Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to the amethyst cave, arranged for the Amethyst Winged Lion King to care for Xiao Yi Xian, and then left to learn Eight Extremes Collapse from Yao Lao. After only a few minutes of practice, Xiao Yan reached great accomplishment, leaving Yao Lao stunned.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King reported that the Deadly Mad Bird and eight Fifth-Order Magical Beasts were ready to join Xiao Yan's alliance, and Xiao Yan said the Nether Snake King would join as well.
• Xiao Yan entrusted Xiao Yi Xian to the Amethyst Winged Lion King and told her to call for him when the Nether Snake King arrived.
• Xiao Yan flew to a nearby lake and challenged Yao Lao to demonstrate how difficult it was to learn powerful Dou Techniques.
• Yao Lao taught Xiao Yan Eight Extremes Collapse and explained that its eight overlapping forces could reach Low Earth Tier destructive power.
• Xiao Yan practiced Eight Extremes Collapse for a few minutes and blasted through an ancient tree, prompting Yao Lao to realize he had already reached great accomplishment.

Yao Lao demonstrated the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and gave Xiao Yan the Heavy Xuan Ruler so he could learn the Low Earth Tier technique. Xiao Yan mastered it at once and unleashed a devastating attack, leaving Yao Lao stunned as he tried to hide his amazement with more boasting.

• Yao Lao summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler and demonstrated the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, evaporating much of the nearby lake.
• Xiao Yan caught the Heavy Xuan Ruler, struggled with its weight, and absorbed the technique’s cultivation formula through Yao Lao’s soul power.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to gather Dou Qi, wrapped the ruler in multicolored flames, and unleashed the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler through the forest.
• Xiao Yan’s attack split and burned an ancient tree, frightening the nearby birds and beasts into fleeing.
• Yao Lao examined the damage and realized Xiao Yan had mastered the technique instantly and raised its power close to Mid Earth Tier, then dismissed Xiao Yan’s talent while privately marveling at it.

Yao Lao demonstrated how to refine first-tier Blood Coagulation Powder and taught Xiao Yan the basics of alchemy, expecting him to learn through failure. Xiao Yan succeeded on his first attempt with a batch of exceptionally pure powder, then refined several more batches, leaving Yao Lao stunned as he asked how many times his teacher had failed at the start.

• Yao Lao took out the Black Demon Cauldron and demonstrated refining Blood Coagulation Powder from low-tier medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the formula and encouraged him to practice, warning that failure was part of learning.
• Xiao Yan used his seven-colored flame and alchemy experience from his previous life to refine flawless Blood Coagulation Powder on his first attempt.
• Yao Lao examined the powder and called Xiao Yan's success a lucky break despite its purity and strength.
• Xiao Yan refined three more batches in succession, and Yao Lao's doubts collapsed.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao how many times he had failed when he first tried alchemy.

Xiao Yan spent a night rapidly learning to refine second- and third-grade pills, reaching Third-Tier Alchemist and Seven-Star Dou Zhe before sleeping for a day. He hurried back to the Purple-Gold Cave to find Xiao Yi Xian awake and asked what she planned to do next.

• Yao Lao bragged about his alchemy achievements, then gave Xiao Yan prescriptions and ingredients to practice refining pills.
• Xiao Yan refined pills through the night, becoming familiar with the ingredients and techniques and reaching Third-Tier Alchemist and Seven-Star Dou Zhe.
• Yao Lao covered the exhausted Xiao Yan with a blanket and protected him with a barrier while he slept for a little over a day.
• Xiao Yan woke and hurried toward the Amethyst Cave, explaining to Yao Lao that Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er were like different wings in his heart.
• Xiao Yan reached the Purple-Gold Cave, found Xiao Yi Xian with the two lions, and asked her what she planned to do next.

Xiao Yan persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to join his faction by offering to help resolve her Woeful Poison Body, then gave her the Poison Pill Method. After explaining that poison could fuel her rapid growth, he left her eager to try it immediately.

• Xiao Yi Xian lamented that she had nowhere safe to go after killing Mu Li and losing her place at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian to join his faction and admitted that he had confessed partly to recruit her.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to join if Xiao Yan gave her a treatment method for her constitution.
• Xiao Yan handed Xiao Yi Xian a scroll containing the Poison Pill Method and explained the rare materials it required.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that eating poison could let her Woeful Poison Body grow without cultivation bottlenecks.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to give her all the poison he had so she could test her newfound ability.

