Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan entered Desert Iron City and sought the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, while Lin Feng and Zi Yan discovered Yao Tianhuo and the infant Fallen Heart Flame in a hidden space beneath the magma. Yao Tianhuo asked Lin Feng for help restoring his Soul Force, and Lin Feng responded with a suggestion.

• Xiao Yan explored Desert Iron City, bought supplies, and learned where the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had its headquarters.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan fought Dou Emperor-level Lizardmen until the Green Lotus Core Flame sensed another Heavenly Flame nearby.
• Zi Yan located a hidden spatial passage, and Lin Feng and Zi Yan entered a sealed space beneath the magma.
• Lin Feng discovered Yao Tianhuo hiding in a Storage Ring, and Yao Tianhuo revealed the infant Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo offered the infant Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for help leaving the space and restoring his Soul Force, and Lin Feng proposed an alternative.

Lin Feng negotiated with Yao Tianhuo, offering to restore his soul and eventually resurrect him in exchange for becoming Lin Feng’s guardian. After Yao Tianhuo agreed and handed over the Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Rounds Separation Fire Disk, Lin Feng and Zi Yan prepared to leave the dangerous magma region.

• Lin Feng told Yao Tianhuo he could restore his soul and asked him to wager on Lin Feng becoming an Eighth-rank Alchemist in exchange for serving as his guardian after resurrection.
• Yao Tianhuo agreed to Lin Feng’s conditions and gave him the young Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Rounds Separation Fire Disk.
• Lin Feng sealed the Heavenly Flame, then warned Zi Yan that the Dou Zong-level Lizardmen ahead were too dangerous to fight.
• Lin Feng told Zi Yan to release her Dragon Seal and wait briefly for a response before they fled toward the surface.
• Yao Tianhuo entered his Storage Ring, and Lin Feng collected the ring and Yao Tianhuo’s remaining bones.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen searched the Tagor Desert for a Heavenly Flame, while Lin Feng and Zi Yan were seized by a mysterious force beneath the magma. They awoke before a burly man who recognized Zi Yan as his child, leaving Lin Feng to cautiously ask why they had been brought there.

• Xiao Li complained that the mercenaries had searched the desert for days without finding the spiritual treasure, while Xiao Ding defended Xiao Yan's teacher's guidance.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan he had found a passage leading to the earth's core and suspected the Heavenly Flame beneath the magma might already have been subdued.
• Lin Feng sensed powerful Lizardmen approaching beneath the Black Corner Region and told Zi Yan to leave, but her Dragon Seal awakened an enormous presence deep below the magma.
• A giant magma claw seized Lin Feng and Zi Yan, while the Lizardmen were burned to ashes and Yao Tianhuo sensed an aura more terrifying than a Dou Saint's.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan awoke in a hidden space before a burly man who called Zi Yan his child, and Lin Feng asked the senior why he had brought them there.

The Old Dragon Emperor revealed himself as Zi Yan’s father, but their reunion turned tense when Zi Yan struggled with her resentment and he seized Lin Feng after sensing their shared Dragon Qi. Meanwhile, Yao Chen confirmed that someone had already subdued the Heavenly Flame beneath the Tagor Desert.

• The Old Dragon Emperor claimed Zi Yan as his daughter, and Lin Feng challenged him to prove it, reminding him that Zi Yan had grown up alone.
• The Old Dragon Emperor blamed Tou She Ancient God for trapping him and apologized to Zi Yan for failing to protect her.
• Zi Yan asked Lin Feng whether she should acknowledge her father, then attacked the Old Dragon Emperor when he grabbed Lin Feng over their shared Dragon Qi.
• The Old Dragon Emperor explained that he had only tested Lin Feng, while Zi Yan rejected his excuses and asked Lin Feng what she should do.
• Lin Feng told Zi Yan he would support her choice, then took Healing Pills and began recovering.
• Beneath the Tagor Desert, Yao Chen concluded that someone had already subdued the Heavenly Flame.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan began absorbing Zhu Kun’s energy, while Xiao Yan’s return helped the Desert Iron Mercenary Group destroy the Sand Mercenary Group. After training alone in the desert, Xiao Yan encountered the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, which Yao Chen recognized as his next opportunity.

