Chapter Summaries

After Li Chenfeng killed Han Feng, a Soul Hall Protector appeared to seize Han Feng’s soul, forcing Medicine Elder to reveal himself and confront the enemy. Li Chenfeng secured Han Feng’s soul and the Sea Heart Flame, then prepared his allies to help Medicine Elder retreat if necessary.

• After killing Han Feng, Li Chenfeng began descending but a Soul Hall figure appeared and started extracting Han Feng’s soul.
• Hai Bodong and Yi Feng shielded the weakened Li Chenfeng, and Medicine Elder appeared to drive Wu Protector away from Han Feng’s corpse.
• Medicine Elder sealed Han Feng’s soul and the Sea Heart Flame in a jade bottle and gave it to Li Chenfeng.
• Wu Protector recognized Medicine Elder and attacked him with a black chain, beginning their battle in the sky.
• Li Chenfeng asked Hai Bodong to help Medicine Elder retreat if needed, then told Yi Feng to retrieve Han Feng’s corpse and belongings.

Medicine Elder fought Wu Protector in Black Seal City, using the Bone Chilling Flame to counter Soul Hall’s weapons and attacks. Wu Protector eventually withdrew, warning that Soul Hall knew where Medicine Elder and Xiao Yan were.

• Wu Protector attacked Medicine Elder with a black chain, but the Bone Chilling Flame blocked it and disrupted Wu Protector’s Dou Qi.
• Medicine Elder formed a flaming ruler and challenged Wu Protector, who attacked with three chains that Medicine Elder’s flame serpents repelled.
• Wu Protector cloaked the sky in black mist and clashed with Medicine Elder in a series of rapid, powerful exchanges.
• Wu Protector recognized that Medicine Elder was difficult to defeat and withdrew, warning that Soul Hall would hunt him and Xiao Yan again.

After the Soul Hall Protector fled, Li Chenfeng decided to hide at Jia Nan Academy while Medicine Elder recovered and they gathered ingredients for an Earth Spirit Pill. Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance reached Peace Town, where they encountered the infamous Death Spirit Tree at the academy’s entrance.

• Li Chenfeng and Medicine Elder agreed that they needed a safe place to recover, and Li Chenfeng chose Jia Nan Academy over Twilight City.
• Li Chenfeng planned to join the academy’s Inner Academy with Blood Dance’s recommendation and traveled with her to Twilight City.
• Li Chenfeng sent Hai Bodong and Yi Feng back to the Jia Ma Empire after refining an Emperor’s Pill and a Dou Ling Pill for them.
• Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance traveled for five days and reached the town near Jia Nan Academy, where travelers from the Black-Corner Region suppressed their bloodlust.
• Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance arrived at Peace Town and saw corpses impaled on the Death Spirit Tree, which Blood Dance identified as a warning to lawless villains.

Li Chenfeng reached Jia Nan Academy with Blood Dance and examined the treasures he had taken from Han Feng. After three days at the academy, Xiao Yu and Han Yue returned from their expedition and hurried to Blood Dance’s quarters, where they found someone inside.

• Blood Dance guided Li Chenfeng through Peace Town, and he learned that an academy instructor resented him for being close to her.
• Blood Dance brought Li Chenfeng to her instructor’s quarters and said they would wait for Xiao Yu’s return before discussing the Inner Academy.
• Li Chenfeng erased Han Feng’s imprint on the high-grade Storage Ring, claimed it, and discovered it held rare herbs, cultivation methods, Dou Skill scrolls, and other riches.
• During his three days at Jia Nan Academy, Li Chenfeng learned that Xiao Yu had advanced to the Dou Master realm and become one of the Outer Academy’s Twin Beauties.
• Xiao Yu and Han Yue returned on a griffin, found the quarters occupied, and Xiao Yu knocked on the door calling for Blood Dance.

Blood Dance reunited Xiao Yu with Li Chenfeng after two years apart, and he gave Han Yue a Green Spirit Pill as a gift. As Xiao Yu praised Han Yue’s chances in the Outer Academy Tournament, Li Chenfeng grew suspicious that older students might have taken an interest in her.

