Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan confronted Yao Wangui and his followers after they insulted Old Yao and denied his right to return to the Yao Clan. After Xiao Yan defeated the Yao Clan Iron Guards with his aura, he advanced toward Yao Wangui, declaring that he had once promised to take his life.

• Yao Wangui arrived with clan members who mocked Old Yao and Xiao Yan, while Central Continent factions recognized Xiao Yan's achievements and chose not to intervene.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao to leave the matter to him and promised to secure the names of the two elders on the Ancestral Tablet.
• Xiao Yan struck down the clan members who insulted him, leaving Yao Wangui humiliated before the crowd.
• Yao Wangui ordered the Yao Clan Iron Guards to seize Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's fiery energy shattered their spears and sent them flying.
• Yao Wangui released the aura of a mid-phase four-star Dou Saint, but Xiao Yan approached with an aura far more powerful and reminded him of his old promise.

Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Wangui apologize to Yao Chen and attacked him when he refused. Despite the arrival of Yao Clan elders and Elder Wanhuo, Xiao Yan seized Yao Wangui by the throat.

• Yao Wangui called on the arriving Yao Clan elders to help capture Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan demanded an apology to his teacher, Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan charged Yao Wangui while Little Yi used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to hold back the elders.
• Elder Wanhuo arrived, but Xiao Yan defeated Yao Wangui's Withered Glory Palm with one strike and sent him flying.
• Yao Wangui scattered poisonous powder at Xiao Yan, who emerged from the cloud and grabbed him by the throat.
• Elder Wanhuo attacked Xiao Yan, but a black figure met his blow while Xiao Yan tightened his grip on Yao Wangui.

The Pill Codex’s opening contests showcased the Yao Clan’s young alchemists before the competition’s main event began. Xiao Yan joined Hun Xuzi, Elder Wanhuo, and the Shennong Elder in the arena, challenging Hun Xuzi over his theft of the Pill Tower’s alchemical knowledge.

• The Yao Clan’s younger generation completed several days of contests, with Yao Tian taking first place and Yao Xingji finishing in the top five.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed the four alchemy masters expected to compete, while Yao Dan announced that the winner would claim the title of the continent’s number one alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi entered the arena and declared that he intended to take the title for the Hun Clan.
• Elder Wanhuo and the Shennong Elder joined Hun Xuzi, each objecting to his claim to the title.
• Xiao Yan rose to join the three masters and challenged Hun Xuzi on behalf of the Pill Tower and Heavenly Mansion.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao attended the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex, where Yao Dan welcomed them and Shennong Elder arrived. The gathering was interrupted by Hun Xuzi’s uninvited appearance, which stirred Old Yao’s anger.

• Elder Wanhuo invited Xiao Yan and Old Yao to prominent seats, while the gathered guests discussed their standing and Old Yao’s expulsion from the Yao Clan.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that winning the final contest could make him the Dou Qi Continent’s top alchemist, and Xiao Yan said he wanted to show the Yao Clan what it had lost.
• Yao Dan arrived at the Pill Codex, acknowledged Old Yao, and drew a guarded response from Xiao Yan, who summoned King Bei.
• Shennong Elder arrived on a Medicine Cauldron, recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul strength, and prepared to take his seat.
• Hun Xuzi appeared amid dark clouds and introduced himself to Yao Dan, causing Old Yao to tremble and glare coldly.

Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited at the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex, provoking the clan elders and confronting Xiao Yan and Old Yao. After Xiao Yan ordered King Bei to attack him, Yao Dan enforced the ceremony’s no-fighting rule and announced the Pill Codex’s start.

• Old Yao revealed that Hun Xuzi had betrayed his master at the Lesser Pill Tower and warned Xiao Yan that Hun Xuzi was a powerful alchemist and important Hun Clan figure.
• Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited and claimed he wanted to compete for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist, while Yao Dan allowed him to remain under the Yao Clan’s rules.
• Hun Xuzi taunted Old Yao and threatened that the Hun Clan would capture him again, and Xiao Yan ordered King Bei to strike Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Xuzi evaded King Bei’s kick and prepared to retaliate, but Yao Dan declared that fighting was forbidden at the ceremony.
• Yao Dan announced that the Pill Codex had begun.

Xiao Yan and three other alchemists struggled to refine Nine-Rank Profound Pills as the process drained the natural energy around Yao Mountain. When Hun Xuzi tried to steal energy from the others, Xiao Yan’s Fire Infant thwarted him and seized the unfinished pill from his cauldron.

• Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Shennong Elder, and Elder Wanhuo spent three days drawing in natural energy to refine Nine-Rank Profound Pills, leaving the surrounding land and herbs depleted.
• Yao Dan and the Yao Clan elders realized that the four pill forms remained incomplete and that the available natural energy had run out.
• Hun Xuzi used his Nihility Devouring Flame sub-flame to steal energy from Xiao Yan, Shennong Elder, and Elder Wanhuo, but Xiao Yan’s Fire Infant purified the black hole and fed its energy into Xiao Yan’s cauldron.
• Hun Xuzi redirected his devouring power toward Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo, bringing his own pill close to completion.
• Xiao Yan’s Fire Infant snatched Hun Xuzi’s unfinished pill from his cauldron, and Hun Xuzi roared in fury.

Xiao Yan and the other alchemists faced Hun Xuzi as they prepared to refine pills, revealing the Heavenly Flames they possessed. The chapter left them poised to begin the contest, with Xiao Yan’s enormous fire cauldron filling the sky.

• Hun Xuzi summoned a massive black fire cauldron formed from his Pool Sub-Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame and challenged Xiao Yan and the elders to bring out their Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Wanhuo unleashed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, while Shennong Elder revealed the Living Flame and explained its life-giving properties.
• Xiao Yan revealed Little Yi, the spirit of his Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, drawing solemn reactions from the other alchemists and greedy interest from Hun Xuzi.
• Yao Dan called on the four participants to begin refining pills, and Xiao Yan sent out a pink fire cauldron that expanded into a towering vessel encircled by fire dragons.

Xiao Yan and three master alchemists began a pill-refining showdown, each displaying extraordinary techniques as they prepared to refine a Nine-Rank Profound Pill. The chapter ended with all four drawing on the power of heaven and earth, setting off immense energy storms above the Yao Clan.

• Hun Xuzi, Elder Wanhuo, Shennong Elder, and Xiao Yan began refining pills in separate fire cauldrons, while Shennong Elder used the Living Flame to rapidly grow medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan fed several thousand medicinal ingredients into his cauldron at once, and the Yao Clan’s younger generation marveled at his skill and Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul strength.
• Xiao Yan used Little Yi to refine the ingredients efficiently, while the other three masters processed their own batches over the next day.
• Hun Xuzi drew energy from heaven and earth into his cauldron, prompting the elders to realize he was refining a Nine-Rank Profound Pill.
• Elder Wanhuo, Shennong Elder, and Xiao Yan also began drawing in heaven-and-earth energy, and the gathered alchemists realized all four were attempting to refine Nine-Rank Profound Pills.

At the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex, Hun Xuzi revealed that he had been hiding seven-star Dou Saint strength and sealed the Yao Realm to prevent anyone from escaping or calling for help. As the real Nihility Devouring Flame covered the sky, he declared that the Yao Clan was finished.

• Hun Xuzi demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then overwhelmed Elder Wanhuo with a concealed seven-star Dou Saint aura.
• Yao Dan identified the Hun Clan as responsible for the disappearance of the Spirit Clan and Shi Clan and ordered a warning sent to the Yan Clan and Lei Clan.
• Hun Xuzi blocked the Yao Clan’s spatial passages and prevented messages from reaching the other clans.
• Hun Xuzi allowed visitors to leave, but black flashes and screams revealed that the exits were under attack.
• The real Nihility Devouring Flame spread across the Yao Realm as Hun Xuzi announced the Yao Clan’s destruction.

Little Yi stole Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo, and Xiao Yan purified its energy to aid his refinement of a Nine-Rank Profound Pill. With Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo contributing their own pill embryos, Xiao Yan’s pill began to form as pill rain fell across Yao Mountain.

• Little Yi snatched Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo, provoking him to attack Xiao Yan.
• Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo intervened to restrain Hun Xuzi while Xiao Yan had Little Yi purify and absorb the stolen embryo’s energy.
• Xiao Yan sent King Bei to fight Hun Xuzi, but the stolen embryo’s energy still proved insufficient to form the pill.
• Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo gave Xiao Yan their pill embryos, which Little Yi purified and poured into his fire cauldron.
• A point of light appeared in Xiao Yan’s cauldron, black pill lightning filled the sky, and a rain of pills fell as Yao Dan announced the Profound Pill’s emergence.

