Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming’s Earth Tier Dou Technique devastated part of the Inner Academy and left Elder Ban gravely burned, while Fan Lao cornered Xiao Yan on the battlefield. As Xiao Yan braced for Fan Lao’s final attack, Old Yao’s Soul Power stirred inside him.

• Lin Ming’s attack shattered Elder Ban’s Energy Shield and reduced him to a badly burned, barely human figure.
• Han Feng recognized Lin Ming’s Mysterious Yellow Flame and suspected he had refined the Tier 6 Medicinal Pill, increasing Han Feng’s desire to kill him and seize his Heavenly Flame.
• Elder Ban fled the academy, and Zi Yan chased after him while Lin Ming stayed behind to recover his Dou Qi.
• Fan Lao recognized Xiao Yan as his son’s murderer and attacked him, forcing Xiao Yan to dodge until he could no longer avoid the strike.
• As Fan Lao prepared to smash Xiao Yan with bloody energy, Old Yao’s Soul Power stirred inside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan’s display of Dou Emperor strength shifted the battle against the Black Corner Region, while Lin Ming recovered his Dou Qi below. The Fallen Heart Flame weakened its seal again, forcing Great Elder Su Qian and the fighters to face the immediate threat of its escape.

• Xiao Yan unleashed a Dou Emperor-level aura and engaged Fan Lao, leaving the Black Corner Region at a disadvantage.
• Lin Ming watched Xiao Yan fight and recovered his Dou Qi in preparation for the coming struggle over the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Fan Lao’s Earth Tier Dou Techniques collided, destroying more of the Inner Academy and frightening the Black Corner Region fighters.
• The Fallen Heart Flame accelerated its destruction of the weakened sealing membrane atop the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Great Elder Su Qian warned that the beast had broken through the seal again as its enormous flaming eyes emerged from the darkness.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free of its seal and took the form of an enormous Formless Fire Python. Great Elder Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders tried to contain it again, but the Flame shattered their formation and fixed its greedy gaze on three unusual people.

• Great Elder Su Qian stopped fighting the Golden Silver Elders and ordered the Inner Academy elders to form a sealing array around the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Ming joined the elders as they rebuilt the energy barrier, while Han Feng and Elder Jin watched from the Black Corner Region’s side.
• The Formless Fire Python rammed the barrier, then cracked it with a powerful tail strike.
• The Formless Fire Python smashed through the weakened energy wall and roared in triumph.
• The freed Flame surveyed the battlefield and stared with greed at three unusually powerful people.

The Fallen Heart Flame targeted Han Feng and charged at the Black Corner Region group, forcing Han Feng to rally his allies with a doubled reward. Han Feng led their counterattack, while Lin Ming and the Jia Nan Academy elders remained nearby.

• After Xiao Yan retreated, the Formless Fire Python chose Han Feng as its target and rushed toward the Black Corner Region group.
• Fan Lao fled, and many Black Corner Region experts followed, cutting their numbers in half.
• Elder Jin warned Han Feng that the group could not endure the Fallen Heart Flame's heat for long.
• Han Feng doubled his promised reward and ordered everyone to attack the Formless Fire Python together.
• Han Feng launched two dark-blue flame spears, and the Black Corner Region experts added a barrage of Dou Qi attacks.

Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts attacked the Formless Fire Python, but its counterattack overwhelmed them and forced Han Feng to defend himself with his own Heavenly Flame. The Golden Silver Elders kept their distance and called on Han Feng to weaken the creature, leaving him to face it largely alone.

• The Black Corner Region experts struck the Formless Fire Python with a combined attack, knocking it from the sky but failing to injure it enough to stop it.
• The Formless Fire Python surged back and blasted the crowd with an Invisible Flames pillar, setting several experts ablaze.
• Han Feng rushed to rescue the burning experts, but the Formless Fire Python attacked him with a second flame pillar.
• Han Feng summoned his deep-blue flames to block the attack, and the collision forced him backward through the air.
• The Golden Silver Elders and the other experts withdrew from the fight and shouted for Han Feng to weaken the Formless Fire Python.

Han Feng used Sky Cold Qi to suppress the Formless Fire Python and struck it with his Sea Heart Flame, but the beast recovered and counterattacked. It sent Han Feng crashing toward the ground, while the Black Corner Region crowd watched from a safe distance.

