Chapter Summaries

Shen Wen helped Xiao Yi Xian absorb her Calamity Poison Power into a newly formed Poison Pill, while Cao Ying assisted with the flames. Xiao Yi Xian succeeded, but Shen Wen noticed the beast below the tower attacking its seal.

• Shen Wen used the Flame Ancestral Talisman to combine the Sea Heart Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Heart Fire into a strange stable flame, while Cao Ying kept the flames under control.
• Shen Wen placed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva into Xiao Yi Xian, then sealed her Calamity Poison Power inside the Sky Burning Cauldron with the Space Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Yi Xian used the Great Poison Technique to guide the Calamity Poison Power into the magic core as Shen Wen's fused flame stabilized her meridians.
• The magic core absorbed the poison power and formed a grayish-purple Poison Pill, drawing the escaping Calamity Poison Power back into Xiao Yi Xian.
• Shen Wen caught Xiao Yi Xian as she collapsed, and she told him she thought she had succeeded.
• Shen Wen sensed the beast attacking the seal at the bottom of the tower and said he would deal with it.

Shen Wen entered the formation and subdued the mature Fallen Heart Flame with the Flame Ancestral Talisman. He sensed another, newly born Fallen Heart Flame deeper in the Lava Sea.

• Shen Wen arrived on the lowest level and saw Su Qian and six elders struggling to maintain the seal over the pit.
• Shen Wen passed through the energy barrier and resisted the Fallen Heart Flame's soul-burning attack with the Golden Scriptures of the Past Amitabha Sutra.
• The mature Fallen Heart Flame attacked Shen Wen with a torrent of white fire, but he repelled it with the Flame Ancestral Talisman's power.
• The Fallen Heart Flame stopped attacking and lowered its head in submission, easing the strain on Su Qian and the elders.
• Shen Wen sensed a weaker, newly born Fallen Heart Flame deeper beneath the Lava Sea.

Shen Wen revealed that the imprisoned Adult Form Fallen Heart Flame was far more dangerous than expected, but proposed replacing it with a newly discovered Juvenile Form. Su Qian and the elders weighed Shen Wen’s offer, which would let him take the dangerous flame while preserving Jia Nan Academy’s tower, but they remained uncertain whether to trust him.

• Shen Wen returned to Su Qian and warned that the Adult Form Fallen Heart Flame could reach peak Dou Zun-level destructive power and was nearly impossible to subdue peacefully.
• Shen Wen revealed that a pure, newly born Juvenile Form Fallen Heart Flame lay deeper in the Earth Vein.
• Shen Wen proposed guiding the Juvenile Form into the formation as a safe replacement for the Adult Form, while taking the Adult Form away himself.
• Su Qian and the six elders reacted with astonishment and questioned whether the Juvenile Form could truly replace the old flame.
• Shen Wen displayed his Chaos Flame and cited his command of Space Power as reasons he could safely guide the Juvenile Form.
• Su Qian and the elders considered the apparent benefits of the trade but remained wary of Shen Wen’s willingness to take on the greatest risk.

Shen Wen returned from the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower after stabilizing Xiao Yi Xian and gained several powerful techniques as her trust in him deepened. Seven days later, Su Qian told Shen Wen that Jia Nan Academy had agreed to his trade proposal involving the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.

• Shen Wen asked Su Qian to take time to discuss his proposal with the academy's seniors, then returned to Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Shen Wen received the White Emperor Golden Sovereign Slash, Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Body, Black Emperor Water Sovereign Fist, and Great Origin Technique as Xiao Yi Xian's favorability increased.
• Shen Wen examined his new techniques while Xiao Yi Xian recovered and the women settled back into their courtyard routines.
• Over the next seven days, Xiao Yi Xian fully recovered, stabilized her Poison Pill, and advanced to the Four-star Dou King realm.
• Su Qian told Shen Wen that Jia Nan Academy had unanimously accepted his trading proposal and would cooperate with his arrangements.

Shen Wen descended into the lava passage beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame. After overpowering its attacks and stopping its escape, he seized its core.

• Shen Wen reassured Su Qian that he could handle the Fallen Heart Flame alone, then passed through the sealing barrier and entered the lava passage.
• The Fallen Heart Flame recognized Shen Wen and attacked after its fear gave way to rage and desperation.
• Shen Wen summoned the Flame Ancestral Talisman and used Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi to weaken and suppress the flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame fled deeper into the lava, but Shen Wen caught up to it and absorbed its final fire-pillar attack with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Shen Wen seized the Fallen Heart Flame's core in his hand.

