Yao Xuan

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Background

Yao Xuan is a transmigrator reborn into a collateral branch of the Yao Clan in the Medicine Realm. Though his branch possessed negligible apparent Dou Emperor Bloodline and lacked the direct line’s resources, he was born with a perfect fire-and-wood battle-qi ratio and superior soul power, giving him exceptional potential as an alchemist 1 214 273.

He was raised to serve as Yao Ling’s bodyguard, but the two became childhood companions. Yao Ling repeatedly shared direct-line pills with him and treated his work with complete trust despite the clan’s prejudice against collateral descendants 1.

Yao Xuan entered the Medicine Assembly intending to alter his standing within the clan. With Yao Ling’s secretly supplied Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill formula and ingredients, he defeated direct-line contender Yao Xingji and became the first collateral-branch champion in the assembly’s history 3 7 8.

Yao Wangu nevertheless accused him of stealing the direct-line formula. Refusing to falsely confess, Yao Xuan was stripped of Yao Clan membership, expelled from the Medicine Realm, and left to survive in the Shennong Mountain Range 8 9.

Before his departure, Yao Ling gave him a Storage Ring containing five Miasma-Repelling Pills and her soul-nourishing essence blood. With only five pills available, he initially prioritized escaping the mountains within five days over searching for Old Man Shennong 9.

Old Man Shennong discovered Yao Xuan after his exile, tested his ability, and accepted him for one year of instruction. Under Shennong’s teachings, Yao Xuan abandoned rigid Yao Clan methods, developed a more intuitive approach to alchemy, and gained the Origin-Returning Spirit Art, rare formulas, and a map to the Yellow Mysterious Flame 11 12 13.

During the Yao Clan coming-of-age ceremony, Yao Dan revealed that Yao Xuan in fact possesses the purest direct bloodline of the Yao Clan. His ancestors had sacrificed themselves for righteousness, leaving the clan indebted to his line for a millennium; his apparent collateral status resulted from the clan’s failure to recognize and compensate that lineage 215.

His ancestor Yao Fang was a prospective Yao Clan chief, a Seven-Star Dou Saint, and Xiao Xuan’s close friend. His bloodline had tested at the peak of the ninth grade, just short of divine grade. After he intervened to help Xiao Xuan against the Soul Clan, the Yao Clan deprived him of his claim to leadership and sealed his bloodline power out of fear of Soul Clan retaliation 214 272.

Yao Dan offered to restore Yao Xuan’s status, unseal his Dou Emperor Bloodline, and appoint him young clan chief. Yao Xuan refused to rejoin the clan or accept its authority, publicly declaring himself an independent cultivator whose ties to the Yao Clan had ended with his unjust expulsion 222 224.

Yao Xuan later entered the Heavenly Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan and verify his family’s history. Xiao Xuan recognized him as Yao Fang’s descendant and confirmed the injustice suffered by his ancestor, strengthening Yao Xuan’s resolve never to return to the clan. Xiao Xuan subsequently removed his inherited bloodline seal without requiring him to accept Yao Clan membership 255 271 272 273.

Appearance

Yao Xuan is introduced as a white-haired eighteen-year-old youth. He is repeatedly described as handsome, upright, and possessing an unusually composed bearing for his age 1 22 35.

• White hair 1
• Calm, restrained demeanor and refined alchemist’s bearing 13 22
• Handsome enough for Yao Lao to compare him favorably with his own younger self 35
• His composed, white-robed bearing and nine-colored flames draw the attention of the Ancient Emperor Clans during the Yao Clan ceremony 212 220
• Awakens a unique clan pattern after merging three bloodline powers; its specific appearance is not described in the available account 273

Personality

Yao Xuan is ambitious but measured. His determination to rise beyond collateral-branch status drives him to enter the Medicine Assembly, accept Shennong’s demanding training, and repeatedly pursue dangerous Heavenly Flames rather than rely on temporary shortcuts such as the Life Devouring Pill 3 13 30.

He values those who treat him sincerely. He remains protective of Yao Ling even when her assistance risks clan punishment, searches across the Northwest Continent for Yao Lao, and treats Xiao Yan as a brother rather than a subordinate 3 20 24.

