Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun attacked the Silver Moon Wolf King, with Xiao Yan drawing its attention while Yun Yun landed a devastating surprise strike. When the wounded beast aimed a powerful beam at Yun Yun, Xiao Yan rushed to shield her with his own body.

• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal, and they began their plan to attack the Silver Moon Wolf King.
• With Yao Lao possessing him, Xiao Yan raised his strength to Peak Dou Emperor and challenged the beast outside its cave.
• Xiao Yan dodged the Silver Moon Wolf King's beams, endured a claw wound, and struck its chest with flames.
• Yun Yun attacked from the forest and grievously wounded the Silver Moon Wolf King with a wind tornado.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King aimed a powerful beam at Yun Yun, so Xiao Yan rushed to her and turned his back toward the attack.

After Xiao Yan survived the Silver Moon Wolf King's devastating attack, Yun Yun killed the beast and carried him toward the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. His unusual constitution let him approach the Heavenly Flame unharmed, and he prepared to absorb it with Yao Lao's guidance.

• Xiao Yan endured the Silver Moon Wolf King's beam until it exhausted itself, while Yun Yun panicked over his severe injuries.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun to kill the Silver Moon Wolf King and take him to the flame in its cave, and Yun Yun attacked the beast with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill.
• Yun Yun killed the wounded Silver Moon Wolf King, then carried Xiao Yan toward the cave before the flames' heat stopped her from advancing.
• Xiao Yan recovered rapidly near the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, entered the cave alone, and found that the Heavenly Flame welcomed him.
• Yao Lao learned that Xiao Yan had received many inheritances from birth and advised him to use the Blood Lotus Pill and Ice Spirit Cold Spring before absorbing the flame.
• Xiao Yan sat down with the protective items and prepared to absorb the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, whose power was divided among his Spirit Container, body, and cultivation. After gaining a major increase in strength, he hinted to Yao Lao that he had received another benefit.

• Xiao Yan retrieved the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame's core seed, swallowed it, and guided it through his body with the Burning Mantra.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a Spirit Container, which Xiao Yan absorbed into his body.
• Xiao Yan's Spirit Devouring Body Forging Mantra, Fire Spirit Body, and Burning Mantra divided the flame's power and triggered repeated cycles of bodily destruction and reforging.
• After the flame's energy ran out, Xiao Yan reached peak Fifth Rank and said he was close to the Sixth Rank.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that his cultivation had risen from Nine-Star Da Dou Shi to Three-Star Dou Ling and that his technique had reached the initial Xuan Rank.
• When Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to focus on practicing Dou Skills and alchemy, Xiao Yan said he had gained more than he had revealed.

Xiao Yan explained that his Higher Heaven Rank Body Refining Technique had awakened the Myriad Beast talent, then discussed his plans and complicated relationship with Yun Zhi. As Yun Yun waited outside the cave, she resolved to prepare Yun Yanran to succeed her as sect leader and imagined a future with Xiao Huo.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that absorbing the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame had awakened Myriad Beast, which made magical beasts friendly toward him, strengthened his attacks against them, and let him improve beasts through his blood.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan to conceal Myriad Beast’s third effect, and Xiao Yan said he would travel to the Tagor Desert rather than return home so he could grow stronger and see his brothers.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Yun Zhi was the Misty Cloud Sect leader and his former fiancée’s teacher, and Yao Lao warned that their relationship could become awkward when the Three-Year Agreement arrived.
• Yao Lao left Xiao Yan to face the situation himself, and Xiao Yan decided to deal with it when it came.
• Yun Yun waited outside the cave, thought about her time with Xiao Huo, and decided to groom Yun Yanran to succeed her before imagining a future with Xiao Huo.

Xiao Yan returned to the valley with Yun Yun after surviving the Silver Moon Wolf King, and Yun Yun soon left to resume her duties after promising to meet him at the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Conference. Over a month later, Xiao Yan had made substantial progress in alchemy, cultivation, combat techniques, and physical strength.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun returned to the valley, where Xiao Yan used his Myriad Beast talent to calm Xiao Lan.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yi Xian how Xiao Yan had nearly died saving her, leaving Xiao Yi Xian distressed and Xiao Yan annoyed with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun announced she was leaving, and Xiao Yan said he would attend the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Conference; Yun Yun promised to meet him there and bring the Beast Flame.
• After Yun Yun left, Xiao Yan followed a packed routine of alchemy, Dou Technique training, cultivation, and time with Xiao Yi Xian.
• More than a month passed as Xiao Yan absorbed his gains and improved across his skills and physical strength.

