Chapter Summaries

Jia Xingtian confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Magical Beast Mountain Range but withdrew rather than risk a wider conflict. After returning home, Su Yun reconsidered body refining as a way to address the limits of his current combat strength.

• Jia Xingtian questioned the Amethyst Winged Lion King about the other Lion King, prompting the gathered Magical Beasts to confront him.
• Jia Xingtian concluded the other Lion King might be dead, but abandoned the idea of attacking because the Jia Ma Empire faced other threats.
• Jia Xingtian withdrew, and Su Yun left the mountain range and returned home.
• Su Yun extracted the Ice Snake's Magic Core and successfully refined a Fourth Grade Pill.
• Su Yun remembered Body Refining Dou Techniques and considered using the system's Fusion Function to improve his strength.
• Su Yun recognized that he could not yet absorb the Bone Chilling Flame or afford the resources for a powerful Earth Tier Dou Technique, leaving him weaker in combat than Xiao Yan.

Su Yun fused the Great Strength Savage Ox Technique, strengthening his body before refining the Purple Flame and breaking through to Dou Ling. He ended the chapter with his new realm stabilized and demonstrating Dou Qi Materialization.

• Su Yun found the Mysterious Rank High Grade Great Strength Savage Ox Technique and learned that fusing it would consume three Fourth Tier Magic Cores.
• Su Yun spent his remaining three Fourth Tier Magic Cores to fuse the technique, enduring pain as his body grew stronger.
• After resting overnight, Su Yun tested his enhanced physical strength and prepared to absorb the Purple Flame.
• Su Yun used a Fourth Grade Pill to protect his meridians, refined the Purple Flame seed flame, and broke through to Dou Ling.
• Su Yun stabilized his new realm and formed a longsword from Dou Qi through Dou Qi Materialization.

Su Yun arrived in Black Rock City under the alias Gu Feiyang to buy supplies and met the local Alchemist Guild leaders. He agreed to exchange alchemy experience with Francklin and Otto while considering how to use their local connections to find more Magic Cores.

• Su Yun flew to Black Rock City and bought medicinal ingredients and two Fourth Tier Magic Cores at the Alchemist Guild.
• Su Yun scanned the stalls for bargains and decided he would eventually try to obtain the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes from Xiao Yan.
• Francklin, Otto, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei approached Su Yun after learning a Fourth Grade Alchemist had arrived.
• Su Yun introduced himself as Gu Feiyang and agreed to exchange alchemy experience with Francklin and Otto.
• Francklin and Otto discussed their alchemy experience while Xue Mei and Lin Fei attended, and Su Yun judged their knowledge shallow and flawed.

Su Yun lectured Francklin and Otto on Fourth Grade Alchemy Technique, then cooled his reception after discovering that Xue Mei and Lin Fei had left his tea sitting until it went cold. After accepting Francklin’s apology and tea, Su Yun asked the two guild leaders to find Fourth Grade Magic Cores and medicinal ingredients for him.

• Su Yun listened to Francklin and Otto speak, noted their mistakes, and spent two and a half hours explaining alchemy insights and correcting them.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei tried to bring Su Yun tea but revealed that their legs had gone numb after sitting for hours, and the tea they offered was cold.
• Su Yun refused the cold tea, so Francklin brewed Clear Spirit Tea and gave Su Yun his remaining pound of tea leaves as an apology.
• Su Yun accepted Francklin’s apology and asked Francklin and Otto to gather Fourth Grade Magic Cores and the medicinal ingredients he named.

