Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan shared an intimate moment in the hot spring before Qing Lin nearly fainted from the heat. After returning to the Xiao Family, Xiao Fan told the Great Elder about his strength and alchemy, then introduced Qing Lin, whose claim that she was Xiao Fan’s promised wife stunned everyone.

• Xiao Fan kissed Zi Yan in the hot spring, and she declared that she would be his child bride and wanted a child with him before falling asleep.
• Xiao Fan noticed Qing Lin had become dizzy in the hot spring, rescued her, and carried her to a cool spot to recover.
• Xiao Fan returned to the Xiao Family and told the Great Elder he was a Dou Ling and an Alchemist, then offered him medicinal pills for cultivation.
• The Great Elder reassured Xiao Fan that the Xiao Family would always be his home and asked about the two people waiting behind him.
• Xiao Fan introduced Qing Lin, who called the Great Elder Grandpa and announced that she was Xiao Fan’s promised wife.

Xiao Fan cleared up his family’s misunderstanding about Qing Lin and Zi Yan, then left to meet the soul-bodied Yao Lao and discuss a trade. Their negotiations stalled when Xiao Fan asked for Yao Lao’s Bone Chilling Flame and Yao Lao refused.

• The Great Elder mistook Xiao Fan and Qing Lin for siblings by blood, then accepted Xiao Fan’s explanation that he had adopted her and told Qing Lin to take care of him.
• Zi Yan tried to introduce herself as Xiao Fan’s child, but Xiao Fan stopped her and introduced her as his senior sister from Jia Nan Academy.
• The Great Elder privately advised Xiao Fan not to let his future wives down, and Xiao Fan distracted him with pills that could help him advance to Da Dou Shi before slipping away.
• Zi Yan teased Xiao Fan about marrying her, but he told her it was too early to rush him.
• Xiao Fan met Yao Lao, dismissed his offers of cultivation methods and alchemy knowledge, and asked for the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yao Lao refused to give up the Bone Chilling Flame, leaving their proposed deal at a standstill.

Xiao Fan overpowered Yao Lao in an illusory confrontation and forced him to trade a wisp of the Bone Chilling Flame for Soul Nourishing Saliva and the Poison Pill Method. The chapter left Yao Lao stunned when Xiao Fan revealed that the Bone Chilling Flame seemed to carry an unusual soul imprint.

• Yao Lao identified himself as Venerable Yao, but Xiao Fan showed him a Storage Ring marked with the Soul Hall’s insignia and mentioned Han Feng.
• Yao Lao attacked Xiao Fan with the Bone Chilling Flame, and Xiao Fan met it with his Heavenly Flame before revealing his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and using an illusion to disorient Yao Lao.
• Xiao Fan bound Yao Lao with Soul Chains and demanded a wisp of the Bone Chilling Flame, prompting Yao Lao to agree to trade.
• Xiao Fan received the Poison Pill Method and a wisp of the Bone Chilling Flame, while Yao Lao received a small bottle of Soul Nourishing Saliva and lamented his losses.
• Xiao Fan told Yao Lao that the Bone Chilling Flame seemed to carry an unusual soul imprint, shocking him.

Xiao Fan traded Soul Nourishing Saliva with Yao Lao for the Burning Mantra after discovering that Yao Lao's beloved's Soul Seal remained in the Bone Chilling Flame. He left for the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan, while Xiao Yu promised to meet him at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Fan showed Yao Lao that his teacher's Soul Seal was still attached to the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yao Lao offered the unranked Burning Mantra, which could evolve without limit, in exchange for help reviving himself and his beloved.
• Xiao Fan examined the Burning Mantra, recognized its potential, and traded Yao Lao Soul Nourishing Saliva for it while declining to provide the materials for revival.
• After Yao Lao left, Xiao Fan decided to target Han Feng for their next transaction.
• Xiao Fan said goodbye to the Great Elder, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yu, then departed for the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan.

Xiao Fan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan crossed the Black-Corner Great Plain, escaped a Black Windstorm, and reached Black Seal City. After learning that Fan Ling had taken an interest in Qing Lin, Xiao Fan decided to target the Blood Sect’s young sect master.

• Xiao Fan carried the tired Qing Lin as the group traveled toward Jia Nan Academy through the Black-Corner Great Plain.
• Xiao Fan sensed a Black Windstorm and fled with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, noticing Fan Ling and Blood Elder escaping nearby.
• Xiao Fan recognized Fan Ling as the Blood Sect’s young sect master and saw him give Qing Lin an ill-intentioned look.
• Xiao Fan entered Black Seal City disguised as a Fourth-Grade Alchemist and received a map from Eight Fan Gate’s guards.
• Fan Ling asked Blood Elder about Xiao Fan, while Xiao Fan decided to exploit and eventually kill Fan Ling.

