Chapter Summaries

Chen Yang returned to the Yang Alliance with Cai Lin and found its members had grown stronger under the arrangements he had left behind. He joined the monthly Elder Council meeting, where Ya Fei welcomed him back.

• Chen Yang teased Cai Lin about her name as they walked toward the Yang Alliance headquarters.
• Hai Bodong, Zi Yi, and Jia Xing Tian had advanced in strength, while Ya Fei chaired the Alliance’s monthly Elder Council meeting.
• At the headquarters gate, Chen Yang introduced himself to guard Lin Dong, who recognized him as the Alliance Leader and saluted him.
• Hai Bodong instinctively shielded Zi Yi when Chen Yang and Cai Lin entered the discussion hall, then greeted them after Chen Yang coughed.
• Ya Fei welcomed Chen Yang and Cai Lin, invited Chen Yang to join the meeting, and he greeted the gathered members.

The Ancient Clan’s elders debated bringing Xun Er back and obtaining the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Emperor Jade, but Gu Yuan overruled their immediate recall plan and gave Xun Er a year to return. The chapter left Gu Shan chastened as Gu Yuan asserted his authority and vanished from the council hall.

• Gu Shan, Tong Xuan, and other elders argued over whether Xun Er or the Ancient Emperor Jade should take priority, then agreed to recall Xun Er and send the Black Annihilation Army to demand the jade.
• Gu Yuan arrived with Gu Lie and Gu Nanhai, heard Tong Xuan’s reasons, and clarified that the young man associated with the Xiao Family was not from the Yan Clan.
• Gu Qingyang said Xun Er should decide for herself, and Gu Lie supported him before slapping Gu Shan for insulting his subordinate.
• Gu Yuan ordered that Ling Ying tell Xun Er to return within a year, after which the Black Annihilation Army would bring her back if necessary.
• Gu Shan protested the decision, but Gu Yuan rebuked him, asserted that he was the Clan Leader, and vanished from the hall.

Gu Qingyang challenged Gu Shan before leaving the Ancient Clan, while Chen Yang strengthened the Yang Alliance and prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy. He left Xiao Yi Xian still cultivating in the Chuyun Empire, her strength near the Dou Huang peak.

• Gu Qingyang warned Gu Shan that he would remove him as an Elder at the Ancient Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony if Gu Shan could not kill him first.
• Chen Yang reviewed the Yang Alliance's progress, promised to heal the Imperial Family's Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, and invited its Alchemists to observe his pill refining.
• Medusa and Ya Fei went to the back courtyard, while Chen Yang gave Hai Bodong Earth Tier cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Chen Yang spent three days in the Imperial Capital refining pills and visited Yun Yun, whose cultivation had reached Eight-star Dou Huang.
• Cai Lin returned to Chen Yang, and they traveled to the Chuyun Empire, where Chen Yang left Xiao Yi Xian another letter before returning with Medusa to Jia Nan Academy.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Chen Yang encouraged Cai Lin to cultivate her heart by experiencing ordinary human life, then helped her grow closer to Zi Yan. The next morning, Chen Yang and Cai Lin were interrupted on the road by Zi Yan, who questioned what they were doing.

• Chen Yang and Cai Lin returned to his courtyard and swept it together, after which Chen Yang explained how everyday experiences could cultivate the heart.
• Zi Yan visited Chen Yang by climbing over his courtyard wall, met Cai Lin, and eagerly accepted her offer to go into the mountains for Medicinal Materials.
• Chen Yang delivered Xiao Yong's letter to Xiao Ling, gave Xun Er letters and local specialties for the Xiao Family, and learned that Xun Er's return home had been delayed by a year.
• Cai Lin visited Chen Yang that night to ask about giving the Little Sky Swallowing Python's soul a body, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Zi Yan spotted Chen Yang and Cai Lin on the main road and asked what they were doing.

