Recaps

After refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan began turning the South Dragon King's corpse into a puppet using the merged souls of ten Dou Zun Puppets. He pushed the refinement to the point where the soul entered the corpse and the Heavenly Flames began fusing them.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, thanked Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi, and declined their offer of a celebratory banquet.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence, reached Three-Turn Dou Zun, and found that his Flame Mantra had advanced only to Quasi-Heaven Tier.
• Xiao Yan brought out the South Dragon King's corpse and decided to refine it into a puppet to protect the Northwest Continent and the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman to extract the souls from ten Dou Zun Puppets and the Tiger Talisman to merge them into one stronger soul.
• Xiao Yan refined the puppet bodies and special metals into liquid essence with his four-colored Heavenly Flames, then sent the merged soul into the South Dragon King's corpse.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flames to refine the South Dragon King's body and soul together, watching for the moment they could fuse.

Xiao Yan refined the South Dragon King into a powerful, obedient puppet named Wangcai, then harvested the West Dragon King’s body for valuable materials and Essence Blood. After a year in seclusion, he emerged at Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun and planned to visit the Little Pill Tower for herbs to make new pills.

• Xiao Yan used the South Dragon King’s corpse and tempered essence solution to create a puppet with strength around the middle stage of One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan bound the puppet with his Soul Imprint, named it Wangcai, tested its abilities, and stored it away.
• Xiao Yan extracted the West Dragon King’s Essence Blood, Dou Sheng Marrow, and other materials, then began refining its ten drops of Essence Blood.
• During Xiao Yan’s year in seclusion, his reputation spread through Sacred Pill City, and Xuan Kongzi turned down visitors seeking to meet or marry into him.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion at Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun and devised a new Pill Recipe using the West Dragon King’s materials.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Little Pill Tower to obtain the medicinal herbs he needed.

After more than a year in seclusion, Xiao Yan emerged at Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun and visited Xuan Kongzi to request medicinal herbs. Xuan Kongzi told him the Dan Family had bought nearly all the Azurefall Life-Nourishing Root, leading Xiao Yan to suspect it was for Dan Chen.

• Xiao Yan left seclusion and learned that his fame had spread throughout the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi was shocked to discover Xiao Yan had advanced to Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun in just over a year.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yan that Cao Ying had often asked when he would emerge, but Xiao Yan gave no clear response about her feelings.
• Xiao Yan asked Xuan Kongzi for medicinal herbs, and Xuan Kongzi said the Dan Family had recently bought most of the Azurefall Life-Nourishing Root.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the herbs were likely intended for Dan Chen, a Dan Family girl in poor health.

Xiao Yan and Xuan Kongzi visited the Dan Family to obtain Azurefall Life-Nourishing Roots, but learned the roots were needed for Dan Chen’s worsening condition. Xiao Yan diagnosed her constitution and offered to cure her, leaving the Dan Family’s head ready to reward him and provide a quiet place for treatment.

• Xuan Kongzi took Xiao Yan to the Dan Family estate to discuss acquiring its Azurefall Life-Nourishing Roots.
• The Head of the Dan Family recognized Xiao Yan’s reputation and explained that the roots were essential to his daughter Dan Chen’s care.
• Xiao Yan asked to meet Dan Chen and examined her unusual constitution when she arrived.
• Dan Chen blushed and looked away after Xiao Yan smiled at her.
• Xiao Yan said he could cure Dan Chen, and the Head of the Dan Family promised the roots and an additional reward if he succeeded.
• Xiao Yan asked the Head of the Dan Family to find them a quiet place.

Xiao Yan began treating Dan Chen’s severe weakness in a private room at the Dan Family residence, using Heavenly Flames to refine medicinal ingredients with a drop of essence from the West Dragon King. He prepared a remedy to strengthen her body, whose imbalance with her rapidly growing soul stemmed from her rare constitution.

• The Head of the Dan Family arranged a quiet room and gathered the Medicinal Herbs Xiao Yan requested.
• Xiao Yan used Telekinesis to carry the frail Dan Chen to the courtyard, and Madam Dan stayed while the others left.
• Xiao Yan set up an isolating Restriction and began refining the herbs directly with four-colored Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan added a tiny drop of essence from the West Dragon King to the medicinal extracts to replenish Dan Chen’s vitality and strengthen her foundations.
• Xiao Yan explained that Dan Chen’s unusual constitution made her Soul Power grow and absorb power from her surroundings, leaving her body and soul severely unbalanced.

