Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used the Seven-String Spirit-Quelling Melody and Life Devouring Pills to help forty-five Xiao Clan members reach Dou Wang, then gave Xiao Yi Xian the last pill and helped her break through to the same realm. He told her to prepare for a journey to the Chu Yun Empire to seek a lasting solution to her poison body.

• Xiao Yan introduced the twin sisters to his family, while Xiao Li kept quiet to avoid their father's marriage pressure.
• Xiao Zhan and Ya Fei gathered the qualified clan members, and Xiao Yan distributed forty-five Life Devouring Pills.
• Xiao Yan played the Seven-String Spirit-Quelling Melody and used the Horse Talisman's power to remove the pills' side effects as the clan members broke through to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the final Life Devouring Pill, and she advanced from Da Dou Shi to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to pack for a trip to the Chu Yun Empire, where he planned to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame and resolve her poison body.

Cai Lin took her sister home to the Snake-People Tribe with four Sect Breaking Pills from Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan traveled with Xiao Yi Xian to the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss in the Chu Yun Empire to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame. The chapter left them at the abyss, where Xiao Yi Xian felt at home in the poisonous air.

• Cai Lin asked Xiao Yan to let her and her sister visit the Snake-People Tribe, and he agreed, giving her four Sect Breaking Pills for the tribe’s Elders.
• Before leaving, Cai Lin boldly kissed Xiao Yan and tended to him, then departed with her sister the next day.
• Xiao Yan set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Heavenly Fire Venerable for the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss, where the Netherworld Poison Flame had been born.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable transported them through a spatial rift to the Chu Yun Empire, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian descended into the abyss.
• Xiao Yi Xian breathed in the poisonous mist and delighted in the place, while Xiao Yan realized they had come to the right location.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian found the Netherworld Poison Flame beneath the Poison Marsh, and Xiao Yan captured it so Xiao Yi Xian could refine it and cure her Woeful Poison Body. After preparing pills and explaining the process, Xiao Yan began helping her prepare for the painful refinement.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the poisonous mist, and Xiao Yan killed a beast that ambushed them.
• Yao Lao sensed the Netherworld Poison Flame and told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison body could be cured with it.
• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian into the Poison Marsh, where they found the Netherworld Poison Flame inside a failing Restriction.
• Xiao Yan dissolved the Restriction, captured the fleeing Netherworld Poison Flame, and reduced it to a palm-sized Heavenly Flame Origin.
• Xiao Yan explained the refining process to Xiao Yi Xian, prepared three seventh-grade Pills, and sent Yao Lao away before asking Xiao Yi Xian to prepare.

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian refine the netherworld poison flame, allowing her Woeful Poison Body and the flame to reach a stable balance. Xiao Yi Xian prepared to cultivate in seclusion while Xiao Yan secured the area and gave her a way to summon him if she was in danger.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian pills and carefully explained how to refine the heavenly flame origin.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the Ice Vein Pill and heavenly flame origin, then used the talismans and other pills to withstand and refine the flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation rose into the Dou Huang realm as her Woeful Poison Body and the netherworld poison flame devoured and absorbed each other.
• Xiao Yan sent the Spirit Nurturing into Xiao Yi Xian, and she completed the refinement as the flames around her vanished.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to cultivate in seclusion amid the poisonous fumes, and Xiao Yan scouted the area, set up protections, and gave her a Spatial Jade Slip to summon him.

Xiao Yan returned from the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss after more than a month and learned that Nalan Yanran had come seeking help for Yun Yun. He agreed to help rescue her teacher after resting for a day, leaving Nalan Yanran relieved but embarrassed and conscious that Xiao Yan was her former fiancé.

• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to focus on cultivation after Xiao Yan left the Poison Marsh.
• Xiao Yan returned from the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss, released Yao Lao from the Bone Flame Ring, and told him what had happened while refining the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo brought Xiao Yan back to Wutan City, where he learned Nalan Yanran had been waiting several days to see him.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that Yun Yun had vanished after raiding the Mo Family over its human experiments and investigating corruption within the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan inferred that Yun Shan or a Soul Hall ally had likely confined Yun Yun, and agreed to help after a day's rest.
• Nalan Yanran offered to serve Xiao Yan as a maid, but he stopped her from kneeling and told her to wipe her tears before leaving.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and took her, Cai Lin, Cai Die, and Nalan Yanran to the imperial capital, where Hai Bodong welcomed them at the Mittel Family estate. After settling the group in, Xiao Yan prepared to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan found Xun'er chatting and laughing with Cai Lin and Cai Die, then invited them to join him on a trip to the imperial capital.
• Xiao Yan took the three girls to meet Nalan Yanran and flew with the group to the imperial capital using Telekinesis.
• Xiao Yan brought everyone to the Mittel Family estate, where Hai Bodong greeted him and nervously recognized Cai Lin and Cai Die as Medusas.
• Hai Bodong arranged lodging for the group, and Xiao Yan set out to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect to rescue Yun Yun and confronted the sect’s former leader, Yun Shan, who had allied with Soul Hall. After crushing First Elder Yun Leng, Xiao Yan spotted Protector Wu’s foul aura and prepared to trap the enemy.

• Yun Shan visited the imprisoned Yun Yun, who questioned why he had joined forces with evil, but he refused to explain his reasons.
• Xiao Yan reassured Nalan Yanran that Yun Yun would be safe and used his Soul Perception to survey the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan insulted Yun Shan and crushed Yun Leng under his pressure when the First Elder challenged him.
• Yun Shan emerged to confront Xiao Yan as Nalan Yanran and arriving experts from the Imperial Capital witnessed the clash.
• Xiao Yan sensed Protector Wu on the Back Mountain and told his teacher to seal the space so they could trap their enemies.

Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun from Yun Shan’s captivity and drew Protector Wu out of hiding at the Misty Cloud Sect. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan stopping Wu Ying’s enormous scythe with one finger, leaving the stunned protector facing him.

• Yao Lao sealed off the area as Yun Shan questioned Xiao Yan about his faction and motives.
• Xiao Yan used Telekinesis to pull Yun Yun from the Back Mountain and freed her sealed Dou Qi with the Horse Talisman.
• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Yan, then took Nalan Yanran and left the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan spotted Protector Wu’s hiding place and blasted open the mountaintop, forcing him to emerge from the black mist.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Yan with a phantom Soul-Devouring Scythe, but Xiao Yan stopped it with one finger.
• Xiao Yan called Protector Wu by the name Wu Ying as the protector stared at him in shock.

Xiao Yan destroyed Protector Wu’s Soul-Devouring Scythe and brutally mutilated him, while Yun Shan secretly redirected his attack to strike Protector Wu. Protector Wu then unleashed a blood-and-soul-devouring array that trapped the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan prepared to respond by summoning a Seven-String Guqin.

• Xiao Yan shattered Protector Wu’s Soul-Devouring Scythe and used its fragments to wound him as he tried to evade the attacks.
• Protector Wu demanded Yun Shan’s help, and Yun Shan sent a Great Wind Hand Seal that Xiao Yan redirected toward Protector Wu.
• The combined attack mutilated Protector Wu, who then hid in black mist and activated the Nine Forests Hundred Soul Devouring array.
• The array trapped Jia Xingtian and the other experts while draining the blood and souls of Misty Cloud Sect disciples, Yun Shan, and several Elders.
• Yun Yun’s sword strikes failed to affect the mist, so Xiao Yan stopped her and summoned a Seven-String Guqin.

Xiao Yan freed the Misty Cloud Sect from Protector Wu, captured his soul, and kept his body to make a Heavenly Demon Puppet. After returning to the sect, Xiao Yan faced Jia Xingtian and the empire’s other leading figures, leaving them uneasy about what he would ask next.

• Xiao Yan’s music freed the Misty Cloud Sect disciples and Yun Shan from Protector Wu’s control, then shattered the blood-red formation.
• Protector Wu fled in black mist, but Xiao Yan’s Spatial Lockdown trapped him, and Xiao Yan cut him down and pulled out his soul.
• Xiao Yan sealed Protector Wu’s soul with Fallen Heart Flame and repaired his body for use in a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao returned to the ruined Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan and Yun Yun thanked Xiao Yan for saving them.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and the empire’s other leaders greeted Xiao Yan, who asked whether everyone with authority in the Jia Ma Empire was present, making Jia Xingtian uneasy.

Xiao Yan invited Jia Ma Empire’s powers to a banquet at the Mittel Family estate in three days, leaving them awed by his strength. Yun Shan learned that Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran had broken off Xiao Yan’s engagement and that Nalan Jie had fallen ill from his Brand Poison flaring up, then resolved to help the Misty Cloud Sect rise again.

