Chapter Summaries

Chu Xiao suppressed Cold Bone Venerable, captured Han Feng, devoured the Fallen Heart Flame, and defeated the forces threatening Jia Nan Academy. He offered the academy a fused seed flame in exchange for compensation, leaving Su Qian to consider the cost.

• Chu Xiao imprisoned Cold Bone Venerable, handed Han Feng's soul to Xiao Yan, and received the blue flames from him.
• Chu Xiao summoned the Fallen Heart Flame, which willingly entered his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, and ended the fighting.
• Chu Xiao killed Earth Demon Old Ghost and forced the remaining Black-Corner Region experts to choose between serving Ling Xiao Pavilion and dying.
• Chu Xiao told Su Qian that Jia Nan Academy could not keep the Fallen Heart Flame, then offered it a fused seed flame that would protect the academy as it matured.
• Chu Xiao said creating the seed flame would take considerable effort and asked Jia Nan Academy to bear the cost.

Chu Xiao traded a controllable child flame born from the Fallen Heart Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame for access to Jia Nan Academy’s inner treasury, while revealing the scheme that had brought Han Feng and his allies to the academy. He found the Old Dragon Emperor’s Reverse Scale among the treasury’s treasures, leaving Su Qian startled by his choice.

• Su Qian and Wu Qian agreed to exchange academy resources for the new child flame, then led Chu Xiao to the inner treasury.
• Chu Xiao’s Diary explained how he had arranged Han Feng’s attack to defeat multiple enemies at once, strengthen ties with Jia Nan Academy, and gain access to its treasury.
• The Diary revealed that the treasury held a Reverse Scale containing the Old Dragon Emperor’s bloodline, which could help Chu Xiao contact the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Xun Er and the others realized that the Tou She Ancient God had trapped the Old Dragon Emperor, while Zi Yan vowed to punish it and blamed it for her childhood suffering.
• Chu Xiao selected numerous treasures, including an inconspicuous black scale, and Su Qian asked whether he knew what it was.

Chu Xiao identified Zhu Kun's Reverse Scale and took it along with other Jia Nan Academy resources, then invited Su Qian to Ling Xiao Pavilion's upcoming auction. He planned to investigate the birthplace of Fallen Heart Flame and encountered Feng Xian, who had come to see Yao Chen, as Mu Qingluan's bet prompted talk of returning to Starfall Pavilion.

• Chu Xiao explained that the Reverse Scale could connect its holder to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, but a Dou Saint-level expert was needed to break its seal, and Su Qian let him take it and several more resources.
• Chu Xiao gave Su Qian an invitation to Ling Xiao Pavilion's auction, where Heavenly-tier methods, Grade 8 Pills, and a Supreme Pill were promised.
• Chu Xiao said he would visit Fallen Heart Flame's birthplace, keep the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda running while Green Lotus Core Flame formed, and seek a second Fallen Heart Flame and Yao Tian Huo.
• Chu Xiao and the others found Feng Xian with Xiao Yan; Feng Xian thanked Chu Xiao for caring for Yao Chen, now Ling Xiao Pavilion's Pill Hall Master.
• Mu Qingluan revealed that she had made a bet with Feng Xian about Yao Chen's position, and Feng Xian asked whether it was time to return to Starfall Pavilion.

Yao Chen urged Feng Xian to merge Starfall Pavilion into Ling Xiao Pavilion, and Chu Xiao secured Feng Xian’s agreement with valuable gifts and a position as Refining Hall Master. Chu Xiao offered Yao Chen three revival methods, and Yao Chen considered the most powerful option after learning Chu Xiao could soon become a peak Grade 8 alchemist and had located nearly all the required ingredients.

• Yao Chen explained that Starfall Pavilion had fulfilled his goals of supporting his brothers, proving himself to the Yao Clan, and finding Han Shanshan, so Feng Xian agreed it should join Ling Xiao Pavilion.
• Chu Xiao gave Feng Xian a Grade 8 Pill and Mu Qingluan Phoenix Blood Essence, then offered Feng Xian a refining inheritance and the future post of Refining Hall Master.
• Chu Xiao revealed that he possessed five Heavenly Flames and could immediately revive Yao Chen using Yun Potian’s body and materials from Jia Nan Academy.
• Chu Xiao proposed two stronger revival methods, including a special Grade 8 Pill that could give Yao Chen a body capable of rebirth from a drop of blood.
• Yao Chen learned that Chu Xiao was a quasi-Grade 8 alchemist who expected to become a peak Grade 8 alchemist within half a month and had found or tracked down nearly all the pill ingredients.

