Chapter Summaries

Fa Wutian returned to Canaan Academy after devouring the Fallen Heart Flame and advancing to Dou King. His return gave Han Yue hope of restoring the Nine Heavens Pavilion, while the factions that had attacked it feared his retaliation and relied on the academy to protect them.

• Fa Wutian gave Soul-Nourishing Saliva to Skyfire Venerable, placed the Newborn Fallen Heart Flame in the Reincarnation Cauldron, and hurried back while avoiding the Flame Lizardmen.
• Su Qian reopened the Burning Sky Qi Refining Tower after a year of investigating its dwindling Heartfire reserves.
• Han Yue reflected on the Nine Heavens Pavilion's losses after Fa Wutian's presumed death and Zi Yan's departure, while the Sky Wolf Gang and other factions had moved against it.
• The Burning Sky Qi Refining Tower shook, and Fa Wutian burst out with wings, revealing that he had returned alive as a Dou King.
• Fa Wutian told Su Qian that he had devoured the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian took him away rather than reseal the tower.
• Han Yue rejoiced that the Nine Heavens Pavilion was saved, while the factions that had suppressed it grew fearful and hoped Canaan Academy would restrain Fa Wutian.

Fa Wutian gave Canaan Academy a newborn Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for the academy’s original flame and returned to find the Nine Heavens Pavilion weakened by defections and attacks. He summoned the factions that had seized the Pavilion’s territory and singled out Bai Lang’s Sky Wolf Gang, preparing to settle their grudge.

• Fa Wutian gave Su Qian a newborn Fallen Heart Flame to compensate Canaan Academy, and Su Qian agreed to accept it.
• Fa Wutian returned to the Nine Heavens Pavilion, where Han Yue told him that Zhang Li, other hall masters, and members had left after the Pavilion was suppressed.
• Fa Wutian reassured the remaining members and ordered Han Yue to invite every faction that had attacked the Pavilion to a banquet three days later.
• The factions attended the banquet, and several offered to return seized territory and pay compensation.
• Fa Wutian agreed to forgive those willing to compensate the Pavilion but confronted Bai Lang of the Sky Wolf Gang, arguing that their existing grudge gave him cause to attack.

Fa Wutian retaliated against Bai Lang by moving against the Sky Wolf Gang, then prepared to graduate from Canaan Academy and pursue a treasure on the Eastern Wasteland Continent. He left the Nine Heavens Pavilion in the hands of his followers and planned to rebuild it in the Northwest Continent before expanding to the Central Plains.

• Fa Wutian refused to negotiate with Bai Lang, and a disciple reported that Deputy Pavilion Master Zi had reclaimed the Sky Wolf Gang's occupied territory and restricted its businesses.
• Fa Wutian decided to return to the Gama Empire, devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, and then seek the treasure hidden on the Eastern Wasteland Continent.
• Fa Wutian told Su Qian he intended to leave Canaan Academy, and Su Qian approved his graduation.
• Fa Wutian announced to the Nine Heavens Pavilion that he would leave and rebuild the faction outside the academy, prompting his followers to pledge to join him later.
• Fa Wutian told Han Yue that he planned to establish the Nine Heavens Pavilion in the Northwest Continent before moving into the Central Plains, where Han Yue's family lived.

Fa Wutian agreed to take Zi Yan with him after Su Qian allowed her to leave the academy. In Feng City, Han Feng followed Ouyang Feng to a valley to claim Soul-Awl Killing God, only to discover the meeting was a trap meant to encircle and kill him.

• Fa Wutian told Zi Yan he planned to leave, and she persuaded Su Qian to let her travel with him.
• Fa Wutian and Zi Yan set off for the Black-Corner Region to deal with an enemy before returning home.
• Ouyang Feng told Han Feng he had captured Soul-Awl Killing God and declined Han Feng's offer to join Feng City.
• Han Feng brought two Dou King subordinates to the valley, where he paid Ouyang Feng and ordered them to seize the masked captive.
• Zi Yan killed one Dou King, and an attack severely injured the other as Han Feng realized the meeting was a trap.

Fa Wutian defeated Han Feng by combining Fallen Heart Flame with his Soul-Piercing Awls, then ambushed and killed the Hall of Souls guardian who arrived to rescue him. After erasing the traces, Fa Wutian left with Ouyang Feng and the others.