• Han Feng revealed two jade bottles of Sky Cold Qi and shattered them to engulf the Formless Fire Python in freezing mist.
• Han Feng formed a deep-blue Flame Drill from his Sea Heart Flame and pierced the Formless Fire Python’s scales.
• The Formless Fire Python recovered its strength, reignited its flames, and sent fire surging toward Han Feng.
• Han Feng blocked the incoming flames, but the Formless Fire Python vanished and appeared behind him.
• The Formless Fire Python struck Han Feng with its tail and sent him plummeting toward the ground as the Black Corner Region crowd watched.

The Formless Fire Python pursued Xiao Yan and attacked him with waves of invisible flames, but he used Old Yao’s support to strike its weakness and force it to reveal the Fallen Heart Flame. The revealed flame rose into the sky as the battle to claim it began.

• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan to retreat, and the Formless Fire Python abandoned its pursuit of Han Feng to attack him.
• The Formless Fire Python chased Xiao Yan and struck at him with its tail, but Xiao Yan narrowly dodged.
• The Formless Fire Python vanished among invisible flames and launched a surprise attack, which Xiao Yan blocked with streams of Green Flames.
• The Formless Fire Python sent flames crashing down on Xiao Yan, and Old Yao’s Soul Power helped him prepare a counterattack.
• Xiao Yan closed the distance with the Formless Fire Python and pierced beneath its mouth with a Green Flame Great Spear.
• The Formless Fire Python vanished, revealing the Fallen Heart Flame as the contest for it began.

Xiao Yan and Han Feng fought over Fallen Heart Flame while the battle between the Inner Academy and the Black Corner Region raged around them. As Han Feng unleashed a powerful attack, Xiao Yan drew two Heavenly Flames together, and Lin Ming realized Buddha Flame Fire Lotus was about to appear.

• Xiao Yan and Han Feng rushed toward Fallen Heart Flame as Su Qian tried to stop Han Feng and the two sides resumed fighting.
• Xiao Yan reached Fallen Heart Flame but was trapped by its Heart Flame, then dodged Han Feng’s attack as Han Feng was caught by the same force.
• Xiao Yan struck Han Feng while he was immobilized, and their ensuing negotiation failed before they resumed fighting.
• Han Feng and Xiao Yan clashed with their flame techniques, and Han Feng recognized that Xiao Yan was practicing the same cultivation method as their former master.
• Han Feng poured Sea Heart Flame into his trident for a powerful attack as Xiao Yan drew together the cyan and white flames, prompting Lin Ming to anticipate Buddha Flame Fire Lotus.

Xiao Yan compressed two Heavenly Flames into a Green-White Fire Lotus and launched it at Han Feng’s Sea Flame Halberd. Their collision unleashed a devastating explosion, leaving Xiao Yan and Han Feng plummeting from the sky as a mushroom-shaped fire cloud rose above them.

• Xiao Yan endured severe injuries to form a Green-White Fire Lotus from the green and cold white flames.
• Xiao Yan fired the lotus at Han Feng and declared that he would settle matters with his senior brother.
• Han Feng countered with Sea Flame Halberd, sending a deep-blue fire dragon toward the lotus.
• Great Elder Su Qian ordered the academy’s elders to scatter as the two attacks collided.
• The collision’s flame storm battered the Black Corner Region experts, while the Fallen Heart Flame swallowed some of the scattered flames.
• A huge Green-White Mushroom Fire Cloud erupted, and two bloodied figures plunged from the sky.

After Xiao Yan and Han Feng were rescued from their fall, the Fallen Heart Flame began devouring the energy from the explosion. Lin Ming used the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire to seize part of that energy, but the Fallen Heart Flame grew stronger, forcing the Inner Academy to evacuate as the elders formed an array.

• The Golden Silver Elders and Su Qian caught Han Feng and Xiao Yan, learned both were badly injured, and prepared to retreat with the Black Corner Region experts.
• An elder carried the unconscious Xiao Yan away while the Fallen Heart Flame began absorbing the green-white mushroom cloud.
• Lin Ming sent out the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire to compete with the Fallen Heart Flame for the explosion's energy and dodged its counterattack.
• The two flames consumed the mushroom cloud, with Lin Ming's flame taking about one third before he recalled and swallowed it.
• The strengthened Fallen Heart Flame released a violent surge, prompting the Black Corner Region experts to flee and Su Qian to order the students to evacuate and the elders to complete their array.
• Elder Huo warned that Lin Ming was still inside the array, and Su Qian shouted for him to come out.

