Chapter Summaries

Gu Fei rejected Nalan Yanran’s pleas, but Yun Yun later visited him to ask for help saving Yanran’s grandfather. After teasing Yun Yun and agreeing to act once, Gu Fei left the matter unresolved as the chapter ended.

• Gu Fei repeatedly refused Nalan Yanran, who left the banquet hall in embarrassment and asked Yun Yun for help.
• Yun Yun decided to approach Gu Fei, while Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong fought above the Imperial Capital’s mausoleum gardens.
• Gu Fei left the banquet with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and returned to his room.
• Yun Yun visited Gu Fei, and he teased her before asking whether she had come about Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun pleaded with Gu Fei to help Yanran, and he agreed to act once.

Gu Fei agreed to treat Nalan Jie and went with Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su to the Nalan Residence, where he examined the old man’s severe Branding Poison. He assured them he could cure Nalan Jie safely and began preparing to treat him.

• Gu Fei teased Yun Yun about giving herself to him, but changed the subject when she answered with a flirtatious question.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Gu Fei had agreed to treat Nalan Jie, and Nalan Yanran thanked her.
• Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su waited outside the imperial palace, then escorted Gu Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Nalan Residence.
• Gu Fei examined Nalan Jie and explained that using Heavenly Flames to remove the poison would be dangerous for an ordinary person.
• Gu Fei reassured Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su that he could cure Nalan Jie without danger, then lifted the old man from his bed and began preparing to treat him.

Gu Fei cured Nalan Jie of Branding Poison and accepted the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Birth as his reward. Xun'er learned that Gu Fei had taken the herb she needed to restore Xiao Yan’s soul power, and suspected he had not let go of his grudge against her and Xiao Yan.

• Gu Fei used Heavenly Flames and a Grade 5 Pill to remove the Branding Poison from Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Jie thanked Gu Fei and offered to host him, but Gu Fei declined and prepared to leave.
• Nalan Yanran gave Gu Fei the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Birth, and Nalan Jie escorted him from the Nalan Residence.
• Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Gu Fei had received the herb after curing Nalan Jie.
• Xun'er wondered whether Gu Fei’s actions were still aimed at her and Xiao Yan despite his claim that he had let things go.

Xun'er accepted that Gu Fei would not give her the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Birth, while a wary Soul Clan expert abandoned his mission near the Jia Ma Empire after sensing powerful Gu Clan presences. Gu Fei then prepared to leave the empire for Jia Nan Academy and the Fallen Heart Flame, sharing farewells with Yun Yun and the others before departing with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Xun'er decided to seek soul-restoring medicine through the Gu Clan rather than ask Gu Fei for the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Birth.
• A Soul Clan expert sensed a powerful aura near the Jia Ma Empire, abandoned his mission, and flew away; two Gu Clan elders identified him and continued protecting Gu Fei and Xun'er.
• Gu Fei refused to take Yao Yue as a disciple but gave her a journal written by a Seventh Grade Alchemist.
• Gu Fei chose Jia Nan Academy as his next destination to claim the Fallen Heart Flame and embraced Yun Yun before leaving the capital.
• Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Nalan Jie, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei bid Gu Fei farewell, and he departed on the Lion King with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

Gu Fei took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin across the Black-Corner Region to Jia Nan Academy, where he openly announced that he had come to see its Heavenly Flames. He stopped before the academy’s defenders, leaving Hu Qian and the elders facing his blunt demand.

• Gu Fei described the Black-Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as they traveled toward the Black Domain Great Plains.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King carried them to Black-Seal City, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were shaken by the violence and stayed inside their inn.
• Gu Fei took the two girls toward Jia Nan Academy, flying over the region’s no-fly zone and alarming the enforcement team in Peace Town.
• Hu Qian and several Outer Academy elders flew out to confront Gu Fei and demand an explanation.
• Gu Fei introduced himself and said he had come to look at Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flames.

