Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and went straight to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where he sensed its unstable defenses and the Fallen Heart Flame sealed below. After reuniting with Xiao Yu, he openly asked the academy to entrust the Heavenly Flame to someone capable of controlling it, provoking the elders.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Goose Nine-Movement Wings and his improved flying technique to reach Jia Nan Academy's Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the tower's defensive formation had weakened and considered why Mang Tian Chi had built it with a limited lifespan.
• Su Qian and the Inner Academy teachers surrounded the tower, then recognized Xiao Yan and were surprised by his strength.
• Xiao Yu stepped forward to greet Xiao Yan, and Su Qian explained how the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower helped cultivation and required fire energy to enter.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian that the tower's power came from a sealed Heavenly Flame and said it should be entrusted to someone capable of controlling it.
• The Inner Academy elders angrily condemned Xiao Yan for demanding the academy's treasure.

Xiao Yan challenged Jia Nan Academy’s rules and questioned whether the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower could contain Fallen Heart Flame for three more years. Su Qian offered to consider giving him the flame sooner if he could surpass Old Huo in alchemy, and Xiao Yan summoned Liu Ling to begin their exchange.

• Xiao Yan explained the academy’s harsh recruitment customs and asked why students objected when others plundered their fire energy.
• Su Qian said Xiao Yan would have to serve the academy for three years to obtain Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan asked whether the tower could last that long.
• Hu Gan and Old Huo arrived, and Old Huo questioned whether Xiao Yan was truly a seventh-tier alchemist.
• Su Qian proposed an alchemy contest with Old Huo as a way for Xiao Yan to obtain Fallen Heart Flame sooner.
• Xiao Yan summoned Life Spirit Flame, Liu Ling, to face Old Huo.

Xiao Yan had Liu Ling compete against Old Man Fire in refining a fifth-tier Dragon Strength Pill, while the elders watched and offered materials for the finished pills. The competition began with Liu Ling studying the formula and Old Man Fire bringing out his Crimson Flame Fire.

• Old Man Fire mistook Liu Ling’s appearance for a sign that she was a Dou Zong expert, and Hu Gan explained that Xiao Yan’s treasure could store living creatures.
• Xiao Yan announced that his disciple Liu Ling, champion of the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Grand Meeting, would compete in his place.
• Old Man Fire chose the Dragon Strength Pill for the contest, and Su Qian arranged for the elders to bid on the refined pills.
• Liu Ling prepared her cauldron and ingredients while the elders offered magic cores as payment for the pills.
• After Su Qian started the competition, Liu Ling studied the formula without beginning to refine, and Old Man Fire unleashed his Crimson Flame Fire.

Xiao Yan watched Old Man Fire refine a Dragon Strength Pill while Liu Ling hesitated to begin her own competition. As Old Man Fire completed a low-quality pill, Liu Ling still had not touched her ingredients, and Xiao Yan remained confident in her composure.

• Xiao Yan watched Old Man Fire use a seventh-tier magical beast flame to begin refining the Dragon Strength Pill as Liu Ling drew little attention.
• Xiao Yu asked Xiao Yan about Liu Ling and, on Xun'er’s behalf, reproached him for taking a disciple while Xun'er waited at Jia Nan Academy; she also reminded him of Yun Yun.
• Old Man Fire’s first attempt failed when the medicinal liquids reacted violently, so he cleared the cauldron and started a second batch.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yu that alchemy required a steady heart and said Old Man Fire’s temperament held back his progress as an alchemist.
• Old Man Fire successfully produced a completed but poor-quality Dragon Strength Pill and noticed Liu Ling had not begun refining.
• Liu Ling closed her eyes to review her understanding of the pill’s medicinal properties, then slowly extended her hand.

Liu Ling used the Life Spirit Flame to rapidly refine three batches of Dragon Strength Pill ingredients at once, startling the spectators and Old Man Fire. She suppressed the violently churning medicinal mass and produced an egg-sized pill, leaving its success uncertain.

• Liu Ling began refining with the Life Spirit Flame, which surprised Old Man Fire with its unusual strength.
• Liu Ling fed ingredients into the cauldron at astonishing speed, forming a massive red medicinal mass without making a mistake.
• Old Man Fire questioned why Liu Ling continued adding enough ingredients for three Dragon Strength Pills and wondered whether she had given up on winning.
• Liu Ling poured her soul power into the cauldron and used hand seals to control the violent fusion of the medicinal ingredients.
• Liu Ling suppressed the churning medicinal mass until it shrank, then released an egg-sized object that filled the plaza with medicinal fragrance.
• Su Qian questioned whether Liu Ling had succeeded, while Elder He noted that the object came from three batches of ingredients.

