Chapter Summaries

In Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Fallen Heart Flame was sealed beneath the tower and warned him against trying to take it by force. Yao Chen proposed using the academy’s strength to lure Han Feng into a trap, leaving Xiao Yan to prepare for the coming fight.

• Yao Chen sensed that Fallen Heart Flame was sealed beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, but warned Xiao Yan that Jia Nan Academy and Lin Feng were too powerful to challenge directly.
• Yao Chen recounted how Han Feng, his former disciple, had betrayed him, and Xiao Yan vowed to capture Han Feng for his teacher.
• Yao Chen proposed joining forces with Jia Nan Academy to trap Han Feng when he came to seize Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to break through to Four-star Dou Spirit before the battle.
• In Maple City, Han Feng reclaimed Sea Heart Flame, plotted, sought out Lin Feng, and made a deal.

Lin Feng negotiated with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to help capture Han Feng and obtain the Sea Heart Flame, trading an ancient puppet for Yao Chen’s Method of Spirit Ascension. Yao Chen accepted the exchange, leaving Lin Feng with the secret technique and Xiao Yan with the prospect of a powerful ally.

• Su Qian brought Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to Lin Feng’s secluded cultivation site, where Lin Feng used spatial relocation to meet them.
• Yao Chen explained the plan to capture Han Feng and offered Lin Feng a reward from his collection for help from him and Queen Medusa.
• Lin Feng requested Yao Chen’s Method of Spirit Ascension and pointed out that Yao Chen also wanted Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan.
• Lin Feng revealed an ancient puppet that could rival an Eight-star Dou Emperor and might grow stronger by absorbing pill lightning.
• Xiao Yan urged Yao Chen to accept the trade, and Yao Chen gave Lin Feng the scroll containing the Method of Spirit Ascension.

Lin Feng agreed to help Jia Nan Academy contain the Fallen Heart Flame and chose not to use Yao Chen and Xiao Yan as bait for Soul Hall. As the academy resealed the tower without casualties, Han Feng sensed the Heavenly Flame and summoned allies, including a mysterious presence in black mist.

• Lin Feng agreed with Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Su Qian to act in three days, then decided against exposing Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to lure Soul Hall.
• Lin Feng cultivated with the Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood until the Green Lotus Core Flame reacted to the Fallen Heart Flame, prompting him to leave seclusion.
• Su Qian and the elders evacuated the students and began resealing the Fallen Heart Flame without any casualties.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to focus on obtaining Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame and revealed that he knew of another Heavenly Flame; Xiao Yan went to practice controlling his puppet.
• Han Feng sensed a spiritual treasure at Jia Nan Academy and sent Han Beng to summon allies, while the Golden Silver Elders pledged to assist him.
• Han Feng crushed a jade slip to call for more support, and black mist arrived in the bamboo grove.

Han Feng confronted Protector Tie over his remarks about Yao Chen, then hired him to accompany him to Jia Nan Academy. Protector Tie demanded a steep payment and warned that the Soul Hall charged its full fee even if the mission failed; Han Feng agreed, while secretly planning to kill him.

• Han Feng revealed his Two-star Dou Zong aura and formed his Sea Heart Flame into a halberd after Protector Tie taunted him about Yao Chen.
• Han Feng asked Protector Tie to join him on a trip to Jia Nan Academy, and Protector Tie hesitated over the academy’s strength and reputation.
• Protector Tie demanded valuable soul bodies or a Sixth-grade Alchemist’s soul as payment and stated that the Soul Hall charged even for failed missions.
• Han Feng accepted Protector Tie’s terms and arranged for them to set out in three days.

Han Feng gathered Black Corner Region experts in Maple City and demanded their help in attacking Jia Nan Academy to seize its treasure. After he killed Old Ghost Black Mountain for refusing, the crowd changed its tune and realized Han Feng had reached the Dou Zong realm.

