Recaps

Xiao Yan returned to the Outer Academy and played a prank on Hu Jia, who mistook him for a pervert and struck him before realizing who he was. While she cared for his feigned injury, Hu Jia confronted him about leaving without her, and Xiao Yan reflected on how her mischievous side had made him fear taking her back to the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Outer Academy and found Hu Jia waiting for him at the entrance.
• Xiao Yan covered Hu Jia's eyes and teased her, so Hu Jia struck him and he pretended to be injured.
• Hu Jia anxiously supported Xiao Yan home and insisted that he rest, while he avoided telling her the truth about his injury.
• Hu Jia told Xiao Yan that the selection tournament had ended, that Han Yue placed thirteenth, and that the top fifty would soon head to the Inner Academy.
• Hu Jia pinched Xiao Yan for leaving without her, then let him off after he promised not to do it again.
• Xiao Yan recalled Hu Jia's pranks and humiliating bargains, and dreaded having her follow him back to the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yan agreed to take Hu Jia with him when he led the top fifty students back to the Inner Academy, then set off with them on griffins. He protected the group from dangerous magical beasts along the way, leaving the students impressed and frightened by his strength.

• Hu Jia persuaded Xiao Yan to bring her to the Inner Academy, and the two shared an intimate moment while waiting for the return journey.
• Xiao Yan and Hu Gan gathered the fifty students in the academy square and summoned griffins to carry them to the Inner Academy.
• The students boarded the griffins in groups of five, and Hu Jia and Han Yue excitedly watched Xiao Yan and the elders flying ahead.
• The group encountered magical beasts in the forest, and Xiao Yan killed a four-star Dou Huang beast and collected its Demonic Core.
• Han Yue and Hu Jia watched Xiao Yan in admiration, while Hu Gan's appreciation of him grew.

Xiao Yan and the new students entered the Inner Academy through a hidden spatial gate, where Elder Huo and Elder Liu welcomed them and began the Fire Energy Hunting Competition. Xiao Yan left with Hu Jia, worrying about how Ruolin and Zi Yan would react to her joining them.

• Hu Gan opened a hidden spatial gate, and Xiao Yan explained that it led to the Inner Academy before guiding the students through.
• Elder Huo and Elder Liu greeted Hu Gan and Xiao Yan after they arrived inside the academy.
• Hu Gan introduced his granddaughter Hu Jia to the elders, asked them to look after her, and left for the Outer Academy.
• Elder Huo and Elder Liu gave the new students black Fire Crystal Cards, explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, and started it.
• Xiao Yan took Hu Jia away from the competition and asked the elders to look after Han Yue before leaving.
• Xiao Yan worried about how Ruolin and Zi Yan would react to Hu Jia staying with him.

Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy with Hu Jia and introduced her to Ruolin and Zi Yan, worrying over how the three women would get along. Ruolin and Hu Jia soon chatted together, but they joined forces to give Xiao Yan the cold shoulder once they reached his courtyard.

• Xiao Yan led Hu Jia to the academy gates, where Ruolin and Zi Yan eagerly welcomed him back.
• Hu Jia pinched Xiao Yan when she saw him surrounded by Ruolin and Zi Yan, and Zi Yan threatened Hu Jia in response.
• Xiao Yan introduced Hu Jia to Ruolin and Zi Yan, and Ruolin warmly welcomed her while Zi Yan remained hostile.
• Ruolin and Hu Jia walked together and soon chatted and laughed, leaving Xiao Yan unsure what they were planning.
• Ruolin and Hu Jia ignored Xiao Yan and gave him the cold shoulder after they reached his courtyard.

Xiao Yan used humor to mend his relationship with Ruolin and Hu Jia, while Han Yue settled into their courtyard. He then provoked the Fallen Heart Flame to prepare the academy for its eruption, injuring his soul and relying on a rare Soul Nourishing Pill to recover.

• Xiao Yan told a joke that made Ruolin and Hu Jia laugh, easing their coldness toward him, while Zi Yan innocently misunderstood the punchline.
• Over the next few days, Xiao Yan gradually repaired his relationships with Ruolin and Hu Jia, and Han Yue moved into Hu Jia’s courtyard and grew more comfortable with him.
• Because Han Feng had begun paying attention to the Inner Academy, Xiao Yan decided to provoke the Fallen Heart Flame so Su Qian and the others could prepare for its eruption.
• Xiao Yan damaged a small part of the Fallen Heart Flame’s seal, attacked its spiritual intelligence, and withdrew after enraging it into striking the seal.
• Xiao Yan returned to his body with an injured soul and took a Soul Nourishing Pill, which he had obtained by memorizing Elder Huo’s formula and refining with Old Yao at a very low success rate.

