Chapter Summaries

Shen Luo settled Zi Yan in the Inner Academy and secretly worked to keep her from bonding with Xiao Yan, while planning to claim valuable opportunities for himself. He persuaded Su Qian to open the seal beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, leaving him poised to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame in the magma world.

• Shen Luo arranged for Zi Yan to live with him and warned her to conceal that she was an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Shen Luo gave Zi Yan his refined pill pellets, destroyed the pills Xiao Yan had given her, and told her to eat only his.
• Shen Luo assessed Xiao Yan and Yao Chen as rivals and resolved to pursue Medusa and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map.
• Shen Luo asked Su Qian for permission to cultivate in the earth core magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• After Shen Luo offered him a seventh-grade pill, Su Qian agreed to open the seal so Shen Luo could investigate the Fallen Heart Flame.

Shen Luo entered the Earth Core Magma World beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower to cultivate, while Su Qian and the academy elders guarded the sealed entrance. Shen Luo rapidly absorbed the magma’s energy, but a creature with enormous scarlet eyes watched him from nearby.

• Su Qian ordered the Inner Academy elders to open the tower’s seal and introduced Shen Luo as a Dou Zong expert and high-ranking alchemist.
• Shen Luo gave Su Qian three Dou Ling Pills for the elders who maintained the seal, impressing them with his generosity.
• The elders opened the ancient door, and Shen Luo entered the Earth Core Magma World as Su Qian instructed them to stand watch.
• Shen Luo used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and his heavenly tyrant body to absorb the violent fire energy and resist the fire poison.
• After swimming deeper into the magma, Shen Luo sat down to cultivate, and his dou qi began approaching a breakthrough.
• A pair of enormous scarlet eyes watched Shen Luo from nearby, regarding him as prey.

Shen Luo cultivated deep in the Earth Core Magma World, repelled the Fallen Heart Flame, and descended farther toward Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He killed Yao Tianhuo and began devouring the Fallen Heart Flame seed.

• The Fallen Heart Flame ambushed Shen Luo, but he shattered its giant python form with one punch and let the wounded flame escape.
• After three days of cultivation, Shen Luo reached the peak of one-star Dou Zong and descended deeper into the magma.
• Shen Luo sensed thousands of Flame Lizardmen, including Dou Zun-level presences, and concluded they guarded the way toward Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Shen Luo encountered the remnant soul of Yao Tianhuo, recognized his intent to possess him, and devoured him with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Shen Luo drew the infant Fallen Heart Flame into his body to drain its essence with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

Shen Luo took Zi Yan treasure hunting in the Black-Corner Region, helping her raid powerful factions’ treasuries while turning their outings into thrilling mischief. After half a month of thefts, the region’s factions issued Black List kill orders for the two notorious thieves.

• Shen Luo reunited with Zi Yan and learned that she still lacked enough pills and relied on treasure hunting to find resources.
• Shen Luo invited Zi Yan to hunt for treasure with him in the Black-Corner Region, and the two left the Inner Academy without notifying Su Qian, who was in seclusion.
• Shen Luo and Zi Yan infiltrated the Blood Sect’s treasury at night, with Zi Yan bypassing its barriers and stuffing herself with the loot.
• Shen Luo deliberately drew pursuers after them as he and Zi Yan raided more than a dozen factions over half a month.
• The Black-Corner Region’s factions issued Black List kill orders for the two thieves, describing one as a Dou Wang and the other as a likely Dou Emperor.

Shen Luo and Zi Yan enjoyed the spoils of their recent thefts while growing closer, and Zi Yan asked to become his wife. The chapter ended with Shen Luo promising that his other partners would not bully her, while telling Zi Yan not to bully them either.

• The Black-Corner Region raised the bounty on the notorious thief, while Han Feng invited the thief to Maple City and the Gold and Silver Elders vowed to guard it.
• Zi Yan sorted through stolen treasures with Shen Luo and happily ate a fifth-grade pill, growing stronger.
• Zi Yan told Shen Luo she wanted to stay with him forever and asked whether he had someone he liked.
• Zi Yan asked to become Shen Luo's wife and have a child with him, and Shen Luo said he had a good impression of her but would have other partners.
• Zi Yan worried Shen Luo's other partners might bully her, and Shen Luo promised they would not while warning her not to bully them either.