After more than a month of training, Xiao Yan greatly improved his alchemy, soul power, and combat abilities before deciding to leave the small valley. Xiao Yi Xian also chose to depart for the Chu Yun Empire, and the two parted after promising not to forget each other.

• Xiao Yan refined an Imperial Extreme Pill for Yun Yun and a Myriad Beast Blood Pill that dramatically strengthened Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan's soul power reached the Sixth Tier and neared the Seventh Tier, while his flame control and combat techniques improved.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave the small valley after more than a month of training and told Xiao Yi Xian he was going.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she planned to travel to the Chu Yun Empire to develop as a poison master, and Xiao Yan gave her a Child Flame for protection.
• Xiao Yi Xian tearfully embraced Xiao Yan, and he promised he would remember her before flying away; she thought that he would mean everything to her if she looked back on her life.

Xiao Yan entered Black Rock City to verify his Alchemist rank and make an impression, then told Guild President Frank he would be assessed as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist by refining a Dou Ling Pill. Nalan Yanran and Elder Yun Jing arrived at the guild to seek information about Ice Spirit Cold Spring, just as Frank was preparing to help Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan entered Black Rock City and decided to have his Alchemist rank assessed.
• Nalan Yanran and Elder Yun Jing traveled to the city to find Gute and trade for his Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild wearing a flame-patterned mask and impressed Frank by identifying flaws in the guild president's incense.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yan Xiao and asked Frank to assess him as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, offering to refine a Dou Ling Pill with his own herbs.
• Nalan Yanran and Elder Yun Jing entered the guild and asked which person was President Frank.

Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Guild to demonstrate his skill by refining a Dou Ling Pill, while Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing arrived seeking Alchemist Gute. After hearing Xiao Yan speak, Nalan Yanran sensed that his voice resembled someone from her memories.

• Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing asked Frank to take them to Alchemist Gute, but Frank prioritized Xiao Yan's alchemist assessment and pill refinement.
• Frank introduced Xiao Yan as a suspected Sixth-Rank Alchemist, prompting Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing to decide to investigate him.
• Xiao Yan brought out Yao Lao's Black Demon Cauldron and arranged the herbs needed to refine the Dou Ling Pill.
• Otto arrived hoping to watch Xiao Yan refine the pill, apologized for interrupting him, and was allowed to observe.
• Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing entered to watch, and Xiao Yan invited the guild's Alchemists to attend.
• Nalan Yanran frowned when she heard Xiao Yan's young voice because it reminded her of someone she knew.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his Sixth-Rank alchemy skills and revealed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, while Nalan Yanran realized he might be able to save her grandfather from the Brand Poison. He continued refining a Dou Ling Pill as Nalan Yanran considered the chance to cure Nalan Jie.

• Nalan Yanran recognized a faint resemblance between the Sixth-Rank Alchemist's voice and Xiao Yan's but concluded that he could not be Xiao Yan.
• Otto and Frank brought their disciples and other Alchemists to watch Xiao Yan refine a pill.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and the Alchemists identified it as a Heavenly Flame that suppressed their ability to produce fire.
• Nalan Yanran remembered that Gu He had said Nalan Jie's Brand Poison could only be burned away with a Heavenly Flame, and she grew hopeful that Xiao Yan could save him.
• Xiao Yan considered the Nalan Clan's Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and decided not to help until he could gain the greatest benefit.
• Xiao Yan focused on refining a Dou Ling Pill for his planned breakthrough to the Dou Wang realm.

Xiao Yan completed a top-quality Dou Ling Pill, earning recognition as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist from the Alchemist Guild. After he refused to hear Nalan Yanran's request for help with Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, she followed him to his inn and offered to become his maid.

