Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan and his companions explored deeper into the Tomb Manor, collecting its medicinal garden and discovering a pool of Azure Nether Yellow Springs Dragon Blood. In the next chamber, they found countless human Soul Origins and recognized the Soul Hall’s handiwork.

• Zhang Yuan transferred the medicinal garden, its spirit formation, and tens of thousands of Fire Fragrance Flowers into the Ancient Void Realm, then continued deeper into the Tomb Manor.
• Zi Yan sensed a treasure inside the Tomb Manor, leading the group to a pool of black-gold liquid that Old Yao identified as Azure Nether Yellow Springs Blood.
• Xun Er explained the blood’s origins, and Zi Yan said it could nourish her while also extending human lifespans; Zhang Yuan moved the entire pool into the Ancient Void Realm.
• Zi Yan revealed that an Eighth-tier Azure Nether Yellow Springs Dragon corpse beneath the pool continuously produced blood, and Zhang Yuan planned to study how it worked.
• The group found a chamber filled with human Soul Origins, and Zhang Yuan identified the soul-refining method as one associated with the Soul Hall.

Zhang Yuan and his companions explored the Tomb Manor, collected its Soul Origin, and discovered that its master was Hun Mieqing of the Soul Clan. The group reached the central plaza, where Hun Mieqing appeared and ordered them to leave or die.

• Xiao Yan suspected the Tomb Manor was connected to the Soul Hall, while Zhang Yuan and Old Yao concluded that its owner had gathered Soul Origin through evil means.
• Zhang Yuan collected the Soul Origin, intending to send the souls into reincarnation and divide the energy among himself and his companions.
• The group found a drained Jade Rain Orchid and collected the Fire Spirit Liquid before descending to a vast plaza above a Molten World.
• Xiao Yan questioned the lack of traps, and Zhang Yuan explained that the Tomb Manor was a pill-refining cauldron whose master was still alive.
• Hun Mieqing emerged from a pearl at the plaza's center, identified himself as a member of the Soul Clan, and ordered the intruders to leave.

Xiao Yan and his allies attacked Hun Mieqing after learning he belonged to the Soul Clan, and Yao Chen and Feng Xian eventually overwhelmed him despite his use of the Nihility Devouring Flame. Hun Mieqing revealed the Tomb Manor’s history before Zhang Yuan confronted him about the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array.

• Hun Mieqing identified himself as a Soul Clan commander, prompting Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Feng Xian to attack without hesitation.
• Yao Chen and Feng Xian battled Hun Mieqing while Zhang Yuan brought the others into the Ancient Void Realm to watch.
• Zhang Yuan explained that Hun Mieqing wielded a remnant of the Nihility Devouring Flame, and the battle left Hun Mieqing gravely injured.
• Hun Mieqing offered to surrender the position of pill essence and explained that Life Vitality Old Man had taken it from Dan Xuzi before Hun Mieqing killed Life Vitality Old Man.
• Hun Mieqing revealed that Dan Xuzi had built the Tomb Manor to prepare for rebirth through pill, and Zhang Yuan concluded that the manor’s treasures had come from different owners.
• Zhang Yuan asked Hun Mieqing whether he had set up the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array, shocking him.

Zhang Yuan killed Hun Mieqing, took his memories, and placed Yao Chen’s soul inside the Rank 9 Pill while seeking the Method of Rebirth Through Pill. In the Soul Realm, Hun Mieqing’s death prompted an investigation that was assigned to Protector Ying, whose puppet alerted Zhang Yuan.

• Hun Mieqing suspected Zhang Yuan belonged to an Emperor Clan, and Zhang Yuan claimed the Xiao Clan before attacking him.
• Zhang Yuan used Old Yao’s power and the Thunder Emperor Finger to trap Hun Mieqing, then destroyed his soul with the Mysterious Yellow Flame and lightning.
• Zhang Yuan exchanged Yao Chen’s soul with Hun Mieqing’s inside the Rank 9 Pill and began searching Hun Mieqing’s memories for the rebirth method.
• Yao Chen explained that the pill’s spirituality needed to merge with his soul within a year, while Feng Xian trusted Zhang Yuan to resolve the problem.
• In the Soul Realm, Hun Mieqing’s death was reported, and Hun Miesheng tasked Gu You with investigating it; Gu You passed the assignment through Mo Yu to Venerable Three Snakes, who ordered Protector Ying to investigate.
• Zhang Yuan sensed through Protector Ying’s puppet that the investigation into Hun Mieqing’s death had begun.

