Chapter Summaries

After returning from the entrance exam, Xiao Zhen gave Chat Group members access to world missions so they could earn Points, while secretly keeping sixty percent of their rewards. That night, Alice joined him in the Nakiri Family bath and pressed herself against him, leaving her attempt to seduce her sister’s husband unresolved.

• Erina questioned Xiao Zhen about where he had been, and Alice teased Erina about being jealous.
• Xiao Zhen sent Zixiang a thousand Points and discussed the group members’ shortage of Points.
• Xiao Zhen asked the Adventure System to let other group members complete world missions and learned he could distribute the rewards freely.
• Xiao Zhen set the reward split so he would receive sixty percent and the group members would receive forty percent.
• Xiao Zhen explained that each world had only one world mission, which he had already completed, so members needed to help others to earn Points.
• Alice entered Xiao Zhen’s bath, flirted with him, and pressed her body against him.

Erina asked Xiao Zhen to bring family members to the Dou Qi Continent, and he agreed before arranging the transfer. The Nakiri and Arato relatives arrived in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Erina introduced them to Die.

• Erina told Xiao Zhen that her uncle wanted to bring relatives to the Dou Qi Continent so old Master Nakiri could regain his health.
• Xiao Zhen secretly hypnotized Nakiri Senzaemon and learned that he genuinely wanted a better life for his family, rather than plotting through his daughter.
• Xiao Zhen asked Hisako whether she wanted to bring her family, and she explained the opportunity to her relatives.
• Nakiri Mana resigned as commander of Totsuki Culinary Academy, and the families finalized who would travel.
• Xiao Zhen transported the Nakiri and Arato relatives to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Erina introduced them to Die.

Xiao Zhen invited Chiyu into the Chat Group, where she and Medusa challenged each other over their status in his household. Gu Yuena joined the dispute, and the three women began a battle on the snowy peaks near Cloud City as Xiao Zhen ordered his subordinates to stay clear.

• After hearing about Xiao Zhen’s relationships, Die welcomed the new culinary talents but was angry that he had secretly pursued Hisako, and Erina led the group to their new home.
• Xiao Zhen invited the cultivating Chiyu into the Chat Group, where members discussed their missions and Chiyu confronted Medusa over who held higher status as Xiao Zhen’s wife.
• Medusa challenged Chiyu to a duel, and Gu Yuena joined them, arguing that strength should decide who held authority in the household.
• Xiao Zhen opened spatial passages for the three women, who met on snowy peaks near Cloud City and transformed into their true forms to fight.
• Scouts reported three enormous monsters in Sector B25, and Xiao Zhen ordered his subordinates not to interfere and to stay away.

Xiao Zhen interrupted the three women’s clash, defeated them, and later helped Chiyu and Medusa break through to Dou Zun. The chapter ended with both women completing their breakthroughs, though Medusa was frustrated that Chiyu had finished first.

• Xiao Zhen transformed into Achilles and joined the battle between Chiyu, Medusa, and Gu Yuena, eventually overpowering the three women and sealing their cultivation.
• After two days without hearing from the Group Leader or the three women, the Chat Group members grew worried and speculated about what had happened.
• Xiao Zhen sensed that Chiyu and Medusa were attempting to break through to Dou Zun and warned them, but both women continued.
• Xiao Zhen protected the two women and used medicinal pills to supply the energy they needed to complete their breakthroughs.
• Chiyu reached Dou Zun first, and Medusa followed after absorbing more pills; Medusa was displeased that she had finished second, while Gu Yuena felt envious.

Yun Shan failed to break through to Dou Zong and sent Yun Yun to seek another Sect Breaking Pill from Xiao Zhen. As Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong prepared to visit Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun offered the sect’s Azure Longsword as collateral for the pill.

• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion with his cultivation only at half-step Dou Zong and asked Yun Yun to obtain another Sect Breaking Pill from Xiao Zhen.
• Xiao Zhen received a royal invitation to discuss Yun Shan’s condition and traveled with Fa Ma, who asked what he thought of Yun Shan and the royal family’s response.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong planned to visit Yun Shan, offering congratulations if he had succeeded and mocking him if he had failed.
• Yun Yun secretly visited Xiao Zhen at night and offered to exchange something for a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Zhen Misty Cloud Sect’s inherited Azure Longsword as collateral, promising to redeem it later.

