Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu learned that Han Feng had summoned the Heavenly Snake Mansion to prepare for an attack on Jia Nan Academy, and he sent Green Man back to Black Seal City to watch for the plot. After returning to the Inner Academy, he and Xun Er found Gu Yuan waiting for her; Gu Yuan asked her to return to the Gu Realm once matters were settled and requested to meet Xiao Yu.

• Qing Lin grew close to Xun Er as Xiao Yu and Xun Er showed the visitors around Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy.
• Green Man told Xiao Yu that Han Feng had invited the Heavenly Snake Mansion because of the condition attached to the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Yu warned Green Man that Han Feng might soon attack Jia Nan Academy and told her to return to Black Seal City to contact him and wait for instructions.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er returned to the Inner Academy, leaving Qing Lin, Elder Qing, and Nalan Yanran in the Outer Academy.
• Gu Yuan told Xun Er to return to the Gu Realm after settling her affairs and asked her to bring Xiao Yu to meet him.
• Gu Yuan said he would consider bringing Xiao Yu into the Ancient Clan and cultivating him if Xiao Yu had decent talent.

Xiao Yu met Gu Yuan, Xun Er’s father and the Ancient Clan’s patriarch, and discussed the Xiao Clan’s surviving Dou Di bloodline and the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xiao Yu revealed that he had invited Gu Yuan to observe the coming conflict over the Fallen Heart Flame, hoping to draw the Ancient Clan into confronting the Soul Hall.

• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that her father, Gu Yuan, had arrived and wanted to meet him.
• Gu Yuan tested Xiao Yu with his gaze, then asked how Xiao Yu had gained traces of the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di bloodline.
• Xiao Yu explained that Xiao Xuan had secretly sent away a Xiao Clan branch with part of the bloodline, though he did not know where the Tou She Ancient God Jade was.
• Xiao Yu told Gu Yuan that Han Feng would likely attack Jia Nan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, bringing Soul Hall forces into the conflict.
• Gu Yuan saw through Xiao Yu’s plan to have the Ancient Clan help deal with the Soul Hall, and Xiao Yu accepted that his intentions were obvious.

Xiao Yu persuaded Gu Yuan to help him establish a force by eliminating Soul Hall’s influence in the Black Corner Region, then prepared the Inner Academy for the Fallen Heart Flame’s seal to be weakened. After six students endured Heart Flame body tempering, Su Qian ordered the elders to the tower and students to evacuate as the plan began.

• Xiao Yu asked Gu Yuan to help oppose Soul Hall, and Gu Yuan agreed to wipe out its forces in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yu told Su Qian that the seal on the Fallen Heart Flame would be weakened in three days and asked the Inner Academy elders to hold off Han Feng’s forces.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan about the opportunity to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame and sent Green Man to join Yuan Yi in Black Seal City.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to reinforce the seal and prepare to weaken it, while the top ten Strong Ranking participants began Heart Flame body tempering.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, Yan Hao, and Lin Yan endured the tempering, and Su Qian summoned all elders to the tower and ordered students to evacuate.

Xiao Yu and Su Qian entered the sealed pit beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower as the Fallen Heart Flame erupted with overwhelming force. Xiao Yu reinforced the failing barrier with Ice Attribute Dou Qi and ordered the elders to evacuate, warning them to watch Maple City.

• Xiao Yu withdrew his Chaos Flame, causing the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower to riot violently.
• Su Qian and Xiao Yu descended into the sealed pit and saw the vast magma world below.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the magma as a massive transparent fire python and struck the elders' barrier, spreading cracks across it.
• Xiao Yu covered the cracks with Ice Attribute Dou Qi and told the elders to leave the tower and monitor Maple City.
• Su Qian approved Xiao Yu's order, and the elders evacuated the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

Su Qian and Xiao Yu released the Fallen Heart Flame from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, drawing Han Feng’s attention and prompting him to gather sect leaders in Maple City. Han Feng revealed that he planned to attack Jia Nan Academy despite its Dou Zong guard.

• Xiao Yu and Su Qian agreed to release the Fallen Heart Flame, even if doing so destroyed the tower, because they hoped to preserve the Heavenly Flame and eliminate Han Feng.
• Xiao Yu broke the barrier with his Chaos Flame aura, and the Fallen Heart Flame surged out as a magma pillar and a massive fire python.
• Gu Yuan and the students watched the fire python attack the black energy barrier, while Han Feng sensed the Heavenly Flame’s eruption from Maple City.
• Han Feng ordered Han Beng to summon the leaders of the Eight Fan Sect, Earth Flame Sect, Blood Sect, and Heavenly Snake Mansion to Maple City.
• Han Feng told the assembled sect leaders that he intended to attack Jia Nan Academy, and Yan questioned the plan because a Dou Zong expert guarded it.

