Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan briefed Su Qian on Xiao Yan, Venerable Yao, and the Fallen Heart Flame, then secured access to the academy’s medicinal herb repository and proposed baiting Old Demon into a fight. Jia Nan Academy publicly blamed Lin Yuan for killing Demonic Flame Valley’s three elders and demanded pills to ransom their bodies, drawing the Black Corner Region’s attention; Old Demon learned that Mang Tianchi had not returned and reacted angrily to the provocation.

• Lin Yuan told Su Qian about Xiao Yan’s connection to Venerable Yao and shared what he knew about their plans and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Yuan showed Su Qian a body-refinement scroll and medicinal formulas, and Su Qian gave him access to the academy’s rare herb repository so he could attempt to refine seventh-grade pills.
• Lin Yuan told Su Qian to lure Old Demon out by publicly claiming responsibility for killing Fang Yan and the other two elders and demanding five sixth-grade pills for their bodies.
• Su Qian agreed to Lin Yuan’s plan, and news of the killings and ransom demand spread across the Black Corner Region.
• Old Demon learned that his spies had found no sign of Mang Tianchi at Jia Nan Academy and angrily questioned why the academy dared provoke him.

Old Demon led Demonic Flame Valley to Jia Nan Academy to avenge its slain elders, while Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to confront him. As Su Qian organized the academy’s defenses and sealed the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Old Demon arrived and challenged Lin Yuan to face him.

• Old Demon learned that Mang Tianchi was away, ordered Demonic Flame Valley to gather, and led more than twenty fighters toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan learned from Ling Ying that the Xiao Clan was doing well and that Old Demon was coming; he and Elder Yao decided to judge Jia Nan Academy’s strength before choosing whether to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame or travel to the Central Plains.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian agreed on tactics for fighting Old Demon, then sensed his forces approaching and went out to meet them.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to seal the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, assigned Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang to help suppress the Fallen Heart Flame, and headed to the academy’s northeastern outskirts.
• Lin Yuan asked Su Qian to leave Old Demon to him and Xiao Yi Xian while the academy elders handled the rest of Demonic Flame Valley.
• Old Demon arrived, exchanged words with Su Qian, and displayed five jade bottles of sixth-grade pills as he challenged Lin Yuan to come forward.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Old Demon after he came to Jia Nan Academy seeking revenge for Fang Yan and the other elders. They drew him away from the Academy and unleashed their secret techniques, ending the chapter as Lin Yuan formed the Green Lotus Bell to meet Old Demon’s ice-sword attack.

• Xiao Yi Xian silenced Demonic Flame Valley’s taunts with a poison attack, and Lin Yuan returned the corpses of Fang Yan and the other two elders to Old Demon.
• Old Demon revealed his seven-star Dou Sect strength and demanded Lin Yuan’s life; the resulting pressure stirred the enormous fire python inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan watched the confrontation with Gu Xun'er, Ling Ying, and Elder Yao, who advised them to observe rather than intervene.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian drew Old Demon into the sky, while Elders Gold and Silver blocked Su Qian and the Demonic Flame Valley forces engaged Jia Nan Academy’s people.
• Lin Yuan used two transformations of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian used her own transformation, and the pair faced Old Demon together.
• Old Demon’s ice attacks failed to break through Lin Yuan’s azure fire defenses, so Lin Yuan formed the Green Lotus Bell as Old Demon’s enormous ice sword rushed toward them.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian battled Old Demon while Jia Nan Academy’s defenders reinforced the seals containing the Fallen Heart Flame. As Xiao Yi Xian trapped Old Demon in her poison realm, Lin Yuan began preparing the Three Luminaries Destroying God Seal.

• Su Qian forced Elders Gold and Silver back while Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian’s clash with Old Demon drew attention across the academy.
• Hu Gan used Heavenly Cold Qi to weaken the Invisible Fire Python and drive it back into the Lava Sea as academy elders reinforced the Second Seal.
• Old Demon broke Lin Yuan’s Azure Fire Bell, but Lin Yuan’s Sunset Divine Arrow distracted him long enough for Xiao Yi Xian to strike with the Moon Essence Seal.
• Old Demon survived the blast and unleashed Blood Cold Extreme Freezing Heaven, but Xiao Yi Xian raised her strength and challenged him again.
• Xiao Yi Xian trapped Old Demon with Heavenly Poison Prison Realm and kept him occupied while Lin Yuan and his two Shadow Clones combined the three seals.
• Lin Yuan completed the Three Luminaries Destroying God Seal as its destructive energy began cracking the space around him.

