Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reached the Green Lotus and, with Yao Lao’s help, obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Green Lotus Platform, and eleven earth fire lotus seeds. He escaped the magma with Yao Lao and reunited with Xiao Ding in the passage.

• Xiao Yan swam through the green glow and found the Green Lotus, while Yao Lao warned him to avoid its tendrils.
• Yao Lao restrained the Green Lotus Core Flame with his bone spirit cold flame and captured it.
• Yao Lao explained the Green Lotus Platform’s uses and made a Jade Ruler so Xiao Yan could cut the lotus free.
• Xiao Yan cut the Green Lotus from its stem and collected its eleven earth fire lotus seeds.
• Yao Lao protected Xiao Yan as he escaped the magma, and Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding in the passage.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding emerged from the underground tunnel to find Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group confronting Xiao Li over a supposed treasure. After Luo Bu wounded Xiao Li, Xiao Yan stepped forward to face him, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding heard the Sand Mercenary Group arguing with Xiao Li as they approached the tunnel entrance.
• Luo Bu demanded that Xiao Ding hand over the treasure and ordered his men to attack, but halted when Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan emerged.
• Xiao Li challenged Luo Bu and fought him, but Luo Bu broke through his Three-Stage Thunder Arc Dance and injured him.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Ding from intervening and stepped in front of Xiao Li despite Yao Lao warning that he would not help.
• Xiao Yan told the mocking Luo Bu that they would soon see who was going to die.

Xiao Yan used the Green Lotus to rout the Sand Mercenary Group, then cultivated while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arranged the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s future. In Xiao City, Xiao Zhan married Ya Fei and Yun Yun, and the chapter ended with him bringing Yun Yun into their wedding night.

• Xiao Yan attacked Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group with the Green Lotus’s Earth Flame Pillar, leaving Sha Luo blinded and badly burning the mercenaries.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li left Sha Luo behind and decided to settle the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s affairs in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion to cultivate, aiming to reach Nine-Star Dou Zhe before attempting to devour a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Zhan married Ya Fei and Yun Yun in Xiao City and entered the bridal chamber that night.
• Xiao Zhan told Yun Yun to learn from Ya Fei, then pinned Yun Yun beneath him as their wedding night began.

Xiao Zhan considered the need to gain powerful Dou Techniques and treasures, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan secluded himself in a cliffside cave with Yao Lao to prepare for acquiring a heavenly flame.

• Xiao Zhan reflected that his peak cultivation might not be enough to overcome opponents with superior Dou Techniques or treasures.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan they planned to explore the Black-Corner Region and then travel to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan accepted his brothers' departure and said he might soon leave the Jia Ma Empire himself.
• Xiao Yan found a cliffside cave, inspected and secured it, then set out the Blood Lotus Pill and ice spirit cold spring with Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao revealed the Naling and explained that Xiao Yan would need it to acquire a heavenly flame.

Xiao Yan began devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame under Yao Lao’s guidance, using the Blood Lotus Pill’s protective layer to withstand its heat. He reached into the flame to find its fire seed, while the Heavenly Flame’s power began destabilizing Yao Lao.

• Yao Lao released the Green Lotus Core Flame and warned Xiao Yan that devouring it would create a dangerous disturbance.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill, whose power formed a protective blood-colored layer over his body.
• Xiao Yan drew the Green Lotus Core Flame toward himself as Yao Lao sealed the cave with his soul power.
• Yao Lao’s body rippled under the flame’s pressure, so he summoned the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to steady himself.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to reach into the Green Lotus Core Flame and pull out its fire seed.
• Xiao Yan thrust his blood-armored arm into the flame, where the armor melted and was continually repaired by the pill’s energy.

Xiao Yan retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame’s Origin Flame Seed and swallowed it to begin devouring the heavenly flame. As the fire ravaged his meridians and the Blood Lotus Pill’s protection weakened, Yao Lao instructed him to use the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and guide the flame along the Flame Mantra’s circulation route.

