Chapter Summaries

After stirring up the dragon and phoenix clans, Li Yu returned to cultivation while Xiao Yan continued growing at Jia Lan Academy. When Xiao Xun'er’s clansmen arrived to take her back, Ling Quan insulted Xiao Yan and the Xiao family, but a thunderous voice answered him from beyond the mountain.

• Li Yu stored the Heavenly Cauldron in the outpost's Resource Library and resumed cultivating, while Ya Fei brought the auction house under control.
• Xiao Yan entered Jia Lan Academy after placing second in the Strong Ranking Tournament, and his bond with Xiao Xun'er deepened as he benefited from the Wind Alliance's resources.
• Xiao Xun'er tried to hide Xiao Yan when more than ten members of the Black Annihilation Army arrived, led by Deputy Commander Ling Quan, to take her back to the clan's residence.
• Ling Quan detected Xiao Yan and struck at him, but Xiao Yan blocked the attack with azure flames before Xiao Xun'er stopped them.
• Ling Quan mocked Xiao Yan and declared the Xiao family unqualified, then unleashed his aura to crush Xiao Yan.
• A thunderous voice declared the Xiao family qualified, knocking the unicorns and riders from the sky and making Ling Quan bleed as he turned toward a towering figure beyond the mountain.

Xiao Feng arrived at Jia Lan Academy and drove off Ling Quan after he threatened the Xiao Clan and tried to take Xiao Xun'er away. He gave Xiao Yan a low-level Heaven-Tier Dou Technique and arranged for the Supreme Alchemist Spirit to examine the Heavenly Flames, leaving Xiao Yan’s cultivation path safer and Xiao Xun’er at the Xiao Clan for now.

• Xiao Yan resolved to work harder after seeing Xiao Feng’s strength and recalling his advice.
• Xiao Feng confronted Ling Quan, rebuked him for insulting the Xiao Clan, and sent him and his subordinates away.
• Xiao Feng reunited with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, then teased Xiao Yan about calling Xiao Xun'er his sister-in-law.
• Xiao Feng gave Xiao Yan a low-level Heaven-Tier Dou Technique because Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra could not safely coexist with Xiao Feng’s cultivation method.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit offered to examine the Heavenly Flames to make Xiao Yan’s future fusions safer.

Xiao Feng collected samples of Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er’s Heavenly Flames for Li Yu to analyze, while Li Yu continued cultivating and realized that aging could become a serious danger during his travels between worlds. He resolved to pursue eternal life, since the Beginless Sutra alone could not guarantee it.

• Xiao Feng told Xiao Yan that his teacher might find a safer way to fuse Heavenly Flames, then collected samples of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Xiao Xun'er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Li Yu analyzed both flames and identified how their properties could be recreated from other sources of fire.
• Li Yu considered having Xiao Feng visit the Pill Tower to let the Supreme Alchemist Spirit scan its ancestor, a Ninth Grade Pill.
• Li Yu continued cultivating his body with the Beginless Sutra and Saintly Body Secret Method while reflecting on his time in the world.
• Li Yu realized that spending long periods in other worlds could make him age, and feared that the Beginless Sutra would not give him eternal life.

At Jia Lan Academy, the Fallen Heart Flame erupted from beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, and Xiao Feng joined Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er as the elders tried to seal it. The fire python broke free and resisted the Thousandfold Seal, while a bloodthirsty group appeared in the sky.

• Li Yu decided to make eternal life his main goal and had Xiao Feng remain at Jia Lan Academy to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, and Xiao Feng hurried toward it after the Supreme Alchemist Spirit revealed that it had developed intelligence.
• Xiao Feng met Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er outside the tower as the elders struggled to contain the blazing fire python.
• Su Qian and the elders activated the Thousandfold Seal, but the fire python dragged the net upward as it fought back.
• A group of figures appeared in the sky with a bloody, savage aura and laughed at the sight of the Fallen Heart Flame.

Han Feng and his allies attacked Jia Lan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Feng intervened and destroyed Han Feng with one punch. Old Ghost Demonic Earth and Mo Tianxing were left pleading that they had only been passing by.

