Chapter Summaries

Wu Hui fought Xu Kun with the power of Zhurong, but Xu Kun survived his devastating fire attacks and countered with a barrage of skills. Changqin’s healing restored Wu Hui’s health, leaving both fighters recovered and poised to continue their battle.

• Wu Hui activated Zhurong’s Right Arm and attacked Xu Kun, who dodged his blows and escaped Beacon Fire Barrage with Fire Phoenix Burst Strike.
• Wu Hui caught Xu Kun with Calamity Fire Annihilation, but Xu Kun broke the damage sequence, evaded Heavenly Fire Descent, and struck Wu Hui from stealth.
• Xu Kun blinded and controlled Wu Hui, then unleashed a burst of attacks that brought Wu Hui close to defeat.
• Changqin healed Wu Hui with Spring Breeze and Rain, and Xu Kun used successive control skills before freezing Wu Hui with Frost Howl.
• Changqin unleashed Wind’s Elegy and Gale Curse, restoring Wu Hui’s health as Xu Kun escaped underground and healed through lifesteal; both fighters emerged ready to continue.

Xu Kun stalled Wu Hui until he could turn Wu Hui’s Beacon Fire Barrage against him and nearly finish him, but Wu Hui began preparing his godly self-destructing attack, Zhurong Burns the Heavens. Xu Kun said he had considered the threat and revealed that he had another option besides killing or defending against Wu Hui, leaving him poised to explain it.

• Changqin used Wind’s Elegy and the Jade Zither to restore Wu Hui to full health, while Xu Kun realized he had nearly exhausted his skills.
• Xu Kun evaded Wu Hui and argued that he could win by stalling until Wu Hui’s divine power and Changqin’s Wind Spirit State ran out.
• Wu Hui waited for Beacon Fire Barrage’s cooldown, but Xu Kun used a stored Deflect Star Shift to reflect the flame shackles and bind Wu Hui instead.
• Xu Kun used Day Concealment to strike Wu Hui repeatedly, while Changqin healed him; Xu Kun retreated when Wu Hui began channeling his ultimate move.
• Wu Hui revealed Zhurong Burns the Heavens, which would consume his right arm and life while destroying everything around him, and Changqin urged him not to use it.
• Xu Kun said he could kill Wu Hui during the attack’s charge-up but did not want to, then began explaining a final alternative.

Xu Kun chose to cross the Paifang rather than sacrifice Moon Glow or kill Wu Hui, but Wu Hui unleashed Zhurong Burns the Heavens to test him. Xu Kun used Six Ding Divine Fire to survive the blazing wave and press toward the gate, while Wu Hui watched to see whether he could endure it.

• Xu Kun rejected the options of sacrificing Moon Glow or killing Wu Hui and decided to cross the Paifang toward the final challenge.
• Changqin warned Xu Kun that he would die if he crossed before recovering his spent skills, but Xu Kun chose to face the danger beyond the gate rather than Wu Hui's ultimate move.
• Wu Hui burned away half his body and unleashed Zhurong Burns the Heavens as Xu Kun rushed toward the Paifang.
• Xu Kun covered himself with Six Ding Divine Fire to withstand the flames, enduring intense pain as Moon Glow prepared to protect him.
• Wu Hui recognized that Xu Kun's fire surpassed the Vermilion Bird's in quality and hoped he could endure the attack, though the chapter ended before Wu Hui's next action.

Xu Kun survived Wu Hui’s Zhurong Fire by splitting his soul into the Six Ding Divine Fire, which devoured the flames and became his natal flame. His survival ended the Black Tortoise Race’s attempt to confirm his death, and he awoke in Blazing God Temple transformed and ready to face a flood of notifications.

• Wu Hui and Changqin sacrificed themselves as the Zhurong Fire engulfed Xu Kun, who used the Kongtong Seal to preserve his body and fed the Samadhi True Fire to the Six Ding Divine Fire.
• Xu Kun sent the strengthened Six Ding Divine Fire to devour the scattered Zhurong Fire, but his body and soul were nearly destroyed before the Six Ding Divine Fire became a vessel for his soul.
• Mo Chou learned that Xu Kun’s soul had been annihilated and briefly celebrated his freedom, but Xu Kun revealed that he still controlled Mo Chou’s life and death.
• Tortoise Venerable inspected Xuan Shiba’s mystic seal and found it had vanished, but Xu Kun’s returning presence struck Xuan Shiba’s soul and left him an idiot.
• Xu Kun awoke in Blazing God Temple after the Six Ding Divine Fire consumed the remaining Zhurong Fire, and the fire became his natal flame as the Kongtong Seal restored his body.

