Chapter Summaries

Yao Xuan used the Soul Origin he had gathered to break through to Spirit Realm Grand Perfection while Qing Lin guarded him. The Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture arrived to seize Qing Lin and force her into an arranged marriage, but Yao Xuan intervened and challenged him over a past promise.

• Yao Xuan asked Qing Lin what had happened at the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, and she denied suffering any hardship.
• Yao Xuan promised Qing Lin she would be safe at Starfall Pavilion, then asked her to guard him while he cultivated in the valley.
• Yao Xuan absorbed Soul Origin through the Divine Soul Canon and advanced from Mid-Stage Spirit Realm to Spirit Realm Grand Perfection.
• The Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture arrived and accused Qing Lin of fleeing, then tried to bind her and take her back to marry.
• Qing Lin refused to marry, and Yao Xuan appeared before her, revealing his Six-Star Battle Venerable aura.
• Yao Xuan confronted Qing Xuan, the Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, about a promise he had made and whether Green Man had conveyed his words.

Yao Xuan confronted Qing Xuan over the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture’s attempt to force Qing Lin into marriage, then spared him after Qing Lin pleaded for mercy. After returning to the Life-and-Death Gate, Yao Xuan prepared to leave for the Central Plains with Xiao Yan, who offered him the Yin-Yang Twin Flame.

• Qing Xuan recognized Yao Xuan and admitted that the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture had wanted Qing Lin to marry Qing Hai, prompting her to flee.
• Yao Xuan nearly killed Qing Xuan, but Qing Lin asked him to spare the prefecture; Yao Xuan severed Qing Xuan’s right arm and ordered him to leave Qing Lin alone.
• Qing Lin chose not to return to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, and she left with Yao Xuan for Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Xuan returned to the Life-and-Death Gate and found that Xiao Yan had reached One-Star Dou King, though his Dou Qi and foundation were unstable.
• Yao Xuan pulled out the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and offered to help Xiao Yan refine it, but Xiao Yan urged Yao Xuan to absorb it for the Flame Mantra instead.
• Yao Xuan said they would set off for the Central Plains immediately, while Xiao Yan said his existing wisp of the flame was enough for him.

Yao Xuan gathered the ingredients for the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill and refined it with the Life Spirit Flame to revive Yao Lao. The pill drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, and Yao Lao warned that its power could kill Yao Xuan and destroy the pill.

• Yao Lao promised Xiao Yan that Starfall Pavilion would help rescue his father.
• Venerable Feng told Yao Xuan that the Pill Tower had found the medicinal ingredients he needed.
• Yao Xuan extracted Heavenly Phoenix Marrow from a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, completing the pill’s ingredients.
• Yao Xuan rejected Yao Lao’s offer to help and explained that only the Life Spirit Flame could refine the pill safely.
• Yao Xuan refined the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill in the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron, and it drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Yao Lao warned that the lightning was as powerful as a peak Nine-Star Battle Venerable and could kill Yao Xuan while destroying the pill.

Yao Xuan faced the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning threatening to destroy his pill and kill him, then used his Heavenly Flame formation and Azure Wind Sage’s remains to withstand the tribulation. The Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill was successfully formed, and the thunderclouds over Starfall Pavilion dispersed.

• Yao Lao rejected Venerable Feng’s offer to help and decided to destroy Yao Xuan’s pill to save his life, but Yao Xuan told him to trust him.
• Yao Xuan unleashed six Heavenly Flames to form the Six-Unity Separation Flame Heaven-Locking Formation and blocked the first three bolts of pill lightning with his body.
• Yao Xuan controlled the formation to withstand five more lightning bolts, but the fire formation cracked and neared collapse after the eighth.
• Yao Xuan summoned Azure Wind Sage’s remains, which blocked the ninth Chaos Lightning Punishment without taking damage.
• The thunderclouds dispersed, and the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill floated out of the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron.

Medicine Xuan began resurrecting Medicine Lao by transferring his soul into a preserved One-Star Dou Sheng body with the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill. As Medicine Lao showed signs of revival, two white-robed figures arrived and disrupted the process.

• Medicine Xuan prepared the Dou Sheng corpse and the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill, then asked Venerable Feng and the others to guard the resurrection site.
• Medicine Lao swallowed the pill and entered the corpse as Medicine Xuan used his soul power and the pill’s essence to guide the fusion.
• Medicine Lao endured the Saint body’s rejection while the corpse gradually regained color and began radiating Saintly pressure.
• A terrifying force shook Starfall Pavilion and destabilized the resurrection, so Medicine Xuan rushed above the pavilion.
• Two white-robed figures emerged from a split in space, and one said he had been searching for the castoff.

