Chapter Summaries

The three great families arrived at the Royal Plaza for the seventh Alchemist Tournament, where Master Xiao Ling reunited with old acquaintances and met Nalan Yanran for the first time. After Fama officially opened the tournament, the competition was poised to begin.

• Hai Bodong revealed that Master Xiao Ling’s Imperial Extreme Pills had helped him reach Nine Star Dou Huang, surprising Jia Xing Tian.
• Nalan Jie and Mu Chen introduced Liu Ling and Mu Zhan to Master Xiao Ling while Nalan Yanran reflected on her broken engagement with Xiao Yan and her strained family ties with the Xiao Family.
• Ya Fei greeted Master Xiao Ling and invited him to the Mittel Auction House, while Xiao Yi Xian teasingly showed her affection for him.
• Fama arrived at the high platform and announced the start of the seventh Alchemist Tournament, rousing the crowd.

Fama opened the Alchemist Tournament, and the contestants made dramatic entrances into the plaza. Xiao Yan impressed the crowd with his Purple Cloud Wings, while three cloaked figures relaxed after seeing Xiao Ling remain among the VIPs.

• Fama greeted Xiao Ling and the others, took his seat, and Mitchell called the contestants to their positions.
• Liu Ling and Yao Yue leaped from the VIP seats into the plaza, but Nalan Yanran showed no interest in Liu Ling’s entrance.
• Xiao Yan used his Purple Cloud Wings and stepped through the air before landing in the plaza, astonishing the crowd.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Xiao Ling about Xiao Yan’s wings, and Xiao Ling explained that he had given Xiao Yan the Flying Dou Technique.
• The remaining alchemists entered the plaza, while three black-robed figures relaxed after noticing Xiao Ling was not competing.

Yan Li, Feng Xing, and Tie Shan secretly planned to damage the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild’s reputation during the tournament. In the VIP seats, Xiao Ling praised Xiao Yan’s potential without revealing his level, leaving Nalan Jie worried that he had wrongly alienated a gifted future powerhouse.

• Yan Li told Feng Xing and Tie Shan to use Restoration Pills to conceal their identities while they undermined the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild.
• The three men entered the tournament square and quietly waited for the competition after nearby alchemists mocked them.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Xiao Ling which competitors could contend for the championship, and Xiao Ling said he expected Xiao Yan to impress everyone.
• Fama invited Xiao Yan to visit the Alchemist Guild, but Xiao Ling said Xiao Yan would decide for himself.
• Nalan Jie wondered how far Xiao Yan had advanced in alchemy and regretted Nalan Yanran’s past foolishness.

The first round of the Alchemist Tournament tested contestants as they refined Bone-Growing Pills from an incomplete recipe, and Xiao Yan finished first. Three disguised foreign alchemists produced the strongest pills, prompting Xiao Ling and the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders to suspect a plot; Xiao Ling agreed to help protect the tournament and trusted Xiao Yan to keep the championship.

• More than two thousand alchemists began refining Bone-Growing Pills, and Xiao Yan and Yao Yue stood out with unusual flames.
• Xiao Yan finished his pill first, while Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and other skilled contestants succeeded before the round eliminated most competitors.
• The testing mirrors showed that three unfamiliar foreign contestants’ pills surpassed nearly all the Jia Ma Empire alchemists’ pills, with only Xiao Yan’s coming close.
• Fama and the others examined the contestants’ records, and Xiao Ling confirmed that the three were older men disguised as youths, likely using Restoration Pills.
• Xiao Ling reassured Fama and Jia Xing Tian that Xiao Yan could handle the threat, offering to enter the final round or intervene if needed.

The second round of the Alchemist Tournament challenged contestants to refine a Rank 3 Wind Hành Pill from a recipe deliberately corrupted with an incompatible ingredient. Xiao Yan discovered the trap and began refining with confidence, while Yao Yue recognized the problem but hesitated over how to proceed.

• Fama announced the second-round assessment, and Xiao Yan, Yao Yue, and Liu Ling vowed to compete for the championship.
• Xiao Ling examined the recipe and explained that Thick Earth Ganoderma conflicted with the other ingredients, making the recipe a trap.
• Yan Li and the other two foreign alchemists began refining immediately, while Xiao Yan identified the flaw and started using his Six Harmonies Spirit Flame Cauldron.
• Many contestants, including Liu Ling and Yao Yue, suffered failed attempts when their pills exploded, and contestants had only two chances.
• Yao Yue handled a piece of Thick Earth Ganoderma after noticing the problem but hesitated to act, and Jia Xing Tian regretted that she lacked experience making independent decisions.

