Chapter Summaries

Blazing Flame and Mystic Flame wounded the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame, but Mystic Flame betrayed Blazing Flame to claim it for himself. Blazing Flame confronted him, and the chapter ended when Nether Frost appeared to support Mystic Flame.

• Blazing Flame and Mystic Flame combined their Dou Skills to shatter the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame's dragon form and weaken its consciousness.
• Mystic Flame attacked Blazing Flame from behind with an Extreme Cold Ice Spike, but Blazing Flame blocked the strike with his Blazing Flame Fist.
• Mystic Flame admitted he wanted the entire Beast Flame to awaken his Frostflame Demon Dragon bloodline and transform into a dragon.
• Blazing Flame revealed he also planned to claim the Beast Flame to awaken his Flame Prison Demon Tiger bloodline, then warned Mystic Flame to leave.
• Mystic Flame summoned Nether Frost, a transformed seventh-tier Bloodwing Sky Wolf, to join the confrontation.

Mystic Flame, Nether Frost, and Blazing Flame fought over the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame, leaving all three badly wounded. As Mystic Flame moved to finish Blazing Flame, Xiao Yan ambushed him with the ninth layer of Yama Palm and destroyed his heart.

• Nether Frost joined Mystic Flame against Blazing Flame to repay a favor, and the three Seventh Tier Magical Beasts battled inside the sealed cave.
• Blazing Flame awakened his Flame Prison Demon Tiger bloodline and unleashed Flame Demon Annihilation Strike against Nether Frost and Mystic Flame.
• The clash of their attacks left Nether Frost unable to move, Blazing Flame dying, and Mystic Flame badly wounded but still standing.
• Mystic Flame approached Blazing Flame to deliver the final blow, while Xiao Yan emerged from hiding behind him.
• Xiao Yan struck Mystic Flame with the ninth layer of Yama Palm, piercing his chest and burning his heart to ashes with the Undying Divine Flame.

Xiao Yan killed Mystic Flame, Blazing Flame, and Nether Frost, collected their Seventh Tier Magic Cores, and prepared to refine the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame. He rejected Yao Lao’s advice to make protective pills first, confident that the Undying Divine Flame would let him refine the Heavenly Flame safely.

• Xiao Yan killed Mystic Flame from behind and took his Seventh Tier Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan offered Blazing Flame the choice to submit or die, then killed him when he refused and took his Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan killed the unconscious Nether Frost, collected his Magic Core, and stored all three beasts’ bodies in the Bone Flame Ring.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan about refining the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame without pills and suggested making a Blood Lotus Pill first.
• Xiao Yan insisted that the Undying Divine Flame would protect him, and Yao Lao accepted his decision to begin refining the Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan refined the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame and spent half a month absorbing its power, breaking through to Seven-Star Great Dou Master and advancing his cultivation method and physique. After telling Yao Lao about his gains, he collected the palace’s treasures and flew toward the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame's essence and used the Undying Divine Flame and his Soul Power to overcome its resistance and seal it in the Flame Vessel.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month undergoing transformation as the refined flame strengthened his body and increased his Dou Qi, while Yao Lao protected him with the Bone-Chilling Flame.
• Xiao Yan awakened and broke through to Seven-Star Great Dou Master, while the Heaven-Burning Divine Art advanced to Low Earth Tier and the Myriad-Flame Divine Physique reached the Five-Pattern Flame Spirit Body.
• Yao Lao dispersed the protective barrier and asked Xiao Yan how he felt, and Xiao Yan reported his breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yan collected the treasures from the palace and flew toward the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range’s depths and found Yun Yun fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King for its Amethyst Spirit Crystal. As he watched, Yun Yun recalled the Misty Cloud Sect’s dispute over Xiao Yan and her decision to wait for the Three-Year Pact.

• Xiao Yan flew through the outer Magical Beast Mountain Range, then sensed a battle between the Amethyst Winged Lion King and a woman and hurried toward it.
• Xiao Yan recognized the woman as Yun Yun and watched from concealment as she asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for its Amethyst Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Yun recalled that Ge Ye had reported Xiao Yan’s return and his victory over Nalan Yanran, prompting the Misty Cloud Sect elders to argue over whether to attack the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Leng urged the sect to capture Xiao Yan, while Yun Ling warned that a powerful expert might be backing him.
• Yun Yun ended the dispute and decided the sect should wait for Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Pact before taking further action.