Xiao Yan made a Seventh-Grade Pill to strengthen Dan Chen’s frail body and used the Talismans to help her absorb its potent energy. Her health improved rapidly, though Xiao Yan wondered whether the new treatment might make her grow muscles.

• Xiao Yan decided to cure Dan Chen’s imbalance by improving her body with a pill and the Tiger and Horse Talismans.
• Xiao Yan refined a Seventh-Grade Pill by hand, then used a black ring of light to swallow the pill omen’s thunderclouds.
• Dan Chen swallowed the pill, and Xiao Yan reassured her and helped her withstand its powerful medicinal energy.
• Xiao Yan supported Dan Chen with the Dog, Horse, and Tiger Talismans as her body grew healthier, while Madam Dan watched her condition improve.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether his new pill recipe might make Dan Chen grow muscles.

Xiao Yan used talismans to help Dan Chen refine the medicine, restoring her health and changing her appearance. After the Dan Family hosted a banquet in his honor, Xiao Yan collected the medicinal herbs he needed and prepared to return home to refine pills for Cai Lin and the others.

• Xiao Yan helped Dan Chen refine the medicine, and her health and strength returned.
• Dan Chen's clothes tore after her body grew fuller, and Madam Dan covered her with a quilt.
• Xiao Yan left the courtyard, reassured the Dan Family Head that Dan Chen had recovered, and received repeated thanks.
• The Dan Family Ancestor returned from the Little Pill Tower and ingratiated himself with Xiao Yan at the banquet.
• Dan Chen changed clothes, joined the banquet, and shyly sat beside Xiao Yan to talk with him.
• Xiao Yan collected the medicinal herbs he needed and prepared to return home to refine pills for Cai Lin and the others.

After refining Saint Marrow Pills and Voidroot Pills, Xiao Yan gave pills to Feng Xian and gathered ten Dan Family Alchemists to bring back to the Northwest Continent. He sped through the void with them, anticipating his return home.

• Xiao Yan spent three months refining Saint Marrow Pills that could raise a Dou Zun's cultivation and Voidroot Pills that strengthened the body.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, assured Feng Xian that everything had gone smoothly, and gave him pills for himself and Qingluan.
• Xiao Yan visited the Dan Family and asked the Dan Family Head for Alchemists to help train the Flame Alliance.
• The Dan Family Head selected three seventh-tier and seven sixth-tier Alchemists, who hoped to receive guidance from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed a Dou Qi Flying Boat and took the ten Alchemists through the void toward the Northwest Continent.

Cai Lin managed the expanding Flame Alliance while longing for Xiao Yan to return. Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital with ten Alchemists and was reunited with the Alliance’s leaders before spotting four familiar women.

• Cai Lin reviewed the Alchemist Guild’s medicinal herb list from Xiao Yi Xian and continued handling the Flame Alliance’s affairs despite her exhaustion.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Cai Lin to rest, but Cai Lin said she would relax once the Alliance was completely stable.
• Xiao Yan brought ten Alchemists through a Space Passage to the Imperial Capital, where they all vomited after the rough ride.
• Yun Potian, Yao Tianhuo, Green Rong, Hai Bodong, Yun Shan, and other Flame Alliance experts arrived and greeted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan saw four beautiful women approaching and smiled at them.

After returning from three years away, Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin, Cai Die, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei, then learned how much the Flame Alliance had grown under Cai Lin’s leadership. He rewarded the alliance’s senior members and gave three Dou Zuns pills that could raise them to Nine-Star Dou Zun, then turned to Cai Lin and the others with a suggestive question.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin, Cai Die, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei, embracing them after his long absence.
• Xiao Yan returned to Flame Alliance headquarters and listened as its senior members described the alliance’s growth over the past three years.
• Xiao Yan thanked Cai Lin for managing the alliance and rewarded its senior members with Pills.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong and other early followers peak seventh-grade Voidroot Pills to improve their constitutions and potential.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Potian, Green Rong, and Yao Tianhuo eighth-grade Saint Marrow Pills that could raise them to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• After the three Dou Zuns left to break through, Xiao Yan asked Cai Lin and the others which of them wanted to go first.

