Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie defeated Liu Qing with a single finger during the Strong Ranking competition, while Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan also won their matches with ease. The tournament was interrupted when the Fallen Heart Flame began breaking through its seal, and Xiao Xie rushed toward the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower with the elders.

• Liu Qing challenged Xiao Xie, who said one finger would be enough to defeat him.
• Liu Qing unleashed his strongest spear attack, but Xiao Xie flicked the Black Spear aside with one finger and sent Liu Qing flying from the arena.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated her opponent with Poison Dou Qi, Qing Lin knocked out a Strong Ranking contender with her Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Zi Yan defeated a Seven Star Dou Ling with one punch.
• A tremendous explosion came from the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and Su Qian ordered the elders to the tower and the students to evacuate the surrounding area.
• Su Qian and the elders flew toward the tower as Xiao Xie recognized that the Fallen Heart Flame was breaking free and followed them.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and emerged as the Invisible Fire Python, forcing Su Qian and the elders to form the Thousand Layer Seal Array. The creature recovered its strength beneath the new barrier and glared at its would-be captors.

• Su Qian and the elders found the Invisible Fire Python battering the tower’s seal, and its lava blast shattered the barrier.
• The Fallen Heart Flame struck the tower’s spire, but a layer of Dark Energy protected it before the creature extended its head from the lava.
• Su Qian ordered the students away and led the elders to prepare the formation seal left by the Headmaster.
• The Fallen Heart Flame destroyed the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower’s spire and burst free, scattering lava and setting the surrounding area ablaze.
• Su Qian commanded ten elders to form the Thousand Layer Seal Array, which descended around the Invisible Fire Python as a new barrier.
• The Invisible Fire Python recovered its flames and glared at the barrier, unwilling to return to its prison.

Han Feng sensed a Heavenly Flame near Canaan Academy and summoned Black-Corner Region factions to help him pursue it. The Inner Academy resealed the Fallen Heart Flame, but Han Feng and his forces arrived as Xiao Xie prepared for their intervention.

• Han Feng recognized a Heavenly Flame's energy near the Inner Academy and ordered Han Beng to summon the Earth Flame Sect, Fan Gate, Blood Sect, and two other guests.
• Han Feng revealed his desire to obtain a second Heavenly Flame and cursed the old man who had refused to let him cultivate the Flame Mantra.
• Hu Qian arrived with Outer Academy reinforcements, helping Su Qian and the elders force the Invisible Fire Python back into the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and seal it.
• The students cheered, while three tomoe appeared in the Invisible Fire Python's eyes and Xiao Xie smiled that the east wind had arrived.
• Han Feng and a large group of Black-Corner Region experts flew toward the Inner Academy, where Han Feng announced that he had discovered its hidden Heavenly Flame.

Han Feng and his allies invaded Jia Nan Academy to seize the Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Xie trapped Han Feng in Tsukuyomi and subjected him to a false afterlife and centuries of torture. Han Feng returned to the real world mentally broken, while Xiao Xie remained unharmed.

• Han Feng led his group through Jia Nan Academy’s barrier and demanded that Su Qian release the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Xie confronted Han Feng and claimed that Yao Chen wanted him to accompany him to hell.
• Xiao Xie trapped Han Feng in Tsukuyomi, where Black and White Impermanence brought him before Lu Judge for judgment.
• Lu Judge sentenced Han Feng to four hundred years of punishment in Copper Pillar Hell and Oil Pot Hell.
• Han Feng’s Dou Qi wings vanished, and Han Beng caught him as he fell; Han Feng returned with his mind completely broken.

Xiao Xie used Tsukuyomi to make the Silver-Robed Gold Silver Gentleman kill his own brother, then killed the Silver Robe with Black Coffin. As the battlefield fell silent, the Invisible Fire Python broke through the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower’s seal and emerged.

• The Silver-Robed Old Man attacked Xiao Xie, but Tsukuyomi made him strike and kill the Golden-Robed Old Man instead.
• Xiao Xie revealed himself unharmed, and Fan Lao and Su Qian realized the Silver Robe had killed his brother.
• The grieving Silver Robe charged Xiao Xie, who trapped and killed him with Destructive Art Ninety, Black Coffin.
• Xiao Xie's defeat of the two Gold Silver Gentlemen stunned both Jia Nan Academy and the Black-Corner Region experts.
• The Invisible Fire Python erupted with renewed strength, broke the seal above the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and emerged.

Xiao Xie controlled the Fallen Heart Flame, preserved a portion of it in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and killed Han Feng before forcing the Black-Corner Region experts to submit. He bound them with soul imprints and rewarded Fan Lao with a powerful Skeleton Knight, promising further rewards for good service.

