Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan grew stronger through Chen Yang’s medicinal pills and Medicine Elder’s training while preparing to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame through Jia Nan Academy. After a year of developing his alchemy and connections in Wutan City, Chen Yang told Ya Fei he was leaving to receive an inheritance, and she prepared to wait for him in the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Yan delivered medicinal pills to Xiao Yong and Xiao Ling, then tested the Muscle Strengthening Bone Strengthening Pill by enduring Medicine Elder’s beating and entering a tub of Spirit Frost Divine Liquid, which rapidly healed and strengthened him.
• Over the following year, Xiao Yong became a Four-Star Dou Grandmaster and Xiao Ling became a Dou Shi, while Xiao Yan secretly advanced to Five-Star Dou Shi and trained Eight Extremes Collapse to major completion.
• Medicine Elder told Xiao Yan that Jia Nan Academy would soon recruit students and that its Fallen Heart Flame could help Flame Mantra evolve, so Xiao Yan agreed to enroll.
• Chen Yang told Ya Fei he was leaving Wutan City to receive an inheritance and promised to return in about a year, while Ya Fei said she would wait for him in the Imperial Capital.

Chen Yang said farewell to the Xiao Family, left Wutan City, and prepared for his inheritance in Qingshan Town. Xiao Yan obtained leave to travel, then learned Chen Yang had left him a costly supply of Medicinal Pills; the chapter ended with Chen Yang at Myriad Medicine Pavilion, meeting Xiao Yi Xian.

• Chen Yang gave Xiao Ling and Xiao Yong Storage Rings filled with Medicinal Pills and promised to visit them at Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Yang sold Xiao Zhan a Spirit Ascension Pill, asked him to protect Xiao Yong, and left the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan fought Instructor Ruo Lin to a draw during Jia Nan Academy's recruitment and secured leave to begin his journey.
• Xiao Yan visited Mittel to find Chen Yang, but Ya Fei told him Chen Yang had left and handed over the Medicinal Pills he had prepared.
• Xiao Yan paid Ya Fei nearly all his Gold Coins for the pills and left Mittel nearly broke.
• At Myriad Medicine Pavilion in Qingshan Town, Chen Yang wondered whether Xiao Yan had received his final gift as he looked at Xiao Yi Xian.

Chen Yang met Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town, used his strength and a fabricated story about a sect elder to gain her trust, and stayed at her pavilion while waiting for Xiao Yan. After five days, the System awarded Chen Yang the Nine Yang Divine Physique after identifying Xiao Yi Xian as the town’s strongest physique holder, and Chen Yang wondered whether Xiao Yan had arrived.

• Chen Yang intimidated Wolf Head Mercenary Group members who harassed Xiao Yi Xian, then praised her healing medicines and spoke with her in the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s backyard.
• Chen Yang revealed that he was an Alchemist and claimed he had sensed his sect elder’s aura on Xiao Yi Xian, persuading her to lead him to a hidden cave in exchange for its non-inheritance items.
• Chen Yang promised to help Xiao Yi Xian with her troubles and gave her his name; she agreed to his offer.
• Chen Yang stayed at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, warned the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to stop harassing Xiao Yi Xian, and disposed of the pavilion owner, whom he considered her enemy.
• After five days, the System identified Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and awarded Chen Yang the Nine Yang Divine Physique; Chen Yang wondered if Xiao Yan had arrived.

Chen Yang gained the Nine Yang Divine Physique and Rainbow Sword after Xiao Yan arrived in Qingshan Town, then set off with Xiao Yi Xian for the Monster Mountain Range. A system reward raised Chen Yang to Seven-star Dou Huang when it detected the Purple Gold Winged Lion King in the range’s Eastern Region.

• Chen Yang received the Nine Yang Divine Physique and Rainbow Sword, and sensed his Fire Attribute affinity and cultivation improve.
• Xiao Yan bought Blood Lotus Essence at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, then returned to his inn and prepared to enter the Monster Mountain Range.
• Chen Yang summoned Xiao Yi Xian and told her they would leave for the Monster Mountain Range the next day.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian set out, and the system raised Chen Yang to Seven-star Dou Huang after detecting the Purple Gold Winged Lion King.

Chen Yang brought Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden cave in the Monster Mountain Range and revealed that he was a Dou Emperor. After they explored the chamber and opened its three boxes, Chen Yang offered Xiao Yi Xian the treasures, including the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture she needed.

• Chen Yang suggested that refining a Heavenly Flame might let Xiao Yi Xian become an Alchemist and suppress her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Chen Yang to a cliffside cave, and he carried her down with his Dou Qi Wings.
• Chen Yang cleared the cave entrance, told Xiao Yi Xian he was a Dou Emperor, and guided her through the cave's decayed mechanisms.
• Chen Yang opened the stone chamber, bowed to the skeleton he called his sect's Martial Granduncle, and took its key and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment.
• Chen Yang opened three stone boxes and found Mad Lion's Roar, Purple Cloud Wings, and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Chen Yang offered the treasures to Xiao Yi Xian, and she began to choose one.

