Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiuya led Jia Nan Academy’s students in a desperate attempt to escape Demon Flame Valley, but Xie Zhen overwhelmed him after arriving. Just as Xie Zhen moved to kill Lin Xiuya, Xiao Yuan appeared and pierced his chest.

• Lin Xiuya ordered four instructors to hold off the Demon Flame Valley forces while Xiao Yu led the students toward the valley entrance.
• Lin Xiuya and the students fought their way toward the exit, but two Demon Flame Valley Dou Wang powerhouses blocked him.
• Xie Zhen arrived, sealed the valley entrance, and crushed Lin Xiuya’s full-strength attack before badly injuring him.
• Xie Zhen approached the fallen Lin Xiuya and raised his foot to kill him as Xiao Yu and the others watched helplessly.
• Xiao Yuan appeared and pierced Xie Zhen’s chest, holding his beating heart as Lin Xiuya and Xiao Yu recognized him.

Xiao Yuan rescued Xiao Yu, Lin Xiuya, and the Jia Nan Academy students by wiping out the Demon Flame Valley attackers, then learned how the conflict between the academy and Demon Flame Valley began. He decided to escort the survivors to town before seeking Xiao Yan in Black Emperor City, while a mysterious Hall of Souls observer followed his trail.

• Xiao Yuan killed Xie Zhen and the Demon Flame Valley forces attacking the Jia Nan Academy group, while Xiao Yi Xian reported that she had eliminated the remaining enemies outside the valley.
• Xiao Yuan reunited with Xiao Yu and Lin Xiuya, learned that Demon Flame Valley had retaliated after Xiao Yan killed its Great Elder's grandson, and heard that the valley's master, Earth Demon Old Ghost, was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yuan that Xiao Yan might be at an auction in Black Emperor City, so Xiao Yuan planned to escort the group to town and then find him.
• After the group left, a black-mist Hall of Souls observer searched the valley, wondered who Xiao Yuan was, and pursued him after sensing that his aura was fluctuating as if he were nearing a breakthrough.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Black Emperor City, where Xiao Yuan used his disguise and Xiao Yi Xian’s chilling power to deter anyone who challenged them. After entering through the gate reserved for Dou Huang experts, they set out to search for rare Medicinal Herbs and information about Bodhi Transformation Saliva, while Yao Lao revealed that Xiao Yan was nearby.

• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian reached Black Emperor City after traveling for about a day, and Xiao Yuan planned to refine the Douqi from the Magic Poison Spot there.
• Xiao Yi Xian froze people who stared at them on the road, and Xiao Yuan encouraged her to kill anyone who offended her.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian killed a group of men who harassed them near the city gates, turning them into pools of black liquid.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian passed through the purple gate for Dou Huang experts, and Xiao Yi Xian chilled the yellow-robed elder when he tried to stop them.
• Xiao Yuan decided to look for rare Medicinal Herbs and ask about Bodhi Transformation Saliva, while Yao Lao sensed Xiao Yan at a medicinal shop two streets away.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian visited Thousand Medicines Workshop to find rare ingredients, where Xiao Yuan revealed himself as a sixth-grade alchemist. On the second floor, he intervened when Qi Shan tried to take medicinal herbs from Xiao Yan, threatened him with his powerful backing, and offered a Dou Ling Pill for the ingredients.

• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian entered Thousand Medicines Workshop and learned that rare herbs on its second floor had to be exchanged for pills of comparable value.
• The shop’s elderly attendant recognized Xiao Yuan’s ingredient list and led the pair upstairs after Xiao Yuan revealed his sixth-grade alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yuan learned that Qi Shan, the Black Emperor Sect’s chief alchemist, was trying to claim herbs Xiao Yan wanted, and he recognized Xiao Yan as his younger brother.
• Xiao Yuan interrupted Qi Shan, demanded the herbs, and threatened him with the consequences of challenging his backing.
• Xiao Yuan offered a Dou Ling Pill for the herbs, and Market Master Yao had it examined while Xiao Yan agreed to the exchange.
• The white-haired elder praised the pill’s quality as surpassing anything he had seen, leaving the second-floor hall silent.

