Recaps

Xiao Yan promised Xiao Xun'er he would win her freedom from the Ancient Clan and told her he was leaving to seek the Yin-Yang Dual Flame. Back in Yan City, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, then departed the chapter with Xiao Xun'er missing him at Jia Nan Academy.

• After Gu Yuan left, Xiao Yan promised Xiao Xun'er he would win her freedom when the Ancient Clan came in three years, and she said she believed in him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he had learned the location of the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and would travel to find it, and she promised to wait for him.
• Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and told Queen Medusa he would soon leave for the Northwest Continent to seek the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.
• Queen Medusa pulled Xiao Yan into the bedchamber, and after their battle, Xiao Yi Xian joined them to repay Medusa for her earlier provocation.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Xun'er gazed at the moon and wondered whether Xiao Yan was thinking of her.

Xiao Yan traveled alone to a mountain basin to find the secret realm holding the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, but discovered it was hidden behind faint spatial fluctuations. Nearby, Old Man Mu Gu and Old Ghost Zhaixing prepared to ambush him, believing Yan Xiao was Yao Chen’s disciple and possessed the Burning Mantra.

• Xiao Yan left the Tian Shu Alliance in Venerable Skyfire’s care and set out alone.
• Xiao Yan reached the basin after ten days of travel but could not see the secret realm or sense the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.
• Xiao Yan detected a faint spatial fluctuation above the basin and tried to open a passage to it.
• Old Man Mu Gu told Old Ghost Zhaixing that Yan Xiao was his target and that the Yin-Yang Dual Flame was bait for the Sea Heart Flame.
• Old Man Mu Gu explained that he suspected Yan Xiao was Yao Chen’s disciple, had learned the Burning Mantra, and was collecting Heavenly Flames, so he and Old Ghost Zhaixing planned to attack together.

Xiao Yan entered the secret realm after Old Man Mu Gu and Old Ghost Zhaixing pursued him, then fought them when they tried to claim his Heavenly Flames and Burning Mantra. Outnumbered but confident, he unleashed his Spirit Realm soul power and began the Soul Skill—Soul Spirit Avatar.

• Xiao Yan opened a passage to the secret realm, and Old Man Mu Gu and Old Ghost Zhaixing followed him inside.
• Xiao Yan sensed a Heavenly Flame in the realm and chose to confront the two Soul Hall Venerates before seeking it.
• Old Man Mu Gu recognized Xiao Yan’s Bone Flame Ring and suspected that he cultivated the Burning Mantra.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing attacked with a black-mist palm, but Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Core Flame crushed it before the mist overwhelmed him.
• Old Man Mu Gu joined the assault with a crystal claw, and Xiao Yan unleashed his Spirit Realm soul power and announced Soul Skill—Soul Spirit Avatar.

Xiao Yan used his Soul Avatar, Heavenly Flames, and control over space to defeat Old Man Mu Gu and capture Old Ghost Zhaixing. As he prepared to use their bodies and souls to refine Heavenly Demon Puppets, another Dou Di remnant soul appeared and asked where Xiao Yan had learned his Soul Skill.

• Xiao Yan's Soul Avatar restrained Old Man Mu Gu's giant claw, and Old Ghost Zhaixing agreed to help after Old Man Mu Gu offered him another Tier 8 Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames and combined them into a Fusion Heavenly Flame, frightening Old Man Mu Gu and Old Ghost Zhaixing.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing tried to escape through a spatial passage, but Xiao Yan's Soul Avatar pierced and restrained him with two chains.
• Xiao Yan sealed the space around Old Man Mu Gu and killed him with a seven-colored Flame Splitting Wave Ruler strike, then reattached his head to preserve his body.
• Xiao Yan planned to refine Old Man Mu Gu and Old Ghost Zhaixing into Heavenly Demon Puppets when an ancient remnant soul appeared and asked where he had learned his Soul Skill.