Xiao Yan gave Cai Die, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei pills suited to their cultivation before returning with them to the Xiao Clan and reuniting with his family. That night, he prepared to choose which woman would go first, leaving them blushing and waiting as he started eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

• Xiao Yan teased the four women before giving them Jade Boxes of pills, including special pills for Ya Fei because she was still a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan asked about Qing Lin, and Cai Lin explained that she had gone out to gain experience; Xiao Yan said the Spatial Jade Slip he had given her would let him come to her aid.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan with the four women, where clan members welcomed him enthusiastically and Xiao Zhan and Su Wan greeted him at their courtyard.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li over dinner, recounted his experiences, and handed out pills to his family.
• Xiao Yan returned to his quarters with the four women and began choosing who would go first, while they bashfully tried to yield the choice to one another.

Xiao Yan spent four consecutive nights with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Die, and Ya Fei, rewarding the women for their efforts and answering their challenges. The chapter ended with Ya Fei showing Xiao Yan how much she had missed him.

• Xiao Yan chose Cai Lin first, took her to their bedroom, and spent the night with her.
• The next day, Cai Lin’s radiant appearance prompted Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Die to ask about her night with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian bathing and spent the night with her after she bragged that she could handle him.
• On the third day, Xiao Yan found Cai Die with Cai Lin and spent the night with both sisters.
• On the fourth day, Ya Fei teased Xiao Yan and showed him how much she had missed him.

Xiao Yan returned to the Small Mountain Valley with Cai Lin, Cai Die, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei, and they turned the old wooden house into a cozy retreat by painting portraits and playing together. As they rested beneath the stars, Xiao Yi Xian worried that her Woeful Poison Body might affect their future children.

• Xiao Yan brought the women back to the Small Mountain Valley, where Xiao Yi Xian and he recalled their earlier memories there.
• Xiao Yan returned with mineral pigments, playfully painted Cai Die’s face, and drew chibi portraits on the wooden house.
• Xiao Yan and the women painted together, then smeared pigments on one another in a playful fight that left them covered in colorful handprints.
• Xiao Yan called the valley their secret home, and the women kissed his face before he chased after them.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether they would have children and worried that her Woeful Poison Body might affect them.

Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that her Woeful Poison Body would not affect their children, then traveled to the Black Emperor Sect to ask about Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. After taking the sect’s supply, he asked Mo Tianxing whether he also had a nearly eighth-rank Magical Beast mummy.

• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian by telling her that her Woeful Poison Body would not be inherited or harm their children.
• A month later, Xiao Yan left the Small Mountain Valley while his wives secluded themselves to refine Pills, and noticed his Heavenly Flames stir over the Black Domain Great Plains.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Black Emperor City and made Mo Tianxing, the Black Emperor Sect’s leader, submit to his overwhelming Dou Zun aura.
• Mo Tianxing admitted that the Black Emperor Sect had Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva in its treasury and led Xiao Yan to it.
• Xiao Yan took the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and asked Mo Tianxing whether the sect also possessed a nearly eighth-rank Magical Beast mummy.

Xiao Yan obtained a mummified Magical Beast corpse from Mo Tianxing and compensated him with two pills before leaving the Black Emperor Sect. He investigated the Black Domain Great Plains’ Black Storm and discovered that something beneath its center was stirring his Heavenly Flames.

• Mo Tianxing showed Xiao Yan the Magical Beast corpse, and Xiao Yan placed it in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan joked about staying at the Black Emperor Sect, then gave Mo Tianxing an Emperor's Extreme Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for the corpse.
• Xiao Yan declined Mo Tianxing's invitation and flew to the Black Domain Great Plains to investigate the strange disturbance sensed by his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Perception to detect an oppressive force across the plains and found a vast Black Storm at their center.
• Xiao Yan entered the Black Storm and reached its center, where his Heavenly Flames surged and he sensed something hidden beneath the ground.

