Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan refined Huang Qing’s corpse into a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet and bound it to Xiao Yan with his blood essence. The puppet reached the Earth Demon Puppet level and neared the Heavenly Demon Puppet level, leaving Xiao Yan thrilled with his new weapon.

• Xiao Fan extracted blood essence and magic cores from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpses, then purified Huang Qing’s body with heavenly flames.
• Xiao Fan prepared medicinal ingredients and metals, coating Huang Qing’s corpse to strengthen its bones and body.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Fan a drop of blood essence, which awakened the puppet and linked it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Fan crushed Huang Qing’s soul into pure soul power and merged it with the corpse, whose body, soul, and energy fused in balance.
• The puppet absorbed the remaining medicinal energy, reached the Earth Demon Puppet level, and partially approached the Heavenly Demon Puppet level.
• Xiao Yan boarded the Space Ship and excitedly inspected the enormous puppet, while Xiao Fan approved of the result.

Xiao Fan finished refining a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet as Xiao Yan steered their Space Ship onward. Meanwhile, the Hall of Souls forced its remaining competition finalists into a Blood Pool made from the essence of hundreds of Dou Zongs, leaving Mo Shang and the others facing a deadly trial.

• Xiao Fan completed a Heavenly Demon Puppet that retained Huang Qing's Peak Dou Zong strength and gained an exceptionally tough, spike-covered body.
• Xiao Yan put away the puppet and guided the Space Ship toward the Spatial Passage's exit while Xiao Fan rested and Zi Yan quietly cultivated.
• The "Heavenly Venerable" revealed that the Hall of Souls had prepared a Blood Pool capable of greatly raising cultivation, but warned that its violent energy would kill all but a handful of those who entered.
• One hesitant Hall of Souls prodigy asked to withdraw, but the "Heavenly Venerable" sent him into the Blood Pool, where his body dissolved and his soul was dragged beneath the surface.
• The "Heavenly Venerable" sent Mo Shang and the other ten remaining finalists plunging into the Blood Pool.

Xiao Fan explored the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body inheritance inside its scroll and discovered how to form a Lightning Illusion Body from the Thunder Pool. The new figure began absorbing his soul power and then reached for his soul origin.

• In the Spatial Passage, Xiao Fan broke through the scroll’s lightning barrier and entered the silver mental world containing the Thunder Pool.
• Xiao Fan found that tapping the Thunder Pool revealed disordered writing, but he could not decipher it.
• Xiao Fan used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement inside the Thunder Pool and discovered that his afterimage remained instead of fading.
• The Thunder Pool’s lightning struck Xiao Fan’s afterimage and filled it with energy, forming a silver Lightning Illusion Body resembling him.
• Xiao Fan examined the Lightning Illusion Body, but touching it brought a painful surge of lightning that breached his defenses.
• Xiao Fan let the Lightning Illusion Body absorb his soul power, which nearly ran out before the figure began drawing on his soul origin.

Xiao Fan successfully formed the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and gave Xiao Yan the scroll so he could cultivate it. Meanwhile, Xun'er uncovered troubling records about the Spirit Clan, and Thunder Venerable learned of Xiao Fan's strength and began plotting against Xiao Yan and his companions.

• Xiao Fan formed the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, then handed its scroll to Xiao Yan and explained how to cultivate it.
• Xun'er read the Gu Clan's records about the Spirit Clan and resolved to tell Xiao Fan what she had learned.
• Thunder Venerable flew into a rage after learning that Xiao Fan had killed the teams sent to hunt Xiao Yan.
• Thunder Venerable decided to inflame the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's conflict with Xiao Yan and his companions, while also making a plan concerning Wind Lightning Zi's supporters.

Xiao Yan mastered the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, and he and Xiao Fan left the Spatial Passage for the Central Region. On the way to Tianhuang City to seek Liu Qing’s help with entering Burning Flame Valley, Zi Yan began awakening, giving Xiao Fan a chance to break the soul imprint on the Crimson Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan formed his Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, while Zi Yan remained asleep as she absorbed the energy inside her.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan arrived in the Central Region and learned that Burning Flame Valley was recruiting high-ranking alchemists, requiring at least sixth-rank alchemists.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan they would visit Liu Qing’s family in Tianhuang City to learn about Burning Flame Valley’s recruitment and use the city’s Spatial Passage to reach the Pill Region.
• Before they reached Tianhuang City, Zi Yan released a powerful Ancient Void Dragon aura, and Xiao Fan used the opportunity to attack the soul imprint on the Crimson Storage Ring.

