Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin offered Jia Nan Academy an Eighth-grade Pill in exchange for Fallen Heart Flame, warning that it would erupt within a few years. Su Qian and the Thousand Hundred Elders recognized they could neither refuse nor compel him, and they decided to reinforce the seal for now while preparing to surrender the flame if it could no longer be contained.

• Xuan Jin told Su Qian that Fallen Heart Flame was growing unstable and offered an Eighth-grade Pill in exchange for it.
• Su Qian hesitated over the trade, while the hidden Qian Mu and Bai Lie were stunned to learn Xuan Jin was both a Dou Venerate and an Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Xuan Jin accepted that Su Qian could not decide immediately, warned that a future trade might not be so favorable, and asked to inspect the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower.
• Su Qian allowed Xuan Jin to enter the tower, then met with Qian Mu and Bai Lie after he departed.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie told Su Qian the seal could collapse within three to five years and that Xuan Jin's offer was effectively a warning, not a negotiation.
• Qian Mu proposed reinforcing the seal for now and giving Fallen Heart Flame to Xuan Jin if the academy could no longer contain it, and Su Qian and Bai Lie agreed.

Xuan Jin entered the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower and found the mature Fallen Heart Flame, then descended into the magma world to search for a newly born Heavenly Flame. After Zi Yan gave him medicinal materials and left with a pill, Xuan Jin found the newborn flame near Yao Tian Huo’s remains, but the magma suddenly churned and four whirlpools formed around him.

• Xuan Jin passed through the tower’s barrier and reached its bottom, where his Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame neutralized Fallen Heart Flame’s heart flame.
• Xuan Jin observed the mature Fallen Heart Flame but postponed claiming it while he consolidated his cultivation and searched the magma below.
• Zi Yan appeared beside Xuan Jin and gave him three Sixth-grade medicinal materials and one Seventh-grade medicinal material in gratitude for his pills.
• Xuan Jin accepted Zi Yan’s gift, offered her another pill, and told her to call him Brother Xuan Jin and stop stealing from the academy’s storehouse.
• Xuan Jin entered the magma and sensed the newborn Heavenly Flame beside Yao Tian Huo’s skeleton and the barrier containing his soul.
• The magma began churning, and four crimson whirlpools formed around Xuan Jin.

Xuan Jin defeated four Fire Lizardmen and found the newly born Fallen Heart Flame beside the remains of Yao Tian Huo. After revealing his strength and fused Heavenly Flame, he heard Yao Tian Huo beg for help with resurrection and offer his techniques and service.

• Xuan Jin used his Thousand Illusions techniques and Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame to kill four Dou Emperor-level Fire Lizardmen.
• Xuan Jin followed the Fallen Heart Flame’s aura to a sealed barrier containing the young flame and Heavenly Fire Venerate’s skeleton.
• Yao Tian Huo emerged from the skeleton and introduced himself to Xuan Jin of the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Jin showed Yao Tian Huo his fused Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame and said he was a seventh-tier alchemist nearing the eighth tier.
• Yao Tian Huo begged Xuan Jin to resurrect him and offered the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Technique, the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal, and three services.

Xuan Jin acquired Yao Tian Huo’s techniques and the infant Fallen Heart Flame, then spent five days mastering the techniques in the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower. As Zi Yan came to find him and Xiao Yi Xian resolved to grow stronger, Xuan Jin prepared to leave before Zi Yan appeared in his cultivation room, hungry and demanding an explanation.

• Yao Tian Huo gave Xuan Jin the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Technique and Heavenly Capital Fire Seal, then entered the Bone Flame Ring.
• Xuan Jin imprinted the infant Fallen Heart Flame with his soul, stored it and Heavenly Fire Venerate’s skeleton in the ring, and sealed their auras.
• Xuan Jin spent five days cultivating in the tower, while Zi Yan and Qing Lin complained that they missed him and Xiao Yi Xian planned to seek training among the Cloud Empire’s poison masters.
• Xuan Jin mastered both techniques and realized the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal could temporarily suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body.
• Zi Yan warped into Xuan Jin’s cultivation room, claimed it as hers, and her stomach growled.

