Chapter Summaries

Earth Demon Old Ghost joined the attack on Jia Nan Academy as the Soul Hall captured Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, discovering the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade in the process. The Qianbai Elders finally intervened, but the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Protectors challenged them and threatened that even Mang Tianchi could not stop them.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost struck Shen Luo and declared that he would destroy Jia Nan Academy, while the Qianbai Elders failed to answer Su Qian’s summons.
• Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng with a heavenly-flame Fire Lotus, but Han Feng alerted the Soul Hall that Yao Chen was with him.
• Six Soul Hall Dou Zongs pursued Xiao Yan into the Inner Academy, shattered his Fire Lotus, captured him, and suppressed Yao Chen when his soul emerged to help.
• A Soul Hall Protector found the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade among Xiao Yan’s possessions, and Xiao Yan offered it in exchange for his father and teacher.
• The Qianbai Elders appeared and attacked the Soul Hall Protectors, but the two Heavenly Protectors blocked them and warned that even Mang Tianchi could not stop the Soul Hall.

The Soul Hall attacked Jia Nan Academy to capture Yao Chen and seize the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade, while Shen Luo watched for a chance to claim the jade and protect his plans. The Qianbai Elders briefly rescued Xiao Yan, but Old Man Mu Gu arrived, took the jade and Yao Chen, and prepared to leave.

• The Qianbai Elders unleashed a secret technique, drove back the six Soul Hall Protectors, and freed Xiao Yan from his chains.
• Xiao Yan begged the Qianbai Elders to save Yao Chen, but they refused and told him to rely on himself.
• Old Man Mu Gu emerged from a spatial rift, took the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade, and recognized its importance to the Soul Hall.
• Old Man Mu Gu sealed Yao Chen's soul in a jade bottle and announced that he would spare Jia Nan Academy.
• Old Man Mu Gu opened a spatial rift to return to the Central Plains with the Ancient Jade and Yao Chen.

Shen Luo ordered the Fire Fairy to intercept Mu Gu and the Soul Hall Protectors, then turned to battle the forces attacking the Inner Academy. After the Qianbai Elders and academy fighters routed their enemies, Shen Luo collected several bodies and souls and set his sights on the fleeing Han Feng.

• Mu Gu fled with the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade, while Shen Luo ordered the Fire Fairy to kill the Soul Hall group and leave no trace.
• Shen Luo considered the danger the Ancient Jade posed and planned to leave the Black-Corner Region to seek out Zi Yan and Medusa.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost tried to escape, but Shen Luo intercepted him and held him until the Qianbai Elders struck him down.
• Shen Luo killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, took his Storage Ring, captured his soul, and stored his body.
• The Qianbai Elders, Su Qian, and Hu Gan attacked Mo Tianxing, Eagle Mountain Elder, Han Feng, and the Gold and Silver Elders as they fled.
• Shen Luo killed Mo Tianxing and Black Mountain Elder, collected their bodies and souls, and turned his attention to the fleeing Han Feng.

After destroying the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley, Shen Luo reunited with the Fire Fairy and discussed the treasures he had gathered. She questioned his feelings for her, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Shen Luo killed Han Feng, traveled alone to the Black-Corner Region, and wiped out the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley, plundering their treasures.
• Shen Luo met the Fire Fairy at the academy and embraced her; she scolded him but did not push him away.
• Shen Luo planned to hide the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade and eventually entrust it to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan for safekeeping.
• Shen Luo offered the Fire Fairy the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but she told him to keep it.
• Shen Luo showed the Fire Fairy three map fragments for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and promised to give the flame to her if he obtained it.
• The Fire Fairy gently touched Shen Luo's cheek and asked whether he had still not given up on her, while Shen Luo resolved to win her over.

Shen Luo promised Fire Fairy he would obtain the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and offer it as betrothal once he became a Saint, then devoured the origin power of the Sea Heart Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame under her protection. He emerged at peak Seven-Star Dou Zong, while Fire Fairy said she would only be with him openly if he became a Saint and brought the demon flame.

• Shen Luo told Fire Fairy she mattered more to him than the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and promised to ask the Yan Clan for her hand once he became a Saint.
• Fire Fairy explained that the Emperor Clans restricted powerful Dou Sheng from acting freely and that claiming the demon flame would be extremely dangerous.
• Shen Luo asked Fire Fairy to guard him, then used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to consume the origin power of the Sea Heart Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Fire Fairy concealed herself in the void and protected Shen Luo while marveling at his ability to devour Heavenly Flame origins.
• Fire Fairy said she would be with Shen Luo openly if he became a Saint and offered the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame as betrothal, but otherwise he would remain her secret lover.
• After one day, Shen Luo finished devouring both flames and reached peak Seven-Star Dou Zong.

After devouring the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Sea Heart Flame, Shen Luo traveled with the Fire Fairy into the magma beneath Jia Nan Academy to investigate its depths. When they neared a mysterious barrier, the Fire Fairy sensed a terrifying presence beyond it.

• Shen Luo reflected that the Heavenly Flames had raised his cultivation by only five minor realms, then asked the Fire Fairy to accompany him beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• The Fire Fairy warned Shen Luo to focus on cultivation, but he embraced her and reassured her that she motivated him to grow stronger.
• Shen Luo entered the Magma World and devoured the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin and surrounding energy with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.
• The Fire Fairy sensed two Half-Saint Flame Lizards, but Shen Luo told her not to disturb them and warned her to stop before the barrier at the deepest point.
• As the Fire Fairy slowed near the barrier, her chest heaved and terror appeared on her face after she sensed something beyond it.

