Chapter Summaries

After Tang Huo'er refined the Child Flame, Xiao Chuan left Fentian Valley and continued toward Jia Ma Empire, while Xiao Yan arrived in Jia Ma Holy City for the approaching Three-Year Agreement. The chapter ended as Xiao Ding asked Xiao Yan if he was ready for the match.

• Tang Huo'er celebrated her successful refinement of the Child Flame with Xiao Chuan, then learned he planned to visit the Dan Tower and invited her to go with him.
• Xiao Chuan spent the night with Queen Medusa before leaving Fentian Valley the next morning.
• Xiao Chuan left Liu Fei with the Liu Family, took Han Yue and Han Xue from the Han Family, and arranged for the Liu and Han families to become affiliated with Fentian Valley.
• Han Yue told Xiao Chuan that Feng Qing'er was investigating Thunder Venerable's death, and Xiao Chuan said he was unconcerned.
• As Xiao Chuan returned toward Jia Nan Academy, the system raised his cultivation to Five-Star Dou Venerate after Xiao Yan reached Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan and his brothers in Jia Ma Holy City, learned that Xiao Chuan was in the Black-Corner Region, and was asked by Xiao Ding if he was ready for the Three-Year Agreement.

Xiao Yan reunited with his family and entered the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Conference, where Xiao Chuan exposed Yan Li’s disguise and Xiao Yan won the contest. As Xiao Chuan prepared to take his family home, he asked the captured Yan Li whether he knew Xiao Yi Xian, and Yan Li confirmed that he did.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Zhan that he was ready for the Three-Year Agreement and planned to join the Alchemist Conference to obtain the Fusion Spirit Pill recipe.
• Xiao Chuan arrived at the conference, greeted the gathered figures, and exposed the disguised contestant as Yan Li, the Chu Yun Empire Alchemist Guild’s Vice President.
• Xiao Yan agreed to face Yan Li and refined a Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill, winning the contest.
• Xiao Yan declined to take the pill immediately because he wanted his cultivation to stabilize, and Xiao Chuan promised him another gift.
• Xiao Chuan prepared to return home with Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Zhan, then asked the kneeling Yan Li whether he knew Xiao Yi Xian; Yan Li said he did.

Xiao Chuan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had founded the powerful Poison Sect, taught Xiao Yan the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes, and watched Xiao Yan win the Three-Year Agreement. After receiving the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xiao Chuan set out for the Chu Yun Empire.

• Xiao Chuan forced Yan Li to tell him that Xiao Yi Xian had become a One-Star Dou Ancestor and founded the Poison Sect in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Chuan taught Xiao Yan the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes and urged him to master it before the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Chuan visited Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who learned that Xiao Yan had surpassed Nalan Yanran and would defeat her.
• Xiao Yan crushed Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Chuan gained the Advanced Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes, which could raise his power to around Peak Dou Venerate at great cost.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Chuan the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Chuan left for the Chu Yun Empire.

Tie Protector persuaded the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate to attack the Jia Ma Empire and promised a Pozong Pill, while using Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body to lure her into a meeting. As the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate arrived at the Poison Sect’s banquet, Xiao Chuan reached the sect to find Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xie Shan learned that Wu Ya had infiltrated the Poison Sect, and Xie Bi Yan emerged from seclusion to assess its strength.
• Tie Protector offered the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate a Pozong Pill in exchange for attacking the Jia Ma Empire, and Xie Bi Yan and Xie Shan accepted.
• Tie Protector told Xie Bi Yan to invite Xiao Yi Xian to meet him in three days, claiming he could resolve her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian reflected on Xiao Chuan’s past words about her constitution as Xie Bi Yan and Xie Shan arrived at the banquet.
• Xiao Chuan traveled to the Poison Sect, identified himself as Xiao, and followed a gatekeeping disciple inside.

Xiao Chuan arrived at the Poison Sect banquet and overwhelmed everyone, including Xie Bi Yan, as he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian. Xie Bi Yan revealed that a Soul Hall Protector might know how to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, so Xiao Chuan agreed to wait three days and go with her to meet him.

• At the Poison Sect banquet, Xie Shan challenged Xiao Yi Xian’s efforts to enlist the Imperial Family, while Xie Bi Yan hinted that he knew about her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Chuan entered the hall, and his aura forced everyone except Xiao Yi Xian to kneel, including Xie Shan and Xie Bi Yan.
• Xiao Chuan said he had come to destroy the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate before discovering that Xiao Yi Xian led the Poison Sect.
• Xie Bi Yan offered to reveal a cure for Xiao Yi Xian’s constitution in exchange for being spared, and Xiao Chuan killed Xie Shan when Xie Bi Yan tried to bargain.
• Xie Bi Yan admitted that a Soul Hall Protector had promised to reveal a cure if Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Jia Ma Empire, and said the Protector would arrive in three days.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to investigate the claim, and Xiao Chuan said he would accompany her to meet the Soul Hall Protector.