Xiao Fan helped Qing Lin break through to Dou Zhe by using her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to absorb White Fang’s cultivation, then taught her soul skills and a method suited to controlling multiple targets. Qing Lin stabilized at Five-Star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Fan planned to help her strengthen her abilities at Jia Nan Academy.

• Zi Yan begged Xiao Fan for Sugar Pills after finishing the medicinal ingredients in her treasury, and he gave her the freshly refined pills.
• Xiao Fan guided Qing Lin into his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils space and helped her control White Fang and absorb his Dou Qi.
• Qing Lin formed a Qi vortex and broke through to Five-Star Dou Zhe before Xiao Fan helped her stabilize her cultivation.
• Xiao Fan gave Qing Lin White Fang as a gift and taught her Soul Skills to help her protect herself.
• Xiao Fan taught Qing Lin the Seven-Turn Glazed Heart Method and planned to catch snake-type magical beasts for her at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Fan entered Black Seal City's Auction House with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, where Zi Yan located the treasure vault and Xiao Fan sensed a Heavenly Flame. He secretly sent Qing Lin's snakes to investigate while waiting to learn what the auction held.

• Xiao Fan refused the auction attendants' offers and entered with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, while Fan Ling watched him from afar.
• Blood Elder warned Fan Ling not to provoke Xiao Fan, but Fan Ling dismissed the warning.
• Xiao Fan asked Zi Yan to locate treasures and the vault, and she found the vault's location.
• Xiao Fan told Qing Lin to send snakes into the auction venue to investigate the hidden treasures.
• Xiao Fan's Heavenly Flames reacted violently, leading him to suspect that the auction contained another flame connected to Han Feng.

Han Feng offered an Imperial Extreme Pill in exchange for information about Heavenly Flames while Xiao Fan and Qing Lin located the Black Seal City's treasury. As Han Feng met Fan Ling to hear his offer, Xiao Fan prepared to pursue the treasury instead of negotiating with the Medicine Emperor.

• Han Feng suppressed the Sea Heart Flame's backlash and blamed Yao Lao for withholding the Burning Mantra.
• Qing Lin found the Black Seal City's treasury by sending little snakes to search, and Xiao Fan rewarded her.
• Han Feng's Imperial Extreme Pill drew bids, and he offered to give one away for accurate information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Fan Ling requested a private meeting with Han Feng, while Qing Lin sent a little snake into Fan Ling's room.
• Han Feng told Fan Ling that he only cared about information on Heavenly Flames.

Fan Ling gave Han Feng Blood Sect intelligence revealing that Jia Nan Academy housed the Fallen Heart Flame, and Han Feng began planning to exploit its future eruption. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan fled after robbing Black Seal City’s Auction House, unaware Fan Ling was watching them and preparing to act.

• Blood Elder sealed the room, but Xiao Fan watched Fan Ling and Han Feng through a snake controlled by Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Fan Ling gave Han Feng a token containing the Blood Sect’s intelligence about the Heavenly Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Fan Ling explained that Fan Lao had bribed an Outer Academy elder, and Han Feng accepted the information and planned to build his strength before the weakened seal failed.
• Xiao Fan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan stole Bodhi Body Saliva and a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s map from Black Seal City’s Auction House, but Zi Yan triggered the vault formation by taking a tasty herb.
• Xiao Fan fled with Qing Lin and Zi Yan across the Black Barren Plains as a Dou Emperor pursued them, while Zi Yan taunted him and slowed down to wait.
• Fan Ling watched the fleeing trio and asked when to intervene, but his companion warned that Xiao Fan might have hidden cards.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan faced Black Emperor and the Blood Sect after Fan Ling and Blood Elder joined the pursuit. Zi Yan battered Blood Elder with Heavenly Flame knuckle guards, but he unleashed Bloodline Limit and vowed to capture her as a blood sacrifice.

• Xiao Fan detected Fan Ling and Blood Elder hiding nearby, and the Blood Sect allied with Black Emperor to seize Qing Lin.
• Xiao Fan gave Zi Yan Heavenly Flame knuckle guards to counter Blood Elder’s blood-attribute cultivation.
• Zi Yan struck Blood Elder hard and repeatedly, while Black Emperor charged toward Xiao Fan hoping to capture him.
• Blood Elder activated Bloodline Limit, transforming his body and temporarily increasing his strength.
• Blood Elder declared that he would capture Zi Yan and make her his blood sacrifice.

Xiao Fan and his companions defeated Blood Elder, Black Emperor, and Fan Ling, then continued toward Jia Nan Academy. They reached Peace Town and encountered the notorious Necro Tree, where someone recognized Zi Yan as a senior.

• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan killed Blood Elder and Black Emperor, while Lv Man shot Fan Ling when he tried to attack Qing Lin and then killed him.
• Xiao Fan took the enemies’ Storage Rings and comforted Qing Lin, who decided that anyone trying to take her big brother away was a bad guy.
• Zi Yan refused the Imperial Extreme Pill because she did not eat other people’s pills, and Xiao Fan eventually gave it to Lv Man.
• After several days of travel, Xiao Fan’s group arrived at Peace Town near Jia Nan Academy and saw corpses hanging from the infamous Necro Tree.
• Someone at the town entrance called out to Zi Yan as a senior.

Xiao Fan arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, where Zi Yan’s fearsome reputation helped them bypass the usual entry procedure. Principal Hu Gan recognized Xiao Fan as the former recruit who had troubled Instructor Han and offered to take him to the academy, while Hu Jia immediately took an interest in Qing Lin.

• Zi Yan struck a student who called her the Brute King, and Xiao Fan soothed her and gave the injured student a Healing Pill.
• Xiao Fan presented Su Qian’s letter of introduction, and the Enforcement Team let his group enter Peace Town without taking a Detection Pill.
• Hu Gan recognized Zi Yan and met Xiao Fan, whose strength he could not probe, then offered to escort him to the academy.
• Hu Jia introduced herself to Xiao Fan and eagerly told Qing Lin that she liked her, prompting Xiao Fan to shield Qing Lin from her.

Hu Jia discovered Qing Lin’s feelings for Xiao Fan and relentlessly teased her, prompting Xiao Fan to confront Hu Jia. Zi Yan then took Xiao Fan to meet Su Qian, who was shocked to learn that Xiao Fan had reached the peak of Dou Ling and was close to breaking through to Dou Wang.

• Qing Lin admitted to Hu Jia that she loved Xiao Fan and wanted to stay with him forever, then grew flustered after Hu Jia’s teasing.
• Xiao Fan confronted Hu Jia for leading Qing Lin astray, and Hu Jia mocked him about his feelings for his adopted sister and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan arrived, checked that Xiao Fan had not been touched by Hu Jia, and pulled him away to meet Su Qian.
• Su Qian asked about Xiao Fan’s training and was astonished when Xiao Fan revealed he had reached the peak of Dou Ling and was about to break through to Dou Wang.

Su Qian accepted Xiao Fan as someone who could care for Zi Yan and entrusted her to him. Xiao Fan then met Elder Huo and gave him a detailed alchemy compendium, leaving the elder astonished by its value.

• Zi Yan told Su Qian that she had found a home with Xiao Fan, and Su Qian entrusted her to Xiao Fan while advising him to be patient with her.
• Su Qian teased Zi Yan about being chubby, and Xiao Fan covered her mouth when she nearly revealed that he had seen her grown-up form.
• Xiao Fan visited Elder Huo, apologized for Zi Yan stealing medicinal ingredients, and said he had mainly come to meet him.
• Xiao Fan offered Elder Huo his summarized Alchemist's Compendium, and Elder Huo read it and declared it far too precious.

Xiao Fan gave Elder Huo an Alchemist's Compendium, revealed that he was a Tier 6 Alchemist, and joined the Alchemist Department as a nominal elder. As he prepared to refine the Bone Chilling Flame, Xiao Fan began to suspect a connection between the Spirit Devouring Art, the Burning Mantra, the Tunling Clan, and Tou She Ancient God.

• Xiao Fan persuaded Elder Huo to accept the Alchemist's Compendium, secretly enjoying the thought of making him memorize it as revenge for his previous life.
• Xiao Fan told Elder Huo that he was a Tier 6 Alchemist and joined the Alchemist Department as a nominal elder.
• Elder Huo welcomed Qing Lin and offered to refine pills for her, while Xiao Fan took her with him after she promised to visit again the next day.
• Xiao Fan spent several days using the Spirit Devouring Art to refine the Bone Chilling Flame before questioning how the Spirit Devouring Art and Burning Mantra were connected.
• Xiao Fan considered whether the Tunling Clan was connected to Tou She Ancient God and formed a bold idea: devour a cultivation method.

Xiao Fan completed the Spirit Devouring Art by devouring the Burning Mantra’s pathways, awakening a figure in his sea of consciousness and revealing clues that he might descend from the vanished Tunling Clan. Zi Yan discovered ancient clan markings appearing on him and resolved to keep his possible ancestry secret.