Fallen Heart Flame went berserk in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Xiao Yan accidentally shattered the seal while trying to attack it. Su Qian and the elders fought to contain the flame, but it forced a tiny opening in their energy net and released a powerful energy surge into the sky.

• Fallen Heart Flame rampaged in the tower, causing students to suffer qi deviation, and Su Qian and the elders rushed to suppress it.
• Xiao Yan arrived and struck Fallen Heart Flame with his Evil Flame Demonic Blade, accidentally shattering the seal and cleaving the flame in two.
• Fallen Heart Flame reformed as an invisible fire python and charged upward as Su Qian ordered the students evacuated and called for reinforcements.
• Eighteen elders formed a multicolored energy net, and Xiao Yan added a net of Evil Flame as they fought to stop Fallen Heart Flame from escaping.
• Fallen Heart Flame shaped its flames into a small snake and exploded it against the energy net, creating a tiny opening that sent a violent energy surge skyward.

Xiao Yan, Su Qian, and the academy elders struggled to suppress Fallen Heart Flame until Hu Gan arrived with reinforcements. As the group began sealing it again, Han Feng and his allies reached the Inner Academy, leaving Xiao Yan to confront them.

• Han Feng sensed a Heavenly Flame near Jia Nan Academy and sent Han Beng to summon allied sect leaders and two old gentlemen to Maple City.
• The elders' energy net and Xiao Yan's flame net held Fallen Heart Flame for hours, but ten of the eighteen elders were forced to retreat.
• Xiao Yan offered to destroy Fallen Heart Flame, but Su Qian refused and hoped Hu Gan would arrive to help seal it.
• Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy reinforcements, and the group joined forces to force Fallen Heart Flame back toward its underground seal.
• As the sealing effort neared success, Han Feng's gathered forces arrived outside the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Su Qian sent Xiao Yan to hold them off.

Xiao Yan returned from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and confronted Han Feng’s group as they attacked Jia Nan Academy. He held off the Golden Silver Elders and summoned the Evil Flame Tyrant Dragon, which killed the Eight Sect Master, while Han Feng remained intent on seizing Xiao Yan’s technique.

• Xiao Yan ordered the weaker students to retreat and learned that Han Feng had come seeking the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan mocked Han Feng’s excuse for taking the flame, then delayed him while the Heavenly Flame’s fluctuations weakened.
• Han Feng ordered the Golden Silver Elders to attack Xiao Yan, who fought them while blocking Han Feng’s group from reaching the tower.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Evil Flame Tyrant Dragon, driving Han Feng’s group to the ground.
• Han Feng shoved the Eight Sect Master in front of the dragon, which bit him to death and swallowed him as the academy cheered.

Xiao Yan and the Jia Nan Academy elders failed to keep Han Feng from breaking the Fallen Heart Flame’s seal, but Han Feng was driven off before he could capture it. Xiao Yan and Su Qian forced the Fallen Heart Flame back into the magma, and Xiao Yan followed it down to subdue it.

• Han Feng attacked Su Qian as the elders tried to reseal the Fallen Heart Flame, and Hu Gan took the blow meant for Su Qian.
• Han Feng shattered the seal, but the Fallen Heart Flame blasted him through the tower and Su Qian’s group drove him away.
• Xiao Yan used the Evil Flame Tyrant Dragon to restrain the Fallen Heart Flame as Han Feng and his allies fled.
• Su Qian agreed to let Xiao Yan try to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, and they forced it back into the magma beneath the ruined tower.
• Xiao Yan plunged into the magma after the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan battled the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower while the Inner Academy waited anxiously for his return. After discovering and swallowing its hidden origin, he began refining it inside his body, but the flame broke free of Evil Flame's restraints.

