Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng joined Zi Yan and Bear Two at a forest lake to retrieve a valuable item guarded by a sixth-tier magical beast. While Zi Yan and Bear Two fought the Azure Water Crocodile, Xiao Heng slipped toward the island to secure the item.

• Zi Yan moved into Xiao Heng's courtyard after agreeing to his rules about leaving things alone.
• Xiao Heng, Zi Yan, and Bear Two flew to a lake where Zi Yan said a powerful magical beast guarded an item on the central island.
• Zi Yan and Bear Two drew the beast out of the water while Xiao Heng circled around the lake toward the island.
• The Azure Water Crocodile attacked Zi Yan and Bear Two with water spheres, but Bear Two's armor and Zi Yan's strength let them withstand its attacks.
• Zi Yan punched the Azure Water Crocodile into the lake, and Xiao Heng used the distraction to fly toward the island.

Xiao Heng narrowly escaped an ambush by a Fifth-tier Azure Water Crocodile, then fought alongside Zi Yan and Bear Two against it and a Sixth-tier crocodile. He wounded the Fifth-tier beast and intercepted it before it could retreat underwater, preparing to unleash an Earth Grade Combat Skill.

• A Fifth-tier Azure Water Crocodile leaped from the lake and tried to swallow Xiao Heng, but he escaped using his wings and Wind Thunder Flash.
• Xiao Heng told Zi Yan and Bear Two to hold off the Sixth-tier crocodile while he dealt with the Fifth-tier beast, and Zi Yan agreed reluctantly after Bear Two vouched for him.
• The two crocodiles attacked; the Sixth-tier beast knocked Bear Two away, but Zi Yan blocked its pursuit and struck it back.
• As the Fifth-tier crocodile tried to ambush Zi Yan and Bear Two from the water, Xiao Heng slashed its scales and inflicted a long wound.
• Xiao Heng used Wind Thunder Flash to get between the wounded crocodile and the lake, then gathered energy into his sword as the beast charged him.

Xiao Heng killed a fifth-tier giant crocodile and used his bloodline power to battle a sixth-tier one. After luring the beast away from the island where Zi Yan and Bear Two waited, he unleashed a silver dragon sword attack as it tried to flee underwater.

• Xiao Heng split the fifth-tier giant crocodile’s neck with his Immortal Slaying Sword Art and flew toward the sixth-tier beast.
• The sixth-tier crocodile struck at Xiao Heng, who awakened his bloodline power and rose to roughly the strength of a two-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Heng ordered Zi Yan and Bear Two to stay back while the crocodile repeatedly attacked from underwater and evaded his sword strikes.
• Xiao Heng sent Zi Yan and Bear Two to the island, prompting the crocodile to leave the water and pursue him.
• Xiao Heng narrowly dodged the crocodile’s attacks, then thrust out his sword and sent a silver dragon through its body as it tried to escape underwater.

After Xiao Heng killed the giant crocodile, he collected a rare Three-colored Lotus and other medicinal ingredients, then secured the beasts’ Magic Cores and meat. He and his companions flew back toward the Inner Academy, gathering valuables from weaker magical beasts along the way.

• Xiao Heng killed the giant crocodile and returned to the island where Zi Yan and Bear Two waited.
• Xiao Heng identified the Three-colored Lotus as a rare ingredient for the Soul Cleansing Pill and had Little Grass transfer it into its medicinal garden.
• Xiao Heng carefully gathered the island’s medicinal ingredients while keeping Zi Yan and Bear Two from damaging them.
• Bear Two retrieved the two crocodiles’ Magic Cores and a large leg, and Xiao Heng promised to roast the meat.
• Xiao Heng, Zi Yan, and Bear Two flew toward the Inner Academy, taking valuables from magical beasts weaker than Sixth-tier.

Xiao Heng returned toward the Inner Academy with Zi Yan and Bear Two, then encountered arrogant members of an Ancient Clan and later reunited with Xiao Yan and Xun Er. The chapter ended as the unicorn riders approached and Xun Er urged Xiao Heng to leave and Xiao Yan to hide.

• Xiao Heng decided to return to the Inner Academy before the Heart Flame Body Tempering and flew there with Zi Yan and Bear Two.
• Zi Yan sensed approaching Magical Beasts, and Xiao Heng identified the group as fourth- and fifth-tier Four-Winged Unicorns carrying Ancient Clan members.
• An arrogant Deputy Commander asked Xiao Heng for directions, but Xiao Heng ignored him and cautioned Zi Yan against robbing the group because of their powerful backing.
• Xiao Heng and his companions landed beside Xiao Yan and Xun Er, and Zi Yan boasted that they had slain a sixth-tier Magical Beast.
• Xun Er spotted the approaching unicorn riders, asked Xiao Heng to leave, and urged Xiao Yan to hide.

