Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun examined Xiao Yan and discovered that Yao Chen had been draining his Dou Qi while hiding a strand of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame inside him. After Yao Chen agreed to stop, Xiao Yan could cultivate again, and Xiao Yun arranged a meeting with him that night and invited Hai Bo Dong to join the Xiao Clan as a guest elder.

• Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan to Xiao Yun, who examined Xiao Yan after hearing that his Dou Qi cultivation had repeatedly fallen back to Eight-Stage Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yun found a strand of Bone Spirit Cold Flame inside Xiao Yan and heard Yao Chen explain that he had been absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi for his own safety.
• Xiao Yun agreed to meet Yao Chen in the back mountain at midnight, and Yao Chen promised to stop absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yun told Xiao Yan that he could cultivate again, then asked Xiao Zhan to invite Wutan City's factions to an announcement that night.
• Xiao Yun offered Hai Bo Dong a Purple Spirit Restoration Pill in exchange for becoming a guest elder of the Xiao Clan, and Hai Bo Dong accepted.

After Yao Lao’s attempt to draw him in, Xiao Yun considered the old man’s motives while the Xiao Clan prepared a banquet to celebrate his return. Xiao Yun attended the gathering, leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin behind, and the banquet began with him seated at the Xiao Clan’s main table.

• Xiao Yun found Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin unharmed after they had been knocked unconscious, then reflected on why Yao Lao had targeted him.
• Yao Lao regretted acting too hastily and hoped Xiao Yun would accept his guidance rather than become greedy like Han Feng.
• Xiao Zhan invited Wutan City’s factions to the Xiao Clan’s evening banquet, where Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa arrived with gifts and tried to ingratiate themselves with the clan.
• Xiao Yun trained Xiao Yi Xian, whose Woeful Poison Body had rapidly advanced her to the Dou Zhe realm, while Qing Lin also reached Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin declined to attend the banquet, and Xiao Yun went to the hall alone.
• Xiao Zhan led Xiao Yun to the main table, and the banquet began as the guests watched him in silence.

At a banquet, Xiao Yun and Xiao Zhan secured the other factions’ submission to the Xiao Clan’s rule over Wutan City, using a pill reward and Hai Bo Dong’s power to enforce their authority. After the guests left, Xiao Yun confirmed Hai Bo Dong would serve as a guest elder and departed to cultivate before his appointment with Yao Lao.

• Xiao Zhan proposed that the factions of Wutan City unite under the Xiao Clan, and the leaders agreed to join.
• Xiao Yun rewarded Workshop Master Xu with a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and offered another pill to the faction that contributed the most.
• Xiao Yun warned the faction leaders against disobeying the Xiao Clan and introduced Hai Bo Dong as its Dou Emperor guest elder.
• Tang Xiao asked Hai Bo Dong to return to Jia Ma Sacred City and deliver a message to Mittel Teng Shan.
• Xiao Yun confirmed that Hai Bo Dong would help protect the Xiao Clan when needed, then left to cultivate before meeting Yao Lao.

Xiao Yun met Yao Lao on the Xiao Clan’s rear mountain, where Yao Lao offered to teach him alchemy in exchange for help with his revival. Xiao Yun agreed to help but refused to become Yao Lao’s disciple, and the chapter ended with the two comparing their Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yun went to the mountaintop at midnight and called for Yao Lao, who appeared after Xiao Yun threatened to leave.
• Yao Lao explained that he had placed the Heavenly Flame in Xiao Yan’s body out of caution, then revealed that he had been the continent’s number one Eighth-Tier Alchemist.
• Yao Lao offered to teach Xiao Yun alchemy if Xiao Yun would refine a pill for him after reaching the Seventh Tier, and Xiao Yun recognized that Yao Lao wanted help restoring his body and soul.
• Xiao Yun agreed to help revive Yao Lao but refused to take him as a master, saying he already had one.
• Yao Lao said he might give Xiao Yun the Bone Spirit Cold Flame if Xiao Yun revived him, and Xiao Yun revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yun gained Yao Lao’s trust and persuaded him to join him, promising to help restore his body. Yao Lao gave Xiao Yun soul-restoring pill formulas and the formula needed for his revival, then entered the Bone Flame Ring.

• Yao Lao offered to teach Xiao Yun soul cultivation after Xiao Yun revived him, and Xiao Yun assured him that their partnership would benefit them both.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yun the Bone Flame Ring and promised to guide his alchemy and cultivation and pass on his pill formulas.
• Xiao Yun admitted he lacked a soul-restoring pill formula, so Yao Lao gave him formulas for Soul-Nourishing Saliva and the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill.
• Xiao Yun refined Soul-Nourishing Saliva for Yao Lao, who praised his alchemy and accepted the pill.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yun the Bone-Growing Blood-Fusion Pill formula and explained the materials required to revive his body.
• Yao Lao entered the Bone Flame Ring, and Xiao Yun vowed not to betray his trust.

