Chapter Summaries

At the auction, Xiao Kun secured a low-tier Earth-rank cultivation method and Dou Technique, while three Emperor Extreme Pills he had traded to Thousand Medicines Pavilion became the final lot. Heavenly Snake Mansion outbid Black Skull Tomb for the pills at twelve million Gold Coins, leaving Xiao Kun to reflect on the foothold his strength had earned him.

• Xiao Kun won the low-tier Earth-rank cultivation method and Dou Technique despite offending Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• The auctioneer presented three Emperor Extreme Pills, and Xiao Kun and Yun Yun recognized them as pills he had traded to Wang Cheng of Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
• Yun Yun explained the pills’ origin to Ya Fei and Medusa, while the factions in the hall prepared to bid.
• Xiao Kun indicated he would not bid, and Heavenly Snake Mansion and Black Skull Tomb competed for the three pills.
• Black Skull Tomb withdrew when the price reached twelve million Gold Coins, making Heavenly Snake Mansion the victor.

After the auction, Xiao Kun collected his purchases and rejected the Eight Gates sect master's invitation to talk. Back at the inn, he asked Yun Yun and Ya Fei to fulfill his private wish, then gave them auction rewards, triggering the system's notification.

• Xiao Kun settled his auction bill with Steward Hu, accepted the items and VIP card, and declined the Eight Gates sect master's invitation.
• Xiao Kun returned to the inn with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Medusa, then asked Yun Yun and Ya Fei to help fulfill a dream of his.
• Xiao Kun privately told Yun Yun and Ya Fei that he wanted them to attend him in bed together, leaving them blushing and speechless.
• Xiao Kun gave Ya Fei the Fire Attribute Earth-tier Low-grade cultivation method and battle skill, along with the flying battle skill he had promised her.
• Xiao Kun gave Yun Yun the Profound-tier High-grade movement battle skill, and the system notification sounded.

After ten-thousandfold critical hits gave Xiao Kun powerful cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, he gifted Yun Yun and Ya Fei several of them and explained their precautions. Medusa privately struggled with the possibility that she had developed feelings for Xiao Kun, while Xiao Kun noticed night had fallen and anticipated fulfilling his dream.

• Xiao Kun received the Great Heaven Creation Palm, Flame Art, Wind Thunder Eagle Wings, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body through the system’s critical-hit compensation.
• Xiao Kun gave Yun Yun the two Three Thousand Lightning techniques and Wind Thunder Eagle Wings, warning her that the techniques came from the Wind Thunder Pavilion and required caution.
• Xiao Kun gave Ya Fei the Heaven-tier Flame Art, and she promised to work hard to improve her cultivation.
• Medusa acted coldly when Xiao Kun said he had prepared nothing for her, then privately wondered whether she truly had feelings for him.
• Xiao Kun explained cultivation precautions to Yun Yun and Ya Fei, then noticed it was dark and thought about fulfilling his dream that night.

After spending two more days in Black Seal City, Xiao Kun set out with Yun Yun and Ya Fei for Jia Nan Academy, bringing the Little Sky-Swallowing Python along. They reached Peace Town, where a Jia Nan Academy Dou Wang confronted them for flying near the academy.

• Xiao Kun rented Medusa a separate room, then spent the night with Yun Yun and Ya Fei while Medusa grew increasingly troubled by her feelings toward him.
• The next morning, Medusa slammed her door in Xiao Kun’s face, and he later spent two more days in Black Seal City with Yun Yun and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Kun proposed that they leave for Jia Nan Academy, and Yun Yun and Ya Fei agreed while Medusa remained in her Little Sky-Swallowing Python form.
• Xiao Kun opened a Space Channel and took Yun Yun and Ya Fei to the mountains near Jia Nan Academy, then used his Soul Power to locate Peace Town.
• As Xiao Kun and the two women flew toward Peace Town, a Jia Nan Academy Dou Wang intercepted them and demanded to know why they had come, warning that flying was forbidden nearby.

Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei reached Peace Town and reunited with Xiao Yan, who told them the Fallen Heart Flame was nearing eruption. Xiao Kun promised to help him obtain it and assured him he could replace the flame for Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Kun explained to Jia Nan Academy's Dou Wang that he had come to find his younger brother, Xiao Yan, and the Law Enforcement Team sent someone to notify him.
• The Dou Wang escorted Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei to Peace Town's guest quarters, where they waited for more than half a day.
• Xiao Yan arrived on a gryphon and greeted Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei with joy.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Kun that the Fallen Heart Flame had grown unstable and would likely erupt within a month.
• Xiao Yan asked how Jia Nan Academy could replace the Fallen Heart Flame after he took it, and Xiao Kun assured him he had a solution.

Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan a drop of Earth Spirit Marrow before Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy, then practiced the Great Heaven Creation Palm in an inheritance space. After five days of training there, Xiao Kun mastered the technique and returned to reality with almost no time having passed outside.

• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan a drop of Earth Spirit Marrow to help him prepare to fuse with the Fallen Heart Flame, and learned that Xiao Yan had acquired a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment and Three Thousand Lightning Movement in Black Seal City.
• After Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy, Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and their companion went to a secluded mountain forest to practice their newly acquired techniques.
• Xiao Kun activated the Great Heaven Creation Palm scroll, which sent an inheritance into his mind and infused his right hand with Golden Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Kun entered the inheritance space, where he learned the Great Heaven Creation Palm and received guidance from the proud man as he repeatedly practiced it.
• After five days of relentless practice, Xiao Kun mastered the Great Heaven Creation Palm and returned to the cave, finding that almost no time had passed in reality.

Xiao Kun tested the Great Heaven Creation Palm in the outside world, then used his clones to help Yun Yun and Ya Fei train their Dou Techniques. After acquiring Wind Thunder Power and learning Three Thousand Lightning Movement, he sensed disturbances at Jia Nan Academy and stopped training.

• Xiao Kun emerged from the Inheritance Space and demonstrated the Great Heaven Creation Palm to Yun Yun and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Kun created eight clones and assigned them to guide Yun Yun and Ya Fei while he prepared to learn Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Three days later, Xiao Kun searched a thunderstorm for Wind Thunder Power as Yun Yun began cultivating Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Kun sealed two strands of Wind Thunder Power in scrolls, learned the movement technique from Yun Yun, and trained with her and his clones.
• After nearly a month, Xiao Kun sensed disturbances at Jia Nan Academy; he had mastered the Great Heaven Creation Palm and become proficient in Three Thousand Lightning Movement, while Yun Yun and Ya Fei had also advanced in their training.

Xiao Kun arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Medusa as the Fallen Heart Flame began breaking free of its seal. The academy elders raced to renew the barrier while Xiao Yan hoped the flame would escape so he could claim it with Xiao Kun's help.

• Xiao Kun gathered Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Medusa and traveled to Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy as the Fallen Heart Flame rioted.
• Su Qian noticed the four newcomers, but Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Kun as his Third Brother and flew over to greet them.
• Xiao Kun explained to Medusa and the others that multiple Fallen Heart Flames could exist because the flame ranked fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
• The Fallen Heart Flame emerged as a massive transparent python and launched invisible flames at the barrier atop the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to form the Thousand-Layer Sealing Array, but the Fallen Heart Flame intensified its attacks and rapidly weakened the old barrier.
• Xiao Yan hoped the Fallen Heart Flame would break free so he could subdue it with Xiao Kun's help.

Fallen Heart Flame broke free of its first barrier but was trapped again as Su Qian and the Jia Nan Academy elders began a second seal. After the Outer Academy joined the defense, Han Feng arrived, recognized the intelligent Heavenly Flame, and revealed his interest in devouring it.

• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders completed a new barrier around the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda just after Fallen Heart Flame escaped its first one.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to recover and prepare the next sealing stage, while Xiao Kun reassured Xiao Yan that Fallen Heart Flame would not be easily sealed.
• Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy reinforcements, whose Dou Ling experts helped maintain the barrier as the Inner Academy elders recovered.
• Fallen Heart Flame recovered through the underground magma and struck the barrier, forcing the elders to resume their formation while several began the next stage of the seal.
• Han Feng arrived with additional figures, saw the intelligent Fire Python, and became eager to devour the Heavenly Flame; Su Qian confronted him.

Han Feng led forces from the Black Corner Region to demand Jia Nan Academy's imprisoned Heavenly Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame, and became wary when he noticed Xiao Kun's group. Xiao Kun declined to intervene unless Jia Nan Academy asked for help, leaving Han Feng confident he could still pursue the flame.

• Han Feng claimed he had come to free the Fallen Heart Flame and asked Su Qian to grant his request in exchange for compensation.
• The Eight Gates master spotted Xiao Kun's group and warned Han Feng that they might include powerful Dou Zong experts allied with Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng asked Xiao Kun whether he had come for the Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Kun said he was there to protect his younger brother Xiao Yan.
• Su Qian introduced himself to Xiao Kun, thanked him for offering help, and declined to involve him in the confrontation.
• Han Feng took comfort in Xiao Kun's refusal to help and believed he still had a strong chance to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.

