Chapter Summaries

Han Feng led Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Tian to Protector Wu and three Hall of Souls experts, hoping they would kill his pursuers. Protector Wu killed Han Feng, then invited Yao Chen to join the Hall of Souls, while Xiao Tian offered to join and revealed he was an Eighth-grade Alchemist.

• Han Feng called Protector Wu and three Hall of Souls experts out of hiding after Xiao Yan defeated him.
• Protector Wu announced that the Hall of Souls would take Yao Chen back, but Han Feng urged him to kill Yao Chen.
• Protector Wu turned on Han Feng, drained his life and soul, and killed him.
• Protector Wu invited Yao Chen to join the Hall of Souls as an elder.
• Xiao Tian asked to join and revealed a Heavenly Flame, claiming to be an Eighth-grade Alchemist, which shocked Protector Wu.

Xiao Tian battled Protector Wu and the Soul Hall members, forcing them to summon the Nine Nether Purgatory Formation. As thousands of Soul Slaves gathered their soul attacks, Xiao Tian prepared to reveal a more terrifying power.

• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Tian, but Xiao Tian's Green Lotus Core Flame shattered his black barrier and forced him back.
• Protector Wu and the other Soul Hall members retreated and formed the Nine Nether Purgatory Formation, filling the sky with thousands of Soul Slaves.
• Yao Chen identified the formation and warned that its Soul Slaves could overwhelm even a powerful Dou Zun with their soul attacks.
• Protector Wu ordered the Soul Slaves to attack, and they formed invisible soul power into scythe-shaped blades.
• Xiao Tian smiled at the incoming soul attacks and puffed out his cheeks, preparing to show the Soul Hall members something more terrifying.

Xiao Tian defeated Protector Wu and the other three with a powerful soul attack, then rushed to Jia Nan Academy as the Fallen Heart Flame grew more violent. The Flame broke through the academy’s sealing formation and swallowed Xiao Tian, but a faint silhouette inside it showed that he was still alive.

• Xiao Tian shattered the Nine Nether Purgatory Formation with Soul Devouring Demon Sealing Slash, grievously wounded Protector Wu and the other three, and left Xiao Yan to handle them.
• Xiao Tian sensed the Fallen Heart Flame becoming more violent and flew toward Jia Nan Academy.
• First Elder Su Qian, the academy’s instructors and students, Medusa, and Yun Yun joined forces to seal the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the earth.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke free in a torrent of lava, transformed into a fiery Flood Dragon, and attacked Xiao Tian when he returned.
• The Fallen Heart Flame swallowed Xiao Tian, and the crowd panicked until Little Demoness spotted his silhouette alive inside the Flood Dragon.

Xiao Tian endured the Fallen Heart Flame’s scorching for three days, strengthening his body, Dou Qi, and soul power before overpowering the Heavenly Flame and making it submit. Jia Nan Academy’s students and elders watched in astonishment as Xun’er and Little Demoness rushed to greet him.

• Xiao Tian asked the system why the Fallen Heart Flame was harder to subdue than the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the system explained that he had to force the berserk flame to submit through his own strength.
• Xun’er, Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yu, Little Demoness, and the others watched anxiously as Xiao Tian endured the flame for three days.
• Xiao Tian discovered that the Fallen Heart Flame was refining his Dou Qi and soul power while strengthening his body and defense.
• Xiao Tian unleashed his Dou Qi and compressed the Fallen Heart Flame’s Flood Dragon form into a small flame on his fingertip.
• The students, instructors, and elders of Jia Nan Academy marveled that Xiao Tian had subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, while Su Qian worried about the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower’s future.
• Xun’er and Little Demoness ran to Xiao Tian and celebrated his survival and victory.

After subduing the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Tian reunited with Xun'er and took her to Jia Nan Academy's back mountain, where she revealed her mission and identity. Xun'er then asked Xiao Tian to tell her one of his secrets.

• Students at Jia Nan Academy praised Xiao Tian for subduing the Fallen Heart Flame and asked to join Heaven's Gate.
• Xiao Tian flew away with Xun'er, while Medusa, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yu resented his closeness with her.
• On the back mountain, Xun'er told Xiao Tian she came from the Ancient Clan, and he said he already knew.
• Xun'er confessed that Gu Yuan had ordered her to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Xiao Family, and Xiao Tian reassured her that he trusted her.
• Xun'er kissed Xiao Tian and asked him to share one of his secrets.

