Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming rebuked Master Huan and overwhelmed him with high-level Spirit Realm Soul Power, earning Tang Zhen’s respect at Blazing Flame Valley. Three days later, Lin Ming and the other invited alchemists began a trial to select two candidates to help refine an important pill, and Lin Ming’s Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire endured Tang Zhen’s Heavenly Flame with ease.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan prepared to defend Lin Ming, but he stopped them and answered Master Huan’s insult himself.
• Lin Ming’s Soul Pressure made Master Huan stagger, and Tang Zhen recognized Lin Ming’s exceptional alchemy potential and treated him with greater respect.
• Over the next three days, Blazing Flame Valley received more invited alchemists, then Tang Zhen announced a trial to choose two partners for refining a high-grade pill.
• Tang Zhen used the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to test the alchemists’ flames, and several sixth-grade alchemists failed while Master Huan barely passed with his Sky Cold Fire.
• Lin Ming summoned his Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire, which remained steady under the Heavenly Flame’s pressure until the trial ended.

Lin Ming and Master Huan began refining a Tier 7 High-Grade Fire Bodhi Pill with Tang Zhen, but Master Huan lost control during the final fusion and triggered a dangerous reaction inside the Mountain Melting Cauldron. As the cauldron neared an explosion, Lin Ming volunteered to take over the final fusion.

• After Lin Ming endured the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, Tang Zhen declared him and Master Huan qualified and led them to the Pill Refinement Room.
• Tang Zhen revealed that they would refine the Fire Bodhi Pill using the Mountain Melting Cauldron, and assigned Lin Ming and Master Huan portions of the formula.
• Tang Zhen refined the medicinal materials while Lin Ming and Master Huan successfully completed the first stage of fusing their assigned medicinal liquids over seven days.
• During the final fusion, Master Huan failed to unite his dark gold and scarlet red liquids, and the resulting backlash sent the cauldron’s contents into a dangerous frenzy.
• As Tang Zhen prepared to suppress the out-of-control energy and Tang Huo'er feared disaster, Lin Ming told Tang Zhen to steady the cauldron flame and leave the final fusion to him.

Lin Ming took over the failing refinement of a Tier 7 High-Grade pill and used his Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame to complete it. The pill formed and drew down Mercury Pill Lightning, which Puppet One absorbed to rise to Half-Step Dou Venerate.

• Lin Ming stabilized the chaotic medicinal energies and revealed his Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame, astonishing Tang Zhen and Master Huan.
• Lin Ming used his Soul Power and Heavenly Flame to complete the remaining fusions and condense the pill over five hours.
• The completed pill summoned powerful Mercury Pill Lightning, and Tang Zhen prepared to face the tribulation.
• Lin Ming summoned Puppet One, which intercepted and endured the lightning while Lin Ming explained that it would strengthen his puppet.
• Puppet One emerged with a dark silver body and golden light in its eyes, having advanced to Half-Step Dou Venerate.

Lin Ming refined a sentient Fire Bodhi Pill, caught it before it could escape, and saved Tang Huo'er. He asked the Blazing Flame Valley for permission to study its secret art, the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations, and entered the Elder Hall to hear the elders' decision.

• The Fire Bodhi Pill gained Spirituality and tried to flee, but Lin Ming trapped it with his Soul Power and sealed it in a Cold Jade Box.
• Lin Ming gave the pill to Tang Zhen, who thanked him, doubled his reward, and named him the valley's honored guest.
• Lin Ming asked to study the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations, and Tang Zhen said the Elder Council would decide.
• The valley's senior members debated whether to make an exception to their rules and share the secret art with Lin Ming.
• Tang Huo'er escorted Lin Ming to the Elder Hall, where Tang Zhen and the elders were waiting to decide his request.

Lin Ming faced Blazing Flame Valley’s test for the right to learn the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations, fighting the Half-Step Dou Venerate Second Elder for one incense stick. He endured the Second Elder’s final attack until the time ran out, leaving the hall to judge whether he had passed.

• The Great Elder questioned Lin Ming about killing Old Man Demonic Desire and a Blood Cold Sect elder, and Lin Ming admitted it.
• The Great Elder proposed testing Lin Ming himself, but Tang Zhen objected, so the Second Elder challenged Lin Ming instead.
• Lin Ming accepted the challenge, and the Second Elder tested him with fiery attacks while Lin Ming countered with his Heavenly Flame, saber technique, and bone wings.
• The Second Elder unleashed his Earth Tier Mid-grade Great Luo Fire Yi Palm, and Lin Ming answered with the Five Dragons Paying Homage technique.
• The clash shook Tang Zhen’s Space Barrier, but Lin Ming remained standing as the final incense ash fell.

