Chapter Summaries

Ye Yan brought Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to begin rebuilding Yao Chen’s body with a Half-Saint Skeleton. After five days of roasting the skeleton with the Heaven Burning Flame, Ye Yan was visibly exhausted, but the process continued.

• Ye Yan took Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to his valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Xuan Yi guided them to a secluded cave.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran saw each other while Nalan Yanran cultivated with Xiao Yi Xian, and both silently considered the other’s growing strength and prospects.
• Ye Yan told Xiao Yan to cultivate nearby with the Gale Eagle watching, while Yao Chen brought out the Half-Saint Skeleton and two jade bottles.
• Ye Yan drove a wisp of Yao Chen’s soul into the skeleton as a guide, then poured magical beast essence blood over the bones.
• Ye Yan roasted the blood-covered skeleton with the Heaven Burning Flame for five days, leaving himself haggard as Yao Chen apologized for the difficult task.

Ye Yan completed the body reconstruction for Yao Chen and prepared to pursue more flames and map fragments. As Jia Nan Academy's recruitment approached, he agreed that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin would not attend, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran continued training as rivals.

• Yao Chen swallowed the Bone-Forging Blood-Melting Pill and entered the tempered skeleton, while Ye Yan used the Heaven Burning Flame to burn and refine the growing flesh until a complete body formed.
• Ye Yan left Yao Chen to recover and considered seeking the Fallen Heart Flame, the Nether Poison Fire, and the remaining Fragmented Map pieces.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran pushed each other to train, while both remained anxious about their progress toward the Three Year Agreement.
• Ye Yan told Qing Lin that Jia Nan Academy would recruit students soon, but Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin said they would rather pursue cultivation and other goals than attend.
• Ye Yan agreed that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin would not go to Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yi Xian privately felt relieved that he would avoid meeting Xiao Yu at the recruitment assembly.

Ye Yan and the others waited as Yao Chen completed the reconstruction of his physical body, and Yao Chen emerged at the junior Half-Saint level. The chapter ended with Yao Chen and Ye Yan exchanging blows while the others watched from a safe distance.

• Ye Yan told Xiao Yan that Yao Chen was fine and would become at least a nine-star Battle Sovereign after regaining his body.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ye Yan about her sect purchasing a Break Sect Pill, and Ye Yan told Yun Yun to come ask him herself if she wanted one.
• Energy surged from the cave, and Yao Chen announced that he had returned after his physical body was restored.
• Yao Chen attacked Ye Yan, who blocked him with the Heaven-Burning Cauldron and moved Xiao Yi Xian and the others out of danger.
• Xuan Yi explained that Yao Chen had advanced from a nine-star Battle Sovereign to a junior Half-Saint, and Cailin asked about his cultivation level.

Ye Yan tested his Heaven-Burning Cauldron and flame techniques against Yao Chen, using spiritual fire beasts, space-binding serpents, and a massive falling cauldron. Yao Chen blocked the attack, while Ye Yan recognized that the cauldron’s descent slowed under resistance and considered how to add force.

• Yao Chen returned the Heaven-Burning Cauldron to Ye Yan, who caught it and teased Yao Chen about his injured hand.
• Ye Yan formed a fire dragon and tiger from the Heaven-Burning Flame, and Yao Chen praised their spirituality as they fought off his spatial attack.
• Ye Yan bound Yao Chen with fire serpents and hurled an enlarging Heaven-Burning Cauldron down at him while the dragon and tiger attacked.
• Yao Chen broke free, countered the beasts, and blocked the cauldron with giant spatial hands, but its vibrations tore through them and continued downward.
• Ye Yan observed that the cauldron’s descent slowed against Yao Chen’s resistance and concluded that he needed an external force to keep accelerating it.

Ye Yan used the Heaven-Burning Cauldron to overpower Yao Chen in a sparring match, then used the Life Flame to restore the damaged surroundings. The group saw the aftermath of Ye Yan’s power as saplings emerged from the ruined ground.

• Ye Yan drove the Heaven-Burning Cauldron down on Yao Chen, whose spatial power and Bone Spirit Cold Flame could not prevent its tremendous vibrations from battering him.
• Yao Chen escaped through a spatial rift, and Ye Yan shrank the cauldron back into his dantian.
• Yao Chen praised Ye Yan’s many abilities and thanked him for restoring his physical body, while Ye Yan said Xiao Yan might have helped him recover within thirty years.
• Ye Yan summoned the Life Flame and spread it across the damaged area to restore the surroundings.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran watched saplings emerge and witnessed the power of Ye Yan’s alchemy.

