Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan descended beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and found Yao Tianhuo, securing the young Fallen Heart Flame and the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Art in exchange for rescuing him. He brought the flame to Su Qian, who agreed to let Xiao Yan subdue the academy’s Fallen Heart Flame, though the Inner Academy Elders doubted he could succeed.

• Xiao Yan concealed himself with Yao Lao’s Soul Power and descended into the Magma World, where he found a hidden space containing the young Fallen Heart Flame and Yao Tianhuo’s skeleton.
• Xiao Yan revealed Yao Tianhuo’s soul and agreed to take him out in exchange for the Fallen Heart Flame and the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Art.
• Xiao Yan stored the flame and scroll, placed Yao Tianhuo’s soul in a Jade Bottle, and escaped as the hidden space collapsed.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan showed the Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian and asked to subdue the academy’s flame; Su Qian agreed and thanked him on the academy’s behalf.
• Su Qian summoned the Inner Academy Elders, who doubted Xiao Yan could overcome the Fallen Heart Flame, but Su Qian chose to trust him.

Xiao Yan secured the elders’ approval to prepare for refining the young Fallen Heart Flame, then returned home and discovered Zi Yan had moved into his residence. After punishing her with chores for leaving the place in disarray, he tested his newly awakened Monkey Talisman and transformed into the Amethyst Winged Lion King, shaking the house apart.

• Su Qian presented Xiao Yan’s plan to the elders, who approved it and agreed to prepare for confronting the young Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian told Xiao Yan preparations would take a few days, and Xiao Yan agreed to wait.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence and found that Zi Yan had moved in while he was in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan ordered Zi Yan to clean the messy sitting room, and she hurried to do so.
• Xiao Yan examined his gains from reaching Dou Emperor and awakened the Monkey Talisman’s power.
• Xiao Yan transformed into the Amethyst Winged Lion King, smashing through the room and shaking the house while Zi Yan reacted outside.

Xiao Yan tested the Monkey Talisman's ability to transform him into any Magical Beast that had existed on the Dou Qi Continent, though he could not use the beasts' innate abilities. After Zi Yan explained that Elder Hao had made the Medicine Garden harder to raid, Xiao Yan agreed to help her find herbs and defeat the Magical Beasts guarding them.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had awakened the ability to transform into different Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan tested the Monkey Talisman in a mountain clearing and transformed into beasts he had never seen, including an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan realized the Monkey Talisman could transform other people as well as himself, but that transformations did not grant innate abilities.
• Xiao Yan returned home and rewarded Zi Yan with pills after she finished cleaning.
• Zi Yan showed Xiao Yan her few remaining Medicinal Herbs and explained that Elder Hao had strengthened the Medicine Garden's defenses and Magical Beasts had driven her away from other supplies.
• Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Zi Yan to find herbs and fight the Magical Beasts guarding them.

