Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling began refining the Rank 9 Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill in a secluded valley while Yao Chen stood guard. After preparing thousands of rare ingredients, Xiao Ling used his Heavenly Flames and divided his consciousness to refine hundreds of ingredients at once, leaving the difficult process underway.

• Yao Chen confirmed that the ingredients for the Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill were ready and offered to intervene if anything went wrong.
• Xiao Ling settled into a focused state and formed a medicine cauldron from his Heavenly Flames instead of using the Spirit Quenching Cauldron.
• Xiao Ling summoned thousands of medicinal ingredients, including materials gathered with help from the Sky-Grasping Pot, Xiao Xun'er, and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Ling fed the ingredients into the flame cauldron, where a fire dragon swallowed them as he began refining the Rank 9 Pill.
• Xiao Ling divided his consciousness into several hundred portions to control the flames and refine hundreds of ingredients simultaneously, while Yao Chen watched with anticipation.

Xiao Ling completed the final stage of refining the Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill using the Condensing Object Pill Method, and the Rank 9 pill summoned Black Demon Lightning. The lightning shot toward the fire dragon, leaving the pill’s success or failure undecided.

• After more than three days of refining, Xiao Ling rose and began the final stage of forming the pill.
• Xiao Ling expanded the fire dragon until it burst through the Flame Medicine Cauldron, and Yao Chen shielded himself from the resulting fire waves.
• Xiao Ling used the Condensing Object Pill Method to conceal and condense the Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill within the fire dragon, surprising Yao Chen.
• Black clouds gathered overhead, and Yao Chen recognized the Black Demon Lightning as a sign that a Rank 9 Pill was complete.
• Xiao Ling sensed a warning from the eight Destiny Talismans, raised a Spiritual Power barrier, and watched a bolt of Black Demon Lightning shoot toward the fire dragon.

Xiao Ling used his Heavenly Demon Puppets to withstand the Black Demon Lightning while containing the resulting destruction with the Power of Space. The Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill was completed, and Yao Chen congratulated Xiao Ling on becoming a genuine Ninth-grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Ling sent three Heavenly Demon Puppets to meet the Black Demon Lightning, and their collision shattered the surrounding space.
• Xiao Ling used the Destiny Talisman and his Power of Space to contain the storm and prevent its destruction from spreading beyond the valley.
• The Black Demon Lightning strengthened the two weaker Heavenly Demon Puppets until they could fight Half-Saint Experts, while the central puppet showed little change.
• The flame dragon burst apart, and Xiao Ling caught the crimson pill that shot from within it.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Ling and congratulated him on becoming a genuine Ninth-grade Alchemist.

Xiao Ling gave Yao Chen a Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill to help him nurture a Pseudo Exotic Flame, and Yao Chen swallowed it and cultivated as its power gathered. He successfully formed a flame that resembled Xiao Ling’s fused Exotic Flame and judged its quality exceptional, possibly matching the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Xiao Ling credited Yao Chen’s guidance for helping him become a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and Yao Chen praised Xiao Ling’s talent and diligence.
• Xiao Ling offered Yao Chen the Heavenly Fire Condensing Origin Pill so he could nurture a Pseudo Exotic Flame after giving Xiao Ling the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen accepted the pill and swallowed it, then sat in cultivation as its scorching medicinal power absorbed his Dou Qi and drew in energy from heaven and earth.
• After roughly half an hour, Yao Chen opened his eyes and conjured a brilliant Pseudo Exotic Flame in his palm.
• Yao Chen examined the flame and said its quality might rival the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and that its varied properties made it more practical.

Yao Chen tested the pill-nurtured Pseudo Exotic Flame and found it easy to control, while Xiao Ling completed his cultivation and learned that the Flower Sect had chosen its next sect master. Xiao Ling decided to attend the inauguration ceremony, intending to learn what was happening and see Han Yue and Han Xue again.

• Yao Chen used the Pseudo Exotic Flame to refine a pill and found its performance better than expected.
• Xiao Ling finished his daily cultivation and sensed that his Dou Qi had grown stronger.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Ling that the Flower Sect had selected a candidate for its next sect master and invited Starfall Pavilion to the inauguration ceremony.
• Xiao Ling considered whether Han Yue and Han Xue were involved in the succession but had no news about them.
• Xiao Ling told Feng Qing'er he would represent Starfall Pavilion at the ceremony and visit the Flower Sect.

