Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan looted the tomb, finding an imprint-style Dou Technique and a mysterious mechanism artifact, then discovered that the abyss below stretched through distorted space beyond Yao Lao’s ability to explore. He left with Xiao Yi Xian, postponing further investigation until he was stronger.

• Xiao Yan found a spear-based Dou Technique inheritance with a Soul Imprint and collected the remnant map from the skeleton.
• At Yao Lao’s suggestion, Xiao Yan split open the stone seat and found a shifting earth-yellow prism that might contain mechanism arts.
• Yao Lao probed the abyss and discovered that its space stretched farther the deeper he searched, preventing him from finding the bottom.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to return and wait until he reached Dou Zun before attempting to explore the abyss again.
• Xiao Yan left with Xiao Yi Xian and planned to return to the Lion King's cave dwelling while preparing to subdue a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan learned that the Purple Cloud Wings came from a fifth-rank Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle native to the distant Cloud Mist Land, and Yao Lao explained the continent’s declining network of Space Channels. Xiao Yan activated the wings’ scroll, subdued the trapped beast’s remnant will, and refined it into a wing-shaped brand.

• Xiao Yan read that the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle lived in the Cloud Mist Land and questioned how the Tomb Chamber’s owner had captured one so far from home.
• Yao Lao estimated that the Tomb Chamber’s owner had been a Dou Emperor and explained that ancient Space Channels once connected regions across the continent but had largely fallen into disuse.
• Yao Lao said he had examined the Purple Cloud Wings’ technique and believed Xiao Yan could replace its wings with those of the same species.
• Xiao Yan activated the scroll, and the Purple Cloud Eagle’s remnant will entered his soul to attack him.
• Xiao Yan fought the remnant will with a Soul Power heavy ruler, then refined it into a wing-shaped brand.

Xiao Yan investigated Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body but found no trace of poison and could not determine how it worked. He confiscated her poison and limited her intake, then told the Amethyst Winged Lion King it had three chances to break through to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan spread his Purple Cloud Wings, hovered in the cave, and encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to keep cultivating.
• Xiao Yan examined Xiao Yi Xian’s body but found no poison, while Yao Lao admitted he knew little about the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan promised to do everything he could to keep Xiao Yi Xian alive and told her to return when she reached the Ninth Stage for a tailored pill package.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian’s Brand Poison bottle and decided to regulate her poison intake.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King said it was ready to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan gave it three chances before it would have to face the Withered Owl Ape.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao began using the Blood Refining Technique to purify the Amethyst Winged Lion King's bloodline and push it toward the seventh tier. As the Lion King neared death, Yao Lao used a pill to revive its body, while Xiao Yan worried about enduring the wild Green Lotus Core Flame himself.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked whether it should take a Sect Breaking Pill, but Xiao Yan warned it was unlikely to succeed and offered the Blood Refining Technique instead.
• Xiao Yan threatened the Lion King with a Heavenly Flame evolution method, and the frightened beast chose to undergo blood refining.
• Xiao Yan made the Lion King swallow medicinal ingredients, then Yao Lao trapped it in a Space Cauldron and refined its blood with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• The Lion King rapidly weakened as its blood and vitality were extracted, and Xiao Yan worried when its movements and soul fluctuations disappeared.
• Yao Lao used the pill formed inside the Lion King's heart to restore its nearly dead body.

Yao Lao used the Lion King's essence blood to transform its magic core, successfully evolving it into a stronger beast. After enduring a painful bodily renewal, the Lion King emerged with a larger, armored form and boasted of its new strength.

• Yao Lao refined the Lion King's essence blood and identified the Amethyst Beast bloodline as its dominant heritage, with a lingering Crimson Sun Bloodline that might cause a mutation.
• Yao Lao poured the essence blood through the Lion King's magic core, causing the beast to lose its signs of life before the core absorbed the blood and its body revived.
• The Lion King endured a painful transformation as its teeth, skin, flesh, and blood repeatedly fell away and regenerated.
• The Lion King emerged larger and leaner, with crystalline scales, armor, and a crimson-tipped mane.
• The Lion King told Xiao Yan that its bloodline felt more active and that it could now defeat twenty or thirty sixth-rank beasts.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King forced the Orange Giant Eagle into his growing faction and demanded fees, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao sorted through the spoils and Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian manage her poison and cultivation. The Lion King's looting brought Xiao Yan more valuable treasures, leaving him willing to clean up the trouble because the Lion King was his sworn brother.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King caught the fleeing Orange Giant Eagle, claimed he had come to make friends under a Lord's orders, and forced it to join and pay fees.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao examined the collected treasures, and Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan about the strength of insect swarms.
• Xiao Yan extracted poisonous honeybee venom from his swollen face and gave it to Xiao Yi Xian, who said her accumulated energy would support her cultivation.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian pills and two easy-to-learn Dou Techniques, while she silently resolved to confront him once she grew stronger.
• A griffin-like beast delivered more loot collected by the Lion King's underlings, and Xiao Yan decided to tolerate the coming trouble after spotting a Blood Lotus Essence and Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

