Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang and his companions sorted through Han Feng’s spoils, uncovering valuable pill recipes, treasures, and the Heavenly Cauldron-ranked Myriad Beast Cauldron. They distributed rewards and medicine cauldrons, leaving Wei Yang delighted with his new alchemy treasures.

• Wei Yang emptied the Storage Ring and gave Ah Da Sky Cold Qi and Single-Horn Han Feng’s corpse as a reward.
• Xian'er and Qing Lin sorted the spoils while Wei Yang found a large collection of rare high-grade pill recipes.
• Qing Lin spotted a crimson cauldron, and Wei Yang identified it as the Myriad Beast Cauldron, one of the thirteen medicine cauldrons on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Wei Yang let Xian'er and Qing Lin each choose a Seventh Tier medicine cauldron, then gave Ah Da a Sixth Tier cauldron.

Wei Yang summoned Han Feng’s weakened Soul Body and explained that he had killed him to take the Sea Heart Flame, working with the owner of the Green Lotus Core Flame. Han Feng learned that Wei Yang’s Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame was a newly ranked Heavenly Flame and realized Wei Yang had underestimated his alchemy skill.

• Wei Yang read Han Feng’s incomplete Flame Mantra, then released Han Feng’s Soul Body from a sealed jade bottle.
• Han Feng demanded to know why Wei Yang had killed him, and Wei Yang said he wanted the Sea Heart Flame and needed no personal grudge.
• Han Feng wondered why Wei Yang had targeted him instead of the weaker owner of the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Wei Yang said Han Feng had looked most unpleasant to him.
• Han Feng realized Wei Yang and the Green Lotus Core Flame’s owner were partners who had targeted the Sea Heart Flame alongside Fallen Heart Flame.
• Wei Yang identified his Heavenly Flame as the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, ranked twenty-fourth, and Han Feng asked about their alchemy abilities.

Wei Yang revealed that he knew Han Feng had murdered Yao Chen and exposed Han Feng’s incomplete Flame Mantra. Han Feng tried to bargain with information about the complete version, but Wei Yang insisted he had no interest in cultivating it.

• Han Feng admitted he had mastered Seventh Grade Alchemy Technique but had never sought certification, and Wei Yang recognized him as Yao Chen’s former disciple.
• Han Feng questioned why Wei Yang wanted multiple Heavenly Flames and threatened him with Yao Chen’s connections, but Wei Yang named the Soul Hall and accused Han Feng of murdering his master.
• Han Feng was shaken by Wei Yang’s revelation, then composed himself and accepted that he had little left to fear as a captured Soul Body.
• Wei Yang showed Han Feng the incomplete Flame Mantra found in his Storage Ring and mocked his stalled cultivation.
• Han Feng offered to reveal who possessed the complete Flame Mantra in exchange for his release, but Wei Yang denied wanting to learn or cultivate it.

Wei Yang revealed to Han Feng that Yao Chen was alive and had ordered him to preserve Han Feng's soul so Yao Chen could deal with him. Han Feng blamed Yao Chen for his own betrayal, and Wei Yang beat him down and condemned him before leaving his fate in Wei Yang's hands.

• Han Feng tried to bargain for his release by offering his research on the Flame Mantra, but Wei Yang silenced and restrained him.
• Wei Yang told Han Feng that Yao Chen had survived, taken a disciple who cultivated the complete Flame Mantra, and wanted to end Han Feng himself.
• Han Feng asked to see Yao Chen, and Wei Yang said Yao Chen was helping his disciple refine the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng claimed Yao Chen's refusal to teach him the complete Flame Mantra had driven him to murder his master, but Wei Yang rejected his excuse.
• Han Feng insulted Wei Yang as an unworthy half-disciple, so Wei Yang struck him, planted a foot on his face, and mocked his failures and weakness.

Two years later, Xian'er, Qing Lin, Ah Da, and Single-Horn waited outside a volcano while Wei Yang remained in seclusion, attempting to break through to Dou Zong. They learned that he had likely hit a major bottleneck, but believed he would refuse a Breakthrough Pill and continue relying on his own potential.

