Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie reorganized Burning Heaven Sect and set rules for its growth before returning to cultivation. He then resolved to use Life Simulation and the Bodhi Ancient Tree to develop a way to strengthen his body and improve the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation.

• Xiao Jie instructed Yan Sheng and the other Dou Lings to uphold his expectations and asked Liu He about the sect’s operations.
• Xiao Jie set strict disciple recruitment limits, gave the sect Xuan Tier techniques, established annual competitions and promotion rules, and ordered the recruitment of Dou Kings and stronger guest elders.
• Xiao Jie asked Kui Shan and Hai Bodong to oversee the sect while he pursued the Seven-Star Dou Emperor level.
• Xiao Jie considered his physical weakness and the limits of the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation, then decided to use Life Simulation to develop a body-strengthening secret technique.
• Xiao Jie called Chun Lan and Xia He to serve him and considered using the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Bodhi Heart, and Bodhi Seed to aid his future simulations.

Xiao Jie learned that the newly formed Mystic Yellow Flame had been discovered inside a volcano guarded by a Tier 7 Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast. He decided to compete for it, recruiting the newly advanced Dou Zong from the Thousand Herb Workshop and preparing to face Han Feng and the other factions.

• Xiao Jie reviewed reports of shifts in the Black-Corner Region, including the Thousand Herb Workshop master's breakthrough to Dou Zong and Demon Flame Valley's announcement that Fang Yan had advanced to Dou Zong.
• Liu He delivered the completed ingredients for the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill and reported a possible Heavenly Flame site south of the Black-Corner Region.
• Liu He described the Mystic Yellow Flame and its Tier 7 Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast guardian, and Xiao Jie recognized it as the flame he had planned to claim.
• Xiao Jie instructed Liu He to offer the Thousand Herb Workshop master rewards for her help and to have her secure the site until he arrived.
• Xiao Jie resolved to pursue the Mystic Yellow Flame before Han Feng or other factions could claim it, then left the council hall.

Xiao Jie asked Kui Shan to join Hai Bodong and the Thousand Herb Workshop master in securing a newly emerged Heavenly Flame while he prepared a powerful pill. He began refining the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill with rare dragon-type materials and continued the process as he raced to reach them in time.

• Xiao Jie told Kui Shan about the Heavenly Flame near the Black-Corner Region and asked him to go with Hai Bodong and the Thousand Herb Workshop master to secure it.
• Kui Shan agreed to help Xiao Jie and left to inform Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Jie entered a secret chamber to refine the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill using a Tier 7 Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Core and dragon-type blood essence.
• Xiao Jie spent nearly six hours refining the beast core into pure energy, then began refining the Diamond Fruit.

Xiao Jie completed the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill and faced its Pill Lightning over Twilight Mountain, using the bolts to temper his body. After nine strikes, the storm clouds receded, leaving him stronger.

• Xiao Jie carefully fused the medicinal liquids over more than a day until the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill formed and drew Pill Lightning.
• A pillar of light rose above the Burning Heaven Sect, and people in Twilight City recognized the phenomenon as a Tier 7 Pill forming.
• Xiao Jie appeared above Twilight Mountain and used his flames to fight several Thunder Dragons while allowing weakened lightning to strike him.
• Xiao Jie deliberately endured increasingly powerful bolts, strengthening his resistance to lightning and his physical body.
• After the ninth bolt struck, the storm clouds cleared and sunshine returned to Twilight Mountain.

Xiao Jie endured the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill’s transformation, broke through to Six-Star Dou Emperor, and hurried south to claim the Mystic Yellow Flame. At the Extreme Heat Land, Kui Shan and Hai Bodong arrived first and paused to recover before searching for it.

• Xiao Jie swallowed the Diamond Bone-Sculpting Pill and endured an hour of painful bodily transformation.
• Xiao Jie recovered, advanced to Six-Star Dou Emperor, and left the Burning Heaven Sect for the Mystic Yellow Flame’s location.
• Xiao Jie considered how to deal with the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast and rival experts, including Han Feng, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Mo Tiange.
• Three days later, Kui Shan and Hai Bodong reached the Extreme Heat Land and sensed powerful fighters within.
• Kui Shan and Hai Bodong agreed to rest and recover before searching for the Heavenly Flame.

Kui Shan and Hai Bodong entered the Extreme Heat Land to search for the Mystic Yellow Flame and assessed the powerful factions gathering there. They headed toward the central volcanic region, leaving the Lava Python battle behind as the race for the Heavenly Flame intensified.

