Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing learned that Han Feng and several Black-Corner Region factions were targeting the Green Emperor Pavilion to seize his Heavenly Flame, and prepared to face them alone while leaving Cailin at the Inner Academy. In Feng City, Han Feng gathered his allies and planned to take Lin Qing’s flame and then Canaan Academy’s, unaware that Lin Qing considered him and his forces prey.

• Lin Qing identified Han Feng’s coalition as the force targeting the Green Emperor Pavilion for his Heavenly Flame and decided not to retaliate against nearby factions that had stayed out of the alliance.
• Lin Qing planned to leave Cailin at the Inner Academy with its newly promoted Dou Ancestors and travel alone to the Black-Corner Region.
• Han Feng gathered the Black Emperor Sect, Blood Sect, Gold and Silver Elders, Eagle Mountain Elder, Demon Flame Valley, and other allies at his estate in Feng City.
• Han Feng resolved to defeat Lin Qing, take his Heavenly Flame to advance his cultivation, and later seize Canaan Academy’s flame.
• Han Feng remained confident that his gathered Dou Ancestors, Dou Emperors, and Soul Hall Protectors gave him the advantage, unaware of Lin Qing’s strength and intentions.

Han Feng rallied Black-Corner Region forces to attack the Green Emperor Pavilion, offering them its businesses and spoils in exchange for the Heavenly Flame Zhang San carried. Lin Qing returned to Qinghuang City and prepared a trap for Han Feng, while Han Feng summoned allies and bargained with a Soul Hall agent over the souls and Heavenly Flame.

• Han Feng persuaded the gathered leaders to join his assault by promising them the Green Emperor Pavilion's industries, spoils, and other rewards, while claiming he had six Dou Ancestor-level combatants.
• Lin Qing arrived in orderly Qinghuang City and met Li Qingchan, learning that Han Feng was rallying forces against them.
• Lin Qing and the others planned to evacuate residents, keep powerful members inside the city, and publicize his return to lure Han Feng into an ambush.
• After hearing that Zhang San had returned to Qinghuang City, Han Feng sent Han Beng to invite their previously discussed allies.
• A Soul Hall agent appeared to claim Zhang San and his companions' souls, while Han Feng insisted that the Heavenly Flame would be his.

Lin Qing confronted Han Feng and his forces outside Qinghuang City after Han Feng arrived seeking his Heavenly Flame. The battle began with Qing'er targeting the Dou Emperors and Lin Qing attacking the Dou Ancestors and Soul Hall protectors.

• Lin Qing sensed Han Feng's party approaching and led Li Qingchan, Qing'er, and the others outside the city to meet them.
• Han Feng offered to invite Lin Qing to discuss alchemy, but Lin Qing accused him of seeking the Heavenly Flame and murdering his teacher for a cultivation technique.
• Han Feng revealed his Heavenly Flame and threatened to use force, while Lin Qing and his allies displayed their strength and challenged his numbers.
• Han Feng summoned two Soul Hall protectors from black mist and ordered them to help capture Lin Qing.
• Lin Qing sent Qing'er after the Dou Emperors and launched Deity-Transforming Needles at the opposing Dou Ancestors and protectors as his allies charged.

Lin Qing and Qing'er overwhelmed Han Feng's forces, then Lin Qing confronted Han Feng as he tried to flee. Their powerful techniques collided in a massive blast, and Han Feng believed Lin Qing had been destroyed when his figure disappeared.

• Qing'er killed Han Feng's Dou Emperor followers and decapitated the Gold and Silver Elders while suppressing their protectors.
• Lin Qing struck Han Feng with the Heaven-Burning Seal, injuring him and forcing him back.
• Han Feng saw his allies losing and tried to escape, but Lin Qing intercepted him and refused to let him leave.
• Han Feng unleashed the Guangyao Seal while Lin Qing used the Great Desolate Imprisoning Finger, and the attacks collided in a devastating energy storm.
• After the energy dissipated and Lin Qing was nowhere to be seen, Han Feng laughed and believed he had won.

Lin Qing killed Han Feng, extracted the Sea Heart Flame, and captured Han Feng’s soul before returning to the battlefield. He found Mo Tianxing, Eagle Mountain Elder, and the others defeated and sealed, with Lin Qi and the rest unharmed.

