Recaps

Xiao Tian arrived during Jia Lie Ya’s poetry challenge and overwhelmed him with a boastful verse while holding the Adamantine Staff. The staff recognized Xiao Tian as its master, and after binding it with his blood, he advanced to Five-Star Dou Master.

• Xiao Tian arrived with Xun'er and heard Jia Lie Ya challenge Xiao Yan to match his verse.
• Xiao Tian mocked Jia Lie Ya and recited an imposing poem that won loud applause from the Xiao Clan disciples.
• The Adamantine Staff notified Xiao Tian that its master recognition was complete and required blood binding within 24 hours.
• Jia Lie Ya conceded that Xiao Tian was the strongest at matching poetic verses in Wutan City and left with his people.
• Xiao Tian completed the blood binding with the Adamantine Staff and advanced to Five-Star Dou Master.

After the Adamantine Staff recognized Xiao Tian as its master, he learned a powerful staff technique and replaced his cultivation method with the Flame Mantra. He began studying alchemy under Yao Lao, then brought medicines to Xiao Zhan for appraisal.

• Xiao Tian practiced the Heaven-Equalling Battle Staff Technique and learned Staff Strike to the Head, while Yao Lao marveled at the staff’s inheritance.
• Yao Lao passed the Flame Mantra’s memories to Xiao Tian, who used Painless Data Mode to endure the painful change and replace his clan cultivation method.
• Xiao Tian urged Yao Lao to find Beast Flame, but Yao Lao told him to temper his foundations and taught him to refine Qi Gathering Powder and Rejuvenation Powder.
• Xiao Tian impressed Yao Lao by producing high-quality Qi Gathering Powder on his first try and perfect-quality powder on his second.
• Xiao Tian brought the medicines to Xiao Zhan, who had the clan alchemist appraise them; the alchemist confirmed they were genuine and said all but four bottles were perfect quality.

Xiao Tian gave the Xiao Clan pills that helped it expand its share of the pill market, while Yao Lao began teaching him and Xiao Yan alchemy. After a meteor fell in the Jia Ma Empire, the major powers investigated its landing site, and the Jia Lie and Ao Ba clans realized the Xiao Clan’s new pills threatened their business.

• Xiao Tian gave the Xiao Clan his pills and asked Xiao Zhan how the clan could grow its share of the pill market.
• Xiao Tian asked Yao Lao to teach Xiao Yan alchemy, and Yao Lao agreed to teach him the Flame Mantra too.
• A meteor fell in the Jia Ma Empire, prompting Yao Lao to tell Xiao Tian to have the Xiao Clan investigate its landing site.
• Xiao Tian introduced Xiao Yan to Yao Lao, and Yao Lao taught both brothers pill refining while the clan searched for the meteor.
• Xiao Zhan and the clan alchemist diluted the perfect-quality pills into a larger supply of high-grade powders, drawing customers away from rival markets.
• The Jia Lie and Ao Ba clans studied the Xiao Clan’s new powders, failed to decipher their formulas, and recognized the threat to their market share.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan impressed Xiao Zhan with their pill refining, and Xiao Zhan began planning to strengthen the Xiao Clan. After learning of an upcoming Beast Flame auction and a meteorite that might be a Heavenly Flame, the brothers went to seek their father's support.

• Xiao Yan advanced to Three-Star Dou Zhe under Yao Lao's instruction while continuing to learn alchemy.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan showed Xiao Zhan their many Qi Gathering Powder and Rejuvenation Powder, and Xiao Zhan arranged to have them appraised and diluted for sale.
• Xiao Yan learned that the T. M. Auction House would auction a Frenzied Flame Fire Wolf's Beast Flame, and Xiao Tian gave him his saved gold coins so he could acquire it.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan overheard Xiao Zhan discussing a meteorite that had devastated part of the Magical Beast Forest, and Xiao Yan believed it contained a Heavenly Flame meant for Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhan to lend them gold coins.

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhan to fund a bid for a rare Beast Flame, revealing that his alchemist master had instructed him to seek it. The Xiao brothers failed to win the auction, and Xiao Tian and Yao Lao planned to pursue the buyer after he left the city.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhan to lend him money to bid on the Beast Flame of a second-tier Frenzied Flame Fire Wolf, and Xiao Zhan agreed after explaining that Xiao Yan would soon learn to refine pills.
• At the T. M. Auction House, Ya Fei presented the Beast Flame to a crowd of alchemists, nobles, and major clans.
• Xiao Tian asked Yao Lao whether they should seize the Beast Flame if bidding failed, and Yao Lao offered to lend him power against experts below Dou Ling.
• The bidding reached six hundred thousand gold coins, so Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan decided not to strain the Xiao Clan's finances.
• A merchant from Qingshan Town won the Beast Flame, and Xiao Tian memorized his appearance before asking Yao Lao when they would act.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Tian to wait until the merchant had left the city.

