Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming defeated Gold and Silver Elders by disrupting them with Snow Dragon Roar, killing Elder Jin with Ling and then killing Elder Yin. With the pair dead and the Black Corner Region forces losing ground, Xiao Ming turned his attention to Han Feng.

• Xiao Ming unleashed Snow Dragon Roar, briefly disrupting Gold and Silver Elders’ Dou Qi, then struck Elder Yin with Fire Spirit Palm.
• Ling emerged behind Xiao Ming and swallowed Elder Jin, who died after being attacked by Heavenly Flames inside Ling.
• The Black Corner Region experts panicked at Elder Jin’s death as the Jia Nan Academy elders pressed their advantage, while Han Feng watched in shock.
• Xiao Ming mocked Elder Yin by scattering Elder Jin’s ashes, provoking Elder Yin into a reckless charge.
• Xiao Ming knocked Elder Yin from the sky, pinned him with a flame spear, and ignited the forest below before turning toward Han Feng and Wu Tianlang.

Xiao Ming stopped Han Feng from fleeing Jia Nan Academy and killed him after defeating his Shining Seal with the Three Flame Ethereal Seal. Gong Heng abandoned the battle and escaped, while the remaining Black Corner Region experts were trapped by the academy elders.

• Han Feng tried to flee after realizing his forces were losing, but Xiao Ming blocked his path.
• Han Feng attacked Xiao Ming with the Shining Seal, and Xiao Ming countered with the Three Flame Ethereal Seal.
• After their attacks collided and the energy dissipated, Xiao Ming stood unharmed while holding the defeated Han Feng.
• Xiao Ming crushed Han Feng's neck, killing him and ending Gong Heng's chance of receiving the promised medicinal pill.
• Gong Heng fled from Jia Nan Academy, while the remaining Black Corner Region experts were unable to escape the elders' encirclement.

After defeating Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders, Xiao Ming recovered Elder Jin’s remains and captured Han Feng’s fleeing Soul Body. He told Su Qian that Han Feng’s Heavenly Flame could be extracted, leaving the Great Elder doubtful about how Xiao Ming intended to handle him.

• Su Qian joined Xiao Ming after seeing that their side had gained the advantage in the battle.
• Xiao Ming had Ling spit out Elder Jin’s charred remains and Golden Robe’s Ring, then recalled Ling into his body.
• Han Feng’s Soul Body fled toward the forest, but Xiao Ming caught him before he could escape.
• Su Qian prepared to finish Han Feng, but Xiao Ming stopped him and said Han Feng was useful alive.
• Xiao Ming said they could extract Han Feng’s Heavenly Flame, leaving Su Qian to consider the risks of transferring it.

Xiao Ming used Fallen Heart Flame to torment Han Feng until he surrendered Sea Heart Flame. After Han Feng erased his Soul Imprint, Xiao Ming sealed Han Feng's soul in a Jade Bottle and claimed the unbound Flame Seed.

• Xiao Ming threatened Han Feng with Fallen Heart Flame after Han Feng refused to surrender Sea Heart Flame.
• Han Feng recognized that Xiao Ming possessed Fallen Heart Flame and another Heavenly Flame, while Su Qian realized Xiao Ming had obtained Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming burned Han Feng's soul with Fallen Heart Flame until Han Feng could no longer maintain Sea Heart Flame.
• Han Feng agreed to hand over Sea Heart Flame and released its Flame Seed, then erased his Soul Imprint at Xiao Ming's demand.
• Xiao Ming recalled Fallen Heart Flame, sealed Han Feng's soul in a Jade Bottle, and left Sea Heart Flame's Flame Seed unclaimed before him.

After the battle, Xiao Ming collected the Sea Heart Flame in the Green Lotus Seat and recovered from the end of his secret technique. Hu Gan reported that Han Feng’s forces had been wiped out, leaving the Black Corner Region’s Black Rankings nearly empty as the academy prepared to display the fallen enemies’ bodies.

• Xiao Ming used the Green Lotus Seat to contain the Sea Heart Flame while Su Qian stood ready to intervene.
• Xiao Ming’s secret technique ended, dropping his strength to Three Star Dou Huang, and he took a medicinal pill to recover.
• Hu Gan confirmed that the last of Han Feng’s forces had been killed and ordered the battlefield cleared and the bodies sent to Wu Tianlang.
• Hu Gan told Su Qian that the battle had left the academy with only a few lightly injured elders and had eliminated nearly everyone on the Black Rankings.
• Hu Gan ordered the defeated experts’ bodies hung from the Undead Tree to deter the Black Corner Region from targeting Jia Nan Academy.

