Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian attempted to refine a simple healing medicine under Yao Chen’s guidance, but her woeful poison body turned the process into a disaster. Poison gas spread across the Xiao Clan compound, leaving Xiao Yan and everyone else unconscious while Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen remained awake.

• Xiao An delivered medicinal ingredients to Xiao Yan as a gift, and Xiao Yan hid Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin until he had left.
• Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian prepare to refine medicine while thinking about his ambitions and a mysterious white-haired woman from a vivid fantasy.
• Yao Chen guided Xiao Yi Xian through refining an unranked healing medicine, and she controlled the flames and ingredients with surprising ease.
• Gray-black poison gas erupted from the Pill Furnace and spread throughout the Xiao Clan compound, knocking Xiao Yan and the clan members unconscious.
• Yao Chen realized Xiao Yi Xian had the woeful poison body, and he cried out for Xiao Yan to wake up.

After Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s woeful poison body made her Dou Qi turn pills into dangerous Poison Pills, he stopped her from refining them with her own power. Xiao Xun’er gave him a Beast Flame Map, providing a possible way for Xiao Yi Xian to learn alchemy safely.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian revived the poisoned Xiao Clan members with Yao Chen’s pills, and Xiao Zhan scolded Xiao Yan for causing the incident.
• Yao Chen explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s woeful poison body had transformed her fire Dou Qi into fire-poison Dou Qi, making pills she refined into Poison Pills.
• Xiao Yan sealed the Pill Furnace and forbade Xiao Yi Xian from refining pills with her own Dou Qi, while Yao Chen suggested she would need a beast flame or heavenly flame.
• Xiao Xun’er brought Xiao Yan a Beast Flame Map showing four locations and details about the flames, giving him a way to search for a flame for Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin set out to find the Amethyst Flame after Xiao Yi Xian chose it from the Beast Flame Map. As they left Wutan City, Xiao Xun'er watched them go and wondered whether Xiao Yan had become involved with the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Yi Xian chose the Amethyst Flame as the target for her and Xiao Yan's journey, and Yao Chen confirmed that it suited her needs.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan and Qing Lin how a beast tide had killed her parents and destroyed Qingshan Town when she was seven.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan about the journey, and Xiao Zhan gave him a Storage Ring filled with his savings and advice to care for his companions.
• After saying farewell to Xun'er, Xiao Yan returned to find Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin ready, and the three departed Wutan City by carriage the next day.
• Xiao Xun'er watched the group leave and wondered whether Xiao Yan had become involved with the Hun Clan.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Qingshan Town, where Xiao Yi Xian’s return alarmed the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s mercenaries. Xiao Yan began fighting them while Xiao Yi Xian stayed with the sleeping Qing Lin.

• A mercenary tried to recruit Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi Xian revealed herself and the man fled, warning Qingshan Town that the Poison Immortal had returned.
• The Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s mercenaries surrounded the carriage, and their bandaged Pavilion Master accused Xiao Yi Xian of returning with a new mark.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had poisoned the Pavilion Master’s food three months earlier, killing more than thirty subordinates, and had beaten him nearly to death.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Yi Xian from waking Qing Lin and charged the Pavilion Master, but the Pavilion Master’s Dou Shi guard intercepted him.
• Xiao Yan struck the guard with his Earth Flame technique, sending him flying, then charged into the mercenary crowd.

Xiao Yan defeated the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s fighters in Qingshan Town, survived an ambush, and entered the deserted headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to gather supplies. He found a storehouse packed with medicinal ingredients as the group prepared to continue toward the Magical Beast Forest.

• Xiao Yan killed Ba Meng with a flame-infused attack, causing the mercenaries to flee and abandoning the bandaged Myriad Medicine Pavilion Master.
• Nalan Jie ambushed Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Protective Talismans blocked the spear strike, and Yao Chen warned him not to become careless.
• Xiao Yan killed the bandaged man, and Xiao Yi Xian cut down Nalan Jie before he could react.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Nalan Jie’s Storage Ring and led Xiao Yan and Qing Lin into Qingshan Town to search the Myriad Medicine Pavilion headquarters.
• Xiao Yan found more than twenty crates of medicinal ingredients in a storehouse, and Qing Lin celebrated their haul.

