Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang visited Xiao Yan during alchemy practice, revealed his Dou Emperor cultivation and Instant Transmission, and gave Xiao Yan pills and a Heart Flame. The chapter left Xiao Yan preparing to take the pills and use the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Elder Yao realized Xiao Yang’s Soul Power surpassed his own, while Xiao Yan successfully refined a Second-grade Rou Shui Pill.
• Xiao Yan discovered Xiao Yang in the Alchemy Room, and Xiao Yang demonstrated Instant Transmission.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yan he was a Dou Emperor, shocking Xiao Yan and Elder Yao.
• Xiao Yang sensed Xiao Yan’s Five-star Dou Master cultivation and gave him a Foundation Establishment Pill and a Lan Xin Pill to raise his cultivation.
• Xiao Yang placed a Heart Flame inside Xiao Yan and explained how to use the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan reached Nine-star Dou Shi after taking two pills purified by Fallen Heart Flame’s sub-flame, while Xiao Yang proposed that Elder Yao refine Life Devouring Pills. Xiao Yan accepted the risks, and Xiao Yang supplied the recipe and ingredients, asking Elder Yao to make an extra pill for Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yang’s Fallen Heart Flame might let him obtain sub-flames, and he appreciated the two Heavenly Flames Xiao Yang planned to give him.
• Xiao Yan took the Lan Xin Pill and Foundation Establishment Pill, whose medicinal effects the sub-flame purified, raising him to Nine-star Dou Shi with a stable foundation.
• Elder Yao praised Xiao Yang’s ability to produce near-perfect low-grade pills and advised Xiao Yan to master his Dou Qi before pursuing further breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yang asked whether Elder Yao could refine Seventh-grade Peak pills, and Elder Yao said his puppet body also let him attempt some Eighth-grade Pills.
• Xiao Yang explained the Life Devouring Pill’s effects and risks; after considering the twenty-three-year limit and his prospects, Xiao Yan agreed to take one.
• Xiao Yang gave Elder Yao the Life Devouring Pill Recipe and medicinal materials, asking him to refine an additional pill for Qing Lin.

Xiao Yang and Elder Yao traveled to the Endless Forest so Elder Yao could refine two Life Devouring Pills for Xiao Yan. As Elder Yao prepared to begin, Xiao Yang considered asking for a portion of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's Origin Fire Seed.

• Elder Yao agreed to refine the Life Devouring Pills, and Xiao Yang decided they would do so in the Endless Forest to avoid attracting trouble with Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yang left the Dou Wang Puppet to protect Xiao Yan, who planned to master his Dou Qi and use the Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill to advance to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Yang brought Elder Yao to a familiar cave, placed the Exotic Fire Tower there, and set the Dou Emperor Puppet to guard it.
• Elder Yao was astonished to learn that Xiao Yang could already refine some Seventh-grade Pills and had reached the Spirit Realm Late-stage in Soul Power.
• Elder Yao began preparing the Black Demon Cauldron and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Xiao Yang considered trading a Fire Lotus Seed for a portion of the flame's Origin Fire Seed.

Xiao Yang completed a Life Devouring Pill, drawing Pill Lightning that he chose to use to temper his body with the Dragon Transformation Art. He endured the first bolt and strengthened his body, then challenged the clouds to send more lightning.

• Xiao Yang finished refining the Life Devouring Pill, and the pill’s formation drew dark clouds and Silver Lightning over the Endless Back Mountain.
• Xiao Yang left the Exotic Fire Tower and prepared to face the Pill Lightning, while Su Qian watched from Jia Nan Academy and marveled at Xiao Yang’s alchemy progress.
• Xiao Yang circulated the Dragon Transformation Art and let the first bolt of Pill Lightning strike him.
• The lightning charred Xiao Yang’s skin, but his wounds quickly healed as the lightning strengthened his flesh, bones, and internal organs.
• Xiao Yang called for more lightning, and a bolt more than twice as thick as the first crashed down.

Xiao Yang absorbed Pill Lightning to temper his body while Elder Yao refined two Life Devouring Pills. Xiao Yang then traded valuable materials with Elder Yao for a trace of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's Origin Fire Seed, which he secured in the Exotic Fire Tower.

• Xiao Yang endured half an hour of Pill Lightning, absorbing its energy to strengthen his body until the storm dispersed.
• Xiao Yang restored his hair with a Second-grade Pill and returned to find Elder Yao recovering after successfully refining a medium-quality Life Devouring Pill.
• Elder Yao refined a second Life Devouring Pill, and Xiao Yang again absorbed the Pill Lightning, this time protecting his hair and lower body.
• Xiao Yang offered Elder Yao a Fire Lotus Seed and a Heavenly Origin Bright Flower in exchange for a trace of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's Origin Fire Seed.
• Elder Yao agreed, separated the Origin Fire Seed, and warned Xiao Yang that it would soon dissipate.
• Xiao Yang wrapped the Origin Fire Seed in Origin Fire and stored it inside the Exotic Fire Tower.

