Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan advanced to Nine-Star Dou Wang and learned that Han Feng was assembling forces for an attack on Jia Nan Academy. Yao Lao and Cai Lin decided to follow and find out what Yao Yan was planning.

• Yao Yan used a Huang Ji Pill to reach Nine-Star Dou Wang, relying on his powerful body and Spirit Realm Soul to control the pill’s effects.
• Yao Yan ended his seven-day seclusion, learned that Han Feng had contacted Demon Flame Valley and other factions, and anticipated that their assault on Jia Nan Academy would not go smoothly.
• Han Feng struggled to unite the factions, using Yao Yan’s name to draw them in while seeking the Exotic Fire at Jia Nan Academy as leverage.
• Yao Lao learned that Han Feng was gathering forces and worried that he could not handle the powerful experts involved.
• Cai Lin insisted on following Yao Yan, and Yao Lao agreed to accompany her.

Su Qian reinforced the seal containing the Fallen Heart Flame, then learned from Hu Gan that Han Feng had allied with several Black-Corner Region forces and might be targeting Jia Nan Academy. The chapter ended with Su Qian revealing that Yao Yan had gone to the Black-Corner Region.

• Su Qian battled the Fallen Heart Flame’s main body and repaired its weakening seal, despite growing exhausted.
• Su Qian checked on Zi Yan, who remained inside an energy eggshell while advancing.
• Hu Gan warned Su Qian that Han Feng had joined forces with Demon Flame Valley and at least three other factions, apparently to target Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Gan suspected Han Feng’s Seventh-Rank Alchemist martial uncle wanted the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian said he would try to summon the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders.
• Hu Gan asked where Yao Yan had gone, and Su Qian answered that he had gone to the Black-Corner Region.

Su Qian ordered Jia Nan Academy sealed while Han Feng gathered powerful allies to attack it after learning it held the Fallen Heart Flame. Han Feng set the assault for that night, leaving the academy facing an imminent invasion without Yao Yan or the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders available to help.

• Su Qian told Hu Gan that Yao Yan had left for one to three months, then ordered the academies and Peaceful Town sealed until Jia Nan Academy confirmed Han Feng's intentions.
• Su Qian privately worried that the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders were in seclusion and would not be able to assist the academy.
• Han Feng suffered a flare-up in his body and blamed Yao Lao for refusing to teach him the Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng's agent Han Beng reported that a Snake-Woman had accompanied Yao Yan and that Yuan Yi had sided with him, while also revealing the academy's Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• After learning the tower contained the Fallen Heart Flame, Han Feng decided to attack Jia Nan Academy that night and assembled allies including Su Mei, Fan Lao, and Mo Tianxing.

Han Feng led a coalition of Black-Corner Region factions to Jia Nan Academy and demanded access to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower to claim the Fallen Heart Flame. After battle erupted, Yao Lao, Cai Lin, and Yao Yan arrived outside the academy, where Yao Yan prepared to intervene in the conflict he had set in motion.

• Su Qian raised Jia Nan Academy's alert level, sealed Zi Yan's courtyard during her advancement, and gathered the academy's experts as Han Feng's forces arrived.
• Han Feng asked Su Qian to hand over the Fallen Heart Flame and threatened Jia Nan Academy after Su Qian refused to let his group inspect the tower.
• Han Feng revealed his Sea Heart Flame, Su Qian ordered the invaders slain, and Mo Tianxing engaged Su Qian as Fan Lao and the others began attacking the academy.
• Cai Lin offered to kill Han Feng, but Yao Lao warned that Han Feng was stronger than his rank suggested and recognized signs that he had cultivated the incomplete Flame Mantra.
• Yao Lao called Yao Yan out of hiding, and Yao Yan admitted he could not let the invaders slaughter academy residents and intended to control what happened next.

Yao Yan infiltrated Jia Nan Academy during Han Feng’s assault to reach the Fallen Heart Flame, while Yao Lao and Cai Lin stayed back. He reached the sealed Magma World and sensed the Fallen Heart Flame’s terrifying Source Heart Flame as the battle above continued.

