Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang comforted Ye Xian'er over her fear of the Body of Calamitous Poison, then advanced to Dou Ling and flew with her toward the Tagor Desert to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame's lotus seeds. He left without a plan to absorb the Heavenly Flame, which he regarded as a secondary prize.

• Ye Xian'er confessed that she feared losing control of her poisonous constitution and hurting Wei Yang, and he reassured her that they would solve the problem together.
• Wei Yang told Ye Xian'er to stop taking poison until she had mastered her rapid increase in strength, and she agreed.
• Half a year later, Wei Yang broke through to Dou Ling while Ye Xian'er reached Da Dou Shi despite restraining her progress.
• Wei Yang decided to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame's eleven lotus seeds and reasoned that he had time before Queen Medusa took the flame.
• Wei Yang flew with Ye Xian'er toward the Tagor Desert, planning to search near Shimo City and avoiding Hai Bodong because he could not defeat him.
• Wei Yang acknowledged he had none of the three key aids for absorbing the Heavenly Flame and said the Green Lotus Core Flame itself was only an incidental goal.

Wei Yang reached Tagor Desert with Ye Xian'er and searched for Shimo City, where he stumbled upon a battle between mercenaries and snake people. After killing five snake men who leered at Ye Xian'er, he intimidated the rest and asked the human mercenaries for directions.

• Wei Yang flew into Tagor Desert with Ye Xian'er and realized he did not know where Shimo City was.
• Wei Yang sensed a battle and found fifteen human mercenaries surrounded by about twenty snake people.
• Wei Yang landed, and both groups mistook his wings for proof that he was a Dou Wang expert.
• Wei Yang noticed several snake men leering at Ye Xian'er and killed them with Blazing Fire Stab.
• Wei Yang silenced the snake people’s leader when he mentioned their Queen, then asked the mercenaries how to reach Shimo City.

Wei Yang agreed to travel with Aini’s mercenary team to Shimo City after destroying the pursuing Snake People. Along the way, Aini offered him a mysterious Black Iron Scroll, whose ability to absorb his powerful Soul Power left him stunned and excited.

• Aini volunteered to lead Wei Yang to Shimo City, while the Snake People leader accused her team of stealing their treasure, the Black Iron Scroll.
• Wei Yang killed the Snake People with a crimson energy lion, then gave Aini the leader’s Storage Ring as payment for guiding him.
• Aini led Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er toward Shimo City and told him that the city was about a hundred li away.
• Aini offered Wei Yang the Black Iron Scroll her team had found beneath an altar in the Underground Ancient City Ruins.
• Wei Yang discovered that the Black Iron Scroll swallowed his Soul Power, even after he poured a great deal of it into the scroll.

Wei Yang traded cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques for a mysterious Black Iron Scroll, then arrived in Shimo City with Ye Xian'er. The next morning, they visited Hai Bodong’s Ancient Map shop to buy a detailed desert map.

• Wei Yang gave Aini four cultivation methods and Dou Techniques in exchange for the Black Iron Scroll, which he suspected concealed a valuable secret.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er reached Shimo City at dusk and entered after paying the gate fee, while Aini and her mercenaries celebrated their gains.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er walked through the city, attracting attention, then rented a room at an inn and rested for the night.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er went to the Ancient Map shop the next morning to buy a detailed map of the desert.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er bought maps from an old mapmaker who was secretly the sealed Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, then returned to their inn as Wei Yang planned his search for the Heavenly Flames. He considered the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and Qing Lin, deciding to leave Qing Lin's fate to chance.

• Wei Yang recognized the old mapmaker as Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and quietly sensed that his sealed power currently amounted to about that of a high-level Dou Ling.
• Wei Yang bought ten maps for one thousand gold coins, and Hai Bodong sensed the young couple's extraordinary talent after they left.
• Wei Yang planned to study his detailed Tagor Desert map before setting out to search for the Heavenly Flames the next day.
• Wei Yang considered how to lure and kill the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake before entering the Underground Lava Lake.
• Wei Yang decided not to deliberately pursue Qing Lin, since Ye Xian'er already held most of his heart.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er searched the desert near Shimo City for the Green Lotus Core Flame, using changes in Fire Attribute energy to narrow down possible locations. Wei Yang found an area with unusual energy but exhausted his Soul Power probing underground, and the search remained unresolved.

• Wei Yang took Ye Xian'er across the desert and spent several days searching for abnormal Fire Attribute energy near Shimo City.
• On the fifth day, Wei Yang detected denser, more violent Fire Attribute energy and landed with Ye Xian'er to investigate.
• Wei Yang extended his Soul Power more than two hundred meters underground but found only Earth Attribute energy and no magma.
• Wei Yang moved to another location and continued probing underground until his Soul Power was exhausted.
• Ye Xian'er supported the dizzy Wei Yang as he rested, while he wondered how Medusa had found the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er spent nearly a month in the desert, tempering their Soul Power and Poison Dou Qi while searching for the Green Lotus Core Flame. Wei Yang finally located the underground magma where the flame was born.