Xu Kun completed the SS-tier trial in Blazing God's Tomb after the Six Ding Divine Fire fused with his soul and became his Natal Divine Fire. He entered the final trial and faced the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast, the Blazing God's mount, which recognized him as a potential successor.

• The Six Ding Divine Fire fully awakened, became Xu Kun's Natal Divine Fire, greatly increased his attributes, and granted him the SSS-tier Celestial Fire Divine Body, which he could not yet use.
• Xu Kun received the SS-tier talent Zhurong's Body, completed the SS-tier trial, and found that Wu Hui and Changqin's remains and possessions had been destroyed by Zhurong Burns the Heavens.
• Xu Kun crossed the Blazing God Gate and met the dragon head, which revealed itself as a giant fire dragon before shrinking into a flame beast.
• The flame beast recognized the Six Ding Divine Fire fused with Xu Kun and deemed him qualified to inherit the Blazing God's position, but challenged him to prove his strength.
• The Myriad Races Bestiary identified the final opponent as the SSS-tier boss Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast, a Level 0, Tier 10 creature with the SSS-tier Great Wilderness Ferocious Flame talent.

Xu Kun learned that Zhu Jiu was the reincarnation of Zhu Jiuyin, the Torch Dragon, and that Xiang Liu might have been involved in his mysterious death. He defeated the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast with one Unyielding Starfire blast, earned its inheritance trial, and received an SSS-tier talent as the chapter ended with his reward choices pending.

• Xu Kun asked the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast about Zhu Jiu and learned that Zhu Jiu was Zhu Jiuyin, the Torch Dragon, a powerful being who had defeated gods and sought to become the strongest through multiple paths.
• The Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast said Xiang Liu might have killed Zhu Jiuyin, though it suspected Zhu Jiuyin could have chosen death himself.
• The Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast offered Xu Kun three moves before unleashing its Endless Fire Domain, but Xu Kun insisted that it withstand just one of his attacks.
• Xu Kun used Unyielding Starfire to deal more than fifty million damage, killing the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast’s body and reducing it to a remnant soul.
• Xu Kun passed the trial, gained the SSS-tier Great Wilderness Ferocious Flame talent, and received an SSS-tier evaluation for completing the Blazing God’s Tomb awakening secret realm.

Xu Kun chose to give up the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast’s drops and climb the Stairway to Godhood to seek the Flame God’s inheritance. He learned that his grandfather, Xu Wentian, had been the Flame God’s teacher and a mysterious force behind the ancient gods, then watched the Myriad Races Bestiary struggle to record the Flame God’s identity.

• Xu Kun chose to release the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast’s final power and form the Stairway to Godhood.
• The Flame God summoned Xu Kun and revealed that Xu Wentian had sent him, describing Xu Wentian as the true Flame God and the maker of the ancient gods.
• Xu Kun questioned whether his grandfather was alive, and the Flame God explained that Xu Wentian appeared across eras to challenge the Heavenly Dao before vanishing when each new order was established.
• The Flame God told Xu Kun to become strong and follow his own path rather than trying to understand the distant struggles of past eras.
• Xu Kun used the Myriad Races Bestiary to record the Flame God, and after many pages burned, it identified him as Blazing God Zhurong · Red Emperor Chongli with most details unknown.

Xu Kun faced the Blazing God's trial: he had to land a satisfying attack on the god's divine body. After receiving the Blazing God's Blessing, Xu Kun unleashed a rule-amplified poison attack, but it caused no visible damage, leaving him apparently defeated.

• Xu Kun learned that the skeleton was Emperor Chónglí, the first-generation Zhurong, and heard how the Goddess of Southern Flames had refused his inheritance trial.
• The Blazing God returned the Vermilion Bird Feather, explaining that the Goddess of Southern Flames had sent it as a modest gift for Xu Kun.
• The Blazing God set a trial requiring Xu Kun to attack his divine body and granted him a permanent blessing that reset his cooldowns and replenished his energy.
• Xu Kun combined Poison Domain, All Things are Fire, poison conversion, and repeated Fate Judgment effects to amplify his poison attack.
• Xu Kun struck the Blazing God's skeleton with Poison Dragon Devour, but the attack dealt no visible damage, and Xu Kun fell to the ground, apparently having failed the trial.

