Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan revealed his Xiao Clan lineage and the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, earning Tang Zhen’s respect and protection. Thunder Venerable arrived after Xiao Yan summoned him, forced Fei Tian to apologize, and ordered Fei Tian to eliminate Chen Nan and the Chen Family.

• Tang Zhen invited Xiao Yan to Burning Flame Valley, and Xiao Yan asked whether the Xiao Clan’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame remained there.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated the technique and confirmed his descent from Xiao Xuan, so Tang Zhen agreed to help treat his daughter and attacked Fei Tian for threatening Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned Thunder Venerable, who reprimanded Fei Tian and made him apologize to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan left with Tang Zhen through a spatial passage, sending Little Purple and Xin Lan ahead to the Ye Family.
• Thunder Venerable told Fei Tian about Xiao Yan’s power and connections, then ordered him to kill Chen Nan and wipe out the Chen Family.

Xiao Yan arrived at Burning Flame Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill, where Tang Huo'er challenged him and was stunned when he revealed his peak Dou Zong strength. As Xiao Yan began refining the pill, thunderclouds formed over the courtyard, reminding Tang Zhen that the process required the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.

• Tang Zhen brought Xiao Yan to Burning Flame Valley, where Tang Huo'er provoked him and demanded a spar before he could refine her pill.
• Tang Huo'er activated her Beast Flame and struck at Xiao Yan, but he stopped her punch with one finger.
• Xiao Yan revealed his peak Dou Zong strength, shocking Tang Huo'er and the Burning Flame Valley elders.
• Tang Zhen told the elders that Xiao Yan was a descendant of the Xiao Clan and discussed the Soul Hall's growing activity in Central State.
• Tang Huo'er rejected the elders' matchmaking hints, saying she would only pursue Xiao Yan if he became a Dou Zun.
• Thunderclouds gathered above the courtyard as Xiao Yan began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill, and Tang Zhen realized he had forgotten that the process required the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.

Xiao Yan rapidly refined a six-pattern Fire Bodhi Pill and saved it with the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame aura within his Emperor Flame. After the pill lightning passed, his Emperor Flame devoured Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, leaving Tang Zhen staring in shock.

• Xiao Yan’s Quasi Emperor Realm soul astonished the Burning Flame Valley elders as he quickly refined the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Tang Zhen used the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame to mend the cracking pill, but explained that the pill needed its aura to condense fully and might otherwise fail.
• Xiao Yan used the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame aura within his Emperor Flame to repair the pill, while Burning Flame Valley’s elders blocked its pill lightning.
• Xiao Yan completed a six-pattern Fire Bodhi Pill, giving Tang Huo’er hope of recovering from her injuries.
• Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame clashed, and the Emperor Flame devoured Tang Zhen’s flame.

Xiao Yan refined Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and broke through to Dou Zun, prompting Tang Zhen to demand compensation and propose that Xiao Yan marry Tang Huo'er. Tang Zhen then took Xiao Yan to request the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, but the Elder Council’s Second Elder refused.

• Xiao Yan refined the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, absorbed its Dou Qi, and advanced to Dou Zun.
• The Great Elder stopped the Burning Flame Valley Elders from attacking Xiao Yan while he was vulnerable during his breakthrough.
• Tang Zhen demanded compensation for the lost Heavenly Flame and proposed that Xiao Yan marry Tang Huo'er, but Xiao Yan declined and offered to help with pills.
• Tang Zhen gave Tang Huo'er the Fire Bodhi Pill, then escorted Xiao Yan to retrieve the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.
• The Second Elder of the Elder Council angrily refused to let Tang Zhen pass the secret technique to Xiao Yan.

After Xiao Yan beat the Second Elder for insulting his Xiao Clan lineage, Burning Flame Valley allowed him to study the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame. He absorbed the technique’s inherited knowledge and returned to the hall ready to try it.

