Chapter Summaries

At the Vientiane Auction, Xiao Yan traded a Break-Ancestor Pill for Mo Tianxing’s Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva because it could be refined into a Bodhi Seed. He later traded an Imperial Extreme Pill for Mo Tianxing’s magical beast corpse, leaving Mo Tianxing certain that Xiao Yan wanted the Black Emperor Sect to join the Tian Shu Alliance.

• Xiao Yan accepted Mo Tianxing’s offer of Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for a Break-Ancestor Pill, surprising the auction hall.
• Mo Tianxing interpreted Xiao Yan’s decision as goodwill and became more determined to bring the Black Emperor Sect into the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan explained to himself that Heavenly Flames could refine the saliva’s sediment into a Bodhi Seed, a treasure he wanted for its benefits to Dou Venerates.
• Ya Fei presented more auction items, and Mo Tianxing offered a dried magical beast corpse for an Imperial Extreme Pill.
• Xiao Yan declared the second deal complete, and Mo Tianxing became certain that Yan Xiao intended to recruit him into the Tian Shu Alliance.

Xiao Yan watched the auction’s bids climb for the Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill, pleased that the pill could earn him a fortune. The bidding reached a dramatic offer when Mo Tianxing offered the Heavenly Flame, Mysterious Yellow Flame.

• Xiao Yan considered the value of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse and reflected on the valuable materials he could refine from it.
• The Vientiane Auction presented its ninety-eighth lot, and Ya Fei revealed the Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill as the grand finale.
• Ya Fei announced that the pill could raise a Dou Zong’s cultivation by one star, up to Five-Star Dou Zong, and bidders began offering precious pills, techniques, herbs, and Tier 7 Magical Beast materials.
• Xiao Yan listened to the escalating offers and recognized the potential value of the Tier 8 medicinal ingredients and the Tier 7 Magical Beast’s corpse, essence blood, Magic Core, and Beast Flame.
• Mo Tianxing ended his bidding restraint and offered the Heavenly Flame, Mysterious Yellow Flame.

At the auction, Xiao Yan accepted the bids from Rooms 10, 75, and 91, giving each bidder an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill. The final item was a token granting its holder one favor from Xiao Yan, and the chapter ended as the auction hall considered its value.

• Mo Tianxing offered the Mysterious Yellow Flame from Room 10, while other bidders offered a complete Tier 7 Magical Beast set and a medicinal ingredient Xiao Yan needed.
• Xiao Yan decided to accept all three offers and sent two additional Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pills from Room 1, giving one pill each to Rooms 10, 75, and 91.
• Ya Fei introduced the auction's final item: a crimson token personally made by Xiao Yan that let its bound holder ask him to do one thing, with no expiration date.
• The token's value drew attention because it could not be used by anyone except its bound holder and Xiao Yan's future potential could make it increasingly valuable.

After the auction, Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding planned an attack on Demon Flame Valley to obtain the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining method and resources for future pills. Xiao Yan received the auction’s gathered resources and prepared to meet Mo Tianxing to decide the Black Emperor Sect’s fate.

• Su Qian won the final auction item by bidding five main-ingredient-level herbs for Eighth-Tier Medicinal Pills.
• Xiao Ding helped Xiao Yan prioritize his plans and recommended attacking Demon Flame Valley first, while leaving the search for Yin-Yang Dual Flame until last.
• Xiao Yan agreed to lead the attack with Hai Bodong while Xiao Ding organized forces to handle Demon Flame Valley’s remaining experts and businesses.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan three Storage Rings of auction resources, which Xiao Yan decided to save until after taking the Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan that Mo Tianxing wanted to meet him, and Xiao Yan agreed, intending to decide whether the Black Emperor Sect would submit or be destroyed.

After the auction, Mo Tianxing agreed to bring the Black Emperor Sect into the Tian Shu Alliance and became its fourth elder. As he and Elder Qi left Yan City, an icy aura blocked their path, setting up an ambush.

• Protector Xuan learned that Mo Tianxing had bought the Break-Ancestor Pill and an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill, then ordered his men to intercept and kill him.
• Mo Tianxing told Xiao Yan that the Black Emperor Sect would join the Tian Shu Alliance, and Xiao Yan appointed him the alliance’s fourth elder.
• Xiao Yan gave Mo Tianxing an Elder Token and promised the Black Emperor Sect a role in the alliance’s future auction business.
• Mo Tianxing explained the benefits of joining the alliance to Elder Qi, including the chance to learn from Xiao Yan and advance his alchemy.
• Mo Tianxing and Elder Qi left Yan City for Black Emperor City, but a chilling aura blocked their path.

