Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to Wangtian Headquarters, where he boosted a gate captain’s cultivation and caught up with Yan Qishang. He stopped Zi Yan from beating Huang Hao further, and Zi Yan tearfully welcomed him back.

• Xiao Yan planted a Green Lotus Mark in the gate captain, giving him a cultivation boost, then entered Wangtian Headquarters.
• Zi Yan scolded and beat Huang Hao for losing to Liu Qing, despite Huang Hao being ranked seventh and Liu Qing second on the Strong Ranking List.
• Xiao Yan surprised Yan Qishang, who reported that he and Huang Hao had both reached Nine-Star Dou Ling and ranked fifth and seventh on the Strong Ranking List.
• Xiao Yan called out to Zi Yan as she prepared to strike Huang Hao, and she stopped and turned to greet him.
• Zi Yan gave Huang Hao one final blow, then said she would let him go until tomorrow.

Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy and went to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower to cultivate underground, persuading the Grey-Robed Elder with a Break Sect Pill. Zi Yan followed him and wore down the elder until he let her enter too.

• Xiao Yan returned to Wangtian's base, promised to stay for a while, and left the next day to gather cultivation resources while Zi Yan secretly followed him.
• Xiao Yan visited the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and asked the Grey-Robed Elder to let him cultivate underground.
• The Grey-Robed Elder refused to let Xiao Yan leave his post until Xiao Yan handed him a Break Sect Pill, then opened the entrance for him.
• Zi Yan arrived and demanded to follow Xiao Yan underground, but the Grey-Robed Elder refused her request.
• Zi Yan repeated her demand beside the Grey-Robed Elder for an hour until he gave in and let her enter the underground passage.

Xiao Yan entered the Endless Magma World to gather Flame Lizardmen’s Fire Beads and seek a breakthrough to Dou Zong. Zi Yan followed him down, and after Xiao Yan rescued her from running low on Dou Qi, she insisted on joining his dangerous hunt.

• Xiao Yan descended into the Endless Magma World, where Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire warned him about the powerful Flame Lizard clan and its Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Yan sensed someone following him and turned back toward the surface.
• Zi Yan entered the magma to follow Xiao Yan, but nearly exhausted her Dou Qi before reaching him.
• Xiao Yan found Zi Yan and covered her with a Heavenly Flame gauze robe that replenished her energy.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan to return, but she argued that her strength and ability to travel through space could help them escape.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan hunted Fire Lizards for a month, collecting Fire Beads for Xiao Yan’s cultivation while avoiding detection. They decided to stay one final day to hunt only Dou Zong Fire Lizards, then leave.

• Xiao Yan agreed to take Zi Yan with him into the Fire Lizard Clan’s territory and warned her not to cause trouble.
• Xiao Yan observed the Fire Lizards for three days, learned about their ranks and habits, then killed a Dou Wang Fire Lizard and explained its Fire Bead to Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan moved between hunting grounds and killed Fire Lizards for a month, collecting eighty-three Dou Wang, thirty-four Dou Emperor, and nine Dou Zong Fire Beads.
• Zi Yan suggested hunting more Dou Zong Fire Lizards because the Fire Beads might not be enough for Xiao Yan’s breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan decided to hunt Dou Zong Fire Lizards for one more day before leaving and took the Dark Red Fire Lotus to hide and watch their reactions.

After Xiao Yan left, a Flame Lizard commander traced the aura of a missing clansman to the spot where the Fire Lotus had been, but found no sign of him. The commanders reported that powerful Flame Lizardmen were disappearing to a suspected Dou Zun expert, and their elder planned to secretly track the intruder and kill him.

• A Flame Lizard commander searched the magma where Xiao Yan had departed and found that the trail had gone cold.
• The commander joined more than a dozen Flame Lizard commanders to report that Dou Emperor and Dou Zong clansmen had vanished across their territories.
• The elder suspected a Dou Zun expert was responsible and recalled a past battle with a human intruder who had escaped using spatial power.
• The elder ordered the commanders to keep the disappearances secret, monitor their clansmen, and alert him when they found the intruder.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan hunted Flame Lizardmen in the magma world, but one victim raised an alarm and drew a relentless pursuit. As they fled, Yao Lao realized the Lizardmen were herding them toward an encirclement.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan traveled through the magma world and began ambushing Flame Lizardmen, killing several of them.
• A Lizardman Xiao Yan thought he had killed played dead, shrieked to summon help, and was destroyed by Xiao Yan.
• A Lizardman commander led a pursuit, planning to drive Xiao Yan and Zi Yan toward an encirclement assembled by the other commanders.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fled in the Dark Red Fire Lotus but could not shake the Lizardmen chasing them.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the pursuers seemed to be herding them rather than simply hunting them.