• Lin Qing crushed Han Feng’s neck, imprisoned his soul, and learned Han Feng recognized his Spirit-Realm Soul.
• Lin Qing removed Han Feng’s Storage Ring and extracted the Sea Heart Flame, leaving Han Feng’s soul unconscious.
• Lin Qing sealed Han Feng’s soul in a Jade Bottle and stored it and Han Feng’s body in the Storage Ring.
• Lin Qing collected the Sea Heart Flame safely using his Heavenly Flame protection and placed it in the System Space.
• Lin Qing returned to the battlefield, where Ling Qingzhu and the others had crippled and sealed Mo Tianxing, Eagle Mountain Elder, and the third man; the two Protectors were sealed in Jade Bottles.
• Lin Qing confirmed Lin Qi and the others were safe and considered raiding the defeated factions.

After defeating Han Feng’s forces, Lin Qing collected their treasures, refined Mo Tianxing and two others into Blood Pills and Soul Beads, and interrogated Soul Hall Protectors Xuan and Tie about Branch Hall locations. He ordered the corpses displayed at the city gates and set out with Yuan Yi and Yao Ling to raid the defeated attackers’ factions.

• Lin Qing erased the Soul Marks on the Storage Rings and discovered that Han Feng’s ring held a vast collection of cultivation techniques, formulas, and herbs.
• Lin Qing refined Mo Tianxing and two others into Blood Pills and Soul Beads, then questioned Protector Xuan about Soul Hall Branch Halls.
• Protector Xuan named locations at Tianxin Ravine and Nether Wind Valley before Lin Qing refined him into a Soul Bead; Protector Tie confirmed the same locations.
• Lin Qing ordered Han Feng and the other attackers’ corpses hung at the city gates to deter challengers to the Green Emperor Pavilion.
• Lin Qing sent Yuan Yi and Yao Ling to guide him in raiding the factions connected to the defeated attackers.

Lin Qing returned from the Black-Corner Region after the Green Emperor Pavilion destroyed several factions, and he secured an alliance between the Pavilion and Canaan Academy. After half a month of cultivation, he went to inspect the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and considered trading with the academy for the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Lin Qing’s campaigns left the corpses of defeated faction leaders hanging at Qinghuang City, and the Green Emperor Pavilion absorbed several nearby factions.
• Su Qian swept through settlements around Canaan Academy, then agreed to an alliance with Lin Qing on the academy’s behalf.
• Lin Qing returned to the Inner Academy with eight Storage Rings of seized treasures, checked on Zi Yan’s ongoing advancement, and entered seclusion for half a month.
• Lin Qing flew to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, examined its spatial seal, and considered trading with the academy for the Fallen Heart Flame.
• An ancient bell rang across the crowded tower grounds, abruptly silencing the students.

Lin Qing entered the Qi Training Pagoda, absorbed its Heart Flame fragment, and examined the tower’s chambers and the Fallen Heart Flame beneath it. After testing his cultivation in an elder’s room, he decided he needed a different flame and hoped to obtain a useful Dan Bead from the Lizardmen.

• Lin Qing entered the tower and used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to absorb the Heart Flame fragment, startling students who saw him recover almost immediately.
• Lin Qing surveyed the cultivation rooms and found that the high-grade rooms occupied the tower’s center while lower-grade rooms lay farther out.
• Lin Qing looked into the tower’s central abyss with his crimson-flamed eyes and saw the Fallen Heart Flame flee from him.
• Lin Qing passed Elder Zhang on the tenth floor and entered an elder-exclusive cultivation room to test his cultivation.
• Lin Qing found that the tower increased his cultivation speed only slightly and decided to replace his flame, hoping the Lizardmen’s Dan Bead would help.

Lin Qing arranged with Su Qian to exchange his teacher’s Fallen Heart Flame for Canaan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame, which he planned to refine for its energy. The Academy prepared to seal the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Lin Qing planned to descend with Cailin the next day.

• Lin Qing showed Su Qian his Fallen Heart Flame and explained that he wanted to exchange it for the Academy’s flame.
• Su Qian agreed to the exchange and gave Lin Qing the Fire Gathering Pot to store his flame.
• Lin Qing returned to his courtyard, told Little Fairy Doctor and Cailin the exchange was settled, and agreed to take Cailin down the tower.
• The Academy summoned students out of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and assembled elders, including Wu Tianlang, to activate the formation.
• The Academy completed its preparations for the exchange within a day.

Lin Qing entered the sealed Fire Well and used his Devouring Boundary to weaken the Fallen Heart Flame. After the boundary faded, he reached for its exposed origin flame.

