Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing defeated Fan Lao and the other attackers in the Withered Bone Wasteland, earning the name Green Demon Lord. After settling in a secluded cave with Zi Yan, he gained Space Power from her origin blood essence and advanced to Eight-Star Dou Wang.

• Xiao Qing used Devouring Law Form to drain Fan Lao and kill the Earth Flame Sect elder, then crushed the Nine-Star Dou Wang leader and drove off the remaining black-clothed figures.
• Xiao Qing collected the attackers' Storage Rings and found the Fire Origin Pill Formula, valuable resources, and a strange snake-patterned token.
• Xiao Qing warned the hidden watchers to leave, and witnesses spread his reputation as the Green Demon Lord.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan traveled to a secluded cave, where he used the Golden Book to solidify Space Power from Zi Yan's origin blood essence.
• Xiao Qing broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang and sensed that the world had changed.

Xiao Qing advanced his Heavenly Lightning Body Tempering Method and discovered a peak Tier 7 Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, which he stored before Mo Tianxing arrived. Mo Tianxing recognized Xiao Qing as the Green Demon Lord but chose to avoid a fight and invited him to the Black Emperor Sect’s auction in three months.

• Xiao Qing’s spatial perception improved after his cultivation broke through two stars, and he trained the first stage of the Heavenly Lightning Body Tempering Method to Minor Completion.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Qing to a mountain ravine, where he found and stored the corpse of a peak Tier 7 Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Mo Tianxing appeared in the ravine and asked Xiao Qing to give him the Magical Beast corpse, but Xiao Qing refused.
• Mo Tianxing recognized Xiao Qing as the Green Demon Lord who had killed Fan Lao and weighed the risks of fighting him.
• Mo Tianxing backed down, invited Xiao Qing to trade with him, and told him the Black Emperor Sect’s auction would take place in Black Emperor City in three months.

After hearing that Han Feng was in Maple City, Xiao Qing learned the full story of Old Yao’s betrayal and vowed to avenge him. He left Zi Yan in Black Emperor City and set out to secretly scout Han Feng and seek a chance to kill him and take the Sea Heart Flame.

• Xiao Qing arrived in Black Emperor City with Zi Yan and heard that Han Feng would refine Peak Tier 6 Break Sect Pills in Maple City the following month.
• Old Yao lost control after hearing Han Feng’s name, then revealed that Han Feng had conspired with Mu Gu of the Soul Hall to poison and kill him for the Bone Chilling Flame and the Burning Mantra.
• Xiao Qing promised Old Yao that he would kill Han Feng and Mu Gu to avenge the betrayal.
• Xiao Qing decided to travel to Maple City in secret, scout Han Feng, and strike if he found a suitable opportunity.
• Xiao Qing left Zi Yan at an inn in Black Emperor City with pills and instructions to wait for his return.

Xiao Qing infiltrated Maple City and confronted Han Feng after learning of his resentment toward Yao Chen and his incomplete Burning Mantra. He overwhelmed Han Feng with his Spirit Realm soul power and superior flames, leaving him badly injured in the sealed hall.

• Xiao Qing left Zi Yan at the inn and secretly traveled to Maple City to find Han Feng.
• Xiao Qing overheard Han Feng complain that his incomplete Burning Mantra had kept him from reaching Dou Zong.
• Xiao Qing sealed Han Feng's hall with his Spirit Realm soul power and revealed himself, accusing Han Feng of betraying Yao Chen.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Qing's complete Burning Mantra and Bone Chilling Flame, then raged over Yao Chen favoring his new disciple.
• Han Feng attacked with the Sea Heart Flame, but Xiao Qing suppressed the flames and shattered Han Feng's defense with a single blow.

Xiao Qing killed Han Feng, reclaimed the Sea Heart Flame, and learned from Iron Protector’s memories that a dangerous Soul Hall branch operated near the Black-Corner Region. After refining the flame and strengthening the Burning Mantra, he left the story aware of the Dou Zun experts guarding the branch.

