Chapter Summaries

Ye Changge gained Venerable Tianhuo’s agreement to serve him for ten years in exchange for restoring his body, and received the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method. Before they left the ruins, Ye Changge revealed Yao Chen to the astonished Venerable Tianhuo.

• Ye Changge summoned his Fallen Emperor Flame to devour the infant Fallen Heart Flame, then explained that it had grown immensely powerful by consuming other Heavenly Flames.
• Ye Changge told Venerable Tianhuo that he could restore his body and offered to do so in exchange for ten years of service; Venerable Tianhuo accepted.
• Venerable Tianhuo gave Ye Changge the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method, a fire-controlling technique that could rival a Heaven Rank Dou Skill when four of its five beasts were formed from Heavenly Flames.
• Venerable Tianhuo prepared to leave the ruins, but Ye Changge said a guest was waiting and summoned Yao Chen, shocking Venerable Tianhuo.

Ye Changge emerged from the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda with Venerable Tianhuo’s Ring and had Elder Mo send him away. After Ye Changge left, the Heart Flame vanished from the tower, alarming the Inner Academy students.

• Old Yao introduced himself to Venerable Tianhuo and persuaded him to support Ye Changge as his protector.
• Old Yao told Venerable Tianhuo that Medicine King Valley had been destroyed by the Hall of Souls centuries earlier, leaving Tianhuo despondent.
• Old Yao and Venerable Tianhuo entered Ye Changge’s black Ring, and Ye Changge took charge of Tianhuo’s snow-white Ring and skeleton.
• Ye Changge emerged from the magma, noticed the seal over the cavern, and called on Elder Mo for help.
• Elder Mo used spatial power to make Ye Changge disappear, and the Heart Flame stopped radiating from the tower’s base.
• The Inner Academy students on every level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda opened their eyes in alarm when the Heart Flame vanished.

The Inner Academy students and tower-guarding elders discovered that Fallen Heart Flame had vanished completely, prompting the evacuation of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda. Grand Elder Su Qian could not sense the flame either and forbade the elders from searching deeper in the magma.

• The students found no Heartfire fragments despite their Fire Energy Cards retaining points, and panic spread through the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• The tenth-floor gray-robed elder ordered Elder Liu to evacuate students and summon Grand Elder Su Qian, then led two Dou Wang elders down to investigate.
• In the lower floors, instructors evacuated students, who feared a repeat of the battle from two years earlier.
• The gray-robed elder searched the magma sea and found no trace of Fallen Heart Flame, while the other elders found its disappearance inexplicable.
• Su Qian arrived, failed to sense Fallen Heart Flame, and rejected the gray-robed elder’s offer to investigate deeper in the magma.

Ye Changge refined a perfect-quality Soul Nourishing Pill that restored Venerable Tianhuo’s weakened Soul Body. He then considered giving Tianhuo a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame to strengthen him and earn his loyalty.

• Su Qian ordered the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda sealed and left to seek help investigating it.
• Ye Changge began refining a Soul Nourishing Pill for Venerable Tianhuo.
• Ye Changge completed a perfect-quality pill and let Venerable Tianhuo absorb it.
• The pill restored Venerable Tianhuo’s Soul Body and gave him strength comparable to a Dou Huang.
• Ye Changge thought of giving Venerable Tianhuo a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame to support his Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method and win him over.

Ye Changge gave Venerable Tianhuo a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame to help restore his combat strength, and Tianhuo accepted and began refining it. Old Yao then gave Ye Changge a Bone Spirit Cold Flame sub-flame, which Ye Changge swallowed as he prepared to cultivate the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method.

• Ye Changge offered Venerable Tianhuo a Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame, explaining that it could help him regain his fire-control strength.
• Venerable Tianhuo suspected the sub-flame might let Ye Changge control him, but after a long struggle he accepted it.
• Venerable Tianhuo swallowed the sub-flame and entered deep cultivation to refine it.
• Ye Changge told Old Yao it was his turn to receive a flame, and Old Yao gave him a Bone Spirit Cold Flame sub-flame.
• Ye Changge listed his flames, noted that Sea Heart Flame would be his true fifth flame, and swallowed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame sub-flame and a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.

Ye Changge spent a month mastering the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method with Venerable Tianhuo's help, then summoned its five Fire Spirits and tested their power. He formed the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Array, whose disk began to solidify and release a formidable aura.

