Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie and his companions arrived in Jia Ma Holy City, where he planned to retrieve his parents and help Xiao Yi Xian. The group reached the Mittel Auction House, and Hai Bodong prepared to bring them to the Mittel Family headquarters.

• Xiao Jie and Hai Bodong secretly left the Burning Heaven Sect with Bi Ji and Zi Yan accompanying them.
• Xiao Jie and his companions explored Jia Ma Holy City and learned that the Alchemist Conference would be held there the following month.
• Hai Bodong praised Xiao Jie's alchemy skills, but Xiao Jie declined to enter the conference to avoid revealing himself.
• Xiao Jie asked Hai Bodong to arrange a stay with the Mittel Family, and Hai Bodong revealed that he was its Supreme Elder.
• The group entered the Mittel Auction House, where Xiao Jie dismissed the displayed treasures as too low-grade to interest him.

Xiao Jie and his companions attended a gathering at the Mittel Auction House, where he recognized Ya Fei as she entered the hall. The chapter left Ya Fei greeting the guests while Xiao Jie watched the crowd’s reaction.

• Zi Yan asked Hai Bodong for valuables, and he agreed to let her take anything she liked.
• Xiao Jie noticed a commotion in the hall and recognized the woman emerging as Ya Fei, an acquaintance through the Xiao Clan’s dealings with the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong expressed surprise that Xiao Jie came from the small Xiao Clan of Wutan City and praised the clan’s prospects.
• Ya Fei entered in a lavish red robe, drawing admiring and lustful looks from the assembled guests.
• Xiao Jie watched Ya Fei calmly manage the crowd, while Zi Yan pouted and chewed medicinal pills after comparing herself to Ya Fei.

Xiao Jie and his companions approached the Mittel Family’s official area, where Ya Fei tried to manage their entry. Elder Lei Ou and his grandson Lei Le challenged her authority and mistook the visitors for weak outsiders, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xiao Jie followed Hai Bodong toward the Mittel Family’s official area while keeping his identity hidden.
• Ya Fei stopped Hai Bodong and asked whether he had an invitation or calling card, and he said he was looking for Mite'er Tengshan.
• Lei Le insulted Hai Bodong, and Lei Ou backed him while Ya Fei rebuked them.
• Lei Le leered at Bi Ji, who turned away without reacting because Xiao Jie had told her not to act rashly.
• Ya Fei accused Lei Ou of overstepping his authority by leaving his medicinal herb warehouse to interfere with her duties.

Xiao Jie and his companions confronted Lei Ou and Lei Le at the Mittel Family, where Hai Bodong demanded that Mite'er Tengshan appear. After Lei Le threatened them, Hai Bodong froze him and Lei Ou in ice and went upstairs, while Ya Fei hurried off to summon help.

• Lei Ou defended his authority over the Mittel Family, and Xiao Jie asked Hai Bodong to resolve the dispute.
• Hai Bodong called Mite'er Tengshan a good-for-nothing and demanded that he appear within ten minutes.
• Lei Le threatened Xiao Jie and his companions and moved to detain Bi Ji.
• Hai Bodong unleashed his aura and froze Lei Ou and Lei Le into ice sculptures.
• Hai Bodong went upstairs with Xiao Jie and the two women, while Ya Fei hurried away.

Xiao Jie stayed with Hai Bodong at the Mittel Auction House while planning a quiet return to the Xiao Clan, and Mite'er Tengshan welcomed Hai Bodong back. The group prepared to settle in at the Mittel residence, while Ya Fei left puzzled by her sense that Xiao Jie was familiar.

• Xiao Jie told Hai Bodong that he would return to the Xiao Clan discreetly after taking his parents away and retrieving the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Zi Yan asked when she could meet Xiao Jie's clan, and Xiao Jie said his parents would soon meet her.
• Mite'er Tengshan arrived with Ya Fei and joyfully greeted Hai Bodong, who said he had returned to stay for a while.
• Hai Bodong told Mite'er Tengshan to treat Xiao Jie, Bi Ji, and Zi Yan as he would treat him, and Mite'er Tengshan promised to arrange their lodging.
• Ya Fei left with Mite'er Tengshan, still wondering why Xiao Jie seemed familiar to her.

Hai Bodong’s return drew the attention of powerful figures across the Jia Ma Empire as he went to face an approaching rival, while Xiao Jie began revising the Five Elements Skyfire Array. In the Tager Desert, Xiao Yan successfully devoured the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, raising the Flame Mantra to Profound-tier Mid-grade.

