Chapter Summaries

Qin Yu emerged from the magma with the Green Lotus Core Flame, only to face Queen Medusa, who attacked him for claiming the Heavenly Flame. He escaped through the magma after his layered defenses held off her assaults, leaving Medusa furious and in pursuit.

• Medusa blasted open the cavern ceiling and discovered Qin Yu carrying the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Qin Yu refused to surrender the Heavenly Flame, and Medusa attacked him with overwhelming Dou Qi pressure and strikes.
• Qin Yu used the lotus platform, the Green Lotus Core Flame, and underground magma to block Medusa's attacks while thickening his defenses.
• Qin Yu raised rings of fire pillars to distract Medusa, then disappeared with the Green Lotus Platform.
• Medusa plunged into the magma to hunt Qin Yu down.

Qin Yu used a series of traps and a disguise to escape Medusa in the magma caverns, then surfaced far from her and flew toward a human city. He planned to find his location and return to Stone Desert City, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were waiting.

• Medusa pursued Qin Yu through the magma, but his Green Lotus Core Flame bombs injured her and delayed her.
• Medusa reached the Earth Core Cavern and believed Qin Yu had escaped through an upper magma river, then left a clone behind to guard the lotus bud.
• Qin Yu revealed that he had disguised himself as the newborn flame seed and discovered Medusa's clone watching the cavern.
• Qin Yu escaped through a hole blasted into the cavern floor, traveled along the magma river, and surfaced in the desert.
• Qin Yu spotted a distant human city, flew toward it, and thought about whether Jia Nan Academy recruited students elsewhere in the Jia Ma Empire.

Medusa realized Qin Yu had escaped through the cavern ceiling and ordered the Snake People to search the Tagor Desert for him. Qin Yu reached Poison City in the Chu Yun Empire, where he caused an explosion at the gate and discovered a strong treasure-sensing signal inside the city.

• Medusa discovered that Qin Yu had escaped through the hole in the Earth Core Cavern's ceiling and fled the wrong way after following traces of his aura.
• Medusa ordered the Snake People tribes to find Qin Yu and report his location without confronting him.
• Qin Yu flew to Poison City in the Chu Yun Empire and decided to stay there briefly before returning to human territory.
• A guard captain demanded an entry fee from Qin Yu, so Qin Yu killed him, dropped a Fire Lotus at the gate, and flew away as it exploded.
• Qin Yu secretly entered Poison City and sensed that a powerful treasure was somewhere inside.

Xiao Yi Xian rescued Qing Lin and her mother from mercenaries, then wiped out the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group after hearing they planned to abduct Qing Lin. She returned to find the mother and daughter had stayed behind, insisting that they would leave with her.

• Xiao Yi Xian found five mercenaries attacking Qing Lin and her mother, and killed all five before tending to the mother’s injuries.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Qing Lin and her mother money, medicine, and supplies, and told them to leave Stone Desert City for Desert City.
• Xiao Yi Xian infiltrated the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group’s base and heard the mercenaries plotting to abduct Qing Lin and sell her.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the mercenaries throughout the base, leaving only a few sleeping logistics servants alive.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qing Lin’s home and found that Qing Lin and her mother had not left; Qing Lin insisted they would go together.

Qin Yu entered the Poison City Alchemist Association to investigate a powerful treasure and secretly took a battered medicinal cauldron from a storage room. As he left, the white-haired Three-Grade Alchemist who had redirected him confronted him about his claim that he was there to register.

• Qin Yu used the Green Lotus Core Flame to remove the barrier on a black jade fragment and learned it contained the first transformation of Burning Flame Valley's Three Mysterious Flame Change.
• Qin Yu traveled to the Poison City Alchemist Association after sensing a stronger treasure inside.
• Qin Yu claimed he had come to register as an Alchemist and used a flicker of Heavenly Flame to persuade the guard to let him enter.
• Qin Yu evaded a white-haired Three-Grade Alchemist, returned to a secluded room, and put a dusty, cracked medicinal cauldron into his Storage Ring.
• Qin Yu left the association, but the white-haired old man stopped him outside and challenged his claim that he had come to register.

Qin Yu escaped Poison City after attacking an elder with a fire lotus and flew toward the Jia Ma Empire. Medusa traced his route to Poison City and set out to pursue him, convinced she could catch him.

