Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used what he had learned from Xun'er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to begin condensing a flame of his own, while transforming his Flame Seal into a Blood Forbidden Seal. He envisioned refining the seal into a personalized clan pattern, and the chapter left him still developing the technique.

• Xun'er broke through to the two-star Dou Emperor realm after changing her cultivation method and unlocking more of her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame’s power.
• Xiao Yan entered a state of enlightenment and worked out how to connect the Flame Seal’s energy space to his Dou Qi vortex while converting the seal into a Blood Forbidden Seal.
• Xiao Yan gathered energy from his Heavenly Flames and compressed it into a golden flame, then used the Flame Seal’s energy to nourish and strengthen it.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to alter the Flame Seal into a blood-red formation designed to work especially well for members of the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan planned to refine the Blood Forbidden Seal into a personalized clan pattern, since a single standard clan pattern could not be perfectly suited to every person.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Flame Seal’s energy, advanced to six-star Dou Emperor, and completed his Heavenly Flame condensation before flying with Xun'er to meet the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army. Ling Quan demanded that Xun'er return with him, but Xiao Yan challenged the squad after Ling Quan insulted the Xiao Clan, and Ling Quan ordered an attack.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Flame Seal’s energy into the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, advanced to six-star Dou Emperor, and formed a blood-red mark between his brows.
• Xiao Yan took Xun'er to meet the approaching visitors near the Magical Beast Mountains, where they encountered Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army riding Four-Winged Unicorns.
• Ling Quan said the Clan Leader had ordered him to escort Xun'er back, but Xun'er refused to go with him.
• Xiao Yan defended Xun'er and the Xiao Clan after Ling Quan dismissed his talent and insulted his clan.
• Ling Quan drew his spear and signaled the Black Annihilation Army to attack Xiao Yan.

Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army attacked Xiao Yan, but Xun'er’s warning failed to stop them. Xiao Yan activated the Blood Forbidden Seal, stripping the attackers of their strength and forcing them and their magical beasts to kneel.

• Nearly a hundred Black Annihilation Army members gathered energy for Earth-rank Dou Techniques, shaking the sky and terrifying the beasts in the Magical Beast Mountains.
• Xun'er used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to disperse the surging energy and ordered Ling Quan to stop.
• Ling Quan claimed the army only meant to test Xiao Yan and urged his troops to complete their attacks.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er and activated the Blood Forbidden Seal.
• The crimson light drained Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army of their Dou Qi, immobilizing them and forcing them and their magical beasts to kneel.

Xiao Yan tested the Blood Forbidden Seal on the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army, discovering it could suppress even a Dou Emperor. After sparing the Gu Clan members, he and Xun'er discussed her impending return to her clan and their next destinations, including Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan activated the Blood Forbidden Seal, suppressing the Black Annihilation Army and Ling Ying while Xun'er remained unharmed.
• Xiao Yan recalled the seal’s effects and withdrew its red light, allowing the Black Annihilation Army and Ling Ying to recover.
• Xiao Yan warned Ling Quan that he would spare him for Xun'er's sake, and Ling Ying told Ling Quan to return to the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er left together, and she warned him that the clan would likely send someone stronger and that she might soon have to return home.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he planned to seek Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Great Desert and Jia Nan Academy, where Xun'er intended to become a teacher.

Xiao Yan reflected on the Blood Forbidden Seal and comprehended Ink Frenzy, a weapon combining the seal, Heavenly Flame energy, and a vessel. After several days of meditation, he encountered Yun Yun playing the zither, where Nalan Yanran was also present.

• Xiao Yan considered helping Jia Nan Academy and decided to study the limits of the Blood Forbidden Seal after Xun'er went to find Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yan realized the seal could not suppress opponents much stronger than himself and shifted his focus from weakening enemies to strengthening himself.
• After meditating for several days, Xiao Yan comprehended Ink Frenzy, which could boost his damage, weaken marked enemies' attacks under an array, and enhance his senses.
• Xiao Yan considered the challenge of finding materials and forging a vessel able to withstand the Blood Forbidden Seal and multiple Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan followed a zither melody through the forest and found Yun Yun playing at a cliff, while Nalan Yanran stopped practicing her sword and greeted him.

Xiao Yan found Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran together in the Xiao Clan, teased Yun Yun, and learned to play the zither with her. Their music drew Xiao Yu and two visitors from Jia Nan Academy, including the outspoken Xue Ni.

