Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian completed her breakthrough to Dou Zong, releasing an overwhelming aura across Xuan Yin City before drawing it back under control. Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan then prepared to head to the Inner Court to obtain a map and continue toward Zhongzhou.

• After nearly a month of protecting Xiao Yi Xian during her breakthrough, Liu Xi watched her absorb the poisonous mist and unleash a powerful Dou Zong aura.
• Yin Hao panicked at the aura spreading through Xuan Yin City and fled, while the city's mercenaries were forced to their knees.
• Xiao Yi Xian awakened as a Dou Zong and told Liu Xi that she had become stronger, though her poisonous body kept him from touching her.
• Zi Yan entered the room and congratulated Xiao Yi Xian, who withdrew her aura and reassured Zi Yan about her future advancement.
• Liu Xi decided that the group would head to the Inner Court for a map before traveling to Zhongzhou to resolve Xiao Yi Xian's physique problem.

Old Ghost Di Mo led Demon Flame Valley to Jia Nan Inner Court, claiming Xiao Yan had stolen a treasure and demanding that the academy surrender him. Su Qian refused, and Di Mo threatened to shut down the Inner Court as the two sides faced off.

• Old Ghost Di Mo decided to capture Xiao Yan for the bounty offered by the Soul Hall and gathered Demon Flame Valley’s experts to march on Jia Nan Inner Court.
• Su Qian was enjoying a quiet day when Old Ghost Di Mo’s arrival was announced, and he flew up to meet the invading group.
• Old Ghost Di Mo accused Xiao Yan of stealing a precious treasure from Demon Flame Valley and demanded that Su Qian hand him over.
• Su Qian challenged the accusation, pointing out that Xiao Yan was too weak to have stolen the treasure through Demon Flame Valley’s guards.
• Old Ghost Di Mo demanded that Mang Tianchi appear and threatened to make the Inner Court close if Su Qian refused to surrender Xiao Yan.

Old Ghost Di Mo challenged Su Qian while demanding Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan realized the crisis offered him a chance to reach the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. As Su Qian was forced back, Xiao Yan slipped away toward the tower.

• Old Ghost Di Mo agreed to fight Su Qian and ordered Demon Flame Valley’s experts to spare the Inner Court as long as its people did not interfere.
• Su Qian ordered the Inner Court elders not to act and faced Old Ghost Di Mo, whose power far exceeded his own.
• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Chen that Soul Hall was likely behind Old Ghost Di Mo’s arrival and decided to use the distraction to pursue the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er to wait, then used Yao Chen’s soul power to conceal his aura and headed for the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Old Ghost Di Mo struck Su Qian with icy Qi and sent him flying back, while withholding a chance to seriously injure him.

Su Qian fought Old Ghost Di Mo to protect the Inner Court students, but the Seven Star Dou Zong badly injured him. The battle was interrupted when an elder reported that Xiao Yan had taken the Heavenly Flames and left the tower, leaving Su Qian gravely wounded.

• Su Qian attacked Old Ghost Di Mo with Hurricane Sword Qi, but Di Mo countered and wounded him with an exploding black ice sword.
• Su Qian refused to reveal Xiao Yan's whereabouts and declared that he would protect the Inner Court students even at the cost of his life.
• Old Ghost Di Mo fought Su Qian at close range, breaking his bones and leaving his arms twisted and his robes bloodstained.
• A tremendous explosion from the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower interrupted their battle, and a black figure emerged from the tower and headed across the Inner Court.
• A wounded elder reported that Xiao Yan had displayed strength comparable to a Dou Emperor, taken the tower's Heavenly Flames, and severely wounded Elder Shi and Elder Liu.
• Su Qian heard the report, spat out blood, and turned ashen.

Xiao Yan escaped with the growth-stage Fallen Heart Flame while the Inner Court and Demon Flame Valley prepared for battle. Liu Qing, Lin Yan, Han Yue, and Lin Xiuyai confronted him, and Xiao Yan prepared to fight them all.

• Su Qian ordered the Inner Court elders to capture Xiao Yan, while Old Ghost Di Mo sent Demon Flame Valley experts to block them and claim Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan fled through the Inner Court with the Fallen Heart Flame sealed inside a crystal, and Yao Chen explained that it was a docile, growing Heavenly Flame ranked fourteenth.
• Liu Qing attacked Xiao Yan and demanded that he leave the Heavenly Flame behind, but Xiao Yan refused and warned Liu Qing he was no match for him.
• Lin Yan and Han Yue joined Liu Qing in confronting Xiao Yan, and Lin Xiuyai arrived and challenged him over his theft of the Inner Court's Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan unleashed an aura comparable to a Dou Emperor and invited Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Han Yue to attack him together.

