Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils through the Notebook Copy and learned to conceal them from Xiao Ting, choosing to stay alive and become his maid rather than risk a futile warning. Meanwhile, Xiao Ting celebrated his birthday with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, who asked whether he planned to cultivate that day.

• Qing Lin defended herself to Medusa, who confronted her for arguing over Xiao Ting.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Qing Lin to hide her awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils so Xiao Ting would not suspect the Notebook Copy.
• Qing Lin offered to sacrifice herself to warn Xiao Ting, but Xun'er explained that the copy's restrictions made such a sacrifice pointless and urged her to remain by his side.
• Qing Lin agreed that becoming Xiao Ting's personal maid would serve him better, and Medusa reminded her to keep her awakened pupils secret.
• Xiao Ting left the secret chamber and joined Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian for a birthday breakfast.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Ting whether he planned to cultivate that day.

Xiao Ting planned a trip to Shimo City with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to bring back Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. After discovering Xiao Yan had broken through while cultivating the Fen Jue, Xun'er learned the technique’s extraordinary origins and wondered whether she could cultivate it too.

• Xiao Ting told Xun'er he planned to travel to Shimo City to bring Xiao Ding and Xiao Li back to the Xiao Clan and invited her along.
• Xiao Yi Xian initially declined, but Xun'er and Xiao Ting persuaded her to join them, and Xiao Lan agreed to carry the group.
• Xiao Ting visited Xiao Yan and sensed that he had broken through to Two-Star Dou Zhe while cultivating the Fen Jue.
• Xiao Ting's Notes revealed that the Fen Jue evolved by devouring flames, could let multiple Heavenly Flames coexist, and had once been cultivated by Tou She Ancient God.
• Xun'er and the other women were shocked by the Fen Jue's power and its connection to Tou She Ancient God, and Xun'er wondered whether she could cultivate it.

Xun'er learned that Fen Jue could lead to becoming a Dou Di and worked out a natural way to ask Yao Lao or Xiao Ting about it. Xiao Ting prepared to travel to Shimo City with Xun'er, while Xiao Yan stayed behind and planned to attend Jia Nan Academy.

• Xun'er became interested in cultivating Fen Jue after learning from the Notes about its potential, and Qing Lin advised her to ask about it out of natural curiosity.
• Xun'er went alone to Xiao Yan’s courtyard, where Xiao Ting told Xiao Yan he would leave the clan for a few days to visit Shimo City.
• Xiao Yan asked to accompany Xiao Ting, but Xun'er refused because Xiao Ting had promised to show her the desert.
• Xiao Ting said he would bring his two older brothers back, while Xiao Yan decided to wait for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment and study its Inner Academy’s Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Xiao Ting learned about Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame and asked Yao Lao whether his unusual Purple Heaven Sky Flame could be used for alchemy. When Xun'er exposed the weakness in Xiao Yan’s cultivation method, she deduced that it could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames, leaving Xiao Yan pressed to explain Fen Jue.

• Xiao Ting learned that Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy had the Fallen Heart Flame and said he might apply after reaching the required strength.
• Xiao Ting showed Yao Lao his Purple Heaven Sky Flame, and Yao Lao said its lightning and vitality might let Xiao Ting become an alchemist.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Ting books on medicinal ingredients and pill formulas to study before learning alchemy.
• Xun'er inferred that Xiao Yan practiced a low-grade cultivation method, prompting Xiao Ting to demand an explanation from Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan admitted that his cultivation method could level up, and Xun'er deduced that it might grow by devouring Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan’s family and Yao Lao confronted the risks of cultivating the Fen Jue, which Xiao Yan could not abandon because it could help Yao Lao regain a body. The discussion shifted when Xun’er offered a child flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame in exchange for seeing the technique.

• Xiao Ting questioned Xiao Yan’s plan to evolve the Fen Jue through multiple Heavenly Flames, and Xun’er explained that Heaven Tier techniques were generally suitable only for Dou Zuns and stronger cultivators.
• Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yan cultivated the Fen Jue to help him revive, and promised to let Xiao Yan devour the Bone Chilling Flame at the Dou Ling realm if he found no other Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Lao said he also knew of a Heavenly Flame at Jia Nan Academy and planned to seek others in the Central Plains, while Xiao Ting agreed to look for information and ordered Xiao Yan to cultivate instead of going out.
• Xun’er asked to inspect the Fen Jue, noting that it was unusually restrictive despite being Low Huang Tier.
• Xun’er offered Xiao Yan a mature child flame if he reached Peak Dou Zun, and Yao Lao recognized her golden flame as the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Yao Lao gave Xun'er Fen Jue in exchange for a future chance for Xiao Yan to obtain a mature Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame sub-flame. Xiao Ting's Notes revealed how Xun'er could use Fen Jue and the Gu Clan's resources to pursue Dou Di, while exposing the secrets of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and its inheritance.

