Chapter Summaries

Luo Heng settled in Fire Flame City and grew closer to Tang Xinlian while cultivating. Lin Dong arrived for the Dominance Tournament, confronted Huang Ling over his harassment of Gu Mengqi, and received unexpected support from Luo Heng.

• Luo Heng showed Tang Xinlian his powerful flame, then spent the following days cultivating and exchanging insights with her.
• Luo Heng sensed Lin Dong arriving in Fire Flame City and headed for the Welcome Pavilion.
• Lin Dong reunited with Gu Mengqi, Gu Yan, and Gu Ya, and learned Huang Ling had detained the Gu Clan's merchant ships after Gu Mengqi rejected him.
• Huang Ling pressured Gu Mengqi to meet his friends, but Lin Dong intervened and ordered him to return the ships and stop harassing her.
• An unidentified voice at the pavilion entrance told Huang Ling that he had better listen to Lin Dong.

Luo Heng arrived at the pavilion and settled Huang Ling’s harassment of Gu Mengqi and her companions by forcing him to pay compensation. After reuniting with Lin Dong, Luo Heng stayed behind while Tang Xinlian took Lin Dong and the others to meet Mo Luo.

• Luo Heng confronted Huang Ling over detaining the merchant ship and harassing Gu Mengqi, then demanded three million Xuan Yuan Pills as compensation.
• Huang Ling handed over the pills, and Luo Heng gave them to Gu Mengqi.
• Lin Dong introduced Mu Lingshan to Luo Heng and explained that she was the little princess of the Undying Holy Whale Clan.
• Tang Xinlian arrived and told Lin Dong that her master, Mo Luo, wished to see him.
• Lin Dong left with Tang Xinlian, the Gu Clan sisters, and Mu Lingshan, while Luo Heng went to see Hai Jin.

Luo Heng returned to Hai Jin's residence and watched Tang Xinlian restore order in Fire Flame City before the Dominance Tournament. The night before the tournament, Tang Xinlian revealed her family's history with the Yimo and vowed to protect the Flame God Hall, while Luo Heng promised she would be safe with him.

• Luo Heng visited Hai Jin, confirmed he had killed Xu Xiu, and then returned to Tang Xinlian's courtyard.
• As experts flooded Fire Flame City, Tang Xinlian and the Fire God Guard suppressed the growing disorder and jailed troublemakers.
• The night before the Dominance Tournament, Tang Xinlian told Luo Heng that Mo Luo's plan to expose the Yimo was dangerous.
• Tang Xinlian revealed that her family had guarded a sealed Yimo, that mysterious attackers massacred her family and freed it, and that Mo Luo rescued her from the corpses.
• Tang Xinlian vowed to protect the Flame God Hall and perish fighting the Yimo if necessary, and Luo Heng reassured her that nothing would happen to her while he was there.

The Dominance Tournament began at the Flame God Hall, with the Thunder Ancestral Symbol offered as its prize. After Mo Luo explained the Immeasurable Mirror’s rules, Luo Heng and Hai Jin entered the tournament, and Tang Xinlian challenged Luo Heng not to lose to her.

• Luo Heng watched the tournament crowds with Hai Jin and shared Mysterious Yellow Wine with him.
• Tang Xinlian and the Fire God Guard appeared before the gathered competitors, followed by Mo Luo, who opened the tournament.
• Mo Luo revealed the Immeasurable Mirror, explained that competitors needed one of ten Peak Seals to reach Immeasurable Mountain, and announced the tournament’s start.
• The competitors rushed into the mirror, and Tang Xinlian flew in after telling Luo Heng she would not give up and warning him not to lose to her.
• Luo Heng and Hai Jin entered the Immeasurable Mirror with the crowd.

Luo Heng and the others reached Immeasurable Mountain, where the competitors began fighting for the ten Peak Seals that qualified their holders to ascend. Luo Heng claimed a seal almost immediately and waited on the summit as the other contenders arrived.