Xuan Jin helped Zi Yan take revenge on the magical beasts in Jia Nan Academy’s back mountain, while she gathered treasures and grew attached to him. When Xuan Jin said he had to return to the Outer Academy, Zi Yan asked if she could go with him.

• Zi Yan showed Xuan Jin an empty pill bottle, and he gave her a fresh supply before agreeing to help her defeat a huge snake in the back mountain.
• Over three days, Xuan Jin subdued the Sixth-Order Magical Beasts on Zi Yan’s grudge list while she collected treasures from their lairs.
• Xuan Jin captured a Giant Rock Demon Snake to give to Qing Lin, and Zi Yan brought him an Earth Core Rock Ganoderma from its cave.
• Su Qian watched Xuan Jin and Zi Yan spend time together and hoped their friendship would benefit Jia Nan Academy.
• When Zi Yan invited Xuan Jin to hunt a fire python the next day, he told her he had to return to the Outer Academy, and she asked to go with him.

Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body erupted after she consumed a poisonous herb, flooding her courtyard with toxic qi. Xuan Jin arrived and sealed the poison in place, then approached her as an elder recognized the Calamity Poison Body.

• Zi Yan asked Xuan Jin to take her to Zhongzhou, and he told her to get Su Qian’s approval before he would bring her.
• Xiao Yi Xian consumed Black Rot Soul Severing Grass to satisfy her poison craving, causing her toxic power to surge.
• Purple poison qi engulfed Xiao Yi Xian’s courtyard, and Ling Ying struggled to contain it while Xiao Xun'er sought help.
• Hu Gan and Su Qian informed Xuan Jin of Xiao Yi Xian’s crisis, and Xuan Jin traveled to the Outer Academy through a spatial rift.
• Xuan Jin sealed the courtyard and its poison qi, then approached Xiao Yi Xian as an aged voice identified her Calamity Poison Body.

Xuan Jin sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body after its eruption, then helped her absorb the poison mist and rise to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Ling. The crisis passed, but Xiao Yan and a swiftly arriving red-clad figure appeared as the others gathered in the wrecked courtyard.

• Yao Tian Huo recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s condition as the Calamity Poison Body and warned Xuan Jin that the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal could suppress it but not cure it.
• Xuan Jin entered Xiao Yi Xian’s room, reassured her, and used the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to suppress her poison power.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke down in Xuan Jin’s arms before he encouraged her to absorb the remaining poison mist.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison mist through the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and advanced to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, Ling Ying, Su Qian, and Hu Gan gathered around the unharmed pair, while Xiao Yan watched from the crowd.
• A red-clad figure rushed to Xiao Xun'er and asked whether she was hurt.

Xuan Jin decided to take Zi Yan with him after she clung to him, and she quickly bonded with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. He then told Su Qian and Hu Gan that he would leave Jia Nan Academy with the group to pursue a cure for Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body.

• Hu Jia arrived and protected Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Yan realized how far his strength and status were from hers and left determined to grow stronger.
• Zi Yan tumbled through a spatial rift, clung to Xuan Jin, and pleaded with him not to abandon her.
• Xuan Jin promised Zi Yan he would take her along and told Su Qian that she would follow him from then on.
• Xuan Jin introduced Zi Yan as a Fifth-Order Magical Beast with Dou Wang strength, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin welcomed her as family.
• Xuan Jin decided to leave Jia Nan Academy and planned to seek the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva from the Black Emperor Sect before returning to Zhongzhou.
• Xuan Jin thanked Su Qian and Hu Gan and announced that he would leave the academy with the others.

