Chapter Summaries

Xiao Peng and the others entered the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower, where Zi Yan shared her plan to raise Magical Beasts for a steady supply of Flesh and Blood Essence. The group reached the tower’s lowest level and prepared to begin refining as two elders brought forth ten balls of light.

• Xiao Peng teased Xiao Yan about Liu Fei, while Liu Fei blushed and Liu Qing quietly approved of their growing closeness.
• Han Yue told Xiao Peng she planned to use the opportunity to break through to Dou Wang, and he encouraged her to rely on the Origin Heart Flame.
• Zi Yan explained her plan to raise and selectively breed Magical Beasts for food, and Xiao Peng agreed to help her and Zi Yao find a suitable valley after they left the tower.
• Elder Su Qian led Xiao Peng, Xiao Yan, Liu Fei, Han Yue, and the others into the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower and down to its lowest level.
• Su Qian directed the ten participants to sit on jade platforms as two elders activated the area and sent ten balls of light floating before them.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free beneath the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower, forcing Su Qian and the Inner Academy’s experts to battle and seal it. Just as the sealing formation gained the upper hand, Han Feng arrived with Black Corner Region forces and demanded the Heavenly Flame, summoning Mr. Gold and Silver to help him take it.

• Su Qian sensed trouble in the deep cavern, ordered everyone away from the tower, and sealed its entrance as the Fallen Heart Flame erupted.
• Xiao Peng led the others to safety, pointed Liu Fei toward Xiao Yan, and gave Zi Yan Flesh and Blood Essence to share with Zi Yao.
• Su Qian, Hu Gan, the elders, and eighty-eight instructors formed a sealing formation and gradually suppressed the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng arrived with the Black Corner Region experts and demanded that Su Qian surrender the Heavenly Flame.
• Su Qian ordered the academy’s experts to defend the Fallen Heart Flame, and Han Feng summoned Mr. Gold and Silver.

Xiao Peng and Zi Yan killed the Black Corner Region expert threatening a Jia Nan Academy elder, while Xiao Yan killed Fan Lao. As the battle continued, the Fallen Heart Flame battered the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower’s seal, forcing Su Qian and the remaining elders to form a defensive formation.

• Su Qian attacked Han Feng as Jia Nan Academy’s students fled and its injured elders struggled against the Black Corner Region experts.
• Xiao Peng joined the fight to protect an injured elder, and Zi Yan followed him.
• Xiao Peng and Zi Yan worked together to kill the man in black, allowing the injured elder to retreat.
• Fan Lao’s corpse fell from the sky, and Xiao Peng realized that Xiao Yan had killed him.
• Su Qian sensed the Fallen Heart Flame growing more violent as cracks spread across the seal, then ordered the remaining elders to form a golden light net.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free from the seal and attacked the gathered fighters, while Xiao Peng saved several elders from its flames. Han Feng rallied the Black Corner Region experts and used ice-cold energy to suppress the fire serpent, but Xiao Yan launched a sudden attack at him with the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.

• Elder Li faltered, Su Qian was blasted away, and the Fallen Heart Flame escaped the collapsing net.
• Xiao Peng used the Zi Xiao Sword to raise a rubble barrier and help the elders retreat from the fire wave.
• The Fallen Heart Flame turned on Han Feng after sensing his greed, and Han Feng promised the Black Corner Region experts double medicinal pills to secure their help.
• Han Feng and the experts attacked the fire serpent, but its ring of flames repelled their techniques and drove them back.
• Han Feng hurled two ice-blue jade bottles at the fire serpent, releasing freezing energy that slowed its flames.
• Xiao Yan sent a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus at Han Feng, who joined Elder Jin Yin in trying to block it.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free from the net, and Xiao Peng rescued elders from its rampage. Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts tried to subdue it with ice, but Xiao Yan launched a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus at Han Feng, ending the chapter with a massive explosion.

• Su Qian and the elders failed to contain the Fallen Heart Flame after Elder Li weakened the golden net, and the fire serpent escaped.
• Xiao Peng used the Zi Xiao Sword to break rocks into a barrier, giving endangered elders time to retreat.
• The Fallen Heart Flame turned on Han Feng after sensing his greed, and Han Feng rallied the Black Corner Region experts to attack it.
• Han Feng hurled two ice-blue jade bottles at the fire serpent, suppressing it with a surge of frigid energy.
• Xiao Yan sent a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus toward Han Feng, who and Elder Jin Yin met it with their attacks, triggering a deafening explosion.

