Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s group dug beneath Stone Desert City in search of a Heavenly Flame, while Hai Bodong forced Sha Luo’s Sand Mercenary Group to cooperate with them. After Qing Lin joined Xiao Yan in one of the tunnels, Hai Bodong ambushed Yue Mei, and Medusa realized the humans had found the Heavenly Flame first.

• Xiao Yan assured Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he would handle the Sand Mercenary Group and the Snake-People Tribe while they continued digging.
• Hai Bodong made Sha Luo agree to disband the Sand Mercenary Group and send its elite members to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Medusa ordered Yue Mei to investigate unusual activity near Stone Desert City, and Yue Mei flew toward the city.
• Sha Luo brought his men to help excavate, and Xiao Yan entered a tunnel with Qing Lin to search for the Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong attacked Yue Mei on her way to Stone Desert City, prompting her to call Medusa for reinforcements.
• Medusa sent Mo Basi, Yan Ci, and Hua She'er to help Yue Mei and concluded that the humans had reached the Heavenly Flame first.

Xiao Yan reached the magma pool, subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with Qing Lin’s help, and rode it into the magma to search for the Heavenly Flame. Meanwhile, Hai Bodong faced Snake-People Tribe reinforcements, while White Fang blocked Queen Medusa from coming to their aid and hinted at his boss’s interest in the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then knocked the beast onto the shore.
• Qing Lin subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Xiao Yan rode it into the magma to find the Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong bound Yue Mei, but Mo Basi, Yan Ci, and Hua She'er arrived and attacked him.
• White Fang stopped Queen Medusa from leaving the temple, and she accused him of seeking the Heavenly Flame for his boss.

Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Core Flame deep beneath the magma and began refining it while Elder Yao and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake guarded him. Meanwhile, White Fang fought Medusa in the Snake-Person Temple, and Hai Bodong battled four Snake-People Tribe experts outside Stone Desert City.

• White Fang provoked Medusa into fighting him inside the Snake-Person Temple, where their battle shook Snake-Person City.
• Xiao Yan reached the Green Lotus Core Flame, identified by Elder Yao as the nineteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, and gathered the Fire Lotus Seeds beneath it.
• Xiao Yan swallowed Elder Yao's pill and a Fire Lotus Seed, then began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame as Elder Yao and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake kept watch.
• The four Snake-People Tribe experts summoned a giant snake phantom against Hai Bodong, but his ice dragon overwhelmed it and severely injured Yue Mei.
• Mo Basi and Yan Ci charged Hai Bodong again, and Hua She'er joined the fight while failing to contact Queen Medusa.

Xiao Yan successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, advanced to four-star Da Dou Shi, and reunited with his brothers before setting out to negotiate with Queen Medusa. After Hai Bodong took Xiao Yan’s pill, he recovered his strength and surpassed his former peak.

• Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, absorbed the Earth Fire Lotus Seed and pills, and reached four-star Da Dou Shi after claiming his system rewards.
• Xiao Yan returned to Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Qing Lin, revealed that he had absorbed the Heavenly Flame, and left to seek Queen Medusa alone.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong a fifth-grade Purple Spirit Recovery Pill, then freed Hua She'er, Mo Basi, Yan Ci, and Yue Mei to propose cooperation with their Queen.
• Hai Bodong recovered his strength and advanced from his former five-star Dou Emperor peak to seven-star Dou Emperor.

After Hai Bodong recovered, Xiao Yan went with the Snake-People leaders to meet Queen Medusa and offered to help her evolve her bloodline. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan explaining that he knew she sought the Heavenly Flame to awaken her ancient bloodline and reach the Dou Zong realm.

• Hai Bodong recovered to Seven-Star Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yan thanked him for his help.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong followed Hua She'er and the other leaders to the Snake-Person Temple to discuss cooperation with Medusa.
• Xiao Yan found White Fang exhausted after he had held off the Snake-People Empire for a day and promised him a Form Transformation Pill.
• Medusa agreed to speak with Xiao Yan alone, and they went to her bedchamber.
• Xiao Yan told Medusa he could help her awaken her ancient bloodline and break through to the Dou Zong realm.

