Chapter Summaries

Huo Xuan successfully refined the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen and used Chen Venerable to absorb the pill lightning. Afterward, he asked Tang Zhen to fulfill his promise by handing over the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.

• Tang Zhen gave Huo Xuan the Fire Bodhi Pill formula and ingredients, and Huo Xuan began refining it with the Black Demon Cauldron and Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Old Ancestor Huo Yun confronted Huo Shuo, who declared that he had come to rob Burning Flame Valley on behalf of his Young Clan Leader.
• Huo Xuan completed the Fire Bodhi Pill and sent Chen Venerable to absorb the pill lightning, repairing the Puppet's damaged body.
• Huo Xuan captured the escaping Fire Bodhi Pill and asked Tang Zhen for the promised reward: the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.

Huo Xuan demanded Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Lightning Flame in exchange for the Fire Bodhi Pill, then forced Tang Zhen to surrender it and the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. Huo Xuan’s group left with the treasures, while Tang Zhen collapsed after losing his ancestor’s protection and the pill needed to save Tang Huo'er.

• Huo Xuan demanded the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame as payment for the Fire Bodhi Pill and threatened to prevent Burning Flame Valley from hiring alchemists if Tang Zhen refused.
• Tang Zhen chose to attack Huo Xuan rather than surrender the valley’s treasure, but Yan Yang defeated him with one strike.
• Tang Zhen threatened to summon Old Ancestor Huo Yun, but Huo Shuo appeared carrying the defeated ancestor, who was gravely injured.
• Tang Zhen surrendered the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, and Huo Xuan also took Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Huo Xuan and his group left Burning Flame Valley without giving Tang Zhen the Fire Bodhi Pill, and Tang Zhen collapsed unconscious.

Huo Xuan spent nearly a year refining the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and advanced to three-star Dou Zun. When he emerged, the Flame Mantra had evolved into a Quasi-Heavenly Tier Technique, leaving Yao Ling and Huo Zhi astonished.

• Huo Xuan returned to the Yan World and entered seclusion to refine the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, suppressing its resistance and slowly burning away the Blood Soul Imprint left by Burning Flame Valley’s experts.
• After several months, Huo Xuan erased the Blood Soul Imprint and absorbed the flame’s accumulated energy, causing his aura to strengthen throughout the year.
• Yao Ling waited with Huo Zhi near Huo Xuan’s mountain and asked about his long seclusion and her brother’s cooperation with him.
• Huo Xuan’s emergence shattered the mountainside and triggered a phenomenon of heaven and earth, which Huo Zhi and Yao Ling initially believed signaled the creation of a Heavenly Tier Technique.
• Huo Xuan dispersed the dark clouds with his Soul Power and discovered that the Flame Mantra had advanced to Quasi-Heavenly Tier as he confirmed his strength had reached three-star Dou Zun.

After emerging from a year of secluded cultivation as a Three Star Dou Zun, Huo Xuan defended the Flame Clan’s pride by defeating Yao Tian. That night, he met Yao Tian to discuss refining Xiao Xuan’s soul and revealed that the plan now required Lei Dong’s involvement.

• Huo Xuan learned that a year had passed, discovered Huo Zhi had advanced to Dou Zong, and heard that the Medicine Clan’s Young Clan Leader Yao Tian had challenged Flame Clan members.
• Yan Ling and Yan Liao told Huo Xuan that Yao Tian had defeated Huo Cheng in the Martial Arts Arena, so Huo Xuan agreed to intervene.
• Huo Xuan caught Yao Tian’s attack and quickly defeated him, restoring the Flame Clan’s pride.
• Yao Tian met Huo Xuan at the Martial Arts Arena that night to ask about refining Xiao Xuan’s soul.
• Huo Xuan told Yao Tian that the plan had changed and that they needed to bring Lei Dong into it.

Huo Xuan planned to strengthen the Soul Refining Grand Array with Lei Dong’s Thunder Prison Formation, then rejected Gu Xun’er’s offer to trade for Xiao Yan and demanded her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame. After Gu Xun’er threatened the Flame Clan, Huo Xuan struck her twice and warned that his clan would fight back if attacked.

