Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng and Zi Yan fought Old Man Eagle Mountain, whose powerful Soul Power and black mist made him a dangerous opponent. Lin Feng located him with his own overwhelming Soul Power and struck him with a Soul Hammer, while Zi Yan charged toward him.

• Old Man Eagle Mountain sensed Lin Feng’s attack and blocked his glass-like Dou Qi palm with his Mysterious Shadow Palm.
• Lin Feng revealed his interest in Old Man Eagle Mountain’s unusually powerful Soul Power, prompting the old man to shroud the area in black mist and hide.
• Lin Feng spread his Soul Power through the darkness and located Old Man Eagle Mountain, who was shocked by its strength.
• Lin Feng condensed his Soul Power into a Soul Hammer, and Old Man Eagle Mountain countered it with a black Dou Qi greatsword.
• The collision injured Old Man Eagle Mountain slightly, and Zi Yan rushed toward his position.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan defeated Old Man Eagle Mountain, with Zi Yan destroying his body and Lin Feng capturing his soul. Lin Feng stored the corpse for later puppet refinement and promised Heavenly Fire Venerable a better body after they killed Earth Demon Old Ghost.

• Zi Yan struck Old Man Eagle Mountain with the Savage Bear Earth-Shattering Fist while Lin Feng's soul attack left him vulnerable.
• Zi Yan punched through Old Man Eagle Mountain's head, killing his body as his soul escaped into the forest.
• Lin Feng pursued Old Man Eagle Mountain's soul and sealed it inside a jade bottle with the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.
• Lin Feng found that the corpse was too damaged to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable, who lamented losing a potential body.
• Lin Feng stored Old Man Eagle Mountain's corpse and told Heavenly Fire Venerable he could use Earth Demon Old Ghost's body later.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Lin Feng revealed that he possessed Fallen Heart Flame. Su Qian asked him to provide some of it to restore the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower’s cultivation-accelerating effect.

• Zi Yan used her innate ability to take Lin Feng through the Inner Academy’s Spatial Barrier without damaging it.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan arrived above the elders’ offices, where Su Qian rebuked Zi Yan for bringing an outsider inside.
• Zi Yan told Su Qian that Lin Feng possessed Fallen Heart Flame, and Lin Feng demonstrated the flame to the skeptical elders.
• Su Qian explained that a spare container left by the Headmaster could restore the tower’s effect if Lin Feng supplied some of his refined Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian asked Lin Feng to give Jia Nan Academy a portion of the flame, offering compensation in return.

Lin Feng agreed to help the Inner Academy deal with the loss of the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for permission to cultivate beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. After Zi Yan left with the Ancient Phoenix Talons, Lin Feng entered the tower with Su Qian and prepared to descend into its dangerous magma depths.

• Lin Feng agreed to help Jia Nan Academy refuse the matter involving the Fallen Heart Flame, provided Su Qian let him cultivate beneath the tower.
• Su Qian warned Lin Feng that Dou Zong-level lizard magical beasts lived in the magma below, but agreed to his request and arranged to evacuate the students and bring the Fire Gathering Pot.
• Lin Feng asked Zi Yan to join him in seclusion, but she refused and flew off with the ten Ancient Phoenix Talons to have them forged into Gloves.
• Lin Feng waited as the students were evacuated, then followed Su Qian and four elders into the tower and down to its magma-lit base.
• Su Qian cautioned Lin Feng about the violent Fire Attribute Dou Qi below the tower, and Lin Feng said his Fallen Heart Flame could refine it into pure Dou Qi.

Lin Feng helped Su Qian restore the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower's Heartfire supply, then descended into the magma world to recover his strength and hunt Lizardmen for Red Fire Pearls. After killing two Lizardmen, he sensed three more approaching and went to meet them.

• Lin Feng filled the Fire Gathering Pot with Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian and four elders used a formation to restore the tower's Heartfire supply.
• Su Qian accepted Lin Feng's departure to enter seclusion, and Lin Feng leaped down through the tower's opening into the magma world.
• Lin Feng formed a protective barrier, carved out a cave, and cultivated until he had recovered to peak condition.
• Lin Feng plunged into the magma and killed a Lizardman that attacked him, storing its corpse in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Feng destroyed a second Lizardman with a glazed flame spear, then sensed three more approaching and charged toward them.

