Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan rescued the infant Qing Lin from Mo Bas and learned that she possessed the rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After entrusting Qing Lin to Cai Die, he traveled to the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital to visit Hai Bo Dong, who was shocked by Yao Yan’s half-step Dou Zong strength.

• Yao Yan took Qing Lin away from Mo Bas, and Hua She Er warned Mo Bas that Yao Yan was a peak Nine Star Dou Huang only one step from Dou Zong.
• Yao Yan told Cai Lin and Cai Die that Qing Lin likely possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which could suppress and control Snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Hua She Er reported that Qing Lin’s mother had died after returning from human territory, and Yao Yan named the infant Qing Lin and entrusted her to Cai Die.
• Yao Yan left for the Imperial Capital to visit Old Hai, while Cai Die and Cai Lin discussed his possible interest in Yun Yun.
• Yao Yan arrived at the Mittel Family and revealed that he had reached half-step Dou Zong, astonishing Hai Bo Dong and Teng Shan.

Yao Yan reunited with Hai Bo Dong and offered the Mittel Family control of his powerful Heavenly Court faction in the Black-Corner Region. After Ya Fei caught Yao Yan’s interest as a potential manager, Hai Bo Dong sent her to the Black-Corner Region to improve her strength, leaving her to suspect she was being kept for Yao Yan.

• Yao Yan told Hai Bo Dong he would stay in the Jia Ma Empire for a few months before heading to the Central Plains, and revealed he had gathered four Exotic Flames.
• Ya Fei served Yao Yan and Hai Bo Dong tea, and Hai Bo Dong teased Yao Yan about his interest in her; Yao Yan said he would leave their future to fate.
• Yao Yan asked the Mittel Family to manage his Heavenly Court faction in the Black-Corner Region and gather intelligence and unusual cultivation resources, and Hai Bo Dong accepted.
• Yao Yan suggested Ya Fei had talent for management, then left for the Misty Cloud Sect to see Yun Yun.
• Hai Bo Dong told Teng Shan to stop using crude matchmaking schemes, explained the Mittel Family’s new role, and ordered Ya Fei to accompany him to the Black-Corner Region to cultivate.

Yao Yan reunited with Yun Yun and little Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect, invited the sect to join his Heavenly Court, and asked to visit its Life and Death Gate. Yun Yun agreed to make an exception, while Yao Yan and Yun Yun left their relationship and his interest in the sect’s forbidden grounds unresolved.

• Yao Yan secretly arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and found Yun Yun teaching little Nalan Yanran swordsmanship.
• Yun Yun recognized Yao Yan, and he thanked her for helping Cai Die relocate the Snake-People Tribe and asked whether the old sect leader had emerged from seclusion.
• Yao Yan invited the Misty Cloud Sect to join the Heavenly Court and told Yun Yun that his strength matched her teacher’s before his seclusion.
• Yao Yan encouraged Yun Yun to visit the Central Plains, but she chose to stay and teach Nalan Yanran; he later asked to visit the Life and Death Gate.
• Yun Yun allowed Yao Yan to enter the Life and Death Gate as an exception, then carried the sleeping Nalan Yanran inside after rebuking Yao Yan for joking about his intentions.

Yao Yan and Yun Yun entered the Life and Death Gate, where they discovered a Fierce Soul had devoured the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect’s successive leaders. Yao Yan overwhelmed the Fierce Soul with four Exotic Flames, and Yun Yun agreed that it should be destroyed.

• Yun Yun brought Yao Yan to the Life and Death Gate, and its sudden reaction pulled them into the realm despite Yao Yan resisting its suction.
• Yao Yan and Yun Yun explored the Resting Place of Successive Sect Leaders and approached the coffin at its center.
• A seemingly kindly ancestor emerged from the coffin, but Yao Yan recognized him as a Fierce Soul that had consumed the sect leaders’ souls.
• The Fierce Soul attacked after revealing its interest in devouring Yao Yan, and Yao Yan summoned four Huo Ling formed from Exotic Flames.
• Yao Yan’s flames suppressed the Fierce Soul and destroyed the coffin and surrounding bones, and Yun Yun agreed that the Fierce Soul should not be spared.

