Recaps

Yao Xuan saved Qing Lin from being sold in Frostgrit City, killed the Dou Spirit who attacked him, and brought her out of the city. Qing Lin feared he might abandon her, but Yao Xuan reassured her and learned she trusted him because he felt warm to her.

• A burly Dou Spirit man brought Qing Lin to a shop to trade her, but Yao Xuan stepped in and demanded that he release her.
• The man attacked Yao Xuan, who revealed his Dou Wang strength, crushed him, and broke his arm.
• Yao Xuan killed the man and led Qing Lin out of Frostgrit City.
• Qing Lin pleaded with Yao Xuan not to abandon her, and he reassured her that she could stay with him.
• Yao Xuan asked why Qing Lin trusted him, and she said he had given her a warm feeling when they first met.

Yao Xuan took Qing Lin into the desert to find Wind-Pearl Eye Flowers, and her directions led him to a vast storm abyss where he harvested the herbs. As he prepared to leave, Yao Lao sensed a set of ruins hidden underground.

• Yao Xuan gave Qing Lin three Clear-Healing Pills and promised that no one would casually hurt her as long as she followed him.
• Yao Xuan explained that he was seeking Wind-Pearl Eye Flowers, and Qing Lin remembered a huge, permanent wind pit in the desert and pointed out its direction.
• Yao Xuan carried Qing Lin toward the storm, then told her to wait behind a sand dune while he entered the dangerous abyss.
• Yao Xuan used Heavenly Flame to shield himself from the storm and harvested the Wind-Pearl Eye Flowers growing in the rock crevices.
• Yao Lao warned Yao Xuan that something underground in the storm abyss appeared to be a set of ruins.

Yao Xuan discovered and broke through an ancient seal beneath a desert Wind Eye, revealing ruins that Yao Lao identified as the burial ground of an Intermediate Half-Saint. Yao Xuan entered the ruins despite the danger, determined to seize the opportunity.

• Yao Xuan sensed a vast azure-glass Wind Eye and a sealed barrier beneath the ten-thousand-meter-deep pit.
• Yao Lao urged Yao Xuan to test the barrier with his fused Heavenly Flames, and Yao Xuan shattered it with a Fire Lotus.
• The seal's destruction caused the desert pit to collapse into a bottomless abyss, and Yao Xuan plunged inside protected by Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Xuan landed in a vast underground ruin and found a massive stone gate carved with Wind Dao totems.
• Yao Lao identified the ruins as the burial ground of an Intermediate Half-Saint, and Yao Xuan declared that he would venture inside.

Yao Xuan entered the Wind Saint Ruins and discovered that its preserved Wind Dao Origin could help him subdue the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. Ten One-Star Battle Venerable puppets awakened, trapping him in the passage, so Yao Lao possessed him and raised his strength to a true One-Star Battle Venerable.

• Yao Xuan opened the stone door and sensed the ruins' dense, pure wind energy.
• Yao Lao identified the ruins' owner as a peak Half-Saint Realm expert who specialized in the Wind Dao and explained that the Wind Dao Origin could aid Yao Xuan through the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Yao Xuan entered the passage, triggering ten stone coffins to crack open and release One-Star Battle Venerable puppets.
• The puppets sealed the space and surrounded Yao Xuan, and Yao Lao warned that they had to destroy them all or die.
• Yao Lao poured his soul power into Yao Xuan, empowering him to the level of a One-Star Battle Venerable.

Yao Xuan and Yao Lao fought ten Battle Venerable puppets sustained by the Wind Domain, then destroyed them with a Fire Lotus fused from three Heavenly Flames. They continued toward the deepest part of the passage, where Yao Lao believed the true ruins lay.

