Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian and rewarded the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Ding negotiated with the Scorpion Dragon Clan for an eighth-rank magic core. After Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei, his eldest brother arrived in the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian about her place among his companions and spent three days helping her adjust to life in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan met the Amethyst Winged Lion King at Misty Cloud Sect, gave him and his son Heavenly Nether Demon Lion essence blood and companion amethyst source, and promised a Transformation Pill if he reached the seventh rank.
• Xiao Ding and a Xiao Clan Dou Sheng visited the Scorpion Dragon Clan to trade for an eighth-rank magic core, and the chief agreed after negotiating additional primordial poison dragon essence blood.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei and promised to help her cultivation before sensing his eldest brother's arrival in the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Ding delivered Xiao Yan the ingredients he needed, and Xiao Yan announced plans to refine seventh-tier pills for the Xiao Clan and Misty Cloud Sect. Later, Xiao Yan's intimate reunion with Yun Yun was interrupted by Nalan Yanran, whom he welcomed into the room.

• Xiao Ding arrived, praised Xiao Yan's rapid cultivation, and gave him a Storage Ring before leaving to handle clan affairs.
• Xiao Li lamented that he would likely trail behind his brothers in reaching Dou Zun, then left Xiao Yan with the ingredients.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Li to invite the family's youngsters to watch him refine several seventh-tier pills in three days.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun that he would refine pills in the capital and invited Misty Cloud Sect alchemists to observe.
• Nalan Yanran entered the room and found Xiao Yan embracing Yun Yun; Xiao Yan told her she had come at just the right time.

Xiao Yan gathered the Jia Ma Imperial Capital’s alchemists and experts to watch him refine a seventh-tier pill, while Venerable Fuding agreed to lead a Pill Hall. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan began refining the Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill, which was tied to Yun Potian’s resurrection.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, drawing both into his arms.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan prepared to refine a seventh-tier pill at the Alchemy Plaza, attracting visitors from across the region.
• Yun Potian watched with anticipation because Xiao Yan’s planned pill was connected to his resurrection, while the gathered crowd discussed Xiao Yan’s strength and reputation.
• Venerable Fuding arrived at Xiao Yan’s request and agreed to become the head of a Pill Hall in exchange for Yao Chen’s guidance toward the eighth tier.
• Xiao Yan summoned an ancient Medicine Cauldron, revealed his multicolored Fire Lotus Heavenly Flame, and began refining the Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill.

Xiao Yan used his newly formed seven-colored heavenly flames to refine pills before the Alchemy Plaza crowd, completing five sixth-grade pills without failure. After resting briefly, he began preparing to refine the seventh-grade Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill.

• Xiao Yan used his seven-colored heavenly flames to extract the marrow from a seventh-rank magical beast bone and refine the Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill for Jia Xingtian.
• Xiao Yan impressed Venerable Fuding, Fa Ma, Gu He, and the gathered Alchemists with his simultaneous extraction of ingredients and dazzling fire control.
• Xiao Yan refined five sixth-grade pills in succession without a failure, including the Spirit Fusion Pill and the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yan rested after his day-long pill-refining demonstration, then brought out over a hundred ingredients to begin refining the Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill.

Xiao Yan refined a seventh-grade Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill for Ya Fei, carefully tempering rare ingredients into a seven-colored flower bud. As Pill Lightning gathered over the Imperial Capital, the bud bloomed and a pillar of fire shot into the sky.

• Xiao Yan began refining the Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill for Ya Fei, using sixth-rank water- and fire-attribute magic cores.
• Xiao Yan refined the main ingredients and supplementary herbs, then combined their essences into an embryonic pill.
• Xiao Yan nurtured the embryonic pill inside a seven-colored fire lotus until it shrank into a slowly rotating flower bud.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Imperial Capital, and the onlookers recognized that Pill Lightning was forming around Xiao Yan's seventh-grade pill.
• The flower bud bloomed into a pillar of seven-colored fire streaked with black and white as a huge bolt of lightning descended.

