Chapter Summaries

Xiao Li reassured Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan’s loss of cultivation talent was a trial, then emerged from seclusion three years later to find Zi Yan grown into an adult Ancient Void Dragon. After Zi Yan told him about a mysterious Stone Gate and a dragon who called her his child, Xiao Li promised to help her find her family and planned to visit Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Li told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had not truly lost his talent and urged her to cultivate diligently and avoid humiliating the Xiao Clan by breaking the Marriage Contract.
• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan would attract rivals, including Xiao Xun'er, and said she would try to secure Nalan Yanran’s place as his principal wife.
• Three years later, Xiao Li left secluded cultivation and Zi Yan crashed into him, having grown into an adult Ancient Void Dragon and reached Rank 8 after consuming all six Purple Dragon Qi Cultivating Pills.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Li that she had dreamed of a Stone Gate and a purple-gold-scaled dragon calling her its child, and she asked whether the dragon was her family.
• Xiao Li comforted Zi Yan and promised to help her find her family by going to Jia Nan Academy and visiting the Great Elder.

Xiao Li discussed the Xiao Tribe’s affairs, then visited Xiao Yan and advised him about the Flame Mantra and possible Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan was left tending to the injured Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun’er after their duel.

• Xiao Li explained that he had helped Yao Chen because of his talent and usefulness to the Tianfu Alliance, then said he planned to travel with Zi Yan and visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Li for help when Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun’er faced off, and told him that the Flame Mantra evolved by devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Li warned Xiao Yan not to attempt to devour Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame yet and suggested he pursue other Heavenly Flames after growing stronger.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan about a Heavenly Flame at Danta and possible flames in the Tagor Desert and Chu Yun Empire, then noticed that Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun’er had finished their duel.
• Xiao Yan rushed to support the lightly injured Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun’er, who both turned away from each other in irritation.

Xiao Li set Xiao Yan a dangerous challenge: refine a Heavenly Flame within half a year to keep cultivating the Flame Mantra. Xiao Yan chose the Netherworld Poison Fire despite warnings, and reached for its vessel as the trial began.

• Xiao Li captured the newly formed Netherworld Poison Fire from the Netherworld Poison Marsh, while Xie Biyan later discovered it was gone and broke down in fury.
• Xiao Li brought Xiao Yan to a secret room, silenced Old Man Yao, and had Xia Yilong slap Xiao Yan for peeping on his fiancée and cousin while they bathed.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Yan to refine a Heavenly Flame within half a year under strict conditions, offering Heavenly Flame information if he succeeded and threatening his life if he failed.
• Xia Yilong presented the Netherworld Poison Fire and a blood-red flame, while Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan that the poison flame could corrode his Dou Qi and flesh.
• Xiao Yan refused to give up the Flame Mantra and reached for the Magma Stone Seat holding the Netherworld Poison Fire.

Xiao Li captured the Netherworld Poison Fire and brought it to Xiao Yan as part of a challenge to refine a Heavenly Flame within half a year. Xiao Yan accepted the risk and reached for the Netherworld Poison Fire, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Xiao Li found and captured the newly formed Netherworld Poison Fire in the Netherworld Poison Marsh, leaving Xie Biyan furious when he discovered it was gone.
• Xiao Li confronted Xiao Yan in a secret room, exposed his embarrassing behavior, and had Xia Yilong slap him.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Yan to refine a Heavenly Flame within half a year under strict rules, with failure costing him his life and success earning him information about Heavenly Flames.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan that the Netherworld Poison Fire's toxicity could corrode Dou Qi and flesh, while Xia Yilong urged him to abandon the challenge.
• Xiao Yan chose the purple butterfly Netherworld Poison Fire over giving up the Flame Mantra and reached toward it.

Xiao Yan asked Old Man Yao how to absorb the Netherworld Poison Fire, and his teacher devised a plan using rare medicinal ingredients and a Grade 6 pill. Xiao Yan gathered the needed treasures from the Xiao Clan’s Treasure Vault, leaving the dangerous absorption still ahead.

• Old Man Yao explained the Netherworld Poison Fire’s deadly toxicity and the poison resistance Xiao Yan could gain by subduing it.
• Xiao Yan visited the Treasure Vault, where Xiao Ting let him enter and take five items.
• Old Man Yao revealed that Xiao Yan’s Second Grandfather had arranged for him to absorb Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi as a test.
• Old Man Yao selected a Heavenly Profound Ice Nether Pill, Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and Nine-Leaf Nether Lotus to help Xiao Yan absorb the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Old Man Yao explained that the pill’s extreme cold, Dragon Blood Crystal, and poison-based ingredients could suppress the flame, protect Xiao Yan’s body, and turn its poison into Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan left Wutan City with Old Man Yao and traveled to Qingshan Town to begin training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from bandits, her stupefying medicine knocked him unconscious, and she carried him away before Muli arrived looking for her.

