Chapter Summaries

Meng Chen fought Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing, using his Heavenly Flames to injure both Dou Zongs despite his Five-Star Battle Emperor strength. With Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing attacking together, Meng Chen was forced to face their combined assault.

• Meng Chen used the Green Lotus Core Flame to destroy Xuan Qiu's serpent phantom and withstand its shockwave.
• Meng Chen's Green Lotus Divine Sun and Vast Sea Divine Sun shattered Xuan Qiu's shield and scorched his robe, prompting Xuan Qiu to decide Meng Chen must die.
• Xuan Qiu persuaded Mo Tianxing to join the attack, and Qinglin angrily condemned their decision to gang up on Meng Chen.
• Mo Tianxing charged Meng Chen, who merged his two Divine Suns and met Mo Tianxing's palm strike, injuring him but suffering a cut lip and being knocked back.
• Xuan Qiu attacked alongside Mo Tianxing, leaving Meng Chen no time to recover.

Meng Chen used Nine Secrets: Dou to copy Xuan Qiu’s secret Azure Snake Poison Qi and Mo Tianxing’s Imperial Splitting Sky Palm, driving both sect leaders back. Xuan Qiu suspected Chi Lian of leaking Sky Serpent Mansion’s secret, while Meng Chen continued battling with his strength still appearing to be that of a Five-Star Battle Emperor.

• Xuan Qiu launched a concealed poisonous-mist attack at Meng Chen, whose fighting intent forced Xuan Qiu to reveal his Dou Zong momentum.
• Meng Chen copied Xuan Qiu’s Azure Snake Poison Qi and overpowered his original strike, shocking Xuan Qiu with the technique’s power.
• Meng Chen taunted Xuan Qiu about a possible traitor, prompting Xuan Qiu to accuse Chi Lian of leaking the secret technique.
• Green Man comforted Chi Lian, while Meng Chen mistakenly promised to protect her and left Qing Yanjing, Green Man, and Chi Lian startled.
• Mo Tianxing attacked Meng Chen with Black Emperor Sect’s Imperial Splitting Sky Palm, but Meng Chen copied it and drove Mo Tianxing back.

Meng Chen fought Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing, copying their techniques with Nine Secrets: Dou, until Earth Demon Old Ghost joined the battle. Meng Chen trapped Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing in void cages and countered Earth Demon Old Ghost’s ice attacks, leaving all three Dou Zongs preparing to attack him with their full power.

• Meng Chen replicated Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing’s techniques and fought both men at once, alarming them with his mastery of Nine Secrets: Dou.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost emerged from the allied forces and attacked Meng Chen with Thousand Illusion Profound Ice Thorn as Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing joined the assault.
• Meng Chen used spatial power to trap Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing in void cages, leaving them unable to continue their coordinated attack.
• Meng Chen copied Earth Demon Old Ghost’s ice technique and sent thousands of replicated ice thorns against him.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost recognized Meng Chen’s ability to copy techniques and urged Xuan Qiu and Mo Tianxing to kill him before he became a greater threat.
• The three Dou Zongs abandoned their techniques and gathered their full Dou Qi origin power to attack Meng Chen as the surrounding forces retreated.

Meng Chen fought Earth Demon Old Ghost, Xuan Qiu, and Mo Tianxing to a standstill, proving that even their combined strength could barely threaten him. When the three factions tried to overwhelm him with their forces, Qing Yanjing intervened with a powerful Spirit Array and immobilized them.

• Meng Chen battled Earth Demon Old Ghost, Xuan Qiu, and Mo Tianxing, whose attacks shook Chen City until his power isolated the battlefield from the surrounding area.
• A massive clash sent Meng Chen flying back, but he stopped after several dozen meters while the three Dou Zongs remained terrified and unable to claim victory.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Xuan Qiu, and Mo Tianxing ordered their forces to attack Meng Chen, and the three factions launched a storm of Dou Techniques at him.
• Qing Yanjing told everyone to stop and activated a golden Spirit Array that disrupted their control of the surrounding energy.
• Qing Yanjing broke down the allied forces' attacks and used the Spirit Array to suppress the fighters from Sky Serpent Mansion, Demon Flame Valley, and Black Emperor Sect.

Qing Yanjing revealed overwhelming power, killed Xuan Qiu, and forced the three major factions to submit. Meng Chen then demanded that their leaders hand over their blood essence and acknowledge him as their master.