• A guardian of the Jia Ma Imperial Family sensed Hai Bodong’s aura and hurried to investigate.
• Xiao Jie allowed Zi Yan to go out, then used a Bodhi Seed to begin deducing improvements to the Five Elements Skyfire Array.
• Hai Bodong told Mite'er Tengshan not to announce his return and disappeared to confront a powerful figure; Mite'er Tengshan realized Hai Bodong had reached a higher realm and followed him.
• A Misty Cloud Sect elder sensed the clash between Hai Bodong and another powerful expert near the imperial capital and opened a passage to investigate.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that he had successfully devoured the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Yao Lao confirmed the Flame Mantra had evolved to Profound-tier Mid-grade.

Xiao Yan completed his Burning Mantra evolution and prepared for the Three Year Agreement, while Yao Lao urged him to find ingredients to restore his depleted soul power. In Jia Ma Holy City, Hai Bodong returned as a Dou Zong and overwhelmed Jia Xingtian, alarming the empire’s powerful families.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame had evolved the Burning Mantra to Profound-tier Mid-grade, and he and Yao Lao discussed how close Yao Lao’s resurrection had become.
• Xiao Yan learned that forty days remained until the Three Year Agreement and vowed to make Nalan Yanran repay the humiliation she had brought upon him and the Xiao Clan.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect could pose a danger and asked him to seek medicinal ingredients to restore his soul power.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian fought above Jia Ma Holy City, with Hai Bodong’s white light overwhelming Jia Xingtian’s yellow light.
• Fa Ma recognized Hai Bodong, and Mite'er Tengshan confirmed that he had returned as a Dou Zong, shocking Fa Ma and Nalan Jie.

Hai Bodong defeated Jia Xingtian, then reassured him that he had no interest in the Jia Ma Empire. After learning Nalan Jie needed an alchemist with Heavenly Flames to cure his poison, Hai Bodong offered to ask an unnamed acquaintance, leaving Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma eager to meet that person.

• Hai Bodong defeated Jia Xingtian, who conceded, and said he had no plans to interfere with the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hai Bodong greeted Fa Ma and learned that Nalan Jie was suffering from Brand Poison Python venom that the local alchemists could not cure.
• Fa Ma explained that an alchemist with Heavenly Flames might remove Nalan Jie's poison, and Hai Bodong said he knew one but would need to ask him first.
• Nalan Jie thanked Hai Bodong and offered a gift, while Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma hoped to meet the powerful alchemist and obtain an Ancestor-Breaking Pill or guidance.
• Hai Bodong left without revealing the alchemist's identity, and Mite'er Tengshan followed him; Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma were left hoping to meet that person.

Xiao Jie agreed to remove Nalan Jie’s poison in exchange for the Nalan Clan’s high-grade medicinal ingredients and asked Hai Bodong to investigate the Tager Desert, the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yi Xian. The next morning, Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran arrived with the promised payment, and Xiao Jie prepared to begin the treatment.

• Xiao Jie told Hai Bodong he would treat Nalan Jie in return for all medicinal ingredients of Sixth-grade and above from the Nalan Clan.
• Xiao Jie asked Hai Bodong to investigate Heavenly Flames in the Tager Desert, his parents in the Xiao Clan, materials for the Four Turns Golden Body, and Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Jie spent the afternoon drinking tea with Bi Ji, then cultivated and sensed he was nearing a breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Hai Bodong brought Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran to Xiao Jie’s room the following morning, where both were surprised by his youthful appearance.
• Nalan Jie offered Xiao Jie the Nalan Clan’s high-grade medicinal ingredients and ten million gold coins, and Xiao Jie accepted them before raising an emerald flame in his palm.

Xiao Jie used the Mysterious Yellow Lotus Heart Flame to remove more than half of Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, leaving one more treatment before he could fully recover. After the Nalan Clan departed, Xiao Jie gave Hai Bodong a Heaven Tier Low-level ice-elemental cultivation method.

• Xiao Jie warned Nalan Jie that detoxification carried a twenty percent risk of death, and Nalan Jie agreed to proceed.
• Xiao Jie guided the Mysterious Yellow Lotus Heart Flame through Nalan Jie's body, burning poison from his bones until Nalan Jie could endure no more.
• Xiao Jie ended the treatment and told Nalan Jie that more than half the poison was gone and one more session would suffice.
• Nalan Jie thanked Xiao Jie and left with Nalan Yanran, who was relieved that her grandfather would recover.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Jie that he envied his Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Jie gave him the Heavenly Extreme Cold Shadow Art, a Heaven Tier Low-level ice-elemental cultivation method.

Xiao Jie gave Hai Bodong a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique and heard news about the Xiao Clan, a missing girl, and a Heavenly Flame in the Tager Desert. Jia Xingtian learned that Xiao Jie was a Seventh-grade Alchemist and planned to trade him a valuable material for pills to save the Jia Ma Imperial Family and its guardian beast.