Chen Yang stayed in Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian after she chose the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, while Xiao Yan began a demanding training period in the Monster Mountain Range. After a month and a half, Chen Yang prepared to leave for the range, and Xiao Yi Xian let him embrace her as she gave him supplies she had prepared.

• Xiao Yi Xian chose the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and Chen Yang collected the cave's treasures and medicinal materials, including the White Orchid Fruit.
• Chen Yang returned to Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian, studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and saw her react to its account of the Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan camped beneath a waterfall in the Monster Mountain Range as Medicine Elder set goals for him: reach Da Dou Shi, cultivate an Earth-tier Dou Skill, and learn to refine a Third-grade Pill.
• After staying in Qingshan Town for a month and a half, Chen Yang invited Xiao Yi Xian to explore the Monster Mountain Range with him, but she chose to remain at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Chen Yang seasonings and clothes she had prepared, and he pulled her into an embrace that she eventually accepted.

Chen Yang entered the Monster Mountain Range, gained powerful swordplay and flying techniques, and began gathering materials while planning to prepare for Xiao Yi Xian to devour a Heavenly Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan obtained a flying technique of his own and continued cultivating, unaware Chen Yang was nearby.

• Chen Yang left Qingshan Town, entered the Monster Mountain Range, and received the Earth Tier Intermediate Long Rainbow Swordplay and Low-level Earth Tier Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens from the System.
• Chen Yang tested Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens, found its Dou Qi consumption high, and flew deeper into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan recalled finding a dangerous cave, where he obtained the Mysterious Tier High-grade Green Swallow Wings, a wood-attributed Dou Technique, and Gold Coins.
• Xiao Yan complained to Medicine Elder that Flame Mantra made pill refining consume too much Dou Qi, then asked where Chen Yang might be.
• Chen Yang killed a Fourth-tier Ice Ling Snake and collected its Magic Core, hoping to sell it to Xiao Yan and gain a favor from Yan Di.
• Chen Yang decided to gather medicinal materials to prepare for Xiao Yi Xian to safely devour a Heavenly Flame.

Chen Yang became an Eight-star Dou Huang after harvesting rare medicinal materials, while Xiao Yan trained and learned that the Flame Mantra could help resurrect Medicine Elder. The chapter ended when Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder sensed someone fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Chen Yang gathered medicinal materials and Magic Cores in the Monster Mountain Range, then broke through to Eight-star Dou Huang after sleeping.
• Xiao Yan trained toward becoming a Third-grade Alchemist and worried about reaching Jia Nan Academy to see Xun Er and the others.
• Medicine Elder admitted that the Flame Mantra could potentially create a body for his soul using three Heavenly Flames and other rare materials.
• Xiao Yan vowed to master the Flame Mantra and bring Medicine Elder back to life.
• A thunderous sound and the Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar drew Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder's attention to a Plain Skirt Woman in the sky.

Chen Yang arrived as Yun Yun battled the Amethyst Winged Lion King over its Purple Spirit Crystal, then revealed an astonishing rise in strength by intervening as an Eight-star Dou Huang. Xiao Yan recognized him as Brother Yang and was left dumbfounded.

• Chen Yang sensed Yun Yun's Dou Emperor-level energy, gathered a Magical Core, and headed toward the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder hid in a tree to watch Yun Yun negotiate with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Chen Yang spotted them from a nearby cliff.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King rejected Yun Yun's offer and demanded a Shape-Shifting Pill, so they began fighting.
• Chen Yang spread his Dou Qi Wings, announced that the battle should stop, and killed a Tier 5 Magical Beast with one palm strike from over a thousand meters away.
• Medicine Elder wondered how Chen Yang had risen from a Two-star Dou Ling to an Eight-star Dou Huang in two months, while Xiao Yan realized the powerful Dou Emperor was Brother Yang.

Chen Yang defeated the Amethyst Winged Lion King with an Earth-tier Dou Skill and forced it to submit by threatening its cub. As Yun Yun wondered who the young Dou Emperor was, Chen Yang said he planned to take the lion back to his clan and raise it.

• Xiao Yan was shocked to learn Chen Yang had become a Dou Emperor, while Medicine Elder protected him from the battle’s shockwaves.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King abandoned Yun Yun and attacked Chen Yang, who struck it with Dragon Battles in the Wild and blasted it into a mountain hollow.
• Yun Yun cleared the dust from the crater, and Chen Yang thanked her before the wounded Lion King roared that it was still alive.
• Chen Yang demanded the Lion King submit and threatened its cub, eventually making it yield after repeated cries of pain.
• Chen Yang gave the Lion King Fourth-grade Healing Pills and told Yun Yun he planned to take it to his clan, leaving her curious about his origins and abilities.