His compassion is practical rather than indiscriminate. He saves Little Fairy Doctor during her poison-body eruption, purchases Qing Lin out of danger, and assists remnant souls such as Heavenly Flame Venerable and Dan Yuanzi; however, he also eradicates the Mo Clan to prevent surviving enemies from retaliating 35 51 63 124.

Yao Xuan refuses to let belated recognition, bloodline status, or political authority define him. Although the Yao Clan offers him the position of young clan chief and access to its ancestral resources, he rejects being used to restore its reputation and insists on remaining an independent cultivator 222 223 224.

His independence does not lessen his loyalty to Yao Ling. When Yao Dan establishes Battle Saint cultivation and Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection soul power as the conditions for marrying her, Yao Xuan refuses the clan’s bloodline assistance but promises to reach the required realm through his own efforts and return for her 224.

He is cautious about benefits that carry disproportionate danger. When Xiao Zhan offers him the Xiao Household’s inherited Ancient Jade, Yao Xuan recognizes it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and refuses it rather than attract the attention of the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan 26.

He also seeks advancement rather than merely secure victories. At the Pill Assembly, he chooses to attempt a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill despite estimating only a fifty-percent chance of success, even though an eighth-rank pill would have been sufficient to compete for the championship. His willingness to take calculated risks later extends to tempering his exposed soul with Black Demon Lightning 202 204 245.

Abilities & Skills

Alchemy

Yao Xuan is a high-level alchemist whose growth is accelerated by extraordinary soul power, Heavenly Flames, and several major inheritances.

• Refined the Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill to win the Medicine Assembly over direct-line competitors 6 7.
• Became a Sixth-Rank Alchemist after one year under Old Man Shennong 13.
• Refined sixth-rank pills effortlessly after reaching Dou Zong and the Spirit Realm 111.
• Used only common Purple Flame to refine a supreme-grade Resurrection Pill and win the Myriad Sword Pavilion tournament 93.
• Created the Eighth-Rank Dragon-Blood Tempering Spirit Pill specifically to refine Zhu Kun’s dragon blood 148.
• Independently refined the peak eighth-rank Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill, drawing Nine-Colored Pill Lightning 168 169.
• Refined the peak seventh-rank Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill to revive Heavenly Flame Venerable and the high-grade seventh-rank Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Hu’er 141 180.
• Refined a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill during the Pill Assembly and withstood the resulting Black Demon Lightning, gaining fame as the youngest known Ninth-Rank Alchemist 205 209.
• Was publicly acknowledged by Old Man Shennong as a Peak Ninth-Rank Alchemist 211.
• Jointly developed the Purple Thunder Origin-Consolidating Pill with Yao Lao. This low-tier Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill condenses lightning origin and tempers the body and bloodline; it was his championship pill at the Pill Assembly 202 205.
• Splits his attention between suppressing violent medicinal power and harmonizing the origins of heaven and earth during ninth-rank refinement 204.
• Refined the Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill, another Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill, using supreme Dragon Clan ingredients while carefully controlling the process with Initial Heavenly Realm soul power 239.
• Refined a Purple Recovery Pill to repair Hai Bodong’s hidden meridian injuries and an ultra-supreme-grade Emperor’s Pill whose estimated effect exceeded that of ordinary advancement pills 161.

Flame Mantra

The Flame Mantra is Yao Xuan’s central cultivation method. It lets him devour, fuse, and evolve through different flames, but changing to it initially reduced his cultivation.

• Its initial conversion caused his Dou Wang cultivation to fall to Great Dou Master 27.
• It assimilated the Yellow Mysterious Flame, Beast Flames, Green Lotus Core Flame, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Turtle Spirit Earthfire, Falling Heart Flame, and Yin-Yang Twin Flame over the course of his cultivation 28 42 60 89 107 112 179.
• Evolved from a Yellow-Tier technique into an Intermediate Earth-Rank method after earlier Heavenly Flame fusions 60.
• His four-flame fusion is named the Dragon Lotus Profound Sea Flame 89.
• Reached Advanced Earth Rank after absorbing Turtle Spirit Earthfire and formed the five-flame Lotus Hell Vast Dragon Flame 107.
• Reached Heaven Rank after he absorbed Falling Heart Flame’s origin 112.
• His seven-flame fusion is named the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame 179.
• Later absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame and continued expanding his fused flame; by the Yao Clan ceremony, he possessed a nine-colored fusion, and shortly afterward his fusion comprised ten Heavenly Flames, including the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame 209 212 223.
• His Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame underwent mutation during the Void Thunder Pool cultivation sequence 246.