Xiao Yi Xian ate a Red Blood Lotus and rapidly advanced to Peak Dou Zhe, while Xiao Yan warned her about the dangers of the Woeful Poison Body. She set off for the Chu Yun Empire with the Amethyst Winged Lion King to gain experience and seek a way to control her constitution.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Red Blood Lotus, and she found it delicious because the Woeful Poison Body made her crave poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the flower’s Poison Qi and broke through from Ninth Stage Dou Qi to Peak Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan explained that the seven-colored line meant her constitution was accumulating dangerous energy, and he warned her not to gather too much Poison Qi.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring filled with poisonous ingredients and arranged for the Amethyst Winged Lion King to take her to the Chu Yun Empire.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King carried Xiao Yi Xian out of the cave while Xiao Yan remained behind with the Little Lion King.

Xiao Yan gathered the Deadly Mad Bird and Nether Snake King to form an alliance, revealing a powerful Magical Beast legion and provoking the Nether Snake King against Yun Shan. The overlords pledged to accompany him to the Three-Year Agreement and confront the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao survived an unexpected sound-wave attack, then learned that the Deadly Mad Bird and Nether Snake King had arrived to pledge allegiance.
• Xiao Yan left the cave with the Little Lion King and greeted the two Magical Beast overlords as their alliance leader.
• The Deadly Mad Bird reported an army of thirteen Fifth-Order Magical Beasts, two thousand Fourth-Order Magical Beasts, and a hundred thousand lower-order beasts, while the Nether Snake King reported twenty elite beasts.
• Xiao Yan provoked the Nether Snake King by claiming Yun Shan had boasted of defeating it, and the Nether Snake King revealed that it had reached Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan invented a story about the Three-Year Agreement and the Misty Cloud Sect, prompting the Deadly Mad Bird and Nether Snake King to volunteer to accompany him and challenge Yun Shan.

Xiao Yan established the Flame Alliance with the Nether Snake King and the Deadly Mad Bird, promising rewards to strengthen their forces. He left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with ten powerful beasts and arrived at Black Rock City to pursue an alchemist qualification before heading to the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Yan named the alliance the Flame Alliance and promised its members pills in exchange for gathering resources and expanding their territory.
• The Nether Snake King summoned twenty elite Magical Beasts, who pledged their allegiance to Xiao Yan as Alliance Leader.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range and asked to take several Fifth-Order Magical Beasts with him.
• The Deadly Mad Bird offered its own beasts, and Xiao Yan selected ten Dou Wang Magical Beasts to protect the Xiao Clan and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan gave the ten beasts directions through Black Rock City and the Tagor Desert, then flew with them to Black Rock City, where he anticipated meeting Frank and Otto.

Xiao Yan arrived at Black Rock City with ten powerful magical beasts, alarming the city’s leaders until he explained that he had come to take the alchemist examination under the alias Yan Xiao. He left Frank, Otto, and He Qian eager to befriend him after they mistook his entourage for proof of a formidable backing.

• Ten Dou Wang-level magical beasts approached Black Rock City, and He Qian, Frank, and Otto went out to confront them while Otto sent a signal requesting help from the imperial capital.
• Xiao Yan called out that he was Yan Xiao and had come to take the alchemist examination, calming Frank and He Qian.
• He Qian introduced himself and eagerly offered to escort Xiao Yan to register for the examination.
• Frank and Otto inferred that the Nether Snake King might be behind Xiao Yan’s entourage and regretted not greeting him first.
• Frank, Otto, and He Qian tried to win Xiao Yan’s favor by offering examination help and promoting their disciples and family members, but Xiao Yan politely declined their overtures.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Guild in Black Rock City with ten Fifth-Order Magical Beasts and registered for an alchemist examination. Frank and Otto tried to introduce him to their disciples, Xue Mei and Lin Fei, and they were stunned when they saw his registration details.

