Chapter Summaries

Four months after Ye Yan left, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran traveled to find him, while Hai Bodong prepared to take Ya Fei to visit him. Ye Yan took Xiao Yi Xian into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to begin preparations for the Poison Pill Method, as Xuan Yi faced several women gathered around her disciple.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran they were seeking Alchemist Ye and admitted she did not know whether she could persuade him to help.
• Hai Bodong agreed to take Ya Fei to visit Ye Yan after she revealed her longing to see him.
• Ye Yan discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had risen from seven-star Dou Shi to one-star Dou Wang in four months by consuming poisons.
• Ye Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian about her altered appearance and took her to a secluded place in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to prepare for the Poison Pill Method.
• Xuan Yi wondered how Ye Yan had drawn so many beautiful women, including Cailin, to gather around him.

Cailin turned away Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Hai Bodong, and Ya Fei while Ye Yan prepared to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Woe Poison Body. Xiao Yi Xian released the poison body in a secluded cave, where its deadly gray poison began to emerge.

• Cailin told Yun Yun and Hai Bodong that Ye Yan was away and would not return for a few days.
• Yun Yun took Nalan Yanran to wait in Green Mountain Town, and Hai Bodong brought Ya Fei there as well.
• Ye Yan led Xiao Yi Xian into a cave and prepared a pool of medicinal liquids, a Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Ye Yan warned Xiao Yi Xian that controlling her Woe Poison Body would be painful and said he would restrain most of the power of his three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian released her Woe Poison Body, and dark-gray poisonous mist erupted from her as her pupils turned gray.

Ye Yan used the Heavenly Flames, the Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core, and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison and help her form a Poison Pill. With her crisis addressed, he turned to his next plans and considered how little threat Hun Tiandi would see in him.

• Ye Yan drew the poisonous aura out of Xiao Yi Xian’s body and gathered it into a vortex in her lower abdomen.
• Ye Yan used the magic core and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, forming a Bodhi Seed before applying the life-giving liquid to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Yan neutralized much of the Woe Poison’s force and instructed Xiao Yi Xian to circulate her battle qi and compress the poison into a Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian followed Ye Yan’s instructions as the magic core was consumed by the poison and gradually shrank into a gray, rounded form.
• Ye Yan felt relieved that he had finally resolved Xiao Yi Xian’s long-standing crisis and considered his plans to advance, strengthen his soul, and build a force.
• Ye Yan reflected that Hun Tiandi would regard him as a minor nuisance rather than a serious threat.

Ye Yan stayed with Xiao Yi Xian while she compressed the Woe Poison Qi, and she emerged with silver-white hair and a breakthrough to Five-Star Dou Wang. Meanwhile, Soul Hall Protectors discussed tracking Ye Yan and investigating Li Feiyu, Han Feng, and the Jia Ma Empire.

• Ye Yan placed the stabilized Xiao Yi Xian in a pool and stayed nearby while she worked toward forming a Poison Pill.
• In the Black Corner Region, Protector Ku's group discussed reports linking Ye Yan to Alchemist Ye and planned to exploit the upcoming Pill Gathering.
• Protector Ku ordered Protector Ao to investigate the Jia Ma Empire and instructed the others to search for information about Li Feiyu and Han Feng.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke after her transformation, changed into clothes, and revealed that her hair had turned silver-white.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that she had advanced from One-Star Dou Wang to Five-Star Dou Wang, and Ye Yan praised her new appearance.

Yun Yun asked Ye Yan to teach Nalan Yanran so she could face Xiao Yan in their Three Year Agreement, and Ye Yan was inclined to agree to make the fight harder for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yi Xian persuaded Ye Yan not to get involved with Nalan Yanran, though she offered to pressure Xiao Yan herself.

• Yun Yun asked Ye Yan to teach Nalan Yanran, and Ye Yan considered agreeing because he wanted to make things harder for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian called Ye Yan aside, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran wondered whether he would accept the request.
• Ye Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he had considered teaching Nalan Yanran only to challenge Xiao Yan, easing her and Cailin’s concerns.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she did not want Ye Yan involved with Nalan Yanran, and Ye Yan agreed to refuse Yun Yun’s request.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to put pressure on Xiao Yan herself if Ye Yan could not act.

Ye Yan let Xiao Yi Xian guide Nalan Yanran while he discussed Yun Yun’s feelings and possible help with Cailin. He planned to leave after resolving matters at Jia Nan Academy, though Cailin still needed to seek the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone before pursuing a breakthrough to Battle Saint.