• Kui Shan and Hai Bodong rested beneath a mountain, then sensed three approaching experts and identified them as the Black-Imperial Sect’s Four-Star Dou Zong master and two Dou Emperors.
• Kui Shan and Hai Bodong discussed the threat of rival factions and relied on Xiao Jie’s promised support from the master of Thousand Herb Workshop.
• Kui Shan and Hai Bodong set off toward the central region to prevent Mo Tianxing or another rival from claiming the Heavenly Flame before Xiao Jie arrived.
• Kui Shan identified the experts fighting a sixth-tier Lava Python as Tie Wu, the Rakshasa Lady, and Old Demon Yin, leaders of three Black-Corner Region factions.
• Kui Shan and Hai Bodong judged the three Dou Emperors no match for a Dou Zong and continued toward the center while the group fought the Lava Python.

The Mad Lion Gang and its allies discussed the experts pursuing the Heavenly Flame and set out for the largest volcano in the Extreme Heat Land. Hai Bodong and Kui Shan arrived there and joined forces with Yao Ling as the gathered factions prepared to contest the flame.

• Tie Wu, Old Demon Yin, and Rakshasa Lady killed the Rank Six Lava Python and speculated about the two experts they had seen.
• Tie Wu, Old Demon Yin, and Rakshasa Lady decided to find the Heavenly Flame and headed toward the largest volcano.
• Hai Bodong and Kui Shan reached the volcano, where Mo Tianxing challenged Kui Shan over his presence in the Black-Corner Region.
• Kui Shan surveyed the gathered experts, including Fang Yan, Yao Ling, Star-Plucking Elder, and Jia Nan Academy’s elders.
• Hai Bodong told Yao Ling that he and Kui Shan had come at Xiao Jie's request and proposed that they work together, and Yao Ling agreed.

Yao Ling, Kui Shan, and the other factions waited to join forces against the powerful Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast, while worrying that Han Feng and other experts would arrive. As the factions assessed their chances of claiming the Heavenly Flames, the battle had not yet begun.

• Yao Ling told Kui Shan and Hai Bodong that the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast was comparable to a Six-Star Dou Zong, so they waited for more experts before attacking.
• Yao Ling warned that Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders might arrive, and Kui Shan urged everyone to recuperate before the battle.
• Mo Tianxing explained to Mo Ya that the factions were waiting to avoid letting others profit after the beast was killed, and he chose not to ally with Demon Flame Valley yet.
• Fang Yan reassured Situ Duan that Earth Demon Old Ghost would come to support Demon Flame Valley, and they waited for him.
• Hu Gan told Su Qian that Jia Nan Academy's small group was outmatched by the many powerful factions gathered for the Heavenly Flames.

Mo Tianxing and the assembled factions prepared to fight the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast for the Heavenly Flame, while Han Feng arrived with a formidable group of Black List experts. The factions surrounded the volcano and provoked the beast, with Xiao Jie still expected to arrive.

• Su Qian agreed to help Old Man Huo pursue the Heavenly Flame, and Hu Gan offered to support them.
• Three Black List experts arrived, and a day later Mo Tianxing urged the factions to attack.
• Han Feng arrived with the Gold and Silver Elders, Yuan Yi, Old Man Ying Shan, and other experts, alarming the rival factions with his strength.
• Kui Shan, Yao Ling, and Hai Bodong decided to join the attack while hoping Xiao Jie would arrive soon.
• The factions surrounded the volcano, and the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast emerged from the magma and warned the humans to leave.

The factions fought the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast to seize the Mystic Yellow Flame, but the Rank Seven beast proved difficult to injure. Yuan Yi was gravely wounded, and Han Feng urged everyone to finish the battle before retreating to conserve his strength.

• The Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast emerged from the magma and refused Mo Tianxing's demand to surrender the Mystic Yellow Flame, so the factions attacked it.
• The beast rose from the volcano and withstood the factions' techniques behind its energy barrier and tough scales.
• The Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast struck Yuan Yi with a beam of energy, severely wounding him, and Han Feng caught him and gave him a medicinal pill.
• The factions grew more cautious and intensified their attacks, while Mo Ya stayed at a distance after seeing Yuan Yi's injury.
• Han Feng urged the others to kill the beast quickly, then retreated far away to conserve his strength.

Xiao Jie arrived during the battle against the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast and helped the gathered experts kill it. As they divided the beast’s materials and prepared to compete for the Heavenly Flame, Xiao Jie challenged the others over how the remaining spoils would be assigned.

