Recaps

Su Xue told Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian how her uncle Su Su betrayed the Su Family after discovering a mysterious flame beneath its Huang Yan Stone Mine. After Su Xue escaped his attempt to kill her, she was hunted across the country until she reached the Monster Mountain Range.

• Su Xue explained that her father, Su Xiao, had left Su Su in charge of the Su Family while he secluded himself to pursue a breakthrough to Dou King.
• After a miner found a hidden underground crevice, Su Su entered the mine with several people, returned alone, and sealed it, claiming a magma-related cave-in had killed the others.
• A miner later revealed that he had glimpsed a fierce yellow flame beneath the crevice, prompting Su Xue to suspect Su Su was hiding something.
• Su Su confessed to Su Xue that he resented Su Xiao for taking both the family-head position and the woman he loved, and that the underground flame would help him surpass his brother.
• When Su Xue recognized the flame as the secret Su Su was concealing, he decided to kill her, but she wounded him with an attack sealed by her father and escaped.
• Su Su's followers pursued Su Xue as the people protecting her were killed, driving her through the wilderness to the Monster Mountain Range after more than two months.

After learning that a Yellow Flame lay beneath the Su Family’s mine cave, Lin Ming offered to help Su Xue reclaim her family’s position in exchange for the flame. He revealed that he was a Dou Wang, and the group planned to travel to Su Xue’s state once she had recovered.

• Lin Ming offered to help Su Xue in return for the Yellow Flame beneath the mine cave.
• Su Xue warned Lin Ming that her uncle Su Su controlled the Su Family and the mine cave, and had reached Four Star Dou Spirit.
• Lin Ming revealed his Purple Crystal Wings, shocking Su Xue with proof that he had reached Dou Wang.
• Su Xue accepted Lin Ming’s offer and agreed to call him Young Master Lin.
• Lin Ming told Su Xue to rest until her injuries improved, while Xiao Yi Xian helped her to the tent.
• Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the possible Yellow Flame, and he asked her to summon the Flying Magical Beast for their journey.

Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Su Xue arrived at Huang Yan City, where Su Xue learned that the Black Bandit Gang had attacked her family and that her uncle Su Su had claimed she was dead. Lin Ming agreed to help Su Xue confront Su Su, then sensed that he was absent from the estate and directed her toward the mine.

• Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian flew with Su Xue toward Huang Yan City, where Su Xue was eager to return home.
• At the city gate, a guard told Su Xue that the Black Bandit Gang had raided the city, devastated the Su Family, and captured her niece after Su Su claimed Su Xue was dead.
• Su Xue concluded that Su Su had colluded with the bandits to cover up her disappearance and eliminate witnesses, and Lin Ming promised to cripple him and leave him to her.
• At the Su Family estate, a guard said Su Su had not appeared since he was injured, and Lin Ming sensed that he was not there.
• Lin Ming suspected Su Su had gone to the mine and told Su Xue to take him there.

Lin Ming found the Mysterious Yellow Flame beneath the Su Family Mine and defeated Su Su, crippling his cultivation. He stood before the flame, with its fate still unresolved.

• Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Su Xue reached the Su Family Mine, where the guards let them through after recognizing Su Xue.
• Lin Ming entered the mine alone and followed the growing heat to an underground fissure.
• Lin Ming found the Mysterious Yellow Flame at the end of a nearly dried lava channel.
• Su Su confronted Lin Ming, but Lin Ming seized him and revealed he was a Dou King.
• Lin Ming shattered Su Su's Dou Crystal and turned his attention to the Mysterious Yellow Flame.

Lin Ming prepared to refine the Mysterious Yellow Flame after restraining Su Su, then tricked the flame into revealing its Origin Fire Seed and extracted it. He swallowed the fire seed, beginning the dangerous refinement.

• Lin Ming recognized the Mysterious Yellow Flame and restrained Su Su when he woke up.
• Lin Ming took the Crystal Vein Pill, Frost Qi, and Ice Spirit Cold Spring to prepare for refining the flame.
• Lin Ming used the Frost Qi to distract the Mysterious Yellow Flame and seized its Origin Fire Seed.
• The Mysterious Yellow Flame collapsed into a wisp of yellow qi that entered the Origin Fire Seed in Lin Ming's hand.
• Lin Ming drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and swallowed the Mysterious Yellow Flame Origin Fire Seed.

