Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen broke through to Dou Zong after devouring the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, and he reflected on his unusual origins and rapid rise in Burning Flame Valley. Tang Zhen praised his progress, and Tang Huo'er appeared after Tang Chen emerged from seclusion.

• A surge of fire and lightning energy gathered over Tang Chen's courtyard as he pushed through the bottleneck into Dou Zong.
• Tang Chen recalled his transmigration from Blue Star, the Thunder Fire Nirvana Art and Source Qi in his inheritance, and his mysterious origins.
• Tang Chen recalled that his lightning-and-fire affinity had helped him become a Dou Emperor at fifteen and devour the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame without difficulty.
• The Nine Dragons Lightning Flame strengthened Tang Chen's body and Dou Qi, raised his cultivation to Dou Zong, and advanced his soul power to the Spirit Realm.
• Tang Zhen congratulated Tang Chen and said he trusted him to lead Burning Flame Valley in the future.
• Tang Huo'er arrived at the courtyard and greeted Tang Chen after his year in seclusion.

Tang Chen said goodbye to Tang Huo'er and received three powerful safety measures from Old Ancestor Fire Cloud before setting out for the Northwest Continent. At the city by a spatial wormhole, he unexpectedly encountered Feng Qing'er, who angrily called him Daddy.

• Tang Huo'er reunited with Tang Chen and took a walk with him after Tang Zhen left them alone.
• Tang Chen told Old Ancestor Fire Cloud he planned to travel to the Northwest Continent in search of a Heavenly Flame.
• Old Ancestor Fire Cloud gave Tang Chen a Space Jade Slip, a defensive barrier, and an offensive trump card containing a 2-Star Dou Saint's strike.
• Tang Chen left Burning Flame Valley, determined to protect it and uncover the truth of his origins by becoming an emperor himself.
• Near a city with a spatial wormhole, Tang Chen encountered Feng Qing'er, and she angrily called him Daddy.

Tang Chen defeated Feng Qing'er again before traveling to the Black-Corner Region to kill Han Feng and claim the Sea Heart Flame. He burned Han Feng's body and nearly destroyed his soul, then forced him to surrender the flame.

• Tang Chen recalled how he had beaten Feng Qing'er years earlier and used his Dou Zong pressure to defeat and humiliate her again.
• Tang Chen traveled through Tianya City to Feng City, intending to kill Han Feng and take the Sea Heart Flame.
• Tang Chen attacked Han Feng with nine silver fire dragons, destroying his body and capturing his fleeing soul.
• Tang Chen tortured Han Feng's soul with the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame until Han Feng surrendered the Sea Heart Flame.

Tang Chen devoured the Sea Heart Flame, raising his cultivation to five-star Dou Zong, then traveled to Wutan City to watch Nalan Yanran break off her engagement with Xiao Yan. He arrived at the Xiao Clan and waited in the reception hall as the Misty Cloud Sect guests gathered, drawing Xun Er's attention.

• Tang Chen captured Han Feng's soul, took his belongings, and began refining the Sea Heart Flame.
• After more than ten days, Tang Chen finished devouring the flame and reached five-star Dou Zong, with his physique and soul greatly strengthened.
• Tang Chen traveled to Wutan City and learned that Nalan Yanran had arrived to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Tang Chen visited the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Zhan welcomed him and summoned Xiao Yan after hearing why he had come.
• Tang Chen stayed in the reception hall while Xiao Zhan went to receive the Misty Cloud Sect guests, and Xun Er noticed him and wondered whether he was connected to the disturbance from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

At the Xiao Clan’s reception, Tang Chen witnessed Nalan Yanran ask to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan and mocked the Misty Cloud Sect’s compensation. When Mo Chuan attacked him, Tang Chen defeated him with a single flick, and Ge Ye confirmed Mo Chuan was dead.

• Xun Er sensed an unusual disturbance from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and noticed Tang Chen, while Ling Ying warned that Tang Chen had detected him.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and Mo Chuan, and Xiao Yan entered the crowded hall with Xun Er’s help.
• Nalan Yanran asked the Xiao Clan to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan nearly attacked before the elders stopped him.
• Ge Ye offered Qi Gathering Powder as compensation, and Tang Chen laughed and mocked the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Chuan attacked Tang Chen with his sword, but Tang Chen flicked a finger and sent him crashing into the wall.
• Ge Ye examined Mo Chuan and confirmed that he was dead.

