Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan rescued the Purple-clothed Woman from Maple Leaf City and tried to leave her behind, but she followed him back. When three Dou Zongs cornered them, Chen Xuan faced the young man who had competed with him at the auction, and the young man demanded both Chen Xuan's belongings and the Purple-clothed Woman.

• Chen Xuan used a Teleportation Jade Talisman to take the Purple-clothed Woman outside Maple Leaf City, then revealed that he was a magical beast and let her go.
• Chen Xuan gave the Purple-clothed Woman three Breath-concealing Pills and tried to dissuade her from following him to Blazing Flame Valley, but she kept pursuing him.
• Chen Xuan flew ahead to shake off the Purple-clothed Woman, then continued toward Maple Leaf City to use its wormhole to travel to Blazing Flame Valley.
• The Purple-clothed Woman caught up to Chen Xuan while fleeing three Dou Zongs, and she hid behind him when they arrived.
• The young man who had competed with Chen Xuan at the auction recognized him and demanded the Purple-clothed Woman as well as Chen Xuan's possessions.

Chen Xuan overwhelmed Xue Yang and two five-star Dou Zong elders who attacked him for his belongings, then captured them alive. He planned to devour their power to advance, while Xue Yang’s threat of Glacier Valley failed to deter him.

• Xue Yang ordered the two elders to attack Chen Xuan and seize his belongings, while the Purple-clothed Woman urged Chen Xuan to flee.
• Chen Xuan unleashed his hidden power and used the Emperor Spear Art to shatter all three attacks and injure Xue Yang and the elders.
• Chen Xuan revealed that he intended to devour the three Dou Zongs’ power to reach four-star Dou Zong.
• Xue Yang and the elders fled in different directions, but Chen Xuan used his Wind Thunder Wings to catch and capture them.
• Xue Yang threatened Chen Xuan with Glacier Valley and his grandfather’s status as its Third Elder, but Chen Xuan dismissed the threat and said Xue Yang would die.

Chen Xuan killed Xue Yang and the other two Glacier Valley experts, devoured them, and reached Four-star Dou Zong. He learned why Mei Ling'er had fled her clan, agreed to let her follow him, and traveled with her to Tuyang City to seek a way into Blazing Flame Valley.

• Xue Yang used a Blood Curse to warn his grandfather, but Chen Xuan took him and the other two to a secluded valley and devoured them, raising his strength to Four-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan learned that Mei Ling'er had fled the Charm Snake Race after her patriarch agreed to give her to an elder of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python, and he allowed her to stay with him.
• Chen Xuan and Mei Ling'er traveled through Maple Leaf City's spatial wormhole to Tuyang City, where Chen Xuan decided to join Blazing Flame Valley.
• Chen Xuan planned to contact Chi Huo, an elder of Blazing Flame Valley in Tuyang City.

Chen Xuan brought Mei Ling'er to Qianmo Workshop in Tuyang City to ask Elder Chihuo for a recommendation to become a Guest Elder of Blazing Flame Valley. Chihuo doubted that the young stranger could meet the required alchemist rank, and Chen Xuan had yet to prove himself.

• Chen Xuan led Mei Ling'er through Tuyang City toward Qianmo Workshop, a Blazing Flame Valley property where Elder Chihuo had recently arrived.
• Chen Xuan asked a suspicious attendant to summon Chihuo, then waited while Mei Ling'er massaged his shoulders.
• Elder Chihuo came to meet Chen Xuan and demanded to know why he had been summoned.
• Chen Xuan said he was an alchemist and asked Chihuo to recommend him as a Guest Elder of Blazing Flame Valley.
• Chihuo doubted Chen Xuan was even an eighth-tier alchemist and compared him with Xiao Yan, whose recent pill refinement had impressed the Valley's members.

Chen Xuan claimed to be an eighth-grade alchemist and proved his strength to Elder Chihuo, who agreed to report his request to join Blazing Flame Valley as a Guest Elder. The Valley Master was surprised by the offer and decided to meet Chen Xuan.

• Chen Xuan told Elder Chihuo that he was an eighth-grade alchemist, and Elder Chihuo challenged him to prove it.
• Chen Xuan revealed that he was a twenty-year-old Four-star Dou Zong, then released his cultivation aura and powerful soul pressure in the hall.
• Elder Chihuo accepted Chen Xuan's claim and respectfully invited him to wait at Qianmo Workshop while he sought the Valley Master's approval.
• Elder Chihuo reported Chen Xuan's request to the Valley Master of Blazing Flame Valley, who decided to meet him in person.

