Chapter Summaries

With time running short to obtain ingredients for the Earth Spirit Pill before the Fallen Heart Flame erupted, Xiao Yan went to the Inner Academy’s Medicine Repository to ask Elder He for them. Elder He offered to use his remaining yearly resource quota to get the ingredients, leaving Xiao Yan waiting to hear what he would want in return.

• After learning Wangtian had failed to find the Dragon-Beard Ice-Fire Fruit and Green Wood Immortal Vine, Xiao Yan decided to seek Elder He’s help.
• Xiao Yan entered the Medicine Repository by claiming Elder He had summoned him, and the instructor led him to the elder.
• Elder He laughed at Xiao Yan’s false claim and reminded him of his reputation, then asked what he wanted.
• Xiao Yan requested the two medicinal ingredients, but Elder He said he could not give away academy property without an exchange.
• As Xiao Yan was leaving, Elder He offered to use his unused yearly resource quota to obtain the ingredients, and Xiao Yan asked what he could do in return.

Xiao Yan accepted Elder He’s request to refine a Dragon Strength Pill and entered Jia Nan Inner Academy’s Medicine Repository to collect ingredients. As he prepared to leave, a white-clad girl tried to steal the Dragon-Beard Ice-Fire Fruit, but Xiao Yan caught her arm.

• Elder He offered Xiao Yan two sets of ingredients in exchange for refining a Dragon Strength Pill and gave him access to the Medicine Repository.
• Xiao Yan entered the repository and admired its extensive collection of medicinal ingredients while speaking with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan collected the Dragon-Beard Ice-Fire Fruit, the Green Wood Immortal Vine, and the ingredients needed for the Dragon Strength Pill.
• A white-clad girl with waist-length purple hair tried to snatch the Dragon-Beard Ice-Fire Fruit from Xiao Yan’s tray.
• Xiao Yan evaded the girl’s attack and caught her arm before she could strike him.

Xiao Yan caught Zi Yan stealing a Dragon-Beard Ice-Fire Fruit in the Inner Academy’s Medicine Repository, then teased her into returning her hidden medicinal ingredients. The chapter left Xiao Yan facing a huge pile of herbs Zi Yan had been hoarding.

• Xiao Yan restrained Zi Yan after she took a Dragon-Beard Ice-Fire Fruit, then released her when she apologized.
• Zi Yan tried to escape Xiao Yan’s teasing, but he caught her and rubbed her head until she pretended to cry.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he knew Zi Yan was a Magical Beast and confronted her about taking the fruit.
• Zi Yan explained that eating medicinal ingredients helped her grow and break free of the restriction caused by Human-Shaping Grass.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan to hand over the ingredients she had hidden, and she spilled a huge pile onto the Medicine Repository’s floor.

Xiao Yan examined the medicinal ingredients Zi Yan had secretly taken and explained which ones she could safely eat. He began taking responsibility for teaching and guiding her, then left with her after ordering her to return a few dangerous ingredients.

• Xiao Yan pressured Zi Yan to reveal the rest of her hidden medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan identified several ingredients and warned Zi Yan that some herbs could be dangerous for magical beasts.
• Zi Yan admitted that no one had taught her about medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan promised to teach her.
• Xiao Yan set rules for Zi Yan, including calling him big brother and not calling herself the Brute Force King.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan she could keep most of the ingredients and had her put back the ones she could not safely eat.

Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan gather medicinal herbs in the Medicine Repository and learned that she did not know her own race. After she accidentally revealed her identity as the Brute Force King, Xiao Yan led her out, leaving Elder He stunned by her obedience.

• Zi Yan gathered the medicinal herbs, and Xiao Yan discussed with Yao Lao how she was a powerful beast in human form.
• Yao Lao guessed that Zi Yan's bloodline inheritance was sealed, while Xiao Yan privately recognized her as the Eldest Princess of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan about her race, and she said she did not know because only part of her bloodline inheritance had appeared.
• Xiao Yan promised to refine heavenly treasures for Zi Yan before she ate them, and she accidentally called herself the Brute Force King.
• Zi Yan offered to pass through the energy barrier, but Xiao Yan used his Identity Identification Jade Token to open it and led her out.
• Elder He saw Xiao Yan holding Zi Yan's hand and was shocked that the Medicine Repository's notorious scourge was behaving obediently.

