Chapter Summaries

The Gu Clan elders debated who destroyed the Xiao Clan and searched for the missing Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Huo Xuan returned to Yan World. He reunited with Huo Zhi, agreed to let her travel with him, and told her about his adventures and future plans, concealing his role in the Xiao Clan's destruction.

• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan elders to investigate the Xiao Clan's destruction and the missing Tou She Ancient God Jade, and to summon Xun Er back.
• Huo Xuan arrived at Yan City and returned to Yan World after more than a month of travel.
• Huo Xuan reunited with Huo Zhi, who insisted on accompanying him the next time he left the clan, and he eventually agreed.
• Huo Xuan told Huo Zhi about his time away, including his Strange Fires and the women he had met, but hid his role in the Xiao Clan's slaughter.
• Huo Xuan shared his plans for the future with Huo Zhi.

Yan Jin summoned Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi to refine the Flame Clan’s inherited Strange Fires, then questioned Huo Xuan about the Flame Mantra and the Xiao Clan’s destruction. Huo Xuan admitted his role and gave the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Yan Jin, who warned him to consider the consequences but let him leave without punishment.

• Yan Jin summoned Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi and had them refine the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and the Red Lotus Karma Flame.
• Huo Xuan finished refining the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, raising his cultivation to Eight Star Dou Huang and advancing the Flame Mantra to Earth-Rank Middle-Grade.
• After Huo Zhi left, Yan Jin asked Huo Xuan about the Flame Mantra, and Huo Xuan offered it as a clan-protecting technique for the Flame Clan’s future geniuses.
• Yan Jin asked whether Huo Xuan had been involved in the Xiao Clan’s destruction, and Huo Xuan admitted it and handed over the Xiao Family’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Huo Xuan argued that the Flame Clan had suffered no losses and that the Xiao Clan would have fallen eventually, so Yan Jin warned him to weigh the consequences next time and dismissed him without punishment.

Huo Xuan welcomed representatives of the Spirit, Medicine, and Gu Clans to the Eight Clans Young Generation Exchange Meeting in the Yan World. He left the Spirit Clan unaware of the Hun Clan’s plans and reunited with Yao Xingji, whom he had beaten in a wager five years earlier, before the Gu Clan arrived.

• Huo Xuan waited at the entrance to the Yan World as the Spirit Clan arrived, and he decided not to warn them that the Hun Clan planned to destroy them.
• The Medicine Clan arrived with Yao Xingji and Yao Ling, and Huo Xuan recalled winning Yao Xingji’s Seventh Grade Pill in a wager five years earlier.
• Huo Xuan greeted Yao Xingji, who suspected he wanted to take more pills from him, and Huo Xuan provoked him by asking about Yao Tian.
• The Gu Clan arrived with Elder Tongxuan, Gu Qingyang, and Gu Yao.

The Lei Clan arrived at the exchange meeting, where Lei Dong challenged Huo Xuan to a rematch after revealing he had reached Three Star Dou Huang. Huo Xuan later struck a deal with Lei Dong over the Fallen Heart Flame and urged him to revive his old engagement arrangement with Gu Xun'er, hoping to thwart her relationship with Xiao Yan.

• The Lei Clan arrived at the Yan World, and Lei Dong challenged Huo Xuan to fight after explaining that Huo Xuan had given him his only defeat five years earlier.
• Huo Xuan refused to fight Lei Dong immediately and told him to challenge him at the exchange meeting the next day.
• Huo Xuan visited Lei Dong at night and asked him to help obtain the Fallen Heart Flame from Canaan Academy in exchange for compensation from the Flame Clan.
• Lei Dong agreed to discuss the matter with Mang Tianchi if Huo Xuan defeated him at the meeting.
• Huo Xuan advised Lei Dong to propose to Gu Xun'er and renew their engagement, intending to interfere with her hopes of being with Xiao Yan.

At the Flame Clan assembly, Huo Xuan faced Lei Dong in the final match and fused two Strange Fires into a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus to counter Lei Dong's powerful attack. Huo Xuan survived the clash, though both fighters were badly injured, and the assembly ended with the clans departing.

• Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan attended the assembly, where a Spirit Clan genius proved nearly equal to Huo Zhi.
• Lei Dong defeated Gu Qingyang, and Huo Xuan defeated Yao Xingji, setting up their final match.
• Huo Xuan suppressed his strength to three-star Dou Huang and traded blows with Lei Dong before Lei Dong unleashed Thunderous Might.
• Huo Xuan fused the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and Bone Chilling Flame into a black-and-white Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus and sent it against Lei Dong's attack.
• The clash blasted a massive crater into the arena; Huo Xuan emerged injured, while Lei Dong was unconscious and carried away by a Lei Clan elder.
• Huo Zhi gave Huo Xuan healing pills, and the assembly ended as the major families departed.

