Chapter Summaries

Reincarnated as Huo Xuan of the Flame Clan, the former orphan trained relentlessly and vowed to protect his new family. At eight years old, after reaching Nine Star Dou Zhe, he learned that a successful bloodline test could make him the Flame Clan’s Young Clan Leader.

• Huo Zhen and Huo Xi welcomed their son and named him Huo Xuan, who realized he had been reincarnated after waking in a baby’s body.
• Huo Xuan recalled his former life, in which his sworn brother betrayed and murdered him, and accepted his new identity in the Flame Clan.
• At eight years old, Huo Xuan completed intense physical training and vowed to raise the Flame Clan to the pinnacle of the Eight Clans.
• Huo Xi urged Huo Xuan to ease his training, while Huo Xuan told her and Huo Zhen he wanted to prevent the Flame Clan from sharing the Xiao Clan’s fate.
• Huo Zhen revealed that the Clan Leader would consider making Huo Xuan the Young Clan Leader if his bloodline concentration impressed the clan during that day’s test.

Huo Xuan earned a Ninth Grade Bloodline in the Yan Clan’s Bloodline Test and was named Young Clan Leader. After celebrating with Huo Zhi, he considered the timeline of Battle Through the Heavens and resolved to pursue the power needed to protect his family and clan.

• Huo Xuan accompanied Huo Zhi to the Bloodline Test, where she qualified with a peak fourth-grade bloodline.
• Huo Xuan awakened a Ninth Grade Bloodline, stunning the Yan Clan elders and clan members.
• Yan Jin named Huo Xuan the Yan Clan’s Young Clan Leader, and Huo Xuan pledged to revitalize the clan.
• Huo Xuan left the square with Huo Zhi and asked how old Gu Xun’er was, then realized Xiao Yan was eight and the original story was seven years away.
• Huo Xuan reviewed the cultivation ranks and the path to Dou Di, deciding he needed to protect his loved ones and that only one Flame Emperor could exist.

At fifteen, Huo Xuan persuaded the Yan Clan to let him leave after claiming a recurring dream warned of a calamity that would destroy the clan. With Yan Yang and Yan Ya accompanying him, he departed for the Jia Ma Empire to visit the fallen Xiao Clan.

• Huo Zhen told Huo Xuan that Huo Zhi's father had agreed to their marriage once Huo Xuan reached Dou Sheng, but the clan had again rejected his request to leave.
• Huo Xuan told Huo Zhen that the Yan Clan Forefather had appeared in a dream and urged him to leave to prevent a future catastrophe.
• At the council meeting, Yan Jin approved Huo Xuan's departure and assigned Yan Yang and Yan Ya as guards, giving him a jade pendant for emergencies.
• Huo Xuan said goodbye to Huo Zhi and left the Yan World, promising to return within a few years.
• Huo Xuan told Yan Yang and Yan Ya they were headed for the Jia Ma Empire to visit the Xiao Clan, and Yan Yang recounted Xiao Xuan's failed attempt to become a Dou Emperor and the clan's decline.

Huo Xuan found the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map fragment and arrived in Wutan City, where he intervened in Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s engagement dispute. After defeating Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan, he proposed a three-year challenge between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, which she accepted.

• Huo Xuan recovered the map fragment and treasures from a cave near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then destroyed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Huo Xuan arrived in Wutan City with Yan Ya and entered the Xiao Family hall during Nalan Yanran’s attempt to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Huo Xuan challenged Xiao Yan’s reasoning for repudiating Nalan Yanran and exposed his past misconduct, prompting Nalan Yanran to insist on ending the engagement.
• After Xiao Yan threatened Huo Xuan, Huo Xuan struck him down and threw Xiao Zhan into a wall when Xiao Zhan attacked.
• Huo Xuan proposed that Xiao Yan challenge Nalan Yanran at the Yun Lan Sect in three years, and Nalan Yanran agreed.

After the Three-Year Agreement ended the engagement dispute, Huo Xuan stayed with the Xiao Family and secretly bargained with Yao Chen for the Flame Mantra and Bone Chilling Flame. Yao Chen gave them to him in exchange for soul-nourishing ingredients and Huo Xuan’s promise to help him revive.