Han Feng gathered Black Corner Region experts and led them to Jia Nan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Li and Elder Hai noticed the group heading toward the academy. Han Feng arrived as the flame battered its seal and openly challenged Su Qian, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Han Feng persuaded Green Man, Fan Lao, and the others to help him seize Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Flame, saying the Golden Silver Elders would handle Su Qian.
• Xiao Li and Elder Hai spotted several Dou Emperor auras flying toward Jia Nan Academy and followed them.
• The Fallen Heart Flame attacked its barrier, and Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders reinforced the seal.
• Han Feng appeared above the Inner Academy with his allies, and Xiao Yan felt a reaction from Yao Lao's ring and hostility toward Han Feng.
• Han Feng declared that he had come for the Heavenly Flame, and Su Qian challenged him to test Jia Nan Academy's strength.

Han Feng’s coalition confronted Jia Nan Academy over the Heavenly Flame, and Su Qian ordered the academy’s elders to defend it. As battle broke out, Xiao Yu arranged for Cai Lin to protect his companions and secretly directed Green Man to attack Yuan Yi.

• Hu Gan and Su Qian rejected Han Feng’s demand to hand over the Heavenly Flame, and Su Qian ordered the elders to defend it to the death.
• Xiao Yu told Xun Er, Zi Yan, and the others to protect one another while he planned to draw out the Soul Hall, and he secured Cai Lin’s help by promising Spirit Fusion Pill ingredients.
• Han Feng brought the Golden Silver Elders into the conflict, and Su Qian clashed with them in midair.
• As Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and Yan prepared to attack, Xiao Yu secretly instructed Green Man to target Yuan Yi first.
• Green Man formed a wooden thorn and sent it shooting toward Yuan Yi.

Green Man revealed Heavenly Snake Mansion’s support for Jia Nan Academy, while Yuan Yi’s Soul Hall aura awakened and raised his strength. As Han Feng and his allies launched their attack on the academy, Xiao Yu flew toward Hu Gan amid the spreading battle.

• Green Man struck Yuan Yi away and declared that Heavenly Snake Mansion would protect Xiao Yu and oppose Han Feng’s attack on Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Gan promised Heavenly Snake Mansion the academy’s support, while Han Feng threatened to retaliate against it.
• Yuan Yi released a sinister Soul Hall aura that raised his strength from the peak of Two-Star Dou Emperor to the peak of Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan elders watched from a concealed space as Gu Yuan reflected on his past failure to cooperate with the Xiao Clan.
• Han Feng ordered an attack and charged toward the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, while Fan Lao blocked Hu Gan’s elders with his fighters.
• As the battle erupted across the sky, Xiao Yu flew toward Hu Gan.

Xiao Yu joined the battle against Fan Lao while Hu Gan fought Han Feng and Green Man faced Yuan Yi. As Han Feng pressed toward the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Green Man called for White Fang, whose arrival halted Yuan Yi for a moment.

• Hu Gan and Han Feng began fighting, while Fan Lao attacked Elder Hao and other Inner Academy elders.
• Xiao Yu appeared beside Elder Hao, revealed his Seven-Star Dou Wang strength, and challenged Fan Lao with the elders’ support.
• Fan Lao gathered blood threads as Xiao Yu charged him with Chaos Flame coating his hands, and the Fallen Heart Flame retreated toward the bottom of the tower.
• Han Feng forced Hu Gan back and continued toward the tower, while Yuan Yi intercepted Green Man and attacked her.
• Green Man called White Fang for help, and the peak Dou Huang burst from the forest, making Yuan Yi pause.

Xiao Yu used Frostless—Heavenly Chill and Wind Demon Nine Fingers to defeat and kill Fan Lao. White Fang arrived to help Green Man confront Yuan Yi, while the battle against Han Feng continued.

• White Fang flew in and joined Green Man as they prepared to face Yuan Yi, who transformed into black mist.
• Xiao Yu’s Frostless—Heavenly Chill slowed Fan Lao’s Dou Qi, giving Xiao Yu an opening to break through his defenses.
• Fan Lao used Blood-Devouring Armor and Blood Demon Hand, but Xiao Yu’s Chaos Flame burned away the armor and Xiao Yu destroyed the handprint.
• Xiao Yu focused Heavenly Chill on Fan Lao and struck him with Wind Demon Nine Fingers, killing him despite having less than thirty percent of his Dou Qi left.

