Chapter Summaries

Liu Yun appeared in Gu Xun'er’s dorm room while her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame was running wild, intending to help suppress it and secretly benefit his fused flames. After neutralizing her attempt to summon help, he revealed that he was her old acquaintance and began assisting her.

• As Gu Xun'er struggled to control the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, Liu Yun considered taking some of it to strengthen his Fused Strange Fire and build a connection with her.
• Liu Yun used the Power of Space to enter the room and sealed the surrounding space with his Void Locking Ring.
• Liu Yun named Gu Yuan, startling Gu Xun'er and causing her to lose control of the Heavenly Flame and spit blood.
• Gu Xun'er crushed her Space Talisman, but Liu Yun erased its spatial power before it could summon help.
• Liu Yun greeted Gu Xun'er as her Big Brother Liu Yun, and she recognized him with surprise.
• Liu Yun told Gu Xun'er to focus while he suppressed the flame, then poured his Dou Qi into her body.

Liu Yun helped Xun Er refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and secretly absorbed some of it, bringing his cultivation close to an advance. He returned to the Outer Academy competition, where he watched Xiao Yu win her match, while Xun Er realized what he had done.

• Liu Yun discovered that Xun Er was a Dou Wang and sensed Sky Burning Immortal Art Dou Qi in her body, which helped her refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Liu Yun used his Fused Strange Fire to draw some of Xun Er's Heavenly Flame into himself, filling his qi sea and bringing him close to becoming an Eight-star Dou Zong.
• Xun Er opened her eyes after Liu Yun left and murmured that she understood what he had done.
• Liu Yun returned to the Outer Academy plaza, told Hu Gan to take him to the Inner Academy after the competition, and planned to bind Zi Yan's Return to advance.
• Xiao Yu defeated her opponent with her whip, and Liu Yun noticed that she had recognized him and watched him with complicated emotions.

After the Outer Academy competition, Liu Yun waited for the next morning to travel to Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy with the selected students. Before leaving, he encouraged Xiao Yu and imparted two powerful techniques to her.

• Hu Gan told Liu Yun that they would travel to the Inner Academy the next morning with the selected students, and Liu Yun spent the night thinking about home, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and his other acquaintances.
• The next morning, Hu Gan gathered the students and congratulated those selected to enter the Inner Academy.
• Liu Yun approached Xiao Yu, who recognized him and greeted him respectfully after startling at his touch.
• Liu Yun encouraged Xiao Yu to keep working toward selection and invited her to seek him out at the Liang Chen Merchant Guild after graduating.
• Liu Yun transmitted the Earth Tier Low-grade Lion Tiger Breathing Technique and the Earth Tier Mid-grade Sharp Blade Thrust to Xiao Yu, leaving her in a state of empty clarity.

Liu Yun accompanied Hu Gan and the new students to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where he recognized the entrance to its hidden Space Secret Realm. After Hu Gan introduced him as a Dou Zong guest seeking the Great Elder, two elders learned his identity and were left stunned as he walked ahead.

• Hu Gan arranged for Elder Huo to watch over Xiao Yu, then led Liu Yun and the students aboard ten Griffin Beasts toward the Inner Academy.
• During the flight, Hu Gan drove off attacking Magical Beasts, and Liu Yun sensed powerful creatures in the forest below.
• At a mountain ravine, Liu Yun detected the hidden gateway and followed Hu Gan through the silver gate into the Space Secret Realm.
• An elder greeted Hu Gan, who said he had brought a guest to meet the Great Elder and left the new students in the elders’ care.
• When two elders questioned Liu Yun, Hu Gan revealed his identity by voice transmission, and they cried out in disbelief that he was a Dou Zong.

Liu Yun searched the Inner Academy for Zi Yan but could not detect her, then stayed at Jia Nan Academy while Su Qian remained trapped by his restriction. He attempted to advance his cultivation, failed, and asked Hu Gan for permission to look around the academy.

• Liu Yun swept the Inner Academy with his Soul Force but found no trace of Zi Yan.
• Hu Gan found Su Qian absent from his residence and let Liu Yun stay in a guest courtyard, where Hu Gan settled nearby.
• Liu Yun concluded that Zi Yan’s concealment was beyond his Soul Force and began cultivating after absorbing part of Xun Er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Liu Yun attempted to break through to an Eight-star Dou Zong, drawing energy from heaven and earth and alarming Hu Gan, but the attempt failed the next day.
• Liu Yun explained that a Dou Zong needed immense energy to advance one star and asked to explore the Inner Academy; Hu Gan agreed and thought only the Principal might restrain him.

Liu Yun failed to find Zi Yan and headed to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower when Falling Heart Flame erupted. With the academy’s elders unable to contain it and Su Qian absent, Hu Gan called on President Liang Chen for help, leaving the Inner Academy in danger.