• Xuan Qiu accused Qing Yanjing of bluffing, so she used the Spirit Array to make his body swell and explode, killing him instantly.
• Mo Tianxing, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Chi Lian each offered submission and compensation on behalf of their factions.
• Qing Yanjing tended to Meng Chen’s nosebleed, and he reassured her and Qinglin before addressing the gathered factions.
• Meng Chen called out the factions for bullying the weak and accepted Earth Demon Old Ghost’s offer to compensate Divine Court.
• Meng Chen demanded the factions hand over their blood essence and acknowledge him as their master, shocking their leaders.

Meng Chen forced the leaders of Sky Serpent Mansion, Demon Flame Valley, and Black Emperor Sect to submit their blood essence, then appointed Chi Lian as Sky Serpent Mansion’s new Mansion Master. While reviewing the conquered factions’ inventories, he found that Black Emperor Sect possessed a Bodhi Heart and summoned Mo Tianxing to question him.

• Mo Tianxing and Earth Demon Old Ghost surrendered their blood essence after Meng Chen and Qing Yanjing threatened them with the Spirit Array.
• Meng Chen demonstrated his control by inflicting intense pain on Earth Demon Old Ghost, terrifying the experts from the three factions.
• Meng Chen appointed Chi Lian as Sky Serpent Mansion’s new Mansion Master, and she and Green Man thanked him.
• Yafei organized inventories of the three factions’ assets while Meng Chen later reviewed the account books.
• Meng Chen found a Bodhi Heart listed among Black Emperor Sect’s stores and asked Yafei to bring Mo Tianxing to him.

Meng Chen considered the remaining ingredients needed for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill and obtained the Bodhi Heart from Mo Tianxing. He gave it to Xiao Yi Xian, who blushed as their exchange turned tender, before agreeing that Meng Chen should keep the treasure.

• Meng Chen realized the Falling Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower could serve as the final Heavenly Flame for the Poison Pill, though he did not want to use force against the academy.
• Meng Chen summoned Mo Tianxing and demanded the Bodhi Heart from the Black Emperor Sect’s treasury, and Mo Tianxing reluctantly agreed.
• Mo Tianxing returned with the Bodhi Heart, and Meng Chen gave the jade box to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized the Bodhi Heart and was moved that Meng Chen had obtained it for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned the jade box to Meng Chen for safekeeping, then blushed when their fingertips brushed.

Meng Chen discussed Xiao Yi Xian’s worsening Calamity Poison Physique and promised to gather the materials for the Poison Pill Method. When he and Xiao Yi Xian tried to inspect her Seven-Colored Hidden Line, Qinglin barged in and interrupted them.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained how the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture helped her control the Calamity Poison Physique and revealed that her Seven-Colored Hidden Line had reached about three inches above her dantian.
• Meng Chen reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would help her fuse the Poison Pill and said he had the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and leads on the Falling Heart Flame.
• Meng Chen told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to obtain the Falling Heart Flame from Jia Nan Academy and still needed a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core.
• Meng Chen stared at Xiao Yi Xian's stomach while trying to work out where three inches above the dantian was, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to let him inspect her Seven-Colored Hidden Line.
• Xiao Yi Xian began to undress, but Qinglin opened the door, saw them, and stopped short; Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly put her clothes back on.

Qinglin asked Meng Chen to help her become stronger so she could protect him, and he sent the Gold and Silver Elders to seek a cultivation technique from Sky Serpent Mansion. Xiao Yi Xian left believing Meng Chen should stop wearing Yafei out, while Meng Chen protested that nothing had happened.

• Qinglin walked in on Meng Chen and Xiao Yi Xian discussing cultivation and accidentally worsened Meng Chen's reputation by mentioning what she had heard between him and Yafei.
• Qinglin told Meng Chen she wanted to cultivate so she could protect him, and Xiao Yi Xian praised her for growing up.
• Meng Chen remembered Sky Serpent Mansion might have a technique for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and sent the Gold and Silver Elders to ask Chi Lian for one.
• Xiao Yi Xian advised Meng Chen to restrain himself and not exhaust Yafei, then left before he could explain.
• Meng Chen scolded Qinglin for spreading rumors, and someone knocked rhythmically at the door.

Meng Chen received the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils technique for Qinglin and sent her to Sky Serpent Mansion to cultivate under Chi Lian’s guidance. Left alone with his thoughts, he summoned Qing Yanjing, who showed jealousy over Xiao Yi Xian before Meng Chen pulled her into an embrace.

• Chi Lian presented Meng Chen with Sky Serpent Mansion’s technique for cultivators with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Meng Chen confirmed the technique suited Qinglin and told her to study it under Chi Lian’s guidance.
• Meng Chen ordered Sky Serpent Mansion to fully support Qinglin’s cultivation, and Qinglin left with Chi Lian.
• Meng Chen went to the quiet chamber and summoned Qing Yanjing from the Small Pagoda.
• Qing Yanjing criticized Meng Chen for thinking about Xiao Yi Xian, and Meng Chen embraced her before she could continue.

