Chapter Summaries

Hun Ruoruo destroyed Queen Medusa’s avatar and provoked Gu He’s group into pursuing the Heavenly Flame while Medusa was breaking through. Xiao Yan entered the Holy City and unleashed his evolved Void Spirit Devouring Flame, drawing out a hidden Snake People Dou Emperor and triggering a battle.

• Hun Ruoruo killed Queen Medusa’s Energy Body avatar and exposed that Medusa was trying to break through to Dou Zong.
• Gu He persuaded his companions to seize the Heavenly Flame before Medusa could complete her breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan learned from Old Man Yao that the Snake People Tribe might have a retired leader with Dou Emperor cultivation hidden in reserve.
• Xiao Yan reached the Holy City and unleashed the evolved Void Spirit Devouring Flame with Old Man Yao’s Dou Qi boost.
• The Black Snake Commander summoned the hidden elder, who attacked Gu He’s group as Xiao Yan slipped into the Holy City.

Xiao Yan entered Holy City to seize the Green Lotus Core Flame, but a Lightning Tribulation shattered the concealment barrier and struck Queen Medusa during her evolution. Afterward, Xiao Yan found the Heavenly Flame and a seemingly lifeless seven-colored snake beside her apparent remains.

• A Snake People elder accused Gu He’s group of attacking Holy City, and Yun Yun persuaded Gu He to keep seeking an opportunity while Hun Ruoruo agreed to help for a higher price.
• Xiao Yan breached Queen Medusa’s isolation barrier and followed Void Spirit Devouring Flame toward the Green Lotus Core Flame as Medusa’s evolution began.
• Xiao Yan rushed toward the Imperial Palace and prepared to strike Queen Medusa, but Old Man Yao warned him to retreat when a Lightning Tribulation formed overhead.
• The lightning shattered the barrier and struck Queen Medusa, stopping the battle outside Holy City as Gu He prepared to take advantage of the chaos.
• Xiao Yan found a green lotus containing the cyan flame and a limp seven-colored snake, then set the snake aside and approached the flame.

Xiao Yan obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame after Queen Medusa's evolution left her in the form of a Little Snake, but refused Old Man Yao's proposal to keep her as a battle pet. As the palace barrier neared collapse and enemies gathered outside, Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao prepared to move the flame before anyone discovered them.

• Old Man Yao explained that Queen Medusa had survived her transformation and become a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with the potential to grow immensely powerful.
• Xiao Yan raised the Mysterious Black Ruler to kill the Little Snake, but Old Man Yao stopped him and urged him to make her a battle pet; Xiao Yan refused.
• Old Man Yao suspected Xiao Yan was thinking of Ruoruo, and Xiao Yan admitted he wanted to act carefully even if she might not care.
• As the barrier cracked and fighting raged outside, Old Man Yao warned that collecting the Green Lotus Core Flame would be difficult without its Green Lotus Seat Platform.
• Old Man Yao planned to use Soul Force to wrap the flame while Xiao Yan used the Void Spirit Devouring Flame to carry it away before the barrier broke.

Hun Ruoruo helped Gu He’s group enter Snake People Holy City, secretly concealed Xiao Yan as he escaped with the Heavenly Flames, and then sent Gu He back to support Yun Yun. She pursued Xiao Yan herself, closing the distance as bottles clinked in her Storage Ring.

• Hun Ruoruo and Yun Yun held off the Snake People elder while Hun Ruoruo secretly conserved her strength and urged Gu He to wait for the barrier to break.
• The barrier shattered, Queen Medusa’s failed evolution plunged Holy City into chaos, and Gu He led the group inside to search for the Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Ruoruo discovered the seven-colored Little Snake—Queen Medusa—and hid her, then pointed Gu He toward Xiao Yan fleeing with the Heavenly Flames.
• Gu He and his companions pursued Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flames and his Wings to escape at extraordinary speed.
• Hun Ruoruo convinced Gu He to return and aid Yun Yun, then pursued Xiao Yan herself while concealing her true intentions.