• Ye Changge told Old Yao that he still needed another Heavenly Flame and planned to obtain the one in Maple City to complete the five spirits.
• Venerable Tianhuo agreed to help Ye Changge study the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Method, and Ye Changge unfolded its scroll.
• A month later, Ye Changge summoned the Wolf, Leopard, Lion, Tiger, and Dragon Spirits, each radiating Dou Zong-level power.
• Ye Changge ordered Wolf Spirit to find prey, and it captured a Snow Demon Heavenly Ape with a single attack before returning to him.
• Ye Changge formed the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Array and directed the five Fire Spirits to take their positions on its disk, which solidified and began to rotate.

Ye Changge tested his Five-Wheel Separation Fire Disk, which distorted space, then Han Feng learned the Inner Academy’s Heavenly Flame was the Fallen Heart Flame and began organizing Black Corner Region factions to seize it. Three days later, Han Feng prepared to meet the gathered faction leaders, while several groups had refused to join his plan.

• Ye Changge formed a massive four-colored fire disk that created a spatial rift, then dismissed it and left.
• Han Beng reported to Han Feng that the Jia Nan Academy Inner Court had fought a massive Invisible Fire Python.
• Han Feng realized the Inner Academy possessed the Fallen Heart Flame and resolved to devour it to break through to the Dou Zong Realm.
• Han Feng ordered Han Beng to summon Black Corner Region factions and invite others to join an assault on the Inner Academy.
• Three days later, Han Beng reported that Heavenly Yin Sect, Mad Lion Gang, and Rakshasa Gate had rejected the invitation, while the other leaders had arrived.
• Han Feng left the side hall to greet the Golden and Silver Elders after they asked where he was.

Han Feng hosted a gathering in Maple City before his planned operation, but Ye Changge arrived and revealed his strength as a Dou Zong with the Fallen Heart Flame. Their battle began with Ye Changge overwhelming Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame techniques, and Han Feng sent a flaming beast charging at him.

• Han Feng checked with Han Beng that the guests and defenses were ready for the operation planned for the next day.
• Ye Changge crashed Han Da’s head into Han Feng’s courtyard and challenged him, prompting Han Feng to summon the Sea Heart Flame.
• Ye Changge revealed his Dou Zong strength and spread a vast curtain of invisible flames that interrupted the other battles and stunned the gathered experts.
• Han Feng recognized Ye Changge’s flame as the Fallen Heart Flame and resolved to kill him and devour it.
• Han Feng attacked with the Sea Flame Halberd, but Ye Changge’s Ancient Green Sky Lotus swallowed it.
• Han Feng formed the Sea Heart Illusory Beast and sent it charging at Ye Changge.

Ye Changge brought Han Feng before Old Yao, who confronted his former disciple about betraying and murdering him over the Flame Mantra. After Han Feng showed no remorse, Old Yao formally expelled him from his sect.

• Ye Changge summoned Old Yao from his Ring and presented Han Feng to him.
• Old Yao asked whether Han Feng had attacked him solely to obtain the Flame Mantra, and Han Feng accused him of refusing to pass it on.
• Old Yao explained that he had delayed because elders, including Feng Xian, had reported Han Feng's misconduct and he had hoped Han Feng would change.
• Han Feng revealed that he had allied with the Hall of Souls after Old Yao rejected his request for the Flame Mantra for the eighth time, and that Old Man Muggu had contacted him.
• Old Yao told Han Feng he would eventually have inherited his legacy, but Han Feng denied responsibility and blamed Old Yao for making him wait.
• Old Yao chose to end the matter himself and declared that Han Feng was no longer his disciple.

Yao Chen destroyed Han Feng’s cultivation and alchemy foundations before burning him to death with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Ye Changge collected Han Feng’s Ring and claimed the Sea Heart Flame, then confronted the Golden and Silver Elders at their cabin.

• Han Feng mocked Yao Chen, but Ye Changge struck him down and Yao Chen shattered his Qi vortex and sea of consciousness.
• Yao Chen burned Han Feng’s body and soul with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then retreated into the Ring as Ye Changge supported him.
• Ye Changge picked up Han Feng’s Abyssal Sea Storage Ring and examined the Sea Heart Flame, noting that he now possessed five Heavenly Flames.
• The Golden and Silver Elders left their cabin and discussed how Han Feng’s death had cost them their promised Shattering Sect Pills.
• Ye Changge appeared before the Golden and Silver Elders, who became wary and prepared for a confrontation.

Ye Changge forced the Golden and Silver Elders to submit by summoning five powerful flame beasts and nearly killing them with his Five-Wheel Separation Fire Disk. He bound them to his service and ordered them to reach the Dou Ancestor Realm within three days using Shattering Sect Pills.