• The experts joined forces and badly wounded the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast, but its counterattack injured Zhong Shan, Qi Shan, and several others.
• The beast tried to flee, but Xiao Jie arrived and stopped it with a Heaven-Burning Fist, allowing the experts to surround it again.
• Xiao Jie asked Hai Bodong where the Heavenly Flame was, then joined the fight as Han Feng watched him closely.
• The experts killed the Lava Crocodile Dragon Beast and began claiming its materials: Demon Flame Valley took its Beast Flame, the Black-Imperial Sect its Magic Core, and Jia Nan Academy its essence blood.
• Han Feng asked to try subduing the Heavenly Flame first, but Fang Yan and Mo Tianxing refused, so he chose the essence bloodline and agreed to compete for the flame by strength.
• Xiao Jie objected that the Burning Heaven Sect should not be left with the unwanted materials.

Xiao Jie proposed auctioning the magical beast materials, and the factions agreed before turning to claim the Heavenly Flame. As they exposed it in the volcano, Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived and declared it his.

• Xiao Jie proposed auctioning the four valuable materials and dividing the proceeds among the five factions, and Han Feng supported the plan.
• Demon Flame Valley and Jia Nan Academy agreed, and Mo Tianxing accepted after the other factions had decided.
• Han Feng led the experts to the volcanic crater, where they attacked the volcano and exposed the Heavenly Flame swimming in the magma.
• Qi Shan observed that the Heavenly Flame had not yet developed intelligence.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived with a powerful aura and claimed the Heavenly Flame, alarming the factions and darkening Han Feng's expression.

Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived at the Heavenly Flame contest as an overwhelming Eight-Star Dou Zong and forced Jia Nan Academy to withdraw by threatening its Inner Academy. He then challenged the remaining factions, and Mo Tianxing protested on behalf of the Black-Imperial Sect.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost appeared and revealed strength that surpassed the other Dou Zongs present.
• He claimed the Heavenly Flame and threatened Su Qian with a future attack on Jia Nan Academy unless its group withdrew.
• Su Qian agreed to withdraw and warned that Jia Nan Academy would destroy Demon Flame Valley if it later invaded; Hu Gan and Old Man Huo followed him away.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost asked the remaining factions whether they would fight him or leave.
• Mo Tianxing objected and invoked his father, Mo Tiange, but Earth Demon Old Ghost dismissed him as unqualified.

Xiao Jie and the other factions fought over the Mystic Yellow Flame until a Soul Hall Protector stole it. After leaving with his companions, Xiao Jie revealed he had secretly marked the flame and set out to intercept the thief.

• Mo Tianxing, Han Feng, and Xiao Jie tried to persuade Earth Demon Old Ghost to help them obtain the Heavenly Flame by offering pills.
• A black-mist-wreathed Soul Hall Protector appeared and used rune-covered chains to pull the Mystic Yellow Flame from the magma.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost and the other experts attacked the Protector, while Xiao Jie secretly sent a stream of flame into the Mystic Yellow Flame.
• The Protector escaped with the flame after his black mist nullified the attacks, and Xiao Jie left the area with Hai Bodong, Yao Ling, and Kui Shan.
• Xiao Jie told Hai Bodong to return to the Burning Heaven Sect while he, Yao Ling, and Kui Shan pursued the Protector using a mark he had placed inside the flame.

Xiao Jie, Kui Shan, and Yao Ling tracked the Heavenly Flame to Vulture Protector and attacked him to reclaim it. Xiao Jie trapped the High-Rank Dou Zong in the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array, and Vulture Protector began striking at the five flames to break free.

• Xiao Jie set out with Kui Shan and Yao Ling to stop Vulture Protector from escaping with the Heavenly Flame.
• Vulture Protector prepared to refine the captured flame beneath a waterfall, then sensed the three approaching and attacked them with rune-covered chains.
• Xiao Jie activated the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation, rising from a Six-Star Dou Emperor to a Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Jie sealed Vulture Protector inside the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array while Kui Shan and Yao Ling attacked him.
• Vulture Protector revealed himself from the black mist and sent chains toward the five Fire Spirits in an attempt to destroy them.

Xiao Jie and his companions drove off Vulture Protector, and Xiao Jie claimed and refined the Mystic Yellow Flame. His cultivation reached the peak of the Seven-Star Dou Emperor level, and the Flame Mantra advanced to Earth-Tier Low.