Xue Hai ordered his people to search Tuyang City for his grandson's killer while avoiding conflict with Blazing Flame Valley. Elder Chihuo brought Chen Xuan and Mei Ling'er into Blazing Flame Valley, where the disciples were astonished by Chen Xuan's apparent youth and strength.

• Xue Hai learned that Xue Yang's killer might be in Tuyang City and sent men to find him without confronting Blazing Flame Valley.
• Elder Chihuo took Chen Xuan and Mei Ling'er by flying beast toward Blazing Flame Valley in the Moxibustion Volcano Range.
• Elder Chihuo explained that the range's abundant fire-attributed energy was violent and could affect cultivators' minds.
• Elder Chihuo opened Blazing Flame Valley's sturdy spatial barrier with a crimson jade token and led Chen Xuan and Mei Ling'er inside.
• Blazing Flame Valley disciples saw Chen Xuan flying through the air and wondered at his youthful appearance and Dou Zong strength.

Chen Xuan entered Blazing Flame Valley’s hall with Mei Ling’er and faced doubts about his age, strength, and claim to be a Grade 8 alchemist. He offered to prove his skill by refining a Saint Origin Pill if Tang Zhen supplied the ingredients, leaving the valley’s leaders stunned by the formula he possessed.

• Elder Chihuo brought Chen Xuan to Tang Zhen, and Chen Xuan entered the hall holding Mei Ling’er’s hand.
• Tang Zhen confirmed that Chen Xuan was a Four-star Dou Zong, shocking Blazing Flame Valley’s senior members.
• When Tang Zhen questioned whether Chen Xuan was a Grade 8 alchemist, Chen Xuan released his powerful soul force, though the woman in red still demanded an on-the-spot demonstration.
• Chen Xuan said he could refine a Grade 8 pill if Tang Zhen provided the ingredients and offered to let Tang Zhen keep the result.
• Chen Xuan named the Saint Origin Pill as his intended formula, and Tang Zhen and the elders reacted with shock.

Chen Xuan explained to Tang Zhen why he sought refuge in Blazing Flame Valley and offered to refine Saint Origin Pills in exchange for a place as a Guest Elder. After ten days, he prepared to begin refining them before the valley’s leaders and disciples.

• Tang Zhen questioned Chen Xuan about his origins, and Chen Xuan claimed he came from the Northwest Continent and had offended Glacier Valley.
• Chen Xuan said he had killed an alchemist from the Baolai Merchant Association and taken the Saint Origin Pill formula, persuading Tang Zhen to consider sheltering him.
• Chen Xuan asked Blazing Flame Valley to provide the rare herbs needed for the pills, and Tang Zhen agreed to gather them.
• After ten days, the herbs were ready, and Tang Zhen arranged a plaza for Chen Xuan to refine the pills while the valley’s leaders and disciples watched.
• Tang Huo'er compared Chen Xuan’s expected alchemy skills with Xiao Yan’s as Chen Xuan stood before a large fiery-red Medicine Cauldron.

Chen Xuan refined the Grade 8 Saint Origin Pill before Tang Zhen and Blazing Flame Valley’s higher-ups, impressing them with his skill. As the pill neared completion, thunderclouds gathered over Blazing Flame Valley, signaling the appearance of pill lightning.

• Chen Xuan began refining the Saint Origin Pill in Tang Zhen’s Medicine Cauldron, and Blazing Flame Valley’s higher-ups recognized his Heavenly Flames as the same kind Xiao Yan possessed.
• Tang Zhen and the elders watched Chen Xuan refine batches of herbs and fuse their medicinal liquids, while Tang Huo'er grew impressed by his composure.
• After about three hours, Chen Xuan fused the medicinal liquids into a single drop, then condensed the remaining essence into two drops for the pill-forming stage.
• Chen Xuan brought the two drops together, endured the resulting surge of medicinal power, and continued refining until the liquid began to solidify.
• Morning light appeared, natural energy fluctuated, and thunderclouds gathered above Blazing Flame Valley as the Saint Origin Pill neared completion.

Chen Xuan completed a Grade 8 Saint Origin Pill, and Tang Zhen accepted him as a Guest Elder of Blazing Flame Valley. When Tang Zhen hinted at matching him with Tang Huo'er, Chen Xuan claimed Mei Ling'er was his wife, leaving Tang Huo'er disappointed.

