Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan completed a sixth-tier pill while using his Spirit-Raising Secret Method to draw in natural energy, and pill lightning descended over the valley. He sent the Xie Shan puppet to absorb the lightning, leaving the pill safe and the puppet poised to grow stronger.

• Xiao Yan fused his six Heavenly Flames into a stable flame and drew surging natural energy into the pill, intensifying its golden radiance.
• Yun Yun recognized the descending lightning as proof Xiao Yan had refined a sixth-tier pill, while Xun'er understood he had used Yao Lao's secret method.
• A massive bolt of pill lightning tore through the clouds toward Xiao Yan as the gathered observers realized they had little time to react.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Xie Shan puppet, which intercepted the bolt and absorbed its power without suffering damage.
• Dawn broke over the Magical Beast Mountains as the natural energy in the valley surged again.

Xiao Yan used his puppets to absorb the pill lightning produced by the high seventh-tier Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill, strengthening all eight of them. As the lightning continued to crash down, he estimated how powerful each puppet would become after the tempering.

• Xie Shan intercepted the first lightning bolt, then absorbed lightning energy as it changed his body and gave it a blue glow.
• Xiao Yan released his remaining seven puppets to block two more bolts, and all eight puppets began absorbing the lightning.
• Yun Yun, Hai Bo Dong, and Xun'er watched in astonishment as the puppets endured the lightning and grew stronger.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Wu Ya puppet would reach four-star Dou Zong, Xie Shan would reach two-star Dou Zong, and the other puppets would stabilize at five- or six-star Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yan endured the powerful pill lightning while refining the Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill, and the lightning strengthened him and inspired him to condense the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame. After the pill was secured, Hai Bo Dong gave Xiao Yan the fragmentary map he had promised.

• Xiao Yan flew into the silver lightning and withstood it, while the Three Thousand Burning Flame repaired and strengthened his meridians.
• As the lightning energy spread through him, Xiao Yan absorbed energy from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and broke through by one star.
• Xiao Yan realized he could use lightning to condense the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame, but the pill lightning faded before he could try.
• Xiao Yan stored the empowered puppets, caught the escaping Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill, and handed it to Hai Bo Dong.
• Hai Bo Dong thanked Xiao Yan and gave him the fragmentary map, and Xiao Yan advised him to take the pill in a nearby cave.

Xiao Yan’s high-grade seventh-tier pill gave Hai Bo Dong the means to break his seal, while his strength and alchemy astonished Yun Yun, Xun’er, and Mentor Ruo Lin. As Hai Bo Dong stayed behind to absorb the pill, Yun Yun and the others prepared to return to Wutan City with a Four-Winged Wind Demon Wolf escort.

• Hai Bo Dong took the jade bottle and carved out a cave to absorb the pill’s medicinal effects.
• Yun Yun, Xun’er, and Mentor Ruo Lin marveled at Xiao Yan’s abilities, and Ruo Lin apologized for having doubted his strength.
• Xiao Yan reassured Ruo Lin that her caution had been reasonable, and Xun’er also told her he would not hold it against her.
• Mentor Ruo Lin said the group needed to resume its Jia Nan Academy recruitment mission and return to Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan agreed to have a Four-Winged Wind Demon Wolf escort the group while he remained in the valley with Hai Bo Dong.
• Yun Yun offered to guide the wolf, and she set off with Nalan Yanran and the others.

After refining the Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill, Xiao Yan reached the peak of six-star Dou Emperor and playfully took Xun'er to the pool. Hai Bo Dong swallowed the pill, broke his seal, and began rapidly recovering his former strength as its remaining medicinal power surged through him.

• Xiao Yan credited the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with helping him refine the pill and fuse with the flame, bringing him close to seven-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan carried Xun'er to the pool after she stayed behind.
• Hai Bo Dong carved a cold stone chamber into the mountain and swallowed the golden pill Xiao Yan had made.
• The pill's energy forced the dark green snake-shaped seal from Hai Bo Dong's brow, restoring his Dou Emperor strength.
• Hai Bo Dong continued cultivating as the pill's medicinal power drove his recovery toward his former peak.

