Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan brought Xu Yi to the Xiao Tribe’s Alchemy Hall and told him he would work under Elder Xiao Yun. Xu Yi eagerly agreed while secretly planning to take control of the hall.

• Xu Yi recalled abandoning his plan to escape after discovering the Xiao Tribe had two Dou Wang experts.
• Xiao Yan caught Xu Yi encouraging himself and explained that the Alchemy Hall would be Xu Yi’s new workplace.
• Xiao Yan instructed Xu Yi to obey Elder Xiao Yun, who was in charge of the Alchemy Hall.
• Xu Yi reassured Xiao Yan that he had only been encouraging himself, then enthusiastically promised to refine pills.
• As they headed to the Alchemy Hall, Xu Yi privately imagined becoming its local tyrant and taking control.

Xu Yi accompanied Xiao Yan to the Xiao Tribe’s Alchemy Hall, expecting to assess its chief alchemist, Xiao Yun, but discovered the hall and its practitioners were far more impressive than he had anticipated. After watching Xiao Yun refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, Xu Yi abandoned his grand titles and begged to be called simply Xu Yi.

• Xu Yi followed Xiao Yan to the Xiao Tribe’s Alchemy Hall and was startled by its scale and the skill of its alchemists.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xu Yi as a Fourth-Tier Alchemist and Guest Elder to Xiao Yun, who greeted him modestly.
• Xiao Yun invited Xiao Yan and Xu Yi to watch him refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yun successfully produced a pill with two patterns, and Xiao Yan praised his skill.
• When Xiao Yun asked for his opinion, Xu Yi begged him to stop calling him Master Xu.

Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Tribe had benefited from monthly medicinal ingredient shipments from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and promised Xiao Yun a Tier 4 Beast Flame. He then visited Qing Lin and tried to persuade her to let him extract a Beast Flame from Xiao Qing, leaving her unsure whether to trust him.

• Xu Yi recognized Xiao Yun's alchemy skill, removed his badge, and offered to serve him.
• Xiao Yun told Xiao Yan that a mysterious friend had been sending the tribe medicinal ingredients each month for more than two years, and Xiao Yan identified the sender as the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Yun a Tier 4 Beast Flame and left Xu Yi in Xiao Yun's care.
• Xiao Yan went to see Qing Lin and learned that Xiao Qing had gone out to play.
• Xiao Yan told Qing Lin he wanted to extract a Beast Flame from Xiao Qing and assured her that the snake would not die.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian tricked Qing Lin into believing that extracting Beast Flame would not harm Xiao Qing. When Xiao Qing returned, Xiao Yan captured her and dragged her toward a room to extract the flame, while Qing Lin urged her to cooperate.

• Xiao Yan convinced Qing Lin that extracting Beast Flame would not affect Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yi Xian joined in the deception.
• Xiao Qing wandered home, content with her comfortable life and promising herself she would cultivate properly someday.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Qing at the courtyard and made her uneasy, so she signaled Qing Lin for help.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Qing to listen to Xiao Yan, leaving the snake shocked and betrayed.
• Xiao Yan seized Xiao Qing, sent strands of flame into her body, and dragged her toward the innermost room as she struggled and pleaded for help.

Xiao Yan took Xiao Qing away to undergo a painful cultivation ritual using a formation, while Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Lin off to rest. The formation engulfed Xiao Qing in light, and Xiao Yan urged her to endure the process.

• Qing Lin stopped Xiao Yan from leaving Xiao Qing behind, and Xiao Yan offered the snake his last Earth Fire Lotus Seed as reassurance.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Qing into the courtyard, while Xiao Yi Xian privately decided to spend the evening with Qing Lin and dragged her toward the bedroom.
• Xiao Yan placed Xiao Qing in the center of a complex formation and activated its eight energy grooves with a blue-gold flame.
• The formation enveloped Xiao Qing in radiant light, causing her intense pain and prompting her to thrash around and wreck the room.
• Xiao Yan laughed at Xiao Qing's reaction and told her to keep working through the unique cultivation process.

