Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan prepared to help Queen Medusa evolve by having her endure the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame, while his Undying Divine Flame remained impossible to fuse with his other flames. Queen Medusa entered the Heavenly Flame and suffered through its burning, and the chapter ended with her charred body barely moving as the Snakefolk mourned outside.

• Xiao Yan failed to fuse the Undying Divine Flame with the Azure Nether Myriad-Forms Flame and spent three days practicing his battle techniques.
• Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa gathered at the temple, where he gave her a Blood Lotus Pill before the evolution began.
• Queen Medusa undressed, transformed into a giant purple serpent, and plunged into the Myriad-Beast Spirit Flame.
• Queen Medusa endured the Heavenly Flame without Dou Qi protection as her scales and flesh burned away and her body shrank.
• Queen Medusa's screams faded, leaving her charred serpent body nearly motionless while the Snakefolk outside grieved.

Xiao Yan witnessed Queen Medusa’s evolution fail, then concealed and befriended the newly born Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, Little Cai. After the Snakefolk mourned their queen, the First Elder asked Xiao Yan to refine a Sixth-Grade Pill so they could raise another Queen Medusa.

• A lightning tribulation struck the island, and Xiao Yan watched the charred snake’s body break open to reveal the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yan fed Little Cai Companion Purple Crystal Origin, let her coil around his wrist, and concealed her aura with the Azure Nether Myriad-Forms Flame.
• Yue Mei, Hua She'er, and the Snakefolk arrived, and Xiao Yan gave Hua She'er an Image-Recording Stone showing Queen Medusa’s failed evolution.
• The four Snakefolk elders invited Xiao Yan to the temple and asked him to refine a Sixth-Grade Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill to help them raise another Queen Medusa.

Xiao Yan accepted the Snakefolk Tribe’s request to refine a Sixth-Grade Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill, then secretly killed Kuixing after discovering his lasting hostility. Half a month later, Qing Lin returned to Stone Desert City and told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Xiao Yan was safe, while continuing to worry about him.

• The First Elder gave Xiao Yan the Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill and Heavenly Soul Blood-Melding Pill formulas and reaffirmed the Snakefolk Tribe’s support for him.
• Xiao Yan sent Qing Lin to Stone Desert City to reassure Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then returned at night to Kuixing’s bedchamber and attacked him.
• Kuixing burned his life essence and fought back as a giant serpent, but Xiao Yan killed him and destroyed his body with the Azure Nether Myriad-Forms Flame.
• The First Elder found Kuixing’s ruined bedchamber and explained that Queen Medusa had ordered Kuixing killed if he still resented Xiao Yan.
• Qing Lin reached Stone Desert City after three days and told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about Xiao Yan’s encounter with the Snakefolk Tribe and his safety.
• Half a month later, Qing Lin reached the One-Star Dou Master level and worried about Xiao Yan while cultivating in her room.

Lü Man and White Fang tracked Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps and tried to take her to the Sky Snake Palace. Qing Lin protected Xiao Ding and Xiao Li by threatening to destroy her Three-Flower Jade Serpent Eyes, then refused to join the Sky Snake Palace because she had already devoted herself to Xiao Yan.

• Lü Man and White Fang used a compass to locate Qing Lin in Stone Desert City and arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stood between the visitors and Qing Lin, but Lü Man prepared to strike them.
• Qing Lin threatened to destroy her Three-Flower Jade Serpent Eyes if Lü Man and White Fang harmed the two captains.
• Lü Man agreed to let Xiao Ding and Xiao Li leave, and Qing Lin sent them to find Xiao Yan.
• Lü Man introduced herself and White Fang as members of the Sky Snake Palace and offered Qing Lin a place there.
• Qing Lin refused the offer, declaring that she belonged to Xiao Yan and would not join another faction.

Xiao Yan returned to find Lü Man and White Fang trying to take Qing Lin to Sky Snake Palace, then trapped them in his Lesser Celestial Star-Dipper Sword Formation. White Fang submitted and allowed Qing Lin to bind him with her Three-Flower Jade Serpent Eyes, while Lü Man remained trapped in the formation.

• Lü Man and White Fang dismissed Qing Lin's loyalty to Xiao Yan and prepared to take her away by force.
• Xiao Yan arrived, rescued Qing Lin, and rejected Lü Man's demand that she join Sky Snake Palace.
• Lü Man and White Fang attacked Xiao Yan, but he formed the Lesser Celestial Star-Dipper Sword Formation and neutralized their strikes.
• Xiao Yan offered the pair a choice between death and becoming his subordinates, and White Fang chose to submit.
• White Fang approached Qing Lin and let her use her Three-Flower Jade Serpent Eyes to bind his soul with a contract.