Hun Ruoruo caught Xiao Yan by cutting off his wings and recovering the Green Lotus Flame, but Xiao Yan then deduced that Senior Shuang was an impostor outside Gu He’s group. He wrongly concluded that she was secretly hoarding Heaveny Flames, leaving Hun Ruoruo surprised by his reasoning.

• Hun Ruoruo pursued Xiao Yan with Water Blades after deciding to knock him down rather than risk revealing her identity.
• Hun Ruoruo’s Water Blades shredded Old Man Yao’s barrier and severed Xiao Yan’s wings, sending him crashing into the sand.
• Hun Ruoruo collected the Green Lotus Flame and teased Xiao Yan, who climbed out of the sand and called her vicious.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that Senior Shuang was not truly part of Gu He’s group because of her knowledge of the Snake Woman and her powerful Soul Force.
• Xiao Yan accused Hun Ruoruo of coveting the Heaveny Flames and intending to keep them, leaving her speechless and wondering whether he was a genius.

Xiao Yan fought the weakened Black-Robed Woman for the Green Lotus Core Flame, using his knowledge of Heavenly Flames and a hidden burst of strength to break through her water defense. When he recognized her cultivation flaw, she revealed herself as Ruo and offered him the Green Lotus Core Flame as a reward.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Black-Robed Woman could not refine the Green Lotus Core Flame and pointed out that suppressing it had weakened her.
• Xiao Yan attacked with the Mysterious Black Ruler, broke her water wall with a stored burst of force, and followed with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Yan and the Black-Robed Woman exchanged more than a hundred moves as he noticed that her strength was steadily fading.
• Xiao Yan recognized a flaw in her cultivation and called out to Ruo as she secretly launched a concealed Water Blade at a distant target.
• The Black-Robed Woman dropped her disguise, revealed her beautiful face, and offered Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame as his reward.

Xiao Yan reunited with Hun Ruoruo in the Tagor Desert and discovered that she had used a Water Blade to ambush the Snake People Commanders. When Hun Ruoruo tried to send him away with the Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan revealed his surging strength, told her to wait, and charged the Snake People.

• Xiao Yan recognized Hun Ruoruo and questioned her about her presence in the Tagor Desert and her concealed identity.
• Hun Ruoruo lost control of her Water Blade when Xiao Yan approached, and its strike revealed five Snake People experts, including the grievously wounded Yan Ci.
• The Grey-robed Elder threatened that the Snake People Clan Leader would arrive and keep the Heavenly Flames and Xiao Yan’s group from escaping.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yan to take the Green Lotus Core Flame and run while she stayed to hold off the Snake People.
• Xiao Yan realized Hun Ruoruo lacked the strength for a prolonged battle, pushed her onto a dune, and told her to wait before attacking the Snake People with his surging aura.
• Hun Ruoruo watched Xiao Yan fight and, after recovering from her surprise, complained that he had dared snap at her.

Xiao Yan used Old Man Yao’s power and the Void Spirit Devouring Flame to fight the Snake People experts, then defeated their combined Five Snake Poison Brake Seal with a devastating ruler strike. He emerged battered but alive, dragging the smashed python and asking whether it could be roasted and eaten.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Snake People commanders, and the Grey-robed Elder ordered them to form the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal.
• The five Snake People combined their Dou Qi into a giant python that knocked Xiao Yan into the ground and battered him.
• Yan Ci threatened Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, enraging Xiao Yan as he took up his Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Flame-Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler, and the giant python collided with the wave of fire in a massive explosion.
• Hun Ruoruo heard strange impacts inside the chaotic storm and watched Xiao Yan crawl from a deep crater, dragging the python’s mangled body.
• Xiao Yan tossed the python aside, collapsed, and asked whether it could be roasted and eaten.

