Chapter Summaries

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan rescued Heavenly Fire Venerable from beneath Jia Nan Academy and brought him into the Yang Alliance in exchange for the Fallen Heart Flame. After Chen Yang and Xiao Yan resurrected him in a Dou Zun body, Heavenly Fire Venerable pledged himself to the alliance, and they celebrated his return to life.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable offered the Fallen Heart Flame and his possessions in exchange for pills that could restore his fading spiritual power, and Chen Yang proposed resurrection in return for joining the Yang Alliance.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable accepted Chen Yang’s offer, gave Xiao Yan his Five Rounds of Blazing Fire Method, and accompanied them to the surface.
• Chen Yang returned the infant Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian, who thanked him on behalf of Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Yang captured a Seventh-tier Magical Beast and refined an upper Seventh-grade Yin Yang Life Soul Pill while Xiao Yan prepared pills to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable’s spiritual power.
• Xiao Yan used Venerable Qing Hai’s bones and the prepared materials to give Heavenly Fire Venerable a body, resurrecting him at Two-star Dou Zun.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable thanked Chen Yang and pledged his service to the Yang Alliance, and the group celebrated his resurrection.

After arriving in Yang City, Chen Yang gained the Six Paths Samsara Flame and refined a Nine-Colored Profound Yin Pill while teaching Xiao Yi Xian alchemy. With his preparations for the Yang Alliance complete, he neared the time to leave the Northwest Continent for Central Continent.

• Chen Yang brought his companions to Yang City and obtained the Six Paths Samsara Flame through the System Prompt.
• Chen Yang postponed his trip to Central Continent until Xiao Yan learned the Emperor Seal Art and the Five Rounds of Blazing Fire Method, and he finished refining the Nine-Colored Profound Yin Pill.
• Chen Yang guided Xiao Yi Xian as she refined Qi Gathering Powder using her poison Dou Qi, and Medicine Elder observed her technique.
• Chen Yang invited the Yang Alliance's Fifth-grade and higher alchemists to watch him begin refining the Nine-Colored Profound Yin Pill, while Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder bet on whether Chen Yang would become a Dou Di within ten years.
• After half a month, Chen Yang completed the pill, and the hundred thousand absorbed its Nine-Colored Pill Lightning with Chen Yang's help.
• Chen Yang refined more Grade 8 Pills and other medicines for the Yang Alliance, and the time to part from the Northwest Continent soon arrived.

Before leaving for several years, Chen Yang visited Wutan City and spent time with the women closest to him, then prepared the Yang Alliance and his family for his departure. He left the Xiao Family and Yang Alliance in trusted hands, with his journey about to begin.

• Chen Yang told Ya Fei he might be gone for two or three years, and they visited Wutan City together, where he remembered Li Kui and toured the Mittel Auction House and Xiao Family.
• Chen Yang took Yun Yun to the Monster Mountain Range, where she reassured him she did not blame him for her teacher's death or for taking the body.
• Chen Yang spent time with Qing Lin in Stone Desert City, promised to take her adventuring when he returned, and left three Jade Slips for Cai Lin after she avoided seeing him.
• Chen Yang got drunk with Xiao Yong, promised to help him reach Dou Di, and left a Storage Ring beside the sleeping Xiao Ling before departing the Xiao Family.
• Chen Yang entrusted the Yang Alliance to Hai Bodong and Zi Yi, instructing Hai Bodong to evacuate the core members if the Alliance could not be defended.

Chen Yang left the Northwest Continent with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, then traveled with Xiao Yan and their companions to Tianbei City in Central Continent. He reunited with Han Yue, who guided them to her family, while he tasked Xiao Yan with obtaining Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body without revealing his identity.

• Chen Yang said goodbye to Yun Yun, Qing Lin, Ya Fei, Hai Bodong, and the others before setting out with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Chen Yang met Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable on the Black Domain Great Plain and announced that they would first return to Jia Nan Academy to meet Han Yue.
• Chen Yang summoned Han Yue from Jia Nan Academy, and she agreed to accompany the group to Tianbei City and visit the Han Family.
• Chen Yang brought the group through space to a forest outside Tianbei City, where the Fierce Tiger King transformed into its enormous Eight-winged Fierce Tiger King form before shrinking at Chen Yang’s request.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to obtain Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body within seven days without exposing his identity, and Xiao Yan agreed to investigate the pavilion.