After escaping two High-tier Dou Zong Lizardmen in the magma, Lin Feng absorbed his fire beads and searched Old Man Eagle Mountain’s Storage Ring. He discovered a vast collection of ancient alchemy works and learned that Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva might contain a Bodhi Seed.

• Lin Feng escaped the magma after two High-tier Dou Zong Lizardmen appeared, then returned to his cave rather than risk fighting them.
• Lin Feng absorbed his fire beads and brought his Dou Qi close to the Seven-star Dou Huang stage.
• Lin Feng erased Old Man Eagle Mountain’s Soul imprint and entered his rare high-grade Storage Ring.
• Lin Feng discovered hundreds of scrolls, including more than twenty Grade Seven Prescriptions and a Peak Grade Seven Alchemy Technique.
• Lin Feng found a Pharmacology Compendium explaining Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and the possible Bodhi Seed within it.

Lin Feng searched Old Man Eagle Mountain’s Storage Ring and discovered several exceptionally valuable items, including an Eighth-grade Pill Recipe, an Earth Tier cultivation method, and a Soul Art. He ended the chapter beginning to absorb the Spirit Gathering Art’s contents.

• Lin Feng found an Eighth-grade Jin Zun Pill Recipe and realized Old Man Eagle Mountain had inherited treasures from a Peak Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• He discovered the Earth Tier Mid-grade cultivation method External Incarnation, which could create a soul incarnation and strengthen Soul Power.
• Lin Feng recognized that External Incarnation had a corresponding Soul Art and opened the final scroll.
• Lin Feng found the Yellow Tier Advanced Soul Art Spirit Gathering Art and used his Soul Power to draw its information into his mind.

Lin Feng cultivated the Spirit Gathering Art, a soul cultivation method that drew spiritual energy from space and steadily strengthened his soul. After inspecting Old Man Eagle Mountain's Storage Ring and finding a useful medicinal cauldron, he set aside the ancient alchemy techniques and jumped into the magma.

• Lin Feng learned that the Spirit Gathering Art drew spiritual energy into his soul and began cultivating it, giving him hope of reaching Grade Eight Alchemist before the Pill Gathering.
• Lin Feng examined the Storage Ring's cultivation methods and Fighting Skills, noting an unusual Earth Tier Advanced Fighting Skill but choosing not to study it.
• Lin Feng found a Revival Pill among the labeled jade bottles and an eight-mouthed medicinal cauldron that could refine Grade Eight Pills.
• Lin Feng decided to prioritize becoming stronger over studying the ancient alchemy techniques and pill recipes, then leaped into the crimson magma.

After two months of cultivation in the magma world, Lin Feng broke through to seven-star Dou Huang and returned to the Inner Academy, where he reunited with Zi Yan and returned to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. Lin Fei and Xue Mei welcomed him and pledged to keep refining pills for the Pavilion.

• Lin Feng absorbed fire beads for nearly two days and broke through to seven-star Dou Huang.
• Lin Feng decided to head to Magic Flame Valley, emerged from the tower, and found Zi Yan eating Medicinal Herbs.
• Zi Yan complained that Lin Feng had left her without reserve pills, then eagerly agreed to go out with him.
• Lin Feng returned to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where Lin Fei and Xue Mei greeted him as four-star Dou Ling.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei credited Lin Feng's resources and training for their progress and promised to refine pills for the Pavilion.

Lin Feng reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, discussed the threat posed by Magic Flame Valley and the Black Corner Alliance, and strengthened his preparations. He absorbed a portion of Xiao Yi Xian’s Netherworld Poison Fire and gave the women a valuable Soul Cultivation Method to study.

• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian arrived and exchanged barbed remarks with Lin Feng, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei before Lin Fei and Xue Mei left for the Alchemy Department.
• Medusa warned that the Black Corner Alliance had grown close to the Soul Hall Protectors, while Lin Feng argued that their allies and Heavenly Flames gave them enough strength to resist an attack.
• Zi Yan announced that her clawed Gloves let her fight at a level comparable to a high-level Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian separated some Netherworld Poison Fire, and Lin Feng swallowed it after shielding himself with the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.
• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa the Spirit Gathering Art and explained that the Soul Cultivation Method could steadily increase Soul Power.