• Xiao Yan announced his three-day banquet to Jia Xingtian, Mu Chen, Yun Shan, and the other gathered powers, who agreed to attend after sensing his overwhelming aura.
• After the visitors left, Yun Shan asked Yun Yun to recount what had happened during his seclusion and was shocked to learn Xiao Yan was sixteen and had been engaged to Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Shan angrily learned that Yun Yun had taken Nalan Yanran to break off the engagement, but he calmed down and accepted that the decision could not be undone.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Shan that Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison had flared up after he learned of the broken engagement, leaving him ill and unable to rise.
• Yun Shan decided the Misty Cloud Sect could use the chance to rise again, while Yun Yun promised to ask him to examine Nalan Jie the next day.

Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family after killing a Soul Hall Protector and began preparing for a banquet in three days. While Cai Lin and Cai Die entered seclusion, Xiao Yan took Xun'er out to explore the Imperial Capital, and the chapter ended with Yun Shan declaring that Nalan Jie could only be saved by an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame or by Xiao Yan.

• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Xiao Yan had killed a Soul Hall Protector and that a mysterious Dou Zun had protected him, then warned her that the Gu Clan might soon summon her back.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong about the banquet in three days and said he would use force if necessary.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin and Xun'er, and Cai Die interrupted them before the four planned an outing.
• Cai Lin and Cai Die began the Little Sky Swallowing Python soul-fusion process and went into seclusion, so Xiao Yan and Xun'er explored the Imperial Capital alone.
• Yun Shan told Nalan Su, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun that Nalan Jie's Brand Poison was beyond his ability to cure and that only an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame or Xiao Yan might save him.

Nalan Yanran begged Xiao Yan to save her grandfather from the Brand Poison, and he agreed to help in exchange for the Nalan Family. After returning from shopping with Xun'er, Xiao Yan learned that Yun Yun had been waiting to see him.

• Nalan Yanran saw Xiao Yan and Xun'er together in the market and knelt before him, pleading for him to save Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Yanran explained that the Brand Poison had reached Nalan Jie's bones and that he might have only days to live.
• Xiao Yan agreed to visit Nalan Jie the next day and asked for the entire Nalan Family as payment; Nalan Yanran accepted.
• Xiao Yan resumed shopping with Xun'er, then returned to the Mittel Family and learned that Yun Yun was waiting for him.
• Xiao Yan entered the reception hall and found Yun Yun waiting, seemingly dressed up for the occasion.

Yun Yun visited the Mittel Family estate to ask Xiao Yan to treat Nalan Yanran’s grandfather, where she encountered Cai Lin and learned that she had advanced to Dou Zong. After agreeing to help, Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to show him the Misty Cloud Sect’s Gate of Life and Death, and Yao Lao sensed something mysterious about it.

• Yun Yun went to the Mittel Family estate to seek Xiao Yan’s help for Nalan Yanran’s grandfather and encountered Cai Lin, who warned her not to get any other ideas about Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun waited for Xiao Yan, then thanked him and asked him to treat her disciple’s grandfather.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun he had already promised to help Nalan Yanran the next day.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun about the Gate of Life and Death, and she agreed to take him there.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yan went to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan welcomed them and led them through the restrictions to the ancient gate.
• Yao Lao sensed that the Gate of Life and Death held something mysterious.

Xiao Yan secretly explored the Gate of Life and Death with the Sheep Talisman's power and discovered a powerful Wind-Attribute Wonder inside. Beneath its platform, he found a hidden chamber containing the apparently living founding patriarch of the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Potian.

• Yao Lao sensed immense Soul Power and a dense Wind-Attribute Wonder beyond the Gate of Life and Death.
• Yun Shan explained that only those recognized by the gate could enter it, and they had one trial entry and one entry after death.
• Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman's power to send his consciousness through the gate without opening it.
• Xiao Yan crossed an illusion-filled mist and found a gorge containing a cyan Wind-Attribute Wonder bound above a Stone Platform.
• Xiao Yan sensed a hidden presence beneath the platform and discovered Yun Potian sitting in a secret chamber, still alive.