Xiao Yan examined Xun'er's cultivation in the waterfall valley and tried to draw on the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within her, but Xun'er stopped him because her body could not withstand it yet. They agreed to wait, and Xiao Yan offered to wash her hair before she ducked into the water.

• Xiao Yan examined Xun'er's cultivation and considered the changes caused by her bloodline-awakening technique.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er experienced a strange reaction from their Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan tried to obtain the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within her.
• Xun'er recovered from the strange state and stopped Xiao Yan, warning that her body could not handle it without serious consequences.
• Xun'er kissed Xiao Yan on the cheek and asked him to wait until she was ready.
• Xiao Yan offered to wash Xun'er's hair, then said something that made her blush before she dove underwater.

After spending time together, Xiao Yan taught Xun'er the Spirit-Bound Weapon method and explained that he intended to find her a Dou Technique better suited to her. The chapter left Xun'er learning how to condense a weapon from her Dou Qi, soul power, and heart, drawing on the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Xun'er changed clothes and helped Xiao Yan put on his robe after they spent time together in the pool.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Yan whether he had treated Yun Yun the same way, and Xiao Yan said he would bring Yun Yun along for her to see.
• Xun'er bit Xiao Yan's chest and warned him not to be unfaithful before he turned the conversation to cultivation.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that the Dou Techniques she used were not a perfect match for her and said he had leads on a better one.
• Xiao Yan taught Xun'er the Spirit-Bound Weapon method and explained that her weapon, Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun, would draw on her Dou Qi and soul power and reflect her heart.

Xiao Yan considered the limits of advancing his Flame Mantra, then guided Xun'er as she began cultivating a Spirit-Bound Weapon suited to her. As Xun'er made rapid progress, Xiao Yan began creating a battle technique that could grow stronger with her cultivation and comprehended Emperor Flame Severing Chapter.

• Xiao Yan reflected that his Flame Mantra would soon reach a bottleneck and require more powerful Heavenly Flames for further advancement.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er to cultivate her Spirit-Bound Weapon, Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun, and explained that he had tailored the secret art to her.
• Xun'er quickly memorized the method and began cultivating, drawing the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame inward as golden light enveloped her.
• Xiao Yan began devising a battle technique that could grow in grade and power with Xun'er's Dou Qi and combine multiple moves.
• Xiao Yan used his experience to deduce and comprehend Emperor Flame Severing Chapter.

Xiao Yan witnessed Xun'er condense the Spirit-Bound Weapon Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun, from her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. After seeing its power, he considered refining Heavenly Flames as materials to create beings with awakened intelligence, and the story left him explaining why Xun'er's zither was so powerful.

• Xiao Yan retreated as Xun'er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame erupted, melting the boulder and nearby purple crystals before forming the zither Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun.
• Xiao Yan reflected on using Heavenly Flames as primary materials to refine beings with intelligence, drawing comparisons to the Pill Tower Ancestor and Emperor-Grade Prototype Pill.
• Xun'er plucked the zither, sending scorching golden sound waves through the purple crystal pillars and shattering them.
• Xiao Yan blocked the sound waves with Void Extinction and dispersed their force inside his body.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun had been condensed to suit her characteristics and unleash the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's power.

Xiao Yan explained how Xun'er could better unlock the power of her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and brought her to a remote valley to practice. He gave her the Emperor Flame Severing Chapter, leaving her ready to cultivate the technique.

• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that life-and-death battles could reveal hidden potential and that her youth and limited combat experience kept her from mastering the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er left the valley after her Spirit-Bound Weapon damaged the surroundings, and Xiao Yan shielded Hai Bo Dong's cultivation with a formation.
• Xiao Yan flew with Xun'er to a desolate valley, where they discussed flying Dou Techniques and the marks they left on a user's back.
• Xiao Yan transmitted the Emperor Flame Severing Chapter to Xun'er so they could begin cultivating it.

Xiao Yan taught Xun'er the evolving combat skill Emperor Flame Severing Chapter and helped her master Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun while he studied his cultivation method and combat skills. After three months of training together, he gained inspiration for creating a combined combat skill and tested the idea against Xun'er's zither waves.