Heavenly Flame Manipulation

Yao Xuan can wield fused Heavenly Flames in alchemy, cultivation, defense, battlefield suppression, and direct attacks.

• Stabilized Little Fairy Doctor’s erupting Calamity Poison Body with his fused flame 35.
• Used his flames to suppress and absorb hostile Heavenly Flames, including Green Lotus Core Flame and Falling Heart Flame 42 112.
• Formed a six-flame fire domain capable of suppressing an Eight-Star Battle Venerable 171.
• Can split off a child flame to improve another alchemist’s fire source, as he did for Xiao Yan 89 179.
• Used the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method, Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm, and six fused Heavenly Flames to suppress Yao Li despite the latter’s higher cultivation 171.
• Created a Fire Lotus strong enough to injure the Four-Star Dou Saint Yao Wangu while enhanced by the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame 192.
• Manifested a giant flame dragon and a Nine-Colored Dragon Breath capable of seriously injuring a Half-Saint when Yao Feng attacked him in the Medicine Realm 212.
• Used a Six-Colored Fire Lotus to defeat Ice Venerable and recover his corpse while rescuing Little Fairy Doctor 138.
• Used eight Heavenly Flames to weaken Yao Wangu’s surviving soul, then added Falling Heart Flame to the Human Emperor Banner’s refinement arrays 196.
• Collected the nascent Falling Heart Flame and used it to restart Jia Nan Academy’s Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower 119.

Soul Cultivation

Yao Xuan’s soul cultivation is fundamental to both his alchemy and combat potential.

• Possesses a stronger-than-normal soul from his transmigration and reaches the Mortal Realm at a young age 1.
• Inherited Dan Yuanzi’s Divine Soul Canon, a soul cultivation method intended to surpass the Emperor Realm and reach the Divine Soul Realm 122 123.
• Uses the Golden Firmament Soul-Suppressing Seal, a soul-targeting technique with power comparable to an Advanced Earth-Rank combat skill even before its full potential can be drawn out 123.
• Absorbed Soul Origin through the Divine Soul Canon to reach Spirit Realm Grand Perfection 166.
• Purified his soul with the Myriad Souls Banner, renamed the Human Emperor Banner, before entering the Heavenly Soul Realm 178.
• Received Flame Ancestor’s Fire Dao inheritance, but subsequent Pill Assembly and Dragon Clan pill-refinement accounts still explicitly identify his soul cultivation as Initial Heavenly Realm 186 202 204 239.
• Reached Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm by refining purified dragon soul origins and using Black Demon Lightning to temper his soul. His actual soul strength rivaled a top Late Heavenly Realm soul, and dark-purple traces of lightning power remained fused with it 245.
• Must attain Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection to fulfill the Yao Clan’s stated condition for marrying Yao Ling; his Dou Sheng breakthrough fulfills the separate cultivation requirement, but the available account does not establish that he has met the soul requirement 224 245 273.

Formations and Combat Arts

• Six-Unity Separation Flame Heaven-Locking Formation — An improved flame formation used to block eight bolts of Nine-Colored Pill Lightning 169.
• Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame — Flame Valley’s secret art, requested by Yao Xuan as payment for refining the Fire Bodhi Pill; it can temporarily elevate his battle strength to the peak Eight-Turn Battle Venerable level 180 192.
  • On first mastering it, his seven-flame foundation allowed him to reach Three-Turn Peak Battle Venerable without backlash 183.
  • After reaching Six-Turn Peak Battle Venerable, he estimated that the art could temporarily raise his combat strength to Half-Saint 208.
• Golden Firmament Soul-Suppressing Seal — A soul attack manifested as a suppressing formation and golden dragon-phoenix projections 123.
• Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method — A fire-control and combat method granted by Heavenly Flame Venerable in exchange for his restoration; Yao Xuan uses it to strengthen his multi-flame attacks 118 171.
• Ghost Possession — Dan Yuanzi’s Heaven-Rank possession art, through which the ancient grandmaster temporarily raised Yao Xuan’s battle power to Five-Star Dou Saint 193.
• Spatial Control — Developed the spatial manipulation characteristic of Battle Venerables after refining Zhu Kun’s blood. He later detected Soul Hall’s concealed Star-Picking Old Ghost and dragged the Five-Star Battle Venerable out of the void with one hand 117 226.

