Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan gained control over lightning-attributed Dou Qi and began relearning Three Thousand Lightning Movement before traveling with Zi Yan and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. On arrival, Hu Gan hinted to Elder Lei and Great Elder Su Qian that an extraordinary newcomer was among the students.

• Xiao Fan mastered the introductory Thunder Flash stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement and gave Zi Yan several drops of his blood after she begged for them.
• Zi Yan frightened Little Gold, the golden griffin, into fleeing, but Hu Gan’s people eventually calmed it and prepared the group’s journey to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Fan asked Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to help uncover the Blood Sect mole among the Outer Academy elders.
• Hu Gan arranged for the new students to ride griffins to the Inner Academy, while Xiao Fan expected Fan Lao to seek revenge for Fan Ling’s death.
• The group passed through the silver gate into the Inner Academy, where Hu Gan met Elder Lei and Su Qian and hinted that a monster had appeared among the newcomers.

Su Qian changed the Fire Energy Hunting Competition’s final stage, ordering the top ten students to participate and offering a Cyan Crystal Fire Energy Card to the winner. Xiao Fan gathered Lin Xiuya and three others to hunt the older students, while Zi Yan waited as the final checkpoint, eager to confront him.

• Su Qian ordered Elder Lei to recruit the top ten students for the final stage and offered a Cyan Crystal Fire Energy Card as the prize; he decided to find Zi Yan himself.
• Elder Huo took Qing Lin into his care, and Xiao Fan let her go with him before the competition began.
• Xiao Fan agreed to lead Lin Xiuya and three other new students, intending to hunt the older students rather than merely evade them.
• Boss Bai led his five-person squad through the forest and warned them not to let any new students pass.
• Zi Yan waited at the final checkpoint, chewing a Sugar Pill and planning to beat Xiao Fan when he arrived.

Xiao Fan’s group dominated the Fire Energy Capture Competition, defeating older students and taking their Fire Energy Cards. Su Qian watched Xiao Fan’s strength and mysterious flame closely as the group continued toward the top-ranked students.

• Xiao Fan’s group chased down older students, leaving defeated teams stripped of their Fire Energy Cards.
• A fleeing squad warned Team Bai that the new students were overpowering older teams, but Boss Bai dismissed their fear and struck Lin Xiuya down.
• Xiao Fan intervened with a strange flame that destroyed Boss Bai’s weapon, then ordered Lin Xiuya to collect Team Bai’s Fire Energy Cards.
• Boss Bai surrendered his team’s cards, while Su Qian praised Xiao Fan’s soul strength and suspected his flame was a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Fan’s group collected cards from the other high-ranking students, and Xiao Fan swiftly overwhelmed a stubborn second-ranked student.

Xiao Fan faced Zi Yan as the final trial of the Inner Academy’s test, while Su Qian watched and tried to persuade her with rewards. Zi Yan and Xiao Fan bargained with both sides before fighting in earnest, and their battle ended with them evenly matched.

• Lin Xiuya sensed a powerful presence ahead, and Xiao Fan realized Zi Yan was asleep nearby while Su Qian watched from the air.
• Xiao Fan warned his group to go around, but Lin Xiuya stayed and approached Zi Yan, who knocked him down for his rude remarks.
• Xiao Fan offered Zi Yan Sugar Pills to fight him, while Su Qian countered with access to the medicinal ingredient storeroom and other rewards.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Fan secretly agreed to take rewards from both sides, then began their staged fight with Xiao Fan using lightning-attribute Dou Qi.
• Zi Yan unleashed her Ancient Void Fist, and Xiao Fan used Green Lotus Body Protection and Super Strength to meet her attack and fight her to a standstill.

Xiao Fan sparred with Zi Yan before Su Qian rewarded him with an elder-grade Red Fire Crystal Card and welcomed him as family. Xiao Fan moved into a luxurious academy residence with Qing Lin and sleeping Zi Yan, while Qing Lin secretly stole a kiss as he rested.

• Zi Yan attacked Xiao Fan until she sulked, and Xiao Fan picked her up and spanked her before Su Qian interrupted their sparring.
• Su Qian transferred Xiao Fan's 1,314 days of fire energy onto a Red Fire Crystal Card, and Xiao Fan called him Grandpa in front of everyone.
• Qing Lin worried that Xiao Fan's new home meant he was leaving her, and Xiao Fan reassured her that they would live together.
• Xiao Fan took Qing Lin to the academy's luxurious residence, where she tended to him as he rested beside the sleeping Zi Yan.
• Qing Lin secretly kissed Xiao Fan while he slept, and Zi Yan remained curled up against him.

