Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan defeated Gu Yao in the final clash, and the crowd acclaimed him as the winner of the tournament match. As the next contest began, Huo Zhi overcame Ling Yun'er after a long battle, leaving the other competitors' matches still to come.

• Lin Yuan used his Five-Star Dou Venerate strength and Five-Ringed Separation Fire to shatter Gu Yao's Annihilation Finger and knock him from the sky.
• Mang Tianchi declared Lin Yuan the winner, and the crowd erupted in applause as Lin Yuan returned to the Pill Tower seats.
• Xuan Kongzi offered to help Lin Yuan handle the ancient clans' interest in his Azure Blue Ice Flame, but Lin Yuan said he had plans to speak with them himself.
• Lin Yuan provoked Hun Feng and Hun Yu with a rude gesture, and the two Hun Clan youths responded with hostility.
• Huo Zhi and Ling Yun'er began the next match, and Huo Zhi eventually broke through Ling Yun'er's defenses with her Red Lotus Karmic Fire and severely injured her.

Huo Zhi won her match against Ling Yun'er, and the preliminary round ended with eight contestants advancing to the next day’s Earth Ranking matches. That night, Huo Xuan visited Lin Yuan to demand his Heavenly Flame synthesis method, and he began setting conditions for the exchange.

• Huo Zhi defeated Ling Yun'er, and Lin Yuan accepted her challenge to a future battle using their Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Dan, Lei Dong, Shi Yi, and Hun Feng won the remaining matches, with Hun Feng defeating Gu Hua using the Gu Clan’s Emperor’s Seal Technique.
• Mang Tianchi announced the eight advancing contestants and posted the next day’s matchups, including Lin Yuan against Huo Zhi and Hun Feng against Shi Yi.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Lei Clan manor and waited until Huo Xuan arrived to discuss the Azure Blue Ice Flame and the Yan Clan’s interests.
• Lin Yuan resisted Huo Xuan’s Soul-Luring Technique, confirmed that he had completed a method for synthesizing Heavenly Flames from sub-flames, and began naming conditions for the Yan Clan’s desired exchange.

Lin Yuan negotiated a preliminary deal with Huo Xuan for the Yan Clan to obtain his Heavenly Flame synthesis method, trading it for flame sub-flames, access to clan records, and secret techniques. He insisted on a twenty-year deadline and arranged for the Pill Tower to safeguard the method, then discussed medicinal-pill cooperation with Huo Xuan before ending the meeting.

• Lin Yuan proposed four conditions for giving the Yan Clan his Heavenly Flame synthesis method, including five sub-flames, access to records, three fire-attribute secret methods, and a twenty-year delay.
• Huo Xuan accepted the first three conditions in principle but questioned the delay and asked how the Yan Clan could obtain the method if Lin Yuan died.
• Lin Yuan said he needed twenty years to perfect the method and agreed to seal it in the Pill Tower under the three great heads’ witness; shortening the deadline to ten years would require five additional flame sub-flames.
• Huo Xuan agreed to take the proposed terms back to the Yan Clan for a formal decision, and she and Lin Yuan reached a preliminary consensus.
• Lin Yuan proposed medicinal-pill cooperation with Huo Xuan’s line, and she left satisfied after they discussed it.
• Lin Yuan ended the alert, and Qing Lin informed Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian that the meeting had concluded without incident.

The second day of the Martial Arts Ceremony began with a top-eight match between Gu Qingyang and Hun Yu. Hun Yu revealed a Divine Grade Soul Clan bloodline and gained the upper hand, leaving Gu Qingyang stunned.

• Mang Tianchi announced the top-eight match between Gu Qingyang and Hun Yu.
• Gu Qingyang activated his Blood Transformation Technique and Mystic Spirit Gathering Transformation, then attacked Hun Yu with three fused seals.
• Hun Yu countered with the Soul Devouring Destruction Palm, and Gu Qingyang’s attack appeared to overwhelm him.
• Hun Yu revealed that Gu Qingyang’s apparent advantage was an illusion and activated his clan mark, raising his strength to the Seven-Star Dou Venerate level.
• Hun Yu destroyed Gu Qingyang’s three-colored seal and sent him flying, prompting Gu Qingyang to recognize Hun Yu’s Divine Grade bloodline.

