Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han escaped the lava with Heavenly Flame Venerable and Queen Medusa, then returned to Jia Nan Inner Academy, where a statue had been raised in his honor. After reuniting with Su Qian, he gave the academy an infant Fallen Heart Flame and asked about Xun Er.

• Xiao Han revealed that a Dou Di's cave mansion and the Origin of the Emperor lay beneath the lava, but warned that the former Old Dragon Emperor, a peak Dou Sheng Ancient Void Dragon, guarded the depths.
• Xiao Han, Heavenly Flame Venerable, and Queen Medusa left the lava, and Xiao Han set aside the Origin of the Emperor because he was not confident he could face the dragon.
• Su Qian unveiled a statue of Xiao Han at Jia Nan Inner Academy during a ceremony marking one hundred days since his supposed death.
• Xiao Han returned with Queen Medusa and gave Su Qian an infant Fallen Heart Flame to nurture for the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Han asked Su Qian for soul-related medicinal ingredients, received three rare herbs, and asked him to look after Dragon Gate while he was away.
• Xiao Han asked Su Qian where Xun Er was.

Xiao Han opened Xun Er’s scroll and received the Imperial Seal Art, advancing to Two-star Dou Zun. After learning about Xiao Yan’s war with the Black Corner Region, Xiao Han set out for Maple City and arranged to obtain rare ingredients for Heavenly Flame Venerable’s revival.

• Su Qian gave Xiao Han the scroll Xun Er had left for him, and Xiao Han opened it with his Dou Qi.
• The scroll imparted the Imperial Seal Art’s first two seals and Xun Er’s message, in which she urged Xiao Han not to seek her out until he was strong enough.
• Xiao Han gained experience from the Imperial Seal Art and advanced to Two-star Dou Zun, stunning Su Qian.
• Su Qian told Xiao Han that Han Feng had formed the Black Alliance to fight Xiao Yan, whose strength had risen sharply.
• Xiao Han asked Su Qian to pass Xin Lan a list of rare ingredients and a request for Seventh-Tier Magical Beast essence bloodline in exchange for helping her clan regain its seat among the Pill Tower elders.
• Xiao Han headed for Maple City.

Xiao Yan attacked a Black Alliance gathering in Maple City, destroying the city and leaving Han Feng and a few others alive. Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng over betraying their master, but Han Feng’s accusation about Yao Lao’s motives made Xiao Yan hesitate before the two prepared to fight.

• Han Feng warned the Black Alliance leaders that Xiao Yan had been killing their disciples and urged them to unite against him.
• Xiao Yan’s fire lotus exploded in Maple City, killing hundreds of thousands of residents and devastating the city and the Black Alliance gathering.
• Xiao Yan confronted the wounded Han Feng and accused him of poisoning their master to obtain the Fen Jue.
• Han Feng argued that Yao Lao would not have given Xiao Yan the Fen Jue if he had still possessed a body and had not needed Heavenly Flames to revive.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Han Feng’s accusation, formed an earth-yellow flaming ruler, and prepared to fight him.

Xiao Yan and Han Feng battled with their Heavenly Flames and agreed to decide the fight with one final move. As they prepared their attacks, an unnamed man and woman arrived, and the man saw an opportunity to benefit from the clash.

• Xiao Yan attacked Han Feng with a Heavenly Flame ruler, but Han Feng countered with the Netherworld Poison Flame and an Eighteen-Foot Serpent Spear.
• Han Feng revealed that he had seized the Netherworld Poison Flame after obtaining the Fen Jue, while Xiao Yan used his Green Lotus Core Flame and Wind Fury Dragon Flame to resist him.
• Xiao Yan and Han Feng exchanged the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and Radiant Seal, creating a massive blast that injured the Gold Silver Elders.
• After recovering with medicinal pills, Han Feng proposed settling the battle with one move, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Han Feng formed a Netherworld Phantom Beast as Xiao Yan gathered two flames with traces of white soul energy.
• An unnamed man and woman flew toward the fighters, and the man realized that the battle could benefit him.

Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng and was about to kill him when Xiao Han appeared, having reached the Dou Zun realm. Xiao Han claimed Han Feng and blocked Xiao Yan from leaving after Han Feng revealed Xiao Yan’s ability to absorb others’ Dou Qi and blood essence.

• Han Feng and Xiao Yan’s attacks collided, destroying Maple City and leaving Xiao Yan standing over the defeated Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan prepared to kill Han Feng, but Xiao Han appeared and stopped his fist with a Space Lock.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Han as a Dou Zun and argued that Han Feng had to die by his hand, but Xiao Han insisted that Han Feng was his.
• Xiao Yan agreed to leave Han Feng to Xiao Han, but Xiao Han blocked his way as Han Feng exposed Xiao Yan’s secret cultivation technique.