Nalan Yanran trained obsessively for the Three-Year Pact, and Yun Yun sought Amethyst Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King to obtain a cultivation pill for her. After Yun Yun lost their battle and was swept into a river, Xiao Yan found her and chose to save her.

• Nalan Yanran advanced to Seven-Star Dou Practitioner after half a year of intense cultivation, while Yun Yun worried that she still was not strong enough for the Three-Year Pact.
• Yun Yun asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for Amethyst Spirit Crystal and offered other treasures, but the Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill and refused her alternatives.
• Yun Yun fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose Amethyst Seal pierced her shoulder and began sealing her meridians.
• Yun Yun's Wind's Extreme: Meteor Kill wounded the Lion King, but its Purple Crystal Roaring Strike blasted her into the forest and knocked away her sword.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered the magical beasts to search for Yun Yun, while Xiao Yan located her unconscious in a river beneath a hidden waterfall.
• Xiao Yan saw that the current would carry Yun Yun toward a deep pool and decided to save her.

Xiao Yan rescued the injured Yun Yun and brought her to a hidden cave, where he treated her wound after she agreed to his conditions. As Yun Yun recovered, she recognized him as the famed young alchemist Han Li, leaving her astonished by his presence and strength.

• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Yun Yun to a concealed cave and discovered she had awakened during the journey.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as Yun Zhi, while Xiao Yan gave the false name Han Li, and she asked him to treat her wound.
• Xiao Yan required Yun Yun to agree that they would part after she healed and that she would later compensate him before he treated her.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun a healing pill, removed her armor, cleaned and bandaged her wound, and helped her dress again.
• Yun Yun drank Xiao Yan's fish soup, regained some strength, and recognized him as the famous sixteen-year-old fourth-grade alchemist Han Li.

Xiao Yan, posing as Han Li, stayed with Yun Yun in a cave while she recovered from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's seal and explained her disciple's wager and the engagement dispute. When three Fourth-Order Magical Beasts ambushed them, Xiao Yan killed two, while Yun Yun dodged the third's attack.

• Xiao Yan confirmed to Yun Yun that he was Han Li, and she explained she had sought an Amethyst Spirit Crystal for her disciple, Nalan Yanran, and regretted how the engagement had been broken off.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun spent five days in the cave as Yun Yun repeatedly tried to break the Amethyst Seal and Xiao Yan cultivated.
• On the sixth day, Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan to guard her while she bathed at a secluded lake, where three Fourth-Order Magical Beasts ambushed them.
• Yun Yun urged Xiao Yan to flee, but he summoned the Eight-Armed Yama Avatar and killed the silver wolf Magical Beast with his Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame.
• The tiger Magical Beast attacked Xiao Yan and was killed by his palm strike, while Yun Yun dodged the flood demon beast's bite despite her sealed Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun were exposed to the Flood Demon Beast’s aphrodisiac poison, and after Yun Yun’s resistance failed, they spent the night together. The next morning, Yun Yun tried to leave and conceal what happened, but Xiao Yan revealed he knew her true identity, prompting her to threaten him with her sword.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun killed the Flood Demon Beast, but its ruptured poison sac released a mist that overwhelmed them with aphrodisiac poison.
• Xiao Yan carried Yun Yun to the cave and tried to suppress the poison, but Yun Yun lost control and approached him, and they spent the night together.
• Yun Yun woke the next morning, recovered her Dou Qi, and stopped herself from killing the sleeping Xiao Yan before preparing to leave.
• Yun Yun offered Xiao Yan cultivation techniques and pills as compensation and demanded they forget the night, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yan called Yun Yun by her true name and identified her as the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader, so Yun Yun drew her sword and demanded to know who he was.

Xiao Yan revealed his identity to Yun Yun, and the two reconciled after confronting their mutual deception and feelings. The system rewarded Xiao Yan with treasures suited to Yun Yun, leaving him eager to help improve her strength and potential.

• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun that he was Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan, and Yun Yun realized he was the man Nalan Yanran had once humiliated.
• Yun Yun tried to leave, but Xiao Yan pulled her into an embrace as she cried and accused him of bullying her.
• Xiao Yan said he would spare Nalan Yanran from becoming his servant but would still demand a personal apology at the three-year agreement.
• Xiao Yan argued that his rapid cultivation would soon erase the gap between them, and Yun Yun accepted her feelings and leaned against him.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with a Wind God Pill, the Xun Wind Cloud-Shaking Art and its matching Dou Technique, and a Supreme Imperial Zenith Pill.