Xiao Chuan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could refine a Poison Pill to control her Woeful Poison Body, and she thanked him with renewed hope. Three days later, he confronted Tie Protector at the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and exposed his false promise to cure Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Chuan whether he could cure her Woeful Poison Body, and he promised to refine a Poison Pill once he had three kinds of Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Chuan told Xiao Yi Xian to limit her poison absorption, and she asked why he helped her before thanking him tearfully.
• Three days later, Xiao Chuan and Xiao Yi Xian met Tie Protector at the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, where Xiao Chuan forced Tie Protector to his knees.
• Tie Protector admitted he had lied about being able to cure the Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Chuan offered to forgive him if he entered the Soul Tool.
• When experts from the Mulan Empire and Luo Yan Empire arrived, Xiao Chuan killed Xie Bi Yan with one punch and warned the others not to leave.

Xiao Chuan defeated Tie Protector, put Xiao Yi Xian in charge of the four empires, and promised to take her traveling after helping her recover. Back at the Xiao Clan residence, he spent the night with Ya Fei and Queen Medusa while Xiao Yi Xian overheard them from the next room.

• Xiao Chuan captured Tie Protector after revealing that he had killed Wu Protector and Lei Protector, then demanded to know the location of the Soul Hall branch hall.
• Xiao Chuan forced the gathered leaders to submit and placed them under Xiao Yi Xian's command, promising to help her overcome the Poison Pill and take her traveling later.
• Xiao Chuan returned to Jia Ma Holy City and entrusted Xiao Yi Xian with the four empires before taking her around the city.
• Ya Fei massaged Xiao Chuan, and he promised to help her Mittel Family establish itself in the Central Plains; Queen Medusa then asked him to fulfill his promise to her.
• Xiao Yi Xian overheard Xiao Chuan, Ya Fei, and Queen Medusa from the guest room and tried to focus on cultivation.

Xiao Chuan helped Queen Medusa secure the Snake-People Tribe’s relocation from the Tagor Desert, then returned to the Jia Ma Empire to prepare for the Central Plains. Yun Yun arrived with Nalan Yanran and asked to travel there with him.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Chu Yun Empire, while Xiao Chuan and Queen Medusa went to the Snake-People Tribe’s territory.
• Queen Medusa introduced Xiao Chuan to the elders, and he subdued them with his Dou Venerate aura before confirming that the tribe could leave the Tagor Desert.
• Queen Medusa and the eight chiefs organized the relocation, and Xiao Chuan promised her medicinal pills to strengthen the tribe.
• Xiao Chuan helped the Snake-People Tribe move to its assigned territory, then returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Yun arrived with Nalan Yanran and asked Xiao Chuan to take them to the Central Plains.

Xiao Chuan set out for the Black-Corner Region with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, then brought Xiao Yan to Heiyin City and Jia Nan Academy to register. After leaving Xiao Yan with Ruo Lin, Xiao Chuan found Ruo Lin seeking his help to improve, where she encountered Han Yue and experienced his power.

• Yun Yun decided to leave the Jia Ma Empire with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Chuan gave them pills before setting off with them for the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Chuan met Xiao Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King on the way, then took them to Heiyin City, where he introduced Xiao Yan to Su Mei and the other Dou Emperor Experts.
• Xiao Chuan brought Xiao Yan to Jia Nan Academy and asked Ruo Lin to register him; Zi Yan arrived to ask for pills, and Xiao Chuan gave her some.
• That night, Ruo Lin visited Xiao Chuan because she wanted to improve and found Han Yue kneeling there.
• Han Yue asked Xiao Chuan to attend to Ruo Lin first, and Ruo Lin soon experienced the power of a Dou Venerate.

Xiao Chuan returned to the Central Plains with Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan, then reunited with Han Xue and learned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had come to the Han Family over Feng Qing’er’s teacher. Tang Zhen stood ready to protect the Han Family, and the chapter ended with Huang Xuan revealing that the clan had brought more than one Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Chuan warned Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran about the Central Plains, told them where to seek help, and revealed that he was a Tier eight alchemist.
• During the journey, Zi Yan and Nalan Yanran discussed why Zi Yan traveled with Xiao Chuan, and Zi Yan protested being called small.
• Xiao Chuan’s cultivation rose to Six-Star Dou Venerate after Xiao Yan advanced to Six-Star Da Dou Shi, and Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran parted from him upon reaching the Central Plains.
• Xiao Chuan met Han Xue in Tianbei City and learned that Thunder Venerable’s students had been staying with the Han Family for a month.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er arrived to protect the Han Family, while Feng Qing’er and Huang Xuan demanded to know who had killed her teacher.
• Huang Xuan challenged Tang Zhen and revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had brought more than one Dou Venerate.

