Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin’s group revealed their trap and wiped out the Black-Corner Region forces who had joined the battle, killing the Soul Hall Protectors and surrounding Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan. The chapter ended with the Pill Tower Ancestor stopping Mo Tianxing’s attempted self-destruction.

• Xiao Jin returned to the battlefield as Medusa and the Pill Tower Ancestor pretended to fight while the others struggled against the Earth Demon Puppets.
• Medusa and the Pill Tower Ancestor suddenly killed the two Soul Hall Protectors, leaving Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan exposed.
• The Earth Demon Puppets and Xiao Jin massacred the gathered forces while Medusa and the Pill Tower Ancestor fought Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan; Zi Yan killed a Two-Star Dou King.
• After Zi Yan killed the last Dou King, Xiao Jin told Mo Tianxing that the group was not from the Soul Hall and that the dead Protectors had been Soul Hall members.
• Mo Tianxing tried to self-destruct, but the Pill Tower Ancestor stopped him.

Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor killed Mo Tianxing, Old Man Ying Shan, and the Soul Hall Protector, then questioned the protector about the Soul Hall’s operation. After learning the Soul Hall had no branch in the Northwest Continent and the protector knew little else, they turned to looting and dividing the spoils.

• Xiao Jin killed Old Man Ying Shan before he could speak, and the Pill Tower Ancestor summoned the Soul Hall Protector’s weakened soul.
• Xiao Jin questioned the Soul Hall Protector, who revealed that the Soul Hall had ordered the collection of alchemists’ souls in the Black-Corner Region.
• The Soul Hall Protector explained that the group had come from outside the Northwest Continent and that the operation had wiped out their entire party.
• Xiao Jin learned the souls were collected by an unnamed Dou Venerate sent from the main hall, then sealed the protector inside the Soul Origin.
• Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor prepared to loot the dead and divide the spoils.

Xiao Jin divided the spoils from Black Seal City between Zi Yan and Medusa, then set out to destroy the Eight Fan Sect. Zi Yan and Medusa returned to Jia Nan Academy and the Snake-Person Race, while Medusa planned to rejoin Xiao Jin before he departed for the Central Plains.

• Zi Yan rescued the little girl Xiao Jin had marked, and he arranged for an Earth Demon Puppet to guard her.
• Xiao Jin divided the medicinal pills, medicinal ingredients, techniques, and gold coins among himself, Zi Yan, and Medusa.
• Medusa kissed Xiao Jin, who pushed her away, and she felt his heart was gradually opening to her.
• Xiao Jin prepared to eliminate the Eight Fan Sect, while Medusa escorted Zi Yan and the rescued girl to Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa planned to settle the Snake-Person Race's affairs before returning to Xiao Jin ahead of his journey to the Central Plains.

After six months of hunting Black List experts, Xiao Jin and Zi Yan prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy, where the Fallen Heart Flame was growing unstable. As Xiao Jin accepted a farewell banquet, Xun'er dealt with another unwanted admirer and awaited his return.

• Xiao Jin and Zi Yan gained strength through six months of battles, while their killings of Black List experts earned them fear across the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Jin told Zi Yan they would return to Jia Nan Academy to investigate the rioting Fallen Heart Flame, then travel to the Central Plains after spending a little over a year there.
• Elder Wu invited Xiao Jin to a farewell banquet on behalf of the Enforcement Team, and Xiao Jin accepted.
• Xun'er burned an unopened letter from another admirer, and Xiao Yi Xian told her Xiao Jin would soon return.

After a night of drinking with the Enforcement Team, Xiao Jin returned to peak condition and set off with Zi Yan for Jia Nan Academy, unaware of why she was angry with him. At his courtyard, Liu Qing arrived to challenge Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian after hearing of their rise through the Strong Ranking.

• The Enforcement Team plied Xiao Jin with wine, and Zi Yan carried him back to his room after the banquet.
• Zi Yan angrily punched the unconscious Xiao Jin, then left without noticing that he scratched the spots she had hit in his sleep.
• Xiao Jin woke up, cleared the remaining alcohol with his Dou Qi, and asked Zi Yan to return to Jia Nan Academy with him.
• Zi Yan blamed Xiao Jin for her anger but refused to explain, so he flew with her toward the academy.
• Qing Lin saw Liu Qing and his companions waiting outside the courtyard and mistook them for suitors bothering Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Qing, now a Six-Star Dou Ling after half a year of seclusion, came to challenge Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian after hearing of their Strong Ranking victories.

