Chapter Summaries

Shen Wen and his companions defeated Han Feng, subdued the Sea Heart Flame, and killed him when he refused to surrender. Shen Wen claimed Han Feng’s Storage Ring and began examining its most valuable contents.

• Xiong Tao crushed Han Feng with a giant hand, but Han Feng detonated the Sea Heart Flame and fled toward Feng City’s outskirts.
• Cai Lin blocked Han Feng’s escape, and Shen Wen subdued the rampaging Sea Heart Flame with the Flame Ancestral Talisman.
• Han Feng discovered that Shen Wen was also a Dou Zong and offered a secret cultivation technique, but Shen Wen killed him with a bolt of purple-black lightning.
• Xiong Tao collected Han Feng’s corpse while Shen Wen erased Han Feng’s Soul Imprint and claimed his High-Grade Storage Ring.
• Shen Wen searched the ring’s contents and selected rare herbs, pills, a poison-making scroll, and another scroll for closer inspection.

Shen Wen dismissed the half-complete Fen Jue as a limited treasure, gave Han Feng’s Storage Ring to Xiong Tao, and set course for Jia Nan Academy. As Feng City reeled from Han Feng’s death and the power vacuum he left behind, Qing Lin studied the flight technique Shen Wen had obtained for her.

• Shen Wen read the Fen Jue, judged it a key to Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance, and transferred Han Feng’s valuables before giving his Storage Ring to Xiong Tao.
• Shen Wen’s group departed the ruined Feng City aboard the Flying Boat and headed for Jia Nan Academy.
• Cao Ying remarked that Han Feng’s death would stir the Black Corner Region and draw Soul Hall’s attention, while Shen Wen said he was ready to face danger and would no longer hold back.
• Feng City’s residents emerged from hiding, spread news of Han Feng’s death, and anticipated chaos over his wealth and the power vacuum.
• Qing Lin studied the Nine Heavens Wind Wings Flight Dou Technique Shen Wen had obtained for her.

Shen Wen cleared the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's remnant will from the Bone Wings by devouring it with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, strengthening his Soul Power in the process. Qing Lin began refining the wings with the Nine Heavens Wind Wings method, and a connection formed between her and the Bone Wings.

• Qing Lin told Shen Wen she had memorized the Nine Heavens Wind Wings method and was ready to refine the Bone Wings.
• Shen Wen summoned the Bone Wings and used his Soul Power and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to consume the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's remnant will.
• Shen Wen told Qing Lin the Bone Wings were free of the remnant will and instructed her to refine them into her body.
• Qing Lin circulated the Nine Heavens Wind Wings method and established a resonance with the wind-element channels inside the Bone Wings.
• The Bone Wings shrank to fit Qing Lin's back as azure wind-element energy seeped into them and they responded with a faint hum.

Shen Wen refined Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva into a Bodhi Seed and considered using rare ingredients to create a soul-strengthening pill. As his Flying Boat approached Peace Town, he agreed with Cao Ying to put it away and enter on foot.

• Shen Wen left Qing Lin to continue strengthening her resonance with the Bone Wings and used the Flame Ancestral Talisman to temper Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• A Bodhi Seed formed from the saliva, and Shen Wen collected it and considered developing an Eighth-Grade Pill to strengthen souls.
• Cao Ying brought Shen Wen pastries and told him they were nearing Peace Town, where fighting and killing were forbidden.
• Shen Wen decided they would put away the conspicuous Flying Boat outside Peace Town and walk into town while following its rules.

Shen Wen and his companions arrived at Peace Town and met Su Qian, the Great Elder of Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy. After Shen Wen and his companions revealed their Pill Pagoda credentials, Su Qian warmly invited them to the Inner Academy.

• Shen Wen led his companions into Peace Town, where Jia Nan Academy guards and patrols enforced a strict ban on private fighting and killing.
• Su Qian appeared in the street and sensed that Shen Wen was extremely dangerous, then greeted the group and asked about their origins.
• Shen Wen showed Su Qian his Seventh-Grade Alchemist Badge and identified himself as a Pill Pagoda disciple.
• Cao Ying introduced herself as a member of the Cao Family and showed her Rank Six badge, while Dan Chen identified herself as a member of the Dan Family and showed hers.
• Su Qian recognized the group’s ties to the Pill Pagoda, apologized for failing to recognize them, and invited them to rest at the Inner Academy.

Shen Wen arrived at Jia Nan Academy and met Xiao Xun'er, whom he had come to see about their agreement. He told her Han Feng was dead and the Sea Heart Flame was in his possession, leaving its transfer for after he finished his business at the academy.