Xun'er coaxed Xiao Tian into recounting his past year, then teased him about his many confidantes and asked to remain special to him. Their moment together was interrupted when the Fallen Heart Flame began raging inside Xiao Tian, and Xun'er urged him to suppress or release it.

• Xiao Tian told Xun'er about his experiences over the past year while keeping his system rewards secret.
• Xun'er learned that the veiled women were Medusa and Yun Yun, then questioned Xiao Tian about Nalan Yanran and counted his other confidantes.
• Xun'er told Xiao Tian she only wanted to keep a special place in his heart, and Xiao Tian promised she would always be first.
• Xiao Tian suddenly spat blood and felt intense heat and pain as the Fallen Heart Flame churned inside him.
• Xun'er suspected the Fallen Heart Flame had feigned submission and urged Xiao Tian to suppress or release it, and Xiao Tian agreed to try controlling it.

Xiao Tian’s Fallen Heart Flame went berserk, burning him from within, and Xun’er offered to use her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to suppress it. After they united in a nearby tower, the flame calmed, and Xiao Tian thanked Xun’er for her help.

• Xiao Tian began circulating Dou Qi, but the Fallen Heart Flame suddenly rampaged through his body and set his heart ablaze.
• Xun’er tried to shield him with her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame while Xiao Tian swallowed Heart-Calming Pills and warned her to leave before the pain muddled his mind.
• Xun’er realized she could transfer her flame into Xiao Tian only by uniting with him, and offered to help suppress the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Tian carried Xun’er to an unoccupied tower, where they cultivated the Convex-Concave Merging Divine Skill as the Fallen Heart Flame erupted again.
• An hour later, the Fallen Heart Flame had calmed, and Xiao Tian thanked Xun’er for using her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Xun'er and Xiao Tian reaffirmed their love and agreed to marry when they returned to the Gu Clan, then headed back to Jia Nan Academy. They arrived to find Xiao Yu urgently warning them that something had happened.

• Xun'er worried that the Gu Clan would punish her for spending the night with Xiao Tian before their marriage, but Xiao Tian promised to cherish her.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Tian to marry her in front of the Gu Clan, and he agreed.
• Xun'er resolved to stay with Xiao Tian despite Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan elders opposing their relationship.
• Xiao Tian and Xun'er returned to Jia Nan Academy, where students respected Xiao Tian for resolving the Fallen Heart Flame crisis.
• Xiao Yu rushed to meet them and said that something had happened.

Xiao Tian learned that White Gang had imprisoned and tortured his cousin Xiao Ding, so he and Xun'er went to rescue him. Xun'er defeated White Gang’s members while Xiao Tian found Xiao Ding and confronted their leader, Bai Cheng.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Tian and Xun'er that White Gang had captured and tortured Xiao Ding despite learning his identity.
• Xiao Tian went with Xiao Yu and Xun'er to White Gang’s headquarters and threatened the gang unless they released Xiao Ding.
• Xun'er held off hundreds of White Gang members with her silver whip while Xiao Tian searched the headquarters.
• Xiao Tian found Xiao Ding bound and badly injured in a woodshed, where Bai Cheng claimed he had tortured him while questioning him as a suspected spy.
• Xiao Tian accused Bai Cheng of disregarding him and Heavenly Gate by torturing his cousin.

Xiao Tian confronted Bai Cheng after learning he had brutally interrogated Xiao Ding, defeated him, and rescued his cousin. Xiao Ding recovered enough to tell Xiao Tian about the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s losses and learned that Xiao Li had already gone to support Wutan City.

• Bai Cheng defied Xiao Tian and revealed that his confidence came from Elder Dai’s support and the elders’ plan to seize the Fallen Heart Flame from Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian dismissed the academy’s rules, charged Bai Cheng, and sent him flying with a single kick, leaving him unconscious and gravely injured.
• Xiao Tian untied Xiao Ding and gave him a healing pill after discovering his severe injuries.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Tian that black-robed men with pitch-black chains had nearly wiped out the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Tian reassured Xiao Ding that Xiao Li had already left with people to support Wutan City and would return soon.