Xiao Yan and his companions gathered supplies and information in Qingshan Town before entering the Magical Beast Forest, hoping to approach the Amethyst Winged Lion King's valley. As Yao Chen carried them through the forest, a flying Dou Emperor provoked the magical beasts and sharply increased the danger.

• Xiao Yan collected Ice Spirit Flame Grass and other herbs from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion while Qing Lin searched for pills.
• Xiao Yi Xian found a guide to local natural treasures that explained how to obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's companion amethyst while it hunted.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Yao Chen could defeat the sixth-rank beast, but Yao Chen said he could only guarantee their safety unless the lion king was already badly injured.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian stocked up on water and other supplies in Qingshan Town, then entered the Magical Beast Forest on foot with Qing Lin.
• Yao Chen carried the group toward the lion king's valley and warned them against flying over magical beasts' territory.
• A winged woman with a Dou Emperor's aura flew overhead, setting off roars throughout the Magical Beast Forest.

Xiao Yan defeated a Tier 2 Kui Wood Wolf, then reached a concealed cave with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. There, Xiao Yi Xian identified Yun Yun and pressed Xiao Yan to explain his grudge against the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving him about to tell her about the girl who had hurt him.

• Xiao Yan used Earth Flame and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to kill a Kui Wood Wolf and collected its Wood-attributed Magic Core.
• Yao Chen guided Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to a hidden, prepared cave near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that the Dou Emperor they had seen was Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect Master and Nalan Yanran's teacher.
• Xiao Yan recalled his anger toward the Misty Cloud Sect over Nalan Yanran's broken engagement and the sect elder's threats to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian sat beside Xiao Yan and coaxed him to explain his personal grudge, and he agreed to tell her about the girl.

Xiao Yan struggled with his growing attraction to Xiao Yi Xian while trying to remain loyal to Xiao Xun'er. Unable to sleep, he practiced a Flying Dou Technique through the night, and Xiao Yi Xian found him at dawn with enormous wings spread behind him.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Yan about his history with Nalan Yanran and asked who was prettier, prompting him to admit that she was.
• Xiao Yan realized his feelings for Xiao Yi Xian had changed, but resolved not to betray Xiao Xun'er and urged Xiao Yi Xian to sleep.
• After Xiao Yi Xian went to bed with Qing Lin, Xiao Yan left the cave because he could not settle down to meditate.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for advice, then studied the Advanced Black Tier Flying Dou Technique, Eagle Wings.
• Xiao Yan worked through the night to form the technique's branch meridians, and Xiao Yi Xian saw him at dawn with enormous wings spread behind him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to seek the Amethyst Flame, but a sudden battle drew them toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory. They arrived to find Yun Yun fighting the beast over a purple spirit stone, and Yun Yun attacked after it refused her offer.

• Xiao Yi Xian concealed the cave entrance with a formation she had created, and Yao Lao shared legends about the Hun Clan and Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian heard the Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar and abandoned their plan to wait until it left its lair.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan, carried Xiao Yi Xian, and flew them toward the battle.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached the battlefield and saw Yun Yun facing the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky.
• Yun Yun asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to trade, but he demanded a Transformation Pill in exchange for his purple spirit stone.
• Yun Yun sneered and slashed her sword, sending green Dou Qi toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and helped Yun Yun defeat the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yi Xian sneaked toward its lair for the Purple Spirit Stone. As Yun Yun questioned Xiao Yan, nine black-robed figures activated a Formation Disc and enveloped the valley in a strange fluctuation.

• Xiao Yi Xian set off to steal the Purple Spirit Stone while Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought evenly.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King with the bone spirit cold flame, breaking its defenses and wounding it.
• Yun Yun struck the beast through its wound and killed it before it could complete its sealing technique.
• Yun Yun demanded to know who Xiao Yan was, and Yao Chen proposed dividing the beast’s remains and letting her take the Purple Spirit Stone.
• Nine black-robed figures, including Lord Void and Miesheng, activated a Formation Disc and spread a strange fluctuation across the valley.