• Zhu Kun enclosed Lin Feng in a cocoon of light so he could absorb energy, then began cultivating the True Dragon Body Refining Technique.
• Rob’s Sand Mercenary Group attacked the Desert Iron Mercenary Group while Xiao Yan was away, but Xiao Yan returned and killed Rob with the Heavy Black Ruler.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li ordered the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to annihilate the Sand Mercenary Group, and Xiao Yan helped defeat the remaining mercenaries.
• After celebrating, Xiao Yan left to train in the desert for his coming battle with the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chen recognized a massive sandstorm as the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked eighteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen accepted that the Green Lotus Core Flame was gone and resolved to seek another way to strengthen Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Zhu Kun prepared to reward Lin Feng for helping Zi Yan, giving him a Dragon Seal and three drops of essence blood as Zi Yan received his inheritance.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen found only the roots where Lin Feng had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan thanked his master for helping him grow.
• Zhu Kun told Lin Feng that Zi Yan was receiving his inheritance and would emerge at least at the Dou Zong level.
• Zhu Kun decided Lin Feng had potential and planned to use the Dragon Clan's support to help him study at the Pill Tower and advance as an alchemist.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him and said he would give Lin Feng a Dragon Seal to secure the Dragon Clan elders' support.
• Zhu Kun praised the True Dragon Body Forging Technique and gave Lin Feng three drops of essence blood, one for cultivation and two to protect him and Zi Yan.

Yao Chen revealed himself to Ling Ying and enlisted his help to subdue the Wind Fury Dragon Flame so Xiao Yan could absorb it. Ling Ying restrained the Heavenly Flame while Yao Chen struck it with an Earth Tier Dou Skill, then entered the tornado to find its Origin Flame.

• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body, revealed himself to Ling Ying, and asked him to lead the attack against the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Ling Ying used Ten Directions Annihilation to collide with the Heavenly Flame’s tornado, but the attack only paused it briefly.
• Ling Ying swallowed a medicinal pill, raised his strength to Two-star Dou Zong, and prepared a sealing technique to end the battle quickly.
• Ling Ying used Darkness Descends to restrain the tornado, and Yao Chen struck it with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Yao Chen plunged into the sealed tornado to locate and capture the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s Origin Flame.

Yao Chen subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and brought Xiao Yan deep into the Tagor Desert to prepare for its refinement. The Jia Ma Empire’s investigators failed to track them, while Yao Chen privately spoke with Ling Ying about Xiao Yan’s relationship with the young lady.

• Yao Chen used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to seize the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s Origin Flame, then Ling Ying carried Xiao Yan away under concealment.
• Yun Yun, Gu He, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and other leaders arrived and confirmed that someone had subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, but they could not find the person’s trail.
• Ling Ying took Xiao Yan into the Tagor Desert, where they killed a fourth-tier Scorpion Tiger Beast and settled in its territory so Xiao Yan could absorb the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to prepare to refine the Heavenly Flame and called Ling Ying aside for a private conversation.
• Yao Chen said he would not interfere in the young lady’s affairs and recalled sensing what he believed was the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame on her.

Yao Chen asked Ling Ying to recruit Lin Feng to protect Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect, offering alchemy knowledge and pill recipes in exchange. After Xiao Yan absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and evolved the Flame Mantra, Yao Chen fell into slumber, leaving Xiao Yan to seek a way to restore him and grow independently.

• Yao Chen learned from Ling Ying that Lin Feng was a Peak Sixth-Grade Alchemist and Dou Emperor, then asked him to invite Lin Feng and Queen Medusa to protect Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chen offered Lin Feng information about advancing to an Eighth-rank Alchemist, five Eighth-grade Pill Recipes, and a request to refine herbs that could restore Soul Force.
• Ling Ying stayed hidden to guard Xiao Yan while he absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, but the flame scorched Xiao Yan's meridians and Yao Chen used his Soul Force to protect him.
• Xiao Yan successfully absorbed the Heavenly Flame and evolved the Flame Mantra, but Yao Chen's soul fell into slumber.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Yan to travel to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, temper his abilities, and seek pills to repair Soul Force; Xiao Yan vowed to find a spiritual treasure to restore Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen reflected that Xiao Yan had reached Five-star Great Dou Master and needed to grow independently while his master was absent.

Xun Er learned of Xiao Yan’s progress and sought Lin Feng’s help to protect him during the Three-Year Agreement. Meanwhile, Cai Lin emerged from seclusion and waited for Lin Feng as he began to awaken from a purple-gold cocoon.