Xiao Heng confronted Ling Quan and the Black Mist Army, who had come to escort Xun Er back and insulted Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family. Xiao Heng subdued Ling Quan and his men, spared Ling Quan at Xun Er’s request, and left with Zi Yan and Bear Two.

• Xun Er tried to hide Xiao Yan from the approaching Black Mist Army, but he emerged after Ling Quan’s men searched the forest.
• Ling Quan introduced himself as the Black Mist Army’s deputy commander, insulted Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family, and asked about the key held by the Xiao Family.
• Ling Quan threatened Xiao Heng, prompting nine soldiers to attack him; Xiao Heng swiftly seized one attacker while Zi Yan and Bear Two revealed their Dou Wang strength.
• Xiao Heng defeated Ling Quan and held him by the throat until Xun Er asked him to let the deputy commander go.
• Xiao Heng warned Ling Quan not to provoke him again, then left with Zi Yan and Bear Two.

Xiao Heng joined the top Strong Ranking cultivators for Heart Flame Body Tempering beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. As the Origin Heart Flames began burning away impurities, Xiao Heng found the process mild compared with the Exotic Flame Body Tempering he had already endured, while most of the others struggled with the pain.

• Xiao Heng and Zi Yan arrived at the tower, where Xiao Yan, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and the other selected cultivators had gathered.
• Su Qian led the group deep beneath the tower and warned them to follow instructions as they approached the Fallen Heart Flame's central area.
• Two elders activated a barrier and released twelve clusters of Origin Heart Flame, which Su Qian explained could aid advancement but carried a high risk of failure.
• Su Qian said about half of past participants had failed, but none of the cultivators chose to withdraw.
• The elders sent the Origin Heart Flames into the twelve cultivators, and the flames began scorching their bodies and removing impurities.
• Xiao Heng recognized the process as a weaker form of Exotic Flame Body Tempering and remained calm, while most of the others showed signs of intense pain.

As the students underwent Heart Flame Body Tempering, the Fallen Heart Flame broke through its seals and erupted from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. Xiao Heng and the academy's elders prepared for the battle as the Formless Fire Python emerged, leaving Xiao Heng watching it with greed.

• Su Qian learned that the Fallen Heart Flame had gone quiet, ordered extra watch on the seal, and went down to inspect it himself.
• After three days of Heart Flame Body Tempering, the Formless Fire Python went berserk beneath the seal and began attacking it.
• Su Qian summoned the elders and ordered the students to evacuate, while Xiao Heng urged the others to flee the tower.
• The Formless Fire Python shattered the inner seal and attacked the tower's black shield, which eventually collapsed and destroyed the spire.
• The Formless Fire Python burst from the tower amid magma and flames as the elders formed up to fight, and Xiao Heng activated his Purple Cloud Wings and watched it.

Xiao Heng watched Su Qian and the academy elders struggle to reseal the Formless Fire Python as its burst of energy drew powerful outsiders toward Jia Nan Academy. With Hu Gan's reinforcements holding the barrier, Su Qian began preparing the next sealing formation, while threats approached from two directions.

• Su Qian and more than twenty elders trapped the Formless Fire Python in the Thousand-Layer Sealing Formation, but its explosive attack cracked the barrier and sent an energy signal across the region.
• A blue-flamed man in Maple City sensed the Heavenly Flame, while Huang Hua identified Xiao Heng as the cause of his family's downfall and set out for Jia Nan Academy.
• After three hours of fighting, most of Su Qian's elders were exhausted, but Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy reinforcements to take over the barrier.
• A group led by the handsome young man and another lone wingless traveler approached Jia Nan Academy as the battle continued.
• Hu Gan's experts maintained the energy net, allowing Su Qian to organize the Inner Academy elders and order them to form the next sealing formation.

Su Qian resealed the Formless Fire Python, but Han Feng arrived with allies from the Black Corner Region to seize the Heavenly Flame. As battle broke out, Xiao Heng confronted a red-haired elder with Bear Two, and the chapter ended with both swallowed by the elder’s fireballs.

• Su Qian struck the Formless Fire Python with a massive Dou Qi sphere and sealed it back inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Han Feng arrived with leaders of the Blood Sect, Earth Flame Gate, and Eight Fan Gate, and demanded that Jia Nan Academy surrender the Heavenly Flame.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan refused Han Feng’s demand, and the two sides prepared to fight.
• Xiao Heng flew into battle, summoned Bear Two, and ordered him to attack the red-haired elder.
• The red-haired elder launched two enormous fireballs, which engulfed Xiao Heng and Bear Two.

