Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jinchen used a decoy to escape Tang San’s Boundless Sea Tide and destroyed Tang San’s divine sense with thousands of Buddha Fury Fire Lotuses. After leaving Ice Empress a Spatial Jade Slip and assigning the Clear Sky Sect’s spoils to Du Busi, Xiao Jinchen departed, while Tang San was stopped from interfering with the Lower Realm and ordered to appear before the Divine Realm Committee.

• Tang San’s divine sense trapped Xiao Jinchen in the Boundless Sea Tide, but Xiao Yan appeared above him as Xiao Jinchen’s decoy vanished.
• Xiao Jinchen unleashed thousands of Buddha Fury Fire Lotuses and blasted Tang San’s divine sense apart.
• Xiao Jinchen asked Du Busi to strip the Clear Sky Sect of its remaining Spirit Bones and resources, with most of the spoils set aside to rebuild the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jinchen gave Ice Empress a Spatial Jade Slip and promised to return if she faced danger, then tore through space and left.
• Tang San discovered that his divine sense at the Clear Sky Sect had vanished and tried to investigate the Lower Realm, but the God of Destruction stopped him.
• The God of Destruction ordered Tang San to appear before the Divine Realm Committee for interfering with the Lower Realm, and Tang San agreed while plotting to control the Child of Luck.

Xiao Jinchen entered the Star Dou Forest to seek the Golden Tortoise and prepare to devour Three Thousand Burning Flame, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached him after detecting a scent on him. The chapter ended with Scarlet King confronting Xiao Jinchen, who advanced on him with the Heavy Profound Ruler.

• Xiao Jinchen opened his spiritual sea after sensing a gentle spiritual message and spoke with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared and explained that she had sought Xiao Jinchen because he carried a fragrant scent.
• Xiao Jinchen noticed Scarlet King hiding nearby and demanded that he reveal himself.
• Scarlet King emerged and demanded that Xiao Jinchen release the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xiao Jinchen threatened to gouge out Scarlet King's eyes, drew the Heavy Profound Ruler, and advanced toward him.

Xiao Jinchen defeated Scarlet King with Emperor Flame and persuaded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to lead him to the hundred-thousand-year Golden Tortoise. He found the turtle in a cave and began trying to get it to come out.

• Xiao Jinchen suppressed Scarlet King's Hellfire and smashed his middle head into the ground with the Heavy Profound Ruler.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pleaded for Scarlet King, and Xiao Jinchen agreed to spare him if she led him to the Golden Tortoise.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion guided Xiao Jinchen toward the core region, while Scarlet King ran to find Di Tian.
• Xiao Jinchen gave the Three-Eyed Golden Lion an emerald-green pill, which she swallowed eagerly.
• Xiao Jinchen entered the Golden Tortoise's cave, landed on its shell, and stomped to wake it when it did not respond.

Xiao Jinchen confronted the Golden Tortoise and promised to remove the Life Gold in its body and free it from the Heavenly Tribulation in exchange for joining his camp. After revealing his Limit Douluo power, he tore the Life Gold from its shell and gave the wounded tortoise a pill.

• Xiao Jinchen used Emperor Flame to force the Golden Tortoise to emerge from its shell.
• Xiao Jinchen revealed that he knew the Golden Tortoise had stolen Life Gold from the Lake of Life and offered to help it in exchange for joining his camp.
• The Golden Tortoise accepted Xiao Jinchen's terms, and he raised his aura to the level of a Limit Douluo.
• Xiao Jinchen punched open the Golden Tortoise's shell and pulled the bloodstained Life Gold from its body.
• Xiao Jinchen put the Life Gold into his Storage Ring and fed the wounded Golden Tortoise a green pill.

Xiao Jinchen refined a Humanoid Transformation Pill for Golden Tortoise while Di Tian confronted him over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. After Golden Tortoise swallowed the pill and began transforming, a God Official investigating Xiao Jinchen sensed that the mission to hunt him carried a hidden danger.

• Golden Tortoise thanked Xiao Jinchen for healing his wound, and Xiao Jinchen promised to refine a Humanoid Transformation Pill for him.
• Di Tian and Scarlet King arrived, and Di Tian took the Three-Eyed Golden Lion back toward the core region while Xiao Jinchen began refining the pill.
• Xiao Jinchen completed the Humanoid Transformation Pill using two fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones and destroyed the pill's nascent consciousness after it survived Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Jinchen gave the pill to Golden Tortoise, who swallowed it and began transforming as Xiao Jinchen moved away.
• A God Official studying Xiao Jinchen's portrait reflected that Xiao Jinchen was famous in the lower realm and felt that the mission to hunt him was ominous.

