Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan used his Heavenly Flame Clone, under the name Huoluo, to enter Blazing Flame Valley as an inner disciple. After Elder Chihuo accepted him, Huoluo traveled with the Liu Family group to the valley and began his introduction to the sect.

• Yan Qingshan kept his Heavenly Flame Clone in Zhonghuang City while his main body traveled toward the Pill Region, and he used the Liu Family's connection to seek entry into Blazing Flame Valley.
• Elder Chihuo awarded the Liu Family the next three years of control over the Spatial Wormhole and agreed to accept its young disciples into Blazing Flame Valley.
• The Liu Family Grand Elder introduced Huoluo as Liu Qing's talented friend from Jia Nan Inner Academy, and Elder Chihuo offered him an inner disciple position.
• Elder Chihuo led Huoluo and the Liu Family disciples from Zhonghuang City to Blazing Flame Valley aboard giant winged birds.
• Elder Chihuo asked the Liu Family disciples to help unload supplies and took Huoluo to familiarize him with the sect.

Yan Qingshan entered Blazing Flame Valley under the identity Huo Luo, joined the inner disciples, and began gathering information and Fire Attribute resources. After mapping the valley’s Fire Dragon Springs, he decided to pursue an unconventional route into the sect’s core rather than wait for the year-end tournament.

• Elder Chihuo guided Yan Qingshan into Blazing Flame Valley and introduced him to its inner disciples, who speculated about his strength.
• Elder Chihuo arranged Yan Qingshan’s disciple token and sent him to the Flame Hall, where he received an inner disciple’s room and training clothes.
• Yan Qingshan learned about the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame and the Fire Dragon Springs that Blazing Flame Valley’s disciples competed to use.
• Yan Qingshan traded for Fire Attribute materials in the inner market and refined a Crimson Flame Stone to strengthen his Heavenly Flame Clone.
• Yan Qingshan used his map of Blazing Flame Valley to deduce the location of the remaining Fire Dragon Spring and resolved to use it to enter the sect’s core quickly.

Yan Qingshan secretly used Blazing Flame Valley’s Fire Dragon Spring to improve his Heavenly Flame Clone while hiding from the disciples and Tang Huo’er. When she discovered him at the spring, they fought, and Yan Qingshan subdued her.

• Yan Qingshan sneaked into the ninth Fire Dragon Spring and secretly cultivated after seeing Tang Huo’er bathing there.
• Yan Qingshan kept using the spring over the following days, bringing his Heavenly Flame Clone close to great accomplishment.
• Tang Huo’er returned to the spring at night, and Yan Qingshan burst from the water to confront her when he sensed danger.
• Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo’er exchanged blows, and Yan Qingshan used his techniques to seize and restrain her.
• Yan Qingshan threatened and kissed Tang Huo’er, then evaded her counterattack and subdued her.

Yan Qingshan fought Tang Huo'er in Fire Dragon Spring Valley, revealed that he wielded part of the Fallen Heart Flame’s power, and won her agreement to share the spring. Tang Huo'er let his earlier transgression go but insisted on testing him whenever he returned.

• Yan Qingshan restrained and teased Tang Huo'er until she recovered and confronted him over sneaking into Fire Dragon Spring.
• Yan Qingshan explained how he had found the spring and admitted that he had seen Tang Huo'er bathing, provoking her into attacking him.
• Tang Huo'er and Yan Qingshan fought with their flame techniques, and Yan Qingshan used a Formless Fire Python to defeat her Thunderfire Silver Dragon.
• Yan Qingshan explained that his Fallen Heart Flame power came from refining Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy, and Tang Huo'er accepted his account.
• Tang Huo'er allowed Yan Qingshan to use Fire Dragon Spring but required him to defeat her in a test each time he came.

Yan Qingshan entered Blazing Flame Valley’s inner sect competition, where Tang Huo’er arranged a free-for-all with the winner offered a chance to become a core disciple. As the field narrowed, Yan revealed his Dou Emperor strength and prepared to sweep away the remaining competitors.

