Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the other alchemists failed to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, so Mu Gu shattered its dragon scale to break its seal. When Xiao Yan attacked him, Mu Gu trapped Xiao Yan in the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation, but Xiao Yan countered with Medicine Elder’s wine and the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.

• Qiu Ling had Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Mu Gu, Xiao Yan, and the others attempt to communicate with Three Thousand Burning Flame, but none of them subdued it.
• As Qiu Ling prepared to leave, Mu Gu announced that the Soul Hall would take Three Thousand Burning Flame and shattered the dragon scale on its forehead with a hand seal.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame awakened and struggled against its weakened seal as Xiao Yan rushed toward Mu Gu.
• Mu Gu crushed a spatial jade slip, summoning four Soul Hall elders who joined him in trapping Xiao Yan in the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation.
• Xiao Yan drank Medicine Elder’s potent wine and unleashed the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, striking the formation’s chains and injuring Mu Gu and the four elders.

Xiao Yan destroyed Mu Gu and the other Soul Hall elders, devoured the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, and fled from Three Thousand Burning Flame inside the unstable Star Region. Outside, Medicine Elder, Xiao Yixian, and the Pill Tower's experts cleared Holy Pill City of Soul Hall attackers, but they could not learn what was happening to Xiao Yan.

• Mu Gu and the four elders used Soul Devour against Xiao Yan, but his fiery barrier refined the souls and strengthened his soul power.
• The elders restrained Xiao Yan with Soulbound Locks, but black-and-white flames burned the chains apart, allowing him to kill all five men.
• Xiao Yan pursued and devoured the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, then fled when Three Thousand Burning Flame demanded it back.
• Xiao Yan warned Qiu Ling, Cao Ying, and the others to leave as Three Thousand Burning Flame chased him through the Star Region.
• Medicine Elder, Xiao Yixian, and the Pill Tower's experts defeated the Soul Hall forces in Holy Pill City, but the Pill Tower Three Giants could not report on Xiao Yan's situation.

Xiao Yan subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame and slowly devoured its flame energy while sparing its origin. After the others confirmed his victory and left to prepare against the Soul Hall, Xiao Yixian, Ziyan, and Xiong Zhan waited outside the Star Region for his return.

• Xiao Yan chased down the Three Thousand Burning Flame and absorbed its energy until the flame dragon he had become grew larger than it.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame surrendered, and Xiao Yan agreed to leave it some energy and spare its origin.
• After more than a year, Medicine Elder, Xiao Yixian, and the Pill Tower Three Giants entered the quiet Star Region and found Xiao Yan still devouring the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Medicine Elder and the Pill Tower Three Giants left to discuss joining forces against the Soul Hall, while Xiao Yixian, Ziyan, and Xiong Zhan stayed near the Star Region.
• More than half a year later, Ziyan noticed something in the direction of the Star Region and stared toward it.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after devouring the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reached Dou Zun, and traveled with Xiao Yixian and Ziyan to the Starfall Pavilion. He arrived at its hidden headquarters and was recognized by Nalan Yanran, who teased him for neglecting his duties as leader of the Tianxia Guild.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Star Region, and Ziyan immediately demanded that he refine pills to replenish her supplies.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yixian and the Pill Tower that he had reached Dou Zun, then promised Xuan Kongzi he would repay the Pill Tower’s favor.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Medicine Elder had returned to the Starfall Pavilion, and the group gave Xiao Yan a map to find it.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yixian, and Ziyan reached the Tianxing Mountains, where Ziyan opened a spatial channel through the hidden array.
• A cyan-robed girl challenged Xiao Yan’s group at the Starfall Pavilion, but Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan and teased him for rarely managing the Tianxia Guild.

Mu Qingluan met Xiao Yan and challenged him to a spar, expecting to test the idol she had imagined. Xiao Yan blocked her relentless attacks without moving, and she learned he was a Dou Zun, leaving her embarrassed and shaken.