• Yao Yan admitted he did not want the academy’s students caught in the attack but chose to infiltrate Jia Nan Academy alone to release the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Lao and Cai Lin stayed behind as Yao Yan headed toward the Inner Academy, and Yao Lao warned him about the danger of triggering a volcanic eruption.
• Su Qian and Mo Tianxing clashed above the academy while Han Feng’s forces fought Jia Nan Academy’s experts, and Han Feng tried to reach the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• Yao Yan slipped through the tower’s spatial seal, knocked out its guards, and descended to its lowest level.
• Yao Yan reached the Magma World and sensed the powerful Source Heart Flame of the Fallen Heart Flame.

Yao Yan broke Fallen Heart Flame free from its seal, overpowered it, and took control of its outer body while hiding the Tou She Ancient God Jade in the magma. He then followed a faint calling toward the Magma World’s depths, where he spotted a ring of light and a skeleton beside another Fallen Heart Flame.

• Yao Yan used his strength and Green Lotus Core Flame to rupture the seal, and Fallen Heart Flame burst into the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• Fallen Heart Flame attacked Yao Yan, but he beat it down, bound its main body, and used his Soul Power to control its fire-python shell.
• Yao Yan tossed the Tou She Ancient God Jade, concealed inside Magma Crystal, into the magma and planned to take Heavenly Fire Venerable away before the site was buried.
• Yao Yan rode inside Fallen Heart Flame’s body through the magma toward a faint calling, then saw a ring of light containing a skeleton and another Fallen Heart Flame near the bottom.

Yao Yan entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and met Heavenly Fire Venerable, who asked him to revive him in exchange for Fallen Heart Flame and a Heaven Rank Dou Skill. After Heavenly Fire Venerable entered the Bone Flame Ring, Yao Yan headed back through the magma to deal with Han Feng and Sea Heart Flame.

• Yao Yan evaded the Flame Lizardmen by entering the hidden space through the Bright Small Door with Fallen Heart Flame.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable appeared before Yao Yan, recognized Fallen Heart Flame, and learned that Yao Yan possessed Green Lotus Core Flame and Dou Di Bloodline.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable revealed that he had once owned Fallen Heart Flame and asked Yao Yan to revive him.
• Yao Yan showed Heavenly Fire Venerable a revival method requiring three Exotic Flames, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to pay with a Fallen Heart Flame and a Heaven Rank Dou Skill.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable entered the Bone Flame Ring with the Fallen Heart Flame, and Yao Yan left to pursue Han Feng and Sea Heart Flame.

Yao Yan defeated Han Beng and his group inside the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, then broke the last seal and released the Fallen Heart Flame. As the fire python emerged, Han Feng held back and Su Qian rushed to confront it.

• Su Qian attacked Mo Tianxing but could not break past his evasive defense, while Han Feng and Hu Gan continued their fierce battle nearby.
• Yao Yan used Soul Searching on Han Beng, learned of Han Feng’s past, and burned Han Beng and the others to ashes with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed Han Feng’s betrayal of Yao Lao and the changes in the outside world as Yao Yan broke the tower’s final seal.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the tower as a gigantic fire python, shocking the assembled fighters and students.
• Han Feng retreated and let Su Qian face the fire python, while Mo Tianxing stopped Su Qian from reaching the tower until Su Qian rushed toward it.

Yao Yan broke the final seal by combining Fallen Heart Flame with Green Lotus Core Flame, then directed the escaped flame toward Han Feng. As Han Feng tried to refine it with Sea Heart Flame, Fallen Heart Flame transformed into a powerful fire flood dragon and turned Sea Heart Flame against him.

• Yao Yan used an explosive fire lotus attack to pierce the final seal, destroying Fallen Heart Flame's head before it regenerated.
• Fallen Heart Flame emerged from the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and charged at Han Feng, drawn to the Sea Heart Flame within him.
• Han Feng retreated, then stopped and tried to refine Fallen Heart Flame while Mo Tianxing guarded him and Su Qian's people drove the Black-Corner Region experts away.
• Yao Yan used the Five Round Separating Fire Method to guide Fallen Heart Flame's transformation as Han Feng attacked it with a sea of Sea Heart Flame.
• Fallen Heart Flame grew dragon horns, claws, and scales, became a fire flood dragon, and severed Han Feng's control of Sea Heart Flame.