Meng Chen confronted Qing Yanjing about her feelings and argued that their unannounced master-disciple bond should not keep them apart. Qing Yanjing stopped resisting and fell into his embrace, leaving their relationship finally moving forward.

• Meng Chen held Qing Yanjing close and reminded her that he remembered what she had done to save him during the Dragon Blood tempering.
• Meng Chen accused Qing Yanjing of hiding her feelings and using their master-disciple relationship and worldly conventions to reject him.
• Meng Chen argued that nobody knew they were master and disciple and that his position as lord of Chen City and master of the Divine Court meant no one would dare judge them.
• Worried that Qing Yanjing would retreat into the Small Pagoda, Meng Chen used the Divine Gu Secret Art to restrain her with spatial power and asked her to decide that day.
• Qing Yanjing agreed not to run away, asked Meng Chen to release her, and then fell into his embrace as he called her Master.

Jia Nan Academy’s elders debated whether to fight the Divine Court or seek peaceful coexistence, then learned that Meng Chen had arrived. Su Qian went out to receive him as Meng Chen stood among his followers and their jade boxes.

• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders debated the Divine Court’s rapid rise and decided that fighting its Dou Venerable-backed Little Divine King would be too dangerous.
• An elder argued that the Divine Court had only retaliated against those who attacked first, prompting Su Qian to consider sending an envoy to learn Meng Chen’s intentions.
• A disciple rushed into the hall to announce that Meng Chen had arrived and demanded to see Su Qian.
• Su Qian led the elders to the academy plaza and saw Meng Chen surrounded by Mo Tianxing, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and their subordinates carrying jade boxes.

Meng Chen arrived at Jia Nan Academy with treasures to trade for the Falling Heart Flame sealed beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. After Su Qian refused to surrender the academy’s foundation, Meng Chen revealed that another young Heavenly Flame of the same origin lay beneath the tower.

• Su Qian welcomed Meng Chen, who arrived with Mo Tianxing, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and attendants carrying jade boxes.
• Meng Chen’s attendants opened the boxes to reveal rare medicinal ingredients, beast cores, and pills taken from the treasuries of Mo Tianxing’s and Earth Demon Old Ghost’s sects.
• Meng Chen asked to trade the treasures for the Falling Heart Flame, but Su Qian refused because the flame was essential to Jia Nan Academy.
• Meng Chen threatened to return with greater force, and Su Qian offered to trade anything else the academy owned, but Meng Chen insisted that he wanted a Heavenly Flame.
• Meng Chen told Su Qian that a second, still-young Heavenly Flame of the same origin lay beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, shocking the elders.

Meng Chen negotiated access to the second Falling Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy and entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower after its students were evacuated. At the bottom, Qing Yanjing prepared a Spirit Array, and Meng Chen released his two Heavenly Flames, provoking an explosive reaction from the magma and the hidden flame.

• Meng Chen convinced Su Qian to let him enter the tower by revealing the second Falling Heart Flame and pointing out that Jia Nan Academy's Battle Venerable was absent.
• Su Qian evacuated the students, then led Meng Chen into the tower while Earth Demon Old Ghost and the others stayed behind to protect the academy.
• At the tower's bottom, Su Qian opened a passage through Mang Tianchi's energy barrier, and Meng Chen entered it without Dou Qi protection.
• Qing Yanjing emerged from the Small Pagoda and set up a Spirit Array with Meng Chen's help.
• Meng Chen released the Green Lotus Divine Sun and Vast Sea Divine Sun, and their presence triggered an explosive reaction in the sea of magma.

Meng Chen and Qing Yanjing subdued the Falling Heart Flame beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Meng Chen absorbed it and refined it into a third divine sun, the Falling Heart Sun.

• The Falling Heart Flame appeared as a giant fire python and attacked Meng Chen, but Qing Yanjing restrained it with a golden Spirit Array net and spatial power.
• The struggle shook the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, activating Mang Tianchi's sealing grand array and alarming Su Qian and the others outside.
• Meng Chen kissed Qing Yanjing, reassured her, and entered the restrained fire python while shielding himself with the Green Lotus Divine Sun and Vast Sea Divine Sun.
• Meng Chen found the Falling Heart Flame's transparent snake-like source and endured its heartfire as he fought to refine it within his body.
• Meng Chen used the Purple Sun Incinerating World Heavenly Technique to devour the Falling Heart Flame and transform it into the Falling Heart Sun.

