Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan decided to delay exploring the unknown secret realm until Xiao Yi Xian arrived, then crafted flying wings from Heavenly Demon Phoenix bone wings for Xiao Ding. Xiao Li returned unexpectedly quickly and revealed that Xiao Yi Xian had helped him on the way back.

• Xiao Yan listened to Xiao Ding's warning and decided to wait for Xiao Yi Xian before entering the secret realm.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding about Shi Tian's arrival and the Tian Shu Alliance's partnership with the Lion Underworld Sect, and Xiao Ding worried that his responsibilities would grow.
• Xiao Yan chose Xiao Ding as the recipient of the Heavenly Goose Nine-Row Wings and crafted a pair from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix bone wings, using their released soul energy to help Yao Tianhuo recover.
• Xiao Yan went to give the finished wings to Xiao Ding, who was discussing the partnership with Shi Tian when Xiao Li suddenly arrived.
• Xiao Li explained that a kindhearted person had helped him return quickly and silently told Xiao Ding that the person was Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Yan City and reunited with Xiao Yan, revealing herself as a Peak Dou Venerate. Her return and Xiao Yan’s display of power further convinced Shi Tian that the Tian Shu Alliance was an exceptionally formidable force.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Shi Tian that Xiao Yi Xian was Xiao Yan’s lover and a High-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding a flying wing refined from a Peak Seventh Rank Heavenly Demon Phoenix Bone Wing, and Shi Tian was alarmed when Xiao Yan dismissed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as no threat.
• Xiao Li explained that an acquaintance had brought him back from the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan realized the acquaintance was Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared behind Xiao Yan, embraced him tightly, and told him how much she had missed him.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Yi Xian, while Shi Tian realized that she was a Peak Dou Venerate rather than merely a High-Star Dou Venerate.

Shi Tian met Xiao Yi Xian and discussed the Lion Underworld Sect’s cooperation with the Tian Shu Alliance before leaving Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to catch up privately. Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had reached Peak Dou Venerate, and the chapter ended with her asking Xiao Yan about the girl he cherished most.

• Shi Tian introduced himself to Xiao Yi Xian as the Lion Underworld Sect’s master and offered her a meeting gift, which she asked him to make Heavenly Flames or high-grade Beast Flames.
• After Shi Tian left, Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian about his Dou God Bloodline characteristics and asked Xiao Li about the Xiao clan, learning that Xiao Zhan had advanced to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Qing Lin had stayed behind to cultivate and that she had come ahead because she missed Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li made an excuse to give Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian privacy, and the pair went to Xiao Yan’s courtyard to talk.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Peak Dou Venerate, and she asked him to tell her about the girl he cherished most.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian about his long history with Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian confessed her feelings and grew closer to him. After Zi Yan delivered Xiao Xun'er's message asking when he would visit, Xiao Yi Xian said he should go tomorrow.

• Xiao Yan recounted how Xiao Xun'er had supported him since childhood, and Xiao Yi Xian worried that he might grow tired of her.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian, and she kissed him after gaining control of her Woeful Poison Body.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan she was happy to belong to him, and he promised her he would not lie.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent the morning together in Yan City, where he bought her a poisonous purple flower.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan for pills and passed on Xiao Xun'er's message that she missed him and wanted to know when he could visit.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan he should go see Xiao Xun'er tomorrow.

Xiao Yan refined hundreds of pills before leaving Yan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan for Jia Nan Academy. At the academy, Bai Lie and Qian Mu recognized Xiao Yan and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was his partner, then let the group pass.

• Xiao Yan refined the medicinal herbs Zi Yan provided into hundreds of pills while Xiao Yi Xian watched, then Xiao Yi Xian sent Zi Yan away so she and Xiao Yan could review techniques together.
• Xiao Yi Xian spent the next morning supporting herself with spatial power, and Xiao Yan distracted Zi Yan by asking how many pills she had left.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled from Yan City to Jia Nan Academy through Peace Town and Jia Nan City.
• Bai Lie and Qian Mu sensed the group’s powerful auras and went to investigate, recognizing Xiao Yan’s Flame Mask when they arrived.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian as his partner, and Bai Lie and Qian Mu stepped aside to let the three continue toward the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Xiao Xun'er asked to speak privately with Xiao Yi Xian. While waiting, Xiao Yan encountered Han Xian, whose excited greeting drew a crowd eager to see the famous alchemist.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Xiao Xun'er's courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, and Ling Ying welcomed him after recognizing him.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to talk alone, leaving Xiao Yan outside to wait while he went for a walk.
• Xiao Yan wandered through the Inner Academy Plaza, anxious about how the conversation between the two women might end.
• Han Xian recognized Xiao Yan and credited his earlier alchemy lesson with helping him become a Fifth-Rank Alchemist.
• Students gathered around Xiao Yan after recognizing his Flame Mask and speculating about his alchemy rank and abilities.