Xiao Zhen revived his ghost maids Xiaoqing and Nie Xiaoqian by merging their souls with bodies, then decided to seek another Heavenly Flame in the Black Corner Region. Yao Chen’s hope of being revived grew, but he still needed Xiao Zhen to obtain more powerful flames.

• Yun Yun traded Yun Potian’s sword to Xiao Zhen for a jade bottle and left his courtyard.
• Xiao Zhen brought Xiaoqing and Nie Xiaoqian to the Alchemy Room and offered them two corpses to inhabit.
• Xiaoqing and Nie Xiaoqian each chose a body, and Xiao Zhen used his power of light to reunite their souls with the corpses.
• Xiao Zhen inspected the revived women and concluded they were healthy and suited to becoming alchemists.
• Die calmed down after Xiao Zhen explained the newcomers, and Yao Chen hurried over after hearing they had been revived.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Zhen to collect more Heavenly Flames, so Xiao Zhen decided to travel to the Black Corner Region.

Xiao Zhen took Zi Yan back to Jia Nan Academy, where her old acquaintances welcomed her and Vice Principal Hu Gan asked Xiao Zhen for help. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhen guessing Hu Gan wanted him to refine a Sect Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Zhen traveled with Zi Yan aboard his aerial battleship and promised to help her meet her imprisoned father in exchange for something from him.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan reached Jia Nan City after he sent the battleship and its crew back to Mecha Beast World.
• Hu Gan and several Dou Wang elders came out to greet them, and Zi Yan happily reunited with the vice principal.
• Hu Gan praised Xiao Zhen's strength and asked for his help, offering a reward.
• Xiao Zhen guessed that Hu Gan wanted him to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Zhen decided to enter the underground magma world to seek a Heavenly Flame, despite the dangers beneath Jia Nan Academy. After revealing that he had become a Dou Zun, he left Grand Elder Su Qian to reconsider whether he could be allowed through the tower.

• Xiao Zhen sent Zi Yan to the Inner Court, where she secretly stole herbs from the medicinal storeroom and hid from the furious Elder Hao.
• Xiao Zhen scolded Zi Yan for stealing, then considered how to reach the underground magma world and the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Zhen asked Grand Elder Su Qian for permission to enter the magma world, and Su Qian warned him about the Lizardmen and the intelligent Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Zhen claimed he wanted to find Zi Yan's biological father in the magma sea and revealed his Dou Zun strength to reassure Su Qian.

Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan entered the Magma Sea to confront the Fallen Heart Flame, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders maintained the seal above. They encountered a Lizardman named Red Fang, whom Xiao Zhen began questioning for information.

• Su Qian arranged for Qian Mu and Bai Lie to help open a passage through the seal, and Xiao Zhen gave the two elders medicinal pills.
• Xiao Zhen entered the passage into the magma world, and Zi Yan followed despite Su Qian’s warning.
• Qian Mu, Bai Lie, and Su Qian repaired the seal after the pair passed through, while the Fallen Heart Flame watched with hatred.
• Xiao Zhen protected Zi Yan from the magma’s heat, then restrained an approaching Lizardman.
• Xiao Zhen used the Mental Communication Method to question the Lizardman, who identified himself as Red Fang.

Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan traveled through the Magma Sea toward Tou She Ancient God's cave dwelling while hoping to draw out Heavenly Flame Venerate. A powerful Lizardman exposed their disguises, and Xiao Zhen learned that a human powerhouse had once fought the Lizardmen there.

• Xiao Zhen interrogated Red Fang, learned the location of Tou She Ancient God's cave dwelling, and knocked him unconscious after erasing some of his memories.
• Xiao Zhen disguised himself as a Lizardman, and he and Zi Yan set out toward the cave dwelling while he released the aura of Heavenly Flames.
• Zi Yan grew tired during their journey and questioned whether the guardian of the God's Tomb could really be her father.
• A powerful black Lizardman sensed that Zi Yan was not one of his kind and accused Xiao Zhen of being suspicious as well.
• Xiao Zhen dropped his disguise, and the black Lizardman revealed that a human powerhouse had entered the Magma Sea a thousand years earlier and been besieged by seven eighth-rank Lizardmen.

Xiao Zhen was forced to retreat after several powerful Lizardmen cornered him, then returned to the Mecha Beast World. There, Kurumi and Zi Yan questioned him about his fight and his claim that retreat had been the right choice.