• Yao Lao possessed Yao Xuan and used Bone Chilling Flame to attack the ten puppets, but the Wind Domain rapidly restored their damage.
• Yao Lao left Yao Xuan's body and explained that the puppets could draw endless energy from the Wind Domain, so they needed to destroy their soul imprints in one strike.
• Yao Lao held off the puppets while Yao Xuan fused Green Lotus Core Flame, Yellow Mysterious Flame, and Bone Chilling Flame into a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Yao Lao drew all ten puppets together, and Yao Xuan hurled the Fire Lotus at them, shattering their origin cores and reducing them to ash.
• Yao Lao rejoined Yao Xuan after the explosion and said the passage led to the true ruins, so Yao Xuan headed deeper inside.

Yao Xuan reached the heart of the ruins and discovered a wind-attributed supreme treasure guarded by the remains of a Half-Saint. When he took the pearl, his soul entered a separate space and met the ruins’ master, who introduced himself as the Azure Wind Sage.

• Yao Xuan and Yao Lao entered a vast chamber filled with refined wind energy and found the skeleton of the ruins’ master seated on a jade throne.
• Yao Xuan spotted a blue pearl gathering the chamber’s wind energy, and Yao Lao identified it as the source of the Wind Eye and the master’s life-bound treasure.
• As Yao Xuan reached for the pearl, the skeleton’s lingering Half-Saint pressure overwhelmed him and Yao Lao, then quickly subsided.
• Yao Xuan took the pearl and was drawn into a separate void, where he met the ruins’ master’s remnant soul.
• The blue-robed elder welcomed Yao Xuan and revealed that he was known as the Azure Wind Sage.

Yao Xuan met Clearwind Saint, who explained the Wind Spirit Origin Pearl’s power and offered it to him. The chapter ended with Yao Xuan holding the pearl and preparing to test whether he could convert it to fire attribute.

• Yao Xuan greeted Clearwind Saint, who praised his arrival and noted that he had passed the ten Battle Venerable puppets despite being only a Dou Wang.
• Clearwind Saint offered to pass on his cultivation, but Yao Xuan recognized the proposal as possession and declined; Clearwind Saint clarified that his remnant consciousness could not possess him.
• Clearwind Saint revealed the Wind Spirit Origin Pearl and explained how it refined surrounding spiritual energy into pure wind-attributed battle qi, helping him rise from Dou Zong to Half-Saint.
• Clearwind Saint gave the pearl to Yao Xuan and told him he would need to gain its recognition and clear away its wind source to turn it into a Fire Spirit Origin Pearl.

Yao Xuan cleansed the Wind Spirit Treasure Pearl of its ancient wind essence, restoring it to an attribute-less state, and received Clearwind Saint’s incomplete Heaven Rank Dou Technique, the Flowing Cloud Thousand Winds Palm. Clearwind Saint’s remnant thought vanished after urging Yao Xuan to leave the ruin before it sealed itself.

• Yao Xuan used his fused Heavenly Flame to gradually refine the wind essence from the Wind Spirit Treasure Pearl without damaging its foundation.
• Clearwind Saint praised Yao Xuan’s skill and explained that nurturing the restored Spirit Pearl with fire Dou Qi could turn it into a Fire Spirit Treasure Pearl.
• Clearwind Saint passed Yao Xuan the Flowing Cloud Thousand Winds Palm, an incomplete low Heaven Rank technique with six perfected palms and three unfinished killing forms.
• Yao Xuan received the technique’s inheritance and promised to honor Clearwind Saint’s kindness.
• Clearwind Saint warned Yao Xuan that the ruin would seal itself, then vanished as his remnant thought dissipated.

After the Origin Pearl transformed the relic’s wind energy into fire energy, Yao Xuan absorbed it and advanced from Three-Star Dou Wang to Peak Dou King. Yao Lao warned that the relic was close to collapsing and suggested using the Wind Fury Dragon Flame to break through to Battle Emperor.

• Yao Xuan told Yao Lao that Clearwind Saint’s Origin Pearl could convert surrounding energy into energy suited to its holder.
• Yao Xuan’s Heavenly Flame origin transformed the pearl, which began converting the relic’s wind energy into pure fire energy.
• Yao Lao urged Yao Xuan to absorb the converted energy, and Yao Xuan cultivated through successive breakthroughs to Peak Dou King.
• Yao Xuan proposed absorbing the remaining relic energy to reach Battle Emperor, but Yao Lao said the relic would soon collapse and its energy would not suffice.
• Yao Lao revealed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s origin flame as the means for Yao Xuan to pursue the Battle Emperor breakthrough.

