Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan collected the Green Lotus Core Flame and escaped the shattered barrier with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, pursued by Gu He and the Snake People Tribe's Dou Wangs. Jiang Lin shot Gu He's Feather Sheath Wings with a Blue Light Arrow, giving Xiao Yan a chance to flee before Jiang Lin followed him into the distance.

• Xiao Yan extracted the Magic Core from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's shed body, chose to take the snake with him, and stored the Green Lotus Core Flame in a Green Lotus Base.
• The Purple Light Barrier shattered, and Xiao Yan flew away with the Heavenly Flame as Gu He's group and the Snake People Tribe's Dou Wangs gave chase.
• Gu He closed in on Xiao Yan, while a Green-winged Black-robed Man stayed behind to hold off the Snake People Tribe's Dou Wangs.
• Jiang Lin struck Gu He's Feather Sheath Wings with a Blue Light Arrow, disrupting their fire-attributed Dou Qi and slowing his pursuit.
• Jiang Lin flew after Xiao Yan, and the Green Wing Black-clothed Person caught up with Gu He and the others.

Gu He gave the Green Wing Black-clothed Person a fifth-grade Four-leaf Cicada Wing, which let him race after Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan realized Jiang Lin had helped him escape, but the Green Wing Black-clothed Person caught up and demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Gu He gave the Green Wing Black-clothed Person the Four-leaf Cicada Wing, and the man sped away to pursue Xiao Yan.
• Gu He told Yan Shi and Feng Li that Young Qilin had devised the wing’s design and described its advanced features.
• Gu He suspected an enemy Artifact Forger had damaged his own wing as he led Yan Shi and Feng Li away from the desert.
• Xiao Yan recognized Jiang Lin as the person who had helped him, while Yao Chen warned that Jiang Lin could follow his trail.
• The Green Wing Black-clothed Person caught Xiao Yan in a four-Wind-Wall barrier and demanded the Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were cornered by Yun Yun, who demanded the Green Lotus Base along with the Heavenly Flame, until Jiang Lin arrived and revealed himself to her. Yun Yun let Xiao Yan escape, but she still had to answer Gu He for losing the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen prepared to surrender the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Yun Yun demanded that they leave the Green Lotus Base too.
• Jiang Lin arrived with his Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and asked the two sides to go home.
• Jiang Lin dropped his disguise, revealing his crimson-gold Dou Qi and identity to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun dispersed the Wind Wall, and Xiao Yan fled despite Yao Chen urging him to run sooner.
• Xiao Yan realized the Wind Element Dou Emperor was Yun Zhi, while Yun Yun told Jiang Lin she had given him face but still had to answer Gu He.

Jiang Lin persuaded Yun Yun to postpone her pursuit of Xiao Yan and offered Gu He alternatives to obtaining a Heavenly Flame. He explained how he recognized Yun Yun and revealed that he had designed the Four-leaf Cicada Wing and forged the Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings for himself.

• Jiang Lin suggested Yun Yun tell Gu He that their opponents outnumbered them and offer pills or an introduction to a senior Alchemist instead of pursuing the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yun Yun agreed that Gu He would have to swallow the grievance for now, while Jiang Lin rejected her suggestion that he admit his role because he did not want to attract attention.
• Yun Yun asked when Jiang Lin had discovered her identity, and he explained that the Cloud Mist Sword first identified her as a Jia Ma Dou Emperor and the Four-leaf Cicada Wing confirmed it.
• Jiang Lin spread his Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and told Yun Yun he had designed the Four-leaf Cicada Wing as a test before forging his own wings.
• Yun Yun explained that the Cloud Mist Sword was a Misty Cloud Sect inheritance and that Gu He had given her the Four-leaf Cicada Wing for her pursuit of the Heavenly Flame thief.

Jiang Lin used his Intent Sense to track Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Core Flame while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discussed the Spirit Clan’s power and the uses of its blood in alchemy. Xiao Yan continued toward the Tagor Desert’s edge, and Yao Chen ended the conversation by hinting that Yao Clan Alchemists used their own blood in medicine.

• Yun Yun warned Jiang Lin to leave because the Snake People Tribe had fallen into chaos, then flew away.
• Jiang Lin used his Intent Sense to follow the cyan trace left by Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan worried about Jiang Lin, but Yao Chen assured him that Jiang Lin could track them and warned him about the Spirit Clan’s scouting abilities.
• Yao Chen explained that Spirit Clan Blood could help refine pills for sensing spatial power and advancing through higher realms.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the blood of the alchemy-skilled Ancient Clan was also useful, and Yao Chen privately recalled that Yao Clan Alchemists added their own blood to the furnace.