Xiao Yan discovered that Yun Potian, the Misty Cloud Sect’s founder, was trapped near death inside the Gate of Life and Death by a power left by Xiao Yan’s future self. He borrowed Yao Lao’s strength to reach Dou Zun and entered the spatial rift with Yun Shan and Yun Yun to rescue him.

• Xiao Yan found Yun Potian frozen at the brink of death and recognized his future self’s power and the carved message, “Xiao Yan was here!”
• Xiao Yan returned to the Gate of Life and Death and told Yun Shan and Yun Yun that he had found their founder alive inside it.
• Xiao Yan explained that Yun Potian was barely alive and promised he could try to save him.
• Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao’s power, rose to Dou Zun, opened a crack in space, and brought Yun Shan and Yun Yun with him.

Xiao Yan revived Yun Potian and learned that the ancestor knew little about the future, then cured Nalan Jie of the Brand Poison. Nalan Jie awoke asking who had saved him, while Xiao Yan left the Nalan Family’s future arrangements to Hai Bodong.

• Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman's power to restore Yun Potian, whose cultivation returned to Peak Two-Star Dou Zun.
• Yun Potian recognized Xiao Yan as the young master and greeted him with reverence before they left the Gate of Life and Death.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Yun Potian about the past, present, and future, but learned little; Yao Lao was shaken by what he heard.
• Xiao Yan visited the Nalan Family and cured Nalan Jie of the Brand Poison and his hidden injuries with the Horse Talisman's power.
• Xiao Yan left the Nalan Family and told Nalan Su to discuss its future arrangements with Hai Bodong; Nalan Jie awoke and asked who had saved him.

Xiao Yan gathered Jia Ma Empire’s powers to establish the Flame Alliance, winning the support of the major factions and the Alchemist Guild. He rejected the Imperial Family’s bid to join and drove Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye from the meeting.

• The Jia Ma Empire’s powers attended Xiao Yan’s banquet, where Yun Potian, Yun Shan, and Yun Yun arrived by tearing open space, alarming Jia Xingtian with the strength gathered around Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan announced his plan to form an alliance, and Xiao Zhan, Hai Bodong, Cai Lin, and Yun Potian pledged their factions’ unconditional support.
• The remaining powers joined the alliance, leaving only the Alchemist Guild and the Imperial Family undecided.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was an Eighth-Tier Alchemist and displayed a Heavenly Flame, persuading Fa Ma to bring the Alchemist Guild into the alliance.
• Yao Ye asked what the Imperial Family would gain by joining, but Xiao Yan rejected the question and ordered her and Jia Xingtian to leave.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his pressure, and Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye left the Mittel Family estate.

Xiao Yan officially established the Flame Alliance and delegated its operations while tending to Cai Lin, Ya Fei, Hai Bodong, and his family. After seeing the alliance begin to run smoothly, he returned to the Mittel Family and learned that someone from the Jia Ma Imperial Family had come to visit.

• Xiao Yan declared the Flame Alliance officially founded and warned its members that he would punish anyone who betrayed it.
• Xiao Yan visited Cai Lin, told her to prepare the Snake-People Tribe to leave the desert, and spent time with her.
• Xiao Yan comforted Ya Fei and checked that she had advanced to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong Earth Tier Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills, along with a list of medicinal herbs to gather for pills.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li as they prepared to establish a Xiao Clan branch in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family and learned that a representative of the Jia Ma Imperial Family had come to see him.

Xiao Yan refused Jia Xingtian's request for the Imperial Family to join the Flame Alliance, but agreed to trade three Sect Breaking Pills for control of the Jia Ma Empire. As the alliance expanded under Cai Lin's help, Xiao Yan prepared to settle the Snake-People Tribe near the Magical Beast Mountain Range and establish peace between them and the humans.

• Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Yan to let the Imperial Family join the Flame Alliance, but Xiao Yan refused and demanded control of the Jia Ma Empire in exchange for refining Sect Breaking Pills.
• Jia Xingtian bargained for more cultivation resources, then agreed to hand over the Empire for three Sect Breaking Pills.
• Xiao Yan gave Jia Xingtian three Sect Breaking Pills and told him to arrange the Imperial Family's handover to the Flame Alliance.
• Cai Lin joined the Flame Alliance's management, while Cai Die returned to organize the Snake-People Tribe's relocation.
• Xiao Yan planned to announce an agreement for the Snake-People Tribe and humans to coexist peacefully near the Magical Beast Mountain Range.