• Xiao Yan noticed Nalan Yanran's changed appearance and sensed that a fire-attributed pill was affecting her cultivation.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan she had heard rumors that he had gained two more marriage contracts, and Xiao Yan dismissed their significance.
• Xiao Yan pulled Yun Yun into his embrace, teased her about jealousy, and asked her to teach him the zither.
• Xiao Yan quickly learned to play and began using Dou Qi to strengthen the zither strings and empower the music.
• Xiao Yu arrived with two people from Jia Nan Academy, and Xue Ni praised Xiao Yan while teasing Xiao Yu about her feelings for him.

Xiao Yan met Instructor Ruo Lin, who doubted the reports of his strength and came to test him. He challenged her to last twenty breaths against his zither while he remained seated, and Ruo Lin countered by demanding that he become her student for three years if he failed to defeat her in time.

• Xiao Yu introduced Xue Ni and explained that Ruo Lin planned to test Xiao Yan for a position at Jia Nan Academy.
• Ruo Lin doubted that Xiao Yan was truly a Dou Emperor and suspected he relied on a rare flying Dou Skill.
• Xiao Yan sat down with his zither and challenged Ruo Lin to last twenty breaths against him without him moving.
• Ruo Lin sensed Xiao Yan's formidable aura and accepted the challenge, stipulating that he would become her student for three years if he failed to defeat her in twenty breaths.

Xiao Yan used Mentor Ruo Lin as a sparring partner while developing a qin-based combat technique, overwhelming her with precise sound-wave attacks. During the match, he comprehended Nine Scores, One Qin.

• Xiao Yan accepted Ruo Lin's challenge and prepared to test a qin-type combat technique against her.
• Ruo Lin drew her azure whip, while Xiao Yu and the others watched as the match began.
• Xiao Yan struck the qin strings, sending sound-wave ripples toward Ruo Lin, who shattered them with her whip.
• Xiao Yan changed his music into a barrage of attacks, forcing Ruo Lin to defend herself with a wall of blue whip.
• Xiao Yan refined his technique during the exchange and comprehended the sound-wave combat technique Nine Scores, One Qin.

Xiao Yan defeated Instructor Ruo Lin with his qin-based sound-wave Dou Techniques and revealed that he was a Dou Emperor. As Xiao Yan agreed to visit Jia Nan Academy someday, Nalan Yanran’s Dou Qi suddenly erupted into disorder and invisible flames consumed her.

• Xiao Yan broke through Instructor Ruo Lin’s defenses and shattered her Force-Dispelling Water Mirror with his qin’s sound waves.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Linjiang Immortal Melody, blasting a huge crater into the mountaintop after Ruo Lin dodged the attack.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Qi wings, and Ruo Lin and the others realized he had reached Dou Emperor strength before the age of sixteen.
• Ruo Lin welcomed Xiao Yan to Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan said he would visit after gaining more experience.
• As Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Yan play, her Dou Qi fell into disorder, her body heated, and her skin turned red.

Xiao Yan stabilized Nalan Yanran after the pill’s medicinal power overwhelmed her, then brought her to the hot spring to recover. As Yun Yun, Xun'er, and Ruo Lin helped Nalan Yanran into the water, Xiao Yan played the guqin and advanced his understanding of a Buddhist healing art.

• Nalan Yanran’s body overheated, and Xiao Yan absorbed the scorching energy in her meridians, leaving her unconscious but stable.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Gu He’s extreme pill had overwhelmed Nalan Yanran because she had not cultivated long enough to absorb its medicinal power.
• Xiao Yan sealed Nalan Yanran’s Dou Qi and told Yun Yun, Ruo Lin, and Xun'er to take her to the hot spring for treatment.
• At the hot spring, Xiao Yan played the guqin and achieved a new breakthrough in his understanding of the Buddhist secret art of warming the meridians and nourishing the channels.
• The music accelerated Xiao Yu and Xue Ni’s Dou Qi circulation and made the women in the hot spring feel intensely cold.

Xiao Yan used qin music to revive Nalan Yanran, impressing Yun Yun and Instructor Ruo Lin with the power of soundwave Dou techniques. As Xun'er recounted Xiao Yan’s astonishing cultivation history, Nalan Yanran’s emotions threatened to undo his healing.

