Chapter Summaries

Yan left the Star Dou Great Forest with the Fire Dragon Egg after persuading Da Ming not to take it into the core mist region. At the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, the egg awakened the Fire Dragon King’s dragon soul and received its inheritance.

• Yan explained Di Tian’s position to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and learned that Da Ming wanted to bring her and the Fire Dragon Egg to the Lake of Life.
• Yan persuaded Da Ming to keep the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the central forest and left with the Fire Dragon Egg.
• Yan arrived at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and found Guimei and Yueguan cultivating while Dugu Yan told him Dugu Bo was away.
• Yan brought the Fire Dragon Egg beside the spring, awakening the Fire Dragon King’s dragon soul.
• Yan used his blood to form a spiritual connection with the unborn dragon, and the dragon soul carried the egg into the well to receive the Fire Dragon King’s inheritance.

After returning to Spirit Hall, Yan visited Flame in the Inner Earth and learned that she could help him by giving him two powerful Core Flames. Flame explained that they were remnants of the rulers she had once refined and believed they could replace soul rings.

• Dugu Yan worried over Yan at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and he took her poisoned right hand to reassure her that it could not harm him.
• Dugu Bo returned and scolded Yan for flirting with Dugu Yan, while Yue Guan and Guimei celebrated their promotion to Worshippers.
• Yan bid farewell to Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Yue Guan, and Guimei, then returned to Spirit Hall and entered the Gate of Time and Space to visit Flame.
• Yan reunited with Flame and showed her his soul rings and Soul Bones so she could understand the soul master system.
• Flame showed Yan the golden Bingwu Yuanyang Sacred Fire and black Dingsi Mingyin Spirit Fire and offered them as Core Flames that could replace soul rings.

Yan arranged a long period of cultivation so he could acquire Ultimate Fire, while Flame worked to stabilize a lasting passage between the two worlds and nurture new flame seeds for his soul rings. He began training in Flame’s formation after their intimacy was interrupted, leaving Flame hidden in the magma lake.

• Yan thanked Flame for offering him Ultimate Fire and discussed using his research to stabilize the Gate of Time and Space between worlds.
• Flame realized Yan’s ideas could help her stabilize the passage and potentially gain insight for breaking through to become a Tier 2 God.
• Yan told Bibi Dong he would enter long-term seclusion to pursue Ultimate Fire, then settled Spirit Hall affairs and said farewell to Xue Er, the little fox, Liya, and the others.
• Flame used the Inner Earth Red Lotus to maintain a stable passage between worlds and prepared a formation to regrow the Bingwu Yuanyang Sacred Fire and Dingsi Mingyin Spirit Fire as future soul rings for Yan.
• Yan and Flame shared an intimate moment, but Flame fled into the magma lake when he went too far; Yan then entered the flame formation to begin cultivating.

Yan and Flame left the Inner Earth to travel across the Five Elements Continent, hoping the journey would ease Yan’s restlessness and let him explore its unique resources. They reached the Forest of Life in the Eastern Wood Empire, where the forest’s intense vitality greeted them.

• Yan told Flame that he had become restless from impatience to break through, and Flame suggested they travel across the continent together.
• Yan agreed, and the two set out across the Eastern Wood Empire, enjoying its scenery while holding hands.
• Yan told Flame he hoped to take her to Douluo Continent one day, though she worried they might be discovered by the God Realm.
• Yan studied a map and explained that the nearby Forest of Life was home to Wood Elves and the Source of Life, one of the continent’s Ten Famous Wines.
• Yan and Flame reached the forest and felt its powerful life energy as they stood before its vivid green expanse.

Yan and Flame visited the Wood Elves’ settlement in the Forest of Life, where Priest Tam welcomed them as guests. After sharing fruit and growing closer in their tree house, they noticed night had fallen and wondered how they should sleep.

• Yan and Flame explored the Forest of Life, sampled its fruit, and followed the Wood Elves to their settlement.
• Priest Tam introduced himself and welcomed Yan and Flame as friends after Yan explained they had come to travel.
• Lem guided the guests to a tree house and brought them freshly picked fruit, which Yan exchanged cloth for.
• Yan and Flame relaxed together, shared the fruit, and kissed until they realized it had become night.
• Flame asked Yan how they should sleep that night.

Yan and Flame grew closer during a night together in a Wood Elf treehouse on the Five Elements Continent, though Flame stopped him before they crossed her final boundary. They fell asleep embracing, while the author’s note said the upcoming plot would focus on cultivation and gathering resources on the continent.

