Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin visited the Ye Family seeking a way to obtain an opportunity to contact the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Ye Zhong explained that the price involved the Ye Family’s permanent elder seat at Danta, leaving Xiao Lin doubtful that they could help him.

• Ye Yun recognized Xiao Lin as the Lin Xiao who had once saved him, and Ye Zhong welcomed him, hoping to build ties with the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Ye Yun and Ye Zhong insisted that Xiao Lin accept the Ye Family’s gratitude and promised to help with his request.
• Xiao Lin revealed that the Bai, Qiu, Cao, and Dan families had refused him, then asked what the Ye Family would require to secure him an opportunity to contact the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ye Zhong explained that the five great families shared permanent elder seats at Danta, and Xiao Lin realized that sacrificing the Ye Family’s seat might be the price.

Xiao Lin apologized after learning that the Ye Family could not trade away its permanent elder seat in Danta, which it risked losing after another failed Pill Gathering. He proposed that the family join the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace for protection, leaving Ye Zhong and Ye Yun stunned.

• Xiao Lin apologized to Ye Zhong and Ye Yun for making his request without understanding what the Ye Family would have to sacrifice.
• Ye Yun explained that the Ye Family had failed the Pill Gathering assessment twice and could lose its permanent elder seat if it failed again in twenty years.
• Xiao Lin recalled that his grandson Xiao Yan would later compete for the Ye Family and saw the family's uncertain future as a chance to recruit them.
• Ye Zhong admitted that the Ye Family's next generation was weaker at alchemy than those of the other four families and feared losing its place among the great families.
• Xiao Lin proposed that the Ye Family join the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace in exchange for protection and the support of its Formation Masters.
• Ye Zhong and Ye Yun stared in shock because they had never considered changing the Ye Family's allegiance.

Ye Zhong weighed Xiao Lin’s offer to bring the Ye Family into the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, then agreed to inspect the sect before deciding. As they arrived at its mountain gate, a group approached from the sky, and Xiao Lin recognized their leader.

• Ye Zhong considered the risk of losing the Ye Family’s permanent elder seat at Danta and asked Xiao Lin to give him time to decide.
• Xiao Lin revealed that the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had three fighters above Nine-Star Dou Venerable and six other Dou Venerables, with a seventh expected soon.
• Ye Zhong asked to visit the palace, and Xiao Lin agreed.
• The next day, Xiao Lin brought Ye Zhong, Ye Yun, and several Ye Family members to inspect the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• A group flew toward the palace as they reached its mountain gate; Ye Zhong and Ye Yun suspected an attack, but Xiao Lin recognized the leader.

Mang Tianchi arrived at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with four Lei Clan members and reunited with Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin introduced Ye Yun as a fellow Jia Nan Academy alumnus, and Mang Tianchi revealed his Lei Clan identity to the astonished Ye Family.

• Mang Tianchi led Lei Ming, Lei Mang, Lei Guang, and Lei Ya to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where Xiao Lin welcomed them.
• Xiao Lin deliberately let the Ye Family observe his friendly ties with the Lei Clan before turning his attention back to them.
• Xiao Lin introduced Ye Yun to Mang Tianchi as someone connected to them both.
• Mang Tianchi recognized Ye Yun as a former Jia Nan Academy student and revealed that he was both the academy's headmaster and a member of the Lei Clan.
• Ye Yun, Ye Zhong, and the rest of the Ye Family were stunned to learn Mang Tianchi belonged to the Lei Clan.

Mang Tianchi and four Lei Clan members visited the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace while the Ye Family was inspecting it, revealing the Lei Clan’s close ties to Xiao Lin and strengthening the Ye Family’s desire to join. Mang Tianchi gave Xiao Lin a Storage Ring filled with resources, leaving the palace well supported and the Ye Family close to joining.