Xuan Jin refined pills for Jia Nan Academy, rewarded Ling Ying, and departed with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan. As they traveled toward the Black Emperor Sect to obtain Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for Xiao Yi Xian, he also considered seeking treasures from Demonic Flame Valley.

• Su Qian asked Xuan Jin to refine two Pills to Break Dou Ancestor and three Imperial Pills, and Xuan Jin agreed without payment in exchange for Jia Nan Academy notifying him about unusual activity from the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xuan Jin refined all five pills in two days, gave Zi Yan several half-finished pills to eat as snacks, and gifted Ling Ying a Pill to Break Dou Ancestor for helping contain Xiao Yi Xian's poison gas.
• Xuan Jin left Jia Nan Academy aboard a Flying Boat with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan after Xiao Xun'er and the academy's elders saw them off.
• During the journey, Xuan Jin told Zi Yan they were heading to the Black Emperor Sect to take something, while she eagerly approved of taking it by force.
• Xuan Jin planned to obtain the Black Emperor Sect's Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to cure Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body and considered seeking the Sky Demon Puppet method and Flame Control Art from Demonic Flame Valley.

Xuan Jin brought Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan toward the Black Emperor Sect to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and promised to help Yao Tian Huo regain a body. After reaching Black Imperial City, he silenced the leering crowds with his aura, and the group arrived at Black Emperor Pavilion under a sinister gaze.

• Xuan Jin introduced Yao Tian Huo to the three girls and explained that the former Five-star Dou Venerate would protect them when he was away.
• Xuan Jin revealed that he could use Mo Tian Xing's body and seventh-tier magical beast blood essence to revive Yao Tian Huo, who thanked him excitedly.
• Xuan Jin led the group toward the Black Emperor Sect, and they passed through a brutal wasteland before choosing to head to Black Imperial City.
• In Black Imperial City, leering onlookers made Qing Lin uneasy, but Xuan Jin's aura frightened them into silence and cleared the street.
• Xuan Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan reached Black Emperor Pavilion, where someone watched them from a second-floor window with a sinister gaze.

At the Black Emperor Pavilion, Mo Ya ordered his elders to seize Xiao Yi Xian and the others, giving Xuan Jin a chance to let the girls test their strength. Qing Lin summoned the Giant Rock Demon Snake while Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fought the guards, and the battle against the two elders continued.

• Mo Ya spotted Xiao Yi Xian and ordered Elder Wang and Elder Shan to capture the group and bring the women to him.
• Elder Wang and Elder Shan blocked Xuan Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan while Black Emperor Sect guards surrounded them.
• Xuan Jin told Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to fight and instructed Qing Lin to send her Giant Rock Demon Snake after the two Dou Emperors.
• Qing Lin opened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and summoned the Sixth-Order Giant Rock Demon Snake into the street.
• Zi Yan knocked down the Dou Wang guards with her fists and kicks while Xiao Yi Xian weakened and poisoned others with her Poison Dou Qi.
• Elder Wang and Elder Shan attacked the Giant Rock Demon Snake, but Elder Wang’s saber left only a shallow mark on its head.

Xuan Jin effortlessly subdued Mo Ya and Elder Han after they attacked his group, while Qing Lin witnessed the brutality of their world firsthand. He left for the Black Emperor Pavilion with both prisoners in tow, as Mo Ya threatened him with his father, Mo Tian Xing.

• Elder Wang and Elder Shan failed to break the Giant Rock Demon Snake’s defenses, while Zi Yan and the others defeated Mo Ya’s guards.
• Mo Ya and Elder Han joined the fight, ordering the snake killed and the women captured.
• Xuan Jin froze everyone with spatial confinement and forced Mo Ya and Elder Han to their knees with a flick of his finger.
• At Qing Lin’s command, the Giant Rock Demon Snake swallowed Elders Wang and Shan, and Xuan Jin comforted Qing Lin about the violence she had witnessed.
• Xuan Jin headed for the Black Emperor Pavilion with Mo Ya and Elder Han dragged behind him, and Mo Ya threatened him with his father, Mo Tian Xing.

