Chapter Summaries

Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion, and Lu Bu used a Soul Recovery Pill formula to persuade her to serve as his fighter. Meanwhile, Han Feng investigated why the Black Emperor Sect had told him that Jia Nan Academy possessed the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Queen Medusa appeared before Lu Bu and Zi Yan, then suppressed the Heaven Swallowing Python’s jealousy and other emotions influencing her.
• Lu Bu gave Zi Yan her pills and offered Medusa a Soul Recovery Pill formula in exchange for becoming his fighter.
• Han Feng learned that the Inner Academy might possess the Fallen Heart Flame and ordered agents to investigate Jia Nan Academy and the Black Emperor Sect.
• Lu Bu negotiated with Medusa, and she agreed to serve as his fighter for five years before he pressured her to keep the agreement for the sake of the Snake People Tribe.

Lu Bu began cultivating the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Emperor Seal Art while Zi Yan led Medusa toward a medicinal ingredient despite the danger nearby. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen plotted to use Lu Bu to draw Han Feng into a scheme, as Mo Tianxing investigated the venom that had killed his son; the chapter ended with Lu Bu refining a stronger Talisman Puppet.

• Lu Bu sent Zi Yan and Medusa to gather herbs, warned them to avoid Mo Tianxing, and began learning the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Emperor Seal Art.
• Zi Yan revealed her mischievous, battle-loving nature and persuaded Medusa to search for the Soul Returning Demonic Fruit near a giant snake.
• Bei Ju and Reina received missions to investigate the Inner Academy and place a scroll in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen planned to lure Han Feng with a Nirvana Pill and falsely claim that Han Feng possessed the Spirit Ascension Method Lu Bu wanted.
• Mo Tianxing learned from Qi Shan that the venom linked to his son's death came from a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and ordered a search for information about the beast.
• After two days of practice, Lu Bu formed the Mountain Splitting Seal and began refining the escaped Six-star Dou Huang's corpse into a Talisman Puppet.

Queen Medusa and Zi Yan stole rare medicinal herbs while Lu Bu experimented with a new puppet, but their search brought them into contact with Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect. The chapter ended with Mo Tianxing greeting Queen Medusa after becoming captivated by her.

• Queen Medusa distracted a peak sixth-tier Mysterious Water Spirit Snake while Zi Yan stole two Soul Returning Demonic Fruits, then the pair escaped.
• Mo Tianxing and two attendants heard the battle while searching the secret realm's Space Barrier, but continued their investigation until they sensed a Dou Zong nearby.
• Lu Bu used the Power of Space to refine a puppet and sent the Azure Fire Puppet north after hearing distant beast roars.
• Queen Medusa and Zi Yan subdued an Earth Savage Tiger and collected five Mysterious Heart Grass plants, with Zi Yan keeping two for herself and Lu Bu.
• Mo Tianxing led his attendants toward the Dou Zong aura and found Queen Medusa and Zi Yan; captivated by Queen Medusa, he introduced himself as Mo Tianxing of the Black Emperor Sect.

Queen Medusa fought Mo Tianxing and Elder Feng after the Black Emperor Sect tried to seize her and Zi Yan, while Zi Yan fled and was pursued. Lu Bu arrived in time to protect Zi Yan, then turned his attention to Feng Bu after learning Mo Tianxing meant to take Medusa as his wife.

• Mo Tianxing tried to lure Queen Medusa to a banquet, then ordered his guards to surround her and Zi Yan.
• Queen Medusa broke Mo Tianxing's Spatial Lockdown and badly wounded Elder Feng with her sword as Zi Yan escaped.
• Feng Bu chased Zi Yan through the forest, but the Mysterious Water Spirit Snake appeared and demanded its Soul Returning Demonic Fruit.
• The Azure Fire Puppet arrived and drove back the Mysterious Water Spirit Snake before Lu Bu emerged from a spatial formation.
• Zi Yan told Lu Bu that Mo Tianxing had targeted Medusa, and Lu Bu fixed his gaze on Feng Bu as the elder froze in fear.

Lu Bu and Zi Yan killed Feng Lao'er and rushed to rescue Medusa, who was battling Mo Tianxing. Mo Tianxing recognized Medusa as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and unleashed his full strength, leaving her facing a dangerous fight.

• Lu Bu recognized Feng Lao'er as a member of the Black Emperor Sect and sent a Talisman Puppet to attack him.
• Feng Lao'er tried to escape, but Zi Yan broke his arms with a punch and the puppet killed him before she could take his Ring.
• Lu Bu picked up Zi Yan and flew toward Medusa after warning that they might arrive too late to save her from becoming snake soup.
• Medusa and Mo Tianxing exchanged attacks, and Mo Tianxing recognized her as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Mo Tianxing declared that he could not let Medusa leave and unleashed a surging aura, prompting her to realize he was going all out.