Old Man Liu organized regional patriarchs against the Xiao Clan while Galeo Bi realized his family was being used as cannon fodder. In Wutan City, a disguised old man investigated the Xiao Clan’s influence as Xiao Zhan entertained an imperial tax envoy, and the chapter ended with the old man enraged by the clan’s reputation and heritage.

• Galeo Bi told Old Man Liu that the Xiao Clan had a Dou Ling protector and a rumored Fourth Grade Alchemist, but Old Man Liu’s allies berated him and revealed themselves as patriarchs from other cities.
• Old Man Liu stopped the infighting, promised Galeo Bi control of Wutan City after the Xiao Clan was defeated, and claimed he had allied with a young Dou Wang.
• A disguised old man questioned a Xiao Clan marketplace clerk, who praised the clan’s aid to injured mercenaries and claimed more than half of Wutan City had benefited from it.
• The Xiao Clan elders examined a long tax bill while Xiao Zhan hosted the Dou Ling imperial envoy with tea and pastries.
• The clerk described Xiao Zhan as a loyal descendant of an imperial general, and the old man grew furious as he contemplated the Xiao Clan’s rising power.

Xiao Mei mistook Jia Xingtian for a thief and brought him into the Council Hall, where Xiao Zhan and the elders were discussing an enormous imperial levy. After Xiao Lie revealed his loyalty to the emperor, Jia Xingtian took his seat, while Xiao Yan continued refining a seventh-tier beast flame in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Mei found Jia Xingtian wandering around the Xiao Clan grounds and led him toward the Council Hall, believing he was a thief.
• Third Elder reported that the empire’s levy totaled eight hundred thousand gold coins, and the envoy offered the Xiao Clan a three-month IOU.
• Xiao Zhan pledged the clan’s wealth to aid the Jia Ma Empire, and the envoy pressed a two-hundred-thousand-gold exchange card into his sleeve.
• Xiao Mei entered the hall with Jia Xingtian, prompting the envoy and his followers to kneel and greet him as emperor.
• Xiao Lie addressed Jia Xingtian as his former ruler and begged him to punish the Xiao Clan for its supposed ingratitude.
• Xiao Yan worried about the Xiao Clan, but Yao Lao told him to focus on taming the seventh-tier Crimson Sun Purple Crystal Fire.

Xiao Yan struggled to tame the Crimson Sun Purple Flame, then used the Black Demon Cauldron Flame and Transformation Fire technique to overwhelm it. The experiment produced a powerful but unstable gray flame that consumed the beast flames around it.

• Xiao Yan failed repeatedly to bring the hostile Crimson Sun Purple Flame into his meridians as Yao Lao explained the risks and costs of taming it.
• Xiao Yan used the Black Demon Cauldron Flame to contain the Crimson Sun Purple Flame and summoned other beast flames to attack it.
• Xiao Yan applied the Flame Manipulation Skill to intensify the beast flames’ battle and form a gray Transformation Fire seed.
• The Transformation Fire spread through the cauldron and began devouring the surrounding beast flames.

Xiao Yan refined the weakened Purple Flame and tested whether the Flame Mantra could fuse beast flames, while Yao Lao explained the limits of beast-flame synthesis and warned that Heavenly Flames could attract powerful enemies in Central State. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan reminding Yao Lao that he was still only a Dou Ling, followed by the narrator’s speculation about Heavenly Flame ranks.

• Xiao Yan captured and refined the exhausted Purple Flame after the Transformation Fire stripped away most of its energy.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to try fusing dozens of beast flames, but the attempt failed, so he concluded it could fuse only Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about beast-flame synthesis methods, and Yao Lao estimated that synthesized flames could reach near-peak eighth rank.
• Yao Lao explained that Heavenly Flames could let even a small amount of Dou Qi injure much stronger opponents and warned that people in Central State might target Xiao Yan’s flames.
• Yao Lao worried that his injured soul might not recover enough to protect Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan pointed out that he was still only a Dou Ling.
• The narrator speculated on how Heavenly Flames might correspond to beast-flame ranks.

