Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng led Huo Wu, Huo Yun, and Huo Wushuang through Star Dou Forest to a riverside cave where he claimed the Flame Leopard was hiding. After wagering his earlier Fire Flame Crystal Stones against Huo Yun’s Molten Flame Crystal Stone, Qin Feng took the group into the cave, where they heard a growing commotion deeper inside.

• Qin Feng joined the Huo siblings on their search for the Flame Leopard, while Huo Yun and Huo Wushuang tried unsuccessfully to lure spirit beasts into attacking him.
• Qin Feng pointed out tracks near a river and said the Flame Leopard was likely hiding in a cave, prompting Huo Yun and Huo Wu to question his judgment.
• Qin Feng wagered his earlier Fire Flame Crystal Stones against Huo Yun’s Molten Flame Crystal Stone, and Huo Yun accepted with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang as witnesses.
• After sensing something and telling the group to proceed, Qin Feng led them into the cave, where they found rotting fish and shrimp and heard an agitated sound deeper inside.

Qin Feng led Huo Yun, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang to the Flame Leopard’s cave, where Huo Yun was burned when the beast attacked. The group found the frightened Flame Leopard and prepared to fight, while Huo Yun remembered that he owed Qin Feng a Fire Flame Crystal Stone.

• Huo Yun doubted that the roar came from the Flame Leopard and walked ahead into the cave.
• The Flame Leopard unleashed its Flame Fire Line, burning Huo Yun and setting his robe alight.
• Huo Yun blamed Qin Feng for not warning him, but Qin Feng pointed out that Huo Yun would not have listened.
• The group found the Flame Leopard cowering in a corner, and Huo Yun remembered his bet with Qin Feng.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Qin Feng summoned their martial souls as Huo Wu noticed the Flame Leopard seemed terrified of something.

Huo Yun absorbed the Flame Leopard’s Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring with startling ease, and the group realized the beast may have sacrificed itself. After escaping the collapsing cave, Huo Wu admitted her bet with Qin Feng was lost, while Huo Yun challenged Qin Feng to a spar.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu attacked the trembling Flame Leopard and quickly knocked it unconscious.
• Huo Yun absorbed the Flame Leopard’s Spirit Ring in half an hour and said he had felt the beast welcome its death without resentment.
• Huo Yun demonstrated his Fifth Soul Skill, whose powerful flame pillar began bringing down the cave.
• Qin Feng urged the group to flee, and all four escaped just before the cave collapsed.
• Huo Wu admitted she had lost her bet and promised Qin Feng four Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Huo Yun challenged Qin Feng to a spar, offering to teach him about the dangers of the outside world.

Huo Yun challenged Qin Feng to a duel and wagered Fire Flame Crystal Stones, believing his new rank fifty-one strength would overcome Qin Feng’s Fire Immunity. Qin Feng accepted the unfair-sounding bet and revealed that he had advanced to rank forty-eight, leaving Huo Yun surprised just before their fight began.

• Huo Yun challenged Qin Feng and proposed a wager involving two Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Huo Wu noticed that Huo Yun had made the wager unfair in his favor, but Qin Feng pretended to accept the loss without complaint.
• Huo Yun and Qin Feng summoned their martial souls and announced their ranks.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Yun were surprised that Qin Feng had risen from rank forty-five to rank forty-eight in a little over half a month.

Qin Feng fought Huo Yun, a Spirit King who underestimated him, and overwhelmed him with his attacks. Huo Yun was left badly injured and regretted challenging Qin Feng, while Huo Wu suggested taking him back for treatment.

• Huo Yun attacked Qin Feng with his First Soul Skill, but Qin Feng’s Fourth Soul Skill and a sudden blow sent him crashing through trees.
• Huo Yun tried to summon his Fifth Soul Skill, but the Flame Leopard’s Spirit Ring hesitated in fear of Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng battered Huo Yun with his hammer and used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to strike him nine more times.
• Qin Feng asked who had won, and Huo Yun regretted provoking him and realized he had lost two Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Huo Wu asked whether they should return, and Huo Yun said he thought his leg was broken.

Qin Feng forced the injured Huo Yun to sign an IOU for two Fire Flame Crystal Stones, then claimed he would treat him with an antidote. The chapter ended with Huo Yun realizing Qin Feng had deceived him and watching him approach with the hammer again.

• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang found that Qin Feng had pulverized most of Huo Yun’s body, and Qin Feng pretended he intended to heal him with his hammer.
• Huo Yun was so terrified of the hammer that he wet himself before offering to repay the two Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Qin Feng produced an IOU, and Huo Yun signed it and pressed his fingerprint under pressure.
• Qin Feng promised Huo Yun an antidote and treatment, leaving Huo Yun alarmed as Qin Feng approached with the hammer.

Qin Feng accompanied Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Yun to Blazing City, where he became fascinated by the Fire Clan’s architecture and announced that he had come to collect Fire Flame Crystal Stones. Huo Lieyang learned that Huo Yun had obtained a Ten Thousand Year Flame Leopard Spirit Ring and reacted with surprise.

• Qin Feng struck Huo Yun with his hammer, which broke the effect of the poison and left Huo Yun able to move normally.
• Huo Wu led Qin Feng and the others back to Blazing City and showed him the Fire Clan’s distinctive architecture.
• Qin Feng admired Blazing City and said he wanted to live there, while Huo Yun called him a freak.
• Feng Xiaotian met the group at Huo Wu’s home and grew wary when he saw Qin Feng, who said he had come to collect Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Huo Yun told Huo Lieyang that he had obtained a Ten Thousand Year Flame Leopard Spirit Ring, surprising the Fire Clan patriarch.

Huo Yun, Huo Wu, and their companions returned to the Huo Mansion with the Ten Thousand Year Flame Leopard spirit ring, while Huo Lieyang was called away to meet Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo revealed that he had come to recruit people, but his words made Huo Lieyang think he was making an improper advance.

• Huo Yun showed Huo Lieyang his black Flame Leopard spirit ring, and Huo Wu credited Qin Feng with helping them obtain it.
• Huo Lieyang told Huo Wu that Dugu Bo, the Wind Alliance's Chief Grand Elder, had arrived, then hurried off to receive him.
• Huo Wu led Qin Feng to the backyard while Huo Yun made an excuse to leave.
• Dugu Bo explained to Huo Lieyang that he was recruiting allies for a plan involving the Titan Giant Ape.
• Dugu Bo said he had taken a fancy to Huo Lieyang, and Huo Lieyang refused, saying he already had a family.

Dugu Bo recruited Huo Lieyang to the Wind Alliance after promising to help him advance to Titled Douluo. Huo Lieyang agreed in his personal capacity, and Dugu Bo left to continue his search for Old Skinflint.

• Huo Lieyang mistakenly suspected Dugu Bo of having a past relationship with Chrysanthemum Guan, and Dugu Bo angrily denied it while clarifying that he wanted to cooperate with the Fire Clan.
• Huo Lieyang refused to let the Fire Clan join the Wind Alliance because its ancestral teachings required neutrality, but Dugu Bo offered to help him become a Titled Douluo within three days.
• Huo Lieyang accepted membership in the Wind Alliance in his personal capacity, setting aside the ancestral teachings to pursue a breakthrough.
• Dugu Bo told Huo Lieyang the breakthrough would happen later, warned him that the Wind Alliance required confidentiality, and declined his invitation to a banquet.
• Dugu Bo left to visit the Star Dou Forest and look for Old Skinflint, while thinking about approaching the Wind Sword Sect next.

Huo Lieyang believed Dugu Bo would help him advance to Titled Douluo, while Qin Feng received a message from Dugu Bo and was then challenged by Huo Wu’s cousins. Qin Feng agreed to fight Huo Xie for a Fire Flame Crystal Stone and faced him with only one Spirit Ring released.

• Huo Lieyang escorted Dugu Bo out of Blazing City and returned delighted after Dugu Bo promised to help him advance to Titled Douluo.
• Qin Feng received a message from Dugu Bo asking him to meet at their usual place in the Star Dou Forest, but Dugu Bo did not respond to his reply.
• Huo Yun brought Huo Wu’s cousins to confront Qin Feng, accusing him of cheating Huo Wu and Huo Yun and demanding that he fight them.
• Qin Feng offered to fight for one Fire Flame Crystal Stone per match, and Huo Xie signed the contract to challenge him.
• Huo Xie revealed his level-fifty-five Battle Soul King rank and Fire Spirit martial soul, while Qin Feng declared his level and released only his Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, angering Huo Xie.

Qin Feng defeated the Fire Clan’s fighters one after another, including Huo Sha, and proved that no one present could stop him. Huo Lieyang studied Qin Feng’s dossier and began considering how to approach him.

