Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan took the Alchemist Convention’s purity test, where contestants refined a Black Iron Spirit Leaf before the hourglass ran out. Xiao Tian finished early, while Xiao Yan emerged at the last moment, leaving the judges’ results unannounced.

• Otto introduced Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan to Vice President Chemir and the other senior alchemists, who explained the test.
• Liu Ling mocked Xiao Yan’s Second Grade badge and dismissed Xiao Tian as an unworthy rival before entering an examination room with Yao Yue.
• Xiao Tian used Heavenly Flames to refine a Black Iron Spirit Leaf to its maximum purity and came out after less than one-fifth of the hourglass had drained.
• Liu Ling came out next and wrongly claimed Xiao Tian had probably refined the leaf only once, leading Yao Yue to lose interest in Xiao Tian.
• As the hourglass neared empty, Xiao Yan emerged from the final room just before Mitchell announced that time was up.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan shocked the Alchemist Convention’s judges with top scores in the preliminary test, while Liu Ling was humiliated. After the test, Otto agreed to conceal Xiao Yan’s identity so he could continue competing without endangering Xiao Tian.

• Liu Ling scored seven points and Yao Yue scored slightly less before Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan took their tests.
• Xiao Tian claimed he had refined the Black Iron Spirit Leaf about ten times, and the machine awarded him a perfect score.
• Xiao Yan scored nine points, leaving Liu Ling crushed, and the results placed Xiao Tian first, Yan Xiao second, Liu Ling third, and Yao Yue fourth.
• Otto asked about their teacher, and Xiao Tian said their master had gone into seclusion and forbade them from revealing his identity.
• Xiao Yan asked Otto to hide his identity, and Otto promised to protect it so Xiao Yan could keep competing.
• Xiao Tian and Otto met Fu Ke Lan’s group, and Otto said the two contestants had passed.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan passed the alchemy test with exceptional results, then Xiao Tian took Ya Fei to watch Hai Bo Dong and Jia Xing Tian fight. The battle ended with Hai Bo Dong beside Xiao Tian, while Nalan Jie and others learned more about Xiao Tian’s standing.

• Otto revealed that Xiao Tian refined the Black Iron Spirit Leaf ten times, Xiao Yan eight times, and Liu Ling six times.
• Ya Fei skipped the Nalan Family gathering, and she and Xiao Tian strolled together before spotting the two powerful auras.
• Xiao Tian carried Ya Fei to the garden mausoleum and encouraged her to study the Dou Huang battle between Hai Bo Dong and Jia Xing Tian.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Jie, Mittel Tengshan, Nalan Yanran, Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and others arrived to watch the fight, and Nalan Jie learned Xiao Tian was Xiao Lin’s grandson and first in the alchemy test.
• Hai Bo Dong and Jia Xing Tian ended their fight, and Hai Bo Dong joined Xiao Tian, who joked that he had come in case Hai Bo Dong was beaten to death.

Xiao Tian humiliated Mu Zhan after he threatened Ya Fei, then left with her and his companions. The next day, they set out for the Alchemist Convention, but Xiao Yan noticed they were taking an unfamiliar route.

• Xiao Tian greeted Jia Xing Tian, and Ya Fei stayed close beside him as the gathered elders noticed their intimacy.
• Mu Zhan confronted Xiao Tian and threatened Ya Fei, so Xiao Tian beat him badly before sparing his life at Jia Xing Tian's request.
• Ya Fei told Mu Zhan not to approach her again because she feared Xiao Tian might misunderstand, and Mu Zhan fainted after coughing blood.
• Xiao Tian checked in at the Dou Emperor battle at the Royal Mausoleum and received six Imperial Zenith Pills, then departed with Ya Fei and the others.
• That night, Xiao Tian spent time with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian at the Free and Unfettered World.
• The next day, Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin joined Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong on their way to the Alchemist Convention, and Xiao Yan questioned their unfamiliar route.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan arrived at the Royal Plaza for the Alchemist Convention and met powerful figures in the VIP seats. As the contestants gathered, Yao Ye and Nalan Yanran sat beside Xiao Yan, leaving him awkwardly caught between them and Liu Ling glaring from behind.

• Xiao Tian, Xiao Yan, and their companions reached Royal Plaza and entered through the contestants’ passage with Master Otto.
• Otto introduced Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan to Fa Ma, who praised their skills and sensed danger from Xiao Yi Xian until Xiao Tian reassured him.
• Hai Bo Dong appeared beside Fa Ma, and Jia Xing Tian arrived with Yao Yue and Yao Ye; Xiao Tian introduced Xiao Yi Xian as his wife.
• Xiao Tian checked in at Royal Plaza and received six Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills and a one-star realm increase.
• Nalan Yanran sat beside Xiao Yan after Yao Ye did, while Liu Ling glared at him and Xiao Yan silently begged Xiao Tian for help.