• Ye Changge demanded that the Golden and Silver Elders submit, but they refused and linked their auras with a joint technique.
• Ye Changge summoned five flame beasts with Dou Ancestor-level energy, then formed the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Array and threatened the elders.
• The Golden and Silver Elders knelt and begged for their lives, but Ye Changge released the fire disk, destroying the mountain behind their house.
• Ye Changge warned the elders there would not be a next time, then placed invisible lotus seals on their foreheads to bind them to him.
• Ye Changge gave the elders Shattering Sect Pills and ordered them to break through to the Dou Ancestor Realm within three days.

Ye Changge arrived in Maple City with the newly advanced Golden and Silver Elders and demanded that the region's gathered powers submit or die. After Elder Gold proved his strength by capturing Elder Ban, Wang Haoyu offered the Blood Sect's submission, leaving the other leaders to decide their fate.

• Ye Changge left the buried house with the Golden and Silver Elders and headed to Maple City.
• Ye Changge entered the hall where the region's leaders were dividing Han Feng's property, and the Mad Lion Gang's leader backed down while Yuan Yi greeted him as his lord.
• Ye Changge demanded submission or death and killed a two-star Dou Wang instantly with Heart Fire Projection.
• Ye Changge sent Elder Gold after Elder Ban, who was captured and suspected that Elder Gold had broken through to Dou Zong.
• Ye Changge warned that his patience was exhausted, and Wang Haoyu declared that the Blood Sect would submit.

Ye Changge forced the Black Corner Region’s major factions to merge into Ye Emperor Hall and began expanding its control from Maple City. After ordering the Beast Taming Gate to submit, he sent a large force to confront it.

• Sect Master Wang of the Blood Sect surrendered, and the remaining leaders accepted Ye Changge’s flame lotuses, which bound them to his control.
• Ye Changge ordered the gathered factions to merge into Ye Emperor Hall, named himself Ye God, and killed a protesting Dou Wang when the leaders resisted.
• Seven days later, Ye Changge demanded that other powerful Black Corner Region factions join Ye Emperor Hall and revealed that he was a Seventh-Grade Alchemist.
• Ye Changge sent Ye Emperor Hall’s experts to conquer the Beast Taming Gate for its battle pets and other capabilities.
• The Beast Taming Gate’s Sect Master, Grand Elder, and three other elders flew out to face the approaching force.

Yuan Yi led Ye Emperor Hall’s forces across the Black Corner Region, demanding that powerful factions submit or die. After taking several factions by force, the group headed for Sky-Rending Sect.

• Yuan Yi threatened the Beast Taming Gate, and its sect master agreed to submit and wear Ye Emperor Hall’s robe.
• Yuan Yi’s forces overwhelmed Demonic Blade Gate, and Elder Ban revealed that they were submitting to Ye Changge’s Ye Emperor Hall.
• Kui Sha refused to submit and fled, but Motian killed him; Yuan Yi ordered the remaining Kuilang Gang members killed.
• Ye Emperor Hall’s forces burned Kuilang Gang’s headquarters, then Elder Wang Haoyu identified Sky-Rending Sect as their next target.
• Yuan Yi led the group toward Sky-Rending Sect, eager to earn contribution points.

Ye Emperor Hall’s rapid conquest of the Black Corner Region drew the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley into an alliance against it. As their forces confronted Ye Emperor Hall, Yuan Yi’s aura surged to a level comparable to a Dou Zong, leaving the clash poised to begin.

• Ye Emperor Hall swept through more than half of the Black Corner Region, prompting its hidden powerful factions to respond.
• Mo Tianxing, Mo Ya, and the Black Emperor Sect elders agreed to join forces with Demon Flame Valley against Ye Emperor Hall.
• The Third Elder reported that Demon Flame Valley would send Grand Elder Fang Yan and several elders, while Old Demon Dimu remained in secluded cultivation.
• Ye Changge learned that few factions remained outside the influence of Ye Emperor Hall and ordered Yuan Yi to gather the elders as their visitors approached.
• Mo Tianxing and Fang Yan arrived with more than twenty experts, but Ye Emperor Hall’s forces met them in the air and revealed that many Black Corner Region factions had submitted to the Hall.
• After Mo Tianxing threatened Yuan Yi, Elder Ban and several high-level Dou Huangs boosted Yuan Yi’s aura until it became comparable to a Dou Zong’s.