Xiao Yuan traded a superior Dou Ling Pill for Xiao Yan’s medicinal herbs, then his group defeated Qi Shan after he launched a sneak attack. Before leaving the Thousand Medicines Workshop, Xiao Yuan returned to ask Market Master Yao whether she knew anything about Bodhi Transformation Saliva.

• Yan Lao judged Xiao Yuan’s Dou Ling Pill superior to Qi Shan’s, and Market Master Yao agreed to exchange it for the medicinal herbs.
• Qi Shan produced his own Dou Ling Pill, but the alchemists in the hall recognized Xiao Yuan’s pill as better.
• Xiao Yan collected the herbs, and the crowd learned that Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian were family.
• Qi Shan attacked Xiao Yuan from behind, but Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan struck him down, and Xiao Yuan burned away the poisoned remains.
• Xiao Yuan compensated Market Master Yao for the damaged floor and warned the Black Emperor Sect not to seek revenge.
• Xiao Yuan returned to ask Market Master Yao whether she had information about Bodhi Transformation Saliva.

Xiao Yuan learned that Bodhi Transformation Saliva might be found in Central State and revealed that he needed it to treat Xiao Yi Xian’s dangerous constitution. As Xiao Yan celebrated his successful Strange Fire fusion and prepared to face new challenges, a Soul Hall Protector allied with Demon Flame Valley tracked Xiao Yuan to Black Emperor City.

• Yan Lao explained the effects of Bodhi Transformation Saliva and the Bodhi Heart, and said Danta and other Central State factions might possess the saliva.
• Xiao Yuan decided to attend the Black Emperor Sect auction after learning Xiao Yan needed ingredients for the Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill, and told him Demon Flame Valley had to be destroyed.
• Xiao Yuan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Yan and explained that her constitution would likely leave her less than ten years to live without Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Lao that he had fused three Strange Fires, raising the Burning Arts to Mid Xuan Class, and Xiao Yuan gave him three Strange Fire Rings while warning him about the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yuan asked Xiao Yi Xian to guard him as he refined Xie Bi Yan’s Dou Qi to prepare for a fight with a Peak Dou Zong.
• Fang Yan and Demon Flame Valley’s elders submitted to a Gray-robed Man, who confirmed he was hunting Xiao Yuan and demanded rare auction herbs as offerings to the Venerable Elder.

Xiao Yan refined a Break-Sect Pill while Xiao Yuan continued absorbing Xie Bi Yan’s Douqi in seclusion. After Xiao Yi Xian killed the Kui Wolf Gang members who came to the inn, Xiao Yan’s pill refinement sent a beam into the sky and drew the attention of Black Emperor City’s experts just as Xiao Yuan emerged from seclusion.

• Xiao Yan began refining a Break-Sect Pill, while Xiao Yuan absorbed Xie Bi Yan’s Douqi and Xiao Yi Xian kept watch beside him.
• Kui Sha and the Kui Wolf Gang came to the inn, but Xiao Yi Xian killed them all with her poison.
• Xiao Yan reached the pill’s nurturing stage after two failures, and the forming pill shook the room.
• A powerful beam burst through the ceiling and alerted experts throughout Black Emperor City.
• Yao Lao said Xiao Yuan had awakened, and Xiao Yan wondered whether Third Brother had reached Dou Zong.

Xiao Yuan broke through while Xiao Yan refined a Break-Sect Pill, then used Yao Lao’s power to kill Fang Yan and the Hall of Souls Protector when they threatened the group. After Mo Tianxing offered medicinal herbs in hopes of trading for the pill, Xiao Yuan demanded Bodhi Transformation Saliva and prepared to leave, unaware that Mo Tianxing possessed it.