• Xiao Yan punched and repeatedly stomped the Second Elder after he mocked Xiao Yan’s claim to be descended from Xiao Xuan.
• Tang Zhen invoked Burning Flame Valley’s rules, and the Second Elder conceded that Xiao Yan could study the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.
• Tang Huo'er escorted Xiao Yan into the Dou Skills Pavilion, where he absorbed the inheritance stored in Burning Flame Valley’s crystal ball.
• Tang Zhen told the Elders that Xiao Yan was a Dou Zun who had refined a Rank 7 Fire Bodhi Pill in one attempt, leaving the Second Elder alarmed.
• The Second Elder taunted Xiao Yan about the technique’s limited value to a Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan said he had not tried it yet but was about to.

Xiao Yan demonstrated that he could use five transformations of the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, reaching Six-Star Dou Zun and shocking Burning Flame Valley. After sharing the method with Tang Zhen, he revealed his plans to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame and destroy the Soul Hall, but an urgent report interrupted them.

• Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames to raise his strength to Four-Star Dou Zun, astonishing Tang Zhen, Tang Huo'er, and Second Elder.
• Xiao Yan performed a fifth transformation and reached Six-Star Dou Zun, accidentally injuring Second Elder with the force of his spatial power.
• Xiao Yan transmitted his experience of the five transformations to Tang Zhen as thanks for his help with the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Xiao Yan told Tang Zhen he planned to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame and destroy the Soul Hall, which Tang Zhen warned was extremely dangerous.
• A messenger announced that the Heavenly Flame Empire in the Southwest Territory had disappeared.

Tang Hao reported that the Soul Hall had destroyed the Heavenly Flame Empire, and Xiao Yan urged Burning Flame Valley to join resistance against the Soul Hall. Tang Zhen agreed to support a punitive expedition if Xiao Yan secured the Pill Tower’s backing and proved capable of destroying a Soul Hall Branch Hall.

• Tang Hao told Tang Zhen and the elders that Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables had wiped out the Heavenly Flame Empire, prompting fears that Burning Flame Valley could be targeted next.
• Xiao Yan identified himself as a descendant of the Xiao Clan and asked Tang Zhen whether Burning Flame Valley would oppose the Soul Hall.
• Tang Zhen said Xiao Yan would need the Pill Tower’s support to have a chance against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan challenged Tang Zhen to join a resistance effort, but Tang Zhen initially hesitated over the risks.
• Tang Zhen agreed to rally Burning Flame Valley behind Xiao Yan’s punitive expedition if Xiao Yan gained the Pill Tower’s support and could destroy a Soul Hall Branch Hall.
• After Xiao Yan left, Tang Zhen revealed that Xuan Kongzi had invited him to reorganize an alliance against the Soul Hall, and he told Tang Ling’er and Tang Huo’er to keep it secret.

Xiao Yan sought the Pill Tower’s support against the Soul Hall and arrived at the Ye Family, where he revealed his Dou Zun strength and secured rare materials for a Venerable Zenith Pill. He agreed to help Xin Lan’s family keep its place among the Pill Tower’s Five Great Families, just as Cao Dan arrived to challenge him.

• Xiao Yan decided he needed the Pill Tower and more Dou Zun allies to protect the Jia Ma Empire from the Soul Hall, then used the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame to travel to Ye City.
• Xin Lan refused to marry Cao Dan, while Ye Zhong argued that the marriage could help the struggling Ye Family retain its elder seat in the Pill Tower.
• Ye Zhong and the other elders attacked Xiao Yan after coveting his flame, but Xiao Yan used Space Annihilation to repel them and seized Ye Zhong from afar.
• Ye Zhong apologized and gave Xiao Yan the Ye Family’s treasured materials for a Venerable Zenith Pill, explaining that Cao Dan had promised the family prosperity in exchange for a powerful flame.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help the Ye Family pass its second assessment as Xin Lan’s son-in-law, and Cao Dan mocked his offer from outside the hall.

