Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan fought the Ancient Clan’s Black Submerging Army after Ling Quan threatened to take Xun Er back and mocked the fallen Xiao Clan. After defeating the soldiers, Xiao Yan revealed through his actions that he had grown strong to prove himself worthy of Xun Er and to restore the Xiao Clan.

• Ling Quan insulted the Xiao Clan and said he had been instructed to ask Xiao Yan about the clan’s portion of the key, while Xun Er defended Xiao Yan and denied knowing about it.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his Dragon Might and Ancient Dragon's Roar, incapacitating the Black Submerging Army’s Dou Wang members.
• Xiao Yan used his ruler, combat techniques, and lightning movement to defeat the soldiers, leaving them badly injured.
• Ling Quan suggested Xiao Yan had obtained the Xiao Clan’s legacy, while Ling Ying realized Xiao Yan had pursued strength to prove himself to the Ancient Clan and revive the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan fought Ling Quan to prove that he could challenge the Ancient Clan despite lacking a Dou God Bloodline. After unleashing a dangerous fusion of his Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan traded powerful blows with Ling Quan but was blasted into a mountain, where he prepared to continue the fight.

• Ling Quan taunted Xiao Yan for lacking a Dou God Bloodline, while Xiao Yan explained that defeating him would prove his strength to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan swallowed several Medicinal Pills and used the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change with his fused Heavenly Flames, raising his power dramatically and injuring himself in the process.
• Xiao Yan struck Ling Quan with a lightning-fast punch, then pursued him with his Dou Qi Fire Wings as Zi Yan, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and others followed.
• Xiao Yan and Ling Quan exchanged blows with the Heavy Xuan Ruler and Black Halberd, then countered each other's Dou Techniques.
• Ling Quan's Star River Mysterious Dragon Halberd overwhelmed Xiao Yan's Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and sent him crashing into a mountain, where Xiao Yan emerged with Death Flame in one eye and Life Flame in the other.

Xiao Yan used the Yin-Yang Twin Flame to battle Ling Quan, repeatedly healing himself with stolen vitality and overpowering Ling Quan with powerful Heavenly Flame techniques. As Xiao Yan prepared to finish the fight with the Eight-Winged Flame Devil Tiger, Ling Quan unleashed his Dou God Bloodline and Clan Mark despite Xun Er’s warning.

• Xiao Yan revealed the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, and Xun Er recognized it as one of Xiao Xuan’s Heavenly Flames.
• Ling Quan attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Yin-Yang Domain let the Death Flame drain Ling Quan’s vitality and the Life Flame restore Xiao Yan’s wound.
• Xiao Yan chased Ling Quan with the Yin-Yang Domain, struck him with the Ancient Dragon’s Roar, and blasted him into a crater with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Eight-Winged Flame Devil Tiger and unleashed a vast wave of flame toward Ling Quan.
• Xun Er warned Ling Quan that the Xiao Clan was allied with her clan, but Ling Quan ignored her and activated his Dou God Bloodline and Clan Mark.

Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus against Ling Quan, but Elder Tong Xuan intervened before it could kill him. Xun Er returned to the Ancient Clan after saying goodbye to Xiao Yan, who was left watching her depart as darkness and Black Flame appeared around him.

• Ling Quan used the Sea Flipping Seal against Xiao Yan, who answered with a fire lotus formed from three Heavenly Flames.
• The Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus overwhelmed Ling Quan's attack, but Elder Tong Xuan stopped its flames and rescued Ling Quan and the Black Submerging Army.
• Elder Tong Xuan healed Xiao Yan and told Xun Er it was time to return to the clan.
• Xun Er promised to wait for Xiao Yan to become powerful and restore the Xiao Family, then entered the spatial rift and left.
• After Xun Er disappeared, darkness stirred in Xiao Yan's eyes and a wisp of Black Flame appeared on the ground.

