Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that his cousin Xiao Yang was the young alchemist Xuan Yi had described and decided to travel with Elder Yao and Feng Xian to the Southern Continent to find him. Meanwhile, Xiao Yang reached the continent and began searching for a town, following Qing Lin after her Snake Pet found one.

• Xuan Yi revealed that the twenty-year-old alchemist who refined pills with Nine-colored Pill Lightning was Xiao Yang, Xiao Yan's cousin.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yan through their Communication Token that he was traveling to the Southern Continent.
• Xiao Yan, Elder Yao, and Feng Xian agreed to prepare in Sacred Pill City before setting out the next day, while Xuan Yi stayed behind.
• Xuan Yi told them about Xiao Yang's recent feats, including refining several Eighth-grade Pills and reaching the Heavenly Soul, astonishing the group.
• Xiao Yang reached the northeastern region of the Southern Continent and sent himself, the four women, and his Soul Body to search in different directions for human settlements.
• Qing Lin reported that her Snake Pet had found a human town, and she led Xiao Yang and the others toward it.

Xiao Yang learned that the Flame of Life lay in the Myriad Flower Forest, home of the powerful and peaceful Elf Race, and traveled south with the women. After eight days, they reached the vast forest and saw the enormous Ancient Tree of Life towering at its center.

• Xiao Yang’s group entered a bustling town and learned from a server that it lay between two nations in the Southern Continent.
• Xiao Yang discovered that the Flame of Life was in the Myriad Flower Forest and learned about the Elf Race and its powerful experts.
• Xiao Yang decided to continue toward the forest, uncertain whether the elves knew about or claimed the flame.
• After resting, Xiao Yang and the women traveled south through the void, while he planned to meet Xiao Yan at the Myriad Flower Forest.
• Eight days later, Xiao Yang’s group saw the boundless forest and the gigantic tree at its center.

Xiao Yang and his companions entered the Myriad Flower Forest in search of the Flame of Life and met the Elf innkeeper Ailiya in a forest town. Ailiya explained the benefits of cultivating atop the Ancient Tree of Life, which Xiao Yang hoped to investigate.

• Zi Yan sensed precious medicinal materials in the forest, and Xiao Yang warned her not to take plants that might belong to the Elves.
• Xiao Yang compared the Flame of Life map with the immense Ancient Tree of Life and wondered whether the Flame was no longer at its crown or whether the map showed an earlier scene.
• Xiao Yang and his companions entered the forest, where they saw abundant fruit, peaceful Magical Beasts, and an Elven town built among the trees.
• Ailiya introduced herself, offered the group five Tree Houses for a week, and led them to her inn.
• Xiao Yang asked about the Ancient Tree of Life, and Ailiya said it boosted cultivation, healed hidden injuries, and strengthened the body.

After reaching Elf Town, Xiao Yang learned more about the Elf Race Holy City and prepared for the journey ahead. He decided to refine the Ninth-order Magical Beasts in his Magical Beast Ranch Space into beast-type Puppets and began with an Earth Snake.

• Ailiya explained that the Elf Race Holy City had an outer city on the ground and an inner city atop the Ancient Tree of Life, and Xiao Yang planned to visit in a few days.
• Ailiya welcomed Xiao Yang and his companions to her tree house and served them Elf specialties; Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa later went to explore Elf Town.
• Xiao Yang stayed behind to refine Ninth-order Magical Beasts into Puppets, preparing in case the Elf Race proved more dangerous than expected.
• Xiao Yang found a Ninth-order Earth Snake sleeping in the Magical Beast Ranch Space and killed it by driving a spear wrapped in Origin Fire into its eye.
• Xiao Yang began extracting the Earth Snake's soul but left its Magical Core in place so he could return it later.

Xiao Yang refined a Ninth-order Beast Puppet and earned rewards that advanced his artifact-refining skills. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s group reached the Heavenly Nightmare Saint’s ruins, where Xuan Yi began breaking through the spatial barrier.