Lin Ming released the suppression on his Dou Qi Vortex while refining the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and the restored Five-Colored Qi Vortex overwhelmed the Heavenly Flame and carried it through his meridians. The Mysterious Yellow Flame reached his dantian, where it faced the vortex that had subdued it.

• The Mysterious Yellow Flame burned Lin Ming from within, and his suppressed Dou Qi Vortex began resisting as he tried to contain it.
• Lin Ming released the suppression, restoring the vortex’s five attributes and triggering it to absorb the Dou Qi he was using to restrain the flame.
• The vortex abruptly released the absorbed Dou Qi as a five-colored torrent, extinguishing the flame’s attacks and binding its seed.
• The torrent carried the Mysterious Yellow Flame through Lin Ming’s meridians, draining its consciousness and completing its refinement.
• Su Su saw five-colored light radiate from Lin Ming and admitted he had no regrets about losing to someone with five attributes.
• The torrent brought the Mysterious Yellow Flame to Lin Ming’s dantian, where it feared the Five-Colored Qi Vortex.

Lin Ming refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame, which helped raise his cultivation to Six-Star Dou King, and then used it to kill Su Su. He stored the flame in the Spirit Absorption with no resistance, bringing the refinement to a smooth conclusion.

• The Mysterious Yellow Flame sent its energy into Lin Ming’s Five-Colored Qi Vortex, helping him reach Six-Star Dou King.
• Lin Ming tested the Mysterious Yellow Flame by burning Su Su to ash, deciding he could not spare him after Su Su learned about his Five Attributes.
• Lin Ming took out the Spirit Absorption and drew it into his body to use as the flame’s container.
• The Mysterious Yellow Flame hid inside the Spirit Absorption to avoid the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, then emerged when Lin Ming commanded it.
• Lin Ming realized the Mysterious Yellow Flame had entered the Spirit Absorption willingly and withdrew his awareness after completing the refinement.

Lin Ming tested the power of the Mysterious Yellow Flame by fighting Jin Zhu, the Jin Huai State royal family's seven-star Dou King. After Lin Ming's flame overwhelmed Jin Zhu and defeated his Golden Dragon Sword, the two agreed to end the sparring match.

• Jin Zhu confronted Lin Ming for entering Jin Huai State without greeting him and tried to intimidate him with his Dou King pressure.
• Lin Ming shattered Jin Zhu's pressure and launched the Mysterious Yellow Flame at him, prompting Jin Zhu to fight back.
• Lin Ming and Jin Zhu exchanged attacks in the sky as Xiao Yi Xian reassured the worried Su Xue.
• Jin Zhu summoned his Golden Dragon Sword, but Lin Ming's Mysterious Yellow Python Dragon met it and both techniques dissipated.
• Lin Ming called an end to the sparring match, and Jin Zhu readily agreed.

After Lin Ming returned Su Su’s Storage Ring to Su Xue and helped her take control of the Su Family, he practiced pill refining with the Mysterious Yellow Flame. Three days later, he had improved the quality and speed of his pills and put away his cauldron.

• Lin Ming gave Su Xue Su Su’s Storage Ring and said the others had perished in the underground flames.
• Lin Ming used his Dou Qi aura to deter the Su Family members, allowing Su Xue to handle the family affairs without resistance.
• Su Xue thanked Lin Ming in his room, then left after murmuring over his calling them friends.
• Lin Ming practiced refining Qi Gathering Powder with the Mysterious Yellow Flame and found it heated the cauldron quickly.
• Over the next three days, Lin Ming refined more pills and found his Spirit Dou Pill had one-tenth greater medicinal efficacy than before.

While Gu He’s attempt to trade for the Green Lotus Core Flame failed, Queen Medusa began evolving and Xiao Yan seized the flame as she transformed. The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged from her remains, and Zi Yan briefly became an adult before shrinking back to her petite form.

• Gu He entered Snake People territory and asked Queen Medusa to exchange the Green Lotus Core Flame, but the negotiations failed.
• As Gu He’s group and the snake people began fighting, Xiao Yan slipped away to Queen Medusa’s evolution site.
• Queen Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame, and a strange heavenly phenomenon accompanied her evolution.
• A Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged from Queen Medusa’s charred remains, while Xiao Yan took the Green Lotus Core Flame and fled.
• Zi Yan emerged from her Purple Light Cocoon in an adult form, then quickly shrank back to her petite body.

