Chapter Summaries

Chu Xiao, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong reached the underground magma chamber beneath Stone Desert City in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Medusa subdued the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and Chu Xiao captured it, he sensed two auras in the magma.

• Hai Bo Dong joked about Yun Yun's age, prompting Chu Xiao to smooth things over while privately calling her Aunt Yun and teasing that he and Medusa were robbing the cradle.
• Chu Xiao let Medusa lead the group east so she would guide them to the Green Lotus Core Flame's hidden entrance.
• Medusa opened a cave entrance in the sand, and the four followed the passage deep underground.
• The group reached a vast magma chamber, where Medusa's aura and bloodline power drew out a submissive Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Chu Xiao captured the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in his Small World and then noticed two auras beneath the magma.

Chu Xiao and his companions descended into the magma to find the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Chu Xiao used his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to draw it into himself. He then created another Green Lotus Core Flame from the lotus’s roots, shocking Medusa.

• Chu Xiao led Medusa, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong through the magma, protecting the group as the heat and currents intensified.
• The group found the Green Lotus Core Flame within an azure energy barrier, and Chu Xiao explained its origins and power.
• Medusa helped Chu Xiao unlock the spatial chains sealing the flame, then warned him against touching it recklessly.
• Chu Xiao enveloped the Green Lotus Core Flame with his own flame and drew it into the space between his brows.
• Chu Xiao used the lotus roots and surrounding fire energy to condense another Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Medusa stunned.

Chu Xiao discovered a twin Green Lotus Core Flame, helped the second flame mature, and merged the pair into a Yin-Yang Twin Taiji flame. He reached nine-star Da Dou Shi and planned to seek Fen Jue from Old Yao before fully refining the flames, while hinting that the new flame had another remarkable ability.

• Chu Xiao found that the lotus platform was nurturing twin Green Lotus Core Flames, and the first flame submitted to him while asking him to save its twin.
• Feng Qing Er wondered whether Heavenly Flames retained memories from previous lives, and Mu Qingluan teased her before persuading her to keep helping with Wind Venerable.
• Chu Xiao spent three days helping the second Green Lotus Core Flame mature, while Medusa, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong waited behind the flame's protective barrier.
• The second flame fully formed, and the two Green Lotus Core Flames became twin fish that entered Chu Xiao's brow as a taiji diagram.
• Chu Xiao's cultivation rose to nine-star Da Dou Shi, and he gained the ability to form a robe from energy while deciding to seek Fen Jue from Old Yao.
• Chu Xiao sensed another new power from the twin flames and called it absurd.

After refining the twin Green Lotus Core Flames, Chu Xiao gained the ability to help the green lotus produce more flames and grew stronger in cultivation, soul power, and physique. He demonstrated his new strength in the magma world, then Medusa proposed that the group leave.

• Chu Xiao comprehended the twin Green Lotus Core Flames’ abilities and recorded that he could help the green lotus nurture more Green Lotus Core Flames.
• Chu Xiao considered giving the green lotus seat to Xun Er, and Xun Er, Cai Lin, and Cao Ying reacted to his plans and the treasure’s benefits.
• Chu Xiao realized he could accelerate the birth of new Green Lotus Core Flames and imagined building a Heavenly Palace fire pool made from them.
• Chu Xiao finished refining the flame, reached nine-star Da Dou Shi, strengthened his Soul Power, and transformed his Jade Thunder Body into a Jade Lapis Thunder Body.
• Chu Xiao showed that his enhanced body could threaten even Dou Huang experts, impressing Hai Bo Dong, Yun Yun, and Medusa.
• Medusa asked Chu Xiao to leave the magma world now that he had refined the Heavenly Flame.

Chu Xiao took the Green Lotus Core Flame’s azure lotus platform from the Underground Lava World and returned to find the Desert Iron Mercenary Group badly damaged by the Mo Family. After learning that the Mo Family had driven off the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and threatened Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, Chu Xiao arrived to hear the full account, while Medusa asked Yun Yun what she thought.

