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Xiao Yan welcomed powerful guests to Tian Shu City's Vientiane Auction, which marked the Tian Shu Alliance's move to the Central Plains. The chapter ended when Yao Yue and Yao Ling of the Yao Clan arrived without invitations and asked Xiao Yan for VIP seats.

• The Tian Shu Alliance completed Tian Shu City and prepared to relocate its headquarters there for the Vientiane Auction.
• Xiao Yan set out with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen to welcome the invited guests.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor arrived with Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, teased Xiao Yan about Huo'er, and entered the auction house with her.
• Xiao Yan welcomed Fairy Qing and Fairy Hua, then greeted the patriarchs of the Cao Clan, the Dan Clan, and the Ye Family; Dan Hong revealed that Dan Chen was Xiao Yan's disciple.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ling of the Yao Clan asked Xiao Yan to arrange VIP seats despite not having received invitations.

Xiao Yan welcomed the Yao Clan, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, the Pill Tower leaders, and other powerful guests to the Tian Shu Alliance auction. Yun Yun arrived as a Semi-Saint and joined Xiao Yan in his room, leaving the assembled guests ready for the auction to begin.

• Yao Yue brought Yao Ling to the auction, where Xiao Yan arranged a VIP room for the Yao Clan and Yao Ling felt a strange soul-level attraction to him.
• Zhu Li and Hei Qing arrived on behalf of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and praised Xiao Yan as their benefactor before entering the auction hall.
• Xiao Yan welcomed numerous powerful factions, then greeted Yao Lao and the Pill Tower's three great leaders, who discussed the Heavenly Demon Puppets and Nine-Colored Pill Lightning pills prepared for the auction.
• Yun Yun arrived after breaking through to the Semi-Saint level, and Xiao Yan took her hand and led her into the auction hall to share his room.
• With everyone present, the auction was ready to begin.

Ya Fei opened the Vientiane Auction with an Earth Demon Puppet, and the Tian Shu Alliance displayed its strength as bidders competed for the puppets. As the auction reached its heavyweight lots, Ya Fei unveiled a Peak Eighth-Tier Bodhi Pill capable of summoning nine-colored pill lightning.

• Ya Fei introduced the auction and demonstrated the loyalty and pill-lightning resistance of the Earth Demon Puppet while Heavenly Demon Puppets guarded the stage.
• The head of the Ye Family won the first Earth Demon Puppet with an eight-rank five-color medicinal pill.
• The auction continued through ordinary lots and sold all seven Earth Demon Puppets to buyers including the Cao Clan, the Dan Clan, Xuankong Zi, Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, and Qinghua Old Monster.
• Ya Fei presented the next heavyweight lot as a Peak Eighth-Tier Bodhi Pill capable of summoning nine-colored pill lightning.

The auction sold all four Bodhi Pills, the Heavenly Demon Puppets, and a high-grade Soul Technique, bringing in valuable resources for Xiao Yan. Yao Ling won Xiao Yan’s task token as the auction ended.

• Ya Fei introduced the Bodhi Pills, and Tianleizi won the first with a nine-colored pill lightning medicinal pill and five eight-colored pills.
• Xuankong Zi, Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, and Yao Ling won the Heavenly Demon Puppets, while Xuankong Zi, Old Man Baoshan, and a previously unknown Peak Dou Venerate won the remaining Bodhi Pills.
• Yao Lao suppressed Heavenly Scorpion’s outburst after the Bodhi Pills sold out, and Xuankong Zi bought a high-grade Soul Technique for the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan instructed Ya Fei to accept a Seven-Colored Origin Stone during bidding on another lot.
• Yao Ling won Xiao Yan’s task token with ninth-rank magical beast blood essence and medicinal herbs, and the auction ended.

After the auction, Xiao Yan received the resources he had won and a Tier 9 Precious Pill from Yao Lao, then discussed his plans for the Three-Year Agreement. The chapter ended with Yao Ling asking whether Xiao Yan was the man Xiao Xun'er had chosen despite his lack of Dou God Bloodline.

• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring containing the auction items, and Xiao Yan considered how to secure Xiao Xun'er's freedom to leave the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Lao and told him about his eight months in seclusion and his greatly increased physical strength.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a Tier 9 Precious Pill that could raise his cultivation to the peak of the Dou Zun Realm.
• Xiao Yan invited Yao Lao to accompany him to the Three-Year Agreement, and Yao Lao agreed to support him.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ling came to see Xiao Yan, and Yao Ling asked whether he was Xiao Xun'er's chosen partner despite lacking Dou God Bloodline.

Yao Ling sensed that Xiao Yan possessed something that complemented her unusual constitution, and she decided to spend time with him to discover whether it was his soul. Back in his courtyard, Xiao Yan inspected his auction winnings and found information about the final mid-tier Heavenly Flame he needed: the fire cloud water flame.

• Yao Ling told Xiao Yan that something about him made her constitution feel complete, and he suspected she was drawn to his soul.
• Yao Ling told Yao Yue she wanted to spend time with Xiao Yan, while Yao Yue warned that they could not act against him.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and examined the pills and resources in his Storage Ring, considering combining the pills to create one that raised cultivation.
• Xiao Yan found the final Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map piece, a Seven-Colored Origin Stone, and detailed information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Heavenly Flame was the fire cloud water flame, the sixteenth-ranked flame and the last mid-tier Heavenly Flame he lacked.

With a month remaining before the three-year agreement with the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yan decided to pursue the nearby fire cloud water flame instead of resting. He gave Huang Quan Demon Saint the Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma to restore his soul and prepared to depart, leaving his next destination clear.

• Xiao Yan gave Huang Quan Demon Saint the Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma, and Huang Quan Demon Saint said his soul would recover into a complete soul body within a month.
• Xiao Yan reassured Soul Spirit Emperor that he planned to obtain a Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit to revive him and decided to delay assembling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragments.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er he was leaving to obtain the fire cloud water flame, and they supported him as Qing Lin watched enviously.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding the seven-colored rough stone to send to Medusa, then reviewed the information locating the fire cloud water flame in a mountain range in the Southwestern Region of the Central Region.

Xiao Yan entered the Cloud Mist Mountains to claim the fire cloud water flame and used his [Myriad Beast] talent to win the trust of the two Magical Beasts guarding it. At the lake, the Soul Spirit Emperor revealed that its water was spirit-severing water that could be refined into safe spirit qi crystals, leaving Xiao Yan eager to exploit his remarkable fortune.

• Xiao Yan crossed the Cloud Mist Mountains and reached the central lake, where an ox-headed serpent beast and an ape guarded the fire cloud water flame.
• Xiao Yan asked why the Magical Beasts guarded the flame, and the ox-headed beast explained that the lake's mist hid them from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Yan told the ox-headed beast that he had rescued Yao Ming and defeated Yao Xiaotian, convincing it to let him take the flame.
• As Xiao Yan approached the lake, the Soul Spirit Emperor identified its water as spirit-severing water rich in spirit qi.
• The Soul Spirit Emperor explained that Xiao Yan's disciple and a secret method could turn the water into safe spirit qi crystals.

Xiao Yan discovered a lake of Spirit-Severing Water and secured the Fire Cloud Water Flame at its bottom. He left Xiao Ding in charge of collecting the water and returned to focus on absorbing the Heavenly Flame before his Three-Year Agreement with Loneliness.

• Xiao Yan learned from the Soul Spirit Emperor that the lake’s Spirit-Severing Water could greatly increase soul power, though converting it all would take years.
• The bull-headed magical beast and the ape magical beast agreed to let Xiao Yan take the lake water and travel with him to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Yan reached the lakebed and gained the Fire Cloud Water Flame, which willingly contracted into a flame seed.
• Xiao Yan sealed the lake with a Heavenly Flame barrier and brought the two magical beasts to Tian Shu City, where Xiao Ding arranged their journey back to their clan.
• Xiao Yan privately told Xiao Ding about the Spirit-Severing Water and gave him a Child Flame to open the barrier.
• Xiao Yan left the collection of the lake water to Xiao Ding and prioritized absorbing the Fire Cloud Water Flame before his agreement with Loneliness came due.

