Chapter Summaries

After Yao Lao was captured by the Hall of Souls, Xiao Fan resolved to strengthen Xiao Yan and prepare to rescue their teacher. He secured the Xiao Clan’s position and protection, then set out with Xiao Yan to gather their companions before leaving for the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan that two Soul Hall Protectors had captured Yao Lao, and he relayed Yao Lao’s advice to seek help from Venerable Feng in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Fan revealed that he had found the turtle spirit earth flame for Xiao Yan and promised to begin a training plan before they traveled to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan agreed with Xiao Ding to contribute some of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s cultivation methods and combat skills to the Flame Alliance in exchange for disciples’ contributions.
• Xiao Fan reassured Jia Xingtian that the Xiao Clan’s ambitions lay elsewhere, and Jia Xingtian chose to enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Dou Zong Realm, leaving Hai Bodong in charge of the alliance.
• Xiao Fan gave the Xiao Clan a five-star Dou Zong puppet to guard it while he and Xiao Yan were away.
• Xiao Fan took Xiao Yan toward the abandoned Misty Cloud Sect to pick up two women, then planned to visit You Ruo before setting off.

Xiao Fan parted ways with Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran, giving them trial talismans before taking Xiao Yan toward the Central Plains. He began Xiao Yan’s training by forcing him to carry a massive boulder under crushing pressure and heart-fire tempering as they headed for the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Nalan Yanran explained that she had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect ruins to wait for Yun Yun, and Yun Yun said she and Xiao Yi Xian needed to train without following Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan redeemed three Peak Dou Zong Full-Power Strike trial talismans and gave them to Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan passed his talisman to Nalan Yanran in gratitude for saving the Xiao Clan Elders, and she accepted it.
• Xiao Fan kissed Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian goodbye, prompting Yun Yun to kick him away and send Xiao Yan flying after him.
• Xiao Fan began Xiao Yan’s training by making him carry a huge boulder toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range while enduring Dou Zong pressure and heart fire.
• After half a day, Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan to carry the Xuan Heavy Ruler as well.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan advanced to Four-Star Dou Emperor and they set out to find a turtle spirit earth flame. There, Xiao Fan reunited with Zi Yan, whose powerful punch broke through his Dou Qi barrier.

• Xiao Fan made Xiao Yan carry a stone palace while suppressing his Dou Qi and training his body with the heart fire.
• Xiao Fan freed Xiao Yan, gave him blood-red pills, and helped him advance to Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan left a Dou Technique scroll inside the abandoned palace and entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek the turtle spirit earth flame.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan encountered Kai Jin fighting Zi Yan near the Snake-People Tribe settlement.
• Zi Yan recognized Xiao Fan and attacked him, shattering his Dou Qi barrier with a punch.

Xiao Fan learned that You Ruo was pregnant and hurried to the Snake-People Tribe, where he discovered that battle injuries had left her needing to remain in the Sacred Ground to protect the unborn child. He promised to prepare a seventh-grade Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill within six months, while You Ruo remained out of reach.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Fan that You Ruo was carrying a baby, and he rushed ahead to the Snake-People Tribe.
• The First Elder told Xiao Fan that You Ruo and the unborn child were stable but needed the Sacred Ground’s secret technique after she expended too much energy in battle.
• Xiao Fan asked how he could help and rejected the sixth-grade Snake Marrow Bone-Transforming Pill as insufficient.
• Xiao Fan promised to prepare a seventh-grade Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill within six months.
• Xiao Fan looked toward the Sacred Ground, unable to see You Ruo yet.

Xiao Fan left the Snake-People Tribe with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, heading toward the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame while training them along the way. After a month of travel, the system Shop refreshed, but its most tempting goods cost far more than Xiao Fan could afford.

• Xiao Fan accepted that he could not meet You Ruo yet and left the Snake-People Tribe with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to return to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Fan used physical sparring to train Xiao Yan and Zi Yan during their journey toward the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and later trained them himself after catching them cheating.
• Xiao Fan and his companions traveled for a month, left the Jia Ma Empire, and stopped overnight on a hilltop.
• Xiao Fan set up a bed from his Storage Ring and assigned Xiao Yan the night watch while he waited for the system Shop to refresh.
• The refreshed Shop offered the Great Azure Nirvana Finger and Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, but Xiao Fan had only 520 source coins and decided to consider cheaper items instead.

