Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan won the Seventh Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Competition after refining a high-quality fifth-grade Crimson Firmament Spirit Pill, then swallowed it to prove it was genuine. As he began absorbing its power, Yan Li attacked him and was pierced through the abdomen by a Purple Longsword.

• Xiao Yan completed his Crimson Firmament Spirit Pill, while Fa Ma ended the competition and asked the finalists to announce their pills.
• Yan Li announced his fifth-grade Dark Bamboo Barrier Breaking Pill, and Xiao Yan revealed that his pill could help cultivators break through directly to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Fa Ma declared Yan Xiao the champion, but Yan Li accused the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild of fraud and demanded to inspect Xiao Yan's pill.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pill to prove it was real and began refining its medicinal power as Yan Li launched a sudden attack.
• An unseen speaker mocked Yan Li, and a Purple Longsword pierced through his abdomen.

Liuli stopped Yan Li from killing Xiao Yan, and the Jia Ma Empire exposed the Chu Yun Empire’s plot and arrested him. The Alchemist Competition ended with Xiao Yan hailed as champion while he continued meditating through his breakthrough, and Nalan Yanran resolved to face the Three Year Agreement honorably.

• Liuli wounded Yan Li and blocked his attack on Xiao Yan, while Fa Ma subdued him and revealed that Wa Ke had been captured.
• Jia Xingtian announced that Chu Yun Empire alchemists had sabotaged the competition and tried to kill contestants, prompting the crowd to condemn Yan Li.
• Yan Li ordered his agents to detonate the Poison Root, but Yu Gongtian revealed she had already killed them, leaving Yan Li in despair as guards took him away.
• Fa Ma apologized to the crowd and ended the competition, while spectators recognized Xiao Yan as champion as he continued meditating.
• Nalan Jie encouraged Nalan Yanran to pursue Xiao Yan, and she resolved to win honorably and fulfill the Three Year Agreement.

After breaking through to the Da Dou Shi realm, Xiao Yan traded the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill formula to Fa Ma for a Spirit Fusion Pill formula, a Purple Patterned Cold Flower, and a Guild Honorary Elder Token. He agreed to attend the auction, while Yun Shan and a Soul Hall agent discussed their plans and identified the Xiao Family in Wutan City as the family they had been searching for.

• Xiao Yan finished absorbing the Crimson Firmament Spirit Pill and broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm, healing most of his old injuries.
• Fa Ma reclaimed the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill formula in exchange for the Spirit Fusion Pill formula and a Purple Patterned Cold Flower, and gave Xiao Yan a Guild Honorary Elder Token.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan a VIP invitation to the Mittel Family auction and asked him to bid on an ingredient needed for the Revival Purple Spirit Pill.
• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and Jia Xingtian departed to deal with threats in the Imperial Capital, while Xiao Yan agreed to attend the auction hosted by Ya Fei.
• A Soul Hall agent warned Yun Shan about a powerful female expert, and Yun Shan speculated that she was an elder from Jia Nan Academy.
• The Soul Hall agent told Yun Shan that they had located the family they sought in Wutan City: the Xiao Family.

At the Miteer Auction House, Liuli urged Xiao Yan to visit his family while he still could, stirring his own longing for home. Xiao Yan planned to return after fulfilling the Three Year Agreement, and Liuli vowed to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Miteer Auction House and entered with his invitation after the guards recognized him as Yan Xiao, winner of the Alchemist Competition.
• Xiao Yan found Liuli waiting in VIP Room Number Three, where she asked how long it had been since he had seen his family.
• Xiao Yan realized Liuli missed home and reflected on his own family, resolving to visit them after the Three Year Agreement.
• Liuli claimed her father was a Dou Venerate, and Xiao Yan was astonished by the strength she described.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli he had reached the Da Dou Shi realm and would refine his cultivation before the agreement; Liuli promised to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The auction began as Xiao Yan and Liuli continued talking.

Liuli struggled over whether to warn Xiao Yan about the coming attack on the Xiao Family, then stayed silent and competed with Misty Cloud Sect for the Fire Spirit Pearl at auction. The chapter ended with Liuli warning Xiao Yan that Yun Leng had likely bought the pearl to counter him in their upcoming Three Year Agreement.

• Liuli decided not to tell Xiao Yan about the coming massacre of the Xiao Family and planned to return ahead of him to save its members, while allowing Xiao Zhan to be captured.
• Ya Fei presented the Fire Spirit Pearl at auction, and Xiao Yan wanted it but admitted he could not afford the bids.
• Yun Leng urged Nalan Yanran to use the pearl against Xiao Yan in the Three Year Agreement, then bid 1,300,000 gold coins on behalf of Misty Cloud Sect.
• Liuli outbid Yun Leng several times, provoking him, then pretended she had fallen one gold coin short of his final bid and conceded.
• Liuli told Xiao Yan that her family could protect her from Misty Cloud Sect and warned him that Yun Leng had probably bought the pearl to counter his fire attribute Dou Qi.