Lin Feng told Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian about the Soul Cultivation Method and Grade Eight Prescriptions he had obtained from Old Man Eagle Mountain’s inheritance. He then led Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s experts to Magic Flame Valley to attack Earth Demon Old Ghost’s stronghold.

• Lin Feng explained that he had obtained a Soul Cultivation Method and three Grade Eight Prescriptions from Old Man Eagle Mountain’s Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa examined the Jin Zun Pill prescription and learned that it could help a Peak Dou Zong attempt to break through to Dou Zun.
• Lin Feng told the two women to prepare for an attack on Magic Flame Valley the following day.
• Lin Feng led dozens of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion experts to Magic Flame Valley, startling its disciples.

Lin Feng demanded that Magic Flame Valley submit to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, sparking a battle between their forces. As Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian fought Earth Demon Old Ghost and the elders engaged each other, Fang Yan and the other two strongest elders surrounded Lin Feng.

• Lin Feng arrived at Magic Flame Valley and announced that he expected it to submit to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Lin Feng, but Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian blocked his strike and fought him in the sky.
• Fang Yan ordered the Magic Flame Valley elders to attack Lin Feng's group, and Lin Feng sent his allies to hold them off.
• Zi Yan charged into the battle as the two sides' experts clashed across the sky above Magic Flame Valley.
• Fang Yan and Magic Flame Valley's Second and Third Elders formed a triangular formation and closed in on Lin Feng.

Lin Feng confronted Fang Yan and Magic Flame Valley’s two elders, who challenged his Heavenly Flame with their fused Life Transformation Fire. Lin Feng accepted the flame contest and summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame, hoping to capture their fire and strip them of their Dou Qi.

• Fang Yan surrounded Lin Feng with Magic Flame Valley’s Second Elder and Third Elder, boasting that their combat strength surpassed Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s.
• Lin Feng revealed his Seven-star Dou Huang cultivation, shocking the three and intensifying Fang Yan’s resentment over losing the Sect Breaking Pill auction.
• Fang Yan and the two elders combined their pale gray flames into a grayish-brown Life Transformation Fire that boosted their auras.
• Lin Feng provoked them into competing with flames so he could capture their fire and leave them without Dou Qi.
• Lin Feng raised his palm and summoned the weaker Green Lotus Core Flame.

Fang Yan and the two Magic Flame Valley elders combined their Life Transformation Fire to create the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix, but Lin Feng remained confident he could defeat it. After sacrificing their essence blood to empower the phoenix, the three elders prepared to kill Lin Feng and seize his pills.

• Lin Feng trapped Fang Yan's grayish-brown firebird in a green flame net and crushed it, injuring Fang Yan.
• Fang Yan called on the Second Elder and Third Elder to combine their flames and form the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix.
• Fang Yan and the elders infused the phoenix with their essence blood, turning it blood-red and greatly increasing its power.
• Fang Yan and the two elders looked toward Lin Feng, expecting to kill him and take the pills in his Storage Ring.

Lin Feng trapped Fang Yan’s Blood-colored Fire Phoenix and seized the Life Transformation Fire, severing the elders’ control and swallowing the flame safely. With Fang Yan and the elders weakened, they charged Lin Feng in a desperate final attack.

• Lin Feng enclosed Fang Yan’s Blood-colored Fire Phoenix in a green fire net and blocked its attempts to escape.
• Fang Yan and the two elders tried to recall the Life Transformation Fire, but Lin Feng severed their connection to it.
• Lin Feng swallowed the Life Transformation Fire, protected by the Heavenly Flames within his body.
• Fang Yan and the elders, weakened by the loss of their flame and blood essence, rushed at Lin Feng to fight to the death.

Lin Feng killed Fang Yan and two other Magic Flame Valley elders, then stopped Protector Xuan's Soul Hall group from stealing their corpses. Protector Xuan arrived with the Gold and Silver Elders and allied with Earth Demon Old Ghost against the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, leaving Lin Feng and his allies facing a stronger enemy.