Xiao Yan flew Zi Yan to the Magical Beast forest, where he defeated the Snow Demon Sky Ape that had bullied her. With the ape unconscious, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan headed into its cave to collect the treasure.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan flew on the Black Heavy Ruler toward the Magical Beast forest near the Inner Academy.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Yan to the Snow Demon Sky Ape's cave and asked him to beat the beast for her.
• Xiao Yan struck the Snow Demon Sky Ape with his physical strength, badly injuring it and sending it crashing into a cliff.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape activated Berserk and attacked, but Xiao Yan overwhelmed it with punches and kicks until it fell unconscious.
• Zi Yan celebrated, kicked the fallen ape, and followed Xiao Yan toward the cave to collect its treasure.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan raided the Magical Beast Forest for treasures, then Xiao Yan demonstrated his alchemy skills to the Inner Academy. After the academy completed its preparations, Xiao Yan was ready to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan collected the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and other treasures, leaving a small portion behind and slipping away while the Snow Demon Sky Ape slept.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan raided the forest's beast kings until the terrified beasts began leaving their treasures outside their caves.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Yan to help the Alchemy Department, and Xiao Yan agreed to refine Pills before its teachers and students.
• Xiao Yan made Zi Yan special drinks from their gathered treasures and told her not to share them.
• Xiao Yan refined the Emperor's Extreme Pill and other high-rank Pills for the Alchemy Department, then answered questions and helped its members improve.
• Su Qian informed Xiao Yan that all precautions were in place, and Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower alone and quickly subdued the Fallen Heart Flame after discovering its origin inside a fire python. He sealed the weakened flame and prepared to leave with it.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the tower, reassured Su Qian, and entered the underground world alone.
• The Fallen Heart Flame ambushed Xiao Yan as a fire python, but he dodged its attacks and countered with his ruler and powerful strikes.
• Xiao Yan shattered the fire python's head and used his spiritual perception and Lasers to locate and damage the hidden flame origin.
• Xiao Yan resisted the Fallen Heart Flame's heart flame with the Horse Talisman and sealed its origin in his palm.
• Xiao Yan declared the task done, while Yao Lao remarked on how brutally he had subdued the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, used the Emperor's Extreme Pill to advance to Three-Star Dou Emperor, then secluded himself to refine the flame. After three months, he emerged and looked beyond Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower with the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian led him to a secluded cultivation retreat.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Emperor's Extreme Pill and advanced from One-Star Dou Emperor to Three-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Fallen Heart Flame Origin and began refining it in seclusion.
• The young Fallen Heart Flame flourished in the Inner Academy while Zi Yan missed Xiao Yan and rationed the treats he had left her.
• After three months, Xiao Yan opened his eyes, rose from the Stone Platform, and looked beyond Jia Nan Academy.

After absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan used rare treasures to make Tenfold Tonic Soup and drank it to fuel another breakthrough. Two months later, a vast energy vortex formed around him, and Su Qian recognized the aura as Xiao Yan’s.

• Xiao Yan reached Peak Dou Emperor after refining the Fallen Heart Flame and decided to pursue Dou Zong without consolidating his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan gathered rare treasures and refined them in the Myriad Beast Cauldron, combining their medicinal powers with the Tiger Talisman.
• Xiao Yan drank the resulting Tenfold Tonic Soup and absorbed its violent energy while Yao Lao watched over him.
• After two months, heaven-and-earth energy surged toward Xiao Yan and formed an enormous vortex that drew the Inner Academy’s attention.
• Su Qian sensed the aura from Xiao Yan’s secluded cultivation area and reacted with shock.

Xiao Yan broke through to One-Star Dou Zong after a month-long phenomenon, astonishing Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie. His soul also advanced to Early Spirit Realm, and he discovered that the breakthrough had awakened a new Snake Talisman, whose effect on the Dou Qi Continent remained unknown.

• Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie sensed the disturbance around Xiao Yan’s secluded area and learned he was attempting to break through to Dou Zong.
• The three stayed nearby to guard Xiao Yan as the energy phenomenon lasted a month and gradually faded.
• Xiao Yan emerged through a sea of fire with his aura settled at One-Star Dou Zong, leaving Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie astonished.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Su Qian about the young Fallen Heart Flame before Su Qian left.
• Xiao Yan examined his gains and found that his soul had reached Early Spirit Realm and that he had awakened the Snake Talisman.

Xiao Yan tested the Snake Talisman and discovered it made him invisible, undetectable, and untouchable unless he initiated contact. After returning to the Inner Academy and reuniting with Zi Yan, he woke to sense Vice Dean Hu Gan approaching.

• Xiao Yan activated the Snake Talisman, and Yao Lao could neither sense nor see him.
• Xiao Yan tested the talisman's intangibility and found Yao Lao's hand passed through him unless Xiao Yan touched first.
• Xiao Yan ended the test, and Yao Lao returned to the Bone Flame Ring to recover from the shock.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy, where Zi Yan greeted him and eagerly ate the pills he brought.
• Xiao Yan slept until late the next morning, then sensed Vice Dean Hu Gan approaching and wondered if something had happened at the Outer Academy.

Xiao Yan refined pills for Hu Gan and the Inner Academy elders while gathering ingredients for Yao Lao’s eventual revival. The chapter ended with Qian Bai Er Lao asking Xiao Yan to refine a Peak Seventh-Grade Dual Origin Pill for them.

