Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng left Li Xuan behind in the Black Corner Region and returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue. There, Xiao Yan refined a Seventh-Rank Pill, broke through in strength, and prepared to leave for the Central Continent with Xiao Heng.

• Xiao Heng left Li Xuan asleep and departed for Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue, while Li Xuan watched him go.
• Xiao Heng recognized Xiao Yan’s Pill Lightning as the sign that Xiao Yan was refining a Seventh-Rank Pill and joined Su Qian and the academy elders to watch.
• Xiao Yan used his techniques and an Earth Demon Puppet to withstand the Pill Lightning and successfully refined the pill.
• After catching the pill, Xiao Yan absorbed natural energy and spent three days completing a breakthrough.
• Xiao Heng exchanged resources with Su Qian for Spirit Stones, then asked Xiao Yan whether he was ready to prepare for their departure.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy for the Central Continent, said their goodbyes, and joined their friends for a farewell drinking gathering. The night ended with the group drinking all ten jars of wine, while Xiao Heng became too drunk to remember how he got back to bed.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng told Su Qian they would leave for the Central Continent the day after tomorrow, and Su Qian wished them well and offered to have Xin Lan make preparations.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan visited Pan Men, where Wu Hao and Hu Jia promised to join them once they were stronger.
• Hu Jia arranged a farewell drinking party and asked them to invite Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Xiao Heng and the others to tease one another about Hu Jia's feelings for him.
• Hu Jia, Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Wu Hao began drinking at sunset while Gu Yue and Zi Yan drank fruit juice.
• The group emptied ten jars of wine, and Xiao Heng became so drunk that he could not remember how he returned to his bed.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and their companions left Jia Nan Academy and traveled toward Central Continent, where Xin Lan explained the region’s major factions and its Space Wormhole network. After half a month, they reached the Tianqing Mountain Range near Tianya City.

• Su Qian gave the departing group a griffin, and Xiao Heng and the others bid farewell to the people at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Heng comforted the reluctant Zi Yan as Xin Lan guided the group toward the nearest Space Wormhole in Tianya City.
• Xin Lan described Central Continent’s major human factions, while Xiao Heng identified Soul Hall and explained its strength and Starfall Pavilion’s connection to Xiao Yan’s teacher.
• Xiao Heng named the Ancient Void Dragon, Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and Nine Netherworld Underworld Python as the strongest Magical Beast clans, and warned Xiao Yan about the two drops he carried.
• After traveling for half a month, Xin Lan announced that they had reached the Tianqing Mountain Range.

Xiao Heng and his companions arrived in Tianya City, where they learned the Space Wormhole was temporarily closed and spent time shopping while they waited. Their outing ended in a confrontation after an arrogant girl’s runaway carriage nearly hit them and her guards demanded an apology.

• Xiao Heng’s group descended into Tianya City after a Luo Family elder warned them that flying over the city was forbidden.
• Xiao Heng learned that the Space Wormhole was temporarily closed, and Wang Er reassured the group that it would likely reopen soon.
• Xiao Heng’s group visited the central commercial district, bought supplies, and browsed the shops and street stalls.
• A red-clothed girl drove a carriage recklessly through the streets, and Xiao Heng stopped her horse before Xiao Yan sent the carriage and its passengers crashing aside.
• The girl’s guards blocked Xiao Heng’s group and demanded an apology, while Zi Yan cursed them for blaming the group.

Xiao Heng and his companions clashed with the Luo Family after the girl in red threatened them and Uncle Hua attacked. The Luo Family's old ancestor agreed to pay two Seventh-Tier Magic Cores and discipline his granddaughter, but called out to Xiao Heng's group as they started to leave.

• The girl in red ordered Uncle Liu and Uncle Hua to attack Xiao Heng's group, and Zi Yan knocked Uncle Hua away with a single punch.
• The girl crushed a jade token to summon her grandfather, while Xiao Heng revealed that he was a Dou Zong and his companions released their auras.
• The Luo Family's old ancestor arrived, heard the witnesses confirm Xiao Heng's account, and offered two Seventh-Tier Magic Cores as an apology.
• The old ancestor slapped the girl in red and ordered her confined to her room, then Xiao Heng's group prepared to leave.
• The Luo Family's old ancestor called out to Xiao Heng's group before they had gone far.

