Chapter Summaries

Luo Tianshen stopped Xue Li from attacking Xiao Yan and drove the Blood God Clan away, then punished the Luo God Clan elders who had nearly surrendered Xiao Yan. He brought Xiao Yan to treat Luo Yan, and Xiao Yan said he could do so if he was given a pill room, ingredients, and the pill fire of this world.

• Luo Tianshen arrived at the Luo Shen Residence and sent Xue Li flying with one finger.
• Luo Tianshen exposed the Blood God Clan's abduction and abuse of the villagers, then ordered Xue Li and his people to leave.
• Luo Tianshen punished Luo Feng and the other elders for nearly handing Xiao Yan over.
• Xiao Yan told Luo Tianshen he had planned to fight Xue Li to the death, and Luo Tianshen invited him to treat Luo Yan.
• Xiao Yan examined Luo Yan and said he could treat the Blood Fiend Palm, but needed a pill room, a Pill Cauldron, medicinal ingredients, and the pill fire of this world.
• Luo Tianshen ordered the alchemists to provide Xiao Yan with what he needed.

Xiao Yan attempted to refine a pill to cure Elder Luo Yan’s Blood Fiend poison, but the medicinal ingredients clashed and caused a cauldron explosion. After studying the residue, he asked Luo Qing for another night in the pill room and guidance on a Pill Pattern.

• Luo Qing explained how the Luo River Spirit Flame was controlled, while Xiao Yan studied the flame and the room’s Spirit Marks.
• Xiao Yan began refining a pill with the ingredients he had requested, successfully controlling the flame and melting the herbs.
• The Scarlet Yang Vine and Nine-Leaf Iceheart Grass liquids clashed, exploding the cauldron and drawing jeers from the onlookers.
• Luo Qing explained that the ingredients required separation with Pill Patterns, and Xiao Yan inspected the residue and understood what had gone wrong.
• Xiao Yan asked to use the pill room for another night, requested specific parts of the Scarlet Yang Vine and Iceheart Grass, and asked Luo Qing about the Yin-Separating Mark.

Xiao Yan combined the Luo God Clan’s Yin-Separating Mark technique with his own Flame Mantra fire to create a pill that cured Elder Luo Yan. After Luo Yan awoke, Luo Qing bowed to Xiao Yan, and Luo Tianshen left with a faint smile.

• Luo Qing and Luo Lan waited outside the pill room as Xiao Yan’s repeated experiments grew quieter and more controlled.
• After six failed batches, Xiao Yan used Spirit Marks and Flame Mantra fire together to refine the seventh batch into a red-and-blue pill with a fire-like Pill Pattern.
• Xiao Yan gave the pill to Elder Luo Yan, and its light drove the dark red blood Qi from his body.
• Elder Luo Yan woke after three months, and Luo Qing checked his pulse before bowing deeply to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan credited Luo Qing’s instruction in the Yin-Separating Mark, while Luo Tianshen nodded and walked out.

After saving Elder Yan, Xiao Yan gained Luo Yan’s gratitude, Luo Qing’s respect, and a place of honor at Luo Tianshen’s banquet. When Luo Feng challenged his fire control, Xiao Yan extinguished every spirit flame in the hall and revealed a pale golden light at his fingertip.

• Luo Yan thanked Xiao Yan for saving his life and gave him an elder’s token granting access to the Luo Shen Residence’s library.
• Luo Qing visited Xiao Yan to seek guidance on refining the Fire Pattern Pill, and they spent the afternoon discussing alchemy.
• Luo Tianshen held a banquet for Elder Yan’s recovery and introduced Xiao Yan as his guest, prompting the clan members to treat him with new respect.
• Luo Feng questioned Xiao Yan’s cultivation and proposed a fire-control contest using the hall’s bronze lampstand.
• Luo Feng shaped the lampstand’s spirit flames into a bird and returned them to their lamps, then challenged Xiao Yan to respond.
• Xiao Yan stood beneath the lampstand and silently extinguished every spirit flame in the hall, leaving a pale golden light glowing at his fingertip.