• Xiao Yan spent five days refining a Dou Ling Pill while the Alchemists watched and studied his techniques.
• Xiao Yan formed a flawless Dou Ling Pill that stirred the natural energy, and Frank promised to report his Sixth-Rank status and prepare his Alchemist robe.
• Xiao Yan refused Otto's offer of lodging and rejected Nalan Yanran's attempt to speak with him, then left the Alchemist Guild.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Jing to handle the exchange for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and said she intended to persuade Xiao Yan to save Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Yan returned to the inn and planned to travel to the Tagor Desert after receiving his robe.
• Nalan Yanran knocked on Xiao Yan's door and offered to become his maid.

Xiao Yan agreed to give the Nalan Clan a chance to negotiate treatment for Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, while Nalan Yanran served as his maid during their journey. In Desert City, Xiao Yan dismissed her and promised to treat her grandfather in a few months, and Nalan Yanran asked to see his face beneath his mask.

• Nalan Yanran offered to serve Xiao Yan as a maid for half a year in exchange for one chance for the Nalan Clan to negotiate treatment for Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison.
• During several days aboard the Flying Boat, Nalan Yanran served Xiao Yan, while he complained to Yao Lao that her poor cooking and clumsy service had made him regret taking her on.
• When the Flying Boat reached Desert City, Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran to leave because she would be a burden on his search.
• Xiao Yan promised to treat Nalan Jie’s poison when he visited the Jia Ma Empire’s capital for the Alchemist Conference, and told Nalan Yanran to prepare payment.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to remove his mask so she could see his face.

Xiao Yan visited Hai Bodong’s map shop in Desert City, secured a map fragment and information about Heavenly Flames, then flew toward Stone Desert City. Nalan Yanran was captured by snake-people in the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Yan spotted the cages as he traveled.

• Nalan Yanran rejected Xiao Yan’s refusal to remove his mask, then left Desert City and was captured after mercenaries used her as a shield against snake-people.
• Xiao Yan entered Ancient Map wearing his Sixth-Rank Alchemist’s robe and met Hai Bodong, who explained his seal and offered a map fragment in exchange for a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan accepted Hai Bodong’s deal and obtained information about Heavenly Flames along with a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment.
• Xiao Yan left Desert City and flew toward Stone Desert City, where he spotted snake-people guarding humans in cages and descended to investigate.

Xiao Yan rescued members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group from the Snake-People Tribe and revealed that he was the younger brother of its leaders. He reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, where they learned that he was only a Dou Ling in cultivation but could wield Dou Huang-level strength.

• Xiao Yan stopped a Snake-People Tribe group transporting captured mercenaries and learned they belonged to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan freed the mercenaries, punished a snake-person who dismissed their claim, and gave a Tier 3 Medicinal Pill to the woman who questioned his intentions.
• Xiao Yan told the mercenaries that their leaders were his elder brothers and asked them to lead him to Stone Desert City.
• Nalan Yanran remained captive and wished for Master Yan to rescue her, unaware that he had already left with the mercenaries.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding, then explained that his cultivation was only Dou Ling despite his ability to match a Dou Huang in strength.
• Xiao Yan took out medicinal pills he had brought for his elder brothers.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, revealed that he was a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and spent a day drinking with them before meeting Qing Lin. Meanwhile, Yun Yun infiltrated Medusa’s bedchamber in search of her Heavenly Flames and was discovered, leaving her in danger.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Myriad Beast Blood Pills and revealed his Sixth-Rank Alchemist robe.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan’s returned Heaven-Swallowing Talent, and the three brothers drank together until Xiao Ding and Xiao Li passed out.
• Qing Lin entered to clean the room, and Xiao Yan recognized her Snake-People heritage and invited her to serve as his maid.
• Yun Yun entered Medusa’s bedchamber to seek her Heavenly Flames, but Medusa revealed she had anticipated the infiltration.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Myriad Beast Blood Pills, then claimed Qing Lin as his maid after learning her identity. Meanwhile, Yun Yun infiltrated Medusa’s bedchamber for her Heavenly Flame but was defeated and ordered thrown into the dungeon.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li received Myriad Beast Blood Pills from Xiao Yan, and the three brothers drank together until the older brothers passed out.
• Xiao Yan recognized Qing Lin as the mixed-blood girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and told her she would become his maid.
• Qing Lin was overwhelmed by the prospect of serving Xiao Yan and fainted.
• Yun Yun entered Medusa’s bedchamber in search of her Heavenly Flame, but Medusa revealed she had anticipated the infiltration.
• Yun Yun attacked with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill, but Medusa shattered the technique and weakened her with a single strike.
• Medusa ordered her guards to seize Yun Yun and throw her into the dungeon.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran were separately imprisoned by the Snake-People Tribe, while Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s care and became his maid. The chapter ended with Yun Yun recognizing Nalan Yanran’s voice from the neighboring cell.