Xiao Heng agreed to help Luo Cheng repair the damaged Space Wormhole in exchange for a Seventh-Tier Magic Core. The repair succeeded, leaving Luo Cheng ready to give the helpers their rewards.

• Luo Cheng asked Xiao Heng to help repair the Space Wormhole and offered him another Seventh-Tier Magic Core, which Xiao Heng accepted.
• The next day, Luo Cheng led Xiao Heng and the others to the Space Wormhole and introduced the two Han Family Elders he had invited.
• Luo Cheng explained that they needed to reinforce the Wormhole’s spatial imprint, and Xiao Heng and the other two helpers joined him in channeling Power of Space into it.
• The imprint solidified after roughly ten minutes, stabilizing the Space Wormhole, and Luo Cheng promised to present their rewards.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Heng if he was all right, and he said he was only slightly exhausted.

Xiao Heng accepted Luo Cheng’s gifts and waited for the Space Wormhole to stabilize before leading his group toward Central Continent. During the journey, he took the Green Lotus Core Flame’s lotus seat and fire-related materials to try nurturing a Child Flame.

• Xiao Heng declined Luo Cheng’s invitation to stay, exchanged a Seventh-Rank core for the Luo Family’s sixth-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core, and accepted Luo Cheng as a friend.
• The Luo Family delivered the promised rewards and a grade-five Space Ship, and Xiao Heng sent Luo Cheng a jade bottle as a return gift.
• After the Space Wormhole stabilized, Xiao Heng and his companions entered it, and Zi Yan piloted the Space Ship toward Central Continent.
• Xiao Heng borrowed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s lotus seat from Xiao Yan and collected Beast Flames and other fire-related materials to nourish a potential Child Flame.

Xiao Heng used the Green Lotus Core Flame’s lotus seat, a Green Lotus Seed, and part of his own flame’s origin to cultivate an artificial Heavenly Flame for Xiao Yan. After feeding it vast amounts of resources, he added a Seventh-Tier Magic Core and was astonished when the lotus seat did not absorb it at once.

• Xiao Heng formed a weakened fire lotus from a petal of his Extreme Star Flowing Light Flame and fused it with the Green Lotus Seed to create an egg-like sphere nurturing a new flame.
• Xiao Heng fed the newborn flame Beast Flames and fire-attributed energy, then set up a Formation Array to supply it with Spirit Stones.
• After the resources ran out, Xiao Heng asked Xiao Yan for everything he could spare and continued nurturing the flame in the Little Grass Space.
• Over a month, Xiao Heng spent more than five thousand Spirit Stones, twenty-three Beast Flames, and many other resources as the flame grew to emit Dou Emperor-level fluctuations.
• Xiao Heng tossed a Seventh-Tier Magic Core into the lotus seat, but it did not absorb it immediately, leaving him astonished.

Xiao Heng finished creating a new Heavenly Flame and gave it to Xiao Yan, who began feeding it despite having few resources left. As the group continued toward the Central Continent, their Space Passage suddenly became unstable before settling again.

• The flame consumed a Seventh-Tier Magic Core, hatched from its shell as a small red beast, and displayed the independent nature and power of a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Heng gave the new Heavenly Flame to Xiao Yan and explained how he had made it, warning that the process required rare Flame Seeds, Heavenly Flame origin essence, and many resources.
• Xiao Yan accepted the flame, began feeding it Dou Qi, and received a modified Storage Ring from Xiao Heng that could hold only a Heavenly Flame.
• After sixteen days aboard the Space Ship, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian discussed searching the Central Continent for a Seventh-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• The Space Passage trembled and its silver power grew illusory, alarming Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Xin Lan, and the others, but the passage soon stabilized.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and their companions were caught in a Space Storm while traveling through the Space Passage and struggled to escape. Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan were swept back into the storm, but Little Tree rescued Xiao Heng and brought him out onto a vast plain.

• A Space Storm struck the Space Ship, and Xin Lan advised the group to force their way toward the exit.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan pushed the Space Ship while Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue protected it with their Dou Qi.
• As the ship neared the exit, the storm intensified, struck Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan with the Power of Space, and pulled them back into the passage while the damaged ship escaped with the others.
• Little Tree took control of Xiao Heng's body and opened a way out of the Space Storm.
• Xiao Heng emerged onto a vast plain, regained control of his body, and realized something was wrong.