Xiao Fan took Zi Yan and little Qing Lin toward the back mountain to catch magical beast pets, but Elder Huo tried to keep Qing Lin from going. After Xiao Fan promised Qing Lin he would return, he and Zi Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he also planned to search for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

• Lin Xiuya asked Xiao Fan about establishing a faction, but Xiao Fan refused and left with Zi Yan and little Qing Lin.
• Elder Huo intercepted Xiao Fan and objected to Qing Lin entering the dangerous back mountain, while Zi Yan urged Xiao Fan to catch the beasts and bring them back instead.
• Xiao Fan encouraged Qing Lin to express what she wanted, and she kissed him and asked for the same promise as last time.
• Xiao Fan promised Qing Lin he would return, then set out with Zi Yan to find magical beast pets for her.
• Zi Yan's aura sent magical beasts fleeing before they entered the mountain range, and Xiao Fan began searching for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan subdued the newly advanced Snow Demon Sky Ape and entered its nest to collect Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Xiao Fan left with most of the treasure and offered the ape pills in exchange for bringing him snake-type Magical Beasts.

• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan found the Snow Demon Sky Ape's nest, and Zi Yan knocked the newly advanced fifth-rank beast unconscious.
• Xiao Fan gave the Snow Demon Sky Ape a pill and persuaded it to lead them through its nest.
• Xiao Fan discovered the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk inside ancient stalactites and carefully collected most of it.
• Xiao Fan divided the treasure among people he knew and offered the Snow Demon Sky Ape pills for every snake-type Magical Beast it brought back.
• Zi Yan accused Xiao Fan of making the same kind of dishonest bargain he had used to trick her before.

Xiao Fan prepared Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in Zi Yan’s nest, and the two shared an intimate moment before the Snow Demon Sky Ape interrupted them. After collecting magical beasts for Qing Lin, Xiao Fan and Zi Yan returned from the back mountain, while Xiao Fan considered how to approach Su Qian about the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Fan refined medicine while Zi Yan rested against him, and they kissed as she remained uncertain whether the moment was real or a dream.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape entered with ten magical beasts, and Zi Yan blasted him out of the nest before Xiao Fan paid him with pills for his work.
• Xiao Fan collected several dozen snake-type magical beasts with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to nourish Qing Lin.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan left the back mountain, and he reassured her that he would grow up soon.
• Xiao Fan planned to tell Su Qian about the Infant Fallen Heart Flame and considered finding a catalyst to contact his future father-in-law.

Xiao Fan manipulated Zi Yan into giving him her exclusive mark, then accompanied her to the herb storehouse to gather ingredients for the Soul Fusion Pill. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa’s anger rising again as she remembered how Xiao Fan had deceived her over the pill in their past life.

• Xiao Fan pretended the Snake Curse Seal hurt and complained to Zi Yan, prompting her to give him an exclusive mark of her own.
• Queen Medusa punished Xiao Fan for slandering her, and he endured the pain on the way back.
• Zi Yan showed Elder Deng Su Qian’s contract and entered the herb storehouse to choose three items, with Xiao Fan following her.
• Zi Yan tried to take an herb she wanted, but Xiao Fan took it from her and continued searching for the ingredients needed for the Soul Fusion Pill.
• Queen Medusa released the Snake Curse Seal after Xiao Fan remembered his promise, then grew furious as she recalled how he had tricked her in their past life.

Xiao Fan finished refining a Soul Fusion Pill for Queen Medusa while Zi Yan and Qing Lin kept him company. Queen Medusa took the pill and left Xiao Fan brooding over their past relationship and the reconciliation he had missed.

• Zi Yan distracted Xiao Fan during the pill refinement, but Qing Lin helped settle her and eventually fell asleep beside her in his arms.
• Xiao Fan completed the Soul Fusion Pill, and Queen Medusa darted out of his sleeve to seize it.
• Queen Medusa praised the pill, then lashed Xiao Fan with her tail when he boasted about its quality.
• Queen Medusa grew angry when Xiao Fan called her heartless, and she retreated to refine the pill instead of continuing their argument.
• Xiao Fan remembered their past intimacy, her departure, and how he had failed to stop her or discover that she had borne his twin daughters.

