Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun tried to recruit Feng Qing'er into his plans by revealing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and questioning the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's bloodline hierarchy. Feng Qing'er refused to betray her race, but Qin Yun's warning about Huang Tian's leadership and her memories of their first meeting left her questioning the clan leader's methods.

• Qin Yun told Feng Qing'er that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit could let her reach Dou Sheng, but Huang Tian's son Jiufeng would likely claim it if she returned with it.
• Feng Qing'er refused to help Qin Yun overthrow Huang Tian, saying she would not endanger her race for her own gain.
• Qin Yun suggested that Huang Tian was leading the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan toward ruin and asked Feng Qing'er to recall their first meeting.
• Feng Qing'er remembered Qin Yun's apparent knowledge of her and learned that he had initially avoided her because he thought her overbearing.
• Feng Qing'er reconsidered the clan's bloodline ranks and realized her Auntie Phoenix had quietly opposed Huang Tian's methods.

Qin Yun persuaded Feng Qing'er to help him lure Huang Tian into a location where the Ancient Void Dragons' Old Dragon Emperor could intervene. After Feng Qing'er misunderstood his warning as an order to kill Fei Tian, Qin Yun clarified the secret plan, and several days later he prepared to leave the Xiao Clan after growing closer to Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er.

• Qin Yun told Feng Qing'er that he planned to use the Ancient Void Dragons' Old Dragon Emperor against Huang Tian, and she agreed to help and introduce him to her aunt.
• Qin Yun warned Feng Qing'er to keep their discussion secret, but she mistakenly thought he wanted Fei Tian killed; Qin Yun corrected her before anything happened.
• Fei Tian sneezed and suspected Qin Yun was plotting against him, while Qin Yun privately considered taking some of Fei Tian's belongings as a reward for saving him.
• After several more days at the Xiao Clan, Qin Yun decided he had built enough goodwill and was ready to leave.
• Xiao Yan grew fond of Qin Yun, and Xiao Xun'er became less wary after seeing that he genuinely supported Xiao Yan.

Qin Yun left Xiao Yan and set out with Feng Qing'er and Fei Tian for Jia Nan Academy, intending to win over Zi Yan and gain leverage over her father, Zhu Kun. Xiao Xun'er learned more about her father's treatment of the Xiao Clan and worried about telling Xiao Yan the truth.

• Qin Yun said farewell to Xiao Yan, who promised to help him become a Nine-Star Dou Saint or even share his cultivation if he became a Dou Di.
• Xiao Xun'er reflected on how her father had deprived the Xiao Clan of resources and worried that the truth might create a rift between her and Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yun, Feng Qing'er, and Fei Tian traveled by spatial ship, while Fei Tian grew uneasy about being assigned so many dangerous tasks.
• Qin Yun told Fei Tian they were heading to Jia Nan Academy to see its Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, though he secretly planned to approach Zi Yan.
• Fei Tian and Feng Qing'er discussed Jia Nan Academy's reputation, Heavenly Flame, headmaster, and guardians before Qin Yun invited Fei Tian to join the fun.

Qin Yun arranged for Fei Tian to distract Jia Nan Academy while he and Feng Qing'er slipped inside to find a little girl. Feng Qing'er sensed an unpleasant aura near the academy storeroom, where Zi Yan was eating medicinal ingredients, and Zi Yan sensed someone annoying nearby.

• Qin Yun asked Fei Tian to drink with Su Qian and keep him occupied, then gave him three sixth-grade pills as a down payment.
• Qin Yun spent five days refining 102 fourth-grade pills and 30 fifth-grade pills as bait for Zi Yan.
• Fei Tian arrived at Jia Nan Academy aboard the spatial ship and was warmly welcomed by the academy elders.
• While the elders gathered to receive Fei Tian, Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to slip into the academy.
• Qin Yun told Feng Qing'er to search for an aura that stirred strong emotions, and she sensed one near the storeroom.
• Zi Yan ate medicinal ingredients in the storeroom, then sensed someone annoying nearby.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er found Zi Yan and used pills to persuade her to hear them out. Feng Qing'er asked for Zi Yan's help in ending the ancient enmity between their clans, and Zi Yan agreed to listen before Su Qian could find her.

• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er teleported to Zi Yan, who reacted warily and asked who they were.
• Qin Yun offered Zi Yan a bottle of third-tier pills, and she accepted after smelling their fragrance.
• Zi Yan ate the entire bottle of pills and agreed to answer their questions.
• Qin Yun introduced himself and Feng Qing'er, explaining that the clans' conflict might be why Zi Yan disliked her.
• Feng Qing'er apologized for their species' enmity and asked Zi Yan to help bring it to an end.
• Zi Yan accepted Feng Qing'er's appeal and urged them to speak quickly before Su Qian found her.

Qin Yun told Zi Yan that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and revealed that her father, Zhu Kun, was a powerful ally he hoped to enlist against the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. He left Zi Yan free to decide whether to help him, trusting her not to reveal his plans.

• Qin Yun asked Zi Yan about her origins, and she admitted she did not know her race but wanted to find out.
• Qin Yun revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon, and she agreed to help him personally in return for his earlier kindness.
• Qin Yun told Zi Yan the story of Zhu Kun, an Ancient Void Dragon trapped for more than ten thousand years after sending his egg into the outside world.
• Zi Yan realized Zhu Kun was likely her father and asked whether Qin Yun had approached her to reach him.
• Qin Yun admitted he wanted Zhu Kun's help to change the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's rules and explained his plan to draw Huang Tian to Zhu Kun.
• Zi Yan pointed out that she could expose Qin Yun's plan, but Qin Yun said he trusted her and left the choice to her.

Qin Yun persuaded Zi Yan to cooperate with his plan to restore her father and make her the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor, while warning her against returning to her divided clan. After giving her pills, he began planning how to lure Huang Tian to the Old Dragon Emperor.

• Feng Qing'er accused Qin Yun of using the same manipulative tactic on Zi Yan that he had used on her, and Qin Yun turned her complaint back on her.
• Zi Yan agreed to cooperate with Qin Yun and asked about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, but Qin Yun warned that its factions made returning dangerous.
• Qin Yun explained that Zi Yan's father remained trapped by a restriction left by a Dou Di and said he could eventually be freed.
• Zi Yan agreed to wait for Qin Yun's plan, and he gave her a Storage Ring filled with pills before she left happily.
• Qin Yun decided to lure Huang Tian toward the Old Dragon Emperor by revealing the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and its final wisp of origin qi.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er raided Jia Nan Academy's Medicinal Herb Repository and prepared to return, but Qin Yun remembered Heavenly Fire Venerable was still trapped beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. He changed their plans to enter the Magma World and retrieve him.

• Qin Yun explained that he needed Huang Tian's strength to search the Magma World safely for Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave and the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Qin Yun persuaded Feng Qing'er to steal medicinal herbs from Jia Nan Academy and blame Zi Yan, and they packed herbs while leaving the protective barriers intact.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er prepared to return because Fei Tian was struggling to hold out.
• Qin Yun remembered Heavenly Fire Venerable's remaining soul and decided to bring him back to the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.
• Qin Yun told Feng Qing'er they had to sneak beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and enter the Magma World to retrieve Heavenly Fire Venerable.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er searched the lava world beneath the Heaven-Burning Qi Refining Tower for the Heavenly Fire Venerable's remains. They found his skeleton and weak soul origin, leaving Qin Yun face-to-face with the elderly Venerable.

• Qin Yun reassured Feng Qing'er that Fei Tian could keep the academy elders occupied while they searched below the tower.
• Qin Yun warned Feng Qing'er about the powerful Fire Lizard tribe and explained that he sought a human Dou Zun's remains.
• After an hour of fruitless searching, Qin Yun proposed releasing their spiritual power briefly to draw out a signal, and Feng Qing'er agreed.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er sensed a faint spiritual fluctuation, followed it, and found a human skeleton with a weak flame between its brows.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable appeared from the skeleton, and Qin Yun asked him to confirm his identity.

Qin Yun negotiated with the weakened Heavenly Fire Venerable and agreed to take him out in exchange for an infant Fallen Heart Flame and the Five-Wheel Li Fire Technique. After nourishing the venerable’s soul, Qin Yun introduced himself and Feng Qing’er, and they prepared to leave the place where the venerable had been trapped for centuries.