After Zi Yan reunited with Lin Ming following her advancement to Dou Emperor, she agreed to guard him while he refined the Tier 6 Earth Spirit Pill. Lin Ming began carefully processing its ingredients, preparing the pill he intended to use to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Zi Yan followed the token Lin Ming had given her and flew past an aged peak Dou Emperor who questioned her presence.
• Lin Ming sensed Zi Yan approaching, woke, and happily greeted her after their two years apart.
• Lin Ming gave Zi Yan newly researched medicinal pills, then asked her to protect him while he refined the Earth Spirit Pill.
• Zi Yan agreed to guard Lin Ming as he prepared the medicinal materials and began refining the Tier 6 pill with the Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• Lin Ming extracted and painstakingly purified the Earth Heart Fire Ganoderma, then sealed its essence in a jade bottle.

Lin Ming refined the Earth Spirit Pill’s ingredients and began the final fusion, while Zi Yan sealed the house against the gathering energy. The finished pill erupted from the cauldron as a blue beam and struck Zi Yan’s barrier.

• Lin Ming refined the Green Wood Immortal Vine, the Ice Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit, and the auxiliary medicinal materials into liquids.
• Lin Ming used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to overcome the Tier 6 Water-type Monster Core’s resistance and extract its energy.
• Lin Ming combined the refined ingredients, slowly forming a pale blue Earth Spirit Pill as Heaven and Earth Energy surged outside.
• Lin Ming called for Zi Yan to seal off the house, and she surrounded it with a purple Energy Barrier.
• Lin Ming increased his Dou Qi output, and a beam of blue light burst from the cauldron and slammed into Zi Yan’s barrier.

Lin Ming left the Su Family after refining a medicinal item and set out with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian. When they detected someone following them, Lin Ming confronted the pursuer, whose transformation suggested he belonged to the Barbarian Race.

• Lin Ming emerged from his damaged courtyard with Zi Yan, introduced her to Su Xue, and asked for a new room.
• Lin Ming introduced Zi Yan to Xiao Yi Xian, and two days later the group departed from the Su Family.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan sensed an aura following them and split up to draw the pursuer out.
• Lin Ming confronted the Burly Man, who revealed himself as a peak Dou Wang and fought back against Lin Ming's flames.
• Zi Yan warned Lin Ming that a Beast Soul was gathering inside the Burly Man, then identified his transformation as an unforgivable act and struck him away with her fist.

Zi Yan defeated the Burly Man, who self-destructed after revealing that she was an Ancient Void Dragon. Lin Ming promised to help Zi Yan investigate her origins, and the group set out for the clan.

• Zi Yan overwhelmed the Burly Man with a relentless assault until he fell to the ground, badly wounded.
• The Burly Man warned Zi Yan that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and threatened her with his clan’s pursuit.
• Lin Ming sensed the Burly Man was about to self-destruct and warned Zi Yan to retreat.
• The Burly Man self-destructed, while a wisp of aura escaped and vanished before Lin Ming could pursue it.
• Lin Ming promised to help Zi Yan investigate her origins, and she agreed to go with him.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan returned to Xiao Yi Xian, then the group set out for the clan.

Lin Ming returned to the Imperial City and shocked the Mittel Family elders by revealing his Six-Star Dou Wang cultivation and 6th Grade Alchemist skill. After Ya Fei told him about Old Master Nalan’s incurable Lao Du, Lin Ming decided to treat him with the Mysterious Yellow Flame for the rewards and to help Xiao Yi Xian.

• Lin Ming returned to his courtyard, reunited with Qing Lin, and settled Xiao Yi Xian in before visiting the family elders.
• Lin Ming told Mite'er Tengshan, Grandpa Liu, and Master Toso that he had become a Six-Star Dou Wang and a 6th Grade Alchemist, then proved his claims with his aura and a jade bottle.
• Lin Ming spoke with the elders until nightfall and returned to his courtyard, where Ya Fei greeted him in tears of joy.
• Ya Fei told Lin Ming that the Nalan Family had asked for help curing Old Master Nalan’s Lao Du after even Pill King Gu He had failed.
• Lin Ming recalled that Xiao Yan had used a Heavenly Flame to remove Lao Du and resolved to use the Mysterious Yellow Flame to cure Old Master Nalan, gain the Nalan Family’s favor and a soul-restoring medicinal material, and help Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Ming agreed to treat Old Master Nalan and traveled with Nalan Su to the Nalan Family. After revealing his Mysterious Yellow Flame, he warned them that expelling the poison would cause severe pain, and Old Master Nalan told him to proceed.

