Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy, reunited with Fire Elder, and introduced his companions to Hu Gan. Medusa and Xiao Qing became Honorary Elders, while Hu Gan agreed to waive the Inner Academy selection requirements for Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

• Fire Elder excitedly welcomed Xiao Qing back, and Xiao Qing led his companions with Fire Elder to the academy.
• Hu Gan asked about Xiao Qing's companions, and Xiao Qing introduced Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others.
• Medusa agreed to join Jia Nan Academy as an Honorary Elder, and Hu Gan accepted her.
• Hu Gan invited Xiao Qing to become an Honorary Elder, and Xiao Qing agreed.
• Zi Yan asked to become an Elder too, and Hu Gan said she would need the Grand Elder's approval.
• Xiao Qing asked whether Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian could skip the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, and Hu Gan agreed to make an exception.

Xiao Qing reunited with Fire Elder and revealed that he had mastered another Heavenly Flame and reached Seventh-Grade Alchemist. After meeting up with his companions, he returned to the Inner Academy and asked the Elders to open its gate.

• Hu Gan arranged for Xiao Qing, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to enter the Inner Academy together, and Xiao Qing left with Fire Elder and the others.
• Fire Elder thanked Xiao Qing for the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Qing explained that he already possessed the Life Spirit Flame and could absorb only one Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Qing told Fire Elder that he had become a Seventh-Grade Alchemist and considered postponing his plan to retrieve the Heavenly Demon Puppet from Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Qing emerged from the Alchemy Department at dusk and reunited with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa.
• Xiao Qing led his companions to the Inner Academy’s spatial barrier and asked the Elders to open the gate.

Xiao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy with Medusa and the others, then met Grand Elder Su Qian, who asked whether his Heavenly Flame could help contain Fallen Heart Flame. Xiao Qing warned that it could not suppress an intelligent Heavenly Flame, and asked whether the two elders in the Library Pavilion could resolve the danger.

• Elder Lin opened the gate to the Inner Academy, and Xiao Qing led the group through it.
• Xiao Qing and his companions settled into his pavilion, where Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and the others chose rooms.
• Su Qian visited Xiao Qing and welcomed Medusa to Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian asked whether Xiao Qing could use his Heavenly Flame to suppress Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Qing explained that an intelligent Heavenly Flame could not be easily suppressed and warned that Fallen Heart Flame might eventually break free.
• Xiao Qing asked Su Qian whether the two elders in the Library Pavilion could deal with Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Qing convinced Su Qian that his soul force was strong enough to subdue Fallen Heart Flame, then proposed using it as bait to lure the Black-Corner Region's experts into a trap. Su Qian agreed to help, and they planned to prepare quietly for two months before carrying out the scheme.

• Su Qian said the Thousand and Hundred Elders were impossible to contact, and Xiao Qing claimed he could subdue Fallen Heart Flame with his strength.
• Xiao Qing unleashed his overwhelming soul force, convincing Su Qian that he could defeat the beast beneath the tower.
• Xiao Qing proposed using Fallen Heart Flame to draw in Black-Corner Region experts and wipe them out, and Su Qian agreed to the plan.
• Xiao Qing and Su Qian set the operation for two months later and decided to inform only a few trustworthy core Elders.

Han Feng learned that the Fallen Heart Flame was in Jia Nan Academy and gathered allies to pursue it. At the academy, Su Qian and the Elders staged a light punishment for Elder Qing over the leak.

• Han Beng reported to Han Feng that spies had confirmed a Heavenly Flame was inside Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng summoned the Sky Yin Sect, Blood Sect, Eight Gates, and the Gold and Silver Elders, offering medicinal pills for their help.
• Han Feng planned to use the Flame Mantra Fragment to refine the Fallen Heart Flame and advance his strength.
• At Jia Nan Academy, the Elders questioned Elder Qing about revealing the Fallen Heart Flame's existence, and he accepted responsibility.
• Su Qian proposed stripping Elder Qing of his Elder position for now, and the Elders unanimously voted in favor.

Han Feng gathered Black-Corner Region leaders and experts to plan an attack on Jia Nan Academy and seize its Heavenly Flame. The group agreed to wait until the flame fought back against the Academy, leaving Yuan Yi intending to find a chance to warn Xiao Qing.