Xiao Tian slipped away after the auction while Xiao Yan and Xun'er followed, and the Jia Lie Clan targeted Xun'er. Xiao Tian secretly saved them from Jia Lie Wang, then left without revealing his identity to Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Tian left the Xiao Clan group, and Xiao Yan and Xun'er followed him while Xiao Zhan sent people to protect the brothers in secret.
• Jia Lie Bi ordered his men to capture Xun'er, hoping to use her to recruit a third-tier alchemist and undermine the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian disguised himself in a dark alley, evaded Xiao Yan, and left him and Xun'er to head back.
• Jia Lie Wang ambushed Xiao Yan and Xun'er, but Xiao Yan rushed to defend Xun'er with Explosive Steps and War Tiger Fist.
• Xiao Tian appeared behind Jia Lie Wang, killed him, and departed while Xiao Yan thanked him as a senior.

Xiao Tian and Yao Lao tracked down the Beast Flame after the merchant was forced to surrender it. Yao Lao took control of Xiao Tian’s body and challenged every faction at once, ending the chapter as he struck down a Two-Star Great Dou Master with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Xiao Tian watched Xun'er and Er Huo return safely to the Xiao Clan, then asked Yao Lao to pursue the merchant carrying the Beast Flame.
• Yao Lao revealed that he had placed a Soul Imprint on the merchant and urged Xiao Tian to hurry after him.
• Xiao Tian found the merchant under attack by several factions outside Wutan City, and the merchant surrendered the Beast Flame after his guards were overwhelmed.
• When the factions hesitated to seize the Beast Flame, Xiao Tian stepped forward and proposed that each side send one fighter to settle the contest.
• Yao Lao used his Soul Power to control Xiao Tian’s body, and Xiao Tian challenged everyone to attack him together.
• A Two-Star Great Dou Shi charged Xiao Tian, and Yao Lao engulfed him in Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Yao Lao defeated Cao Fei with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and claimed the Frenzied Flame Fire Wolf’s beast flame. Back in the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan endured the painful process of refining it, while Xiao Tian treated his injuries with Rejuvenation Powder.

• Yao Lao burned Cao Fei’s Azure Lion Spirit Flame away and killed him with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Lao secured the Frenzied Flame Fire Wolf’s beast flame and returned with Xiao Tian to Wutan City.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to absorb the beast flame, explaining that it could help prepare him to refine a heavenly flame someday.
• Xiao Yan endured the beast flame’s resistance and refined it by forcing the Flame Mantra to circulate.
• Xiao Tian poured Rejuvenation Powder over Xiao Yan’s injuries, making him cry out in pain as Yao Lao laughed.

Xiao Tian left home to train and traveled to Qingshan Town, where he planned to prepare before entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek a Heavenly Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian and Yao Lao delaying their expedition to gather supplies first.

• Xiao Tian said goodbye to Xiao Yan and left home to train, while Yao Lao promised to take Xiao Yan out for experience later.
• Xun'er learned that Xiao Tian had gone training with Yao Lao and resolved to improve her cultivation so she would not keep falling behind him.
• Xiao Tian joined a merchant caravan by displaying Dou Shi-level strength and rode with them to Qingshan Town.
• After arriving, Xiao Tian slipped away and spotted a Myriad Medicine Pavilion while considering whether Xiao Yi Xian might be there.
• Xiao Tian sensed intense heat from deep in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and asked Yao Lao about heading there, but Yao Lao said they should prepare supplies first.

Xiao Tian prepared supplies and learned the Eight Extremes Collapse before entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while a staged note linked the Jia Lie Clan to an inn’s ruined furniture. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan carrying a blood-red jade piece as Liu He vowed to make the Jia Lie Clan pay for taking his Blood Essence Stone.

