Chapter Summaries

Huo Xuan and the Pill Tower group reached Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region and watched successive attempts to subdue it fail. Old Man Mu Gu then prepared to make his own attempt, raising fears that he would act recklessly.

• Xuan Kongzi, Heavenly Thunder Child, and Xuan Yi prepared for trouble as the group entered the Star Region.
• Qiu Ling led the group through the scorching space toward the source of the rising heat.
• Huo Xuan and the others found Three Thousand Burning Flame in the form of a colossal purple-black dragon, and Huo Xuan's Dragon Mark began to heat up.
• Qiu Ling ordered the candidates to try subduing the sealed flame gently, then chose Qing Hua Old Freak to go first.
• Qing Hua Old Freak and the other candidates failed to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, and one was injured by its power.
• Old Man Mu Gu laughed at Qiu Ling and announced that he would demonstrate how to subdue the flame.

Old Man Mu Gu secretly allied with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and destroyed the dragon scale that anchored its seal, triggering a battle in the Star Region. Despite the Three Great Heads of Pill Tower reinforcing the restraints, the Three Thousand Burning Flame broke free.

• Old Man Mu Gu entered the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s inner space and promised to help it escape in exchange for serving Soul Hall for one year.
• Mu Gu activated the dragon scale on the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s forehead, shattering it and awakening the sealed dragon.
• Qiu Ling attacked Mu Gu and ordered Cao Ying, Song Qing, and the others to alert the Pill Tower presidents, while two Soul Hall agents tried to stop them.
• Qing Hua Old Freak protected Cao Ying and the others as they crushed the message beads, and the Three Great Heads of Pill Tower reinforced the seal.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame used black droplets to melt the sealing runes, then broke free as the fighting in the Star Region stopped.

After breaking free from its seal, Three Thousand Burning Flame refused to honor its agreement with Old Man Mu Gu, and Soul Hall revealed reinforcements to seize it. The four Soul Hall experts began a formation that cut off its access to Star Power and ensnared it with chains.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame escaped its seal, and Old Man Mu Gu urged it to join Soul Hall for a year as they had agreed.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame refused to trust Old Man Mu Gu and attacked him, while Qiu Ling and the others retreated.
• Old Man Mu Gu crushed a Space Jade Slip, summoning three black-robed Soul Hall experts through a spatial crack.
• Huo Xuan welcomed the reinforcements, hoping they would weaken Three Thousand Burning Flame before he tried to subdue it.
• Old Man Mu Gu and the three Soul Hall experts formed the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation, cutting off Three Thousand Burning Flame's Star Power.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame launched a pillar of purple-black flame, but the four Soul Hall experts sent chains through it and formed a net around the dragon.

Old Man Mu Gu and three other Soul Hall elders used chains and sacrificed controlled souls to weaken and bind Three Thousand Burning Flame. As Mu Gu moved to seize its Source Flame, the beast unleashed a destructive black fire dragon that struck him and sent him flying.

• Old Man Mu Gu and the three Black-Clothed Men bound Three Thousand Burning Flame with chains and sent waves of controlled souls to drain its strength.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame formed a flame storm that shattered the ordinary chains and burned away the surrounding black mist.
• Old Man Mu Gu ordered the elders to release their Life-Bound Soul Locks, and the four chains pierced and bound Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Mu Gu approached the shattered dragon scale to take the Source Flame while the weakened elders struggled to maintain the binding.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame stopped struggling and sent out a compressed black fire dragon, which struck Mu Gu and made him spit blood as he flew backward.

Huo Xuan revealed his Six-Star Dou Zun strength and two powerful Puppets as Three Thousand Burning Flame weakened under the Soul Hall’s assault. After Old Man Mu Gu and the Soul Hall Venerables escaped, Three Thousand Burning Flame began absorbing Star Power and suddenly started to erupt.