Physique and Bloodlines

• Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor Reverse-Scale Essence Blood reforged his flesh, sinews, and bones, making his body comparable to a top-tier magical beast 117.
• Used Black Demon Lightning from the Pill Assembly tribulation to scour his meridians, bones, and bloodline. His puppet intercepted most of the lightning’s destructive force, leaving a controlled portion for body tempering 205.
• By Six-Turn Peak Battle Venerable, his bodily strength rivaled that of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan 208.
• Possesses a divine-grade Yao Clan bloodline, concealed by an inherited seal until Xiao Xuan removed it 273.
• Zi Yan’s dragon-phoenix essence blood awakened within him and initially violently rejected the newly unsealed Yao Clan bloodline 273.
• Xiao Xuan supplied a wisp of Xiao Clan Dou Emperor Bloodline to balance the opposing powers. The three bloodline powers stabilized and merged, allowing Yao Xuan to awaken a unique clan pattern and become a Dou Sheng 273.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron — Dan Yuanzi’s natal supreme treasure and an imperial medicinal cauldron; significantly improves Yao Xuan’s high-rank pill refinement 124 141.
  • Its origin formation combines fire gathering, spirit locking, purification, pill solidification, and soul nourishment. It recognized Yao Xuan as its master upon being gifted to him 124.
• Dan Yuanzi’s Storage Ring — Contains an ancient medicinal field of top-grade and extinct herbs, Golden Core pill formulas, and Dan Yuanzi’s inheritance 121 124.
• Human Emperor Banner — Formerly the Myriad Souls Banner; used to purify his soul 178.
  • Refines captured souls while allowing their consciousness and obsessions to be erased. Yao Xuan used it to preserve Yao Wangu’s combat experience and Battle Saint Origin, and later drew purified soul origins from it for cultivation in the Void Thunder Pool 196 245.
• Fire Spirit Origin Pearl — Purifies and assists the conversion of vast fire essence during cultivation 113.
• Dragon Emperor Soul Contract Mark — Zhu Kun’s binding mark, requiring Yao Xuan to escort Zi Yan safely to Dragon Island within three years 117.
• Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler — Technique purchased for and given to Xiao Yan ahead of his Three-Year Pact 128 130.
• Four-Star Dou Saint Puppet — A puppet formerly associated with Yao Wangu and retained by Yao Xuan as a major defensive trump card before returning to the Medicine Realm 209.
  • Used to intercept most of the Black Demon Lightning during the Pill Assembly 205.
  • After further Black Demon Lightning tempering during the Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill tribulation, the Yao Wangu puppet stabilized at Peak Four-Star Dou Saint and acquired the foundation to contend directly with an Early Five-Star Dou Saint 239.
• Thunder Talisman — A personal talisman given by Lei Dong, representing the Thunder Clan prodigy’s promise to aid Yao Xuan if needed 223.
• Myriad Beasts Cauldron — Obtained from Han Feng and used before Dan Yuanzi gifted him the superior Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron 124.
• Dragon Emperor Seal — Given by Zi Yan before he left Dragon Island, together with her promise to help him when needed 255.
• Great Heaven Creation Palm Inscribed Bones — Given to Xiao Yan after Yao Xuan returned from Dragon Island 255.