Xiao Yan refined a Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill for Ya Fei, then began refining the peak seventh-grade Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill to revive Yun Potian. When the second pill’s lightning tribulation descended, Xiao Li intercepted it and used the lightning to temper his spear.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill’s powerful lightning with a single punch and collected the finished pill for Ya Fei.
• After resting, Xiao Yan began refining the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill, using rare ingredients including the ghost-face flower.
• Xiao Yan refined the pill for five days and five nights as Alchemists and spectators watched the seven-colored flames fill the Alchemy Plaza.
• When the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill’s stronger lightning tribulation struck, Xiao Li appeared and challenged it with his Thunderbolt Saint-Slaying Spear.
• Xiao Li survived the clash and used the pill lightning to strengthen his spear, while Xiao Yan collected the finished black-and-red pill.

After refining a peak seventh-rank Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill, Xiao Yan officially established the Flame Alliance and announced its powerful backing and recruitment benefits. News of the alliance and Xiao Yan’s identity spread across the Northwest Continent, while he arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan successfully refined the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill and put it away as dawn broke.
• Xiao Yan announced that the Flame Alliance was established and named Venerable Fuding, the Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord, and Yun Potian as its three Dou Zun honored elders.
• Xiao Yan offered contribution-point rewards to recruits and promised joining alchemists a suitable beast flame and a pill recipe of their rank.
• After Xiao Yan left, exhausted alchemists fell asleep, and departing guests carried news of the Flame Alliance across the Northwest Continent.
• A Dou Huang expert revealed Xiao Yan’s identity, and reports about the Xiao Clan’s hidden strength spread as Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan began reviving Yun Potian by transferring his soul into Shi Tian’s corpse and tempering the body with heavenly flame. After three days, Yun Potian’s aura began to surge, and he rose from the blooming Fire Lotus, though his revival’s final outcome remained unconfirmed.

• Xiao Yan used the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill to prepare Yun Potian’s soul and placed Shi Tian’s corpse before him as a new body.
• Xiao Yan poured the Purple Heavenly Demon Python’s blood over the corpse, then refined it with heavenly flame and Yun Potian’s soul power.
• After four hours, Xiao Yan completed the body’s preliminary refinement, and Yun Potian’s soul entered it through the pill’s power.
• Xiao Yan enclosed Yun Potian in a Fire Lotus and continued tempering him with heavenly flame for three days while Yun Yun stayed nearby.
• On the third night, a vast aura erupted from the Fire Lotus, which bloomed as Yun Potian rose inside it.

Yun Potian returned to life as a Dou Zun and helped the Flame Alliance grow into a major power in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. Hai Bodong returned after recovering his strength, only to find the capital transformed and the Flame Alliance's experts surrounding him.

• Yun Shan led the Misty Cloud Sect in welcoming Yun Potian, who promised to nurture its disciples and thanked Xiao Yan for saving him.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord joined the Flame Alliance, giving it three Dou Zun experts alongside Yun Potian and Venerable Fuding.
• The three Dou Zun experts helped transform the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, and dozens of powerful fighters and alchemists joined the Flame Alliance over three days.
• Hai Bodong returned from the Tagor Desert and unleashed his Dou Emperor aura above the capital.
• Mittel Teng Shan recognized Hai Bodong as an ally and explained that he belonged to the Flame Alliance.
• Two old men walked through rippling space toward Hai Bodong as he tried to understand the unfamiliar powers in the capital.

Hai Bodong returned to the Jia Ma Empire and discovered that Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan had both become Dou Zong experts. Xiao Yan reunited him with Ya Fei, then left him with Teng Shan to learn how much the Imperial Capital had changed.

• Hai Bodong was stunned to find Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan had both broken through to Dou Zong, and Jia Xingtian told him the empire had changed dramatically.
• Teng Shan led Hai Bodong to the Mittel Family to meet its new head, Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yan offered Ya Fei a Yin-Yang Marrow-Cleansing Pill, but she refused it and wanted him to help her cultivate instead.
• Teng Shan brought Hai Bodong to Ya Fei's courtyard, where Hai Bodong recognized Xiao Yan and thanked him for helping him return.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei he had rescued Hai Bodong to help her, then promised to help her absorb the pill that night.

Hai Bodong learned how powerful Xiao Yan had become and saw an opportunity for the Mittel Family to rise. Xiao Yan gave Medusa a Spirit Fusion Pill, but when he tried to kiss her, the Seven-Colored Little Snake bit him and escaped into his sleeve.

