Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan faced deadly Pill Lightning after completing the Bodhi Restoration Pill, but the Northern King intercepted the first strike and challenged the thunderclouds. The clouds gathered strength for an even more powerful bolt as Xiao Yan watched with excitement.

• Tian Ying and his companions rushed toward Xiao Yan when Pill Lightning formed, fearing his weakened state would leave him unable to survive it.
• Xiao Yan sent the Northern King to intercept the first bolt, and the puppet shattered the lightning before swiftly healing its dented chest.
• Tian Ying, his companions, and A Bao watched in astonishment as the Northern King showed his power and grew stronger from the lightning.
• The Northern King shouted defiantly at the thunderclouds, provoking them to unleash a larger, more powerful bolt.
• Xiao Yan smiled excitedly as the next bolt descended toward the Northern King.

Xiao Yan endured his exhaustion to seal the escaped Bodhi Restoration Pill while the Northern King battled the Pill Lightning. After the thundercloud vanished, the Northern King returned stronger than Xiao Yan had expected, and Xiao Yan was on the verge of fainting.

• The Northern King withstood nearly a hundred lightning strikes, growing stronger as the thundercloud shrank.
• Xiao Yan restored some Dou Qi and used the Pill Transformation Ring to turn the escaped pill, which had taken his likeness, back into a pill and store it in a jade bottle.
• The Northern King endured one final lightning strike, and the thundercloud dispersed completely.
• Xiao Yan saw the Northern King's purple-gold body and judged that he had reached the strength of an Early-Stage Two-Star Dou Di, while Xiao Yan struggled to stay conscious.

After completing the Bodhi Restoration Pill, Xiao Yan slept for two weeks while the Northern King guarded him, and rumors of the Pill Lightning spread beyond the Xilin Mountain Range. Once recovered, Xiao Yan sat down to refine an Emperor Tribulation Pill.

• Xiao Yan collapsed after refining the Bodhi Restoration Pill and slept for two weeks as the Northern King kept Tian Ying and the others away.
• Tian Ying and his brothers questioned A Bao about his past actions, remaining wary despite his explanation that he meant to help Xiao Yan.
• Bai Ying and Bai Zhan concluded that the spectacle over the Xilin Mountain Range had been Pill Lightning from Xiao Yan’s refinement, and Bai Ying refused to send anyone there.
• Bai Ying warned Bai Zhan to focus on cultivation and prepare for the Zhuo Clan youth nearing Three-Star Dou Di, then vanished from the hall.
• Xiao Yan woke fully restored, located Tian Ying and the others with his Spiritual Strength, and began refining an Emperor Tribulation Pill.

After completing the Bodhi Restoration Pill, Xiao Yan refined four Emperor Tribulation Pills for Tian Ying and the others, while the Northern King absorbed their Pill Lightning and reached mid-stage two-star Dou Di. Xiao Yan left with the pills and still needed Ice Spirit Cold Liquid before he could refine the Ice Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Yan restarted the cauldron after finishing the Bodhi Restoration Pill and began refining four Emperor Tribulation Pills for Tian Ying and the other three.
• Xiao Yan added four sets of ingredients to the cauldron and refined them into medicinal liquid over half a month.
• Tian Ying and the others noticed the Pill Lightning forming and realized Xiao Yan was not yet refining the Ice Spirit Pill.
• The Northern King endured the four bolts of Pill Lightning and reached mid-stage two-star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan collected the four pills, put away his cauldron, and turned to meet Tian Ying and the others, still needing Ice Spirit Cold Liquid to refine the Ice Spirit Pill.

Xiao Yan gave Tian Ying and his companions Emperor Tribulation Pills and a Five-Star Dou Di magical beast core, then accompanied Tian Ying to the One-Horned Whale Serpent's location. They reached a deep underground magma chamber, but found it empty.

