Chapter Summaries

Ye Yan extracted the Green Lotus Core Flame’s origin and endured its scorching journey through his body, using the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and Wood Qi to guide it into his dantian. Heaven Burning Flame and the Heaven-Burning Cauldron sealed the origin inside the cauldron, but Ye Yan remained badly injured and had to wait for the flame to be refined.

• Ye Yan reached into the Green Lotus Core Flame and pulled out its origin, while the Seven-Colored Little Snake left the lotus pedestal and watched with concern.
• Ye Yan swallowed the flame seed, and its scattered wisps scorched his meridians as Heaven Burning Flame remained dormant.
• Ye Yan drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and used Wood Qi to draw the Green Lotus Core Flame’s wisps toward his dantian.
• Ye Yan forced the cyan magma into his dantian, where the Heaven-Burning Cauldron absorbed its flames and Heaven Burning Flame pulled its origin inside.
• Heaven Burning Flame sealed the cauldron, and Wood Qi began restoring Ye Yan’s injured body while he waited for the Green Lotus Core Flame to be refined.

Ye Yan recovered from refining the Green Lotus Core Flame as it transformed his body, filled his Dou Qi vortex, and evolved his cultivation technique. He woke after breaking through to Eight-Star Dou Zhe and found a Seven-Colored Little Snake watching him, wondering if it was Queen Medusa.

• Ye Lin saw that Ye Yan had stabilized and withdrew the soul power protecting the cave while Ye Yan continued cultivating inside the fiery barrier.
• The Heaven-Burning Cauldron and Heaven Burning Flame repaired Ye Yan’s meridians and body as he remained unconscious.
• Heaven Burning Flame entered Ye Yan’s depleted Dou Qi vortex, burned away its remaining liquid energy, and filled it with at least two thousand drops of new energy.
• Heaven Burning Flame drove the evolution of Ye Yan’s cultivation technique and circulated crimson-green Dou Qi through a new meridian route.
• Ye Yan erupted with power, broke through to Eight-Star Dou Zhe, and woke with crimson flames flickering in his eyes.
• Ye Yan noticed the Seven-Colored Little Snake in front of him and wondered if it was Queen Medusa.

After absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, Ye Yan briefly manifested the transformed Heaven-Burning Cauldron and tested its strength with Ye Lin. He left the cave for Shimo City, where mercenaries discussed the Heavenly Flame and a Mo Clan member began pushing his way through the crowd.

• Ye Lin noticed Ye Yan had advanced to Eight-Star Dou Shi and warned him not to damage his foundation.
• Ye Yan discovered that the Heaven Burning Flame had grown severalfold stronger and that the Heaven-Burning Cauldron could now manifest outside his body.
• Ye Lin struck the manifested cauldron with Peak Dou Emperor strength, but it remained undamaged; Ye Yan then lifted it and drew it back into himself.
• Ye Yan set out with the Seven-Colored Little Snake toward Shimo City to meet Hai Bodong and continue their plan.
• At the desert border, Ye Yan heard mercenaries discuss the Heavenly Flame and the Mo Clan before a mercenary warned him about an approaching Six-Star Da Dou Shi from the Mo Clan.

Ye Yan fought Mo Feng and the Mo Clan after they targeted him in the Tagor Desert, killing them with the Heaven-Burning Cauldron. He rewarded Ka Xiao for trying to protect him and left for Mo City, while Ka Xiao later used the gifts to help his clan prosper.

• Mo Feng ordered his subordinates to seize Ye Yan because he suspected Ye Yan had found something valuable.
• Ka Xiao urged Ye Yan to flee, but Ye Yan charged forward and killed the Mo Clan fighters with his speed and flames.
• Ye Yan hurled the Heaven-Burning Cauldron onto Mo Feng, crushing him beneath it.
• Ye Yan thanked Ka Xiao for not abandoning him, secretly gave him pills and powders, and warned the onlookers not to harm him.
• Ye Yan changed his appearance and headed toward Mo City, while Ka Xiao later used the pills to raise Ka Gang into a Dou Shi and establish the Ka Clan near Shimo City.

A woman abandoned the young Qing in the desert outside Mo City, and Ye Yan found her while traveling toward Shimo City. Recognizing her as the future Qing Lin, he took her in and gave her the name Qing, but near Mo City she recognized a corpse as her mother.

• The woman ordered Qing to leave and head toward the Snake-People Tribe, then ran back toward Mo City.
• Qing stayed behind, crying as she tore scales from her arms and trampled them into the sand.
• Ye Yan found Qing hiding among her bloodied scales and wounds, then treated her and recognized the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Ye Yan invited Qing to come with him, named her Qing, and led her toward Mo City.
• Near Mo City, Qing spotted a corpse in familiar clothes, cried out for her mother and boss, and stumbled toward it.

