Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan learned that Jia Nan Academy’s Dean was Mang Qianchi, a powerful Lei Clan elder who had offered him protection if the Yao Clan came after him. He then secured Su Qian’s agreement to cooperate if he destroyed Demon Flame Valley, and left determined to confront the danger himself.

• The Thousand-Hundred Two Elders questioned Yao Yan about his Yao Clan ties, offered Mang Qianchi’s name as protection, and returned to their seclusion.
• Yao Yan declined to rely on Mang Qianchi, then resumed his exchange with Su Qian and returned with him to the courtyard.
• Zi Yan confirmed Yao Yan was unharmed and mocked Su Qian before Yao Yan gave her pills.
• Yao Yan told Su Qian he planned to destroy Demon Flame Valley and establish a new faction on its former site.
• Su Qian warned Yao Yan about Earth Demon Old Ghost’s strength but agreed to cooperate if Yao Yan could defeat him.
• Yao Yan accepted Su Qian’s offer of help if the Yao Clan pursued him and insisted he had to face his troubles himself.

Yao Yan reunited with Su Qian and Hu Gan at Jia Nan Academy, where Cai Lin awakened from her Devouring Heaven Python transformation and revealed her human form. After leaving Zi Yan at the academy, Yao Yan and Cai Lin headed toward Black Seal City, and Yao Yan disclosed that Zi Yan was a Void Ancient Dragon.

• Zi Yan mistook Cai Lin, still in her Seven-Colored Little Snake form, for a magical beast Yao Yan was raising, and Yao Yan jokingly called her his wife.
• Cai Lin awakened, transformed back into her human form, and told Yao Yan she had recovered to One Star Dou Ancestor while planning to reach two stars after absorbing the pill.
• Hu Gan arrived with several elders, received the Break-Sect Pill Yao Yan had promised him, and hurried off to attempt a breakthrough.
• Yao Yan told Su Qian he would help deal with Demon Flame Valley once his manpower was assembled, then left Jia Nan Academy with Cai Lin and left Zi Yan behind with pills.
• While flying toward Black Seal City, Yao Yan told Cai Lin and the others that Zi Yan's true form was a Void Ancient Dragon, startling Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable.

Yao Yan prepared to draw Earth Demon Old Ghost out of seclusion and begin a war against Demon Flame Valley, offering pills as bounties to recruit fighters while intending to face the Seven Star Dou Zong himself. He left Cai Lin worried about the secrets he was keeping, and ended determined to test his strength against Earth Demon Old Ghost in Black Seal City.

• Yao Yan told Cai Lin that Zi Yan might connect them to the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, then teased Cai Lin about being family before chasing after her.
• In Black Seal City, Yao Yan dismissed the recruited Dou Emperor experts as unreliable and reassured Cai Lin that he was confident against Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Yao Yan embraced Cai Lin, asked her to protect herself and Cai Die if anything happened to him, and left her wondering what he was hiding.
• Yao Yan ordered Yuan Yi to announce pill rewards for killing Demon Flame Valley fighters, hoping to provoke Earth Demon Old Ghost into leaving seclusion.
• Yao Yan told Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable that he planned to wait for Earth Demon Old Ghost in Black Seal City and kill him if necessary.

Yao Yan refined his control over his rapidly growing strength, tested the limits of the Five Round Separating Fire Method, and spent the next half month refining pills while Demon Flame Valley came under attack. Earth Demon Old Ghost returned and threatened to destroy Black Seal City, and powerful auras suddenly approached the city as the confrontation loomed.

• Yao Yan used his Exotic Flames to form five fire spirits with the Five Round Separating Fire Method, but dispersed the formation when its Soul Power and Dou Qi demands proved too great.
• Yao Yan resumed refining pills, and the strange phenomena above Black Seal City drew experts while Yuan Yi publicized rewards for attacking Demon Flame Valley.
• Black-Corner Region experts raided Demon Flame Valley branch halls for the rewards, prompting its forces to withdraw and Earth Demon Old Ghost to emerge and threaten Black Seal City.
• As residents fled and Yuan Yi feared for his life, Yao Yan stayed with Cai Lin and consolidated his strength through pill refinement.
• Yao Lao told Heavenly Fire Venerable that his soul had recovered with Yao Yan's Soul Nourishing Pill, and powerful auras suddenly approached Black Seal City.