• Ye Zhong greeted Mang Tianchi and realized that the Lei Clan’s connection to Xiao Lin’s palace could benefit the Ye Family.
• Xiao Lin welcomed the five Lei Clan members and the Ye Family into the palace’s main hall, where Ji Li and the other leaders learned of his ties to the Lei Clan.
• The Ye Family grew more eager to join after seeing Mang Tianchi steer their conversations toward Xiao Lin and the palace.
• Mang Tianchi presented Xiao Lin with a Storage Ring as a gift from the Lei Clan.
• Xiao Lin accepted the ring and found enough resources to sustain the palace for years, even if it expanded to ten thousand people.

The Ye Family decided to join the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after seeing the Lei Clan support it, while Lei Guang and Lei Ya began training there. Ye Zhong promised that the family would return to the Pill Region, trade its Danta seat for a chance to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and then move to the palace.

• The Ye Family concluded that the Lei Clan’s backing made the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace a safe and advantageous home.
• Mang Tianchi asked Xiao Lin to let Lei Clan youths train at the palace, and Xiao Lin agreed after Mang Tianchi promised the clan would not interfere with discipline.
• Mang Tianchi ordered Lei Guang and Lei Ya to remain at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace until they had learned something worthwhile, and the siblings saluted Xiao Lin and the palace’s leaders.
• After witnessing the Lei siblings join the palace, Ye Zhong and the Ye Family agreed to join as well.
• Ye Zhong told Xiao Lin that the Ye Family would trade its permanent elder seat at Danta for a chance to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then move to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

The Ye Family traded its permanent elder seat at Danta for a chance to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame, hoping to escape the threat of losing its position after repeated poor Pill Gathering results. Ye Zhong revealed that the family had transferred the chance to Xiao Lin, whom he introduced to Xuan Kongzi.

• The Ye Family offered its permanent elder seat at Danta in exchange for a chance to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Danta prepared to open the passage to the Starry Sky Path, and Xiao Lin accompanied Ye Zhong to meet Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi urged Ye Zhong to reconsider the irreversible trade, since the Ye Family still had one chance to keep its seat.
• Ye Zhong said the Ye Family had decided carefully and had transferred its chance to Xiao Lin.
• Ye Zhong introduced Xiao Lin, Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, to Xuan Kongzi.

Lin Xiao accepted the Ye Family’s chance to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame and followed Xuan Kongzi through a spatial gate into the starry sky. There, Lin Xiao felt the immense Astral Power and prepared to attempt to subdue the flame.

• Xuan Kongzi and the onlookers were surprised when they learned the Ye Family had given Lin Xiao its chance to enter the starry sky.
• Xuan Kongzi told Lin Xiao that only he could enter, then led him to Danta’s summit and opened a spatial gate.
• Lin Xiao followed Xuan Kongzi through the gate while Ye Zhong silently hoped he would succeed.
• Lin Xiao emerged into the starry sky and felt Astral Power pour into him, briefly stirring his bottleneck at the peak of Five-Turn Dou Venerable.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Danta had sealed the Three Thousand Burning Flame there and told Lin Xiao he had one chance to subdue it.

Xiao Lin sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame and left Xuan Kongzi to travel alone through the Star Domain. He avoided its spatial rifts and reached the dazzling flame, while Xuan Kongzi resolved to investigate him and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin felt the Three Thousand Burning Flame calling to him, and the flame sensed his arrival from afar.
• Xiao Lin declined Xuan Kongzi's offer to guide him, saying he was prepared to subdue the flame and wanted to continue alone.
• Xuan Kongzi let Xiao Lin go, then decided Danta should investigate Xiao Lin and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin used his Astral Dou Qi to detect and avoid spatial rifts as he flew deeper into the Star Domain.
• Xiao Lin reached the Three Thousand Burning Flame, ranked ninth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Xiao Lin reached the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain and discovered that its flames contained Astral Power. After entering the seal, he charged at the dragon-shaped flame, determined to devour it before it could devour him.

• Xiao Lin saw the immense, dragon-shaped Three Thousand Burning Flame and recognized the draconic aura created by the Dragon Seal within it.
• Xiao Lin realized the Three Thousand Burning Flame was intelligent and sensed it regarded him as a chance to transform and escape its seal.
• Xiao Lin entered the seal, prompting the Three Thousand Burning Flame to roar and shake the Star Domain.
• Xiao Lin recognized Astral Power in the flame and charged at the Three Thousand Burning Flame, ready to see which of them would devour the other.

