Chapter Summaries

Han Yue took Zi Yu to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, while the Inner Academy students were stunned to see the usually cold beauty acting warmly toward him. Rou'er explained to Xue Yi that Zi Yu had saved Han Yue, and Xue Yi concluded that Han Yue had fallen for him.

• Han Yue invited Zi Yu to visit the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and led him there with her close girlfriends.
• Zi Yu recognized that the tower was sealed by a Dou Zun-level expert and thought about the Fallen Heart Flame and the secrets beneath it.
• Inner Academy students watched Han Yue chat warmly with Zi Yu and reacted with disbelief at her behavior.
• Xue Yi recognized Han Yue beside Zi Yu, and Rou'er explained how Zi Yu had saved her boss.
• Xue Yi concluded that Han Yue had developed feelings for Zi Yu and that her admirers' hopes would be crushed.

Zi Yu entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower with Han Yue, who confessed that she liked him, and he asked them to spend more time together before deciding on romance. After cultivating on the seventh floor, Zi Yu discovered that the Fallen Heart Flame was secretly absorbing underground fire energy while pretending to be calm, but he left it alone because the time was not right.

• Zi Yu and Han Yue arrived at the tower together, drawing attention from students and the guarding Elder.
• Han Yue warned Zi Yu about the Heart Flame burning his body, but he remained unharmed, and she checked him over with concern.
• Han Yue confessed her feelings, and Zi Yu told her he liked her but wanted them to get to know each other before discussing romance.
• Han Yue agreed to spend more time with Zi Yu and introduced him to the tower.
• Zi Yu cultivated on the seventh floor, then used the Creation Heavenly Eye to see that the Fallen Heart Flame was secretly growing stronger by absorbing underground fire energy.
• Zi Yu recognized the Fallen Heart Flame's deception but left it undisturbed because the time was not right.

Zi Yu and Han Yue grew closer after he accepted her feelings, and he honestly told her that he had other girlfriends. Han Yue accepted this and kissed him, and the chapter ended with Zi Yu presenting her with three powerful treasures.

• Han Yue sought Zi Yu out, and the two walked together while other students watched them with envy and complicated feelings.
• In a secluded spot, Zi Yu told Han Yue that he had other girlfriends and offered to part amicably if she could not accept it.
• Han Yue said she did not mind and confessed that having a place in his heart was enough, then kissed him.
• Zi Yu accepted Han Yue as his girlfriend and showed her the Jade Spirit Lotus Heart Pearl, five Water Spirit Crystals, and Frost, a Sixth-Rank High-Level Weapon he had forged.

Zi Yu gave Han Yue rare cultivation treasures, then decided to recruit talented Inner Academy students and persuade Jia Nan Academy to hand over its matured Fallen Heart Flame. He publicly began refining Sixth-grade Pills, drawing the attention of Su Qian and other powerful figures.

• Han Yue accepted the Jade Spirit Lotus Heart Pearl, Water Spirit Crystal, and Frost Sword, then thanked Zi Yu and revealed her affection for him.
• Zi Yu escorted Han Yue to Moon Spirit and gave each of its girls ten days of Fire Energy, while Han Yue quietly planned to repay him from her own supply.
• Zi Yu returned home and decided to recruit promising Inner Academy students and make Jia Nan Academy willingly give him the matured Fallen Heart Flame for Gu Xun'er.
• Zi Yu began refining Sixth-grade Spirit Warrior Pills without concealing his ability, making his Sixth-grade Alchemist status known across the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian recognized the refining commotion and arrived above Zi Yu's residence, while two gray-robed elders noticed it from afar and Inner Academy elders began gathering.

Zi Yu refined Sixth-grade pills and a cultivation-boosting lotus platform in his residence, drawing Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders to investigate. After he revealed that he had made a Spirit Warrior Pill, Elder Huo congratulated him and prepared to ask him for a favor.

• Elder Huo and Su Qian confirmed that the disturbance near Zi Yu’s residence came from refining a Sixth-grade pill, and Elder Liu identified the residence as Zi Yu’s.
• Zi Yu refined five Spirit Heart Pills, then made a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform that could accelerate cultivation for Dou Huangs and those below them.
• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders sensed the lotus platform’s energy gathering and waited outside Zi Yu’s residence.
• Zi Yu emerged to find the elders gathered around him, and Elder Huo asked whether he had refined a Sixth-grade pill.
• Zi Yu confirmed that he had made a Spirit Warrior Pill, prompting the elders to covet the pill and Elder Huo to recognize Zi Yu’s skill.
• Elder Huo congratulated Zi Yu and asked whether he would grant him a request, and Zi Yu invited him to explain.