• Xiao Jie gave Hai Bodong the Heavenly Extreme Cold Shadow Art, then learned that the Xiao Clan was thriving and that the Jia Ma Imperial Family possessed a material he needed for the Four Turns Golden Body.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Jie that Gu He and Yun Yun had failed to obtain a Heavenly Flame in the Tager Desert, while Queen Medusa had been injured in the struggle.
• Xiao Jie dismissed the Heavenly Flame news and left to visit Bi Ji, telling Hai Bodong to report any news of Xiao Yi Xian.
• A black-clad messenger reported to Jia Xingtian, and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon emerged from its lake to ask whether a Seventh-grade Alchemist had appeared in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Jia Xingtian confirmed the news and told the Nether Sea Flood Dragon that he would exchange a treasure the alchemist needed for pills to treat its injuries and secure the imperial family's future.

After curing Nalan Jie, Xiao Jie met Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye, accepted an offer to attend the Nalan Family banquet, and negotiated with the Jia Ma Imperial Family for an Ancestor-Breaking Pill and treatment for its guardian beast. Yao Ye followed Xiao Jie as he went out, while Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie tried to learn more about him from Hai Bodong.

• Nalan Jie confirmed that Xiao Jie had removed his poison and invited him to a family banquet, which Xiao Jie agreed to attend.
• Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye arrived, and Hai Bodong told Xiao Jie that Xiao Yi Xian had left the Jia Ma Empire more than two years earlier.
• Jia Xingtian gave Xiao Jie a Cold Water Nether Mist Lotus and requested an Ancestor-Breaking Pill and treatment for the Nether Sea Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Jie agreed to help in exchange for all medicinal ingredients of Sixth-grade and above in the Jia Ma Imperial Family's treasury.
• Jia Xingtian sent Yao Ye to accompany Xiao Jie, while Hai Bodong warned that the Jia Ma Empire could not bind him and was pressed for details about his background.

Xiao Jie toured the imperial capital with Yao Ye, brushed off the trading district’s offerings, and noticed a familiar aura from a black iron fragment. That night, he and Hai Bodong arrived at the Nalan Clan’s banquet, where Fa Ma was stunned to discover that the mysterious Seventh-grade Alchemist was a young man.

• Hai Bodong urged Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie to befriend the young Xiao Jie, whose cultivation and alchemy skill amazed them.
• Xiao Jie and Yao Ye explored the trading district, where he declined a fifth-tier Beast Flame and spotted a black iron fragment with an aura like the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation.
• Bi Ji declined to attend, so Xiao Jie rode with Hai Bodong to the Nalan Clan’s banquet the following night.
• Fa Ma greeted Xiao Jie as a presumed Seventh-grade Alchemist, then was shocked when the young man stepped out of the carriage.
• Nalan Jie welcomed Xiao Jie and Hai Bodong into the banquet, while Fa Ma gave the other men an unfriendly look.

At Nalan Jie's banquet, Xiao Jie drew the attention of the empire's powerful guests and spoke with Ya Fei, Yao Ye, and Nalan Yanran. The Little Princess and Liu Ling approached, curious about the young man everyone had been warned not to offend.

• Ya Fei, Yao Ye, and Nalan Yanran welcomed Xiao Jie and Hai Bodong at the hall entrance.
• Nalan Jie asked Nalan Yanran to keep Xiao Jie company, while Jia Xingtian left Yao Ye with them and went elsewhere with Hai Bodong and Fa Ma.
• The Little Princess told Liu Ling that her grandfather had warned them not to offend Xiao Jie, and Liu Ling agreed to approach him with her.
• Xiao Jie answered Nalan Yanran's cultivation questions, helping her feel close to a breakthrough to Four-star Da Dou Shi.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling came over with wine, and the Little Princess asked to join Xiao Jie and the three women.

At Nalan Jie's banquet, Mu Zhan attacked Nalan Yanran but Jia Xingtian stopped him and ordered him to kneel before Xiao Jie. Mu Zhan apologized, and Xiao Jie vanished, leaving the hall stunned by his apparent Dou Zong strength.

• A young man identified as Mu Zhan arrived at the Nalan residence and charged toward Xiao Jie and his companions with killing intent.
• Nalan Yanran confronted Mu Zhan, but Jia Xingtian appeared between them, struck Mu Zhan down, and ordered him to kneel.
• Nalan Jie and Fa Ma urged Mu Zhan to apologize to Xiao Jie, and Mu Zhan agreed and knelt before him.
• Xiao Jie dismissed Mu Zhan as boring and disappeared as space rippled around him.
• Mu Zhan recognized Xiao Jie as a Dou Zong powerhouse and reacted with terror.

Xiao Jie accepted the Mu Clan’s apology and refined a Seventh-grade Ancestor-Breaking Pill for Jia Xingtian, impressing the empire’s powerful figures with his abilities and his Eight-Star Dou Zong puppet. After postponing treatment of the guardian beast and retreating to his room, Xiao Jie began another life simulation.

