Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng used a painful method to absorb two drops of Heavenly Demon Phoenix essence blood, strengthening his Golden Core, wings, and physique. Afterward, he felt his physical strength had increased by at least thirty percent and planned to seek more Heavenly Demon Phoenixes in the future.

• Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries and decided to absorb the two drops of purplish-red essence blood with Heavenly Flame Venerable's help.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable instructed Xiao Heng to pierce his chest and place the essence blood directly into his heart to improve absorption.
• Xiao Heng sealed his pores, circulated his cultivation method, and directed the blood's energy into the Golden Core in his middle dantian.
• The Golden Core's dragon phantom developed phoenix traits, while the essence blood also strengthened Xiao Heng's Black and White Twin Wings.
• After two hours, Xiao Heng finished absorbing the energy and estimated that his physique had improved by at least thirty percent.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Heng reunited with Zi Yan, Gu Yue, and Xiao Yi Xian and took them for a stroll around the rebuilt Inner Academy. The group enjoyed a playful outing, while Xiao Yi Xian quietly cherished the warmth of being with them.

• Zi Yan rushed to Xiao Heng for more pills, and he promised to refine them that night after resting.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Heng that the Great Elder and Xiao Yan were recovering and that Demon Flame Valley had sealed itself off while Black Emperor Sect was nearing collapse.
• Xiao Heng invited Xiao Yi Xian and the reluctant Zi Yan to walk around the academy, and Gu Yue eagerly joined them.
• The group admired the academy’s rapid reconstruction as Zi Yan teased Xiao Heng about being one of the people blamed for its repeated damage.
• A young girl praised Xiao Heng’s looks, and he reassured a jealous Xiao Yi Xian before taking her hand and declaring her his woman.

After two months of cultivation, Xiao Heng learned that a mysterious Dou Zong had unified Demon Flame Valley and brought the Black Emperor Sect under its command, leaving Jia Nan Academy uncertain about the new threat. He and Su Qian visited Xiao Yan beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower, where Xiao Yan revealed his latest breakthrough and they noticed the Fallen Heart Flame was growing stronger.

• Su Qian told Xiao Heng that a mysterious figure had unified Demon Flame Valley and secured the Black Emperor Sect's allegiance, possibly challenging Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Heng and Su Qian went to the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower to find Xiao Yan, who had been cultivating there for nearly half a month.
• Students praised Xiao Heng as they passed, and Su Qian grew irritated when he overheard them claiming he could not withstand even three of Xiao Heng's moves.
• Xiao Yan greeted the visitors and told Xiao Heng that he had advanced to seven-star Dou Emperor.
• Su Qian noticed the Fallen Heart Flame had grown stronger, and Xiao Heng said it might eventually survive without the Formation Array and become a new Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Su Qian agreed to investigate and seize resources from Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley, then gathered forces from Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Li, and Thousand Medicine Workshop. As the group prepared to depart, Li Xuan and Xiao Yi Xian met without conflict, and Su Qian led everyone into the sky.

• Xiao Heng argued that Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley held valuable resources, and Xiao Yan and Su Qian agreed to launch an expedition.
• Xiao Heng advised Su Qian to bring a compact force of Dou Emperors and stronger Dou Kings so they could retreat if needed.
• The next day, Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng assembled Jia Nan Academy’s experts outside the academy, and Xiao Li arrived with his people.
• Xiao Heng brought Li Xuan and Thousand Medicine Workshop’s experts, adding another Dou Zong and a force of Dou Emperors and Dou Kings.
• Li Xuan greeted Xiao Yi Xian warmly, and the two women shook hands without arguing.
• Su Qian ordered the gathered forces to set off, and everyone flew into the sky.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan’s group prepared to attack Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect after two mysterious Dou Zongs took control of both factions. At a public gathering, Elder Feng and Elder Lei stirred up fear and anger against Jia Nan Academy while positioning themselves as the factions’ protectors.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan’s force assembled six Dou Zongs, nine Dou Emperors, and sixteen Dou Wangs to target Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect.
• Elder Feng and Elder Lei took control of the two weakened factions and gathered their followers to announce their merger and expand their influence.
• Elder Feng and Elder Lei appeared before the crowd, introduced themselves as former friends of Old Ghost of Earth Demon and Mo Tianxing, and claimed they had returned to their homeland.
• Elder Feng blamed Jia Nan Academy for the deaths of the former leaders, prompting the crowd to condemn the academy.
• Elder Feng warned that Jia Nan Academy planned to destroy both factions, frightening the gathered disciples and turning their attention toward the Wind Lightning Elders for protection.

