Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan refined treasures from a Heavenly Demonic Phoenix corpse, then entered the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame. He recognized that the awakened flame had noticed the Green Lotus Core Flame within him, leaving their impending confrontation unresolved.

• Yan Qingshan told Xiao Yi Xian she would stay behind to oversee the Black Corner Region and Jia Ma Empire while he traveled to the Central Plains with Ziyan.
• Yan Qingshan refined the Heavenly Demonic Phoenix corpse, gave Ziyan its bone claws, and recovered blood essence and a Magic Core.
• Yan Qingshan asked Su Qian for permission to enter the pagoda's lowest level, and Su Qian agreed to guard the entrance.
• Yan Qingshan explored the magma world and spotted the Formless Fire Python, sensing that the awakened Fallen Heart Flame had targeted his Green Lotus Core Flame.

Yan Qingshan subdued the sealed Formless Fire Python and prepared two Dou Zong corpses to refine into Heavenly Demon Puppets. He began using the captured souls of Soul Hall Protectors Tie and Xuan as part of the process, leaving them pleading for their lives.

• Yan Qingshan provoked the Formless Fire Python, blocked its attacks with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and warned it not to challenge him while it was sealed.
• Yan Qingshan set out the corpses of Yan Tianxing and Xie Biyan with Magic Beast crystal cores to prepare two Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Yan Qingshan burned the corpse aura from both bodies, opened holes in their chests and foreheads, and inserted a crystal core into each corpse.
• Yan Qingshan brought out the soul bodies of Soul Hall Protectors Tie and Xuan and warned them about the Fallen Heart Flame and the watching Formless Fire Python.
• Tie and Xuan begged Yan Qingshan to spare them, but he remained determined to make them his servants.

Yan Qingshan refined an Earth Demonic Puppet from Yan Luotian’s body, using Protector Tie’s soul and Heavenly Demonic Phoenix energy to strengthen it. The puppet reached three-star Dou Zong strength and attacked the surviving vicious soul formed from Protector Xuan and four powerful souls.

• Yan Qingshan threw Protector Xuan into a mass of vicious souls, where he and four peak Dou Emperor souls devoured one another.
• Yan Qingshan refined Protector Tie’s soul until his intelligence vanished, then placed it inside Yan Luotian’s body.
• Yan Qingshan used Dawn’s calculations to refine dark-golden metals into the puppet and infused its wings with energy bearing the Heavenly Demonic Phoenix’s resentment and death aura.
• Yan Qingshan bound the completed Earth Demonic Puppet to himself with a drop of his blood, and it bowed to him with three-star Dou Zong strength.
• Yan Qingshan ordered the puppet to attack the remaining vicious soul, and it shattered the black mist to reveal a blood-red, faceless figure filled with killing intent.

Yan Qingshan finished refining two Demonic Puppets and descended through the magma to find another, still-immature Fallen Heart Flame. After defeating the Flame Lizardmen guarding it, he passed through a hidden barrier, leaving the stronger Lizardmen unable to follow.

• Yan Qingshan refined Xie Biyan’s body into the poison-wielding Demonic Scorpion Puppet, then named his swift existing puppet the Demonic Roc.
• Yan Qingshan ordered the Demonic Roc into the magma and followed with both puppets shielding him as he descended.
• Yan Qingshan used a portion of heart flame to reveal a hidden barrier containing a weak second Fallen Heart Flame and a white skeleton.
• A Flame Lizardman attacked Yan Qingshan, but the Demonic Roc killed it, and a swarm of Lizardmen was slaughtered by the two puppets.
• Yan Qingshan passed through the barrier and stored the puppets and crystal cores, while stronger Lizardmen arrived too late to pursue him.

Yan Qingshan met the lingering soul of Yao Tianhuo, the former owner of the Fallen Heart Flame, and restored him with Soul Nourishing Saliva and soul essence. After Yao Tianhuo recovered and gave Yan Qingshan a flame-controlling technique, Yan Qingshan asked him to help subdue the Fallen Heart Flame outside.

• Yan Qingshan entered the barrier and revealed that he wanted help with the Fallen Heart Flame from its former owner, Yao Tianhuo.
• Yan Qingshan offered Yao Tianhuo Soul Nourishing Saliva and soul essence to strengthen his fading soul.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Yan Qingshan the Five-Ring Blazing Fire Method in exchange for the aid.
• Yao Tianhuo absorbed the offerings and recovered while Yan Qingshan studied the hidden space and the young Fallen Heart Flame.
• After Yao Tianhuo's soul became solid, Yan Qingshan congratulated him and asked him to honor their deal by helping subdue the Fallen Heart Flame outside.

Yan Qingshan escaped the magma world after Dragon Emperor Zhukun sensed his blood, then obtained the sealed Fallen Heart Flame from Venerable Tianhuo. He revealed a body-refining method for reviving Venerable Tianhuo and showed that he had two other flames, though the challenge of fusing them remained.

