Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang used an Unlimited Amplification Opportunity to transform the Burning Mantra into the level-twelve Burning Heaven Dharma Body and then began cultivating it. After converting his dou qi, he asked Yao Lao when he would teach him alchemy.

• Xiao Yang amplified the Burning Mantra a hundredfold and received the Burning Heaven Dharma Body, which included a method for condensing the complete Dharma Body.
• Xiao Yang chose to cultivate the Burning Mantra, and Yao Lao and Xiao Yan accompanied him to a cave near the mountaintop.
• Xiao Yang converted his dou qi in less than two hours and showed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan its pale-yellow glow.
• Yao Lao reassured Xiao Yang about his modest dou qi and told Xiao Yan to focus on Master Eight Extremes Collapse and Treading Snow Without Trace.
• Xiao Yang asked Yao Lao when he would teach him alchemy.

Xiao Yang prepared to learn alchemy from Yao Lao and discovered that his exceptional seven-port cauldron was too difficult for a beginner to control. After buying a simpler two-port cauldron, he began his first lesson and successfully converted his Dou Qi into flames.

• Yao Lao agreed to teach Xiao Yang alchemy and told him to prepare ingredients for Blood Coagulation Powder.
• Xiao Yang showed Yao Lao his seven-port cauldron, and Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yang lacked the soul perception to control it.
• Xiao Yang went to the Mittel Auction House with Xiao Clan guards and bought a beginner cauldron and alchemy ingredients.
• Xiao Yang met Yao Lao and Xiao Yan at the back mountain cave the next morning to begin his lesson.
• Xiao Yang followed Yao Lao's instructions, produced flames inside the cauldron, and began sensing the wood attribute in his body.

Xiao Yang learned to combine wood energy with fire and began practicing alchemy under Yao Lao’s guidance. After many failed attempts, he extracted Blood Coagulation Grass essence and began cultivating while exhausted, as Yao Lao noticed his results growing purer.

• Xiao Yang quickly used his wood attribute energy to make the flames in the medicinal cauldron gentler and easier to control, impressing Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao passed Xiao Yang the Blood Coagulation Powder formula and basic fire-control methods, then guided him through his first refining attempts.
• Xiao Yang burned or damaged twelve Blood Coagulation Grasses before learning to control the flame temperature and extract their essence.
• Xiao Yang spent three hours producing thirty-one portions of powder before exhaustion forced him to stop.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yang to cultivate while resting and observed that the powder in the jade boxes grew purer from left to right.

Xiao Yang successfully refined his first batch of first-tier Blood Coagulation Powder under Yao Lao’s guidance and earned Origin Points. After recovering overnight in Foundation Building Divine Liquid, he remembered that Xiao Yan had obtained a damaged soul cultivation technique and considered upgrading it.

• Yao Lao watched Xiao Yang rapidly recover and instructed him to continue practicing medicinal extraction.
• Xiao Yang extracted the three ingredients and, following Yao Lao’s guidance, divided his soul power to control different flame temperatures and fuse their essences into Blood Coagulation Powder.
• Xiao Yang earned Origin Points for refining his first first-tier pill, and Yao Lao divided the impure paste into over a hundred jade bottles.
• After his soul power ran low and he burned a later batch, Xiao Yang returned home, climbed into Foundation Building Divine Liquid, and fell asleep.
• Xiao Yang woke with his soul power mostly restored and remembered the damaged soul cultivation technique Xiao Yan had obtained, thinking he could try upgrading it.

Xiao Yang recalled the incomplete Soul Technique from the original novel and amplified it into the complete Earth Tier Soul Nourishing Technique. After testing it, he went to find Yao Lao, intending to share the technique with his teacher.

• Xiao Yang remembered the eleven-word incantation associated with Spirit Nourishing Dust and used it to identify an incomplete Soul Technique.
• Xiao Yang spent 40 Origin Points to amplify the technique, gaining the complete Earth Tier Soul Nourishing Technique.
• Xiao Yang cultivated the technique for half an hour, fully restoring his soul power and sensing a slight increase.
• Xiao Yang decided to teach Yao Lao the technique because it could restore soul power even for a soul body.
• Xiao Yang met Yao Lao in the rear mountain cave and explained that he had found something unusual among the items from the Mittel Auction House treasury.

