Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao cured Lin Yan’s Fire Poison with an Ice Spirit Cold-Snow Pill, then used the gathering crowd to sell pills and Dou Techniques at his stall. A buyer began using a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill to attempt a breakthrough.

• Xiao Yao revealed an Ice Spirit Cold-Snow Pill and gave it to Lin Yan, completely removing the Fire Poison embedded in his bones.
• Lin Yan gave Xiao Yao a Green Fire Card, and Xiao Yao returned it after transferring one hundred Fire Energy points; Xiao Yao then asked Lin Yan to help sell the stall’s goods.
• The crowd recognized Xiao Yao as the freshman leader and master of Immortal Fall Pavilion, and Xiao Yao announced prices for his Dou Techniques and pills.
• Lin Yan learned that Xiao Yao had refined the pills himself and marveled that he was a Fifth-Grade Alchemist.
• A luxuriously dressed youth bought two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, swallowed one nearby, and began attempting a breakthrough as the crowd watched.

Xiao Yao sold pills and Dou Techniques at his stall before returning to Immortal Fall Pavilion with Lin Yan, who joined the faction as its Guardian Elder. Xun Er reported that the faction's pill sales had already exceeded their costs.

• A young man broke through after taking a pill, drawing buyers to Xiao Yao's stall, where a young woman purchased the water-attribute Xuan Tier High-Level Dou Technique Whale Wave Fury.
• Lin Yan inspected the Dou Technique scrolls, bought a bottle of Fifth-Grade Ice Spirit Pills, and watched the remaining stall items sell out.
• Xiao Yao left for Immortal Fall Pavilion, and Lin Yan chased after him, asking to join and jokingly requesting the Deputy Pavilion Master position.
• Xun Er reported selling seventy Qi-Recovery Pills and fifty Ice-Clear Pills for two hundred and twenty Fire Energy, earning seventy beyond their costs.
• Xiao Yao introduced Lin Yan as a new member and named him Immortal Fall Pavilion's Guardian Elder, and Lin Yan greeted the group.

Xiao Yao arranged for the Immortal Fall Pavilion to stock medicinal ingredients and shared the Fire Energy he earned from selling pills. He told Xun Er that Phoenix Cry and Zi Lin were absorbing their pills and gave her and the others pills to help them cultivate.

• Xun Er warned Xiao Yao that the Medicine Gang might use its wealth to monopolize medicinal ingredients, so Xiao Yao asked her and Hu Jia to organize purchases.
• Xiao Yao gave Xun Er a Purple Fire Crystal Card holding 1,250 Fire Energy, and she distributed 500 among the Immortal Fall Pavilion members.
• Xun Er asked about Phoenix Cry and Zi Lin, and Xiao Yao said they were sleeping while absorbing pills and could break through a major stage when they awoke.
• Xiao Yao told Xun Er he had gathered ingredients for two Transformation Pills and one Creation Pill, both Seventh-Grade Pills he hoped to refine in two or three months.
• Xiao Yao gave Xun Er a Battle Spirit Pill and left Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pills for Hu Jia and Wu Hao.
• Xun Er revealed that she had reached Nine-Star Battle Spirit, and Xiao Yao reassured her that he did not blame her for hiding her cultivation.

Immortal Fall Pavilion’s pill sales spread throughout the Inner Academy, prompting Han Xian’s Medicine Gang to block its medicinal ingredient purchases. Xiao Yao sent A Tai to deliver a challenge to Han Xian, who questioned the threat but had not yet answered it.

• Xun Er and the others sold Xiao Yao’s pills, and a buyer’s breakthrough with a Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pill made the product famous across the Inner Academy.
• Han Xian learned Xiao Yao had refined the pills and ordered the Medicine Gang to buy up every medicinal ingredient Immortal Fall Pavilion sought at double the price.
• Xiao Yao heard that his ingredient buyers had returned empty-handed, and Xun Er identified the Medicine Gang’s interference.
• Xiao Yao ordered A Tai to challenge Han Xian to settle their dispute through alchemy and warned him against further interference.
• A Tai delivered Xiao Yao’s challenge and warned Han Xian that refusing while continuing to block ingredient purchases would bring consequences.