• Huo Xuan offered the Xiao Family more than two hundred thousand gold coins and a High-Level Xuan Rank Dou Technique for lodging, and the Great Elder agreed to let him stay for three months.
• Huo Xuan entered Xiao Yan’s room at night and summoned Yao Chen from the Black Ring while Yan Yang and Yan Ya sealed off the space.
• Huo Xuan identified himself as the Flame Clan’s Young Clan Leader and pressured Yao Chen to hand over the Flame Mantra, invoking the threat of Yao Wangui.
• Yao Chen gave Huo Xuan the Flame Mantra after Huo Xuan promised to protect him from Yao Wangui.
• Huo Xuan persuaded Yao Chen to surrender the Bone Chilling Flame in exchange for soul-nourishing medicinal ingredients and a promise to help him revive.

Huo Xuan began cultivating the Flame Mantra after acquiring the Bone Chilling Flame, despite Yan Yang and Yan Ya warning him about the danger. He nurtured the flame inside his body and considered the many Heavenly Flames across the continent, but planned to meet Xiao Yan before pursuing them.

• Yan Yang and Yan Ya read the Flame Mantra and tried to dissuade Huo Xuan from cultivating it.
• Huo Xuan switched from his Heaven-tier technique to the Flame Mantra, turning his Dou Qi pale yellow.
• Huo Xuan placed a Soul Imprint in the Bone Chilling Flame and drew it into his body to nurture it for a future fusion.
• Huo Xuan's desire for Heavenly Flames grew as he recalled their locations and current owners.
• Huo Xuan decided that he needed to meet Xiao Yan before seeking out the other Heavenly Flames.

Huo Xuan disrupted Xiao Yan’s attempt to buy a Black Iron Slab that contained the Mystic-rank Absorption Palm, warning the stall owner of its value. After Huo Xuan revealed he was from the Central Plains, Yao Chen recognized his Flame Clan background and arranged to meet him that night.

• Xiao Yan bargained with a stall owner for a Wood Devouring Fox Magic Crystal and several other goods, including a Black Iron Slab.
• Huo Xuan stopped the sale by telling the stall owner that the Black Iron Slab contained a Mystic-rank fighting skill.
• The stall owner refused to sell the slab, and Xiao Yan angrily demanded to know why Huo Xuan kept opposing him.
• Huo Xuan identified himself as being from the Central Plains, and Yao Chen explained to Xiao Yan that it was a powerful region.
• As Huo Xuan passed Xiao Yan, Yao Chen invited him to meet at the Xiao Clan Back Mountain that night.

Huo Xuan told Yao Chen that he was targeting Xiao Yan because he believed Xiao Yan was Favored of Fate and would eventually restore the Xiao Clan, threatening Huo Xuan’s ambition for the Flame Clan. After Huo Xuan left, Yao Chen resolved to teach Xiao Yan wholeheartedly for three years, while Huo Xuan decided to seek the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in the Tagor Desert.

• Huo Xuan dismissed Yan Yang and Yan Ya so he could speak privately with Yao Chen.
• Huo Xuan admitted he was targeting Xiao Yan and revealed that he knew about the Xiao Clan’s history and Yao Chen’s plan to teach Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra.
• Huo Xuan described Xiao Yan as Favored of Fate and said he intended to kill him to prevent him from restoring the Xiao Clan.
• Huo Xuan warned Yao Chen not to become too attached to Xiao Yan before leaving, and Yao Chen decided to train Xiao Yan for three years so he could win the Three-Year Agreement.
• Huo Xuan abandoned his plan to keep provoking Xiao Yan and decided to go to the Tagor Desert to search for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

Huo Xuan confronted Gu Xun'er about their missions to obtain the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade and then planned his pursuit of several Strange Fires. Xiao Yan challenged Huo Xuan to a life-or-death fight at the Yun Lan Sect in three years, and Huo Xuan accepted.

• Gu Xun'er warned Huo Xuan not to harm Xiao Yan, but Huo Xuan questioned whether her clan would risk war over him.
• Huo Xuan considered taking the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Sea Heart Flame, then encountered Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan accused Huo Xuan of relying on his family's resources and vowed to repay his humiliation.
• Xiao Yan challenged Huo Xuan to fight him at the Yun Lan Sect in three years, and Huo Xuan accepted.

Huo Xuan traveled to Mo City to find Hai Bodong and obtain the maps leading to the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. After forcing Hai Bodong to surrender both maps in exchange for a Seal Breaking Pill, Huo Xuan left, while Hai Bodong decided to flee to the imperial capital.

