Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to cleanse most of the poison from Fang Zhicong’s limbs, restoring his meridians and improving his condition. He left the rest of the treatment for another day and told Lan Ye he was staying at the Helan Relay Station.

• Xiao Yan examined Fang Zhicong and found that poison had invaded his organs, Qi cyclone, Soul Origin, meridians, and bones.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames to drive the poison from Fang Zhicong’s limbs while Lan Ye watched anxiously.
• Xiao Yan cleared most of the poison from the limbs in about an hour and a half, leaving Fang Zhicong’s meridians and bones renewed.
• Xiao Yan told Lan Ye that the poison in Fang Zhicong’s internal organs would have to wait until their next session.
• Xiao Yan left to return to his companions and told Lan Ye he was staying at the Helan Relay Station.

Xiao Yan returned to the guesthouse and told his companions about saving Fang Zhicong and Lan Ye, then revealed his plan to trade for the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva. He left everyone astonished by producing a seven-thousand-year-old Thousand-Fan Tree whose leaves could serve as valuable bargaining chips.

• Xiao Yan returned to the guesthouse, where Luo Jin and the others had been waiting anxiously for him.
• Xiao Yan recounted how he had saved Fang Zhicong and Lan Ye, and explained that the Fang Clan’s head was likely an Origin King expert who might owe him a favor.
• Luo Jin asked how they would trade for the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva at Burning Flame Valley, since their group had nothing suitable to offer.
• Xiao Yan revealed a seven-thousand-year-old Thousand-Fan Tree bearing more than a hundred leaves, including some with five thousand years of medicinal age.
• Xiao Yan’s companions realized that the Thousand-Fan Leaves could be exchanged for the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, while Xiao Yan credited the Life Spirit Flame for helping the tree grow.

Lan Ye asked Xiao Yan to accompany him to the Fang Clan to continue treating Fang Zhicong's poison, offering the clan's resources and a guest elder position in return. Xiao Yan accepted and left Helan Relay Station with his companions, while four men followed them from the eastern gate.

• Lan Ye waited outside Xiao Yan's quarters after seeing Fang Zhicong improve from the previous day's treatment.
• Lan Ye invited Xiao Yan to the Fang Clan to expel the poison completely and promised him access to the clan's resources and a guest elder position.
• Xiao Yan agreed to go, then asked to bring Luo Jin and his other companions along.
• Lan Ye accepted Xiao Yan's companions, and the group left Helan Relay Station through the east gate toward the Fang Clan.
• Four middle-aged men emerged outside the eastern gate and pursued Xiao Yan's group.

Xiao Yan’s group discovered that the four figures pursuing them were the Four Elders of East Valley, sent by the Heavenly Puppet Sect to attack Lan Ye. The elders unleashed four powerful puppets, and Xiao Yan’s companions joined Lan Ye to face them as the battle began.

• Lan Ye and Zhou Tai bonded while Xiao Yan introduced the members of his group.
• Xiao Yan and Lan Ye confronted the four experts who had been following them and suspected they served the Heavenly Puppet Sect.
• The pursuers revealed themselves as the Four Elders of East Valley and summoned four middle-stage Origin Return Realm puppets.
• Xiao Yan’s group stepped forward to support Lan Ye, and Xiao Yan refused the elders’ demand to leave.
• The Four Elders ordered their puppets to attack Xiao Yan and his companions.

Lan Ye and Xiao Yan fought the East Valley elders’ puppets while protecting Fang Zhicong, and the elders confronted Xiao Yan over his Heavenly Puppet Sect puppets. Xiao Yan defeated their combined spear technique with his Heavenly Flames, leaving the four elders facing his overwhelming attack.