After Jia Nan Academy defeated Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts, the elders raided their factions while Xiao Ming claimed Han Feng’s Abyssal Sea Storage Ring. Xiao Ming then secluded himself to recover, stabilize his cultivation, and refine the Sea Heart Flame before emerging to find Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian waiting outside.

• Su Qian ordered Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang to lead elders in destroying the factions whose leaders had fought Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ming took Han Feng’s Abyssal Sea Storage Ring, erased its soul imprint, and discovered its vast stores of treasures and alchemist heritage.
• Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang returned with corpses, and the Inner Academy’s victory over the Black Corner Region became known.
• Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang led raids that wiped out more than a dozen factions, while Xiao Ming’s reputation rose across the region.
• Xiao Ming secluded himself to heal, consolidate his Dou Qi cultivation, and refine the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming emerged from seclusion and saw Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian outside.

After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Ming reunited with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and revealed that absorbing the Sea Heart Flame had raised him to Dou Emperor Seven-Star. He gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Pill Method and explained its remaining requirement, then offered to help her seek the Nether Poison Flame while warning her of the danger.

• Xiao Ming returned to the courtyard, where Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian greeted him, and learned Qing Lin was cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• Xiao Ming reassured Zi Yan that he had not been injured and explained that his month of seclusion had been spent refining the Sea Heart Flame, which raised him to Dou Emperor Seven-Star.
• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Pill Method and said it required three Heavenly Flames, Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and the Magic Core of a Seventh-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Ming with an impulsive embrace, and Zi Yan objected before leaving to eat medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Ming told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to help her find the Nether Poison Flame, but warned that absorbing it could be fatal.

Xiao Yi Xian decided to absorb the Nether Poison Flame, and Xiao Ming took her to obtain cultivation resources. During their walk, Xiao Ming rescued Xiao Yu from Yao Huai and his companions, then reunited with her before returning to his courtyard, where he learned Old Man Su wanted to see him.

• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to absorb the Nether Poison Flame, and Xiao Ming agreed to take her to it once she reached the Dou Ling realm.
• Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian headed to the Trading Area, where they encountered Yao Huai harassing Xiao Yu and her companions surrounding her.
• Xiao Ming recognized Xiao Yu, expelled Yao Huai, and fined the accomplices one hundred Fire Energy each.
• Xiao Yu thanked Xiao Ming, introduced herself to Xiao Yi Xian, and joined them on a walk around the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Ming exchanged medicinal pills for Fire Energy, bought poisonous herbs for Xiao Yi Xian, and shared the remaining Fire Energy with Xiao Yu.
• Back at his courtyard, Xiao Ming found Zi Yan with medicinal herbs, and she told him Old Man Su had asked to see him.

Xiao Ming met with Su Qian and Elder Huo after absorbing the Sea Heart Flame and reaching Seven-Star Dou Emperor. He chose three spoils from the academy’s defeated factions and was asked to refine grade-six pills, but pointed out that Elder Huo might now be able to make them himself.

• Xiao Ming prepared Zi Yan’s medicinal pills with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and went to Su Qian’s study.
• Su Qian noticed Xiao Ming’s breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Emperor, and Elder Huo advised him to consolidate his cultivation.
• Su Qian explained that Jia Nan Academy had defeated factions in the Black Corner Region and offered Xiao Ming a share of their spoils.
• Xiao Ming chose an Azure Jade Fruit, the Netherworld Cultivation Method, and the Azure Wood Medicinal Canon from the seized items.
• Su Qian gave Xiao Ming herbs and payment for refining grade-six pills, and Xiao Ming asked whether Elder Huo could refine them now that his Soul Power had grown stronger.

Xiao Ming gave Elder Huo a subflame of the Sea Heart Flame and gave Xiao Yi Xian an Earth Tier cultivation method and a poisonous Azure Fei Fruit. His simulation then showed him preparing to help Xiao Yi Xian obtain the Nether Poison Flame, which rapidly raised her strength.