• Lin Qing joined Su Qian and the elders as they opened the seal on the Fire Well, then entered alone.
• Lin Qing and Cailin encountered the Fallen Heart Flame in the Magma World.
• Lin Qing trapped the Fire Python within his Devouring Boundary, which drained its energy while he waited outside with Cailin.
• Lin Qing dismissed the boundary after the Fallen Heart Flame weakened, revealing its origin flame.
• Lin Qing wrapped himself in Heavenly Flame and reached for the origin flame.

After absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame and reaching Three-Star Dou Emperor, Lin Qing took Cailin into the underground magma to seek Venerable Tian Huo and the energy that might help reconstruct a body. Guided by the flame, they descended through the vast magma world as the pressure grew stronger.

• Lin Qing devoured the Heart Flame, swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill, refined the Fallen Heart Flame, and advanced to Three-Star Dou Emperor.
• Lin Qing told Cailin that a Soul Body lay below and that the energy there might help her or Caidie reconstruct a body.
• Lin Qing embedded the Dragon-Phoenix Sword in the mountain wall and marked it with his Soul Mark as a return route.
• Lin Qing and Cailin entered the magma behind a Spatial Barrier, with the Fallen Heart Flame guiding them downward.
• Lin Qing and Cailin continued descending through the endless magma as the surrounding pressure intensified.

Lin Qing and Cailin discovered a hidden pocket space in the Magma Sea containing a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and the remains of Venerable Tian Huo. After Lin Qing collected the flame, Tian Huo appeared and met the pair, leaving him surprised by Lin Qing’s extraordinary cultivation and alchemy credentials.

• The Fallen Heart Flame revealed a hidden pocket space containing a skeleton and a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Qing and Cailin entered the pocket space, and Lin Qing stored the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Qing called out to the skeleton, and Venerable Tian Huo appeared as a remnant soul.
• Lin Qing introduced himself as a Three-Star Dou Emperor, a Spirit-Realm Soul, and a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, astonishing Venerable Tian Huo.

Lin Qing agreed to revive Yao Tianhuo in exchange for his service and received the Five Wheel Fire Li Technique. He and Cailin left the light barrier and began hunting Lizardmen for their Flame Pearls, but the battle cries of the first group spread through the magma.

• Lin Qing offered to restore Yao Tianhuo’s soul and revive him, and Yao Tianhuo agreed to work for him.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Lin Qing the Five Wheel Fire Li Technique and stored his skeleton and soul in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Qing and Cailin left the circle of light, and Yao Tianhuo warned them about powerful Lizardmen living in the magma.
• Lin Qing and Cailin encountered over a hundred Lizardmen and killed the first attackers, while the survivors’ cries signaled to others nearby.
• Lin Qing searched a Lizardman’s corpse and retrieved a crimson Dan Bead.

Lin Qing gathered Lizardmen Dan Beads in the magma sea to prepare energy for resurrecting Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo, while also seeking a solution for Cailin’s physical condition. After months of hunting, he returned to the cave and began processing the Dan Beads into medicinal pellets for the resurrection.

• Lin Qing learned that Lizardmen Dan Beads held violent Fire Attribute energy that could be neutralized and used to forge bodies, then collected more than a hundred with Cailin.
• Lin Qing returned to the cave, released Little Marten, introduced him to Cailin and Venerable Tian Huo, and gave the two souls pills to nourish their souls.
• Lin Qing spent several months hunting Lizardmen in the magma, gathering over ten thousand Dan Beads while the Lizardmen increasingly hunted in groups and ambushed him.
• Lin Qing returned to the cave after acquiring twelve thousand Dan Beads and found that Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo had finished digesting their medicinal pills.
• Lin Qing began blending the Dan Beads’ violent energy with herbs in the Dragon-Phoenix Cauldron, alternating ten-day refining sessions with hunts until he had prepared most of the pellets needed for three resurrections.

Lin Qing used a Soul-Dividing Pill to separate Caidie from Cailin, allowing Cailin to regain control of her body and stabilize her cultivation. He then revealed three Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and prepared to create bodies for the souls.

• Lin Qing gave Cailin a Soul-Dividing Pill and guided the separation of her soul from Caidie's.
• Caidie emerged as an independent Soul Body and called Lin Qing her Young Master.
• Cailin regained control of her body and stabilized at the Two-Star Dou Ancestor level, then reunited with Caidie.
• Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo returned to the cave, and Tian Huo recognized Cailin as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python of the Snake-People Tribe.
• Lin Qing revealed three Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and brought out tens of thousands of refined Medicinal Pellets to begin creating bodies.