• Blood Dance welcomed Xiao Yu and Han Yue, praising their progress and hearing Han Yue declare she would enter the Inner Academy among the top five.
• Blood Dance revealed that Li Chenfeng had returned, and Xiao Yu tearfully rushed into his arms after he apologized for being away for two years.
• Han Yue recognized Li Chenfeng and recalled how their previous meeting had challenged her pride as the Outer Academy’s top genius.
• Li Chenfeng apologized for refining pills during their visit and gave Han Yue two Green Spirit Pills to help her advance to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Yu encouraged Han Yue to aim for first place in next year’s selection tournament, and Li Chenfeng darkly wondered whether older students had set their sights on her.

Li Chenfeng gained Su Qian’s approval to join Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and arranged to trade a sixth-grade pill-refining opportunity for herbs he needed. He and Blood Dance escorted the new students to the Fire Energy Hunting Competition grounds, where they waited for the Inner Academy’s representatives.

• Su Qian welcomed Li Chenfeng into the Inner Academy and promised Jia Nan Academy would protect him from the Soul Hall while he stayed there.
• Li Chenfeng offered to refine a sixth-grade medicinal pill in exchange for the Inner Academy’s medicinal herbs, including the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit he needed.
• After spending several more days in the Outer Academy, Li Chenfeng left Xiao Yu with cultivation pills and improved Dou Techniques before entering the Inner Academy with Blood Dance.
• Hu Gan assigned Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance to escort the incoming students to the Fire Energy Hunting Competition grounds aboard griffins.
• After more than an hour of flight, Hu Gan told Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance that they had arrived and that Inner Academy members would come to guide them.

Li Chenfeng reached the Inner Academy and searched its Medicinal Herb Repository for the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit. Just as he found it, Zi Yan appeared in her childhood form and took the fruit.

• Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance arrived at the Inner Academy, which was built inside a vast meteor crater.
• Li Chenfeng went to the Medicinal Herb Repository with Su Qian's jade token, and Elder He allowed him to enter and choose medicinal herbs.
• Li Chenfeng explored the repository's many rare herbs, then found the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit he needed.
• Before Li Chenfeng could take the fruit, Zi Yan appeared beside him and snatched it from its jade dish.

Li Chenfeng traded a Dragon Blood Pill for the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit and promised to refine herbs for Zi Yan. After realizing she could pass through energy barriers, he began plotting to use that ability, then brought her to Elder He, who angrily recognized her.

• Zi Yan ate a Vajra Bodhi and nearly bit into the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit before Li Chenfeng offered her a Dragon Blood Pill and a promise to refine herbs for her.
• Zi Yan returned the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit to Li Chenfeng and agreed to go with him so he could refine a larger batch of herbs.
• Zi Yan demonstrated that she could pass through the herb repository’s energy barrier, and Li Chenfeng began plotting to use her ability.
• Li Chenfeng brought Zi Yan to Elder He, who recognized her and angrily asked why she had returned.

Li Chenfeng refined a Vajra Bodhi pill for Zi Yan and learned about her lonely past and wish to grow up. Zi Yan left after accepting his promise to prepare more treats, offering to protect him in return.

• Elder He complained about Zi Yan taking medicinal ingredients, while she threatened him and hurried Li Chenfeng along.
• Li Chenfeng took Zi Yan to his dormitory and used his Green Demon Cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the Vajra Bodhi.
• Li Chenfeng asked Zi Yan about her human form, and she explained that eating Humanoid Transformation Grass had changed her and that she had grown up alone in the deep mountains.
• Zi Yan told Li Chenfeng that the Great Elder had brought her to the Inner Academy, where no one dared bully her.
• Li Chenfeng gave Zi Yan the refined pill, and she promised to protect him if he kept refining medicinal ingredients for her.
• Zi Yan called Li Chenfeng Brother Feng and left, saying she would return after eating the ingredients she had taken.

Li Chenfeng accompanied Medicine Elder to a secluded peak in the Endless Mountains, where Medicine Elder began refining the difficult Sixth-grade Earth Spirit Pill. By the end of the third day, the extracted ingredients had begun to fuse, and Medicine Elder focused intently on the most crucial stage.

• Li Chenfeng left the Inner Academy and flew to a hidden peak in the Endless Mountains to refine the Earth Spirit Pill.
• Medicine Elder decided to handle the pill’s refinement himself, warning Li Chenfeng that he would need a long rest afterward.
• Medicine Elder summoned the Black Demon Cauldron and carefully extracted and purified the Earth Heart Fire Ganoderma’s medicinal liquid.
• Medicine Elder refined the Green Wood Immortal Vine and then the Ice-Fire Dragon Whisker Fruit, explaining his methods to Li Chenfeng as he worked.
• As the third day ended, the ingredients and Magic Core powder began to fuse under the Bone Chilling Flame, and Medicine Elder concentrated on the delicate process.

