Chapter Summaries

After Ziyan advanced to Six-Star Dou King, Xiao Yan took her to Black Mark City to bid on valuable items, especially a map fragment connected to the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. They entered the Black Mark Auction Hall under the identity of Hu Gan’s disciple, and the auction began with several powerful factions in attendance.

• Ziyan emerged from her breakthrough, and she and Xiao Yan joked before agreeing to stop raiding factions for the time being.
• Xiao Yan told Ziyan they would visit the Black Mark Auction Hall, where he hoped to obtain the third map fragment to the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.
• After returning to Maple City, Xiao Yan gathered three million gold coins from the Mitel branch and traveled with Ziyan to Black Mark City.
• Xiao Yan presented Hu Gan’s identity plaque at the auction house, and Ruo Lan escorted him and Ziyan to a private room.
• Xiao Yan spotted representatives of the Blood Sect and the Heavenly Serpent Sect, including Elder Qing, among the arriving bidders.
• The auctioneer took his place on the crystal stage, and the auction officially began.

Xiao Yan secured the Pure Lotus Demon Flame map fragment at the auction and watched the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill sell for an enormous price. He left with Ziyan, preparing to seize the pill if an opportunity arose.

• Xiao Yan won the Thunder Bat Wings for 1.8 million gold coins, intending to give them to Xiao Li, then bid 100,000 for the map fragment he sought.
• A bidder raised the fragment's price to 110,000 but tried to withdraw; auction house guards threw him out, and Xiao Yan acquired the fragment.
• Xiao Yan compared the fragment with his other two pieces, and Ziyan sensed a terrifying aura within it before Xiao Yan indicated that it pointed to a ninth-grade treasure.
• Xiao Yan bought medicinal ingredients, but Skeleton Tomb won the Earth Tier Three Thousand Thunder Movement technique, and the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill sold for 90 million gold coins.
• Xiao Yan gave Ziyan Qi Restoration Pills and left the private room with her, ready to look for a chance to take the pill.

Xiao Yan and Ziyan followed the Blood Sect after the auction, hoping to obtain the Three Thousand Thunder Movement and intercept the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill. After Xiao Yan killed the Blood Sect Dou Wang and seized the technique, they rushed toward the battle between Fan Lao and Qing Elder.

• Xiao Yan avoided the Heavenly Serpent Sect and led Ziyan after the Blood Sect, shaking off people who had followed them from the city.
• Xiao Yan watched the Blood Sect ambush and slaughter the Skeleton Tomb group, then followed the sect as it continued away from Black Mark City.
• Xiao Yan spotted Fan Lao fighting Qing Elder in a mountain hollow and concluded that the Heavenly Serpent Sect had been intercepted.
• Xiao Yan and Ziyan agreed to attack the Blood Sect group ahead and divide the spoils, then Xiao Yan killed its leading Dou Wang with his Black-Weight Ruler.
• Xiao Yan and Ziyan killed the remaining Blood Sect members, found the Three Thousand Thunder Movement in the Dou Wang's Storage Ring, and hurried toward Fan Lao and Qing Elder.

Xiao Yan and Ziyan watched as Fan Lao defeated the Heavenly Serpent Sect, killed Qing Elder, and pursued her, then revealed themselves to demand the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill. Fan Lao recognized Xiao Yan as his son’s killer and attacked him.

• Fan Lao overwhelmed Qing Elder, severed her hand, and tried to capture her while the Blood Sect attacked the Heavenly Serpent Sect members.
• Several Heavenly Serpent Sect Dou Spirits used a secret technique to attack Fan Lao, giving Qing Elder a chance to break free and flee.
• Fan Lao caught up with Qing Elder and killed her after a fierce battle that left him with a deep wound on his arm.
• Fan Lao sensed Xiao Yan and Ziyan hiding in the void, and Xiao Yan decided to reveal himself rather than risk a failed ambush.
• Xiao Yan asked Fan Lao to hand over the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Fan Lao recognized him as his son’s killer and vowed to kill him.