Fang Yan and Protector Xuan trapped Mo Tianxing and Elder Qi in a soundproof formation to seize two pills, threatening Mo Tianxing despite his alliance with Yan Xiao. Xiao Yan arrived through a spatial rift and confronted the attackers, leaving the ambush on the verge of a fight.

• Fang Yan stopped Mo Tianxing and demanded that he hand over the Break-Ancestor Pill and Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill.
• Protector Xuan appeared with concealed Soul Hall Envoys, who formed a barrier around Mo Tianxing and Elder Qi.
• Mo Tianxing invoked the Tian Shu Alliance and showed his token, but Protector Xuan dismissed the threat and said a Soul Hall venerable planned to kill Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan arrived through a spatial rift and accused Fang Yan and Protector Xuan of ambushing an elder of his alliance.

Xiao Yan captured Protector Xuan and killed Fang Yan after they ambushed Mo Tianxing, then decided to attack Demon Flame Valley immediately. As Mo Tianxing sent Elder Qi to announce the Black Emperor Sect’s loyalty to Tian Shu, Xiao Yan arrived at the valley, where Di Mo Old Ghost assumed he had come to pay his respects.

• Xiao Yan bound Protector Xuan with the Fallen Heart Flame, scorched his soul, and sealed him in a bottle.
• Fang Yan blamed Protector Xuan for the ambush, but Xiao Yan killed him and took his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan ordered Mo Tianxing to lead him to Demon Flame Valley so its people could not prepare or flee.
• Mo Tianxing sent Elder Qi to announce that the Black Emperor Sect had joined Tian Shu and would serve as its loyal member.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Demon Flame Valley, and Di Mo Old Ghost assumed he had come to pay his respects.

Xiao Yan confronted Di Mo Old Ghost over Demon Flame Valley's attack on the Tian Shu Alliance and killed him in the ensuing battle. He left Mo Tianxing to deal with the valley's remaining members and collected Di Mo Old Ghost's ring and corpse.

• Di Mo Old Ghost arrived at Demon Flame Valley's main hall and dismissed Xiao Yan and Mo Tianxing, prompting Xiao Yan to insult his appearance and challenge his strength.
• Xiao Yan explained that Demon Flame Valley's Fang Yan had joined a Soul Hall Protector in ambushing a Tian Shu Alliance elder, and revealed that he had already killed Fang Yan.
• Di Mo Old Ghost attacked Xiao Yan with ice spikes, but Xiao Yan blocked them with his Heavenly Flames and used the fight to practice Fallen Heart Flame's abilities.
• Di Mo Old Ghost unleashed Blood Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven, but Xiao Yan's fire dragon destroyed the forming ice clouds while his Cyan Lotus Platform pinned Di Mo Old Ghost down.
• Xiao Yan killed Di Mo Old Ghost with a dark green flame, then assigned Mo Tianxing to handle Demon Flame Valley's remaining people.
• Xiao Yan took Di Mo Old Ghost's Storage Ring and corpse and prepared to gather Demon Flame Valley's spoils.

Xiao Yan took over the Demon Flame Valley, examined its spoils, and processed the dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse for its vital blood and Magic Core. After Hai Bodong delivered the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refinement Method, Xiao Yan selected materials to refine a powerful puppet.

• Mo Tianxing defeated the Demon Flame Valley and handed its elders' Storage Rings to Xiao Yan, who ordered him to guard the valley until the alliance could take over.
• Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and told Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong about the battle, prompting them to arrange the Demon Flame Valley's takeover and search its resources.
• Xiao Yan examined the spoils, found Ice Spirit Cold Spring and an Earth Rank intermediate Flame Manipulation Art, and noted that the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refinement Method was missing from the rings.
• Xiao Yan burned the dried magical beast corpse with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, extracting five drops of vital blood and refining its skin into a Seventh Rank Magic Core.
• Hai Bodong delivered the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refinement Method, and Xiao Yan chose Di Mo Old Ghost's body, Protector Xuan's soul, and the Seventh Rank Magic Core as materials for a puppet.

Xiao Yan refined Di Mo Old Ghost’s corpse into an Earth Demon Puppet using Protector Wu’s soul, a Seventh Rank Magic Core, and special metal. After binding the puppet to himself, he planned to refine pills to advance his cultivation and strengthen his body.

• Xiao Yan obtained special metal from the Vientiane Auction House and rewarded the Mittel Family member who brought it.
• Xiao Yan used Fallen Heart Flame to remove the corpse qi from Di Mo Old Ghost’s body before preparing it for refinement.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Protector Wu’s consciousness and placed his soul into the dried corpse, then tempered the body with the Magic Core and molten metal.
• Xiao Yan completed the Earth Demon Puppet, which reached the strength of a seven-star or Eight-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan bound the Earth Demon Puppet to himself with a drop of essence blood and planned to refine pills for his next breakthroughs.

