Chapter Summaries

Kurumi found and claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the desert, then planned to return to Desert City and continue toward Jia Nan Academy. Queen Medusa confronted her in the cave and recognized the seventh-rank magic core at Kurumi’s neck, leaving their meeting on the brink of a clash.

• Kurumi sent Qing Lin and the Lin brothers away, then used her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to break through the desert and descend into the magma.
• Kurumi found the Green Lotus Core Flame and forced the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent guarding it to retreat.
• Kurumi captured the Green Lotus Core Flame, sealed it in a sphere of golden fire, and took the lotus platform’s seeds before heading back toward the surface.
• Kurumi planned to absorb the flame in Desert City and then travel to the Black Corner Region, but a powerful aura descended into the cave.
• Queen Medusa entered the cave and assessed Kurumi, then noticed the seventh-rank magic core at her neck and realized it represented Dou Zong-level power.

Kurumi negotiated with Medusa to rent the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for most of the Snake People tribe’s medicinal herbs and protection during Medusa’s breakthrough. After the two completed a contract, Kurumi stayed in the tribe until the arranged breakthrough.

• Medusa suspected Kurumi belonged to a powerful human clan and avoided attacking her, then proposed a deal for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Kurumi and Medusa agreed to exchange one week’s use of the flame for eighty percent of the tribe’s medicinal herb reserves, with Kurumi guarding Medusa during her breakthrough.
• Kurumi traveled with Medusa to the Snake People Empire’s main city, where the tribe’s people reacted to her with curiosity and, in some cases, hostility.
• Five elderly snake women oversaw Kurumi and Medusa signing a contract, after which Kurumi lent Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa promised to gather the herbs and assigned Yue Mei to look after Kurumi during her stay.

Medusa began her dangerous breakthrough by tempering her body with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Ice Spirit Cold Spring, but the flame escaped and engulfed her in blue fire. As a thunderstorm gathered overhead and lightning struck Medusa, Kurumi tried to reach her, only for Yue Mei to block her until Medusa ordered her to let Kurumi through.

• Medusa began her breakthrough as Kurumi and the snake-people watched a powerful hurricane and storm gather over the city.
• Lin Tie told Kurumi that two Soul Hall Dou Zongs had arrived, and he and Lin Tong fought them in the sky.
• Medusa swallowed the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and unsealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, but the flame expanded, set the palace ablaze, and trapped her in a ring of fire.
• Medusa endured the Heavenly Flame without using Dou Qi to resist it as thunderclouds gathered and a bolt of lightning struck her head.
• Kurumi ignited her Flame Wings and tried to approach Medusa, but Yue Mei blocked her until Medusa ordered Yue Mei to let Kurumi come over.

Kurumi reclaimed the Green Lotus Core Flame from Medusa’s lightning tribulation and demanded eighty-five percent of the Snake People Empire’s medicinal herbs. Medusa emerged as a miniature Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, attached herself to Kurumi, and the snake people asked Kurumi and her companions to stay while they offered their herb reserves.

• Kurumi reclaimed the Green Lotus Core Flame and raised her demand to eighty-five percent of the Snake People Empire’s medicinal herbs, giving them two hours to deliver it.
• Medusa collapsed after the lightning tribulation, but a powerful aura briefly erupted from her charred body before vanishing.
• Lin Tie and Lin Tong returned with storage rings after defeating two Soul Hall lackeys, and Lin Tie admitted he had destroyed their soul-collecting items.
• A miniature Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python appeared and coiled around Kurumi’s forearm, revealing itself as the newly reborn Medusa.
• The snake people tried to draw Medusa away with medicinal liquid, but she drank it and returned to Kurumi’s shoulder.
• The old women asked Kurumi and the two Dou Zong experts to stay for another day and offered all of the Snake People tribe’s medicinal herb reserves.

Kurumi refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and raised the Flame Mantra to high-grade Earth rank before trying to help the Snake People separate the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul from Medusa. The attempt triggered the python’s transformation and was halted by Lin Tie, while arriving empire experts—including Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian—watched from afar.

• Kurumi absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, used it to advance the Flame Mantra, and spent the night refining her bloodline with the Snake People’s medicinal herbs.
• The elderly Snake People women used a seal to pull the Seven-Colored Little Snake from Kurumi’s sleeve and began their soul-separation formation.
• The formation caused the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to reveal its true form and collapse the restored palace, injuring the elderly women.
• Kurumi ordered Lin Tie to suppress the python, and he pinned it to the ground with a giant Dou Qi palm as the formation continued.
• Experts from other empires hid in the clouds after seeing Lin Tie and Lin Tong, while Yun Yun recognized Lin Tong and Kurumi and told Jia Xing Tian what she knew.
• Jia Xing Tian considered using the presence of the two Dou Zongs as inspiration to break through to Dou Zong himself.

