Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang brought Qing Lin to the Underground Lava World and introduced her to Xian'er, explaining how he had met and rescued the girl. The chapter ended with Xian'er listening as Wei Yang recounted what had happened.

• Wei Yang flew through the desert with Qing Lin in his arms and comforted her as they neared the Underground Lava World.
• Wei Yang told Qing Lin that Xian'er would be staying with them and encouraged her not to be afraid of meeting her.
• Wei Yang carried Qing Lin into the Underground Lava World and protected her from its heat and poisonous gas with a Dou Qi Shield.
• Xian'er noticed Qing Lin in Wei Yang's arms, and Qing Lin greeted her as Sister Xian'er.
• Wei Yang set Qing Lin down beside Xian'er and explained how he had encountered her while buying medicinal ingredients.

Wei Yang revealed Qing Lin’s Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and began teaching her to cultivate while concealing her physique from Heavenly Snake Mansion. A month later, Wei Yang, Xian’er, and Qing Lin were trapped in a deep-desert sandstorm, leaving their journey toward the Black Flame marked on the map stalled.

• Wei Yang explained Qing Lin’s physique and its ability to grow stronger by subduing snake-type magical beasts, then promised to teach her Dou Zhi Qi cultivation.
• Wei Yang sealed Qing Lin’s aura to hide her from Heavenly Snake Mansion and planned to find suitable cultivation methods for her.
• After traveling for more than twenty days into the Endless Sand Sea, Wei Yang and his companions took shelter in a cave beneath a sand dune as a massive sandstorm raged for three days.
• Wei Yang studied the ancient map while Xian’er estimated they had covered about half the route and Qing Lin reassured him they would continue once the storm passed.
• Qing Lin revealed she had reached Dou Zhi Qi Stage Two after one month of cultivation.

After nearly two months crossing the Endless Sand Sea, Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Qing Lin neared their destination while Wei Yang grew anxious about finding the Heavenly Flame. They encountered a powerful wind-and-fire snake beast, and Wei Yang recognized that its abilities resembled a certain Heavenly Flame.

• Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Qing Lin continued through the desert, collecting rare medicinal herbs and Mature Sand Mandaras along the way.
• Wei Yang asked Qing Lin and Xian'er to check their position, and they estimated that the destination was still three or four days away.
• Wei Yang worried that the Heavenly Flame might not exist or might already have been taken, since he had passed up the Green Lotus Core Flame to pursue it.
• Wei Yang and Xian'er fought a Peak Tier 5 mutant snake beast with balanced wind and fire attributes but could not defeat it immediately.
• Wei Yang considered the snake beast a suitable first target for Qing Lin to subdue and noticed that its powers reminded him of a Heavenly Flame.

Wei Yang and Xian'er fought a powerful king cobra whose flames and rapid healing made it nearly impossible to defeat. They withdrew after the beast survived their attacks, and resolved to prioritize finding the nearby Heavenly Flame before returning to settle the score.

• Wei Yang and Xian'er attacked the king cobra with repeated fire dragons, breaking through its wind-fire tornado and bombarding it with explosions.
• The king cobra ambushed Wei Yang with its tail, but Xian'er intervened and was blasted back; Wei Yang caught her and carried her to safety.
• Wei Yang and Xian'er saw that the cobra had suffered only superficial injuries and was already healing, despite their relentless assault.
• The cobra provoked them from below, and Wei Yang prepared to attack again until Xian'er persuaded him to retreat and continue toward the Heavenly Flame.

Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Qing Lin left the King Cobra behind and continued through the Life Forbidden Zone, finding a rare seventh-grade Spiritual Herb along the way. They eventually reached the destination marked on Wei Yang's map: a small, dark basin that swallowed the sunlight.

• Wei Yang and Xian'er retreated from the provocative King Cobra, which chased them before losing their trail and venting its fury with a fiery tornado.
• Xian'er explained to Qing Lin that the King Cobra's strength rivaled a Low-Tier Dou Emperor, while Wei Yang insisted their retreat had been strategic.
• Three days later, Xian'er harvested a seventh-grade Thousand-Year Earth Spiritual Ginseng in the Weathered Rock Mountain Range.
• Wei Yang studied the map and led Xian'er and Qing Lin deeper into the silent region marked as their destination.
• The three arrived at a circular basin whose darkness absorbed the sunlight, leaving them stunned by the sight.

