Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy and took Zi Yan, Han Yue, and Hun Xin back to the Central Plains. After saying goodbye to Su Qian and the other elders, he arrived at Starfall Pavilion and announced his return.

• Zi Yan teased Xiao Yan by changing between her child and adult forms, and he scolded her before returning with her to the Alchemy Department.
• Xiao Yan found Hun Xin unconscious after she swallowed a Fifth-grade Pill and wondered whether her mysterious nature was connected to the Xiao Clan or the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan told the academy elders he planned to leave, and Su Qian reluctantly agreed to let Zi Yan go with him.
• Su Qian allowed Zi Yan and Hun Xin to eat from the medicinal ingredient treasury, then discovered they had emptied it after Xiao Yan and the girls departed.
• Xiao Yan opened a Spatial Passage and returned with Han Yue, Zi Yan, and Hun Xin to Starfall Pavilion, where he called for the gates to be opened.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Lao, explained Han Feng’s death, and prepared to travel to the Southwest Continent while leaving Zi Yan and Hun Xin in Yao Lao’s care. He and Han Yue arrived in Tianbei City, where the Han Family faced pressure from Hong Li over his proposals.

• Yao Lao welcomed Xiao Yan to the Starfall Pavilion and learned that Han Feng had been possessed by an Extraterrestrial Fiend before Xiao Yan destroyed his body.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he planned to visit the Southwest Continent to investigate its secrets and the netherworld poison flame, then declined Yao Lao’s offer of the bone spirit cold flame and accepted his accumulated supplies.
• Xiao Yan left Zi Yan and Hun Xin in Yao Lao and Venerable Feng’s care, with Mu Qingyuan assigned to help look after them.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue arrived in Tianbei City, where Han Yue recalled her return home and joked that Xiao Yan should impress her family.
• Hong Li asked Han Chi whether the Han Family had considered his proposals, while Han Chi and the other family members looked displeased.

Hong Li tried to force the Han Family to marry Han Yue and her sister to his son, Hong Chen, but Xiao Yan arrived with Han Yue and challenged him. After Xiao Yan revealed he was the young pavilion master of the Starfall Pavilion, Hong Li agreed to deliver his demand for the Hong Family and Wind-Thunder Pavilion to apologize in seven days.

• Hong Li threatened the Han Family after Han Chi refused to let his daughters marry Hong Chen, a disciple of the Northern Wind-Thunder Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue arrived at the Han Family residence, and Hong Li learned that Han Yue had become a Dou Wang.
• Han Yue called Hong Li a fly and asked Xiao Yan to deal with him, so Xiao Yan declared that Han Yue was his woman and the Han Family was under his protection.
• Xiao Yan gave Hong Li seven days to bring the Hong Family's senior members and the Wind-Thunder Pavilion's pavilion master to apologize.
• Xiao Yan identified himself as the young pavilion master of the Starfall Pavilion and showed Hong Li his token, prompting Hong Li to bow and promise to deliver his words.

Xiao Yan’s arrival secured Han Yue’s relationship with him and eased the Han Family’s crisis, while the Hong Family feared becoming collateral in a clash between the Starfall Pavilion and the Wind-Thunder Pavilion. The chapter ended with a letter about the crisis reaching Thunder Venerable.

• Hong Li fled the Han Family, and Han Chi learned that Xiao Yan was Venerable Yao’s disciple and the Starfall Pavilion’s young pavilion master.
• Xiao Yan took Han Yue’s hand and declared that she was his woman, prompting Han Chi and the Han Family elders to welcome him as their son-in-law.
• Han Yue told Han Xue that Xiao Yan had reached the eighth tier as an Alchemist, and Xiao Yan winked at Han Xue, making her blush.
• The Hong Family sent a letter to the Northern Wind-Thunder Pavilion and feared either the Starfall Pavilion’s retaliation or Thunder Venerable’s anger.
• Han Yue told Han Chi that Xiao Yan treated her well, and Han Chi promised to put her wishes before the family’s interests.
• A letter about the crisis reached Thunder Venerable the following evening.