Queen Medusa broke through to Dou Zong after forcing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul from her body, but her poor physical compatibility left her asleep in snake form. Kurumi and the Lin brothers left the Snake People Empire and traveled toward the Black Corner Region, where they learned Xun'er was among the students bound for Jia Nan Academy.

• Kurumi ordered Lin Tie to save the newborn soul if it survived, and he restored it before Kurumi sheltered it in Seven Illusion Clear Spirit Saliva.
• Queen Medusa emerged as a Dou Zong, but after the visiting Dou Emperors departed, she lost control of her new body and reverted to a sleeping seven-colored snake.
• The Snake People tribe gave Kurumi the remaining medicinal ingredients, and she declined their invitation to stay before leaving with the Lin brothers.
• Kurumi traveled toward the Black Corner Region under the protection of the two Lin brothers, who had heard that Lin Bai had arrived there.
• The Lin brothers told Kurumi that Xun'er was among the incoming students preparing to cross the Black Corner Region for Jia Nan Academy.

Kurumi and the Lin brothers captured a Soul Hall envoy and continued toward Jia Nan Academy, where Kurumi presented Mang Tianchi’s token. Great Elder Su Qian suspected they had come for the Fallen Heart Flame and escorted them to the Inner Academy.

• Lin Tie and Lin Tong defeated a Soul Hall envoy, and Kurumi took his soul chain and ordered them to keep his weakened soul for questioning.
• Kurumi and the Lin brothers flew through the Black Corner Region toward Jia Nan Academy, alarming local factions with the two Dou Zongs accompanying her.
• A Jia Nan Academy law enforcement squad stopped Lin Tong near Peace Town, and Kurumi identified herself as a descendant of Dean Mang by showing his token.
• Dean Hu Gan and Great Elder Su Qian recognized the token and asked Kurumi and the Lin brothers to visit the Inner Academy.
• Kurumi introduced herself as Gu Mo'er and named Lin Tie and Lin Tong, while Su Qian suspected they had come to claim the Fallen Heart Flame.

Kurumi left the Inner Academy after securing a Fire Crystal Card and flew to the Outer Academy to reunite with Xun'er. Her arrival revealed that she was accompanied by two Dou Zong guards, startling the academy’s instructors, and she greeted Xun’er by pinching her cheeks.

• Xun'er learned that Kurumi had arrived at the Inner Academy and was coming to find her.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan worried that Kurumi intended to deal with the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian ordered the Outer Academy’s recent admissions records brought to him.
• Kurumi flew to the Outer Academy with two men who could fly without Dou Qi wings, and the instructors recognized them as Dou Zongs.
• Kurumi crossed the courtyard to Xun'er and pinched her cheeks instead of immediately embracing her.

Kurumi and Xun'er spent the morning together at Jia Nan Academy, where Xun'er awkwardly hid her attraction to her sister and Kurumi grew dissatisfied with their breakfast. Kurumi flew with Xun'er to the back mountain to find better food, but a disturbance in the forest interrupted them.

• Xun'er tried to kiss the sleeping Kurumi, but a loose strand of hair woke Kurumi before their lips met.
• Kurumi teased Xun'er as she fixed her hair, and Xun'er wondered why she became childish whenever her sister was near.
• Kurumi and Xun'er ate breakfast at Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy, where Kurumi disliked the greasy magical beast meat.
• Kurumi carried Xun'er to the back mountain with her Flame Wings and landed on a hill after nearby magical beasts fled.
• A disturbance came from the forest just as Kurumi took a spirit fruit from her storage ring.

Kurumi and Xun'er met Zi Yan, a purple-haired girl who stole and devoured their spirit fruits. Kurumi recognized her as an Ancient Void Dragon hatchling, and Zi Yan was left wondering about her true identity.

• Kurumi grabbed Zi Yan after she emerged from a spatial rift and stole a spirit fruit, tearing part of her clothing.
• Zi Yan introduced herself and offered to help Xun'er with bullies in exchange for spirit fruits.
• Kurumi used more spirit fruits to draw out Zi Yan's nearly seamless short-range spatial travel.
• Xun'er gave Zi Yan a robe and fixed her hair, and Zi Yan called her a good person.
• Kurumi identified Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon hatchling, and Zi Yan looked at her with longing.

