Chapter Summaries

Hun Cang intervened when Liu Xi threatened Xiao Yan and took Xiao Yan to the Back Mountain. Xiao Yan refused Hun Cang’s promised cultivation technique unless Hun Cang accepted a gift from him, leaving Hun Cang puzzled as Xiao Yan went to consult his father and the elders.

• Hun Cang descended to stop Liu Xi from assaulting Xiao Yu, and Liu Xi collapsed in fright when Xiao Yan called Hun Cang his big brother.
• Jia Liebi apologized to Hun Cang, who spared the group and flew away with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er hurried after Hun Cang and Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yu chased Xiao Ning after he suggested she could get him a Dou Emperor brother-in-law.
• At the Back Mountain summit, Hun Cang offered Xiao Yan a cultivation technique, but Xiao Yan refused to accept it without giving Hun Cang a gift in return.
• Xiao Yan said the gift was not ready and left to discuss it with Xiao Zhan and the elders, leaving Hun Cang wondering what he planned to give.

Xiao Yan suggested offering Hun Cang a wife to repay his generosity, and the Xiao Family chose Xiao Yu despite Xiao Mei volunteering. That night, Xiao Mei went to Hun Cang's room and offered herself as a way to strengthen the family’s bond with him.

• Xiao Zhan explained that Xiao Yan had refused Hun Cang’s Heavenly Rank Technique because he had already received many benefits from his elder brother.
• Xiao Yan proposed that the Xiao Family offer Hun Cang a wife, and Xiao Zhan and the elders summoned suitable young women and their parents.
• Xiao Mei volunteered, but Xiao Zhan and the elders chose Xiao Yu, prompting Xiao Mei to leave angrily.
• Hun Cang waited for Xiao Yan, spoke with Yao Chen, and thought about obtaining a complete Burning Art through the system.
• Xiao Mei entered Hun Cang’s room and explained that becoming close to him would give the Xiao Family another reason to accept his gifts.

Hun Cang agreed to Xiao Yan’s plan to accept Xiao Yu as his maid, then gave Xiao Yan the Fen Jue and gained its perfected version, the Zhen Fen Jue, when Xiao Yan cultivated it. After three months of supporting the Xiao Family, Hun Cang prepared Xiao Yan to leave for the Monster Beast Mountain Range with Jade Slips that could transmit his voice and track his location.

• Xiao Yan brought Hun Cang before Xiao Zhan and the three elders, who offered Xiao Yu as his personal maid, and Hun Cang reluctantly agreed.
• Hun Cang gave Xiao Yan the Fen Jue, and when Xiao Yan began cultivating it, the system granted Hun Cang the perfected Zhen Fen Jue.
• Xiao Yan broke through and became a Dou Zhe again, and Hun Cang encouraged him to refine medicine for the Jia Lie Family dispute.
• Over the next three months, Xiao Yan’s medicines helped the Xiao Family’s market business prosper while Xiao Mei continued secretly visiting Hun Cang at night.
• Hun Cang gave Xiao Yan two Jade Slips for communication and tracking, then refused to accompany him to the Monster Beast Mountain Range so he could gain experience.

Hun Cang found the Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong, in Mo City and challenged him inside his shop. The chapter ended with Hun Cang overwhelming Hai Bodong in their fight.

• Hun Cang went to Mo City seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame and searched the Gu Tu shop for clues.
• Hai Bodong grew suspicious as Hun Cang rummaged through the shop, and Hun Cang revealed that he was looking for the Ice Emperor.
• Hai Bodong attacked Hun Cang with freezing air and a white mist that concealed his movements.
• Hun Cang blocked Hai Bodong’s strikes and punched him twice, leaving Hai Bodong shocked by his opponent’s strength.

Hun Cang confronted Hai Bodong and persuaded him to share what he knew about Heavenly Flames by revealing his strength and alchemy skill. Hai Bodong gave Hun Cang a map of three likely locations and asked him to find the missing Sand Mandala ingredient so he could break his seal.