Xiao Yan swallowed Yao Lao’s reverse-engineered Blood Spirit Pill and used the Crystal Fire Seal to channel its power into his neglected qi and blood. He began cultivating the Blood Fire Furnace method, while Yao Lao eagerly waited to see whether its blood fire could be used for alchemy.

• Yao Lao made Xiao Yan swallow a foul-tasting Fifth Grade Blood Spirit Pill that strengthened his vitality and blood.
• Xiao Yan judged his qi and blood to be far behind his Dou Qi and used the Crimson Sun Purple Crystal Fire to seal away the Dou Qi in his heart and dantian.
• Xiao Yan completed the Crystal Fire Seal and let the pill’s medicinal power merge with his blood qi, which he assessed as equivalent to a three-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan took out the Profound Rank High-Grade Blood Fire Furnace method and prepared to cultivate it, prompting Yao Lao to urge him to reveal the blood fire.

Xiao Yan successfully cultivated Blood Fire and discovered that sunlight amplified it, raising his Dou Qi realm from seven stars to nine. He left the cave stronger and more imposing, while Xiao Yi Xian questioned whether he was really himself.

• Xiao Yan cultivated Blood Fire by refining and compressing Blood Pearls, while Yao Lao watched and considered the similarities to Dou Qi cultivation.
• Xiao Yan tested whether Red Sun Power from the Crimson Sun Purple Crystal Fire could strengthen Blood Fire.
• A muffled explosion startled Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan emerged from the cave as sunlight strengthened his aura and raised his realm from seven stars to nine.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan his changed appearance and asked whether he was possessed or had a second soul; Xiao Yan realized Blood Qi made him look dangerous and oppressive.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Lion King's cub had stabilized its realm, seeing it enclosed in a purple cocoon beneath the stone platform.

Xiao Yan flew home to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Yi Xian while the Amethyst Source slowly took effect. Meanwhile, Old Man Liu and Galeo Bi prepared to target the Xiao Clan, but an imperial envoy arrived and recognized Old Man Liu as a Fourth Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Yan decided to return to the Xiao Clan during his two free days and invited Xiao Yi Xian to come with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian rode on Xiao Yan's back as he tested his physical wings and sped up using his movement Dou Technique and Red Sun Power.
• Old Man Liu agreed to lead Galeo Bi and a gathering of clan leaders against the Xiao Clan.
• An imperial envoy arrived at the Jia Lie Family's Council Hall and asked whether Galeo Bi was the family head.
• The envoy recognized Old Man Liu as a Fourth Grade Alchemist, crushed a jade slip, and left with apparent excitement.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Yi Xian after the destruction of the Jia Lie Family and introduced her as his junior sister and a poison master. He revealed that he was pursuing a strange path called bloodflame, then left with Xiao Zhan while the elders puzzled over his teacher’s disciples.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders watched the destruction in Wutan City and speculated about the Dou Huang and Dou Ling auras.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Xiao Zhan and the First Elder to argue over whether Xiao Yan had brought her home as a romantic partner.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Yi Xian was a poison-master genius whose poison could endanger anyone below Dou Zhe, and reassured her that his teacher’s protection would keep the clan safe.
• The elders feared Jia Xingtian might learn of Xiao Yi Xian and prepared Qi Burst Pills, but Xiao Yan clarified that someone was protecting the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan said his teacher had advised him to cultivate bloodflame instead of Dou Qi, then left with Xiao Zhan as the elders wondered why their teacher had chosen such unusual disciples.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Zhan wealth and pills to protect the Xiao Clan, then heard his father’s concerns about Xun Er and received his mother’s necklace. Xiao Zhan hoped he would give it to Xun Er, while Xiao Yan suspected his father was hiding more about it.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Zhan storage rings and medicine, telling him to use the pills and flee if a powerful enemy attacked.
• Xiao Zhan warned Xiao Yan about the complications of bringing home a senior sister while Xun Er was away, but Xiao Yan dismissed his concerns.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan a brocade box containing his mother’s necklace and explained that it could stabilize fire-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan guessed Xiao Zhan wanted him to give the necklace to Xun Er, then suspected his father had withheld other information about it.