Xu Kun damaged the Blazing God's remains and learned how cultivation realms, gods, and the power of rules worked, including the history of Yi and the Nine Heavens Blazing Sun. After passing the trial, Xu Kun received the Blazing God's permission to inherit his divine position, though the Blazing God hesitated before agreeing.

• Xu Kun's poison dragon attack briefly cracked the Blazing God's bones, and the Blazing God explained that only powerhouses above Level 60 could normally harm them.
• The Blazing God told Xu Kun that gods stood beyond Level 90, described the vast differences between cultivation realms, and praised Xu Kun for wielding the power of rules three times without backlash.
• The Blazing God revealed that Yi had slain nine innately born Golden Crow gods and recounted how a mortal forged the Nine Heavens Blazing Sun from one fallen Golden Crow's corpse.
• The Blazing God warned Xu Kun that talent alone meant nothing without survival and growth, while affirming that Xu Kun had exceeded the standard for his level.
• Xu Kun learned that the trial required ten million damage and had passed it, then asked to inherit the Blazing God's divine position.
• The Blazing God hesitated, then chose Xu Kun as his inheritor and invoked the name of Zhurong.

Xu Kun learned that the Flame God’s inheritance required him to replace his Magic Warrior class and Myriad Races Bestiary with Flame Dominator and the Flame God’s talent, so he refused it. He hinted that a different connection linked him to the Flame God, whose eyes blazed when Xu Kun revealed his Unyielding Starfire.

• The Flame God explained the three paths to godhood and offered Xu Kun an inheritance that could lead to the ninetieth tier, but would normally cap his potential around the ninety-fifth tier.
• The Flame God began the inheritance and revealed that Xu Kun would have to change into the SSS-tier Flame Dominator to receive his power and Zhurong Divine Fire.
• Xu Kun showed the Flame God his Magic Warrior class, whose growth surpassed Flame Dominator, and refused to change classes.
• Xu Kun learned that accepting the inheritance would also replace his Myriad Races Bestiary with the Flame God’s talent, so he firmly rejected it.
• The Flame God admitted he had expected Xu Kun to refuse, and Xu Kun said their connection might not require a conventional inheritance.
• Xu Kun produced sparks of Unyielding Starfire, and the Flame God recognized it.

Xu Kun learned that the Flame God had hidden Unyielding Starfire in a weak shard of his shattered source as a key to his inheritance. The Flame God gave Xu Kun two more Blazing God's Heart Shards and explained the restrictions guarding his remaining source, including the largest fragment already claimed by an unknown god-level figure.

• The Flame God recognized Xu Kun’s three Blazing God's Heart Shards, revealed that his source had split into seven portions, and explained that a hidden fifty-percent fragment had already been claimed.
• The Flame God explained that he had placed Unyielding Starfire in a weak source fragment so its wielder could unlock the other portions, and that Xu Kun had obtained the skill through one of the three scraps.
• The Flame God revealed that his former subordinates, including Lu Zhong, Changqin, Wu Hui, the Crimson Flame Golden Lion, and three spirit birds, had served as trials for Xu Kun.
• The Flame God gifted Xu Kun two SS-tier Blazing God's Heart Shards, explaining that Xu Kun could absorb them without changing his class to Flame Dominator.
• The Flame God explained that absorbing the largest source fragment required collecting the other six portions, and suspected an outstanding Path of Fire god without divine fire was slowly wearing down its Zhurong Divine Fire restraints.

The Blazing God recognized Xu Kun as his true heir and entrusted him with the task of gathering all his source power. Before his remnant soul departed, he passed on gifts and messages from his fallen companions, leaving Xu Kun with the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast’s egg and a fragment of the Zhurong Divine Spear.

• The Blazing God gave Xu Kun two Blazing God's Heart Shards and asked him to gather all the source power to reach the pinnacle of the Path of Fire.
• The Blazing God relayed Lu Zhong’s final message about Nine Heavens Blazing Sun and gave Xu Kun Wu Hui’s Beacon Fire Barrage skill book and apology.
• The Blazing God gave Xu Kun Changqin’s Yaoshan Casket Zither and Wind's Elegy skill book, explaining Changqin’s sacrifice and his regrets as a father.
• The Blazing God gave Xu Kun the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast pet egg and asked him to help the loyal beast be reborn.
• The Blazing God gave Xu Kun a damaged fragment of his natal divine artifact, the Zhurong Divine Spear, and a new notification sounded after Xu Kun accepted it.