Yun Shan urged Yun Yun to seek a Break Sect Pill from Ye Yan, while Yun Yun wrestled with her feelings and the future of the Misty Cloud Sect. Ye Yan visited her and invited her to return with him to the Central Plains to study at the Flower Sect, leaving her stunned by his earnest offer.

• Yun Shan told Yun Yun that Ye Yan’s pills had increased the Jia Ma Empire’s strength and pressed her to personally ask him for a Break Sect Pill.
• Yun Yun asked Yun Shan for time to think, then sat alone on a mountaintop overlooking Jia Ma Holy City.
• Ye Yan found Yun Yun, sat beside her on the bluestone, and asked whether she had plans for her future.
• Ye Yan told Yun Yun that he intended to take her to the Central Plains and arrange for her to study at the Flower Sect.
• Yun Yun stared at Ye Yan in shock as he assured her that she was wonderful.

Ye Yan pressured Yun Yun to leave the Jia Ma Empire with him, then gave her resources and a rare cultivation technique. Yun Yun remained overwhelmed by his advances and gifts, but began to believe she could follow his path and considered how to prepare the Misty Cloud Sect for her departure.

• Ye Yan grabbed Yun Yun's hand and urged her to leave with him, invoking Nalan Yanran's future match against Xiao Yan.
• Ye Yan pulled Yun Yun close and kissed her, then promised to provide resources for the Misty Cloud Sect and let her bring Nalan Yanran to the Central Plains.
• Ye Yan declared that he would take Yun Yun when he left the Jia Ma Empire, left a Storage Ring on the bluestone, and vanished through a spatial crack.
• Yun Yun examined the ring and found medicinal pills, the high Earth-rank Nine Heavens Wind and Cloud Art, and a Break Sect Pill designated as a betrothal gift for her teacher.

Ye Yan prepared to take his companions to Jia Nan Academy after confirming the Soul Hall was absent from the Misty Cloud Sect, while Cailin and Xiao Yi Xian got ready to leave the valley. In Wu Tan City, Xiao Yu remained determined to attend the academy despite her grandfather’s concern about her feelings for Alchemist Ye.

• Ye Yan found no sign of the Soul Hall at the Misty Cloud Sect and decided to take his teacher to Jia Nan Academy before seeking the Nether Poison Fire for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried about leaving Doctor Yun behind, and Ye Yan assured her that Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun would look after her until they could take Doctor Yun to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Ye Yan that Cailin had been looking for him and told him to remove Yun Yun’s scent; Ye Yan burned it away before approaching Cailin.
• Ye Yan joined Cailin on a cliff, rested his head on her lap, and the two shared a quiet moment as she considered leaving for a broader world.
• In Wu Tan City, the Great Elder urged Xiao Yu to focus on her studies at Jia Nan Academy, but Xiao Ning supported her choice to pursue her own wishes, and Xiao Yu stayed resolute.

Ye Yan prepared for his nineteenth system draw while considering whether his entries could help him accumulate power and eventually break through to Battle Emperor without Source Qi. Meanwhile, Ruo Lin’s group left Wu Tan City for Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Yu over to meet her; Ye Yan expected to join them the next day.

• The Great Elder warned Xiao Yu to think carefully about choosing her path with Alchemist Ye, then scolded Xiao Ning for neglecting his cultivation.
• Ye Yan sent Ruo Lin a voice transmission telling her to take the students to Jia Nan Academy first, and she arranged their departure.
• Ruo Lin led the new students out of Wu Tan City on Griffins and met Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who joined the formation on the Gale Eagle.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted Xiao Yu among the students and brought her onto the Gale Eagle to talk.
• Ye Yan set out incense and prepared for his nineteenth system draw while reflecting on how his entries might help him gather power and break through to Battle Emperor.

Ye Yan gained the trait “I'm Good, You're Good, She's Good Too,” which could improve a woman’s aptitude through intercourse if his aptitude was higher. After realizing he had begun seeing Xuan Yi differently, he told Cailin about his mysterious bloodline and arranged for her to meet his adoptive grandfather, Ye Zhong.

• Ye Yan tapped the new plus sign on his system panel and gained the trait “I'm Good, You're Good, She's Good Too.”
• Ye Yan considered how the trait might help Yun Yun and Xuan Yi, then tried to hide his wandering thoughts when Xuan Yi asked when they would leave.
• Cailin noticed Ye Yan’s gaze had changed, and Ye Yan teased her until she called Xuan Yi “Teacher.”
• Ye Yan took Cailin to his room and explained that his powerful bloodline gave him gifts on his birthday each year.
• Ye Yan told Cailin that Ye Zhong had adopted him and that she would meet Ye Zhong now that they had returned to the Central Plains.
• Ye Yan asked Cailin if he could hold her that night, and she answered with a skeptical look.