Chu Xiao arranged Ling Xiao Pavilion’s affairs, restored Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, and descended into the magma to find Fallen Heart Flame. The chapter ended as he reached the flame’s ring of light and saw the ancient skeleton it inhabited.

• Yao Chen chose to wait for resurrection at the Half Saint realm, and Chu Xiao gave him Cold Bone Venerable’s soul pearl to help his soul reach the Heavenly Realm.
• Chu Xiao put Yun Yun in charge of cooperation between Ling Xiao Pavilion and Jia Nan Academy, assigned Yao Chen and Feng Xian to oversee the pavilion, and told Zi Yan to serve as a link between the organizations.
• Chu Xiao promised Cao Ying a secret soul attack technique and Beast Flame after she broke through to Dou Wang, then entered the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda’s lava cavern.
• Chu Xiao created an Azure Lotus Core Flame and nourished it with a Green Lotus Core Flame lotus seed and Star Power Spirit Liquid, restoring the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda.
• Yao Chen and Feng Xian left for Ling Xiao Pavilion, while Xiao Yan stayed at Jia Nan Academy and promised to return after reaching Dou Wang.
• Chu Xiao used the Heavenly Derivation Art to reach a ring of light deep beneath the magma, where he found a white skeleton and Fallen Heart Flame.

Chu Xiao revealed that the lava world beneath Jia Nan Academy was the birthplace of Tou She Ancient God and home to Flame Lizards whose pearls could strengthen fire cultivators and their Dou Di Bloodlines. He planned to use the region for Ling Xiao Pavilion and trade its pearls with the Flame Clan, while Xun Er asked Gu Yuan for a gift for him and received a box of flaming pearls.

• Chu Xiao found Tian Huo Venerate's skeleton and delayed awakening his remnant soul so he could use it as bait.
• Chu Xiao explained that the lava world was tied to Tou She Ancient God's origins and might hold extraordinary value for the Flame Clan.
• Chu Xiao revealed that Flame Lizards descended from the influence of Tou She Ancient God's ascension and left behind pearls that could boost strength and bloodline power when killed.
• Huo Zhi admired Chu Xiao and decided that building ties with him mattered more than urging the Flame Clan to relocate.
• Chu Xiao planned to collect Flame Lizard Pearls for Xun Er and his other subordinates, and Xun Er decided to find a gift for him.
• Xun Er called Gu Yuan and asked for something to give Chu Xiao, and Gu Yuan produced a box of flaming pearls that surprised him.

Gu Yuan discovered that Chu Xiao’s fire beads were connected to Tou She Ancient God and approved of his relationship with Xun Er, while Xun Er shared the beads with Huo Zhi. In the lava region, Chu Xiao recruited Yao Tian Huo for Ling Xiao Pavilion and began using two Heavenly Flames to evolve Fen Jue.

• Gu Yuan sensed a glimpse of Tou She Ancient God in Chu Xiao’s beads, learned from the letter that they could strengthen Xun Er’s bloodline, and agreed not to interfere in her affairs.
• Xun Er warned Gu Yuan that probing into Chu Xiao’s discovery could alert the Soul Clan, then traded fire beads with Huo Zhi, who refined one to boost her bloodline and Dou Qi.
• Chu Xiao collected fire beads from the Flame Lizard Clan, stored the second Fallen Heart Flame in the Purple Subtlety Heavenly Dipper Tower, and met Yao Tian Huo.
• Chu Xiao offered to revive Yao Tian Huo as a Three-star Dou Zun in exchange for serving Ling Xiao Pavilion, and Yao Tian Huo accepted.
• Chu Xiao placed Yao Tian Huo’s soul and skeleton in the Purple Subtlety Heavenly Dipper Tower, concealed his clan mark, and began having Thunder Flame Emperor Flame devour the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame to evolve Fen Jue.

After nearly a year of seclusion, Chu Xiao emerged at peak Dou Zong, having failed to break through to Dou Zun, and began fighting the Flame Lizard Clan. The Diary Copy Owners Alliance learned he was returning, while Ya Fei broke through to Dou Wang and asked Cai Lin whether she had reached Dou Zun.

