Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used his Fire Release Technique to enter the Ash Python’s cave and followed a faint heavenly flame aura to a hidden underground chamber. He found an enormous crystallized snake skeleton with blood-red flames flowing through its bones.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Ash Python’s yin flames and reflected on the movement technique he had devised using Fire Release.
• Xiao Yan entered the Ash Python’s cave, purified its foul air with Fragrant Pills, and followed the faint aura of a myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yan sensed ancient blood energy but found no flame at the end of the tunnel, then traced the elusive fire energy beneath the floor.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler: Red Dragon Shakes the Earth to break through the ground and descend into a hidden chamber.
• Xiao Yan found an enormous crystallized snake skeleton with threads of blood-red flame flowing through it.

Xiao Yan used bone spirit cold flame to refine a huge magical beast skeleton, extracting a wisp of myriad beast spirit flame and taking the bones for himself. He then looted the Ash Python’s cave and escaped, later angering an Azure Water Crocodile before flying away with his spoils.

• Xiao Yan swallowed a Pale Pill and used bone spirit cold flame to burn down the enormous skeleton, concentrating it into a three-foot Jade Snake Bone containing a visible wisp of myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yan stored the refined bone and speculated that myriad beast spirit flame had formed from the remains and energy of countless magical beasts.
• After sensing that the Ash Python was returning, Xiao Yan left a crimson flame behind and flew into its cave to seize every treasure he could find.
• Xiao Yan slipped past the Ash Python at the cave entrance and escaped before it could pursue him.
• Half a day later, Xiao Yan emerged from a deep pool after angering an Azure Water Crocodile, then flew away laughing.

Xiao Yan collected rare materials and fragments of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, then spotted Yun Yun confronting the Amethyst Winged Lion King over a purple spirit crystal. The negotiations failed, and Xiao Yan settled in to watch the two powerful fighters clash.

• Xiao Yan admired and stored the materials he had gathered from five magical beasts, then examined five skeletons containing wisps of Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan used Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to locate another flame trace near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory and decided to scout the beast's lair rather than confront it directly.
• Xiao Yan sensed a distant surge of energy and saw the Amethyst Winged Lion King angrily confronting Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun asked to borrow the Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple spirit crystal and offered an exchange, but the Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill.
• After the negotiations failed, Xiao Yan settled into his recliner with melon to watch Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fight.

Xiao Yan watched Yun Yun battle the Amethyst Winged Lion King and gained new insights into drawing on the sun’s power for a Dou Qi technique. After the beast struck Yun Yun with its Amethyst Seal and sent her falling, Xiao Yan caught her at the last moment.

• Xiao Yan watched Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King clash, then used Shinra Tensei to stop a wild bull thrown toward him by the shock waves.
• Xiao Yan studied the lion king’s solar-absorbing Amethyst Stone plates and began developing ideas for a secret art or medicinal pill.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King unleashed Amethyst Seal and charged Yun Yun, but Yun Yun pierced and broke his horn with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King struck Yun Yun in the chest, and the Amethyst Seal left her Dou Qi dormant as purple crystal patterns spread across her body.
• Yun Yun lost consciousness and fell from the sky, but Xiao Yan caught her in a warm embrace.

Xiao Yan rescued the injured Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and hid with her in a cave, where he treated her injuries and examined the seal suppressing her dou qi. Yun Yun began to regain some movement, while Xiao Yan paused before explaining that removing the seal might be possible.

• Xiao Yan fled with the unconscious Yun Yun, used pills and Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to delay the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and escaped its pursuit.
• Xiao Yan carried Yun Yun into a cave, concealed the entrance, and laid her on a medicinal jade bed to recover.
• Yun Yun woke and thanked Xiao Yan, whose teasing and rescue left her blushing despite her efforts to remain composed.
• Xiao Yan examined Yun Yun's injuries and the Amethyst Seal, then used flames to restore some movement and dou qi to her hand.
• Xiao Yan said he had some proficiency in sealing arts but hesitated as Yun Yun realized what he meant.

