Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen used Chaos Fire to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s out-of-control Woeful Poison Body after she took too much poison to raise her cultivation. Xiao Yi Xian regained control of her toxins, but felt embarrassed about their intimate rescue and avoided Xiao Chen’s gaze.

• Xiao Chen arrived at Xiao Mansion and entered the room filled with poisonous mist while Xian Er and Qing Lin waited outside.
• Xiao Chen burned away the excess toxins in Xiao Yi Xian’s body with Chaos Fire until she woke and said she could control them again.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian put on clothes after the poisonous mist corroded their garments, and Xiao Yi Xian drew the remaining mist back into her body.
• Qing Lin rushed into the room and hugged Xiao Yi Xian, who reassured her that she was fine.
• Xiao Yi Xian blushed and avoided Xiao Chen’s eyes when he entered the room.

Xiao Chen grew closer to Xiao Yi Xian while worrying about the dangers of her Woeful Poison Body. After learning about the Soul Hall from Wu Protector’s memories, he set out with Xian Er to visit Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Chen she had reached Three-Star Dou Ling by consuming poison, and he warned her that advancing too quickly could make her Woeful Poison Body erupt.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian confessed their feelings through a kiss, and she chose to respond to him.
• Xian Er presented Wu Protector, whom she had captured in the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Chen searched his soul before destroying it with Chaos Fire.
• Xiao Chen explained the Soul Hall and its connection to the Soul Clan to Xiao Yi Xian, Xian Er, and Qing Lin.
• Xian Er told Xiao Chen that Yun Shan had become a Dou Zong, and Xiao Chen left with her for the Misty Cloud Sect to speak with him about Yun Yun.

Xiao Chen secured Yun Shan’s approval for a marriage alliance with Yun Yun by offering a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill and promising to help Yun Shan reach Dou Venerable. After protecting Xiao Yi Xian from her Woeful Poison Body, Xiao Chen’s alliance with Yun Yun became public across the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Chen met Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Shan approved his relationship and marriage alliance with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Chen gave Yun Yun a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill as a betrothal gift and promised to help Yun Shan advance to Dou Venerable within ten years.
• Yun Shan explained to the Misty Cloud Sect elders that the alliance was necessary given Xiao Chen’s strength, then ordered them to announce the marriage alliance.
• At the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Chen placed a Strange Fire Seal on Xiao Yi Xian to refine toxins if her Woeful Poison Body erupted and to sense her condition.
• The marriage alliance between Yun Yun and Xiao Chen spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire, further raising Xiao Chen’s reputation.

Xiao Chen found Zi Yan stealing medicinal ingredients in the Inner Academy’s storage and offered to refine them into pills. Zi Yan enjoyed the pills, promised to protect him, and learned where to find him for more.

• Xiao Chen entered the guarded medicinal material storage using his Space Power and found Zi Yan eating a golden fruit.
• Xiao Chen introduced himself and offered to refine the fruit into pills, demonstrating his golden flames and claiming to be a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Chen refined the fruit into pills, and Zi Yan ate them and praised their taste.
• Zi Yan offered to protect Xiao Chen in exchange for more pills, and he agreed to refine ingredients she gathered.
• Xiao Chen told Zi Yan to visit him at the Small Pavilion, then vanished through space as Zi Yan passed through a spatial gate.

Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa traveled to the Black-Corner Region to take the Sea Heart Flame from Medicine Emperor Han Feng. After Han Feng fled and Xiao Chen trapped him, Xiao Chen invoked Yao Chen’s name and ordered Queen Medusa to fight him.

• Xiao Chen decided to seek Han Feng after befriending Zi Yan and learning Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa arrived in Han Feng’s city and found him by scanning the area with Xiao Chen’s soul power.
• Xiao Chen told Han Feng he wanted the Sea Heart Flame, prompting Han Feng to flee into the sky.
• Xiao Chen used Space Teleportation to catch up with Han Feng and sealed his path with a Space Barrier.
• Xiao Chen mentioned Yao Chen, unsettling Han Feng, then ordered Queen Medusa to take him down.
• Queen Medusa began fighting Han Feng, and their clash sent seven-colored energy through the air.

Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa defeated Han Feng, and Xiao Chen captured Han Feng’s surviving soul before they escaped. They reached a mountain range near Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where they made a cave to rest.

