Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan accepted Jia Xing Tian’s granddaughters Yao Ye and Yaoyue as maidservants and brought them to his residence. He left them there, and Yaoyue excitedly imagined learning from the powerful alchemist.

• Jia Xing Tian offered Yao Ye and Yaoyue to Fang Yuan as maidservants.
• Fang Yuan accepted the sisters after meeting them and led them away through a spatial rift.
• Fang Yuan brought Yao Ye and Yaoyue to his pavilion and assigned them separate rooms.
• After Fang Yuan left, Yaoyue marveled at his abilities, while Yao Ye mentioned his reputation as an eighth-grade alchemy grandmaster.
• Yaoyue hoped Fang Yuan would guide her so she could surpass Liu Ling.

Fang Yuan spent more than half a year cultivating while reshaping the Jia Ma Empire’s power structure. The chapter leaves Xiao Yan managing Fang Yuan’s affairs and leading the empire’s alchemists, while Yun Shan and two other powerful figures serve under Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan subdued Yun Shan, who swore that the Misty Cloud Sect would serve him, and Fang Yuan removed the hidden danger Wu Protector had left in Yun Shan’s body.
• Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong used the Sect Breaking Pill to reach one-star Dou Zong and consolidate their cultivation.
• Fang Yuan demonstrated his alchemy by refining an eighth-grade, three-colored Pill to Break Dou Zun before the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemists, gathering them under his banner.
• Fang Yuan handed daily management to Xiao Yan, whose cultivation reached eight-star Dou Huang and whose alchemy advanced to low seventh grade.
• Xiao Yan’s seventh-grade pill demonstrations earned the confidence of Pill King Gu He, Fama, and the other alchemists, who began seeking his guidance.

Fang Yuan estimated that the Hall of Souls would need at least half a year to send a Heavenly Venerable after him, then returned to his bedroom and spent time with Yao Ye, Ya Fei, and Shen Yunyou. A passage recounted Xiao Yi Xian’s tragic transformation into the Heavenly Poison Woman and her rise to power in the Chu Yun Empire.

• Fang Yuan reasoned that Wu Protector would need to seek help from the Hall of Souls and that Blood River was the likeliest Heavenly Venerable to be dispatched.
• Fang Yuan returned through a spatial rift, and Yao Ye, Ya Fei, and Shen Yunyou welcomed him.
• Fang Yuan noted that Ya Fei had reached one-star Dou Master, Yao Ye had reached two-star Dou Ling, and Shen Yunyou had reached five-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yi Xian lived with a kind elderly couple in the Chu Yun Empire until her Calamity Poison Body killed them, turning her hair white and changing her into the cold Heavenly Poison Woman.
• Xiao Yi Xian advanced to four-star Dou Zong, founded the Poison Sect, conquered the Chu Yun Empire, and continued visiting the valley where the couple was buried.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Yan when he came to the valley to cultivate and resolved never to return there.

After months of cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian had reached the peak Dou Zong realm. Fang Yuan sensed a Hall of Souls presence in the Chu Yun Empire and arrived to confront Blood River Celestial Venerable, who had slaughtered the capital’s inhabitants.

• Yaoyue advanced to the eight-star Dou Master realm and learned to refine fourth-tier medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated to the peak Dou Zong realm using poisonous materials Fang Yuan provided.
• Fang Yuan sensed an evil aura from the Chu Yun Empire and used Spatial Shuttle to reach its imperial capital.
• Blood River Celestial Venerable revealed that he had drained the capital’s people of their flesh essence and Soul Origin, then confronted Fang Yuan.
• Fang Yuan called Blood River Celestial Venerable ugly and knocked him to the ground with an energy palm seal.

Fang Yuan defeated Blood River Celestial Venerable and forced him to surrender his resources and Storage Ring. The rest of the chapter recounted Xiao Yi Xian’s history and Medusa’s character and past.

• Fang Yuan burned Blood River Celestial Venerable with a Five-grade Dao Lotus and left him badly wounded.
• Fang Yuan demanded Blood River Celestial Venerable’s flesh essence, Soul Origin, and Storage Ring, and Blood River handed them over.
• The chapter recounted how Xiao Yi Xian supported Xiao Yan, grew stronger, and eventually returned to practicing medicine before living with him in Wutan City.
• The chapter described Medusa’s pride, ruthlessness, devotion to her people, and later gentler temperament after giving birth to Xiao Xiao.