The Wind Lightning Elders established Wind Lightning Valley by gathering Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect remnants and pressuring other factions to join. Xiao Heng arrived with Jia Nan Academy’s forces to stop them, and Su Qian let uninvolved groups leave, while a Demon Flame Valley elder urged the rest to stay out of fear of future retribution.

• The Wind Lightning Elders invited factions to join their new alliance, and several groups publicly agreed while others reluctantly stayed under pressure.
• The Wind Lightning Elders unveiled the Wind Lightning Valley plaque and announced the valley’s founding.
• Xiao Heng appeared and split the plaque with a sword strike, then challenged the Wind Lightning Elders for claiming Jia Nan Academy’s spoils.
• Xiao Heng revealed Su Qian, Xiao Yi Xian, Li Xuan, Xiao Yan, and other powerful Jia Nan Academy fighters, whose forces alarmed the crowd and the Wind Lightning Elders.
• Su Qian told uninvolved factions they could leave, and several groups departed despite the Wind Lightning Elders’ displeasure.
• A Demon Flame Valley elder warned those remaining that leaving would not erase their past hostility toward Jia Nan Academy.

Jia Nan Academy and its allies attacked Wind Lightning Valley after the Wind Lightning Elders refused to withdraw. Li Xuan faced Elder Lei in her first battle as a Dou Zong and was driven onto the defensive, with Elder Lei poised to strike her from behind.

• Many Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect members stayed with the Wind Lightning Elders after fearing Jia Nan Academy would pursue them later.
• Xiao Heng and Su Qian offered the Wind Lightning Elders a chance to withdraw, but Elder Feng declared that the former Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect members were now part of Wind Lightning Valley.
• After Elder Feng refused to back down, Xiao Heng and Su Qian ordered their forces to attack, and the Wind Lightning Valley experts charged back.
• Elder Lei targeted Hu Jia, but Li Xuan blocked his thunderbolt and challenged him to test her newly gained Dou Zong strength.
• Li Xuan's water techniques slowed Elder Lei but failed to stop his powerful attacks, and he appeared behind her and kicked toward the back of her head.

Xiao Yan, Su Qian, and their allies battled Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect forces, while Zi Yan overwhelmed a Black Emperor Sect Dou Emperor. Xiao Yan faced Elder Feng and revealed his strength and techniques, ending the chapter as their powerful attacks collided.

• Li Xuan blocked an attack with her Mysterious Water Shield and launched her Sky Water Tornado.
• Zi Yan battered a Black Emperor Sect Dou Emperor, who fled as she repeatedly caught and struck him.
• Su Qian intercepted Elder Feng, and Xiao Yan attacked him with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Elder Feng recognized Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames, then pursued him as Xiao Yan raised his strength to the peak of the Dou Emperor level and dodged with Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Mountain Splitting Seal, and Elder Feng countered with Thousand Wind Sword Qi.

Xiao Heng protected Li Xuan and fought Elder Lei in a contest of physical strength, then faced the veteran Dou Zong after he unleashed his full thunder power. Their close-range battle continued at tremendous speed, with neither fighter yet gaining a decisive advantage.

• After Xiao Yan and Elder Feng's attack engulfed them in a violent blast, Elder Lei pursued the weakened Li Xuan, and she called for Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng stopped Elder Lei with a punch and then struck him hard enough to send him flying, astonishing Li Xuan.
• Li Xuan withdrew, and Elder Lei unsealed his power by drawing nearby thunder into his body and enlarging his lightning-wreathed frame.
• Elder Lei used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to attack, and Xiao Heng met his speed with wind and lightning of his own.
• Xiao Heng and Elder Lei exchanged rapid blows that shattered space, while Xiao Heng's golden scales resisted Elder Lei's knee strike.

Xiao Heng overwhelmed Elder Lei with his physical strength while Xiao Yan and Su Qian faced Elder Feng. After asking Su Qian to hold Elder Feng back, Xiao Yan prepared to try a dangerous new method as the two Dou Zongs began fighting.

• Xiao Heng unfurled his Black and White Twin Wings, increased his speed, and struck Elder Lei hard enough to send him crashing into a crater.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the explosion after using the Overturning Sea Seal, and Su Qian joined him while Xiao Yan recovered some Dou Qi.
• Elder Feng cleared away the explosion and saw that Xiao Heng was suppressing Elder Lei, but he could not intervene while Su Qian and Xiao Yan watched him.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to hold Elder Feng back so he could attempt a dangerous plan, and Su Qian agreed.
• Elder Feng attacked Xiao Yan with Great Wind Palm, but Su Qian intercepted him and traded increasingly powerful attacks with him.

