Arc 3Flames and Reunion

Xiao Le strengthened his cultivation, aided his family and allies, and helped Medusa obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame before returning to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. There, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and asked Fama to prepare a pill for refining Heavenly Flames.

  • Xiao Le captured the Mist Spirit Water Essence, cultivated the Divine Silkworm Technique, and rushed with Xiao Yi Xian to defend Hundred Joy Hall from Hu Feng’s forces.
  • Xiao Le survived the Thunder Wasteland’s lightning, reorganized Hundred Joy Hall as the Hundred Joy Society, and joined Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment camp.
  • Xiao Le gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li powerful gifts, recognized Qinglin’s abilities, and traveled to the Snake-People Tribe to seek Queen Medusa’s help obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
  • Xiao Le helped Medusa seize the Green Lotus Core Flame, then passed it to Xiao Yan and refined its power into Green Lotus Core Thunder, reaching peak nine-star Dou Master.
  • Xiao Le and Xiao Yan rescued Qinglin from the Mo Family, fought the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and helped Qinglin leave with Green Man after her pupils appeared.
  • Xiao Le recovered in the imperial palace, received the Spirit Fusion Pill formula from Xiao Yan, and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who chose to travel with Granny Yin to the Chu Yun Empire.
  • Xiao Le returned with Xiao Yi Xian and Granny Yin to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where he asked Fama to protect Xiao Yan and refine a Tidal Heart-Protecting Pill.
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Ch. 51The Misty Crisis

Xiao Le found the Tempering Heart Mist Grass beside the corpse of a Deep Sea Profound Beast, but its vengeful spirit attacked and Beast Venerable left to fight it. While Beast Venerable was away, Xiao Le obtained the beast’s technique and ventured toward the mist’s sentient source.

  • Xiao Le followed Beast Venerable’s guidance through the mist and discovered the corpse of a quasi-Eighth-Rank Deep Sea Profound Beast.
  • Xiao Le found the Tempering Heart Mist Grass, but a powerful vengeful spirit appeared and attacked him.
  • Beast Venerable confronted the vengeful spirit and drew it away so Xiao Le would be safe.
  • Xiao Le picked the Tempering Heart Mist Grass and downloaded the Deep Sea Profound Art from the beast’s remains.
  • Xiao Le entered the churning clouds and sensed a sentient creature releasing the mist.

Ch. 52Mist Spirit Water Essence

Xiao Le captured the Mist Spirit Water Essence and helped the Beast Venerable extract six pellets of essence blood from the Deep Sea Mysterious Beast before returning to the valley. Xiao Yi Xian warned him that someone had entered the valley while he was away, leaving him concerned that their location had been exposed.

  • Xiao Le lured the Mist Spirit Water Essence with a water-element magic core and sealed it inside with the Purple Crystal Seal.
  • The Beast Venerable returned in a weakened state and took control of Xiao Le's body to extract six pellets of essence blood from the Deep Sea Mysterious Beast's corpse.
  • The Beast Venerable used Xiao Le's body to fly back to the valley, then retreated into the soul crystal to sleep and refine the vengeful spirit.
  • Xiao Le hurried to the cave and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who told him that someone had entered the valley less than two days after he left.
  • Xiao Le worried that the visitor might have exposed their location and decided he needed to deal with the problem.

Ch. 53Divine Silkworm: First Transformation Complete

Xiao Le completed the Divine Silkworm Technique’s First Transformation while Xiao Yi Xian awakened her Woeful Poison Body. After learning Hu Feng planned to attack Hundred Joy Hall, Xiao Le prepared to confront him, and Xiao Yi Xian insisted on going with him.

  • Xiao Le refined the medicinal ingredients and endured five days of pain inside the cauldron to cultivate the Divine Silkworm Technique.
  • Xiao Yi Xian swallowed potent poison and underwent a dangerous transformation while Xiao Le remained unaware.
  • Xiao Le emerged from the shattered cauldron with a strengthened body and nine-star Dou Zhe cultivation, then learned Xiao Yi Xian had killed fourteen intruders who recognized them.
  • Xiao Le reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would help resolve the poison’s aftereffects, and she regained her confidence.
  • Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Le that Hu Feng planned to destroy Hundred Joy Hall in three days, so Xiao Le decided to intervene and Xiao Yi Xian joined him.

Ch. 54The Tragic Hundred Joy Hall

Xiao Le arrived at Hundred Joy Hall as its people faced annihilation and fought the forces gathered against them. After surviving their combined attacks, he realized how powerful the Divine Silkworm Technique was.