Yao Yan killed the Fierce Soul in the Life and Death Gate, then escaped the collapsing secret realm with Yun Yun and brazenly kissed her before leaving. He returned toward the Snake-People Tribe, reflecting that his coming journey to the Central Plains and his growing devouring desire could separate him from Yun Yun for good.

• Yao Yan confirmed that the Fierce Soul was dead, and Yun Yun thanked him for saving her from the threat in the Life and Death Gate.
• Yao Yan admitted he was interested in Yun Yun and forcibly held her as the damaged formation began to collapse.
• Yao Yan carried Yun Yun through a Space Crack, protected her from spatial turbulence, and kissed her as they emerged.
• Yun Yun stopped her sword before it struck Yao Yan, while he explained that he wanted to leave a lasting mark before departing for the Central Plains.
• Yao Yan gave Yun Yun a Storage Ring of pills and left the Misty Cloud Sect for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yao Yan reflected that his future path and the devouring desire tied to his bloodlines might make Yun Yun a passerby in his life.

Yao Yan relaxed in the palace bathhouse, where Yue Mei tried to seduce him before Cai Lin and Cai Die arrived. After the sisters joined him in the pool, Yao Yan promised to help Cai Die transform her bloodline.

• Yue Mei entered the bath and attended to Yao Yan, while Cai Lin and Cai Die discussed his invitation and decided to visit them.
• Yao Yan sensed Cai Lin and Cai Die approaching, so Yue Mei dressed and began massaging his back before they entered.
• Cai Lin and Cai Die joined Yao Yan in the bath, and Yao Yan pulled Cai Die into the pool and kissed her.
• Yao Yan pulled Cai Lin into the pool as she tried to leave, and the three of them played around together.
• Yao Yan told Cai Die he had a ninety percent chance of helping her transform her bloodline, and Cai Lin questioned whether he needed to rest.

After Cai Die’s bloodline evolution succeeded, Yao Yan prepared to leave for the Central Plains with Zi Yan, while Cai Lin agreed to stay behind and protect Cai Die. Zi Yan asked about the family that abandoned her, and Yao Yan promised to help her find answers one day.

• Zi Yan and Ling Er waited for Yao Yan to emerge from seclusion, and he appeared after helping Cai Lin and Cai Die complete their bloodline evolutions.
• Yao Yan sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet into the storm clouds to absorb Thunder Power as Cai Die’s Ancient Sky Serpent bloodline manifested above the palace.
• Zi Yan asked why her parents had abandoned her, and Yao Yan promised to help her ask them one day.
• Yao Yan told Zi Yan that they would leave for the Central Plains in a few days, then caught Cai Die’s newly born Companion Soul as it flew to him.
• Yao Yan explained that Cai Lin should remain behind to care for Cai Die, and Cai Lin reluctantly agreed while leaving in a cold mood.

Yao Yan left the Snake-People Tribe with Zi Yan and traveled to the Black-Corner Region to prepare for his journey to the Central Plains. He entrusted Hai Bo Dong with the Heavenly Court and departed with Heavenly Fire Venerable and Yao Lao.

• Cai Lin stayed behind to care for Cai Die while Yao Yan and Zi Yan left for the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Yan met Hai Bo Dong at the Jia Ma Empire’s border and explained that Cai Lin would remain behind while Cai Die transformed.
• Yao Yan briefed Hai Bo Dong on the Heavenly Court and its plans, while Hai Bo Dong resolved to grow strong enough to manage the force.
• Yao Yan arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Gold Silver Two Elders pledged to obey Hai Bo Dong as its new leader.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable demonstrated the completed Space Wormhole and Guardian formation, and Yao Yan gave Hai Bo Dong the formation’s control jade plaque.
• Yao Yan set off for the Central Plains with Zi Yan, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Yao Lao.

Yao Yan and his companions traveled through a Space Wormhole to the Central Plains, where Yao Lao arranged for them to seek Starfall Pavilion and pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. They reached the Tianxing Mountain Range and told Starfall Pavilion’s Grand Elder You Yun that Yao Yan had accurate news about Venerable Yao.

