Chapter Summaries

Liu Xiang and the other alchemists discovered that the third-tier pill formula contained a faulty ingredient, and Liu Xiang won the second round by identifying it and refining the pill before Yan Li. More than twenty contestants ultimately completed the pill, and Xiao Yan prepared to demonstrate pill refinement.

• As the contestants tried to condense their pills, their cauldrons exploded because the pill formula was flawed.
• Gu He and Xiao Yan identified the formula’s problem, while Liu Xiang struggled to find it and Yan Li also failed his first attempt.
• Liu Xiang realized Thick Earth Ganoderma did not match the other ingredients, removed it, and refined a pill faster than Yan Li.
• Liu Xiang showed Ya Yue how to remove Thick Earth Ganoderma, and more than twenty alchemists followed suit and completed their pills.
• Fa Ma praised the contestants’ abilities, and Gu He invited Xiao Yan to demonstrate pill refinement, prompting Xiao Yan to stand and prepare.

Xiao Yan prepared to refine a Tier 6 pill as the Alchemist Tournament ended early, prompting Yan Li to protest the decision. After Yan Li fled the venue, Xiao Yan chose to refine a Dou Ling Pill, leaving the crowd ready to watch.

• Fa Ma ended the Alchemist Tournament without a third round and announced that Xiao Yan would demonstrate refining a Tier 6 pill.
• Yan Li accused the Jia Ma Empire of unfairly awarding the championship to Song Yi, but Fa Ma and Xiao Yan dismissed his objections.
• The crowd condemned Yan Li, who slipped out through a back door, and Nalan Jie flew after him to stop his escape.
• Xiao Yan walked down to the arena as the crowd cheered, then decided to refine a Dou Ling Pill.

Xiao Yan received an Alchemy Gift Pack that advanced his alchemy grade and gave him the First Turn Heavenly King Pill formula, then announced that he would refine a pill he had created himself. The spectators doubted he could create a sixth-tier pill, leaving the gathering tense as they awaited his refinement.

• Xiao Yan opened the Alchemy Gift Pack, raised his alchemy grade to high Tier 6, and received the formulas for an enhanced Dou Ling Pill and a First Turn Heavenly King Pill.
• Xiao Yan reviewed his new formula and gained the experience needed to refine the First Turn Heavenly King Pill, bringing his soul power close to Tier 7.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Song Yi and announced that he would refine a pill of his own creation.
• Gu He and Fa Ma doubted that Song Yi could create a sixth-tier pill and worried that a lower-tier pill would disappoint the crowd and damage the Alchemist Association's prestige.
• Old Hai and Jia Xingtian expressed confidence in Song Yi, while some spectators assumed he would make a fifth-tier pill and tried to leave.
• Xiao Yan realized he needed to address the crowd's misunderstanding before it grew worse.

Xiao Yan announced that his First Turn Heavenly King Pill surpassed the Dou Ling Pill, then began refining it to prove his claims. His astonishing technique impressed the alchemists watching, though the pill’s effects remained unverified.

• Xiao Yan claimed the First Turn Heavenly King Pill could advance Dou Wangs by two or three minor realms, raise the chance of reaching Dou Emperor by thirty percent, and strengthen the body and combat power.
• Fa Ma, Gu He, and other alchemists questioned Xiao Yan’s claims, while Fa Ma and Gu He explained how the pill could transform a clan’s strength if it were real.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Yao to borrow the Black Demon Cauldron and said it was his first time refining the pill.
• Xiao Yan used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame to refine all the medicinal ingredients in the Black Demon Cauldron at once.
• The watching alchemists marveled at Xiao Yan’s technique, and Gu He admitted he could not refine ingredients that way.

Xiao Yan refined the First Turn Heavenly King Pill using Elder Yao’s Fire as Cauldron technique, drawing astonishment from the watching alchemists as he prepared to condense the pill. Elsewhere, Chen Xian waited for the Soul Hall to act and was confronted by the Mystic Fire Crow after his destruction crossed into its territory.

• Xiao Yan melted the medicinal ingredients for the First Turn Heavenly King Pill while Fa Ma and Gu He studied his refining process.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Yao to let him use Fire as Cauldron, then suspended the ingredients in the air and controlled them with Heavenly Flames.
• Fa Ma, Gu He, Liu Xiang, Ya Yue, and Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Yan refine the ingredients, and he completed the refining after nearly two hours.
• Chen Xian complained that the Soul Hall had not acted, while Ye Lun and Elder Bai speculated about why it had stayed away.
• Chen Xian decided to wait a few more days as the Mystic Fire Crow arrived and confronted the humans for crossing its border.

