Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han mastered the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, sold his pills for a large sum, and set out to find the Alchemist Guild. After being misdirected into a secluded alley, he rescued a young girl from two men who were harassing her over a food bill.

• Xiao Han used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his cultivation from Nine-Star Dou Shi to Six-Star Da Dou Shi, though the technique left him weak afterward.
• Xiao Han sold ten Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Pills at the Mittel Auction House for 350,000 Gold Coins.
• Xiao Han decided to seek alchemist certification, but a passerby sent him the wrong way and he ended up in a secluded alley.
• Xiao Han sensed trouble nearby and found a young girl arguing with two young men over the price of cold jelly.
• The two young men attacked the girl, and Xiao Han caught her before she hit a wall, then knocked both men unconscious with his aura.

Xiao Han rescued Nalan Yanran from two hoodlums and discovered she was Xiao Yan’s fiancée. She guided him to the Alchemist Guild for an assessment, where the guards recognized his alchemy potential before someone called out to her.

• Nalan Yanran thanked Xiao Han for saving her and introduced herself, while he explained that he had wandered into the slums by mistake.
• Nalan Yanran led Xiao Han toward the Alchemist Guild and privately resolved to ask Yun Yun to let her break off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Han reflected that he planned to leave the Nalan Family after helping Nalan Jie and obtaining the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, then head for the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• At the Alchemist Guild entrance, Nalan Yanran explained that Xiao Han had come to take the assessment, and he displayed his pale blue Dan Fire to the red-haired guard.
• As the guard ushered Xiao Han inside, someone called out to Nalan Yanran and asked what she was doing there.

Xiao Han met Nalan Yanran’s friend Liu Ling and stunned him by revealing he was ready to take the Rank 1 Alchemist examination. Far away in the Tagor Desert, Queen Meduza gathered the Snake-People Tribe’s leaders and announced her intention to pursue their Evolution Secret Method.

• Liu Ling approached Xiao Han and Nalan Yanran, then reacted with disbelief when he learned Xiao Han planned to take the Rank 1 Alchemist examination.
• Xiao Han summoned his Dan Fire, Fire Tongs, and Wood Attribute Dou Qi, leaving Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran demoralized by his apparent talent.
• Xiao Han eased the awkwardness by praising Liu Ling and asking for his guidance, and Liu Ling agreed to lead him and Nalan Yanran into the Alchemist Guild.
• Queen Meduza assembled the eight Snake-People Tribe chieftains and several elders at her palace.
• Queen Meduza announced that she had called the gathering to discuss the tribe’s Evolution Secret Method.

Queen Meduza rejected her subjects’ warnings and ordered the Serpent-Human Clan to search for a Heavenly Flame so she could attempt evolution. At the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Han passed the Third-Grade examination by refining a perfect patterned pill, leaving Liu Ling resolved to improve and Fa Ma eager to recruit him.

• A Great Elder warned Queen Meduza that the evolution method had a grave risk of failure and could leave the Serpent-Human Clan without its strongest protector.
• Queen Meduza insisted that she had to become stronger to protect her clan and ordered every spy to report any news of a Heavenly Flame.
• The Serpent-Human Clan spread the search order through its spy network across the countries surrounding the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Han handed President Fa Ma a perfect Grade 3 Qi Returning Pill, stunning Fa Ma, Liu Ling, Nalan Yanran, and the watching alchemists.
• Fa Ma invited Xiao Han to his office, while Xiao Han called Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran to come along.
• Liu Ling declined, said he would return to study alchemy, and received Xiao Han’s teasing challenge to try to catch up.

Xiao Han negotiated with Fa Ma to join the Alchemist Guild as a Guest Elder in exchange for a cauldron, pill recipes, and commissions, and secured plans for a Guild branch in Wutan City. After leaving the office, he found Nalan Yanran suffering a Qi Deviation and rushed to help her.

• Fa Ma offered Xiao Han a Fourth-Rank Divine Wood King Cauldron and Guild benefits if he became a Guest Elder and completed alchemy commissions.
• Xiao Han accepted Fa Ma's terms and asked the Alchemist Guild to establish a branch in Wutan City.
• Fa Ma appointed Xiao Han to oversee the branch and promised to send someone to discuss its establishment with the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Han left Fa Ma's office and found Nalan Yanran cultivating in the waiting room after waiting for him for an hour.
• Xiao Han sensed that Nalan Yanran had suffered a Qi Deviation, grabbed her wrist, and sent Dou Qi into her body.

