Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan began forging a new body for Yao Lao from the North Dragon King’s corpse, Zhu Kun’s blood essence, and a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill. He intensified his four-colored Heavenly Flames when the Ancient Void Dragon’s body resisted the heat.

• Mu Qingluan admired Xiao Yan’s alchemy talent, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao credited each other and Feng Xian noticed how much Yao Lao had changed.
• Xiao Yan told Feng Xian and Yao Lao that all the materials were ready and he had returned to forge a body for his teacher.
• Feng Xian led Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to Yao Lao’s former retreat, where they reminisced before Feng Xian left.
• Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman to isolate the chamber and brought out the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, the North Dragon King’s corpse, and Zhu Kun’s blood essence.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a wisp of his soul power and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Xiao Yan placed the soul power in the corpse and began refining it with the blood essence.
• When the Ancient Void Dragon’s body resisted Xiao Yan’s four-colored Heavenly Flames, he raised their temperature.

Xiao Yan used four-colored Heavenly Flames to fuse the North Dragon King's body with its blood essence, allowing Yao Lao to enter it and begin his revival. After half a year, Yao Lao had adapted enough to his new body to continue cultivating alone, and Xiao Yan left to plan his next steps.

• Xiao Yan tempered the North Dragon King's body and blood essence for thirty days until they fused and signs of new life appeared.
• Yao Lao swallowed the Nirvana Creation Pill and entered the body, enduring intense pain until Xiao Yan used four talismans to protect his soul.
• Xiao Yan continued tempering Yao Lao with Heavenly Flames for half a year while Feng Xian repeatedly waited outside the secluded chamber.
• Yao Lao emerged with a restored youthful appearance and began adapting to his new body, while Xiao Yan rested after completing the revival.
• Xiao Yan told Feng Xian that Yao Lao had been revived, reinforced the Restrictions around the chamber, and left to plan his next steps.

Xiao Yan refined the Saint of Creation’s remains into Dou Sheng Marrow and used it to rapidly advance his cultivation during a year of seclusion. After learning that Xuan Yi had visited Starfall Pavilion, he left to meet her and ask about the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan burned the Saint of Creation’s remains for several days until they yielded about a hundred beads of Dou Sheng Marrow.
• Xiao Yan consumed a bead, felt its powerful energy, and began refining the marrow’s effects.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion with Feng Xian’s knowledge and spent a year using the marrow to advance from Two-Star Dou Zun to Two-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan read messages from Feng Xian and Mu Qingluan and learned that Xuan Yi had recently come to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan left his quarters, sensed an aura he suspected belonged to Xuan Yi, and went to meet her and ask about the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion and met Xuan Yi, one of the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and Yao Chen’s confidante. After discovering Xiao Yan was a young ninth-rank alchemist, Xuan Yi invited him to join the Pill Tower, and he expressed interest in the three thousand burning flame.

• Xuan Yi waited at Starfall Pavilion for Yao Chen to emerge from seclusion while Feng Xian explained that Yao Chen’s disciple might have just finished his own seclusion.
• Xuan Yi sensed powerful soul perception, and Xiao Yan arrived at the reception hall.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xuan Yi as his mistress, startling her and Feng Xian, then thanked her for her concern for Yao Chen.
• Xuan Yi was astonished by Xiao Yan’s soul power and learned that he had reached the ninth tier as an alchemist.
• Xuan Yi invited Xiao Yan to join the Pill Tower, and Xiao Yan agreed in principle before asking about the three thousand burning flame.

Xiao Yan accompanied Xuan Yi to Sacred Pill City to join the Pill Tower, hoping to gain a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After Xuan Yi introduced him to Xuan Kongzi and revealed that Xiao Yan was a Ninth-Tier Alchemist, Xuan Kongzi hesitated over the danger of Xiao Yan’s request.

• Xiao Yan told Xuan Yi he planned to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and she warned him that the powerful fire would be difficult to control.
• Xiao Yan gave Feng Xian a Jade Slip to summon him if danger arose, then left Starfall Pavilion with Xuan Yi.
• Xuan Yi brought Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower in Sacred Pill City and asked him not to call her Master's wife in public.
• Xuan Kongzi met Xiao Yan, learned that Yao Chen had returned, and discovered Xiao Yan was a Ninth-Tier Alchemist.
• Xuan Yi explained Xiao Yan's wish to join the Pill Tower and his condition of getting a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving Xuan Kongzi concerned for his safety.

Xiao Yan reassured Xuan Kongzi that he could subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame by revealing his fused Heavenly Flames. After Xuan Kongzi agreed to arrange a meeting with the flame, Xiao Yan met Cao Ying, who was astonished by his Soul Power and Ninth-Tier Alchemist status.