• Queen Medusa and Xiao Chen attacked Han Feng as he unleashed the Sea Heart Flame and summoned the Sea Heart Illusion Beast.
• Xiao Chen’s Chaos Fire-backed punch shattered the beast and struck Han Feng, while Queen Medusa’s sword helped wear down the creature.
• Xiao Chen destroyed Han Feng’s body, restrained his soul, and sealed it inside a Jade Bottle.
• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa left through a Space Passage as Black-Corner Region experts learned that Han Feng had died without discovering who killed him.
• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa emerged in a mountain range near Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and carved out a cave, where Xiao Chen remarked on Queen Medusa’s improved Cultivation.

Xiao Chen devoured Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, gave Queen Medusa Han Feng’s stored resources, and kept Han Feng’s soul for Xiao Yan. After returning to Jia Nan Academy, he reunited with the others and heard that the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower had closed after a disturbance.

• Xiao Chen had Chaos Fire devour the Sea Heart Flame and gave Queen Medusa Han Feng’s Storage Ring, while deciding to keep Han Feng’s soul for now.
• Xiao Chen embraced and kissed Queen Medusa, teased her about their Marriage Alliance, and spoke with her about having a child.
• Xiao Chen told Queen Medusa to cultivate in the mountain cave and gather information in the Black-Corner Region before he left for Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Chen returned to his Small Pavilion, where Zi Yan asked him to refine more pills from the medicinal ingredients she brought.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Chen that a disturbance had forced the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower to close temporarily.

Several months after settling into life at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Chen witnessed the Fallen Heart Flame break free of its seal and attack him. Su Qian and the elders moved to defend the academy as Xiao Chen met the Heavenly Flame with his own golden flames.

• Xiao Chen cultivated at Jia Nan Academy and spent time refining Energy Pills for Zi Yan, accompanying Xiao Xun'er, and visiting his friends in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Chen sensed a scorching aura, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao recognized it as the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• The Fallen Heart Flame emerged as an enormous invisible fire python, shattered the tower’s energy wall, and prompted Su Qian to order the students evacuated.
• The Fallen Heart Flame spotted Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan, then flew toward Xiao Chen and spread invisible flames around him.
• Su Qian rushed to help Xiao Chen and ordered the elders to protect the students and watch for trouble from the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Chen unleashed golden flames against the Fallen Heart Flame, and their clash caused cracks to appear in space.

Xiao Chen located and captured the Fallen Heart Flame’s source flame, then withdrew to a mountain cave to refine it. Queen Medusa stood guard as he used Chaos Fire to erase the flame’s intelligence and began devouring it.

• Xiao Chen endured the Fallen Heart Flame’s heartfire and found its source flame hidden beneath the fire python’s mouth.
• Xiao Chen struck the source flame, ended the fire python, and captured the Fallen Heart Flame before it entered his body and rampaged through him.
• Xiao Chen teleported away from Jia Nan Academy’s experts to find a secluded place to suppress and refine the flame.
• Xiao Chen asked Queen Medusa to protect him in a mountain cave, and she concealed his aura with a Space Lock and stood watch.
• Xiao Chen used Chaos Fire to extinguish the Fallen Heart Flame’s intelligence, devoured the flame, and began refining it.

Xiao Chen refined the Fallen Heart Flame, reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Ling, and fused the flame into Chaos Fire. Nine days later, he showed Queen Medusa that the fused flames had transformed into a tiny flame infant.

• Xiao Chen erased the Fallen Heart Flame's consciousness, refined its energy, and rose to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Ling while storing the remaining Energy Liquid for later.
• The Fallen Heart Flame was absorbed into Chaos Fire as Jia Nan Academy's elders began repairing the damaged academy and Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao about soul realms and heard that Xiao Chen's Seventh-Rank Alchemist skill and Mortal Realm soul might have revealed Yao Lao's presence.
• Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Queen Medusa worried about Xiao Chen while he spent nine days refining the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Chen showed Queen Medusa that the fused golden flames had become a small, colorful flame infant.

Xiao Chen introduced the newly formed fire spirit Little Fire, then returned to Jia Nan Academy and told his companions about refining the Fallen Heart Flame. After making Energy Pills for Zi Yan, he privately summoned Xiao Yan and showed him Little Fire.