Yao Xuan refined the Wind-Concentrating Speed Qi Pill and absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, breaking through to Three-Star Battle Emperor Realm and Spirit Realm soul power. He discovered that his Flame Mantra had advanced to Intermediate Earth Rank, while Yao Lao remarked on Yao Xuan's unusual fortune in finding Heavenly Flames.

• Yao Xuan used Yao Lao's formula and Yao Ling's essence blood to refine a Wind-Concentrating Speed Qi Pill intended to aid his cultivation and soul breakthrough.
• Yao Xuan swallowed the pill and began absorbing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame with the aid of the Green Lotus Core Flame and Yellow Mysterious Flame.
• The three Heavenly Flames fused inside Yao Xuan, shattering his cultivation barrier and raising him from Peak Dou King to Three-Star Battle Emperor Realm.
• The pill's medicinal power helped Yao Xuan's soul power break through from Mortal Realm Grand Perfection to the Spirit Realm.
• Yao Xuan realized his Flame Mantra had reached Intermediate Earth Rank, and Yao Lao commented that Yao Xuan seemed unusually fortunate in finding Heavenly Flames.

Yao Xuan and Yao Lao discussed what was needed to revive Yao Lao, and Yao Xuan proposed refining a superior pill with the help of a trace of the Life Spirit Flame. They left with a plan to gather the rare ingredients required for the pill.

• Yao Xuan suggested pursuing Jia Nan Academy's Falling Heart Flame and decided to leave the ruins with Yao Lao, taking Clearwind Saint's remains for Yao Lao's future body.
• Yao Xuan told Yao Lao that he had gathered three Heavenly Flames, and Yao Lao confirmed that they met one requirement for his revival.
• Yao Lao presented a peak seventh-tier Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill formula, but Yao Xuan offered the peak eighth-tier Nine-Turn Life-Spirit Soul-Molding Pill formula instead.
• Yao Xuan explained that the pill could rebuild Yao Lao's body and soul and might help him break through to the Half-Saint Realm, but it required several rare ingredients and the Life Spirit Flame.
• Yao Xuan revealed that his teacher, Shennong, had left a trace of the Life Spirit Flame within his soul, and Yao Lao was astonished.
• Yao Xuan said they only needed to gather the pill's ingredients before he could refine it and revive Yao Lao.

After discovering that Mo Cheng had abducted Qing Lin, Yao Xuan tracked her to the Mo Clan Manor in Salt City. He rescued her by killing Mo Cheng and destroying the entire Mo Clan.

• Yao Xuan returned to the Tagor Desert and found Qing Lin missing, then used his Spirit Realm soul power to track the Dou Spirit aura that had taken her.
• Yao Xuan identified Mo Cheng of the Mo Clan as Qing Lin's abductor and followed the trail to Salt City.
• Yao Xuan located Qing Lin inside Mo Clan Manor and descended over the compound, suppressing its members with his Battle Emperor Realm pressure.
• Mo Cheng left the secret chamber, recognized Yao Xuan's strength, and pleaded for his life while Qing Lin remained chained inside.
• Yao Xuan rejected Mo Cheng's appeal to the Misty Cloud Sect, snapped his neck, burned away his body, and wiped out the Mo Clan.

Yao Xuan rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Clan and invited her to travel with him, then reunited with Little Fairy Doctor in Desert City. He left the two women at the inn and returned to Hai Bodong’s map shop, where Hai Bodong marveled at his rise to the Battle Emperor Realm.

