Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie arrived at the Alchemist Guild as the conference’s first round was ending and identified a disguised alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire as a serious threat. After the third-round rules were announced, Zi Yan left the stands with Bi Ji to explore, while Xiao Jie stayed to watch the competition.

• Fa Ma and Yao Ye welcomed Xiao Jie, who joined the gathered leaders to watch the competition.
• Xiao Jie pointed out that the gray-robed contestant had unusually powerful soul strength, and Fa Ma learned from Chelsea’s records that he was an alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Jie recognized that the gray-robed youth had used a Transformation Pill to disguise himself and told Fa Ma that Xiao Yan might still defeat him.
• After the first two rounds ended, Fa Ma announced that contestants had to supply their own pill formulas and ingredients for the third round.
• Zi Yan asked to go out, and Bi Ji accompanied her after Xiao Jie gave them permission.

Xiao Jie prepared Shi Kuang's corpse to give Skyfire Venerate a new body, while Xiao Yan continued refining the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill in the alchemy contest. Elsewhere, the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates learned that Yao Chen was in the Jia Ma Empire and set out to capture him.

• Xiao Jie left the contest after seeing Xiao Yan begin refining the same pill as his rival, and he returned to Mite'er Manor.
• Xiao Jie used the Mysterious Yellow Lotus Heart Flame and Rank Seven Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast essence blood to refine Shi Kuang's corpse, then told Skyfire Venerate to merge with it.
• Skyfire Venerate entered Shi Kuang's prepared body, and Xiao Jie waited while the soul fought to revive within it.
• A black-robed man reported Yao Chen's location and restored Dou Zong-level strength to the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates.
• The Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates agreed to travel to the Jia Ma Empire to capture Yao Chen.

Xiao Jie prepared to attend Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s Three Year Agreement after Yao Tianhuo recovered a physical body and much of his cultivation. Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, where he and Nalan Yanran formally introduced themselves before the assembled crowd.

• Yao Tianhuo told Xiao Jie he had recovered to the peak of Four-Star cultivation and expected to regain more strength after adapting to his new body.
• Xiao Jie explained Yao Tianhuo’s revival to Hai Bodong, then asked him to have Jia Xingtian clear idle bystanders from around the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Jie and Yao Tianhuo headed to the Misty Cloud Sect while Hai Bodong went to notify Jia Xingtian.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong arrived at the sect and watched with the assembled clans, imperial family, and disciples as the Three Year Agreement approached.
• Xiao Yan climbed to the plaza and declared that he had come to honor the agreement, and Nalan Yanran stood and introduced herself.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three Year Agreement after using the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and Flame-Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler. As he prepared to leave Misty Cloud Mountain, a newly revealed Dou Zong demanded that he surrender his ring.

• Mu Chen and Jia Xingtian recognized Xiao Yan's cultivation and Heavenly Flame, while Gu He suspected Xiao Yan had taken the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed to fight with their lives at stake, and Xiao Jie watched the match in disguise from the crowd.
• Nalan Yanran pressed Xiao Yan with wind-based sword attacks, but Xiao Yan countered with his Heavy Profound Ruler, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation to reach the Eight-star Da Dou Shi level and overwhelmed Nalan Yanran's strongest attack with Flame-Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler.
• Yun Yun rescued Nalan Yanran and conceded the match; Xiao Yan burned the annulment letter and declared that he and Nalan Yanran had no remaining ties.
• As Xiao Yan started down the mountain, an unidentified Dou Zong appeared and demanded the ring on his hand.

Yun Shan tried to seize Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, but the Soul Hall appeared and revealed Yao Chen’s past. Gu Ming of the Ancient Clan and Mang Tianchi of the Thunder Clan stopped the Soul Hall’s attack, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were left facing two unexpected figures.

• Yun Shan demanded Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and threatened anyone who opposed him, but Xiao Yan released a Dou Zong aura that forced Yun Shan back.
• A black mist appeared over the plaza, and a Soul Hall Protector called out Yao Chen, who emerged from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and confronted his old enemy.
• Xiao Jie sensed powerful figures clashing in the void and withdrew from Misty Cloud Mountain as Gu Ming blocked Qiu Di and Mang Tianchi barred the Soul Hall’s path.
• Qiu Di and Mo Yu abandoned their attempt to capture Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, while the Soul Hall Protector disappeared into the black mist.
• Yao Chen stared tensely at the empty space as two figures appeared beside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Jie returned to the Xiao Clan, revealed his great increase in strength, and took possession of the Tou She Ancient God Jade to protect the clan. As he left to visit his parents, a group including Xiao Yan and Mang Tianchi arrived through a spatial passage.