The Seventh Alchemist Convention began, and Xiao Tian made a dramatic entrance before starting to study the Bone Growing Pill formula. Meanwhile, two strange men arrived in an unfamiliar living world after passing through a mysterious doorway.

• Fa Ma declared the Seventh Alchemist Convention open and directed the contestants to their platforms.
• Xiao Tian flew to his seat on his Golden Feather Sky Wings, stunning the spectators and delighting Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Tian examined the Bone Growing Pill instructions, then closed his eyes and used his Soul Power to test refining combinations in his mind.
• A black-robed High Priest sent two burly men through a strange doorway, and they emerged in the wrong world, unable to sense any living aura.

Xiao Tian and the other alchemists competed in the first round of the Alchemist Competition by refining a pill from an incomplete Prescription. Xiao Tian finished early, Xiao Yan succeeded just before time ran out, and the contestants began testing whether their pills met the Prescription’s requirements.

• Two burly men in Phantom Shadow Forest failed to break through an Energy Shield and learned that no living creature could leave its fixed location.
• Fa Ma announced the first round, and Xiao Tian, Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and the other contestants began refining pills.
• Xiao Tian successfully refined a high-quality pill in less than half the allotted time, impressing Fa Ma and the judges.
• Liu Ling and Yao Yue finished near the end, and Xiao Yan completed his pill just as the final grains of sand were about to fall.
• Fa Ma announced a test to detect fake or unsuitable pills, and Xiao Tian pressed the Green Button on his platform to reveal the testing machine.

The alchemists tested their pills, and Xiao Tian watched a suspicious gray-robed contestant reveal unusually strong ability. As Xiao Tian finally entered his own pill for testing, Fa Ma and the others hoped he could counter the rival from the Chu Yun Empire.

• Liu Ling challenged Xiao Yan and Xiao Tian to compare their pills, but both dismissed him.
• Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, and Yao Yue tested their pills, with Xiao Yan’s producing the strongest green light among them.
• Xiao Tian watched the gray-robed Yan Li, whose display led Fa Ma to suspect he was far more skilled than his registered Second Grade rank suggested.
• Yan Li tested his pill and produced a green pillar brighter than Xiao Yan’s, alarming the local alchemists.
• Fa Ma learned Yan Li claimed to be a Second Grade Alchemist and hoped Xiao Tian would stop him from overshadowing their guild.
• Xiao Tian placed his pill in the machine, and the Jade Mirror began changing colors.

Xiao Tian outshone Yan Li in the first round and recognized the hidden flaw in the second round’s prescription. He finished refining ahead of Yan Li, while Xiao Yan also discovered the flaw and tried again with the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Tian’s pill produced a brighter green glow than Yan Li’s, and Yao Yue conceded while Fa Ma praised Xiao Tian’s result.
• Fa Ma began the second round, which required contestants to refine a Third Grade Wind Riding Pill from an ostensibly orthodox prescription.
• Xiao Tian noticed the prescription’s hidden flaw and left the Earth Essence Mushroom aside, while numerous contestants failed their first attempts.
• Xiao Yan failed once, spotted the Earth Essence Mushroom Xiao Tian had left out, and restarted with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Tian completed his pill before Yan Li, taunted him, and heard Yan Li promise to compete without restraint in the final round.

Xiao Tian helped the remaining alchemists identify the assessment’s flaw and finished the second round in first place, while Xiao Yan placed second and Yan Li third. As the convention’s self-supplied final approached, Fa Ma gave Xiao Yan the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill prescription, and Xiao Tian prepared a pill of his own that he expected to surpass it.

• Xiao Tian cleared his tabletop except for a purple Earth Essence Mushroom, helping other alchemists recognize the problem and resume refining before the assessment ended.
• The testing eliminated cheaters, leaving about a hundred contestants; Xiao Tian placed first, Xiao Yan second, and Yan Li third, and Fa Ma announced the final would be held the next day.
• Ya Fei and the other two women greeted Xiao Tian outside the square, while Xiao Yan stayed behind with Nalan Yanran and Yao Ye; Xiao Tian declined Yao Ye’s invitation to a celebration banquet and returned to the Mittel Family.
• The three Jia Ma Dou Emperors identified the gray-robed Yan Li and destroyed his remaining recovery pills; afterward, Fa Ma decided to sponsor the competition, and Hai Bo Dong went to find Xiao Tian but brought Xiao Yan to the Alchemist Guild instead.
• Fa Ma told Xiao Yan that the final would require contestants to provide their own prescriptions and ingredients, then gave him the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill prescription and three sets of herbs.
• Xiao Tian checked his messages, prepared his own medicinal pill for the final, and examined the Purple Heart Liquid he had found inside a Purple Emperor Spirit Mushroom.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan began the Alchemist Convention’s final round, drawing attention with their rare cauldron and flame. As the contestants prepared to refine their pills, Xiao Tian closed his eyes again, leaving the crowd confident that he would win.