Xiao Yan began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame while Yao Chen protected the mountaintop with Soul Power. Jiang Lin arrived during the dangerous process and distracted Yao Chen by questioning why the flames had not burned Xiao Yan’s hair.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to find a cave and absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame before keeping it brought more trouble.
• Xiao Yan prepared with the Blood Lotus Pill and Spirit Absorption, then released the flame and began trying to subdue its seed.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame surged through Xiao Yan’s meridians, melting his blood armor and scorching his body as Yao Chen watched anxiously.
• Jiang Lin struck Yao Chen’s Soul Power barrier and crawled into the cave after failing to notice it.
• Jiang Lin asked why the Green Lotus Core Flame had burned Xiao Yan’s clothes but left his hair intact, leaving Yao Chen speechless.

Jiang Lin noticed that Xiao Yan’s hair disappeared after he pointed out it should not survive the Heavenly Flames, and he suspected the world had corrected a hidden flaw. He then observed Xiao Yan’s body repairing itself during the ordeal, leaving Yao Chen reassured that Xiao Yan’s unusual constitution might let him survive the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Yao Chen and Jiang Lin noticed Xiao Yan’s hair vanish, and Jiang Lin remembered that it had been there moments earlier.
• Jiang Lin reasoned that the world had corrected the hair’s survival as a bug and left him with the memory of the change.
• Jiang Lin examined Xiao Yan and told Yao Chen that Xiao Yan’s body was repairing its meridians by absorbing energy from the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Jiang Lin explained that Xiao Yan’s constitution absorbed the Heavenly Flames’ power whenever his body reached its limit, prompting Yao Chen to call him a treasure.

Xiao Yan subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame and emerged with greatly increased strength, though the process burned away all his hair. Jiang Lin and Yao Chen recognized that the flame still held centuries of energy that could help Xiao Yan grow stronger, and Jiang Lin reflected on the power the flame might have developed if left untouched.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, and its energy erupted through the mountain after Jiang Lin left the cave.
• Jiang Lin cultivated outside while Xiao Yan celebrated his success, then Yao Chen pointed out that Xiao Yan had lost all his hair.
• Yao Chen explained that Xiao Yan could eventually regrow his hair with pills, and Xiao Yan discovered that he had advanced from a Two-star Dou Master to a Four-star Dou Master.
• Jiang Lin returned to the cave and said the Green Lotus Core Flame retained enough energy to help Xiao Yan advance as far as Dou Wang or Dou Emperor.
• Jiang Lin looked at the Green Lotus Platform and wondered whether the Green Lotus Core Flame might have become a unique powerhouse if it had remained untouched for another thousand years.

Jiang Lin and Yao Chen discussed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s potential to grow beyond its current rank, while Xiao Yan revealed the little snake born from Queen Medusa’s evolution. Jiang Lin identified it as an Imperial Blood Demonic Beast, though he did not know the legend of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Jiang Lin said the Green Lotus Core Flame might grow into a far more powerful flame, and Yao Chen agreed that its potential could exceed its current ranking.
• Yao Chen explained how the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had manifested after its host died, while Xiao Yan revealed that he expected to obtain another fragment of its map soon.
• Jiang Lin noticed hostility beneath Xiao Yan’s robe, and Xiao Yan showed him the little Cai Lin snake that had emerged from Queen Medusa’s evolution.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bit Jiang Lin’s finger, but he flicked it into Xiao Yan’s arms without being hurt.
• Jiang Lin judged the snake to be an ancient Imperial Blood Demonic Beast, though he did not recognize its legend.

After Xiao Yan returned with the Fire Element Magic Core and Source Crystals, Jiang Lin took the Green Lotus Platform and began refining a Fire Element Crystal Core for him. Xiao Yan left to practice controlling the Green Lotus Core Flame while Yao Chen powered Jiang Lin’s Azure Profound Cauldron.

• Xiao Yan gave Jiang Lin a Sixth-tier Fire Element Magic Core and two Source Crystals from the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Jiang Lin advised Xiao Yan to postpone upgrading the Burning Art and warned that absorbing the Heavenly Flame had nearly cost him his life.
• Jiang Lin took the Green Lotus Platform from Xiao Yan, planning to use it to refine a special Fire Element Crystal Core.
• Jiang Lin refused Xiao Yan’s offer to help with his Heavenly Flame and told him to practice using it for alchemy.
• Yao Chen replenished the Azure Profound Cauldron with the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and Jiang Lin began refining the Crystal Core.

Jiang Lin tested whether a Fire Element Crystal Core could support his Forging Fire Art and discovered that it greatly improved his cultivation efficiency. Yao Chen concluded that Jiang Lin’s physical realm could advance ahead of his Dou Qi, leaving him with no bottleneck in Dou Qi cultivation.

