Chapter Summaries

After secretly hunting powerful Magical Beasts, Wu Yan returned to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and brought Qing Lin home to visit. He reunited with Qing Lin, Wu Yue, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei, and prepared to attend the upcoming Alchemist Tournament.

• Wu Yan returned from the Beast Region to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion after evading the experts searching for the unknown attacker of Tier 8 Magical Beasts.
• Wu Yan visited Qing Lin, found that she had advanced to Dou Zhe, and took her home to see her family.
• Ya Fei welcomed Qing Lin, Wu Yue, and Nalan Yanran at the manor, where the young women shared news and cultivation experiences.
• Wu Yan joined the group and said he would attend the Alchemist Tournament to see whether any genius alchemists appeared.
• Wu Yue asked Wu Yan to build a Spatial Wormhole between home and the sect, but he refused until she reached Dou Wang.

As Mittel City prepared to host a continent-spanning Alchemist Tournament, Xiao Yan arrived in the capital and reunited with Master Frank. The tournament began under the attention of powerful guests, and Wu Yan arrived to watch the contestants.

• A fixed Void Wormhole appeared outside Mittel City, and Teng Shan ensured Xiao Yan could travel to the capital through Mittel's network of Spatial Wormholes.
• Xiao Yan reached the capital, found the Alchemist Association, and met Master Frank to discuss something with him.
• Before the tournament, Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that he would not communicate during the event, while Frank explained the powerful guests and urged Xiao Yan to impress the great person.
• Fa Ma and Teng Shan opened the Alchemist Tournament, and contestants filled the arena as experts took their seats.
• Teng Shan greeted Nalan Jie, then Wu Yan arrived with Yun Yun, the Medusa Queen, and three little girls and surveyed the contestants with his soul power.

Wu Yan assessed the Alchemist Tournament’s promising competitors and offered the best performers a secret flame-cultivation technique if they joined the Mittel Clan. At the imperial banquet, Xiao Yan also asked to join, but Wu Yan rejected his request and arranged for Yao Chen to exchange an Earth Tier cultivation method for the technique instead.

• Wu Yan judged the tournament’s young alchemists and told Ya Fei not to give any of them special treatment.
• After the tournament ended, Wu Yan had Teng Shan offer the outstanding young alchemists a secret technique in exchange for joining the Mittel Clan.
• At the imperial banquet, Xiao Yan asked to join the Mittel Clan, but Wu Yan said he would speak with Yao Chen first.
• Wu Yan brought Xiao Yan to meet Yao Chen and questioned whether Xiao Yan had discussed his decision with his teacher.
• Yao Chen agreed to exchange an Earth Tier cultivation method for the secret technique, and Wu Yan told him Xiao Yan could instead attend Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan returned to the banquet hall feeling relieved and more respectful toward Wu Yan.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen planned to use the Mittel Clan’s resources before returning to the Xiao Clan and heading to Jia Nan Academy, while Wu Yan decided not to take them in because doing so would draw Soul Hall’s wrath. Three days later, Serpent-Human slaves were returned in a staged crackdown, and Medusa visited to thank Wu Yan.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen about their next training plans, and Yao Chen said they would stay in the Mittel Clan’s territory, then visit the Xiao Clan before going to Jia Nan Academy.
• Wu Yan weighed the danger of sheltering Xiao Yan and Yao Chen and decided he would only watch their movements rather than oppose Soul Hall for them.
• Medusa felt embarrassed after brushing hips with Wu Yan, then regretted hesitating to stand beside him as others gathered around him.
• Several allied forces announced they had rescued Serpent-Human slaves from a slave-catching group and returned them to the Serpent-Human Tribe, strengthening ties among the allies.
• Ya Fei comforted Medusa, who admitted the slaves had effectively been returned by their captors and said she had come to thank Wu Yan.

Medusa spent several days with Ya Fei while Xiao Yan cultivated, then decided she wanted to remain at his side. Xiao Yan accepted her request, leaving Medusa with permission to stay and Ya Fei pleased to have her company.

• Ya Fei asked Medusa to keep her company while Xiao Yan and the others were away, and Medusa agreed.
• Medusa sensed Xiao Yan's powerful soul force as he emerged from seclusion, but Ya Fei relayed that he needed to continue stabilizing his realm.
• Medusa remembered Xiao Yan's role in reuniting her with her rescued tribespeople and resolved to stay by his side.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Yan for helping the Serpent-Human Tribe and asked to remain at his side without seeking status or a title.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Yan to let Medusa stay, and he agreed.

Wu Yan met Gu Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy and gave her a fragmentary map that he believed could help subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Their conversation left him increasingly doubtful that she was the Gu Xun'er he remembered.