• Xiao Jie appeared before Xiao Zhan and the elders, revealed his identity, and told them he had broken through.
• Xiao Jie learned that his parents were safe and had reached the Da Dou Shi level, then asked Xiao Zhan for the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Jie explained that the Ancient Jade was tied to the Xiao Clan's former glory and said he would take it to keep it from bringing disaster upon the clan.
• Xiao Jie dismissed the elders and set out to visit his parents, but stopped when a spatial passage opened above the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the passage with Mang Tianchi and two other elders, and Mang Tianchi looked down at Xiao Jie.

Xiao Jie reunited with Xiao Yan and impressed the visiting Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming with his cultivation and past feats, while concealing his connection to a mysterious heavenly phenomenon. The chapter ended with Xiao Jie agreeing to demonstrate his formation-like technique outside the Xiao Clan.

• Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming descended with Xiao Yan and met Xiao Jie, whose Six-Star Dou Zong cultivation shocked them.
• Mang Tianchi revealed that Xiao Jie had taken Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame, unified the Black-Corner Region, and killed powerful opponents; Xiao Jie explained that he had returned a Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to the academy.
• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Chen that Xiao Jie was also the mysterious Alchemist Master and felt overwhelmed by his cousin’s achievements before reuniting with Xiao Zhan.
• Inside the hall, Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming asked Xiao Jie about a pillar of light that had appeared during the secret realm; Xiao Jie denied knowing its cause.
• Mang Tianchi asked Xiao Jie to demonstrate the strange formation-like technique that had defeated Qian and Bai, and Xiao Jie moved outside to show it.

Xiao Jie demonstrated his power to Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming by raising his cultivation and wielding five Heavenly Flames, then revealed that Yao Tianhuo had taught him the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method. After the group descended, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen realized Xiao Jie’s Heavenly Flames might help fulfill the conditions for Yao Chen’s resurrection, and they went to seek his help.

• Xiao Jie used the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method to trap Mang Tianchi in a five-Heavenly-Flame array, astonishing Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Gu Ming.
• Mang Tianchi withstood the array, while Xiao Jie withdrew it after testing his strength and showing the Ancient Clan and Lei Clan what he could do.
• Yao Tianhuo arrived, and Xiao Jie introduced him as the person who had taught him the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method.
• Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming met Yao Tianhuo, then the group descended as the Xiao Clan members marveled at Xiao Jie’s power.
• Yao Chen speculated that Xiao Jie might cultivate a technique like the Burning Mantra, and Xiao Yan realized Xiao Jie’s Heavenly Flames fulfilled one condition for Yao Chen’s resurrection.
• Xiao Yan suggested asking Xiao Jie for the Tier 7 Magical Beast blood essence and body Yao Chen needed, and they headed toward the hall to speak with him.

Xiao Jie negotiated with Yao Chen to refine a body for him in exchange for high-grade pill recipes, then reunited with his parents. A Life Simulation revealed a future path and offered the Red Lotus Karma Flame, which Xiao Jie stored for later as he planned his next steps.

• Xiao Jie told Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming that he had reached the Spirit-Realm Soul, and Xiao Yan arrived after the visitors left.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Jie to refine a body for his resurrection, and Xiao Jie agreed in exchange for three Tier 8 pill recipes and one Tier 9 pill recipe.
• Xiao Jie returned to his parents, Lin Yue and Xiao He, and shared an emotional reunion with them.
• Xiao Jie ran a Life Simulation that ended with his soul dispersing after he lost himself to the Dou Emperor Will, and selected the Red Lotus Karma Flame as his reward.
• Xiao Jie stored the Red Lotus Karma Flame in the Simulation Space, considered Zi Yan's Dragon Seal and cooperation with the Spirit Clan, and resumed cultivation.

Xiao Jie returned to the Xiao Clan and hosted a banquet attended by the Mittel Family, Hai Bodong, Mang Tianchi, Gu Ming, and Wutan City’s factions. The next day, Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye visited to learn his intentions, and Xiao Jie reassured them that he had no interest in ruling the Jia Ma Empire, though part of the Xiao Clan would relocate.

• Ya Fei and Hai Bodong arrived at the Xiao Clan’s banquet, where Ya Fei anticipated seeing Xiao Jie and Hai Bodong recognized Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming.
• Xiao Jie joined the banquet with his parents and Yao Tianhuo, greeted Ya Fei and Hai Bodong, and spoke with Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming about Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy.
• The banquet began, and the next day Mang Tianchi and Gu Ming departed with Xiao Yan for Jia Nan Academy.
• Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye visited Xiao Jie, confirmed his identity as a Seventh-grade Alchemist, and asked about Yun Shan’s death and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Jie said he had no interest in the Jia Ma Empire’s power struggles and planned to relocate part of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Jie refined a Tier 8 Evergreen Longevity Pill and used its three-colored Pill Lightning to strengthen his Earth Demon Puppet. When three Soul Hall experts attacked the Xiao Clan, he killed them and then entered seclusion to wait for the backlash from his techniques to fade.