Shen Luo and Zi Yan arrived in Maple City to raid Han Feng’s Medicine Vault, with Shen Luo deliberately letting Han Feng detect Zi Yan. Zi Yan was surrounded by Han Feng and four Dou Huang experts, and she called for Shen Luo to run.

• Shen Luo and Zi Yan made a pinky promise that they would stay together and not abandon each other.
• Shen Luo carried a sleeping Zi Yan to Maple City and told her they would raid Han Feng’s treasures before returning to the academy.
• Shen Luo and Zi Yan found Han Feng’s protected Medicine Vault, and Zi Yan slipped past the patrols to break into it.
• Han Feng and four Dou Huang experts surrounded Zi Yan, who shouted for Shen Luo to run.

Shen Luo confronted Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders, revealing overwhelming strength as he defeated their attacks and absorbed Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame. Han Feng was left stunned, and Shen Luo remained unharmed as the battle continued.

• Shen Luo demanded Han Feng hand over the treasures he had gathered, then unleashed an aura that alarmed Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Han Feng ordered the Gold and Silver Elders to hold Shen Luo while the others seized Zi Yan, but Shen Luo protected her and knocked the elders away with one punch.
• Shen Luo killed three attacking Dou Wangs in an instant, frightening the remaining fighters.
• The Gold and Silver Elders trapped Shen Luo in their strangulation formation, but their blades failed to pierce his skin, and he battered both elders.
• Han Feng attacked Shen Luo with the Sea Heart Flame, but Shen Luo’s devouring power absorbed the fire dragon and left Han Feng stunned.

Shen Luo fought Han Feng and his allies in Maple City, enduring their attacks to protect Zi Yan. After the attackers unleashed their strongest techniques at her, Shen Luo took the full assault and disappeared in the resulting light.

• Han Feng urged his allies to exploit Zi Yan as Shen Luo's weakness and attack her while keeping Shen Luo occupied.
• Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders led a sustained barrage against Shen Luo and Zi Yan, forcing Shen Luo to defend her and suffer injuries.
• Zi Yan begged Shen Luo to leave her behind, but Shen Luo refused to abandon her.
• Han Feng launched Blazing Inferno as the others fired their strongest techniques at Zi Yan.
• Shen Luo spread his arms in front of Zi Yan and took the combined assault, prompting Zi Yan to cry out his name.

Shen Luo protected Zi Yan from Han Feng's forces, then revealed his power and trapped the estate in a devouring domain. He demanded Han Feng's Storage Ring and left him facing a choice between surrender and fighting back.

• Shen Luo comforted Zi Yan after she cried over his injuries, and she kissed his cheek when he asked her to.
• Shen Luo healed himself and unleashed the Devouring Realm, killing several of Han Feng's men and draining their energy.
• Han Feng raised his Sea Heart Flame to shield his followers, but Shen Luo's domain began devouring the Heavenly Flame and their attacks.
• Shen Luo demanded Han Feng's Storage Ring in exchange for sparing his life.
• Han Feng challenged Shen Luo's right to act against the Black-Corner Region.

Shen Luo defeated Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders, then revealed that Yao Chen was alive and had a new disciple. Han Feng learned Yao Chen was at Jia Nan Academy and set his sights on going there, while Shen Luo and Zi Yan returned to the academy together.

• Shen Luo shattered Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame shield with one punch, beat him down, and took his Storage Ring.
• Shen Luo made the Gold and Silver Elders hand over their Storage Rings after his strength left them too afraid to resist.
• Shen Luo told Han Feng that Yao Chen was alive at Jia Nan Academy and had taken a talented disciple with a heavenly flame, then hinted that the disciple had told him Han Feng killed his master.
• Han Feng realized Yao Chen might have taught his new disciple the Flame Mantra and vowed to go to Jia Nan Academy to find him.
• Shen Luo comforted Zi Yan and walked back to Jia Nan Academy with her, while Han Feng remained in the ruins planning his pursuit.