Xiao Yan extracted Xiao Qing’s Beast Flame and delivered it to Elder Xiao Yun, then checked on Xu Yi’s work in the Alchemy Hall. Xiao Qing and Xiao Yi Xian fought over Qing Lin while Xu Yi continued refining pills under Xiao Yun’s demanding schedule.

• Xiao Yan collected the Beast Flame from the formation and sealed it in a jade box while Xiao Qing slept.
• Xiao Qing found Xiao Yi Xian holding Qing Lin and knocked Xiao Yi Xian off the bed, prompting a fight that Xiao Yan avoided.
• Xiao Yan delivered Xiao Qing’s Beast Flame to Elder Xiao Yun, who accepted it gratefully.
• Xiao Yan asked about Xu Yi and learned that Xiao Yun had been making him refine twenty batches of pills each day.
• Xiao Yan saw Xu Yi working through his eighteenth batch and remarked that Xiao Yun was even more ruthless than he was.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yun found Xu Yi broken down after he mistakenly tried to refine twenty batches of pills a day, then welcomed him into the Xiao Tribe. Later, a boy challenged Xiao Yan during a walk with Xun'er, and Xiao Yan eagerly anticipated finally having someone to teach a lesson.

• Xiao Yan realized that Xu Yi had been locked in the Alchemy Room for eight days and hurried there with Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yan slapped Xu Yi in an attempt to rouse him, but Xu Yi recovered on his own and tearfully complained about his treatment.
• Xu Yi, Xiao Yun, and Xiao Yan each blamed themselves, and Xu Yi swore to remain with the Xiao Tribe.
• A handsome boy blocked Xiao Yan and challenged him while he was walking with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan grew excited at the prospect of finally confronting a troublemaking clan member.

Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Yan out of jealousy, but Xiao Yan tried to defuse the confrontation by conceding. When Xiao Ning insisted on a duel, Xiao Yan responded with a strange smile, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Xun'er worried when Xiao Yan began trembling, and Xiao Yan reassured her before asking Xiao Ning who he was.
• Xiao Xun'er identified Xiao Ning as the Great Elder's grandson, and Xiao Yan remembered his connection to Xiao Ning's sister, Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Yan because he was jealous of the attention Xiao Yan received from Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and his friends.
• Xiao Yan politely conceded to avoid upsetting Xiao Yu, but Xiao Ning demanded a duel after seeing Xiao Xun'er smile.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ning a strange smile as Xiao Ning waited for him to accept the challenge.

Xiao Yan tested his newly developed Great Ming King technique on Xiao Ning after Xiao Ning mocked him, revealing a powerful violet fire phoenix. Xiao Ning survived the encounter, but Xiao Yan warned him that the technique’s second stage could destroy both body and soul.

• Xiao Yan summoned a fist-sized violet flame bird and ordered it to attack Xiao Ning, who laughed at its size.
• The bird expanded into a Dou Ling-level Purple Fire Phoenix and swallowed Xiao Ning, terrifying Xiao Xun'er and the onlookers.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Great Ming King, which spat out a charred Xiao Ning before disappearing into Xiao Yan’s body.
• Xiao Ning pretended to be dead, then begged the arriving Xiao Tribe experts for help, but they ignored him and deferred to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the experts and warned Xiao Ning that the Great Ming King’s second stage could destroy his body and soul.

Xiao Ning returned home after losing a fight with Xiao Yan and was punished by his older sister, Xiao Yu. Xiao Zhan then revealed that the Mo Clan had targeted Qing Lin for her snake-type bloodline, and Xiao Yan reacted with anger.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao Ning behind after telling him to be grateful to the Xiao Tribe, and Xiao Ning cried before sneaking home.
• Xiao Yu confronted Xiao Ning about his fight and learned that he had fought Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu took a wolf-fang club and beat Xiao Ning despite his pleas.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that he had spared one of the attackers to uncover their purpose and learned they had come for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Zhan identified Mo Cheng of the Mo Clan as the one who had sent the attackers to capture Qing Lin for her exceptional snake-type bloodline.
• Xiao Yan questioned whether Mo Cheng knew that the Xiao Tribe now had a Dou Wang expert.

