Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to Green Mountain Town and joined Xiao Yi Xian at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, where they discussed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and prepared for his stay. Xiao Yi Xian privately worried that keeping pace with Xiao Yan might force her to awaken the Woe Poison Body again.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and learned that Qin Lang, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's leader, was a three-star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about refining Blood Burning, and Old Yao said they could begin that night.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Mr. Yao would negotiate with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and brought him to stay in her courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian served Xiao Yan flower tea and remembered how their paths had diverged in her previous life.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that she might need to activate the Woe Poison Body to keep up with Xiao Yan, though she did not want to become the emotionless Heavenly Poison Maiden again.

Xiao Yan examined the Purple Cloud Wings with Old Yao and destroyed the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle’s remnant soul with the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire. The Heavenly Flames refined the flying Dou Technique into sixth-rank wings, which Xiao Yan attached to his back.

• Xiao Yan returned to his room, checked that it was secure, and summoned Old Yao to inspect the black scroll.
• Xiao Yan opened the scroll and read that the Eagle Wings, also called Purple Cloud Wings, had been made from a Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.
• The eagle’s remnant soul attacked Xiao Yan, but he burned it away with the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and refined the wings with his Heavenly Flames.
• Old Yao judged that the wings had advanced from fifth rank to sixth rank after the refinement.
• Xiao Yan poured Dou Qi into the wings, which entered his meridians and burst from his back.

Xiao Yan tested the Purple Cloud Wings, examined a fragmentary map tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and studied the Mad Lion Roar Dou Technique. He then flew with Xiao Yi Xian to a secluded valley in the Monster Mountain Range, where he planned to cultivate until he reached the Dou Master realm.

• Xiao Yan tested the Purple Cloud Wings and learned from Old Yao that he needed to reach the Dou Master realm to use them for sustained flight.
• Old Yao identified a parchment as a fragmentary map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and explained the Heavenly Flame’s power and danger.
• Xiao Yan showed Old Yao the Mad Lion Roar scroll, and Old Yao advised him to study the high-level Mystic Tier Dou Technique.
• After three days, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left Green Mountain Town and flew into a hidden valley deep in the basin of the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan decided to cultivate in the valley until he reached the Dou Master realm, while Xiao Yi Xian suggested they first build a place to live.

Three months later, Xiao Yan reached Seven Star Dou Practitioner and refined his first Second-Tier pill, the Qi Gathering Pill. Old Yao praised his exceptional alchemy talent, and Xiao Yan was left eager to keep advancing.

• Xiao Yan used Mad Lion Roar with the Heavy Profound Ruler to blast a crater into the mountainside, and Old Yao praised his combat approach.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating, practicing alchemy, and hunting magical beasts, reaching Seven Star Dou Practitioner and preparing to refine a Second-Tier pill.
• Xiao Yan refined the medicinal ingredients for the Qi Gathering Pill and carefully fused and nourished them in his cauldron.
• Xiao Yan produced a pale-red Qi Gathering Pill and asked Old Yao whether he now counted as a Second-Tier Alchemist.
• Old Yao praised Xiao Yan's alchemy, soul strength, and flame control, while Xiao Yan credited Old Yao's teaching.

The Xiao Family’s new medicines gave it the upper hand over the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan, while Hun Li Li arrived in Wutan City and discovered that Xiao Yan’s story had changed dramatically. She decided to seek him out at Jia Nan Academy and make ties with Gu Xun’er as a possible refuge from the Soul Clan.

• The Xiao Family gained customers and prestige by releasing Blood Coagulation Powder, Qi Replenishment Powder, the Qi Circulation Pill, and Minor Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, leaving the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan unable to compete.
• Jia Lie Bi realized that the Xiao Family’s alchemist was likely a powerful Fourth-Tier Alchemist and lost the courage to oppose the family.
• Xiao Zhan consulted the three elders, who agreed to target the Jia Lie Clan first and leave the fence-sitting Ao Ba Clan alone for now.
• Hun Li Li secretly investigated the Xiao Family and learned that Xiao Yan had left to gain experience at age ten while Gu Xun’er had already gone to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun Li Li concluded that she could not rely on the Three-Year Agreement or search the Monster Mountain Range for Xiao Yan, so she planned to wait for him at Jia Nan Academy and befriend Gu Xun’er as an alternative refuge from the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yan killed a second-tier Frost Horned Wolf and showed Old Yao how far his Dou Technique talent had advanced. As he returned to the valley, Xiao Yi Xian faced an ugly figure rushing at her from the darkness.