• Xiao Yang created artifact-refining missions and began refining a Beast Puppet in the Heavenly Profound Cauldron.
• Xuan Yi joined Xiao Yan’s group as they traveled to the Southern Continent to seek materials for reviving Elder Yao and to visit the Heavenly Nightmare Saint’s ruins.
• Xiao Yan’s group found the ruins and Xuan Yi judged the sturdy spatial barrier difficult to breach.
• Xiao Yang completed both missions, claimed his rewards, and tested the Earth Snake puppet, which was stronger than an ordinary High-level Half Saint.
• Xuan Yi began working to break through the ruins’ spatial barrier while the others waited.

After refining a Ninth-order Lightning Devouring Tiger Puppet, Xiao Yang traveled with his companions to the Elf Race Holy City to investigate whether the Flame of Life remained on the Ancient Tree of Life. They entered the city and headed for the Myriad Flower Pavilion, where Xiao Yang hoped to obtain Water of Life.

• Xiao Yang put away the Earth Snake Puppet after testing its combat abilities, then successfully refined the Lightning Devouring Tiger Puppet on his second attempt.
• A week later, Xiao Yang and his companions departed after bidding farewell to Ailiya and traveled through the void toward the Elf Race Holy City.
• As the group approached the Ancient Tree of Life, Zi Yan sensed the abundant medicinal materials and tried to hurry ahead, but Qing Lin held her back.
• Xiao Yang and his companions landed, entered the Elf Race Holy City, and followed directions to the outer city's Myriad Flower Pavilion.
• Xiao Yang planned to see whether the Myriad Flower Pavilion would trade Water of Life for medicinal materials or pills.

Xiao Yang visited the Myriad Flower Pavilion to look for Special Metal and learn about the Inner City's cultivation slots. After hearing about Seed of Life, he realized the Flame of Life might be hidden on an ordinary Life Tree and wondered whether a seed could grow into an Ancient Tree of Life inside his Medicinal Field Space.

• Xiao Yang reached the Myriad Flower Pavilion and released his aura to persuade its guards to let him onto the third floor.
• Yamiya, the pavilion's Outer City manager, explained that Xiao Yang could bring three people into the Inner City and offered to arrange cultivation slots for his companions.
• Xiao Yang asked about Special Metal and Water of Life, and Yamiya told him that the Outer City sold Seed of Life instead.
• Yamiya explained that Seed of Life could grow into ordinary Life Trees, prompting Xiao Yang to suspect the Flame of Life might be on one near the Ancient Tree of Life.
• Xiao Yang considered whether a Seed of Life could grow into an Ancient Tree of Life in his Medicinal Field Space, where a Bodhi Ancient Tree already stood.

Xiao Yang bought Seeds of Life and cultivation slots in the Elf Race Holy City after revealing his Eighth-grade Alchemist badge. He sent Xiao Yi Xian and the others to the Inner City while he entered his Medicinal Field Space, where he considered planting the Seeds of Life and reflected on the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s growth and rare seeds.

• Xiao Yang asked Yamiya for ten Seeds of Life and purchased qualifications to cultivate in the Inner City.
• Yamiya recognized Xiao Yang’s Eighth-grade Alchemist badge and granted him the option to remain permanently in the Inner City; Xiao Yang bought additional slots and received tokens.
• Xiao Yang gave Medusa a Ninth-order Beast Puppet and sent the girls to find a place to stay in the Inner City while he searched for the Flame of Life.
• Xiao Yang left the city and entered his Medicinal Field Space to inspect his vast medicinal fields and the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yang recalled that the Bodhi Ancient Tree needed one hundred thousand years to mature, produced a Bodhi Heart only after maturing, and could yield Bodhi Seeds that increased the chance of advancing to Half Saint.