• Hu Gan asked Xiao Yan to refine a Sect Breaking Pill to help him break through to Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xiao Yan invited the Inner Academy elders to bring him pill ingredients, and Su Qian organized their requests.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to find ingredients for Yao Lao’s revival and explained that he planned to revive the Heavenly Fire Venerable first.
• Xiao Yan successfully refined Hu Gan’s Sect Breaking Pill and the elders’ Dou Ling Pills over the following days.
• Su Qian arrived with Qian Bai Er Lao, who asked Xiao Yan to refine a Dual Origin Pill, a Peak Seventh-Grade Pill.

Xiao Yan accepted the Qian Bai Er Lao’s request and began refining their Peak Seventh-Grade Dual Origin Pill. He successfully formed both pills, and Pill Lightning gathered overhead as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan told Qian Bai Er Lao he could refine the Dual Origin Pill, earning their gratitude and leaving Su Qian astonished by his skill.
• Su Qian gave Xiao Yan most of the Medicinal Herbs he had requested, and Xiao Yan headed to a secluded place to refine the pills.
• Xiao Yan prepared the ingredients and, after reviewing Yao Lao’s advice, began refining the Dual Origin Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power and the Tiger Talisman's power to form two pill embryos simultaneously.
• Xiao Yan completed both pills, drawing Pill Lightning as he looked up at the gathering storm with excitement.

Xiao Yan endured Pill Lightning to temper his body and successfully refined two Seventh-Grade pills. After delivering the pills to Qian Bai Er Lao, he heard Zi Yan’s request for help and identified her true form as an Ancient Void Dragon.

• Xiao Yan faced two strikes of Pill Lightning head-on, strengthening and cleansing his body.
• Xiao Yan captured two pills that escaped the Medicine Cauldron and sealed them in a Jade Box, completing his first Seventh-Grade Pill refinement.
• Xiao Yan relaxed with Zi Yan in the courtyard as they playfully stole snacks from each other.
• Qian Bai Er Lao collected the two Dual Origin Pills and hurried away to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan to examine her body and help resolve the effects of the Transformation Grass.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that her true form was an Ancient Void Dragon.

Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and promised to help her find her family, then took her from Jia Nan Academy to search for ingredients and opportunities in the Black-Corner Region. As he used the Monkey Talisman to reveal Zi Yan’s true form, her body began to transform.

• Yao Lao identified Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon, and Xiao Yan told her that her family had not abandoned her and promised to take her to them when the time was right.
• Yao Lao devised an Eighth-Tier Transformation Pill recipe to address Zi Yan’s condition, but Xiao Yan still needed several ingredients for the pill and to revive the Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Xiao Yan decided to search the Black-Corner Region for the missing materials and brought Zi Yan along as a treasure hunter.
• Su Qian agreed to let Xiao Yan take Zi Yan from Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu cultivation resources before departing with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan chose the Blood Sect as their first destination, then used the Monkey Talisman on Zi Yan to reveal her true form, causing her body to grow.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan plundered the Blood Sect and Demon Flame Valley, with Xiao Yan using a hidden Three-Colored Fire Lotus to kill Earth Demon Old Ghost and obtain the arts he sought. Their haul supplied all the Medicinal Herbs needed to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Xiao Yan prepared to address Zi Yan's transformation and begin the revival.

• Xiao Yan used the Monkey Talisman to transform Zi Yan into her Ancient Void Dragon form, then rode her toward the Blood Sect as they collected Medicinal Herbs.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan sneaked into the Blood Sect, emptied its treasury and Medicine Garden, and escaped before Fan Lao could catch them.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached Demon Flame Valley and searched it for the Puppet Refinement Art and Flame Manipulation Art.
• Xiao Yan concealed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus with the Snake Talisman and placed it before Earth Demon Old Ghost, killing him in the ensuing explosion.
• Xiao Yan took Earth Demon Old Ghost's Storage Ring and found the two arts, valuable treasures, and the remaining Medicinal Herbs needed to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable.