Han Yue brought Chen Yang and his group to Tianbei City, where the Han Family welcomed them as honored guests. That night, Xiao Yan disguised himself as a Soul Hall Protector and, with Ten Thousand, attacked the Wind Lightning North Pavilion to seize the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.

• Han Fei rushed to stop a Seventh-tier Magical Beast approaching Tianbei City, then discovered it carried Han Yue and was traveling with Chen Yang’s group.
• Han Fei warmly welcomed Chen Yang and his companions into the Han Family and introduced them to the family’s leaders.
• Xiao Yan asked Chen Yang for Soul Hall equipment so he could impersonate a protector and target the Wind Lightning North Pavilion.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan Protector Xiao’s robes and sent Ten Thousand with him, warning Xiao Yan to keep Medicine Elder’s existence secret.
• Xiao Yan and Ten Thousand reached Qifeng Mountain, where Xiao Yan claimed to be from the Soul Hall and attacked Shen Yun and the other elders for the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.

Xiao Yan attacked the Wind Lightning North Pavilion, killed its leaders, and plundered its treasure before returning to the Han Family in Tianbei City. He handed Chen Yang the scroll of Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.

• Xiao Yan killed Elder Feng, captured Elder Lei, and forced Fei Tian to surrender the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body scroll.
• Xiao Yan reneged on his promise, killed Elder Lei, and fought Fei Tian while one hundred thousand absorbed the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array’s lightning.
• Fei Tian fled, but Xiao Yan caught and killed him, then collected his remains for a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• One hundred thousand killed the remaining Wind Lightning North Pavilion disciples and elders on Qifeng Mountain while Xiao Yan plundered the pavilion’s treasures.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Han Family, where Chen Yang teased him about Han Xue, and then Xiao Yan gave Chen Yang the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body scroll.

Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to gather rare materials for a trip to the Tian Mu Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan would strengthen his body, Spiritual Power, and Dou Qi. The discussion also revealed that Xiao Yan could pursue Three Thousand Burning Flame at the Pill Gathering, while Chen Yang hinted that the Soul Hall offered another way to enhance Spiritual Power.

• Xiao Yan refused to hand over his loot, explaining that he was saving it for the bride price, and Chen Yang ordered him to gather a list of Medicinal Materials before their trip to the Tian Mu Mountain Range.
• Chen Yang explained that the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool could strengthen Xiao Yan's body, Dou Qi, and Spiritual Power, and laid out a plan to help him reach Peak Dou Zong within half a year.
• Chen Yang and Medicine Elder discussed Three Thousand Burning Flame and the Pill Gathering, telling Xiao Yan that he would need at least Dou Zun cultivation to subdue the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan left to gather the materials, then asked Chen Yang about other ways to enhance Spiritual Power, and Chen Yang hinted at the Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan killed Hong Chen and destroyed the Hong Family after Zi Yan was insulted, then gathered medicinal materials and began cultivating Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body. When Xiao Yan mastered its introductory stage, Chen Yang obtained the Low-level Heaven Tier Dou Technique Nine Layered Phoenix Shadow Body from the System.

• Xiao Yan learned from Medicine Elder that the Soul Hall raised Soul Realms by devouring extracted soul origins, and he promised to help revive Medicine Elder.
• Hong Chen harassed Han Yue, and Zi Yan struck him down after insulting him; Han Yue disabled Hong Chen's guards.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered that no roots be left behind, and Xiao Yan killed Hong Chen and joined Zi Yan in destroying the Hong Family.
• Xiao Yan told Han Fei to take over the Hong Family's assets, keeping its medicinal materials and asking the Han Family for copies of its Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills.
• Xiao Yan gathered medicinal materials and Magic Cores, then learned the introductory stage of Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body under Medicine Elder's guidance.
• The System rewarded Chen Yang with the Low-level Heaven Tier Dou Technique Nine Layered Phoenix Shadow Body after detecting Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan left Tianbei City after securing the Han Family’s support, then headed for Hua Gu City to seek the Hua Gu Sect’s water-element techniques for Xiao Ling. The Hua Gu Sect welcomed Chen Yang and invited him to a banquet, while Xiao Yan and Zi Yan remained disappointed that they would not get to rob the city.