Xiao Yan won the second round of the Alchemist Tournament by refining the Wind Hành Pill before Yan Li, earning cheers and praise for himself and the Xiao Family. The competition ended with about a hundred Alchemists advancing to tomorrow’s final round.

• Fama and Hai Bodong praised Xiao Yan’s talent while Xiao Ling confidently predicted he would finish first.
• Xiao Yan completed the Wind Hành Pill ahead of Yan Li, and the crowd celebrated his victory.
• Faction representatives praised Xiao Zhan and proposed marriage alliances, but Xiao Zhan said Xiao Yan should have room to choose his own partner.
• Yan Li finished his pill later, resented Xiao Yan’s victory, and left the grounds alone.
• Yao Yue, Liu Ling, and the black-robed contestant completed their pills before the final gong ended the competition.

After the tournament’s opening rounds, Xiao Ling reassured Xiao Yan about his chances against the mysterious alchemist and returned to his courtyard, where he reunited with Queen Medusa. Medusa asked him to mediate an alliance between the Snake People Race and the Jia Ma Empire against the Three Great Empires.

• Fama announced that the tournament’s final contest would take place the next day, and Xiao Ling left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to meet Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan.
• On the carriage ride home, Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan that the black-robed alchemist had more experience but that Xiao Yan’s stronger Soul Power and superior techniques gave him a good chance to win.
• Xiao Ling sensed Zi Yan and another familiar but stronger presence at his courtyard and found Zi Yan there with Queen Medusa.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling that the Three Great Empires were growing closer and asked him to mediate an alliance between the Snake People Race and the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Ling brought Medusa to the Jia Ma Empire’s Royal Family, where she negotiated an alliance between the Snake People Race and the empire. After returning to his courtyard with Medusa, Xiao Ling told Zi Yan to ask Medusa about the agreement.

• Xiao Ling agreed to introduce Medusa to Jia Xingtian so the Snake People Race could seek an alliance with the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa met Jia Xingtian and agreed that the empire would provide the Snake People Race land in the Magical Beast Mountain Range in exchange for military support if another nation attacked.
• Yao Ye offered to see Xiao Ling out, but he politely declined and left with Medusa, disappointing Yao Ye.
• Jia Xingtian considered pursuing a marriage between Yao Yue and Xiao Yan to strengthen ties between the Royal Family and the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa returned to his courtyard, where Zi Yan asked how the negotiations had gone and Xiao Ling directed her to ask Medusa.

Medusa told Zi Yan that the Snake People and Jia Ma Empire had reached an agreement, and they returned to the Snake People Holy City together. At the Alchemist Tournament finals, Fama announced a self-supplied pill-refining assessment, and Xiao Yan, Yao Yue, and Liu Ling prepared to compete.

• Medusa told Zi Yan that the Snake People and Jia Ma Empire had reached an agreement, and Zi Yan left with Medusa for the Snake People Holy City.
• Xiao Ling arrived at the tournament with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Xiao Yan traded taunts with Yan Li and won the crowd's support.
• Liu Ling resolved to win the championship and prove himself to Nalan Yanran.
• Fama announced that contestants had to supply their own formulas and ingredients and refine a pill within the allotted time.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling brought out Fifth Stage cauldrons, and Xiao Yan revealed his Sixth Rank Six Harmonies Spirit Flame Cauldron as the final round began.

Xiao Yan, Yao Yue, Liu Ling, and the other alchemists began refining pills in the Alchemist Grand Meeting, while Master Xiao Ling agreed to help Jia Xing Tian refine Sect Breaking Pills for the Royal Family. The competition continued into the pill-fusion stage, and Master Xiao Ling said Xiao Yan would be nearly certain to win if he successfully completed his chosen pill.

• Xiao Yan, Yao Yue, and Liu Ling revealed their flames and began extracting medicinal ingredients for their pills.
• Xiao Yan chose to refine the difficult Tough Vein Spirit Connecting Pill, a Peak Fourth-grade Pill with effects that could rival an ordinary Fifth-grade Pill.
• Yao Ye spoke privately with Jia Xing Tian, who then asked Master Xiao Ling to refine Sect Breaking Pills using three sets of ingredients; Master Xiao Ling agreed.
• Xiao Yan completed his first round of extraction and continued working as Yao Yue, Liu Ling, and Yan Li moved on to pill fusion, while failed contestants left the arena.
• Master Xiao Ling told Hai Bodong that the leading contestants appeared to be refining Fourth-grade Pills and that Xiao Yan would almost certainly win if his pill succeeded.

At the Alchemy Assembly, Xiao Yan’s Tough Vein Spirit Connecting Pill outshone Yan Li’s pill and surpassed the peak of the Fourth-grade, reaching the Fifth-grade. The chapter ended with both pills emerging as the crowd recognized Xiao Yan’s superiority.