Xiao Yan used the Three Mysteries of Heavenly Flame and his Clan Crest to reach Dou Emperor strength and fight Fan Lao, who sought revenge for his son. After luring Fan Lao into a pursuit and forcing him to spend essence blood to catch up, Xiao Yan met his attack head-on and shattered Fan Lao’s right hand.

• Fan Lao recognized Xiao Yan as the murderer of Fan Ling and launched a sudden attack.
• Xiao Yan activated the Three Mysteries of Heavenly Flame and his Clan Crest, reaching Dou Emperor strength before striking Fan Lao head-on.
• Fan Lao used Blood Transformation to increase his strength, but Xiao Yan mocked the modest boost and attacked with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Fan Lao blocked Xiao Yan’s ruler strike and countered with Blood Demon Hand, while Xiao Yan defended and then appeared to flee.
• Xiao Yan drew Fan Lao into pursuit and repeatedly struck him with Scarlet Flame Arrows, forcing Fan Lao to burn essence blood to catch up.
• Fan Lao closed in and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan met the blow with a flame-wrapped hand and shattered Fan Lao’s right hand.

Xiao Yan and Fan Lao fought fiercely, each waiting for the other's power-enhancing secret technique to fail. After both weakened, Xiao Yan detonated his Flame Emperor Armor and left Fan Lao badly burned, but Fan Lao survived and moved to finish him; a small multicolored fire lotus appeared behind Fan Lao as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan shattered Fan Lao's already injured right hand, but Fan Lao tore off the arm and absorbed its blood energy to increase his strength.
• Fan Lao used his blood armor to overpower Xiao Yan, who formed a flame battle armor and fought him through a devastating exchange of blows.
• Xiao Yan's Clan Crest power faltered, but Fan Lao's secret technique also failed, and Xiao Yan detonated his Flame Emperor Armor to engulf Fan Lao in a violet fireball.
• Xiao Yan collapsed without Dou Qi, while Fan Lao survived the blast and threatened to torture him.
• Xiao Yan urged Fan Lao to look behind him, and a delicate black, white, red, and green fire lotus appeared in the air behind Fan Lao.

Xiao Yan and Ziyan defeated Fan Lao, but his hidden final attack pierced Xiao Yan's chest and left him near death. Ziyan kept his life from fading with pills and carried him away, hoping to save him.

• Ziyan found Fan Lao severely burned by Xiao Yan's Three-Colored Fire Lotus and killed him by crushing his chest and twisting off his head.
• Ziyan retrieved Fan Lao's Storage Ring and confirmed it contained the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill before returning to Xiao Yan.
• Fan Lao's head released a blood shadow that formed a spear and pierced Xiao Yan's chest, causing him to lose consciousness.
• Ziyan tried to save Xiao Yan with healing pills, then fed him pills from Fan Lao's Storage Ring, which stopped his life aura from declining.
• Ziyan carried Xiao Yan away on her back to seek help.

After Fan Lao nearly killed Xiao Yan, Su Qian treated him with the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill’s power while Xiao Yan’s consciousness quietly recovered and cultivated his soul. Six months later, Xiao Yan’s soul broke through to the Spirit Realm, shocking Canaan Academy and leaving Su Qian to discover the awakening’s source.

• Su Qian examined Xiao Yan’s grievous injuries, learned Ziyan had fed him the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and used Dou Qi to help its medicinal power heal him.
• After the others left, Xiao Yan revealed that his consciousness had awakened but he could not control his body, and he sensed Su Qian had noticed him.
• Xiao Yan’s body regenerated as he cultivated with the Stargazing Art, drawing in spiritual energy and feeling his soul shackles weaken.
• For months, Yaoyue, Xiao Yu, Ziyan, and the others cared for Xiao Yan; after learning how he had fought Fan Lao, Ziyan began consuming the gathered medicinal ingredients herself.
• Six months after Xiao Yan returned, his soul released a powerful shockwave that disturbed Canaan Academy and frightened its students, elders, and magical beasts.
• Su Qian hurried toward the disturbance, realized it came from Xiao Yan’s room, and exclaimed in shock when he saw Xiao Yan’s breakthrough.