Xiao Lin fought the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain, but its intelligence and ability to reshape itself made it far harder to subdue than he had expected. As the sentient Heavenly Flame unleashed an endless barrage of attacks, Xiao Lin realized that conventional methods of refining and devouring it were unlikely to work.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame used its draconic might to attack Xiao Lin, who cut through its claw and pierced its head with the God-Slaying Finger.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame restored its damaged body, and Xiao Lin realized he would need to wear down its intelligence to refine it.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame spoke and launched a vast wave of purple-black fire, which Xiao Lin blocked with Star-Devouring Jade.
• Xiao Lin struck the Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Starlight Heaven-Suppressing Seal, shattering nearly half its tail.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame summoned countless miniature suns and sent them after Xiao Lin, leaving him to conclude that conventional refinement was practically impossible.

Xiao Lin used spirit arrays to restrain the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but the Heavenly Flame broke free and swallowed him along with the stars and meteorites. Xiao Lin let himself be swallowed so he could attack the dragon from within.

• Xiao Lin used the Void Locking Spirit Formation to freeze the miniature suns created by the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Lin cast the Fire-Sealing Formation, which weakened the Three Thousand Burning Flame but failed to restrain it completely.
• Xiao Lin formed Starfall Pavilion's Starfall Formation as the Three Thousand Burning Flame absorbed Astral Power and prepared to fight back.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame enlarged its body and swallowed the stars, nearby meteorites, and Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin allowed himself to be swallowed so he could attack the Three Thousand Burning Flame from within.

Xiao Lin let the Three Thousand Burning Flame swallow him so he could study its structure from within and trace its Astral Power back to its source. Though his Dou Qi barrier finally broke, the flame discovered that Xiao Lin was devouring its power instead.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame swallowed Xiao Lin and tried to dissolve him inside its body.
• Xiao Lin maintained a Dou Qi barrier and used his Heavenly Realm Soul Power to unravel the flame’s structure.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame sensed danger and intensified its assault until Xiao Lin’s Dou Qi ran out and his barrier shattered.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame engulfed Xiao Lin, but its power began to be devoured in turn.

Xiao Lin deciphered the Three Thousand Burning Flame and became immune to its attacks, turning its own flames into nourishment. He advanced on the panicked Heavenly Flame, intending to absorb its Origin and erase its consciousness.

• Xiao Lin converted his Astral Dou Qi into the Three Thousand Burning Flame and replenished his exhausted Dou Qi from its flames.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame asked how Xiao Lin could control it, and Xiao Lin claimed he was the Three Thousand Burning Flame itself.
• Xiao Lin tried to convince the Three Thousand Burning Flame that it was part of him, but it rejected his words and spat him out.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame attacked Xiao Lin repeatedly, but its flames and physical strikes passed through him and only nourished him.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame retreated as Xiao Lin approached, warning him not to come closer.

Xiao Lin refused to preserve the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s intelligence and used his new Dou Technique, Star River Annihilation, to defeat it. He began replenishing his Dou Qi as the battle ended and he prepared to claim the flame.

• Xiao Lin explained that he would erase the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s intelligence because he feared it might turn against him.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame rejected Xiao Lin’s offer to come with him and insisted he could not erase its mind.
• Xiao Lin revealed that he had developed a new weapon-based Dou Technique and raised the Moon-Chasing Scimitar.
• Xiao Lin unleashed Star River Annihilation, carving a river of stars across the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s dragon form and crushing its body and soul.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame lost its intelligence and its dragon form shattered, while Xiao Lin absorbed Astral Power to replenish his Dou Qi.

Lin Xiao destroyed the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s spiritual consciousness and spent three months refining it in Danta’s Star Domain. He emerged with the Heavenly Flame and advanced to the peak of Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable, just one step from the Saint Realm.