• Xiao Tian arrived at Royal Plaza with Ya Fei and the other women, where he noticed that many contestants seemed to know the final assessment in advance and Yan Li taunted him.
• Fa Ma announced that the contestants could freely refine the best pill they could make before the hourglass ran out.
• Yao Yue and Liu Ling revealed Fifth Order Medicine Cauldrons and their flames, while Xiao Yan brought out a shabby cauldron that worried Fa Ma.
• Fa Ma and Yao Lao recognized Xiao Tian’s purple cauldron as the Purple Abyss Cauldron, ranked third on the Heaven Cauldron Ranking.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame, then Xiao Tian brought out the Qilin Burning Sky Flame, revealing a second Heavenly Flame to the astonished crowd.
• Xiao Tian tossed his flame into the Purple Abyss Cauldron and closed his eyes while warming it, prompting spectators to predict another victory.

Xiao Tian refined a Fifth Grade Nine Profound Pill and won the Seventh Alchemist Convention. Xiao Yan also completed a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, while Yan Li left after losing and having his pill inspected.

• Xiao Tian refined the medicinal herbs and began melting them into a pill as Xiao Yan failed his first attempt and started over.
• Yao Yue and Liu Ling formed Fourth Grade Pills, then Yan Li completed a peak Fourth Grade Pill and claimed he would win the championship.
• Xiao Tian used the Blazing Fire Ascending Dragon Hand to finish a Fifth Grade Nine Profound Pill, astounding the audience and surpassing Yan Li's pill.
• Xiao Yan saved his pill from an exploding cauldron and announced that he had refined a Fourth Grade, Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Seven alchemists inspected the contestants' pills and found no problems, after which Yan Li left the square and Fa Ma declared Xiao Tian the champion.
• Xiao Yan congratulated Xiao Tian, who praised his Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and encouraged him.

After winning the Alchemist Convention, Xiao Tian claimed his rewards and visited Yun Shan to discuss his younger brother’s duel with Nalan Yanran. He warned Yun Shan against letting the duel’s outcome provoke a conflict, then introduced a second matter without revealing it.

• Xiao Tian won the Alchemist Convention, received the Soul Fusion Pill prescription and an Honorary Elder Token, and recovered at the Alchemist Guild.
• Fa Ma, Hai Bo Dong, and Jia Xing Tian caught the fleeing Yan Li outside Gama Holy City and tore him apart.
• Xiao Tian spent the next morning with Qing Lin in the Free and Unfettered World, then traveled to the Misty Cloud Sect to meet Yun Shan.
• Xiao Tian told Yun Shan that his younger brother would duel Nalan Yanran over a Marriage Contract and cautioned him against letting the sect escalate the dispute.
• Xiao Tian said that his second matter meant Yun Shan’s suggestion that they could have been in-laws was not a pity.

Xiao Tian asked Yun Shan to betroth Yun Yun to him, and Yun Shan secured Yun Yun's agreement before approving the match. Xiao Tian found Yun Yun afterward, and they reconciled in an embrace as he promised her a gift.

• Xiao Tian asked Yun Shan to betroth Yun Yun to him, and Yun Shan called Yun Yun in to hear her answer.
• Yun Yun agreed to follow her teacher's arrangements, and Yun Shan approved the betrothal.
• Xiao Tian praised Yun Shan, then left to find Yun Yun in her room.
• Yun Yun teased Xiao Tian about the women around him and denied being jealous, but she settled happily into his embrace.
• Xiao Tian told Yun Yun he had brought her a gift.

Xiao Tian gave Yun Yun a Youth Preservation Pill and a transforming weapon, and their relationship became intimate. He accompanied her to the Sect Master's Great Hall, where Nalan Yanran was shocked to see him and hear him call himself her Master's Husband.

