Chapter Summaries

Xiao Shuang helped Bone Spirit Cold Flame weaken and swallow Nine Nether Wind Flame, but the struggle inside Bone Spirit Cold Flame turned against it. After Shen Xiangyu’s memories and lingering soul strengthened Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s resolve, Xiao Shuang supplied his Ice Dou Qi to help it fight back.

• Xiao Shuang’s icy snow weakened Nine Nether Wind Flame while Bone Spirit Cold Flame battled it for several days, then Bone Spirit Cold Flame swallowed the weakened flame and asked Xiao Shuang to protect its birthplace.
• Bone Spirit Cold Flame left some of its Origin Flame with Xiao Shuang for his protection as it began a contest of will against Nine Nether Wind Flame inside its body.
• Nine Nether Wind Flame gained the upper hand, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame hesitated to reclaim its Origin Flame because doing so would leave Xiao Shuang without a way out.
• Bone Spirit Cold Flame saw Shen Xiangyu’s memories of her dying mother and learned that Shen Xiangyu’s soul had remained within its Origin Flame.
• Shen Xiangyu encouraged Bone Spirit Cold Flame before her soul faded, and Xiao Shuang urged it to reclaim its Origin Flame and absorb his Ice Dou Qi.
• Bone Spirit Cold Flame retrieved its Origin Flame and swallowed Xiao Shuang’s ice dragon, then renewed its attack as Nine Nether Wind Flame cried out in terror.

Bone Spirit Cold Flame defeated and fused with Nine Nether Wind Flame, becoming a new Spirit of Exotic Flame named Xiao Yu. Xiao Shuang persuaded Xiao Yu to travel with him, stored her safely in his body, and set off to return to Tianxin Academy.

• Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Nine Nether Wind Flame fought until Bone Spirit Cold Flame prevailed and formed a little-girl body with white hair and pale black eyes.
• Xiao Yu gave Xiao Shuang Nine Nether Wind Flame's source flame, but he returned it because his Extreme Cold Physique could not safely refine it.
• Xiao Yu planned to go to the Shen Family, but Xiao Shuang warned her that the Tianxin Empire's Royal Family might capture her and erase her consciousness.
• Xiao Shuang invited Xiao Yu to travel with him, and she agreed to their partnership, calling him A Shuang.
• Xiao Yu swallowed the sea of fire and entered Xiao Shuang's body as a source flame, while he used Ice Dou Qi to store her.
• Xiao Shuang flew out of Tian Zang Jian and headed back to Tianxin Academy to make up for his absence as an instructor.

Xiao Shuang returned to Tianxin Academy and learned that Shen Cui was demanding answers about Shen Xiangyu’s disappearance. He secretly entered the Shen Family to investigate, and Xiao Yu identified Shen Quan as the person who had made her fall into Tian Zang Jian.

• Xiao Shuang arrived at Tianxin Academy and told Shen Cui that she should investigate how Shen Xiangyu fell into Tian Zang Jian.
• Shen Cui returned to the Shen Family, suspecting that its internal factions might have endangered her and Shen Xiangyu.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu went in disguise to the Shen Family, where Xiao Shuang overheard Shen Cui accuse Shen Zhong of involvement in Shen Xiangyu’s disappearance.
• The Shen Family patriarch ended the argument without resolving whether Shen Zhong was responsible.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Shuang that Shen Quan had made her fall into Tian Zang Jian.

Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu killed Shen Quan to avenge Shen Xiangyu, then Shen Zhe learned that Shen Quan had vanished as a Xu Family representative arrived to offer help. Back at Tianxin Academy, Xiao Shuang reunited with his disciples and promised to reward them with an outing to the Tianxin Auction and pills.

• Xiao Shuang followed Shen Quan after learning he had arranged Shen Xiangyu’s fall into Tian Zang Jian, then confronted and killed him with Xiao Yu, who also burned the guards outside.
• Shen Zhe learned that Shen Quan and his guards had disappeared and warned Shen Zhong and Shen Cui that someone powerful had targeted the Shen Family.
• Shen Zhong and Shen Cui resumed arguing until a Xu Family representative offered Shen Zhe help in place of the Ning Clan.
• Xiao Shuang returned to Tianxin Academy and praised Ning Xiyao, Ning Zhiyan, and Ling'er for teaching in his absence.
• Xiao Shuang gave his disciples pills as rewards and invited them to join him at the upcoming Tianxin Auction.