Xiao Jinchen refined a Dou Zong Breaking Pill and entered the Exotic Flame Space to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After breaking its seal, he discovered it was still a five-star Dou Zong, and the awakened flame threatened to kill him.

• The Golden Tortoise transformed into a human and reached level ninety-six, but Xiao Jinchen called him the weakest fighter in Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jinchen refined a Dou Zong Breaking Pill using substitute ingredients and told the Golden Tortoise to wait for him.
• Xiao Jinchen entered the Exotic Flame Space and broke the seal around the Three Thousand Burning Flame with Emperor Flame.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame emerged as a giant violet-black dragon, and Xiao Jinchen sensed that it retained the strength of a five-star Dou Zong.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame spoke to Xiao Jinchen and declared that it would make him its first meal after escaping the seal.

Xiao Jinchen fought Three Thousand Burning Flame inside the Exotic Flame Space, using several techniques to withstand the dragon's attacks despite their strength gap. The battle continued as both prepared to clash with sound-wave attacks.

• Xiao Jinchen used Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and attacked Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Great Flame Hand Seal.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame countered with his dragon claw, then unleashed Void Three Thousand Embers, forcing Xiao Jinchen to evade the fire dragons.
• Xiao Jinchen flew up to face Three Thousand Burning Flame and considered using Destruction Fire Lotus to overcome the dragon's superior strength.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame attacked with Nine Heavens Dragon Cloud Breath, and Xiao Jinchen countered with the fused Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Turning Seal.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame launched Nine Heavens Profound Dragon Roar, and Xiao Jinchen answered with Lion Tiger Gold-Shattering Roar, Promax version.

Xiao Jinchen wounded the Three Thousand Burning Flame and lured it away from the Exotic Flame Plaza to protect the sealed Heavenly Flames from the Destruction Fire Lotus. He sent a weakened duplicate to delay the dragon while he prepared to form the Fire Lotus, but the duplicate’s attack was shattered.

• Xiao Jinchen struck the soul-dazed Three Thousand Burning Flame with two ruler techniques, shattering its scales and knocking it to the ground.
• Xiao Jinchen taunted the Three Thousand Burning Flame and flew away from the Exotic Flame Plaza to draw it away from the sealed Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Jinchen summoned a duplicate and instructed it to hold off the pursuing Three Thousand Burning Flame while he formed the Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Jinchen's duplicate attacked with the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Turning Seal, but the Three Thousand Burning Flame broke the resulting palm seal with its Void Soul-Rending Dragon Claw.

Xiao Jinchen destroyed Three Thousand Burning Flame's body with the Destruction Fire Lotus, then confronted and swallowed its weakened Origin Flame. He began refining it with a Resurrection Pill ready in case the process went wrong.

• Xiao Jinchen escaped the Exotic Flame Space as the Destruction Fire Lotus exploded and shattered Three Thousand Burning Flame's dragon body.
• Xiao Jinchen recovered his Soul Power, returned to the Exotic Flame Space, and found Three Thousand Burning Flame reduced to a weak Origin Flame.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame retained its intelligence and attacked Xiao Jinchen, but its fire pillar was overwhelmed by his Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Jinchen wrapped Three Thousand Burning Flame's Origin Flame in Emperor Flame, gripped it, and swallowed it.
• Xiao Jinchen sat down to refine the Origin Flame and placed a Resurrection Pill beneath his tongue as a safeguard.

Xiao Jinchen refined the source flame of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then used its power and a Sect-Breaking Pill to break through into the Dou Zong realm. Xiao Yan appeared in the Exotic Flame Space to guide him through a final circulation of Dou Qi, and Xiao Jinchen learned that the visitor was the Flame Emperor who had left the inheritance.

• Xiao Jinchen struggled for months to refine the resistant source flame of the Three Thousand Burning Flame and used a Resurrection Pill to restore his strength.
• Xiao Jinchen completed the refinement, sensed that the Emperor Flame had gained a trace of independent consciousness, and used the resulting power to push his Soul Power to level ninety-nine.
• Xiao Jinchen swallowed a Sect-Breaking Pill to attempt a breakthrough into Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan silently appeared behind him and encouraged him to continue.
• Xiao Jinchen successfully broke through into the Dou Zong realm after two months, and Xiao Yan urged him to keep circulating the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan guided Xiao Jinchen through a day-long cycle of Dou Qi, and Xiao Jinchen thanked him before asking his identity.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Exotic Flame Space was an inheritance he had left behind when he ascended, prompting Xiao Jinchen to recognize him as the Flame Emperor.

Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Jinchen as his disciple, drew out the Heavenly Flame Fire Spirit within him, and helped him refine his Spirit Rings. Xiao Jinchen broke through to Four-Star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Jinchen recognized Xiao Yan as the Flame Emperor and formally bowed to him as his master.
• Xiao Yan pulled a newly born seven-colored Heavenly Flame Fire Spirit from Xiao Jinchen, and the Little Dragon Man eagerly clung to Xiao Jinchen.
• Xiao Yan sent a beautiful Fire Lotus into Xiao Jinchen's glabella and told him to destroy his nine Spirit Rings.
• Xiao Jinchen detonated the Spirit Rings, and Xiao Yan suppressed and refined their energy into Dou Qi for him.
• Xiao Jinchen sensed the abundant Dou Qi in his body and discovered he had reached Four-Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan explained how Xiao Jinchen could convert Soul Power into Dou Qi and gave him formulas for two medicinal pills. He then revealed Hun Tiandi’s sealed soul origin and promised it to Xiao Jinchen for a future breakthrough, before demanding an explanation for Xiao Jinchen’s Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Jinchen that the Flame Mantra could convert Soul Power into Dou Qi and gave him formulas for the Soul-Transforming Pill and Qi-Condensing Pill.
• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Jinchen to the center of Exotic Flame Plaza and revealed Hun Tiandi’s sealed soul origin.
• Xiao Yan promised Hun Tiandi’s soul origin to Xiao Jinchen to help him reach the Emperor Realm when he broke through to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan struck Xiao Jinchen for naming his faction Soul Hall and demanded an explanation.
• Xiao Jinchen began explaining that names including Soul Hall had entered his mind when he received Xiao Yan’s inheritance.

Xiao Jinchen reassured Xiao Yan about the name Soul Hall, then left the Exotic Flame Space to search for the Silver Dragon King. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan discussed his new disciple with Yao Lao in the Endless Fire Territory.

• Xiao Yan warned Xiao Jinchen about a four-star Dou Zun and set him a goal of reaching Dou Sheng within ten years before vanishing.
• Xiao Jinchen decided to rename Soul Hall as Falling Star Pavilion and left the Exotic Flame Space after finding that the Golden Tortoise was missing.
• Xiao Jinchen sent his clone to tell Bing'er to rename Soul Hall, then opened a spatial rift to pursue the Silver Dragon King.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the Endless Fire Territory, where Yao Lao asked whether he had met his inheritor and Xiao Yan confirmed that he had accepted Xiao Jinchen as his disciple.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao praised Xiao Jinchen's talent and discussed Xiao Xiao before Yao Lao asked when Xiao Jinchen might reach the Great Thousand World.

Xiao Jinchen traveled to the Star Dou Forest and overpowered the ferocious beasts guarding the Lake of Life. He captured Gu Yuena and threatened her with the destruction of the soul beast race.

• Xiao Jinchen arrived above the Star Dou Forest and released his Dou Zong pressure, alarming Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts.
• Di Tian identified Xiao Jinchen as the human who had badly injured him and warned the others that his strength had become unfathomable.
• Xiao Jinchen and the little dragon person knocked the core region's ferocious beasts and high-level soul beasts unconscious, then Xiao Jinchen entered the Lake of Life.
• Xiao Jinchen seized Gu Yuena, threw her into a crater, and sealed her dantian after raising his cultivation with Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Jinchen forced Gu Yuena to face him and warned that her soul beast race could be wiped out.

Xiao Jinchen offered Gu Yuena a chance to bring the Soul Beast clan into the Pill Tower and escape the Heavenly Tribulation, while Gu Yuena mistook his intentions for a desire to possess her. He forced her to accept his terms and sent her to retrieve ten Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Xiao Jinchen told Gu Yuena he wanted the loyalty and strength of the Soul Beast clan, not to make her his plaything.
• Xiao Jinchen offered Gu Yuena the position of deputy tower master and promised to protect her clan from the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Gu Yuena asked how she could trust him, and Xiao Jinchen ordered her to fetch several Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones as proof.
• When Gu Yuena resisted, Xiao Jinchen slapped her and threatened to spank her again unless she brought him ten Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones of suitable quality.
• Gu Yuena accepted the order for the sake of her clan's chance to escape the Heavenly Tribulation.