• Chen Xuan finished refining the Grade 8 Saint Origin Pill, and Tang Zhen destroyed the pill lightning with ease.
• Chen Xuan assessed Tang Zhen as a peak Five-star Dou Zun nearing Six-star and recognized the threat he posed.
• Tang Zhen examined the high-grade Saint Origin Pill and appointed Chen Xuan a Guest Elder of Blazing Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen asked whether Chen Xuan had a spouse while glancing toward Tang Huo'er.
• Chen Xuan pulled Mei Ling'er close and introduced her as his wife, disappointing Tang Huo'er.

Chen Xuan planned to seize the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire and used the Azure Netherworld Fire Art available through the System Shop to address the fire’s blood-soul imprints. He made Mei Ling'er his wife and later learned that Glacier Valley had sent experts to demand his release from Blazing Flame Valley.

• Chen Xuan explained that he had called Mei Ling'er his wife to fend off Tang Zhen's attempt to match him with Tang Huo'er.
• Chen Xuan praised Mei Ling'er, asked her to marry him, and she accepted; he promised to protect her from the Charm Snake Race and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan.
• Chen Xuan kissed Mei Ling'er, and the two spent time alone together.
• News reached Xue Hai that Chen Xuan had become a Guest Elder of Blazing Flame Valley.
• Glacier Valley sent experts to Blazing Flame Valley to demand that it hand Chen Xuan over.

Glacier Valley’s Bing He demanded that Blazing Flame Valley surrender Chen Ping, who had killed Xue Yang, but Tang Zhen refused and defended him. After their clash, Bing He withdrew, leaving the two valleys openly hostile.

• Bing He brought Glacier Valley experts to Blazing Flame Valley after Xue Hai identified Chen Ping as the killer of Xue Yang.
• Bing He demanded Chen Ping’s handover, while Tang Zhen rejected Glacier Valley’s account and refused to surrender him.
• Bing He and Tang Zhen clashed with their ice and flame powers, and Bing He was forced to retreat.
• Bing He left with Glacier Valley’s experts, while Chen Xuan watched Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire with keen interest.

Chen Xuan sent Mei Ling'er to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range for her safety, then traveled to the Pill Region to hunt down Xiao Yan. After learning Xiao Yan was staying with the Ye Clan, Chen Xuan disguised himself as a Ye Clan disciple and went to find him.

• Chen Xuan told Mei Ling'er he was leaving to kill Xiao Yan and sent her to stay with the Gold-Devouring Rat clan in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• Chen Xuan learned that Soul Hall experts had failed to capture Xiao Yan, whose strength had impressed factions across the Central Region.
• Chen Xuan recalled Xiao Yan’s accomplishments and decided to kill him before he could grow into a greater threat.
• Chen Xuan followed reports of Xiao Yan to the Pill Region and learned he was staying with the Ye Clan after a clash with the Cao Clan.
• Chen Xuan changed his appearance, took the form of a Ye Clan disciple, and headed to the place where Xiao Yan was cultivating.

Chen Xuan, disguised as Ye Zhen, confronted Xiao Yan in the Ye Clan and revealed he had come to kill him on behalf of the Hall of Souls. Xiao Yan fought back with the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, but Chen Xuan’s boosted strength left him at a disadvantage.

• Chen Xuan approached Xiao Yan’s room under the guise of delivering a message from the clan leader, but Xiao Yan recognized that he was not a Ye Clan disciple.
• Ye Clan elders arrived and questioned Chen Xuan’s identity after Xiao Yan said the real Ye Zhen had likely been killed and that the intruder was seeking him.
• Chen Xuan admitted he was from the Hall of Souls and attacked Xiao Yan with the Profound Ice Art, unleashing ice blades across the courtyard.
• Xiao Yan used all three changes of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to raise his power to the Seven-star Dou Zong level.
• Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler collided with Chen Xuan’s frozen attack, destroying nearby houses and sending Xiao Yan flying back, while Chen Xuan retreated only a few steps.

Chen Xuan battled Xiao Yan and the Ye Clan, unleashing a strike powerful enough to threaten everyone present. Venerable Skyfire helped stop it, and Xiao Yan secretly used Star Jade to summon Venerable Feng.

• Chen Xuan revealed his wind-attributed power, and Xiao Yan suspected that he was Chen Xuan disguised as Ye Zhen.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Ye Chong and the Ye Clan to help capture Chen Xuan, and they agreed because Chen Xuan had killed one of their disciples.
• Chen Xuan attacked the group, but Xiao Yan and the Ye Clan’s experts countered with their combat skills.
• Chen Xuan used the Godslayer Spear and the Heaven-tier Emperor Spear Art, forcing Venerable Skyfire to step in and block his strike.
• Venerable Skyfire warned that Chen Xuan had not shown his full strength, so Xiao Yan secretly crushed Star Jade to call Venerable Feng.