Fang Yuan interrogated Blood River Celestial Venerable and offered terms to let the Hall of Souls establish a branch in the Northwest Continent. The chapter then recounted Medusa’s history and evolution, ending with her soul and the Sky Swallowing Python’s soul beginning to fuse as Xiao Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Fang Yuan learned that Gu You had sent Blood River Celestial Venerable to capture him under Bone Nether Saint’s orders.
• Fang Yuan pointed out that Blood River Celestial Venerable had withheld some of his wealth and pressed him to negotiate.
• Fang Yuan offered to let the Hall of Souls secretly establish a branch in the Northwest Continent and promised compensation for Blood River Celestial Venerable’s losses.
• Medusa evolved from the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s companion soul into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and later the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Medusa and the Sky Swallowing Python’s souls slowly fused under the Fallen Heart Flame while Xiao Yan advanced to Dou Wang and refined the flame.

Fang Yuan offered Blood River Celestial Venerable information about the Xiao Family and the Tou She Ancient God Jade in exchange for a ninth-tier treasure pill, but Blood River instead invited him to join the Hall of Souls. The chapter also recounted Medusa’s complicated relationship with Xiao Yan and ended with her raising their daughter, Xiao Xiao, while the Flame Alliance grew into a major power.

• Fang Yuan told Blood River Celestial Venerable that the Tou She Ancient God Jade had fallen into the Ancient Clan’s hands and that the Xiao Family was under his control.
• Fang Yuan offered to hand over the Xiao Family, including his disciple Xiao Yan, for a ninth-tier treasure pill, but Blood River refused the price and offered to introduce him to the Hall of Souls.
• Medusa stayed with Xiao Yan after her soul fused with the Heaven Swallowing Python’s, gradually setting aside her hostility and helping him through conflicts and battles.
• Medusa returned with Xiao Yan to the Snake People, where the four Great Elders learned she was pregnant; Xiao Yan promised to provide a pill to nourish their child.
• After Xiao Yan left for the Central Continent, Medusa protected the Flame Alliance and the Snake People, and over the next five or six years she helped the alliance rise among the Northwest Continent’s strongest factions and gave birth to Xiao Xiao.

Fang Yuan refused to join the Hall of Souls and was ambushed by the Bone Emperor Saint, who drained his life force and tried to seize his escaping Soul Body. The Demon God Simulator offered Fang Yuan its one-time save-point resurrection, and he activated it.

• Fang Yuan rejected the Hall of Souls' offer, saying the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would not get involved with the Soul Clan.
• The Bone Emperor Saint stabbed Fang Yuan with the Bone Emperor Blade, restraining him and draining his blood essence and Dou Qi.
• After sensing Fang Yuan's life force run dry, the Bone Emperor Saint tried to capture his escaping Soul Body.
• The Demon God Simulator offered Fang Yuan its one-time save-point resurrection, and he activated it.

Fang Yuan reincarnated to the moment he first crossed from Earth to the Dou Qi Continent, retaining his cultivation and gaining a fifth-rank fire-element wizard aptitude. The chapter then recounted Xun Er’s history with Xiao Yan, ending with her declaring her love for him at an Ancient Clan elders’ meeting.

• Fang Yuan awakened in the River of Time and returned to his arrival on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Fang Yuan assessed his restored body and found he had Early Spirit Realm Soul Power, one-star Dou Zong cultivation, and fifth-rank fire-element wizard aptitude.
• Xun Er grew close to Xiao Yan while living with the Xiao Family and supported him through his early struggles and departure for Jia Nan Academy.
• Xun Er fought alongside Xiao Yan at Jia Nan Academy, helped build Pan Gate, and eventually returned to the Ancient Clan when ordered.
• Xun Er later defied her clan to rescue Xiao Yan in Ye City, then returned to the Ancient Clan to awaken her bloodline.
• Xun Er declared her love for Xiao Yan at an elders’ meeting, prompting Ancient Clan geniuses who admired her to see him as a rival.

Fang Yuan reflected on his previous life's recklessness before approaching Xiao Zhan and Tian Qi, who agreed to let him take Xiao Yan as his disciple. The rest recounted Xun Er's life alongside Xiao Yan, from their early trials in the Dou Qi Continent to their family and battles in the Great Thousand World.