• Yan Qingshan asked about Blazing Flame Valley’s monthly competition after disciples teased him about his recent absences.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo’er arrived with the valley’s elders, and Tang Huo’er persuaded them to make the competition a free-for-all whose winner could compete for a core disciple position.
• More than a thousand Flame Hall inner sect disciples began fighting, and the chaotic opening exchanges quickly eliminated many contestants.
• Yan Qingshan used Intelligent Brain Dawn and nimble evasion to conserve his strength as the contestants dwindled to fewer than a hundred.
• Yan Qingshan unleashed his Dou Emperor aura and pale red flame wings, shocking the remaining disciples.

Yan Qingshan, disguised as Huo Luo, won Blazing Flame Valley’s inner sect monthly competition, but Third Elder Wu Chen invoked the rules requiring three victories over core disciples before promotion. Huo Luo accepted the challenge and defeated Wu Baiyu in their opening match, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Yan Qingshan used the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix and its rain of fire-feathers to eliminate the inner disciples and win the monthly competition.
• Tang Zhen began announcing Huo Luo’s promotion, but Wu Chen objected and insisted that Huo Luo first defeat three core disciples.
• Elder Chihuo vouched for Huo Luo’s background, and Huo Luo accepted the required challenges.
• Wu Baiyu stepped forward as the first challenger and attacked Huo Luo with fiery techniques and an explosive movement skill.
• Huo Luo evaded Wu Baiyu’s attacks, sent him crashing into the plaza, and then struck him away again as Wu Baiyu charged for another attack.

Yan Qingshan defeated Wu Baiyu and became Valley Master Tang Zhen’s personal disciple, then moved into the core disciples’ residence beside Tang Huo'er. Tang Huo'er invited him on a mission outside the sect, and Tang Zhen watched them depart with mixed feelings.

• Yan Qingshan defeated Wu Baiyu, and Third Elder Wu Chen accepted that Huo Luo deserved core disciple status.
• Tang Zhen rejected Wu Chen’s attempt to take Huo Luo as his disciple and named Huo Luo his personal disciple and a core disciple of Blazing Flame Valley.
• Yan Qingshan changed his identity token, collected his resources, and moved into a courtyard beside Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Huo'er invited Yan Qingshan to join her on a mission outside the sect, saying Tang Zhen wanted him to gain experience.
• Tang Huo'er summoned a Red-feathered Crane and flew away with Yan Qingshan as Tang Zhen watched them leave.

Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo'er traveled to the Blood Forest Domain on a Blazing Flame Valley mission and reached the valley’s outpost. There they met Tang Huo'er’s cousin Tang Yan'er, who managed the mining operations.

• Yan Qingshan teased Tang Huo'er during their three-day journey, and she explained that their mission was to retrieve valuable resources from the chaotic Blood Forest Domain.
• Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo'er arrived at the Blood Forest Domain, where he released his Dou Emperor aura to drive off creatures watching them.
• Tang Huo'er guided Yan Qingshan to Blazing Flame Valley’s outpost above its mine vein, where outer disciples greeted them and Xin Lan reported that Tang Yan'er was inside.
• Tang Huo'er introduced Yan Qingshan to her cousin Tang Yan'er, who flirted with him until he stopped her and Tang Huo'er pulled her away.
• Tang Huo'er asked Tang Yan'er to arrange food and lodging, and the group headed into the outpost to rest.

Yan Qingshan learned that a gathering of mindless Ferocious Beasts threatened Blazing Flame Valley’s mine and that Sound Valley might have lured them there to disrupt the production of Fire Bodhi Pills. He charged into the forest with Tang Huo'er and summoned powerful fire spirits to confront the emerging Beast Tide.