• Su Qian reassured Ruolin, Hu Jia, and the students, then ordered everyone to stay away from the tower's lowest level until Xiao Yan emerged.
• Xiao Yan used Evil Flame to trap the Fallen Heart Flame in the magma, while Old Yao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame protected him from its heat.
• More than half a month passed as the Inner Academy recovered and Ruolin, Hu Jia, Zi Yan, and Han Yue worried about Xiao Yan's fate.
• Xiao Yan noticed a lively cluster of flame among the Fallen Heart Flame's fire snakes, seized it, and recognized it as the flame's origin.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Fallen Heart Flame and began refining it with the help of an Earth Spirit Pill, but it broke free of Evil Flame's restraints.

Xiao Yan trapped Fallen Heart Flame inside his body, eroded its consciousness with Evil Flame, and then began refining it through Burning Art. After a long, slow process, he successfully refined Fallen Heart Flame and awakened with its seed flowing through his meridians.

• Xiao Yan used Evil Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame to trap Fallen Heart Flame inside a black-and-white fireball.
• Xiao Yan tortured Fallen Heart Flame before Old Yao urged him to begin refining it.
• Xiao Yan steadily eroded Fallen Heart Flame's consciousness despite its resistance and pleas for mercy.
• After a month or more, Fallen Heart Flame's consciousness vanished, leaving the flame calm and harmless.
• Xiao Yan circulated Fallen Heart Flame through his meridians using Burning Art and eventually awakened after successfully refining it.

Xiao Yan began fusing Evil Flame and Fallen Heart Flame with the help of Burning Art Dou Qi. After a long struggle, the flames started to merge into a grayish-white fire, leaving Xiao Yan hopeful that the fusion would succeed.

• Xiao Yan guided Fallen Heart Flame into his vortex and brought out Evil Flame, whose mutual hostility caused both flames to churn.
• Xiao Yan used Burning Art Dou Qi to separate and calm the flames before allowing them to touch.
• The flames erupted violently, so Xiao Yan poured more Burning Art Dou Qi into them until their explosions weakened.
• Xiao Yan sustained the flames' gradual mixing through cultivation, and eventually saw a small grayish-white flame form where the two had begun to merge.
• Xiao Yan recognized the grayish-white flame as the first sign of successful fusion and waited for the process to continue.

Xiao Yan fused Fallen Heart Flame with Evil Flame, named the result the Yin Yang Illusion Flame, and began considering how to develop illusion-type Dou Skills. He followed Fallen Heart Flame’s summons into a hidden barrier, where a mysterious old man appeared and recognized that the flame had been subdued.

• Xiao Yan circulated the fused flame through the Burning Art, which raised his strength by three stars and advanced the art to mid Xuan class.
• Old Yao explained that the modest gains likely came from Xiao Yan’s high cultivation and Fallen Heart Flame’s relatively low ranking, and he described the rare illusion-type Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yan named the fused flame the Yin Yang Illusion Flame and resolved to develop genjutsu-like techniques.
• Xiao Yan spread the new flame over his body and cautiously searched the magma depths, guided by Fallen Heart Flame’s summons.
• Xiao Yan entered a hidden barrier and found a skeleton beside a miniature Fallen Heart Flame.
• A white-haired illusory old man emerged from the skeleton, and Xiao Yan teased him about summoning someone to inherit his legacy.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Yao Tianhuo, the Heavenly Flame Venerate, securing the Five-Round Separation Fire Method and the young Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for saving him and making him a free guest elder. After Yao Tianhuo recounted how he was gravely wounded by a Lizardmen Tribe expert, Xiao Yan proposed leaving the Magma World.

• Xiao Yan suppressed the Fallen Heart Flame when Yao Tianhuo tried to use it against him, then offered to save the old phantom in exchange for something valuable.
• Xiao Yan summoned Old Yao, and Yao Tianhuo agreed to give him the Five-Round Separation Fire Method and the young Fallen Heart Flame if his soul was restored.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Tianhuo to become a guest elder of his faction, and Yao Tianhuo accepted on the condition that he remain free unless the faction faced destruction.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Tianhuo a Soul Nourishing Pill, which strengthened his soul and made his form more solid.
• Yao Tianhuo explained that two Fallen Heart Flames had repelled each other inside him, leaving him vulnerable to a Dou Zun-level Lizardmen Tribe expert who dealt him fatal injuries.
• Xiao Yan suggested leaving the Magma World, and Yao Tianhuo agreed that the Lizardmen Tribe made it dangerous to stay.