• Qing Hua Old Freak tried to seize Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Source Flame, but a Soul Hall Venerable intercepted him while two others attacked the flame.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame shattered one Venerable’s attack and badly injured him, but its flames dimmed as another Venerable sent waves of souls to drain its strength.
• Huo Xuan revealed his Six-Star Dou Zun aura and Chen Venerable and Yan Zun, then agreed with Qiu Ling to confront the Soul Hall and subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Qiu Ling attacked Old Man Mu Gu, but Mu Gu crushed a silver jade slip and escaped through a spatial fissure with the four Soul Hall Dou Zuns.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame absorbed Star Power and began expanding amid an eruption of purple-black flames, prompting Qiu Ling to warn that it was about to erupt.

Huo Xuan stayed in the Star Region to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame during its massive eruption. After exhausting the flame, he used Dark Gold Blood to place a Seal Mark on its forehead.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame unleashed the flames it had absorbed, forcing Qiu Ling and the others to flee the Star Region while Huo Xuan stayed behind.
• Qiu Ling and the others escaped through the spatial gate to Saint Pill City, where the Three Great Heads of Pill Tower closed it as the purple-black flames surged after them.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame tried to devour Huo Xuan, but he revealed his seven Strange Fires and fought back.
• Huo Xuan blocked Three Thousand Burning Flame's flame attack until its strength ran low, then threw a jade bottle of Dark Gold Blood at its forehead.
• The Dark Gold Blood made Three Thousand Burning Flame go blank as a Seal Mark matching the Dragon Mark on Huo Xuan's palm appeared on its forehead.

Huo Xuan fought Three Thousand Burning Flame in a Soul Battle, using the Dragon Mark to draw in its strength until he could subdue it. He emerged victorious in the Star Region and absorbed the flame’s Source Flame.

• Huo Xuan sensed Three Thousand Burning Flame’s emotions through the scorching Dragon Mark as the flame prepared to control him.
• Huo Xuan and Three Thousand Burning Flame entered a Soul Battle, where Huo Xuan sheltered behind a seven-colored fire barrier.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame discovered that its power was slowly flowing into Huo Xuan, while Huo Xuan waited for it to weaken.
• Huo Xuan used golden light from the Dragon Mark to draw Three Thousand Burning Flame into his palm and shattered the soul space.
• Huo Xuan awoke in the Star Region and absorbed Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Source Flame.

Huo Xuan refined Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region, reaching Nine-Star Dou Zun before absorbing its accumulated Star Power and advancing to Three-Star Dou Zun Peak. He emerged to find the Alchemy Tower fearing the flames would destroy Saint Pill City, refused Xuan Kongzi’s offer to join, and was allowed to leave.

• Huo Xuan swallowed Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Source Flame and spent more than half a month refining it.
• Huo Xuan absorbed the flame’s power, reaching Nine-Star Dou Zun and advancing Flame Mantra to a Heavenly Tier Technique.
• Huo Xuan drew in the Star Power accumulated in the Purple Black flames and reached Three-Star Dou Zun Peak.
• The Alchemy Tower’s experts feared the Star Region’s disturbance would cause Three Thousand Burning Flame to erupt and devastate Saint Pill City.
• Huo Xuan emerged from the Star Region, and Xuan Kongzi realized he had taken Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Huo Xuan to join the Alchemy Tower, but Huo Xuan refused and was allowed to leave.

After obtaining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Huo Xuan met Nalan Yanran, who asked him to save her teacher, Yun Yun. As Nalan Yanran explained how the Soul Hall destroyed the Yun Lan Sect and forced her and Yun Yun to flee to the Central Plains, Huo Xuan listened without promising to help.

• Huo Xuan emerged from the Star Region at Three-Star Dou Zun Peak and learned that Nalan Yanran had come looking for him.
• Nalan Yanran asked Huo Xuan to save her teacher, Yun Yun, and he sent Huo Zhi and the others away before asking what had happened.
• Huo Xuan learned that the Yun Lan Sect had been destroyed three years earlier by Protector Mu of the Soul Hall.
• Nalan Yanran explained that Yun Shan had accepted the Soul Hall's help to break through, but Protector Mu later extracted the souls of Yun Shan and many sect members.
• Nalan Yanran said that she and Yun Yun survived, disbanded the ruined sect under pressure from the Jia Ma Royal Family, and left for the Central Plains.