Xiao Yan escaped with Xiao Xun'er after defeating former friends who tried to stop him from taking the academy’s Heavenly Flames. The Fallen Heart Flame broke free from its vessel, and Liu Xi caught it as Xiao Yan pursued.

• Xiao Yan defeated Han Yue, Lin Yan, Liu Qing, and Lin Xiuyai but spared their lives before heading for Xiao Xun'er.
• Hu Jia and Wu Hao confronted Xiao Yan, and Wu Hao renounced Pan Gate and attacked him while demanding that he return the academy’s property.
• Xiao Yan defeated Wu Hao and repelled Hu Jia, then left with Xiao Xun'er despite their protests.
• The Fallen Heart Flame began to overwhelm the Fire Gathering Pot, so Xiao Yan threw the vessel away and pursued the escaping flame.
• Liu Xi caught the Fallen Heart Flame and remarked on the chaos unfolding at the Inner Court as Xiao Yan approached.

Liu Xi recovered the Fallen Heart Flame from Xiao Yan and left the Inner Court with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan. Xiao Yan planned to go to Zhongzhou with Xiao Xun'er, while a Soul Hall Protector secretly decided to capture Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan confronted Liu Xi over the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Zong pressure stopped him from attacking.
• Liu Xi took Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan back toward the Inner Court, while Xiao Yi Xian warned him that Xiao Yan had shown killing intent.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Xiao Xun'er and considered leaving for Zhongzhou with her; Yao Chen agreed that they should go.
• Xiao Yan left with Xiao Xun'er rather than risk fighting Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian.
• A hidden Soul Hall Protector watched both groups depart and chose to pursue Xiao Yan and capture Yao Chen.

Liu Xi returned to the Inner Court and saved Su Qian from Old Ghost Di Mo, then confronted the Demon Flame Valley ancestor to protect the academy. Liu Xi trapped Old Ghost Di Mo inside a powerful fire array, leaving the Dou Zong facing what seemed like certain death.

• Old Ghost Di Mo attacked the exhausted Su Qian with Ice Fiend Finger, but Liu Xi returned and rescued him.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian stopped the fighting, and Fang Yan led Demon Flame Valley experts to pursue Xiao Yan.
• Old Ghost Di Mo demanded that Liu Xi serve Demon Flame Valley for ten years, but Liu Xi refused and challenged him to withstand one move.
• Liu Xi summoned five Fire Spirits with the Five Wheel Separation Fire Method and formed the Li Huo Fen Tian Great Array around Old Ghost Di Mo.
• Old Ghost Di Mo sensed the array's destructive power and regretted provoking Liu Xi.

Liu Xi trapped Old Ghost Di Mo in the Li Huo Fen Tian Great Array and struck him with a devastating fireball, but the High-level Dou Zong survived by hiding in a spatial fissure. Xiao Yi Xian helped Liu Xi expose him and poisoned him, leaving Old Ghost Di Mo dead in the Inner Court.

• Liu Xi refused Old Ghost Di Mo's offer to surrender Demon Flame Valley and attacked him with a fireball inside the Li Huo Fen Tian Great Array.
• Old Ghost Di Mo used Ice Heaven to resist the fireball, but the array's flames overwhelmed him and appeared to burn him away.
• Liu Xi sensed an abnormal bulge in the sky and asked Xiao Yi Xian to attack it with Spatial Power.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck the hidden Old Ghost Di Mo with a Poison Spirit Needle infused with Calamity Poison Blood, forcing him out of a spatial fissure.
• Xiao Yi Xian's poison spread through Old Ghost Di Mo's body, and he died after his body turned gray-black.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian defeated Old Ghost Di Mo, recovered the Fallen Heart Flame, and returned it to the Inner Court. Meanwhile, a Soul Hall Protector attacked Xiao Yan’s group to capture Yao Chen, who stayed behind to hold him off while Ling Ying fled with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun Er.

• Liu Xi stored Old Ghost Di Mo’s corpse, then returned the Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian for safekeeping in the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Su Qian organized care for the Inner Court’s injured while Liu Xi returned to his residence with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to recover.
• A Soul Hall Protector found Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun Er, and Ling Ying near a mountain stream and demanded that Yao Chen reveal himself.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the origin of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and instructions about the Bone Flame Ring before ordering Ling Ying to take Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun Er away.
• Yao Chen fought the Soul Hall Protector while Ling Ying carried Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun Er toward safety, and Xiao Xun Er persuaded Xiao Yan not to turn back.

