Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Guild with Xun'er and met Pill King Gu He, who challenged him to discuss alchemy. Fa Ma revealed that Xiao Yan was an eighth-tier Alchemist, leaving Gu He stunned as preparations began for a public demonstration.

• Xiao Yan invited Xun'er to visit the Alchemist Guild with him, and she happily agreed.
• Xiao Yan met Gu He in Fa Ma's office and learned that the Pill King had recently left seclusion.
• Gu He, eager to prove his alchemy skill, proposed discussing alchemy with Xiao Yan, who arranged for them to do so at a public demonstration.
• After Xiao Yan and Xun'er left, Fa Ma told Gu He that Xiao Yan was an eighth-tier Alchemist, and Gu He stood speechless with shock.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his Eighth-Tier Alchemy at the Alchemist Guild, refining three pills and guiding the gathered Alchemists. After settling the guild’s affairs, he took Xun'er through the trading area to search for an opportunity he remembered was hidden there.

• Lin Fei and Xue Mei learned that the Flame Alliance Leader was the high-level Alchemist invited to demonstrate, and that he was an Eighth-Tier Alchemist.
• Fa Ma introduced Xiao Yan to the crowd, and Xiao Yan began refining the Dou Ling Pill, Emperor's Extreme Pill, and Life Devouring Pill.
• Xiao Yan completed the three pills and answered Alchemists’ questions, helping Gu He overcome a blockage in his Alchemy.
• Xiao Yan declined Gu He's request to become his disciple and asked him to serve the Alliance instead.
• Xiao Yan took Xun'er through the Alchemist trading area to look for a hidden opportunity.

Xiao Yan helped Lin Fei and Xue Mei expose a dishonest stallholder, then obtained a jade slip that seemed to hold the opportunity he had been seeking. He learned that the Gu Clan planned to summon Xun'er back, but her departure date remained unanswered.

• Xiao Yan recognized that Lin Fei and Xue Mei were being cheated over a Peach Blossom Flame seed and found a crudely shaped jade slip at the stall.
• Xiao Yan stopped the stallholder from attacking the women, crushed his wrist, and warned him not to cheat anyone again.
• Xiao Yan gave the Peach Blossom Flame seed to Xue Mei and secretly took the jade slip before leaving with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er whether her clan was calling her back, and she confirmed that it was.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun'er and quietly asked when she would leave.

With one month left before the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army came to take Xun’er home, Xiao Yan took her on a carefree journey and spent several quiet days with her in the Small Mountain Valley. The army arrived, and Xun’er prepared to leave while Ling Quan and the soldiers reacted with hostility to her closeness with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan promised Xun’er he would come to the Gu Clan to ask for her hand, then took her traveling across the Jia Ma Empire and neighboring countries.
• Xiao Yan brought Xun’er to the Small Mountain Valley, where they repaired the Small Wooden House and lived together in seclusion for several days.
• Xiao Yan cooked a barbecue for Xun’er, and they shared a kiss while gazing at the stars from the house’s roof.
• Xiao Yan sensed unfamiliar presences approaching, and the Black Annihilation Army arrived on Four-Winged Unicorns under deputy commander Ling Quan.
• Xiao Yan comforted Xun’er as she prepared to return home, while Ling Quan and the soldiers clenched their fists and watched the couple with hostility.

Xiao Yan watched Xun'er leave, then humiliated Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army before returning to the Imperial Capital. After catching up with Cai Lin and helping Hai Bodong prepare to break through to Dou Zong, Xiao Yan found Mu Zhan pestering Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House.

• Xun'er flew away, and Xiao Yan pinned Ling Quan down, mocked him, and drove the Black Annihilation Army from the valley.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Imperial Capital and learned from Cai Lin that the Snake-People Tribe's relocation was going smoothly and its strength had grown.
• Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong, who had reached Peak Dou Emperor, and gave him a Sect Breaking Pill to help him attempt to advance to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan went to find Ya Fei and discovered Mu Zhan pestering her at the Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei warned Mu Zhan that she already had a man and released her One-Star Da Dou Shi aura against him.