Lin Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan defeated and killed Old Demon and routed the Demonic Flame Valley invaders at Jia Nan Academy. After recovering overnight, Lin Yuan and Zi Yan set out to raid Demonic Flame Valley while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to cultivate.

• Xiao Yi Xian released the Heavenly Poison Prison Realm, and Lin Yuan attacked Old Demon with the Three Luminaries Destroying God Seal.
• Zi Yan struck Old Demon out of hiding with Dragon Fist, and Xiao Yi Xian used the Blood of Misfortune to immobilize him and kill him.
• Lin Yuan and his allies chased down the Demonic Flame Valley invaders, then planned to raid the valley and reclaim its treasures.
• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that the Three Luminaries Seal Technique was unsuitable for him, and Gu Xun'er offered to teach Xiao Yan a seal-type Dou Technique.
• After a night of recovery, Lin Yuan learned that Xiao Yi Xian would stay behind to enter seclusion, then flew with Zi Yan toward Demonic Flame Valley.

After destroying Demonic Flame Valley, Lin Yuan found the Heavenly Demon Puppet method and returned to Jia Nan Academy to prepare to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame. With Su Qian and Two Elders Qian Bai helping secure the lava sea, Lin Yuan faced the fire python and declared that they would resume their battle.

• Lin Yuan killed Demonic Flame Valley's last Dou Emperor elder, then he and Zi Yan looted its treasury and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet method.
• Lin Yuan realized the puppet technique could help him create powerful puppets and decided to deal with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• At the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Two Elders Qian Bai blocked the Fallen Heart Flame's escape and sealed off the area from outside observation.
• Lin Yuan placed the Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame in the Flame Gathering Pot and confirmed that it could be stored in a storage ring, then handed it to Su Qian.
• Two Elders Qian Bai took Lin Yuan into the lava sea, where he challenged the Fallen Heart Flame to continue their battle from two years earlier.

Lin Yuan and the Two Elders Qian Bai captured the Fallen Heart Flame, and Lin Yuan erased its fire spirit’s wisdom and took control of it. After mastering its fire control and using it to temper his Dou Qi, he began refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet from Tang Ba’s corpse.

• The Two Elders Qian Bai overwhelmed the Fallen Heart Flame and gave its sealed origin to Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan used soul power and green fire chains to erase the fire spirit’s wisdom, then fused it with his own soul.
• At Pan Gate, Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that they would leave Jia Nan Academy after the Power Ranking Tournament and urged him to reach Dou Wang within a year.
• Seven days later, Lin Yuan completed his control of the Fallen Heart Flame, and the Two Elders Qian Bai returned to the Library Pavilion.
• Lin Yuan practiced the Flame Manipulation Art, used the Fallen Heart Flame to temper his Dou Qi, and began preparing Tang Ba’s corpse for a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• After expelling the Corpse Qi from Tang Ba’s body, Lin Yuan prepared to select a soul for the puppet and said he would grant Tang Shan’s wish.

Lin Yuan completed several Demon Puppets, including a peak Seven-Star Earth Demon Puppet, and prepared to descend into the lava sea to find Venerable Skyfire. He reached the barrier around the ancient cave dwelling, met Yao Tianhuo, and revealed that he knew of the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method.

• Lin Yuan refined Tang Ba's corpse with Tang Shan's mindless soul and a magic core, creating a Three-Star Human Demon Puppet for Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan used Old Demon's soul and the Ten Thousand Instruments Sect's artifact-refining method to create a peak Seven-Star Earth Demon Puppet.
• Lin Yuan released a shadow clone as a positional coordinate and entered the lava sea inside a Blazing Fire Shuttle, avoiding Blazing Lizard patrols along the way.
• Lin Yuan found a barrier containing a skeleton and a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, then passed through after the barrier sensed his Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo appeared as a remnant soul and introduced himself as the former owner of the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Yuan told Yao Tianhuo that he knew his name and had long yearned for the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method.