Xiao Jin returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin after more than half a year away. He dismissed Liu Qing's challenge and discovered that the girls had made major advances in cultivation.

• Liu Qing arrived to challenge Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er, but Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Dou King strength and refused to fight him.
• Xiao Jin appeared at the courtyard gate, and Xun'er ran to welcome him before he embraced her.
• Liu Qing withdrew his challenge after recognizing Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin sent the gathered students away.
• Xiao Jin returned to the courtyard with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin while Zi Yan went to visit Su Qian.
• Xiao Jin discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Three-Star Dou King, Xun'er had reached Four-Star Dou King, and Qing Lin had reached Two-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Jin reassured Xun'er that he planned to return to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before heading to the Central Plains, while reflecting on how quickly the girls were catching up to his cultivation. Zi Yan then questioned Su Qian about her origins, and the revelation that her father may have vanished near Jia Nan Academy left Su Qian fearing a powerful danger nearby.

• Xiao Jin told Xun'er he would stay with her at Jia Nan Academy, then take Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Wutan City and later travel to the Central Plains.
• Xun'er worried about Soul Hall's soul-collecting scheme, and Xiao Jin said he had already destroyed its Northwest Continent organization.
• Su Qian scolded Zi Yan for tearing up his residence, while Su Ju quietly cleaned the mess.
• Zi Yan asked Su Qian whether he had discovered anything when he found her, explaining that Xiao Jin had identified her true form as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan told Su Qian that her father must have disappeared near Jia Nan Academy, prompting him to fear that a dangerous place nearby had trapped or killed an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast.
• Su Qian decided he had to find Xiao Jin and learn more about the danger.

Xiao Jin reassured Su Qian that Jia Nan Academy’s hidden cave mansion was sealed and promised Xiao Yan could resolve the Fallen Heart Flame crisis. He then prepared to refine a second Heavenly Flame, learning from the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Tree of Life within his dantian was the key to refining multiple flames.

• Xiao Jin confirmed to Su Qian that a sealed cave mansion lay near Jia Nan Academy and said he would investigate it to protect the academy.
• Xiao Jin promised Su Qian that Xiao Yan could handle the Fallen Heart Flame and that the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower would not face the same crisis again.
• Xiao Jin spent several days resting with the girls before going alone to the mountains outside the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Jin settled in a cave after sending two Earth Demon Puppets to scout the surrounding area.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor explained that the Tree of Life rooted in Xiao Jin’s dantian would let him refine multiple Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Jin chose to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, trusting that the flames from his Storage Ring would not harm him. As the flame entered his body and transformed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the Pill Tower Ancestor told him to circulate his technique and awaken the Tree of Life.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor recommended that Xiao Jin refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as his second Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Jin doubted he could handle the flame, while the Heavenly Flames in his Storage Ring teased the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Jin touched the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and discovered that it welcomed being refined by him.
• Xiao Jin swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which began changing the Three Thousand Burning Flame from purplish-brown to pink.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor urged Xiao Jin to circulate his technique, pour Dou Qi into his Dou Crystal, and give birth to the Tree of Life.

Xiao Jin absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and broke through the Dou Crystal in his dantian, causing a vast surge of energy as he advanced toward Dou Emperor. Two months later, a powerful wave reached the Inner Academy, and Xun'er believed he had succeeded.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame gathered in Xiao Jin's dantian, where its essence and the pink lake shattered his Dou Crystal and revealed an emerald Little Sapling.
• The Little Sapling absorbed the lake while Xiao Jin's aura climbed, drawing energy from the surrounding lands and driving nearby Magical Beasts away or into submission.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor judged that Xiao Jin might break through directly to Peak Dou Emperor, as his aura reached its peak and then rapidly fell.
• During Xiao Jin's two-month absence, Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian each advanced one star, while Qing Lin reached Four-Star Dou Ling.
• A wave of energy from Xiao Jin's distant breakthrough shook the Inner Academy, and Su Qian shielded it with an energy barrier.
• Xun'er sensed Xiao Jin's aura weaken and concluded that he had successfully broken through.

