Chapter Summaries

After three days apart, Xiao Yan revealed his extraordinary growth and Samadhi True Fire to Yao Chen, then explained that he gained opportunities from a mysterious space every few months. Yao Chen accepted his explanation and recognized that Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra had evolved, leaving them to consider the advantages of his new source flame.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Samadhi True Fire into the Flame Mantra as Yao Chen emerged from the Ancient Ring and was shocked by Xiao Yan’s five-star Dou Zhe cultivation and unusual body.
• Xiao Yan traded grand opening poems with Yao Chen and claimed he had changed after three days apart.
• Xiao Yan explained that a space between reality and illusion periodically gave him fortuitous opportunities, and Yao Chen accepted this as a likely Dou Di inheritance.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Chen the Samadhi True Fire and explained that it had become his source flame and helped the Flame Mantra evolve.
• Yao Chen realized the Samadhi True Fire would make it easier for Xiao Yan to devour Heavenly Flames in the future.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er launched a rainy-night attack on the allied Jia Lie and Oba clans, beginning by killing Oba Pa. The chapter left them inside the Jia Lie compound as their assault began.

• Xiao Yan decided to destroy the Jia Lie and Oba clans that night, and Xiao Xun'er chose to join him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er set out together in conspicuous brocade robes while Ling Ying remained hidden nearby.
• Oba Pa waited at the Jia Lie compound, unaware that black aura was affecting him as his cultivation advanced.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er appeared before Oba Pa, and Xiao Yan's pure white flames incinerated most of his body.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er stormed the Jia Lie Clan estate in the rain, lighting their path with flames and cutting down anyone who tried to stop them. As the clan encircled them, Xun'er killed several attackers, while Xiao Yan noticed sinister black Qi hidden in their souls.

• Xiao Yan scattered Oba Pa's ashes and burned a guard to ashes with the Samadhi True Fire as he and Xiao Xun'er entered the estate.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er advanced openly through the clan grounds, igniting lamps and killing guards who attacked them.
• The Jia Lie Clan sent waves of fighters, then surrounded the pair with Dou Masters and several Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan noticed a wisp of black Qi hidden in every opponent's soul but could not determine where it led.
• Jia Lie Bi offered a medicinal pill and a Xuan-rank Dou technique for their deaths, and his fighters charged.
• Xiao Xun'er reversed a spear attack to kill one man, then struck eight more enemies down with Guardian Trigram Palm.

Xiao Yan trapped the attackers at the Jia Lie Clan Grounds and unleashed a devastating Flame Splitting Wave-Cleaving Ruler, while Xiao Xun'er helped him finish off the survivors. As the two prepared to leave, a mysterious black-robed figure emerged from the smoke and threatened Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan sealed the Jia Lie Clan Grounds with Samadhi True Fire, sensed a hidden force connected to the black aura, and prevented the crowd from escaping.
• Jia Lie Bi rallied the attackers against Xiao Yan, while Xiao Xun'er continued killing enemies who tried to ambush him.
• Xiao Yan released his full power and struck the charging crowd with Flame Splitting Wave-Cleaving Ruler, creating a vast sea of fire.
• Xiao Xun'er caught the exhausted Xiao Yan, and he detonated the fading flames to kill the remaining attackers, including Xi Men Sang and another Da Dou Shi.
• A black-robed figure appeared through the smoke, praised Xiao Yan's strength, and declared that he loved strangling geniuses like him.

Xiao Yan protected Xiao Xun'er and defeated a Soul Hall Soul Envoy who had come for him, using Samadhi True Fire and Samadhi Pills. After leaving, Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Lie Clan Grounds to loot the remains and discovered a strange crystal where Na Geshui had died.

• The Soul Envoy taunted the exhausted Xiao Yan and revealed that he belonged to the Soul Hall and had targeted him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er mocked the Soul Envoy through their soul communication as he exposed details about himself and his organization.
• The Soul Envoy attacked with resentful souls and black chains, but Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to shield Xiao Xun'er and burned pills to restore his strength.
• Xiao Yan hurled Samadhi Pills at the Soul Envoy, engulfing him in flames, then left with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Lie Clan Grounds to collect Storage Rings and found a crystal resembling Beast Soul Essence where Na Geshui had died.