• Chu Xiao used his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to draw the azure lotus and its roots into a black-purple barrier, then led Medusa, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong out of the lava world.
• Chu Xiao found that half of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters had been destroyed, but Soul Power confirmed that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were alive.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Ding that the Mo Family’s deadline was approaching and that the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake had not returned; Xiao Ding said they might disband and return to the Xiao Family.
• Chu Xiao entered with the three Dou Huangs and asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li what had happened.
• Xiao Ding explained that the Mo Family had tried to force the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to submit, then Jin Ou and his men ambushed the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake, which fled after being defeated.
• Medusa asked Yun Yun what she thought of the Mo Family’s attack, and Yun Yun silently resented having to carry the group.

Chu Xiao raced ahead to confront Jin Ou after the Mo Family used the city lord to seize the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake, while Yun Yun and Medusa followed and discussed their connection to him. The chapter ended as Chu Xiao arrived to find Jin Ou and his allies attacking the snake and plotting to use it as a pretext to destroy the Xiao Family.

• Yun Yun said she would investigate the Mo Family and punish it for abusing the Misty Cloud Sect's name, while Chu Xiao flew north to demand an explanation from Jin Ou.
• Medusa and Yun Yun traded barbs as they chased Chu Xiao, then Yun Yun befriended Medusa through the Diary by raising matters related to Chu Xiao.
• The Diary revealed how the Mo Family's lawlessness had contributed to the Misty Cloud Sect's future conflict with Chu Xiao, and Yun Yun resolved to discipline the sect's elders.
• At an oasis, Chu Xiao found the wounded Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake facing Jin Ou and more than a dozen armed Dou Ling experts.
• An old man urged Jin Ou to accuse the Xiao Family of colluding with demonic beasts and use the charge to wipe them out, as Chu Xiao and the others arrived.

Chu Xiao arrived to protect the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and overwhelmed the Misty Cloud Sect-backed forces, killing Mo Cheng and gravely injuring Jin Ou. Jia Xingtian intervened to save Jin Ou, but Chu Xiao revealed that his attack had still reached him, leaving the city lord dying beneath the shield.

• Mo Cheng urged Jin Ou to use Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s control of the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake as a pretext to seize them, while Medusa and Yun Yun discussed how to handle disobedient subordinates.
• Chu Xiao descended to answer Jin Ou’s taunts, then killed Mo Cheng with a single punch despite Mo Cheng’s Dou Qi Armor.
• Chu Xiao struck Jin Ou through his Dou Qi Armor and summoned the Falling Thunder Finger as the other Dou Lings attacked and the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake blocked their techniques.
• Jia Xingtian appeared and stopped the lightning with an earthen shield, telling Chu Xiao he would punish Jin Ou rather than let him kill a city lord.
• Chu Xiao snapped his fingers and detonated an attack beneath the shield, causing Jin Ou to scream as his life force rapidly faded; Jia Xingtian demanded to know what Chu Xiao had done.

Chu Xiao killed Jin Ou with the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame and challenged Jia Xingtian over the royal family’s failure to protect the Xiao Family. Hai Bo Dong and Yun Yun arrived to support him, but Jia Xingtian still dismissed their backing as insufficient.

• Jia Xingtian dispersed the earthen shield and revealed Jin Ou burning in the blackish-purple flames until he was reduced to nothing.
• Xun Er praised Chu Xiao’s victory, while Mu Qingluan taunted Feng Qing Er for previously threatening to beat him up.
• Chu Xiao mocked Jia Xingtian and accused the royal family of abandoning the Xiao Family despite its service to the empire.
• Jia Xingtian warned Chu Xiao that his potential did not make him a threat, and Chu Xiao clapped his hands.
• Hai Bo Dong appeared and confronted Jia Xingtian, then Yun Yun declared that Chu Xiao was a Supreme Guest Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect and that she was a guest elder of the Xiao Family.
• Jia Xingtian looked at Chu Xiao and said that Hai Bo Dong and Yun Yun were not enough to give him confidence.

Chu Xiao revealed overwhelming support from Medusa and the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, forcing Jia Xingtian to abandon his opposition and praise Chu Xiao for killing Jin Ou. Chu Xiao planned to use Jia Xingtian and proposed a coalition among the empire’s major factions, then asked the elder to help him with a matter.