• Liu Yun searched the Inner Academy and nearby forest for Zi Yan, then decided to lure her out by refining a Shaping Pill.
• Liu Yun sensed that Falling Heart Flame was rioting and learned that Hu Gan and the academy’s Dou Huang fighters had gathered at the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Liu Yun headed to the tower, determined to prevent Falling Heart Flame from escaping and disrupting his plans for Xiao Yan.
• Hu Gan ordered the students to evacuate and led the elders in forming a Lesser Spatial Barrier to force Falling Heart Flame back underground.
• Falling Heart Flame pushed the elders’ barrier to a stalemate, and Hu Gan revealed that Su Qian was absent.
• Hu Gan called out to President Liang Chen and asked him to help contain Falling Heart Flame, promising suitable compensation.

Liu Yun subdued the Falling Heart Flame with his own Heavenly Flame and secured half a year of peace for Jia Nan Academy. He arranged to refine a Seventh-grade Pill, while the academy prepared to pay his requested reward and keep students away.

• Hu Gan summoned Liu Yun to help suppress the Falling Heart Flame, and Liu Yun appeared above the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Liu Yun released his dark gray flame, frightening the Falling Heart Flame into retreating beneath the tower and stopping its assault on the seal.
• Elder Huo guessed that Liu Yun's flame was the sixth-ranked Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and Liu Yun ordered the Falling Heart Flame not to break the seal for half a year.
• Liu Yun told Hu Gan he would refine a Seventh-grade Pill and requested precious medicinal ingredients and a dozen or so Earth-tier Fighting Skills and cultivation techniques as his reward.
• Elder Huo ordered the Inner Academy students to stay indoors, and his announcement caused an uproar that startled Liu Yun.

Liu Yun refined a Shaping Pill with the Holy Radiance Cauldron, and the pill unexpectedly advanced to an Eighth-grade low-level Pill. He discovered that it could remove acquired side effects in Magical Beasts, and thought of using it to help Zi Yan.

• Liu Yun began refining the Shaping Pill while Elder Huo and alchemy students watched, using the Holy Radiance Cauldron and his Heavenly Flames.
• Liu Yun extracted the seventy-nine ingredients in several batches and fused them in the cauldron over three days.
• Pill Lightning appeared, then turned red as the Shaping Pill transformed beyond the Seventh-grade tier.
• Liu Yun used the system appraisal function and learned that the Eighth-grade low-level Shaping Pill could eliminate acquired side effects on Magical Beasts.
• Liu Yun remembered that Zi Yan had remained in the form of an eleven- or twelve-year-old after consuming Shaping Grass.

Liu Yun refined an Eighth-grade Shaping Pill at Jia Nan Academy, absorbed its colored Pill Lightning to temper his body, and drew the attention of Han Feng and the academy. The chapter ended when Zi Yan appeared and snatched the pill from him.

• Colored Pill Lightning covered Jia Nan Academy, and Elder Huo identified it as a sign of an Eighth-grade Pill while Hu Gan calmed the students.
• Han Feng prepared to seize a Heavenly Flame but abandoned his plan after sensing the colored Pill Lightning and suspecting a Dou Zun expert was at Jia Nan Academy.
• Liu Yun used the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye to absorb the descending Pill Lightning and began tempering his body with it.
• The Shaping Pill briefly took the form of a fox before Liu Yun summoned it from the Holy Radiance Cauldron.
• Zi Yan suddenly appeared, snatched the Shaping Pill, and backed away from Liu Yun.

Liu Yun gave Zi Yan an Eighth-grade Shaping Pill in exchange for her agreeing to be his little sister, then bound her and received the Ancient Dragon Emperor Bloodline. He revealed Zi Yan’s identity and danger to Hu Gan before leaving to cultivate and use his time-limited Return.

• Liu Yun recognized Zi Yan as a Return target, while Zi Yan refused to give up Liang Chen’s Eighth-grade Shaping Pill because she believed it could help her grow up.
• Liu Yun offered Zi Yan the pill if she became his little sister, and she happily called him Big Brother.
• Liu Yun bound Zi Yan and received the Ancient Dragon Emperor Bloodline, then collected some of her blood in a Jade Bottle.
• Liu Yun told Hu Gan that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and the biological daughter of Zhu Kun, the Great Void Ancient Dragon Emperor.
• Liu Yun warned Hu Gan to keep Zi Yan’s identity secret, then left to cultivate before his one-day Return period expired.

Liu Yun secluded himself in the forest sea to absorb the Golden Dragon bloodline, completing a major transformation and reaching Nine-star Dou Zong. After demonstrating his new True Dragon Dharma Body, he prepared to meet the Dragon Emperor.