• Xiao Tian bought spiritual materials, prepared insect-repelling sachets, Bone-Dissolving Powder, and Heart-Clearing Detoxification Pills, and practiced the Eight Extremes Collapse overnight.
• An inn employee found the room’s furniture destroyed, along with ten thousand gold coins and a note signed Jia Lie Quan claiming the damage was caused by sleepwalking.
• Liu He read the note, recognized the Jia Lie Clan’s name, and vowed revenge for the clan taking his Blood Essence Stone.
• Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range while toying with a vivid blood-red piece of jade.

Xiao Tian discovered that his blood essence stone could be used to refine a Tiger Soul Pill, then rushed to save a girl pursued by the Venomous Fang Mercenary Company. He killed their commander with one blow, but both he and the girl vomited at the gruesome sight.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Tian that his blood essence stone was valuable and could be used to refine a Tiger Soul Pill.
• Xiao Tian noticed a girl fleeing from members of the Venomous Fang Mercenary Company and suspected she was Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Tian chased after the girl and attacked when a Three-Star Dou Shi blocked her path.
• Xiao Tian killed Wu Ji'er with a single strike from his Adamantine Staff, causing the other mercenaries to flee.
• The girl and Xiao Tian both vomited after seeing Wu Ji'er's shattered head, while Yao Lao laughed at Xiao Tian's weak nerves.

Xiao Tian continued hunting magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, earning points while mercenaries mistook him for a terrifying killer called the Staff Demon. After spending points to increase his cultivation, he frightened the Green Fire Mercenary Company into fleeing.

• Xian'er left after helping Xiao Tian recover, and he wondered whether she might be Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Tian began hunting magical beasts with his Adamantine Staff and quickly gained a fearsome reputation as the Staff Demon.
• Members of the Green Fire Mercenary Company spotted Xiao Tian and panicked at the sight of him covered in magical beast blood.
• Xiao Tian reviewed his status and spent 400 system points to improve his physique and Dou Qi cultivation.
• The crackling of Xiao Tian's bones scared the mercenaries, who ran away while he wondered why they were so frightened.

Xiao Tian hunted magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, discovered that they could drop valuable items, and encountered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group searching for a girl with a Blue Eagle. He used his reputation as the Staff Demon to unsettle them and hinted that he might know the girl.

• Xiao Tian continued hunting magical beasts after Yao Lao advised him to wait before approaching the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Tian discovered that killing magical beasts could yield valuable items, including pure Lightning Rhino blood and a fire-imbued feather.
• Xiao Tian heard Mu Li command the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to find a girl who had escaped with a Blue Eagle.
• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group recognized Xiao Tian as the Staff Demon and offered him gold to avoid trouble.
• Xiao Tian asked about the Blue Eagle's owner and claimed that his daughter had run away with one.

Xiao Tian used the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to search for Xiao Yi Xian, then claimed her as his daughter when they found her trapped with Blue Eagle. After killing Mu Li, he demanded that the remaining mercenaries pay for their lives.

• Xiao Tian ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to find Xiao Yi Xian, promising to let them leave if they helped him.
• The mercenaries searched unsuccessfully while Xiao Tian slaughtered magical beasts in the mountains.
• Blue Eagle fell from the sky with Xiao Yi Xian as a commotion shook the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and the mercenaries trapped them in a net.
• Xiao Tian told Mu Li that Xiao Yi Xian was his daughter, then used Staff Strike to the Head to kill Mu Li.
• Xiao Tian demanded that the remaining mercenaries hand over their gold coins to buy their lives.

Xiao Tian rescued Xian'er from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but his Transformation Technique wore off and revealed his true childlike appearance. Xian'er questioned his identity and teased him, while Yao Lao argued that revealing himself had brought them closer.

• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group members begged for their lives, and Xiao Tian took their gold coins, Storage Rings, and belongings before they fled.
• Xiao Tian freed Xian'er and Blue Eagle, then led them away from the bloodied area to avoid attracting magical beasts.
• Xian'er asked whether Xiao Tian really had a daughter like her, and Xiao Tian began telling her a tragic story about his supposed past.
• Xiao Tian's Transformation Technique expired, revealing his nine-year-old appearance and leaving Xian'er and Blue Eagle shocked.
• Xian'er pinched Xiao Tian's cheek to test whether his face was real, then apologized and asked if he came from the imperial capital.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Tian for hating him and said Xian'er had been more affectionate after seeing his true face.

Xiao Tian traveled with Xian'er to her secluded home in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Yao Lao revealed that she had the rare Woeful Poison Body. The chapter left Xiao Tian considering how to help her control it before it killed her.