Lin Qing prepared a river of Medicinal Pellets and Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills so Little Marten, Caidie, and Tian Huo could condense physical bodies, then made arrangements to protect them while he cultivated. He left Cailin to guard the group and began refining a Cold Blood pill for her as they remained in the magma region.

• Lin Qing gave Little Marten, Caidie, and Tian Huo the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and explained how to use them.
• Little Marten, Caidie, and Tian Huo entered the river of pills, swallowed the pills, and became enclosed in black-and-white energy cocoons.
• Lin Qing asked Cailin to guard the group while he entered seclusion, and they agreed to return to the Snake-People Tribe and Gama after he emerged.
• Lin Qing formed a protective barrier around the three cocoons to filter Fire Poison and violent magma energy.
• Lin Qing began refining a fifth-grade Cold Blood pill from cold-natured herbs and water- and ice-attribute blood for Cailin.

Lin Qing guarded his companions in the Magma World while they condensed physical bodies, then spent six months reaching the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Emperor and refining his combat skills. He left off studying the Five Wheel Fire Li Technique, whose precise flame control greatly suited his Heavenly Flames and Flame Ancestral Talisman.

• Lin Qing refined Cold Blood for Cailin, then began cultivating while she stayed behind to guard the three cocoons.
• A Soul Hall Branch Hall dismissed the deaths of its two Protectors and ordered that replacements be recruited.
• Caidie, Little Marten, and Yao Tianhuo remained inside their growing Light Cocoons as they condensed physical bodies.
• After half a year of cultivation, Lin Qing reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Emperor and expanded his Pocket World to five hundred square kilometers.
• Lin Qing shifted from frantic cultivation to hunting Lizardmen and practicing his Dou Techniques and Ancestor Symbols.
• Lin Qing studied the Five Wheel Fire Li Technique and quickly grasped its methods for precise, efficient flame control.

Lin Qing and Cailin watched as the three Light Cocoons absorbed vast amounts of energy while Caidie and the others reconstructed their physical bodies. By the second day, cracks appeared across all three cocoons, signaling that the three were about to emerge.

• Lin Qing returned from the magma and saw that the three Light Cocoons had grown and begun showing signs of flesh and blood.
• Lin Qing told Cailin that the three would emerge soon, though she worried about Caidie’s safety.
• The cocoons began absorbing the Medicinal Pellets, and Lin Qing added Heavenly Crystal Spirit Marrow powder to help supply their energy.
• The three cocoons devoured energy for more than a day before cracks spread across each of them.

Lin Qing’s companions emerged from seclusion with restored bodies and new strength, and he led them back to the surface. The Four Elders questioned the unfamiliar arrivals, and Lin Qing explained that Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo had pledged loyalty to him.

• The three Light Cocoons burst, and Little Marten, Caidie, and Venerable Tian Huo emerged with restored bodies; Little Marten had reached Nine Star Dou Ancestor, Caidie Two-Star Dou Ancestor, and Tian Huo One-Star Dou Venerable.
• Caidie reunited with Lin Qing and greeted Cailin as her elder sister, while Little Marten revealed his human form and called Lin Qing Big Brother.
• Venerable Tian Huo thanked Lin Qing for reviving him and pledged to repay his kindness, and Lin Qing decided the group would return to the surface.
• Lin Qing and the others left the magma region and reached the lowest level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where the Four Elders recognized Lin Qing but questioned his companions.
• Lin Qing told the Four Elders that Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo had once perished beneath the magma, regained their bodies through his teacher’s Medicinal Pills, and now pledged loyalty to him.

Lin Qing told Su Qian about the Lizardmen beneath the magma and offered to refine pills for the academy, then reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and introduced her to his companions. He checked on Zi Yan, who remained inside a light cocoon, and hoped she would emerge from seclusion safely.

• Lin Qing told Su Qian about the powerful Lizardmen beneath the magma, and Su Qian gave him the Dan Beads the Headmaster had collected there.
• Lin Qing offered to refine three kinds of Seventh-Grade pills if the academy supplied three portions of materials, and Su Qian agreed to gather them.
• Lin Qing returned to his Small Courtyard, where Little Fairy Doctor embraced him and he noticed her and Qing Lin had advanced in cultivation.
• Lin Qing introduced Little Fairy Doctor to Little Marten and Venerable Tian Huo, then Cailin left to help establish and expand the Green Emperor Pavilion.
• Lin Qing found Zi Yan inside a large purple Light Cocoon and hoped she would emerge safely; the cocoon flashed in response.