Gu Yuena brought Xiao Jinchen ten of the finest Spirit Bones, while Little Dragon Man formed a pill cauldron to help him refine Humanoid Transformation Pills. After Gu Yuena’s divine sense was overwhelmed by Little Dragon Man’s aura, Xiao Jinchen explained that the Fire Spirit carried an Ancient Void Dragon aura, and the pill refinement began.

• Gu Yuena ran into Star Dou Forest to gather ten high-quality Spirit Bones for Xiao Jinchen, cursing him as she went.
• Xiao Jinchen summoned Little Dragon Man and made him create a seven-colored pill cauldron, threatening to keep him put away if he refused.
• Gu Yuena returned with ten Spirit Bones and watched Xiao Jinchen prepare to refine Humanoid Transformation Pills.
• Gu Yuena probed Little Dragon Man with her divine sense, but his dragon roar struck her consciousness and frightened her Silver Dragon King bloodline.
• Xiao Jinchen identified Little Dragon Man as his Fire Spirit and said he carried an Ancient Void Dragon aura.
• Little Dragon Man entered the cauldron, drew in the Spirit Bones and herbs, and began refining as Xiao Jinchen prepared to assist.

Xiao Jinchen completed ten Humanoid Transformation Pills, and Little Dragon Man swallowed their pill lightning before helping gather them. Xiao Jinchen offered to heal Gu Yuena with a pill, then grabbed her wrist and swallowed it himself, leaving her waiting to see what he would do next.

• Little Dragon Man refined the ingredients in the cauldron as Xiao Jinchen condensed them into ten Humanoid Transformation Pills.
• A lightning tribulation formed over the Star Dou Forest, and Little Dragon Man swallowed all the Pill Lightning.
• Little Dragon Man stopped the pills from escaping and handed them to Xiao Jinchen, who explained their effects to Gu Yuena.
• Xiao Jinchen offered to heal Gu Yuena's hidden injuries, and she reluctantly agreed to take a life-rich pill.
• Xiao Jinchen grabbed Gu Yuena's wrist, then swallowed the pill himself instead of feeding it to her.

Xiao Jinchen gave Gu Yuena a fifth-grade pill by kissing it into her mouth, healing her hidden injuries and restoring her divine power. When Gu Yuena tried to leave and withdraw from their agreement, her strength vanished again, and Xiao Jinchen revealed that he had deliberately controlled the seal on her power.

• Xiao Jinchen swallowed the pill and transferred it to Gu Yuena in a forceful kiss, while Little Dragon Man turned away in disgust.
• Gu Yuena discovered that the pill had healed her hidden injuries and restored her divine power.
• Gu Yuena declared that their agreement for her to join the Pill Tower was void and tried to leave.
• Gu Yuena collapsed as her strength disappeared, and Xiao Jinchen sent Little Dragon Man away.
• Xiao Jinchen told Gu Yuena that he had deliberately released the seal on her divine power and said she needed a lesson.

Xiao Jinchen punished Gu Yuena for breaking their agreement until she cried and submitted to him. He left her as the obedient Deputy Tower Master of the Pill Tower and considered disciplining the Snow Empress next.

• Xiao Jinchen pinned Gu Yuena across his lap and spanked her until she burst into tears.
• Xiao Jinchen made Gu Yuena get dressed, then used his Dou Qi pressure to force her down when she continued to resent him.
• Xiao Jinchen demanded that Gu Yuena admit she was wrong for breaking their agreement, and she begged him not to hit her again.
• Xiao Jinchen pulled Gu Yuena into his arms and made her call him Master before telling her to address him as Tower Master or Xiao Jinchen instead.
• Gu Yuena accepted her role as Deputy Tower Master of the Pill Tower, while Xiao Jinchen thought about disciplining the Snow Empress.

Xiao Jinchen gave Gu Yuena the Humanoid Transformation Pills, restored her divine power, and returned to Falling Star Pavilion. He reunited with the Ice Empress, who welcomed him after his six-month absence, and carried her toward her room.

• Xiao Jinchen gave Gu Yuena ten Humanoid Transformation Pills, promised to collect her after the Pill Tower was completed, and restored her divine power before leaving through a spatial rift.
• Gu Yuena flew toward the Lake of Life after Xiao Jinchen disappeared.
• Xiao Jinchen returned to Falling Star Pavilion and used his spiritual power to locate the Ice Empress in a secluded courtyard.
• The Ice Empress recognized Xiao Jinchen, embraced him, and complained that he had been gone for half a year.
• Xiao Jinchen kissed the Ice Empress, then carried her toward the room.