Tang Chen ended the confrontation with the Misty Cloud Sect, restored Xiao Yan’s ability to cultivate by removing his ring, and agreed to stay with the Xiao Clan. After summoning Xiao Yan to meet him later, Tang Chen confronted the spirit inside the ring and identified him as Yao Lao.

• Tang Chen dismissed Ge Ye’s apology and offering, and the annulment ceremony continued with Xiao Yan writing the divorce letter and setting the Three-Year Agreement.
• Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran fled the Xiao Clan with Mo Chuan’s corpse, while Tang Chen decided to destroy the Mo Clan regardless of whether Mo Chuan was related to Mo Cheng.
• Tang Chen examined Xiao Yan and pointed to his ring as the reason his cultivation had been disappearing; after Tang Chen removed it, Xiao Yan cultivated successfully again.
• Tang Chen refused Xiao Zhan’s offered treasures, agreed to stay at the Xiao Clan, and privately told Xiao Yan to meet him at the back mountain that night.
• Tang Chen isolated himself with Xiao Yan’s ring and called for its occupant, then identified the appearing spirit as Yao Lao, who demanded to know who Tang Chen was.

Tang Chen traded soul-nourishing pills and Han Feng for Yao Lao’s alchemist inheritance and the Bone Chilling Flame. After Yao Lao began recovering his soul, Tang Chen brought him to meet Xiao Yan in the Xiao Clan’s back mountain.

• Tang Chen introduced himself to Yao Lao and offered him soul-nourishing pills and a jade bottle containing Han Feng’s soul.
• Yao Lao confronted Han Feng about betraying him, while Tang Chen suppressed Han Feng and returned him to the bottle.
• Tang Chen requested Yao Lao’s alchemist inheritance, collections, and Bone Chilling Flame, and Yao Lao agreed to the trade.
• Yao Lao surrendered the Bone Chilling Flame, then used Tang Chen’s pills to strengthen his soul and promised to prepare his inheritance.
• Tang Chen took Yao Lao to the Xiao Clan’s back mountain, where Xiao Yan waited and wondered why Tang Chen had summoned him.

Tang Chen returned Yao Lao's ring to Xiao Yan, warned him that the Soul Hall had targeted the Xiao Clan, and then secluded himself to absorb the Bone Chilling Flame. After reaching the peak of an eight-star Dou Zong, he left the Xiao Clan, while a woman at the Mittel Auction House prepared to meet him.

• Tang Chen returned Yao Lao's ring to Xiao Yan and secretly warned him that the Soul Hall had set its sights on the Xiao Clan.
• Tang Chen refused Xiao Mei's offer to attend to him and entered seclusion with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Tang Chen discovered and preserved a faint soul imprint inside the flame, then spent ten days absorbing it.
• Tang Chen reached the peak of an eight-star Dou Zong, advanced his soul power to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, and gained a new ice dragon flame.
• Tang Chen gave Xiao Mei a Qi Gathering Powder and left the Xiao Clan after emerging from seclusion.
• A spy reported Tang Chen's return, and a woman at the Mittel Auction House ordered her people to set out for the Xiao Clan.

Tang Chen collected Yao Lao's alchemical knowledge, attended a banquet where he met Ya Fei, and spent the night mastering alchemy. By dawn, he had decided to retrieve the Demon Fire Fragment Map.

• Tang Chen collected Yao Lao's knowledge scroll, and Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan never to make an enemy of Tang Chen.
• Xiao Zhan hosted a banquet to thank Tang Chen, where Tang Chen met Ya Fei and remained unmoved by her charm.
• Tang Chen studied Yao Lao's scroll in his courtyard and practiced refining pills with Han Feng's cauldron and medicinal ingredients.
• Tang Chen achieved over a ninety-percent success rate refining sixth-tier pills, then set out to retrieve the Demon Fire Fragment Map.

Tang Chen took the Demon Fire Fragment Map and Seven-Colored Poison Scripture from a cave near Green Mountain Town, then sought out Xiao Yi Xian. After she learned she had the Woe Poison Body, Tang Chen offered to help her control it.

• Tang Chen found the cliffside cave, retrieved the Demon Fire Fragment Map and Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and buried the skeleton.
• Tang Chen went to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion and used his Dou Zong aura to demand that Xiao Yi Xian come out.
• Tang Chen took Xiao Yi Xian to a quiet place and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered the truth about her Woe Poison Body, broke down in tears, and feared Tang Chen had come to kill her.
• Tang Chen asked Xiao Yi Xian what she would say if he could help her control the Woe Poison Body.