• Lin Ming reassured Ya Fei that he could detoxify Old Master Nalan, and she trusted him.
• Nalan Su came to the Mittel Family and brought Lin Ming to see Old Master Nalan.
• Old Master Nalan praised Lin Ming, then asked how he planned to treat the poison.
• Lin Ming summoned the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and Old Master Nalan sensed the Lao Du retreat from it.
• Lin Ming warned that removing the poison would bring severe pain, and Old Master Nalan agreed to endure the treatment.

Lin Ming used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to remove Lao Du from Old Master Nalan, clearing about one third of the poison before stopping to let him recover. Old Master Nalan promised Lin Ming the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Nalan Su returned with it.

• Nalan Su bowed to Lin Ming and entrusted his father’s treatment to him.
• Lin Ming tested the Mysterious Yellow Flame on Old Master Nalan, then began expelling Lao Du after Old Master Nalan steadied himself.
• Lin Ming carefully burned away detached Lao Du while protecting Old Master Nalan’s bones, stopping when Old Master Nalan neared his limit.
• Lin Ming told Old Master Nalan that about one third of the Lao Du was gone and that two more treatments would clear the rest.
• Old Master Nalan asked Nalan Su to fetch the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Nalan Su returned carrying it in a Jade Flowerpot.

Lin Ming accepted the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva from Old Master Nalan and promised to finish treating his Lao Du in two more sessions. Back at his courtyard, he prepared to use his Heavenly Flames to cleanse Xiao Yi Xian’s body, absorb some Lao Du into her Calamity Poison Body, and strengthen her cultivation.

• Lin Ming accepted the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and told Old Master Nalan he would return in three days for two more treatments.
• Nalan Su escorted Lin Ming out of the Nalan Family, and Lin Ming returned to his courtyard to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Ming explained that cleansing Xiao Yi Xian with his Heavenly Flames could delay her Calamity Poison Body’s outbreak and let her absorb the Lao Du clinging to his flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to the treatment, removed her clothes, and lay on the bed with her back exposed.
• Lin Ming warned Xiao Yi Xian that sending Heavenly Flames into her body would hurt a little, and she quietly agreed to endure it.

Lin Ming used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to nourish Xiao Yi Xian’s meridians and help manage her Calamity Poison Body, causing her cultivation to surge. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian reaching Six-star Dou Shi and realizing she needed to get dressed.

• Lin Ming guided the Mysterious Yellow Flame through Xiao Yi Xian’s meridians, where it absorbed Lao Du and eased the Calamity Poison Gas’s resistance.
• After three hours, Lin Ming withdrew the flame, and the Calamity Poison Gas surged back into Xiao Yi Xian’s dantian as gray liquid rapidly formed.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation rose from Two-Star Dou Master to Six-star Dou Shi before finally stabilizing.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes in disbelief, and Lin Ming confirmed her advancement.
• Xiao Yi Xian jumped excitedly until Lin Ming told her to put her clothes on, making her scream.

Lin Ming restored Old Master Nalan’s poison and helped Xiao Yi Xian reach Peak Dou Master before falling asleep. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Elder Hai arrived in the imperial capital, where Xiao Yan prepared to visit the Mittel Auction House and return Lin Ming’s Lotus Pedestal.

• Lin Ming left the Nalan Family after purging Old Master Nalan’s poison again, then brought Xiao Yi Xian back to his courtyard and helped her reach Peak Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Hai flew toward the imperial capital, and Xiao Yan vowed to fulfill his Three Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran and restore his father’s honor.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Hai landed near the capital, and Xiao Yan recognized the Misty Cloud Sect’s mountain range as he passed it.
• Xiao Yan agreed to go with Elder Hai to the Mittel Auction House, hoping to find useful treasures and intending to return Lin Ming’s Lotus Pedestal.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Hai crossed the city and reached the grand Mittel Auction House headquarters.

Elder Hai returned to the Mittel Family, where the clan welcomed him and Xiao Yan learned more about his past sealed cultivation. Lin Ming thanked Xiao Yan for his success with the Green Lotus Core Flame and offered him a family-wide discount at the Mittel Auction House.