After defeating the Second Elder, Lin Ming received Blazing Flame Valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations inheritance and earned the valley’s respect. He accepted a Guest Elder token at the banquet, strengthening his ties with Tang Zhen and Tang Huo’er.

• The Second Elder conceded defeat, and Tang Zhen sent Tang Huo’er to guide Lin Ming to the Transmission Pavilion.
• Tang Zhen led Lin Ming to the pavilion’s top floor, where Lin Ming received the complete inheritance from the Ancestral Flame Crystal.
• Lin Ming absorbed the technique and his predecessors’ insights, then thanked Tang Zhen and accepted his offer to call him Uncle Tang.
• Blazing Flame Valley held a banquet to celebrate Lin Ming, and the Great Elder offered him a Guest Elder token.
• Lin Ming accepted the token and greeted Tang Zhen, the Great Elder, and the other elders as a new Guest Elder.

After celebrating Lin Ming’s achievements, Blazing Flame Valley saw him off as he set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan for the Pill Region and the Pill Tower’s Alchemist Grand Meet. Tang Zhen warned him that Ice River Valley might target him, while Lin Ming tested the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations and gained confidence in his growing strength.

• Lin Ming woke from the previous night’s feast and told Tang Zhen he planned to leave Blazing Flame Valley that day for the Pill Region and the Alchemist Grand Meet.
• Tang Zhen warned Lin Ming that Ice River Valley had been making unusual moves and might secretly target him, then gave him the Flowing Fire Boat for the journey.
• Tang Huo'er gave Lin Ming Fire Origin Pills as Tang Zhen, Tang Huo'er, Elder Chi Yun, and others gathered to bid farewell to Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming activated the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations’ First Transformation and felt his strength rise from Four-Star Dou Ancestor to the peak of Six-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Lin Ming and his companions flew east toward the Pill Region as stories of Lin Ming’s achievements began spreading through Blazing Flame Valley.

Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan were ambushed in Li Huo City by Ice River Valley Dou Ancestors seeking to capture them. After defeating the attackers and escaping most of them, the trio entered the Space Wormhole toward the Central Region, where Lin Ming prepared to face the dangers ahead.

• Lin Ming sensed five concealed Ice River Valley Dou Ancestors following the group through Li Huo City.
• The Ice River Valley leader ordered the others to form the Mysterious Ice Array and capture Xiao Yi Xian, but Lin Ming revealed his Heavenly Flame and wounded the leader.
• Xiao Yi Xian weakened the ice formation while Zi Yan attacked the enemies, and Lin Ming killed two Dou Ancestors as the leader and two others escaped.
• Lin Ming collected the corpses and Storage Rings, then took Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to the Space Wormhole plaza.
• Lin Ming and the two women boarded the Flowing Fire Boat and began traveling through the passage toward the Central Region.

Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan arrived in the Central Region Core, where Ice River Valley ambushed them and demanded that they surrender Xiao Yi Xian. Lin Ming refused, setting the stage for a fight as a distant Ancient Void Dragon pursued the bloodline resonance Zi Yan had briefly sensed.

• Zi Yan briefly sensed a powerful Ancient Void Dragon bloodline while traveling through the Space Wormhole, prompting a Dragon Clan member in a spatial fissure to investigate.
• Lin Ming brought the Flowing Fire Boat through the wormhole to the Central Region Core, where he and his companions explored the bustling city.
• More than ten Ice River Valley figures surrounded Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan on a corridor bridge, led by Elder Heavenly Serpent and the brothers Bing Xuan and Bing Hua.
• Tian She demanded that Lin Ming hand over Xiao Yi Xian, claiming Ice River Valley would suppress and purify her Calamity Poison Body.
• Zi Yan cursed Tian She, Xiao Yi Xian released her poisonous Dou Qi, and Lin Ming refused to surrender her, challenging Tian She to get past him.

Lin Ming and his allies fought Ice River Valley on the corridor bridge, resisting its attempt to seize Xiao Yi Xian and battling its elders and disciples. As Elder Heavenly Serpent unleashed his strongest attack, Lin Ming answered with a concentrated strike from his Star Dragon Saber, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Elder Heavenly Serpent ordered Ice River Valley to capture Xiao Yi Xian and kill Lin Ming, and Lin Ming charged him while shielding Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming met Elder Heavenly Serpent's Ice Venerate Strength with his Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame as Elder Yao emerged from Lin Ming's Storage Ring and fought Bing Xuan and Bing Hua.
• Puppet One attacked the remaining Ice River Valley forces while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan joined the battle, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Elder Heavenly Serpent saw his forces being slaughtered and unleashed the Ice Venerate Strength technique Heavenly Serpent Devouring Heart.
• Lin Ming condensed his Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame at the tip of the Star Dragon Saber and swung Great Sun Burning Heaven at the Ice Soul Giant Serpent.