• Yao Xuan killed every member of the Mo Clan and found Qing Lin wounded in its underground chamber.
• Yao Xuan freed Qing Lin, gave her healing pills, and agreed to take her to Stone Desert City so she could thank the people who had once saved her.
• Yao Xuan brought Qing Lin to Desert City and reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, who hugged him and questioned Qing Lin’s claim that she was his maid.
• Yao Xuan left Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor at the inn and went to Hai Bodong’s map shop.
• Hai Bodong sensed Yao Xuan’s Battle Emperor cultivation and greeted him with renewed respect.

Yao Xuan gave Hai Bodong the Pō'è Pill, then accompanied Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where he reunited Qing Lin with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. After learning Xiao Yan had entered Jia Nan Academy, Yao Xuan offered to help when rival mercenary groups arrived and knocked them unconscious with his Battle Emperor Realm aura.

• Yao Xuan gave Hai Bodong the Pō'è Pill and left Desert City with Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor.
• Qing Lin reunited with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's members, who welcomed her back and thanked Yao Xuan for rescuing her.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li recognized Yao Xuan from Xiao Yan's letter and thanked him for helping the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Ding told Yao Xuan that Xiao Yan had recovered his cultivation talent and entered Jia Nan Academy.
• When the Sand Mercenary Group and the Storm Mercenary Group arrived, Yao Xuan released his aura and knocked their members unconscious.

Yao Xuan left Stone Desert City with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, heading toward Jia Nan Academy in hopes of helping Xiao Yi Xian manage her Calamity Poison Body. Near the edge of the Tagor Desert, Green Man of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture confronted them and demanded Qing Lin, whose rare eyes she had confirmed; Yao Xuan refused to decide for Qing Lin and challenged Green Man after she threatened him.

• Yao Xuan told Xiao Ding that Qing Lin would leave with him, and Qing Lin bid farewell to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li before departing Stone Desert City.
• On the road, Yao Xuan said they were bound for Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yi Xian might find a way to cultivate safely and Qing Lin could also train.
• As the group neared the Gobi plains, Yao Xuan sensed a hidden Dou Emperor and called her out.
• Green Man revealed herself, identified Qing Lin as the possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and asked to take her to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture.
• Yao Xuan said Qing Lin must choose for herself, but Green Man threatened him with her Seven-Star Dou Emperor strength.
• Yao Xuan rose to meet Green Man in the air, displaying his Three-Star Battle Emperor aura and golden-red Dou Qi wings.

Yao Xuan defeated Green Man with his Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm after she tried to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture. Green Man offered information about a hidden Heavenly Flame in exchange for Qing Lin, and Yao Xuan recognized it as the Netherworld Poison Flame, ranked twentieth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

• Yao Xuan used his modified Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm to shatter Green Man's Heavenly Serpent Shield and knock her from the sky.
• Green Man admitted that she was no match for Yao Xuan but urged him to consider letting her take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture.
• Yao Xuan said Qing Lin had to decide for herself, while Green Man promised the sect would help her develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yao Xuan challenged Green Man's motives and pointed out that the Ancient Heavenly Serpent inheritance was not exclusive to her sect.
• Green Man offered to reveal the location of a Heavenly Flame if Yao Xuan handed Qing Lin over, then described a flame formed from deadly poisons in a poisonous marsh.
• Yao Xuan recognized Green Man's description as the Netherworld Poison Flame, ranked twentieth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Yao Xuan let Qing Lin leave with Green Man after Qing Lin chose to go to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, and received a map to the Netherworld Poison Flame in the Cloud Empire. He decided Xiao Yi Xian should absorb the flame to suppress her Calamity Poison Body, but she worried that the Heavenly Flame mattered more to him.

• Green Man offered to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture in exchange for revealing the location of a Heavenly Flame, and Qing Lin chose to go so she could grow stronger and help Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan agreed to let Qing Lin leave but warned Green Man that he would hold the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture accountable if it mistreated or coerced her.
• Green Man gave Yao Xuan a map marking the Netherworld Poison Flame in the Cloud Empire, then departed with Qing Lin.
• Yao Xuan and Yao Lao agreed that Xiao Yi Xian should absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame to delay the eruption of her Calamity Poison Body and give her time to condense a Poison Core.
• Yao Xuan explained the plan to Xiao Yi Xian, who questioned it because she believed the Heavenly Flame was more important to him.