Xiao Yan astonished the Luo God Clan by lighting more than ten thousand lamps with precisely controlled flames, then discovered how Spirit Marks could guide the Flame Mantra's devouring power. By dawn, his assimilation had reached two-tenths, and he felt he had found a way forward for saving Cai Lin.

• Xiao Yan used his remaining Spiritual Energy to light more than ten thousand flames without scorching anything, leaving Luo Feng speechless.
• Luo Tianshen praised Xiao Yan, and Luo Feng accepted his defeat; Xiao Yan complimented Luo Feng's Spirit Marks and asked to study with him.
• Back in his room, Xiao Yan realized Spirit Marks could guide the Flame Mantra's devouring power and began forming a second layer of flame-patterned reverse scales.
• Luo Feng reflected on his loss, then took out the Thirty-Six Forms of Pill Pattern and began reading it by lamplight.
• At daybreak, Xiao Yan found his assimilation had reached two-tenths and promised the Soul Jade bearing Cai Lin's imprint that he would find a way to save her.

Xiao Yan searched the Luo Shen Residence library for clues about ancient Dou Qi experts while treating five members of the Luo God Clan with Fire Pattern Pills. When Luo Chuan suddenly worsened after taking a pill, Xiao Yan stabilized him and discovered that the fallen pill was not his.

• Xiao Yan found only a brief record saying the ancient Dou Qi experts from the Lower Plane had vanished, and he resolved to grow stronger as he searched for answers.
• Luo Su delivered the supplies Xiao Yan had requested, and he entrusted her with fifteen Fire Pattern Pills for five injured Luo God Clan members.
• Xiao Yan met Luo Chuan, a young Luo Shen Guard who had been poisoned while protecting commoners, and learned of his loyalty to Luo Shen City.
• The Fire Pattern Pills improved the five patients for two days, but Luo Chuan’s blood fiend Qi erupted after his third dose and began surging toward his heart meridian.
• Luo Feng accused Xiao Yan of poisoning the pills, but Xiao Yan used his flame to stabilize Luo Chuan and identified the fallen pill as not his.

Xiao Yan exposed Luo Ping as the one who had tampered with the pills using Blood Erosion Powder, while Luo Tianshen punished Luo Feng for failing to control his steward. Xiao Yan refined a new medicine for Luo Chuan, and Luo Tianshen decided to confront the Blood God Clan.

• Xiao Yan found Blood God Clan traces and a fingertip imprint in the pill, then identified Luo Ping as the likely culprit.
• Luo Ping tried to flee, but Xiao Yan stopped him and found Blood Erosion Powder in his possession.
• Luo Tianshen ordered Luo Ping taken away and stripped Luo Feng of his elder position, confining him to his quarters for three years.
• Xiao Yan refined a new batch of pills to counter the Blood Erosion Powder, and Luo Chuan awoke before receiving one.
• The medicine dispelled the blood baleful Qi from Luo Chuan, while Luo Tianshen resolved to speak with the Blood God Clan's leader.

After the Blood God Clan’s spy was exposed and the injured Luo God Clan members recovered, Xiao Yan trained Luo Lan and taught A Heng. Luo Tianshen tested Xiao Yan’s abilities on a stone platform, where Xiao Yan recognized the principle behind his Spirit Immobilization technique and eagerly asked to continue.

• Luo Ping confessed that the Blood God Clan had recruited him, and the disciplinary hall discovered two more servants working with them; Luo Feng lost his elder position and was confined for three years.
• Xiao Yan’s pills cured Luo Chuan and the other victims of the Blood Fiend Palm, while Luo Lan trained in Xiao Yan’s courtyard and A Heng began learning to sense Qi.
• Luo Tianshen brought Xiao Yan to a stone platform and invited him to attack, stopping his first punch with a single finger.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement, but Luo Tianshen’s Spirit Immobilization halted his afterimages and struck his real body.
• Xiao Yan identified how Spirit Immobilization worked, surprising Luo Tianshen, who smiled and told him to attack again.