• Xiao Yan agreed to travel through the Magical Beast Mountain Range and seek a Rank 5 Magical Beast's Magical Core, while Old Man Yao promised to teach him an Earth Rank Battle Skill suited to the Black Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan reached Qingshan Town and ran toward a woman's cry for help.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Mighty Tiger Gang bandits who had cornered Xiao Yi Xian, then approached her to check whether she was safe.
• Xiao Yi Xian accidentally hit Xiao Yan with Powdered Medicine, knocking him unconscious, and carried him away as the Black Heavy Ruler vanished from his back.
• Muli arrived with his men to search for Xiao Yi Xian, but they failed to find her.
• Xiao Li watched from the void, recorded Xiao Yan's mishap, and joked about his luck with women.

Xiao Yan woke after Little Fairy Doctor accidentally knocked him out, while Xiao Li explored an inheritance cave and discovered Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the Tagor Desert. Xiao Li arranged to delay its appearance until Xiao Yan could reach it, then found Han Feng and decided he could help make Xiao Yan fight for the Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan woke in a cave, argued with Little Fairy Doctor about her using sleeping powder, and left without helping her.
• Xiao Li entered a hidden inheritance chamber, identified its treasures, and found three Storage Rings containing cultivation methods, battle skills, and alchemist notes.
• Xiao Li left the rings for Xiao Yan and confirmed that Old Man Yao, Ling Ying, and a Dou Wang were watching over him.
• Xiao Li discovered Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the Tagor Desert and used a Spatial Seal and his Dou Qi to delay its birth until Xiao Yan could arrive.
• Xiao Li spotted Han Feng, recognized him as a Rank 7 Alchemist and Three Star Dou Ancestor, and chose him for his plan to make Xiao Yan compete for Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Li controlled Han Feng and left him believing Wind Fury Dragon Flame was waiting in the Tagor Desert. He then answered Xiao Lin’s call and arrived at the mountain range where Xiao Lin was guarding Mysterious Yellow Flame.

• Xiao Li used the Myriad Hearts Soul Control Technique to search Han Feng’s memories and place a hidden soul imprint on him.
• Xiao Li left Han Feng with the belief that Wind Fury Dragon Flame could help him grow stronger, and Han Feng woke and rushed to find it.
• Xiao Li sensed Xiao Lin contacting him through the Spatial Jade Mirror and tore open the void to reach him.
• Xiao Lin killed the Zhou Family experts who came for Mysterious Yellow Flame with Furious Lion’s Roar.
• Xiao Li appeared behind Xiao Lin, who complained that he had been waiting for him.

Xiao Li and Xiao Lin discussed the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Xiao Yan’s risky Flame Mantra training, then realized Xiao Yan might be in trouble. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan accidentally activated Xiao Yi Xian’s Disaster Poison Physique and was rescued by Xiao Li, who found him beside her.

• Xiao Li collected the Mysterious Yellow Flame and reassured Xiao Lin that Xiao Yan could handle refining Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Li revealed that Venerable Yao had taken Xiao Yan to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and he and Xiao Lin hurried to check on him after their eyelids twitched.
• Xiao Yan had refined a wisp of Netherworld Poison Fire, advanced his Flame Mantra, and grown closer to Xiao Yi Xian before the Netherworld Poison Fire triggered her Disaster Poison Physique.
• Old Man Yao used the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to protect Xiao Yan from Xiao Yi Xian’s poison fog while she absorbed it.
• Xiao Li cleared the poison fog from the cave, then grabbed Xiao Yan when he learned Xiao Yan had accidentally activated Xiao Yi Xian’s physique.

Xiao Li tested Xiao Yan’s resolve to protect Xiao Yi Xian, then sealed her newly awakened Disaster Poison Physique and adopted her as his granddaughter. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored the cave, where she received a poison scripture and reassurance about her future.

• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Li from killing Xiao Yi Xian and insisted she was his friend, while Xiao Yi Xian offered to die rather than cause trouble.
• Old Man Yao found a method to control the Disaster Poison Physique, and Xiao Li sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s condition after Xiao Yan stood by her.
• Xiao Li adopted Xiao Yi Xian as his granddaughter, then left Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to explore the cave.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison cravings were normal for her physique and that she had reached Five Star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Yan found the Seven Colored Poison Scripture, Purple Cloud Wings, and a Mysterious Rank High Battle Skill, and gave the poison scripture to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that she could control her physique, while Xiao Li and Xiao Lin discussed Xiao Yan’s growing romantic entanglements.

