Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited Zi Yan with her father, Zhukun, and helped them begin repairing their strained relationship. Zhukun explained why he had been trapped away from her, then gave Xiao Yan three drops of his blood essence as a gift.

• Zhukun sensed Zi Yan approaching with Xiao Yan and recognized her as his daughter, but she hid in Xiao Yan's embrace and sobbed instead of welcoming him.
• Zhukun changed into human form and apologized to Zi Yan, while Xiao Yan told him about the Xiao Clan's destruction and his ambition to become a Dou Emperor.
• Zi Yan defended Xiao Yan's talent, and Xiao Yan recounted how they had met and how he had cared for her; Zi Yan then shared the small kindnesses she remembered.
• Zhukun thanked Xiao Yan for looking after Zi Yan and explained that he had left her outside Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's cave because he feared it would harm her, but the cave had sealed him inside.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhukun for blood essence to strengthen his body, and Zhukun gave him three drops; Zi Yan called Zhukun her father, making him rejoice.

Zhukun learned that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four islands and that three Dragon Kings threatened Zi Yan’s rule, so he gave Xiao Yan blood essence and a clan scale to help protect her. Xiao Yan left the dark space with Zi Yan, handled matters at Jia Nan Academy and the Black Emperor Sect, then returned to Tian Shu City and entered seclusion to absorb the blood essence.

• Xiao Yan told Zhukun that three Late Three-Star Dou Saint Dragon Kings had divided the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and challenged Zi Yan’s authority.
• Zhukun explained that bloodline potential limited the clan’s strength and asked how much his blood essence could improve Xiao Yan’s cultivation.
• After Zi Yan said she trusted Xiao Yan, Zhukun gave him seven more drops of blood essence and a scale granting access to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s resources.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan left the dark space, and Xiao Yan learned from Su Qian that Mang Tianchi had approved Jia Nan Academy’s relocation before visiting Mo Tianxing at the Black Emperor Sect.
• Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan back to Tian Shu City, spoke with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Ling, then entered seclusion to absorb Zhukun’s blood essence.

Xiao Yan absorbed Zhukun’s blood essence and advanced to Mid-Stage Four-Star Dou Sheng, while the Tian Shu Alliance grew into a major power and drew the attention of the Soul Clan. Preparing to search the Skeleton Mountain Range with Zi Yan and Yao Ling, he received a request from Gu Yang to meet.

• Xiao Yan absorbed Zhukun’s blood essence, strengthening his physique and Space Control talent, and advanced to Mid-Stage Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Tian Shu Alliance expanded rapidly, and Xiao Yan learned that his growing fame had attracted the attention of powerful clans, including the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan left seclusion and learned from Xiao Ding about the alliance’s success and the risks posed by his reputation and heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan planned to search the Skeleton Mountain Range with Zi Yan and Yao Ling, while Qing Lin stayed behind to watch over Xiao Yi Xian during her seclusion.
• Gu Yang sent Xiao Yan a message asking to meet and discuss a favor.

Xiao Yan suspected Gu Yang’s request to refine a pill was a pretext for a meeting, but he agreed to wait six months and resolved to use his leverage against the Soul Clan if needed. He then entered Creation Saint’s ruins with Zi Yan and Yao Ling, found the Soul Infant Demon Tree, and learned it bore a Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit.

• Xiao Yan questioned Gu Yang’s request for a Tier 9 Precious Pill and said his Heavenly Flames would need half a year to recover before he could refine it.
• Gu Yang reported their exchange to Nihility Devouring Flame, who ordered him to keep lying low and privately wondered whether Xiao Yan had noticed something.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Ling reached the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan found the hidden ruins and removed their Space Seal.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the ruins’ guardians, led the group through the magma passage, and collected the ten Earth Demon Puppets.
• Zi Yan sensed the medicinal herbs, and Xiao Yan led the group through an ancient herb forest to the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
• Soul Spirit Emperor exclaimed that the tree bore a Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit.

Xiao Yan secured the Ancient Forest’s treasures and swept the surrounding palace for resources, then began removing the entire forest to make a medicinal garden for the Alliance. Yao Ling realized Xiao Yan possessed Dou Sheng-level power as the forest rose at his command.

• Xiao Yan took both Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruits, compensated their guardian, the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon, with a Tier 7 physique-enhancing pill, and let Yao Ling know she would need to trade for a fruit.
• Zi Yan sensed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Yan collected it along with its sapling before gathering the Ancient Forest’s medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan and the women searched the palace rooms and corridors, taking their resources; Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan an eighth-tier, nine-colored Pill Beast to keep.
• In the Main Hall, Xiao Yan erased the imprints on the Dou Venerate puppets, collected them and ten Earth Rank Dou Skill scrolls, and took the Creation Saint’s skeleton.
• Xiao Yan used his soul, physique, and the power of heaven and earth to lift the entire Ancient Forest from the hall, shocking Yao Ling.