Xuan Jin and his companions seized the Black Emperor Pavilion, where Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Mo Ya and killed Elder Han. Xuan Jin ordered a steward to demand ransom from Mo Tian Xing, and the steward encountered Che Cheng while fleeing to the sect headquarters.

• Xuan Jin crippled Mo Ya and brought him, Elder Han, and the three girls into the Black Emperor Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Mo Ya after he threatened her companions, then killed Elder Han after Xuan Jin suppressed his Dou Qi.
• Zi Yan collected storage rings from Elder Han, Mo Ya, and the other defeated enemies.
• Xuan Jin ordered a trembling pavilion steward to tell Mo Tian Xing to bring enough bargaining chips to ransom Mo Ya.
• The steward fled toward Black Emperor Sect headquarters and ran into Che Cheng, whom he told that the Black Emperor Pavilion had been smashed.

After Xuan Jin crippled Mo Ya and killed Elder Han, he waited at the Black Emperor Pavilion for the Black Emperor Sect to come after him. Sect Leader Mo Tian Xing mobilized the sect’s forces, and Xuan Jin sensed them approaching.

• Che Cheng learned that Mo Ya had been crippled and Elder Han killed, then rushed to report to Mo Tian Xing.
• While Xuan Jin and his companions waited in the Black Emperor Pavilion, Zi Yan sorted through the storage rings and Xiao Yi Xian explained that Xuan Jin was using Mo Ya as bait to draw the sect to them.
• Mo Tian Xing heard what had happened to his son and Han Chong, then ordered every Dou Emperor elder and Dou Wang deacon to assemble.
• Powerful auras surged from the Black Emperor Sect headquarters, and Xuan Jin sensed the force advancing toward the pavilion.

Xuan Jin confronted Mo Tian Xing after the Black Emperor Sect leader arrived at the Black Emperor Pavilion, and effortlessly killed him while sending Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to deal with the sect’s forces outside. The Black Emperor Sect’s remaining fighters were left facing the three girls as Xuan Jin claimed Mo Tian Xing’s body.

• Mo Tian Xing arrived at the Black Emperor Pavilion with five Nine-star Dou Emperor elders and dozens of Dou Wang guards, while Che Cheng went to seek help from Demonic Flame Valley.
• Mo Tian Xing found Han Chong dead and his son Mo Ya crippled, then tried to negotiate with Xuan Jin.
• Xuan Jin mocked Mo Tian Xing’s offer and sent Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to deal with the guards outside.
• Xuan Jin’s soul pressure forced the five elders to their knees and overwhelmed Mo Tian Xing.
• Xuan Jin shattered Mo Tian Xing’s protective Dou Qi, killed him with a thread of ice-blue Dou Qi, and said he wanted his body.

Xuan Jin and his companions annihilated the Black Emperor Pavilion and Black Emperor Sect, then headed to the sect treasury to claim its treasures. Zi Yan sensed that the headquarters held an especially rich haul, and the group arrived to find the sect’s defenders waiting for them.

• Xuan Jin killed the five kneeling Nine-star Dou Emperors, collected the storage rings, and joined Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian as they slaughtered the Dou Wangs outside the Black Emperor Pavilion.
• Xuan Jin gave Xiao Yi Xian a Returning Origin Pill, praised Qing Lin and Zi Yan, and planned to find the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and materials to revive Tian Huo.
• Zi Yan sensed greater treasure at the Black Emperor Sect headquarters, so the group emptied the Black Emperor Pavilion auction house and flew there.
• Qi Shan and the remaining Black Emperor Sect defenders formed the Black Demon Formation, but Zi Yan shattered it and killed the defenders.
• After the Black Emperor Sect fell silent, Zi Yan gathered more spoils and Xuan Jin led the group toward the treasury.

