Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan agreed to Luo Jin’s proposed inheritance-sharing arrangement and spent the following days refining two powerful incarnations. With the Alchemist Grand Meeting approaching, a Guild messenger invited him to meet President Gu Li, and Xiao Yan agreed to go shortly.

• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan he wanted two of the three inheritances if they obtained them, and Xiao Yan accepted the arrangement.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month refining his two incarnations, stabilizing their strength at Six-Star Dou Sheng and Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan dispersed the incarnations and noticed that refining them had slightly strengthened his Spiritual Strength.
• A black-robed Alchemist Guild messenger arrived and conveyed Gu Li’s invitation for Xiao Yan to visit the Guild.
• Xiao Yan told the messenger he would come shortly.

Gu Li and Chi Lin privately explained to Xiao Yan that they had secretly invited him to avoid Wei Yi, then confirmed they hoped he would compete for the Alchemist Guild in the approaching Alchemist Grand Meeting. Xiao Yan agreed to participate and left, warning that Wei Yi had likely already grown suspicious.

• Xiao Yan criticized Gu Li and Chi Lin for sending Dou Zun messengers to invite a Half-Emperor, then pretended to leave until Gu Li persuaded him to sit back down.
• Gu Li explained that he had arranged the private meeting because Wei Yi, the guild’s chief alchemist, might object if he learned of it.
• Gu Li described the approaching Alchemist Grand Meeting, and Xiao Yan guessed that the guild wanted him to help win the championship.
• Gu Li confirmed Xiao Yan’s guess, and Xiao Yan agreed to compete before heading for the door.
• Gu Li asked Xiao Yan not to tell Wei Yi about their meeting, but Xiao Yan warned that Wei Yi had probably already become suspicious and disappeared.

Wei Yi killed Gu Li’s black-robed aide by turning him into fuel for a pill, then Xiao Yan inspected the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron in his guest room. The chapter ended when Gu You recognized the cauldron and spoke to Xiao Yan.

• Wei Yi questioned the black-robed man about why Gu Li had brought Yan Xiao to the guild, but the man said he did not know.
• Wei Yi accused the man of betraying Gu Li and decided to refine him into a pill, dismissing the threat that the Alchemist Guild would punish him.
• Wei Yi’s flame beast swallowed the black-robed man alive.
• Xiao Yan rested in his guest room, then summoned and examined the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, noticing a crack in its surface.
• Gu You recognized the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron and remarked that Xiao Yan had found good things while he was asleep.

Xiao Yan was injured when he touched the saber mark on the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, but Gu You destroyed its remaining saber Qi and gave Xiao Yan the refined essence to study. With the saber Qi gone, Gu You called out the being sealed inside the cauldron, and a translucent figure emerged.

• Xiao Yan examined the cracks in the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron and touched the saber mark, triggering its powerful saber Qi.
• Gu You appeared, shattered the saber Qi, and warned Xiao Yan that it could have destroyed Ancient Wilderness City.
• Xiao Yan took a Tier Nine Recovery Pill to heal his injuries.
• Gu You gave Xiao Yan a jade-like bead containing the refined saber Qi and its remaining insights into saber techniques.
• Gu You declared Xiao Yan's seal broken and called to the presence inside the cauldron, which emerged as a nearly transparent human figure.

Xiao Yan met Zhou Tong, the remnant soul bound to the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, and learned he had to avenge him by killing Futu Hao to obtain the cauldron. Zhou Tong gave Xiao Yan the cauldron without requiring an oath, then Gu You gathered his fading soul into a ball of spirit essence for Xiao Yan’s ancestor.

• Xiao Yan realized Zhou Tong’s remnant soul could survive without a body and suspected he was at least a Dou Di.
• Gu You explained that Zhou Tong remained connected to the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, and Zhou Tong demanded that Xiao Yan kill the person who had injured him.
• Xiao Yan learned that Zhou Tong’s enemy was Futu Hao and that he could obtain the cauldron by promising to avenge Zhou Tong if he encountered him.
• Gu You revealed his Bone Spirit Cold Flame, convincing Zhou Tong to waive the Lightning Punishment Oath and entrust the matter to Xiao Yan.
• As Zhou Tong’s soul began to disperse, Gu You gathered it into a ball of pure spirit essence for Xiao Yan’s ancestor.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Grand Meeting with Qin Zhong and Elder Xuan, then took a seat on the judges’ bench beside them. After trading barbs with Wei Yi and Mo Zhai, he watched Gu Li formally open the meeting.

