Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at the Council Hall as the Galie Clan’s Spring-Rejuvenation Powder threatened the Xiao Clan’s marketplace profits. He revealed that he was a Second-Rank Alchemist, supplied 1,283 bottles of his superior Blood-Coagulating Powder, and agreed to split the refining profits evenly with the Xiao Clan as preparations began to counter the Galie Clan.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er went to the Council Hall, where the clan leaders discussed how the Galie Clan’s First-Rank Alchemist and Spring-Rejuvenation Powder were taking customers from the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan proposed having Gu Ni refine more healing medicine, but Xiao Yan said he had a way to solve the crisis.
• Xiao Yan produced 1,283 bottles of Blood-Coagulating Powder and said it was better than the Galie Clan’s Spring-Rejuvenation Powder.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was a fifteen-year-old Second-Rank Alchemist, stunning Xiao Zhan, the stewards, and the other clan members.
• Xiao Yu reconsidered her plan to seek an explanation from Xiao Yan about her brother Xiao Ning after seeing Xiao Yan’s status and accomplishments.
• Xiao Yan agreed to split pill-refining profits evenly with the Xiao Clan, provided the Blood-Coagulating Powder formula and ingredient list, and Xiao Zhan sent people to retrieve the ingredients.

Xiao Yan’s Blood-Coagulating Powder drove customers back to the Xiao Clan and left Galie Bi’s businesses in decline. While training with Yao Lao, Xiao Yan received the Black Heavy Ruler and Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler, triggering a system reward that granted him Yama Palm and Yama Flame.

• Xiao Clan shops sold out Blood-Coagulating Powder as mercenaries praised it, and the clan reclaimed customers and commercial streets from the Galie Clan.
• Galie Bi smashed a table and lowered the price of Spring-Rejuvenation Powder, but customers continued choosing the cheaper and more effective Blood-Coagulating Powder.
• Xiao Yan completed his training in the forest and asked Yao Lao for new Dou Skills after reaching One-Star Dou Master.
• Yao Lao taught Xiao Yan Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler and gave him the heavy, Dou Qi-suppressing Black Heavy Ruler.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with the Mid Earth Tier Dou Skill Yama Palm and the Seventh-Tier Beast Flame Yama Flame.

Xiao Yan received the Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler and Yama Palm, then astonished Yao Lao by mastering the Earth Tier techniques in the Martial Dao Space. After Xiao Yan demonstrated the ruler technique’s destructive power and replenished his Dou Qi, Yao Lao asked what he planned to do next.

• Xiao Yan received the Mid Earth Tier Yama Palm and a Seventh-Tier Beast Flame as rewards for intercepting the Black Heavy Ruler and Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he had mastered Yama Palm’s first three layers and cultivated Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler to major mastery in the Martial Dao Space.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler, spending about forty percent of his Dou Qi to split a giant boulder and carve a deep gully into the mountain wall.
• Yao Lao was stunned by Xiao Yan’s mastery and reflected on how fortunate he was to have found such a disciple after being betrayed.
• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi with the Heaven-Burning Divine Art, and Yao Lao asked what he planned to do next.

Xiao Yan proposed fusing different flames, and with Yao Lao's guidance he successfully created a powerful technique using two Beast Flames. After Yao Lao neutralized the attack, he judged it could severely injure or kill a Dou Spirit expert, leaving Xiao Yan eager to develop it with stronger flames.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether the Flame Mantra could fuse different flames into a single attack.
• Yao Lao agreed to the experiment but warned Xiao Yan to start with weaker Beast Flames instead of his Undying Divine Flame.
• Xiao Yan brought out the Crimson Spirit Flame and Azure Cloud Blaze, which fused without resistance into a brownish-azure lotus platform.
• Xiao Yan named the technique Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and threw the unstable lotus platform toward an empty clearing.
• Yao Lao used Spatial Lock to crush the lotus platform before it exploded and assessed its power as enough to severely injure or kill a Dou Spirit expert.

Xiao Yan visited the Miter Auction House to deliver pills to Ya Fei, request medicinal ingredients, and collect Beast Flames for strengthening his body. Ya Fei arranged a major auction for a month later and invited Xiao Yan to attend.