• Ye Yan agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian teach Nalan Yanran and told her to seek Cailin or him if she ran into trouble.
• Xuan Yi spoke with Cailin about Ye Yan and left the younger generation to decide their own relationships.
• Yun Yun accepted Xiao Yi Xian’s offer to guide Nalan Yanran and insisted Ye Yan receive compensation for helping.
• Yun Yun blushed at Ye Yan’s teasing, then wondered whether rumors and her teacher’s encouragement had changed her feelings toward him.
• Xiao Yi Xian trained Nalan Yanran while Yun Yun prepared to trade with the Amethyst Winged Lion King for Amethyst Source.
• Ye Yan told Cailin he intended to finish matters at Jia Nan Academy and have his teacher absorb its Heavenly Flame before leaving.

Ye Yan and Xuan Yi discussed seeking the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy, while Qing Lin asked to accompany him. More than ten days later, Ye Yan and Xuan Yi watched Yun Yun battle the Amethyst Winged Lion King, as a Soul Hall agent searched for Ye Yan nearby.

• Xuan Yi agreed to help Ye Yan pursue the Fallen Heart Flame after he reminded her of his constitution and past disclosure.
• Ye Yan agreed to bring Qing Lin along when he later traveled to Jia Nan Academy, while he expected Yao Chen's body reconstruction to take several more months.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Nalan Yanran Green Wood Pulse-Nurturing Pills refined by Ye Yan and helped her try one.
• A Soul Hall agent arrived near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, hoping to confirm whether Alchemist Ye was Ye Yan of the Ye Family.
• Ye Yan and Xuan Yi watched Yun Yun fight the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Ye Yan used spatial power to block the battle's shockwaves.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King realized Yun Yun had learned about the Amethyst Source from someone connected to the valley where Ye Yan and a Dou Zong resided.

Yun Yun challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King for Amethyst Source, while Ye Yan detected and pursued Protector Ao of Soul Hall. As Protector Ao attacked, Ye Yan remembered the Azure Ice Flame he had left to evolve into Violet Extreme Fire.

• Yun Yun failed to offer the Amethyst Winged Lion King a worthwhile trade, so she raised her sword and began fighting it.
• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King clashed with a green tornado and a purple pillar of flame.
• Xuan Yi sensed a Soul Hall presence, and Ye Yan used his soul power to find Protector Ao hiding three kilometers away.
• Protector Ao fled from Ye Yan, then turned to attack with chains of black mist when he could no longer keep running.
• Ye Yan decided to use his Azure Ice Flame against the soul-body Protector Ao and recalled that it had evolved into an icy purple-crystal Violet Extreme Fire.

Ye Yan confronted Protector Ao, who recognized him as both Ye Yan and Li Feiyu, and demanded to know Soul Hall’s plans in the Northwest Region. Ye Yan defeated Protector Ao with the Violet Extreme Fire and absorbed his soul, while the Heaven Burning Flame reacted jealously.

• Protector Ao recognized Ye Yan as a Spirit Realm Soul and deduced that he was also Li Feiyu.
• Ye Yan questioned Protector Ao about Soul Hall’s knowledge and mission in the Northwest Region while evading his black chains.
• Protector Ao unleashed the Hundred Soul Locking Heaven Python, but Ye Yan’s Violet Extreme Fire froze and shattered it.
• Ye Yan used the purple tiger formed from the Violet Extreme Fire to swallow Protector Ao’s injured soul.
• The Heaven Burning Flame grew jealous after the Violet Extreme Fire returned to Ye Yan.

Ye Yan reunited his two Heavenly Flames, contained their destruction, and used the Life Flame to restore the scorched and frozen land. Yun Yun fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King inside its cave for the Companion Amethyst Source, and Ye Yan discovered they were still battling there.

• Ye Yan sent the Heaven Burning Flame and Violet Extreme Fire to search for traces, then called them back and stopped them from further damaging the surroundings.
• Ye Yan returned one flame to his body and sent the other into the System Space because the two flames could not get along.
• Ye Yan used the Life Flame to make grass and plants grow across the five-mile area the flames had devastated.
• Yun Yun dodged the Amethyst Winged Lion King's attacks in its cave while trying to take the Companion Amethyst Source fused to a crystal platform.
• Yun Yun heard the lion king's cub and decided to use it as leverage, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King grew furious.
• Ye Yan sensed Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King still fighting inside the cave and wondered why they had moved their battle there.

Su Qian investigated the increasingly frequent disturbances of the Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. The flame erupted as a colossal Transparent Fire Python, and Su Qian sealed the pit and ordered the elders to prepare for its attack.

