Chapter Summaries

Yao Feng went to the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Guild to take the alchemist assessment, impressing the guards with his Demonic Flame. After registering as a thirteen-year-old student of Wanhuo, he learned that the Guild had no record of his mentor.

• Yao Feng and Zhou Tong arrived at the Alchemist Guild, where a richly escorted girl entered ahead of them.
• The guards demanded alchemist robes and a mentor’s recommendation, so Yao Feng displayed his Demonic Flame and gained permission to enter alone.
• A maid guided Yao Feng to register for the assessment and asked for his name, age, and mentor.
• Yao Feng gave his age as thirteen and named Wanhuo as his mentor, surprising the maid.
• The maid told Yao Feng that Wanhuo did not appear in the Alchemist Guild’s records.

Yao Feng registered for a Grade One alchemist assessment at the Alchemist Guild and received a Basic Flame Control Technique through his check-in system. As the assessment began under Chemir, Yao Feng ignited strange black flames in his Medicine Cauldron, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Yao Feng claimed his master was a traveling outsider and registered for the Grade One alchemist assessment.
• Yao Feng checked in at the Alchemist Guild and obtained the Basic Flame Control Technique.
• Yao Feng found his workbench beside the purple-clad girl, whose smile provoked jealousy from the other examinees.
• Chemir introduced the assessment, which required candidates to refine an Explosive Power Pill within the allotted time.
• Yao Feng studied the pill formula, then released fierce black flames from his Medicine Cauldron, surprising the girl and the other examinees.

Yao Feng passed the Grade Alchemist assessment by refining an Upgraded Explosive Power Pill, impressing Chemier, who invited him to join the Alchemist Guild. Yao Feng then asked to take the Second Grade Alchemist assessment, leaving Chemier and the others stunned as Yao Yue questioned whether he had reached Dou Shi level.

• Yao Feng refined an Explosive Power Pill with a pill pattern using his Demonic Flame, while Yao Yue also completed her pill.
• Yao Yue introduced herself to Yao Feng, and Chemier began judging the candidates' pills.
• Chemier praised Yao Yue's Detoxifying Pill and passed her, then recognized Yao Feng's pill as an Upgraded Explosive Power Pill and passed him.
• Chemier invited Yao Feng to join the Alchemist Guild, but Yao Feng said he needed to ask his teacher first.
• Yao Feng asked to take the Second Grade Alchemist assessment, and Yao Yue asked whether he had reached Dou Shi level.

Yao Feng entered the Alchemist Guild’s Second Grade Alchemist assessment and chose to refine a Spirit Awakening Pill. When he revealed the Mysterious Yellow Flame, it shattered the Guild’s Medicine Cauldron, and Chemir recognized it as a Heavenly Flame.

• Yao Feng told Chemir he was sixty percent confident he could refine a second-grade pill, and Chemir arranged the assessment.
• Yao Yue tried to enter the assessment room, but Chemir stopped her and enforced the Guild’s rule against outsiders.
• Yao Feng selected ingredients for a Spirit Awakening Pill, then decided to use the Mysterious Yellow Flame instead of the baleful Demonic Flame.
• Yao Feng released the Mysterious Yellow Flame, which cracked and exploded the Medicine Cauldron.
• Chemir felt his Beast Flame tremble and realized Yao Feng’s dark yellow flame was a Heavenly Flame.

Yao Feng demonstrated his Mysterious Yellow Flame and refined a Spirit Awakening Pill with a Pill Pattern to pass the Second Grade Alchemist examination. Fama offered him an honorary vice president position, but Yao Feng declined and accepted a guild token before leaving with Fama and Chemir.

• Fama appeared after sensing a powerful flame aura, and Yao Feng revealed that he possessed the Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• Fama provided Yao Feng with a superior medicine cauldron so he could continue his examination.
• Yao Feng used advanced flame control to refine a Spirit Awakening Pill with a Pill Pattern, astonishing Fama and Chemir.
• Fama declared that Yao Feng had passed and offered him the honorary vice president position in the Alchemist Guild.
• Yao Feng declined the position, accepted Fama's black iron token, and agreed to help the president if needed.

Yao Feng passed the Second Grade Alchemist assessment and received his alchemist robes, drawing attention from everyone at the Guild. He met Liu Ling, who had come with Leilei and showed interest in his connection to Nalan Yanran, then left the Guild.