Xiao Yan successfully refined a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and subdued it after it emerged from its shell. As Yao Dan allowed Yao Chen to use the Ancestral Tablet, Hun Xuzi demanded to borrow the Tou She Ancient God Jade held by the Yao Clan.

• Xiao Yan's pill endured the lightning tribulation, broke free of its shell, and fled toward the edge of Yao Mountain.
• Xiao Yan intercepted the pill, marked it with a soul seal, and stored it in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan thanked Hun Xuzi, Shennong Elder, and Elder Wanhuo for the embryonic pills that had contributed to his success.
• Shennong Elder praised Xiao Yan's alchemy, and Yao Dan allowed Yao Chen to use the Ancestral Tablet.
• Hun Xuzi asked to temporarily borrow the Tou She Ancient God Jade held by the Yao Clan.

Xiao Yan fused eight Heavenly Flames into an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus and badly injured Hun Yan, creating a chance for his group to escape. As Xiao Yan and the others fled through a spatial crack, Yao Dan sacrificed himself in a devastating explosion to hold back Hun Jing.

• Xiao Yan fused the Living Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Flame with six other Heavenly Flames to form an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Hun Yan struck Xiao Yan and wounded him, but Xiao Yan detonated the fire lotus and left Hun Yan seriously injured.
• Xiao Yan shielded Old Yao and the others from the blast, returned the Living Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and led the group toward a spatial crack.
• The remaining Yao Clan experts self-destructed to prevent the Hun Clan from intercepting Xiao Yan's group.
• Yao Dan held Hun Jing back and detonated himself as Xiao Yan escaped through the spatial crack with Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the others.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao were trapped in the Yao Realm as the Hun Clan launched an attack, and the Yao Clan activated its ancient protective formation. The true form of Nihility Devouring Flame appeared and began devouring the formation’s power, leaving Yao Dan to call upon the clan’s ancestor through its stockpile of pills.

• Xiao Yan shielded himself and Old Yao from the tiny traces of Nihility Devouring Flame while they realized the Hun Clan had sealed the space and planned to leave no survivors.
• Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan to activate the Heavenly Transformation Pill Array, which drew energy from the mountains, medicinal ingredients, and clan members.
• Hun Xuzi called upon Lord Void, and the true form of Nihility Devouring Flame appeared before the gathered Yao Clan and Xiao Yan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame poured black fire onto the formation and offered to spare the Yao Clan if it surrendered.
• Yao Dan poured the clan’s pill reserves into the formation and invoked the ancestor with the Myriad Pills Transform Heaven technique.

Yao Dan summoned the Yao Clan ancestor’s remnant soul to defend the clan from Nihility Devouring Flame, but the ancestor was destroyed and the clan’s formation shattered. The Yao Clan’s descendants were left exposed as the attack continued.

• Yao Dan used the Yao Clan’s pills and formation to summon the ancestor’s remnant soul, which freed the formation from Nihility Devouring Flame’s Black Flames.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the formation with giant flaming fingers, and the ancestor blocked the blows with an enormous Medicine Cauldron.
• Yao Dan and the Yao Clan members poured their Dou Qi into the formation, reinforcing the cauldron and sending it toward Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame devoured Yao Clan descendants to strengthen a blood sphere, then used it to destroy the cauldron and batter the formation.
• The ancestor rushed into Nihility Devouring Flame and shattered, and the weakened formation broke before the horrified Yao Clan members.

The Yao Clan’s protective formation shattered, and its members launched a desperate attack against Nihility Devouring Flame. When he unleashed the Tunling Clan creatures, Yao Dan ordered the elders to sacrifice themselves so he could preserve the clan’s bloodline, while Xiao Yan prepared to act.

• After the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul vanished, Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to escape if the battle went badly, but Xiao Yan answered with quiet resolve.
• Yao Dan rallied the Yao Clan, and its elders and younger members poured their Dou Qi into a massive attack that forced Nihility Devouring Flame back.
• Nihility Devouring Flame summoned a huge black-hole vortex that swallowed the clan’s attack, then sent countless Black Flame creatures down on Yao Mountain.
• Yao Dan identified the creatures as the supposedly extinct Tunling Clan, and Hun Xuzi implied that the Hun Clan had survived by using them.
• Yao Dan seized young Yao Clan members and ordered the elders to self-destruct and destroy the space to preserve the clan’s bloodline, as Xiao Yan grabbed Old Yao and prepared to act.