• Medusa appeared beside Chu Xiao and declared she would help him until their transaction was complete, while the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast emerged and threatened Jia Xingtian.
• Chu Xiao recorded his plans to use Jia Xingtian, unite the Misty Cloud Sect, Mittel, the imperial family, the Snake-People Tribe, and the Xiao Family, and strengthen the Ling Xiao Pavilion.
• Chu Xiao asked Jia Xingtian whether the place had good feng shui and suggested burying him there, making Jia Xingtian quickly praise Chu Xiao for killing Jin Ou.
• Jia Xingtian justified Jin Ou’s death by listing his dereliction of duty and crimes, while Chu Xiao wrote about Jia Xingtian’s opportunistic nature in the Diary.
• Chu Xiao praised Jia Xingtian’s understanding and then said he had a favor to ask, leaving Jia Xingtian unable to respond.

Chu Xiao demanded territory from Jia Xingtian to establish a new city and laid out plans to discuss the boundaries and governance in the imperial capital. After assigning his companions their next steps, he left Stone Desert City with Medusa, while Hai Bo Dong revealed that Chu Xiao was Medusa's partner.

• Chu Xiao demanded the region between the Northeast Province and Eastern Province, and Jia Xingtian agreed to prepare information for a meeting in the imperial capital within a month.
• Chu Xiao sent the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake into his Small World, where the snake ignored the beast's request to free it and flew toward Qing Lin's mountain.
• Yun Yun announced that she would deal with the Mo Family, and Jia Xingtian agreed that the Mo Family deserved punishment for its actions.
• Hai Bo Dong agreed to accompany Chu Xiao to Wutan City and help introduce a Mittel Family junior who would oversee commerce in the planned region; Medusa chose to follow Chu Xiao as well.
• Chu Xiao and Medusa left Stone Desert City, and Hai Bo Dong warned Jia Xingtian that Chu Xiao was Medusa's partner.

Chu Xiao kissed Medusa, prompting her to attack him while he dodged. The chapter left Yun Yun wondering whether she or Medusa would count as the one who got Chu Xiao’s first kiss.

• Hai Bo Dong warned Jia Xingtian not to oppose Chu Xiao and claimed Medusa was Chu Xiao’s partner, while Yun Yun reinforced the warning.
• Medusa confronted Hai Bo Dong over calling her Chu Xiao’s partner, then chased Chu Xiao through the air after he teased her.
• At the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, Chu Xiao caught Medusa’s fist and kissed her before fleeing her angry retaliation.
• Cao Ying read about the kiss and eagerly praised Chu Xiao for finally making a move.
• Yun Yun wondered whether she or Medusa had received Chu Xiao’s first kiss and decided to discuss the question with Xun Er, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian.

Yun Yun visited Xiao Yi Xian on her way to Wutan City and wrestled with her jealousy over Medusa taking Chu Xiao’s first kiss, while Xiao Yi Xian reflected on her place in his past. In Wutan City, Xun Er enlisted Ya Fei to move against the Jia Lie and Oba Families, and Ya Fei gave their leaders a false personal reason to target Chu Xiao.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she cared that Chu Xiao had kissed Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian said Medusa had tacitly consented and it was a good thing.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Yun Yun about resenting the loss of the first kiss that had once been hers, then advised her not to inflame tensions between Xun Er and the two Empresses.
• Xiao Yi Xian considered her bond with Chu Xiao and resolved that she could no longer let go of him.
• Xun Er, unable to calm herself after reading the Diary, flew to the Mittel Auction House and asked Ya Fei to help her deal with the Jia Lie and Oba Families.
• Ya Fei summoned Ao Ba Pa and Ga Lie Bi, warned them that Chu Xiao’s growing power threatened their families, and claimed she wanted revenge because he had taken liberties with and threatened her.

Ya Fei convinced Ga Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa to ambush Chu Xiao during a secret Xiao Family operation, while Chu Xiao continued sparring and flirting with Medusa in Stone Desert City. The chapter ended with Medusa complaining that Chu Xiao had left Heavenly Flames inside her, as the women watching grew impatient with their prolonged battle.