Su Yun collected the medicinal ingredients and Fourth Tier Magic Cores he had requested from the Alchemist Guild, then learned that Ice Spirit Flame Grass could be found in Desert City. After sharing alchemy knowledge and receiving two Fourth Grade Pill Recipes, he left Black Rock City and arrived near Desert City, where he planned to pursue the ingredients needed to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Francklin told Su Yun that the guild had gathered nearly everything he requested but had only found news of Ice Spirit Flame Grass in a Desert City map shop.
• Su Yun realized the shopkeeper was likely Hai Bodong, exchanged payment and goods with the guild, and agreed to share alchemy experience with Francklin and Otto.
• Su Yun lectured the guild members for four hours, then accepted two Fourth Grade Pill Recipes as thanks and left the Alchemist Guild.
• Su Yun used Phantom Decoy Art and Purple Cloud Wings to fly toward Desert City because he needed Ice Spirit Flame Grass for the Blood Lotus Pill.
• Su Yun landed roughly a hundred meters from Desert City and looked ahead with excitement at the next step toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Su Yun reached Desert City while searching for the Green Lotus Core Flame and located Hai Bodong in an old Map Shop. He found a fragment map connected to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and prepared to take it.

• Su Yun intimidated a guard at Desert City's gate with his Dou Ling aura and entered without paying an entry fee.
• Su Yun forced a passerby to guide him between Map Shops, then rewarded him with a Healing Pill after finding Hai Bodong's shop.
• Su Yun scanned Hai Bodong and saw that the system listed his peak cultivation as a Five-Star Dou Emperor, though Medusa had sealed his current strength.
• Su Yun browsed the shop, selected a desert map, and found a Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map on a wooden shelf.

Su Yun confronted Hai Bodong over the remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and fought him inside the map shop. Su Yun gained the upper hand and left Hai Bodong injured on the floor.

• Su Yun took the Tagor Desert map and the remnant map, then refused Hai Bodong's demand to put them down.
• Hai Bodong and Su Yun clashed, and Su Yun shattered Hai Bodong's Ice Condensing Mirror with his red longsword.
• Hai Bodong switched to ranged ice-blade attacks, but Su Yun countered with Blazing Flame Heaven-Earth Split.
• Su Yun appeared behind Hai Bodong and smashed his Mysterious Ice Shield with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Hai Bodong flew into the ground, spat blood, and clutched his chest.

Su Yun defeated Hai Bodong and negotiated for the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, a fragment map, and help finding a Heavenly Flame in exchange for restoring Hai Bodong’s cultivation. Their bargain remained unsettled as Su Yun took both halves of the map for himself.

• Su Yun defeated Hai Bodong, gave him a healing pill, and revealed that he knew his identity.
• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong for the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, the fragment map, and help searching for a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.
• Hai Bodong demanded that Su Yun find Sand Mandragora and a Sixth Grade Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame before handing over the map.
• Su Yun agreed but insisted Hai Bodong provide the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and help locate the Heavenly Flame first.
• Hai Bodong handed over the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and Su Yun took it despite Hai Bodong’s attempt to renegotiate the terms.
• Su Yun used the system’s scan to take the second half of the fragment map hidden on Hai Bodong’s chest.

Su Yun forced Hai Bodong to hand over a map marking possible Heavenly Flame locations in the Tagor Desert, then refined a Blood Lotus Pill in the System Space. With the map and pill secured, he headed for Shimo City to find Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and get closer to the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Su Yun pressured Hai Bodong into giving him the map and promised to help find the Sand Mandragora and a Sixth Grade Alchemist after obtaining a Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong gave Su Yun a map marking three places in the Tagor Desert where Heavenly Flames might be found and warned him to leave the western location for last because many Snake People gathered nearby.
• Su Yun entered the System Space, prepared the ingredients, and spent a day refining the Blood Lotus Pill with his Purple Flame.
• After resting, Su Yun left the desert city and flew toward Shimo City to find Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

Su Yun arrived in Shimo City and let Xiao Ding and Xiao Li discover him while posing as an inexperienced young talent. After the brothers confirmed his identity and invited him to their camp, he asked them for help.