Yao Yan confronted Earth Demon Old Ghost, who attacked Black Seal City after recovering his strength. Yao Yan revealed his formidable body and Heavenly Flame, but Earth Demon Old Ghost broke through his defenses, prompting Yao Yan to unleash the Eight Desolations Burning Heaven Seal.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived above Black Seal City and demanded that the Seventh-Rank Alchemist surrender, while his pressure forced Gold Silver Two Elders from the air.
• Yao Yan rose with Cai Lin and challenged Earth Demon Old Ghost, then stopped Cai Lin from fighting because he wanted the opponent for himself.
• Yao Yan charged Earth Demon Old Ghost and survived his ghost-claw strike, while his punch cracked Earth Demon Old Ghost's bones and made him cough blood.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost covered Yao Yan's arm in black ice, but Yao Yan shattered it and used Emerald Green Flame to disperse the Profound Ice Cold Energy.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost bombarded Yao Yan with ice spikes and exploding ice swords, piercing his skin and breaking through his Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Yao Yan drove back the Cold Mist with Emerald Green Flame and began forming the Eight Desolations Burning Heaven Seal.

Yao Yan unleashed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus against Earth Demon Old Ghost, whose defenses and desperate counterattack failed to stop its destructive power. The lotus shattered his blood-colored cold cloud and began engulfing the battlefield, leaving the fight’s final outcome unrevealed.

• Yao Yan’s giant emerald seal exploded against Earth Demon Old Ghost’s defenses, but the Seven Star Dou Zong emerged unharmed and prepared to kill Yao Yan and destroy Black Seal City.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost charged Yao Yan, but crushed only a flame phantom before Yao Yan attacked him from the side with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Yao Lao, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Su Qian, and the other spectators reacted with shock to the fire lotus’s immense power, while Earth Demon Old Ghost realized it could kill him.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost unleashed Blood Chill Extreme Freeze Sky, forming a vast blood-colored cold cloud that swallowed the fire lotus.
• The cold cloud shattered, and the expanding colorful flames annihilated Demon Flame Valley experts caught in their path as Yao Yan joined Cai Lin and told her to watch.

Yao Yan redirected the Four-Colored Fire Lotus away from Black Seal City, then used its explosion to wound Earth Demon Old Ghost before engaging him in a brutal fight. As Earth Demon Old Ghost unleashed a surge of power and knocked Yao Yan down, unseen observers debated which of them to target.

• Yao Yan restrained and redirected the expanding Four-Colored Fire Lotus, forcing Earth Demon Old Ghost out of hiding with its destructive energy.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Yao Yan, but Cai Lin intervened until Yao Yan called her back and released the lotus’s full power, devastating more than half of Black Seal City.
• Yao Yan protected Cai Lin from the explosion and continued fighting the badly wounded Earth Demon Old Ghost, rejecting his offer to withdraw.
• Yao Yan used the fight to draw out his bloodline-given potential, while his hidden vitality rapidly healed the injuries he appeared to suffer.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost unleashed a blood mist that increased his power, knocked Yao Yan from the sky, and blasted him toward the ground.
• Unseen observers discussed whether to target the Seventh-Rank Alchemist Yao Yan or the Seven Star Dou Zong Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Yao Yan defeated Earth Demon Old Ghost, rejected his plea for mercy, and then faced two Soul Hall Protectors who tried to claim the old man's soul. Iron Protector trapped Yao Yan in a domain that cut him off from the energy of heaven and earth, while Vulture Protector engaged Cai Lin.

