Chapter Summaries

Elder Yao revealed that the Amethyst Winged Lion King guarded a Space Wormhole built by a Dou Zun, and warned Xiao Yan to recover and flee toward the Tagor Desert. Meanwhile, Xiao Long arranged a scheme to bring Xiao Yan and Yun Yun together, while Xiao Han slaughtered people far away.

• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had received a Transformation Pill from whoever controlled the Space Wormhole and urged him to leave as soon as he recovered.
• Xiao Long questioned Xiao Zhan about Yun Yun and decided to help match her with Xiao Yan rather than propose marriage outright.
• Xiao Long planned a scheme that led the Amethyst Winged Lion King to stage events that helped Yun Yun and Xiao Yan grow closer.
• Xiao Zhan received a generous reward for playing the greatest acting role in the plan.
• Xiao Han slaughtered people tens of thousands of miles away.

Xiao Han killed a Hall of Souls team that was setting up the Soul Devouring Life Extinction Array, then left the scene for the Hall of Souls to investigate. Saint Gu You found only Yi Mu's corpse and, after reading his memories, ordered a report to the Vice Hall Master.

• Xiao Han disguised himself as a mysterious expert and killed Yi Mu and the Hall of Souls Protectors accompanying him.
• Xiao Han realized the group had been setting up the Soul Devouring Life Extinction Array and deliberately left Yi Mu's corpse behind to complicate the Hall of Souls' investigation.
• Xiao Han entered the Space Rift and traveled through Void Space to evade pursuit.
• Saint Gu You and Nine Heavens Venerable Mo Yu arrived and investigated the scene.
• Saint Gu You read Yi Mu's memories, learned that a mysterious Dou Zun had attacked the group, and ordered Mo Yu to report the incident to the Vice Hall Master.

Xiao Han and Yi Huang discussed the Soul Hall’s threat to the Xiao Clan in the Chu Yun Empire and planned a way to handle Poison Scorpion without endangering Yun Shan. Xiao Han proposed sending Xiao Wu and Xian'er back to the Jia Ma Empire, where they could confront the Soul Hall and seek Medicine Venerable to help Xian'er.

• Xiao Han returned to Yi Huang and learned that the Soul Hall had sent Poison Scorpion to the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Yi Huang revealed that Poison Scorpion was a Five Star Dou Zun and one of the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerates, making him a serious threat to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Han considered having Yun Shan fight Poison Scorpion but rejected the plan because the Soul Hall might retaliate against Yun Shan and the Yun Lan Sect.
• Xiao Han proposed sending Xiao Wu and Xian'er to the Jia Ma Empire to deal with the Soul Hall’s people and find Medicine Venerable.
• Yi Huang was delighted to hear Medicine Venerable might be in the Jia Ma Empire because Xian'er needed help controlling her Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Han enlisted Xiao Zhan in a plan involving Xiao Yan and then offered Yun Shan a lavish reward to help kill Poison Scorpion, a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate. Yun Shan accepted the dangerous task in exchange for a pill, a Qi Method, and a Dou Technique.

• Xiao Han warned Xiao Zhan that killing a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate could expose the Xiao Clan, then shared a plan that required Xiao Yan to make a sacrifice.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Han about Xiao Yan and Yun Yun, and Xiao Han decided to visit Yun Shan to propose marriage on Xiao Yan’s behalf.
• Xiao Han asked Yun Shan to help kill Poison Scorpion, a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate from the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect.
• Yun Shan refused at first, but Xiao Han offered him a Venerable Zenith Pill, an Earth Rank Advanced Qi Method, and a Heaven Rank Low-Level Dou Technique.
• Yun Shan accepted Xiao Han’s offer.

Yun Shan agreed to fight a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate in exchange for Xiao Han’s support, asking him to shelter Yun Yun and her disciple if the Yun Lan Sect had to disband. After Xiao Han offered them a choice between Langya Pavilion and the Flower Sect, he revealed that he wanted to propose marriage to Yun Yun, prompting Yun Shan to attack him.

• Yun Shan negotiated with Xiao Han for advance payment and asked him to take Yun Yun and her disciple into his faction if he disbanded the Yun Lan Sect.
• Xiao Han offered to recommend Yun Yun and her disciple to either Langya Pavilion or the Flower Sect, leaving the choice to Yun Yun.
• Xiao Han gave Yun Shan a Storage Ring and then said he had come to propose marriage for a junior in his family.
• Yun Shan mistook Xiao Han’s proposal as a matter concerning Nalan Yanran before learning that Xiao Han wanted to marry Yun Yun.
• Yun Shan unleashed Wind's End, Meteor Kill at Xiao Han, who called for them to talk it out.

