Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin returned from the Star Domain after refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and reaching the peak of seven-star Dou Venerate. He reunited with Cao Ying and Qing Lin at Xuan Yi's residence, where he finally got to rest and enjoy a warm meal.

• Xuan Yi checked Xuan Jin for injuries, and Xuan Jin reassured her that he had survived refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and gained greatly.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi learned that Xuan Jin had reached the peak of seven-star Dou Venerate, while Xuan Yi urged him to rest.
• Xuan Jin left the Star Domain with Cao Ying, and Xuan Kongzi warned that Old Ghost Xing and his allies would be in danger if they crossed him again.
• Xuan Jin returned to Xuan Yi's residence, where Qing Lin ran out to greet him after keeping watch and preparing food during his absence.
• Xuan Jin comforted Qing Lin, then sat with Cao Ying in the courtyard and acknowledged how hard the past three months had been for her.

After returning from the Star Domain, Xuan Jin reunited with Cao Ying and Qing Lin and shared a lively dinner with them. As the evening ended, Cao Ying invited him to her room to discuss some questions privately.

• Cao Ying reproached Xuan Jin for disappearing into the Star Domain for three months without sending word.
• Xuan Jin comforted Cao Ying, and they were interrupted when Qing Lin brought dinner.
• Cao Ying helped Qing Lin serve the meal and encouraged her to sit and rest.
• Qing Lin served Xuan Jin his favorite fish while Cao Ying teasingly fed him kidney.
• Cao Ying caught Xuan Jin pretending to read an upside-down book and invited him to her room after telling Qing Lin to go to bed early.

Xuan Jin reunited with Cao Ying and spent the night with her while Qing Lin listened outside. Afterward, he told Cao Ying he planned to leave the Pill Tower and pursue the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xuan Jin took Cao Ying into the main room, where she noticed and kissed the scar from his battle with Old Ghost Xing and the Witch.
• Qing Lin eavesdropped outside, grew envious, and vowed to collect interest from Xuan Jin once she reached the Dou Zun realm.
• Cao Ying asked Xuan Jin what he intended to do with Qing Lin, and he said he would keep her safe and leave the rest for later.
• Cao Ying asked about Xuan Jin's next move, and he said he could not remain at the Pill Tower because he needed to grow stronger.
• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying he intended to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower to purify his Dou Qi and improve his cultivation.

Xuan Jin told Cao Ying that after taking the Heavenly Flames, he planned to visit Ancient Dragon Island and negotiate with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while privately admitting he wanted Zi Yan too. The next morning, he comforted Qing Lin, who confessed she wanted to stay by his side forever and not be left behind.

• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying he planned to visit Ancient Dragon Island after taking the Heavenly Flames and discuss a major deal with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Cao Ying accused Xuan Jin of wanting Zi Yan, and he admitted that he found her lovable.
• Cao Ying noticed Qing Lin was exhausted after spending the night awake and urged Xuan Jin to reassure her.
• Xuan Jin carried Qing Lin to a side room and told her that her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were powerful.
• Qing Lin told Xuan Jin she wanted to remain with him forever and go wherever he went, no matter the danger.

Xuan Jin reassured Qing Lin that she was family and promised to consider her feelings when she was older, then stayed beside her as she slept. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian learned that the Nether Poison Flame had appeared and prepared to seize it for Xuan Jin, while he looked ahead to pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xuan Jin embraced Qing Lin, told her she was family, and promised she could not run away if she still cared for him when she was older and stronger.
• Qing Lin happily vowed to grow up and become strong, then fell asleep holding Xuan Jin’s finger as he stayed by her bed.
• A scout told Xiao Yi Xian that the Nether Poison Flame had been found in the Extreme Yin Land and described its deadly poison and apparent intelligence.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect’s Dou Emperor-level experts to accompany her and declared she would take the Nether Poison Flame for Xuan Jin.
• Xuan Jin considered pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame and the power his Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Technique could gain from five Heavenly Flames.

