Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Hun Dai'er fought over the energy at Fallen Peak until its pillar of light engulfed them and carried Xiao Yan into an ancient palace. A strange black flame entered his body, and after he passed through a spatial gate, his powers vanished and he was reborn as a baby.

• Xiao Yan met Hun Dai'er at Fallen Peak, where they fought over the pillar of light and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to hold off Hun Dai'er's four eight-star Dou Sheng allies while he battled her.
• The pillar of light engulfed Xiao Yan and Hun Dai'er, then separated them inside an ancient palace.
• A mysterious black flame entered Xiao Yan's body, and a spatial gate promised to show him what he cherished most.
• Xiao Yan passed through the gate, lost his powers and heavenly flames, and heard that a baby boy had been born.

Four-year-old Xiao Yan reflected on his previous life and his new family before discovering that the Xiao Clan’s honored guest was a girl named Xun’er. He mistook her for someone from his past at first, then left her curious about his unusual indifference.

• Xiao Yan recalled the warmth of his new family and regretted that he had been unable to save his mother.
• Xiao Yan reviewed his rapid dou qi and soul cultivation, while keeping his talent concealed.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Xiao Clan’s unusual bustle and went to the main hall, suspecting that a figure from his past had arrived.
• Xiao Zhan introduced Xun’er as Xiao Yan’s new little sister and asked him to look after her.
• Xun’er grew curious about Xiao Yan because he treated her with cold indifference.

After five years of training, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zhe at age nine and decided to leave the Xiao Clan to seek stronger opportunities. Xun'er gave him a high black tier cultivation technique for his journey.

• Xiao Yan trained for five years, reaching ninth stage Dou Qi while improving his soul force.
• Xiao Yan formed a Dou Qi vortex and broke through to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave the Xiao Clan and Wutan City, taking his travel preparations with him.
• Xun'er found Xiao Yan on the mountain and recognized that he had broken through to Dou Zhe.
• Xun'er gave Xiao Yan a high black tier cultivation technique, and he accepted it.

Xiao Yan gained Xiao Zhan’s permission to leave Wutan City and confronted the Soul Body hidden in his ring. Yao Lao introduced himself and asked whether Xiao Yan wanted to become an Alchemist, leaving Xiao Yan surprised that he might have the talent.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave Wutan City to gain experience, and Xiao Zhan reluctantly agreed.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room, shut himself inside, and ordered the presence in his ring to come out.
• Yao Lao emerged from the ring, and Xiao Yan sensed that the old man possessed powerful soul strength.
• Xiao Yan questioned Yao Lao’s identity and motives but remained wary because a Soul Body had betrayed him in his previous life.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Yan whether he wanted to become an Alchemist, and Xiao Yan reacted with surprise at the possibility.

Xiao Yan accepted Yao Lao as his master and received the bizarre Flame Mantra, a Yellow Tier Low Grade cultivation method that evolved by devouring heavenly flames. Despite the mortal dangers and severe drawbacks, Xiao Yan decided to cultivate it.

• Xiao Yan questioned Yao Lao about his alchemy skills, then formally became his disciple.
• Yao Lao offered Xiao Yan a cultivation method as a welcoming gift, and Xiao Yan dismissed it when he thought it was not Heaven Tier.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra, which could evolve by devouring heavenly flames and let its practitioner control several at once.
• Xiao Yan recognized the method's deadly risks and limitations, but chose to cultivate it anyway.

Xiao Yan began cultivating the Flame Mantra and discovered a weakened black flame inside his Dou Qi vortex, a remnant from his previous life. After struggling with it for three days, he absorbed it into his technique and emerged with far greater strength and black flame Dou Qi, leaving Yao Lao to wonder if the flame was a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan sensed a scorching fluctuation while converting his Dou Qi and discovered a pitch-black flame inside his vortex.
• Xiao Yan surrounded the black flame with Dou Qi, then drew in Heaven and Earth Energy to keep fighting it and absorb the energy it purified.
• After three days, Xiao Yan subdued the weakened black flame and drove it through the Flame Mantra's pathways, transforming all his Dou Qi into black flame Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan emerged with an aura more than ten times stronger than before and summoned black flame from his palm.
• Yao Lao stared at the flame and asked whether it was a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan refined the mysterious black flame, advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zhe, and mastered several powerful Dou Techniques. After preparing for his journey, he left the Xiao Clan and Wutan City without saying goodbye to Xun'er, leaving Xiao Zhan to comfort her.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the black flame had evolved the Flame Mantra to Profound Tier Low Grade and raised his strength to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan ate his fill after three days of cultivation, then learned from Xiao Yu that Xiao Zhan wanted to see him.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan the Profound Tier Low Grade Lion Mountain Split and told him to master it before leaving the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan practiced Lion Mountain Split, Eight Extremes Collapse, and Burst Step, mastering the techniques in only a few days.
• Xiao Yan packed his supplies and left the Xiao Clan without saying goodbye to Xiao Xun'er or Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Zhan learned of Xiao Yan's departure days later and found himself trying to soothe the upset Xun'er.

