Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan rescued Xun Er from Liu Xi’s guards, killed both guards and Liu Xi, then treated Xun Er’s wounds at the Mittel Auction House. Jia Liebi later found Liu Xi’s corpse and learned Xiao Yan had killed him, leaving him devastated.

• Xun Er fought Liu Xi’s two Da Dou Shi guards and prepared to use a life-burning Secret Technique when Xiao Yan arrived.
• Xiao Yan killed both guards, scolded Xun Er for risking her life, and beheaded Liu Xi.
• At the Mittel Auction House, Xiao Yan treated Xun Er’s wounds and warned her to call him if she ran into trouble.
• Xun Er encountered Jia Liebi at the Auction House but chose not to attack him.
• Jia Liebi found Liu Xi’s corpse and learned Xiao Yan had killed Liu Xi and the two guards, then fainted after spitting blood.

Xiao Yan killed Elder Lei Ou after he seized the Beast Flames, then obtained the flames from the Mittel Auction House and returned home. There, he found Xiao Yu waiting beneath a tree.

• Ya Fei learned that Lei Ou had intercepted the Beast Flames Xiao Yan had ordered, and Lei Ou arrived to confront Xiao Yan over his grandson's injury.
• Xiao Yan attacked Lei Ou and crushed his throat despite Ya Fei's warning, killing him before the headquarters guards could intervene.
• Ya Fei stopped a Dou Ling guard from attacking Xiao Yan by revealing that his master was a Tier-4 Alchemist, and the guard took Lei Ou's corpse to report to the clan leader.
• A maid brought Xiao Yan twenty bottles of Tier-1 Beast Flames, which he stored before leaving the auction house.
• Ya Fei wrote to Clan Leader Teng Shan about Lei Le and Lei Ou's behavior, while Xiao Yan returned home and found Xiao Yu beneath a tree.

Xiao Yan humiliated Xiao Yu in a confrontation at the Xiao clan, then began practicing a secret technique that could fuse Heavenly Flames. As the night deepened, his power erupted through the roof in a spectacular display of two-colored flames.

• Xiao Yu confronted Xiao Yan, mocked his recovered talent, and drew her sword after he taunted her about their past encounter at the hot spring.
• Xiao Yan caught Xiao Yu's sword and returned it to its sheath with a flick of his wrist, leaving her stunned; Xiao Ning told her Xiao Yan was a Second Grade Alchemist who had killed a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan examined a jade slip with Yao Lao and learned that its secret technique could fuse Heavenly Flames and let him challenge a Dou Wang as a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and Fallen Heart Flame to refine twenty Beast Flames while Xiao Yu waited outside his room, doubting his abilities.
• A powerful surge of Dou Qi burst through Xiao Yan's roof, and two-colored Heavenly Flames spread across more than half the night sky.

Xiao Yan reached the Da Dou Shi realm and rushed to the Mittel Auction House after learning that Mittel Tengshan had detained Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders. When Mittel Tengshan threatened him with the Mittel Family’s Dou Ling elders, Xiao Yan killed them and declared that the streets were clear.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Da Dou Shi strength and demonstrated his speed and fused Heavenly Flames, startling Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning.
• Zhou Yuan told Xiao Yan that Mittel Tengshan had detained Xiao Zhan and several Xiao Family elders at the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan hurried to the auction house, where Xiao Zhan offered to accept punishment for Elder Lei Ou’s death.
• Mittel Tengshan threatened Xiao Yan’s master by pointing out that Mittel Family Dou Ling elders surrounded the area and that he himself was a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan’s black-robed master vanished and killed the Mittel Family elders outside, then returned and said, “The streets are clear now.”

Xiao Yan forced Mittel Tengshan to cooperate with him by revealing his two Heavenly Flames and offering valuable medicinal formulas, securing support and profits for the Xiao Family. He then removed his hood before the stunned audience, revealing his true appearance.

• Xiao Yan displayed his Heavenly Flame Wings and threatened to kill the Mittel Family's leaders unless they cooperated, prompting Mittel Tengshan to greet him with respect.
• Xiao Yan offered formulas that Gu Ni praised, then demanded twenty percent of the Mittel headquarters' profits for the Xiao Family and protection for the clan.
• Mittel Tengshan agreed, promised Ya Fei Elder Lei Ou's position at headquarters, and accepted Xiao Yan's invitation to stay with the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan said he would seek the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Beast Flame the next day, then lifted his hood and stunned everyone with his appearance.

Xiao Yan revealed his identity and age to the Mittel and Xiao families, but news that Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei were under attack sent him rushing to rescue them. He arrived just as Chai Family Second forced Xiao Ting to kneel, and struck him with a flame-wreathed kick.