Xiao Yan drove Mu Zhan away after declaring Ya Fei was his woman, then took her to her office under the pretense of reviewing her work. Their private investigation was interrupted by an employee at the door, and Ya Fei confessed to her workplace mistakes as Xiao Yan vowed to investigate her more often.

• Ya Fei told Mu Zhan that Xiao Yan was the Flame Alliance Leader, but Mu Zhan refused to believe her until Xiao Yan appeared behind him.
• Xiao Yan embraced Ya Fei, warned Mu Zhan not to bother her again, and sent him fleeing from the Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei led Xiao Yan to her office, where he locked the door and set Restrictions before claiming he needed to review her work.
• An employee knocked at the door to deliver a Medicinal Herb List, but Xiao Yan and Ya Fei continued their private investigation without answering.
• Ya Fei confessed to her work mistakes, and the employee eventually left without getting a response.

Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei a Life Devouring Pill, helping her break through to One-Star Dou Wang, while the Flame Alliance expanded and his cultivation rose to peak Eight-Star Dou Zong. After sensing that Zi Yan had completed her transformation, he headed to Jia Nan Academy with Yao Lao to take her to meet Zhu Kun in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei a Life Devouring Pill and helped her refine it, allowing her to reach One-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family's estate, where he discussed alchemy with Yao Lao and improved his strength.
• Yao Lao refined Life Devouring Pills that helped strengthen the Flame Alliance's core forces, and the alliance brought the surrounding empires under its control.
• Xiao Yan's cultivation reached the peak of Eight-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Zi Yan had completed her transformation and left for Jia Nan Academy with Yao Lao to take her to meet Zhu Kun.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, reunited with Su Qian and the two newly advanced Dou Zun elders, and waited for Zi Yan to emerge from her breakthrough. Zi Yan awakened at Dou Zong and reminded Xiao Yan of his promise to help her find her family.

• Xiao Yan met Qian Mu, Bai Lie, and Su Qian at the academy, where they welcomed him and discussed Zi Yan's breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan went to the Restriction around Zi Yan's giant egg and learned the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations from a jade fragment while he waited.
• Zi Yan broke out of the egg, and Xiao Yan gave her clothes after she teased him and they scuffled.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Zi Yan had advanced from Peak Dou Wang straight to Dou Zong, and Yao Lao attributed the leap to her accumulated energy and lingering medicinal power.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan whether he still intended to help her find her family.

Xiao Yan took Zi Yan into the Magma World beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to find her father, Zhu Kun, while planning to hunt Flame Lizardmen for Crimson Fire Beads. He and Zi Yan reached a hidden space at the magma’s apparent end, where an enormous pair of eyes opened in the darkness.

• Xiao Yan promised Zi Yan he would take her to meet Zhu Kun and planned to hunt Flame Lizardmen after bringing her to her father.
• Xiao Yan, possessed by Yao Lao, brought Zi Yan beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and told her that her family was under the magma.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan encountered countless Flame Lizardmen, then used the Snake Talisman to vanish and slip past them.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached the apparent end of the magma and passed through a concealed space after Xiao Yan touched it.
• A pair of enormous eyes opened in the darkness as Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered the hidden space.

Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan into the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where they encountered her father, Zhu Kun, the Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint. Zi Yan struggled with the hurt of having grown up alone, while Zhu Kun could only look to Xiao Yan for help comforting her.

• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao entered the mysterious space and found the enormous gate to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that her father lived there and explained that he guarded the cave rather than owning it.
• Xiao Yan dispelled the Snake Talisman's effect, and Zhu Kun's terrifying aura emerged from the darkness.
• Zhu Kun appeared before Zi Yan, and she recognized him as family through her blood.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun she had been fine without him, then hid her tear-reddened face against Xiao Yan as he comforted her.
• Zhu Kun apologized and, unable to soothe Zi Yan himself, looked to Xiao Yan for help.

Xiao Yan reunited Zi Yan with Zhu Kun, then introduced himself as her father-in-law and withstood Zhu Kun’s Dou Sheng pressure. After they settled down to talk, Xiao Yan told Zhu Kun about Dragon Island and enraged him with news that the Three Great Dragon Kings had split it apart.

