Chapter Summaries

After a Saint King-level clash shook Flamewind Valley, Qin He surveyed the devastated battlefield and warned the others that lingering evil laws made the area more dangerous. Zhao Yan, Su Qinghan, Li Lie, and Qin He left for the teleportation point, unaware that a pitch-black Illusory Shadow appeared near their abandoned cave.

• Zhao Yan, Su Qinghan, and Li Lie sensed a terrifying clash involving Demonic Essence, evil qi, and Merit Golden Light, and waited as its spatial tremors subsided.
• Qin He left the cave to inspect the area, then returned and reported that the battlefield was ruined and still filled with dangerous laws and Killing Intent.
• Su Qinghan and Li Lie urged the group to leave Flamewind Valley, and Zhao Yan agreed to lead them to the teleportation point.
• Zhao Yan led the group through the crimson mist while Qin He guarded the rear and resolved to investigate the strange aura another time.
• A pitch-black Illusory Shadow appeared beside the ruins of the cave after the four had departed.

Qin He followed Long Qingyun’s advice and faked serious injuries during the squad’s retreat through Flamewind Valley. After Zhao Yan used a Void-Shattering Escape Talisman to reach the Teleportation Array, the four began teleporting out of the Eastern Domain Interface.

• Long Qingyun advised Qin He to pretend to be injured so he could avoid difficult assignments later, and Qin He weakened his aura and slowed his steps.
• Two Half-Step Saint Tier Flame-Prison Colossus Rhinos ambushed the group, and Zhao Yan, Su Qinghan, and Li Lie were already wounded.
• Qin He let a rhino knock him down and feigned a serious injury, while Zhao Yan’s shield shattered under the beasts’ attacks.
• Zhao Yan activated a Void-Shattering Escape Talisman that carried the four past the rhinos to the teleportation point outside Flamewind Valley.
• Zhao Yan activated the Teleportation Array, and the four were enveloped in silver light as they began teleporting away.

Zhao Yan, Su Qinghan, Li Lie, and Qin He returned to the Divine Court and reported their investigation of the Strange Flame in Flamewind Valley. Ordered to recuperate and remain available, Qin He worried that the Divine Court could trace the powers he had revealed and resolved to watch the Fire God Hall for a chance to find its spatial node.

• The four Realm Patrol Envoys reported the crimson mist, fire beasts, signs of the Strange Flame being controlled, and the battle in Flamewind Valley to the Divine Court Office.
• The clerk sealed their accounts and ordered them to return to their residences, recuperate, and remain available for summons.
• Qin He secured his residence and examined the lotus flame and four treasures he had obtained.
• Qin He worried that the Divine Court could trace his demonic qi and lotus flame through lingering auras, and Long Qingyun warned him that the Court's investigative methods were formidable.
• Long Qingyun advised Qin He that the Divine Court might not investigate deeply, while the Fire God Hall was occupied with another matter.
• Qin He decided to recuperate, monitor the Fire God Hall, and look for an opportunity to follow its Divine Envoy to the spatial node.

Qin He was summoned to the Realm Patrol Bureau and questioned about the Flamewind Valley incident. After recounting his account, he stood firm against Li Wuming’s accusation, leaving the officials to weigh the confrontation.

• Qin He was summoned to the bureau and found Ling Tianfan, Wei Cang, Li Wuming, Fang Qishan, Zhao Yan, Su Qinghan, and Li Lie gathered there.
• Wei Cang ordered Qin He to recount the Flamewind Valley incident in detail, and Fang Qishan urged him to speak calmly.
• Qin He repeated his account of the events and explained his injury and escape from the Flame-Prison Colossus Rhino.
• Li Wuming challenged Qin He for going out alone to investigate, but Zhao Yan confirmed that Qin He had asked permission.
• Qin He admitted he had volunteered to investigate and argued that doing so had protected his companions, pushing back against Li Wuming’s pressure.

Qin He defended himself against Li Wuming’s suspicions about the vanished Starfall Flame and passed a divine sense probe by concealing the evidence with the Source-Birth Law. Ling Tianfan closed the investigation, rewarded Qin He’s squad, and ordered a report sent to the Fire God Hall.

• Li Wuming challenged Qin He to explain the Starfall Flame’s disappearance, and Qin He demanded evidence while offering to undergo a divine sense probe.
• Wei Cang ordered Li Wuming to conduct the probe, and Qin He used the Source-Birth Law to hide the flame’s aura and other suspicious items.
• Li Wuming found nothing during the probe, leaving the officials with no further grounds to question Qin He.
• Ling Tianfan ended the investigation, rebuked unfounded suspicion, and doubled the squad’s rewards while granting them healing pills and spirit stones.
• Ling Tianfan directed the deputy envoys and Wei Cang to prepare a dossier on the Starfall Flame and send it to the Fire God Hall.

