Chapter Summaries

Liu Xi returned to the Inner Court to cultivate with the Fallen Heart Flame and entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower ahead of the other students. His dominance left Liu Qing inspired, while Lin Xiuyai vowed to surpass him and Han Yue rejected the idea of relying on a man for protection.

• Liu Xi explained Zi Yan's origins to Xiao Yi Xian after she questioned his closeness with the child.
• Xu Yue attacked Liu Qing over a dispute about a place near the tower, but stopped when Liu Xi arrived and the students cleared a path for him.
• The tower doors opened, and Liu Xi entered first before the other students rushed inside.
• Liu Qing admired Liu Xi's dominance, while Lin Xiuyai declared that he could take Liu Xi's place someday.
• A companion teased Lin Yan about losing Fire Energy, and Han Yue told the woman in green that women should cultivate rather than rely on men.

Liu Xi returned to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame’s aura stirred his Green Lotus Core Flame and drew the attention of the suppressed Heavenly Flame. While cultivating on the sixth floor, Liu Xi encountered the Fallen Heart Flame through his Spiritual Sense and woke shaken, realizing he lacked a powerful soul-targeting technique.

• Liu Xi entered the tower, and his Green Lotus Core Flame devoured a wisp of Transparent Flame while reacting restlessly to the Fallen Heart Flame’s aura.
• Elder Liu welcomed Liu Xi and praised his Heavenly Flame, Sixth-grade Alchemist status, and rising reputation as he headed toward the sixth floor.
• Elder Wang saw Liu Xi to his cultivation room, while Liu Xi noticed the Fallen Heart Flame’s agitation and the pale red energy mist growing more active.
• Liu Xi used his Purple Fire Crystal Card, sat on the Green Lotus Seat, swallowed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, and refined the gathered Fire Attribute energy with the Nine Nether Spirit Flame Art.
• Liu Xi’s Spiritual Sense entered a Magma World and saw the Fallen Heart Flame trapped in a Space Cage beneath the tower.
• The Fallen Heart Flame sensed Liu Xi and assaulted his mind, forcing him to awaken and conclude that he needed a technique capable of attacking the soul with explosive force.

After emerging from five days of cultivation in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, Liu Xi broke through to Five-star Dou Wang and returned to his courtyard, where Zi Yan arrived with news of a treasure she had found. The reunion ended with Zi Yan accidentally injuring Liu Xi, and she prepared to tell him about the treasure inside.

• Liu Xi reflected on his encounter with Fallen Heart Flame, then discovered that his cultivation had advanced him to Five-star Dou Wang.
• Liu Xi left the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and returned to the courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian told him Zi Yan had been looking for him to report a discovery.
• Zi Yan rushed into Liu Xi's courtyard and accidentally knocked him down, leaving him coughing blood.
• Liu Xi took a pill to recover, and Zi Yan admitted she had eaten all the pills he had given her.
• Liu Xi invited Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan inside so they could discuss the treasure.

Liu Xi and Zi Yan went to the Inner Court Back Mountain to take the treasure guarded by a Snow Demon Sky Ape, which Liu Xi identified as Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Zi Yan fought the ape, but when it entered a berserk state with power comparable to a Five-star Dou Wang, Liu Xi prepared to intervene.

• Liu Xi identified Zi Yan’s guarded treasure as Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and agreed to accompany her to the valley.
• Liu Xi left Xiao Yi Xian behind and flew with Zi Yan through the forest toward the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s lair.
• Zi Yan lured out the White Ape and challenged it, then met its first attack with a punch and was knocked back.
• Zi Yan dodged the White Ape’s next strike and kicked it into the mountain wall, but its icy blizzard blew her away.
• The White Ape entered a blood-red berserk state, and Liu Xi judged that its strength had reached the level of a Five-star Dou Wang.

Liu Xi fought the transformed White Ape with Zi Yan, using Green Lotus Core Flame techniques to overpower and kill it. The White Ape's body burned as its life faded.

• Liu Xi caught Zi Yan as the transformed White Ape emerged from the blood mist, and Zi Yan warned him that it had become stronger but less intelligent.
• The White Ape attacked Liu Xi with an ice blast beam, but Liu Xi's Green Lotus Core Flame overwhelmed it and forced it to dodge.
• Liu Xi formed a flaming shield to protect himself and Zi Yan, then sent green flames after the White Ape when it struck the shield and burned its paw.
• Liu Xi transformed his flames into a Fire Ape that grappled with and battered the White Ape, then changed it into three pythons that restrained the beast.
• Liu Xi formed a giant green Flame Blade and beheaded the restrained White Ape, whose body fell and caught fire.