Xiao Yan turned back to confront the strongest group of Lizardman pursuers, with Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire joining the fight. The battle began with the Wolf Spirit taking a crushing blow from the Nine-Star Dou Zong commander.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao decided to attack the pursuers behind them rather than risk heading into an unseen ambush.
• Yao Lao sensed a Nine-Star Dou Zong, a Seven-Star Dou Zong, a Three-Star Dou Zong, and more than fifty Dou Emperors among the pursuing Lizardmen.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Venerable Skyfire agreed to take on the three Dou Zong experts while Zi Yan stayed inside the Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan's Five Spirits charged the Lizardmen and killed more than half of their Dou Emperor forces.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Five Spirits to attack the burly Nine-Star Dou Zong commander, who struck down the Wolf Spirit with a single blow.

Xiao Yan fused with the Great Ming King, raising his strength to the Seven-Star Dou Zong realm and turning the battle against the Lizardmen. He began overpowering the burly commander, but their fight continued as the commander counterattacked.

• The burly commander defeated Xiao Yan’s Five Spirits, but Xiao Yan revived them and used the Five-Wheel Fire Disk to blast the commander back.
• The burly commander recognized that Xiao Yan’s own strength was only at the Peak Dou Emperor level and mocked him for relying on a powerful Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Great Ming King and fused with it, reaching the Seven-Star Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Yan’s cry weakened the Three-Star Dou Zong Lizardman, allowing Venerable Skyfire to kill him and join Yao Lao against another opponent.
• Xiao Yan asked whether his new strength was enough, then attacked the burly commander and drove him backward with a powerful blow.
• The burly commander countered Xiao Yan’s grab by thrusting his red-scaled arm toward Xiao Yan’s chest.

Xiao Yan defeated and killed a Nine-Star Dou Zong Lizardman commander using the Great Ming King True Body, but an elderly Lizardman Dou Zun appeared before he could escape. The chapter ended with the Five-Star Dou Zun confronting Xiao Yan and demanding to know why he had entered the clan’s territory.

• Xiao Yan revealed that his wounds had healed and overwhelmed the brawny commander by swallowing the surrounding magma and firing an enormous fireball at him.
• Xiao Yan struck down the commander, separated from the Great Ming King True Body, and absorbed it back into his body.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that hundreds of Lizardman experts were closing in, so Xiao Yan prepared to flee.
• An elderly Lizardman appeared undetected, locked down Xiao Yan’s aura, and was identified by Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire as at least a Five-Star Dou Zun.
• The Lizardman Dou Zun demanded to know why Xiao Yan had infiltrated the clan’s territory and pressed him with a powerful aura.

Xiao Yan was overpowered by the Lizardman Dou Zun, and the Great Ming King was shattered before it could fully manifest. Zi Yan returned and released her Bloodline Seal to transform into a Three-Star Dou Zong, but the Lizardman Dou Zun attacked, leaving Xiao Yan and Zi Yan in immediate danger.

• The Lizardman Dou Zun crushed the Great Ming King's incomplete manifestation with lava, injuring Xiao Yan and sending the Fire Spirit into a long slumber.
• Yao Lao offered to burn his soul power to break the aura lock and help Xiao Yan escape, but Xiao Yan refused to risk losing his teacher forever.
• Zi Yan returned despite Xiao Yan's order to leave and took his hand as the Lizardman Dou Zun prepared to strike him.
• Zi Yan released her Bloodline Seal, transformed into a mature woman, and rose to the Three-Star Dou Zong realm.
• The Lizardman Dou Zun dismissed Zi Yan's strength, then vanished to attack her and Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan were overwhelmed by a Lizardman Dou Zun until a mysterious purple-gold giant claw intervened, crushed their attacker, and carried them away. Nearly an hour later, two Lizardman Semi-Saints arrived and ordered an investigation into what had enraged the Guardian Lord.