After Xiao Yan killed a Snake Person Commander, he confronted Hun Ruoruo over her concealments and the humiliating labels she had given him. He pinned her in the sand and began spanking her, leaving their quarrel unresolved.

• Hun Ruoruo reacted with shock to Xiao Yan killing the Snake Person Commander, and Xiao Yan said the man had died for speaking disrespectfully.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan and defended hiding information from him as a way to help him gain experience.
• Xiao Yan confronted Hun Ruoruo for calling him a male concubine in front of Gu He and his group and for repeatedly mocking him.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Hun Ruoruo as she tried to escape, pinned her in the sand, and lifted her skirt.
• Xiao Yan swung his hand down and spanked Hun Ruoruo.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo argued after his uncontrolled behavior, and Hun Ruoruo restrained the Beast Spirit’s influence on him. Xiao Yan realized that controlling souls carried a dangerous cost and began to understand the effects it might have had on Ruoruo.

• Hun Ruoruo slapped Xiao Yan and warned him not to mistake her help for romantic interest.
• Xiao Yan apologized for going too far, and the two argued about their earlier exposure and embarrassment.
• Xiao Yan’s Beast Spirit savagery surged again, and Hun Ruoruo used Soul Water Dou Qi to restrain him and heal his wounds.
• Hun Ruoruo pulled black mist from Xiao Yan’s mind and explained that his Soul Force was not strong enough to control the Beast Souls safely.
• Xiao Yan recalled Old Man Yao’s words and felt guilty as he began to understand why Ruoruo’s personality had flaws.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo fled the Snake People Tribe’s territory and camped in a remote desert hideaway. He regretted giving in to the Beast Soul’s influence and promised to better control himself, while Ruoruo teased him and asked him to prepare their meal.

• Xiao Yan avoided returning to Shimo City because rumors about his Heavenly Flame could endanger his brothers and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• At their desert camp, Xiao Yan asked Hun Ruoruo whether she had planned the conflict involving Gu He’s group, the Snake People Tribe, and his actions.
• Hun Ruoruo confirmed that she had guided events, including giving Xiao Yan the scroll of Heavenly Flame coordinates and capturing Yue Mei to provoke a fight.
• Xiao Yan apologized for his behavior under the Beast Soul’s influence and vowed it would never happen again.
• Hun Ruoruo laughed at his confidence, then asked him to cut up a snake and roast it; Xiao Yan protested that his injured hand had not healed.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo found a secluded cave near the Tagor Desert to prepare for Xiao Yan to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Xiao Yan reached his peak condition and Hun Ruoruo refused to delay despite her exhaustion, he began the process by entering the cold spring and reaching for the Flame's Fire Seed.

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo found a hidden cave in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Hun Ruoruo warned Xiao Yan that refining this Heavenly Flame would be difficult and prepared to conceal the mountain range's disturbance with a Disguise Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan meditated for several hours and asked Hun Ruoruo to rest, but she refused to delay the absorption.
• Xiao Yan entered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, swallowed a Blood Lotus Pill, and thrust his hand into the Green Lotus to seize the Fire Seed.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yan successfully obtains the Green Lotus Core Flame (Fire Seed) from the Snake Person Commander.
• He discovers that the Fire Seed's energy is being absorbed by his Void Spirit Devouring Flame, rather than returning to heaven and earth.
• Xiao Yan begins to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, which resists violently but is ultimately subdued.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yan: Becomes more determined to cultivate and stand shoulder to shoulder with Ruoruo. Realizes the power of the Heavenly Tier Dou Technique and the need to continuously devour Heavenly Flames to evolve the Fierce Heaven Art.
• Hun Ruoruo: Shows concern and curiosity about Xiao Yan's absorption of the Heavenly Flame.

