Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan’s extraordinary soul power stunned the Yao Clan and the gathered alchemists, Yao Xuanyi explained the second round: contestants had to select a Yao Clan medical formula and gather its ingredients in Medicine Valley within a month. The Medicine Tower opened for formula selection, and Xiao Yan entered as the round began.

• Yao Wanyuan restored order after Yao Xuanyi’s revelation about Xiao Yan’s soul power, while Yao Yixuan resolved to compete against him.
• Xiao Yan and Ling Zixi discussed the attention he had attracted and the importance of the Grand Ceremony.
• Yao Xuanyi announced that contestants must choose a Yao Clan medical formula, then collect its required herbs in Medicine Valley within a month.
• Yao Xuanyi summoned the Medicine Tower and gave contestants one incense stick to choose a formula before they would be assigned one at random.
• Xiao Yan entered the Medicine Tower as the crowd surged inside, and its doors opened with a fragrant aroma.

Xun Er inherited the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame and Fire Master Jiuxuan’s Reincarnation Mark while Xiao Yan fought through the sacred flame’s attacks to reach her. Xun Er began to awaken, leaving the group to see what would follow from her inheritance.

• Xun Er absorbed the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame as a golden sun pattern appeared between her brows, and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor urged Xiao Yan to help her swallow the Golden Crows.
• Xiao Yan climbed toward Xun Er despite the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame burning through the Amber Rock Soul Fire and severely wounding him.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor told Gu Yuan that Xun Er had likely awakened Fire Master Jiuxuan, the first master of the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame.
• Nine Golden Crows entered the space between Xun Er’s brows and formed Fire Master Jiuxuan’s Reincarnation Mark.
• Xun Er’s fingers twitched and her brows furrowed as she showed signs of awakening.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er collected the treasures they won at the auction and returned to their lodging, where Xiao Yan absorbed the Netherworld Flame Python. As the Yao Clan Ceremony approached, the Yunling Mountains were sealed off and Liu Hao's army secretly killed the Yao Clan guards.

• Yao Yun gave Xiao Yan and Xun Er their auction prizes and told them that the Soul Hall had won the Wuliang Shield.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er returned safely to their lodging, where Xiao Yan absorbed the Netherworld Flame Python and fused it with the Undying Nether Sparrow King.
• Old Monster Shen Xi told Shen Hong and Shen Yi that the Yao Clan Ceremony's unusual rules would create a chance for experts to compete openly and in secret.
• Ancestor Yanyun decided to keep the Forbidden Technique Scroll until the ceremony ended, while Hun Xuzi urged Hun Mu to bring glory to the Soul Clan.
• A milky-white barrier enclosed the Yunling Mountains, and Liu Hao's army silently wiped out the Yao Clan's patrolling guards.

Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master joined the Demon Emperor’s battle against Mira, but Mira stopped fighting after Xiao Yan confirmed he had once saved a girl named Qing Yuan. She declared the crisis over and left for the Angel Kingdom with the Pope and Liu Hao, identifying Xiao Yan as the savior of the Devouring Angel Queen.

• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master entered the Samsara Barrier to help the Demon Emperor fight Mira.
• Mefier told Mira that Xiao Yan was the demon’s incarnation and had harmed the Son of Light.
• Mira rushed toward Xiao Yan, but paused to ask whether he had saved a little girl; Xiao Yan recalled saving Qing Yuan on the Dou Di Continent.
• Mira’s wings and battle intent vanished, and she ordered the conflict to end, saying she would take the Son of Light back to the Angel Kingdom for trial and investigation.
• Mira announced that Cardinal Miller would take charge of the Dou Yun Continent Holy See Branch and revealed that Xiao Yan had saved the Devouring Angel Queen.
• Mira left with the Pope and Liu Hao, while the surviving experts realized the crisis on the Dou Di Continent had ended.

After helping the Gu Clan recover from its catastrophe, Xiao Yan and Xun Er set out for the Yao Clan Ceremony, where Xiao Yan hoped to improve his alchemy skills and expand the Endless Fire Domain’s influence. They left with a Gu Clan Summoning Token, while the Gu Clan stayed behind to protect its realm and secretly monitor the Soul Clan, the Holy See, and the Endless Fire Domain.

• More than a month after the Gu Clan’s catastrophe, Xiao Yan and Xun Er met with Gu Yuan, the Peerless Heavenly Emperor, and the other Gu Clan leaders.
• Gu Yuan praised Xiao Yan’s help and acknowledged that the Gu Clan had granted him access to its Dou Technique Pavilion, where he obtained two Immortal Technique volumes.
• Gu Yuan said the Gu Clan would skip the Yao Clan Ceremony to stabilize its affairs, but would secretly watch the Soul Clan, the Holy See, and the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xun Er agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to the ceremony, and Gu Yuan gave her the Gu Clan Summoning Token so Gu Clan powerhouses could come to their aid.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er departed for the Yao Clan Ceremony, leaving Gu Yuan and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor astonished to learn that Xiao Yan was also an alchemist.

