Chapter Summaries

The Dragon Phoenix slaughtered the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s vassals, reached the middle stage of nine-star Dou Sheng by devouring the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and returned to the Heavenly Phoenix Small World. His maternal grandfather summoned the Stone Emperor as he arrived.

• The Dragon Phoenix recovered from his wounds, absorbed seven Ancient Heavenly Phoenix elders, and broke through to early-stage nine-star Dou Sheng.
• He hunted the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s subordinate races, devouring nearly all of them and bringing chaos to the Beast Region.
• The Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python confronted him, but he gravely wounded and devoured it.
• After fully absorbing the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, he reached the middle stage of nine-star Dou Sheng and stored some of its blood essence and other resources in his inheritance in the Northwest Continent.
• He returned to the Heavenly Phoenix Small World, where his maternal grandfather invoked the Stone Emperor.

After devouring his Ancient Heavenly Phoenix maternal grandfather, the Dragon Phoenix battled the Stone Clan's Dou Di for three days and forced him to flee. Years later, the Dragon Phoenix pursued greater strength and set out to attack the Ancient Heavenly Snakes.

• The Dragon Phoenix killed and swallowed his Ancient Heavenly Phoenix maternal grandfather, then fought the Stone Clan's Dou Di to a standstill.
• The Dragon Phoenix battled the Stone Clan's Dou Di for three days, gained the upper hand, and tore off and swallowed one of his legs as he fled.
• After recovering, the Dragon Phoenix learned from Shi Huang that the Stone Realm had been sealed and chose to increase his cultivation rather than attack it.
• The Dragon Phoenix plundered resources across the Dou Qi Continent and entered seclusion, but found that the resources barely improved his cultivation.
• The Dragon Phoenix decided to target the Ancient Heavenly Snakes and left his cave to find them.

After devouring the Ancient Heavenly Snake King and absorbing lightning from the Void Lightning Pool, you advanced to late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. You learned Shi Huang had reached Eight-Star Dou Sheng, then attacked the Stone Realm, where the Stone Emperor called on the Stone Clan to offer everything to him.

• You mastered Shi Huang's Breath-Concealing Technique and used it to ambush the Ancient Heavenly Snake King, then arranged a small world where the surviving soul could rest.
• You returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and absorbed black devil lightning and nine profound golden lightning in the Void Lightning Pool.
• You broke through to late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng and encountered an infant nihility devouring flame, whose essence you briefly tried to merge into your beast flame.
• You reunited with Shi Huang and learned he had reached Eight-Star Dou Sheng after refusing to accept a Dou Di inheritance in full.
• You entered the Stone Realm, where the healed Stone Emperor confronted you and commanded the Stone Clan to offer everything to him.

You defeated the Stone Emperor by shattering his armor, but he detonated himself and the Stone Realm, leaving only your heart and a fading soul. Shi Huang built the Huang Clan and tried to save you, but your life ended five years after the battle.

• The Stone Emperor absorbed the bloodline power of the Stone Clan, but you shattered his armor and pierced him with your spatial power.
• The Stone Emperor detonated his body and the Stone Realm, destroying your body and leaving your heart carrying the last wisp of your soul.
• In Year 178, Shi Huang took your heart to his small world, Huang, where he had created the Huang Clan and raised his cultivation to Dou Di.
• In Year 180, you stopped Shi Huang from giving you half his Di essence, and he wept while holding your heart.
• In Year 185, Shi Huang placed your heart inside your statue and kowtowed three times as your consciousness faded.

After the deployment ended, Xiao Ce learned that the Stone Clan had vanished from the present and that the Huang Clan preserved his legacy alongside Huang Di. He chose the Dragon Phoenix Royal Bloodline as a deployment reward and weighed the remaining two options.

• Xiao Ce asked the Ninth Grade Golden Pill about the Stone Clan and realized it no longer existed in the present.
• The Ninth Grade Golden Pill described the Huang Clan’s history, its first Dou Di Huang Di, and the Dragon Phoenix honored as Huang Di’s elder brother.
• Xiao Ce learned that the Huang Clan still kept a statue of the Dragon Phoenix and that the clan remained allied with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Ce comforted the Ninth Grade Golden Pill and the Mysterious Yellow Flame before checking his deployment rewards.
• Xiao Ce chose the Dragon Phoenix Royal Bloodline and debated whether to take the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit or the Breath-Concealing Technique.

Xiao Ce chose the Dragon Phoenix Royal Bloodline and the Breath-Concealing Technique, then traveled with the Ninth Grade Golden Pill to a remote mountain range to fuse the bloodline. After a brutal transformation that drew in the energy of the entire Northwest Continent, he emerged as a Dragon Phoenix.