• Yao Lao planned to take Yao Yan to Starfall Pavilion and promised to help him enter the Tianshan Blood Pool early.
• Yao Lao warned Yao Yan to keep Zi Yan’s Void Ancient Dragon identity and his bone wings hidden from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Yao Yan and his companions emerged from a Space Crack in the Tianxing Mountain Range and headed toward Starfall Pavilion.
• You Yun confronted the visitors, recognized Heavenly Fire Venerable, and asked why they had come.
• Yao Yan told You Yun that he had accurate news about Venerable Yao, prompting You Yun to crush a special jade token to contact Wind Venerable.

Yao Yan reunited Yao Lao with Wind Venerable at Starfall Pavilion, where they discussed Yao Lao’s betrayal and the pavilion’s situation. Yao Lao then arranged for Yao Yan to visit the Tianshan Blood Pool, while Zi Yan stayed behind to avoid exposing her identity to the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Wind Venerable returned after You Yun activated the Space Teleportation Jade Token, and Yao Yan revealed Yao Lao from the Bone Flame Ring.
• Yao Lao introduced Yao Yan, Yao TianHuo, and Zi Yan to Wind Venerable, then explained that Han Feng and Mu Gu had betrayed him.
• Wind Venerable told Yao Lao about the Central Plains, Starfall Pavilion’s tournament losses, and his new disciple Mu Qingluan.
• Yao Yan and Yao Lao teased each other about Xuan Yi and Cao Ying while Wind Venerable praised Yao Yan’s alchemy talent.
• Yao Lao arranged for Wind Venerable to take Yao Yan to the Tianshan Blood Pool the next day, but warned that Zi Yan should not go because her identity could reach the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

Wind Venerable brought Yao Lao and the others into Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao resumed his place as Pavilion Master and resolved to build up the sect. Meanwhile, Yao Yan cultivated in the Star Tower and decided to seek Three Thousand Burning Flame after reaching Dou Zong; the chapter left him facing an unexplained confrontation between Zi Yan and a little girl.

• Wind Venerable guided the group through the Starfall Grand Array and revealed Starfall Pavilion's hidden space.
• Wind Venerable introduced Yao Lao to the disciples, who welcomed the famed Venerable Yao's return.
• Yao Lao agreed to recruit experts after recovering his body, and told Wind Venerable that Yao Yan had dismembered a Dou Zun level Heavenly Demon Phoenix and refined its bones into Flying Dou Technique wings.
• Yao Yan cultivated in the Star Tower and decided to go to Danta for Three Thousand Burning Flame once he reached Dou Zong.
• Yao Yan walked out of the Black Tower the next day and saw Zi Yan staring down a little girl her own age.

Yao Yan traveled with Wind Venerable to the Tianmu Mountain Range to enter Tianshan Blood Pool and break through to Dou Zong. After learning how the Gold Devouring Rat Clan's hidden lower layer worked, Yao Yan prepared to explore its exceptionally pure energy despite its concentrated Fire Poison.

• Yao Yan met Mu Qingluan, then left Zi Yan in Yao Lao's care before departing with Wind Venerable.
• During their journey, Yao Yan cultivated by absorbing Heaven and Earth Energy, astonishing Wind Venerable with his physical body and cultivation talent.
• Wind Venerable brought Yao Yan to the Tianmu Mountain Range, where Jin Gu met them and learned that Venerable Yao had returned to Starfall Pavilion.
• Jin Gu led Yao Yan through the mist toward Tianshan Blood Pool and explained that its deepest layer held pure accumulated energy but was saturated with Fire Poison.
• Yao Yan used his Heavenly Flame to see through the mist, and Jin Gu said the Heavenly Flame should let him enter the Gold Devouring Rat Clan's hidden lower layer.

Yao Yan reached the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s Tianshan Blood Pool to cultivate and asked the clan to investigate the Void Ancient Dragon Clan. As he absorbed the pool’s energy and pushed toward Dou Zong, his teacher learned of his progress and decided to prepare a gift for him.