Yao Yun revealed the auction’s final item as the incomplete eighteenth-ranked Human Realm divine artifact, the Wuliang Shield, sending the bidders into a frenzy. Xiao Yan recognized its Divine Mark, then left with Xun Er to collect their winnings and attend the Yao Clan Ceremony, unaware that they had been targeted.

• Yao Yun had the Auction Stage sealed by Space Attribute experts as a mysterious icy artifact emerged from beneath it.
• Xiao Yan noticed Divine Mark patterns moving across the silver shield and realized it was no ordinary treasure.
• Yao Yun identified the shield as the Wuliang Shield, the eighteenth-ranked divine artifact of the Human Realm, and warned that it was incomplete.
• The experts rushed to bid on the Wuliang Shield despite its damaged state.
• Xiao Yan led Xun Er away to collect their auction items and head to the Yao Clan Ceremony, unaware that someone was targeting them.

After forty days of pill refining, contestants across Medicine Valley began forming pills and facing Pill Tribulations while Xiao Yan finished refining his medicinal ingredients. Yao Xuanyi added her refined energy to Yao Yichen’s cauldron to strengthen the Yao Clan’s chance at first place, and Xiao Yan prepared to fuse his medicinal liquids.

• The crowd waited as the pill-refining contest continued, while Xiao Yan remained on the first step and worked on his final two medicinal herbs.
• Xuan Hongzhuang and other contestants formed pills and summoned Pill Tribulations, and a contestant drew the fearsome Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning.
• Yao Yichen recognized that his energy proto-pill was above the sixth tier of the Celestial Grade, and Yao Xuanyi poured her refined medicinal energy into his cauldron to help secure the Yao Clan’s victory.
• Contestants across Medicine Valley completed their pills, with some perishing in their Pill Tribulations and others surviving to take their creations to Altar Mountain.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the medicinal ingredients and prepared to fuse the six pools of medicinal liquid in his cauldron.

The Yao Clan began its ceremony by warning contestants that the trials could be deadly and announcing a soul-power test as the first round. Xiao Yan agreed to cooperate with Ling Zixi, then entered the testing area as the contestants prepared to measure their soul power.

• Yao Xuanyi warned the contestants that the Yao Clan Ceremony was dangerous and that anyone who began the trials could not turn back.
• Xiao Yan noticed Yao Yixuan watching him, while Ling Zixi approached and proposed that they cooperate against the Yao Clan.
• Yao Xuanyi announced that the first round would test soul power, with sixty points required to pass and Patriarch Yao Wanyuan's ninety-six points standing as the record.
• Yao Yixuan insulted the ordinary contestants as Yao Xuanyi explained the test and its rules.
• Yao Xuanyi raised a crystal barrier around the contestants, separating them from Altar Mountain as Xun Er watched Xiao Yan from the seating area.

Xiao Yan scored 97 in the Yao Clan’s soul test, matching Yao Wanyuan’s Huayuan Stage soul power and cracking the testing Hun Shi. After Xun Er defended him against accusations of cheating, Yao Xuanyi confirmed Xiao Yan’s ability, leaving the Yao Clan stunned and wary of the couple.

• Xiao Yan’s soul-test score reached 97, surpassing Yao Wanyuan’s record as cracks appeared across the testing Hun Shi.
• Yao Wanyuan ordered Yao Yun to summon Yao Xuanyi and investigate whether Xiao Yan had cheated.
• Xun Er revealed that Xiao Yan was her husband and warned the Yao Clan against falsely accusing him.
• The crystal barrier shattered and expelled the contestants, and Yao Xuanyi confirmed that Xiao Yan’s soul power had reached the Huayuan Stage.
• Xiao Yan apologized for cracking the Hun Shi, and Yao Wanyuan let the matter go as the onlookers regarded Xiao Yan and Xun Er with awe.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er discovered that the infant Titan Giant was connected to Yao Shigui, who received its power and began cultivating in seclusion. Xiao Yan and Xun Er then examined the gray-white Light Orb and identified it as an Ancient Dragon Source Blood Crystal.