Xiao Yan helped Queen Medusa awaken her ancient bloodline and break through to Dou Zong, then left the Snake-People Empire to resume his journey. On the way, he used a synthesized summoning talisman and summoned a young Yun Potian, founding patriarch of the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan offered to use the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire to awaken Queen Medusa's bloodline, and she agreed to his terms.
• Xiao Yan spent a month nourishing Medusa's meridians, helping her transform into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and break through to Dou Zong.
• Hua She'er celebrated Medusa's breakthrough, while Jia Xingtian ordered an investigation into the energy eruption.
• Xiao Yan received a Low-level Summoning Talisman, 1,000 Summoning Points, and the Heaven Collapsing Technique, then told Medusa he was leaving.
• Xiao Yan left with Hai Bodong and White Fang, then synthesized and used an Intermediate Summoning Talisman.
• The system summoned a youth version of Yun Potian, a Three-Star Dou Wang, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

Xiao Yan returned to Stone Desert City with Yun Potian, reunited with Qing Lin and his brothers, and arranged for Qing Lin to be taken in by the Heavenly Snake Mansion. On the journey to Black Rock City, Elder Yao suppressed Xiao Yan’s cultivation to strengthen his foundation and ordered him to train before teaching him an Earth Tier Dou Technique.

• Xiao Yan learned that Yun Potian had been summoned from the past and called him Little Tian.
• Xiao Yan returned to Stone Desert City, where Qing Lin and his brothers welcomed him back.
• Xiao Yan arranged for Lv Man to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion for protection.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then flew toward Black Rock City with Elder Yao, Hai Bodong, White Fang, and Yun Potian.
• Elder Yao suppressed Xiao Yan’s cultivation from Four-Star Da Dou Shi to One-Star Da Dou Shi and told him to train his Dou Techniques and alchemy before learning an Earth Tier Dou Technique.

After completing three months of Dou Technique and alchemy training, Xiao Yan left for Black Rock City to take the alchemist rank examination. The chapter ended with Master Otto seeking President Frank’s approval for Xiao Yan to attempt the second-tier examination.

• Xiao Yan showed Elder Yao his Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler technique, then checked his improved combat strength and second-tier alchemist rank.
• Xiao Yan gathered Elder Yao, Hai Bodong, Yun Potian, and White Fang to leave their training grounds for Black Rock City.
• Xiao Yan entered Black Rock City with Hai Bodong and Yun Potian and went to the Alchemist Guild to take an examination.
• Master Otto questioned Xiao Yan’s claim, then watched Hai Bodong and Yun Potian reveal their Dou Wang strength as they flew away.
• Xiao Yan asked to take the second-tier alchemist examination, and Otto went to consult President Frank while Xiao Yan waited.

Xiao Yan passed the Tier 2 Alchemist examination at the Alchemist Guild and received his badge and gifts. He reunited with Hai Bodong, Yun Potian, and White Fang outside the city, then set off for Wutan City.

• Frank and Otto let Xiao Yan take the Tier 2 Alchemist examination directly despite his lack of a prior rank.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Qi Recovery Pill formula and refined the pill successfully in a single batch.
• Frank and Otto praised Xiao Yan, gave him his alchemist badge, robe, and medicinal ingredients, and invited him to the Imperial Capital tournament two years later.
• Xiao Yan left the guild using his Purple Cloud Wings and reunited with Hai Bodong and Yun Potian outside the city.
• White Fang arrived late, explaining that he had been distracted by a female snake at the Dou Wang level, and Xiao Yan led the group toward Wutan City.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and confronted the Jalie Clan after it had crippled the Xiao Clan’s market business and harassed Xiao Yu and Xun Er. He killed Jalie Ao and Liu Xi, then began fighting Jalie Bi, with their battle still unresolved.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders discussed the Xiao Clan’s losses and feared Liu Xi’s alchemist master would make retaliation dangerous.
• Jalie Ao’s men attacked Xiao Ning at the Xiao Family Market, and Jalie Ao and Liu Xi tried to stop Xiao Yu and Xun Er from leaving.
• Xiao Yan arrived, killed Jalie Ao and Liu Xi, and said Liu Xi’s teacher would meet the same fate if he came after him.
• Jalie Bi arrived enraged by his son’s death and exchanged Dou Techniques with Xiao Yan, who matched his attack.
• Jalie Bi gathered wind pressure for another strike as Xiao Yan concentrated Dou Qi in his fist, and they launched their next techniques.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, killed Jalie Bi, and secured the Xiao Clan’s dominance before heading to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment with his clan’s younger generation. After his strength destroyed the registration crystal, Instructor Ruolin arrived to test him personally.

