Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan absorbed successive batches of magical beast blood essence, advancing his physique to the Five-Turn Dou Venerate stage before beginning to refine Ninth-Rank Magical Beast blood essence. As his companions trained in their own ways, the immense energy continued transforming Xiao Yan’s body.

• Xiao Yan absorbed five portions of Tier 8 Magical Beast blood essence and estimated that his physique had advanced from Two-Turn to Three-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan digested two portions of Semi-Saint Nine Netherworld Python blood essence and broke through to Four-Turn and then Five-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Dan Chen admired Xiao Yan’s progress, while Yao Lao resumed pill refining, Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a poisonous herb, and Qing Lin trained by absorbing the Dou Qi of her contracted serpent beasts.
• Queen Medusa tempered her body and cultivation in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, taking pills supplied by Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan swallowed one portion of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast blood essence and used his Heavenly Flames and Heaven-Swallowing Talent to break down its energy.
• Xiao Yan circulated the Spirit Devouring Body Forging Mantra as the blood essence transformed his bones, muscles, blood, organs, and other parts of his body.

Xiao Yan absorbed Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence in seclusion, strengthening his body until it reached the Semi-Saint realm while his cultivation remained at First-Turn Dou Venerate. He emerged to the astonishment of Yao Ming and the others, who had mistaken the immense energy vortex for a cultivation breakthrough.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the first portion of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence and raised his physical strength to match an ordinary Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a second portion of blood essence and steadily strengthened his body as the Semi-Saint realm drew closer.
• The Earth Fire Lotus Platform gathered energy around Xiao Yan's chambers, while Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian kept the Nine Netherworld Python Clan's elders and Chiefs away.
• Yao Ming gave Yao Lao the requested Medicinal Herbs, and Yao Lao agreed to refine pills for the clan until its supply was exhausted.
• Xiao Yan's powerful aura shook those gathered outside his chambers, and he emerged after the energy subsided.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Ming that his cultivation was still First-Turn Dou Venerate, but his body had reached Semi-Saint.

After emerging from nine months of seclusion, Xiao Yan learned how his companions had advanced and left the Nine Netherworld Python Clan with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen. During their three-month journey back toward the Northwest Continent, he trained Dan Chen and improved his spiritual strength and Dou Skills ahead of the Three-Year Agreement.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after nine months, learned Medusa was awakening her bloodline in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, and discovered Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen had advanced.
• Xiao Yan decided to return with the three women, while Yao Lao stayed behind to visit the Pill Tower and seek help preparing a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill as a surprise.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Ming to protect Medusa, then left the Nether Serpent Vein and traveled with his companions toward the Northwest Continent.
• During the three-month journey, Xiao Yan taught Dan Chen alchemy, helping her refine a Sixth Grade Intermediate pill, and strengthened his spiritual power toward the Heavenly Realm.
• Xiao Yan practiced the Yellow Springs Finger, Myriad Flame Palm, and Five Wheel Fire Method, achieving initial mastery of the first two and learning to control all five fire spirits.

After returning to Yan City, Xiao Yan learned from Xiao Ding how the Tian Shu Alliance had expanded and planned a continent-wide auction before Xiao Yan entered seclusion. With eight months set aside for cultivation and two months for rest, Xiao Yan left to visit Jia Nan Academy before beginning his seclusion.

• Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and met Xiao Ding at the Tian Shu Alliance headquarters.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding he needed eight months to absorb two more portions of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence, leaving two months before his Three-Year Agreement with the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Ding described the Tian Shu Alliance’s expansion across the Southwestern, Pill, Eastern, and Western Regions, including Yellow Springs Pavilion’s destruction by Venerable Skyfire.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding agreed to hold a continent-wide auction after Xiao Yan’s eight months of secluded cultivation, and Xiao Yan approved several factions for alliance membership.
• Xiao Yan left for Jia Nan Academy to visit the girl he missed before entering seclusion.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xiao Xun'er, whose feelings of inadequacy over his achievements prompted him to reassure her. He left with her, while Xin Lan recognized the token that could secure Xiao Yan's favor.

• Jia Nan Academy's rising prestige attracted students hoping for recommendations to the Tian Shu Alliance and a chance to meet its leader, Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the Inner Academy plaza, and students recognized him as Elder Yan Xiao, founder of the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Xun'er ran to Xiao Yan and embraced him after more than a year apart.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Xun'er that she was worthy of him, while she admitted she felt inferior to his accomplishments.
• Xiao Yan left the plaza with Xiao Xun'er in his arms, and Xin Lan clutched the token that could buy a favor from him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er reunited and shared an intimate meal before Great Elder Su Qian arrived with Ye Xinlan to ask for Xiao Yan's help. Ye Xinlan presented a token and pleaded for assistance on behalf of her family.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he had reached the Semi-Saint level, and she embraced him before confessing her worries about satisfying his appetite.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er spent the night together, and she traded him steamed buns and a performance for more food.
• Xiao Xun'er said the next morning that Xiao Yan's food made her feel close to breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Great Elder Su Qian visited Xiao Yan with Ye Xinlan, who introduced herself as a member of the Ye family in the Pill Region.
• Ye Xinlan presented a token and asked Xiao Yan to help her family.