Yao Ye and Yao Li confronted Yao Xuan and the others while Yao Chen reconstructed his body, and Yao Xuan battled Yao Li with his six fused Heavenly Flames. Yao Xuan initially suppressed Yao Li, but Yao Li activated the Yao Clan Clan Pattern and advanced to the Nine-Star Battle Venerable tier.

• Yao Ye and Yao Li arrived to avenge Yao Xing Tong, and Yao Li attacked Yao Xuan while Yao Ye recognized that Yao Chen was rebuilding his body.
• Yao Li's attack sent Venerable Feng and Heavenly Flame Venerable flying, but Yao Xuan shielded them and sent them to protect Yao Chen.
• Yao Xuan summoned and fused six Heavenly Flames, then trapped Yao Li with the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method and struck him with the Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm.
• Yao Xuan's attacks forced Yao Li to retreat, prompting Yao Li to activate the Yao Clan Clan Pattern and rise to the Nine-Star Battle Venerable tier.

Yao Xuan used his superior soul power to stun Yao Li and struck him with a half-formed Four-Colored Fire Lotus, severely wounding him despite Yao Ye’s intervention. Yao Ye turned his killing intent on Yao Xuan while Yao Lao’s resurrection faltered, and Zi Yan demanded that a hidden observer stop standing by.

• Yao Xuan used the Golden Firmament Soul-Suppressing Seal to briefly stun Yao Li and slow Yao Ye.
• Yao Xuan formed and hurled a half-formed Four-Colored Fire Lotus at Yao Li before Yao Ye could stop him.
• Yao Li tried to shatter the Fire Lotus head-on, but its explosion severely wounded him and extinguished his Yao Clan marking.
• Yao Ye rescued the unconscious Yao Li, then threatened Yao Xuan as his Half-Saint pressure and soul power surged toward him.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor worried over Yao Lao’s faltering resurrection and Yao Xuan’s danger, while Zi Yan demanded that the hidden observer intervene.

Zhu Li intervened when Yao Ye attacked Yao Xuan, using his overwhelming strength to force the Yao Clan elder to withdraw. Yao Ye escaped after vowing to kill Yao Xuan, and Yao Xuan thanked Zhu Li for saving him.

• Zhu Li emerged from a spatial crack and dispelled Yao Ye's pressure and attack, while Zi Yan rushed to check that Yao Xuan was safe.
• Zi Yan demanded that Zhu Li teach Yao Ye a lesson and promised to return to Dragon Island if he did.
• Zhu Li warned Yao Ye to end the dispute and unleashed his Advanced Half-Saint pressure, forcing Yao Ye to recognize their difference in strength.
• Yao Ye restrained himself from fighting Zhu Li, threatened Yao Xuan with future revenge, and fled through a spatial crack with Yao Li.
• Zi Yan protested that Zhu Li had let Yao Ye escape, while Zhu Li explained that he had to consider the Yao Clan's standing and Yao Xuan thanked him for intervening.

Yao Xuan used his six Heavenly Flames to help Yao Chen complete his rebirth in a One-Star Dou Saint body. After Zhu Li took Zi Yan to Dragon Island, Yao Ye turned back toward Starfall Pavilion, determined to kill Yao Xuan and steal his Heavenly Flames.

• Zhu Li gave Yao Xuan a golden dragon scale for summoning his help, then took Zi Yan to Dragon Island after Yao Xuan urged her to go.
• Venerable Feng told Yao Xuan that the Half-Saint pressure had disrupted Yao Chen’s soul-body reconstruction and left it in danger of failing.
• Yao Xuan used his six Heavenly Flames to dissolve the ancient imprints in the Dou Saint body and weaken its rejection of Yao Chen’s soul.
• Yao Chen’s soul merged completely with the body, restoring his youthful appearance and awakening him as a One-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Ye ordered Yao Li to return to the Medicine Realm and headed back toward Starfall Pavilion to kill Yao Xuan and seize his Heavenly Flames for Xing Ji.

Yao Lao revived as a One-Star Dou Saint, transforming Starfall Pavilion’s standing and confronting Yao Ye when he returned to kill Yao Xuan. Yao Lao destroyed Yao Ye’s body, but Yao Xuan intervened before he could finish off Yao Ye’s soul.

• Yao Lao awakened after his revival and breakthrough to the Dou Saint Realm, and he thanked Yao Xuan for his efforts.
• Yao Ye returned to Starfall Pavilion, saw that Yao Lao had revived, and challenged him despite Yao Lao’s warning.
• Yao Ye attacked, but Yao Lao’s Dou Saint pressure stopped him and revealed the difference between their realms.
• Yao Lao crushed Yao Ye’s body, leaving only his soul, and prepared to destroy it.
• Yao Xuan stepped forward and asked Yao Lao to spare Yao Ye.