• Ling Ying reported Xiao Yan’s recent progress to Xun Er, including his cultivation, Yao Chen’s identity, and Yao Chen’s request for Lin Feng and Queen Medusa to protect Xiao Yan during the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xun Er persuaded Vice Principal Hu Gan to let her and Ling Ying enter the Inner Academy to seek Lin Feng.
• Cai Lin reached the Six-star Dou Zong realm after nearly a year of secluded cultivation and wondered when Lin Feng and Zi Yan would return.
• A purple-gold cocoon beneath the waterfall cracked, and Lin Feng opened his eyes as Cai Lin’s name came to mind.

Lin Feng emerged from Secluded Cultivation as a Dou Zong, was sent back by Zhu Kun, and reunited with Cai Lin. He met Gu Xun Er, who privately questioned his connection to Venerable Yao and Xiao Yan.

• Lin Feng broke out of his cocoon, but Zhu Kun told him that the Dou Emperor’s space prevented him from doing anything and gave him a scale before sending him away.
• Lin Feng returned to Cai Lin and reunited with her, then noticed Su Qian approaching with visitors.
• Su Qian introduced Gu Xun Er and her guard Ling Ying, explaining that Gu Xun Er had come to help Lin Feng advance his alchemy.
• Gu Xun Er dismissed Ling Ying and asked Lin Feng what relationship he had with Venerable Yao and Xiao Yan.

Lin Feng agreed to help Gu Xun Er and Xiao Yan, then revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong realm before turning to spend several days with Cai Lin. The chapter left Lin Feng departing for the Outer Academy the next morning.

• Lin Feng told Gu Xun Er that Yao Chen was his master's old friend, and Gu Xun Er explained Xiao Yan's need for help with the Three-Year Agreement and Yao Chen's soul restoration.
• Lin Feng agreed to help Xiao Yan, and Gu Xun Er thanked him on her brother's behalf.
• Su Qian realized Lin Feng had reached the Dou Zong realm, shocking Gu Xun Er and Ling Ying.
• After the group departed, Lin Feng and Cai Lin reunited and spent several days and nights together.
• Cai Lin urged Lin Feng to leave, then kept him with her once more before he headed toward the Outer Academy the next morning.

Lin Feng returned to the Jia Ma Empire and met with Fa Ma at the Alchemist Guild, where he revealed his plans to publicly refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan also arrived in the imperial capital, and Lin Feng hoped the public pill refinement would help him find Xiao Yan and secure a better reward from Yao Chen.

• Lin Feng traveled toward the Jia Ma Empire on Xuan Wu while Ling Ying flew ahead, and Xiao Yan arrived separately at the imperial capital.
• Lin Feng reunited with Fa Ma, who said the secret technique Lin Feng had given him helped him become a sixth-grade alchemist.
• Lin Feng told Fa Ma he had reached the peak of the sixth grade but could not gather enough ingredients to attempt seventh-grade pills.
• Lin Feng said he planned to study at the Pill Tower in the Middle Continent, and Fa Ma asked him to describe it if he returned.
• Lin Feng told Fa Ma he would publicly refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong at the Alchemist Guild, hoping to attract Xiao Yan and gain leverage with Yao Chen.

A mysterious cloaked man learned that Lin Feng would publicly refine the Pill to Break Dou Zong and hurried to the Alchemist Guild. With the Jia Ma Empire’s major factions gathered, Lin Feng announced that the pill refinement was beginning.

• A cloaked man stopped a burly passerby, learned of Lin Feng’s public pill refinement, and rewarded him with a First-grade Healing Pill before rushing to the Alchemist Guild.
• Crowds and experts gathered outside the Alchemist Guild as the Imperial Family and leaders of the Empire’s major factions arrived.
• Fa Ma praised Lin Feng’s rising fame and confidence, while Lin Feng thought of Qing Lin and their hoped-for reunion.
• Fa Ma welcomed Lin Feng to the plaza, and Lin Feng announced the start of his public refinement of the Pill to Break Dou Zong.

Lin Feng appeared before a huge crowd at the Alchemist Guild and began publicly refining a top-tier sixth-grade Pill to Break Dou Zong. As he demonstrated his technique, a mysterious cloaked observer recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame and watched Lin Feng's methods with growing curiosity.

• Lin Feng's appearance sparked a frenzy among the crowd, and he burned away a banner without harming anyone.
• Fa Ma quieted the crowd and announced that Lin Feng would refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong and give three spectators a fifth-grade pill each.
• Lin Feng brought out his Six-Orifice Cauldron and revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, drawing the attention of a cloaked figure whose ancient ring glimmered.
• Lin Feng deliberately slowed his pill-refining process so the watching alchemists could study and record it.
• Lin Feng tossed more than thirty medicinal ingredients into the cauldron at once, astonishing the alchemists with his wild method.