After clearing the Flamewind Valley inquiry, Qin He collected his rewards and visited Fang Qishan to thank him and learn what would happen to the Starfall Flame case file. He left knowing the file would be handled by the Internal Affairs Office, narrowing his search for who would deliver it to the Fire God Hall.

• Qin He and the others left the great hall after Ling Tianfan dismissed them, and Zhao Yan advised them to collect their rewards and recover.
• Qin He and the others collected double rewards, including healing pills and High-grade Spirit Stones, then parted ways.
• Qin He returned to his residence and later visited Fang Qishan, bringing him a Heart-Protecting Talisman and fifty High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin He asked Fang Qishan whether the Fire God Hall would investigate the vanished Starfall Flame, and Fang Qishan said the case file would be transferred there for retention.
• Qin He left Fang Qishan's residence, concluding that the Internal Affairs Office was the likely source of the person he was seeking.

Qin He learned that Liu Chengye was the likely courier taking the Realm Patrol Bureau’s files to the Fire God Hall and decided to impersonate him to investigate the hall. With time running short, Qin He and Long Qingyun planned an immediate strike at Liu Chengye’s residence, though the risky operation depended heavily on luck.

• Qin He questioned Long Qingyun about the Internal Affairs Office’s file couriers, and Long Qingyun identified Liu Chengye as the likeliest candidate.
• Long Qingyun described Liu Chengye’s past crimes and his previous deliveries to the Fire God Hall, prompting Qin He to consider taking his place.
• Qin He revealed three powerful incarnations that could impersonate him, then proposed sending one disguised as Liu Chengye to investigate the Fire God Hall.
• Long Qingyun advised Qin He to ambush Liu Chengye at his residence before he departed, and Qin He recognized that the rushed plan carried serious risks.

Qin He went to the Spellcasting Arena and sent an avatar disguised as Chang Yun to approach Liu Chengye. After luring Liu Chengye into his residence with the promise of an Obstacle-Breaking Pill, the avatar trapped him and revealed that it was Lin Yan.

• Qin He noticed Li Wuming had sent someone to follow him as he headed for the Spellcasting Arena.
• At the arena, Qin He created an avatar, gave it a Realm Patrol Bureau robe, and stayed behind to pose as a spectator.
• The avatar disguised itself as Chang Yun and waited near Liu Chengye's residence.
• The avatar offered Liu Chengye an Obstacle-Breaking Pill in exchange for a private conversation, and Liu Chengye let him inside.
• The avatar sealed Liu Chengye's power, concealed signs of the attack, and revealed its face as Lin Yan.

Qin He overwhelmed Liu Chengye, extracted his origin soul, and plundered the Liu Residence. Disguised as Liu Chengye, he prepared to deliver the dossier to the Fire God Hall while Long Qingyun interrogated the captive soul.

• Qin He crushed Liu Chengye’s laws and defenses, leaving him unable to resist.
• Qin He pulled Liu Chengye’s origin soul from his body and sealed it inside the Black Demon Banner for Long Qingyun to interrogate.
• Qin He took Liu Chengye’s Spirit Stones, Pills, Void-Breaking Talisman, law texts, and other treasures from the residence.
• Qin He burned Liu Chengye’s corpse and changed his face and aura to impersonate him.
• Long Qingyun warned Qin He that the dossier had to be delivered to a Saint Tier Early Stage Divine Envoy at the Fire God Hall within half an hour.

Qin He disguised himself as Liu Chengye, retrieved the items needed to enter the Fire God Hall, and used the Grand Teleportation Array to reach Li-Fire Heaven. He arrived before the Fire God Hall and considered how the Divine Court’s scattered heavens were linked by hidden spatial coordinates.

• Qin He forced Liu Chengye to reveal the locations of a teleportation token, an investigation dossier, and an official document.
• Qin He found the fiery-red token in Liu Chengye’s cultivation room and retrieved the dossier and stamped document from the Internal Affairs Office.
• Liu Chengye told Qin He that the array officials had been notified and could activate the Fire God Hall’s coordinates after checking the token and document.
• Qin He entered the Grand Teleportation Array and used the source-birth law to protect himself during the long journey through space.
• Qin He arrived in Li-Fire Heaven and saw the Fire God Hall’s grand avenue, law-infused pillars, and guarded palace entrance.
• Qin He reflected that the Divine Court’s nine heavens were independent spaces connected by teleportation arrays and that its true spatial reach might be concealed.