• Luo Heng and Hai Jin crossed the Immeasurable Mirror’s mountains, reached Immeasurable Mountain, and met Zhou Ze, Tang Xinlian, Lin Dong, and Mu Lingshan.
• Lin Dong learned that Mu Lingshan had a grudge against Sha Li and Sha Ling of the Blood Demon Shark Clan, and he deflected Sha Ling’s blood arrow before Tang Xinlian urged everyone to focus on the Peak Seals.
• The Ten Peaks appeared, and the competitors rushed to climb them as Tang Xinlian, Luo Heng, Hai Jin, Mu Lingshan, and Lin Dong each headed for a peak.
• Luo Heng used the Great Teleportation Technique to reach his peak’s empty summit and take its Peak Seal before the other competitors arrived.
• The arriving contenders saw Luo Heng holding the seal and chose not to challenge him, while Luo Heng sat down to drink wine and wait for the remaining winners.

Luo Heng confronted Hua Chen after the ten competitors reached the peaks inside the Immeasurable Mirror. Luo Heng overwhelmed Hua Chen’s demonic techniques and flames, leaving the other competitors watching in stunned silence as the battle continued.

• The ten peak seals appeared, and Luo Heng, Lin Dong, Tang Xinlian, Zhou Ze, Hua Chen, and the other finalists gathered atop the peaks as the Thunder Ancestral Symbol drew their attention.
• Mo Luo recognized Hua Chen as an Yimo spy and discussed the plan to lure hidden Yimo leaders out, while waiting for Qing Zhi and the others to act if the plan succeeded.
• Hua Chen attacked an unfamiliar competitor who challenged him, but Luo Heng intervened and struck Hua Chen with the Azure Dragon Heaven Seat Seal.
• Luo Heng countered Hua Chen’s Asura Demon Force and Great Heavenly Rakshasa Demon Body attacks with his Five Elements Creation Palm, Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Technique, and Jie Kong Yan.
• Luo Heng’s attacks battered Hua Chen and suppressed his demonic flames, while the other competitors watched in silence and acknowledged the gap between Luo Heng and the rest.

Luo Heng overwhelmed Hua Chen, whose hidden Yimo protection triggered the arrival of a General-Rank Yimo and exposed a larger invasion of the Flame God Hall. As three General-Rank Yimo faced the hall’s defenders, Mo Luo challenged the King-Rank Yimo behind them to reveal itself.

• Hua Chen burned his lifespan with Heavenly Demon Disintegration, but Luo Heng defeated him with a barrage of Five Elements Creation Palm attacks.
• When Luo Heng struck the fallen Hua Chen, a powerful black light shielded him, and a fissure opened in the sky as a General-Rank Yimo emerged.
• Tang Xinlian gathered the Fire God Guard’s power into a Flame Phoenix and blocked the Yimo’s attack, while Elder Chiyun confronted it.
• The General-Rank Yimo summoned two more General-Rank Yimo from the fissure, bringing their number to three.
• Mo Luo appeared above the Flame God Hall and called on the King-Rank Yimo behind the invasion to show itself.

Mo Luo and the Flame God Hall confronted the Yimo King Tian Ming, who revealed his intent to seize the Flame Ancestral Symbol and destroy the hall. Tian Ming ordered his generals to kill Lin Dong and Luo Heng, leaving Luo Heng facing one alone as the chapter ended with its attack.

• Mo Luo summoned the Flame God Hall's full force and called the figure behind the black fissure to show himself.
• Tian Ming appeared, identified himself as the Tian Ming King, and declared that he wanted both the Thunder Ancestral Symbol and Mo Luo's Flame Ancestral Symbol.
• Tian Ming ordered the three Yimo Generals to kill Lin Dong and Luo Heng, while two others blocked Tang Xinlian and Elder Chiyun.
• One Yimo General confronted Luo Heng, who taunted him and challenged him to bring more help.
• The Yimo General snarled and struck at Luo Heng with a palm.

Qing Zhi appeared in Fire Flame City and revealed that he had reached the Reincarnation Stage, striking the Yimo General away from Luo Heng. He joined Mo Luo to confront Tian Ming King while Luo Heng prepared to fight the remaining Yimo General.