Xiao Yan subdued Lü Man and White Fang, reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and traveled to Mo City with Qing Lin and his new followers. He gave Hai Bo Dong the Seal-Breaking Pill, and Hai Bo Dong hurried off to consume it and break the seal.

• White Fang submitted to Xiao Yan, and the energy he provided helped Qing Lin break through to Five-Star Dou Master.
• Lü Man accepted Xiao Yan's Slave Contract after he revealed his Sixth-Rank Alchemist status and demonstrated the Azure Nether Myriad-Forms Flame.
• Xiao Yan promised Lü Man and White Fang pills and other rewards, then returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Corps and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li chose to stay in Stone Desert City, so Xiao Yan gave them defensive formation jade slips and departed for Mo City with Qing Lin, Lü Man, and White Fang.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bo Dong the Seal-Breaking Pill, and Hai Bo Dong rushed to the basement to consume it and break the seal.

Xiao Yan captured and refined the Wind-Rage Dragon Flame, while Queen Medusa awakened from her Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python form during the process and absorbed some of its energy. Three months later, Xiao Yan emerged stronger and found Queen Medusa restored to human form and now his woman.

• Hai Bo Dong broke Queen Medusa's seal, and Xiao Yan gave him a Purple Rejuvenation Pill formula in exchange for his promise to make Miter Ya Fei clan leader.
• Xiao Yan sent Lü Man, White Fang, and Qing Lin back to the Xiao Clan, then traveled alone to the Tagore Desert to seek the Wind-Rage Dragon Flame.
• After waiting for the flame to appear, Xiao Yan captured it and set up a guarded cave near the Magical Beast Mountain Range to refine it.
• Xiao Yan used his other Heavenly Flames and the Heaven-Burning Divine Art to refine the Wind-Rage Dragon Flame, while the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python joined the fire cocoon and Queen Medusa's consciousness awakened.
• Three months later, Xiao Yan emerged from the cocoon stronger and confronted Queen Medusa, who had returned to human form after absorbing flame energy from him.

After Medusa stopped her sword from striking Xiao Yan, they became lovers, and the system rewarded him with powerful gifts for Cai Lin. Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Art, the Nine Hells Netherworld King Sword, and a Supreme Zongyuan Pill, then examined his gains from refining the Wind-Rage Dragon Flame and set off for the Xiao Clan.

• Medusa tried to kill Xiao Yan but stopped, and he told her he had trusted her not to hurt him before they became intimate.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Art, the Nine Hells Netherworld King Sword, and a Supreme Zongyuan Pill for intercepting Queen Medusa's opportunity.
• Xiao Yan taught Cai Lin the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Art and gave her the sword and pill, which she accepted with gratitude.
• Xiao Yan sensed that refining the Wind-Rage Dragon Flame had raised his cultivation from Four-Star Battle King to Two-Star Dou Emperor and strengthened his Azure Nether Myriad-Forms Flame.
• Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Xiao Clan after two years away, and Medusa transformed into a tiny seven-colored snake around his wrist.
• Xiao Yan flew toward the Xiao Clan using his faster Wind-Thunder Wings.

After two years of training, Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan, where his family and friends welcomed him with joy. That night, he sat with Xiao Xun'er on the back mountain, while Ruo Lin considered recruiting him and the others for Canaan Academy.

• The Xiao Clan held its Dou Qi test as Ruo Lin visited to recruit talented youths, including Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan flew into the Xiao Clan on his Wind-Thunder Wings, announcing that he had returned after two years away.
• Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin rushed to embrace Xiao Yan, and he praised Qing Lin's progress to One-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan, who welcomed him emotionally, and the clan held a celebratory banquet in his honor.
• That night, Xiao Yan sat on the back mountain, where Xiao Xun'er joined him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xun'er and revealed a cultivation level far beyond what she and Ling Ying expected, then spent time with Xun'er and Ya Fei. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan stopping Yun Leng and his masked Misty Cloud Sect force from attacking the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yan embraced Xiao Xun'er, apologized for leaving without saying goodbye, and promised to spend more time with her; Ling Ying discovered Xiao Yan had reached Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xun'er learned Xiao Yan's cultivation level from Ling Ying and was delighted by his strength, while Xiao Yan later confronted Cai Lin over her jealousy.
• During the following two months, Xiao Yan kept his promise to Xun'er, visited Ya Fei, and learned that Hai Bo Dong had offered to make her heir to the Miter Clan leadership.
• Yun Leng led more than ten Battle King experts in a nighttime attack on the Xiao Clan and ordered that no one be left alive.
• Xiao Yan used a sword formation to kill the attackers who tried to surround the clan, identified Yun Leng beneath his disguise, and revealed himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan annihilated Yun Leng’s assault on the Xiao Clan, then traveled to the Imperial Capital to make a name for himself by publicly refining a Sect-Breaking Pill. When Mentor Ruo Lin invited him to Canaan Academy, he revealed his strength and alchemy rank and proposed joining as an elder, while Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin agreed to enroll as his students.