• Huo Xuan explained to Yao Tian that Lei Dong’s Thunder Prison Formation could protect the Soul Refining Grand Array from Xiao Xuan breaking it, and the two spent five days improving the array.
• Gu Xun’er visited Huo Xuan and offered the Netherworld Poison Flame and a Fire Spirit Flame Pill in exchange for Xiao Yan, but Huo Xuan demanded her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame instead.
• Gu Xun’er threatened war between the Gu Clan and Flame Clan if Huo Xuan refused to spare Xiao Yan, and said she would kill his parents and Huo Zhi.
• Huo Xuan slapped Gu Xun’er twice, told her to show respect in the Flame Clan, and declared that his clan would meet any future attack with war.

Huo Xuan persuaded Lei Dong to exchange the Lei Clan’s Thunder Prison Formation for a chance to refine Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul. Lei Dong joined Huo Xuan and Yao Tian’s plan, leaving Huo Xuan with the formation and a dangerous scheme to pursue.

• Huo Zhen told Huo Xuan that he had once opposed arranging an engagement between Huo Xuan and Gu Xun'er, and Huo Xuan reassured him that the feud with Gu Xun'er would not involve their clans for now.
• Huo Xuan met Lei Dong at night and asked for the Lei Clan’s Thunder Prison Formation in exchange for a Dou Sheng remnant soul.
• Huo Xuan revealed that the remnant soul was Xiao Xuan’s, and he and Yao Tian argued that clan interests outweighed the older generation’s friendships.
• Yao Tian arrived and told Lei Dong that Huo Xuan had also drawn him into the plan to refine Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul.
• Lei Dong accepted the deal and gave Huo Xuan the Thunder Prison Formation before departing with Yao Tian.

Huo Xuan attended the Flame Clan Coming of Age Ceremony, where young clan members had their bloodline grades tested and received clan marks. Huo Cheng earned a Seventh Grade bloodline and a Purple-Gold Clan Mark, and Huo Xuan urged Huo Yun to surpass him.

• Huo Xuan set out for the ceremony with Huo Zhi, Huo Yun, Yan Ling, and Yan Liao.
• The elders began the ceremony and explained the bloodline grades and clan marks awarded to eligible youths.
• Yan Ling and Yan Liao each tested at Sixth Grade and received gold clan marks.
• Several other youths received silver or gold clan marks, but none exceeded Sixth Grade.
• Huo Cheng tested at Seventh Grade and received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark, drawing envious attention from the crowd.
• Huo Xuan told Huo Yun not to disappoint him and to beat Huo Cheng.

Huo Yun received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark and challenged Huo Cheng, defeating him with the fused Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Blaze. The fight revealed that Huo Xuan had helped Huo Yun develop the dangerous fire-fusion method, and Huo Yun ended the battle by detonating his fused flames.

• Huo Yun received an exceptional Purple-Gold Clan Mark after the elders judged his temperament steady.
• Huo Yun challenged Huo Cheng, and the two began fighting in the arena.
• Huo Yun used the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Blaze, prompting Huo Cheng to suspect Huo Xuan had given him part of the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Huo Xuan explained that Huo Yun had fused the flames using a dangerous method Huo Xuan had devised, while the Great Elder revealed he supported Huo Yun because of his connection to Huo Xuan.
• Huo Yun detonated the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Blaze and severely injured Huo Cheng, winning the fight.

Huo Zhi revealed a Ninth Grade Bloodline, and Huo Xuan received the Flame Clan’s Seven-Colored Clan Mark for his God Grade Bloodline. As Huo Xuan left the ceremony, Gu Xun'er resolved to avenge Xiao Yan by killing him.

• Huo Yun defeated Huo Cheng, and an elder restored the damaged plaza before the ceremony continued.
• Huo Zhi revealed a Ninth Grade Bloodline and received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Huo Xuan’s test produced ten stars before the Star Plate shattered, revealing his God Grade Bloodline.
• An elder used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to draw a Seven-Colored Clan Mark on Huo Xuan, and its pressure drove powerful Flame Clan members to their knees.
• Huo Xuan left with Huo Zhi and the others, while Elder Tongxuan praised his talent and Gu Xun'er vowed to kill him and save Xiao Yan.

After receiving a Fire Spirit Flame Pill from Gu Xun'er in exchange for keeping Xiao Yan alive, Huo Xuan trained the Flame Clan's young geniuses through repeated sparring. Yan Jin then ordered the newly initiated clan members to leave the clan and gain experience, leaving Huo Xuan unsure where to go.