• Xiao Yan defeated and killed Jalie Bi with Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler, and the remaining Jalie Clan members fled with their dead.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xiao Yan home, learned he had reached one-star Da Dou Shi, and declared that the Xiao Clan would rule Wutan City.
• Less than half a month later, Xiao Yan joined Xun Er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and other Xiao Clan youths on their way to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment.
• The crowd made way for Xiao Yan at the packed recruitment site, where a jealous student told him to test his eligibility with the crystal ball.
• Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi shattered the crystal ball, and Instructor Ruolin arrived and offered to test him personally.

Instructor Ruolin discovered that Xiao Yan was a Da Dou Shi, astonishing the Jia Nan Academy students and staff. When Luo Bu and Ge Ci tried to bully the Xiao Clan newcomers, Xiao Ning defeated Ge Ci, and Xiao Yan warned Luo Bu before he fled.

• Instructor Ruolin tested Xiao Yan and was stunned when she learned he was a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yu led Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan newcomers to seats, where Luo Bu demanded they retake the test and leave the senior students’ chairs.
• Luo Bu ordered Ge Ci to force Xiao Yan out, but Xiao Yan sent Xiao Ning to face him instead.
• Xiao Ning dodged Ge Ci’s attack and defeated him with Mountain Shattering Fist, revealing his strength as a three-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan warned Luo Bu not to provoke him, and Luo Bu fled before Instructor Ruolin returned and apologized to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan arranged for Hai Bodong and White Fang to establish the Xiao Sect in the Black-Corner Region while Yun Potian applied to become an elder at Jia Nan Academy. After Jia Nan Academy sent a flying magical beast, Xiao Yan and his companions departed for the academy.

• Instructor Ruolin recorded the students’ strengths, and Xun Er revealed that she was a nine-star Dou Zhe before Xiao Yan embraced her.
• Instructor Ruolin confirmed Xiao Yan’s clansmen could accompany him to Jia Nan Academy, and the group returned to prepare for departure.
• Xiao Yan sent Hai Bodong and White Fang to establish the Xiao Sect in the Black-Corner Region and instructed Yun Potian to apply for an elder position at Jia Nan Academy.
• After waiting two days, Xiao Yan and Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and the other Xiao Clan members boarded the academy’s flying magical beast and left for Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er arrived at Jia Nan Academy and agreed to enter the Inner Academy together. After two months of training, Xiao Yan reached three-star Da Dou Shi, while Xun Er advanced to five-star Dou Shi.

• Hu Gan met Xiao Yan and urged him to enter the Inner Academy immediately, but Xiao Yan insisted on waiting so he could enter with Xun Er.
• Hu Gan offered Xiao Yan and Xun Er places in the Inner Academy together, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with an Intermediate Summoning Talisman, Summoning Points, and a Star-Adding Card, which could add a star to a breakthrough from personal training.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er settled at Jia Nan Academy and trained for two months, with Xiao Yan refining medicinal pills and Xun Er rapidly advancing to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan broke through to two-star Da Dou Shi and used the Star-Adding Card to reach three-star Da Dou Shi, while Xun Er revealed she had reached five-star Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered Jia Nan Academy’s Scripture Library, where Xiao Yan secured two Earth Rank techniques and gave one to Xun Er. Before their Inner Academy trip, Xiao Yan used pills and a Star-Adding Card to reach Seven-Star Da Dou Shi, preparing for the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

• Hu Gan introduced Xiao Yan and Xun Er to Han Yue, Bai Cheng, and Yao Sheng, then led the group to the Scripture Library, where Qian Mu and Bai Lie explained the rules.
• Xiao Yan used Eight Extremities Collapse to break open a bright light ball and found the Mid-Earth Rank cultivation technique Blazing Flame Decision.
• Xiao Yan gave Blazing Flame Decision to Xun Er and later obtained the Low Earth Rank Dou Technique Flame Cloud Fist.
• After the group was teleported out, Hu Gan said he would take them to the Inner Academy in three days, and Xun Er began changing her cultivation technique.
• Xiao Yan exchanged Summoning Points for two Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills, gave one to Xun Er, and consumed the other with a Star-Adding Card to rise to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi.