• Xun Er sensed that the Titan Giant did not mean them harm, and it approached to point at the unconscious Yao Shigui.
• Xun Er placed Yao Shigui in the Titan Giant’s palm, and its divine strength patterns merged with the patterns emerging on his body before it transformed into rock.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Titan Giant was evolving, then rescued Yao Shigui as he began to wake.
• Yao Shigui told Xiao Yan that the Titan Giant had unlocked power within him and that he would cultivate in seclusion; Xiao Yan gave him a Fengzi Monster Core.
• Yao Shigui entered seclusion among the Titan Giant’s rocks and offered Xiao Yan the gray-cloud Light Orb above the valley.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er approached the Light Orb, and Xiao Yan recognized it as an Ancient Dragon Source Blood Crystal.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er discovered that Yao Shigui’s mysterious old ailment was connected to a hidden mountain peak in the Yunling Mountains. The chapter ended as the green energy within Yao Shigui flowed into an ancient bronze statue.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er reunited after Xiao Yan received his Alchemist Emblem, and Yao Shigui guided them to their mansion in Yao Wang City.
• Xiao Yan prepared for the upcoming Auction Gala while keeping watch over Yao Shigui, whose hidden secrets concerned him.
• On the third night, Yao Shigui fell gravely ill and led Xiao Yan and Xun Er through a secret passage out of Yao Wang City.
• Yao Shigui brought Xiao Yan and Xun Er to a concealed peak in the Yunling Mountains, where an ancient statue and medicinal cauldron stood behind a powerful array.
• When Yao Shigui entered the protected peak, his condition improved and green energy flowed from his body into the bronze statue.

Yan Xuan unleashed a semi-forbidden technique to kill Xiao Yan, who answered with his semi-finished Body of Baxia. Their attacks collided in Medicine Valley, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yan Xuan used his strength to complete the guidance of a semi-forbidden technique and prepared to execute Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan activated the Dragon God Transformation and formed the Soul Shadow of Baxia to face the attack.
• Yao Wanyuan refused to intervene, while Ancestor Yanyun welcomed the chance for Yan Xuan to strike.
• Yan Xuan detonated the forbidden technique, sending a white palace of rainbow light down upon Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan powered up the Soul Shadow of Baxia with dragon blood and struck at the palace as the onlookers watched.

Xiao Yan won the bid for the Ice Marrow Fire Spirit Fruit with an Ancient Dragon Source Crystal Stone, while tensions flared between Shen Xi and Elder Lingxi at the auction. Yao Yun then unveiled the next lot: the Forbidden Technique scroll Heavenly Kingdom Sorrowful Rainbow, said to rival Great Immortal Techniques.

• Yao Xuanyi had Xiao Yan present his Ancient Dragon Source Crystal Stone for inspection, and the Elder Council confirmed it was genuine.
• Yao Xuanyi announced that Xiao Yan had won the Ice Marrow Fire Spirit Fruit auction.
• Old Monster Shen Xi mocked the Ancient Clan, and Elder Lingxi rebuked him before Yao Xuanyi warned him to behave in the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xun Er's jealousy over Yao Yun and reassured her that she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
• Yao Yun explained Forbidden Techniques and introduced the next auction item, the Great Immortal Technique-level scroll Heavenly Kingdom Sorrowful Rainbow.

Xiao Yan persuaded the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit to trust him and promised to help it ascend to the Monster Realm in exchange for its Wood Origin. After Xiao Yan summoned the Ascension Lightning Tribulation and Xiao Lei absorbed its lightning, the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit entered the final trial that would determine whether it could reach the Monster Realm.

• The Wood Puppet Demon Spirit agreed to trust Xiao Yan, who promised to help it ascend and asked it for a map of Medicine Valley and information about the Behemoth Race.
• The Wood Puppet Demon Spirit returned a day later with the map and warned Xiao Yan that it would destroy its Wood Origin if he betrayed it.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Ascension Lightning Tribulation would test the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit's body and soul, then used the Holy Flame and Flame Mantra to draw it out.
• Xiao Yan extracted a shred of the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit's origin to trigger the tribulation, and Xiao Lei swallowed the falling lightning.
• The Wood Puppet Demon Spirit shed its wooden disguise and rose within a pillar of light, beginning the final test of whether it could endure the pressure and enter the Monster Realm.

Xiao Yan lured the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit into a fight, then used his full strength to subdue it after cutting off the surveillance image. He offered to restore its vitality and help it reach the Monster Realm in exchange for the origin power of its true form.

• Xiao Yan welcomed the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit’s attack, hoping to seize the creature and advance his mastery of the wood attribute.
• The Wood Puppet Demon Spirit attacked with leaves and a Celestial Eagle Soul Shadow, while Xiao Yan pretended that his Formless Slash had been overpowered.
• The battle disrupted the surveillance crystals, and Yao Xuanyi said the others could not intervene; Xun Er recognized that Xiao Yan had weakened his attack deliberately.
• After confirming that the monitoring had been severed, Xiao Yan destroyed the eagle soul and suppressed the ancient tree with Spirit-Devouring Blood Monuments.
• The Wood Puppet Demon Spirit revealed that humans had plundered its essence a thousand years earlier and that its spirit source was damaged.
• Xiao Yan offered to help the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit recover and reach the Monster Realm in exchange for its origin power, surprising the creature.