• Huo Xuan refused to meet Gu Xun'er but accepted the Fire Spirit Flame Pill she sent, along with her request that he stop torturing Xiao Yan and keep him alive.
• A month after the Coming of Age Ceremony, Yan Jin ordered the clan-marked younger generation to train, and Huo Xuan repeatedly sparred with Huo Yun, Yan Ling, and Yan Liao.
• Huo Xuan told the three fighters their strength had improved through combat and proposed suppressing his power so they could try to defeat him.
• Half a month later, Yan Jin summoned the Flame Clan's young geniuses and ordered them to leave the clan to train on the continent, while Huo Xuan wondered where he should go.

Huo Xuan left the Flame Clan for a training expedition with Yan Liao, Yan Ling, and Huo Yun, while a hidden expert protected them from mortal danger. After exploring the Central Plains and learning which major powers might become his enemies, he decided to visit Ancient Dragon Island and seek a Dragon Mark needed to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Huo Xuan agreed to travel with Yan Liao, Yan Ling, and Huo Yun, and sensed that Yan Jin had secretly sent an expert to protect them.
• Huo Xuan reviewed the Central Plains’ major powers and recognized that Soul Hall, Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Starfall Pavilion could become hostile toward him.
• Huo Xuan and his companions searched mountain ranges for treasure, gathered rare medicinal ingredients, and were rescued by their hidden guard after provoking powerful Magical Beasts.
• After finishing their exploration of a remote mountain range, Huo Xuan chose to visit Ancient Dragon Island and seek the Void Ancient Dragon clan’s Dragon Mark.

Huo Xuan and the Flame Clan traveled to Ancient Dragon Island, where the reunited Void Ancient Dragon clan welcomed them as honored guests. Qing Shan gave Huo Xuan a Dragon Mark, and the chapter ended with him confirming that a place where lightning gathered lay near the island.

• Huo Xuan used a jade pendant to summon Hei Qing, who opened a spatial passage and escorted the group to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Huo Xuan saw that the four Dragon Islands had reunited and that the clan had grown stronger as elders returned.
• Qing Shan thanked Huo Xuan for the Flame Clan's help and welcomed him and his clansmen to stay on the island.
• Huo Xuan asked for a powerful Dragon Mark, and Qing Shan planted one on his palm while warning him not to use it recklessly.
• Huo Xuan asked about a place where lightning gathered so he could strengthen his Puppets, and Qing Shan confirmed there was one near Ancient Dragon Island.

Huo Xuan and Hei Qing reached the Void Lightning Pool, where Huo Xuan began cultivating the two soul-bearing Puppets, Chen Venerable and Yan Zun. He watched them absorb the pool’s lightning, expecting them to approach perfection within half a month.

• Hei Qing brought Huo Xuan to the vast Void Lightning Pool and agreed to wait outside while Huo Xuan cultivated.
• Huo Xuan entered the pool protected by Strange Fire and stopped where the lightning pressure was dense but manageable.
• Huo Xuan summoned Chen Venerable and Yan Zun and sent them into a concentrated area of lightning.
• Chen Venerable and Yan Zun absorbed the lightning into their bodies, gradually strengthening their muscles and bones.
• Huo Xuan judged the method effective and estimated the two Puppets would reach true perfection within half a month.

Huo Xuan cultivated in the Void Lightning Pool for a month and broke through to Four Star Dou Zun, while Chen Venerable and Yan Zun reached the limit of how much lightning could strengthen them. He decided to leave, unable to claim the legendary Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning deep within the pool.

• Huo Xuan absorbed the Void Lightning Pool's violent energy while strengthening Chen Venerable and Yan Zun.
• After a month of cultivation, Huo Xuan broke through to Four Star Dou Zun and judged that his clan mark could raise him to Seven or Eight Star Dou Zun.
• Chen Venerable and Yan Zun became powerful enough to fight Nine-Star Dou Zun experts, but their bodies developed cracks and could absorb no more lightning.
• Huo Xuan concluded that the puppets had reached their limit and decided to leave the Void Lightning Pool.
• Huo Xuan looked toward the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning deep in the pool but knew he was not strong enough to claim it.

After leaving Ancient Dragon Island, Huo Xuan traveled to Fallen God Stream to hunt the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast. He reached its stone fortress and confronted the beast as it emerged, preparing to fight.

• Qing Shan gave Huo Xuan a Space Jade Slip before Huo Xuan and his companions departed Ancient Dragon Island.
• Huo Xuan chose to travel to Fallen God Stream and hunt its Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Huo Xuan used his Soul Power to locate the beast and gave Huo Zhi Poison Avoidance Pills, telling her and the others to stay back.
• Huo Xuan approached the beast's white stone fortress and called it out.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast flew from the fortress, and Huo Xuan declared that its Magic Core, essence blood, and life would be his.