Xiao Yan met Elder He in the Medicine Repository, where Zi Yan’s new closeness to him amused the elder and earned Xiao Yan a chance to pursue a rank-six water-attribute magic core. As Xiao Yan went to refine a Dragon Strength Pill, Zi Yan followed him while secretly planning to beat Elder He later that night.

• Zi Yan defended her food-stealing habit to Elder He and claimed Xiao Yan was her big brother, while Xiao Yan clarified they had only just met.
• Zi Yan ordered Elder He to show Xiao Yan respect, then immediately obeyed when Xiao Yan told her to stop, delighting Elder He.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder He about obtaining a rank-six water-attribute magic core, and Elder He said Liu Ying might be willing to trade one.
• Zi Yan offered Xiao Yan her Green Fire Crystal Card, which held over a thousand Fire Energy Points, and complained about her past clash with Liu Ying.
• Elder He offered to introduce Xiao Yan to Liu Ying after Xiao Yan refined a Dragon Strength Pill in a quiet room.
• Xiao Yan left to refine the pill, Zi Yan followed him, and Elder He decided to tell the other elders that Xiao Yan could keep her in line.

Xiao Yan let Zi Yan take an Earth Fire Lotus Seed to exchange with Elder Liu Ying for a sixth-rank water-type Monster Core, then continued refining the Dragon Strength Pill. Zi Yan disliked the seed and broke into Liu Ying’s bamboo house to search his Storage Ring, but he caught her hand as she tried to take the core.

• Zi Yan persuaded Xiao Yan to let her handle the exchange with Elder Liu Ying, and Xiao Yan gave her an Earth Fire Lotus Seed.
• After Zi Yan left, Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that she might eat the water-type Monster Core, but Xiao Yan stayed behind to refine the Dragon Strength Pill.
• Zi Yan tasted the Earth Fire Lotus Seed, found it too spicy, and decided to take Liu Ying’s Monster Core instead.
• Zi Yan used her spatial movement to enter Liu Ying’s bamboo house while he slept and searched his rooms.
• Zi Yan reached into Liu Ying’s Storage Ring and found the Monster Core, but Liu Ying grabbed her arm.

Zi Yan confronted Old Man Liu after taking his sixth-tier water-type magic core and refused to return it, insisting her theft was justified. As Old Man Liu prepared to fight, Zi Yan offered him an Earth Fire Lotus Seed in exchange for the core, leaving the trade unresolved.

• Old Man Liu caught Zi Yan with his magic core, but she evaded him and threatened to eat it rather than give it back.
• Zi Yan argued that she was only taking the core through her own ability and claimed Xiao Yan was her full-blooded older brother.
• Old Man Liu demanded the core back and prepared to settle the dispute by force.
• Zi Yan revealed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed and offered to trade it for Old Man Liu's sixth-tier water-type magic core.

Zi Yan traded Liu Ying a Earth Fire Lotus Seed for a Tier 6 water-type Monster Core, then tried to bite it and hurt her teeth. After she brought the core back to Xiao Yan, he noticed a deep dent and questioned her.

• Liu Ying accepted Zi Yan’s Earth Fire Lotus Seed in exchange for the Tier 6 Monster Core, and Zi Yan left with it.
• Zi Yan tried to eat the Monster Core, chipped her tooth on it, and decided to bring it back to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan finished refining a Dragon Strength Pill and prepared natural treasures for Zi Yan before she returned.
• Zi Yan handed Xiao Yan the Monster Core and claimed Liu Ying had reluctantly accepted the trade.
• Xiao Yan spotted a deep dent in the Monster Core and turned a stern gaze on Zi Yan as she edged toward the door.

Xiao Yan discovered that Zi Yan had bitten the Tier 6 Monster Core and asked Yao Lao whether it could still be used to refine an Earth Spirit Pill. After giving Zi Yan prepared Green Separation Fruits, Xiao Yan delivered the Dragon Strength Pill to Elder He, who offered to take him to Elder Liu Ying, but Zi Yan revealed that she had already obtained the Magical Beast Core from him.

• Xiao Yan found a tooth mark on the Tier 6 Monster Core and questioned Zi Yan, who admitted she had bitten it once.
• Xiao Yan consulted Yao Lao about whether the damaged core could still be used, and Yao Lao guessed it would probably be fine.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan refined Green Separation Fruits and told her not to eat them raw anymore.
• Xiao Yan presented the Dragon Strength Pill to Elder He, then cautiously asked whether something was wrong with Elder He's body; Elder He denied it and changed the subject.
• Zi Yan revealed that Elder Liu Ying had already given her the Magical Beast Core, and Elder He decided there was no need to take Xiao Yan to see him.

Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan to Wangtian and arranged for her to live near him. After Huang Hao offered to demonstrate his Iron Fist Style, Zi Yan knocked him unconscious with one punch.

• Xiao Yan took Zi Yan to Wangtian and told Huang Hao to arrange a room for her.
• Huang Hao showed Zi Yan to a room near Xiao Yan's and boasted about his Iron Fist reputation.
• Zi Yan challenged Huang Hao to spar, and Wangtian members gathered to watch.
• Huang Hao struggled to unwrap his bandages before Zi Yan lost patience and attacked.
• Zi Yan struck Huang Hao unconscious, then dismissed him as a poser.

Zi Yan ambushed Elder He at the Medicine Repository to get revenge for his teasing, then slipped back to Wangtian and pretended to accept Xiao Yan’s punishment. The next morning, Xiao Yan left to observe Yao Lao refining an Earth Spirit Pill, while Elder He came to Wangtian looking for him and Zi Yan kept the truth from Yan Qishang.

• After Zi Yan beat Huang Hao, her reputation spread through Wangtian, and Xiao Yan watched the aftermath from a window.
• Zi Yan sneaked out at night and struck Elder He at the Medicine Repository, blaming him for laughing at her earlier.
• Elder He threatened to tell Xiao Yan, so Zi Yan fled and returned to Wangtian, where Xiao Yan ordered her to stand all night as punishment.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao planned to observe an Earth Spirit Pill’s refinement in the mountains, and Xiao Yan said he could use a special technique to wake Medusa.
• The next morning, Elder He went to Wangtian to find Xiao Yan, but Yan Qishang confirmed Xiao Yan had already left.
• Zi Yan implied Xiao Yan had caused trouble, then intimidated Yan Qishang into leaving before he could question her further.

Yao Lao taught Xiao Yan to refine a sixth-tier Earth Spirit Pill, and the pill’s energy pillar rose into the sky. Xiao Yan tried to get Cai Lin to contain it, but she demanded a kiss first, leaving Yao Lao shocked after Xiao Yan finally kissed her.

• Yao Lao spent ten hours teaching Xiao Yan as he refined the Earth Spirit Pill from four medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Lao condensed the ingredients into a pale-blue pill, which released a powerful energy pillar toward the sky.
• Xiao Yan called for Cai Lin to contain the energy, but the little seven-colored snake remained asleep until he woke her.
• Cai Lin demanded that Xiao Yan kiss her snake form, and Xiao Yan hesitated while Yao Lao watched in disbelief.
• Xiao Yan kissed Cai Lin, who accepted his reassurance that he still loved her.

Xiao Yan watched Medusa destroy the pale-blue energy pillar and reunite with him, while Yao Lao prepared to condense the pill. Medusa then said she would return to sleep unless Xiao Yan or Yao Lao needed her help.

• Medusa transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and flew toward the energy pillar while Xiao Yan joked with Yao Lao about her snake form.
• Medusa swallowed and shattered the energy pillar, frightening the nearby magical beasts, including the fleeing Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Medusa returned to Xiao Yan in human form and embraced him before Yao Lao's cough interrupted them.
• Xiao Yan introduced Medusa to Yao Lao as his teacher, and Medusa greeted him politely.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan she had been asleep since entering the Inner Academy and would return to slumber, offering to help if he or Yao Lao faced an enemy they could not defeat.

Xiao Yan accepted the Earth Spirit Pill after Yao Lao finished demonstrating its refinement, then returned to the Inner Academy. After Zi Yan asked him to refine more pills, Xiao Yan prepared his cauldron and said he wanted to ask her a few things first.

• Medusa transformed into a seven-colored snake and returned to Xiao Yan's embrace after telling him to remember her.
• Xiao Yan first claimed he had forgotten most of Yao Lao's refining technique, then corrected himself and said he had remembered seventy to eighty percent.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the Earth Spirit Pill and urged him to leave because Medusa's roar might attract attention.
• Great Elder Su Qian investigated the roar in the back mountain but found only signs of a small beast tide, then decided to warn the Inner Academy.
• Zi Yan visited Xiao Yan's room to ask for more pills, offered him a red fruit as an ingredient, and Xiao Yan began preparing to refine it while saying he had questions for her.