Xiao Han blocked Xiao Yan from leaving and decided to eliminate him despite their agreement. As Xiao Yan prepared his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, Xiao Han formed four Heavenly Flame phantom beasts, leaving Xiao Yan badly outmatched.

• Xiao Yan insisted that Xiao Han had agreed not to attack him for a year, while Han Feng warned that Xiao Yan's rapid cultivation growth made him dangerous.
• Xiao Han blocked Xiao Yan's escape and said he would not let a future threat go free.
• Xiao Yan summoned two Heavenly Flames and began preparing his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, intending to use the clash to escape.
• Xiao Han formed a Green Lotus vicious wolf, then added a bone-white tiger and a deep-blue lion, shocking Xiao Yan with his ability to manifest multiple phantom beasts.
• Xiao Han manifested a fourth, milky-white leopard, while Xiao Yan realized his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus could not withstand the beasts.

Xiao Han unleashed his Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method against Xiao Yan, overpowering Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus and leaving a vast crater. Xiao Han wondered why killing the Dou Po Plane’s protagonist had brought no notification or reward.

• The Gold Silver Elders, Han Feng, and the other observers were stunned by Xiao Han’s control of multiple Heavenly Flames.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Han’s Heaven-grade Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method was too powerful to withstand.
• Xiao Han sent four Heavenly Flame beasts at Xiao Yan, whose Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus only briefly slowed their attack.
• Xiao Yan tried to escape, but the beasts struck him and devastated the surrounding area.
• Xiao Han asked Xiao Ai why he had received no notification or reward after killing Xiao Yan.

Xiao Han learned Xiao Yan had survived his attack because Yao Chen sacrificed his soul to protect him. Xiao Han revealed that he had spared Xiao Yan to let him collect Heavenly Flames for harvest, leaving Xiao Yan weakened and trapped before him.

• System Xiao Ai told Xiao Han that Xiao Yan was still alive, and Xiao Han realized Yao Chen had shielded him from the attack.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan his Soul Origin was badly damaged and entered Xiao Yan's storage ring as a faint wisp of mist.
• Xiao Han confronted Xiao Yan, who accused him of breaking their agreement not to fight for a year.
• Xiao Han explained that he had spared Xiao Yan to let him gather Heavenly Flames, which Xiao Han intended to seize.
• Xiao Yan realized he was too weak to escape while Yao Chen was unconscious, and he spat out blood.

Xiao Han used his Extraction ability to strip Xiao Yan of his teacher, skills, cultivation method, Heavenly Flames, and much of his Dou Qi. After Xiao Yan’s realm fell by a major level, Xiao Han turned his attention to Han Feng, leaving Xiao Yan broken and asking to be killed.

• Xiao Han sealed Xiao Yan in place and began extracting his possessions, but Xiao Yan’s devouring ability initially drew some of Xiao Han’s Dou Qi into himself.
• Xiao Han extracted Old Man Yao’s soul, Xiao Yan’s Fighting Skills, and Fen Jue.
• Xiao Han extracted the Green Lotus Core Flame and Wind Fury Dragon Flame from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Han repeatedly extracted Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, gaining 7.5 million attribute points and reducing Xiao Yan’s realm by a major level.
• Xiao Han stopped with eight extraction attempts remaining, released Xiao Yan, and turned toward Han Feng; Xiao Yan fell and asked Xiao Han to kill him.

Xiao Han spared Xiao Yan to keep him searching for Heavenly Flames, then revealed that he knew Xiao Yan’s story because they were both transmigrators. The chapter left Xiao Yan stunned as Xiao Han used his system to fuse the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and rise to Five-star Dou Zun.

• Xiao Han refused to kill Xiao Yan, explaining that he needed him to search for Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan recalled how Xiao Han had repeatedly taken opportunities before him and asked how Xiao Han knew so much about his life.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan exchanged lines that revealed they were both transmigrators.
• Xiao Han said he knew Xiao Yan’s story from a book and identified his system as his Golden Finger.
• Xiao Han fused the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, gained experience and a Lucky Draw Ticket, and advanced three levels to Five-star Dou Zun.

Xiao Han revealed his system’s overwhelming power and summoned Lu Bu, leaving Xiao Yan convinced he could never catch up. Rather than keep seeking Heavenly Flames that Xiao Han could take from him, Xiao Yan killed himself, shocking Xiao Han.