• Huo Xuan and his group reached Mo City and found Hai Bodong's dilapidated map shop.
• Huo Xuan discovered and pocketed a map fragment, prompting Hai Bodong to demand it back.
• Huo Xuan asked Hai Bodong for another fragment and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame map, while Yan Yang's Dou Zun aura subdued him.
• Huo Xuan offered Hai Bodong a Seal Breaking Pill for the maps, but Yan Yang seized Hai Bodong when he questioned the pill's authenticity.
• Hai Bodong surrendered the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map fragment and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame map, and Huo Xuan gave him the pill.
• Hai Bodong watched Huo Xuan leave, then packed up and headed for the imperial capital.

Huo Xuan searched for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame before heading to Shi Mo City, where he found Qing Lin being bullied. After rescuing her and learning her name, he promised to protect her and recognized the signs of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Huo Xuan searched the three locations marked on the maps for five days without finding the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, then flew toward Shi Mo City.
• In Shi Mo City, Huo Xuan found a crowd insulting a little girl in pale green and suspected she was Qing Lin.
• When a burly man attacked the girl, Huo Xuan stopped him and killed him after he threatened Huo Xuan and refused to leave.
• Huo Xuan comforted the girl, learned her name was Qing Lin, and promised to take care of and protect her.
• Huo Xuan saw Qing Lin's scales and noticed the three jade-green dots in her eyes, which he recognized as signs of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Huo Xuan found the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame beneath the desert and harvested its lotus and Earth Fire Lotus Seeds. He left the root stalk behind and the group remained at the magma lake, with Qing Lin attempting to subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Huo Xuan led Qing Lin, Yan Yang, and Yan Ya into a hidden passage beneath the desert to find the Heavenly Flame and test Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• A Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged from the magma, and Yan Yang defeated it without killing it.
• Huo Xuan asked Qing Lin to try subduing the injured snake while Yan Ya protected him as he descended into the magma.
• Huo Xuan found the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and carefully cut the lotus from its root stalk with a jade blade.
• Huo Xuan collected the eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds and left the root stalk intact.

Huo Xuan left the Outer Magma Cave with Qing Lin and began devouring the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in seclusion. After refining it and the Bone Chilling Flame, he reached Five Star Dou Huang and the Flame Mantra advanced to Mysterious High-Rank.

• Huo Xuan and Yan Ya emerged from the magma, and Qing Lin revealed that she had subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Huo Xuan entered a secluded mountain cave while Yan Yang, Yan Ya, and Qing Lin stood guard outside.
• Huo Xuan swallowed all the Earth Heart Fire Lotus Seeds, using their energy to strengthen his body and improve his affinity with the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.
• Huo Xuan extracted and swallowed the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame's Origin Flame Seed, then guided the flame into his Na Ling.
• The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame raised Huo Xuan's strength to Dou Wang Peak and advanced the Flame Mantra to Mysterious Low-Rank.
• Huo Xuan refined the Bone Chilling Flame, reached Five Star Dou Huang, and advanced the Flame Mantra to Mysterious High-Rank.

Huo Xuan arrived at the Snake-People Royal City to recruit Queen Medusa, offering her people a new homeland and resources in exchange for her allegiance. Medusa asked to consult her tribe’s elders, leaving Huo Xuan waiting for their decision.

• Huo Xuan traveled to the Snake-People settlement, intending to recruit Queen Medusa for her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline.
• The guards noticed Huo Xuan, and Medusa came out to meet him after sensing the powerful experts accompanying him.
• Huo Xuan told Medusa that he wanted her to become his subordinate and explained his interest in her bloodline.
• Huo Xuan promised the Snake People a place outside the Tagor Desert, abundant cultivation resources, and help for Medusa to become a Dou Sheng.
• Medusa said she needed to discuss the offer with her tribe’s elders, and Huo Xuan agreed to wait for their answer.

Huo Xuan negotiated with Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe's elders, promising them a home and protection in the Central Plains in exchange for their help when needed. He helped Medusa undergo her Strange Fire evolution, and the chapter ended with the elders recognizing her new form as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• The Great Elder and the other elders questioned Huo Xuan about where the Snake-People Tribe would live, and he offered them land and protection in the Central Plains.
• Queen Medusa asked how Huo Xuan would help her become a Dou Sheng, and he promised to use the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame to help her evolve.
• Queen Medusa led Huo Xuan to an island and began her evolution in the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.
• The purple snake endured the flames before lightning struck, and Huo Xuan realized Queen Medusa had successfully evolved.
• Huo Xuan returned to the palace with a small seven-colored snake, and the Great Elder identified it as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Huo Xuan returned to Wutan City to obtain the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade and attended the Mittel Auction House's auction. After the Xiao Family bought Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Huo Xuan began considering how Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa could move against them for him.