After reaching Nine-star Dou Huang, Liu Xi consulted Su Qian about traveling to Zhongzhou and the powerful factions there. He planned to visit Demon Flame Valley to claim Old Ghost Di Mo’s puppet-making method, then head for Zhongzhou with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Liu Xi broke through from Eight-star Dou Huang to Nine-star Dou Huang after cultivating overnight.
• Liu Xi met Xiao Yi Xian and said he wanted to visit Demon Flame Valley before leaving the Black Corner Region.
• Su Qian gave Liu Xi a map showing a route through Tianya City’s Space Wormhole to Zhongzhou, which took about one month.
• Su Qian warned Liu Xi about Zhongzhou’s major factions, including Soul Hall, the Pill Tower, and the leading sects, valleys, and pavilions.
• Liu Xi told Su Qian he would visit Demon Flame Valley, where Old Ghost Di Mo’s puppet-making method could be found, and then travel to Zhongzhou.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Liu Xi learned how Xiao Yan’s actions had led to his expulsion and the breakup of Pan Gate, then joined Su Qian’s expedition to destroy Demon Flame Valley. As the Academy’s forces arrived, Fang Yan tried to conceal Old Ghost Di Mo’s disappearance, but a furious challenge announced their attack.

• Su Qian agreed with Liu Xi to lead an expedition against Demon Flame Valley, and they decided to depart the next day.
• Liu Xi learned that Su Qian had expelled Xiao Yan, disbanded Pan Gate, and penalized the Xiao clan members still at the Academy.
• Zi Yan returned covered in grime and blood from defeating her tiger enemy, then learned that Liu Xi and the others were leaving the next morning.
• Su Qian, Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and the Academy elders set out to destroy Demon Flame Valley.
• Fang Yan told Demon Flame Valley’s elders to claim Old Ghost Di Mo had returned and was recovering in seclusion, but a voice roared that Demon Flame Valley would be destroyed that day.

Liu Xi and Jia Nan Academy’s elders attacked Demon Flame Valley after Old Ghost Di Mo’s death, leaving Fang Yan and the valley’s forces facing defeat. Fang Yan’s group summoned their Genesis Fire and challenged Liu Xi, who accepted the fight and faced their Starry Sky Fire Phoenix.

• Liu Xi’s group broke into Demon Flame Valley and confronted Fang Yan and its elders.
• Su Qian told Fang Yan that Old Ghost Di Mo was dead, and Liu Xi ordered the elders to attack.
• Fang Yan proposed a fire-control contest, but Liu Xi refused and the Inner Court elders overwhelmed Demon Flame Valley’s forces.
• Fang Yan and the Second Elder and Third Elder combined their Genesis Fire, then formed it into a giant Starry Sky Fire Phoenix.
• Liu Xi praised the phoenix’s strength and prepared to face it while Su Qian dealt with the others.

Liu Xi used the Green Lotus Core Flame to devour Fang Yan’s Starry Sky Fire Phoenix, crippling and killing Fang Yan and the two elders. After the battle, Liu Xi asked Zi Yan to locate Demon Flame Valley’s Treasure Pavilion, and she led the group deeper into the valley.

• Fang Yan and the Second and Third Elders sacrificed their blood essence to strengthen the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix and sent it to attack Liu Xi.
• Liu Xi’s Cyan Giant Python swallowed the phoenix and absorbed its Genesis Fire despite Fang Yan’s attempt to recall it.
• Fang Yan and the two elders lost their Dou Qi and were killed by Liu Xi’s green flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Su Qian, and Zi Yan regrouped with Liu Xi after the Dou Wang-level and stronger elders had been killed.
• Liu Xi asked Zi Yan to find the Treasure Pavilion, and she led him, Su Qian, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others toward it.

Liu Xi, Zi Yan, Su Qian, and Xiao Yi Xian broke into Demon Flame Valley’s hidden treasury and fought off its guardian. They recovered several valuable treasures, including the Heavenly Demon Puppet method that Liu Xi had been seeking.

• Zi Yan smashed through a concealed stone wall, revealing a tunnel to the treasury.
• The group descended through the tunnel, and Zi Yan broke open the stone door, where a serpentine Magical Beast ambushed them before she knocked it aside.
• Liu Xi identified the creature as the storeroom’s Fifth-order Magical Beast guardian, while Zi Yan dragged it away.
• Liu Xi and the others found shelves of cultivation methods, Dou Skills, pills, and weapons, then had Zi Yan retrieve four Wooden Boxes through an Energy Shield.
• The boxes contained two lightning scrolls for the academy, the Flame-Playing Art for Liu Xi, a Seventh-order Fire Attribute Magical Core, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet slip that he wanted.