• Tang Yan'er explained the mine’s importance and told Yan Qingshan that Earth Blazing Fire Dragon Marrow was nearing emergence and was needed to refine Fire Bodhi Pills.
• Tang Yan'er said the Ferocious Beasts seemed to have been lured to the mine and suspected Sound Valley was behind the scheme.
• Yan Qingshan decided to seize the initiative by killing the beasts and charged into the forest, followed by Tang Huo'er and Tang Yan'er’s disciples.
• Tang Huo'er struck the forest, revealing a horde of savage, blood-eyed Ferocious Beasts gathering into a threatening cloud of baleful aura.
• Yan Qingshan summoned the Fallen Heart Flame and formed wolf, lion, and flood-dragon fire spirits with the Five-Ring Blazing Fire Method, causing the beasts to sense danger.

Yan Qingshan used the Fallen Heart Flame to crush the Beast Tide before exposing Sound Valley’s role in provoking it and confronting its disciples. Dongfang Yu’s flute attack set off a fight with Tang Huo’er and the Blazing Flame Valley disciples.

• Yan Qingshan unleashed three fire spirits that burned through the Ferocious Beasts and dispersed the blood-red fiendish clouds.
• Dongfang Yu appeared with Sound Valley disciples, and Yan Qingshan’s fire wave forced him to retreat from the flames.
• Yan Qingshan accused Sound Valley of manipulating the Beast Tide, mocked Dongfang Yu’s self-styled title, and warned the group to stay away from Blazing Flame Valley’s mines.
• Tang Huo’er rejected Dongfang Yu’s attempts to invoke her father’s authority and threatened the Sound Valley disciples.
• Dongfang Yu played his jade flute to attack the group, and Tang Huo’er charged at him.

Yan Qingshan countered Sound Valley’s soundwave techniques and joined the battle after Dongfang Yu defeated Tang Huo’er. Yan Qingshan and Dongfang Yu unleashed their strongest attacks in a climactic clash, whose outcome remained unresolved.

• Tang Huo’er attacked Dongfang Yu while the Sound Valley disciples used musical techniques to disrupt Blazing Flame Valley.
• Yan Qingshan used a vibrating sword to weaken the soundwaves, then led the Blazing Flame Valley disciples in defeating the Sound Valley formation.
• Dongfang Yu struck Tang Huo’er and sent her flying, but Yan Qingshan restrained her before she could force herself to use the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Yan Qingshan fought Dongfang Yu in a prolonged aerial battle, countering his soundwaves and forcing him to expend his strength.
• Yan Qingshan shattered his damaged sword into fragments and followed with Roaring Lion’s Roar as Dongfang Yu unleashed the Jade Flute Divine Sword.
• The flaming lion and sword phantom collided in a blinding explosion, leaving the battle’s result unknown.

Yan Qingshan defeated Dongfang Yu and confiscated the Sound Valley disciples’ Storage Rings before exploring the depths of the Blood Forest Domain mineral vein with Tang Yan'er and Tang Huo'er. They found the Dragon Pool and its Earth Flame Dragon Marrow, but Yan Qingshan could not draw the liquid out.

• Yan Qingshan defeated Dongfang Yu, shattered his jade flute, and ordered the Sound Valley disciples’ Storage Rings taken as compensation for the trouble they had caused.
• Yan Qingshan gave the Storage Rings to Tang Yan'er to sort and distribute, then led the Sound Valley members back toward the mineral vein.
• Yan Qingshan, Tang Yan'er, and Tang Huo'er descended into the underground abyss and discovered an ancient battlefield filled with bones, a Fire Dragon Tomb, and a crimson underground lake.
• Tang Yan'er explained that the Dragon Pool contained valuable Origin Dragon Fruits and that its dangerous surroundings had defeated a Dou Zong senior who tried to explore them.
• Yan Qingshan identified the Dragon Pool’s luminous liquid as Earth Flame Dragon Marrow, but found that he could not draw it out.

Elder Tianqin of Sound Valley attacked Blazing Flame Valley’s mine and demanded the release of Sound Valley disciples, but Yan Qingshan and the Tang sisters refused. Yan Qingshan and Elder Tianqin prepared to clash with Earth-tier Dou Skills as the confrontation escalated.

