Chapter Summaries

Su Qian brought the land and river to meet Zi Yan, who agreed to leave with him after learning her biological father was trapped beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. They arranged to enter the magma below the tower, and Su Qian evacuated the students and gathered the elders to prepare for the exchange of the original Fallen Heart Flame for a newborn one.

• Su Qian told the land and river how he had found and cared for Zi Yan, then took him to the Medicinal Materials Repository.
• Su Qian caught Zi Yan stealing medicinal ingredients, and she fled to the Back Mountain after learning the land and river had come to take her home.
• The land and river told Zi Yan she was an Ancient Void Dragon and offered to take her to her father; she agreed after insisting on meeting him first.
• The land and river proposed exchanging a newborn fallen heart flame for the original Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian accepted.
• Su Qian ordered the students evacuated from the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and gathered the elders and teachers to prepare for their entry beneath it.

He subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, then found Yao Tianhuo beneath the magma and agreed to help restore his soul in exchange for a technique and a flame seed. After battling Flame Lizardmen and collecting Fire Beads, he passed through a barrier into a new space at the bottom of the magma sea.

• He slipped through the seal and subdued the Fallen Heart Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame before storing it in System Space.
• He plunged into the magma and discovered Yao Tianhuo's hidden refuge, where Yao Tianhuo offered the Five Wheel Flame Separation Technique and a Fallen Heart Flame Seed in return for help restoring his soul.
• He made Yao Tianhuo sign a contract, then continued deeper despite Yao Tianhuo's warning about the Flame Lizardmen.
• He killed Flame Lizardmen and collected Fire Beads, but could barely injure a Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardman and decided to return for it later.
• He reached the bottom of the magma sea, passed through a barrier, and entered another space.

Land and River reached Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, forced Zhu Kun to sign a contract in exchange for freedom, and entered the sealed interior. He looted nearly everything inside and absorbed its remaining Dou Qi before leaving for the Central Plains.

• Land and River arrived at the cave mansion and blocked Zhu Kun's Void Dragon Breath with ease.
• Land and River offered to free Zhu Kun if he worked for him, and Zhu Kun signed the contract after learning he might see Zi Yan again.
• Land and River passed through the Dou Di restriction and stone doors, while Zhu Kun failed to follow and assumed Land and River was an enemy of Tou She Ancient God.
• Land and River collected the Heavenly Flame remnants, Heaven Rank methods and techniques, the half-finished Emperor Pill, and other treasures from the cave mansion.
• Land and River absorbed the cave mansion's Dou Qi, barely advanced to Eight-Star Dou Zong, and left to seek more power in the Central Plains.

After escaping the ancient space, Zhu Kun briefly shook Douluo Star with his power before returning to the Dou Qi Continent, where he reunited with Zi Yan. He was then compelled by the Contractual Pact to leave with Yao Tianhuo, while forces across Douluo began investigating the disturbance.

• He teleported to Douluo Continent, where Zhu Kun followed and his leaking aura caused earthquakes, tsunamis, and spatial cracks before he suppressed his power and returned.
• The Silver Dragon King sent Di Tian, Zi JI, and the other Ferocious Beasts to investigate the dragon aura, while the Divine Realm gods ordered surveillance of Douluo Star.
• The Asura God ordered an investigation, prompting the King of Slaughter to drag Tang San out to search for clues.
• Zhu Kun emerged near the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Zi Yan recognized their blood connection but rejected his attempts to embrace and explain himself.
• He gave Yao Tianhuo Soul-Nourishing Pills and Soul-Nourishing Dew and ordered him to go with Zhu Kun to the Mittel Auction House, but the Contractual Pact forced Zhu Kun to take Yao Tianhuo away despite his protest.

After subduing the young Fallen Heart Flame, the land river cultivated at Jia Nan Academy and broke through to Dou Zun, drawing the attention of students and elders. He recruited Han Yue and Han Xue, and Liu Fei stepped forward to ask to follow him as well.