Relationships

• Yao Ling — Childhood companion, romantic partner, and direct-line Yao Clan disciple. She supplied pills, the Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill formula, and later her essence blood to support his cultivation; Yao Xuan seeks to protect her from consequences. They affirm their intention to marry, though Yao Dan requires Yao Xuan to reach Battle Saint cultivation and Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection first 1 3 9 60 215 224.
  • Reunites with him while traveling into the Ancient Realm; Xiao Yan addresses her as his sister-in-law, and she embraces Yao Xuan 261.
  • After his Dou Sheng breakthrough, he promises to visit the Yao Clan soon and ask for her hand 275.
• Old Man Shennong — Mentor and master. He rescued Yao Xuan after his expulsion, taught him for a year, and supplied cultivation arts, pills, formulas, and the Yellow Mysterious Flame’s map. He later formally recognizes Yao Xuan as his sole personal disciple and openly protects him from the Yao Clan and Soul Hall 11 13 211 224.
  • Defends Starfall Pavilion from an attack by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall while Yao Xuan is away, then enters seclusion 255.
• Yao Lao / Yao Chen — Senior clansman addressed as “Uncle Chen,” trusted mentor, and ally. Yao Xuan sought him out in Wu Tan City, planned and completed his revival, and supports his revenge against Han Feng. Yao Chen is restored as a One-Star Dou Saint 20 34 61 174.
  • Jointly develops the Purple Thunder Origin-Consolidating Pill with Yao Xuan and later entrusts him with accompanying Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan ceremony 202 255.
• Xiao Yan — Adoptive martial brother through Yao Lao. Yao Xuan supplies him with cultivation resources, a child flame, and the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler 24 89 130.
  • Takes him to the Battle Saint Ruins to seek suitable combat skills, later gives him the Great Heaven Creation Palm inscribed bones, and shields him from Lin Xiu’s challenge to avoid exposing his trump cards prematurely 226 255 261.
  • Both receive bloodline assistance from Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb 273.
• Little Fairy Doctor / Xiao Yi Xian — Close companion whose Calamity Poison Body Yao Xuan stabilizes. Their relationship develops mutual affection and trust 35 75 78.
  • Chooses to reserve the Netherworld Poison Flame for her rather than himself, intending to delay her poison-body eruption and give her time to form a Poison Core 67.
  • Rescues her from Ice River Valley and sends her to recover at Starfall Pavilion with Venerable Feng 138.
  • Immediately demands an explanation when Yao Lao raises news concerning her after his Dragon Island return 255.
• Qing Lin — Rescued from traffickers and later from the Mo Clan. She becomes loyal to Yao Xuan, who respects her freedom even when the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture seeks to take her away 51 63 65.
  • Allows her to join the prefecture by her own choice, warning that he will hold it accountable for mistreatment or coercion. He later shelters her at Starfall Pavilion and confronts its master, Qing Xuan, when the latter tries to force her into an arranged marriage 67 166.
• Zi Yan — Friend and pill-loving companion. Zhu Kun entrusts Yao Xuan with escorting her to Dragon Island, binding the task through a soul contract. She later returns to Dragon Island with Zhu Li 111 117 174.
  • Gives him a Dragon Emperor Seal and promises assistance before his departure from Dragon Island. Her dragon-phoenix essence blood later becomes one of the three powers merged during his Dou Sheng breakthrough 255 273.
• Dan Yuanzi / Dan Chen — Ancient Nine-Rank Golden Core Grandmaster who accepts Yao Xuan as his successor and grants him the Divine Soul Canon, alchemical inheritance, and Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron. Dan Yuanzi later expends his remnant soul power to possess Yao Xuan and help him defeat Yao Wangu 121 124 193.