Xiao Han rescued Nalan Yanran after her failed attempt to break through to Dou Zhe, while Gu He prepared Qi Gathering Powder for her at Yun Yun’s request. Yun Yun left the Alchemy Hall with the powder, planning to deliver it to Yanran the next morning.

• Xiao Han stabilized Nalan Yanran after finding her suffering Qi Deviation, then gave Fa Ma Grade 3 Nourishing Spirit Pills for her recovery before leaving.
• Fa Ma examined Nalan Yanran and arranged for his maid to take her home and care for her.
• Gu He studied information about Heavenly Flames and considered searching the Tagor Desert for one.
• Yun Yun asked Gu He to refine Qi Gathering Powder for Nalan Yanran, and he agreed to use the best ingredients.
• Yun Yun left with the finished Qi Gathering Powder and planned to bring it to Yanran the next morning.

Old Man Yao refined a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for Xiao Han, who used it to break through to two-star Da Dou Shi. As Xiao Han tested his new abilities and tried to shape Dou Qi Armor, his Demon Armor took control of the armor’s appearance and refused to let him change it.

• Xiao Han asked why the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Guild had the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill recipe, and Old Man Yao guessed it had come from Zhongzhou.
• Old Man Yao refined a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill using Bone Spirit Cold Flame, another Dou Qi flame, and Xiao Han’s Demonic Flame, then gave it to him.
• Xiao Han swallowed the pill and used the Swallowing Spirit Technique and Demonic Flame to absorb its energy, breaking through to Da Dou Shi and then two-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Han tested his ability to release Dou Qi outside his body by smashing a flowerpot, then formed Dou Qi Armor.
• The Demon Armor transformed Xiao Han’s Dou Qi Armor into its own form and resisted his attempt to change its appearance, so Xiao Han turned his attention to studying the Swallowing Spirit Technique.

After reaching two-star Da Dou Shi, Xiao Han discovered that the Swallowing Spirit Technique could drain life and energy through touch, then concealed his cultivation and played a video game. Meanwhile, Yao Yue resolved to ask him to become his disciple, but her intimidating older sister confronted her until Xiao Han intervened.

• Xiao Han awakened the Swallowing Spirit Technique's devouring power and drained the life and Wood Attribute energy from a potted tree.
• Xiao Han forged a Fine Iron Mask, concealed his cultivation, and played Age of Empires 2 while Yao Yue studied his alchemy materials next door.
• Yao Yue decided to ask Xiao Han to take her as his disciple, despite worrying that her family would object.
• Yao Yue's older sister appeared behind her and frightened her, prompting Xiao Han to step in and tell the woman not to bully a child.

Xiao Han met Princess Yao Ye, who gave him a personal Jade Plaque as she sought to build ties with the exceptionally talented young alchemist. After Yao Ye and Yao Yue headed for the Imperial Palace, Xiao Han dreamed of Xiao Xun'er marrying someone else and woke unsettled by his feelings.

• Xiao Han met Yao Ye after she retrieved Yao Yue, and he recognized the eldest princess of the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Yao Ye gave Xiao Han her personal Jade Plaque and asked him to call her by name, hoping to get closer to him.
• Yao Ye told Yao Yue that Xiao Han's alchemy and cultivation talents made him someone the Royal Family should befriend.
• Yao Yue proposed becoming Xiao Han's alchemy disciple, but Yao Ye took the materials he had given her and carried her unconscious sister toward the Imperial Palace.
• Xiao Han dreamed that Xiao Xun'er married someone else, then woke in a cold sweat remembering her request that he attend her wedding.

Nalan Yanran recovered from her forced breakthrough and received support from Yun Yun, while Xiao Han prepared Xiao Yan for their visit to the Nalan Family to end the engagement. The chapter ended with Xiao Han and Xiao Yan setting out, with Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi suppressed to keep his restored talent hidden.

• Nalan Yanran examined the Nourishing Spirit Pill Xiao Han had given her before meeting with Nalan Jie, Nalan Su, and Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun gave Nalan Yanran high-quality Qi Gathering Powder and promised to take her to the Xiao Family to break off the engagement after she became a Dou Zhe.
• Nalan Jie stormed out when Nalan Yanran raised the engagement again, while Nalan Su admitted he could not change his father's mind.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she had met a terrifying genius, thinking of Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Yan a Seal Qi Pill that lowered his Dou Qi to the Third Stage of Dou Disciple and told him to let Xiao Han handle the meeting.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan set out for the Nalan Family to break off the engagement and pursue the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan visited the Nalan residence, where Xiao Han asked Nalan Jie to release Xiao Yan from his engagement to Nalan Yanran. The request stunned the gathered Nalan family members, including Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun, who had just arrived.

