Chapter Summaries

After Lin Hong escaped with the Jia Lie Family’s pills, Jia Lie Bi ordered his family to prepare to flee Wutan City while he led an elite force in a night raid on the Xiao Family Market. The raid began with Jia Lie Bi confronting the Xiao Clan Grand Elder, whose strength proved far greater than expected.

• Jia Lie Bi rejected surrender and ordered the Grand Elder to prepare the family’s valuables for departure.
• Jia Lie Bi sent Jia Lie Ao and the Third Elder west with clansmen below Dou Shi rank, while he planned to attack the Xiao Family Market with the family’s elites.
• Jia Lie Bi led three Da Dou Shi and twelve other elites in a masked assault on the market, targeting its shops and pill stock.
• Jia Lie Bi attacked a Xiao Clan Dou Shi guard, but the Xiao Clan Grand Elder emerged and repelled him with a powerful palm strike.
• Jia Lie Bi recognized the Xiao Clan Grand Elder as an Eight-Star Great Dou Master, shocking the Jia Lie Family elites.

The Xiao Clan defeated the Jia Lie Family’s desperate attack and became Wutan City’s sole overlord. Three days later, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Imperial Capital, while Xiao Xun'er stayed behind in the Xiao Clan.

• The Xiao Clan Grand Elder and Second Elder overpowered the Jia Lie Family’s fighters, and the Grand Elder killed the Jia Lie Family’s Grand Elder.
• Xiao Yan learned that Jia Lie Bi’s forces had attacked after Master Lin stole their pills, and Xiao Zhan explained that he had spared some of the Jia Lie Family’s survivors.
• News of the Jia Lie Family’s destruction spread through Wutan City, and Oba Pa prepared lavish gifts to visit Xiao Yan again.
• Xiao Yan set off for the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian three days after the battle, while Xiao Xun'er remained in the Xiao Clan to fulfill her clan’s task.
• After three days of flying, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Imperial Capital and went to the Mittel Auction House to trade for rare medicinal ingredients. Xiao Yan offered a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, leaving the auction house’s manager stunned when he recognized it as another one.

• Xiao Yi Xian admired the Imperial Capital, and Xiao Yan agreed they would explore distant places together someday.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left Little Lan outside the city and traveled in disguise to the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Lao’s power to impress the guards and gain an audience with the auction house’s manager.
• Xiao Yan requested two stalks of blood lotus essence and one jin of ice spirit cold spring, then offered a peak fourth-grade pill in exchange.
• The manager examined Xiao Yan’s pill and froze when he realized it was another Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.

After trading for alchemy materials in the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian went to the Nalan Family estate so he could cure Old Master Nalan’s poison. The Nalan Family agreed to give him its treasured seven illusory azure spirit saliva if he succeeded, and the steward led him to the former patriarch.

• The white-robed elder gave Xiao Yan an additional Fourth-Tier Magic Core and reported the mysterious expert to Mittel Tengshan.
• Jia Xingtian heard Princess Yao Ye’s report about the black-robed figure and ordered that he be left alone unless he caused trouble.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Nalan Family estate and told the guards he could cure Old Master Nalan’s brand poison.
• The Nalan Family steward agreed to give Xiao Yan its seven illusory azure spirit saliva in exchange for curing the former patriarch.
• The steward led Xiao Yan into the estate to see Old Master Nalan.

Yun Yun apologized to Nalan Su for Nalan Yanran’s failed engagement break, but news that a mysterious visitor could cure Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison interrupted them. Xiao Yan revealed Yao Lao’s control of his body and displayed a Heavenly Flame as he prepared to treat Nalan Jie.

• Yun Yun apologized to Nalan Su and offered a cultivation method and a fourth-rank pill as compensation.
• A guard reported that a mysterious man had arrived and claimed he was completely certain he could cure Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison.
• Nalan Su and Yun Yun went to meet the visitor, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached Nalan Jie’s room with the steward.
• Nalan Jie insisted that Xiao Yan treat him immediately, and Xiao Yan assured him that the rest was in his hands.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body, produced a white flame, and revealed a Heavenly Flame to Nalan Jie and the steward.

Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to purge Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, enduring the old man’s agonizing treatment until the poison was removed. After Nalan Jie offered him seven illusory azure spirit saliva as payment, Xiao Yan noticed Yun Yun and recognized her as Nalan Yanran’s former teacher.

• Xiao Yan warned Nalan Jie that purging the Brand Poison with heavenly flames would cause severe pain, then began the treatment with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yun Yun sensed the healer’s formidable soul power and speculated that he might be seeking Nalan Jie’s seven illusory azure spirit saliva.
• Nalan Yanran arrived and asked Yun Yun whether her grandfather could be cured, and Yun Yun assured her that there should be no problem.
• Nalan Jie endured the burning pain until Xiao Yan intensified the flames and removed the Brand Poison from his bones.
• Xiao Yan declared Nalan Jie cured, and Nalan Jie thanked him and ordered the steward to bring the seven illusory azure spirit saliva.
• Nalan Jie and Yun Yun discussed Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement, while Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the woman standing behind him.

Xiao Yan obtained the seven illusory azure spirit saliva from the Nalan Family after treating Nalan Jie, while Nalan Yanran reaffirmed her resolve to challenge him in two years. Back at the inn, Yao Lao explained that the herb’s full potential was difficult to unlock, then met Xiao Yi Xian.

• Nalan Yanran admitted she had acted rashly when breaking off her engagement and vowed to reclaim her dignity by challenging Xiao Yan in three years.
• Nalan Su revealed that Xiao Yan had reached Da Dou Shi, leaving Nalan Jie, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun stunned by the gap in strength.
• The Nalan Family steward delivered the seven illusory azure spirit saliva, and Xiao Yan stored it before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nalan Yanran escorted Xiao Yan out and thanked him for saving Nalan Jie, while Xiao Yan described their arrangement as a mutually beneficial exchange.
• At the inn, Yao Lao said the rare ingredients for a pill using the seven illusory azure spirit saliva would be difficult to obtain, so they would have to use the herb directly.
• Yao Lao appeared before Xiao Yi Xian and teased Xiao Yan about praising her, making her blush.

Yao Lao refined the seven illusory azure spirit saliva and regained enough strength to wield at least Three-Star Dou Zong power. Xiao Yan returned to Little Mountain Valley with Xiao Yi Xian, chose to stay for a month, and then prepared to absorb the myriad beast spirit flame.

• Yao Lao refined the seven illusory azure spirit saliva, briefly shaking the restaurant before he contained his aura.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left the Imperial Capital, while its major factions heard of the mysterious expert's departure and reacted with mixed regret, indifference, and concern.
• Xiao Yan changed his plans and agreed to stay in Little Mountain Valley for another month after seeing Xiao Yi Xian's happiness at returning.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King welcomed Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, praised the growth he gained from the Magical Beast blood essence, and warned Xiao Yan about absorbing the myriad beast spirit flame.
• A day later, Xiao Yan entered the underground chamber alone and told Yao Lao he was ready to absorb the myriad beast spirit flame.

Xiao Yan devoured the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and evolved the Flame Mantra, rising to the 70th Dou Qi Segment and reaching the low-level Black Tier. He emerged safely from the underground tunnel and reunited with a relieved Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame’s seed, then drank the ice spirit cold spring as he endured the flame’s heat.
• Xiao Yan circulated the Flame Mantra to refine the flame, and Yao Lao realized his strengthened meridians helped him withstand the process.
• After several days, Xiao Yan absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into the Spirit Container, advancing from the 62nd to the 70th Dou Qi Segment.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Flame Mantra had evolved to the low-level Black Tier and discussed his improved Dou Qi with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan left the underground tunnel, and Xiao Yi Xian ran into his arms and checked that he was unharmed.

Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to temper the Little Lion King's body and help the Amethyst Winged Lion King pursue ancestral bloodline reversion. A month later, both had awakened the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor bloodline, while Xiao Yan began tempering Xiao Yi Xian's soul to help protect her from the Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame could temper Magical Beast bloodlines, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King asked him to help.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King brought the Little Lion King to Xiao Yan, who tempered him with the flame until he became a blood-red cocoon.
• After three failed attempts, the Amethyst Winged Lion King succeeded on his fourth try, awakening the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor bloodline and reaching Nine-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian began concocting poisons to cultivate, and Xiao Yan agreed to respect her choice while having her temper her soul with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

After a month of training in Little Mountain Valley, Xiao Yan and his companions traveled to Mo City to seek a map fragment connected to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and meet Hai Bodong. Xiao Yan found one half of the map in Hai Bodong’s shop and proposed a deal, suspecting the old mapmaker had the other half.