• Lin Feng killed Fang Yan and two other weakened attackers with Energy Giant Lions, then collected their rings, bodies, and souls.
• Protector Xuan's chains pierced the corpses, but Lin Feng used the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame to sever the chains and reveal eleven Soul Hall figures.
• The gathered fighters recognized Protector Xuan as the Soul Hall leader who had attacked Jia Nan Academy, and Earth Demon Old Ghost identified him as a newly advanced Six-star Dou Zong.
• The Gold and Silver Elders arrived beside Protector Xuan, while Lin Feng stored away the corpses.
• Protector Xuan offered to join forces with Earth Demon Old Ghost against the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and Earth Demon Old Ghost agreed.

Lin Feng faced Protector Xuan, a Six-star Dou Zong, while the Heavenly Fire Venerable joined the battle against the Gold and Silver Elders. The fight began with Lin Feng using his Glazed Lotus Heart Flame, but he remained only a half-step Dou Zong as the forces clashed.

• Lin Feng summoned the Heavenly Fire Venerable from his Storage Ring and assigned him to fight the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Protector Xuan recognized the Heavenly Fire Venerable as a Five-star Dou Zong soul and welcomed the chance to capture both him and Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng used a secret technique to raise his strength to the level of a half-step Dou Zong, but could not break through the Dou Zong barrier.
• Lin Feng sent flame pythons at Protector Xuan, who countered with chains that began melting in the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable attacked the Gold and Silver Elders with Soul Power sword energy, and the two brothers stayed to fight despite their weaker cultivation.

Lin Feng’s fire lotus bottles devastated the Magic Flame Valley forces and crippled most of Protector Xuan’s Soul Envoys, shifting the battle in the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s favor. Enraged, Protector Xuan attacked Lin Feng, but Lin Feng continued to hold him off with the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.

• As the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion began to lose ground, Lin Feng hinted that the battle could still turn in his side’s favor.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s fighters activated and threw fire lotus bottles, whose explosions killed or gravely wounded Magic Flame Valley elders and Soul Hall Soul Envoys.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian countered Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Thousand Illusions Mysterious Ice Thorn while continuing to fight him.
• Protector Xuan discovered that only four of his ten Soul Envoys remained alive and that half of those survivors were gravely injured.
• Protector Xuan attacked Lin Feng with metal chains, and Lin Feng used the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame to block them.

Lin Feng and Heavenly Fire Venerable defeated the Gold and Silver Elders while Protector Xuan struggled to break through Lin Feng’s blockade. Protector Xuan then offered to help Lin Feng kill Earth Demon Old Ghost in exchange for the brothers’ bodies and souls.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable blasted the Gold and Silver Elders into a mountain range and swiftly defeated them.
• Protector Xuan tried to reach the injured brothers to collect their souls, but Lin Feng blocked his path with the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable killed the Gold and Silver Elders and handed their bodies to Lin Feng, who took their storage rings and stored the corpses.
• Protector Xuan offered Lin Feng his help against Earth Demon Old Ghost in exchange for the brothers’ bodies and souls.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost protested and warned Protector Xuan that Lin Feng would not spare him, but Protector Xuan ignored him and repeated his offer.

Protector Xuan unleashed the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Formation to capture Lin Feng, but Lin Feng used Fallen Heart Flame to seize the formation’s souls while Heavenly Fire Venerable held off the attack. Protector Xuan intensified the assault with blood-fed souls, yet Lin Feng continued harvesting them as Heavenly Fire Venerable protected him.

• Protector Xuan rejected Lin Feng’s offer and activated the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Formation, sending a mass of souls to attack him and Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Lin Feng called on Heavenly Fire Venerable to finish Protector Xuan quickly, then used Fallen Heart Flame to trap and store thousands of souls at a time.
• Protector Xuan recognized Fallen Heart Flame and feared the punishment he would face from Soul Hall if he could not replenish his souls.
• Protector Xuan condensed the black mist around himself and used Blood Feeding to empower the souls with dark-red blood.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable attacked the blood-colored souls with his Soul Power sword, blocking them while Lin Feng continued capturing the formation’s souls.