Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought five Lizardmen who demanded the Heavenly Poison Fruit, which Zi Yan had eaten without knowing what it was. Just as the Lion King was about to be killed, Xiao Ming arrived and took control of the fight.

• The Lizardmen demanded the Heavenly Poison Fruit, but Zi Yan denied having it and refused to hand anything over.
• The Lizardmen attacked, with three of them overwhelming the Amethyst Winged Lion King while another fought Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan used her unpredictable movement technique to hold her opponent off, but the Lion King was badly injured and pinned beneath a Lizardman.
• As a Lizardman prepared to kill the Lion King, Xiao Ming appeared, tossed him a medicinal pill, and ordered him to move aside.

Xiao Ming defeated the Lizardmen who attacked him and waited with Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Nether Poison Flame. Two months later, Xiao Yi Xian awakened with the aura of a Peak Dou King.

• Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Ming, who burned Xi Mu to ash after the Lizardman leader demanded his release.
• Xiao Ming defeated the attacking Lizardmen and stopped them from harming the injured Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Ming praised Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then explained that Xiao Yi Xian had fallen into a slumber while her Woeful Poison Body absorbed toxins from the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xiao Ming agreed to make Zi Yan ten bottles of Medicinal Pellets as they waited for Xiao Yi Xian to awaken.
• Two months later, Xiao Ming left the cabin and entered the cave, where he found Xiao Yi Xian radiating the aura of a Peak Dou King.

Xiao Yi Xian broke through to the Dou Emperor realm after devouring the Nether Poison Flame, and she and Xiao Ming agreed to take responsibility for their newly clarified relationship. On the journey back to Jia Nan Academy, she caught up to Xiao Ming's cultivation; his simulation then outlined his return, academy preparations, and a future attempt to capture the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Nether Poison Flame's power, broke through to Dou Emperor, and gained control over the Poison Power in her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Ming to take responsibility for dressing her, and he agreed; they left the Nether Poison Marsh with Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• During the journey back to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer, while Zi Yan was rebuffed when Xiao Yi Xian told her she was too young for Xiao Ming.
• Xiao Ming reached Dou Emperor Nine-Star, and Xiao Yi Xian broke through another star to match his realm.
• Xiao Ming used a Life Simulation that projected his return to Jia Nan Academy, a meeting about exchanging Heavenly Flames, and a plan to capture the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Ming reviewed the Simulator’s results and chose Spirit Nurturing Dust over the other available rewards. He received two portions, which could slowly enrich his soul with Spirit Qi, but he doubted they would be enough to reach the Ling Realm.

• Xiao Ming wondered why the Simulator had shown him still pursuing the Ling Realm after reaching the Central Continent and suspected he would need to ask Old Man Yao.
• Xiao Ming dismissed the Water Drunken Cloud Immortal Tree and the Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill as unsuitable rewards.
• Xiao Ming chose Spirit Nurturing Dust through the Simulator and received two portions.
• Xiao Ming examined the dust and concluded that, without a Soul Cultivation Technique, the two portions probably could not bring his soul to the Ling Realm.

Xiao Ming used Spirit Nurturing Dust to draw Spirit Qi into his soul, though the grain lasted only a few hours and did not bring him to the Ling Realm. He returned to Peace Town with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, where Zi Yan collected the pills prepared for her breakthrough, and Wu Tianlang greeted them.

• Xiao Ming absorbed one grain of Spirit Nurturing Dust, which drew Spirit Qi into his soul for nearly three hours before shattering.
• Xiao Ming reflected on his recent Simulator rewards and stored his remaining grain of Spirit Nurturing Dust in his Na Ring.
• Two days later, Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Peace Town near Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ming gave Zi Yan a large supply of prepared pills, and she stored them in her Na Ring.
• Wu Tianlang landed on the Amethyst Winged Lion King and greeted Xiao Ming, who remarked on Wu Tianlang's increased strength.

Xiao Ming told Elder Huo that Xiao Yi Xian’s Nether Poison Flame had resolved the Woeful Poison Body’s danger, then revealed his plan to exchange his Fallen Heart Flame for the academy’s Heart Flame to reach Dou Zong. Elder Huo initially refused, but stopped to consider the breakthrough opportunity after Xiao Ming explained his reasoning.

