Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu spent a year condensing the Pagoda Tower, completing it and advancing to six-star Dou Wang. He awakened the Futu Flame and found that it dominated the other flames, leaving him to wonder how it ranked among the Exotic Flames.

• Lu Yu used the Scarlet Fire Crystal Card to draw in Formless Heart Flame, which tempered his body and fueled the Pagoda Tower for two months.
• Lu Yu completed the tower’s Form Condensation, absorbing the surrounding energy and breaking through to six-star Dou Wang.
• Lu Yu drew the completed Pagoda Tower into his dantian and recognized that he had truly begun cultivating the Great Pagoda Art.
• Lu Yu awakened the Futu Flame, which appeared as a golden dragon and forced the Earth Core Flame and Netherworld Heart Demon Flame to retreat.
• Lu Yu brought out a wisp of Futu Flame, causing the Formless Heart Flame in the Cultivation Room to scatter before it.

The Falling Heart Flame’s riot threatened the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, while Lu Yu calmed the Futu Flame and waited for a chance to subdue the beast below. After returning to his courtyard, he learned that Little Fairy Doctor had reached Dou Wang and began helping her temper her Pagoda Tower, leaving them planning a return to Qingshan Town after finding the Netherworld Poison Flame.

• The Invisible Fire Eyes sensed three Strange Fire auras and attacked the barrier sealing the Magma Sea, forcing Su Qian and the elders to reinforce it and drive the Transparent Fire Python back.
• Lu Yu evacuated the tower during the riot and suppressed the restless Futu Flame, resolving to wait until he could let it devour the beast.
• Lu Yu returned to his courtyard and discovered that Little Fairy Doctor had broken through to Dou Wang after refining Blood Poison and cultivating in the tower.
• Lu Yu explained that the Futu Flame could help Little Fairy Doctor condense her Pagoda Tower and suggested she later seek the Netherworld Poison Flame to match her poison cultivation.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked Lu Yu to return with her to Qingshan Town and visit Myriad Medicine Pavilion after they found the Netherworld Poison Flame, and he agreed.

Lu Yu helped Little Fairy Doctor complete a nine-story Pagoda Tower that contained and controlled her Calamity Poison Body, then gave her rare poison-attribute Moonlit Grass. A letter from Xiao Yan revealed his recent cultivation and Exotic Flame gains as he prepared to head to Jia Nan Academy, where Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor awaited his arrival.

• Lu Yu used Gilded Futu Flame to complete Little Fairy Doctor's Pagoda Tower and seal her poison core inside it, giving her control over her Calamity Poison Body.
• Lu Yu gave Little Fairy Doctor Moonlit Grass to help her cultivation, and she teased that she would use him to test her medicine if she reached Dou Huang.
• A student delivered Xiao Yan's letter to Lu Yu at Jia Nan Academy, and Lu Yu read it with Little Fairy Doctor.
• Xiao Yan wrote that he had become a Five-star Great Dou Master, evolved Fen Jue to a Mystic-tier cultivation technique, and gained the Wind Fury Dragon Flame after failing to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan said he was heading to Jia Nan Academy and hinted that he had discovered something about the Exotic Flame Spiritual Vein without explaining it.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor discussed making Xiao Yan suffer for keeping them in suspense, and Lu Yu planned to spar with him when he arrived.

Xiao Yan arrived at Heping Town and reunited with Ruolin, who had registered him for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. Meanwhile, Lu Yu refined a Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill and remembered that Xiao Yan was due to report to the academy that day.

• Xiao Yan reached Heping Town and told the Law Enforcement Captain that he was a student of Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy.
• Ruolin arrived, confirmed Xiao Yan was her student, and noted that he had reached the five-star Great Dou Master level.
• Ruolin told Xiao Yan she had entered him in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and led him toward the Outer Academy.
• Lu Yu used the Crimson Flame Cauldron and his three Strange Fires to refine a Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Lu Yu decided to visit the academy to see how much Xiao Yan had improved during their year apart.