Xiao Chuan arrived at the Han Family and overwhelmed Feng Qing'er after she attacked Tang Huo'er. When a Nine-Star Dou Venerate from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan challenged him, Xiao Chuan's cultivation rose to Nine-Star Dou Venerate, leaving him ready to fight the elder.

• Tang Huo'er tried to leave the Han Family, but Feng Qing'er stopped her and struck her down with Wind Killing Finger.
• Xiao Chuan arrived and crushed Feng Qing'er to the ground, then forced her to kneel after she demanded to know whether he had killed her teacher.
• A white-haired Nine-Star Dou Venerate from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan appeared to defend Feng Qing'er and attacked Xiao Chuan.
• Xiao Chuan shattered the elder's Dou Qi attack with one punch, then his cultivation rose to Nine-Star Dou Venerate as Xiao Yan advanced three realms.
• Xiao Chuan told the white-haired elder to choose his grave site.

Xiao Chuan overwhelmed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s white-haired elder and ignored Tang Zhen’s warning not to kill him. After killing the elder and Huang Xuan, he left Feng Qing'er captured and defeated.

• Xiao Chuan beat the white-haired elder and sealed Feng Qing'er's cultivation, leaving Tang Huo'er to confront her.
• The white-haired elder was no match for Xiao Chuan even after taking his true form, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King mocked him.
• Tang Zhen warned Xiao Chuan that killing the elder would make the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan his mortal enemy.
• When the elder demanded Feng Qing'er be handed over, Xiao Chuan erased his soul with an attack.
• Xiao Chuan killed Huang Xuan with a punch, and Feng Qing'er collapsed as both men lay dead.

Xiao Chuan controlled Feng Qing'er and made her his mount, then arranged for the Han Family to relocate to Huangtian City for safety. He traveled with Tang Huo'er to Shengdan City to visit the Dan Tower, while planning to earn a name there before confronting the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Chuan used a secret technique to control Feng Qing'er and declared that she would serve as his mount, while reassuring the Amethyst Winged Lion King that he would keep his place.
• Xiao Chuan sent the Han Family to Huangtian City to stay with the Liu Family, then visited Tang Zhen and agreed to take Tang Huo'er with him to the Dan Tower.
• Xiao Chuan and Tang Huo'er left Fentian Valley, rode Feng Qing'er, and traveled by Space Ship to the Dan Region.
• Xiao Yan's breakthrough notification raised Xiao Chuan's cultivation to a 1st-Turn Dou Venerate, and he bought Tang Huo'er a hairpin while considering his plans against the Soul Hall.
• After spending a day in the city, Xiao Chuan and his companions reached Shengdan City and headed for the Dan Tower.

Xiao Chuan arrived at the Dan Tower and asked to take the Tier 8 Alchemist assessment after striking Bai Ying for disrespecting Zi Yan. The Dan Tower's elders began preparing the assessment, leaving Cao Ying and the others stunned by Xiao Chuan's strength and claimed alchemy rank.

• Xiao Chuan and his group reached the Dan Tower, where Bai Ying challenged Zi Yan for speaking up about their place in line.
• Xiao Chuan slapped Bai Ying and asked Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Dan Xuan whether they had anything to say; Cao Ying said Bai Ying had brought the trouble on himself.
• Xiao Chuan told Sheng Yao he wanted to take the Tier 8 Alchemist assessment, and Sheng Yao led the group inside to summon an appropriate examiner.
• Sheng Yao returned with Elder Ling, who recognized Xiao Chuan as a 1st-Turn Dou Venerate, shocking Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Dan Xuan, and Tang Huo'er.
• Elder Ling asked whether Cao Ying and the others had come to refine pills, and Qiu Ji arrived, saying he had made it in time.

Xiao Chuan entered the Dan Tower assessment and revealed that he could refine a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, drawing the attention of its three giants. As he began making a Fuling Green Pill, Qiu Ji failed his Tier 7 assessment, while Xiao Chuan remained absorbed in refining.

• Elder Ling brought Xiao Chuan, Qiu Ji, Cao Ying, and Dan Xuan to the alchemy area and provided ingredients for their assessments.
• Qiu Ji mistook Xiao Chuan for a lower-tier alchemist, then apologized after learning Xiao Chuan planned to refine a Tier 8 Fuling Green Pill.
• Dan Xuan, Cao Ying, and Qiu Ji began their assessments, while Dan Chen chose not to participate.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi arrived and were astonished by Xiao Chuan's powerful Soul Power.
• Xiao Chuan began refining the Fuling Green Pill, and Qiu Ji's furnace exploded before a day had passed.

Xiao Chuan refined a Tier 8 Fuling Green Pill, effortlessly destroying its Pill Tribulation and earning recognition as a Tier 8 Primary Alchemist. After accepting Xuan Kongzi’s banquet invitation, he reunited with Tang Huo'er and Zi Yan, while Dan Xuan approached to introduce himself.