• Xiao Ming refused Elder Huo's request to manage the Alchemy Department while Elder Huo prepared to enter seclusion and break through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming gave Elder Huo a Sea Heart Flame Seed, and Elder Huo stored the subflame in a Jade Bottle.
• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Cultivation Method and warned her to keep the poisonous Azure Fei Fruit away from Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ming read the Azure Wood Medicinal Canon and began a Life Simulation.
• In the simulation, Xiao Ming took Xiao Yi Xian to find the Nether Poison Flame, and she devoured its origin essence before advancing to Dou Wang.

After the simulation ended with Xiao Ming dying in Hall of Souls captivity, he chose to draw the Heavenly Snake Secret Canon. The reward appeared as an Inheritance Crystal, and its contents revealed that it held much more than a cultivation method.

• Xiao Ming chose the Heavenly Snake Secret Canon as his reward from the simulator.
• A green Inheritance Crystal appeared, and Xiao Ming explained that such crystals carried cultivation insights and improvements alongside the method itself.
• Xiao Ming immersed his Spiritual Power in the crystal and received a vast stream of information.
• Xiao Ming discovered that the inheritance included matching Dou Skills and insights into the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes, so he wondered whether Qing Lin still needed to go to Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Xiao Ming reviewed Qing Lin’s training plans, then discovered and swallowed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to obtain its Dragon Qi. He successfully released a soul-shaking roar and considered combining it with Snow Dragon Roar.

• Xiao Ming decided to give Qing Lin the Heavenly Snake Secret Canon and train her at Jia Nan Academy, though he worried the Heavenly Snake Mansion might pursue him over the technique.
• Xiao Ming found the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in a Cold Jade box and recalled that it could enable a transformation after severe injury and might grant Dragon Qi.
• Xiao Ming swallowed the pill, whose medicinal power remained latent within his body.
• Xiao Ming flew to a cliff and circulated his Dou Qi rapidly until he extracted the pill’s Dragon Qi.
• Xiao Ming released a powerful sound wave that struck nearby flying Magical Beasts from the sky, then judged that combining the Dragon Qi with Snow Dragon Roar could briefly daze a Dou Zong.

After Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Two-Star Dou Ling, Xiao Ming planned a journey to find something suitable for the Nether Poison Flame so she could rapidly grow stronger. He prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, while Qing Lin stayed behind, and entrusted Su Qian with a message for his teacher.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ming that the Azure Fei Fruit had helped her break through to Two-Star Dou Ling, and Xiao Ming decided it was time to search for something suitable for the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xiao Ming explained that the Nether Poison Flame could help Xiao Yi Xian reach Dou Emperor, then arranged for Zi Yan to accompany him while Qing Lin remained at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ming told Su Qian he would leave the next day and asked him to congratulate Xiao Ming's teacher on his expected breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming handed Su Qian the medicinal pills he had finished refining for the academy.

Xiao Ming left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to search for the Nether Poison Flame in the Netherworld Marsh. They learned that the intelligent Heavenly Flame could roam freely and that the journey to the Extreme Western Lands would take two months.

• Su Qian considered Xiao Ming a possible successor as Great Elder and hoped Xiao Ming's pills would help his old friends reach the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Ming departed the Inner Academy with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian aboard the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Ming showed Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian a detailed map of the Netherworld Marsh and pointed out the marked location of the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xiao Ming explained that the Nether Poison Flame might have developed intelligence and would not necessarily remain at the map's marked location.
• Xiao Ming told Zi Yan that the Netherworld Marsh lay in the Extreme Western Lands and that their flight would take two months, disappointing her.

A black-mist protector investigated Han Feng’s ruined Maple City and learned that Xiao Ming had killed him, then turned his attention toward Jia Nan Academy. Two months later, Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the poisonous Netherworld Marsh.

• A black-mist protector found a Da Dou Shi in Maple City and questioned him about Han Feng’s fate.
• The man revealed that Xiao Ming had killed Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders during the failed attack on Jia Nan Academy.
• The protector killed the man, considered seeking help from Vulture Protector, and disappeared from Maple City.
• Two months later, Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Netherworld Marsh on a Purple Crystal Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed toxins in the marsh’s poisonous fog and noted that the inner regions would be more dangerous.

Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Lion Purple traveled deeper into the Netherworld Poison Marsh, where Zi Yan’s treasure hunting led them to collect medicinal herbs guarded by powerful Magical Beasts. After more than ten days, they reached the marked canyon, but Xiao Ming could not sense the Nether Poison Flame inside.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan took Detoxification Pills before setting off into the Netherworld Marsh on Lion Purple.
• Zi Yan tried to persuade Xiao Ming to find medicinal herbs for her, but he told her to sense them along the way while they focused on finding the Nether Poison Flame.
• As they traveled, Zi Yan sensed treasures guarded by Magical Beasts, and Xiao Ming helped her take them; Zi Yan ate the medicinal herbs, prompting Xiao Ming to limit how much she consumed.
• After more than ten days, the group reached a lifeless canyon filled with dense poison mist and flickering green flames.
• Xiao Ming tried to sense the Nether Poison Flame with his Heavenly Flame and Spiritual Power, but detected no trace of it.

Xiao Ming searched a poisonous valley for the Nether Poison Flame but found Heavenly Poison Fruits and signs that Lizardmen had been there first. After several more days of fruitless searching, he learned through Life Simulations that the Lizardmen of the Gloomy Marsh had set their sights on his group.

• Xiao Ming rejected Zi Yan’s suggestion to split up and entered the poisonous valley alone to investigate.
• Xiao Ming found traces of others and collected the ripe Heavenly Poison Fruits from a clearing.
• A green-skinned Lizardman confronted Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, then fled when Xiao Ming returned.
• Several aged Lizardmen arrived at the valley, inspected it, and left after an excited discussion.
• Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others continued searching for the Nether Poison Flame, while Life Simulations revealed that the Lizardmen of the Gloomy Marsh were targeting them.

Xiao Ming’s group found the Nether Poison Flame in the form of a purple butterfly, and Xiao Ming prepared to capture it. He froze the area around it with two Ice Blue Jade Bottles, leaving the Heavenly Flame struggling against the sudden attack.

• Zi Yan complained about being pursued by the Lizardmen, and Xiao Ming teased her about finding a Lizardmen queen to befriend.
• Xiao Ming sensed the Nether Poison Flame and ordered the Amethyst Winged Lion King to fly north at full speed.
• Xiao Ming woke Xiao Yi Xian, reassured her, and gave her a Grade Seven Medicinal Pill, the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Ming spotted the Nether Poison Flame as a Dreamlike Butterfly and instructed Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian before flying toward it.
• Xiao Ming threw two Ice Blue Jade Bottles at the butterfly and shattered them, unleashing cold qi that enveloped the Nether Poison Flame and extinguished its purple starlight.

Xiao Ming used Heavenly Cold Qi and a series of long-range attacks to weaken the Nether Poison Flame, then stunned it with Snow Dragon Roar. He seized the flame’s origin, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Xiao Ming used Heavenly Cold Qi from Han Feng’s Abyssal Sea Storage Ring to suppress the Nether Poison Flame and pierced its butterfly form with Formless Flame.
• Lizardmen heard the battle and decided to report it to their elders while Xiao Ming continued attacking the flame.
• Xiao Ming struck the Nether Poison Flame with Mountain-Splitting Palm and evaded its counterattack, but the airborne poison nearly made him lose consciousness.
• The Nether Poison Flame unleashed a barrage of Purple Flame meteors, and Xiao Ming answered with Snow Dragon Roar, extinguishing the flames and stopping the butterfly.
• Xiao Ming appeared beside the stunned butterfly and took a thumb-sized drop of dark-purple liquid, claiming the Nether Poison Flame’s origin.

Xiao Ming brought the Nether Poison Flame Origin to a cave and helped Xiao Yi Xian begin absorbing it. As she refined the flame inside, five Lizardmen arrived outside to confront Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Five Lizardmen examined the devastated forest, recognized the Nether Poison Flame's energy, and decided to pursue the outsiders who had taken the Heavenly Poison Fruits.
• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian the items she needed to absorb the Nether Poison Flame and instructed the Amethyst Winged Lion King to find a secluded place.
• Xiao Ming chose an empty cave, told Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King to guard its entrance, and led Xiao Yi Xian inside.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill, took the Nether Poison Flame Origin from Xiao Ming, and began refining it after drinking the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Five Lizardmen landed outside the cave in front of Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.