• Fang Yuan recalled how his attack on a Hall of Souls branch had drawn Bone Emperor's attention and nearly cost him his life.
• Fang Yuan approached Xiao Zhan and Tian Qi, and they accepted his request to become Xiao Yan's master after learning his strength and alchemy rank.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yan entered Xiao Xuan's tomb mansion, where Xun Er gave up some of her Gu Clan Bloodline to help fuse Xiao Yan's bloodlines.
• Xun Er supported Xiao Yan through battles involving the Soul Clan and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then returned to the Ancient Clan after the Yao Clan's destruction and the theft of the Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Xiao Yan promised Xun Er and Medusa a wedding after the battle at the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, then kept that promise and later had a son with Xun Er.
• Xun Er and Medusa defended the Endless Fire Domain during the war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and later attended Mu Chen and Luo Li's wedding with Xiao Yan.

Fang Yuan made Xiao Yan his disciple, took the Bone Flame Ring, and tried to awaken Old Yao so he could negotiate for the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. The chapter ends with Old Yao emerging from the ring, while a lengthy account recounts Qing Lin's past and abilities.

• After Tian Qi recovered from Fang Yuan's Restoration Pill, Xiao Yan eagerly accepted Fang Yuan as his master.
• Fang Yuan took the Bone Flame Ring and planned to spare Old Yao if he willingly surrendered the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Fang Yuan left Xiao Yan in a hidden cave, set up spatial formations, and tried to erase the ring's soul imprint.
• Old Yao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring and questioned why Fang Yuan was making things difficult for him.
• The chapter recounted Qing Lin's mistreatment, her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and her journey to find Xiao Yan.

Fang Yuan overpowered Old Yao and demanded his Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Old Yao abandoned his attempt to detonate the Heavenly Flame to stay alive. The chapter then recounted Qing Lin’s rise and role in Xiao Yan’s battles before describing Ya Fei’s character, business skills, and position in the Mittel Family.

• Fang Yuan asked Old Yao for his Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Old Yao suspected him of working for the Hall of Souls.
• Fang Yuan overwhelmed Old Yao with his soul power, and Old Yao gave up detonating the Heavenly Flame to preserve his life.
• Qing Lin captured powerful magical beasts, encountered the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, and eventually joined Xiao Yan after meeting him in the ancient ruins.
• Qing Lin aided Xiao Yan and his allies in several battles, later reaching One-star Dou Saint and gaining a high position in the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Ya Fei was described as a shrewd, seductive auctioneer who became the clan leader of the Mittel Family despite her limited talent for cultivation.

Fang Yuan took the Bone Spirit Cold Flame source from Old Yao, sealed it, and headed for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave. The rest of the chapter recounted Ya Fei's history with Xiao Yan and her rise to power in the Mittel Family and Flame Alliance.

• Fang Yuan used his soul power to stop Old Yao from self-destructing and drew the Bone Spirit Cold Flame source from his body.
• Fang Yuan returned Old Yao's Soul Body to the Bone Flame Ring, sealed the ring, and secured the flame in a Spirit Collecting Jar.
• Fang Yuan set out for the nearby cave where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King lived.
• Ya Fei befriended Xiao Yan, helped him and the Xiao Family, and later became the Mittel Family's patriarch and a key supporter of the Flame Alliance.
• Ya Fei defended the Mittel Family from Misty Cloud Sect's attack until Xiao Yan arrived and helped defeat the attackers.

Fang Yuan ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and his son to gather ingredients and magic cores, then left Xiao Yan supplies and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid before abandoning him to fend for himself. The chapter also recounted Yun Yun’s history with Xiao Yan and the fall of the Misty Cloud Sect, ending with Wu Protector devouring Yun Shan’s and the elders’ souls.

• Fang Yuan ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and his son to gather medicinal ingredients and magic cores, especially materials for the Blood Lotus Pill.
• Fang Yuan left Xiao Yan food, water, necessities, and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, then prepared to leave him alone.
• Yun Yun rescued and cared for Xiao Yan in the Monster Mountain Range, grew attached to him, and later let him leave with the Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Yun clashed with Xiao Yan after Yun Shan attacked the Xiao Family, and Yun Shan stripped her of her sect leadership and imprisoned her.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Misty Cloud Sect on his return, defeated Gu He, and killed Yun Shan after learning of his role in Xiao Zhan’s disappearance.
• Wu Protector devoured Yun Shan’s soul and the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect elders who had accepted the Hall of Souls’ help.

Huang Xuan awakened in the Demon Phoenix Space after experiencing a dream that seemed to fuse his will with another person's and leave him feeling younger. The dream recounted Yun Yun's journey in the Flower Sect and Zi Yan's rise to Dragon Emperor.