• Xiao Chen explained that the flame infant came from his Heavenly Flames and named it Little Fire, which returned to sleep in his Strange Fire Space.
• Xiao Chen left Queen Medusa to refine the Nine-Colored Origin Stone and returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan were waiting.
• Xiao Chen told everyone he had refined the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei worried about the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower being closed.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Chen she had run out of pills, so he refined more than a hundred Energy Pills for her.
• Xiao Chen privately called Xiao Yan upstairs and showed him Little Fire, catching Xiao Yan's attention.

Xiao Chen revealed that he knew Yao Lao was hiding in Xiao Yan’s ring, and Yao Lao emerged to introduce himself. Xiao Chen then showed them Han Feng’s captured soul, leaving Xiao Yan to deal with the traitor while Xiao Chen explained how he had captured him.

• Xiao Chen asked the hidden senior to reveal himself, and Yao Lao emerged from Xiao Yan’s ring as a soul body.
• Yao Lao introduced himself as Venerable Yao, and Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that Yao Lao was his teacher.
• Xiao Chen explained that Little Fire was a fire spirit formed from his flames.
• Xiao Chen showed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan Han Feng’s soul in a Jade Bottle, and Yao Lao recognized his traitorous disciple.
• Han Feng admitted that he had ambushed Yao Lao because Yao Lao had refused to teach him the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan sealed Han Feng in his Storage Ring, and Xiao Chen began recounting his trip to the Black-Corner Region with Queen Medusa.

Xiao Chen told Great Elder Su Qian that another young Fallen Heart Flame lay beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, then descended into the magma to find it. There, he discovered a transparent barrier containing the Heavenly Flame Honored One’s remains and a remnant of his soul.

• Xiao Chen confirmed to Su Qian that he had refined the academy’s Fallen Heart Flame, then revealed that another young Fallen Heart Flame remained beneath the tower.
• Xiao Chen and Su Qian entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, and Xiao Chen sensed a summons coming from deep under the magma.
• Xiao Chen plunged into the magma with Space Power, Chaos Fire, and Little Fire protecting him as he followed the Fallen Heart Flame’s pull.
• Xiao Chen found another Fallen Heart Flame shining a beam onto a magma vortex, where a transparent barrier emerged.
• Xiao Chen saw a skeleton inside the barrier and recognized it as the Heavenly Flame Honored One, whose remnant soul still remained.

Xiao Chen entered the halo around the white skeleton and met Yao Tianhuo, the soul fragment of the Heavenly Flame Honored One, who proposed a deal involving the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame. Xiao Chen was eager to obtain the flame and also wanted Yao Tianhuo’s method for temporarily suppressing Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body.

• Little Fire tried to eat the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Chen warned him not to.
• A red subterranean magma creature attacked Xiao Chen, who evaded its strikes and entered the halo around the skeleton.
• When Xiao Chen reached for the Fallen Heart Flame, white light emerged from the skeleton and became an illusory elderly figure.
• Yao Tianhuo introduced himself as the Heavenly Flame Honored One and recognized Little Fire as a spirit formed from multiple flames.
• Yao Tianhuo offered to make a deal with Xiao Chen for the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Chen welcomed the proposal.

Xiao Chen negotiated with Heavenly Flame Honored One for the Fallen Heart Flame and received the Five Round Li Fire Method in exchange for helping repair the elder’s soul. After discovering Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion beneath the magma, Xiao Chen returned safely to Great Elder Su Qian.

• Heavenly Flame Honored One offered Xiao Chen the Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Round Li Fire Method if Xiao Chen repaired his damaged soul, and Xiao Chen accepted the deal.
• Xiao Chen entrusted the infant Fallen Heart Flame to Little Fire and collected Heavenly Flame Honored One’s bones and Storage Ring.
• Xiao Chen glimpsed Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and a colossal purple-gold dragon beneath the magma before swimming toward the surface.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One dispelled attacks from Flame Lizards as Xiao Chen continued upward through the magma.
• Xiao Chen emerged from the magma unharmed and met Great Elder Su Qian at the cave entrance.