Xiao Jin fused the Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and refined his rapidly rising cultivation until his foundation stabilized at Six-Star Dou Emperor. He named the new Heavenly Flame the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame, and the Pill Tower Ancestor suggested exploring the Magma Space beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Xun'er explained that Ling Ying had been reporting Xiao Jin's situation to her.
• Xiao Jin absorbed the new Heavenly Flame's energy, and his cultivation surged as high as Peak Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Jin repeatedly compressed his Dou Qi to stabilize his foundation, settling at Six-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Jin showed the Pill Tower Ancestor his fused Heavenly Flame and named it the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor urged Xiao Jin to explore the Magma Space beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.

After Xiao Jin returned to the courtyard as a seventeen-year-old Dou Emperor, Su Qian, Qianmu, and Bailie came to see his breakthrough and assess his strength. He gave Zi Yan more medicinal pills, then reunited with Xun'er and revealed that he had reached Six-Star Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Jin found Su Qian, Qianmu, and Bailie waiting in the courtyard after his breakthrough had caused a disturbance across the Inner Academy.
• Qianmu and Bailie sensed that Xiao Jin was already above five-star Dou Emperor and considered his potential to refine Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Zi Yan complained that she had nearly run out of medicinal pills, so Xiao Jin gave her jade bottles containing pills, including several Sixth-Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Zi Yan teased Su Qian, Qianmu, and Bailie before leaving them alone with Xiao Jin and Xun'er.
• Xun'er congratulated Xiao Jin, and he proudly told her he had reached Six-Star Dou Emperor.

Xiao Jin sparred with Su Qian to master his new Dou Emperor strength, then warned him that a second Fallen Heart Flame might be growing beneath Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Jin agreed to investigate the Magma World alone, leaving Su Qian to wait for news.

• Xiao Jin and Su Qian clashed in a spar, and Xiao Jin realized he could only hold his own against weaker Dou Ancestors.
• After half a month of sparring, Xiao Jin told Su Qian that the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower’s Fallen Heart Flame had become harder to suppress.
• Xiao Jin suggested that another Fallen Heart Flame might exist in the Magma World beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Jin claimed his own Heavenly Flame let him sense something in the Magma World, and Su Qian offered to accompany him.
• Xiao Jin refused Su Qian’s offer and said he would investigate alone, planning to prepare before entering the Magma World.

Xiao Jin and Xun'er visited a city near Jia Nan Academy, where they encountered Nalan Yanran being harassed by con artists. Xiao Jin intervened and demanded that they return the important item they had stolen from her.

• Xiao Jin and Xun'er flew to the city together for a day out and explored its busy shops and stalls.
• Xiao Jin explained that the city was orderly because the Enforcement Team had taken it over.
• As Xiao Jin and Xun'er headed out of the city, they spotted Nalan Yanran surrounded by several men who had tricked her.
• Xiao Jin used Pink Flame to force the men back and warned them that the Enforcement Team would soon arrive.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Jin for help recovering her stolen things, and he ordered the leader to hand them over.

Xiao Jin recovered the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and learned that Nalan Yanran had come to the Black-Corner Region seeking a Heavenly Flame to save Nalan Jie from Brand Poison. After Xiao Jin revealed his Pink Flame, Xun'er persuaded him to help Nalan Yanran and use the Nalan Clan's gratitude to strengthen his plans in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Jin searched the men's Storage Rings and returned the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva to Nalan Yanran, who thanked him by kowtowing.
• Xiao Jin asked whether the Nalan Clan was in trouble, and Nalan Yanran tearfully explained that Nalan Jie was gravely ill with Brand Poison.
• Nalan Yanran admitted she had come alone to the Black-Corner Region to seek a Heavenly Flame, though she did not know what one looked like.
• Xiao Jin showed Nalan Yanran the Pink Flame on his finger and told her it was a Heavenly Flame, prompting her to cling to his clothes.
• Xun'er calmed Nalan Yanran and urged Xiao Jin to help her, pointing out that the Nalan Clan's favor could advance his plans in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Jin reluctantly agreed that helping Nalan Yanran would be useful because the Nalan Clan already had influence and resources in the empire.

Xiao Jin brought Nalan Yanran to Jia Nan Academy and watched Xiao Yan win an assessment battle against five Dou Grandmasters. After learning that Nalan Yanran needed help because her grandfather was in danger, Xiao Yan agreed to assist her, citing both the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and the clan’s interests.