Shen Wen forcibly refined the Fallen Heart Flame using the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, the Flame Ancestral Talisman, the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi, and the Past Amitabha Sutra. As the flame’s resistance weakened, Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie sensed the disturbance below the tower subsiding, though the refinement was not yet confirmed complete.

• Shen Wen forced the Fallen Heart Flame into his dantian and endured its attack on his body, soul, and Dou Crystal.
• Shen Wen used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb the flame’s energy, then deployed the Flame Ancestral Talisman and Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi to suppress and refine it.
• Shen Wen recited the Past Amitabha Sutra, gradually cleansing the Fallen Heart Flame’s accumulated malice and weakening its resistance.
• Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie waited at the tower’s seal as the disturbance from below faded.
• A tranquil fluctuation spread from the lava passage, calming the lava and dissipating the surrounding Heart Fire.
• Su Qian said the signs were promising but that the Fallen Heart Flame’s refinement was not yet over.

Shen Wen completed the refinement of the Fallen Heart Flame and broke through to three-star Dou Ancestor. He then headed deeper into the magma to find its juvenile form, where he discovered a Dou Zun’s remains and crushed a creature that ambushed him.

• Shen Wen purified the Fallen Heart Flame’s last trace of resentment, completed its refinement, and broke through to three-star Dou Ancestor.
• Shen Wen decided to find the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame he intended to leave for Jia Nan Academy and descended farther into the magma.
• Shen Wen discovered a vacuum barrier protecting a Dou Zun’s skeleton and a pure, fist-sized juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.
• Shen Wen identified the remains as those of the Heavenly Flame Venerate and inferred that the Venerate’s remnants had helped nurture the juvenile flame.
• A red creature ambushed Shen Wen from behind, and he destroyed it with a single punch.

Shen Wen entered the barrier around the infant Fallen Heart Flame after killing the attacking Flame Lizards and collecting their Fire Pearls. He confronted Yao Tianhuo, who warned that taking the flame would destroy his remnant soul, but Shen Wen declared he would take it anyway.

• Flame Lizards attacked Shen Wen in the magma, but he used the Flame Ancestral Talisman and Space Ancestral Talisman to kill them and collect their Fire Pearls.
• Shen Wen entered the pale barrier and approached the infant Fallen Heart Flame beside the Dou Zun skeleton.
• Yao Tianhuo emerged from the skeleton and introduced himself as the Heavenly Flame Venerate, a former wielder of the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo sensed Shen Wen's immense power and asked who he was, but Shen Wen ignored the question and said he would take the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo argued that the flame sustained his remnant soul, but Shen Wen rejected his claim to it and asked what his life or death had to do with him.

Shen Wen took the infant Fallen Heart Flame from Heavenly Flame Venerate and descended toward Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, hoping to reach it without the Ancient Jade. When powerful Flame Lizard Clan guardians attacked him from the depths, he turned to face them and summoned his Destroying King Celestial Disk.

• Shen Wen sealed the infant Fallen Heart Flame in his Fire Gathering Pot and left Heavenly Flame Venerate behind in the barrier.
• Shen Wen considered using the Space Ancestral Talisman and Zi Yan's aura to enter Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and contact Zhu Kun.
• Shen Wen descended into the magma, where the rising heat and pressure began to strain his defenses.
• Two Half-Saint-level Flame Lizard Clan guardians attacked Shen Wen with blood-red beams from the depths.
• Shen Wen stopped fleeing, gathered the power of his four Ancestral Talismans, and summoned the Destroying King Celestial Disk.

Shen Wen escaped the magma passage after a clash with a powerful Half-Saint left him gravely injured. Cai Lin and Xiong Tao confronted Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie, but Shen Wen briefly regained consciousness to say they were not at fault and ask to be taken back.

• Shen Wen used the Destroying King Celestial Disk to counter two crimson attacks and fled upward through the magma, suffering severe injuries from the shockwave.
• At the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie felt a terrifying aura rise from the passage and feared for Shen Wen.
• Shen Wen emerged from the passage badly wounded and fell toward the others.
• Cai Lin caught Shen Wen, then confronted Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie as Xiong Tao arrived and prepared to defend her.
• The Destroying King Celestial Disk returned to Shen Wen, and he weakly told Cai Lin that the others were not at fault and asked to be taken back.