Ye Yan brought his companions back to Jia Nan Academy and gave Xiao Yu a Storage Ring of medicinal pills before returning to Green Mountain. There, he reunited with Zi Yan, supplied her with more pills, and asked what was troubling her.

• Ye Yan left Cailin and Xuan Yi behind as he rushed toward the Black Corner Region, and they followed after him.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Ye Yan gave Xiao Yu a Storage Ring of medicinal pills, while Ruo Lin told the students that Ye Yan's connections could earn Xiao Yu preferential treatment.
• Ye Yan brought Cailin and the others to Green Mountain, where they found Zi Yan waiting for him and asking for more pills.
• Ye Yan gave Zi Yan another Storage Ring full of pills, and she noticed they seemed stronger than the ones he had made before.
• Zi Yan grew dejected as she considered how much stronger Ye Yan had become, but Ye Yan interrupted her thoughts and asked whether she still thought the pills were insufficient.

Ye Yan asked Su Qian to let him take the Fallen Heart Flame, promising to replace it with an identical flame and preserve the tower’s stability. Meanwhile, Soul Hall sent a Battle Sovereign Heavenly Venerable to the Black Corner Region to investigate Ye Yan.

• Ye Yan told Su Qian he wanted the Fallen Heart Flame and promised to find a replacement that would keep the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower stable.
• Su Qian said he would discuss Ye Yan’s proposal with the other elders, while Ye Yan watched the Transparent Fire Python beneath the tower.
• Soul Hall protectors in the Black Corner Region hesitated to investigate Ye Yan, fearing the danger and lacking orders from the Central Plains.
• A Battle Sovereign Heavenly Venerable arrived through a spatial rift, forced the protectors to their knees, and berated them for failing to investigate.
• Protector Xiao kowtowed and offered to serve the Heavenly Venerable by searching for information.

Venerable Qinghai learned that Ye Yan was in Jia Nan Academy and suspected the young prodigy had advanced to Dou Zong and could refine seventh- or even eighth-tier pills. He decided to investigate Ye Yan and the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, suspecting it might lead to a Heavenly Flame he could claim.

• Protector Xiao reported that Li Feiyu remained missing, Ye Yan was in the Black Corner Region, and Protector Ao may have been killed by Ye Yan.
• Venerable Qinghai ordered Protector Xiao to investigate Ye Yan, dismissing Li Feiyu as unimportant for the moment.
• Five days later, Protector Xiao reported that Ye Yan had been visiting the Alchemy Workshop and the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, and had reportedly refined an Imperial Extreme Pill.
• Venerable Qinghai suspected Ye Yan could be a Dou Zong and an eighth-tier alchemist, and said he would personally assess him before deciding whether to prepare for a harvest.
• Venerable Qinghai ordered an investigation into Ye Yan's visits to the tower and suspected he was seeking a Heavenly Flame, which he resolved to claim for himself.

Ye Yan secured Su Qian, Hu Gan, and Elder Huo’s agreement to let Xuan Yi absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, then brought her into the Magma World beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. As the Invisible Fire Python awakened, Venerable Qinghai secretly followed them down, hoping to seize a Heavenly Flame.

• Su Qian, Hu Gan, and Elder Huo agreed to let Ye Yan enter the sealed Magma World and obtain the Fallen Heart Flame, and Ye Yan said he would begin in the next few days.
• Ye Yan brought Xuan Yi to the tower and led her down into the Magma World, where they approached the resting Invisible Fire Python.
• Venerable Qinghai learned that Ye Yan and the others were at the tower, then slipped into the cavern and descended without alerting them.
• The Invisible Fire Python opened its green-glowing eyes and fixed its greedy gaze on Ye Yan, sensing something valuable within him.

Ye Yan and Xuan Yi fought the Fallen Heart Flame while Ye Yan discovered a Soul Hall expert hiding nearby. Ye Yan trapped Venerable Qinghai in a Spatial Cage and attacked him, leaving Xuan Yi to continue subduing the flame.

• Ye Yan caught the Fallen Heart Flame’s attack and found that its power could not affect him.
• Xuan Yi used spatial power to restrain the Invisible Fire Python, while Ye Yan gave her a Green Lotus Seat to help refine a Heavenly Flame.
• Ye Yan sensed a hidden presence, laid down a Spatial Cage, and warned Xuan Yi that the observer was from the Soul Hall.
• Venerable Qinghai recognized Xuan Yi and realized that Ye Yan was Han Li, then discovered that Ye Yan had sealed the surrounding space.
• Ye Yan appeared behind Venerable Qinghai and fought the four-star Battle Sovereign, while Xuan Yi continued dealing with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Ye Yan mocked Venerable Qinghai for not laughing “Jie jie jie” as they fought.