• Teng Shan told Hai Bodong about Xiao Yan's strength, his Flame Alliance, and his powerful connections, leaving Hai Bodong stunned.
• Hai Bodong accepted that Xiao Yan's rise could help the Mittel Family and toasted Teng Shan.
• Xiao Yan woke the Seven-Colored Little Snake with Purple Heavenly Demon Python essence blood and summoned Medusa.
• Xiao Yan gave Medusa a Spirit Fusion Pill to help her fuse with the Heaven Swallowing Python's soul, and she said she would follow him if he could conquer her.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Five-Star Dou Zong strength and kissed Medusa, but the Seven-Colored Little Snake bit his lip and fled back into his sleeve.

Xiao Yan began using the Poison Pill Method to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body. He forced her poison qi into her lower abdomen and implanted an eighth-rank Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast magic core, leaving the transformation’s crucial next step ahead.

• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Hun Xin was fine and told her he could help control her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian to her room, prepared an eighth-rank magic core and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and used his seven-colored heavenly flame to drive her poison qi back into her body.
• Xiao Yan confined Xiao Yi Xian’s poison qi in her lower abdomen and formed a tiny Fire Lotus around it.
• Xiao Yan pressed the tempered magic core against Xiao Yi Xian’s abdomen and guided it into her poison qi vortex.
• Xiao Yan turned to the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to begin the method’s most crucial step.

Xiao Yan discovered Hun Xin eating Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous powder and saved her when she collapsed. The poison triggered a mysterious force inside Hun Xin that devoured both the toxins and Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, leaving him determined to have the Xiao Clan’s leader examine her someday.

• Xiao Yan considered Queen Medusa the only candidate capable of leading the Flame Alliance and keeping his harem in line.
• Xiao Yan found Hun Xin sneaking powdered poison from a jade bottle in Xiao Yi Xian’s medicine room.
• Hun Xin ate too much powder, collapsed, and began foaming at the mouth, so Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames and Dou Qi to remove the poison.
• A powerful suction force inside Hun Xin devoured the poison and Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, then failed to drain his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Wen agreed to take Hun Xin to the Xiao Clan someday for the clan leader to examine her, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived and asked what had happened.

Xiao Yan refined a Bodhi Seed from the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, then used the remaining liquid to restore Xiao Yi Xian and help her form a Poison Pill. After the treatment succeeded, both of them sensed a vast surge of energy spreading through Xiao Yi Xian’s body.

• Xiao Yan refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and obtained a Bodhi Seed, which he stored in his Cold Jade Box.
• Xiao Yan applied the remaining Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to Xiao Yi Xian, restoring vitality to her body.
• Xiao Yan cleansed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Qi and instructed her to compress it into a Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s poison qi could not enter the eighth-rank magic core, so Xiao Yan carefully refined the core with his Seven-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yi Xian successfully formed the Poison Pill and thanked Xiao Yan after regaining her health.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian sensed a vast surge of energy spreading through her body.

Xiao Yan discovered that the energy from Xiao Yi Xian's magic core and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva threatened to overwhelm her, so he proposed dual cultivation to channel it away. Hun Xin mistook their intimate treatment for a beating, and seven days later Xiao Yi Xian's room door opened.

• Xiao Yan examined Xiao Yi Xian and realized the released energy could make her body burst unless most of it was channeled out.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that dual cultivation was the solution, then began treating her in her room.
• Hun Xin woke up, searched for her sugar powder, and peered through Xiao Yi Xian's closed door.
• Hun Xin mistook Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian's intimate activity for a fight and warned Xiao Yan to stop hitting her.
• Hun Xin told Ya Fei that Xiao Yan was beating Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei sent Hun Xin to eat braised pork while she handled it.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yi Xian's room door opened.

After seven days of dual cultivation with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan had advanced to late-stage five-star Dou Zong while she reached early-stage Dou Ling. He tried to rest, but Ya Fei used fire spirit goji berries to coax him into spending the night with her; the next morning, Yao Yue summoned him to the Imperial Palace to discuss tactics with her sister.