Zi Yan asked Kurumi where the Ancient Void Dragons were and left to seek directions to the Central Plains. Kurumi and Xun'er explored the Inner Academy and entered the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Xun'er revealed she had placed a fire mark on an irritating student.

• Zi Yan learned that the Ancient Void Dragons were probably in the distant Central Plains, then left to ask an old man how to get there.
• Zi Yan returned briefly to thank Kurumi, asked her to bring spirit fruits when visiting the Inner Academy, and vanished again.
• Kurumi and Xun'er arrived at the Inner Academy, ignored students trying to recruit them, and scattered the crowd with Kurumi's aura.
• Kurumi and Xun'er went to the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower despite a white-clad student warning them that it could be uncomfortable.
• Kurumi and Xun'er entered the tower without showing signs of distress, while the spectators discovered Kurumi was a Dou Wang-level elder.
• Xun'er told Kurumi she had put a fire mark on the annoying white-clad student.

Kurumi descended beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame while Xun'er cultivated above. When the fire spirit began battering its weakening seal, Su Qian rallied the elders to reinforce it as the tower shook violently.

• Kurumi sent Xun'er to cultivate on an upper level while she continued downward, using Su Qian's token to pass the guards.
• Kurumi cultivated near the seal until she came close to reaching three-star Dou Wang, then burned the fire poison from her body with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Kurumi found Su Qian confronting the giant molten lava python, the Fallen Heart Flame's fire spirit, as it repeatedly struck the seal.
• Xun'er joined Kurumi and explained that the Fallen Heart Flame's cultivation benefits had limits, then asked why Kurumi would not accept her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• As the tower shook more violently, students evacuated and dozens of Dou Wang elders gathered; Su Qian ordered them to channel their Dou Qi into the formation together.

Kurumi captured the Fallen Heart Flame’s fire spirit after it breached the seal beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower. She held the spirit in a sphere of golden flame but was left pale and weakened, while Su Qian wondered why she wanted a second Heavenly Flame.

• The magma python repeatedly attacked the seal, exhausting the Dou Wang elders until most of them withdrew.
• The magma python breached the double-layered seal, flooding the tower with fire mist and poisonous gas as Su Qian fought it back.
• Kurumi flew to Su Qian’s aid, then descended over the magma and used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame abandoned its magma-p​​ython body and tried to escape, but Kurumi trapped its true form inside a sphere of flame.
• Kurumi swallowed a Qi Nourishing Pill after capturing the stronger fire spirit, while Su Qian wondered why she sought another Heavenly Flame.

Kurumi subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, leaving Su Qian worried about Jia Nan Academy’s future without it. She negotiated with him to exchange the newly born flame for seventy percent of the academy’s medicinal herb reserves, with sole discretion over the high-grade herbs.

• Kurumi’s divine flame devoured the Fallen Heart Flame’s remaining fire spirit, and the subdued flame settled inside a golden sphere.
• Su Qian sealed the tower against poisonous gases and considered how losing the Fallen Heart Flame could damage Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian offered Kurumi Dou Techniques and then half the academy’s medicinal herbs in exchange for the flame, but she rejected the initial terms.
• Kurumi agreed to trade the newly born Fallen Heart Flame for seventy percent of the medicinal herb reserves and the right to choose the high-grade herbs herself.
• Su Qian accepted Kurumi’s terms and agreed to let her enter the medicinal herb storeroom once they signed a contract.

Kurumi arranged for Su Qian to take a newborn Fallen Heart Flame under a contract witnessed by Lin Bai, while revealing another one deep beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower. Su Qian retrieved it and discovered the fallen Venerable Tian Huo, then left intending to find him a successor despite feeling that Gu Mo'er had gotten a great deal at the academy’s expense.

• Su Qian and Kurumi finalized a contract for the Fallen Heart Flame, removing the clause that would erase its fire spirit’s intelligence.
• Kurumi summoned Lin Bai, whose presence convinced Su Qian that a Venerable would witness the agreement.
• Kurumi sent Su Qian into the lava with a green flame snake to find a newborn Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian found the flame inside the skeleton of a deceased expert, and the phantom of Venerable Tian Huo appeared and asked him to find a successor.
• Su Qian returned toward the surface with the flame, resolved to honor his promise to Tian Huo, while reflecting on the academy’s lost medicinal herbs and Gu Mo'er’s gains.