Hun Yu revealed a Divine Grade Bloodline and attacked Gu Qingyang, who used the Ancient Worm Emperor Robe to survive a heavy blow and counterattack. Hun Yu recovered and began preparing a more powerful strike, leaving their battle poised to continue.

• Gu Qingyang identified the Divine Grade Clan Mark on Hun Yu, alarming the Ancient Clan Lineages and prompting Elder Tong Xuan and Gu Xun'er to consider the Hun Clan's growing threat.
• Hun Yu unleashed black mist beasts and struck Gu Qingyang from behind with the Soul Devouring Palm.
• Gu Qingyang's Ancient Worm Emperor Robe blocked most of Hun Yu's attack, allowing him to counter with the Heaven Annihilating Seal and send Hun Yu crashing into the arena barrier.
• Hun Yu accused Gu Qingyang of using an external object unfairly, then began gathering power for another attack.

Hun Yu defeated Gu Qingyang with Soul Annihilation Palm, but Mang Tianchi intervened before the attack could kill him. Lin Yuan and Huo Zhi then began their match, agreeing to test their Heavenly Flames against each other.

• Hun Yu overwhelmed Gu Qingyang’s Annihilation Finger with Soul Annihilation Palm and nearly killed him before Mang Tianchi stepped in.
• Hun Yu mocked Gu Qingyang, and Mang Tianchi declared Hun Yu the winner of the first battle.
• Gu Qingyang thanked Mang Tianchi, returned to the Gu Clan seats, and chose to stay and watch the remaining matches.
• Mang Tianchi announced Lin Yuan and Huo Zhi as the second match, and both fighters entered the arena.
• Huo Zhi admitted she was no match for Lin Yuan but asked to test her Red Lotus Karmic Fire against his Azure Blue Ice Flame.
• Lin Yuan accepted, and the two brought out their Heavenly Flames as their duel began.

Lin Yuan faced Huo Zhi in the Earth Ranking contest, countering her Red Lotus Karmic Fire techniques and seizing a portion of its origin. After testing the flame, he concluded that its judgment of sin relied on inner demons and prepared to end the match.

• Yao Ling envied Huo Zhi’s Red Lotus Karmic Fire and renewed her interest in the Pill Convention for the Azure Blue Ice Flame, while Yao Tian and Gu Yao hoped Lin Yuan would win.
• Lin Yuan sent waves of Azure Blue Ice Flame at Huo Zhi, who defended herself with Red Lotus Sky Guard and attacked with Red Lotus Spiral Kill.
• Huo Zhi launched Karmic Fire Sin Severance, but Lin Yuan trapped the blood-colored flame and severed her attempt to retrieve it, capturing part of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire’s origin.
• Lin Yuan tested the flame and realized that its judgment of sin drew on inner demons, leaving him reassured that his past actions would bring no supernatural hindrance.
• Lin Yuan announced that it was his turn to end the match and summoned ice-blue fire dragons from the sea of flame.

Lin Yuan defeated Huo Zhi in the second battle of the second round by combining a flame formation, soundwave techniques, and a soul attack. After Huo Zhi conceded and removed her veil at his request, Mang Tianchi announced Lin Yuan as the winner, and Lin Yuan returned to his seat.

• Lin Yuan trapped Huo Zhi's Karmic Fire Red Lotus inside the Eight Dragons Sealing Heaven Array and unleashed the Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds, disrupting her Dou Qi and weakening her defense.
• Lin Yuan shattered Huo Zhi's Karmic Fire Red Lotus with a flaming arrow, and Huo Zhi conceded defeat, thanking him for showing mercy.
• At Lin Yuan's request, Huo Zhi removed her veil and revealed her face to the arena.
• Mang Tianchi announced Lin Yuan as the winner, and the audience applauded as Lin Yuan returned to his seat.