Zhang Yuan uncovered how Hun Mieqing’s greed had doomed his plan to use the Method of Rebirth Through Pill, then shared the method with Yao Chen, who chose to attempt it. Zhang Yuan discovered Hun Mieqing’s intact body beneath the plaza and spotted a ring that promised valuable gains.

• Zhang Yuan replied to Venerable Three Snakes that he would have Han Feng investigate the Black Corner Region, while Venerable Three Snakes resolved to reward him if he handled the mission well.
• Zhang Yuan sorted through Hun Mieqing’s memories and learned the history of Dan Xuzi’s Tomb Manor, Life Vitality Old Man, and the Method of Rebirth Through Pill.
• Zhang Yuan realized Hun Mieqing’s plan had failed because his body, accumulated Soul Origin, and other factors made the Rank 9 Pill’s lightning tribulation too powerful to survive.
• Zhang Yuan explained the Method of Rebirth Through Pill to Yao Chen, who decided to devour Dan Xuzi and Life Vitality Old Man’s Soul Origin and attempt the dangerous fusion.
• Zhang Yuan asked Feng Xian to take him beneath the plaza, where he pulled Hun Mieqing’s body from a hidden pocket of space and noticed a ring on its hand.

Zhang Yuan looted the Tomb Manor, sent Xiao Yan and Zi Yan back to Jia Nan Academy, and began absorbing Hun Mieqing’s memories while cultivating in the Azure Nether Yellow Springs Dragon Blood Pool. A Soul Hall protector then tried to enter the academy, but two guardians drove him off, leaving Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan wondering what Zhang Yuan was planning.

• Zhang Yuan transferred Hun Mieqing’s treasures and corpse into the Inner Realm, then explored the Tomb Manor with Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the others and collected pills, formulas, and medicinal ingredients.
• Zhang Yuan gave Xiao Yan and Zi Yan jade slips that let them enter and leave the Tomb Manor, while Zi Yan teased Xiao Yan and made him call her Big Sister Boss.
• After Xiao Yan and Zi Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, Zhang Yuan entered the Azure Nether Yellow Springs Dragon Blood Pool to cultivate, absorb Hun Mieqing’s memories, and prepare to break through to Dou Zong.
• Protector Ying left the Tomb Manor and attempted to enter Jia Nan Academy, but two guardians blocked him and defeated him after a fierce battle.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan heard Protector Ying’s threat and wondered what Zhang Yuan was doing, then took out their Nine Abyss Tokens.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu competed over who mattered more to Zhang Yuan, while he arranged for Xiao Yan to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame and turned their attention toward Jia Nan Academy. Disguised as Protector Ying, Zhang Yuan recruited Han Feng to attack the academy in three months, leaving Han Feng wary and resentful.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu argued over who held the higher place in Zhang Yuan's heart, and Zhang Yuan explained that he had replied to Xiao Yan first because he was easier to deal with.
• Zhang Yuan told Xiao Yan that Qing Yanjing's array could keep the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Pagoda running after Xiao Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Zhang Yuan explained to Xiao Yu that his attack as Protector Ying was bait to draw Han Feng and other Black Corner Region factions into an ambush.
• Disguised as Protector Ying, Zhang Yuan met Han Feng in Maple City and offered him a chance to claim Jia Nan Academy's Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng agreed to gather allies for an attack in three months, then secretly resented Protector Ying's threat after he left.

Han Feng arranged allies and contacted the Soul Hall while preparing to seize the Fallen Heart Flame. In the Ancient Void Realm, Zhang Yuan broke through to Dou Zong and discovered that the Thunder God Visualization Diagram had formed a Plane Gate that could lead to a Lower Plane.

• Han Feng ordered Han Beng to summon four sect masters and invite two powerful guests, then set out to add another safeguard for obtaining the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Protector Ying reported Han Feng's situation to the Soul Hall's Northwest Continent Branch Hall and continued conducting entrapment operations in the Black Corner Region.
• After nearly three months of cultivation in the Azure Nether Yellow Springs Dragon Blood Pool, Zhang Yuan drew vast amounts of energy into the Ancient Void Realm as Xiao Yi Xian, Xun Er, Medusa, and the Xiao Clan watched.
• Zhang Yuan broke through directly to One-star Dou Zong, transformed his body, and demonstrated enough force to crack space with an ordinary punch.
• Zhang Yuan found a gate beside the Thunder God Visualization Diagram and learned that it could take him to a Lower Plane.