• Xiao Jie refined the Evergreen Longevity Pill, and its three-colored Pill Lightning drew the attention of Wutan City's factions.
• Xiao Jie sent his Earth Demon Puppet into the Pill Lightning, strengthening it but not yet transforming it into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Three Soul Hall experts arrived to destroy the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Jie trapped Qiu Di in his Four Symbols Sword Array while Yao Tianhuo and Hai Bodong fought the others.
• Xiao Jie raised his strength to the Seven-star Dou Venerate level and killed Qiu Di, Mo Yu, and the fleeing Soul Hall Protector.
• Xiao Jie ordered the Xiao Clan to keep the attack secret, asked Yao Tianhuo to watch over the clan, and entered seclusion to await the technique's backlash to fade.

After reaching Eight-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Jie used a Life Simulation to glimpse his rise through the Central Plains and collected a Bodhi Tree Heart. Back at the Xiao Clan, he turned away most visitors and left Yun Yun waiting while he considered relocating the clan.

• Xiao Jie broke through to Eight-Star Dou Zong and simulated eleven years of future events, including major battles, acquisitions, and a confrontation with Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Jie chose the Bodhi Tree Heart from the simulation’s rewards and stored it after its vitality caused nearby plants to grow wildly.
• Xiao Jie returned to the Xiao Clan, reunited with Zi Yan and Bi Ji, and encountered Cai Lin, who had come hoping to use his Heavenly Flames to evolve.
• Xiao Jie rejected requests from the Jia Ma Empire’s factions, gave Hai Bodong an Emperor-Breaking Pill, and declined to meet Yun Yun at first.
• Xiao Jie considered moving the Xiao Clan away from the Jia Ma Empire while Yun Yun continued waiting outside his door.

Yun Yun pleaded with Xiao Jie to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, and he agreed to help it in exchange for her becoming his maidservant. Xiao Jie also arranged protection for the Xiao Clan and agreed to help Medusa attempt her transformation, though he warned her that success was unlikely.

• Yun Yun begged Xiao Jie to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, and he made her his maidservant in return for arranging cooperation between the sect and the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Jie proposed relocating part of the Xiao Clan because of the Soul Hall, but Xiao Zhan chose to remain, so Xiao Jie promised to leave a Dou Venerate-level puppet to guard the clan.
• Xiao Jie ordered the Xiao Clan to strengthen its cooperation with the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun began serving him by massaging his shoulders.
• Zi Yan arrived with Bi Ji and Medusa, then asked Xiao Jie to help Medusa evolve.
• Xiao Jie agreed to let Medusa use his Heavenly Flame but warned that her chance of surviving the transformation was no more than thirty percent.

Medusa underwent a perilous evolution using Xiao Jie's Fallen Heart Flame and the Tier 7 Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, emerging as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python at Peak Six-Star Dou Zong. She thanked Xiao Jie and followed him after he reminded her to honor her promise to open the Snake-People Tribe's treasury.

• Medusa chose to risk evolving so she could gain the strength to protect the Snake-People Tribe, and Xiao Jie gave her a Tier 7 Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in exchange for access to the tribe's treasury.
• At the Xiao Clan's back mountain, Xiao Jie used Fallen Heart Flame to begin Medusa's evolution while Zi Yan watched anxiously.
• Medusa endured the flames as her serpent body was burned, and a Heavenly Tribulation struck; Bi Ji recognized it as proof that the evolution had succeeded.
• Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and reached Peak Six-Star Dou Zong, aided by the pill's medicinal power.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Jie, who reminded her not to forget her promise before leaving; she followed after him.

Xiao Jie accompanied Yun Yun back to the Misty Cloud Sect, where she announced that Nalan Yanran would succeed her and that the sect would ally with the Xiao Clan. After Xiao Jie gave the sect powerful cultivation resources, he began a Life Simulation that revealed his next steps.

• Three days after leaving the Xiao Clan, Xiao Jie brought Yun Yun, Bi Ji, and the other women to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Skyfire Venerate and two puppets behind to guard his clan and parents.
• Yun Yun announced that she would step down as Sect Leader, that Nalan Yanran would succeed her in three days, and that the Misty Cloud Sect would cooperate with the Xiao Clan.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Jie over Yun Yun becoming his maidservant and offered to take Yun Yun's place, but Yun Yun insisted that her choice was voluntary.
• Xiao Jie gave the Misty Cloud Sect an Earth-tier High-grade cultivation method and an Earth-tier Intermediate Dou Technique, and the elders agreed to ally with the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Jie began a Life Simulation, which said he helped Xiao Yi Xian condense her Poison Pill, refined the Red Lotus Karma Flame, reached Two-star Dou Venerate, mastered two Heaven-tier Dou Techniques, and took Zi Yan to the Central Plains.