Xiao Heng severed the red-haired Dou Emperor’s arm, but a gray-robed Dou Zong ambushed him and left him gravely wounded. As Medusa agreed to hold the attacker back for ten minutes, Xiao Heng prepared to recover and rejoin the battle.

• Xiao Heng used Bear Two’s help to gather power and severed the red-haired elder’s right arm with a sword strike.
• Xiao Heng pursued the wounded elder through his flames, but a gray-robed Dou Zong appeared and pierced Xiao Heng with a barrage of golden lights.
• The gray-robed elder attacked Xiao Heng again as Xiao Yan, Bear Two, and Zi Yan rushed to help, while Han Feng tried to recruit the newcomer and blocked Hu Gan.
• Xiao Heng survived beneath the dust, sealed his wounds, and asked Medusa to hold the gray-robed elder off for ten minutes in exchange for a favor.
• Medusa mocked Xiao Heng’s condition but accepted his terms.

Queen Medusa intervened to protect Xiao Heng and fought Huang Hua while the Inner Academy’s battle intensified. Xiao Yan drew another attacker away as Xiao Heng began healing, and Queen Medusa’s giant serpent exploded around Huang Hua, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Queen Medusa rose from the smoke and clashed with Huang Hua, preventing him from reaching Xiao Heng.
• Han Feng pressed Hu Gan while Hu Gan conserved his strength, and Su Qian intensified his attacks on the Golden Silver Elders.
• Xiao Yan found the badly wounded Xiao Heng and ordered Zi Yan and Bear Two to guard him before drawing a vengeful elder away.
• Xiao Heng took a Sixth-grade Pill and focused on guiding its power to heal his injuries.
• Queen Medusa summoned a giant seven-colored serpent, and after Huang Hua covered himself in Golden Spirit Armor, she made the serpent explode.
• Su Qian drove the Golden Silver Elders back as they exchanged glances and prepared to resist him.

The Inner Academy’s defenders fought Han Feng’s forces across several chaotic battlefields while Xiao Yan borrowed strength to battle Fan Lao and Medusa faced Huang Hua. The chapter left Xiao Heng unconscious after Huang Hua’s attack, with Liu Qing offering him a medicinal pill as the battle continued.

• Su Qian overwhelmed the Golden Silver Elders, while Han Feng and Hu Gan fought to an uncertain standstill and the academy’s elders held off the invaders.
• Xiao Yan borrowed strength from Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and two elders, then drove Fan Lao’s blood river back with Cyan Flame.
• Fan Lao renewed his attack, swearing to avenge his son, as Xiao Yan confronted him at peak Dou Emperor strength.
• Huang Hua emerged pale after resisting Medusa’s serpent attack and asked her to withdraw rather than continue fighting.
• Students and allies watched the battle while avoiding falling Dou Qi, and Zi Yan worried over the unconscious, bloodstained Xiao Heng.
• Liu Qing offered Xiao Heng a medicinal pill, while Bear Two reassured Zi Yan that Xiao Heng would recover.

Xiao Heng awakened after his friends feared he was badly injured, then unleashed a sudden surge of power to attack Huang Hua while Medusa kept the elder from escaping. His strike shifted the battlefield and left Han Feng weighing his next move as Zi Yan and Bear Two joined the fight.

• Xiao Heng opened his eyes, thanked his friends for their concern, and said he would settle the remaining troubles despite his injuries.
• Xiao Heng flew toward Huang Hua with Little Grass channeling power into him, and his aura surged as he prepared an Earth Grade Combat Skill.
• Medusa restrained Huang Hua with energy snakes, giving Xiao Heng time to strike him with Immortal Slaying Sword Art, Breath Sever.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan gained confidence from Xiao Heng's attack, while the Golden Silver Elders considered retreating and Han Feng remained tempted by the Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing stared in shock at Xiao Heng's strength, and Zi Yan and Bear Two flew to help the elders against the other attackers.

Xiao Heng and Medusa survived Huang Hua’s attacks, and Xiao Heng faced the wounded Dou Zong in a final battle. After defeating him, Xiao Heng granted Huang Hua’s request for a dignified death and caught his falling body.

• Medusa dismissed Xiao Heng’s thanks and descended to rest while he waited for the attack’s light to fade.
• Huang Hua emerged badly wounded, explained his family’s history of revenge, and launched a barrage of golden spears at Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng countered with a silver dragon sword strike, and both fighters were injured as their attacks collided.
• Recognizing that Huang Hua was near death, Xiao Heng agreed to let him fight with his remaining strength.
• Xiao Heng killed Huang Hua with a sword strike, then used Dou Qi to catch his falling body.