• Hun Cang defeated Hai Bodong in their fight, then explained that he had come seeking information about Heavenly Flames rather than to kill him.
• Hai Bodong denied knowing anything about Heavenly Flames, but Hun Cang revealed that he knew about the Snake Seal Curse and offered to help remove it.
• Hun Cang claimed to be a Seventh-grade Alchemist and demonstrated that he was a Dou Emperor, convincing Hai Bodong to trust him.
• Hai Bodong handed Hun Cang a map marking three likely Heavenly Flame locations and asked him to find the missing Sand Mandala.
• Hun Cang took the map and told Hai Bodong to stay put until he returned.

Hun Cang arrived in Stone Desert City and ordered City Lord Xu Guang to search a map for the Green Lotus Core Flame. Xu Guang gathered the mercenary leaders, but most refused to help, leaving the Xiao brothers and a small group to assist.

• Hun Cang flew to Stone Desert City, where the locals recognized his Dou Qi Wings and feared his strength.
• Hun Cang gave Xu Guang a map from Hai Bodong and ordered him to find its marked locations before dawn.
• Xu Guang called on the mercenary groups to gather excavation tools and search the southeastern area of the city.
• Rob refused to help, and several other mercenary leaders followed his lead and left.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li offered the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's help, and Xu Guang took the remaining supporters to the City Lord's Manor to plan.

Hun Cang had Xu Guang and the others dig beneath Stone Desert City until they uncovered a passage leading to magma, then entered it himself. While the group waited above and cultivated with Hun Cang’s medicine, Xu Guang broke through to five-star Da Dou Shi.

• Xu Guang organized nearly a thousand people to excavate the marked area, and Xiao Li suggested secretly taking any treasure they found for Hun Cang.
• A worker fell through into a buried passage, and Hun Cang appeared, praised the group, and rewarded them with Medicinal Powder and Breakthrough Pills.
• After sending Xu Guang and the others away from the excavation, Hun Cang used black mist to locate the hidden route and opened a passage that revealed magma below.
• Hun Cang coated himself in Dou Qi and plunged into the magma as Xu Guang, Xiao Ding, and the others watched from above.
• The group used Hun Cang’s Medicinal Powder in water and cultivated through the night, and Xu Guang broke through to five-star Da Dou Shi.
• The ground suddenly shook violently, startling everyone at the site.

Hun Cang captured the Fire Spirit Snake beneath Stone Desert City and summoned Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control it. Qing Lin succeeded, and Hun Cang followed the snake toward the lava in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Hun Cang emerged from beneath the sand with the Fire Spirit Snake bound in black mist chains, confirming the Green Lotus Core Flame was somewhere below.
• Hun Cang summoned Xiao Ding and asked him to bring Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could control the Fire Spirit Snake.
• Hun Cang comforted the frightened Qing Lin and instructed her to look into the Fire Spirit Snake's eyes and make it obey.
• Qing Lin approached the Fire Spirit Snake and controlled it, causing the beast to rub gently against her hand.
• Hun Cang followed Qing Lin and the Fire Spirit Snake as it turned back toward the lava.

Hun Cang found the Green Lotus Core Flame missing from its lotus and discovered Queen Medusa had taken it. He pursued her through the magma and trapped her path with a net of black chains.

• Hun Cang followed the Fire Spirit Snake to the Green Lotus Core Flame, but found its lotus heart empty.
• Hun Cang recognized Queen Medusa’s bloodstained scales and saw her fleeing in the distance.
• Hun Cang took the lotus platform and seeds, then pursued Queen Medusa through the magma.
• Hun Cang attacked Queen Medusa with chains of black mist as she carried the Green Lotus Core Flame and tried to escape.
• Hun Cang formed a net of black chains to block Queen Medusa’s path.

Xu Guang and the mercenaries confronted Rob, but their standoff ended when Queen Medusa arrived and Hun Cang fought her in the sky. Medusa broke Hun Cang’s chains and fled deeper into the desert, with Hun Cang pursuing her for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Rob confronted Xu Guang and demanded a share of the spiritual medicine, but backed down after realizing Xu Guang had advanced in cultivation.
• Queen Medusa burst from the ground, and her terrifying aura forced Xu Guang, Rob, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others to their knees.
• Hun Cang attacked Medusa with chains, and Rob recognized his voice as the young lord he had refused to obey the day before.
• Rob became so frightened that he wet himself and buried his head in the sand, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li wondered whether Hun Cang was their younger brother’s elder brother.
• Medusa broke Hun Cang’s chains and fled deeper into the desert, and Hun Cang formed Dou Qi wings and chased after her.