• Liu Yun entered a hidden cave and began the Return, but suppressed the Dragon Soul Cauldron when it emerged and disturbed him.
• Liu Yun drew the Golden Dragon bloodline into his consciousness, where the Transforming Serpent, Immortal Phoenix, and Purple Small Bell attacked it as he refined and devoured it.
• After five days of refining, Liu Yun broke through to Eight-star Dou Zong, then spent two more days completing his transformation into the True Dragon Dharma Body.
• Liu Yun transformed into a Golden Dragon and soared above the forest sea, causing the Magical Beasts below to tremble before he returned to human form.
• Liu Yun's Overlord Body became more complete, his Dou Qi turned violet-gold, and he advanced to Nine-star Dou Zong as his cave collapsed.
• Liu Yun looked toward Jia Nan Academy and said he would go meet the Dragon Emperor.

Liu Yun found that Zi Yan had grown into an adult after taking his pill and brought her along to meet her father, Zhu Kun, hoping to obtain a drop of his blood essence. After forcing open the entrance to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, Liu Yun headed with Zi Yan for the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower to meet someone beneath it.

• Liu Yun sensed Zi Yan hiding in a ravine and discovered that she had grown into an adult after taking his pill.
• Zi Yan told Liu Yun she had followed the aura of a dragon, and Liu Yun invited her to meet her father and help him ask for a drop of blood essence.
• Liu Yun used his control over space to force open the entrance to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and entered with Zi Yan.
• Hu Gan recognized the grown-up Zi Yan, who happily told him she had grown.
• Liu Yun told Hu Gan he planned to visit someone beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, warned him not to ask who, and left with Zi Yan.

Liu Yun and Zi Yan entered the Magma World beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and encountered a Lizardman. After promising Zi Yan pills made from the creatures’ energy pearls, Liu Yun encouraged her to fight through their ranks as they continued exploring.

• Liu Yun and Zi Yan entered the hidden world beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Liu Yun resisted the Heavenly Flames and helped Zi Yan dress in his alchemist robe.
• Liu Yun and Zi Yan descended through the vast Magma World as Liu Yun sensed the Falling Heart Flame and searched their surroundings with his Soul Force.
• Liu Yun spotted a Lizardman and knocked it into a rock wall with one slap.
• Liu Yun told Zi Yan that Lizardmen carried valuable energy pearls and assigned her to fight those below Dou Huang level.
• Zi Yan asked Liu Yun about the strange feeling she had sensed since entering the Magma World, then agreed to fight after he promised to refine pills from the pearls.

Liu Yun and Zi Yan defeated a Lizardman horde and found a young Falling Heart Flame beside the remains of Heavenly Flame Venerable, Yao Tianhuo. Liu Yun negotiated a ten-year alliance with Yao Tianhuo in exchange for restoring his soul and body, and secured a Heaven Tier Dou Technique.

• Zi Yan and Liu Yun killed the Lizardman leader and its forces, collecting several hundred energy pearls before reaching the bottom.
• Liu Yun and Zi Yan discovered a young Falling Heart Flame floating above a pile of bones, and Liu Yun summoned the soul of Yao Tianhuo.
• Yao Tianhuo offered the Falling Heart Flame and a Heaven Tier Dou Technique in exchange for Liu Yun finding soul-restoring ingredients.
• Liu Yun rejected Yao Tianhuo’s offer and proposed restoring his Soul Force and refining him a body if he served Liu Yun’s faction.
• Yao Tianhuo agreed to serve Liu Yun’s faction for ten years and provide a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, then entered a ring that Liu Yun took.

Liu Yun and Zi Yan continued deeper into the Magma World despite Yao Tianhuo’s warnings, then faced a vast Lizardman force. Liu Yun revealed his Immortal Phoenix True Body and swiftly slew hundreds of powerful enemies, leaving Yao Tianhuo stunned by the mysterious Phoenix’s might.

• Liu Yun took the Falling Heart Flame’s young flame and continued onward with Zi Yan, ignoring Yao Tianhuo’s warnings about the Lizardmen and a terrifying presence below.
• Liu Yun sealed Yao Tianhuo inside his ring, then the group fought through several Lizardman forces and collected over ten thousand energy fire beads.
• Liu Yun sensed tens of thousands of Lizardmen approaching, released Yao Tianhuo, and told him to intervene only if Zi Yan faced mortal danger.
• Liu Yun assessed the approaching army and prepared to eliminate its strongest members to protect Zi Yan.
• Liu Yun transformed into his Immortal Phoenix True Body, appeared among the Lizardmen, and killed several hundred Dou Huangs and dozens of Dou Zongs in moments.
• Yao Tianhuo wondered whether Liu Yun was an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix after recognizing the holy aura and overwhelming pressure of his true form.