• Nalan Yanran introduced Xiao Yan to Mu Qingluan, who was disappointed that he seemed ordinary and challenged him to a spar.
• Xiao Yan agreed to stand still and count it as his loss if Mu Qingluan made him take a step back.
• Mu Qingluan unleashed a series of sword attacks, but Xiao Yan’s invisible turtle shell remained unharmed.
• Mu Qingluan exhausted herself and admitted she had been like a frog at the bottom of a well.
• A green-robed elder helped Mu Qingluan up and revealed that Xiao Yan was a Dou Zun, shocking her and the onlookers.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun and the Starfall Pavilion, then learned that Medusa’s damaged Soul Origin could be repaired with a rare Soul Infant Fruit hidden in the approaching Ancient Ruins. He set out with Ziyan and Mu Qingluan to seek the fruit and other treasures, including a Dou Sheng skeleton that could strengthen him against Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan met Wind Venerable and reunited with Yun Yun, who had helped manage the Tianxia Guild and Starfall Pavilion.
• Medicine Elder explained that Medusa needed a Soul Infant Fruit or Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma to repair her Soul Origin.
• Medicine Elder revealed that the Ancient Ruins contained a Soul Infant Fruit and warned that Soul Hall and other factions would also pursue its treasures.
• Xiao Yan resolved to obtain the Dou Sheng skeleton so he could strengthen his body with Heavenly Flame Body Tempering.
• After resting at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan departed for the Ancient Ruins with Ziyan and Mu Qingluan.

Xiao Yan traveled to the Beast Region with Ziyan and Mu Qingluan, giving Ziyan the Three Thousand Burning Flame and learning about the many factions converging on the Ancient Ruins. The journey left him aware that the Nine Netherworld Python clan was facing a mysterious threat.

• Xiao Yan flew toward the Beast Region on Black Feather with Ziyan and Mu Qingluan, and explained that the Ancient Ruins might hold something vital to Ziyan's clan.
• Xiao Yan returned the Three Thousand Burning Flame to Ziyan, who subdued it and absorbed it into her body.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Yixian was seeking a way to control her Calamity Poison Body while Skyfire Venerable recovered, leaving him to travel with Ziyan and Mu Qingluan.
• Mu Qingluan listed the Central Plains forces heading to the Ancient Ruins, including Burning Flame Valley, Ice River Valley, Tianming Sect, and possibly Soul Hall.
• Mu Qingluan warned Xiao Yan that a mysterious person had been capturing Nine Netherworld Python experts and controlling those sent to stop them.

Xiao Yan, Ziyan, and Mu Qingluan entered the Dou Sheng ruins in the Skeleton Mountain Range, where deadly spatial and fire traps killed many treasure seekers. After taking control of ten Earth Monster Puppets, Xiao Yan began refining them with his black-and-white flames.

• Xiao Yan learned that a mysterious expert had appeared among the Nine Netherworld Pythons and decided to seek both the Soul Infant Fruit and the ruins’ treasures.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the Bone Sea, where a spatial storm killed those who rushed into the newly opened ruins too soon.
• The crimson hall’s doors opened, and blazing pillars killed many people who charged inside.
• Xiao Yan protected Ziyan and Mu Qingluan as they crossed a seemingly endless, flame-filled passage, then descended to avoid its dangers.
• Xiao Yan took control of ten Earth Monster Puppets before a stone door and began refining them with his black-and-white flames.

Xiao Yan upgraded the Earth Monster Puppets and secretly controlled them to turn on the assembled experts while pretending to fight them. After claiming to save everyone and gathering the puppets into his Storage Ring, he watched the stone gate open as the crowd rushed into the ruins.

• Xiao Yan used rare metals and the Yin-Yang Twin Flame to evolve the Earth Monster Puppets into ten powerful Heavenly Monster Puppets.
• Ice River proposed that the gathered factions work together against the puppets, and Xiao Yan agreed to fight two alongside the others.
• Xiao Yan secretly controlled the puppets to target Ice River Valley and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion while acting as though he was fighting in earnest.
• Ice River saw Xiao Yan covered in spear wounds and believed he had misjudged him, while powerful experts approached the area.
• Xiao Yan made the puppets pretend to fall, stored all ten in his Storage Ring, and pretended to spit blood after helping Tang Zhen.
• The stone gate opened, and the gathered experts thanked Xiao Yan before rushing into the ruins.

Xiao Yan and his companions found the Soul Infant Fruit in an ancient medicinal forest, then followed a summons guiding Ziyan to a Beast Spirit Shield. Beyond it, they discovered a rare Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit growing on an ancient altar.

• Xiao Yan followed Ziyan to a medicinal forest and asked her to locate the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Ziyan led Xiao Yan to a lake, where the Nine-Colored Swallowing Heaven Python took the fruit while Xiao Yan drove off its guardian, a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Yan gave the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon a Transformation Pill, and Ziyan sensed a summons drawing her toward the forest's center.
• Ziyan used her golden blood to open a Beast Spirit Shield bearing the auras of a Void Ancient Dragon and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan and his companions crossed the shield and found a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit atop an ancient altar.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Void Ancient Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix skeletons could help him achieve Flesh Sanctification, while Ziyan moved to claim the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Feng Qing'er and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders arrived to seize the fruit, and Xiao Yan left the story battling them with his Heavenly Monster Puppets.