After defeating the White Ape, Liu Xi followed Zi Yan to an underground cavern where they found a pool of diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Liu Xi identified the true treasure inside the enormous stalactite, and Zi Yan confirmed it was what she had sensed.

• Liu Xi killed the White Ape and took its fifth-tier ice-element Magic Core.
• Zi Yan led Liu Xi into the White Ape’s cave, where Liu Xi burned open a hidden passage with Green Flame.
• Liu Xi and Zi Yan traveled through the passage into a vast underground cavern filled with stalactites.
• Zi Yan found a pool of milky liquid, and Liu Xi explained it was diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Liu Xi led Zi Yan to the top of the largest stalactite, where she sensed the true treasure inside it.

Liu Xi extracted the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, preserved the stalactite, and split the liquid with Zi Yan. As they flew back, Zi Yan secretly drank her entire share, passed out, and ended up in Liu Xi’s arms.

• Liu Xi opened the stalactite and carefully extracted most of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk while leaving the formation intact.
• Liu Xi divided the milk evenly with Zi Yan and advised her to absorb it one drop at a time.
• Liu Xi thought of using his share to help Xiao Yi Xian cleanse and strengthen her body.
• Zi Yan secretly drank her whole share while flying back and became drunk and unsteady.
• Liu Xi caught Zi Yan when she fell, realized she had drunk it all, and carried her back as she fell asleep.

Liu Xi returned to the academy with Zi Yan asleep after she absorbed the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then learned that spies from Feng City had come to Peace Town because he had revealed his Heavenly Flame. Su Qian warned that Liu Xi had attracted the attention of a dangerous man.

• Liu Xi buried and camouflaged the underground passage before carrying Zi Yan back to his courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried over Zi Yan, and Liu Xi explained that she was sleeping while absorbing the treasure’s energy and offered Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to help Xiao Yi Xian cultivate.
• Zi Yan clung to Liu Xi’s sleeve in her sleep, and Great Elder Su Qian burst in, mistakenly believing Liu Xi had harmed her.
• Liu Xi explained Zi Yan’s condition, and Su Qian admitted he had come to discuss an important matter.
• Su Qian told Liu Xi that spies from Feng City had flooded into Peace Town and that Liu Xi’s Heavenly Flame had caught a man’s attention.

Liu Xi gathered ingredients and prepared Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for Xiao Yi Xian’s Marrow Cleansing and Tendon Changing. He explained how the treatment would work and told her to enter the tub while he watched over her.

• Liu Xi learned from Su Qian that Han Feng had spies in Feng City, and Su Qian assured him the academy was preparing for a possible attack.
• Liu Xi left Su Qian and gathered the herbs needed to make the body-tempering bath.
• Liu Xi explained to Xiao Yi Xian that she would absorb the medicine through a bath and that he needed to supervise her.
• Liu Xi mixed five drops of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk with several herbs in a wooden tub and heated the mixture with Green Flame.
• Liu Xi reassured Xiao Yi Xian that the flames would not harm her, then turned away and told her to undress and enter the tub.

Xiao Yi Xian underwent Marrow Cleansing and Tendon Changing in a tub of medicinal liquid while Liu Xi watched over her. After enduring the process, she woke with her body transformed and learned that her strength would soon return, leaving her and Liu Xi prepared to work toward refining the poison pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian entered the medicinal tub, determined to endure the treatment, and Liu Xi turned back to monitor her.
• Liu Xi released the Green Flame’s restraint, causing the medicinal liquid to boil and its energy to enter Xiao Yi Xian’s body.
• After a day of watching Xiao Yi Xian suffer, Liu Xi offered to expel the excess medicinal power, but she insisted on continuing.
• A second day passed, and Xiao Yi Xian endured the full treatment as the medicinal liquid cleared and her bones and meridians took on a jade-like glow.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke weak and confused, and Liu Xi explained that her Poison Dou Qi had been suppressed but would return stronger, with greater poison resistance.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Liu Xi to carry her, and he lifted her from the tub and dried them both with Dou Qi.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together, while Zi Yan finished absorbing the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and woke with immense new strength. After she accidentally blasted holes in Liu Xi’s ceiling, he discovered that her power was distorting space and amplifying her punches.

