Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang explored the new spatial abilities he gained as a Dou Zun while traveling toward the Inner Academy, then decided to kill Han Feng in Maple City for his Sea Heart Flame and to avenge Yao Chen. At Han Feng’s feast, the proposed Black Alliance faced doubts over Han Feng’s failure to avenge Fan Lao, and Sect Master Yan demanded to know its purpose.

• Xiao Cang tested his ability to tear open the void and expand Storage Ring spaces, creating spaces up to fifty zhang in diameter before becoming fatigued.
• Xiao Cang spotted Maple City and decided to kill Han Feng for his Sea Heart Flame and to avenge Yao Chen.
• Han Feng hosted five Black List experts at a feast and proposed establishing the Black Alliance.
• Elder Ban questioned Han Feng’s commitment after he failed to react to Fan Lao’s death, but Han Feng argued that the remaining members would receive greater rewards.
• Sect Master Yan asked Han Feng what purpose the Black Alliance would serve.

Han Feng persuaded the Black Corner Region’s top experts to join the Black Alliance so they could seize the Fallen Heart Flame from Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Cang appeared before them with Yao Chen’s Soul Body, exposing Han Feng’s betrayal and leaving him stunned.

• Han Feng revealed that he had formed the Black Alliance to seize Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame and described a plan to restrain Su Qian while he took it.
• Han Feng doubled his promised rewards, and the Black List experts agreed to join the alliance and prepare for an attack within half a year to two years.
• Xiao Cang appeared in the courtyard after secretly overhearing the plan, and the Black List experts recognized that he controlled the Power of Space and was a Dou Zun.
• Han Feng denied betraying his master, but Xiao Cang summoned Yao Chen’s Soul Body.
• Yao Chen roared at Han Feng, who trembled and cried out in disbelief that Yao Chen was still alive.

Yao Chen confronted Han Feng over his betrayal while Xiao Cang demanded Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame. Han Feng summoned his backer, Old Man Mu Gu, who recognized Yao Chen and turned his attention to Xiao Cang.

• Yao Chen revealed himself to Han Feng and unleashed his Soul Power, temporarily recovering to Dou Emperor strength.
• Han Feng dismissed Yao Chen as an incomplete Soul Body and tried to persuade Xiao Cang to side with him.
• Xiao Cang demanded Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and threatened to crush his soul when Han Feng refused.
• Xiao Cang gave Han Feng ten breaths to summon his backer, so Han Feng crushed a jade bone-shaped token.
• Old Man Mu Gu arrived, recognized Yao Chen, and fixed his gaze on Xiao Cang after Han Feng called Yao Chen his enemy.

Xiao Cang confronted Old Man Mu Gu to protect Yao Chen, then overwhelmed him with the Gu Clan’s Emperor Seal Art. Mu Gu recognized Xiao Cang as a possible Gu Clan Prodigy and unleashed a secret technique to raise his power as Xiao Cang pressed the attack.

• Mu Gu confronted Yao Chen and threatened Xiao Cang, but Xiao Cang refused to fear the Soul Hall and stored Yao Chen’s soul in his Storage Ring.
• Han Feng persuaded the Black Alliance experts to help Mu Gu by promising them a share of Xiao Cang’s treasures.
• Mu Gu attacked Xiao Cang with spatial Dou Qi, but Xiao Cang met his strike with a fire-attributed palm.
• Mu Gu charged with a claw technique, and Xiao Cang struck him in the chest with the Ancient Emperor Seal, sending him flying and making him suspect Xiao Cang was from the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Cang pursued Mu Gu with the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, while Mu Gu used a secret technique to raise his Three-star Dou Zun strength to the level of a Five Star Dou Zun.

Xiao Cang fought Old Man Mu Gu at Medicine Emperor's Mansion while Han Feng and the Black List experts joined the battle against him. Xiao Cang killed five of the Black List's top ten experts, leaving Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu facing him.

• Old Man Mu Gu attacked Xiao Cang, and their clash destroyed the buildings of Medicine Emperor's Mansion.
• Han Feng ordered the Black List experts to attack Xiao Cang, and six of them launched their strongest Dou Skills.
• Xiao Cang transformed into a golden giant and killed Sect Leader Yuan with a punch and Sect Master Yan with his hand.
• The Golden Silver Elders and Elder Ban fled, but Xiao Cang pursued them and killed all three.
• Han Feng remained as Xiao Cang killed five of the Black List's top ten experts.