Significant Themes

• The power and danger of Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan's determination and dedication to cultivation.
• The unique properties of the Void Spirit Devouring Flame.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo: Xiao Yan asks Ruoruo for help in absorbing the excess energy from the Green Lotus Core Flame. Ruoruo shows concern and amusement at Xiao Yan's predicament.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yan encounters difficulties while refining the Green Lotus Core Flame's seed, causing his meridians immense suffering.
• Hun Ruoruo helps Xiao Yan by using her water-based method to repair his meridians and release excess energy.
• Xiao Yan successfully refines the Green Lotus Core Flame's seed, leading to a significant increase in his cultivation and the advancement of the Fierce Heaven Art to Earth-tier.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yan: Demonstrates his recklessness and determination in refining Heavenly Flames, leading to a breakthrough in his cultivation and the advancement of his Dou Qi.
• Hun Ruoruo: Shows her care and concern for Xiao Yan, using her abilities to help him despite her initial teasing.

Significant Themes

• Determination and Recklessness: Xiao Yan's unyielding spirit in facing challenges, even when they seem insurmountable.
• Friendship and Assistance: Hun Ruoruo's willingness to help Xiao Yan, despite their initial playful banter.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo: Their interaction is playful and teasing, with Hun Ruoruo often taking the lead in their banter. However, she demonstrates genuine concern for Xiao Yan's well-being, showing a deeper connection between them.
• Xiao Yan and the Green Lotus Core Flame: Xiao Yan's struggle to refine the flame highlights his determination and the challenges he faces in his journey to become stronger.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yan successfully absorbs the Green Lotus Core Flame, advancing to Dou Grandmaster Five-star and refining his Heavenly Flame.
• Hun Ruoruo, after helping Xiao Yan, feels a strange, forgotten connection to the concept of friendship.
• Xiao Yan discovers that his Void Spirit Devouring Flame can now complement the Fierce Heaven Art, significantly enhancing his Dou Qi recovery and power.
• Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Armor, after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame's energy, becomes tangible and extremely powerful.

Character Developments

• Hun Ruoruo: Reflects on the concept of friendship and realizes her lack of understanding in this area. She also feels a strange torment in her soul, hinting at her past actions.
• Xiao Yan: Advances to Dou Grandmaster Five-star, discovers the synergy between his Heavenly Flame and the Fierce Heaven Art, and gains a powerful Dou Qi Armor.

Significant Themes

• Friendship and Relationships: Hun Ruoruo ponders the nature of friendship, contrasting it with her past actions and lack of understanding.
• Power and Growth: Xiao Yan's absorption of the Green Lotus Core Flame leads to significant advancements in his cultivation and Dou Qi Armor.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo interact after Xiao Yan's successful absorption of the Heavenly Flame. Hun Ruoruo helps Xiao Yan understand the changes in his Dou Qi Armor, and they discuss the nature of Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame and its synergy with the Fierce Heaven Art.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yan names his new Dou Qi Armor "Lion Soul Lotus Heart Armor".
• Hun Ruoruo expresses her desire to go into seclusion due to energy loss.
• Xiao Yan suggests Hun Ruoruo visit his brothers (Xiao Ding and Xiao Li) in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Hun Ruoruo reveals she doesn't want to maintain her facade and act like a dignified young lady from a powerful family.
• Queen Medusa, Hun Ruoruo's pet snake, appears and attacks Xiao Yan's armor.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yan shows concern and guilt for Hun Ruoruo's energy loss, demonstrating his growing care for her.
• Hun Ruoruo reveals her true feelings about acting and maintaining her facade, showing a more genuine side to Xiao Yan.