After defeating a Soul Hall Soul Envoy, Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Hall was connected to Yao Chen’s past and had targeted them both. He vowed to confront the force and promised to help Yao Chen recover, leaving them ready to pursue the Soul Hall together.

• Xiao Yan examined two Soul Essences and asked Yao Chen why he had been silent since the Soul Hall appeared.
• Yao Chen revealed that the Soul Hall was a colossal force and warned Xiao Yan that its higher ranks included Dou Zongs and possibly Dou Venerables.
• Xiao Yan demanded the location of the Soul Hall’s nearest stronghold and declared that he would take revenge alongside Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan handed Yao Chen several Soul Essences and said that the chance for Yao Chen’s recovery had arrived.

Xiao Yan left Wutan City to train in the Beast Mountain Range, while Xiao Xun'er stayed behind and planned to secure resources from her clan. On the road, Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen about a woman with a dormant poison-bearing constitution, and Yao Chen suspected she had a Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he was leaving to grow stronger, and they agreed to attend Jia Nan Academy together a year later.
• After Xiao Yan departed, Xiao Xun'er told Ling Ying to keep the Xiao Clan safe and planned to ask her father for resources by claiming she had found a clue to the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan headed for the Beast Mountain Range with Yao Lao, who advised him to focus on training and strengthening the inheritances in his body rather than pursuing Han Feng in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan explained that a woman in Qingshan Town had a dormant poison sealed by his technique and mentioned a seven-colored pattern on her lower abdomen.
• Yao Lao recognized the description as a possible Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian at Hundred Herb Hall, where she discovered his strange condition and learned that other women had been contacting him. The next day, they headed into the Beast Mountain Range to investigate a cave connected to Xiao Yi Xian’s emerging Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Yan sensed unusual fire energy nearby.

• Xiao Yan read Yao Lao’s scroll about the Woeful Poison Body and hurried to Qingshan Town to see whether Xiao Yi Xian possessed it.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian at Hundred Herb Hall, and she was stunned by his depleted condition before dragging him inside to question him.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed two jade pendants chime while Xiao Yan rested against her, then embraced him and asked him to stay with her.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan set out for a cave in the Beast Mountain Range that she had discovered while gathering herbs.
• Xiao Yan sensed the cave’s direction and detected an unusual wisp of fire energy there.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian followed a mysterious flame aura into the mountains while Mu She led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after them. At the cliff, Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Yi Xian to reconsider her Poison Dou Qi and Woeful Poison Body, then jumped with her toward the cave and pulled them back into the air with flames.

• Xiao Yan sensed a faint flame aura in the cave and strengthened Xiao Yi Xian with a wisp of white fire.
• Mu She suspected Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian were involved in his son Mu Li's disappearance and led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in pursuit.
• Xiao Yan detected the pursuers and argued that Xiao Yi Xian should prevent greedy people from harming others before their schemes took root.
• Xiao Yan tossed Samadhi Pills onto the ground and waited while Xiao Yi Xian reflected on her poisonous constitution.
• Xiao Yan jumped off the cliff with Xiao Yi Xian, and when they fell past the cave, he used flames to lift them back into the air.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a cave and found a hidden chamber containing a fragment with a Heavenly Flame aura and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. As Xiao Yi Xian discovered an opportunity tied to her constitution, Xiao Yan sensed that one of his traps above the cliff had been triggered.

• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian to the cave entrance using his unfinished Fire Release technique.
• Xiao Yan illuminated the cave with flames, killed the Rock Snake, and gave Xiao Yi Xian its magic core and flesh essence.
• Xiao Yan dismantled and destroyed the stone door, then entered a chamber with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan found a key and a fragment bearing a faint Heavenly Flame aura beside the skeleton, while Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the box that had stirred her constitution and found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Yan sensed that one of his landmines atop the cliff had been triggered.

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian accept and begin controlling her Woeful Poison Body, convincing her that poison could serve her healing goals. When Mu She and his men reached the cave, Xiao Yi Xian used her poison arts against them, and Xiao Yan finished the fight with flames before they turned to the treasure.