• Chu Xiao devoured the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, advanced Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, and cultivated until he reached peak Dou Zong.
• Chu Xiao emerged from seclusion beneath Jia Nan Academy, lamented that he had fallen just short of Dou Zun, and planned to improve his alchemy and handle Ling Xiao Pavilion's affairs.
• Chu Xiao killed attacking Flame Lizard Clan members and turned a powerful lizardman into a fire pearl before heading out.
• Han Yue and Han Xue defeated a Fifth-Rank Demonic Beast, and Zi Yan appeared to take them to meet Chu Xiao.
• Ya Fei broke through to Dou Wang, and Cai Lin appeared as Ya Fei wondered whether she had reached Dou Zun.

Cai Lin fell short of reaching Peak Dou Zong, while Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Feng Qing Er sparred and prepared a meal for Chu Xiao in the Small World. Huo Zhi broke through to Dou Zun and prepared to travel, then considered visiting Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to rescue Zhu Kun, leaving the women shocked.

• Cai Lin regretted that the Seven-Colored Raw Stone had not brought her to Peak Dou Zong, and Ya Fei suggested Chu Xiao could help strengthen her bloodline.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin sparred in the Small World, then planned dinner for Chu Xiao, who regularly returned from cultivating in the lava.
• Feng Qing Er joined Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and asked them to prepare her favorite roasted lizard before Chu Xiao returned.
• Huo Zhi emerged from her cave mansion after breaking through to Dou Zun and asked Aunt Huo Ling to take her to the Northwest Continent.
• Huo Zhi told Xun Er she intended to visit the Yao Clan, then considered going to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to rescue Zhu Kun.
• The women reacted with shock when they learned Huo Zhi was considering rescuing the Old Dragon Emperor.

Xun Er and Huo Zhi considered the implications of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion beneath Jia Nan Academy while Chu Xiao fought Flame Lizard Clan guardians in the lava world. After retreating to recover, Chu Xiao used all his remaining lottery draws and received several powerful treasures and inheritances.

• Xun Er realized Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was beneath Jia Nan Academy, and Huo Zhi asked Huo Ling to take her to visit the Yao Clan before they traveled to Ling Xiao Pavilion.
• Chu Xiao fought two Flame Lizard Clan members in the lava world and suppressed them with his Wind-Thunder Profound Mirror and the Heaven-Tempering Seal.
• Chu Xiao sensed stronger Flame Lizard Clan fighters and Half Saints approaching, so he retreated to the Small World to recover.
• Chu Xiao used all his remaining lottery draws and obtained items including the Life-Death Ancestor Symbol, Plane Skiff, Sage Heart Grass, and a Heaven-Grade Spirit Array Grandmaster Inheritance.

Chu Xiao claimed powerful rewards, including the Life-Death Ancestral Symbol and a Heaven-Grade Spirit Array Grandmaster inheritance, and used the Ancestral Symbol to revive Tian Huo Venerate. He ended with the knowledge and tools to grow stronger, while gaining a route to the Tianxuan Continent and the theoretical means to battle a Ninth-Grade Sovereign.

• Chu Xiao claimed the Carefree Ascension Steps, Startling Eye Calamity, a Void Teleportation Talisman, and a Six-Tailed Celestial Fox, which began transforming after drinking Star Spirit Liquid.
• Chu Xiao claimed the Life-Death Ancestral Symbol and gained control over the powers of life and death.
• Chu Xiao used the Ancestral Symbol and Star Spirit Liquid to restore Tian Huo Venerate’s body and revive him, and Tian Huo Venerate pledged his life to Chu Xiao.
• Chu Xiao claimed a Plane Skiff and sensed that sailing in a particular direction would take him to the Tianxuan Continent, where the Life-Death Ancestral Symbol had been born.
• Chu Xiao planted Sage Heart Grass in Star Spirit Liquid and received the Heaven-Grade Spirit Array Grandmaster inheritance, gaining knowledge of arrays powerful enough to kill a Ninth-Grade Sovereign.

Chu Xiao explored the hidden space beneath the magma and found the entrance to the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He then drew near the being watching him and was stunned by Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun’s true form.

• Chu Xiao shared a meal with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Feng Qing Er, gave them gifts, and returned to the space beneath the magma.
• Chu Xiao used the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to pass through the barrier and deduced how the dark space’s shifting spatial gateways worked.
• Chu Xiao found the enormous stone gate marked “Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion” and explained that he could enter without collecting all eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade once he reached late Dou Saint strength.
• Xun Er, Huo Zhi, and Yao Ling realized the incomplete jade could leave Chu Xiao uniquely able to reach Dou Emperor and considered using their clans’ pieces to connect with him.
• Chu Xiao sensed Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun watching him, illuminated the cavern with a flame, and pulled out his phone after seeing Zhu Kun’s true form.