• The Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to leave with Qin Yun and offered an infant Fallen Heart Flame as payment.
• Qin Yun accepted the genuine but immature heavenly flame and considered trading it to Jia Nan Academy for the stronger flame sealed in its Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable gave Qin Yun his Five-Wheel Li Fire Technique after Qin Yun signaled that the flame alone was not enough.
• Qin Yun used five Soul-Nourishing Golden Flowers to strengthen the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul until it could briefly rival a Dou Wang.
• Qin Yun introduced himself as a member of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and introduced Feng Qing’er as a member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, surprising the venerable.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er returned from the Lava World and found Fei Tian drunk and disgraced after a chaotic gathering with the academy elders. After Qin Yun teased him about the incident, Fei Tian challenged the academy’s students and elders to spar with the two Wind and Lightning Pavilion disciples.

• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er left the Lava World, but Fei Tian failed to respond to Qin Yun’s message, so they went to find him.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er found Fei Tian slumped on the ground while the academy elders looked shaken and embarrassed.
• Great Elder Su Qian explained that Fei Tian had drunk heavily, then made a drunken spectacle while showing off his pet bird.
• Fei Tian threatened the elders not to reveal what happened, but Qin Yun teased him and admitted he had used a Recording Stone.
• Fei Tian challenged the academy’s students and Dou Wang elders to spar with Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er, suggesting that Great Elder Su Qian could join in.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er joined Jia Nan Academy’s elders and students for a series of fights, where Qin Yun obtained Feng Hou Qimen and Feng Qing'er quickly overwhelmed her first opponent. Feng Qing'er was left wondering whether the former student had been unusually weak.

• Fei Tian had Su Qian summon the Dou Wang elders and former students to the arena, and he told Feng Qing'er and Qin Yun they could challenge opponents stronger than themselves.
• Qin Yun encouraged Feng Qing'er to fight first, and a Three-Star Dou Wang former student volunteered to face her.
• While Feng Qing'er prepared to fight, Qin Yun checked in at Jia Nan Academy and received the beginner-level Feng Hou Qimen ability.
• Feng Qing'er activated her bloodline power, used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to close the distance, and struck her opponent with Wind and Lightning Palm.
• The former student crashed into the arena barrier and lost consciousness, and Feng Qing'er questioned whether he had been too weak.

Feng Qing'er defeated a Jia Nan Academy graduate in one move, then overcame Elder Lin in close combat with her Lightning Drill. After the two losses, no one from the academy dared to accept her challenge.

• Feng Qing'er defeated the Jia Nan Academy graduate with a single Wind and Lightning Palm, surprising the spectators.
• Su Qian sent Elder Lin, a six-star Dou Wang and hand-to-hand combat instructor, to fight Feng Qing'er.
• Feng Qing'er matched Elder Lin in close combat and reflected on how much stronger Qin Yun had been during their earlier sparring.
• Feng Qing'er pierced Elder Lin's shoulder with her Lightning Drill and ended the match.
• After Elder Lin was carried away, the Jia Nan Academy fighters refused to accept any more challenges, leaving Su Qian embarrassed.

Lei Yan defeated Feng Qing'er in a spar, then challenged Qin Yun. Qin Yun accepted the challenge and asked about Lei Yan’s future plans.

• Lei Yan, a Nine-Star Dou Wang and former top graduate, stepped forward to challenge Feng Qing'er.
• Feng Qing'er used her ribbons to attack Lei Yan, but he burned them away and struck with Thunderclap Finger.
• Feng Qing'er’s Demon Phoenix Bell was pierced, and Lei Yan’s attack left a small cut on her cheek.
• Feng Qing'er accepted the loss and acknowledged Lei Yan’s higher cultivation, while he praised her talent.
• Lei Yan asked Qin Yun to spar, and Qin Yun asked whether he had plans beyond serving as an academy elder.

Qin Yun accepted Lei Yan’s challenge by sending an eighty-percent-strength spiritual clone to fight him. The clone used a partial Threefold Reversal and talisman enhancements to overwhelm Lei Yan, leaving the challenge unresolved as the beating continued.

• Qin Yun created a spiritual clone and told Lei Yan to defeat it before challenging his true body.
• Lei Yan entered his second stage and struck the clone with Vajra Thunderclap Fist, sending it flying.
• Qin Yun’s clone entered a partial Threefold Reversal and blasted Lei Yan away with a punch.
• Lei Yan attacked with Five Thunder Claw, leaving five gashes in the clone, which began to heal.
• Qin Yun’s clone used the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art to enhance his attributes and knocked Lei Yan through the air.

Lei Yan challenged Qin Yun to a real-body duel and unleashed his strongest technique, Limitless Wind-Thunder Storm, against Qin Yun’s true Threefold Reversal. The attack engulfed the arena, leaving the onlookers unsure whether Qin Yun had been injured.