• Xiao Yan brought Ya Fei nine batches of Qi-Gathering Powder, other pills for auction, and a list of ingredients he needed.
• Gu Ni judged the Qi-Gathering Powder to be exceptionally high quality, and Ya Fei learned that Xiao Yan had refined the pills himself.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yan six Beast Flames, including one Fourth-Order Beast Flame, and he stored them in his ring.
• Ya Fei revealed that she planned to hold a large auction in a month and asked Xiao Yan to attend.
• Xiao Yan agreed to attend and said he would bring more items for Ya Fei to auction.

Xiao Yan rested before refining several Beast Flames, which raised him to Five-Star Dou Master and strengthened his cultivation art and Flame Spirit Body. As the Xiao Clan and Galie Clan fought over Wutan City's markets, Xiao Yan's business successes drew Ya Fei closer and stirred Xun'er's jealousy, which he soothed with a gift.

• Ya Fei asked Gu Ni about Xiao Yan's alchemist and learned that Xiao Yan had reached One-Star Dou Master at fifteen and a half.
• Xiao Yan rested for several days, then refined five Third-Order Beast Flames and rose to Two-Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan devoured the Seventh-Tier Yama Flame, advancing to Five-Star Dou Master, Quasi-Earth Tier Heaven-Burning Divine Art, and a three-pattern Flame Spirit Body.
• Xiao Yan practiced his Dou Techniques to adjust to his increased strength, then resumed his regular cultivation and alchemy routine.
• Liu Xi gave Galie Bi the Strength-Accumulating Pill, but Xiao Yan's stronger Strength-Accumulating Elixir drew customers back to the Xiao Clan and forced Galie Bi to sell marketplaces.
• Ya Fei delivered medicinal ingredients to Xiao Yan, making Xun'er jealous; Xiao Yan gave Xun'er a hairpin, and her unhappiness faded.

Xiao Yan arranged for Ya Fei to auction Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, drawing powerful factions to the Miter Auction House. The Xiao Clan attended as a show of support while Galie Bi and Oba Pa competed for pills that could overturn Wutan City's balance of power.

• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and other medicinal items to auction, hoping to strengthen her position and lure Galie Bi into a reckless bid against the Xiao Clan.
• Ya Fei publicized the auction, prompting factions from Wutan City and nearby cities to gather funds and attend.
• Galie Bi and Oba Pa brought their clans to pursue the pills, while the Xiao Clan stayed out of the bidding because Xiao Yan had told them about the plan.
• Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and the others to the packed auction house, where Ya Fei had reserved a private room for them.
• Xiao Zhan and the chief steward noted that the Galie and Oba Clans and several powerful visitors had gathered, drawn by the pills' ability to rapidly raise a Great Dou Master's strength.

Xiao Yan watched as Ya Fei auctioned his Foundation-Building Elixirs and Qi-Gathering Powders at the Miter Auction House, earning far more than their usual prices. The auction was left poised for its final and most coveted item, the Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.

• Ya Fei opened the auction by presenting thirty-two bottles of Foundation-Building Elixir, whose proven effects sparked fierce bidding.
• The Foundation-Building Elixirs sold for an average of 45,000 gold coins each, giving Xiao Yan 870,000 gold coins from his share.
• Ya Fei auctioned seven more items, mostly Magic Cores, weapons, and medicinal ingredients, while the major clans waited for the Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Ya Fei announced nine Qi-Gathering Powders, drawing eager bids from families seeking to help their juniors become Dou Practitioners.
• The Qi-Gathering Powders sold for between 210,000 and 250,000 gold coins each.

Xiao Yan gave the chief steward a Qi-Gathering Powder in exchange for his help and then anticipated Galie Bi’s attempt to buy both Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills. Galie Bi won both pills, but Xiao Yan insisted he would not get the chance to use them.

• Xiao Yan gave the chief steward an unused Qi-Gathering Powder and secured his service to Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan.
• Ya Fei unveiled two Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills as the auction’s final items, while four Five-Star Great Dou Masters deterred anyone considering a theft.
• Galie Bi bid 500,000 gold coins for the first pill, outbidding the other families.
• Xiao Zhan followed Xiao Yan’s advice and raised the second pill’s price by 50,000 gold coins, prompting Galie Bi to bid 600,000.
• Xiao Yan explained that Galie Bi needed both pills to break through and attack the Xiao Clan, then declared that Galie Bi would not get the chance to take them.
• Galie Bi won the second pill as well.

After the auction, Xiao Yan told Ya Fei that the Galie Clan would be destroyed that night. He unleashed a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus on the Galie Clan estate, reducing it to ruins; the chapter left the clan’s fate in the aftermath of the blast.

• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yan the crystal card containing his 1.8 million gold coin share and worried that Galie Bi could use the Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills to threaten the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan assured Ya Fei that the Galie Clan would be erased from Wutan City after that night.
• Galie Bi ordered the Galie Clan on high alert while he entered the underground chamber to attempt a breakthrough to Eight-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan watched the guarded Galie Clan estate from a rooftop and formed a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus from his Golden-Plume Windburn Flame and Scarlet-Cloud Glazed Flame.
• Xiao Yan sent the lotus into the estate, where it exploded and devastated the Galie Clan compound.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Galie Clan, killed Galie Bi, and claimed the clan’s treasury. He returned to the Xiao Clan and told Xiao Zhan that the Galie Clan was ready to be brought under their control.

• Xiao Yan searched the Galie Clan ruins and found Galie Bi alive, sustained by a Blood Frenzy Pill.
• Galie Bi attacked Xiao Yan with Gale-Splitting Blast Fist, but Xiao Yan killed him with the Yama Palm and revealed that he had refined the Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yan warned the watching factions against taking the Galie Clan’s spoils, then collected everything in the clan treasury.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and told Xiao Zhan that Galie Bi was dead and the Galie Clan had been destroyed.
• Xiao Yan poured Galie Bi’s head and the treasury’s contents onto the Council Hall floor.

Xiao Yan's destruction of the Galie Clan let the Xiao Clan take control of Wutan City, while the Oba Clan surrendered and became its vassal. Before leaving for the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan met Ya Fei, who drugged him and brought him to her room; he woke beside her, having knowingly allowed her plan to unfold.

• Xiao Zhan sent the elders to seize the Galie Clan's assets after Xiao Yan returned with Galie Bi's head and the clan's goods.
• Xiao Xun'er heard Ling Ying's account of Xiao Yan defeating Galie Bi and declared that Xiao Yan was the person she had set her sights on.
• The Xiao Clan took over the Galie Clan's properties, and Oba Pa surrendered most of the Oba Clan's assets, making his clan a Xiao vassal.
• Xiao Yan visited Ya Fei to discuss selling the Xiao Clan's surplus assets and told her he planned to leave for the Imperial Capital for half a year or longer.
• Ya Fei drugged the wine she shared with Xiao Yan, carried him to a bed, and undressed before joining him.
• Xiao Yan woke in Ya Fei's room beside her and realized she had drugged him, though he had recognized the drug and chosen not to stop her.

Xiao Yan received powerful cultivation rewards for Ya Fei and left them for her before departing the Miter Auction House. Ya Fei woke, read his letter, and looked forward to seeing him again, while Xiao Yan headed toward the Imperial Capital with Yao Lao.

• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with a Marrow-Washing Pill, two cultivation scrolls, and a Spirit-Gathering Necklace after Ya Fei became his in body and heart.
• Xiao Yan left the rewards and a letter explaining them beside Ya Fei, then quietly left the room.
• Ya Fei woke, read Xiao Yan's letter, and felt reassured that she had entrusted herself to the right man.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Yan about his romantic luck, and Xiao Yan said it was time to head to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan used Explosive Step to speed through the streets toward the city gates.

Xiao Yan killed Xuan Hao on the road to prevent the Fourth-Grade Alchemist from reaching Wutan City, then left resources and farewell letters for Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er before traveling to the Imperial Capital. He arrived in disguise and headed toward the city gate guards after deciding he needed a guide.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao ambushed Xuan Hao's carriage, killed him, and took the Storage Ring containing pills, techniques, and gold.
• Xiao Zhan found Xiao Yan's letter and gifts, then resolved to use the resources to support the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xun'er read Xiao Yan's letter, kept it close, and quietly anticipated his return.
• After seven days of travel, Xiao Yan reached the Imperial Capital wearing a human-skin mask.
• Xiao Yan bypassed the entrance queue and walked toward the soldiers guarding the city gate.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Guild under the false name Han Li and announced that he would take the Fourth-Grade Alchemist examination. President Fa Ma intervened in the registration and, after sensing Xiao Yan’s powerful Soul Power, considered whether the sixteen-year-old could truly be a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Yan asked a city guard for directions to the Alchemist Guild, then tipped his guide with a Second-Rank medicinal pill.
• At the Guild entrance, Xiao Yan displayed his dark purple flame and said he wanted to take the Fourth-Grade Alchemist examination.
• Xiao Yan registered as Han Li, gave his age as sixteen, and named his teacher as Yao Lao.
• Fa Ma arrived and authorized the attendant to record Yao Lao as Xiao Yan’s teacher.
• Fa Ma examined Xiao Yan and sensed that his Soul Power surpassed that of some experienced Fourth-Grade Alchemists.