Xu Kun learned that Chixiao, the third-ranked famous sword of humanity, was the spearhead of the Flame Dominator’s damaged Zhurong Divine Spear and belonged to a revered human ancestor, the Son of the Red Emperor. As the Flame Dominator’s life faded, he offered Xu Kun his class, and Xu Kun said he might inherit it after all.

• The Flame Dominator explained that a human ancestor had used the Zhurong Divine Spear’s spearhead, Chixiao, to unlock and absorb a large share of his source power, becoming the Son of the Red Emperor.
• Xu Kun recognized the Son of the Red Emperor as a celebrated human ancestor and refused to demand that he surrender Chixiao or his inherited source power.
• The Flame Dominator asked Xu Kun to repair the Zhurong Divine Spear someday, and Xu Kun promised to do so when he was capable.
• Xu Kun recalled the Ten Famous Swords ranking and realized that Chixiao, ranked third, was the spearhead of the Zhurong Divine Spear.
• As the Flame Dominator began to disappear, he offered Xu Kun an SSS-tier Flame Dominator class advancement certificate, but Xu Kun initially said he should find another candidate.
• Xu Kun reconsidered and told the Flame Dominator that he might be able to inherit the class.

After clearing the Blazing God's Tomb with an SSSS-tier rating, Xu Kun received a map leading to the Netherworld Ghost Fire and advanced to Level 10. He chose the City of Yanhuang as his starting city, while the Lord of Ghost Fire's arrival prompted Burning Lamp to search for an exceptional human on the Path of Fire.

• The Blazing God’s remains and temple crumbled after he finished explaining his past to Xu Kun, and Xu Kun received the Flame Dominator class-change certificate.
• Xu Kun earned an SSSS-tier rating and received Ghost Fire Trail, a map pointing to the Netherworld Ghost Fire at Mount Lingjiu, which was held by a powerful individual.
• Burning Lamp learned that the Lord of Ghost Fire had appeared and was ordered by his master to remain at Mount Lingjiu until the flame’s master came for it.
• Burning Lamp instructed Jing'er to find the most outstanding human on the Path of Fire and bring that person to Mount Lingjiu, by force if necessary.
• Xu Kun advanced to Level 10, unlocked Fire Affinity and Celestial Fire Divine Body, and learned how experience and cities worked on the floors above the Tenth Floor.
• Xu Kun chose City of Yanhuang as his human starting city, triggering a notification broadcast to all races.

Xu Kun became the first participant to clear the first ten floors of the 900th Haotian Pagoda with unprecedented SSSS-tier ratings, earning the Human Race an unrestricted SSS-tier secret realm and alarming rival races. He arrived in the City of Yanhuang, where Yue Yun and the elite Beiwei Army welcomed him with a military salute and prepared to guide him.

• Kun’s first-ten-floor rankings appeared, showing ten SSSS-tier ratings and a total clear time of 35 hours and 34 minutes.
• Zhu Jiu swore to kill Kun after seeing the rankings, while Xu Kun decided that his rising talent could no longer be concealed.
• The Myriad Races announcement granted the Human Race an unrestricted copy of Blazing God's Tomb, and rival leaders discussed Kun’s apparent evolvable talent and the need to kill him.
• Tortoise Venerable visited the incapacitated Xuan Shiba, while Tiger Ben welcomed the chaos caused by Kun’s achievements.
• Xu Kun chose the City of Yanhuang as his racial city and arrived in its ancient-style streets.
• Yue Yun, a Level 9 Gold Sword Medal warrior, led more than a hundred Beiwei Army soldiers in welcoming Xu Kun and saluting him.

After clearing the first ten floors, Xu Kun learned that trouble outside the Haotian Pagoda was worsening and asked Qian Manlou to gather materials for his equipment before an impending battle. He unlocked Magic Warrior advancement but chose to wait for higher-grade class transfer certificates, then advanced Cheng Ying to a high-grade SS-tier divine artifact.

• Xu Kun returned to the Haotian Pagoda’s 0th floor, read congratulatory messages, and watched Sikong Ting, Yang Yao, and Hao Jian make their way through the fourth-floor trial together.
• Qian Manlou warned Xu Kun that the outside situation could trigger a major upheaval and urged him to prepare to leave the tower soon.
• Xu Kun gave Qian Manlou fifteen Spirit Stones and a list of materials needed to advance several pieces of equipment, and Qian Manlou set off to gather them using temporary SSS-tier authority.
• Xu Kun discovered that his Magic Warrior class could advance by fusing five class transfer certificates, but decided to wait until he could obtain certificates of at least SS-tier.
• Xu Kun advanced Cheng Ying to Level 0, Tier 10, raising it to an SS-tier high-grade divine artifact.