• Lei Yan’s clone dissipated after becoming overloaded with buffs, but Lei Yan still believed Qin Yun had held back and requested a fight against his real body.
• Qin Yun accepted Lei Yan’s challenge and proposed a turn-based duel in which each fighter took one attack at a time.
• Lei Yan gathered his strongest attack, Limitless Wind-Thunder Storm, and warned Qin Yun that its power might be difficult to control.
• Qin Yun activated his true Threefold Reversal, transforming his body and hair as Feng Qing’er watched in excitement.
• Lei Yan unleashed a massive wind-and-lightning shock wave that shook the arena’s defensive barrier, while Fei Tian worried that Qin Yun might have been seriously hurt.

Qin Yun sparred with Lei Yan, who stubbornly tested the limits of Qin Yun’s lightning attack and was severely injured. Lei Yan survived without lasting complications and was expected to recover after a month of rest.

• Qin Yun emerged from Lei Yan’s attack with only minor scratches, which healed within seconds.
• Qin Yun tried to end the spar, but Lei Yan insisted that Qin Yun strike back.
• Qin Yun surrounded Lei Yan with Five Thunder Talismans and warned him that breaking through the lightning barrier would count as success.
• After Lei Yan pressed him to use his full strength, Qin Yun doubled the barrier’s intensity, and Lei Yan thrust his arm into it.
• Qin Yun dispersed the talismans, but Lei Yan was badly burned and taken to the infirmary.
• Fei Tian scolded Qin Yun, and an examination found that Lei Yan would recover without lasting complications after a month of recuperation.

Qin Yun apologized to Su Qian for injuring Lei Yan and gained permission to visit Jia Nan Academy’s Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. He then revealed his interest in the Fallen Heart Flame and began negotiating with the academy’s leaders, leaving them to consider what he offered.

• Qin Yun gave Su Qian a fifth-tier Dou Wang Pill as an apology for injuring Lei Yan, and Su Qian accepted it.
• Qin Yun asked to see the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian agreed to make an exception for him and Fei Tian.
• Su Qian explained that the tower’s cultivation benefits came with the side effect of fire poison, while Qin Yun identified the Fallen Heart Flame as its source.
• Qin Yun asked to discuss the Fallen Heart Flame privately with Su Qian, who arranged a meeting in the council hall.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai joined the meeting, and Su Qian refused to give up the Fallen Heart Flame because Jia Nan Academy depended on it.
• Qin Yun insisted that the Fallen Heart Flame could be traded for sufficient value, leaving Su Qian surprised by what he presented.

Qin Yun negotiated a deal with Jia Nan Academy to exchange his infant fallen heart flame for the mature one sealed beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. After the academy agreed, Qin Yun prepared to absorb the mature flame as the elders released it and began suppressing it.

• Su Qian and the guardians confirmed Qin Yun's flame was a genuine but immature fallen heart flame.
• Qin Yun offered to pay one-third of the flame's growth costs and leave enough energy to keep the tower running for a year after taking control of the mature flame.
• Su Qian accepted the trade, and Qin Yun handed over his infant fallen heart flame.
• Fei Tian warned Qin Yun about the dangers of absorbing the mature flame, but Qin Yun said he was confident and had the necessary preparations.
• The academy evacuated the area, and Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er retreated while Su Qian released the seals on the mature fallen heart flame.
• A huge flaming python emerged, and Fei Tian attacked it with a lightning-charged Dou Qi palm.

Fei Tian and the elders weakened the Fallen Heart Flame, but it split into fireballs to attack the distant students and hide its true body. Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er protected the students, and Qin Yun used Chaotic Golden Watch to save Feng Qing'er from an ambush before the Fallen Heart Flame’s true body lunged at him.

• Fei Tian and the elders weakened the Fallen Heart Flame until it began a desperate self-destruction, scattering fiery meteors across the sky.
• Su Qian recognized that the Fallen Heart Flame was targeting the students and prepared to return to protect them.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er intercepted the fireballs while Su Qian and the others searched for the Fallen Heart Flame’s true body.
• Qin Yun used Chaotic Golden Watch to shift Feng Qing'er out of the way of a slender attacker concealed inside a fireball.
• Fei Tian recognized the attacker as the Fallen Heart Flame’s true body, which lunged at Qin Yun.