Xiao Shuang took Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan to the Tianxin Auction House, where he bought Ning Xiyao a venomous whip and considered acquiring an artifact-refining manual. The auction ended with Shen Quan deciding that the Shen Family might leave the Ning Clan and join the Xu Family, while Xiao Shuang planned to use the manual to improve the Severing Life Spear.

• Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan brought Xiao Shuang VIP cards, and the three entered the Tianxin Auction House through its VIP passage.
• Xiao Shuang bid four million five hundred thousand for the Azure Sea Yin Sha Whip and gave it to Ning Xiyao as a reward.
• Shen Quan resented the Ning Clan giving Xiao Shuang VIP treatment and decided the Shen Family might accept the Xu Family's offer.
• Xiao Shuang bought a medicinal pill during the auction, but no suitable weapon appeared for Ning Zhiyan.
• The auctioneer presented an artifact-refining manual valued like a mid-tier Earth-rank cultivation method, and Xiao Shuang considered learning its techniques to improve the Severing Life Spear.

Xiao Shuang tried to barter for the Refining Artifacts Manual, but the Ning Clan won it and promised to copy it for him. The auction ended with the sale of Beast Fire from a Nine Nether Eagle, while Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu discussed the true Nine Nether Wind Flame and its fate.

• Xiao Shuang offered a mid-tier Earth Rank cultivation technique and an Azure Nether Longevity Pill for the Refining Artifacts Manual, but the auction house chose another bid.
• The old man announced that the Ning Clan had acquired the Refining Artifacts Manual and warned bidders against trying to seize it afterward.
• Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan offered to copy the manual for Xiao Shuang, who also bought Ning Zhiyan a high-tier Mystic Rank ice-attribute Dou Technique.
• The auction house presented Beast Fire from a Nine Nether Eagle, explaining that the beast had been influenced by the Nine Nether Wind Flame in Tian Zang Jian.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Shuang that the Beast Fire was not the Nine Nether Wind Flame and explained that a wind eye could not prevent the flame from being born.
• Xiao Yu said that she and the Nine Nether Wind Flame would destroy each other rather than let anyone devour them.

Xiao Shuang protected Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan when Xu Family members confronted him over Xu Li’s disappearance and tried to take the girls. After Ning Sheng and the Tianxin Auction House intervened to prevent a fight, Xiao Shuang went with the Ning Clan Patriarch to view the clan’s collection of Earth Tier techniques.

• Xu Yong and Xu Ke blocked Xiao Shuang on his way back to Tianxin Academy and demanded that he hand over Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan.
• Xiao Shuang fought off the twin Seven Star Dou Huangs and refused to abandon his disciples, even after Xu Chong arrived as the Xu Family Patriarch.
• Ning Sheng appeared to protect Xiao Shuang and the girls, and the Tianxin Auction House warned both clan patriarchs against fighting.
• Ning Sheng invited Xiao Shuang to the Ning Clan, promised him a copy of the Refining Artifacts Manual, and offered to make up the girls’ apprenticeship gift.
• Ning Sheng brought Xiao Shuang to the third floor of the Dou Technique Pavilion, where he offered him access to the clan’s Earth Tier techniques.

Xiao Shuang accepted a Dou technique from the Ning Clan and promised to protect Ning Xiyao, Ning Zhiyan, and other clan members if the clan fell. Ning Sheng prepared to evacuate them as Xu Chong, pressured by Soul Hall Protector Mu, ordered an attack on the Ning Clan for the next day.

• Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan offered to copy cultivation methods, Dou techniques, and a Refining Artifacts Manual for Xiao Shuang, who chose the Void Shattering Ice Soul Slash.
• At the banquet, Ning Sheng introduced Xiao Shuang to the Ning Clan, whose members respected him because of his Eight-Star Dou Emperor strength.
• Ning Sheng told Xiao Shuang that the Xu Family had surrounded the Ning Clan and asked him to protect Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan if the clan was defeated.
• Xiao Shuang agreed to escort the two girls back to Tianxin Academy and then help Ning Clan members hiding in the Tianxin Mountain Range escape the empire.
• Protector Mu threatened Xu Chong into supplying more souls, and Xu Chong ordered his allies to attack the Ning Clan the next day.