Cao Ying entered seclusion to improve her strength after comparing herself with Xuan Jin’s powerful companions. In Jia Ma, Ya Fei and Cai’er continued searching for a Heavenly Flame, while learning that Xiao Yi Xian had found clues to the Nether Poison Flame.

• Cao Ying began cultivating in the Pill Tower, determined not to fall behind Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ya Fei lamented that three years of searching across the Northwest Region had produced no sign of a Heavenly Flame.
• Cai’er reminded Ya Fei that Heavenly Flames could only be found by chance and urged her not to pressure herself.
• Ya Fei told Cai’er that Xiao Yi Xian had become the Poison Sect Master in the Cloud Empire and discovered clues about the Nether Poison Flame.
• Ya Fei worried that her business wealth and limited cultivation could not help her find a Heavenly Flame or advance Xuan Jin’s cultivation.

Ya Fei regained her confidence in supporting the Alliance after Cai'er reminded her of her strengths. When Hua She'er reported a seemingly intelligent crimson flame in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Medusa identified it as a possible Heavenly Flame and prepared to claim it herself.

• Ya Fei doubted her worth beside Xuan Jin's powerful companions, but Cai'er encouraged her to focus on the Alliance's finances and supplies.
• Cai'er said she would travel to the Cloud Empire to help Xiao Yi Xian seek the Nether Poison Flame.
• Ya Fei resolved to supply Xiao Yi Xian with any antidotes and defensive artifacts she needed.
• Hua She'er reported that Snake People patrols had found a crimson flame devouring fire-attributed herbs in a remote ravine in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Ya Fei ordered an airship and supplies prepared, but Medusa declared that she would claim the possible Heavenly Flame herself.

Medusa mobilized The Alliance to claim a Heavenly Flame in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Xiao Yan continued his alchemy work at Jia Nan Academy and helped guard the Fallen Heart Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan following Su Qian to reinforce the weakening seal beneath the tower.

• Medusa ordered Hua She'er to assemble the royal guard and accompany her to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, determined to secure a Heavenly Flame as a gift for Xuan Jin.
• Yun Yun heard that Medusa had led a team to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and ordered Misty Cloud Sect disciples to stand ready to support The Alliance.
• Xiao Yan failed to refine a Sixth-Grade pill and reflected on the alchemy handbook Xuan Jin had given him.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy's tower was growing restless but refused to claim something Xuan Jin had set his sights on.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Yan to help reinforce the loosened seal, and Xiao Yan followed him to the tower.

Xiao Yi Xian tried to claim the Nether Poison Flame in the Extreme Yin Land, but remnants of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate trapped her with a formation and the Blackwater Demon Lord. Surrounded by enemies and under attack from the flame, she raised her Heavenly Poison Prison Realm as Yao Tian Huo watched from hiding.

• Yao Tian Huo secretly followed Xiao Yi Xian to the Extreme Yin Land on Xuan Jin's instructions.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent the Poison Sect experts away and tried to subdue the Nether Poison Flame, resisting its neurotoxic illusion with her Calamity Poison Body.
• The remnants of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate activated the Poison Luo Trapping Array and revealed that they had lured Xiao Yi Xian there.
• The Blackwater Demon Lord emerged from the swamp and threatened to make Xiao Yi Xian his bandit bride, prompting her to declare him doomed.
• Yao Tian Huo chose to watch as the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, the Blackwater Demon Lord, and the Nether Poison Flame attacked Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian raised her Heavenly Poison Prison Realm, but the Blackwater Demon Lord's full-force blow battered her barrier and shook the ground beneath her.