  • Yao Xuan previously offered to take his fading remnant soul to the Heavenly Tomb, leading Dan Yuanzi to seal himself within the Storage Ring to preserve his remaining existence 125.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable — Remnant soul whom Yao Xuan agrees to restore in exchange for the nascent Falling Heart Flame and the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method 118 141.
• Venerable Feng / Feng Xian — Starfall Pavilion leader and ally who repeatedly supports Yao Xuan against the Yao Clan 101 130.
• Cao Ying — Pill Tower prodigy who defends Yao Xuan against Yao Clan pressure and later recruits him as a Pill Tower guest elder 101 150.
• Yao Wangu — Former Punishment Hall elder responsible for framing and expelling Yao Xuan. He later attempted to seize Yao Xuan’s Heavenly Flames and was killed after Dan Yuanzi possessed Yao Xuan 8 20 190 193 198.
  • Yao Xuan captured and refined his surviving soul in the Human Emperor Banner, rejecting his pleas for mercy while preserving his Battle Saint Origin and combat experience 196.
• Yao Xingtong — Direct-line Yao Clan enemy who calls Yao Xuan a sinner, attempts to seize him, and seeks to marry Yao Ling. Yao Xuan destroys his dantian and meridians, permanently crippling his cultivation 101 104 105.
• Yao Tian — Yao Ling’s elder brother and former direct-line antagonist. He later sincerely apologizes for his prejudice and warns Yao Xuan about the cross-clan marriage alliance surrounding Yao Ling 2 215.
  • Again asks Yao Xuan to accept the young clan chief position during the Ancient Clan visit, believing his return is the Yao Clan’s best hope of revival; Yao Xuan refuses 262.
• Yao Dan — Yao Clan chief who reveals Yao Xuan’s true direct bloodline and offers him restoration, ancestral resources, and the young clan chief position. Though Yao Xuan refuses, Yao Dan respects his choice and leaves Yao Ling as the clan’s remaining bond with him 215 224.
  • Learns of Yao Xuan’s Dou Sheng breakthrough and correctly attributes the unsealing of his bloodline to Xiao Xuan 275.
• Yao Wanhuo — Yao Clan grand elder who initially failed to prevent Yao Xuan’s expulsion. He later protects Yao Xuan from Yao Feng, attempts to reclaim him for the clan, and regrets the clan’s loss after Yao Xuan refuses the young clan chief position 7 212 222 224.
  • Recognizes Yao Xuan’s awakened bloodline and Dou Sheng cultivation when he exits the Heavenly Tomb, refrains from announcing them publicly, and reports the developments to Yao Dan 275.
• Lei Dong — Thunder Clan’s strongest young prodigy. After losing to Yao Xuan, he recognizes his potential, offers friendship, and gives him a Thunder Talisman promising Thunder Clan assistance 222 223.
  • Estimates that Yao Xuan’s hidden strength could defeat even a One-Star Dou Saint if fully unleashed 223.
• Yao Fang — Ancestor whose support for Xiao Xuan led to the sealing and decline of Yao Xuan’s lineage. His history explains Yao Xuan’s concealed direct bloodline 214 272.
• Xiao Xuan — Yao Fang’s old friend and the Xiao Clan’s former leader. Confirms Yao Xuan’s ancestral history, removes his inherited bloodline seal, and supplies Xiao Clan bloodline power to stabilize his awakening and enable his Dou Sheng breakthrough 271 272 273.
• Gu Xun’er — Xiao Yan’s romantic partner and an Ancient Clan ally. Intervenes to prevent Yao Clan elders from forcibly taking Yao Xuan away, arguing that his expulsion leaves them without authority over him 106 107.
• Gu Qingyang — Ancient Clan prodigy whose interest in challenging Yao Xuan grows after witnessing his victory over Lei Dong. Assigns Gu Zhen to ensure Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan reach the Ancient Realm without obstruction 261.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Yao Clan and Medicine Assembly

