Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan was battered by the Void Lightning Beast’s phantom inside a spatial vortex until he awakened his Dou Di and Dragon-Phoenix bloodlines, raising his strength to Early Five-Star Half-Emperor. The beast recoiled in terror at his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, and Xiao Yan seized the pause to race toward the vortex’s end.

• Gu You explained that the Void Lightning Beast phantom was only a juvenile and that the Dragon Clan surpassed its race in spatial power.
• The Void Lightning Beast struck Xiao Yan with overwhelming speed, repeatedly hurling him away and breaking many of his bones.
• Xiao Yan awakened his Dou Di Bloodline and Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, causing his strength to rise from Mid-Stage Three-Star Half-Emperor to Early Five-Star Half-Emperor.
• A being with silver eyes watched Xiao Yan and a dragon-scaled figure from the endless void, declaring that the Lightning Beast Holy Clan would rule the Beast Realm after a hundred years.
• The Void Lightning Beast froze in terror at Xiao Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, and Xiao Yan rushed toward the end of the spatial vortex.

Xiao Yan battled the Void Lightning Beast’s projection inside a spatial vortex and discovered it was holding back because of the Fallen Heart Flame. After their clash revealed a source of pure spatial power, Xiao Yan chose to remain in the collapsing vortex and attack the beast to harvest it.

• Xiao Yan escaped the first vortex through a Space Wormhole, but the Void Lightning Beast struck him as he left and appeared to hold back.
• Xiao Yan entered another vortex and found the Void Lightning Beast waiting there, then used the Fallen Heart Flame to weaken the projection and attack it with Flame Splitting Tsunami.
• The collision between Xiao Yan and the Void Lightning Beast opened a vast spatial crack and scattered energy that tempered Xiao Yan’s body and revealed pure spatial power.
• Gu You identified the energy as spatial power and said the beast’s true body must be formidable, prompting Xiao Yan to stay in the vortex and charge at the beast again.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Void Lightning Beast’s spatial power while the Alchemist Grand Meeting gathered in Ancient Wilderness City without him. As Old Monster Hu tried to declare Yan Xiao eliminated, Xiao Yan arrived and challenged that decision.

• Xiao Yan battered the Void Lightning Beast and absorbed the spatial power it shed, turning the dangerous encounter into a source of strength.
• A month passed, and dozens of Half-Emperor experts gathered at the Void Plaza for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, where Yan Xiao was expected to compete against Wei Yi and Mo Zhai.
• Gu Li told Chi Lin that Yan Xiao had been missing for a month and that he had found blood outside Yan Xiao’s residence; Chi Lin suspected Mo Zhai, but Gu Li stopped him from attacking.
• Wei Yi urged Gu Li to begin the competition without Yan Xiao, while Mo Zhai and Old Monster Hu pressured the Guild president to declare Yan Xiao a forfeit.
• Old Monster Hu began announcing Yan Xiao’s elimination, but Yan Xiao arrived, saying he had been delayed and that his elimination was not certain.

Xiao Yan returned to the Alchemist Guild just in time to resume the Alchemist Grand Meeting, startling the spectators with his speed and improved strength. As Mo Zhai and Wei Yi formed their flame cauldrons, Xiao Yan prepared to refine an Emperor Grade Pill and summoned an enormous medicinal cauldron, leaving the judges and his rivals stunned.

• Xiao Yan appeared in the Void Square, shocking Gu Li, Chi Lin, and the gathered spectators with his strength and speed.
• Xiao Yan gave Gu Li an excuse for delaying the meeting, and Gu Li announced that the Alchemist Grand Meeting would continue.
• Old Monster Hu left the center of the square as three stone platforms formed in midair, and Xiao Yan, Mo Zhai, and Wei Yi took their places.
• Xiao Yan's moving afterimage amazed the spectators, while he reflected on how the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art could aid him in battle.
• Mo Zhai and Wei Yi formed cauldrons from their flames as Xiao Yan hesitated over his first attempt at refining an Emperor Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan rose into the air and summoned a massive medicinal cauldron, stunning Gu Li, Chi Lin, Mo Zhai, and Wei Yi.

Xiao Yan revealed the Luo Heavenly Cauldron, shocking the alchemists and deepening Mo Zhai and Wei Yi’s fears and greed. As the contest began, Xiao Yan secured a pill formula and discovered it was the Emperor Tribulation Pill recipe.