Meng Chen descended into the lava sea, defeated a swarm of Flame Lizardmen, and met the spirit of Skyfire Venerable beside the juvenile Falling Heart Flame. Skyfire Venerable failed to wrest control of the flame from Meng Chen, who revealed it in his palm and left the senior embarrassed.

• Qing Yanjing marked a route back to the surface before retreating into the Small Pagoda, and Meng Chen descended alone into the lava sea.
• Meng Chen found Skyfire Venerable’s bones and the juvenile Falling Heart Flame, then slaughtered nearly a thousand Flame Lizardmen with Thousand Illusion Profound Ice Thorn.
• Meng Chen greeted Skyfire Venerable and recounted how the Five-Star Battle Venerable had died after attempting to refine two Falling Heart Flames.
• Skyfire Venerable repeatedly tried to pull the Falling Heart Flame from Meng Chen’s dantian, but the flame did not move.
• Meng Chen summoned the Falling Heart Flame in his palm and teased Skyfire Venerable, who was left embarrassed.

Meng Chen negotiated with Skyfire Venerable for the smaller Falling Heart Flame, offering to restore his soul and revive him if he joined the Divine Court. He then asked for the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to help his friend Xiao Yi Xian, and Skyfire Venerable taught it to him.

• Skyfire Venerable explained that the smaller Falling Heart Flame had remained with him since the clash of two Heavenly Flames left him gravely injured.
• Meng Chen offered to arrange soul restoration and a new body for Skyfire Venerable, on the condition that he join the Divine Court.
• Skyfire Venerable agreed to join, and Meng Chen assured him that a high-tier alchemist would help restore him.
• Meng Chen clarified that he wanted the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal, not the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Technique, to suppress Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Physique.
• Skyfire Venerable explained the seal could suppress the condition for only three years and could be used once, then passed its knowledge to Meng Chen.

Meng Chen recovered the young flame from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, recruited Skyfire Venerable, and returned toward Chen City after leaving Jia Nan Academy. He arrived to find the city apparently under lockdown.

• Skyfire Venerable learned that he had joined Meng Chen's Divine Court, accepted his role as Meng Chen's subordinate, and let Meng Chen take the young flame.
• Meng Chen placed Skyfire Venerable's soul in the Small Pagoda and escaped the cavern before the Flame Lizard Tribe's experts arrived.
• Meng Chen emerged from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and gave the young flame to Su Qian, who thanked him and welcomed the chance to preserve the tower's power.
• Meng Chen declined a celebratory banquet, left Jia Nan Academy with his entourage, and sent Earth Demon Old Ghost and the others back to their territories.
• Meng Chen rode the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King toward Chen City while studying the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal, and Qing Yanjing briefly came out to speak with him before retreating into the Small Pagoda.
• Meng Chen reached Chen City and sensed that the city was under lockdown.

Meng Chen entered the City Lord's Mansion to help Xiao Yi Xian when her Calamity Poison Physique erupted, and used the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to suppress it. Xiao Yi Xian recovered and reached the Dou Wang realm, then kissed Meng Chen while Qing Yanjing remained outside, worried by the sounds from within.

• Yafei told Meng Chen that Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Physique had erupted, and Qing Yanjing helped seal the mansion against the spreading poison mist.
• Meng Chen entered Xiao Yi Xian's room protected by Heavenly Flames and found her overwhelmed by poison.
• Meng Chen traced the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal onto Xiao Yi Xian to suppress her physique for up to three years.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison mist, recovered, and advanced to the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian pulled Meng Chen into a kiss while Qing Yanjing waited outside, worried by the sounds from the mansion.

Qing Yanjing punished Meng Chen after finding him with Xiao Yi Xian, while Elder Mu Gu learned that Han Feng had died and ordered three Heaven-Level Guardians to capture Meng Chen. As Meng Chen endured Qing Yanjing’s punishment, he recalled that the Falling Heart Flame could help Medusa’s soul fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s Beast Soul.

• Qing Yanjing sent the weakened Xiao Yi Xian away to rest but caught Meng Chen when he tried to leave with her.
• Meng Chen blamed the clashing Heavenly Flames and his restless state for what happened, so Qing Yanjing threw him down and began punishing him.
• A Soul Hall emissary told Elder Mu Gu that Han Feng had died and that the Sea Heart Flame was now held by the Divine Court’s young leader, Meng Chen.
• Elder Mu Gu suspected Meng Chen had cultivated the Flame Mantra and ordered three Heaven-Level Guardians to bring him back alive.
• While Qing Yanjing tormented him, Meng Chen recalled that the Falling Heart Flame had enabled Medusa’s soul to fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s Beast Soul.