Xiao Yao’s Immortal Fall Pavilion overcame the Medicine Gang’s pressure and began securing medicinal ingredients, while the Medicine Gang backed down. More than a month later, Su Qian grew alarmed by the Fallen Heart Flame’s unnatural silence, and the Invisible Fire Python eventually erupted against its seal beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

• Han Xian rejected the alchemy challenge and ordered the Medicine Gang to stop buying ingredients at double prices and avoid further conflict with the Immortal Fall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yao told A Tai that the Immortal Fall Pavilion would respond if the Medicine Gang kept obstructing its purchases, and Xun Er suggested sending teams to gather herbs in the back mountain.
• Xiao Yao sent out a herb-gathering team, then bought pill ingredients in the Trading District without interference from the Medicine Gang.
• Xiao Yao, Xun Er, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia discussed the Immortal Fall Pavilion’s prospects as it began establishing itself in the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian warned the elders to keep watch over Fallen Heart Flame after it became unusually calm, then left to notify the Outer Academy elders.
• More than half a month later, the Invisible Fire Python erupted against its seal beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, but the invisible cage blocked its flames.

The Fallen Heart Flame grew restless beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian summoned Xiao Yao to help deal with it. Xiao Yao arrived at the tower, where Su Qian offered the Inner Academy’s resources in exchange for his assistance.

• The Fallen Heart Flame battered the tower’s spatial seal, and Su Qian warned that it was gathering strength for a major confrontation.
• Su Qian sent Elder Liu to fetch Xiao Yao, believing his experience with Heavenly Flames might help contain the threat.
• Xiao Yao left his room and flew with Elder Liu toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower using his Dou Qi Transformation Wings.
• Su Qian greeted Xiao Yao at the tower and offered him cultivation resources if he could help with the matter.

Xiao Yao agreed to help if the Fallen Heart Flame threatened the Inner Academy as Su Qian went to inspect the tower’s lowest level. Su Qian discovered the flame’s power surging violently beneath the magma, leaving the seals in imminent danger.

• Xiao Yao told Su Qian he would do everything he could to protect the Inner Academy if the worst happened.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Yao to wait with the elders while he checked the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Su Qian sensed strange sounds from the central cavern and entered the sealed area to inspect the magma below.
• Su Qian heard heartbeat-like thumps growing stronger and noticed they had synchronized with his own heartbeat.
• Su Qian sensed the Fallen Heart Flame’s energy surge to several times its former strength and realized the seals could be at risk.
• A rumbling explosion sounded from the bottom of the cavern as Su Qian looked down in alarm.

The Invisible Fire Python erupted from the magma and battered its way through the seals beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, forcing Su Qian and the elders to reinforce the final barrier. The creature then attacked the black energy membrane with Invisible Flame, while Xiao Yao judged that the seal would not hold for long.

• The Invisible Fire Python burst from the magma and recognized Su Qian, then charged toward the deep pit's opening.
• Su Qian sealed the opening and ordered the elders to go to the tower, but the Python shattered his successive barriers and sent a magma pillar up to the tower's peak.
• Elder Su gathered the elders to reinforce the final seal as the magma pillar struck the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yao watched the Python emerge from the magma and sensed that the pure sub-flame had made it too powerful for the seal to hold for long.
• Su Qian and the elders poured Dou Qi into the final spatial seal while the Invisible Fire Python sprayed Invisible Flame at the dark energy membrane.

As Fallen Heart Flame broke through the seal of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Yao convinced Su Qian to let him confront it by revealing his three Heavenly Flames and Dou Wang cultivation. The tower then exploded, releasing the Flame Python, and Xiao Yao prepared to fight while asking Elder Su to reassure Xun Er and the others.

• Xiao Yao offered to handle Fallen Heart Flame as the dark energy membrane weakened, but Su Qian and the elders warned that the creature was too dangerous for him.
• Xiao Yao revealed that he could control three Heavenly Flames and released his Dou Wang aura, then told the elders he had already refined Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian entrusted Xiao Yao with dealing with the threat and promised to reward him with anything the Inner Academy could provide.
• The Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower exploded, and the freed Flame Python emerged as magma spread into a sea of fire around the tower.
• Xun Er, Wu Hao, Xiao Yu, and Qing Lin watched anxiously as Xiao Yao hovered near the Flame Python.
• Xiao Yao told Elder Su he would fight the Flame Python and asked him to tell Xun Er and the others that he would return soon.

Xiao Yao defeated the Invisible Fire Python and erased its intelligence before storing the flame. He descended deeper into the magma to investigate a faint soul fluctuation, while Su Qian found the tower’s depths quiet and worried about him.

• Xiao Yao used Spatial Compression to destroy the Invisible Fire Python’s body and trap its invisible flame.
• Xiao Yao caught the flame serpent, erased its intelligence with Soul Force, and stored it in his Soul Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yao hid a Divine Sky Sword as a marker, then descended into the magma toward a faint soul fluctuation.
• Su Qian found no sign of Xiao Yao or the Fallen Heart Flame at the bottom of the tower and returned to keep watch.
• Xiao Yao sensed powerful Fire Lizardmen in the magma, avoided their groups, and killed those he encountered while continuing downward.

