Recaps

Xiao Yu escaped the Wind-Piercing Eagle by exploiting its arrogance and using his flames and lightning to hinder it, but he collapsed from his injuries and fell over a cliff. The chapter left his fate unknown after he struck the ground below.

• Xiao Yu realized the Wind-Piercing Eagle was toying with him and devised a plan to escape by slowing it, confusing it, and concealing his aura.
• Xiao Yu struck the Wind-Piercing Eagle with Blue-Silver Cold Lightning and extreme-breaking ice flame, freezing it enough to stop its pursuit.
• The Wind-Piercing Eagle wounded Xiao Yu with wind blades, but Xiao Yu used blazing sun heart flame and Myriad Transformation Flame to overwhelm it with fear and illusions.
• Xiao Yu hid among the trees with Three Thousand Puppet Thunders and escaped while the Wind-Piercing Eagle attacked the surrounding forest in rage.
• Xiao Yu concealed his aura and fled despite his severe wounds, then lost consciousness as he ran out of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yu's momentum carried him over a cliff, and he struck the ground below without waking.

After surviving his fall from a cliff, Xiao Yu found a cave containing the remains and life story of Fei Huang, a Dou Zong and seventh-tier Alchemist. Reflecting on Fei Huang’s life and his own ambitions, Xiao Yu experienced a sudden elevation in his state of mind.

• Xiao Yu woke on a ledge after falling from the cliff, treated his severe injuries with pills, and cautiously entered the cave.
• Xiao Yu found a skeleton and a written record identifying the deceased as Fei Huang, a Dou Zong known as Medicine Sect and a seventh-tier Alchemist.
• Xiao Yu learned that Fei Huang had spent centuries seeking a breakthrough to Dou Zun before settling in the Jia Ma Empire to die in meditation.
• Xiao Yu reflected on Fei Huang’s failed pursuit, considered how he would respond to a hopeless breakthrough, and felt his state of mind rise.

Xiao Yu searched Fei Huang’s remains and discovered a Storage Ring filled with valuable cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and pill formulas. After taking the ring and a set of white robes, he buried Fei Huang, concealed the cave, and climbed out of the abyss.

• Xiao Yu found a Storage Ring on Fei Huang’s skeleton and discovered its extensive collection of techniques, pills, medicinal ingredients, and more than fifty pill formulas.
• Xiao Yu took the Storage Ring and selected a greatsword and white robes from its miscellaneous items.
• Xiao Yu apologized to Fei Huang, buried his remains beneath a mound, and marked the grave with a stone tablet.
• Xiao Yu changed into the white robes and sealed the cave entrance to protect Fei Huang’s grave from future intruders.
• Xiao Yu collapsed the ledge and climbed the cliff back to the surface.

Xiao Yu cultivated in a hidden cave while studying pill formulas, then broke through to Dou Ling after more than twenty days. He left the chapter exhilarated by his new strength, with his plans to refine a Mystic Essence Pill still ahead.

• Xiao Yu concealed a secluded cave with the Myriad Transformation Flame and decided to stay there until he reached Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yu studied the Mystic Essence Pill formula, which could raise a Dou Ling by three stars but required three fourth-order magic cores.
• Xiao Yu spent more than twenty days alternating between cultivation and studying pill formulas until he reached the threshold of Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yu concealed the mountain with the Myriad Transformation Flame and endured a day of absorbing and purifying Dou Qi as his meridians expanded.
• Xiao Yu's Dou Crystal transformed into a smooth, round crystal, confirming his breakthrough to Dou Ling, and he celebrated his newfound power.

After reaching Dou Ling, Xiao Yu awakened Purple Extreme Astral Thunder and Dark Cinder Baleflame, then used his new strength to gather medicinal ingredients in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He planned to find the ingredients for a Mystic Essence Pill and leave, unaware that an overlord of the range had noticed him.

• Xiao Yu broke through to Dou Ling and awakened the soul-targeting Purple Extreme Astral Thunder and corrosive Dark Cinder Baleflame.
• Xiao Yu tested his new powers, assessed his increased strength, and set out to find ingredients for a Mystic Essence Pill before the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yu controlled more than a dozen fourth-order magical beasts with Three Thousand Puppet Thunders and used them to gather medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yu enslaved the Treasure-Seeking Ape, drawing pursuit from the fifth-order Spineburst Mad Ape, then used the Myriad Transformation Flame to conceal his group and escape its territory.
• An overlord of the Magical Beast Mountain Range took notice of Xiao Yu.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King learned that Xiao Yu had enslaved more than a dozen fourth-order magical beasts under its command and ordered a search of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Yu remained unaware of the danger, while a mysterious figure flew toward the range.