• The four puppets attacked Lan Ye, Xiao Yan, Luo Jin, and their companions while the East Valley elders targeted Fang Zhicong.
• Lan Ye asked Xiao Yan to protect Fang Zhicong, and Xiao Yan sent his Origin Return Realm puppet to aid Luo Jin’s group before rushing to Fang Zhicong’s side.
• Lan Ye was struck in the chest after noticing Xiao Yan’s puppet, while the other fighters gained the advantage against the East Valley puppets.
• The East Valley elders recognized Xiao Yan’s puppets and accused him of killing the Tian Brothers and stealing their puppets.
• The four elders combined their Origin Qi into a spear, but Xiao Yan’s Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler shattered it with Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan defeated the Four Elders of East Valley and destroyed one of their puppets, then gave Lan Ye a medicinal pill after finding him wounded. As Xiao Yan recovered, Lan Ye grew increasingly suspicious about Xiao Yan’s connection to Fang Zhicong and the others.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Four Elders of East Valley’s combined attack and knocked all four out of the fight with his flaming ruler.
• Three puppets rescued the Four Elders and carried them away, while Xiao Yan drove one puppet into the ground and destroyed its head.
• Xiao Yan gave Lan Ye a medicinal pill and confirmed that Luo Jin and the others were unharmed.
• Xiao Yan sat down to recover his Origin Qi as Lan Ye reflected on Xiao Yan’s offer to cure Fang Zhicong and his defeat of the Four Elders.

Lan Ye brought Xiao Yan and his companions safely to the Fang Clan stronghold of Donghua City, where they learned that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect was pressuring Fang Clan Head Fang Chi over an antidote. Lan Ye led Xiao Yan to the reception hall, where Mao Xun forced Fang Chi to choose between the clan’s loyalty and his son’s life.

• Lan Ye and the others reached Donghua City, the Fang Clan’s stronghold, after two days of travel.
• Lan Ye recognized the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s carriage and learned that its people had come to visit Fang Zhicong.
• Lan Ye invited Xiao Yan into the Fang Clan residence, suspecting the sect’s visit concerned a deal that could threaten the clan.
• Lan Ye led Xiao Yan and his companions to the reception hall, bypassing the Fang Clan members who tried to question them.
• Mao Xun offered Fang Chi an antidote in exchange for the Fang Clan’s betrayal, and the three elders rejected his demand.
• Mao Xun challenged Fang Chi to choose whether to save his son, Fang Zhicong.

Mao Xun pressured Fang Chi to make the Fang Clan submit to the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect in exchange for a pill to cure Fang Zhicong’s poison. Just as Fang Chi was about to agree, Lan Ye interrupted the confrontation and announced that he had found another way to cure the young master.

• Mao Xun told Fang Chi that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect would only give him the antidote if the Fang Clan joined the sect, forcing Fang Chi to choose between his clan and his son.
• Fang Chi began to agree after Mao Xun threatened to leave, but Lan Ye burst into the hall and knocked Mao Xun down.
• Lan Ye attacked Mao Xun until Fang Chi stopped him with an invisible barrier and ordered Lan Ye outside.
• Lan Ye told Fang Chi that he had found a way to cure Fang Zhicong’s poison, and Fang Chi leapt up in shock.

Lan Ye announced that he had found a way to purge Fang Zhicong’s poison, undermining Mao Xun’s attempt to force the Fang Clan to submit to the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Xiao Yan then stepped forward to claim he could cure Fang Zhicong and challenged Mao Xun’s mockery by erupting in flames.

• Lan Ye told Fang Chi that he had found a way to purge Fang Zhicong’s poison, prompting relief among the Fang Clan.
• Mao Xun challenged Lan Ye to prove his claim and insisted that only the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had the antidote.
• Fang Chi wondered how Mao Xun knew that he had invited the master of Burning Flame Valley to examine Fang Zhicong.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Luo Jin and the others, introduced himself, and said he had come to purge Fang Zhicong’s poison.
• After Mao Xun mocked Xiao Yan’s ability, Xiao Yan erupted in flames and asked whether Mao Xun thought he was worthy.

Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames and won Fang Chi’s support, forcing Mao Xun to flee after the Fang Clan rejected the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. As Mao Xun plotted to kill Fang Zhicong, Fang Chi questioned Xiao Yan about his connection to the Heavenly Puppet Sect.

• Xiao Yan displayed his Heavenly Flames, shocking Fang Chi and the Fang Clan elders and making Mao Xun realize the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s plan had failed.
• Fang Chi promised Xiao Yan the Fang Clan’s rewards and a personal favor if he purged Fang Zhicong’s poison.
• Lan Ye attacked Mao Xun, but Fang Chi ordered him to let Mao Xun go and send a message that the Fang Clan would not betray its faction or join either rival sect.
• Mao Xun fled the reception hall and encountered Fang Zhicong alone, then produced a dark green pill and resolved to kill him.
• Fang Chi learned that Xiao Yan was a Fifth-Tier Alchemist and asked what relationship he had with the Heavenly Puppet Sect, freezing the atmosphere.