• Jin Shi and Jin Gu met Yao Yan at the volcano, and Yao Yan asked them to gather information about the Void Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Yao Yan offered Jin Shi a Seventh-grade Pill formula to remove Fire Poison and promised to refine it after breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Jin Shi gave Yao Yan a Dark Gold Skull that opened the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s Spatial Barrier beneath Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Yao Yan entered the hidden pool and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to purify Fire Poison and absorb its energy while cultivating.
• Yao Yan’s teacher heard that he had entered Central State and was seeking a breakthrough, then decided to prepare a gift for him.

Yao Yan absorbed the Tianshan Blood Pool for more than half a year, strengthening his body, soul, and awakening Dou Di Bloodlines. As the Blood Pool opening approached, he began a breakthrough that sent a vast energy tide across the Tianmu Mountain Range, leaving the Gold Devouring Rat Clan and Wind Venerable stunned by his rapidly rising aura.

• Yao Yan cultivated at the bottom of the Tianshan Blood Pool and neared the Dou Zong barrier as its energy awakened his Dou Di Bloodlines and nourished his Soul Power.
• Yao Yan spent more than half a year absorbing the Blood Pool's energy and used the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and Space Power to aid his cultivation.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu discovered that Yao Yan's absorption had drained much of the Tianshan Blood Pool and worried about explaining the shortage to arriving factions.
• The Tianshan Blood Pool erupted into violent motion as Yao Yan's breakthrough drew energy from across the Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Wind Venerable, Jin Shi, and Jin Gu sensed Yao Yan's aura surge beyond Three-star Dou Zong and toward Four Star Dou Zong, while Jin Shi feared he might be aiming for Dou Zun.

Yao Yan’s breakthrough to Four Star Dou Zong drew Hun Xuzi to him, where the Soul Clan alchemist ordered him to keep growing stronger and presented him with a Yan Clan woman to devour. Yao Yan obeyed and gained greater control over his flames, then accepted Hun Xuzi’s support for his upcoming trip to Danta as his master departed.

• Yao Yan’s Soul Pressure peaked at Four Star Dou Zong before he absorbed the Tianshan Blood Pool’s energy, leaving Jin Shi and Jin Gu waiting outside.
• Hun Xuzi appeared before Yao Yan, praised his cultivation and awakened bloodline, and urged him to reach Dou Zun for a Soul Clan Bloodline Baptism.
• Hun Xuzi presented Yao Yan with a bound Yan Clan woman and advised him to devour her bloodline and seek the Yan Clan’s Exotic Flames.
• Yao Yan activated his Tunling Clan bloodline, devoured the woman’s bloodline, Dou Qi, and Soul Power, then burned her remains and demonstrated his enhanced control over flames.
• Yao Yan told Hun Xuzi he had fused four Exotic Flames and asked for a child flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame; Hun Xuzi promised it after Yao Yan reached Dou Zun.
• Hun Xuzi promised Soul Hall support for Yao Yan’s Danta trip, left him a jade tablet, and departed; Yao Yan put it away and resolved to keep acting obedient until he was strong enough.

Yao Yan emerged from nearly ten months of seclusion at the Tianshan Blood Pool with greatly enhanced Dou Qi, Soul Power, and flame control. He refined a Seventh-grade Youquan Pill for Jin Shi, secured the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s cooperation with Heavenly Court, and left for Starfall Pavilion.

• Yao Yan continued absorbing the energy of the Tianshan Blood Pool and examined the transformations caused by the Dou Di bloodlines within him.
• After nearly ten months, Yao Yan emerged from the pool, and Jin Shi and Jin Gu gave him the information he had requested.
• Yao Yan accepted the prepared ingredients and rapidly refined a Seventh-grade Youquan Pill, while a silver figure absorbed the pill’s dan lightning.
• Yao Yan gave the pill to Jin Shi and warned him to refine it away from the Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Yao Yan asked the Gold Devouring Rat Clan to cooperate with Heavenly Court, and Jin Shi and Jin Gu agreed.
• Yao Yan left for Starfall Pavilion as Jin Shi and Jin Gu watched him go.