Xiao Yang and Elder Yao returned to find Xiao Yan had broken through to Da Dou Shi through relentless training. Xiao Yan took the Life Devouring Pill, and its potency carried him all the way to Dou Wang.

• Xiao Yang and Elder Yao returned to the Outer Academy and found Xiao Yan sparring with Xiao Yang’s puppet.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had spent the past few days training and had already broken through to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yang showed Elder Yao his Perfect Quality Qing Ming Shou Dan, impressing him with the strength of Xiao Yang’s alchemy.
• Xiao Yan recovered his strength, then took the Life Devouring Pill Xiao Yang had refined for him.
• Xiao Yang and Elder Yao concealed the breakthrough’s commotion as Xiao Yan’s aura surged through Dou Ling and reached Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan reached Dou Wang with the help of the Life Devouring Pill, and Xiao Yang gave him a Qing Ming Shou Dan before advising him to stabilize his cultivation. Back at his villa, Xiao Yang discovered that the Extreme Cold Ice Crystal was dangerous enough to severely freeze him, and he decided to refine it only after gaining sufficient strength.

• Xiao Yan stabilized his new Dou Wang realm, thanked Xiao Yang and Elder Yao, and took the Qing Ming Shou Dan from Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang advised Xiao Yan to familiarize himself with his cultivation before devouring any Heavenly Flames, then returned to his Inner Academy villa.
• Xiao Yang claimed his System rewards, placed a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Flame in the Flame Cultivation Space, and retrieved the Extreme Cold Ice Crystal.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Crystal’s chill froze Xiao Yang’s hand and filled the Cultivation Room with ice, so he stored it away and healed the damage with pills, Origin Fire, and the Dragon Transformation Art.
• Xiao Yang learned that the Extreme Cold Ice Crystal took tens of thousands of years to form and could greatly benefit ice cultivators, but decided to refine it only when he was strong enough.

Xiao Yang refined Fourth-grade Pills to raise his proficiency to Supernatural Proficiency and completed the associated system tasks. He left the final rewards unclaimed while he planned to wait for Xiao Yan to absorb the Heavenly Flames before leaving Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.

• Xiao Yang recovered from taking the pill, then cultivated overnight with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.
• Xiao Yang used the Rong Dan Method to refine twenty Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills at once and claimed the task rewards.
• Xiao Yang spent several days refining Fourth-grade Pills until he completed the task to refine two hundred of them.
• Xiao Yang received a large amount of Fourth-grade Pill comprehension and completed the task to reach Supernatural Proficiency, but delayed claiming its rewards.
• Xiao Yang planned to leave Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa after Xiao Yan absorbed the Heavenly Flames, then finish his business on the Northwest Continent and travel to the Middle Continent.

Xiao Yang brought Xiao Yan and Elder Yao into the Exotic Fire Tower so Xiao Yan could absorb the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and Green Lotus Core Flame safely. After Xiao Yan refined both flames and advanced his Blazing Art and cultivation, Xiao Yang left for the Inner Academy to claim his quest rewards.

• Xiao Yang found Xiao Yan away from his residence, then waited until Xiao Yan returned with Elder Yao and offered to help him absorb two exotic flames inside the Exotic Fire Tower.
• Xiao Yang took Xiao Yan and Elder Yao into the tower and gave Xiao Yan the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire to refine.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, bringing his Blazing Art close to Profound Tier High-level without significantly raising his cultivation.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame, which Xiao Yan refined to raise his Blazing Art to Earth Tier Low-level and his cultivation to two-star Dou King.
• Xiao Yang left for the Inner Academy after Xiao Yan thanked him, eager to claim the rewards for both completed quests.

Xiao Yang claimed the Sun Essence reward, learned how powerful and dangerous it was, and stored it in his Flame Cultivation Space for later use. After cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, he returned to the Exotic Fire Tower to claim the Pill Comprehension reward.

• Xiao Yang considered how Xiao Yan's growth might change the Three Year Agreement and whether Xiao Yan would still save Old Master Nalan.
• Xiao Yang claimed the Sun Essence reward, raising his fortune from 117 to 137 and turning its color red.
• Xiao Yang learned that the Sun Essence could burn even a Dou Saint and that his Origin Fire was too weak to absorb it.
• Xiao Yang stored the Sun Essence in the Flame Cultivation Space, where it could help the Heavenly Flames and Beast Fires develop.
• Xiao Yang cultivated with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa for a day, then entered the Exotic Fire Tower to claim the Pill Comprehension reward.