Xiao Yun left the Xiao Clan and traveled with Hai Bo Dong to Jia Ma Sacred City, where he went to the Alchemist Association. After Fa Ma welcomed him, Xiao Yun announced that he had come to take the Sixth-Tier Alchemist assessment.

• Xiao Yun said goodbye to Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Xiao Clan, and encouraged Xiao Yan to attend Jia Nan Academy and learn alchemy.
• Xiao Yun and Hai Bo Dong flew to Jia Ma Sacred City, where Xiao Yun observed the Misty Cloud Sect and discussed refining a Sect-Breaking Pill with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yun and Hai Bo Dong arrived at the Alchemist Association, where guards and nearby Alchemists reacted with surprise to Xiao Yun's Fifth-Tier Alchemist badge.
• Fa Ma came out to calm the crowd, recognized Xiao Yun, and asked why he had come to the association.
• Xiao Yun told Fa Ma that he had come to take the Sixth-Tier Alchemist assessment.

Xiao Yun entered the Alchemist Association’s Sixth-Tier assessment and chose to refine its assigned Soul Fusion Pill, a formula that could benefit Yao Lao. He began preparing the pill in the highest-grade alchemy room, where Yao Lao advised him on the refining process.

• Xiao Yun announced that he wanted to take the Sixth-Tier Alchemist assessment, shocking Fa Ma and drawing a crowd of Alchemists.
• Hai Bo Dong vouched for Xiao Yun by revealing that Xiao Yun had refined the Pill of Breaking the Seal and restored him to Dou Emperor cultivation.
• Xiao Yun chose the Association’s assigned pill formula instead of bringing his own, and Fa Ma gave him the Soul Fusion Pill formula.
• Yao Lao approved of the Soul Fusion Pill’s effects on soul bodies, and Fa Ma brought the required ingredients to the highest-grade alchemy room.
• Xiao Yun extracted the medicinal essences while Yao Lao explained how to improve the pill-fusion stage.

Xiao Yun completed the Soul Fusion Pill, passing the assessment as a Sixth-Tier Alchemist with a high-grade pill that stunned Fa Ma, Hai Bo Dong, and Jia Ma Sacred City. He accepted honorary elder status in exchange for the pill and agreed to publicly attempt a Sect-Breaking Pill the next day, drawing the interest of Jia Xing Tian and other experts.

• Xiao Yun used Yao Lao's guidance to refine a high-grade Soul Fusion Pill, creating a vast purple pillar of energy that shook the Alchemist Association and attracted powerful experts.
• Yao Lao said the pill would let him unleash Dou Zong-level strength, and Xiao Yun decided to obtain it for him by exchanging with the Alchemist Association.
• Fa Ma offered Xiao Yun the association presidency, but Xiao Yun declined and agreed instead to become an honorary elder and perform one public pill refinement.
• Xiao Yun announced he would attempt a Sect-Breaking Pill the next day, and Jia Xing Tian asked to attend after hearing Xiao Yun claim a fifty percent chance of success.
• More experts arrived to question Xiao Yun, but Fa Ma arranged a room for him to rest, and the visitors dispersed to await the public refinement.

Xiao Yun publicly began refining a Sect-Breaking Pill at the Imperial Plaza, while the crowd and prominent alchemists watched his Green Lotus Core Flame. He successfully refined the Frost Marrow Branch into medicinal essence and continued processing the ingredients.

• Alchemists and city residents flocked to the Alchemist Association after hearing that Xiao Yun would publicly refine a high-tier pill.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yun that the Soul Fusion Pill had restored most of his Soul Power, and recalled having taught Fa Ma alchemy decades earlier.
• Hai Bo Dong guided Xiao Yun to the Imperial Plaza, where Fa Ma announced the start of the refinement and gave Xiao Yun the ingredients.
• Xiao Yun revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame, shocking Gu He, Fa Ma, and Yun Yun; Yun Yun sent a message to her teacher, Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yun used the Heavenly Flame to melt the Frost Marrow Branch and collected its medicinal essence before continuing to refine the remaining ingredients.

Xiao Yun corrected his failed Sect-Breaking Pill refinement with Yao Lao’s guidance and successfully completed the pill for Fa Ma. Over the following month, he refined thirteen more pills for Jia Ma’s powerful families and returned to recover from the exhausting work.