Lu Bu rescued Medusa from Mo Tianxing’s attack, then joined her in fighting the Black Emperor Sect master. After Lu Bu badly injured Mo Tianxing and he fled, Medusa’s aura grew unstable and she clung to Lu Bu, leaving him unsure what to do.

• Mo Tianxing unleashed Space Strangling against Medusa, but Lu Bu appeared and pulled her out of danger.
• Medusa slapped Lu Bu’s hand away, while Mo Tianxing grew furious and struck Elder Feng for urging him to retreat.
• Lu Bu revealed that he had used the Heaven Swallowing Python to kill Mo Tianxing’s son, and he and Medusa joined forces against Mo Tianxing.
• Mo Tianxing shattered Medusa’s sword aura and tried to pull her toward him, but Lu Bu struck him with Mountain Splitting Seal and sent him flying.
• Mo Tianxing fled as Lu Bu turned to pursue him with Medusa, but Medusa’s aura became unstable and she clung to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu returned to the Inner Academy after the secret-realm battle, while Mo Tianxing resolved to keep exploring and Han Feng plotted to seize both the Fallen Heart Flame and a Nirvana Pill. At the Sacred Gate, Geng Kong praised its members, including Xiao Yan, leaving Lu Bu displeased.

• Medusa tricked Lu Bu by pretending to be under the Heaven Swallowing Python's influence before changing back into the little snake, and Lu Bu fed it Purple Crystal Source.
• Lu Bu scolded Zi Yan for provoking the fight, then flew with her toward a corpse to retrieve its Ring.
• Mo Tianxing and Elder Feng assessed the Black Emperor Sect's heavy losses and chose to heal before continuing their secret-realm exploration for a treasure that could restore their strength.
• Lu Bu overheard Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Xun'er, and Yao Lao discuss Han Feng, then considered targeting Han Feng for his Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Han Feng learned that Mo Tianxing's Dou Huangs had disappeared, then received news of a Nirvana Pill and ordered plans to obtain it along with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Geng Kong visited the Sacred Gate and praised Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, prompting Lu Bu to resent his praise of Xiao Yan.

Lu Bu discovered that Han Feng had announced a High-grade Seventh-grade Nirvana Pill and invited Black List experts to retrieve it. Suspecting that Yao Chen had arranged the news to draw him into confronting Han Feng, Lu Bu decided the plan would have to wait until after the Fallen Heart Flame went berserk.

• Xiao Yan learned that Lu Bu had become a Three-star Dou Ling, while Xiao Xun'er revealed her Four-star Dou Ling strength and teased him.
• Lu Bu proposed sparring with Xiao Xun'er using the Emperor Seal Art, prompting her to flee with Xiao Yan; she later claimed she feared Lu Bu because they had fought before and her flames had gone berserk.
• Lu Bu inspected the Sacred Gate's pill-refining room, guided its four alchemists, and updated their Second- and Third-grade pill formulas.
• A Tai told Lu Bu that Han Feng had announced the Nirvana Pill and recruited Black List experts to retrieve it.
• Lu Bu suspected Yao Chen had publicized the pill to lure him into dealing with Han Feng, but resolved to wait until after the Fallen Heart Flame went berserk.

Lu Bu noticed Reina approaching the Fallen Heart Flame and suspected he was planning something, then returned to the Sacred Gate when he ran out of Fire Energy. Xiao Xun'er visited him that night and offered him the post of Eighth Commander of the Black Annihilation Army before leaving to become its Commander-in-Chief.

• Liu Fei and Han Yue traded pointed remarks while walking into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with Lu Bu.
• Su Qian watched them enter, then left the tower to enjoy his day off.
• Lu Bu spotted Reina moving toward the tower’s forbidden center and grew suspicious of his intentions.
• Lu Bu ran out of Fire Energy, transferred more from Hu Jia, and returned to his room after the tower closed.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Lu Bu a Black Annihilation Army token and recruited him as its Eighth Commander.

Lu Bu accepted Xiao Xun'er’s token and learned that the Black Annihilation Army hunted the Dark Races while training the Ancient Clan’s younger generation. At Zi Yan’s estate, Su Qian questioned her about Lu Bu’s recent use of his Azure Flame, and Lu Bu arrived as their conversation continued.

• Lu Bu joked with Xiao Xun'er about marrying into the Ancient Clan before asking what the Black Annihilation Army did.
• Xiao Xun'er explained the army’s duties, described the Dark Races, and said the token would protect Lu Bu from suspicion over using the Emperor Seal Art.
• After Xiao Xun'er left, Lu Bu examined Emperor Wu’s Soul Hall token and mused that he could belong to the Soul Hall, the Ancient Clan, and the Ancient Void Dragon.
• Su Qian visited Zi Yan and questioned her about Lu Bu’s condition and whether he had used his Heavenly Flame on his recent outing.
• Lu Bu’s voice reached Su Qian and Zi Yan as he arrived at the estate.