• Qing Zhi burst through space and sent the Yimo General flying with a single palm strike, then praised Luo Heng for helping the plan succeed.
• Tian Ming King acknowledged Qing Zhi’s return and asked Qing Zhi and Mo Luo to undo the Plane Seal, but they refused and vowed to seal or destroy the Yimo.
• Qing Zhi transferred Primal Energy to Luo Heng so he could recover, then explained how the Yimo Generals would be divided among Chi Yun, Tang Xinlian’s forces, Lin Dong, and Luo Heng.
• Qing Zhi and Mo Luo joined forces against Tian Ming King as Mo Luo prepared for battle and vowed to make the continent recognize the Yimo threat.

Luo Heng and the Flame God Hall forces prepared to fight three Samsara Stage Yimo Generals after Lin Dong recovered the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s full power. Luo Heng confronted the Wolf Demon, whom he taunted as the Dog Yimo General, and charged to meet its attack.

• Luo Heng refined Qing Zhi’s energy while Tang Xinlian returned the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s source to Lin Dong, restoring its complete power.
• Tang Xinlian assigned the fighters to confront the three Yimo Generals, and Mu Lan and Elder Chiyun arrived to support Luo Heng and the others.
• The Yimo Generals divided their opponents, and Luo Heng crushed Hua Chen with the Di Wu Demon Slaying Technique before absorbing his remaining energy.
• Luo Heng teleported behind the Wolf Demon and wounded its wings with the Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler and Tai Xu Swordplay.
• Luo Heng blocked the Wolf Demon’s demonic palm with the ruler’s shield, taunted it as the Dog Yimo General, and charged as it lunged at him.

Luo Heng used the Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler and the Dog Yimo General’s demonic energy to break through to the Major Accomplishment of Death Xuan Stage. He then fought the Dog Yimo General with renewed strength and left him badly wounded by a flame-coated strike.

• Luo Heng used the Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler, the Great Devouring Art, and a Spiritual Storm to weaken and wound the Dog Yimo General.
• Luo Heng refined the demonic energy he had devoured and broke through to the Major Accomplishment of Death Xuan Stage.
• The Dog Yimo General transformed into a hundred-zhang fiendish figure and attacked Luo Heng with Senluo Annihilation.
• Luo Heng countered with the Azure Dragon Arm, then coated the Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler with Jie Kong Yan and shattered the Dog Yimo General’s defenses.
• Luo Heng’s crimson-gold sword scar cut deeply into the Dog Yimo General’s chest, where Jie Kong Yan continued to burn.

Luo Heng fought the Dog Yimo General with Jie Kong Yan, the Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler, and his devouring art, steadily gaining the advantage despite failing to kill him with a neck strike. Across the battlefield, Tang Xinlian's Fire God Guard struggled against the Wolf Demon General while Qing Zhi, Mo Luo, Chi Yun, and Mu Lan pressed their own fights, leaving Luo Heng's growing strength a striking focus.

• Luo Heng clashed with the Dog Yimo General, using Jie Kong Yan to suppress his demonic flames and the Great Devouring Art to replenish and strengthen his Primal Energy.
• Luo Heng seized the Dog Yimo General's Niwan Palace with a spiritual attack and slashed his neck, forcing him to retreat and spend demonic energy healing the wound.
• Tang Xinlian and the twenty-eight members of the Fire God Guard combined their strength in an array against the Wolf Demon General, but their prolonged battle began to expose the array's weaknesses.
• Qing Zhi and Mo Luo struck the Tian Ming King's spatial rift with an Azure Dragon palm and a fire dragon as Qing Zhi vowed to keep him there.
• Chi Yun and Mu Lan drove Lion Demon back together, while Elder Chiyun noticed that Luo Heng's aura had grown stronger during his fight.

Luo Heng battled the Dog Yimo General, absorbing his demonic energy while countering his attacks. After breaking through to the peak of the Major Accomplishment of Death Xuan Stage, Luo Heng devoured the Dog Yimo General and turned his attention to the Wolf Demon General.