Gu Fei revealed his overwhelming strength to Hu Qian and demanded the Heavenly Flames, giving Jia Nan Academy two days to decide whether to trade them for compensation. He then entered Canaan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, where an Outer Academy elder escorted them into the academy before Gu Fei asked to explore alone.

• Gu Fei displayed his Dou Zong aura, shocking Hu Qian into addressing him as Senior.
• Gu Fei said he would take the Heavenly Flames if they satisfied him and promised compensation, while Hu Qian requested time to discuss the matter.
• Gu Fei gave Jia Nan Academy two days to provide an answer and arranged for the Lion King to stay outside Peace Town.
• Gu Fei entered Canaan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then followed an Outer Academy elder through the academy gates.
• Gu Fei asked the elder to leave them so they could explore without attracting attention.

Gu Fei toured Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, drawing attention after he sent an insolent student flying. That evening, the three stayed in the city, while Su Qian arrived at Canaan City after hearing news of Gu Fei.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin admired Jia Nan Academy and said they hoped to study there someday.
• Gu Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin overheard male students commenting on Xiao Yu and Xue Ni, and Xiao Yi Xian pulled Gu Fei away after catching him looking.
• A jealous male student challenged Gu Fei, who sent him flying with an unseen attack before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• A student revealed that Elder Mu had respectfully escorted Gu Fei into the academy, leaving the other students shocked at whom they had provoked.
• Gu Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin spent the evening in the city and stayed at an inn.
• Su Qian, Jia Nan Academy's Great Elder and a Dou Zong, flew toward Canaan City with two others.

Gu Fei confronted Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders over the Fallen Heart Flame, promising compensation but insisting he would take it. Su Qian yielded and led Gu Fei and his companions toward the Inner Academy.

• Su Qian arrived in Canaan City with Inner Academy elders and recognized Gu Fei as the powerful visitor Hu Qian had reported.
• Gu Fei confirmed he had come for the Fallen Heart Flame and promised the Inner Academy compensation.
• Su Qian warned that the Flame was vital to the academy and had been left by Mang Qianchi, but Gu Fei remained undeterred.
• Gu Fei summoned the Amethyst Winged Lion King and demonstrated that he could walk through the air, silencing the elders' doubts about his strength.
• Su Qian, Hu Qian, and the elders agreed to lead Gu Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin toward the Inner Academy.

Gu Fei brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Inner Academy, where Su Qian revealed the hidden entrance behind a Space Seal. After sensing the Heavenly Flame, Gu Fei led them to the Black Tower and landed nearby.

• Gu Fei explained that a Space Seal concealed the Inner Academy, and Su Qian opened its silver gate.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were awed by the gate and resolved to cultivate harder so they would not hold Gu Fei back.
• Su Qian led Gu Fei and the others through the seal into the vast basin containing the Inner Academy.
• Gu Fei sensed a Heavenly Flame and directed the Amethyst Winged Lion King toward the Inner Academy's north side.
• Gu Fei had the Lion King land before the partly buried Black Tower, surprising Xiao Yi Xian.

Gu Fei arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower to take Fallen Heart Flame and ordered Su Qian to evacuate the students. After recognizing Zi Yan as a nonhuman magical beast, Gu Fei hinted that he knew her origins, then prepared to enter the tower.

• Gu Fei examined the weakened seal over the Black Tower and told Su Qian to evacuate everyone before he moved against the Heart Flame.
• Su Qian ordered the students out of the tower, and Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya joined the crowd outside.
• Gu Fei noticed Zi Yan and recognized that she was not human, surprising Su Qian.
• Gu Fei said he knew about Zi Yan’s background but postponed discussing it until after he took Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu Fei protected Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin with a seal and told them to wait while he went to the tower.

Gu Fei broke the seal beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and subdued and refined the Fallen Heart Flame after defeating its fire spirit. He then decided to retrieve the Fallen Heart Flame Young Fire from the Magma Sea and give it to the Inner Academy.