Zi Yan reached Peak Dou Emperor and awakened the ability to travel through space before Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan arrived in Tianhuang City. There, Xiao Fan challenged the Cheng Family’s claim to the Space Wormhole management rights by offering to produce an alchemist of a higher rank.

• Xiao Fan wore away part of the soul imprint on the Crimson Storage Ring as Zi Yan’s violet energy faded and she awoke at Peak Dou Emperor.
• Zi Yan discovered she had grown to a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old appearance, awakened her innate spatial ability, and traveled with Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan to Tianhuang City.
• At the Space Wormhole, Xiao Fan learned that the Cheng Family had taken the next three years of management rights from Liu Qing’s family with the help of a Sixth-Tier Alchemist.
• Xiao Fan stopped Elder Chi Huo from leaving and asked whether the Liu Family could regain the rights by presenting an alchemist of a higher rank.
• Elder Chi Huo declared that the Liu Family would manage Tianhuang City’s Spatial Passage for the next three years.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan helped Liu Qing secure the Liu family's control of the Spatial Passage by defeating the Cheng family's alchemist. Elder Chi Huo then prepared to take them to Burning Flame Valley, leaving Liu Qing and Lin Yan behind until their return.

• Xiao Fan reunited with Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Liu Fei, then asked how the Liu family's alchemist could prove his superiority over the Cheng family's.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and overwhelmed the Cheng family's sixth-tier alchemist with soul power, revealing himself as a seventh-tier alchemist.
• Liu Qing promised to take responsibility for involving Xiao Yan, and the two Liu family elders backed down after Xiao Yan's victory.
• Elder Chi Huo declared the Liu family the victor and granted it control of the Spatial Passage for three years in exchange for tribute to Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan asked when they would leave for Burning Flame Valley, and Elder Chi Huo said they had to set out immediately.
• Xiao Fan told Liu Qing and Lin Yan they would reunite after returning, and Liu Qing thanked them and invited them to celebrate.

After Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan departed with Elder Chi Huo, the story shifted to Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun, who were trapped in the Fog Forest by a formation and a horde of magical beasts. As the beasts rallied under a strange flute-like sound and their strength ran low, Xiao Yi Xian feared they would not survive.

• Liu Qing watched Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan leave, then traded taunts with Lin Yan, while Cheng Yao regretted antagonizing the Liu family.
• In the Fog Forest, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun faced another assault from dozens of injured magical beasts as Xiao Yi Xian's poisonous mist held them back.
• Nalan Yanran recalled that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to a seven-star Dou Zong by consuming poison, while Nalan Yanran had reached four-star Dou Emperor and Yun Yun remained a Dou Zong.
• The three women had become trapped in a formation inside the ruins, where Xiao Yi Xian had killed one of three seventh-rank beasts but suffered severe injuries and lost much of her strength.
• A flute-like sound stirred the remaining beasts, and Xiao Yi Xian, nearly out of healing pills and unable to maintain the poisonous mist for long, feared they would fall before she could see Xiao Fan again.

Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun were trapped in a formation and overwhelmed by frenzied magical beasts until Little Green revealed its ability to restore Xiao Yi Xian’s strength. They began using Qing’er to absorb the beasts’ energy as they fought to survive and find a way out.

• The magical beasts charged through Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous mist, forcing her to draw it back as Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun prepared to fight.
• Little Green killed a Forest Bear and drained its vitality, surprising Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun.
• Little Green transferred the Forest Bear’s converted energy and toxins to Xiao Yi Xian, replenishing her strength and strengthening her poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun that Qing’er could help them withstand the beasts and that they needed to break the formation afterward.
• The three women rushed out to kill nearby magical beasts and left their corpses for Qing’er to absorb.

Xiao Yi Xian used Qing'er’s ability to absorb magical beasts’ blood essence to replenish her strength and prepare a counterattack. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan arrived at Burning Flame Valley, where Tang Zhen welcomed the invited alchemists and offered to fulfill their requests in return for help refining a pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun killed nearby magical beasts while Qing'er absorbed their blood essence and restored Xiao Yi Xian’s energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian created a small ring of poisonous mist and told Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun to recover before they launched a counterattack.
• Elder Chi Huo brought Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan to Burning Flame Valley and explained how its dormant volcanoes supplied fire attribute Dou Qi.
• A green-haired alchemist accused Xiao Fan’s group of impersonating high-tier alchemists, and Xiao Fan insulted him until he fell silent.
• Tang Zhen entered the hall, recognized Xiao Yan as unusual, and offered the invited alchemists rewards for helping refine his pill.