• Xiao Yan continued playing the qin, and Nalan Yanran woke with Yun Yun and others supporting her.
• Instructor Ruo Lin asked Xun'er to explain Xiao Yan’s abilities, and Xun'er gladly began recounting his past.
• Xun'er said Xiao Yan had reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi just after turning one month old, shocking Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xue Ni recalled that Xiao Yan had only reached Dou Zhe at eleven, and Instructor Ruo Lin reflected on his extraordinary talent and restraint.
• Xun'er revealed that Xiao Yan had reached Da Dou Shi after cultivating for only around half a year, leaving Ruo Lin ashamed and Nalan Yanran stricken.
• Xiao Yan sharply told Nalan Yanran to calm her mind as she began to collapse again.

Xiao Yan used his zither music to treat Nalan Yanran’s damaged body and refine the medicinal power stagnating within her. In the process, he comprehended the secret art Spirit-Bound Weapon and left Nalan Yanran’s cultivation path restored and strengthened.

• The zither music’s chill and soul-piercing effects overwhelmed Ruo Lin, Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran as they gathered in the hot spring.
• Xiao Yan realized Nalan Yanran’s rapid growth and emotional distress had caused medicinal power to accumulate in her body and create hidden damage.
• Xiao Yan connected his plans for a zither-based Dou Technique for Xun'er to the need for a weapon perfectly suited to its user, then comprehended Spirit-Bound Weapon.
• Xiao Yan summoned an azure dragon through his zither music to break through Nalan Yanran’s Dou Qi vortex and guide the accumulated medicinal power through her body.
• Xiao Yan used the Yu-Shang Flying Dragon Chant to nourish Nalan Yanran’s body and direct the remaining energy into her Dou Qi vortex, restoring her cultivation prospects.

Nalan Yanran absorbed the pill’s effects and broke through to Dou Shi, while Xiao Yan’s companions also benefited from her cultivation. Hai Bo Dong found Xiao Yan at the Xiao Clan, but he was still missing a Sand Mandala needed to remove his seal, and Yun Yun recognized him as the Ice Emperor.

• Nalan Yanran absorbed a surge of heaven-and-earth energy and advanced from Dou Zhe to Dou Shi after Xiao Yan helped her process the medicinal pill.
• Xue Ni, Ruo Lin, and Xiao Yu cultivated beside Nalan Yanran and benefited from the nourishing energy.
• Hai Bo Dong arrived at the Xiao Clan and told Xiao Yan he had gathered most of the ingredients needed to remove his seal but still lacked a Sand Mandala from the Tagor Great Desert.
• Hai Bo Dong explained that Queen Medusa would notice him if he entered the desert’s depths, and Yun Yun recognized him as the Ice Emperor.

Xiao Yan revealed that he was a sixth-tier alchemist who possessed Heavenly Flames, stunning Hai Bo Dong and the others. He asked Hai Bo Dong for the prescription needed to break his seal so he could refine the pill himself.

• Hai Bo Dong asked Xiao Yan to bring out his teacher and promised extra compensation for help finding Sand Mandala in the Tagor Great Desert.
• Xiao Yu recalled that Xiao Yan had once given her Qi Gathering Powder, while Xue Ni teased her about marrying him.
• Xiao Yan clarified that his teacher was not a sixth-tier alchemist and said he could refine Hai Bo Dong's pill himself.
• Hai Bo Dong learned that Xiao Yan was a sixth-tier alchemist and remembered that Xiao Yan had already obtained Heavenly Flames.
• Xun'er, Yun Yun, Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, and Instructor Ruo Lin reacted with surprise and admiration at Xiao Yan's abilities.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bo Dong to give him the prescription for the seal-breaking pill.

Xiao Yan read Hai Bo Dong’s sixth-tier seal-breaking prescription and supplied the missing Sand Mandala, then prepared to refine an Evil-Breaking Pill with a modified method to help Hai Bo Dong regain his strength. The group was ready to follow Xiao Yan to a new location to watch him refine the pill.

• Hai Bo Dong showed Xiao Yan the precious seal-breaking prescription, and Yun Yun explained that soul imprints faded each time a prescription was read.
• Xiao Yan quickly read the prescription and understood how its medicinal power could break a seal.
• Hai Bo Dong said the ingredients were ready except for Sand Mandala, and Xiao Yan produced one from his storage ring.
• Xiao Yan considered combining the Evil-Breaking Pill and Purple Recovery Pill prescriptions to restore Hai Bo Dong’s strength fully.
• Xiao Yan said they needed another location to refine the pill, and Xun'er, Yun Yun, Instructor Ruo Lin, Xue Ni, and Xiao Yu wanted to accompany him.