Zhang Yuan gained a gateway to a random Lower Plane but chose to save it for a future emergency. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan investigated Fallen Heart Flame’s weakening seal, and after the Inner Academy managed to contain its eruption, a mysterious attacker intervened to free it again.

• Zhang Yuan learned that the gateway could lead to a Lower Plane, but decided to keep it unused as a possible escape route.
• Xiao Yan summoned Zi Yan to investigate signs that Fallen Heart Flame might break free from its seal beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Pagoda.
• Su Qian discovered Fallen Heart Flame gathering power, and it transformed into a giant flame python and burst through the seal.
• Su Qian and eighteen Inner Academy elders formed the Thousand-Layer Seal, and Hu Gan’s arrival helped them contain Fallen Heart Flame after hours of struggle.
• Black chains pierced the sealing net, and a mysterious black-mist figure appeared as Xiao Yan recognized its familiar line.

Han Feng, the Soul Hall, and Old Ghost Demonic Earth attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize its Heavenly Flame, but Su Qian and the academy’s hidden experts resisted. Zhang Yuan arrived with the Nine Abyss Mansion, and the battle widened into an all-out clash between the invading forces and the academy’s allies.

• Protector Xuan appeared at Jia Nan Academy with the Black List’s top experts and the forces of Magic Flame Valley, prompting Lin Xiuya to identify their strength and Xiao Yan to contact Zhang Yuan.
• Han Feng demanded the Heavenly Flame, but Su Qian refused and invoked Han Feng’s teacher, Venerable Yao, before Han Feng ordered the attack.
• The Golden Silver Elders attacked Su Qian, while Old Ghost Demonic Earth faced Qian Mu and Bai Lie; Protector Ying and Protector Vulture arrived to fight the two academy guardians.
• Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng as his senior brother and announced that he had called for backup, just as Zhang Yuan arrived aboard a dragon-shaped flying vessel.
• Zhang Yuan drew Protector Ying away to fight in the sky, while Ling Ying engaged Protector Xuan and Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian attacked Magic Flame Valley’s elders.

Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng at Jia Nan Academy, accusing him of betraying their master, Yao Chen, while the academy’s allies fought the Golden Silver Elders and Han Feng’s other supporters. Xiao Yan and Han Feng traded attacks, and Xiao Yan revealed the power of his Nine Abyss Mansion Dou Artifact before preparing a stronger ruler technique.

• Su Qian and the Golden Silver Elders began fighting as Jia Nan Academy elders engaged Han Feng’s Black List allies.
• Xiao Yan blocked Han Feng from reaching the Heavenly Flames and denounced him for betraying Yao Chen, who had saved and raised him.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan as Yao Chen’s disciple and attacked with the Sea Heart Flame, hoping to devour it and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan refused Zhang Yuan’s offer of help and fought Han Feng with his Green Lotus Core Flame, Mysterious Heavy Ruler, and sword-riding movement technique.
• Han Feng identified Xiao Yan’s ruler as a Nine Abyss Mansion Dou Artifact, and the two continued exchanging attacks on even terms.
• Xiao Yan said he was not fighting alone and unleashed the Azure Flame Burning Heaven Ruler.

Xiao Yan fought Han Feng with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and two Heavenly Flames, while Zhang Yuan defeated Protector Ying and the other battles turned in Jia Nan Academy’s favor. As Han Feng tried to escape, Xiao Yan revealed a destructive Fire Lotus, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Xiao Yan used the Azure Flame Burning Heaven Ruler to blast Han Feng’s reinforced trident apart and force him to defend against a relentless assault.
• Lin Xiuya decided to join Yan Mansion, while Lin Yan, Liu Qing, and the others considered following him.
• Han Feng used the Sea Heart Flame to raise his strength to a half-step Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan added the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to his attack before their techniques collided.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the four members of Magic Flame Valley, while the other battlefields remained divided between fleeing enemies and ongoing fights.
• Zhang Yuan descended with Protector Ying’s corpse after defeating him, and the surviving opponents reconsidered their positions.
• Han Feng tried to escape, but Xiao Yan released a Fire Lotus woven from pale-white, azure, and violet flames.