• Xiao Yan revealed four Emperor Tribulation Pills and gave one to each of Tian Ying, his two brothers, and A Bao.
• Xiao Yan gave Tian Ying the Magic Core of a Five-Star Dou Di magical beast, saying it could help them reach One-Star Dou Di with the pills.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Tian Ying and then followed him toward the One-Horned Whale Serpent's location, while concealing that he had known it for a year.
• Xiao Yan and Tian Ying reached a deep underground chamber filled with searing magma, but the One-Horned Whale Serpent was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Yan discovered that the One-Horned Whale Serpent was hidden inside a natural formation and saw that its strength had grown. He then traveled alone to Xilin’s heartland, where he used the Cold-Delaying Jade to enter Leng Bingshuang’s underground ice palace and sensed the ice spirit cold spring.

• Tian Ying revealed the One-Horned Whale Serpent inside a natural formation in the magma space.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the One-Horned Whale Serpent’s strength had surpassed that of a Four-Star Dou Di and then left for Xilin’s heartland.
• Xiao Yan crossed the snowfields with the Cold-Delaying Jade protecting him from the cold.
• Xiao Yan found Leng Bingshuang’s underground ice palace and sensed the location of its ice spirit cold spring.

Xiao Yan searched the ice palace for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, but discovered Leng Bingshuang gravely weakened and suffering in a separate courtyard. He tried to warm and save her with his Heavenly Flames, which were swallowed by the colder force inside her body.

• Xiao Yan entered the ice palace to find the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, but found that his Spiritual Strength was restricted and he had to search by memory.
• After wandering for most of the day, Xiao Yan heard the spring’s flowing water and then a woman’s pained moan from a nearby courtyard.
• Xiao Yan turned away from the spring and entered the courtyard, where a ribbon of Dou Qi nearly struck him as he opened the room’s door.
• Xiao Yan recognized the frail, ice-blue woman on the bed as Leng Bingshuang and saw her tears freeze into ice crystals.
• Xiao Yan spread his clothes over the ice bed, raised the room’s temperature with flames, and sent his Heavenly Flames into Leng Bingshuang.
• A colder force inside Leng Bingshuang swallowed Xiao Yan’s flames, so he gritted his teeth and sent even fiercer Heavenly Flames into her body.

Xiao Yan discovered that Leng Bingshuang’s worsening condition came from cold poison that had accumulated for years, and Gu You told him to use Heavenly Flames to suppress it before giving her the Bodhi Restoration Pill. When Xiao Yan tried to begin the treatment, Leng Bingshuang briefly woke, rejected his help, and fainted.

• Xiao Yan tried to send Heavenly Flames into Leng Bingshuang, but the strange ice repeatedly devoured them, so he asked Gu You to examine her.
• Gu You found that Leng Bingshuang’s long-standing cold poison had worsened until she could no longer withstand it.
• Gu You warned that the Bodhi Restoration Pill alone would not be enough and instructed Xiao Yan to warm her body with Heavenly Flames before giving her the pill.
• Gu You showed Xiao Yan several vulnerable points where he could safely channel Heavenly Flames, leaving Xiao Yan embarrassed by their sensitive locations.
• Xiao Yan moved to treat Leng Bingshuang, but she woke, demanded to know what he was doing, and told him to get lost before fainting.

Xiao Yan infused Leng Bingshuang’s body with Heavenly Flames to protect her vital organs and counter the cold poison. When the poison began advancing again, he realized he had to personally guide the flames across her skin, despite fearing how she would react when she woke.

• Xiao Yan spent four hours carefully infusing Heavenly Flames into Leng Bingshuang’s body while she lay unconscious on the ice bed.
• The cold poison, Leng Bingshuang’s Origin Qi, and Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames formed a three-way standoff inside her body.
• Xiao Yan realized he had to touch every part of Leng Bingshuang’s skin to spread the Heavenly Flames and hesitated over the risk of offending her.
• The cold poison spread toward the Heavenly Flames and began icing over organs they had protected, forcing Xiao Yan to stop hesitating.

Leng Bingshuang accused Xiao Yan of taking advantage of her while treating her cold poison and attacked him, but he collapsed before she could kill him. She took his Bodhi Restoration Pill as compensation and left, while the cold poison spread through Xiao Yan’s exhausted body and Gu You noticed something unusual.

