Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that Leng Bingshuang had suffered a persistent injury from accumulated cold Qi, and Gu You gave him the Bodhi Restoration Pill formula as a way to approach her and obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. As Xiao Yan considered his next move, Leng Bingshuang entered his chamber and shut the stone door.

• Murong Qianqian spent several days by Xiao Yan's side and told him that Leng Bingshuang had ruled the Xilin Mountain Range despite a long-lasting injury.
• Xiao Yan sent Murong Qianqian away and asked Gu You how he could obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Spring before Leng Bingshuang expelled him.
• Gu You gave Xiao Yan the formula for the tier-three Bodhi Restoration Pill, explaining that it could treat Leng Bingshuang's injury from accumulated cold Qi.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu You for more pill formulas, but Gu You told him to seek them from the Alchemist Guild or Alchemist Alliance.
• Leng Bingshuang entered Xiao Yan's chamber and shut the stone door as he watched in alarm.

Leng Bingshuang questioned Xiao Yan about his identity and purpose in the Xilin Mountain Range, and he revealed that the Heavenly Severing Steps had made him a target of the Four Great Sects. She gave him three days to leave, but Xiao Yan stopped her by claiming she still had an old injury.

• Leng Bingshuang restrained Xiao Yan and demanded to know who he was and why he had entered the heart of the Xilin Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan said he was passing through and explained that he avoided human cities because of his grudge with the Four Great Sects.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated the Heavenly Severing Steps, explaining that possessing them made him a target across the Western Region.
• Leng Bingshuang asked whether Xiao Yan belonged to the Liu Clan, and he denied it while acknowledging his connection to them.
• Leng Bingshuang ordered Xiao Yan to leave within three days and forbade him from leaving the stone chamber until then.
• Xiao Yan told Leng Bingshuang that she still had an old injury, and she turned on him with killing intent.

Leng Bingshuang mistook Xiao Yan for an enemy agent and attacked him, forcing him to evade with the Six Paths Curtain. She countered his Great Dao power with the Great Dao of Frost and trapped him inside six ice mirrors, appearing behind him as he remained enclosed.

• Leng Bingshuang seized Xiao Yan by the throat and demanded to know who had sent him.
• Xiao Yan denied knowing the people she meant, and Leng Bingshuang attacked him with ice spikes and a palm strike.
• Xiao Yan broke free of the ice with his Heavenly Flames and used the Six Paths Curtain to evade Leng Bingshuang's attacks.
• Leng Bingshuang recognized the Power of the Great Dao and formed six ice mirrors with her Great Dao of Frost, sealing Xiao Yan inside.
• Xiao Yan found that the Six Paths Curtain could not take him beyond the mirrors, and Leng Bingshuang appeared behind him.

Xiao Yan persuaded Leng Bingshuang to spare him by offering to refine a Bodhi Restoration Pill for her frost injuries, though he only possessed its formula. The chapter left them negotiating, with Xiao Yan asking Leng Bingshuang for Ice Spirit Cold Liquid.

• Leng Bingshuang released Xiao Yan but trapped him within six ice mirrors and demanded to know how he knew about her injury and the people she called “them.”
• Xiao Yan explained that her injury came from years of accumulated cold Qi and said a Bodhi Restoration Pill could heal it.
• Leng Bingshuang asked whether Xiao Yan had the pill, then attacked when he admitted he did not.
• Xiao Yan stopped her strike by revealing that he had the Bodhi Restoration Pill formula and could refine it in the future.
• Leng Bingshuang questioned whether Xiao Yan could make a third-tier pill, and he said he needed her Ice Spirit Cold Liquid in return.

Xiao Yan offered Leng Bingshuang the Bodhi Restoration Pill formula in exchange for Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, but she required him to bring her the pill before handing over the liquid. After a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan reunited with Murong Qianqian, and Leng Bingshuang arrived to question whether Qianqian’s father and brother knew she had left.

• Xiao Yan offered Leng Bingshuang the Bodhi Restoration Pill formula for Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, and she verified that the formula was genuine.
• Leng Bingshuang said she would give Xiao Yan the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid only after he brought her the pill.
• Xiao Yan cultivated for a month to recover from the cold and stabilize the Dou Qi from his breakthrough to six-star half-emperor.
• Murong Qianqian visited Xiao Yan throughout the month and held his arm when he emerged from cultivation.
• Leng Bingshuang asked Murong Qianqian whether her father and brother knew she had come out, and Qianqian’s expression froze.