Zi Yu offered Spirit Warrior Pills and Imperial Pills to the Inner Academy elders in exchange for medicinal ingredients, impressing Su Qian with his alchemy talent. He then brought Su Qian into his room and revealed the unusual item he had been refining.

• Elder Huo invited Zi Yu to discuss alchemy and promised him a choice of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in return.
• Zi Yu offered the Dou King elders Spirit Warrior Pills in exchange for two sets of listed medicinal ingredients, and they hurried off to gather them.
• Zi Yu told the Dou Emperor elders he could refine Imperial Pills and gave them an ingredient list in exchange for their support.
• Su Qian praised Zi Yu’s alchemy talent and asked what else he had been refining in his room.
• Zi Yu led Su Qian into the room and showed him a massive azure lotus platform marked with bright silver patterns.

Zi Yu agreed to trade two Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platforms for Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame, and arranged to collect it after two years. Su Qian accepted the deal, believing the platforms could replace the academy’s dangerous Heavenly Flame as a cultivation resource.

• Su Qian recognized the Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform’s value and asked Zi Yu to name a price, offering the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange.
• Zi Yu chose the system’s reward-bearing option to trade two Spirit Gathering Lotus Platforms for the Fallen Heart Flame and later help Gu Xun'er refine it.
• Zi Yu offered Su Qian two Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platforms for the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian eagerly accepted.
• Zi Yu and Su Qian discussed the handover, and Zi Yu proposed leaving the Fallen Heart Flame in the Inner Academy for two years before collecting it.
• Zi Yu told Su Qian he needed time to gain enough strength to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, which impressed the Great Elder.

Zi Yu explained why Su Qian would honor their deal and later visited Jia Nan Academy’s Medicine Warehouse to collect rare herbs. The chapter left him facing a young girl who angrily demanded the Thousand Year Jade Marrow Fruit he had just taken.

• Zi Yu gave Su Qian four reasons Jia Nan Academy would not renege on their agreement concerning the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian praised his careful thinking.
• Several days later, Zi Yu went to the Medicine Warehouse, where Elder Hao welcomed him and showed him the herb stores.
• Zi Yu collected rare medicinal herbs, including the Five Spirit Moon Grape, Purple Leaf Golden Ginseng, and Seven-Leaf Purple Jade Lotus.
• Zi Yu took a Thousand Year Jade Marrow Fruit just before a purple-haired girl reached for it, and she appeared and demanded that he return her food.

Zi Yu met Zi Yan in the Medicine Warehouse when they disputed ownership of a Thousand Year Jade Marrow Fruit, and Elder Hao intervened to protect him. After Zi Yan secretly followed him, Zi Yu confronted her and revealed he had noticed her unusual spatial abilities.

• Elder Hao caught Zi Yan stealing medicinal ingredients from the Medicine Warehouse and argued with her over the Thousand Year Jade Marrow Fruit Zi Yu had taken.
• Zi Yan threatened Zi Yu, but Elder Hao shielded him and warned her that the Great Elder had ordered his special protection.
• Zi Yan left after taking five medicinal ingredients, while Elder Hao warned Zi Yu that she was the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking champion known as the Brute Force King.
• Zi Yu gathered more ingredients and later sensed Zi Yan following him, then confronted her about her spatial control and nonhuman nature.
• Zi Yan admitted she was a magical beast and jokingly threatened to eat Zi Yu, who dismissed her act as unconvincing.

Zi Yu subdued Zi Yan and offered her two choices: acknowledge him as her boss or become his mount. When Zi Yan refused both, he tempted her with food and claimed they were family, leaving her wavering.

• Zi Yu effortlessly caught Zi Yan's half-strength punch, then caught her full-force attack and sealed her strength.
• Zi Yan demanded to be released, but Zi Yu said she had to acknowledge him as her boss.
• Zi Yan rejected that condition and refused to become Zi Yu's mount, insisting she would rather die than submit.
• Zi Yu brought out Fourth-grade Pills and Spirit Fruit Juice, tempting Zi Yan to become his boss in exchange for them.
• Zi Yu claimed a divination showed they were family, but Zi Yan remained suspicious of his attempt to fool her.

Zi Yu persuaded Zi Yan to accept him as her older brother by claiming they were family and giving her pills and Spirit Fruit Juice. The next day, he visited Han Yue and revealed a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform as the treasure he had brought her.