  • Hu Feng ordered the forces gathered in Qingshan Town to leave no one alive at Hundred Joy Hall after Xiao Le failed to appear within three days.
  • Duan Quan and Wang Yitang led Hundred Joy Hall in a desperate stand against the Tiger Fist Mercenary Group, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and six other groups.
  • Xiao Le rushed to the battlefield with Xiao Yi Xian and used the Heavenly Beast Spirit-Burning Art to increase his power.
  • Xiao Le struck down many Dou Zhe, then faced more than thirty Dou Shi and high-ranking Dou Zhe as Xiao Yi Xian protected herself with poison.
  • Xiao Le endured the combined attacks with the Divine Silkworm Technique and pierced two leaders through the throat, realizing how the technique worked.

Ch. 55Dou Ling?

Xiao Le discovered that severe injuries could advance the Divine Silkworm Technique and slaughtered the enemies surrounding him after drinking the Companion Purple Crystal Source. A Dou Ling sent by the Misty Cloud Sect overpowered him, but Xiao Le unleashed blue, purple, and green lightning that engulfed him, Hu Feng, and the old man.

  • Xiao Le used his suction force to drag an enemy into Hu Feng's Mighty Tiger Shockwave Fist, then pierced another enemy with Eight Extremes Collapse as Hu Feng used him as a shield.
  • Xiao Le learned the faction leaders had targeted him for offending an important person, while Hu Feng fled to seek his lord and the others blocked Xiao Le's pursuit.
  • Xiao Le drank half a bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source, and the Divine Silkworm Technique transformed his damaged body as his strength rose to that of a Da Dou Shi.
  • Xiao Le killed the remaining enemies, but a Dou Ling sent by the Misty Cloud Sect arrived, struck him down, and pinned his head beneath a foot.
  • Xiao Yi Xian tried to rush to Xiao Le, but he told her to trust him before blue, purple, and green lightning engulfed Xiao Le, Hu Feng, and the old man.

Ch. 56Break and Rebuild

Xiao Le survived the tri-colored lightning and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian after she had waited for him. He returned to Hundred Joy Hall, rewarded its new recruits, and reorganized the group into the Hundred Joy Society before entrusting Duan Quan with its administration.

  • Xiao Yi Xian tried to rush into the lightning that swallowed Xiao Le, but Duan Quan stopped her and led her away from the Thunder Wasteland.
  • Xiao Le endured the lightning by using the Divine Silkworm Technique to repair his body and the Thunder Art to refine its power, while Hu Feng and the old man perished in the blast.
  • Xiao Le absorbed the remaining lightning, emerged alive, and embraced Xiao Yi Xian before changing into clothes and returning to the others.
  • Xiao Le learned that new recruits had joined Hundred Joy Hall and promised them cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques, including access to Earth-tier rewards through merit.
  • Xiao Le renamed Hundred Joy Hall the Hundred Joy Society, established five departments, and promoted Duan Quan to vice president.
  • Xiao Le entrusted Duan Quan with the society’s affairs and passed him cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and a water-attributed inheritance.

Ch. 57Jia Nan Academy Recruitment

After completing his transformation and advancing to four-star Dou Shi, Xiao Le left Xiao Yi Xian and hurried to Wutan City for Jia Nan Academy's recruitment. He reunited with Xiao Yu and the Xiao Family, passed the entrance test, and intimidated Luo Bu before a new voice welcomed them from within.

  • Xiao Le learned that he had spent a month and a half refining lightning, reached Great Perfection in the first transformation of the Divine Silkworm Technique, and advanced to four-star Dou Shi.
  • Xiao Yi Xian refused to return with Xiao Le, saying she had her own path but would wait for him.
  • Xiao Yu led Xiao Yan and the other Xiao Family youths to Jia Nan Academy's recruitment camp, where Xue Ni greeted them and Luo Bu prepared to test them.
  • Xiao Le arrived from Qingshan Town, joined Xiao Yu, and passed the crystal-ball test along with Xiao Yan and the others.
  • When Luo Bu tried to make the Xiao Family wait outside, Xiao Le unleashed his Dou Shi aura and made him back down.
  • A gentle voice from inside praised Xiao Le for giving it a great surprise.

Ch. 58S-Class Potential

At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Le, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er were rated S-Class potential, and Xiao Le reunited with Xiao Yu and gave her cultivation gifts. After sharing his gains with Xiao Yan and Ya Fei and helping stabilize Beast Venerable, Xiao Le decided to set out on another journey.