Li Chenfeng and Medicine Elder completed the Earth Spirit Pill, whose formation sent a powerful disturbance through the mountains and caught Su Qian’s attention. Afterward, Medicine Elder destroyed Han Feng’s soul, ending their karmic debt as Li Chenfeng prepared to fuse with the Sea Heart Flame.

• After two days of careful refinement, Medicine Elder formed the pale-blue Earth Spirit Pill, releasing a tremendous burst of energy across the mountain peak.
• Su Qian sensed the disturbance and concluded that Elder Nalan was likely refining a Sixth-grade Medicinal Pill, then headed toward the mountains.
• Li Chenfeng inspected the finished Earth Spirit Pill and urged Medicine Elder to rest, promising to gather ingredients for a body that could house his soul.
• Medicine Elder warned Li Chenfeng to prepare thoroughly before fusing with the Sea Heart Flame, then drew Han Feng’s soul from the jade bottle.
• Medicine Elder declared that his karmic debt with Han Feng was ended and burned Han Feng’s soul until it fell still.

Li Chenfeng absorbed Han Feng’s Soul Origin, then moved to a secluded valley to begin refining the Sea Heart Flame with Medicine Elder watching. The fusion began, leaving Li Chenfeng facing the danger of being destroyed by the collision between two Heavenly Flames.

• Medicine Elder explained how Soul Origin could help Li Chenfeng advance his soul and connect with the Sea Heart Flame, and Li Chenfeng absorbed Han Feng’s Soul Origin.
• Medicine Elder advised Li Chenfeng to change locations before fusing Heavenly Flames, so Li Chenfeng flew away with him.
• Su Qian arrived at the mountain after they had left, found no trace of their auras, and returned to the Inner Academy.
• Li Chenfeng chose a hidden valley a hundred li away and prepared to refine the Sea Heart Flame while Medicine Elder observed.
• Li Chenfeng swallowed an Earth Spirit Pill and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to draw the Sea Heart Flame into his body, beginning the dangerous fusion.

Li Chenfeng captured and refined the Sea Heart Flame, then began fusing it with the Green Lotus Core Flame. The flames started merging inside his Qi vortex, producing a tiny cluster of crystal-like blue fire.

• Li Chenfeng used the Green Lotus Core Flame to subdue the Sea Heart Flame inside his body.
• Li Chenfeng slowly refined the Sea Heart Flame and told Medicine Elder that he had succeeded.
• Li Chenfeng rested, then guided the Sea Heart Flame into his Qi vortex beside the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Li Chenfeng used Flame Mantra Dou Qi to separate the two flames before allowing them to collide and begin fusing.
• Li Chenfeng saw the intertwined green and blue flames merge into a tiny cluster of crystal-like blue fire.

After fusing the Sea Heart Flame, Li Chenfeng’s Flame Mantra reached the initial Earth Tier and his cultivation rose to Five-star Dou Wang. Back at the Inner Academy, he found Zi Yan waiting for him with medicinal ingredients she had gathered, and she asked him for more pills.

• Medicine Elder learned that Li Chenfeng’s Flame Mantra had advanced to the initial Earth Tier after absorbing the Sea Heart Flame.
• Li Chenfeng rose from One-star Dou Wang to Five-star Dou Wang and planned to build ties at the Inner Academy before pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Li Chenfeng returned to his pavilion and found Zi Yan and Blood Dance waiting there.
• Zi Yan told Li Chenfeng she had eaten all the Vajra Bodhi pills he made for her.
• Zi Yan showed Li Chenfeng a pile of medicinal ingredients she claimed to have gathered in the deep mountains after fighting the magical beasts guarding them.

Li Chenfeng made a deal with Zi Yan to refine pills for her in exchange for her help finding medicinal ingredients, while privately hoping to win her over and gain the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s support. After a jealous confrontation between Zi Yan and Blood Dance, Li Chenfeng began refining Zi Yan’s pills and finished in less than an hour.

