Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Ming attended a celebration with Ya Fei, Zi Yan, and the Mittel Family, drawing attention from the great families and Nalan Yanran. When Elder Hai and Jia Xingtian’s auras appeared in the sky, Lin Ming stayed behind with Zi Yan, correctly predicting their brief clash would end before the guests arrived.

• Lin Ming entered the venue with Ya Fei and Zi Yan, and the guests recognized him and whispered about his reputation.
• Nalan Su introduced Lin Ming to Nalan Yanran, who watched him with interest and felt unexpectedly attracted to him.
• Lin Ming greeted the elders of the great families and asked Tengshan why Elder Hai was absent.
• Elder Hai and Jia Xingtian released their Dou Emperor auras, prompting the guests to fly toward their location.
• Lin Ming told Zi Yan the two old acquaintances would only exchange a few moves, and their auras subsided before most of the guests arrived.

The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and a woman from the Heavenly Snake Mansion raced toward Qing Lin, determined to take her because of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Lin Ming chose to wait for them, while the gathering attendees realized that four Dou Emperor auras were now nearby.

• The woman and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, whom she called Bai Ya, sensed two Dou Emperor auras and continued toward Qing Lin despite them.
• After Elder Hai and Jia Xingtian ended their spar, the other attendees returned to the gathering when the auras faded.
• Qing Lin sensed an approaching aura nearly as strong as Queen Medusa's, and Lin Ming recognized it as the Heavenly Snake Mansion's arrival.
• Lin Ming decided not to hide Qing Lin and waited for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, reasoning that she would be treated well there.
• Two more Dou Emperor auras appeared near the gathering, frightening the attendees, who feared the four powerful figures might fight.

Jia Xingtian and Elder Hai arrived to investigate the two Dou Emperor auras, and Green Barbarian of the Heavenly Snake Mansion asked to take Qing Lin as an apprentice. Lin Ming remained unimpressed by the mansion’s reputation, leaving the request unresolved.

• Jia Xingtian and Elder Hai flew toward the two Dou Emperor auras, with Elder Hai following because the Mittel Family could also be implicated if trouble arose.
• Qing Lin feared the powerful visitors, but Lin Ming comforted her and promised that no one would force her to do anything against her will.
• Elder Hai introduced Jia Xingtian to Lin Ming, and Jia Xingtian praised Lin Ming as a gifted young talent of the Mittel Family.
• Green Barbarian introduced herself as a member of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and said she had come to recruit Qing Lin as an apprentice.
• Green Barbarian described the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s high-grade Dou Emperor master and Dou Venerate inheritance to impress and deter Lin Ming, but Lin Ming merely acknowledged her words without showing surprise.

Lin Ming invoked his ties to Jia Nan Academy and Elder Huo as Green Barbarian weighed the risks of opposing him and the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Green Barbarian chose to approach Lin Ming peacefully and swore to protect the Little Girl if she joined Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Lin Ming acknowledged Heavenly Snake Mansion's standing while revealing that Elder Huo of Jia Nan Academy was his teacher.
• Green Barbarian considered Lin Ming's backing and talent, the danger of provoking the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the consequences of taking the Little Girl away by force.
• Green Barbarian apologized to Lin Ming for her earlier discourtesy and praised him as Elder Huo's prized disciple.
• Green Barbarian urged Lin Ming to let the Little Girl join Heavenly Snake Mansion, claiming it could best develop her potential.
• Green Barbarian swore that the Little Girl would never suffer bullying while she lived, staking her cultivation potential and everything she possessed.

Lin Ming considered Green Barbarian’s offer to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion but insisted that Qing Lin choose for herself. When Green Barbarian proposed speaking with Qing Lin privately, Lin Ming revealed his Dou Wang cultivation and Heavenly Flame, shocking her with the threat he posed.

• Lin Ming told Green Barbarian that Qing Lin had to decide whether to join the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Qing Lin anxiously said she would not leave him.
• Lin Ming comforted Qing Lin and told Green Barbarian to drop the matter, but Green Barbarian asked to speak with Qing Lin alone and promised to respect her decision.
• Lin Ming agreed to the private conversation but warned Green Barbarian not to threaten or harm Qing Lin, vowing to seek justice even if it meant war with the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Lin Ming revealed his Dou Wang aura and Turbid Yellow Flame, shocking Green Barbarian.
• Green Barbarian recognized Lin Ming’s Heavenly Flame and realized that his potential could make him a grave threat to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.