• Two Soul Hall Protectors watched Yao Yan and Earth Demon Old Ghost fight, waiting for the battle to end before collecting their souls.
• Yao Yan overpowered Earth Demon Old Ghost, who admitted defeat and begged for his life, but Yao Yan struck him down anyway.
• Cai Lin checked on Yao Yan, and Yao Lao warned that the Soul Hall Protectors had arrived.
• Vulture Protector and Iron Protector emerged with their Netherworld Souls and demanded that Yao Yan hand over Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Iron Protector attacked Yao Yan while Vulture Protector held off Cai Lin, then trapped Yao Yan in his Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Devouring Domain.
• Iron Protector asked whether Yao Yan had come from the Central Plains after Yao Yan condemned Soul Hall for massacring cities.

Yao Yan revealed to Iron Protector that he was the young master sought by Soul Hall, then helped drive off both Protectors without exposing his connection to Soul Hall. Afterward, he planned to recuperate at Jia Nan Academy and devour the Sea Heart Flame while Yao Lao prepared to take Earth Demon Old Ghost’s body.

• Iron Protector recognized Yao Yan as Soul Hall’s young master, accepted his Message Jade Token, and agreed to conceal their connection while taking Earth Demon Old Ghost’s soul.
• Cai Lin fought Vulture Protector as Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable held back, ready to kill any Soul Hall witnesses if they intervened.
• Yao Yan emerged from the Ghost Realm with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, prompting Iron Protector and Vulture Protector to flee with Earth Demon Old Ghost’s soul.
• Cai Lin caught the exhausted Yao Yan, and Yao Lao warned him that the battle would draw Soul Hall’s attention before advising him to recuperate and devour the Sea Heart Flame.
• Yao Lao agreed to refine a body from Earth Demon Old Ghost’s corpse, while Iron Protector told Vulture Protector that Yao Yan was the young master the Venerable Elders had been seeking.

After killing Earth Demon Old Ghost, Yao Yan arranged for Yuan Yi and Gold Silver Two Elders to take over Demon Flame Valley, then returned to Jia Nan Academy to recover and cultivate. In seclusion with Cai Lin, he kissed her despite her insistence that he should be with Cai Die instead.

• Yao Yan ordered Yuan Yi to establish their faction's base at Demon Flame Valley and continue searching for the Fragmented Map discreetly.
• Yuan Yi vowed to force the Black-Corner Region's factions to cooperate and settle accounts with those who had hesitated.
• Su Qian confirmed that Jia Nan Academy would honor its agreement with Yao Yan, who then returned to the academy with Cai Lin.
• Yao Yan cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower while Cai Lin recovered beside him, and he considered his bloodline, the Outer Realm Demons, and the path ahead.
• Cai Lin told Yao Yan there was no future between them and urged him to think of Cai Die, but Yao Yan pulled her close and kissed her.

Iron Protector and Vulture Protector reported finding Yao Yan to the Soul Hall, and Hun Xuzi learned that his disciple had acquired the Flame Mantra and planned to confront Yao Chen. Hun Xuzi let Yao Yan pursue his own path and promised to protect him, while Yao Yan continued pressing his romantic claim on Cai Lin.

• Iron Protector and Vulture Protector returned to the Soul Hall and demanded an audience with a Venerable Elder after finding the young master.
• Mo Yu questioned the two Protectors, received their Message Jade Token, and learned that Yao Yan was in the Black-Corner Region and had Yao Lao in his hands.
• Mo Yu reported to Hun Xuzi, who learned that Yao Yan had mastered the Flame Mantra and was scheming against a Nine-Revolution Dou Zun Peak existence.
• Hun Xuzi told Mo Yu to send Yao Yan a message that he could act freely and that Hun Xuzi would cover for him, then rewarded Mo Yu with pills.
• Yao Yan teased Cai Lin while holding her, insisted that she belonged with him, and carried her toward the couch.

Yao Yan met Mo Yu, a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate, and received Hun Xuzi’s permission to act freely, along with a Flying Dou Technique crafting method and materials. He then returned to Demon Flame Valley, renamed it Heavenly Court, and prepared to build his own power in the Black-Corner Region.