• Mu Chen apologized for Mu Zhan’s offense and gave Xiao Jie the Mu Clan’s Sixth-grade and higher medicinal ingredients, which Xiao Jie accepted as atonement.
• Dark clouds gathered over Mite’er Manor as Xiao Jie refined Jia Xingtian’s Ancestor-Breaking Pill, and Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen watched the pill phenomenon.
• Xiao Jie sent his Eight-Star Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppet to withstand the Pill Lightning, shocking the onlookers when Hai Bodong revealed the puppet’s strength.
• Xiao Jie gave Jia Xingtian the completed Seventh-grade Ancestor-Breaking Pill and said he would discuss treating the nation’s guardian beast in a few days.
• Xiao Jie returned to his room, asked not to be disturbed, and began a life simulation.

Xiao Jie chose the Ten Directions Heavenly Fire Method from his simulation and considered how to avoid the Soul Hall while growing stronger. When Xiao Yan arrived at Mite'er Manor seeking the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, Xiao Jie exposed his Heavenly Flame and summoned Yao Chen, then revealed the ingredient he wanted.

• Xiao Jie selected the Ten Directions Heavenly Fire Method and learned it could produce powerful Heavenly Fire Sword Arrays.
• Xiao Jie recalled that the Soul Hall would pursue him and decided he would need to conceal himself or find protection before reaching the Central Plains.
• Ya Fei brought Xiao Yan to meet Xiao Jie so Xiao Yan could trade for the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Jie sent Ya Fei outside, identified Xiao Yan’s Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and drew it into his palm.
• Xiao Jie recognized Yao Chen, who emerged from Xiao Yan’s ring, then showed them the jade box containing the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.

Xiao Yan traded the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva to Xiao Jie for the body-refinement and Poison Pill methods, then used it to restore Yao Chen’s soul power. Yao Chen’s recovered aura drew the attention of experts across the capital, including a mysterious figure in the Misty Cloud Sect’s forbidden grounds.

• Xiao Jie accepted the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva in exchange for the two methods and let Xiao Yan and Yao Chen leave with the jade box.
• Ya Fei greeted Xiao Yan, discussed his Three Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, and suggested he consider the upcoming Alchemist Conference.
• Xiao Yan prepared the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva in a medicinal cauldron and refined it into multicolored medicinal liquid.
• Yao Chen absorbed the medicinal liquid, and half an hour later his soul power spread across the imperial capital.
• Xiao Jie recognized the recovered soul-power aura while speaking with Bi Ji, and a black-mist figure in the Misty Cloud Sect identified Yao Chen and considered capturing him.

Xiao Jie refined a Primordial Spirit-Transforming Pill, drawing powerful figures to the Mittel Family estate as Pill Lightning struck his Earth Demon Puppet. After Zi Yan returned with Dragon Blood Essence Stone, Xiao Jie learned that the Poison Sect had gained a powerful new sect master, whom he suspected was Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Jie spent several days refining a Seventh-grade Primordial Spirit-Transforming Pill for the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Pill Lightning gathered over the Mittel Family estate.
• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, Gu He, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen arrived to watch the pill phenomenon, while Jia Xingtian revealed that Xiao Jie's Ancestor-Breaking Pill had helped him reach the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Jie left the chamber and caught Zi Yan as she returned through a spatial passage with a rare Dragon Blood Essence Stone from a new friend.
• Xiao Jie welcomed Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Gu He, and the others inside, where Gu He was startled by Xiao Jie's youth and sensed his Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Jie asked Hai Bodong about Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong reported that the Poison Sect had appointed a formidable new Dou Emperor sect master; Xiao Jie suspected she was Xiao Yi Xian and ordered him to keep watching her.

Xiao Jie gave Jia Xingtian a rare pill that could heal the Nether Sea Flood Dragon and possibly help it evolve, then accepted Fa Ma’s invitation to attend the Alchemist Conference. At the conference’s opening, Ya Fei recognized Xiao Jie’s resemblance to a gifted friend who had disappeared three years earlier, though she described her feelings for him as admiration rather than affection.

• Xiao Jie gave Jia Xingtian a Primordial Spirit-Transforming Pill, and Gu He identified it as a Seventh-grade Intermediate pill that could give magical beasts below Rank Seven a chance to transform and evolve.
• Fa Ma invited Xiao Jie to the Alchemist Conference, and Xiao Jie agreed to attend three days later.
• Xiao Jie, Bi Ji, Zi Yan, and Ya Fei walked through the busy imperial capital to the Alchemist Guild on the conference’s opening day.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Jie that he reminded her of a fifteen-year-old Dou Wang and Fifth-grade Alchemist who had left the empire three years earlier.
• Xiao Jie asked whether Ya Fei had liked her old friend, and she said she felt admiration or appreciation rather than clear affection.