Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan became the youngest eighth-tier alchemist in the Pill Tower’s history and registered as an honorary elder. With Yao Lao proposing a pill made from nine heavenly flames, Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain with Xuan Yi to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• The Pill Tower elders congratulated Yao Lao after Xiao Yan refined an Eighth-Tier Pill, and the Cao Family Ancestor celebrated his decision to support Xiao Yan and Cao Ying.
• Xuan Yi presented Xiao Yan with his eighth-tier alchemist robe, and Cao Ying and Dan Chen dressed him in it.
• Xuan Yi told Xiao Yan to register as an honorary elder before gaining access to the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and he completed the registration.
• Yao Lao proposed refining a Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill with nine heavenly flames, and Xiao Yan agreed to try.
• Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi opened the Star Domain, and Xiao Yan followed Xuan Yi inside.

Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain with Xuan Yi to subdue the three thousand burning flame, but shattering one of its scales released its seal and began a fierce battle. Armed with the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, Xiao Yan gained the upper hand as Xuan Yi, the Three Giants, and Yao Lao stabilized the Star Domain; over the two days of the struggle, his name began spreading across the Central Plains.

• Xuan Yi brought Xiao Yan into the Star Domain, where they found the enormous three thousand burning flame in the form of a purple-black dragon.
• Xuan Yi left Xiao Yan to subdue the flame while she and the others guarded Sacred Pill City from outside the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yan pierced a flameless scale with his soul power and shattered it, unknowingly breaking the seal on the three thousand burning flame.
• The three thousand burning flame broke free of its seal, and Xuan Yi, the Three Giants, and Yao Lao joined forces to stabilize the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler to suppress and devour the flame dragon's power, gaining the upper hand in their battle.
• As the struggle continued for two days, Xiao Yan's name began resounding across the Central Plains.

News of Xiao Yan becoming a nineteen-year-old eighth-rank alchemist who refined a pill with five-colored pill lightning stirred the Central Plains and prompted several clans to pursue marriage ties with him. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s consciousness in the Star Domain and prepared to use the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill.

• Thunder Venerable told Feng Qing'er that her clan’s elders had approached Starfall Pavilion about making her Xiao Yan’s concubine, and she did not refuse outright.
• Han Xue declared that she was willing to become Xiao Yan’s concubine, while Han Chi insisted he would not offer his daughter against her wishes.
• Burning Flame Ancestor proposed asking Xiao Lin to arrange Huo'er’s marriage to Xiao Yan, and Tang Zhen agreed only if Huo'er was willing.
• Gu Xun'er learned of Xiao Yan’s alchemy and strength, while Yao Ling rejoiced at his success and the other ancient clans began sounding out the Xiao Clan about his marriage plans.
• Xiao Yan used heavenly flame chains and his Spirit Realm soul to erase the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s consciousness, then took out the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill.

Xiao Yan refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain, using the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill and his flame-resistant physique to endure its heat. After consuming the flame and its accumulated stellar power, his aura began to soar as the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and Yao Lao strengthened the Star Domain’s seal.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill, then absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s origin into his body.
• Xiao Yan spent three months refining the flame while Yao Lao and the Pill Tower’s Three Giants watched from outside the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes with eight-colored flames, and two blasts from his eyes pierced the Star Domain’s barrier before Xuan Kongzi burned them away with dou qi.
• Xiao Yan drew the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s remaining mass into his mouth and devoured its accumulated stellar power for half a day.
• Xiao Yan unleashed an even hotter aura that began melting the Star Domain’s barrier, so Xuan Kongzi ordered the others to strengthen the seal.

Xiao Yan emerged from the Star Domain after absorbing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, having advanced to Four-Revolution Dou Venerate and greatly strengthened his other abilities. He then hurried to Cao Ying and Dan Chen with an urgent excuse, leaving his teacher and the Pill Tower’s Three Giants to guess at his business.

• Xiao Yan’s aura surged during the final stages of subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reaching Four-Revolution Dou Venerate as the Star Domain grew still.
• After three months of waiting, Dan Chen and Cao Ying saw the Star Domain barrier break and Xiao Yan emerge, while Yao Lao and the Pill Tower’s Three Giants sensed his intimidating strength.
• Xiao Yan told the group he had reached Four-Revolution Dou Venerate and privately reflected on his tempered body, improved Flame Mantra, fused heavenly flame, and plans to visit Gu Xun’er.
• Xiao Yan felt the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s side effects and told Yao Lao he had important matters to attend to before working on the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill.
• Xiao Yan went to Cao Ying and Dan Chen, claimed he needed to tell only the women he trusted most something important, and led them into his concealed courtyard.
• Xuan Yi realized Xiao Yan’s urgent business involved taking her two disciples away and glared at Yao Lao.