• The yellow-robed elder heard a strange sound from the pit and summoned the elders as the Fallen Heart Flame grew restless again.
• Su Qian arrived, opened the energy barrier, and entered the Magma World to investigate the disturbance.
• The Fallen Heart Flame’s heartbeat-like sounds intensified, stirring the magma and unleashing a powerful surge of energy.
• A colossal Transparent Fire Python emerged from the magma and fixed its gaze on Su Qian.
• Su Qian escaped through the barrier, sealed the pit with a multicolored energy barrier, and ordered the elders to prepare to defend it.

Su Qian and the elders watched the Fallen Heart Flame batter the academy’s seal but fail to break through, then discussed whether to seek Ye Yan’s help. Five months later, Ye Yan began a breakthrough to Battle Sovereign as Xuan Yi and Cailin watched his power surge.

• Su Qian and the elders saw the Invisible Fire Python strike the energy barrier repeatedly, but the seal held and the beast returned to the magma.
• Su Qian, Hu Gan, and the elders discussed asking Ye Yan to help strengthen the seal, then set the matter aside after the threat subsided.
• Ye Yan reassured Yun Yun after saving her in the stone cave, and promised to have Xiao Yi Xian support Yun Yun’s disciple with resources.
• Five months later, Xuan Yi and Cailin watched as Ye Yan gathered energy in his courtyard and began breaking through to Battle Sovereign.
• Ye Yan’s courtyard collapsed as a massive cauldron phantom formed behind him, revealing the growing might of his breakthrough.

Ye Yan completed a breakthrough that greatly strengthened his body, soul, and spatial abilities, reaching Battle Sovereign and Heavenly Realm Soul. He planned to help Xuan Yi obtain a Heavenly Flame, then rely on her protection after she advanced to Battle Saint.

• Ye Yan's Dragon Tiger Body strengthened until it rivaled the body of an Eight-Star Battle Sovereign who did not specialize in physical strength.
• The black mist over Ye Yan's brow dispersed, and his sea of consciousness and Heavenly River expanded as his soul power surged.
• Ye Yan tested his newfound power by firing an invisible soul needle through trees, rocks, and mountains, then manifested an illusory spirit body that controlled nearby energy.
• Xuan Yi recognized Ye Yan's spirit body and said he could attempt to refine ninth-rank medicinal pills, while Cailin marveled at his achievements.
• Ye Yan rose and told Xuan Yi and Cailin that more than nine months had passed since his return from the Central Plains.
• Ye Yan said he would help Xuan Yi obtain a Heavenly Flame, and Xuan Yi considered the possibility of following a much broader path with his help.

Ye Yan reunited with Cailin and discussed leaving for Jia Nan Academy and traveling to the Central Plains to find the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone she needed to evolve. He offered to use a precious favor owed by Gu Yuan to help her, then bluntly told her that she was precious to him, leaving Cailin flustered.

• Ye Yan teased Cailin about her cultivation, and Xuan Yi urged him to follow after her when she left in anger.
• Ye Yan followed Cailin to her courtyard and told her that he planned to finish his affairs before going to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Ye Yan asked whether Cailin would travel with him to the Central Plains to seek the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone, and she agreed that she needed to go.
• Ye Yan said he would ask a powerful clan whose leader owed him a favor to help find the stone.
• When Cailin wondered whether Ye Yan could bear to spend such a precious favor on her, he told her that she was precious to him, and she blushed despite trying to suppress her feelings.

Ye Yan persuaded Cailin to accept his promise to help her obtain the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone, easing the strain between them. Meanwhile, Xiao Xun'er learned that the Gu Clan wanted the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade hidden, and wondered whether the clan’s concerns were connected to Ye Yan.

• Ye Yan told Cailin she mattered more to him than a favor from a Nine-Star Battle Saint and promised to take her to the Great Thousand World.
• Ye Yan kissed Cailin, and she acknowledged his sincerity while warning that he still had to handle Xiao Xun'er’s powerful backing.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Jia Nan Academy would soon recruit students and that Xiao Yu planned to attend.
• Xiao Xun'er asked what the clan thought of her leaving, and Ling Ying said it had no objections but was asking about Ye Yan and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Ling Ying reported that the clan head wanted the Xiao Clan’s jade pendant hidden rather than taken back to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Xun'er suspected the clan’s concern might involve Ye Yan and learned that Cailin and Yun Yun had been visiting him while he cultivated.

Xiao Xun'er asked Ling Ying to summon Ye Yan to help search for the Ancient Jade, while Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zhe and chose to cultivate the Burning Art. Ye Yan returned to Wu Tan City ahead of Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment and went to see Xiao Xun'er.