• Two years passed as Xian'er reached the peak of Eight-star Dou Zong, Qing Lin became a One-Star Dou Ancestor, and Single-Horn reached Eight-star Dou Zong.
• Big Eye and Little Red emerged from the magma, now at Five-Star Dou Emperor and Seven-star Dou Wang respectively.
• Qing Lin asked why Wei Yang had shown no sign of emerging after nearly half a month in seclusion.
• Ah Da explained that the Dou Zong breakthrough was a natural chasm for most peak Dou Emperors, and that Wei Yang was likely accumulating strength while waiting for an opportunity.
• Qing Lin asked whether Wei Yang could use a Breakthrough Pill, and Ah Da said Wei Yang would avoid it unless there was no other choice because he wanted to overcome bottlenecks without pills.

Wei Yang accepted that his talent might limit his future cultivation and decided to use a Breakthrough Pill to advance. Just as he prepared to take it, the breakthrough opportunity appeared, and he began transforming toward Dou Zong with the pill serving as a source of energy.

• Wei Yang concluded that he could no longer wait for a breakthrough opportunity and resolved to take the Breakthrough Pill.
• As Wei Yang prepared to reach for the pill, the long-awaited opportunity appeared, and he immersed himself in it.
• A vortex of natural energy gathered in the cave and poured into Wei Yang, whose Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame refined it.
• Wei Yang swallowed the Breakthrough Pill to speed up the energy accumulation needed to complete his transformation into Dou Zong.

Wei Yang’s breakthrough into the Dou Ancestor realm consumed enormous amounts of energy, drawing a vast vortex over the volcano. To keep the disturbance from attracting beasts or powerful figures, Xian'er and the others concealed the volcano with Spatial Lock, leaving Qing Lin proud that she could help Young Master.

• Xian'er and the others sensed energy fluctuations from Wei Yang’s cave and realized he had begun his breakthrough.
• Three days later, energy across the volcano surged into a huge vortex as Wei Yang’s Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique and Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame consumed vast quantities of energy.
• Xian'er worried that the violent fluctuations might attract magical beasts or powerful figures who could disturb Wei Yang.
• Xian'er and the other three flew to separate sides of the crater and joined forces to cast Spatial Lock, concealing the volcano and sealing its energy waves.
• Qing Lin wiped sweat from her forehead and felt proud that she could help Young Master.

Wei Yang completed his breakthrough to the Dou Zong realm after a month of absorbing energy in the volcanic cave. Three days later, he emerged and tested his new ability to sense and manipulate Spatial Power.

• Xian'er, Qing Lin, Ah Da, and Single-Horn waited inside the Spatial Barrier as Wei Yang continued his transformation.
• After a month, the energy vortex vanished and Wei Yang's aura erupted, revealing that he had successfully advanced to Dou Zong.
• Xian'er congratulated Wei Yang and gave medicinal pills to the others while they waited for him to settle into his new realm.
• Three days later, Wei Yang opened his eyes in the cave, expelled impurities from his body, and reflected on his rise to Dou Zong.
• Wei Yang emerged above the volcanic crater, savored his new strength, and demonstrated his ability to sense and stir space.

Wei Yang celebrated reaching Dou Zong and the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, then decided to wait another half year for Xiao Yan before returning to Jia Nan Academy for the Heavenly Flame. Xiao Yan emerged from the magma alive, pursued by a seven-colored attacker.

• Wei Yang announced that he had reached Dou Zong and the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, matching Ah Da’s soul realm.
• Ah Da reported that Jia Nan Academy had sent no news and doubted Xiao Yan could have survived two years in the magma.
• Wei Yang insisted Xiao Yan might still be alive and set a half-year deadline before they would return to Jia Nan Academy for the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan burst out of the magma and celebrated his escape, but a seven-colored streak of energy immediately attacked him from behind.

During the Inner Academy’s monthly cultivation event, Su Qian learned that the Golden and Silver Elders had formed the Black Alliance, then sensed a dangerous eruption inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. The tower exploded and magma surged over the plaza, but an unseen force stopped it in midair as Xiao Yan announced his return.