• Xun'er absorbed the information in Emperor Flame Severing Chapter and learned that the combat skill could advance in grade with its cultivator.
• Xiao Yan advised Xun'er to practice controlling Imperial Flame, Eternal Sun's power and sustaining its zither music without exhausting her Dou Qi.
• Xun'er practiced with the zither while Xiao Yan cultivated in the dense fire energy and studied his cultivation method.
• After three months, Xun'er controlled her Spirit-Bound Weapon with precision and exchanged attacks with Xiao Yan in the mountain valley.
• Xiao Yan conceived a combined combat skill and thrust Spirit Plow into Xun'er's incoming golden sound waves.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er spent three months sparring and cultivating together in a valley before the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army arrived to take Xun'er back. The expedition was led by Third Deputy Commander Yang Hao, whom Xiao Yan recognized as a practitioner of the Emperor's Seal Manual.

• Xiao Yan demonstrated the power of the Spirit Plow Sword, and Xun'er credited his guidance for her progress.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yan reflected on their cultivation and the closeness they had gained during three months together.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yan sensed a large force approaching, and the Black Annihilation Army arrived in the valley with more than a thousand soldiers.
• Xun'er identified the army's leader as Third Deputy Commander Yang Hao and explained the ranks of the Black Annihilation Army and the limits of the Dou God bloodline.
• Yang Hao and Ling Quan descended into the valley, and Yang Hao told Xun'er it was time to return.

Yang Hao tried to take Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, but she challenged him to withstand three moves before she would go. When Yang Hao turned his attention to Xiao Yan, Xun'er revealed a dangerous aura and he launched an attack against her.

• Yang Hao approached Xun'er and urged her to return with the Gu Clan, but she refused.
• Xun'er challenged Yang Hao to withstand three moves from her, while Ling Quan warned him that Xiao Yan was a Xiao Clan genius.
• Ling Quan prompted Yang Hao to challenge Xiao Yan, and Yang Hao questioned whether Xiao Yan's reputation matched his abilities.
• Xun'er warned Yang Hao not to challenge Xiao Yan and unleashed an intimidating aura that made Yang Hao sense danger.
• Yang Hao attacked Xun'er with the Dragon-Snake Step and Heavenly Fiend Shattering Qi Claw as Xiao Yan watched and assessed his techniques.

Xun'er unleashed Melody Stirring the Netherworld against Yang Hao, whose Heavenly Fiend Shattering Qi Claw was countered by her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. Yang Hao lost the clash and was carried away badly injured, leaving the Black Annihilation Army shocked by Xun'er's strength.

• Xun'er used Melody Stirring the Netherworld, sending a powerful golden sound wave after Yang Hao.
• Yang Hao evaded the sound wave with the Dragon-Snake Step because he feared Xun'er's flame would destroy the rare yin-baleful energy in his Heavenly Fiend Shattering Qi Claw.
• Members of the Black Annihilation Army mistook Yang Hao's retreat for confidence and shouted encouragement, while Xiao Yan watched in surprise.
• Yang Hao turned to attack, and his Heavenly Fiend Shattering Qi Claw briefly reached a new level of mastery as it collided with Xun'er's golden sound wave.
• Xun'er's sound wave erased Yang Hao's claw wind and sent him flying backward with a badly injured arm.
• Ling Quan caught Yang Hao as the Black Annihilation Army realized their deputy commander had been defeated by Xun'er in a single move.

Xun'er defeated Yang Hao with a powerful sonic Dou Technique, but their confrontation was interrupted by a massive surge of natural energy from Amethyst Valley. Xiao Yan realized Hai Lao was breaking through to Dou Zong, and Xun'er turned to witness the breakthrough.

• The Black Annihilation Army cheered for Xun'er, and their voices caused the injured Yang Hao to spit up blood.
• Ling Quan gave Yang Hao a medicinal pill, while Yang Hao wondered about Xun'er's unfamiliar sonic Dou Technique and urged her to return to the Gu Clan.
• Xun'er rejected Yang Hao's warning and prepared to fight when the ground shook and natural energy surged.
• Xiao Yan used his soul perception to discover that Hai Lao was breaking through in Amethyst Valley.
• Snow and ice filled the air as the energy gathered around Amethyst Valley, and Xun'er turned to watch Hai Lao's breakthrough to Dou Zong.

Hai Bo Dong broke his seal and advanced directly to Two-Star Dou Zong after taking Xiao Yan’s pill. He confronted the Black Annihilation Army, but Xun'er warned her troops that they had disappointed her and would need to improve before the next encounter.