Xiao Yan won his third match in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and reunited with Lu Yu, who gave him a Crimson Flame Flower. As Xiao Yan described his year in the desert and his newly formed Second-grade Human Vein, Lu Yu considered the vein’s potential and the realms it could lead to.

• Xiao Yan defeated Lan Ran with Eight Extreme Collapse, winning his third tournament match without using his Black Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan spotted Lu Yu in the stands, and the two reunited after a year apart.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yan a Crimson Flame Flower, and Xiao Yan gave Lu Yu a Wind Dragon Scale Leaf from the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yu that Queen Medusa had broken through to Dou Zong while another soul seemed to be fighting for control of her body.
• Xiao Yan explained that refining the Wind Fury Dragon Flame had formed Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridians and increased his affinity for fire and wind energy.
• Lu Yu learned that Xiao Yan had formed a Second-grade Human Vein and reflected on the potential of different grades of Spiritual Veins.

Xiao Yan explained how his newly formed Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridian could briefly empower his Dou Skills and shared the Meridian Activation Method he had developed with Lu Yu. Lu Yu accepted Xiao Yan’s trust, while Old Man Yao was reminded of his old friend Feng Xian.

• Xiao Yan demonstrated that his Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridian could draw on the energy of heaven and earth for three breaths, temporarily strengthening his Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had created the Meridian Activation Method to trigger the meridian’s full-speed operation at will and gave Lu Yu its instructions on a Jade Slip.
• Lu Yu questioned the method’s risks, and Xiao Yan admitted that Old Man Yao had helped perfect it after one test nearly caused him to explode.
• Lu Yu offered Xiao Yan a Jade Slip in return, but Xiao Yan refused, saying Lu Yu’s teaching had made his discovery possible.
• Lu Yu withdrew his offer, and he and Xiao Yan toasted their bond as brothers.
• Old Man Yao remembered Feng Xian and wondered whether he was the only person who still believed Old Man Yao was alive.

Lu Yu sparred with Xiao Yan, gave him an improved Qi Recovery Pill, and then decided to condense his own Spiritual Meridian. He entered the Cultivation Room to begin the attempt, asking Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan not to disturb him.

• Lu Yu and Xiao Yan exchanged powerful attacks on the Outer Academy Training Ground, ending their spar with a scorched crater.
• Lu Yu praised Xiao Yan’s strength, gave him an improved Qi Recovery Pill, and Xiao Yan recovered most of his Dou Qi within three breaths.
• After Xiao Yan left for the selection, Lu Yu examined the Meridian Activation Method Jade Slip and resolved to condense his own Spiritual Meridian.
• Back at the courtyard, Lu Yu helped Zi Yan spot Little Fairy Doctor’s trap during their Gomoku game.
• Lu Yu told Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan he planned to condense a Spiritual Meridian, then entered the Cultivation Room and asked them not to disturb him.

Lu Yu used the Futu Flame to condense a fourth-grade Earth Vein, enduring a violent transformation that strengthened his body and drew in the energy of heaven and earth. He broke through to seven-star Dou Wang.

• Lu Yu compared the potential of his three Strange Fires and decided the Futu Flame was the best choice for forming an Earth Vein.
• Lu Yu returned the Netherworld Heart Demon Flame and the Earth Core Flame to the Pagoda Tower, leaving the Futu Flame in the chamber.
• Lu Yu channeled the Futu Flame into his dantian as thirty-six major acupoints lit up and a vast energy vortex gathered around the chamber.
• The Futu Flame formed four golden stars in Lu Yu's dantian and transformed his body as Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan reacted to the energy fluctuations.
• Lu Yu completed the fourth-grade Earth Vein and broke through to seven-star Dou Wang.

Lu Yu failed to form a second spiritual vein because his Dou Wang body could not withstand the strain, then began a simulation as the Ninth Prince of the Great Xia Dynasty. In the simulation, he became Crown Prince and had to choose one of three rewards.