Xiao Yan trained in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, mastering the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and advancing rapidly in alchemy. When a girl fled into his hidden valley, he recognized her as the future Heavenly Poison Woman but initially chose not to help.

• Xiao Yan practiced the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler beneath a waterfall and reached minor mastery.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yan's technique and gave him a grilled fish.
• A bedraggled girl in white ran into the valley with a magical beast pursuing her.
• The girl warned Xiao Yan to run, but he decided not to intervene at first.
• Xiao Yan recognized the girl as the Heavenly Poison Woman.

Xiao Yan rescued a little girl from a Red Flame Demon Bear and defeated the tier 2 magical beast. The girl was left astonished by his strength and Dou Qi cloak.

• The little girl tripped while fleeing the Red Flame Demon Bear, and Xiao Yan caught her before the beast could reach her.
• Xiao Yan set the girl on a rock and struck the Red Flame Demon Bear with his Xuan Heavy Ruler, knocking it down.
• The Red Flame Demon Bear launched a powerful fireball, but Xiao Yan cleaved it apart with his ruler.
• Xiao Yan formed an inky-black Dou Qi cloak marked with black flames, frightening the Red Flame Demon Bear into retreating.
• Xiao Yan caught the fleeing bear and killed it with a powerful punch that caved in its chest.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a Red Flame Demon Bear, then shared a meal with her and offered to escort her home. After secretly replacing her blood lotus essence with ordinary yellow lotus essence, he set off with her, but a giant blue wolf appeared as they left the valley.

• Xiao Yan killed the Red Flame Demon Bear, collected its beast flame and blood, and offered grilled fish to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she was a physician and had been gathering herbs when the bear chased her away from her guards.
• Xiao Yan secretly exchanged Xiao Yi Xian's blood lotus essence for ordinary yellow lotus essence and kept the genuine ingredient in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian, earned her praise as a good person, and agreed to escort her home.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left the valley, where a giant blue wolf suddenly sprang from the forest.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fought through repeated magical beast attacks on their way toward her village, then were caught in a net set by the Snake Nest Mercenary Group. The mercenaries mistook Xiao Yan for someone their commander would desire and prepared to take the pair away.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian killed a magical beast, and Xiao Yi Xian collected its magic core while Xiao Yan urged her to keep moving.
• Xiao Yan suspected that something was attracting the unusually large number of magical beasts attacking them.
• After the attacks suddenly stopped, Xiao Yan warned Xiao Yi Xian to stay alert, but a net dropped from the trees and trapped them both.
• The Snake Nest Mercenary Group emerged from the forest, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized their badges and explained that the pair had stumbled into their trap.
• The mercenary leader decided that Xiao Yan would interest the commander, while Xiao Yi Xian realized the commander had a peculiar attraction to boys.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian were taken to the Snake Nest Mercenary Group's headquarters, where Xiao Yan discovered a hidden room containing more than a dozen weak auras. After She Mo ordered his men to take Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan broke free and attacked; She Mo sealed the hall and declared he would kill him.

• Xiao Yan chose to let the mercenaries transport him and Xiao Yi Xian to their headquarters so he could investigate the group and the missing boys.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Snake Nest Mercenary Group's leaders and discovered a hidden room beneath the courtyard containing more than a dozen weak auras.
• She Mo ordered his men to keep Xiao Yan for himself and let the others take Xiao Yi Xian, telling them to dispose of her afterward.
• Xiao Yan burned through his bindings, summoned his ruler, and killed the men closing in on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Yi Xian from her ropes, and She Mo closed the hall doors and prepared to kill him.

Xiao Yan faced She Mo, a Three-Star Dou Ling, and used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength and fight back. Though She Mo remained stronger, Xiao Yan’s quick tactics forced him to retreat and take the battle seriously.

• Xiao Yan refused She Mo’s threat, and She Mo formed a Dou Qi saber and armor before challenging him to fight alone.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, greatly increasing his strength and forming Dou Qi Armor.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to hide, then charged She Mo with Burst Step and was knocked back in their first clash.
• Xiao Yan used the gate to launch himself into the air and brought his ruler down, forcing She Mo to evade.
• Xiao Yan followed with Lion Mountain Split beneath flying rubble, driving She Mo back more than ten steps.

Xiao Yan evaded She Mo’s Dou Technique with the Purple Cloud Wings and struck back with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, killing the Dou Ling commander. When three Da Dou Shi attacked the weakened Xiao Yan, he called on his teacher, whose white flame froze them into ice statues.