Xiao Yao found the hidden space containing an infant Fallen Heart Flame and met the lingering soul of its former owner, Yao Tianhuo, also known as Skyfire Venerable. After Xiao Yao hinted that he knew how to resurrect a soul body, Skyfire Venerable asked him to repair his damaged soul before it faded away.

• Xiao Yao collected crimson energy fire beads from the magma and continued deeper, discovering a hidden space with his Soul Force.
• Xiao Yao entered the space and found a mysterious skeleton with an infant Fallen Heart Flame floating above it.
• A white-robed phantom appeared and recognized Xiao Yao's refined Fallen Heart Flame as one he had once owned.
• Xiao Yao hinted that he knew how to resurrect a soul body, prompting the phantom to reveal that he was Yao Tianhuo, or Skyfire Venerable.
• Xiao Yao said resurrection was possible but not yet, and Skyfire Venerable asked him to repair his damaged soul before it faded within a few years.

Xiao Yao gave Skyfire Venerable Soul Liquid and negotiated to restore his body in exchange for five years of service, revealing he could meet the difficult requirements. Skyfire Venerable explained how his battle over two Fallen Heart Flames left him mortally wounded, then prepared to leave with Xiao Yao.

• Xiao Yao gave Skyfire Venerable Fifth-Grade Soul Liquid, restoring most of his Soul Force, and received the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method scroll.
• Xiao Yao offered to rebuild Skyfire Venerable's body if he served him for five years, and Skyfire Venerable agreed after hearing the conditions.
• Xiao Yao showed Skyfire Venerable that he controlled three Heavenly Flames, and Skyfire Venerable let him keep the immature Fallen Heart Flame.
• Skyfire Venerable recounted how two Fallen Heart Flames fought inside him, leaving him vulnerable to a Dou Zun-level Flame Lizard Person and forcing him to hide his soul in the immature flame.
• Skyfire Venerable handed Xiao Yao his Storage Ring and asked him to put away his skeleton so they could leave.

Xiao Yao hunted Flame Lizard People in the magma for their scarlet fire pearls, then used his secret technique and Space Annihilation to destroy hundreds of them. He escaped through space and returned through the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Su Qian and the elders asked what had happened to the Flame Python.

• Xiao Yao ignored Skyfire Venerable’s warning and left the barrier to collect fire pearls from the Flame Lizard People.
• Xiao Yao activated the All-Character Secret, raised his cultivation to Four-Star Dou Zun, and shattered hundreds of Flame Lizard People along with the space around them.
• Xiao Yao collected the fire pearls and escaped into space as more Flame Lizard People arrived.
• The disturbance beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower shattered its seal and spire, sending magma erupting into the sky before it flowed back inside.
• Xiao Yao emerged above the tower unharmed, and Su Qian welcomed him back while an elder asked what had happened to the Flame Python.

Xiao Yao returned the infant Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian and reunited with Xun Er and the others, while Qing Lin hid her feelings for him. That night, Skyfire Venerable emerged from Xiao Yao’s Storage Ring and asked him to help restore his fading Soul Force.

• Xiao Yao showed Su Qian both Fallen Heart Flames, gave him the infant flame in a Flame-Gathering Bottle, and reminded him of his promised reward.
• Xiao Yao flew to Xun Er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, and explained that the elders had summoned him to deal with the danger beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yu left with Xun Er, while Qing Lin admitted inwardly that she shared Xiao Yu’s feelings for Xiao Yao but chose to keep them hidden.
• Xiao Yao carried Qing Lin toward Immortal Fall Pavilion, and Hu Jia complained that he had ignored the others before leaving with Wu Hao.
• That night, Skyfire Venerable emerged from Xiao Yao’s Storage Ring, said the Soul Liquid had restored seventy percent of his Soul Force, and asked Xiao Yao to help recover the rest as it continued to fade.

Xiao Yao cultivated in the forest outside the Inner Academy and broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zong by absorbing energy refined from scarlet beads with the Three Thousand Fallen Heart Flame. With six months remaining, he resumed cultivating the Void Great Hand Seal while Skyfire Venerable kept watch.

• Xiao Yao decided to cultivate for several days and left Immortal Fall Pavilion to avoid drawing attention during his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yao found a secluded mountain in the forest and asked Skyfire Venerable to guard him from Magic Beasts.
• Xiao Yao refined batches of scarlet beads with the Three Thousand Fallen Heart Flame and absorbed their energy as Skyfire Venerable drove off attacking Fourth Rank Magic Beasts.
• Xiao Yao reached Nine-Star Dou Zong by the morning of the second day and said he hoped to reach Dou Zun within six months.
• Xiao Yao began cultivating the Void Great Hand Seal while Skyfire Venerable stood guard.