Lin Ming broke Elder Heavenly Serpent’s Heavenly Serpent Devouring Heart with Purple Extreme Burst, badly injuring the elder. Elder Yao killed Bing Xuan and Bing Hua, while Puppet One continued overwhelming the remaining Ice River Valley fighters.

• Lin Ming’s Blazing Sun Saber Technique clashed with Elder Heavenly Serpent’s icy attack in a deadlock above the corridor bridge.
• Elder Heavenly Serpent activated Ice Venerate Strength to overpower Lin Ming, but Lin Ming unleashed Purple Extreme Burst and shattered the Ice Soul Giant Serpent.
• Elder Heavenly Serpent spat blood and staggered back, while Lin Ming recovered after spending much of his strength.
• Elder Yao formed two soul-flame spears and pierced Bing Xuan and Bing Hua, killing them.
• Puppet One continued attacking the remaining two Five-Star Dou Ancestors and one Four-Star Dou Ancestor, who were wounded and close to defeat.

Elder Heavenly Serpent prepared to kill Lin Ming with his Ice God Bow after Ice River Valley’s forces were devastated. Lin Ming unleashed the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations and summoned five flames, leaving Heavenly Serpent and the onlookers shocked as the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Elder Heavenly Serpent watched Bing Xuan, Bing Hua, and most of Ice River Valley’s elite disciples fall, then formed his Ice God Bow to attack Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming activated the first and second transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations, raising his cultivation to peak Seven-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Lin Ming used Fire Split to summon the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire, Mysterious Yellow Flame, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame.
• The five flames formed a lethal domain around Lin Ming, and Elder Heavenly Serpent reacted with horror at the sight of four Heavenly Flames under one person’s control.

Lin Ming used the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method to shape his five flames into enormous beasts and confront Elder Heavenly Serpent’s Ice God Bow. Elder Yao watched the technique reach its long-imagined full power, while the opposing cold and heat formed a dangerous balance.

• Lin Ming summoned his Soul Power and invoked the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method.
• Lin Ming shaped the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire into a Fire Wolf and the Mysterious Yellow Flame into a Fire Leopard.
• Lin Ming formed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into a fire lion, the Sea Heart Flame into a Fire Tiger, and the Fallen Heart Flame into a Flame Flood Dragon.
• Lin Ming’s five Flame Giant Beasts clashed in power with Elder Heavenly Serpent’s Ice God Bow, creating a boundary of extreme heat and cold that twisted the air.
• Elder Yao watched Lin Ming display the technique’s full power and felt his lifelong regret disappear as his legacy flourished.

Elder Heavenly Serpent sacrificed his Essence Blood to unleash the Ice God Bow’s devastating Blood Ice Arrow at Lin Ming. Lin Ming’s five Flame Giant Beasts weakened and stripped the arrow of its power, leaving Elder Heavenly Serpent’s attack neutralized.

• Lin Ming remained focused on Elder Heavenly Serpent as his five Flame Giant Beasts threatened the Ice God Bow.
• Elder Heavenly Serpent offered his Essence Blood to the Ice God Bow and fired its empowered Blood Ice Arrow at Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming commanded the five Flame Giant Beasts to intercept the arrow, and the Fire Wolf, Fire Leopard, fire lion, and Fire Tiger each sacrificed themselves to weaken it.
• The Flame Flood Dragon devoured the arrow’s evil Ice Venerate Strength and Elder Heavenly Serpent’s attached soul will, causing the powerless arrow to melt into water.

Lin Ming destroyed Elder Heavenly Serpent’s Ice God Bow and prepared to finish him, but Ice River Valley’s Great Elder Tian Shuang Zi arrived and restrained the battlefield with his Dou Venerate power. Refusing to surrender, Lin Ming led his allies in a simultaneous attack on Tian Shuang Zi.

• Lin Ming’s Five Fires Burning Heaven destroyed Elder Heavenly Serpent’s Ice God Bow, leaving the elder gravely wounded.
• As Lin Ming raised his Star Dragon Saber to kill Elder Heavenly Serpent, Tian Shuang Zi appeared and froze everyone’s movements with his overwhelming power.
• Tian Shuang Zi surveyed Ice River Valley’s dead, acknowledged Lin Ming’s strength, and declared that the fighting would end there.
• Lin Ming recognized that his Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations would soon expire and ordered his allies to attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Elder Yao, and Puppet One unleashed their strongest attacks against Tian Shuang Zi alongside Lin Ming.