Leng Bingshuang confronted Murong Qianqian for running away from her family and arranged for Xiao Yan to escort her back to Shahepu in exchange for Ice Spirit Cold Liquid. After Leng Bingshuang escorted them to the edge of the Western Lin hinterland and gave them Cold-Delaying Jade, Xiao Yan prepared to continue the journey through the Xilin Mountain Range.

• Leng Bingshuang scolded Murong Qianqian for leaving without telling her father and brother, who had searched for her for months.
• Leng Bingshuang told Murong Qianqian that her family’s messengers were waiting in Shahepu and ordered her to return.
• Leng Bingshuang offered Xiao Yan Ice Spirit Cold Liquid if he safely escorted Murong Qianqian, but Xiao Yan said he would protect his friend regardless of the reward.
• Leng Bingshuang agreed to take Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian to the edge of the Western Lin hinterland the next morning.
• Leng Bingshuang gave Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian Cold-Delaying Jade and left them at the edge of the hinterland.
• Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in the air as Murong Qianqian watched him in surprise.

Xiao Yan refined the diluted Ice Spirit Cold Liquid from the chilling winds of Xilin Mountain Range and explained its value and risks to Murong Qianqian. After the two set off toward Shahepu, Leng Bingshuang watched them leave, and Xiao Yan slowed down so Murong Qianqian could keep up.

• Xiao Yan spent ten days using Heavenly Flames to gather and refine Ice Spirit Cold Liquid from the chilling winds.
• Murong Qianqian questioned the liquid’s poor quality, and Xiao Yan explained that pure Ice Spirit Cold Liquid could draw powerful experts, while this diluted batch would attract fewer threats.
• Xiao Yan stored the palm-sized ball of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid and led Murong Qianqian toward Shahepu using Luo Jin’s map.
• After Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian left, Leng Bingshuang appeared, watched them, and then vanished.
• Xiao Yan paused to look back into the mist, and Murong Qianqian teased him about leaving her behind; he slowed down and continued toward the edge of Xilin Mountain Range.

After leaving the Xilin Mountain Range, Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian reached the bustling Sulan City, where Xiao Yan discovered a powerful local population and took to the air under the city's rules. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan sensing through his soul power that something had happened to Murong Qianqian.

• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian left the Xilin Mountain Range and eventually reached a human city after Murong Qianqian repeatedly slowed their journey.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian approached the ancient city, and Xiao Yan proposed resting there for a day before continuing to Shahepu.
• Xiao Yan identified the city as Sulan City and sensed nearly twenty Eight-Star Half-Emperor experts and almost ten Nine-Star Half-Emperor experts within it.
• Xiao Yan learned that only those at Six-Star Half-Emperor level or above could fly through the city, then took to the air above the crowded streets.
• Xiao Yan landed on a stone pillar and sensed through his soul power that something had happened to Murong Qianqian.

Xiao Yan protected Murong Qianqian and easily broke Zhao Qi’s hand and leg after Zhao Qi attacked them. As a nine-star half-emperor from the Zhao Clan arrived to intervene, Xiao Yan told Murong Qianqian to hit Zhao Qi, and she slapped him.

• Xiao Yan caught Zhao Qi’s punch with one hand and redirected Zhao Qi’s second punch into his own right hand, breaking its bones.
• Xiao Yan broke Zhao Qi’s lower leg with a kick and dropped him to his knees before Murong Qianqian.
• Murong Qianqian confronted Zhao Qi and raised her hand to slap him for insulting Xiao Yan.
• A nine-star half-emperor from the Zhao Clan arrived and warned Murong Qianqian not to touch a Zhao clansman.
• Zhao Qi threatened Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian, but Xiao Yan told Murong Qianqian to hit him, and she slapped Zhao Qi.

Murong Qianqian kept slapping Zhao Qi while Xiao Yan blocked Zhao Ying’s pressure and fought him. As Xiao Yan gained the upper hand, Zhao Ying called for help, and another Nine-Star Half-Emperor appeared from Sulan City.

• Murong Qianqian ignored Zhao Ying’s pressure and continued striking Zhao Qi, while Xiao Yan blocked the old man’s attack.
• Xiao Yan confronted Zhao Ying and refused to stop Murong Qianqian, then attacked him with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan’s first clash drove Zhao Ying back, and the two fought as Xiao Yan continued to overpower him.
• Zhao Ying called for Zhao Ling to intervene, warning that Zhao Qi might lose his life.
• Zhao Ling appeared from Sulan City as another Nine-Star Half-Emperor, while Xiao Yan remained unconcerned.