• Chen Yang mastered the Nine Layered Phoenix Shadow Body, tested its nine energy clones, and found they rapidly drained his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan gathered the items they had arranged to obtain, and Chen Yang set their next destination as Hua Gu City.
• Han Fei thanked Chen Yang and Xiao Yan for their help, and Chen Yang gave him a Spatial Jade Slip in case the Han Family faced a crisis.
• Han Tian realized Chen Yang’s Spatial Jade Slip marked him as a Dou Saint, prompting Han Fei to order the Han Family to preserve the courtyard where Chen Yang had stayed.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan proposed robbing Hua Gu City, but Chen Yang explained that he planned to negotiate with the Hua Gu Sect for techniques for Xiao Ling.
• The Hua Gu Sect’s master accepted Chen Yang’s calling card and invited him to a banquet two hours later.

Chen Yang negotiated with Hua Gu Sect master Liu Tingxin for its inherited Dou Techniques and offered her a chance to obtain a Huan Yu Pill. The next day, he headed into the Tian Mu Mountain Range with Liu Tingxin and discovered Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and one hundred thousand inside the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s core territory.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan left to search the Tian Mu Mountain Range for poisonous insects and plants, while Chen Yang sent ten thousand with them.
• Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Fierce Tiger King attended Liu Tingxin’s banquet and discussed their visit to Hua Gu City.
• Chen Yang offered Liu Tingxin a Zong Yuan Pill for Hua Gu Sect’s inherited Dou Technique, but she instead gave him three secret techniques and asked for a chance to make a friend of him.
• Chen Yang returned the techniques and pill, suggesting Liu Tingxin use the pill to request a Huan Yu Pill, and she agreed to send the techniques to the Yang Alliance or Jia Nan Academy.
• The next day, Chen Yang and Liu Tingxin entered the Tian Mu Mountain Range, where Chen Yang sensed Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and one hundred thousand in the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s core territory.

Chen Yang arranged for Xiao Yan to use the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and helped him prepare pills to temper his soul and body. After months of cultivation, Xiao Yan emerged as a Peak Dou Zong, while Chen Yang reminded him that he still lagged behind Xiao Yi Xian.

• Zi Yan ordered the Gold Devouring Rat Clan members to gather poisonous grass and Poisonous Insects, and Chen Yang gently scolded her for bullying them.
• Chen Yang asked Jin Shi and Jin Gu to let Xiao Yan cultivate in the depths of the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and he removed Jin Shi’s Fire Toxin as payment.
• Chen Yang refined a Spirit Ascension Soul Tempering Pill and a Flame Demon Body Tempering Pill, then Xiao Yan entered the pool and began tempering his soul and body with Heavenly Flames.
• After a month, Xiao Yan reached the Spirit Realm Soul and an Eighth-tier Magical Beast-level body, then took a Zong Yuan Pill to advance his Dou Qi.
• After several more months, Xiao Yan emerged at Peak Dou Zong, and Chen Yang told him he still had to work hard to catch up with Xiao Yi Xian.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan discussed Xiao Yan’s plan to travel alone and endure life-or-death trials to trigger the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill’s effect. They agreed to visit Fen Yan Valley first for the complete Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes, while Xiao Yan began plotting to provoke the Soul Hall’s enemies into beating him half to death.

• At the cliff’s edge, Xiao Yan told Chen Yang he planned to go out alone so he could face real danger and activate the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill’s breaking-and-rebuilding effect.
• Chen Yang warned Xiao Yan that the pill’s effect could kill him, but Xiao Yan insisted he was ready and joked that Xun Er would otherwise become a widow.
• Chen Yang said they would go to Fen Yan Valley for the complete Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes before Xiao Yan pursued his own plans, and warned that the valley’s Old Ancestor was a Dou Saint.
• Medicine Elder recognized Yan Huo’s rise to Dou Saint and decided to demand the technique from him, threatening to organize an alchemist boycott if he refused.
• Chen Yang explained that Fen Yan Valley’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame was an inherited flame that Xiao Yan could not refine, so Xiao Yan proposed disguising himself as a Soul Hall Protector and provoking someone into beating him half to death.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan traveled from the Northern Region to Fen Yan Valley, with Xun Er learning that Xiao Yan had reached Central Continent. After Medicine Elder revealed himself to Fen Yan Valley’s Second Elder, the group was welcomed inside, where Chen Yang received a System Prompt.