  • Ruo Lin welcomed Xiao Yu and assessed the students, rating Xiao Le, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er as S-Class potential.
  • Ruo Lin granted Xiao Le and Xiao Yan leave, and Xiao Le escaped the crowd with Xiao Yu before giving her Mist Spirit Water Essence and the Divine Silkworm Technique.
  • Xiao Le gave Xiao Yan a Divine Silkworm Technique scroll, Companion Purple Crystal Source, Deep Sea Profound Beast blood essence, and a flying Dou Technique.
  • Medicine Elder agreed to refine the Soul Crystal to help Beast Venerable, while Xiao Le gave Ya Fei cultivation materials and a Dou Technique at the Mittel Auction House.
  • Medicine Elder stabilized Beast Venerable with Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Le decided to set out on another journey.

Ch. 59Stone Desert, Desert Metal

Xiao Le arrived in Stone Desert City and protected members of the Desert Metal Mercenary Group from the Storm Mercenary Group. He reunited with his second brother Xiao Li, who took him to see their eldest brother, and they discussed Xiao Yan’s recovery and plans to train.

  • Xiao Le reached Stone Desert City and discovered the Storm Mercenary Group had surrounded three Desert Metal members over a sand lizard they had killed.
  • When the Storm Mercenary Group’s Third Commander ordered an attack, Xiao Le intervened and revealed his Dou Shi strength, prompting the Storm Mercenary Group to withdraw.
  • The Desert Metal members thanked Xiao Le, and he said he had come to visit their two commanders.
  • Xiao Li arrived with reinforcements, recognized Xiao Le, and hurried with him to the Desert Metal Mercenary Group headquarters.
  • Xiao Li asked whether Xiao Yan had recovered, and Xiao Le said Xiao Yan was ready to train and might soon reach Stone Desert City.

Ch. 60Ding and Li's Transformation

Xiao Le reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City and gave them powerful treasures and abilities to help them grow. After they began absorbing his gifts, Xiao Le left the secret chamber to seek someone else.

  • Xiao Le reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, told them he and Xiao Yan had recovered, and explained Xiao Yan’s three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran.
  • Xiao Le gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li pills, techniques, combat skills, and blood essence, then took them to the underground secret chamber.
  • Xiao Le bestowed the Woeful Poison Body Fragment and Purple Abyss Lotus Blossom upon Xiao Ding, who began refining them.
  • Xiao Le gave Xiao Li the Thunder God of War trait, peak fifth-tier lightning-attributed alchemist experience, and a soul power trait.
  • Xiao Ding and Xiao Li sat down to absorb their gifts, while Xiao Le left the chamber to find someone else.

Ch. 61Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils

Xiao Le protected Qinglin from abuse at the Desert Metal Mercenary Group, recognized her rare bloodline and pupils, and helped Xiao Li learn lightning-element alchemy. After entrusting Qinglin to Xiao Li, Xiao Le traveled into the Tagore Desert to find the Snake-People Tribe and pursue his goals there.

  • Xiao Le stopped a mercenary from bullying Qinglin and declared that the Desert Metal Mercenary Group would treat her as one of their own.
  • Xiao Le recognized Qinglin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and Heavenly Snake Bloodline, then encouraged her to live for herself.
  • Xiao Le demonstrated lightning-element alchemy for Xiao Li, who grasped the technique after watching him refine a Foundation-Building Elixir.
  • Xiao Le warned Xiao Li to protect Qinglin and keep her eyes' ability secret, then left her in his care.
  • Xiao Le spent ten days crossing the desert in search of the Snake-People Tribe before hearing a snake-person cry out to kill the men and spare the women.

Ch. 62Yue Mei

Xiao Le rescued Manda’s mercenary group from the Snake-People and used Medusa’s aura to gain passage to their tribe. After Yue Mei escorted him to Medusa Palace, the mark on Xiao Le’s neck reacted to something inside, and he was summoned into the palace.

  • Xiao Le swiftly defeated the Snake-People squad threatening Manda’s mercenaries, then asked the Snake-People to help him reach Queen Medusa.
  • Xiao Le revealed Medusa’s aura, and the Snake-People agreed to take him to their tribe.
  • Yue Mei tested the Medusa Mark on Xiao Le’s neck and agreed to bring him to Queen Medusa.
  • Yue Mei led Xiao Le to Medusa Palace, where the mark on his neck reacted to a powerful aura and sent a seven-colored beam inside.
  • A voice ordered that Xiao Le be brought into the palace, while Yue Mei shielded him from the surging Dou Qi.