Chen Xuan faced Xiao Yan, Venerable Skyfire, and the Ye family experts as they joined forces to contain him. While he sought to obtain Xiao Yan’s Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, Xiao Yan trapped him inside the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method array, and Chen Xuan prepared to fight back.

• The Ye family disciples feared Chen Xuan after realizing he had killed Ye Zhen and taken his place, while the elders worried his power could overwhelm them.
• Venerable Skyfire warned Xiao Yan they had to fight together, and Xiao Yan said he had called for Venerable Feng to support them.
• Chen Xuan decided he wanted Xiao Yan’s Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to further increase his combat strength.
• Venerable Skyfire attacked as Xiao Yan summoned five Fire Spirits with the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method, and the Ye family experts joined them in surrounding Chen Xuan.
• Xiao Yan used the Fire Spirits to form an array that sealed Chen Xuan inside a hundred-meter curtain of fire, while Chen Xuan calmly gripped the Godslayer Spear and unleashed his aura.

Chen Xuan shattered Xiao Yan's formation and fought off Venerable Skyfire and the Ye family experts with the Godslayer Spear. While they tried to stall him, Xiao Yan fused two Heavenly Flames into a Four-Colored Fire Lotus and sent it toward Chen Xuan.

• Chen Xuan unleashed Heaven-Splitting, breaking Xiao Yan's fiery formation and overwhelming the attacks of Venerable Skyfire and the Ye family experts.
• The battle's shockwaves killed weaker Ye family elders, while Chen Xuan shrugged off the remaining elders' attacks.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Skyfire decided to hold Chen Xuan off until Venerable Feng arrived, and Xiao Yan asked them to buy him time.
• As Venerable Skyfire and the Ye family elders attacked Chen Xuan, Xiao Yan fused two Heavenly Flames into a Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan sent the fire lotus toward Chen Xuan as Venerable Skyfire and the Ye family elders retreated from its heat.

Chen Xuan fused a Five-Colored Fire Lotus that overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus and devastated the Ye Family, leaving Xiao Yan and Venerable Skyfire near death. Venerable Feng arrived just in time to shield them from the continuing fire waves.

• Chen Xuan revealed multiple Heavenly Flames and fused them into a Five-Colored Fire Lotus, alarming Xiao Yan, Venerable Skyfire, and the Ye Family’s higher-ups.
• Chen Xuan sent his Five-Colored Fire Lotus against Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus, and it devoured the weaker lotus before its energy erupted.
• The blast spread across more than two thousand meters, destroying the Ye Family and killing those unable to escape the fire wave.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Skyfire struggled against the successive waves of flame, with Venerable Skyfire nearly exhausted as he protected Xiao Yan.
• Venerable Feng appeared and formed a massive cyan storm around Xiao Yan and Venerable Skyfire, shielding them from the fire waves.

Chen Xuan faced Xiao Yan, Venerable Skyfire, Venerable Feng, and the Ye family after Venerable Feng arrived and helped turn the battle against him. As the fight continued, Chen Xuan decided to spend forty million Gold Coins on the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and an advanced earth-tier Comprehension Talent.

• Venerable Feng arrived and shielded Xiao Yan and the others from the aftermath of Chen Xuan's Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan, Venerable Skyfire, and Venerable Feng joined forces against Chen Xuan, who used Berserk and fused another Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Chen Xuan's Fire Lotus collided with Xiao Yan's Four-Colored Fire Lotus as Venerable Feng and the others attacked, and the explosion blasted Chen Xuan backward.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng vowed not to let Chen Xuan escape, while the Ye family's higher-ups regained confidence that they could defeat him.
• Chen Xuan asked the System about the costs of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and an advanced earth-tier Comprehension Talent, then bought both for forty million Gold Coins.

Chen Xuan mastered the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and used all three transformations to restore his strength before activating Berserk again. As Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng prepared to fight him, Chen Xuan raised the Godslayer Spear, and Venerable Feng sensed its danger.

• Chen Xuan canceled Berserk, causing his aura to fall from Nine-star Dou Zong to Four-star Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan’s group suspected his enhancement had ended.
• Chen Xuan used the First and Second Changes of Heavenly Flame, raising his strength to Five-star and then Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan unleashed the Third Change and reached Nine-star Dou Zong, enduring the technique’s violent energy.
• Chen Xuan activated Berserk again, multiplying his strength and alarming Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, Venerable Skyfire, and Ye Chong.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng prepared to fight Chen Xuan, who took up the Godslayer Spear and gave Venerable Feng an even greater sense of danger.