Xiao Yang planted three Ancient Trees of Life and searched the Myriad Flower Forest for the Flame of Life. During the search, he secretly marked a Soul Hall Protector before continuing his hunt for the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yang checked the Bodhi Ancient Tree for new Bodhi Seeds and considered how the Flame of Life could help him ripen it.
• Xiao Yang planted three Ancient Trees of Life far from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yang studied the Flame of Life Map and determined that the Flame of Life was in the upper-left area of the Ancient Tree of Life’s location.
• Xiao Yang flew toward the Flame of Life’s approximate location, searching with his Origin Fire and Soul Power.
• Xiao Yang detected a Soul Hall Protector, approached using Dark Attribute Dou Qi, and secretly marked him before leaving unnoticed.

Xiao Yang found and subdued the Flame of Life, then claimed rewards that expanded his Medicinal Field Space and granted him the Longevity Art. He returned to the Elf Race Holy City and began refining the flame while his Soul Body kept watch.

• Xiao Yang sensed the Flame of Life near a Life Tree, disguised as an ordinary Blood Coagulating Grass, and created a mission to obtain it.
• Xiao Yang used the Exotic Fire Tower to reveal and suppress the Flame of Life, then claimed the mission rewards of a tenfold Medicinal Field Space expansion and the Longevity Art.
• Xiao Yang considered transplanting the nearby Life Tree but decided against it and returned to the Inner City atop the Ancient Tree of Life.
• Xiao Yang found Xiao Yi Xian and the others, secured a tree house beside theirs, and entered the Exotic Fire Tower to refine the Flame of Life while his Soul Body stood guard.

Xiao Yang merged the Longevity Art into the Myriad Laws Incantation, cultivated a Flame of Life subordinate fire for future use, and began refining the Flame of Life. As its life force nourished him and raised his cultivation, the system announced that he had completed missions, but he had not yet claimed their rewards.

• Xiao Yang merged the Longevity Art into the Myriad Laws Incantation, greatly increasing his Dou Qi’s quantity and quality.
• Xiao Yang separated a wisp of the Flame of Life’s Subordinate Fire and placed it in the Flame Cultivation Space to cultivate a new Exotic Flame.
• Xiao Yang created a mission to refine the Flame of Life and prepared by swallowing several Eighth-grade Pills.
• Xiao Yang extracted the Flame of Life’s flame seed and swallowed it, then used his Origin Fire and Dou Qi to draw it into his dantian.
• The Book of Myriad Laws suppressed the Flame of Life, allowing Xiao Yang to refine it; its life force healed and nourished him as his cultivation rose.
• The system announced that Xiao Yang had completed the Flame of Life refinement mission and a mission to reach five-star Dou Zun, while he was still occupied with the surging life force.

After absorbing the Flame of Life, Xiao Yang reached Six-star Dou Zun and brought his physical body close to the Half Saint level. He claimed the system’s Life Body reward, which pushed his body to Half Saint and left him eager to explore its abilities.

• Xiao Yang stopped at Six-star Dou Zun after refining the Flame of Life, gaining immense life force and a physical body strong enough to contend with a peak Dou Venerate and briefly fight a Half Saint.
• Xiao Yang considered cultivating the Dragon Transformation Art, which required the essence blood of a Ninth Order Dragon-type Magical Beast, and planned to raise Ancient Void Dragons in his Magical Beast Ranch Space.
• Xiao Yang planned to travel through the Southern Continent to obtain a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan and eventually bring her back to East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yang claimed his cultivation breakthrough reward and then claimed the Life Body reward, whose life force shattered his physical bottleneck and raised his body to the Half Saint level.
• Xiao Yang received information about the Life Body and judged it more precious than a Heaven Tier High-level cultivation method.

After gaining the Life Body, Xiao Yang struggled to control his greatly increased physical strength, then discovered that the Flame of Life made the Spirit Plant Method dramatically more effective. He ripened the Bodhi Ancient Tree past seventy thousand years and brought his Spirit Plant Method close to Supernatural Proficiency.