The Xu Family and its allies attacked the Ning Clan, but the conflict escalated when Soul Hall intervened and threatened the Tianxin Empire. After receiving the Ice Gathering Ore, Xiao Shuang decided to help the empire if he could reach Dou Zong, while planning to send Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan to safety.

• Ning Sheng escorted Xiao Shuang, Ning Xiyao, and Ning Zhiyan to Tianxin Academy, where the two disciples copied an Earth Tier Dou Technique as they worried over the Ning Clan’s fate.
• The Xu Family and allied clans attacked the Ning Clan, and the Royal Family’s Zhao Liang intervened after Protector Mu and Soul Hall forces appeared on the battlefield.
• A Soul Hall Venerable Elder confronted the Royal Family’s Dou Zun expert and gave the Tianxin Empire one day to consider surrendering.
• Xiao Shuang returned to Tianxin Academy, where Ning Xiyao told him the Great Elder had approved his reward.
• The Great Elder gave Xiao Shuang the Ice Gathering Ore and urged him to leave the Tianxin Empire, but Xiao Shuang resolved to help if the ore could aid his breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Shuang planned to send Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan to the Jia Ma Empire before remaining behind to assist the Tianxin Empire.

Xiao Shuang evacuated Ning Xiyao, Ning Zhiyan, Ling'er, and seven Ning Clan members from the Tianxin Empire, then stayed behind with Xiao Yu to refine Ice Gathering Ore and attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong. After reaching Nine-Star Dou Huang, he began his dangerous advancement, while Xiao Yu guarded him in a concealed cave.

• Xiao Shuang gathered his disciples and escorted the Ning Clan survivors out of the Tianxin Empire, killing the Shen Family patriarch who blocked their escape.
• Xiao Shuang gave Ning Xiyao a map to the Jia Ma Empire and entrusted the group to the Ning Clan Dou Huang, then stayed behind with Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu refined the Ice Gathering Ore and Xiao Shuang's herbs and pills in her Heavenly Flame, letting him absorb the released energy.
• Xiao Shuang advanced to Nine-Star Dou Huang and decided to risk pushing through to Dou Zong, while Xiao Yu used part of her origin flame to accelerate the refinement.
• Xiao Shuang began his Dou Zong advancement as Xiao Yu sealed the space and guarded the cave entrance.

Xiao Yu supplied her Origin Flame to help Xiao Shuang break through to Dou Zong, but their return to Tianxin Academy brought them into a Soul Hall attack. Xiao Shuang escaped a Dou Zun’s pursuit through a spatial wormhole toward Jia Nan Academy and prepared with Xiao Yu to stop the incoming strike before it reached the school.

• Xiao Yu gave Xiao Shuang a wisp of her Origin Flame, allowing him to complete his breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Shuang returned with Xiao Yu to Tianxin Academy and found Protector Mu attacking the academy’s life-burning formation.
• Xiao Yu empowered Xiao Shuang’s right hand with her Heavenly Flame, and he ambushed Protector Mu before a Soul Hall Dou Zun suppressed the flames.
• Xiao Shuang crushed his spatial jade slip and escaped through a wormhole, but the Dou Zun’s attack followed him toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu gathered their strength inside the wormhole, preparing a combined attack to keep the Dou Zun’s strike from harming Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu escaped to Jia Nan Academy after blocking a powerful attack from a Soul Hall Venerable Elder, and Xiao Shuang reunited with Xiao Yan and the others. As the group learned that Old Ghost of Earthly Demons was preparing to attack the academy, Xiao Shuang dismissed the threat of his reported strength.

• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu emerged from a spatial rift at Jia Nan Academy and combined their attacks to repel a black Dou Qi strike, while Xiao Yu protected the students from the blast.
• Xiao Yan supported the exhausted Xiao Shuang, and Xiao Shuang told him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Great Elder Su Qian that a Soul Hall Venerable Elder had pursued him.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Shuang a medicinal pill, and Xiao Shuang explained that he had recently advanced to One-Star Dou Zong after obtaining a strange item in the Tianxin Empire.
• Xiao Li arrived at the council hall and reported that Han Feng had invited Old Ghost of Earthly Demons out of seclusion to confront Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian warned that Old Ghost of Earthly Demons was at least a Six-star or Seven-star Dou Zong, but Xiao Shuang said there was little reason to worry if that was his true strength.

