Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan accepted Yao Ye’s offer to manage the Black Corner Region and Elder Eagle Mountain’s promise to stay, then decided to strengthen himself before searching for Xiao Yu in Central Continent. At the Soul Hall headquarters, Hun Miesheng realized Protector Xing had brought the wrong woman as the task target.

• Yao Ye volunteered to manage the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Yan asked Xiao Mei and the others to assist her.
• Elder Eagle Mountain gave Xiao Yan the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and offered to remain in the Black Corner Region for protection.
• Elder Eagle Mountain warned Xiao Yan that rushing into a Soul Hall branch could get him killed, and Xiao Mei persuaded him to train before going to Central Continent.
• Hu Jia and Lin Xiuyai reminded Xiao Yan of Canaan Inner Academy’s Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower as a way to increase his strength.
• Protector Xing brought the unconscious Xiao Yu to the Soul Hall headquarters, expecting a reward, but Hun Miesheng questioned why he had brought her.
• Protector Xing asked whether Xiao Yu was not the task target, and Hun Miesheng realized that something had gone badly wrong.

Yun Ying investigated why Soul Hall had abducted Xiao Yu instead of retrieving the Tou She Ancient God Jade, traced the mistake to Eighth Heavenly Venerate and Ninth Heavenly Venerate, and spared them after Hun Miesheng pleaded. She decided to imprison Xiao Yu at the Mountain of Departed Souls, expecting Xiao Yan to bring the jade to her later.

• Yun Ying questioned Soul Hall's kneeling leaders about why their mission to retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade had resulted in Xiao Yu being abducted.
• Hun Miesheng, Bone Nether Saint, Qiu Di, Mo Yu, and Star-Picking Old Ghost passed responsibility down the chain, while Protector Xing blamed Protector Ling for identifying Xiao Yu as the target.
• Yun Ying searched Protector Xing's soul, learned that Protector Ling had mistaken the vague order for a command to capture Xiao Yu, and crushed Xing's soul.
• Yun Ying blamed Qiu Di and Mo Yu for distorting the order, but spared them after Hun Miesheng accepted part of the responsibility and promised to retrieve the jade.
• Yun Ying stopped herself from killing Xiao Yu and ordered Hun Miesheng to imprison her at the Mountain of Departed Souls, keeping her alive until Yun Ying's plans for her became clear.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy with Hu Jia and Cai Lin, where students welcomed him as the famed leader who had unified the Black Corner Region. Hu Gan agreed to take him to the Inner Academy to cultivate, but hinted that something would change the next day.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Hu Jia and Cai Lin after leaving Evil Prison in Yao Ye and the others' care.
• Two students guarding the entrance recognized Xiao Yan as the leader of Evil Prison and excitedly welcomed him.
• Students crowded around Xiao Yan until Hu Gan shouted them away, then Hu Jia asked her grandfather to help Xiao Yan enter the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan agreed to take Xiao Yan to the Inner Academy and cryptically said that if they had arrived a day later, they could have gone there directly.

Su Qian finalized a reform that expanded the Outer Academy beyond cultivation, while Xiao Yan arrived seeking rapid training so he could rescue Xiao Yu from the Soul Hall. The chapter ended with Su Qian warning that the sealed Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower had begun rampaging more violently than before.

• Su Qian resolved to reform Jia Nan Academy, moving advanced cultivation and alchemy courses to the Inner Academy and adding practical skills to the Outer Academy.
• Hu Gan brought Xiao Yan and two others to Su Qian, and Xiao Yan asked to enter the Inner Academy to increase his strength quickly.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian and Hu Gan that the Soul Hall had abducted Xiao Yu, prompting them to question why the Soul Hall had sent five Dou Zong Protectors to capture her.
• Su Qian said Xiao Yan could enter the tower without paying Fire Energy, but warned that the Fallen Heart Flame sealed beneath it had begun rampaging more violently.

Xiao Yan learned that the Inner Academy was suppressing the Fallen Heart Flame and arranged to stay until the tower was safe to enter. As he prepared for his next steps, he learned what was still needed to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body and went to seek information about the Central Continent.

