Chapter Summaries

Gu Xun Er parted ways with Xiao Yan after warning him not to force himself, while he resolved to keep striving to close the gap between them and Xuan Jin. As Xiao Yan’s group traveled west, a concealed follower sent a dark red insect after him; meanwhile, Gu Xun Er returned to the Ancient Realm and entered a grand hall.

• After Xuan Jin left, Gu Xun Er concealed the Soul Hall attack from Xiao Yan, who understood that he had been too weak to help.
• The next morning, Gu Xun Er and her guards split from Xiao Yan’s group, and she urged him to keep striving before departing.
• Xiao Yan admitted to Ye Zhong that he was thinking about how far behind he was, comparing his Pill Gathering achievements with Xuan Jin’s.
• A gray-robed man followed Xiao Yan’s group unseen and sent a dark red insect toward him.
• Gu Xun Er returned to the Ancient Realm, where she was greeted with respect and entered a grand hall after hearing a voice invite her inside.

Gu Xun Er told Gu Yuan that Xuan Jin had reached Three-Turn Dou Venerate in his twenties, leading her to predict he could become a Dou Saint before thirty. Gu Yuan believed Xuan Jin might be the key to breaking his deadlock with Hun Tiandi, but he left his past marriage-alliance plan unspoken because Xun Er loved Xiao Yan and Xuan Jin had already married.

• Gu Xun Er reported Xuan Jin’s Pill Gathering achievements and the Soul Hall’s failed attack on her to Gu Yuan.
• Gu Xun Er revealed that Xuan Jin had killed Blood River Venerate, refined a Heavenly Flame, and advanced to Three-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Gu Xun Er predicted Xuan Jin could reach Half-Saint or even Dou Saint before thirty because he possessed seven Heavenly Flames and a special cultivation technique.
• Gu Yuan suspected Xuan Jin had Bloodline Reversion connected to the Yan Clan and believed he could become pivotal in the struggle against Hun Tiandi.
• Gu Yuan recalled that he had considered a marriage alliance between Xuan Jin and Gu Xun Er, but she loved Xiao Yan and Xuan Jin had already married in Zhongzhou.

After winning the Pill Gathering, Xuan Jin received the Pill Tower’s Taiyi Soul Art and entered seclusion to try to advance beyond Spirit Realm Grand Perfection. Four months later, he had not emerged, and Cao Ying and Xuan Yi continued waiting outside.

• Gu Yuan learned that Xiao Yan was a Five Star Dou Emperor and worried about the gap between him and Gu Xun Er, while hoping Xuan Jin would become a powerful variable against Hun Tiandi.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Xuan Jin the Taiyi Soul Art as a reward for winning the Pill Gathering, explaining that it could help refine his soul beyond Spirit Realm Grand Perfection.
• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying he would enter seclusion, and she prepared the secluded chamber while teasing him about leaving shortly after their marriage.
• Xuan Jin began cultivating the Taiyi Soul Art that evening, despite believing he had only about a thirty percent chance of reaching a higher soul realm.
• Over four months, Cao Ying, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin waited as the chamber’s Soul Power fluctuations rose and fell; Xuan Yi visited and told Cao Ying to seek her if anything happened.

After half a year in seclusion, Xuan Jin emerged with refined Soul Power and stabilized Three Revolutions cultivation, but he had not broken through to a higher Soul Power realm. He learned that Zi Yan was trapped in Dragon-Phoenix Crystal on East Dragon Island and decided to go help her.

• Cao Ying noticed the Soul Power fluctuations from Xuan Jin's secret chamber had stopped, and he soon emerged from seclusion.
• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying that his Soul Power had not broken through, though his cultivation had stabilized at the early stage of Three Revolutions.
• Cao Ying told Xuan Jin that Cai'er had kept someone from disturbing his seclusion and suggested he ask her about it.
• Cai'er told Xuan Jin that Hei Qing of East Dragon Island had sought his help because Zi Yan was trapped inside Dragon-Phoenix Crystal after refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xuan Jin heard Hei Qing's message on the Jade Slip and decided to travel to East Dragon Island.

Xuan Jin traveled to East Dragon Island to help Zi Yan, who was trapped inside a Dragon-Phoenix Crystal that had spread over her entire body. After examining the crystal, he found Zi Yan’s life aura was weak but not yet at a critical point.