As the Fire Energy Hunting Competition began, Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the forest, where Xiao Yan planned to take fire energy from older students. He confronted a group of five Inner Academy students and prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er joined the new students and traveled with Hu Gan to the forest where the competition began.
• After landing, Bai Cheng and Yao Sheng led separate groups, while Xiao Yan declined Han Yue's invitation and set off with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan warned the students left behind to stay together, but they mocked him, so he departed with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er encountered five older students discussing how to seize the newcomers' fire energy, and Xiao Yan approached them alone.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Mysterious Heavy Ruler and demanded the five students hand over their fire energy.

Xiao Yan defeated a group of senior students and gave Xun Er his Fire Energy Card to keep. Elsewhere, Han Yue’s group and the groups led by Yao Sheng and Bai Cheng were attacked, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er chose to leave without helping.

• Xiao Yan defeated the senior students, took their Fire Energy, and entrusted his card to Xun Er.
• Han Yue’s group was confronted by five senior students, who attacked after the girls refused to hand over their Fire Energy Cards.
• Yao Sheng and Bai Cheng argued after meeting, then encountered Qin Zhen and the Black Fiend Team, who attacked them to seize their Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er saw both battles nearby, but Xiao Yan decided they should help neither group and leave.

Xiao Yan gathered nearly 400 Fire Energy and led Xun Er to face the White Fiend Team, where he challenged its three-star Dou Ling captain, Lin Yan. After swallowing a fifth-tier Dragon Strength Pill, Xiao Yan launched his Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler against Lin Yan's Mountain Splitting Axe.

• Han Yue surrendered her group’s Fire Energy to older students, while the Black Fiend Team defeated Bai Cheng’s and Yao Sheng’s groups.
• Xiao Yan ambushed the older students who had robbed Han Yue’s group and took their Fire Energy, bringing his total to nearly 400.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er reached the forest’s final hurdle, the White Fiend Team, and Lin Yan learned that Xiao Yan had robbed older students.
• Lin Yan revealed his three-star Dou Ling strength and attacked Xiao Yan, who struggled to withstand his blows.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a fifth-tier Dragon Strength Pill and unleashed his Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler against Lin Yan’s Mountain Splitting Axe.

Xiao Yan defeated Lin Yan and entered the Inner Academy with Xun Er, then headed to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower to cultivate. On the fourth floor, he claimed an occupied cultivation room, and the students outside realized he had taken Lin Xiuya's room.

• Xiao Yan defeated Lin Yan, who conceded and let him enter the Inner Academy.
• Two elders welcomed Xiao Yan and Xun Er, awarded Xiao Yan two green Fire Energy Cards, and arranged a courtyard for them.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er went to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Xiao Yan's two Heavenly Flames shielded them from the Fallen Heart Flame's tempering.
• Xiao Yan brought Xun Er down to the fourth floor and found an empty high-grade cultivation room despite its belongings being inside.
• Xiao Yan carried the belongings outside, and the students recognized the room as Lin Xiuya's.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er cultivated in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower for two months, advancing to the nine-star Da Dou Shi realm and the Da Dou Shi realm respectively. When Xiao Yan left seclusion, challengers crowded around him and escorted him to the arena to defend his Strong Ranking position.

• Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao found someone occupying their usual room on the fourth floor, then chose another room rather than force the cultivator out.
• Yan Hao told Lin Xiuya about the young sword-wielding elder Yun Potian, but Lin Xiuya concluded they could not reach him on the seventh floor to seek guidance.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yun Potian nearing a breakthrough and continued cultivating without disturbing him, while Xun Er broke through to the nine-star Dou Shi realm after two weeks.
• After two months of cultivation, Xiao Yan broke through to the eight-star Da Dou Shi realm and used a Star-Adding Card to reach the nine-star realm; Yun Potian had also advanced another star.
• Xun Er emerged from cultivation as a Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yan awkwardly explained that his own rapid advancement might come from possessing two Heavenly Flames.
• Dozens of students gathered to challenge Xiao Yan's forty-fifth Strong Ranking position, so he sent Xun Er back and went with them to the Inner Academy arena.