Old Man Yao refined the Heavenly Profound Ice Nether Pill in the Tagor Desert, exhausting his Soul Body in the process. Xiao Yan prepared to refine the Netherworld Poison Fire at noon, determined to succeed and grow strong enough to protect those he cared about.

• Old Man Yao explained that the Heavenly Profound Ice Nether Pill had to be refined in a frigid Yin land at night, while Little Fairy Doctor watched and Xiao Yan shivered in the cold.
• Old Man Yao used the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to refine the ingredients under a tight deadline as Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor observed.
• The Grade 6 pill formed and unleashed a powerful phenomenon, which Old Man Yao contained before taking the finished pill; the effort left his Soul Body more transparent.
• Xiao Yan reassured Old Man Yao that he would seek a way to restore his body, then confirmed that he had prepared the materials to refine the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• In a cave in the desert, Xiao Yan prepared to begin refining the Netherworld Poison Fire at noon while Little Fairy Doctor asked if he was ready and Xiao Li watched from the sky.

Xiao Yan began refining the Netherworld Poison Fire, enduring its poison and heat as he gradually learned to control it. While he continued the dangerous process, Little Fairy Doctor resolved to travel to the Chu Yun Empire to grow stronger, and Xiao Yan’s full subjugation of the flame remained ahead.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Netherworld Poison Fire and the Heavenly Profound Ice Nether Pill, then endured the flame’s poison and scorching heat as he circulated the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan gradually adapted to the Netherworld Poison Fire and guided it through his meridians while Old Man Yao watched anxiously.
• Xiao Li told Little Fairy Doctor that Xiao Yan’s chance of surviving the process was only a little over twenty percent.
• Little Fairy Doctor decided to go to the Chu Yun Empire to train as a Poison Master and protect Xiao Yan, and Xiao Li gave her a Space Jade Fragment for emergencies.
• Xiao Yan’s skin returned to normal, and Old Man Yao sent Spirit Absorption into his body, where a purple flame barrier formed around him.

Xiao Yan refined the Netherworld Poison Fire, gained five cultivation stars, and tried to use it to evolve the Flame Mantra. When its immense energy overwhelmed him, Xiao Li stabilized him and sealed some of the poison in Xiao Yi Xian so Xiao Yan could complete the evolution.

• Xiao Yan woke after refining the Netherworld Poison Fire and discovered his cultivation had risen from Two-Star Dou Master to Seven-Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Netherworld Poison Fire to Xiao Li and Xiao Yi Xian, then rested for a day before attempting to evolve the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Yao's former High Disciple had refined artificial Heavenly Flames and raised his Cultivation Method to Earth Rank Low-Level, upsetting Old Man Yao.
• Xiao Yan began devouring the Netherworld Poison Fire, but its vast energy overwhelmed him, and Old Man Yao could not safely intervene with the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Xiao Li stabilized Xiao Yan and transferred some of the Netherworld Poison Fire's poison into Xiao Yi Xian, sealing it so she could absorb it gradually.
• Xiao Yan successfully devoured the Netherworld Poison Fire and incorporated it into the Flame Mantra.

Xiao Yan woke after refining the Netherworld Poison Fire and reached Stone Desert City with Little Fairy Doctor, who had carried and protected him. There, they rescued an abused Snake-Person-human girl named Qing Lin and took her in despite the townspeople’s hostility.

• Xiao Yan woke on Little Fairy Doctor’s back and learned that Old Man Yao had left with Grandpa after helping him survive the Netherworld Poison Fire’s energy.
• Little Fairy Doctor explained that Grandpa had channeled the fire’s energy into her, making her a Da Dou Shi, while Xiao Yan had become immune to poison.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor entered Stone Desert City and Xiao Yan stopped a businessman from kicking a little girl.
• The city’s innkeepers refused to shelter the girl because they called her a jinx, so Xiao Yan used his Second-Rank Alchemist Badge to force an inn to admit them.
• Little Fairy Doctor bathed the girl, reassured her about the scales on her wrist, and learned her name was Qing Lin.

After devouring the Netherworld Poison Fire, Xiao Yan evolved the Flame Mantra to Profound Rank Intermediate and learned that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame would soon appear in the Tagor Desert. Xiao Li insisted Xiao Yan pursue it himself, while he took Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin somewhere safe.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Netherworld Poison Fire had fused with him and evolved the Flame Mantra to Profound Rank Intermediate, though the poison fire could not help him refine ordinary pills.
• Xiao Li and Old Man Yao discussed putting Xiao Yan under greater pressure so he would grow independent, despite Old Man Yao's concern that the plan was cruel.
• Xiao Yan welcomed Qing Lin into his family and agreed that she could call him Big Brother Xiao Yan or Young Master Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Li revealed that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame would appear in about ten days in the Tagor Desert and told Xiao Yan he would have to fight for it himself.
• Xiao Li warned Xiao Yan that others were also after the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and said Old Man Yao would be his only helper; Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin would stay behind with Xiao Li.