Xiao Chen returned an infant Fallen Heart Flame to the Inner Academy and learned that Great Elder Su Qian wanted him to represent the Ye Clan in the Pill Tower Pill Gathering. Back at the Small Pavilion, Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan about Heavenly Flame Honored One and taught him the Five Round Li Fire Method, then brought up the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Little Fire revealed an infant Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Chen explained that it could power the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and might eventually develop intelligence.
• Great Elder Su Qian sealed the infant Fallen Heart Flame in the Fire Gathering Pot and asked Xiao Chen to consider representing the Ye Clan at the Pill Tower Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Chen agreed to think over the invitation, then returned to the surface with Su Qian and discussed the Central Plains and his weakened soul with Heavenly Flame Honored One.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Small Pavilion, told Xiao Yan about the underground Magma World and Heavenly Flame Honored One, and passed the Five Round Li Fire Method to him.
• Xiao Chen asked Xiao Yan about the Pill Tower Pill Gathering and told him about the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan about the Three Thousand Burning Flame and prepared to help those around him. Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Chen a mysterious Dou Technique scroll before leaving to return home, and Xiao Chen recognized it as the Emperor Seal Skill.

• Xiao Chen explained that the top ten participants in the Pill Gathering could try to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xiao Yan decided to focus on cultivating before the gathering.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan to train in the underground Magma World, then reassured Xiao Xun'er that the Heavenly Flame matter was settled and agreed to refine more pills for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Chen directed Zi Yan to Queen Medusa's mountain range to seek medicinal ingredients, and she left with more than a hundred Energy Pills.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Chen a black Dou Technique scroll that could only be opened at Dou Wang, and Xiao Chen accepted it before kissing her as she prepared to leave.
• After Xiao Xun'er returned to her room, she told Ling Ying to keep the scroll's transfer secret even from her father, then said she was going home.

Xiao Chen spent the month before the Strong Ranking Tournament accompanying Xiao Xun'er, who was soon to return to the Ancient Clan. When the tournament began, Xiao Chen drew red-backed lot number seventeen, while Xiao Yan drew red-backed lot number fifteen, and the contestants awaited the match order.

• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Chen about the approaching Strong Ranking Tournament, and Xiao Chen declared that he would take first place.
• Xiao Chen spent the following month wandering Canaan City and Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Xun'er, while Zi Yan occasionally asked him to refine Energy Pills.
• The tournament bell rang, and Xiao Chen arrived at Central Square with Xiao Xun'er and the others, where he saw Zi Yan, Han Yue, and Xiao Yan.
• Great Elder Su Qian explained the tournament rules and warned the contestants not to kill each other during matches.
• Xiao Chen drew red-backed lot number seventeen, and Xiao Yan drew red-backed lot number fifteen.
• Su Qian announced that the match order would be drawn at random after all contestants had selected their lots.

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan competed in the Inner Academy Strong Ranking Tournament and all advanced to the top ten. Xiao Chen defeated Zi Yan to claim first place, while Xiao Yan finished fourth and Zi Yan second.

• Su Qian drew the match numbers, and Zi Yan quickly knocked her opponent from the stage to win her bout.
• Xiao Yan defeated a Four-Star Dou Ling with his Heavenly Flame and Five Round Li Fire Method.
• Xiao Chen defeated his Seven-Star Dou Ling opponent in one move.
• After the elimination rounds, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan each defeated their opponents to enter the top ten.
• Xiao Chen defeated Zi Yan to take first place; Zi Yan placed second, Lin Xiuya third, and Xiao Yan fourth.

Meng Er returned to the Dou Qi Continent after breaking and temporarily sealing the Plane Passage’s bindings, while Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun sensed a brief trace of Origin Qi. At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er said farewell before more than ten magical beasts arrived, apparently to take Xun'er home.

• Meng Er broke the spatial bindings around the Dou Qi Continent's Plane Passage, then temporarily sealed the damage with a secret technique that also sealed her strength.
• Yue'er lent Meng Er part of her power, and Meng Er sensed Xiao Chen's mark and flew toward him.
• Hun Tiandi sensed a fleeting trace of Origin Qi, as did Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Chen she would return home in a few days, and Xiao Chen promised he would find and marry her.
• More than ten black magical beasts carrying silver-horned riders flew toward Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Chen suspected they had come to take Xun'er home.