Cao Dan came to the Ye Family to enforce his engagement to Xin Lan, but Xiao Yan protected her and revealed his overwhelming strength. Cao Dan challenged Xiao Yan to a battle of flames, and Xiao Yan summoned the Emperor Flame as the contest began.

• Cao Dan arrived with two red-clothed elders and demanded that the Ye Family honor Xin Lan's engagement to him.
• Xin Lan rejected Cao Dan, and Ye Zhong offered an apology and compensation to end the engagement.
• A red-clothed elder attacked Ye Zhong, but Xiao Yan stopped him with one finger and revealed that he was a Dou Zun.
• Cao Dan challenged Xiao Yan to a battle of flames, wagering that he would accept the broken engagement if Xiao Yan won.
• Cao Dan summoned his Rank 8 Yin Demon Flame, and Xiao Yan called forth the Emperor Flame.

Xiao Yan devoured Cao Dan’s Heavenly Yin Demon Flame, dissolved Cao Dan’s engagement to Xin Lan, and decided to seek the Pill Tower’s leaders to help the Ye Family regain its Elder seat. At the Pill Tower entrance, Sheng Yao recognized the ring Xiao Yan presented, leaving his response to it unclear.

• Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame tore apart and swallowed Cao Dan’s Heavenly Yin Demon Flame, and Cao Dan fainted from shock and anger.
• After waking, Cao Dan accepted that his engagement to Xin Lan was dissolved and warned that the Ye Family faced strict deadlines to retain its Pill Tower Elder seat.
• Xiao Yan asked Ye Zhong to take him to the Saint Pill Domain so he could persuade the Pill Tower’s leaders to address the Ye Family’s status immediately.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to present his ring to the leaders and say that he had already fallen, while hinting at an unresolved history with them.
• At the Pill Tower, Sheng Yao rebuked Cao Dan for trying to use him to embarrass Xiao Yan and said strength alone would not earn Xiao Yan an audience with the presidents.
• Xiao Yan handed Sheng Yao a ring, and Sheng Yao’s expression froze as he recognized it.

Xiao Yan reunited Yao Lao with the Pill Tower’s leaders and met Xuan Yi, one of its Three Great Heads. After revealing his flame-devouring ability, he asked the Pill Tower to convene the Five Great Clans Assessment early, then declared he wanted to change its rules.

• Xiao Yan proved his connection to Yao Lao with his heavy ruler, slapped Cao Dan, and revealed Yao Lao when Xuan Kongzi arrived.
• Xuan Kongzi brought Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Ye Zhong, and Xin Lan into the Pill Tower, while Cao Dan left Saint Pill Domain in disgrace.
• Xiao Yan met Xuan Yi, who confronted Yao Lao about their past and welcomed Xiao Yan as his disciple.
• Xiao Yan told Xuan Yi he could advance by devouring flames and sought Three Thousand Burning Flame, prompting her to offer help if his constitution caused trouble.
• Xiao Yan asked the Three Great Heads to convene the Five Great Clans Assessment early and declared that he wanted to change Pill Tower’s rules.

Xiao Yan challenged the Three Great Heads of Pill Tower and revealed a Quasi Emperor Realm soul, astonishing them into approving the Five Great Clans Assessment. After learning that Old Man Mu Gu and Soul Hall threatened the Pill Gathering and Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan agreed to help protect the Pill Realm and left with Xuan Kongzi to learn a Soul Skill.

• Xiao Yan asked to challenge the Three Great Heads, and Xuan Yi tested him with her Soul Power while promising to hold another Five Great Clans Assessment if he endured ten breaths.
• Xiao Yan released his Quasi Emperor Realm soul, shattered Xuan Yi’s attack, and forced Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Heavenly Thunder Child to withstand his power.
• Xuan Yi agreed to hold the assessment that night, and Ye Zhong left to notify the other four great families.
• Xuan Kongzi and Heavenly Thunder Child warned Xiao Yan that Soul Hall might tamper with Three Thousand Burning Flame during the Pill Gathering and that Old Man Mu Gu could attack inside the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help deal with Old Man Mu Gu if he entered the Pill Realm, and Xuan Kongzi took him to teach him Pill Tower’s Soul Handprint.
• After Heavenly Thunder Child left, Xuan Yi told Yao Lao to get lost.