• Xiao Han told Xiao Yan that his system let him level up without bottlenecks and revealed its lotteries, exchange shop, and ability to summon heroic figures.
• Xiao Han used a Summon Card to summon Lu Bu, an Eight-star Dou Zun who pledged himself to Xiao Han and would grow stronger as Xiao Han advanced.
• Xiao Han demonstrated his Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method and told Xiao Yan that he had obtained the Fire Control Art before Xiao Yan could.
• Xiao Han let Xiao Yan leave, but Xiao Yan concluded that pursuing Heavenly Flames would only benefit Xiao Han and swore he would not let that happen.
• Xiao Yan drew a treasure sword and cut his own throat before Xiao Han could stop him.

After Xiao Yan killed himself and Han Feng was murdered by one of Yao Chen’s former disciples, Xiao Han intercepted Soul Hall agents seeking the dead men’s souls. Xiao Han seized Han Feng’s soul and began burning a Soul Hall Protector, while the agent collecting Xiao Yan’s soul escaped.

• Xiao Yan ended his own life, granting Xiao Han enough experience to rise from Five-star Dou Zun to Seven-star Dou Zun.
• A young man in a Black Robe stabbed Han Feng and revealed that he had killed him to avenge his master, Yao Chen.
• Soul Hall agents appeared at Xiao Yan’s and Han Feng’s corpses to collect their souls, and Xiao Han rushed to Han Feng’s body.
• Xiao Han stopped a Soul Hall Protector from taking Han Feng’s soul, overcame its attacks with Heavenly Flames and Space Bind, and claimed the soul.
• Xiao Han dragged the fleeing Protector from underground and burned it with pale-white flames, while the other Soul Hall agent escaped with Xiao Yan’s soul.

After defeating Xiao Yan, Xiao Han extracted and fused Han Feng’s Netherworld Poison Flame, advancing to First-turn Dou Zun. He forced the surviving Black Alliance leaders to submit to the Huaxia Empire and flew toward the former Gamma Empire capital, delaying the System’s offer to construct a Plane Gate.

• Xiao Han extracted the Netherworld Poison Flame from Han Feng’s soul and fused with it, gaining rewards and advancing to First-turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Han assessed his strengthened spatial control and body, then faced the wary Gold Silver Elders and other surviving Black Alliance members.
• Xiao Han ordered the Black Alliance to disband and its factions to submit to the Huaxia Empire, and the leaders agreed.
• Xiao Han gave the leaders Three Corpses Brain Soul Pills and threatened them with death if they refused; they swallowed the pills and were told to collect suppressing medicine in the Huaxia Empire’s capital each year.
• Xiao Han spoke with Su Qian and the others, then flew toward the former imperial capital of the Gamma Empire.
• The System offered to construct a Plane Gate when Xiao Han considered traveling to other planes, but he postponed the decision until he handled other matters.

Xiao Han returned to the Huaxia Empire, reunited with his parents, and strengthened them with a Heavenly Flame and increased cultivation. After preparing to travel to another plane, he entered a randomly designated Plane Gate with Han Feng and Yao Chen.

• Xiao Han descended near the Huaxia Empire's capital and proved his identity as the Crown Prince by displaying two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Han reunited with Xiao Hao and his mother, then fused the Green Lotus Core Flame into Xiao Hao.
• Xiao Han raised Xiao Hao's cultivation to Five-star Dou Emperor and his mother's to Three-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Han instructed Xiao Hao to distribute antidotes to the experts controlled by the Three Corpses Brain Soul Pill.
• Xiao Han chose random travel through a Plane Gate and entered with Han Feng and Yao Chen.

Xiao Han arrived in the Douluo Continent during Tang San’s era and accepted the identity of Big Dummy, Old Jack’s grandson in Holy Soul Village. After the villagers found him, Xiao Han discovered that his Dou Qi was mostly restricted by mysterious shackles.

• Xiao Han emerged in Soul Severing Ravine and learned from Xiao Ai that he had entered the Douluo Plane during Tang San’s era.
• Xiao Han fused with the corpse’s identity and learned that he was Big Dummy, an intellectually disabled boy raised by Old Jack, despite Old Jack having no known children.
• Villagers searching for Big Dummy found Xiao Han, who surprised them by speaking fluently and offering Old Jack and the villagers elaborate blessings.
• Old Jack scolded Xiao Han for disappearing for three days, and Xiao Han claimed a fall from the cliff had changed him.
• As Xiao Han followed Old Jack back to the village, he found most of his Dou Qi difficult to circulate and asked Xiao Ai what was happening.