• Wei Yang recovered from Soul Power depletion and realized that the cycle of exhaustion and recovery had strengthened his Soul Power.
• Wei Yang asked Ye Xian'er to remain at the inn because the desert suppressed her poison attribute, but she insisted on accompanying him to grow stronger and support him.
• Wei Yang continued tempering his Soul Power beneath the dunes, increasing it by at least forty percent, while Ye Xian'er refined her Poison Dou Qi in the heat.
• Seven days later, Wei Yang found the underground magma rich in Fire Attribute energy and identified it as the birthplace of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er found no existing route to the Underground Lava Lake, so Wei Yang carved a sloping passage through the sand with an enhanced Mad Lion's Roar. After recovering his strength, he took Xian'er into the newly opened passage toward the underground world.

• Wei Yang realized the passages from the original story had likely been carved by Medusa and decided to make a route through the sand himself.
• Wei Yang asked Ye Xian'er about her progress tempering her Dou Qi, and she said her control and overall strength had greatly improved.
• Wei Yang used his enhanced Mad Lion's Roar to melt a sloping passage through the sand and solidified rock down to the Underground Lava Lake.
• The crimson lion broke through into the lava lake, stirring up enormous waves of magma before the lake settled again.
• Wei Yang recovered his Dou Qi, then carried Ye Xian'er into the stable passage and concealed its entrance with sand.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er found a magma cavern where Xian'er could absorb Fire Poison, and Wei Yang explained how it might help her overcome her vulnerability to Fire Attributes. He warned her to absorb it slowly and control her power, leaving her promising to follow his advice.

• Wei Yang brought Ye Xian'er to a vast underground magma world and found a place for them to land.
• Ye Xian'er sensed that the cavern's Fire Poison was unusually pure and could benefit her.
• Wei Yang explained that gradually converting her Poison Dou Qi into Fire Poison Dou Qi might let her resist Fire Attributes and gain both fire and poison attributes.
• Wei Yang warned that excess Fire Poison could erode her mind and worsen the danger of losing control from her Body of Calamitous Poison.
• Ye Xian'er promised Wei Yang she would absorb the Fire Poison gradually and never take in more than she could control.

Wei Yang drew the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma and fought it while Ye Xian'er watched from safety. He kept dodging and wearing the beast down as he secretly prepared a decisive attack, and the snake began to unleash its next move.

• Wei Yang sensed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake beneath the Magma Lake and told Ye Xian'er to stay back.
• Wei Yang provoked the beast and evaded its energy pillars as they shattered parts of the rock ceiling.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged and chased Wei Yang, who struck it with Blazing Fire Stab.
• Wei Yang judged that the snake's wounds were superficial and secretly gathered Dou Qi for a powerful attack.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake screeched as its scales glowed crimson, and Wei Yang recognized that it was about to make its move.

Wei Yang faced the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake’s powerful flame attack in the Magma World and survived the ensuing explosion with minor injuries. He flew back to Ye Xian'er as the wounded snake lay in the magma, its fate uncertain.

• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake conjured more than a dozen flame copies and surrounded Wei Yang with a Flame Snake Array.
• Wei Yang countered the charging fire snakes with a massive crimson lion, and their collision created a powerful explosion.
• The blast hurled Wei Yang into a rock wall and knocked Ye Xian'er backward, while the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake was badly wounded at the explosion’s center.
• Wei Yang broke free from the rubble with his Black Wings and found that he had escaped with minor injuries.
• Wei Yang answered Ye Xian'er's call and flew over to her.

Wei Yang discovered that the badly wounded Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake was still alive and needed it to guide him and Ye Xian'er to the Heavenly Flames beneath the Magma Lake. When it refused to submit, he asked Xian'er to torture it with nonlethal poisons, and she began testing her first mixture.

• Wei Yang reassured Ye Xian'er that he was unharmed, then found the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake secretly recovering in the magma.
• Wei Yang lifted the snake onto a rock platform and explained to Xian'er that he needed it to lead them to the Heavenly Flames.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake refused to submit, so Wei Yang told Xian'er to poison it without killing it until it agreed to guide them.
• Ye Xian'er prepared several nonlethal poisons while Wei Yang rested and recovered.
• Ye Xian'er poured her first jade-green poison onto one of the snake's wounds as Wei Yang and Xian'er watched for its reaction.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er prepared to descend into the magma in search of a Heavenly Flame after subduing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. The chapter ended with the snake carrying them deeper into the blazing Magma World as the heat and strain increased.

• Wei Yang planted a soul restriction in the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, while Ye Xian'er placed a second restraint near its heart.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er cultivated on a platform for half a month, with Ye Xian'er absorbing fire poison and transforming her Dou Qi.
• Ye Xian'er tested her new fire poison Dou Qi, and Wei Yang confirmed that the transformation had succeeded.
• After Ye Xian'er adapted to her new Dou Qi, Wei Yang ordered the recovering snake to guide them to the Heavenly Flames and promised to free it if they succeeded.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake carried Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er into the magma, skillfully avoiding violent currents as they descended into increasingly intense heat.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er reached the Green Lotus Core Flame deep beneath the magma, where Wei Yang carefully harvested its lotus. He left the flame itself untouched for now, and the pair remained in the dangerous Magma World.