Xiao Fan reunited with Queen Medusa and coaxed her into admitting she still loved him, bringing their strained relationship back together. She teased him and resisted his claims that they were married, but Xiao Fan promised a grand wedding before asking what had happened after his death.

• Xiao Fan placed the sleeping children on the bed and asked Queen Medusa to stay, but she pretended not to hear him.
• After Xiao Fan left, Queen Medusa revealed her hurt and longing, and Xiao Fan returned unseen to confront her about her feelings.
• Queen Medusa tearfully accused Xiao Fan of abandoning her, then pulled him close and kissed him until he was left gasping.
• Queen Medusa mocked Xiao Fan and denied that they were married, while he insisted that they would wed someday.
• Xiao Fan asked Queen Medusa what had happened after he died, but she refused to tell him and insisted they were not married.

Xiao Fan learned that Zi Yan had become a Dou Emperor and cared for her and Qing Lin before training with Three Thousand Lightning Movement. After Xiao Xiao Yan corrected his approach to the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, Xiao Fan understood that lightning-attributed Dou Qi was needed to sustain the phantom.

• Queen Medusa told Xiao Fan that Zi Yan had become a Dou Emperor, and Xiao Fan thanked her before playfully drawing close to her.
• Zi Yan woke and drank the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk Xiao Fan had prepared, while he made a medicinal bath for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Fan helped Qing Lin into the medicinal bath, then left her alone behind a barrier and used Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to strengthen his own body.
• Xiao Fan mastered Three Thousand Lightning Movement's final level and tried to form a soul clone with the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, but it quickly vanished.
• Xiao Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan to use lightning-attributed Dou Qi to sustain the phantom, and Xiao Fan realized how the two techniques worked together.

Xiao Fan received a letter from Xiao Yu, gave Lin Xiuya pills to remove fire poison, and entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. He drew the Fallen Heart Flame toward him to judge its strength and decide how to handle it.

• Lin Xiuya delivered Xiao Yu's letter, which told Xiao Fan that she had entered Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Fan gave Lin Xiuya pills that could clear the fire poison caused by cultivating in the tower.
• Queen Medusa warned Xiao Fan against pursuing other women and continued to beat him whenever she became suspicious.
• Xiao Fan entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and erased its Heart Flame trial from his chest.
• Xiao Fan descended to the lower levels and released Heavenly Flame aura to lure the Fallen Heart Flame closer.

Xiao Fan sensed the Fallen Heart Flame’s strength before evacuating the Burning Sky Qi Refining Tower, then returned to find magical beasts marching toward his courtyard. He discovered the Snow Demon Sky Ape had brought hundreds of snake-type beasts for Qing Lin and agreed to provide pills in exchange for medicinal ingredients.

• The Fallen Heart Flame attacked the Burning Sky Qi Refining Tower’s seal, prompting Su Qian and the elders to evacuate the students while Xiao Fan judged the flame to be no threat to him.
• Xiao Fan left the tower after learning about the Fallen Heart Flame, unable to locate the younger flame despite searching with his Spirit Realm Soul Force.
• Magical beasts marched toward the Inner Academy, and Lin Xiuya warned Xiao Fan that the horde was headed for his courtyard.
• Xiao Fan returned to his courtyard, roused Zi Yan, and went to investigate the approaching beasts.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape presented hundreds of captured snake-type magical beasts for Qing Lin, and Xiao Fan controlled them and stored them away.
• Xiao Fan used Zi Yan to tell the beasts he would provide pills if they supplied medicinal ingredients, then gave several pills to the Snow Demon Sky Ape.

After Xiao Fan and Zi Yan sent the magical beast horde away, Xiao Fan invited Su Qian and Elder Huo to his courtyard and proposed subduing the Fallen Heart Flame. Su Qian hesitated over the academy’s reliance on it, but Xiao Fan revealed that a young Fallen Heart Flame also lay beneath the lava.

• Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to make the magical beasts retreat, and Su Qian praised Xiao Fan for helping the academy.
• Su Qian and Elder Huo teased each other over Elder Huo’s newly refined but poor-quality Imperial Extreme Pill before joining Xiao Fan in his courtyard.
• Qing Lin told Su Qian and Elder Huo that she had reached peak Dou Master, surprising Su Qian.
• Xiao Fan asked Su Qian for permission to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame and offered three Break Sect Pills and three Imperial Extreme Pills in exchange.
• Xiao Fan demonstrated that he could fuse multiple Heavenly Flames and explained that his senses had detected a young Fallen Heart Flame beneath the lava.