Qin He entered the Fire God Hall disguised as Liu Chengye’s subordinate and delivered an investigation dossier, while concealing his identity beneath the hall’s watchful defenses. Hong Li escorted him toward the palaces, where powerful officials awaited him.

• Two Fire God Hall guards demanded Qin He’s token and documents, then berated the Realm Patrol Bureau over its inconclusive investigation into the Strange Flame.
• Qin He saw that the Fire God Hall remained heavily staffed and guarded by powerful Saint-Tier cultivators despite rumors that it had emptied its forces.
• Qin He sealed his aura with the Source-Birth Law and followed Hong Li, the hall’s contact, up the crimson jade stairs.
• Qin He sensed that the stairs recorded visitors’ auras and that the hall’s pillars and statues formed part of a dangerous array.
• Qin He copied Liu Chengye’s aura and soul fluctuations as Hong Li hurried him toward the palaces where the lords were waiting.

Qin He, posing as Liu Chengye, reported the Starfall Flame’s disappearance to five Fire God Hall lords, who blamed rival factions and discussed sending an investigator to the Eastern Domain. He learned that their favored candidate, the Burning Heaven Lord, had been transferred to the War Bureau, a name that stirred Qin He’s interest.

• Hong Li brought Qin He to a solemn hall and announced him before five Saint Tier lords of the Fire God Hall.
• Qin He presented himself as Liu Chengye and explained that Ling Tianfan was too busy to attend in person.
• The scarlet silhouette condemned Ling Tianfan for failing to secure the Starfall Flame, while Qin He remained silent under its pressure.
• The five lords debated whether the Longevity Church, the Fire Worship Sect, or escaped traitors had taken the Starfall Flame.
• The lords chose the Burning Heaven Lord as their preferred investigator but noted that recalling him from the War Bureau would require its consent.
• Qin He recognized the War Bureau’s name and felt his heart pound.

Qin He overheard top-level secrets in the Fire God Hall and faced the threat of being killed to silence him. The orange-red silhouette let him leave, while the other silhouettes argued over whether they should have killed him.

• A cough reminded the five fiery silhouettes that Qin He was still outside the hall, and their divine senses pressed down on him.
• The crimson and deep-blue silhouettes directed killing intent at Qin He, who prepared to defend himself with the Source-Birth Law, the Lotus Flame, and the Black Demon Banner.
• The orange-red silhouette told Qin He to return and tell Ling Tianfan that they would settle the score over the Starfall Flame another day.
• Qin He bowed, pretended to be frightened, and hurried out of the hall without lowering his guard.
• After Qin He left, the crimson and deep-blue silhouettes questioned why he had been allowed to live, while the orange-red silhouette and another silhouette argued against killing him.

Qin He learned that the Burning Heaven Lord could lead him to the Divine War Department's coordinates, so he devised a pretext to travel to the Eastern Domain as Liu Chengye. Ling Tianfan gave him an Eastern Domain token, allowing him to depart under the guise of investigating the Starfall Flame.

• Qin He returned to Liu Chengye's residence and told Long Qingyun that the Fire God Hall planned to send the Burning Heaven Lord to investigate the Starfall Flame in the Eastern Domain.
• Long Qingyun advised Qin He to claim that the Fire God Hall had ordered Liu Chengye to collect law fragments from Flamewind Valley.
• Qin He went to the council hall and told Ling Tianfan that the Fire God Hall had ordered him to retrieve the fragments, but had provided no paperwork.
• Ling Tianfan gave Qin He a token bearing the Eastern Domain coordinates and ordered him to settle the matter quickly.

Qin He used an avatar and a carefully maintained alibi to travel to Flamewind Valley, where he began preparing an ambush for the Burning Heaven Lord. He completed a concealed trapping formation and started creating bait with a trace of golden flame.

• Qin He's avatar, disguised as Liu Chengye, left the Realm Patrol Bureau through the Grand Teleportation Array while his true body remained in public view.
• Qin He returned to the Realm Patrol Bureau and spent several hours reading realm records, giving witnesses a reason to vouch for Lin Yan's whereabouts.
• Qin He's avatar arrived in the Eastern Domain and assessed the dangers of confronting the Burning Heaven Lord and his possible Saint Tier attendants.
• Qin He moved deep into Flamewind Valley and laid a concealed Pocket Formation that would seal the area and immobilize cultivators below Saint Tier.
• Qin He inspected the completed formation and let a wisp of golden flame seep from his fingertips as bait.