Xiao Yan used the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s fire poison as an excuse to spend three days with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, whose cultivation rose to Peak Dou Emperor. Afterward, he and Yao Lao began preparing to refine the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, but several rare ingredients remained difficult to obtain.

• Xiao Yan told Cao Ying and Dan Chen that they had to help purge his fire poison, then kept both women in the courtyard for three days.
• Yao Lao and Xuan Yi waited outside the sealed courtyard, where Xuan Yi mocked Yao Lao for being unable to keep up with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan emerged refreshed beside Cao Ying and Dan Chen, whose auras had both reached Peak Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao a Mysterious Yang Fire Dragon penis, and Yao Lao discussed the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill with him.
• Yao Lao said they needed a Half-Saint fire-attribute magic core, burning flame true yang fruit, ten-thousand-year ice river grass, and blazing mysterious sound vine.
• Yao Lao explained that the ingredients could be sought from Ice River Valley and Burning Flame Valley, but obtaining the vine from Sound Valley would be difficult because he had bad blood with its valley master.

Xiao Yan traveled to Burning Flame Valley to seek its help in obtaining a burning flame true yang fruit, while Yao Lao agreed to face the valley’s master over an old romantic dispute. He arrived to find Burning Flame Valley’s elders eager to make him Tang Huo’er’s husband, despite her opposition, and Tang Zhen asked what brought him to the valley.

• Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao about his past with the Sound Valley Master, then persuaded him to handle their old grievances himself.
• Yao Lao explained the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill and said Burning Flame Valley might help Xiao Yan obtain a burning flame true yang fruit.
• Tang Huo'er grew angry because Burning Flame Valley's elders kept urging her to become Xiao Yan's concubine, while Tang Zhen promised to defend her choice.
• Xiao Yan reached Burning Flame Valley and disturbed its space barrier, drawing out Elder Wu Chen and a group of valley cultivators.
• After learning Xiao Yan's identity, Wu Chen called him the valley's son-in-law, and Tang Zhen appeared and asked why he had come.

Xiao Yan visited Burning Flame Valley to obtain a burning flame true yang fruit, but the elders offered it as a dowry for Tang Huo'er, whom they hoped to make his concubine. Tang Zhen opposed forcing his daughter into the match, and Old Ancestor Huoyun appeared and insisted on the arrangement, leaving Tang Huo'er refusing and facing expulsion.

• Xiao Yan asked Tang Zhen for a burning flame true yang fruit in exchange for a treasure, and Tang Zhen invited him into Burning Flame Valley to discuss the request with the elders.
• The elders refused Xiao Yan's offer of treasures and explained that Old Ancestor Huoyun had chosen Tang Huo'er as Xiao Yan's concubine, with the fruit as her dowry.
• Tang Zhen told Xiao Yan that Tang Huo'er did not wish to marry him, and Xiao Yan accepted an ordinary trade for the fruit instead.
• The elders protested Tang Zhen's decision, but he warned them not to use his daughter as a sacrifice for their ambitions.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun arrived and insisted on arranging the marriage, then Tang Huo'er appeared and refused, prompting him to tell her to leave Burning Flame Valley.

Xiao Yan rejected Old Ancestor Huoyun’s attempt to arrange a marriage with Tang Huo'er, then challenged him over the burning flame true yang fruit. Huoyun relented on the marriage but demanded Xiao Yan pass a test, leading him to an Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard in a magma realm.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun demanded that Xiao Yan marry Tang Huo'er to obtain the burning flame true yang fruit, but Xiao Yan refused to force her into marriage.
• Huoyun threatened to withhold the fruit, and Xiao Yan angrily defied him despite Huoyun’s Dou Sheng pressure.
• Huoyun ended the marriage demand, rebuked Burning Flame Valley’s elders for relying on outside aid, and told Tang Huo'er to refine the nine dragon thunder gang fire.
• Huoyun told Xiao Yan he could obtain the fruit only by passing a test, then led him through a Spatial Passage.
• Huoyun revealed the Burning Flame Ancient Tree and summoned an Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard from the magma for Xiao Yan’s test.

Xiao Yan fought the Half-Saint Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard to obtain the Burning Flame True Yang Fruit and its magic core for refining the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill. As his temporary boosts began to fade and the beast lunged to devour him, Xiao Yan launched a Six-Colored Fire Lotus at its mouth.