Xiao Yan passed the Alchemist Association’s assessments and revealed himself as a sixteen-year-old Fourth-Grade Alchemist, drawing the attention of the Imperial Capital’s powers. After arranging for news of his Heavenly Flame to spread, he received Nalan Su and demanded rare treasures in exchange for treating Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison.

• Xiao Yan passed the First- through Fourth-Rank Alchemist assessments and received a four-star badge, astonishing the blue-flamed alchemist who had tested alongside him.
• Yao Yue asked Xiao Yan to take her as his disciple, but he refused.
• Xiao Yan stayed at a Miter Clan inn and received gifts from families across the Imperial Capital.
• At Xiao Yan’s request, Fa Ma spread word that Han Li possessed a Heavenly Flame, prompting Nalan Su to visit him.
• Xiao Yan demanded Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva and a Sixth-Rank Beast Flame in exchange for treating Nalan Jie.

Xiao Yan fulfilled his agreement with Nalan Su and cured Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison with Yao Lao’s help. Back at the inn, the system rewarded Xiao Yan with a Nine-Soul Restoration Fruit, which gave Yao Lao hope of recovering his strength, though whether the two ingredients could restore him to Dou Venerable level remained unanswered.

• Nalan Su agreed to Xiao Yan’s terms, and Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan to remove Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison with Bone-Chilling Flame.
• Nalan Jie recovered, and Nalan Su honored the agreement by giving Xiao Yan the promised items.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with a seventh-rank Nine-Soul Restoration Fruit for intercepting Xiao Yan’s opportunity to obtain the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Lao the two ingredients and asked whether they could restore him to Dou Venerable strength.
• Yao Lao’s excitement unleashed powerful Soul pressure that shook the inn, but he quickly calmed himself and did not press Xiao Yan about the fruit’s origin.

Yao Lao refined a pill from the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva to help Xiao Yan strengthen his Soul Power, while using the Nine-Soul Restoration Fruit to restore himself. Xiao Yan reached the Late Mortal Realm and then absorbed a Sixth-Rank Beast Flame, advancing to Six-Star Dou Master as Yao Lao continued recovering.

• Yao Lao refined the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva into a pill that could help Xiao Yan break through to the Late Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pill and refined its medicinal power while Yao Lao extracted and absorbed the effects of the Nine-Soul Restoration Fruit.
• Xiao Yan awakened with his Soul Power at the Late Mortal Realm and could sense hundreds of zhang around him.
• While Yao Lao continued absorbing the fruit's effects, Xiao Yan swallowed the Sixth-Rank Beast Flame he had taken from the Nalan Clan.
• Xiao Yan refined the Beast Flame's energy and broke through from peak Five-Star Dou Master to Six-Star Dou Master.

Xiao Yan used a pill to advance to Nine-Star Dou Master, while Yao Lao recovered to Four-Star Dou Zong. After declining Fa Ma’s offer to become an honorary elder but agreeing to enter the next Alchemist Tournament, Xiao Yan left the Imperial Capital for Green Mountain Town.

• Xiao Yan swallowed a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and broke through from Six-Star Dou Master to Nine-Star Dou Master.
• Yao Lao awakened with his soul cultivation restored to Four-Star Dou Zong and thanked Xiao Yan for his efforts.
• Fa Ma invited Xiao Yan to become an honorary elder of the Alchemist Association, but Xiao Yan declined the position and agreed to compete in the next Alchemist Tournament.
• Xiao Yan left the Imperial Capital on a Golden-Horned Horse and headed toward Green Mountain Town.

Xiao Yan arrived in Green Mountain Town and entered Ten Thousand Medicines Hall to find a rare Blood Lotus Essence disguised as Yellow Lotus Essence. After identifying and buying the herb, he still had to pursue his other goal of finding Little Doctor Fairy.

• Xiao Yan reached Green Mountain Town after traveling from the Imperial Capital for four days on the Golden-Horned Horse.
• Xiao Yan entered the town carrying the Black Heavy Ruler and headed for Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.
• Xiao Yan searched the herb counters with his Soul Power and found Blood Lotus Essence mistaken for cheap Yellow Lotus Essence.
• Xiao Yan asked a male clerk to take the herb from the rack, then confirmed its identity and stored it in his Storage Ring.