Zi Yan transformed into her Ancient Void Dragon form and slaughtered the Lizardmen while Liu Yun fought their Dou Zun experts. Liu Yun killed two of the seven opponents, but five remained as they regrouped and attacked him.

• Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon form and used the Power of Space to tear through the Lizardmen forces.
• Yao Tianhuo attached himself to Zi Yan to protect her while Liu Yun faced two Peak Dou Zuns and five other Dou Zuns.
• Liu Yun used his clones to draw the Peak Dou Zuns away, then struck two Dou Zuns with Heavenly Flame-infused sword attacks.
• Liu Yun finished off the two grievously injured Dou Zuns and collected their energy beads, leaving five opponents.
• The five Lizardmen joined together against Liu Yun, who launched Sharp Blade Thrust at them.

Liu Yun crippled the Lizardmen with Snake Tail Transformation and killed one of their Peak Dou Zun fighters, but a Half-Saint Lizardman arrived and forced him to flee with Zi Yan. The pursuer maintained its distance as they raced deeper into the lava, leaving Yao Tianhuo alarmed about what lay below.

• Liu Yun struck the clustered Lizardmen with Snake Tail Transformation, leaving all five badly injured.
• Liu Yun used One Sword Dawn to kill one Peak Dou Zun Lizardman, while the other fled through the lava.
• A Half-Saint Lizardman appeared beside the fleeing enemy, and Liu Yun transformed into his Immortal Phoenix True Body and escaped with Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan stored the energy fire pearls she had taken from the fallen Lizardmen before Liu Yun carried her away.
• Yao Tianhuo learned that a Half-Saint was pursuing them and feared the Lizardmen were guarding a terrifying cave dwelling.
• The Half-Saint Lizardman kept pace with Liu Yun and Zi Yan without catching them.

Liu Yun was trapped between two Half-Saint Lizardmen and barely survived their attacks by using his True Dragon Dharma Body and soul-targeting soundwaves to escape. The Lizardmen contained his Three-Colored Fire Lotus and sent it into an unknown space as he fled deeper into the Magma World.

• Two Half-Saint Lizardmen cornered Liu Yun and attacked after he tried to tempt them with the promise of a path out of the Magma World.
• Liu Yun transformed into his Golden Dragon form and unleashed Lion God's Wrath and Great Bell Dao Body, killing nearby Lizardmen and stunning the two Half-Saints.
• The collision of the Half-Saints' attacks badly wounded Liu Yun, but he changed into his Immortal Phoenix True Body and escaped through space while they were dazed.
• The two Lizardmen suppressed Liu Yun's Three-Colored Fire Lotus to protect their nearby clansmen, then sent it into an unknown space.

After escaping the Half-Saint Lizardmen, Liu Yun was gravely injured and entrusted Zi Yan with guiding him toward her father in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion before losing consciousness. He awoke as a soul in a violent, light-filled space, recovered with his cauldrons, and heard an unknown speaker recognize them.

• The Half-Saint Lizardmen let Liu Yun escape and decided not to attack him again if he emerged from God's Tomb alive.
• Liu Yun fled the Lizardmen, reflected on how the battle had improved his control of the Heavenly Tyrant Body, and began to lose consciousness from his injuries.
• Liu Yun told Zi Yan that her father guarded the Dou Di expert's cave mansion and asked her to guide him after he passed out.
• Liu Yun awoke in soul form, feared his physical body had perished, and used the Heavenly Cauldron Soul Refining Art to shield and restore his soul.
• The Dragon Soul Cauldron and Holy Radiance Cauldron absorbed and gathered the surrounding energy, and an unknown speaker praised Liu Yun as an anomaly who had obtained both cauldrons.

Liu Yun discovered that the mysterious Half-Emperor manipulating events was the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Embryo, which sought to use Xiao Yan to become a Dou Di. The two swore an agreement not to interfere with each other, and the Plane Embryo expelled Liu Yun when he asked for Origin Emperor Qi.

• The Plane Embryo unleashed its aura against Liu Yun, weakening the Golden Dragon Dragon Soul and revealing its Half-Emperor strength.
• Liu Yun used the system’s appraisal to identify the mysterious figure as the Plane Embryo and the surrounding energy as Origin Emperor Qi.
• Liu Yun deduced that the Plane Embryo had been guiding Xiao Yan toward becoming a Dou Di and confronted it with a proposal to negotiate.
• The Plane Embryo demanded an oath, and Liu Yun agreed to leave Xiao Yan’s path to becoming a Dou Di undisturbed while the Plane Embryo promised not to influence him again.
• Liu Yun asked for a strand of Origin Emperor Qi, so the Plane Embryo kicked him out of the space.