Xiao Ling encouraged Feng Qing'er to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and build influence there while gathering intelligence for him. After preparing a cover story, a hidden storage necklace, and powerful safeguards for her, he watched her depart, believing they would reunite stronger.

• Xiao Ling praised Feng Qing'er's cultivation and explained that the Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence and special pills had helped her reach Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ling and Feng Qing'er spent the night together, and he later suggested she return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while he visited the Flower Sect.
• Xiao Ling explained that Feng Qing'er could strengthen her position in the clan and send him information, and she agreed to go.
• Xiao Ling and Feng Qing'er prepared answers to questions about her absence and sudden advancement, then he gave her a concealed storage necklace with a teleportation array, a Half-Saint-level puppet, and several High-level Dou Zun puppets.
• Feng Qing'er departed for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as Xiao Ling watched her leave, and both parted with reluctance.

Xiao Ling decided to attend the Flower Sect’s Sect Master succession ceremony and, at Feng Xian’s suggestion, invited Mu Qingluan to accompany him. He left to meet her at the training ground, where they agreed to depart together after she packed her things.

• Xiao Ling visited Yao Chen and Feng Xian and said he wanted to travel to the Flower Sect’s succession ceremony.
• Feng Xian teased Yao Chen about his past ties to the Flower Sect, and Yao Chen approved Xiao Ling’s trip while advising him to be careful.
• Feng Xian suggested that Xiao Ling bring Mu Qingluan, and Xiao Ling agreed while leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to their secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Ling found Mu Qingluan supervising the disciples and invited her to the Flower Sect, promising to teach her Dou Skills along the way.
• Mu Qingluan agreed to go, scolded the distracted disciples, and hurried back to pack while Xiao Ling followed.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan traveled together to Hualin City, growing closer as they made their way toward the Flower Sect. After meeting the sect’s deacon, Hua Fei, they settled in for the night before continuing to the sect the next morning.

• Xiao Ling summoned Rayquaza and journeyed toward the Flower Sect with Mu Qingluan, stopping along the way to enjoy the scenery and practice Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan arrived at Hualin City, where they entered through the gate reserved for high-ranking cultivators.
• While strolling through the city, Xiao Ling bought Mu Qingluan a white jade hairpin, and they walked hand in hand to the Fragrance Condensing Pavilion.
• Hua Fei, a Flower Sect deacon, welcomed Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan and told them Flying Magical Beasts would take them to the sect the following morning.
• After Hua Fei showed them to their quarters, Mu Qingluan hurried into a side room and shut the door while Xiao Ling laughed and went to his own room.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan traveled with Hua Fei to the Flower Sect for its succession ceremony, passing through the sect’s flower-array barrier. As the ceremony began, Han Xue warned Han Yue that Hua Jin and the Evil Flower Lord might make a move to take control of the sect.

• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan boarded the Flower Sect’s Cloud Sparrow Beast after breakfast and flew with Hua Fei for half a day.
• Hua Fei revealed the Flower Sect’s hidden spatial barrier and guided Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan through its flower-array entrance.
• Xiao Ling, Mu Qingluan, and Hua Fei arrived at the Flower Sect’s grounds, where guests from several factions had gathered for the succession ceremony.
• Han Xue told Han Yue that Hua Jin might act against them with the Evil Flower Lord of the Heaven Nether Sect backing her.
• Han Yue said the sect master position could not go to someone willing to sell out the Flower Sect’s interests.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan arrived at the Flower Sect’s Sect Master succession ceremony, where Xiao Ling suspected unusual activity. Acting Sect Master Hua Jin opened the competition and declared that anyone disputing her claim could challenge her and her partner, confident that the Evil Flower Lord would secure her victory.

• Hua Fei welcomed Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan with a staircase made of petals, and the guests marveled at Xiao Ling’s reputation and strength.
• Xiao Ling raised a barrier around his and Mu Qingluan’s seats, then warned her that something unusual might happen during the ceremony.
• Hua Jin arrived from the Flower Sect’s Back Mountain and addressed the gathered guests, thanking them for attending the succession ceremony.
• Hua Jin announced that challengers had to fight alongside their partners for the Sect Master position and claimed she would inherit it unless someone challenged her and her partner.

Xiao Ling recognized Han Yue and Han Xue as they arrived to challenge Hua Jin for the Flower Sect master position. Hua Jin invoked the sect’s rule allowing partners to fight together, leaving the sisters to decide whether to call for help.