• Xiao Yun’s first attempt to fuse the medicinal essences failed, and Yao Lao explained that he had used the wrong timing and order.
• After refining through the night, Xiao Yun followed Yao Lao’s guidance and formed a pill embryo with Yao Lao’s help.
• Xiao Yun completed the Sect-Breaking Pill and handed it to Fa Ma, as they had agreed.
• Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and others asked Xiao Yun to refine pills or help their families, and he agreed to assist them.
• One month later, Xiao Yun emerged from a sealed chamber with thirteen successfully refined pills and went to rest.

Xiao Yun removed Nalan Jie's Scorch Poison and received the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva along with other medicinal ingredients. He gave Hai Bo Dong the promised Purple Spirit Restoration Pill, entrusted him with the Xiao Clan, and left the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Yun visited the Nalan Clan and began treating Nalan Jie after asking everyone else to leave.
• Xiao Yun used the Green Lotus Core Flame to drive the Scorch Poison from Nalan Jie's body, and Nalan Jie thanked him for saving his life.
• Nalan Jie gave Xiao Yun the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and other medicinal ingredients as thanks.
• Xiao Yun told Nalan Jie to rest, then flew to the Mittel Family and gave Hai Bo Dong the Purple Spirit Restoration Pill.
• Xiao Yun entrusted the Xiao Clan to Hai Bo Dong and departed, while Hai Bo Dong watched him go.

Xiao Yun crossed the Black-Corner Great Plains and reached the mountain range where a Dou Zong’s ancient ruin was expected to open. After recovering at the site, he entered the camp by killing Chen Fatty, a fighter who tried to stop him.

• Xiao Yun took shelter underground from a Black Windstorm and rescued Zhao Xing, who told him about the ruin at Split Mountain Valley.
• Xiao Yun flew to the mountain range, avoided other fighters, and found the sealed stone gate before the ruin opened.
• Xiao Yun concealed himself in the forest and cultivated through the night while Yao Lao hid his aura.
• Xiao Yun went to the camp at the mountain’s foot, where Chen Fatty attacked him and died from a single kick.
• Xiao Yun entered the camp as the gathered fighters backed away from him.

Xiao Yun entered the newly opened ruins, collected rare herbs, and killed Fan Ling after the young sect master tried to steal one from him. The chapter ended with Fan Lao discovering his son’s corpse and pursuing Xiao Yun in a rage.

• Xiao Yun waited two days for the spatial barrier around the mountain ruins to shatter, then entered the ruins through the leftmost passage.
• Xiao Yun found a garden full of rare medicinal herbs and harvested them, including a Heavenly Remnant Blood Grass.
• Fan Ling demanded that Xiao Yun hand over the herb, then ordered his Blood Guards to attack when Xiao Yun refused.
• Xiao Yun revealed his Dou Wang strength, killed the Blood Guards and elders, and pinned Fan Ling to the passage wall before killing him and taking his Storage Ring.
• Fan Lao found Fan Ling’s corpse, removed it from the wall, and hurried after Xiao Yun while vowing revenge.

Xiao Yun crossed the Thunder Formation, fought off Fan Lao with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and entered a guarded treasury. He found two rare Dou Techniques and opened the final box to discover a golden scroll called Thunderfire Flame.

• Xiao Yun crossed the Thunder Formation unharmed while Fan Lao arrived and was blocked by the lightning.
• Fan Lao realized Xiao Yun had killed Fan Ling and attacked him with the Bone Melting Blood Fiend Palm.
• Xiao Yun countered with the Flowing Flame Fist and Green Lotus Core Flame, badly burning Fan Lao and forcing him to retreat.
• Yao Lao shattered the spatial barrier on the ironstone door, and Xiao Yun entered the chamber and opened its three stone boxes.
• Xiao Yun found the low Xuan Tier Thunder Bat Wings and the low Earth Tier Three Thousand Thunder Movement, then opened the last box and found a golden scroll titled Thunderfire Flame.

Xiao Yun explored a hidden section of the ruin, finding dragon-type essence blood and a more powerful Thunder Formation. There, he encountered Fan Lao and Han Feng, whose presence provoked an enraged voice from the black ring on Xiao Yun’s finger.

• Xiao Yun failed to decipher the Golden Scroll, then followed Yao Lao through a hidden spatial doorway into the Mountain-Viewing Pavilion.
• On the pavilion’s third floor, Xiao Yun found dragon-type magical beast essence blood and stored it for Yao Lao’s revival.
• Xiao Yun crossed battle-ravaged halls and reached a Thunder Formation where several people, including two Dou Zong experts, were resisting the lightning.
• Fan Lao recognized Xiao Yun and told Han Feng that Xiao Yun possessed a cyan Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yun recognized Han Feng, and the black ring on his finger released a furious voice that made Han Feng realize its owner was alive.

Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yun's body to attack Han Feng, but Xiao Yun reclaimed control and used the borrowed strength to escape through the Thunder Formation. He reached the silver doorway while Han Feng and the others lagged behind, and urged Yao Lao to withdraw his Soul Power before it ran out.

• Han Feng mocked Yao Lao and offered Sixth-Tier Pills to the experts who helped kill him and Xiao Yun.
• Yao Lao agreed to possess Xiao Yun, then struck Han Feng with a massive ruler and sent him flying, but two Dou Zongs intervened.
• Xiao Yun reclaimed control at Four-Star Dou Zong strength and summoned a giant green flame dragon to keep the attackers at bay.
• Han Feng warned that Yao Lao's Soul Power could last less than half a quarter-hour, so Xiao Yun fled into the Thunder Formation.
• Xiao Yun endured the lightning and reached the silver doorway before Han Feng and the others could catch him, then told Yao Lao not to fall asleep.

Xiao Yun escaped Han Feng through a one-way spatial passage into the ruins’ tomb, where he restored Yao Lao using the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva. After surviving a powerful lightning strike, Xiao Yun proposed training inside the tomb’s Thunder Formation, but Yao Lao refused.

• Yao Lao withdrew into the Bone Flame Ring, and Xiao Yun escaped through the spatial portal before it vanished.
• Han Feng and two Dou Zong experts failed to break the spatial barrier, and Han Feng identified Xiao Yun and vowed to kill him and Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao explained that Han Feng could not reach them for at least three years, and Xiao Yun discovered they had entered the ruins’ tomb.
• Xiao Yun used the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to restore Yao Lao’s weakened soul.
• A Thunder Formation struck Xiao Yun with purple-gold lightning, and Yao Lao pulled him out of its range.
• After recovering, Xiao Yun asked Yao Lao for lightning-resistance pills so he could train inside the formation, but Yao Lao refused.

Yao Lao warned Xiao Yun that his Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering technique resembled an incomplete technique from the Thunder Clan, then strengthened him with lightning-attributed dragon Magical Beast Essence Blood. Xiao Yun entered the Thunder Formation to cultivate with Purple-Gold Thunder, and Yao Lao watched closely, prepared to intervene.

• Yao Lao explained that the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering technique could provoke the Thunder Clan and was inferior to the Thunder God Body, which he did not possess.
• Yao Lao applied lightning-attributed dragon Magical Beast Essence Blood to Xiao Yun, whose physical strength rose from the Fifth-Rank Magical Beast standard to its peak.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yun that repeated uses of Magical Beast Essence Blood would have diminishing effects, then sent him to the Thunder Formation.
• Xiao Yun entered the formation and endured repeated strikes from Purple-Gold Thunder while circulating the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering technique.
• Yao Lao moved closer to Xiao Yun, ready to save him if he could not withstand the lightning.

After two years of seclusion in the ruins, Xiao Yun emerged as a five-star Dou Emperor and prepared to settle old scores. Investigating the remains, he triggered a deadly blood-red Thunder Dragon that destroyed his Storage Ring before its lightning entered a golden scroll identified as Thunderfire Flame.

• Fire Elder searched for Xiao Yun for a year, then sank into despair as rumors spread that Xiao Yun was dead.
• Su Qian knocked Fire Elder unconscious and took him to rest after his Fire Poison worsened from relentless cultivation.
• Xiao Yun awoke after two years of cultivation, having reached five-star Dou Emperor, and told Yao Lao he was ready to collect his debts.
• Yao Lao pointed out that the skeleton’s throne hid a scroll, and Xiao Yun removed the remains before Yao Lao melted open the throne.
• A blood-red Thunder Dragon burst from the hidden scroll and engulfed Xiao Yun, then entered a golden scroll after his Storage Ring exploded.
• Xiao Yun recovered with Yao Lao’s help and identified the golden scroll as Thunderfire Flame.

Xiao Yun learned that Thunderfire Flame could combine lightning with a Heavenly Flame to create devouring Natal Lightning, then escaped Lei Ze’s ruins and learned Han Feng had been searching for him. He flew to Twilight City and attacked Fan Lao, beginning a deadly confrontation.

• Xiao Yun and Yao Lao read the Golden Scroll and learned Thunderfire Flame’s two cultivation methods, including Natal Lightning that could devour lightning.
• Xiao Yun read Elder Lei Ze’s final message and discussed using powerful lightning as Natal Lightning with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yun escaped the ruins and learned from two guards that Han Feng had been searching for him on the Medicine Emperor’s orders.
• Xiao Yun flew to Twilight City, where he found Fan Lao mourning Ling’er and attacked him with a giant palm of green flame.
• Fan Lao survived the attack and charged at Xiao Yun, who met him in midair with flames blazing across his body.