• Wu Tianlang revealed that he and other elders had made breakthroughs thanks to Xiao Ming’s Breaking Sect Pill, then was stunned by Xiao Yi Xian’s rapid rise to Dou Huang Peak.
• Elder Huo asked Xiao Ming about Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Ming explained how the Nether Poison Flame could resolve its danger.
• Elder Huo said he had not found the Seventh-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, while Xiao Ming considered using it later to help Xiao Yi Xian condense a Poison Pill.
• Elder Huo advised Xiao Ming to eventually seek greater opportunities in Central Continent, and Xiao Ming agreed he would go there someday.
• Xiao Ming told Elder Huo that he wanted to exchange his Fallen Heart Flame for the academy’s Heart Flame and use it to break through to Dou Zong.
• Elder Huo objected because extracting the flame’s origin would harm Xiao Ming, but reconsidered when Xiao Ming explained that devouring the Heart Flame could help him cross the Dou Zong threshold.

Xiao Ming persuaded Elder Huo to let him use the Fallen Heart Flame to break through to Dou Zong. On the way to the Inner Academy, Zi Yan suddenly began advancing and formed a cocoon at Xiao Ming’s residence.

• Xiao Ming convinced Elder Huo that replacing the Inner Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame would benefit the academy and that his technique would let him absorb it safely.
• Xiao Ming traveled to the Inner Academy with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, but noticed Zi Yan overheating after she had eaten all the medicinal pills he gave her.
• Xiao Ming rushed Zi Yan to his residence, where she lost consciousness and formed a large purple cocoon.
• Qing Lin asked what had happened, and Xiao Ming explained that Zi Yan was breaking through.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Great Elder Su Qian arrived, and Su Qian confirmed that Zi Yan was advancing.

Xiao Ming secured Su Qian’s agreement to capture Fallen Heart Flame for him and received a Fire Gathering Pot to prepare for its refinement. He then checked Qing Lin’s progress, discovered her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had advanced, and arranged for her and Xiao Yi Xian to train with stronger snake Magical Beasts.

• Xiao Ming proposed exchanging for Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian agreed after judging the plan feasible.
• Su Qian gave Xiao Ming a Fire Gathering Pot and asked him to fill it with Fallen Heart Flame before they began preparations for its refinement.
• Xiao Ming praised Qing Lin’s progress to Nine Star Dou Shi and saw her summon three Fourth Tier Snake Magical Beasts from her Pupil Space.
• Xiao Ming told Xiao Yi Xian to take Qing Lin to capture Fifth Tier Snake Magical Beasts and asked Qing Lin not to let her current beasts provide her with more Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ming gave Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian Sixth Grade Green Soul Pills to strengthen their Soul Power.

The Inner Academy prepared to suppress the Fallen Heart Flame and help Xiao Ming refine it, closing the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda and gathering its elders. As the operation began, Su Qian ordered students away and told the elders to prepare the Thousand Layer Seal Formation.

• Su Qian summoned Inner Academy elders to prepare the Thousand Layer Seal Formation, and the academy closed the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda and compensated students with Fire Energy.
• Students gathered outside the sealed pagoda and watched five wingless Dou Zong elders arrive, including Su Qian, Hu Gan, and Elder Huo.
• Han Yue asked Xiao Yu about her relationship with Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yu explained that they were distant relatives and defended his character.
• Xiao Ming arrived, handed Su Qian the Fire Gathering Pot containing the Fallen Heart Flame, and agreed to enter the pagoda to lure it out and refine it.
• Su Qian ordered all students to leave the area around the pagoda and instructed the elders to prepare the Thousand Layer Seal Formation.

Xiao Ming entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda and summoned the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to draw out the Fallen Heart Flame. After the Fallen Heart Flame attacked the seal over the Fire Well, Xiao Ming escaped and told Su Qian to remove the pagoda’s outer seal so it could not retreat into the underground lava.

• Su Qian and the elders formed a multicolored energy barrier over the Fire Well, leaving an opening for Xiao Ming to enter the pagoda.
• Xiao Ming reached the Fire Well and summoned the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to provoke the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame emerged from the underground lava as an Invisible Fire Python and attacked the barrier over the Fire Well.
• Xiao Ming left the pagoda while the Fallen Heart Flame battered the barrier, and the pagoda shook as it struck the seal.
• Xiao Ming told Su Qian that the Fallen Heart Flame was attacking the seal and urged him to remove the pagoda’s outer seal.