• Xiao Yang realized the Life Body had greatly extended his lifespan, improved his recovery, and made his physical strength grow rapidly.
• Xiao Yang asked Xiao Yi Xian and the others to wait while he spent three days learning to control his new strength inside the Exotic Fire Tower.
• Xiao Yang used the Flame of Life and Spirit Plant Method to mature a Thousand-year Snow Lotus seed in seconds.
• Xiao Yang ripened the Bodhi Ancient Tree by a thousand years in one session and began repeating the process while recovering his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yang raised the Bodhi Ancient Tree's age to over seventy thousand years, harvested dozens of Bodhi Seeds, and brought his Spirit Plant Method proficiency to Perfection 9/10.

Xiao Yang completed his mission to raise his Spirit Plant Method proficiency to Supernatural Proficiency, doubling the Medicinal Field Space and its time flow while gaining seeds and comprehension. After preparing Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to guard him, he entered seclusion in the Exotic Fire Tower to absorb his new insight.

• Xiao Yang created a mission to reach Supernatural Proficiency and anticipated its rewards, including a doubled Medicinal Field Space time flow of 20,480 times.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yang cultivated with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Nine-star Dou Ancestor and Medusa reached the Two-revolution stage.
• Xiao Yang raised the Bodhi Ancient Tree's age past ninety thousand years and completed the mission, then claimed all rewards except the Spirit Plant Method insight.
• Xiao Yang planted the top-tier medicinal material seeds in the expanded Medicinal Field Space and found that his comprehension had reached 180 without changing its evaluation.
• Xiao Yang gave Medusa two Ninth-order Beast Puppets, warned Xiao Yi Xian and the others that he would be in seclusion, and entered the Exotic Fire Tower to absorb his insight.

After half a month absorbing Spirit Plant Method insights, Xiao Yang left seclusion at the peak of Six-star Dou Zun and went to meet Xiao Yan and their companions. He supplied Elder Yao with Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill ingredients, accepted Magical Beasts and rare medicinal materials from Xiao Yan, and discovered that Xiao Yan had reached Two-Star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yang absorbed extensive plant-related insights for half a month, including methods for grafting plants and cultivating new medicinal materials with Wood Attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yang left the Exotic Fire Tower, learned that Xiao Yan and the others had arrived in the Elf Race Holy City, and went to Xuan Yi's Tree House.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Yan five portions of medicinal materials for the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill, and Elder Yao said he could refine Eighth-grade Pills himself.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yang several talented Magical Beasts and special medicinal materials in return for the pill ingredients.
• Xiao Yang discovered that Xiao Yan had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong and said he had prepared something good for him.

Xiao Yang reunited with Xiao Yan and learned about his recent opportunities, while Xiao Yan, Xuan Yi, and Elder Yao envied Xiao Yang for obtaining the Flame of Life. Xiao Yang returned with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to cultivate and planned to break through to Nine-star Dou Venerate, leaving him puzzled by the rewards his new missions offered.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yang about his recent adventures and how he had reached Two-star Dou Zong after obtaining and devouring a sentient Turtle Spirit Earth Fire.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yan, Xuan Yi, and Elder Yao that he had obtained the Flame of Life, prompting them to marvel at its rarity and envy its benefits for alchemy and longevity.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others arrived after shopping, and Xiao Yang left with them after arranging to return when Elder Yao was ready to be revived.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa that he planned to reach Nine-star Dou Venerate and help Xiao Yi Xian break through to Dou Venerate during their cultivation that night.
• Xiao Yang established missions for reaching Seven-star, Eight-star, and Nine-star Dou Venerate, then wondered why all three offered identical rewards.

Xiao Yang and his companions advanced their cultivation before he joined Xuan Yi and Selina to watch Feng Xian receive the Pill Lightning from Yao Chen’s Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill. After the pill’s refinement, Xiao Yan invited Xiao Yang and Xuan Yi inside to witness Yao Chen’s revival.

