Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan obtained the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva from the Nalan Family after Yao Lao cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison. He entered a secluded cave, absorbed the Dou Qi Yao Lao had refined from Nalan Jie’s poison, and advanced to Dou Zhe.

• Nalan Jie let Xiao Yan take the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva in gratitude for curing his Brand Poison, and Nalan Yanran thanked the black-robed healer.
• Xiao Yan declined Nalan Su’s invitation to stay for a banquet and left the Nalan Mansion with the medicinal box.
• Yao Lao sealed the entrance to a secluded cave and revealed that he had refined the Dou Qi corroded by Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the energy and reached the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan took Qi Gathering Powder, formed a cyclone in his dantian, and advanced to Dou Zhe.

After Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe, Yao Lao recovered by refining the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and gave Xiao Yan a choice of cultivation techniques. Xiao Yan chose the Flame Mantra and persuaded Yao Lao to lend him a wisp of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to test whether the technique could evolve.

• Xiao Yan handed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to Yao Lao, who refined it to restore his strength.
• Xiao Yan spent a week consolidating his cultivation, then survived the shockwave when Yao Lao emerged from seclusion.
• Yao Lao presented Xiao Yan with a Low Earth Tier cultivation technique and the Flame Mantra, warning that the latter began at Low Yellow Tier and might not improve.
• Xiao Yan argued that ordinary flames could help the Flame Mantra evolve if he gathered enough of them.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for a portion of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Yao Lao gave him a wisp to test the Flame Mantra.

Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra and absorbed Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame, causing his cultivation method and strength to rise. He then headed to the imperial capital to find Beast Flames and spotted a powerful one in the Alchemist Guild’s treasure-hunting area.

• Xiao Yan read about the Flame Mantra’s ability to evolve by devouring flames, and Yao Lao explained that his Bone Spirit Cold Flame ranked eleventh among Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, advancing to Peak Five-Star Dou Zhe and evolving the Flame Mantra from Low Yellow Tier to High Yellow Tier.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Yao Lao to go with him to the imperial capital to find Beast Flames, and Yao Lao agreed to trade treasures for them.
• Xiao Yan left the cave and hurried to the imperial capital, where he entered the Alchemist Guild’s treasure-hunting area.
• Xiao Yan spotted a powerful brown Beast Flame and approached it.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao acquired a Fifth-tier Beast Fire after Yao Lao exposed the stall owner's false claim that it was Sixth-Rank. Afterward, Yao Lao proposed copying a Dou Technique to trade for more Beast Flames, leaving Xiao Yan wary of his teacher's reckless scheme.

• Yao Lao identified the flame as a Fifth-tier Earth Dragon Bear Beast Fire, exposing the stall owner's claim that it was Sixth-Rank.
• The stall owner apologized and offered the flame for a lower price, but Yao Lao offered a High-grade Profound Tier Dou Technique instead.
• Yao Lao rapidly imprinted the Dou Technique onto a scroll, frightening the stall owner, who surrendered the Beast Fire and begged for his life.
• Xiao Yan stored the Beast Fire and warned Yao Lao that showing off might attract dangerous attention, including the Hall of Souls.
• Yao Lao suggested copying the Dou Technique repeatedly to obtain more Beast Flames, and Xiao Yan worried that his teacher was becoming unreliable.

Xiao Yan traded High-grade Profound Tier Dou Techniques for Beast Flames and other treasures, then used the flames to strengthen himself and evolve the Flame Mantra. He ended the night at Peak Six-Star Dou Zhe with the Flame Mantra at Peak High Yellow Tier.

• Xiao Yan traded batches of High-grade Profound Tier Dou Techniques for nearly every Beast Flame of Tier 2 quality, along with medicinal ingredients, Cultivation Methods, Dou Techniques, and other valuables.
• Xiao Yan returned to his cave and gathered the flames, vowing to become stronger before the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Beast Flames one after another, raising his cultivation and loosening his bottleneck until he reached Six-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan used the Seven-Colored Divine Flame to devour the dark brown Dragon Bear flame, then cultivated through the night.
• Xiao Yan woke at dawn with Peak Six-Star Dou Zhe cultivation and the Flame Mantra evolved to Peak High Yellow Tier.