• Fa Wutian sent Ouyang Feng and Zi Yan away before confronting Han Feng, who had revealed himself as a Nine-Star Peak Dou Emperor.
• Han Feng used Sea Heart Flame to withstand Fa Wutian's nine Soul-Piercing Awls, then greedily demanded that Fa Wutian surrender Fallen Heart Flame.
• Fa Wutian and Han Feng exchanged spear and sword attacks before Fa Wutian unleashed the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Technique.
• Fa Wutian concealed the nine Soul-Piercing Awls inside a surviving fire dragon, killing Han Feng and capturing his soul body.
• After Skyfire Venerable warned that a Two-Star Battle Ancestor was approaching, Fa Wutian laid a trap and killed the Hall of Souls guardian with the Soul-Piercing Awls.
• Fa Wutian erased the traces of the battle and left with Ouyang Feng and the others.

Fa Wutian stripped the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng and devoured it, reaching the Four-Star Dou Emperor realm before fusing it with the Fallen Heart Flame. After three months in seclusion, he reunited with Zi Yan and Ouyang Feng and set out to leave the mountains.

• Fa Wutian rejected Han Feng’s plea to be released and admitted that he cultivated the Flame Mantra, then stripped away the Sea Heart Flame and restored Han Feng with Soul-Nourishing Saliva.
• Fa Wutian swallowed the Miao Meridian Pill and devoured the Sea Heart Flame, suppressing his rising cultivation at the Four-Star Dou Emperor realm.
• Fa Wutian used the Flame Mantra to fuse the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame into a pale blue Heavenly Flame over three months.
• Fa Wutian emerged from seclusion and learned from Ouyang Feng that Zi Yan had gone into the mountains to find medicinal herbs.
• Fa Wutian drove away a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast so Zi Yan could collect the Azure Wave Cloudmist Grass, then left with Zi Yan and Ouyang Feng.

Fa Wutian returned to the Fa Family, told Fama about his plans for the Nine Heavens Pavilion, and established it outside the Imperial Capital. Jia Xing Tian confronted him over the new faction and attacked him, intending to capture him.

• Fama reunited with Fa Wutian and scolded him for staying away and failing to send letters.
• Fa Wutian introduced Ouyang Feng and Zi Yan, revealed he had become a Four-Star Dou Emperor, and explained his plans for the Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Fama warned that Jia Xing Tian would distrust the pavilion but agreed not to interfere if the alchemists chose to join.
• Fa Wutian and Ouyang Feng established the Nine Heavens Pavilion outside the Imperial Capital, and Fa Wutian offered rare low-rank pill formulas to recruit alchemists.
• Jia Xing Tian confronted Fa Wutian, accused the Fa Family of coveting the imperial family's position, and attacked him to capture him.

Fa Wutian fought Jia Xing Tian after Jia attacked him over the Nine Heavens Pavilion, but their battle drew Yun Yun into the conflict. After Fa Wutian revealed his identity and strength, Yun Yun realized the former child prodigy had surpassed her.

• Fa Wutian and Jia Xing Tian clashed, and their attacks damaged the mountain peak and destroyed much of the Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Fa Wutian revealed that he was a Four-Star Dou Emperor and prepared to use Dragon Spear Wild Dance to kill Jia Xing Tian.
• Yun Yun intervened with an attack, then questioned Fa Wutian and Jia Xing Tian about their fight.
• Jia Xing Tian thanked Yun Yun, and Fa Wutian explained that Jia had attacked him for establishing a faction and destroyed his buildings.
• Fa Wutian introduced himself as Fama’s grandson, and Yun Yun recognized him as the prodigy who had become a Dou Practitioner at ten.
• Yun Yun realized that Fa Wutian’s strength surpassed her own, despite her being a Three-Star Dou Emperor.

Fa Wutian agreed to spare Jia Xing Tian if he survived three attacks, after Yun Yun failed to stop their confrontation. Jia Xing Tian endured Fa Wutian’s first move, and Fa Wutian prepared his newly invented Spirit-Burning Annihilation for the second.

• Yun Yun warned Fa Wutian that killing Jia Xing Tian could expose the Gama Empire to invasion, and Fa Wutian promised to stop the Chuanyun Empire himself if it attacked.
• Fa Wutian demanded that Jia Xing Tian withstand three moves, and Yun Yun eventually stepped aside as Jia accepted the challenge.
• Fa Wutian struck Jia Xing Tian with Nine Heavens Dragon's Roar, shattering his Mystic Phoenix Ward and injuring him.
• Fa Wutian fused the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame to create Spirit-Burning Annihilation, preparing to use it as his second move.

Fa Wutian killed Jia Xing Tian with Spirit-Burning Annihilation, and Yun Yun brought Jia Xing Tian’s ashes to Yao Ye at the imperial palace. Yao Ye accepted that she would not seek revenge and vowed to carry on the imperial family.