Xiao Yan awakened after breaking through to a Spirit-Realm Soul, reunited with Yaoyue and Mo Shishi, and reassured them that Heavenly Gate would answer those who had taken advantage of his absence. Su Qian realized Xiao Yan's soul power let him perform Void Step despite still being a Dou Wang, then left as Xiao Yan went off with the two women.

• Xiao Yan's vast soul pressure spread across the surrounding area until Su Qian shielded Yaoyue and Mo Shishi from its force.
• Su Qian explained that Xiao Yan had reached the Spirit-Realm Soul, and his attitude toward Yaoyue and Mo Shishi grew warmer as he recognized their connection to Xiao Yan.
• After Xiao Yan's soul pressure faded, he emerged and embraced Yaoyue and Mo Shishi, thanking them for staying by him and managing Heavenly Gate during his unconsciousness.
• Xiao Yan appeared before Su Qian with Void Step, prompting Su Qian to mistake him for a Dou Zong; Xiao Yan clarified that he remained a Dou Wang and attributed the technique to his Spirit-Realm Soul.
• Su Qian left to consider Xiao Yan's extraordinary power, and Xiao Yan returned to the loft with Yaoyue and Mo Shishi.

After awakening from his long slumber, Xiao Yan reunited with Heavenly Gate and the Xiao Clan, promised to deal with the factions that had targeted them, and headed to the Outer Court to meet Hu Gan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan entering Hu Gan’s room after the vice principal ignored his knock.

• Xiao Yan left his pavilion after spending the night with Yaoyue and Mo Shishi, and the waiting Heavenly Gate and Xiao Clan members greeted him excitedly.
• Xiao Ning spoke with Xiao Yan, who learned about the factions’ growth and the harassment Heavenly Gate had faced during his slumber.
• Xiao Yan promised to punish the factions that had targeted Heavenly Gate and revealed that his strength was comparable to a Dou Emperor, though the others did not believe him.
• Xiao Yan arranged a pill competition against Han Xian’s Medicine Gang and received Su Qian’s permission to enter the Treasury Vault for ingredients.
• Xiao Yan went to the Outer Court to visit Hu Gan, who ignored his knock, so Xiao Yan opened the door and entered.

Hu Gan confronted Xiao Yan over his many relationships and demanded that Mo Shishi be sent to him, but Xiao Yan resisted and proved his strength in a clash with the Peak Dou Emperor. Xiao Yan left satisfied with his measure of his combat power, while Hu Gan ended the encounter thinking about the third brother's nearly sixteen-year-old girl.

• Hu Gan learned that Xiao Yan was involved with Hu Jia and several other women, including Han Yue, and grew furious about his granddaughter sharing him.
• Hu Gan scolded Xiao Yan and ordered him to bring Mo Shishi to his courtyard, intending to keep her there until Xiao Yan and Hu Jia married.
• Xiao Yan refused to involve Mo Shishi and challenged Hu Gan when he insisted.
• Hu Gan's pressure barely affected Xiao Yan after he reinforced himself with his Spirit Realm soul, and the two fought for half an hour.
• Xiao Yan left for the Inner Court satisfied with his assessment of his strength, while Hu Gan returned to his recliner and murmured about the third brother's girl.

Xiao Yan gathered ingredients for a Dragon-Elephant Pill and learned that Han Xian planned to cheat in their pill contest with a Fake Dou Spirit Pill. At the contest, Xiao Yan’s pill produced a terrifying display, leaving Han Xian shouting that Xiao Yan had cheated.