Xiao Yan carried an ancient forest from the Creation Saint's ruins to Tian Shu City and created a small world to serve as the Tian Shu Alliance's medicinal garden. After leaving the garden, he felt a Heavenly Flame calling to him and hurried back, suspecting it might be the Life Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Yan suspended the ancient forest and carried it away from the ruins, astonishing Yao Ling and the magical beasts outside.
• Xiao Yan created a small world near Tian Shu City, placed the ancient forest inside, and connected the world's laws to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan showed Gu He the medicinal garden and asked him to arrange for the Pill Hall to plant more herbs there.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding about the small world and the medicinal garden, then suddenly sensed a Heavenly Flame calling to him.
• Xiao Yan hurried back to the medicinal garden, wondering whether the Life Spirit Flame was inside.

Xiao Yan searched the Medicinal Garden for the Life Spirit Flame, then found it disguised as a Yin-Yang Dual-Pole Flower after he stopped forcing the search and calmed his mind. The flame chose to follow him, and Xiao Yan returned to the Small Courtyard before preparing to absorb it.

• Xiao Yan reinforced the Medicinal Garden’s small world and searched the Ancient Forest for the Life Spirit Flame, but found no trace of it and eventually gave up.
• Xiao Yan gathered ingredients for a ninth-tier Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill for Qing Lin, then asked the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon to help him find a Yin-Yang Dual-Pole Flower.
• The Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon led Xiao Yan to the flower, which transformed into the Life Spirit Flame; the flame gladly leaped into Xiao Yan’s palm after sensing his calm, accepting attitude.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Small Courtyard, reassured Qing Lin, spoke with Zi Yan about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and gave Soul Infant Fruits to Soul Spirit Emperor and Huang Quan Demon Saint.
• Xiao Yan took out the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and learned that the Life Spirit Flame had been conflicted about choosing him; he prepared to absorb it and gain a new talent.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Life Spirit Flame, broke through to Semi-Saint, and awakened the [Withering and Flourishing] talent, which could grant or absorb vitality without restriction. He reviewed his remaining talent slots and decided to gamble one on the Mysterious Yellow Flame, hoping it would awaken a talent related to luck.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Life Spirit Flame, strengthening his vitality, Dou Qi, physique, and Flame Mantra.
• The Fire Spirit Body digested its share of the flame, breaking Xiao Yan through from peak nine-revolution Dou Venerate to initial Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan tested [Withering and Flourishing], using it to make a seed grow into a medicinal herb and then drain the herb until it withered away.
• Xiao Yan assessed his awakened talents and calculated that two of his remaining slots could be freely allocated.
• Xiao Yan chose to gamble a talent slot on the Mysterious Yellow Flame because he suspected it was connected to luck.

Xiao Yan awakened the [Mysterious Yellow] talent, which made heaven and earth favor him and greatly increased his fortune when activated. He used the Life Spirit Flame to ripen every herb in the Medicinal Garden, leaving him with the ingredients to refine high-tier pills and potentially produce low-star Dou Sheng in batches.

• Xiao Yan awakened [Mysterious Yellow] with the Mysterious Yellow Flame and found that its active effect drained his essence, Qi, and spirit before he recovered them by cultivating.
• Xiao Yan's cultivation benefited from heaven and earth's favor, and he took Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Yao Ling to visit the Medicinal Garden.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Life Spirit Flame to Yao Ling, who warned him about the Yao Clan elder Yao Wangui and promised not to tell her clan.
• Xiao Yan spread the Life Spirit Flame across the Medicinal Garden, instantly ripening every herb and exhausting his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan found a Yin-Yang Dual-Pole Flower, completing the ingredients needed for a Ninth-Tier Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Life Spirit Flame, his alchemy, and [Balance] could let him produce Tier 9 Precious Pills—and low-star Dou Sheng—in batches.

Xiao Yan chose Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian as the three people he would prioritize helping reach Dou Sheng, then reunited Zi Yan and First Elder Qingmu with Zhukun. He revealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zhukun and began explaining what he had found in an ancient ruin.

• Xiao Yan decided that Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian would receive his limited resources to advance to Dou Sheng, while he would nurture other allies only as far as Semi-Saint.
• Xiao Yan left the Medicinal Garden with Qing Lin, Yao Ling, and Zi Yan after First Elder Qingmu arrived in Tian Shu City.
• Xiao Yan privately told First Elder Qingmu that Zhukun, Zi Yan’s father and the missing Old Dragon Emperor, was still alive.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and First Elder Qingmu traveled to the underground space beneath Jia Nan Academy, where Zhukun joyfully reunited with Zi Yan and welcomed Qingmu back.
• Zhukun recognized Xiao Yan’s strength as comparable to a Four-Star Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yan showed him the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and its tree.

Xiao Yan gave the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zhukun for Zi Yan and agreed to help her absorb it, while gaining Zhukun’s support and five drops of essence blood. After returning to Tian Shu City, Xiao Yan learned that Yun Yun’s disciple Yanran was trapped in a Dou Saint Ruins and promised to rescue her.