• The Spineburst Mad Ape reported that Xiao Yu had enslaved fourth-order magical beasts serving the Lion King's subordinates.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered every fifth-order magical beast to search the range and capture Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu lounged on an enslaved demonic bull while directing magical beasts to search for medicinal herbs, unaware the Lion King was hunting him.
• The Lion King's roars continued as its searchers failed to find Xiao Yu, whose Myriad Transformation Flame concealed his aura.
• A mysterious figure with pale-cyan Dou Qi Wings flew at full speed toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yu followed the energy surging through the Magical Beast Mountain Range and discovered Yun Yun battling the Amethyst Winged Lion King over purple spirit crystal. He watched from hiding as the evenly matched fight continued.

• Xiao Yu noticed a clash of purple and green energy and suspected Yun Yun was fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yu concealed his aura with the Myriad Transformation Flame and rushed toward the battle.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Yun Yun, explaining that her arrival near his cave had provoked him.
• Yun Yun said she had come to trade for purple spirit crystal, then threatened to take it by force when the Lion King refused.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King charged Yun Yun, and she dodged and countered with her sword.
• Xiao Yu watched the battle from behind shattered rocks and admired Yun Yun's beauty.

Xiao Yu was spotted by five rank-five magical beasts while he watched Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King battle. Surrounded, he fought back against the beasts but was badly wounded, leaving his survival uncertain.

• The Wind-Piercing Eagle and Spineburst Mad Ape recognized Xiao Yu and alerted the other beasts, who attacked him.
• Xiao Yu fled from the Wind-Piercing Eagle, only to be surrounded by it, the Spineburst Mad Ape, the Howling Moon Wolf King, the Fanged Tusk Boar, and the Silver Spirit Snake King.
• Xiao Yu decided to fight his way out, drew his greatsword, and unleashed his full strength against the five beasts.
• Xiao Yu blocked the Wind-Piercing Eagle’s blades and struck back at the Spineburst Mad Ape, but the Fanged Tusk Boar pierced his abdomen and the Silver Spirit Snake King’s venom burned his sleeve.

Xiao Yu fought to survive against the remaining fifth-rank magical beasts despite his severe injuries, then gambled on fusing his divine thunder and origin flame. The chapter ended as he began combining blue-silver cold lightning with extreme-breaking ice flame.

• Xiao Yu used a Spring-Rejuvenating Pill to treat his abdominal wound while the dark cinder baleflame tormented the Fanged Tusk Boar.
• The Wind-Piercing Eagle, Howling Moon Wolf King, and Spineburst Mad Ape pressed their attacks, while Xiao Yu wounded the Spineburst Mad Ape and drove off the Silver Spirit Snake King with a purple lightning javelin.
• The Wind-Piercing Eagle, Howling Moon Wolf King, and Spineburst Mad Ape resolved to kill Xiao Yu, who realized he had to risk everything to survive.
• Xiao Yu recalled Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and decided to try fusing his own divine thunder and origin flame.
• Xiao Yu drew blue-silver cold lightning into his left hand and extreme-breaking ice flame into his right, then brought his hands together to fuse them.

Xiao Yu fused his Origin Flame and Divine Thunder into the Blue Ice Thunderflame and used it to kill three magical beasts, but the enraged Amethyst Winged Lion King caught up with him. The chapter ended as the Lion King fired a purple beam at Xiao Yu, who had begun to use Extreme Wind-Setting Sun Radiance.

• Xiao Yu fused his Origin Flame and Divine Thunder into the Blue Ice Thunderflame despite exhausting most of his Dou Qi and soul power.
• Xiao Yu swept his Blue Ice Thunderflame Greatsword across the fleeing Wind-Piercing Eagle, Spineburst Mad Ape, and Howling Moon Wolf King, killing all three.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King heard the Wind-Piercing Eagle's dying cry, abandoned his fight with Yun Yun, and charged toward Xiao Yu.
• Yun Yun entered the Lion King's cave, took the purple spirit crystal, knocked out the Little Amethyst Winged Lion, left the exchange items, and pursued the Lion King.
• Xiao Yu prepared to leave but the Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked him with a purple beam, and Xiao Yu began using Extreme Wind-Setting Sun Radiance.