Xiao Fan exchanged materials from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring for an Earthfire Pill and a Wan Huo Atlas to help Xiao Yan devour the turtle spirit earth flame. The three reached the flame’s location in the desert, where Xiao Fan struck the ground to uncover it.

• Xiao Fan took materials from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and redeemed an Earthfire Pill and a Wan Huo Atlas.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan the Earthfire Pill and explained that the Atlas could locate unclaimed special flames.
• Xiao Fan left the Atlas unused and let Zi Yan sleep on his bed before the three continued their journey.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan crossed the forest and traveled through the desert toward the turtle spirit earth flame.
• Xiao Fan identified the location on the map and sent a huge palm imprint crashing toward the desert ground.

Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan encountered the giant turtle manifestation of the turtle spirit earth flame in the desert, and Xiao Fan fought his way into its mouth. He identified the brown flames as the earth flame and absorbed the beast’s energy with the chaos flame until it reached saturation, while three old men in the Mulan Empire sensed the outburst and hurried toward it.

• Xiao Fan struck at the sea of sand, and the giant turtle emerged and swallowed his attack.
• Xiao Fan used spatial power to punch the turtle beneath the jaw, knocking it back into the sand.
• The turtle created a vast sandstorm, but Xiao Fan flew into its mouth through the chaos flame’s protection.
• Xiao Fan recognized the brown flames on the turtle’s teeth as the turtle spirit earth flame.
• The turtle unleashed a torrent of energy, which the chaos flame swallowed until it reached saturation, and the remaining blast shot into the sky.
• Three old men in the Mulan Empire sensed the energy and vanished toward its source.

Xiao Fan devoured the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, advanced to Four-Star Dou Zong, and helped Xiao Yan begin absorbing the weakened flame. The Mulan Three Elders arrived seeking the treasure and attacked Xiao Fan and Zi Yan.

• Xiao Fan bound the Turtle Spirit with Chaos Flame, extracted its Earth Flame origin, and devoured it, boosting his strength and recovery.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan to absorb the weakened Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and Xiao Yan swallowed the Earth Flame Pill before consuming it.
• Xiao Fan called Zi Yan over and admired her newly awakened ability to move through space.
• The Mulan Three Elders arrived, assumed Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan were weak, and claimed the area as Mulan Empire territory.
• Xiao Fan invited Zi Yan to take on the elders, but she reclined in a chair instead, and one elder struck at them.

Xiao Fan defeated the Mulan Three Elders and took their Storage Rings, then waited as Xiao Yan subdued the turtle spirit earth flame and broke through to Six-Star Dou Emperor. The group returned to the Black-Corner Region, where Su Mei and Tie Wu faced secret opposition from established factions.

• Xiao Fan revealed his Four-Star Dou Zong strength, defeated the Mulan Three Elders, and made them hand over their Storage Rings before letting them go.
• Xiao Yan finished subduing the turtle spirit earth flame and advanced from Four-Star to Six-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan that the Flame Mantra had advanced from Earth Tier Low Grade to Earth Tier Middle Grade.
• Xiao Fan took Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to the Black-Corner Region, reaching it in ten days.
• Su Mei and Tie Wu controlled the region's overt affairs, while established factions secretly schemed against them.

Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan traveled toward Black Emperor City for the Black Emperor Sect’s auction. When they encountered Jia Nan Academy instructor and student Mo Ling fleeing pursuers, Xiao Yan chose to help them, and the attackers charged.

• Su Mei warned Tie Wu against reacting recklessly to pressure from unaffiliated fighters in Maple City.
• Xiao Fan learned of the Black Emperor Sect’s upcoming auction and set out for Black Emperor City with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan took the heavenly treasures Zi Yan found, promising to refine them for her later.
• The group encountered a wounded Jia Nan Academy instructor and his student, Mo Ling, pursued by black-clad men.
• After the instructor confirmed their affiliation, Xiao Yan offered them protection and the pursuers attacked.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan rescued Mai Di and Mo Ling from Demon Flame Valley’s pursuers, then learned that Wu Hao and more than thirty students were trapped in a valley. They hurried to help, but Wu Hao remained surrounded by two Peak Dou Wang experts who were waiting for Demon Flame Valley’s Fourth Elder.