Han Feng's forces attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize the Heavenly Flames, while Su Qian and the academy's elders fought to protect the seal. As the battle spread around the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, Zi Yan arrived and asked Xiao Yan what was happening.

• Han Feng summoned Mr. Gold and Silver, whose combined strength allowed them to confront Su Qian.
• Su Qian attacked Han Feng, but Mr. Gold and Silver intercepted him while the two sides began fighting.
• Han Feng sent his forces against Jia Nan Academy's people and headed for the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to destroy the seal.
• Hu Gan broke away from the battle to stop Han Feng, and the two peak Dou Emperors began fighting.
• Zi Yan flew to Xiao Yan's group, asked what was happening, and wanted to know who Xiao Kun and the others were.

Xiao Kun and his companions waited as the Fallen Heart Flame weakened the black barrier, then sent Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Ya Fei, and Yun Yun to join Jia Nan Academy’s losing battle. Xiao Kun and Medusa stayed behind, but Medusa soon decided to test her eighth-tier weapon.

• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Kun, Medusa, Zi Yan, and the others, while Zi Yan asked why they were not helping Jia Nan Academy yet.
• Xiao Kun gave Zi Yan five sixth-tier medicinal pills, winning her gratitude and affection.
• The Fallen Heart Flame nearly broke through the black barrier as the fighting above continued without a clear victor.
• Xiao Kun sent Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Ya Fei, and Yun Yun to join the battle, despite the academy elders having earlier refused their help.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Ya Fei attacked Fan Lao, while Yun Yun headed toward Su Qian’s fight with the Golden Silver Elders.
• Medusa, left behind with Xiao Kun, decided to join the fighting and test her eighth-tier weapon.

Yun Yun joined the battle and swiftly defeated the Golden Silver Elders, turning the tide against the Black Corner Region forces. As the opposing fighters retreated into formation, Xiao Yan severely wounded Fan Lao with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.

• Yun Yun entered the fight with her Wind Thunder Eagle Wings and Dou Zong aura, making the Black Corner Region forces reconsider their chances and prompting the Eight Gates Sect Master to edge toward an escape route.
• Su Qian held the Golden Silver Elders in place while Yun Yun used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to strike them from behind with the Great Wind Hand Seal, crushing them into the ground.
• Yun Yun introduced herself to Su Qian as a member of the Misty Cloud Sect from the Jia Ma Empire, and the Black Corner Region fighters broke away from their opponents and formed a defensive group.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and the Green Lotus Core Flame to help create an opening, then struck Fan Lao with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and inflicted a severe chest wound.

Yun Yun killed Fan Lao and drove the Golden Silver Elders into hiding before the Fallen Heart Flame broke free of its barrier. Xiao Kun agreed to help Jia Nan Academy restrain it, but the flame feinted past Su Qian and Yun Yun and charged at Xiao Yan, Ya Fei, and the others.

• Yun Yun killed Fan Lao with the Great Wind Hand Seal and retrieved his Storage Ring, while the injured Golden Silver Elders revealed they had faked their deaths and escaped.
• Zi Yan praised Yun Yun, and Xiao Kun focused on the Fallen Heart Flame as the Jia Nan Academy and Black Corner Region groups reacted to Fan Lao's defeat.
• The Fallen Heart Flame shattered its barrier, prompting Su Qian to ask Yun Yun for help restraining it.
• Xiao Kun agreed to restrain the Fallen Heart Flame after Su Qian confirmed that was enough, and Su Qian wondered what method Xiao Kun would use.
• The Fallen Heart Flame feinted toward Jia Nan Academy's elders, bypassed Su Qian and Yun Yun, and lunged at Xiao Yan, Ya Fei, and the others.

Xiao Kun subdued Fallen Heart Flame and gave it to Xiao Yan, protecting Jia Nan Academy from disaster. After gifting the Heavenly Flame, Xiao Kun received Red Lotus Karma Fire from his system, while Su Qian accepted that the Academy would lose its access to Fallen Heart Flame.

• Fallen Heart Flame attacked Xiao Yan and Ya Fei, but Xiao Kun used spatial power to seal it in place as the onlookers realized he was a Dou Zun powerhouse.
• Xiao Kun used Spatial Strangulation to destroy Fallen Heart Flame's massive body while preserving its source, then captured the small white snake.
• Xiao Kun confined Fallen Heart Flame with his Life Spirit Flame, gave it and a sixth-tier Earth Spirit Pill to Xiao Yan, and urged him to refine it.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Kun and promised to grow strong enough to protect himself, triggering a system reward that gave Xiao Kun Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Su Qian gave up on reclaiming Fallen Heart Flame and thanked Xiao Kun for saving Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Kun said he had acted to protect Xiao Yan.