After exhausting himself tearing through a Space Storm, Xiao Heng fell into a desert, where he recovered from severe injuries with help from a caravan. He woke after more than two days and joined the kind travelers at their campfire, still too injured to exert himself.

• Little Grass scolded Xiao Heng for opening a Space Passage through the Space Storm, and he fell from the sky into the desert, unconscious and badly hurt.
• A Gray Wolf tried to eat Xiao Heng, but he woke enough to kill it before taking a pill and beginning to heal.
• Xiao Heng discovered that residual Power of Space was suppressing his recovery, so he circulated his cultivation technique and used Spirit Stones to restore himself.
• Uncle Han found Xiao Heng and brought him to the caravan after the woman in the central carriage ordered that he be taken along.
• After more than two days of recovery, Xiao Heng got out of the carriage and joined the caravan by a campfire, where Uncle Han and the others offered him food.

Xiao Heng recovered with help from Han Chong's convoy in the Northern Region of the Central Continent and learned that its young lady, Han Xue, had studied at Jia Nan Academy. After proving his connection to the academy, he received healing pills and realized he had landed in events meant for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Heng ate with Han Chong's group, introduced himself, and explained how he had been injured in a Space Storm.
• Xiao Heng learned that the convoy was from the Tianbei Han Family and was traveling toward Jia Nan Academy.
• When Han Xue appeared, Xiao Heng asked Ghost Head about her and learned that she was Han Xue, not her sister Han Yue.
• Xiao Heng showed Han Xue his Jia Nan Academy badge, and she gave him a bottle of healing pills while saying she would confirm his identity with her sister.
• After identifying the pills as third-grade, Xiao Heng decided to help with the events he recognized as Xiao Yan's story.

After surviving a Space Storm, Xiao Yan found a boiling spring in the desert and followed its unusual energy through underground rivers to a hidden magma lake. He discovered the Yin Yang Twin Flames, ranked twenty-first on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and stood before the tranquil flame.

• Xiao Yan recovered enough to travel with his Heavenly Demon Puppet to a rocky mound and found a boiling spring releasing pure fire-attributed energy.
• Xiao Yan spent three days healing beside the spring, then entered it with his Heavenly Flame and followed an underground river toward its source.
• Xiao Yan found a valley with a boiling lake divided between clear and black water, recovered there, and descended into the magma below.
• Xiao Yan reached a stone platform surrounded by black-and-white energy and identified the flame before him as the Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• The Yin Yang Twin Flames floated calmly before Xiao Yan without attacking him.

Xiao Heng traveled with the Han caravan toward Myriad Serpent Gorge, where they expected to encounter Demon Serpent Xia Mang. As the caravan neared the exit, signs of a giant snake appeared, and danger closed in.

• Xiao Yan discovered the legendary Yin Yang Twin Flames, while Xiao Heng finished another day of travel with the Han caravan.
• Han Xue warned the caravan that they would cross Demon Serpent Xia Mang’s territory, and Han Chong ordered everyone to double the night watch.
• The next day, Han Xue told Xiao Heng to stay in the carriage as the caravan entered Myriad Serpent Gorge with snake-repelling powder.
• Han Chong asked Xiao Heng to take Han Xue and escape if trouble arose, and Xiao Heng agreed.
• As the caravan neared the gorge’s exit, the trees shook and stones fell, revealing the trail of a huge snake.

The convoy was trapped by Demon Serpent Xia Mang, who demanded Han Xue in exchange for letting the others go. Xiao Heng killed Xia Mang with telekinetically controlled sword fragments, saving the convoy, and Ghost Head offered to treat him afterward.

• Han Chong offered Xia Mang a crystal card, but Xia Mang demanded that Han Xue stay behind.
• Han Xue attacked Xia Mang with her sword, but he shattered it and forced her back.
• Xia Mang ordered the snakes to attack, and Xiao Heng destroyed the venomous snakes with stones before confronting him.
• Xiao Heng pierced Xia Mang with fragments of Han Xue's shattered sword and killed him as he tried to flee.
• Ghost Head took Xia Mang's Magic Core and Storage Ring, gave the core to Xiao Heng, and promised to treat him at Heaven on Earth.

After defeating Demon Serpent Xia Mang, Xiao Heng recovered while the convoy continued safely beyond Myriad Serpent Gorge. He refined the Power of Space left by the Space Storm, greatly increasing his control over it and demonstrating a miniature Space Strangler.