• Yao Lao gave Xun'er Fen Jue and explained that its cultivation method could only be viewed once and could not be copied.
• Xiao Ting and Xun'er left Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, then joined Xiao Yi Xian and traveled toward Shimo City on Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xun'er was a core descendant of the Gu Clan and resolved to become strong enough to support Xiao Ting.
• Cao Ying envied Xun'er's chance to cultivate Fen Jue, while Feng Qing'er planned to become Xun'er's close friend.
• Xiao Ting's Notes revealed the route to Dou Di through Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and explained how Xun'er could pursue it without competing with Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er realized Xiao Ting supported her cultivation of Fen Jue and learned that she would need to choose four more Heavenly Flames before targeting Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Ting’s Notes revealed more Heavenly Flame locations and plans, while Xun’er resolved to cultivate the Fen Jue and seek a young Fallen Heart Flame. In Burning Flame Valley, Tang Huo’er discovered an Observation Copy of Xiao Ting’s Notes.

• Feng Qing’er envied Xun’er’s Fen Jue and focused on cultivating so she could seize a future through Xiao Ting.
• Zi Yan wondered about her identity and anticipated surprising Xiao Ting when she reached Wutan City.
• Xun’er read Xiao Ting’s plans for locating Heavenly Flames and became more convinced that cultivating the Fen Jue could lead to becoming a Dou Di.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized Xiao Ting intended to find Nether Poison Fire so she could control her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xun’er told the others she would seek the young Fallen Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy, while Qing Lin eagerly awaited her arrival with Xiao Ting.
• Tang Huo’er emerged from cultivation and found an ancient booklet titled Xiao Ting’s Great Dao Notes (Tang Huo’er’s Observation Copy).

Tang Huo'er and Huo Zhi absorbed information from Xiao Ting’s Notes and each decided to approach Gu Xun'er through Fen Jue. Huo Zhi discovered that she could not harm Xiao Ting or reveal the Notes, then left the Flame Realm to travel the continent.

• Tang Huo'er learned that Gu Xun'er was the Gu Clan Chief’s daughter and decided to befriend her, hoping to give her the child flame she had prepared.
• Huo Zhi read the Notebook Copy and considered capturing Xiao Ting to bring him to the Flame Clan for his knowledge.
• When Huo Zhi imagined imprisoning Xiao Ting, an invisible power threatened her heart and Spirit Realm soul, teaching her that she could not harm him or reveal the Notes.
• Huo Zhi decided to cultivate Fen Jue and let Xiao Ting live off her, believing the Flame Clan’s Heavenly Flames would help her progress.
• Huo Zhi told Fairy Huo Ling she wanted to travel the continent before returning to study the Fire Emperor Profound Canon, and Fairy Huo Ling approved.

Huo Zhi persuaded Huo Ling to travel with her, while Xiao Ting visited the Mo Tie Mercenary Group to ask Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to return to the Xiao Clan. Xun'er arranged to find Qing Lin a chance to meet Xiao Ting, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ting giving his brothers High Xuan Tier cultivation methods.

• Huo Zhi invited Huo Ling to travel with her, and Huo Ling agreed to accompany her as a soul energy body while her true body continued cultivating in the Flame Realm.
• Xiao Ting arrived in Shimo City with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian and asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to return to the Xiao Clan and help it develop.
• Xiao Ting revealed that he had reached the Da Dou Shi realm, persuading Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to return and manage the clan while he and Xiao Yan traveled.
• Xun'er learned that the steward had not selected Qing Lin as a guide, so she asked Xiao Li to let her choose one herself.
• Xiao Ting gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li High Xuan Tier cultivation methods from Xiao Yan's master.

Xiao Ting reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, gave them cultivation techniques and pills, and explained that he wanted to become strong enough to stand beside Xun'er. During dinner, Qing Lin asked to leave Shimo City with Xiao Ting, but he told her that following him would not do.

• Xiao Ting gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li two High Xuan Tier cultivation techniques and pills, and the brothers reminisced together.
• Xiao Ting told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li he intended to grow strong enough to stand beside Xun'er, then joked that living off a woman felt great.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian arranged for Qing Lin to guide them around Shimo City, and Xiao Ting chose her from the maidservants.
• At dinner, Xiao Ting praised his luck in meeting Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Qing Lin to say she felt lucky to have met them too.
• Qing Lin asked Xiao Ting to take her with him so she could live with dignity and escape the discrimination she faced in Shimo City.
• After sensing Qing Lin's sincere feelings, Xiao Ting grew more tender toward her but said that following him would not do.