• Xiao Yan admitted that he had been the one buying Beast Flames, refining pills, and preparing Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and said he was fifteen.
• Mittel Tengshan suggested that Xiao Yan consider Ya Fei, but Xiao Ke arrived with news that Bai Yi and three Dou Lings had attacked Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei.
• Bai Yi seized Xiao Yu and left for the Jia Lie Family while Chai Family Second attacked Xiao Ting and Xiao Ning, then carried off Xiao Mei and tormented Xiao Ting.
• Chai Family Second demanded that Xiao Ting kneel, and Xiao Ting began to comply to save Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Yan rushed in with Blazing Fire Wings and kicked Chai Family Second in the chest with a foot wreathed in dual-colored Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan killed Chai Family Second and raced to confront Bai Yi and the Jia Lie Family before they could destroy the Xiao Family. He arrived with Mittel Tengshan and more than a dozen Dou Lings as Bai Yi and Jia Liebi realized the Xiao Family had powerful allies.

• Xiao Yan killed Chai Family Second, treated Xiao Mei, and sent Xiao Ting to take Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning back to the Xiao Family.
• Bai Yi promised Jia Liebi that the Xiao Family would be destroyed by sunrise and threatened Xiao Yu, while Jia Liebi offered to capture Xun Er for him.
• Bai Yi dismissed warnings about Xiao Yan and boasted that he was an Eight Star Dou Ling, while Chai Family Eldest said Chai Family Third had already gone to attack the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan's arrival shattered the hall doors and sent Chai Family Second's corpse inside, alarming Bai Yi and Chai Family Eldest.
• Xiao Yan appeared above the hall with Mittel Tengshan and more than a dozen Dou Lings, leaving Jia Liebi terrified.

Xiao Yan crushed the Jia Lie and Chai families’ attackers, gained strength by devouring Bai Yi’s Beast Flame, and agreed to consider helping the Mittel Family in exchange for more Beast Flames. He returned home eager to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy once he became strong enough.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flame and killed Chai Family Eldest and Jia Liebi after they attacked the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan burned Bai Yi and absorbed the Skeleton Demon Fish Beast Fire, advancing to Three Star Great Dou Shi.
• Xiao Zhan arrived and ordered the Xiao clansmen to clean up the battlefield while Xiao Yan discussed a possible bargain with Mittel Tengshan.
• Mittel Tengshan offered to find Beast Flames in exchange for Xiao Yan helping the Mittel Family in a future crisis, and Xiao Yan agreed to consider it.
• Xiao Yu thanked Xiao Yan for saving her, and he teased her about the old incident involving her thigh.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame was at Jia Nan Academy and advised him to wait until he reached Dou Wang before seeking it.

After Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family, Turtle Spirit Earth Fire produced a Fallen Heart Flame Sub-fire, giving him a way to build a miniature Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower. He asked Mittel Tengshan to construct the tower, and the Mittel Family agreed to finish it by the following sunset.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave the next day, while Mittel Tengshan assigned alchemists to serve as Xiao Family Guest Elders.
• Xiao Yan received Turtle Spirit Earth Fire and found it seemed to have no special ability when used alone.
• Xiao Yan combined Turtle Spirit Earth Fire with his Fallen Heart Flame and discovered it created a lasting Sub-fire.
• Xiao Yan's experiments showed Turtle Spirit Earth Fire could make only one Sub-fire at a time, and its contact with Bone Chilling Flame caused an explosion that wrecked his room.
• Xiao Yan invited Mittel Tengshan and the others to build a Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, and Mittel Tengshan ordered the work completed by the following sunset.

Xiao Yan stayed behind to refine Beast Flames while Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and the other Xiao Family youths went to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment test. At the square, Luo Bu tried to make them wait in the sun, but Instructor Ruo Lin arrived and took an interest in the Xiao Family juniors.

• Mittel Tengshan and Xiao Family members helped Xiao Yan build a Black Tower at his residence.
• Xun Er urged Xiao Yan to join Jia Nan Academy, but he said he had matters to handle himself and asked how long it would take to earn the academy’s respect.
• Mittel Tengshan gave Xiao Yan twelve Second Rank Beast Flames, five Third Rank Beast Flames, and one Fourth Rank Beast Flame.
• Xiao Yu led Xun Er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning to the recruitment square, where Luo Bu used a Testing Crystal to confirm that they passed the preliminary test.
• Luo Bu ordered the Xiao Family youths to wait outside in the sun, and Xiao Yu and Xun Er challenged his treatment of them.
• Xiao Ning embarrassed Xiao Yu by mentioning her relationship with Xiao Yan, and Instructor Ruo Lin arrived, praising the Xiao Family juniors.