• Liu Xi carried Xiao Yi Xian to bed, promised he would stay with her, and spent the night with her.
• Zi Yan woke after absorbing the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and remembered that she wanted to drink more.
• Zi Yan stretched and blasted two holes through the ceiling, waking Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Xi went to Zi Yan’s room and asked her to recreate what had happened.
• Zi Yan repeated her stretch and blasted two more holes, allowing Liu Xi to sense that spatial power had amplified her fists from a distance.

Liu Xi learned that Zi Yan had awakened spatial talent and gave her medicinal pills before offering Xiao Yi Xian the Scorching Poison he had extracted from his body. Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison to cultivate her Calamity Poison Body, then fainted, leaving Liu Xi to protect her from the lingering poisonous gas.

• Zi Yan apologized to Liu Xi, who explained that the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk had helped awaken her spatial talent and praised her ability.
• Liu Xi gave Zi Yan several bottles of medicinal pills and watched her leave.
• Liu Xi showed Xiao Yi Xian the Scorching Poison fused with his Green Lotus Core Flame and explained that it also contained a Dou Wang's pure Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian had Liu Xi gather the poison in his palm, then sucked it out through his middle finger and swallowed it.
• Xiao Yi Xian fainted after absorbing the Scorching Poison, and Liu Xi carried her to bed and used his Heavenly Flame to guard against the poisonous gas.

Liu Xi refined the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then waited for Xiao Yi Xian to awaken from refining Scorching Poison. After she reached nine-star Dou Shi, he entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower to study the Fallen Heart Flame and improve his Illusory Heart Technique into a soul-attacking Soul Dou Skill.

• Liu Xi absorbed the final drop of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and felt his body grow stronger, bringing him closer to six-star Dou Wang.
• Liu Xi found Xiao Yi Xian still unconscious, then waited until she awakened three hours later.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Xi she had reached nine-star Dou Shi and that her Poison Dou Qi had become more obedient.
• Liu Xi went to Room No. 1 on the sixth level of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and used Spiritual Sense to enter the Magma World.
• The Fallen Heart Flame attacked Liu Xi's condensed soul body, destroying it, but he captured some of the malicious flame's soul fluctuations for his research.

Ten months of experimenting with Fallen Heart Flame led Liu Xi to develop Soul Control, a technique that let him seize the flame’s body through its consciousness. Afterward, Su Qian warned him that Han Feng was recruiting factions to ambush him after graduation, but Liu Xi planned to remain at the academy.

• Liu Xi used his new soul technique to overwhelm Fallen Heart Flame and command its body, then named the ability Soul Control.
• Elder Liu told Liu Xi that Su Qian wanted to see him and warned that the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower’s flames had been erupting unusually often.
• Liu Xi went to Su Qian’s pavilion, suspecting the meeting concerned Han Feng.
• Su Qian revealed that Han Feng had approached factions in the Black Corner Region to arrange an ambush after Liu Xi graduated in two months.
• Liu Xi said he would stay at the academy after graduation, and Su Qian cautioned him against acting recklessly.

Han Feng enlisted three Black Corner Region leaders to help him kill Liu Xi and seize the Green Lotus Core Flame. Liu Xi returned to his courtyard, unaware of the plot, and discussed his upcoming graduation and life at Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.

• Han Feng offered Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and the Earth Flame Sect's sect master three Sixth-grade pills each to join his attempt to kill Liu Xi before the young alchemist graduated.
• Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and the Earth Flame Sect's sect master accepted Han Feng's offer and pledged to support him.
• Liu Xi returned from meeting the Great Elder and reflected that Han Feng might avoid entering the Inner Court before the Fallen Heart Flame erupted.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan welcomed Liu Xi, who told them he would graduate in two months and join the academy as an elder.
• Liu Xi offered to help Xiao Yi Xian become an Inner Court student, but she declined, then told him Elder Hao had requested a Blood-dispelling Pill.
• Liu Xi agreed to refine Elder Hao's Fifth-grade pill when he had time.