Xiao Yan captured Old Man Mu Gu and Old Ghost Zhaixing, then learned that the Dou Di Remnant Soul was a clone of the Soul Spirit Emperor, a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint and the creator of the soul techniques Xiao Yan practiced. After recognizing Xiao Yan as his successor and meeting Yao Lao, the Soul Spirit Emperor agreed that Xiao Yan could take the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, and Xiao Yan offered to restore him to life in exchange for his help.

• Xiao Yan trapped Old Man Mu Gu's soul in a jade bottle and extracted Old Ghost Zhaixing's soul, sealing both men away.
• The Soul Spirit Emperor explained that he was a weakened clone who had reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint before dying after the continent's last Origin Qi was consumed.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had learned the Soul Spirit Emperor's techniques through Wan Ling Emperor and practiced the Soul Refining Mantra, so the Soul Spirit Emperor recognized him as a successor.
• Xiao Yan introduced Yao Lao as his first master, and the Soul Spirit Emperor praised him for raising such a disciple.
• The Soul Spirit Emperor said Xiao Yan could take the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, and Xiao Yan offered to use his knowledge of body refinement and Origin Qi to restore him and ask for his aid.

Xiao Yan acquired the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and the Soul Spirit Emperor’s Dou Sheng skeleton, then left the secret realm with plans to strengthen the Tian Shu Alliance. He aimed to reach Semi-Saint strength within three years and decided to raise the alliance’s profile by holding an alchemist exchange conference.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and invited the Soul Spirit Emperor to accompany him as his disciple.
• The Soul Spirit Emperor gave Xiao Yan his low-star Dou Sheng skeleton, and Xiao Yan stored it before leaving the secret realm.
• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and set out for the Black-Corner Region while planning to reach Semi-Saint strength within three years.
• Xiao Yan planned to use his Myriad Beast Talent to recruit Tier 7 Magical Beasts and fill the Tian Shu Alliance’s shortage of mid-level fighters.
• Xiao Yan decided to promote the Tian Shu Alliance by hosting an exchange conference for alchemists across the Northwest Continent and revealing that he was an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.

After returning to Yan City, Xiao Yan rewarded Gu He for his tireless work with a powerful cultivation method and flame-control techniques, then challenged him to refine a Tier 7 pill at the next exchange conference. Xiao Yan hurried to his courtyard, eager to use the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and discover what talent it might awaken.

• Xiao Yan learned that Gu He had advanced to peak Sixth-Rank Alchemist and could refine the Break-Ancestor Pill.
• Xiao Yan visited Gu He and offered him an earth-high tier fire-attribute cultivation method and a flame-control technique he had created.
• Xiao Yan explained that the gifts rewarded Gu He's work and told him to refine a Tier 7 pill at the next Alchemist Exchange Conference.
• Gu He wondered what rank of alchemist Xiao Yan had reached after hearing that his technique could rival an Eighth-Rank Alchemist's flame control.
• Xiao Yan hurried to his courtyard, eager to use the Yin-Yang Dual Flame to advance the Burning Mantra and awaken a Heaven-Swallowing Talent.

Xiao Yan returned as Xiao Yi Xian completed her breakthrough to First-Turn Dou Venerate, then recounted his encounter with the Soul Spirit Emperor and the Soul Hall elders. After introducing the Soul Spirit Emperor to Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, Xiao Yan secluded himself to work with the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.

• Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and helped Xiao Yi Xian contain her poison as she broke through to First-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan asked about Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa about his trip, his battle with Old Ghost Zhaixing and Old Man Mu Gu, and his meeting with the Soul Spirit Emperor.
• Xiao Yan brought the Soul Spirit Emperor out of the Nether Sea Storage Ring and asked Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to explain the continent and their faction while he handled his gains.
• Xiao Yan sealed himself in the bedroom, summoned Yao Lao to guard him, and sat on the Earth Fire Lotus Platform to examine the Yin-Yang Dual Flame's power of Balance.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, advanced his cultivation, and awakened the Heaven-Swallowing Talents [Balance] and [Yin-Yang]. He began refining puppets from Old Ghost Zhaixing and Old Man Mu Gu’s bodies and souls, using [Balance] to create the right moment for their fusion.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, which raised his cultivation to two and a half stars in the Dou Venerate realm and further optimized the Burning Mantra.
• Xiao Yan awakened the Heaven-Swallowing Talents [Balance] and [Yin-Yang], which he explained to Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan brought out Old Ghost Zhaixing and Old Man Mu Gu’s corpses, souls, Seventh Rank Magic Cores, and rare metals to begin refining puppets.
• Xiao Yan swapped the two souls between the bodies and used the Fusion Heavenly Flame to melt the special metals.
• Xiao Yan activated [Balance], which brought the bodies, souls, and Magic Cores into resonance and gave him the moment needed to continue the fusion.

Xiao Yan used his [Balance] talent and Fusion Heavenly Flame to refine three Heavenly Demon Puppets with Dou Venerate strength, then made another Earth Demon Puppet to protect the Xiao Clan and his elder brother Xiao Ding. After a month passed, the Tian Shu Alliance’s Alchemist Exchange Conference became the region’s major event.

• Xiao Yan refined the bodies of Old Ghost Zhaixing and Old Man Mu Gu into two Three-Star Dou Venerate Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Yan upgraded his original Earth Demon Puppet into a Heavenly Demon Puppet and decided to give the other puppets to protect the Xiao Clan and Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Yan used Protector Xuan’s soul, Shi Jing’s body, a Seventh-Rank Magic Core, and other materials to refine an Earth Demon Puppet with low-star Dou Zong strength.
• Xiao Yan left his room and went with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to the bedroom while Yao Lao spoke with the Soul Spirit Emperor.
• A month after Xiao Yan returned from subduing the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, Yan Xiao invited Fifth-Tier and higher Alchemists across the Northwest Continent to the Tian Shu Alliance’s Alchemist Exchange Conference.

Xiao Yan spent a month resting with the women around him while Alchemists and factions gathered in Yan City for the Tian Shu Alliance’s exchange conference. As the conference neared, he organized the preparations and told Yao Lao he would help restore his life after the Ancient Clan fulfilled its promise.

• Xiao Yan relaxed for a month, and Medusa advanced from an Eight-Star Dou Zong to a Nine-Star Dou Zong while Xiao Yi Xian reached First-Turn Dou Venerate.
• The Tian Shu Alliance gathered the medicinal herbs Xiao Yan needed and built a vast Alchemy Square outside Yan City for the exchange conference.
• Xiao Yan instructed Hai Bodong, Xiao Ding, Yao Tianhuo, and Gu He to manage the conference, prepare the alliance, and prevent trouble from visiting factions.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the Tian Shu Alliance had grown into a first-rate faction, and Xiao Yan promised to help bring him back to life once the Ancient Clan sent what it had promised.

Xiao Ding enforced the Tian Shu Alliance’s queue rules when Liu Chang, a mid-level Seventh-Rank Alchemist, tried to cut in line and threatened him. After Xiao Ding restrained Liu with a Dou Venerate-level puppet, the Alchemists entered the square without further trouble, and the exchange conference began.

• Liu Chang cut in front of the Alchemists waiting to enter Alchemy Square and demanded that the guards admit him first.
• Xiao Ding told Liu Chang to return to the line, but Liu refused and threatened him with flames.
• Xiao Ding summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which subdued Liu Chang so Xiao Ding could later hand him over to Xiao Yan.
• The Alchemists saw Xiao Ding’s puppet and stopped considering challenging the Tian Shu Alliance’s rules.
• The line cleared, all attending Alchemists gathered in Alchemy Square, and the exchange conference officially began.