Xiao Yan broke through to Eight Star Dou Master while training in the Tagor Desert, then rushed toward the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and found Han Feng fighting to claim it. After Han Feng defeated Queen Medusa, Xiao Yan left the battle and rescued her from a sand pit.

• Xiao Yan used Old Man Yao’s enhanced Burning Blood and advanced to Eight Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao saw the Wind Fury Dragon Flame drawing fighters from several regions and flew toward it.
• Han Feng defeated Queen Medusa, piercing her abdomen with the Sea Heart Halberd, then began subduing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yan learned Han Feng had once been Old Man Yao’s prized disciple and promised to avenge his teacher, but chose not to challenge Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan found the badly injured Queen Medusa in a sand pit and carried her away to save her.

Xiao Yan treated the badly wounded Queen Medusa and learned that his traitorous senior brother had likely used a Heavenly Flame to injure her. After Medusa attacked him upon waking, Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames and Dou Emperor strength, and she apologized before proposing a deal.

• Xiao Yan bandaged the Queen Medusa while Old Man Yao suspected her wounds had been caused by the Sea Heart Flame wielded by his traitorous disciple.
• Medusa woke, grabbed Xiao Yan by the throat, then released him after noticing he had treated her wounds.
• Xiao Yan argued with Medusa and used the Netherworld Poison Fire to defend himself from her pressure.
• Xiao Yan revealed another Heavenly Flame and increased his strength to the Dou Emperor realm, making Medusa reconsider fighting him.
• Medusa offered to make a deal and gave Xiao Yan a perfunctory apology for attacking him.

After failing to claim the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Xiao Yan received a mysterious map from Xiao Li and set out with Old Man Yao to investigate it. Queen Medusa followed them, hoping to obtain a Heavenly Flame for her evolution into a Dou Zong.

• Queen Medusa asked Xiao Yan for his white Heavenly Flame, but he refused to give up the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Xiao Li contacted Xiao Yan through a jade slip, told him to grow stronger and kill Han Feng, and sent him a mysterious map as a surprise.
• Old Man Yao appeared and explained why he had not helped Xiao Yan seize the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, while Queen Medusa learned that he was a powerful Soul Body and Venerable Yao.
• Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao left to investigate the map, and Queen Medusa followed them.
• Old Man Yao explained that Queen Medusa needed a Heavenly Flame to attempt an evolution that could raise her to the Dou Zong realm.

Xiao Yan met Xiao Yi Xian in the Tagor Desert and learned that she had become a Dou Wang after stabilizing her Disaster Poison Physique. She showed him Second Grandfather’s surprise: the Green Lotus Core Flame hidden beneath a magma lake, but Queen Medusa raced ahead to seize it.

• Xiao Yan asked Old Man Yao about the woman following him, and Old Man Yao explained why Heavenly Flames drew Queen Medusa’s attention and told Xiao Yan about the Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Yi Xian’s camp and learned she had become a Dou Wang, while Qing Lin introduced her two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, Xiao Shuang.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent Xiao Yan into a cave to find Second Grandfather’s surprise, and he descended into a magma lake under Old Man Yao’s protection.
• Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame and Xiao Yan flew toward it.
• Queen Medusa shot past Xiao Yan despite her burned skin and reached for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Old Man Yao negotiated with Queen Medusa to let her use the Green Lotus Core Flame for her bloodline evolution, then showed Xiao Yan how to harvest it and its accompanying treasures. The Green Lotus was secured, while its root and stem remained in the magma so it could grow again.

• Queen Medusa burned her hand trying to seize the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Old Man Yao offered to let her use it before he took it away.
• Old Man Yao revealed the Green Lotus, its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, and the cultivation benefits of its Lotus Platform, directing Xiao Yan to save most of the seeds for his second uncle.
• Old Man Yao stopped Xiao Yan from touching the Green Lotus and explained that it had to be cut with pure jade rather than iron.
• Xiao Yan used the Jade Ruler to separate the Green Lotus from its root and stem, and Old Man Yao caught it with the Green Lotus Core Flame inside.
• Old Man Yao refused to let Xiao Yan harvest the root and stem, explaining that leaving it intact could allow another Green Lotus to grow; Xiao Yan accepted his lesson.