Xiao Yan learned that the Inner Academy’s Strong Ranking Selection Tournament was the only regular route to reach the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower’s lowest levels, which he needed to approach the Fallen Heart Flame. Since the tournament would not happen until next year, he and Yao Lao agreed to wait for a possible eruption and seize an opportunity inside the tower.

• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan about the Strong Ranking and learned that its top ten students could undergo Origin Heart Flame tempering during a tournament held once every five years.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that this year’s selection tournament would not begin until next year, and Xiao Yan realized Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao had stayed at the academy hoping for another chance at tempering.
• Xiao Yan struck Zi Yan again, then refined pills for her, and she left his room happily with them.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that students could not enter the tower’s lowest levels outside the selection tournament, while Yao Lao said an impending Fallen Heart Flame eruption might let them slip inside.
• Xiao Yan admitted he had no other way to reach the tower’s bottom and agreed to stay stationed there and wait for an opportunity.

After more than two months of cultivating in the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Yan returned to Wangtian when the Medicine Gang challenged them. He moved the confrontation up to the next day and then reunited with Zi Yan.

• Yan Qishang told Xiao Yan that Han Xian and the Medicine Gang had challenged Wangtian and stopped paying their monthly fees while Xiao Yan was away.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Medicine Gang had an unknown helper ranked in the Inner Academy's top twenty and ordered Han Xian to meet him outside Wangtian headquarters the next day.
• Xiao Yan threatened to kill Han Xian that night if he did not appear, then told Wangtian's members not to disturb him unless something important happened.
• Zi Yan rushed to greet Xiao Yan and teased him about looking inexperienced after he asked about her Fire Energy Points.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine pills for Zi Yan, who praised Great Elder Su Qian's generosity but said she disliked his scolding.

Han Xian panicked after Xiao Yan challenged him to appear outside Wangtian’s base the next day and threatened to kill him if he did not. He ordered a guard to bring back the Medicine Gang’s hired expert, still convinced he could defeat Xiao Yan.

• Han Xian learned that Xiao Yan had changed the terms of his challenge and demanded that he appear outside Wangtian’s base the next day.
• Han Xian raged over Xiao Yan’s threat and asked Jiang Chao what the Medicine Gang should do.
• Jiang Chao suggested going to the confrontation, and Han Xian grudgingly agreed while his subordinates praised him.
• Han Xian ordered a guard to retrieve the expert training in the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower and doubled the promised payment.
• The guard left to summon the expert while secretly thinking about his infiltration mission for Boss Lin Xiuya.
• Han Xian laughed and vowed to defeat Xiao Yan and repay his humiliation.

Xiao Yan and the Wangtian elders waited for Han Xian while Zi Yan recounted her history with the Medicine Gang and learned they had deliberately given her inferior pills. Xiao Yan briefed the group on his impending absence of nearly two years, leaving Zi Yan more concerned about who would make her pills.

• The Wangtian elders discussed Han Xian’s promised visit, and Xiao Yan joined them with Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan said she had once collected medicinal pills from the Medicine Gang as protection fees, and Xiao Yan explained they had sent her low-quality pills to drive her away.
• Zi Yan threatened to confront the Medicine Gang, then claimed Huang Hao as her follower and made him call her Boss.
• Xiao Yan told the Wangtian group he would be away for nearly two years and gave them secret instructions.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan to bring her along so she could keep getting pills, and Xiao Yan hit her on the head.

Han Xian brought the Medicine Gang to Wangtian's headquarters, hoping to challenge Xiao Yan and claim Wangtian's pill formulas. Wangtian made him wait outside because its invited expert had not arrived, leaving Han Xian's grand ambitions hanging as he faced public humiliation.

• A Wangtian Dou Master reported that the Medicine Gang had arrived, and Xiao Yan ordered Han Xian to wait until Wangtian's invited expert showed up.
• Han Xian led a growing crowd to Wangtian's headquarters and arrogantly demanded that Xiao Yan come out to meet him.
• When Jiang Chao complained about Wangtian's gatekeeper, Han Xian challenged him to go inside and teach them a lesson, then privately planned to use the invited expert to defeat Xiao Yan and take over the Inner Academy.
• Han Xian waited five minutes before the Wangtian Dou Master returned and told him to keep waiting because the person in charge had not arrived.
• Han Xian protested that he was in charge, and the Wangtian Dou Master impatiently ordered him to get lost if he would not wait.