Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang fought the Wind-Splitting Falcon in the air, enduring its attacks and using his speed and aerial maneuvers to get behind it. He then charged through its wind blades and reached it with a multicolored-flame palm strike.

• Xiao Yang swallowed an enhanced Qi Recovery Pill and attacked the Wind-Splitting Falcon, which blasted him with sharp, Dou Qi-coated feathers.
• Xiao Yang dodged most of the feathers, suffered deep wounds, and used a pill and the Wood Spirit Flame to heal while fleeing the Falcon's pursuit.
• Xiao Yang and the Wind-Splitting Falcon broke the sound barrier as they chased each other for more than a hundred kilometers.
• After recovering and taking another amplified Qi Recovery Pill, Xiao Yang performed several strenuous maneuvers and emerged behind the Wind-Splitting Falcon.
• Xiao Yang charged through the Falcon's wind blades, reached it, and struck at it with a palm wreathed in multicolored flames.

Xiao Yang crippled the Wind-Splitting Falcon’s wings, subdued it with a Soul Seal, and used an enhanced healing pill to treat it. After confirming the pill worked on a beast bearing his soul mark, he treated his own injuries and continued tending to his new mount.

• Xiao Yang used his soul power and the Phoenix Wings’ pressure to stun the Wind-Splitting Falcon, then crippled both its wings with Burning Flame Palm strikes.
• The Wind-Splitting Falcon crashed into the trees, and Xiao Yang confirmed it had fainted before placing a Soul Seal in its mind.
• Xiao Yang fed the Wind-Splitting Falcon an enhanced sixth-grade healing pill and discovered that the Soul-Sealed beast could benefit from its enhanced effects.
• Xiao Yang treated his broken bones and wounds, while his back meridians remained painful from using the Phoenix Wings.
• Xiao Yang fixed the Wind-Splitting Falcon’s bones and continued treating its injuries.

Xiao Yang healed and enslaved the Wind-Splitting Falcon, then used it to travel much faster through the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After reaching the Yanfeng Empire, he left the falcon outside Yanhuo City and headed inside to replenish supplies.

• The Wind-Splitting Falcon recovered from Xiao Yang's attack and, under the pill's influence, became devoted to protecting him.
• Xiao Yang chose the Wind-Splitting Falcon as his mount and summoned the Night-Flying Eagle, which the falcon offered to shelter in its territory.
• The Wind-Splitting Falcon brought Xiao Yang and the Night-Flying Eagle to its nest, where Xiao Yang found Storage Rings, medicinal herbs, and magical beast materials.
• Xiao Yang moved his detachable mobile house onto the Wind-Splitting Falcon, which carried him through the Magical Beast Mountain Range in a fraction of the Night-Flying Eagle's travel time.
• After flying for two more days, Xiao Yang landed near Yanhuo City and sent the Wind-Splitting Falcon to wander while he went into the city for supplies.

Xiao Yang visited Yanhuo City’s Alchemist Guild to find ingredients and Beast Flames, discovering that the city housed the Yanfeng Empire Alchemist Guild headquarters. He learned that a sixth-tier Beast Flame would be offered at a members-only auction the next day, leaving him interested in joining and attending.

• Xiao Yang detected an Alchemist Guild in Yanhuo City and headed there to look for Beast Flames and medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yang saw the vast guild grounds and numerous ranked alchemists, then entered its headquarters.
• A young woman at the information desk told Xiao Yang that Yanhuo City housed the Yanfeng Empire Alchemist Guild headquarters.
• The young woman explained that a members-only auction would take place the next day and include a sixth-tier Beast Flame.
• The young woman described the guild’s areas, including its Teaching Area, where alchemists taught basic knowledge and local cultivators could practice with inexpensive ingredients.

Xiao Yang registered for an alchemist rank examination in the Yanfeng Empire and passed the first-grade test by refining a Bone-Mending Pill. After revealing that he could refine third-grade pills, he asked to take higher examinations, and the examiner arranged for a fourth-grade alchemist to come.