Hun Miesheng and the Hall of Souls assembled to open a passage to another plane while Yao Lao and Yun Yun argued over the Amethyst Winged Lion King's spoils. Tong Xuan killed Xiao Yan, but a soul chain carried his remnant soul through the passage into a corpse-strewn world.

• Hun Miesheng gathered Hall of Souls elites beside a valley and prepared a formation to contact another plane.
• Yao Lao claimed the Amethyst Winged Lion King's horn and magic core from Yun Yun after she yielded in their dispute.
• Tong Xuan appeared, declared that all allies of the Hun Clan must die, and crushed Xiao Yan with a Dou Technique.
• The Hall of Souls formation opened a spatial passage, and a soul chain seized Xiao Yan's remnant soul and dragged it into a blood-soaked world.

Xiao Yan reached the Netherworld and learned from Hun Miesheng that he had reincarnated twice, not once. At the Three-Life Stone, the Nihility Devouring Flame activated a formation that trapped Xiao Yan in an illusion where Xiao Yi Xian was his fiancée.

• Xiao Yan followed the souls into the Netherworld, guarded by Qiu Di and Mo Yu disguised as Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
• Hun Miesheng told Xiao Yan that he had reincarnated twice and promised to restore his previous-life memories.
• Saint Hun Qing led Xiao Yan to the Three-Life Stone, while the Nihility Devouring Flame activated a formation.
• Xiao Yan appeared in an illusion in Qingshan Town, where Nalan Jie treated him as an old friend and called Xiao Yi Xian his wife.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan they had agreed to marry on the first of the next month.

Xiao Yan lived out a peaceful life with Xiao Yi Xian and their children in a vision of another life, until Gu Xun'er demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade and attacked them. The vision collapsed as the Nihility Devouring Flame took over, leaving Xiao Yan back at the Three-Life Stone, unable to tell reality from illusion.

• Xiao Yan married Xiao Yi Xian, and they raised three children while building a quiet life in Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yan avenged Nalan Jie by destroying the valley where the Amethyst Winged Lion King had killed him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled together as their children grew up and established their own paths.
• Gu Xun'er demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Xiao Yi Xian and revealed that her clan would no longer let them go.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Gu Xun'er the bracelet, but Gu Xun'er refused to catch it and prepared to strike them down.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame erupted, consumed the vision, and returned Xiao Yan to the Three-Life Stone amid its laughter.

The nihility devouring flame restored Xiao Yan’s body and fused with him, causing his Flame Mantra to evolve to high Earth Tier. The flame then realized Xiao Yan was cultivating Tou She Ancient God’s method and feared Hun Tiandi had tricked it into empowering him.

• The nihility devouring flame healed Xiao Yan’s soul and prepared a new body for him.
• Xiao Yan entered the body and endured the pain as the flame fused with him and the Flame Mantra circulated.
• Xiao Yan revived and wondered whether the flame’s power could help him restore Yao Lao.
• The Flame Mantra rose from mid Yellow Tier to high Earth Tier as Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi grew far purer.
• The nihility devouring flame realized Xiao Yan was cultivating the Flame Mantra and angrily blamed Hun Tiandi for the deception.

Xiao Yan discovered that Nihility Devouring Flame had stopped responding after trapping himself in a Naling inside Xiao Yan’s qi vortex. Stranded in the Netherworld and desperate for food and water, Xiao Yan decided to risk entering the buildings occupied by the Netherworld Soldiers and Generals.

• Xiao Yan realized his strength had risen to One-Star Dou Ling, but Nihility Devouring Flame ignored his attempts to contact him.
• Saint Hun Qing and the Hun Clan members also failed to reach Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hun Miesheng told them to wait.
• Nihility Devouring Flame accepted that he was trapped, created a Naling inside Xiao Yan’s qi vortex, and withdrew into it to escape everyone’s calls.
• Xiao Yan found a secluded cave and hid, then searched the barren Netherworld for food and water without success.
• After going at least seven days without water, Xiao Yan set his sights on the buildings full of Netherworld Soldiers and Generals and decided to enter them.