• Xiao Qing defeated Han Feng, destroyed his cultivation, seized the Sea Heart Flame, and captured his soul as Old Yao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring.
• Old Yao told Xiao Qing to give Han Feng a quick death, and Xiao Qing erased Han Feng’s soul before burning his body and looting Maple City’s treasury.
• Xiao Qing refined the Sea Heart Flame in a remote cave, where it joined his other flames and raised the Burning Mantra to Earth Rank Mid-grade.
• Xiao Qing searched Iron Protector’s soul and discovered a hidden Soul Hall branch led by Venerable Styx and Venerable Sky Nether.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Qing that the Soul Hall branch was far too dangerous for him to confront at his current strength.

Xiao Qing killed two Dou Emperors who attacked him, saved Wu Tianlang, and continued his cultivation in Black Emperor City as rumors tied him to Han Feng’s mysterious death. While Xiao Qing was secluded, First Elder Su Qian met Zi Yan and learned about him; after Xiao Qing emerged, Wu Tianlang and Su Qian came to visit.

• Xiao Qing killed the Seven-Star Dou Emperor who attacked him, then erased the fleeing burly Dou Emperor’s soul and saved Wu Tianlang.
• Wu Tianlang explained that the two men had pursued him for killing their bandit leader ten years earlier, and Xiao Qing continued toward Black Emperor City.
• News spread that Han Feng had died mysteriously, and Black-Corner Region factions and Soul Hall informants grew wary of the Green Demon Lord.
• Xiao Qing consumed a Dou Ling Pill, advanced to Nine-Star Dou Wang, and studied pill formulas while in seclusion.
• Su Qian met Zi Yan at a sugar-figurine stall, learned that she was waiting for Xiao Qing, and located their inn.
• After Xiao Qing emerged from seclusion, Wu Tianlang visited with Su Qian and introduced him as Jia Nan Academy’s First Elder.

Xiao Qing secured Jia Nan Academy’s support for gathering medicinal ingredients after revealing his Tier 7 alchemy skill and Spirit Realm soul. Three days later, he arrived with Su Qian and other academy representatives at the Black Emperor Pavilion Auction, where Mo Tianxing welcomed them and they encountered Lv Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Xiao Qing told Su Qian that he was a Tier 7 Alchemist and released his Spirit Realm soul power, convincing Su Qian of his extraordinary potential.
• Su Qian offered to gather ingredients under favorable terms, and Xiao Qing agreed to cooperate and travel with Jia Nan Academy to the Black Emperor Pavilion Auction.
• Three days later, Su Qian arrived with Hu Gan and Huo Yuan, and the group set out for the auction with Xiao Qing and Zi Yan.
• Mo Tianxing personally welcomed Xiao Qing and the Jia Nan Academy group, then escorted them to Heaven-Class Box No. 3.
• Xiao Qing passed Lv Man and the Heavenly Snake Mansion delegation; Lv Man briefly sensed something unusual about him before leading her people away.

Xiao Qing outbid Demon Flame Valley and other factions for rare auction treasures, culminating in his offer of a Tier 7 Intermediate Heaven Soul Blood Bone Pill for the Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid. The chapter ended with Mo Tianxing reacting in shock to the offer, before announcing the owner's decision.

• Su Qian won the Azure Nether Life-Prolonging Pill for Jia Nan Academy at nine million gold coins.
• Xiao Qing outbid Rakshasa Gate for the Heavenly Nether Poisonous Nether Palm, intending it to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Woe Poison Body.
• Mo Tianxing presented the Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid, which could temper a cultivator's body to the level of a Tier 7 Magical Beast, and said its owner would only accept an exchange.
• The owner rejected offers from Eight Fan Gate, Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Heavenly Yin Sect.
• Fang Yan offered Demon Flame Valley's Tier 7 Life Returning Pill, but Xiao Qing countered with a Tier 7 Intermediate Heaven Soul Blood Bone Pill.
• Mo Tianxing trembled in astonishment after receiving the owner's response to Xiao Qing's offer.