Xiao Yan accepted the Ye Family's request to join the Tian Shu Alliance and appoint Ye Zhong as Pill Hall Vice-Hall Master, then returned to Yan City to prepare for eight months of seclusion. He left Xiao Yi Xian in charge and began cultivating, with plans to spend two months with Xiao Xun'er afterward.

• Xiao Yan recognized the auction token Ye Xinlan presented and agreed to exchange it for the Ye Family's admission into the Tian Shu Alliance and Ye Zhong's appointment as Pill Hall Vice-Hall Master.
• Xiao Yan explained to Xiao Xun'er that he planned to enter seclusion for eight months, promised to spend the following two months with her, and left Jia Nan Academy the next day.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Yao Ye about the Ye Family's agreement, and Xiao Ding said the family's reputation would strengthen the alliance and its Pill Hall.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard, told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen that he was entering seclusion, and asked Xiao Yi Xian to call him out if it lasted beyond eight months.
• Xiao Yan entered the quiet room to begin his seclusion.

Xiao Yan absorbed ninth-rank magical beast blood essence and advanced his physique to High-Level Semi-Saint before beginning to refine a Bodhi Pill. Meanwhile, Yao Lao nearly completed a Tier 9 Precious Pill before a vast crowd in Holy Pill City.

• Xiao Yan used the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and the first jar of blood essence to advance from Initial Half-Saint to Intermediate Half-Saint, causing panic across Yan City until Hai Bodong calmed the people.
• Xiao Yan absorbed a second jar and half of a third jar of blood essence, then advanced to High-Level Semi-Saint and stabilized his strength.
• Xiao Yan chose to remain in seclusion and began refining a Bodhi Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron to test whether he could summon nine-colored pill lightning without special methods.
• Yao Lao controlled the Fallen Heart Flame and brought a Tier 9 Precious Pill close to completion before a huge crowd in Holy Pill City.

Yao Lao publicly refined a Tier 9 Precious Pill, revealing that he had reached Two-Star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yan completed his seclusion and returned to the Tian Shu Alliance. The chapter ended with Xiao Ding explaining that the attention surrounding Yao Lao had overwhelmed the alliance with visitors and work ahead of the auction.

• Yao Lao spent half a month refining a Tier 9 Precious Pill before enduring its black demon thunder as a Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Lao completed the pill and revealed that he had prepared it as a gift for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan finished refining a Bodhi Pill in seclusion and added it to his collection of four Bodhi Pills and one Bodhi Seed.
• Xiao Yan learned from Xiao Yi Xian that he had been in seclusion for seven months and twenty-four days, then went to see Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that visitors seeking Yao Lao's favor had turned to the Tian Shu Alliance and Star Meteor Pavilion, adding to his auction workload.

Xiao Yan agreed with Xiao Ding to delegate the Vientiane Auction House’s affairs to Ya Fei and set the auction for a month later, as the Tian Shu Alliance’s growing power and valuable lots drew the Central Plains’ attention. While preparations continued, Xiao Yan spent a relaxed stretch of time with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, though Qing Lin’s behavior outside their door unsettled him.

• Xiao Ding proposed handing the Vientiane Auction House’s affairs to Ya Fei, and Xiao Yan approved the choice.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Yao Lao’s Tier 9 Precious Pill and Two-Star Dou Saint strength had raised the Tian Shu Alliance’s profile, and they scheduled the auction for a month later.
• Factions across the Central Plains took notice of the auction because of the Tian Shu Alliance’s standing and the promised Bodhi Pill, Heavenly Flames, and Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Xun'er graduated from Jia Nan Academy and joined Xiao Yan in the Central Plains, while Xiao Yi Xian grew jealous of their closeness.
• Xiao Yan spent his days with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, but Qing Lin kept listening outside their door and playing with her bean.

Xiao Yan and the Tian Shu Alliance welcomed powerful guests to the Vientiane Auction in their newly built city. 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 moved its headquarters there in preparation for the Vientiane Auction.
• Xiao Yan left his courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen to welcome invited guests.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor arrived with Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, teased Xiao Yan about Huo'er, and entered the auction house.
• Fairy Qing and Fairy Hua arrived, and Fairy Qing asked Xiao Yan about Yao Lao.
• Dan Hong arrived with the Cao Clan patriarch and the Ye Family patriarch, and revealed that Dan Chen was Xiao Yan's disciple.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ling of the Yao Clan requested VIP seats, and Xiao Yan asked their names and faction.

Xiao Yan welcomed powerful guests from the Yao Clan, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, the Pill Tower, and other factions to the Tian Shu Alliance auction. Yun Yun arrived after breaking through to Semi-Saint, and Xiao Yan led her inside as the auction was about to begin.