• Experts gathered around the inn after a pillar of light and pill fragrance revealed that someone was refining a rare pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian threatened the onlookers, but Xiao Yuan emerged from a nearby room as his cultivation broke through to the eight-star Dou Huang peak.
• Xiao Yuan killed Fang Yan and the Demon Flame Valley experts, then used Yao Lao’s power to turn Protector Yin into an ice sculpture.
• Mo Tianxing approached Xiao Yuan, offered six boxes of medicinal herbs, and asked to trade for the Break-Sect Pill that Xiao Yan had refined.
• Xiao Yuan accepted the herbs but said he could only consider refining a Break-Sect Pill if Mo Tianxing supplied more ingredients, then asked for Bodhi Transformation Saliva instead.
• Xiao Yuan began to leave with Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan, while Mo Tianxing realized he actually possessed Bodhi Transformation Saliva.

Xiao Yuan traded a Break-Sect Pill to Mo Tianxing for genuine Bodhi Transformation Saliva, then stayed at the Black Emperor Pavilion with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian. Three days later, the disguised trio entered Black Emperor City's grand auction as honored guests.

• Xiao Yuan used Mo Tianxing's reaction to confirm he knew about Bodhi Transformation Saliva and negotiated a trade for the Break-Sect Pill.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yuan the pill, and Xiao Yuan secretly infused it with two strands of qi before Mo Tianxing returned with the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Yao Lao confirmed the saliva was genuine, and Xiao Yuan handed Mo Tianxing the Break-Sect Pill; Mo Tianxing thanked him and invited the trio to stay at the Black Emperor Pavilion.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian spent three days at the pavilion, while Mo Tianxing kept Mo Ya away from them and the auction drew powerful visitors to Black Emperor City.
• On the morning of the auction, Xiao Yuan resumed his disguise as Third Sister Xiao, and he, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the venue through the Black Emperor Sect and took a private room.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan attended the Black Emperor Sect auction, where Xiao Yan won an Earth Rank ruler technique and bought medicinal herbs. As the auction neared its end, a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse appeared, catching Xiao Yuan’s attention.

• Mo Tianxing opened the auction and warned attendees against causing trouble on Black Emperor Sect territory.
• Xiao Yan bid two million four hundred thousand Gold Coins on the Six Directions Body Roaming Ruler, and Xiao Yuan’s follow-up bid discouraged everyone else from competing, allowing Xiao Yan to obtain it at a low price.
• Xiao Yan spent his remaining three million Gold Coins on precious Medicinal Herbs, including two main ingredients for the Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill.
• Xiao Yuan waited for a Seventh Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core but did not see one offered before the auction neared its end.
• The auctioneer unveiled a massive Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, and Xiao Yuan recognized it.

Xiao Yuan offered Xiao Yan the Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings technique and targeted a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse at the Black Emperor Sect’s auction. After Xiao Yuan exposed the Sect’s attempt to inflate the corpse’s value, Mo Tianxing and the white-haired elder feared the item would go unsold or sell for far less than expected.

• Xiao Yuan recognized the auctioned corpse as a Heaven Demon Phoenix and gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings technique, explaining that Xiao Yan would benefit more from it.
• Xiao Yan accepted the technique and agreed to refine pills for Xiao Yuan in return.
• The white-haired elder claimed the corpse might contain an eighth-rank Magic Core and demanded an exchange of goods, but the bidders doubted the Black Emperor Sect’s claims.
• Xiao Yuan offered two Dou Ling Pills, then proposed cutting open the corpse to verify its contents and accused the Black Emperor Sect of trying to swindle her.
• Xiao Yuan changed her offer to one Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill, leaving Mo Tianxing and the white-haired elder worried that the corpse would sell cheaply or not at all.

Xiao Yuan secured the Heavenly Demon Phoenix carcass and auction items from Mo Tianxing, then returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian. As the trio prepared to attack Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Yuan began refining the carcass and discovered its blood strengthened his body.