Xiao Yan endured Luo Tianshen’s attacks and formed the third layer of his reverse scales, allowing him to connect with the Spiritual Energy of the Great Thousand World and raising his assimilation to fifty percent. He learned that the Luo River Abyss held the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame Xiao Yi needed, and prepared to join the Luo God Clan’s expedition there next month.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly attacked Luo Tianshen, gradually understanding how precise control of Spiritual Energy and Spirit Marks shaped power in this world.
• Xiao Yan formed a third, connecting layer of reverse scales that let his Spiritual Energy resonate with the world, and his assimilation reached fifty percent.
• Xiao Yan sensed Xiao Yi longing for a flame of extreme yin and cold, and Luo Tianshen told him the Luo River Abyss held one and invited him to enter with the younger generation.
• Luo Tianshen recognized Xiao Yan had mastered the final layer of the Reverse Scale Spirit-Guiding Method on his own.
• Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard, where Luo Lan explained the Luo River Abyss and warned that the Blood God Clan seemed interested in it.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Luo River Abyss while improving his ability to control Spiritual Energy, then entered the secret realm with the Luo God Clan’s younger generation. A hidden watcher sent several figures after the group as the entrance closed.

• Xiao Yan practiced controlling Spiritual Energy, strengthening his techniques and advancing his assimilation from fifty to sixty percent.
• A Heng gave Xiao Yan carefully gathered herbs, and he promised to return from the Luo River Abyss in seven days.
• Xiao Yan joined Luo Feng, Luo Lan, and twenty-one other young Luo God Clan members at the Luo River.
• Luo Tianshen used the Luo Shen Token to open the abyss, and Xiao Yan sensed a cold flame inside before entering with the others.
• After the entrance closed, a watcher with dark red eyes ordered several figures to set out after them.

Xiao Yan explored the Jade Abyss with Luo Lan, gathering medicinal herbs while sensing the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame far below. At night, he detected an unfamiliar presence near the sealed entrance and recognized a trace of blood, suggesting someone else had entered the Luo River Abyss.

• Xiao Yan arrived beneath the Luo River and sensed the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame rising from the depths below the stone islands.
• Luo Feng explained the seven layers of the Luo River Abyss, set rules for the expedition, and gave each participant a communication jade talisman.
• Luo Xiao mocked Luo Lan for associating with Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan unsettled him by asking about Elder Luo Cheng, and Luo Feng stopped the confrontation.
• Xiao Yan gathered medicinal herbs in the Jade Abyss and taught Luo Lan to identify them, promising that he could fight after learning for three days.
• At sunset, Luo Xiao's group returned with a Jade-Scaled Python while Xiao Yan and Luo Lan brought back bags of herbs.
• That night, Xiao Yan sensed a faint fluctuation near the sealed entrance and detected a familiar trace of blood.

Xiao Yan recognized the Mist Abyss as a Spirit Mark array and guided the Luo God Clan disciples to its hidden exit beneath the stele. The group reached the Cold Abyss and found three Ice Soul Spiritual Fruits on an island in a black pool, while Luo Xiao looked eager.

• Xiao Yan and the Luo God Clan disciples entered the Mist Abyss, where thick mist separated them and blocked their Soul Power.
• After repeatedly returning to the same stele, Luo Xiao attacked the mist and triggered an assault by wolf-shaped mist beasts.
• Xiao Yan identified the mist’s Spirit Mark pattern and told Luo Feng that the array’s exit lay beneath the stele.
• Luo Feng struck the ground with a Spirit Mark, dispelling the mist wolves and opening a fissure into the Cold Abyss.
• The group descended into an ice cavern and discovered three Ice Soul Spiritual Fruits on an island in a black pool; Luo Xiao’s eyes brightened.

Xiao Yan discovered that a powerful Sovereign-level beast slept beneath the pool guarding the Ice Soul Spiritual Fruit, but Luo Xiao stole a fruit and awakened it. When the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon dragged Luo Lan underwater after he saved Luo Zhi, Xiao Yan plunged into the pool to rescue him.