• Yan used the fur quilt as an excuse to draw Flame close and kissed her in the treehouse.
• Yan told Flame he would teach her how human couples behaved, and she allowed him to kiss and touch her while holding firm to her final boundary.
• Yan reassured Flame that he would not force her before she was ready, and Flame promised to remain with him forever and make him immortal.
• Yan and Flame settled down to sleep in each other’s arms, and Flame quietly placed both his hands around her waist.
• The author’s note said the upcoming story would involve cultivation on the Five Elements Continent and collecting famous wines and resources from the Light Five Elements side.

Yan and Flame learned that the Wood Elves faced growing danger from human merchants seeking the Source of Life, and Yan warned Priest Tam that their restrictions would not protect them. The Wood Elves sent Yan and Flame two gourds of their precious brew, and Flame revealed that even a drop contained Essence of Life as Yan inhaled its vitality.

• Yan and Flame met Priest Tam, who explained how human traders had damaged the Forest of Life and described the tribes’ limits on trading the Source of Life.
• Yan warned Tam that merchants could exploit the rules and that powerful factions might attack the Wood Elves if trade ended.
• Yan advised the Wood Elves to build their own strength or seek protection from a powerful ally.
• Lem delivered two gourds of Source of Life to Yan and Flame as a return gift from Tam.
• Flame identified the brew’s concentrated vitality as Essence of Life, released a drop, and let Yan inhale it.

Yan proposed that Flame protect the Wood Elves through powerful magical beasts from the Inner Earth, which could eventually give them access to the Source of Life. While staying in the Forest of Life, Yan helped Priest Tam improve the Wood Elves’ fruit cultivation and planned to learn their brewing secrets.

• Yan praised the Source of Life and suggested that Flame could protect the Wood Elves in exchange for access to it.
• Flame agreed that Yan’s plan was workable, and they decided to spend more time getting to know the Wood Elves before approaching them about protection.
• Yan and Flame visited Priest Tam and Lem in the orchard, where Yan suggested improvements to the Wood Elves’ fruit-tree cultivation.
• Tam thanked Yan for his advice and invited him to visit often, offering Lem as his guide.
• Yan planned to use Dawn and his observations of the Wood Elves’ techniques to uncover the Source of Life’s brewing formula and other famous wines’ recipes.

Yan and Flame traveled to Skywater City to trade with the Bartenders' Guild for Azure Sea Nectar. After Yan offered a gourd of thousand-year Source of Life, President Du Sikan considered exchanging one bottle, and Yan revealed that he had brought additional items to negotiate with.

• Yan and Flame arrived in Skywater City and went to the Bartenders' Guild Headquarters.
• Flame used her power to make the guards let them enter despite their lack of Soul Master badges.
• Yan and Flame met President Du Sikan and said they wanted to make a deal involving the Ten Famous Wines.
• Yan offered a gourd of thousand-year Source of Life in exchange for two bottles of Azure Sea Nectar and items from the guild's collection.
• Du Sikan said the guild had only two bottles and offered to trade one bottle for the gourd.
• Yan pointed out a box of additional items, and Du Sikan sniffed the Source of Life and felt its life force.

Yan offered Du Sikan the Wood Elf brewing notebook and proposed restoring the lost Azure Sea Nectar recipe in exchange for the Bartenders Guild’s remaining bottles. After studying the guild’s records, cellar, ingredients, and wine, Yan began analyzing the secret chamber and preparing to reconstruct the recipe.

• Yan presented Du Sikan with the Wood Elf brewing notebook, and Du Sikan considered trading Azure Sea Nectar for Yan’s help restoring its lost recipe.
• Du Sikan explained that an internal conflict had destroyed part of the recipe centuries earlier, and Yan asked for the guild’s research, recipe fragments, and half-empty bottle.
• Du Sikan overruled concerned elders and gave Yan the guild’s collected materials, then served Yan and Flame his Blazing Sun Radiance.
• Yan quickly reviewed the records and ancient recipe, then asked Du Sikan to take him to the cellar and show him the Azure Sea Nectar.
• Yan examined the secret chamber and tasted the remaining Azure Sea Nectar, then requested materials and time to work on the recipe while Du Sikan arranged his needs.

After leaving the Bartenders Guild with Flame, Yan visited the Silly Rich Merchant Guild’s hotel to arrange a meeting with its president, Zhou Xiaoxiao. The hotel manager recognized Yan’s guild credentials and prepared their stay while agreeing to summon Zhou Xiaoxiao.