• Fa Wutian’s Spirit-Burning Annihilation devoured Jia Xing Tian’s Filthy Earth Phoenix Strike, overwhelmed his Mystic Phoenix Ward, and burned him to ashes.
• Yun Yun wrapped up Jia Xing Tian’s ashes and fled, while Fa Wutian went to find workers to repair the Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Yun Yun brought Jia Xing Tian’s ashes to Yao Ye and explained how Fa Wutian had killed him.
• Yao Ye mourned her grandfather, then said she would not seek revenge against Fa Wutian and would do her best to carry on the imperial family.

Fa Wutian and Zi Yan traveled to Mocheng, where Fa Wutian negotiated with Hai Bodong for his remnant map and recruited him to guard the Nine Heavens Pavilion. The bargain left Fa Wutian with a lead on the Green Lotus Core Flame and a promise of the remaining map pieces.

• Fa Wutian brought Zi Yan to Mocheng to seek Hai Bodong and the remnant map.
• Hai Bodong threatened Fa Wutian and Zi Yan, but Fa Wutian dispelled his pressure and revealed himself as a Dou Emperor.
• Fa Wutian asked Hai Bodong to guard the Nine Heavens Pavilion and offered to refine the Breaking Evil Pill to remove Queen Medusa's seal.
• Hai Bodong admitted he lacked one ingredient and offered the rest of the remnant map in exchange for Fa Wutian retrieving it.
• Fa Wutian also obtained Hai Bodong's map of a suspected Heavenly Flame location, which pointed him toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Fa Wutian found and devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame, strengthening his Flame Mantra before returning to Zi Yan. He found her with a mysterious, bewitching woman in a red dress.

• Fa Wutian and Zi Yan entered an underground passage and reached a magma-filled area where Fa Wutian lured out and bound the Double-Headed Fire-Spiritual Snake.
• Fa Wutian persuaded the Double-Headed Fire-Spiritual Snake to guide him to the Green Lotus Core Flame, then extracted the flame and harvested the Earthfire Lotus Seeds.
• Fa Wutian devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and smelted it with his other Heavenly Flames, advancing the Flame Mantra to Earth-stage High Rank.
• Fa Wutian gave the Double-Headed Fire-Spiritual Snake the promised Beast Attracting Pill and returned to find Zi Yan introducing him to a woman in a red dress.

Fa Wutian refused Medusa’s request to borrow his Heavenly Flame, and Zi Yan tried to mediate between them with a suggestion that embarrassed Medusa into leaving. Fa Wutian later brought Zi Yan to the Snake People Tribe to find the Sand Mandala, but Zi Yan led him toward Medusa’s chambers.

• Fa Wutian recognized Medusa and rejected her request to borrow his refined Heavenly Flame.
• Zi Yan pleaded with Fa Wutian to help Medusa, then whispered an idea to Medusa that made her blush and flee.
• Medusa returned to her chambers, reassured Hua She'er that she was fine, and regretted missing her chance to obtain a Heavenly Flame.
• Fa Wutian arrived at the Snake People Tribe with Zi Yan to find the Sand Mandala for Hai Bodong.
• Zi Yan claimed she had found the Sand Mandala and pointed toward Medusa’s chambers, leading Fa Wutian to sneak there with her.

Fa Wutian and Zi Yan returned to the Snake-People Tribe, where Zi Yan maneuvered him into meeting Medusa again. Medusa believed he had come back for her, and she led him to her sleeping quarters while a hidden observer slipped away toward the Snake People Altar.

• Medusa sensed Fa Wutian and Zi Yan near her sleeping quarters after Zi Yan leaked her aura.
• Fa Wutian grew suspicious of Zi Yan’s directions and tried to leave, but Zi Yan persuaded him to stay.
• Zi Yan revealed Medusa’s presence, and Medusa questioned Fa Wutian about returning to the Snake People Tribe.
• Zi Yan claimed Fa Wutian had come back because he was willing to lend Medusa the Heavenly Flames, leaving Medusa flustered and hopeful.
• Medusa silenced the watching guards and led Fa Wutian and Zi Yan to her sleeping quarters.
• A hidden observer watched them and then fled toward the Snake People Altar.

Fa Wutian explained that he could help Medusa undergo the dangerous evolution ritual with one of his Heavenly Flames, and she prepared to proceed after handling tribal business. In the Elder Hall, the elders warned Medusa that Fa Wutian had killed Jia Xing Tian and urged her to consider him as a spouse, leaving her flustered.

• Medusa asked Fa Wutian to lend her a Heavenly Flame, and he explained that although he had refined his flames, he could still help her evolve.
• Fa Wutian revealed the Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa agreed to begin once she had made arrangements.
• Ba Bo'er summoned Medusa to the Elder Hall, where the First Elder and other elders questioned her about bringing humans to the tribe.
• The Third Elder told Medusa that Fa Wutian had killed Jia Xing Tian, and the Fourth Elder asked her to ensure he would not threaten the Snake-People Tribe.
• The elders praised Fa Wutian's talent and suggested he would make a worthy spouse for Medusa, who blushed and fled the hall.