Xiao Yan invited Han Xian to join the Tian Shu Alliance as an elder of its planned Pill Hall, then learned Xiao Xun'er accepted his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian but needed time alone. With Xiao Xun'er’s future freedom in mind, Xiao Yan decided to pursue the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and asked Yao Tianhuo if he wanted to be revived.

• Han Xian thanked Xiao Yan for helping him become a Fifth-Rank Alchemist, and Xiao Yan offered him an elder position in the Tian Shu Alliance’s planned Pill Hall after graduation.
• Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard and found Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er leaving; Xiao Xun'er said she knew about his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian and asked to be alone for a while.
• Xiao Xun'er accepted Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and urged him not to let Xiao Yi Xian down, while Xiao Yan promised to oppose the Ancient Clan restricting her freedom.
• Xiao Yan concluded he needed strength enough to withstand a Semi-Saint and resolved to subdue the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, but first wanted to leave the Tian Shu Alliance a powerful fighting force.
• Xiao Yan sent a voice transmission to Yao Tianhuo and asked whether he wanted to be revived.

Xiao Yan offered to resurrect Yao Tianhuo, who eagerly agreed to help him afterward. Xiao Yi Xian recalled Xiao Xun'er’s surprising acceptance of her relationship with Xiao Yan, then joined him on the way to Yan City, where Zi Yan appeared and asked for help defeating a white magical beast.

• Xiao Yan offered to resurrect Yao Tianhuo, and Yao Tianhuo agreed to follow his arrangements after being revived.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled how Xiao Xun'er welcomed her as Xiao Yan’s partner and asked her to satisfy him while Xiao Xun'er waited until she became a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to return to the small courtyard in Yan City while he went to the Vientiane Auction House for medicinal ingredients.
• Zi Yan appeared and asked Xiao Yan to help her defeat a big white monkey blocking her path to something valuable.
• Xiao Yan recognized the beast as a likely Snow Demon Sky Ape and recalled the Earth Core Tempering Milk.

Xiao Yan sought Earth Core Tempering Milk to improve his chances of advancing to Dou Venerate, and used his Myriad Beast talent to make the Snow Demon Sky Ape lead him to it. He collected the treasure while leaving some behind to regenerate, and anticipated Shi Tian’s return with the Beast Flame needed to refine a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Zi Yan confront the Snow Demon Sky Ape after learning that Earth Core Tempering Milk could improve his chances of breaking through to Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan used his Myriad Beast talent to command the Snow Demon Sky Ape, who led Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian into a hidden cave passage.
• Xiao Yan followed the earth’s power through an underground world to a stalactite holding Earth Core Tempering Milk.
• Yao Lao identified the liquid inside the stalactite and said it could strengthen the pill formula he was preparing for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan collected most of the Earth Core Tempering Milk, left some behind to form again, and looked forward to Shi Tian returning with the Beast Flame.

Xiao Yan collected diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk for Zi Yan and gave the Snow Demon Sky Ape an Ice Marrow Fruit, leading the ape to become Zi Yan’s little brother. In Yan City, Xiao Yan began seeking rare ingredients for pills to revive Venerable Skyfire and considered asking the Ancient Clan for a Saint Bone to revive Yao Lao.

• Zi Yan took all the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk after Xiao Yan refused to give her the real supply, which he needed for pill refining.
• Xiao Yan gave the Snow Demon Sky Ape an Ice Marrow Fruit, greatly increasing its strength, but refused to take it as his mount.
• Zi Yan invited the Snow Demon Sky Ape to follow her as her little brother, and it agreed.
• Xiao Yan left Zi Yan and the Snow Demon Sky Ape with Xiao Yi Xian in Yan City, then asked Hai Bodong to find ingredients for two revival pills.
• Hai Bodong reported that the auction house lacked several key ingredients, so Xiao Yan offered a reasonable request to anyone who brought him a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit.
• Xiao Yan considered asking the Ancient Clan for a Saint Bone in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade so Yao Lao could be revived as a Saint.