Ye Yan took Qing from Mo City after her former boss was killed by the Mo Clan, then left the Tagor Desert with Hai Bodong and the Seven-Colored Little Snake. Three days later, he reached Xiao Yi Xian’s valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he left Qing in her care and asked Hai Bodong to guide Xiao Yi Xian.

• Qing recognized the dead woman as her boss, and Ye Yan learned that a Mo Clan disciple had killed her after a minor collision.
• Ye Yan helped Qing bury her boss, killed three Mo Clan pursuers outside the city, and met Hai Bodong at the Ancient Map Shop.
• Ye Yan left Mo City with Qing and Hai Bodong, and the Seven-Colored Little Snake revealed herself to Hai Bodong as Queen Medusa, now a Dou Zong.
• Ye Yan and his companions flew to Green Mountain Town, where Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him at her valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Ye Yan introduced Hai Bodong as Xiao Yi Xian’s guide and asked Xiao Yi Xian to look after Qing while he prepared to travel to the Black Corner Region.

Ye Yan awakened Yao Chen from a Soul-Warming Spirit-Storing ring by using soul-restoring medicinal fluids and threatening to destroy it. Yao Chen tried to recruit Ye Yan as his disciple, but backed down after learning Ye Yan already studied under his friend Xuan Yi.

• Ye Yan refined soul-restoring medicinal fluids and poured them onto Yao Chen's black ring while Ye Lin stood guard.
• When Ye Yan threatened to toss the ring into a latrine, Yao Chen awakened and released a powerful soul force that Ye Lin blocked.
• Yao Chen questioned Ye Yan about his origins and learned he was from the obscure Ye Family.
• Yao Chen offered to become Ye Yan's master, but Ye Yan refused and named Xuan Yi as his teacher.
• Yao Chen recognized Xuan Yi as his friend, grew embarrassed about trying to recruit her disciple, and retreated above the ring.

Ye Yan negotiated with Yao Chen for pill formulas and cultivation methods, obtained the Poison Pill Method for controlling Xiao Yi Xian's Woe Poison Body, and revealed that he knew about Han Feng's betrayal. The chapter ended with Yao Chen agreeing in principle to help Ye Yan deal with Han Feng, while Ye Yan sought the Sea Heart Flame as part of their bargain.

• Ye Yan gave Yao Chen medicinal liquid to restore his soul power and asked to trade for useful pill formulas and cultivation methods.
• Ye Yan asked for a method to control the Woe Poison Body, revealed his Heavenly Flame, and received Yao Chen's Poison Pill Method.
• Ye Yan explained that he had investigated Han Feng in the Black Corner Region and suspected him of causing Yao Chen's current state with the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen confirmed Han Feng was his traitorous disciple, and Ye Yan proposed helping eliminate him in exchange for formulas, cultivation methods, and the Sea Heart Flame.
• Yao Chen recognized that Ye Yan already intended to target Han Feng and showed interest in joining the plan.

Ye Yan made Yao Chen refine a Break-Eradication Pill for Hai Bodong, while Yao Chen taught him alchemy and discussed a potential disciple. After Queen Medusa briefly seemed to look out through Little Snake’s eyes, Hai Bodong received the pill and hurried off to recover his cultivation.

• Ye Yan pressed Yao Chen into refining the Sand Mandala and a Break-Eradication Pill, promising to introduce him to a potential disciple.
• Yao Chen’s first attempt exploded, but he refined the pill successfully by nightfall and shared alchemy tips with Ye Yan.
• Ye Yan fed the awakened Seven-Colored Little Snake, glimpsed Queen Medusa’s cold stare through her eyes, and let her struggle with the new soul without offering help.
• Hai Bodong rushed to Ye Yan for the Break-Eradication Pill, received it, and hurried toward a cave to restore his cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Ye Yan what had happened to Hai Bodong, and Ye Yan explained that he was excited to recover before asking where Qing Girl was.

Ye Yan checked on Qing Girl and Xiao Yi Xian, promised to help control Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body, and then visited Xiao Xun'er before leaving for the Black Corner Region. Xiao Xun'er told him that the Ye Family had survived a Soul Hall attack with only a few low-ranking disciples lost.