Xiao Yan accepted Yao Ling’s offer to stay with him in exchange for her restorative blood, then absorbed the Fire Cloud Water Flame and learned that it strengthened the Heavenly Flame Manifestation. As the Three-Year Agreement approached, the Ancient Clan elders decided to retrieve Xiao Xun'er, with Elder Tongxuan and Elder Gu Yang volunteering to go.

• Yao Ling offered Xiao Yan her blood, which could restore Soul Origin, and Xiao Yan agreed to let her stay by his side.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Fire Cloud Water Flame, adding it to his Heavenly Flame collection without significantly improving his cultivation or physique.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame told Xiao Yan that collecting Heavenly Flames reduced the cost of the Heavenly Flame Manifestation and that it could recover faster with fire-attribute treasures.
• Xiao Yan left seclusion after about a day and chose to rest and restore himself before the Three-Year Agreement.
• The Ancient Clan elders decided to bring Xiao Xun'er back, and Elder Tongxuan and Elder Gu Yang volunteered for the mission.

The Ancient Clan elders debated Xiao Yan’s relationship with Xiao Xun'er and decided to test whether he deserved to marry into the clan. As the Ancient Clan’s delegation arrived in Tian Shu City, Xiao Yan and his companions sensed their approach.

• Gu Yang volunteered to join the mission to bring Xiao Xun'er back, surprising the Ancient Clan elders and drawing Gu Yuan’s attention.
• Gu Lie argued that the clan should sever Xiao Xun'er’s ties to Xiao Yan unless Xiao Yan proved he did not resent the Ancient Clan over the Xiao Clan’s past.
• The elders agreed that Tongxuan would lead the delegation, with Gu Yang overseeing it, and that Xiao Yan must defeat an Ancient Clan prodigy and refine an Eighth-Tier Nine-Colored Pill to earn recognition.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Yang to transmit the tests live to the clan’s square so the Ancient Clan’s younger generation could witness Xiao Yan’s abilities.
• In Tian Shu City, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian sensed the Ancient Clan’s arrival, and Xiao Xun'er asked whether her clan had come for her.

The Ancient Clan projected its arrival in Tian Shu City to the Ancient Realm, where Xiao Yan publicly defended himself against Ling Quan’s insults and asserted his strength. After Xiao Yan also rebuked Gu Feng, Gu Feng gained permission to attack him, and the chapter ended as their techniques collided.

• Gu Yang used an Ancient Character Token to project the Ancient Clan’s arrival and the events in Tian Shu City to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Xun'er explained the token to Xiao Yan, who flew up to face the Ancient Clan with Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er beside him.
• Ling Quan insulted Xiao Yan and questioned his worthiness to be with Xiao Xun'er, so Xiao Yan answered with his accomplishments and status.
• Xiao Yan struck Ling Quan with soul power, leaving him screaming in pain, and then rebuked Gu Feng when he intervened.
• Gu Feng received permission from Gu Yang to capture Xiao Yan and attacked with Emperor Seal Art, while Xiao Yan countered with Flame Splitting Wave Severing Ruler.

Xiao Yan decisively defeated Gu Feng in a duel, overwhelming even his Ancient Emperor Seal. As the Ancient Clan elders discussed Xiao Yan’s strength and possible marriage into their clan, one questioned whether he would agree to marry in at all.

• Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler slash broke through Gu Feng’s first two Emperor Seals, revealing the superior quality of Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi.
• Gu Feng unleashed three seals together, but Xiao Yan’s two ruler slashes overpowered them and he challenged Gu Feng to use the remaining seals.
• With Elder Tongxuan’s permission, Gu Feng used the Ancient Emperor Seal while Xiao Yan struck with his flame-wrapped Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Xiao Yan blocked the resulting shock wave unharmed, while Gu Feng was injured, conceded defeat, and left through a spatial rift.
• Ancient Clan elders recognized that Xiao Yan’s power exceeded Gu Feng’s and debated his temperament and marriage into the clan, until one asked whether Xiao Yan would agree to it.