• Xiao Xun'er asked Ling Ying to have Ye Yan come help search for the Ancient Jade, and Ling Ying sent a subordinate to find him.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zhe and learned from Yao Chen that Ye Yan had already claimed most nearby Heavenly Flames, including the likely future Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan chose the Burning Art despite its need for Heavenly Flames, and Yao Chen gave him the technique.
• Ye Yan arrived in Wu Tan City nine days before Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment and received requests from Elder Huo and Hu Gan to help with recruitment.
• Ye Yan went to Xiao Xun'er's door, traded insults with Ling Ying, and entered the courtyard.

Ye Yan discussed the Ancient Jade with Xiao Xun'er and suggested that it could unlock the Ancient Emperor's cave mansion, which might hold the key to reaching the Battle Emperor realm. Xiao Xun'er grew serious and asked what Ye Yan intended to do.

• Ye Yan teased Xiao Xun'er about her beauty before revealing that his teacher, Xuan Yi, surpassed her.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that the Ancient Clan had searched for the Ancient Jade but could not use force or bribery against the Xiao Clan because of an old contract.
• Ye Yan suggested that Xiao Xun'er ask Xiao Yan to seek the jade from Xiao Zhan, since Xiao Yan's restored talent might persuade his father.
• Xiao Xun'er said Ye Yan could take the jade if he found it, but otherwise she would claim it had been lost when the Xiao Clan relocated.
• Ye Yan said the Tou She Ancient God Jade was likely the key to opening the Ancient Emperor's cave mansion and that it might contain what was needed to reach the Battle Emperor realm.
• Xiao Xun'er questioned how Ye Yan knew this and asked what he meant, growing solemn at his confidence.

Ye Yan proposed using the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade as bait and letting the Soul Clan obtain the Ancient Clan’s jade to gain access to the Ancient Emperor’s Cave. Xiao Xun’er agreed to consult Gu Yuan, while Ye Yan remained determined to claim the cave’s inheritance for himself.

• Ye Yan argued that Xiao Xun’er’s clan might not be able to seize the Ancient Jade from Hun Tiandi by force.
• Ye Yan proposed making the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade bait and secretly allowing the Soul Clan to obtain the Ancient Clan’s jade, drawing objections from Ling Ying.
• Xiao Xun’er asked Ye Yan to explain his plan and realized he intended to take the cave’s contents for himself rather than guarantee Gu Yuan’s clan would obtain them.
• Ye Yan warned that Hun Tiandi would destroy the Ancient Jade rather than let anyone take it, but said he could still obtain the other inheritances from the cave.
• Xiao Xun’er asked Ling Ying to report their discussion to the Ancient Clan, and Ye Yan said he was acting to protect himself and those around him from Hun Tiandi’s ambitions.

Ye Yan revealed that he had reached Battle Sovereign, astonishing Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying before leaving to help Yao Chen restore his body. Xiao Xun'er considered clarifying her clan’s attitude toward Ye Yan, while spatial ripples appeared in Xiao Yan’s room.

• Ye Yan told Xiao Xun'er he had become a Battle Sovereign and expected to reach Battle Saint without much delay.
• Ling Ying learned of Ye Yan’s breakthrough, and Ye Yan teased him about being only a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xun'er covered Ye Yan’s mouth, then pulled away in embarrassment as Ling Ying accused Ye Yan of misbehaving.
• Ye Yan left through a spatial rift to attend to matters including reshaping Yao Chen’s physical body, and Ling Ying urged Xiao Xun'er to clarify her clan’s attitude toward him.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen when they would restore his body, and spatial force began rippling through the center of their room.

Ye Yan emerged as a Battle Sovereign and prepared to help Yao Chen reconstruct his body in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Before they left, he gave Xiao Yan pills and an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, then revealed that he would also train Nalan Yanran ahead of their Three Year Agreement.

• Ye Yan returned from the spatial rift as a Battle Sovereign, shocking Yao Chen and Xiao Yan.
• Ye Yan offered to begin reconstructing Yao Chen's body using a half-saint skeleton, an eighth-tier Bone-Forging Blood-Melting Pill, and eighth-rank magical beast blood essence.
• Ye Yan proposed going to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran was training there under Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Yan gave Xiao Yan Green Wood Pulse-Nurturing Pills and an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, then said he would train Nalan Yanran too so their Three Year Agreement would be a real contest.
• Ye Yan asked Yao Chen to tell him if he heard any news about the Nether Poison Fire while traveling with Xiao Yan.