• Lu Yu tried to form a Netherworld Heart Demon Flame spiritual vein, but his body rejected it, so he expelled the flame.
• Lu Yu formed a second Futu spiritual vein, but the pressure injured him and forced him to remove it; he concluded that his body needed to grow stronger before it could bear multiple veins.
• Lu Yu began a simulation as the Ninth Prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, secretly cultivated the Great Emperor Internal Scripture, and concealed his talent by indulging in pleasure.
• Lu Yu used the Heavenly Sun Divine Art and dual cultivation to raise his aptitude to a Heavenly Spiritual Vein, then rapidly advanced his cultivation while serving in the Youyue Dynasty.
• Lu Yu defeated Xia Yu, entered Heavenly King Hall ahead of Xia Hong, and was appointed Crown Prince by the Xia Emperor.
• Lu Yu transferred the simulation's gains into a Mustard Seed Bracelet and was offered a choice between the Mountain River Seal, Nine Revolutions Profound Spirit Pill, and Azure Jade Lotus Root.

Lu Yu considered the Great Xia Dynasty’s Sacred Object Mountain River Seal and the Nine Revolutions Profound Spirit Pill, then chose the Azure Jade Lotus Root to refine a Natal Gu for Qing Lin. Little Fairy Doctor told him that Qing Lin had reached the Seven-star Great Dou Master realm and become the Outer Academy’s renowned Sky Serpent Woman.

• Lu Yu decided he could not use the master-recognizing Mountain River Seal and judged the Nine Revolutions Profound Spirit Pill less valuable than the Azure Jade Lotus Root.
• Lu Yu took out the Azure Jade Lotus Root, intending to use it to refine a Natal Gu for Qing Lin, then hid it when Zi Yan entered.
• Zi Yan sniffed out the hidden treasure and demanded a share, but Lu Yu gave her a bottle of pills instead.
• Little Fairy Doctor reported that Qing Lin had advanced to Seven-star Great Dou Master and become a First-grade Spirit Insect Master.
• Little Fairy Doctor said Qing Lin had subdued several third-tier Magical Beasts and a fourth-tier one, earning the nickname Sky Serpent Woman and becoming the Outer Academy’s strongest expert.

Lu Yu restored the Futu Flame in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, provoking the sealed Falling Heart Flame and forcing Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders to reinforce its seal. Su Qian asked Lu Yu to help when the Falling Heart Flame broke free within half a year and offered him another visit to the Library Pavilion’s Secret Pavilion in exchange.

• Lu Yu escaped Zi Yan and entered an elder cultivation room in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to restore the Futu Flame by absorbing Formless Heart Flame.
• The Formless Fire Python sensed the Futu Flame and rioted in the magma, forcing Su Qian and more than a dozen elders to reinforce the tower’s seal.
• Su Qian privately warned Lu Yu not to tell outsiders what happened in the tower and confirmed that Lu Yu possessed three Strange Fires.
• Su Qian asked Lu Yu to help subdue the Falling Heart Flame when it broke free, which he expected could happen within half a year, and Lu Yu agreed to do what he could.
• When Lu Yu asked for Origin Heart Flame, Su Qian offered him another entry to the Library Pavilion’s Secret Pavilion, and Lu Yu gladly accepted the prospect.

Su Qian brought Lu Yu to the Library Pavilion to choose one treasure from its Secret Pavilion, where the Thousand Hundred Elders recognized his rapid advancement and powerful Exotic Flames. Lu Yu chose Godfall Black Iron, a rare metal born alongside the Falling Heart Flame, and its barrier opened when it sensed his Golden Futu Flame.

• Su Qian took Lu Yu to the Library Pavilion, where the Thousand Hundred Elders observed his three Exotic Flames and allowed him to enter the Secret Pavilion.
• The Thousand Hundred Elders opened the pavilion and reminded Lu Yu that he had one hour to choose a single item.
• Lu Yu surveyed the remaining treasures and found Mang Tianchi's note describing Godfall Black Iron's origins, properties, and danger during refinement.
• Lu Yu used the Golden Futu Flame to pass the black iron's barrier, and Godfall Black Iron floated out for him to claim.