Significant Themes

• The theme of authenticity and true feelings is emphasized through Hun Ruoruo's revelation about her dislike for acting.
• The theme of friendship and trust is explored as Xiao Yan tries to convince Hun Ruoruo to visit his brothers.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo's interactions show a growing understanding and comfort with each other, with Hun Ruoruo feeling more at ease around Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan's concern for Hun Ruoruo's well-being leads to a heart-to-heart conversation between them.
• Queen Medusa's appearance adds a comedic element to the scene, breaking the tension and showing Xiao Yan's surprise and absurdity.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yan encounters a little snake, which he initially mistakes for Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yan learns that the little snake is not Queen Medusa but a separate entity with a shared soul.
• Xiao Yan agrees to tame the little snake and feeds it with Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Hun Ruoruo decides they need to go to Shimo City to recover her strength before implanting a Soul Seal on the little snake.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yan: Shows his protective nature towards Hun Ruoruo and his carefree personality. He also displays his fear of Queen Medusa and his initial suspicion towards the little snake.
• Hun Ruoruo: Reveals her knowledge about the little snake's origins and her plan to help it. She also shows her trust in Xiao Yan by asking him to lead the way to Shimo City.

Significant Themes

• Trust and understanding: Xiao Yan's initial suspicion towards the little snake and Hun Ruoruo's patient explanation highlight the theme of trust and understanding between characters.
• Growth and change: The little snake's transformation and Xiao Yan's acceptance of it reflect the theme of growth and change.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yan and the little snake: Xiao Yan's initial hostility towards the little snake changes to acceptance and care after learning its true nature.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo: Their interaction shows mutual trust and understanding, with Hun Ruoruo relying on Xiao Yan's guidance and Xiao Yan accepting her decisions.
• Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa: Xiao Yan's fear of Queen Medusa influences his initial reaction towards the little snake.

Xiao Yan put off taking Hai Bodong’s map fragment while Ruoruo recovered, then told her how his father’s favoritism and his brothers’ sacrifices shaped his life. He and Ruoruo reached Shimo City, where Xiao Yan eagerly called out to his brothers.

• Xiao Yan decided to delay claiming Hai Bodong’s map fragment until Ruoruo had recovered.
• Hai Bodong closed his shop and resolved to build a relationship with Xiao Yan, whom he believed to be a powerful young master.
• As Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo crossed the desert, he explained that his father had devoted the family’s resources to him and that his brothers had come to the desert to secure a refuge for him.
• Xiao Yan praised his brothers’ talents and the mercenary force they had built, while Hun Ruoruo listened.
• Xiao Yan spotted Shimo City and ran toward it, joyfully announcing that he had returned to his eldest and second brothers.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li worried about Xiao Yan's dangerous search for a Heavenly Flame until he returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group with Hun Ruoruo and the flame. He explained that Hun Ruoruo had helped him obtain it, leaving his brothers relieved and unexpectedly convinced that their younger brother had brought home a romantic interest.

• Xiao Li proposed capturing Snake People to learn about the tribe, but Xiao Ding insisted they wait for Xiao Yan rather than risk provoking Luobu.
• A mercenary announced that Xiao Yan had returned with a treasure, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hurried to welcome him.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were stunned to find Hun Ruoruo standing beside Xiao Yan and mistook her for the treasure he had brought back.
• Xiao Yan clarified that the treasure was the Heavenly Flame and explained that Hun Ruoruo had helped him obtain it and needed time to recover.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li accepted Xiao Yan's explanation and privately took his closeness with Hun Ruoruo as a sign of romance.

Hun Ruoruo charmed Xiao Yan’s brothers while they questioned her about her relationship with him. She called Xiao Yan “Husband,” leaving him on the floor as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li turned on him in fury.

• Xiao Yan invited Hun Ruoruo into the tent, where she praised Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and let them believe she was a considerate partner.
• Xiao Li promised Hun Ruoruo that he and Xiao Ding would discipline Xiao Yan if he mistreated her, while Xiao Yan protested that he had done nothing.
• Xiao Ding asked Hun Ruoruo when she met Xiao Yan and whether she minded his former illness, testing whether she valued him beyond his talent.
• Hun Ruoruo realized Xiao Ding thought she was Xiao Yan’s girlfriend and recalled that she had cured Xiao Yan’s illness.
• Hun Ruoruo called Xiao Yan “Husband,” prompting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to smash their chair armrests as Xiao Yan fell to the floor and pleaded for them to hear him out.