Chen Xian killed a Mystic Fire Crow and wounded its fleeing ally, while Xiao Yan completed the First Turn Heavenly King Pill before a stunned crowd. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan preparing to test his original Tier 6 pill by consuming it himself.

• Chen Xian killed the Mystic Fire Crow with one sword strike, and Ye Lun stored its corpse.
• Chen Xian wounded the Three-Legged Crow as it fled to warn the Crow Ancestor, then left with Elder Bai and Old Hei to deal with the captured bird.
• Xiao Yan fused the refined medicinal ingredients and formed the First Turn Heavenly King Pill amid a heavenly phenomenon.
• Fa Ma gained insight from watching Xiao Yan's pill refinement and realized he was close to becoming a Tier 6 Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan announced the pill's completion and said he would be the first person on the Dou Qi Continent to consume it.

Xiao Yan ate the First Turn Heavenly King Pill and used a Star-Adding Card to break through to six-star Dou Wang, proving the pill’s effects to the gathered alchemists and leaders. He left to prepare for the Three-Year Agreement and summoned Yun Potian and Protector Mo back to the Imperial Capital, wary of the Misty Cloud Sect and other factions.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the First Turn Heavenly King Pill and used a Star-Adding Card, breaking through four minor realms to become a six-star Dou Wang.
• A heavenly lightning tribulation appeared, but Xiao Yan called on the system, which removed it before it could strike.
• Jia Xingtian, Gu He, Fa Ma, and the other leaders were stunned by the pill’s effects, while Nalan Jie thanked Xiao Yan for saving him.
• Xiao Yan left the alchemy competition and returned to the inn to prepare for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan contacted Yun Potian and Protector Mo and ordered them to return to the Imperial Capital, mindful of threats from the Misty Cloud Sect, Soul Hall, and Mystic Underworld Sect.

Xiao Yan spoke with Nalan Yanran, who revealed her desire to escape the marriage her family had arranged and live freely after completing an important task. After she left, Xiao Yan learned that Soul Hall operatives were nearby and decided to mislead them while investigating and dealing with the Mystic Underworld Sect.

• Xiao Yan turned away visitors seeking First Turn Heavenly King Pills, then welcomed Nalan Yanran when she came to see him.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan she had come to bid farewell and explained that she wanted to break free of her family's expectations and avoid marrying a man she had never met.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran acknowledged their past mistakes and agreed that they might meet again after completing their respective important tasks.
• Yun Potian reported that Protector Mo had detected Soul Hall members nearby and could not approach.
• Xiao Yan decided to mislead the Soul Hall, resolve the threat from the Mystic Underworld Sect, and investigate its secrets.

Before the Three-Year Agreement, Nalan Yanran refused the Misty Cloud Sect's offer to interfere, while Xiao Yan prepared to face the sect and secretly strengthened his family's position. Xiao Yan left his family in the Imperial Capital and promised to reunite with them after settling matters with the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Nalan Yanran told Liu Xiang not to let the First Elder interfere with her dispute with Xiao Yan and resolved to apologize to the Xiao Clan after the agreement.
• Xiao Yan instructed Yun Potian to keep their allies hidden during the meeting, learned that Old Hai was preparing to break through, and planned to go to the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Potian.
• Xiao Yan visited the Xiao Clan's new compound and found Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li discussing the Misty Cloud Sect's invitation to attend the agreement as spectators.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had won the Alchemist Tournament and gave Xiao Ding three First Turn Heavenly King Pills for the family to use after reaching Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan advised Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li not to attend the agreement, embraced them, and flew away for the night.