Tang Chen persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to follow him by promising to help her survive her Woe Poison Body, then came to take her away from Green Mountain Town. After Mu Li attacked them and Tang Chen killed his mercenaries, Li Fei was exposed as Mu Li’s informant, and Mu Li denied her accusation.

• Tang Chen showed Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Pill Method and his Heavenly Flame, and she agreed to follow him in exchange for his help.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, said goodbye to Li Fei, and packed her belongings before leaving with Tang Chen.
• Mu Li arrived with mercenaries to stop Xiao Yi Xian from leaving and ordered them to attack Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen killed the mercenaries with a snap of his fingers and subdued Mu Li.
• Tang Chen caught Li Fei, who admitted Mu Li had threatened her into spying on Xiao Yi Xian, while Mu Li denied Li Fei’s claim and accused her of pursuing him.

Tang Chen killed Li Fei, Mu Li, Mu She, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s other leaders before taking Xiao Yi Xian away from Green Mountain Town. They reached a secluded valley with unusually dense energy, where Tang Chen began preparing to practice alchemy and told Xiao Yi Xian she could become a poison master instead of an alchemist.

• Xiao Yi Xian rejected Li Fei’s pleas, and Tang Chen killed Li Fei and Mu Li before burning away the traces in the courtyard.
• Tang Chen appeared above the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, crushed Mu She and the deputy leaders with the power of space, and caused the remaining mercenaries to flee.
• Tang Chen comforted Xiao Yi Xian and took her out of Green Mountain Town, then asked her to lead him to a secluded place with abundant energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian guided Tang Chen to a hidden valley where his soul perception detected an obstruction underground, but he decided to investigate it after becoming stronger.
• Tang Chen brought out his medicinal cauldron to practice alchemy, and when Xiao Yi Xian asked if she could become an alchemist, he said she lacked the talent but could become a poison master.

Tang Chen refined seventh-tier pills and absorbed their Pill Lightning, reaching Nine-Star Dou Zong while Xiao Yi Xian advanced her cultivation and studied poison mastery. He then traveled to the Tagor Desert, took Hai Bodong’s half of the Demon Fire Fragment Map, and prepared to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Tang Chen gave Xiao Yi Xian books about poison masters, then successfully refined a seventh-tier Instant Qi Pill.
• Tang Chen endured the Pill Lightning and absorbed it to temper his Origin Flame, Dou Qi, physique, and soul; after several days, he reached Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated her Woe Poison Body, advanced from Seven-Stage Dou Qi to One-Star Dou Zhe, and immersed herself in studying poison masters.
• Tang Chen left Xiao Yi Xian resources and a protective barrier around the valley, then traveled to the Tagor Desert to seek Hai Bodong’s Demon Fire Fragment Map.
• Tang Chen intimidated Hai Bodong with his Dou Zong aura and took the other half of the map from him.

Tang Chen found Qing Lin in Stone Desert City and rescued her from the mercenaries who had been tormenting her. After inviting her to leave with him, he agreed to let her say goodbye to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and accepted her wish to call him Young Master.

• Tang Chen found Qing Lin, who worked as a maid for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and was repeatedly bullied for her mixed snakefolk blood.
• Several men blocked Qing Lin and destroyed the food she had bought, then one raised his fist to strike her.
• Tang Chen stopped the attack, crushed the men’s limbs, and burned them to ashes.
• Tang Chen comforted Qing Lin, praised her scales, and invited her to follow him so she could eat well and become strong.
• Qing Lin accepted Tang Chen’s invitation but asked to tell the group leader and the others goodbye first.
• Tang Chen told Qing Lin to call him Brother Chen, but she insisted on calling him Young Master, which he accepted.

Tang Chen took Qing Lin away from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and destroyed the Mo Clan after uncovering its human experiments. He then helped Qing Lin subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame missing, before sensing a second Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.

• Tang Chen brought Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding agreed to let her leave with him.
• After settling Qing Lin in Stone Desert City, Tang Chen located the Mo Clan and erased it with nine fire dragons; Salt City's factions later discovered the Clan's human experiments beneath its ruins.
• Tang Chen took Qing Lin to the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's lair, restrained the snake, and helped her use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue it.
• Tang Chen searched beneath the magma for the Green Lotus Core Flame but found only the Green Lotus Pedestal, the Earth Fire Lotus Seed, and a scale left behind by whoever had taken the flame.
• Tang Chen set off with Qing Lin toward the Snake-People Tribe and sensed that the Tagor Desert contained a second Heavenly Flame.