• Yun Yun recalled how she had been captured by Medusa while trying to steal the Heavenly Flame and realized she had underestimated her opponent.
• After days without food or water, Nalan Yanran hoped her master would rescue her from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s bed and agreed to become his maid, while Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that her special talent was worth nurturing.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li left to take the Myriad Beast Blood Pill, leaving Xiao Yan in charge of the mercenary group.
• Nalan Yanran was placed in a cell, ate the food and water inside, and called out to the neighboring prisoner; Yun Yun recognized her voice.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran sat in neighboring prison cells without realizing the other was there, while Xiao Yan strengthened his brothers and expanded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. The chapter ended with a mercenary reporting that Xiao Yan’s sought-after entrance had been found east of the city.

• Yun Yun mistook Nalan Yanran’s faint voice for a hallucination, and both women sat silently in adjacent cells without recognizing each other.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li woke with greatly enhanced physiques, accidentally demolished their house, and received pills from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan gave his brothers Earth Rank cultivation methods and Dou Skills as they trained to control their new strength.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li accidentally killed the Sand Mercenary Group’s leader and many senior members, and Xiao Yan took over its property; the Storm Mercenary Group surrendered.
• Xiao Yan planned to find the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and lotus seeds, while considering how to help Medusa evolve and obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• A mercenary reported to Xiao Yan that the entrance he had been searching for was east of the city.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin found the entrance to the underground Magma World, where Xiao Yan negotiated with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to guide him toward a lotus platform. He left Qing Lin safely behind and descended alone, spotting the Cyan Lotus Platform and recognizing it as a chance to gain [One-Click Dou Wang].

• Qing Lin sensed something unusual in the eastern area, and Xiao Yan led his group to the passage leading to the Magma World.
• Xiao Yan brought Qing Lin to the entrance, publicly praised her snake scales, and descended with her into the underground cavern.
• Qing Lin sensed the strongest remaining aura and guided Xiao Yan through a passage into the sea of magma.
• Xiao Yan used his [Myriad Beast] talent to lure out the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and offered it two drops of blood to guide him to the lotus platform.
• Xiao Yan protected Qing Lin with a barrier of Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, then followed the snake into the magma and continued deeper alone.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Cyan Lotus Platform and saw it as [One-Click Dou Wang].

Xiao Yan retrieved the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and seeds after discovering that Queen Medusa had already taken the Heavenly Flame. He used the seeds to advance from four-star Dou Ling to one-star Dou Wang, and planned to seek the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance for Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao concluded that Queen Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flame, so Xiao Yan collected the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and seeds instead.
• Xiao Yan gave the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake two drops of blood and led Qing Lin out of the underground cavern, intending to seek an inheritance for her at the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan returned to Stone Desert City with Qing Lin and celebrated with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li before entering seclusion that night.
• Xiao Yan sat on the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and swallowed its seeds, using their energy to advance from four-star Dou Ling to nine-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the remaining four seeds, broke through the Dou Wang barrier, and reached one-star Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave Stone Desert City with Qing Lin, hoping to give her a safer home among the Snake-People Tribe. There, Nalan Yanran waited for rescue in prison, but Queen Medusa visited Sect Master Yun Yun instead.

• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yan for reaching One-Star Dou Wang after absorbing eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, and Xiao Yan discussed how the Green Lotus Core Flame might affect his cultivation and abilities.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had waited outside his door for three days and was now feverish, so Xiao Yan found her asleep on the threshold.
• Xiao Yan decided to take Qing Lin away from Stone Desert City, bought her clothes and necessities, and gave her a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he was taking Qing Lin to the Snake-People Tribe, then flew there with her.
• Nalan Yanran assumed Queen Medusa had come to arrange her release, but Queen Medusa passed her cell and asked Sect Master Yun Yun how she had fared in prison.