Xiao Yan accompanied Yun Yun to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory to obtain an Amethyst Spirit Crystal and negotiate for the Companion Purple Crystal Origin. After revealing his borrowed Dou Zong power and defeating the Lion King, he left her subdued, with the deal still unresolved.

• Xiao Yan accepted Yun Yun's Sea Heart Armor and flew with her to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.
• Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao's power, raised his aura to the Dou Zong realm, and called the Amethyst Winged Lion King out.
• Xiao Yan offered the Lion King the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame in exchange for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Companion Purple Crystal Origin, but she refused to give up the latter.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Xiao Yan, but he shattered her flame beam and trapped her with the power of space.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Lion King submitted, and she yielded to protect her child.

Xiao Yan bound the Amethyst Winged Lion King to his service and secured the Amethyst Spirit Crystal for Yun Yun. After offering the beast pills in exchange for guarding the Xiao Clan, he parted from Yun Yun as she left the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan used a Soul Contract Technique to bind the Amethyst Winged Lion King, who then led him and Yun Yun deeper into her cave.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King gave Xiao Yan the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Companion Purple Crystal Origin, and Xiao Yan handed the crystal Yun Yun needed to her.
• Xiao Yan promised a Blazing Spirit Body-Tempering Elixir for the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to guard the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Transformation Pill prescription, then played with her cub while Yun Yun joined him.
• Yun Yun said she had to leave, embraced Xiao Yan, and flew toward the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

After stabilizing at Seven-Star Great Dou Master, Xiao Yan used two Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and a Spirit-Breaking Pill to break through to One-Star Dou Ling in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave. He then announced that he would refine the Transformation Pill and Emperor's Extreme Pill for Zi Ling.

• Xiao Yan consolidated his Seven-Star Great Dou Master cultivation on the energy-rich stone platform in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.
• Xiao Yan swallowed two Purple-Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and advanced through Eight-Star to Nine-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan took the Spirit-Breaking Pill and absorbed purified heaven and earth energy until his Dou crystal became a nine-spiked Urchin Dou Crystal, marking his breakthrough to One-Star Dou Ling.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King guarded the cave entrance and drove away magical beasts while Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King entered the cave and congratulated Xiao Yan, who told Zi Ling he would refine the Transformation Pill and Emperor's Extreme Pill for her.

Yao Lao refined five Emperor's Extreme Pills and then completed a Seventh-Rank Transformation Pill for Zi Ling. Pill Lightning descended as the chapter left Xiao Yan under Yao Lao's control, striking back at the first bolt with the Black Heavy Ruler.

• Zi Ling led Xiao Yan to a secluded cave and agreed to serve him, while Yao Lao brought out the Black Demon Cauldron.
• Yao Lao refined five Emperor's Extreme Pills, exhausting his Soul Power, and Xiao Yan studied his techniques until he could refine Fifth-Grade Pills himself.
• After recovering with Soul-Nourishing Dew, Yao Lao used the rare Transformation Grass and more than a hundred ingredients to refine a Transformation Pill.
• The completed pill triggered Pill Lightning, and Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan and carried the pill and cauldron outside to face the storm.
• Yao Lao controlled Xiao Yan as he swung the Black Heavy Ruler and split the first bolt of silver lightning with Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler.

Yao Lao controlled Xiao Yan as he used two Heavenly Flames to defeat the final Pill Lightning threatening the Transformation Pill. Xiao Yan collected the unharmed pill, gave Zi Ling the pills she had requested, and returned to his cave dwelling to enter seclusion while Yao Lao recovered in the Bone Flame Ring.

• Yao Lao controlled Xiao Yan and deflected successive bolts of Pill Lightning as the storm gathered its power for a final strike.
• Yao Lao fused the Undying Divine Flame and Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame into a multicolored lotus pedestal, and Xiao Yan launched it as the silver lightning dragon descended.
• The Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and the lightning dragon annihilated each other, ending the tribulation and leaving the Transformation Pill unharmed.
• Yao Lao returned to the Bone Flame Ring, swallowed four bottles of Soul-Nourishing Dew, and began recovering his depleted Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Ling the Transformation Pill and Emperor's Extreme Pill, then told her to guard the cave dwelling while he entered seclusion.

Xiao Yan refined the Pill Lightning in seclusion and advanced to Two-Star Dou Spirit before the Amethyst Winged Lion King took human form as Zi Ling. He sent Zi Ling toward the Xiao Clan with a letter and Storage Ring, then traveled to the Tagore Desert and approached Mo City.