Xiao Heng defeated and killed Elder Lei in a brutal aerial battle while Su Qian continued fighting Elder Feng. Elder Feng realized Elder Lei had fallen and was overcome with grief and regret.

• Xiao Heng repeatedly overwhelmed Elder Lei with punches and kicks, exploiting his superior strength and speed.
• Xiao Heng shattered Elder Lei’s defenses with a final punch, fatally crushing his chest, then collected his corpse in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian checked on Xiao Heng, and he reassured her that he was fine and that they only needed a seventh-tier Dragon Scorpion Beast Magic Core.
• The Wind Lightning Valley fighters realized Elder Lei had died, while many disciples fled the battle.
• Elder Feng sensed Elder Lei’s death and regretted the decision that had led to his childhood friend’s death.

Elder Feng pursued Xiao Yan, who unleashed his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and devastated Demon Flame Valley. Xiao Heng caught the badly wounded Xiao Yan after the blast, and Xiao Yan lost consciousness.

• Elder Feng used the Wind God Curse to pressure Su Qian, then sped past him to pursue Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan evaded Elder Feng with his crimson wings and Three Thousand Lightning Movement while Elder Feng vowed to kill him.
• Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, shocking Xiao Heng and the others.
• Elder Feng tried to flee, but Xiao Yan launched the fire lotus, which exploded and sent a vast wave of flame through Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Heng caught the wounded Xiao Yan as he fell from the sea of fire, and Xiao Yan asked whether the attack was awesome before closing his eyes.

After defeating Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect, Xiao Heng led the group to plunder Demon Flame Valley’s treasury and found valuable cultivation methods, a Seventh-tier Fire Attribute Magic Core, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet art. The group left with the spoils divided among them, while Xiao Heng kept the puppet technique to copy for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Heng stored Xiao Yan’s fallen enemy, and Su Qian, Li Xuan, and Xiao Li led the forces in wiping out the remaining Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect fighters.
• Xiao Heng gave the recovering Xiao Yan a Seventh-Rank Pill, and the group set out to find Demon Flame Valley’s treasury.
• Zi Yan exposed the hidden passage, and Xiao Heng cut through the treasury’s stone door and killed its guardian snake.
• Xiao Heng bypassed the Energy Shields and distributed valuable Earth Grade cultivation methods and Dou Techniques to the group.
• Xiao Heng found a Seventh-tier Fire Attribute Magic Core and the Heavenly Demon Puppet art, gave the core to Xiao Yan, and kept the art to copy later.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan divided the spoils from their recent battles and stayed in the Black Corner Region to gather resources and refine Heavenly Demon Puppets. While sorting his treasures, Xiao Heng found a blue scroll and learned a puppet-refining technique before trading surplus goods with Little Grass for Spirit Stones.

• Xiao Heng counted six Dou Zong corpses and planned to refine more Heavenly Demon Puppets for Li Xuan and the others.
• Xiao Yan entrusted Xiao Li with handling the remaining spoils and warned him not to take on more than the Xiao Clan could manage.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan decided to stay in the Black Corner Region for one more round of resource gathering, while Xiao Yan planned to visit the Xiao Clan and Xiao Heng headed to Thousand Medicine Workshop.
• Xiao Heng sorted his Storage Rings, categorized his treasures, and brought cultivation methods and combat skills into the Little Grass Space.
• Xiao Heng found a blue scroll, asked Little Grass to adapt it for cultivation in this world, and studied a Puppet Refining Technique.
• Xiao Heng traded a pile of surplus items to Little Grass for Spirit Stones, then went to pick fruit while Little Grass began fishing.

Xiao Heng gave Li Xuan a high-grade Earth Tier cultivation method before working with Xiao Yan to refine Heavenly Demon Puppets for their family. Their first puppet, made from Silver Elder, was successfully bound to Xiao Li, and its final condition remained to be seen.

• Xiao Heng gave Li Xuan the Mysterious Water Art, and she was delighted by the cultivation method and its matching Dou Technique.
• After Xiao Heng and Li Xuan spent time together, Xiao Yan arrived with corpses, materials, Magic Cores, and captured souls to make more Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan began refining Silver Elder's corpse, with Xiao Yan tempering the corpse and soul while Xiao Heng prepared the materials and Magic Core.
• Xiao Heng infused the corpse with the molten materials, Magic Core, soul, and runes, then Xiao Yan used Xiao Li's blood to bind the puppet to him.
• The puppet opened its eyes and developed a bronze-colored body as Xiao Heng continued tempering it with Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined a series of powerful puppets from the corpses of their enemies, using their souls, Magic Cores, and rare materials. They completed a poison-wielding puppet and a heaven-grade puppet for Xiao Yan, then prepared to refine Elder Lei next.