• She Mo prepared and unleashed Frenzied Snake Slash at Xiao Yan, who swallowed pills and gathered power into the Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan used the Purple Cloud Wings to evade the water serpent, which shattered the room’s door.
• Xiao Yan brought down the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and cleaved She Mo in two.
• The three remaining Da Dou Shi rushed to avenge She Mo while Xiao Yan was weakened.
• Xiao Yan asked his teacher to act, and a wisp of white flame froze the three mercenaries into statues.

After Xiao Yan defeated She Mo and the other leaders, he recovered enough to consider eliminating the remaining Snake Nest Mercenary Group members. Xiao Yi Xian persuaded him to spare them, though Xiao Yan privately retained his ruthless intentions.

• Xiao Yan survived the fight, explained his knowledge of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to Yao Lao, and took a healing pill.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to kill the remaining Snake Nest Mercenary Group members before they could threaten them.
• Xiao Yi Xian argued that the mercenaries were ordinary people supporting their families, but Xiao Yan twisted her point into a joke about killing their families too.
• Xiao Yan said he would spare the mercenaries at Xiao Yi Xian's request, while privately maintaining that he had not abandoned his ruthless plans.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to her village after rescuing the abducted boys, only to find the He Family and Snake Nest Mercenary Group slaughtering its residents. Xiao Yan recognized He Qian and prepared to face the Dou Wang, while the surviving villagers remained hostages.

• Xiao Yan released the captured boys and arranged for the Snake Nest Mercenary Group's mercenaries to escort them toward safety, warning them to watch for pursuers.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fought magical beasts on their way to her village, and Xiao Yan broke through to become a three-star Dou Shi.
• They reached the village at night and found it burning, with dead villagers scattered through the streets and survivors bound in the square.
• Xiao Yan recognized the released mercenaries among the attackers and shielded Xiao Yi Xian as He Qian accused him of killing his son-in-law.
• Xiao Yan taunted He Qian, identified him as the He Family's head, and recalled that he had wiped out the family in his previous life.

Xiao Yan confronted He Qian and the Snake Nest Mercenary Group, revealing power granted by Yao Lao and refusing to yield to hostage threats. He began a bloody attack while He Qian continued ordering villagers killed.

• He Qian ordered his men to attack Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan revealed a Dou Emperor-level aura through Yao Lao’s power.
• Xiao Yan burned several charging mercenaries to ash with bone-white flame, frightening the remaining men.
• He Qian seized a villager as a hostage, but Xiao Yan killed more mercenaries and mocked his threats.
• He Qian killed the hostage and ordered his men to slaughter villagers; Xiao Yan knocked Xiao Yi Xian unconscious when she begged him to stop.
• Xiao Yan covered the Xuan Heavy Ruler in black flames and dismissed He Qian’s claim that the villagers’ deaths were his responsibility.

After Xiao Yan wiped out the attackers, Xiao Yi Xian faced the villagers’ hostility and blamed herself for their deaths. As they left the village, she planned to go to Qingshan Town, but Xiao Yan knocked her out and carried her away in a sack to keep her by his side.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke at dawn and asked Xiao Yan what had happened; he said he had killed all the attackers and that half the villagers had survived.
• Xiao Yi Xian went to the square, where villagers blamed her for bringing the attackers and threw stones at her.
• Xiao Yan confronted the villagers, frightened them into silence, and then told Xiao Yi Xian to leave with him.
• After they left, Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that the killers, not she, were responsible for the deaths.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she intended to work as a physician in Qingshan Town, but Xiao Yan knocked her unconscious and stuffed her into a burlap sack.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden valley and settled there so he could cultivate until he reached Da Dou Shi. After several months of training, he advanced from a three-star Dou Shi to a seven-star Dou Shi.

• Xiao Yan found the hidden Small Valley, removed a mysterious black stone from Xiao Yi Xian’s pouch, and woke her.
• Xiao Yan convinced Xiao Yi Xian that villagers had knocked her unconscious, then persuaded her to stay in the valley among its medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan built a house with Yao Lao’s help while Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs and made crude medicinal mixtures.
• Xiao Yan bought supplies for their stay and trained intensively, using Yao Lao’s Burning Blood medicinal liquid to speed his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan advanced from a three-star Dou Shi to a seven-star Dou Shi over several months.

Xiao Yan studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and learned about Poison Dou Qi and how to identify the woeful poison body. He resolved to check whether Xiao Yi Xian possessed it and secretly followed her to the stream.

• Xiao Yan reflected on his slowed cultivation and rapid progress in alchemy, then opened the second box from the cave.
• Xiao Yan read the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and learned how Poison Dou Qi was created and how its poison could harm its user.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan against cultivating Poison Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan told him he would not try it despite privately remaining tempted.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the woeful poison body could be identified by a thin, seven-colored line on the lower abdomen.
• Xiao Yan saw Xiao Yi Xian carrying her clothes toward the stream and secretly followed her to check for the mark.