• Yuan Yi, the Night Demon Spirit, the Golden Silver Elders, and other powerful figures appeared in Maple City as Han Feng gathered an assembly.
• Han Feng asked the assembled experts to help him break into Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy and seize its treasure.
• The crowd doubted Han Feng's plan, and Old Ghost Black Mountain refused to join, saying he would answer a future summons instead.
• Han Feng killed Old Ghost Black Mountain with the Sea Heart Flame after he turned to leave.
• The crowd praised Han Feng and condemned Old Ghost Black Mountain, then realized Han Feng was standing in midair and had become a Dou Zong.

Han Feng led a coalition of Black Corner Region forces toward Jia Nan Academy, while Mo Tianxing, Old Ancestor Di Mo, and hidden Dou Zongs prepared to exploit the conflict. As the invaders passed Peace Town, Wu Tianlang and Hu Gan watched them go and confirmed that the bait had been taken.

• Old Man Ying Shan warned Han Feng that four Dou Zongs might not be enough, but joined the campaign after Han Feng promised him pills and revealed that other Dou Zongs would help.
• Han Feng led more than a hundred fighters out of Maple City toward Jia Nan Academy to seize its Heavenly Flame.
• Mo Tianxing and Old Ancestor Di Mo prepared to raid the treasure vaults of forces drawn into the campaign, and Old Ancestor Di Mo warned Fang Yan about Lin Feng's strength.
• Fang Yan realized Jia Nan Academy might have several additional Dou Zongs thanks to Lin Feng's Pills to Break Dou Zong, while Old Ancestor Di Mo urged Demon Flame Valley to use the conflict to expand.
• Han Feng's coalition flew past Peace Town toward Jia Nan Academy as Wu Tianlang and Hu Gan watched from hiding and said the group had taken the bait.

Han Feng led a force from the Black Corner Region through the Outer Academy toward the Inner Academy, where the Fallen Heart Flame was battering its weakening seal. As Han Feng confronted Su Qian and demanded the Heavenly Flame, the academy’s larger plan to deal with the intruders remained underway.

• Vice Principal Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang followed Han Feng’s group after they left, worried the Black Corner Region experts would attack the Outer Academy students.
• Instructor Ruo Lin ordered the Outer Academy students to hide as Han Feng’s group arrived, and she gathered the other instructors to protect them.
• Han Feng sensed a spiritual treasure and led his allies toward the Inner Academy; after they left, Hu Gan appeared and told the instructors the academy was setting a trap for the intruders.
• The Fallen Heart Flame grew restless and repeatedly struck the Thousand-Layer Seal while Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders tried to reinforce it.
• Han Feng and his group arrived before Su Qian, saw the Fallen Heart Flame inside the sealed Black Tower, and Han Feng demanded that Su Qian hand it over.

Fallen Heart Flame broke free of the Black Tower’s seal as Han Feng moved to claim it, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders and allies fought to hold back his forces. Yao Chen revealed himself to Han Feng, and as their old feud resurfaced, Protector Tie offered to capture Yao Chen in exchange for his Storage Ring.

• Lin Feng told Su Qian to release control of the seal, and Su Qian secretly instructed the elders to withdraw while preserving their strength.
• Han Feng summoned Sea Heart Flame, provoking Fallen Heart Flame to break the seal and spread Heart Flame across the battlefield.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body and prepared to confront Han Feng, while the academy’s forces withdrew and Han Feng’s allies blocked Su Qian, Hu Gan, and Wu Tianlang.
• Han Feng began drawing Fallen Heart Flame toward himself, but Yao Chen appeared and confronted him over the poisoning and the Flame Mantra.
• Protector Tie revealed himself and offered to capture Yao Chen for Soul Hall; Han Feng agreed, asking only for Yao Chen’s Storage Ring.

Lin Feng confronted Protector Tie while Yao Chen faced Han Feng, who had advanced to Dou Zong. Lin Feng trapped Protector Tie in a spatial barrier and negotiated for his life, leaving Protector Tie to offer Soul Hall techniques in exchange for mercy.