• The Snake-People Tribe's four great elders agreed to submit to the Flame Clan, and Huo Xuan left Yan Ya and Qing Lin to help them before returning toward Wutan City with Yan Yang.
• Huo Xuan told Yan Yang that he had returned for the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade and went with him to the Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei auctioned Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which Huo Xuan recognized as Yao Chen's creation, and Xiao Zhan bought it for forty thousand gold coins.
• Ya Fei presented the Mysterious High-Rank cultivation technique Wind Scroll Art as the auction's finale.
• Huo Xuan decided he could use Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa to attack the Xiao Family without acting against them himself.

Huo Xuan traded a Bone Chilling Flame Child Flame to Yao Chen for most of his Pill Recipes and planned to use Wutan City’s family rivalry to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade. After Xiao Yan helped the Xiao Family dominate the city, Yan Yang reported that the Jia Lie Family and the Ouba Family were considering an alliance against it.

• Huo Xuan gave Yao Chen a Bone Chilling Flame Child Flame in exchange for most of Yao Chen’s Pill Recipes and a promise to refine a Flesh Bone Regeneration Pill.
• Huo Xuan outlined a plan to make the Xiao Family dominant, provoke the Jia Lie Family and the Ouba Family, and secretly destroy the Xiao Family to claim the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan helped the Xiao Family defeat the Jia Lie Family in business by supplying medicine and disrupting its access to ingredients and alchemists.
• Huo Xuan spread rumors that the Xiao Family planned to wipe out the Jia Lie Family and the Ouba Family.
• Yan Yang told Huo Xuan that the Jia Lie Family and the Ouba Family were considering an alliance against the Xiao Family.

As Canaan Academy began recruiting in Wutan City, Huo Xuan sent Yan Yang to join the Gale and Ouba Families in destroying the Xiao Family. After Xiao Yan requested a year of leave and Gu Xun’er departed for the academy, the Gale Family launched its surprise attack, watched from afar by Huo Xuan.

• Huo Xuan learned that the Gale and Ouba Families were secretly recruiting men to attack the Xiao Family and ordered Yan Yang to join them and destroy the clan discreetly.
• Canaan Academy arrived in Wutan City, where Xiao Yan passed the test and requested a year of leave to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• After recruitment ended, Gu Xun’er left with the others for Canaan Academy, leaving Huo Xuan to begin the final step of his plan.
• Jia Lie Bi rallied several hundred Gale Family clansmen and hired the black-robed Yan Yang to help wipe out the Xiao Family.
• Jia Lie Bi led the Gale Family force toward the Xiao Family while Huo Xuan watched from hiding.

The Jia Lie Family attacked the Xiao Family estate under Jia Lie Bi’s command, while Yan Yang killed Xiao Zhan and the three elders. Huo Xuan watched the massacre and dismissed the survivors’ curses about heaven’s punishment.

• The Jia Lie Family ambushed and killed Xiao Family patrols, then stormed the estate and slaughtered its disciples.
• Xiao Zhan attacked the invaders with Furious Lion Rampage, but Jia Lie Bi arrived and revealed Yan Yang as his powerful ally.
• Yan Yang dispelled Xiao Zhan’s attack and killed Xiao Zhan and the three elders with a single blow.
• Jia Lie Bi ordered his people to kill every remaining Xiao Family member, turning the estate into a slaughterhouse.
• Huo Xuan watched the massacre and decided he did not fear heaven’s punishment on his path to becoming a Dou Di.

Huo Xuan arranged the Xiao Family’s destruction, secured the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and prepared to return to his clan for the Eight Clans Young Generation Exchange Meeting. Gu Xun’er learned of the Xiao Family’s fall and suspected Huo Xuan had taken the jade, so she ordered Ling Ying to protect Xiao Yan.

• After the Xiao Family was slaughtered, Yan Yang took Jia Lie Bi’s payment and delivered the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Huo Xuan.
• Yan Ya reported that the Snake-People Tribe had migrated to the Central Plains, Qing Lin had received a cultivation method, and the two named Xiao Clan members had been dealt with.
• Yan Ya told Huo Xuan that his clan wanted him to return for the Eight Clans Young Generation Exchange Meeting, and Huo Xuan agreed.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun’er that the Xiao Family had been destroyed and its Tou She Ancient God Jade was missing.
• Gu Xun’er suspected Huo Xuan had taken the jade and ordered Ling Ying to protect Xiao Yan.