After becoming a Six-Star Dou Zhe, Xiao Yan followed Yao Lao to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its Beast Flame. Xiao Yan challenged the beast in its lair and crushed it with Yao Lao’s soul power, leaving it badly injured and trapped in the broken cavern wall.

• Yao Lao showed Xiao Yan a map and identified the Amethyst Winged Lion King as their target for its Beast Flame.
• Yao Lao sensed a hidden observer, who revealed himself as an old man and hurried back toward Wutan City to report to Miss Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao reached the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s lair, where Xiao Yan recalled his past encounter there with Yun Yun.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Xiao Yan with its Final Seal, but Xiao Yan shattered the restraints with soul power.
• Xiao Yan struck the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a palm of soul power, smashing the cavern wall and leaving the beast bloodied and pinned among the rubble.

Xiao Yan chose to spare the defeated Amethyst Winged Lion King and recruit her in exchange for resources from her clan and the Magical Beast Mountain Range. As she led him deeper into her cave, she revealed a companion amethyst source, and Yao Lao explained its value.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he wanted to subdue the Amethyst Winged Lion King and use her forces to obtain resources.
• Xiao Yan pretended to prepare a fatal attack, prompting the Amethyst Winged Lion King to surrender and offer her cave’s treasures.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted resources rather than her cave, then promised to consider refining pills if she satisfied him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King offered Purple Spirit Crystal and revealed that her talented daughter’s birth had produced a companion amethyst source.
• Yao Lao explained that companion amethyst source could help a young Amethyst Winged Lion King advance from the fourth tier to the fifth tier.

Xiao Yan reached the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and obtained the Companion Amethyst Source after winning over the Little Lion King. The Lion King agreed to provide ingredients for an Emperor's Extreme Pill, while Xiao Yan and her cub grew friendly as they waited for the ingredients.

• Xiao Yan found the Little Lion King, the Companion Amethyst Source, and Purple Spirit Crystal in the cave, but the cub initially reacted angrily when he touched the source.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King explained the situation to her cub, who quickly ingratiated herself with Xiao Yan in hopes of getting pills.
• The Lion King saw Xiao Yan's youthful appearance and, fearing his power and lineage, offered him the Companion Amethyst Source.
• Xiao Yan asked for the Lion King's Beast Flame, but accepted her explanation that refining the Companion Amethyst Source would grant it and offered to refine an Emperor's Extreme Pill in exchange for ingredients.
• The Lion King left to summon her subordinates and gather ingredients, while the Little Lion King played with Xiao Yan until they became familiar.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King returned with a huge haul of medicinal ingredients, including an immature Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Xiao Yan and Yao Lao prepared to refine the Emperor's Extreme Pill. Yao Lao summoned the Black Demon Cauldron and began the sixth-grade pill refinement while Xiao Yan watched.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King returned with three fifth-order magical beasts and dozens of fourth-order beasts carrying baskets of medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan found a young Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Yao Lao said it needed time to mature before it could restore his soul power to Peak Dou Zong.
• Yao Lao agreed to honor the Amethyst Winged Lion King's contribution, and Xiao Yan ordered the beasts to leave while she commanded them to guard the pill refinement.
• Xiao Yan sealed the cave entrance, and Yao Lao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring to teach him as he refined the pill.
• Yao Lao summoned the eighth-ranked Black Demon Cauldron, drew the ingredients inside, and began refining the Emperor's Extreme Pill.

Xiao Yan emerged with the Emperor's Extreme Pill and proposed to Yao Lao that they build a faction by subduing sixth-tier magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After Yao Lao empowered him and warned him not to overuse that strength, Xiao Yan set off to challenge the Deadly Mad Bird.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King dispersed the clouds caused by Xiao Yan's pill and caught the jade bottle he tossed to her.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King took the Emperor's Extreme Pill to absorb while Xiao Yan studied his map and discussed his plan with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he wanted to subdue more sixth-tier magical beasts and form a faction to protect the Xiao Clan and oppose the Hall of Souls.
• Yao Lao offered to enlist powerful old friends, and Xiao Yan urged him to begin immediately.
• Yao Lao lent Xiao Yan power comparable to a Four-Star Dou Zong and warned him not to rely on it too much.
• Xiao Yan leaped from a cliff and headed west toward the Deadly Mad Bird's dwelling.