Xiao Cang defeated Old Man Mu Gu in Maple City after revealing his five Heavenly Flames and overwhelming him with powerful Heavenly Grade Dou Techniques. Old Man Mu Gu survived but was left gravely weakened in a deep pit.

• Old Man Mu Gu attacked Xiao Cang with the Heavenly Nether Soul Net Technique, but Xiao Cang burned the vengeful souls away with five Heavenly Flames.
• Han Feng recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Flame among Xiao Cang’s five Heavenly Flames and angrily blamed Yao Chen for teaching Xiao Cang the Fen Jue instead of him.
• Old Man Mu Gu tried to seize Xiao Cang’s Heavenly Flames and attacked with the Nether Soul Seal, but Xiao Cang countered with the Yellow Springs Palm, Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method, and Heaven Overturning Emperor Exterminating Spear.
• Old Man Mu Gu burned a Soul Hall secret technique to reach strength comparable to a Six-star Dou Zun, while people across Maple City fled from the battle.
• Xiao Cang struck Old Man Mu Gu with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, destroying nearby buildings and leaving him barely conscious in a deep pit.

Xiao Cang killed Old Man Mu Gu, then fought the far stronger Blood River Heavenly Venerate after the Soul Hall expert arrived to avenge him. Though Blood River Heavenly Venerate gained the upper hand, Xiao Cang revealed a five-colored Fire Lotus poised to turn the battle.

• Xiao Cang crushed Han Feng's body, immobilized his surviving soul, and burned Old Man Mu Gu to ash.
• Old Man Mu Gu summoned Blood River Heavenly Venerate, who arrived through a Spatial Rift and absorbed the souls of nearby weaker cultivators.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Cang for killing a Soul Hall Venerable and coveted his five Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Cang and Blood River Heavenly Venerate exchanged powerful Dou Techniques, destroying Maple City as Xiao Cang's vast Dou Qi astonished his opponent.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerate struck Xiao Cang back and prepared a killing blow, but Xiao Cang revealed a dazzling five-colored Fire Lotus.

Xiao Cang killed Blood River Heavenly Venerate with a five-flame Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, then let Yao Chen avenge himself on Han Feng. After giving Yao Chen Mu Gu's Storage Ring, Xiao Cang claimed the Sea Heart Flame as his sixth Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Cang fused five Heavenly Flames into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and struck Blood River Heavenly Venerate as he tried to escape through a Spatial Rift.
• The Fire Lotus exploded inside the void, killing Blood River Heavenly Venerate, while Xiao Cang recovered Old Man Mu Gu's Storage Ring.
• Xiao Cang released Yao Chen and allowed him to kill Han Feng with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Cang gave Mu Gu's Storage Ring to Yao Chen to use for refining pills, then swallowed the Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Cang devoured the Sea Heart Flame, advanced his cultivation, and left the ruined Maple City for Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. Great Elder Su Qian welcomed him and began showing him around.

• Xiao Cang refined the Sea Heart Flame, advancing to Three-star Dou Zun and bringing the Supreme Flame God Canon halfway toward Emperor Tier Mid-grade.
• Xiao Cang collected the Storage Rings of the slain Black List experts and flew toward the Inner Academy, leaving Maple City in ruins.
• The Inner Academy's students watched the distant battle's aftermath, while a silver-haired woman and Zi Yan reacted to the powerful auras.
• Su Qian waited at the academy gates, greeted Xiao Cang, and escorted him inside after Xiao Cang said he had merely sparred with an old acquaintance.
• Su Qian began guiding Xiao Cang around the Inner Academy.

Xiao Cang toured the Inner Academy and visited the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where he planned to take the Fallen Heart Flame. After settling into his residence, he decided to act without warning Su Qian, but sensed a petite figure outside his room as night fell.

• Su Qian showed Xiao Cang around the Inner Academy and brought him to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Cang followed Su Qian into the tower and met Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan, who were shocked to learn he was an eighteen-year-old Dou Zun.
• After Xiao Cang and Su Qian left, the three elite students advanced deeper into the tower, inspired to cultivate harder.
• Su Qian gave Xiao Cang a private courtyard, and Xiao Cang decided to refine the Fallen Heart Flame before explaining his actions.
• As night fell, Xiao Cang sensed a petite figure moving outside his room.