• Du Sikan warmly saw Yan and Flame off from the Bartenders Guild after Yan gained recipes, wines, bartending techniques, and potion-making knowledge.
• Yan told Flame that he wanted to visit the Silly Rich Merchant Guild before they returned to the Inner Earth, hoping to obtain help with resources and other matters.
• Yan and Flame entered the lavish Silly Rich Hotel, ordered its specialties, and spent time together in a private room.
• After dinner, Yan asked the hotel manager to send word to Zhou Xiaoxiao that Yan wanted to meet him at the hotel.
• The manager recognized Yan as the Bartenders Guild’s guest elder and arranged top accommodations and attendants for Yan and Flame while notifying Zhou Xiaoxiao.

Yan met Zhou Xiaoxiao, president of the Silly Rich Merchant Guild, and offered him commercial plans in exchange for valuable resources. After Yan revealed that he represented the Inner Earth and departed with Flame, Zhou Xiaoxiao was left terrified by Flame’s power.

• Zhou Xiaoxiao welcomed Yan and Flame to his hotel room and asked Yan to consider becoming the next president of the Silly Rich Merchant Guild.
• Yan gave Zhou Xiaoxiao his commercial proposal as a gift, then rejected Zhou’s offer to support him as the guild’s successor.
• Yan showed Zhou Xiaoxiao business plans and requested a weapon, fine wines, Jade of Heaven, Five Elements Divine Stone, Magic Cores, and Crystal Crowns.
• Yan told Zhou Xiaoxiao that he came from the Inner Earth and offered to trade Source of Life and other Inner Earth resources.
• Yan departed with Flame in a flash of red light, leaving Zhou Xiaoxiao trembling in fear.

Yan refined the Bingwu Yuanyang Sacred Fire and overcame the Flame Monarch’s remnant will, gaining control of its power. After awakening, he discovered his senses and martial soul had changed, including his second soul ring turning pale purple.

• Flame helped Yan absorb the Bingwu Yuanyang Sacred Fire, which ravaged his body as he struggled to refine it.
• Yan resisted the Flame Monarch’s remnant will, and Flame transferred power to him through their clasped hands.
• Flame sent a fiery-red orb into Yan’s Flame Soul, helping him crush the remnant spirit and complete the refinement.
• Yan awoke with a golden sun mark on his right palm and sensed that the magma and C Fire elements now submitted to him.
• Yan summoned his transformed martial soul and saw that his second soul ring had changed from yellow with a hint of purple to pale purple.

Yan completed his Martial Soul evolution in the Inner Earth, transforming it into the Flame Emperor and awakening the Flame Domain. His upgraded skills and Sun Wings greatly expanded his abilities, leaving him confident he could defeat Qian Renxue in a head-on fight.

• Flame told Yan she had raised his Second Soul Ring to a thousand years and urged him to examine his changing Martial Soul.
• Yan absorbed the surging Bing Fire as his five soul rings entered the soul pearl, completing his evolution into the Flame Emperor.
• Yan awakened the Flame Domain, which burned enemies and strengthened him; his Fifth Soul Skill added Ultimate Yang Fire and extended the domain’s benefits to allies.
• Yan’s First Soul Skill evolved into an elemental-body form, while his Second Soul Skill became Solar Flame Wings and his Blazing Gold Bird External Soul Bone fully manifested as the Sun Wings.
• Yan assessed how his improved skills and flight ability had turned him into an all-round fighter and concluded he could defeat Qian Renxue head-on.

Yan returned from the Five Elements Continent to Spirit City after securing rare wines, cultivation treasures, and a powerful sword, leaving Flame behind with plans to nurture a dragon egg. He reunited with Bibi Dong, whose embarrassment and complicated feelings surfaced as she welcomed him back.

• Yan showed Flame the four famous wines he had acquired, bringing his collection to six of the Ten Famous Wines.
• Yan gave Flame a piece of Jade of Heaven, and she shaped it into a small figure of herself for him to carry.
• Yan asked Flame to use the Five Elements Divine Stones to arrange a formation for nurturing the dragon egg he had obtained in Douluo Continent.
• Yan examined the nine-crown Crystal Crowns and an enormous sword he believed belonged to the Fire God, while Flame warned him not to use the divine weapon before reaching nine rings.
• Flame saw Yan off through the passage between the worlds, and Yan returned to Spirit City after more than two years away.
• Yan embraced Bibi Dong, and she returned his embrace before pushing him away in embarrassment.