• Xiao Fan suspected that the Spirit Devouring Art and Burning Mantra were techniques created by nonhuman beings and wondered whether his unusual traits pointed to the Tunling Clan.
• As Xiao Fan opened the Burning Mantra’s pathways, the Spirit Devouring Art rejected the new circulation route, cut off its original path, and devoured the technique until it was complete.
• Zi Yan entered Xiao Fan’s cultivation chamber, saw countless Ancient Clan markings appear above his head, and suspected that he was a descendant of the Tunling Clan.
• In Xiao Fan’s sea of consciousness, the Spirit Devouring Art materialized as Xiao Xiao Yan, a small black figure who said she was formed from his ideal image.
• Xiao Xiao Yan read Xiao Fan’s thoughts, changed into the maid outfit he imagined, and scolded him as he teased her.
• Xiao Xiao Yan angrily referred to the Tunling Clan as her clan, prompting Xiao Fan to question what she meant by “you all.”

Xiao Fan learned that Xiao Xiao Yan was the ancestor of the Tunling Clan and had followed him through his past life, while she demanded that he take her to the Outer Realm. After she lifted the shackles on his consciousness, he discovered that Zi Yan might also have been reborn.

• Xiao Xiao Yan explained that Tou She Ancient God descended from the Tunling Clan and that the clan branch destroyed by the Ancient Eight Clans had been insignificant.
• Xiao Xiao Yan revealed that she had followed Xiao Fan through his past life and scolded him for dispersing his soul instead of turning back.
• Xiao Xiao Yan demanded that Xiao Fan take her to the Outer Realm, then agreed to help him again after he promised to bring her along and feed her well.
• Xiao Fan woke to find Zi Yan asleep on his chest, collected her drool as Dragon Saliva, and carried her without waking her.
• Xiao Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan that Zi Yan seemed to have been reborn too and had lost things, and Xiao Fan said he had already suspected it.

Xiao Fan overwhelmed the Outer Academy selection after revealing that he had reached Dou Wang, then joined the other top students on a visit to the Treasure Pavilion. Elder Bai scrutinized Xiao Fan and wondered how he knew his title as the chapter left the students entering the pavilion.

• Xiao Fan defeated Lu Renjia so quickly that Lu Renjia was carried away, then revealed his Dou Wang strength to Hu Gan and the gathered students.
• Hu Gan postponed the Inner Academy selection by one day, while Zi Yan told Xiao Fan that Su Qian had approved little Qing Lin's admission to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Fan was named first in the Outer Academy selection and accompanied the other four top students to the Treasure Pavilion with Hu Gan.
• Elder Bai tested Xiao Fan's claim that his powerful Soul Force explained his unusual presence, then opened the Treasure Pavilion for the group.
• Elder Bai asked Hu Jia about Xiao Fan and worried that Xiao Fan's use of his title meant the Qian and Bai Elders' information had leaked.

Xiao Fan entered the Treasure Pavilion, where Xiao Xiao Yan helped him seize a Thunderous Purgatory Vine but accidentally damaged the pavilion and scattered its treasures. After returning to the Outer Academy, Xiao Fan questioned whether he could safely refine the vine, while Xiao Xiao Yan hinted at his mysterious reincarnation.

• Xiao Fan caught an Earth-class cultivation method, the Nine-Fold Phoenix Fire Art, and gave it to Lin Xiuya, who promised to follow him.
• Xiao Xiao Yan identified a hidden treasure, but its light cluster escaped Xiao Fan using spatial power.
• Xiao Xiao Yan took control of Xiao Fan and used Heavenly Flames to trap the cluster, damaging the Treasure Pavilion and causing its other treasures to fall for the group to collect.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai inspected the group, and Hu Gan reminded them they would enter the Inner Academy in one week.
• Xiao Fan examined the Thunderous Purgatory Vine and asked whether he could refine it safely, while Xiao Xiao Yan teased him about being reincarnated.

Xiao Fan learned that his body carried the bloodlines of ancient clans, then absorbed the Thunderous Purgatory Vine with Xiao Xiao Yan’s guidance. Zi Yan mistook his charred body for delicious food but chose the Sugar Pills he offered, leaving Xiao Fan relieved and insulted.

• Xiao Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan that the bloodlines of clans devoured by the Tunling Clan had manifested in him, allowing him to use their techniques and potentially strengthen himself by devouring their bloodlines.
• Xiao Fan planned to use the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations to draw Xiao Xuan’s attention in the Heavenly Tomb, but realized he would need to gain strength and influence before its next opening.
• Xiao Fan asked Xiao Xiao Yan about a Soul Clan technique for probing memories, but she said she could not remember it.
• Xiao Xiao Yan guided the Thunderous Purgatory Vine into Xiao Fan, whose body was charred by its lightning.
• Zi Yan followed the smell of Xiao Fan and tried to approach him as food, but leapt for the Sugar Pills he threw to her instead.