Jia Nan Academy prepared for a possible attack from Magic Flame Valley while Xiao Yu offered to help Xiao Yan control his Demonic Poison Spot in exchange for learning alchemy. When Old Ghost of Earthly Demons arrived, Xiao Yu attacked him and slammed him into the ground, leaving Han Feng considering escape.

• Su Qian strengthened Jia Nan Academy's defenses after Xiao Shuang reported that multiple Dou Zun experts were pursuing him.
• Xiao Yan examined Xiao Shuang and learned that Xiao Yu was the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Xiao Yu offered Xiao Yan a flame to help him contain his Demonic Poison Spot.
• Xiao Yu agreed to help Xiao Shuang deal with Old Ghost of Earthly Demons in exchange for Xiao Yan teaching her alchemy and Xiao Shuang calling her Sister Xiao Yu.
• Jia Nan Academy held a student competition as factions across the Black-Corner Region anticipated a clash with Magic Flame Valley.
• Old Ghost of Earthly Demons arrived above the Inner Academy and pressured the students, but Xiao Yu struck him with a massive flame palm and slammed him into the ground.
• Han Feng watched Xiao Yu burn Old Ghost of Earthly Demons and prepared to flee if the old man was defeated.

Xiao Yu instantly overwhelmed Old Ghost of Earthly Demons when he attacked Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Shuang tricked him into believing they might accept his offer. Old Ghost of Earthly Demons escaped through his spatial concealment technique after Xiao Yu broke his strongest defense, leaving his defeat witnessed by both sides.

• Xiao Yu slapped Old Ghost of Earthly Demons into the ground, shocking the experts of Magic Flame Valley.
• Old Ghost of Earthly Demons offered not to harm Jia Nan Academy’s students and tried to persuade Xiao Yu and Xiao Shuang to stay out of his dispute with Xiao Yan.
• Little Zi Yan complained that Xiao Shuang was favoring Xiao Yu, while Xiao Yu questioned whether she needed to respect Mang Tianchi.
• Xiao Shuang pretended to consider Old Ghost of Earthly Demons’ offer, and Han Feng fled Jia Nan Academy after suspecting a trap.
• Xiao Shuang revealed his surname and left Old Ghost of Earthly Demons to Xiao Yu, who tore apart his Snow-Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven with her flames.
• Old Ghost of Earthly Demons used his spatial concealment technique to escape after Xiao Yu’s attack defeated him.

Xiao Yu defeated and refined Old Ghost of Earthly Demons, letting Xiao Shuang absorb his cold Dou Qi and reach Two-star Dou Zong. At a council meeting, Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and Su Qian decided to stop Han Feng's planned alliance by marching on Magic Flame Valley the next day.

• Xiao Yu trapped Old Ghost of Earthly Demons after he escaped her initial attack, then refined him in a fire cauldron while Xiao Shuang absorbed the extracted energy.
• Xiao Yan explored the magma world beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and found another Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Shuang learned that Han Feng was recruiting forces, including Elder Yingshan and the Black Emperor Sect, to form an alliance in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and Su Qian agreed to destroy Magic Flame Valley and prevent Han Feng's alliance from forming.
• Xiao Li left to gather Xiao Clan experts and allied factions for the campaign, while Xiao Shuang gave Xiao Yan Old Ghost of Earthly Demons' body.

Xiao Yan led his allies to confront Han Feng’s coalition at Magic Flame Valley, where Han Feng tried to unite Black-Corner Region factions against the Xiao Clan and Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan entered the gathering, killed a Magic Flame Valley elder, and defeated the Gold and Silver Elders, leaving the assembled factions to choose whether to stand with Han Feng or leave.

• Xiao Yan gathered Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, Su Qian, and Black-Corner Region allies to march on Magic Flame Valley.
• Han Feng recruited Elder Yingshan, Mo Tianxing, the Gold and Silver Elders, and other factions into an alliance against the Xiao Clan and Jia Nan Academy, with Protector Xuan waiting in the black mist.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Han Feng’s gathering and warned the factions that he was targeting Han Feng, while revealing that he had dealt with Magic Flame Valley’s guards.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed a Magic Flame Valley elder after he challenged Xiao Yan’s threat to the valley.
• Xiao Shuang secretly immobilized the Gold and Silver Elders, and Xiao Yan knocked them unconscious and demanded Han Feng pay to redeem them.
• Xiao Yan warned the assembled factions to leave if they did not wish to die alongside Han Feng.