After defeating Ling Quan, Xiao Yan was approached in the darkness by Hun Xuzi, who praised his Soul Power and revealed the Hun Clan’s interest in his potential. Xiao Yan produced the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and gave it to Hun Xuzi, who admired his willingness to relinquish the key to becoming a Dou God.

• Xiao Yan stood alone after defeating Ling Quan, while the Inner Academy students left him undisturbed.
• A mature Void Swallowing Flame Sub-flame drew Xiao Yan into a void space, where Hun Xuzi appeared.
• Hun Xuzi praised Xiao Yan’s rapid growth and powerful Soul Power, hoping he might help the Hun Clan refine the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo.
• Xiao Yan stabbed his abdomen and retrieved the Tuoshe Ancient Jade hidden inside his body.
• Xiao Yan explained that the incomplete ancient jade was a death warrant rather than a treasure, then tossed it to Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Xuzi admitted the Ancient Clan looked down on Xiao Yan and declared that the Hun Clan admired him.

Xiao Yan accepted the Hun Clan’s Soul Token and negotiated with Hun Xuzi for the Emperor’s Soul Decree, hoping to gain the strength to win the Ancient Clan’s recognition. He returned to Jia Nan Academy with a dangerous new path ahead and reaffirmed his determination to reach Xun Er.

• Hun Xuzi offered Xiao Yan a place in the Hun Clan and activated the Soul Token, forming a mark in Xiao Yan’s soul and advancing his Soul Power to Mortal Realm Completion.
• Xiao Yan refused to formally join the Hun Clan but agreed to cooperate and asked Hun Xuzi for the Emperor’s Soul Decree.
• Hun Xuzi explained that the complete Emperor’s Soul Decree and the true Emperor Seal Technique required powerful Dou God Bloodlines, revealing the Dou God Clans’ hidden inheritance.
• Xiao Yan showed Hun Xuzi the purified Dou God Bloodline in a Jade Bottle, and Hun Xuzi gave him a scroll containing the Emperor’s Soul Decree.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, told Xun Er to wait for him, and acknowledged an eerie voice saying the Emperor’s Soul Decree alone was not enough for cooperation.

Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to gather Soul Bodies and target the Spirit and Shi Clans, while Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Inner Academy and deal with the Fallen Heart Flame. Han Feng mobilized allies to seize the flame as Jia Nan Academy struggled to contain it, and Mao Wu began weakening the seal from within.

• Hun Tiandi confirmed the Tuoshe Ancient Jade was real, tossed it into his fish pond, and ordered the collection of Soul Bodies to advance the Nihility Devouring Flame’s cultivation.
• Xiao Yan calmed himself after Xun Er’s departure, then asked Mao Wu to begin and woke Medusa to help with the coming effort to obtain a Heavenly Flame body.
• Han Feng learned that the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was sealed and summoned several Black-Corner Region forces, including the Gold Silver Two Elders, to help him seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Great Elder Su Qian and the elders continued suppressing the Fallen Heart Flame, but feared its eruption would eventually overwhelm them.
• Mao Wu slipped into the tenth floor of the tower and used Black Flame to burn a small hole through the seal.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian and the academy elders tried to contain it with the Thousand Layer Seal Array. Han Feng arrived with Black-Corner Region allies to seize the Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan confronted them as the chapter ended.

• The weakening seal gave way, and the Fallen Heart Flame burst from the tower in a pillar of magma.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to form the Thousand Layer Seal Array and suppress the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan predicted that outsiders would come for the Heavenly Flame as Han Feng and his allies breached the academy's barrier.
• Han Feng demanded that Su Qian surrender the Fallen Heart Flame, while the Gold and Silver Sirs prepared to hold Su Qian back.
• Han Feng revealed the Sea Heart Flame and called on the Gold and Silver Sirs to help him face the academy.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Han Feng's forces with blood-red Dou Qi Fire Wings and challenged them.

Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng during the Black-Corner Region’s attack on Jia Nan Academy, but a Yellow-Robed Old Man intercepted him as Han Feng headed for the Thousand Layer Seal. Zi Yan, Liu Qing, and Lin Xiuya joined Xiao Yan against the Dou Emperor, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan prepared a Dragon Might-enhanced strike while Zi Yan attacked from above.

• Xiao Yan and Han Feng recognized each other’s Heavenly Flames as the students cheered Xiao Yan on.
• Han Feng left Xiao Yan to the Yellow-Robed Old Man and led his forces toward the Thousand Layer Seal, triggering the battle across the Inner Academy.
• The Yellow-Robed Old Man attacked Xiao Yan, but Zi Yan arrived and shattered his stone Spears with a punch.
• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing joined Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, and the four Inner Academy Dou Wangs began fighting the Yellow-Robed Old Man together.
• Zi Yan smashed through the old man’s mountain-like attack while Xiao Yan struck his Mystic Tortoise Armor Shield; Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya followed with their strongest techniques.
• Zi Yan descended with a powerful punch as the Yellow-Robed Old Man raised his Mountain Armor, and Xiao Yan’s Dragon Qi surged in preparation for his next strike.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan killed the Yellow-Robed Old Man, then Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng and learned that Han Feng recognized the Bone Flame Ring and sought the complete Flame Mantra inside it. As Su Qian fought the Gold Silver Two Elders, Xiao Yan and Han Feng began a battle of Heavenly Flames, while the suppressed Fallen Heart Flame suddenly opened its eyes.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Yellow-Robed Old Man's defensive shield with Ancient Dragon's Roar, allowing Zi Yan to punch him from the sky into the ground.
• The Yellow-Robed Old Man tried to flee, but Xiao Yan killed him with Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, leaving no corpse or bones.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan's Heavy Xuan Ruler and Bone Flame Ring, and revealed that he and Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra, then vowed to kill him for the ring's contents.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his full strength while Su Qian engaged the Gold Silver Two Elders, and Han Feng attacked Xiao Yan with Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan countered with Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, and the two Heavenly Flames collided as the suppressed Fallen Heart Flame suddenly opened its eyes.

Xiao Yan fought Han Feng with the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and Bone Chiling Flame, then defeated him with a Fire Lotus made by merging the two Heavenly Flames. The Gold Silver Two Elders fled with the wounded Han Feng as the Black-Corner Region experts began to retreat.

• Xiao Yan and Han Feng matched each other’s Heavenly Flame control, and Xiao Yan mocked Han Feng’s weak cultivation method.
• Han Feng formed his Sea Heart Flame into a tide and attacked with Heavenly Flame taking form, but Xiao Yan countered with the Eight-Winged Flame Devil Tiger.
• Han Feng summoned the water-attributed Sea Flame Halberd, so Xiao Yan merged the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and Bone Chiling Flame into a red-and-white Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan and Han Feng’s attacks collided, unleashing a firestorm that swept across the battlefield and injured many Black-Corner Region experts.
• Xiao Yan struck Han Feng with his Heavy Xuan Ruler and defeated him, prompting the Gold Silver Two Elders to carry Han Feng away as the other Black-Corner Region experts fled.

Xiao Yan and the Inner Academy elders fought to contain the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Yan insisted it could not be sealed away permanently and persuaded Su Qian to let him subdue it. With Medusa's help, Xiao Yan drove the Fallen Heart Flame into the underground magma world and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to seize control of the magma and trap it.

• Xiao Yan stopped the elders from chasing Han Feng and warned them that the Fallen Heart Flame was not truly subdued.
• The Fallen Heart Flame swallowed the lingering flames, unleashed lethal Heart Flame across the Inner Academy, and broke through the Thousand Layer Seal.
• Medusa arrived and struck the Fallen Heart Flame into the magma beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Su Qian to let him take the Fallen Heart Flame, and the elders used the Heavenly Cold Chain Formation to weaken it.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa entered the underground world, where Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame and used it to seize the magma and trap the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan joined Medusa and Su Qian to battle the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, using the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the magma veins to create a powerful green fire demon. After the Fallen Heart Flame unleashed a devastating explosion, Xiao Yan risked charging into its body, and the fight left him closing in on its exposed source as it tried to escape.