• Elder Qing accepted punishment for the leaked information about the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian dismissed the Elders.
• Han Feng summoned major Black-Corner Region leaders and experts to Feng City and offered rewards for helping him obtain the Heavenly Flame at Jia Nan Academy.
• The Gold and Silver Elders agreed to handle Jia Nan Academy's Dou Zong in exchange for two Sect-Breaking Pills.
• Fan Lao, Su Mei, Yuan Yi, and the other gathered experts agreed to join Han Feng's plan in exchange for medicinal pills.
• Han Feng said they would attack when the intelligent Heavenly Flame counterattacked Jia Nan Academy and left its experts occupied.

Xiao Qing entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to confront the Fallen Heart Flame, while Su Qian prepared the Inner Academy and Black-Corner Region factions for a wider operation. Xiao Qing attacked the flame in the magma and crushed its giant python form, then overwhelmed it with soul pressure as it tried to regenerate.

• Su Qian dismissed the tower's seal and ordered the guarding Elders to summon the Inner Academy Elders.
• Su Qian opened the barrier, and Xiao Qing dove into the magma to confront the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian left to brief the Inner Academy and prepare for the Black-Corner Region factions' arrival.
• Wu Tianlang and Fire Old Man led Elders and the Enforcement Team to raid the Black-Corner Region factions' headquarters.
• Xiao Qing struck the Invisible Fire Python with a crystalline green palm, destroying its giant body before it regenerated.
• Xiao Qing released overwhelming soul pressure that terrified the Invisible Fire Python and threatened its intelligence.

Han Feng led the Black-Corner Region experts toward Jia Nan Academy while Xiao Qing contained the Fallen Heart Flame and returned to the surface. After the Academy Elders secured the flame, Xiao Qing and Su Qian went to meet the approaching invaders, while Medusa chose to watch unless they threatened the students.

• Han Feng sensed the Sea Heart Flame and set out with the Black-Corner Region experts, while Yuan Yi silently worried that Xiao Qing would not receive a warning.
• Xiao Qing captured the subdued Fallen Heart Flame and flew toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower instead of retrieving the juvenile flame below.
• Su Qian and the Elders thanked Xiao Qing, and Su Qian placed the Fallen Heart Flame in a Fire Gathering Pot that began producing Heart Flame throughout the tower.
• Su Qian and Xiao Qing sensed the approaching forces and went to welcome the uninvited guests as the Elders followed.
• Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan watched the incoming experts; Medusa said she would intervene if they attacked the Inner Academy students.

Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region experts entered Jia Nan Academy and discovered that Su Qian had laid a trap for them. As the battle began, Xiao Qing stunned the enemy forces with a soul-infused shout, leaving them vulnerable to the academy Elders’ attacks.

• Han Feng sensed that the Inner Academy was unusually calm, realized the Black-Corner Region forces had fallen into a trap, and ordered a retreat.
• Su Qian appeared to block their escape, while Jia Nan Academy Elders surrounded Han Feng and his allies.
• Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy Elders, and the Gold and Silver Elders attacked Su Qian as the two sides clashed.
• Xiao Qing appeared and stopped the battle’s energy ripples from reaching the Inner Academy buildings.
• Xiao Qing shouted at the Black-Corner Region experts, freezing them long enough for the Jia Nan Academy Elders to launch a barrage of attacks.

Xiao Qing defeated the Black-Corner Region powerhouses with his soul techniques and helped Hu Gan hold off Han Feng. After capturing Han Feng’s soul, he extracted a deep-blue flame from it.

• Lin Yan, Lin Xiuya, and Liu Qing discussed Xiao Qing’s strength, while Han Yue wondered whether such power could protect her from the Hong Family.
• Xiao Qing used black soul chains to pull the souls from the wounded Black-Corner Region powerhouses and sealed them in jade bottles.
• Hu Gan blocked Han Feng, and the two Dou Emperor Peak experts clashed with their Earth Tier Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Qing joined Hu Gan, gave him a Sixth-Grade Recovery Pill, and restrained Han Feng before he could test whether Xiao Qing was connected to the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Qing pulled Han Feng’s soul from his body and extracted a deep-blue flame despite Han Feng begging for his life.

Xiao Qing stripped Han Feng of the Sea Heart Flame and captured his soul after exposing his connection to Mu Gu. He then contained the flame with Spatial Power while Su Qian continued battling the Gold and Silver Elders overhead.

