself with her and called Xiao Yuan the main character of the banquet.
• The Little Princess arrived with Xiao Yan, greeted Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei, and asked Xiao Yuan about his strength before Ya Fei reminded her that they were at the banquet.
• The Little Princess went to greet Nalan Yanran while Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan exchanged amused glances.

At the Nalan family banquet, Xiao Yuan accepted a valuable Storage Ring from Mittel Tengshan while Nalan Jie regretted losing the Xiao brothers to the Mittel Family. When Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yuan and threatened Ya Fei, Xiao Yuan defeated him with Mystic Ice Whirlwind Fist and froze him into an ice sculpture.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yuan that the Little Princess had brought him to the banquet after he excelled in the Alchemist Convention test, and he said he planned to leave for Jia Nan Academy afterward.
• Mittel Tengshan gave Xiao Yuan a high-grade Storage Ring containing Hai Lao's Medicinal Herbs and urged him to accept it as thanks for helping Hai Lao.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran discussed Mu Zhan's return from the border and his obsession with Ya Fei, while Nalan Jie lamented that the Xiao brothers had grown close to the Mittel Family.
• Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yuan from behind, but Xiao Yuan reflected the energy and knocked him back with Crushing Stone Palm.
• Mu Zhan claimed Ya Fei as his reserved wife, and Xiao Yuan challenged him after apologizing to Nalan Jie for acting at the banquet.
• Xiao Yuan used Mystic Ice Whirlwind Fist to shatter Mu Zhan's Azure Wood Thorns and freeze him into a black ice sculpture.

After Mu Zhan provoked Xiao Yuan at the Nalan Residence, Xiao Yuan left with Ya Fei and Xiao Yan, declaring that he could handle any challenge from the Mu family. When Hai Bodong’s aura erupted in a battle with another Dou Emperor, Xiao Yuan carried Ya Fei toward the fight, where the group found two powerful figures clashing inside a royal garden.

• Xiao Yuan confirmed that Mu Zhan was alive, warned the Mu family to come to the Xiao Residence if they wanted an explanation, and left with Ya Fei and Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Su and Mittel Tengshan considered Xiao Yuan’s confidence and suspected he had powerful backing, while Nalan Jie worried that Mu Zhan had caused trouble for the Nalan Family.
• Mittel Tengshan and Nalan Jie sensed two Dou Emperor auras and flew toward the battle, followed by Nalan Yanran, Nalan Su, Liu Ling, the Little Princess, and others.
• Xiao Yuan recognized Hai Bodong’s aura, carried Ya Fei into the air with his Purple Cloud Wings, and followed the others while Xiao Yan chased them on foot.
• Xiao Yuan, Ya Fei, Mittel Tengshan, and Nalan Jie reached the royal garden and saw Hai Bodong and another Dou Emperor fighting inside ice-blue and earthy-yellow spheres.

Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian finished sparring before Xiao Yuan and the others, and Jia Xingtian challenged Xiao Yuan after Hai Bodong praised his strength. Xiao Yuan accepted the encounter while carrying Ya Fei and launched a sudden attack with ice blades.

• Mittel Tengshan revealed that Hai Bodong had returned, and he and Nalan Jie discussed Hai Bodong's ties to the Mittel Family and Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling arrived and watched as Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian ended their sparring match.
• Jia Xingtian met Xiao Yuan, learned Hai Bodong considered him his disciple, and asked to test his abilities.
• Hai Bodong urged Jia Xingtian to suppress his strength to Xiao Yuan's level, and Jia Xingtian reduced his aura to the Three-Star Dou Grandmaster realm before attacking.
• Xiao Yuan dodged while holding Ya Fei, formed black icy mist into ice crystals, and sent a storm of ice blades at Jia Xingtian when his vision was obscured.

Xiao Yuan defeated Jia Xingtian in their spar by hiding Heavenly Flames inside an ice dragon, then escaped Jia Xingtian’s counterattack and returned to the Xiao Residence with Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan. There, Xiao Yan told Xiao Yuan he planned to win the Alchemist Convention’s Spirit Fusion Pill prescription to heal Yao Lao’s soul injuries.