Ye Yan fought Venerable Qinghai while Xuan Yi sought the Fallen Heart Flame’s natal flame seed. After the flame’s heart-flame exposed a forbidden thought to Xuan Yi, she emerged furious and resolved to absorb it.

• Ye Yan broke Venerable Qinghai’s chains and poison attacks, then overwhelmed him with rapid punches and Blazing Flame Force.
• Venerable Qinghai unleashed a soul-targeting screech and began considering the Fallen Heart Flame as his chance to escape.
• Xuan Yi located the Fallen Heart Flame’s natal flame seed while suppressing the intelligent Heavenly Flame’s attacks.
• The Fallen Heart Flame’s heart-flame trapped Xuan Yi in an illusion that stirred a forbidden thought and briefly unsettled her.
• Xuan Yi escaped the illusion, looked toward Ye Yan, and turned her shame into anger at the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xuan Yi captured the Fallen Heart Flame’s seed while Ye Yan kept Venerable Qinghai at bay. As Ye Yan burned away Qinghai’s soul-laden attack, Qinghai rushed toward Xuan Yi, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Xuan Yi used spatial power to trap the Fallen Heart Flame’s tiny flame serpent and held it in a barrier.
• Xuan Yi reflected that she needed to become a Battle Saint to protect Ye Yan.
• Ye Yan joined Xuan Yi, told her to prepare to refine the Heavenly Flame, and pursued Venerable Qinghai as he tried to escape.
• Venerable Qinghai failed to break through Ye Yan’s Spatial Cage and attacked with a wave of souls shrouded in ghostly mist.
• Ye Yan burned away the mist and souls with his turquoise Heavenly Flame, while Venerable Qinghai rushed toward Xuan Yi.

Ye Yan and Xuan Yi survived Venerable Qinghai’s self-destruction, and Ye Yan pursued the Soul Hall Venerable’s fleeing soul. After crushing Qinghai, Ye Yan realized the man’s escape scheme might be hidden beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Ye Yan rushed to Xuan Yi as Venerable Qinghai switched targets, but Qinghai released control of his body and began to self-destruct.
• Xuan Yi told Ye Yan to retreat, and Ye Yan shielded them with the Heaven-Burning Cauldron while the explosion shattered his Spatial Cage and blasted magma outward.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan saw the eruption beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and suspected the battle against the Fallen Heart Flame had caused it.
• Ye Yan sensed Venerable Qinghai’s fleeing soul, left his body, and confronted him with his Heavenly Realm Soul.
• Ye Yan suspected Qinghai was hiding a scheme, searched the area, and concluded it must be beneath the tower before crushing Qinghai’s soul into ash.

Xuan Yi killed a Soul Hall avatar that tried to poison Ye Yan, but Ye Yan suspected the attack concealed another danger. After returning to his body, he searched the magma for further threats while Xuan Yi remained exhausted and prepared to guard the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xuan Yi defended Ye Yan's body from attacks and annihilated Venerable Qinghai's soul avatar, unknowingly allowing an eighth-tier pill to mix with the avatar's released energy.
• Ye Yan's soul returned to his body, and he noticed the remains of the battle as Xuan Yi warned him that the Soul Hall attack seemed suspicious.
• Xuan Yi recounted the attack, and Ye Yan concluded that the weak soul may have been a diversion or an attempt to seize his body.
• Ye Yan asked whether Xuan Yi felt poisoned, then searched the surrounding magma for another soul avatar while she recovered from guarding the Fallen Heart Flame.

Ye Yan cleared the area so Xuan Yi could absorb the Fallen Heart Flame in safety. Xuan Yi began refining it, but the flame’s heat twisted her meridians and caused her intense pain.

• Ye Yan searched the battle site, found no trace of the Soul Clan Battle Sovereign, and returned to Xuan Yi.
• Ye Yan erected a spatial barrier and inspected the area while Xuan Yi sat on the Green Lotus Seat and recovered her Dou Qi.
• Xuan Yi agreed to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame while Ye Yan stayed nearby, promising to turn away and avoid using his soul power unless she called for help.
• Xuan Yi prepared protective items, swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill, and let the Fallen Heart Flame enter her body through her arm.
• The Fallen Heart Flame scorched Xuan Yi despite her protections, twisting her meridians as she struggled to refine it.