Qin He built a concealed triple formation in Flamewind Valley to capture the Burning Heaven Lord, using a trace of starfall flame as bait. He then hid on a nearby peak and waited for the Lord to arrive.

• Qin He used demon crystals, merit golden light, and Liu Chengye’s Void-Breaking Talisman to complete the trapping formation.
• Qin He carved a killing formation from his fused dao principles, adding lotus flame and spirit stones to strengthen it.
• Qin He concealed the nested trapping, illusion, and killing formations and placed a trace of starfall flame inside as bait.
• Qin He moved to a mountain peak a hundred miles away, concealed himself, and waited for the Burning Heaven Lord.
• Long Qingyun’s soul shadow emerged from the Black Demon Banner and remarked on the formation as the wind in Flamewind Valley grew restless.

Qin He lured the Burning Heaven Lord and his entourage to Flamewind Valley, where the lord demonstrated that he was an Ultimate Dao Practitioner by erasing a nest of fire beasts with pure Burning Heaven Law. The Burning Heaven Lord detected deliberate traces of starfall flame and strange law fluctuations around the prepared valley and began searching it cautiously.

• The Burning Heaven Lord arrived at Flamewind Valley with two Saint Tier guards and a thin cultivator in Daoist robes, drawn by traces of starfall flame.
• Qin He’s trap released dozens of fire beasts, which attacked the four newcomers.
• The Burning Heaven Lord wiped out the fire beasts with a single use of Burning Heaven Law, revealing his power as an Ultimate Dao Practitioner.
• Qin He recognized the Burning Heaven Lord’s strength and decided his preparations had been worthwhile.
• The Burning Heaven Lord noticed suspicious traces around the valley and spread his law to search the rock walls and scorched ground.

Qin He lured the Burning Heaven Lord into a concealed valley formation by taunting him through an avatar. After the Burning Heaven Lord destroyed the outer trap and entered the valley, Qin He prepared to activate the hidden killing and illusion formations.

• The Burning Heaven Lord detected Qin He's concealed formation and confirmed that it held starfall flame.
• Qin He's avatar mocked the Burning Heaven Lord until he acknowledged the provocation and unleashed his burning heaven law.
• The Burning Heaven Lord destroyed the outer trapping formation and rushed into the valley, where he seized the avatar and watched it dissolve.
• The lean cultivator realized the valley held multiple formation layers as the law patterns became chaotic.
• Qin He steadied his lotus flame and activated the killing and illusion formations beneath the outer trap.

Qin He’s formation trapped the Burning Heaven Lord and his attendants, but the lord used the Flame Dragon Scale to break free. Qin He demanded the Divine War Department’s coordinates, and the chapter ended with him and the Burning Heaven Lord locked in a fierce battle of laws.

• Qin He activated his formation, binding the Burning Heaven Lord’s three attendants and trapping the lord in an illusion of fire.
• The Burning Heaven Lord summoned the Flame Dragon Scale and used its true dragon fire law to shatter the formation.
• Qin He confronted the Burning Heaven Lord and demanded the Divine War Department’s coordinates in exchange for releasing his attendants.
• The Burning Heaven Lord attacked Qin He with a pillar of true dragon fire, injuring him when their flames collided.
• Qin He gathered his source-birth law, true demon law, and merit golden light to resist as he and the Burning Heaven Lord fought with their supreme laws.

Qin He fought Burning Heaven Lord in Flamewind Valley, struggling against the overwhelming Burning Heaven Law and Flame Dragon Scale. He found a brief gap in Burning Heaven Lord’s law circulation and used it to strike at the weakness in his barrier.

• Burning Heaven Lord unleashed a true dragon’s flame attack, and Qin He withdrew the Lotus Flame before dodging the dragon claw that shattered the valley.
• Burning Heaven Lord trapped Qin He in a domain of fire, while Qin He used the True Demon Law, Merit Golden Light, and three avatars to resist and counterattack.
• Qin He’s combined attack failed against Burning Heaven Lord’s crimson shield, and he realized that the lord’s powerful law had a fleeting gap between attacks.
• Qin He merged his Sourcebirth, True Demon, Space, and Merit powers into a cocoon, then endured the fire dragon’s assault while watching for the gap.
• Qin He opened a spatial fissure beneath the fire dragon and teleported beside Burning Heaven Lord, piercing the weak point in his law barrier with the Sourcebirth Law.