Chen Yang reunited with Xiao Yan after saving Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect master. Chen Yang agreed to trade Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal, which the lion king retrieved, and the chapter left him handing it to her.

• Chen Yang sensed Xiao Yan hiding nearby, and Xiao Yan flew out to greet him and discuss his training and future medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect master and introduced himself as Nalan Yanran's former fiancé.
• Chen Yang introduced himself to Yun Yun as being from Central Continent, then agreed to trade her the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Yun offered three Fifth-order Magical Cores, a Mysterious Tier High-grade fire-attribute Cultivation Method, and a Mysterious Tier High-grade fire-attribute Dou Technique.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King fetched the Purple Spirit Crystal, and Chen Yang drew it to himself and handed it to Yun Yun.

Chen Yang spent time with Yun Yun after giving her the Purple Spirit Crystal, and the two grew more comfortable as they talked over a meal with Xiao Yan. As Xiao Yan noticed their growing closeness, he privately asked Chen Yang whether he had taken a fancy to Yun Yun.

• Yun Yun accepted the Purple Spirit Crystal from Chen Yang and explained that Gu He needed it for a pill prepared for Nalan Yanran.
• Chen Yang clarified that Xiao Yan was not his disciple, easing Yun Yun's worry about the connection between them and the broken engagement.
• The group settled beside a pool in the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan prepared roasted fish while Chen Yang and Yun Yun talked about their sects, cultivation, and personal lives.
• Chen Yang offered Yun Yun his hand to help her up, and she shyly accepted it while Xiao Yan watched from nearby.
• After praising Xiao Yan's grilled fish, Chen Yang heard Xiao Yan privately ask whether he had taken a fancy to Yun Yun.

Chen Yang and Yun Yun grew closer during seven days together in the Monster Mountain Range, while Xiao Yan made peace with his past engagement to Nalan Yanran. After Yun Yun left for Misty Cloud Sect, Chen Yang set out for the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave to pursue proper business.

• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan shared grilled fish with Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan playfully encouraged her to get closer to Chen Yang.
• Yun Yun apologized to Xiao Yan for how Nalan Yanran had handled breaking their engagement, and Xiao Yan said he held no grudge and had greater goals.
• Xiao Yan left the next day, leaving Chen Yang and Yun Yun to spend seven days together gathering Medicinal Materials and growing closer.
• Yun Yun departed for Misty Cloud Sect after Chen Yang promised to visit her in the Imperial Capital in a little over half a year.
• After Yun Yun left, Chen Yang flew toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.

Nalan Yanran remained determined to defeat Xiao Yan in the Three-Year Agreement, unaware of how much stronger he had become. Chen Yang obtained the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Companion Purple Crystal Source, arranged help for its cub, and sold some to Xiao Yan for a Sixth-grade pill prescription.

• Nalan Yanran recalled Xiao Yan’s rapid cultivation and rejected the idea of apologizing to the Xiao Family before the Three-Year Agreement.
• Yun Yun returned to Misty Cloud Sect with the Purple Spirit Crystal and advised Nalan Yanran not to let the upcoming battle damage her Cultivation Heart.
• Chen Yang asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for its Companion Purple Crystal Source and promised its cub help from a future Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Chen Yang gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a pill recipe and tasked it with finding the ingredients to help its cub advance.
• Chen Yang sold Xiao Yan a bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source for three million Gold Coin, and Xiao Yan paid with a Sixth-grade pill prescription.

Chen Yang learned how the system’s equipment mechanism worked and asked Xiao Yan to consult Medicine Elder about the Netherworld Poison Flame, hoping it could help control Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body. Medicine Elder shared what he knew and offered a Poison Pill Method as a fallback, while Chen Yang remained committed to finding the flame so Xiao Yi Xian could become an Alchemist.

• The system explained to Chen Yang that items triggered its mechanism only after becoming someone’s equipment, which clarified why the Purple Spirit Crystal had activated in Xiao Yan’s hands.
• Chen Yang advised Xiao Yan to use the Associated Purple Gold Source and ask his Teacher for help before pursuing a breakthrough.
• Chen Yang asked Xiao Yan about the Netherworld Poison Flame, and Medicine Elder revealed rumors that it had once been wielded by someone with a Calamity Poison Body.
• Chen Yang told Medicine Elder that Xiao Yi Xian had an unawakened Calamity Poison Body and explained why he believed the Netherworld Poison Flame could help control it.
• Medicine Elder said the flame’s former wielder had reached Eight-star Dou Zun before dying after a battle with Soul Hall pursuers, but he did not know where she had fled.
• Medicine Elder offered Xiao Yan a Poison Pill Method as a fallback, but Chen Yang declined for now because he wanted Xiao Yi Xian to become an Alchemist through the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Chen Yang returned from the Monster Mountain Range after arranging to refine a pill for the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub, then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town. He began making healing pills for Myriad Medicine Pavilion as Xiao Yi Xian struggled with the dangers of her Calamity Poison Body.