Lu Bu agreed to help Su Qian deal with the Fallen Heart Flame while Han Feng assembled Black Corner Region forces to attack Jia Nan Academy and steal it. Lu Bu discovered two of Han Feng’s planted agents preparing to sabotage the tower and considered interfering.

• Lu Bu admitted he had an ulterior motive at Jia Nan Academy, then agreed to help Su Qian if the Fallen Heart Flame caused trouble.
• Su Qian left Lu Bu and Zi Yan together after asking for his help.
• Han Feng gathered Black Corner Region leaders in Medicine Emperor City and planned to disrupt Jia Nan Academy before taking the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng asked Fan Lao to keep searching for the Nirvana Pill while his agents prepared to cause chaos within a week.
• Bei Ju and Reina agreed that Bei Ju would create a disturbance on the tower’s third level while Reina handled the rest.
• Lu Bu overheard the planted agents’ plan and considered giving them a push.

Lu Bu cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower while Han Feng’s agents triggered a catastrophe by unleashing Sea Heart Flame and setting off Fallen Heart Flame. The tower’s defenses began to fail as Su Qian and the elders faced the raging Formless Fire Python.

• Lu Bu returned to the Sacred Gate, concealed his Green Wood Immortal Vine from Xiao Yan, and entered seclusion on the tower’s fifth floor.
• On the third night of Lu Bu’s seclusion, Bei Ju unleashed Sea Heart Flame and attacked the students, but Lu Bu blocked the flame serpent and seized him.
• On the fourth floor, Reina breached the Space Barrier and detonated a Sea Heart Flame scroll beneath the magma, awakening the creature below.
• Lin Yan and Lu Bu evacuated with Reina and Bei Ju as the tower shook and a blood-red magma pillar erupted from its depths.
• Su Qian and two Dou Emperor elders tried to hold the tower, but magma engulfed them as the Formless Fire Python emerged and the tower began cracking.

Lu Bu watched as Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders contained the Fallen Heart Flame, but Han Feng arrived with Black Corner Region experts to seize it. The chapter ended with Han Feng ordering the Gold-Silver Elders to attack Su Qian while the Academy faced an invasion.

• Han Feng rallied the Black Corner Region experts and led them toward Jia Nan Academy to seize its Heavenly Flame, while Fan Lao worried that the flame would suppress his strength.
• Zi Yan tried to rush to the burning Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, but Lu Bu stopped her as Su Qian emerged from the flames and struck the Formless Fire Python.
• Elder Lei trapped the Formless Fire Python with an ice formation, and Su Qian and the arriving Dou Huangs and Dou Wangs completed the Thousand-Layer Sealing Formation to imprison it again.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan reluctantly watched the Academy seal it while suspecting Lu Bu was involved.
• Han Feng and his allies entered the Inner Academy carrying injured Elders Su and Qing, then demanded the Fallen Heart Flame and revealed that Mo Tianxing had leaked its location.
• Han Feng ordered the Gold-Silver Elders to help him attack Su Qian, putting the Academy and its newly sealed Heavenly Flame in danger.

Xiao Yan learned that Fallen Heart Flame was only temporarily sealed as Han Feng and the Black Corner Region attacked Jia Nan Academy. Lu Bu and Zi Yan joined the battle, with Lu Bu sending a powerful puppet to hold off Han Feng before flying toward Fan Lao.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan to stay away from the fight because Fallen Heart Flame could target the Heavenly Flames within him or Lu Bu, so Xiao Yan retreated with Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun'er.
• Han Feng ordered the Black Corner Region experts to attack, and the fighting between them and Jia Nan Academy's defenders intensified.
• Han Feng attacked the seal with Sea Heart Flame, prompting Zi Yan to charge at him while Lu Bu sent the Green Fire Puppet to protect Elder Lei Yi and the others.
• Lu Bu told the elders to continue maintaining the formation and went with Zi Yan to fight the attackers, while the puppet battled Han Feng using Azure Flame.
• Lu Bu flew toward Fan Lao, whom he considered an easy target, as Xiao Yan watched and wondered whether Lu Bu would reveal his true strength.

Lu Bu and Zi Yan joined the fight against Fan Lao, and Lu Bu used his Heavenly Flames to overpower the Blood Sect master. After severing Fan Lao’s arm, Lu Bu faced him again as the battle continued.

• Zi Yan struck Fan Lao with a powerful punch, and Lu Bu arrived as she held him off.
• Lu Bu told the instructors to help elsewhere and confronted Fan Lao, who attacked him with a bloody claw.
• Lu Bu used the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations to strengthen himself, crush Fan Lao’s hand, and sever his forearm.
• The instructors rushed to aid the other battlefields while the Black Corner Region fighters reacted in shock to Fan Lao’s injury.
• Fan Lao regenerated his arm and unleashed a chilling aura, while Lu Bu threatened to pull out his tongue.