• Yao Yan left Cai Lin, Yao Lao, and Heavenly Fire Venerable to meet Hun Xuzi’s messenger, Mo Yu, in a barren mountain.
• Mo Yu relayed Hun Xuzi’s message that Yao Yan could act without restraint and gave him a Communication Jade Token.
• Yao Yan showed Mo Yu a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan corpse and received the method and materials for crafting a Flying Dou Technique.
• Yao Yan told Mo Yu not to silence people who knew about him, then flew toward Demon Flame Valley to begin unifying the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Yan found that Demon Flame Valley had been renamed Heavenly Court, praised Yuan Yi’s work, and gave Gold Silver Two Elders Break-Sect Pills so they could advance to Dou Zong.

Yao Yan studied the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique and refined Earth Demon Old Ghost’s remains into a powerful puppet. After testing its strength, he stored it away to continue improving it.

• Yao Yan reviewed Demon Flame Valley’s spoils and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique and its required materials.
• Yao Yan decided to refine a puppet from Earth Demon Old Ghost’s body, using a Seventh-Rank Magic Core and a soul taken from a Demon Flame Valley Elder.
• Yao Yan tempered the puppet with metal and all Four Types of Exotic Flames over three days, then bound it to his command.
• Yao Yan tested the puppet in a punch exchange and judged its power formidable before storing it to pursue further improvements.

Yao Yan refined the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s wings and flesh during seclusion while the Heavenly Court grew under Cai Lin’s management. After three months, he emerged having advanced the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank High Grade by devouring the Sea Heart Flame, and Yao Lao considered his path toward Dou Sheng more promising.

• Yao Yan separated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s bone wings and special flesh, then used Soul Cleave to destroy the corpse’s remnant soul and refine its resentment into a magic crystal.
• Yao Yan combined the magic crystal and the auctioneer’s extracted essence blood with the bone wings, refining them during his seclusion.
• Cai Lin took charge of the Heavenly Court, removed recruits with unsavory histories, and focused on cultivating Jia Nan Academy students as the organization expanded.
• Yao Yan repeatedly refined Seventh-grade pills, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed their pill lightning, growing more powerful with each tribulation.
• After three months of silence, Yao Yan emerged with sky-blue flames and greenish-red wings, having devoured the Sea Heart Flame and advanced the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank High Grade.
• Yao Lao concluded that Yao Yan’s cultivation technique could advance further through Exotic Fires, bringing him closer to breaking through to Dou Sheng.

Yao Yan discussed his plans to return to the Jia Ma Empire before traveling to the Central Plains, while Yao Lao urged him to prepare for the dangers ahead by resurrecting their allies. Yao Yan and Cai Lin went to retrieve Mo Tianxing, arriving before the Black Emperor Sect leader and his son.

• Yao Yan revealed that his Flame Mantra had advanced to Earth Rank High Grade after he devoured the Sea Heart Flame, and he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire once the Heavenly Court stabilized.
• Yao Yan displayed the gold-and-silver Heavenly Demon Puppet and explained that pill lightning had greatly increased its strength and defenses.
• Yao Lao warned that Yao Yan's Exotic Flames and Heaven Demon Phoenix wings could attract powerful enemies in the Central Plains, and Yao Yan decided to resurrect Heavenly Fire Venerable using Mo Tianxing's body while postponing Yao Lao's resurrection.
• Yao Yan left with Cai Lin to retrieve Mo Tianxing, while Zi Yan stayed behind with Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• At the Black Emperor Sect, Mo Tianxing cautioned Mo Ya against hastily pledging allegiance to the Heavenly Court, then both men froze when Yao Yan and Cai Lin appeared before them.

Yao Yan killed Mo Tianxing and Mo Ya, then spent half a month with Cai Lin before returning to Demon Flame Valley. He prepared to use three types of Exotic Fire to resurrect Heavenly Fire Venerable.

• Yao Yan extracted Mo Tianxing's soul after killing him, while Cai Lin melted Mo Ya with her Poison Dou Qi.
• Yao Yan took Cai Lin away from Demon Flame Valley, claiming he needed her help with the effects of Sea Heart Flame and her bloodline cultivation.
• Yao Yan considered seeking the Tianshan Blood Pool in the Central Plains to help him advance through the Dou Zong realm.
• Cai Lin warned Yao Yan to explain his relationship with her to Cai Die, and he promised to do so.
• Yao Yan returned to Demon Flame Valley with Cai Lin after half a month and placated Zi Yan with medicinal pills.
• Yao Yan, Yao Lao, and Heavenly Fire Venerable went to the secret chamber to begin Heavenly Fire Venerable's resurrection, while Cai Lin stayed outside to guard them.