• Qin Feng clarified the rules, then used his speed and hammer to knock Huo Xie out of the arena.
• Qin Feng defeated Huo Feng and several more Fire Clan members, leaving the clan’s fighters unwilling to challenge him.
• Huo Sha, a level sixty-two Soul Emperor, challenged Qin Feng as Huo Lieyang watched from nearby.
• Huo Wu gave Huo Lieyang the dossier on Qin Feng that she had bought from Feng Ling Supreme Pavilion for ten thousand gold coins.
• Qin Feng unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill and blasted Huo Sha off the arena, after which Huo Lieyang ordered the Fire Clan members to leave.

After Qin Feng defeated the Fire Clan disciples, Huo Lieyang learned that they owed him eighteen Fire Flame Crystal Stones and tried to win him over by appealing to his appreciation of the clan’s architecture. The chapter ended with Huo Lieyang asking Huo Wu what she thought of Qin Feng, and her saying Feng Xiaotian could not compare.

• Qin Feng collected contracts from the defeated Fire Clan disciples while they fled, and Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian left confused.
• Huo Wu introduced Qin Feng to her father, Huo Lieyang, and admitted she owed Qin Feng four Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Qin Feng added Huo Yun’s debt and the disciples’ bets to Huo Wu’s, telling Huo Lieyang the Fire Clan owed him eighteen stones.
• Huo Lieyang nearly fainted at the total, then learned Qin Feng was an orphan and was pleased that Qin Feng liked the Fire Clan’s ancestral architecture.
• As Huo Lieyang led Qin Feng and Huo Wu to the tea room, he asked Huo Wu how Qin Feng compared with Feng Xiaotian, and she said Feng Xiaotian was far inferior.

Huo Lieyang invited Qin Feng to tea and tried to persuade him to join Blazing Academy, then trapped him into saying he liked Huo Wu. The chapter ended with Huo Lieyang claiming Qin Feng had confessed and privately deciding to use his daughter to win over the talented young man while waiving the eighteen Fire Flame Crystal Stones.

• Huo Lieyang brought Qin Feng and Huo Wu to his tea room and served Qin Feng Jian Nan Leaf.
• Qin Feng recognized the tea, impressing Huo Lieyang, who said Qin Feng seemed connected to the Fire Clan and Blazing City.
• Huo Lieyang invited Qin Feng to study at Blazing Academy and treat the Huo Family home as his own, but Qin Feng declined the school offer.
• Huo Lieyang asked Qin Feng a series of questions until Qin Feng said he liked Huo Wu.
• Huo Lieyang teased Qin Feng for confessing in front of Huo Wu and privately resolved to waive the eighteen Fire Flame Crystal Stones to bring the talented Qin Feng closer to his family.

Qin Feng rejected Huo Lieyang’s attempts to pair him with Huo Wu and demanded the Fire Flame Crystal Stones owed to him. Huo Lieyang burned some contract papers but Qin Feng kept the remaining evidence, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Huo Wu blushed at Qin Feng’s confession and said she would give him a chance to court her.
• Huo Lieyang encouraged Qin Feng and Huo Wu to get together, suggested he stay in her room, and proposed he marry into the Huo Family.
• Qin Feng asked Huo Lieyang to repay the eighteen Fire Flame Crystal Stones, but Huo Lieyang called them betrothal gifts and burned fourteen billion gold coins’ worth of unsigned contracts.
• Qin Feng produced thirteen more contract papers for the Fire Clan disciples’ signed deals and refused to hand them over without payment.
• Huo Wu asked whether Qin Feng valued her less than the Fire Flame Crystal Stones, and Qin Feng bluntly said he did.

Qin Feng insisted on receiving Fire Flame Crystal Stones instead of pursuing Huo Wu, so Huo Lieyang tried to change his mind by arranging for them to hold hands. Huo Wu and Qin Feng clasped hands, and she felt a strange tingling sensation as their minute together began.

• Huo Lieyang offered Qin Feng the eighteen Fire Flame Crystal Stones if he joined the Huo Family, but Qin Feng demanded the stones immediately.
• Huo Wu struck Qin Feng's outstretched hand and protested that he cared only about Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Huo Lieyang learned Qin Feng had never dated and offered him twenty stones to hold Huo Wu's hand for one minute.
• Huo Lieyang moved Huo Wu and Qin Feng close together and urged them to hold hands with feeling.
• Huo Wu and Qin Feng clasped hands, and Huo Wu felt numb and tingly from the contact.

Qin Feng collected twenty Fire Flame Crystal Stones from Huo Lieyang and rejected his repeated attempts to match him with Huo Wu. Huo Lieyang continued trying to persuade Qin Feng as he prepared to leave.

