Chapter Summaries

Xiao Long and Yao Chen defeated Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate, capturing his soul before it could escape. With two Dou Zuns having fled to report the battle, Xiao Long urged everyone to leave before Soul Hall sent stronger forces.

• Yao Chen’s attack severely damaged the Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul, and Xiao Long seized him with Gold Iron Beast.
• Xiao Long bombarded the Great Heavenly Venerate until his body was destroyed, while Yao Chen prepared the Soul Locking Chain.
• Yao Chen bound the Great Heavenly Venerate’s fleeing soul and sealed it inside the Soul Bag he had obtained from Xue He.
• Xiao Long said they needed to leave because two Dou Zuns had escaped and might bring reinforcements from Soul Hall.

Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er refined and shared a Soul Origin, greatly increasing their Soul Power while Xiao Xun'er reached the Spiritual Realm. Yao Chen returned with the two escaped Dou Zuns frozen as corpses.

• Yao Chen left to pursue the two escaped Dou Zuns while Xiao Long waited with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Long teased Xiao Xun'er by calling the Soul Origin her punishment, then helped her refine it.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er absorbed the refined Soul Origin together, doubling Xiao Long's Soul Power and bringing Xiao Xun'er to the Spiritual Realm.
• Yao Chen returned and presented the two escaped Dou Zuns as frozen corpses.

Xiao Long tested his corpse-refining method and prepared to use the lightning from Yao Chen’s pill tribulation to strengthen his puppet. Yao Chen realized Xiao Long knew how to refine Demonic Puppets and considered what that could mean for their fight against Soul Hall.

• Xiao Long asked Yao Chen to prepare a Yin Yang Life Extending Pill so they could forge Heavenly Flame Venerate’s body.
• Xiao Long successfully refined a weak Corpse Puppet from a low-level Dou Ancestor corpse, but it could barely contend with Dou Emperors.
• When dark clouds gathered over Yao Chen’s Seventh-grade pill, Xiao Long rushed over and told him to spare the Pill Tribulation’s lightning for the puppet.
• Xiao Long exposed his semi-finished Demonic Puppet to Yao Chen, who recognized the value of Xiao Long’s refining method and imagined turning Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate into a powerful puppet.
• Yao Chen asked whether Xiao Long possessed a method for refining Demonic Puppets, and Xiao Long confirmed that he did.

Xiao Long tempered a newly refined Demonic Puppet with Pill Lightning and discussed refining the Soul Hall's Great Heavenly Venerate into another powerful puppet. With his Exchange Points nearly depleted, he urged Yao Chen to raid the Fengyun Empire's treasury for materials and resources.

• Xiao Long told Yao Chen that even a Dou Saint could be refined into a Demonic Puppet and said they could try it with the Great Heavenly Venerate after dealing with Heavenly Flame Venerate.
• Xiao Long let the new Demonic Puppet absorb Pill Lightning, which left it badly damaged but hardened it to the strength of a One-star Dou Ancestor.
• Yao Chen asked what materials were needed to refine a Corpse Puppet, and Xiao Long told him to prepare hard metals while he supplied the body, soul, and Demon Core.
• Xiao Long realized his Exchange Points and resources were nearly exhausted and suggested that Yao Chen visit the Fengyun Empire to take treasures from its treasury.
• Yao Chen agreed, saying he had forgotten about the empire's wealth.

Xiao Long refined a new body for Heavenly Flame Venerate, then joined Xiao Xun'er and Yao Chen to prepare Great Heavenly Venerate’s corpse for Demonic Puppet refinement. The three began purifying its corpse aura, but Yao Chen’s and Xiao Long’s Heavenly Flames quailed before Xiao Xun’er’s stronger flame.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Long the Yin Yang Life Extending Pill and flew to the Fengyun Imperial Capital to loot its treasury.
• Xiao Long refined a body from a four-star Dou Zong Soul Hall Protector, and Heavenly Flame Venerate possessed it before entering seclusion to adapt.
• Yao Chen returned with five high-grade Storage Rings of treasury goods and gave four of them to Xiao Long.
• Xiao Long invited Yao Chen to help refine Great Heavenly Venerate into a Demonic Puppet, and Yao Chen eagerly agreed.
• Xiao Long, Xiao Xun'er, and Yao Chen used their Heavenly Flames to purify the corpse aura from Great Heavenly Venerate’s body.
• Xiao Long’s and Yao Chen’s flames trembled before Xiao Xun’er’s more powerful Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Long, Yao Chen, and Xiao Xun'er refined Great Heavenly Venerate’s body and soul into a Demonic Puppet. After three days of work, the puppet was complete, retaining Great Heavenly Venerate’s combat instincts.