• Xiao Qing rejected Han Feng’s plea for mercy, named Mu Gu, and sealed Han Feng’s soul in a jade bottle for Yao Chen.
• Hu Gan asked why Han Feng had pursued the Fallen Heart Flame despite already possessing a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Qing gave no explanation.
• Xiao Qing saw that Su Qian had the upper hand against the Gold and Silver Elders and let him continue fighting.
• Xiao Qing used Spatial Power to form a Space Cage around the Sea Heart Flame, while Hu Gan was astonished by his ability.

Fire Elder led Jia Nan Academy’s Enforcement Team to Feng City and destroyed Han Feng’s forces there while Han Feng was away. After securing the city, Fire Elder moved on to the next target as Wu Tianlang’s parallel campaign also proceeded smoothly.

• Xiao Qing had secretly sent Yuan Yi out of the Inner Academy, leaving the Gold and Silver Elders as the only unresolved Black-Corner Region experts.
• Han Beng confronted the approaching Jia Nan Academy force and used Han Feng’s pills to force the remaining Feng City experts to stay and fight.
• Fire Elder killed the defenders who flew out to meet him, then ordered the Enforcement Team to take Feng City.
• The Enforcement Team purged Feng City’s inhabitants while Fire Elder raided the treasury and collected its valuables.
• Fire Elder led the Enforcement Team toward its next destination as Wu Tianlang continued a similar operation elsewhere.

Yuan Yi returned to the Eight Gates headquarters and told his elders that he had pledged allegiance to Jia Nan Academy, ordering them to change their conduct and keep watch on the Black Emperor Sect. At the Black Emperor Sect, Mo Tianxing learned from Qi Shan that the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva had revealed no trace of the Bodhi Heart.

• Yuan Yi returned to Black Mark City and heard the elders’ account of Jia Nan Academy’s campaign against Black-Corner Region factions.
• Yuan Yi reassured the Eight Gates elders that Jia Nan Academy would not attack them because he had pledged allegiance to one of its experts.
• Yuan Yi ordered the Eight Gates members to stop committing evil and instructed the elders to monitor the Black Emperor Sect.
• Qi Shan told Mo Tianxing that the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva could improve talent but had not revealed the location of the Bodhi Heart.
• Mo Tianxing recalled studying the substance for years and remained disappointed that it had yielded no sign of the legendary Bodhi Heart.

Mo Tianxing decided to auction the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva to draw powerful experts to the Black-Corner Region, while Xiao Qing helped Jia Nan Academy recover after defeating its enemies and offered to strengthen its Elders with pills. The chapter ended with Xiao Qing preparing to return to his companions and Su Qian welcoming his offer.

• Mo Tianxing praised Mo Ya's breakthrough to Three-Star Dou Emperor and proposed auctioning the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Qi Shan agreed that the auction could attract powerful experts, and Mo Tianxing set it for half a year later.
• Su Qian brought Xiao Qing the corpses of the Gold and Silver Elders, and Xiao Qing extracted and stored their souls.
• Hu Gan and the other Elders gathered the Black-Corner Region experts' corpses and helped restore order in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Qing told Su Qian he could refine pills to raise the academy Elders' strength, and Su Qian recognized his intention.

Xiao Qing distributed Energy Cores to Zi Yan and began refining Dou Ling Pills for Jia Nan Academy, drawing excitement from the Elders and students. As the pill-making continued and the academy’s supplies were replenished, Wu Tianlang exchanged ingredients for Sect-Breaking Pills to help him attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Qing gave Zi Yan her share of several Dou Emperor-level Energy Cores, and she agreed to save shares for Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Qian told the Elders that Xiao Qing would refine pills for the academy, and they exchanged for Dou Ling Pill ingredients before bringing him three sets to refine.
• Xiao Qing began refining pills and promised the Elders they could collect them in a week; Zi Yan entered seclusion to refine her Energy Cores.
• A Dou Ling Pill’s birth sent a pillar of energy and medicinal fragrance across the Inner Academy, where students gathered to cultivate and Elders guarded Xiao Qing’s pavilion.
• Fire Elder and Wu Tianlang returned with the Enforcement Team after raiding Black-Corner Region factions, replenishing the Medicinal Materials Repository with pill ingredients and other resources.
• Wu Tianlang exchanged for three sets of Sect-Breaking Pill ingredients, hoping the pills would help him break through from Dou Emperor Peak to Dou Zong.