Xiao Yan treated Yun Yun’s injuries and removed the seal left by the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Once she was able to move again, Yun Yun accused him of being a lecher and prepared to attack.

• Yun Yun reluctantly allowed Xiao Yan to remove her clothes and treat her injuries.
• Xiao Yan used life essence and white flames to heal Yun Yun and purge the Lion King’s lingering Dou Qi and purple fire.
• After recovering his strength, Xiao Yan used Fire Needles to break the seal and restore Yun Yun’s movement and Dou Qi circulation.
• Yun Yun sat up naked, formed a streak of wind in her hand, and called Xiao Yan a lecher.
• Xiao Yan protested that treating her had been necessary and begged her not to attack him.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun shared grilled fish in a cave while recovering from their earlier encounter, then revealed their names and teased each other. With Yun Yun nearly healed, Xiao Yan proposed a major plan involving the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan offered Yun Yun freshly grilled fish, and she thanked him for saving her.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Yan her real name and told him she belonged to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan revealed his name, Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun wondered where she had heard it before.
• Yun Yun said she was mostly recovered and expected her fighting strength to return in a couple of days.
• Xiao Yan suggested they do something big once she recovered and declared that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had paved its own road to death.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s territory, with Yun Yun drawing him away while Xiao Yan looted his cave. After six wisps of myriad beast spirit flame merged and entered Xiao Yan, he fled back to their cave and began refining the rampaging flame.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun flew toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave, and Yun Yun said her breakthrough had made her a Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun lured the Amethyst Winged Lion King into a battle by loudly insulting him while Xiao Yan sneaked into the cave and collected its treasures.
• Xiao Yan found a jade skeleton beneath the mountain, and the six jade skeletons resonated, sending six wisps of myriad beast spirit flame into his body.
• Xiao Yan signaled Yun Yun to retreat, triggered medicinal pills to distract the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and escaped to their cave.
• Xiao Yan drew medicinal power into his body and entered Deep Meditation to refine the rampaging myriad beast spirit flame.

Xiao Yan struggled as the myriad beast spirit flame spread through his body, so he reshaped the Flame Mantra into a dangerous method meant for fire rather than humans. He transformed into a humanoid flame, subdued the spirit flame, and began refining it.

• Yun Yun noticed Xiao Yan’s worsening condition as the myriad beast spirit flame made his skin turn red and flames emerge from his body.
• The six beast traits in the flame spread through Xiao Yan’s meridians and merged into different parts of his body, weakening the Flame Mantra’s control over it.
• Xiao Yan pushed Yun Yun away and altered the Flame Mantra’s circulation into primitive, perilous pathways that changed his Dou Qi into flame.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Explosion Technique and Heavenly Flame Body Transformation Great Art, causing an explosion that knocked Yun Yun back.
• Xiao Yan re-formed as a humanoid flame, cowed the myriad beast spirit flame, and refined it through the Flame Mantra.

Xiao Yan perfected a dangerous original version of the Flame Mantra and transformed his body to refine the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After reuniting with Yun Yun, he realized his clothes had been destroyed, but she grabbed him before he could retreat.

• Xiao Yan developed an advanced original Flame Mantra and risked transforming his body to meet its demands.
• Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, then returned to his flesh-and-blood form as Yao Lao cut off his perception and fell asleep.
• Xiao Yan approached Yun Yun, who embraced him and blushed as he drew closer to her.
• Xiao Yan realized his clothes had been destroyed during his transformation and tried to back away unnoticed.
• Yun Yun grabbed Xiao Yan's weakness and teased him for acting shamelessly before.

After Yun Yun left, Xiao Yan recovered from their passionate days together and released Yao Lao from seclusion. Xiao Yan demonstrated his new Heavenly Fire Transformation ability, then used it to transport himself and Yao Lao to a distant valley.