Xiao Yan escaped the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and returned to Jia Nan Academy after subduing the Fallen Heart Flame. He reunited with Ruolin, Hu Jia, Zi Yan, and Han Yue, then gave Su Qian a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to restore the tower.

• Xiao Yan sealed the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, collected Elder Yao’s bones, and carefully made his way toward the tower’s exit.
• Su Qian agreed to lead the elders against Han Feng in three days, but the group hurried to the tower after sensing a violent energy fluctuation.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a spatial rift, reunited with Ruolin, Hu Jia, Zi Yan, and Han Yue, and showed Su Qian the Fallen Heart Flame he had subdued.
• Xiao Yan gave Su Qian the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, explaining that it could keep the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower functioning.
• Su Qian excitedly rushed off with the juvenile flame to secure it before it dissipated.

After emerging from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Xiao Yan reunited with Ruolin and the other girls and explained the Fallen Heart Flame. He spent two days with them, then prepared for the trip to Maple City to confront Han Feng.

• Xiao Yan agreed to join the elders in three days to settle the score with Han Feng in Maple City.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard with Ruolin and the other girls, who cried with relief and worry.
• Xiao Yan explained the Fallen Heart Flame’s cultivation benefits and how Heavenly Flames could develop intelligence and take human form.
• Xiao Yan answered the girls’ questions and recounted what he had experienced in the magma.
• Xiao Yan spent two days with the girls, then trained to prepare for his coming battle with Han Feng and possibly another Heavenly Flame absorption.

Xiao Yan and Su Qian led Jia Nan Academy’s elders toward Maple City to confront Han Feng. Su Qian revealed that he intended to let Han Feng gather reinforcements so the academy could defeat a formidable force and deter factions threatening it.

• Xiao Yan joined Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders at dawn as they set out for Maple City.
• Su Qian summoned Hu Gan and the Outer Academy elders, joining the expedition with more than twenty Dou Wang experts and two Dou Zong powerhouses.
• Han Feng learned that Jia Nan Academy was approaching Maple City and ordered the city put on alert, then sent Han Beng to summon allies.
• Near Maple City, Su Qian stopped the group to give Han Feng time to gather reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan explained that Su Qian planned to use a victory over Han Feng’s gathered forces to intimidate factions eyeing the academy, and Su Qian confirmed it.

Jia Nan Academy launched its assault on Maple City, and Su Qian destroyed the city walls to spare ordinary residents from the coming battle. As the academy’s forces faced Han Feng’s assembled allies, Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to give him Han Feng if they won.

• Su Qian ordered Jia Nan Academy’s elders to attack Maple City, then used a spatial barrier to send the city’s arrows back into its walls, clearing a way for ordinary people to escape.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to spare ordinary residents but kill everyone else in Maple City who could use Dou Qi.
• Han Feng led his forces into the sky to confront the approaching academy experts, and he grew uneasy when he saw Su Qian had brought the academy’s full strength.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian to leave Han Feng to him while Su Qian handled the Golden Silver Elders.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to hand Han Feng over if they won, and Su Qian agreed after Xiao Yan explained that his cultivation method required Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan joined the battle against Han Feng and overwhelmed him and his allies with his blade and fire techniques. He killed Fan Lao, while Han Feng remained occupied fighting Xiao Yan’s Evil Flame Tyrant Dragon.

• Su Qian revealed that he had known Venerable Yao and asked Xiao Yan to pass along his regards, then went to fight the Golden Silver Elders.
• Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng, Han Beng, and Fan Lao, and his blade attack badly injured Han Beng while forcing Han Feng and Fan Lao back.
• Han Feng summoned an azure flame flood dragon, but Xiao Yan’s Evil Flame Tyrant Dragon overpowered it.
• Fan Lao tried to ambush Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan blocked his attack and killed him with Drawing Slash.

The Pure Lotus Demon Sage took control of Xiao Yan’s body and wrested the Heaven Refining Ancient Array from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the Demon Sage opened a spatial passage to save the others, Xun Er stayed behind with Xiao Yan.