Yao Yan used the Five Round Separating Fire Method to strengthen and control Fallen Heart Flame, then secretly struck Han Feng with Soul Power so the fire flood dragon could swallow him. Su Qian pursued the dragon toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Mo Tianxing and the others followed to learn whether Han Feng had survived.

• Yao Lao and Cai Lin suspected that Yao Yan was controlling Fallen Heart Flame after it transformed into a powerful fire flood dragon.
• Yao Yan controlled the fire flood dragon and attacked Han Feng, while Han Feng called on Mo Tianxing for help.
• Su Qian intercepted Mo Tianxing, and Jia Nan Academy’s people prevented Fan Lao and the others from joining the fight.
• Han Feng unleashed a secret technique to strengthen his Sea Heart Flame, but Yao Yan pierced his forehead with Soul Power needles and left him dazed.
• Fallen Heart Flame broke through Han Feng’s flames, swallowed him, and flew toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Su Qian chased Fallen Heart Flame, while Mo Tianxing and the others followed to find out whether Han Feng was alive.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fallen Heart Flame, in the form of a Fire Flood Dragon, escapes from Jia Nan Academy.
• Mo Tianxing and Su Qian chase after it, but neither dares to stop it alone.
• The Fire Flood Dragon explodes, leaving behind a tiny Fallen Heart Flame hatchling.
• Su Qian retrieves the hatchling, and Mo Tianxing leaves, acknowledging Jia Nan Academy's victory.

Character Developments

• Mo Tianxing shows regret for his actions and leaves without further conflict.
• Su Qian demonstrates his loyalty and vigilance in protecting Jia Nan Academy's interests.
• Yao Yan, in secret, absorbs Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Fire, enhancing his strength and talent.

Significant Themes

• The power and danger of Exotic Fires, which can both benefit and harm cultivators.
• The importance of loyalty and vigilance in protecting one's interests and home.
• The consequences of betrayal, as seen in Han Feng's fate.

Character Interactions

• Mo Tianxing and Su Qian maintain a tense standoff, each wary of the other's intentions.
• Yao Yan and Yao Lao reunite, with Yao Yan showing little concern for Yao Lao's emotional state.
• Yao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable display a comfortable, almost familial relationship.

Plot Points and Events

• Yao Yan, uninterested in the aftermath at Jia Nan Academy, focuses on refining the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame.
• He begins refining the Fallen Heart Flame, which resists but is eventually subdued and absorbed.
• Yao Yan successfully fuses the Fallen Heart Flame with his Green Lotus Core Flame, marking the beginning of his transformation.

Character Developments

• Yao Yan demonstrates his determination and confidence in his cultivation method, disregarding Heavenly Fire Venerable's warnings.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable, despite his reservations, supports Yao Yan and agrees to assist him during the refinement process.

Significant Themes

• The power and danger of Exotic Flames, which can grant immense strength but also pose a significant risk to the cultivator.
• The theme of risk-taking and determination, as Yao Yan chooses to continue his cultivation method despite the potential dangers.

Character Interactions

• Yao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable discuss the risks and benefits of Yao Yan's cultivation method, with Heavenly Fire Venerable expressing his concerns but ultimately supporting Yao Yan.
• Yao Yan and the Fallen Heart Flame engage in a battle of wills, with Yao Yan ultimately subduing and absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yao Yan fuses the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame, triggering an intense reaction due to the Evil Fire produced by the fusion.
• Yao Yan's strength increases rapidly, reaching the four-star Dou Emperor realm.
• Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable leave Yao Yan and Cai Lin alone in the secret chamber, knowing that Yao Yan's fusion of Exotic Flames will cause a reaction that only Cai Lin can help him with.

Character Developments

• Yao Yan: Struggles with the intense reaction from fusing two Exotic Flames and tries to maintain control, revealing his feelings for Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin: Realizes her feelings for Yao Yan and ultimately decides to help him, showing her care and concern for him.

Significant Themes

• The consequences of fusing Exotic Flames and the need for guidance and release of pent-up energy.
• The exploration of romantic feelings and the courage to act on them.