Xiao Han persuaded Yun Shan to allow Xiao Yan to pursue Yun Yun, using generous gifts and the promise of helping Yun Shan reach the Saint realm. After arranging the match, Xiao Han asked Yi Huang and Langya Pavilion to support his plans against the Soul Hall, while Yi Huang focused on news of the Medicine Venerable and the possibility of curing Xian'er.

• Xiao Han revealed that he was proposing on Xiao Yan's behalf, prompting Yun Shan to object because Xiao Yan had once been rejected by Yun Shan's grand-disciple, Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Han recounted how Xiao Yan and Yun Yun had grown close in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Yun Shan accused Xiao Yan of taking advantage of Yun Yun while she was vulnerable.
• Xiao Han offered Yun Shan a substantial betrothal gift, support for rebuilding the Yun Lan Sect, and help reaching the Saint realm; Yun Shan agreed not to obstruct Xiao Yan and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Han left the Yun Lan Sect satisfied and messaged Yi Huang with his plans, asking Langya Pavilion to assist with his scheme against the Soul Hall.
• Yi Huang considered the news that the Medicine Venerable was in the Jia Ma Empire and sent a message to Xian'er and Xiao Wu about it.

After a month of harsh desert training, Xiao Yan reached Stone Desert City to visit his elder brother and seek information about Exotic Fire. A girl named Qing Lin led him toward the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, and Elder Yao warned him that she was a peak Dou Ling with the rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Xiao Yan complained about a month of training in the Tagor Desert, where his cultivation had advanced to three-star Dou Shi.
• Elder Yao gave Xiao Yan a day off and sent him to Stone Desert City without the Profound Heavy Ruler to visit his elder brother.
• Xiao Yan wandered through the city, then asked Qing Lin to show him where the Mo Tie Mercenary Group was.
• Qing Lin recognized Xiao Yan's name and guessed that he had come to find his big brother, then said he would seek her out soon.
• Elder Yao warned Xiao Yan that Qing Lin was at peak Dou Ling and possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Yan and Elder Yao reached the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s base, where Qing Lin revealed that she knew Xiao Yan’s embarrassing childhood history. Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding, and Qing Lin used her knowledge of the Exotic Fire as leverage to make Xiao Yan explain what he and Xiao Ding had said.

• Elder Yao explained the rare abilities of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils as the group traveled to the mercenary base.
• Qing Lin led Xiao Yan to Xiao Ding and teased him about sneaking into a girl’s room when he was young.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding, who welcomed him and recalled another embarrassing childhood incident.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding began trading embarrassing stories, but Qing Lin returned and demanded to know the truth.
• Qing Lin threatened to withhold her help in finding the Exotic Fire, so Xiao Yan began explaining what had happened.

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ding about Qing Lin’s unusual eyes and their history together, while Xiao Ding concealed how the Xiao family had obtained her cultivation method. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu and Xian'er arrived in Wutan City to visit the Xiao family and help with the Soul Hall matter.

• Xiao Yan admitted he had sold out Xiao Ding to gain Qing Lin’s help searching for Exotic Fire, then asked about her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Ding said he had taken Qing Lin in as a child and later discovered her special eyes, but hid that the Xiao family had sent Dou Zun elders to steal her cultivation method from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Xiao Wu and Xian'er arrived in Wutan City, where Xian'er recalled being brought to the Xiao family by Yi Huang.
• Xiao Zhan confirmed Xiao Wu’s identity as Xiao Han’s disciple after sensing his cold Dou Qi, and welcomed Xiao Wu and Xian'er into the Xiao family.

Xiao Wu learned that the war between the Jia Ma Empire and Chu Yun Empire was likely at least a year away, so he and Xian'er chose to travel and gain experience while they waited. In the Central Plains, Xiao Han told Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice that he had found the site of the broken Seal near the Spirit Realm, but the Evil Clan members remained missing.

• Xiao Zhan estimated that the Alchemist Grand Meeting, less than a year away, could give the Chu Yun Empire a pretext to start a war with the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Wu decided to travel with Xian'er to gain experience during the delay, and Xiao Zhan offered to provide information about nearby countries.
• Xiao Han told Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice that he had found no sign of the Evil Clan members outside the Central Plains, despite nearly a year of searching.
• Xiao Han revealed that the broken Seal was in the Ten Thousand Cloud Mountain Range near the Spirit Realm, where the Spirit Clan had sought his help.
• Xiao Han said the Spirit Clan leader was only a late-stage Six Star Dou Sheng and wondered why nothing remained after the Seal was broken.

Xiao Han decided to visit the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe after learning that its missing Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun, had been a Nine Star Dou Sheng. After preparing Langya Pavilion and reassuring Yi Huang about the dangers of Void Space, he set out with a magical ribbon linking them so he could find his way back.