Lin Yuan and Venerable Skyfire struck a mutual aid pact, exchanging the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method and a plan to restore Venerable Skyfire for the young Fallen Heart Flame. They escaped the lava sea through battles with Blazing Lizardmen, and Lin Yuan emerged with a haul of fire pearls.

• Lin Yuan demonstrated his control of the Fallen Heart Flame, then agreed to help Venerable Skyfire repair his soul in exchange for the flame and the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method.
• Lin Yuan showed Venerable Skyfire a method for restoring his body and offered a mutual aid alliance, which they sealed with a palm strike.
• Lin Yuan stored the young Fallen Heart Flame in his demon puppet and collected Venerable Skyfire's bones before they set out through the lava sea.
• Lin Yuan and his demon puppets killed a Dou Sect-level Blazing Lizardman and its team, then fought their way past another group while Venerable Skyfire concealed their traces.
• Lin Yuan emerged from the lava sea with his three demon puppets and many fire pearls, including three rich in energy for his future advance to Dou Sect.

Lin Yuan left the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower with Venerable Skyfire, secured the young Heart Flame, and reported his gains to Great Elder Su Qian. After refining Soul Nourishing Saliva, he asked Venerable Skyfire to teach Xiao Yi Xian, who learned that the senior had encountered another fully developed Woeful Poison Body before.

• Lin Yuan had the mature Fallen Heart Flame gather energy for his future breakthrough, then controlled the young Heart Flame and used it to temper his Dou Qi.
• Lin Yuan gave Su Qian the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique and offered two of his three puppets to the academy; Su Qian warned him against acting too aggressively in the Central Plains.
• Su Qian gave Lin Yuan the Flame Gathering Pot manufacturing method and confirmed that the Fallen Heart Sub-Flame could keep the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower running.
• Lin Yuan refined Soul Nourishing Saliva and used it to restore Venerable Skyfire, then asked him to teach Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Yuan introduced Venerable Skyfire to Xiao Yi Xian, and Venerable Skyfire recognized her as a fully developed Woeful Poison Body and said he had encountered another one before.

Venerable Skyfire taught Lin Yuan the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body for two or three years, and Lin Yuan performed it before entering seclusion. Afterward, Lin Yuan entrusted Xiao Yi Xian’s training to Venerable Skyfire and asked him to examine two notebooks.

• Venerable Skyfire inspected Xiao Yi Xian and offered his Heavenly Capital Fire Seal, which could suppress her poison for up to three years.
• Lin Yuan showed Venerable Skyfire the Poison Pill Method, and Venerable Skyfire agreed to teach Xiao Yi Xian the sealing technique.
• Lin Yuan performed the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal on Xiao Yi Xian, sealing her poison and helping her aura rise to the peak of four stars.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison gas from Lin Yuan after it entered his body, and Lin Yuan revealed that he had been awake and turned the moment into an intimate encounter.
• Lin Yuan asked Venerable Skyfire to train Xiao Yi Xian during his seclusion and handed him two notebooks and a storage ring to examine.

Lin Yuan prepared to break through to Dou Sect after completing a transaction with Gu Xun’er for rare materials and puppets. He entered secluded cultivation above the lava sea with a Sect Breaking Pill, while Su Qian agreed to protect Xiao Yi Xian and reinforce the space barrier.

• Venerable Skyfire accepted Lin Yuan’s research notes, and Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian a ring so she could study under Senior Yao.
• Zi Yan returned with Shape-Shifting Grass, and Lin Yuan promised to refine a Shape Transformation Pill after his breakthrough and gave her pills and a Human Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan led Pan Gate toward the reopened Heavenly Flame Refining Tower as Gu Xun’er arranged a meeting with Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan completed his preparations, grasped the power of space, and agreed to provide Gu Xun’er two peak Dou Huang puppets, a four-star Dou Sect puppet, and a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for Bodhi Transformation Saliva, Earth Core Soul Marrow, and Pill Spirit Sap.
• Lin Yuan entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower’s lava sea, asked Su Qian to watch over Xiao Yi Xian and reinforce the space barrier, and began preparing to take the Sect Breaking Pill.