Xiao Yan brought Hai Bo Dong, Instructor Ruo Lin, Xue Ni, and Xiao Yu toward the Magical Beast Mountains to refine pills, using Xiao Lan to carry the guests who could not fly. At Amethyst Valley, he combined his knowledge of seals and two pill formulas to devise the Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill.

• Xiao Yan invited Instructor Ruo Lin, Xue Ni, and Xiao Yu to accompany him and the others to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan summoned his fifth-tier Blue Eagle mount, Xiao Lan, and let the women ride it while he flew ahead with Hai Bo Dong.
• Xiao Yan reviewed the Evil-Breaking Pill and Purple Recovery Pill formulas during the journey to the Magical Beast Mountains.
• Xiao Yan reached Amethyst Valley and comprehended the formula for the Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill.

Xiao Yan prepared to refine the low-grade seventh-tier Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill to restore Hai Bo Dong's sealed strength, while those gathered in the valley watched in amazement. The chapter ended as Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran recognized that Xiao Yan's Black Demon Cauldron had more than ten fire vents.

• Xiao Yan brought the group to a secluded valley guarded by five fifth-tier magical beasts, and Nalan Yanran woke to learn he planned to refine a pill.
• Hai Bo Dong warned Xiao Yan that refining a sixth-tier pill could attract magical beasts, and Xun'er revealed the valley's powerful guards.
• Xiao Yan examined the rare ingredients Hai Bo Dong had collected and prepared to attempt his first seventh-tier refinement.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Black Demon Cauldron, whose aura forced Xue Ni back until Ruo Lin and Xiao Yu steadied her.
• Yun Yun explained that a cauldron's fire vents indicated its grade, and Nalan Yanran counted more than ten on Xiao Yan's cauldron.

Yun Yun and Hai Bo Dong recognized Xiao Yan’s Black Demon Cauldron as a legendary treasure, and Xun'er realized it belonged to Venerable Yao, Xiao Yan’s hidden teacher. Xiao Yan began refining a sixth-tier pill, successfully extracting medicinal liquid from the Sand Mandala and other ingredients.

• Yun Yun identified Xiao Yan’s cauldron as the Black Demon Cauldron, ranked eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Hai Bo Dong recalled that Xiao Yan’s teacher had given him two prized alchemy treasures and feared that powerful guardians might be watching nearby.
• Xun'er recognized the Black Demon Cauldron as Venerable Yao’s and concluded that Venerable Yao was the expert hidden beside Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan finished warming the cauldron and began refining the Sand Mandala and other prepared medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan extracted medicinal droplets from the ingredients, then used intense heat to concentrate the Sand Mandala’s yellow medicinal liquid.

Xiao Yan refined a seventh-tier pill while merging the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame into his Heavenly Flame fusion. After five days of quiet fusion, the medicinal liquid formed a golden pill, and dark clouds gathered over the valley with lightning in their depths.

• Xiao Yan added more medicinal ingredients to the cauldron as he fused the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame into his Heavenly Flame cultivation, using the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to overcome its resistance.
• Xiao Yan refined the ingredients and combined their medicinal liquids, causing violent energy impacts that shook the pill cauldron and worried the onlookers.
• Xun'er reassured Hai Bo Dong that Xiao Yan could complete the refinement, and the ingredients eventually settled into a fist-sized mass of golden liquid.
• Xiao Yan and the others waited five days as the golden liquid slowly fused inside the cauldron.
• On the sixth day at dusk, the liquid became a round golden pill, and dark clouds gathered overhead as silver lightning slithered through them.

Xiao Yan completed a golden pill whose power could break seals, then used six Heavenly Flames to begin a secret refinement technique. The pill trembled as his Sublimation technique continued, leaving its final grade uncertain.

• Dark clouds and oppressive heat gathered over the valley as Xun'er suspected Xiao Yan's pill might be approaching the seventh tier, while Hai Bo Dong anticipated that it would break his seal.
• Xiao Yan finished nurturing the golden pill, drew it from the cauldron, and revealed a smooth pill wreathed in pale purple mist.
• Xun'er concluded that Xiao Yan had become a seventh-tier alchemist, but Xiao Yan's removal of the pill before any lightning fell suggested it was just short of that grade.
• Xiao Yan released the pill and brought six Heavenly Flames together around it, startling Hai Bo Dong and the others as they realized he was still refining it.
• Xiao Yan used Sublimation, a secret technique he had developed from Yao Lao's Spirit Ascension, to strengthen the pill's medicinal purity and raise its grade.
• The golden pill began trembling within the six Heavenly Flames.