Liu Ling refined three premium Dragon Strength Pills from a red egg, winning the contest and astonishing Jia Nan Academy’s elders with his skill. Su Qian offered Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame after a year, but Xiao Yan insisted on taking it now, confident he was prepared to fuse with it.

• A red sprout grew from the egg into a small tree, which bore three crimson fruits before vanishing and dropping them into Liu Ling’s palm.
• Su Qian identified the fruits as Dragon Strength Pills, and Elder He confirmed they were premium grade, declaring Liu Ling the contest’s winner.
• The elders realized Liu Ling was Xiao Yan’s disciple and reconsidered how formidable Xiao Yan’s alchemy skills might be.
• Su Qian offered to arrange Xiao Yan’s fusion with the Fallen Heart Flame after another year, once the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was stable.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Fallen Heart Flame immediately, and Su Qian and Old Man Fire warned him about the danger of fusing with the powerful Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan declared that he had made complete preparations, and the elders recalled his exceptional strength in both alchemy and Dou Qi cultivation.

Xiao Yan demonstrated that his Super Fallen Heart Flame could nullify Elder Su Qian’s attack, leaving the onlookers stunned by his ability to withstand a Dou Zong expert. As Su Qian launched a powerful earth-class palm technique, Xiao Yan considered using the wild Fallen Heart Flame to create a second spirit within his body.

• Xiao Yan invited Elder Su Qian to test his strength, and his aura shocked the people gathered before the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Elder Su Qian attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan stood still as the blast filled the area with dust.
• Su Qian realized Xiao Yan had dissolved his attack, while Hu Gan, Elder He, Old Man Fire, and Xiao Yu reacted with surprise.
• Xiao Yan considered turning the wild Fallen Heart Flame into a second spirit in his body, inspired by his experience with Medusa and Cai Lin.
• Su Qian warned that he would get more serious and launched a massive earth-class palm technique at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan emerged unharmed from Su Qian’s attack and suddenly comprehended the Twin Spirit Flame Embryo, then prepared to claim the Fallen Heart Flame. Jia Nan Academy’s guardians, Qian Bai Er Lao, intervened to test him, and Xiao Yan opened the Blood Forbidden Seal as the challenge began.

• Xiao Yan survived Su Qian’s earth-class Dou Skill without injury and said he would take the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan suddenly comprehended the Twin Spirit Flame Embryo, a life form with two souls and powerful recovery abilities.
• Su Qian agreed to give Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame, but Qian Bai Er Lao appeared and said the decision was not his to make.
• Qian Bai Er Lao challenged Xiao Yan to demonstrate his limits, and Xiao Yan invited both guardians to attack together.
• Xiao Yan activated the Blood Forbidden Seal, spreading red light across the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and weakening the attacks of those caught within it.

Xiao Yan’s Blood Forbidden Seal suppressed Qian Bai Er Lao’s attacks and left him unharmed by their spatial assault. He then charged at the two Guardians with Eight Extremes Collapse, whose power shocked them on impact.

• Qian Bai Er Lao tested the Blood Forbidden Seal and found it had no apparent effect on them or the weaker spectators.
• Qian Bai Er Lao tore open a spatial rift and drove Xiao Yan into it with a massive gale, shaking Jia Nan Academy and Peace Town.
• Xiao Yan emerged unharmed, and Qian Bai Er Lao were horrified that their combined spatial attack had failed to injure him.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Blood Forbidden Seal weakened attacks against his bloodline and said he intended to make it stronger.
• Xiao Yan flew at Qian Bai Er Lao and struck them with Eight Extremes Collapse, whose force exceeded their expectations for a Xuan-tier technique.

Xiao Yan defeated Jia Nan Academy’s guardians, and Yao Lao appeared as his teacher, persuading the academy to let Xiao Yan claim Fallen Heart Flame. Xiao Yan entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to fuse with it, while Yao Lao planned to build a spatial wormhole to the Black-Corner Region with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan defeated Qian Bai Er Lao with the Blood Forbidden Seal, shocking Elder Su Qian and the others.
• Qian Bai Er Lao asked who had taught Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan revealed that his teacher had arrived.
• Yao Lao emerged from a spatial vortex, and Su Qian recognized him as Venerable Yao.
• Yao Lao asked Jia Nan Academy to hand Fallen Heart Flame to Xiao Yan, and Qian Bai Er Lao agreed.
• Su Qian offered Xiao Yan a chance to enter the Library Pavilion, and Yao Lao suggested he look for rare items after leaving the tower.
• Yao Lao explained how he had reached the academy, then Xiao Yan entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to fuse with Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan explored the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, improved his plans for the Fire Spirits, and melted the door sealing the Magma World. When the Fallen Heart Flame surged out, Xiao Yan struck it with the Wolf King Seal.