Xiao Yan refined an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill, using its Pill Lightning to temper the Earth Demon Puppet and increase its strength. With the puppet strengthened, he prepared rare materials and asked Yao Lao to help him attempt a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Yan received a Storage Ring containing a Seventh Rank Magic Core and high-grade Medicinal Herbs after the alliance took control of Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard, reassured Xiao Xun'er that he was busy pursuing greater strength, and sent her and Zi Yan back to the academy.
• Xiao Yan refined an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and its Pill Lightning gathered over Yan City.
• Xiao Yan sent the Earth Demon Puppet to withstand the Pill Lightning, which purged its impurities and raised its strength to the level of an Eight-Star or Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan gathered rare materials for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and asked Yao Lao to refine it with him.

Xiao Yan raised his cultivation by absorbing an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill, fire-attributed treasures, the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and numerous Beast Flames. He reached Nine-Star Dou Zong and kept the Mysterious Yellow Flame under his control despite finding no special property in it.

• Xiao Yan took an Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill and broke through to Five-Star Dou Zong while Yao Lao guarded him.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Fire Lizard's Crimson Orbs and other fire-attributed treasures, raising his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Zong and halfway to the eighth star.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Mysterious Yellow Flame, which entered his Spirit Container, but he found it had no special property beyond extreme heat.
• Xiao Yan devoured Seventh-Rank Beast Flames and broke through first to Eight-Star Dou Zong, then to Nine-Star Dou Zong.

After stabilizing at Nine-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Yan began refining a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill with Yao Lao, using a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard’s Crimson Orb and corpse as core ingredients. The master and disciple finished selecting and refining enough medicinal ingredients and prepared to form the pill.

• Xiao Yan stopped absorbing resources after stabilizing at Nine-Star Dou Zong and told Yao Lao he was ready to refine a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan assembled his herbs, a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard’s Crimson Orb and corpse, and other ingredients before asking Yao Lao to assist him.
• Xiao Yan combined seven flames into his Fusion Heavenly Flame while Yao Lao summoned the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and they began refining the Crimson Orb, corpse, and herbs in the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Lao’s suggestion to add the Flower of the Extreme North and chose an Earth Flame Fruit to balance the pill’s fire-attributed energies.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao decided they had added enough ingredients and began forming the pill.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao spent half a month forming a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, and its Pill Lightning gathered in five colors above Yan City. At the Tian Shu Alliance Alchemist Exchange Conference, Gu He, Elder Huo, and Elder Qi saw the unprecedented lightning and realized Xiao Yan's pill exceeded their expectations.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao fused the pill's ingredients over half a month, with Xiao Yan infusing it with spirituality to improve its quality.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao merged the final two clumps of medicinal liquid into the pill and stabilized its energy.
• The completed pill summoned thunderclouds above Yan City, displaying silver, azure, crimson, and gold colors with purple beginning to form.
• Gu He, Elder Huo, and Elder Qi heard the thunder during their alchemy exchange and went outside to see Xiao Yan's Pill Lightning.
• Gu He, Elder Huo, and Elder Qi froze when they saw that the Pill Lightning had five colors.

Xiao Yan completed his first Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, summoning Five-Colored Pill Lightning that astonished the Black-Corner Region. The Earth Demon Puppet absorbed the lightning but did not fully evolve, and Xiao Yan named the pill the Blood-Melting Body-Tempering Pill.

• Elder Huo explained to Gu He and Elder Qi that Five-Colored Pill Lightning marked the completion of a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill refined by Xiao Yan.
• The Five-Colored Pill Lightning drew the attention of people across Yan City and much of the Black-Corner Region, who wondered who could withstand it.
• Xiao Yan sent the Earth Demon Puppet to face the lightning, and it absorbed the strikes and grew stronger without fully transforming into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the puppet and suppressed the pill's spiritual mist with the Fusion Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to name the pill, then named it the Blood-Melting Body-Tempering Pill himself.

Shi Tian abandoned the Lion Underworld Sect’s revenge against Xiao Yan after mistaking the pill lightning over Yan City for proof that an Eighth-Rank Alchemist and a powerful faction backed him. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood-Melting Body-Tempering Pill and began transforming as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li sensed a sudden change.