• Ya Fei told Ga Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa that Chu Xiao planned to buy medicinal ingredients and revealed the route he would take, prompting them to agree to an ambush.
• A spy reported that the Xiao Family planned a secret operation involving half its Dou Masters and one Da Dou Shi, and Ga Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa decided to lead the attack themselves.
• Chu Xiao dodged Medusa's attacks while Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Hai Bo Dong drank and discussed whether Medusa or Xun Er was a better match for him.
• Ling Ying secretly recorded the fight and the men's conversation, resolving that Xun Er was the one most suited to Chu Xiao.
• Chu Xiao suppressed Medusa's Dou Qi and explained that the Heavenly Flames he had left inside her would help temper her bloodline, while Medusa complained about his actions.

Chu Xiao brought Medusa into his Small World and invited her to become his dao companion, while she insisted he first become stronger than her. After leaving the Small World, Chu Xiao and Hai Bo Dong headed toward a battle near Wutan City, where Xun Er was already destroying the Xiao Family’s attackers.

• Chu Xiao opened his Small World, restored Medusa’s power, and offered the Snake-People Tribe a place to settle there.
• Chu Xiao asked Medusa to become his dao companion, and she said he had to be stronger than her before she would accept.
• Chu Xiao used the Green Lotus Core Flame to help Medusa refine her bloodline, then left the Small World.
• Chu Xiao and Hai Bo Dong returned to Wutan City and sensed a large battle nearby, so they went to investigate.
• Xiao Yan watched Xun Er kill the masked attackers with golden flames and heard her say she was protecting the Xiao Family while Chu Xiao was away.
• Chu Xiao appeared behind Xiao Yan and warned him that Xun Er would make him suffer if she heard his comment about her.

Chu Xiao returned to Wutan City and gave Xiao Yan a pill that could restore his sealed cultivation, while Hai Bo Dong sought help recovering his former strength. After learning that Xun Er had revealed her power during an ambush on the Xiao Family’s medicinal-ingredient convoy, Chu Xiao recorded the incident in his Diary and worried that his relationships with several women might be exposed.

• Chu Xiao gave Xiao Yan a fourth-grade Qiankun Qingming Pill that could restore his one-star Dou Zhe strength by the next day.
• Chu Xiao introduced Hai Bo Dong as the Ice Emperor and explained that the pill could not restore Hai Bo Dong because he was above the Dou Ling realm.
• Hai Bo Dong planned to gather ingredients for pills that could help him recover his cultivation, and Chu Xiao agreed to speak with his Dao Companions about assisting.
• Xiao Yan told Chu Xiao that black-clothed attackers had ambushed the Xiao Family’s medicinal-ingredient convoy and that Xun Er had defeated many of them.
• Chu Xiao suspected Ga Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa had led the ambush, then recorded the incident in his Diary and feared that Xun Er, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other women might discover the truth.

Chu Xiao returned to Wutan City and rescued Xun Er after she used a secret technique to defeat the Ga Lie and Ao Ba clans’ ambushers. As he cared for her, his flames revealed that he possessed multiple Heavenly Flames, leaving Old Yao astonished.

• Ya Fei received Xun Er’s message that Ga Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa were dead, and she decided to continue with their cover story.
• Xun Er collapsed from the backlash of her secret technique after protecting the Xiao Family transport team, and Chu Xiao caught her.
• Chu Xiao killed the remaining ambushers with black-violet flames, prompting Old Yao to recognize a Heavenly Flame.
• Chu Xiao carried Xun Er to the cliff, where Xiao Yan acknowledged her as his future cousin-in-law and offered her his Qiankun Qingming Pill.
• Chu Xiao used the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to produce Green Lotus Core Flame and Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame, astonishing Old Yao with the Heavenly Flames he possessed.

Chu Xiao gave Xun Er three Heavenly Flames and a Green Lotus Core Flame lotus seed, restoring her condition and raising her cultivation. Xun Er rewarded him with valuable techniques and skills, while Old Yao began considering whether Chu Xiao could cultivate Fen Jue.