• Xiao Yan refined pills, collected magical beast cores, and advanced to the seventy-sixth stage of Dou Qi during his month in Little Mountain Valley.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Little Lan, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King left the valley and headed toward the Tagor Desert.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave seeking Purple Spirit Crystal, but found that the Lion King had already departed.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached Mo City and drew attention as they entered with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan entered Hai Bodong’s map shop and recognized a fragment map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong whether he had the map’s other half and proposed making a deal.

Xiao Yan persuaded Hai Bodong that he could remove the seal Queen Medusa had placed on him and secured the remaining half of the fragment map as payment. Hai Bodong also gave Xiao Yan a map marking three possible locations of a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Yan offered Hai Bodong three ways to remove his seal, then revealed his Fifth-Rank Alchemist skill and Heavenly Flame to prove his claims.
• Xiao Yan described using a pill, asking Queen Medusa to lift the seal, or having a Dou Zong expert break it by force.
• Hai Bodong agreed to give Xiao Yan the remaining half of the fragment map if Xiao Yan removed the seal.
• Hai Bodong handed Xiao Yan a map identifying three areas in the Tagor Desert where a Heavenly Flame might be found.

Xiao Yan left Hai Bodong’s shop with information about Heavenly Flames, then traveled across the desert with Xiao Yi Xian and the Amethyst Winged Lion King. He reunited with his second brother Xiao Li after spotting him fighting a Magical Beast, and left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group stunned by his physical strength.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that the shopkeeper was Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, whose cultivation had been sealed for over twenty years.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King traveled toward Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yan planned to meet his brothers.
• Xiao Yan spotted his second brother Xiao Li battling a scorpion Magical Beast and landed nearby to greet him.
• Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan and invited him to return to Stone Desert City with him.
• Xiao Yan borrowed Xiao Li’s spear and hurled it with physical strength alone, killing the scorpion Magical Beast after it escaped beneath the sand.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound in Stone Desert City, where the brothers welcomed him, Xiao Yi Xian, and their powerful magical beast companions. The group celebrated their arrival, while the Sand Mercenary Group grew uneasy about the formidable beast staying with their rivals.

• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Li, who teased him about whether Xiao Xun'er knew of her.
• Xiao Li led Xiao Yan and the others to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound, where he arranged spacious quarters and local specialties for the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Little Lion King, and Little Lan.
• Xiao Ding reunited with Xiao Yan and learned from Xiao Li about Xiao Yan’s strength, including his effortless defeat of a peak second-order Sandstone Scorpion.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Ding, and she blushed while requesting separate rooms.
• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group held a lavish welcoming banquet, and its members praised the Amethyst Winged Lion King after learning he was a Peak Sixth Tier magical beast.
• The Sand Mercenary Group grew anxious after hearing that the intimidating magical beast had entered the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound.

Xiao Yan reassured Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils began to awaken, then met his brothers at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s assessment. He revealed that he was an Alchemist and that a heavenly flame might lie east of Stone Desert City, leaving the group gathered for the tournament before beginning the search.

• Qing Lin brought Xiao Yan water, and he praised her green scales, comforting her and triggering the first visible signs of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakening.
• Yao Lao identified Qing Lin’s rare constitution and explained its powers as Xiao Yan led her to the Training Ground.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, told them he was an Alchemist, and offered to refine pills for them in exchange for medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Ding Hai Bodong’s map, and Xiao Ding recognized that the marked heavenly-flame location lay east of Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yan postponed searching for the flame until after the assessment, and the mercenaries, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King gathered as the tournament was about to begin.