Ruo Lin learned of Xiao Xun'er's extraordinary potential and her claims about Xiao Yan's rapid rise to Seven Star Great Dou Shi, then rushed to the Xiao Family to recruit him. When she arrived, Xiao Yan was nowhere to be seen, but a sudden eruption of Dou Qi from a pavilion interrupted Luo Bu's mockery.

• Ruo Lin recorded the students' names, ages, and levels, then was stunned when Xiao Xun'er revealed she was a fifteen-year-old Two Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Xun'er described Xiao Yan's cultivation history and claimed he had become a Seven Star Great Dou Shi, and Xiao Mei confirmed her account.
• Ruo Lin decided to find Xiao Yan and persuade him to attend Jia Nan Academy, so Xiao Yu led her and Luo Bu to the Xiao Family.
• At the Xiao Family, Ruo Lin saw a nearly completed Black Tower, while Xiao Yu could not say where Xiao Yan was.
• Luo Bu mocked Xiao Yu and the claims about Xiao Yan, but a powerful surge of Dou Qi burst from a pavilion and formed a blazing cloud of fire.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Dou Ling at fifteen and began advancing again, just as Dou Wang Zuo Xiu Hua arrived to destroy the Xiao Family in revenge for his grandson. Mittel Tengshan intervened but was badly wounded, and Xiao Yan prepared to face Zuo Xiu Hua with a spinning dark crimson fire lotus.

• Xiao Yan appeared before Ruo Lin and the others as a fifteen-year-old Dou Ling, then warned Luo Bu not to mistreat the Xiao Family again.
• Xiao Yan began another breakthrough as Zuo Xiu Hua flew to the Xiao Family and demanded that Xiao Yan come out to answer for his grandson’s death.
• Xiao Zhan tried to protect his family, but Zuo Xiu Hua attacked with the Wood Spirit Tiger's Roar.
• Mittel Tengshan stopped Zuo Xiu Hua’s attack and fought him, but Zuo Xiu Hua broke through his defenses and wounded him with the Dan Yang Wood Seal.
• Xiao Yan told Mittel Tengshan to leave the rest to him and summoned a massive spinning dark crimson fire lotus.

Xiao Yan defeated Zuo Xiu Hua with his fire lotus and spared him after he pledged to become a Guest Elder of the Xiao Family. Afterward, Xiao Yan considered how to improve his fusion of Heavenly Flames, while Ruo Lin urged him to join Jia Nan Academy and he pointed out its Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.

• Xiao Yan's fire dragon destroyed Zuo Xiu Hua's Emerald Light Sphere and badly wounded him, then Xiao Yan formed an even larger fire lotus to threaten him.
• Mittel Tengshan intervened and asked Xiao Yan to spare Zuo Xiu Hua, who agreed to serve as a Guest Elder of the Xiao Family and protect its members.
• Xiao Yan placed a flame-based Secret Technique in Zuo Xiu Hua to punish any murderous intent toward the Xiao Family, then warned him to prevent the Zuo Family from repeating Zuo Ya's abuses.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether he could truly fuse the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, while Luo Bu was so frightened that he wet himself.
• Ruo Lin urged Xiao Yan to join Jia Nan Academy and mentioned its Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, and Xiao Yan pointed at the Black Tower.

Xiao Yan revealed that the Black Tower was an upgraded Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower that greatly accelerated cultivation without accumulating Fire Poison. He offered its use to the Xiao Family and Mittel Family, then asked Zuo Xiu Hua to guard it, while Ruo Lin learned that Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning would remain in Wutan City instead of attending Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan activated the Black Tower with the Fallen Heart Flame's Sub-fire, sending streams of energy through its rooms and multiplying the occupants' cultivation speed.
• Ruo Lin recognized the structure as an improved Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, and Xiao Yu and the others confirmed its powerful cultivation effect.
• Xiao Yan granted the Xiao Family free use of the tower, offered the Mittel Family free access and half-price use for the Dou Ling Elders who helped build it, and invited Zhou Yuan and Zhou Cang to train there.
• Xiao Yan asked Zuo Xiu Hua to guard the Xiao Family in exchange for access to the tower and medicinal pills, and Zuo Xiu Hua agreed to support him.
• Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning told Ruo Lin they would stay in Wutan City rather than go to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan left Wutan City after asking Ling Ying to protect Xun Er and support the Xiao Family, then briefly returned to Ya Fei before flying toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range. There, he sensed a fierce battle and recognized Nalan Yanran.