• Chu Xiao sent the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame, Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame into Xun Er, and the flames helped restore her own Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame.
• Chu Xiao fed Xun Er a Green Lotus Core Flame lotus seed, raising her cultivation to the peak of three-star Dou Master as Xiao Yan watched in disbelief.
• Hai Bo Dong told Xiao Yan how Chu Xiao had obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame, prompting Old Yao to consider whether Chu Xiao could cultivate Fen Jue.
• Xun Er gave Chu Xiao the Thunder Abyss Ring, which held several Earth Grade cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
• Chu Xiao wrote in the Diary about Xun Er's gift, and Yun Yun wondered whether she should seek the Ancient Clan heiress's favor.

Chu Xiao accepted Xun Er’s gifts, helped conceal the defeat of the Jia Lie and Ao clans, and planned a training trip with his companions. He returned to the Small World to check on Medusa after her evolution, where she warned him for staring.

• Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian admired Xun Er’s generosity, while Chu Xiao accepted her resources and resolved to treat her well.
• Xun Er asked Chu Xiao to study her fire-attribute techniques and share his insights, prompting him to consider whether Diary Copy holders gained benefits from his Diary.
• Chu Xiao returned Xun Er to the Xiao Family, then told Xiao Zhan that Xun Er had helped defeat Ao Ba Pa and Ga Lie Bi and that he planned to leave for the Demon Beast Mountain Range with Xun Er and Xiao Yan.
• Chu Xiao recorded his plans in the Diary, including recruiting Ya Fei and abducting Xiao Yi Xian, then went to check on Cai Lin in the Small World.
• Chu Xiao found Medusa emerging from the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame’s lotus, and she opened her eyes and warned him to stop staring.

Chu Xiao gave Medusa a tailored dress and agreed that she could cultivate in his Small World while he prepared to travel to the Demon Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Yan and Xun Er. After Xiao Yan recovered to one-star Dou Zhe, Old Yao presented him with two cultivation methods, including Fen Jue, and handed Fen Jue to Chu Xiao to inspect.

• Chu Xiao gave Medusa a secret clothing technique and a red dress he had made, and promised to make her shoes after she transformed.
• Medusa chose to stay and cultivate in Chu Xiao's Small World, offering to fight for him in return for help refining her bloodline.
• Chu Xiao said he planned to travel to the Demon Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Yan and Xun Er, then spent the night cultivating.
• At dawn, Chu Xiao sensed Xiao Yan's breakthrough and found that he had recovered to one-star Dou Zhe with Old Yao's help.
• Chu Xiao offered to compare a fire-attributed Low-Level Earth Grade cultivation method with Old Yao's option, Fen Jue, a Low-Level Yellow Rank method.
• Old Yao handed Fen Jue to Chu Xiao to inspect, revealing the mysterious cultivation method to him.

Chu Xiao identified Fen Jue as a cultivation method meant for Heavenly Flames and offered to use it to revive Old Yao, while Xiao Yan chose the Bodhi Fire Origin Skill. After Fen Jue revealed a connection to a shattered Primal Dharma Body, Chu Xiao changed his plans, arranged for Xiao Yan to receive Foundation Establishment Liquid, and took Xun Er into the Small World before entering seclusion.

• Chu Xiao explained that Fen Jue had likely been practiced by the Heavenly Flame Tou She Ancient God and was unsuitable for humans, then offered to study it to help revive Old Yao.
• Chu Xiao gave Xiao Yan the Bodhi Fire Origin Skill, a Low-Level Earth Grade method suited to fire-and-wood attributes, and revealed that Bodhi Seeds could strengthen it.
• Yun Yun awakened the founding ancestor Yun Potian's lingering consciousness in the Gate of Life and Death and received a Dou Zun inheritance.
• Chu Xiao burned the Fen Jue scroll with the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame and witnessed a vision of ten Primal Dharma Bodies, one of which shattered and gave rise to Fen Jue.
• Chu Xiao postponed the trip to the Demon Beast Mountain Range, gave Xiao Yan a storage ring, and asked Old Yao to refine Foundation Establishment Liquid.
• Chu Xiao brought Xun Er into the Small World to cultivate and then entered seclusion.