• Xiao Yan examined the tower’s structure and developed a way for Heavenly Flame Fire Spirits to spread cultivation benefits through the lower realm.
• Xiao Yan melted the black door with the Emperor Flame and drew the door’s remains into the Endless Flame Domain.
• Xiao Yan descended to the tower’s lowest level and absorbed the purified fire-attributed energy.
• The Fallen Heart Flame burst from the Magma World and filled the passage with fire.
• Xiao Yan struck downward with the Wolf King Seal to force the Fallen Heart Flame back.

Xiao Yan defeated and subdued Fallen Heart Flame by invoking the authority of his Flame Mantra and Blood Forbidden Seal. Realizing he could command Heavenly Flames, he turned his attention to the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment and the twenty flames inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Xiao Yan struck Fallen Heart Flame into the magma, then pursued it into the Magma World.
• Fallen Heart Flame condensed into a fiery snake and attacked Xiao Yan, who caught it and demanded that it cooperate or be melted down.
• Xiao Yan used his evolved Fallen Heart Flame to intimidate the captive, but Fallen Heart Flame refused to submit.
• Xiao Yan cast Fallen Heart Flame away and commanded it in the name of the Flame Emperor, forcing it to obey.
• Xiao Yan realized his enhanced Flame Mantra let him command Heavenly Flames and considered gathering the twenty weak flames in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

Xiao Yan guided Yan Lingji and the Fallen Heart Flame in cultivating the Twin Spirit Flame Embryo within the Magma World, using the Origin Spirit True Scripture to assist their fusion. After a day of cultivation, Yan Lingji’s one-body-two-souls state stabilized, and Xiao Yan’s strength increased dramatically.

• Xiao Yan put aside the Tou She Ancient God Jade and decided to focus on the twenty Heavenly Flames at the Heavenly Flame Plaza.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yan Lingji and transmitted the Twin Spirit Flame Embryo secret technique to her and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yan Lingji and the Fallen Heart Flame began cultivating the technique, and Xiao Yan used the Origin Spirit True Scripture to guide their fusion.
• Xiao Yan entered deep cultivation as energy from the Magma World and the beings within his Endless Flame Domain accelerated his growth.
• Yan Lingji’s one-body-two-souls state stabilized, and she expanded her territory and energy connection before emerging from the Endless Flame Domain.

Xiao Yan broke through to one-star Dou Zong after absorbing energy from the Magma World and the Fallen Heart Flame. The Fallen Heart Flame took control of Yan Lingji’s body, and the pair encountered a powerful Fire Lizardman.

• Xiao Yan reached one-star Dou Zong after his strength surged from the energy he absorbed.
• The Fallen Heart Flame controlled Yan Lingji’s body, and she appeared in a blue dress with a new water-sleeve weapon.
• Xiao Yan realized he could use the principle of extremes reversing to create the Fire Cloud Water Flame from the Volcanic Rock Flame.
• Magma waves engulfed Xiao Yan and Yan Lingji, and a Fire Lizardman emerged from the molten rock.
• Yan Lingji recognized the creature as a Dou Zun-level Fire Lizardman, far stronger than the ones she had encountered before.

Yan Lingji and Xiao Yan subdued a Dou Zun-level fire lizardman and brought it into the Endless Flame Domain. The domain developed distinct regions for its inhabitants, including a new magma realm for the fire lizardmen.

• Xiao Yan explained that Yan Lingji’s breakthrough had attracted the fire lizardman, and Yan Lingji manifested her red-armored body through the Twin Spirit Flame Embryo.
• The two Yan Lingjis fought the fire lizardman, and the red-armored Yan Lingji used the Divine Art of True Absorption to absorb its magma attacks.
• The blue-dressed Yan Lingji bound the fire lizardman with her sleeves, and Xiao Yan pulled it into the Endless Flame Domain.
• The fire lizardman was transported to a magma realm within the domain, which now also contained regions for Demon Wraiths, humans, and Liu Ling’s medicinal herbs.