Xiao Yu killed Fan Lao and struck Han Feng with a single punch as Han Feng summoned the Soul Hall to attack the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. The Soul Hall forces arrived while Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan elders to deal with them discreetly, and Han Feng prepared to retaliate against Xiao Yu.

• Xiao Yu killed Fan Lao with a dark-gold flame that erased his corpse and soul.
• Cai Lin covered Little Xiao Nian's eyes, then warned her not to reveal that Zi Yan had given her pills.
• Han Feng knocked Hu Gan away with the Sea Heart Flame and whistled to summon the Soul Hall.
• Gu Yuan identified the approaching Soul Hall forces and told Gu Fa to eliminate their leaders without exposing the Ancient Clan's involvement.
• Xiao Yu shattered Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame barrier with his Chaos Flame and punched him in the face.
• Han Feng recovered, furious, and threatened Xiao Yu.

Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, and Elder Qing followed the commotion into Jia Nan Academy’s ruined Inner Academy, where Green Man joined the battle and Xiao Yu clashed with Han Feng. Han Feng called on Soul Hall members Qin Tian and Qing Hai, and Qin Tian’s mention of Venerable Yao drew attention to Xiao Yan and his hidden master.

• Nalan Yanran headed toward the source of the powerful aura, and Elder Qing carried Qing Lin after her toward Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.
• Nalan Yanran, Elder Qing, and Qing Lin entered the ruined Inner Academy and spotted Han Feng and the disguised Green Man among the gathered fighters.
• Green Man struck the person beside her and joined the battle, while Qing Lin and Elder Qing reunited with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yu’s Chaos Flame shattered Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and forced Han Feng to retreat.
• Han Feng asked Qin Tian, Qing Hai, and the other Soul Hall members to help kill Xiao Yu.
• Qin Tian called for Venerable Yao to reveal himself, prompting Gu Yuan to realize that Xiao Yan possessed powerful Soul Power and that the boy’s master had survived.

Yao Lao revealed himself through Xiao Yan and confronted Han Feng and Soul Hall, while Xiao Yu prepared to turn the tables on the invading Venerables. The Ancient Clan arrived with overwhelming force and annihilated Qin Tian, Qing Hai, and the other Soul Hall members.

• Yao Lao poured his Soul Power into Xiao Yan, raising his strength and revealing the Fallen Heart Flame’s Child Flame as Han Feng recognized him.
• Yao Lao reminded Han Feng that Soul Hall had used him as a pawn, and Qin Tian revealed that Yao Lao had escaped Soul Hall years earlier.
• Qin Tian pierced Han Feng’s left arm with a black chain and threatened to take Xiao Yu and Yao Lao back to Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yu signaled toward Gu Yuan’s hidden location, and Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan elders to leave no trace after dealing with the invaders.
• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan elders emerged through a rift, and their overwhelming power destroyed the Soul Hall members, including Qin Tian and Qing Hai.

Xiao Yu summoned the Reverse Scale Sword, whose spirit emerged and began absorbing the power of Soul Hall members during the battle. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng with a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, leaving Xiao Nian delighted by the fiery explosion.

• Soul Hall members began exploding as the Ancient Clan attacked, and the Reverse Scale Sword emerged from Xiao Yu's Storage Ring.
• The Reverse Scale Sword Spirit appeared beside Xiao Yu, revealing an aura at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm and alarming Xun Er, Su Qian, and Cai Lin.
• Reverse Scale attacked Soul Hall members and absorbed their power, while Gu Yuan recognized it as an undead spirit and explained its unusual nature to Gu Fa and the other elders.
• Xiao Yan used a multicolored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus to inflict serious injuries on Han Feng.
• Little Xiao Nian clapped and called Xiao Yan's fire lotus fireworks pretty.

Reverse Scale broke through to the Dou Zong realm and killed the remaining Soul Hall fighters and the Golden Silver Elders. Han Feng then sacrificed himself to breach the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower’s seal, letting Fallen Heart Flame absorb the released energy before it retreated deeper into the tower.

• Reverse Scale absorbed the last Soul Hall member’s power and broke through to the Dou Zong realm, while White Fang’s horn pierced Yuan Yi and left him poisoned and gravely wounded.
• Xiao Yu ordered Reverse Scale to kill the Golden Silver Elders, and Reverse Scale swiftly cut both of their throats before returning to Xiao Yu’s hand as the Reverse Scale Sword.
• Han Feng engulfed himself in Sea Heart Flame, grew stronger, and flew toward the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower as Su Qian and Hu Gan tried to stop him.
• Han Feng exploded against the tower, blasting a breach in its seal and unleashing violent Heavenly Flame energy.
• Fallen Heart Flame absorbed the energy, then shrank toward the bottom of the tower instead of breaking through the seal.