Xiao Yan opened the Tian Shu Alliance’s Alchemist Exchange Conference and promised guidance to the refiners who produced the highest-quality and most unique pills. After watching Gu He refine an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill over several days, Xiao Yan approved the completed pill and used his Heavenly Demon Puppet to destroy its Pill Lightning.

• Xiao Yan explained the conference’s pill-refining, discussion, and trading activities, then offered guidance to the two standout refiners.
• Alchemists began refining pills, and Xiao Yan noticed that Gu He was making the Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill with Ice Spirit Cold Spring and fire-attributed ingredients.
• As the conference continued for days, Xiao Yan answered questions from a few bold Alchemists while the Seventh-Rank Alchemists worked on their pills.
• Gu He persevered through the pill’s clashing energies and exhausted himself before completing a mediocre Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill.
• Xiao Yan nodded in approval and sent his Heavenly Demon Puppet to shatter the Pill Lightning gathering above the plaza.

After the alchemists completed their pills, Xiao Yan selected Gu He for the highest-quality pill and a Sixth-Rank Alchemist for the most unique one. He then began refining a Tier 8 Primordial Origin Pill, publicly revealing his Fusion Heavenly Flame and deciding he no longer needed to conceal his strength.

• Gu He absorbed the Pill Lightning with the Heavenly Demon Puppet and completed an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill, while two other Seventh-Rank Alchemists dealt with Pill Lightning using a puppet and their own strength.
• Xiao Yan named Gu He the maker of the highest-quality pill and a disheveled Sixth-Rank Alchemist the maker of the most unique pill.
• Xiao Yan identified the Sixth-Rank Alchemist's blood-colored Beast Pill as a Peak Sixth Grade pill that temporarily transformed its user into the magical beast used to make it.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would refine a Tier 8 Primordial Origin Pill that could draw Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Fusion Heavenly Flame before the assembled alchemists and resolved to stop hiding his power.

Xiao Yan completed the Primordial Origin Pill before the gathered Alchemists, overcoming Five-Colored Pill Lightning with the Heavenly Demon Puppet. The gathering ended with the Tian Shu Alliance poised to dominate the Northwest Continent, while Xiao Yan expected his age to cause an uproar.

• Xiao Yan revealed his youthful face and used his Fusion Heavenly Flame to begin refining the Primordial Origin Pill.
• Xiao Yan spent seven days refining the ingredients into pure medicinal liquid while the Alchemists watched his precise flame control.
• Five-Colored Pill Lightning descended, but Xiao Yan sent out the Heavenly Demon Puppet to withstand it until the lightning ended.
• Xiao Yan formed the Primordial Origin Pill, contained it in a jade bottle, and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan declared the gathering over, and he recognized that the Tian Shu Alliance's rise had begun and that his age would provoke widespread shock.

After the exchange meeting, Xiao Yan rewarded Gu He and assigned duties to the Tian Shu Alliance’s leaders as he prepared the alliance for rapid growth. He gave Qing Lin a Primordial Origin Pill to stabilize her foundation, leaving her closer to keeping pace with him.

• Xiao Yan guided Gu He and Feng Lao for half a day, and Feng Lao joined the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Feng Lao a fire-control technique and rewarded Gu He with an Earth Demon Puppet that could absorb Pill Lightning and evolve.
• Xiao Yan assigned Gu He to recruit Alchemists, urged Hai Bodong and Xiao Li to strengthen themselves, gave them medicinal pills, and set tasks for Mo Tianxing, Venerable Skyfire, and Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Lin a Primordial Origin Pill to stabilize her foundation, and she accepted it.

The Tian Shu Alliance rapidly expanded across the Northwest Continent, overcoming rival factions and the challenges of governing its vast territory. With Tier 7 Magical Beasts managing its branches and stable spatial passages connecting them, the alliance became the continent’s leading faction, while a shocking report revealed Xiao Yan was under twenty years old.