Xiao Yan challenged Elder Tongxuan and proved he could withstand a Semi-Saint’s attacks. After activating all three transformations of Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, he revealed the Xiao Clan Mark, leaving the Ancient Clan elders stunned.

• Xiao Yan challenged Elder Tongxuan to a fight, and Elder Tongxuan accepted after receiving permission through the Ancient Character Token.
• Xiao Yan blocked Elder Tongxuan’s attacks with spatial power and his body, then struck back with Flame Burst Fist and forced Elder Tongxuan backward.
• Xiao Yan matched Elder Tongxuan’s Mountain Splitting Seal with a punch and activated the first transformation of Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes.
• Xiao Yan used the second and third transformations, combining three heavenly flames and raising his aura to the two-turn Dou Venerate level.
• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Yan’s resemblance to Xiao Xuan as the Xiao Clan Mark appeared on Xiao Yan’s forehead.

Xiao Yan continued his battle with Elder Tongxuan and revealed that he possessed eight Heavenly Flames, shocking the people watching across Tian Shu City and the Ancient Realm. Gu Yuan and the other Dou Sheng elders recognized that Xiao Yan’s ability to control so many flames without conflict was more mysterious than the flames themselves, and they expected his newfound fame to bring trouble.

• Gu Yuan explained that Xiao Yan’s clan mark was incomplete because his version of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes lacked Xiao Xuan’s method for carving the mark.
• Xiao Yan resolved to seek a chance to resurrect Xiao Xuan when the Heavenly Screen opened, then urged Elder Tongxuan to continue their fight.
• Elder Tongxuan struck with three seals from the Emperor Seal Technique, and Xiao Yan answered by summoning five Heavenly Flames that formed fire spirits.
• The onlookers realized Xiao Yan had displayed eight Heavenly Flames in total, leaving the people in Tian Shu City and the Ancient Realm stunned.
• Gu Yuan, Gu Lie, and Gu Dao focused on how Xiao Yan could absorb and control eight conflicting Heavenly Flames, and they predicted that he would soon lose his peace and quiet.

Xiao Yan battled Elder Tongxuan, using his Five Wheel Fire Great Array and enduring the elder’s five-seal attack before recovering some of his Dou Qi. He then prepared to test a long-conceived Dou Skill against Elder Tongxuan’s Great Annihilation Palm, forming a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus as the chapter ended.

• Yao Ling watched Xiao Yan summon eight Heavenly Flames and grew increasingly curious about him, while Qing Lin worried that Yao Ling might become a rival for Xiao Yan’s attention.
• Xiao Yan trapped himself and Elder Tongxuan inside the Five Wheel Fire Great Array and attacked with a flaming dragon formed from five Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Tongxuan’s five combined seals collided with Xiao Yan’s attack, shattering the barriers around Tian Shu City and the Black Annihilation Army before both fighters emerged battered.
• Xiao Yan quickly healed and replenished some of his Dou Qi, then asked Elder Tongxuan to help test a Dou Skill he had long envisioned.
• Elder Tongxuan summoned the mid Heaven Rank Great Annihilation Palm, while Xiao Yan gathered his Fire Spirits and formed the Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.

Xiao Yan unleashed an Eight-Colored Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus that nearly killed Elder Tongxuan, who survived only because Gu Yang shielded him. Xiao Yan spared Tongxuan and warned that he had not used his full strength, leaving the gathered witnesses stunned by his power.

• Xiao Yan sent the Eight-Colored Fire Lotus at Elder Tongxuan, who tried to stop it with a destructive palm and layers of barriers.
• The fire lotus exploded, shattered Tongxuan's defenses, and left him gravely injured until Gu Yang blocked the final impact.
• Elder Tongxuan thanked Gu Yang and acknowledged that Xiao Yan's strike could have killed a Dou Sheng Expert.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had restrained the attack and blamed its danger on his first attempt at the skill.
• The gathered witnesses doubted Xiao Yan had held back, but those who knew his abilities realized he had told the truth.