• Xiao Yuan used Mystic Ice Dragon Flight to send an ice dragon at Jia Xingtian, then revealed Heavenly Flames hidden in its mouth and engulfed him in fire.
• Jia Xingtian unleashed his full Dou Huang strength, but Xiao Yuan carried Ya Fei to safety with a movement technique before Hai Bodong joined them.
• Jia Xingtian ended the spar and left with the Little Princess, while Hai Bodong praised Xiao Yuan and took him, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Residence.
• Hai Bodong warned Xiao Yuan that Jia Xingtian would likely pressure him to join the Imperial Family, and Xiao Yan vowed to oppose any threat to his brother.
• Xiao Yuan offered to have Xiao Yan refine a Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill for Hai Bodong using herbs from Mittel Tengshan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yuan he planned to win the Spirit Fusion Pill prescription at the Alchemist Convention so he could heal Yao Lao’s soul injuries.

Xiao Yuan settled Mu Zhan’s offense with the Mu family and received Hai Bodong’s pledge to support the Xiao Clan after giving him a Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill. On the day of the Alchemist Convention, Xiao Yan headed to compete while Xiao Yuan met Ya Fei and accompanied her toward the event.

• Mu Chen apologized to Xiao Yuan for Mu Zhan’s behavior, and Mu Zhan bowed and asked Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei to forgive him.
• Mu Chen left a Storage Ring as a gift and warned Mu Zhan not to provoke Xiao Yuan again.
• Xiao Yuan gave Hai Bodong a Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill, and Hai Bodong promised to guard the Xiao Clan and assist with its future affairs.
• Xiao Yan set out for the Alchemist Convention, while Xiao Yuan explained to Hai Bodong that the champion’s reward was a Sixth Grade Spirit Fusion Pill formula.
• Xiao Yuan met Ya Fei and Mittel Tengshan, then joked that passersby had called him and Ya Fei a perfect match.

Xiao Yuan and his companions attended the Seventh Alchemist Convention, where he met Jia Ma Empire leaders and drew Yao Ye’s interest while keeping close to Ya Fei. Fa Ma opened the convention and sent the top contestants, including Xiao Yan, to prominent platforms as the competition began.

• Xiao Yuan and his group arrived at Royal Plaza, where Hai Bodong reunited with Fa Ma and introduced Xiao Yuan as his disciple.
• Jia Xingtian arrived with Yao Ye and the Little Princess, and Yao Ye asked Xiao Yuan to spar, but he politely declined while holding Ya Fei’s hand.
• The Mu and Nalan families arrived, and Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei pretended to sleep through the greetings while Nalan Yanran watched them.
• Xiao Yan arrived with the two masters from Black Rock City, and Xiao Yuan wished him good luck through a voice transmission.
• Fa Ma declared the Seventh Alchemist Convention open and directed Liu Ling, the Little Princess, and Xiao Yan to the elevated platforms reserved for top contestants.

As Xiao Yan competed in the Alchemist Convention, Xiao Yuan reflected on his unusual potential in alchemy and his determination to grow strong enough to protect himself and his clan. Xiao Yan finished the first round ahead of the other contestants, and the convention eliminated more than a third of them.

• Xiao Yuan and Yao Lao discussed how Xiao Yuan might use his five Dou Qi attributes to develop distinctive pills, though he was not yet ready to compete as an alchemist.
• Xiao Yuan explained that Nalan Yanran’s engagement-breaking visit had made him determined to become strong enough that no one could threaten him or his clan, and Yao Lao promised to help both brothers excel at alchemy.
• Xiao Yuan noticed Xiao Yan refining with the Green Lotus Core Flame and reasoned that the imperial factions were treating the brothers cautiously because they believed powerful experts backed them.
• Xiao Yan completed his Healing Pill first, followed by Liu Ling and the Little Princess, as hundreds of contestants finished or attempted their pills.
• When the time ran out, red lights marked more than a hundred contestants who had failed to produce finished pills, and they left the plaza.