• The Tian Shu Alliance expanded through the Northwest Continent, winning over many residents and factions with its trade and limited oppression.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Waning Moon Sect’s Eight-Star Dou Venerate ancestor with the Nether Poison Flame after Venerable Skyfire fought the sect master.
• Zi Yan discovered the Waning Moon Sect’s hidden treasures, received pills from Xiao Yan, and then fell unconscious after eating too many at once.
• Xiao Yan assigned Tier 7 Magical Beasts to manage the Tian Shu Alliance’s branches and used Venerable Skyfire’s spatial passages to connect its territories.
• The Tian Shu Alliance became the Northwest Continent’s leading faction, and an unknown faction exposed that Xiao Yan was under twenty years old.

Xiao Yan reflected on how his revealed age and the Tian Shu Alliance’s growth were changing the Northwest Continent, while awaiting Gu Yuan’s promised Dou Saint Skeleton and Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence. As Xiao Xun’er comforted him at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan sensed a faint spatial fluctuation overhead.

• Xiao Yan walked through Yan City as locals discussed his identity and his extraordinary age and strength.
• Xiao Yan considered how the Tian Shu Alliance’s growing influence was drawing factions to join and helping it gather resources, including information on two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan planned to obtain the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and considered rewarding Gu He for his devoted work for the alliance.
• Xiao Yan went to Jia Nan Academy to wait with Xiao Xun’er for Gu Yuan to deliver the promised Dou Saint Skeleton and Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence.
• Xiao Yan sensed a faint spatial fluctuation above Jia Nan Academy.

Elder Tongxuan delivered Xiao Yan the Dou Saint skeleton and Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence promised by Gu Yuan, along with a message that the Ancient Clan would judge Xiao Yan’s potential in two and a half years. Xiao Yan resolved to prove himself to the clan and left to revive Yao Lao, while Xiao Xun'er promised to wait for his return.

• Xiao Yan sensed a Saint approaching and welcomed Elder Tongxuan, who arrived through a spatial crack and praised Xiao Yan’s cultivation and abilities.
• Elder Tongxuan gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring containing a Soul Clan One-Star Dou Saint skeleton and five bottles of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence.
• Elder Tongxuan relayed that many Ancient Clan elders were willing to give Xiao Yan an opportunity and told him to reveal his full strength in two and a half years.
• Xiao Yan promised to show the Ancient Clan his true potential, while Xiao Xun'er affirmed her faith in him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he was leaving for the center of the Northwest Continent to revive Yao Lao, and she agreed to wait for him.

Xiao Yan returned to Yan City after obtaining what he needed and set out with Xiao Yi Xian to the central Northwest Continent to refine the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill for Yao Lao’s resurrection. He began refining it in the Heavenly Snake Empire, leaving Yao Lao’s revival close at hand.

• Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan that he had obtained what he was waiting for and was preparing to resurrect Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan explained that the resurrection materials were ready except for the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, and he planned to refine it in the central Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Medusa had returned to the Snake-People Empire to handle affairs and was preparing successors before eventually giving up the queen’s position.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left Qing Lin to watch Zi Yan and traveled to the Heavenly Snake Empire’s capital to arrange a place for pill refining.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the Snake-People Tribe Great Elder, laid out the ingredients, and began refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill while Yao Lao cultivated his soul power in the Bone Flame Ring.

Xiao Yan refined the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill for Yao Lao’s resurrection, pushing its spirituality beyond its limits with the aid of his eight Heavenly Flames. The pill formed and summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, though the chapter ended before its final quality was confirmed.

• Xiao Yan prepared the Myriad Beast Cauldron and used his eight Heavenly Flames to refine hundreds of medicinal herbs over seven days, infusing the liquid with his spirituality.
• Xiao Yan judged his own spirituality insufficient and called on the Fire Spirits to help gather energy from across the Northwest Continent.
• The eight Heavenly Flames revealed their manifestations and channeled the gathered energy into the Medicine Cauldron, greatly increasing the pill’s energy and spirituality.
• Xiao Yan used his [Balance] talent to harmonize the energy and medicinal properties, then formed the pill.
• Silver Pill Lightning gathered into a cloud that gained colors until Nine-Colored Pill Lightning appeared.