Yan returned to Spirit City after secluded cultivation, gave Bibi Dong poison-attribute resources and magic notes, and reunited with Liya at the Radiant Church. He brought Liya home for a meal and promised her a gift, taking out a jade-like bottle that made her blush.

• Yan gave Bibi Dong a Magic Core and other poison-attribute resources, along with notes on magic skills.
• Bibi Dong told Yan that Xue Er was cultivating, Nana and Xie Yue were training in Death Canyon, Feng Lin had become a branch hall bishop, and Liya was serving as the Radiant Church's high priestess.
• Yan went to the Radiant Church, reunited with Liya, and took her back to her home despite the clergy watching.
• Yan cooked a meal for Liya, and they shared a warm dinner together.
• Yan told Liya he had prepared a gift and took out a jade-like bottle that appeared to contain wine.

Yan shared Source of Life with Liya, but Tuo Ba Hong’s interruption ended their intimate moment before anything was exposed. Over dinner with Bibi Dong, Yan learned that Spirit Hall’s team was considered weak ahead of the upcoming tournament, and Bibi Dong proposed sending Qian Renxue to compete.

• Yan gave Liya a bottle of Source of Life, and she confessed that she wanted to stay by his side as they grew close.
• Tuo Ba Hong knocked at Yan’s door, startling Liya; Yan opened it and found Bibi Dong waiting outside with him.
• Yan served Bibi Dong and Tuo Ba Hong food and Source of Life, then asked Tuo Ba Hong about recent academy news.
• Tuo Ba Hong said Spirit Hall’s tournament team was weak, and Bibi Dong explained that the rival empires had assembled strong lineups.
• Bibi Dong proposed sending Qian Renxue to compete, while Yan questioned whether her overwhelming strength would make the tournament unfair.

Yan gave Liya the Core of Life and spent the night with her after she accepted his advances. The next morning, while Liya slept, Tuo Ba Hong arrived eager to begin the special training Yan had promised.

• Yan presented Liya with the Core of Life, explaining its healing and life-prolonging powers and showing her how quickly his own injuries healed.
• Yan placed the Core of Life around Liya's neck, and she eventually stopped resisting his advances.
• Yan and Liya spent the night together and agreed to watch the sunrise, while Liya slept late the next morning.
• Tuo Ba Hong arrived at Yan's courtyard and asked what special training Yan had planned.

Yan put Tuo Ba Hong through strenuous training and buried him under Yellow Crystal Sand after he drank the earth-attribute wine Solitude Like Snow. Bibi Dong questioned Yan’s dangerous experiment, but the earth beneath the sand began to shake as Tuo Ba Hong’s martial soul appeared to undergo a successful second awakening.

• Yan made Tuo Ba Hong run to the Papal Hall and praised his determination before assigning him more training.
• Yan ordered Tuo Ba Hong to dig a deep pit with his martial soul, then gave him a bottle of Solitude Like Snow and told him to refine its potency.
• Yan kicked Tuo Ba Hong into the pit and covered him with Yellow Crystal Sand while claiming the treatment would help awaken an extreme attribute.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yan’s method, and Yan admitted he was testing whether the wine could awaken an extreme attribute.
• The buried earth shook violently, and Yan observed signs that Tuo Ba Hong’s Earth Dragon martial soul was evolving through a second awakening.

Tuo Ba Hong survived the evolution of his Martial Soul into a powerful true dragon, though the process left him naked and mortified. Yan then accompanied him to the Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, where Tuo Ba Hong explained how its students trained in specialized mimic environments.

• Tuo Ba Hong emerged from the earth with an evolved, earthen-yellow dragon Martial Soul and realized his clothes had been destroyed.
• Yan sent the onlooking young ladies away, teased the embarrassed Tuo Ba Hong, and told him to rest before they went to the academy.
• Tuo Ba Hong covered himself in mud and ran out, earning a lasting reputation throughout Spirit City.
• Yan and Tuo Ba Hong arrived at the Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy outside Spirit City and discussed its vast grounds and training environments.
• Tuo Ba Hong warned Yan about Senior Linglong, whose Ancient Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and fierce temper had made her a possible marriage-alliance match for his family.
• Tuo Ba Hong explained that most students trained in mimic-environment districts and that the academy teams used special environments on the back mountain.