• The Invisible Fire Python obeyed Xiao Xie, who took one-tenth of its origin essence and placed the smaller flame in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• Xiao Xie killed Han Feng, took a treasure chest from his corpse, and gave the Black-Corner Region experts the choice of submission or death.
• Fan Lao and the others submitted and allowed Xiao Xie to imprint their souls.
• Xiao Xie turned Han Feng and Gold Silver Two Elders into Skeleton Knights and gave Fan Lao a White Bone Ball containing a one-star Dou Zong-level knight.
• Xiao Xie promised the others rewards for performing well, and they pledged to obey him.

Xiao Xie established the Dragon Gate and absorbed the Blood Sect and other factions into it before refining the Fallen Heart Flame, which raised his cultivation to Eight Star Dou Huang. He then opened the Gold Silver Two Elders’ treasure chests and discovered an unusual Heaven-class Dou Technique called the Clothes Removing Hand.

• Xiao Xie named his new faction the Dragon Gate, and Fan Lao made the Blood Sect its branch sect as the other leaders pledged their loyalty.
• Xiao Xie returned to his residence, entered the Worship Space, and used the Flame Mantra to devour the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Xie’s cultivation rose from four-star Dou Huang to Eight Star Dou Huang as the Fallen Heart Flame began tempering his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xie opened the Gold Silver Two Elders’ treasure chests and found an Inheritance Jade Slip and a transparent crystal ball.
• Xiao Xie read the jade slip and learned that it contained the high-tier Heaven-class Dou Technique called the Clothes Removing Hand, created by Playboy Great Saint Ni Dasheng.

Xiao Xie learned a Combined Attack Formation, gained Han Feng’s soul power and Sea Heart Flame, and devoured the Bone Chilling Flame, greatly increasing his cultivation and alchemy rank. He then completed the White Tiger aspect of his Fire Spirit Visualization Method.

• Xiao Xie learned the Combined Attack Formation and used it with ten Skeleton Monsters, creating a force Xiao Xiao said could contend with a Half-Saint.
• Xiao Xie opened Han Feng’s treasure chest, consumed the Pure Soul Crystal, and doubled his Soul Power.
• Xiao Xie refined the Sea Heart Flame and reached Nine-Star Dou Emperor, then devoured the Bone Chilling Flame over three days.
• Xiao Xie advanced to Three-Star Dou Zong and became a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Xie visualized the White Tiger from the Bone Chilling Flame, completing the fourth of the Four Direction Divine Beasts.

Xiao Xie gained a Four Direction Array in his sea of consciousness after visualizing the divine beasts, then organized his spoils and began building Dragon Gate’s influence. Two months later, he prepared to subdue the leaders of three major Black-Corner Region factions in Maple City.

• The Four Direction Divine Beasts took their positions in Xiao Xie's sea of consciousness and compressed his Soul Power into a protected Soul Pearl.
• Xiao Xie visualized the Fallen Heart Flame as a Soaring Serpent and the Sea Heart Flame as a Water Kirin, which joined the other beasts.
• Xiao Xie and Xiao Xiao sorted the storage rings taken from Han Feng and Gold Silver Two Elders, recycling unusable items for Points.
• Xiao Xie left seclusion, learned Xiao Yi Xian had gone to buy poison, and told Qing Lin it was time to gather their own forces.
• Two months later, Fan Lao told Xiao Xie that the leaders of the Heavenly Yin Sect, Rakshasa Gate, and Mad Lion Gang had arrived in Maple City.
• The three faction leaders questioned Fan Lao about why he had summoned them as they gathered in Dragon Gate's estate.

Xiao Xie forced the leaders of the Heavenly Yin Sect, Rakshasa Gate, and Mad Lion Gang to submit to Dragon Gate, then ordered the region unified. Three months later, Dragon Gate controlled the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Xie returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Qing Lin, reuniting with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Fan Lao introduced Xiao Xie to the leaders of the three forces, and Xiao Xie threatened to kill them unless they submitted.
• Su Mei, Yin Gu Lao, and Yan Shi agreed to join Dragon Gate and accepted Xiao Xie's soul marks and Huang Ji Pills.
• Xiao Xie gave Huang Ji Pills to Fan Lao and Tian Ji and ordered them, Ying Ning, and the five major forces to unify the Black-Corner Region.
• Over the next three months, Dragon Gate unified the region while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian advanced their cultivation.
• Xiao Xie asked Qing Lin to accompany him back to the Jia Ma Empire, and they used the Reverse Summoning Technique to appear beside the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Xie returned to Utan City with Qing Lin and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, reuniting with the Xiao Clan and revealing his Three-Star Dou Zong strength. He gave the clan powerful cultivation resources and a White Bone Knight as protection against the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Xie fed the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Huang Ji Pill, raising it to peak Level 6 and Nine-Star Dou Emperor, then flew with Qing Lin to Utan City.
• The Xiao Clan welcomed Xiao Xie home, and the clan members celebrated his return as their legendary benefactor.
• Xiao Xie told Xiao Zhan and the Three Great Elders that he had reached Three-Star Dou Zong, shocking them with how quickly he had advanced.
• Xiao Xie gave Xiao Zhan cultivation methods, Dou Skills, and medicinal pills to help the clan cultivate up to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Xie handed Xiao Zhan a White Bone Pearl containing a One-Star Dou Zong White Bone Knight, explaining it could protect the clan and summon Xiao Xie for help if the Soul Clan attacked.