After Lin Yuan’s display in the arena, Yao Ying recognized him as a formidable rival and hoped the trip would awaken Yao Ling’s ambition. Lin Yuan then reassured his companions about Huo Zhi and considered the strategic reasons behind the potential marriage alliance between Gu Xun’er and Lei Dong, ending as he met Gu Xun’er’s gaze.

• Yao Ying warned Yao Tian that Lin Yuan’s fire control and combat skill made him difficult to defeat, and Yao Tian vowed to train harder.
• Yao Ying noticed Yao Ling’s interest in Lin Yuan and resolved to urge the clan leader to let her take a pill he had intended for Yao Tian.
• Zi Yan teased Lin Yuan about Huo Zhi, and Lin Yuan placated his companions while explaining that Huo Zhi was unlikely to marry outside her clan.
• Lin Yuan reasoned that a Gu Clan–Lei Clan marriage alliance could help counter the Hun Clan, then looked toward Gu Xun’er and met her gaze.

Lei Dong defeated Hun Dan in one move during the third match, then tried to win Gu Xun'er’s favor while she privately asked Lin Yuan to make Lei Dong lose face. The round ended with Shi Yi and Hun Feng called to the arena for the final match.

• Gu Xun'er asked Lin Yuan to arrange a meeting with Xiao Yan, while Qing Lin reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Lin Yuan and Gu Xun'er were not romantically involved.
• Lei Dong challenged Hun Dan to use his strongest technique and promised to admit defeat if he could not win in one move.
• Hun Dan activated his Clan Mark Secret Technique and summoned the Dark Skeleton King, but Lei Dong pierced its defenses with Demonic Thunderfall · Divine Edge and defeated him.
• Lei Dong saluted Gu Xun'er after his victory, but she ignored the attention and asked Lin Yuan to help embarrass him; Lin Yuan teased her before agreeing to nothing.
• Mang Tianchi sent Lei Dong back to recover and announced Shi Yi versus Hun Feng as the final match of the second round.

Hun Feng defeated Shi Yi in one move, ending the second round, then challenged Lei Dong to bring their match forward. Lei Dong accepted, and their third-round battle began with both fighters unleashing their clan marks and trading powerful attacks.

• Hun Feng caught Shi Yi’s Nine Tribulations Heaven Shaking Strike with one hand, then defeated him with the Ancient Emperor Seal.
• Mang Tianchi declared Hun Feng the winner, ended the second round, and announced the top four contestants and their prizes.
• Hun Feng challenged Lei Dong to fight immediately, and Lei Dong accepted after Lin Yuan and Hun Yu agreed to the change in match order.
• Mang Tianchi began the match between Lei Dong and Hun Feng, who both activated their clan marks and exchanged blows.
• Hun Feng attacked with the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Overturning Seal, while Lei Dong countered with Lightning Dragon Kill.

Lin Yuan and Xuan Kongzi assessed the evenly matched battle between Lei Dong and Hun Feng, identifying Hun Feng’s hidden power as the key. Hun Feng revealed strange black flames that swallowed Lei Dong’s attack, but both fighters replenished their Dou Qi with Heaven Tier cultivation methods, and Lei Dong began summoning his true trump card.

• Lin Yuan told Xuan Kongzi that the battle’s outcome depended on whether Hun Feng’s hidden power could withstand Lei Dong’s lightning offense.
• Lei Dong and Hun Feng exchanged rapid spear and blade attacks, with Hun Feng’s black flames devouring Lei Dong’s Seven-Colored Mysterious Lightning.
• Lei Dong unleashed a powerful spear thrust, and Hun Feng revealed Black Fire Calamity, which swallowed the lightning and formed a black flame beast.
• Lei Dong and Hun Feng each used a Heaven Tier cultivation method to replenish their Dou Qi and restore their strength.
• Lei Dong began forming hand seals, dark clouds gathered around him, and destructive black lightning stirred within them.