• Xiao Yan showed Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi his Three-Colored Heavenly Flames, shocking them with proof that he had fused three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan assured Xuan Kongzi that he had prepared to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Kongzi thanked him on behalf of Sacred Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi said he would make arrangements for Xiao Yan to see the Three Thousand Burning Flame and notify him when they were ready.
• Cao Ying entered and sensed that Xiao Yan's Soul Power surpassed anything she had encountered, even Xuan Kongzi's.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Xiao Yan as Yao Chen's disciple and a Ninth-Tier Alchemist, and Xiao Yan and Cao Ying greeted each other.

Xuan Kongzi arranged for Cao Ying to show Xiao Yan around the Pill Tower, where her questions about his alchemy led to an encounter with Song Qing. After Song Qing falsely accused Xiao Yan of harassing Cao Ying, Xiao Yan crushed him beneath his Soul Power and left him begging for mercy.

• Xuan Kongzi asked Cao Ying to guide Xiao Yan around the Pill Tower, then left with Xuan Yi to inform the other Elders.
• Cao Ying showed Xiao Yan around while onlookers whispered about the two of them.
• Cao Ying asked whether Xiao Yan could really refine a Ninth-Tier Pill, and he teased her for doubting him.
• Song Qing approached and accused Xiao Yan of bothering Cao Ying, but Cao Ying denied it and Xiao Yan mocked him as a lapdog.
• Xiao Yan released his Soul Power, forced Song Qing to his knees, and made him beg for mercy.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Song Qing with his Soul Power, then spent the day guiding Cao Ying in pill refining. The next morning, he accepted an appointment to the Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder Council and arrived at its gathering plaza.

• Xiao Yan forced Song Qing to beg for mercy and sent him fleeing, convincing Cao Ying of the vastness of his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan toured the Pill Tower and Sacred Pill City with Cao Ying, answering her questions about pill refining.
• Xiao Yan spent the night at the residence arranged by Xuan Kongzi, who later learned of his confrontation with Song Qing.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Cao Ying invited Xiao Yan to join the Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder Council, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xuan Kongzi led the group into the Little Pill Tower’s Pocket World, where Xiao Yan entered the summit plaza and heard an ancient bell ring.

Xiao Yan was welcomed as a new Elder of the Little Pill Tower, surprising its members with his Heaven Realm Soul Power. He left the gathering facing Old Monster Hou’s challenge to compete in Alchemy.

• The First Elder introduced Xiao Yan as a new Elder, and Xiao Yan exchanged a brief Soul Power contest with him.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yao Chen’s disciple, provoking astonishment and displeasure among the elders, especially Old Monster Hou.
• Old Monster Hou questioned Xiao Yan’s qualifications, and Xiao Yan revealed his Heaven Realm Soul Power to the gathered Alchemists.
• Old Monster Hou challenged Xiao Yan to an Alchemy contest and mocked Yao Chen, while the Elders waited to hear Xiao Yan’s response.

Xiao Yan rebuked Old Monster Hou for insulting his teacher, then agreed to an alchemy contest after demanding a Ninth-grade Pill Recipe or an equivalent treasure. He accepted Old Monster Hou’s recipe and prepared to compete, leaving the contest’s outcome undecided.

• Xiao Yan insulted Old Monster Hou and slapped away the old man's pointing hand after Old Monster Hou mocked his teacher.
• Xiao Yan agreed to compete in Alchemy if Old Monster Hou offered a Ninth-grade Pill Recipe or a comparable treasure.
• Old Monster Hou handed Xiao Yan a Ninth-grade Pill Recipe, and Xiao Yan accepted the challenge.
• The First Elder authorized both alchemists to gather Medicinal Herbs and declared that whoever refined the highest-grade pill would win.
• Xiao Yan examined the scroll and was pleased with the recipe as he prepared for the contest.

Xiao Yan and Old Monster Hou began an alchemy contest, and Xiao Yan used two Heavenly Flame cauldrons to refine two Ninth-Tier Pills at once. After Old Monster Hou produced Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and declared victory, Xiao Yan’s cauldrons released two powerful bursts of energy beneath a darkened sky.

• Xiao Yan gathered the Medicinal Herbs he needed and returned to the square, where Old Monster Hou was ready to begin refining.
• Old Monster Hou started refining while Xiao Yan composed himself, then Xiao Yan formed two Medicine Cauldrons from his fused Three-Colored Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan placed two sets of Medicinal Herbs into the cauldrons and began refining two Ninth-Tier Pills at the same time, drawing doubt and admiration from the onlookers.
• Several days later, both alchemists had formed their pills’ embryonic shapes, and Old Monster Hou remained confident Xiao Yan would fail.
• Ten more days passed, and Old Monster Hou’s pill produced Nine-Colored Pill Lightning; he declared Xiao Yan had lost, but two booms and an oppressive darkness answered from Xiao Yan’s side.