Nalan Yanran told Huo Xuan how Yun Yun inherited the Flower Granny’s sealed Dou Qi and became embroiled in a deadly contest with the Flower Sect Acting Master and the Demon Flower Evil Monarch. After learning Yun Yun was only a newly advanced Dou Zong facing two powerful Dou Zuns, Huo Xuan asked when the match would take place.

• At a remote area of Saint Pill City, Huo Zhi told Yan Ling and Yan Liao that Nalan Yanran was Xiao Yan’s former fiancée and that Huo Xuan had helped end their engagement.
• Nalan Yanran explained that Yun Yun joined the Flower Sect and befriended the reclusive Flower Granny, who later sealed her lifelong Dou Qi into Yun Yun and gave her the Master’s jade token.
• Nalan Yanran said the Flower Sect Acting Master demanded both the token and Flower Granny’s inheritance, which had merged with Yun Yun and could not be removed without endangering her life.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that Yun Yun had risen from Three Star Dou Huang to a newly advanced Dou Zong, while the Acting Master and her companion, the Demon Flower Evil Monarch, were Four Star and Six-Star Dou Zuns.
• Nalan Yanran pleaded with Huo Xuan to help Yun Yun, and he asked how long remained before the match; she said half a month.

Huo Xuan accompanied Nalan Yanran to the Flower Sect and intervened in the contest over its leadership, killing acting Sect Master Hua Jin and crippling the Demon Flower Evil Monarch. He backed Yun Yun as the rightful Sect Master, leaving the Flower Sect stunned and the defeated Demon Flower Evil Monarch fleeing for the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

• Nalan Yanran agreed to provide Huo Xuan whatever compensation he later demanded in exchange for saving Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Flower Sect square to face Hua Jin and the Demon Flower Evil Monarch over the Sect Master position and the former Sect Master's Dou Qi inheritance.
• Huo Xuan arrived with Nalan Yanran and five others, killed Hua Jin with a sudden attack, and declared that Yun Yun had won the contest.
• Huo Xuan rebuked the Demon Flower Evil Monarch for interfering and struck him, destroying the Dou Qi Cyclone in his dantian and crippling his cultivation.
• Huo Xuan ordered the Demon Flower Evil Monarch to leave, and the crippled man fled the Flower Sect.

After Yun Yun became the Flower Sect's new Sect Master, Huo Xuan revealed that he knew about Yao Yan and claimed to have killed him. Yun Yun attacked Huo Xuan, but he restrained her and used his Eight Desolations Destruction Flame against the seal in her body.

• The Flower Sect's Great Elder named Yun Yun the new Sect Master, and Huo Xuan and his companions stayed behind to seek their reward.
• Huo Xuan mentioned Yao Yan and showed Yun Yun the Mystic Heavy Ruler, which she recognized as Yao Yan's weapon.
• Yun Yun threatened Huo Xuan with her sword and demanded to know where he had gotten the ruler.
• Huo Xuan said he had killed Yao Yan five years earlier, and Yun Yun attacked him in anger.
• Huo Xuan imprisoned Yun Yun and drove his Eight Desolations Destruction Flame through her meridians toward the seal on her Dou Qi, causing her intense pain.

Huo Xuan left the Flower Sect after secretly destroying Yun Yun’s seal and leaving her gravely injured. When Nalan Yanran discovered what had happened, the Green Flower Twin Immortals decided the Flower Sect should not seek revenge, fearing Huo Xuan belonged to an Ancient Emperor Clan.