Shen Wen returned gravely injured after encountering a powerful danger beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, and Cai Lin and the others treated him until he awakened. He recognized that his overconfidence had led him to take a reckless risk and resolved to proceed more cautiously, while keeping the ancient secrets below undisclosed for now.

• Cai Lin carried the unconscious Shen Wen out of the tower, leaving Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie shaken by what had happened below.
• Cai Lin brought Shen Wen home and ordered Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian to prepare medicine while Dan Chen and Qing Lin guarded the courtyard.
• Cai Lin treated Shen Wen's injuries with her Dou Qi as Cao Ying gave him healing pills and Xiao Yi Xian prepared medicine for his damaged meridians.
• Shen Wen woke and explained that his injuries had not damaged his foundation, though he coughed blood and remained weak.
• Shen Wen reflected that his confidence had made him reckless, then told the women that the secrets below were too dangerous to explain yet and that he would cultivate more carefully.

Shen Wen began recovering from his injuries while Cai Lin delivered the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Jia Nan Academy. Su Qian and the academy’s hidden elders discussed the unknown danger beneath the tower and whether the academy could afford to keep Shen Wen close.

• Shen Wen took Revolving Heaven Pills and Xiao Yi Xian’s medicinal liquid, then used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and the True Phoenix Treasure Technique to heal.
• Cai Lin delivered the Fire Gathering Pot containing the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian for installation as the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower’s new core.
• Su Qian told Cai Lin that Jia Nan Academy would provide Shen Wen with any assistance he needed, but she said he wanted quiet and could heal himself.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie appeared in the Great Elder Pavilion and questioned Su Qian about Shen Wen’s injuries and the force beneath the tower.
• Bai Lie argued that Jia Nan Academy should respectfully send Shen Wen away because his actions and the dangers he encountered exceeded the academy’s ability to handle.
• Su Qian postponed that decision and prioritized settling the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame into the tower.

Xiao Xun'er heard that Shen Wen had become an Eighth-grade Alchemist and learned that Xiao Yan had entered the Black Corner Region after winning his duel with Nalan Yanran. Meanwhile, Shen Wen told Su Qian what he had discovered beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, ending with the revelation that two Half-Saint-level attacks had struck from deep within the lava.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er about Shen Wen's Eighth-grade Pill, the tower disturbance, and Xiao Yan's departure for the Black Corner Region after defeating Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Xun'er told Ling Ying to keep a close watch on Xiao Yan and report any urgent developments.
• Su Qian asked Shen Wen what had happened beneath the tower, and Shen Wen said he had found the remains of the Five-star Dou Venerate Yao Tianhuo beside a new Fallen Heart Flame seedling.
• Shen Wen revealed that two Half-Saint-level attacks came from deeper in the lava, startling Su Qian.

After recovering from his encounter with a Half-Saint beneath Jia Nan Academy, Shen Wen settled back into a peaceful routine while the academy quietly strengthened its defenses. When messages announced the upcoming Black Seal City auction, he decided to go with the women in his household, hoping to obtain a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Shen Wen told Su Qian that a Half-Saint had attacked him beneath the academy, and Su Qian hurried off to alert the other elders and contact the Dean.
• The academy’s Inner Academy resumed its routines, though elders increased patrols around the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Shen Wen recovered and neared the Three-star Dou Ancestor Peak while Zi Yan advanced to the sixth tier and continued sparring with Cao Ying.
• A deacon delivered messages from Hai Bodong and Mo Tian Xing announcing the Black Seal City auction in ten days.
• Shen Wen agreed to attend the auction with Cai Lin, Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, and ordered the deacon to tell Mo Tian Xing they would depart in three days.

In Black Seal City, Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng had been killed and Feng City destroyed, then discovered that Han Feng had been Old Yao’s treacherous former disciple. Xiao Yan suspected Shen Wen was responsible and continued toward an auction before heading to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan heard rumors that a Flying Boat had destroyed Feng City and killed Han Feng, while immense Pill Lightning had appeared near Jia Nan Academy.
• At a teahouse, Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng had been the Medicine Emperor and that people suspected a powerful alchemist near Jia Nan Academy was behind his death.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had been his eldest disciple, who betrayed him and joined the Soul Hall to steal Fen Jue.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Shen Wen had killed Han Feng to obtain his Sea Heart Flame, and Old Yao said it was possible.
• Old Yao teased Xiao Yan about Xun Er and Sect Master Yun, and Xiao Yan left to ask about the Black Seal City auction.