• Xiao Han told Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice that Langya Pavilion would monitor Soul Hall while he planned a trip to the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe.
• Xiao Han revealed that Zhu Kun, the missing Dragon Emperor, had been a Nine Star Dou Sheng Late Stage expert and explained why the tribe had withdrawn from the world.
• Xiao Han decided to spend several months improving his cultivation and arranging Langya Pavilion's affairs before searching for Ancient Dragon Island.
• Half a year later, Yi Huang objected to Xiao Han's trip because Void Space was dangerous and travelers could get lost.
• Xiao Han used a golden ribbon to link himself to Yi Huang, promised he could find his way back, and received her reluctant permission to go.

After reaching Eastern Dragon Island, Xiao Han confronted Third Elder Zhu Li and identified himself as the Ice Saint. He asked to meet the Candle Flame Grand Elder, saying his business concerned the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe.

• Xiao Han arrived at Eastern Dragon Island after traveling through Void Space for about half a year and briefly mistaking North Dragon Island for his destination.
• Zhu Li brooded over the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe’s divisions and the Three Great Dragon Kings’ recent exploitation of Eastern Dragon Island.
• Xiao Han appeared before Zhu Li after quietly breaching the island’s defenses and searching for its strongest person.
• Zhu Li led Xiao Han through a Portal into a secluded space and asked how to address him.
• Xiao Han called himself the Ice Saint and said he needed to meet the Candle Flame Grand Elder about a matter concerning the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe.

Xiao Han asked Zhu Li to summon the Dragon Emperor Lineage elders for a matter tied to their heritage, while Xiao Yan prepared to enter Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Grand Meeting. Xiao Wu and Xian'er arrived in Garma Holy City and sensed that an Exotic Fire was nearby.

• Xiao Han told Zhu Li that all direct descendants of the Dragon Emperor Lineage could once participate in the matter, so Zhu Li contacted several elders in death seclusion and asked Xiao Han to wait two months for their return.
• Xiao Yan noticed Garma Holy City was tense, and Elder Yao ordered him to compete in the Alchemist Grand Meeting and win its championship.
• Elder Yao sent Xiao Yan to the Mittel Auction House to replace his Medicine Cauldron, warning that the old one could not handle pills above Tier 4 Intermediate.
• Xiao Wu and Xian'er entered Garma Holy City to watch the Alchemist Grand Meeting and look for promising recruits for Langya Pavilion.
• Xian'er sensed an Exotic Fire nearby, and Xiao Wu became eager to investigate.

Xiao Yan met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and arranged to buy supplies for his alchemy training, learning that the Nalan Family was offering Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva to anyone who could cure Nalan Jie. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu discussed Nalan Jie's Branding Poison with Xian'er, who refused to get involved.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and asked to purchase a Tier 4 Medicine Cauldron, medicinal herbs, and a treasure to strengthen Soul Strength.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan the cauldron was reserved for an auction in three days and that the auction house could supply only half his requested herbs.
• Ya Fei said the Nalan Family was recruiting alchemists to cure Nalan Jie in exchange for Seven Illusions Cyan Spirit Saliva, and Xiao Yan reacted darkly to hearing the Nalan Family's name.
• Xiao Wu discussed Nalan Jie's Branding Poison with Xian'er and asked whether she wanted to try curing him.
• Xian'er refused, saying she could handle the poison but had no interest in helping the Nalan Family or receiving its reward.

Xiao Zhan learned that Xiao Yan was treating Nalan Yanran’s grandfather to help Elder Yao recover, then arranged to make the Alchemist Grand Meeting more challenging for his son. He asked Fa Ma to let a Fifth Grade Alchemist from the Xiao Clan enter the competition.

• Xiao Yan went to the Nalan Family to treat Nalan Yanran’s grandfather despite his resentment, hoping to help Elder Yao recover sooner.
• Xiao Zhan heard from Xiao Wufa that Xiao Yan was treating the Nalan Family elder under the alias Yan Xiao and praised his son’s maturity.
• Xiao Zhan learned that Yan Li, a Fourth Rank Alchemist, would represent the Chu Yun Empire at the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Zhan ordered a Fifth Grade Alchemist from the Medicine Hall to join the competition, offering access to a Sixth Grade Alchemist’s insights to attract a volunteer.
• Xiao Zhan visited Fa Ma and asked him to permit a Fifth Grade Alchemist from the Xiao Clan to participate in the Alchemist Grand Meeting.

Xiao Zhan secured Fa Ma’s agreement to protect the rules and standing of the Alchemist Grand Meeting when the Xiao Clan’s under-thirty Fifth Grade Alchemist entered. A month later, Xiao Yan prepared to compete under the alias Yan Xiao, while Xiao Zhan learned that Xiao Wu had discovered Yan Xiao’s identity and intended to watch him.