• Huo Lieyang assumed Qin Feng was captivated by holding Huo Wu's hand, while Qin Feng thought about selling the Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• When the minute ended, Qin Feng put all twenty Fire Flame Crystal Stones into his Soul Tool and thanked Huo Lieyang.
• Huo Lieyang tried to persuade Qin Feng to marry Huo Wu, but Qin Feng said he preferred the stones and walked out.
• Huo Lieyang insisted on seeing Qin Feng off and asked whether he was interested in Huo Wu; Qin Feng said he was not.
• Huo Lieyang praised Huo Wu's beauty and offered to help change anything Qin Feng disliked, while Qin Feng said she was not suitable for him.

Qin Feng left Blazing City with the Fire Flame Crystal Stones despite Huo Lieyang’s attempts to keep him there and pair him with Huo Wu. Huo Lieyang mourned the lost twenty billion, while Huo Wu reflected on her past interactions with Qin Feng and wondered about him.

• Huo Lieyang chased after Qin Feng and tried to persuade him to stay with Huo Wu, but Qin Feng insisted he had no romantic interest in her.
• Qin Feng told Huo Lieyang he would take the Fire Flame Crystal Stones and leave rather than hold Huo Wu back, then departed Blazing City.
• Huo Lieyang lamented that the Fire Clan had lost twenty billion and told Huo Wu that Qin Feng had left.
• Huo Wu comforted Huo Lieyang and recounted how she had treated Qin Feng during the Soul Master Competition.
• Huo Lieyang blamed Huo Wu’s past behavior for Qin Feng’s distance and urged her to win back the money; Huo Wu fell silent at the mention of Qin Feng.

Qin Feng reunited with Dugu Bo in a small town near Blazing City, where Dugu Bo discovered Qin Feng had advanced rapidly and asked him to help Huo Lieyang become a Titled Douluo. The chapter ended with Qin Feng agreeing to try in the Sunset Forest at midnight, provided Huo Lieyang supplied more Fire Flame Crystal Stones.

• Dugu Bo confronted Qin Feng for staying in Blazing City after Dugu Bo had traveled to the Star Dou Forest to meet him.
• Qin Feng gave Dugu Bo fifteen Fire Flame Crystal Stones to auction, and Dugu Bo accused him of taking them from Huo Lieyang's family.
• Qin Feng told Dugu Bo that he had reached level forty-eight after rising from level forty-five in a little over half a month.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had promised Huo Lieyang help reaching Titled Douluo within three days, and Qin Feng protested that the task was difficult.
• Qin Feng agreed to meet Huo Lieyang in the Sunset Forest at midnight and told Dugu Bo that Huo Lieyang would need to provide at least sixty more Fire Flame Crystal Stones.

Huo Lieyang learned that Young Feng of the Wind Alliance could help him advance, but Dugu Bo demanded at least sixty Fire Flame Crystal Stones for the trip to Sunset Forest. Huo Lieyang protested that the Fire Clan could not afford it, then appeared to accept the plan as Dugu Bo prepared to leave.

• Qin Feng told Dugu Bo to demand as many Fire Flame Crystal Stones as possible from Huo Lieyang.
• Dugu Bo visited Huo Lieyang and said Young Feng would help him advance at Sunset Forest that night.
• Huo Lieyang celebrated the chance to advance, then learned he needed to prepare Fire Flame Crystal Stones.
• Dugu Bo specified a minimum of sixty stones, and Huo Lieyang pleaded that the Fire Clan had only mined eighty-three that year.
• Dugu Bo threatened to leave if Huo Lieyang did not want to advance, and Huo Lieyang said Sunset Forest sounded nice at night.

Huo Lieyang agreed to spend the Fire Clan’s Fire Flame Crystal Stones so Dugu Bo could help him advance to Titled Douluo, while Qin Feng visited Bai Qinxin in the Medicine Garden. Bai Qinxin asked Qin Feng to help her advance in the future and teased him about marrying Ye Lingling, leaving him unnerved.

• Huo Lieyang followed Dugu Bo and agreed to sacrifice the Fire Clan’s cultivation resources for a year to pursue Titled Douluo status.
• Qin Feng arrived at Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden and praised Bai Qinxin for how well she had cared for it.
• Bai Qinxin revealed that she had advanced to level eighty-eight and reached the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolution Heart Control Art.
• Qin Feng explained that Dugu Bo had promised to help Huo Lieyang advance to Titled Douluo within three days, so he had come to work overtime.
• Bai Qinxin asked Qin Feng to help her advance once she reached level eighty-nine and teased him by offering Ye Lingling as a wife in exchange for a grandchild.