Xiao Zhan entrusted the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Xiao Xie, who then visited Queen Medusa with Qing Lin. Queen Medusa challenged Xiao Xie to a fight, and he followed her outside while Qing Lin waited in the palace.

• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Xie the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Xie stored it safely away.
• Xiao Xie and Xiao Zhan discussed Jia Nan Academy and the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Xie guided the clan's disciples before leaving the next day with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Xie and Qing Lin arrived at Queen Medusa's palace in the Tagor Desert, where Qing Lin happily embraced her.
• Queen Medusa sensed that Xiao Xie had reached the Three Star Dou Zong level and challenged him to fight.
• Xiao Xie agreed to fight Queen Medusa outside and left Qing Lin waiting in the palace.

Xiao Xie provoked Queen Medusa, then pretended to be badly injured so she would calm down before he and Qing Lin left for the imperial capital. They reached Gamma Holy City and arrived at the Mittel Family manor, where Hai Bodong and Ya Fei were holding a family meeting.

• Xiao Xie dodged Queen Medusa’s attacks, took a piece of her Small Cloth Piece, and let her strike him while pretending to suffer grave injuries.
• Queen Medusa carried Xiao Xie back to her palace and handed him to Qing Lin while she went to prepare medicine.
• Xiao Xie woke and told Qing Lin he had only pretended to faint to avoid trouble, asking her not to reveal the act to Queen Medusa.
• The next morning, Xiao Xie and Qing Lin said goodbye to Queen Medusa and rode the Amethyst Winged Lion King toward the imperial capital.
• Xiao Xie and Qing Lin landed in Gamma Holy City, went to the Mittel Family manor, and Xiao Xie called for Hai Bodong as guards tried to stop them.
• Hai Bodong sat with Ya Fei at a Mittel Family meeting when Xiao Xie and Qing Lin arrived at the manor.

Xiao Xie returned to the Mittel Family estate, gave Hai Bodong a Huang Ji Pill, and reunited with Ya Fei. He equipped her with powerful cultivation resources and a guardian, leaving her better able to command the family, while Qing Lin lost sleep from their noisy reunion.

• Xiao Xie called for Hai Bodong outside the estate, then gave him a Huang Ji Pill that delighted the Six Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Xie took Ya Fei and Qing Lin to Ya Fei's Secluded Courtyard, where Qing Lin went to sleep in the neighboring room.
• Xiao Xie reunited intimately with Ya Fei and gave her the Nether Sea Naring, stocked with cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and medicinal pills.
• Xiao Xie gave Ya Fei a White Bone Pearl that could summon a White Bone Knight with the strength of a Seven Star Dou Huang.
• Qing Lin came out the next morning tired and resentful after the sounds from Ya Fei's room kept her awake all night.

Xiao Xie returned to Yun Lan Sect and reunited with Yun Yun, whose disciples admired and gossiped about their closeness. At the council hall, Yun Shan marveled at Xiao Xie's strength, while Gu He greeted him with faint hostility and advised him to work harder to become a Sixth Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Xie left Qing Lin to sleep and traveled to Yun Lan Sect.
• Xiao Xie embraced Yun Yun, and Yun Lan Sect disciples watched and discussed their relationship and Xiao Xie's reputation.
• Yun Yun led Xiao Xie to the Council Hall, where Yun Shan welcomed him and realized Xiao Xie's cultivation had surpassed his own.
• Yun Yun introduced Gu He as a Guest Elder, and Gu He praised Xiao Xie's Fifth-Rank Alchemist achievement before telling him to work harder toward becoming a Sixth Grade Alchemist.

Gu He announced his breakthrough to Sixth Grade Alchemist, but Xiao Xie outshone him by giving Yun Yun a Huang Ji Pill and Yun Shan a Barrier Breaking Pill. Yun Shan then revealed that a Soul Hall member had sought an alliance against the Xiao Clan, and the intruder arrived demanding to know why the Misty Cloud Sect had betrayed him.