• Xiao Yan comforted Zi Yan, and she later softened toward Zhu Kun after Xiao Yan explained their situation.
• Yao Lao reacted with excitement when Xiao Yan said he had glimpsed him reaching beyond Dou Di, but Yao Lao then felt an inexplicable pain and sensed he had forgotten something important.
• Zi Yan introduced Xiao Yan to Zhu Kun as a good friend, and Xiao Yan called Zhu Kun his father-in-law.
• Zhu Kun tried to intimidate Xiao Yan with Dou Sheng pressure, but Xiao Yan remained unaffected, and Zi Yan shielded him from her father.
• Xiao Yan told Zhu Kun about Dragon Island and the Three Great Dragon Kings splitting it apart, making Zhu Kun fly into a rage.

Xiao Yan kept Zhu Kun imprisoned while arranging for him to help Zi Yan unite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then took Yao Lao into the Magma World to hunt lizardmen for Crimson Fire Beads. After slaughtering many weak lizardmen, Xiao Yan drew the attention of stronger foes, and Yao Lao warned that they were approaching.

• Xiao Yan explained his plan for Zhu Kun to give Zi Yan resources and support, but chose not to free him yet.
• Zi Yan agreed to help unite Dragon Island, and Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun for essence blood before leaving them alone.
• Xiao Yan took Yao Lao into the Magma World, where Yao Lao lent him power that raised him to six-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan slaughtered waves of weak lizardmen with Lasers and Heavenly Flames, collecting the Crimson Fire Beads they left behind.
• Stronger lizardmen at the Dou Zong and Dou Zun levels approached, and Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the big ones were coming.

Xiao Yan slaughtered the lizardmen in the Magma World, then escaped a surprise attack from a Half-Saint lizardman and returned to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion for Zi Yan. As they left, Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan a jade bottle from Zhu Kun, and he recognized its aura with delight.

• Xiao Yan used four-colored Heavenly Flames and Fire Lotuses to kill the lizardmen and collect their corpses and Crimson Fire Beads.
• A pale-white lizardman ambushed Xiao Yan with Spatial Power, but Xiao Yan vanished and escaped its attack.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where Zhu Kun asked about the commotion and Xiao Yan took Zi Yan toward the exit.
• Zi Yan promised Zhu Kun she would return after uniting Dragon Island, then asked Xiao Yan whether Zhu Kun could ever escape his prison.
• Zi Yan offered to share Zhu Kun's gifts with Xiao Yan, but he refused and kept comforting her about finding the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan a jade bottle Zhu Kun had left for him, and Xiao Yan reacted with delight after sensing its aura.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zhu Kun’s Origin Essence Blood, which he planned to use to revive Yao Lao, and prepared to absorb Crimson Fire Beads before heading to the Jia Ma Empire. While walking through the Inner Academy, he reunited with Han Yue and Xiao Yu.

• Xiao Yan revealed Zhu Kun’s Origin Essence Blood and persuaded Yao Lao to accept it for his revival.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan left the Magma World and returned to his preserved residence at Jia Nan Academy, where he made her a batch of pills.
• Xiao Yan planned to absorb his Crimson Fire Beads and reach the Dou Zun Realm before traveling to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan met Han Yue in the Inner Academy and learned that she would soon graduate and return to her hometown.
• Xiao Yu recognized Xiao Yan, caught up with him, and proudly told him that she had entered the Inner Academy.

After returning to the Flame Alliance, Xiao Yan reunited with his companions, arranged the alliance’s affairs, and chose the Small Mountain Valley for seclusion. With Yao Tianhuo and Yao Lao guarding him, he began advancing from Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong toward Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yu break through to Dou Wang, then left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Imperial Capital, where he reunited with Cai Die, Cai Lin, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin and introduced them to Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he planned to enter seclusion, then arranged the Flame Alliance’s affairs with her and Ya Fei’s help.
• Xiao Yan went to the Small Mountain Valley, set up Restrictions, and absorbed the Crimson Fire Bead’s energy until he reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Yao Tianhuo and Yao Lao stood guard over the valley as Xiao Yan began his breakthrough to Dou Zun.