• Xiao Yan asked Old Ancestor Huoyun whether he could kill the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard and keep its magic core, and Huoyun agreed if he had the ability.
• Xiao Yan clashed with the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard, then unleashed the Crimson Refining Flame Demon Body and Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength.
• Xiao Yan used his black giant ruler and heavenly flames to wound the beast while dodging its attacks with Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash.
• The Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard struck Xiao Yan as his secret arts weakened, and Old Ancestor Huoyun prepared to intervene.
• Xiao Yan formed and launched a Six-Colored Fire Lotus toward the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard's mouth.

Xiao Yan killed the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard with his Six-Colored Fire Lotus, claimed its magic core, and received a Burning Flame True Yang Fruit from Old Ancestor Huoyun. After they returned to Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen urgently reported that something had happened to Huo'er.

• Xiao Yan detonated the Six-Colored Fire Lotus inside the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard, and Old Ancestor Huoyun contained the blast to protect the Burning Flame Space.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard's skull, took its magic core, and destroyed the beast's remnant soul with a Soul-Slaying Spear.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun granted Xiao Yan a Burning Flame True Yang Fruit after Xiao Yan revealed that he had created the Fire Lotus Dou Technique himself.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun brought Xiao Yan back to Burning Flame Valley, where Tang Zhen hurried over and said something had happened to Huo'er.

Xiao Yan helped Tang Huo'er safely refine the nine dragon thunder gang fire after her attempt went wrong. She thanked him, then felt a sudden surge of heat and blushed.

• Tang Zhen told Old Ancestor Huoyun that Tang Huo'er was in danger while refining the nine dragon thunder gang fire, and Xiao Yan offered to help.
• Xiao Yan entered the cave abode and used his heavenly flame to intimidate the nine dragon thunder gang fire into retreating.
• Xiao Yan steadied Tang Huo'er and bound the flame's essence while she circulated her cultivation technique and refined it.
• Tang Huo'er successfully refined the nine dragon thunder gang fire, and Tang Zhen thanked Xiao Yan with a grateful look.
• Tang Huo'er thanked Xiao Yan, regretted that she might miss her chance with him, and suddenly blushed as a restless heat surged through her.

Tang Huo'er succumbed to the side effects of absorbing the altered Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and became intimate with Xiao Yan, while Old Ancestor Huoyun kept Tang Zhen from intervening. Afterward, Xiao Yan returned to Burning Flame Valley’s main hall with Tang Huo'er, as Yao Lao learned that Ice River Valley had refused to trade for the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice River Grass.

• Tang Huo'er grew weak and feverish after absorbing the altered Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and Xiao Yan caught her as she collapsed into his arms.
• Tang Huo'er kissed Xiao Yan, while Old Ancestor Huoyun sealed Tang Zhen’s cultivation and took him away so he could not interrupt them.
• Yao Lao returned to Starfall Pavilion, learned that Ice River Valley had refused Venerable Feng’s offer for the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice River Grass, and suggested Xiao Yan take it by force.
• Tang Huo'er awoke beside Xiao Yan with increased cultivation and said she wanted to be his lover rather than his concubine.
• After another day in the cave, Xiao Yan and Tang Huo'er returned to Burning Flame Valley’s main hall, where Tang Zhen glared at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan left Burning Flame Valley with Tang Huo'er’s affection and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where he learned Ice River Valley had refused to trade for the final ingredient needed for the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill. He went straight to Ice River Valley and announced his arrival with a threatening roar.

• Xiao Yan and Tang Huo'er bid farewell to Tang Zhen, who reluctantly accepted their relationship after learning she had advanced to Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with a Half-Saint-grade magic core and a burning flame true yang fruit, while Yao Lao revealed he had obtained the blazing flame profound yin vine.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Ice River Valley had refused Feng Xian’s offer of an Eighth-Tier Pill in exchange for ten-thousand-year ice river grass.
• Xiao Yan left for Ice River Valley, appeared above its glacier, and roared for its people to come out, cracking ice buildings and alarming the disciples.

Xiao Yan demanded the Ice River Valley hand over its ten-thousand-year ice river grass and brutally overpowered its master when he refused. The valley master summoned the Half-Saint Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, whose arrival left Xiao Yan facing a formidable opponent.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Ice River Valley and asked its master for a stalk of ten-thousand-year ice river grass, offering to pay a satisfactory price.
• The Ice River Valley Master claimed the valley could not spare any grass, so Xiao Yan struck him down and threatened to destroy the valley unless he handed it over.
• The Ice River Valley Master tried to fight back with his poisonous Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan's heavenly flames neutralized it and burned his face.
• Unable to resist Xiao Yan, the Ice River Valley Master called for his ancestor to save him.
• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon appeared from the void, and Xiao Yan recognized him as a Half-Saint.