• Su Qian saw Xiao Yan wielding multiple Heavenly Flames, and Medusa shielded him from the Fallen Heart Flame’s attack so he could regroup with her and Su Qian.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to control the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and summon a green fire demon from the magma, which fought the Fallen Heart Flame alongside Medusa and the elders’ ice spear formation.
• The elders’ ice spears froze the Fallen Heart Flame, but it erupted with energy from other Heavenly Flames and blasted Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Su Qian into a distant wall.
• Xiao Yan told Medusa and Su Qian to hold off the Fallen Heart Flame while he entered its body; Medusa joined his charge, and Su Qian opened a path with ice chains.
• The Fallen Heart Flame exposed its milky-white source inside the Invisible Fire Python and tried to flee, but Xiao Yan trapped it in green flames and used his remaining Dou Qi to rush toward the source.

Xiao Yan captured and refined the Fallen Heart Flame, advancing the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank High-Level while Medusa absorbed its scattered energy. He stayed in the Heavenly Flame Space to continue cultivating and began preparing to refine the bone-white Heavenly Flame from his Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan used Mao Wu's Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy the Fallen Heart Flame's source fire and seized its Source Fire Seed, but the flame erupted in a final counterattack.
• Medusa manifested the Soul Body of the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python and held back the Fallen Heart Flame while Xiao Yan swallowed its source with the Earth Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan trapped the Fallen Heart Flame inside a Four-Colored Fire Lotus, persuaded it to submit, and refined it into his Soul Collection; the Flame Mantra advanced to Earth Rank High-Level.
• Medusa absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame's scattered energy to temper her body toward the Seventh Tier, while Xiao Yan asked Great Elder to let him remain in the Heavenly Flame Space.
• Xiao Yan brought out the bone-white Heavenly Flame from his Storage Ring and resolved to refine it so the Flame Mantra could advance toward Heaven Rank.

Xiao Yan refined the Bone Chiling Flame in the Magma World, causing the Flame Mantra to evolve to Quasi-Heaven Rank and his cultivation to rise to peak Five-Star Dou Wang. After leaving Medusa and Mao Wu in the Heavenly Flame Space, he decided that staying there for years to grow stronger would be too slow.

• Xiao Yan began refining the Bone Chiling Flame and vowed to investigate Han Feng’s betrayal of its former owner.
• Over the course of a month, Xiao Yan steadily absorbed the flame while Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei waited anxiously for him to emerge.
• A tremor and blazing aura erupted around the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian and the academy’s experts mistook the heavenly phenomenon for the creation of a Heaven Tier technique.
• Xiao Yan completed the fusion of six Heavenly Flames, evolving the Flame Mantra to Quasi-Heaven Rank and reaching peak Five-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Medusa, while Mao Wu swallowed a wisp of evil flame that had affected Xiao Yan’s mind.
• Xiao Yan considered training in the Heavenly Flame Space but decided that spending years there to reach Dou Emperor would take too long.

Xiao Yan followed the Fallen Heart Flame deep into the magma beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and discovered a hidden space containing a second, immature Fallen Heart Flame and a mysterious skeleton. A powerful soul emerged from the skeleton, identified himself as Venerable Tian Huo, and began speaking with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan decided to investigate the magma after the Fallen Heart Flame signaled that something lay beneath it, and he marked a route before diving in.
• Xiao Yan followed the Fallen Heart Flame through the magma, passed the perception of powerful magma lizards, and entered a hidden space through a protective barrier.
• Xiao Yan found a skeleton, an immature second Fallen Heart Flame, and a hidden Soul Power fluctuation in the space.
• A white-robed soul restrained Xiao Yan, then released him and returned the Fallen Heart Flame to his side.
• The soul introduced himself as Yao Tian Huo, also known as Venerable Tian Huo, while Xiao Yan concealed his thoughts about the man's identity.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Venerable Tian Huo, who asked him to escape the Magma World and find a pill to repair his failing soul in exchange for the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique and his knowledge. Xiao Yan recognized that the technique suited his five Heavenly Flames, but he had not yet agreed to help.