• Li Chenfeng offered to refine pills for Zi Yan whenever she needed them if she helped him find medicinal ingredients, and Zi Yan agreed on the condition that he handle any guarding magical beasts.
• Li Chenfeng gathered the herbs and told Zi Yan he would finish the pills that night, then Blood Dance arranged rooms for herself and Zi Yan while he rested.
• When Li Chenfeng returned to the living room, he found Zi Yan glaring at Blood Dance, who was eating steak, and Zi Yan accused him of wanting to sleep with her.
• Zi Yan complained that Inner Academy students called her the Brute Force King and said she would bite off their heads if the Great Elder had not stopped her.
• After eating, Li Chenfeng took the Green Demon Cauldron to his pill-refining room and refined Zi Yan’s herbs into pills in less than an hour.

Li Chenfeng toured the Inner Academy with Blood Dance and visited the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where his fused Heavenly Flame easily refined the heartfire. He sensed a violent energy behind a forbidden door and wondered whether Fallen Heart Flame was preparing to break its seal.

• Blood Dance explained that the Great Elder had asked her to show Li Chenfeng around the Inner Academy.
• Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance toured the academy and saw its students competing for access to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Blood Dance described the tower’s spatial barrier and the elders’ reserved cultivation rooms before the tower opened.
• Li Chenfeng entered the tower and refined the invading heartfire with his blue-crystal flame.
• Blood Dance warned Li Chenfeng not to enter a sealed room, and he sensed Fallen Heart Flame gathering power beyond it.

Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance fled the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower when the Fallen Heart Flame rampaged, and Su Qian explained the tower’s secret to them afterward. Blood Dance then invited Li Chenfeng to visit the Inner Academy’s East District trading market.

• A sudden disturbance made the energy inside the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower turn violent, and Su Qian ordered everyone to evacuate.
• Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance left the tower as the Fallen Heart Flame surged against the elders’ barrier beneath it.
• Su Qian suspected Li Chenfeng’s Heavenly Flame had triggered the rampage and decided to explain the tower’s secret to him and Blood Dance.
• Su Qian told Li Chenfeng and Blood Dance that the Fallen Heart Flame lay beneath the tower and powered its unusual effects.
• Blood Dance asked Li Chenfeng whether he had caused the rampage, then invited him to visit the East District trading market, and he agreed.

Li Chenfeng traded an Earth Tier Dou Technique for the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, completing the ingredients he needed for the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill promised to Ice Emperor Hai Bodong. After more than two months of training, he chose Zhu Xian as his next destination through the Myriad Worlds Gate.

• Li Chenfeng exchanged the Radiant Seal Dou Technique for Li Feng's Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, despite Blood Dance objecting to the steep price.
• Li Chenfeng explained that the fruit completed the ingredients for the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill he had promised to refine for Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
• Su Qian left Li Chenfeng without duties and sent Blood Dance to guard the tower and purify her chaotic Dou Qi with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• After more than two months, Li Chenfeng raised his cultivation by one star and reviewed the worlds available through the Myriad Worlds Gate.
• Li Chenfeng chose Zhu Xian as his next world.

Li Chenfeng began cultivating Burning Incense Valley’s Incense Jade Manual in Shennong Cave and rapidly reached the fourth layer of the Lesser Yang Realm. He resolved to keep progressing through the manual and explore how his Heavenly Flames could enhance its techniques.

• Li Chenfeng reviewed Burning Incense Valley’s history, its senior cultivators, and his hidden status as Yun Yilan’s chief disciple.
• Li Chenfeng began converting the fire-attributed Dou Qi in his body into Fire Spiritual Power by following the Incense Jade Manual.
• After completing one hundred and eight major circulations, Li Chenfeng reached the fourth layer of the Lesser Yang Realm in less than half an hour.
• Li Chenfeng credited his progress to his powerful existing energy and fused Heavenly Flames, which made mastering the flame-focused manual easier.
• Li Chenfeng imagined using his Heavenly Flames with the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Dragon, then decided to focus on cultivating the Incense Jade Manual step by step.

Li Chenfeng investigated the nighttime attack on Burning Incense Valley, killing a Gray Tapir alarm beast by mistake before reaching the battle. He joined the fight from above the battlefield, releasing green and blue flames.

• Li Chenfeng left the rear mountain and headed toward the sounds of fighting at Burning Incense Valley's entrance.
• Li Chenfeng sensed danger near an ordinary disciple's room and found a Gray Tapir hiding in a hole in the foundation.
• Li Chenfeng killed the Gray Tapir, stopping the alarm bells, and concealed its body so his sect would not learn of his mistake.
• Li Chenfeng saw Burning Incense Valley disciples battling an enemy and spotted a figure who appeared to be an elder.
• Li Chenfeng flew over the battlefield on a sword shadow and released green and blue flames.