Xiao Yang completed his pill insights in the Exotic Fire Tower and decided to leave Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Xiao Qing Lin. Zi Yan insisted on joining him, and the group prepared to depart after saying goodbye to the academy elders.

• Xiao Yang absorbed his Fourth-grade Pill proficiency reward, experienced a 640-times time flow, and improved his pill proficiency across several grades.
• Xiao Yang left the Cultivation Room and refined pills for Zi Yan, who had been waiting hungrily for him.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Xiao Qing Lin to prepare to leave Jia Nan Academy, noting that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had reached Dou Ling.
• Zi Yan learned Xiao Yang was leaving, asked to join him, and agreed to say goodbye to the Great Elder first.
• Xiao Yang and the four women packed their belongings, said goodbye to Elder Huo and the others, and prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy.

Su Qian supported Zi Yan leaving with Xiao Yang and gave her medicinal materials as the group set out for the Xiao Clan before heading to the Snake People Tribe. When Zi Yan sensed a strange, unpleasant scent near the Black Emperor Sect’s city, Xiao Yang suspected it came from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and led the others toward the city to investigate.

• Su Qian approved Zi Yan’s departure, gave her medicinal materials, and hoped she might learn about her origins in the Middle Continent.
• Xiao Yang planned to visit the Xiao Clan, establish a Teleportation Array, and leave the Feather Shadow Owl there before traveling onward.
• Zi Yan sensed a scent that seemed delicious but made her uncomfortable as the group flew over a city.
• Xiao Yang recognized the city as the Black Emperor Sect’s territory and recalled its Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yang ordered the Feather Shadow Owl to descend, released it to forage, and led the women toward the city.

Xiao Yang and his companions confronted Mo Tianxing at the Black Emperor Sect’s Auction House to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and a dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse. Mo Tianxing surrendered both treasures, and Xiao Yang left after giving him two rare pills as payment.

• Xiao Yang sensed powerful experts inside the Auction House, and Mo Tianxing confronted him after detecting Xiao Yang’s Soul Power probing the building.
• Medusa forced Mo Tianxing out of the air with her pressure, and he hurriedly apologized and offered Xiao Yang a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yang demanded the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and the mysterious dried Magical Beast corpse, and Mo Tianxing handed over the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse.
• Xiao Yang created missions for the two treasures and received rewards of five Ninth Order Heavenly Demon Phoenix Beast Fires and one Bodhi Seed.
• Xiao Yang gave Mo Tianxing an Imperial Pole Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill, then left with Medusa and the others.

Xiao Yang and his companions reached Wutan City after a slow journey filled with discoveries, and he found that the Xiao Family had grown much stronger in his absence. He returned to his expanded courtyard and learned that Xiao Zhan had kept it ready for him.

• Xiao Yang and Zi Yan found many herbs and rare artifact materials on the road, and Xiao Yang discovered a Dou Zong's Cave Mansion and a small ore vein.
• Xiao Yang spent nearly a month traveling with the group, cultivating at night in the Exotic Fire Tower and arriving near Wutan City.
• Xiao Yang scanned the Xiao Family and saw that its grounds had expanded and many Clan Members had advanced to Fighter or Dou Master.
• A guard recognized Xiao Yang at the entrance and welcomed him back before Xiao Yang led Xiao Yi Xian and the others inside.
• Xiao Yang found his Small Courtyard enlarged and learned from the maidservants that Xiao Zhan had it expanded and kept clean for his return.

Xiao Yang returned to the Xiao Clan, settled into his courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, and met with Xiao Zhan. At the welcome banquet, he reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding and told them Xiao Yan had become a Dou Wang, leaving them eager to hear the full story.

• Xiao Yang asked the maid to show him the changes to the Small Courtyard and arrange nearby rooms for his companions.
• Xiao Zhan visited Xiao Yang, and Xiao Yang explained Medusa's relationship with him through Soul Voice Transmission; Xiao Zhan welcomed her and gave her a Magical Core bracelet.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Zhan about Zi Yan, and Xiao Zhan welcomed her to the Xiao Clan and invited everyone to a welcome banquet that night.
• Xiao Yang attended the banquet, where Zi Yan quickly befriended several Xiao Clan children and Xiao Yang discovered Xiao Li and Xiao Ding had returned.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding asked Xiao Yang about Xiao Yan, then were stunned to learn he had become a Dou Wang and worried that he had sacrificed his lifespan.
• Xiao Yang reassured Xiao Li and Xiao Ding that Xiao Yan was fine and asked them to visit Xiao Zhan that night to hear the details.