Fire Fairy and Shen Luo discovered Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave beneath the Magma Sea and were attacked by its guardian, Zhu Kun. Fire Fairy sent Shen Luo out of danger and stayed behind to face the powerful dragon.

• Fire Fairy sensed that the Magma World was vast enough to rival the Yan Clan's Flame Realm and continued exploring with Shen Luo.
• Fire Fairy found a hidden space and took Shen Luo inside, where they discovered Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave and Shen Luo revealed a fragment of Ancient Jade.
• Zhu Kun awakened and demanded the Ancient Jade, then attacked Fire Fairy and Shen Luo after recognizing their jade was incomplete.
• Fire Fairy countered Zhu Kun's purple-gold attack with three Falling Flame Profound Fingers but was driven back by the clash.
• As Zhu Kun swept his dragon tail at them, Fire Fairy pushed Shen Luo out of the space and prepared to block the blow herself.

Shen Luo returned to Zhu Kun’s prison to save the badly injured Fire Fairy and bargained for their lives with the Ancient Jade and his connection to Zi Yan. Zhu Kun let Shen Luo leave under a three-day blood-essence mark, keeping Fire Fairy hostage until he brought Zi Yan back.

• Zhu Kun battered Fire Fairy until Shen Luo intervened and stood between them.
• Shen Luo warned Zhu Kun that killing them would leave him trapped with the Ancient Jade and promised to return with all eight pieces.
• Zhu Kun demanded Shen Luo contact the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Shen Luo revealed that his girlfriend was Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun kept Fire Fairy hostage, planted his blood essence in Shen Luo, and gave him three days to bring Zi Yan back.
• Fire Fairy urged Shen Luo to seek help from Yan Jin and Gu Yuan, but Shen Luo left through the spatial rift without turning back.

Shen Luo escaped the Earth Core World, dealt with Su Qian over the destruction of the Fallen Heart Flame, and reunited with Zi Yan, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yan. He took Zi Yan back underground to meet her kin, revealing that an Ancient Void Dragon had hit him.

• Two Half-Saint Flame Lizardmen escorted Shen Luo out of the Earth Core World after he absorbed power from Zhu Kun's essence blood.
• Su Qian confronted Shen Luo about the Fallen Heart Flame, and Shen Luo admitted he had destroyed it and promised compensation.
• Shen Luo returned to his residence, where Zi Yan, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yan were waiting.
• Shen Luo sided with Queen Medusa when Xiao Yan claimed ownership of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and Xiao Yan left angrily.
• Shen Luo took Zi Yan into the Magma World to meet her kin and told her an Ancient Void Dragon had hit him.

Trapped inside Tou She Ancient God's seal, Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter and revealed why he had left her alone. Zi Yan rejected him as an abandoning father while Zhu Kun desperately tried to explain himself from behind the barrier.

• Zhu Kun remained imprisoned in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and lamented that he did not know whether his daughter was alive.
• Zhu Kun sensed Shen Luo and Zi Yan approaching and asked Shen Luo to keep Zi Yan outside the seal.
• Zi Yan released her bloodline aura, and Zhu Kun realized she was his daughter.
• Zhu Kun called himself Zi Yan's father, but Zi Yan retreated behind Shen Luo and said she had been abandoned.
• Zhu Kun changed into a middle-aged man and explained that Tou She Ancient God's trap had kept him imprisoned while Zi Yan grew up alone.

Shen Luo used Zhu Kun’s guilt over losing Zi Yan to make the arrogant Dragon Emperor acknowledge him as his son-in-law. Zi Yan still refused to forgive her father, but Shen Luo urged her to give him another chance so Zhu Kun could attend their future wedding.

• Zi Yan called herself an abandoned baby, and Zhu Kun broke down with guilt over having been separated from her.
• Shen Luo rebuked Zhu Kun for how much Zi Yan had suffered, but Zhu Kun angrily ordered him to leave Zi Yan alone.
• Shen Luo left with Zi Yan and Fire Fairy, prompting Zhu Kun to beg his worthy son-in-law to return and apologize.
• Zhu Kun welcomed Shen Luo back and asked him to help repair his relationship with Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan said she would never forgive Zhu Kun, but Shen Luo reminded her that they would marry someday and asked her to give her father another chance.

Shen Luo helped Zi Yan forgive Zhu Kun and explained how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had declined during Zhu Kun’s imprisonment. The chapter ended with Shen Luo claiming he had a plan to break the barrier holding Zhu Kun captive.

• Shen Luo persuaded Zi Yan that Zhu Kun had left her behind to protect her, and Zi Yan forgave her father for now while refusing to fully acknowledge him.
• Zhu Kun asked Shen Luo and Zi Yan to tell the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to gather the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Shen Luo explained that the Ancient Eight Clans held the pieces and had powerful nine-star Dou Sheng experts.
• Shen Luo told Zhu Kun that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four factions and fought a civil war for thousands of years while some experts searched the void for him.
• Zhu Kun realized that his decision to take Zi Yan away had left the clan without its Dragon Emperor bloodline and contributed to its decline.
• Shen Luo questioned whether the barrier around Zhu Kun could still hold and declared that he had a plan to break it.