• Leng Bingshuang confronted Xiao Yan and thrust her sword at his chest, but he fainted and narrowly avoided the blow, though the blade wounded him.
• Leng Bingshuang found the Bodhi Restoration Pill that Xiao Yan had dropped and recognized its quality.
• Leng Bingshuang considered killing Xiao Yan but broke her sword, took the pill as compensation, and left him on the ice bed.
• Cold poison from Leng Bingshuang spread through Xiao Yan’s right hand and into his meridians while he remained unconscious.
• Gu You sensed the poison spreading and paused before intervening after noticing something.

Xiao Yan recovered after his Heavenly Flames burned away the cold poison in his arm, absorbing its pure energy and consolidating his strength. He learned that Leng Bingshuang had taken the Bodhi Restoration Pill, leaving him no chance to obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid.

• Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames destroyed the cold poison in his right arm, and the refined energy replenished and strengthened his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan woke after being unconscious for three shichen and shattered the ice bed as he stood.
• Leng Bingshuang briefly opened her eyes and glanced toward Xiao Yan before closing them again.
• Gu You explained how Xiao Yan had absorbed energy from the cold poison and consolidated his Late Six-Star Half-Emperor strength.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan that Leng Bingshuang had taken the Bodhi Restoration Pill and that he could no longer obtain the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid.

Xiao Yan found the ice spirit cold spring, but it erupted with a dangerous cold mist while Leng Bingshuang was too weak to contain it. He helped her reinforce the barrier with his Heavenly Flames and took over, leaving the spring’s eruption still underway.

• Xiao Yan realized Leng Bingshuang might not give him the ice spirit cold liquid and considered extracting some from the nearby air instead.
• Leng Bingshuang sensed a disturbance at the ice spirit cold spring, and Xiao Yan hurried there with Gu You guiding him.
• Xiao Yan found Leng Bingshuang beside the spring just as it churned and released thick, spreading cold mist.
• Leng Bingshuang formed a barrier around the pool, but the mist began dissolving it.
• Xiao Yan added a barrier of Dou Qi and Heavenly Flames, held back the mist, and told the depleted Leng Bingshuang to rest while he handled the spring.

Xiao Yan realized the Ice Spirit Cold Spring was on the verge of a catastrophic eruption because Leng Bingshuang had trapped its energy behind the snowy peaks. After the barrier shattered, Xiao Yan rescued Leng Bingshuang and fled the cold pool as it erupted.

• Xiao Yan recognized that the overflowing cold pool held centuries of accumulated energy and could soon explode.
• Leng Bingshuang urged Xiao Yan to leave, but a crack in the barrier sent cold Qi bursting through and froze her in place.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames to hold back the cold mist while Leng Bingshuang condensed Origin Qi and broke free of the ice.
• The barrier shattered, exposing Leng Bingshuang when her frozen dress broke apart, and Xiao Yan pulled her into his robe.
• Xiao Yan carried Leng Bingshuang away with Heavenly Severing Steps as the cold pool erupted and sent water skyward.

The Ice Spirit Cold Spring erupted, sending freezing water over the heart of Xilin, and Leng Bingshuang was left severely weakened after Xiao Yan saved her. Xiao Yan returned to the pool and called on Elder Gu to help stop the crisis.

• The Ice Spirit Cold Spring blasted through the ice palace and unleashed freezing rain across the heart of Xilin.
• Xiao Yan gave his robe to the barely conscious Leng Bingshuang after saving her from the spring’s power.
• Leng Bingshuang warned Xiao Yan to forget what happened and ordered him to leave, but collapsed when she tried to go to the pool.
• Xiao Yan left Leng Bingshuang two bottles of pills and returned to the cold pool, where he asked Elder Gu to deal with the eruption.

Xiao Yan entered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and descended through its lightless depths, protected by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and guided by Gu You. Near his limit, he chose to press on, and a fleeting speck of starlight appeared in the darkness.

• Xiao Yan hesitated before the whirlpool, but Gu You assured him he would be safe and kicked him into the spring.
• Gu You appeared beside the pool as the Bone Spirit Cold Flame shielded Xiao Yan from the spring water.
• Xiao Yan descended for half an hour through the dark spring while Gu You guided him and used the cold to keep him clearheaded.
• Xiao Yan reached his limit and considered turning back, then gathered his Dou Qi and continued downward.
• Xiao Yan spotted a brief speck of starlight at the edge of his vision.