After learning that Mo Cheng had attacked the Xiao Tribe to seize Qing Lin’s bloodline, Xiao Yan decided to travel to Yan City and destroy the Mo Clan himself. He departed on a Thick-Winged Bird, while Qing Lin remained behind, unaware of why he was leaving.

• Xiao Zhan explained Mo Cheng’s plan, and Xiao Yan decided to punish the Mo Clan for attacking the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he would leave for Yan City the next day with his teacher, and Xiao Zhan agreed.
• Xiao Yan watched Qing Lin sleeping and vowed that Mo Cheng would die before she could suffer the same fate again.
• Qing Lin woke and asked Xiao Qing about Xiao Yan’s words, then used her eyes to make Xiao Qing smash her head against the floor for speaking badly of him.
• Xiao Yan boarded a Thick-Winged Bird at the Xiao Tribe and flew north toward the Mo Clan’s headquarters in Yan City.

Xiao Yan attacked the Mo Clan in Yan City and demanded to know where Mo Cheng was. Mo Cheng survived Xiao Yan’s assault and summoned reinforcements, but Xiao Yan saw through his plan and prepared to attack again.

• Xiao Yan crashed into the Mo Clan’s council hall, destroying it and killing several elders.
• Xiao Yan asked for Mo Cheng, then attacked him and Mo Lan with a purple fireball, but both men escaped the blast.
• Mo Lan blamed Mo Cheng for bringing danger to the clan, while Mo Cheng ordered Mo Yun to seek help from the city lord and Mo Mu to summon the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Cheng judged that Xiao Yan was only a Peak Dou Ling and urged Mo Lan to join him in fighting.
• Xiao Yan heard Mo Cheng’s plan and asked how the old man wanted to die.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Mo Clan’s gathered forces and confronted Mo Cheng with the Golden Winged Great Ming King. The Yan City Lord Bo'er arrived as Mo Cheng still relied on the Misty Cloud Sect for support.

• Xiao Yan refused to spare Mo Cheng and summoned the Purple Winged Great Ming King to attack the Mo Clan’s forces.
• The Great Ming King killed more than a hundred Mo Clan experts, leaving Mo Cheng and Mo Lan alive.
• Mo Lan lamented the Mo Clan’s destruction, while Mo Cheng claimed the clan could survive through him and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan transformed the Great Ming King into its Golden Winged form, and Mo Cheng’s remaining clansmen refused to attack.
• Bo'er arrived at the Mo Clan grounds and introduced himself as the Yan City Lord.

Xiao Yan confronted Mo Cheng after the Mo Clan’s crimes were exposed, and Bo'er declined to help once he learned Xiao Yan’s identity. Yun Leng appeared and told Mo Cheng that the Misty Cloud Sect had ordered him to die for the sect’s greater good.

• Bo'er arrived to assist Mo Cheng, but stepped aside after Xiao Yan identified himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Tribe.
• Mo Cheng realized the City Lord would not save him, and Xiao Yan revealed that Yun Leng was also present.
• Yun Leng appeared beside Xiao Yan and faced his former subordinate, Mo Cheng.
• Yun Leng told Mo Cheng that Yun Shan had ordered him to take his own life and warned that resistance would lead to the Mo Clan’s complete destruction.

Xiao Yan killed Mo Cheng and Mo Lan after Mo Cheng rejected Yun Leng’s offer to rebuild the Mo Clan, then Yun Leng slaughtered the remaining clan members. The Mo Clan was destroyed, and news of the Xiao Tribe’s victory spread across the Jia Ma Empire.