• A maid told Nalan Yanran that her fiancé and a handsome young man named Xiao Han had arrived, and Nalan Yanran hurried to the Reception Hall.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan met the Nalan family, where Xiao Han's talent and appearance impressed the young women while Xiao Yan faced hostile stares.
• Xiao Han gave the Nalan family’s young men and women Grade 3 Qi Condensation Pills, winning them over and making Nalan Jie and Nalan Su regret the original betrothal.
• Xiao Han privately reassured Xiao Yan that they would end the engagement and obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva before leaving.
• Xiao Han asked Nalan Jie to release Xiao Yan from his engagement to Nalan Yanran, shocking everyone in the residence.

Xiao Yan ended his marriage contract with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Han gave her a perfect Qi Gathering Powder as compensation. Afterward, Xiao Han asked Nalan Jie to trade him the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva to restore Soul Power.

• Xiao Han announced that Xiao Yan had come to end his marriage contract, and Nalan Yanran was surprised to learn Xiao Han was Xiao Yan's older brother.
• Xiao Yan formally asked Nalan Jie to end the betrothal, and Nalan Jie agreed after Xiao Han presented Xiao Zhan's Divorce Letter.
• Xiao Yan offered Nalan Yanran a perfect fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder refined by Chen Yao, and she accepted it.
• Nalan Jie asked about Xiao Yan's lost cultivation, and Xiao Yan said Chen Yao had examined him but could not find the cause.
• Xiao Han asked Nalan Jie to trade him the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, a treasure that could restore Soul Power.

Xiao Han revealed that he possessed a Heavenly Flame and began removing Nalan Jie's Brand Poison in exchange for the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva. Nalan Jie expelled the poison, but his agonized scream drew the attention of powerful figures and factions, leaving the Nalan Family surrounded by growing interest.

• Nalan Jie invited Xiao Han and Xiao Yan to a separate courtyard, where Xiao Han offered to cure his Brand Poison in exchange for the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Han displayed his deep-blue Heavenly Flame, convincing Nalan Jie to trust him and begin the treatment immediately.
• Xiao Han shaped the flame into hundreds of needles and drove them into Nalan Jie's back, causing him intense pain as the poison was forced from his body.
• Nalan Jie spat out the Brand Poison, which corroded the courtyard's stone floor, then screamed as the treatment's pain overwhelmed him.
• Nalan Jie's scream alarmed Yun Yun, an Old Man in Hemp Robes, a Snake-Person female slave, and scouts from several powerful factions.

Xiao Han cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, helping him break through, but Fa Ma accidentally revealed that Xiao Han possessed a Heavenly Flame. After receiving the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, Xiao Han prepared to head to the Tagor Desert, unaware that a Snake Woman had slipped away.

• Xiao Han forced the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie and compressed it into a pill, while Nalan Jie’s cultivation advanced after enduring the treatment.
• Nalan Jie promised to repay Xiao Han and introduced him to the gathered family members and onlookers.
• Fa Ma recognized Xiao Han’s Heavenly Flame aloud, revealing the secret to the crowd, while Nalan Jie, Fa Ma, Yun Yun, and Jia Xingtian offered him protection.
• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Han for helping Nalan Yanran, and Jia Xingtian praised him, increasing the gathered factions’ interest in him.
• Nalan Jie sent a maid to retrieve the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, which Xiao Han received as his reward.
• A Snake Woman disguised in a maid’s outfit quietly slipped away from the crowd.

Xiao Han developed a powerful new weapon by shaping the Demonic Flame into a sword and infusing it with Sword Intent, then spent the afternoon preparing pills before the Nalan Family banquet. Meanwhile, a Snake-People maid secretly sent a message into the Nalan Family grounds using a small snake.

• Xiao Han discovered that his Demon Armor and Demonic Flame kept the Brand Poison at bay and practiced shaping the Demonic Flame into weapons and beasts.
• Xiao Han infused a flame sword with Sword Intent and Gale Sword Intent, creating the Heavenly Fire Greatsword, which he split into ten blades with the Myriad Swords Technique.
• Xiao Han dismissed the Heavenly Fire Greatsword and brought out the Divine Wood King Cauldron to refine pills for the Xiao Family.
• A Snake-People maid scattered Powdered Medicine in a secluded part of the Nalan Family grounds and waited for a small grass snake to arrive.
• The Snake-People maid put a paper ball in the grass snake's mouth and sent it through a crack in the wall.