• The Evil Flower Lord appeared beside Hua Jin, and the guests expected the pair to secure the sect master position.
• Xiao Ling sensed familiar auras and saw Han Yue and Han Xue arrive, recognizing them as old acquaintances who had gained Granny Hua’s inheritance.
• Han Yue and Han Xue confronted Hua Jin, who accused them of opposing her claim to the sect master position.
• Han Yue accused Hua Jin of impure motives, and Hua Jin angrily ordered the Evil Flower Lord to fight alongside her.
• Hua Jin asked whether the sisters would fight alone or summon partners under the Flower Sect’s rules.

Han Xue and Han Yue challenged Hua Jin for exploiting the Flower Sect’s ancestral rules, but the elders refused to intervene. Xiao Ling appeared, reunited with the sisters, and declared that he would enter the contest against Hua Jin and the Evil Flower Lord.

• Han Xue and Han Yue accused Hua Jin of using the partner-assistance rule to bully them and undermine the Flower Sect’s principles.
• Hua Jin appealed to the Flower Sect elders to uphold the ancestral rules, but the elders avoided answering and tacitly allowed her plan to proceed.
• Xiao Ling rose from the western seating area, and Han Xue and Han Yue recognized him after years apart.
• Hua Jin offered Xiao Ling the role of referee, but he stepped beside the sisters and offered to fight Hua Jin and the Evil Flower Lord himself.
• The crowd reacted in shock as Hua Jin and the Evil Flower Lord realized Xiao Ling had openly challenged them.

Xiao Ling reunited with Han Xue and Han Yue during the Flower Sect’s Sect Master contest and offered to fight as one sister’s partner. Han Xue yielded the succession to Han Yue, and Xiao Ling joined her, while Hua Jin and Evil Flower Lord prepared to face them.

• Xiao Ling reunited with Han Xue and Han Yue, comforted them, and revealed their longstanding bond as Hua Jin grew suspicious.
• Xiao Ling invoked the Flower Sect’s ancestral rule allowing a contestant’s partner to fight, and the elders approved a two-against-two contest.
• The leading Flower Sect elder ruled that Xiao Ling could partner only one sister and said he must choose between Han Xue and Han Yue.
• Han Xue yielded the Sect Master position to Han Yue, and Xiao Ling declared that he would fight as Han Yue’s partner.
• Hua Jin panicked at Xiao Ling’s entry, but Evil Flower Lord judged that Xiao Ling’s alchemy reputation meant he might be weaker in combat and agreed to fight.

Xiao Ling entered the Flower Sect Master contest and faced the Evil Flower Lord, who attacked him with his folding fan and Dou Skills. Xiao Ling destroyed the fan and sent the Six-star Dou Zun flying with one punch, while the Evil Flower Lord urged Hua Jin to join him in a two-on-one attack.

• The Evil Flower Lord offered Xiao Ling a false show of courtesy, but Xiao Ling dismissed his words and declared that he would not let the Flower Sect Master position fall to their side.
• Han Xue left the plaza for the elevated seating, and a Flower Sect disciple announced that the contest would be a two-versus-two battle with no regard for life or death.
• Xiao Ling told Han Yue to stand back and promised to face the Evil Flower Lord alone; Han Yue reluctantly withdrew and trusted him to be careful.
• The Evil Flower Lord attacked Xiao Ling with a fan and phantom vines, but Xiao Ling's fire dragon burned the fan to ash.
• Xiao Ling met the Evil Flower Lord's Netherworld Bone Erosion Fist with his own fist and sent him skidding nearly three hundred meters, badly injuring his arm.
• Hua Jin rushed to the Evil Flower Lord, who concealed his injuries and told her that they would join forces to suppress Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling overwhelmed Hua Jin with Heavenly Flames, then faced Evil Flower Lord’s Heaven and Earth Transformation with his Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal. The chapter ended as Xiao Ling unleashed the seal against the giant’s sky-covering fist.

• Evil Flower Lord ordered Hua Jin to delay Xiao Ling while he prepared Heaven and Earth Transformation.
• Hua Jin attacked Xiao Ling with poisoned vines, needles, and a flower-sea formation, but Xiao Ling burned through her assault and shattered the needles with spatial power.
• Xiao Ling struck Hua Jin with a fire dragon and flame lotuses, leaving her severely burned and collapsing on the plaza.
• Evil Flower Lord completed Heaven and Earth Transformation, forming a hundred-zhang Dou Qi giant and sending its fist crashing toward Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling stepped into the attack, summoned Azure Dragon Markings around his arm, and shouted, “Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal!”