• Xiao Yan held his ground while Venerable Tian Huo explained that he had been gravely injured when two Fallen Heart Flames clashed inside him and a powerful Flame Lizardman attacked.
• Venerable Tian Huo admitted that he had released the mature Fallen Heart Flame as bait to draw someone into the Magma World who could take him away.
• Venerable Tian Huo asked Xiao Yan to help him find a Medicinal Pill to repair his soul and offered the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique as compensation.
• Xiao Yan learned that the technique could reach Heaven Rank power when its Fire Spirits were condensed from Heavenly Flames, and realized his five Flames made it especially suitable for him.
• Xiao Yan considered the technique's value and the cost of repairing a Dou Zun's soul, but gave Venerable Tian Huo no answer.

Xiao Yan negotiated a ten-year Soul Contract with Venerable Tian Huo in exchange for restoring his soul and refining him a body, then escaped the magma with the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame. After giving the flame to Su Qian, Xiao Yan asked the Great Elder to help him counterattack Maple City and confront Han Feng.

• Xiao Yan refused Venerable Tian Huo's initial terms and offered to restore his soul and create a compatible body in exchange for ten years of service.
• Venerable Tian Huo accepted the deal, gave Xiao Yan the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique, and signed a Soul Contract with him.
• Xiao Yan warned Venerable Tian Huo about the danger below the magma, then left with Venerable Tian Huo's bones and Soul Body stored away.
• Xiao Yan returned to Medusa, gave her Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to help her condense her body, and left the cave.
• Xiao Yan handed the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian and asked the Great Elder to help him counterattack Maple City, where Han Feng was.

Xiao Yan and Su Qian prepared to use pills to recruit experts and strike back at Han Feng, while Xiao Yan learned more about Venerable Yao’s mysterious death. After two months of intense alchemy, Xiao Yan refined a near-seventh-grade Huangtian Pill, and he and Zi Yan prepared for the coming battle.

• Xiao Yan agreed with Su Qian to refine pills for the Inner Academy so they could recruit allies and oppose Han Feng, and Su Qian supplied medicinal ingredients.
• Su Qian told Xiao Yan that Venerable Yao had died under suspicious circumstances after Han Feng claimed he perished in a pill-refining explosion.
• Xiao Yan spent two months refining pills with the Inner Academy’s support, improving his alchemy and advancing to Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan refined a Huangtian Pill whose quality nearly reached seventh grade, briefly causing dark clouds to gather over the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan candy pills made from leftover Huangtian Pill ingredients, and Zi Yan promised to help him fight the next day.

Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy prepared a surprise attack on Han Feng’s stronghold in Maple City, while Han Feng gathered the Black Alliance and offered rewards for killing academy elders and capturing Xiao Yan. As the siege began, a mysterious woman arrived in Peace Town asking for Xiao Yan.

• Su Qian arranged for three Dou Emperor factions to surround Maple City while Xiao Yan and the academy forces planned their attack.
• Xiao Yan told the Xiao Hall members to avoid powerful opponents, then used Soul Nourishing Saliva and a Little Soul Black-Purple Pill to strengthen Venerable Tian Huo’s Soul Body.
• Xiao Yan planned to take Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and use the battle to gather souls with the Soul Token.
• Su Qian led the academy’s elders and students through the spatial gate toward Maple City, where Han Feng offered Huangji Pills and rewards to the Black Alliance’s Dou Emperors.
• The academy forces silently surrounded Maple City as a purple-clad woman arrived in Peace Town and asked a Law Enforcer whether Xiao Yan was there.