Hun Cang used Hun Xiaoqiang to overpower Queen Medusa and take the Green Lotus Core Flame. He left after promising to help her evolve in return for her future assistance, while Medusa was left shocked and imprisoned.

• Queen Medusa lured Hun Cang into the desert and summoned Hua She'er, Yue Mei, and the other Snake People Tribe experts to capture him.
• Hun Cang revealed that he had seen through Medusa's plan and had deliberately followed her without stopping her.
• Hun Xiaoqiang arrived, and Queen Medusa realized he was a Dou Zong who could restrain her and her subordinates.
• Hun Cang took the Green Lotus Core Flame, stroked Medusa's cheek, and told her he would help her evolve after he was finished using it.
• Hun Cang said he would need Medusa's help with something in the future, then left with Hun Xiaoqiang.

The Snake People Tribe's experts returned after Queen Medusa warned them to keep quiet about Hun Cang flirting with her, while Qing Lin's life improved after Hun Cang's promise and the arrival of her pet Fire Spirit Snake. Rob confronted the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, but fled when Qing Lin calmed the beast, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stunned.

• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake People Tribe's experts to return and threatened them against spreading news of what had happened.
• City Lord Xu Guang arranged for the mercenaries to receive more medicine after its effects wore off, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li promised Qing Lin she would no longer need to do odd jobs.
• Rob arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's base and threatened Xiao Ding and Xiao Li over Xiao Li laughing at him earlier.
• A Fire Spirit Snake burst from the ground, but Qing Lin told it not to scare people and calmed it by petting it.
• Qing Lin said the Fire Spirit Snake, which she called Little Fire, was her pet, and Xiao Li realized Rob had fled with his men.

Hun Cang sealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and planned to pursue more Heavenly Flames, starting with Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame. He met with Hun Wu and Hun Xuan, whose territories and connections could help him advance those plans.

• Hun Cang used the Seal Fire Seal to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame and reviewed the six seal arts of the Zhen Fen Jue.
• Hun Cang decided to pursue the Falling Heart Flame himself later, leave Xiao Yan to find the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map, and target Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame first.
• Hun Cang chose to rest before traveling to the Black Corner Region to seek Han Feng.
• Hun Wu and Hun Xuan arrived to pay their respects, and Hun Cang asked whether anything unusual had happened in their territories.

Hun Cang summoned Han Feng to meet him, citing their shared interest in alchemy, and prepared to ask for his cooperation. The chapter ended with Han Feng eager to serve the young Hall Master, unaware of what the request would be.

• Hun Cang asked Protector Xuan to bring Han Feng to him because he was curious about the alchemist.
• Hun Cang visited Stone Desert City, but Qing Lin chose to remain with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, so he gave her a jade token in case of danger.
• Protector Xuan brought Han Feng from the Black Corner Region to meet Hun Cang and warned him to be respectful because Hun Cang was the clan leader's son.
• Han Feng learned Hun Cang's status and decided the meeting could help him connect with the Hun clan and escape his isolation in the Black Corner Region.
• Han Feng offered Hun Cang an Alchemy Cauldron, but Hun Cang declined the gift and said he had summoned him to request his cooperation.

Hun Cang forced Han Feng to surrender the Sea Heart Flame, then sealed it away with the Green Lotus Core Flame. He considered his plans to obtain more Heavenly Flames and eventually infiltrate Jia Nan Academy, while Han Feng fled to search for other flames.

