Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian found a damaged map in the cave and left together for the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After Xiao Yan killed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members waiting outside, he and Xiao Yi Xian continued on, with her still questioning his strength and name.

• Xiao Yan took a yellowed hide map from a skeleton in the cave, and he and Xiao Yi Xian saw a damaged Fire Lotus drawn on it.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Yi Xian to join him in training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and she agreed.
• Gan Mu and Hemon waited outside the cave with members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, planning to hold Xiao Yan until Mu She arrived.
• Xiao Yan emerged with Xiao Yi Xian and killed the mercenaries, including Gan Mu and Hemon, with his Mystic Staff.
• Xiao Yi Xian dissolved the bodies with medicinal powder and hurried after Xiao Yan as they discussed her name.

Xiao Yan discovered the Netherworld Poison Flame in Xiao Yi Xian’s hideaway and absorbed it with his Qi Fire. He then fed some of the flame to Xiao Yi Xian, whose strength immediately rose to Fifth Stage Dou Qi.

• The Old Lord sensed traces of an ancient Poison Marsh and a Heavenly Flame near Xiao Yi Xian’s cabin.
• The Old Lord gathered spiritual energy and helped a Netherworld Poison Flame reform from the marsh flames.
• Xiao Yan trapped the newly formed flame and absorbed it with his Qi Fire.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan cultivating and watched without disturbing him.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian some Netherworld Poison Flame to eat, and she broke through to Fifth Stage Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian pills to replenish her vital blood and reassured her that he knew how to deal with her Woeful Poison Body. The next day, Old Lord gave Xiao Yan a Golden Crow flight technique, which Xiao Yan successfully began to cultivate.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian Second-Rank pills to replenish her vital blood and went into the cabin for dinner.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that her Woeful Poison Body would make her a feared and lonely poison woman, while Xiao Yan told her he knew a way to deal with it.
• The next day, Old Lord gave Xiao Yan a modified flying technique based on the Rainbow Flight Art and infused with Ancient Golden Crow blood essence.
• Xiao Yan followed the scroll's instructions, and the Golden Crow entered the space between his brows.
• Xiao Yan woke from a vision of the Golden Crow and saw its pale-gold mark between his brows.

Xiao Yan honed his flight and staff techniques over two months, then defeated a Third-Order Snow Ape with the Netherworld Poison Flame. When Yun Yun fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Yan warned her of its attack and entered its cave to claim the Purple Spirit Crystal.

• Xiao Yan practiced the Rainbow Flight Art and Mystic Staff technique, while the Old Lord watched his progress.
• Two months later, Xiao Yan used the Coiling Dragon Staff and Netherworld Poison Flame to kill a Third-Order Snow Ape.
• Xiao Yan heard the Amethyst Winged Lion King confront Yun Yun and saw them begin fighting.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King unleashed the Great Sealing Technique, and Xiao Yan warned Yun Yun so she could dodge it.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to hold off the weakened lion, then flew into its cave to search for the Purple Spirit Crystal.

Xiao Yan stole Companion Amethyst Source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and escaped with Yun Yun, then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and set off toward home and Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yi Xian got tipsy and asked Xiao Yan to carry her as they flew away.

• Xiao Yan entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, collected Companion Amethyst Source, and left the cub unharmed.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun escaped the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Yun Yun learned that Xiao Yan was a Dou Shi using a Flying Dou Technique.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Yan Purple Spirit Crystal and offered him a favor at the Misty Cloud Sect before they parted.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, told her he planned to go home, and she decided to accompany him.
• After drinking sweet rice wine, Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to carry her, and he flew off with her toward the horizon.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, advanced his cultivation, and laid out plans to strengthen the Xiao Clan. The chapter ended when two powerful Dou Qi auras appeared in the distance, one golden and one poisonous purple.

• Xiao Yan brought the sleeping Xiao Yi Xian back to his room and cultivated through the night.
• Xiao Yan reached the peak of Five-Star Dou Master and tested a poisonous flame technique made from the Netherworld Ghost Flame.
• Xiao Yan took the seat of honor at the Xiao Clan council meeting and considered how to protect and reinforce the clan.
• Xiao Yan introduced annual pills for clan members, offered rewards to guards who served for three years, and gave Xiao Zhan a ring of pills.
• Two surges of Dou Qi rose in the distance, and Xiao Yan recognized that something was wrong.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Xiao Clan, where she and Xiao Xun'er fought before making peace and agreeing to attend Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yu then took Xiao Yan to the academy entrance assessment, where he surveyed the crowded Wutan City square.

• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian fought in the Xiao Clan courtyard, and Xiao Yi Xian used poison to numb Xun'er's arm.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Yi Xian recovery Pills, and Xiao Yi Xian removed the poison from her body.
• Xiao Yan arrived and claimed Xiao Yi Xian had come to take Jia Nan Academy's entrance assessment; Xiao Yi Xian played along, and Xiao Xun'er accepted her presence.
• Xiao Yu pulled Xiao Yan toward the clan exit to meet her teacher and go to Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yi Xian to look after him and promised to seek a cure for her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yu explained the academy's admission ratings as they reached the crowded Wutan City square, and Xiao Yan looked over the many applicants.