Chen Yang refined the Nihility Devouring Flame from Medusa and spent the next months tending to his companions at Jia Nan Academy. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Three-star Dou Emperor and set out for Feng City to kill Han Feng and avenge Medicine Elder.

• Chen Yang refined the Nihility Devouring Flame from Medusa, then teased her about pregnancy before leaving to discipline Zi Yan.
• Chen Yang bribed Zi Yan with a Sixth-grade Pill to keep quiet about his morning with Medusa, and Zi Yan transformed into her adult form to tease him.
• Over the next three months, Qing Lin neared the end of her cultivation, Fierce Tiger King remained in its cocoon, and Chen Yang monitored Fallen Heart Flame while caring for Medusa and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan defeated Yan and Elder Ban, looted their forces, advanced to Three-star Dou Emperor, and trained with Magic Flame Valley's three Great Elders.
• Xiao Yan entered Feng City in disguise, then left his inn with the Heavy Black Ruler to confront Han Feng and collect a debt for Medicine Elder.

Xiao Yan stormed Han Feng’s residence in Feng City and killed the Medicine Emperor after defeating his guards and overcoming the Sea Heart Flame. The chapter ended with Han Feng dead and Xiao Yan avenging Medicine Elder’s betrayal.

• Han Feng learned that Yan Xiao had killed Elder Ban and the Sect Leader of the Earth Flame Sect, then ordered Han Beng to invite him to Feng City.
• Xiao Yan ignored the guards’ warnings and defeated the experts protecting the Bamboo Forest.
• Xiao Yan seized Han Beng, revealed that he had come for Han Feng’s head, and killed Han Beng and the fifteen other subordinates who attacked him.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavy Black Ruler, and the two confronted each other as former senior and junior disciples of Medicine Elder.
• Xiao Yan broke through Han Feng’s Sea Heart Phantom Beast with Electric Light Wind Cutting Leg and struck him down with the Heavy Black Ruler.
• Han Feng admitted he had betrayed Medicine Elder for the Flame Mantra, and Xiao Yan stomped on his chest, killing him.

Xiao Yan captured Han Feng’s soul and the Sea Heart Flame, then took control of Feng City and renamed it Yang City. After leaving for Jia Nan Academy with Han Feng’s wealth and the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, he arrived as Chen Yang finished a pill for Zi Yan and the system prompt sounded.

• Xiao Yan captured Han Feng’s soul and the Sea Heart Flame, then took Han Feng’s Storage Ring and discovered the Myriad Beasts Cauldron inside.
• Xiao Yan spared Sun Yao and ordered Feng City renamed Yang City as the Yang Alliance’s headquarters in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan burned Han Feng’s corpse, collected his treasures, and arranged for Fang Yan to send guards to Yang City.
• Xiao Yan headed to Jia Nan Academy with the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, intending to give it to Chen Yang and later refine the Sea Heart Flame.
• Chen Yang completed a Seventh-grade pill for Zi Yan, and the System Prompt sounded.

Chen Yang learned that Xiao Yan had returned from training with new treasures, then pulled him away from a sunset date to make him roast dragon meat. The chapter ended with Chen Yang congratulating Xiao Yan on getting rich again as Xiao Yan poured out wine taken from Han Feng and feared losing his belongings.

• Chen Yang received the Vast Ancient Cauldron and Universe Ring through the System, while Zi Yan caught a Seventh-grade Pill and planned to eat it after a meal and evolve.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy but spent two hours with Xun Er, so Chen Yang teleported Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and Xiao Ling back to his courtyard.
• Chen Yang discovered that Xiao Yan had reached Three-star Dou Huang and Sixth-grade Alchemist, then ordered him to roast meat.
• Xiao Yan roasted two hundred jin of dragon meat, and Zi Yan ate most of it while Chen Yang and the others shared the rest.
• Xiao Yan offered Chen Yang wine he had obtained from Han Feng, and Chen Yang's cheerful congratulations made Xiao Yan worry that Chen Yang would take his wealth.