Tian Shuang Zi effortlessly defeated the combined attacks of Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Elder Yao, and Puppet One. Lin Ming then unleashed the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array, trapping Tian Shuang Zi and Tian She inside a Heaven Tier killing formation.

• Tian Shuang Zi froze Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Elder Yao's attacks with his Absolute Ice Domain, then flicked Puppet One away and sent it crashing into a building.
• Tian She watched Tian Shuang Zi's effortless victory with frenzied excitement, while Lin Ming calmly prepared his true killing move.
• Lin Ming summoned five fire spirits and formed the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array with their flames.
• The completed array spread a vast Fire Curtain around Tian Shuang Zi and Tian She as it drew in energy from the surrounding region.

Lin Ming unleashed the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array, destroying Elder Heavenly Serpent and gravely wounding Tian Shuang Zi. Exhausted after the attack, Lin Ming was supported by Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan as the battlefield fell silent and witnesses watched in awe.

• Tian Shuang Zi unleashed Ice River Century to shield himself and Tian She from Lin Ming’s Flame Array.
• Lin Ming commanded the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array to descend, and its chaos-colored pillar shattered Tian Shuang Zi’s glacier.
• The flame pillar caught Elder Heavenly Serpent as he tried to flee and annihilated him in body and soul, leaving only his Storage Ring.
• The pillar broke through Tian Shuang Zi’s ice shields and grievously burned him before he crashed into the ground, his survival uncertain.
• The Flame Array dissipated, and Lin Ming nearly collapsed after exhausting his strength; Xiao Yi Xian fed him a medicinal pill while Zi Yan guarded him.
• The fighting stopped, and witnesses across Middle Continent watched the battlefield in shock as Lin Ming’s name spread.

Ice River, the Five-Star Dou Venerate and Valley Master of Ice River Valley, descended onto the battlefield after Lin Ming defeated Tian Shuang Zi and killed Elder Heavenly Serpent. He froze the battlefield and prepared to kill Lin Ming, who was exhausted and had no strength left to resist.

• Ice River appeared on a throne of black profound ice and blanketed Sky Yellow City and the battlefield in deadly frost.
• The cold immobilized Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Puppet One, and Elder Yao, while the people of Sky Yellow City huddled in terror.
• A witness identified the newcomer as Ice River, the Five-Star Dou Venerate and Valley Master of Ice River Valley.
• Ice River surveyed the defeated Tian Shuang Zi and the place where Elder Heavenly Serpent had died, then blamed Lin Ming for Ice River Valley's losses.
• Ice River said Lin Ming would be buried with the people of his valley, then formed a tiny absolute-zero ice crystal at his fingertip and pointed it at him.
• Lin Ming realized that his Dou Qi was depleted, his allies were weakened or trapped, and he had no Trump Card left against Ice River.

Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan faced death at Ice River’s hands until Hei Qing of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan arrived and rescued them. After overwhelming Ice River in a single punch, Hei Qing recognized Zi Yan’s royal bloodline and welcomed her back to the clan.

• Lin Ming held Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan’s hands as Ice River’s chaos ice crystal closed in to kill them.
• Hei Qing emerged from a shattered space passage, destroyed the ice crystal with his dragon roar, and freed the three from Ice River’s freezing domain.
• Hei Qing recognized Zi Yan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and realized Ice River had nearly killed the clan’s princess.
• Hei Qing attacked Ice River, shattered his defenses, and sent him crashing through mountain peaks in a near-death state.
• Hei Qing knelt before Zi Yan and welcomed the princess back to East Dragon Island.

Hei Qing brought Zi Yan, Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Elder Yao to East Dragon Island after killing Bing He and Tian Shuang Zi on Zi Yan’s orders. The group arrived at the vast island floating in the Void, where their next steps remained unknown.

• Hei Qing greeted Zi Yan as the Imperial Daughter of East Dragon Island, and Zi Yan ordered him to kill Bing He and Tian Shuang Zi while preserving their bodies and souls.
• Hei Qing killed Bing He and Tian Shuang Zi, sealed their Remnant Souls, and handed their remains to Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming agreed that Zi Yan should return to her clan, and she insisted that Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Elder Yao accompany her.
• Hei Qing opened a Space Passage, and the group traveled through it for nearly two hours before reaching its exit.
• Lin Ming and the others emerged above East Dragon Island, a vast floating island surrounded by the darkness of the Void and enclosed by a silver barrier.