Xiao Yu escaped the Amethyst Winged Lion King with Yun Yun’s help, recovered from his injuries, and traveled to Black Rock City. He planned to join the Flying Transport Company’s civilian transport team and head for the Tagor Desert.

• Yun Yun stopped the Amethyst Winged Lion King from pursuing Xiao Yu by reminding him that his cub was alone in the cave, and Xiao Yu escaped.
• Yun Yun flew out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while a black-and-red-clad youth and his white-haired teacher also left after witnessing the battle.
• After ten days of recovery, Xiao Yu traveled by carriage toward Black Rock City and planned to practice refining pills and fusing his origin flames and divine thunder in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yu arrived in Black Rock City, paid the entry tax, and booked a room at an inn.
• Xiao Yu asked the inn attendant where to find the civilian transport team, learned it belonged to the Flying Transport Company in the city-center square, and rested for the night.

Xiao Yu traveled by ordinary Thick-Winged Bird toward the Tagor Desert, avoiding the alchemist transport that might expose his unusual pill-refining method. After a rough but uneventful journey, he arrived in Desert City, with Queen Medusa’s appearance foreshadowed.

• Xiao Yu joined the ticket queue and explained that he avoided taking an Alchemist Badge examination because it could reveal his Lightning-Fire Pill Refining Method and make enemies of traditional alchemists.
• A middle-aged man encouraged Xiao Yu to focus on cultivation, and Xiao Yu told him he was a seventeen-year-old five-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yu boarded the designated Thick-Winged Bird, checked that he had enough ingredients and magic cores for five batches of Mystic Essence Pills, and cultivated during the journey.
• The Thick-Winged Bird endured strong winds but eventually carried Xiao Yu safely to Desert City after seven or eight days.

Xiao Yu traveled into the southern Tagor Desert to train, breaking through to Four-Star Dou Ling and mastering several fusions of his Origin Flames and Divine Thunders. He left the desert with new techniques, including Illusory World Thunderflame, Heart Puppet Thunder Flame, and Extreme Cinder Annihilation.

• Xiao Yu bought water, a desert guide, and a map in Desert City, then set out for the Tagor Desert.
• After traveling south for several days, Xiao Yu reached the sparsely populated southern desert and began training at a campsite.
• Xiao Yu refined three Mystic Essence Pills, then used one to break through to Four-Star Dou Ling a month later.
• Xiao Yu practiced fusing Blue-Silver Cold Lightning with extreme-breaking ice flame, eventually performing the fusion with far less power than a forced fusion required.
• Xiao Yu fused Myriad Transformation Flame and Returning-to-Truth Lightning into Illusory World Thunderflame, which created a brief, controllable world.
• Xiao Yu named his other new fusions Heart Puppet Thunder Flame and Extreme Cinder Annihilation.

After Queen Medusa learned of dangerous phenomena in the southern desert, she flew there to investigate, while Xiao Yu pushed his cultivation toward Dou Wang. Xiao Yu’s breakthrough reached a critical point, and a golden flame wing and a black-and-white lightning wing emerged from his back.

• Xiao Yu advanced to Nine-Star Dou Ling with Mystic Essence Pills, but his body developed resistance to them.
• Yin Shi reported the powerful, color-changing energy in the southern desert to Queen Medusa, explaining that even he could not safely approach it.
• Queen Medusa decided to investigate the phenomena herself, using the excursion to think over the perilous choice facing her and the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yu absorbed fire and lightning energy to advance from Dou Ling to Dou Wang, drawing on the lightning herbs and stones he had prepared.
• Xiao Yu’s Dou Crystal changed as his breakthrough reached its critical point, and a golden flame wing and a black-and-white lightning wing sprouted from his back.

Xiao Yu awakened Golden Light Dao Flame and Five Qi Thunder, strengthening his offense, defense, and foundation before flying north toward the Imperial Capital. In the desert, he encountered Queen Medusa, who pursued him after sensing unusual energy and seeing a human Dou Wang.