Lu Bu and Zi Yan defeated Fan Lao during the battle at the Inner Academy, while Han Feng broke through the elders’ defenses and damaged the seal over the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. Han Feng prepared to seize Fallen Heart Flame as the Inner Academy faced a new crisis.

• Fan Lao trapped Lu Bu in a sea of blood and attacked him with Blood Demon Hand, but Lu Bu’s cyan Heavenly Flame evaporated the sea and shattered the strike.
• Han Feng, entangled with the Azure Fire Puppet, battered it with Sea Heart Flame and began destroying its body.
• Lu Bu prepared Emperor Seal Art as Zi Yan sneaked up on Fan Lao and broke his waist with a punch.
• The Inner Academy students rushed forward and killed Fan Lao, leaving the remaining Black Corner Region experts outnumbered.
• Han Feng struck down the Green Fire Puppet, drove back the elders, and cracked the seal on the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower as he moved to claim Fallen Heart Flame.

Han Feng failed to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, which swallowed Lu Bu and fled underground. Trapped beneath the magma with Queen Medusa, Lu Bu claimed they had only an hour left and asked whether she wanted to try something new.

• Han Feng broke the seal, but the Fallen Heart Flame burned him from within and struck him with its tail, leaving him badly injured.
• The Fallen Heart Flame unleashed heartfire across the gathered fighters, then lured Lu Bu into shielding Zi Yan and swallowed him.
• Hu Gan and Su Qian led attacks against the Fallen Heart Flame, which escaped into the magma as the Inner Academy prepared a sealing formation and the Outer Academy fought the Black Corner Region forces.
• Underground, Lu Bu protected himself with an ice-attributed magical core and searched for the Fallen Heart Flame's source while it tried to devour his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Lu Bu, and he falsely told her they had one hour to live before asking if she wanted to try something she had never done before.

While Lu Bu remained trapped beneath the magma, he absorbed the Formless Fire Python and reached eight-star Dou Wang. On the surface, Zi Yan took charge of the Sacred Gate and Xiao Yan renewed his cultivation; Lu Bu and Queen Medusa then prepared to investigate a summons from below.

• After Lu Bu was presumed lost, Zi Yan took charge of the Sacred Gate, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran intensified their cultivation after Xiao Xun'er disappeared.
• Xiao Yan advanced to Dou Ling, then asked Yao Lao to help him cooperate with Su Qian and obtain Sea Heart Flame.
• Underground, Lu Bu trapped the Formless Fire Python with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and drained its power while Queen Medusa cultivated nearby.
• Lu Bu destroyed the Formless Fire Python's consciousness, leaving Fallen Heart Flame without intelligence, and reached eight-star Dou Wang.
• Lu Bu sensed a summons from below and invited Queen Medusa to investigate; she agreed to accompany him.

Lu Bu and Medusa entered a hidden space in the magma sea, where Lu Bu captured an infant Fallen Heart Flame and met the surviving soul of Yao Tianhuo. He agreed to restore Yao Tianhuo’s soul and teleported them out, leaving the Heavenly Fire Venerable hopeful that he might regain a body.

• Lu Bu explained to Medusa why he had not refined Fallen Heart Flame, then followed its warning toward a hidden space as fire lizards approached.
• Lu Bu and Medusa entered the space and found a skeleton beside an infant Fallen Heart Flame, which Lu Bu captured and sealed.
• Lu Bu called out the soul of Yao Tianhuo, who asked him for help restoring his soul and offered the Five Rounds of Blazing Fire Method in thanks.
• Yao Tianhuo stored his skeleton and entered a Ring, while Medusa transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to avoid Lu Bu’s embrace.
• Lu Bu used spatial power to teleport himself, Medusa, and Yao Tianhuo out of the magma, astonishing Yao Tianhuo and raising his hopes of being reborn.

Su Qian prepared Jia Nan Academy to attack Han Feng’s Black Alliance, but Lu Bu returned with the Fallen Heart Flame and handed it over to the academy. Xiao Yan recruited Lu Bu to help fight Han Feng, agreeing to let him choose first from Han Feng’s inheritance.

• Su Qian assigned himself to face the Gold-Silver Elders and Xiao Yan to face Han Feng as the academy prepared to strike the Black Alliance’s headquarters.
• Zi Yan activated Lu Bu’s damaged Green Fire Puppet, and Lu Bu emerged from a spatial formation unharmed.
• Lu Bu gave the Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian, who stored it in the Fire Gathering Pot and planned to make two librarians guard it.
• Xiao Yan asked Lu Bu to help him fight Han Feng, and Lu Bu agreed in exchange for priority in choosing from Han Feng’s inheritance.