Xiao Yan recruited the Deadly Mad Bird into his alliance by displaying his strength and promising pills, then entered the Death Swamp to seek another powerful Magical Beast. There, he encountered the thousand-meter-long Nether Snake King, whose arrival made both Xiao Yan and Yao Lao wary.

• Xiao Yan confronted the Deadly Mad Bird and persuaded it to surrender by promising rewards and citing the Emperor's Extreme Pill he had given the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan asked the Deadly Mad Bird to recruit experts, and it decided to gather nearby Magical Beasts and expand its territory for him.
• Xiao Yan crossed into the Death Swamp and cleared a passage through the swamp waters.
• The Nether Snake King rose from the ground, asked Xiao Yan why he had come, and alarmed both Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.

Xiao Yan negotiated with the Nether Snake King and signed a contract to refine a seventh-tier Dragon Transformation Pill. Yao Lao completed the pill, and the chapter ended with the Nether Snake King protecting Xiao Yan from its lightning tribulation.

• The Nether Snake King demanded a seventh-tier healing pill in exchange for discussing an alliance with Xiao Yan, then supplied ingredients for a middle-grade seventh-tier Dragon Transformation Pill.
• Xiao Yan examined and signed the Nether Snake King's True Contract, binding them to keep their promises.
• Xiao Yan let Yao Lao take control of his body, and Yao Lao refined the ingredients with Bone Spirit Cold Flame over several days.
• Yao Lao completed the crimson pill, triggering a powerful lightning tribulation that targeted Xiao Yan.
• The Nether Snake King intercepted the lightning, swallowed its energy, and formed a poisonous fortress to shield Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao survived the Nether Snake King's lightning tribulation, and the king accepted the Dragon Transformation Pill before leaving to heal his injuries. Xiao Yan then headed for the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, while Yao Lao planned his training and a future journey to the Tagor Desert.

• The Nether Snake King overwhelmed the lightning dragon with his poison Dou Qi and suppressed the tribulation.
• The Nether Snake King respectfully asked Xiao Yan for the Dragon Transformation Pill, swallowed it, and left to recover from his old injuries.
• Xiao Yan invited the Nether Snake King to find his alliance at the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave once he had healed.
• Yao Lao planned to teach Xiao Yan Dou Techniques, refine Companion Amethyst Source for him, and later take him to the Tagor Desert to investigate Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan remembered the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map fragment and told Yao Lao he wanted to search the mountain cliffs for treasures and a beauty.

Xiao Yan searched a cliff for a cave dwelling from his previous life, fought a Rock Snake, and found an ancient stone door while Xiao Yi Xian secretly followed him. When a Mating Ape chased her, Xiao Yan killed it and comforted her, leaving them together at the cave entrance.

• Xiao Yan plunged down the hundredth cliff, where he fought and spared a Rock Snake he remembered from his previous life.
• Xiao Yan reached the bottom of the cliff and entered a passage, while Yao Lao sensed Xiao Yi Xian hiding nearby.
• Yao Lao read martial-world novels as Xiao Yi Xian was startled by the floating books and then encountered a Mating Ape.
• Xiao Yi Xian fled from the Mating Ape and threw herself into Xiao Yan's arms.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Yi Xian, killed the Mating Ape, and comforted her.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the hidden cave abode and uncovered its treasures, including a mysterious Dou Technique and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. Xiao Yi Xian became absorbed in the scripture, hoping it might explain her unusual constitution.

• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian after she was frightened, then opened the stone door by finding its hidden mechanism.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored the cave abode and agreed that Xiao Yi Xian could request a treasure she needed.
• Xiao Yan found the Demonic Flame Remnant Map concealed in the skeleton’s arm and took the keys to three locked boxes.
• Xiao Yan opened the third box and discovered the Golden Luminescence Refinement Dou Technique, whose effects puzzled him and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan opened the remaining boxes, revealing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and the Flying Dou Technique Eagle Wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian read the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and hoped its secrets could help her understand her unusual constitution.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Scripture and tried to make up for hurting her feelings by offering her gold. Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group waited outside the cave, planning to rob them and capture Xiao Yi Xian alive.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Scripture, then gathered Ice Spirit Flame Grass for a future Blood Lotus Pill.
• Yao Lao sensed an old acquaintance in Xiao Yi Xian and agreed to let Xiao Yan decide how to deal with her.
• Xiao Yi Xian introduced herself, learned Xiao Yan was an alchemist, and felt disappointed that she lacked the talent to become one.
• Xiao Yan apologized for showing off and offered Xiao Yi Xian a pile of gold coins to make amends.
• Mu Li and the mercenaries watched from the cave entrance and planned to rob Xiao Yan and capture Xiao Yi Xian alive.

Xiao Yan confessed his feelings to Xiao Yi Xian, but she refused him and left the cave. Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group ambushed her, and Xiao Yan stepped in to protect her as the mercenaries surrounded them.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring and confessed that he was attracted to her, but she returned the ring and rejected him before leaving the cave.
• Xiao Yan regretted the rejection with Yao Lao, who recalled his own past and vowed to kill Han Feng if they met again and Han Feng had not changed.
• Mu Li and the mercenaries seized Xiao Yi Xian outside the cave and accused her of hiding the treasure trove from them.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Yi Xian and dislocated Mu Li's wrist when Mu Li tried to touch her.
• Mu Li offered Xiao Yi Xian to his men as a reward, and the mercenaries surrounded Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian while making lewd remarks.

Xiao Yan fought off Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group while protecting Xiao Yi Xian, using a powerful combination of fire techniques to overwhelm them. After the blast left the mercenaries scattered and the cave in ruins, Yao Lao resolved to train Xiao Yan toward the legendary Dou Di realm.

• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian through the mercenaries' barrage of thrown weapons, deflecting them with a spear and killing Brother Hu Tou.
• Mu Li led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in a coordinated attack against Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Fury... Samsara and Buddha's Fury... Fire Lotus, destroying the mercenaries' attacks and blasting more than fifty men to the ground.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes to find the battlefield devastated and the throne and skeleton destroyed.
• Yao Lao realized Xiao Yan had created the powerful Dou Techniques himself and decided to train him to become a Dou Di.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Mu Li and the other attackers, but Mu Li exposed her Woeful Poison Body and the tragedy that destroyed her hometown. As she broke down over the secret, Xiao Yan embraced her and destroyed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian subdued Mu Li and his men, and Xiao Yi Xian chose to deal with them herself.
• Mu Li blamed Xiao Yan for arranging the attacks, but Xiao Yi Xian rejected his claims and wounded him before killing him.
• Before dying, Mu Li revealed that Xiao Yi Xian's poisonous constitution had caused her hometown's destruction and that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion knew her secret.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke down, recounting how the poison had killed her parents and the villagers and left her an orphan.
• Xiao Yan embraced the sobbing Xiao Yi Xian and destroyed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture after she read its description of the Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had the Woeful Poison Body and insisted on keeping her, despite Yao Lao warning him about its danger and the difficult ingredients needed to save her. Yao Lao agreed to help and promised to teach Xiao Yan a powerful Dou Technique as they headed toward the amethyst cave.

• Xiao Yan carried the sleeping Xiao Yi Xian out of the cave and asked Yao Lao what the Woeful Poison Body was.
• Yao Lao explained that the constitution converted swallowed poison into powerful energy but accumulated toxins that could eventually kill its bearer.
• Yao Lao described the Poison Pill Method’s requirements, but Xiao Yan refused to abandon Xiao Yi Xian and argued that her strength could benefit them.
• Yao Lao reluctantly accepted Xiao Yan’s decision and lent him soul power to reach Four-Star Dou Zong so he could travel with Xiao Yi Xian toward the amethyst cave.
• Yao Lao offered to teach Xiao Yan a High Xuan Tier Dou Technique, then raised the offer to an Earth Class technique when Xiao Yan dismissed the first one.