• Xiao Ce chose the Dragon Phoenix Royal Bloodline and Breath-Concealing Technique as his feedback rewards.
• Xiao Ce asked the Ninth Grade Golden Pill to take him somewhere secluded and energy-rich, while the Mysterious Yellow Flame stayed behind to watch the place.
• The Ninth Grade Golden Pill brought Xiao Ce to a mountain range in the core region of the Northwest Continent and concealed the area.
• Xiao Ce began fusing the bloodline, enduring a painful transformation as his body broke apart and the Ninth Grade Golden Pill watched helplessly.
• The fusion drew in the energy of the entire Northwest Continent, restoring Xiao Ce with stronger bones, flesh, and skin.
• Xiao Ce emerged with golden eyes, purple-gold dragon horns, and scarlet-golden wings, while his presence terrified the magical beasts around him.

After fusing with the Dragon Phoenix Royal Bloodline, Xiao Ce’s physique reached the sixth rank and his strength rivaled a Dou Huang’s. He returned to his stone chamber, planned to pursue resources and cultivation, and asked whether he could now absorb the Mysterious Yellow Flame.

• Xiao Ce tested his new strength by punching a cliff apart, then left with the Ninth Grade Golden Pill as powerful figures approached.
• Xiao Ce returned to the stone chamber and reassured the Mysterious Yellow Flame that he was safe.
• Xiao Ce planned to rely less on his companions, seek the Green Lotus Core Flame, improve his alchemy, and eventually deal with the Jia Lie Family, the Ao Ba Family, and the clan elders.
• Xiao Ce wondered whether his stronger physique would let him absorb the Mysterious Yellow Flame and asked how long it would take to digest its energy.

Xiao Ce abandoned the idea of absorbing the Mysterious Yellow Flame until he was stronger and trained in alchemy while cultivating in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After becoming a third-tier Alchemist, he packed his belongings and prepared to return to the Xiao Clan.

• The Mysterious Yellow Flame told Xiao Ce that absorbing it would take at least ten years, so Xiao Ce decided to wait until his cultivation improved.
• Xiao Ce used his Dragon Phoenix Flame and his avatar's Fire Control Technique to refine a finest-quality first-tier Body-Recovery Pill on his first attempt.
• Xiao Ce practiced his Dou Techniques, cultivated, and refined pills daily, reaching Three-Star Dou Master within a month.
• Xiao Ce successfully refined a third-tier Bone-Continuation Pill, becoming a third-tier Alchemist.
• Xiao Ce packed his belongings into the Gilded Ring and set off to return home after two months away.

Xiao Ce returned to the Xiao Clan and used a superior medicinal pill and overwhelming strength to resolve the clan’s crisis and force the elders to yield. Later, Xiao Yan asked him for advice about choosing between an evolving low-yellow-tier cultivation method and a fixed low-earth-tier one.

• Xiao Zhan told the elders that the Jia Lie Family’s improved Rejuvenation Powder was driving merchants away and threatening the Xiao Clan with bankruptcy.
• Xiao Ce presented the Body-Recovery Pill he had refined, and a test showed it was at least fifty percent more effective than Rejuvenation Powder.
• Xiao Ce sent the three elders flying with the force of a punch and warned them to resign, after which they admitted defeat.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Zhan that he had become an alchemist through a chance opportunity and left to speak with him privately later.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Ce, shared that he had advanced from the eighth stage of Dou Qi to Dou Zhe, and asked which of two cultivation methods he should choose.

Xiao Ce persuaded Xiao Yan that the Flame Mantra’s uncertain evolution and the danger of absorbing Heavenly Flames made it a poor choice. Xiao Yan chose an Earth Tier cultivation method instead, while Yao Lao received a summons from Xiao Ce.

• Xiao Ce explained to Xiao Yan how rare Heavenly Flames were and warned that the Flame Mantra might never evolve, leaving Xiao Yan’s cultivation stalled.
• Xiao Ce also warned that absorbing Heavenly Flames carried a deadly risk, and Xiao Yan decided against practicing the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence and asked Yao Lao whether Xiao Ce’s arguments were correct; Yao Lao agreed and explained that he had offered the Flame Mantra only because it might help resurrect him.
• Xiao Yan promised to seek another way to refine a body for Yao Lao, then accepted a Low Earth Tier cultivation method and began cultivating.
• Yao Lao received a soul transmission from Xiao Ce asking him to come talk.