Xiao Yan offered a request in exchange for a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, and Master Yao asked for the Thousand Medicine Workshop to join the Tian Shu Alliance. Xiao Yan accepted the deal and turned his thoughts to finding the magical beast essence blood needed to revive Venerable Skyfire.

• The Vientiane Auction House announced Xiao Yan's bounty for a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, and Xiao Yan spent the following days cultivating and sparring with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hai Bodong brought Mo Tianxing to Tian Shu Hall, where Mo Tianxing revealed that the Thousand Medicine Workshop had found a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit.
• Master Yao met Xiao Yan and requested that the Thousand Medicine Workshop join the Tian Shu Alliance in exchange for the fruit.
• Xiao Yan accepted Master Yao's request and told her to hand over the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit.
• Xiao Yan wondered which magical beast's essence blood to use to revive Venerable Skyfire.

Xiao Yan received the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, accepted Beast Flames from Mo Tianxing, and discussed the Tian Shu Alliance’s future expansion. He refined the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill for Venerable Skyfire and considered obtaining Tier 8 Magical Beast essence blood from the Fire Lizards beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Master Yao gave Xiao Yan the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, and he accepted Thousand Medicine Workshop into the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Mo Tianxing presented Xiao Yan with Seventh-Rank and Sixth-Rank Beast Flames, and Xiao Yan told him to prepare the Black Emperor Sect for the alliance’s expansion into the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and began refining the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan completed the pill, while the Earth Demon Puppet endured its Pill Lightning and absorbed its power.
• Xiao Yan considered using Tier 8 Magical Beast essence blood for Venerable Skyfire’s resurrection and recalled the Dou Venerate-level Fire Lizards beneath Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan persuaded Yao Lao to let him enter the underground Magma World despite the danger posed by a Semi-Saint Fire Lizard. After arranging for Jia Nan Academy’s students to evacuate, he descended into the magma and discovered that the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard had been guarding the depths all along.

• Xiao Yan convinced Yao Lao that his spatial concealment and the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill gave him enough protection to enter the Magma World.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian a note and told Su Qian that his trip beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower might cause disturbances.
• Su Qian evacuated the students, and Xiao Yan explained the reason and gave pills to those whose cultivation had been interrupted.
• Xiao Yan entered the Magma World under a Spatial Barrier and passed lower-level Fire Lizards without attacking them.
• Xiao Yan sensed a high-level Fire Lizard, and Yao Lao recognized its aura as the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard that had remained there since their previous encounter.

Xiao Yan avoided a Semi-Saint Fire Lizard and discovered that Fallen Heart Flame could combine the power of his other Heavenly Flames for a coordinated strike. Fallen Heart Flame killed a powerful Dou Venerate Fire Lizard, and Xiao Yan collected its body before the Semi-Saint arrived, completing the materials he needed for resurrection.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan to flee from the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard, and Xiao Yan decided to return after growing stronger.
• Xiao Yan traveled farther through the Magma World and chose a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard as his target.
• Xiao Yan learned that Fallen Heart Flame could gather the other Heavenly Flames' power if he ordered them to obey it.
• Fallen Heart Flame compressed the gathered flames into a fireline that pierced and killed the Dou Venerate Fire Lizard.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the Fire Lizard's body and Fallen Heart Flame inside the Spatial Barrier as the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard arrived and roared.

After returning from the Magma World with a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard’s remains, Xiao Yan prepared to refine a body for Venerable Skyfire while Xiao Yi Xian guarded him. Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian watched as Xiao Yan began the resurrection process.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower after Fallen Heart Flame killed a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard, and he praised the flame for its success.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Tianhuo that he would help resurrect him, then left the tower and returned to Yan City.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian waiting in the courtyard and asked her to guard him while he refined a body for Venerable Skyfire.
• Xiao Yan introduced Venerable Skyfire to Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao emerged to observe the body-refining method.
• Xiao Yan set out Venerable Skyfire’s Dou Venerate skeleton, the Fire Lizard’s essence blood, and the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill, then summoned his Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan refined a new body for Venerable Skyfire and helped him fuse with it, restoring him as a four-star Dou Venerate. Venerable Skyfire pledged his service to Xiao Yan and became the fifth elder of the Tian Shu Alliance, just as a visitor from the Lion Underworld Sect requested an audience.