• Xiao Zhen fought Heijia until Volcano arrived and joined the battle.
• Xiao Zhen fled, but Heijia and Volcano caught up, and the Four-Clawed Elder blocked his path.
• Facing the three Lizardmen, Xiao Zhen threatened them and used the system to enter the Mecha Beast World.
• Xiao Zhen found Kurumi treating Zi Yan to snacks and asked where everyone else was.
• Xiao Zhen claimed Half-Saint Lizardmen had forced him to retreat, and Zi Yan bluntly said he simply could not beat them.

Xiongba faced Di Shitian and the three men he had supposedly killed, while Xiao Zhen and Chiyu arrived but watched without intervening. Xiongba struggled against Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Duan Lang as Di Shitian waited for a chance to attack.

• Xiao Zhen agreed to help Xiongba, and Chiyu joined him to claim Di Shitian's phoenix blood.
• Di Shitian confronted Xiongba at the World Dominance Alliance and revealed Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Duan Lang, whom he had revived.
• Nie Feng learned that Xiongba had tried to kill him and Bu Jingyun, while Duan Lang urged them to take revenge.
• Xiongba attacked the three men, but Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun drove him into a steady retreat after he forced Duan Lang back.
• Xiao Zhen and Chiyu watched from a pavilion as Di Shitian considered using the three young men before killing them once they were no longer useful.

Xiao Zhen and Chiyu helped Xiongba defeat Di Shitian and subdue Feng Yun, Duan Lang, and Bu Jingyun. After Xiao Zhen left, Xiongba turned toward the injured traitors with murderous intent.

• Xiongba ordered his men to attack Feng Yun, Duan Lang, and Bu Jingyun, while Di Shitian slaughtered the World Dominance Alliance fighters until Xiao Zhen removed his ice mask.
• Di Shitian attacked Xiao Zhen but was beaten back by a single palm strike, and Xiongba greeted Xiao Zhen as the Group Leader.
• Chiyu burned Di Shitian to ashes and collected the Phoenix blood he left behind.
• Xiao Zhen's Sword of Destiny pierced and pinned Feng Yun, Duan Lang, and Bu Jingyun to a pavilion wall, though all three survived.
• Xiao Zhen and Chiyu departed after Xiao Zhen urged Xiongba to complete his task, and Xiongba turned toward the wounded traitors with a cold smile.

Xiao Zhen refined phoenix blood for Chiyu, then returned to the underground Magma Sea and discovered Yao Tianhuo being pursued by Lizardmen. He killed one of the eighth-rank pursuers in a surprise attack, revealing himself as an outsider to the two remaining Lizardmen.

• Xiao Zhen refined the phoenix blood into a pill, and Chiyu consumed it to improve her talent.
• Xiao Zhen warned Chiyu to watch out for the Soul Hall before sending her back to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Zhen returned invisibly to the Magma Sea, transformed into a late sixth-rank Lizardman, and sensed a Heavenly Flame nearby.
• Yao Tianhuo fled from three eighth-rank Lizardmen while Xiao Zhen blocked his path and pretended to be struck by his attack.
• Xiao Zhen ambushed the last pursuer and killed him with the Sword of Destiny and his flames.
• One of the two remaining Lizardmen demanded to know why Xiao Zhen was not one of their race, while Yao Tianhuo sensed Xiao Zhen's Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Zhen escaped the Lizardmen with Yao Tianhuo and brought the soul-bodied elder to the surface. Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Zhen the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Zhen collected a valuable Fire Pearl and scales from the slain Lizardman.

• Xiao Zhen killed a Lizardman expert, stored the corpse, and fled with Yao Tianhuo as the Lizardmen summoned reinforcements.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Zhen his Storage Ring and explained that the Lizardmen had driven him from his hiding place.
• Xiao Zhen reunited with Zi Yan and brought Yao Tianhuo into the sunlight.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Zhen the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Zhen supplied him with pills to nourish his weakened soul.
• Zi Yan began roasting the Lizardman corpse, while Xiao Zhen found a powerful Fire Pearl and collected the corpse’s scales.

Xiao Zhen brought Zi Yan back to Jia Nan Academy as she approached a breakthrough and offered the academy the infant Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for the powerful beast imprisoned beneath the tower. The elders agreed the exchange could benefit the academy, but Su Qian argued that Xiao Zhen would need to pay additional compensation.