• Xiao Ling explained the Tough Vein Spirit Connecting Pill’s effects, drawing interest from Fama, Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, and the other spectators.
• Little Princess Yao Yue and Liu Ling completed Fourth-grade Pills, but Yan Li produced a colored fragrance and claimed his Peak Fourth-grade Pill surpassed theirs.
• Yan Li mocked the young alchemists, and Xiao Yan challenged him to let their pills prove their skill.
• Xiao Yan’s dark purple pill fragrance surpassed Yan Li’s pale purple fragrance, leaving Yan Li shocked and the VIP spectators impressed.
• Yan Li’s Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill and Xiao Yan’s Tough Vein Spirit Connecting Pill emerged from their cauldrons, and Xiao Yan’s pill revealed itself as a Fifth-grade Pill.

Xiao Yan won the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Tournament after refining a Fifth-grade Tough Vein Spirit Connecting Pill, surpassing Yan Li’s pill. As Xiao Yan celebrated, Xiao Ling set off to pursue Yan Li and his two companions, intending to use their souls to strengthen his Myriad Soul Banner.

• Fama declared Xiao Yan the tournament champion, and the crowd cheered his victory.
• Yao Yue congratulated Xiao Yan, while Liu Ling quietly left the square after accepting his defeat.
• Yan Li and the two black-robed figures fled, but Fama revealed that he had placed a Soul Imprint on Yan Li’s pill.
• Xiao Ling volunteered to pursue the three alchemists so he could use their souls to replenish his Myriad Soul Banner.
• Xiao Ling departed, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin left the competition grounds together.

Yan Li and his two subordinates escaped the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and met the Chu Yun Empire Dou Huang Xie Yun outside the city. Xiao Ling intercepted them, and Xie Yun launched a deadly poison attack as the confrontation began.

• Yan Li told his subordinates that they had been exposed and led them toward the city gate to meet a Chu Yun Empire Dou Huang.
• Yan Li and his companions passed through the gate and reached the meeting point, where Xie Yun arrived to escort them across the border.
• Yan Li told Xie Yun that Xiao Yan had outmatched him at the Alchemist Tournament, while Xie Yun boasted about the three-nation alliance's plans.
• Xiao Ling appeared and revealed that he had overheard their conversation, identifying Xie Yun as a High-level Dou Huang.
• Xie Yun attacked Xiao Ling with the Mysterious-tier Advanced Dou Technique Myriad Poisons Nether Seal Sky Collapse Palm.

Xiao Ling killed Xie Yun and the three alchemists who attacked him, then collected their souls and possessions. Jia Xing Tian, Fama, and Hai Bodong arrived and identified Xie Yun as a Myriad Scorpion Sect expert, raising concerns about the reason for his infiltration and the turmoil his death could cause.

• Xie Yun attacked Xiao Ling, but Xiao Ling blocked his poisonous palm with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Ling used Space Lock to immobilize Xie Yun, Yan Li, and the other two alchemists, then killed all four with threads of Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ling absorbed the four souls into the Myriad Soul Banner and took their Storage Rings, finding poisons and a Poison Attribute Dou Technique in Xie Yun's ring for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Jia Xing Tian, Fama, and Hai Bodong arrived, and Xiao Ling told them he had dealt with the attackers.
• Hai Bodong identified the dead man as Xie Yun of the Myriad Scorpion Sect, and Jia Xing Tian and Fama warned that his death and the group's infiltration could have serious consequences.

Xiao Ling warned Jia Xingtian, Fama, and Hai Bodong that the Luo Yan Empire, Mu Lan Empire, and Chu Yun Empire planned to attack the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People Race in about a year. He offered to refine pills to strengthen their forces before leaving, and the others began organizing to prepare for the coming threat.

• Jia Xingtian told Fama and Hai Bodong that Queen Medusa had reached the Dou Zong level and agreed to ally with the Jia Ma Empire by moving the Snake People Race to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ling revealed that the three allied empires planned to attack in about a year and said he would leave the Jia Ma Empire within a week, though he would help if he returned before the attack.
• Xiao Ling offered to refine Sect Breaking Pills for Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong, an Imperial Extreme Pill for Fama, and pills for other factions in exchange for ingredients and payment.
• Xiao Ling suggested that the Misty Cloud Sect's Yun Shan might still be alive and could become another powerful defender if he took a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Ling left for the Xiao Family, and Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Fama flew toward the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to begin preparations.

Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family courtyard after dealing with Xie Yun and told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Chen about the threat from the three empires. He gave Xiao Yi Xian Xie Yun’s Storage Ring full of poisons, then received a Storage Ring from Xiao Yan containing ingredients for three Sect Breaking Pills.

• Xiao Ling returned to the courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin asked about the disturbance outside the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Ling recounted his encounter with Xie Yun and planned to deal with the alliance of the three empires after exploring the Turtle Spirit Venerable relic.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian Xie Yun’s Storage Ring, and she found a large trove of poisons that could support her cultivation.
• Yao Chen withdrew into the Ancient Flame Ring when Xiao Yan arrived with a Storage Ring sent by the Royal Family.
• Xiao Ling inspected the Royal Family’s Storage Ring and found ingredients for three Sect Breaking Pills along with other rare materials.

Xiao Ling rewarded Xiao Yan for winning the Alchemist Tournament with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, which Xiao Yan eagerly accepted. As tensions rose over the Three Kingdom Alliance, powerful families sought Xiao Ling’s pill-refining services, while Mu Chen and Mu Tie waited in his reception hall for a Dou Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Ling stopped Xiao Yan before he left the courtyard and reminded him of the promised reward for winning the Alchemist Tournament.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan a bottle of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and Xiao Yan inspected it and thanked him.
• Xiao Ling recalled how he had obtained the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and shared portions with Xiao Xun'er, Han Yue, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin before giving Xiao Yan one of his last portions.
• The Jia Ma Empire’s powerful families responded to news of the Three Kingdom Alliance by gathering ingredients and seeking Xiao Ling’s pill-refining services.
• Mu Chen and Mu Tie waited in Xiao Ling’s reception hall for Mu Tie’s Dou Spirit Pill as Mu Tie worried about the coming conflict.

Xiao Ling delivered Mu Tie’s Fifth-grade Dou Spirit Pill and learned that Yun Shan had emerged from seclusion and might seek a Sect Breaking Pill before Xiao Ling left the Jia Ma Empire. Back at his courtyard, Xiao Ling considered how Medusa might eventually ask him to help awaken her bloodline through the secret evolution technique.

• Xiao Ling gave Mu Tie the Fifth-grade Dou Spirit Pill he had refined, and Mu Tie and Mu Chen thanked him for supporting the Mu Family.
• Mu Chen told Xiao Ling that Yun Shan had left seclusion, met Jia Xingtian, and might be gathering materials for a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Mu Tie and Mu Chen departed, and Xiao Ling considered whether Yun Shan was connected to the Hall of Souls and whether the Misty Cloud Sect would ask him to refine a pill.
• Xiao Ling returned to the courtyard, where Zi Yan and Medusa were spending time together, and Zi Yan said she would leave the Jia Ma Empire with him.
• Xiao Ling privately hoped Medusa would eventually ask him to use his Heavenly Flames and secret technique to awaken her bloodline evolution.

Xiao Ling brought Zi Yan to the Jia Ma Imperial Palace to choose treasures from the royal family's treasury before treating its guardian magical beast. While searching the vault, he discovered the remains of a Dou Zong expert and secured them from Yao Ye.

• Xiao Ling invited Zi Yan to the palace, and she eagerly agreed to search its treasury while Medusa returned to the Snake People Race.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan traveled to the palace, where Princess Yao Ye welcomed them and led them to the Treasure Vault.
• Zi Yan sensed medicinal ingredients in the vault and asked Yao Ye to take them to the collection area.
• Xiao Ling noticed a coffin containing remains recovered from an ancient Dou Zong ruin and asked Yao Ye for them.
• Yao Ye agreed to give Xiao Ling the Dou Zong remains, which he valued for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Xiao Ling collected Seven-Star Dou Zong remains and rare herbs from the Jia Ma Royal Family’s treasury, then went with Jia Xing Tian and Zi Yan to treat the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast. After the beast showed fear of Zi Yan’s bloodline pressure, Xiao Ling began using the Primal Bone-Molding Pill and Fallen Heart Flame to heal it.

• Xiao Ling identified the preserved remains as those of a powerful Seven-Star Dou Zong, stored them, and explained that he could use them to refine a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Yao Ye led Xiao Ling and Zi Yan to the Medicinal Herb Repository, where Zi Yan selected more than a dozen prized herbs before they left the treasury.
• Jia Xing Tian met Xiao Ling and Zi Yan outside the treasury, and Xiao Ling agreed to treat the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast.
• At the lake, the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast felt Zi Yan’s bloodline pressure and retreated beneath the water until Jia Xing Tian called it back.
• Jia Xing Tian presented the Primal Bone-Molding Pill, and Xiao Ling rose above the beast and enveloped the pill in the Fallen Heart Flame to begin treatment.