Huo Xuan killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and refined its Magic Core and essence blood. As he and his companions prepared to leave Fallen God Stream, they encountered Ice River Valley elders, whose arrival appeared connected to the Heavenly Poison Woman and her Woeful Poison Body.

• Huo Xuan overpowered the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, imprisoned it with Space Imprisonment, and killed it when it tried to flee.
• Huo Xuan burned the beast's corpse with Strange Fire, collected its Seventh Order Magic Core, and refined its essence blood into a jade bottle.
• Huo Xuan returned to Huo Zhi and Yan Ling, and the group prepared to leave Fallen God Stream.
• A powerful aura appeared near the entrance, so Huo Xuan and his companions went to investigate.
• Huo Xuan saw a group from Ice River Valley led by four Old Figures and heard them mention the Heavenly Poison Woman and Woeful Poison Body.

Huo Xuan learned that Ice River Valley was trying to capture Little Fairy Doctor for her innate Woeful Poison Body and watched as she fought Heavenly Snake Elder. Though she unleashed the full power of her constitution, Heavenly Snake defeated her and infected her with Ice Venerable Strength; Huo Xuan decided it was time to act.

• Huo Xuan recognized Little Fairy Doctor as the Heavenly Poison Woman and learned Ice River Valley wanted her Woeful Poison Body to improve Binghe's artificially created one.
• Heavenly Snake Elder and three Ice River Valley elders confronted Little Fairy Doctor outside Fallen God Stream, demanding she return with them.
• Little Fairy Doctor activated her Woeful Poison Body, changing her eyes and creating a cage of distorted space as she fought Heavenly Snake Elder.
• Heavenly Snake Elder overcame Little Fairy Doctor and revealed that Ice Venerable Strength would freeze her life within a month without Ice River Valley's antidote.
• Little Fairy Doctor vowed to destroy her body rather than let Ice River Valley take it, and Huo Xuan announced that he would act.

Huo Xuan rescued Little Fairy Doctor from Ice River Valley and destroyed Heavenly Snake and his forces. He then turned to Little Fairy Doctor and offered to resolve her Woeful Poison Body.

• Huo Xuan emerged from Fallen God Stream and ordered Heavenly Snake and the Ice River Valley group to leave Little Fairy Doctor alone.
• Heavenly Snake assembled the Qianlong Xuanming Formation and summoned an Ice Cold Dragon, but Huo Xuan shattered it with spatial techniques.
• Huo Xuan formed a seven-colored Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus from seven Strange Fires and burned Heavenly Snake and his subordinates to ashes.
• Huo Xuan told Little Fairy Doctor that he wanted to help her resolve the Woeful Poison Body.

Huo Xuan gave Little Fairy Doctor a scroll describing the Poison Pill Method, which could control her Woeful Poison Body but required three Strange Fires, a Seventh Order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, and Bodhi Transformation Saliva. After revealing he possessed seven Strange Fires and offering to help, Huo Xuan left her stunned by saying another way to resolve the condition was to kill her.

• Huo Xuan gave Little Fairy Doctor a scroll explaining the Woeful Poison Body and the Poison Pill Method.
• Little Fairy Doctor learned that the method required three kinds of Strange Fire, a Seventh Order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, and Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked whether Huo Xuan possessed three Strange Fires, and Huo Xuan revealed seven flames.
• Huo Xuan offered to help Little Fairy Doctor obtain the remaining materials, though she recognized how difficult they would be to find.
• Huo Xuan told Little Fairy Doctor that another way to resolve the Woeful Poison Body was to kill her.

Huo Xuan trapped Little Fairy Doctor in seven Strange Fires and burned her to destroy her Woeful Poison Body, refusing to recruit her because she belonged to the Xiao Clan. By morning, Little Fairy Doctor was dying beneath the flames.

• Huo Xuan asked Little Fairy Doctor whether she knew Xiao Yan, then set the seven Strange Fires on her and began burning her.
• After hours of torment, Huo Xuan explained that Strange Fire was necessary to safely resolve the Woeful Poison Body.
• Yan Ling, Yan Liao, Huo Yun, and Huo Zhi questioned why Huo Xuan would not use the Poison Pill Method to recruit Little Fairy Doctor.
• Huo Xuan said Little Fairy Doctor belonged to the Xiao Clan, and the others accepted that he would not help cultivate an expert for a rival clan.
• The next morning, Huo Xuan bid farewell to Little Fairy Doctor as her life reached its end.