Xiao Yi Xian fought the elders and Blackwater Demon Lord while the Nether Poison Flame ravaged her from within. Refusing to surrender, she began refining the Heavenly Flame inside her body and struck Blackwater Demon Lord with a fused poison flame pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed a Three-Star Dou Emperor elder by making the poison in his body explode.
• Blackwater Demon Lord and the remaining elder overwhelmed Xiao Yi Xian with the poisonous array and their attacks, leaving her badly wounded.
• Yao Tian Huo moved to intervene as Xiao Yi Xian lay near death.
• Xiao Yi Xian released her suppression of the Nether Poison Flame and drew it into her dantian to refine it with her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian let the Venom Scorpion Bone Spike pierce her back, then rushed Blackwater Demon Lord and struck its forehead with a Calamity Poison Flame Pill.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Blackwater Demon Lord and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate elder, then stabilized the Nether Poison Flame’s merger with her Calamity Poison Body. She returned to the Poison Sect with Yao Tian Huo, intending to refine the flame and use it to break through to Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yi Xian instantly killed Blackwater Demon Lord and strangled the fleeing Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate elder before removing the bone spike from her shoulder.
• Yao Tian Huo checked on Xiao Yi Xian as she recovered, and she wondered when Xuan Jin would go to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that the Nether Poison Flame was bound to her Calamity Poison Body and could not be given to Xuan Jin without risking her life.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to refine the Nether Poison Flame herself, and Yao Tian Huo said it might help her reach the Dou Zun realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Poison Sect and introduced Yao Tian Huo as its new Supreme Elder.

Xiao Yi Xian began refining the Nether Poison Flame under Yao Tian Huo’s watch, while Queen Medusa investigated a powerful flame in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Medusa identified it as the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and entered its underground lair to confront it.

• Yao Tian Huo released his aura to support Xiao Yi Xian, and the Poison Sect elders realized he was a Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Poison Sect and entered seclusion to absorb the Nether Poison Flame while Yao Tian Huo guarded the chamber.
• Yue Mei and Hua She'er struggled to protect their Snake People Clan subordinates from the heat around a canyon fissure in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Medusa arrived, ordered the Snake People Clan to retreat, and discovered that an intelligent flame was defending the fissure.
• Medusa entered the underground hollow and identified the flame as the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
• The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire transformed into a giant lion and lunged at Medusa.

Medusa fought the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire in an underground valley, enduring its shifting beast forms while searching for a way to seal it. She activated a Snake Clan formation that trapped the Heavenly Flame, though the strain left her injured and weakened.

• The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire attacked Medusa with four flaming beasts, but she blocked them with a Snake Scale Shield and drove them back with Dou Qi.
• The flame absorbed Remnant Souls and became a giant lion, but Medusa slowed it with Myriad Snakes Devour Heart and struck its core with a Purple Lightning Snake Lance.
• Medusa revealed her Seven-star Dou Ancestor strength, smashed the giant lion with Flame Palm, and evaded the smaller beasts that formed from its remains.
• The fire avatars merged into a flaming Xuanwu, and Medusa restrained its tail while locating four fire-vein nodes in the valley.
• Medusa marked the flame core, activated Myriad Snakes Lock Spirit, and trapped the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire in a vast snake-shaped net of light.
• The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire battered the formation as Medusa bled from the strain and commanded it to behave.

Medusa sealed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire for a year, while Xuan Jin prepared to leave the Pill Tower and travel to the Northwest Continent to collect another Heavenly Flame. The chapter ended with Xuan Jin and Qing Lin aboard a spatial ship, discussing the Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Medusa severed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire's connection to external energy, sealed it with a Snake Token, and left, satisfied that the seal would last a year.
• Xuan Yi packed Xuan Jin with pills and protective talismans before Cao Ying arrived to say goodbye and kissed him fiercely.
• After Xuan Jin left, Cao Ying told Xuan Yi she would focus on her own goals rather than travel with him and become dead weight.
• Xuan Jin met Qing Lin outside the Pill Tower, and they departed aboard a spatial ship for the Northwest Continent.
• During the journey, Xuan Jin explained that he sought the Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy to strengthen his foundation.

Xuan Jin and Qing Lin arrived in Feng City, now controlled by the Blood Sect, and visited the Drunken Immortal Tower. There, Young Sect Leader Fan Ling tried to claim Qing Lin and threatened Xuan Jin, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xuan Jin and Qing Lin reached Feng City and saw that Fan Lao's Blood Sect had taken control after Han Feng's death.
• Xuan Jin and Qing Lin entered the Drunken Immortal Tower, where diners stared at Qing Lin after she removed her conical hat.
• Fan Ling spotted Qing Lin and approached Xuan Jin's table, reaching for her hand and inviting her to go with him.
• Xuan Jin questioned Fan Ling's offer, and Fan Ling threatened him and demanded that he leave Qing Lin behind.