• Xiao Yan met Elder Hao at the Treasury Vault, collected the ingredients for a Dragon-Elephant Pill, and confirmed that he could refine Sixth-Grade Pills.
• Han Xian rallied the Medicine Gang by revealing a Dou Spirit Pill, which he secretly intended to pass off as his own using a Fake Dou Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan discussed choosing a new residence with Yaoyue and Mo Shishi, then spent the night with them before Hu Jia joined them later.
• Xiao Yan arrived at North Plaza for the pill contest with Han Xian and began refining his pill.
• Xiao Yan’s cauldron released a crimson pillar of light and a medicinal fragrance that stirred spectators’ cultivation, while Han Xian collapsed and accused him of cheating.

Xiao Yan proved he could refine a Sixth-Grade Dragon-Elephant Pill, then refined two more while celebrating with Ziyan and the Heavenly Gate members. After Xiao Yu returned to the pavilion, Xiao Yan reunited with her and the other women.

• Xiao Yan refined a Sixth-Grade Dragon-Elephant Pill, and Elder Hao inspected it and confirmed its grade before the crowd cheered.
• Ziyan stole the pill from Elder Hao, but Xiao Yan pulled her out of hiding and persuaded Elder Hao to let him handle her.
• Xiao Yan explained his recent breakthrough to Ziyan, then began refining more Dragon-Elephant Pills and completed two additional pills.
• Yaoyue told Xiao Yan that watching his refinement had helped her approach the Fourth-Grade Alchemist level, and Xiao Yan later took Ziyan to a restaurant for a meal.
• Xiao Yu returned after hearing about Xiao Yan's achievement, and Xiao Yan reunited with her and the other women in the bathroom.

After reaching Six-Star Dou Spirit, Han Yue reunited with Xiao Yan, accepted his invitation to join him, and was welcomed by his other women. The group chose a courtyard together, leaving Xiao Yan eager for a future moonlit evening with them.

• Han Yue learned that Xiao Yan had returned but hesitated to visit him because she was uncertain about their relationship.
• Xiao Yan visited Han Yue, told her how his strength had advanced, and asked her to return with him; Han Yue agreed.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue spent the evening talking, then stayed together through the night at Han Yue's pavilion.
• Yaoyue warmly welcomed Han Yue into the group, and Xiao Yan later joined the five women in his pavilion.
• Xiao Yan led the women to choose a courtyard, where they selected seventeen options and discussed features they wanted, including a training ground, offices, an alchemy room, and a moonlit pond.

After spending several days refining Ziyan’s medicinal bath ingredients, Xiao Yan shared a moonlit banquet with the women before returning to cultivation. He reunited with Ziyan, who gave him notes on using Dragon Power and prepared to advance toward Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Yan remembered his promises to Ziyan and spent several days in the alchemy room refining her medicinal ingredients while Yaoyue and Xiao Yu kept him company.
• Yaoyue and Hu Jia arranged a Moonlight Banquet, where the group enjoyed music and dancing before Yaoyue encouraged Han Yue to join Xiao Yan in the bath.
• After several days with the women, Xiao Yan visited Ziyan and gave her the candy pills he had promised.
• Xiao Yan explained how the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill had strengthened his body and said he planned to train in the forest and practice Three Thousand Thunder Movement.
• Ziyan gave Xiao Yan a notebook of methods for using Dragon Power, then revealed she planned to use his medicinal liquid to advance to Dou Emperor.
• After Xiao Yan left, Ziyan privately worried that he might notice the notebook’s wrinkles came from her drool.

Xiao Yan cultivated the Dragon-Elephant Body Tempering Formula and Three Thousand Thunder Movement in the forest, using Ziyan’s notes to study Dragon Power. After three months, an epiphany led him to combine his strength, speed, and combat techniques into a Quasi-Heaven Tier attack that could threaten even a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan carved a cave into a mountainside and began refining a Dragon-Elephant Pill to strengthen his body.
• While the pill’s power refined his muscles and bones, Xiao Yan studied Ziyan’s crumpled notes on using Dragon Power and gradually understood them.
• After a month, Xiao Yan finished refining the first pill and began cultivating Three Thousand Thunder Movement by absorbing the scroll’s Wind-Thunder Force.
• Over the next two months, Xiao Yan practiced his movement and close-combat techniques until an epiphany let him combine them with Dragon Power and his Spirit-Realm Soul.
• Xiao Yan struck the weakened space with his Black-Weight Ruler, briefly opening a dark breach before retreating as it closed.
• Xiao Yan realized he had created a Quasi-Heaven Tier chained attack that could challenge a Dou Zong, then returned toward his mountaintop.