Xiao Cang caught Zi Yan sneaking around and revealed that he knew her Taixu Ancient Dragon identity and why she was stuck in human form. After learning she had come seeking the treasures in his Storage Ring, he offered her a Shaping Pill, leaving her eager for it.

• Xiao Cang sensed Zi Yan hiding outside his courtyard and forced her to reveal herself with his Dou Zun aura.
• Xiao Cang identified Zi Yan as a Taixu Ancient Dragon and explained that she had become trapped in human form after consuming Shaping Grass.
• Zi Yan admitted she had sensed the treasures and medicinal pills inside Xiao Cang's Storage Ring because of her clan's sensitivity to the void.
• Xiao Cang offered Zi Yan a Shaping Pill, and her eyes lit up at the prospect of obtaining one.

Xiao Cang offered Zi Yan a Shaping Pill in exchange for serving as his maid, then entered the deepest part of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to find Fallen Heart Flame. His search in the magma revealed a flicker of fire that alerted him to its presence.

• Xiao Cang offered Zi Yan a Shaping Pill if she served as his maid while he stayed at Jia Nan Academy, and she agreed.
• Xiao Cang went to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and passed Lin Xiuyai and the other two as they cultivated deeper inside.
• Xiao Cang sensed the Heavenly Flames within him reacting as he approached Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower.
• Xiao Cang crossed the formation through a Spatial Rift and entered the scorching magma region at the tower's bottom.
• Xiao Cang searched for Fallen Heart Flame while shielding himself with Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then noticed an ordinary-looking flicker of fire in the magma.

Xiao Cang confronted the awakened Fallen Heart Flame in the Magma World and used his abilities to capture it after resisting its Heartfire attacks. He left the flame trapped in his grasp, ready to refine it.

• Xiao Cang sensed the Fallen Heart Flame awakening beneath the magma and waited cautiously, wary of the powerful Lizardmen in their underground home.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the magma and attacked Xiao Cang as a giant fire python, but he dodged its strike.
• Xiao Cang blasted apart the fire python with his fist and six Heavenly Flames, exposing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame slipped through Xiao Cang’s grasp and tried to plant Heartfire inside him, but he forced it out with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Cang’s first attempt to seize the flame failed, so he attacked from a spatial crack and trapped it in a golden, six-colored giant hand.

Xiao Cang refined the Fallen Heart Flame, rising from a Three-star Dou Zun to a Six-star Dou Zun and improving the Supreme Flame God Canon. He headed deeper into the Magma World toward the Tushe Ancient Emperor Tomb, but Lizardmen attacked as he approached a multicolored glow.

• Xiao Cang suppressed the Fallen Heart Flame's resistance and refined it with the Supreme Flame God Canon.
• Xiao Cang broke through to Six-star Dou Zun, nearly reached Seven-star, and advanced the Supreme Flame God Canon to Emperor Tier Mid-grade.
• Xiao Cang turned toward the Tushe Ancient Emperor Tomb and set out to find Heavenly Fire Venerate's remains and the Young Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Cang entered the magma and killed several pursuing Lizardmen with the Fallen Heart Flame's heartfire.
• Xiao Cang saw more Lizardmen gathering and charged toward the multicolored glow to avoid attracting stronger foes.

Xiao Cang entered the hidden space in the colored halo and met the remnant soul of Heavenly Fire Venerate, Yao Tianhuo. After astounding him by displaying seven Heavenly Flames, Xiao Cang gained his permission to take the juvenile Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.

• Xiao Cang entered the halo, which admitted him after sensing the Fallen Heart Flame, while the searching Lizardmen failed to find it and retreated.
• Xiao Cang found a skeleton, a colorless Fire Lotus, and the remnant soul of Heavenly Fire Venerate within the small space.
• Yao Tianhuo tried to summon the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Cang suppressed it and prevented him from calling it forth.
• Xiao Cang displayed seven Heavenly Flames, leaving Yao Tianhuo stunned and humbled by his control over them.
• Yao Tianhuo introduced himself as Yao Tianhuo and allowed Xiao Cang to take the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, which Xiao Cang drew into his palm.