• Xiao Yan refined the remaining Pill Lightning in his body and broke through to Two-Star Dou Spirit in one day.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed the Transformation Pill and emerged a day later in human form, taking the name Zi Ling.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Ling a letter and Storage Ring for Xiao Zhan, then established a Spirit-Link Contract with her.
• Zi Ling flew toward the Xiao Clan with the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while Xiao Yan set out for the Tagore Desert.
• Xiao Yan bought a detailed desert map in Black Rock City, then reached the area near Mo City and walked toward the city.

Xiao Yan found Hai Bo Dong in Mo City’s Ancient Map shop and took a fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map, offering to reveal its purpose in exchange for the hidden half. Hai Bo Dong attacked him after Xiao Yan provoked him, leaving their fight underway inside the sealed shop.

• Xiao Yan entered Mo City and located the Ancient Map shop, where he recognized Hai Bo Dong behind the counter.
• Xiao Yan found a fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map and asked Hai Bo Dong to sell it to him.
• Hai Bo Dong recognized the fragment and questioned Xiao Yan, who demanded the hidden half before explaining what it was for.
• Hai Bo Dong shut the shop’s doors, demanded to know Xiao Yan’s identity, and attacked when Xiao Yan refused to answer.
• Hai Bo Dong unleashed Profound Ice Spiral Kill, sending spinning ice cones toward Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Hai Bo Dong outside Mo City and overwhelmed him with an Earth Tier Dou Technique. Hai Bo Dong was left severely injured and unconscious, while Xiao Yan remained standing.

• Xiao Yan drove Hai Bo Dong back with Wrath of the Fire God and flew outside the shop to continue the fight.
• Hai Bo Dong followed Xiao Yan to open ground, where they agreed to decide the victor with one move.
• Hai Bo Dong unleashed four ice dragons, but Xiao Yan countered with the first and second seals of Five-Flame Heaven-Burning Seal.
• Hai Bo Dong raised several ice defenses, but Xiao Yan's double seals shattered them and struck him.
• The attack badly injured Hai Bo Dong, who was knocked unconscious and left in a trench.

Xiao Yan defeated Hai Bo Dong, recovered the second map fragment, and found a detailed Tagore Desert map marking three possible Heavenly Flame sites. After Hai Bo Dong woke, Xiao Yan offered to spare him and restore his cultivation in exchange for twenty years of service.

• Xiao Yan defeated Hai Bo Dong, treated his injuries with a Withered Wood Pill, and tied him to a pillar in the shop.
• Xiao Yan searched the shop, opened the hidden underground ice cavern, and found the second map fragment and a detailed map of the Tagore Desert.
• Xiao Yan joined the two fragments and discovered that the desert map marked three possible Heavenly Flame locations.
• Hai Bo Dong woke to find himself bound and learned Xiao Yan had taken the maps.
• Xiao Yan revealed an aura at the level of a One-Star Dou Zong and identified himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan of Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan offered Hai Bo Dong twenty years of service in exchange for his life, a Seal-Breaking Pill, and a Purple Spirit Restoration Pill.

Xiao Yan persuaded Hai Bo Dong to serve him in exchange for pills and agreed to find the missing Sand Mandrake, extending Hai Bo Dong’s service to thirty years. After leaving the shop, Xiao Yan received a random Heavenly Flame map and a Ninth-Rank Formation Master inheritance from the system, and learned that the map marked the elusive Wind-Rage Dragon Flame.

• Xiao Yan showed Hai Bo Dong the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame and convinced him he could refine the pills needed to break his seal.
• Hai Bo Dong agreed to serve Xiao Yan for twenty years in return for a Seal-Breaking Pill and a Purple Spirit Restoration Pill.
• When Hai Bo Dong revealed he lacked Sand Mandrake, Xiao Yan agreed to find it in exchange for extending Hai Bo Dong’s service to thirty years.
• Xiao Yan collected Hai Bo Dong’s recipe and ingredients, then bought supplies and checked into an inn in Mo City.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with a random Heavenly Flame map and a Ninth-Rank Formation Master inheritance for intercepting a Pure Lotus Demon Flame map fragment.
• Xiao Yan learned that his new map showed the Wind-Rage Dragon Flame, an elusive Heavenly Flame that appeared unpredictably in desert tornadoes.