• Shen Wen asked Su Qian to take him to Xiao Xun'er at the Outer Academy, and Su Qian confirmed she was still there despite being qualified for the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian introduced Shen Wen and his companions to Vice Dean Hu Gan, who arranged for Xiao Xun'er to come to the main hall.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized Shen Wen, and the two left the hall to speak privately while Cao Ying discussed matters with Su Qian.
• Shen Wen told Xiao Xun'er that Han Feng was dead and that he had obtained the Sea Heart Flame.
• Shen Wen said he would hand over the Sea Heart Flame after he had finished his business at Jia Nan Academy.

Shen Wen arranged to stay at Jia Nan Academy and demonstrated his alchemy in the Alchemist Department, drawing the attention of the Inner Academy. Zi Yan rushed in to seize the forming pill, but Cai Lin restrained her and sensed an extraordinary Ancient Bloodline within her.

• Xiao Xun'er asked Shen Wen how he had found her, and he said he would be staying at Jia Nan Academy for a while.
• Shen Wen returned to Su Qian and Cao Ying, and Su Qian arranged quiet accommodations for his group in the Inner Academy.
• Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan discussed rumors about the new instructors and elders, and Zi Yan hurried toward the Alchemist Department after hearing about the new department head.
• Shen Wen refined a pill before the gathered Alchemist Department instructors and students, impressing Elder Huo with his flame control and alchemy.
• Zi Yan charged at the forming pill, but Cai Lin stopped her with Seven-Colored Dou Qi and sensed a powerful Ancient Bloodline within her.

Shen Wen finished refining three Dragon Power Pills at Jia Nan Academy and met Zi Yan, who had come seeking pills. He gave her the pills and left with Cai Lin, while Zi Yan departed wondering about Shen Wen’s age, rank, and inexplicable familiarity.

• Shen Wen completed three Dragon Power Pills and ended his demonstration, scheduling a department-wide lecture for seven days later.
• Cai Lin released Zi Yan from her restraint after Shen Wen indicated she should do so.
• Zi Yan questioned Shen Wen about his alchemist rank, and he claimed he had become a Rank Six Alchemist at sixteen and was now Rank Seven.
• Shen Wen gave Zi Yan the three Fifth-Grade Dragon Power Pills and left the hall with Cai Lin.
• Zi Yan confirmed the pills’ quality, tucked them away, and vanished from the hall.

Lin Yan learned that Shen Wen would give a public lecture in seven days and hoped the new alchemist could help with his Fire Toxin. Back at the residence, Shen Wen faced teasing from Cao Ying and the others over his interest in Zi Yan.

• Zi Yan told Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan that Shen Wen claimed to be a nineteen-year-old Seventh-Grade Alchemist and gave her three Dragon Power Pills.
• Lin Yan revealed that his Fire Toxin was worsening and learned from Zi Yan that Shen Wen would give a public lecture in seven days.
• Lin Yan left to seek Shen Wen's guidance, while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing decided to attend the lecture and investigate whether Shen Wen could treat Fire Toxin.
• Shen Wen returned to the Inner Academy residence, where Cao Ying and the others teased him about his concern for Zi Yan.

Shen Wen explained Zi Yan’s unusual human form and planned to address the problems caused by her incomplete transformation. After lecturing at Jia Nan Academy, he assessed the Fire Toxin afflicting Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan, then asked Su Qian for access to the Qi Refining Tower and revealed that Zi Yan was a Demonic Beast; Su Qian seemed unaware.

• Shen Wen told Cai Lin and the others that Zi Yan had consumed Form Transformation Grass, which fixed her in a child’s form and left her transformation and growth incomplete.
• Seven days later, Shen Wen gave a well-received lecture on alchemy at Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan brought Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan to Shen Wen, who said the first two would recover naturally but Lin Yan needed several Rank Six Pills and a guiding force to clear the Fire Toxin in his heart meridians.
• Shen Wen told Lin Yan to gather the medicinal herbs and apply to the Alchemist Department for treatment under academy rules.
• Shen Wen asked Su Qian for permission for himself and his companions to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian agreed.
• After Zi Yan left the office, Shen Wen asked Su Qian whether he knew Zi Yan was a Demonic Beast, and Su Qian reacted with surprise.

Shen Wen revealed to Su Qian that Zi Yan was likely the sole surviving royal bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragons and explained the danger surrounding her origins. He offered two paths for handling the secret, but Su Qian asked for more time to decide, while Shen Wen clarified that Zi Yan was only one reason he had come.