After winning the Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid at auction, Xiao Qing and the Jia Nan Academy group were ambushed on their way home by Demon Flame Valley elders and the mysterious auction owner. Xiao Qing unleashed his Law of Fire Form and struck the Four-Star Dou Zong’s soul, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Fang Yan erupted in anger when the auction owner awarded the Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid to Xiao Qing, and Su Qian repelled his pressure.
• Xiao Qing secured the liquid, and he and the Jia Nan Academy group left Black Emperor City for Peace Town.
• The mysterious Four-Star Dou Zong and three Demon Flame Valley elders ambushed Xiao Qing, Su Qian, Hu Gan, Zi Yan, and Elder Huo on a mountain path.
• The attackers divided their targets, with the mysterious Dou Zong charging Xiao Qing while Fang Yan and the Second Elder confronted Su Qian.
• Xiao Qing revealed his Law of Fire Form and two Heavenly Flames, dodged the Dou Zong’s attacks, then pierced the attacker’s sea of consciousness with his Spirit Realm Soul Power.

Xiao Qing and his allies defeated the Demon Flame Valley ambushers and reached Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy. He agreed to hold public pill-refining demonstrations there, and the academy announced the event for five days later.

• Xiao Qing killed the mysterious Four-Star Dou Zong and then annihilated Fang Yan and Second Elder with the Great Heaven Red Sun Palm.
• Zi Yan, Hu Gan, and Elder Huo overwhelmed Third Elder, while spies fled and a black-mist figure vanished to report Xiao Qing’s strength to a branch hall.
• Xiao Qing and the group reached Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Su Qian arranged their residence and delivered medicinal ingredients.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Qing to let the academy’s teachers and students observe him refining pills, and Xiao Qing agreed on the condition that they remain quiet.
• Su Qian announced that Xiao Qing would begin high-level pill-refining demonstrations in the central plaza five days later, stirring excitement throughout the Inner Academy.

Xiao Qing demonstrated extraordinary alchemy at Jia Nan Inner Academy, refining pills with a flame fused from two Heavenly Flames and preparing to attempt a Tier 7 Peak Break-Venerable Pill. As the academy anticipated his breakthrough, Earth Demon Old Ghost vowed revenge and the Soul Hall began investigating Xiao Qing.

• Xiao Qing fused the Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame into the Heavenly Azure Glazed Flame, then used it to refine four batches of pills at once before a massive crowd.
• Over the next three months, Xiao Qing refined Tier 5 and Tier 6 pills, inspiring students and elders to improve their alchemy skills.
• Xiao Qing announced that he would attempt to refine a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill in seven days, and he prepared the ingredients for a Break-Venerable Pill with Old Yao's encouragement and Zi Yan's support.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, angered by Jia Nan Academy's upcoming Tier 7 refinement, promised to take revenge when he left seclusion.
• A Soul Hall figure learned that Xiao Qing wielded two Heavenly Flames, including Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame, and ordered a subordinate to inform Honored Elder Mu Gu.

Xiao Qing refined a Tier 7 low-grade Life Returning Pill, then began making the Tier 7 Peak Break-Venerable Pill for Jia Nan Academy. After devouring its Purple Heaven Pill Lightning, he advanced his physical body to Late Sixth Tier, but the pill gained spirituality and tried to escape.

• Su Qian and Hu Gan secured the Inner Academy square while Xiao Qing prepared to refine a Tier 7 pill.
• Xiao Qing refined a Life Returning Pill and devoured its silver Pill Lightning, strengthening his body and stabilizing his Nine-Star Dou Wang cultivation.
• Xiao Qing began refining the Break-Venerable Pill, while Qian Mu and Bai Lie hoped it would help them break through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qing endured and devoured the Break-Venerable Pill's Purple Heaven Pill Lightning, advancing his physical body to Late Sixth Tier.
• The newly formed pill spirit shot out of the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and Xiao Qing prepared to stop it.

Xiao Qing refined a Peak Tier 7 Break-Venerable Pill and promised to make another for Jia Nan Academy’s guardians, earning their gratitude as threats gathered around the academy. After recovering and receiving ingredients from Su Qian, Xiao Qing prepared to refine a pill using Pill Tribulation power, while Su Qian questioned whether the fierce ingredients could form a stable pill.