• Luo Heng blocked the Dog Yimo General’s Demon Bone Assassination, then overpowered his Devouring Extinction Demon Abyss with the Great Devouring Art.
• Luo Heng dodged the Dog Yimo General’s Heavenly Demon Space-Splitting Claw and wounded him with the Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• The Dog Yimo General unleashed Demon Origin Explosion and blasted Luo Heng away, but Luo Heng prepared to end the battle.
• Luo Heng used Azure Dragon Transformation and the demonic energy he had absorbed to break through to the peak of the Major Accomplishment of Death Xuan Stage.
• Luo Heng trapped the weakened Dog Yimo General in Devouring Demon Abyss and devoured him completely.
• Luo Heng declared that the Wolf Demon General was next.

Luo Heng helped Tang Xinlian, Lin Dong, and the Fire God Guard kill the Wolf Demon General, reaching the Perfected Death Xuan Stage by devouring his demonic energy. Qing Zhi revealed the King-Extinguishing Heaven Disk and hinted that the allies had its four required Ancestor Talismans, while the Lion Demon was killed and Tian Ming King remained pinned down.

• Qing Zhi revealed the King-Extinguishing Heaven Disk to threaten Tian Ming King, then told Mo Luo that they had all four Ancestor Talismans.
• Luo Heng joined Tang Xinlian, Lin Dong, and the Fire God Guard in attacking the Wolf Demon General.
• Luo Heng devoured the Wolf Demon General’s demonic energy, killing him and breaking through to the Perfected Death Xuan Stage.
• The wounded Lion Demon called for Tian Ming King’s help, but Qing Zhi and Mo Luo kept Tian Ming King from intervening.
• Elder Chiyun and Mu Lan joined forces and blasted the Lion Demon into a cloud of blood, wiping out the Three Great Demon Generals.

Qing Zhi gathered power from four Ancestral Symbols and two divine artifacts to unleash the King-Extinguishing Heaven Disk against Tian Ming King. After Tian Ming King’s body was destroyed, Qing Zhi intercepted its fleeing Demon Fetus, but reinforcements emerged from a black vortex as Mo Luo moved in to finish it.

• Qing Zhi borrowed power from Lin Dong’s Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Symbols, Mu Lingshan’s Life and Death Ancestral Symbol, Mo Luo’s Flame Ancestral Symbol, and Luo Heng’s Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Qing Zhi activated the King-Extinguishing Heaven Disk and struck Tian Ming King with a beam that began eroding its demonic aura.
• Tian Ming King destroyed its body in an attempt to escape as a Demon Fetus, but Qing Zhi pursued it and attacked with an Azure Dragon Claw.
• Two giant demonic hands emerged from a black vortex to protect Tian Ming King, but Qing Zhi pinned them down with the Azure Dragon Claw and Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Mo Luo approached the Demon Fetus with a flaming spear while Qing Zhi held back the reinforcements.

Luo Heng, Qing Zhi, and Mo Luo defeated Tian Ming King’s forces and saved Fire Flame City, leaving Flame God Hall to recover amid the ruins. Tang Xinlian restored order and shared a teasing, intimate exchange with Luo Heng, while Lin Dong watched approvingly.

• Luo Heng, Qing Zhi, and Mo Luo destroyed Tian Ming King’s Demon Fetus, forcing the demon’s hand to retreat through the black vortex with a threat of revenge.
• Qing Zhi and Mo Luo confirmed the battle was over as sunlight returned to Fire Flame City, though the city had suffered heavy damage.
• Tang Xinlian warned the gathered experts to stay away from Fire Flame City and organized Flame God Hall’s forces to secure the area.
• Tang Xinlian wiped blood and grime from Luo Heng, drawing whistles and envious stares from the crowd.
• Luo Heng flirted with Tang Xinlian, who answered his question by telling him to guess; Lin Dong watched and praised Luo Heng’s romantic skill.

After the Yimo King’s defeat, Qing Zhi and Mo Luo praised Luo Heng and Lin Dong and helped them plan their next journeys. Qing Zhi arranged to take Luo Heng to the Dragon Race for Dragon Bones and revealed that he believed Luo Heng, alongside the reincarnated Ice Master, might give humanity hope in a future catastrophe.