Lu Yu left the Library Pavilion with Godfall Black Iron, then watched Qing Lin and Xiao Yan fight to a draw in the Outer Academy selection tournament. Qing Lin’s spirit-insect techniques and five Magical Beasts impressed the spectators, while Xiao Yan left the match humbled and determined to improve.

• Lu Yu chose Godfall Black Iron, and Su Qian sent him on his way after explaining that the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower would be sealed temporarily.
• At the selection tournament, Qing Lin used three Third-tier and two Fourth-tier Magical Beasts to pressure Xiao Yan, while Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor watched.
• Qing Lin formed the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal with her five Magical Beasts, and Xiao Yan countered with his Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• The clash injured both Qing Lin and Xiao Yan and left three of Qing Lin’s beasts unconscious, so the referee declared the match a draw.
• Xiao Yan reflected that Jia Nan Academy was full of hidden experts and resolved to work harder, while Old Man Yao chose not to correct his mistaken impression of Qing Lin.

After revealing that the Inner Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower was sealed, Lu Yu discussed his and Xiao Yan’s plans for training and proposed trading a Soul Splitting Pill formula to Medusa for the Green Lotus Core Flame. He demonstrated his strength to reassure Old Man Yao, leaving Xiao Yan stunned when Lu Yu’s secret method raised him to the peak of Two-star Dou Huang.

• Lu Yu told Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower was temporarily sealed, and Xiao Yan chose to train in the Black Corner Region instead.
• Lu Yu said he planned to take Qing Lin to the Tagor Desert and seek the Green Lotus Core Flame for Little Fairy Doctor.
• Lu Yu showed Xiao Yan the Soul Splitting Pill formula, and Old Man Yao praised its ability to separate foreign souls and improve soul control.
• Old Man Yao warned Lu Yu that Queen Medusa might refuse the trade or use her strength to take the pill without honoring their agreement.
• Lu Yu activated Burning Heaven Spirit Incineration and surged to the peak of Two-star Dou Huang, shocking Xiao Yan and convincing Old Man Yao that he could contend with an early-stage Dou Zong.

Old Man Yao refined a Rank 7 pill for Lu Yu and Xiao Yan before pretending the effort had exhausted him so he could withdraw and make Xiao Yan rely on himself. As Lu Yu prepared to leave for the Tagor Desert, Xiao Yan entrusted him with messages and gifts for his brothers.

• Old Man Yao examined a secluded valley, raised a soul barrier, and began refining a Rank 7 pill using Lu Yu's Crimson Flame Cauldron and medicinal ingredients.
• Over three days, Old Man Yao precisely extracted and combined the ingredients while Xiao Yan and Lu Yu watched and learned.
• Old Man Yao formed a middle-tier Rank 7 pill, handed it to Lu Yu, and returned to Xiao Yan's ring, claiming he needed to sleep after exhausting his Soul power.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yan a map of the Black Corner Region and an improved Breath Concealing Pill, warning him to be careful while Old Man Yao was absent.
• Lu Yu and Xiao Yan agreed to set out for the Tagor Desert in three days, and Xiao Yan asked Lu Yu to deliver a letter and two jade bottles to his eldest and second brothers.

Lu Yu and his companions reached the outskirts of Stone Desert City and discovered that the Snake-human Race was attacking it. Lu Yu struck down Mo Bass and turned the tide of the battle, while the fate of the defenders remained uncertain.

• Zi Yan insisted on joining Lu Yu's journey to the Tagor Desert, and Lu Yu agreed after buying her candied fruit.
• Half a month later, Lu Yu, Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan heard that the Snake-human Race was attacking Stone Desert City and hurried toward it.
• The group found a wounded mercenary, and Lu Yu and Zi Yan raced ahead while Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin followed.
• At Stone Desert City, Mo Bass overwhelmed the defenders as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li struggled to hold the walls.
• Lu Yu blocked Mo Bass from killing the City Lord and blasted him across the desert with his Nine Golden Flame Chains.