Lin Yuan completed the fusion of Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, refined energy from the Demonic Poison Spot, and advanced to Two-Star Dou Sect before leaving seclusion. He reunited with Su Qian, learned the academy had gathered ingredients for several high-grade pills, and planned to begin alchemy after resting.

• Lin Yuan finished fusing Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame into a powerful new Heavenly Flame and sealed it in the Blood Soul.
• Lin Yuan used the fused flame to refine energy from the Demonic Poison Spot, reached Two-Star Dou Sect, then sealed the remaining poison energy for later.
• Lin Yuan emerged from the magma world and met Su Qian, who had been guarding the entrance to keep Zi Yan from entering.
• Lin Yuan told Su Qian he had advanced to Two-Star Dou Sect, and Su Qian praised him as Jia Nan Academy's most outstanding student.
• Su Qian reported that the academy had collected four sets of Venerable Beginning Pill ingredients and six sets of Sect Origin Pill ingredients, and Lin Yuan said he would begin alchemy after a period of rest.

After reaching Dou Sect, Lin Yuan refined a powerful puppet for his planned trade with Gu Xun'er and began testing his experimental Flame Mantra by attempting to fuse the Sea Heart Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame Young Form. The fusion remained in progress as the chapter ended.

• Lin Yuan considered improving his body-refining skills and focused on preparing a puppet for his transaction with Gu Xun'er.
• Elder Yao failed to persuade Su Qian to trade away the Fallen Heart Flame, while Su Qian gave Elder Huo Lin Yuan's improved True Flame Manipulation Art.
• After half a month of work, Lin Yuan completed a puppet with four-star Dou Sect battle strength and advanced to the third stage of the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method.
• Lin Yuan built seven space barriers to isolate his experiment, then used his experimental Flame Mantra to begin fusing the Sea Heart Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame Young Form.

After a month in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Lin Yuan completed the fusion of the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, then refined the Demonic Poison Spot to advance to Two-Star Dou Sect. He emerged from seclusion and learned that the academy had gathered ingredients for several pills, which he planned to begin refining after recovering.

• Lin Yuan completed the fusion of the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, creating a powerful ice-blue Heavenly Flame that could also temper and nourish the soul.
• Lin Yuan used the new flame to refine part of the Demonic Poison Spot, absorbed its energy, and reached Two-Star Dou Sect before resealing it.
• Lin Yuan stored his belongings in the modified Abyssal Sea Ring and emerged from the magma world, where Su Qian had been guarding the entrance to keep Zi Yan from going down.
• Lin Yuan told Su Qian that he had reached Two-Star Dou Sect, and Su Qian praised his cultivation and considered having him attend an upcoming grand gathering.
• Su Qian reported that the academy had gathered four sets of ingredients for the Venerable Beginning Pill and six for the Sect Origin Pill, and Lin Yuan said he would begin alchemy after adjusting.

Lin Yuan challenged Gu Yao to a wagered battle after Gu Yao tried to kill a Jia Nan Academy student, staking a Venerable Beginning Pill against Gu Yao’s Earth Tier High-Grade movement skill. Lin Yuan gained the upper hand by trapping Gu Yao in the Azure Lotus Separation Fire Formation, and Gu Yao’s strength rapidly waned.

• Lin Yuan confronted Gu Yao over his attack on a Jia Nan Academy student and proposed a battle with a wager.
• Gu Yao accepted, staking the Earth Tier High-Grade movement skill Void Roam against Lin Yuan’s Venerable Beginning Pill, with Gu Xun'er as witness.
• Lin Yuan and Gu Yao went to the academy’s back mountain, where Lin Yuan said he wanted to test his strength against a Central Plains contender.
• Gu Yao vanished into the surrounding space and struck at Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan detected and intercepted his attack.
• Lin Yuan overpowered Gu Yao in close combat, restrained both his hands, and encased them in the Azure Lotus Separation Fire Formation.
• The formation suppressed Gu Yao’s Extreme Cold Qi while strengthening Lin Yuan, tilting the battle rapidly in Lin Yuan’s favor.

After four months of seclusion, Lin Yuan learned about the academy’s recent affairs, strengthened the Heart Flame Sub-Fire, and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan. He examined the spoils from their destruction of the Black Emperor Sect and found a valuable item, while Zi Yan reminded him to refine her Form Transformation Pill.