• Xiao Yan used the Dou Venerate Fire Lizard's essence blood and his Fusion Heavenly Flame to grow a complete body from Venerable Skyfire's skeleton.
• Xiao Yan guided Venerable Skyfire to swallow the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill and endure the Heavenly Flames as his soul fused with the body.
• Venerable Skyfire completed the fusion and reached the four-star Dou Venerate level.
• Yao Tianhuo thanked Xiao Yan and pledged to serve him, and Xiao Yan appointed him the fifth elder of the Tian Shu Alliance.
• A Vientiane Auction House staff member told Xiao Yan that Sect Master Shi Tian of the Lion Underworld Sect had requested an audience.

Xiao Yan received precious beast flames and other gifts from Shi Tian, then agreed to guide the Lion Underworld Sect’s alchemists after he finished refining a Tier 8 medicinal pill. Shi Tian left to fetch them, while Xiao Yan prepared to begin the refinement and pursue the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.

• Hai Bodong hosted Shi Tian, who noticed Hai Bodong’s rapid cultivation progress and discussed the Tian Shu Alliance’s strength.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived through a spatial crack with Yao Tianhuo, whose status as the alliance’s fifth elder surprised Shi Tian.
• Shi Tian gave Xiao Yan storage rings containing valuable beast flames and fire-attributed treasures, including three Tier 8 beast flames.
• Xiao Yan agreed to guide the Lion Underworld Sect’s alchemists after refining his Tier 8 medicinal pill, and Shi Tian left to bring them over.
• Xiao Yan prepared to refine the pill and planned to acquire the Yin-Yang Dual Flame afterward.

Xiao Yan brought Venerable Skyfire to the Tian Shu Alliance and arranged for Yao Ye to help Xiao Ding manage its affairs. He then returned to his courtyard and began preparing a pill with Yao Lao, leaving the story at the start of refining.

• Xiao Yan introduced Venerable Skyfire to Xiao Ding and welcomed him as an elder of the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan proposed that Yao Ye assist Xiao Ding, and Xiao Ding agreed to ask Jia Lao to approve her transfer.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian to refine a medicinal pill, while she guarded the area.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao an Emperor Rank soul cultivation method and worked with him to improve and finalize the pill prescription.
• Xiao Yan gathered the Beast Flames, fire-attributed Medicinal Herbs, and Earth Core Tempering Milk, then fused his Heavenly Flames with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in the lead.

Xiao Yan refined a Tier 8 pill using Beast Flame as its energy source, and the pill drew Four-Colored Pill Lightning before taking shape. Its appearance convinced spies in Yan City that the Eighth-Rank Alchemist was connected to the Tian Shu Alliance, while Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to give the pill to Yan'er so he could break through to Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Yan used his Fusion Heavenly Flame to suppress and compress the Beast Flames, then refined medicinal herbs and Earth Core Tempering Milk into layers around their energy.
• Xiao Yan added a drop of blood imbued with his Myriad Beast talent, completed the pill, and watched Four-Colored Pill Lightning gather without the purple clouds appearing.
• Xiao Yan sent the Earth Demon Puppet to block the lightning, further strengthening it as spies across Yan City suspected the Eighth-Rank Alchemist belonged to or supported the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan caught and suppressed the completed pill, and Yao Lao told him to let Yan'er take it and break through to Dou Venerate.

Xiao Yan swallowed the Myriad Beast Fire Pill and drew on his seven Heavenly Flames to absorb an immense amount of fire-attributed energy. He broke through from the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong to Dou Venerate as seven flame phenomena appeared above Yan City.

• Xiao Yan named the pill the Myriad Beast Fire Pill, swallowed it, and began refining its energy with the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan’s aura climbed to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong, then stopped as he stabilized his realm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the seven Heavenly Flames, which unleashed the pill’s energy and strained his body as his aura surged.
• The seven Heavenly Flames manifested as enormous phenomena above Yan City and drew fire-attributed energy from across the Black-Corner Region and neighboring nations.
• The Earth Fire Lotus Platform channeled the gathered energy into Xiao Yan, and an earth force helped him absorb it.
• Xiao Yan shattered the barrier between Dou Zong and Dou Venerate and completed his breakthrough.