• Qin Yu blasted the guild elder with a fire lotus, then escaped Poison City using his flying technique.
• Qin Yu checked his map and flew toward the Jia Ma Empire, hoping to avoid the Snake-People commanders.
• Medusa learned that a patrol had found a pit on the desert’s eastern edge and identified it as Qin Yu’s escape route.
• Medusa learned the pit pointed toward Poison City and ordered scouts to investigate recent events there.
• Medusa heard Jia Ma Empire scouts had entered the desert, then left orders to continue as usual and departed to pursue Qin Yu.

Qin Yu hid in a sand cave to break through to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi, but a Snake-People patrol found him nearby. He killed the patrol, including its Dou Ling leader, and continued toward Stone Desert City.

• Qin Yu concealed himself in a sand cave and broke through to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Qin Yu sensed a Snake-People patrol approaching and ambushed one of its Da Dou Shi members.
• Qin Yu fought the patrol while defending himself with Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor and attacking with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Qin Yu defeated the Snake Person Dou Ling, whose Snake Spirit and defenses were overwhelmed by the flame.
• Qin Yu confirmed that the patrol had been wiped out and hurried toward Stone Desert City.

Qin Yu returned to Stone Desert City and found Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin’s mother gone, then set out for Desert City to search for them. While practicing the Three Mysterious Flame Change, he met Yun Yun, who warned him about the Snake-People Tribe’s movements and invited him to join the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Qin Yu found Qing Lin’s home ransacked and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had wiped out the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group before leaving with Qing Lin and her mother.
• Qin Yu guessed they had gone toward Desert City and left Stone Desert City at night to follow them.
• At the edge of the desert, Qin Yu tried to cultivate the Three Mysterious Flame Change but struggled with his Earth Attribute Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun arrived after sensing energy from Qin Yu’s cultivation and warned him that the Snake-People Tribe was mobilizing throughout the desert.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as Yun Zhi and invited Qin Yu to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but Qin Yu said he was a student of Jia Nan Academy.

Qin Yu revealed that he had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, drawing Queen Medusa’s pursuit, and Yun Yun helped him flee into the desert. Qin Yu headed for the Earth Core Cavern while Yun Yun stayed behind to face Medusa.

• Qin Yu showed Yun Yun the Green Lotus Core Flame and explained that Medusa was pursuing him because he had taken it.
• Yun Yun carried Qin Yu into the desert, intending to protect the flame and keep Medusa from using it to reach Dou Zong.
• Qin Yu told Yun Yun he could fly and directed her toward the Green Lotus Core Flame’s birthplace so he could use the terrain to help her.
• Qin Yu flew toward the Earth Core Cavern while Yun Yun stopped to confront Medusa.
• Yun Yun refused Medusa’s demand to move aside, and Medusa prepared to test her strength.

Qin Yu used the Green Lotus Core Flame to fight off Mobaasi, but Medusa arrived and joined forces with the Snake-People commanders against him and Yun Yun. As Qin Yu prepared to use the Flame Seed Origin to create an opening, Jia Xing Tian arrived and restored the balance.

• Yun Yun distracted Medusa until Medusa revealed that Mobaasi was guarding the Heavenly Flame’s birthplace and raced toward Qin Yu.
• Mobaasi ambushed Qin Yu, but Qin Yu used the Green Lotus Platform to block his attack and invoked the Green Lotus Core Flame to form Lava Armor.
• Medusa arrived and shattered Qin Yu’s magma attack, but Yun Yun joined him, and the two briefly suppressed Medusa with their combined attacks.
• Medusa summoned the Snake-People commanders, while Qin Yu asked Yun Yun to direct an eruption of magma toward them so he could detonate part of the Flame Seed Origin.
• Jia Xing Tian descended and confronted Medusa, restoring the balance between the two sides.

Medusa forced Jia Xing Tian and Yun Yun into negotiations after threatening to fight for the Heavenly Flame Qin Yu had taken. The talks collapsed when she demanded the flame, and Jia Xing Tian prepared to fight.