• Xiao Yan used his sword formation to kill Yun Leng’s Battle King companions, then soul-searched Yun Leng and stored the now-demented man in a living-creature treasure.
• Xiao Yan flew to the Imperial Capital with Ya Fei and Lü Man, planning to publicly refine a Sect-Breaking Pill rather than compete in the Alchemist Tournament.
• Mentor Ruo Lin invited Xiao Yan to join Canaan Academy, but Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Emperor pressure and proposed joining as an elder instead of a student.
• Xiao Yan told Ruo Lin that he was a Two-Star Dou Emperor and Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and asked her to report his proposal to Headmaster Hu Gan.
• Ruo Lin recruited Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin as her students after Xiao Yan agreed to join Canaan Academy.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital with Ya Fei and Lü Man, met with the Mittel Family leaders, and promised to refine Hai Bo Dong’s Purple Rejuvenation Pill while planning a public Alchemist Conference. He obtained the incomplete first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and went to meet President Fa Ma, who had not yet recognized him.

• Xiao Yan reached the Imperial Capital with Ya Fei and Lü Man and was welcomed by Hai Bo Dong and Miter Tengshan at the Miter Auction House.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bo Dong that he would refine the Purple Rejuvenation Pill while publicly refining a High-Grade Sixth-Rank Sect-Breaking Pill in the coming days.
• Miter Tengshan was shocked by Xiao Yan’s ability to refine the Sect-Breaking Pill and anticipated that the Mittel Family could gain his support.
• Xiao Yan left Ya Fei and Lü Man with the Mittel Family and went to the Alchemist Guild to search its treasure-hunting area.
• Xiao Yan traded three Third-Grade Qi-Replenishing Pills for the damaged jade fragment containing the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yan presented his token to request a meeting, and Fa Ma arrived but did not recognize him.

Xiao Yan revealed his identity to President Fa Ma and arranged a public Sixth-Rank Alchemist assessment by refining a Sect-Breaking Pill in three days. On his way back, he rescued Ya Fei from Lei Le, while Lü Man crippled Lei Ou when he attacked.

• Xiao Yan proved to President Fa Ma that he was Han Li, revealed his true name, and requested a Sixth-Rank Alchemist assessment.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would publicly refine a Sect-Breaking Pill in the Imperial Capital's central plaza three days later, and Fa Ma agreed to spread the news.
• Xiao Yan found Lei Le threatening Ya Fei and pinned him to the ground, breaking his bones with his Dou Qi.
• Lei Ou arrived to save his grandson and attacked Xiao Yan, but Lü Man pierced his palm and crippled his Dou Qi with a strike to his chest.

Xiao Yan killed Lei Le and Lei Ou after they attacked Ya Fei, then ordered Miter Tengshan to eliminate the Lei Clan. He gave Ya Fei a Youth-Restoring Pill and, three days later, arrived at Imperial Capital Square as the crowd gathered for his public refinement of the Sect-Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Yan killed Lei Le and Lei Ou and everyone with them after Lei Ou threatened him over the Miter Auction House.
• Miter Tengshan promised to handle the incident, and Xiao Yan ordered him to leave no survivors; Tengshan later oversaw the destruction of the Lei Clan.
• Xiao Yan comforted Ya Fei, gave her a Youth-Restoring Pill, and promised to refine a Beauty-Preserving Pill for her in the future.
• Ya Fei consumed the Youth-Restoring Pill and began refining its medicinal power while Xiao Yan set up an array to protect her.
• Three days later, a crowd gathered at Imperial Capital Square to watch Xiao Yan publicly refine the Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Miter Tengshan, Nalan Jie, Mu Chen, Hai Bo Dong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma assembled near the platform before the event began.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Jia Ma Empire’s public alchemy event and revealed that he was the renowned alchemist Han Li, shocking Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun, and the others. He began refining a Sect-Breaking Pill with his unusual Heavenly Flame, leaving the crowd astonished by his skill.

• Jia Xingtian asked Fa Ma who was refining the Sect-Breaking Pill, but Fa Ma refused to reveal the person’s identity.
• Yun Yun, Gu He, and Nalan Yanran arrived, and Mu Chen praised Nalan Yanran’s cultivation while Nalan Jie remained troubled by her broken engagement.
• Xiao Yan flew into the plaza and announced that he would publicly refine a Sixth-Grade Pill.
• Fa Ma revealed that Xiao Yan was the same person as Han Li, leaving Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun, Gu He, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie stunned.
• Xiao Yan formed a cauldron from his blue-green Azure Nether Myriad-Forms Flame and began refining dozens of medicinal herbs at once.