• Xiao Yan appeared in the sky above Ancient Wilderness City, where Half-Emperor experts recognized his strength and reputation as a second-tier alchemist.
• Qin Zhong greeted Xiao Yan, and Elder Xuan invited him to travel with them to the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan, Qin Zhong, and Elder Xuan arrived at Void Plaza, where Gu Li welcomed them and led them to their seats.
• Gu Li gave Xiao Yan a place on the judges’ bench beside Elder Xuan, Wei Yi, and Mo Zhai.
• Wei Yi mocked Xiao Yan’s alchemy skills, and Mo Zhai retorted by insulting Wei Yi.
• Gu Li rang in the start of the Alchemist Grand Meeting.

Gu Li began the third round of the alchemy contest after eliminating nearly half the competitors with a spiritual-pressure test. While Xiao Yan slept through the pill-refinement round, Mo Zhai challenged Wei Yi to a spiritual-strength contest and lured Xiao Yan in with a crimson-gold crystal.

• Gu Li used spiritual pressure on thousands of suspended platforms, eliminating contestants who fell before ending the test and starting the pill-refinement round.
• Xiao Yan found the contest dull and fell asleep while the alchemists refined pills for four hours.
• Mo Zhai provoked Wei Yi, and the two revealed their strength as Three-Star and One-Star Half-Emperors, respectively.
• Mo Zhai proposed a contest of Spiritual Strength and invited Xiao Yan to join, offering a crimson-gold crystal as a wager.
• Xiao Yan accepted after seeing the crystal.

At the Alchemist Grand Meeting, Mo Zhai and Wei Yi challenged Xiao Yan to display his flame control, disrupting the contestants’ pill refining as they showed off their flames. Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames, leaving the crowd stunned and the two rivals’ flame beasts subdued.

• Mo Zhai proposed that he, Wei Yi, and Xiao Yan settle their dispute by competing with their flames.
• Mo Zhai unleashed a massive black flame serpent, ruining several contestants’ pills, and argued with President Gu Li when he objected.
• Wei Yi defended Mo Zhai and released a blue-gold flame that took the shape of a magical beast.
• Mo Zhai demanded that Xiao Yan show his flame, and Xiao Yan revealed multicolored Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan’s flames extinguished the contestants’ cauldron fires and subdued both flame beasts, prompting Mo Zhai, Wei Yi, Gu Li, Chi Lin, and the others to cry out that they were Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan revealed a Heavenly Flame, overwhelmed Mo Zhai, and collected the Crimson Flame Crystal wager. After consuming Wei Yi’s Beast Flame and injuring him, Xiao Yan returned to his seat as the pill-refining contest resumed.

• Xiao Yan revealed a Heavenly Flame, drawing the attention of the contestants and the Half-Emperors and forcing Mo Zhai to withdraw from their flame contest.
• Xiao Yan demanded his wager from Mo Zhai, who hurled the Crimson Flame Crystal at him; Xiao Yan secretly stored it away and Mo Zhai left in anger.
• Xiao Yan devoured Wei Yi’s Azure-Gold Beast with his Heavenly Flame, injuring Wei Yi and provoking his angry protest.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Wei Yi’s complaint and returned to his seat, while Gu Li and Chi Lin ordered the contestants to continue refining their pills.

Mo Zhai met Wei Yi and proposed an alliance to kill Yan Xiao and help Wei Yi become guildmaster of the Alchemist Guild. Wei Yi agreed to lose their alchemy competition in exchange, while Mo Zhai waited for his watchers to report Yan Xiao’s movements.

• Wei Yi met Mo Zhai at a secluded inn because Mo Zhai promised help with revenge on Yan Xiao.
• Mo Zhai offered to help Wei Yi kill Yan Xiao and replace Gu Li as guildmaster.
• Wei Yi agreed that Mo Zhai could claim Yan Xiao’s Heavenly Flame if he helped kill him.
• Mo Zhai demanded that Wei Yi lose their alchemy competition, and Wei Yi agreed after recalling the agreement between the two cities.
• Mo Zhai said he had people watching Yan Xiao and would wait for him to make a move.

Xiao Yan secured the Crimson Flame Crystal and killed Wu Mohui after catching him setting a trap at the inn. Mo Zhai sent Wang Qi and Fang Xun, two Seven-Star Half-Emperors, after Xiao Yan, who was already flying beyond Ancient Wilderness City.