Yao Xuan spared Yao Ye’s soul and forged a portable Myriad Souls Banner to purify it into pure Heavenly Realm soul origin. In the Medicine Realm, Yao Xingji discovered that Yao Ye’s name had gone dark on the Soul Stele, and he and Yao Li realized Yao Ye might have perished.

• Yao Lao sealed Yao Ye’s surviving soul and gave it to Yao Xuan after learning he could purify it with a Soul Hall array.
• Yao Xuan reproduced the Soul Purification Array inside an iron spirit banner, forging a Myriad Souls Banner and binding it to himself.
• Yao Xuan sacrificed Yao Ye’s soul to the banner, which stripped away Yao Ye’s memories and consciousness and purified his soul origin.
• Yao Xingji saw Yao Ye’s name go dark on the Soul Stele and rushed to Yao Li to ask where his father had gone.
• Yao Li rejected the possibility that Yao Xuan had killed Yao Ye, insisting Yao Xuan was only a Battle Venerable.

Yao Li told Yao Wangu that Yao Xuan possessed six Heavenly Flames and that Yao Ye had gone back to seize them, while Yao Wangu focused on claiming the flames. Yao Wanhuo revealed that Yao Ye was dead and Yao Chen had become a Dou Saint, then ordered Yao Wangu to invite Yao Chen and Yao Xuan back to the Yao Clan.

• Yao Li explained that he and Yao Ye had left the Medicine Realm to avenge Xing Tong, but Yao Xuan defeated him with six Heavenly Flames and a Void Ancient Dragon Half-Saint intervened.
• Yao Li said Yao Ye had turned back to pursue Yao Xuan's Heavenly Flames, and Yao Wangu assigned Yao Li a year of pill refining in the Punishment Hall before asking where Yao Xuan and Yao Chen were hiding.
• Yao Li identified Starfall Pavilion as their refuge, and Yao Wangu considered going after the six Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Wanhuo arrived and told Yao Wangu that Yao Ye was dead, Yao Chen had advanced to Dou Saint, and Yao Xuan had reached Six-Star Battle Venerable without the clan's resources.
• Yao Wanhuo warned Yao Wangu not to bully the two and urged him to lower himself and invite them back to the Yao Clan.

Yao Xuan used Yao Ye's purified Heavenly Soul Realm soul origin and a custom pill to break through to the Initial Heavenly Soul Realm. After discussing the Human Emperor Banner with Yao Lao, he agreed to handle Tang Zhen's request to refine a pill in Flame Valley.

• Yao Xuan absorbed Yao Ye's purified soul origin, bringing his soul to the brink of the Heavenly Soul Realm.
• Yao Xuan gathered four rare soul-nourishing herbs and Yao Ling's blood essence, then refined a seventh-tier realm-breaking pill.
• Yao Xuan swallowed the pill and broke through to the Initial Heavenly Soul Realm.
• Yao Xuan named the Myriad Souls Banner the Human Emperor Banner and showed it to Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that Tang Zhen had invited him to Flame Valley to refine a pill, and asked Yao Xuan to go in his place.

Yao Xuan refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, fused it into his seven-flame foundation, and named the resulting power the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame. He and Xiao Yan traveled to Flame Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen’s daughter, where Tang Zhen was astonished by Yao Xuan’s strength.

• Yao Xuan refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and fused it with his six other Heavenly Flames to form the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame.
• Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yan a Child Flame of his new flame after Xiao Yan reached the Three-Star Dou Wang realm.
• Yao Lao sent Yao Xuan to Flame Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Hu'er and asked Xiao Yan to accompany him.
• Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan traveled to Flame Valley and met Tang Zhen at the mountain gate.
• Tang Zhen sensed that Yao Xuan’s strength surpassed his own and respectfully welcomed the pair into Flame Valley.

Yao Xuan agreed to save Tang Hu'er by refining a Fire Bodhi Pill, then used his Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame to prove he could handle Flame Valley’s Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame. After refining the pill alone, he asked Tang Zhen to let him learn Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.

• Tang Zhen explained that Tang Hu'er was dying from fire poison after her failed attempt to refine the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame, and asked Yao Xuan to make a Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Yao Xuan’s Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame frightened the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame, convincing Tang Zhen that he could refine the pill without assistance.
• Yao Xuan entered Flame Valley’s alchemy chamber alone and completed two-pattern Fire Bodhi Pills in an hour.
• Tang Zhen gave the pills to Tang Hu'er and thanked Yao Xuan, who asked to learn Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.
• Tang Zhen faced an awkward choice because the requested technique was Flame Valley’s closely guarded secret, while Yao Xuan had been promised anything he asked for.

Yao Xuan accepted Tang Zhen’s offer to spar in exchange for Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame. After Yao Xuan overwhelmed Tang Zhen’s strongest attack with the power of his fused Heavenly Flames, Tang Zhen admitted defeat and praised his strength.