• Refines pills in the Medicine Realm while enduring the resource disparity between the Yao Clan’s direct and collateral branches 1 3.
• Enters the Medicine Assembly with Yao Ling’s support and wins by refining the Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill 3 7.
• Is framed by Yao Wangu for theft and expelled despite becoming the first collateral champion 8 9.
• Receives survival supplies and soul-nourishing essence blood from Yao Ling at the Medicine Realm’s exit 9.

Shennong Mountain Range and the Northwest Continent

• Meets Old Man Shennong, passes his alchemy test, and becomes his one-year disciple 11 13.
• Gains the Yellow Mysterious Flame and later seeks out Yao Lao in Wu Tan City 14 20.
• Absorbs the flame at Yellow Abyss Grotto in the Falling Wild Goose Empire and advances to Four-Star Dou Wang 14.
• Refuses Xiao Zhan’s offer of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, avoiding the dangers associated with possessing it 26.
• Chooses the Flame Mantra as his route to power and begins gathering and fusing flames 27 28.

Companions and Jia Nan Academy

• Saves Little Fairy Doctor from her Calamity Poison Body’s eruption and supports her future cultivation 35 37.
• Rescues Qing Lin from trafficking and the Mo Clan, then accepts her into his group 51 63.
• Allows Qing Lin to leave for the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture by choice and obtains a map to the Netherworld Poison Flame, which he intends for Little Fairy Doctor 67.
• Becomes a guest elder of Jia Nan Academy alongside Little Fairy Doctor and reunites with Xiao Yan 77 78.

Heavenly Flame Hunts and Central Plains Conflict

• Acquires the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, competes over the Turtle Spirit Earthfire, and clashes with Han Feng and the Yao Clan 60 80 101.
• Absorbs Sea Heart Flame, forms the Dragon Lotus Profound Sea Flame, and gives Xiao Yan a child flame 89.
• Absorbs Turtle Spirit Earthfire to reach Dou Zong and later subdues Falling Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy 107 112 119.
• Accepts Zhu Kun’s contract to escort Zi Yan and receives an ancient Nine-Rank Golden Core alchemical inheritance 117.
• Restores the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower with the Falling Heart Flame seedling before investigating the inherited Storage Ring 119.

Starfall Pavilion and Ancient Inheritances

• Inherits Dan Yuanzi’s Divine Soul Canon, Golden Firmament Soul-Suppressing Seal, medicinal field, formulas, and Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron 121 124.
• Promises to take Dan Yuanzi’s fading remnant soul to the Heavenly Tomb 125.
• Travels to Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan and is entrusted to represent the pavilion in Venerable-level conflicts 130 144.
• Defeats Ice Venerable, rescues Little Fairy Doctor, and discovers a concealed ancient ice barrier in Ice River Valley 138.
• Creates the Dragon-Blood Tempering Spirit Pill, advancing to Six-Star Battle Venerable 148.
• Accepts Pill Tower’s guest-elder position in exchange for aid gathering ingredients for Yao Lao’s revival 150.
• Reaches Spirit Realm Grand Perfection and intervenes when the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture’s master attempts to force Qing Lin into marriage 166.

Revival Plans and Flame Valley

• Refines the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill under Nine-Colored Pill Lightning as part of Yao Lao’s revival preparations 168 169.
• Reaches the Heavenly Soul Realm and subsequently fuses the Yin-Yang Twin Flame into his seven-flame Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame 178 179.
• Travels to Flame Valley, cures Tang Hu’er with a Fire Bodhi Pill, and secures access to the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame 180.
• Completes the secret art’s inheritance and tests its three transformations without backlash 183.
• Inherits Flame Ancestor’s Fire Dao teachings, including further flame-related techniques and the foundation for his later Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame 186.

Yao Wangu’s Final Conflict

• Defends Yao Chen’s resurrection from Yao Ye and Yao Li, using six Heavenly Flames to repel the Eight-Star Battle Venerable Yao Li before the latter activates the Yao Clan Clan Pattern 171.
• Completes Yao Chen’s resurrection as a One-Star Dou Saint after Zhu Li forces Yao Ye to retreat and takes Zi Yan back to Dragon Island 174.
• Faces Yao Wangu when the elder attempts to seize his eight Heavenly Flames; Yao Xuan injures the Four-Star Dou Saint with an enhanced Fire Lotus 190 192.
• Is saved when Dan Yuanzi possesses him at Five-Star Dou Saint strength, allowing Yao Xuan to kill Yao Wangu and end the elder’s long persecution of both him and Yao Chen 193 198.
• Captures Yao Wangu’s surviving soul and begins erasing its consciousness in the Human Emperor Banner while preserving useful battle knowledge and Battle Saint Origin 196.