After Xiao Ding sent the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to investigate the eastern part of Stone Desert City and buy herbs, the Sand Mercenary Group learned that Xiao Yan had arrived with the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Luo Bu publicly ordered his men to avoid conflict, then secretly plotted to alert the Mo Family and draw them into confronting the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Li won the testing tournament after facing five opponents, and Xiao Ding assigned the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to search the eastern part of Stone Desert City while he bought herbs from Xiao Yan's list.
• Mo Xing told Luo Bu that the young man with the Amethyst Winged Lion King was Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's younger brother, and that Xiao Yan had brought the beast.
• Luo Bu told the Sand Mercenary Group's senior members to keep a low profile and avoid provoking the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Luo Bu privately ordered Mo Xing to inform the Mo Family about the suspected treasure in the eastern district, hoping they would challenge the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Mo Xing understood Luo Bu's deception and praised his scheme.

Xiao Yan prepared pills for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li while the Desert Iron Mercenary Group searched for the underground magma. After several days, they found a vast magma cavern, and Xiao Yan sensed the Heavenly Flame beneath it before diving in alone.

• Xiao Yan refined healing and Dou Qi-restoring pills, eighteen Second-Grade Energy-Gathering Pills for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and a Fourth-Grade Energy-Gathering Pill for himself.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that the mercenaries had uncovered an underground passage east of Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reported that the passages branched in many directions, so the mercenaries searched them one by one while Qing Lin sensed nothing unusual.
• Several days later, a mercenary led Xiao Yan and the others to an enormous cavern filled with flowing magma.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Heavenly Flame beneath the magma, surrounded himself with blood-red flames, and leaped in after telling everyone else to return to the surface.

Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Core Flame at the bottom of the magma and began preparing to devour it, while the Mo Family investigated the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s discovery near Stone Desert City. The chapter ended as the Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared before Mo Yu.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li left Xiao Yan to descend into the magma and search for the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan fought off the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, planted a wisp of myriad beast spirit flame on it, and planned to capture it for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Core Flame, collected eleven core fire lotus seeds, and prepared the Blood Lotus Pill, ice spirit cold spring, and Spirit Container to absorb it.
• Mo Yu sent Mo Ran back to the Mo Family and ordered Mo Hai to capture a Desert Iron Mercenary Group member for questioning.
• As Mo Hai approached the guarded area after nightfall, the Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared, shocking Mo Yu.

After the Mo Family’s failed attempt to seize the treasure beneath Stone Desert City, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learned that Luo Bu and Mo Xing had set them up, while Xiao Yan continued refining the Green Lotus Core Flame. Mo Cheng reported the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s appearance to Yun Yun, who decided to travel to Stone Desert City before Master Gu He requested an audience.

• Mo Yu recognized the Amethyst Winged Lion King, abandoned Mo Hai, and returned to the Mo Family to plan their next move.
• Mo Xing told Luo Bu that the Mo Family had sent experts to Stone Desert City, and Luo Bu decided to let the rival groups fight.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li tortured Mo Hai for information, killed him, and identified Mo Xing as the one who had alerted the Mo Family under a false name.
• Xiao Yan continued refining the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the magma, and Yao Lao remarked on his growing strength.
• Mo Cheng told Yun Yun that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had appeared in Stone Desert City, and Yun Yun decided to investigate the city herself.
• Yun Leng urged Yun Yun to claim the treasure for the Misty Cloud Sect, and a servant announced that Gu He had come to see her.

As Xiao Yan absorbed the green lotus core flame, Yun Yun, Gu He, and three Misty Cloud Sect elders arrived at Stone Desert City to investigate the heavenly flame. Queen Medusa joined them, and Gu He struck a deal with her to help him seize the flame in exchange for an Emperor's Extreme Pill and a Transformation Pill.

• On the seventh day of Xiao Yan's absorption, Yun Yun and her group reached Stone Desert City, where Gu He sensed a heavenly flame beneath the city.
• Gu He guessed that the Amethyst Winged Lion King was guarding the person absorbing the flame, and Yun Yun's group considered confronting them.
• Queen Medusa appeared and confirmed that she had heard about the heavenly flame beneath the city.
• Gu He secretly proposed joining forces with Queen Medusa to take the flame and eliminate the Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Alchemist absorbing it.
• Gu He offered Queen Medusa an Emperor's Extreme Pill and a Transformation Pill in exchange for her help, and she agreed while demanding that he prove the offer was genuine.