• Xiao Yang asked the front desk how to register for an alchemist examination and filled out an application form.
• A middle-aged third-grade alchemist welcomed Xiao Yang and offered him a choice of three first-grade pill formulas.
• Xiao Yang chose the difficult Bone-Mending Pill, inspected the ingredients, and refined it successfully on his first attempt.
• The middle-aged alchemist awarded Xiao Yang a first-grade alchemist badge and robes.
• Xiao Yang asked to take the second- and third-grade examinations, so the examiner arranged for a fourth-grade alchemist to come and told Xiao Yang to begin with the second-grade test.

Xiao Yang passed the second- and third-tier alchemist assessments at the Yanfeng Empire Alchemist Guild and rejected Vice President Haistone’s invitation to join. He began buying rare medicinal ingredients, but ran short of money and headed to the trading area to sell some items.

• Xiao Yang passed the second-tier alchemist assessment on his first attempt, impressing the middle-aged examiner.
• Haistone, the guild’s vice president, conducted Xiao Yang’s third-tier assessment, which Xiao Yang also passed successfully.
• Haistone offered Xiao Yang a place in the Yanfeng Empire Alchemist Guild, but Xiao Yang declined and said he planned to leave the empire.
• Xiao Yang visited the medicinal ingredient section and bought many ingredients, including some rarely found in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yang realized he was running low on money and went to the trading area to sell items before the small auction.

Xiao Yang sold twenty low-grade Xuan-tier Cultivation Methods and Fighting Skills to the Alchemist Guild’s shop and exchanged his Mittel Auction House gold cards for cards accepted throughout the Northwest Continent. After leaving the shop with his money, he planned to browse the trading district.

• Xiao Yang went to the Alchemist Guild’s shop and asked its manager, Jacob, about prices for Xuan-tier Cultivation Methods and Fighting Skills.
• Xiao Yang showed Jacob twenty scrolls, and Jacob appraised them as exceptionally fine low-grade Xuan-tier works.
• Jacob offered Xiao Yang four million eight hundred thousand gold coins for the scrolls, and Xiao Yang accepted.
• Xiao Yang asked Jacob to exchange his Mittel Auction House gold cards for cards accepted throughout the Northwest Continent, and Jacob waived the handling fee.
• Xiao Yang received the new gold cards, left the shop, and decided to browse the trading district.

Xiao Yang absorbed the beast flames he had bought, rapidly advancing through the Da Dou Shi ranks and breaking through to one-star Dou Ling. He tested his newly gained ability to form Dou Qi and considered how it would strengthen his Burning Flame Palm.

• Xiao Yang upgraded the beast flames he had bought, gaining three level-six flames and more than twenty level-five flames.
• He refined all his level-four flames and rose to eight-star Da Dou Shi, then used pills to safely refine level-five flames.
• Xiao Yang reached nine-star Da Dou Shi and continued refining level-five flames until he broke through to one-star Dou Ling.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yang with 440 Origin Points and an unrestricted amplification opportunity, bringing his total to seven.
• Xiao Yang formed colorful Dou Qi into a tiny throwing knife, confirming he had gained the Dou Ling ability to make Dou Qi take form.

Xiao Yang attended the Alchemist Guild’s small auction after testing his new ability and becoming familiar with his breakthrough to Dou Ling. The auction reached a puppet with strength close to a Dou Ling, which immediately caught Xiao Yang’s attention.

• Xiao Yang left the alchemy room and drew curious looks from alchemists who noticed his youth and third-grade alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yang followed the maid to the auction hall and took a seat reserved for a third-grade alchemist.
• Haistone opened the auction by offering a fourth-grade Cold Heart Pill formula, which Xiao Yang ignored because he already had a copy.
• Xiao Yang bought several medicinal herbs and a fifth-tier beast flame as the auction proceeded.
• Haistone presented a puppet with strength close to a Dou Ling, and Xiao Yang watched it with keen interest.

Xiao Yang won a puppet and the Lion Flame at the auction, spending heavily to acquire both. After collecting his purchases, he returned to the alchemy room and began amplifying the Lion Flame.