Xiao Yang told Yao Lao that a mysterious bronze fragment from the Mittel Auction House’s garbage heap had entered his mind and given him a Soul Nourishing Technique. After verifying the technique was genuine and safe, Yao Lao began cultivating it and promised to help Xiao Yang once he recovered.

• Xiao Yang explained that the bronze fragment had entered his mind after he heated it with Dou Qi flames, and Yao Lao examined him to ensure he was unharmed.
• Xiao Yang revealed that the fragment had given him a Soul Nourishing Technique and handed Yao Lao the written formula.
• Yao Lao tested the technique, felt spiritual energy enter his damaged soul, and confirmed that the method was genuine.
• Yao Lao burned the written pages and warned Xiao Yang to keep the Soul Nourishing Technique secret from powerful experts.
• Yao Lao said he would recover through cultivation and help Xiao Yang reach the Central Plains, while Xiao Yang joked that he would rely on his teacher.

After more than a month of pill refinement and cultivation, Xiao Yang reached Five-Star Dou Zhe and improved his alchemy, while Xiao Yan prepared excitedly for the Xiao Clan’s annual Testing Ceremony. The chapter ended as Xiao Yang, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er arrived at the Training Ground for the ceremony.

• Xiao Yang advanced to Five-Star Dou Zhe while refining more than a hundred batches of first-grade pills and earning over fifteen hundred Origin Points.
• Xiao Yang successfully refined a middle-grade Qi Recovery Pill, and Yao Lao praised his improvement.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Yan returned home, where Xiao Yang cultivated overnight using the Foundation Building Divine Liquid, Burning Mantra, and Soul Nourishing Technique.
• Xiao Yang headed to the Training Ground the next morning and met Xiao Yan and Xun'er on their way to the Testing Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan strode eagerly into the Training Ground, determined to show everyone his progress.

At the Xiao Clan’s Testing Ceremony, Xiao Yan stunned the clan by revealing that his cultivation had recovered to the Seventh Stage. Xiao Yang then began his own test, and the stone stele displayed that he was a Five-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Yi tested at the Seventh Stage, and the examiner gave him a high grade.
• Xiao Mei tested at the Sixth Stage and drew praise for her talent.
• Xiao Yan tested at the Seventh Stage, shocking the clan and revealing that his talent had recovered.
• Xiao Yang teased Xiao Yan, then stepped onto the platform for his own test.
• Xiao Yang’s test made the stone stele shine several times brighter and display Five-Star Dou Zhe, leaving the Training Ground silent.

Xiao Yang shocked the Xiao Clan by revealing that he had reached Five-Star Dou Zhe after advancing from the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi in a year. After days of intense cultivation and pill refining, he learned that the beast flame he had requested had arrived at the Mittel Auction House.

• Xiao Yang’s test confirmed that he had reached Five-Star Dou Zhe, astonishing the Xiao Clan and reminding Xun'er of the legendary Xiao Xuan.
• Xun'er tested at Dou Qi Seventh Stage, then Xiao Yang, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er left the Training Ground together.
• Xiao Yan praised Xiao Yang’s rapid cultivation, and the three later went their separate ways.
• Xiao Yang continued cultivating to prepare for the Soul Emperor, while Yao Lao’s soul recovered enough to contend with a Dou Zong.
• After several days of refining pills, Xiao Yang’s maid told him that the beast flame he had requested had arrived at the Mittel Auction House.

Xiao Yang enhanced the Mittel Family’s Withered Wood Flame into the stronger Wood Spirit Flame, which could improve medicinal ingredients. After preparing two protective pills with Yao Lao’s help, he began preparing to absorb the flame as Yao Lao and Xiao Yan stood guard.

• The Mittel Family sent Xiao Yang a discounted Withered Wood Flame as compensation, and he used 40 Origin Points to enhance it into a Level 5 Wood Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yang discovered that the Wood Spirit Flame contained dense wood-element energy and could slightly improve low- and mid-tier medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yang asked Yao Lao to guard him while he absorbed the flame, and Yao Lao recommended a Pulse-Protecting Pill and an Ice Heart Pill.
• Xiao Yang had Ya Fei collect the pill ingredients, then refined both pills over the following week.
• Xiao Yang took the Ice Heart Pill and Pulse-Protecting Pill in a cave near the summit of the back mountain as Yao Lao and Xiao Yan stood guard.