• Xiao Xun'er refined the gathered metals while Xiao Long lent Yao Chen the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Long placed a nine-star Demon Core into Great Heavenly Venerate’s body and extracted his soul, which Yao Chen recaptured.
• Xiao Long and Yao Chen tempered Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul until his consciousness was erased.
• Xiao Xun'er fused the metals into Great Heavenly Venerate’s body, and Xiao Long added the Bone Emperor Saber and vacant soul.
• Xiao Long, Yao Chen, and Xiao Xun'er spent three days refining Great Heavenly Venerate into a puppet that retained his combat instincts.

Xiao Long decided to travel to the Central Continent to seek two Heavenly Flames, but refused to form an alliance against the Soul Hall until Yao Chen could reach Four-star Dou Saint strength. After Heavenly Flame Venerate recovered, the group prepared to leave and asked Yao Chen to choose their first destination.

• Xiao Long renamed the Great Heavenly Venerate Saint Tian Yi, and Yao Chen declined to spar with him.
• Yao Chen proposed building a force in the Central Continent to oppose the Soul Hall, but Xiao Long argued that the available factions were too weak to succeed.
• Xiao Long said he would seek the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and the Three Thousand Burning Flames, but would not agree to an alliance without a Four-star Dou Saint to lead it.
• Xiao Xun'er felt relieved that Xiao Long would not immediately form an alliance and expose her to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Long, Yao Chen, and Xiao Xun'er packed to leave, and Heavenly Flame Venerate woke after more than half a day with strength around Two-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Long asked Yao Chen whether they should go first to Starfall Pavilion, Fentian Valley, or the Pill Tower.

Xiao Long and his companions traveled to Fentian Valley to obtain the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, with Yao Chen concealing his identity by claiming to be Feng Xian. They reached Tang Zhen, who grew wary when he realized Feng Xian was not among them, and Yao Chen revealed himself as Feng Xian’s senior brother.

• Yao Chen chose to visit Fentian Valley before the Pill Tower, and Xiao Long agreed to seek the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire there.
• After a month of travel, Xiao Long and his companions arrived at Fentian Valley and entered through the main gate at Xiao Xun'er's request.
• Yao Chen told the gatekeeper that Feng Xian had come to visit, using his junior brother’s name to avoid revealing his own.
• Tang Zhen received the visitors and became alarmed when he saw that Feng Xian was absent and could not judge the strength of two members of the group.
• Yao Chen removed his cloak and told Tang Zhen that he was Feng Xian’s senior brother.

Yao Chen visited Fentian Valley to demand Tang Zhen's Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, claiming he would trade for it but intimidating Tang Zhen with his newly revealed Dou Saint strength. The valley's ancestor, Old Man Huoyun, appeared to confront him, and Yao Chen discovered that Huoyun had also reached the Dou Saint realm.

• Yao Chen told Tang Zhen that he wanted the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and offered to meet any conditions.
• Tang Zhen refused, saying the flame was Fentian Valley's treasured guardian flame and was meant for his daughter.
• Yao Chen revealed his Dou Saint cultivation and claimed to be a Ninth-grade Alchemist, leaving Tang Zhen too intimidated to oppose him.
• Tang Zhen asked Yao Chen not to seize the flame by force, and Yao Chen said he was negotiating instead.
• Old Man Huoyun appeared to defend Fentian Valley, and Yao Chen realized his old friend had also reached the Dou Saint realm.

Yao Chen offered to treat Old Man Huoyun’s hidden injury and give him a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill in exchange for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but Old Man Huoyun demanded more. Xiao Long added a Heaven-grade Cultivation Method to the offer and agreed to let Old Man Huoyun inspect it.

• Yao Chen told Old Man Huoyun that he knew about his hidden injury and offered to treat it and give him a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Old Man Huoyun considered the offer but said the Heavenly Flame was too valuable to trade for a pill alone.
• Xiao Long offered to add a Heaven-grade Cultivation Method, and Yao Chen agreed to the terms.
• Old Man Huoyun asked to inspect the Heaven-grade Cultivation Method, and Xiao Long agreed.