• Xiao Yan chose the dragon and phoenix skeletons for body tempering and told Ziyan to take the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Feng Qing'er arrived with five Dou Zun elders and claimed the fruit for the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, but Xiao Yan challenged her claim.
• Feng Qing'er ordered the elders to seize the fruit while Mu Qingluan guarded Ziyan and Xiao Yan confronted the attackers.
• Huang Xuan and four elders surrounded Xiao Yan with their clan's joint attack formation as Feng Qing'er moved toward the altar.
• Xiao Yan summoned ten Heavenly Monster Puppets, and Huang Xuan realized Xiao Yan had controlled the puppets before the stone gate.
• Xiao Yan declared that the elders could not reveal his secret if they were dead, then sent the puppets to attack them.

Xiao Yan and the ten Heavenly Monster Puppets overwhelmed Huang Xuan and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders, killing two elders and badly burning Huang Xuan. As Feng Qing'er began a blood-pact ritual to awaken the ancestral soul, Xiao Yan moved to stop her, but Huang Xuan blocked his path.

• Xiao Yan joined the battle and used Three Points Return to Origin Qi to deflect Huang Xuan and the four elders' attacks.
• The Heavenly Monster Puppets killed an elder, and Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame to destroy the elder's body and absorb his soul energy.
• Two more elders died or were fatally wounded as Xiao Yan pursued Huang Xuan and the puppets trapped the survivors.
• Xiao Yan's Flame Fist overwhelmed Huang Xuan's Heavenly Phoenix Tyrant Fist and badly scorched him.
• Feng Qing'er drove Mu Qingluan back and began the blood-pact ritual to awaken the ancestral soul.
• Xiao Yan rushed to interrupt the ritual, but Huang Xuan blocked him and chose to face his punch head-on.

Xiao Yan killed Huang Xuan and fought Feng Qing'er after she summoned the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestral soul, but her Dou Sheng-level power left him badly wounded. Ziyan collected the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and attacked Feng Qing'er, beginning a clash between the two clans.

• Xiao Yan killed Huang Xuan after Huang Xuan repeatedly tried to stop him from interrupting Feng Qing'er's ritual.
• Feng Qing'er summoned the ancestral soul and attacked Xiao Yan with an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, but he survived through the Yin-Yang Twin Flame's regenerative power.
• Feng Qing'er struck Xiao Yan again as he tried to stop her from reaching the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving him gravely wounded in a crater.
• Ziyan collected the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit while Xiao Yan held Feng Qing'er off, then confronted her after seeing his injuries.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Ziyan as a member of the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, and Ziyan attacked her with a Void Ancient Dragon formed from a purple beam.

Feng Qing'er sacrificed herself to empower the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, forcing Ziyan into a desperate battle despite Xiao Yan's help. The phoenix swallowed Xiao Yan, but he swallowed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit first and protected himself inside a barrier.

• Feng Qing'er used her blood essence to strengthen the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, pushing Ziyan's Void Ancient Dragon back.
• Xiao Yan joined the battle with his golden dragon, turning the fight against Feng Qing'er.
• Feng Qing'er sacrificed her body to the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, which broke the Beast Spirit Shield and attacked Ziyan.
• Ziyan gave Xiao Yan the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit sealed in her blood essence, then entered the Void Ancient Dragon to fight.
• The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix targeted Xiao Yan and swallowed him, but Xiao Yan swallowed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and raised a barrier to avoid being refined.

Xiao Yan was nearly refined inside the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, but the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit triggered the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and set the phoenix and the Ancient Ruins ablaze. The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix collapsed, leaving Xiao Yan alive but unconscious, while Medusa and Ziyan stood beside him.

• Ziyan attacked the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix desperately as it refined Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s protective barrier broke and his body began to be refined.
• The Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit was digested and flooded Xiao Yan’s body with energy, destroying his meridians and knocking him unconscious.
• The Yin-Yang Twin Flame erupted beyond Xiao Yan’s control, burning through the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and spreading across the Ancient Ruins and Skeleton Mountain Range.
• The survivors fled the ruins, and some recognized the flames as Xiao Yan’s Yin-Yang Twin Flame and hurried to summon their sects to claim it.
• The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix collapsed after its essence blood was refined, while Medusa and Ziyan found Xiao Yan inside its body; Ziyan blamed herself for his condition.