Thunder Venerable learned that Xiao Yan demanded a personal apology over a Northern Pavilion disciple’s misconduct in Tianbei City, and he initially refused in anger. After Huang Xuan revealed Xiao Yan’s ties to the Xiao Clan and his Half-Saint Guardian Daoists, Thunder Venerable agreed to apologize and was told to take Feng Qing'er with him.

• Thunder Venerable received a letter from Fei Tian warning that the dispute with the Starfall Pavilion could spark a war.
• Thunder Venerable learned that Xiao Yan demanded he personally apologize after Hong Chen used the Northern Pavilion’s reputation to threaten the Han Family’s two daughters.
• Thunder Venerable refused to apologize, but Huang Xuan warned him that Xiao Yan belonged to the powerful Xiao Clan and had two Half-Saint Guardian Daoists.
• Thunder Venerable accepted that apologizing to Xiao Yan was worthwhile, and Huang Xuan told him to take Qing'er along.

Huang Xuan arranged for Thunder Venerable to bring Feng Qing'er to meet Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan helped the Han Family gain control of Tianbei City. Thunder Venerable discovered Xiao Yan was an eighteen-year-old Dou Zun, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan meeting Feng Qing'er.

• Huang Xuan persuaded Thunder Venerable to bring Feng Qing'er to meet Xiao Yan, hoping to strengthen ties with the Xiao Clan.
• Hong Li confirmed that the Hong Family had sent its talented young children away as the family faced disaster.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue grew intimate, and Han Xue walked in on them before secretly watching from outside.
• Thunder Venerable arrived at the Han Family estate with Feng Qing'er and learned that Xiao Yan had already reached the Dou Zun realm at eighteen.
• Xiao Yan asked Feng Qing'er her name, and she introduced herself as he exclaimed, “So you're Feng Qing'er?”

Xiao Yan received Thunder Venerable’s apology gifts and learned that the Nine Nether Wind Flame lay in the Nine Nether Abyss, the place where the Nine Nether Saint Ancestor had perished. Thunder Venerable left on friendly terms, while Feng Qing’er learned that Xiao Yan had already reached Dou Zun.

• Thunder Venerable brought Feng Qing’er to apologize to Xiao Yan and offered the Han Family pills and Earth Tier manuals and techniques.
• Thunder Venerable gave Xiao Yan a map to the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Xiao Yan accepted him as a friend.
• You Mo warned Xiao Yan that the Nine Nether Abyss was where the Nine Nether Saint Ancestor had perished, but Xiao Yan resolved to explore it for the heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan gave Thunder Venerable’s gifts to Han Yue as betrothal presents, earning her affection and Han Chi’s approval.
• Thunder Venerable told Feng Qing’er that Xiao Yan was already a Dou Zun and that he himself was unsure he could defeat him.

After Xiao Yan’s encounter with the Wind-Thunder Pavilion, Thunder Venerable punished the Hong Family and resolved to curb the Pavilion’s arrogance. Xiao Yan left Han Yue and Han Xue for the Starfall Pavilion, then returned to Sacred Pill City, where Xuan Yi and her disciples were stunned by his Dou Zun strength.

• Feng Qing'er learned that eighteen-year-old Xiao Yan was a Dou Zun and was shaken by the gap between them.
• Thunder Venerable expelled Hong Li, sentenced Hong Family members of Dou Ling rank or above to ten years of mining, and called a meeting to address the Wind-Thunder Pavilion’s overbearing conduct.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Han Yue, urged her to cultivate at the Starfall Pavilion, and invited Han Xue to go with her before leaving through a space wormhole.
• Han Yue recognized that Han Xue was in love with Xiao Yan and teased her about it, prompting Han Xue to ask whether intimacy could improve cultivation.
• Xiao Yan appeared above Xuan Yi’s courtyard in Sacred Pill City, revealing Dou Zun strength and startling Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen.

Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower after two years, reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and demonstrated how far his alchemy had advanced. After meeting his former classmates and recognizing Shi Hao’s extraordinary physique, he departed through a Space Wormhole, leaving the others to see him off.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, while Xuan Yi realized he had reached Dou Zun and suspected he had entered the Spirit Realm as an eighth-tier alchemist.
• Cao Ying challenged Xiao Yan’s alchemy, and he refined a Dragon Spirit Pill with his Seven-Colored Flame and advanced flame-control techniques.
• Xiao Yan spent the night with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, then hosted a banquet for his former classmates from the Pill Tower’s academy.
• Xiao Yan met Shi Hao again and recognized that the youth possessed a Supreme Battle Body from Ancient Times.
• After staying at the Pill Tower for three more days, Xiao Yan opened a Space Wormhole and left as Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Shi Hao, and the others saw him off.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Southwest Continent and intervened when the Poison Dragon Sect terrorized a village. After killing the sect members, he promised to wipe out the Poison Dragon Sect and flew away, inspiring the boy Gou Wa.

• Xiao Yan, the Black Seal City Lord, and Liao Du arrived in the Southwest Continent and found a Poison Dragon Sect squad extorting the Black Mountain Stronghold.
• Gou Wa stood up to the squad, but its leader threatened to kill him for his potential.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Poison Dragon Sect served the Sacred Demon Sect, then approved as the Black Seal City Lord killed the squad leader and the remaining disciples.
• Xiao Yan reassured the villagers that the Poison Dragon Sect would be destroyed and departed with the Black Seal City Lord and Liao Du.
• Gou Wa watched Xiao Yan fly away and became inspired to grow stronger.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Poison Dragon Sect after witnessing its cruelty, then brought out Poison Dragon Daoist and the venomous flood dragon’s corpses to begin reviving the Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan prepared to use Poison Dragon Daoist’s body and a Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill to revive the Heavenly Fire Venerable.

• Xiao Yan surveyed the Poison Dragon Sect and decided its accumulated crimes meant it deserved to be destroyed.
• Poison Dragon Daoist and the venomous flood dragon tried to resist and flee, but Xiao Yan killed them and erased their souls.
• Xiao Yan burned nearly ninety percent of the Poison Dragon Sect’s disciples and other guilty people to ash, and news of the sect’s destruction spread across the region.
• Xiao Yan brought the two corpses to a remote valley and summoned the Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo from the small black tower.
• Xiao Yan began refining Poison Dragon Daoist’s corpse and gave the Heavenly Fire Venerable a Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill, telling him to enter the body when instructed.

Xiao Yan resurrected Heavenly Fire Venerable and prepared to revive You Mo, while the destruction of the Poison Dragon Sect drew the Sacred Demon Sect’s attention. Blood Shadow Venerable found Xiao Yan’s valley and was confronted by three powerful figures as Xiao Yan blocked his escape.

• Xiao Yan used magical beast essence blood and heavenly flames to restore Poison Dragon Daoist’s corpse, allowing Heavenly Fire Venerable to enter and fuse with it.
• After three days, Heavenly Fire Venerable revived, thanked Xiao Yan, and pledged his service; Xiao Yan rested before beginning You Mo’s resurrection.
• The Sacred Demon Sect’s five Dou Zun experts learned that the Poison Dragon Sect had been destroyed and that its attacker possessed multiple heavenly flames.
• The Sacred Demon Sect’s master ordered Blood Shadow Venerable to investigate the attacker, and Blood Shadow found Xiao Yan’s valley seven days later.
• Blood Shadow Venerable sensed a Three-Star Dou Zun magical beast and encountered the newly revived Heavenly Fire Venerable before Xiao Yan appeared and blocked his departure.

Xiao Yan and his allies confronted Blood Shadow Venerable, a Sacred Demon Sect expert whose cultivation technique carried the aura of Extraterrestrial Fiends. They killed him and seized his corpse and soul, while the Sacred Demon Sect learned of his death and faced the prospect of retaliation.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had destroyed the Poison Dragon Sect simply because he found it an eyesore, then recognized the Extraterrestrial Fiend aura in Blood Shadow Venerable's technique and ordered his allies to kill him.
• Blood Shadow Venerable fled using a Secret Art, but Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo pursued him, and Xiao Yan intercepted him with a powerful kick.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo overwhelmed Blood Shadow Venerable, trapping him with the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Formation when he tried to escape again.
• Blood Shadow Venerable threatened them with the Sacred Demon Sect's Demon Saint, but Xiao Yan ordered his allies to kill him and preserve his corpse.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable crushed Blood Shadow Venerable's heart, and You Mo extracted his soul; Xiao Yan stored both the corpse and soul.
• The oil lamp representing Blood Shadow Venerable in the Sacred Demon Sect's great hall went out, shocking the four Dou Zun experts there.