• Xuan Jin told Cai'er he had to leave immediately and asked her to tell Ying'er about his urgent matter.
• Xuan Jin used Hei Qing’s Jade Slip to open a spatial rift and traveled to East Dragon Island, where Hei Qing greeted him.
• Hei Qing told Xuan Jin that Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Crystal had spread to cover her head and that the island’s attempts to remove it had failed.
• Hei Qing led Xuan Jin to the chamber where Zhu Li guarded Zi Yan, sealed inside a massive purple-gold crystal.
• Xuan Jin touched and examined the crystal, concluded brute force could not break it, and sensed that Zi Yan’s life aura remained weak but stable.

Xuan Jin began refining the Dragon-Phoenix Crystal containing Zi Yan, using the Burning Art to balance the seven Heavenly Flames and the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Technique to control their heat. Five days later, he had removed nearly a third of the shell, but the backlash was worsening as Zi Yan’s brow twitched inside the crystal.

• Zhu Li warned that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy would be depleted within a month, and he gave Xuan Jin three drops of Ancient Dragon Essence Blood for emergencies.
• Xuan Jin asked for a quiet environment and began refining the crystal with the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame, drawing on the seven Heavenly Flames through the Burning Art.
• The crystal resisted Xuan Jin’s flame, sending an energy backlash that injured him, but he steadied himself and continued.
• Xuan Jin carefully controlled the flame’s temperature and used his Soul Power to melt away the crystal’s outer shell without harming Zi Yan.
• Five days later, nearly a third of the shell had been refined, while the energy backlash intensified and Xuan Jin grew pale.
• Xuan Jin brightened the flame and continued refining as Zi Yan’s brow twitched inside the crystal.

Xuan Jin accelerated the refinement of the Dragon-Phoenix Crystal, fearing an attack from the other Dragon Islands. Zi Yan woke and began helping him from within the crystal, while Zhu Li and Hei Qing watched the dangerous process continue.

• Xuan Jin asked Zhu Li how long the defensive formation could hold and intensified his flames to refine the crystal before a possible attack.
• As the crystal’s backlash grew stronger, Xuan Jin endured it while Zhu Li and Hei Qing monitored his condition.
• Zi Yan awakened inside the crystal and recognized Xuan Jin’s flames and his reassuring touch through their soul connection.
• Zi Yan began mobilizing her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to absorb the crystal’s energy and reduce its resistance, making Xuan Jin’s refining more efficient.
• Zhu Li observed Zi Yan’s life force recovering and estimated that the process could take half a month, while Xuan Jin showed no intention of stopping.

Xuan Jin used the last of his strength to break the crystal imprisoning Zi Yan, who had been helping him weaken it from within. After the crystal shattered, Zi Yan caught Xuan Jin as he collapsed unconscious, though he was still breathing.

• On the tenth day, Xuan Jin sent Hei Qing out of the chamber and used the final drop of Ancient Dragon Essence Blood to continue refining the crystal.
• Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit's energy from inside the crystal, helping reduce its resistance as Xuan Jin kept working.
• On the twelfth day, Xuan Jin compressed his remaining Soul Power into a point and pierced the crystal's final layer.
• The crystal shattered, releasing Zi Yan and scattering fragments and Dragon Phoenix energy through the chamber.
• Zi Yan caught Xuan Jin as he collapsed and found that he was still breathing.

Zi Yan emerged from her shell as a Supreme Dragon Phoenix and carried the nearly lifeless Xuan Jin to her room. She saved him with her Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood, which his mysterious bloodline absorbed without harm, leaving Zhu Li wondering about his origins.

• Zi Yan awakened in a mature form, and her bloodline pressure forced Hei Qing to his knees while Zhu Li recognized her as a Supreme Dragon Phoenix.
• Zi Yan carried the weakened Xuan Jin to her room and ignored Zhu Li's warning against giving him her Origin Essence Blood.
• Zi Yan placed a drop of Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood in Xuan Jin's mouth, and his dark red bloodline suppressed and absorbed it.
• Xuan Jin's strength and breathing recovered, while Zi Yan staggered from the cost of giving up her essence blood.
• Zhu Li suspected Xuan Jin possessed a mutated Divine Grade bloodline from the Yan Clan.