• Xiao Qing subdued the Break-Venerable Pill, and Qian Mu and Bai Lie appeared to receive it; they each urged the other to take it first.
• Xiao Qing promised to refine a second Break-Venerable Pill for Bai Lie using the spare ingredients, and Qian Mu accepted the first pill.
• News of Xiao Qing’s achievement spread through the Black-Corner Region, while a black-mist figure ordered a report to the Honored Elder and Demon Flame Valley’s remnants feared the consequences.
• Su Qian visited Xiao Qing, who requested supplementary ingredients for a body-tempering pill; Su Qian agreed to gather them while Xiao Qing secluded himself to recover and digest the gains from devouring Pill Lightning.
• Four days later, Su Qian delivered the requested ingredients and questioned how their fierce yang properties could be used to refine a stable pill.

Xiao Qing used the Purple Heaven Pill Lightning from refining a Break-Venerable Pill as the main ingredient in an unprecedented body-tempering pill. After suppressing and refining the lightning and completing the fusion with medicinal essences, he sent a purple pill wrapped in silver lightning patterns rising from the Myriad Beast Cauldron.

• Xiao Qing told Old Yao he planned to make a body-tempering pill using Pill Lightning, and Old Yao warned him of the dangers before agreeing to guard him.
• Three days later, Xiao Qing began refining a Break-Venerable Pill before a crowd at the Inner Academy's central plaza.
• Xiao Qing captured the Purple Heaven Pill Lightning in the Myriad Beast Cauldron and used his Soul Power and the Law of Fire to suppress and refine it.
• Xiao Qing restrained the Break-Venerable Pill's escaping Pill Spirit, tossed the completed pill to Bai Lie, and erased the spirit's consciousness.
• Xiao Qing fused the refined Tribulation Lightning Essence with the body-tempering medicinal essences, and a deep-purple pill with silver lightning patterns rose from the cauldron.

Xiao Qing created the Lightning Tribulation Pill, a Tier 7 peak pill that could raise a Dou Zong’s physical strength by a level, and Jia Nan Academy agreed to let him use the Fallen Heart Flame for seclusion. After entrusting Zi Yan to Old Yao’s care, Xiao Qing went with Su Qian to the tower’s depths, where the story left him facing the sealed flame.

• Xiao Qing let Pill Lightning temper his newly refined pill, then named it the Lightning Tribulation Pill and explained its effects and formula to the stunned crowd.
• Qian Mu, Bai Lie, and Su Qian agreed to let Xiao Qing seclude himself beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and offered him access to the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Qing announced the end of the alchemy gathering and gave Zi Yan pills before warning her not to cause trouble while he was away.
• Xiao Qing entrusted Zi Yan with the Bone Flame Ring and introduced her to Old Yao, who agreed to guide her while Xiao Qing was in seclusion.
• Su Qian led Xiao Qing to the deepest passage beneath the tower and explained that the sealed Fallen Heart Flame both aided cultivation and threatened Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Qing entered the magma beneath Jia Nan Academy, strengthened his body and cultivation with Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid and a Lightning Tribulation Pill, then prepared to devour Fallen Heart Flame. Three months later, a brief burst of terrifying power shook the Inner Academy, hinting that his underground advancement had reached a major turning point.

• Xiao Qing reassured Su Qian that he would not endanger Jia Nan Academy, then entered the magma and frightened Fallen Heart Flame into hiding with his Origin of Fire.
• Xiao Qing spent seven days tempering his body with Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid and reached the Early Seventh Stage.
• Xiao Qing consumed his Lightning Tribulation Pill and devoured energy from the magma for a month, advancing to Early Three-Star Dou Emperor and Mid Seventh Stage physical strength.
• Xiao Qing subdued Fallen Heart Flame with his Origin of Fire and began drawing it toward his palm with his devouring power.
• Three months later, a terrifying aura erupted beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, startling the Inner Academy’s experts and students.

After refining Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy as a Seven-Star Dou Emperor and gave Su Qian an Infant Fallen Heart Flame to restore the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. The chapter revealed that Xiao Qing had found Venerable Skyfire beneath the magma, and the weakened remnant soul asked him for help.