Ch. 63Medusa Queen

Xiao Le met Queen Medusa and helped her bury her sister in the Snake Mausoleum, where he secretly gathered tags from the tombs. Medusa then asked him to refine medicinal herbs for the Snake-People, and the next morning Yue Mei brought him supplies and pill formulas.

  • Xiao Le introduced himself to Queen Medusa and explained that he had brought her sister’s body back in exchange for information about Heavenly Flames.
  • Queen Medusa took her sister’s corpse to the Snake Mausoleum, bringing Xiao Le and Yue Mei with her.
  • At the mausoleum, several elderly Snake-People and tribal leaders arrived to mourn as Medusa laid her sister to rest, while Xiao Le collected tags from the tombs.
  • After the funeral, Queen Medusa asked Xiao Le to refine medicinal herbs and told Yue Mei to take him to rest in a side hall of her bedchamber.
  • The next morning, Yue Mei gave Xiao Le two storage rings filled with medicinal herbs, magical cores, and pill formulas.

Ch. 64Signs of a Heavenly Flame

After learning that Queen Medusa wanted a Heavenly Flame to help the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Le told her about the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Tagore Desert and agreed to help her find it. Medusa located its likely source and took Xiao Le down a passage toward the magma.

  • Xiao Le spent half a month refining pills in the side hall, improving his alchemy and earning greater trust from the Snake-People Tribe.
  • Medusa summoned Xiao Le and asked him to accompany her to the Chu Yun Empire to seek the Netherworld Venom Flame, but he warned her of its danger and revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame was near Stone Desert City.
  • Xiao Le admitted he wanted the Green Lotus Core Flame for himself and needed Medusa's help to obtain it, and she agreed to investigate.
  • After two months of searching, Medusa confirmed the Heavenly Flame's location and later came to take Xiao Le with her.
  • Medusa brought Xiao Le to a dune in the Tagore Desert, opened a stone door she had carved, and carried him into the passage leading toward the magma.

Ch. 65Do You Believe Me?

Xiao Le and Medusa descended into the magma to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa suffered severe injuries while helping him cut free its lotus platform. After they escaped, Medusa collapsed and woke just as Xiao Le kissed her, leaving him awkwardly asking whether she believed it was a misunderstanding.

  • Medusa wrapped her tail around Xiao Le and carried him through the magma toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.
  • Medusa entered the cyan radiance and fought the flame while Xiao Le cut through the lotus stem with jade shards.
  • Xiao Le severed the stem, and Medusa pulled him and the lotus platform out before swimming back through the passage.
  • Medusa collapsed into Xiao Le's arms, and he gave her healing pills before kissing her.
  • Medusa opened her eyes, and Xiao Le asked whether she believed his kiss had been a misunderstanding.

Ch. 66Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python

Xiao Le waited in the Snake-People Tribe while Medusa prepared to evolve using the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Medusa survived the flames and emerged as a seven-colored snake, Xiao Le secretly fed her a Green Lotus Seed and waited for a chance to leave with her and the flame.

  • Yue Mei broke through the stone door, took Medusa from Xiao Le, and carried them back to the Snake-People Tribe, where Xiao Le downloaded the Green Lotus Core Flame.
  • After Medusa awakened, she told Xiao Le to take the Heavenly Flame and inform Yue Mei of her death if she failed to emerge from seclusion within five days.
  • Xiao Le secretly watched Medusa endure the Green Lotus Core Flame, then collected eleven Green Lotus Seeds while she burned for a day and night.
  • Medusa emerged from the charcoal as a tiny seven-colored snake and swallowed the lightning bolts sent by the thunderclouds.
  • Xiao Le fed the sleeping snake a Green Lotus Seed, carried the Green Lotus Platform back to his side hall, and waited until a figure burst in a month later.

Ch. 67Third Brother, Wait for Me!

Xiao Le learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Green Lotus Core Flame passage, while Medusa’s return to the Snake-People Tribe drew Gu He and Yun Yun into a confrontation. Xiao Le gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame and escaped with Yun Yun, who asked why he was in the tribe.