• Su Qian addressed the gathered students and reflected on the Inner Academy’s generations of students and Xiao Yan’s presumed death.
• An elder warned Su Qian that the Golden and Silver Elders had taken over Han Feng’s assets and formed the Black Alliance.
• Su Qian dismissed the alliance as fragile and ordered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower opened for cultivation.
• Su Qian sensed danger inside the tower and ordered the doors shut, then warned everyone to flee when the Fallen Heart Flame began erupting.
• The tower’s exposed tip exploded, sending magma raining toward the plaza, but the magma stopped in midair as Xiao Yan laughed and declared he had come out.

Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Nan Academy and demonstrated his control over magma before greeting Su Qian. Meanwhile, Wei Yang began condensing the refined medicinal essence for his seventh-grade Life Reversion Pill deep in the mountains.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the magma above the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and announced his return to the crowd.
• Xiao Yan sent the suspended magma flowing back beneath the tower and spoke with Su Qian.
• Wei Yang spent half a month refining the ingredients for a Life Reversion Pill in the mountains.
• Wei Yang rested briefly, then used his Soul Power to merge the more than twenty portions of Medicinal Essence into one Black Sun.
• Wei Yang carefully stabilized the merging essence as the Pill Condensation step began.

Wei Yang refined a Seventh Grade Life Reversion Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron, enduring the dangerous fusion stage and sustaining the process for twenty days. He entered the rare Pill Soul State, which guaranteed success and preserved his insights, though the opportunity came while refining only a Seventh Grade pill.

• Wei Yang survived the perilous fusion of the medicinal ingredients and stabilized them inside the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Wei Yang estimated that the fusion would take five or six days, then replenished his energy while continuing to control the flame and medicinal properties.
• After another five days, Wei Yang entered the Pill Soul State, causing his Soul Power to overwhelm and control the fluctuations within the cauldron.
• The Pill Soul State guaranteed success and let Wei Yang retain the experience of refining the pill, but his rare opportunity was limited to a Seventh Grade Life Reversion Pill.

After emerging from the Pill Soul State, Wei Yang discovered that his cultivation and Soul Power had improved while his first pill refinement had gone nearly perfectly. He completed the Seventh Grade pill and stood ready to face the Pill Lightning it summoned.

• Wei Yang awoke on the sixth day at the peak of the One-Star Dou Ancestor realm, with his Soul Power stabilized in the middle Spirit Realm.
• Wei Yang realized he had entered the legendary Pill Soul State, which had enabled him to condense the pill with almost no waste.
• Wei Yang inspected the emerald-green Pill Prototype and began the final warming and nourishing stage.
• Wei Yang used the Spirit Imbuement technique, and the Pill Prototype became a smooth jade-green pill bearing Pill Markings.
• Pill Lightning gathered over Wei Yang's cliff, and he rose to watch the storm arrive.

Wei Yang’s seventh-grade Life Reversion Pill drew powerful Pill Lightning, and he prepared to withstand it with help nearby. The first bolt struck, but Wei Yang’s Black Fire Dragon and Single-Horned Purple Scaled Python contained its force.

• Xiao Yan and Ah Da arrived and recognized that Wei Yang’s pill had summoned Pill Lightning.
• Ah Da warned that the lightning was stronger than any he had seen before, and Xiao Yan agreed to help if needed.
• Single-Horned Purple Scaled Python appeared beside Wei Yang, easing Ah Da and Xiao Yan’s concern.
• A massive bolt of Silver Thunder descended toward the emerald pill, and Wei Yang sent a Black Fire Dragon to meet it.
• The lightning shattered the Black Fire Dragon, and Single-Horned Purple Scaled Python swept the falling electricity and flames away with a punch.

Wei Yang guarded the pill as Single-Horn fought the Pill Lightning and discovered it could absorb Thunder Force to temper its body. Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame then begged to devour the lightning, and Wei Yang let it spread across the sky to consume the scattered electric snakes.

• Wei Yang sent Single-Horn to intercept a Pill Lightning strike, and Single-Horn endured the remaining thunder with its body.
• Single-Horn told Wei Yang it could absorb the Thunder Force, then charged into the successive lightning strikes to temper itself.
• Wei Yang realized Single-Horn had recovered enough to think independently, despite still lacking its memories.
• Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame urged Wei Yang to let it eat the lightning, and he agreed after considering its energy and attributes.
• Wei Yang unleashed Black Flame across half the sky, where it began devouring the scattered electric snakes amid the Silver Thunder.