• Xiao Yan reached into the Green Lotus Core Flame and pulled out its Origin Flame Seed as the blaze contracted into it.
• Yao Lao explained the seed’s power and told Xiao Yan to swallow it.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the seed, and its flames split apart and raced through his meridians, scorching them despite the Blood Lotus Pill’s protection.
• As the blood membrane began to fail, Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and instructed him to wrap the flame in Dou Qi and circulate it along the Flame Mantra’s route.
• Xiao Yan drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, whose cold spread through his body and countered the heavenly flame’s heat.

Xiao Yan endured severe pain as he gathered the Green Lotus Core Flame and forced it through his meridians toward the Flame Mantra's circulation route. His Dou Qi dwindled to seventeen drops of liquid energy as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring’s protection nearly vanished, leaving him struggling to control the flame.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly tried to control the scattered wisps of Green Lotus Core Flame until they began following his mind’s direction.
• Xiao Yan gathered the wisps into a stream of green magma, which melted the ice in his meridians and burned through his body, while Yao Lao watched without interfering.
• Xiao Yan guided the green magma through a complete circuit, strengthening his connection to the flame, but the resulting surge blasted skin and flesh from his arm.
• Xiao Yan used his Flame Mantra Dou Qi to force the now-violent Green Lotus Core Flame along the Flame Mantra’s circulation route as the ice protection faded and his meridians twisted.
• Xiao Yan exhausted his gaseous Dou Qi and began using the seventeen drops of liquid energy left in his Dou Qi Vortex to drag the flame onward.

Xiao Yan completed refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, which repaired and strengthened his body while raising his cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Shi. He emerged from the shattered barrier on the azure lotus seat as Yao Lao watched in surprise.

• The Green Lotus Core Flame turned docile as it passed through Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra circulation routes and repaired his damaged meridians and body.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose to Six-Star Dou Shi, and he used his consciousness to force the Green Lotus Core Flame into the Naling.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame was absorbed into the Naling, completing the refinement of the heavenly flame.
• Yao Lao sensed Xiao Yan’s greatly strengthened aura and wondered whether his fire spirit body had converted the flame’s power into cultivation.
• The azure barrier shattered, and Xiao Yan emerged on the lotus seat with azure eyes, then put on a robe.
• At Yao Lao’s prompting, Xiao Yan checked his cultivation and found it had reached Eight-Star Dou Shi.

After refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan tested its power and realized it drained his Dou Qi too quickly, so he began evolving the Flame Mantra. He endured the painful process and woke to find his Dou Qi Vortex greatly expanded and his Dou Qi transformed.

• Xiao Yan discovered that he had reached Eight-Star Dou Shi and summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame from his palm.
• Xiao Yan tested the heavenly flame by punching through the cave wall, then complained to Yao Lao that it consumed too much Dou Qi.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the Flame Mantra might fail to evolve, but Xiao Yan trusted the Immortal Emperor's judgment and began the evolution.
• After hours of violent energy surges and green flames melting the cave rubble, Xiao Yan screamed in pain and passed out.
• Xiao Yan woke to Yao Lao's congratulations and found that his Dou Qi Vortex had expanded more than tenfold and his Dou Qi had become deep green with traces of flame.

After the Flame Mantra devoured the green lotus core flame, Xiao Yan confirmed it had advanced to Profound Tier Mid Grade and planned to seek the fallen heart flame after completing his promises. Deep in a city, Queen Medusa took out an energy-filled pill on an island in the middle of a lake.

• Xiao Yan inspected his evolved Dou Qi and confirmed the Flame Mantra had reached Profound Tier Mid Grade.
• Yao Lao explained that the green lotus core flame had driven the technique's advancement and suggested Xiao Yan seek the fallen heart flame sealed at Jia Nan Academy in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan agreed to head for the Black-Corner Region after finding the sand mandala and fulfilling his promise to Hai Bodong.
• Queen Medusa took out an energy-filled pill on an island in the middle of a lake.

Queen Medusa used the Transformation Pill to become human and left the Snake-People Holy City for Xiao City, hoping to find a way to reach Dou Zong. In Xiao City, Xiao Zhan learned that Ya Fei was pregnant and celebrated the news.