• Xiao Yan examined the Crimson Flame Crystal and considered it the key to securing his third incarnation.
• Xiao Yan detected Wu Mohui hiding near an unfinished teleportation formation, sealed his Dou Qi, and killed him with a ray of fire.
• Xiao Yan left the inn and flew toward the outskirts of Ancient Wilderness City while another observer watched him depart.
• A man reported Wu Mohui's death to Mo Zhai, and Wei Yi tried to distance himself from the plan against Yan Xiao.
• Mo Zhai ordered Wang Qi and Fang Xun to pursue Xiao Yan, and the two Seven-Star Half-Emperors set off after him.

Xiao Yan created his third avatar by combining Spiritual Strength with Heavenly Flames, then pushed it through a Lightning Tribulation that raised it to Nine-Star Dou Sheng before Xiao Jin erased the final thunder dragon. He gathered all three avatars and began fusing them, while two figures tracked toward a place ten thousand li away.

• Xiao Yan sent a Crimson Flame Crystal into his Spiritual Strength avatar and attacked it repeatedly with a dragon formed from Heavenly Flames and Spiritual Strength.
• After five hours of impacts, the avatar faced a Lightning Tribulation, shattered many bolts, and broke through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• The remaining thunder dragon swallowed the avatar, but Xiao Jin appeared and made the dragon vanish.
• Xiao Yan returned his consciousness to his original body and assembled all three avatars to begin their fusion.
• As the avatars merged, two figures tracked toward a place ten thousand li away.

Xiao Yan faced the Seven-Star Half-Emperors Fang Xun and Wang Qi, whom Mo Zhai had hired to kill him. Fang Xun attacked with his Ice Domain, but Xiao Yan resisted with his Heavenly Flames and remained ready to fight or escape.

• Xiao Yan sensed two Seven-Star Half-Emperors approaching and absorbed his three avatars before their fusion was complete.
• Fang Xun and Wang Qi introduced themselves and ordered Xiao Yan to take his own life, but he refused.
• Fang Xun opened his Ice Domain, freezing the area around Xiao Yan and trapping him with Ice Palm.
• Xiao Yan melted the ice with his Heavenly Flames and met Fang Xun's palm head-on, creating a devastating clash.
• Fang Xun sent hidden force into Xiao Yan and knocked him backward, but Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames devoured it before it could erupt.

Xiao Yan battled Fang Xun, a Seven-Star Half-Emperor, until Fang Xun called on Wang Qi to join him. Xiao Yan overwhelmed their fused ice-and-fire techniques with his Heavenly Flames, then froze their summoned beast with an eerie white flame, leaving Fang Xun and Wang Qi stunned.

• Xiao Yan and Fang Xun fought for half a day, with Fang Xun suppressing him but failing to defeat him because of Xiao Yan’s movement technique and Heavenly Flames.
• Fang Xun asked Wang Qi to join the fight, and Xiao Yan released more of his Heavenly Flames as Wang Qi prepared to attack.
• Fang Xun and Wang Qi opened their Extreme Cold Domain and Lion Flame Domain, but Xiao Yan’s Domain of Flame engulfed both.
• Fang Xun and Wang Qi combined their attacks to summon the Ice Crystal Yan Shi Beast and sent it charging at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan released an eerie white flame that froze the Ice Crystal Yan Shi Beast solid, astonishing Fang Xun and Wang Qi.

Xiao Yan destroyed Fang Xun and Wang Qi’s combined Ice Crystal Yan Shi Beast and fought off their attacks, revealing the strength of his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and dragon-enhanced body. Fang Xun’s hidden second slash shattered Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame ruler and wounded his arm, leaving Xiao Yan enraged and ready to retaliate.

• Xiao Yan shattered the frozen Ice Crystal Yan Shi Beast, severing Fang Xun and Wang Qi’s combined attack.
• Wang Qi recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and he and Fang Xun decided to attack Xiao Yan together.
• Fang Xun struck with Ice Seal Slash, and Xiao Yan countered with a Heavenly Flame ruler as their attacks erupted into a spatial storm.
• Wang Qi ambushed Xiao Yan with Yan Shi Break, but Xiao Yan’s dragon-arm punch sent him crashing into the mountain range.
• Fang Xun attacked from behind with a second slash, shattering Xiao Yan’s ruler and freezing his wounded dragon arm.
• Xiao Yan’s eyes filled with firelight as he declared, “ruler shattered... man dead!”