• Huo Xuan departed the Flower Sect with his companions after refusing the elders’ attempts to keep him there.
• A day later, Nalan Yanran found Yun Yun unconscious and near death, with most of her meridians ruptured and Flower Granny’s seal destroyed.
• Nalan Yanran gave Yun Yun healing pills and blamed Huo Xuan for her teacher’s condition and the loss of Flower Granny’s stored Dou Qi.
• Nalan Yanran told the Green Flower Twin Immortals what she knew about Huo Xuan and his actions.
• The Green Flower Twin Immortals concluded that Huo Xuan might come from an Ancient Emperor Clan and ordered the Flower Sect to let the matter go.

Huo Xuan learned that the Gu and Lei Clans planned to formalize an alliance through Lei Dong and Gu Xun’er’s engagement, prompting Yan Jin to seek a counter-alliance with the Spirit, Shi, and Medicine Clans. Ling Qi and Shi Po Tian questioned the Flame Clan about the Xiao Clan’s destruction, then left without committing to the alliance, leaving Yan Jin unsure whom the Flame Clan could rely on.

• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi met Ling Ci and Shi Mo, who showed them an invitation announcing Lei Dong and Gu Xun’er’s engagement ceremony in the Lei Realm.
• Yan Jin proposed that the Flame, Spirit, Shi, and Medicine Clans form an alliance to counter the Gu-Lei alliance.
• Shi Po Tian and Ling Qi pressed Yan Jin about whether the Flame Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan, but Yan Jin denied the accusation and demanded evidence.
• Ling Qi and Shi Po Tian apologized for their suspicions but said they needed to consult their clans before agreeing to an alliance.
• After the two clan leaders departed, Yan Jin concluded that the Xiao Clan’s destruction had damaged the Flame Clan’s ties with the other Ancient Races.

Huo Xuan learned that the Lei Clan had chosen to ally with the Gu Clan, while Yan Jin defended him against elders seeking to remove him as Young Clan Leader. After refining Flower Granny’s Dou Qi and reaching Peak Six-Star Dou Zun, Huo Xuan wrestled with guilt over the Flame Clan’s troubles, then resolved to grow stronger to protect it from the Gu and Hun Clans.

• Huo Xuan learned from Yan Jin that the Lei Clan had decided to ally with the Gu Clan.
• Huo Yi blamed Huo Xuan for the Flame Clan’s predicament and urged Yan Jin to strip him of his position, but Yan Jin defended Huo Xuan, expelled Huo Yi, and removed him as an elder.
• Huo Xuan entered seclusion and refined Flower Granny’s remaining Dou Qi, advancing to Peak Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Huo Zhi told Huo Xuan that Yan Jin had rejected Huo Yi’s proposal and wanted him to visit the Ling World.
• Huo Xuan confided his doubts to Huo Zhen, who comforted him and advised him to think carefully before acting.
• After Huo Zhen left, Huo Xuan resolved to become stronger to protect the Flame Clan from the Gu and Hun Clans.

Yan Jin refused to use another Heavenly Flame to force a breakthrough and sent Huo Xuan to persuade the Ling Clan and Shi Clan to join the Flame Clan’s alliance. Huo Xuan arrived in Ling World, where Ling Ci claimed the Ling Clan Leader was in seclusion, and learned more about the clan’s unstable situation.

• Yan Jin failed to advance to Nine Star Dou Sheng and rejected Huo Yao’s offer of the Fire Cloud Water Flame, fearing the backlash of fusing another Heavenly Flame.
• Yan Jin learned that the Ling Clan and Shi Clan were avoiding the alliance, but ordered Huo Yao to send Huo Xuan to seek them out and protect him with guards.
• Huo Xuan traveled to Ling World with two Half-Saints and asked Ling Ci to take him to the Ling Clan Leader.
• Ling Ci said the Ling Clan Leader had entered death seclusion, and Huo Xuan agreed to wait while Ling Ci investigated.
• Huo Xuan questioned a Half-Saint guard about the Ling Clan and learned that the clan was also unsettled.

Huo Xuan approached Ling Xi to keep the Ling Clan from allying with the Gu Clan, warning her that the Ling Clan would face disaster and offering Flame Clan protection. Ling Xi accepted his jade pendant but remained uncertain about trusting him.