• Medusa threatened to keep Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, Qin Yu, and their companions in the desert unless they surrendered the Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian urged Medusa to negotiate, warning that fighting could cost the Snake-People Tribe commanders their lives.
• Medusa silenced her commanders and agreed to talk after studying Qin Yu and weighing the risks.
• Yun Yun persuaded Jia Xing Tian not to offer Qin Yu's Green Lotus Core Flame as a bargaining chip, hinting that Qin Yu had unusual abilities and might seek Heavenly Flames for alchemy.
• Medusa demanded Qin Yu hand over the Heavenly Flame, but Jia Xing Tian refused and challenged her to settle the matter by force.

Qin Yu and Yun Yun fought off the Snake-People commanders while Medusa used Qin Yu’s Heavenly Flames to force an evolution. They escaped as Medusa’s people arrived to protect her, leaving her transformation underway and the conflict unresolved.

• Jia Xing Tian and Medusa clashed as the eight Snake-People commanders surrounded Qin Yu and Yun Yun.
• Qin Yu burned Yue Mei with a magma palm while Yun Yun wounded Yan Ci and Mobaasi, disrupting the commanders’ assault.
• The commanders tried to form the Eight-Snake Poison Fiend Seal, but Qin Yu and Yun Yun broke up their formation with fire and sword attacks.
• Medusa transformed into the Purple Nether Flame Snake and charged into Qin Yu’s Heavenly Flames to force her evolution.
• Jia Xing Tian, Qin Yu, and Yun Yun retreated when another Dou Emperor and a large Snake-People force arrived.
• The Snake-People surrounded Medusa as she began transforming, and she warned the fleeing humans that the conflict was not over.

After the battle, Qin Yu wondered how Medusa’s evolution would be affected by using his refined Heavenly Flame, then warned Yun Yun about Nalan Yanran’s engagement and the possibility of a public breakup. Medusa’s evolution began in a pillar of seven-colored light, and Qin Yu flew toward Desert City, hoping to find Xiao Yi Xian and the others there.

• Jia Xing Tian comforted Qin Yu, mistaking his concern about Medusa’s evolution for guilt over helping her.
• Jia Xing Tian left to redeploy the Jia Ma Empire’s defenses, leaving Qin Yu and Yun Yun alone.
• Qin Yu warned Yun Yun that Nalan Yanran might confront Xiao Yan to break their engagement and cause trouble for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun thanked Qin Yu for the warning and invited him to join the Misty Cloud Sect if he ever changed his mind.
• A pillar of seven-colored light rose as Medusa began evolving, and Qin Yu flew toward Desert City to look for Xiao Yi Xian and the others.

Qin Yu found Xiao Yi Xian in Desert City and reunited with her, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother. He offered to take the mother and daughter to Wutan City, then examined a battered medicine cauldron whose hidden value seemed extraordinary.

• Qin Yu passed Hai Bo Dong's map shop without entering and searched Desert City's medicine shops for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu found Xiao Yi Xian outside a herb shop, and she rushed into his arms before telling him what had happened in Stone Desert City.
• Qin Yu reunited with Qing Lin and her mother at their rented courtyard and saw that the mother and daughter were doing better under Xiao Yi Xian's care.
• Qin Yu offered Qing Lin's mother a place to live in Wutan City and asked her to look after his old house.
• After dinner, Qin Yu took out a cracked black medicine cauldron and prepared to investigate its secrets.

Qin Yu uncovered an Alchemist’s inheritance hidden in the medicine cauldron and learned it was the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron. He tried making Blood-Coagulating Powder, burned the ingredients to ash, and was caught practicing by Xiao Yi Xian.

• Qin Yu cleaned the medicine cauldron and discovered archaic symbols concealed beneath the grime.
• Qin Yu activated the symbols with Green Lotus Core Flame and received a complete Alchemist’s inheritance containing pill formulas from Tier One to Tier Six and incomplete Tier Seven records.
• Qin Yu learned the cauldron was called the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and had been forged by the unnamed Alchemist who left the inheritance.
• Qin Yu began refining Blood-Coagulating Powder with the cauldron and carefully controlled the Green Lotus Core Flame to extract medicinal essence.
• Qin Yu let his guard down, burned the refined ingredients to ash, and slapped himself in frustration.
• Xiao Yi Xian walked out and saw Qin Yu attempting to refine pills.

Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian about his alchemist inheritance, Heavenly Flame, and recent adventures, then visited Hai Bo Dong’s shop to take the map hiding the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment. When Hai Bo Dong confronted him, Qin Yu revealed his Heavenly Flame and forced the two into a negotiation.