Xiao Yi Xian’s Disaster Poison Body erupted, leaving her devastated by memories of her mother’s death and fearful of her future. At a banquet in Jia Ma Holy City, Yao Yue meant to ask Xiao Han to take her as his disciple but blurted out that she wanted to be his wife.

• Xiao Yi Xian treated wounded Dragon Gate Mercenary Group members at Wan Yao Zhai and continued studying medicine, though she lacked the aptitude to become an alchemist.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s Disaster Poison Body suddenly released poisonous qi, and after enduring the episode she realized that suppressing her instincts had made her condition unstable.
• Xiao Yi Xian mourned her mother and struggled with despair, but did not want to surrender to her fate.
• At the Nalan Family banquet, Nalan Yanran declared that she would catch up to Xiao Han, while he brushed off her advances and said he was devoted to cultivation.
• Yao Ye pushed Yao Yue to approach Xiao Han in front of the guests, hoping to win him closer to the Royal Family.
• Yao Yue accidentally told Xiao Han, “I want to be your wife,” stunning the banquet and making Xiao Yan spit out his wine.

Yao Yue asked Xiao Han to take her as his apprentice, and he agreed to test her resolve by requiring her to reach Dou Zhe within a year. He gave her Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to help her cultivation, while planning to use the princess and the gathered factions to promote it.

• Yao Yue embarrassedly clarified that she wanted to become Xiao Han's apprentice, not his wife.
• Xiao Han asked about Yao Yue's cultivation and challenged her to advance from Sixth-Stage Dou Qi to Dou Zhe within a year.
• Yao Yue accepted the challenge, and Xiao Han praised her determination.
• Xiao Han gave Yao Yue a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and said he would prepare enough for a year the next morning.
• The gathered factions became eager to obtain the Spirit Liquid, while Xiao Han saw an opportunity to promote it through Yao Yue.

Xiao Han uncovered and enslaved Agatha, a Serpent-Human undercover agent who had reported his Heavenly Flame to Queen Meduza. He ordered Agatha to keep spying for him and learned that Meduza would soon come searching, while back at the Xiao Family, Yao Yue unleashed her growing power in anger at Xiao Han.

• After the banquet, Old Man Yao alerted Xiao Han to a snake watching him, and Xiao Han tracked it to Agatha, a Serpent-Human maid spying on him.
• Xiao Han subdued Agatha and used the Mind Control Curse to make her his slave, then learned that she had reported his Heavenly Flame to Queen Meduza.
• Xiao Han ordered Agatha to identify nearby Serpent-Human spies and continue reporting to him without exposing their connection.
• At the Xiao Family, Yao Yue reached Three-Star Dou Zhe and vented her anger at Xiao Han by destroying the back mountain with her Dark Attribute Dou Qi.

Xiao Han enslaved the last Snake-People spy in the city and returned to his room after arranging the women’s next moves. A breakfast mix-up engineered by Yao Ye brought Nalan Yanran to Xiao Yan’s door first, where their old rivalry resumed.

• Xiao Han used his Concealment Technique to capture the Snake Woman and plant the final slave seal, bringing his total to thirteen controlled women.
• Xiao Han tested how the Demon Armor suppressed his lust, then returned to his room before dawn after making pills and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Yao Yue brought Xiao Han breakfast and received the spirit liquid, while Xiao Han spotted Yao Ye watching nearby and Nalan Yanran approaching with another tray.
• Yao Ye’s room-number switch sent Nalan Yanran to Xiao Yan’s room, where she refused to give him the breakfast she had made for Xiao Han.
• Nalan Yanran went next door to give Xiao Han breakfast, while Xiao Yan laughed at the mix-up and traded barbs with his former fiancée.

Xiao Han completed Fa Ma’s pill-refining task, traded a Qinghun Pill recipe for the Rong Ling Pill recipe, and left for Wutan City with Xiao Yan. As they traveled, Queen Meduza and Yue Mei arrived in the Jia Ma Empire to hunt for Xiao Han, splitting up to search Jia Ma Holy City and Wutan City.

• Xiao Han showed Fa Ma his perfectly refined Grade 3 pills, then exchanged the Qinghun Pill recipe for Fa Ma’s Rong Ling Pill recipe.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan boarded a Tier 3 Flying Magical Beast bound for Wutan City, while a Snake Woman informant watched them depart.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan joked and talked as Xiao Han refined pills during their two-day journey.
• Queen Meduza and Yue Mei reached a Serpent-Human Clan outpost and learned Xiao Han might be returning to Wutan City.
• Queen Meduza sent Yue Mei to wait in Wutan City and decided to search Jia Ma Holy City alone.