• Jin Shi and Liu Tingxin joined the Yang Alliance, and the Gold Devouring Rat Clan hosted a banquet for Xiao Yan after his cultivation breakthrough.
• Chen Yang and his group left Hua Gu City and headed toward the Central Region, while Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had reached Central Continent.
• Chen Yang’s group arrived in Tian Huang City, visited the Liu Family, and then traveled to the Blazing Volcano Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan announced himself as the Young Master of Starfall Pavilion, and Yan Qing challenged his claim until Medicine Elder appeared and identified himself.
• Yan Qing welcomed Medicine Elder and the group into Fen Yan Valley, where Chen Yang heard a System Prompt upon entering.

Chen Yang and the others entered Fen Yan Valley, where System rewards raised Chen Yang to Two-star Dou Saint Peak and granted him powerful techniques and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Fire Cloud Old Ancestor welcomed the visitors, reunited with Medicine Elder, and joked that he would marry Fen Yan Valley’s Little Princess to Xiao Yan if Xiao Yan reached Dou Zun within ten years.

• The System rewarded Chen Yang with Two-star Dou Saint Peak strength, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and several Heavenly-grade cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Yan Qing objected to Chen Yang’s remarks about Fen Yan Valley, but Fire Cloud Old Ancestor arrived, corrected him, and sent him to fetch Tang Zhen.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor introduced himself and learned that Xiao Yan was Yao Chen’s disciple.
• Medicine Elder emerged from the Bone Flame Ring, explained that Han Feng and Soul Hall had attacked him, and reunited with Fire Cloud Old Ancestor.
• Medicine Elder praised Xiao Yan’s potential, and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor joked that he would marry the valley’s Little Princess to Xiao Yan if he reached Dou Zun within ten years.

Xiao Yan rejected Fire Cloud Old Ancestor’s proposal to marry Tang Huo'er, and Medicine Elder wagered on Xiao Yan reaching Dou Saint within ten years. When the group learned Tang Huo'er was dangerously devouring the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame, Chen Yang intervened and began refining pills to help her.

• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor proposed that Xiao Yan marry Tang Huo'er, but Xiao Yan refused because he loved someone else.
• Medicine Elder revealed that Xiao Yan’s beloved was Gu Yuan’s daughter, then proposed a wager that Xiao Yan would reach Dou Saint within ten years; Fire Cloud Old Ancestor declined.
• Yan Qing reported that Tang Huo'er was devouring the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame, so Chen Yang and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor hurried to help.
• Chen Yang discovered that Tang Huo'er could not suppress the flame seed and was at risk of backlash.
• Chen Yang drew water from the Extreme Yin Cold Spring and began refining medicinal pills in the Vast Ancient Cauldron.

Chen Yang refined a High-grade Seventh-grade Ice Vein Pill and used it to help Tang Huo'er safely refine the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame. He revealed that he currently possessed four Heavenly Flames, then left with the others for the core of Fen Yan Valley while Medicine Elder stayed behind to speak with Fire Cloud Old Ancestor.

• Medicine Elder sensed Bone Spirit Cold Flame in Chen Yang's Heavenly Flame, and Chen Yang explained that another Heavenly Flame had been unsealed.
• Chen Yang's pill lightning appeared, and he used a puppet to disperse it, revealing his strength as a Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Chen Yang gave Tang Zhen a High-grade Seventh-grade Ice Vein Pill and guided Tang Huo'er through refining the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.
• Chen Yang summoned his own Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame to suppress Tang Huo'er's flame, and Tang Huo'er refined it smoothly.
• Medicine Elder asked how many Heavenly Flames Chen Yang had, and Chen Yang said he currently had four.
• Chen Yang led the group toward the core of Fen Yan Valley, while Xiao Yan followed and Medicine Elder remained with Fire Cloud Old Ancestor.