• Jiang Lin finished refining a Fire Element Crystal Core in five days, though opening the Azure Profound Cauldron released a flash of red energy into the sky.
• Xiao Yan arrived, and Jiang Lin swallowed the Crystal Core to test its effects on his Forging Fire Art.
• Yao Chen observed that Jiang Lin’s Dou Qi absorption had risen to one-half with the support of three Crystal Cores.
• Yao Chen reasoned that Jiang Lin’s physical realm could lead his Dou Qi realm, allowing his Dou Qi to progress without bottlenecks.
• Jiang Lin ended his cultivation with delight in his Red-Gold Eyes.

Jiang Lin explained that human cultivation methods form a virtual Magic Core, while Magical Beasts cultivate through their own automatically operating Magic Cores. He left the cave with his doubts partly resolved and his path toward balancing his Dou Qi and physical cultivation clearer.

• Jiang Lin concluded that his Virtual Magic Core differed from a real Magic Core, allowing him to use Fire and Gold Element Crystal Cores while considering which other elements would be independent.
• Jiang Lin realized that the Water and Wood Element Crystal Cores had raised his physical realm to Dou Ling, even though his Dou Qi remained at peak One-star Great Dou Shi.
• Jiang Lin spat out a Wine-Red Crystal Core and told Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that he had wondered where human Magic Cores were.
• Jiang Lin explained that human cultivation methods create a false Magic Core, whereas Magical Beasts and Half-Beasts rely on bloodline-based Magic Cores that allow passive cultivation.
• Jiang Lin reasoned that a Magic Core itself functioned like an automatically operating cultivation method, while his Crystal Cores gathered energy for his Forging Fire Art.

Jiang Lin conceived Crystal Core Arts as auxiliary cultivation techniques that could let Crystal Cores support a cultivator’s main art. He guided Xiao Yan in merging a wine-red Fire Element Crystal Core with the Virtual Core formed by the Burning Art, beginning an experiment that could eventually speed up Xiao Yan’s cultivation.

• Jiang Lin proposed developing gentle, switchable Crystal Core Arts to supplement a cultivator’s primary technique, and Yao Chen recognized the world-changing potential of Jiang Lin’s inventions.
• Xiao Yan urged Jiang Lin to develop the idea, and Jiang Lin agreed after explaining that the technique could also help his Dou Qi catch up with his physical strength.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan a wine-red Crystal Core and explained that he had Xiao Yan swallow it so it could be refined alongside the Burning Art.
• Xiao Yan circulated the Burning Art and, with Jiang Lin’s guidance, merged the Crystal Core with the art’s Virtual Core, drawing in more fire-element Dou Qi.
• Jiang Lin explained that Xiao Yan would need to charge the Fifth-tier Crystal Core himself, a process that would take a long time at his current cultivation level.

Jiang Lin explained how Xiao Yan could charge and refine the Fire Element Crystal Core, which nearly doubled Xiao Yan’s cultivation speed. After five days, Jiang Lin discovered that the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron could permanently inscribe its Heaven and Earth Secret Art onto creations inside it, a spatial ability he called Universe Refinement.

• Jiang Lin warned Xiao Yan to conserve the Crystal Core’s stored energy and explained that refining it with his own Dou Qi could increase its potential.
• Xiao Yan used the Fire Element Crystal Core and found that it enhanced his cultivation more than the Green Lotus Platform.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan to refine the Crystal Core with Exotic Flame Dou Qi before devouring the Heavenly Flame, then left to study the Exotic Fire Lotus Platform.
• Xiao Yan spent five days cultivating in the cave, replenishing the Fire Element Crystal Core with his Burning Art Dou Qi.
• Jiang Lin used his Crimson Gold Spirit Eyes to discover that the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron could permanently inscribe its Heaven and Earth Secret Art onto creations inside it.

Jiang Lin refined the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron and used its support to break through to Two-star Da Dou Shi. He refined the Exotic Fire Lotus Platform into himself and discovered that it could absorb and manifest his fused flames, suggesting he might become the Twenty-fourth Kind of Exotic Fire.

• Jiang Lin used the Water-Wood Crystal Cores to power the Dou Qi Furnace and refine Heaven and Earth Energy with the Forging Fire Art.
• Jiang Lin broke through from One-star to Two-star Da Dou Shi as his Dou Qi quality improved.
• Jiang Lin imprinted silver patterns onto the Exotic Fire Lotus Platform, bound it with his blood, and swallowed it for refinement.
• On his Spirit Platform, Little Fatty Lin watched the Lotus absorb the Gray-White Soul Flame and Nameless Flame.
• Little Fatty Lin realized the Exotic Fire Lotus Platform could manifest their fused flame, and wondered if he himself was the Twenty-fourth Kind of Exotic Fire.