• Su Qian told Xiao Yan that the Fallen Heart Flame was rioting and that the Elders expected to stabilize it within three days to a week, then allowed him to stay in the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian revealed that he had confined Zi Yan for secretly traveling to the Jia Ma Empire to see Xiao Yan.
• Hu Jia asked Xiao Yan where Xun'er’s Clan was, urged him to have Xun'er visit the Black Corner Region, and warned him not to betray her.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that resolving Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body also required three kinds of Heavenly Flames and the rank-seven-or-higher magic core of an Ancient Demonic Beast called the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Inner Academy library to learn about the Central Continent, and Cai Lin followed him.

Xiao Yan settled into the Inner Academy and visited Zi Yan in her unusually luxurious confinement room. Han Yue gave him Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to help him grow stronger and asked him to rescue Xiao Yu, leaving Xiao Yan determined to do everything he could.

• Han Yue led Xiao Yan and Cai Lin to their residence and told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan was serving a half-month confinement sentence.
• Xiao Yan went with Han Yue to visit Zi Yan, who was sleeping among toys, snacks, and medicinal ingredients in the confinement room Su Qian had furnished for her.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan to persuade Su Qian to let her out, but Xiao Yan told her to stay and finish her sentence.
• Han Yue gave Xiao Yan Earth Core Body Tempering Milk that she had originally intended for Xiao Yu.
• Han Yue begged Xiao Yan to rescue Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yan solemnly promised to do everything in his power.

Xiao Yan learned about the Soul Hall while staying at the Inner Academy, but the Fallen Heart Flame broke free from its seal and attacked the academy. As Su Qian and the Elders struggled to stop it, Xiao Yan tried to restrain the flame with black chains and prepared to use Heavenly Flames against it.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and spent three days studying the Soul Hall in the Inner Academy library while Cai Lin stayed close to him.
• A violent disturbance erupted at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, so Xiao Yan and Cai Lin rushed there and found Su Qian and the Elders maintaining its seal.
• Yao Chen warned Su Qian that the Fallen Heart Flame had grown stronger and had deliberately hidden its strength before shattering the seal.
• The Fallen Heart Flame emerged as a massive dragon and attacked the Inner Academy, while Su Qian ordered instructors to evacuate students and Elders to stand their ground.
• Xiao Yan wrapped black chains around the Fallen Heart Flame's neck, but it nearly threw him off, so he prepared to counter it with Heavenly Flames despite Yao Chen's warning.

Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame failed to stop the Fallen Heart Flame and instead drew its pursuit, forcing Yao Chen to send him underground with the creature. The chapter ended with Cai Lin following them and Su Qian ordering the Elders to reseal the underground chamber, despite Xiao Yan still being inside.

• Xiao Yan tried to restrain the Fallen Heart Flame with his Earth Sea Heart Flame, but the creature devoured it and turned its attention to him.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that the Fallen Heart Flame would instinctively pursue and devour his weaker Heavenly Flame.
• Cai Lin shielded Xiao Yan from the Fallen Heart Flame’s attack while Yao Chen ordered Su Qian to repair the seal and Xiao Yan to go underground.
• Xiao Yan raced underground, and the Fallen Heart Flame abandoned Cai Lin to chase him; Cai Lin followed them.
• Su Qian realized Yao Chen meant to seal Xiao Yan and the Fallen Heart Flame underground, then ordered the Elders to restore the seal.

Xiao Yan awoke after nearly half a month unconscious in the magma, where Yao Chen and Cai Lin had kept him alive. Following Yao Chen’s guidance, he carried Cai Lin through the magma to a hidden space, where she woke and demanded to know how long he planned to hold her.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Yao Chen had protected him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame while he was unconscious for nearly half a month, and he took over the protection with the Earth Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan found the unconscious Cai Lin beside him, learned she had risked her life to protect him, and covered her with a cloak.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that the Fallen Heart Flame was too dangerous to face and guided him toward another space beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yan carried Cai Lin through the crushing magma until he reached a black-rock platform in the hidden space.
• Cai Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s arms and asked how long he intended to hold her.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin recovered beneath the magma, where they discovered fiery red lizards whose crimson beads could aid Xiao Yan’s cultivation. After the pair fought off more than a hundred lizards, an unseen voice spoke to them from beneath the magma, revealing that someone else was there.

• Cai Lin awoke and learned from Xiao Yan that she had protected him while he was unconscious, though she insisted he owed her more than one favor.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan and Cai Lin about a creature in the magma, and Cai Lin killed the fiery red lizard that attacked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan found a crimson bead inside the lizard, and Yao Chen explained that its concentrated Fire Attribute energy could help him cultivate.
• More than twenty fiery red lizards emerged from the magma, and Xiao Yan and Cai Lin fought them until they had killed at least a hundred.
• As Xiao Yan extracted the last crimson bead, an unseen speaker praised his strength and revealed its presence beneath the magma.