• Zi Yu told Zi Yan that she was his family and correctly described how she had eaten Shapeshifting Grass and been taken in by Su Qian.
• Zi Yu gave Zi Yan Fourth-grade Pills and Spirit Fruit Juice, and she accepted him as her older brother.
• Zi Yu went to Moon Spirit to visit Han Yue, delighting her and drawing the attention of its members.
• Zi Yu told Han Yue that he had missed her and brought her a treasure.
• Zi Yu produced a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform, and Han Yue and the girls outside were shocked by its effect on the room's primordial energy.

Zi Yu gave Han Yue a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform and the Heaven Tier Ice Phoenix Sacred Canon, leaving her resolved to give herself to him. Han Yue then asked Zi Yu to take her younger sister, Han Xue, as his woman, and he reacted with disbelief.

• Zi Yu explained that the Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform could greatly improve cultivation for cultivators at or below the Dou Emperor realm, and confirmed he could refine higher-tier platforms for Dou Zong and Dou Zun experts.
• Zi Yu gave Han Yue the low-grade Heaven Tier ice-attribute cultivation technique, the Ice Phoenix Sacred Canon, which she eagerly accepted.
• Han Yue decided to spend the night with Zi Yu and became intimate with him.
• Han Yue asked Zi Yu whether he would consider taking her younger sister, Han Xue, as his woman, and said she could persuade her to agree.
• Han Yue told Zi Yu she wanted Han Xue to share a future with him rather than risk marrying a man whose character they did not know.

Han Yue and Zi Yu consummated their relationship on a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform, and Han Yue resolved to persuade her younger sister to join them. The next day, Elder Zhao visited Zi Yu, hoping to learn the secrets of the lotus platforms.

• Han Yue told Zi Yu she planned to persuade Han Xue to serve him alongside her, and Zi Yu reluctantly agreed.
• At Han Yue's insistence, Zi Yu stayed the night and carried her onto the Spirit Gathering Lotus Platform, where they consummated their relationship.
• The next morning, Han Yue attended to Zi Yu, then put away the platform and carefully kept a bloodstained handkerchief.
• After Zi Yu returned to his residence, Elder Zhao visited and asked whether Zi Yu had provided Su Qian with the two Spirit Gathering Lotus Platforms.
• Elder Zhao explained that he had studied the platforms without discovering their secrets and had come to Zi Yu seeking guidance.

Zi Yu agreed to teach Zhao Jingbo the Art of Artifact Refining, recognizing his sincere passion and years of effort. After Zhao Jingbo left, Zi Yan appeared seeking more pills and Spirit Fruit Wine in exchange for medicinal herbs, some of which she had taken from the Inner Academy's Medicine Warehouse.

• Zhao Jingbo offered Zi Yu his treasured Storage Ring in exchange for instruction in artifact refining, and Zi Yu accepted only part of its contents before agreeing to teach him.
• Zi Yu explained the Art of Artifact Refining, and Zhao Jingbo knelt and asked to become his apprentice; Zi Yu helped him up and promised to teach him.
• After several hours of instruction, Zhao Jingbo thanked Zi Yu and left, promising not to disappoint him.
• Zi Yu called out to Zi Yan, who emerged and asked why Elder Zhao had visited before admitting she wanted more Spirit Fruit Wine and medicinal pills.
• Zi Yan offered a huge pile of medicinal herbs, and Zi Yu suspected she had raided the Inner Academy's Medicine Warehouse; elsewhere, Elder Hao lamented the stolen precious herbs.
• Zi Yu gave Zi Yan fourth- and fifth-grade Pills and more than a dozen jars of Spirit Fruit Wine.

Zi Yu collected the Sky Fire Venerable’s skeleton, secured leave from Jia Nan Academy, and traveled with Yu Wuxin to meet Yao Chen and Xiao Yan. After reuniting, Xiao Yan left to visit his father, while Yao Chen reported on his progress to Zi Yu.

• Zi Yan accepted Zi Yu’s pills and Spirit Fruit Wine, and he warned her not to raid the Medicine Warehouse again.
• Zi Yu teleported to the underground Magma World, took the Sky Fire Venerable’s skeleton, and retreated rather than risk the Flame Lizardman clan.
• Zi Yu spent several days at Jia Nan Academy, obtained leave from Su Qian, said goodbye to Han Yue, Zi Yan, and four other women, then left with Yu Wuxin.
• After traveling for more than ten days, Zi Yu met Yao Chen and Xiao Yan in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and learned that Xiao Yan had reached Four-Star Dou Master after absorbing the Profound Yellow Flame.
• Xiao Yan accepted a Storage Ring from Yao Chen and left to visit his father, while Yao Chen told Zi Yu that Xiao Yan was now a Second-Grade Alchemist.