• Chen Yang told the Amethyst Winged Lion King to gather medicinal materials and promised to return in three days to refine a pill for its cub.
• Chen Yang flew to Qingshan Town, where Xiao Yi Xian was considering leaving him because she feared her Calamity Poison Body would hurt him.
• Chen Yang surprised Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Pavilion, embraced her, and announced that the shop would sell First-grade Healing Pills the next day.
• After the mercenaries left, Xiao Yi Xian went to cook while Chen Yang selected medicinal materials and began refining pills in the rear courtyard.

Chen Yang reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he knew of several ways to resolve her Calamity Poison Body, convincing her to stay with him. After they left Myriad Medicine Pavilion and entered the Monster Mountain Range, Chen Yang received the Heavenly Poison Sacred Scripture, which revealed the Netherworld Poison Flame’s exact location.

• While they shared a meal, Chen Yang told Xiao Yi Xian that he knew three methods to resolve her Calamity Poison Body: the Poison Pill Method, the Netherworld Poison Flame, or becoming a Dou Di.
• Chen Yang realized Xiao Yi Xian had considered leaving and promised to help control her poison; she decided to stay by his side.
• Chen Yang continued refining pills, then announced Myriad Medicine Pavilion would close indefinitely after the mercenaries received their orders.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian packed their belongings and left Myriad Medicine Pavilion for the Monster Mountain Range.
• The system granted Chen Yang the Heavenly Poison Sacred Scripture after detecting Xiao Yi Xian’s Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Chen Yang read the new scripture and discovered that it recorded the Netherworld Poison Flame’s location in detail.

Chen Yang learned that the Heavenly Poison Sacred Scripture contained a method to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and identified the Netherworld Poison Flame’s location in the Chuyun Empire. He and Xiao Yi Xian settled into her hidden valley, and Chen Yang later brought the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its cubs to join them.

• Chen Yang studied the Heavenly Poison Sacred Scripture, learned about the Heavenly Poison Netherworld Art and the Netherworld Poison Flame, and decided to postpone seeking the flame until after the Tagor Desert trip.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the cliff, summoned her Blue Eagle with a bamboo flute, and flew to her secluded valley.
• Chen Yang praised the valley’s abundant energy and teased Xiao Yi Xian about having children there before she cleaned their dusty wooden house.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together, and she woke late the next morning, sore and embarrassed.
• Chen Yang flew to the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave, collected the prepared medicinal materials, and told it to move with him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King flew into the valley with Chen Yang atop its head, startling the Blue Eagle.

Chen Yang refined a pill for the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cub and gave Xiao Yi Xian a cultivation method that could control her Calamity Poison Body. After a month of rapid progress, Xiao Yi Xian began learning to prepare poison, and Chen Yang obtained a fused beast flame from a Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python when Xiao Yan acquired Purple Flame.

• Chen Yang refined a peak Fourth-grade pill that could help the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cub advance to Fourth Rank, then gave it to the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yi Xian awoke and was startled by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but Chen Yang explained that it was his subordinate.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Poison Netherworld Art and told her that the Heavenly Poison Sacred Scripture also revealed the Netherworld Poison Flame’s location.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated the art while Chen Yang refined pills for her, and she advanced from a One-star Dou Zhe to a One-star Da Dou Shi in one month.
• After Xiao Yi Xian began learning to prepare poison, Chen Yang’s system announced that Xiao Yan had obtained the Sixth-order Purple Flame and granted Chen Yang a fused beast flame from the Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian left their comfortable life in the Monster Mountain Range and headed for Black Rock City. Xiao Yan also completed his breakthrough after devouring Purple Flame, leaving the Three-Year Agreement no longer a concern.

• Chen Yang refined pills with the Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python’s flame while Xiao Yi Xian watched and the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King came to her for attention.
• Xiao Yan evolved Flame Mantra by devouring Purple Flame and rose from Seven-star Fighter to Three-Star Dou Grandmaster with the help of Chen Yang’s pills.
• Medicine Elder advised Xiao Yan to gather medicinal materials and refine pills before leaving the Monster Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan laughed at the thought of Nalan Yanran and the Three-Year Agreement.
• Chen Yang finished refining pills, then told Xiao Yi Xian they would leave the valley; she eagerly agreed and said wherever he was would be her home.
• Three days later, Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian traveled with the two Amethyst Winged Lion Kings to Black Rock City, where Chen Yang left the Amethyst Winged Lion King in a nearby valley before entering the city.