• Xiao Yan hunted a female Frost Horned Wolf to obtain its pelt for Xiao Yi Xian and killed it with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Old Yao praised Xiao Yan's extraordinary talent for adapting Dou Techniques, and Xiao Yan explained how he used hidden force through different strikes.
• Xiao Yan said he was developing Sucking Palm and Fire Blowing Palm into a Taiji-inspired Dou Technique that might reach Earth Tier.
• Xiao Yan dismantled the Frost Horned Wolf and flew back to the valley as night fell.
• Xiao Yi Xian warmed herself beside a bonfire before an ugly figure suddenly rushed toward her.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had begun cultivating the Woe Poison Body and told Xiao Yan about her past life, believing he had been reborn too. After Xiao Yan admitted to being reborn but said he was not the person from her memories, Xiao Yi Xian asked who he really was.

• Xiao Yan returned to the valley and saw Xiao Yi Xian dissolve a Combined Ape with purple poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she had been hiding her use of the Woe Poison Body and showed Xiao Yan her three-star Dou Master battle qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan the story of her previous life, including becoming the Poison Sect's sect master and waking up again as Xiao Yi Xian of Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan the seven-colored line on her abdomen and realized he knew about the Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian concluded that Xiao Yan had been reborn, and he admitted he had been reborn while insisting he was not the Xiao Yan she remembered.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan who he really was.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he was an observer who knew her story, and the two affirmed their friendship as he promised to find a way to save her from the Woe Poison Body. Old Yao appeared and questioned Xiao Yan about his knowledge, leaving him alarmed by how much Xiao Yan knew about his past.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he might or might not be the Xiao Yan she remembered, and she accepted him as her friend.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would stay by Xiao Yan's side, and he promised to solve the Woe Poison Body's flaws before it killed her.
• Old Yao emerged from the Storage Ring and interrupted their embrace, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to greet him respectfully.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he knew his name, his friend Feng Xian, and his traitorous senior brother Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan changed the subject by listing women Old Yao might have pursued, and Old Yao thought he should kill Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan told Old Yao the truth about Han Shanshan’s sacrifice to save him and revealed that Soul Hall and the Soul Clan would target him over a jade fragment. Old Yao resolved to find Han Shanshan and promised to help Xiao Yan grow stronger.

• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about how he had subdued the Bone Chilling Flame and brought up Han Shanshan’s disappearance.
• Xiao Yan explained that Han Shanshan had sacrificed herself to the Medicine Emperor to reconstruct Old Yao’s body, leaving her soul imprint in the Bone Chilling Flame and losing her memories from Old Yao and Venerable Feng.
• Old Yao realized Han Shanshan’s soul might still exist and vowed to search for her, even if he had to search heaven and hell.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that Soul Hall and the Soul Clan sought a jade fragment passed down through the Xiao Family, making conflict with them inevitable.
• Old Yao promised to help Xiao Yan become a true powerhouse as quickly as possible.

Two months later, Xiao Yan reached the peak of the Dou Zhe realm and developed the rough outline of a Taiji Dou Technique by integrating Sucking Palm and Fire Blowing Palm. After Xiao Yi Xian returned from Green Mountain Town, they discussed their plans for training in the Tagor Desert and her future cultivation.