Yao Xuan brought Little Fairy Doctor to the Netherworld Poison Marsh to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame, which could stabilize her Calamity Poison Body. They found Yan Li guarding the flame, and Yao Xuan ordered him to leave or die.

• Yao Xuan explained that the Netherworld Poison Flame could suppress Little Fairy Doctor’s toxins, and she agreed to accompany him to the marsh.
• Yao Xuan and Little Fairy Doctor traveled into the Netherworld Poison Marsh, where Yao Xuan sensed the flame and a hidden Half-Step Dou Wang expert.
• Yao Xuan identified the expert as Yan Li and warned Little Fairy Doctor that he was guarding the flame.
• Yao Xuan shielded Little Fairy Doctor from the poison as they entered the cavern and found Yan Li trying to break through the flame’s barrier.
• Yan Li confronted the intruders, but Yao Xuan revealed his Three-Star Battle Emperor strength and gave Yan Li three breaths to leave.

Yao Xuan killed Yan Li when the alchemist tried to stop him from taking the Netherworld Poison Flame. He judged Xiao Yi Xian too weak to subdue it safely, so he began training her in the marsh and left her cultivating under his protection.

• Yan Li challenged Yao Xuan and threatened to hold him until a Cloud Empire Dou Emperor arrived.
• Yao Xuan revealed his Three-Colored Heavenly Flame and killed Yan Li with a flaming palm.
• Yao Xuan told Xiao Yi Xian that she needed to reach Da Dou Shi before attempting to subdue the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yi Xian Poison-Tempering Pills and instructed her to cultivate by absorbing the marsh’s poison aura.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a pill and began absorbing poison as Yao Xuan protected her with a barrier.
• Yao Lao praised Yao Xuan’s plan, and Yao Xuan explained that Xiao Yi Xian needed a higher cultivation realm to survive refining the flame.

Little Fairy Doctor absorbed the Netherworld Poison Marsh’s toxins and rapidly advanced to Five-Star Great Dou Master, but her Calamity Poison Body began to lose control. Yao Xuan stopped the dangerous absorption, and Little Fairy Doctor prepared to subdue the Netherworld Poison Flame.

• Little Fairy Doctor drew the poisonous miasma into her body and surged from Peak Dou Master to Five-Star Great Dou Master in a matter of breaths.
• Yao Lao marveled at the Calamity Poison Body’s cultivation speed as Yao Xuan agreed it was terrifying.
• Little Fairy Doctor kept absorbing toxins after reaching Five-Star Great Dou Master, causing her poison battle qi to turn chaotic and her Calamity Poison Body to threaten an outbreak.
• Yao Xuan spread his Heavenly Flame across the marsh, stopped the toxins, and calmed Little Fairy Doctor with a wisp of flame origin power.
• Little Fairy Doctor woke delighted at her breakthrough, and Yao Xuan gave her a fourth-tier Fire-Avoiding Pill before she agreed to face the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Little Fairy Doctor began absorbing the Netherworld Poison Flame, but its awakened origin drew the poison of the entire marsh into her and triggered her Calamity Poison Body. Yao Lao said that only Yao Xuan could save her by helping her absorb the flame as quickly as possible.

• Yao Xuan explained how Little Fairy Doctor could use her Calamity Poison Body and the Fire-Avoiding Pill to subdue the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor drew the docile Netherworld Poison Flame from the marsh and guided it into her meridians.
• The flame's origin awakened and began drawing poisons from across the marsh into Little Fairy Doctor, pushing her Calamity Poison Body toward losing control.
• Yao Xuan used his three-colored Heavenly Flames to block further poisonous vapors from reaching Little Fairy Doctor.
• Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that the poison had already fused with Little Fairy Doctor's Dou Qi and that he alone could save her by helping her quickly absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Yao Xuan used his yang fire to stabilize Little Fairy Doctor’s yin poison and help her refine the Netherworld Poison Flame. She absorbed the flame, gained control over her Calamity Poison Body, and emerged able to turn poison into a strength.