Xiao Yan’s pill quality impressed the convention, but a suspicious young contestant with unusually strong Soul Strength emerged as a rival. As the second test began, Xiao Yuan spotted that the Wind Walk Pill prescription contained a herb whose properties contradicted the pill’s purpose.

• Xiao Yan produced the highest-quality pill in the first test, while Fa Ma sensed that a gray-robed contestant had exceptionally strong Soul Strength.
• Yao Lao recognized that the gray-robed contestant had concealed his age and intended to seize the championship.
• Xiao Yuan secretly sent transformed Douqi and Heavenly Flame into the contestant’s cauldron, burning away his robes and bamboo hat and revealing a youth who declared he wanted the championship.
• The convention began its second test, requiring contestants to refine a Wind Walk Pill, while Xiao Yuan compared their techniques.
• Xiao Yuan noticed that the Wind Walk Pill prescription included Hou Tu Zhi, whose defensive and slowing properties contradicted the pill’s purpose.

Xiao Yan passed the second alchemy test with a daring pill-refining technique, while Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei considered how to strengthen the Xiao Clan’s ties. The brothers went to the eastern gate to meet their father as he arrived in the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Yan fused eight kinds of Medicinal Herbs and finished his pill ahead of the gray-robed youth, earning Fa Ma’s praise and passing the second test.
• Ya Fei, Yao Ye, and the Mittel family representatives recognized the Xiao brothers’ potential and considered building closer ties with them.
• After the competition ended, Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei joined Xiao Yan and led him to the eastern gate to meet someone.
• Mu Zhan apologized to Ya Fei, praised Xiao Yuan, and escorted the three up to the city wall before returning to his post.
• Xiao Yan guessed they were waiting for Master Gu Ni, but Xiao Yuan dismissed the guess as a joke.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan recognized their travel-worn father among the riders approaching the city gate.

Xiao Zhan reunited with Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan in the Imperial Capital, and Xiao Yan prepared for the Alchemist Convention’s final round by studying the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill formula. As Xiao Yan began refining it with Strange Fire, a crack appeared in his inadequate cauldron, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Zhan arrived in the Imperial Capital, where Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Ya Fei welcomed him before the Xiao Clan group returned to the Xiao Residence.
• Xiao Yan spent the night studying the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill formula under Yao Lao’s guidance after Fa Ma summoned him.
• Xiao Yuan and the others went to the Royal Plaza for the final round, where Xiao Yan entered the arena carrying flames borrowed from Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill, and his Strange Fire subdued the other contestants’ flames.
• Xiao Yan’s pill was nearing formation when he decided to refine a second stripe, but a crack appeared in his dark-red cauldron.

Xiao Yan’s damaged cauldron forced him to finish refining the Qing Ling Pill without one, so Xiao Yuan secretly lent him the Yin Yang Dual Flames to combine with his own Heavenly Flame. The dangerous fusion left the arena’s leaders shielding the contestants while Xiao Yan struggled to stabilize the flames and complete the pill.

• Xiao Yan’s cauldron began cracking under the heat of his Heavenly Flame, and Fa Ma explained that the competition rules prevented the Alchemist Guild from replacing it.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yuan that Xiao Yan could complete the pill’s final steps without a cauldron, and Xiao Yan shattered the damaged vessel and continued refining the pill in his palm.
• Xiao Yuan used the Yin Yang Dual Flames to help Xiao Yan match the Green Lotus Core Flame’s temperature, while Hai Bodong concealed Xiao Yuan’s movements from the crowd.
• Xiao Yan pressed the two Heavenly Flames together and used Burning Arts Douqi to try to control their violent fusion, prompting Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong to shield the stone platform.
• Xiao Yan kept refining the Qing Ling Pill as Xiao Yuan stabilized the Yin Yang Dual Flames, while Yao Lao watched to test Xiao Yan and the Burning Arts.