Xiao Yan and Yun Potian set out for the Misty Cloud Sect, where Nalan Yanran and the empire’s factions had gathered to witness Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement duel. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Yun Potian beginning their ascent of Misty Cloud Mountain.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that Yun Potian had made the necessary arrangements, and the two decided to go up the mountain together.
• Yun Leng welcomed the arriving factions at the Misty Cloud Sect and kept Nalan Jie from speaking privately with Nalan Yanran.
• Mo Cheng arrived with gifts, praised Nalan Yanran, and was rebuffed when she told him she had no time to receive him.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma arrived, and Jia Xingtian wondered whether Hai Bodong had entered seclusion to make his final breakthrough.
• Nalan Yanran privately wondered whether Xiao Yan would return as Xiao Yan and Yun Potian reached the foot of Misty Cloud Mountain and started climbing.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Potian to face Nalan Yanran over their broken engagement. He challenged her to defeat him in one move and offered to let her attack first, then drew a circle around his feet and made staying inside it the condition for her victory.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Potian climbed the mountain steps toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• A disciple announced their arrival, and Yun Leng dismissed concerns while Nalan Yanran waited for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan declared his name and confronted Nalan Yanran, who drew her sword and said their engagement could not continue.
• Xiao Yan removed the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and claimed he could defeat Nalan Yanran in one move, provoking disbelief from the onlookers.
• Xiao Yan offered Nalan Yanran three moves and said she would win if she forced him out of a small circle he drew around his feet.

Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to land three attacks while he remained inside a circle, then defeat her with one move. After evading her first strike without moving, he agreed to Yun Leng’s demand that he take the remaining attacks head-on, and Nalan Yanran unleashed her Wind Spirit Fractal Sword.

• Xiao Yan drew a circle and offered Nalan Yanran three moves, provoking her and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Nalan Yanran’s first sword aura passed through Xiao Yan, who remained unharmed inside the circle and counted it as her first move.
• Fa Ma suggested Xiao Yan had used a strange movement technique, while Yun Leng demanded that Xiao Yan take the remaining attacks head-on.
• Xiao Yan accepted Yun Leng’s demand, and Nalan Yanran gathered her Dou Qi and launched the Wind Spirit Fractal Sword.

Xiao Yan withstood Nalan Yanran’s strongest attacks and defeated her with a single finger after giving her three moves. He left the Misty Cloud Sect humiliated, while Jia Xingtian doubted anyone would protect Xiao Yan from Yun Leng and the sect.

• Nalan Yanran’s Wind Spirit Fractal Sword failed to harm Xiao Yan, who endured it with his physical body.
• Xiao Yan warned Nalan Yanran to use all her strength on her final move as Yun Leng quietly moved toward Mo Cheng.
• Nalan Yanran gained a deeper understanding of sword intent and unleashed Extreme Wind: Sunset Flare, but it only ruffled Xiao Yan’s hair.
• Xiao Yan pointed one finger at Nalan Yanran, overwhelmed her with his pressure, and slammed her into the ground without seriously injuring her.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma recognized Xiao Yan’s terrifying strength, while Jia Xingtian concluded that no one present would risk offending the Misty Cloud Sect to protect him.

After defeating Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan dissolved their old marriage ties and learned she recognized him as the confidant she had once spoken to. As he prepared to leave, Mo Cheng accused him of cheating and challenged him to exchange blows, setting up a confrontation.

• Xiao Yan burned the marriage contract and divorce letter, telling Nalan Yanran that they were both free to pursue their own lives.
• Nalan Yanran realized Xiao Yan had been the person she once confided in, then fled the mountain in embarrassment.
• As Xiao Yan and Yun Potian prepared to leave, Mo Cheng stopped them and accused Xiao Yan of cheating in the duel.
• Mo Cheng claimed Xiao Yan relied on a defensive treasure and proposed striking him to test the accusation.
• Xiao Yan agreed to take Mo Cheng's strike on the condition that Mo Cheng also take one punch from him.
• Mo Cheng accepted and began proposing terms for a more exciting contest.

Xiao Yan accepted Mo Cheng’s life-or-death challenge and killed him with one punch, revealing strength that shocked the assembled powers. Yun Leng then tried to detain Xiao Yan and Yun Potian, and the chapter ended as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Dou Wang elders attacked them.

• Xiao Yan agreed to Mo Cheng’s challenge and warned him that one punch might kill him.
• Xiao Yan struck Mo Cheng with Eight Extremities Collapse, reducing the Mo Clan First Elder to dust.
• Jia Xingtian realized Xiao Yan had Dou Wang strength, while Fa Ma lamented the sudden appearance of teenage Dou Wangs.
• Yun Leng blocked Xiao Yan and Yun Potian from leaving and demanded that Xiao Yan spend ten years in the sect’s ancestral grounds and have his cultivation crippled.
• Yun Potian snapped the enforcement elders’ swords with a partial draw of his blade, and Yun Leng ordered the Dou Wang elders to attack.
• Xiao Yan spread his Dou Qi wings as the four Dou Wang elders charged.

