diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index ff4f66a47..f6f9a22c8 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ type BlockChain struct {
 	diffLayerFreezerBlockLimit uint64
 
 	wg            sync.WaitGroup
+	dbWg          sync.WaitGroup
 	quit          chan struct{} // shutdown signal, closed in Stop.
 	stopping      atomic.Bool   // false if chain is running, true when stopped
 	procInterrupt atomic.Bool   // interrupt signaler for block processing
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) cacheBlock(hash common.Hash, block *types.Block) {
 // into node seamlessly.
 func (bc *BlockChain) empty() bool {
 	genesis := bc.genesisBlock.Hash()
-	for _, hash := range []common.Hash{rawdb.ReadHeadBlockHash(bc.db.BlockStore()), rawdb.ReadHeadHeaderHash(bc.db.BlockStore()), rawdb.ReadHeadFastBlockHash(bc.db)} {
+	for _, hash := range []common.Hash{rawdb.ReadHeadBlockHash(bc.db.BlockStore()), rawdb.ReadHeadHeaderHash(bc.db.BlockStore()), rawdb.ReadHeadFastBlockHash(bc.db.BlockStore())} {
 		if hash != genesis {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 	bc.currentSnapBlock.Store(headBlock.Header())
 	headFastBlockGauge.Update(int64(headBlock.NumberU64()))
 
-	if head := rawdb.ReadHeadFastBlockHash(bc.db); head != (common.Hash{}) {
+	if head := rawdb.ReadHeadFastBlockHash(bc.db.BlockStore()); head != (common.Hash{}) {
 		if block := bc.GetBlockByHash(head); block != nil {
 			bc.currentSnapBlock.Store(block.Header())
 			headFastBlockGauge.Update(int64(block.NumberU64()))
@@ -1137,7 +1138,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) setHeadBeyondRoot(head uint64, time uint64, root common.Ha
 	// If SetHead was only called as a chain reparation method, try to skip
 	// touching the header chain altogether, unless the freezer is broken
 	if repair {
-		if target, force := updateFn(bc.db, bc.CurrentBlock()); force {
+		if target, force := updateFn(bc.db.BlockStore(), bc.CurrentBlock()); force {
 			bc.hc.SetHead(target.Number.Uint64(), updateFn, delFn)
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -1298,19 +1299,33 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) ExportN(w io.Writer, first uint64, last uint64) error {
 //
 // Note, this function assumes that the `mu` mutex is held!
 func (bc *BlockChain) writeHeadBlock(block *types.Block) {
-	// Add the block to the canonical chain number scheme and mark as the head
-	rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(bc.db.BlockStore(), block.Hash(), block.NumberU64())
-	rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(bc.db.BlockStore(), block.Hash())
-	rawdb.WriteHeadBlockHash(bc.db.BlockStore(), block.Hash())
+	bc.dbWg.Add(2)
+	defer bc.dbWg.Wait()
+	go func() {
+		defer bc.dbWg.Done()
+		// Add the block to the canonical chain number scheme and mark as the head
+		blockBatch := bc.db.BlockStore().NewBatch()
+		rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(blockBatch, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64())
+		rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(blockBatch, block.Hash())
+		rawdb.WriteHeadBlockHash(blockBatch, block.Hash())
+		rawdb.WriteHeadFastBlockHash(blockBatch, block.Hash())
+		// Flush the whole batch into the disk, exit the node if failed
+		if err := blockBatch.Write(); err != nil {
+			log.Crit("Failed to update chain indexes and markers in block db", "err", err)
+		}
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		defer bc.dbWg.Done()
 
-	batch := bc.db.NewBatch()
-	rawdb.WriteHeadFastBlockHash(batch, block.Hash())
-	rawdb.WriteTxLookupEntriesByBlock(batch, block)
+		batch := bc.db.NewBatch()
+		rawdb.WriteTxLookupEntriesByBlock(batch, block)
+
+		// Flush the whole batch into the disk, exit the node if failed
+		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+			log.Crit("Failed to update chain indexes in chain db", "err", err)
+		}
+	}()
 
-	// Flush the whole batch into the disk, exit the node if failed
-	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
-		log.Crit("Failed to update chain indexes and markers", "err", err)
-	}
 	// Update all in-memory chain markers in the last step
 	bc.hc.SetCurrentHeader(block.Header())
 