• Elder Hai led Xiao Yan into the Mittel Family grounds, where guards welcomed him back.
• Mite'er Tengshan and the family elders greeted Elder Hai, who praised Tengshan for raising Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming congratulated Elder Hai on his return, and those who knew about the seal understood that he meant Elder Hai had regained his Dou Emperor cultivation.
• Lin Ming and Mite'er Tengshan invited Elder Hai inside to talk, while the elders followed them.
• Lin Ming congratulated Xiao Yan on obtaining and refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan thanked him for sharing the information.
• Lin Ming offered Xiao Yan a twenty percent discount on all purchases at the Mittel Auction House.

Lin Ming brought Xiao Yan to a private room, where Xiao Yan returned the lotus pedestal and summoned Old Yao. Old Yao sensed Lin Ming's Heavenly Flame and was shocked, concluding that Lin Ming had traded information about the Green Lotus Core Flame because he already knew of another Heavenly Flame.

• Lin Ming showed Xiao Yan around the Mittel Auction House after Elder Hai and the other elders went inside.
• Xiao Yan offered to return the lotus pedestal Lin Ming had lent him, and Lin Ming led him to a quiet room to talk.
• Lin Ming asked Xiao Yan to summon Old Yao, and Old Yao emerged from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring.
• Old Yao sensed the Heavenly Flame aura on Lin Ming and was shocked that he possessed one.
• Old Yao reasoned that Lin Ming had exchanged information about the Green Lotus Core Flame because he had already planned to obtain a different Heavenly Flame.

Lin Ming revealed that he possessed the Mysterious Yellow Flame, while Xiao Yan returned Lin Ming’s Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Pedestal and Old Yao offered him the Reviving Spirit Purple Pill prescription. The chapter ended with Old Yao proposing that Lin Ming refine the pill for the Ice Emperor in exchange for securing Xiao Yan’s protection on his journey to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Lin Ming displayed his Mysterious Yellow Flame, and Old Yao identified it as the Heavenly Flame ranked twenty-third.
• Lin Ming offered to exchange his flame, but Xiao Yan denied that he and Old Yao were interested in trading their own Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan returned Lin Ming’s Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Pedestal, and Lin Ming stored it away.
• Old Yao gave Lin Ming the Reviving Spirit Purple Pill prescription and explained that the pill would help restore the Ice Emperor’s strength after his cultivation seal was lifted.
• Old Yao asked Lin Ming to find the obscure ingredients and refine the pill, making the arrangement conditional on establishing a transaction for Xiao Yan’s protection during his trip to the Misty Cloud Sect.

Lin Ming accepted Old Yao’s Reviving Spirit Purple Pill Prescription after promising to visit if Elder Hai could not. Old Yao gave it to befriend Lin Ming, avoid refining the pill himself, and preempt trouble over the tampering he had placed in Elder Hai’s body.

• Lin Ming promised Old Yao he would make the trip himself if Elder Hai could not go, and Old Yao handed him the Reviving Spirit Purple Pill Prescription.
• Lin Ming checked the prescription and put it away, while considering how to personally refine the pill for Elder Hai and remove Old Yao’s hidden tampering.
• Old Yao chose to befriend Lin Ming because he could not safely seize Lin Ming’s Heavenly Flames while they were inside the Mittel Family.
• Old Yao gave Lin Ming the prescription to avoid spending his Soul Power on pill refining and to serve as an apology if Lin Ming discovered the tampering.

Lin Ming explained that Xiao Yan had refined the Tier 6 Calamity Breaking Pill using a secret technique taught by a powerful Central Plains alchemist, which increased the Mittel Family leaders’ regard for him. After Elder Hai’s return, the family held a celebration, and Lin Ming brought Ya Fei and the others to attend.

• Lin Ming arranged accommodations for Xiao Yan, then returned to the auction house and ordered medicinal ingredients for the Reviving Spirit Purple Pill.
• At Elder Hai’s gathering, Mittel Tengshan, Master Toso, and Elder Hai discussed how unlikely it was for Xiao Yan to be a Tier 6 Alchemist at his age.
• Lin Ming told Grandpa Liu and the others that Xiao Yan’s own skill was around Tier 4, but a secret technique from his Central Plains teacher let him temporarily use the teacher’s alchemical skill.
• Master Toso considered asking about the secret technique but stayed silent, while the group’s respect for Xiao Yan and his teacher increased.
• After the discussion ended, guests gathered at the Mittel Family to celebrate Elder Hai’s return, and Lin Ming brought Ya Fei and the others to the venue after receiving the medicinal materials.