• Xiao Yi Xian read the scroll about the Woeful Poison Body and worried that her awakened power would make her a feared poison master.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could help her control her physique and argued that using poison against those who harmed others could also be a form of healing.
• Xiao Yi Xian's doubts faded, and she agreed to meet Xiao Yan at Hundred Herb Hall; he promised her pills to suppress and refine her poison while he cultivated in the mountains.
• Mu She and his mercenaries arrived at the cave after suffering losses along the path, and Xiao Yan urged Xiao Yi Xian to deal with them.
• Xiao Yi Xian released part of her seal and attacked Mu She and his men with poison, while Xiao Yan's flames left only ashes and Storage Rings behind.
• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Yi Xian about her attack and suggested they claim the treasure and prepare for more arrivals.

After a month of hunting and cultivation, Xiao Yan transformed his cultivation and unlocked a temporary Flame Dharma Body, leaving him vastly stronger despite still being a One-Star Dou Master. His new fiery aura attracted the attention of Yao Nuo, whose compass revealed a possible Heavenly Flame nearby.

• Xiao Yan used the Succulent Nine Marvels to complete a breakthrough, transforming his Sea of Bitterness and changing his body through the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan discovered he could transform his limbs into flame and regenerate them, then named the temporary state the Dharma Body.
• Xiao Yan tested his new power by destroying a fourth-tier magical beast and considered how much stronger he might become before his three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan sensed an aura in the mountain range that seemed to have been drawn by his transformation into fire.
• Yao Nuo's wooden compass sparked while he searched the continent, giving him a possible clue to a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan followed a strange fluctuation into a valley of beast remains and discovered a hidden space tied to the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After Yao Nuo attacked him to seize what he believed was a weak Heavenly Flame, Xiao Yan entered the sealed space and vowed to kill him within three days.

• Xiao Yan hurried through the Beast Mountain Range toward the source of a mysterious fluctuation, and Yao Chen marveled at his disciple’s extraordinary progress.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen identified the valley as a likely birthplace of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and traced the lingering beast-soul aura to a patterned stone door.
• Xiao Yan entered a flame-transformed state that revealed the door concealed a broken separate space, while Yao Chen suspected it might contain valuable ruins.
• Yao Nuo arrived on Dou Qi wings, mistook Xiao Yan for a weak Heavenly Flame spirit, and attacked him to claim him for himself.
• Xiao Yan fought back with the Eight Gates and Samadhi True Fire, badly burning Yao Nuo before slipping through the now-transparent stone door.
• Xiao Yan taunted Yao Nuo and promised to kill him within three days, while Yao Nuo raged outside and crushed a jade talisman to summon help.

Xiao Yan explored the Beast Mound with Yao Lao, learned about the Ancient Eight Clans and Yao Lao’s painful history with the Yao Clan, then devoured the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. The mist obscuring the space dispersed, signaling that the next projection of the heavens could begin.

• Xiao Yan recovered inside the Beast Mound and learned from Yao Lao that the ruined space was a fragment of an ancient Myriad Beasts Graveyard.
• Xiao Yan guessed that Yao Lao belonged to the Yao Clan, and Yao Lao explained the Ancient Eight Clans and his grievance with the clan that had cost his mother her life.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao found an altar, where they saw a mountain-sized skeletal wing and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan approached the flame in his pure white Dharma body and swallowed it, refining it instantly with the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the space’s obscuring mist had dispersed, while Yao Lao stared in disbelief at his effortless refinement.

After refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Xiao Yan gained automated cultivation and entered a new world, where he arrived just as Ma Xiaotao lost control of her Evil Phoenix Flame. He stopped her crash, but she had knocked his martial soul out of him, leaving him demanding compensation.

• Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, learned it could purify bloodlines and grow by absorbing beast power, and discovered a possible Nine Netherworld Sparrow inheritance.
• Xiao Yan merged the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into his source flame, gaining an instinctive flame beast that cultivated automatically for him.
• Xiao Yan entered a new world and learned that humans there awakened something connected to beast races, while Tang San sensed a sudden surge of fortune in the lower realm.
• Ma Xiaotao destroyed a ghost village while rescuing sacrifices, killed the evil soul master, and fled as her Evil Phoenix Flame overwhelmed her reason.
• Xiao Yan caught the unconscious Ma Xiaotao after she crashed into him and complained that she had knocked his martial soul out.

Xiao Yan encountered Ma Xiaotao after the Evil Phoenix Flame drove her out of control, and he purified the flame while helping her transform into Ultimate Fire. Ma Xiaotao woke beside him, trusted him after their souls and energies intertwined, and realized something was wrong as she looked him over.