Over the year, the Flame Alliance dominated the Northwest Continent while Jia Xingtian’s failed attempts to join and the Imperial Family’s losses left him broken. Hai Bodong’s taunting invitation announced his breakthrough to Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan emerged from a long seclusion as a Dou Zun with greatly enhanced strength and a newly awakened Talisman.

• The Flame Alliance absorbed surrounding Empires, while Jia Xingtian’s repeated requests to join were rejected and the Jia Ma Imperial Family declined after its Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast died.
• Hai Bodong invited Jia Xingtian to a Mittel Family banquet and taunted him about his failures while announcing his own breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Jia Xingtian became enraged by Hai Bodong’s letter, spat blood, and passed out.
• Xiao Yan’s breakthrough stirred the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Yao Lao and Yao Tianhuo concealed the energy phenomenon with a Restriction.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Dou Zun, with a stronger Physique, Spirit Realm Grand Perfection Soul Power, and a newly awakened Talisman.

After breaking through to Dou Zun, Xiao Yan tested his newly awakened Rabbit Talisman and physical strength against Yao Tianhuo in the Tagor Desert. He overwhelmed Yao Tianhuo with his speed and power, leaving Yao Lao stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Tianhuo to spar so he could test his strength, and the three traveled to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan used the Rabbit Talisman's speed to create countless afterimages that Yao Tianhuo and Yao Lao could not distinguish from the real him.
• Yao Tianhuo summoned five Fire Spirits and launched his Five-Wheel Flame Disc at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Five-Wheel Flame Disc with one punch and emerged unharmed.
• Xiao Yan used his speed to land a series of controlled kicks on Yao Tianhuo, while Yao Lao struggled to follow his movements.

After returning from seclusion, Xiao Yan found the Flame Alliance and Xiao Clan thriving before rushing to the Chu Yun Empire when he sensed Xiao Yi Xian had emerged. He discovered that she had reached Dou Zun and reunited with her, while she confidently believed her new strength could handle him.

• Yao Tianhuo conceded defeat after he could not see or fight Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman's power to heal him.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Tianhuo, and Yao Lao traveled to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Xiao Yan saw the Flame Alliance and Xiao Clan flourishing.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the safeguard near Xiao Yi Xian had been triggered and left for the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yan found the once-barren Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss transformed into a thriving wetland and discovered Xiao Yi Xian had emerged from seclusion at Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Yi Xian, and she laughed before boasting that her new strength meant she was no longer afraid of him.

Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian and reunited with his family, then announced that he would travel to the Central Plains with only Zi Yan and Yao Lao. After arranging protection for the Flame Alliance and Xiao Clan, he spent his remaining days with the women before his departure, ending as he entered Cai Lin’s room.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss and returned to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to his parents’ courtyard, where he reunited with his family and invited Yao Lao to join their gathering.
• Xiao Yan told the family he would travel to the Central Plains with Zi Yan and Yao Lao, while the others stayed behind.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Tianhuo, Yun Potian, and Green Rong to protect the Flame Alliance and Xiao Clan during his absence.
• Xiao Yan spent several days with the women before leaving, then entered Cai Lin’s room and teased her about hiding under the blanket.

Xiao Yan discovered Cai Lin had sent Cai Die to him, and the two grew closer before his departure. The next morning, Xiao Yan left the Jia Ma Empire with Yao Lao and Zi Yan, carrying the Tou She Ancient God Jade under protective restrictions.

• Xiao Yan realized the woman in Cai Lin's bed was Cai Die, who explained that her sister had sent her, and they became intimate.
• Cai Die confessed she had loved Xiao Yan since he rescued her from the dream and was glad her wish had finally come true.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan's ancestral Ancient Jade before his journey to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan recognized the jade as a piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, concealed it with the Sheep Talisman's Restrictions, and stored it safely.
• Xiao Yan left the Jia Ma Empire with Yao Lao and Zi Yan, who asked why he had been so busy lately.