After the Sacred Demon Sect ordered Xiao Yan killed, he led his companions across the Southwest Continent to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame. Meanwhile, Hun Wuya and Hun Xue revealed a plan to resurrect Hun Tiandi that involved Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan’s party reached the Netherworld Poison Saint’s ruins, where an unknown woman appeared.

• The Sacred Demon Sect’s master received an order to kill Xiao Yan after Blood Shadow Venerable died, while Xiao Yan set out with Heavenly Fire Venerable, You Mo, the Black Seal City Lord, and Liao Du to find the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Hun Wuya told Saint Gu You that the Hun Clan planned to bring Hun Tiandi out of the Heavenly Tomb, and Hun Xue warned that killing Xiao Yan could provoke Xiao Xuan and destroy the clan’s remaining legacy.
• Hun Xue explained that Miao Miao had contacted Xiao Yan and that she intended to have him bring Miao Miao into the Heavenly Tomb.
• After traveling for nearly half a month, Xiao Yan’s party arrived at the Netherworld Poison Marsh, where Liao Du opened a hidden entrance to the Netherworld Poison Saint’s ruins.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to inspect the entrance, an unknown woman nearby exclaimed that she had found a treasure trove.

Xiao Yan encountered Lu Xueyan and her attendants in the Netherworld Poison Marsh, subdued them, and brought them into the Netherworld Poison Saint’s ruins. The group entered a crystalline world filled with poisonous flames, where they discovered a Poison Flame Beast beside a rare poisonous herb.

• Lu Xueyan tried to claim the ruins, then learned Xiao Yan and his companions were Dou Zun experts and attempted to leave with her attendants.
• Xiao Yan trapped Lu Xueyan and her attendants, ordered them to join the expedition, and caught her Saint-Extinguishing Golden Silkworm when she attacked him.
• Xiao Yan sealed the three women's cultivation and led the group toward the ruins after Liao Du and the Black Seal City Lord scouted ahead.
• Xiao Yan and the others entered the ruins and found a crystalline world filled with purple-gray flames and poisonous gas.
• The group encountered a vermilion-yellow butterfly herb and a several-zhang-tall flame butterfly that Liao Du identified as a Poison Flame Beast.

Xiao Yan led the group through the Netherworld Poison Saint’s remains, devouring Poison Flame Beasts to strengthen himself while collecting treasures for his companions. As he prepared to consume a powerful fiery ape guarding a Poria Green Pill, an aged voice interrupted him.

• Xiao Yan devoured a butterfly-shaped Poison Flame Beast and gave the Vermilion-Yellow Butterfly plant it guarded to Liao Du.
• Xiao Yan swept through more Poison Flame Beasts, nearing the Three-Star Dou Zun bottleneck and sharing their treasures with Liao Du and the Black Seal City Lord.
• Xiao Yan frightened Lu Xueyan and her attendants by threatening her, while You Mo revealed that Xiao Yan’s backing could overwhelm the Gu Saint Sect.
• Xiao Yan seized a Poison Pill for Xiao Yi Xian and continued hunting stronger beasts, bringing his cultivation close to a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan crushed a Peak Dou Zong-level fiery ape guarding a Poria Green Pill, but an aged voice warned him about consuming so many heavenly flames.

Xiao Yan met the Netherworld Poison Saint, learned that the Nine Netherworld Python Clan had once produced traitors who joined the Extraterrestrial Fiends, and helped destroy the demonic energy corrupting a giant python skeleton. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan obtaining a glimmer of a Dou Sheng expert’s soul essence.

• The Netherworld Poison Saint appeared and recognized Xiao Yan’s Myriad Beast Spirit Flame as a fused Heavenly Flame connected to the Seven-Colored Demon Saint, whom he considered half his master.
• Xiao Yan followed the Netherworld Poison Saint with his companions to a giant serpent skeleton corrupted by the Extraterrestrial Fiends, where You Mo recognized the Nine Netherworld Python’s bloodline.
• The Netherworld Poison Saint revealed that traitors from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan had joined the Extraterrestrial Fiends and become part of the Fallen Clans, whose strongest members had later been devastated by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• The Netherworld Poison Saint asked Xiao Yan to burn away the demonic energy corrupting the python’s soul, and Xiao Yan agreed in exchange for the chance to refine some of its essence.
• Xiao Yan used his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to destroy a strand of demonic energy after a day of refining, revealing a crystalline glimmer of a Dou Sheng expert’s soul essence.