• Su Yun entered Shimo City disguised in white robes and pretended to search for his way with a map.
• A mercenary reported Su Yun’s arrival to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who decided to observe him before making contact.
• Su Yun appeared behind the brothers without their noticing, convincing Xiao Ding that he was the powerful Zhang Xiaofan mentioned in their father’s letter.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li invited Su Yun to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s encampment and confirmed that Deacon Han had told their family about him.
• Su Yun explained that his master had asked the brothers to look after him, learned their names, and asked them to help with something.

Su Yun enlisted the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to search east of Shimo City for an underground passage leading to the Green Lotus Core Flame. When the Sand Mercenary Group challenged the search, Su Yun killed its commander Robb with one strike and left Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stunned.

• Su Yun showed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li a map, and they identified a flame mark east of Shimo City as the nearest location.
• Su Yun asked the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to search for an underground passage, and its members searched the area for seven days without finding it.
• Robb arrived with the Sand Mercenary Group and demanded that Su Yun and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group leave.
• Su Yun refused Robb's demand and killed him with a single strike from the Dark Short Staff.
• The Sand Mercenary Group fled, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li agreed when Su Yun asked if he had persuaded Robb with reason.

After the Desert Iron Mercenary Group found the underground passage, Su Yun entered alone and reached a magma chamber. A giant snake attacked him, and Su Yun struck it with his Ice-Fire Sword Qi, sending its head crashing into the earth layer.

• A mercenary told Su Yun, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li that the passage had been found after more than a month of searching.
• Su Yun sensed intense fire-attribute energy at a collapsed sandy area, and the mercenaries dug open the entrance.
• Su Yun entered the passage alone while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reinforced the entrance and organized guards.
• Su Yun reached the magma chamber and flew above the molten rock using his Purple Cloud Wings.
• A giant snake burst from the magma, and Su Yun struck its head with Blazing Flame Heaven-Earth Split, making it crash into the earth layer.

Su Yun defeated the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and extracted its memories to learn where the Green Lotus Core Flame was located. He entered the System Space to materialize those memories.

• Su Yun crippled one of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake’s heads with Eight Extremities Collapse, then formed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus from four flames.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked with a pillar of magma, but Su Yun dodged while maintaining the fire lotus.
• Su Yun threw the fire lotus at the snake and escaped into the System Space as it exploded, leaving the beast unconscious but alive.
• Su Yun extracted the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake’s memories, killed it with Eight Extremities Collapse, and stored its body in the System Space.
• Su Yun materialized the snake’s memories and focused on the location of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Su Yun used the System Space to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame and its lotus platform from the magma. As he escaped the depths, Queen Medusa arrived seeking the Heavenly Flame, and Su Yun noticed the Glass Ball in her hand.

• Su Yun recovered his Dou Qi, entered the magma under the protection of Blazing Shield, and used the System Space to move through it in short jumps.
• Su Yun reached the Green Lotus Core Flame and retrieved it together with its lotus platform into the System Space.
• Su Yun recovered his strength and flew away from the magma, but a powerful Dou Qi fluctuation approached him.
• Su Yun hid in the System Space as Queen Medusa appeared and searched the rock layer for the Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa found traces of the Heavenly Flame but could not locate it, while Su Yun noticed the Glass Ball in her hand.

Su Yun stayed hidden in the System Space while Queen Medusa searched the magma for the Heavenly Flame. He recovered his Dou Qi and recycled the memories in two Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Maps, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were left injured outside the cave.

• Su Yun realized his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus had alerted Medusa through the Blazing Sun Crystal Ball and decided to wait her out in the System Space.
• Medusa explained the crystal ball's origins and suspected the Heavenly Flame was concealed beneath the magma, so she charged into it under a defensive Dou Technique.
• Su Yun considered escaping during Medusa's absence, but stayed to recover his Dou Qi because he could not sense where she was.
• Su Yun recycled the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories from the two fragment maps and began examining their Qi Methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stood up after a Snake People woman with Dou Qi Wings blasted them and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group away from the cave entrance.