• Xun Er and the others realized the Pure Lotus Demon Sage had appeared through Xiao Yan, and Old Yao suspected the ancient map had enabled it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked with the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, but the Pure Lotus Demon Sage froze its strikes and took control of the formations.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demonic Flame World Annihilation, killing a Half-Saint as its heat threatened everyone nearby.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Sage opened a spatial passage and urged the group to escape before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame exploded.
• Gu Nan Hai, Old Yao, and the others entered the passage, but Xun Er freed herself from Gu Nan Hai and remained beside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao traveled to Sacred Pill City to ask the Pill Tower to join their alliance against Soul Hall. They learned that the Pill Tower’s elusive Ancestor, whose approval could decide the matter, was actually a medicinal pill.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley had agreed to join the alliance, while Old Yao said they still needed the Pill Tower’s support.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao decided to approach the Pill Tower in person and left Starfall Pavilion, leaving Cai Lin and the others to guard it.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao reached Sacred Pill City and met Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi at the Pill Tower.
• Old Yao explained the alliance against Soul Hall, but the three giants said the Pill Tower’s elders would be difficult to persuade.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Tower’s Ancestor had vanished, then revealed that the Ancestor’s true form was a medicinal pill.

Xiao Yan agreed to represent Yao Chen in the Lesser Pill Tower’s elder selection and face Old Monster Hou in an alchemy contest. After Old Monster Hou challenged him and vowed to block Yao Chen’s plans, Xiao Yan accepted the challenge.

• Xuan Kongzi and the others decided that Xiao Yan would compete against Old Monster Hou, whose pills could summon Nine-Colored Pill Thunder.
• Xiao Yan stayed on Pill Tower Mountain with Yao Chen for three days and met several elder alchemists.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen arrived at the selection plaza, where Old Monster Hou mocked Yao Chen and questioned Xiao Yan’s eligibility.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi revealed that Xiao Yan was the Alchemist Competition Champion and had refined a pill that summoned Five-Colored Pill Thunder.
• Old Monster Hou vowed to defeat Xiao Yan and keep Yao Chen from achieving his goal, and Xiao Yan confidently accepted the challenge.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, trapped everyone inside the Demonic Flame Space, and struck at the assembled experts. Xiao Yan’s mysterious power shielded them, and the Pure Lotus Demon Sage appeared through Xiao Yan’s body as the chapter ended.

• Old Man Soul Demon fled toward the spatial passage, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame shattered it and trapped everyone in the formation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor and Old Man Soul Demon divided their forces to resist the Heaven Formation and Earth Formation.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed two pillars of milky-white fire that overwhelmed the groups’ defenses and struck them.
• A faint circle of light protected Xiao Yan, the Pill Tower Ancestor, Old Man Soul Demon, and the others from the attack.
• Xiao Yan fell unconscious, and a figure resembling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared from his body; the Pill Tower Ancestor recognized it as the Pure Lotus Demon Sage.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes with milky-white pupils, and his gaze made everyone feel compelled to bow before him.

Yao Chen brought the Pill Tower, Blazing Flame Valley, Flower Sect, and Starfall Pavilion together to form an alliance against Soul Hall. As the gathering ended in a threatening interruption, dense black mist appeared in the hall.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun, Tang Zhen, and Tang Huo'er arrived at Starfall Pavilion and greeted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan.
• The Pill Tower delegation arrived, and Yao Chen led the assembled factions into the pavilion to discuss an alliance against Soul Hall.
• The factions agreed to form an offensive and defensive alliance, with Yao Chen chosen as its leader and three deputy leaders to represent the other factions.
• Xiao Yan proposed the name Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and the attendees approved it.
• As Xiao Yan raised a toast to the new alliance, black mist appeared in the hall and an unseen speaker challenged whether they would live to enjoy it.

Xiao Yan and the gathered factions finalized their alliance despite threats from Soul Hall’s Deputy Master. The allies prepared to announce the pact and build spatial wormholes as conflict with Soul Hall loomed.

• Soul Hall’s Deputy Master appeared as a projection, threatened the Pill Tower and other factions, and warned Xiao Yan against opposing the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the projection and vowed to kill Soul Hall and Hun Clan members.
• Old Yao and the others concluded that Soul Hall had tried to intimidate the factions and disrupt the alliance.
• Xiao Yan confirmed the alliance and arranged for its members to build spatial wormholes after its public announcement the next day.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun, Fairy Qing, and the other representatives departed to prepare, while Xiao Yan and Old Yao sensed a coming conflict.