Xiao Yang swallowed the Withered Wood Flame and refined it with the Burning Mantra, aided by protective pills and the system’s Soul Seal. The process went unexpectedly smoothly, and the flame began strengthening his body as he absorbed its energy.

• Xiao Yang took amplified Ice Heart and Pulse-Protecting Pills to protect his mind and meridians before refining the flame.
• Xiao Yang swallowed the Withered Wood Flame’s Origin Flame Seed, and its intense heat began burning inside him.
• Following Yao Lao’s instructions, Xiao Yang drew the docile flame into his Fighting Qi Vortex and realized the system’s Soul Seal made amplified items easier for him to use.
• Xiao Yang restored his Fighting Qi with a Qi Recovery Pill, then guided the flame through the Burning Mantra’s circulation route.
• Xiao Yang used the amplified Burning Mantra to absorb the flame’s energy, steadily strengthening his muscles, skin, and internal organs.

Xiao Yang refined the Wood Spirit Flame, which strengthened his body and Fighting Qi while evolving the Burning Mantra. He reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe and confirmed the technique had risen to Huang Tier High Rank, leaving Yao Lao and Xiao Yan excited about its potential.

• Xiao Yang fused the Wood Spirit Flame with his Fighting Qi, turning it emerald green and transforming his Fighting Qi Vortex.
• Natural energy surged into Xiao Yang, and Yao Lao recognized that his cultivation was about to break through.
• Xiao Yang absorbed and refined the natural energy, reaching Nine-Star Dou Zhe without harming his foundation.
• Xiao Yang tested the Burning Mantra and confirmed that refining the Wood Spirit Flame had evolved it to Huang Tier High Rank.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan celebrated the result and speculated that refining a Heavenly Flame might raise the technique to Earth Tier.

Xiao Yang confirmed that the Burning Mantra had evolved after absorbing Withered Wood Flame and planned to seek stronger flames to advance further. After reaching the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zhe, he hurried to the reception hall when he learned Xiao Yan was meeting an important guest, where he found Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation.

• Yao Lao examined Xiao Yang and confirmed that the Burning Mantra had evolved safely, while Xiao Yan decided to cultivate it too.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for a Marrow Cleansing Pill, but learned he would need to gather its ingredients first.
• Xiao Yang considered seeking Heavenly Flames and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map to strengthen himself.
• After half a month of cultivation with Foundation Building Divine Liquid, Xiao Yang reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yang learned that Xiao Yan was in the reception hall with an important guest and suspected the visitor was Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yang entered the reception hall and saw Nalan Yanran with a delegation from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yang refused Ge Ye’s invitation to join the Misty Cloud Sect, while Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye visited the Xiao Clan for a private matter. The Three Elders left the reception hall so Ge Ye could speak with Xiao Zhan, but Xiao Yang and Xun'er stayed.

• Ge Ye invited Xiao Yang to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yang declined because he already had a teacher and preferred freedom.
• Ge Ye introduced Nalan Yanran as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Young Sect Master, prompting the gathering to look toward Xiao Yan.
• Ge Ye said he had a private matter to discuss with Xiao Zhan, surprising Xiao Yang, who had expected Nalan Yanran to bring up a public dispute.
• Xiao Zhan had the Three Elders and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples leave the reception hall.
• Ge Ye glanced at Xun'er, but she stayed seated alongside Xiao Yang.

Ge Ye proposed privately dissolving Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s marriage contract, and the Xiao Clan agreed without conflict. The engagement ended amicably, leaving Xiao Yang stunned by how much his presence had changed events.

• Ge Ye asked Nalan Yanran to stay quiet, then raised the marriage contract with Xiao Zhan.
• Ge Ye explained that Nalan Yanran resisted the arranged marriage and suggested resolving it privately, noting Xiao Yan’s closeness with Xun'er.
• Nalan Yanran felt dissatisfied at seeing Xiao Yan and Xun'er together but held back because she wanted the engagement dissolved.
• Xiao Yan urged Xiao Zhan to accept Ge Ye’s proposal, and Xiao Zhan agreed to end the contract without compensation.
• Ge Ye reflected that Xiao Yang’s remarkable talent and Xiao Yan’s recovered cultivation had made him treat the Xiao Clan with more respect.
• Xiao Yang stood stunned as the marriage contract was dissolved peacefully.