Yun Leng competed against the Jia Ma Imperial Family and Liuli for the bone arms of a Peak Dou Zong, hoping they would help him advance to Dou Emperor. Liuli drove up the price until Yun Leng spent his treasured Imperial Pill, then he left with the bone arms while she celebrated with Xiao Yan.

• Ya Fei presented Chong Li's earth-attribute bone arms, and Yun Leng hoped to use them to break through to Dou Emperor and gain greater authority in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Ye bid three Spirit Dou Pills for the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Yun Leng countered with pills, a cultivation method, and a Dou Skill.
• Liuli raised the bid with her own pills, a cultivation method, a Dou Skill, and gold coins, provoking Yun Leng as the two factions competed.
• Yun Leng countered with two Spirit Dou Pills and an Imperial Pill, sacrificing the pill he had saved for his own advancement.
• Liuli stopped bidding, and Ya Fei awarded the bone arms to Yun Leng as he left the auction hall.
• Liuli told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng had fallen for her ploy, and Xiao Yan praised her.

Xiao Yan won the mysterious Red Kite Token at the auction and planned to pursue its secrets after reviving Old Yao. He went to the Nalan residence for the final treatment of Nalan Jie, where Nalan Yanran confronted him about his coldness toward her.

• Ya Fei auctioned the Red Kite Token, whose glowing marker pointed south, and Xiao Yan won it for thirty thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan privately connected the Token to a possible sect beyond the Northwest Region and planned to investigate it alongside a Heavenly Flame location after Old Yao awakened.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli left the auction and parted ways, with Xiao Yan heading to the Nalan residence to remove Nalan Jie's poison and obtain the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva.
• Nalan Yanran met Xiao Yan at the residence entrance and led him across the grounds for Nalan Jie's final treatment.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether Xiao Yan hated her, and he replied that he was simply more at ease with friends; she called herself annoying and continued ahead.

Nalan Yanran reflected on her broken engagement and her struggle to live by her own choices while speaking with Xiao Yan. After Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie and received the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva, Nalan Yanran told her grandfather she intended to leave the Jia Ma Empire after the Three Year Agreement.

• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan what he thought of her, and he criticized her arrogance while acknowledging her independent spirit.
• Nalan Yanran recalled rejecting her arranged engagement to Xiao Yan and admitted she would do it again, though she regretted how she had handled it.
• Nalan Yanran promised Xiao Yan she would keep her pride to herself and stop imposing it on others.
• Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, received the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva, and left the Nalan residence.
• Nalan Jie revealed he had heard Nalan Yanran’s conversation with Xiao Yan, and she declared that she would leave the Jia Ma Empire after the Three Year Agreement.

Xiao Yan’s attempt to awaken Old Yao drew a powerful Dark Mist, which severed his finger to steal the Pitch-black Ring. Hai Bodong rescued him, and Xiao Yan was left grieving over the loss.

• Xiao Yan sensed Old Yao’s Soul Power in the Pitch-black Ring, then discovered the Dark Mist outside his window.
• The Dark Mist overpowered Xiao Yan, severed the finger wearing his Storage Ring, and took the Pitch-black Ring.
• Hai Bodong arrived and rescued Xiao Yan, but the Dark Mist withdrew with the ring after recognizing him.
• Xiao Yan urged Hai Bodong to stop the Dark Mist and threatened to withhold the Revival Purple Spirit Pill, but Hai Bodong warned him against unleashing his Fire Lotus in the city.
• Hai Bodong left Xiao Yan in the wrecked room, where Xiao Yan picked up his severed finger and sobbed over the loss of the ring.

Wu Ying traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range after capturing the soul inside Xiao Yan’s Pitch-black Ring, then attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King. As Wu Ying tortured the wounded beast, a pink-haired girl appeared nearby with ten swords floating behind her.

• Wu Ying captured the soul in the Pitch-black Ring and headed east toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range to continue his mission against the Xiao Family.
• Wu Ying killed hundreds of Magical Beasts, drawing out the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Wu Ying defeated the Amethyst Winged Lion King with his chains and began torturing it.
• A pink-haired girl in a blue robe appeared, and Wu Ying stopped when she spoke to him.

Liuli confronted Protector Wu after he refused to surrender the ring, overpowering him with her sword skills and a sudden punch. As she demanded his surrender again, a powerful white-haired old man appeared behind her.