Xiao Tian foiled Bai Cheng’s attempt to kill him and forced the White Gang leader to kneel and apologize to Xiao Ding. At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Yan and Xiao Li, who reported that the Xiao Family was safe but Zhao Xin had disappeared.

• Xiao Tian stopped Bai Cheng’s surprise dagger attack, broke his wrist, and knocked him down.
• Xiao Tian demanded that Bai Cheng kneel and apologize to Xiao Ding, then broke Bai Cheng’s right leg when he refused.
• Bai Cheng gave in and apologized to Xiao Ding, and Xiao Tian let him leave.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Ding headed for the outer academy, where Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Tian and said he was resuming his training journey.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Tian that the Xiao Family had settled safely in a secluded valley, but Zhao Xin had vanished after accompanying him to Wutan City.

Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li, then gave his cousins supplies for their plan to establish the Xiao Sect in the Black Corner Region. A false summons lured the brothers to the old training grounds, where Dai Song and other Jia Nan Academy forces surrounded Xiao Tian and demanded the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Tian kept the Soul Hall’s search for the Tou She Ancient God Jade secret from his brothers.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li said they planned to go to the Black Corner Region and establish the Xiao Sect, and Xiao Tian gave them pills, Dou Techniques, and Lightning Bat Sky Wings.
• Xue Ni reported that Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning were waiting at the old training grounds, so Xiao Tian and the others went there.
• Xiao Tian realized the message was a trap, and Dai Song arrived with nine elders and enforcement team members to surround them.
• Bai Cheng watched from hiding after arranging the false message, while Dai Song demanded that Xiao Tian surrender the Fallen Heart Flame and help seal it beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Second Elder Dai Song and the other elders trapped Xiao Tian and his companions in the Life-Snatching Meteor Array to force him to surrender the Fallen Heart Flame. Although the formation rapidly drained their Dou Qi and attacked them with blades, Xiao Tian destroyed the assault with four punches and faced Dai Song without fear.

• Xiao Tian learned that Dai Song, not First Elder Su Qian, had decided to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Ding condemned the elders for turning against their rescuer.
• Dai Song ordered the elders to capture Xiao Tian, and they activated the Life-Snatching Meteor Array around the old practice field.
• The formation began draining Xiao Tian, Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Yan's Dou Qi while summoning blades to attack them.
• Dai Song demanded the Fallen Heart Flame again, but Xiao Tian refused and declared that he would kill Dai Song and take his elder position.
• Xiao Tian broke through the hundreds of incoming blades with four punches, surprising Dai Song as the Life-Snatching Meteor Array continued to drain their Dou Qi.

The Life-Snatching Meteor Array summoned a Half-Saint level Undead, and Xiao Yan wounded it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame before the flame burned it to ashes. A stronger, seemingly intelligent Undead appeared and began growing larger, while Xiao Tian realized his abundant Dou Qi was making it stronger.

• The Life-Snatching Meteor Array conjured a huge Half-Saint level Undead, and Xiao Yan's first attack failed to stop it from striking him.
• Xiao Tian intervened to keep the Undead's blow from shattering Xiao Yan, who then injured it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li attacked the Undead, but its defenses withstood their strikes.
• Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to consume the power of the dead and burn the first Undead to ashes.
• A taller, intelligent-looking Half-Saint level Undead appeared and rapidly grew larger as Xiao Tian realized his abundant Dou Qi was strengthening it.

As Xiao Tian's Dou Qi fed the Life-Snatching Meteor Array, its giant undead advanced to the Dou Sheng First Star Realm and overwhelmed the fighters' attacks. Xiao Tian used his Soul Power to control the undead into breaking the array, then turned it toward Second Elder Dai Song and the others.

• The giant undead evolved into the Dou Sheng First Star Realm as Xiao Tian's Dou Qi drained away.
• Xiao Yan's Massive Buddha's Rage Flame Lotus shattered against the undead's magma, and Xiao Tian fought it with the Great Heaven Creation Palm and Zi Wu Qi Xing Sword.
• The undead reassembled after Xiao Tian cut it in half, then struck him with magma and sent him flying.
• Xiao Ding realized the undead would disappear only if the Life-Snatching Meteor Array was broken, and Xun'er urged Xiao Tian to control it with Soul Power.
• Xiao Tian controlled the undead into stomping through the array's center, shattering it and stopping the Dou Qi drain.
• The still-active undead turned toward Second Elder Dai Song and the others under Xiao Tian's control.