Xiao Yan met Chen Yang and tried to downplay the wealth he had gained in the Black Corner Region, but Chen Yang persuaded him to invest it in a plan to reach Dou Zong within nine months. Xiao Yan gave Chen Yang his looted resources while keeping the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, and left with a path toward rapid advancement.

• Xiao Yan claimed he was poor, but Chen Yang pointed out that he had profited from looting the Blood Sect, Earth Flame Sect, Elder Ban's forces, and Feng City.
• Xiao Yan handed Chen Yang the Soul Bag containing Han Feng, and Chen Yang explained that the Sea Heart Flame alone would offer little strength after years of being refined by Han Feng.
• Chen Yang proposed using a Sea God Pill and the Sea Heart Flame to help Xiao Yan gain at least two or three stars, then offered him a plan to reach Dou Zong in nine months.
• Xiao Yan accepted Chen Yang's offer and poured out hundreds of Storage Rings containing his looted resources.
• Xiao Yan offered Chen Yang the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, but Chen Yang told him to keep and use it, so Xiao Yan accepted and toasted Chen Yang.

Zi Yan began her sleep evolution while Xiao Yan learned that Xun Er would return to her clan in nine months and vowed to reach Dou Zong before she left. The chapter ended with Fierce Tiger King completing his advancement and Qing Lin emerging from seclusion to reunite with Chen Yang.

• Zi Yan swallowed a medicinal pill and transformed into a Purple Cocoon to begin her evolution, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er discussed her return to her clan in nine months.
• Xun Er stayed beside the exhausted Xiao Yan overnight, and Medicine Elder reminded him to address the Demonic Poisonous Pustule and the stabilized souls awaiting bodies.
• Fierce Tiger King completed his advancement through a Lightning Tribulation, reached Four-star Dou Zong strength, and received weapons and a Dou Technique scroll from Chen Yang.
• Chen Yang and Cai Lin went to the Underground Secret Chamber, where Qing Lin emerged from seclusion and embraced Chen Yang.

Qing Lin emerged from closed-door cultivation as a Four-star Dou Huang and reunited with Chen Yang, while Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard at Three-star Dou Huang. Chen Yang stripped Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng and refined it into a Sea God Pill, then sent Xiao Yan to find Ice Spirit Cold Spring before they prepared to restore Elder Chen and the other alchemists' bodies.

• Qing Lin reunited with Chen Yang and met Cai Lin after emerging from cultivation, while Xiao Yan and Fierce Tiger King finished leveling the ground outside.
• Xiao Yan discovered Qing Lin had reached Four-star Dou Huang, and Chen Yang explained that she had absorbed the essence soul of a peak Dou Huang snake-type Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan gave Chen Yang ten Storage Rings of medicinal materials, and Chen Yang found nearly all the ingredients needed for the Azure Jade Pill as well as Blue Ying Grass for the Sea God Pill.
• Chen Yang used the Vast Ancient Cauldron to refine the Sea God Pill, then stripped Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng's soul despite Han Feng begging for mercy.
• Chen Yang completed the Sea God Pill, placed Sea Heart Flame in the Vast Ancient Cauldron to cultivate it, and sent Xiao Yan to search the Black Corner Region for Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

Chen Yang stayed at Jia Nan Academy after sensing that Fallen Heart Flame was about to attack its seal, then suppressed it when it broke free. He warned Su Qian that the flame would likely recover and attack again, and suggested finding someone trustworthy to devour it while preserving some of its energy for the tower.

• Chen Yang took Cai Lin and Qing Lin to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Xue Lei and Xiao Ling explained that the Strong Ranking’s top students were undergoing Origin Heart Flame Body Tempering.
• After sensing danger from Fallen Heart Flame, Chen Yang stayed outside the tower, and Su Qian ordered the students kept away while he and the Elders prepared for trouble.
• Three days later, Fallen Heart Flame erupted from its seal as the students finished tempering, and Su Qian lured it out of the tower.
• Chen Yang shrank Fallen Heart Flame with a gesture and sent it back into the magma, then advised Su Qian not to interfere recklessly with Old Man Mang’s seal.
• Chen Yang warned Su Qian that Fallen Heart Flame could attack again within two years and suggested finding someone to devour it while replenishing the tower with Origin Heart Flame.