  • Xiao Le told Yue Mei that Medusa had survived her evolution and was still merging with her new body, while the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python stayed with him for his lotus seeds.
  • Xiao Yan, Qinglin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li reached the end of the underground passage and found Xiao Le’s message saying Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame back to the Snake-People Tribe.
  • Gu He arrived with Yun Yun and other human powerhouses, demanding that the Snake-People hand over Medusa’s Heavenly Flame, and Yue Mei and the commanders confronted them.
  • Xiao Yan secretly reached Xiao Le, who handed him the Green Lotus Core Flame and sent him toward Stone Desert City.
  • Xiao Le tricked Gu He into pursuing Xiao Yan, then Yun Yun escaped the Snake-People commanders and carried Xiao Le across the desert.
  • Yun Yun stopped over a deserted stretch of desert, and Xiao Le asked why she had come to the Snake-People Tribe.

Ch. 68Dividing the Spoils

Xiao Le met Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder in Stone Desert City, exchanged treasures with them, and learned how to prepare for refining a Heavenly Flame. He refined the Green Lotus Core Flame into Green Lotus Core Thunder without a spirit receptacle and emerged nearly two months later at peak nine-star Dou Master with a quasi-Earth-tier technique.

  • Xiao Le met Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder at an inn, recounted his adventures, and shared a map fragment connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Le and Xiao Yan exchanged Green Lotus Core Flame lotus seeds and other treasures, and Xiao Le received Blue Infant Ginseng and Soaring Bamboo, two ingredients for the Divine Silkworm Technique's second transformation.
  • Medicine Elder gave Xiao Yan a Blood Lotus Pill and Ice Spirit Cold Spring to prepare him to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Le copied their traits and prepared to refine the flame himself.
  • Xiao Le entered a wilderness cave, transformed the Green Lotus Core Flame into Green Lotus Core Thunder, and refined it despite lacking a spirit receptacle.
  • After nearly two months of painful cultivation, Xiao Le woke with peak nine-star Dou Master cultivation and a quasi-Earth-tier Thunder Art.

Ch. 69Salt City's Mo Family

Xiao Le returned to Stone Desert City and joined Xiao Yan in discovering that the Mo Family had taken Qinglin. After dealing with the Sand Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan, Xiao Le, and Hai Bodong set out for Salt City to rescue her.

  • Xiao Le found the Desert Metal Mercenary Group recovering after the Sand Mercenary Group's attack and learned that Qinglin had been kidnapped.
  • Xiao Le reached the Sand Mercenary Group's headquarters and watched Xiao Yan use Medicine Elder's power to defeat its leader, Luo Bu.
  • Luo Bu revealed that Mo Cheng of the Mo Family had taken Qinglin, and Xiao Ding explained that the family might want her for its magical-beast organ transplant research.
  • Xiao Le killed the defiant Mo Family members, while Xiao Yan forced Luo Bu to merge the Sand Mercenary Group into Desert Metal and gave him a poison with its antidote held by Xiao Ding.
  • Xiao Yan, Xiao Le, and Hai Bodong departed for Salt City to rescue Qinglin after Xiao Le urged Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to focus on getting stronger.

Ch. 70Storming the Mo Family

Xiao Yan, Xiao Le, and Hai Bodong reached Salt City and clashed with the Mo Family while searching for Qinglin. After spotting Nalan Yanran at the inn, Xiao Yan and Xiao Le infiltrated the Mo Family gathering, where Xiao Yan confronted Mo Cheng and demanded Qinglin’s release.

  • Medicine Elder manifested silver wings for Xiao Yan, and the three traveled nonstop to Salt City before resting at an inn.
  • The Mo Family’s second young miss attacked Xiao Yan, but he burned her whip with green flame; a middle-aged man rescued her and offered the travelers luxurious rooms as an apology.
  • Xiao Yan asked Xiao Le about his lightning, and Xiao Le explained that his cultivation technique used a trace of Heavenly Flame origin to nurture a lightning seed.
  • Xiao Yan and Xiao Le recognized Nalan Yanran at the inn, but Xiao Le calmed Xiao Yan before they left and secretly headed for the Mo Family estate.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions found Mo Cheng preparing to form the Mo Alliance, then Xiao Yan demanded that he hand over Qinglin.
  • Mo Cheng ordered his men to kill Xiao Yan, but pale white flames froze and shattered several attackers, prompting someone to identify the power as a Heavenly Flame.

Ch. 71The Long-Suffering Beast Venerable

Xiao Yan defeated Mo Cheng, while Xiao Le and Hai Bodong protected Qinglin from a woman seeking to take her to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. When the woman withdrew and left them facing the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Xiao Yan prepared a powerful move.