• Queen Medusa took the Transformation Pill and successfully transformed into a human, though her cultivation did not reach Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa told Hua She'er she would be away, gave her a jade talisman for emergencies, and secretly left the Snake-People Holy City.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Zhan that preparations for the auction were complete and it would begin in half a month.
• The system informed Xiao Zhan that Ya Fei was pregnant and awarded him a small gift pack.
• Xiao Zhan told Ya Fei the news, and she rejoiced at carrying his child and reflected on her rapid rise to Three-Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Zhan opened a system gift pack and mastered the Heaven Tier Crown-Rushing Finger, then absorbed miniature soul origin to strengthen his soul. After a painful day of cultivation, his soul power had grown several times stronger, though he did not know its new realm.

• Ya Fei agreed to host the upcoming auction despite being pregnant, and Xiao Zhan supported her decision.
• Xiao Zhan opened the system gift pack and received Crown-Rushing Finger, miniature soul origin, five hundred Dou Wang Quick-Advancement Pills, and one hundred Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pills.
• Xiao Zhan extracted Crown-Rushing Finger and mastered the Heaven Tier Dou Technique as its knowledge entered his mind.
• Xiao Zhan examined the miniature soul origin and began absorbing it to increase his soul power.
• After a day of intense pain and a sudden blast in his mind, Xiao Zhan recovered and sensed that his soul had grown several times stronger.

Xiao Zhan absorbed spiritual qi and advanced his soul into the spirit realm, creating a giant phantom of himself above Xiao City that residents mistook for a divine miracle. After awakening, he examined his reward of five hundred Dou Wang Quick-Advancement Pills and learned they could raise even a Dou Zhe to Dou Wang at the cost of preventing any further breakthroughs.

• Xiao Zhan drew spiritual qi into his soul, and the resulting fluctuations spread through Xiao City and the surrounding area.
• Xiao Zhan's soul transformed and appeared as a towering phantom above Xiao City, prompting residents to worship him.
• Yun Yun and Pill King Gu He sensed the unusual fluctuations, while Xiao City's residents recognized the phantom as Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan's soul phantom returned to his body, and he opened his eyes after reaching the spirit realm.
• Xiao Zhan inspected his five hundred Dou Wang Quick-Advancement Pills and learned that users would remain Dou Wang for life.

After receiving rewards for Ya Fei’s pregnancy, Xiao Zhan planned to use hundreds of pills to build a force and recruit wandering Dou Huang experts. He gave Yun Yun a Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pill, and she began refining it after he left to find cultivators for his next plan.

• Xiao Zhan received five hundred Dou Wang Quick-Advancement Pills and a Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pill, and considered using them to expand the Xiao Clan’s power.
• Xiao Zhan gave Yun Yun a Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pill and spent the night with her in her pavilion.
• Xiao Zhan decided to recruit wandering cultivators with Dou Zhe strength to take the Quick-Advancement Pills and summoned Xiao Shan to find candidates.
• Yun Yun swallowed the Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pill and began guiding its medicinal power through her cultivation.

Yun Yun used a Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pill to advance from Four-Star to Five-Star Dou Emperor, while Xiao Zhan received a system reward after she became pregnant. He mastered a movement technique and gained pills and magical beasts that could help the Xiao Clan expand, leaving him considering a takeover of the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yun Yun absorbed the pill’s medicinal power and broke through to Five-Star Dou Emperor, dispersing the energy phenomenon around her pavilion.
• Xiao Zhan received a system notification that Yun Yun was pregnant and opened the small gift pack.
• Xiao Zhan extracted and mastered the high-grade Earth Tier movement Dou Technique A World Away Within Reach.
• Xiao Zhan inspected ten thousand Da Dou Shi Star-Raising Pills and considered using them to advance Little Yanzi and the other two.
• Xiao Zhan received one hundred fifth-rank Griffins and a seventh-rank Lightning Flying Eagle, then considered sweeping across the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Zhan brought a hundred Griffins and a peak seventh-rank Lightning Flying Eagle to Xiao City, then arranged stations for the Griffins across the city. Meanwhile, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reached Ghost-Suppressing Pass on their way to the Black-Corner Region, determined to prove themselves to their father.