• Xiao Yan practiced his newly created Taiji Dou Technique, which he believed could eventually reach the Earth Tier.
• Old Yao praised the technique’s complexity and warned Xiao Yan that mastering it would take hard work and comprehension.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned on Blue Eagle, whom she and Xiao Yan had nursed back to health and named Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Yi Xian was sure she wanted to train with him in the Tagor Desert, and she said she planned to stay in the Chu Yun Empire rather than attend Jia Nan Academy or establish the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan refused to let Xiao Yi Xian take risks alone among the Poison Masters, and Old Yao offered to guide her in controlling the Woe Poison Body.

Xiao Yan learned from Old Yao and entered a state of enlightenment while refining a Fire Lotus Pill, successfully making the Third-Grade Pill. He swallowed it, intending to break through to Dou Master.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian listened as Old Yao taught them about medicinal ingredients and pill formulas.
• Xiao Yan began refining a Fire Lotus Pill, surprising Xiao Yi Xian and Old Yao with his attempt at a Third-Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan entered a state of enlightenment and smoothly refined the Fire Lotus Pill.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pill, preparing to break through to Dou Master.

Xiao Yan used the Fire Lotus Pill to break through to Two-Star Dou Master, refining vast amounts of energy with his Heavenly Flames. The breakthrough also strengthened his body and meridians, and he emerged with a significantly more powerful aura.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Fire Lotus Pill immediately after refining it, and the pill triggered his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan guided energy from the surroundings through his meridians, using his Heavenly Flames to purify it as he refined the pill's medicinal power.
• Xiao Yan fed the refined energy into his blood-red Dou Qi Vortex, which condensed the energy and grew smaller as his aura strengthened.
• Xiao Yan reversed the vortex's rotation, scattering liquid energy throughout his body and strengthening his meridians, muscles, bones, and flesh.
• Xiao Yan's breakthrough ended, and he opened his eyes as a powerful aura revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Master.

After reaching the two-star Dou Master realm, Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Monster Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian and Old Yao for the Tagor Desert. As he and Xiao Yi Xian affirmed their bond, Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed the Green Lotus Core Flame and the danger of trying to obtain it.

• Xiao Yan tested his new Dou Qi Gauze and learned that it improved his defense, recovery, cultivation, and ability to fly with the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yan agreed to leave the Monster Mountain Range the next day and travel to the Tagor Desert with Xiao Yi Xian, where its fire energy and poisonous creatures could aid them.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent the afternoon touring the mountains and looking toward Green Mountain Town, then shared stories and promised not to leave each other.
• Old Yao asked Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Flame rumored to be in the desert, and Xiao Yan identified it as the mature Green Lotus Core Flame and said they should search for it despite the danger.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left their quiet valley and traveled to Black Rock City, where Xiao Yan planned to join the Alchemist Guild and arrange onward travel. After reaching the guild, he used his powerful flame to convince the guards to let them inside.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian departed the valley on the Blue Eagle, leaving it behind to grow stronger until they returned.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian rode a Horned Horse to Black Rock City and settled into an inn.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian to the Alchemist Guild to certify his alchemist identity and seek access to its resources.
• The guards stopped Xiao Yan for lacking a letter of introduction, so he displayed his flame and let them mistake him for a Fourth-Tier Alchemist.
• The guards respectfully allowed Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to enter the Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Yan went to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild to take the Third-Grade Alchemist assessment, but learned that he had to pass each rank in order. He entered the examination hall, where his age and Blood-colored Flame astonished President Frank, who wondered if it was a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan registered with Ya Han for the alchemist assessment and said he was ten years old with no mentor.
• Ya Han explained that Xiao Yan had to begin with the First-Tier assessment, and Xiao Yan accepted the rule.
• Te Ya gave Xiao Yan his examination armband, and Xiao Yi Xian waited outside as Xiao Yan entered the hall.
• President Frank noticed Xiao Yan and was astonished when he learned the boy was ten.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Blood-colored Flame and said he wanted the Third-Grade assessment, prompting Frank to ask if it was a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan explained away his flame as a Blood Demon Flame and convinced Frank that he was genuinely ten years old and already a Dou Master. Frank agreed to personally oversee Xiao Yan’s Third-Grade Alchemist assessment, setting him the task of refining a Qi Recovery Pill.