Hun Miesheng had Mu Gu prepare a platter of cut Heavenly Treasures to keep Xiao Yan from starving, while Xiao Yan explored the Netherworld and discovered ways to use the Nihility Devouring Flame. After finding the platter and recovering, Xiao Yan prepared to use it to sustain himself and strengthen his cultivation.

• Hun Miesheng ordered Mu Gu to hand over his Heavenly Treasures and cut them into a fruit platter for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame through Earth Flame to hide from Netherworld creatures and devour soul bodies, increasing his soul power.
• Xiao Yan found a deserted hall and, nearly collapsing from hunger and thirst, discovered the cut Heavenly Treasures beneath a fallen statue.
• Xiao Yan ate some of the Heavenly Treasures, recovered, and wrapped up the leftovers to take with him.
• Xiao Yan realized that devouring soul bodies improved his soul power while eating the Heavenly Treasures improved his cultivation.

Xiao Yan was pursued by five resurrecting Netherworld Generals and forced to draw on the Nihility Devouring Flame, which overwhelmed him after devouring them and left him unconscious. Saint Hun Qing and the other Heavenly Venerables discussed why Xiao Yan had not flown to the Spatial Passage, so Hun Miesheng sent him through it himself.

• Xiao Yan fled five Netherworld Generals, but discovered that destroying them only caused them to revive.
• Xiao Yan forcibly drew a wisp of the Nihility Devouring Flame from the Naling as the Netherworld Generals attacked him.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Netherworld Generals and boosted Xiao Yan's Soul Power, but overwhelmed his consciousness.
• Xiao Yan dragged himself behind a boulder and fell into a deep sleep.
• Saint Hun Qing, Qiu Di, and Blood River wondered why Xiao Yan had not used Eagle Wings to reach the Spatial Passage.
• Hun Miesheng lifted the unconscious Xiao Yan into a Spatial Passage and sent him through it.

After returning from death, Xiao Yan recovered his rings and found Yao Lao barely alive, then searched for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. He found they had left and brought the gravely injured Yun Yun to shelter, where he began experimenting with a stronger healing medicine.

• Xiao Yan woke in the grass as Yun Yun threatened him, then melted her sword and saw that her injuries had left her unable to fight.
• Xiao Yan searched his remains, recovered Yao Lao’s Black Ring and his Storage Ring, and used Dou Qi and soul power to keep Yao Lao from disappearing.
• Xiao Yan treated Yun Yun with the few healing pills he had and left to check on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan found the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s lair empty and discovered that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had left the cave.
• Xiao Yan returned to the valley, carried the unconscious Yun Yun back to the cave, and began preparing an experimental healing medicine.

Xiao Yan discovered that the black flames derived from the Nihility Devouring Flame could devour impurities, transforming how he refined medicine. After making a top-grade second-tier Healing Medicine, he gave it to the unconscious Yun Yun and left the cave to hunt for food.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly failed to refine medicinal ingredients, then noticed the black flames consumed substances and returned healing energy to his body.
• Xiao Yan realized the black flames inherited the Nihility Devouring Flame's devouring trait and changed his method to burn away impurities while preserving useful material.
• Xiao Yan successfully refined a top-grade second-tier Healing Medicine whose quality produced a faint pill fragrance.
• Xiao Yan fed the Healing Medicine to the unconscious Yun Yun, then left the cave to hunt a Magical Beast for food.

Yun Yun recovered from her injuries while Xiao Yan cared for her, then he left for Qingshan Town to find Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the valley with Hun Tiandi and asked him to revive Xiao Yan, whom she believed had died there.

• Yun Yun woke in a cave and learned that Xiao Yan had treated her injuries and kept her alive.
• Xiao Yan fed Yun Yun, set rules for their stay, and later gave her healing pills and clothes as she recovered.
• Yun Yun asked why Xiao Yan disliked her, and he told her to pretend they had never met if they crossed paths again.
• Xiao Yan left for Qingshan Town to look for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived in the valley through a Spatial Passage with Hun Tiandi and asked him to revive Xiao Yan.
• Hun Tiandi reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yan would not die.