Xiao Ce trapped Yao Lao and revealed knowledge of the Flame Mantra, claiming he had once competed with Tou She Ancient God for Origin Qi. He asked Yao Lao to stop Xiao Yan from cultivating the technique, train him fully in exchange for a future body, and trade away the Bone Spirit Cold Flame after the Three-Year Agreement.

• Yao Lao left Xiao Yan to recover and went to Xiao Ce's courtyard, where he was trapped by a barrier powered by Dou Sheng-level Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ce identified Yao Lao and told him not to let Xiao Yan cultivate the Flame Mantra, which he said was made for Heavenly Flames rather than humans.
• Xiao Ce demonstrated his knowledge of the Flame Mantra and claimed he had competed with Tou She Ancient God for the final portion of Origin Qi before reincarnating as Xiao Yan's third brother.
• Xiao Ce asked Yao Lao to train Xiao Yan without holding back and promised to refine him a body in the future; Yao Lao agreed.
• Xiao Ce offered Yao Lao a technique to repair his Soul Origin in exchange for the Bone Spirit Cold Flame after the Three-Year Agreement, and Yao Lao accepted the trade.

Xiao Ce cultivated while his Body-Recovery Pills restored the Xiao Family Market and his reputation as an alchemist reshaped the Xiao Clan. After surviving an assassination attempt in the market, he stopped Xiao Zhan from confronting the Jia Lie Family and went to their compound that night.

• Xiao Ce planned to seek allies and resources after Jia Nan Academy's recruitment, then spent nearly a month cultivating his Breath-Concealing Technique.
• Xiao Ce's Body-Recovery Pills revived the Xiao Family Market, while the Jia Lie Family's market languished and its members learned that Xiao Ce was the alchemist supplying the pills.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Ce a silver-white ring that could store Dou Sheng-level power and create a protective barrier.
• A Two-Star Great Dou Master and several Dou Shi attacked Xiao Ce in the market, but their strikes failed to hurt him, and Xiao Ce killed them with his Blazing Flame Sky-Splitting Palm.
• Xiao Ce comforted Xiao Xun'er and told Xiao Zhan about the attack; that night, he appeared atop the Jia Lie Family compound's wall in black robes.

After the Jia Lie Family was exterminated, Xiao Ce explained his role to Xiao Zhan and spent another month cultivating in the Xiao Clan. He declined to attend Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, then left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.

• Xiao Ce told Xiao Zhan that his reclusive master had exterminated the Jia Lie Family after learning of his injury.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Ce, and Xiao Xun'er brought him healing ointment.
• Xiao Ce advanced to Four-Star Dou Shi and cultivated the Breath-Concealing Technique to major accomplishment, while the Ninth Grade Golden Pill perfected it.
• Xiao Ce declined Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er's invitation to attend Jia Nan Academy, explaining that he needed to improve his strength before the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er passed Jia Nan Academy's recruitment, and Xiao Ce left the Xiao Clan after watching them from the air.
• The Ninth Grade Golden Pill opened a spatial passage, and Xiao Ce departed for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.

Xiao Ce arrived in Qingshan Town, bought Yellow Lotus Essence containing the Blood Lotus Essence, and met Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. After offering to teach her and recruit her to work for him, he revealed that she had the Woeful Poison Body and promised he could help her survive it.

• Xiao Ce entered Qingshan Town and used his spiritual power to punish mercenaries who eyed his valuables.
• Xiao Ce bought all the Yellow Lotus Essence at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and discovered that the case also contained Blood Lotus Essence.
• Xiao Yi Xian met Xiao Ce and took him to her room, where he gave her advice on alchemy.
• Xiao Ce offered to teach Xiao Yi Xian and have her work for him, then explained that her unusual constitution was the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Ce assured Xiao Yi Xian that her condition could be managed if she followed him, and she agreed to go with him.

Xiao Ce rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Mr. Yao, and the two secretly ensured he would not survive to threaten them. After Mu Li and his men attacked them, Xiao Ce wiped out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, leaving only a few mercenaries who were away.

• Xiao Yi Xian tried to resign from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, but Mr. Yao threatened to imprison her until Xiao Ce arrived and shattered his shoulder.
• Xiao Yi Xian pleaded for Mr. Yao's life, while Xiao Ce secretly planted a deadly fire thread in him and Xiao Yi Xian scattered poison in the room.
• Xiao Ce killed Mu Li when the Wolf Head Mercenary Group ambushed him and Xiao Yi Xian, then burned the fleeing mercenaries with snakes of fire.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Xiao Ce toward the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's base, and Xiao Ce revealed that he knew she had poisoned Mr. Yao and approved of her choice.
• Xiao Ce destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters with a giant palm of flame, killing Mu She and nearly all the group's members.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian found a hidden cave and claimed its treasures, including the Demonic Flame Remnant Map, before setting out for the Tagor Desert. Meanwhile, Queen Medusa discovered a sealed blood-red sphere that seemed to promise a powerful bloodline evolution, but her attempt to break its seal failed.