Xuan Jin killed Fan Ling and his guards after Fan Ling threatened him, then found the Three Thousand Thunder Movement and a map fragment to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in Fan Ling’s Storage Ring. Fan Lao arrived at the Drunken Immortal Tower to avenge his son, and Xuan Jin and Qing Lin faced him calmly.

• Xuan Jin crushed Fan Ling’s pointing arm and killed the Blood Sect guards with invisible force.
• Xuan Jin took Fan Ling’s Storage Ring and found the Three Thousand Thunder Movement and a map fragment to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xuan Jin killed Fan Ling after claiming the two items, and a scout’s signal flare alerted the Blood Sect.
• Fan Lao arrived at the Drunken Immortal Tower, broke through its second-floor wall, and confronted Xuan Jin and Qing Lin.

Fan Lao confronted Xuan Jin over the death of his son, but Xuan Jin sent Qing Lin to fight him so he could test her combat skills. Qing Lin summoned three powerful magical beasts and faced Fan Lao’s attempt to trap them with a poison array.

• Fan Lao found Fan Ling dead and accused Xuan Jin of killing his son.
• Xuan Jin admitted killing Fan Ling and told Qing Lin to deal with Fan Lao.
• Fan Lao attacked Qing Lin, but her Seven-Star Dou Emperor Dou Qi blocked his strikes.
• Qing Lin summoned the Purple Crystal Eyed Python, the Shadow Poison Flood Dragon, and the Wind Breaking Black Snake, forcing Fan Lao back.
• Fan Lao cast the Blood Fiend Bone Erosion Array, and Qing Lin ordered the Shadow Poison Flood Dragon to answer with its poisonous mist.

Qing Lin killed Fan Lao with her three controlled magical beasts, and Xuan Jin took her toward Jia Nan Academy. As they arrived, the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower was in crisis because a massive Formless Fire Python was attacking its seal.

• Qing Lin used the Wind Breaking Black Snake, Shadow Poison Flood Dragon, and Purple Crystal Eyed Python to poison, restrain, and kill Fan Lao.
• Xuan Jin took Fan Lao's Storage Ring, praised Qing Lin, and left with her for Peace Town and Jia Nan Academy.
• Xuan Jin and Qing Lin flew past Peace Town and the Outer Academy toward Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy.
• Students evacuated the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower as elders struggled to maintain the seal at its base.
• A massive Formless Fire Python repeatedly rammed the seal, shaking the space and weakening the elders holding it.

Xuan Jin arrived at the Inner Academy as the elders struggled to contain the erupting Fallen Heart Flame and effortlessly subdued the Formless Fire Python. He then asked Su Qian to discuss the deal they had left unsettled years earlier.

• Hu Gan joined Su Qian and the elders in trying to hold back the Formless Fire Python as the seal began to crack.
• Xuan Jin emerged from a spatial rift with a young girl, and Su Qian recognized him as the legendary Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Xuan Jin froze the python's Fallen Heart Flame with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and trapped the beast by solidifying space.
• Xuan Jin asked Su Qian to find a place where they could discuss their unfinished deal.

Xuan Jin rescued the Jia Nan Academy elders and negotiated to take the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for an Eighth Rank Plain Heart Pill. He began refining the flame in the academy’s underground lava world, aiming to gain his fifth Heavenly Flame.

• Su Qian and the others thanked Xuan Jin for saving them, while Hu Gan and the Thousand Hundred Elders were astonished by his and Qing Lin’s strength.
• Su Qian asked about Zi Yan, and Xuan Jin explained that she had found her family and returned to her clan.
• Xuan Jin warned Su Qian that the intelligent Fallen Heart Flame would remain a danger if it stayed sealed beneath the academy.
• Su Qian agreed to let Xuan Jin take the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xuan Jin gave him an Eighth Rank Plain Heart Pill as payment.
• Xuan Jin descended into the underground lava world and began preparing to refine the imprisoned Fallen Heart Flame.