Xiao Ting arranged for Qing Lin to become Xun'er's personal maid so she could leave Shimo City with them, while Xun'er promised to help her remain near Xiao Ting. The Notes revealed Xiao Ting's reflections on racial hatred and the Snake-People Tribe's future, leaving Yun Yun worried about the Misty Cloud Sect's fate.

• Xiao Ting told Qing Lin to follow Xun'er, and Qing Lin accepted after Xun'er urged her through the Notebook Copy.
• Xiao Li approved of Qing Lin becoming Xun'er's maid, and Xun'er told Qing Lin she would help explain her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and keep her near Xiao Ting.
• The Notes described how Queen Medusa secured new lands for the Snake-People Tribe and brought them into relative peace with humanity.
• Yun Yun asked Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to investigate why the Misty Cloud Sect and Xiao Clan became enemies, while Medusa teased her about becoming Xiao Ting's maid.
• Xiao Ting's Notes described the prejudice Qing Lin faced in Shimo City and his resolve to record the cruelty of racial conflict as a World Observer.

Xiao Ting’s written reflections revealed the tragic childhoods of several women and his wish to prevent others from suffering the same way. Qing Lin became his personal maid, and Xun’er planned to bring her to the Gu Clan so she could grow strong enough to stay by Xiao Ting’s side.

• Xiao Ting’s words about the women’s painful pasts made Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Xun’er, and Tang Huo’er react to their losses.
• Zi Yan learned that her mother had died and her father was imprisoned, then vowed to crush whoever had captured him.
• Xun’er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin realized Xiao Ting wanted to use his influence to prevent tragedies like theirs from happening again.
• Xiao Ting made Qing Lin his personal maid after understanding that she wanted to stay close to him.
• Xiao Ting planned for Qing Lin to accompany Xun’er to the Gu Clan, where its resources could help her develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xun’er told Qing Lin that strength would let her protect Xiao Ting, and Qing Lin pleaded with her to take her back to the Gu Clan.

Xun'er and Queen Medusa arranged to lead Xiao Ting to the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Yun Yun decided to visit Wutan City under the pretext of accepting him as a disciple. Xun'er brought Xiao Ting and the others to a hidden desert entrance, where her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame struck a barrier.

• Qing Lin promised to protect Xun'er after becoming stronger, and Xun'er promised to help reveal Qing Lin's talent.
• Xun'er and Queen Medusa planned to use the Green Lotus Core Flame's barrier as a pretext for Medusa to meet Xiao Ting and request compensation.
• Queen Medusa suggested that Yun Yun visit Xiao Ting and pretend to assess him as a potential disciple, and Yun Yun agreed.
• After breakfast, Xun'er said her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame had sensed another Heavenly Flame, so Xiao Ting and the others rode Xiao Lan toward the eastern desert near Shimo City.
• Xun'er identified an unremarkable patch of sand, fired a Flame Spear at it, and revealed a barrier left by a Dou Emperor expert.

Xiao Ting and Xun'er found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Tagor Desert after breaking Queen Medusa's barrier, then chose to retreat and consult Yao Lao rather than risk retrieving it themselves. Medusa sensed the barrier's destruction and rushed toward the site as Xiao Ting's companions and rivals reacted to the discovery.

• Xiao Ting identified the Dou Emperor barrier as Queen Medusa's and recorded his plans to find Hai Bodong and the Green Lotus Core Flame in Notes.
• Medusa learned that Xiao Ting intended to take the Green Lotus Core Flame and bargain with her afterward, while Cao Ying envied his discovery and Feng Qing'er felt left behind.
• Huo Zhi decided to travel to the Northwest Continent with Huo Ling after hearing that Xun'er had found the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ting persuaded Xun'er to break the barrier, and Ling Yue shattered it before leading the group into the underground passage.
• Xun'er sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the magma, but Xiao Ting chose to return and tell Yao Lao rather than risk retrieving it.
• Medusa sensed the barrier's destruction, formed Dou Qi wings, and rushed toward the entrance.

Xiao Ting, Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Ling Yue descended into the Magma World to see and record the Green Lotus Core Flame. They left without taking it, while Xun'er planned to return with Ling Yue after Xiao Yan refined it so she could claim the lotus.

• Xiao Ting prepared to leave the Magma World, but Xun'er persuaded him to descend and see where the Green Lotus Core Flame had been born.
• Ling Yue created a protective Dou Qi shield and led the group through the magma to the azure barrier surrounding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The group admired the Green Lotus Core Flame as Xiao Ting photographed it and recorded his visit in the Notes.
• Xun'er said she wanted to take the lotus, and Xiao Ting agreed that she could keep it after Xiao Yan refined the Earth Core Flame.
• Xiao Ting and the others left the Magma World with Ling Yue, while Xiao Ting noted that Ling Ying's aura had scared away the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

Xiao Ting and Xun'er discussed taking the Green Lotus while preserving the chance to cultivate another Earth Core Flame, then Ling Yue brought Xun'er out of the underground cave and confronted Queen Medusa. Medusa claimed she had discovered the flame first, and Ling Yue warned her against taking it from her young lady.