Yao Yan revived Heavenly Fire Venerable in Mo Tianxing’s body, restoring him to the Four-Star Dou Zun Peak. After the successful revival, Yao Yan prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Cai Lin and Zi Yan, while Heavenly Fire Venerable went into seclusion.

• Yao Yan used three Heavenly Flames, Heaven Demon Phoenix Blood Essence, and a Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill to fuse Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul with Mo Tianxing’s body.
• Yao Yan’s flames completed the revival, and Heavenly Fire Venerable emerged with his former appearance and a powerful Dou Zun aura.
• Cai Lin and Zi Yan met Yao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable outside the secret chamber, and Yao Yan said Yao Lao had recovered to the Four-Star Dou Zun Peak.
• Yao Yan asked Heavenly Fire Venerable to enter seclusion and told Cai Lin they would return to the Jia Ma Empire in a few days.
• Yao Yan gave Zi Yan pills and urged her to cultivate toward the sixth tier, then embraced Cai Lin.

Yao Yan prepared to leave the Black-Corner Region, chose Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family to manage the Heavenly Court, and returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Cai Lin and Zi Yan. The chapter ended with Cai Die waiting at the Snake-People Tribe’s palace, resenting Yao Yan and her sister after nearly three years apart.

• Yuan Yi searched the Black-Corner Region for the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragmented Map but found no trace of it, while Yao Yan set a goal of reaching Hun Xuzi’s level before the flame emerged.
• Yao Yan proposed that Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family manage the Heavenly Court in the Black-Corner Region, and Cai Lin agreed before they sparred at Demon Flame Valley.
• Yao Yan left for the Jia Ma Empire with Cai Lin and Zi Yan, telling Zi Yan they would visit the imperial capital and meet Cai Die.
• Yao Yan, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan flew over Da Ling City and headed toward the Snake-People Tribe’s new settlement.
• Cai Die watched from the palace window and complained that Yao Yan and her sister had gone too far.

Yao Yan returned to the Snake-People Tribe and reunited with Cai Die, Cai Lin, and the others. As he settled back in, he teased Cai Die into considering the same bloodline evolution that Cai Lin had undergone and encountered Hua She Er, while Zi Yan befriended the pill-eating Ling Er.

• Cai Die spotted Yao Yan arriving with Zi Yan and rushed into his arms, while Ling Er greeted him affectionately.
• Cai Die learned that Cai Lin had advanced and evolved her bloodline, and Yao Yan claimed that his near-death experience had helped Cai Lin gain Exotic Flame Power.
• Yao Yan suggested Cai Die could undergo the same evolution, and she eagerly agreed while Cai Lin left to speak with the elders.
• Yao Yan showed Zi Yan that Ling Er could consume medicinal pills in great quantities, then challenged them to compete over a pile of pills.
• Yao Yan spoke privately with Hua She Er, explained why he had held back Yue Mei's cultivation, and asked Hua She Er to talk with him later.

Yao Yan visited the Snake-People Tribe, reflected on his growth and the tribe’s changes, and intervened when he found a toddler imprisoned and targeted for her human and Snake-Person heritage. He recognized the child as Qing Lin, bearer of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and took her from Mo Bas.

• Yao Yan told Hua She Er that he had reached the peak of Nine Star Dou Huang and promised to leave cultivation resources for her before he left.
• Yao Yan toured the Snake-People Tribe’s Royal City with Hua She Er, Zi Yan, and Ling Er, seeing that humans could now enter the city.
• Yao Yan found a toddler locked in a cage and learned from Hua She Er that she was the child of a Snake-Woman and a human.
• Hua She Er confronted Mo Bas, but he tore open the cage and tried to kill the toddler.
• Yao Yan subdued Mo Bas with his pressure, took the child, and recognized her as Qing Lin with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.