Lin Ming was swallowed by the Fallen Heart Flame as Great Elder Su Qian sealed it beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, trapping Lin Ming inside as well. In the Magma World, Lin Ming protected himself with a pill and began refining the Fallen Heart Flame.

• The Fallen Heart Flame chased Lin Ming, and Su Qian waited for him to escape before beginning the sealing array.
• The Fallen Heart Flame swallowed Lin Ming, then tried to break through the formation, but Su Qian bound it with a black energy net.
• Su Qian struck the Fallen Heart Flame with his blood and energy, while Lin Ming attacked from within and helped drive it into the Magma World beneath the tower.
• Su Qian sealed the tower’s final level and ordered everyone to keep out, then collapsed from the effort.
• Inside the Magma World, Lin Ming swallowed a protective pill and reached for the weakened Fallen Heart Flame to begin refining it.

Lin Ming captured the Fallen Heart Flame and swallowed it to refine it with his five-colored qi vortex. After half an hour, the refinement was complete, and he laughed in the magma world.

• Lin Ming used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to shield himself from the Fallen Heart Flame’s defenses and exposed its core as a milky-white flame snake.
• Lin Ming grabbed the flame snake, then sat on a green lotus pedestal and activated his five-colored qi vortex.
• Lin Ming swallowed the Fallen Heart Flame, and the flame’s heat triggered a surge of Dou Qi through the vortex.
• The five-colored torrent overwhelmed the flame snake and carried it through Lin Ming’s meridians as its divine sense faded.
• Half an hour later, Lin Ming saw the refined invisible flame radiating at his dantian and laughed in the magma world.

Lin Ming fused the Fallen Heart Flame with the Mysterious Yellow Flame inside the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, producing a tender green flame. The successful refinement activated the route to the third level of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique, which would provide a cultivation method suited to his future growth.

• Lin Ming used the Mysterious Yellow Flame and the Five-Colored Qi Vortex to restrain the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Ming accelerated the vortex and increased its pressure until the two Heavenly Flames began merging.
• The Fallen Heart Flame and Mysterious Yellow Flame completely fused into a tender green flame.
• Lin Ming felt a new circulation route appear and realized refining the Fallen Heart Flame had activated the third level of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique.
• Lin Ming recognized that the third level was equivalent to an Earth Tier Low-grade cultivation method.

After a year of cultivation in the Magma World, Lin Ming broke through from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor. His newly expanded Soul Power revealed a red-scaled creature deep beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

• Lin Ming opened the third layer of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique and began advancing to Dou Emperor.
• A year after the battle, Su Qian learned from Qin Xuan that the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower’s cultivation effect was weakening, though the Fallen Heart Flame showed no unusual movement.
• Qin Xuan told Su Qian that Zi Yan believed Lin Ming was alive and had been searching for medicinal materials to improve her cultivation.
• Lin Ming opened his eyes, released a powerful aura, and rose into the air above the Azure Lotus Pedestal as a Dou Emperor.
• Lin Ming swept the Magma World with his Soul Power and detected a red-scaled, upright lizard deep in the magma.

After advancing to the Dou Emperor realm, Lin Ming used his Soul Power to find Heavenly Flame Venerate’s hidden chamber and the Juvenile Stage Fallen Heart Flame. He escaped a pursuing swarm of Flame Lizards by entering the chamber and confirmed that another Fallen Heart Flame lay beside the skeleton.

• Lin Ming extended his Soul Power through the magma and discovered a glowing barrier surrounding a skeleton, which he recognized as Heavenly Flame Venerate’s hiding place.
• Lin Ming left a Soul Imprint on the Lotus Pedestal and descended through the magma, dodging fireballs and killing several Flame Lizards to collect their Bead Bodies.
• A large swarm of Flame Lizards pursued Lin Ming, so he sprinted toward the hidden chamber while powerful red figures joined the pursuit.
• Lin Ming passed through the barrier, which vanished behind him, and the Flame Lizards and red figures eventually left the area.
• Lin Ming examined the skeleton and confirmed that another Fallen Heart Flame was hidden there.