Xiao Yan and the others met Yao Tianhuo, a famed expert who died after a failed attempt to advance beyond Half-Saint and became trapped near the Fallen Heart Flame. Yao Tianhuo offered them a deal and revealed a wisp of the flame, leaving them poised to hear her terms.

• Yao Tianhuo appeared before Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Cai Lin after Yao Chen threatened to leave.
• Yao Chen recognized Yao Tianhuo as the Heavenly Flame Venerable, a once-renowned lone expert who had disappeared from the Central Continent.
• Yao Tianhuo explained that she had reached Half-Saint in the magma sea, failed to break through to Dou Sheng, and died after Fire Lizards attacked her while she was gravely injured.
• Yao Tianhuo told Yao Chen that she had forged a Flame Body from fire but was trapped because the Fallen Heart Flame no longer recognized her and tried to devour her soul.
• Yao Tianhuo proposed a deal and revealed a wisp of the Fallen Heart Flame in her palm.

Yao Tianhuo offered Xiao Yan a Fallen Heart Flame and her self-created Dou Techniques in exchange for being taken out of the magma. After accepting, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to cultivate there and grow strong enough to face the Fallen Heart Flame above.

• Yao Tianhuo explained that the smaller Fallen Heart Flame had helped stabilize her soul and offered it in exchange for escape.
• Yao Tianhuo added three of her self-created Dou Techniques to the bargain, and Yao Chen accepted.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame and the scrolls without demanding proof that he would honor the deal.
• Xiao Yan promised to take Yao Tianhuo out, and Yao Chen vouched for her disciple's trustworthiness.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to cultivate with the Crimson Beads, the infant Fallen Heart Flame, and the magma, while Yao Tianhuo offered to guide him.

Three months after Xiao Yan drew the Fallen Heart Flame back into its seal, Su Qian learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s body still showed a faint trace of life, suggesting Xiao Yan remained alive. Deep beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Xiao Yan continued cultivating as Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo discussed the dangers of the magma depths, and Yao Tianhuo sensed that he was about to wake.

• Han Yue told Su Qian that Zi Yan remained beside Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin and had barely eaten, deepening his guilt over abandoning Xiao Yan and the others.
• Han Yue revealed that Xiao Yi Xian’s body still had a faint trace of life, and Su Qian took this as evidence that Xiao Yan was alive.
• Beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Cai Lin grew impatient over Xiao Yan’s three months of motionless cultivation while Yao Tianhuo reassured her he was safe.
• Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo discussed their exchange of fire-control knowledge, and Yao Tianhuo warned Yao Chen against investigating a mysterious presence deep in the magma.
• Yao Chen decided not to let Xiao Yan absorb the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and considered having him refine the flame seed above instead.
• Yao Tianhuo noticed that Xiao Yan seemed about to wake.

Xiao Yan awoke after three months of cultivation at peak Dou Wang, and Cai Lin felt hurt when he thanked her as though she were an outsider. The group prepared to leave the underground magma, with Xiao Yan planning to carry Cai Lin safely through it.

• Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough to peak Dou Wang and absorbed the remaining Earth Core Body Tempering Milk into his body.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to thank Cai Lin for protecting him, but his formal gratitude left Cai Lin feeling distant and wronged.
• Xiao Yi Xian reflected that Cai Lin had grown attached to Xiao Yan and was trying to change her domineering ways for him.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that they might not be able to return to the underground magma after they left, and Xiao Yan agreed to prepare for the journey up.
• Xiao Yan put Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo into Storage Rings, then told Cai Lin he would have to carry her through the magma; she warned him not to touch her inappropriately.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin emerged from the magma lake and fought the Fallen Heart Flame, whose wicked fire overwhelmed Cai Lin’s mind. Xiao Yan took a devastating blow to save her and used Soul Power to restore her clarity, leaving Cai Lin shocked by how close he had come to her.

• Xiao Yan carried Cai Lin toward the magma lake’s surface as Yao Chen warned him that the Fallen Heart Flame was waiting above.
• Cai Lin pulled Xiao Yan out of the way when the Fallen Heart Flame ambushed them from below the surface.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin attacked the Fallen Heart Flame together, but its flames destroyed Cai Lin’s Dou Qi snakes and stirred wicked desires in both of them.
• The Fallen Heart Flame’s influence drove Cai Lin to attack Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan struggled to hold her back while trying to clear the wicked fire with Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan switched places with Cai Lin and took the Fallen Heart Flame’s attack, then pressed close to her and sent Soul Power into her body to restore her clarity.
• Cai Lin came to her senses, realized how close Xiao Yan was, and accused him of forcing a kiss on her.