• Su Qian told Wu Yan that the sixteen-year-old Gu Xun'er was a Dou Wang and encouraged him to meet her.
• Wu Yan was surprised to find Gu Xun'er in the Inner Academy, then prepared an ice table and chairs for their meeting.
• Wu Yan gave Gu Xun'er a fragmentary map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as a coming-of-age gift.
• Gu Xun'er explained that the flame remained sealed and accepted Wu Yan's theory that the complete map could reveal a way to subdue it.
• Gu Xun'er said she did not blame Wu Yue for calling her little sister-in-law, and Wu Yan grew more suspicious that Gu Xun'er differed from the one he remembered.

Wu Yan gave Gu Xun'er three pieces of a map that could lead to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and asked how he should protect the Xiao Clan. Gu Xun'er asked him to escort her back to the Gu Clan, while his claim that he might soon reach Battle Saint shocked her; the chapter ended with Zi Yan freezing in fear when she approached him.

• Wu Yan assembled three map fragments and gave them to Gu Xun'er, who accepted them despite their immense value.
• Wu Yan told Gu Xun'er that Xiao Yan had sought to join the Mittel Clan and asked how she wanted him to protect the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun'er asked Wu Yan to preserve the Xiao Clan if it faced extermination and to escort her home when she returned to the Gu Clan.
• Wu Yan said he might reach Battle Saint, and Gu Xun'er was stunned by his rapid cultivation progress.
• Zi Yan rushed toward Gu Xun'er but froze when Wu Yan looked at her.

Wu Yan went beneath the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower and dealt with its two Falling Heart Flames, giving the smaller one to Su Qian and taking the larger one along with Skyfire Venerable. Back at his estate, Wu Yan agreed to help Skyfire Venerable regain a body in one or two years and pressed him about how he had died.

• Wu Yan agreed to help Su Qian suppress the Falling Heart Flame beneath the tower and went with him into the lava-filled depths.
• Wu Yan drew out the larger and newly born Falling Heart Flames, along with Skyfire Venerable's skeletal remains, and asked the old man to explain his condition.
• Su Qian chose the smaller Falling Heart Flame for the academy, while Wu Yan took the larger one and planned to replicate the tower.
• Su Qian placed the smaller flame in a Flame-Gathering Pot and called a meeting of the academy's fire-attributed elders, while Wu Yan returned to his estate with Skyfire Venerable.
• Wu Yan offered to help Skyfire Venerable live again after one or two years, then asked how he had really perished.
• Skyfire Venerable revealed that after being wounded by the two flames, he encountered several powerful opponents in the lava.

Wu Yan established an Ice Tower in Mittel City while Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City as a celebrated fourth-grade alchemist and Da Dou Shi. During the Xiao Clan’s reunion gathering, Wu Protector attacked, and Yao Chen’s intervention revealed that he was the target.

• Wu Yan set up the Ice Tower, invited the Mittel Clan’s people and his companions to cultivate inside it, and exhausted the clan’s high-tier Magic Cores while preparing for a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan traveled back to Wutan City and was welcomed home as a fourth-grade alchemist, prompting the Xiao Clan to host a gathering for old friends and allies.
• A black-mist figure identified as Wu Protector watched the Xiao Clan and planned to capture the wanted Venerable Yao by attacking when the invited guests were assembled.
• Xiao Yan watched his father reconcile with Nalan Yanran’s grandfather as the gathering celebrated the Xiao Clan’s renewed standing.
• Wu Protector covered the Xiao Clan with black mist and knocked Nalan Jie from the sky after Nalan Jie challenged him.
• Wu Protector sent a hooked chain toward Xiao Yan, but Yao Chen blocked it with Bone Chilling Flame, and Xiao Yan realized Yao Chen was the true target.

Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan to fight Wu Protector, but Wu Protector subdued him and threatened Xiao Zhan for the Xiao Clan’s jade fragment. Wu Yan’s Battle Saint power intervened and killed Wu Protector, while Wu Yan reflected on his new strength and the safety it gave him.

• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and attacked Wu Protector as Nalan Jie flew to Mittel City to seek reinforcements.
• Wu Protector unleashed a soul attack that knocked out most of Wutan City, then demanded the Xiao Clan’s jade fragment from Xiao Zhan while threatening Xiao Yan.
• A terrifying will pinned Wu Protector to the ground and froze him, allowing the injured Yao Chen to escape his soul pouch.
• Yao Chen recognized the departing will as that of a Battle Saint, and Nalan Jie turned back toward Wutan City.
• Wu Yan used his Battle Saint power to control the energy of heaven and earth, fed it into the Little Blue Bottle, and went to sleep while considering how his strength protected its secret.

After waking from three days of sleep, Wu Yan learned Yao Chen’s method for resurrecting Skyfire Venerable and decided he could gather the needed materials. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and heard about Gu Xun’er’s strength and the mysterious senior she might one day rival.