• Fama announced that Yao Feng had passed the Second Grade Alchemist assessment, astonishing the people waiting outside.
• Chemir presented Yao Feng with the special robes and badge of a Second Grade Alchemist.
• Liu Ling arrived with Leilei, greeted Fama and Chemir, and explained that he had accompanied Nalan Yanran to the Imperial Capital.
• Liu Ling asked Yao Feng about his alchemist grade, and Yao Feng said it was his first assessment while hinting that he could use Liu Ling's guidance.
• Yao Feng left the Guild after noticing Leilei's smug expression.

Yao Feng visited the Mittel Auction House to buy pill-refinement materials and entered its Profound Grade auction using his Five-patterned Purple Gold Card. The auction opened with a five-hundred-year-old Spirit Ginseng, then offered a captured Snake Woman, whose sale drew frenzied bids.

• Yao Feng told Zhou Tong he had qualified as a Second Grade Alchemist and planned to refine Dou Qi Recovery Pills.
• Yao Feng and Zhou Tong found they lacked enough money to qualify for the Profound Grade Auction Hall, so Yao Feng used his Five-patterned Purple Gold Card to enter as a VIP.
• Auctioneer Zhong Gui began the auction and sold a five-hundred-year-old Spirit Ginseng for two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Zhong Gui presented a captured Snake Woman, and the crowd responded with cheers and increasingly intense bids.

Yao Feng bought the snake-person girl at the auction after outbidding Leilei, then left for the free-trade area to find pill-refinement materials. There, he discovered that a discarded black stone was a Star Meteorite and persuaded a stall owner to include it with the herbs he purchased.

• Yao Feng bid six hundred and sixty thousand gold coins for the snake-person girl, then withdrew when Leilei tried to provoke him with higher bids.
• Leilei won the girl for seven hundred thousand gold coins, and Yao Feng told Zhou Tong to keep an eye on Leilei and Liu Ling.
• Yao Feng watched the auction continue, bought several medicinal herbs, and tricked Leilei into becoming more restrained.
• Yao Feng left the auction for the free-trade area and recognized a black stone at a medicinal stall as a Star Meteorite.
• Yao Feng haggled with the stall owner, bought her herbs, and got her to include the Star Meteorite in the bundle.

Yao Feng accepted Liu Ling’s pill-refining wager and won the snakewoman’s freedom by producing a superior Qi Gathering Pill. He freed her and offered to take her to the snakepeople tribe, leaving her to decide whether to go with him.

• Yao Feng was confronted by Leilei and Liu Ling, and Liu Ling challenged him to a pill-refining wager for the snakewoman and Yao Feng’s alchemist’s robe.
• Yao Feng and Liu Ling each refined a first-grade Qi Gathering Pill in the Mittel Auction House’s alchemy room.
• Yao Feng produced a pill with a complete Pill Pattern, defeating Liu Ling, whose pill had only a faint pattern.
• Yao Feng claimed the snakewoman, shattered her shackles, and told her she could leave or accompany him to the Tagore Desert and return to her tribe.
• Yao Feng called Zhou Tong and headed back toward the inn, leaving the snakewoman to choose whether to follow.

Yao Feng refined Qi Recovery Pills after using the Star Meteorite to obtain the Star Sword Technique, then looked after Xue Ying and prepared for the Hidden Dragon Ranking. The chapter ended with Yao Feng recovering his Soul Power while the ranking was due to begin the next day.

• Yao Feng settled Xue Ying at an inn and learned that mercenaries had captured her in the Snake People Tribe.
• Yao Feng refined the Star Meteorite and obtained the Star Sword Technique, then made thirty Qi Recovery Pills and slept from exhaustion.
• Yao Feng learned that betting had opened for the Hidden Dragon Ranking and sent Zhou Tong to place a bet with his fifty thousand gold coins.
• Yao Feng encouraged Xue Ying to cultivate, gave her a Spirit Nurturing Pill, and returned to his room.
• Yao Feng swallowed a Spirit Awakening Pill and began recovering his Soul Power.

Yao Feng headed to the Royal Plaza to compete in the Hidden Dragon Ranking, bringing Xue Ying and Zhou Tong with him. There, he reunited with Nalan Yanran and met her father Nalan Su, grandfather Nalan Jie, and Liu Ling before the competition began.