The Ye Family brought Xiao Yan to a Pill Tower branch tower to undergo the grade certification required for the Five Great Families Assessment, while the other families anticipated the Ye Family’s failure. After a Bai Family elder tried to attack Xiao Yan, Han Li intervened and took him to test for Seventh Grade Intermediate, leaving the Ye Family’s Elder seat at stake.

• Cao Ying and the Cao Family Head learned that fifteen-year-old Xiao Yan would represent the Ye Family, and they decided to watch the assessment.
• Qiu Ji and the leaders of the other families headed to the branch tower, while the Bai Family Head ordered its elder to make the Ye Family fail the grade verification.
• The Bai Family’s gray-haired elder mocked Xiao Yan and offered him a Fourth or Fifth Grade test, but Xiao Yan requested Seventh Grade Intermediate.
• The Bai Family elder attacked Xiao Yan, but Han Li arrived and stopped her.
• Ye Zhong promised the Ye Family would surrender its Elder seat if Xiao Yan failed, and Han Li took Xiao Yan to begin the test.

Xiao Yan passed the Seventh Grade Intermediate assessment and revealed a Quasi Emperor Realm soul while crushing Bai Hua Feng’s Soul Power. The Ye Family arrived at the assessment hall as the other clans prepared to judge their bid to retain their Elder seats.

• Xiao Yan emerged without a Rank Badge, and Han Li announced that he had passed the Seventh Grade Intermediate test but had not yet reached his limit.
• Xiao Yan asked to handle Bai Hua Feng’s provocation and used his Soul Power to force her to her knees and cripple her Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was Venerable Yao’s disciple, and Han Li revived Bai Hua Feng with a medicinal pill before escorting Xiao Yan, Ye Zhong, and Xin Lan out.
• The family heads discussed the Ye Family’s independent assessment and agreed that failure would cost them their Elder seats.
• Bai Ying and Cao Ying discussed their alchemy ranks while the clan heads praised their promising juniors and mocked the Ye Family.
• The Ye Family entered the assessment hall, drawing the attention of the gathered alchemists.

Xiao Yan accompanied Ye Zhong and the Ye Family to the Pill Tower’s special assessment, where the Four Great Families mocked them and Xin Lan. After Cao Ge insulted Xiao Yan by comparing him to Han Feng, Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Zun strength, forced the Bai Family Head to retreat, and disclosed that he had already turned the Bai Family’s Third Elder into an idiot.

• Xiao Yan and the Ye Family entered the Pill Tower hall as onlookers mocked Ye Zhong for seeking a special assessment and questioned Xiao Yan’s presence.
• Cao Ge ridiculed Xin Lan’s engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan insulted him in return.
• The Cao Family Head and Bai Family Head threatened to discipline Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan challenged them to spar.
• Cao Ge compared Xiao Yan to Han Feng, prompting Xiao Yan to release his Dou Qi and reveal that he was a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Bai Family Head to go back and threatened to kill him; the Bai Family Head retreated when Xiao Yan unleashed the Slaughtering Finger.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had turned the Bai Family’s Third Elder into an idiot, shocking the hall and devastating the Bai Family.

Xuan Yi arrived to stop Cao Ge from insulting Yao Chen and allowed the Ye Family a separate assessment under a severe condition: they had to break all three records or lose their results and remaining chances. The first test measured soul power, and after the other families posted high scores, Xiao Yan faced the record-breaking challenge.

• Cao Ge insulted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, so Xiao Yan slapped him.
• Xuan Yi appeared, slapped Cao Ge for insulting Yao Chen, and spared him after Cao Ying pleaded for him.
• Xuan Yi approved the Ye Family's separate assessment, ruling that failure to break all three records would void their results and cancel their remaining chances.
• Xuan Yi began the soul measurement assessment and announced that the record was 936 points.
• Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Dan Chen, and Cao Ying scored 756, 774, 813, and 823 points, leaving the crowd doubtful that Xiao Yan could break the record.