Xiao Yan fought the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and discovered that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had colluded with the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. After injuring the Half-Saint and taking the Ice River Valley Master's ten-thousand-year ice river grass, Xiao Yan escaped, promising to kill the old demon when they met again.

• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon used spatial power to trap Xiao Yan and attacked him, explaining that he wanted to eliminate Xiao Yan because his talent threatened the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• The old demon revealed that he knew Xiao Yan was the Xiao Clan's Emperor's Son and that Xiao Yan could not receive the clan's protection during his trial.
• Xiao Yan used Jing Lian True Intent to detect the Extraterrestrial Evil Race's aura in the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and attacked him with a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan severed the Ice River Valley Master's hand, took his Storage Ring, and found at least three stalks of ten-thousand-year ice river grass inside.
• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon emerged badly burned and missing fingers, but Xiao Yan flew away before the old demon could strike again.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with the ten-thousand-year ice river grass and revealed that the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon was colluding with the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. He and Yao Lao prepared to rally allies against the Heavenly Underworld Sect before beginning to refine the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill.

• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon killed the Ice River Valley Master and drained the flesh and blood of everyone in Ice River Valley to restore his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao about the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's demonic qi and brought back three stalks of ten-thousand-year ice river grass.
• Yao Lao agreed that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had to be destroyed and wrote letters asking major powers to join the attack.
• Yao Lao sent Venerable Feng to deliver the letters, persuading him with the promise of a Nine Nether Wind God Pill.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao began refining the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, with Xiao Yan refining the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard's magic core while Yao Lao processed the other ingredients.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao began refining the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, while news that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had annihilated the Ice River Valley pushed Central Plains powers to take Yao Lao's warning seriously. After Xiao Yan tempered the pill with eight heavenly flames, he handed it to Yao Lao for the final step.

• Xiao Yan refined the Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard's magic core into fiery-red essence as Yao Lao prepared the medicinal ingredients, raising the heat throughout Starfall Pavilion.
• News spread that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had drained the Ice River Valley of blood and vitality, prompting envoys from major powers to visit Starfall Pavilion and seek action.
• Xiao Yan fused the magic core essence with Yao Lao's refined medicinal ingredients, forming an embryonic Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill.
• Xiao Yan used eight heavenly flames to temper the embryonic pill, gradually imprinting eight flame patterns on its surface.
• Xiao Yan sent the eight-patterned pill into Yao Lao's Black Demon Cauldron, where Yao Lao began the final tempering step with eerie white flames.

Yao Lao completed the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, whose refinement summoned devastating nine-colored pill lightning. Xiao Yan endured the tribulation to temper his body before Yao Lao intercepted a black demon lightning bolt, and Yao Lao then reached to seize the pill as it tried to escape.

• Yao Lao used his Heavenly Realm soul power and bone spirit cold flame to finish refining the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, causing seven-colored thunderclouds to gather over the Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan rose to face the nine-colored pill lightning, using its strikes to improve his Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash and temper his Crimson Refining Flame Demon Body.
• As the lightning intensified, Xiao Yan combined his healing flames and Withered Wood Meets Spring to recover from his wounds, eventually reaching the physical strength of a Seventh Turn Dou Zun.
• Black demon lightning emerged from the thundercloud, and Yao Lao intercepted it, suffering a minor injury as the tribulation dispersed.
• Xiao Yan hurried to support Yao Lao, who reached down and tried to stop the refined pill from escaping.

Yao Lao captured the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, and Xiao Yan revealed his plan to kill the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon after advancing his cultivation. After a month in seclusion, Xiao Yan emerged at the seventh turn, his aura approaching Half-Saint.

• Yao Lao seized the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill and explained to Xuan Yi that its nine flame patterns came from nine heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan told Xuan Yi and the other emissaries that he would refine the pill, then lead an assault on the Heavenly Underworld Sect and kill the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon.
• Yao Lao told Xuan Yi that Xiao Yan had personally slain the Half-Saint-level Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard whose magic core was the pill’s main ingredient.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion and swallowed the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, refining its vast energy with his heavenly flames and Flame Mantra.
• A month later, Xiao Yan emerged from an exploding mountain in Starfall Pavilion with his cultivation at the seventh turn and an aura nearing Half-Saint.