• Xiao Yan sensed a huge, sleeping Sovereign-level spiritual beast at the bottom of the pool and warned Luo Feng.
• Xiao Yan brewed medicine for the injured clansmen, and Luo Zhi offered him advice about preparing Abyss Dew Grass while Luo Lan watched her.
• Luo Feng agreed to move the camp away from the pool, but Luo Xiao secretly crossed to the island and plucked an Ice Soul Spiritual Fruit.
• The Abyss Scale Flood Dragon emerged and attacked, and Luo Lan shoved Luo Zhi clear before its tail dragged him into the pool.
• Xiao Yan rushed into the freezing water after Luo Lan.

Xiao Yan rescued Luo Lan from the icy pool by killing the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon, then helped him recover with Heartwarming Star Grass. After Luo Feng punished Luo Xiao and reclaimed the Ice Soul Spiritual Fruit, Xiao Yan noticed a Blood Fiend Palm wound on the dragon’s corpse.

• Xiao Yan found Luo Lan bound in the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon’s coils and struck the dragon’s tail to free him.
• Xiao Yan used his bone wings to evade the dragon’s ice attacks, then reversed the pool’s currents with the Sea Overturning Seal and shattered the dragon’s horn, killing it.
• Xiao Yan carried Luo Lan to the surface and treated his cold-injured meridians with Heartwarming Star Grass.
• Luo Lan woke and joked that he had looked cool, relieving the gathered Luo God Clan disciples.
• Luo Feng ordered Luo Xiao to report to the Punishment Hall and hand the Ice Soul Spiritual Fruit to Luo Lan, and Luo Xiao left the fruit on the ice.
• Xiao Yan saw a Blood Fiend Palm print on the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon’s corpse.

Xiao Yan uncovered the Blood God Clan’s trap in the Cold Abyss, helped Luo Lan reach the Divine Soul Realm, and learned of the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame in the seventh layer. He left before dawn and descended into the Mystic Yin Abyss despite the danger.

• Xiao Yan and Luo Feng realized the Blood God Clan had used Luo Ping’s spy work and blood sacrifice arts to enter the abyss and deliberately awaken the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon as a trap.
• Xiao Yan guided the Ice Soul Spiritual Energy through Luo Lan’s meridians, helping him break through to the Divine Soul Realm.
• Luo Feng told Xiao Yan that an ancestor had vanished in the seventh layer after leaving a jade slip that said, “The fire is waiting for someone,” and gave him a life-bound jade talisman.
• Xiao Yan warned Luo Feng about the Blood God Clan, then told Luo Xiao he trusted him to guard the others while he was gone.
• Xiao Yan descended through the fourth, fifth, and sixth layers, then stepped into the seventh layer, the Mystic Yin Abyss.

Xiao Yan reached the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame and used the Yin-Separating Marks to draw a wisp of it into his body for Xiao Yi. He left the flame behind, but Luo Feng’s life-bound jade talisman cracked as he reached the sixth layer.

• Xiao Yan found the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame beside the frozen body of the ancestor who had died trying to seize it.
• Xiao Yan carved seven Yin-Separating Marks into his left arm and approached the flame with a wisp of Xiao Yi’s pink fire.
• The Mysterious Yin Ice Flame stopped its assault when Xiao Yi’s fire appeared and gave Xiao Yan a wisp of blue flame.
• Xiao Yan brought the blue flame into his heart meridian, where Xiao Yi embraced it and stirred in her sleep.
• Xiao Yan bowed to the ancestor, promised to return for the Mysterious Yin Ice Flame, and headed back toward the sixth layer.
• Xiao Yan felt heat in his chest and found that a crack was spreading across Luo Feng’s life-bound jade talisman.

While Xiao Yan remained in the seventh layer, Xue Shi led the Blood God Clan in an attack on the Luo God Clan camp, using a Blood Sacrifice Array to weaken its defenders. As Xue Shi held Luo Xiao hostage and demanded Xiao Yan, the cold pool began to boil and glow with golden light.