Zi Yu prepared to revive Yao Chen after releasing Han Feng for him to settle his grudge. Yao Chen destroyed Han Feng’s soul, accepted Zi Yu’s guidance, and entered the Dragon Phoenix Yin Yang Bracelet’s Origin World, where Zi Yu brought out the treasures needed for the revival.

• Zi Yu told Yao Chen that his revival was ready, but first released Han Feng so Yao Chen could settle their old grudge.
• Yao Chen used the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to annihilate Han Feng’s soul despite his pleas for mercy.
• Yao Chen thanked Zi Yu for helping him fulfill his long-held wish, and Zi Yu advised him to let go of matters unworthy of his thoughts.
• Zi Yu brought Yao Chen and Yu Wuxin into the Origin World, where Yao Chen marveled at its rich Origin Energy.
• Zi Yu took out the treasures and items he had gathered to revive Yao Chen.

Zi Yu resurrected Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo with supreme treasures, granting them powerful new bodies and Dou Saint cultivation. He then outlined plans to establish a faction and deal with the Soul Hall, while Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo warned him not to rush.

• Zi Yu used the system and rare treasures to forge Yao Chen a new body and transfer his soul into it.
• Yao Chen emerged as a youthful Four-star Late Stage Dou Saint with Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul Power and thanked Zi Yu for his resurrection.
• Zi Yu summoned Yao Tianhuo and used the same method to resurrect him as a Three-star Initial Dou Saint.
• Zi Yu told Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo that he planned to establish a faction and deal with the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo cautioned Zi Yu that the Soul Hall was powerful and that he should proceed gradually.

Zi Yu gave Yao Chen resources and powerful subordinates to establish the Sacred Evolution Palace and sent him to the Central Plains. After Yao Chen departed, Yu Wuxin stayed alone with Zi Yu, troubled by fears that she could not protect him.

• Zi Yu named Yao Chen’s new force the Sacred Evolution Palace and gave him a ring filled with techniques, skills, treasures, and a list explaining them.
• Yao Chen asked Zi Yu for Divine Marrow Pills and Spirit Origin Fruits for two old lovers and close friends, and Zi Yu granted his request.
• Zi Yu summoned ten powerful confidants to assist Yao Chen, who promised to build a strong force with their help and his resources.
• Yao Chen and his eleven companions set out through a spatial passage for the Central Plains.
• Yu Wuxin worried that she was too weak to protect Zi Yu, and he drew her into his arms and urged her to share her concerns.

Zi Yu approved Yu Wuxin’s seclusion and gave her a Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Pill and a Nine Revolutions Divine Lotus Seed. Meanwhile, Yao Chen arrived at Starfall Pavilion and opened its barrier, alerting its leaders.

• Yu Wuxin told Zi Yu she wanted to enter seclusion because she felt pressure to become strong enough to protect him, and he granted her request.
• Zi Yu exchanged 1.2 million Merit Points for a Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Pill and gave it and a Nine Revolutions Divine Lotus Seed to Yu Wuxin for her cultivation.
• Zi Yu sent Yu Wuxin to cultivate in seclusion inside the Origin World within his Dragon Phoenix Yin Yang Bracelet.
• Yao Chen and his companions reached Starfall Pavilion, where he asked them to conceal themselves while he entered first.
• Yao Chen used his knowledge of the formations to open Starfall Pavilion’s barrier, alerting Wind Venerable, Iron Sword Venerable, and the pavilion’s elders.

Yao Chen arrived at Starfall Pavilion after his revival, surprising Wind Venerable and Iron Sword Venerable with his youthful appearance and Four-star Late Stage Dou Saint cultivation. He recounted how Han Feng and the Soul Hall had caused his fall and revealed that he had taken a young man as his master, leaving Wind Venerable unsettled.

• Wind Venerable and Iron Sword Venerable rushed out after Wind Venerable announced an enemy attack, then recognized Yao Chen hovering outside the pavilion.
• Yao Chen confirmed that his cultivation had improved greatly after his revival, and Wind Venerable invited him into the main hall.
• Starfall Pavilion disciples gathered and wondered about the supposed attack, while female disciples admired Yao Chen's appearance.
• Wind Venerable dismissed the elders and asked Yao Chen about his fall; Yao Chen explained that Han Feng had colluded with the Soul Hall and that he had personally killed Han Feng.
• Yao Chen told Wind Venerable that he had acknowledged a young man as his master, and Wind Venerable struggled to accept the news.