Fallen Heart Flame swallowed Xiao Yan and Liu Fei before Su Qian forced it back underground and sealed the tower. As the academy mourned the pair and forbade anyone from entering, Xiao Peng secretly told Liu Qing that his barrier could keep them safe until they woke and found a way out.

• Liu Fei rushed into the fire wave to save Xiao Yan, and Xiao Peng placed protective barriers around them before Fallen Heart Flame swallowed them.
• Su Qian struck Fallen Heart Flame with his remaining strength, drove it back into the magma beneath the tower, and sealed the tower's final level.
• Su Qian declared the sealed level forbidden and warned that anyone who entered would be treated as a traitor.
• Liu Qing refused to believe Liu Fei and Xiao Yan were dead and tried to rush into the tower, but the elders restrained him.
• Xiao Peng took Liu Qing aside and revealed that his protective barrier was keeping Xiao Yan and Liu Fei safe, though Liu Qing doubted it could last in the underground magma.

After helping Liu Qing regain his composure and encouraging his companions to grow stronger, Xiao Peng received the academy’s thanks and a new Dou Technique from Su Qian. He tested Thunder Prison Sky Captor in a valley, leaving its lightning barrier newly formed around jagged rocks.

• Xiao Peng reassured Liu Qing that his power and Xiao Yan’s Bigu Pills could help those trapped underground survive, then urged Liu Qing to strengthen himself.
• Xiao Peng offered to guide Xiao Mei in cultivation, and she kissed his cheek before running off.
• Xiao Peng gave Zi Yan and Zi Yao Flesh and Blood Essence and told them to begin setting up their breeding farm.
• A week later, Su Qian thanked Xiao Peng for protecting Jia Nan Academy and rewarded him with rare materials, Magical Beast Crystal Cores, minerals, and the Earth-class Dou Technique Thunder Prison Sky Captor.
• Xiao Peng learned Thunder Prison Sky Captor, traveled to a valley, and formed a lightning barrier around a patch of rocks to test the technique.

Xiao Peng tested the Mountain Splitting Seal and attended a Ling Xiao Pavilion gathering, where a drunken Xiao Yu confessed her feelings for him. The chapter ended with Xiao Peng holding Xiao Yu as she insisted she was clear-headed and willing to be his concubine.

• Xiao Peng used the Mountain Splitting Seal to destroy a towering mountain, then returned to his bedroom with Space Power.
• Hu Jia invited Xiao Peng to a gathering at Ling Xiao Pavilion, where he joined the others for roasted Magical Beast meat and wine.
• After Xiao Mei left and Xiao Ning passed out, Xiao Peng helped the drunken Xiao Yu back to her bedroom.
• As Xiao Peng tried to leave, Xiao Yu hugged him from behind and confessed that she liked him.
• Xiao Yu said she knew Xiao Peng liked Xiao Xun'er but was willing to be his concubine, while Xiao Peng held her and called her drunk.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Peng became intimate, then talked the next morning about their relationship and her hope of growing strong enough to accompany him. They shared breakfast, leaving their future together unresolved but with Xiao Peng promising not to abandon her.

• Xiao Yu pushed Xiao Peng onto the bed, and they spent the night together.
• At dawn, Xiao Yu dressed quietly, kissed Xiao Peng's forehead, and left the bedroom; Xiao Peng had been awake and followed her to the kitchen.
• Xiao Peng teased Xiao Yu about her sober confession, then promised to take responsibility for her and marry her once matters were settled.
• Xiao Yu said she wanted to stay by Xiao Peng's side and vowed to reach Dou Wang so she could keep up with him.
• Xiao Yu cooked Magical Beast meat for Xiao Peng, and they ate breakfast together.

Xiao Peng welcomed Medusa after she awoke at eight-star Dou Zong, and the two teased each other about becoming husband and wife. Medusa made clear that she would only marry someone stronger than herself and would not accept being treated as a lesser wife, while Xiao Peng promised that would not happen if she became his.

• Xiao Peng sensed Medusa wake and released her from the space where she had been recovering.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Peng for helping her reach eight-star Dou Zong and said she had received many inheritances.
• Medusa jokingly offered to make Xiao Peng her male consort, and Xiao Peng said he wanted her to be his wife.
• Medusa said Xiao Peng would need strength worthy of her admiration before she would marry him.
• Medusa noticed another woman's scent on Xiao Peng and warned that she would never accept being treated as a lesser wife.
• Xiao Peng told Medusa that if she became his, she would not have to live beneath anyone else.