Hun Feng defeated Lei Dong in the first semifinal and advanced to the finals. Lin Yuan then began his semifinal match against Hun Yu, forcing Hun Yu out of his Illusionary Body with one punch.

• Lei Dong unleashed God Punishing Lightning, but Hun Feng used Minor Sky Swallowing Mirror and Fire Sacrifice to devour it, leaving Lei Dong severely weakened.
• Hun Feng struck at Lei Dong with Ten Thousand Souls Roaring Sky, but Mang Tianchi intervened and stopped the attack; Lei Dong admitted defeat, and Hun Feng advanced to the finals.
• Hun Feng mocked Lei Dong and claimed Xun'er was destined for him, but Xun'er rejected him and Xiao Yan silently resolved to grow stronger.
• Mang Tianchi announced the second semifinal between Hun Yu and Lin Yuan, and both fighters took their places on the arena.
• Hun Yu tried to attack Lin Yuan through Illusionary Body, but Lin Yuan saw through it and punched him out of concealment, then declared, "One move!"

Lin Yuan confronted Hun Yu in the Earth Ranking contest, first catching him off guard and then answering his clan-marked attacks with the Seven Wheel Separation Fire Formation. His Setting Sun Divine Arrow pierced Hun Yu’s Doomsday Seal and engulfed him in flames, prompting a Hun Clan Half-Saint to intervene as lightning descended before Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan appeared behind Hun Yu with an illusory-body feint and warned him that he had spared his life, humiliating him before the spectators.
• Hun Yu activated his clan mark, raised his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Venerate, and unleashed Soul Burial Blood Sacrifice using countless souls.
• Lin Yuan used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to reach Seven-Star Dou Venerate and formed the Seven Wheel Separation Fire Formation with seven fire spirits.
• Hun Yu sacrificed origin essence blood to create the Doomsday Seal, which Lin Yuan countered with his Seven Wheel Separation Fire: Setting Sun Divine Arrow.
• The arrow pierced the Doomsday Seal and exploded around Hun Yu; a Hun Clan Half-Saint rushed into the flames, and a streak of lightning landed before Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan defeated Hun Yu and advanced to the Earth Ranking finals, then arranged with Mang Tianchi to exchange his Heaven Tier Dou Skill reward for the Ancient Worm Emperor Robe refining method. The night ended with Mang Tianchi leaving Lin Yuan to receive an approaching guest.

• Lin Yuan defeated Hun Yu, and Mang Tianchi protected him from Hun Yun's threats before announcing Lin Yuan as the winner of the semifinal.
• Lin Yuan teased Gu Xun'er through the Sky Dome Network, while spectators discussed his interactions with her and the Hun Clan.
• Mang Tianchi announced that Lin Yuan and Hun Feng would meet in the Earth Ranking final three days later, after the Heaven Ranking finalists were chosen.
• Lin Yuan asked Mang Tianchi to arrange an exchange of his Heaven Tier Dou Skill reward for the Ancient Worm Emperor Robe refining method, and Mang Tianchi agreed.
• Mang Tianchi told Lin Yuan to call him Old Man Mang and departed, noting that a guest was approaching Lin Yuan.

Yao Ying and Yao Ling visited Lin Yuan to discuss acquiring his secret technique for synthesizing strange flames. Lin Yuan proposed exchanging it for the Yao Clan’s alchemy inheritance and revealed that he wanted its golden pill level legacy, leaving Yao Ying to respond.

• Yao Ying arrived with Yao Ling, and Lin Yuan welcomed them while Mang Tianchi warned Yao Ying not to pressure his student.
• Yao Ying sent Mang Tianchi away and told Lin Yuan he had come for the Azure Blue Ice Flame and the flame-synthesis secret technique.
• Yao Ying offered treasures, pills, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques in exchange, but Lin Yuan said he wanted the Yao Clan’s alchemy inheritance instead.
• Lin Yuan explained that Yao Tian’s ninth-tier inheritance only reached the treasure pill level and that he wanted the knowledge beyond it.
• Yao Ying said he might try to obtain the secret profound pill level inheritance, but Lin Yuan clarified that he sought the Yao Clan’s golden pill level alchemy inheritance.