• Gu He told Yun Shan and Yun Yun that he had become a Sixth Grade Alchemist, hoping to impress Yun Yun and outshine Xiao Xie.
• Xiao Xie gave Yun Yun a Huang Ji Pill he had specially refined for her, then handed Yun Shan a Barrier Breaking Pill to help him reach two-star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Xie from afar and accepted that they belonged to different worlds.
• Yun Shan told Xiao Xie that a black-robed man had recently tried to recruit the Misty Cloud Sect to attack the Xiao Clan.
• A black-robed Soul Hall member burst into the hall, accused Yun Shan of betrayal, and was shocked to sense Xiao Xie's three-star Dou Zong cultivation.
• The Soul Hall member reacted with fury when Xiao Xie said he had killed Hun Qian, a seven-star Dou Zong.

Xiao Xie killed a Soul Hall Dou Zong, gained a soul-refining technique, and returned to the Black-Corner Region before visiting Xiao Yan and the other Xiao Clan disciples at Jia Nan Academy. He gave them cultivation methods and Dou Skills, including two for Xiao Xun'er.

• Xiao Xie trapped the black-robed Eight-Star Dou Zong in his Mangekyō Sharingan illusion, killed him, and devoured his soul, leaving Gu He and the Misty Cloud Sect elders shaken.
• Xiao Xie strolled with Yun Yun, forged an Eight-Star Dou Zong White Bone Knight from the black-robed man's corpse, and gave Yun Yun its ring.
• After spending three days with Ya Fei, Xiao Xie returned to Maple City with Qing Lin, learned the Soul Refining Dou Skill, and then went to the Outer Academy.
• Ruo Lin led Xiao Xie to Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and the other Xiao Clan disciples, where he greeted them and gave out Mystic High-Rank cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
• Xiao Xie gave Xiao Xun'er two Dou Skills after she complained that everyone else had received gifts.

Xiao Xie traveled to Heavenly Yin City with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to attend a major auction drawing powerful figures from across the Black-Corner Region. As the auction began, Xiao Xie made progress with his Zanpakuto, and his group arrived to find the venue overwhelmed by the crowds.

• Xiao Xie gave Xiao Yu a Dragon Gate Token before leaving Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Xun'er dodged questions about her background.
• A month later, Xiao Xie invited Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to a major joint auction, and they agreed to go with him to Heavenly Yin City.
• Su Mei welcomed Xiao Xie, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian at the city gates and led them to the Heavenly Yin Pavilion, where Xiao Xie rejected her offer to arrange maids after Xiao Yi Xian demonstrated her poison.
• On the morning of the auction, Xiao Xie sensed that his Zanpakuto was close to revealing its name, then followed Su Mei to the auction plaza with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Xie's group arrived at the plaza and saw that the huge crowd exceeded the Heavenly Yin Sect's expectations.

Xiao Xie attended the Heavenly Yin Sect’s auction with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, where Su Mei introduced him as the Seventh-Rank Alchemist who had refined the auction’s pills. After warning the crowd against disrupting Dragon Gate’s event, Su Mei opened the auction and an elderly auctioneer took the stage.

• Su Mei personally escorted Xiao Xie, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian into the auction house and seated them in the VIP section.
• Xiao Xie spotted Fan Lao, Tian Ji, Su Qian, and other powerful figures as the auction hall filled.
• Su Mei announced that Xiao Xie had refined the Dou Zong Pills and Huang Ji Pills, drawing the crowd’s attention to him.
• Xiao Xie released his Dou Zong aura to deter those whose interest in him carried ill intent.
• Su Mei warned attendees that causing trouble would mean offending Dragon Gate, then declared the auction open.
• An elderly auctioneer emerged onto the platform as maids brought out the first trays of items.

The Heavenly Yin Sect auction progressed from ordinary treasures to Xiao Xie’s Huang Ji Pills and Dou Zong Pills, which bidders exchanged for valuable resources. The chapter ended as Mo Tianxing offered a rare dried magical beast corpse for a Dou Zong Pill.

• The white-haired auctioneer sold the Starfire Sword and other treasures as bidding intensified among the gathered factions.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin bid on several items, and Xiao Xie paid for their purchases.
• The auctioneer sold all ten Huang Ji Pills through barter, collecting thirteen Sixth-Order Magic Cores, six Sixth-Order Magical Beast Corpses, and thirty-two Sixth Grade Herbs.
• The auctioneer announced the Dou Zong Pills, and Mo Tianxing offered a dried corpse of an avian magical beast nearing a breakthrough to Dou Zun.