• Xiao Yan brought out the Luo Heavenly Cauldron, which Gu Li identified as the second-ranked cauldron on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Mo Zhai and Wei Yi worried that Xiao Yan might belong to a powerful faction, while Mo Zhai plotted to seize his Heavenly Flames and cauldron and use other factions against him.
• Gu Li announced that Xiao Yan, Mo Zhai, and Wei Yi would each choose one of three Emperor Grade Pill Formulas and compete by refining the highest-grade pill.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to race for the formulas, struck Wei Yi through his Dou Qi shield, and knocked him beyond the Void Plaza.
• Xiao Yan took a formula back to his platform and opened it, revealing the Emperor Grade Pill: Emperor Tribulation Pill.

While Xiao Yan examined an Emperor Grade Pill Formula, Wei Yi attacked him in a rage during the Alchemist Grand Meeting. Xiao Yan caught Wei Yi’s golden saber with two fingers and killed him with Heavenly Flames, while Old Monster Hu blocked Gu Li and Chi Lin from intervening.

• Xiao Yan and Mo Zhai opened their scrolls and sensed the formidable power of the Emperor Grade Pill Formulas.
• Wei Yi charged at Xiao Yan, and the crowd argued over whether he could defeat the Three-Star Half-Emperor.
• Wei Yi unleashed a golden saber slash that split the Void Plaza, while Xiao Yan calmly waited beneath it.
• Gu Li and Chi Lin rushed to save Xiao Yan, but Old Monster Hu blocked them and forced Gu Li back.
• Xiao Yan caught Wei Yi’s saber between two dragon fingers, shattered it, and burned Wei Yi away with Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan effortlessly stopped Wei Yi’s full-force attack while Gu Li and Old Monster Hu faced off above the Void Plaza. After sensing the Gate of Life and Death during the crisis, Xiao Yan returned to awareness and looked toward the astonished Gu Li.

• Old Monster Hu revealed that he had advanced to the late Eight-Star Half-Emperor stage and challenged Gu Li to stop him.
• Gu Li warned that Old Monster Hu’s breakthrough might prevent him from advancing again, while Old Monster Hu claimed Wei Yi had killed Xiao Yan.
• Gu Li saw Xiao Yan standing unharmed and discovered that Xiao Yan had caught Wei Yi’s enormous blade between two fingers.
• Xiao Yan reflected on the faint trace of the Gate of Life and Death he had sensed during the attack.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes, recalled what had happened, and turned his gaze toward Gu Li.

After Xiao Yan killed Wei Yi, Gu Li announced that Xiao Yan would become the Alchemist Guild’s new chief alchemist, equal in authority to Gu Li and Chi Lin. Mo Zhai left the Void Plaza, and the Alchemist Grand Meeting was postponed until tomorrow.

• Xiao Yan demonstrated his strength, leaving Gu Li and the spectators stunned after he stopped Wei Yi’s attack with two fingers.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Li that Wei Yi’s death removed a threat to the Alchemist Guild, and Old Monster Hu departed from the plaza.
• Gu Li confirmed that Xiao Yan was unharmed after seeing him gather pure natural energy in his palm.
• Gu Li declared Wei Yi a traitor and appointed Xiao Yan the Alchemist Guild’s new chief alchemist, with authority equal to his own and Chi Lin’s.
• Mo Zhai put away the pill formula and left, knowing the Alchemist Grand Meeting could not continue until the next day.

At the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Yan affirmed that he would represent the guild in the next day’s competition before a powerful visitor arrived. The bald old man revealed that he had once held Xiao Yan’s position and attacked him with overwhelming soul power, leaving Xiao Yan to realize the man was likely a third-tier alchemist.

• Gu Li praised Xiao Yan’s growing strength, and Xiao Yan promised to do his utmost in the competition.
• A powerful man’s laughter shook the Alchemist Guild, and Gu Li and Chi Lin recognized their old acquaintance Zhou.
• Zhou entered and his domineering presence pressured the guild’s elders, but Xiao Yan resisted it without difficulty.
• Zhou asked whether Xiao Yan was Yan Xiao and said he had held Xiao Yan’s position a hundred years earlier.
• Zhou unleashed a devastating beam of soul power at Xiao Yan, who recognized the man as a likely third-tier alchemist.

Xiao Yan challenged Elder Zhou Tai after learning of the legendary alchemist’s past, and used a Space Wormhole to strike him from behind. The hall fell silent as Zhou Tai crashed into a tea table.