Tang Zhen tested the Alchemists by making them endure the aura of his Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire for ten minutes, hoping to find help with a high-grade pill. Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Master Huan were among the few who lasted until time ran out, while the eliminated Alchemists watched the survivors.

• Tang Zhen told the Alchemists they had to endure ten minutes in his Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to qualify and gave them ice shards they could crush to withdraw safely.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan entered the plaza, where Tang Zhen released the Heavenly Flame; Xiao Fan remained unaffected while Xiao Yan struggled and gained a clearer sense of the Dou Zun realm.
• The Alchemists began withdrawing one by one, and Tang Zhen watched Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan with growing hope that they could help him refine a high-grade pill.
• The green-haired Alchemist and another participant gave up, leaving Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Master Huan in the plaza as the ten-minute mark approached.
• Tang Zhen withdrew the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire when time ran out; Xiao Yan felt his cultivation had advanced, and the crowd turned its attention toward the green-haired Alchemist.

Xiao Fan revealed spirit-realm soul power to silence Ku Rong’s accusations that the trial had been rigged, and Tang Zhen expelled the dissenting Alchemists. Tang Zhen then led Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Master Huan into a part of the Burning Flame Valley filled with dense fire attribute energy.

• Ku Rong accused Tang Zhen of rigging the trial to favor Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, and challenged their ability to endure the nine dragon thunder gang fire.
• Xiao Fan released overwhelming spirit-realm soul pressure, forcing Ku Rong to admit he had falsely accused him and apologize to Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen ordered Elder Chi Huo to escort Ku Rong and the other dissenters out of the Burning Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen offered resources to the remaining Alchemists, then arranged for disciples to entertain them and take Zi Yan along.
• Tang Zhen led the three successful candidates, Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Master Huan, to an area with exceptionally dense fire attribute energy.

Tang Zhen gathered Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Master Huan to refine a high-tier seventh-grade Fire Bodhi Pill to save his daughter after her failed attempt to absorb the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. The refining began with the three alchemists aiding Tang Zhen, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan's requests remained subject to the Burning Flame Valley's approval.

• Tang Zhen explained that his daughter was dying after failing to absorb the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and asked the alchemists to help refine a Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Tang Zhen promised rewards for their assistance, and Xiao Yan requested the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, which Tang Zhen agreed to petition the elders to grant if the refining succeeded.
• Xiao Fan asked to examine the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire's origin, but Tang Zhen said he could not immediately approve the request.
• Tang Zhen led Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Master Huan into a formation and began refining nearly a thousand ingredients with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• After two days of refining, the other alchemists had left the valley, while Zi Yan remained under the care of Burning Flame Valley disciples.

Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Tang Zhen, and Master Huan completed the Fire Bodhi Pill, while Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed its pill tribulation. After Tang Zhen left with the pill to save his daughter, Xiao Fan discovered Zi Yan had slipped away and tracked her toward the valley’s depths, where she was trying to break through a mysterious rock face.

• Xiao Fan used his powerful soul strength to help Tang Zhen and Xiao Yan gather the medicinal essences and form the Fire Bodhi Pill as Master Huan weakened.
• The pill took shape and summoned a lightning tribulation, which Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed, strengthening the puppet.
• Tang Zhen collected the finished pill and left to save his daughter, while Master Huan departed and Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan returned to their courtyard.
• Xiao Fan discovered Zi Yan’s room was empty and went searching for her, leaving Xiao Yan in the courtyard.
• Xiao Fan tracked Zi Yan to a fire-rich valley, where she struck a seemingly impassable rock face and prepared to try again with her fist.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan left the barrier around Old Ancestor Huoyun’s secluded cultivation grounds, and Xiao Fan warned Zi Yan not to trespass recklessly. Tang Zhen then thanked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, granted them the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, and unleashed the nine dragon thunder gang fire so Xiao Fan could study its power.

• Xiao Fan pulled Zi Yan away from the barrier and apologized to the unseen Old Ancestor Huoyun before leaving.
• Back at their courtyard, Xiao Fan made Zi Yan promise not to break through unknown barriers, and she agreed.
• Tang Zhen arrived with his daughter Tang Huo'er, who thanked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan for saving her.
• Tang Zhen gave Xiao Yan permission to learn the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and presented Xiao Fan with its scroll.
• Tang Zhen refused to reveal the essence of the nine dragon thunder gang fire but offered to display its full power, and Xiao Fan accepted.
• Tang Zhen unleashed the crimson fire dragon around the courtyard as Xiao Fan sat within it and studied the flame.