• Tang Zhen agreed to grant Yao Xuan the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame if he sparred with him, regardless of the outcome.
• Yao Xuan accepted, and he and Tang Zhen met at Flame Valley’s training grounds while Xiao Yan watched.
• Tang Zhen used the first transformation of the secret art and Heavenly Dipper Rock-Shattering Step, but Yao Xuan’s Three Thousand Lightning Movement outpaced him.
• Tang Zhen unleashed Thunder Dragon Gang Annihilation, and Yao Xuan blocked and devoured its force with the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame.
• Tang Zhen ended the spar, admitted defeat, and expressed his admiration for Yao Xuan.

Yao Xuan entered Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Inheritance Chamber to receive the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, and the Inheritance Crystal reacted with unprecedented power. The appearance of Flame Ancestor’s exclusive mark left Tang Zhen and a newly arrived elder wondering whether Yao Xuan was the one the ancestor had chosen.

• Tang Zhen led Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan through Flame Valley’s defenses, but told Xiao Yan to wait outside the inheritance chamber.
• Tang Zhen explained the Inheritance Crystal and its Three Mysterious Transformations inheritance, and Yao Xuan entered it.
• The crystal erupted with powerful light and runes, while Tang Hu'er asked whether Tang Zhen had truly used his full strength against Yao Xuan.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Hu'er that Yao Xuan had barely exerted himself and explained that Xiao Xuan had created the secret art for those with deep Fire Dao foundations.
• The crystal formed Flame Ancestor’s exclusive inheritance mark, astonishing Tang Zhen, and an elder emerged from the void asking whether the ancestor had found his chosen successor.

Yao Xuan completed the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame inheritance and used his fused seven-flame power to reach Three-Turn Peak Battle Venerable. Firecloud Ancestor recognized Yao Chen’s connection to Yao Xuan and opened a spatial rift to take him to the place chosen by the Ancestor.

• Firecloud Ancestor arrived as Yao Xuan underwent the inheritance, and Tang Zhen explained that Yao Xuan was an invited guest rather than a Flame Valley disciple.
• Yao Xuan completed the secret art’s inheritance and activated its first transformation, raising his combat strength to Eight-Star Battle Venerable.
• Yao Xuan activated the second transformation, while Tang Zhen told Firecloud Ancestor that Yao Xuan’s Heavenly Flame came from seven fused flames.
• Yao Xuan activated the third transformation and reached Three-Turn Peak Battle Venerable without suffering backlash.
• Yao Xuan greeted Firecloud Ancestor and relayed Yao Chen’s greetings, prompting Firecloud Ancestor to open a spatial rift and tell Tang Zhen to bring Yao Xuan to the chosen place.

Yao Xuan entered Flame Valley’s ancestral land to receive Flame Ancestor’s inheritance, awakening an ancient secret realm and its remnant will. As Firecloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen considered how to keep Yao Xuan connected to Flame Valley, Flame Ancestor’s phantom appeared and spoke of waiting a thousand years.

• Tang Zhen told Yao Xuan that Flame Ancestor had chosen him and explained how to activate the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame to enter the inheritance.
• Yao Xuan unleashed all three transformations and stepped into the ancestral land, which awakened as an ancient secret realm filled with Fire-Thunder Origin power.
• Firecloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen discussed Yao Xuan’s rare talent and considered helping him and Huo'er form a bond so Flame Valley could retain its inheritance.
• Yao Xuan sensed the powerful Fire-Thunder Dao intent within the secret realm and reflected on Flame Ancestor’s rise to supreme power without bloodline or outside support.
• Flame and lightning gathered into Flame Ancestor’s phantom, which declared that it had finally waited a thousand years.

Flame Ancestor tested Yao Xuan’s seven-color Fused Heavenly Flame against his complete Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame to judge whether Yao Xuan could inherit his Fire Dao legacy. Yao Xuan passed the trial, and Flame Ancestor declared him qualified to inherit what he had left behind.

• Flame Ancestor manifested and recognized Yao Xuan’s Yao Clan bloodline, Six-Star Battle Venerable cultivation, and Heavenly Soul Realm soul.
• Flame Ancestor summoned the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame and challenged Yao Xuan to prove his seven-color Fused Heavenly Flame was stable enough to inherit his legacy.
• Yao Xuan used the Flame Mantra and the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame to confront Flame Ancestor’s nine thunder dragons.
• Yao Xuan’s fused flame endured the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame’s erosion, impressing Flame Ancestor with its perfect fusion of seven Heavenly Flames.
• Flame Ancestor ended the clash and declared that Yao Xuan had passed the trial and qualified to inherit his legacy.