Lin Yuan demanded that the Yao Clan trade a Golden Core-level alchemy legacy for his Flame Creation Secret Technique, insisting the condition would not change. Yao Ying agreed to take the proposal to the clan’s higher-ups, then turned to discuss another matter involving Yao Ling.

• Lin Yuan argued that the Flame Creation Secret Technique was valuable enough to warrant a Golden Core legacy and refused to lower his demand.
• Yao Ying said the legacy was a core inheritance beyond his authority and questioned whether Lin Yuan could ever refine a Golden Core.
• Lin Yuan urged the Yao Clan to weigh the secret technique’s immediate benefits against a legacy that might remain unused.
• Yao Ying said he would report Lin Yuan’s terms to the clan’s higher-ups and warned that the Yao Clan was determined to obtain the technique.
• Lin Yuan warned that dealing with him might be the best way for the Yao Clan to obtain the technique, and Yao Ying moved on to another matter involving Yao Ling.

Yao Ling proposed a secret agreement with Lin Yuan concerning the Pill Convention and the Azure Blue Ice Flame, offering him a wisp of the Nine Nether Wind Flame's sub-flame as a deposit. Lin Yuan accepted, confident he would win the convention and gain the flame.

• Yao Ling told Lin Yuan she would take Yao Tian's place in their Pill Convention Agreement and said she could use Lin Yuan's Dan Tower standing to force him to accept.
• Lin Yuan recognized that Yao Ling had come with a request, and Yao Ling proposed a secret agreement tied to Yao Tian's result against him.
• Yao Ling said that if Yao Tian defeated Lin Yuan, the agreement would be void and Lin Yuan would give Yao Tian the Azure Blue Ice Flame; if Yao Tian lost, Yao Ling and Lin Yuan would settle its ownership through their own contest.
• Yao Ling offered to persuade the clan elders to give Lin Yuan a wisp of the Nine Nether Wind Flame's sub-flame as a deposit.
• Lin Yuan agreed to Yao Ling's transaction.

Yao Ying saw the potential of Lin Yuan’s Flame Creation Secret Technique to replenish the Yao Clan’s dwindling Heavenly Flame collection, while Lin Yuan and Yao Ling reached an agreement over a future challenge and its deposit. Before Yao Ling left, Lin Yuan invited her to join the Seven-Star Maiden Association, and she accepted the Tian Ji Token.

• Yao Ying reflected on the Yao Clan’s lost and scarce Heavenly Flames and concluded Lin Yuan’s secret technique could change their predicament.
• Lin Yuan asked Yao Ling about the promised item, and she said she would arrange for his deposit to reach him soon.
• After Yao Ying left, Lin Yuan asked Yao Ling whether she preferred the title Tian Ji or Kai Yang.
• Lin Yuan explained the Seven-Star Maiden Association and offered Yao Ling the Tian Ji title, though she doubted his claims about its members.
• Yao Ling accepted the Tian Ji Token out of curiosity about the association and the other women with Dou Saint potential.

Lin Yuan introduced Yao Ling to the Seven-Star Maiden Association and its Tian Ji Token, prompting her to verify the organization by meeting Gu Xun'er. The two agreed to cooperate and arranged an in-person confirmation for the next day.

• Lin Yuan explained the Tian Ji Token to Yao Ling and told her that Gu Xun'er was the Yu Heng Star Lord, while Huo Zhi was a candidate for Kai Yang Star Lord.
• Yao Ling bound the Tian Ji Token to her soul and used it to enter the association's illusion space and request a meeting with Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er accepted the request and met Yao Ling in the illusion space, where Yao Ling asked her to reveal her disguise.
• After confirming each other's identities, Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er agreed to cooperate and arranged to meet in person the next day, wearing red ribbons on their arms.
• Gu Xun'er left the illusion space, put away her token, and resumed cultivating.