• Yun Yun teased Xiao Yan, pinned him against a wall, and kissed him before leaving several days later.
• Xiao Yan reflected on Yun Yun’s boldness and the influence of the myriad beast spirit flame while recovering on a stone bed.
• Xiao Yan removed the spiritual barrier on his Storage Ring and let Yao Lao out, prompting Yao Lao to scold him for recklessly confronting a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Lao his Heavenly Fire Transformation and formed a connection with the distant myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao vanished in a burst of fire and appeared in a valley.

Xiao Yan entered the myriad beast spirit flame’s core and absorbed its outer flames before seizing and swallowing the Core Flame. He tamed it and merged it throughout his body, obtaining his first origin heavenly flame.

• Xiao Yan used his control of a wisp of myriad beast spirit flame to enter the main flame and devoured its outer flames.
• Xiao Yan refined the absorbed fire within the Flame Mantra, then faced the remaining Core Flame.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to touch the heavenly flame directly, but Xiao Yan seized it with his bare hand.
• Xiao Yan examined the Core Flame, swallowed it, and endured its violent resistance without being harmed.
• Xiao Yan used his Dharma Body to draw the Core Flame into the Flame Mantra and merged it throughout his body, obtaining the myriad beast spirit flame as his first origin heavenly flame.

Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, gaining new abilities and greatly strengthening his body, Dou Qi, and Flame Mantra. After Yao Chen lectured him about risking his life, the story jumped one month ahead to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, where the king sensed danger.

• Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame as his origin flame and discovered it could temper his body, unite his powers, and draw strength from beast souls and blood.
• Xiao Yan explained the flame's abilities to Yao Chen while refining its energy, estimating that it would raise his Dou Qi by four or five stars and greatly improve his combat strength.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Flame Mantra had advanced to between High Xuan Tier and Low Earth Tier after devouring the flame.
• Yao Chen sealed off their surroundings and lectured Xiao Yan about putting himself in danger, while Xiao Yan admitted he was wrong.
• One month later, the Amethyst Winged Lion King sneezed in his cave and felt that someone was plotting against him.

A month after absorbing the myriad beast spirit flame, Xiao Yan returned to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and showed off his transformed powers while provoking her. He had just extinguished her purple flames with his bare hand and challenged her to hit harder.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King scolded her cub until Xiao Yan emerged from the myriad beast spirit flame imprinted on the little lion.
• Xiao Yan teased the Amethyst Winged Lion King, briefly seized the cub, then returned him and dodged her attack by turning his body into flame.
• Xiao Yan explained that his Fire Release Technique let him travel between flames bearing his imprint, then used the Heavenly Flame Body-Separation Art and exploded into sparks.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King searched for Xiao Yan after sensing a blood-red flame on her forepaw, but he appeared behind her and challenged her again.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King blasted Xiao Yan with purple fire, and he slapped it aside and extinguished it with his bare hand.

Xiao Yan negotiated with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, using pills made with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to win her cooperation and secure her and the little lion as animal companions. After leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he sensed something unusual in a caravan near its outskirts and noticed a traveling merchant from the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Yan revealed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King several pills as an apology for taking her treasures.
• Xiao Yan gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a pill containing a trace of the flame, and she felt her physique, Dou Qi, and bloodline improve.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King accepted Xiao Yan's offer of friendship after realizing she could not safely oppose him and wanted more of his pills.
• Xiao Yan promised to help the Amethyst Winged Lion King reach the seventh rank and asked her to go to Chu Yun and follow someone; he also offered cultivation methods and combat skills for the little lion.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and the little lion as companions, then decided to visit Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan sensed a disturbance near the mountain range and spotted a caravan surrounded by magical beasts, including a traveling merchant apparently from the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

Xiao Heizi and Nalan Zhong struggled to protect the caravan when magical beasts suddenly went berserk in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. As the group faced certain defeat, Xiao Yan arrived, healed the wounded, and destroyed the attacking horde.