• Xiao Yan landed outside the Alchemist Guild with his magical beasts, and Frank and Otto eagerly escorted him inside.
• Frank and Otto summoned Xue Mei and Lin Fei, hoping the young women would take an interest in Xiao Yan as a potential partner.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei doubted that the fourteen- or fifteen-year-old Xiao Yan could be an alchemist, but said they would judge him after his examination.
• Xiao Yan registered for examinations and followed a guard upstairs to the testing area.
• Frank and Otto checked Xiao Yan's registration and learned that he was a fourteen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Zhe seeking First-Rank, Second-Rank, and Third-Tier Alchemist examinations, shocking Xue Mei and Lin Fei.

Frank and Otto prepared to assess Yan Xiao after learning that the young Dou Zhe claimed the skills to qualify as a Third-Tier Alchemist. Yan Xiao began his demonstration before a gathering crowd, summoning a seven-colored dragon whose heat and icy chill revealed a Heavenly Flame.

• Frank and Otto hurried to the assessment hall to meet Yan Xiao, while Xue Mei and Lin Fei followed to witness his abilities.
• Yan Xiao entered the empty hall and prepared to show his alchemy skills as Otto and Frank directed Xue Mei and Lin Fei to watch from the sidelines.
• A group of alchemists rushed in to observe Yan Xiao, and Frank used Dou Qi to move them into the spectator seats.
• Yan Xiao chose a stone platform and summoned a seven-colored dragon, prompting the crowd to identify it as a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan used fire to form a nine-headed cauldron and began refining a Power Accumulation Pill, astonishing the alchemists who watched him. He finished in just fifteen minutes and revealed a flawless pill, leaving the spectators in disbelief.

• Frank and Otto concluded that Xiao Yan’s seven-colored flame was an exceptionally powerful mutated Beast Flame rather than a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan drew the Power Accumulation Pill formula and replaced the medicinal cauldron with a cauldron shaped from his fire.
• The alchemists, including Lin Fei, Xue Mei, Frank, Otto, and Yao Lao, were stunned that Xiao Yan could use fire as a cauldron while still a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan put all the medicinal ingredients into the fire cauldron at once and refined them as the spectators debated his method.
• After a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yan finished refining and revealed a perfectly round, crystal-clear Power Accumulation Pill.

Xiao Yan impressed Frank and Otto by refining a perfect Power Accumulation Pill and demonstrating an unusual flame-control technique. After restoring his Dou Qi, he began the Third-Tier Alchemist examination by refining Qi Gathering Powder.

• Frank examined Xiao Yan's freshly refined Power Accumulation Pill and praised its purity, Pill Patterns, and potency.
• Otto ate the pill, felt his Dou Qi improve, and asked Xiao Yan how he had refined it so quickly.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated how tiny flames could penetrate a medicinal ingredient and burn away everything but its essence, earning Frank's admiration.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to absorb nearby Fire Attribute Dou Qi and fully restore his stamina.
• Otto skipped the second-rank examination and invited Xiao Yan to attempt the Third-Tier Alchemist examination, which Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Yan formed a fire cauldron and began refining Third-Tier Qi Gathering Powder.

Xiao Yan passed the third-tier alchemist examination by refining a Qi Gathering Powder, which he gave to Lin Fei. After requesting his alchemist robe and registration, he asked Frank for help finding a map shop near the Tagor Desert, and Otto recommended one in Desert City.

• Xiao Yan carefully refined a Third-Tier Qi Gathering Powder, demonstrating his skill to the watching alchemists and spectators.
• Lin Fei asked Xiao Yan for the pill, and he gave it to her; Otto praised her while Frank silently urged Xue Mei to be more forward.
• Xiao Yan asked Frank to provide his alchemist robe and register his information after the examination.
• Xiao Yan asked Frank for a map shop recommendation because he planned to travel to the Tagor Desert.
• Otto recommended the Ancient Map shop in Desert City, while Frank grew jealous that Otto had helped Xiao Yan.

After becoming a Third-Tier Alchemist, Xiao Yan agreed to enter the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Grand Meeting in two and a half years. He left the guild and offered He Qian a recommendation to join the Flame Alliance.