• Xiao Ce led Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden cave near the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's herb-gathering grounds and forced open its entrance and stone door.
• Xiao Ce took the Flying Dou Technique and Demonic Flame Remnant Map, then gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Scripture and Soundwave Dou Technique.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian left the cave, and Xiao Ce said they were going to the Tagor Desert.
• A Snake-Person told Queen Medusa that her people had found a sealed underground chamber whose contents stirred stronger yearning in Snake-People with purer bloodlines.
• Queen Medusa found a blood-red sphere in the chamber and struck its seal with Dou Qi, but failed to damage it and concluded she needed to reach Dou Zong or obtain powerful outside help.

Xiao Ce followed the mysterious yellow flame’s guidance into the Tagor Desert to find the green lotus core flame, leaving the exhausted Xiao Yi Xian behind before approaching a cave guarded by the Snake-People Tribe. He ambushed Commander Yue Mei and fought the guards, while Queen Medusa sensed an intruder below in the Magma World.

• The mysterious yellow flame sensed the green lotus core flame in the Tagor Desert and guided Xiao Ce toward it.
• After Xiao Yi Xian became too exhausted to continue, Xiao Ce left her food and water inside a protective Dou Qi barrier and went on alone.
• Xiao Ce found Snake-People guards posted at a cave and suspected Queen Medusa was inside.
• Xiao Ce concealed his presence, struck Commander Yue Mei from behind, and charged at the guards when they attacked together.
• Queen Medusa raised her head in the Magma World and sensed that someone had arrived.

Xiao Ce battled Medusa after defeating her Snake-People guards, but their close-range fight ended with Medusa badly injuring him. The Ninth Grade Golden Pill intervened before Medusa could deliver a finishing blow.

• Medusa decided to leave the magma cavern and eliminate the unfamiliar intruder before seeking the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ce used the Flowing Wind Shadow-Stealing Step and Blazing Flame Sky-Splitting Palm to defeat three Dou Ling guards, then evaded Medusa's surprise attack.
• Medusa attacked Xiao Ce with venomous snakes, but he destroyed them with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and closed in to fight her hand to hand.
• Xiao Ce bit Medusa's exposed weak point, prompting her to strike him twice and send him flying with ruptured internal organs.
• The Three Thousand Star Body healed Xiao Ce, and the Ninth Grade Golden Pill blocked Medusa's next attack before it reached him.

Xiao Ce subdued Queen Medusa, discovered essence blood in her Storage Ring that carried a restriction he had placed, and struck a deal to help her evolve with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in exchange for its origin. After Medusa and her guards left, he turned to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame hidden in the pit.

• The Ninth Grade Golden Pill suppressed Medusa, and Xiao Ce searched her Storage Ring, taking more than a hundred bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Spring and finding a sealed sphere of essence blood.
• Xiao Ce recognized the sphere as essence blood connected to a restriction his clone had placed and demanded that Medusa reveal where she found it.
• Xiao Ce offered to use the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to improve Medusa's chances of evolving through Heavenly Flames, and Medusa accepted his deal.
• Xiao Ce sent a wisp of Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into Medusa and told her to return to the Snake-People Tribe with her guards.
• Medusa and the guards carried away Yue Mei and the three Dou Ling guards, and Xiao Ce turned toward the pit containing the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Ce descended into the magma with Mysterious Yellow Flame and seized the Green Lotus Core Flame’s flame seed. He planned to collect its companion treasures and absorb the flame after leaving the pit, hoping the gains would soon help him advance to Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Ce confirmed the pit held the Green Lotus Core Flame when a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged from the magma, then ordered Mysterious Yellow Flame to knock it unconscious.
• Xiao Ce left the snake alive because he planned to save it for Qing Lin, and Mysterious Yellow Flame carried him through the magma.
• Xiao Ce found the Green Lotus Core Flame on its green lotus and used Mysterious Yellow Flame to suppress it.
• Xiao Ce seized the Green Lotus Core Flame’s flame seed and planned to collect the Green Lotus Platform and earth fire lotus seeds before absorbing the flame.