• Hun Cang demanded Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame, and Han Feng reluctantly handed it over rather than risk confronting the Hun Clan.
• Han Feng left Soul Hall as his cultivation continued to decline, swearing inwardly that he would find replacement flames and take revenge on Hun Cang.
• Protector Xuan offered to kill Han Feng, but Hun Cang refused and praised Hun Xuan for his work.
• Hun Cang sealed the Sea Heart Flame alongside the Green Lotus Core Flame and planned to obtain Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Flame next.
• Hun Cang considered Xiao Yan's progress and planned to visit Jia Nan Academy to pursue the Falling Heart Flame once he had recovered enough strength.

Hun Cang searched the Monster Beast Mountain Range for Xiao Yan, killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King after it mistook him for Yun Yun’s ally, and continued his search. He finally encountered Xiao Yan, who greeted him as his big brother.

• Hun Cang failed to locate Xiao Yan with the Spatial Jade Slip or Jade Talisman and searched the mountain range with his Soul Power.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Hun Cang, mistaking him for an accomplice of Yun Yun.
• Hun Cang used the Flame Suppressing Seal to subdue the Lion King, then killed it with a black chain.
• Hun Cang resumed searching and encountered Xiao Yan, who hurried over and called him big brother.

Hun Cang reunited with Xiao Yan in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and borrowed Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame for an experiment. He gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame’s lotus pedestal and other treasures, leaving Xiao Yan overwhelmed with gratitude.

• Hun Cang met Xiao Yan, who admired him for defeating the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen bickered over his training.
• Hun Cang asked Yao Chen for the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and showed him the Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame.
• Hun Cang warned Xiao Yan that he was not yet strong enough to absorb a Heavenly Flame, then took the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and made it obedient with a hand seal.
• Hun Cang gave Xiao Yan the lotus pedestal that had contained the Green Lotus Core Flame and several other items, while Yao Chen explained their value.
• Xiao Yan hugged Hun Cang and cried with gratitude as Hun Cang listened to a system prompt.

Hun Cang gave Xiao Yan cultivation treasures and medicine to secure Old Man Hai’s protection before leaving the Monster Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Yan returned to Yun Yun, who grew wary after learning Hun Cang had killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yan prepared to leave and focus on training.

• Hun Cang received a powerful Ink Jade Lotus Platform and other rewards after gifting Xiao Yan cultivation items and a Dou Technique.
• Hun Cang gave Xiao Yan two bottles of medicine and told him to seek Old Man Hai in Mo City for protection.
• Xiao Yan watched Hun Cang leave, then returned to the waterfall cave and reassured Yao Chen that he would focus on training.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun that Hun Cang had killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, making her suspect that Hun Cang might know her identity and sealed strength.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun she was safe and said he would leave after eating, eager to grow stronger.

Hun Cang entered seclusion to temper his body with three Heavenly Flames and rebuild his cultivation using Zhen Fen Jue. After surviving the dangerous process, he prepared to set off for Jia Nan Academy.

• Hun Cang returned to his room in the Soul Hall and warned everyone not to disturb him as he began cultivating with three Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Xiaoqiang and Protector Wu watched black mist pour from Hun Cang’s room, and Protector Wu explained Hun Cang’s past cultivation flaw, alchemical inheritance, and Grade 7 Pill.
• Green lotuses and ocean-like waves appeared outside the room before Dou Qi gathered above the roof in a vortex.
• Hun Cang used the floating Ink-Jade Lotus Platform and three Heavenly Flames to temper his body, repeatedly rising and falling in strength as his Dou Qi condensed into a crystal.
• Hun Cang endured the body-tempering process and decided that he would head for Jia Nan Academy once it was finished.

Hun Cang left the Jia Ma Empire for the Black Corner Region to seek entry into Jia Nan Academy and investigate the Qi Refining Tower. After arriving, he killed a group of would-be robbers and checked into an inn.

• Hun Cang learned that Hun Xiaoqiang had gone searching for clues about a Heavenly Flame, so he decided to travel to the Black Corner Region himself.
• Hun Cang traveled by flying magical beast for half a month and continued cultivating with the Ink Jade Lotus Platform along the way.
• Hun Cang arrived near Jia Nan Academy and noticed someone watching him, then led a group of robbers into an alley.
• Hun Cang burned the robbers to ash and went to a nearby inn, where he accepted an ordinary room because the best rooms were occupied.