• Yao Chen rejected Lin Feng’s offer to fight Han Feng and began their confrontation as Lin Feng faced Protector Tie.
• Protector Tie discovered that Lin Feng was an Intermediate Dou Zong and tried to escape by invoking the Soul Hall’s power, but Lin Feng sealed the area with a Five Elements Barrier.
• Protector Tie surrendered and offered Lin Feng a soul pouch containing the souls of three Dou Emperors and six Dou Wangs in exchange for his life.
• Lin Feng accepted the soul pouch as his spoils of war and sent it to Yao Tianhuo for refinement, foiling Protector Tie’s scheme to cause a backlash.
• Protector Tie offered Soul Hall Dou Techniques designed for Soul Bodies, and Lin Feng invoked his reputation as an alchemist before Protector Tie handed over several scrolls.

Lin Feng spared Protector Tie by controlling his soul and turning him into an informant, then learned that Old Man Ying Shan had unusually powerful Soul Force. As battles raged at Jia Nan Academy, Lin Feng waited in hiding and weighed whom to ambush.

• Lin Feng threatened to kill Protector Tie, then offered him survival in exchange for a soul imprint and service as a Soul Hall informant.
• Protector Tie accepted, warned Lin Feng that cultivating Soul Hall techniques would expose his aura, and reported Old Man Ying Shan's powerful Soul Force.
• Lin Feng ordered Protector Tie to gather information and head toward Middle Continent, but learned that Soul Hall promotion requirements made the journey difficult.
• Lin Feng decided to handle the promotion requirement himself by targeting the Golden Silver Elders, then stayed hidden while observing the ongoing battles.
• Lin Feng saw Old Man Ying Shan controlling his fight against Grand Elder Su Qian and Han Feng gaining the advantage over Yao Chen, and wondered whom to ambush.

Lin Feng waited for a chance to strike Old Man Ying Shan while Su Qian kept the attacker occupied, then unleashed the Five Elements Seal Technique to stop Ying Shan’s soul attack and overwhelm him. The battle paused as the experts watched the aftermath of Lin Feng’s strike.

• Lin Feng decided to assassinate Old Man Ying Shan and hid while Su Qian continued fighting him.
• Lin Feng warned Su Qian not to reveal his presence, and Su Qian baited Ying Shan into focusing on their duel.
• Su Qian launched Sky-Splitting Fist as Ying Shan formed the Soul-Rending Divine Needle, threatening to injure Su Qian’s soul.
• Lin Feng unleashed Five Saints Descend, causing five sacred beasts to appear and shatter Ying Shan’s unfinished divine needle.
• Ying Shan fired three completed soul needles and raised Dou Qi shields, but the sacred beasts resisted the attacks and shattered his defenses.
• The sacred beasts struck Ying Shan, producing a cloud of smoke and vast energy ripples as the gathered fighters retreated.

Lin Feng killed Old Man Ying Shan, but sensed that the Dou Zong’s soul had escaped and uncovered a strange creature that had devoured his Soul Force. As the creature threatened to take Lin Feng’s body, Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian arrived, and Lin Feng assigned them to handle Han Feng and the Black Corner Region while he faced the monster.

• Han Feng gave Old Man Ying Shan healing pills and assumed Lin Feng had been badly injured by the attack.
• Lin Feng appeared behind Old Man Ying Shan and pierced his chest, then searched the area after sensing that the man’s soul might have escaped.
• Han Feng urged the Golden Silver Elders to flee with him, while Lin Feng’s Soul Force was swallowed by something beneath them.
• A bizarre magical beast rose from the ground, claimed it would take Lin Feng’s body, and revealed itself as the source of the strange devouring power.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian appeared beside Lin Feng with the sealed Fallen Heart Flame, and Lin Feng told them to deal with Han Feng and the Black Corner Region while he fought the creature.

Old Man Ying Shan’s soul swallowed Lin Feng, leaving Jia Nan Academy’s elders fearing the worst as Han Feng and his allies tried to escape. Yao Chen examined Lin Feng and found no sign of harm, though he could not say when Lin Feng would awaken.

• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian attacked Han Feng and his allies while Lin Feng confronted Old Man Ying Shan.
• Old Man Ying Shan’s soul passed through Lin Feng’s Adamantine Finger attack and enveloped him, making the academy’s elders believe he had been devoured.
• Black Corner Region forces fled, and Han Feng ordered a retreat when the Golden Silver Elders showed no willingness to continue fighting.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian blocked Han Feng’s escape route and attacked him and the Golden Silver Elders.
• The Black Corner Region forces found their route blocked by Jia Nan Academy experts while rival factions seized their territories and wealth.
• Yao Chen examined Lin Feng and told Su Qian and the elders that Lin Feng’s vitality and Soul Force were normal, but he could not predict when Lin Feng would awaken.

Lin Feng subdued the entity possessing him, Old Man Ying Shan, and began absorbing its Soul Force while the others fought the Black Corner Region forces. As Lin Feng awakened, two Jia Nan Academy elders cautiously asked if he was well, and he responded with confusion about who and where he was.

• Yao Chen reassured the Jia Nan Academy elders that Lin Feng was safe and sent them to fight the Black Corner Region forces while Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin battled Han Feng.
• Yao Chen encouraged Xiao Yan by describing Lin Feng's strength and the chance to claim the Sea Heart Flame, then joined him in pursuing Han Feng.
• Inside Lin Feng's sea of consciousness, the millstone and Dragon Might from the Dragon Emperor's blood suppressed the entity calling itself a member of the Saint Clan.
• Lin Feng sealed the entity and continued drawing out its Soul Force, hoping to advance his Soul Force toward the Spirit Realm.
• The black mist faded as Lin Feng awakened, and a cautious elder asked whether he was well; Lin Feng asked who he was and where he was.

Lin Feng and the Academy forces defeated Han Feng and the Black Corner Region invaders, then decided to execute the captured attackers to prevent future retaliation. Han Feng was left unconscious with Yao Chen, while Lin Feng's victory reinforced his resolve to grow stronger.

• Lin Feng reassured the two white-haired elders, then joined Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian after they captured Han Feng and the Golden Silver Elders.
• Cai Lin used the Snake Seal Technique to reduce the captives' strength, and the Golden Silver Elders begged for mercy while Han Feng refused to yield.
• Lin Feng revealed that he had reached Seventh-grade alchemy, knocked Han Feng unconscious, and left him with Yao Chen; he also disposed of the Golden Silver Elders.
• Lin Feng met Su Qian and the Academy elders, confirmed that he had sealed the black monster, and considered how to deal with the captured invaders.
• Lin Feng recommended killing the Black Corner Region captives, and Su Qian agreed as the prisoners cursed them after realizing they would not be spared.

Lin Feng traded the Fallen Heart Flame to Xiao Yan for Yao Chen’s complete alchemical knowledge, then presented the Myriad Beasts Cauldron and explained what an alchemist needed to advance. He ended by teasing Xiao Yan about blowing up cauldrons.

• Lin Feng met with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen praised the spiritual tea Lin Feng had developed.
• Lin Feng offered Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for Yao Chen’s entire understanding of alchemy, and Yao Chen accepted.
• Lin Feng handed Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame and took a Storage Ring from Yao Chen.
• Lin Feng produced the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, and Yao Chen recognized it as the cauldron ranked thirteenth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Lin Feng explained that alchemical talent depended on more than Dou Qi attributes, and highlighted Soul Force, alchemical inheritance, and a powerful medicine cauldron.
• Lin Feng asked Xiao Yan whether he often blew up cauldrons.

Lin Feng and Jia Nan Academy prepared to confront the Black Corner Region factions that had seized the spoils of war, then arrived in Maple City for the meeting. As powerful leaders gathered, rumors about Heavenly Cripple Old Man spread, and an observer questioned why his aura seemed weaker than Old Ancestor Di Mo’s.

• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yan the Myriad Beasts Cauldron and encouraged him to work hard for a place in the future Middle Continent.
• Lin Feng and Grand Elder Su Qian decided to summon the factions that had taken the academy’s spoils and use Elder Qian Bai’s strength to deter them.
• Grand Elder Su Qian led Lin Feng, the elders, and twenty Strong Ranking students toward Maple City aboard enormous Griffons.
• Old Ancestor Di Mo and other powerful Black Corner Region leaders arrived in Maple City as the gathered factions and onlookers awaited the meeting.
• An old passerby recounted Heavenly Cripple Old Man’s unusual cultivation history and self-created leg technique, prompting an old man surnamed Hua to ask why his aura seemed weaker than Old Ancestor Di Mo’s.

An old passerby recounted how Mang Tianchi defeated Heavenly Cripple Old Man and left him trapped beneath an inner demon, before Su Qian arrived in Maple City with Lin Feng to demand the Black Corner Region factions return the spoils they had taken. Heavenly Cripple Old Man challenged Su Qian, raising questions about whether he had a way to contend with Mang Tianchi.

• An old passerby explained that Heavenly Cripple Old Man’s rivalry with Mang Tianchi began when Mang Tianchi was a young Peak Dou Wang, and continued as the two grew to Four-star Dou Zongs.
• Mang Tianchi defeated Heavenly Cripple Old Man with his lightning secret technique, spared his life, and warned him to stop committing evil; the old passerby said Mang Tianchi had since reached Dou Zun and was rumored to be pursuing the Saint realm.
• Su Qian and Lin Feng arrived at Maple City with the Jia Nan Academy group, where Mo Tianxing greeted Lin Feng respectfully.
• Su Qian accused Black Corner Region factions of seizing the academy’s spoils and demanded that they return the treasures.
• Elder Shi stopped an angry Dou Zong from confronting Su Qian and told him to state the academy’s demand plainly.
• Heavenly Cripple Old Man mocked Su Qian for being a junior when he had fought Mang Tianchi and appeared to challenge the academy’s claim.

Lin Feng defeated Heavenly Cripple Old Man and forced the Black Corner Region’s factions to accept Jia Nan Academy’s terms. After the academy students returned, a young couple faced their first separation while a black-armored troop muttered angrily about the northwestern bumpkins.

• Lin Feng used Space Lock to interrupt Heavenly Cripple Old Man’s attack and revealed his demand that the factions return seventy percent of their seized treasures and submit to Jia Nan Academy’s authority within a thousand miles.
• Heavenly Cripple Old Man challenged Lin Feng again, but Lin Feng’s Metal Element—Severance overwhelmed Heavenly Cripple Foot and fatally wounded him.
• Old Ancestor Di Mo, Mo Tianxing, and the other Dou Zong experts accepted Lin Feng’s terms, and the weaker factions followed.
• Lin Feng and the academy elders returned to the Inner Academy with the students, who entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower for secluded cultivation.
• A young couple faced their first separation within the academy, while nearby black-armored troops complained about the northwestern bumpkins.

Gu Xun Er departed after warning Xiao Yan to become strong enough to reunite with her, and Xiao Yan fought Ling Quan when he insulted him. Lin Feng intervened as an Ancient Clan elder emerged and tried to recruit him, but Lin Feng declined, leaving his allegiance unchanged.

• Gu Xun Er said farewell to Xiao Yan and left with the Black Seal Army, while Ling Quan stayed behind to confront Xiao Yan.
• Ling Quan challenged Xiao Yan, and their Dou Skills clashed in a deadlock before Ling Quan prepared to use the Sea Covering Seal.
• Lin Feng stopped the fight and called out an Ancient Clan elder who had been watching from concealment.
• The elder praised Lin Feng's cultivation and alchemy, then offered him discipleship and a chance to enter the Ancient Clan's Land of Inheritance.
• Lin Feng politely declined the elder's offer and said he intended to continue relying on his own efforts.