Pill Assembly and Return to the Medicine Realm

• Attempts the jointly developed Purple Thunder Origin-Consolidating Pill rather than settling for a safer eighth-rank championship entry 202 204.
• Wins the Pill Assembly with the Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill and uses the Black Demon Lightning tribulation to temper his body with assistance from his puppet 205.
• Subdues the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Pill Tower’s Star Domain, reaches Six-Turn Peak Battle Venerable, and becomes the youngest known Ninth-Rank Alchemist after refining a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill 208 209.
• Reunites with Old Man Shennong, who publicly recognizes him as his sole personal disciple and accompanies him toward the Yao Clan as protection 211.
• Returns to the Medicine Realm for the coming-of-age ceremony, overwhelms Yao Feng’s attack with Nine-Colored Dragon Breath, and is formally received by Yao Wanhuo 212.
• Learns from Yao Dan that he possesses the Yao Clan’s purest direct bloodline, but retains the right to decide whether to unseal it or return to the clan 215.

Yao Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony

• Enters the cross-clan alliance contests to restore the Yao Clan’s honor after its younger generation suffers repeated defeats 220.
• Defeats Lei Dong, the Thunder Clan’s strongest young prodigy, without revealing all of his abilities 222.
• Publicly rejects Yao Wanhuo’s declaration that he is the Yao Clan’s young clan chief, affirming that he is only an independent cultivator 222.
• Gains Lei Dong’s friendship and Thunder Talisman while reaffirming that the Yao Clan cannot erase its past treatment of him through belated honors 223.
• Refuses Yao Dan’s offer to restore his bloodline, but promises Yao Ling that he will return as a Battle Saint and marry her after meeting the clan’s conditions 224.

Battle Saint Ruins, Dragon Island, and Void Thunder Pool

• Takes Xiao Yan to the Battle Saint Ruins to seek appropriate combat skills and humiliates Soul Hall’s Star-Picking Old Ghost by pulling him out of concealment before the ruins open 226.
• Refines the Ninth-Rank Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill; its Black Demon Lightning tribulation further tempers the Yao Wangu puppet to Peak Four-Star Dou Saint 239.
• Uses purified dragon soul origins and Black Demon Lightning in the Void Thunder Pool to reach Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm soul cultivation with strength comparable to a top Late Heavenly Realm soul 245.
• Continues cultivating amid the lightning, with his Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame undergoing mutation and his battle qi reaching Nine-Revolution Battle Venerable Peak 246 255.
• Leaves Dragon Island with Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Seal, returns to Starfall Pavilion, and learns that Shennong repelled an attack by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall 255.
• Gives Xiao Yan the Great Heaven Creation Palm inscribed bones and agrees to accompany him to the Ancient Clan ceremony 255.

Ancient Clan Ceremony and Heavenly Tomb

• Plans to enter the Heavenly Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan and verify Yao Dan’s account of his lineage 255.
• Offers to fight Lin Xiu in Xiao Yan’s place before Gu Zhen intervenes and escorts them into the Ancient Realm 261.
• Reunites with Yao Ling and Yao Tian during the journey, while continuing to reject requests that he return to the Yao Clan 261 262.
• Meets Xiao Xuan, who recognizes him as Yao Fang’s descendant and confirms the clan’s unjust treatment of his ancestor 271 272.
• Undergoes the unsealing of his divine-grade Yao Clan bloodline. When it clashes with Zi Yan’s dragon-phoenix essence blood, Xiao Xuan introduces Xiao Clan Dou Emperor Bloodline to stabilize and merge the three powers 273.
• Awakens a unique clan pattern and becomes a Dou Sheng 273.
• Exits the Heavenly Tomb, renews his promise to seek Yao Ling’s hand, and departs the Ancient Realm with Xiao Yan for Starfall Pavilion. Yao Wanhuo reports his awakened bloodline and Dou Sheng cultivation to Yao Dan 275.

Notable Quotes

“When cutting grass, you must pull out the roots!” 63

“Anything that can be solved with pills is not a problem...” 167

“You and I are brothers. There is no need to be so polite...” 24

“I, Yao Xuan, am not the Yao Clan’s young clan chief, only an independent cultivator.” 222

“Spilled water cannot be gathered again. Once a bond is gone, it is gone for good!” 224

“Ling’er, don’t worry... Soon, I’ll visit the Yao Clan in person and ask for your hand!” 275

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