• Xiao Heng completed a human-grade bronze puppet, and Xiao Yan tested its strength by being punched into a wall.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined several more puppets, including a flying earth-grade puppet from Yan Luotian and silver Dou Zong-level puppets from Huang Hua and Mo Tianxing.
• Xiao Heng used Xiao Yi Xian's poison to refine Xie Biyan into a puppet that could release deadly poison, sealing a weakened Soul Hall Protector inside it.
• Xiao Yan took the lead in refining Old Ghost of Earth Demon, while Xiao Heng helped turn him into a heaven-grade puppet.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon stabilized as a puppet with the strength of around a six-star Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan claimed him as an additional means of protection.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan finished refining a powerful Thunder puppet before Xiao Heng discovered that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body was erupting. He began preparing to suppress the poison, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian following his instructions so he could carry out the method.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined a Thunder-powered puppet using a Lightning Strike Stone, creating a construct Xiao Heng estimated to be around six-star level.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan left the secret chamber and planned to deliver the puppets before returning to the academy and setting out for Central Continent.
• Xiao Heng went to Xiao Yi Xian’s courtyard and found her trapped in a room filling with poisonous mist as her Calamity Poison Body erupted.
• Xiao Heng contained the poison and used Heavenly Flames to examine Xiao Yi Xian, while Old Yao urged him to use the sealing method.
• Xiao Yi Xian feared she would hurt someone and told Xiao Heng to act, but he reassured her that he could suppress the eruption and instructed her to undress for the procedure.

Xiao Heng sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, allowing her to absorb its poison safely and break through to five-star Dou Zong. After teasing each other over the intimate sealing process, Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Heng to thank him, and he left to rest.

• Xiao Heng traced the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal across Xiao Yi Xian’s body and successfully sealed her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian drew the poisonous fog into herself and advanced from four-star to five-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged teasing remarks about his having watched and waited outside her room, then Xiao Yi Xian knocked him on the head.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Heng and thanked him before returning to her room.
• Xiao Heng gathered his things and left to rest after refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet and sealing Xiao Yi Xian.

Zi Yan dragged Xiao Heng to the secret chamber to make him forge her promised gauntlets, and he enlisted Little Grass’s help to craft two dragon-themed artifacts. After more than a day of work, he finished a pair of silver bracelets and a purple hair ribbon, leaving Zi Yan eager to see whether they could be stored inside the body like Gu Yue’s.

• Xiao Heng woke from a dream when Zi Yan climbed onto him, then admitted he had not yet made the gauntlets he had promised her.
• Zi Yan dragged Xiao Heng and Gu Yue into the secret chamber and insisted on supervising while he forged the gauntlets.
• Xiao Heng asked Little Grass for help and spent more than a day melting, combining, and shaping the materials as Zi Yan grew bored and fell asleep.
• Little Grass guided Xiao Heng in inscribing runes, and Xiao Heng added blood from Zi Yan and Gu Yue to the molten artifacts.
• Xiao Heng completed a pair of silver bracelets and a purple hair ribbon, then woke Zi Yan, who immediately asked to see them and wanted items that could be stored inside the body.

Xiao Heng gave Zi Yan and Gu Yue powerful weapons, then visited Li Xuan to deliver resources and three Heavenly Demon Puppets for her protection. The chapter ended with Xiao Heng carrying Li Xuan in his arms as they prepared to test something else.

• Xiao Heng gave Zi Yan silver bracelets that transformed into gloves, and her first punch tore through the garden and damaged a house.
• Xiao Heng showed Gu Yue how her metal hair ribbon could pierce stone and split into threads, then told both girls to test their gifts outside.
• Xiao Heng visited Li Xuan at the Thousand Medicine Workshop and collected Storage Rings containing resources gathered from several sources.
• Li Xuan briefed Xiao Heng on the Workshop's recent gains and the forces it had absorbed, and he told her to manage the remaining resources as she saw fit.
• Xiao Heng gave Li Xuan three Silver Puppet Heavenly Demon Puppets, each able to contend with a Dou Zong, and explained their abilities and flaws.
• Li Xuan stored the puppets and turned her attention to Xiao Heng, who lifted her into his arms.