Chu Xiao encountered Zhu Kun, the trapped Old Dragon Emperor, and showed him one piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade. As Zhu Kun learned how the Dou Qi Continent and the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan had changed, he grew furious at the clan's division and vowed to punish them after escaping.

• Chu Xiao saw the immense purple-gold form of Zhu Kun, whom Feng Qing Er identified as the Old Dragon Emperor, a Late Stage Nine Star Dou Saint.
• Zi Yan discussed her feelings about Zhu Kun with Cai Lin, while Cai Die and Zi Yan argued over which of them was closer to Cai Lin.
• Chu Xiao's Diary recalled how Zhu Kun once nearly shattered his body with a single palm strike, prompting him to focus on body refinement.
• Zhu Kun opened his eyes and questioned Chu Xiao, who withstood his pressure and revealed the Xiao Clan's piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Chu Xiao explained that the jade was one-eighth of the whole and described the seven surviving Dou Di bloodline clans to Zhu Kun.
• Chu Xiao told Zhu Kun that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan had split into four islands and lacked a Seven Star Dou Saint among those remaining, and Zhu Kun vowed to punish the dragons for their infighting.

Chu Xiao told Zhu Kun about the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s division and proved that his daughter was alive by showing him Zi Yan’s essence blood. Zhu Kun thanked Chu Xiao and eagerly agreed to his request to see her.

• Zhu Kun attacked Chu Xiao for entering the cave mansion without the complete ancient jade, but Chu Xiao evaded the strike and explained that he had ways to survive.
• Chu Xiao told Zhu Kun that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan had no Dragon Emperor and showed him Zhu Kun’s Reverse Scale, revealing that Tou She Ancient God had sealed it and blocked its messages.
• Zhu Kun furiously hurled himself against the cave mansion’s barrier, but it remained unmoved; Chu Xiao recorded the scene in the Diary, shocking its readers and prompting Zi Yan to boast about protecting them.
• Chu Xiao showed Zhu Kun a drop of Zi Yan’s essence blood and confirmed that his daughter was alive, then told him about her hardships and her life with Chu Xiao.
• Zhu Kun thanked Chu Xiao and vowed to kill Tou She Ancient God, then eagerly offered to do whatever Chu Xiao needed when he heard he could see Zi Yan.

Chu Xiao returned to Ling Xiao Pavilion, met Cai Die, and teased Zi Yan before offering to take her to see Zhu Kun. Zi Yan agreed to meet her father without promising to forgive him, and Chu Xiao left with her after promising to cook for the women that night.

• Zi Yan decided she would meet Zhu Kun after learning why he had sealed her in the Void Ice Pool, while Cai Die teased her about being an accident.
• Chu Xiao arrived at the council hall, greeted the women, and gave Cai Die a Seven-Colored Raw Stone as a meeting gift.
• Zi Yan argued with Chu Xiao, who sealed the space around her and called her his little follower.
• Chu Xiao told Zi Yan that Zhu Kun was imprisoned and that he could take her to see him, though he could not rescue him yet.
• Zi Yan agreed to meet Zhu Kun but said she would not have to forgive him immediately, and Chu Xiao took her away after promising to cook dinner.

Chu Xiao brought Zi Yan to meet her father, Zhu Kun, in the Tushe Ancient Emperor Space, where the two began to reconcile after a tense and playful reunion. Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan his Ancient Void Dragon Royal Bloodline Origin, and Chu Xiao asked for every gift Zhu Kun offered.

• Chu Xiao returned to the Tushe Ancient Emperor Space with Zi Yan and reunited her with Zhu Kun.
• Zi Yan challenged Zhu Kun to beat Chu Xiao, and Zhu Kun staged an attack that made her fear Chu Xiao had been hurt.
• Chu Xiao revealed he was unharmed, scolded Zi Yan for the joke, and she hugged him in relief.
• Zi Yan accepted that Zhu Kun had not caused her childhood suffering intentionally and said she might return to rescue him when she was stronger.
• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan his Ancient Void Dragon Royal Bloodline Origin, causing her to enter a cocoon and rapidly increase her cultivation.
• Zhu Kun offered Chu Xiao a choice of gifts, and Chu Xiao said he wanted them all.