Fa Wutian and Zi Yan watched Medusa endure the Heavenly Flames and tribulation lightning as she evolved into an ancient Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Medusa survived but remained unconscious under the control of her companion soul, and Fa Wutian said he could wake her soul even without the ingredients for a Soul Fusion Pill.

• Medusa entered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Fa Wutian covered her body with Heavenly Flames to begin her evolution.
• Tribulation lightning struck Medusa while Zi Yan and Fa Wutian urged her to endure.
• After the lightning dispersed, Medusa's old body collapsed and revealed a tiny seven-colored serpent.
• Fa Wutian explained that Medusa's companion soul controlled her body while she was unconscious and that a Soul Fusion Pill could resolve the problem.
• Zi Yan asked Fa Wutian to find ingredients and refine the pill, but he refused to spend time on it before saying he could wake Medusa's soul.

Fa Wutian helped Queen Medusa awaken from her evolution, but her Companion Serpent Spirit began fighting her for control. He carried her to her bedchamber, while the First Elder stopped the Snake-People Tribe's leaders from confronting him and urged Queen Medusa to seize the opportunity.

• Fa Wutian lured the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with Flame Crystal Nectar, fed it a Spirit-Awakening Pill, and watched Queen Medusa emerge.
• Queen Medusa pinned Fa Wutian beneath her, then accused him of taking advantage of her before noticing her Companion Serpent Spirit was contesting control of her body.
• Fa Wutian explained that Queen Medusa needed a Sixth-Rank Soul Fusion Pill, but said he could only make one if she provided the ingredients.
• Queen Medusa lost control of her body and collapsed, so Fa Wutian caught her and carried her to her bedchamber.
• The First Elder stopped Mobas and the other Snake-People Tribe leaders from confronting Fa Wutian, saying Queen Medusa could make her own choices and that Fa Wutian could help their tribe.

Fa Wutian and Queen Medusa were drawn together after the Second Elder secretly released Bewitching Spring Incense, and Fa Wutian promised to take responsibility for what happened. He then left to pursue his plans in the Eastern Wasteland, while Queen Medusa stayed behind with the Snake-People Tribe and awaited his return.

• The Second Elder used Bewitching Spring Incense in Queen Medusa's bedchamber, and Fa Wutian and Queen Medusa succumbed to its effects and kissed.
• Zi Yan watched the Second Elder leave and then went to search for medicinal herbs.
• Queen Medusa awoke beside Fa Wutian, confronted him about what had happened, and demanded to know whether he would take responsibility.
• Fa Wutian promised to marry Queen Medusa and explained that he needed to travel to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Queen Medusa chose to remain with the Snake-People Tribe, and Fa Wutian promised to bring back the Soul Fusion Pill before she transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and he departed.

Fa Wutian met with the Snake-People Tribe elders, who asked him to prove his sincerity by helping their people escape the desert. He promised to find them a suitable home someday and told them that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python was Queen Medusa.

• The First, Second, and Third Elders agreed that Fa Wutian and the Queen’s relationship could secure the Snake-People Tribe’s future, and they summoned him to the Elder Hall.
• The First Elder asked Fa Wutian to help the Snake-People Tribe find a livable home outside the desert before she would accept his marriage to the Queen.
• Fa Wutian explained that relocating the tribe immediately could lead to conflict with the Jia Ma Empire, then promised to find them a suitable place someday.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged from Fa Wutian’s arms and ate Flame Crystal Nectar.
• Fa Wutian revealed that the snake was Queen Medusa, and he assured the First Elder that he would find a way to restore her.

Fa Wutian returned to Mocheng with the Sand Mandala and refined a Breaking Evil Pill for Hai Bodong, freeing him from Medusa's seal and restoring him to the Dou Emperor realm. Hai Bodong agreed to guard Fa Wutian's faction, though he balked at Fa Wutian's proposed five-year term.

• After leaving the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with the Snake-People Tribe, Fa Wutian obtained the Sand Mandala through Hua She'er and went to find Zi Yan before returning to Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong worried that Fa Wutian had died, but Fa Wutian arrived and confirmed he had found a Heavenly Flame as well as the Sand Mandala.
• Fa Wutian reminded Hai Bodong of their agreement, and Hai Bodong gave him the other half of the incomplete map.
• Fa Wutian refined the Breaking Evil Pill and handed it to Hai Bodong, who entered the underground chamber to break the seal.
• Hai Bodong emerged restored to the Dou Emperor realm and agreed to guard Fa Wutian's faction, but objected when Fa Wutian proposed five years.