• Xiao Tian gave Yun Yun the Youth Preservation Pill, and she took it before admiring her rejuvenated appearance in the mirror.
• Xiao Tian and Yun Yun discussed Nalan Yanran's possible connection to Xiao Yan and agreed to let their duel proceed fairly.
• The next morning, Xiao Tian gave Yun Yun Yunmeng Phoenix Gold and a Sound Transmission Stone, then went with her to the Sect Master's Great Hall.
• Nalan Yanran greeted Yun Yun and was startled to find Xiao Tian beside her.
• Xiao Tian teased Nalan Yanran by telling her to call him Master's Husband, leaving her astonished.

Xiao Tian acknowledged his relationship with Yun Yun in front of Nalan Yanran, then reassured Xiao Yan before the Three-Year Agreement. He returned to the Free and Unfettered World, where Xiao Yi Xian was training Ya Fei and Qing Lin.

• Yun Yun introduced Xiao Tian as her husband, and he gave Nalan Yanran a Nine Profound Pill and a Dou Ling Pill as a meeting gift.
• Xiao Tian left the Misty Cloud Sect and met Xiao Yan, who had reached 2-Star Dou Shi after taking the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill; Yao Lao praised Xiao Tian and offered him guidance.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yan to focus on the Three-Year Agreement fight with Nalan Yanran and promised Hai Lao would accompany him for protection.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Free and Unfettered World, where Xiao Yi Xian was training Ya Fei and Qing Lin, and he healed Qing Lin's training injuries before Xiao Yi Xian carried her back to train.
• A seductive voice called to Xiao Tian and placed a fair hand before him.

Xiao Tian reunited with Yun Yun and guided Nalan Yanran through a breakthrough in her Wind Attribute swordsmanship. He brought Yun Yun to meet Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin, who quickly bonded and began plotting together while excluding him.

• Xiao Tian left the Free and Unfettered World and found Yun Yun training Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• After Nalan Yanran challenged him, Xiao Tian used Thunder to make her dodge and advised her on controlling wind, helping her understand her shortcomings.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Xiao Tian for his guidance, then resumed practicing with renewed determination.
• Xiao Tian brought Yun Yun to the Free and Unfettered World and introduced her to Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin.
• The four women became sisters, spent the day together, and stayed together that night while leaving Xiao Tian aside.
• Xiao Tian cultivated, fed his little pet, and then went to sleep, unaware that the women had begun making plans together.

Xiao Tian attended the Misty Cloud Sect’s Three-Year Agreement with Yun Yun as Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their duel. The fight reached a tense pause after Xiao Yan covered his Mysterious Heavy Ruler in blue flame and Nalan Yanran watched the glow.

• A surviving Mo Family woman told Yun Leng she suspected Xiao Tian had a hand in her clan’s destruction, but Yun Leng dismissed her for lack of proof.
• Gu He watched Xiao Tian and Yun Yun together and struggled with his unrequited love for Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza, recognized Yun Yun, and exchanged formal introductions with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan declared that the duel would end only when one of them died, and Nalan Yanran accepted.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought across the plaza until she used the Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword and he answered with blue flame on his ruler.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to a standstill until they recognized each other as Yan Xiao and Lan Na, the companions who had shared danger in the Monster Mountain Range. Their charged attacks collided before they could stop them, and Nalan Yanran was left helpless as the resulting blast struck her, only to be caught by someone as she fell.

• Xiao Yan broke free of the green light, struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremities Collapse, and revealed that he had reached Dou Shi as well.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan clashed at close range, with Nalan Yanran gradually falling behind before calling for a final decisive move.
• As Nalan Yanran prepared her sword attack and Xiao Yan formed a two-colored fire lotus, they recognized each other as Lan Na and Yan Xiao.
• Their sword light and fire lotus collided, and Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reinforced the arena’s Energy Shield against the spreading blast.
• Nalan Yanran was hit by an energy shockwave and fell, and someone caught her in their arms.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, then saved her and released her from their old promise. As Yun Yun addressed the Misty Cloud Sect’s arrogance, Jia Xing Tian considered the growing power gathered around Xiao Tian.

• Xiao Yan rescued Nalan Yanran from the energy shockwave and declared their agreement over after her defeat.
• Nalan Yanran admitted her past mistake in how she broke off their engagement but said she would make the same choice to control her own fate; Xiao Yan told her she was free of the old promise.
• Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian praised Xiao Yan’s talent, while Jia Xing Tian wondered about Xiao Tian’s strength and worried about the forces allied with him.
• Yun Leng lamented the Misty Cloud Sect’s loss of face, and Yun Yun welcomed Xiao Yan to visit the sect.
• Yun Yun urged Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to learn from defeat and abandon their arrogance, then looked toward Yun Leng over his influence in the sect.