• Mo Tianxing apologized for his earlier greed, traded rare metals for two Dou Ling Pills, and gave Xiao Yuan the auction items and Heavenly Demon Phoenix carcass.
• Xiao Yuan and his companions left the auction hall, returned to Jia Nan Academy, and planned to march on Demon Flame Valley after resting.
• Xiao Yuan examined the carcass’s jade-like bone wings, cut them free, and sent them to Xiao Yan so he could refine the Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings.
• Xiao Yuan refined the carcass’s claws and flesh with Heavenly Flames, collecting drops of blue-red blood.
• Xiao Yuan absorbed and refined some of the blood’s energy, felt his physical strength increase, and said he wanted to kill more Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.

Xiao Yuan refined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse into a magic core, then used its blood essence to force the hidden power in his body to emerge. The clash awakened a top-grade Dou Emperor Bloodline and sent his aura surging to Dou Zong, leaving Yao Lao and Xiao Yan stunned.

• Xiao Yuan burned the dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix hide with a drop of its blood essence and condensed its energy into a magic core.
• Xiao Yuan was overwhelmed by the core's influence, but the Shao Yin Sovereign Fire drove the Heavenly Demon Phoenix phantom from his sea of spiritual consciousness.
• Xiao Yuan swallowed another drop of blood essence, causing Yao Lao and Xiao Yan to rush to his room as his body began to radiate Cyan-Red energy.
• Xiao Yuan's hidden Golden-Red power clashed with the blood essence, and he used his Heavenly Flames to help it suppress and absorb the Cyan-Red energy.
• Xiao Yuan's aura surged to Dou Zong as a clan mark formed on his forehead, and Yao Lao recognized the pressure as that of a top-grade Dou Emperor Bloodline.

Xiao Yuan awakened a powerful Dou Emperor Bloodline and advanced to Dou Zong, while Yao Lao explained the bloodline’s significance and his own ties to the Yao Clan. The next day, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan gained permission to enter the Magma World beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, where Xiao Yuan intended to retrieve the infant Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yuan awakened a golden-red Dou Emperor Bloodline after absorbing Heavenly Demon Phoenix Blood Essence and advanced to Dou Zong.
• Yao Lao explained the Ancient Eight Clans, identified himself as an outcast of the Yao Clan, and said Xiao Yuan’s bloodline could improve his cultivation speed.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan returned to cultivation, and Xiao Yuan planned to retrieve two old men beneath Jia Nan Academy’s magma.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan asked Su Qian for permission to enter the Magma World, and he agreed while warning them to return if they encountered danger.
• Su Qian led the brothers to the sealed lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, where Xiao Yan promised to restore its Heart Flame as Xiao Yuan prepared to descend.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan descended into the Magma World to cultivate, while Xiao Yuan searched for the fading life force he believed belonged to Heavenly Flame Venerable. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan refining cold-natured herbs to temper the violent energy, as Xiao Yuan chose to practice controlling his newly increased strength before retrieving the man.

• Su Qian led Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan to the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and warned them that the Magma World was dangerous.
• Xiao Yuan revealed that he had advanced to Dou Zong and gave Su Qian an Ice Heart Spirit Pill before he and Xiao Yan jumped into the deep hole.
• Xiao Yan briefly sensed a summons from far below, and Xiao Yuan used six streams of energy to search for Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• The two reached the Magma World, where Xiao Yan carved a Mountain Cave into the wall while Xiao Yuan continued searching.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating and found the local energy abundant but dangerously violent, so he refined cold-natured herbs to aid his training.
• Xiao Yuan sensed a weak life force that he believed belonged to Heavenly Flame Venerable, but decided to practice controlling his strength and study fire-control methods before retrieving him.

Xiao Yuan dived into the Magma World to search for Heavenly Flame Venerable, following the Soul Seal he had left on Yao Lao. He found the Fallen Heart Flame and fought a Flame Lizardman, then noticed the magma stirring to the west.

• Xiao Yuan left Xiao Yan cultivating and dove into the magma, using Yao Lao's marker to guide him toward Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Xiao Yuan found a hidden ring of light containing a skeleton and the Fallen Heart Flame, but a Flame Lizardman attacked him.
• Xiao Yuan defeated the Flame Lizardman and took the scarlet bead from its body.
• Xiao Yuan sensed violent movement in the magma to the west and welcomed the possibility of more creatures arriving.