Xiao Fan tested his strength against Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and used his Golden Eyes to locate its core, then left the Burning Flame Valley with Xiao Yan to prepare for the Pill Gathering. After Tang Zhen warned them about the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Wind Lightning Pavilion, the story shifted to a Blood Pool where only five Dark Hall trial participants remained.

• Xiao Fan endured Tang Zhen’s intensified Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, found its core with his Golden Eyes, and briefly restrained the flame with spatial force.
• Tang Zhen recalled the flame, praised Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, and invited them to stay, but Xiao Fan declined because they planned to attend the Pill Gathering.
• Tang Zhen gave Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan a Storage Ring, warned them that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Wind Lightning Pavilion might pursue them, and ordered the Burning Flame Valley disciples to keep their information secret after they departed.
• In an underground Blood Pool, a black-clad figure observed that only five Dark Hall trial participants remained and said the others had become nourishment for them.

Mo Shang used the Blood Pool to advance to seven-star Dou Zong and secretly planted chaos flame seeds in two weakened survivors. He then discovered that the seemingly imperiled black-robed young man had kept the pool’s savage energy under control, and cautiously approached him.

• Mo Shang refined the Blood Pool’s savage energy with the chaos flame and rose from four-star to seven-star Dou Zong as most of the other candidates dissolved into the pool.
• Mo Shang decided not to seize control of the remaining candidates openly, instead using the Blood Pool to conceal wisps of chaos flame.
• Mo Shang spent four hours planting a dormant chaos flame seed in one young man, then spent three hours planting another in a second.
• Mo Shang restored his soul power before sending the chaos flame toward the trembling young man in a long black robe.
• Mo Shang discovered that the black-robed young man had contained the Blood Pool’s energy and was only pretending to be near collapse, so he cautiously followed the energy inside him.

Xiao Fan tried to understand the essence of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire by recalling his battle with Tang Zhen, and experienced the heavenly flame’s past from its birth to its capture and sealing. Meanwhile, the Hall of Souls prepared the next phase of its plan for the remaining prodigies in the blood pool.

• Mo Shang tried to affect the third young man in the blood pool, but the man refined the violent energy and crushed Mo Shang’s disguised consciousness, so Mo Shang abandoned his attack.
• Senior members of the Hall of Souls watched the five remaining prodigies and ordered the next phase of their plan to begin.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan left the Burning Flame Valley and settled in a Magic Ape’s cave, where Xiao Fan began reviewing his encounter with Tang Zhen and the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Xiao Fan’s chaos flame imitated the heavenly flame’s appearance but not its essence, so he focused on recalling its core and suddenly experienced what seemed to be its life.
• The Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire grew powerful, killed many figures who tried to seize it, and was eventually captured by a white-haired old man who sealed its consciousness and core.

Xiao Fan recreated the nine dragon thunder gang fire with his chaos flame and gave the imitation to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan devoured it, advancing the Flame Mantra to earth tier high grade.

• Xiao Fan experienced the nine dragon thunder gang fire’s history through its resonance with his chaos flame and emerged with silver flames.
• Xiao Fan’s silver fire dragons destroyed the mountain cave, startling Xiao Yan and Zi Yan as they recognized the nine dragon thunder gang fire’s aura.
• Xiao Fan created a weaker imitation of the nine dragon thunder gang fire and tossed it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan devoured the imitation in a new cave, and the Flame Mantra evolved to earth tier high grade.

Xiao Yan reached Two-Star Dou Zong after devouring the nine dragon thunder gang fire, and Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan traveled to Tianhuang City to reunite with Liu Qing. Liu Qing rejected his elders’ plans to exploit Xiao Fan’s connection and expand the Liu Family by force, then spent the night catching up with old friends.

• Xiao Yan advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong while absorbing the nine dragon thunder gang fire, then stabilized his aura.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan flew to Tianhuang City to meet Liu Qing as promised.
• Liu Qing rebuked the Liu Family elders for plotting to seize the Cheng Family’s resources and reminded them that Xiao Fan’s connection had secured their space wormhole contract.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan gathered in the rear courtyard to share roast meat, wine, and memories of Jia Nan Academy.
• Liu Qing and Lin Yan sparred with Zi Yan after suppressing their Dou Qi, and Zi Yan beat them both.