Xiao Yan watched the Black Seal Auction House auction and learned that a mysterious black-robed group included a leader with a Soul Realm comparable to Old Yao’s. When a fragment of the map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, Xiao Yan prepared to bid for it at any cost.

• Xiao Yan attended the auction and waited for an item worth buying.
• Fan Ling and Elder Qing bid for the Lightning Bat Sky Wings until a black-robed figure won them with a bid of two million five hundred thousand Gold Coin.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that the motionless leader among the six black-robed figures had a Soul Realm likely no weaker than his own and urged Xiao Yan to avoid drawing their attention.
• Xiao Yan recognized an ancient leather fragment as a piece of the map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Old Yao urged him to obtain it.
• Xiao Yan checked his Gold Coin and medicinal pills and resolved to win the fragment.

Xiao Yan lost the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Shen Wen’s disguised group, then bought an Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and Three Thousand Lightning Movement. After Elder Qing won the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, Shen Wen’s group left the auction prepared for possible trouble.

• Xiao Yan and Fan Ling drove up the bidding on the map fragment until Shen Wen’s group offered three hundred thousand Gold Coin and won it.
• Fan Ling threatened the black-robed bidders, but the auction rules and their strange presence kept him from acting against them.
• Xiao Yan bought an Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and Three Thousand Lightning Movement while Shen Wen’s group sat out the remaining lots.
• Shen Wen and his companions concluded that Eight Fan Sect had auctioned the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to distance itself from Han Feng.
• Elder Qing outbid Fan Ling and the other competitors to win the Seventh-Grade Pill.
• After the auction ended, Shen Wen’s group left with the map fragment and anticipated an after-show confrontation.

Shen Wen rescued Qing Mei and the Sky Snake Mansion from Fan Lao, then reunited with Xiao Yan and revealed the extent of his group’s power. Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had reached the Dou Wang realm and wondered whether he should follow Shen Wen.

• Shen Wen agreed to intervene when Fan Lao threatened the wounded Qing Mei over the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Shen Wen used space confinement to crush Fan Lao, leaving the Blood Sect and Sky Snake Mansion survivors terrified.
• Qing Mei thanked the unseen Dou Zong who had saved her while Shen Wen’s group watched from above.
• Shen Wen and his companions descended, and Qing Mei recognized Shen Wen through Elder Lu’s earlier account.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian had become a Dou Wang and wondered if he should follow Shen Wen too.

Shen Wen brought Xiao Yan and the others to Peace Town, where he revealed that Xiao Xun'er had helped arrange Han Feng’s death and that he had recovered the Sea Heart Flame. Xiao Yan learned that Shen Wen had acted to avenge Old Yao, leaving him embarrassed by Shen Wen’s taunt and Old Yao grateful for the help.

• Shen Wen spotted Xiao Yan hiding and invited him, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others to Peace Town while Qing Mei arranged for a message to be sent to the Sky Snake Mansion.
• At Peace Town, a Jia Nan Academy squad recognized Shen Wen as an Inner Academy Elder, and Shen Wen told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun'er remained in the Outer Academy.
• Shen Wen sent Cao Ying to treat Qing Mei’s injuries, then showed Xiao Yan the Fire Gathering Pot containing Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.
• Shen Wen explained that Xiao Xun'er had made a deal with him to kill Han Feng and avenge Old Yao, and he teased Xiao Yan for benefiting from a woman’s efforts.
• Old Yao thanked Shen Wen, who said the Sea Heart Flame was not especially violent and could be refined whenever Xiao Yan wished.

Shen Wen received the Sky Snake Mansion’s intelligence on Soul Hall strongholds and learned that its Elder Huang wanted to meet him. He reassured Qing Lin that the mansion could not take her, then considered how he might make Xiao Yan pay for the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Yan left after Shen Wen told him to settle his own matters with Xiao Xun’er.
• Cao Ying thanked Shen Wen for helping her, and Qing Mei explained that the Sky Snake Mansion had sent her because its Dou Huang elders were away.
• Qing Mei gave Shen Wen a Jade Slip listing suspected Soul Hall strongholds and relayed Elder Huang’s request to meet him.
• Cai Lin pointed out that Qing Mei had noticed Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Shen Wen reassured Qing Lin that the Sky Snake Mansion could not take her from him.
• Shen Wen decided that Xiao Yan would have to offer a sufficient price if he wanted the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.