• Xian'er asked Xiao Tian his name and invited him to her secluded home as thanks for saving her.
• Xiao Tian and Xian'er flew on Blue Eagle to a secluded forest villa with rich spiritual energy.
• Xian'er went to catch Ironbone Fragrant Chickens while Xiao Tian waited inside her herb-scented home.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Tian that Xian'er had the Woeful Poison Body and would die if she stopped consuming poison for a while.
• Yao Lao said he knew a temporary method to control the condition, while Xiao Tian recalled that Xian'er would eventually find a way to master it completely.

Xiao Tian told Xian'er how to delay the eruption of her Woeful Poison Body by condensing its poisonous energy into a Poison Pill, giving her hope for several more years. While Xian'er prepared the pill and Xiao Tian hunted for points, he visited the meteorite site and spotted a sixth-tier alchemist.

• Xian'er confessed that she was a poison girl with the Woeful Poison Body and feared its poisonous energy would eventually kill her.
• Xiao Tian shared Yao Lao's method for delaying the poison's eruption by condensing it into a Poison Pill.
• Xian'er thanked Xiao Tian and began preparing a Poison Pill.
• Xiao Tian rode Blue Eagle around the wilderness to earn points and visited the site of the meteorite from beyond the heavens.
• Xiao Tian saw powerful figures at the meteorite site and recognized one as a sixth-tier alchemist.

Xiao Tian watched the Heavenly Flame draw powerful experts, then realized its strange restrictions might give him a chance to approach it. After a Dou Emperor spotted him and pursued him, Xiao Tian sent Blue Eagle away with a message for Xian'er and prepared to face what came next.

• Xiao Tian and Yao Lao identified Pill King Gu He and a Dou Emperor among the experts gathered around the meteorite's sea of fire.
• Xiao Tian noticed the flame affected stronger cultivators more severely, and Yao Lao explained that the meteorite had created a restrictive flame magnetic field.
• Xiao Tian considered disguising himself as a Dou Wang to sneak closer, but Yao Lao said he could not help without a sixth-tier heavenly treasure that nourished the soul.
• A Dou Emperor spotted Xiao Tian, so Xiao Tian ordered Blue Eagle to flee while Yao Lao withdrew into hiding.
• Xiao Tian tied his soul ring to Blue Eagle's feathers and asked her to tell Xian'er to give it to Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan in Wutan City if they never met again.

Xiao Tian jumped from the Blue Eagle to test his resurrection ability, but Yun Shan caught him and brought him to the Misty Cloud Sect. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian realizing they had arrived at a sea of fire, where Pill King Gu He questioned Yun Shan about the child.

• Yao Lao watched Xiao Tian jump from the Blue Eagle and vowed to avenge him if Yun Shan killed him.
• Yun Shan caught Xiao Tian with Dou Qi and invited him to cultivate at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Tian learned that the man was Yun Shan, the former Misty Cloud Sect master and a Dou Emperor, and concealed his suspicion of him.
• Yun Shan discovered Xiao Tian was nine years old and a Three-Star Dou Zhe, then declared the Misty Cloud Sect would be his home and promised him a beautiful senior sister.
• Yun Shan brought Xiao Tian to a sea of fire, where Pill King Gu He asked who the child was.

Yun Shan and Gu He discovered Xiao Tian’s unusual bone structure and alchemy potential, while Yun Shan planned to use him to investigate the sea of fire. Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie rallied powerful figures to stop Yun Shan from forcing the child into danger, and Xiao Tian ended up under their protection.

• Gu He tested Xiao Tian’s aptitude and found that he had talent as an alchemist.
• Yun Shan explained that Xiao Tian’s low cultivation made him a suitable candidate to enter the sea of fire.
• Jia Xingtian confronted Yun Shan and offered to protect Xiao Tian, who accused Yun Shan of abducting him and causing Blue Eagle to die.
• Nalan Jie recognized Xiao Tian as the descendant of someone who had once saved his life and vowed to protect him.
• Xiao Tian’s tears won the sympathy of several Dou Wangs, who joined Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie in confronting Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan released Xiao Tian, and Jia Xingtian, Nalan Jie, and the other seniors assured him he was safe.

Xiao Tian upgraded the Three Basic Techniques and used its improved Transformation Technique to escape Nalan Han’s escort. He crossed the Magical Beast Mountain Range, aiming to use his resurrection ability to reach the Heavenly Flames, and was killed by a Fourth-Order Magical Beast as his resurrection activated.