• Yan Qingshan and Venerable Tianhuo escaped the magma barrier as Dragon Emperor Zhukun awoke and caused the underground world to erupt.
• Yan Qingshan and Venerable Tianhuo agreed to put Zhukun aside and turned to the sealed Fallen Heart Flame.
• Venerable Tianhuo explained how two Fallen Heart Flames had fought inside his body and warned Yan Qingshan against taking in multiple Heavenly Flames recklessly.
• Venerable Tianhuo gave the sealed Fallen Heart Flame to Yan Qingshan, who stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Yan Qingshan showed Venerable Tianhuo a scroll detailing a method to refine him a new body, but its requirements included several Heavenly Flames, a seventh-tier pill, and a seventh-tier beast's essence blood.
• Yan Qingshan revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and a Sub-Fire of the Bone Chilling Spirit Flame, while Venerable Tianhuo questioned how he would fuse them.

Yan Qingshan traded with Venerable Tianhuo for the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, then forged the Heavenly Demonic Phoenix Wings into the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movement Wings. After two months of seclusion, he emerged as a four-star Dou Emperor.

• Yan Qingshan offered to forge Venerable Tianhuo a body in exchange for the Fallen Heart Flame and his protection, and Venerable Tianhuo accepted the deal.
• Yan Qingshan placed the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame in a Fire Gathering Pot and used it to refine the aura and soul origin from the Heavenly Demonic Phoenix Wings.
• Yan Qingshan fused the refined wing material with silver bones, feathers, and other flying materials to complete the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movement Wings.
• Yan Qingshan bound the new wings to himself with his blood, and they forced his Purple Cloud Wings out of his body.
• After two months of cultivation, Yan Qingshan emerged having refined part of the Demonic Poison Mark and advanced to four-star Dou Emperor.

Yan Qingshan emerged from seclusion with a breakthrough to four-star Dou Emperor and resolved the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda’s Fallen Heart Flame crisis. After learning Xiao Yi Xian was advancing dangerously quickly, he took Ziyan to Beast King Valley to cultivate a secret art, where he began preparing a Dragon Mark.

• Yan Qingshan gave Grand Elder Su Qian the complete Fallen Heart Flame in the Fire Gathering Pot and revealed that he had found a second, young Fallen Heart Flame in the magma world.
• Yan Qingshan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue were in seclusion, and grew concerned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Poisonous Body of Misfortune was advancing too quickly.
• Yan Qingshan decided to seek a cure for Xiao Yi Xian and took Ziyan to Beast King Valley to cultivate a secret art.
• Yan Qingshan asked Ziyan to use her blood to inscribe a Dragon Mark from the Three Beasts Savage Desolation Art, and Ziyan asked whether he had devised the mark himself.

Yan Qingshan used Ziyan’s dragon blood, Demonic Phoenix Blood Essence, and the support of nearby magical beasts to refine his wings and advance to peak six-star Dou Emperor. At Xiao Xun’er’s residence, he confronted the Gu Clan visitors who had arrived to protect her and asked for the item he had requested.

• Yan Qingshan and Ziyan inscribed a dragon mark on his body, which absorbed heavenly lightning and began to show signs of life.
• Yan Qingshan infused his bone wings with Demonic Phoenix Blood Essence, enlarging them and forming blue-red patterns across them.
• The surrounding magical beasts offered beast blood to help merge Yan Qingshan’s dragon and phoenix energies, and his cultivation rose to peak six-star Dou Emperor.
• At Xiao Xun’er’s residence in Jia Nan City, Ling Quan and nine Gu Clan guards blocked Yan Qingshan as he arrived for their appointment.
• Xiao Xun’er apologized to Yan Qingshan and ordered Ling Quan to hand over the black scroll he had requested.

Yan Qingshan took the cultivation scroll for Senior Xuelan from Xiao Xun'er and provoked Ling Quan and the Gu Clan youths who tried to control her. After effortlessly defeating their attacks, he sealed the Dou Qi of Ling Quan and all nine of his companions, leaving them weakened.

• Xiao Xun'er handed Yan Qingshan the scroll and discreetly signaled him, while Ling Quan objected to their closeness.
• Yan Qingshan put his arm around Xiao Xun'er to provoke Ling Quan, then easily caught and struck him when Ling Quan attacked.
• Ling Quan summoned a lightning spear and repeatedly attacked as Yan Qingshan dodged while painting Xiao Xun'er on his fan.
• Yan Qingshan disarmed Ling Quan, interrupted his attempt to use the Mountain Splitting Seal, and knocked him down with his fan.
• Yan Qingshan used the Amethyst Seal on Ling Quan and his nine companions, sealing their Dou Qi below the Dou Ling realm.