After gathering the herbs, Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and began refining an Eighth-Tier Transformation Pill to solve her inability to grow. On the twenty-fifth day, a blinding beam and ominous thunderclouds announced the pill’s emergence, leaving Su Qian stunned by its power.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan traveled back toward Jia Nan Academy, teasing each other and stopping in cities so Zi Yan could shop and sample food.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan returned safely to Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan gave Su Qian the treats and trinkets she had brought him.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian he planned to refine a pill, then took Zi Yan to a secluded site and asked her to stand guard.
• Xiao Yan prepared the Myriad Beast Cauldron and herbs, listened to Yao Lao’s instructions, and began refining the Eighth-Tier Transformation Pill.
• After more than twenty-five days, a beam of light burst from the cauldron and thunderclouds gathered overhead, drawing Su Qian to the site in alarm.

Xiao Yan completed an Eighth-Tier Pill and used its Three-Colored Pill Lightning to strengthen his Physique. Zi Yan took the pill and began transforming, while Xiao Yan finished the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and prepared to revive Yao Tianhuo.

• Su Qian arrived after sensing the disturbance and learned that Xiao Yan was refining an Eighth-Tier Pill for Zi Yan.
• Three-Colored Pill Lightning struck, and Xiao Yan endured it with his bare body as the Horse Talisman and Dog Talisman healed and strengthened him.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan the pill, and she refined it, grew into a mature woman, then fell asleep as purple Dou Qi enclosed her in a giant egg.
• Xiao Yan placed Restrictions around Zi Yan, refined the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill over several days, and released the soul sealed in a Jade Bottle to begin reviving Yao Tianhuo.

Xiao Yan offered to revive Yao Tianhuo in exchange for ten years of service, then began preparing the Earth Demon Old Ghost’s body as a vessel. With Yao Tianhuo’s soul repaired and the revival materials ready, they stood poised to begin the ritual.

• Xiao Yan promised to revive Yao Tianhuo in exchange for ten years of following his orders, and Yao Tianhuo accepted.
• Xiao Yan placed a Soul Imprint on Yao Tianhuo, who pledged to assist him while Xiao Yan promised to remove it when the time was right.
• Xiao Yan produced the repaired corpse of the Earth Demon Old Ghost as a vessel for Yao Tianhuo.
• Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman's power to rapidly repair Yao Tianhuo's Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Red-Eyed Roaring Flame Tiger blood essence and prepared the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill for the revival.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Yan a strand of soul power, swallowed the pill, and waited for his command to enter the corpse.

Xiao Yan successfully revived Yao Tianhuo in a new body, restoring him at Five-Star Dou Zun strength. After reassuring Su Qian and securing Zi Yan, Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy with Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yu to return to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Yan fused the Red-Eyed Roaring Flame Tiger's blood essence with Earth Demon Old Ghost's corpse and used Heavenly Flames to help Yao Tianhuo's soul take over the body.
• Yao Tianhuo awakened in his new body with the strength of a Five-Star Dou Zun and thanked Xiao Yan for saving his life.
• Xiao Yan reassured Su Qian that the unfamiliar Dou Zun aura belonged to a friend, then told him he planned to leave the academy and visit home.
• Xiao Yan studied the Puppet Method and Flame Manipulation Art while Yao Tianhuo adjusted to his body.
• Xiao Yan reinforced the Restriction around Zi Yan, then left the Inner Academy with Yao Tianhuo, picked up Xiao Yu, and headed for the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yu and Yao Tianhuo through a space rift back to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City. There, Nalan Jie visited to strengthen ties and discuss Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, while Nalan Yanran remained unhappy.

• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yu to Yao Tianhuo, who opened a space rift and brought them to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• The chapter recounted how the Mittel Family’s return to prominence and its pledge to serve the Xiao Clan made the clan powerful across the Jia Ma Empire.
• Nalan Jie learned of the Xiao Clan’s rise and visited with Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran, delighted by the prospect of Xiao Yan becoming his grandson-in-law.
• Nalan Jie raised the old engagement with Xiao Zhan, who said they should wait for Xiao Yan to return before discussing a wedding date.
• After seeing the Xiao Clan’s resources, Nalan Jie and Nalan Su left pleased, while Nalan Yanran looked miserable.