• Lin Xiao used Star River Annihilation to destroy the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s spiritual consciousness and shatter its form.
• Lin Xiao converted his Astral Power and absorbed the flame, gradually refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• After a month without any sign from the depths of the Star Domain, Xuan Kongzi went to investigate and found Lin Xiao refining the flame.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized the Three Thousand Burning Flame around Lin Xiao and stood guard without disturbing him.
• After three months of refining, Lin Xiao opened his eyes with the Three Thousand Burning Flame fully subdued and his cultivation at the peak of Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable.

After refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Lin reached Nine-Transformation Peak Dou Venerable and left Danta with Xuan Kongzi. News that Lin Xiao had subdued the Heavenly Flame spread across the Central Plains, renewing his fame.

• Xiao Lin discovered that refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame had raised his cultivation to Nine-Transformation Peak Dou Venerable and transformed his Dou Qi.
• Xuan Kongzi congratulated Xiao Lin and joked that Danta would need to change the Pill Gathering’s grand prize.
• Xiao Lin and Xuan Kongzi left the Star Domain and returned to Danta after more than three months.
• Xiao Lin thanked Xuan Kongzi, departed from the Pill Region, and left Danta behind.
• News spread across the Central Plains that Lin Xiao, the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace Palace Master, had subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Lin’s success in subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame made him and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace famous across the Central Plains. The Ye Family formally joined the palace, while other factions reconsidered Xiao Lin and discovered the palace’s considerable strength.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame’s subjugation stunned the Pill Region’s factions, delighted Xiao Lin’s allies, and left the Bai, Qiu, Cao, and Dan clans regretting their earlier doubts.
• Xiao Lin’s reputation grew across the Central Plains, and factions investigating him found little beyond what he chose to reveal.
• Factions learned that the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had nearly ten Dou Venerables, establishing it as a formidable power.
• The Ye Family formally announced that it was joining the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after trading its permanent elder seat in Danta for a chance to encounter the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Most people believed the Ye Family had joined because its position in the Pill Region was precarious, but its greater reason was seeing the Lei Clan support the palace.

The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace grew rapidly after the Ye Family joined and Xiao Lin captured the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then slowed its expansion and settled into a period of stable development. After consolidating his strength, Xiao Lin left seclusion and decided to return to the Xiao Household, hoping to gain insight for reaching Dou Sheng and help Yao Lao's Remnant Soul awaken safely.

• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace attracted many new disciples and gained the allegiance of nearby cities, but Xiao Lin and the other senior members limited its expansion to avoid making enemies.
• Xiao Lin focused on preparing to break through to Dou Sheng and left palace affairs to Ji Li, who managed them despite complaining about the burden.
• Half a year later, Ji Li reached Six-Star Dou Venerable, Xi Miaoyun became a One-Star Dou Venerable, and several members of the Ye Family were Dou Zong.
• After another year, Xiao Lin ended his seclusion in the Realm of Formations, having mastered the strength he gained from advancing to Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Lin decided to return to the Xiao Household to seek insight and to help Yao Lao's Remnant Soul recover until it awakened.

After nearly a year of peaceful retirement, Xiao Lin’s daily care awakened Yao Chen’s Remnant Soul. Yao Chen cautiously sensed his surroundings, and Xiao Lin coaxed him to respond, leaving their first meeting poised to begin.

• Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household Ancestral Residence and settled into a leisurely life, visiting friends and relatives around the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• Yun Shan passed the Misty Cloud Sect leadership to Yun Yun, whose cultivation rose to the verge of Dou Emperor and whose standing in the empire climbed.
• Xiao Lin spent nearly a year nourishing Yao Chen’s Remnant Soul with Dou Qi and soul-beneficial energy.
• Yao Chen awakened inside the Storage Ring and recalled Han Feng’s betrayal and the destruction of his body.
• Xiao Lin sensed Yao Chen’s awakening and called to him, then explained that he had helped nourish his Remnant Soul.
• Yao Chen finally reacted to Xiao Lin’s words.