Medusa prepared to return to the Snake-people Tribe, and Xiao Peng gave her medicinal pills and confessed that he intended to marry her. After Medusa left, Xiao Peng resumed cultivating and planned to deal with the Misty Cloud Sect before visiting the Xiao Family and seeking her out.

• Medusa told Xiao Peng she would return to handle the Snake-people Tribe's affairs and come back to find him.
• Medusa kissed Xiao Peng as a farewell gift and teased him about becoming her only male consort if he failed to meet her expectations.
• Xiao Peng offered Medusa pills to strengthen the Snake-people Tribe, calling them an advance betrothal gift.
• Xiao Peng kissed Medusa and said he would be the one to marry her, leaving her startled and flustered.
• Medusa took the pills and flew out of Xiao Peng's bedroom.
• Xiao Peng returned to cultivating and planned to deal with the Misty Cloud Sect before going to the Xiao Family and seeking out Medusa.

Xiao Peng graduated from Jia Nan Academy and prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire, but Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower with Liu Fei and their infant daughter. Xiao Peng learned that his cousin's daughter, Xiao Xiao, was already one hundred days old.

• Xiao Peng told Hu Jia and the others that he would graduate and leave Jia Nan Academy to handle matters in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hu Jia and the others accompanied Xiao Peng to complete his graduation procedures and see him off.
• The Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower erupted as the Fallen Heart Flame lost control, and Su Qian evacuated the students.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the tower carrying Liu Fei, who held their infant daughter, while Xiao Peng and the others watched.
• Xiao Yan introduced his daughter, Xiao Xiao, to Xiao Peng.

Xiao Yan reunited with Liu Fei and their daughter, Xiao Xiao, and promised Liu Qing that he would marry and protect them while accepting the Liu Family's test. After Xiao Peng revealed that the Misty Cloud Sect was seeking control of the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan decided to return with him to help his family.

• Xiao Peng called Liu Fei Sister-in-law, and Liu Qing was stunned to learn that she and Xiao Yan had a daughter named Xiao Xiao.
• Liu Qing confronted Xiao Yan about Liu Fei and the child, and Xiao Yan promised to marry Fei'er and protect mother and daughter.
• Liu Qing said Xiao Yan had to earn the Liu Family's approval, and Xiao Yan accepted the test.
• Xiao Peng told Xiao Yan that he was leaving Jia Nan Academy because the Misty Cloud Sect wanted to rule the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan decided to return with Xiao Peng and help save his family from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Peng to save his family from the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Liu Fei and their daughter Xiao Xiao behind. Zi Yan and Zi Yao joined them on the journey, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached four-star Dou Wang.

• Xiao Yan told Liu Fei he and Xiao Peng were returning to the Jia Ma Empire, but Liu Fei agreed to stay with Xiao Xiao after Xiao Peng and Liu Qing urged her not to go.
• Xiao Yan promised Liu Fei that he would return, bring her and Xiao Xiao to the Liu Family, and marry her, swearing he would never betray them.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and the others reunited with Xiao Yan and met Xiao Xiao before Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng prepared to leave.
• Zi Yan arrived with Zi Yao, who wanted to return to see her father, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Xiao Yan invited them to come along.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Peng, Zi Yan, and Zi Yao departed Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan told Zi Yan he was a four-star Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng went to Maple City to avenge Xiao Yan’s master, Old Yao, and Xiao Yan killed Han Feng with a Three-color Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus. Xiao Peng captured Han Feng’s remnant soul and sealed Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan, leaving the two of them with Han Feng’s lingering threat.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Peng that Han Feng had a grudge against his master and asked to go to Maple City, and Xiao Peng agreed.
• Han Feng took an Abyss Vine fruit to speed his recovery despite its risk of damaging his foundation.
• Xiao Yan attacked Han Feng with a Three-color Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus as soon as Han Feng emerged from his castle, killing him in the explosion.
• Xiao Peng captured Sea Heart Flame and sealed it in a jade pearl, which he gave to Xiao Yan to absorb after they dealt with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Peng caught Han Feng’s remnant soul in a mana hand as it threatened Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng.