Xiao Yan nearly exploded from the violent energy of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and the Heavenly Flame’s refining of the ruins. Ziyan and Medusa helped absorb his excess energy, but the two ancient beast corpses at the fire’s center were finally refined and sent even more energy into him.

• Medusa explained that Xiao Yan’s body was close to bursting and that she could not absorb the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy.
• Ziyan pressed her lips to Xiao Yan’s and absorbed some of the fruit’s energy, then transformed into an adult when she could take no more.
• As Xiao Yan began swelling again, Ziyan urged Medusa to absorb the other energy in his body, and Medusa reluctantly helped him.
• Xiao Yan, Ziyan, and Medusa grew stronger as they shared the energy refined by the Heavenly Flame.
• The two ancient beast corpses closest to Xiao Yan were refined by the Heavenly Flame, and their energy flowed into his body.

Xiao Yan nearly died after absorbing the energy from the Void Ancient Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix skeletons, so Medusa tried to help him absorb it. The Yin-Yang Twin Flame stabilized them and began refining the energy as outsiders continued waiting beyond the ruins.

• Xiao Yan's body began to crack under the overwhelming energy, and Ziyan told Medusa they could not absorb it themselves.
• Ziyan urged Medusa to use a method Xiao Yan had once joked about, and Medusa agreed to try after Ziyan left.
• Medusa pressed herself against Xiao Yan, but the energy shattered her meridians before the Yin-Yang Twin Flame formed a Tai Chi diagram and contained it.
• The flames steadily released refined energy for Xiao Yan and Medusa to absorb, and their auras grew stronger over time.
• More than half a year after the ruins opened, visitors remained unable to cross the raging flames, while Mu Qingluan reported the situation to Medicine Elder and Wind Venerable.

After hearing that Xiao Yan might have died in the Heavenly Flame eruption, Xun'er, Xiao Yixian, and Medicine Elder searched the Ancient Ruins and learned that he was alive and cultivating with Medusa. The two women accepted that Medusa had saved him, though Xun'er remained jealous as Xiao Yan continued his cultivation.

• Medicine Elder, Yun Yun, Xiao Yixian, and Xun'er hurried to the Ancient Ruins after hearing that Xiao Yan might have died.
• Xun'er, Xiao Yixian, and Medicine Elder entered the raging Heavenly Flame to search for Xiao Yan.
• Ziyan revealed that Xiao Yan was cultivating beneath the Tai Chi pattern, and the women sensed another person with him.
• Medicine Elder followed Ziyan away while Xun'er and Xiao Yixian found Xiao Yan with Medusa and realized what had happened.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yixian discussed Medusa's sacrifices to save Xiao Yan, and Xun'er admitted she was still uncomfortable with his feelings for her.

Soul Hall and its allies attacked the Tianxia Guild to seize Xiao Yan’s treasures and destroy the guild. Medicine Elder, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian joined the battle, where Xiao Yi Xian confronted Liu Cang as he tried to abduct Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the other women.

• Medicine Elder reported that Soul Hall had attacked the Tianxia Guild, and Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian left to help while Ziyan stayed to guard Xiao Yan.
• Medicine Elder, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian found Soul Hall, Wind and Thunder Pavilion, Ice River Valley, and Tianming Sect forces driving back the Tianxia Guild and its Ancient Clan allies.
• The Ninth Venerable and Eighth Venerable discussed orders to destroy the guild, while Liu Cang asked to take its women for Tianming Sect and received permission.
• Liu Cang immobilized Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the other women, then repelled Wind Venerable and Skyfire Venerable when they tried to stop him.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared and attacked Liu Cang with poison pythons, drawing his attention as the Ninth Venerable judged her no match for him.

Medicine Elder confronted Mo Yu and Qiu Di while Xun'er worked to stabilize the Tianxia Guild’s retreat. As five powerful Soul Hall fighters approached the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, Ziyan summoned Xiao Yan from his body-tempering seclusion, and he went to meet them while Medusa remained behind.

• Medicine Elder dismissed Qiu Di’s challenge and told Xun'er to help the Tianxia Guild while he handled Mo Yu and Qiu Di.
• Xun'er joined the battle and helped the Tianxia Guild stem its losses as the elders took her safety more seriously.
• Five powerful fighters entered the ruins, protected by Nihility Devouring Flame child flames, and planned to subdue the Yin-Yang Twin Flame.
• Ziyan found Xiao Yan and Medusa still in seclusion and used a secret technique to summon them when she sensed the approaching fighters.
• Xiao Yan ended his seclusion early, discovered his soul realm had reached the Heaven Mirror, and went to confront the five fighters while Ziyan guarded the area and Medusa remained in seclusion.