Xiao Yao completed a month of cultivating the Void Great Hand Seal and searched the mountain ranges for ingredients needed to refine a Creation Pill and restore Skyfire Venerable’s soul. After gathering nearly all the supplementary ingredients, he headed toward a distant battle involving a Sixth Rank Magic Beast.

• Xiao Yao tested the Void Great Hand Seal on a cliff, then spent a month cultivating until he reached the major completion realm.
• Skyfire Venerable urged Xiao Yao to help restore his soul, but Xiao Yao set out to search for medicinal ingredients instead.
• Xiao Yao took medicinal ingredients, including a Yin-Yang Creation Fruit, from a cave and escaped the furious rock lizard guarding them.
• Xiao Yao counted the ingredients he had gathered and found he still needed two main ingredients and a Seventh Rank fire-attributed Magic Core.
• Xiao Yao sensed a battle and a tiger’s roar nearby and crossed through the void to investigate.

Xiao Yao discovered Zi Yan fighting a Flame Tiger over the medicinal herbs in its cave, then secretly collected the herbs while they were occupied. He escaped after tossing Zi Yan a bottle of high-quality pills, leaving her furious and the Flame Tiger enraged.

• Xiao Yao watched Zi Yan battle a Sixth Rank Flame Tiger and realized she was trying to get medicinal herbs from its cave.
• Xiao Yao slipped into the cave while Zi Yan and the Flame Tiger fought and collected its rare herbs, including Blue Spirit Moonglow Grass.
• Xiao Yao emerged from the cave, told Zi Yan he had taken the goods, and tossed her a jade bottle as payment before vanishing.
• The Flame Tiger attacked Zi Yan, who escaped through space and blamed Xiao Yao for tricking her.
• Zi Yan broke a tree in anger, then inspected the pills in the jade bottle and found they were exceptionally high quality.

A purple-clad girl who had eaten one of Xiao Yao’s pills broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang and went to Immortal Fall Pavilion looking for him, demanding more pills. Meanwhile, Xiao Yao arranged to cultivate in the magma beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian agreed to take him there.

• The purple-clad girl ate Xiao Yao’s pill, broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang, and flew toward the Inner Academy to find him.
• Xiao Yao told Xun Er he would leave Immortal Fall Pavilion’s affairs to her while he cultivated beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• The purple-clad girl landed in Immortal Fall Pavilion’s new student area and learned that Xiao Yao was its strongest member and lived in the pavilion at the end of the road.
• The purple-clad girl headed toward Xiao Yao, demanding that he compensate her with more pills.
• Xiao Yao asked Su Qian for permission to cultivate in the tower’s magma, and Su Qian agreed to accompany him there.

Xiao Yao returned to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to cultivate the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method above the magma, while a little girl arrived at the Immortal Fall Pavilion looking for him over stolen medicinal ingredients. When Lin Yan appeared, she suddenly confronted him instead.

• Xiao Yao and Su Qian entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Su Qian unlocked the sealed door leading below the tower.
• Xiao Yao told Su Qian he planned to cultivate for about half a month, then descended into the cavern and carved out a place to train.
• Xiao Yao began cultivating the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method with Skyfire Venerable watching, and he condensed the Wolf-Shaped Fire Spirit before refining the first three forms.
• A little girl in purple came to the Immortal Fall Pavilion demanding to see Xiao Yao because she said he had stolen her medicinal ingredients, but Xun Er and Hu Jia told her he was beneath the tower.
• Lin Yan rushed into the courtyard asking Xiao Yao for more Ice Spirit Pills, and the little girl appeared before him with her fist poised near his forehead.

Zi Yan visited Immortal Fall Pavilion looking for Xiao Yao, while Xiao Yao spent half a month mastering the Five Wheels Flame Separation Technique in the magma. He could form all five flame beasts and set out to test the technique against the Flame Lizard People.

• Zi Yan knocked Lin Yan aside, then left after saying she had lost interest in visiting because he had spoiled her mood.
• Lin Yan told Xun Er and the others that Zi Yan was known as the Inner Academy’s King of Brute Strength, and he left rather than risk meeting her again while waiting for Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao practiced controlling fire in a magma cave for half a month, forming flame beasts including wolves, leopards, lions, tigers, and flood dragons.
• Xiao Yao told Skyfire Venerable that he could condense all five beast forms of the Five Wheels Flame Separation Technique.
• Xiao Yao entered the magma to test the technique against the Flame Lizard People, despite Skyfire Venerable warning that stronger enemies might be drawn to him.