Xiao Cang negotiated with Yao Tianhuo to take him out of the underground world in exchange for ten years of service guarding the Xiao Family and the promise of restoring his soul and rebuilding his body. After leaving the magma, Xiao Cang flew deeper into the underground world, alarming Yao Tianhuo about a terrifying presence ahead.

• Xiao Cang stored the Young Fallen Heart Flame inside his body and discussed how the Lizardmen outside prevented Yao Tianhuo from escaping.
• Yao Tianhuo offered Xiao Cang the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method, but Xiao Cang revealed that he already knew the technique and could wield it with five Strange Fires.
• Xiao Cang accepted Yao Tianhuo's Storage Ring and agreed to take him out if he guarded the Xiao Family for ten years, while Xiao Cang attempted to restore his soul and reconstruct his body.
• Yao Tianhuo entered the Storage Ring, and Xiao Cang returned to the magma as their enclosed world dissipated.
• Xiao Cang flew toward the depths of the underground world, and Yao Tianhuo warned him that an extremely terrifying existence lay ahead.

Xiao Cang ventured deep into the Magma World seeking the Ancient Emperor Tomb, but two powerful Lizardmen blocked his approach. After gathering thousands of rare treasures, he turned to leave and found himself facing a terrifying sight.

• Xiao Cang refused Yao Tianhuo's warning and kept the Ancient Emperor Tomb's location secret from him.
• Xiao Cang blasted through swarms of Lizardmen with a fused two-colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Cang sensed a Dou Saint's oppressive aura ahead, then spotted two Half-Saint Lizardmen guarding the way to the Ancient Emperor Tomb.
• Xiao Cang stopped short of the tomb and collected thousands of valuable Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Xiao Cang turned back to leave, but the sight before him made his scalp go numb.

Xiao Cang fought through a vast horde of Lizardmen in the Magma World as he tried to escape the Ancient Emperor Tomb’s reinforced spatial barriers. Four Lizardmen Dou Zuns surrounded him, and he began forcibly combining seven Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Cang unleashed his Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and slaughtered Lizardmen as he charged toward a place where he could tear open a spatial rift.
• A Nine Star Dou Zun and three other powerful Lizardmen Dou Zuns emerged, alarming Xiao Cang and Yao Tianhuo.
• Xiao Cang refused Yao Tianhuo’s offer to burn his soul for help and continued his escape attempt.
• The Nine Star Dou Zun caught up and struck Xiao Cang, who counterattacked before a swarm of Lizardmen slowed him enough for the four Dou Zuns to surround him.
• Xiao Cang taunted the Lizardmen Dou Zuns and began forcibly combining seven Heavenly Flames, prompting Heavenly Fire Venerate to shout for him to stop.

Xiao Cang fused seven Heavenly Flames into a Seven-colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, used it to destroy the Lizardmen in the Magma World, and escaped through space. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian investigated the failed Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and suspected Xiao Cang had subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, just as a bedraggled figure emerged from a spatial fissure.

• Xiao Cang created a phantom clone with the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to hold off four Dou Zun Lizardmen while he fused seven Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Cang completed the Seven-colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and released it as the Lizardmen charged.
• Xiao Cang escaped through a spatial fissure as the Fire Lotus exploded, destroying the Lizardmen and shaking the Magma World.
• The Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower stopped functioning, and Su Qian suspected Xiao Cang had subdued the Fallen Heart Flame.
• A bedraggled figure stepped out of a spatial fissure beside Su Qian.

Xiao Cang escaped a deadly battle beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and gave Su Qian a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to replace the one he had refined. Back at his courtyard, he found Zi Yan waiting for him and began imagining her as his dragon mount.

• Xiao Cang closed the Spatial Rift after escaping a sea of seven-colored flames, then told Su Qian he had refined the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower.
• Xiao Cang showed Su Qian a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and explained that the academy could raise it beneath the tower as a replacement.
• Su Qian thanked Xiao Cang, then gathered the fire-affinity elders to install the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame in the tower.
• Zi Yan stayed in Xiao Cang's courtyard, cleaned his room, and eagerly greeted him when he returned.
• Xiao Cang admired Zi Yan and imagined taming her as a mount to become the first Dragon Knight on the Dou Qi Continent in nearly a thousand years.