• Xiao Yan blocked the jade-green darts aimed at Mo Ling and Mai Di, then quickly defeated the dozen black-clad pursuers.
• Mai Di recognized Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan as the Inner Academy’s twin stars and explained that Demon Flame Valley had ambushed Elder Wu’s group after someone leaked their location.
• Mai Di revealed that Wu Hao and more than thirty students were trapped in Little Mountain Valley, so Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Mai Di, and Mo Ling rushed there.
• Wu Hao faced two Peak Dou Wang experts while protecting the injured students, and learned that Demon Flame Valley’s Fourth Elder was on the way.

Wu Hao and the Jia Nan Academy students fought Demon Flame Valley forces while hoping Mai Di and Mo Ling had escaped, but Fourth Elder Xie Zhen arrived and swiftly defeated Wu Hao. Xie Zhen sent Wu Hao’s own Blood Sword flying toward his head, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Wu Hao and the students charged the Demon Flame Valley forces in a desperate attempt to break out before Fourth Elder Xie Zhen arrived.
• Wu Hao fought two Dou Wangs at once, forcing them to retreat as they stalled for the Fourth Elder.
• Xie Zhen arrived, and Wu Hao attacked him with the Blood Sword but was struck down and sent flying.
• Wu Hao recovered some of his strength and fought Xie Zhen again, but Xie Zhen disarmed him and knocked him to the ground.
• Xie Zhen took the Blood Sword and sent it toward Wu Hao’s head.

Xiao Fan arrived with Mai Di, Mo Ling, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan to rescue the Jia Nan Academy students from Demon Flame Valley. Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought the remaining enemies while Xiao Fan reunited with Wu Hao and learned about the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Fan’s Xuan Heavy Ruler knocked away the Fourth Elder’s Blood Sword just before it struck Wu Hao.
• Mai Di and Mo Ling led Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan into the valley, reviving the students’ hopes.
• Xiao Fan killed a Peak Dou Wang with his soul power and used black flames to make the other Demon Flame Valley members disappear.
• Xiao Yan fought the Fourth Elder, and Zi Yan fought the remaining Peak Dou Wang as Xiao Fan went to the Jia Nan Academy students.
• Xiao Fan gave Wu Hao pills for his injuries, and the two discussed the Inner Academy and its promising freshmen.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan rescued Wu Hao and the Jia Nan Academy students from Demon Flame Valley, then escorted them to a city before continuing toward Black Emperor City with Zi Yan. At the city gates, Xiao Fan entered through the experts’ gateway under the alias Long Ba and received a Token for accommodations at Black Emperor Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan defeated the Demon Flame Valley elders, while Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan gave healing pills to the injured students.
• Wu Hao explained that Demon Flame Valley was attacking Inner Academy students amid conflicts with the Rakshasa Gate and Mad Lion Gang, and revealed that its valley master was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan escorted Wu Hao and the other students to a nearby city, then traveled with Zi Yan toward Black Emperor City.
• The group reached Black Emperor City after nearly a day of travel and headed for the separate entrance reserved for Dou Emperor experts.
• Xiao Fan proved his strength with the testing stone, gave the yellow-robed old man the name Long Ba, and received a Token for Black Emperor Pavilion.
• The yellow-robed old man sent a disciple to report Long Ba's arrival to the Sect Master.

Xiao Fan searched Black Emperor City for ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and joined the Pill Exchange Gathering at the Thousand Medicine Workshop. When Boss Qi tried to claim a rare snow ginseng fruit with an inferior pill, Xiao Yan outbid him, leaving the gathering poised for a confrontation.

• Xiao Fan bought the available ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill at the Illusion Medicine Workshop and learned that the Thousand Medicine Workshop was holding a Pill Exchange Gathering.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan went to the gathering, where Alchemists exchanged pills for medicinal ingredients.
• Boss Qi offered a Spirit-Cleansing Pill for the snow ginseng fruit, and the other Alchemists stayed silent under his influence.
• Xiao Yan bid a Dou Ling Pill for the snow ginseng fruit, and Xiao Fan backed his offer.
• The Thousand Medicine Workshop's proprietor asked Boss Qi whether he would raise his bid.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan won the Snow Ginseng Fruit and golden ganoderma at the Pill Exchange Gathering despite Boss Qi’s attempts to outbid them. At the Black Emperor Pavilion, they learned that the coming auction would feature Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, then returned to prepare for the auction three days later.