Liu Xi graduated as the Inner Court’s strongest student and stayed at Jia Nan Academy as an honorary elder. After learning Liu Xi would remain, Han Feng ordered his allies and two mysterious figures summoned as he prepared to attack the academy for the Heavenly Flames.

• Liu Xi turned down classmates’ confessions, accepted requests to refine pills, and reached six-star Dou Wang before graduation.
• Elder Qin Xuan and Su Qian addressed the graduates, and Liu Xi gave a short speech as the number one of the Strong Ranking.
• Qin Xuan announced that Liu Xi would remain in the Inner Court as an honorary elder.
• News of Liu Xi’s decision spread across the Black Corner Region, and Han Feng reacted angrily in Feng City.
• Han Feng gave Han Beng tokens to summon the Earth Flame Sect, Eight Gates, Blood Sect, and two mysterious men, then vowed to enter Jia Nan Academy to seize the Heavenly Flames.

Han Feng led a force from the Black Corner Region in a nighttime assault on the Jia Nan Inner Court, breached its spatial shield, and attacked its elders. Su Qian confronted Han Feng, but the Gold and Silver Elders appeared to support the invaders, setting up a clash with the Inner Court’s Great Elder.

• Han Feng broke through the Inner Court’s Spatial Energy Shield and led his men inside, ordering them to find Liu Xi and seize the Heavenly Flames.
• Qin Xuan and two Dou Wang elders confronted the intruders, but the attackers killed the two elders and grievously wounded Qin Xuan.
• The Inner Court’s powerful auras revealed that the surprise attack had been exposed, and Han Feng decided to force his way in.
• Su Qian ordered the elders guarding the Inner Court’s important sites to prepare for battle, then went to intercept Han Feng’s group.
• Han Feng revealed himself to Su Qian and summoned the Gold and Silver Elders, whose appearance darkened Su Qian’s expression.

Liu Xi treated the gravely wounded Qin Xuan, then joined Su Qian and the Inner Court elders as they faced Han Feng’s invading forces. After Han Feng’s attempt to claim Liu Xi failed, the battle began, ending with Liu Xi and Han Feng clashing with their Heavenly Flames.

• Liu Xi used high-grade pills and Spiritual Power to stabilize Qin Xuan, then left Elder Zhou to care for him and flew to join Su Qian.
• Su Qian gathered the Inner Court elders and ordered them to defend the academy against Han Feng’s six Dou Emperors and nine Dou Wangs.
• Liu Xi offered Han Feng’s allies double payment to turn against him, but the Gold-Silver Elders demanded a Sect Breaking Pill, and Han Feng persuaded them to stay on his side.
• Han Feng ordered the attack, and Su Qian fought the Gold-Silver Elders while the other experts engaged their own opponents.
• Han Feng charged at Liu Xi, who summoned Green Flame against Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, forcing nearby fighters to flee the collision.

Liu Xi fought Han Feng with the Green Lotus Core Flame but was outmatched by Han Feng’s higher realm. Zi Yan arrived to protect Liu Xi and struck Han Feng with Spatial Power, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Liu Xi used the Nine Nether Spirit Flame Art to strengthen his Green Lotus Core Flame and hold Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame at bay.
• Han Feng broke through Liu Xi’s flame defense and wounded him, while Su Qian remained occupied fighting the Gold-Silver Elders.
• Liu Xi continued attacking Han Feng with his Pill Fire Technique, but struggled to face him in close combat.
• Zi Yan arrived and stepped between Liu Xi and Han Feng, promising to protect Liu Xi.
• Zi Yan punched Han Feng through space, sending him flying and revealing that she could wield Spatial Power.

Liu Xi, Zi Yan, and the Inner Court fought Han Feng and the Black Corner Region attackers while the Fallen Heart Flame broke free from the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. The Invisible Fire Python emerged into the Inner Court, leaving the battle facing a new threat.

• Zi Yan struck Han Feng and joined Liu Xi in keeping him occupied as he defended himself with the Sea Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame, then battered the Space Cage holding it beneath the tower.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to return and activate the tower’s Energy Shield, but the Black Corner Region fighters kept them and Su Qian occupied.
• Han Feng sensed the Fallen Heart Flame and became eager to capture it, while Liu Xi planned to use its escape against him.
• Han Feng accused the Inner Court of enslaving the Fallen Heart Flame, and the tower’s tip exploded as the Invisible Fire Python broke free and spread magma across the Inner Court.