Xiao Yan used three Heavenly Flames and the Palm Cauldron technique to refine a Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill, winning the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Convention. As the crowd celebrated, he looked toward the stands and realized his Third Brother was missing.

• Xiao Yan stabilized the flames and formed a second marking on his pill while Liu Ling and the Little Princess refined Tier 4 Pills.
• Yan Li produced colored pill fragrance, prompting Xiao Yan to call on his brother and use the Bone Spirit Cold Fire as a third Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan completed the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill, and Fa Ma confirmed that it surpassed Yan Li's pill and declared Xiao Yan the convention's victor.
• Yan Li fled with his Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill as the crowd celebrated Xiao Yan's championship.
• Xiao Yan spotted Xiao Zhan and Ya Fei in the stands, then noticed that his Third Brother was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Yuan ambushed the Gray-robed Man outside the Imperial Capital to learn about the female Poison Master in the Chuyun Empire, then killed him with mutated Brand Poison and Heavenly Flames. The Gray-robed Man’s soul tried to escape, but Yao Lao destroyed it, and Xiao Yuan returned toward the Royal Plaza to celebrate with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yuan stopped the Gray-robed Man outside the western gate and attacked him with a Mystic Ice Giant Dragon and a black-and-white Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yuan’s mutated Brand Poison overwhelmed the Gray-robed Man, who confirmed that a rapidly advancing female Poison Master had appeared in the Chuyun Empire.
• The Gray-robed Man died before he could finish answering Xiao Yuan’s questions, and Xiao Yuan took his Storage Ring.
• The Gray-robed Man’s soul emerged from the ashes, but Yao Lao struck it with Bone Spirit Cold Fire and destroyed it.
• Xiao Yuan found mostly poison research in the Storage Ring, spoke with Yao Lao about his intervention, and headed to the Royal Plaza to celebrate with Xiao Yan.

After Xiao Yuan returned to the Imperial Capital, he celebrated his engagement to Ya Fei and Xiao Yan’s Alchemist Convention victory before leaving for the Misty Cloud Sect with Nalan Yanran. He reached the sect’s mountain and plaza, where Nalan Yanran invited him to join.

• Xiao Yuan returned to the Xiao Residence, gave Xiao Yan his Storage Ring and pill formulas, then used Xiao Yan’s pills to recover from his injuries.
• Hai Bodong and Xiao Zhan announced that Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei’s engagement had been arranged, and the family held a banquet to celebrate it and Xiao Yan’s victory.
• Ya Fei waited for Xiao Yuan as he recovered, while Xiao Yan drew inspiration from Xiao Yuan’s battle and broke through during the night.
• Xiao Yuan asked Nalan Yanran to take him to the Misty Cloud Sect to visit Yun Yun, and she eagerly agreed before he departed the Xiao Residence.
• Xiao Yuan and Nalan Yanran reached Misty Cloud Mountain, passed the Imperial Family’s military camp, and climbed to the Misty Cloud Sect’s plaza.
• Nalan Yanran invited Xiao Yuan to join the Misty Cloud Sect, saying her teacher would welcome his talent.

Xiao Yuan visited Yun Yun before leaving the Jia Ma Empire, and the two confessed their feelings despite Yun Yun's concern about Nalan Yanran. They parted with Xiao Yuan promising to return as a powerful expert, while Yun Yun promised to wait for him.

• Yun Yun firmly overruled Great Elder Yun Leng's objections and insisted the Misty Cloud Sect must avoid provoking stronger powers.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that her engagement to the Xiao Clan's young master had been dissolved, then introduced Xiao Yuan, whose arrival delighted Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran left the hall after Yun Yun's reaction to Xiao Yuan made her feel hurt.
• Xiao Yuan told Yun Yun he was leaving for Jia Nan Academy and promised to return in two or three years so they could travel together.
• Xiao Yuan kissed Yun Yun, and she gave him cultivation resources she had prepared for his journey.
• Xiao Yuan embraced Yun Yun and vowed to become strong enough to overcome anything separating them, while Yun Yun promised to wait for him.