After the engagement was peacefully dissolved, Xiao Yang returned to cultivating and broke through to One-Star Battler. Yao Lao congratulated him, then advised him to leave the Xiao Clan and gain experience to avoid slowing his growth.

• Ge Ye negotiated with Xiao Zhan to let both clans quietly dissolve the engagement, and then left with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yang watched Xiao Yan and Xun'er together, borrowed the ring from Xiao Yan, and went to the back mountain to cultivate.
• With Yao Lao standing guard, Xiao Yang absorbed energy and broke through to One-Star Battler, earning Origin Points and a restriction-ignoring enhancement opportunity.
• Xiao Yang tested his Fighting Qi Gauze, and Yao Lao advised him to leave the Xiao Clan to gain experience.

Xiao Yang prepared to travel to the Magical Beast Mountain Range after learning the Burning Flame Palm, while Yao Lao arranged pills to protect him. Xiao Yang began cultivating the skill, but an unstable attempt caused an explosion, so he decided to practice its circulation route more cautiously.

• Xiao Yang told Yao Lao he would learn the Burning Flame Palm before heading to Green Mountain Town and entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone.
• Yao Lao arranged for medicinal ingredients to be bought so he could refine pills for Xiao Yang, who returned the Bone Flame Ring to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yang had reached Battler and asked Yao Lao for Marrow Cleansing Pills, but Yao Lao said Xiao Yan lacked the ingredients.
• Xiao Yang studied the Burning Flame Palm scroll and used the system's cultivation method to begin guiding Fighting Qi through his right-hand meridians.
• Xiao Yang's Fighting Qi faltered during his first attempt, and the Wood Spirit Flame caused a small explosion that shattered his sleeve.
• Xiao Yang decided to practice the meridian circulation route without involving the Wood Spirit Flame or fully unleashing the Burning Flame Palm.

Xiao Yang left the Xiao Clan to train in the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, stopping in Green Mountain Town to replenish medicinal herbs and ask after Xiao Yi Xian. He found that she was away gathering herbs and ended the chapter at Tianyang Restaurant, his restaurant's local branch.

• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that he planned to train alone in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Yao Lao gave him medicinal pills and alchemy scrolls for the journey.
• Xiao Yang said goodbye to Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan, left the medicinal pills he had refined with Xiao Zhan, and departed from the Xiao Clan.
• After several days of travel, Xiao Yang arrived in Green Mountain Town and bought medicinal herbs at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yang learned that Xiao Yi Xian had gone into the mountains with an herb-gathering team, so he left the shop without meeting her.
• Xiao Yang arrived at Tianyang Restaurant, his restaurant's branch in Green Mountain Town.

Xiao Yang stayed at Tianyang Restaurant before entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range to investigate the cliffs near the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion's herb-gathering routes. After learning the routes from Liu Gang, he set out alone into the mountains.

• Xiao Yang told a Xiao Clan guard that he had broken through to Battler and asked Liu Gang to find the herb-gathering team's routes.
• Liu Gang learned that the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion team used three routes and gave Xiao Yang a map marking the route they would take next.
• Xiao Yang compared the route map with his detailed Magical Beast Mountain Range map, marked possible cliffs, and cultivated with the Foundation Building Divine Liquid.
• The next morning, Xiao Yang walked alone into the Magical Beast Mountain Range while nearby mercenaries watched with surprise and doubt.

Xiao Yang found the hidden cave he had been seeking beneath the fifth cliff and entered its stone chamber, where he discovered a cache of treasures and prepared a safeguard before exploring further.

• Xiao Yang avoided the nearby herb-gathering party and continued toward the fifth cliff.
• Xiao Yang spotted a White Orchid and recognized the cliff as the location of the cave he remembered from Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian's story.
• Xiao Yang secured a rope, climbed down the cliff, and defeated a Rock Snake that attacked him at the cave entrance.
• Xiao Yang found and opened the stone door, revealing a chamber filled with treasures, three stone boxes, and a skeleton.
• Xiao Yang spread medicinal powder refined by Yao Lao through the chamber to protect himself before cultivating the flying Fighting Skill.