• Su Qian admitted that he knew Zi Yan was a Demonic Beast but had never identified her clan, and asked Shen Wen to keep it secret.
• Shen Wen told Su Qian that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and likely the missing Dragon Emperor's sole surviving bloodline.
• Su Qian feared that revealing Zi Yan's identity could draw Ancient Dragon Island's factions into conflict and endanger Jia Nan Academy.
• Shen Wen proposed either telling Zi Yan and taking her to the Central Continent to contact the Ancient Void Dragons, or keeping her origins hidden while she grew up at the academy.
• Su Qian asked for a few days to consider the decision and asked Shen Wen to look after Zi Yan; Shen Wen agreed and said Zi Yan was only one reason for his visit.

Shen Wen revealed that the Fire Toxin afflicting Lin Yan and other students came from Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. He warned Su Qian that the seal was failing and the flame could soon destroy the Academy, then left without offering to help.

• Shen Wen told Su Qian that Lin Yan’s Fire Toxin showed the Qi Refining Tower was powered by Fallen Heart Flame, not Earth Vein Heart Fire.
• Shen Wen explained that the students’ severe Fire Toxin meant the seal on Fallen Heart Flame had loosened and the Heavenly Flame was becoming more restless.
• Su Qian confirmed that Fallen Heart Flame lay beneath the tower and admitted that its unrest had worsened in recent years.
• Shen Wen warned that Fallen Heart Flame could break free, overwhelm the two peak Dou Zongs, and erase Jia Nan Academy.
• Shen Wen left Su Qian to face the danger without offering a solution, expecting the Academy to seek his help when it could no longer contain the flame.

Shen Wen spent a month refining his cultivation and alchemy while his reputation spread through Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. Su Qian visited with Zi Yan to accept Shen Wen's help inspecting the seal beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, then raised the question of Zi Yan's origins.

• Shen Wen refined his Ancestral Talismans, treasure techniques, and alchemy knowledge while spending time with Cai Lin and their companions.
• Shen Wen's improved Clear Spirit Pill became popular in the Inner Academy, and he left its production and Lin Yan's treatment to the Alchemist Department.
• Su Qian arrived at Shen Wen's courtyard with Zi Yan and said he had made decisions about her background and the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Su Qian asked Shen Wen to inspect the depths beneath the tower, and Shen Wen agreed to go after making preparations.
• Shen Wen asked Zi Yan whether she wanted to learn her true identity.

Shen Wen revealed Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon origins and promised to take her to the Central Continent only after she grew stronger, easing her fears by assuring her she could stay at Jia Nan Academy for now. He then told Su Qian he was preparing an Eighth-Grade Pill, and Su Qian arranged for the Back Mountain Valley to be used the next day while Shen Wen promised to handle the Pill Lightning.

• Shen Wen told Zi Yan she was an Ancient Void Dragon, the daughter of the missing Dragon Emperor, and asked whether she would stay at Jia Nan Academy or face her bloodline’s fate.
• Zi Yan and Su Qian hesitated at the thought of her leaving, but Shen Wen said he would remain at the academy for a while and would not consider taking her to the Central Continent until she reached the sixth tier.
• Su Qian left, and Zi Yan stayed with Shen Wen, Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin, reassured by their company.
• Shen Wen told Su Qian that refining his pill required an open area away from buildings and crowds, then revealed it was an Eighth-Grade Pill.
• Su Qian warned that the pill’s lightning could devastate the academy, but Shen Wen promised to stop it from falling, and Su Qian arranged the Back Mountain Valley for the next day.

Shen Wen refined an Eighth-Grade Dragon Phoenix Blood Fusion Pill in Back Mountain Valley as the academy prepared for the pill’s terrifying lightning tribulation. He guided the clashing Heavenly Demon Phoenix and Primordial Dragon bloodlines into harmony, leaving the pill’s final formation imminent beneath the gathering thunderclouds.

• Instructors sealed off Back Mountain, and Zi Yan told Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan that Shen Wen was refining an Eighth-Grade Pill.
• Dark thunderclouds gathered over Back Mountain as Heaven and Earth Energy surged toward the valley.
• Shen Wen used the Sky Burning Cauldron, the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and his Heavenly Realm Soul Power to refine the herbs for the Dragon Phoenix Blood Fusion Pill.
• Shen Wen drew the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Essence Blood and Primordial Dragon Essence Blood into the cauldron and struggled to merge their opposing powers.
• Shen Wen subdued the bloodline energies with the Chaos Flame and Flame Ancestral Talisman until they condensed into a harmonious gold-and-silver glow.