@@ -1531,7 +1546,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 			} else if !reorg {
 				return false
 			}
-			rawdb.WriteHeadFastBlockHash(bc.db, head.Hash())
+			rawdb.WriteHeadFastBlockHash(bc.db.BlockStore(), head.Hash())
 			bc.currentSnapBlock.Store(head.Header())
 			headFastBlockGauge.Update(int64(head.NumberU64()))
 			return true
@@ -1774,7 +1789,6 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) writeBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-		rawdb.WritePreimages(bc.db, state.Preimages())
 		blockBatch := bc.db.BlockStore().NewBatch()
 		rawdb.WriteTd(blockBatch, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), externTd)
 		rawdb.WriteBlock(blockBatch, block)
@@ -1783,7 +1797,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) writeBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 		if bc.chainConfig.IsCancun(block.Number(), block.Time()) {
 			rawdb.WriteBlobSidecars(blockBatch, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), block.Sidecars())
 		}
-		rawdb.WritePreimages(blockBatch, state.Preimages())
+		if bc.db.StateStore() != nil {
+			rawdb.WritePreimages(bc.db.StateStore(), state.Preimages())
+		} else {
+			rawdb.WritePreimages(blockBatch, state.Preimages())
+		}
 		if err := blockBatch.Write(); err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to write block into disk", "err", err)
 		}
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index 986f2c79d..d6aae918f 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func (g *Genesis) Commit(db ethdb.Database, triedb *triedb.Database) (*types.Blo
 	rawdb.WriteReceipts(db.BlockStore(), block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), nil)
 	rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(db.BlockStore(), block.Hash(), block.NumberU64())
 	rawdb.WriteHeadBlockHash(db.BlockStore(), block.Hash())
-	rawdb.WriteHeadFastBlockHash(db, block.Hash())
+	rawdb.WriteHeadFastBlockHash(db.BlockStore(), block.Hash())
 	rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(db.BlockStore(), block.Hash())
 	rawdb.WriteChainConfig(db, block.Hash(), config)
 	return block, nil
diff --git a/core/headerchain.go b/core/headerchain.go
index a48ef4619..f09ab4347 100644
--- a/core/headerchain.go
+++ b/core/headerchain.go
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) setHead(headBlock uint64, headTime uint64, updateFn Updat
 		// first then remove the relative data from the database.
 		//
 		// Update head first(head fast block, head full block) before deleting the data.
-		markerBatch := hc.chainDb.NewBatch()
+		markerBatch := hc.chainDb.BlockStore().NewBatch()
 		if updateFn != nil {
 			newHead, force := updateFn(markerBatch, parent)
 			if force && ((headTime > 0 && newHead.Time < headTime) || (headTime == 0 && newHead.Number.Uint64() < headBlock)) {
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) setHead(headBlock uint64, headTime uint64, updateFn Updat
 			}
 		}
 		// Update head header then.
-		rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(hc.chainDb.BlockStore(), parentHash)
+		rawdb.WriteHeadHeaderHash(markerBatch, parentHash)
 		if err := markerBatch.Write(); err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to update chain markers", "error", err)
 		}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go b/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
index f78af9bb6..387040108 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func InitDatabaseFromFreezer(db ethdb.Database) {
 	batch.Reset()
 
 	WriteHeadHeaderHash(db.BlockStore(), hash)
-	WriteHeadFastBlockHash(db, hash)
+	WriteHeadFastBlockHash(db.BlockStore(), hash)
 	log.Info("Initialized database from freezer", "blocks", frozen, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
 }
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/database.go b/core/rawdb/database.go
index 39dfcc511..ad4e3f81c 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/database.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/database.go
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ func DataTypeByKey(key []byte) DataType {
 				return StateDataType
 			}
 		}
-		for _, meta := range [][]byte{headHeaderKey, headFinalizedBlockKey} {
+		for _, meta := range [][]byte{headHeaderKey, headFinalizedBlockKey, headBlockKey, headFastBlockKey} {
 			if bytes.Equal(key, meta) {
 				return BlockDataType
 			}
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ func InspectDatabase(db ethdb.Database, keyPrefix, keyStart []byte) error {
 				hashNumPairings.Add(size)
 			default:
 				var accounted bool
-				for _, meta := range [][]byte{headHeaderKey, headFinalizedBlockKey} {
+				for _, meta := range [][]byte{headHeaderKey, headFinalizedBlockKey, headBlockKey, headFastBlockKey} {
 					if bytes.Equal(key, meta) {
 						metadata.Add(size)
 						accounted = true
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ func ReadChainMetadataFromMultiDatabase(db ethdb.Database) [][]string {
 	data := [][]string{
 		{"databaseVersion", pp(ReadDatabaseVersion(db))},
 		{"headBlockHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ReadHeadBlockHash(db.BlockStore()))},
-		{"headFastBlockHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ReadHeadFastBlockHash(db))},
+		{"headFastBlockHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ReadHeadFastBlockHash(db.BlockStore()))},
 		{"headHeaderHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ReadHeadHeaderHash(db.BlockStore()))},
 		{"lastPivotNumber", pp(ReadLastPivotNumber(db))},
 		{"len(snapshotSyncStatus)", fmt.Sprintf("%d bytes", len(ReadSnapshotSyncStatus(db)))},