Cai Lin helped Xiao Yan subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, but absorbing it unleashed its wicked fire in him and left him consumed by desire. Realizing her feelings for him had become love, Cai Lin let him approach her while he was under its influence.

• Cai Lin restrained the Fallen Heart Flame and fed Xiao Yan the Earth Spirit Pill and healing pills after seeing his severe injuries.
• Xiao Yan recovered enough to act, and Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo exposed the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin heart flame.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the origin heart flame, causing the Fallen Heart Flame’s dragon form to dissipate as he began merging the flame into his soul.
• As the Earth Spirit Pill weakened, the wicked fire made Xiao Yan scratch himself and struggle with overwhelming desire.
• Cai Lin realized she loved Xiao Yan, released his hands, and he pounced on her.

Nalan Yanran emerged bloodied from a Central Continent ruin and killed a Three-star Dou Zong who attacked her, reinforcing the forces’ fear of provoking her. The story then shifted to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan and Cai Lin’s affair was still continuing after seven days and seven nights.

• Nalan Yanran left the ruin and discarded most of its treasures for the forces waiting outside.
• A Three-star Dou Zong blocked Nalan Yanran and mocked her while the other forces watched in silence.
• The Three-star Dou Zong struck Nalan Yanran with full force, knocking her to the ground.
• Nalan Yanran rose, tore out the Three-star Dou Zong’s throat, then pulled out and crushed his heart.
• The forces let Nalan Yanran leave and prepared to fight over the discarded treasures.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin’s affair continued seven days and seven nights after it began.

After waking from a ten-day-and-night frenzy and a half-year slumber, Xiao Yan accepted responsibility for Cai Lin while insisting he would not abandon Yun Yun and her daughter. Cai Lin claimed him as her husband and agreed to accompany him to Central Continent to rescue Xiao Yu before they returned to the Jia Ma Empire for their wedding.

• Cai Lin and Xiao Yan awoke after more than half a year underground, with Cai Lin having advanced to One-star Dou Zun and Xiao Yan to Nine Star Dou Huang.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan he was now her husband, and Xiao Yan agreed to take responsibility for what had happened.
• Xiao Yan explained that he would not abandon Yun Yun and her daughter, leaving Cai Lin to insist that his relationships with them were separate from his responsibility to her.
• Xiao Yan asked to go to Central Continent to rescue Xiao Yu, who had been taken by the Soul Hall.
• Cai Lin agreed to travel to Central Continent with Xiao Yan, then ordered him to return with her to the Jia Ma Empire and marry her once Xiao Yu was rescued.

After a year trapped underground, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin returned to Jia Nan Academy, where everyone had believed them dead. Xiao Yan revealed that he had absorbed Fallen Heart Flame but had preserved a juvenile flame that could allow the academy to rebuild its tower.

• At the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower reopening ceremony, Su Qian honored Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan mourned him as the tower suddenly exploded.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin emerged from the rubble, startling Su Qian, Zi Yan, and the Elders.
• Zi Yan threw herself into Xiao Yan's arms and cried with relief that he and Xiao Yi Xian had survived.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian he had absorbed Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian accepted the loss in exchange for Xiao Yan's return.
• Xiao Yan produced a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, leaving Su Qian astonished at the possibility of rebuilding the tower.

After thanking Xiao Yan for resolving the academy’s Fallen Heart Flame crisis, Su Qian let him leave with Zi Yan. Xiao Yan set out for the Black Corner Region with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin, but discovered that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body had worsened.

• Su Qian thanked Xiao Yan for saving the academy and agreed to handle the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame gently.
• Xiao Yan declined Su Qian’s offer to tour the academy and left with Zi Yan, while Cai Lin argued with Zi Yan over who Xiao Yan belonged to.
• Xiao Yan retrieved Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin and sensed that her Calamitous Poison Body had become more agitated.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian and decided to hurry to the Black Corner Region while seeking another way to delay her condition.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that Han Yue had returned to her family after receiving a letter, and Cai Lin carried Zi Yan as they headed toward the Black Corner Region.