• Xiao Heng reassured the convoy that he was still the same person, and Han Chong organized a search through the spoils after Xia Mang's death.
• Han Xue visited Xiao Heng's carriage, thanked him for saving the convoy, and gave him a crystal card as a token of gratitude.
• The convoy traveled smoothly for several days while Xiao Heng healed, and his injuries recovered by more than half.
• Xiao Heng gathered Power of Space in his hand and shattered part of the carriage wall, testing the miniature Space Strangler he had learned to use.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable exclaimed that Xiao Heng had mastered the Power of Space, and Xiao Heng explained that he had refined what the Space Storm left inside him.

Xiao Heng agreed to help the Han Family deal with the Hong Family, provided the Wind Thunder Pavilion stayed out of the conflict. He gathered ingredients from the caravan and began refining pills in front of everyone.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable asked Xiao Heng for more soul-restoring pills, and Xiao Heng promised to prepare for his resurrection once he acquired the remaining ingredients.
• Han Xue learned that the Hong Family was pressuring the Han Family to accept a marriage arrangement and discussed seeking Xiao Heng's help with Han Chong.
• Han Xue asked Xiao Heng to help the Han Family and offered to become his concubine, but he said he would consider helping depending on the circumstances and asked for resources instead.
• Xiao Heng told Ghost Head to obtain medicinal ingredients from the caravan, and Ghost Head realized Xiao Heng planned to refine pills for him.
• That night, Xiao Heng began batch-refining pills while Han Xue and the caravan members watched.

Xiao Heng distributed pills to Han Xue and the convoy before they entered Tianbei City's territory. When Hong Family elders Hong Lie and Hong Mu ambushed the convoy to seize Han Xue, Xiao Heng intervened and defeated them with the arrows from their attack.

• Xiao Heng refined and distributed pills to the convoy, giving Han Chong and Ghost Head additional bottles and offering Han Xue a Dou Ling Pill.
• Han Chong dismissed the group after warning them to stay alert on the journey into Tianbei City.
• Hong Lie and Hong Mu ambushed the convoy and demanded that Han Xue surrender, but Xiao Heng stepped forward to protect her.
• At Han Xue's request, Xiao Heng spared the two elders' lives and used the fallen arrows to slaughter their men.
• Hong Lie and Hong Mu combined their Dou Qi to attack Xiao Heng, but he sent the arrows through their defenses and pierced their limbs.

Xiao Heng brought the Han Family convoy safely to Tianbei City, where Han Xue asked him to help resolve the family’s crisis despite his urgency to find Xiao Yi Xian. At the Han estate, he arrived as the Hong Family pressed the Han Family to accept Hong Chen’s demands, and Hong Chen revealed his new standing in the North Pavilion of Wind and Thunder.

• Xiao Heng stopped Hong Lie and Hong Mu’s flames and defeated the two Dou Emperors, then the convoy continued toward Tianbei City.
• Xiao Heng told Han Xue he would help the Han Family but could not stay long, while worrying about Xiao Yi Xian.
• Han Xue led Xiao Heng into Tianbei City and rebuked Han Lin when he questioned whether Xiao Heng deserved to be an honored guest.
• Han Xue saw Hong Family carriages at the estate and hurried with Xiao Heng to the hall, where Hong Chen was confronting the Han Family.
• The Han Family’s middle-aged relative rejected Hong Chen’s demand that the family’s daughters serve one husband, and Hong Chen threatened them before revealing he had become an inner court disciple of the North Pavilion of Wind and Thunder.

Hong Chen challenged the Han Family to find someone who could defeat him in three days, or Han Yue and Han Xue would become his. Xiao Heng agreed to help the Han Family, though he warned them to prepare for the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

• Hong Chen gave the Han Family three days to find a same-generation fighter who could beat him, demanding Han Yue and Han Xue if they failed.
• Han Yue accepted the challenge on the condition that only she would be at stake, and Hong Chen departed with the Hong Family.
• Han Xue announced that the Han Family had someone capable of winning, and Xiao Heng arrived to reunite with Han Yue.
• Han Yue and Han Xue told Han Chi and the elders that Xiao Heng had killed a Dou Zong, become a Sixth-grade Alchemist, and reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Heng agreed to fight for the Han Family in exchange for resources, saying he could deal with the Hong Family but advising them to prepare for the Wind Thunder Pavilion.