• Han Feng revealed that he had come for the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian recognized the powerful allies accompanying him.
• Su Qian released the seal on the Fallen Heart Flame so Jia Lan Academy could face Han Feng’s attacking group.
• Xiao Feng appeared and drove off the Golden Silver Elders with his Demon-Subduing Thunder Sound.
• Han Feng tried to block Xiao Feng’s punch with Sea Heart Flame, but Xiao Feng killed him with a single blow and collected the flame.
• Old Ghost Demonic Earth and Mo Tianxing begged Xiao Feng for mercy, and he replied that he had also just been passing by.

Xiao Feng helped Jia Lan Academy contain the escaped Fallen Heart Flame and defeated it with a single strike. He stored the flame in his ring, while Mo Tianxing and Old Ghost Demonic Earth remained under his control.

• Mo Tianxing and Old Ghost Demonic Earth agreed to visit the Wind Alliance rather than risk angering Xiao Feng.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke free and attacked Jia Lan Academy, while its fire python showed interest in Xiao Yan's Azure Lotus Earthly Flame.
• Xiao Feng suppressed the flames as he advanced, and Su Qian thanked him for his help.
• Xiao Feng lured the fire python toward his golden flame, resisted its formless heartfire with Immovable as a Mountain, and shattered it with the Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle.
• Xiao Feng collected the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian felt relieved that Jia Lan Academy was not his enemy.

Li Yu analyzed Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, then used Xiao Yan as a virtual test subject to investigate fusing Heavenly Flames with the Flame Mantra. After repeated trials, the system developed a successful fusion method, which Li Yu sent to the Supreme Alchemist Spirit.

• Li Yu had the system analyze Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame and learned how Fallen Heart Flame purified battle qi by burning away impurities.
• Li Yu began a virtual experiment using Xiao Yan to fuse Azure Lotus Earthly Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, and the first trial ended in an explosion.
• Li Yu ordered the system to repeat the experiment and record its data until the 135th trial succeeded.
• Li Yu had the system repeat the successful fusion and then test further combinations, including Sea Heart Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• After the experiments finished, Li Yu viewed the fused flames and instructed the system to send a fusion method to the Supreme Alchemist Spirit.

After the Heavenly Flames crisis, Xiao Feng gave Xiao Yan a safe method for fusing Heavenly Flames and helped the Wind Alliance conquer the Black Horn Region. With the region secured, Xiao Feng set out for Central Plains to seek greater challenges.

• Xiao Feng passed Xiao Yan the new Heavenly Flame fusion method and gave him the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, warning him to keep the Fallen Heart Flame secret.
• Xiao Yan began studying the method, which Li Yu's experiments had refined to control the violent clash between Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Feng returned to the Wind Alliance, where he and Medusa led its forces to make Demonic Flame Valley, the Black Emperor Sect, and Maple City surrender.
• Xiao Feng placed puppets across the Black Horn Region, left Medusa in charge, and departed for Central Plains with the Supreme Alchemist Spirit.

Xiao Feng traveled to Tianya City to use its spatial wormhole while Li Yu analyzed how human and Dragon Clan spatial passages worked. After the wormhole opened, Xiao Feng entered it with a gaunt traveler, who offered him a ride aboard a spatial vessel.

• Xiao Feng reached Tianya City and headed to the spatial wormhole after sensing its spatial energy.
• The guards asked Xiao Feng to wait for their ancestor’s guest, and Xiao Feng agreed to share the transmission.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit showed Li Yu the wormhole, and the System analyzed and recorded its construction and spatial principles.
• Xiao Feng entered the wormhole with the gaunt man and found its force and speed unimpressive.
• The gaunt man summoned a silver spatial vessel and invited Xiao Feng aboard, and Xiao Feng accepted.

Xiao Feng and the gaunt man were swept into a spatial vortex that destroyed their vessel and deposited them in a sinister hall. Xiao Feng exposed the man as a Soul Hall agent and attacked him, but other powerful Soul Hall figures emerged from the darkness.

• The gaunt man warned Xiao Feng about spatial storms, but a storm struck their vessel and dragged it into a spatial vortex.
• The vessel crashed and shattered, and Xiao Feng landed safely beside the gaunt man.
• Xiao Feng recognized Soul Hall’s black mist and struck the gaunt man, Qing Hai, with his Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle, breaking his chain and sending him through several walls.
• Xiao Feng realized Soul Hall had lured him there to capture him for the Ancient Emperor’s Jade and prepared to attack Qing Hai again.
• Voices in the hall mocked Qing Hai for being beaten despite his three-star Dou Zun strength as black mist spread and powerful auras gathered around Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng fought the Soul Hall force sent to seize the Ancient Emperor's Jade and overwhelmed them with his golden defenses and demon-subduing techniques. After killing all ten attackers, he left the hall victorious.