• Xiao Yan found Ma Xiaotao rampaging and sensed that the Holy Spirit Cult had left victims barely alive nearby.
• Xiao Yan healed the victims, then removed the Flame-Sealing Seal and subdued Ma Xiaotao when her Evil Phoenix Flame erupted.
• Xiao Yan sensed Ma Xiaotao’s natal flame lower its defenses and used the Samadhi True Fire and Flame Mantra to purify and refine her Evil Phoenix Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Ma Xiaotao cultivated together as he absorbed the corrupted flames and negative emotions, while her bloodline was refined into Ultimate Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao woke beneath the night sky, felt trust and intimacy toward Xiao Yan, and noticed his state as she looked down.

After Ma Xiaotao and Xiao Yan spent three days together, she attempted to awaken his martial soul with an elaborate formation. Xiao Yan’s Natal Flame awakened as the Flame Emperor, revealing a power that stunned Ma Xiaotao.

• Ma Xiaotao realized that the flames had burned away both her and Xiao Yan’s clothes, then found him awake and teasing her.
• Ma Xiaotao pushed Xiao Yan down and took the lead, leaving him overwhelmed by her advances.
• Three days later, Ma Xiaotao prepared an academy martial-soul awakening formation and had Xiao Yan eat noodles before beginning.
• Ma Xiaotao guided Xiao Yan through the formation, stirring his Natal Flame and drawing out the power within him.
• Xiao Yan’s martial soul awakened as the Flame Emperor, and Ma Xiaotao asked what level he had reached.

After his martial soul formed, Xiao Yan discovered that his fire-based cultivation had gained tangible form and planned a string of dangerous expeditions with Ma Xiaotao. Ma Xiaotao eagerly agreed to join him, while Di Tian sensed that trouble was coming.

• Xiao Yan examined the changes in his cultivation and found a crimson-gold flame at the center of his Sea of Bitterness, while Ma Xiaotao sensed the immense power within him.
• Xiao Yan planned to obtain soul rings and study how they formed, even proposing to experiment on Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with Ma Xiaotao.
• Xiao Yan proposed wiping out the Holy Spirit Cult, and Ma Xiaotao agreed after recalling the horrors caused by Evil Soul Masters.
• Xiao Yan planned to visit Sun Moon and the Evil Demon Forest, meet the Body Sect, explore a ten-thousand-year-old treasure site, and possibly travel to the Far North and Deep Sea Icefield.
• Ma Xiaotao impatiently dragged Xiao Yan away to begin their travels, while Di Tian sneezed beside the Lake of Life and sensed impending trouble.

Xiao Yan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a soul beast to form his first soul ring and chose a powerful Titan Flame God Ape as a candidate. As he and Ma Xiaotao flew toward it, Xiao Yan sensed a hidden source of pure fire essence mixed with wood qi.

• Xiao Yan sensed several powerful fire-element soul beasts and considered how their abilities could shape his Dharma body.
• Xiao Yan rejected the Blazing Gray Wolf and other beasts, then focused on the sixty-thousand-year Titan Flame God Ape.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the Titan Flame God Ape could draw on earth-vein power and form a massive lava divine body.
• Xiao Yan and Ma Xiaotao set off to find the Titan Flame God Ape, hoping it would cooperate.
• Xiao Yan detected pure fire essence with a trace of wood qi as they flew away.

Xiao Yan and Ma Xiaotao encountered a seventy-thousand-year Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach, a rare fire-element soul beast that offered its life-bound fruit to become Xiao Yan’s soul ring if he helped it break through to a hundred thousand years. The peach tree revealed its desperate but convoluted plan to survive, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by its world-shaking schemes.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach’s wood-infused flames and rushed toward it with Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao identified the tree as an extinct, top-tier soul beast more than seventy thousand years old, whose flames were approaching Ultimate Fire.
• The Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach welcomed Xiao Yan and offered him a ripe life-bound fruit as a gift, easing his suspicion.
• The tree asked Xiao Yan to purify its flames and promised its life-bound fruit as his soul ring if it broke through the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
• The peach tree explained that it hoped to use Xiao Yan’s power and fortune to survive, even if it had to sacrifice its cultivation and start over.
• Xiao Yan sensed the tree’s shifting thoughts and was left speechless by its elaborate determination to live.