Yan Qingshan dealt with Xiao Xun'er's unruly guards before returning to his companions and setting his sights on the Black Corner Region. He infiltrated Han Feng's estate and began attacking him, leaving Han Feng trapped in a bewildering fight against shifting demonic shadows.

• Yan Qingshan sealed Xiao Xun'er's guards and warned them not to interfere in her affairs, then left after telling Xiao Xun'er how she could remove the seal.
• Yan Qingshan returned to his residence, where Ziyan complained that she was missing from his painted fan and Xuelan served him food.
• Yan Qingshan said the academy's affairs were settled and turned his attention toward the Black Corner Region.
• Han Feng prepared to refine a Sect Breaking Pill in his Maple City estate, but sensed that his guards had gone silent.
• Yan Qingshan confronted Han Feng over his betrayal of Yao Chen and revealed that he possessed the Green Lotus Core Flame and had learned the Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng fought back with his Heavenly Flame and Starry Sky Fire Phoenix, but Yan Qingshan's shifting demonic shadows kept evading his attacks and wearing him down.

Yan Qingshan defeated Han Feng, tortured him into surrendering the Flame Mantra fragment and a wisp of the Sea Heart Flame, then dragged him outside and announced the Black Alliance’s disbandment. He declared that Azure King City would take over Maple City, and a hidden attacker killed a Black Alliance leader as he began to object.

• Yan Qingshan trapped Han Feng in an illusion, overcame him, and took his Storage Ring.
• Yan Qingshan used the Fallen Heart Flame to torment Han Feng until he surrendered his Flame Mantra fragment and a wisp of the Sea Heart Flame’s Sub-Fire.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had fabricated the illusion of Yao Chen and explained that Han Feng’s master had taken a new disciple.
• Yan Qingshan refused to let Han Feng leave, chained him by the neck, and dragged him outside.
• Yan Qingshan announced that the Black Alliance was disbanded and Maple City would be taken over by Azure King City.
• A hidden figure pierced and killed a Black Alliance leader who began to object.

Yan Qingshan destroyed the Black Alliance, forced Demonic Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect into treaties, and left Han Feng in Xiao Yi Xian’s custody to be handed over to Xiao Yan. After bidding farewell to Jia Nan Academy, he departed for the Central Plains.

• Yan Qingshan killed and refined a Dou Wang’s soul, then ordered the Black Alliance dissolved and its members to leave Maple City without taking its assets.
• Old Man Yingshan and the Golden-Silver Elders abandoned the Black Alliance, and the remaining experts fled as Yan Qingshan held Han Feng captive.
• Yan Qingshan told Xiao Yi Xian to guard Han Feng and hand him to Xiao Yan, while explaining that he had left Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame.
• Yan Qingshan defeated Old Ghost of Earth Demon and pressured Demonic Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect into signing treaties rather than conquering them.
• Yan Qingshan said farewell to the people of Jia Nan Academy and departed for the Central Plains with Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian.

Yan Qingshan, Han Yue, and Ziyan traveled to Sky's Edge City to use its Spatial Wormhole to reach the Central Plains. They arrived at the busy city and found the ancient wormhole showing signs of damage.

• Han Yue explained that they needed to reach Sky's Edge City and use its Spatial Wormhole to travel to the Central Plains, while Yan Qingshan comforted Ziyan about her origins.
• During their journey, Han Yue told Yan Qingshan about the Central Plains, its powerful factions, and the wealth and influence tied to Spatial Wormholes.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King carried Yan Qingshan, Han Yue, and Ziyan into the Sky-Soaring Mountain Range and toward Sky's Edge City.
• A yellow-robed Luo Family elder tried to stop the group from flying over the city, but he allowed them to enter with the Amethyst Winged Lion King after recognizing their strength.
• Yan Qingshan's group crossed the city and reached the plaza, where Yan Qingshan examined the Spatial Wormhole and Venerable Tianhuo warned that it was old and showing signs of damage.

Yan Qingshan, Han Yue, Ziyan, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King traveled by Spatial Ship from Sky's Edge City to the Northern Region of Central Plains and arrived in Northern Sky City. Han Yue reunited with her family and introduced Yan Qingshan, whose presence drew curiosity and suspicion, before her father asked her to introduce him.

• Yan Qingshan piloted Han Yue's Spatial Ship through the Spatial Passage, using Venerable Tianhuo's spatial power to speed their journey.
• The group arrived at a Space Plaza near Northern Sky City and flew to the city with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Han Yue brought Yan Qingshan and Ziyan to the Han Family manor, where she reunited with her younger sister, Han Xue, and met her cousin, Han Lin.
• Han Xue teased Han Yue about Yan Qingshan, while Han Lin grew dismissive after learning Yan Qingshan came from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Han Yue linked arms with Yan Qingshan, surprising Han Xue and making Han Lin jealous and wary.
• Han Yue's father welcomed her home, then noticed Yan Qingshan and asked her to introduce him.