• Zhou Tai restrained Xiao Yan with Soul Power and shattered his soul shield with an invisible attack.
• Gu Li revealed that Zhou Tai had been the Alchemist Guild’s chief alchemist a hundred years earlier and had become a Third-Tier Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan challenged Zhou Tai to a contest of strength despite the elders’ understanding of Zhou Tai’s overwhelming reputation.
• Zhou Tai moved to interrupt Xiao Yan’s Dou Technique, but Xiao Yan’s apparent body proved to be an afterimage.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a Space Wormhole behind Zhou Tai and struck him into a tea table, leaving everyone in the hall silent.

Xiao Yan impressed Zhou Tai with his spatial power, then went to Elder Luo to retrieve his Heavy Xuan Ruler. Elder Luo’s probe revealed a purple-gold dragon pattern across Xiao Yan’s bones, whose roar drew the attention of powerful figures across the continent and beyond.

• Xiao Yan struck Zhou Tai back and revealed his growing control over spatial force, prompting Zhou Tai to acknowledge his ability while warning him about the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Zhou Tai for accepting Wei Yi, and Gu Li ended the gathering before Xiao Yan left the Alchemist Guild for Elder Luo’s residence.
• A black-robed figure watched Xiao Yan leave the guild and followed him toward the western side of Ancient Wilderness City.
• Xiao Yan entered Elder Luo’s inner courtyard to retrieve his Heavy Xuan Ruler, and Elder Luo’s probe exposed purple-gold bones marked with a divine dragon.
• The dragon pattern roared at Elder Luo, injuring him, while distant elders and a woman cultivating in a purple-gold space sensed the cry.

Xiao Yan entered Elder Luo’s vast Inner Academy and discovered that its ancient trees were powerful Ginseng Spirit Trees. Elder Luo’s trap sprung, and Xiao Yan was trapped in a cage of roots with no way to advance or retreat.

• Xiao Yan surveyed the immense mountain world and realized he could not use Sky Traversal in Elder Luo’s territory.
• Xiao Yan touched an ancient tree and sensed that the trees across the forest were rare Spirit Trees.
• Elder Luo revealed that he had prepared the Ginseng Spirit Trees as a gift in return for Xiao Yan injuring him.
• The ground near Xiao Yan erupted as thick roots swept toward him and formed a cage around him.

Xiao Yan recovered his strength inside the Spirit Trees’ root cage and launched an attack, only to discover that their roots could regenerate and that a strange wisp had entered his soul. He destroyed the wisp with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Elder Luo sensed the flame and realized a mysterious power was shielding Xiao Yan.

• Elder Luo used a surge of natural energy to restore Xiao Yan, stabilizing his Mid-Stage Three-Star Half-Emperor cultivation and bringing him close to a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan attacked the three Spirit Trees with Condensed Fire Finger and Heavenly Flames, but their roots formed a sphere that began regenerating with powerful life force.
• A gray-black wisp slipped into Xiao Yan’s mind and resisted his Heavenly Flames, so Xiao Yan used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to destroy it.
• Elder Luo sensed a mysterious restriction around Xiao Yan that he could not penetrate, then detected the presence of an extremely pure Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan faced the three ancient Ginseng Spirit Trees in Elder Luo’s sealed space and fought them with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. As the trees prepared a powerful counterattack, Xiao Yan began gathering power for a long-unused technique.

• Xiao Yan realized he could neither escape Elder Luo’s space nor retreat from the three ancient trees, so he resolved to fight them.
• Xiao Yan formed a giant ruler from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and attacked one of the trees with a crescent of Heavenly Flame.
• The three ancient trees formed a vine dragon, whose root thorns burned away against Xiao Yan’s flames before it gathered dark-green Dou Qi for a powerful attack.
• Xiao Yan decided to use a move he had not used in a long time, and a flame lotus began spinning in his pupils as power gathered in his ruler.
• An old fellow inside Xiao Yan opened his eyes in astonishment as the technique began to take shape.

Xiao Yan gathered his strength as the vine dragon drew on the earth’s veins and charged at him, shattering his crescent-moon attack. As the dragon reached him, Xiao Yan invoked the Heavenly Flames to transform his ruler and unleashed the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler.

• Xiao Yan realized the vine dragon was drawing on the Qi of the earth’s veins, then poured his remaining Dou Qi into his giant ruler.
• The vine dragon charged straight at Xiao Yan and shattered the scorching crescent moon in its path.
• Elder Luo discovered that black presence had entered the three ancient trees and recognized that it had helped their power exceed his limit.
• Near exhaustion, Xiao Yan swallowed a Qi Recovery Pill as his armor and ruler transformed from bone-white ice into brilliant flames.
• Xiao Yan commanded the Heavenly Flames to return to their places, and flames including the Mysterious Yellow Flame, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Emperor Flame entered his ruler.
• With the vine dragon about to reach him, Xiao Yan shouted, “Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, strike!”