• Elder Tianqin arrived at Blazing Flame Valley’s mine and used his zither to weaken its protective formation while demanding Sound Valley’s abducted disciples.
• Yan Qingshan, Tang Huo'er, and Tang Yan'er emerged from underground; Yan Qingshan fought Elder Tianqin with the Fallen Heart Flame while Tang Huo'er and Tang Yan'er stabilized the formation.
• Tang Yan'er identified Elder Tianqin and warned him that Tang Huo'er was Valley Lord Tang Zhen’s daughter, but Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo'er refused to hand over the Sound Valley disciples.
• Elder Tianqin threatened the group again, and Yan Qingshan summoned the Fire Wolf, Fire Lion, and fire wyrm to perform the Five-Ring Blazing Fire Method, Three-Spirit Wheel Fusion.
• Elder Tianqin countered Yan Qingshan’s Earth-tier Dou Skill with his own technique, Myriad Sound Tide Dance.

Yan Qingshan and the Blazing Flame Valley disciples were rescued when Wu Chen confronted Elder Tianqin of Sound Valley. Wu Chen overwhelmed Tianqin, destroyed his zither, and captured him, leaving him badly injured and humiliated.

• Wu Chen arrived just as Yan Qingshan and Tianqin were about to clash, allowing Yan Qingshan, Tang Huo'er, and Tang Yan'er to retreat into the formation.
• Wu Chen confronted Tianqin over his attacks on Blazing Flame Valley disciples and struck him with a blazing sun, sending him flying.
• Wu Chen countered Tianqin's zither and ice attacks, then shattered the ancient instrument with a palm strike.
• Wu Chen battered Tianqin with flaming attacks, leaving him severely injured despite his attempt to use the Profound Python Arm.
• Tianqin tried to escape around a boulder, but Wu Chen blasted him away, seized him, and repeatedly slapped his face.

Elder Wu Chen fought Sound Valley over Old Ghost Tianqin’s attack on Huo'er, while Old Monster Tianyin arrived to demand the release of Sound Valley’s people. Blazing Flame Valley’s Grand Elder appeared as a Dou Zun and attacked Sound Valley’s elders with Spatial Strangulation.

• Elder Wu Chen beat Old Ghost Tianqin and stopped him from escaping, but Sound Valley reinforcements arrived under Old Monster Tianyin.
• Old Monster Tianyin demanded that Wu Chen return Tianqin and release the detained Sound Valley disciples, but Wu Chen insisted Tianqin answer to Blazing Flame Valley’s Valley Lord.
• Old Monster Tianyin attacked Wu Chen, who used the clash to seize Tianqin and flee toward the mineral vein’s formation.
• A hidden Dou Zun struck Old Monster Tianyin aside, and Wu Chen revealed that Blazing Flame Valley’s Grand Elder had emerged from seclusion.
• The Grand Elder used Spatial Strangulation to split the void and break apart the Sound Valley elders’ energy storm.

Blazing Flame Valley’s Grand Elder defeated Old Monster Tianyin and Sound Valley’s elders despite their Heavenly Sound Divine Music Array, then moved to capture them as they tried to escape. A clear chime interrupted him, and he prepared the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, while Wu Chen suspected Sound Valley’s Divine Music had arrived.

• Old Monster Tianyin led Sound Valley’s elders in forming the Heavenly Sound Divine Music Array to challenge Blazing Flame Valley’s Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder evaded and dismantled the array’s giant musical note with spatial techniques and flames, leaving Old Monster Tianyin and the elders badly injured.
• Old Monster Tianyin opened a Spatial Passage and ordered the surviving elders to flee, but the Grand Elder collapsed the passage and began pulling them back.
• A clear chime rang out just as the Grand Elder moved to detain Sound Valley’s elders, prompting him to release his full aura and activate the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Wu Chen searched for a hidden powerhouse and wondered whether Sound Valley’s Divine Music had arrived.