• Xiao Yang reached Nine-star Dou Venerate Peak while cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, and the energy from Xiao Yi Xian’s breakthrough pushed him to Two-revolution Dou Venerate, Medusa to Four-revolution, and Xiao Yi Xian to Two-star Dou Venerate Peak.
• Xiao Yang concluded that Dou Venerate Nine Revolutions involved compressing Dou Qi rather than a separate realm, and he examined the rewards for his Dou Venerate Peak mission.
• Two days later, dark clouds gathered above the Ancient Tree of Life as Yao Chen refined a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill, and Xiao Yang flew to Xiao Yan’s Tree House.
• Xuan Yi introduced Xiao Yang to Selina, the queen of the Elf Race, who had come to offer help with the Pill Lightning.
• Feng Xian received the Four-colored Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan then asked Xiao Yang and Xuan Yi to come inside so he could revive Yao Chen.

Xiao Yan began the Resurrection Method to revive Elder Yao using the Heavenly Nightmare Saint’s bones and Xiao Yang’s powerful essence blood. The process stalled when Xiao Yan proved too weak to merge the blood into the bones quickly, and Xuan Yi’s offer to help could not solve the need for flames containing three different Exotic Fires.

• Xiao Yan brought Elder Yao, Xiao Yang, Xuan Yi, Feng Xian, and Mu Qing Luan into the Exotic Fire Tower so the resurrection would not be disturbed.
• After Elder Yao recovered his Soul Power, Xiao Yan began the ritual with the Heavenly Nightmare Saint’s bones, the Myriad Beast Lotus Heart Flame, and Elder Yao’s Soul Power.
• Elder Yao swallowed the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill, and Xiao Yang offered Xiao Yan stronger essence blood from an Eighth Order Peak Heavenly Fire Luan.
• Xiao Yan poured the Heavenly Fire Luan Essence Blood over the bones and used his flame to scorch it into them, but the process advanced too slowly because he was too weak.
• Xuan Yi offered to help, but Xiao Yan and Elder Yao remained grim because the Resurrection Method required flames possessing three different Exotic Fires.

Xiao Yang used his ten Heavenly Flames and the Resurrection Method to help Xiao Yan revive Elder Yao in a powerful Heavenly Nightmare Saint skeleton. After ten days of waiting, the resurrection task was marked complete, though Elder Yao’s full return was still pending.

• Xiao Yang revealed that he possessed ten Heavenly Flames and asked Xiao Yan to teach him the Resurrection Method.
• Xiao Yang used his Origin Fire to fuse the Heavenly Fire Luan's Essence Blood into the bones, allowing Elder Yao to enter the skeleton and begin regenerating his body.
• Xiao Yang applied the Flame of Life, accelerating the growth of Elder Yao's flesh, organs, and skin until his new body took shape.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Yang for saving the resurrection, while Xiao Yang realized his task would not complete until Elder Yao finished adapting to the body.
• Xiao Yang and the others waited inside the Exotic Fire Tower, and after ten days his system announced that the resurrection task was complete.

Elder Yao was resurrected with High-level Half Saint strength, and Xiao Yang prepared to leave the Exotic Fire Tower with the others. As they departed, Xiao Yang and Elder Yao sensed a powerful stranger inside Elder Yao’s tree house.

• Xiao Yang matured the Bodhi Ancient Tree, collected several Bodhi Hearts, and planned to use them with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa after Elder Yao’s resurrection.
• Elder Yao awoke with a powerful aura, and Xuan Yi recognized that he had reached Half Saint.
• Elder Yao announced that he had resurrected at High-level Half Saint and thanked Xiao Yang for making it possible.
• Xiao Yang and the others decided to rest before returning to Middle Continent, where Xiao Yang planned to attempt refining Ninth-grade Pills.
• Xiao Yang and Elder Yao sensed a stranger inside Elder Yao’s tree house, and Elder Yao demanded that the person reveal themselves.