Xiao Yan led the Xiao Clan disciples through a guarded entrance to Jia Nan Academy and considered building an army trained in a Heavenly Soldiers cultivation method. At the enrollment lines, he faced Luo Bu’s attempt to intimidate the newcomers and mocked the senior student’s cultivation.

• Xiao Yu used a jade-green token to lead Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan disciples through a guarded passage into the Plaza.
• Xiao Yan asked the Old Lord about a Heavenly Soldiers cultivation method and considered forming an army to fight the Different Demons.
• Xiao Yan helped Xiao Mei'er and Xiao Ning withstand the guards’ baleful aura, earning the officer’s admiration for uniting his clansmen.
• Xiao Yu introduced her friend Xue Ni, who warned her that Luo Bu was at the academy.
• Luo Bu offered Xiao Yu special access, then demanded the newcomers wait in the sun as an entrance test.
• Xiao Yan learned Luo Bu was a Five-Star Dou Zhe and called that level useless for someone in his twenties.

Xiao Yan challenged Luo Bu after insulting the crowd, then effortlessly defeated him and ordered him to endure public punishment. He refused Ruo Lin’s attempt to intervene, declared that his rules applied, and left her impressed by his strength and potential.

• Xiao Yan taunted Luo Bu, who charged him with a Dou Qi-coated fist as older students gathered to watch.
• Xiao Yan caught Luo Bu’s punch and sent him flying with a single kick, leaving the crowd stunned.
• Xiao Yan called Luo Bu worthless trash and ordered him to remain in the sun for half a day.
• Ruo Lin emerged from the tent and invited everyone inside, but Xiao Yan ordered Luo Bu to squat in the sun all day instead.
• Xiao Yan told Ruo Lin that he would leave Jia Nan Academy if it upheld the strong ruling over the weak, and Ruo Lin stayed silent as Luo Bu obeyed.
• Ruo Lin suspected Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Shi Realm and considered recruiting him a rare opportunity.

Xiao Yan impressed Ruo Lin by revealing he was a Five-Star Dou Master and Three-Rank Alchemist, then secured a year of leave from Jia Nan Academy. He and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Black Rock City, where Xiao Yan broke through to Six-Star Dou Shi and prepared to take the Alchemist examination.

• Xiao Yan introduced himself as a Five-Star Dou Master, stunning Ruo Lin and the students in the tent.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Three-Rank Alchemist abilities, and Ruo Lin accepted his condition for a year's leave from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yu told Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan had recovered from losing his cultivation and reached his current strength in just six months, but Ruo Lin failed to catch up with him after he left.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to accompany Xiao Yan, and they departed on the Blue Bird for Black Rock City.
• During the half-month journey, Xiao Yan broke through to Six-Star Dou Shi while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame around him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived near Black Rock City, and Xiao Yan set out to take the Alchemist examination.

Xiao Yan arrived in Black Rock City with Xiao Yi Xian and went to the Alchemist Association to take the three-rank examination. Otto accepted his application after learning that Ya Fei and Teng Shan had recommended him, and Xiao Yan began the examination by choosing a Pill Formula.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned a man who harassed her at a food stall, and Xiao Yan discovered she had become a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he was searching for medicinal materials to control her Woeful Poison Body, which might become uncontrollable within five years.
• Xiao Yan bought a thousand-year white lotus and then went to the Alchemist Association in Black Rock City to register for the three-rank examination.
• The receptionist doubted Xiao Yan's request, but Otto appeared and allowed him to take the examination after revealing that Ya Fei and Teng Shan had recommended him.
• Xiao Yan entered the examination hall, selected the Spirit Link Meridian-Penetrating Pill formula, and considered preparing the Pill for his family.

Xiao Yan passed the Black Rock City assessment and became a Three-Rank Alchemist, astonishing the examiners with his command of the Netherworld Poison Flame. He left with Xiao Yi Xian for the eastern Empire near the Tagor Desert, while Old Lord reminded him how far he still had to go.

• Xiao Yan refined a third-grade pill with a Pill Pattern during the assessment, stunning Otto, Frank, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei.
• Otto and Frank confirmed Xiao Yan's skill and registered him as a Three-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan showed Old Lord his three gold stars, but Old Lord teased him and described the distant power he would need to match his attendant.
• Xiao Yi Xian admired Xiao Yan's new rank and recalled Xiao Xun'er's suggestion that they form an alliance.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian obtained a travel pass for a route near the Tagor Desert and left Black Rock City's transit station.

Xiao Yan refined pills during the journey, broke through to seven-star Dou Shi, and arrived at Hai Bodong's shop to request a desert map, a Fragmented Map, and three years of Hai Bodong's services. Hai Bodong reacted cautiously to Xiao Yan's request, and the chapter ended before he answered.