• Xiao Yang bid five hundred thousand gold coins for the puppet and won it after the hall fell silent.
• Haistone presented the sixth-rank Blazing Lion’s Lion Flame, and Xiao Yang outbid the other alchemists with a final offer of one million four hundred thousand gold coins.
• After the auction, Xiao Yang collected his items and headed to the Alchemy Area to refine the flames he had obtained.
• Xiao Yang took out the Lion Flame, confirmed it could be amplified, and began the amplification process.

Xiao Yang refined his stored flames until he reached four-star Dou Ling, then began refining the Erosion Flame Spirit Fire. After surviving its devouring and corrosive effects, he reached six-star Dou Ling, improved the Burning Mantra to high Xuan Tier, and strengthened his body.

• Xiao Yang finished refining his earlier flames and raised his cultivation to four-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yang took the Erosion Flame Spirit Fire’s flame seed and found it devouring and corroding his Dou Qi and fused flame.
• Xiao Yang used enhanced pills to replenish his Dou Qi while drawing the flame seed through his meridians along the Burning Mantra’s circulation route.
• Xiao Yang refined the Erosion Flame Spirit Fire in his dantian, raising his cultivation to six-star Dou Ling and the Burning Mantra to high Xuan Tier.
• Xiao Yang sensed that his physical body had strengthened enough to rival a Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yang stayed in Yanhuo City to improve his alchemy and strengthened his metal puppet into a powerful Battle Spirit Puppet. After testing its spatial movement and learning how costly it was to control, he began practicing pill refinement with third-grade ingredients.

• Xiao Yang decided to remain in Yanhuo City and refine pills to improve his alchemy before leaving.
• Xiao Yang inserted a fourth-rank Magic Core into his Diamond Puppet and amplified it into a level-seven Battle Spirit Puppet with Dou Zong strength.
• Xiao Yang discovered that amplification had also upgraded the puppet’s Magic Core, then used his soul power to test its flight and spatial movement.
• Xiao Yang found that controlling the puppet consumed his soul power quickly but believed it could protect him against powerful opponents.
• Xiao Yang planned to buy more fourth-rank Magic Cores and began refining third-grade pills to get used to his current cultivation.

After becoming a fourth-grade alchemist, Xiao Yang traveled to the Skyfire Mountain Range to seek the Xuanhuang Flame. He discovered a forest of valuable Mystic Flame Wood, but a fifth-rank Flowing Flame Spirit Ape attacked him as he approached its fruit.

• Xiao Yang left Yanhuo City on the Wind-Splitting Falcon and practiced refining fourth-grade pills during the journey.
• After half a month, Xiao Yang reached the Skyfire Mountain Range and sent the Wind-Splitting Falcon away from the volcanic terrain.
• Xiao Yang flew toward the range’s core and discovered more than a hundred Mystic Flame Wood trees bearing Mystic Flame Fruits.
• As Xiao Yang approached the fruit, a Flowing Flame Spirit Ape attacked and launched a flaming fist at him.

Xiao Yang killed a fifth-tier Flowing Flame Spirit Ape with his Burning Flame Palm and collected its magic core, beast flame, and mature Mystic Flame Fruits. He flew deeper into the Skyfire Mountain Range, considering what stronger Fighting Skill to learn next.

• Xiao Yang countered the Flowing Flame Spirit Ape's flaming fist with Burning Flame Palm, which absorbed the attack and broke through the ape's flame armor.
• Xiao Yang struck the wounded Flowing Flame Spirit Ape again, killing it and leaving a palm-shaped pit.
• Xiao Yang took the ape's magic core and beast flame, then harvested 233 mature Mystic Flame Fruits while leaving the unripe fruit untouched.
• Xiao Yang flew toward the core of the Skyfire Mountain Range and reflected that Burning Flame Palm no longer suited his full strength.
• Xiao Yang considered learning a stronger Fighting Skill and remained inclined toward fist-and-foot techniques rather than weapon skills.