Fang Chi accused Xiao Yan and his companions of being spies from the Heavenly Puppet Sect and crushed them with his Origin King pressure. Xiao Yan briefly resisted to protect Xiao Yi Xian, but Fang Chi broke through his defenses and left the group kneeling as he defended his suspicions.

• Fang Chi unleashed his pressure, forcing Xiao Yan and his companions to their knees and injuring Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan used the Giant Elephant Art to rise and shield the others, briefly holding Fang Chi’s pressure at bay.
• Fang Chi intensified his pressure, shattered Xiao Yan’s golden barrier, and made him cough blood.
• Luo Jin and the others challenged Fang Chi’s accusation, while Fang Chi cited Xiao Yan’s healing offer, the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s pursuit, and his puppet as evidence of a plot.
• Zhou Tai appealed to his standing as an Alchemist Alliance elder, but Fang Chi questioned whether he had served another faction before joining the Alliance.

Fang Chi, increasingly suspicious and seemingly overcome by a dark influence, attacked his own clan elders while Xiao Yan and his companions were suppressed. When Fang Chi was about to kill an elder, a force awakened inside Xiao Yan and hurled Fang Chi into a wall, leaving the elders stunned.

• Fang Chi accused Xiao Yan and his companions of belonging to the Heavenly Puppet Sect and used his overwhelming power to suppress them.
• The three Fang Clan elders questioned Fang Chi's suspicions, but he accused them of disloyalty and attacked them with Origin Qi.
• The elders blocked Fang Chi's attack, and the blast knocked Xiao Yan and his companions down as Xiao Yan heard something break inside him.
• A messenger announced that the poison in Fang Zhicong's body had flared up again, but Fang Chi shouted that Fang Zhicong should die and lunged at an elder.
• A mysterious energy vortex formed around Xiao Yan and blasted Fang Chi into the wall, stunning the elders.

Xiao Xuan’s power surged through Xiao Yan and destroyed the Fang Clan’s council hall, but Xiao Xuan did not respond when Xiao Yan tried to reach him afterward. Fang Chi recovered and tried to approach Xiao Yan, while the three Fang Clan elders blocked him.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Origin Qi gathering around him as Xiao Xuan’s immense power shook the ruins and startled the Fang Clan disciples.
• The three elders stopped the disciples from entering the council hall and recognized that the power surrounding Xiao Yan belonged to someone far stronger than them.
• Fang Chi broke free of the collapsed wall, remembered his earlier attack, and realized with alarm that he had nearly struck an elder.
• Xiao Yan searched for Xiao Xuan but found no trace of him, then stood and saw Fang Chi nearby.
• Fang Chi tried to explain himself to Xiao Yan, but the three elders stepped between them and warned him not to attack again.

After Fang Chi’s actions endangered Xiao Yan and his companions, the Fang Clan elders suspended him as clan head and named Xiao Yan an honored elder. Xiao Yan agreed to treat Fang Zhicong’s poison only after Fang Chi apologized to Xiao Yi Xian, then led her toward the courtyard.

• Fang Chi apologized to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan refused to let the matter go easily.
• The three elders suspended Fang Chi as clan head and made Xiao Yan an honored elder of the Fang Clan.
• Fang Chi asked Xiao Yan to treat Fang Zhicong after the poison flared up again.
• Xiao Yan agreed to treat Fang Zhicong on the condition that Fang Chi bow and apologize to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Fang Chi apologized to Xiao Yi Xian in front of the Fang Clan, and Xiao Yan accepted before taking her toward the courtyard.

Xiao Yan examined Fang Zhicong after finding him unconscious and discovered that the poison in his body had erupted and spread far faster than before. He slowed its spread and warned Fang Chi not to suppress it again, but the cause of the sudden flare-up remained unknown.

• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Yi Xian from touching Fang Zhicong because the poison in his body was too dangerous.
• Xiao Yan found that Fang Zhicong's poison had spread rapidly, turned his arm black and blue, and reached the surface of his skin.
• Xiao Yan used a pale green flame to strike Fang Zhicong's key points and slow the poison's spread.
• Fang Chi prepared to suppress the poison, but Xiao Yan warned that doing so would make Fang Zhicong impossible to save.
• Fang Chi withdrew his Origin Qi and accepted Xiao Yan's warning, while Xiao Yan wondered why the poison had suddenly grown fiercer.