• Xiao Zhan told Fa Ma that his clan’s Fifth Grade Alchemist was under thirty, and Fa Ma agreed to warn the empire’s influential figures against interfering.
• A month later, Xiao Yan left his room confident in his progress to Tier 4 Intermediate and prepared to compete under the alias Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Zhan learned that Xiao Yan had registered as a Second Grade Alchemist and that Xiao Wu Yue would compete as the Third Grade Alchemist Qiu Shan to challenge him.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Zhan that he had traveled through the surrounding nations and that his junior sister was interested in the Poison Masters of the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Wu revealed that he had met Yan Xiao and was interested in nurturing him, then learned from Xiao Zhan that Medicine Venerable was with Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Wu decided to watch the competition, and Xiao Zhan reflected that Yan Er’s road ahead would not be easy.

After the first two rounds of the Alchemist Grand Meeting, Xiao Yan learned that Qiu Shan was a hidden threat, while Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma discussed the danger posed by Yan Li. Xiao Zhan then ordered Xiao Wu Yue to fight at full strength against Yan Xiao, revealing Xiao Yan’s identity and offering a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill formula if Xiao Wu Yue won the championship.

• Elder Yao warned Xiao Yan that the Chu Yun Empire alchemist was an over-age Fourth Rank impostor, but identified Qiu Shan as the greater threat and urged Xiao Yan to refine a peak Fourth Rank pill.
• Jia Xing Tian pressed Fa Ma about the risk of Yan Li winning the championship, but Fa Ma insisted that Yan Li could not take it.
• Xiao Wu Yue asked Xiao Zhan whether he was being summoned to throw the match, but Xiao Zhan instead ordered him to go all out and make Yan Er suffer defeat.
• Xiao Wu Yue deduced that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan and agreed to fight him seriously after Xiao Zhan promised him a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill formula if he won the championship.

On the eve of the Alchemist Grand Meeting’s final match, Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bo Dong learned of the Chu Yun Empire’s plot, while Fa Ma reassured them with a hidden backup plan. Xiao Yan spotted his father Xiao Zhan in the stands, and the reunion strengthened his resolve to win the championship.

• Jia Xing Tian told Hai Bo Dong about the threat they and Fa Ma had uncovered, and Hai Bo Dong urged them to strike at the Chu Yun Empire.
• Fa Ma hinted that a visiting guest would explain his plan, then welcomed Xiao Zhan, who joined the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders in the stands.
• Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian assumed the Xiao Clan had sent a Fifth Grade Alchemist, while Xiao Zhan said Yan Li could not succeed even without that trump card.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Zhan from a distance, and Nalan Yanran reflected on her decision to break off her engagement with the Xiao Clan.
• Elder Yao urged Xiao Yan to give the final match everything, and Xiao Yan saw Xiao Zhan and became more determined to win the championship.

The third match of the Alchemist Grand Meeting began with contestants supplying their own medicinal herbs, and Yan Li and Xiao Wu Yue revealed powerful flames. Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Wu Yue was refining a Fifth Grade Rainbow Essence Pill, so he abandoned his Fourth Rank plan and prepared to attempt a Fifth Grade pill himself.

• Fa Ma announced that contestants had to provide their own medicinal herbs, then started the match.
• Yan Li summoned a pitch-black flame, and Xiao Wu Yue revealed the deep-blue Beast Fire from a Seventh Order Deep Sea Underworld Dragon.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Azure Lotus Core Flame, suppressing the other flames and drawing Xiao Wu Yue's interest.
• Xiao Yan prepared to refine a peak Fourth Rank Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, but Elder Yao recognized that Xiao Wu Yue was attempting a Fifth Grade Rainbow Essence Pill.
• Xiao Yan put away his herbs and brought out a new supply, deciding to attempt a Fifth Grade pill as Xiao Wu Yue watched with excitement.

Xiao Yan attempted to refine a Fifth Grade Recovery Pill while Xiao Wu Yue refined alongside him, drawing the attention of the spectators and observers. As the Alchemist Grand Meeting neared its end, Liu Ling edged out Yao Yue, Yan Li appeared close to completing a colored-fragrance pill, and a sudden energy fluctuation interrupted the square.

• Xiao Yan committed to refining a Recovery Pill despite Elder Yao warning him that his previous attempts had failed, then began refining it with his Exotic Fire.
• Xiao Wu Yue refined at a similarly impressive pace, while Fa Ma watched both competitors and Xiao Wu and Xian'er discussed Xiao Yan's talent and whether Langya Pavilion should recruit him.
• Liu Ling completed his pill slightly ahead of Yao Yue, who conceded that she had been surpassed and received teasing from Hai Bo Dong and Jia Xing Tian.
• Fa Ma judged that Yan Li's colored pill fragrance indicated a peak Fourth Rank pill capable of rivaling a Fifth Grade Pill.
• An energy fluctuation suddenly erupted in the square as the competition neared its end.