Xiao Ling defeated Evil Flower Lord and forced Hua Jin to concede, securing Han Yue's victory in the Flower Sect contest. The First Elder named Han Yue the new Flower Sect Leader, and she and Xiao Ling celebrated the outcome together.

• Xiao Ling broke Evil Flower Lord's Heaven and Earth Transformation with his strength, leaving Evil Flower Lord gravely injured and unable to fight.
• Hua Jin, defeated and exhausted, conceded to Xiao Ling and collapsed on the scorched ground.
• Xiao Ling withdrew his aura and reunited with Han Yue, who praised his overwhelming victory and reflected on her own progress.
• The Flower Sect's First Elder declared Han Yue the new Flower Sect Leader according to the sect's old customs.
• Han Yue and Xiao Ling stood hand in hand as the crowd cheered, and Han Yue told Xiao Ling how glad she was to have him.

Han Yue completed her succession ceremony and became the Flower Sect's new Sect Master, with Xiao Ling at her side. Xiao Ling stayed at the Flower Sect with Mu Qingluan, Han Xue, and Han Yue, ostensibly to discuss cooperation and privately to spend time with the two sisters.

• The Flower Sect disciples and elders hailed Han Yue as their new Sect Master, while Xiao Ling promised to support her.
• Hua Jin watched Han Yue's coronation with envy and left the plaza injured and dejected.
• Han Xue accidentally revealed to Mu Qingluan that Xiao Ling was also her beloved, prompting Mu Qingluan to angrily accuse him of pursuing both sisters.
• Han Yue accepted the Flower Sect's jade seal and completed the succession ceremony as news of her rise and Xiao Ling's support drew attention from the guests.
• Xiao Ling brought Mu Qingluan to stay at the Flower Sect, where Han Yue and Han Xue arranged temporary lodging for them.

Xiao Ling reunited intimately with Han Xue at the sisters’ residence, and Han Yue returned from her new duties as Flower Sect Master to join them. The three went into the bedroom together, leaving their reunion to continue in private.

• Xiao Ling rested beside Han Xue as she massaged his head, then teased her about how much he had missed her.
• Han Xue blushed and suggested they wait for Han Yue so the three of them could be together.
• Xiao Ling embraced and kissed Han Xue, and she returned his affection until approaching footsteps interrupted them.
• Han Yue returned from handling the sect’s affairs and teased the pair for being caught in an intimate moment.
• Xiao Ling invited Han Yue into his embrace, and the three went into the bedroom together.

Xiao Ling examined the Dou Qi seals Granny Hua had left in Han Xue and Han Yue and explained how they could safely help the sisters advance. He advised loosening the seals to speed their cultivation, warning that the inheritance could attract dangerous attention.

• Xiao Ling woke Han Xue and Han Yue, and the three dressed after sharing a tender moment.
• Xiao Ling told Han Xue and Han Yue that Granny Hua had sealed her Dou Qi inside them and that he would examine them for hidden dangers.
• Xiao Ling used his Soul Perception to inspect the seals and found that their layered structure safely released Dou Qi over time.
• Xiao Ling explained that the seals were safe but restricted absorption, and recommended moderately loosening them to help the sisters cultivate faster.
• Xiao Ling warned Han Xue and Han Yue that their inheritance had become known in the Flower Sect and could draw powerful enemies.

Xiao Ling reset Han Xue and Han Yue’s seals on Granny Hua’s stored Dou Qi, replacing them with seals that would release power in step with their cultivation. The sisters recovered from the painful procedure and learned they could control how much Dou Qi the new seals released.

• Han Xue and Han Yue agreed that they should use Granny Hua’s inheritance before others could target them, and Xiao Ling proposed resetting its seals rather than removing them outright.
• Xiao Ling warned that the sisters’ meridians could not withstand the stored Dou Qi all at once, then explained that the new seals would release more power as they advanced.
• Han Xue and Han Yue prepared for the painful procedure, and Xiao Ling sent his fused Heavenly Flames into their bodies to reach the seals.
• Xiao Ling shattered the old seals and trapped the released Dou Qi in flames while shaping new seals and using Life Energy to repair the sisters’ meridians.
• After the new seals formed, Xiao Ling told the sisters they could control the release of stored Dou Qi for cultivation.