Xiao Yan stunned the Five Great Families by revealing a Soul Value of 1683, nearly twice Cao Ying’s, during the Ye Family’s independent assessment. He leaves the witnesses convinced of his overwhelming Soul Power, though Cao Ying noted that the remaining tests would require more than strength alone.

• Xiao Yan first recorded a Soul Value of 378, then explained that he had only been testing the stele’s limit.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his Soul Power and scored 1683, leaving the witnesses in shock.
• Cao Ying retested Xuan Yi’s stele and confirmed that it was functioning properly.
• Xiao Yan shattered Bai Family Head’s and Cao Family Head’s Soul-testing steles when he tested them.
• Dan Family Head and Qiu Family Head accepted Xiao Yan’s result without testing him, while Cao Ying observed that the remaining tests could still challenge him.

Xiao Yan’s Soul Manipulation test turned into a display of overwhelming power as he caught two hundred Soul Measuring Pearls and broke the record. Xuan Yi then ordered the Four Great Families’ heads and elders to attack him together, setting the final test’s challenge.

• Xuan Yi explained the Soul Manipulation test and warned Xiao Yan not to try catching all one hundred Soul Measuring Pearls at once.
• Xiao Yan formed a Soul Power net and caught the first eighty pearls, surpassing the Dan Family Head’s record without letting any slip through.
• Xuan Yi released another hundred pearls at once, and Xiao Yan revealed Seventh Grade Peak Soul Power to support the net and catch all two hundred.
• The Four Great Families’ heads and elders acknowledged Xiao Yan’s result, while Cao Ying and the others asked to let him pass the final test without a fight.
• Xuan Yi rejected their request and ordered the Four Family Heads and their elders to attack Xiao Yan, with the Ye Family failing if they forced him back even slightly.

Xiao Yan faced eight Seventh-Rank Alchemists in a test over the Ye Family’s Elder seat and revealed a Quasi-Emperor Realm soul, overwhelming them. Xuan Yi upheld the Ye Family’s position and announced that its Elder seat would remain unchanged for thirty years.

• Xuan Yi offered the Four Great Families a share of the Ye Family’s resources if they defeated Xiao Yan, and the four family heads and four other Seventh-Rank Alchemists agreed to attack him.
• Xuan Yi scattered Qi Testing Stones to ensure the assessment was fair, and the eight alchemists unleashed their Soul Power against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan calmly blocked their attacks, and the Bai Family Head realized that Xiao Yan’s soul power had reached at least the Eighth Grade Peak.
• The eight alchemists used their strongest techniques, but Xiao Yan revealed his Quasi-Emperor Realm soul and shattered their combined defense with a single wave of Soul Power.
• The family heads conceded, and the Cao Family Head warned Cao Ge and Cao Dan to let the grudge go.
• Xuan Yi announced that the Ye Family’s Elder seat would remain unchanged for thirty years.

After helping the Ye Family, Xiao Yan offered to take gifted Ye Qingling as his disciple, giving the declining clan hope of protection. But when they returned to the Ye Family, they found Black Fire Sect elders threatening to kill the clan and preparing to strike Ye Qingling.

• Xuan Yi left after telling Xiao Yan not to forget the next day's Pill Gathering, and Ye Zhong explained Yao Lao's past with Han Shanshan.
• Ye Zhong invited Xiao Yan to the Ye Family to absorb its accumulated Yang Fire, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xiao Yan offered to accept Ye Qingling as his disciple, and Ye Zhong eagerly thanked him while Xin Lan felt disappointed.
• Ye Zhong, Xin Lan, and Xiao Yan returned to find Black Fire Sect elders Zhao Hei and Qin Mo surrounded by coffins and injured Ye Family members.
• Qin Mo threatened to bury the Ye Family and raised his hand toward the sobbing Ye Qingling.