Xiao Yan fought Zhao Ying and Zhao Ling after they attacked him together, and his palm techniques were eventually broken. He revealed the Xiao Clan Mark to raise his strength and prepared to finish the fight.

• Murong Qianqian struck Zhao Qi again, knocking him unconscious, and Zhao Ying and Zhao Ling charged at Xiao Yan together.
• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Strength and unleashed the Yellow Springs Palm and Ancient Emperor Seal against the two Nine-Star Half-Emperors.
• Zhao Ying and Zhao Ling countered with their Dou Techniques and shattered Xiao Yan’s two palm prints.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Xiao Clan Mark, causing his presence to surge to the Middle Six-Star Half-Emperor stage and continue rising.
• Xiao Yan declared that it was his turn to attack.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Zhao Ling and Zhao Ying in their battle above Sulan City and prepared to finish them with the Great Heaven Creation Palm. An unknown Dou Di intervened, and Xiao Yan withdrew his attack after meeting Murong Qianqian’s gaze.

• Xiao Yan appeared before Zhao Ling and Zhao Ying and confidently faced their joint attack.
• Xiao Yan countered Zhao Ying’s spear with Heavenly Flames, evaded Zhao Ling’s surprise strike, and caught Zhao Ling’s claws with his bare hands.
• Xiao Yan defeated both Nine-Star Half-Emperors with his techniques, crushing Zhao Ling’s claws and striking Zhao Ying with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Heaven Creation Palm to engulf Zhao Ling and Zhao Ying, but an aged voice asked him to spare them.
• Xiao Yan exchanged a glance with Murong Qianqian, withdrew the palm, and realized that a Dou Di expert was present in Sulan City.

Xiao Yan ended his clash with the Zhao Clan after its ancestor intervened, but the ancestor exposed Xiao Yan’s identity and incited the crowd with the Four Great Sects’ bounty. Xiao Yan rejected the Zhao Clan’s invitation and faced the attackers, relying on his overwhelming power while the Nine-Star Half-Emperors stayed out of the fight.

• The Zhao Clan’s ancestor, nearing a breakthrough to Three-Star Dou Di, pressured Xiao Yan to stop, and Xiao Yan agreed to end the battle.
• The ancestor invited Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian to visit the Zhao Clan, but Xiao Yan sensed danger and tried to leave.
• The ancestor revealed that Xiao Yan had fought the four sect leaders two years earlier, causing the crowd to recognize him as the man wanted by the Four Great Sects.
• The Four Great Sects’ bounty drove the people below to attack Xiao Yan, while the Nine-Star Half-Emperors declined to join them.
• Xiao Yan shattered the crowd’s combined pressure and challenged them to attack.

Xiao Yan crushed the pressure of Sulan City and left with Murong Qianqian, while the Zhao Clan's old ancestor vowed to confront him later. Half a month into their journey toward Shahepu, they reached Yan City, where Xiao Yan learned that a Blazing Flame Flower needed for the Ice Spirit Pill would be auctioned.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed the crowd in Sulan City, exchanged a threat with the Zhao Clan's old ancestor, and flew away with Murong Qianqian.
• The people of Sulan City realized Xiao Yan's return would stir turmoil across the Western Region and unsettle the Four Great Sects.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian traveled west in disguise, and Xiao Yan dealt with several groups that tried to attack him.
• Near Yan City, Xiao Yan heard that its auction would feature a Blazing Flame Flower and warned Murong Qianqian that powerful experts were in the city.
• Xiao Yan explained that he needed the Blazing Flame Flower for the Ice Spirit Pill, then entered Yan City with Murong Qianqian and quietly searched the city with his soul power.

Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian explored Yan City ahead of the auction, and Xiao Yan entered the Thousand Medicine Pavilion to search for ingredients needed for the Ice Spirit Pill. There, he examined formation plates until a noblewoman approached to ask whether he wanted to buy one.

• Xiao Yan learned that the auction was three days away and worried that his three remaining Emperor Grade Pills would not be enough to secure the Blazing Flame Flower.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian entered the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, whose powerful barrier suggested that a Dou Di expert had established it.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian saw that the shop's medicinal ingredient section was nearly deserted while customers crowded around pills and formation plates.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian went to inspect the formation plates, and a richly dressed noblewoman asked Xiao Yan whether he wished to purchase one.

Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian visited the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, where its alluring Pavilion Master reassured him that customers’ identities were protected. She showed Xiao Yan how an array disc produced a powerful Dou Qi barrier, leaving him impressed by its defensive strength.

• The Pavilion Master’s bewitching presence startled Xiao Yan, and Murong Qianqian brought him back to his senses by stepping on his foot.
• Xiao Yan realized he could not gauge the Pavilion Master’s strength and suspected she was a Dou Di expert.
• The Pavilion Master promised that the Thousand Medicine Pavilion protected its customers’ identities and offered to explain its array discs.
• Xiao Yan said he was curious about the array discs, and the Pavilion Master demonstrated one that formed a barrier strong enough to withstand an ordinary Eight-Star Half-Emperor’s full-powered strike.

Xiao Yan visited the Thousand Medicine Pavilion and learned about its Formation Plates before searching its medicinal-ingredient hall for supplies. He offered to revive Jin Yao’s dead Thousand-Fan Tree, then revealed the Life Spirit Flame, leaving Jin Yao stunned.

• Jin Yao explained the defensive, offensive, and composite Formation Plates to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Jin Yao he had come to find ingredients for two pills, and she led him to the medicinal-ingredient hall on the second floor.
• Xiao Yan and Jin Yao discovered a Thousand-Fan Tree that had withered and died, which Jin Yao regretted being unable to revive.
• Xiao Yan said he might be able to bring the tree back to life and showed Jin Yao the Life Spirit Flame.
• Jin Yao recognized the flame as a Heavenly Flame and cried out in shock.

Xiao Yan used the Life Spirit Flame to try to revive the Thousand-Fan Tree for Jin Yao, despite the tree appearing dead. After three hours, the tree cracked and seemed on the verge of breaking apart, but new green bark emerged beneath the old bark, leaving both of them astonished and hopeful.

• Jin Yao offered Xiao Yan any three items from the Thousand Medicine Pavilion if he revived the Thousand-Fan Tree.
• Xiao Yan enveloped the Thousand-Fan Tree in the Life Spirit Flame and slowly guided the flame into its trunk.
• After three hours, the flame reached the tree’s hidden life force, but the tree remained unchanged.
• The Thousand-Fan Tree cracked under the flame, and Xiao Yan withdrew it as he and Jin Yao feared the tree would break apart.
• New green bark appeared beneath the falling dark-green bark, stunning Xiao Yan and Jin Yao.

Xiao Yan used the Life Spirit Flame to revive and rapidly grow Jin Yao’s Thousand-Fan Tree, then agreed to lend her the flame so it could continue producing leaves. The chapter ended with Jin Yao promising him one-fifth of the leaves and a favor in exchange.

• Xiao Yan’s Life Spirit Flame revived the Thousand-Fan Tree and accelerated its growth, but the tree stopped growing whenever the flame went out.
• Jin Yao thanked Xiao Yan and offered him any three items from the Thousand Medicine Pavilion.
• Jin Yao asked to borrow Xiao Yan’s Life Spirit Flame, offering him one-fifth of the Thousand-Fan Leaves and a favor from a Dou Di expert.
• Xiao Yan considered the value of Jin Yao’s favor amid his looming conflict with the Four Great Sects and agreed to her request.

Xiao Yan lent Jin Yao a Child Flame from his Heavenly Flame Origin in exchange for a Thousand-Fan Leaf. He declined to take a fifth of her ancient leaves and instead asked for a newly grown leaf, then hinted that Jin Yao would owe a valuable favor to a third-tier alchemist.

• Xiao Yan separated a jade-green Child Flame from his Heavenly Flame Origin and gave it to Jin Yao, explaining that it would have about half the original flame’s catalyzing effect.
• Jin Yao accepted the Child Flame and prepared to give Xiao Yan a fifth of the Thousand-Fan Tree’s leaves as promised.
• Xiao Yan stopped Jin Yao and asked for a newly grown Thousand-Fan Leaf instead of her precious ancient leaves.
• Jin Yao realized Xiao Yan could use the leaf to grow another Thousand-Fan Tree and that his request would leave her grateful to him.
• Xiao Yan told Jin Yao that a favor from a third-tier alchemist was valuable too.