Xiao Yan sealed his cave dwelling as an inheritance site and reflected on his impending departure for the Central Plains, while Gu Xun'er learned of his growing achievements and asked about Ziyan. Back at the academy, Ziyan’s temporary transformation into a mature woman ended, and Xiao Yan promised to refine her a Transformation Pill before she dragged him off for food.

• Xiao Yan sealed his cave dwelling with his alchemy notes, a cultivation method, and the Purple Cloud Wings for a future inheritor.
• Xiao Yan thought about leaving the Northwestern Continent for the Central Plains and remembered Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Xiao Yan had reached a Spirit-Realm Soul and asked about the girl who could use spatial power.
• Ziyan showed Xiao Yan her mature form after breaking through to Dou Emperor, but her transformation quickly wore off and she angrily pounced on him.
• Xiao Yan promised to refine Ziyan a Transformation Pill after reaching Dou Emperor, and Ziyan immediately took him to get something delicious.

Xiao Yan and Ziyan discovered Han Feng’s scouts investigating Canaan Academy and killed them. After learning of the deaths, Han Feng summoned allies and prepared to attack the academy to seize its Heavenly Flame.

• Ziyan and Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan City after finding its food superior to that in the surrounding cities, and Xiao Yan agreed to make her an extra month of candy pills as compensation.
• Xiao Yan overheard several outsiders discussing an investigation of Canaan Academy and identified them as scouts sent by Han Feng of Maple City.
• Xiao Yan and Ziyan killed the scouts, found Maple City identity tokens on their bodies, and headed back toward the academy.
• Han Feng learned that his scouts stationed in Jia Nan City had been killed, while the person undercover inside the academy remained unharmed.
• Han Feng ordered Han Beng to summon the Earthflame Sect, the Eight Gates Sect, the Blood Sect, and the Gold and Silver Elders to support an attack on Canaan Academy.

Han Xian helped Han Feng trigger an attack on the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to break the seal holding the Falling Heart Flame. The Falling Heart Flame rioted, and Han Feng's forces arrived as Canaan Academy rushed to defend the tower.

• Han Xian accepted a container holding Han Feng's Heartsea Flame and arranged for Xiao Yuz i to carry it into the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, while secretly planning to use him as a sacrifice.
• The Heartsea Flame erupted from the container, killed Xiao Yuz i, and struck the tower's seal, cracking it and provoking the Falling Heart Flame beneath the tower.
• The Falling Heart Flame attacked the weakened seal and tried to escape, but a white-haired Battle Ancestor elder blocked it and ordered the academy's elders and students to respond.
• Su Qian, Xiao Yan, and Ziyan flew to the sixth level, where Xiao Yan realized Han Feng had attacked the seal and warned Su Qian.
• Han Feng's forces arrived outside the academy, and a voice mocked Su Qian for hiding the Falling Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan and Ziyan helped Su Qian repel Han Feng’s forces outside the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, but Han Feng targeted the tower to force Canaan Academy’s hand. As Han Feng’s allies rushed to attack it, Xiao Yan killed Ban Lao and left the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan used his Spirit Realm soul to assess Han Feng’s gathered forces, then emerged from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower with Su Qian and Ziyan as Hu Gan was struck down.
• Su Qian caught the injured Hu Gan and attacked Han Feng’s group while Xiao Yan and Ziyan held off six Dou Emperors.
• After Han Feng threatened the tower, he promised an Emperor’s Extreme Pill to the first attacker to damage it, prompting two Dou Emperors to rush toward the tower while Ban Lao held Xiao Yan back.
• Xiao Yan shattered Ban Lao’s assault, then killed him with a two-move combination while the other attackers headed for the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.