After breaking through to Four Star Dou Zong Peak, Yao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and prepared to travel to the Pill Tower with Yao Lao. The group set off to help arrange Yao Lao’s revival, while Wind Venerable stayed behind to deal with the disruption Yao Yan caused at the Tianshan Blood Pool.

• Yao Yan met Wind Venerable outside the Tianmu Mountain Range and revealed that he had reached Four Star Dou Zong Peak after absorbing nearly all the energy in the Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Yao Yan reviewed what little intelligence the Gold Devouring Rat Clan had about the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and decided to prioritize Yao Lao’s revival and joining the Pill Tower.
• Yao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Zi Yan barely recognized him and Yao Lao suspected that Yao Yan’s Dou Di Bloodline had advanced.
• Yao Lao, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Zi Yan, and Yao Yan prepared to travel to the Pill Tower, while Wind Venerable stayed behind to explain the canceled Tianshan Blood Pool gathering to the Four Directions Pavilion.
• During their journey, Yao Yan told Yao Lao that he had devoured the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and raised the Flame Mantra to Quasi-Heaven Rank.

Yao Yan’s group reached the Central Region while Gu Yuan discussed the Xiao Clan’s Gu Jade with Gu Xun’er and agreed to let her decide whether to retrieve it. Yao Yan remained focused on finding the Three Thousand Burning Flame, though Yao Lao suggested another route to an Exotic Flame.

• Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed Yao Yan’s evolved Flame Mantra and his potential to reach Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan rejected the Elders’ request to take the Xiao Clan’s Gu Jade by force and refused to make Gu Xun’er retrieve it for them.
• Gu Xun’er agreed to consider finding the Gu Jade in exchange for the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, and Gu Yuan arranged for Aunt Hua to accompany her.
• Yao Yan’s group arrived at the Central Region, where Yao Lao explained that Flame Valley controlled the area and possessed the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Yao Yan said he would not provoke Flame Valley and stayed focused on the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Yao Lao urged him to pursue Flame Valley’s Valley Master’s daughter.

Yao Yan and Yao Lao traveled toward the Pill Tower, discussing Flame Valley’s secret art and Yao Lao’s plan to join the Pill Tower. They arrived at Holy Pill City, where Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi welcomed them and agreed to let Yao Lao stay while he recovered.

• Yao Lao told Yao Yan about Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, and Yao Yan agreed he wanted to obtain the secret art without attacking the valley by force.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable piloted the space ship toward the Pill Domain, and Yao Lao explained that visitors had to be screened before entering Holy Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi emerged to receive the space ship, and Xuan Yi reacted with concern when she saw Yao Lao’s Soul Body.
• Yao Yan introduced himself to Xuan Yi as Yao Lao’s junior and teased her by claiming Yao Lao had taught him to be decisive in matters between men and women.
• Yao Lao asked to join the Pill Tower, and Xuan Kongzi told him to stay and recover before they discussed membership.

Yao Yan and Yao Lao discussed joining Pill Tower with Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who learned of Yao Yan’s past, his Flame Mantra, and his remarkable talent. Yao Yan prioritized restoring Yao Lao’s body over pursuing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Yi offered Pill Tower’s Dou Sheng remains to help him break through; they then arrived at Holy Pill City.

• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi learned that Yao Yan came from the Yao Clan, had avenged his parents by wiping out a family, and practiced the Flame Mantra to evolve by devouring Exotic Flames.
• Yao Yan displayed four Exotic Flames and revealed that, despite being just over twenty, he was a Four Star Dou Zong and a Seventh-grade Peak alchemist.
• Xuan Yi offered Yao Yan an opportunity to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame if he joined Pill Tower, while Xuan Kongzi explained that the Elders would have to approve an exception to the next Pill Gathering’s rules.
• Yao Yan said he had come mainly to restore Yao Lao’s body and asked whether Pill Tower had Dou Sheng remains that could help Yao Lao break through.
• Xuan Yi offered to spend her accumulated contribution points on Dou Sheng Essence for Yao Lao, and Xuan Kongzi warned Yao Lao not to let her down.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the space ahead, revealing Holy Pill City.