Huo Xuan left the Yan World with Huo Zhi and traveled to the Jia Ma Empire for the Three-Year Agreement, while Gu Xun'er learned that her clan had arranged for her to marry Lei Dong. In the imperial capital, Huo Xuan encountered Xiao Yan and took the broken jade fragment Xiao Yan had been examining, leaving their confrontation for the upcoming agreement.

• After two years of cultivation and alchemy training, Huo Xuan reached Dou Huang Peak and received permission to leave the Yan World with Huo Zhi, accompanied by Yan Yang and Yan Ya.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that her clan planned to bring her home and had arranged her marriage to Lei Dong, the Lei Clan's six-star Dou Huang Young Clan Leader.
• Huo Xuan's group reached the Jia Ma Empire's imperial capital and visited the Alchemist Guild's treasure-hunting area at Huo Zhi's urging.
• Huo Xuan spotted Xiao Yan examining a broken black jade fragment and used suction to take it before Xiao Yan could claim it.
• Huo Xuan exchanged a Third Grade Pill for the fragment, then told Huo Zhi that Xiao Yan was from the Xiao Clan and that their Three-Year Agreement was near.

The Seventh Alchemist Convention began in Garma Capital, drawing thousands of alchemists and spectators. When Xiao Yan revealed a Heavenly Flame during the opening round, Huo Xuan recognized it and decided Xiao Yan had to be eliminated.

• Huo Xuan brought Huo Zhi to watch the Alchemist Convention in Garma Capital.
• Fa Ma announced the start of the Seventh Alchemist Convention, and Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and Xiao Yan descended to their assigned platforms.
• The contestants studied their Pill Recipes, set out their cauldrons, and summoned their flames.
• Yao Yue revealed the Jia Ma Royal Family’s Azure Water Flame, while Liu Ling summoned a pale brown beast flame.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, causing the other flames to tilt toward it and making him the center of attention.
• Huo Xuan recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame and resolved to eliminate him.

As the Three-Year Agreement began at the Yun Lan Sect, Huo Xuan’s group arrived and Huo Xuan killed Great Elder Yun Ling after he insulted and attacked him. Xiao Yan finally appeared before the gathered crowd, ready to face Nalan Yanran.

• The Alchemist Convention ended with Xiao Yan defeating Yan Li and winning the championship with a Three-Pattern Qingling Pill.
• The Yun Lan Sect gathered its disciples, elders, and invited experts to watch Nalan Yanran face Xiao Yan in the Three-Year Agreement.
• Huo Xuan killed Yun Lan Sect Great Elder Yun Ling when Yun Ling insulted him and tried to attack him, and the sect dared not punish him.
• Huo Zhi questioned why Huo Xuan cared about Xiao Yan, and Huo Xuan told her to watch Xiao Yan’s match against Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza wearing a black robe and carrying the Mystic Heavy Ruler, then announced himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to settle their three-year agreement, trading powerful attacks across the Yun Lan Sect plaza. Their final clash destroyed the plaza, and Nalan Yanran lost.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran faced each other and began their long-awaited duel before the assembled spectators.
• Xiao Yan charged with his Mystic Heavy Ruler while Nalan Yanran evaded him and countered with wind blades and her Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword.
• Xiao Yan broke through Nalan Yanran's attacks, struck her back with Eight Extremes Collapse, and revealed two flames before fusing them into a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Wind's Extremity, Sunset Radiance as Xiao Yan sent his fire lotus against her sword aura.
• The two attacks collided and destroyed the Yun Lan Sect plaza, and Nalan Yanran lost the Three-Year Agreement.

After defeating Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan faced Huo Xuan in their deadly duel and was overwhelmed by Huo Xuan’s stronger Buddha’s Angry Fire Lotus. As Huo Xuan moved to kill the helpless Xiao Yan and revealed Yao Chen’s betrayal, an unknown force intervened and urged Huo Xuan to spare him.