Xiao Long stayed in Fentian Valley with Xiao Xun'er while Old Man Huoyun arranged to receive the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire after removing Fentian Valley's seals. Tang Huo'er, angry that Yao Chen had taken the flame she hoped to inherit, challenged Xiao Long, but he refused to follow her to the public fighting arena.

• Xiao Long gave Old Man Huoyun the Fire Cloud Art, and Tang Zhen agreed to let him remove Fentian Valley's seals from the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire over two months.
• Yao Chen celebrated the exchange and used the two-month wait to visit friends and lovers, while Heavenly Flame Venerate left on other business.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er remained in Fentian Valley, where Tang Huo'er showed Xiao Long to his guest manor.
• Tang Huo'er complained that Yao Chen had taken the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire she had expected to inherit and said she would beat Xiao Long if he was Yao Chen's disciple.
• Xiao Long confirmed he was Yao Chen's disciple, so Tang Huo'er grabbed his hand and tried to take him to the fighting arena for a challenge.
• Xiao Long refused to go to the public arena, intending to teach Tang Huo'er a lesson without embarrassing her.

Xiao Long provoked Tang Huo'er, overpowered and humiliated her, and sent her away in tears. Xiao Xun'er grew jealous afterward, while Xiao Long brushed off her threat to sleep alone.

• Tang Huo'er challenged Xiao Long to spar, but he grabbed her and pulled her toward the manor rooms instead.
• Tang Huo'er struggled as Xiao Long pulled her into his arms and smacked her backside.
• Tang Huo'er attacked Xiao Long, but he easily stopped her and revealed the power of a Dou Zong.
• Tang Huo'er ran off in tears after warning Xiao Long that she would not let the matter go.
• Xiao Xun'er confronted Xiao Long with jealous remarks and said she would sleep alone, but he insisted it was not up to her.

After receiving the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Flame, Xiao Long refined it and advanced to Nine-star Dou Zong, then left Fentian Valley with Xiao Xun'er. At Starfall Pavilion, he found Yao Chen struggling to gather ingredients for another attempt at becoming a Ninth-grade Alchemist.

• Tang Zhen handed the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Flame to Xiao Long, while Yao Chen failed to break through to Ninth-grade Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Xiao Long refined the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Flame in Fentian Valley, advancing the Flame Mantra to high-grade Earth-class and reaching Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Long considered the Three Thousand Burning Flames and other Heavenly Flames but concluded he could not obtain them yet.
• Xiao Long left Fentian Valley with Xiao Xun'er and went to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Long learned that Yao Chen had ruined two batches of ingredients and suggested borrowing supplies from his Pill Tower friends, joking that he could sell himself to one of them.

Yao Chen told Xiao Long that the Pill Tower would only let him compete for the Three Thousand Burning Flames if he became a seventh-grade Alchemist, while taking it by force had poor odds and risked Soul Hall's intervention. Xiao Xun'er offered him her Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Long refused to endanger her cultivation.

• Yao Chen said the Pill Tower had refused to hand over the Three Thousand Burning Flames before the Pill Gathering, but would give Xiao Long a chance if he reached the seventh grade in alchemy.
• Xiao Long rejected the prospect of spending years learning alchemy and asked Yao Chen how likely they were to seize the flame by force.
• Yao Chen estimated their chances at under fifty percent and warned that the Pill Tower's forces and Soul Hall could turn the conflict against them.
• Xiao Xun'er offered Xiao Long her Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Long rebuked her and explained that losing both flames could cripple her.

Xiao Long learned that the Ancient Clan had ordered Xiao Xun'er to return, leaving her torn between obeying her father and staying with him. He realized that the Ancient Clan could threaten them with powerful Dou Saints, so he could not yet dismiss the danger.

• Xiao Xun'er reflected on Han Feng's betrayal of Yao Chen and felt grateful that Xiao Long valued her above the Flame Mantra and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Chen and Feng Xian left Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er alone after becoming uncomfortable with their flirting.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er spent time together, but more than ten days passed without Xiao Long finding a solution to their stalemate.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Long to return to the Jia Ma Empire, then confessed that Gu Yuan had sent word through Ling Ying ordering her to go back.
• Xiao Long understood Xiao Xun'er's conflict and recognized that he was not strong enough to face a four- or five-star Dou Saint from the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Long decided to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flames sooner and traveled with Yao Chen to East Dragon Island to seek help from the Ancient Void Dragons. The group arrived near the island and was stopped by its Second Elder.