• Ya Fei checked on Xiao Yi Xian after seven days inside and saw that she had advanced to early-stage Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan explained that dual cultivation had helped him reach late-stage five-star Dou Zong and Xiao Yi Xian reach Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent Xiao Yan to Ya Fei, but he asked to rest instead of spending another night with her.
• Ya Fei invited Xiao Yan to dinner and revealed that she had fed him aged fire spirit goji berries, then spent the night with him.
• Xiao Yan escaped to the pavilion the next morning to fish, but Yao Yue arrived and said her sister wanted him at the Imperial Palace to discuss tactics.
• Yao Yue praised Xiao Yan's alchemy and said she wanted to learn from him, and he told her to wait until she was older.

Xiao Yan spent the final month of the year improving his alchemy and cultivation while helping the women around him cultivate. On New Year's Eve, gathered with them atop the Star-Viewing Tower, he announced that he would leave the Jia Ma Empire after the celebrations.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Yue she had to wait until she was eighteen before learning his extraordinary alchemy.
• Xiao Yan visited Yao Ye in the Imperial Palace, where they roleplayed her as empress and spent the night together.
• Nalan Yanran reminded Xiao Yan of what had happened in the cave, and the next day he retreated to cultivate before returning to dual cultivation with Yun Yun.
• Over the following month, Xiao Yan practiced alchemy, cultivated with the women, and fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python as Queen Medusa's fusion neared completion.
• On New Year's Eve, Xiao Yan gathered with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Yao Ye, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, and Yao Yue at the Star-Viewing Tower and said he would leave the Jia Ma Empire after the New Year.

Xiao Yan shared hot pot, wine, and a poem with the women on a snowy night, briefly revealing his homesickness before returning to his usual teasing. After dinner, he suggested that they all share warmth together.

• Xiao Yan prepared thinly sliced mutton and served hot pot to the women and Hun Xin.
• The women enjoyed the mutton and drank wine with Xiao Yan as he described the warmth and atmosphere of the hot pot.
• Xiao Yan recited a poem about wine, a little stove, and approaching snow, and the women were moved by the mood.
• Xiao Yan admitted through his thoughts that the moonlight reminded him of his previous life and made him homesick.
• After the women praised his poetry, Xiao Yan suggested that they share a quilt for warmth.

After Yue Mei and her companions returned to the Snake-People Tribe, the Grand Supreme Elder revealed Xiao Yan’s power and the benefits he had given them, persuading most of the tribe’s leaders to support him. Mo Bass opposed the plan to tie the queen’s future to Xiao Yan, while the elders resolved to pursue the tribe’s revival; three days after New Year, Xiao Yan departed for the Snake-People Holy City.

• Xiao Yan enjoyed the beauties’ attention in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital while Qing Lin cared for Hun Xin.
• Yue Mei and her companions returned to the Snake-People Tribe with an enormous Dust-Sand Ancient Snake, and the Grand Supreme Elder gathered the tribe’s leaders.
• The Grand Supreme Elder recounted Xiao Yan’s strength, the death of a ninth-rank magical beast, and the benefits he had granted her, Yue Mei, and Hua She’er.
• Mo Bass questioned Xiao Yan’s motives and opposed sacrificing the queen’s happiness, then left the meeting.
• The four elders dismissed Mo Bass’s objections and warned the leaders that their choices would shape the tribe’s future.
• On the third day after New Year, Xiao Yan set off for the Snake-People Holy City with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Snake-People Holy City, where Yan Ci and the elders welcomed him and offered their support. Mo Bass opposed Xiao Yan and attacked him, but Xiao Yan easily defeated him, leaving the Snake-People leaders to apologize and accept his gifts.

• Yan Ci refused Mo Bass's request to help drive Xiao Yan away and decided to win Xiao Yan's favor instead.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Snake-People Holy City, and Yan Ci greeted him enthusiastically and accepted a drop of essence blood.
• The Snake-People elders welcomed Xiao Yan, while Mo Bass objected to a human leading their tribe.
• Mo Bass broke free and attacked Xiao Yan, who shattered his spear and sent him flying.
• The elders subdued Mo Bass and apologized to Xiao Yan, who gave drops of essence blood to the Snake-People experts.