Lu Yu and Zi Yan helped defend Stone Desert City from the Snake-People, then reunited with Xiao Yan’s brothers and delivered his letter and pills. The chapter ended with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learning of Xiao Yan’s success at Jia Nan Academy as tensions between the Snake-human Race and the Jia Ma Empire mounted.

• Lu Yu knocked out Mo Bass, causing the Snake-People soldiers to retreat, and landed on the city wall with Zi Yan.
• Lu Yu healed Xiao Li’s poisoned wound and learned from Mu Yuan that Queen Medusa had advanced to Dou Zong and was seeking more territory.
• Mu Yuan and Xiao Ding explained that Stone Desert City had become the first target in the Snake-human Race’s probing attacks, while the Jia Ma Empire had offered no clear response.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Xiao Yan’s letter and medicinal pills, and told them Xiao Yan had won first place in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Xiao Ding praised Xiao Yan’s achievement and thanked Lu Yu for looking after him, while Lu Yu reflected on their close bond.

After learning that the Snake-human Race was mobilizing and Medusa had reached Dou Zong, Lu Yu gathered powerful allies to confront the threat while pursuing her Green Lotus Core Flame. He demonstrated a Tri-colored Fire Lotus capable of forcing Medusa back, and the group set off for the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Yi Xian reported that at least five Snake-human tribes were moving toward the border, and Lu Yu decided to summon allies rather than enter the desert with only a few companions.
• Three days later, Hai Bodong arrived in Stone Desert City with Jia Xing Tian, Mitel Tengshan, and Mu Chen, and they were astonished to learn Lu Yu had reached Seven-star Dou Wang.
• Lu Yu revealed that Medusa had become a Dou Zong and admitted he wanted her Green Lotus Core Flame, while promising he could make her retreat and redirect her attention toward other empires.
• Lu Yu displayed a Tri-colored Fire Lotus formed from the Earth Core Flame, Netherworld Heart Demon Flame, and Futu Flame, then asked the assembled experts to hold off the Snake-human Race's other fighters.
• Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, Mitel Tengshan, and Mu Chen agreed to help, and Lu Yu led the group toward the depths of the Tagor Desert.

Lu Yu and his companions reached the Snake-human Sacred City to negotiate with Queen Medusa, who challenged them to submit before Lu Yu offered to resolve the danger caused by her breakthrough technique. After examining his Jade Slip, Medusa accepted two of Lu Yu’s conditions, and he asked her to spare the Jia Ma Empire as his third.

• Lu Yu and his companions approached the Holy City unseen until its guards spotted them, and Hua She'er moved to stop them.
• Queen Medusa appeared and demanded that the humans submit, prompting Jia Xing Tian and the others to prepare for battle.
• Lu Yu calmed his companions and offered to resolve the hidden danger of Medusa's breakthrough in exchange for three conditions.
• Medusa examined Lu Yu's Jade Slip and invited him to state his conditions.
• Medusa agreed to give Lu Yu the Green Lotus Core Flame and a drop of her blood essence.
• Lu Yu asked Medusa to change the direction of her offensive and spare the Jia Ma Empire.

Lu Yu and his allies battled Medusa and the Snake-human Race after negotiations collapsed. Lu Yu wounded Medusa, but she used the Power of Space to appear behind him and launch a surprise attack.

• Medusa rejected Lu Yu's terms, and Hua She'er and seven Snake-human tribal leaders emerged to fight him and his companions.
• Lu Yu used Burning Heaven Spirit Incineration to reach peak Two-star Dou Huang and fought Medusa while Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor battled the Snake-human forces.
• Medusa unleashed Seven-Colored Rainbow Aura, but Lu Yu's Heavenly Dragon Flame Finger broke through her sword auras.
• Medusa summoned a Seven-Colored Giant Sword, and Lu Yu countered with Sky Burning Sea Boiling Palm's Fifth Revolution, Mountain Incineration, injuring her.
• Medusa used the Power of Space to appear behind Lu Yu and drive a seven-colored, bloodstained hand toward his back.