• Ye Yan explained Qing Girl’s tragic past to Xiao Yi Xian and asked her to care for the child when they traveled to the Black Corner Region.
• Ye Yan checked Qing Girl’s healing scales, reassured her, and thought about finding suitable cultivation methods and battle skills for her and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Yan flew to Wu Tan City and chatted with Xiao Xun'er, sharing her fruit juice and telling her he planned to go to the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Xun'er reported that Tian Leizi had stopped Soul Hall during a Battle Sovereign clash near the Ye Family, limiting their losses to a few low-ranking disciples.
• Ye Yan thanked Xiao Xun'er and returned to the valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Ye Yan returned to the valley, entrusted its people to Hai Bodong, and left with Ye Lin for the Black Corner Region to deal with Han Feng. A month later, Ye Yan arrived at the Black Seal City stronghold and revealed himself to Yuan Yi and the allied faction leaders, who had been arguing over his long absence.

• Ye Yan told Ye Lin about the Battle Sovereigns’ fight near the clan and decided to head to the Black Corner Region to deal with Han Feng.
• Ye Yan promised Hai Bodong a Recovery Purple Pill and entrusted him with protecting Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Girl, and the others before leaving with Ye Lin.
• A month later, Yuan Yi hesitated over taking his Imperial Extreme Pill as Han Feng’s faction pressured the Black Seal Auction House and Su Mei, Old Man Yin Gu, and Tie Wu demanded news of Ye Yan.
• Yuan Yi defended Ye Yan and urged the faction leaders to wait, insisting that he—not Ye Yan—had sought their allegiance.
• Ye Yan stepped out of the hall’s darkness, applauding while still disguising his appearance with the Thousand Illusion Bead.

Ye Yan returned to Black Seal City, settled the dispute among Yuan Yi, Su Mei, and the others, and learned that Han Feng had vanished while pursuing the Heavenly Cold Qi. After arranging for Ye Lin to handle local affairs, Ye Yan prepared to head to Jia Nan Academy and search the auction house’s vault for ingredients to refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.

• Ye Yan emerged from the darkness, stopped Yuan Yi and the others from arguing, and ordered them to follow Ye Lin.
• Yuan Yi told Ye Yan that Han Feng had rallied people against the Black Seal Auction House and several factions before disappearing about a month earlier.
• Ye Yan and Yao Chen reasoned that Han Feng might be seeking Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flames and could have returned toward the Ghostly Cold Bone Land.
• Ye Yan decided to keep watch for Han Feng, travel to Jia Nan Academy, and refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill to pursue another breakthrough.
• Ye Yan left for the Black Seal City auction house’s treasure vault with Wang Cheng while Ye Lin discussed future arrangements with the others.

Ye Yan arrived in Peace Town, where Huo Li and Ruo Lin were waiting to escort him to Jia Nan Academy’s Alchemist Department. After meeting a group of academy-affiliated enforcers, he set out with the instructors for Jia Nan City, while the Alchemist Department’s apprentices anticipated his arrival.

• Alchemist Department apprentices discussed Ye Yan’s expected arrival and his reputation as a Third-Grade Alchemist.
• Huo Li and Ruo Lin waited for Ye Yan in Peace Town, hoping he would arrive soon.
• Ye Yan reached the town and greeted Huo Li and Ruo Lin, drawing attention from nearby passersby.
• An enforcement leader met Ye Yan and doubted Huo Li’s claim that he would become an alchemy grandmaster.
• Huo Li led Ye Yan and Ruo Lin toward their flying magical beasts to begin the journey to Jia Nan City.

Ye Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy, revealed that he came from the Ye Family of the Pill Region, and received a welcome and support from the academy’s elders. In his new residence, he prepared to refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill using three kinds of flames.

• Hu Gan and the Jia Nan Academy elders waited for Ye Yan and wondered about his talent and background.
• Ye Yan arrived on a Griffin, met the elders, and told them he came from the Ye Family of the Pill Region in the Central Plains.
• Elder Huo promised to keep Ye Yan’s origins secret and welcomed him into the Alchemy Department.
• Elder Huo gave Ye Yan a Cyan Crystal Card containing a year’s worth of Fire Energy and access to the Alchemy Department’s marketplace and missions.
• Ye Yan began preparing to refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill while Yao Chen watched and Queen Medusa rested on his shoulder.
• Ye Yan planned to use three flames, including a wisp of Green Lotus Core Flame separated from the Heaven Burning Flame and his stored Azure Ice Flame.

Ye Yan refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill while revealing that he could control multiple Heavenly Flames, leaving Yao Chen shaken and newly focused on Ye Yan’s cultivation art. After refining a better pill with Yao Chen’s guidance, Ye Yan swallowed it and attempted to break through to Da Dou Shi.