• Xun Er chose to enter Jia Nan Academy to stay near Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan asked the hidden Ling Ying to keep her safe.
• Ling Ying revealed himself as a Dou Huang who had guarded Xun Er in the Xiao Family for years, and he agreed to remain there and assist Xiao Yan.
• Ya Fei saw Xiao Yan leaving Wutan City, but Xiao Yan returned to tease her and then flew away again.
• While flying through the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao how to reduce the Heavenly Flame consumption of his Flame Wings.
• Xiao Yan sensed an intense battle and recognized Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan rescued Nalan Yanran from bandits, rejected her offer to join the Misty Cloud Sect, and continued toward Green Mountain Town. There, Xiao Yi Xian bumped into him and recognized him.

• Nalan Yanran broke through to Seven Star Dou Zhe while fighting bandits, but they wounded her and nearly killed her.
• Xiao Yan arrived, killed the bandits, and refused Nalan Yanran's offer to recommend him to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan left Nalan Yanran behind while Yao Lao teased him about saving her and he thought about fusing the two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived at an apothecary in Green Mountain Town, where Li Fei teased her about wanting to visit Wutan City.
• Xiao Yi Xian bumped into Xiao Yan as he walked past and recognized him.

Xiao Yan searched for Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruits, then returned to town and began refining pills in front of Nalan Yanran. He offered to help her reach Dou Shi within a month, leaving Yao Lao alarmed that Xiao Yan intended to use his nominal fiancée as an experiment.

• Xiao Yan found no Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit in Green Mountain Town and flew into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for one.
• Xiao Yan encountered Ka Gang’s mercenary group guarding the fruit, then killed the attacking Blizzard Demon Ape with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Yan took several Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruits and flew away, leaving Fu Ling apologizing to him as the mercenaries recovered.
• Xiao Yan returned to town and entered an inn, while Xiao Yi Xian wondered whether he had forgotten her and Nalan Yanran followed him to his room.
• Xiao Yan refined pills before Nalan Yanran, who guessed he was a powerful alchemist, and offered to raise her strength enough to reach Dou Shi within a month.
• Yao Lao realized Xiao Yan planned to use Nalan Yanran as an experiment and objected because she was his fiancée in name.

Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a dangerous cultivation ointment, then joined the mercenaries gathering to hunt for Flame Marrow Flowers and a Flame Scale Python's Beast Flame. At the gathering, Xiao Yi Xian introduced herself to Xiao Yan, leaving Mu Li stunned.

• Xiao Yan refined Wind Sesame Sunflower Ointment and gave several bottles to Nalan Yanran, who applied it despite the pain and felt her Dou Qi strengthen.
• Xiao Yan accidentally saw Nalan Yanran naked when he returned for the pill cauldron, while she resolved to surpass him.
• Mu She announced that the mercenary groups had found over a thousand Flame Marrow Flowers and invited qualified mercenaries to join the expedition.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Flame Scale Pythons lived among the flowers and could produce Beast Flame, prompting Xiao Yan to follow the group.
• Xiao Yi Xian ignored Mu Li and introduced herself to Xiao Yan, freezing Mu Li's smile.

Xiao Yan joined the mercenary groups on their hunt for the Flame Scale Python and uncovered Xiao Yi Xian’s hidden purpose, but their expedition was ambushed by a second python. As the beasts tore through the mercenaries, Xiao Yan saved Xiao Yi Xian from being bitten.

• Xiao Yan rejected Mu Li’s demand to prove his strength, then swiftly stomped him down and warned him to stay silent.
• Xiao Yan traveled with the three mercenary groups and questioned Xiao Yi Xian, who began to reveal what she had discovered beneath a cliff before Mu She announced their arrival.
• The mercenaries reached a sea of Flame Marrow Flowers, began harvesting them, and drew out a Flame Scale Python that killed one man.
• Mu She, Fei Lei, He Lian, and the mercenaries wounded the python, but a second one appeared and attacked the group.
• A Flame Scale Python lunged at Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan caught its lower jaw and ordered her to move back.

Xiao Yan uncovered a Flame Crystal Marrow vein and defeated the mercenary leaders who betrayed him, but a Tier 5 Flame Scale Python King emerged from the ground. He took to the sky and fused two incompatible flames into a miniature fire lotus as the beast threatened everyone below.

• Xiao Yan helped Mu She, He Lian, and Fei Lei kill two Flame Scale Pythons, then discovered Flame Crystal Marrow beneath the flower field.
• Mu She and He Lian attacked Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian tried to stop them and Xiao Yan kicked Mu She away and struck He Lian with an explosion.
• Li Fei hit Xiao Yan with Qi Sealing Powder, but Fei Lei intervened to repay Xiao Yan for saving his mercenaries; Xiao Yan forced out the powder and killed Li Fei.
• The Flame Scale Python King burst from the ground, terrifying the mercenaries, while Mu She and He Lian mocked Xiao Yan as they faced death.
• Xiao Yan spread his Fire Wings and fused the Mysterious Yellow Flame with the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire into a miniature fire lotus.