• A guard delivered Xiao Yan's black Third-Tier Alchemist robe, and Frank offered to handle his registration details.
• Frank invited Xiao Yan to compete in the upcoming Alchemist Grand Meeting, and Xiao Yan agreed after Yao Lao encouraged him.
• Lin Fei introduced herself to Xiao Yan, but he awkwardly fled, leaving her disappointed as Xue Mei comforted her.
• Xiao Yan left the Alchemist Guild, saw He Qian, and offered to recommend him to the Flame Alliance.

Xiao Yan traveled to Desert City to seek Hai Bodong and found another fragment of the Demonic Flame Remnant Map in his shop. Hai Bodong refused to sell it and threatened Xiao Yan, leaving their reunion tense and unresolved.

• Xiao Yan gave He Qian a letter of recommendation to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, then led his group of Magical Beasts toward the Tagor Desert.
• He Qian decided to join the Flame Alliance and flew off toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan reached Desert City, descended on a seven-colored fire dragon, and entered the city.
• Xiao Yan found the Demonic Flame Remnant Map in the Ancient Map shop, and Yao Lao recognized it as another fragment linked to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Hai Bodong refused to sell the fragment and threatened Xiao Yan with an ice blade.

Xiao Yan challenged Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and defeated him in a fight, then demanded the other map fragment and information about the Heavenly Flames. He offered to undo Hai Bodong’s sealing technique in exchange, but Hai Bodong refused.

• Xiao Yan identified the map seller as Hai Bodong and provoked him into a fight.
• Hai Bodong attacked with ice barriers, but Xiao Yan’s seven-colored fire dragon broke through them and destroyed the shop.
• Hai Bodong launched a barrage of ice spikes, and Xiao Yan countered with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, leaving Hai Bodong charred and injured.
• Xiao Yan demanded Hai Bodong’s other map fragment and information about the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan offered to undo Hai Bodong’s sealing technique in exchange, but Hai Bodong refused despite wavering at the offer.

Xiao Yan broke Hai Bodong’s Snake Tribe Seal and secured the map and map fragment in exchange. After revealing his strength as a Dou Zong, Xiao Yan recruited Hai Bodong into the Flame Alliance and sent him to the Nether Snake King with a letter of recommendation.

• Hai Bodong agreed to surrender the map and map fragment if Xiao Yan could break his seal, and Xiao Yan accepted the deal.
• Yao Lao lent Xiao Yan his power, allowing him to reach Four-Star Dou Zong strength and destroy the Snake Tribe Seal.
• Hai Bodong’s strength returned to the Dou Huang Realm, and he gave Xiao Yan the map and map fragment.
• Xiao Yan declined Hai Bodong’s offer to guide him, then revealed that he had come to recruit him for the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong a letter of recommendation and instructed him to take it to the Nether Snake King at the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s lair.

Xiao Yan left Hai Bodong and traveled toward Stone Desert City, treating his injuries and preparing gifts for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. He arrived with ten Dou Wang magical beasts, whose public landing caused panic throughout the city.

• Xiao Yan departed after telling Hai Bodong about the Flame Alliance, while Hai Bodong headed for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan ended Yao Lao’s possession, discussed his strained body with his master, and took a Bone-Growing Pill to heal his injuries.
• Xiao Yan chose Stone Desert City as his destination and found two cultivation scrolls in Yao Lao’s collection to give to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Stone Desert City with ten Dou Wang magical beasts and planned to assign five to protect his brothers and leave the others with the Xiao Clan.
• The beasts landed on buildings across the city, prompting the crowds, mercenaries, and city troops to react in fear and prepare for battle.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in the Tagor Desert and explained his return with a fabricated story about secretly sustaining ten powerful magical beasts. His tale moved the gathered soldiers and mercenaries, while Yao Lao realized it could shame the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the city on the Crimson Feather Bird and ordered the city lord to find Xiao Ding and Xiao Li without harming them.
• The city lord brought Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to Xiao Yan, and the brothers embraced and reunited.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the ten magical beasts were Fifth-Order beasts, alarming the troops and astonishing Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan claimed he had discovered the beasts in a mountain cave and sacrificed his Dou Qi for three years to protect the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan's story moved the crowd to tears, and the soldiers denounced the Xiao clansmen for mistreating him.
• Yao Lao heard Xiao Yan's account from inside his ring and thought the story would leave the Xiao Clan deeply ashamed.