Yan Qingshan stayed with the Han Family in Northern Sky City and learned that the Hong Family was threatening them with support from the Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion. He proposed destroying the Hong Family, but Han Chi warned that Hong Chen’s ties to the pavilion made the plan difficult.

• Han Yue revealed that Yan Qingshan had topped Jia Nan Academy’s Strong Ranking for two years and graduated in record time.
• Yan Qingshan painted Han Xue’s portrait on a folding fan and joked with Ziyan about people who used fans as weapons.
• Yan Qingshan looked toward the Hong Family’s territory and said Northern Sky City should change.
• Han Chi told Han Yue and Han Xue that the Hong Family had become more aggressive since Hong Chen joined the Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion.
• Yan Qingshan appeared before the Han family and proposed wiping out the Hong Family, while Han Chi warned that Hong Chen was on Phoenix Dwelling Mountain.

Yan Qingshan and Han Chi arranged to lure Hong Chen away from Phoenix Dwelling Mountain and kill him, using a staged lightning phenomenon and a supposed treasure as bait. As factions searched the Northern Desert, Han Lin exposed a hidden head-sized purple stone, putting the scheme at risk of discovery.

• Yan Qingshan proposed killing Hong Chen separately from the Han Family’s planned destruction of the Hong Family, and Han Chi agreed to the plan.
• Yan Qingshan produced Supreme Lightning Marrow and suggested using it to lure Hong Chen down from Phoenix Dwelling Mountain.
• Yan Qingshan drew lightning from a storm to create a spectacle outside Northern Sky City while tempering his two Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Pan Scarface and Xiao Lin found a purple-glowing patch of glazed ground in the desert and secretly carried away the hidden stone.
• Han Lin stopped Pan Scarface’s group and struck the wrapped piece, shattering the glazed glass and revealing a head-sized purple stone.

The Han and Hong Families fought over the Supreme Lightning Marrow, then exchanged it for control of Northern Spirit Market. The Hong Family learned that news of the treasure had spread across the Northern Desert and that hostile forces were preparing to ambush its escort.

• Han Lin took the Supreme Lightning Marrow from Pan Scarface's group, but Han Tian and the Hong Family's Hong Mu and Hong Lie soon confronted him.
• Han Chi and Hong Li negotiated over the treasure, and Han Chi agreed to surrender it in exchange for Northern Spirit Market.
• Hong Li explained that he wanted the Lightning Marrow to help his son Hong Chen gain favor and rise within the Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion.
• The Han Family took over Northern Spirit Market and celebrated, while Han Tian privately warned Han Chi that the Hong Family's eagerness to acquire the treasure could cause trouble.
• Hong Li learned that word of the Hong Family's treasure had spread across the Northern Desert and that multiple forces were mobilizing to rob its escort.

The Hong Family arranged for Hong Chen to bring Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion elder Shen Yun to Northern Sky City to protect the delivery of the Supreme Lightning Marrow and strengthen the family’s standing. Yan Qingshan watched Shen Yun arrive, revealing that the elder—not Hong Chen—was his true target because he wanted the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body technique.

• Hong Li accepted Elder Yun Peng’s proposal to invite a Northern Pavilion elder to oversee the Supreme Lightning Marrow’s delivery, while Yun Peng secretly sent a message to the Han Family.
• Hong Chen received his father’s letter at Phoenix Dwelling Mountain and asked to meet Elder Shen Yun.
• Three days later, Hong Chen led Shen Yun and nearly a hundred Wind Lightning Pavilion riders into Northern Sky City, where Hong Li welcomed them.
• Yan Qingshan told Han Chi that killing Hong Chen would be easy, but secretly focused on Shen Yun and the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body technique.

A silver-haired young man attacked the Hong Family in Northern Sky City and demanded the Supreme Lightning Marrow, only to learn that Shen Yun had already taken it to the Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion. As the young man turned to pursue Shen Yun, Hong Li summoned a powerful presence from within the Hong estate.

• After Shen Yun departed, Hong Li celebrated the Hong Family’s gains while Han Chi told Han Tian to record which factions had contacted the Hong Family.
• A silver-haired young man stormed the Hong Family banquet, defeated Hong Lie, and demanded that Hong Li hand over the Supreme Lightning Marrow.
• When the Hong Family experts attacked, the young man unleashed Thunderclap Blast, injuring more than a dozen of them, then overpowered and captured Hong Li.
• The young man tortured a Hong Family expert until someone revealed that Shen Yun had taken the Lightning Marrow to the Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion.
• The young man released Hong Li and turned to pursue Shen Yun, while Hong Li crushed a blood-red jade fragment and summoned a furious presence from the Hong estate.