  • Xiao Yan defeated Mo Cheng, then froze him with Bone White Flame after Mo Cheng revealed his grafted Mountain-Breaking Arm.
  • Xiao Le heard the Beast Venerable warn him of a hidden presence and waited with Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong for Qinglin.
  • A green-clad woman attacked for Qinglin, but Xiao Le caught her and revealed his identity to her.
  • The woman, Lu Man, summoned the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and explained that Qinglin had Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and belonged with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
  • Xiao Le demanded that Qinglin form a contract with the magical beast, and Lu Man withdrew from the fight.
  • The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor fought Xiao Le, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong, and Xiao Yan asked the others to hold it off while he prepared a move.

Ch. 72Madmen!

Xiao Le and Xiao Yan fought the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor with powerful lightning and Heavenly Flame attacks, leaving the serpent defeated and badly injured. Green Man took Qinglin after she formed a contract with the serpent, while Xiao Le stayed behind and collapsed into the arms of someone familiar as two approaching figures neared.

  • Xiao Le handed Qinglin to Hai Bodong and attacked the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor with fused lightning, breaking his arm in the clash.
  • Xiao Le hurled a compressed orb of three-colored lightning at the serpent, and Xiao Yan followed with a lotus attack made from Bone Chilling Spirit Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame.
  • Xiao Yan collapsed after the lotus blast, and Xiao Le caught him before the wounded Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor surrendered.
  • Green Man urged Qinglin to form a contract with the serpent, then left with her after the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils appeared.
  • Xiao Le sent Hai Bodong away with Xiao Yan and said he would wait for his brother in the Imperial Capital.
  • Xiao Le's lightning wings withdrew, and he fell from the sky until he landed in a familiar softness.

Ch. 73The Highest Realm of Lies

After recovering from his battle with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Xiao Le concealed the truth from Yun Yun and Jia Xingtian. At the imperial palace, he gave Yao Ye an incomplete cultivation technique from Beast Venerable, and the chapter ended as someone arrived with an Alchemist Guild invitation for him.

  • Xiao Le woke in an inn room with Yun Yun beside him, and he told her a half-truth about being caught in the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's battle.
  • Yun Yun left after arranging for maids to care for Xiao Le, and Jia Xingtian appeared and questioned him about her visit.
  • Xiao Le convinced Jia Xingtian that Yun Zhi was only a friend, then agreed to recover at the imperial palace and was placed in Yao Ye's side palace.
  • Beast Venerable praised Yao Ye's talent, and Xiao Le gave her an incomplete cultivation technique as a test for a possible apprenticeship.
  • Yao Ye studied the technique, which could refine a Magic Beast's beast soul into the body, until someone outside announced that the Alchemist Guild had sent Xiao Le an invitation.

Ch. 74Reunion in the Valley

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Le reunited with Xiao Yan and obtained the Spirit Fusion Pill formula before returning to the valley with Yun Yun. There he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and agreed to travel with her and Granny Yin to the Chu Yun Empire, where he still had a matter to settle.

  • Xiao Le received Fama's invitation to the Alchemist Grand Meeting and declared that he would obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, though he could not compete in his injured state.
  • Xiao Le recovered in the palace while Yao Ye stayed by him and Yao Yue sought his alchemy guidance; the meeting ended with Yan Xiao as champion.
  • After bidding Yao Ye farewell, Xiao Le met Xiao Yan at an inn, and Xiao Yan gave him the Spirit Fusion Pill formula and the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill formula.
  • On a full moon night, Xiao Le traveled with Yun Yun to the valley, where they encountered Granny Yin and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian.
  • Xiao Yi Xian explained her growing poison power and her decision to join Granny Yin in the Chu Yun Empire, and Xiao Le agreed to go with them before seeking Yun Yun again.

Ch. 75Seeking Medicine from Fama

Xiao Le, Xiao Yi Xian, and Granny Yin visited the Alchemist Guild to ask Fama to protect Xiao Yan and help refine a pill for refining Heavenly Flames. After two failed attempts, Fama successfully refined the pill on his final try.

  • Xiao Le, Xiao Yi Xian, and Granny Yin arrived in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and went to the Alchemist Guild to see Fama.
  • Xiao Le asked Fama to protect Xiao Yan and refine a pill that could assist with refining Heavenly Flames, and Fama agreed to prepare a Tidal Heart-Protecting Pill.
  • Fama invited Xiao Le to observe his pill refinement and began making the pill with three sets of materials.
  • Fama failed twice during the fusion stage, then studied his mistakes while Xiao Le observed his techniques.
  • Fama stabilized the medicinal ingredients on his final attempt, and the pill took shape in the cauldron.
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