• Luo Feng moved the camp away from the pool, while Luo Lan and Luo Xiao waited anxiously for Xiao Yan to return.
• A wounded guard stumbled back, and Xue Shi led more than ten Blood God Clan members into the cavern.
• Xue Shi activated a Blood Sacrifice Array using the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon's blood, weakening the Luo God Clan members.
• Luo Feng attacked Xue Shi but was knocked back, and the Blood God Clan overwhelmed the camp; Luo Lan and Luo Xiao fought to protect their fellow clansmen.
• Xue Shi seized Luo Xiao and demanded that the Luo God Clan bring him Xiao Yan in exchange.
• The cold pool began bubbling, and a faint golden light rose from its depths as Xue Shi waited for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan rescued Luo Xiao, destroyed Xue Shi’s Blood Sacrifice Array, and struck down most of the Blood God Clan assassins with the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Xue Shi survived by sacrificing his subordinates and began the Blood God Transformation as Xiao Yan’s strength waned.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the pool and ordered Xue Shi to release Luo Xiao, then burned away the Blood Sacrifice Array and freed the Luo God Clan youths from its suppression.
• Xiao Yan used an Emperor Realm Soul attack to rescue Luo Xiao and returned him to Luo Feng, then told Luo Feng to protect the wounded.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to destroy more than a dozen Blood God Clan assassins, though the attack left his hand injured and drained much of his Spiritual Energy.
• Xue Shi survived the flames by using two subordinates as shields, then began drawing blood from the fallen assassins into himself.
• Xue Shi activated the Blood God Transformation and invoked Myriad Bloods Return to the Origin.

Xiao Yan faced Xue Shi after the Blood God Clan elder used a forbidden technique to become a blood-colored giant. Xiao Yan combined three flames with Spirit Marks to create a small Fire Lotus that devastated the ice valley, leaving Xue Shi barely alive and Xiao Yan collapsing from his injuries.

• Xue Shi absorbed the blood of his clansmen and transformed into a towering giant with power far beyond a Second Grade Sovereign.
• Xue Shi struck Xiao Yan through the ice cavern wall, and Xiao Yan burned the Blood Fiend Qi from his meridians while preparing to fight back.
• Xiao Yan asked the sleeping Xiao Yi for fire, and she sent him a pink flame and a pale blue ice flame.
• Xiao Yan fused the two flames with his own pale gold fire and inscribed Spirit Marks to form a small Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan sent the Fire Lotus into Xue Shi's chest, and its explosion flattened the ice valley and left Xue Shi charred and barely breathing.
• Luo Feng found Xiao Yan badly injured at the crater's edge, and Xiao Yan collapsed after remarking that the Fire Lotus was only thirty percent of its former size.

After Xiao Yan saved the Luo God Clan youths from Xue Shi and the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon, he recovered in the ice cavern while the group mourned their dead and Luo Xiao apologized. As the survivors prepared to leave, Xue Shi warned that Elder Xue Li had sent more than one agent, and Xiao Yan watched the four Soul Jade tokens as the seventh day approached.

• Luo Xiao caught the unconscious Xiao Yan, and Luo Zhi treated his injured hands with medicinal paste while the surviving youths regarded him with awe.
• Luo Feng reported that Luo Shi and Luo Wen had died and seven others were gravely injured; Xiao Yan questioned the bound Xue Shi and showed him the blood jade he had taken.
• Xue Shi warned that Elder Xue Li had sent more than one person, while Xiao Yan revealed a wisp of flame guarding Xue Shi's dantian against self-detonation.
• Luo Xiao bowed to Xiao Yan, admitted his past mistakes, and apologized for blaming him over his grandfather's actions; Xiao Yan acknowledged Luo Xiao's courage.
• During three days of recovery, Xiao Yan accepted the Abyss Scale Flood Dragon core, gave Luo Zhi a scale for medicine, and checked the Soul Jade tokens tracking Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xun'er, and Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan noted Xue Shi's lingering warning and looked toward the ice dome as the seventh day approached.