• Shi Tian concluded that Yan Xiao’s presumed teacher was an Eighth-Rank Alchemist and ordered the Lion Underworld Sect to prepare a gift instead of seeking revenge.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood-Melting Body-Tempering Pill on the Earth Fire Lotus Platform while Yao Lao guarded him.
• The pill’s energy spread through Xiao Yan’s body, strengthening and transforming his bones, muscles, organs, and other tissues as the Spirit Devouring Body Forging Mantra circulated.
• Yao Lao felt the change in Xiao Yan’s essence and was shocked by the gap in their levels of life.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Ding he had found the Life-Devouring Pill formula, then both brothers sensed something and their auras rapidly rose.

After consuming his Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, Xiao Yan’s physique reached the Eighth Rank, and his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li suddenly gained immense cultivation breakthroughs. Xiao Yan suspected that his physical evolution had awakened a trait resembling the Dou God Bloodline, and the chapter ended with him considering what that meant.

• Xiao Ding advanced from Da Dou Shi to One-Star Dou Wang, while Xiao Li rose from Nine-Star Dou Wang to Seven-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Ding investigated the sudden breakthroughs and found that no one else in the Tian Shu Alliance or Yan City had experienced them.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li went to Xiao Yan’s courtyard after sensing a powerful aura spread through Yan City and the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had consumed a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and that his physical body had reached the Eighth Rank, with strength comparable to a Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan noticed his brothers’ new cultivation levels, and Xiao Ding proposed that their breakthroughs were connected to Xiao Yan’s change.
• Xiao Yan suspected his Eighth-Rank physique had given him a trait of the Dou God Bloodline that benefited his blood relatives.

Xiao Yan suspected that his breakthrough had awakened traits of the Dou God Bloodline and sent Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to investigate its effects on the Xiao Clan. He then met Shi Tian, the Lion Underworld Sect Master, who arrived in Yan City offering an apology and gifts for Shi Jing’s actions.

• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that the Life-Devouring Pill had raised his cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Wang before a sudden increase brought him to Seven-Star Dou Emperor, while Xiao Ding reported a similar surge and improved talent.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Dou God Bloodline was affecting his relatives and sent Xiao Ding to check the Xiao Clan students at Jia Nan Academy and Xiao Li to investigate their father and clansmen.
• Yao Tianhuo warned Xiao Yan to keep his bloodline traits secret from the Ancient Clans, and Yao Lao cautioned him that the Lion Underworld Sect Master might have ill intentions.
• A Tian Shu Alliance member summoned Xiao Yan to meet Shi Tian at the Vientiane Auction House, where Hai Bodong was receiving him warily.
• Shi Tian told Hai Bodong he had come to apologize for Shi Jing and offered gifts to the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan arrived, accepted Shi Tian’s Storage Ring, and was confused by the sect master’s unexpectedly courteous behavior.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had refined the Tier 8 Medicinal Pill with Five-Colored Pill Lightning, prompting Shi Tian to offer gifts and seek a partnership between the Lion Underworld Sect and the Tian Shu Alliance. Xiao Yan agreed to cooperate and discovered an Eighth-Rank Beast Flame in Shi Tian’s compensation.

• Shi Tian assumed Xiao Yan’s teacher had refined the Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and offered a congratulatory gift, but Xiao Yan revealed that he had refined it himself.
• Shi Tian apologized for underestimating Xiao Yan and promised both a congratulatory gift and compensation.
• Xiao Yan agreed to accept Shi Tian’s gifts and proposed that the Lion Underworld Sect cooperate with the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Shi Tian immediately accepted, and Xiao Yan offered to refine Tier 7 or Tier 8 Medicinal Pills for free if the sect supplied the herbs.
• Xiao Yan examined the Storage Ring and found an Eighth-Rank Beast Flame inside.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao planned to refine Beast Flames into a cultivation pill, while the Lion Underworld Sect’s cooperation with the Tian Shu Alliance stirred the continent. Xiao Ding then reported that the Yin-Yang Dual Flame had been found inside a secret realm.

• Xiao Yan told Shi Tian that his apology gift was inadequate and invited him to stay in Yan City until Xiao Ding returned to discuss cooperation.
• Yao Lao proposed using Beast Flame as a pill ingredient, and Xiao Yan realized he could refine it into a cultivation pill because he could absorb its violent energy.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao agreed to develop a formula while Xiao Yan sought more Beast Flames from Shi Jing’s congratulatory and apology gifts.
• Shi Tian and the Lion Underworld Sect elders stayed in Yan City, and rumors spread that the sect had partnered with the Tian Shu Alliance because an Eighth-Rank Alchemist was there.
• Xiao Ding reported that none of their relatives at Jia Nan Academy had shown a sudden change in cultivation or talent, then confirmed that a scout had seen the Yin-Yang Dual Flame inside a secret realm.