• Xiao Yan claimed his blood-red flame was an artificial Blood Demon Flame made from the blood of fire-attributed magical beasts.
• Frank questioned Xiao Yan’s age and cultivation, then confirmed through his bones that he was around eleven and had reached the Dou Master level.
• Frank discovered Xiao Yan’s recorded mentor was listed as None and was astonished that he might be a self-taught alchemist.
• Xiao Yan urged Frank to begin the assessment, and Frank led him to a quiet room to conduct it himself.
• Frank set out three sets of ingredients and instructed Xiao Yan to refine a third-grade Qi Recovery Pill within three attempts.
• Xiao Yan recognized the familiar pill formula and thought it would be easy to refine.

Xiao Yan passed the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild’s examination and became a Third-Grade Alchemist before turning eleven. After accepting his robes and badge, he considered his plans to leave Black Rock City, avoid the Misty Cloud Sect, and grow stronger at Jia Nan Academy.

• Frank emerged from the examination room and announced that Xiao Yan had refined a Third-Grade pill with pill patterns, making him the youngest Third-Grade Alchemist in the guild’s history.
• Frank asked Xiao Yan about his teacher, and Xiao Yan declined to reveal Old Yao’s identity.
• Xiao Yan considered avoiding the Misty Cloud Sect, going to the Tagor Desert to cultivate, and then attending Jia Nan Academy for three years.
• Frank congratulated Xiao Yan and presented him with the special black robes and badge of a Third-Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan put on the new robes and admired their feel and fragrance.

After passing the alchemist assessment and receiving his robe and badge, Xiao Yan met with President Frank to request help finding Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Frank located a possible supplier and agreed to keep Xiao Yan’s alchemy process confidential, leaving Xiao Yan waiting at the guild for news.

• Xiao Yan received applause after completing the assessment and showed off his new alchemist robe to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to meet Frank, who was surprised by her strength and talent.
• Xiao Yan asked Frank to help him find Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Blood Lotus Essence, and a third-tier earth-attributed Magical Core.
• Frank found that a Fourth-Tier Alchemist had recently acquired Ice Spirit Cold Spring and offered to contact them about a price.
• Xiao Yan agreed that Frank could keep a record of his Qi Recovery Pill assessment, provided Frank did not share the alchemy process for five years.

After learning that the Ice Spirit Cold Spring had dissipated, Xiao Yan obtained its location in Jueyou Valley and prepared to travel there with Old Yao’s protection. Frank supplied him with pills and two Third Tier cauldrons, and Xiao Yan left Black Rock City with Xiao Yi Xian for Salt City.

• Xiao Yan learned that a Fourth-Tier Alchemist had accidentally let the Ice Spirit Cold Spring dissipate, then asked Frank for the location where it had been found.
• Frank warned Xiao Yan that Jueyou Valley in the Xuanyou Mountain Range was dangerous, but Xiao Yan said he would explore it with his teacher.
• Frank gave Xiao Yan pills and offered him his Fourth Tier cauldron, but Xiao Yan declined it and said that one’s own Alchemy mattered more than equipment.
• Frank gave Xiao Yan two Third Tier cauldrons, and Xiao Yan accepted them with thanks.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence, brought Xiao Yi Xian, and boarded a flying magical beast bound for Salt City.

After arriving in Salt City, Xiao Yan confronted the Mo Clan’s young riders for driving dust over him and Xiao Yi Xian. He subdued Mo Linglin before she could summon help, leaving her at his mercy as he proposed a bet.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Salt City after a six-day journey, and Xiao Yan considered the Mo Clan’s experiments and its ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Linglin and her companions galloped through the streets, covering pedestrians and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian in dust.
• Xiao Yan blasted dust into the riders’ faces, then hurled a Mo Clan youth into a wall when he challenged him.
• Xiao Yan confronted Mo Linglin and used the Sucking Palm to seize her when she reached for a signal flare.
• Xiao Yan held Mo Linglin by the neck and bet that he would snap it before she could fire the flare.