• Huang Xuan woke in the Demon Phoenix Space and recalled the chaos that had preceded his unconsciousness.
• Huang Xuan remembered a long dream so vividly that he felt his personality and will had changed.
• The dream described how Yun Yun joined the Flower Sect, inherited Hua Yu's power, and became its leader with Xiao Yan's help.
• Yun Yun grew stronger, allied with Xiao Yan against the Heavenly Nether Sect, and later supported his campaign against the Hall of Souls.
• Zi Yan evolved into the Supreme Dragon Phoenix, united the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and became its Dragon Emperor.

Huang Xuan discovered that his Concept of Black could strengthen him by devouring extraordinary substances and resolved to seek his father’s help to change the Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan’s fate. The chapter then recounted Zi Yan’s origins, powers, and past adventures with Xiao Yan, ending with her traveling with him toward Jia Nan Academy for a cure to his Demon Poison Spot.

• Huang Xuan examined his secret Attribute Panel and learned that the Concept of Black could enhance his body and soul through devouring.
• Huang Xuan resolved to meet his clan leader father after learning that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan faced a future crisis.
• Zi Yan’s history was recounted, including her Royal Bloodline, her discovery by Su Qian, and her rise as a powerful Inner Academy student.
• Zi Yan aided Xiao Yan through the Black Corner Region conflict, joined Pan Gate, and later traveled with him across the Jia Ma Empire and beyond.
• Zi Yan advanced to the sixth tier but remained in a child’s body, then helped Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian defeat the Myriad Scorpion Gate.
• Zi Yan accompanied Xiao Yan back to Jia Nan Academy to seek a cure for his Demon Poison Spot and traded her help for medicinal herbs.

Huang Xuan asked his father, Huang Tian, to let him use the clan altar after claiming he had awakened an unprecedented bloodline talent. The Phoenix Saint worried that his awakening could threaten her son Jiu Feng’s position.

• Huang Xuan greeted Huang Tian and the Phoenix Saint in the golden hall.
• Huang Xuan told Huang Tian that he had awakened an unprecedented bloodline talent and asked to use the clan altar.
• Huang Tian agreed to take Huang Xuan to the altar without asking about his talent.
• The Phoenix Saint wondered whether Huang Xuan had truly awakened an extraordinary ability and feared for Jiu Feng.

Huang Xuan entered the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s ancestral soul space with Huang Tian, who opened a passage through the golden energy. The chapter then detailed Yao Chen’s abilities, cultivation history, Heavenly Flame, cauldron, techniques, and pills.

• Huang Xuan contrasted Jiu Feng’s exceptional talent with Feng Qing’er’s limited support in the clan.
• Huang Xuan followed Huang Tian into a golden space filled with the dispersed soul power of deceased Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.
• Huang Tian warned Huang Xuan about the dangerous ancestral soul power and opened a spatial passage.
• The account described Yao Chen’s alchemy and combat talents, his cultivation difficulties, and the origins and properties of his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Black Demon Cauldron.
• The account listed Yao Chen’s techniques and several pills, including their effects and ingredients.

Huang Tian led Huang Xuan to the clan’s remaining Demon Phoenix Blood Essence and warned him to absorb only what his body could handle. Huang Xuan faced the possibility that his lifespan would run out within a few thousand years if his claimed special racial talent did not help him.

• Huang Tian warned Huang Xuan that no Heavenly Demon Phoenix could absorb more Demon Phoenix Blood Essence than its limit allowed.
• Huang Tian led Huang Xuan through the spatial passage to a vast pool of bluish-red Demon Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Huang Xuan asked whether the pool held all the clan’s remaining essence, and Huang Tian confirmed that it did.
• Huang Tian hoped Huang Xuan had awakened a special racial talent, warning that otherwise his lifespan might run out within a few thousand years.

Huang Xuan immersed himself in a blood pool to absorb its golden energy, enduring severe pain as his body transformed. Two years later, the pool was nearly empty, and Huang Xuan had reached a new level of aura.

• Huang Xuan reassured Huang Tian and entered the blood pool.
• Golden energy surged into Huang Xuan's meridians, where the Concept of Black absorbed it while his body suffered intense pain.
• Golden crystals formed around Huang Xuan as the life force within him grew stronger and his bloodline energy became more violent.
• Huang Tian watched Huang Xuan's transformation and, after seeing no danger, sat nearby to wait.
• Two years later, the blood pool's golden energy was almost exhausted, and Huang Xuan's aura had reached a new level.