Jiang Lin questioned the origins of Heavenly Flames and broke through to the peak of the Great Perfection of Mortal Realm, beginning his transformation toward the Spirit Realm. He then watched Xiao Yan risk his life trying to use the Burning Art to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Jiang Lin conjectured that some Heavenly Flames might hold the insights of fallen experts and questioned the principles behind their formation.
• Jiang Lin’s soul broke through a shackle, reaching the peak of the Great Perfection of Mortal Realm and beginning to transform toward the Spirit Realm.
• Jiang Lin sensed energy outside the cave and went to watch Xiao Yan attempt to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Burning Art.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame ravaged Xiao Yan’s body, and Yao Chen realized he regarded Xiao Yan as his true disciple and ordered him to stop.
• Xiao Yan refused to stop, and when Yao Chen attacked to prevent the flame from reaching Xiao Yan’s heart and lungs, a surge of pure Azure Dou Qi erupted from Xiao Yan and protected his meridians.

Xiao Yan struggled to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Jiang Lin’s Exotic Flame Green Lotus and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python helped him overcome its resistance. Xiao Yan succeeded but collapsed from his ruined meridians, while Jiang Lin reclaimed his lotus and Yao Chen recognized it as a Heaven and Earth Secret Art.

• Xiao Yan lifted the Fire Element Crystal Core’s restrictions and poured out its energy as he fought to force the Green Lotus Core Flame into the Burning Art.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python absorbed energy from the Green Lotus Core Flame while Jiang Lin’s Exotic Flame Green Lotus suppressed its activity.
• Xiao Yan seized the opening and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame into the Burning Art.
• Jiang Lin recalled the Exotic Flame Green Lotus, and Yao Chen recognized it as a Heaven and Earth Secret Art.
• Xiao Yan smiled at Yao Chen and Jiang Lin, said he had succeeded, and collapsed unconscious with his meridians ruined.

After Xiao Yan survived cultivating the Burning Art, Jiang Lin explained that the technique advanced by consuming a Heavenly Flame’s spirit and its essence of the Dao. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan asking whether Heavenly Flames could be used to forge Spiritual Artifacts beyond the world’s ability to create.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Burning Art succeeded but had badly damaged his meridians, leaving him months to recover.
• Xiao Yan thanked Jiang Lin for helping him, and Jiang Lin explained that Xiao Yan’s reckless use of Crystal Core Dou Qi had worsened his injuries.
• Jiang Lin said the Burning Art might surpass Heaven-grade techniques and asked why the subdued Green Lotus Core Flame had resisted being devoured.
• Jiang Lin explained that the Burning Art consumed the Heavenly Flame’s spirit and essence of the Dao, transforming the technique as it advanced.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Heavenly Flames could serve as a foundation for forging Spiritual Artifacts the world itself could not create.

Jiang Lin explained that Heavenly Flames were forgeable Spiritual Artifacts and that Xiao Yan’s Burning Art followed the path of Shattered Artifacts. He left Xiao Yan confident in the technique’s potential and began arranging to restore his meridians.

• Jiang Lin asked whether Heavenly Flames could count as Spiritual Artifacts, prompting Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to reconsider their nature.
• Jiang Lin and Yao Chen discussed how the Heavenly Flame Ranking had grown from twenty-two flames to twenty-three after Tou She Ancient God’s era.
• Jiang Lin argued that Heavenly Flames could be forged because their number had increased, and Yao Chen realized that Xiao Yan’s Burning Art recreated the Shattered Artifacts path.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan that the Burning Art could lead to Dou Saint and advised him to keep cultivating it.
• Jiang Lin offered to use the Forging Fire Art to restore Xiao Yan’s meridians, while planning to benefit from Xiao Yan’s Fire Element Crystal Core and flame energy.

Jiang Lin used the Forging Fire Art and his water and wood Dou Qi to restore Xiao Yan's damaged meridians. Xiao Yan's meridians recovered most of the way, and Jiang Lin reflected on how his artifact-forging cultivation method could also work like alchemy.

• Jiang Lin sent precise strands of Dou Qi into Xiao Yan's meridians while Yao Chen watched in amazement.
• Jiang Lin circulated the Forging Fire Art through the threads, making Xiao Yan endure flames that reminded him of absorbing Heavenly Flames.
• Jiang Lin added water and wood Dou Qi to the treatment, and his crimson-gold flames helped the vitality in them restore Xiao Yan's meridians.
• Xiao Yan's meridians recovered seven or eight tenths, and Jiang Lin considered how the Forging Fire Art could refine people like both artifacts and pills.