Wei Yang used the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame to devour Pill Lightning and guided its Thunder Force through his body to temper himself. Elder Yao and Xiao Yan realized the flame could grow rapidly by consuming abundant thunder, leaving Xiao Yan envious of Wei Yang’s advantage.

• Wei Yang guided Thunder Force from the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame through his cultivation method and used it to temper his body.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao watched the flame devour the thunder, and Elder Yao confirmed it could consume Thunder Force.
• Elder Yao concluded that the flame might rank among the top five Heavenly Flames and grow beyond its limits by absorbing thunder and other energies.
• Xiao Yan compared Wei Yang’s easy access to thunder with his own need to find and survive battles for Heavenly Flames, then felt bitterly envious.

Xiao Yan regained confidence in cultivating the Flame Mantra after Elder Yao encouraged him with the possibility of reaching the legendary Emperor Flame. Meanwhile, Wei Yang faced fierce Pill Lightning while refining the Life Reversion Pill, and Single-Horn charged head-on into a powerful lightning strike.

• Elder Yao reassured Xiao Yan that the Flame Mantra could let his Heavenly Flames evolve without limit, restoring Xiao Yan's resolve to continue cultivating it.
• Wei Yang endured Thunder Force tempering as Single-Horn shielded him from the Pill Lightning gathering overhead.
• Wei Yang examined the Life Reversion Pill and said its unusually fierce Pill Lightning seemed determined to destroy it.
• Wei Yang released the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame into the sky's black flames as the clouds gathered a stronger bolt of lightning.
• Single-Horn launched itself at the huge silver bolt and struck it with a fist wrapped in purple-black energy.

Wei Yang, Single-Horn, and the Black Sun absorbed the Pill Lightning, gaining strength as the storm ended. Single-Horn began refining the Thunder Force and preparing to break through, while the overstuffed Black Sun returned to Wei Yang’s dantian and accidentally shocked him as he helped it digest.

• Single-Horn shattered the descending lightning with his fists, and the Black Sun devoured the scattered silver light.
• Single-Horn fought the Pill Lightning for nearly half an hour while his strength rose toward the Eight-star Dou Zong Peak and the Black Sun grew stronger.
• After the Pill Lightning ended, Single-Horn’s aura reached the Eight-star Peak and neared a breakthrough, so Wei Yang sent him to refine the Thunder Force.
• Wei Yang praised Single-Horn and said he would cultivate him toward the Nine-star Peak Dou Venerate realm using future Pill Lightning.
• The Black Sun returned to Wei Yang’s dantian while leaking electric arcs, and Wei Yang circulated his cultivation method to help it digest the energy.

Wei Yang completed his breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Zong after refining Thunder Force, while the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame grew stronger. He reassured Xiao Yan that they each had their own path to the peak and hoped they would one day stand there together.

• Wei Yang emerged from seclusion with his strength advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong, and he sensed that the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame had reached Mid-level Dou Zong power.
• Single-Horn, who had become a Nine-star Dou Zong, left to tell Qing Lin and Xian'er that Wei Yang would return soon.
• Wei Yang leveled the ruined cliff top, set out a tea table, and received Ah Da and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan admitted he was jealous of Wei Yang, and Wei Yang told him to walk his own path without doubting himself or envying others.
• Wei Yang said he hoped to see Xiao Yan at the summit one day, but warned that otherwise Xiao Yan would only be able to look up at him from the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Yan entered a sudden enlightenment after reflecting on Wei Yang’s words, and Elder Yao celebrated his growth. Elder Yao regretted never taking Wei Yang as a disciple, though he was grateful their bond remained close.

• Wei Yang watched Xiao Yan reflect on the pressure of being overshadowed and decided that Xiao Yan had to face it himself.
• Xiao Yan entered a state of sudden enlightenment, impressing Wei Yang and Ah Da with his renewed potential.
• Elder Yao emerged and thanked Wei Yang for helping Xiao Yan, calling him a benefactor to their master-disciple pair.
• Elder Yao recalled Wei Yang’s growth and regretted not accepting him as a disciple alongside Xiao Yan.
• Elder Yao took comfort in his continued bond with Wei Yang and remembered how he had once freely guided him.