Xiao Yan pursued the Fallen Heart Flame into the abyss beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, with Nalan Yanran following him. After the crisis was sealed, Xiao Yu learned that Xun Er would return to the Ancient Clan in three days and promised to ask for her hand in two years.

• The Fallen Heart Flame absorbed the Sea Heart Flame and grew stronger, then fled into the abyss beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• At Yao Lao’s suggestion, Xiao Yan decided to pursue and subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, hoping to devour it and the Sea Heart Flame.
• Nalan Yanran followed Xiao Yan into the abyss, and Su Qian sealed the tower’s entrance.
• Xiao Yu reassured Hu Gan that Xiao Yan had a wisp of flame to deter the Fallen Heart Flame and identified Nalan Yanran as the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader.
• Gu Yuan and the others departed, and Xiao Yu said the Underworld could be established now that many Black Corner Region forces had fallen.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yu she would return to the Ancient Clan in three days, and he promised to visit in two years to ask for her hand.

Xiao Yan landed in the magma cavern and discovered that Nalan Yanran had fallen in after him. After leaving her on a floating boulder, he plunged into the magma to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame, while events above ground returned to normal.

• Yao Lao sensed an unknown aura following Xiao Yan into the cavern, and Xiao Yan recalled hearing a woman's voice.
• Xiao Yan reached a magma sea and landed on a floating boulder, where Nalan Yanran fell onto him.
• Nalan Yanran claimed she had come to see her teacher and accidentally fallen in, and Xiao Yan learned the sealed entrance left them trapped below.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran to wait on the boulder and entered the magma, using the Child Flame to track the Fallen Heart Flame's source.
• Nalan Yanran sat by the magma as Xiao Yan disappeared beneath it, while Jia Nan Academy returned to normal above ground.
• Xiao Yu went to Xun Er's room and invited her for a walk, and Xun Er agreed.

Xiao Yu and Xun Er shared a romantic moment beneath the moonlight, while Elder Hai and Xiao Li fought the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape and found its Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Elder Hai and Xiao Li left the cave with some of the treasure, continuing toward the mountain range’s exit.

• Xiao Yu and Xun Er walked hand in hand to their waterfall and kissed beneath the moonlight.
• Elder Hai and Xiao Li encountered the berserk Snow Demon Heavenly Ape, which attacked Xiao Li after mistaking them for people seeking its Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Elder Hai struck the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape with his ice techniques and gravely wounded it.
• Elder Hai and Xiao Li searched the valley, found the cave, and took some Earth Core Body Tempering Milk while leaving the rest behind.
• Elder Hai and Xiao Li left the cave and continued through the mountain range toward the exit.

Xiao Yu secured his appointment as a Jia Nan Academy elder and planned to head to Twilight City to destroy the Blood Sect. As visitors arrived at his residence, White Fang recognized Cai Lin as Queen Medusa and surprised everyone.

• Su Qian offered Xiao Yu a reward, and Xiao Yu asked to become an elder and establish a force in the Black Corner Region with the academy's support.
• Xiao Yu reassured Su Qian that Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower should be safe while Xiao Yan devoured the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yu told Cai Lin they would leave for Twilight City in three days to destroy the Blood Sect and find medicinal ingredients for her.
• Elder Hai and Xiao Li arrived at Jia Nan Academy seeking Xiao Yu, while Wu Hao brought Green Man, Elder Qing, Qing Lin, and White Fang to Xiao Yu's residence.
• White Fang recognized Cai Lin as Queen Medusa, approached her excitedly, and frightened Little Xiao Nian.

Cai Lin protected Little Xiao Nian from White Fang, and Xiao Yu arranged cultivation pills for Qing Lin before welcoming Xiao Li and Elder Hai to the Inner Academy. After learning that Xiao Ding had established his faction in Twilight City, Xiao Yu decided to go there in two days.

• Cai Lin blasted White Fang out of the hall after he frightened Little Xiao Nian, then warned Green Man to keep her people in line.
• Xiao Yu promised to prepare cultivation pills for Qing Lin before she and Green Man returned to Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• An Inner Academy elder told Xiao Yu that Xiao Li and Elder Hai had arrived, and Xiao Yu went to meet them with Xun Er, Cai Lin, and Little Xiao Nian.
• Xiao Li explained that he and Elder Hai had followed powerful people toward Jia Nan Academy before losing them on the way.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yu that Xiao Ding had raised his banner in Twilight City, and Xiao Yu said they would go there in two days.