• Yao Yue requested a VIP room for the Yao Clan, and Yao Ling felt a mysterious attraction to Xiao Yan before entering the auction house.
• Zhu Li and Hei Qing arrived on behalf of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and praised Xiao Yan while explaining that Zi Yan was in seclusion.
• Leaders of major factions arrived, and Xuankong Zi, Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, and Yao Chen greeted Xiao Yan at the entrance.
• Xiao Yan waited for Yun Yun, who arrived late after breaking through to Semi-Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun to share his VIP room, took her hand, and led her into the auction house as the auction was set to begin.

Ya Fei opened the Vientiane Auction by selling seven Earth Demon Puppets and other lots while the Tian Shu Alliance displayed its strength. The auction then shifted to its major offerings as she unveiled Xiao Yan’s Peak Eighth-Tier Bodhi Pill, which could draw nine-colored pill lightning.

• Ya Fei introduced the first lot, a Seven-Star Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppet, while Dou Venerate-level Heavenly Demon Puppets guarded the stage.
• The head of the Ye Family won the first Earth Demon Puppet with an eighth-tier five-colored pill.
• The auction continued with ordinary lots and the remaining six Earth Demon Puppets, which the Cao Clan, the Dan Clan, Xuankong Zi, Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, and Qinghua Old Monster acquired.
• As the lower-level lots ran out, Ya Fei revealed Xiao Yan’s Peak Eighth-Tier Bodhi Pill, capable of drawing nine-colored pill lightning.

Xiao Yan’s auction sold the Bodhi Pills, Heavenly Demon Puppets, a heavenly-realm Soul Technique, and other valuable items for major resources. Yao Ling won the final lot, a token granting one task from Xiao Yan, and the auction concluded.

• Ya Fei began bidding on the four Bodhi Pills, and Tianleizi won the first with a nine-colored lightning pill and five eight-colored lightning pills.
• Xiao Yan’s remaining Heavenly Demon Puppets and Bodhi Pills went to Xuankong Zi, Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, Yao Ling, Old Man Baoshan, and a Peak Dou Venerate expert.
• Heavenly Scorpion reacted angrily when the Bodhi Pills ran out, but Yao Lao suppressed him with his Dou Saint aura.
• Xuankong Zi won a high-grade Soul Technique for the Pill Tower by offering Tier 9 Medicinal Recipes and precious herbs.
• Xiao Yan accepted a Seven-Colored Origin Stone in exchange for an auction item, then Ya Fei presented his task token as the final lot.
• Yao Ling won Xiao Yan’s token with ninth-rank magical beast blood essence and medicinal herbs, bringing the auction to an end.

After the auction, Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Lao, who gave him a Tier 9 Precious Pill to boost his cultivation. Yao Yue and Yao Ling of the Yao Clan arrived to meet Xiao Yan, and Yao Ling asked whether he was Xiao Xun'er's chosen partner.

• Xiao Yan collected the auction winnings from Ya Fei and discussed his plans for Xiao Xun'er's future with her.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen back while he caught up with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao about his seclusion, and Yao Lao explained that he had refined a cultivation-boosting Tier 9 Precious Pill using Xiao Yan's formula.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the pill and agreed to support him at the Three-Year Agreement.
• Ya Fei brought Yao Yue and Yao Ling to meet Xiao Yan, and Yao Ling asked if Xiao Yan was Xiao Xun'er's partner.

Xiao Yan learned that Yao Ling sensed something in him that could complement his unusual constitution, then returned home to inspect the treasures from the auction. He discovered that the final heavenly flame information pointed to the fire cloud water flame, the last mid-tier heavenly flame he lacked.

• Yao Ling told Xiao Yan that his body yearned for something about him, and Xiao Yan suspected Yao Ling was drawn to his soul before leaving.
• Yao Ling told Yao Yue he wanted to spend time with Xiao Yan to discover whether a treasure or Xiao Yan himself attracted him.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and inspected the auction winnings, including six nine-colored pills, ninth-rank magical beast blood essence, spirit dragon heavenly ganoderma, medicinal herbs, and Ninth-grade Pill Recipes.
• Xiao Yan confirmed he had collected the complete Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and planned to give the seven-colored rough stone to Medusa.
• Xiao Yan read the heavenly flame information and discovered it described the fire cloud water flame, 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 provide blood that could restore soul origin, then absorbed the fire cloud water flame and learned that Heavenly Flame Manifestation had become more efficient. As the Three-Year Agreement approached, the Ancient Clan decided to bring Xiao Xun'er back, sending Elder Tongxuan and Elder Gu Yang.

• Yao Ling offered Xiao Yan his blood in exchange for staying near him, and Xiao Yan agreed to exchange insights with him.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the fire cloud water flame, adding it to his heavenly flame collection and improving his Dou Qi circulation and capacity.
• The three thousand burning flame told Xiao Yan that each collected flame reduced the energy needed for Heavenly Flame Manifestation.
• Xiao Yan left seclusion after about a day and decided to rest until the Three-Year Agreement.
• The Ancient Clan elders decided to bring Xiao Xun'er back, and Elder Tongxuan and Elder Gu Yang volunteered to go.