• Xiao Yan won the Snow Ginseng Fruit from Boss Qi by offering a Dou Ling Pill, and the master of the Thousand Medicine Workshop gave it to him.
• Xiao Fan outbid Boss Qi for the golden ganoderma with two Dou Ling Pills, securing both ingredients he needed.
• Boss Qi glared at Xiao Fan and his companions before leaving the gathering, while Xiao Fan and the others headed to the Black Emperor Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan heard rumors that Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva could lead to clues about the Bodhi Heart, and Xiao Fan explained the substance’s origins and effects.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan returned to their rooms to refine pills for the auction, while Zi Yan promised she would stay put.

Kui Sha provoked Xiao Fan’s group at the Black Emperor Pavilion, and Zi Yan crushed him before Mo Ya intervened. Xiao Fan challenged Mo Ya’s claim that he was merely keeping order, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Kui Sha demanded Xiao Fan’s group give up their seats and planted his foot on a chair.
• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan to cripple Kui Sha’s foot, and she shattered his leg and struck him into the Kui Wolf Gang members.
• Zi Yan went to attack Kui Sha again, but Mo Ya stopped her and trapped her in white light.
• Xiao Yan appeared and blocked Mo Ya’s palm, then questioned whether Mo Ya was allied with Kui Sha.
• Mo Ya claimed he had intervened to maintain order, and Xiao Fan asked whether his reputation was worth that much.

Xiao Fan let Zi Yan beat Mo Ya after the young sect master refused to apologize, then revealed his Dou Zong strength when Kui Sha blamed them to the Black Emperor Sect. The chapter ended with Kui Sha erased by Xiao Fan's black flames and Elder He trembling before him.

• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan to strike back, and his gaze kept Mo Ya from moving as she punched him repeatedly.
• Zi Yan sent Mo Ya flying, then returned to Xiao Fan after declaring that she had let him off.
• Elder He and other Black Emperor Sect experts arrived, and Kui Sha accused Xiao Fan and his companions of using a trick against Mo Ya.
• Xiao Fan condemned Kui Sha for acting as someone else's weapon and revealed that he was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Fan's black flames erased Kui Sha, leaving Elder He terrified by the power he had sensed.

After Mo Tianxing resolved the Black Emperor Pavilion incident, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan prepared for the auction by jointly refining a Sect Breaking Pill. The pill’s formation drew a crowd, and Xiao Fan drove everyone away while Fang Yan and the gray-robed man watched.

• Mo Tianxing apologized to Xiao Fan, expelled the Kui Wolf Gang from Black Emperor City, and gave Xiao Fan an invitation to the auction.
• Xiao Fan accepted the compensation and invitation, then returned to his room with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan decided to refine a sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill together for the auction.
• Two days later, the pill’s formation sent a pillar of light into the sky, attracting auction guests, including Fang Yan and a gray-robed man from Demon Flame Valley.
• The gray-robed man suggested that disturbing the alchemist could injure him, and Fang Yan responded with a sinister smile.
• Xiao Fan appeared above the pavilion and warned that anyone who came within a hundred feet would die, causing the crowd to retreat.

Xiao Fan kept the Demon Flame Valley from disrupting Xiao Yan’s pill refinement, then joined Xiao Yan and Zi Yan at the Black Emperor Sect’s major auction. Mo Tianxing opened the packed auction, where the participants awaited the first lots and the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.

• Xiao Fan identified Fang Yan and a two-star Dou Zong from the Demon Flame Valley, and forced them to back away while Xiao Yan completed his pill refinement.
• The gray-robed man advised Fang Yan to leave, and Mo Tianxing canceled preparations to confront Xiao Fan after he returned to the pavilion.
• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan about refining pills in public, then prepared for the auction and carried the sleeping Zi Yan to his room.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan arrived at the Black Emperor Sect’s crowded auction venue and took reserved seats near the front.
• Mo Tianxing addressed the assembled factions, asserted the Black Emperor Sect’s authority, and declared the auction open as the first items were brought out.