The Yao Clan sacrificed its experts in a desperate effort to break the sealed space and preserve a remnant of its bloodline from the Hun Clan’s extermination attack. Xiao Yan agreed to escort Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the other young survivors as Yao Dan and the elders held off the Hun Clan, and the group rushed toward the opening.

• Hun Jing and Hun Yan arrived to lead the Hun Clan’s assault, and Yao Dan refused their demand that the Yao Clan become a subordinate race.
• Yao Clan experts self-destructed to weaken the seal, while Hun Jing and Hun Xuzi fought to stop them.
• Yao Dan asked Xiao Yan to preserve the Yao Clan’s bloodline, and Xiao Yan agreed to protect Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the other young survivors.
• Yao Dan charged Hun Jing and Hun Yan, while the remaining Yao Clan elders continued sacrificing themselves to break the Black Flame runes.
• Xiao Yan formed a fire barrier around the young Yao Clan members, and the group rushed toward the shattered opening as King Bei protected Old Yao.

Xiao Yan tried to lead the survivors out of the Yao Realm, but Hun Yan blocked the shattered spatial seal and proved too powerful to defeat. With the Yao Clan experts being wiped out, Xiao Yan prepared to combine more Heavenly Flames for a stronger attack.

• Xiao Yan and his group rushed toward the shattered seals as the Hun Clan and Soul Devouring Creatures pursued them, while the Shennong Elder held off their attackers with the Living Flame.
• Hun Yan broke away from his battle with Yao Dan and intercepted Xiao Yan's group at the spatial seal, scattering the Shennong Elder's flame beast and killing an expert with his attack.
• Xiao Yan sent King Bei to hold Hun Yan back, fused with Little Yi, and struck with a Destruction Fire Lotus, but Hun Yan emerged largely unharmed.
• The Shennong Elder and Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that they had to escape before the Yao Clan's experts were killed.
• Xiao Yan asked the Shennong Elder and Yao Tian to lend him their Heavenly Flames, then prepared to combine seven flames into a new fire lotus.

Xiao Yan fled toward the Ancient Clan with Yao Ling while Hun Sha pursued him for the Tou She Ancient God Jade. As Xiao Yan’s condition deteriorated from the Nine-Rank Profound Pill’s energy, Hun Sha caught up and attacked, but an elderly figure from the Ancient Clan appeared before the blow landed.

• Xiao Yan sent Yao Tian away so he could flee faster with Yao Ling, while Hun Sha continued pursuing him for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan’s body and soul weakened as the Nine-Rank Profound Pill’s energy overwhelmed him, and Yao Ling offered her blood to restore his Spiritual Strength.
• Hun Sha used black bat wings and essence blood to accelerate, then vanished and reappeared above Xiao Yan with a blood blade.
• Xiao Yan descended to dodge Hun Sha’s strike and prepared to counterattack with Little Yi and the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• An elderly figure appeared before Xiao Yan and Yao Ling and rebuked Hun Sha for killing in Ancient Clan territory.

Xiao Yan and the survivors escaped the Hun Clan’s destruction of the Yao Clan, and he planned to seek the Ancient Clan’s help against the Hun Clan. As the group prepared to split up, a mysterious warrior with a Ghost Head Great Blade appeared nearby.

• Yao Dan’s self-destruction let Xiao Yan and the others escape, while Hun Jing recovered the Yao Clan’s ancient jade and ordered Hun Sha and Hun Tu to pursue Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan treated his wound after reaching safety, and Yao Tian and Yao Ling grieved for the fallen Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan decided to go to the Ancient Clan and urged Old Yao to prepare the Heavenly Mansion Alliance for a Hun Clan attack.
• The Shennong Elder agreed to go to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, while Yao Tian and Yao Ling agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan sensed a scarlet-eyed figure carrying a dark-red Ghost Head Great Blade on a nearby mountain peak, and the figure unleashed baleful qi.

Xiao Yan encountered Hun Sha, a powerful Soul Clan expert, while helping Old Yao and the others escape. After swallowing a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and using its violent energy to fight Hun Sha, Xiao Yan fled toward King Bei, but Hun Sha pursued him.

• Hun Sha appeared in the Shen Nong Mountain Range and confronted Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao and the others to escape, then blocked Hun Sha’s attack so they could get away.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and used its surging energy to clash with Hun Sha.
• Xiao Yan’s heavy ruler attacks forced Hun Sha back and ravaged the mountains.
• Xiao Yan fled toward King Bei, who was carrying Yao Tian and Yao Ling away, and Hun Sha set off in pursuit.