Xiao Tian used his Soul Power to control the upgraded Dou Sheng Undead and killed Second Elder Dai Song with the Fallen Heart Flame. The remaining enforcement team members surrendered and begged for their lives, while Xiao Tian looked on contemptuously.

• The Dou Sheng Undead killed the elders accompanying Dai Song, leaving the Second Elder paralyzed with fear.
• Dai Song tried to bargain with Xiao Tian for the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Tian sent the undead and the flame against him.
• Xiao Tian burned Dai Song to death with the Fallen Heart Flame after the undead overwhelmed his defenses.
• The Dou Sheng Undead crushed three disciples who tried to flee, stopping the rest of the enforcement team from escaping.
• The surviving enforcement team members blamed Bai Cheng and knelt to beg Xiao Tian for mercy.
• Xiao Tian looked contemptuously at the kneeling enforcement team members.

Xiao Tian killed the enforcement team members who attacked him, and Su Qian learned that Dai Song had lured him away to help Bai Cheng. Xiao Tian became Jia Nan Academy’s new Second Elder and revealed a young Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower; a month later, he was about to recruit Xiao Family students when Nalan Yanran arrived to enroll.

• Xiao Tian had the Dou Sheng Undead crush the enforcement team members, ending the attack on him and his companions.
• Xun'er told Su Qian what had happened, and Su Qian realized Dai Song had fabricated news about Mang Tianchi to draw him away.
• Su Qian cleared Xiao Tian of blame and appointed him Jia Nan Academy's new Second Elder.
• Xiao Tian revealed that a young Fallen Heart Flame remained beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian confirmed it was there.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li left for the Black Corner Region to establish the Xiao Sect, while Xiao Tian prepared to recruit Xiao Family students.
• Nalan Yanran arrived at Jia Nan Academy to enroll, just as Xiao Tian was preparing to lead the recruitment trip.

Nalan Yanran arrived at Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xiao Tian, who treated her coldly before leaving with the Xiao family members. Xiao Tian then visited the displaced Xiao Family and reunited with Xiao Zhan, who warned him to keep the jade pendant hidden.

• Nalan Yanran arrived at Jia Nan Academy to report for admission, and Xiao Yu objected to her presence when Xiao Tian and the others came out to meet her.
• Nalan Yanran greeted Xiao Tian, but he replied coolly and left with Xiao Yu, Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning.
• Xiao Tian led the group to the Xiao Family's temporary residence to meet Clan Leader Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xiao Tian and the others, then privately told Xiao Tian never to let anyone see the jade pendant he had given him.

After learning the danger surrounding the Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xiao Tian gave Xiao Zhan supplies and left the Xiao Family. In Peace Town, Nalan Yanran killed Scar Tiger but was gravely wounded by the Bloodthirsty Alliance, whose men prepared to exploit her.

• Xiao Tian warned Xiao Zhan about the Storage Ring's supplies and gave it to him before leaving the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Tian sensed a fight in Peace Town and led Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Medusa, Yun Yun, and the others toward a secluded valley.
• The Bloodthirsty Alliance robbed Nalan Yanran and Scar Tiger advanced on her, but she killed him with her sword.
• The Bloodthirsty Alliance leader attacked Nalan Yanran, broke her sword, and left her gravely wounded.
• The Bloodthirsty Alliance men leered at Nalan Yanran and discussed what to do with her.

Xiao Tian and his companions rescued Nalan Yanran from Bloodthirsty Alliance members and decided to destroy the criminal group. They reached the alliance’s secluded headquarters, where Medusa killed dozens of guards with one strike.

• Bloodthirsty Alliance members abducted Nalan Yanran, but Xiao Yu, Xun'er, Xiao Mei, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Xiao Tian arrived and stopped them.
• Xiao Tian killed the skinny member and the burly leader, then Xun'er urged him to wipe out the alliance.
• Xiao Tian ordered the surviving members to lead them to the Bloodthirsty Alliance headquarters, while Yun Yun helped Nalan Yanran recover.
• The group reached the alliance's manor in a secluded valley, where Medusa killed dozens of Da Dou Shi guards with a streak of seven-colored light.