Character Interactions

• Yao Yan and Cai Lin: Their interaction reveals their mutual feelings for each other. Yao Yan's struggle with the Evil Fire forces Cai Lin to confront her feelings and decide to help him, leading to a potential romantic development between them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yao Yan and Cai Lin are forced into a compromising situation due to Yao Yan's qi deviation, leading to an intimate encounter.
• Cai Die, now ruling the Snake-People Tribe, meets with representatives from the Jia Ma Empire, Misty Cloud Sect, and Hai Bo Dong to discuss the tribe's resettlement.
• Cai Die chooses the least desirable plot of land for the tribe's relocation, surprising everyone present.
• Cai Die invites Yun Yun and Hai Bo Dong to stay in the Snake-People Tribe for further discussions, excluding the Jia Ma Empire's Royal Elder.

Character Developments

• Yao Yan: Struggles with his feelings for Cai Lin and acts on them due to his qi deviation.
• Cai Lin: Initially hesitant, she ultimately succumbs to her desires and engages with Yao Yan.
• Cai Die: Grows more confident and assertive in her role as queen, making decisions for the tribe's future.
• Yun Yun: Maintains her composure and professionalism, showing interest in Cai Die's decisions.
• Hai Bo Dong: Shows improved spirits and agrees with Cai Die's choice of land for the tribe's relocation.

Significant Themes

• Desire and restraint: Yao Yan and Cai Lin's struggle with their feelings and the consequences of acting on them.
• Power dynamics: Cai Die's assertiveness in negotiations and her exclusion of the Jia Ma Empire's Royal Elder.
• Trust and cooperation: Cai Die's trust in Yun Yun and Hai Bo Dong, inviting them to stay for further discussions.

Character Interactions

• Yao Yan and Cai Lin: Their intimate encounter is driven by necessity and desire, with Cai Lin initially hesitant but ultimately participating.
• Cai Die and the Jia Ma Empire's Royal Elder: Cai Die's coldness and exclusion of the Royal Elder highlight her disdain for the Jia Ma Empire's past actions against the Snake-People Tribe.
• Cai Die, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong: Cai Die's confidence in her decisions and her invitation for further discussions with Yun Yun and Hai Bo Dong show her growing trust in their cooperation.

Cai Lin absorbed Yao Yan’s Exotic Flame Power, awakening her Ancient Beast Devouring Heaven Python bloodline and beginning her evolution. After admitting his feelings and explaining his relentless pursuit of strength, Yao Yan stayed with Cai Lin to help her evolve, while Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable guarded the secret chamber for more than half a year.

• Cai Die sensed Cai Lin’s intimate connection with Yao Yan and hurried to her bedroom, realizing that her sister might be sharing her experience with him.
• Yao Yan and Cai Lin exchanged Exotic Flame Power, which awakened Cai Lin’s Ancient Beast Devouring Heaven Python bloodline and began breaking the barrier to Dou Zong.
• Cai Lin finished cultivating, told Yao Yan to keep their encounter secret, and demanded that he guard her while she evolved.
• Yao Yan told Cai Lin that he had fallen for her and explained that he pursued strength to protect the people he loved; he then offered to help her evolve through their continued cultivation.
• Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable kept watch outside the secret chamber for more than half a year, with Yao Lao deciding there was no need to interrupt Yao Yan and Cai Lin.

Yao Yan emerged from seclusion after devouring the Fallen Heart Flame, growing stronger as Cai Lin successfully evolved into a Devouring Heaven Python. After returning to Black Seal City, he learned that Jia Nan Academy had crippled Demon Flame Valley’s Old Ancestor, and considered making his own move against the faction.

• Yao Lao invited Heavenly Fire Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion as a Guest Elder once his physical body was restored, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed.
• A lightning tribulation struck the mountain, and Yao Yan emerged from seclusion after successfully devouring the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Yan revealed that Cai Lin had evolved into a seven-colored Devouring Heaven Python and that she needed to sleep to recover her strength.
• Yao Yan told Yao Lao that the Flame Mantra had reached Earth Rank Intermediate and planned to temper himself before pursuing further breakthroughs and devouring more Exotic Flames.
• Yao Yan returned to Black Seal City, where Yuan Yi reported that a Jia Nan Academy Elder had severely injured Demon Flame Valley’s Old Ancestor.
• Yao Yan questioned whether the report was accurate and considered attacking Demon Flame Valley with his greatly increased strength.