• Nalan Zhong and Xiao Heizi fought to hold back the berserk magical beasts while the caravan sent Messenger Hawks to seek help.
• Xiao Heizi swallowed a pill from Xiao Yan that briefly raised his strength, but its effects faded before the beasts could be stopped.
• Blood-red flames spread through the caravan, healing the wounded, and Xiao Yan appeared in midair and reduced the horde to charcoal.
• Xiao Heizi hugged Xiao Yan and joked about repaying him, prompting Xiao Yan to threaten to throw him back to the Apes.

Xiao Yan learned that a traveling merchant named Xiao Can had joined the caravan and found a black jade fragment in his collection that matched the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations fragment he sought. He offered Xiao Can pills and a place with the Xiao Clan, then sensed a faint fluctuation in the distance.

• Xiao Yan heard from Nalan Zhong and Xiao Heizi that the Magical Beasts had gone berserk and learned about the caravan’s merchants.
• Xiao Heizi explained that Xiao Can claimed a distant connection to the Xiao Clan and traveled as a merchant while posing as an alchemist.
• Xiao Can displayed his goods for Xiao Yan, who recognized a black jade fragment as the fragment containing the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Can explained that he had dug the fragment from his ancestors’ buried home and offered it to Xiao Yan in gratitude for saving his life.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Can two bottles of Third-Rank Pills and invited him to work for the Xiao Clan, then sensed a faint fluctuation nearby.

Xiao Yan traced a faint spatial disturbance to Ling Ying hiding within the shadows and used his flames to expose him. Ling Ying was left stunned when Xiao Yan appeared inside the shadow space and declared that he had found him.

• Xiao Yan used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to identify the disturbance as a shadow-hiding technique and suspected Ling Ying was behind it.
• Xiao Yan reflected on the Xiao Clan's weak cultivation and imagined how Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan might view its decline.
• Xiao Yan challenged the hidden figure, then set the suspicious patch of shadow on fire and disappeared.
• Ling Ying realized Xiao Yan had found his hiding place and was shocked as the shadow space grew hotter.
• Xiao Yan appeared before Ling Ying in the shadows and announced, "I found you!"

Xiao Yan confronted Ling Ying, the Gu Clan Dou Emperor sent by Xiao Xun'er to check on him, while Xiao Xun'er arranged for a persistent suitor to deliver a bizarre letter to Gu Yuan. The chapter left Gu Yuan baffled by the letter's claims about Xiao Xuan, the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Yan caught Ling Ying spying on him and learned that Xiao Xun'er had sent him to confirm Xiao Yan was safe.
• Ling Ying privately suspected Xiao Yan had attracted several women, including Yun Yun, and resolved to report everything to Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er dismissed Ling Quan and ordered him to deliver a letter to her father, intending to use the task to get him into trouble.
• Gu Yuan read the letter and rejected its claims about Xiao Xuan's plans and the Hun Clan as absurd.

Gu Yuan decided to support the Xiao Clan’s recovery, partly to honor his promise to Xiao Xuan and obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while planning to punish Ling Quan for offending Xun'er. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran noticed a faint fluctuation from Xiao Yan’s ring, as a plot against Xiao Yi Xian began in Qingshan Town.

• Gu Yuan dismissed most of Xun'er's letter as fabricated but considered her claim that the Xiao Clan had to prosper before it could obtain Xiao Xuan's inheritance and the jade fragment.
• Gu Yuan resolved to provide resources to the Xiao Clan and raise a capable member, both to fulfill his obligation to Xiao Xuan and to gain a pretext for retrieving the jade.
• Gu Yuan noticed Xun'er's complaints about Ling Quan and decided to retaliate against the Black Annihilation Army captain.
• Nalan Yanran suspected Yun Yun had a sweetheart after noticing her awkward gait, then sensed a faint fluctuation from Xiao Yan's ring near the Gate of Life and Death.
• A plot against Xiao Yi Xian quietly took shape in Qingshan Town.