Xiao Yan spent three days using his Heavenly Flames to purge the poison from Fang Zhicong, but a tiny amount of the poison had secretly entered Xiao Yan’s body. After Fang Zhicong recovered, the poison blocked Xiao Yan’s meridians, and Xiao Yi Xian found him unconscious on the floor.

• Fang Chi arranged a secluded room so Xiao Yan could purge Fang Zhicong’s poison without interruption.
• Xiao Yan enveloped Fang Zhicong in Heavenly Flames and spent three days refining the poison away, unknowingly drawing a tiny trace into his own body.
• Fang Zhicong’s poison was completely purged, but Xiao Yan’s Origin Qi was nearly depleted and his mind grew hazy.
• Xiao Yan discovered a mass of black poison blocking his meridians and collapsed.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard a thud, opened the door, and found Xiao Yan unconscious.

Xiao Yan collapsed after curing Fang Zhicong, and Xiao Yi Xian determined that a specially refined poison had harmed him. Fang Chi confirmed his son was safe, then clashed with Bai Hua and Luo Jin over Xiao Yan’s condition before someone ordered everyone out.

• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan unconscious and recognized that he had been poisoned.
• Luo Jin and Bai Hua examined Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian explained that the poison contained its creator’s power and might require the original antidote.
• Fang Chi arrived and confirmed that the poison had been expelled from Fang Zhicong’s body.
• Bai Hua demanded that Fang Chi explain the poison, and Fang Chi used his pressure to force Bai Hua back.
• Luo Jin confronted Fang Chi, who suspected Xiao Yan’s companions had powerful backing, before an unknown speaker ordered everyone out.

Xiao Yi Xian tried to keep the spreading poison from destroying Xiao Yan, drawing it out through their linked meridians. When activating her Woeful Poison Body still proved insufficient, she kissed him to absorb the poison faster.

• Fang Chi carried Fang Zhicong out after Xiao Yi Xian ordered him to leave, and Luo Jin and Bai Hua carried the unconscious Xiao Yan to the bed.
• Xiao Yi Xian examined Xiao Yan and found that the poison had occupied his Qi cyclone, devoured his Origin Qi, and spread through his meridians.
• Xiao Yi Xian guided strands of poison from Xiao Yan into her own body, but the poison spread faster than she could absorb it.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated her Woeful Poison Body, increasing her absorption until it only matched the poison's spread.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Yan to draw the poison from his body into hers more quickly.

After Xiao Yi Xian removed the poison from Xiao Yan, he thanked the Fang Clan and prepared to leave with his companions. Before departing for Burning Flame Valley’s sect competition, he reminded Fang Chi that the clan still owed him a favor.

• After three days, Xiao Yi Xian emerged from Xiao Yan’s room, and the group confirmed that Xiao Yan had recovered and his poison was gone.
• Fang Zhicong thanked Xiao Yan for saving his life and apologized for Xiao Yan being poisoned because of him.
• Fang Chi gave Xiao Yan the medicinal ingredients he had requested, and Xiao Yan announced that his group would leave the Fang Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Fang Chi that the group was traveling to Burning Flame Valley to watch its sect competition.
• As Xiao Yan and his companions departed, he reminded Fang Chi that he still owed him a favor.

Xiao Yan and his companions traveled toward Burning Flame Valley after learning of the Fang Clan’s ties to the sect and the valley master’s failed attempt to cure Fang Zhicong. At the edge of the Crimson Flame Mountain Range, Xiao Yan gave his companions ice crystals to withstand the heat, then sensed a terrifying presence behind him.

• Fang Zhicong told Xiao Yan that the Fang Clan served Burning Flame Valley and had joined it in hopes that the valley master would cure Fang Zhicong’s poison.
• Fang Zhicong explained that Burning Flame Valley’s master had reached the Origin Ancestor Great Realm but had still been unable to remove the poison.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left the Fang Clan and traveled east toward Burning Flame Valley, wary of the sect after seeing the Fang Clan’s conduct.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the outskirts of the Crimson Flame Mountain Range, where the intense heat overwhelmed his companions.
• Xiao Yan handed out ice crystals that cooled the air, but a sudden bone-chilling presence made him turn toward a pair of dark red eyes filled with killing intent.