• Xiao Chuan displayed mid-Heaven Realm Soul Power and refined the Fuling Green Pill over twelve days, drawing the attention of the alchemists and leaving Cao Ying and Dan Chen impressed.
• Cao Ying successfully refined a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill, while Qiu Ji and Dan Xuan failed their attempts.
• Xiao Chuan formed the Fuling Green Pill and shattered its Initial Dou Venerate Pill Tribulation with a gesture.
• Xuan Kongzi confirmed Xiao Chuan had become a Tier 8 Primary Alchemist, ordered a badge and robe prepared, and invited him to a banquet.
• Xiao Chuan told Tang Huo'er to call him by name, promised Zi Yan more pills, and Dan Xuan approached to greet him.

Xiao Chuan intimidated Bai Ying and the Bai Clan elder, then considered how to earn the Dan Tower leaders’ trust so he could enter the Star Domain and subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame. The chapter ended with Zi Yan sensing an approaching Ancient Void Dragon and Feng Qing’er detecting nearby Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members.

• Zi Yan and Tang Huo'er felt threatened by Cao Ying and Dan Chen, while Feng Qing'er feared the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would provoke Xiao Chuan.
• Bai Ying returned with a Bai Clan elder to confront Xiao Chuan, but the elder sensed Xiao Chuan’s power and knelt.
• Dan Xuan revealed that Xiao Chuan had refined a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, prompting Bai Ying to kneel and beg forgiveness and the elder to offer compensation.
• Xiao Chuan joined Cao Ying and the others for drinks and planned to gain the Dan Tower leaders’ trust to enter the Star Domain and claim Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Chuan she felt something approaching, and he suspected an Ancient Void Dragon had sensed her; Feng Qing’er also sensed members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan nearby.

Xiao Chuan learned that the Dan Tower elders had been searching for Yao Chen and told them that Yao Chen was alive with his younger brother in the Black-Corner Region. Xuan Yi wanted to go to him immediately, but Xuan Kongzi urged caution, and she began to explain their history to Xiao Chuan.

• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Chuan that members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were nearby, but promised not to seek their help.
• Xiao Chuan parted from Dan Xuan and Cao Ying, arranged an inn for Tang Huo'er and the others, and went to the Dan Tower banquet with Elder Sheng.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi asked Xiao Chuan about his background, and he revealed that his younger brother's ring held Yao Chen's Soul Body.
• Xuan Yi learned that Yao Chen was alive in the Black-Corner Region and tried to leave for him, but Xuan Kongzi warned that she could alert his enemies.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Xiao Chuan to bring Yao Chen to the Dan Tower so they could help restore his body, and Xuan Yi offered to tell Xiao Chuan their story.

Xiao Chuan asked the Dan Tower for a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but planned to wait until Zi Yan could help him overcome its Dragon Seal. When the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan imprisoned Tang Huo'er and Zi Yan, Xiao Chuan arrived with the Dan Tower's leaders and faced the clan elders.

• Xiao Chuan promised Xuan Yi that he would bring Yao Chen to the Dan Tower and asked Xuan Kongzi for permission to try subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi agreed to let Xiao Chuan try, and Xiao Chuan decided to wait for Zi Yan's help with the Dragon Seal.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King warned Xiao Chuan that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had imprisoned Tang Huo'er and Zi Yan after discovering Feng Qing'er was controlled.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other Dan Tower leaders offered to accompany Xiao Chuan as he went to handle the matter.
• Two Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elders threatened Tang Huo'er and Zi Yan, but neither woman revealed anything about Xiao Chuan.
• Xiao Chuan arrived and declared that he had made Feng Qing'er his servant after she tried to kill him, prompting the Old Matriarch to threaten him.

Xiao Chuan protected Feng Qing'er, Zi Yan, and Tang Huo'er from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elders, then killed the Old Matriarch with a single punch. The Old Patriarch remained alive and furious as Xuan Kongzi and the others guarded Xiao Chuan's companions.

• The Old Matriarch and Old Patriarch confronted Xiao Chuan, but Xiao Chuan used Feng Qing'er to stop them from attacking Zi Yan and Tang Huo'er.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other Dan Tower giants arrived, and Xuan Kongzi warned the elders that Xiao Chuan was a Tier 8 Alchemist the Dan Tower intended to nurture.
• Xiao Chuan released Feng Qing'er, who insisted she had joined him willingly and urged the elders to leave, but the Old Matriarch threatened to kill her.
• Xiao Chuan struck the Old Patriarch with a lightning-fast punch, rescued Zi Yan and Tang Huo'er, and asked Xuan Kongzi's group to protect them.
• The Old Matriarch attacked Xiao Chuan, but he used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Baji Collapse to kill her with one blow.