Xiao Yan captured waves of Fire Lizardmen in the Endless Flame Domain, where they began cultivating a technique that could overcome their survival limits and sustain the magma space. As their energy rapidly strengthened him toward a two-star Dou Zong, Medusa emerged from his robe.

• Xiao Yan gave a Dou Zong-level Fire Lizardman a pictorial cultivation technique and brought it into the Endless Flame Domain, where it began absorbing the instructions.
• Hundreds of Fire Lizardmen swarmed toward Xiao Yan, who withdrew the two Yan Lingjis and used the Blood Forbidden Seal to capture them all.
• The captured Fire Lizardmen settled in the magma space and began sending energy into the Waterless Ocean, accelerating Xiao Yan's cultivation.
• Xiao Yan anticipated that absorbing a few more groups would let him break through to a two-star Dou Zong.
• A small seven-colored snake emerged from Xiao Yan's robe and transformed into Medusa, who teased him for focusing on improving his strength.

Xiao Yan explained how Medusa could strengthen her devouring ability without relying on a reincarnation period and proposed creating a Super Nihility Devouring Flame for her. The chapter ended with him transmitting the secret method for condensing it to Medusa.

• Xiao Yan told Medusa that the Magma World suited her transition in cultivation and that external objects could strengthen her devouring ability.
• Xiao Yan proposed using the Nihility Devouring Flame, but explained that finding or confronting the real flame would be difficult.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had devised a way to condense a Super Nihility Devouring Flame based on his experience with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan praised Medusa after she took offense at his dismissive remarks about Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan transmitted the secret method for condensing the Super Nihility Devouring Flame to Medusa.

Medusa cultivated Xiao Yan’s secret technique to condense the Super Nihility Devouring Flame, while Xiao Yan considered how to gather the fire lizardmen into the Endless Flame Domain. After her magic core became a seven-colored flame seed, Medusa entered the domain and found that its purer energy accelerated her cultivation.

• Xiao Yan explained that Medusa should master the secret technique and cultivate in the Magma World before entering the Endless Flame Domain.
• Medusa used the Devouring Reincarnation Method and the secret technique to absorb fire-attribute energy and refine it around her magic core.
• Xiao Yan considered how to summon all the fire lizardmen into the Endless Flame Domain at once.
• Medusa’s magic core transformed into a seven-colored Super Nihility Devouring Flame seed, and the Origin Spirit True Scripture drew her into the Endless Flame Domain.
• Medusa settled in the domain, where its purer energy and the pressure of the Emperor Flame increased her cultivation speed.

Xiao Yan used the Blood Forbidden Seal to summon the Fire Lizard Clan into the Endless Flame Domain, where their energy strengthened him and the Heavenly Flame Spirits. After reaching eight-star Dou Zong, he stopped the cultivation and took Medusa deeper into the Magma World, where they found a spatial barrier that might conceal the Fire Lizardmen’s home.

• Xiao Yan connected the Heavenly Flames in the Endless Flame Domain and commanded the Fire Lizard Clan to heed his orders.
• Fire Lizardmen poured into the domain, and Xiao Yan shared their energy with the Heavenly Flame Spirits as his strength rose to eight-star Dou Zong.
• Medusa absorbed the energy with Super Nihility Devouring Flame, while a wisp of her seven-colored flame strengthened the Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan warned Medusa that the Magma World held two Half-Saint Fire Lizardmen and withdrew the Blood Forbidden Seal.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa flew deeper into the Magma World and spotted a transparent ring of light that Medusa suspected marked the Fire Lizardmen’s home.

Xiao Yan and Medusa met the soul of Yao Tianhuo, the former owner of the Fallen Heart Flame, in the fire lizards’ abandoned home. He explained how a second, immature Fallen Heart Flame had left him mortally injured, then asked them for help in return for compensation.

• Xiao Yan and Medusa entered the barrier and found a skeleton concealing a powerful soul.
• Medusa confronted the soul, which revealed itself as Yao Tianhuo, also known as Heavenly Flame Venerable and the Fallen Heart Flame’s former owner.
• Yao Tianhuo recounted that he found a second Fallen Heart Flame seed deep in the Magma World and tried to claim it after subduing the first.
• The two Fallen Heart Flames repelled each other, badly injuring Yao Tianhuo; he attached his soul to the immature seed to survive.
• Yao Tianhuo asked Xiao Yan and Medusa to help him, promising sufficient compensation.