Xuan Jin and the three girls looted the Black Emperor Sect’s treasure vault, where he found the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and an unexpected Heavenly Demonic Phoenix corpse. After refining the corpse into five drops of Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence, Xuan Jin prepared to enter seclusion while Yao Tian Huo promised to protect the girls.

• Zi Yan led Xuan Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the treasure vault, and Xuan Jin broke Mo Tian Xing’s restriction with the Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame.
• The group gathered the vault’s treasures, including the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, high-tier ingredients and magical cores, pills, cultivation methods, and Dou Skills.
• Zi Yan gave Xuan Jin a Storage Ring containing a Heavenly Demonic Phoenix corpse, which he found and stored as an unexpected prize.
• Xuan Jin took the group to Mo Tian Xing’s cultivation chamber, where he refined the corpse and collected five drops of Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Xuan Jin announced he would enter seclusion and gave Zi Yan Yao Tian Huo’s Bone Flame Ring so he could protect the three girls.

Xuan Jin fused Heavenly Demonic Phoenix bone wings with Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence, then began refining an eighth-grade Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill for Yao Tian Huo. The pill drew four-colored Pill Lightning, while Old Ghost Di Mo arrived and prepared to ambush Xuan Jin after the lightning passed.

• Xuan Jin refined Eagle’s Wings, fused the Heavenly Demonic Phoenix bone wings into his body, and strengthened them with Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Xuan Jin found the ingredients for Yao Tian Huo’s pill, then took Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to eat and shop before announcing his plan to refine an eighth-grade pill.
• Xuan Jin sent the three girls a hundred li away and spent seven days and nights refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill in the Black Demon Cauldron.
• The pill released a fragrance across Black Imperial City as clouds gathered and formed a sea of four-colored Pill Lightning.
• Old Ghost Di Mo arrived to find the Black Emperor Sect in ruins, mistook the pill for a high-grade seventh-tier pill, and concealed himself to attack Xuan Jin after the lightning passed.

Xuan Jin completed the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill amid four-colored Pill Lightning, revealing himself to be a peak initial eighth-grade alchemist. Old Ghost Di Mo attacked to steal the pill, but Xuan Jin trapped him with Space Lockdown, leaving the would-be thief helpless.

• Xuan Jin endured the four-colored Pill Lightning and used it to temper the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill as his companions watched anxiously.
• Old Ghost Di Mo recognized the signs of an Eighth-grade Pill and decided to attack Xuan Jin while he was supposedly weakened.
• Xuan Jin completed the pill and stored it, while Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Tian Huo rushed to protect him from Old Ghost Di Mo.
• Old Ghost Di Mo knocked Yao Tian Huo aside and lunged at Xuan Jin, who recognized him as the Seven-star Dou Ancestor from Demonic Flame Valley.
• Just before Old Ghost Di Mo could strike, Xuan Jin immobilized him with Space Lockdown, a power associated with Dou Venerate experts.

Xuan Jin killed Old Ghost Di Mo and discovered the Flame Control Art before using Di Mo’s body, an Eighth-grade pill, and Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence to revive Yao Tian Huo. Yao Tian Huo returned at the peak of Three-Star Dou Venerate and pledged to stay by Xuan Jin’s side.

• Xuan Jin killed Old Ghost Di Mo, took his storage ring, and kept his Seven-star Dou Ancestor body for Yao Tian Huo’s revival.
• Xuan Jin found the Method for Refining Sky Demon Puppets and the Flame Control Art in Di Mo’s ring, recognizing that Simulated Heavenly Flame could help complete his Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Technique.
• The next morning, Xuan Jin prepared Di Mo’s body with Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence and used the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill to join it with Yao Tian Huo’s soul.
• After a day and night of painful refinement, Yao Tian Huo revived in the transformed body at the peak of Three-Star Dou Venerate.
• Yao Tian Huo knelt before Xuan Jin in gratitude, and Xuan Jin told him to stay by his side.