• Xiao Jie, Kui Shan, and Yao Ling attacked Vulture Protector together, and Xiao Jie detonated his five flames to badly injure him.
• Vulture Protector fled with the Heavenly Flame he had been protecting, but Xiao Jie recovered it while Kui Shan and Yao Ling pursued the Protector and then returned.
• Xiao Jie rested as Kui Shan and Yao Ling guarded him, then used the Blood Lotus Pill and Icy Spirit Spring to refine the Mystic Yellow Flame.
• Three days later, Xiao Jie reached the peak of the Seven-Star Dou Emperor level, and his Flame Mantra evolved to Earth-Tier Low.
• Xiao Jie thanked Kui Shan and Yao Ling and offered to provide them with pills in the future.

Xiao Jie returned with Yao Ling and Kui Shan after helping Yao Ling break through, while the story shifted back to Xiao Yan’s engagement dispute and his first meeting with the spirit in his ring. Xiao Yan learned that the spirit had absorbed his Dou Qi and accepted him as his master, leaving Yao Lao to guide his cultivation.

• Xiao Jie thanked Yao Ling for her hospitality and suggested they return to the sect with Kui Shan.
• More than half a year earlier, Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun visited the Xiao Clan to break Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to a Three Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan went to the back mountain and confronted the phantom in his ring after learning that it could help him become stronger.
• The phantom admitted that he had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi for three years, and Xiao Yan angrily attacked him before demanding compensation.
• The phantom promised to guide Xiao Yan’s cultivation and help him reach Seven-Stage Dou Qi, then introduced himself as Yao Lao.
• After learning Yao Lao was a higher-grade alchemist than Xiao Jie, Xiao Yan knelt and accepted him as his master.

Xiao Jie reviewed faction intelligence and received the Yao Brothers and Wind and Snow Pavilion’s Lady Hua and Hua Xuewei. He accepted the Yao Brothers into the Burning Heaven Sect as guest elders, while Lady Hua and Hua Xuewei remained to seek an audience about pills.

• Xiao Jie learned that Demon Flame Valley, the Black-Imperial Sect, and Han Feng were searching for the person who seized a Heavenly Flame, while the Black-Seal Auction House’s grand auction was scheduled for a month and a half later.
• Yan Sheng told Xiao Jie that Lady Hua, Hua Yuwei, and the Yao Brothers had arrived to see him.
• Xiao Jie welcomed the Yao Brothers, who asked to join the Burning Heaven Sect for protection from the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Xiao Jie accepted Yao Da, Yao Er, and Yao San as guest elders, offered them elder-level treatment and one promised pill each, and sent them to report to Yan Sheng.
• After the Yao Brothers left, Lady Hua and Hua Xuewei remained with Xiao Jie.

Lady Hua and Hua Xuewei sought pills from Xiao Jie and agreed to cooperate with Burning Heaven Sect, while Xiao Jie weighed the growing threat from Soul Hall and Han Feng. He resolved to reach the Dou Zong realm within a little over a year before his enemies could act.

• Lady Hua told Xiao Jie that she wanted King-Breaking and Emperor-Extreme Pills and proposed cooperation with Burning Heaven Sect.
• Xiao Jie warned Lady Hua and Hua Xuewei to keep his affairs confidential, and Lady Hua solemnly promised they would.
• Lady Hua handed Xiao Jie three sets of ingredients for each pill, and he asked her and Hua Xuewei to stay while he refined them.
• After the two women left, Xiao Jie considered his faction’s strength and concluded he needed to reach the Dou Zong realm within a little over a year.
• Xiao Jie feared Vulture Protector might tell Han Feng about his Heavenly Flames, and he considered that Han Feng could soon break through to Dou Zong.

Xiao Jie decided to seek an alliance with Demon Flame Valley to keep the Black-Imperial Sect and Han Feng from joining forces against the Burning Heaven Sect. He prepared to strengthen himself and left the chapter refining a Tier 7 Life-Returning Pill amid a powerful pill-lightning phenomenon.

• Xiao Jie weighed the dangers posed by Han Feng and the Black-Imperial Sect, then decided to remain in the Black-Corner Region and pursue an alliance with Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Jie sent Yan Sheng to deliver a message to Earth Demon Old Ghost and gave him a Vitality Pill for protection.
• Xiao Jie considered the shifting balance among the region's factions and concluded that he needed to break through to Dou Zong before his enemies could coordinate against him.
• Xiao Jie went to his secluded chamber to refine pills, including a Tier 7 Life-Returning Pill that could restore someone whose head and heart remained intact.
• Half a month later, Xiao Jie used the lightning from the Life-Returning Pill's formation to temper its medicinal power and consolidate his cultivation.