Xiao Yan faced Han Feng and the Soul Hall after Mo Tianxing withdrew from the battle, while Protector Xuan formed the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array to create a powerful Fierce Soul. Xiao Yan prepared to confront it with the Fallen Heart Flame, and Han Feng secretly planned to sacrifice Mo Tianxing and seize the Black Emperor Sect.

• Xiao Yan threatened Mo Tianxing with withholding the antidote for his poisoned son, and Mo Tianxing withdrew from the conflict while several Black-Corner Region experts left as well.
• Han Feng revealed that he had lured Xiao Yan into a trap and summoned Protector Xuan and other Soul Hall envoys.
• Protector Xuan ordered the envoys to form the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array, and Xiao Shuang fought the souls while discovering that their remains strengthened the array.
• Su Qian explained that the array would merge tens of thousands of souls into a Fierce Soul, and Xiao Yan learned from Heavenly Fire Venerable that the Fallen Heart Flame could restrain it.
• After the Fierce Soul condensed, Xiao Yan moved beside Xiao Shuang to face it, while Han Feng and Protector Xuan secretly considered sacrificing Mo Tianxing.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fought Protector Xuan while Heavenly Fire Venerable helped absorb the Fierce Soul, but the struggle ended with the Fierce Soul's power split between them. Han Feng ambushed Mo Tianxing and later swallowed Protector Xuan, while Xiao Yu prepared to break the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array.

• Xiao Yan used his storage ring and soul strength to help Heavenly Fire Venerable seize half of Protector Xuan's Fierce Soul, exhausting Heavenly Fire Venerable and sending him into slumber.
• Han Feng broke free from Su Qian and ambushed Mo Tianxing, then Protector Xuan and the Soul Hall envoys captured Mo Tianxing's soul.
• Protector Xuan began sacrificing Mo Tianxing's soul through the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array, using four Peak Dou Huang soul bodies to devour it.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan tried to stop the soul sacrifice, and Xiao Yu unleashed a bone-white fire dragon to break the array.
• Han Feng ambushed and swallowed Protector Xuan, then activated the array and threw the Soul Hall envoys toward Mo Tianxing's soul.

Han Feng devoured souls and Black-Corner Region experts to force his way to the threshold of a Nine-star Dou Zong, then turned on Xiao Yan’s group. As Han Feng’s soul explosion battered their defenses, Xiao Yan finished preparing the Destruction Fire Lotus and prepared to face him.

• Han Feng swallowed Mo Tianxing’s soul and the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array, then absorbed the Black-Corner Region experts who had failed to support him.
• Han Feng abandoned his body and, overwhelmed by the souls he had devoured, threatened Xiao Yan and the others while demanding their Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Su Qian surrounded Han Feng, while Elder Yingshan attacked him and then fled.
• Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames with half of the Life-Transforming Flame to form the Destruction Fire Lotus as the others held Han Feng back.
• Han Feng separated and detonated Protector Xuan’s, Mo Tianxing’s, and tens of thousands of other souls, unleashing a devastating wave of soul power.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu defended against the blast until Xiao Yan completed the Destruction Fire Lotus and told them he would take over.

Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng and sealed his soul, but the Destruction Fire Lotus went out of control until Xiao Yu absorbed its remaining flames. The group swept through Magic Flame Valley and followed Little Zi Yan’s treasure-finding instincts to a hidden vault, where they began exploring its contents.

• Xiao Yan detonated his Destruction Fire Lotus, defeated Han Feng, and sealed Han Feng’s soul in a jade bottle for Old Yao to judge later.
• The Fire Lotus’s follow-up explosion broke Xiao Yan’s control, but Xiao Yu swallowed the falling flames while Xiao Shuang helped Xiao Yan recover.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Li and their allies to deal with Magic Flame Valley’s survivors and the Black Emperor Sect, then the group began searching Magic Flame Valley for spoils.
• Little Zi Yan found the hidden vault’s location, and Xiao Yan broke through a stone wall to reveal a tunnel leading to a sealed door.
• Great Elder Su Qian blasted open the stone door, and Xiao Yi Xian knocked back a Fifth-Tier Demonic Beast that rushed out.