Xiao Heng recovered while Han Feng and the academy forces faced the freed Formless Fire Python, which attacked Han Feng and then Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan struck the flame serpent’s weakness, causing its body to turn translucent.

• Xiao Heng landed badly wounded and began recovering as Queen Medusa watched over him.
• The Formless Fire Python broke Su Qian’s sealing formation, and Han Feng rallied his allies to attack it in hopes of capturing the Heavenly Flame.
• The Formless Fire Python ambushed Han Feng and sent him crashing to the ground, then turned its attention to Xiao Yan.
• With Old Yao’s guidance, Xiao Yan pierced the scales beneath the serpent’s mouth with a spear of green flames.
• The Formless Fire Python hissed in pain as its solid body began turning translucent.

Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng in a fierce battle, but the Fallen Heart Flame absorbed the explosion’s energy and grew powerful again. As the Golden Silver Elders tried to escape with Han Feng, Xiao Heng and Medusa intervened, leaving Xiao Heng poised to reach Han Feng.

• The Formless Fire Python vanished, revealing the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan and Han Feng raced to seize it while the Black Corner Region forces held back the Inner Academy experts.
• Xiao Yan and Han Feng fought over the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Heng waited beside Medusa while trying to recover enough strength to join the battle.
• Xiao Yan detonated his fire lotus against Han Feng’s flaming halberd, blasting Han Feng from the sky and causing the Fallen Heart Flame to devour the explosion’s energy.
• The Golden Silver Elders caught Han Feng and prepared to withdraw, but Xiao Heng and Medusa confronted them as the Inner Academy faced the empowered Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Heng attacked the Black Corner Region forces and the Golden Silver Elders, then dashed through the opening and arrived beside Han Feng.

Xiao Heng killed Han Feng, secured the Sea Heart Flame, and survived the Inner Academy’s battle, while Xiao Yan was swallowed by the Fallen Heart Flame and Su Qian sealed it away. More than half a month later, Xiao Heng recovered, advanced to peak three-star Dou Wang, and reassured Wu Hao and Hu Jia that Xiao Yan and Xun Er would return.

• Xiao Heng killed Han Feng, and Little Grass extracted the Sea Heart Flame and Spirit Gathering Ring as the Golden Silver Elders retreated.
• Xiao Heng chose not to enter the raging Fallen Heart Flame to reach Xiao Yan, who was dragged beneath its flames.
• Su Qian struck the Fallen Heart Flame into the tower and sealed it, then told the Inner Academy Elders to remember Xiao Yan as the one who had sacrificed himself for them.
• Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries over half a month, accepted Su Qian’s rewards, and broke through to peak three-star Dou Wang.
• Wu Hao and Hu Jia worried that Xiao Yan was dead, but Xiao Heng returned to Pan Men and told them Xiao Yan and Xun Er would come back.

Xiao Heng left Pan Men to prepare for refining the Ghost Soul Pill and took Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and Bear Two to a secluded island, where he planned to devour the Sea Heart Flame. The chapter ended as he began the process, with Queen Medusa recognizing the flame and watching warily.

• Xiao Heng told Hu Jia and Wu Hao that he would leave the Inner Academy for a few days and entrusted Pan Men’s affairs to them.
• Xiao Heng invited Zi Yan, Bear Two, and Queen Medusa to accompany him; they agreed and followed him into the forest.
• Xiao Heng led the group to the island in the Azure Water Crocodile’s former territory, where Queen Medusa drove off a magical beast and they made camp.
• Xiao Heng told the others to stand guard while he prepared to do something that night, then shared grilled magical beast meat with them.
• Xiao Heng sat by the water and chose to devour the Sea Heart Flame before attempting to refine the Ghost Soul Pill.
• Queen Medusa recognized the blue flame in Xiao Heng’s hands as a Heavenly Flame as he began channeling Dou Qi into the water.

Xiao Heng used the frost-producing fruit to withstand and devour the Sea Heart Flame, enduring the clash of ice and fire as he refined its origin. With Little Grass’s help, the Sea Heart Flame merged with the Thunder Gang Purple Lotus Fire, creating a new indigo Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Heng released the Sea Heart Flame from its restraints and used the fruit’s icy energy to protect himself as he seized its origin.
• Xiao Heng swallowed the flame origin and pushed it through ten circulations of his cultivation technique while enduring severe pain.
• Xiao Heng forced the refined flame origin into the Spirit Gathering Ring, where it clashed with the Thunder Gang Purple Lotus Fire.
• Little Grass used the world's origin power to calm and merge the two Heavenly Flames.
• A new lotus-shaped Heavenly Flame formed, its petals flowing like water and its color shifting to indigo.