Yao Yan planned to destroy Demon Flame Valley and build Heavenly Court with Jia Nan Academy, while Soul Hall’s hunt for Dou Emperors threatened to destabilize the Black-Corner Region. He chose to remain there and pursue the Sea Heart Flame and other goals despite Yao Lao’s warning about Soul Hall.

• Yao Yan ordered Yuan Yi to investigate Demon Flame Valley and summon Gold Silver Two Elders, explaining that he intended to strike while Earth Demon Old Ghost was injured.
• Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed waiting for more suitable bodies for their revival, and Yao Yan revealed his plan to cooperate with Jia Nan Academy and establish Heavenly Court.
• Gold Silver Two Elders reported that Demon Flame Valley’s Dou Emperors had died, Jia Nan Academy’s ancestor had confronted Earth Demon Old Ghost, and suspicious forces were hunting Dou Emperors across the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Yan recognized Soul Hall as the likely force behind the killings, while Yao Lao warned that Soul Hall would not respect local rules.
• Yao Yan refused to leave the Black-Corner Region before finding the Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and devouring the Sea Heart Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

Yao Yan ordered Gold Silver Two Elders to recruit experts and prepare to seize Demon Flame Valley’s territory, then returned to his courtyard to settle his mind. Cai Lin awakened after her evolution, and Yao Yan turned to Yao Lao for pill formulas to help her recover.

• Yao Yan told Gold Silver Two Elders to recruit Black-Corner Region experts under Han Feng’s martial uncle identity and announced that he planned to take Demon Flame Valley’s territory.
• Yao Yan assured Gold Silver Two Elders and Yuan Yi that Jia Nan Academy was his partner and said he would fight Earth Demon Old Ghost to judge his strength.
• Yao Yan returned to his courtyard, tried practicing calligraphy, and then prepared to get to work after Yao Lao mocked his handwriting.
• Cai Lin awakened from her evolution, questioned whether Yao Yan had been treating her as a pet, and asked him for more Amethyst Gold Source and recovery pills.
• Yao Yan told Yao Lao that he had helped Cai Lin evolve through “Miracles by Force” and asked him for suitable pill formulas.

Yao Yan refined a Seventh-Rank Origin Nurturing Pill, returned to Jia Nan Academy, and confessed to Su Qian that he had pursued the Fallen Heart Flame and orchestrated the attack that freed it. The chapter ended with Su Qian reeling from Yao Yan’s revelations.

• Yao Yan destroyed the pill lightning with the Eight Desolations Burning Heaven Seal, and the resulting energy mist helped people across Black Seal City cultivate.
• Yao Yan gave the Origin Nurturing Pill to the Seven-Colored Little Snake, and Yao Lao said it could restore her human form after she finished digesting it.
• Yao Yan told Yao Lao he planned to visit Jia Nan Academy before making a move against Demon Flame Valley.
• Yao Yan reunited with Zi Yan and Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy, then revealed that he had reached Peak Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Yao Yan confessed that he had entered the Inner Academy for the Fallen Heart Flame and had forced Han Feng to attack Jia Nan Academy, causing the flame to break free.

Yao Yan revealed to Su Qian that he had taken Fallen Heart Flame and explained his connection to Han Feng, then challenged Su Qian to a test of strength. After Yao Yan overpowered him, Thousand-Hundred Two Elders arrived and asked about the Dou Zun inheritance he claimed to have received.

• Yao Yan summoned Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, convincing Su Qian that he could control multiple Exotic Flames and had been behind the events involving Han Feng.
• Yao Yan explained that he had sought Fallen Heart Flame and used Han Feng to help him obtain it and clean house, then told Su Qian that Han Feng's former teacher, Venerable Yao, shared his surname.
• Su Qian attacked Yao Yan to test him, but Yao Yan blocked his strikes and sent him flying with a punch, prompting Yao Yan to declare that Su Qian was not his opponent.
• Thousand-Hundred Two Elders appeared and stopped Su Qian before he could continue fighting.
• Elder Qian asked whether Yao Yan's inheritance was from a Dou Zun, and Yao Yan confirmed it and offered to copy its cultivation method; Elder Bai declined, while Elder Qian said they were curious about the senior's name.