• Xiao Jin returned Xun'er to the Inner Academy, then took Nalan Yanran to the Outer Academy to consult Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Yan, now a One-Star Dou Ling, fight five Dou Grandmasters and realized how badly her arrogance had damaged relations between their clans.
• Xiao Jin greeted Headmaster Hu Gan, who explained that Xiao Yan was being tested for early entry to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan defeated all five opponents, and Hu Gan granted him special qualification to enter the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Jin introduced Nalan Yanran and explained that her grandfather was in danger and that he planned to help her.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help Nalan Yanran, saying he needed the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and had to consider the clan’s interests.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy with Nalan Yanran to seek treatment for Nalan Jie and visit their family in the Jia Ma Empire. At the Nalan Clan, Nalan Su doubted that Xiao Jin was an alchemy master, prompting Xiao Jin to joke that failing to recognize people might be the Nalan Clan’s ancestral teaching.

• Xiao Yan agreed to let Xiao Jin handle the Nalan Clan matter and accompanied him to the Imperial Capital before visiting their brothers and father.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy, and Hu Gan marveled at Xiao Jin’s strength and potential.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Xiao Jin had reached at least five-star Dou Huang, startling Xiao Yan with how quickly his brother had advanced.
• Xiao Jin summoned Earth Demon Puppets to carry the group, further shocking Nalan Yanran, and they reached the Imperial Capital in a day.
• Nalan Yanran brought the brothers to the Nalan Clan and introduced Xiao Jin as an alchemy master, but Nalan Su dismissed him as an unconvincing young man.
• Xiao Jin joked to Xiao Yan that failing to recognize people was becoming the Nalan Clan’s ancestral teaching.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Su after Xiao Jin ordered him to teach the Nalan Clan head a lesson, while Nalan Yanran accepted that her father had been rude. The Nalan Clan’s elders and guests arrived to find Hai Bodong addressing Xiao Jin respectfully, leaving Nalan Su to realize his own actions had brought disaster upon the clan.

• Xiao Jin mocked Nalan Su and told Xiao Yan to shut him up, so Xiao Yan attacked him with fused Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Jin reassured Nalan Yanran that he had no intention of harming the Nalan Clan, and she reflected on the consequences of her broken engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun sensed a familiar aura and a Heavenly Flame, then left her room to investigate.
• Hai Bodong and the Nalan Clan’s elders headed to the front courtyard after hearing the battle, and Hai Bodong offered to help defend the clan.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Su and asked Nalan Yanran whether making her father pay a price was unreasonable; she admitted her father had been rude first.
• Hai Bodong respectfully greeted Xiao Jin, and Nalan Su realized that his own actions had put the Nalan Clan in danger.

Xiao Jin cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and warned him to avoid using Dou Qi while he recovered. As Xiao Jin left with Yun Yun and Hai Bodong, Hai Bodong invited him to the Mittel Family by mentioning Ya Fei, leaving Yun Yun jealous and questioning him about her.

• Xiao Jin used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to remove Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and restored him to the strength of a Two-Star Dou King.
• Xiao Jin warned Nalan Jie not to use Dou Qi or fight while he recovered, and Nalan Jie thanked him respectfully.
• Xiao Jin asked Nalan Yanran to see him out, while Yun Yun and Hai Bodong followed along.
• Hai Bodong invited Xiao Jin to the Mittel Family and mentioned that Ya Fei missed him, prompting Xiao Jin to accept the invitation.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Jin who Ya Fei was and what realm she had reached, then pouted as Xiao Jin wondered at her unusual behavior.

Xiao Jin considered recruiting Yun Yun into a force of his own after learning she had become a Dou Zong. At the Miteer Auction House, Ya Fei greeted him with teasing familiarity, leaving Yun Yun curious about their relationship.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Jin that Yun Shan had become a Two-Star Dou Zong and that she herself had also broken through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Jin considered building his own force to oppose the Soul Clan and saw Yun Yun as a promising ally.
• Xiao Jin, Yun Yun, Hai Bodong, and Miteer Tengshan arrived at the Miteer Auction House, while Xiao Yan went to browse its treasures and sell medicinal pills.
• Ya Fei entered the VIP room, teased Xiao Jin, and leaned close to whisper that he had never given her a private chance.