• Su Qian sensed Fallen Heart Flame disappear and realized Xiao Qing had successfully emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Qing returned to the tower seven days later and told Su Qian that he had reached Seven-Star Dou Emperor, strengthened his body, advanced Spatial Power into Spatial Law, and raised Burning Mantra to Earth Rank High-grade.
• Xiao Qing gave Su Qian the Infant Fallen Heart Flame as compensation and explained that Jia Nan Academy could nurture it to restore the tower's cultivation benefits.
• Su Qian accepted the young flame and thanked Xiao Qing for preserving the academy's foundation.
• Xiao Qing revealed that he had found Venerable Skyfire's hidden space beneath the magma and encountered the nearly dissipated remnant soul.
• Venerable Skyfire identified himself as Yao Tianhuo, confirmed that Xiao Qing had refined Fallen Heart Flame, and made a request while offering the Infant Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Qing rescued Venerable Skyfire's remnant soul and promised to try to revive him in exchange for twenty years of service, receiving the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Technique in return. After deciding to leave Jia Nan Academy for Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Qing reassured Su Qian that he would go alone, then found Zi Yan eyeing a glowing lingzhi guarded by a giant python.

• Xiao Qing promised to revive Venerable Skyfire if he joined Xiao Qing's future force for twenty years, and Venerable Skyfire agreed and gave him the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Technique.
• Xiao Qing stored Venerable Skyfire's remnant soul in a soul-nourishing jade bottle, took the infant Fallen Heart Flame, and handed the flame to Su Qian.
• Xiao Qing sensed that Qian and Bai Elders were advancing toward Dou Zun and that Zi Yan's strength had grown, then decided to leave for Demon Flame Valley to obtain the Heavenly Demon Puppet's complete refining method.
• Su Qian warned Xiao Qing about Earth Demon Old Ghost and Demon Flame Valley's dangers, but Xiao Qing refused help and said he would claim the valley's stores himself.
• Xiao Qing went to the Back Mountain to find Zi Yan and Old Yao, where he saw Zi Yan preparing to snatch a glowing azure lingzhi guarded by a giant python.

Xiao Qing prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Old Yao to attack Demon Flame Valley, while the Soul Hall planned to exploit the coming conflict. Xiao Qing used his spatial ability to take Zi Yan directly to the Demon Flame Mountain Range, where they arrived ready to seek the valley’s treasures.

• Zi Yan and Old Yao worked together to scare off a Poison Dragon Python and collect a Seven-Colored Lingzhi.
• Xiao Qing announced that he planned to go to Demon Flame Valley, and Zi Yan eagerly agreed to help find its treasures.
• Elder Huo and the Alchemy Department elders gave Xiao Qing medicinal ingredients and a copy of the Spirit Soul Pill formula before he left.
• Su Qian warned Xiao Qing to be cautious, while Protector Xuan ordered Soul Hall operatives to watch Demon Flame Valley and wait for a chance to strike.
• Xiao Qing left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Old Yao, then used his spatial ability to transport himself and Zi Yan to a cliff near Demon Flame Valley.

Xiao Qing demonstrated his mastery of Spatial Law by appearing above Demon Flame City and provoking Demon Flame Valley into its highest alert. Earth Demon Old Ghost emerged after reaching Seven-Star Dou Zong and confronted Xiao Qing, while Protector Xuan and Protector Wu watched from hiding.

• Xiao Qing used Spatial Power to travel to Demon Flame City and told Old Yao to watch over Zi Yan.
• Xiao Qing appeared above Demon Flame City, standing in the air without Dou Qi wings, and the city sounded its highest-level alarm.
• Demon Flame Valley's Fourth Elder recognized Xiao Qing as the Green Demon Lord and sent a disciple to summon the Earth Demon Ancestor.
• Protector Xuan and Protector Wu watched Xiao Qing from the shadows and hoped his confrontation with Earth Demon Old Ghost would leave both sides weakened.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zong, then hurried to Demon Flame City after learning Xiao Qing had arrived.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost confronted Xiao Qing in the air and demanded to know if he was the Green Demon Lord who had killed his elders and taken his opportunities.