Lin Ming met the soul of Yao Tianhuo, the former master of his Fallen Heart Flame, beneath the magma. Yao Tianhuo offered Lin Ming a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and other rewards in exchange for restoring his damaged soul.

• The bones emitted brilliant light and formed the illusory figure of Yao Tianhuo, who recognized the Fallen Heart Flame within Lin Ming.
• Yao Tianhuo failed to summon Lin Ming’s Fallen Heart Flame, then explained that he had once owned it but had set it free before his death.
• Yao Tianhuo revealed his identity as Heavenly Flame Venerate and stopped Lin Ming from leaving by asking whether he wanted the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Ming agreed to hear Yao Tianhuo’s conditions for receiving the juvenile flame and additional rewards.
• Yao Tianhuo asked Lin Ming, whom he believed to be a skilled Alchemist, to restore his damaged soul.

Lin Ming accepted Heavenly Flame Venerate’s offer of the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method and agreed to restore his soul, promising he could eventually revive him. Heavenly Flame Venerate accepted Lin Ming’s ten-year estimate and gave him the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Heavenly Flame Venerate offered Lin Ming the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method and the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for restoring his soul, and handed him the technique scroll.
• Lin Ming recognized the technique’s potential to give him powerful combat strength and accepted Heavenly Flame Venerate’s terms.
• Lin Ming told Heavenly Flame Venerate he could revive him using a Dou Zong-level body, Seventh Order Demonic Beast essence bloodline, and a Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill refined by a Tier 8 Alchemist.
• Lin Ming said he could become a Tier 8 Alchemist within ten years, and Heavenly Flame Venerate agreed to wait and promised to help him if needed.
• Lin Ming offered to begin restoring Heavenly Flame Venerate’s soul after they left, and Heavenly Flame Venerate gave him the Fallen Heart Flame.

Lin Ming secured the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, Heavenly Flame Venerate’s remains, and a powerful Fire Control Technique before escaping the Magma World with Heavenly Flame Venerate’s help. He emerged as a Dou Emperor, with Heavenly Flame Venerate accompanying him in a Storage Ring and a damaged Ancient Jade left behind in the magma.

• Lin Ming accepted the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and stored Heavenly Flame Venerate’s scroll and skeleton in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Ming asked Heavenly Flame Venerate to conceal their escape from the Flame Lizardmen, then recovered his Dou Qi for a day.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate hid the magma disturbances as Lin Ming left the light shield, while Lin Ming left a Jade Box containing the damaged Ancient Jade behind.
• Lin Ming sped past the Flame Lizardmen and reached the surface of the magma sea safely.
• Lin Ming reflected that he had fused the Fallen Heart Flame, opened the third floor of his Cultivation Method, advanced to the Dou Emperor realm, and gained a potent Fire Control Technique and Heavenly Flame Venerate’s aid.

Lin Ming returned from beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower after promising to help Heavenly Flame Venerate restore his soul. His reappearance stopped the tower’s eruption and revealed to the Inner Academy that he had survived.

• Heavenly Flame Venerate asked Lin Ming to repair his soul and offered guidance on the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method.
• Lin Ming promised to restore more than half of Heavenly Flame Venerate’s soul within ten days, and Heavenly Flame Venerate returned to the Storage Ring.
• Great Elder Su Qian prepared to open the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower for the students’ monthly training, then sensed danger and ordered the doors closed.
• The tower erupted and sent magma pouring into the sky, but Lin Ming froze it before it could hit the square.
• Lin Ming announced his return, and Su Qian and Qin Xuan recognized his voice and rejoiced that he was alive.

Lin Ming returned to Jia Nan Academy as a Dou Emperor and calmed the magma eruption at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. He handed Su Qian an infant Fallen Heart Flame while concealing how he had obtained it and why he needed to keep the secret beneath the magma hidden.

• Lin Ming emerged from the magma, and Su Qian led the Inner Academy students in bowing to welcome him back.
• Lin Ming swept the magma back into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and appeared on the high platform.
• Lin Ming told Su Qian that absorbing most of Fallen Heart Flame's energy had advanced him to Dou Emperor and left the flame in an infant state.
• Lin Ming handed the infant Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian, who promised the academy would fulfill one request from him.
• Lin Ming kept quiet about refining the original Fallen Heart Flame to conceal both his unusual Cultivation Method and the secret beneath the magma.