• Zi Yan ate the Lizardman and began to show signs of an imminent breakthrough, so Xiao Zhen decided to return her to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Zhen invited Yao Tianhuo to come with him, suggesting he might have a way to give the Soul Body a physical form.
• Xiao Zhen transported Yao Tianhuo to a courtyard and summoned Su Qian, Qian, and Bai to collect the sleeping Zi Yan.
• Xiao Zhen showed the elders the infant Fallen Heart Flame and proposed trading it for the beast imprisoned beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Su Qian, Qian, and Bai agreed that the exchange was acceptable but decided to demand further benefits from Xiao Zhen.
• Su Qian argued that the smaller Fallen Heart Flame would require elders to stimulate it with Dou Qi, implying that the academy deserved extra compensation.

Xiao Zhen captured and refined the Fallen Heart Flame, advancing his cultivation and Flame Mantra before Zi Yan emerged from seclusion. He suspected Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and considered using Yao Tianhuo to contact the clan.

• Xiao Zhen agreed to refine five high-grade seventh-tier pills for the academy and arranged for Yao Tianhuo to be resurrected in exchange for guarding his faction for twenty years.
• Su Qian announced another one-day closure of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Xiao Zhen suppressed the Fallen Heart Flame when it emerged from beneath the tower.
• Xiao Zhen erased the Fallen Heart Flame's intelligence and refined it, breaking through to two-star Dou Zun and raising the Flame Mantra to mid-tier Earth Rank.
• Purple energy erupted from Zi Yan's house as she prepared to emerge from seclusion, and Yao Tianhuo identified her true form as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Xiao Zhen considered using Yao Tianhuo's knowledge of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to find those loyal to the Dragon Emperor's line.

After Zi Yan returned from seclusion stronger and grown up, Xiao Zhen returned to Jia Ma Holy City and refined a Bone-Melding Blood-Fusion Elixir. Its lightning tribulation gathered over the Xiao Clan, drawing four Dou Zongs to shield him as Chiyu watched from the shadows.

• Zi Yan teased Xiao Zhen about marrying her and promised to protect Jia Nan Academy, while Su Qian acknowledged her new strength.
• Half a month later, Xiao Zhen returned to Jia Ma Holy City with the elixirs he had promised the Inner Court.
• Xiao Zhen introduced Yao Tianhuo to Yao Chen, then went to his Alchemy Room to prepare the Bone-Melding Blood-Fusion Elixir.
• Thunderclouds formed above the Xiao Clan, and Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma realized Xiao Zhen's refining had triggered an Elixir Lightning Tribulation.
• The four Dou Zongs flew toward the descending lightning to protect Xiao Zhen, while Chiyu stood ready to assist.

Xiao Zhen completed the Bone-Melding Blood-Fusion Elixir, then used it to help revive Yao Tianhuo with Yao Chen’s prepared body. Afterward, Xiao Zhen began considering powerful flames from the System Shop to advance his cultivation.

• Xiao Zhen finished the elixir and thanked Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and the other two elders for helping block its lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Zhen spoke with Xun'er, Ling Ying, and an Ancient Clan Dou Zun, while Xun'er worried that Xiao Zhen’s growing strength made her mission to obtain the Ancient Jade harder.
• Xiao Zhen realized he could buy Heavenly Flames through the System Shop and returned to his residence to help revive Yao Tianhuo.
• Yao Chen presented a handsome young man’s corpse for Yao Tianhuo, and Xiao Zhen supplied the eighth-tier Lizardman’s essence blood.
• Yao Tianhuo was revived, though he still needed time to recover his strength, and Xiao Zhen began searching the shop for a flame he could safely absorb.

Xiao Zhen used the system to obtain Nihility Devouring Flame and rapidly increased his cultivation, then went to Cinnabar Island to watch Ash and his companions arrive. He left Misty wondering why she suddenly felt a chill.

• Xiao Zhen swallowed Volcanic Rock Flame, but it only raised the Flame Mantra to high Earth rank and left his cultivation at peak two-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Zhen evacuated a desolate region and absorbed the system's Nihility Devouring Flame, breaking through to three-star Dou Zun and eventually reaching peak six-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Zhen stored the flame and rested, then traveled to the Pokémon World to check on Ash's journey.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock Jr. arrived at Cinnabar Island, and Brock Jr. was slapped after flirting with a young woman.
• Xiao Zhen watched the group from a mountain and recalled his past with Hanako on the island, while Misty suddenly sneezed and felt a chill.