• Mo Cheng refused Yun Leng’s offer to rebuild the Mo Clan and revealed a beastly arm that raised his strength to Nine-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Golden Winged Great Ming King and crushed Mo Cheng, burning his remains so he could not be revived.
• Mo Lan begged Xiao Yan for mercy, but the Great Ming King killed him with a flaming feather.
• Yun Leng entered the Mo Clan’s grounds and slaughtered the remaining members while Bo'er watched.
• After Yun Leng reported that the matter was settled, Xiao Yan and Yun Leng departed, and Bo'er ordered the area sealed off.
• News spread that Xiao Yan had destroyed the Mo Clan, bringing renown to the Xiao Tribe throughout the empire.

Xiao Yan returned after destroying the Mo Clan and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. The three went to the back mountain, where Qing Lin released Xiao Qing so the snake could roam freely.

• Xiao Yan parted from Yun Leng and joked with Yao Lao about his nosy advice and strange novels.
• Xiao Yan returned home on the Thick-Winged Bird and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin he had won a fight over Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Xiao Yan to the back mountain, and Qing Lin persuaded him to come along.
• Qing Lin released Xiao Qing, who eagerly explored the back mountain while the others planned to watch the sea of clouds.

Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to investigate a figure he thought was Xiao Yu and found her preparing to bathe in a hot spring. Xiao Qing reported the encounter to Qing Lin, who became angry with Xiao Yan, while he returned to the mountaintop expecting to make peace with the two girls.

• Xiao Qing teased Qing Lin with a tune Xiao Yan had taught her, embarrassing Qing Lin before she changed the subject and led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to the mountaintop.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, thinking he had spotted Xiao Yu, and headed to a secluded valley.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yu about to bathe in a hot spring and tried to explain, but Xiao Yu chased him with a sword.
• Xiao Qing secretly watched Xiao Yan flee from Xiao Yu and went back to tell Qing Lin what she had seen.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yi Xian about Xiao Yan's encounter, and the two girls grew resentful while Xiao Yan hurried back to the mountaintop to coax them.

After Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian caught Xiao Yan peeking at girls bathing, they ignored him for a week, and he then nervously accompanied Xiao Xun'er to the Marketplace. Xiao Xun'er hinted that she knew about his interest in other girls, leaving Xiao Yan unsure whether he had escaped trouble.

• Xiao Yan tried to hide where he had been, but Qing Lin accused him of peeking at girls bathing.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Qing, who revealed that she had exposed Xiao Yan; Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian then left and ignored him for seven days.
• Xiao Xun'er came to Xiao Yan's room and made his teacher force him to answer the door.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yan to accompany her to the Marketplace and questioned him about seeking out older and younger female cousins.
• Xiao Yan claimed he saw Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei'er as sisters, and Xiao Xun'er took his arm while privately hinting that they had plenty of time ahead.

Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the Xiao Tribe’s rapid rise could attract Soul Hall, but admitted he had no plan to stop it. Xiao Yan was summoned to the meeting hall, where a Misty Cloud Sect disciple delivered him a letter from Yun Shan.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Soul Hall might notice the Xiao Tribe and could overwhelm its current strength.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao what they should do, but Yao Lao confessed he had no solution, frustrating Xiao Yan.
• A knock interrupted their argument, and Xiao Zhan summoned Xiao Yan to the meeting hall.
• A Misty Cloud Sect disciple gave Xiao Yan a letter from Old Sect Leader Yun Shan.

Xiao Yan learned that Protector Wu of the Soul Hall had contacted Yun Shan and devised a plan to ambush him at the Misty Cloud Sect. Three days later, Xiao Yan arrived at the sect and met Yun Shan.

• Xiao Yan showed Yao Lao Yun Shan’s letter, and they discussed how to use Protector Wu’s recruitment attempt as a chance to conceal their presence and capture him.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao set out for the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Zhan resolved to strengthen himself and take on more responsibility for the Xiao Tribe.
• Three days later, Yun Leng welcomed Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect and escorted him to Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan entered the hall, lowered his hood, and revealed his face to Yun Shan.