Xiao Peng sealed Han Feng’s remnant soul for Xiao Yan, then fought and killed Wu Protector, an Earth-level Protector of the Soul Hall who tried to claim his soul. The chapter ended with Xiao Peng destroying Wu Protector’s fleeing soul while Xiao Yan searched Han Feng’s castle.

• Xiao Peng sealed Han Feng’s remnant soul in a jade bead and gave it to Xiao Yan to leave for Old Yao.
• Xiao Yan entered Han Feng’s ruined castle to search for alchemy manuals and Medicinal Herbs.
• Wu Protector revealed himself as an Earth-level Protector of the Soul Hall and attacked Xiao Peng.
• Xiao Peng used his four swords to form a sword formation and destroy Wu Protector’s Black Python.
• Xiao Peng pierced Wu Protector with the four swords, then destroyed his fleeing remnant soul.

Xiao Peng and Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire as the Misty Cloud Sect attacked the Mittel Family, accusing it of hiding Xiao Family members. Xiao Peng arrived in time to defend the family, killing the First Elder and leaving the Second Elder facing him.

• Xiao Peng and Xiao Yan joined Zi Yan and Zi Yao outside the city, and the four set off for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Mite'er Tengshan ordered the Mittel Family to prepare for a siege after learning that the Misty Cloud Sect had surrounded them.
• Hai Bodong confronted the Misty Cloud Sect's First and Second Elders, but both revealed Dou Emperor strength and attacked him.
• Xiao Peng arrived at the gate tower and wounded both elders with a sword strike, while a fire lotus devastated the Misty Cloud Sect's disciples.
• Xiao Peng sent the Qingping Sword through the First Elder's barrier and killed him.

Xiao Peng and Xiao Yan saved the Mittel Family by killing two Misty Cloud Sect elders, then decided to rest before confronting Yun Shan. After hearing of their victory, Nalan Yanran worried that her family would make her apologize to Xiao Yan and wondered whether Xiao Peng would ever accept her.

• Xiao Peng killed the fleeing Second Elder, and the remaining Misty Cloud Sect disciples scattered.
• Ya Fei embraced Xiao Peng in relief, then fled bashfully when Xiao Yan teased her about becoming Xiao Peng's cousin-in-law.
• Xiao Peng and Xiao Yan thanked Mite'er Tengshan for the Mittel Family's support and agreed to rest while watching the Misty Cloud Sect's movements.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong that he planned to absorb the Sea Heart Flame and break through, while Mite'er Tengshan arranged guest rooms for the group.
• Spies spread news of the Misty Cloud Sect's defeat across the Imperial Capital, shocking Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran worried that her father might make her apologize to Xiao Yan or become his concubine, and Nalan Su entered her room.

Nalan Su brought Nalan Yanran to the Mittel Family to reconcile with Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng, who warned the Nalan Family not to cause them trouble. Yao Yue then asked Xiao Peng to take her as his disciple, and he accepted.

• Nalan Su explained that the Nalan Family needed to improve its relations with Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng, so he took Nalan Yanran to the Mittel Family.
• Nalan Su offered the Nalan Family's sincere support, and Xiao Yan said he had let the old grudge go but would show no mercy if they caused trouble.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ye arrived, and Yao Yue told Xiao Peng that his alchemy insights had helped her reach the fifth tier.
• Yao Yue asked Xiao Peng to become her master, and he agreed; she knelt and bowed to him.

Xiao Peng accepted Yao Yue as his disciple, and he and Xiao Yan agreed to cooperate with the Imperial Family against the Misty Cloud Sect. After returning to the Mittel Family residence, Xiao Peng received a visit from a dressed-up Ya Fei, who congratulated him on taking a princess as his disciple.

• Yao Yue kowtowed to Xiao Peng, who accepted her as his disciple and told her to begin lessons at dawn the next day.
• Yao Ye pledged the Imperial Family’s support for Xiao Peng and warned that the Misty Cloud Sect was seeking influence near the empire’s borders.
• Yao Ye proposed an alliance to dismantle the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Peng and Xiao Yan agreed in exchange for its medicinal herb storehouse and help gathering herbs.
• Yao Ye and Yao Yue left after discussing the alliance, and Xiao Peng and Xiao Yan returned to their rooms at the Mittel Family residence.
• Ya Fei visited Xiao Peng in a carefully prepared red qipao and congratulated him on accepting Yao Yue as his disciple.