• Ye Yan began refining a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and Yao Chen watched to learn about his flames.
• Ye Yan used the Heaven Burning Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, then revealed the Azure Ice Flame to Yao Chen.
• Ye Yan completed the pill, while Yao Chen was shocked that he could control three Heavenly Flames and suspected his cultivation art was related to the Burning Art.
• Ye Yan explained that the Azure Ice Flame was another naturally born Heavenly Flame and kept the method for absorbing multiple flames secret.
• Yao Chen pointed out flaws in the pill, and Ye Yan refined a higher-quality Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill under his guidance.
• With the Seven-Colored Little Snake protecting him, Ye Yan swallowed the pill and attempted to break through to Da Dou Shi.

Over two years, Ye Yan advanced to an eight-star Dou Ling and became a thirteen-year-old Sixth-Grade Alchemist. After he refined the Soul Fusion Pill for Medusa, the Seven-Colored Little Snake swallowed it, and Ye Yan looked forward to drawing a new trait that night.

• Ye Yan used a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill to break through from One-Star Dou Shi to One-Star Da Dou Shi, shocking Yao Chen.
• Over the next two years, Ye Yan advanced to eight-star Dou Ling and reached the peak of fifth-grade alchemy while gathering materials for the Soul Fusion Pill.
• Ye Yan refined the Soul Fusion Pill in his medicinal cauldron, while Yao Chen sealed the disturbance inside the cultivation room with a Soul Barrier.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake swallowed the finished Soul Fusion Pill and slipped beneath Ye Yan's sleeve.
• Yao Chen praised Ye Yan as a thirteen-year-old Sixth-Grade Alchemist, and Ye Yan absorbed spiritual power that strengthened his soul before anticipating a new trait.

Ye Yan accepted Zi Yan’s commission to recruit a little brother to refine pills, eager for the chance to meet her. He left the Alchemy Workshop planning to continue researching cultivation techniques at the Library Pavilion.

• The Alchemy Workshop steward brought Ye Yan a new batch of pill-refining requests, and Ye Yan went to inspect them.
• Ye Yan spotted Zi Yan’s commission offering protection in exchange for help refining herbs and took the jade plaque despite the alchemists’ warnings about her violent reputation.
• The alchemists worried that Zi Yan, a Dou Wang, would overpower Ye Yan, but he assured them he could handle her.
• Ye Yan exchanged pleasantries with Elder Qing Ya, then set off for the Library Pavilion to study subjects for his cultivation-technique research.

Ye Yan studied alchemy and meridian theory at Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion as he prepared techniques for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Girl. Meanwhile, Ye Lin learned that Han Feng had appeared in the Black Corner Region and planned to track him while informing Ye Yan.

• Ye Yan reviewed his entries and considered how Exceptional Comprehension and If You Don't Work Hard You're Finished had helped him grow stronger and develop Heaven-Burning Cauldron Suppression.
• Ye Yan studied meridian circulation to create a poison-focused technique and Poison Pill Method for Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Girl’s technique had begun to take shape.
• Queen Medusa remained asleep after taking the Soul Fusion Pill, awaiting her transformation into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Queen Medusa.
• Yuan Yi told Ye Lin that Han Feng had appeared in Maple City after more than two years of searching.
• Ye Lin instructed Yuan Yi to have Su Mei and the others track Han Feng’s movements and said he would send Ye Yan a message.

Ye Yan drew the active trait [Time to Eat], which caused a Black Moon Rabbit to run into a post and die. After the Seven-Colored Little Snake transformed into Queen Medusa, she and Ye Yan argued again, while Yao Chen watched from his ring.

• Ye Yan performed a ritual and drew the [Time to Eat] trait, which could make a nearby beast play dead against a wooden post.
• Ye Yan activated the trait, and a Black Moon Rabbit ran into a post and killed itself outside his courtyard.
• Ye Yan wondered whether the trait could affect Queen Medusa, but decided not to use it on the sleeping Seven-Colored Little Snake.
• Queen Medusa emerged in purple robes after fusing her soul, and Ye Yan and she argued over what he should call her.
• Yao Chen withdrew his perception from the ring and reflected that Ye Yan would have trouble with the other boy in Green Mountain Town as they grew up.

Ye Yan and Queen Medusa fought and bickered until he insisted she needed a proper name. Despite her refusal, he named her Cailin, leaving her to react to the new name.

• Queen Medusa and Ye Yan sparred without using Dou Qi, and Ye Yan briefly pulled her into his arms.
• Queen Medusa lifted Ye Yan, demanding that he stop calling her by the nickname Little Snake, while Ye Yan asked her to put him down.
• Ye Yan distracted Queen Medusa by saying she had no proper name, then attacked her again and was beaten until she stopped.
• Yao Chen peeked out from the ring, saw them bickering, and commented on their flirting.
• Ye Yan said he would give Queen Medusa a name, ignored her refusal, and named her Cailin.