Xiao Yan hurried to see Xun Er after learning she waited for him every day, while Xiao Yi Xian stayed at the Xiao Clan and the elders teased her about her relationship with him. Xiao Yan comforted Xun Er when he found her upset, but she only welcomed him home, leaving Ling Ying frustrated as he watched them.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian waited for him at the door every day, prompting him to rush toward the courtyard.
• The elders questioned Xiao Yi Xian about her age and past, and she said she had lived in Green Mountain Town and later with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan sped through the alley, scattering Xiao Mei's swept leaves, while Old Mo told the others not to interfere.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Yi Xian would stay with the Xiao Clan, and Xun Er considered ways to remove her.
• Xiao Yan entered the courtyard and fussed over Xun Er, checking whether she was sick, injured, or eating properly.
• Xun Er hugged Xiao Yan and welcomed him home, while Ling Ying watched him hesitate to return her embrace.

Xiao Yan refined a Fifth Grade Dou Ling Pill while Yao Lao taught him how to improve its quality and questioned his decision to leave Xiao Yi Xian with the Xiao Clan. Xiao Yan revealed that he planned to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range after the Lion King finished looting it and travel to the eastern Great Desert to search for Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan sensed that the Bone Chilling Flame carried a trace of someone else's mark, but Yao Lao could not detect anything unusual about it.
• Xiao Yan opened the medicinal cauldron and showed Yao Lao the Fifth Grade Dou Ling Pill he had refined.
• Yao Lao explained how to improve the pill's quality by extending the condensing process and rapidly cooling it with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked why pill grades were not based solely on difficulty or energy, and Yao Lao explained the differences between grades.
• Yao Lao asked why Xiao Yan had left Xiao Yi Xian with the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan said he would soon leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range after the Lion King finished looting it.
• Xiao Yan planned to travel with Yao Lao to the eastern Great Desert to search for Heavenly Flames and asked how Yao Lao had known one was nearby.

Yao Lao explained his old plans for finding Strange Flames and discussed a possible treatment for the poison body girl with Xiao Yan. After testing an Azure Spirit Pill, Yao Lao discovered something unusual about the very essence of Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi.

• Yao Lao recalled considering the Flame Mantra and said he had records of five or six possible Strange Flame locations.
• Yao Lao mentioned a poison flame that had appeared near Chu Yun and gave Xiao Yan an old, untested method for treating the poison body girl.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Yan to test whether pill resistance accumulated in the flesh or Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan refined an Azure Spirit Pill.
• Yao Lao examined Xiao Yan’s meridians and concluded that the essence of his Dou Qi had a problem.
• Xiao Yan questioned the diagnosis, and Yao Lao drew a wisp of his Dou Qi to demonstrate.

Yao Lao discovered a faint mark branded into Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan feared it had been left by the Soul Clan. He persuaded Yao Lao to help him pursue the Heavenly Flame early, while preparing to break Jia Xingtian through to Dou Zong in exchange for the Jia Ma Empire’s resources.

• Yao Lao found a faint soul fluctuation attached to Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, and he and Xiao Yan suspected it came from either the Ancient Clan or the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao they had twenty years to reach the continent’s peak and asked him to help refine the Flame Mantra; Yao Lao agreed and gave him a Blood Lotus Pill and two Meridian Forging Pills.
• Xiao Yan planned to advance Jia Xingtian to Dou Zong, collect a Beast Fire, and practice alchemy before heading to the Great Desert with Yao Lao.
• Jia Xingtian presented Xiao Yan with a Storage Ring full of resources gathered across the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan agreed to help him break through in exchange for remaining a one-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan gave Jia Xingtian Qi Enhancing Pills and a Sect Breaking Pill, then began the breakthrough; Yao Lao also gave Beast Fire Old Geezer a flame seed as repayment.

Xiao Yan assigned Beast Fire Old Geezer to collect unusual beast fires and watched Jia Xingtian break through to Dou Zong. Jia Xingtian then led Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to the injured Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, where Xiao Yan recognized that mechanism arts helped it absorb energy.

• Xiao Yan gave Beast Fire Old Geezer a pill and materials, then ordered him to collect varied beast fires from neighboring empires.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Lao’s suggestion to use pills to force rapid advancement, insisting he needed both speed and a stable foundation.
• Jia Xingtian emerged from his breakthrough at the two-star Dou Zong realm and asked Xiao Yan to help the injured Nation Protecting Divine Beast.
• Jia Xingtian gave Xiao Yan several damaged pages about mechanism arts after Xiao Yan recognized the mechanisms supporting the beast.
• Jia Xingtian opened the lake, and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast surged out with a spiral horn resembling the Lion King’s.