• Lin Dong told Luo Heng that the battle had brought him close to breaking through to the Death Xuan Stage, and Qing Zhi and Mo Luo thanked both brothers for helping their plan succeed.
• Qing Zhi confirmed that the Yimo King had perished, while Mo Luo promised to conceal Lin Dong’s Ancestral Talismans and warned Luo Heng that others might covet his Bronze Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Luo Heng planned to remain in the Chaotic Demon Sea before training in the Demon Region, while Lin Dong wanted to reach the Demon Region soon to reunite with Xiao Diao and Little Yan; Qing Zhi and Mo Luo offered to transport them there.
• Qing Zhi offered to take Luo Heng to the Dragon Race to exchange for Dragon Bones before he began training, and Luo Heng accepted.
• After the brothers left, Qing Zhi told Mo Luo that Luo Heng might become the next Symbol Ancestor, and that the Ice Master could be another hope if her reincarnation succeeded.

After the battle, Luo Heng gave Tang Xinlian the Battle Array Master's arrays and arranged for himself and Lin Dong to cultivate in Flame God Hall's dangerous Dead Flame Spirit Pool. The first wave struck them, and both began refining its Death Qi as Mo Luo prepared to unleash more.

• Mu Lingshan returned to the Undying Holy Whale Clan, while Tang Xinlian grew closer to Luo Heng and Lin Dong broke through to Minor Accomplishment of Death Xuan Stage.
• Luo Heng gave Tang Xinlian a Jade Slip containing the Battle Array Master's arrays, and she promised to take him and Lin Dong to the Dead Flame Spirit Pool.
• Tang Xinlian led Luo Heng and Lin Dong to the pool, where Mo Luo explained its dangers and Qing Zhi revealed that Tang Xinlian had endured forty-nine waves of Death Qi.
• Luo Heng and Lin Dong sat on stone platforms as Mo Luo activated the pool, sending a Black Flame Dragon at each of them.
• Luo Heng refined the incoming Death Qi with the Great Devouring Art while the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Technique tempered his body; Lin Dong also absorbed the Death Qi through the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• When Mo Luo asked whether they could handle more, Luo Heng signaled him to continue, and Mo Luo prepared another wave.

Lin Dong and Luo Heng endured the Dead Flame Spirit Pool’s unprecedented fiftieth wave of Death Qi. Luo Heng emerged with a stronger physique, and Lin Dong survived the ordeal, leaving both of them transformed.

• Mo Luo and Qing Zhi discussed how many waves Lin Dong and Luo Heng could endure as the two continued absorbing Death Qi.
• Lin Dong endured the forty-ninth wave, then insisted on attempting the final wave while he recovered with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Luo Heng endured the fiftieth wave, emerging with a strengthened physique and refined Primal Energy.
• After Luo Heng succeeded, Lin Dong faced the fiftieth wave and was swallowed by a torrent of Death Qi.
• Lin Dong emerged alive with cracked, blackened skin and declared that he had made it through.

Lin Dong survived the Dead Flame Spirit Pool's fiftieth stream of death energy and prepared to leave for the Demon Region. Three days later, as Qing Zhi and Mo Luo built a transmission passage, Lin Dong said goodbye to Mu Lingshan and met the Flame God Hall disciple who would guide him.

• Lin Dong shed the black death-energy coating, stabilized his Minor Accomplishment of Death Xuan Stage cultivation, and strengthened his body after enduring fifty streams.
• Mo Luo and Qing Zhi arranged to send Lin Dong to the Demon Region in three days, and Luo Heng encouraged him to make trouble there.
• Luo Heng trained Lin Dong in the Great Teleportation Technique while Tang Xinlian visited him more often.
• Mu Lingshan asked to travel to the Demon Region, but Mu Lan and Lin Dong refused because it was too dangerous; Mu Lingshan promised to protect Lin Dong when she grew stronger.
• Tang Xinlian arrived with a Flame God Hall disciple from the Demon Region to accompany Lin Dong.