Xiao Yan and Han Feng unleashed their strongest attacks, but Zhang Yuan protected Jia Nan Academy from the ensuing destruction and captured Han Feng. Xiao Yan recovered with Zhang Yuan’s pill, though Zhang Yuan warned him that the matter was not over.

• Xiao Yan secretly formed a powerful Fire Lotus from three flames while Han Feng prepared to flee.
• Han Feng summoned Sea Heart Flame to form a giant blue beast and sent it crashing into Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus as the Fallen Heart Flame attacked its seal.
• Protector Vulture fled, while Zhang Yuan shielded the students with the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl and dispersed the explosion’s shockwaves with his fan.
• Zhang Yuan immobilized Han Feng, devoured Sea Heart Flame, suppressed Han Feng’s soul, and stored Han Feng’s body in his Storage Ring.
• Zhang Yuan gave Xiao Yan a medicinal pill, and Xiao Yan celebrated their victory before Zhang Yuan told him the situation was not over.

Zhang Yuan took control of the Black Corner Region’s factions, negotiated for Fallen Heart Flame, and prepared to help Xiao Yan devour it and Sea Heart Flame. He left Xiao Yan stunned by announcing their next journey would involve recruiting a Half-Saint and a Peak Dou Saint before visiting Dou Di’s Cave Mansion.

• Zhang Yuan revealed that mysterious Peak Dou Emperors and Dou Zongs were taking over the Black Corner Region’s sects, then made their leaders Abyss Guards in exchange for most of their wealth.
• Zhang Yuan and Ling Ying defeated Protector Xuan, while Protector Vulture escaped after threatening Jia Nan Academy and the Nine Abyss Mansion; Zhang Yuan secretly planned to capture him through Venerable Feng.
• Zhang Yuan offered Qian Mu and Bai Lie Abyss Envoy positions and negotiated for Fallen Heart Flame by promising Jia Nan Academy two formations; Qing Yanjing demonstrated the formations, and the academy agreed to give him the flame.
• Xiao Yan noticed that one formation’s benefits would last only ten years, and Zhang Yuan promised to make them permanent before then.
• Zhang Yuan told Xiao Yan to devour Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, then revealed that they would seek to recruit a Half-Saint and a Peak Dou Saint and visit Dou Di’s Cave Mansion.

Zhang Yuan obtained the Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan, expanded Nine Abyss Mansion’s control over the Black Corner Region, and turned Protector Vulture into a spy puppet. After the puppet reported his fabricated account of Hun Mieqing’s death, Venerable Three Snakes rewarded Zhang Yuan with a Rank 7 Pill to Break Dou Zun and contacted the Ninth Heavenly Venerable.

• Zhang Yuan made Xiao Yan agree to refine the Sea Heart Flame first, then forced Han Feng to surrender its origin so Xiao Yan could begin refining it.
• Zhang Yuan reorganized the Ancient Void Realm, refined Protector Vulture and Han Feng into puppets, and gained the ability to use Han Feng’s body to refine pills.
• Nine Abyss Mansion defeated the forces attacking Jia Nan Academy, destroyed Magic Flame Valley, and brought many Black Corner Region factions under its control while Medusa handled the aftermath.
• Zhang Yuan sent the Protector Vulture puppet to Venerable Three Snakes with a false report that implicated the Lei Clan and Yan Clan in Hun Mieqing’s death.
• Venerable Three Snakes rewarded the puppet with a Rank 7 Pill to Break Dou Zun, then reported the supposed connection between Hun Mieqing’s fall and the Lei Clan and Yan Clan to the Ninth Heavenly Venerable.

Mo Yu learned that the Yan and Lei Clans were connected to Hun Mieqing’s death and reported the findings to Nihility Devouring Flame, who ordered the Soul Hall to target their forces. Five months later, Zhang Yuan met Xiao Yan after he devoured the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, then took him to Jia Nan Academy to face opponents and stabilize his strength.

• Venerable Three Snakes told Mo Yu that Mang Tianchi had sealed Hun Mieqing beneath Jia Nan Academy and that the Fallen Heart Flame had ended up with the Yan Clan.
• Mo Yu rewarded Venerable Three Snakes and passed the intelligence to Hun Miesheng, who contacted Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame praised Hun Miesheng, promised to purify his bloodline, and ordered the Soul Hall to trouble the Yan and Lei Clans; Mo Yu accepted a mission to attack Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Over five months, Zhang Yuan expanded Nine Abyss Mansion, brought the Black Emperor Sect and Jia Nan Academy figures into its ranks, and sold Dou Artifacts and pills.
• Xiao Yan told Zhang Yuan that his Flame Mantra had reached the High-tier Earthly Grade after devouring the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Zhang Yuan took Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Yanjing to Jia Nan Academy and asked Qing Yanjing how far she could set up a teleportation array.