Fallen Heart Flame broke out of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, but Su Qian and the Elders contained it within the Thousand Layer Seal. After its attempts to break through failed, Hu Gan and the others began attacking it.

• Su Qian removed the pagoda's black-energy defense, and Fallen Heart Flame burst out through the roof in a column of magma.
• The Invisible Fire Python emerged from the magma and faced the Elders' Thousand Layer Seal as students watched from a distance.
• The Invisible Fire Python charged at Su Qian, but Hu Gan and the others struck it and stopped its attack.
• The Invisible Fire Python used Formless Flame to make a tiny opening in the seal, which Su Qian promptly repaired.
• Xiao Ming observed that the beast was wasting energy attacking the seal, and Hu Gan and the others began bombarding it.

Su Qian and the elders trapped and subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, allowing Xiao Ming to seize its source. The Strange Flame dissipated, and the exhausted elders ended the Thousand Layer Seal Formation.

• The Fallen Heart Flame dispersed through the sea of fire, so Su Qian ordered the elders to form a seal and combine their Dou Qi into a vacuum sphere.
• Su Qian hurled the vacuum sphere at the Invisible Fire Python, pinning it down, and Hu Gan and the others struck its head with their attacks until its flames went out.
• The Fallen Heart Flame revealed its true form, and Su Qian opened the Thousand Layer Seal for Xiao Ming to approach it.
• Xiao Ming resisted the Heart Flame's attack, reached into the Strange Flame, and drew out a thumb-sized strip of liquid.
• Su Qian told the elders to stop maintaining the formation, and he, Hu Gan, and Elder Huo joined Xiao Ming as the formation vanished.

Xiao Ming obtained the origin of the Fallen Heart Flame and chose to cultivate in the Lava World beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to prepare for his breakthrough to Dou Zong. After reaching the lava, he carved out a cave and swallowed the flame’s origin to begin his seclusion.

• Hu Gan learned that Xiao Ming had obtained four Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Ming thanked his teacher and the elders for helping him acquire the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin.
• Xiao Ming asked Su Qian to let him enter the Lava World beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, explaining that its pure Fire Attribute Energy would aid his breakthrough.
• Su Qian agreed to Xiao Ming’s plan and promised to send elders to stand guard while Elder Huo accompanied them to the pagoda’s lowest level.
• Xiao Ming leaped into the shaft and reached the Lava World, where he searched the area and found no immediate danger.
• Xiao Ming carved a cave into a mountain wall, sat down inside, and swallowed the origin of the Fallen Heart Flame to begin his seclusion.

Xiao Ming broke through to Dou Zong after consolidating his cultivation in the Lava World and tested his newfound strength. When Venerable Tian Huo summoned him, Xiao Ming marked his route and entered the magma to find him.

• The tower-guarding elders discussed how long Xiao Ming had been in seclusion beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• Xiao Ming awoke in the Lava World after breaking through to Dou Zong and demonstrated that he could walk through the void.
• Xiao Ming examined his strengthened body and waited for Venerable Tian Huo to summon him through the Fallen Heart Flame.
• After sensing Venerable Tian Huo's summons, Xiao Ming planted a sword as a marker and wrapped himself in the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming plunged into the magma to find Venerable Tian Huo.

Xiao Ming found the infant Fallen Heart Flame deep in the lava and met the remnant soul of its former master, Yao Tian Huo. He offered to restore Yao Tian Huo and help him obtain a new body in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, leaving their deal to be settled.

• Xiao Ming descended through the lava, protected by Formless Flame, until he found a halo surrounding a skeletal corpse and the infant Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming entered the halo, and the corpse's remains gathered into the illusory figure of Venerable Tian Huo.
• Venerable Tian Huo tried to summon Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Ming explained that it was now under his control.
• Venerable Tian Huo identified himself as Yao Tian Huo and explained that his soul was nearly gone, while Xiao Ming offered to restore it and help him refine a new body in exchange for the flame.

Xiao Ming agreed to help Venerable Tian Huo recover in exchange for the Five Rounds of Fire Departure Method and Tian Huo's promise to protect him afterward. After receiving the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Ming left the magma with Tian Huo and emerged from the Lava World.