• The land river gave the young Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian, completed his commission, and decided to stay and cultivate at the Inner Academy.
• As the land river absorbed the academy’s Dou Qi, Han Yue, Han Xue, Liu Fei, and other students followed the flow to see what was happening.
• The land river broke through from Dou Zong to Dou Zun, and the shock wave sent the gathered onlookers flying.
• The land river invited Han Yue and Han Xue to follow him and cultivate, and both sisters signed golden contracts.
• Liu Fei asked the land river to accept her as a follower, and he recognized her as a spoiled young lady.

The land recruited Liu Fei and Ye Xinlan, then brought them to the Douluo Continent to witness the Sea God's Stairway and its trials. Xun'er explained the world's rules to the newcomers, while Zi Yan repeatedly failed to pass the barrier and argued with Xiao Wu about their different kinds of beast transformation.

• The land offered Liu Fei and Ye Xinlan opportunities to study alchemy and join the Pill Tower, and both signed golden contracts.
• The land brought the girls, including Liu Fei and Ye Xinlan, to the Douluo Continent, where they saw four girls cultivating on the Sea God's Stairway.
• The land returned to the Trading House, asked Qing Lin to gather everyone, and brought them to Sea God Island.
• Nalan Yanran noticed Zhu Zhuqing and the others undergoing a god test, while Xun'er spotted the black marks that allowed them onto the stairway.
• Xun'er explained martial souls, soul power, world tiers, and planar barriers to Han Yue, Han Xue, Liu Fei, and Ye Xinlan.
• Zi Yan failed repeatedly to cross the golden barrier and argued with Xiao Wu about how their kinds of beasts became human, while Ya Fei descended from the stairway after stopping her cultivation.

Ya Fei explained the Sea God's Light trials to Nalan Yanran and encouraged her to pursue Lu Chuan before other women did. Meanwhile, Han Xue, Liu Fei, Han Yue, and Ye Xinlan settled into the group, and Ye Xinlan wondered whether Lu Chuan's power and looks might make her situation bearable.

• Xiao Wu mistook the black mark on Ya Fei's forehead for a tattoo, but Ya Fei explained that it marked her eight black-level Sea God Trials and was bound to her soul.
• Ya Fei told Nalan Yanran that the first trial required reaching the 110th step of the Sea God Stairway and explained how the pressure increased with each step.
• Ya Fei urged Nalan Yanran to take the initiative with Lu Chuan, noting that Rongrong had already won him over and that he had brought back three more beauties.
• Dugu Yan pinched Xiao Wu while Ya Fei spoke, then Dugu Yan and Nalan Yanran awkwardly avoided each other's gaze before the women went their separate ways.
• Han Xue, Liu Fei, Han Yue, and Ye Xinlan mingled with the women and considered their families' troubles and their ties to Lu Chuan.
• Ye Xinlan asked Ye Lingling what tier of Alchemist Lu Chuan was.

Ye Xinlan discovered that Lu Chuan was an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster and asked him to take her as his disciple. After testing her alchemy and correcting her technique, Lu Chuan showed her how to refine a perfect Pure Essence Pill and gave her the Heart Separation Control secret technique.

• Ye Xinlan asked Lu Chuan about his alchemy rank and, learning he could refine Eighth-Tier Pills, knelt and asked him to take her as his disciple.
• Lu Chuan refused to accept Ye Xinlan as his disciple but agreed to assess her alchemy by having her refine two pills.
• Ye Xinlan refined a Weather Pill and then produced an imperfect Pure Essence Pill, losing more than half its medicinal potency.
• Lu Chuan pointed out that Ye Xinlan's Soul Force control was weak and demonstrated how to refine a perfect Pure Essence Pill with three Pill Patterns.
• Lu Chuan gave Ye Xinlan a booklet on Heart Separation Control and told her not to pass the secret technique on.