Xiao Yang told Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li about his recent achievements and revealed that he had reached Two-star Dou Emperor. He gave the three men pills to help them advance, and they each broke through to Dou King, leaving Xiao Zhan at Four-star Dou King.

• Xiao Zhan confirmed that Xiao Yan had reached Two-star Dou King, then asked Xiao Yang about his own cultivation.
• Xiao Yang revealed he had broken through to Two-star Dou Emperor, reassuring his shocked relatives that his foundation was stable.
• Xiao Yang recounted his cultivation and alchemy achievements, including refining the Fallen Heart Flame and reviving Heavenly Flame Venerate.
• Xiao Yang offered Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li Life Devouring Pills, Qing Ming Shou Dan, Earth Tier Cultivation Techniques, and other cultivation support.
• Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li swallowed the pills and advanced to Dou King, with Xiao Zhan reaching Four-star Dou King.

Xiao Yang shared cultivation resources and medicinal materials with his family, then continued gathering supplies and training before preparing to refine a Humanoid Form Pill. The chapter left Xiao Yang headed to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s former territory to begin refining it.

• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li cultivation techniques, Dou techniques, pills, and puppets, while Xiao Ding gave him over a thousand medicinal herbs he had ripened.
• Xiao Yang asked Xiao Ding to grow seeds for high-level medicinal materials, then returned to his room to organize mission rewards and plant herbs in his Medicinal Field Space.
• Xiao Yang spent half a month in the Xiao Clan and regularly explored the Monster Beast Mountain Range with Zi Yan, where they found supplies and a Sixth-grade Alchemist’s tomb.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate returned after mastering his body and promised Xiao Zhan that he would protect the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yang reached Three-Star Dou Emperor and, urged by Zi Yan, prepared to refine a Humanoid Form Pill at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s former territory.

Xiao Yang refined a Humanoid Form Pill for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and his children, enduring the pill lightning himself. The pill was completed, and the system offered him the mission reward of increased Seventh-grade Pill Proficiency and an Eighth Order Monster Core.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King led Xiao Yang and the others to his original cave, where Xiao Yang prepared to refine Humanoid Form Pills.
• Xiao Yang created missions that offered an Eighth Order Monster Core for refining a Humanoid Form Pill and a Ninth Order Monster Core for raising his Seventh-grade Pill Proficiency to Major Accomplishment.
• Xiao Yang began refining the pill while Zi Yan watched nervously and set up a barrier to prevent outside interference.
• Xiao Yang fused the medicinal essences, producing a hundred-beast phenomenon that drew Pill Lightning to the cave.
• Xiao Yang flew into the sky and absorbed the Pill Lightning until the clouds dispersed, after which the system announced that his mission was complete.

Xiao Yang completed his Seventh-grade pill mission while Magical Beasts rushed toward the pill fragrance, and his companions killed them for their Magical Cores. Zi Yan consumed the Humanoid Form Pill, broke through to Dou Emperor, and began growing into an adult form.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Medusa, Zi Yan, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King attacked the attracted Magical Beasts while Xiao Yang claimed his mission reward.
• Xiao Yang received insights into Seventh-grade pill refining and a prompt to claim rewards for completing his proficiency mission.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yang for the Humanoid Form Pill, and he gave it to her after creating a mission that offered Spatial Body as a reward.
• Zi Yan swallowed the pill, and its energy combined with the medicinal potency stored in her body to drive her cultivation breakthrough.
• Zi Yan reached Dou Emperor, grew to over one meter seventy, and her face and long purple hair began changing.

Zi Yan entered a cocoon to absorb the medicinal energy accumulated from eating herbs, while Xiao Yang claimed rewards that gave him an Eighth-grade pill compendium and a Spatial Body. He tested his new spatial ability with his Space Wings and returned to the cave, where Medusa noticed how faint his spatial fluctuations were.

• Zi Yan flushed with heat and was enveloped in a Purple Light Cocoon as she absorbed the medicinal potency in her body.
• Xiao Yang left the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and Xiao Yi Xian to watch Zi Yan while he recovered and prepared to refine Humanoid Form Pills.
• Xiao Yang claimed his seventh-grade Major Accomplishment reward, receiving a Ninth Order Monster Core and an Eighth-grade Pill Recipe Compendium.
• Xiao Yang claimed the completed mission reward for giving Zi Yan a Humanoid Form Pill and gained a Spatial Body.
• Xiao Yang used his new spatial ability with his Space Wings to travel several hundred kilometers to the Xiao Clan Back Mountain and back with little energy expenditure.
• Medusa noticed that the spatial fluctuations from Xiao Yang's return were extremely faint.