Xiao Yan discovered the Nine Nether Wind Flame in an abyss beneath the Black Storm and fought the sentient Heavenly Flame. As the flame charged him, Xiao Yan formed his four-colored Heavenly Flames into the shape of an Ancient Void Dragon.

• Xiao Yan erased the ground beneath the Black Storm and plunged into the abyss below.
• Xiao Yan reached an underground cavern and found the Nine Nether Wind Flame, ranked tenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
• Xiao Yan touched the flame, repelled its attack, and challenged it to reveal its true form.
• The Nine Nether Wind Flame transformed into a Black Flame Giant Bird and attacked Xiao Yan with black fire and wind.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed the bird's flames with his four-colored Heavenly Flames, then shaped them into an Ancient Void Dragon as the bird charged him.

Xiao Yan subdued the Nine Nether Wind Flame and returned to the Flame Alliance, where he visited the Alchemist Guild. He left the guild’s alchemists discussing their work and was greeted by Gu He, Fa Ma, and the others.

• Xiao Yan used his Fused Heavenly Flame to overpower the Nine Nether Wind Flame, absorb its power, and seal its Heavenly Flame Origin in a ball of flame.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the cavern as the Black Storm dissipated, frightening the nearby factions before tearing open space and leaving.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance and visited the Alchemist Guild to check on the alchemists he had entrusted to Fa Ma.
• Xiao Yan watched Gu He, Fa Ma, and several Dan Family alchemists discuss their work until one of them noticed him and the group hurriedly bowed.

Xiao Yan guided the Flame Alliance’s alchemists and learned that Jia Xingtian was still alive but bedridden. After returning to the Xiao Clan, he reunited with Little Purple and Little Blackie, then prepared to devour the Nine Nether Wind Flame.

• Xiao Yan reassured Gu He, Fa Ma, and the other alchemists, then spent the day answering their questions.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yao Yue and Liu Ling, learned that Jia Xingtian was bedridden, and invited the pair to join the line for alchemy guidance.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and found that Little Purple had brought Little Blackie to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan entered his Secret Chamber and took out the Nine Nether Wind Flame, preparing to devour it.

Xiao Yan refined the Nine Nether Wind Flame, advancing the Flame Mantra to low-level Heaven Tier and reaching the brink of a Half-Saint breakthrough. He traveled to Dragon Island, where Zhu Ling prepared a secluded place for him, and he began cultivating.

• Xiao Yan spent fifteen days refining the Nine Nether Wind Flame, then discovered that the Flame Mantra had advanced to low-level Heaven Tier.
• After activating the upgraded Flame Mantra, Xiao Yan sensed that he was about to break through and left the Jia Ma Empire to find a place with abundant energy.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian received Xiao Yan's message and worriedly wished him success.
• Xiao Yan reached Dragon Island using the Rabbit Talisman, and Zhu Ling was astonished to learn that he had reached peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun.
• Zhu Ling used Spatial Displacement to take Xiao Yan to a secluded place with dense energy, then left him to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan sat down and began his seclusion for a Half-Saint breakthrough.

Xiao Yan successfully broke through to Half-Saint after absorbing Heaven and Earth energy for five months, then sensed that a friend was in danger and left to help. In the Beast Region, Qing Lin was pursued by three Dou Zun elders who wanted to kill her for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, so she crushed a Jade Slip to summon help.

• Xiao Yan absorbed Heaven and Earth energy for five months, then spent a month in silence before releasing a powerful Half-Saint aura.
• Xiao Yan emerged with transformed Dou Qi, received congratulations from Zhu Ling and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders, and learned that Zi Yan was doing well.
• Xiao Yan sensed that something had happened to a friend and opened a Space Wormhole, leaving Zhu Ling to keep watch over Zi Yan.
• In the southwestern Beast Region, Qing Lin fled through a mountain range while poisoned and wounded, pursued by three Dou Zun elders seeking her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin crushed a Jade Slip, releasing a terrifying Space Fluctuation and making the three elders realize they were in danger.

Xiao Yan rescued Qing Lin from three Elders of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, healed her, and killed the men before taking her back to Starfall Pavilion. After settling Qing Lin in and meeting Mu Qingluan, Xiao Yan sensed an unfamiliar aura outside his courtyard the next morning.