• Wu Yan woke, greeted Wu Yue and Nalan Yanran, and left to ask Yao Chen about resurrection.
• Yao Chen explained that resurrection required three Heavenly Flames, a high-grade seventh-tier Bone-Melting Blood-Fusion Pill, Tier 7 Magical Beast essence blood, and a Dou Zong’s remains.
• Wu Yan agreed to obtain the materials and told Skyfire Venerable he would choose a Dou Zun as the remains when the time came.
• Wu Yan took Wu Yue and Nalan Yanran out, deciding they would visit all the places they had considered.
• Xiao Yan entered the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, placed in the top five, and obtained a soul-restraining soundwave Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan heard students praise Gu Xun’er’s strength and beauty, then asked which would be stronger if she and the legendary senior were the same age.

Xiao Yan learned from Gu Xun'er that the jade was tied to Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and that the Soul Clan had once destroyed the Xiao Tribe. Gu Xun'er decided to win over Mr. Yan by inviting him to the Gu Clan, while Ling Quan and a group of Gu Clan members traveled toward Jia Nan Academy intending to confront the man they believed had caught her eye.

• Xiao Yan asked Gu Xun'er about the Xiao Clan, the Soul Hall, and the jade, and told her what had happened to his family.
• Gu Xun'er and Yao Chen concluded that Mr. Yan had to be a Battle Saint after hearing he had suppressed a Soul Hall Protector from a great distance.
• Gu Xun'er explained that the jade fragments were keys to Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and advised Xiao Yan to conceal the jade's whereabouts.
• Gu Xun'er decided to make herself the candidate to win over Mr. Yan and sent Ling Ying to invite him to the Gu Clan.
• Ling Quan and a group of Gu Clan members traveled through a Spatial Wormhole toward Jia Nan Academy, planning to teach a man named Yan a lesson.

Wu Yan discovered that his mutated dou qi had developed basic intelligence and used it to form lifelike ice horses. He agreed to escort Gu Xun'er to the Gu Clan, where they prepared to set out as a Gu Clan elder noticed him and intervened in a mistaken search for Xiao Yan.

• Wu Yan met Ling Ying, accepted Gu Xun'er's invitation to visit the Gu Clan, and promised to leave the next morning.
• Wu Yan reflected that his intelligent dou qi had greatly increased his combat strength, though he still did not know his true limits.
• Wu Yan told Wu Yue and Nalan Yanran he would be away for a while and urged them to keep cultivating.
• A Gu Clan elder saw Wu Yan arrive at Gu Xun'er's residence while Gu Clan juniors mistakenly searched for Xiao Yan, and he stopped them.
• Wu Yan met Gu Xun'er, discussed his Battle Saint realm, and watched her mount an ice horse as an ice road formed beneath them.

Wu Yan accompanied Gu Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, where he met her father, Gu Yuan, and impressed him with his strength and potential. After the pair settled in the Ancient Realm, rumors about Xun'er bringing home a man stirred the clan, and she invited Wu Yan to tour the Gu Clan the next morning.

• Gu Xun'er reunited with Wu Yan, and Gu Mo escorted them through a space opened by Wu Yan toward Ancient Sacred City.
• Wu Yan arrived in the Ancient Realm with Gu Xun'er and learned about the city’s history and the Dou Di power protecting it.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Xun'er home and met Wu Yan, whom he judged to be a remarkably powerful young Battle Saint.
• Gu Yuan brought Xun'er and Wu Yan to the center of the Ancient Realm, where Xun'er returned to her residence and Wu Yan was given a nearby guest room.
• News of Xun'er’s return with Wu Yan spread through the Ancient Realm, while Wu Yan cultivated and considered creating a smaller private space.
• Gu Xun'er visited Wu Yan the next morning and invited him to walk around the Gu Clan.

Wu Yan attended Gu Xun'er's welcome banquet, where his presence intimidated the Gu Clan's young members, and then toured the clan with her. At the martial arts arena, several young men asked him for guidance, and he created an icy-blue flood dragon for them to challenge.

• A Gu Clan elder invited Wu Yan to Gu Xun'er's welcome banquet, and Wu Yan agreed to attend.
• Gu Xun'er greeted Wu Yan at the banquet and led him inside, where he took the seat beside her and silenced the jealous young clansmen with his gaze.
• Gu Xun'er showed Wu Yan the martial arts arena and described the clan's elite youths, including Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao.
• Gu Xun'er admired Wu Yan's achievements as a One-Star Battle Saint at age twenty-seven, while Wu Yan called himself an exceptional case.
• Several young men asked Wu Yan to give them guidance, and he formed an icy-blue flood dragon and offered what was inside as a prize to whoever defeated it.