Blazing Flame Valley's Grand Elder used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to confront Sound Valley's master, Venerate Shenle, who came to retrieve his captured disciples. Shenle forced his way toward the mineral vein, but Tang Zhen stood firm after Shenle's forces had injured Tang Huo'er.

• The Grand Elder activated all three transformations with three eighth-rank Beast Flames and unleashed a Flame Blade at a figure concealed in distorted space.
• Venerate Shenle appeared, and Old Monster Tianyin told him that Blazing Flame Valley had detained Yuxiao and other disciples and injured Old Ghost Tianqin.
• Shenle demanded that Blazing Flame Valley release his personal disciples, but the Grand Elder rejected his demand and attacked him.
• Shenle dispersed the Grand Elder's attacks and pushed him back before advancing toward the mineral vein.
• Shenle stopped near the vein and addressed Tang Zhen, who declared that he would not overlook Sound Valley's repeated provocations or Tang Huo'er's injury.

Tang Zhen fought Sound Venerate over Sound Valley’s offense against Tang Huo'er, forcing the injured valley master to apologize and withdraw from the Blood Forest Domain. Sound Valley left after Tang Huo'er accepted the apology, while Old Ghost Tianqin was abandoned behind.

• Tang Zhen attacked Sound Venerate with a powerful flame palm, and Sound Venerate countered with his zither techniques as their clash tore through the sky and devastated the surroundings.
• Tang Zhen overpowered Sound Venerate, burning his hand and leaving him injured; Sound Venerate then asked to end the conflict.
• Sound Venerate ordered the Sound Valley elders to withdraw and apologized to Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, explaining that his injured hand made continuing the fight pointless.
• Tang Zhen asked Tang Huo'er to decide what should happen, and she accepted Sound Venerate's apology after consulting Yan Qingshan.
• Sound Venerate promised compensation, agreed to remove Sound Valley from the Blood Forest Domain, and departed with his elders after Tang Zhen warned him not to repeat the offense.
• Old Ghost Tianqin pleaded for Sound Valley to take him along, but Sound Venerate and the elders left him behind.

Yan Qingshan and Blazing Flame Valley dealt with Sound Valley’s abandoned disciples after Sound Venerate Shenle withdrew, then returned to the valley. Yan Qingshan arrived at the Elder Hall with Tang Huo'er for a meeting, where Tang Zhen’s wary expression hinted at trouble ahead.

• Tang Zhen shattered Dongfang Yu’s Dou Qi core after explaining that Shenle had been driven away, while Old Ghost Tianqin attempted to self-destruct.
• Old Ghost Tianqin’s body exploded, but the Grand Elder caught his escaping soul and handed it to Yan Qingshan, who burned it with Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yan Qingshan condemned the Sound Valley disciples to death, and Tang Zhen accepted the decision before arranging for Blazing Flame Valley to take over the Blood Forest Domain.
• Tang Zhen escorted Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo'er back to Blazing Flame Valley, where he told Yan Qingshan to prepare for an Elder Hall meeting.
• Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo'er arrived at the Elder Hall, where Tang Zhen and the gathered elders awaited them.

Yan Qingshan was approved to learn Blazing Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and was brought to the hidden Inheritance Pavilion. The Ancestor opened a Spatial Wormhole and sent him into the inheritance site to seek the technique.

• Tang Zhen proposed that his disciple Huo Luo learn the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, and the Elder Hall approved.
• Tang Zhen led Yan Qingshan and Tang Huo'er through a hidden passage to Blazing Flame Valley’s secluded cultivation valley.
• A red-haired Ancestor appeared at the Inheritance Pavilion and teased Tang Huo'er about her affection for Yan Qingshan.
• The Ancestor opened a Spatial Wormhole to the inheritance and identified the crimson stele holding the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Yan Qingshan thanked the others and entered the Spatial Wormhole while Tang Huo'er watched from the valley.