• Yao Feng prepared for the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and Zhou Tong joked that he had bet on Yao Feng to win.
• Yao Feng noticed Xue Ying had reached the third stage of Dou Qi and invited her to the competition, telling her to stay beside Zhou Tong.
• Nalan Yanran greeted Yao Feng outside the Royal Plaza, comforted Xue Ying, and introduced Yao Feng to Nalan Su and Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Jie regarded Zhou Tong with wariness after failing to sense his cultivation, while Nalan Yanran introduced Liu Ling as a disciple of Gu He.
• Yao Feng and Liu Ling exchanged polite remarks about their alchemy contest, and Nalan Yanran grew suspicious when she learned Leilei had been the judge.
• Nalan Jie urged the group to enter the plaza as the competition was about to begin.

Yao Feng attended the Hidden Dragon Ranking, where the nobles learned he was a Second Grade Alchemist and the first round began. Nalan Yanran and Yao Ye went to compete while Yao Feng stayed in the VIP seats, reflecting on Nalan Yanran’s future engagement annulment.

• Nalan Jie led Yao Feng and the others to the plaza, where Yao Feng reunited with Chemier and met Yao Yue and Yao Ye.
• Chemier revealed that Yao Feng had passed the Second Grade Alchemist examination, shocking Nalan Jie, Nalan Su, and Nalan Yanran.
• The Imperial Tutor arrived, briefly sensed Zhou Tong’s aura, then opened the Hidden Dragon Ranking and announced its ten-person melee arenas.
• Nalan Yanran gave Yao Feng number plate 813 and headed to her arena, followed by Yao Ye and a young man from the Mu Clan.
• Mittel Tengshan praised Nalan Yanran, and Yao Feng privately wondered whether Nalan Jie would still be smiling after she annulled her engagement with the Xiao Family.

Yao Feng watched the first-round arena battles, where Nalan Yanran and Yao Ye swiftly defeated their opponents. After Nalan Yanran returned to his seat, she proudly asked Yao Feng what he thought of her performance.

• Yao Feng noticed Nalan Yanran and Yao Ye among the contestants before the competition began.
• Nalan Yanran evaded the other nine contestants' attacks with Wind Riding Steps, then sent them flying with Wind Ripples until they conceded.
• Yao Ye defeated the burly youth with Light Shadow Slash, and the referee declared her the winner.
• Yao Yue praised Yao Ye's rare Dou Technique, while Yao Feng admired its power.
• Nalan Yanran returned to Yao Feng and asked if she was impressive, and he teased her by saying she might be stronger than him.

Yao Feng entered the Hidden Dragon Ranking arena and helped Sun Kai defeat He Feng, whose Heart Devouring Palm revealed an evil aura. The system identified He Feng’s technique as belonging to an Outer Realm Evil Clan and tasked Yao Feng with eliminating the clan members in the Jia Ma Empire within three years.

• Yao Feng went to Arena One and agreed to team up with Sun Kai against He Feng.
• Sun Kai attacked He Feng, and Yao Feng joined in, helping knock He Feng to the ground.
• He Feng unleashed his Heart Devouring Palm, but Yao Feng pushed Sun Kai away and defeated He Feng with Demonic Flame.
• Zhou Tong noticed He Feng’s evil aura, while the system issued Yao Feng a task to win the Hidden Dragon Ranking and another to eliminate the Evil Clan members in the Jia Ma Empire.
• The system explained that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had isolated the Dou Qi Continent from the Great Thousand World and planned a major invasion; Yao Feng set aside his worry and continued the match.

Yao Feng easily advanced through the first round of the Hidden Dragon Ranking and drew number thirteen for the next round. He met Prince Ouyang Ke of the Chu Yun Empire, whose arrival raised suspicions that he had come with hostile intentions.

• Sun Kai left the arena after recognizing Yao Feng's strength, and Yao Feng defeated another contestant before the remaining three surrendered.
• Yao Feng noticed the strange aura associated with Wang Feng, while Zhou Tong confirmed that he had sensed it too.
• Yao Feng, Nalan Yanran, and Yao Ye drew their number plaques, and Yao Feng received number thirteen while Nalan Yanran received number thirty-four.
• Yao Feng met Mu Duo and Yao Ye, then watched Yao Ye exchange formalities with Ouyang Ke, a prince of the Chu Yun Empire.
• Yao Ye explained that Ouyang Ke was a Three-star Dou Zhe trained by the Myriad Scorpion Sect, and Nalan Yanran expressed confidence that Yao Feng could protect them.