• Liuli blocked Protector Wu’s chains with her sword barrier and cut through three of them with A Slit of Sky.
• Liuli demanded Protector Wu hand over the ring and leave the Jia Ma Empire, but he refused and threatened her with the force behind him.
• Protector Wu formed the Black Prison Soul Devouring Saber and slashed through Liuli’s barrier, but she struck him with a flame-wrapped punch and buried him beneath a barrage of Sword Qi.
• Liuli asked Protector Wu whether he would surrender the ring or die, then sensed danger and turned to see a powerful white-haired old man standing on a tree.

Liuli confronted Protector Wu over the Pitch-black Ring, but Elder Mo intervened and decided to keep it for a month so he could speak with Yao Chen inside. After Liuli left with the injured Amethyst Winged Lion King, Elder Mo warned Protector Wu to stay hidden and took the ring with him.

• Liuli defended herself against Protector Wu while gauging Elder Mo's formidable strength, then explained that she had come to retrieve something taken from her friend.
• Elder Mo examined the Pitch-black Ring, recognized Yao Chen within it, and told Liuli he would keep the ring for a month before returning it to its rightful owner.
• Liuli accepted Elder Mo's promise, healed the Amethyst Winged Lion King with pills, and rode it toward its cave mansion.
• Elder Mo reprimanded Protector Wu for exposing himself and warned that a powerful figure was hidden in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Elder Mo ordered Protector Wu to stay with Yun Shan, took the Pitch-black Ring, and departed.

Liuli returned from the Magical Beast Mountain Range after dealing with the mysterious Dou Zong and left Shaping Grass with the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Back in Jia Ma Holy City, she told the empire’s leaders that the black-robed expert had defeated her and learned that Xiao Yan was recovering at the Miteer Auction House headquarters.

• Liuli told the Amethyst Winged Lion King that she had recovered what she came for and promised to refine a Shaping Pill later, leaving Shaping Grass as collateral.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King decided to warn an acquaintance about the two foreign Dou Zong experts and seek shelter.
• Mercenaries discovered many high-level Magical Beast corpses in the mountains, drawing crowds into the area.
• Disguised as Yu Gongtian, Liuli told Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong that the black-robed expert had defeated her and fled northeast.
• Hai Bodong told Liuli that Xiao Yan had suffered no fatal injuries but was in poor spirits after losing a ring, and that Ya Fei was caring for him at the Miteer Auction House headquarters.
• Liuli flew to the auction house to see Xiao Yan and ask him about what had happened.

Liuli told Xiao Yan that a mysterious Dou Venerate had promised to return his ring, and she gave him a pill that helped him recover before his duel with Nalan Yanran. After testing a powerful combination of Dou Skills, Xiao Yan received an urgent letter from his family and hurried to find Old Hai.

• Ya Fei worried over Xiao Yan's injuries and poor mental state as Liuli arrived to see him.
• Liuli explained that her Aunt had confronted the Dou Zong expert, and that a mysterious Old Man had Xiao Yan's ring and would return it later.
• Liuli gave Xiao Yan a pill, and he thanked her before she left.
• The following afternoon, Xiao Yan combined Nine Heavens Firefall Palm with Eight Extremes Collapse and shattered a Black Crystal Stone Tablet.
• Ya Fei delivered an urgent letter from Xiao Yan's family, and he rushed off to summon Old Hai.

At a feast celebrating the Xiao Family’s rise, a mysterious young powerhouse abducted Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Yan hurried to Liuli for help. Liuli agreed to delay the Three Year Agreement briefly while Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family with a Space Jade Slip for emergencies.

• Xiao Zhan celebrated the Xiao Family’s power and Xiao Yan’s victory in the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Competition with a banquet in Wutan City.
• A mysterious figure appeared above the Xiao Family estate, used a streak of white light to abduct Xiao Zhan, and vanished.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that his father had disappeared and said he planned to return to the Xiao Family, even if it meant missing the Three Year Agreement.
• Liuli urged Xiao Yan not to abandon the agreement, then agreed to negotiate a short postponement with the Misty Cloud Sect so he could investigate.
• Liuli gave Xiao Yan a Space Jade Slip to summon help, and Xiao Yan set out for the Xiao Family.

Liuli transformed herself into Yu Gongtian and brought her duplicate to the Misty Cloud Sect to watch Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s Three Year Agreement. As the crowd waited and assumed Xiao Yan would not come, Gongsun Liuli claimed that the academy had given him an important task and that he might arrive late.