• Xiao Yu learned that Golden Light Dao Flame balanced offense and defense, while Five Qi Thunder could purify his origin and strengthen his foundation.
• Xiao Yu assessed his new power, resolved to protect the Xiao Clan from the Misty Cloud Sect, and left his camp disguised as the mysterious Alchemist.
• Xiao Yu flew north toward the Imperial Capital, exhilarated by his first experience soaring through the sky.
• Queen Medusa traveled through the desert, resolved to lead the Snake-People Tribe to a better home and use a heavenly flame to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa sensed unusual fire and lightning energy in the southern desert and pursued Xiao Yu, whom she recognized as a human Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yu looked back, saw Queen Medusa chasing him, and exclaimed in shock at her identity.

Xiao Yu tried to flee after Queen Medusa tracked him down over strange phenomena in the Tagor Desert, but she trapped him and demanded to know what caused them. When Xiao Yu refused to reveal his secrets, they fought, and neither gained the upper hand.

• Xiao Yu accelerated away from Queen Medusa, but she caught up and used Ten-Thousand Snake Prison to trap him.
• Queen Medusa questioned Xiao Yu about the strange phenomena, and he refused to explain his involvement.
• Xiao Yu broke the snake cage with his Extreme-Breaking Ice Flame and Blue-Silver Cold Lightning, confirming Queen Medusa's suspicions.
• Queen Medusa attacked Xiao Yu, and they exchanged powerful blows in the sky.
• Xiao Yu and Queen Medusa continued fighting across the desert without either gaining the advantage.

Xiao Yu fought Queen Medusa with powerful techniques, then used an illusory world to escape. After breaking free, Medusa discovered that the thunderflame fragments stirred a powerful longing in her bloodline and could help her evolve.

• Queen Medusa intensified her attacks, and Xiao Yu warned that killing him would come at a devastating price.
• Medusa fired a powerful energy arrow, which Xiao Yu countered with his ice-blue thunderflame greatsword.
• Xiao Yu created the Illusory World Thunderflame, trapping Medusa in a false world while he fled west.
• Medusa shattered the illusory world and caught fragments of Xiao Yu’s thunderflame.
• Medusa sensed that the Myriad Transformation Flame and Returning-to-Truth Lightning could strengthen her bloodline and help her break through to Dou Zong.

Xiao Yu arrived at Jia Ma Holy City to obtain an Alchemist Badge and exchange medicinal ingredients. He entered the Alchemist Guild and was directed to its reception counter to begin the examination process.

• Xiao Yu flew from the Tagor Desert toward the Imperial Capital, planning to gather ingredients and learn more about medicinal properties.
• Xiao Yu reached Jia Ma Holy City on foot, paid the entry tax, and stayed overnight at an inn.
• Xiao Yu asked a passerby for directions and found the Alchemist Guild the next morning.
• A guard asked Xiao Yu for a badge or recommendation letter, and Xiao Yu demonstrated a solidified Dou Qi flame.
• The guard admitted Xiao Yu and told him to speak with an attendant at the reception counter.

Xiao Yu entered the Alchemist Guild to take the Alchemist examination and successfully passed the First-Rank test. The chapter left him preparing to attempt the Second-Rank examination.

• A receptionist escorted Xiao Yu to the Examination Hall after he asked to take the Alchemist examination.
• The Third-Rank Alchemist on duty assumed Xiao Yu was low-ranking and explained the First-Rank examination procedure.
• Xiao Yu selected a Power Accumulation Pill formula and refined the pill in a few minutes.
• The examiner inspected Xiao Yu’s exceptionally pure pill and confirmed that he had passed the First-Rank examination.
• Xiao Yu asked to take the Second-Rank examination, and the examiner agreed.

Xiao Yu demonstrated his alchemy skill by refining a high-quality second-grade Pulse-Protecting Pill, prompting the Alchemist Guild’s vice president, Chemir, to take over his assessment. Xiao Yu requested a sixth-grade assessment, and Chemir left to notify the guild president and arrange it.

• Xiao Yu refined a second-grade Pulse-Protecting Pill using flames formed from his Dou Qi, startling the supervising old man into leaving to fetch a higher-grade alchemist.
• Chemir arrived, inspected Xiao Yu’s finished pill, and praised its exceptional quality.
• Xiao Yu asked to skip the third-grade assessment and proceed directly to the fourth-grade assessment, and Chemir agreed.
• Xiao Yu then asked to skip the fourth- and fifth-grade assessments and take the sixth-grade assessment directly.
• Chemir warned Xiao Yu about the consequences of requesting an assessment beyond his abilities, then agreed to notify the guild president and arrange it.