Shen Wen refined a pill that drew terrifying eight-colored Pill Lightning, then faced the descending tribulation head-on. The chapter left him devouring the lightning while the onlookers watched in shock.

• Eight-colored Pill Lightning gathered over the valley, terrifying Su Qian, Qian Mu, Bai Lie, and the watching students.
• The Sky Burning Cauldron opened, and a dragon-eye-sized pill emerged and tried to flee.
• Shen Wen trapped the pill with Space Power as the Eight-colored Thunder Pillar descended toward him.
• Shen Wen flew into the lightning, manifested dragon and phoenix powers, and began devouring the Eight-colored lightning.

After devouring the Eight-colored Pill Lightning, Shen Wen spent seven days refining its energy while Jia Nan Academy marveled at his feat. Su Qian led him deep into the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, where they arrived at the sealed core area of the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Shen Wen absorbed and refined the Eight-colored Pill Lightning as witnesses watched in shock.
• For seven days, students across Jia Nan Academy recounted Shen Wen's feat and his reputation grew.
• Su Qian met Shen Wen at the tower and asked whether the Dragon Phoenix Blood Fusion Pill made him close to becoming a ninth-rank alchemist.
• Shen Wen explained that the pill's exceptional ingredients had helped produce the Eight-colored Pill Lightning and admitted his own skills were not yet enough to reliably refine a peak Eighth Rank pill.
• Su Qian led Shen Wen down into the tower and told him the stone door ahead sealed the Fallen Heart Flame's core area.

Shen Wen discovered that the seal holding the Fallen Heart Flame would fail within four years and that the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower was feeding it with students’ Heart Fire. Su Qian went to alert Jia Nan Academy’s leaders, while Shen Wen waited for the imprisoned flame to make its move.

• Shen Wen examined the unstable seal beneath the tower and judged that it would fail within four years.
• Shen Wen told Su Qian that repairing the damaged formation would only postpone the Fallen Heart Flame’s eventual escape.
• Shen Wen warned Su Qian that the tower was nourishing the Fallen Heart Flame with students’ Heart Fire, and Su Qian resolved to consult Qian Mu, Bai Lie, and the academy’s other leaders.
• Shen Wen returned to Cao Ying and explained the threat and the tower’s role in strengthening the flame.
• Shen Wen told Cao Ying that he would wait because the imprisoned Fallen Heart Flame would eventually act on its own.

Cai Lin encouraged Dan Chen after Shen Wen avoided answering her confession, while Zi Yan remained oblivious to romance. Shen Wen then left to prepare for Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Pill, and he and Xiao Yi Xian walked through the academy, where students greeted him respectfully.

• Cai Lin felt the life growing within her and watched Shen Wen teach Dan Chen about a Medicinal Pill Diagram.
• Zi Yan asked Cai Lin how babies were made, and Cai Lin tried to explain before asking what Zi Yan thought of Shen Wen.
• Dan Chen asked Shen Wen whether he liked her, and he said he would address matters of the heart after helping her control her soul condition.
• Shen Wen told Dan Chen to focus on becoming a Seventh-Grade Alchemist and went to prepare for Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Pill.
• Cai Lin reassured Dan Chen and sent Zi Yan to cultivate, while Dan Chen returned to studying the Medicinal Pill Diagram.
• Shen Wen and Xiao Yi Xian walked along the academy roads as students bowed and called him Elder Shen.

Shen Wen reassured Xiao Yi Xian about taking their journey one step at a time, though he remained driven by fears of a dark future. He began refining the Poison Pill in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame stirred in response to the other flames.

• Shen Wen told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to seek the Ice River Valley Valley Master’s knowledge of her Calamity Poison Body, and she urged him not to shoulder every burden alone.
• Shen Wen privately worried that changing Xiao Yan’s fate might prevent the Flame Emperor from confronting Hun Tiandi and leave the world’s final calamity unchecked.
• Cao Ying told Shen Wen and Xiao Yi Xian that her Green Lotus Core Flame had grown restless and sensed hostility from the Fallen Heart Flame below.
• Shen Wen explained that he would use the Sea Heart Flame, Cao Ying’s Green Lotus Core Flame, residual heart fire, and his Flame Ancestral Talisman to temper Xiao Yi Xian’s poison while protecting her heart meridians.
• Xiao Yi Xian sat inside the Sky Burning Cauldron as Shen Wen and Cao Ying summoned their flames, stirring the Fallen Heart Flame and accelerating the patterns on the tower walls.