Xiao Yan and Yun Potian fought the Misty Cloud Sect elders as Yun Leng activated the sect’s Cloud Mist Vast Sun Formation. Xiao Yan defeated three Dou Wang elders, while Yun Yun hurried back to the sect and Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma began to suspect Xiao Yan and Song Yi were the same person.

• Yun Leng recognized Yun Potian’s sword as the Misty Cloud Sect’s lost treasure and ordered the elders to attack Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Xiao Yan shattered the elders’ combined attack, prompting Yun Leng to command the disciples to activate the Cloud Mist Vast Sun Formation.
• Yun Potian praised the formation’s design and claimed he could break it with one sword, but Yun Leng attacked them through its power.
• Yun Yun sensed the sect’s danger and raced toward Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler to defeat the three Dou Wang elders.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma concluded that Xiao Yan, Song Yi, and another young Dou Wang might be the same person.

Yun Yun arrived as Yun Potian shattered the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation, then fought him while Xiao Yan faced Yun Leng. The chapter left Xiao Yan striking Yun Leng with a powerful Flame Cloud Fist as Yun Yun remained unable to reach him.

• Yun Potian severed Yun Leng’s connection to the formation and shattered it, and Yun Yun arrived to confront the intruders.
• Yun Yun demanded the Cyan Steel Sword back, but Yun Potian insisted it was his family heirloom and fought her when she attacked.
• Yun Leng restored the formation to empower Yun Yun, but Yun Potian battled her in the air while Yun Leng led his men against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan pursued Yun Leng, knocked him down without the formation’s support, and blocked his escape.
• Yun Yun tried to save Yun Leng, but Yun Potian stopped her, and Xiao Yan struck Yun Leng with Flame Cloud Fist.

Xiao Yan brought Yun Potian before the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan recognized him as the sect’s founding ancestor and ordered the sect to stand down. The Soul Hall’s Wu Protector then attacked, but Old Hai intervened as lightning struck Wu Protector.

• Yun Leng pleaded for help, but a massive fist imprint killed him.
• Yun Shan emerged as a Dou Zong, then knelt when he recognized Yun Potian as the Misty Cloud Sect’s founding ancestor.
• Xiao Yan explained Yun Potian’s reincarnation, and Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to welcome him and clear the grounds.
• Wu Protector arrived from the back mountain and attacked Xiao Yan’s group, while Yun Shan tried to stop him.
• Wu Protector’s chains were frozen by Old Hai, then a bolt of lightning struck Wu Protector.

White Fang, Old Hai, and Yun Shan defeated Wu Protector, but Soul Hall's four Black-Robed Men arrived and Heng Protector killed him for his failure. Heng Protector then confronted Xiao Yan and revealed that Soul Hall had tracked them because Song Yi's name had spread across the Central Plains.

• White Fang, Old Hai, and Yun Shan joined forces to overwhelm Wu Protector, who warned them they were still too weak to challenge Soul Hall.
• Four Black-Robed Men appeared, and Heng Protector strangled Wu Protector and extracted his soul before the leading Black-Robed Man consumed it.
• Heng Protector descended toward Xiao Yan as Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, White Fang, and Yun Potian prepared to protect him, while Yun Yun evacuated the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Heng Protector told Xiao Yan that Soul Hall had found them because Song Yi's name had spread across the Central Plains, and Xiao Yan realized his assumed name had exposed their location.

Xiao Yan faced demands from the Soul Hall and Mystic Underworld Sect for the First Turn Heavenly King Pill Formula, then used the newly upgraded system's rewards to bargain for protection. Chen Xian confronted the Soul Hall after Xiao Yan presented a scroll as the formula, but the Soul Hall members had not yet answered his order to leave.

• Chen Xian arrived with Black and White Elders and Ye Lun, while Heng Protector demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the First Turn Heavenly King Pill Formula.
• Heng Protector sent White Fang and Hai Bodong flying, revealing his Seven-Star Dou Zong strength, and Chen Xian challenged him for attacking juniors.
• Chen Xian offered to drive off the Soul Hall in exchange for the formula and promised to overlook Xiao Yan's killing of Song Yi and Song Zhan.
• Xiao Yan received the upgraded Strongest Summoning System's retroactive rewards and offered Chen Xian the formula in exchange for protecting everyone.
• Xiao Yan showed Chen Xian a scroll, and Chen Xian warned that he would destroy the Jia Ma Empire if Xiao Yan had deceived him.
• Chen Xian ordered the three Soul Hall members to leave.