After completing several days of Dou Ling Pill refining, Xiao Qing gave the pills to the Inner Academy Elders and received the gratitude of students who had advanced through cultivation. Su Qian then unexpectedly named him Jia Nan Academy’s honorary dean, leaving Xiao Qing stunned and reluctant to accept.

• Xiao Qing spent two more days refining Dou Ling Pills while the Elders and students waited outside his pavilion.
• Xiao Qing emerged and distributed jade bottles of Dou Ling Pills to the Elders, who thanked him and departed.
• Inner Academy students gathered to thank Xiao Qing for helping them cultivate and break through.
• Su Qian appeared and announced that Xiao Qing was Jia Nan Academy’s honorary dean, equal in status to Dean Mang Tianchi.
• Xiao Qing objected that he could not bear the position and worried about facing Mang Tianchi.

Xiao Qing accepted the position of honorary academy head at Jia Nan Academy and agreed to refine Sect-Breaking Pills for Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang. After completing the pills, he sent the two Elders away to enter seclusion and attempt their breakthroughs to Dou Zong.

• Su Qian and the Inner Academy students urged Xiao Qing to accept the honorary academy head position, and Xiao Qing agreed.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Qing to refine Sect-Breaking Pills for Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang, and Xiao Qing accepted.
• Xiao Qing rested for two days before the academy Elders brought medicinal ingredients for another round of pill refining.
• Four days later, Xiao Qing finished refining the Sect-Breaking Pills and gave pills to Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang.
• Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang thanked Xiao Qing and hurried away to enter seclusion and pursue breakthroughs to Dou Zong.

Xiao Qing descended into the lava beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to search for the Fallen Heart Flame and encountered a group of Flame Lizardmen. He followed a summons to Skyfire Venerable’s hidden barrier, where the two met.

• Xiao Qing informed the four Elders guarding the tower’s bottom that he was entering the lava world, then leaped into the pit.
• Xiao Qing searched the lava with his Spirit Realm soul power, confident that the Flame Lizardmen could not catch him.
• Xiao Qing killed a group of Flame Lizardmen with a sword strike and collected the energy-containing crimson beads from their bodies.
• Xiao Qing heard a faint plea for help from the lava’s depths and flew toward its source while more Flame Lizardmen gathered at the battlefield.
• Xiao Qing entered the transparent barrier around Skyfire Venerable’s skeleton and repelled its probing force with his soul power.
• Skyfire Venerable appeared as an illusory figure, apologized for probing Xiao Qing, and was astonished by his Spirit Realm soul power.

Xiao Qing captured the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and learned how Skyfire Venerable, whose real name was Yao Tianhuo, had been trapped in the magma world. Yao Tianhuo offered Xiao Qing his Five Wheel Separation Flame Technique in exchange for being taken outside.

• Xiao Qing imprisoned the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame in a Space Cage, astonishing Skyfire Venerable with his mastery of Spatial Power.
• Skyfire Venerable introduced himself as Yao Tianhuo and recounted how two Fallen Heart Flames had injured him before Flame Lizardmen attacked him.
• Yao Tianhuo explained that he survived by concealing himself with Spatial Power, though his body was destroyed and his soul remained trapped.
• Yao Tianhuo retrieved a Storage Ring and offered Xiao Qing his Five Wheel Separation Flame Technique as payment for taking him out of the magma world.

Xiao Qing offered to restore Skyfire Venerable’s body in exchange for ten years of service, and Skyfire Venerable accepted. After leaving the magma beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Qing returned to the surface and headed for his residence.

• Xiao Qing memorized the Five Wheel Separation Flame Technique and offered Skyfire Venerable a way to restore his body and soul power.
• Skyfire Venerable learned the body-refining method, and Xiao Qing assured him he could gather the needed Heavenly Flames and materials.
• Xiao Qing proposed that Skyfire Venerable serve him for ten years after his body was restored, and Skyfire Venerable agreed.
• Skyfire Venerable stored the skeleton and placed his Storage Ring in Xiao Qing’s possession before they left the sealed space.
• Xiao Qing flew out of the magma, greeted the four Elders at the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and walked back toward his residence.