Wu Yan tested the Gu Clan’s young fighters with an ice dragon before joining Gu Xun'er for dinner with Gu Yuan. Gu Yuan revealed that the Gu Clan had agreed to Wu Yan and Gu Xun'er's marriage, leaving Wu Yan stunned as Gu Yuan discussed the conditions around it.

• Wu Yan sent an ice dragon against the Gu Clan’s young geniuses and created a cold pearl for those with ice-attributed Dou Qi.
• Gu Xun'er praised Wu Yan’s skill as they left the martial arena, and Wu Yan said he had only been bullying children.
• Gu Yuan emerged from the void and invited Wu Yan and Gu Xun'er to dinner at his residence.
• Gu Yuan said the Gu Clan’s elders approved of Wu Yan and Gu Xun'er, and Wu Yan insisted that Xun'er’s wishes should come first.
• Gu Xun'er left after saying her father could decide her marriage, and Gu Yuan told Wu Yan that they would be married but must wait until she reached Battle Saint before consummating it.

Wu Yan and Gu Xun'er grew closer after their engagement was arranged, and he left the Gu Clan after spending more than a month with her. Gu Yuan was astonished to find that the ice rabbit Wu Yan had created remained alive and began investigating how it had gained intelligence.

• Wu Yan reflected that the Gu Clan had agreed to the engagement because of his strength and potential, though Gu Xun'er might not be ready to marry for another fifteen years.
• Wu Yan and Gu Xun'er began addressing each other more intimately and spent their days reading together and growing closer.
• After more than a month, Wu Yan prepared to leave and gave Gu Xun'er an ice rabbit that continued to live after he departed.
• Gu Xun'er showed the rabbit to Gu Yuan, who was shocked that it remained alive and tried unsuccessfully to create an intelligent Dou Qi creature himself.
• Gu Yuan summoned an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster to explain how medicinal pills gained spirituality.

Wu Yan visited the Cao Clan after reaching One-Star Battle Saint and agreed to help them deal with the Azure Cloud Old Monster, a High-Level Half-Saint who had bullied them. He confronted the Azure Cloud Sect and used a pale white radiance to strip away the strength of the Old Monster and the sect’s elders.

• Wu Yan arrived at the Cao Clan while Cao Ping was refining a top-grade seventh-rank pill, and Cao Ping learned that Wu Yan had become a One-Star Battle Saint.
• Wu Yan asked the Cao Clan for a target, and its elders chose the Azure Cloud Old Monster, who had repeatedly humiliated the clan.
• Wu Yan and the Cao Clan elders appeared at the Azure Cloud Sect, where Wu Yan confronted the Old Monster and the sect’s leaders.
• Wu Yan raised a finger, and pale white radiance rapidly weakened the Azure Cloud Old Monster and the other elders.

Wu Yan destroyed the Azure Cloud Sect and returned to the Cao Clan with its spoils. There, he met the clan’s younger generation and gave Cao Ying and Cao Ping ice-blue companions, while the Cao Clan settled into a more confident position through its ties with him.

• Wu Yan froze Azure Cloud Old Monster’s cultivation down to the Dou Wang realm, killed him, and sealed away his soul.
• Wu Yan froze the Azure Cloud Sect’s members, preserved several corpses, and took the sect’s cultivation methods, Dou techniques, and other spoils.
• The three Cao Clan ancestors gave Wu Yan the medicinal ingredients and returned with him to the Cao Clan.
• Cao Yuan introduced Cao Ying to Wu Yan, who gave her an ice-blue bracelet and a clever little fox.
• Wu Yan made Cao Ping an ice-blue wolfhound, then met other Cao Clan geniuses including Cao Xiu and Cao Dan.
• The Cao Clan ancestors agreed to stop acting aggressively, confident in the clan’s future and its connection to Wu Yan.

Wu Yan returned to the Northwestern Continent with Cao Ping and his grandfather, then oversaw the resurrections of Skyfire Venerable and Yao Chen. Nearly ten days later, his companions gathered at the manor, where Wu Yan introduced them to Cao Yuan and Nalan Yanran received her first sixth-tier medicinal pill.

• Wu Yan postponed Cao Ping's proposed marriage alliance, and Cao Ping agreed to discuss it with the old master later.
• Wu Yan brought Cao Ping and his grandfather back to the Northwestern Continent, stopping at Jia Nan Academy before taking them to Mittel City.
• Wu Yan provided Yao Chen with resurrection materials, and Gu He helped him begin Skyfire Venerable's resurrection under Yao Chen's direction.
• Skyfire Venerable emerged alive in a new body with cultivation one star higher, and Yao Chen then began his own resurrection before leaving with Xiao Yan several days later.
• Wu Yan introduced Wu Yue, Qing Lin, Ya Fei, Medusa Queen, and Nalan Yanran to Cao Yuan, who gave Wu Yue medicinal pills and allowed Nalan Yanran to receive her first sixth-tier pill.