• Xiao Zhan acquired a peak seventh-rank Lightning Flying Eagle and flew back to Xiao City with a hundred Griffins following him.
• The residents of Xiao City panicked at the Griffins before learning that Xiao Zhan had tamed them, while Yun Yun marveled at his power.
• Xiao Zhan ordered Xiao Shan to build five stations for the Griffins, and Xiao Shan completed them about ten days later.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived outside Da Ling City after hearing of Xiao Zhan's victories and their clan's rise.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li prepared to pass through Ghost-Suppressing Pass and continue across several countries toward the dangerous Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li left the Jia Ma Empire through Ghost Suppression Pass while powerful figures from across the empire gathered for Xiao City's auction. Nalan Jie came to apologize for Nalan Yanran's broken engagement, and the chapter ended with Xiao Zhan allowing the auction guests into the city as Nalan Jie tried to remind him of their family ties.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li passed through Ghost Suppression Pass and looked back at their homeland before leaving the empire.
• Jia Xingtian, Mittel Tengshan, and Mu Chen traveled to Xiao City for the auction, aware of the Xiao Clan's growing power.
• Nalan Jie arrived ahead of them and asked Xiao City's guards to let him in so he could apologize for Nalan Yanran's actions.
• The guard captain rejected Nalan Jie's gifts and mocked his attempt to make amends, while Nalan Jie noticed five Dou Wang guards on the wall.
• Jia Xingtian and his companions arrived, and Xiao Zhan appeared above the walls and invited them in for the auction.
• Nalan Jie called Xiao Zhan his nephew and reminded him that he had been close friends with Xiao Lin.

Xiao Zhan rebuffed Nalan Jie as Jia Xingtian and the others witnessed Xiao City’s overwhelming strength and bought intelligence that set their plans in motion. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached the Black-Corner Region ahead of his brothers, bound for Jia Nan Academy in search of the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Zhan threatened Nalan Jie for his family’s fickle behavior, and Nalan Jie resolved to confine Nalan Yanran when he returned home.
• Jia Xingtian, Mu Chen, and Mittel Tengshan entered Xiao City and were stunned by its many Dou Wang experts and forty Griffins.
• Ya Fei auctioned three pieces of information, and Jia Xingtian and the others paid heavily to obtain them.
• Mittel Tengshan left after learning the Ice Emperor’s whereabouts, while Jia Xingtian planned to attack the Misty Cloud Sect and stop Yun Shan from reaching Dou Zong.
• Xiao City began seizing territory as Xiao Yan flew beyond the Jia Ma Empire’s northwestern border toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Yao Lao explained the Black-Corner Region’s chaos and Jia Nan Academy’s reputation, and Xiao Yan learned he would likely reach the academy before Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

Xiao Yan reached the Black Domain Great Plains as Xiao Zhan’s clan swept through the Jia Ma Empire and took control of its capital. After Jia Xingtian surrendered, Xiao Zhan became emperor, and the Family Domain expanded to cover the entire empire.

• Xiao Yan spotted the Black Domain Great Plains, the gateway to the Black-Corner Region.
• Jia Xingtian learned of the Xiao Clan’s rapid expansion and decided the Imperial Family should surrender to preserve its bloodline.
• Yun Leng sealed the Misty Cloud Sect’s mountain and ordered its disciples to remain there as the Xiao Clan advanced.
• After conquering nearly a third of the empire, the Xiao Clan entered the capital, where Jia Xingtian opened the gates and welcomed Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan took the imperial palace, transferred his forces to the capital, and discovered that the Family Domain covered the entire Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Zhan encountered Queen Medusa near Xiao City and brought her to the city lord's residence. He gave her a pill to help her break through to Dou Zong, and she entered a cultivation chamber to try it.

• Xiao Zhan sensed an unfamiliar Nine-Star Dou Emperor aura near Xiao City and went to investigate.
• Queen Medusa arrived near Xiao City, recognized Xiao Zhan as the senior who had given her the Transformation Pill, and asked him for a way to reach Dou Zong.
• Xiao Zhan invited Queen Medusa into Xiao City, where she was astonished by its many Dou Wang experts and sensed Yun Yun and the Lightning Flying Eagle at the city lord's residence.
• Xiao Zhan gave Queen Medusa a Dou Emperor Star-Raising Pill, and she thanked him before entering a cultivation chamber to attempt her breakthrough.