After waking from his bloodline transformation, Xuan Jin reached the Four-Revolution Dou Venerate realm and went to the Void Thunder Pool to temper himself and refine pills. As he began refining Tier 8 Lightning Tribulation Pills, a powerful presence stirred in the pool’s depths, revealing the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

• Xuan Jin woke after seven days and found that the Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood had advanced his cultivation to the Four-Revolution Dou Venerate realm and transformed his armor and wings.
• Zhu Li told Xuan Jin that Zi Yan was in seclusion recovering after giving him her Origin Essence Blood, and asked whether Xuan Jin belonged to the Yan Clan.
• Xuan Jin asked about a place to temper his body, then tore open space and traveled to the Void Thunder Pool.
• Xuan Jin entered the lightning storm, letting his Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor shield him while the lightning tempered his body.
• Xuan Jin began refining Tier 8 Lightning Tribulation Pills with his Heavenly Flames, but a colossal presence stirred and the dark-silver lightning parted before it.
• Xuan Jin recognized the presence in the depths of the Thunder Pool as the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

Xuan Jin refined a Tier 8 Lightning Tribulation Pill in the Void Thunder Pool, then searched for Nine Profound Golden Lightning and discovered Mang Tianchi meditating there. After Xuan Jin introduced himself as Xuan Yi’s disciple, Mang Tianchi recognized his master.

• Xuan Jin completed the Tier 8 Lightning Tribulation Pill and endured its six lightning bolts.
• Xuan Jin searched the depths of the Void Thunder Pool for Nine Profound Golden Lightning but could not find it.
• Xuan Jin sensed a person on a giant black rock and cautiously approached the old man.
• Xuan Jin deduced the old man was Mang Tianchi, the Inner Academy headmaster and a Thunder Clan elder, then introduced himself.
• Mang Tianchi noticed Xuan Jin’s seven fused Heavenly Flames, including the Fallen Heart Flame, and remarked that Xuan Yi was ill-tempered.

Xuan Jin explained how he had obtained Fallen Heart Flame and persuaded Mang Tianchi to cooperate in finding Nine Profound Golden Lightning. They located the lightning and pursued it deeper into the Thunder Pool, but it evaded Mang Tianchi’s interception.

• Xuan Jin told Mang Tianchi that he had taken Fallen Heart Flame to prevent the Inner Academy from being harmed when its sealing formation collapsed.
• Mang Tianchi recognized that Xuan Jin had fused seven Heavenly Flames and agreed to help him find Nine Profound Golden Lightning in exchange for access to the Thunder Pool’s lightning energy.
• Mang Tianchi and Xuan Jin ventured deeper into the Thunder Pool, shielding themselves with lightning and the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame.
• Xuan Jin sensed Nine Profound Golden Lightning northeast of them and pursued it with Mang Tianchi.
• Mang Tianchi tried to block the golden orb, but Nine Profound Golden Lightning changed direction and sped past him.

Xuan Jin and Mang Tianchi failed to capture the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, but realized it was still developing intelligence and would be dangerous to provoke. Xuan Jin stayed in the Void Thunder Pool to refine his dragon and phoenix essence blood while Mang Tianchi cultivated beside him.

• Xuan Jin and Mang Tianchi tried to lure the Nine Profound Golden Lightning with fire and lightning, but it burst through their defenses and escaped.
• Xuan Jin concluded that the lightning had fled out of instinct rather than attacking them, and Mang Tianchi explained that it was gathering energy as it developed intelligence.
• Mang Tianchi warned that provoking the Nine Profound Golden Lightning could make it release enough energy to destroy half the Thunder Pool, so Xuan Jin agreed to wait.
• Mang Tianchi began absorbing lightning to temper his body, while Xuan Jin removed the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame's protection and used his Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor to endure the lightning.

Xuan Jin refined the Ancient Dragon and Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood in the Void Thunder Pool, advancing to Five-turn Dou Venerate after a month of lightning tempering. He left for the Pill Tower after promising Mang Tianchi he would check on Jia Nan Academy, then returned briefly to East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan remained in seclusion.

• Xuan Jin endured a month of golden lightning as the Burning Art refined the essence blood and strengthened his body.
• Xuan Jin broke through to Five-turn Dou Venerate and received Mang Tianchi's wine gourd and request to visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Xuan Jin returned to East Dragon Island, surprising Hei Qing with his advancement.
• Zhu Li told Xuan Jin that Zi Yan was recovering in seclusion and that the North Dragon King was unlikely to act soon.
• Xuan Jin told Zhu Li to contact him if trouble arose and departed for the Pill Tower through a spatial rift.

Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City after refining his strength in the Void Thunder Pool and considered his next plans while resting in his courtyard. His reunion with Qing Lin left her flustered, and the chapter ended with them together in the front courtyard.

• Xuan Jin returned to his courtyard in Saint Pill City and relaxed in the hot spring after a month in the Void Thunder Pool.
• Xuan Jin reviewed his plans concerning the Ancient Clan, the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Cai'er, and Qing Lin, deciding that he needed to wait for the right opportunities.
• Qing Lin rushed into the rear courtyard after sensing Xuan Jin's return and found him in the hot spring.
• Xuan Jin asked Qing Lin to wait outside while he changed, then joined her in the front courtyard.

Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City after breaking through to Five Revolutions Dou Zun and discussed his plans with Qing Lin, Cao Ying, and Cai'er. A visit from Fenyan Valley’s Second Elder, who urgently needed help refining pills, led Xuan Jin to suspect Tang Huo'er had failed to refine a Heavenly Flame.

• Qing Lin noticed Xuan Jin’s changed aura, and he told her he had broken through to Five Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Xuan Jin told Qing Lin he would take her to East Dragon Island after Zi Yan finished her seclusion, and he considered plans for Qing Lin and Cai'er to gain more power.
• Cao Ying and Cai'er returned, and Xuan Jin told them Zi Yan had awakened the Dragon Phoenix Bloodline and was in seclusion.
• Cao Ying and Cai'er reported on Saint Pill City and the Alliance’s progress at Xuanhuang Fortress.
• Cao Ying told Xuan Jin that Fenyan Valley’s Second Elder, Mo Ping, had been seeking him to request help refining pills, and Xuan Jin suspected Tang Huo'er had failed to refine a Heavenly Flame.

Xuan Jin took Qing Lin to Fenyan Valley after learning that Tang Huo'er had been injured while refining the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame. Mo Ping explained that Tang Huo'er was trapped between continuing the dangerous refinement and suffering the flame’s backlash.

• Xuan Jin decided to repay Fenyan Valley’s debt by visiting with Qing Lin, while Cai'er stayed behind to help Cao Ying watch over the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Jin and Qing Lin met Mo Ping at the Qingyun Inn, where he asked for Xuan Jin’s help with a crisis in Fenyan Valley.
• Mo Ping revealed that Tang Huo'er had begun refining the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame two months earlier, despite the Valley Master’s reservations.
• Mo Ping explained that the flame had scorched thirty percent of Tang Huo'er's meridians, and that she could neither safely continue refining it nor give up without risking backlash.

Xuan Jin traveled with Mo Ping and Qing Lin to Fenyan Valley to assess Tang Huo'er, whose meridians were being ravaged by the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame. After examining her, he began listing rare medicinal ingredients, suggesting he had a plan to save her.

• Xuan Jin agreed to go to Fenyan Valley and help Tang Huo'er, then opened a spatial rift to take Mo Ping and Qing Lin there.
• Tang Zhen greeted Xuan Jin and led him through the unusually quiet valley to the Fire Treasury Hall.
• Xuan Jin examined Tang Huo'er as the Fire Sealing Array struggled to contain the Heavenly Flame damaging her meridians.
• Xuan Jin asked Tang Zhen for fire-resistant medicinal ingredients above the Eighth Rank and began recording a list on a Jade Slip.

Xuan Jin treated Tang Huo'er’s damaged meridians with a pill, temporarily stabilizing her condition while the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame remained inside her. He began to test whether his Yan Clan blood could suppress the Heavenly Flame just as Tang Huo'er woke.

• Tang Zhen explained that Tang Huo'er had secretly drawn the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame into her body, and its clash with her cultivation technique had scorched her meridians.
• Xuan Jin refined a crimson-gold pill and guided its medicinal power through Tang Huo'er’s meridians, stopping their deterioration for roughly three days.
• Xuan Jin concluded that the pill only treated the symptoms and considered using his Yan Clan blood to suppress the Heavenly Flame.
• Xuan Jin cut his fingertip and brought his blood to Tang Huo'er’s lips, but she woke and recognized him before he could proceed.
• Xuan Jin stopped Tang Huo'er from moving and warned her not to circulate Dou Qi because her meridians were badly injured.

Xuan Jin used his blood to suppress Tang Huo'er's Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame, but the Burning Art drew half of its origin into his body. Tang Huo'er recovered as the flames transformed both of them, leaving Xuan Jin to face a major upheaval in his Heavenly Flame system.

• Xuan Jin gave Tang Huo'er his blood, which suppressed the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame and erased the markings on her neck.
• Half of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame's origin flowed into Xuan Jin, while the other half became gentler and began healing Tang Huo'er's meridians.
• Tang Huo'er tried to stop the transfer, then kissed Xuan Jin, accelerating the process as the Burning Art absorbed the flame's origin.
• Tang Huo'er admitted she had liked Xuan Jin for a long time, while Tang Zhen and Mo Ping pretended not to have seen the kiss.
• Xuan Jin watched the Burning Art reorganize his seven-flame cycle around the newly absorbed Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.