Yuan Yi and Ye Emperor Hall faced Mo Tianxing and Demon Flame Valley’s forces, with the Golden and Silver Elders drawing Mo Tianxing away while Elder Ban’s group stalled Fang Yan and his brothers. Fang Yan unleashed a dangerous flame technique and then ordered his brothers to use Fire Phoenix Manifestation.

• Yuan Yi dispelled Mo Tianxing’s pressure, and the Golden and Silver Elders appeared after striking him and revealed they had reached the Dou Ancestor Realm.
• The Golden and Silver Elders lured Mo Tianxing away while Yuan Yi led Ye Emperor Hall’s forces against the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley.
• Elder Ban and three Dou Huangs confronted Fang Yan and his brothers, who fused their flames into a powerful Transformed Fire.
• Elder Ban’s group evaded the flaming bird and stalled Fang Yan until he realized they were buying time.
• Fang Yan ordered his brothers to stop holding back and join him in performing Fire Phoenix Manifestation.

Ye Changge sent Fallen Emperor Flame to stop Fang Yan and the other Demon Flame Valley elders from killing Elder Ban. After devouring their Fire Phoenix, Fallen Emperor Flame left the weakened trio to face Ye Emperor Hall’s fighters.

• Fang Yan and two other high-level Dou Huangs combined their Dou Qi to form a huge Fire Phoenix that drove Elder Ban into danger.
• Ye Changge ordered Fallen Emperor Flame to intervene, and the invisible dragon blocked the Fire Phoenix’s attack on Elder Ban.
• Fallen Emperor Flame devoured the Fire Phoenix, causing Fang Yan and the other two to spit blood and fall from peak Dou Huang to initial Dou Huang.
• Fallen Emperor Flame departed, while Ye Changge chose to let the battle continue so Ye Emperor Hall’s fighters could gain experience.
• Elder Ban led the Ye Emperor Hall fighters in attacking the weakened Fang Yan and his companions for contribution points.

Elder Ban and the other Ye Emperor Hall experts captured the leaders of Demon Flame Valley and Black Emperor Sect, including Fang Yan and Mo Tianxing. Ye Changge offered the captives a place in his ranks, then Yuan Yi began forcing them to accept Ye Emperor Hall’s control, killing those who resisted.

• Elder Ban and his companions defeated Fang Yan and the other Demon Flame Valley elders, then brought them to Ye Changge.
• Golden and Silver Elders defeated Mo Tianxing, sealed his cultivation, and brought him to the captured Black Emperor Sect members, including his son Mo Ya.
• Ye Changge gathered nearly thirty captives by the lakeside and declared that they would join Ye Emperor Hall; none agreed aloud.
• Yuan Yi ordered the captives to swallow intangible energy spheres, killing Demon Flame Valley’s Xie Zhen and another elder when they refused.
• A frightened Demon Flame Valley elder swallowed a sphere, and an invisible flaming mark appeared on his forehead.

Yuan Yi forced Demon Flame Valley's elders and the Black Emperor Sect's leaders to swallow restrictions, while Mo Tianxing taught Mo Ya that survival mattered more than pride. The chapter ended after Yuan Yi finished imposing restrictions on everyone.

• Fang Yan swallowed Yuan Yi's restriction despite insisting he was not afraid, then was redirected to stand with the others.
• The second elder swallowed his restriction, leaving the third elder to face Yuan Yi.
• Mo Tianxing explained to Mo Ya that temporary humiliation was worthwhile if it meant staying alive, then swallowed his own restriction.
• Mo Ya swallowed his restriction after Mo Tianxing urged him to comply.
• Yuan Yi finished imposing restrictions on everyone after half an hour.

Ye Changge formalized the rules and ranks of Ye Emperor Hall as its new members prepared to transfer their forces to the headquarters. He assigned the Golden and Silver Elders to recruit Elder Hawk Mountain and planned to unite the Black Corner Region after defeating Old Demon Dimu.

• Yuan Yi explained Ye Emperor Hall's ranks and strict rules, naming Mo Tianxing and Fang Yan as elders and warning the new members to obey.
• Ye Changge ordered Mo Tianxing to transfer the Black Emperor Sect's affairs to the headquarters and told Fang Yan he would negotiate with Demon Flame Valley; he gave Fang Yan a Shattering Sect Pill and ordered healing pills sent later.
• Yuan Yi reported that Elder Hawk Mountain had refused to meet Ye Emperor Hall's representatives, so Ye Changge sent the Golden and Silver Elders to bring him back.
• Ye Changge said he would defeat Old Demon Dimu before forcing the Black Corner Region's remaining forces to submit, then ordered the Golden and Silver Elders to take Hawk Mountain to meet him.