Xiao Yuan slaughtered a swarm of Flame Lizardmen, collected their crimson pearls, and entered the barrier containing Fallen Heart Flame and the spirit of Heavenly Flame Venerable. He introduced himself as Yao TianHuo, and Xiao Yuan revealed his alchemy skills and four fused Heavenly Flames, leaving the former Dou Zun astonished.

• Xiao Yuan used Scorching Fire Incineration to kill more than a thousand Flame Lizardmen and stored their crimson pearls.
• Xiao Yuan entered the hidden barrier as powerful blood-red figures arrived too late to break through Heavenly Flame Venerable's protections.
• Yao TianHuo appeared and restrained Xiao Yuan with Space Power, but Xiao Yuan broke free by unleashing his full aura.
• Xiao Yuan offered to help Yao TianHuo leave and revive, then revealed that he was an alchemist capable of using five attributes of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yuan separated his dark gold flames into four Heavenly Flames, and Yao TianHuo reacted with astonishment.

Xiao Yuan recovered the infant Fallen Heart Flame and obtained the Five Round Fire Separation Method after agreeing to restore Heavenly Flame Venerable’s soul. He escaped the Magma World with Heavenly Flame Venerable and reunited with Xiao Yan, leaving the brothers’ extraordinary cultivation to astonish their new companion.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable recounted how two Fallen Heart Flame seeds fought inside him, leaving him wounded and vulnerable to the Flame Lizardmen, and explained how he preserved his soul in the infant flame.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable offered Xiao Yuan the infant Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Round Fire Separation Method in exchange for help restoring his soul, and Xiao Yuan agreed to find him a body.
• Xiao Yuan swallowed the infant Fallen Heart Flame, resolving the Inner Academy’s Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda problem, and stored Heavenly Flame Venerable’s remains and scroll.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable used Space Power to help Xiao Yuan slip past the Flame Lizardmen; deep in the magma, a massive eye opened as Xiao Yuan’s ancient jade fragment warmed.
• Xiao Yuan escaped the Magma World and reunited with Xiao Yan, whose Fallen Heart Flame and alchemist abilities surprised Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable learned that Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan were blood brothers and marveled that both had exceptional cultivation, alchemy, and multiple Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yuan secured the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame for Jia Nan Academy and learned the Five Round Fire Separation Method from Heavenly Flame Venerable while cultivating in the Magma World. A month later, he secretly hunted Flame Lizardmen to gather more Crimson Pearls and continue advancing his strength.

• Yao Lao appeared and revealed his peak Dou Zun strength to Heavenly Flame Venerable, who sought to befriend him and Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan discussed the dangers of the Flame Lizardmen and decided the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame should restore the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda rather than be refined by Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yuan shared Crimson Pearls with Xiao Yan and studied the Five Round Fire Separation Method, while Heavenly Flame Venerable instructed him and Xiao Yuan supplied Soul Strength to help him recover.
• Xiao Yuan delivered the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Great Elder Su Qian, who tested it and rejoiced at its value to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yuan trained for a month, improved his flame control and strength, then secretly killed many Flame Lizardmen with Heavenly Flame Venerable's help to obtain more resources.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan completed their cultivation in the Magma World, and Su Qian told them that Earth Demon Old Ghost had emerged from seclusion. Xiao Yuan led Jia Nan Academy’s forces toward Demon Flame Valley to destroy the threat before it could reach the academy.

• Xiao Yuan spent three days advancing to Two Star Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan emerged from cultivation as a Seven Star Dou Huang.
• Su Qian visited the brothers, reported that the infant Fallen Heart Flame was developing well, and warned that Earth Demon Old Ghost had left seclusion.
• Xiao Yuan decided to attack Demon Flame Valley that day, and Xiao Yan and Su Qian followed him out of the Magma World.
• Xiao Yuan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, learned she had reached peak Eight Star, and reminded her to tell him if her Calamity Poison Body worsened.
• Xiao Yuan and Su Qian gathered the academy’s allies and proposed striking Demon Flame Valley first, with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian joining the assault.