Xiao Kun promised Su Qian he would restore the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda within a week, then dealt with the Black Corner Region group and captured Han Feng. He handed Han Feng and Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan, leaving Yao Lao to decide Han Feng’s fate and Xiao Yan to refine the flame.

• Xiao Kun told Su Qian he would restore the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda within a week, and Su Qian agreed to wait.
• Xiao Kun stopped the Black Corner Region group, spared the leaders of Eight Gates and Earth Flame Gate, and destroyed the other experts besides Han Feng.
• Xiao Kun extracted Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng, sealed his Dou Qi, and took his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Kun delivered the unconscious Han Feng to Xiao Yan so Yao Lao could settle his grievance with him.
• Xiao Kun gave Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan and advised him to refine it before Fallen Heart Flame.

After the Fallen Heart Flame incident ended, Xiao Kun received Three Thousand Burning Flame and stayed at Jia Nan Academy to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda. He gave Zi Yan a Form Transformation Pill in exchange for her staying with the group for a year, then brought her to the courtyard to take it.

• Xiao Kun obtained Three Thousand Burning Flame through the system and ordered the masters of the Eight Gates and Earth Flame Gate to wait in Peace Town.
• The two faction masters agreed to wait, and the elders, instructors, and students of Jia Nan Academy relaxed after the threat ended.
• Xiao Kun asked Su Qian to let him stay at Jia Nan Academy to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, and Su Qian arranged rooms for the group.
• Xiao Kun learned more about Zi Yan's past, while Yun Yun and the others grew fond of her.
• Xiao Kun offered Zi Yan a seventh-tier Form Transformation Pill in exchange for staying with the group for one year, and she accepted.
• Xiao Kun stopped Zi Yan from swallowing the pill inside the pavilion and took her to the courtyard to transform.

Zi Yan took the Form Transformation Pill and became an Ancient Void Dragon, then changed into a mature human form. Xiao Kun explained how she could find Dragon Island and, the next day, organized the Earth Flame Gate and Eight Gates into the Qian Alliance.

• Zi Yan swallowed the Form Transformation Pill and transformed into a purple Ancient Void Dragon with the presence of a beast emperor.
• Zi Yan changed back into a mature human form without clothes, and Medusa dressed her while Xiao Kun explained the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and how she could reach Dragon Island.
• Xiao Kun persuaded Zi Yan to wait a year before seeking out the clan, and Medusa took her back to her room.
• Zi Yan's transformation caused a stir at Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian thanked Xiao Kun for it.
• Xiao Kun ordered the Earth Flame Gate and Eight Gates to merge into the Qian Alliance, offered them pills and future support, and warned them against failure.

Xiao Kun went beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to retrieve the newly formed Fallen Heart Flame and resolve the pagoda's problem. He found Heavenly Flame Venerate's protective halo and skeleton, but unknown creatures rushed toward him as he discovered the flame.

• Xiao Kun chose to retrieve the newborn Fallen Heart Flame before refining his two newly acquired Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Kun told Su Qian that another Fallen Heart Flame lay beneath the magma, and Su Qian happily escorted him to the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• Xiao Kun descended into the magma alone, leaving a clone above as a point of connection and following the resonance between Fallen Heart Flames.
• Xiao Kun's Fallen Heart Flame revealed a transparent halo containing a glowing skeleton and the newborn Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Kun sensed more than a hundred unknown creatures rushing toward him, led by none stronger than a peak Dou Emperor.

Xiao Kun harvested thousands of Flame Lizard fire beads, collected the newborn Fallen Heart Flame, and entered Heavenly Flame Venerate’s hidden barrier. He persuaded Heavenly Flame Venerate to appear and offered to restore his soul and body in exchange for his Storage Ring and service as an honorary elder of the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Kun killed successive groups of Flame Lizards and collected nearly four thousand scarlet fire beads before hiding in Heavenly Flame Venerate’s barrier from late-stage Dou Zun lizards.
• Xiao Kun took the newborn Fallen Heart Flame and stored it in his Storage Ring, then searched the bones for Heavenly Flame Venerate’s Storage Ring without finding it.
• Xiao Kun called on Heavenly Flame Venerate to appear and offered to restore his soul and give him a body within a year if he surrendered his Storage Ring and became an honorary elder of the Xiao Family.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate appeared and questioned Xiao Kun about how he knew he had died, while Xiao Kun refused to explain.