• Yang Hao sensed that someone near Amethyst Valley was breaking through to Dou Zong as the icy energy engulfed the surrounding area.
• Hai Bo Dong emerged riding an ice dragon and revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Zong, astonishing Xun'er and the Black Annihilation Army.
• Hai Bo Dong asked Xiao Yan whether the Black Annihilation Army were his allies, and Xiao Yan said they were not.
• Yang Hao warned Hai Bo Dong that Dou Zong strength was only minor in the wider Dou Qi Continent, and Hai Bo Dong responded by unleashing Profound Ice Dragon Soar against the army.
• Hai Bo Dong offered to fight for Xun'er, but she shook her head and told the Black Annihilation Army that their performance had disappointed her.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er returned to the Xiao Clan in time for its coming-of-age ceremony after Hai Bo Dong drove off Yang Hao's group. At the marketplace, they found Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning facing trouble from unfamiliar visitors.

• Yang Hao withdrew the Black Annihilation Army after Hai Bo Dong's Dou Technique stopped them, and Hai Bo Dong apologized to Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that the Soul Hall would not make a major move soon, while Yao Lao continued traveling between empires to train and stay alert.
• Xiao Yan realized the Xiao Clan's coming-of-age ceremony was the next day, so he, Xun'er, and Hai Bo Dong flew back to the clan.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er washed up, then went to the marketplace to buy small items for the ceremony.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er found Xiao Yu and the newly advanced Dou Zhe Xiao Ning confronting troublemakers, and Xiao Yan asked what had happened.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong killed Jia Lie Ao, Liu Xi, and the Jia Lie Clan members who confronted them, then went to destroy the Jia Lie and Oba Clans. They faced Jia Lie Bi, Ao Ba Pa, and Liu Xi’s teacher, who boasted about his status as a fourth-tier alchemist.

• Jia Lie Ao confronted Xiao Yan, who recognized him only after Xiao Yu named him, while Xiao Ning argued that the Xiao Clan should crush its old rivals.
• Xiao Yan ordered an attack, and Hai Bo Dong froze Liu Xi, killed Jia Lie Ao, and disposed of the remaining Jia Lie Clan members.
• Xiao Yan decided the Jia Lie and Oba Clans had to be destroyed and went with Hai Bo Dong to their shared territory.
• Jia Lie Bi, Ao Ba Pa, and Liu Xi’s teacher came out to meet Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong, and the teacher asserted that his fourth-tier alchemist status commanded respect even from Dou Wangs.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong destroyed the courtyards of Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa, then found two snake women who had been held captive. Xiao Yan promised to return them to the Serpent-People Tribe and took them with him, while preparing for his coming trip to the Tagor Great Desert and the next stage of his flame cultivation.

• Hai Bo Dong revealed his Dou Zong strength and froze the courtyards of Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa without damaging the street.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong noticed two snake women who had survived the icy attack unharmed.
• Hai Bo Dong explained that the snake women had likely been trained by an auction house and had their wildness removed.
• Xiao Yan told the snake women he would return them to the Serpent-People Tribe during his coming trip to the Tagor Great Desert.
• Xiao Yan decided to take the two snake women with him and looked to his Beast Storage Ring.

Xiao Yan showed Hai Bo Dong and two snake women the Beast Storage Ring’s vast inner space, then returned to the Xiao Clan and visited Yun Yun. Yun Yun had reached eight-star Dou Emperor after three months of cultivation, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan noticing her in a black bathrobe on the eve of his coming-of-age ceremony.

• Xiao Yan brought Hai Bo Dong and the two snake women into the Beast Storage Ring, astonishing them with its enormous inner space.
• Xiao Yan considered adding a formation to connect the Beast Storage Ring with the outside world and improve its air and cultivation energy.
• Xiao Yan took Hai Bo Dong back to Wutan City, then returned with him to the Xiao Clan as Hai Bo Dong went to cultivate in seclusion.
• Yun Yun’s three months of cultivation had solidified her Dou Qi and raised her strength to eight-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan visited Yun Yun’s room before his coming-of-age ceremony and found her wearing a black bathrobe after bathing.