• Xiao Feng used his Vajra techniques to dispel the Soul Hall's black mist and injure its seven protectors with the Thunderous Sound Demon Subduing Mantra.
• Xiao Feng charged the protectors and killed all seven with his Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle.
• Star Picking Venerate, Qing Hai, and the bluish-faced elder attacked Xiao Feng together with a claw, an iron chain, and black snakes.
• Xiao Feng's thunderous mantra scattered their attacks and stunned the three Dou Zongs.
• Xiao Feng smashed the three Soul Hall leaders' heads with his pestle.

Xiao Feng destroyed a Soul Hall stronghold, freed its imprisoned souls, and returned to the Black Horn Region after learning Soul Hall had targeted his allies. He reunited with Medusa as reports of attacks spread, then Xiao Zhan arrived with an urgent warning.

• Supreme Alchemist Spirit praised Xiao Feng for defeating the Soul Hall forces, and Xiao Feng used the Rebirth Mantra to free the tortured souls before burning the stronghold to ashes with Solar True Fire.
• Xiao Feng realized Soul Hall had likely targeted the Wind Alliance and its allies, and Supreme Alchemist Spirit opened a portal that sent him to Black Seal City.
• Medusa told Xiao Feng that Old Ghost Demonic Earth, Mo Tianxing, and rebels elsewhere in the Black Horn Region had attacked, but the puppets had suppressed them.
• Xiao Feng warned Medusa that Soul Hall had targeted the Xiao family and told her to take puppets whenever she went out.
• Xiao Zhan rushed in and shouted that something had happened.

After learning that Xiao Yan had been kidnapped by the Soul Hall, Xiao Feng accepted the Xiao family's Ancient Emperor's Jade and uncovered Soul Hall spies within the Wind Alliance. He left Medusa in charge and set out to train before confronting the Soul Hall, with the Supreme Alchemist Spirit opening a spatial passage to a training site.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Feng that Xiao Yan had disappeared and handed him the ransom letter demanding the Xiao family's Ancient Emperor's Jade.
• Xiao Feng accepted the jade and promised to rescue Xiao Yan, then ordered Medusa to gather the Wind Alliance's officials so he could search for spies.
• Xiao Feng used the Thunderous Sound Demon Subduing Mantra to expose more than a dozen officials cultivating the Soul Hall's wicked arts, and Medusa killed them.
• Xiao Feng entrusted the Wind Alliance to Medusa and left for Central Plains to pursue Xiao Yan's rescue.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit told Xiao Feng that the Dead Soul Mountain Range held a Soul Hall branch and opened a spatial passage to a place where he could train toward Dou Saint.

Xiao Feng entered the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs to temper his body and absorb Xiao Xuan’s remaining cultivation so he could advance to Dou Saint. After Supreme Alchemist Spirit urged him to dive deeper, Xiao Feng encountered a swarm of Yin Snakes and braced himself for their icy attacks.

• Supreme Alchemist Spirit brought Xiao Feng through a concealed spatial passage into the Nine Netherworld Python’s sacred land, where the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs lay.
• Xiao Feng entered the lake and cultivated with the Mighty Warrior Mountain Moving Scripture while Supreme Alchemist Spirit poured Xiao Xuan’s cultivation into him.
• Xiao Feng’s Vajra Body improved in the shallow water, so Supreme Alchemist Spirit told him to reach the lake bottom to advance to Dou Saint.
• Xiao Feng killed a Yin Snake that attacked him, then a swarm of Yin Snakes surrounded him and fired icy water arrows.
• Xiao Feng strengthened his golden-lit body and chose to endure the Yin Snakes’ barrage.

Xiao Feng completed his Vajra Body and absorbed Xiao Xuan’s remaining power to break through to the early stage of Dou Saint. His breakthrough alerted the leaders of the Snake-person tribe, and the man in black set out toward the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs to stop him.