• Gu Fei shattered the Space Seal on the tower's lowest level despite Su Qian's concern about releasing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu Fei descended into the Magma Sea and called out the Fallen Heart Flame, which emerged as an enormous transparent fire python and attacked him.
• Gu Fei overwhelmed the Invisible Fire Python with his flames and Dou Qi, then pulled out and suppressed its fire spirit.
• Gu Fei refined the Fallen Heart Flame without difficulty, adding it to the two Heavenly Flames he had already refined.
• Gu Fei decided to search the Magma Sea for the Fallen Heart Flame Young Fire and give it to the Inner Academy as compensation.

Gu Fei descended into the Magma Sea, fought through the Flame Lizardmen, and entered the hidden barrier where the Heavenly Flame Honored One’s remains lay. Yao TianHuo revealed that he had once owned the Fallen Heart Flame now inside Gu Fei.

• Gu Fei followed the Fallen Heart Flame’s sensing through the magma and encountered a Flame Lizardman, which he defeated and took a scarlet bead from.
• A swarm of Flame Lizardmen, including some with Dou Zong strength, pursued Gu Fei as he fought his way toward the white halo.
• Gu Fei entered the halo and evaded the blood-red figures and Flame Lizardmen that gathered outside it.
• Inside, Gu Fei found a skeleton and called forth the illusory figure of Yao TianHuo, the Heavenly Flame Honored One.
• Yao TianHuo recognized Gu Fei’s cultivation and soul power, then confirmed that he had once subdued the Fallen Heart Flame now inside Gu Fei.

Gu Fei rescued Heavenly Flame Honored One, took the Fallen Heart Flame, and gave Jia Nan Academy a young Fallen Heart Flame and a Sect Breakthrough Pill. Zi Yan asked Gu Fei to take her home to the Central Plains, where her people lived.

• Heavenly Flame Honored One told Gu Fei how he became trapped in the Magma World and offered him the Five Round Li Fire Method in exchange for being rescued.
• Gu Fei took the Fallen Heart Flame and Heavenly Flame Honored One's soul, then left without exploring the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Gu Fei gave Su Qian a Fallen Heart Flame Young Fire and a Sect Breakthrough Pill as compensation for Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan asked Gu Fei about her origins, and he told her that her people lived in the Central Plains.
• Zi Yan asked Gu Fei to take her home.

Gu Fei took Zi Yan from Jia Nan Academy with Su Qian’s approval and set out for Black Emperor City to seek Bodhi Transformation Saliva, a key ingredient for helping Xiao Yi Xian control her Woeful Poison Body. On the journey, he cheered up the bored Zi Yan by giving her a handful of pills.

• Gu Fei agreed to take Zi Yan back to her clan on the condition that she behave, and she stopped herself from retaliating against students who whispered about her.
• Su Qian approved Zi Yan’s departure, and Gu Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan left Jia Nan Academy on the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Gu Fei planned to travel to Black Emperor City to find Bodhi Transformation Saliva, which was needed for the Poison Pill Method to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body.
• Gu Fei noticed Zi Yan was bored during the peaceful journey and gave her a handful of pills, which she eagerly ate.

Gu Fei exchanged a Sect Breakthrough Pill and a Restoration Pill with Mo Tianxing for the Bodhi Transformation Saliva in Black Emperor City. He then decided to take Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to the Central Plains, beginning their journey toward a Space Wormhole.

• Gu Fei and his group arrived at Black Emperor City and confronted the Black Emperor Sect elders, then asked Mo Tianxing for the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Mo Tianxing admitted he had the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and gave it to Gu Fei in exchange for a Sect Breakthrough Pill and a Restoration Pill.
• Gu Fei showed the Bodhi Transformation Saliva to Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan.
• Gu Fei announced that they would travel to the Central Plains by way of Horizon City and its Space Wormhole.
• Gu Fei gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Transformation Pill, and told Zi Yan she could have one after reaching the Dou Huang realm.

Gu Fei led his companions through a Space Wormhole into the Central Plains, then secluded himself to break through from Dou Zong Peak to Dou Venerate. After three days of enlightenment, he emerged at seventeen with immense new power.