Xiao Yan’s two pills produced black clouds that swallowed Old Monster Hou’s Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, revealing that Xiao Yan was refining two Ninth-Tier Pills. When Black Demon Lightning struck, Xiao Yan took it head-on without injury, leaving everyone stunned.

• Xiao Yan joined the fire dragons around his two Medicine Cauldrons, sending energy into the sky and causing the black clouds to swallow Old Monster Hou’s Nine-Colored Thundercloud.
• The Alchemists realized Xiao Yan was refining two Ninth-Tier Pills, astonishing Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, and the First Elder.
• Old Monster Hou accused Xiao Yan of using an evil art, and Xiao Yan’s shout struck him down and made him spit blood.
• Black Demon Lightning gathered in the clouds, and the First Elder worried that it could threaten even him.
• Xiao Yan launched himself into the air and met two bolts of Black Demon Lightning head-on, emerging unharmed as Old Monster Hou asked what he was.

Xiao Yan survived the fused Black Demon Lightning and captured the Ninth-Grade Motherly Soul-Nurturing Pills he had refined. He won the contest and prepared to pursue his plan for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan endured the destructive storm from the fused Black Demon Lightning, impressing the First Elder and the gathered crowd with his strength.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the lightning had greatly tempered his body as the two refined pills transformed into twin sisters and tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the pill sisters with his Soul Power and returned them to their pill form.
• Xiao Yan presented the Motherly Soul-Nurturing Pills to the First Elder, who declared him the contest's winner.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi praised Xiao Yan while Cao Ying watched him, and Old Monster Hou left in despair.
• Xiao Yan set his sights on refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame after learning about it from Xuan Kongzi.

After settling matters at the Little Pill Tower, Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. He reached the Heavenly Flame alone, and the Ancient Void Dragon opened its eyes as he approached.

• Xuan Kongzi asked when Xiao Yan would act against the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xiao Yan chose the next day.
• Xiao Yan rested overnight, then joined Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi as they opened a spatial gate to the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain with Qiu Ling and followed him through the vast space toward the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Qiu Ling found the Three Thousand Burning Flame coiled as a purple-black Ancient Void Dragon, and Qiu Ling left Xiao Yan to approach it alone.
• The Ancient Void Dragon sensed Xiao Yan and opened its enormous eyes.

Xiao Yan spent two months refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame inside the Star Domain while Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi kept watch outside. When the Star Domain erupted and the flame threatened Sacred Pill City, Xiao Yan emerged and halted it, revealing that he had survived and succeeded.

• Qiu Ling reported that Xiao Yan had entered the Star Domain safely and the Three Thousand Burning Flame had been stable when he left.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi led a month-long watch outside the Star Domain while Xiao Yan refined the flame within.
• After two months, purple-black flames broke through the Star Domain, and Xuan Kongzi ordered the crowd to evacuate or form a Defense Formation.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi tried to reinforce the Sealing, but the rift widened and the flames overwhelmed their defenses.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the rift and stopped the sea of flame, bringing relief to Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi.

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's corpse into a powerful, obedient Dou Sheng Puppet named Wangcai, then extracted valuable materials from the West Dragon King and used his blood essence to reach Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun. After leaving seclusion, he devised a Pill Recipe and headed for the Little Pill Tower to obtain Medicinal Herbs.

• Xiao Yan completed the South Dragon King puppet, bound it with his Soul Imprint, named it Wangcai, and tested its abilities.
• Xiao Yan extracted Ancient Void Dragon blood essence, Dou Sheng Marrow, and other materials from the West Dragon King's body.
• Xiao Yan refined ten drops of the West Dragon King's blood essence for a year and reached Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan devised a Pill Recipe using the remaining materials and decided to visit the Little Pill Tower for Medicinal Herbs.

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 Root, but learned it was needed for Dan Chen’s worsening condition. After examining her, Xiao Yan said he could cure her, and the Dan Family Head promised the roots and a generous reward if he succeeded.

• Xuan Kongzi took Xiao Yan to the Dan Family estate to discuss the Azurefall Life-Nourishing Root.
• The Dan Family Head recognized Xiao Yan and explained that the roots were essential to his ill daughter, Dan Chen.
• Xiao Yan examined Dan Chen and told her father that her constitution should be curable.
• The Dan Family Head offered Xiao Yan the Azurefall Life-Nourishing Root and a generous reward if he cured Dan Chen.
• Xiao Yan asked the Dan Family Head 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.