• Lin Yuan learned that the Black Emperor Sect had been destroyed, the Ancient Clan would soon visit, and Su Qian had refused Elder Yao’s offer to trade for the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Yuan used some of the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin to strengthen the Heart Flame Sub-Fire and handed Su Qian a copper-colored puppet.
• Lin Yuan left the tower, learned that Xiao Yi Xian taught pharmacology at Jia Nan Academy, and returned to his courtyard to share a meal with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Zi Yan killed Mo Ya after he tried to drug her and steal her demon puppet, and Xiao Yi Xian killed Mo Tianxing when he sought revenge; the two then looted the Black Emperor Sect.
• Lin Yuan examined the sect’s storage rings, found valuable resources and Mo Tianxing’s dried corpse, and praised Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan before Zi Yan demanded that he refine her Form Transformation Pill.

Lin Yuan gave Gu Xun'er three powerful puppets to protect Xiao Yan, then began refining the Venerable Beginning Pill at the Inner Academy. He successfully started processing its difficult ingredients, while students and elders watched from a distance.

• Lin Yuan handed Gu Xun'er one Four-Star Dou Sect Level puppet and two Peak Dou Huang Level puppets before receiving the promised items, warning her that her clansmen might threaten Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er thanked Lin Yuan, and Ling Ying told her the Black Annihilation Army would arrive in about half a month; she ordered him to tell them not to disturb the Xiao Clan because the Ancient Jade had likely fallen into the Hun Clan’s hands.
• Lin Yuan spent five days mastering the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method, then went to the Inner Academy’s secluded stone platform to refine the Venerable Beginning Pill.
• Su Qian, Elder Huo, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and many Inner Academy students gathered at a distance to watch Lin Yuan begin refining the pill.
• Lin Yuan used the Green Lotus Core Flame and his powerful soul force to process the medicinal ingredients, extracting and balancing their essences with precise control.

Lin Yuan completed the Venerable Beginning Pill and drew pill lightning over Jia Nan Academy. As the Black Annihilation Army arrived to see Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian blocked their advance and revealed her Dou Zong strength.

• Lin Yuan fused the medicinal powers into an embryonic pill over nine days, then nurtured it with Green Lotus Core Flame until the Venerable Beginning Pill formed.
• Pill lightning gathered over the inner academy, and Lin Yuan stood beneath the thunderclouds as the academy's people watched his success.
• Gu Yao led the Black Annihilation Army toward Jia Nan Academy to welcome Xun'er, while Gu Zhen and Ling Quan followed.
• The Black Annihilation Army's gathered force dispersed when pill lightning darkened the sky, and Gu Yao ordered the group to investigate the high-grade pill.
• Su Qian and Xiao Yi Xian intercepted the army, and Xiao Yi Xian threatened to kill anyone who advanced without her permission.
• The Black Annihilation Army was shocked to sense Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Zong aura, and Ling Quan questioned how someone so young could have reached that realm.

Lin Yuan refined the Venerable Beginning Pill and used its pill lightning to strengthen the Earth Demon Puppet, which reached eight-star combat strength. Gu Xun'er’s Ancient Clan party arrived to take her away, and Lin Yuan anticipated a confrontation involving Xiao Yan as the chapter ended.

• Elder Yao explained that pill lightning accompanied the birth of seventh-grade pills, while Gu Xun'er recognized the arriving force as the Ancient Clan’s Black Annihilation Army and warned Xiao Yan to keep his distance from them.
• Gu Yao confronted Xiao Yi Xian at Jia Nan Academy’s gates, but Gu Zhen calmed the exchange and Su Qian invited the Ancient Clan guests to watch Lin Yuan’s pill ceremony.
• Lin Yuan sent the Earth Demon Puppet to absorb the pill lightning, and after a fierce final strike, the puppet survived and advanced to eight-star strength.
• Lin Yuan captured the escaping Venerable Beginning Pill and stored it, then looked toward Gu Xun'er and the Ancient Clan guests as he anticipated a good show.
• Gu Xun’er judged that the strengthened puppet could protect Xiao Yan after she left, while Gu Yao and Gu Zhen turned their attention toward her.