Wei Yang and the two women found a crater in the desert where a black flame formed a small sun and swallowed the sunlight. Wei Yang suspected it was a newly discovered Heavenly Flame, possibly an infant Divine Flame, and left uncertain of its true origin but eager to claim it.

• Wei Yang reassured Xian'er and Qing Lin that approaching the shadowed basin should be safe, and they went with him.
• The group reached the crater and saw that a floating Black Little Sun created the basin's darkness and intense heat.
• Wei Yang recognized that the flame was not listed among the known Heavenly Flames and considered whether it came from the Great Thousand World.
• Wei Yang realized the Black Little Sun might be an infant Divine Flame, though he could not rule out that it was a newly born Heavenly Flame native to the Dou Qi Continent.

Wei Yang found the Black Light Heavenly Flame and discovered that its domain’s light could burn and absorb Dou Qi. He entered the domain to investigate, while Xian'er and Qing Lin waited outside, and began assessing how dangerous its effects were.

• Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Qing Lin examined the Black Light Heavenly Flame, and Wei Yang explained that its light formed an unavoidable, damaging domain.
• Wei Yang told Xian'er and Qing Lin to find a place to make a cave dwelling while he went into the domain to inspect the flame.
• Wei Yang entered the Black Light Domain under a Dou Qi Shield and found that its heat made the shield hiss and smoke.
• Wei Yang discovered that the domain burned and absorbed his Fire-Yang Dou Qi, rapidly draining anyone inside and offering no way to defend with a Dou Qi Shield.

Wei Yang fought to subdue the young Black Sun Heavenly Flame by infiltrating it with his Soul Power while enduring its blazing heat and resistance. After nearly twenty minutes, he reached its Heavenly Flame Source and took control, leaving the flame docile but still showing a faint, immature consciousness.

• Wei Yang judged the Black Sun to be a young Heavenly Flame with power around the peak Dou Wang level and began wrapping it with his Soul Power.
• The Black Sun sensed the danger and unleashed intense heat and black flames, forcing Wei Yang to increase his Soul Power assault.
• Xian'er shielded Qing Lin from the blinding black light and led her into their newly opened dwelling.
• Wei Yang maintained the struggle until his Soul Power broke through to the Heavenly Flame Source and flooded the tiny Black Sun.
• The Black Sun stopped resisting and became docile, sending Wei Yang a timid ripple of immature consciousness.

Wei Yang subdued the Black Sun Heavenly Flame, gaining control of it through his soul while postponing its full refinement until he became stronger. He left the pit with Xian'er and Qing Lin, planning to refine the flame and then confront the powerful snake-like magical beast.

• Wei Yang merged his soul with the Black Sun Heavenly Flame and subdued it, causing the flames to become gentle and obedient.
• Wei Yang summoned the Black Sun into his palm and returned its flames to his body, then decided to delay refining it until he reached the Mid-Level Dou King realm.
• Xian'er and Qing Lin congratulated Wei Yang after he showed them the flame.
• Wei Yang and Xian'er identified the snake-like magical beast's fire as resembling the eighteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Wei Yang explained that the beast could become Qing Lin's first contracted magical beast and said they would deal with it after he refined the Heavenly Flame.

After reaching Three-Star Dou Wang, Wei Yang began preparing to refine the Heavenly Flame he had subdued. He named it the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, separated a small Sub-Flame, and successfully refined it into his Dou Qi as the first step toward refining the main flame.

• Wei Yang consumed a High-Grade Dou Spirit Pill and broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang.
• Wei Yang sealed away the Lava Core Flame, deciding it had become too weak to help him.
• Wei Yang named his subdued Heavenly Flame the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
• Wei Yang separated a small wisp of Sub-Flame from the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
• Wei Yang refined the Sub-Flame into his Dou Qi, beginning to temper his energy with its aura.