• Venerable Tian Huo gave Xiao Ming the Five Rounds of Fire Departure Method as an apology gift.
• Xiao Ming asked Tian Huo to protect him after regaining his strength and offered him an eighth-tier, two-colored Fu Ling Azure Pill.
• Tian Huo agreed to the deal and handed Xiao Ming the weakened Fallen Heart Flame, which Xiao Ming stored in a Fire Gathering Pot.
• Xiao Ming considered the risk that Xiao Yan might try to take the flame and resolved to have the Great Elder watch him if he came to Jia Nan Academy.
• Tian Huo stored his remains and entered a Na Ring as Xiao Ming broke out of the barrier and rushed through the magma.
• Xiao Ming emerged from the Magma Sea Surface, with Tian Huo accompanying him in the Na Ring.

Xiao Ming left the magma depths after breaking through to Dou Zong and promised to restore Venerable Tian Huo’s soul. He returned the Fallen Heart Flame to the Inner Academy, then revealed to Great Elder Su Qian that it was a new Heavenly Flame he had found beneath the tower.

• Venerable Tian Huo warned Xiao Ming about powerful Lizardmen and more terrifying beings in the deepest part of the Lava World, then returned to the Snow White Storage Ring as his soul weakened.
• Xiao Ming emerged from the Fire Well and learned from Elder Cao and Elder Chen that nearly a year had passed while he was underground.
• Xiao Ming told Venerable Tian Huo he would prepare the items to restore his soul within three to five days.
• Xiao Ming visited Great Elder Su Qian and handed him the Fire Gathering Pot containing the Young Heavenly Flame.
• Su Qian accepted the Young Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Ming revealed that he had found it in the magma depths beneath the tower.

Xiao Ming gave Su Qian a second, newly discovered Fallen Heart Flame and explained how the academy could nurture it, then returned to his courtyard and refined Soul Nurturing Saliva to restore vitality to Yao Tian Huo's soul. After Xiao Yi Xian returned, she embraced Xiao Ming, while Yao Tian Huo watched with an amused smile.

• Xiao Ming told Su Qian that he had found another Fallen Heart Flame deep in the Lava World and advised him to protect and nurture it.
• Xiao Ming checked on Zi Yan's energy cocoon and judged that she was nearing her emergence.
• Xiao Ming spent three days refining Soul Nurturing Saliva and infused the finished liquid into his Na Ring, restoring a trace of vitality to Yao Tian Huo's soul.
• Yao Tian Huo thanked Xiao Ming and emerged from the ring as Xiao Ming went to greet his returning friends.
• Xiao Yi Xian rushed forward and embraced Xiao Ming, while Yao Tian Huo watched them with a knowing smile.

Xiao Ming reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, introduced them to Venerable Tian Huo, and watched them receive gifts from him. The next day, Zi Yan’s room erupted with purple light and shook the courtyard, signaling that she had emerged from seclusion.

• Xiao Ming discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong and learned she had grown stronger while cultivating and gathering experience with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Ming introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Yao Tian Huo, who learned that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Woeful Poison Body and that Xiao Ming had resolved it with the Nether Poison Flame.
• Yao Tian Huo gave Xiao Yi Xian four Earth Tier Dou Techniques and gifted Qing Lin a cultivation-boosting ring from a Dou Sheng Ruins.
• After Xiao Ming returned from visiting Elder Huo, Zi Yan’s room blazed with purple light and shook the courtyard.
• Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian entered Zi Yan’s room while Qing Lin and Yao Tian Huo waited outside.

Zi Yan broke through and briefly emerged as a mature beauty, but she soon shrank back into her childlike form. Xiao Ming promised to refine a Form Transformation Pill for her, while Great Elder Su Qian waited outside to speak with her.

• Zi Yan's purple Light Cocoon shattered, and a pillar of light announced her breakthrough to the Inner Academy.
• Zi Yan emerged as a mature, naked beauty, and Xiao Yi Xian covered her with clothes while Xiao Ming admired her figure.
• Zi Yan suddenly shrank back into a little girl, then pounced on Xiao Ming when he laughed at her misfortune.
• Xiao Ming promised to refine a Form Transformation Pill for Zi Yan when his Alchemy Technique improved, and Xiao Yi Xian teased him about preferring mature figures.
• Xiao Ming found Great Elder Su Qian waiting outside with Qing Lin, and he concealed that his new tea came from the Simulator.