• Xiao Tian spent 1,100 system points to advance the Three Basic Techniques to LV4, raising the Transformation Technique’s effects to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Tian disguised himself as Kusi and slipped away from the caravan, while Nalan Han realized the deception and pursued him to Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Magical Beast Mountain Range disguised as the Staff Demon, frightening travelers as he hunted beasts for points.
• Xiao Tian decided to use his resurrection ability to reach the Heavenly Flames and crossed the range, disguising himself as a Thunder-Winged Tiger to intimidate Third-Order Magical Beasts.
• A Fourth-Order Magical Beast hunted down and killed Xiao Tian, triggering his resurrection ability and the selection of a resurrection location.

Xiao Tian revived near the Meteorite Sea of Fire and repeatedly used his ability to choose revival locations to get close to the purple-gold heavenly flame. He revived in its center and began refining it with the Flame Mantra, enduring the flames’ scorching power as his body swelled and dried out.

• Xiao Tian saw that the experts were far away, then jumped from a high slope to kill himself and select a new revival location.
• Xiao Tian revived amid the sea of fire, approached the purple-gold heavenly flame, and was burned to ashes when it engulfed him.
• The heavenly flame’s sudden disturbance drew Yun Shan, Jia Xingtian, Nalan Jie, and Pill King Gu He’s attention, but Yun Shan dismissed the possibility that anyone had reached it.
• Xiao Tian decided to revive in the center of the heavenly flame, where he found dense fire spiritual energy and began absorbing it with the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Tian endured the intense burning as fire spiritual power flooded his body, swelling him and draining the moisture from his body.

Xiao Tian absorbed the purple-gold Heavenly Flame’s origin, adapting to its power as experts outside the meteorite attacked it. After discovering someone was refining the flame from within, they bombarded it, but Xiao Tian persisted and felt the Flame Mantra evolve.

• Xiao Tian repeatedly died from dehydration while absorbing the Heavenly Flame, and his meridians gradually adapted to its fire spiritual energy.
• Xiao Tian absorbed most of the Heavenly Flame’s origin, causing it to recognize him as one of its own and stop harming him.
• Gu He, Jia Xingtian, and Yun Shan saw the Heavenly Flame shrinking and attacked the meteorite, but its hardness resisted their techniques.
• Gu He spotted a figure refining the Heavenly Flame at its center, and the experts bombarded the flame to stop the unknown cultivator.
• The Heavenly Flame shielded Xiao Tian from the bombardment, and he continued refining it as the Flame Mantra evolved.

Xiao Tian refined the Heavenly Flame Origin, advanced his cultivation, and upgraded the Flame Mantra before escaping the area through resurrection. With Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, and Gu He searching for him, he decided to return to Wutan City and prepare for Yao Lao’s questions.

• Xiao Tian fully refined the Heavenly Flame Origin, rose to Nine-Star Dou Shi, then compressed his Dou Qi until he settled at Seven-Star Dou Shi with a stronger foundation.
• Xiao Tian struck his own head with the Adamantine Staff and resurrected in another swamp in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Tian discovered that refining the Heavenly Flame had raised the Flame Mantra from Yellow Tier Low Grade to Xuan Tier Mid Grade, then slipped away.
• Gu He realized Xiao Tian had refined the Heavenly Flame Origin and escaped, so Jia Xingtian and the others organized a search and attacked the sea of flames.
• Xiao Tian found he could not fly back to Sister Xian'er or summon Blue Eagle, so he decided to return to Wutan City and consider how to answer Yao Lao.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Tian had apparently died after fighting a powerful enemy, and swore to avenge him with Yao Lao’s help. Xun’er began investigating what happened, while Xian’er and Blue Eagle were attacked in the sky by Jia Lie Jie.

• Xian’er delivered Xiao Tian’s soul ring necklace to Xiao Yan and said he had jumped from Blue Eagle while fleeing a Dou Wang-level enemy.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yao Lao, discovered his strength had reached Five-Star Dou Zhe, and vowed to avenge Xiao Tian; Yao Lao promised to train him against the Dou Huang expert from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xun’er learned that Xiao Tian might have been harmed and ordered her servant to bring Xian’er to her.
• Xian’er promised to avenge Xiao Tian if she could master her Woeful Poison Body, but an arrow struck Blue Eagle as they flew.
• Jia Lie Jie drew a Piercing Edge Arrow and aimed to kill Blue Eagle and Xian’er.