Xiao Yan shattered the vine dragon with his Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, but the creature regenerated and struck him down. As the dragon moved to swallow Xiao Yan, Elder Luo was held back by Hei Mu, and Gu You had yet to intervene.

• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler to break the vine dragon apart.
• The vine dragon drew on power from beneath the roots, regenerated, and struck Xiao Yan, leaving him gravely injured and unconscious.
• Elder Luo tried to stop the vine dragon, but Hei Mu blocked him and warned that killing him would destroy the Ginseng Spirit Clan.
• Hei Mu taunted Elder Luo over his plan to use Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames against him.
• The vine dragon swallowed Xiao Yan and his giant ruler as Gu You did not intervene.

Xiao Yan destroyed the vine dragon and the Spirit Trees’ vine snakes, but Hei Mu unleashed Death Spirit Poison and summoned a deadly magical beast. Xiao Yan, exhausted and trapped in place, faced the beast’s killing blow as an emerald-green barrier rose around the mountain forest.

• Xiao Yan escaped the vine dragon by using Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, then burned its body away.
• The three ancient trees attacked Xiao Yan with countless vine snakes, and he destroyed them with Flame Splitting Tsunami, nearly exhausting his Dou Qi.
• Hei Mu revealed that he had refined Death Spirit Poison and released it into the abyss, where it spread destruction across the forest.
• Elder Luo raised an emerald-green Dou Qi barrier that stopped the poison from spreading beyond the mountain forest.
• The black poison formed a terrifying magical beast that sealed Xiao Yan in place, and Hei Mu urged it to attack him.
• The beast fired a pillar of deathly light at the exhausted Xiao Yan.

Hei Mu trapped Elder Luo and Qing Mu behind barriers while his beast attacked the nearly unconscious Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames shielded him, but they weakened under the barrage as the elders struggled to break through and save him.

• Hei Mu blocked Qing Mu’s attempt to stop the beast’s attack and sealed Qing Mu and Elder Luo behind pitch-black barriers.
• The beast’s beam struck Xiao Yan, but his Heavenly Flames rose up and stopped it from reaching him.
• Elder Luo and Qing Mu recognized the Heavenly Flames protecting Xiao Yan and attacked Hei Mu’s barriers with all their strength.
• Hei Mu ordered the beast to bombard Xiao Yan again, and the increasingly weakened Heavenly Flame barrier began to falter.
• More than half the Heavenly Flames dispersed as Elder Luo and Qing Mu continued weakening Hei Mu’s barriers, leaving Xiao Yan’s life hanging by a thread.

Xiao Yan was saved from Hei Mu’s attacks by the jet-black ruler wielding Nihility Devouring Flame, while a mysterious figure lent him an immense amount of Dou Qi. The power nearly caused Xiao Yan’s body to burst, and after Gu You refused to help again, the beast swallowed him.

• Xiao Yan’s final defense shattered, but a jet-black ruler appeared and absorbed Hei Mu’s energy beam before it could hit him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame lent Xiao Yan power in repayment for his help, restoring his Dou Qi while overwhelming his body.
• Elder Luo and Qing Mu feared Xiao Yan was about to self-destruct, while Hei Mu recognized the borrowed power and attacked him again.
• Hei Mu sent the Death Spirit Poison beast’s black mist toward Xiao Yan and had the beast circle the ruler to attack from behind.
• Xiao Yan called to Gu You for help, but received no answer, and the beast swallowed him.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Death Spirit Poison beast and helped Elder Luo and Qing Mu break Hei Mu’s barrier, but Hei Mu remained defiant after his plan collapsed. The chapter ended with Hei Mu fixing a strange, ominous gaze on Xiao Yan, suggesting he still had another move.

• Xiao Yan used the Vajra Glazed Body to smash the giant beast, then used Nihility Devouring Flame on his ruler to purge the poison from his hands.
• The beast reappeared and struck Xiao Yan down, but he recovered and attacked it with Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler.
• Xiao Yan’s ruler ray overwhelmed the beast and threatened Hei Mu’s barrier, but Hei Mu blocked it with pillars of black light.
• Xiao Yan opened a Void Wormhole and was swallowed by it; the blocked ruler ray then struck the beast, while Elder Luo and Qing Mu helped shatter the barrier.
• Hei Mu appeared weakened and admitted his thousand-year scheme had failed, but he claimed he could try again and stared strangely at Xiao Yan.