• Xiao Ting recorded how the Green Lotus could be used to cultivate another Earth Core Flame, and Xun'er agreed with his plan to claim it.
• Xun'er and Yun Yun discussed Heavenly Flames before Medusa announced her arrival.
• Ling Yue flew out of the cave with Xun'er and blocked Medusa's blood-red arrows.
• Xiao Ting photographed Medusa, prompting the women to compare her beauty and consider how they wanted to look.
• Medusa challenged Ling Yue over the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Ling Yue asserted that it belonged to her young lady and threatened her.

Xun'er helped conceal that she knew Medusa while negotiating over the Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Ting proposed a safer way to help Medusa evolve. Medusa accepted his offer and agreed to wait until he reached Dou Wang, leaving them with a deal to fulfill later.

• Xun'er stopped Ling Yue from revealing her connection to Medusa and offered to negotiate compensation for the Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa asked to borrow the Earth Core Flame temporarily, and Xun'er asked Xiao Ting to decide whether to agree.
• Xiao Ting identified Medusa's plan to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve and explained the danger of her approach.
• Xiao Ting proposed using his Purple Heaven Sky Flame and the Bone Chilling Flame to raise Medusa's chance of success, and Medusa asked what he wanted in return.
• Medusa agreed to cooperate with Xiao Ting and wait up to two years for him to reach Dou Wang, then asked how they would stay in contact.

Xiao Ting arranged for Queen Medusa to stay near him until he reached Dou Wang, when he would help her evolve. After Medusa left for the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Ting teased Xun'er about marrying her and Ling Yue secretly began hoping to earn a place at their future wedding’s main table.

• Xiao Ting offered Medusa the choice of waiting with him or returning to the Snake-People Tribe until he reached Dou Wang, and she chose to stay near him as a bodyguard.
• Xiao Ting asked Medusa for ten or twenty bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and she promised to bring them depending on his sincerity before leaving for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Ting asked Ling Yue to establish another Spatial Barrier, and she sealed the area before stepping through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Ting told Xun'er he would marry her and let Ling Yue sit at the main table, making Xun'er blush and leaving Ling Yue to imagine sitting among Dou Sheng powerhouses.

Xiao Ting returned to Wutan City after resolving matters in Shimo City, while Plane Blessings gave him and the women new knowledge and cultivation gains. Yun Yun learned that her teacher, Yun Shan, might be a Soul Hall Protector and set out to seek answers from Xiao Ting; Xiao Ting then revealed to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that he had found a mature Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Ting returned to Shimo City, fed Xiao Lan a medicinal pill, and sent her toward Wutan City while recording his thoughts in his Notes.
• Xiao Ting praised the women’s future potential in his Notes, and Plane Blessings granted him alchemy knowledge and gave the women cultivation or technique gains.
• Yun Yun received a Plane Blessing saying she could kill Yun Shan during his secluded cultivation and sacrifice his corpse to reach Peak Dou Emperor, and she told the others she suspected he was a Soul Hall Protector.
• Xun'er advised Yun Yun that Yun Shan may have joined or been manipulated by the Soul Hall, and Yun Yun decided to head to Wutan City to ask Xiao Ting for answers.
• Xiao Ting met Xiao Yan in Wutan City, heard that Xiao Yan planned to travel for training instead of immediately attending Jia Nan Academy, and suggested he could enter the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Ting told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that he had discovered a mature Heavenly Flame in Shimo City.

Xiao Ting told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that he had found the Green Lotus Core Flame and obtained the supplies needed to refine it, prompting them to plan for Xiao Yan’s preparation. He then proved himself a prodigy by successfully refining medicine on his first attempt, while his Notes imagined Cao Ying becoming his alchemy maid and competing against Yao Ling.

• Xiao Ting told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that Xun'er had sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Magma World beneath the desert near Shimo City, and that they had found it there.
• Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yan needed to raise his strength and gather preparations before attempting to refine the flame; Xiao Ting said he had already obtained Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Queen Medusa and could ask Xun'er for a Spirit Absorber.
• Yao Lao tested Xiao Ting's alchemy knowledge and found his grasp of the fundamentals stronger than Xiao Yan's, leaving Xiao Yan discouraged.
• Xiao Ting entered a secret chamber with Yao Lao and successfully refined a good-quality crimson liquid using the Purple Heaven Sky Flame on his first attempt.
• Xiao Ting recorded in his Notes that Cao Ying might become his alchemy maid and that he would train her to defeat Yao Ling, confusing Cao Ying about who Yao Ling was.