Chu Xiao accepted Zhu Kun’s gifts and convinced him to follow a cautious plan rather than reveal the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion, warning him of the Soul Clan’s hidden strength. He then helped Cao Ying absorb a Beast Flame, leaving her to circulate her cultivation method as the flame and the Ice Spirit Pill’s cold power met within her.

• Zhu Kun gave Chu Xiao Ancient Void Dragon Essence Blood, Ancient Heavenly Phoenix essence blood, and a Two Forms Spirit Platform Apricot Fruit, and Chu Xiao promised to free him within ten years.
• Zhu Kun proposed revealing the cave mansion to gather the Tou She Ancient God Jades, but Chu Xiao described the Soul Clan’s forces and persuaded him to follow Chu Xiao’s arrangements.
• Chu Xiao returned to the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and stabilized Cao Ying’s pill after startling her during its refinement.
• Chu Xiao gave Cao Ying an Ice Spirit Pill and a fifth-tier Beast Flame, then helped her begin absorbing the flame.
• Cao Ying swallowed the pill and received the flame, and Chu Xiao told her to circulate her cultivation method as the competing powers spread through her body.

Chu Xiao helped Cao Ying master the Cyan Wood Flame and break through to Dou Wang, then hosted a banquet with the women at Ling Xiao Pavilion. After introducing Han Yue and Han Xue, he trapped everyone in a Spirit Array showing two titanic giants fighting beneath the heavens.

• Chu Xiao guided Cao Ying through the Cyan Wood Flame until she broke through to Dou Wang and asked him to teach her alchemy.
• Chu Xiao brought Cao Ying and the other women to Ling Xiao Pavilion, where Ya Fei helped them introduce themselves and discuss the Diary Copy.
• Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan sparred over their potential and their ties to Chu Xiao, while Cao Ying asked Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei for access to medicinal resources.
• Chu Xiao cooked a banquet, then Cai Lin introduced Han Yue and Han Xue as Zi Yan's recommended members of the pavilion.
• Chu Xiao formed a Spirit Array around the women, transporting their view to a scene of two colossal giants fighting beneath the heavens.

Chu Xiao introduced the Spirit Array Master path to the women of Ling Xiao Pavilion and tested Han Yue’s talent, while his Diary revealed the future importance of spirit arrays. He then used a spirit array to show Yan Xiao under attack and Huo Yun clashing with a black-robed man, leaving him wondering whether Yan Xiao would summon the Flame Emperor Dharma Body.

• Chu Xiao explained Spirit Array Masters, their ranks, the Mind’s Eye, and the potential of the profession to the women.
• Chu Xiao gave Han Yue and Han Xue an array disc to test their talent, and Han Yue began the test.
• Chu Xiao’s Diary revealed that Han Yue and Han Xue would become powerful spirit array grandmasters and described the Immortal Great Emperor’s sacrifice to seal the Heavenly Evil God.
• Cao Ying asked to learn spirit arrays, and Chu Xiao agreed to teach her despite her alchemy studies.
• Chu Xiao sensed trouble and used a spirit array to reveal the Netherworld Ghost Shark Clan attacking Yan Xiao and Huo Yun fighting a black-robed man.

Huo Ling arrived and erased the Netherworld Ghost Shark Half-Saint, while Yan Xiao faced Ming Ye with a newly acquired Emperor-grade secret technique. Yan Xiao’s Flame Emperor Dharma Body matched Ming Ye’s attack but left him unconscious, and Huo Zhi recognized the technique as a Supreme Dharma Body.

• Huo Zhi stopped Huo Ling from rescuing Yan Xiao immediately so she could learn what he had gained, and Huo Ling destroyed the Netherworld Ghost Shark Half-Saint with a gesture.
• Chu Xiao used the Heavenly Derivation Art to predict that Yan Xiao was about to use his secret technique as Huo Yun and Yan Xiao remained under attack.
• Yan Xiao formed seals and summoned a Flame Emperor Dharma Body, then used the Sky Burning Annihilation Finger against Ming Ye’s giant shark attack.
• Yan Xiao’s attack matched Ming Ye’s Innate Dou Skill, and Yan Xiao fainted after pouring his essence, energy, and spirit into the Dharma Body.
• Huo Ling wondered whether Yan Xiao had used the Dou Di Bloodline, while Huo Zhi recognized the secret technique as a Dharma Body and resolved to learn it from him.