• Zhukun decided that Zi Yan should absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Yan agreed to use his Heavenly Flames to help her through the process.
• Zhukun gave Xiao Yan five drops of essence blood, and Xiao Yan used his flames to heal Zhukun before revealing that he possessed fifteen Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan revived the tree that had borne the fruit and considered how his [Balance] talent could allow him to produce more Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits.
• Zhukun placed Elder Qingmu and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under Xiao Yan’s authority, and Xiao Yan left with Qingmu while Zi Yan stayed to absorb the fruit.
• Zhukun encouraged Zi Yan to pursue Xiao Yan as a partner, and she eagerly agreed to absorb the fruit and reach maturity.
• At Tian Shu City, Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that Yanran was trapped in a Dou Saint Ruins, and Xiao Yan promised to save her.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun entered a Dou Saint ruin to rescue Nalan Yanran, healing her after a Ninth-Rank Magical Beast wounded her with the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame. After Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran left, Xiao Yan lured the beast out and confronted a Two-Star Dou Saint Ancient Thunder Dragon carrying another Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran was trapped in a Northern Region ruin, and Xiao Yan set off with her to find her.
• Xiao Yan stabilized the ruin’s spatial entrance with his [Balance] talent, and Yun Yun led him toward Nalan Yanran’s faint presence.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun found Nalan Yanran gravely wounded in a cave, and Xiao Yan healed her with the Life Spirit Flame after suppressing the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame in her wound.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that a Magical Beast had inflicted the wound, and Xiao Yan recognized its flame as another Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and sent Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran away.
• Xiao Yan used his blood to lure the Magical Beast, then trapped it with a Spatial Barrier when it arrived.
• Xiao Yan identified the beast as a Two-Star Dou Saint Ancient Thunder Dragon and focused on the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame burning in its eyes.

Xiao Yan rescued Nalan Yanran from the secret realm, subdued its Ancient Thunder Dragon with the promise of extended life, and returned to Tian Shu City with a powerful new ally and valuable resources. After arranging the alliance’s next plans and mapping out his future goals, he found Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin waiting in his room just as Yun Yun arrived.

• Xiao Yan took the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame from the Ancient Thunder Dragon, claimed its stored resources, and persuaded it to follow him by offering the Life Spirit Flame’s life-extending power.
• Xiao Yan returned from the secret realm with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran learned that he had subdued a Two-Star Dou Saint Ancient Thunder Dragon.
• Xiao Yan brought the thunder dragon to his Medicinal Garden, appointed it as a guardian, and gave several Tian Shu Alliance leaders access to the garden before arranging an alchemist exchange gathering.
• Xiao Yan spent the evening with Yun Yun and the others, while Nalan Yanran returned to Music Valley alone and Yun Yun decided to stay with him.
• Xiao Yan planned to reveal the Life Flame to draw out Yao Wangui, then help Zi Yan evolve before pursuing his other goals involving Soul Hall and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room to find Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin waiting for him, and Yun Yun arrived behind him as he welcomed her too.

Xiao Yan advanced his physique, gave the Huang Quan Demon Saint a Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit, and spent a month creating the Holy Spirit Precious Pill recipe. At the Alchemist Exchange Conference, he began refining three Tier 9 Precious Pills at once and revealed the Life Spirit Flame's power to grow a medicinal herb from a seed.

• Xiao Yan absorbed two drops of Zhukun's blood essence and broke through to the late four-star Dou Sheng level in physique cultivation.
• Xiao Yan gave the Huang Quan Demon Saint a Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit and considered bodies and magical beast blood essence for his future resurrection.
• Xiao Yan created the Holy Spirit Precious Pill recipe, which could raise a Dou Sheng's cultivation by one star up to three-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan opened the Tian Shu Alliance's Alchemist Exchange Conference and announced its plans for pill refining, exchanging ideas, and trading.
• Xiao Yan used three flames and three cauldrons to begin refining three Tier 9 Precious Pills simultaneously.
• Xiao Yan put a medicinal herb seed into the Life Spirit Flame's cauldron, where it rapidly grew into a mature herb, prompting Old Monster Lin and Gu Yan to identify the flame.

Xiao Yan refined three Tier 9 Precious Pills before the gathered alchemists, revealing a new pill capable of raising a Dou Sheng’s cultivation by one star. His display also advanced his Heavenly Demon Puppet to Intermediate Half-Saint, while Old Monster Lin and Fire Cloud Ancestor struggled to suppress their greed for the Holy Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Yan used the Life Spirit Flame alongside the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame to refine three pills, replenishing his Soul Power with Yao Ling’s blood.
• Xiao Yan added a Bodhi Seed to one cauldron to create the Bodhi Great Return Pill, and the three pills took a day to finish refining.
• Xiao Yan sent his Heavenly Demon Puppet to absorb the Black Demon Thunder from each pill’s formation, then used the Life Spirit Flame to help it reach Intermediate Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan identified the first pill as the Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill and the second as the Bodhi Great Return Pill, explaining their cultivation and breakthrough benefits.
• Xiao Yan introduced the third pill as the Holy Spirit Pill, claiming it could raise a Dou Sheng’s cultivation by one star up to Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Old Monster Lin and Fire Cloud Ancestor were tempted to seize the Holy Spirit Pill but held back because of the powerful figures protecting Xiao Yan.