Su Yun watched Queen Medusa search the magma for the Heavenly Flame, then chose to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame while hidden in the System Space. He fused the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint’s Flame Concealment Art, preparing to hide the flame’s aura.

• Queen Medusa searched the magma for traces of the Heavenly Flames until her Dou Qi was nearly depleted, then surfaced and recovered above the magma.
• Su Yun considered attacking Medusa while she was weakened but decided that confronting her would be too dangerous.
• Su Yun chose to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame and recalled that the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint had created a secret art to conceal Heavenly Flame auras.
• Su Yun asked the System to fuse the Flame Concealment Art, and the System consumed a Fourth Tier Magic Core to transfer the art’s information into his mind.

Su Yun endured the Green Lotus Core Flame’s scorching power and successfully sealed its fire seed inside a Naling, then began healing his damaged meridians. Meanwhile, Queen Medusa surfaced and found an old man in hemp robes waiting at the cave entrance.

• Su Yun merged three more Mysterious Rank High Grade Body Refining Dou Techniques and prepared himself to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Su Yun swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill, retrieved the flame’s fire seed, and swallowed it before taking the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to counter its heat.
• Su Yun guided the fire seed through one full circulation of the Fennel Cold Art, then captured it in a Naling and moved it to his dantian.
• Su Yun began treating his injured meridians after more than half a day had passed.
• Queen Medusa recovered her Dou Qi, put on brocade robes, and went to the surface after sensing a familiar aura.
• Queen Medusa arrived at the cave entrance and found an old man in hemp robes waiting there, with the humans from earlier nearby.

Queen Medusa confronted Jia Xingtian at the Jia Ma Empire’s border and demanded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, but he refused and allowed her to question them instead. Xiao Ding concealed the group’s connection to Brother Zhang, and the chapter ended with Jia Xingtian asking whether they had truly entered the cave.

• Jia Xingtian and Queen Medusa clashed with their auras before withdrawing and arguing over her presence at the border.
• Queen Medusa demanded that Jia Xingtian hand over the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, but he refused.
• Jia Xingtian brought Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others to his side and agreed to let Queen Medusa question them.
• Xiao Ding claimed the group had gathered at the cave to investigate a possible treasure and concealed any connection to Brother Zhang.
• Queen Medusa failed to learn anything useful and flew back toward the Tagor Desert.
• After Queen Medusa left, Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li whether they had truly never entered the cave.

Su Yun recovered from refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, evolved his cultivation method, and reached five-star Dou Ling before leaving the magma cave. After meeting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and finding the Sand Mandragora, he arrived in Shimo City as the system began upgrading and he wondered which person of great fortune was nearby.

• Jia Xingtian searched the magma cave, found nothing, and returned to the Jiama Empire, allowing Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to relax.
• Su Yun healed in the System Space, evolved the Fennel Cold Art with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and advanced to five-star Dou Ling.
• Su Yun waited two months before cautiously leaving the cave, then met Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and gave them two cultivation scrolls.
• Su Yun found the Sand Mandragora in the desert and traveled to Shimo City, still unable to find Qing Lin.
• The system announced a one-day upgrade, and Su Yun wondered which nearby person of great fortune had triggered it.

Su Yun found Qing Lin among the traffickers’ enslaved children and bought her after recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He gave her a name, comforted her about her scales, and brought her to an inn, where his kindness overwhelmed her and she fainted again.

• Su Yun inspected the traffickers’ cages and found a little girl with snake scales on her arm.
• Su Yun paid one hundred Gold Coins for the girl and carried her to an inn instead of continuing to search for Hai Bodong.
• Su Yun learned the girl had no name and named her Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin feared Su Yun would reject her scales, but Su Yun told her they were pretty and that he liked them, causing her to cry and faint.
• Su Yun bathed Qing Lin, gave her clean clothes and a meal, and reassured her that he did not need a reason to like her.
• Qing Lin blushed and fainted again after Su Yun held her and spoke gently to her.