Xiao Yu arranged to take the Alchemist Guild’s sixth-grade examination, and Fa Ma provided the ingredients and pill formula. News drew Jia Ma Empire’s major powers to the guild, where they gathered to watch Xiao Yu’s refinement and assess the possibility of a new sixth-grade alchemist.

• Fa Ma agreed to let Xiao Yu take the sixth-grade examination and went to retrieve its ingredients and pill formula.
• With Fa Ma’s approval, news of the examination spread, bringing Jia Xingtian, Gu He, Yun Yun, and other major figures toward the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Yu gave Fa Ma the surname Zhou, accepted the examination materials, and entered the sealed pill-refining chamber.
• Fa Ma and Chemir activated a formation to project the chamber’s interior as Jia Xingtian arrived.
• Gu He and Yun Yun arrived, followed by Nalan Su, Mu Chen, and Mittel Tengshan, and the gathered powers watched the projection.

Xiao Yu studied Fa Ma’s Nine Lotus Pill formula for three hours before beginning the sixth-grade refinement with his extreme-breaking ice flame. The flame’s strange mix of cold and heat led Fa Ma and Gu He to believe it was a heavenly flame, leaving the observers eager to recruit Xiao Yu.

• Xiao Yu carefully revised and memorized the Nine Lotus Pill formula before starting the assessment.
• Fa Ma explained to Jia Xingtian that studying an unfamiliar formula was proper preparation, and Gu He agreed.
• Xiao Yu took one set of ingredients and began refining the pill in a Four-Mouth Cauldron using his extreme-breaking ice flame.
• Xiao Yu extracted the millennium snow lotus into medicinal essence and moved on to the next ingredient.
• Fa Ma and Gu He sensed both freezing cold and scorching heat from the chamber and concluded that Xiao Yu’s flame might be a heavenly flame.
• Gu He said Xiao Yu could become a seventh-grade Alchemist, prompting the observers to consider their own plans for him.

Xiao Yu refined a high-quality sixth-grade Nine Lotus Pill and passed the examination to become a sixth-rank alchemist. After Fa Ma introduced him to Jia Ma Empire’s leaders, he offered Xiao Yu the Alchemist Guild’s highest elder privileges and the chance to become its president.

• Xiao Yu used the Origin Flame to extract the nine lotus essences and fuse them into a Nine Lotus Pill overnight.
• Xiao Yu emerged from the refining chamber with the completed pill as energy lotuses swirled around him.
• Fa Ma and Gu He examined the pill and praised its exceptional quality.
• Fa Ma announced that Xiao Yu had passed the examination and officially become a sixth-rank alchemist.
• Fa Ma introduced Xiao Yu to Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, Gu He, Nalan Su, Mu Chen, and Mittel Tengshan.
• Fa Ma offered Xiao Yu the Alchemist Guild’s highest elder privileges and proposed that he become president of the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Yu declined Fa Ma’s offer to become Alchemist Guild president but accepted an honorary elder position that would preserve his freedom. After the other factions departed, he asked Fa Ma for a Third-Rank Alchemist badge for his disciple, concealing that he wanted it for his own original identity.

• Fa Ma offered Xiao Yu the Alchemist Guild presidency, but Xiao Yu refused because he wanted to remain free of factional duties.
• Fa Ma offered Xiao Yu an honorary elder position with access to the guild’s resources and a discount on ingredients, and Xiao Yu accepted.
• Fa Ma gave Xiao Yu a sixth-rank badge and white alchemist robes, then arranged a celebratory banquet for three days later.
• Jia Xingtian, the family representatives, Yun Yun, and Gu He took their leave after inviting themselves to the banquet.
• Xiao Yu asked Fa Ma for a Third-Rank Alchemist badge for his disciple, and Fa Ma agreed to provide one.

After earning rewards from the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Yu visited the Mittel Auction House to seek cultivation resources and unexpectedly saw Ya Fei again. The chapter ended as he recognized her and called her “Sister Ya Fei.”

• Fa Ma showed Xiao Yu around the Alchemist Guild, and Xiao Yu kept the rewards he had received after his assessment.
• Xiao Yu decided to seek a Dou Ling Pill and cultivation treasures to prepare for Yun Shan and Protector Wu.
• Xiao Yu entered the Mittel Auction House and found that its public displays held nothing useful to him.
• Xiao Yu saw Ya Fei greeting people in the auction house and called out to her as “Sister Ya Fei.”