Xiao Jie chose a wisp of Origin Emperor Qi from his simulation and decided to prevent the Bodhi Ancient Tree from gaining sentience to avert an invasion. He attended Yanran’s succession ceremony, where he confirmed Yun Yun was his maidservant and advised Fa Ma on alchemy, leaving the gathered factions to consider their ties to him.

• Xiao Jie selected Origin Emperor Qi as his simulation reward and stored it, then resolved not to let the Bodhi Ancient Tree gain sentience and resumed refining the Ancestor Origin Pill.
• Yun Yun invited Xiao Jie to Yanran’s succession ceremony, and he teased her before they left for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Jie arrived at the ceremony and told the gathered leaders that Yun Yun was his maidservant, shocking Ya Fei and the other guests.
• Jia Xingtian considered how the imperial family might form a connection with Xiao Jie, while Ya Fei and Yao Ye approached Yun Yun.
• Fa Ma asked Xiao Jie for alchemy guidance, and Xiao Jie explained how soul realms related to alchemist grades and how practitioners could strengthen their souls.

The Heavenly Poison Girl defended the Poison Sect against Xie Biyan and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, using two Ten Thousand Poison Pills to force her cultivation to One-Star Dou Zong. She poisoned Xie Biyan’s five followers to pressure him, but he refused to spare her, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Xie Biyan led the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s experts to the Poison Sect and demanded that the Heavenly Poison Girl submit or die.
• The Heavenly Poison Girl dodged Xie Biyan’s attack and swallowed two Ten Thousand Poison Pills, raising her cultivation first to Peak Dou Emperor and then to One-Star Dou Zong.
• Xie Biyan unleashed the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s Earth-tier Heavenly Scorpion Seal, and the Heavenly Poison Girl countered with Ten Thousand Poison Hand.
• The Heavenly Poison Girl warned that her forced breakthrough was causing her Woeful Poison Body to near eruption and that she needed to end the battle quickly.
• The Heavenly Poison Girl revealed that she had poisoned Xie Biyan’s five followers, but Xie Biyan dismissed their lives and continued to target her.

Xiao Jie arrived in time to save Xiao Yi Xian from Xie Biyan, killing the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect ancestor with a single strike. He treated Xiao Yi Xian after she collapsed from the unstable poison in her body, and she awoke relieved to see him.

• Xie Biyan overwhelmed the weakened Xiao Yi Xian with his Heavenly Scorpion Seal, but Xiao Jie appeared and erased the attack with a four-colored curtain.
• Xie Biyan fled from Xiao Jie, who killed him with the Void-Breaking Finger before he could escape.
• Xiao Jie caught the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian, gave her a healing pill, sealed the poison in her body, and burned Xie Biyan's corpse after taking his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Jie carried Xiao Yi Xian into the Poison Sect and arranged for a room while its shaken members followed.
• Xiao Yi Xian awoke and told Xiao Jie she had thought she would not live long enough to see him arrive.

Xiao Jie began the Poison Pill process to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, using Heavenly Flames, a magic core, and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. The poison gas began condensing into a Poison Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian’s vitality and strength started to recover.

• Xiao Jie told Xiao Yi Xian he had gathered the materials and explained that the process would be painful and dangerous.
• Xiao Jie removed Xiao Yi Xian’s seal and used Heavenly Flames to draw the poison gas in her body into a vortex at her abdomen.
• Xiao Jie placed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core in the vortex and refined Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, setting aside the Bodhi Seed he found inside.
• Xiao Jie infused the refined saliva into Xiao Yi Xian and urged her to circulate her Dou Qi and compress the poison gas around the magic core.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s poison gas consumed the magic core’s energy and began condensing into a Poison Pill as her vitality and aura recovered.
• Xiao Jie saw that the poison gas had stopped leaking from Xiao Yi Xian’s body and closed his eyes while she continued absorbing it.

Xiao Jie completed the Four Turns Golden Body after the Poison Sect’s destruction of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect made the sect a feared power in the Chu Yun Empire. He then refined Mo Yu’s corpse into a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet, whose emergence startled Xiao Yi Xian and the sect members outside the chamber.

• Xiao Jie received the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s treasury and found the materials needed to complete the Four Turns Golden Body.
• Xiao Jie secluded himself for half a month while the Poison Sect’s status rose and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Dou Zong level.
• Xiao Jie completed the Four Turns Golden Body and judged that he could now contend with a Dou Venerate in close combat.
• Xiao Jie used Mo Yu’s corpse, a Rank Eight Sea-Calling Flood Serpent Monster Core, and Elder Mu Gu’s soul to refine a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Jie completed the golden puppet, releasing an aura that alarmed Xiao Yi Xian, who ordered the sect members not to disturb him.