• Xiao Feng endured repeated barrages from the Yin Snakes until his Vajra Body and several divine abilities reached perfection.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit transferred Xiao Xuan’s remaining power to Xiao Feng and guided him through his cultivation breakthrough.
• Xiao Feng advanced to the early stage of Dou Saint, releasing an immense aura from the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.
• The man in black and the old man in crimson robes sensed Xiao Feng’s breakthrough and ordered their forces to move against him.
• The man in black vanished from his throne and headed toward the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.

After reaching the Dou Saint Realm, Xiao Feng discovered Yao Ming, the imprisoned chief of the Nine Netherworld Python clan, beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs and made him his subordinate. Xiao Feng removed the Yellow Springs Yin Stone that bound Yao Ming, freeing him and gaining a powerful enforcer.

• Xiao Feng heard a cry for help and unearthed a skeleton-like figure bound by chains beneath the lakebed.
• Yao Ming identified himself as the chief of the Nine Netherworld Python clan and begged Xiao Feng to save him.
• Xiao Feng agreed to free Yao Ming in exchange for his service, then used the Azure-eyed Three-flower Pupils to bring him under control.
• Yao Ming explained that the Yellow Springs Yin Stone suppressed him, and Xiao Feng stored the massive stone away at the Supreme Alchemist Spirit's suggestion.
• Yao Ming was freed from his chains and knelt before Xiao Feng in gratitude.

Xiao Feng freed Yao Ming from the Yellow Springs and accepted his loyalty, then the two emerged to face the Nine Netherworld Python who had ambushed Yao Ming. Xiao Feng shattered the attacker’s Yellow Springs Great Seal with his Mountain Moving Seal and sent the giant serpent crashing into a mountain.

• Xiao Feng freed Yao Ming from his chains and gave him pills that restored much of his strength.
• Yao Ming explained that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian had imprisoned him and offered Xiao Feng the last Yellow Springs Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Feng and Yao Ming emerged from the lake, where a giant black serpent attacked them with the Yellow Springs Great Seal.
• Xiao Feng countered with the Mountain Moving Seal, shattered the black seal, and smashed the serpent into a mountain.
• Yao Ming stared in disbelief at Xiao Feng’s overwhelming power.

Xiao Feng defeated Yao Xiaotian, then allowed Yao Ming to take revenge and reclaim his strength. When the Nine Netherworld Python Clan attacked, Yao Ming revealed the Nine Netherworld Staff and proved his identity as their clan leader, leaving the clan members bowing to him.

• Xiao Feng recognized Yao Xiaotian as the one who had imprisoned Yao Ming and let Yao Ming kill him.
• Yao Ming tore out and swallowed Yao Xiaotian’s magic core, recovering his strength.
• A crimson-robed Dou Saint attacked Xiao Feng, who subdued and brought him under his control.
• The Nine Netherworld Python elders formed the Ten Thousand Snakes Great Formation, but Yao Ming stopped them and revealed himself.
• Yao Ming displayed the Nine Netherworld Staff, causing the formation to collapse as the clan recognized him and paid their respects.

Li Yu analyzed the Ancient Emperor's Jade and decided to empty the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion before staging an auction of its treasures. The invitations sparked a resource scramble across the world, while Li Yu slept through the chaos he had set off.

• Li Yu used the system to analyze the Ancient Emperor's Jade, extrapolated its complete rune array, and returned the jade to the Supreme Alchemist Spirit.
• Li Yu decided to empty the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and auction its treasures, then sent Gu Shu to deliver invitations to every major faction.
• The factions were alarmed by the invitations' unexplained arrival and the auction list, which included Heavenly Flames, Ninth Grade Pills, an Ancient Emperor's Jade, and a guide to the Cave Mansion.
• The leaders connected the auction house's Wu Yuan City address to Zhetian the Great Emperor and abandoned thoughts of robbing it.
• The top factions gathered resources for the auction, triggering wars and the seizure of treasures across the world as Li Yu went back to sleep.

Li Yu traveled through the magma beneath Jia Lan Academy and found the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. After startling the gatekeeping old dragon, he opened the sealed entrance and stepped inside.

• Li Yu entered the magma beneath Jia Lan Academy and drove away a group of Lava Crocodiles.
• Li Yu sensed the hidden space and tore through its barrier to reach the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Li Yu encountered the giant old dragon, who recognized his aura and retreated when Li Yu ordered it to sleep.
• Li Yu used energy resonance to open the sealed stone gate without the Ancient Emperor's Jade.
• The old dragon watched Li Yu enter, then warned itself not to provoke him.