Kurumi and Xun'er visited Jia Nan Academy's medicinal herb storage room, where they reunited with Zi Yan and Kurumi collected her contractually allotted share of the herbs. They took Zi Yan back to their residence, where she devoured spirit fruits and Kurumi set out Qi Nourishing Pills.

• Kurumi and Xun'er entered the herb storage room after the guarding elder checked their contract and Su Qian's token.
• Xun'er greeted Zi Yan, who ate high-grade spirit herbs and complained about being kept from leaving the academy.
• Xun'er used spirit fruits to lure Zi Yan, but Zi Yan repeatedly snatched them with her speed.
• Kurumi selected exactly seventy percent of the herb reserves, including high-grade herbs, and stored them despite the elder's protests.
• Kurumi and Xun'er brought Zi Yan to their residence, where Zi Yan ate the spirit fruits Kurumi had set out.
• Kurumi placed a row of Qi Nourishing Pills on the table as Zi Yan finished the fruit.

Zi Yan traded for ten bottles of Kurumi’s Qi Nourishing Pills, then ate them all before gathering any spiritual herbs. After realizing the bottles were empty, she eyed the surrounding mountains hungrily.

• Kurumi offered Zi Yan a Qi Nourishing Pill, and Zi Yan loved its taste and medicinal effect.
• Kurumi agreed to trade ten bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills for spiritual herbs, and Zi Yan promised to gather herbs in the back mountains.
• Zi Yan left the courtyard and repeatedly ate pills, forgetting her promise to collect herbs.
• Zi Yan learned from passing students that the pills were valuable, then poured whole bottles into her mouth anyway.
• Zi Yan discovered she had nearly finished all ten bottles, ate the final two pills, and looked over the mountains with hungry eyes.

Kurumi subdued the Fallen Heart Flame and used it to break through to three-star Dou Emperor, drawing a massive vortex of free energy around Jia Nan Academy. The chapter ended with her opening her eyes inside the ruined apartment as the gathered crowd felt the pressure of her breakthrough.

• Kurumi suppressed the Fallen Heart Flame and absorbed it into the Flame Mantra, but the technique remained at earth-tier high-grade.
• Kurumi broke through from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor as her Flame Mantra rapidly consumed the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Tie and Lin Tong gathered free energy from the back mountain to fuel Kurumi's breakthrough, creating a vortex that attracted students and elders.
• Su Qian and Lin Bai arrived, and the elders learned that Lin Tie and Lin Tong respectfully called Lin Bai a Dou Zun.
• Kurumi's aura spread through the academy, and Su Qian shielded the ordinary students from its pressure.
• Kurumi used the last of the free energy to reach three-star Dou Emperor and opened her eyes in the ruined apartment.

Kurumi exchanged Qi Nourishing Pills for Zi Yan’s herbs, then set out for Maple City to challenge Han Feng and claim his Sea Heart Flame. She arrived and began cutting through his subordinates as the city’s onlookers placed bets on how quickly Han Feng would defeat her.

• Kurumi traded Zi Yan several jade bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills for high-grade medicinal herbs and considered asking Su Qian for herb protection fees.
• Kurumi marked Maple City on her map and decided Han Feng, its master and a peak nine-star Dou Emperor, would be her trial target and source of the Sea Heart Flame.
• Kurumi flew toward Maple City with the Lin brothers watching for interference, while they prepared to intercept potential threats.
• A Dou Wang tried to stop Kurumi at the city’s edge, but his head was suddenly severed as she entered Maple City.
• Han Feng’s Dou Wang subordinates rose to confront Kurumi, while spectators assumed she was a new Dou Emperor seeking revenge and began betting on how many moves she would last against the Medicine Emperor.

Han Feng watched as Kurumi confronted him, while Lin Tong killed the Gold and Silver Elders with overwhelming force. Kurumi challenged Han Feng to fight, and he recognized her colorless flames as a possible Heavenly Flame before she began using a secret technique.

• Han Feng stopped refining pills and went to see the Dou Emperor attacking Maple City, while the Gold and Silver Elders went out to confront her.
• Lin Tie ordered Lin Tong to kill the Gold and Silver Elders, and Lin Tong struck them down in front of Han Feng and the people of Maple City.
• Han Feng froze when Lin Tong killed Gold Elder and realized that the man was an established Dou Zong.
• Kurumi refused Han Feng's offer to talk and demanded that he either die or fight her.
• Han Feng recognized Kurumi's colorless flames as possibly the Fallen Heart Flame, and Kurumi began using Secret Technique: Wind Chaser.