One year later, Wei Yang prepared to devour the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, while Xian'er and Qing Lin watched anxiously. He began the dangerous process by extracting the flame’s origin, which instinctively resisted as he tried to soothe it.

• Wei Yang reached the peak of the Six-star Dou King realm, Xian'er reached the peak of the Nine-star Dou King realm, and Qing Lin became a Three-star Dou Zhe.
• Wei Yang told Xian'er and Qing Lin that he would devour the Heavenly Flame that night and assured them he had at least an eighty percent chance of success.
• Wei Yang prepared the Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Na Ling before bringing out the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
• Wei Yang entered the flame’s Small World with his Soul Power and pulled out its origin.
• The flame’s origin instinctively resisted and tried to return to its body, while Wei Yang bound it and attempted to calm it.

Wei Yang began devouring the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame after its source erupted with power comparable to a Dou Emperor. Protected by a Blood Lotus Pill’s Bloody Cuticle Layer, he swallowed the flame’s source, beginning the dangerous process.

• The Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame erupted, spreading a blazing black domain across the mountaintop and resisting Wei Yang’s attempt to separate its source.
• Xian'er shielded Qing Lin from the black radiance while they waited outside the cave dwelling for Wei Yang.
• Wei Yang used Soul Power to suppress the fist-sized Heavenly Flame Source and allowed the Black Sun to exhaust itself in its outburst.
• Wei Yang swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill, which formed a protective Bloody Cuticle Layer around his body.
• Wei Yang drew the Heavenly Flame Source into his hand, soothed it, and forcibly swallowed it.

Wei Yang endured the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame’s violent backlash while using the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art to refine it. After the first stream of flame completed a circuit and merged with his Sub-Flame, Wei Yang had passed the hardest stage, though most of the Heavenly Flame remained unrefined.

• Wei Yang swallowed the Heavenly Flame Source, which surged through his meridians and burned them as his Sub-Flames retreated.
• Wei Yang drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, using its frost to balance the Black Flame and protect his meridians.
• Wei Yang used his Dou Qi and the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art to guide the resisting flames along the cultivation route, splitting them up and refining them piece by piece.
• The Great Sun Burning Heaven Art grew more effective as it encountered the Yang Fire, while Wei Yang's Dou Qi became denser and higher in quality.
• The first stream of Black Flame completed a circuit and settled in Wei Yang's dantian, where it merged smoothly with his Sub-Flame.
• The strengthened flames spread through Wei Yang's meridians and helped encircle the remaining source as Wei Yang smiled, having survived the most difficult stage.

Wei Yang subdued and absorbed the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, which transformed his Dou Qi and helped his cultivation technique evolve into the Heaven Tier. He broke through to Seven-star Dou Wang and renamed the technique the Black Sun Burning Heaven Art.

• Wei Yang used the first refined flame source to subdue the remaining Black Flames, which stopped resisting and gathered in his dantian.
• The flame sources fused into a fist-sized black sun and gradually changed Wei Yang’s Dou Qi into a more powerful pale-black form.
• The Great Sun Burning Heaven Art began circulating on its own, drawing in flames around the mountaintop and absorbing the black sun.
• The technique evolved into the Heaven Tier as Wei Yang absorbed natural energy from several miles around him and broke through to Seven-star Dou Wang.
• Wei Yang named his evolved cultivation technique the Black Sun Burning Heaven Art and declared it his foundation for reaching the peak.

Wei Yang successfully devoured the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, advanced the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art to Heaven Tier, and emerged transformed with a Heavenly Flame of his own. He tested its power and looked ahead to what it could help him achieve as an alchemist.

• After the black domain vanished, Xian'er and Qing Lin saw Wei Yang absorbing a vast surge of energy and realized he had succeeded.
• Wei Yang stabilized his new realm as the evolved Great Sun Burning Heaven Art absorbed the remaining energy.
• A burst of aura shattered the Bloody Cuticle Layer, revealing Wei Yang’s cleansed and transformed body.
• Wei Yang discovered that his cultivation technique had reached Heaven Tier and that his crimson-gold Dou Qi had become pure black.
• Wei Yang summoned the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame and incinerated the stone platform, pleased with its power and its promise for his alchemy.