Medusa, injured while retrieving the Green Lotus Core Flame, met Tang Chen when he arrived at the Snake-People Temple as a Dou Zong. Tang Chen demanded the flame, and Medusa asked to borrow it for a few days so she could attempt her evolution.

• Medusa soaked in a medicinal pool while her Heavenly Flame burn healed slowly, delaying her planned evolution.
• Medusa sensed a powerful visitor approaching and hurried outside the temple, where she met Tang Chen and Qing Lin.
• Tang Chen revealed his Dou Zong aura, and Medusa invited him and Qing Lin into the temple while Mo Basi was restrained from challenging him.
• Tang Chen took Medusa’s throne, and she yielded to avoid provoking him.
• Tang Chen demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa pleaded to borrow it for a few days before handing it over.

Tang Chen secured Medusa’s agreement to follow him by promising to help her evolve, strengthen the Snake-People Tribe, and eventually reach Dou Saint. After arranging their lodging and telling Medusa to prepare for her breakthrough, he flew into the Tagor Desert to investigate another Heavenly Flame and identified it as the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.

• Tang Chen dismissed Medusa’s offer of a favor and said he would lend her the Heavenly Flame only if she followed him.
• Tang Chen promised to help Medusa’s tribe escape the desert and to guide her toward Dou Saint, then proved his strength with his peak Dou Zong aura.
• Medusa agreed to follow Tang Chen, accepted his healing pill, and recovered from her injuries as she prepared for evolution.
• Tang Chen and Qing Lin settled near Medusa, who assigned Hua She’er to attend them and began preparing for her breakthrough.
• Tang Chen left Qing Lin behind and flew deep into the Tagor Desert toward the other Heavenly Flame.
• Tang Chen found a vast tornado of fire and sand and identified it as the eighteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.

Tang Chen subdued and sealed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, collected the crystals left by the storm, and returned to the Snake-People Tribe. Medusa told the Four Great Elders she planned to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve and had promised to follow a powerful human who would help the tribe leave the desert; Tang Chen arrived as she spoke.

• Tang Chen found the Wind Fury Dragon Flame at the sandstorm's eye, broke through its defenses, and sealed it inside his body.
• Tang Chen gathered the fire-element crystals left behind after the storm vanished and returned to the Snake-People Tribe's residence.
• Qing Lin told Tang Chen that Medusa had come looking for him, so he went to the Snake-People Temple.
• Medusa told the Four Great Elders she would use the tribe's secret art and a Heavenly Flame to complete her evolution, despite their objections.
• Medusa revealed she had promised to follow a powerful human who would help the Snake-People Tribe leave the desert.
• Medusa sensed Tang Chen approaching and rose respectfully to greet him.

Tang Chen watched Medusa undergo the dangerous evolution ritual using the Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa survived and emerged as a tiny seven-colored snake, while Tang Chen prepared to devour two Heavenly Flames and break through to Dou Zun.

• Tang Chen arrived and agreed to accompany Medusa to the evolution site after she entrusted the Snake-People Tribe to the four elders.
• Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame, where the flames burned her body as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring evaporated.
• Lightning struck Medusa's charred remains, and Tang Chen sensed that she had survived and succeeded in evolving.
• A tiny seven-colored snake emerged, accepted jade bottles of nourishment from Tang Chen, and fell asleep curled around his arm.
• Tang Chen turned toward the Green Lotus Core Flame and said he would devour two Heavenly Flames to prepare for his breakthrough to Dou Zun.

Tang Chen returned to the little valley with Qing Lin, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and helped the two girls settle in together. After preparing for his breakthrough to Dou Venerable, he secluded himself and unsealed two Heavenly Flames.

• Tang Chen told the Snake-People Tribe elders that their Queen had evolved safely, then left with Qing Lin to return to the little valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian joyfully reunited with Tang Chen, who introduced Qing Lin to her.
• Tang Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin settled into life in the valley, where Tang Chen taught the girls cultivation and praised Xiao Yi Xian for reaching Dou Master.
• The Little Heaven-Swallowing Python ate Tang Chen's treasures and fell asleep, and Tang Chen anticipated that Medusa would awaken after her next evolution.
• Tang Chen left cultivation resources for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then secluded himself in the valley and unsealed two Heavenly Flames to prepare for his breakthrough.