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor reunited with Medicine Elder, who asked him to give Xiao Yan Fen Yan Valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes. At a banquet, Chen Yang arranged treatment for Tang Zhen in exchange for Fen Yan Valley’s support, and revealed Xiao Yan’s connection to Xiao Xuan to secure the technique for him.

• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor welcomed Medicine Elder, and Medicine Elder praised Xiao Yan before asking for the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes as repayment of an old favor.
• Chen Yang introduced Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yan, and Fierce Tiger King to Tang Zhen at a banquet in Fen Yan Valley.
• Tang Zhen offered Chen Yang the Mountain Cauldron in exchange for a medicinal pill to treat the weakness caused by passing down the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.
• Chen Yang asked instead for the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes for Xiao Yan and revealed that Xiao Yan was descended from Xiao Xuan.
• Tang Zhen recognized Xiao Yan’s claim and granted him the technique, while offering medicinal materials and two favors in exchange for Chen Yang’s treatment.
• Chen Yang promised to heal Tang Zhen and potentially help him advance from Five-star Dou Zun to Six-star Dou Zun, and Tang Zhen pledged Fen Yan Valley’s alliance with Starfall Pavilion and Chen Yang.

Chen Yang refined a Mystic Blaze Pill for Tang Zhen and helped Xiao Yan inherit the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes in Fen Yan Valley. After agreeing he could heal Fire Cloud Old Ancestor’s injuries, Chen Yang asked whether Fen Yan Ancestor’s remains were still in the valley.

• Tang Zhen gathered the medicinal materials Chen Yang needed, and Chen Yang refined a Mystic Blaze Pill while his hundred thousand absorbed the Three-colored Pill Lightning.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan a teasing answer about surpassing him, then handed Tang Zhen the pill and warned him to take it somewhere rich in energy.
• Xiao Yan spent a day inheriting the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes but sensed that the inheritance was missing something.
• Medicine Elder and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor asked Chen Yang about healing Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, and Chen Yang agreed he could treat him.
• Chen Yang asked Fire Cloud Old Ancestor whether Fen Yan Ancestor’s remains were still in Fen Yan Valley.

Chen Yang secured Fen Yan Ancestor’s Corpse Bone from Fire Cloud Old Ancestor to revive Medicine Elder, with Xiao Yan’s lineage helping persuade the valley elder to agree. Chen Yang then raised the requirements for the revival, and the group went to see Huo'er Girl after she refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.

• Chen Yang asked Fire Cloud Old Ancestor for Fen Yan Ancestor’s Corpse Bone, and Xiao Yan revealed that he was Xiao Xuan’s descendant.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor agreed to trade the Corpse Bone for Chen Yang’s help restoring his injuries, delighting Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan that reviving Medicine Elder would require a Nine-Rank Profound Pill, Five-star Dou Sheng Magical Beast blood essence, and stronger Spiritual Power, which Xiao Yan would pursue by investigating the Soul Hall.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan speculated that Medicine Elder might reach Five-star Dou Sheng strength after revival.
• A surge of energy came from the Extreme Yin Cold Spring, and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor announced that Huo'er Girl had refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.

Tang Huo'er recovered after Chen Yang helped her devour the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame, and Chen Yang refined a pill for Fire Cloud Old Ancestor before leaving Fen Yan Valley. As the Four Pavilion Conference approached, Xiao Yan quietly left the Liu Family in Tian Huang City to confront Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Tang Huo'er awoke beside the Extreme Yin Cold Spring, and Chen Yang stopped Zi Yan from trying to steal treasure from the pool.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor thanked Chen Yang for saving Tang Huo'er and explained that Tang Zhen was recovering with a chance of advancing in strength.
• Chen Yang discovered Fen Yan Ancestor's Corpse Bone beneath the spring and agreed to leave it in Fen Yan Valley until the remaining materials were gathered.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor brought Chen Yang the medicinal materials, and Chen Yang refined the Qing Xuan Jiang Chen Pill in ten days before handing it over.
• Chen Yang's group left Fen Yan Valley after discussing the approaching Four Pavilion Conference and Xiao Yan's grievances with Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan quietly left the Liu Family in Tian Huang City at dawn, vowing to deal with Wind Lightning Pavilion.