• Liuli created a duplicate, disguised herself as Yu Gongtian with a Face-Shaping Pill, and headed for the Misty Cloud Sect with the duplicate.
• Yun Leng ordered inner disciples to stop Xiao Yan at the mountain foot, saying he must prove himself before challenging the sect’s young master.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Shi Sha, and other guests discussed the Misty Cloud Sect’s growing power as they gathered for the agreement.
• Liuli arrived as Yu Gongtian and told Jia Xingtian that she had brought her niece Liuli, who knew Xiao Yan, to watch the event.
• After Xiao Yan failed to appear by noon, Yun Leng suggested he might not come, and the disciples mocked him as a coward.
• Gongsun Liuli stood up and said Xiao Yan had been assigned an important task by the academy and might arrive late.

Liuli, Yu Gongtian, and Fa Ma delayed the Three Year Agreement after Xiao Yan failed to appear, while Yun Leng ordered men to ambush him. In Wutan City, Xiao Yan learned that his father had been abducted but was likely still alive, then prepared to return for the agreement with Nalan Yanran.

• Liuli explained that Xiao Yan was a Jia Nan Academy student delayed by an assigned mission, and Yun Leng objected to postponing the Three Year Agreement.
• Yu Gongtian pointed out that five hours remained before the agreement's deadline, and Fa Ma agreed to wait; Yun Leng left after ordering an elder to have Xiao Yan injured before he reached the mountain.
• Xiao Yan heard the Great Elder's account of his father's abduction and examined a Jade Slip whose lingering light showed that the clan leader was alive.
• Hai Bodong could find no special power in the Jade Slip and rejected Xiao Yan's suspicion that the Misty Cloud Sect had taken his father.
• Hai Bodong urged Xiao Yan to stop guessing, grow stronger, and return to face the agreement with Nalan Yanran; Xiao Yan identified him to the Great Elder as the Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong.

After the Ouba and Jia Lie Families attacked the Xiao Family, Xiao Yan killed their leaders and their Third-grade Alchemist, then hurried toward the Misty Cloud Sect despite signs that he was about to break through. Elsewhere, the Old Man sent a young man to retrieve the jade and warned him not to kill his target.

• The Great Elder told Xiao Yan that the Ouba and Jia Lie Families had seized a Xiao Family market, killing four clan members and seriously injuring ten.
• Xiao Yan set out to retaliate, and rumors later spread that Jia Lie Bi, Ouba Pa, and the Third-grade Alchemist had been killed and the Jia Lie Council Hall burned down.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong that the Xiao Family was safe for now and that he needed to return to the Misty Cloud Sect before Miss Gongsun ran out of time.
• Hai Bodong flew Xiao Yan toward the Misty Cloud Sect, noting that the battle had left his Dou Qi unstable and his chance against Nalan Yanran at no more than thirty percent.
• The young man agreed to retrieve the jade for the Old Man in exchange for a Senluo Pill and three chances to challenge him, then set off toward his target.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong were intercepted by a powerful young Dou Zong who demanded Xiao Yan and the ancient Jade Slip. Hai Bodong drew the attacker away and surrendered the Jade Slip, while Xiao Yan crushed a Jade Tube that summoned a great being whose arrival shook the world.

• Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan encountered a young Dou Zong who recognized Xiao Yan and demanded that he come with him for an organization seeking him.
• Xiao Yan offered the ancient Jade Slip in exchange for his father's release, but the young man refused the bargain.
• Hai Bodong took the Jade Slip, kicked Xiao Yan away, and fled to draw the young man after him.
• Xiao Yan crushed a Jade Tube, prompting a white-bearded old man on a distant mountain to sense that a great being was about to descend.
• The young man neutralized Hai Bodong's ice dragon attack, pierced him with Golden Chains, and demanded the Jade Slip.
• As Hai Bodong raised the Jade Slip to surrender it, the mountains shook and a powerful pressure enveloped the area.

Xiao Yan summoned Gongsun Lin with the Spatial Jade Slip, and Gongsun Lin defeated the Soul Clan-aligned attackers before bringing Hai Bodong away. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Liuli delayed the Three Year Agreement until Xiao Yan arrived, but Gongsun Lin appeared and confronted her.

• Xiao Yan told Gongsun Lin that Gongsun Liuli was at the Misty Cloud Sect and asked him to stop the Dou Zong threatening Hai Bodong and the young man.
• Gongsun Lin revealed himself as a four-star Dou Saint Doppelganger, killed the young man, warned Mo Yuan against helping Soul Hall seize the Xiao Clan's jade, and took Hai Bodong away.
• Liuli bribed the Misty Cloud Sect elders to activate the White Sun Mirror and stall Yun Leng until Xiao Yan arrived.
• Yun Leng demanded that Yu Gongtian end the wait, but the elders urged him to keep waiting under the Three Year Agreement.
• Gongsun Lin emerged from a spatial rift, called out to Gongsun Liuli, and left her pale with shock.