• Xiao Yan dismissed the maid, settled into the cabin with Xiao Yi Xian, and began refining Three-Rank Spirit Link Meridian-Penetrating Pills.
• Xiao Yan refined pills through the night and broke through to seven-star Dou Shi while strengthening his body with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan she had guarded him from curious alchemists, and he gave her a Jade Bottle of poisonous pills.
• Xiao Yan flew down from the Thick-winged Bird with Xiao Yi Xian and recognized Hai Bodong in an old-fashioned shop.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong for a Tagor Desert map, a Fragmented Map, and three years of his services.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Hai Bodong, trading a Barrier-Breaking Pill for five years of service and obtaining the Fragmented Map. He then traveled with Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian toward Stone Desert City to find his elder brother, while teasing Xiao Yi Xian about a mole on her butt.

• Xiao Yan revealed his alchemy talent and offered Hai Bodong a Barrier-Breaking Pill in exchange for five years of service.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan both pieces of the Fragmented Map and agreed to follow him for five years after Xiao Yan promised to refine the pill within three.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned how Xiao Yan knew so much, and he teased her about a mole on her butt.
• Xiao Yan warned Hai Bodong to keep what he had seen and heard secret, and Hai Bodong sensed the danger of opposing him.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong they were going to Stone Desert City to find his elder brother, who was only in the Dou Shi Realm.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, demonstrated his strength, and asked them to help prepare the Xiao Clan to establish itself in the Black-Corner Region. He revealed his alchemy achievements and privately considered Jia Nan Academy’s protection essential to the clan’s safety.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and explained that he had come to train in the Black-Corner Region after passing Jia Nan Academy’s entrance exam.
• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Li to spar with Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan revealed he was a Seven-Star Dou Shi before breaking Xiao Li’s spear and stopping his Mystic Staff at Xiao Li’s throat.
• Xiao Yan introduced Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian, then asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to go with him and scout a future foothold for the Xiao Clan in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan displayed bottles of pills he had refined and revealed that he had passed the Three-Rank Alchemist assessment.
• Xiao Yan considered using Jia Nan Academy’s protection for the Xiao Clan while its elites fought to establish themselves in the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Yan confronted members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group who bullied Qing Lin and showed her kindness, while Xiao Ding prepared to move the Xiao Clan to the Black-Corner Region. The chapter left Qing Lin reassured that her mixed heritage was nothing to be ashamed of.

• Xiao Yan introduced Hai Bodong to Xiao Ding and explained that the former Dou Huang would stay with the Xiao Clan after his cultivation was restored.
• Xiao Ding ordered Xiao Li to gather the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and prepare to move its core members to the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin, a mixed Snake-People and human girl, had been staying with the group after he took pity on her.
• Xiao Yan entered the courtyard, crippled a young captain who insulted Xiao Ding, and warned him not to do it again.
• Xiao Yan admired Qing Lin's cyan scales and told her that she was not wrong for her heritage, prompting the group to praise her scales.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Netherworld Poison Flame was accelerating Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and used a sealing technique to stabilize it. He then had Qing Lin locate a scorching flame in the desert, setting out to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Yan introduced Qing Lin as someone he wanted to protect, then learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison body had been worsening for two months.
• Xiao Yan diagnosed the Netherworld Poison Flame’s effects and decided to seal it inside Xiao Yi Xian so it could suppress her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan performed the sealing technique on Xiao Yi Xian, drawing the scattered poison flame away from her meridians and into her abdomen.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to sense for a scorching flame, and she located one in a specific direction.

Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin entered a hidden lava world in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame, where Xiao Yan drew out and subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. He had Qing Lin meet the wounded snake’s gaze and try to subdue it, hoping to awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Xiao Yan had Hai Bodong dig a shaft through the sand, then brought Qing Lin down into the underground lava world.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to face the big snake beneath the lava and overcome her fear, then plunged into the magma himself.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the lava with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake pursuing him, and Hai Bodong wounded it with ice crystals.
• Xiao Yan struck the snake with his Mystic Staff and poisoned it with dark-green fire until it crawled exhausted onto solid ground.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to form a connection with the snake, and she approached and met its gaze.

Xiao Yan helped Qing Lin tame the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to Five-Star Da Dou Shi while strengthening his soul power. When he surfaced to leave with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, Queen Medusa was waiting for him.

• Qing Lin tamed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the snake became a bracelet around her wrist.
• Xiao Yan followed the snake into the molten depths in search of Queen Medusa, who had sealed Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and broke through to Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, sharpening his soul power and hearing the Old Lord explain how its spiritual foundation would help him in another world.
• Xiao Yan surfaced and found Hai Bodong and Qing Lin trembling before Queen Medusa.

Xiao Yan encountered Queen Medusa after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, destroying her plan to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve her bloodline. He bargained for the lives of Hai Bodong and Qing Lin by offering to help Medusa advance, and she agreed to take him with her to the desert.

• Queen Medusa confronted Xiao Yan and learned that he had devoured the Heavenly Flame she needed for her evolution.
• Medusa threatened to kill Xiao Yan, but he offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill to help her become a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan revealed his control over two Heavenly Flames and claimed that his alchemy skills would eventually let him refine the high-tier pill.
• Medusa agreed to spare Xiao Yan, then said Hai Bodong and Qing Lin had to die because they knew what had happened.
• Xiao Yan offered to go with Medusa if she spared Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, and argued that she needed him to advance and evolve her bloodline.