Liu Xi kept the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique and began refining Old Ghost Di Mo’s corpse into a puppet with his soul and a Seventh-grade Magic Core. After seven days, the components fused, and Liu Xi started the final tempering as the puppet’s aura reached that of a Five Star Dou Zong.

• Liu Xi took the Puppet Technique, Magic Core, herbs, and ores while leaving the academy’s remaining treasures behind.
• Su Qian and the Inner Court elders said farewell as Liu Xi confirmed he would travel to Zhongzhou after refining the puppet.
• Liu Xi studied the technique and used Green Flame to temper Old Ghost Di Mo’s body and soul, removing the Calamity Poison and extinguishing the soul’s mark.
• Liu Xi placed the Seventh-grade Magic Core in the corpse and spent seven days waiting for the body, soul, and core to reach their optimal fusion.
• Liu Xi triggered the fusion, producing an emotionless aura comparable to a Five Star Dou Zong, then coated the body in molten metal and began the final tempering.

Liu Xi successfully refined Old Ghost Di Mo into an Earth Demon Puppet named Ah Da, whose strength returned to the Seven Star Dou Zong level. He emerged from the cave with Ah Da, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, and left Zi Yan eager but unwilling to fight the puppet after Liu Xi worried she might get hurt.

• Liu Xi refined Old Ghost Di Mo’s body into an Earth Demon Puppet, and the puppet’s aura rose to the Seven Star Dou Zong level.
• Liu Xi imprinted the puppet with his blood and soul, named it Ah Da, and left the cave with it following him.
• Xiao Yi Xian greeted Liu Xi outside the cave and admired Ah Da after he explained its rank and strength.
• Liu Xi told Xiao Yi Xian that Ah Da could help them pin down and kill the Seventh-grade Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Zi Yan arrived and asked to fight Ah Da, but Liu Xi refused because he feared she might be hurt, and Zi Yan gave up the challenge.

After leaving the Black Corner Region, Liu Xi, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Tianya City to travel to Zhongzhou through its Space Wormhole. They entered Tianya Pavilion to buy a private Space Ship, where Liu Xi sensed four Dou Emperor experts scanning him.

• Liu Xi left the Black Corner Region with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and traveled toward Tianya City for more than twenty days.
• Near the Tianqing Mountain Range, Zi Yan clung to Liu Xi as he carried her through the air, while Xiao Yi Xian followed.
• The group reached Tianya City, where a yellow-robed old man greeted them and offered to guide them to the Space Wormhole.
• Liu Xi accepted the old man's guidance and decided to buy a private Space Ship rather than use public transport.
• Liu Xi, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian entered Tianya Pavilion, where Liu Xi sensed four Dou Emperor experts scanning him.

Liu Xi bought a Grade Four Space Ship, a Sixth-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, and all of Tianya Pavilion’s Beast Fire. He left with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, setting out from the Northwest Region for Zhongzhou.

• Liu Xi bought a Grade Four Space Ship from Luo Jia for 4.98 million Gold Coins.
• Liu Xi agreed to buy a Sixth-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core and all the Beast Fire Tianya Pavilion had in stock.
• Luo Jia delivered the Magic Core and five types of Beast Fire, and Liu Xi paid three million Gold Coins.
• Liu Xi left Tianya Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to travel to Zhongzhou.

Liu Xi traveled through a Space Wormhole with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian while tempering three Beast Fires to cultivate the Flame-Playing Art. After twenty days, he fused them into a bone-white Genesis Fire seed, which he could strengthen further with Beast Fire.

• Liu Xi and his companions entered a Space Wormhole, and Zi Yan piloted their Space Ship before Xiao Yi Xian took over as Zi Yan grew bored.
• Liu Xi told Xiao Yi Xian to wait for a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magical core before attempting to control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Liu Xi used Companion Amethyst Crystal Source to summon a flame and swallowed it with the Beast Fires of a Blazing Feather Mad Tiger and a Netherworld Earth Wolf.
• Liu Xi spent twenty days tempering the three Beast Fires, reducing them to thumb-sized flames with stronger auras.
• Liu Xi forced the tempered flames together, repeatedly suppressing their eruptions with Green Flame until they became a tiny bone-white Genesis Fire seed.