After helping White Fang evolve and sending Qing Lin and Cai Lin away to train, Chen Yang prepared to formally establish the Yang Alliance with a major auction in Yang City. The auction announcement stirred the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Yan returned with a team from Black Seal City.

• Chen Yang refined a Seventh-grade Snake Heart Jade Blood Pill for White Fang, who absorbed it and began evolving inside a cocoon.
• Qing Lin proposed traveling to the mountains for training, and Cai Lin decided to accompany her and protect her.
• Chen Yang went to Yang City, ordered Fang Yan to prepare an auction announcing the Yang Alliance, and set strict deadlines for the auction house and city businesses.
• Chen Yang created ten Low-level Earth Tier Dou Techniques to add to the auction offerings.
• News of the auction spread across the Black Corner Region, prompting Elder Eagle Mountain and Mo Tianxing to resolve to obtain the Zong Yuan Pill.
• Xiao Yan returned to Yang City with professionals from Black Seal City.

Xiao Yan returned to Yang City as Chen Yang finished preparing Dou Techniques and the Yang Alliance held its first auction. The auction ended in turmoil when Elder Eagle Mountain tried to steal the Zong Yuan Pill, and Chen Yang revealed his power by exposing and suppressing his soul clone.

• Xiao Yan returned to Yang City, settled newcomers with Sun Yao, and met Chen Yang in the Bamboo Forest.
• Chen Yang showed Xiao Yan the Dou Techniques he had created, including Flying Swan Goose Step, which they planned to exchange for Rare Medicinal Materials.
• Xiao Yan helped oversee Yang City's modernization as the Yang Alliance completed its construction and drew powerful attendees to its first auction.
• Xiao Yan opened the auction, where forces bid fiercely for pills and Dou Techniques, and Thousand Medicine Workshop won the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Elder Eagle Mountain's soul clone tried to seize the Zong Yuan Pill, but Chen Yang exposed and suppressed it, alarming the crowd with evidence that a Dou Zun stood behind the Yang Alliance.

Chen Yang established the Yang Alliance’s dominance at its first auction, then helped Xiao Yan prepare to devour the Sea Heart Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan calling from the Vast Ancient Cauldron as Chen Yang activated the Dragon Qi to aid his refinement.

• Chen Yang killed Elder Eagle Mountain, imprisoned his soul, and let Xiao Yan take his corpse and Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan announced monthly Yang Alliance auctions and invited buyers to rent cultivation spaces or negotiate with the alliance.
• Over the next three days, Chen Yang gained powerful followers and resources, while the Yang Alliance expanded its ties with Black Seal City and Magic Flame Valley.
• Chen Yang secretly altered most of the pills he distributed, and many recipients stayed in Yang City to refine them.
• After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame’s origin flame, and Xiao Yan swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill and Ice Heart Pill before entering the Vast Ancient Cauldron.
• Two and a half days later, Xiao Yan called to Chen Yang, who poured in the Volcanic Stone Flame and activated the Dragon Qi.

Chen Yang received the Fallen Heart Flame after Xiao Yan devoured the Sea Heart Flame, then used it to help Xiao Yan reach the peak of Seven-star Dou Huang. After Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion, Su Qian agreed to let him seek and devour another Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Chen Yang gained the Fallen Heart Flame and discovered that it could fuse and separate with his Volcanic Stone Flame.
• Chen Yang tempered Xiao Yan with the Fallen Heart Flame, and over half a month Xiao Yan advanced to the peak of Seven-star Dou Huang while the Flame Mantra reached the Earth rank.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Vast Ancient Cauldron, learned that Chen Yang and Medicine Elder had left to avoid seeing him unclothed, then went to meet Su Qian.
• Su Qian learned Xiao Yan was Medicine Elder's disciple, and Chen Yang claimed another Fallen Heart Flame lay beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Su Qian agreed that Xiao Yan could seek the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan thanked him with a deep bow.

After Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er, he helped Chen Yang revive Elder Chen and four other alchemists. All five joined the Yang Alliance, leaving its leaders with a powerful new group of allies.

• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard, where Xun Er embraced him and they spent the night together.
• At dawn, Xiao Yan went to Chen Yang’s courtyard and brought out the souls of Elder Chen and four other alchemists.
• Chen Yang prepared bodies and Azure Jade Pills while Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to begin Elder Chen’s revival.
• Elder Chen endured the refining process and returned to life as a Two-star Dou Zong with his alchemy skills restored.
• By the following morning, Xiao Yan had revived all five alchemists, and they swore to serve the Yang Alliance.

Chen Yang brought his companions to Yang City, where the system detected Chen Xuan and raised Chen Yang’s alchemist rank to Eighth Grade. The promotion left Xiao Yan bewildered when Chen Yang immediately told him to return to Xun Er.

• Chen Xuan explained that the Soul Hall had destroyed his sect and clan, and Chen Yang arranged for him and the other alchemists to settle in Yang City.
• Over the following half-month, Xiao Yan trained against the Fierce Tiger King until they could fight evenly.
• Cai Lin and Qing Lin returned from training, and Chen Yang noted that Qing Lin had advanced to Five-star Dou Huang.
• Chen Yang traveled to Yang City with Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin, planning to stay until Xiao Yan reached Peak Dou Huang.
• Upon entering Yang City, Chen Yang’s system detected Seventh-grade Alchemist Chen Xuan and raised Chen Yang to Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Chen Yang celebrated his promotion and told Xiao Yan to return to Xun Er, leaving Xiao Yan confused.

Chen Yang sent Xiao Yan back to Jia Nan Academy, then managed the Yang Alliance and gave Chen Xuan the Serene Netherworld Pill recipe. A month later, Xiao Yan returned to Yang City at peak Nine-star Dou Huang and announced that he had reached the threshold of a Seventh-grade Alchemist, just as Chen Yang began to reveal a secret.

• Chen Yang sent Xiao Yan back, then took Cai Lin and Qing Lin to settle into the Bamboo Forest and visit the Yang Alliance’s busy office in Yang City.
• Chen Yang explained that Alchemists spent heavily on training and failures, while their connections gave them influence, then reviewed the Alliance’s affairs.
• Chen Yang gave Chen Xuan the Serene Netherworld Pill recipe and offered to refine it if Chen Xuan could not manage it himself.
• Over the following month, Chen Yang and Cai Lin continued their intimate cultivation, and Xiao Yan advanced to peak Nine-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Yang City with Xun Er and Xiao Ling, announced that he had reached the threshold of a Seventh-grade Alchemist, and listened as Chen Yang began to share a secret.

Chen Yang revealed that he had become a Peak Eighth-grade Alchemist, while Xiao Yan sought guidance and worked toward Seventh Grade. After Xiao Yan refined his first batch of Lower-grade Seventh-grade Pills, Chen Yang prepared to return to Jia Ma and continue searching for rare ingredients before their journey to the Central Continent.

• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan and the others that he could refine any pill within Eighth Grade, and Medicine Elder confirmed the strength of his Spiritual Power.
• Xun Er offered to find Medicine Elder a body from her Clan, but Chen Yang suggested they could instead seek revenge on Soul Hall and obtain a suitable body from one of its powerful members.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to check with Shu Lan about the required Medicinal Materials, then continued teaching him alchemy alongside Medicine Elder.
• A week later, Xiao Yan successfully refined a batch of Lower-grade Seventh-grade Pills, and Xun Er congratulated him.
• Shu Lan had found only one of the six ingredients Chen Yang needed for an Eighth-grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning pill, so Chen Yang told Xiao Yan they would return to Jia Ma the next day.