Xiao Yan and Gu You discovered a five-thousand-year-old extreme cold ice soul beneath the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Gu You planned to remove a piece of it to stabilize the spring and help Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan felt grateful for his care.

• Xiao Yan and Gu You found an enormous extreme cold ice soul at the bottom of the cold pool.
• Gu You explained that the ice soul could help Xiao Yan suppress Heavenly Flames, though using it effectively would require the whole mass.
• Gu You said he could stabilize the rampaging Ice Spirit Cold Spring by taking a piece from the ice soul, allowing the spring to replenish its energy.
• As Gu You pressed his Bone Spirit Cold Flame-wrapped hand against the ice soul, Xiao Yan silently thanked him for everything he had done.

Xiao Yan took a piece of Ice Soul from Gu You and caused the energy in the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to gather deep beneath the pool. After he emerged, Leng Bingshuang mistook him for a threat and attacked him, then left without retaliating when he scolded her.

• Gu You tossed Xiao Yan a piece of Ice Soul and warned him that its concentrated cold was dangerous.
• Xiao Yan sealed the Ice Soul in a jade box, and energy from the spring water surged toward the hollow left behind.
• Leng Bingshuang waited beside the pool as its surface stilled and the energy beneath it gathered in the depths.
• Xiao Yan burst from the pool, and Leng Bingshuang struck at him with sword Qi.
• Xiao Yan blocked the attack with the Heavy Xuan Ruler, then scolded Leng Bingshuang for nearly killing him.
• Leng Bingshuang left without answering, and Xiao Yan followed her.

Xiao Yan convinced Leng Bingshuang that his Heavenly Flames had stopped the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from rampaging and received a bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid. After she drove him from the ice palace, he found a secluded mountain cave and prepared to refine the Ice Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Yan resisted Leng Bingshuang's pressure and claimed the Ice Spirit Cold Spring had stopped rampaging after encountering his Heavenly Flames.
• Leng Bingshuang suspected Xiao Yan wanted the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid and warned him not to bring up the Bodhi Restoration Pill because she had not forgiven him for touching her.
• Leng Bingshuang gave Xiao Yan a jade bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, then ordered him to leave Xilin's hinterland.
• Xiao Yan left the ice palace, flew east, and carved a cave into a snowy mountain instead of returning to Tian Ying and the others.
• Xiao Yan set out the Luo Heavenly Cauldron and restored his Dou Qi before beginning to refine the Ice Spirit Pill.

Xiao Yan refined the Ice Spirit Pill over six months while Leng Bingshuang restored her strength and began refining the Bodhi Restoration Pill. As the Ice Spirit Pill neared completion, Pill Lightning descended and Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King.

• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi, then began refining the Ice Spirit Pill in his medicinal cauldron.
• After more than a month of recovery, Leng Bingshuang swallowed the Bodhi Restoration Pill and began refining it.
• Tian Ying, his two brothers, and A Bao absorbed energy from a Five-Star Dou Di-level Magic Core at the volcano.
• After six months, Xiao Yan completed the Ice Spirit Pill's refinement and began nurturing the pill's final form.
• Thunder sounded above the cave, Xiao Yan woke, and he summoned the Northern King as Pill Lightning descended.

While the Zhuo and Bai Clans advanced in strength and the Sun Clan declined, Xiao Yan recovered in the Xilin Mountain Range and discovered that the Northern King had grown nearly strong enough to match a Three-Star Dou Di. He prepared to devour the Heavenly Flames with the Ice Spirit Pill, while Gu You urged him to cultivate hard despite their impending separation.

• Zhuo Lin approached the late Two-Star Dou Di stage, while Bai Ying and Bai Zhan advanced using a high-grade Spirit Stone.
• The Sun Clan remained weakened after Sun Shuo and Sun Hanxi's deaths, leaving it vulnerable to its enemies.
• The Northern King endured nearly two days of Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan retrieved the Ice Spirit Pill and refined three third-tier pills over the following week.
• Xiao Yan tested the Northern King's strength and found that it had grown close to the level of a Three-Star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan examined the Ice Spirit Pill and resolved to prepare to devour the Heavenly Flames as Gu You encouraged him to cultivate hard.