• Qin Yu explained to Xiao Yi Xian how he acquired the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron, the alchemist inheritance, and the Green Lotus Core Flame, and told her about Medusa’s evolution and the map fragment he needed.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian that the Netherworld Poison Flame might help her control her Woeful Poison Body, and she watched him successfully refine several batches of medicine through the night.
• Qin Yu went to Hai Bo Dong’s Gutu shop and took a beast-hide map concealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment.
• Hai Bo Dong ordered Qin Yu to return the map, but Qin Yu revealed his Heavenly Flame and overwhelmed the shop with heat.
• Hai Bo Dong recognized the Heavenly Flame and agreed to talk with Qin Yu.

Qin Yu negotiated with Hai Bo Dong for the fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, promising to refine a Poe Dan for him once he became a Sixth-Grade Alchemist. After inspecting Hai Bo Dong’s Seal, Qin Yu left the shop, while Hai Bo Dong hoped his gamble would restore his cultivation within ten years.

• Qin Yu told Hai Bo Dong he would take the fragment map, and Hai Bo Dong asked about his alchemy skills and teacher.
• Qin Yu said he could refine second-grade pills and had studied alchemy for exactly ten hours, leaving Hai Bo Dong skeptical.
• Hai Bo Dong offered Qin Yu the fragment map in exchange for a promise to refine a Poe Dan when Qin Yu reached the Sixth Grade.
• Qin Yu agreed, and he and Hai Bo Dong clasped hands to seal their deal.
• Qin Yu inspected the Seal on Hai Bo Dong’s neck, took the fragment map, and left after confirming Hai Bo Dong would keep his shop open.
• Hai Bo Dong watched Qin Yu depart and estimated that Qin Yu would become a Sixth-Grade Alchemist within ten years.

Yun Yun discovered that Nalan Yanran planned to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan and agreed to accompany her to negotiate privately with the Xiao Household. Meanwhile, Qin Yu and his companions left Desert City and began traveling to Wutan City.

• Yun Yun caught Nalan Yanran fretting over her engagement and learned that she planned to use Qi-Gathering Powder from Gu He as compensation to break it off.
• Nalan Yanran said she intended to bring people to the Xiao Household and announce the broken engagement, but Yun Yun warned her about the consequences.
• Yun Yun agreed to accompany Nalan Yanran to speak privately with Xiao Yan and the Xiao Household's patriarch, while warning that the Misty Cloud Sect would not tolerate extortion.
• Yun Yun asked whether Nalan Yanran knew Qin Yu, but Nalan Yanran did not recognize the name; Yun Yun then ordered her to add an hour of swordsmanship practice.
• Qin Yu returned to the courtyard in Desert City, and he, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and her mother set out for Wutan City.

After returning toward Wutan City, Qin Yu reached Heiyan City with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother, and planned to obtain an Alchemist grade certificate. Otto invited him into the Alchemist Association to test his pill-refining skills that night, leaving Qin Yu about to reveal his unexpected talent.

• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with her Blue Eagle, Xiao Lan, speeding up the group's journey to Heiyan City while Qin Yu continued practicing alchemy.
• Xiao Yi Xian begged and rolled on the ground for another poison pill, and Qin Yu finally gave her one.
• Qin Yu settled Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother at an inn, then went to the Alchemist Association to seek proof of his grade.
• Qin Yu ran into Otto outside the closed association and said he had come to take the Alchemist assessment.
• Otto doubted that an Earth-Attribute cultivator could become an Alchemist, then invited Qin Yu inside to test his skills.

Qin Yu demonstrated his alchemy skills to Otto, refining pills from the first tier up to a peak fourth-tier Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill. After Otto invited him to return to the guild the next day, Qin Yu unexpectedly encountered Yun Yun outside.

• Otto led Qin Yu to an examination room, where Qin Yu used the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame to refine flawless pills.
• Qin Yu refined first-, second-, and third-tier pills, leaving Otto astonished by his skill and Heavenly Flame.
• At Otto’s request, Qin Yu refined a peak fourth-tier Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and asked to take it with him.
• Otto told Qin Yu to return to the guild the next day, then departed after Yun Yun arrived and recognized Qin Yu.