• Wei Yang grew wary as the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake carried him and Ye Xian'er through increasingly hot magma, consuming much of his Dou Qi.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake stopped before the azure glow of the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Wei Yang recognized the Heavenly Flame and saw the beast tremble in fear.
• Wei Yang told Ye Xian'er to wait with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then entered the azure radiance alone.
• Wei Yang used his Jade Ruler and Soul Power to detach the azure lotus without damaging its roots, then held it and examined the Green Lotus Core Flame within.

Wei Yang secured the Green Lotus Core Flame and its seeds, then left the magma with Ye Xian'er and claimed two Sub-Flames from the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. He gave Xian'er a Lava Core Flame and revealed that a Companion Lotus Seed might help her gain the wood attribute needed to pursue alchemy.

• Wei Yang stored the Green Lotus Core Flame and collected its eleven lotus seeds, deciding to postpone refining the flame and explore a map to another Heavenly Flame later.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er returned to the shore, where he asked the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake for two Sub-Flames in exchange for its freedom.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake surrendered two Lava Core Flame Sub-Flames, and Wei Yang removed his soul restriction while Xian'er retrieved the gray-white air she had placed in its heart.
• Wei Yang gave Xian'er one Sub-Flame to refine and explained that it could provide another means of attack.
• Wei Yang gave Xian'er a Companion Lotus Seed and explained that its pure fire and wood energy might help her become an alchemist.

Wei Yang refined Green Lotus Seeds and discovered that they gave his Dou Qi the Wood Attribute needed to become an alchemist. After reaching seven-star Dou Ling, he began helping Ye Xian'er refine a seed so she could pursue alchemy too.

• Wei Yang refined one Green Lotus Seed over three days, advancing from Two-Star to Four-Star Dou Ling and detecting a faint trace of Wood Attribute in his Dou Qi.
• Wei Yang confirmed that refining Green Lotus Seeds could help him become an alchemist, and Ye Xian'er eagerly prepared to try the method herself.
• Wei Yang refined two more Green Lotus Seeds over five days, reaching Seven-Star Dou Ling and developing a distinct strand of Wood Attribute.
• Wei Yang agreed to help Ye Xian'er refine her Green Lotus Seed and explained how he would control its release inside her body.
• Ye Xian'er swallowed the Green Lotus Seed as Wei Yang prepared to guide its essence through her cultivation.

After nearly three months in the magma world, Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er left the Tagor Desert to return to the Empire’s heartland and begin preparing for alchemy. They flew past Shimo City and headed for Black Rock City, leaving Qing Lin unsearched for.

• Wei Yang practiced with the Lava Core Flame while Ye Xian'er played with her newly refined Beast Flame after reaching nine-star Da Dou Shi.
• Wei Yang decided they needed to leave the magma world to gather herbs and other supplies for learning alchemy.
• Wei Yang carried Ye Xian'er through the passage to the surface and buried its entrance beneath the sand without destroying it.
• Wei Yang flew past Shimo City and chose not to search for Qing Lin, then set course for Black Rock City.

After three months in the Tagor Desert, Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er traveled to Black Rock City to seek out the alchemist Gute and his valuable collection. They entered the bustling city and learned about Gute, preparing to approach him.

• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er left the Tagor Desert with improved cultivation, refined Beast Flames, and several rare treasures.
• Wei Yang told Ye Xian'er they were heading to Black Rock City to find Gute and borrow some of his possessions.
• After three days of travel, Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er reached Black Rock City and entered after paying the gate tax.
• Wei Yang took Ye Xian'er to a luxurious inn and learned that Gute was a stubborn, eccentric Third-Grade Alchemist with a rich collection of treasures.
• Wei Yang learned that Gute was Pill King Gu He's younger brother and that Gute hated hearing Gu He's name mentioned.

Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er used sleeping mist and Soul Power to break into Gute's residence in Black Rock City. After disarming the traps and making their way through the filthy building, they reached a quiet room on the top floor.

• Ye Xian'er released sleeping mist into Gute's residence while Wei Yang waited for it to take effect.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er approached the building, but a trap blasted black powder out through the doorway.
• Ye Xian'er absorbed the powder and stored it, explaining that it caused severe itching on contact.
• Wei Yang used Soul Power to destroy the traps inside, then entered the residence with Ye Xian'er.
• Wei Yang and Ye Xian'er carefully crossed the cluttered house and climbed to the top floor, where they reached a quiet room.

Wei Yang and Xian'er searched the filthy old man’s room and uncovered a hidden Storage Ring containing the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, the treasure Wei Yang had sought. They left with the medicinal herbs and other valuables secured, while the old man remained asleep.

• Xian'er recognized the rare medicinal herbs on display, and Wei Yang let her take them all.
• Wei Yang removed the sleeping old man’s Storage Ring, broke its restrictions, and searched its contents for suspicious items.
• Wei Yang found and collected four hidden books recording information about rare treasures, strange environments, and medicinal herbs.
• Wei Yang discovered a second Storage Ring hidden beneath the old man and found five precious items inside.
• Wei Yang opened a White Jade Box and identified the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, a treasure that could protect the body while refining a Heavenly Flame.