• Xiao Yan arrived through a Space Wormhole, freed Qing Lin from the three elders’ attack, and healed her with the Horse Talisman.
• The three elders begged for mercy by invoking the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, but Xiao Yan killed them and burned away the evidence.
• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s arms, and he reassured her that protecting her was why he cultivated so hard.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin returned to Starfall Pavilion, where they met Mu Qingluan, who had recently broken through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan arranged a place for Qing Lin to rest, returned to his quarters, and sensed an aura outside his courtyard the next morning.

Feng Xian advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zun, and Yao Lao emerged from seclusion fully resurrected at Mid-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng. After Xiao Yan caught Yao Lao up on recent events, he began planning a visit to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

• Feng Xian broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zun and thanked Xiao Yan for the Pills that had helped him advance.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yao Lao emerging from seclusion and used the Sheep Talisman’s Restriction power to isolate the area.
• Yao Lao came out fully resurrected, embraced Feng Xian, and tried to hug Xiao Yan, who dodged him.
• Xiao Yan recounted the past few years to Yao Lao and Feng Xian over tea and weiqi, including his confrontation with Old Monster Hou.
• Yao Lao revealed that he had reached Mid-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yan vowed to accompany him to the Yao Clan Ceremony.
• Yao Lao began opening the Star Realm while Xiao Yan planned to visit the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

Xiao Yan suppressed and sealed the nine-headed Ancient Heavenly Snake's soul inside Qing Lin, then gave her pills to help her grow stronger and eventually refine it. After leaving her residence, he went to find Yao Lao but discovered that he was missing from the Star Realm.

• Xiao Yan visited Qing Lin after sensing a powerful soul aura and learned that she had summoned the soul of an Ancient Heavenly Snake with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The soul attacked Xiao Yan, but he subdued it with his Soul Power and sealed it on Qing Lin's back using the Sheep Talisman's power.
• Qing Lin collapsed from exhaustion, and Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman's power to help her recover before she hurriedly dressed and returned to speak with him.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Lin an Eighth-Tier Saint Marrow Pill and a Seventh-Tier Voidroot Pill, promising to take her somewhere to refine the soul after she reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan left Qing Lin's residence and went to find Yao Lao, but found no trace of him in the Star Realm.

Xiao Yan visited Feng Xian in the Star Realm, then returned to the Flame Alliance to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei while Cai Lin and Cai Die finished their seclusion. After the women agreed to travel to the Central Plains with him, Xiao Yan prepared to leave and learned an unexpected but unsurprising piece of news the day before their departure.

• Xiao Yan learned from Feng Xian that Yao Lao had gone to visit an old friend, and decided not to interrupt him.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei, who told him that Cai Lin and Cai Die were still in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan spent time with Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei while they waited for Cai Lin and Cai Die to emerge.
• Cai Lin and Cai Die broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan gave them gifts to celebrate.
• Xiao Yan invited the women to the Central Plains, and they agreed to go with him; Xiao Zhan and the others chose to remain behind.
• Xiao Yan stayed at the Flame Alliance to help Cai Lin hand over its affairs, then learned unexpected news the day before they planned to leave.

Xiao Yan left the Flame Alliance in Xiao Ding’s care and brought Cai Lin, Cai Die, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian to Starfall Pavilion. He showed them around and arranged homes near his own, where their visit ended with an intimate encounter.

• Green Rong asked Xiao Yan for leave to handle personal matters, and he gave her a Jade Slip for protection.
• After spending the night with Cai Lin, Xiao Yan entrusted the Flame Alliance to Xiao Ding and left Wangcai to guard it.
• Xiao Yan traveled with his four wives to Starfall Pavilion, where they admired the Star Realm and its surroundings.
• Starfall Pavilion disciples greeted Xiao Yan and recognized the women as the Junior Pavilion Master’s wives.
• Mu Qingluan found Xiao Yan and offered to guide the women around while Qing Lin remained in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan arranged nearby residences for the women and placed a Restriction on each one, then the first shot rang out in Cai Lin’s courtyard.