Xiao Yan refined a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill that drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning with help from the eight Heavenly Flames, then faced a gathering of powerful Dou Venerates drawn by the spectacle. The visitors learned Xiao Yan had made the pill, and an aged Eight-Star Dou Venerate began coveting it.

• Xiao Yan recognized that the eight Heavenly Flames had raised his pill from Seven-Colored to Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, and he let the exhausted flames rest in his Spirit Container.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed approaching Dou Venerates, and Xiao Yan asked her to hide so they could identify anyone who tried to seize the pill.
• Xiao Yan sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to withstand the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, which strengthened the puppet as it repaired its cracked body.
• Shi Tian and other sect masters and ancestors arrived, recognized Xiao Yan, and reacted with shock when he confirmed he had refined the pill.
• An aged Eight-Star Dou Venerate realized the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill might extend his life and help him advance, and greed took hold of him.

Xiao Yan stopped the Profound Nether Sect’s ancestor from stealing the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, then collected the pill after the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning empowered his Heavenly Demon Puppet. Once the other Dou Venerates had left and he had recovered, Xiao Yan contacted his teacher to begin his resurrection.

• The Profound Nether Sect’s ancestor tried to seize the pill, but Xiao Yi Xian poisoned him and Xiao Yan offered him a chance to serve in exchange for another pill before Xiao Yi Xian killed him.
• Xiao Yan captured the ancestor’s soul and corpse, intending to use them to create another Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and grew to the strength of a four-star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill’s spirituality and stored it, while the other Dou Venerates left, intimidated by his power.
• After recovering his Dou Qi and soul power, Xiao Yan sent a message through the Bone Flame Ring: it was time for his teacher to be resurrected.

Xiao Yan learned that Yao Lao had reached a Half-Step Heavenly Realm soul and discussed the possibility of using Heavenly Flames to refine Ninth Tier Pills across ranks. He began Yao Lao’s resurrection by combining a Dou Saint Skeleton, Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence, and Fusion Heavenly Flame.

• Yao Lao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring and told Xiao Yan that his soul had advanced to the Half-Step Heavenly Realm.
• Yao Lao credited Xiao Yan’s search for soul-strengthening treasures for his progress, and Xiao Yan explained that his resurrection might let him become a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Lao a pinnacle Eighth Tier Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and explained that his Heavenly Flames had raised its quality.
• Yao Lao theorized that Heavenly Flames might eventually let Xiao Yan mobilize the power of heaven and earth to refine Ninth Tier Pills across ranks.
• Xiao Yan took out a One-Star Dou Saint Skeleton, poured Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence over it, and engulfed it in Fusion Heavenly Flame to begin Yao Lao’s resurrection.

Xiao Yan refined the Dou Saint Skeleton with Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence and helped Yao Lao begin reviving in the strengthened body. After the Soul Spirit Emperor asked for a body of his own, Xiao Yan postponed his revival because he lacked materials and did not yet trust him fully.

• Xiao Yan spent three days using the Fusion Heavenly Flame to fuse the Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence into the Dou Saint Skeleton, then balanced their energy with his [Balance] talent.
• Yao Lao swallowed the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and entered the prepared skeleton.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly burned the growing flesh with the Fusion Heavenly Flame until it could withstand the flames and formed a complete body.
• Xiao Yan judged that the body had reached at least the late stage of One-Star Dou Saint and expected Yao Lao to need about half a month to fuse with it completely.
• The Soul Spirit Emperor asked Xiao Yan when he would refine a body for him, and Xiao Yan postponed the plan because his materials were inadequate and he did not fully trust the Soul Spirit Emperor.