• Yao Lao explained that Yao Xuan’s yang flames could balance Little Fairy Doctor’s overwhelming yin poison and help her survive refining the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Yao Xuan entered the Three-Colored Heavenly Flame barrier and gently channeled his yang flame into Little Fairy Doctor, stabilizing her poison and meridians.
• Little Fairy Doctor refined the Netherworld Poison Flame, which absorbed the toxins in her body and changed from dark green to pale violet.
• Little Fairy Doctor regained consciousness and thanked Yao Xuan, realizing she could now control the poison qi in her body.
• Yao Xuan removed the barrier and told Little Fairy Doctor that the poison qi above the marsh could become an opportunity for her.

Little Fairy Doctor refined the Netherworld Poison Flame and gained control over her Innate Calamity Poison Body, allowing her to absorb the Netherworld Poison Marsh’s poison without suffering harm. After refining all the marsh’s poisonous gas, she reached Peak Five-Star Battle Emperor and left the marsh clear of poison.

• Little Fairy Doctor used the Netherworld Poison Flame to contain and refine the poison within her, freeing herself from the Calamity Poison Body’s backlash.
• Yao Xuan encouraged Little Fairy Doctor to absorb the poisonous gas in the Netherworld Poison Marsh, while Yao Lao teased him about becoming a real man.
• Little Fairy Doctor absorbed the marsh’s poison and converted it into pure poison-attributed Dou Qi as the Netherworld Poison Flame grew stronger.
• Little Fairy Doctor’s cultivation surged from Five-Star Great Dou Master through Dou Spirit and Dou King into the Battle Emperor realm.
• Little Fairy Doctor absorbed all the poisonous gas in the marsh and stabilized at Peak Five-Star Battle Emperor.

After Little Fairy Doctor broke through to the Peak Five-Star Battle Emperor, Wu Ya of Centipede Heaven Manor confronted her and Yao Xuan over the drained Netherworld Poison Marsh. Little Fairy Doctor claimed the fight for herself, and the chapter ended as Wu Ya recognized that she had absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame and vowed to kill them both.

• Little Fairy Doctor reached the Peak Five-Star Battle Emperor Realm, embraced Yao Xuan, and said she could now protect him.
• Yao Xuan sensed three powerful figures approaching the Netherworld Poison Marsh, whose poison qi had been completely drained.
• Wu Ya identified himself as the master of Centipede Heaven Manor and demanded an explanation from Yao Xuan and Little Fairy Doctor.
• Little Fairy Doctor stopped Yao Xuan and rose to face Wu Ya, while he ordered two Dou Wang elders to deal with Yao Xuan.
• Little Fairy Doctor surrounded the two elders with purple flames, and Wu Ya recognized the Netherworld Poison Flame before vowing that neither of them would leave alive.

Little Fairy Doctor fought Wu Ya, who initially overwhelmed her with his battle skills, but she turned the fight around by using her Calamity Poison Body and Netherworld Poison Flame to suppress his poison. After she subdued Wu Ya and two elders, Yao Xuan ordered that all three be killed.

• Wu Ya attacked Little Fairy Doctor with his Black Centipede Devouring Heaven Claw, exploiting her lack of battle-skill experience to drive her back.
• Little Fairy Doctor endured Wu Ya’s barrage while Yao Xuan noticed her aura changing and chose not to intervene.
• Little Fairy Doctor unleashed the Netherworld Poison Flame’s source power, froze Wu Ya’s poison, and pierced his chest with a blast of purple flame.
• Two Peak Dou King elders tried to attack Little Fairy Doctor, but she suppressed and immobilized them along with Wu Ya.
• Yao Xuan joined Little Fairy Doctor and told her to kill Wu Ya and the two elders.