Xiao Fan tried to persuade Su Qian to let him refine the Fallen Heart Flame, using Zi Yan’s attachment to him as leverage. After Su Qian agreed to take time to prepare and consult the elders, Xiao Fan visited Xiao Yu in the Outer Academy, where she confessed how painful it was to fall behind him.

• Xiao Fan threatened to take Zi Yan away, and Su Qian realized Zi Yan would willingly follow him.
• Su Qian worried that refining the Fallen Heart Flame could kill Xiao Fan, but agreed to discuss the risks with the elders and give him time to prepare.
• Xiao Fan reassured Qing Lin that he would wait for her to grow stronger, then promised Su Qian he would make the pills without providing the ingredients.
• Xiao Fan went to the Outer Academy and visited Xiao Yu, giving her Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and cultivation pills.
• Xiao Yu cried and told Xiao Fan she had worked hard but still could not catch up to him.

Xiao Fan said goodbye to Xiao Yu, then confronted Gu Xun'er, who tried to take him away by force. Queen Medusa protected him, defeated Ling Ying, and left Gu Xun'er promising to apologize once she controlled the Gu Clan.

• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yu pills and Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, warned her he might stay in the Inner Academy for a long time, and learned that Xiao Xun'er had entered Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yu asked to hug Xiao Fan, but he left before their farewell became more intimate.
• Queen Medusa confronted Gu Xun'er, who asked Xiao Fan to hear her explanation, then ordered Ling Ying to seize him when he refused.
• Queen Medusa fought Ling Ying, tore off his arm, and warned Gu Xun'er not to touch Xiao Fan.
• Gu Xun'er promised to explain and apologize once she controlled the Gu Clan, then threw Xiao Fan a wooden box containing the Tou She Ancient God Jade, which Queen Medusa checked before handing over.

Xiao Fan received the Xiao Family’s Tou She Ancient God Jade from Gu Xun'er and prepared to enter the magma beneath the Burning Sky Qi Refining Tower to refine the Fallen Heart Flame. He left Qing Lin in Elder Huo’s care, then faced the Fallen Heart Flame as it rushed toward him.

• Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Fan the Tou She Ancient God Jade and returned to the Gu Clan with Gu Yuan and Ling Ying.
• Xiao Fan said goodbye to Zi Yan and Qing Lin, who secretly placed Die’s Snake Curse Seal on him to protect him.
• Xiao Fan entrusted Qing Lin to Elder Huo before Su Qian and the elders opened the seal’s entrance.
• Xiao Fan entered the magma, and the Fallen Heart Flame detected him and charged toward him.

Xiao Fan and Queen Medusa searched for the Fallen Heart Flame inside its fire-python shell, but Xiao Xiao Yan scared it away before they could catch it. Xiao Xiao Yan then revealed that Queen Medusa had given birth to their two daughters, leaving Xiao Fan overwhelmed with guilt as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Fan let the Fallen Heart Flame swallow him so he could search for its true source, while Queen Medusa used her Dou Qi to help him.
• Xiao Fan and Queen Medusa searched inside the fire python for several hours, trading taunts as they tried to locate the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Fan found the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Xiao Yan frightened it into fleeing deeper into the magma.
• Xiao Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan that Queen Medusa had given birth to their two daughters, and he realized why she had changed.
• Xiao Fan called Queen Medusa Cai'er and struggled to face his guilt for missing their daughters' lives.

Xiao Fan reunited with Queen Medusa in the magma and learned that she had raised their twin daughters after his death. They reconciled, and Queen Medusa left their future together unresolved as she considered her lower abdomen.

• Xiao Fan embraced Queen Medusa and asked about their daughter, confirming that she had borne his child.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Fan that she had searched for him with their daughter after his death but had not seen him before learning he was gone.
• Queen Medusa tearfully described raising their intelligent twin daughters, who reached Dou Emperor before she chose to be reborn.
• Xiao Fan and Queen Medusa renewed their intimacy, and Queen Medusa clung to him while insisting he could not escape what he owed her.
• Queen Medusa withdrew her tail from Xiao Fan's hand, then rubbed her lower abdomen as Xiao Fan began to say that when he grew up, she might have another daughter.