• Huo Xuan learned that Ling Ci and Ling Xi were competing to become the Ling Clan's Young Clan Leader and chose to approach Ling Xi.
• Huo Xuan met Ling Xi at her home and brought her to Ling Peak to discuss a deal.
• Huo Xuan warned Ling Xi that the Ling Clan could face a great calamity and gave her a jade pendant that could summon Flame Clan experts.
• Ling Xi questioned why the Ling Clan should trust the Flame Clan, and Huo Xuan argued that the Gu Clan might not help them against either the Gu Clan or the Hun Clan.
• Huo Xuan asked Ling Xi to prevent the Ling Clan from allying with the Gu Clan and suggested she become Young Clan Leader and evacuate disciples to Yan World if disaster came.
• Ling Xi put the jade pendant into her Storage Ring, and Huo Xuan concluded that she had taken the bait.

Huo Xuan offered the Spirit Clan aid in exchange for their neutrality, while privately planning to use them as tools. Ling Qi and Shi Po Tian formed a neutral alliance between the Spirit and Shi Clans, leaving the Ancient Eight Clans divided into rival factions.

• Huo Xuan gave Ling Xi a Crimson Jade Pendant and promised the Flame Clan would help the Spirit Clan in a future calamity, while secretly intending to exploit them.
• Ling Xi presented the pendant to Ling Qi, and the Spirit Clan elders debated whether Huo Xuan’s interest in her could lead to an alliance.
• Ling Qi ordered the Spirit Clan to invite Shi Po Tian to discuss an alliance.
• Shi Po Tian rejected joining the Flame Clan against the Gu Clan, and Ling Qi chose neutrality in the conflict.
• Ling Qi proposed an alliance between the Spirit and Shi Clans, and Shi Po Tian agreed.
• The Ancient Eight Clans settled into the Hun Clan camp and the Six Clan Alliance, which split into the Gu-Lei, Yan-Yao, and neutral Ling-Shi alliances.

The Soul Clan delayed its plan to destroy the other clans while waiting for its rivals to weaken each other. At Lei Dong and Gu Xun'er's engagement ceremony, Huo Xuan secretly visited Lei Dong and revealed that Gu Xun'er was preparing to save Xiao Yan.

• Hun Tiandi rejected Hun Sha's proposal to launch the Soul Clan's thousand-year plan early and chose to wait for the other clans to suffer losses.
• Yan Jin and Huo Xuan arrived in the Lei Realm for Lei Dong and Gu Xun'er's engagement ceremony and discussed their clans' future strength.
• A Lei Clan disciple told Huo Xuan that Lei Dong had forbidden him from visiting, so Huo Xuan returned to his guest room.
• Huo Xuan flew secretly to Lei Dong's courtyard at night and confronted him on the rooftop.
• Huo Xuan told Lei Dong that Gu Xun'er was bravely going to save her childhood sweetheart, Xiao Yan.

Huo Xuan confronted Gu Xun'er in Thunder Valley and used Xiao Yan’s supposed soul as leverage to take a wisp of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame’s Source Flame. He revealed that the soul was actually Yang Ling’s, then refused to release Xiao Yan and demanded regular gifts to prolong his life.

• Huo Xuan met Gu Xun'er in Thunder Valley and showed her a White Porcelain Jade Bottle he claimed contained Xiao Yan’s soul.
• Gu Xun'er attacked Huo Xuan with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, but he easily destroyed her flames and she formed the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Formation.
• Huo Xuan threatened to burn the bottle, so Gu Xun'er gave him a wisp of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame’s Source Flame in exchange for the bottle.
• Gu Xun'er opened the bottle and found Yang Ling’s soul instead of Xiao Yan’s, and Huo Xuan destroyed Yang Ling’s soul.
• Gu Xun'er apologized and demanded Xiao Yan’s release, but Huo Xuan denied promising it and demanded regular supplies of valuable items to extend Xiao Yan’s life.
• Gu Xun'er left in fury, and Huo Xuan called out to Lei Dong, who was still nearby.