Yao Feng defeated Shen Meng in the tournament but pointed her toward a map shop in Shimo City that might help her. He received a bye into the next round and watched Nalan Yanran win, while missing the family he had left behind.

• Yao Feng faced Shen Meng, an Ice Attribute fighter, and blocked her attacks before forcing her to the edge of the arena.
• Shen Meng challenged Yao Feng to withstand her Inch Hand technique, but he blocked every strike and pushed her back, prompting her to concede.
• Yao Feng learned Shen Meng was an independent cultivator and suggested she visit a map shop in Shimo City.
• Yao Feng returned to his seat and teased Nalan Yanran for finishing her match later than he had.
• Yao Feng received a bye in the draw for the top twenty-five, watched Nalan Yanran defeat her opponent, and thought about his family back home.

Yao Feng entered the Hidden Dragon Ranking finals and drew Wang Hao, a two-star Dou Zhe from the Chu Yun Empire, as his opponent. He began using the newly acquired Star Sword Technique, leaving the match unresolved.

• After the first day's matches ended, Yao Feng left the square while Zhou Tong and Xue Ying followed behind to protect him.
• The next morning, Nalan Yanran and Jia Ma Empire's leaders praised Yao Feng's chances, while discussing the threat posed by the Chu Yun Empire and its Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Yao Feng received a bye in the first round of the finals, then drew number one for the next round as Nalan Yanran received another bye.
• Yao Feng faced Wang Hao of the Chu Yun Empire, blocked his Iai One-Strike Slash, and began testing the Star Sword Technique and its Big Dipper Seven Stars Step.

Yao Feng defeated Wang Hao and learned that the top three finalists would earn access to the Imperial Ruins. The final matches were about to begin, with Yao Feng and Yao Ye drawing the same number and Ouyang Ke set to face Nalan Yanran.

• Yao Feng overwhelmed Wang Hao with the Star Sword Technique and won the first arena match.
• Yao Ye defeated the flat-headed youth, while Ouyang Ke poisoned Mu Duo until he collapsed.
• Nalan Yanran drew number one, while Yao Feng and Yao Ye both drew number two; Ouyang Ke said he would face Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Feng returned to the VIP seats and rested as the nobles discussed his advantage over Ouyang Ke.
• The Jia Ma Emperor announced rewards for the top ten and seven days of cultivation in the Imperial Ruins for the top three.

Yao Feng fought Princess Yao Ye in the tournament, but a mishandled Absorbing Palm pulled her into him and sparked an embarrassing misunderstanding. Yao Ye conceded and left the arena, while the crowd gossiped about Yao Feng’s relationships with her and the Nalan Goddess.

• The Jia Ma Holy Emperor and Imperial Tutor discussed Yao Feng’s unusual talent and mysterious origins as he went to his match against Yao Ye.
• Yao Ye attacked Yao Feng, but his Absorbing Palm pulled her into him and they fell together, leaving her furious and embarrassed.
• Yao Ye pursued Yao Feng across the arena, and he restrained her after using Absorbing Palm again.
• Yao Feng accidentally pressed against Yao Ye, then let her strike his shoulder while insisting it had been a misunderstanding.
• Yao Ye conceded and left the arena as the spectators gossiped about Yao Feng and the Nalan Goddess.

Nalan Yanran fought Ouyang Ke in the arena, but his poisonous Dou Qi weakened her until she lost. After Ouyang Ke provoked Yao Feng, Zhou Tong sensed two powerful Dou Huang auras, and Yao Feng decided to wait and see.

• Yao Feng returned to the VIP seats while Yao Ye and Yao Yue reacted to the earlier misunderstanding involving him.
• Yao Feng and Nalan Jie noticed that Ouyang Ke was gradually poisoning Nalan Yanran, and Chemier explained Yao Feng's sensitivity to medicinal scents.
• Nalan Yanran charged through Ouyang Ke's poisonous smoke and shattered his defensive shell, but his accumulated poison made her Dou Qi nearly stop.
• Ouyang Ke declared victory over Nalan Yanran and taunted Yao Feng, angering spectators who threatened him.
• Zhou Tong warned Yao Feng that two powerful Dou Huang auras had appeared, and Yao Feng chose to wait and see.