Xiao Yan fought Fang Xun and Wang Qi after his Heavenly Flame ruler was destroyed, but the pair joined forces to unleash powerful Dou Techniques against him. When Xiao Yan broke free of Fang Xun's ice seal, his counterattack pierced Fang Xun, leaving Wang Qi alone in terror.

• Xiao Yan attacked Fang Xun with his dragon claws and threw Fang Xun's ice broadsword into the mountains.
• Wang Qi struck Xiao Yan with Yan Shi Break, giving Fang Xun time to prepare the Extreme Cold Ice Soul.
• Fang Xun sealed Xiao Yan in ice while he and Wang Qi formed and launched their paired High Level Tian Class Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan's ice prison cracked just before the two attacks hit him, and a black pillar of Dou Qi erupted from the blast.
• Xiao Yan's black pillar pierced Fang Xun, killing the Seven-Star Half-Emperor and leaving Wang Qi terrified.

After Fang Xun died, Wang Qi transformed into a flame lion and overwhelmed Xiao Yan with strength rivaling an Eight-Star Half-Emperor. Xiao Yan discovered the lion’s chest seal powered it, then sensed his avatar awakening with One-Star Half-Emperor strength.

• Wang Qi grieved Fang Xun’s death and vowed to kill Yan Xiao, then transformed into a flame lion through the Lionheart Tyrant Body Technique.
• The flame lion struck Xiao Yan from behind and blasted him with a massive energy pillar, but Xiao Yan escaped using his Heavenly Flame wings.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler, but the lion swallowed the fiery attack and absorbed its power.
• Xiao Yan realized the fire seal on the lion’s chest was the source of its strength, but feared approaching it.
• A powerful presence emerged from Xiao Yan’s avatar, reaching the level of a One-Star Half-Emperor and delighting him.

Xiao Yan used the time he gained against the lion to recover his Dou Qi and unleash the Emperor Seal Art, but the beast swallowed the attack. He then sent his newly formed One-Star Half-Emperor avatar into the lion, where it destroyed the Beast Flame and detonated its condensed power against the source flame, tearing the lion apart.

• Xiao Yan discovered that his newly formed avatar possessed the strength of a One-Star Half-Emperor and swallowed dozens of ninth-grade Qi Recovery Pills.
• Xiao Yan launched the Ancient Emperor Seal at the lion, but it swallowed the attack and absorbed its Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan summoned his avatar, covered it in Heavenly Flames, and had it bombard the lion with Dou Techniques until the beast swallowed it.
• Inside the lion, the avatar's Heavenly Flames suppressed the Beast Flame and drove toward its source in the lion's chest.
• Xiao Yan condensed the avatar's power into a crystalline orb and sent it crashing into the source flame, triggering a vortex that tore the lion's body apart.

Xiao Yan captured the weakened Beast Flame after destroying the first energy vortex with a Heavenly Flame blast. Dozens of even stronger vortexes then appeared and surrounded him, leaving him to charge forward in search of a way to survive.

• Xiao Yan swallowed medicinal pills, restored his Dou Qi, and formed a flame dragon with his Domain of Flame.
• The flame dragon seized the struggling Beast Flame as its fireball detonated inside the vortex, unleashing a blast that devastated the surrounding land.
• Xiao Yan collected the Beast Flame and prepared to leave, believing the battle was over.
• Dozens of more powerful energy vortexes appeared from the Void Space and trapped Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan realized retreat meant certain death and decided to charge forward to seek a chance to escape.

After learning that the space vortexes could temper his body, Xiao Yan entered one and endured its crushing pressure. He triggered a spatial upheaval and encountered a Void Lightning Beast, while Gu You assured him it was only a phantom.

• Gu You explained that the connected space vortexes could strengthen Xiao Yan's body if he moved through them quickly.
• Xiao Yan rushed into a vortex, where immense spatial pressure crushed him and swelled his body.
• Following Gu You's instructions, Xiao Yan activated the Vajra Glazed Body and used Eight Extremes Blast and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to break through the pressure.
• Xiao Yan's passage triggered a spatial upheaval that formed a powerful Void Lightning Beast from silver lightning.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan that the beast was only a phantom, and Xiao Yan asked whether it was real.