After Xiao Yan defeated Elder Tongxuan, he argued that Xiao Xun'er should be free to leave the Ancient Clan when she wished. Gu Yuan said Xiao Yan needed to become a Dou Sheng or a Ninth-Rank Alchemist to have enough influence, so Xiao Yan challenged the Ancient Clan's foremost alchemist to a contest.

• The Ancient Clan's members and elders reconsidered Xiao Yan after he severely wounded Elder Tongxuan with Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, though Gu Lie warned that its power depended on his heavenly flames.
• Elder Tongxuan said Xiao Xun'er could stay with Xiao Yan for a few more years after his victory.
• Xiao Yan told Elder Tongxuan that he wanted Xiao Xun'er to be free to return to the Ancient Clan and leave whenever she chose.
• Gu Yuan said Xiao Yan needed to become a Dou Sheng or a Ninth-Rank Alchemist before he could carry enough weight to secure her freedom.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yan, the Ancient Clan's Eighth-Rank Peak Alchemist, to compete in an alchemy contest, intending to become a Ninth-Rank Alchemist.

Xiao Yan challenged Gu Yan to an alchemy contest with ninth-rank magical beast blood essence and a heavenly flame at stake. As the contest began, Xiao Yan revealed an unexpected dark red flame, the volcanic rock flame.

• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi, and Gu Yan warned him that he had far more experience refining high-grade pills.
• Xiao Yan proposed a wager, and Gu Yan agreed to stake two portions of ninth-rank magical beast blood essence against Xiao Yan's three thousand burning flame, with each winner also claiming the other's pill.
• Xiao Yan asked the Pill Tower's Three Giants to judge, and Xuankong Zi agreed on their behalf.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yan brought out their medicine cauldrons and medicinal ingredients, and Gu Yan felt reassured when Xiao Yan displayed fewer herbs.
• Gu Yan summoned his crimson ninth-rank beast flame, while Xiao Yan revealed several heavenly flames, culminating in the unexpected volcanic rock flame.

Xiao Yan revealed fourteen heavenly flames, astonishing the alchemists and powerful clans gathered in Tian Shu City and the Ancient Realm. As he continued refining pills beside Gu Yan, he added ninth-rank magical beast corpses and cores to his ingredients, leaving Gu Yan to realize that Xiao Yan intended to refine a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Yan summoned fourteen heavenly flames, including every flame ranked outside the top ten, and the gathered alchemists reacted with astonishment, envy, and greed.
• Yao Ling wondered whether Xiao Yan naturally attracted heavenly flames, while Gu Yuan warned that Xiao Yan could use them to unleash a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus powerful enough to threaten a Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan began refining medicinal ingredients in the Myriad Beast Cauldron as Gu Yan refined his own, and five days passed while onlookers gathered to watch.
• Xiao Yan activated the Myriad Beast Cauldron's patterns, then produced magical beast corpses and magic cores, including two from ninth-rank beasts.
• Xiao Yan tossed a magical beast corpse into the cauldron, and Gu Yan exclaimed that Xiao Yan was refining a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill.

Xiao Yan continued refining a pill with the energy of magical beast corpses, while Gu Yan formed a pill that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. The chapter ended when Zi Yan arrived in Tian Shu City with members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, calling Xiao Yan her elder brother.

• Gu Yan realized Xiao Yan lacked a Heavenly Realm Soul and doubted he could refine a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill, while other Alchemists wondered whether Xiao Yan might succeed.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the magical beast corpses and prepared to form his pill using the divided energies in the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Gu Yan formed a pill and summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, which he dispersed with the Emperor Seal Technique.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Gu Yan had reached Peak Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate, then continued forming his own pill as Gu Yan watched.
• Zi Yan arrived through a spatial rift with an old man, Zhu Li, and Hei Qing, and onlookers realized she had called Xiao Yan her elder brother.

Xiao Yan used his fourteen Heavenly Flames to draw in the power of heaven and earth and complete the Myriad Beast Pill. The pill’s completion summoned black demon thunder, while Zi Yan’s arrival had already discouraged many of Xiao Yan’s potential enemies.

• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion and reunited with Xiao Yan, who promised to make her more pills after finishing his refinement.
• Zi Yan arrived with Elder Qingmu, making observers wary of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and causing many to abandon their schemes against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan planned to visit the underground magma beneath Jia Nan Academy to seek Zhukun’s help, then focused on completing the Myriad Beast Pill.
• Xiao Yan released his fourteen Heavenly Flames, which manifested their true forms and gathered heaven-and-earth energy to perfect the pill.
• Xiao Yan stabilized the pill with his [Balance] talent, and the Heavenly Flames returned to him after completing their work.
• The Myriad Beast Pill finished forming, and black demon thunder appeared above the cauldron.

Xiao Yan refined a Ninth Tier Myriad Beast Pill, shocking the alchemists who witnessed it, and used its Black Demon Thunder to strengthen his Heavenly Demon Puppet. After Gu Yuan praised Xiao Yan’s potential before the Ancient Clan elders, he proposed giving Xiao Yan the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame.

• Black Demon Thunder gathered above Xiao Yan’s pill, and Xuankong Zi, Gu Yan, and the other alchemists realized Xiao Yan had refined a Tier 9 Precious Pill.
• Yao Lao controlled the Black Demon Thunder and fed its subdued energy into Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Demon Puppet, which Xiao Yan further tempered with his fourteen Heavenly Flames.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the thunder and flames, reaching peak Dou Venerate before Xiao Yan put it away.
• Elder Qingmu stopped the newly formed Ninth Tier Myriad Beast Pill from escaping, and Xiao Yan sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Gu Yuan explained how Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames helped him refine the pill and proposed that the Ancient Clan give him the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame.

The Gu Clan agreed to invest the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame in Xiao Yan, and Gu Yuan approved the end of the Three-Year Agreement. Xiao Yan parted from Xiao Xun'er with the freedom for her to visit him, then received a suspicious Token from Elder Gu Yang.

• Gu Yuan persuaded the Gu Clan Elders that investing the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame in Xiao Yan could bring lasting benefits, and said it would be extracted from Xiao Xun'er gradually over a year.
• Gu Yuan approved Xiao Yan's qualifications, bringing the Three-Year Agreement to a close.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er she could enter and leave the Ancient Realm freely, and they promised to stay in contact before she departed with Elder Tongxuan and Elder Gu Yang.
• Gu Yan promised to deliver Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence within a month and gave Xiao Yan the Eighth-Tier Nine-Colored Pill.
• Gu Feng conceded defeat, and Elder Tongxuan thanked Xiao Yan for showing mercy.
• Elder Gu Yang gave Xiao Yan a sheep-engraved Token, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect his motives because Gu Yang had been replaced by a Soul Clan Expert.

Xiao Yan deduced that the Nihility Devouring Flame had sent Gu Yang to approach him because of his Fire Spirit Body, then refined a Bodhi Great Return Pill for Medusa and secured Demon Saint Blood Essence for her and Yao Lao. The Heavenly Demon Puppet advanced to Semi-Saint, and Xiao Yan prepared to enter seclusion and digest his accumulated resources.

• Xiao Yan reasoned that the Nihility Devouring Flame had ordered Gu Yang to contact him because it was interested in his Fire Spirit Body.
• After the Ancient Clan departed, Xiao Yan agreed to let Zi Yan stay with him and promised to help resolve the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's division.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he would refine a Bodhi Great Return Pill for Medusa, then began making the Tier 9 Precious Pill at the Small Courtyard.
• As Xiao Yan completed the pill, the Heavenly Demon Puppet endured Black Demon Thunder and advanced to Semi-Saint after Xiao Yan used his [Balance] talent to stabilize it.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao the Bodhi Great Return Pill and two drops of Demon Saint Blood Essence, asking him to deliver one drop to Medusa.
• After Yao Lao left, Xiao Yan prepared to enter seclusion and absorb his remaining treasures and pills.