• Gu Fei repaired the Space Wormhole in Horizon City and led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and the Lion King through it.
• Gu Fei used a spatial vessel to guide the group through the Space Passage, where they traveled for more than ten days before reaching the Central State Northern Region.
• Gu Fei continued toward Luoshen Ravine to obtain the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core, resting with the group along the way.
• Near the Central Region, Gu Fei had the Lion King find a secluded cave so he could cultivate and used 40000 Emotion Value to gain cultivation enlightenment.
• After three days, Gu Fei emerged from seclusion as a Dou Venerate and demonstrated his ability to twist space with a gesture.

After Gu Fei broke through to Dou Venerate, he traveled with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and the Lion King toward Fallen God Ravine. In the Gu Realm, Gu Yuan learned Xun'er had neglected cultivation while helping a Xiao Clan man and ordered her brought back, while Gu Fei's group arrived at the Dan Region's Central Region.

• Gu Fei broke through to Dou Venerate, and a hidden Gu Clan elder praised his progress before Gu Fei continued his journey.
• Gu Fei traveled with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and the Lion King, watching Zi Yan bargain with Xiao Yi Xian to buy food along the way.
• Gu Clan elders told Gu Yuan that Xun'er remained at Dou Wang and had spent her time helping a Xiao Clan man find medicine to restore soul power.
• Gu Yuan ordered Xun'er to return to the clan immediately and said she should be tied up and brought back if she refused.
• Gu Fei and his companions emerged from a wormhole onto a grand stone platform in the Central Region, where they saw many alchemists.

Gu Fei gathered beast fires in the Dan Region and brought Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to Fallen God Ravine. There, the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast coveted Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and Gu Fei confronted him with the threat of death.

• Gu Fei bought two beast fires to strengthen the Five Round Li Fire Method, then agreed to let the Amethyst Winged Lion King carry the group.
• Gu Fei and his companions flew into Fallen God Ravine, where his Heavenly Flames burned away the poisonous energy around them.
• Gu Fei spotted a white stone fortress and led the Lion King toward it.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast emerged from the fortress, sensed Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and demanded that Gu Fei hand her over.
• Gu Fei released his aura, faced the beast, and declared that he had come to take its life.

Gu Fei killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and gathered the materials needed to activate Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method. He brought his group to Ye City to borrow the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar, where Ye Zhong cautiously reminded him that the altar had never been lent out.

• Gu Fei trapped the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast in his Flame Devouring Cage, then killed it despite the beast pleading for mercy and invoking the Scorpion Dragon Race.
• Gu Fei crushed a furious Magical Beast expert with spatial force, driving the remaining beasts to flee, then refined the beast’s body into essence blood and a Magical Core.
• Gu Fei decided to use the materials to activate Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method and took his group to Ye City, where he planned to use the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar.
• Gu Fei flew over the Ye Family estate and calmly asked to borrow the altar, revealing his Dou Venerate aura and startling Ye Zhong and Ye Xinlan.
• Ye Zhong, the Ye Family’s Great Elder, greeted Gu Fei respectfully but said the Yang Fire Ancient Altar had never been lent out.

Gu Fei used the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar to help Xiao Yi Xian condense a poison pill and gain control of her Woeful Poison Body. After the procedure, their feelings turned intimate, though a system notification revealed that Medusa Queen had witnessed the moment.

• Gu Fei promised to help the Ye Family once in exchange for borrowing the Yang Fire Ancient Altar, and Ye Zhong led him and Xiao Yi Xian there.
• Gu Fei sealed the altar with Xiao Yi Xian inside and began condensing her poison pill using the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core, Heavenly Flames, and Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yi Xian drew all the poison gas in her body into the poison pill, bringing her Woeful Poison Body under her control without the risk of another eruption.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Gu Fei, and the two embraced as their feelings became intimate.
• A system notification told Gu Fei that Medusa Queen felt shame and indignation, and Gu Fei spotted the Seven-Colored Little Snake turned away nearby.