Xiao Yan repeatedly refined the Nine Netherworld Earth Demon Python’s demonic qi, strengthening his soul before finally destroying the fallen Dou Sheng remnant and obtaining Soul Marrow. After absorbing it, he advanced to the late Spirit Realm, and the Netherworld Poison Saint gathered the netherworld poison flame and the Fire Beasts’ treasures for him.

• Xiao Yan absorbed traces of soul essence while refining the Demon Python’s demonic qi, and his soul power steadily grew as the creature weakened over a month.
• The Netherworld Poison Saint sealed the weakened Demon Python in a crystal orb and helped Xiao Yan burn away its remaining demonic qi with five heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan’s flames consumed the Demon Python’s soul, leaving behind a drop of Soul Marrow, which he offered to the Netherworld Poison Saint.
• The Netherworld Poison Saint refused the Soul Marrow, explaining that he had burned his true spirit to defeat the Demon Python, and urged Xiao Yan to take the Soul Marrow and receive his netherworld poison flame.
• After absorbing the Soul Marrow, Xiao Yan advanced to the late Spirit Realm, and the Netherworld Poison Saint gathered the netherworld poison flame and the Fire Beasts’ treasures before him.

Xiao Yan claimed the Netherworld Poison Flame and distributed treasures to the Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo, while the Netherworld Poison Saint gave him the Calamity Scripture for Xiao Yi Xian. As Xiao Yan and his companions entered seclusion, cracks formed in the Poison Saint Space, drawing the Seven-Colored Child and the Sacred Demon Sect’s pursuers to the Netherworld Poison Marsh.

• Xiao Yan recognized the nine revolutions poison saint grass and let Lu Xueyan have no claim to the Heavenly Poison Gu after teasing her about warming his bed.
• Xiao Yan gave the Heavenly Fire Venerable a Poria Green Pill and directed You Mo to absorb the remaining essence in the Nine Netherworld Python’s skeleton.
• The Netherworld Poison Saint revealed that he had created the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and gave Xiao Yan the original first half of the Calamity Scripture for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Netherworld Poison Flame, whose poison made his face turn green and purple despite his five other Heavenly Flames protecting him.
• As Xiao Yan, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and You Mo entered seclusion, cracks spread through the Poison Saint Space and its aura leaked outside.
• The Seven-Colored Child arrived outside the Poison Saint Space, while Sacred Demon Sect pursuers were alerted and the Netherworld Poison Marsh began to boil.

Xiao Yan refined the Netherworld Poison Flame, evolved the Flame Mantra to Heaven Tier, and advanced to late-stage Four-Star Dou Zun before destroying a tribulation lightning strike. After the Netherworld Poison Saint passed away, the Sacred Demon Sect and the Seven-Colored Child confronted Xiao Yan over the Calamity Scripture, and the Seven-Colored Child turned hostile when Xiao Yan refused to hand it over.

• The Seven-Colored Child gathered with poison cultivators near the Netherworld Poison Saint's inheritance site as the Sacred Demon Sect Master and three other Dou Zun experts arrived in search of Xiao Yan.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable recovered to peak Four-Star Dou Zun while You Mo absorbed energy from the Nine Netherworld Python's skeleton and Xiao Yan continued refining the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra evolved to Heaven Tier, and the pure energy within the flame propelled his cultivation to late-stage Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan blasted apart a massive tribulation lightning strike with heavenly flames, destroying much of the unstable inheritance space.
• The Netherworld Poison Saint praised Xiao Yan and dissipated after asking him to fight the Fallen Evil Race, then five Dou Zun experts appeared, including the Sacred Demon Sect Master and the Seven-Colored Child.
• The Seven-Colored Child demanded the Calamity Scripture, but Xiao Yan refused and told him to leave, prompting the Seven-Colored Child to threaten him.