• Huo Xuan ordered everyone else to leave and fought Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan’s attacks failed to harm Huo Xuan, so he fused three flames into a Buddha’s Angry Fire Lotus.
• Huo Xuan countered with his own, stronger fire lotus, leaving Xiao Yan gravely injured amid the destruction on Yun Lan Mountain.
• Huo Xuan rejected Xiao Yan’s pleas for another three years and refused to spare him in their duel to the death.
• Huo Xuan revealed that Yao Chen had given him his cultivation technique and Bone Chilling Flame, then took Xiao Yan’s ring as Yao Chen abandoned his disciple.
• As Huo Xuan sent flaming spikes toward Xiao Yan, a powerful energy blocked the attack and a voice asked Huo Xuan to show mercy.

Ling Ying tried to rescue Xiao Yan on behalf of his Miss, but Huo Xuan overpowered him and ordered Xiao Yan’s body destroyed. Xiao Yan’s soul was sealed in a jade bottle and left to be refined as Huo Xuan took it away.

• Ling Ying appeared and asked Huo Xuan to let him take Xiao Yan away for his Miss.
• Huo Xuan rejected Ling Ying’s request, and Yan Yang sealed Ling Ying’s movements.
• Huo Xuan ordered Yan Yang to tear off one of Ling Ying’s arms, then sent him away with a message demanding ransom in two years.
• Huo Xuan destroyed Xiao Yan’s body with the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, leaving his soul and a wisp of Wind Fury Dragon Flame behind.
• Xiao Yan’s soul tried to flee, but Huo Xuan trapped it in a jade bottle and began refining it with flames.

Gu Xun'er learned that Huo Xuan had captured Xiao Yan and vowed to save him, while Huo Xuan discovered that Xiao Yan’s jade fragment contained the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. Huo Xuan planned to head to Canaan Academy, believing Xiao Yan’s soul would eventually be destroyed by his flame.

• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that Huo Xuan had captured Xiao Yan and demanded ransom in two years at the Yan World.
• Gu Xun'er resolved to save Xiao Yan and threatened to kill Huo Xuan if he harmed him.
• Huo Xuan reached One Star Dou Zong after devouring the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, while the Flame Mantra did not evolve.
• Huo Xuan burned Xiao Yan’s jade fragment with the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and revealed the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Huo Xuan dismissed the incomplete secret art as having little use to him and decided to head to Canaan Academy.

Huo Xuan arrived in Black Seal City to acquire a fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map at the annual grand auction. At the venue, Fan Ling sensed something strange about Huo Xuan, while several groups prepared to compete for a mysterious final auction item.

• Huo Xuan killed the robbers who tried to attack him in the Black-Corner Region and headed to Black Seal City for the map fragment.
• Huo Xuan's group entered the auction house with a Level One VIP Card and took their seats near the Crystal Auction Platform.
• Fan Ling noticed Huo Xuan and felt wary of him, but his elder companion suggested the feeling was mistaken.
• Fan Ling and the old man discussed a mysterious item they intended to obtain, and the old man said the Blood Sect had prepared to prevent its buyer from leaving Black Seal City.
• Several nearby forces whispered about the same mysterious item, which appeared to be the auction's final lot.

Huo Xuan attended the Black Seal City Auction and bought an ancient map fragment for one million gold coins. The auction ended after the Heavenly Serpent Mansion won the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, while Huo Xuan faced the hostile attention of rival factions.

• The white-haired auctioneer opened the Black Seal City Auction and presented the Cold Edge sword as the first item.
• The auctioneer displayed an ancient map fragment, and Huo Xuan bid one million gold coins to win it.
• The Blood Sect, Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and Black Skull Tomb eyed Huo Xuan and the fragment after the sale.
• The auctioneer unveiled the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill inside a guarded iron cage, and Huo Xuan dismissed it because he already possessed its Pill Recipe.
• The Heavenly Serpent Mansion won the pill, bringing the auction to an end.

Huo Xuan and his companions were surrounded by the Blood Sect, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and the Black Skull Tomb, who sought the auctioned items. After Yan Ya revealed his Dou Zun strength, Huo Xuan took their offerings, killed Fan Ling, and ordered everyone else killed.

• Fan Ling surrounded Huo Xuan's group with Blood Sect members and threatened to kill the men and take Huo Zhi.
• Green Elder and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion arrived to demand the item, but Yan Ya revealed himself as a Venerable and frightened them.
• Green Elder offered the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill as an apology, and Huo Xuan took it before killing the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's group with Yan Ya's Dou Zun pressure.
• Fan Ling and the Black Skull Tomb offered fighting skills and begged for mercy, but Huo Xuan kicked Fan Ling to death after recalling his threat toward Huo Xuan's wife.
• Huo Xuan ordered the remaining people around them killed.