Xiao Yan completed a Supreme Sect-Breaking Pill during the alchemy contest, astonishing Fa Ma and Gu He with its purity and power. He refused Jia Xingtian’s request to trade for it, saying he would refine another after settling his Three-Year Pact with Nalan Yanran in a month, leaving Nalan Yanran facing the prospect of fighting a Two-Star Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Yan refined a Sect-Breaking Pill and caught it after it developed enough spirituality to fly from the cauldron.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the crowd’s greed with his strength, then let Fa Ma inspect the pill.
• Fa Ma and Gu He recognized the pill’s three patterns and confirmed it was a Supreme Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yan said the pill could guarantee a Peak Dou Emperor’s breakthrough to Dou Zong, and Jia Xingtian asked to trade for it.
• Xiao Yan refused Jia Xingtian, explaining that he would refine another pill after settling his Three-Year Pact with Nalan Yanran in a month.
• Jia Xingtian looked toward Nalan Yanran and Nalan Jie as Xiao Yan’s upcoming fight with Nalan Yanran became the focus.

After Xiao Yan publicly established his strength, Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Clan feared his retaliation, while the Misty Cloud Sect debated how to respond. Yun Yun left the sect at night to meet Xiao Yan, and Gu He secretly followed her.

• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Jie’s attempt to appeal for Nalan Yanran and warned him not to interfere in their dispute.
• Xiao Yan ended the gathering, and Gu He grew suspicious after seeing Yun Yun react shyly to Xiao Yan’s meaningful look.
• News of Xiao Yan’s rank and power spread across the Jia Ma Empire, leaving the Nalan Clan fearful and prompting Yun Ling to urge the Misty Cloud Sect to apologize and appease him.
• Yun Tian told the Misty Cloud Sect elders that Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong and would emerge in a month, while Yun Yun privately doubted he could defeat Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun left the Misty Cloud Sect for the Imperial Capital at night, and Gu He secretly followed her.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun at the Miter Clan, while Gu He saw them together and left the Jia Ma Empire in jealousy. Queen Medusa intercepted and killed Gu He, leaving Jia Xingtian and Hai Bo Dong to suspect that a powerful Dou Zong had appeared near the Imperial Capital.

• Yun Yun visited Xiao Yan, and the two embraced before sharing an intimate night together.
• Gu He watched Yun Yun enter Xiao Yan's room, heard them together, and left the Miter Clan after suppressing his jealousy.
• Gu He flew toward the Central Plains and vowed to take revenge on Xiao Yan and Yun Yun, but Queen Medusa appeared in his path.
• Cai Lin revealed her Six-Star Dou Zong strength, rejected Gu He's offer to refine pills, and killed him with a streak of seven-colored light.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bo Dong searched the area but found no traces, then wondered whether a hidden Dou Zong or Yun Shan had appeared.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun rested together after their encounter, and Yun Yun marveled at his strength.

Yun Yun pleaded with Xiao Yan to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, and he promised to protect it after dealing with Yun Shan and the Soul Hall Guardian. A month later, Xiao Yan flew to Cloud Mist Mountain for the Three-Year Pact, where the Misty Cloud Sect and prominent witnesses had assembled.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, and he revealed that Yun Shan had colluded with a Soul Hall Guardian who could seize his soul.
• Xiao Yan agreed to spare the sect after killing the Guardian Wu and placing a Soul Contract on Yun Shan; Yun Yun left after asking him to save her master and sect.
• Queen Medusa gave Xiao Yan Pill King Gu He's Storage Ring, and he found pills, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and a Seventh-Rank Transformation Pill inside.
• A month passed as the Nalan Clan prepared to concede and the Misty Cloud Sect prepared to fight; Yun Yun quietly waited for the confrontation to end.
• Xiao Yan flew toward the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three-Year Pact, where Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, the sect's elders, Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Hai Bo Dong, and Nalan Jie had gathered.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to keep the Three-Year Pact and settle the sect’s attack on the Xiao Clan, exposing Yun Leng’s crime before the gathered disciples. As Yun Ling led the Cloud-Smoke Sun-Covering Formation against him, Xiao Yan shattered its attack and began tearing through the formation.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, announced his two reasons for coming, and threw Yun Leng’s corpse into the square.
• Xiao Yan projected proof that Yun Leng had led Dou Wang experts to attack the Xiao Clan, leaving the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders unable to deny it.
• A possessed elder urged the sect to attack Xiao Yan, while Guardian Wu secretly planned to let both sides weaken each other.
• Yun Yun ordered the disciples to form the Cloud-Smoke Sun-Covering Formation, and Yun Ling gathered their power into a white sphere and launched it at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan swung the Black Heavy Ruler with the Flame Splitting Flowing Wave Ruler technique, destroying the sphere and splitting apart the formation’s sea of clouds.