Xiao Yan entered a perilous space within the two Divine Motion Inscription fragments and fused them by forcing their destructive powers together. He emerged with greatly strengthened spiritual power and the completed inscription, while Xun'er began cultivating the technique Lu Luan left behind.

• Lu Luan entrusted Xun'er with a scroll of the powerful Dou Technique, and Xun'er began cultivating it with the Fire Master Jiuxuan's Reincarnation Seal.
• Xiao Yan used the Glazed Holy Flame and his spiritual power to probe the two inscriptions until they drew his consciousness into a strange space.
• Xiao Yan found himself powerless beneath two blood-red suns as quicksand vortices and rivers of blood-red energy threatened to consume him.
• Xiao Yan joined the quicksand and blood-red energy together, causing them to transform back into the two inscriptions and fuse.
• Xiao Yan awoke with greatly enhanced spiritual power and a completed ancient rune, as Lu Luan watched excitedly.

Xiao Yan fused with Xiao Lei and gained the thunder attribute, restoring his strength and allowing him to summon a blood-red thunder lion. As Liu Hao revealed his three purple Angel Wings, Xiao Yan launched the lion’s devastating attack, leaving their battle poised to escalate.

• Xiao Lei fused with Xiao Yan, giving him a blood-red thunder Dou Core and restoring his strength.
• Xiao Yan shattered the holy sword’s remaining power, while Liu Hao revealed that he had mastered Angel Power and began forming three purple Angel Wings.
• Xiao Yan summoned blood-red thunder clouds across the Medicine Realm and shaped them into a massive thunder lion.
• Liu Hao condensed his three-winged Angel Wings and challenged Xiao Yan, who summoned the thunder lion to attack him.
• Liu Hao used Three-Wing Divine Radiance as the thunder lion severed its own tail and sent it crashing toward him.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er reached the volcanic magma world and uncovered a Xiao Clan secret skill hidden in the scroll. The Female War God Xiao Lingshan appeared and began guiding Xiao Yan in constructing the Samsara Domain.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er recognized the Xiao Clan seal on the Great Immortal Technique scroll and crossed the magma world toward it.
• Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame and clan mark to approach the scroll, while the hidden creature beneath the magma retreated from his power.
• Xiao Yan took the scroll, and the Xiao Clan's homologous power destroyed the murderous aura released from it.
• Xiao Yan opened the scroll with his clan mark and revealed the Great Immortal Technique, Gate of Purgatory.
• The Gate of Purgatory emerged and suppressed the flame world as Xiao Lingshan's voice identified Xiao Yan as a descendant and offered him guidance.
• Xiao Lingshan instructed Xiao Yan to follow her guidance and construct the Samsara Domain.

Xiao Yan watched Shen Hong escape and Yan Xuan flee after the Ice and Fire Evil Dragon’s attacks, then used the Dragon God Transformation to subdue the beast. He discovered that the treasure mire resonated with the Spirit Palace within him and seemed to contain Holy Qi.

• Shen Hong crushed a Light Element Spacetime Transfer Scroll and escaped, while Yan Xuan used his Tianyan Undying Body to survive the Ice and Fire Magic Dragon Pillar and flee through a fissure.
• Xiao Yan emerged from hiding as the Ice and Fire Evil Dragon raged, then unleashed the Dragon God Transformation and revealed his Semi-Dragon Transformation.
• The Ice and Fire Evil Dragon recognized Xiao Yan’s Dragon King Baxia power, bowed to him, and withdrew its confinement when he claimed the treasure below.
• Xiao Yan released his soul power toward the mire and sensed it resonating with his Spirit Palace, identifying the power as Holy Qi.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Slaughter Soul but was left near death, and Xun'er protected him from Austin. With the Yao Clan joining her, the Medicine Realm’s defenders confronted the Holy See and prepared to settle their old grievances.

• Xiao Yan endured the Slaughter Soul’s attack, unleashed his demonic power, and fought Lucifer until both were blasted backward and the Slaughter Soul within Liu Hao shattered.
• Austin caught the near-death Liu Hao and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xun'er intercepted his Light Sword Blade and caught Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er declared that she would defend Xiao Yan and invoked the Nine Profound Chongming Flame to surround Austin and his allies.
• Yao Wanyuan and the Yao Clan activated the Thousand Machine Medicine Garden, empowering their fighters as Xun'er entered Samsara.
• Yao Wanyuan confronted Austin and declared that the Holy See would pay for its accumulated grievances.