Zhang Yuan led Xiao Yan, Qing Yanjing, and Zi Yan into the Molten World, where they found a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and the remains of a Dou Zun. After Xiao Yan discovered a vast clan of Lava Lizardmen to train against, a powerful spirit appeared from the bones.

• Qing Yanjing set up a teleportation array at the bottom of the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Pagoda, and Zhang Yuan led the group into the lava.
• Zhang Yuan explained that a previous owner of the Fallen Heart Flame might be revived and eventually become a Half-Saint.
• The group found a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame beside the bones of a Dou Zun, while Zhang Yuan trapped and killed a Lava Lizardman and gave its energy bead to Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Yuan revealed a large clan of Lava Lizardmen, including powerful members, and told Xiao Yan they would be his opponents as he trained in the Molten World.
• An illusory white-robed elder emerged from the bones and exerted the pressure of a Dou Zun.

Zhang Yuan met Yao Tianhuo, the remnant soul of the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and offered him a way to repair his soul and resurrect in exchange for the other Fallen Heart Flame. After Zhang Yuan revealed he had everything needed for Yao Tianhuo’s revival, Yao Tianhuo pledged himself to him as his servant.

• Yao Tianhuo explained how two Fallen Heart Flames fought inside him, leaving him gravely injured before a Dou Zun Lava Lizardman drove him into the void.
• Zhang Yuan offered Yao Tianhuo a Heavenly Soul Origin Beginning Pill, and Yao Tianhuo traded the Five Wheels of Fire Technique and a Storage Ring for it.
• Zhang Yuan showed Yao Tianhuo a resurrection method requiring three Heavenly Flames, a powerful body, and a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Xiao Yan brought out the Sea Heart Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, while Zhang Yuan supplied Hun Mieqing’s body and the required pill.
• Zhang Yuan also offered Mysterious Yellow Saint’s remains, prompting Yao Tianhuo to kneel and declare himself Zhang Yuan’s servant.

Zhang Yuan restored Yao Tianhuo’s hope of rebirth, helped Xun Er and Xiao Yan train in the lava world, and advanced his own cultivation. A Rank 9 Pill emerged near Jia Nan Academy, drawing powerful experts, including Soul Hall’s Ninth Heavenly Venerable Mo Yu, who claimed it as his own.

• Yao Tianhuo swore a soul oath to Zhang Yuan, accepted his master’s title, and began recovering his Soul Power before his rebirth.
• Zhang Yuan brought Xun Er to the lava world to hunt Lava Lizardmen, where she, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan began cultivating with the creatures’ round beads.
• Zhang Yuan developed the Fallen Heart Flame, then joined the hunts and advanced to Peak Dou Zong while Xun Er reached Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Little Yan used his Heavenly Flames to prepare a new body for Yao Tianhuo, who entered it and began adjusting to his rebirth.
• A vast storm cloud and surging energy announced the emergence of a Rank 9 Pill, and Ninth Heavenly Venerable Mo Yu declared that he would take it.

Mo Yu and Venerable Three Snakes claimed the newly emerged Rank 9 Pill for Soul Hall, but Shan Meng, Lan Yan, and Qing Shuangyue challenged them. After Mang Tianchi told Su Qian he had reached Half-Saint and could not return yet, Mo Yu appeared and attacked the challengers, leaving their battle poised to escalate.

• Mo Yu ordered Venerable Three Snakes to drive away anyone seeking the Rank 9 Pill, and Three Snakes announced that Soul Hall had claimed it.
• Su Qian used Jia Nan Academy’s emergency communication scroll to contact Mang Tianchi, who replied that he had just become a Half-Saint but could not return yet.
• Shan Meng, Lan Yan, and Qing Shuangyue rejected Three Snakes’ demand to leave and declared their intention to compete for the pill.
• Three Snakes called on Ninth Heavenly Venerable Mo Yu, who revealed his Eight-Star Dou Zun strength and attacked the challengers with water arrows.
• Shan Meng and Lan Yan countered with powerful Dou Techniques, while Qing Shuangyue escaped into a spatial rift; Mo Yu raised his hands to continue the fight.