Wei Yang reflected on the Flame Mantra’s plundering of Heavenly Flames and the symbiotic bond he shared with the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame. Now a Seven-star Dou King, he considered the slow road ahead and the difficult threshold of reaching Dou Zong.

• Wei Yang thought about the Three-Year Agreement and how Xiao Yan had likely begun cultivating the Flame Mantra.
• Wei Yang compared the Flame Mantra’s rapid growth through devouring Heavenly Flames with his own mutually beneficial bond with the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
• Wei Yang noted that he had reached Seven-star Dou King after refining the Heavenly Flame and advancing his cultivation technique.
• Wei Yang worried that the Dou Zong threshold could hold him back for years, since reaching it required more than talent and resources.

Wei Yang and Xian'er reunited with Qing Lin after Wei Yang successfully refined a Heavenly Flame, but the phenomenon drew the King Cobra they had encountered a year earlier. When it recognized Wei Yang's Black Flame and tried to flee, Wei Yang summoned three Black Fire Dragons to stop it.

• Wei Yang greeted Xian'er and Qing Lin after they arrived at the mountaintop, and the three embraced.
• The King Cobra tracked them down, drawn by the earlier Sun and Moon Shining Together phenomenon, and prepared to attack.
• Wei Yang sensed the beast approaching and flew toward it with Xian'er, telling Qing Lin to wait while he caught her a pet.
• The King Cobra recognized Wei Yang's Black Flame from a painful past encounter and tried to retreat.
• Wei Yang blocked its escape by forming three enormous Black Fire Dragons that locked onto the King Cobra.

Wei Yang and Xian'er defeated the King Cobra with their fire dragons, then tried to make Qing Lin awaken her Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils so she could contract the beast and lead them to the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. Qing Lin's attempt failed, and Wei Yang wondered whether she needed stronger stimulation.

• Wei Yang and Xian'er attacked the King Cobra with five fire dragons and overwhelmed its wind-fire tornado, leaving it badly wounded in a crater of magma.
• Wei Yang told the King Cobra that he needed it to lead them to the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and its reaction confirmed that it had encountered the flame before.
• Wei Yang explained Qing Lin's Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and guided her to focus her Dou Qi through her eyes while facing the King Cobra.
• Qing Lin exhausted much of her Dou Qi without awakening her pupils, while the King Cobra scorned her and resented Wei Yang's approach.
• Qing Lin apologized for failing, and Wei Yang wondered whether the awakening needed stronger stimulation.

Qing Lin awakened the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and subdued the injured King Cobra. After confirming Qing Lin was safe and the cobra was under her control, Wei Yang realized the Wind Fury Dragon Flame was now within reach.

• Wei Yang encouraged Qing Lin to awaken her Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils, and she resolved to grow stronger and help him.
• Qing Lin’s pupils bloomed with three jade-green flowers, and their ghostly light imprinted a flower on the King Cobra’s forehead as Wei Yang sealed the area with Black Flame.
• Qing Lin fainted from mental exhaustion, and Wei Yang examined her while Xian'er asked whether she was all right.
• Wei Yang confirmed that Qing Lin had subdued the King Cobra, which awakened and became docile toward her.
• Wei Yang gave the injured King Cobra a Fourth-Grade Healing Pill, and it began regenerating its wounds.

After Qing Lin awakened the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and subdued the King Cobra, Wei Yang and the others traveled across the desert to find the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. They reached the immense sandstorm where it was hiding, and Wei Yang ordered Big Eye to carry them inside.

• Qing Lin woke and learned from Wei Yang that she had awakened the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin communicated with the King Cobra, which agreed to lead them to the Wind Fury Dragon Flame after a day of rest.
• Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Qing Lin traveled across the desert on the King Cobra, which Qing Lin named Big Eye.
• Big Eye brought them to the vast sandstorm where it had last encountered the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Wei Yang sensed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame through the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame and ordered Big Eye to enter the storm.