Huo Xuan arrived at Canaan Academy to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame and promised to leave the academy a safer, weaker portion. He then used Xiao Yan’s captive soul to force Gu Xun’er into a ransom negotiation, leaving her two years to decide whether to pay his price.

• Huo Xuan told Mang Tianchi he would try to split off some of the Fallen Heart Flame for Canaan Academy after absorbing it.
• Gu Xun’er visited Huo Xuan and saw Xiao Yan’s soul, but Huo Xuan tortured him and threatened to kill him if she acted rashly.
• Gu Xun’er offered the Emperor Seal Technique, but Huo Xuan returned it and demanded the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame instead.
• Huo Xuan said Gu Xun’er could offer another Heavenly Flame ranked in the top five or a pill no lower than a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, and required her to inform Gu Yuan if she chose the flame.
• Huo Xuan gave Gu Xun’er two years to decide and warned her not to send Gu Clan experts to rescue Xiao Yan.

Huo Xuan refused Yao Chen’s plea to spare Xiao Yan, then searched Canaan Academy for Zi Yan and offered to help her find her parents. Zi Yan agreed to leave with him, while Huo Xuan prepared to bring her into his plans.

• Yao Chen emerged from Huo Xuan’s ring and pleaded for Xiao Yan, but Huo Xuan refused and warned him not to interfere after his resurrection.
• Huo Xuan searched Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy and found Zi Yan secretly eating herbs in the medicinal herb storeroom.
• Huo Xuan refined one of Zi Yan’s herbs into a pill, and she eagerly ate it.
• Zi Yan told Huo Xuan she had become trapped in human form after eating Transformation Grass and had grown up alone before the Inner Academy’s Great Elder brought her there.
• Huo Xuan offered to help Zi Yan find her parents, and Zi Yan agreed to go with him.

Huo Xuan entered the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower with Huo Zhi, Zi Yan, and Huo Shuo, then absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame and advanced to Four-Star Dou Zong. Huo Shuo sensed a faint soul and many living beings beneath the magma, prompting Huo Xuan to decide they would investigate.

• Huo Xuan brought Zi Yan to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, where Huo Zhi, Yan Yang, and Yan Ya awaited him.
• Huo Shuo arrived as Huo Xuan's escort, and Huo Xuan sent Yan Yang and Yan Ya away on a separate assignment.
• Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, Zi Yan, and Huo Shuo entered the Magma World, where Huo Shuo imprisoned the Fallen Heart Flame with Space Imprisonment.
• Huo Xuan used the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to devour the Fallen Heart Flame, refined its Source Flame, and rose to Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Huo Shuo sensed a weak soul body and many living beings beneath the magma, and Huo Xuan decided to investigate.

Huo Xuan’s group found an infant Fallen Heart Flame and the remains of its former master, Yao Tian Huo, who traded his Five Round Separating Fire Method for Huo Xuan’s help repairing his soul and rebuilding his body. After Zi Yan sensed a familiar presence deep beneath the magma, Huo Xuan led the group farther down despite Yao Tian Huo’s warning about a terrifying existence below.

• Huo Xuan found and took the infant Fallen Heart Flame from a chamber beneath the magma.
• Yao Tian Huo appeared, returned Huo Xuan’s mature Fallen Heart Flame, and explained that two Fallen Heart Flames had injured him before a Lizardman attacked.
• Yao Tian Huo offered Huo Xuan the Five Round Separating Fire Method in exchange for help repairing his soul, and Huo Xuan agreed to restore his body as well.
• Zi Yan sensed a familiar presence deep in the magma, and Huo Xuan decided to investigate despite Yao Tian Huo’s warning.

Huo Xuan and his group discovered that the magma concealed the entrance to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Abode. They reached its enormous stone gate, where an unseen presence asked whether they possessed the Ancient Jade.

• Huo Xuan sensed concealed Flame Lizardmen closing in, and Huo Shuo attacked them as they surrounded the group.
• Two Half-Saint Flame Lizardmen warned the humans to leave the God's Graveyard, but Huo Xuan identified it as Tou She Ancient God's tomb and Huo Shuo killed the pair.
• Huo Xuan found a hidden space beneath the reddish-black magma, and the group entered it.
• Huo Xuan and his companions crossed the silent space and discovered a vast stone gate inscribed with “Ancient God Cave Abode.”
• An unseen presence asked the group whether they possessed the Ancient Jade.