Lin Feng completed the refinement of the peak sixth-grade Pill to Break Dou Zong, drawing astonished cheers from the crowd and a warning sign of pill lightning. With the pill in hand, he quieted the plaza and prepared to fulfill Fa Ma’s raffle promise.

• Lin Feng used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the medicinal ingredients while Fa Ma and Gu He watched, and Fa Ma reflected on Lin Feng’s gift of a subsidiary flame.
• Lin Feng reached Pill Merging, drawing the attention of the crowd, the young alchemists, and Yao Chen.
• A surge of energy and a strange fragrance spread through the arena as Lin Feng’s cauldron released a pillar of energy, prompting Gu He to suspect that pill lightning was about to gather.
• Lin Feng produced the Pill to Break Dou Zong, and the crowd erupted in cheers while Lin Feng noticed that his foundation still seemed slightly lacking.
• Lin Feng quieted the crowd and announced that he would fulfill Fa Ma’s raffle promise, while two noblewomen began fighting and female guards separated them.

Lin Feng arranged a lottery in which three audience members would win Fifth-grade Pills, using the Pill to Break Dou Zong to select them at random. After Zhang Lao San won the first draw, he surprised Lin Feng by asking whether he could choose something other than a Fifth-grade Pill.

• Lin Feng asked the heads of the major factions to have guards use a Dou Technique to darken the sky over the arena.
• Lin Feng gave the guards Third-grade Recovery Pills and explained that he would guide the Pill to Break Dou Zong over the crowd while Fa Ma, Yun Yun, and a witness counted down to select winners.
• Yao Yue stopped Yao Ye from stepping forward and volunteered to help with the lottery.
• Lin Feng concealed the pill's light and aura with the Five Elements Seal Technique, then sent it flying over the audience.
• Fa Ma called for the pill to stop, and it appeared above Zhang Lao San, whom Xiao Yan recognized as a man he had questioned that morning.
• Lin Feng showed Zhang Lao San a list of available Fifth-grade Pills, but Zhang Lao San asked if he could choose something else.

Zhang Lao San exchanged his Fifth-grade Pill for cultivation resources from Lin Feng, who also helped conceal him from those who might attack him. As Lin Feng prepared to choose another lucky audience member, Yao Yue volunteered, leaving Gu He uneasy.

• Lin Feng reassured Zhang Lao San and invited him to state what he wanted in exchange for the Fifth-grade Pill.
• Zhang Lao San asked for pills suited to his current realm so he could cultivate safely instead of holding a valuable Fifth-grade Pill.
• Lin Feng gave Zhang Lao San a Storage Ring containing pills that could take him to the high stage of the Da Dou Shi realm and arranged an aura-concealing barrier for three hours.
• Several figures left the crowd to pursue Zhang Lao San as he departed the plaza, while Yun Yun praised Lin Feng for protecting him.
• Yao Yue volunteered for the next round, and Gu He privately worried about her closeness with Lin Feng.

At Lin Feng’s plaza event, the Pill to Break Dou Zong selected a noblewoman who asked him for a kiss instead of a pill. Lin Feng refused her public request, but she stole a kiss while accepting her reward, and the final selection began.

• The Pill to Break Dou Zong stopped above a noblewoman, who fainted from surprise before recovering and approaching Lin Feng.
• The noblewoman asked Lin Feng to kiss her, prompting an uproar among the crowd.
• Yun Yun teased Lin Feng through a voice transmission, and Lin Feng refused the noblewoman’s request and offered cultivation resources instead.
• The noblewoman secretly kissed Lin Feng while taking her Storage Ring, then hurried back to the crowd as Lin Feng concealed the pill’s light and redirected everyone’s attention.
• Yun Yun began the final countdown, and the selection ended with her calling, "Stop!"

At the pill refinement event, Xiao Yan won a Fifth-grade Pill and tried to trade for a soul-repairing pill to help his master, Yao Chen. Lin Feng recognized him and hinted that they shared a master, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

• Xiao Yan, disguised beneath a cloak, asked Lin Feng for a soul-repairing pill and offered his collection in exchange.
• Xiao Yan chose two Three-patterned Azure Spirit Pills, and Lin Feng ended the event and returned to the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Yan soon visited Lin Feng to pursue the soul-repairing pill, but Lin Feng identified him and inferred that he sought it for an elder.
• Xiao Yan removed his cloak, and Lin Feng called him his junior brother, leaving him wondering whether their master had another gifted disciple.