Xu Kun examined Cheng Ying after its advancement and assessed the weapons, skills, and pet egg he had gained from Blazing God and his defeated opponents. After learning two skills and deciding how to restore the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast, he absorbed two Blazing God's Heart Shards, leaving their effects unrevealed.

• Xu Kun inspected Cheng Ying's improved attributes and skills, noting its higher advancement limit and the burst of attack speed granted by Day Concealment.
• Xu Kun examined the Yaoshan Casket Zither and decided to find it a worthy master rather than use it himself.
• Xu Kun learned Beacon Fire Barrage and Wind's Elegy, gaining a ranged stun and a powerful healing skill.
• Xu Kun checked the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast's pet egg and found it needed an SS-tier flame to restore its remnant soul and five billion fire power to incubate.
• Xu Kun planned to seek SSS-tier fire-element secret realms and compared the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast egg with his Taotie egg.
• Xu Kun absorbed both SS-tier Blazing God's Heart Shards, and two notification sounds rang out.

Xu Kun used the Blazing God's Heart Shard and gained the SSS-tier divine power Zhurong Right Arm and forbidden spell Endless Fire Domain. After examining their immense power and costs, he turned to fuse the Flame Dominator class but saw a notification that his talent had reached its maximum limit.

• Xu Kun used the Blazing God's Heart Shard, gaining a major increase to his Fire Attribute attack and a 5.5-times fire critical damage bonus.
• Xu Kun comprehended Zhurong Right Arm and learned that using its divine power would disable his fire skills and reduce his fire attributes for three days.
• Xu Kun examined Endless Fire Domain and learned that it could consume enormous amounts of Fire Attribute attack, while the deaths it caused could sustain and spread its flames.
• Xu Kun considered how Six Ding Divine Fire's refining trait could turn Endless Fire Domain into a furnace, then wondered whether human sacrifices fueled the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Xu Kun prepared to fuse the Flame Dominator class but noticed a notification that his talent's maximum limit had been reached.

Xu Kun finished absorbing the rewards from Blazing God's Tomb, discovered his fire bonuses had reached their limit, and gained the Flame Dominator class and Celestial Fire Divine Body. As he prepared to leave the tower, he realized most of his powerful new skills were unusable without more skill slots and urgently contacted Qian Manlou.

• Xu Kun confirmed that his fire bonuses had reached the 1280% talent limit and recorded his discovery for Uncle Yang.
• Xu Kun fused Flame Dominator into Magic Warrior, increasing its growth and granting him the SSS-tier skill Blazing God's Unrivaled Slash.
• Xu Kun unlocked Celestial Fire Divine Body, which empowered his attacks with fire, granted immunity to lower-tier fire damage, and let him reuse fire skills without cooldown.
• Xu Kun summarized his gains from Blazing God's Tomb, including reaching Level 0 of Tier 10 and acquiring numerous high-tier skills, equipment, and attributes.
• Xu Kun discovered that his skill counts exceeded the limits Qian Manlou had described, leaving many skills unusable without upgraded skill slots.
• Xu Kun called out to Uncle Yang, then started a video call with Qian Manlou and told him there was a disaster.

Xu Kun asked Qian Manlou to obtain Skill Slot Upgrade Scrolls, and Qian secured the required grades from Sky Eye at a steep cost. After Xu Kun paid him for continued purchases, Qian told him about the Qufu Academy secret realm, while the materials Xu Kun had requested arrived.

• Xu Kun told Qian Manlou he needed Skill Slot Upgrade Scrolls ranging from A-rank to SSS-rank, and Qian went to ask Sky Eye for help.
• Sky Eye gave Qian the scrolls in exchange for four SSS-Rank Spirit Stones, leaving Qian frustrated by the costly deal.
• Qian delivered the scrolls to Xu Kun, who asked him to buy Skill Slot Upgrade Scrolls of every grade whenever he found them.
• Xu Kun gave Qian five more SSS-Rank Spirit Stones to fund future purchases, and Qian told him that the SS-tier Qufu Academy secret realm produced many scrolls.
• Qian said Xu Kun's requested materials had been collected, and a Myriad Treasures Pavilion staff member delivered them in a case.