Xiao Han learned that the Douluo Plane had sealed his cultivation until he obtained soul rings, though the restriction would disappear after three months there. As he prepared for the next day’s martial soul awakening ceremony, Old Jack fiercely forbade him from attending, making Xiao Han suspect that the village elder knew something about his origins.

• Xiao Ai told Xiao Han that his cultivation was level zero and would recover as he obtained soul rings, or after he spent three months in the Douluo Plane.
• Xiao Ai could not determine whether Xiao Han had multiple martial souls before his awakening ceremony, and confirmed that time passed equally in the Douluo and Dou Po Planes.
• Xiao Han learned that the Spirit Hall soul master would arrive in Holy Soul Village the next day to conduct the martial soul awakening ceremony.
• Xiao Han told Old Jack he intended to attend the ceremony, but Old Jack objected because Xiao Han was already twelve and had passed the usual age.
• Old Jack threatened to break Xiao Han’s legs if he attended the ceremony and ordered him to stay home, strengthening Xiao Han’s suspicion that Old Jack knew a secret about him.

Xiao Han met Tang San in Holy Soul Village, then tested which of his abilities remained usable in the Douluo Plane. He left Han Feng’s and Old Man Yao’s souls in Soul Severing Ravine, earning experience rewards and disrupting the Battle Through the Heavens storyline.

• Xiao Han met Tang San on the road, while Tang San wondered about Xiao Han’s changed demeanor and his own stalled cultivation.
• Xiao Han tested his strength and Dou Techniques in Soul Severing Ravine, then confirmed that he could still use Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Fire Control Art despite his limited Dou Qi.
• Xiao Han learned that his limited Dou Qi could not activate Purple Cloud Wings and used a Blue Potion to recover.
• Xiao Han put Han Feng’s soul in a storage ring and tossed it into Soul Severing Ravine, earning 1,200,000 Experience Points and 240,000 Coupon Points.
• Xiao Han threw Xiao Yan’s storage ring containing Old Man Yao’s soul into the ravine, earning another 2,500,000 Experience Points and 500,000 Coupon Points.

Xiao Han reached Holy Soul Village’s Spirit Hall and insisted on being included in the martial soul awakening despite Old Jack and Su Yuntao’s objections. Su Yuntao began the ceremony, leaving Xiao Han and Tang San among the children waiting to awaken their martial souls.

• Old Jack explained the village’s Spirit Saint handprint to the children gathered at Spirit Hall.
• Su Yuntao arrived from Nuoding City and introduced himself as a level twenty-six Great Soul Master.
• Xiao Han joined the group after revealing that Old Jack’s ropes had not kept him away, then argued that no rule barred him from awakening his martial soul.
• Su Yuntao reluctantly allowed Xiao Han to enter Spirit Hall, where a child shoved him and the children lined up for the ceremony.
• Su Yuntao used six black stones to begin awakening the first child’s martial soul and displayed his Lone Wolf possession.

Su Yuntao awakened the children’s Martial Souls and discovered Tang San had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Spirit Power. Xiao Han entered the awakening array last, while Su Yuntao secretly intensified the ritual to punish him, leaving Xiao Han wary of the change.

• Su Yuntao awakened several children’s Martial Souls, including sickles, farm tools, and Blue Silver Grass, and dismissed them as useless.
• Tang San insisted on having his soul power tested, and the Crystal Ball revealed he had Innate Full Spirit Power.
• Su Yuntao explained the value of Innate Full Spirit Power, while Xiao Han privately noted that even higher levels were possible.
• Xiao Han stepped into the array for his awakening, and Su Yuntao made the stones spin faster and glow brighter to make him suffer.
• Xiao Han sensed the change and wondered what he had done to provoke Su Yuntao.

Xiao Han awakened a mysterious black ring-like Martial Soul and shocked Su Yuntao with his strength during the soul power test. The Crystal Ball confirmed his innate full soul power before breaking, while Xiao Han realized his power went beyond level ten.

• Golden light awakened Xiao Han's black ring-like Martial Soul, which Su Yuntao mistook for a weak Eyeball Martial Soul.
• Xiao Han sensed that a second Martial Soul was awakening but remained restrained.
• Xiao Han released a shockwave that shattered the jade stones and injured Su Yuntao, who then treated him with respect.
• Xiao Han pressed his hand against the Crystal Ball, which shone brightly and crumbled into powder.
• Su Yuntao confirmed Xiao Han had innate full soul power, and Xiao Han realized his strength exceeded level ten.