• Yao Lao lent Xiao Yan his Soul Origin, raising him to Five-Star Dou Zong, but the Lizardman Dou Zun struck him down and injured Zi Yan.
• The Lizardman Dou Zun gathered magma into a giant flaming hand and attacked Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, prompting Yao Lao to begin burning his Soul Origin.
• A purple-gold giant claw tore through the void, destroyed the flaming hand, and crushed the Lizardman Dou Zun.
• The giant claw gently scooped up Xiao Yan and Zi Yan and vanished from the magma world.
• Two Lizardman Semi-Saints arrived with a force of Lizardmen, discovered traces of their clan's expert, and ordered a thorough investigation.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan met Zhu Kun, the former Dragon Emperor, in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion, where he claimed to be Zi Yan’s father. Zhu Kun tried to reunite with her, but Zi Yan remained suspicious, and Xiao Yan asked him to prove their relationship.

• Xiao Yan held the trembling Zi Yan as Zhu Kun revealed himself and explained why her bloodline recognized him.
• Zhu Kun’s laughter hurt Xiao Yan and Zi Yan’s ears, so Zi Yan angrily told him to be quiet.
• At Xiao Yan’s suggestion, Zhu Kun transformed into a middle-aged man and led them to the plaza before the stone gate.
• Zhu Kun told Zi Yan that he was her father, but she rejected his claim and called him an ugly thing.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun to speak respectfully with Zi Yan and requested proof that he was her father.

Zhu Kun proved to Zi Yan that they shared a bloodline and explained how Tou She Ancient God’s trap had separated them. Zi Yan began accepting Zhu Kun as her father, while Xiao Yan was reluctantly drawn into promising to help her confront Tou She Ancient God.

• Zhu Kun joined hands with Zi Yan, and their golden bloodline resonance confirmed that they were father and daughter.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him and that he had thrown Zi Yan to safety before he was imprisoned.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan to help her punish Tou She Ancient God, and Xiao Yan reluctantly agreed while concealing that the Ancient God was still alive.
• Zhu Kun introduced himself as the Dragon Emperor and asked Zi Yan to call him Father, but she struggled to say it and sought comfort from Xiao Yan.
• Zhu Kun privately considered killing Xiao Yan out of jealousy, then decided against it because Zi Yan would be sad.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan, learned that Xiao Yan had fought the Flame Lizardmen for their Crimson Fire Beads, and ordered their elders to deliver beads for Xiao Yan. He then sensed Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire hiding in Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, leaving Xiao Yan startled by Zhu Kun’s perception.

• Xiao Yan explained that he had attacked the Flame Lizardmen to obtain Crimson Fire Beads and had provoked their Dou Zun experts.
• Zhu Kun dismissed the Flame Lizardmen as weak and promised Xiao Yan around a hundred Dou Zun-level Fire Beads.
• Zhu Kun revealed that Zi Yan’s blood had alerted him to her danger, then summoned the Fire Lizard Clan’s two Half-Saint elders.
• The elders pleaded that their clan lacked enough Fire Beads, but Zhu Kun demanded they bring every Dou Zun- and Dou Zong-level bead they had.
• Zhu Kun sensed Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire hiding in Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan tried to conceal their presence.

Xiao Yan introduced Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire to Zhu Kun, who tried to impress them with his alchemy achievements. The encounter ended with Xiao Yan realizing Zhu Kun could help restore Yao Lao’s body and asking the Dragon Emperor for a favor.

• Zhu Kun pulled Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire out of Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and greeted them.
• Zhu Kun boasted that he was a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill Grandmaster Alchemist, but Yao Lao revealed he was a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill Alchemist.
• Zi Yan called Zhu Kun her father, making him forget his embarrassment and celebrate.
• Xiao Yan realized Zhu Kun might be able to refine a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill for Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Zhu Kun’s hand and told him he had a request.

Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun to help Yao Lao regain a physical body, demonstrating that he had enough Heavenly Flames to meet the secret method’s requirements. Zhu Kun agreed to refine the needed pills, but their preparations paused when the Lizardmen returned with a trove of Fire Beads.

• Xiao Yan showed Zhu Kun Yao Lao’s body-refining method, and Zhu Kun doubted it could work because it required several Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he possessed five Heavenly Flames and could fuse them, convincing Zhu Kun that the method was feasible.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun to refine Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pills, and Zhu Kun agreed after Zi Yan insisted he help her brother.
• Zhu Kun mistakenly thought one set of ingredients would make both required pills, then admitted that he needed two portions instead.
• Lizardman experts returned with about two hundred and twenty Fire Beads, and Zhu Kun asked Xiao Yan whether they were enough while threatening to take more from the Lizardmen.

Xiao Yan gathered Fire Beads and discussed refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill with Zhu Kun, but lacked suitable remains to restore Yao Lao’s body. Zhu Kun revealed his collection of more than twenty preserved Dou Sheng corpses and invited Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire to choose one.

• Zhu Kun drove off the Lizardmen and let Xiao Yan collect the Fire Beads they had dropped.
• Xiao Yan chose to refine the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill before attempting to break through and showed Zhu Kun his ingredients, a Dou Zong corpse, and Rank Seven Behemoth Essence Blood.
• Zhu Kun said Xiao Yan’s materials were inadequate, then offered to help by revealing the corpses he had preserved from opponents he defeated.
• Zhu Kun showed Xiao Yan more than twenty ice coffins containing Dou Sheng experts and described his collection.
• Zhu Kun explained that the Seven-Star Dou Sheng in one coffin was the Beast Sect Master, whom he had killed in a seven-day battle, and said Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire could choose a body.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao selected bodies for refinement, and Zhu Kun offered his own blood to help prepare them. After explaining that two drops would not weaken him, Zhu Kun began refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.

• Xiao Yan chose the Beast Sect Master's body, while Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire selected two other powerful experts' bodies.
• Zhu Kun explained that one selected expert had been the Shadow Sect Master, whom he had hunted down and killed after an ambush.
• Xiao Yan worried that using Zhu Kun's essence blood would weaken him, but Zhu Kun said two drops would not affect his strength.
• Zhu Kun placed two drops of violet-gold blood into Rouge Jade Bottles, and Xiao Yan stored them along with the other materials.
• Xiao Yan supplied two sets of ingredients, the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and his Azure Sky Flame, and Zhu Kun began refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.

Zhu Kun refined the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, using his Emperor Realm Soul to condense it and his dragon aura to strengthen it. The pill was about to form, but Yao Lao explained that the sealed world of the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion would prevent it from drawing Pill Lightning.

• Zhu Kun refined the auxiliary ingredients in the Myriad Beast Cauldron, then processed the Ten Thousand Year Green Spirit Vine, Snow Bone Ginseng, and Blood Essence Demon Fruit.
• After ten days, Zhu Kun combined the ingredients into a compound and used his Emperor Realm Soul to oversee the pill-condensing stage.
• Five days later, Zhu Kun infused the dark-red pill with dragon aura, causing a pillar of energy to shoot into the sky as the pill neared completion.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether the pill would draw five colors of Pill Lightning, and Yao Lao explained that the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion's sealed space would prevent any Pill Lightning from reaching it.

Zhu Kun refined two Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pills, then used one to help Yao Lao take over the body of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng powerhouse. The process succeeded, but the body's vitality transformed Yao Lao into a handsome middle-aged man, leaving him stunned by his rejuvenated appearance.

• Zhu Kun retrieved the first Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill from its spiritual dragon and revealed that his Dragon Aura had raised it to the seven-color Pill Lightning level.
• Zhu Kun refined a second Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, then prepared the body and Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood for Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire.
• Venerable Skyfire let Yao Lao go first, and Yao Lao swallowed a pill before sending his soul into the body Zhu Kun had infused with Essence Blood and tempered in Azure Sky Flame.
• Yao Lao took control of the cleansed body and replaced its former owner's imprint with his own.
• The body's vitality surged, restoring Yao Lao's youth and changing him into a handsome middle-aged man with black hair, leaving him bewildered.