• Xiao Long realized the Three Thousand Burning Flames were sealed in a hard-to-find Barrier Space and concluded that the Ancient Void Dragons could help him locate it.
• Xiao Long slept beside Xiao Xun'er without noticing her disappointment, then asked Yao Chen to take him to East Dragon Island.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Long that the Ancient Void Dragons were stubborn and that East Dragon Island had powerful Dou Saint experts, but Xiao Long remained confident.
• After half a month of travel, Xiao Long and Yao Chen reached East Dragon Island and were challenged by the Second Elder, a One-star Dou Saint.

Xiao Long used his knowledge of Zhu Kun and his daughter to unsettle East Dragon Island’s Second Elder while negotiating on behalf of his group. The Second Elder grew suspicious and demanded proof, leaving Xiao Long’s claims unresolved.

• Yao Chen identified himself to the Ancient Void Dragon Second Elder, who revealed himself and asked why they had come to East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Long said they had come to negotiate over a matter vital to the Ancient Void Dragon clan, but the Second Elder dismissed him as a Nine-star Dou Ancestor.
• Xiao Long asked whether the Second Elder knew Zhu Kun, then revealed that he knew Zhu Kun had a daughter.
• The Second Elder became alarmed because only a few East Dragon Island Elders knew about Zhu Kun’s daughter, while Xiao Xun'er and Yao Chen wondered why the name had provoked such a reaction.
• Xiao Long claimed he knew where Zhu Kun and his daughter were, and the Second Elder demanded to know why he should believe him.

Xiao Long persuaded the Second Elder to help locate the Three Thousand Burning Flames in exchange for news of Zhu Kun, and they reached Sacred Pill City to search for it. Meanwhile, the Ancient Clan pressed Xiao Xun'er to return, and its people attacked Starfall Pavilion demanding her handover.

• Xiao Long demanded the Second Elder help him find and obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flames in exchange for taking him to see Zhu Kun, and the Second Elder agreed.
• Yao Chen arranged to trade high-grade medicinal pills for medicinal ingredients with the Second Elder.
• Xiao Long and the others traveled to Sacred Pill City, where the Second Elder sensed several spatial secret realms and asked for three days to locate the one holding the Three Thousand Burning Flames.
• Xiao Xun'er continued hiding the Ancient Clan's pressure from Xiao Long as her father sent Dou Zun experts to bring her back.
• Several young Ancient Clan men attacked Starfall Pavilion and demanded that it hand over their young lady.

Yao Chen learned that the Ancient Clan was attacking Starfall Pavilion and rushed to find a way back before its defenses fell. Xiao Long summoned the Second Elder to transport them there, while Feng Xian and the pavilion’s formation struggled to hold off the attackers.

• Gu Yao ordered the Ancient Clan forces to destroy Starfall Pavilion after Feng Xian denied knowing the young lady they sought.
• Feng Xian activated Starfall Pavilion’s protective formation and hoped Yao Chen would return before it was breached.
• Yao Chen received Feng Xian’s plea for help in Sacred Pill City and prepared to rush back to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Long warned that Yao Chen could not reach Starfall Pavilion in time by ordinary travel and urged him to contact the Second Elder.
• Yao Chen summoned the Second Elder with an Ancient Void Dragon communication tool, and the Second Elder agreed to come and take them to Starfall Pavilion.

Yao Chen rushed to Starfall Pavilion after learning the Ancient Clan was attacking it, bringing Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er with him. He arrived as Gu Yao threatened the pavilion and focused his fury on him, intending to kill him.

• The Second Elder opened a spatial passage, and Yao Chen, Xiao Long, and Xiao Xun'er followed him toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Xun'er worried that her Ancient Clan had drawn Xiao Long into a dangerous confrontation.
• As the Ancient Clan's Dou Zuns battered Starfall Pavilion's formation, Feng Xian urged its defenders to hold out until Yao Chen arrived.
• Gu Yao mocked Feng Xian's confidence in Yao Chen and claimed the Ancient Clan could easily destroy him.
• Yao Chen arrived and challenged Gu Yao, whose fear grew as he realized Yao Chen meant to kill him.