Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun captured the Fallen Heart Flame but lost his right arm in the process, while Feng Qing'er burned her ancestral crest trying to save him. Qin Yun reattached his arm, and Fei Tian revealed that the weakened flame could now be forcibly refined.

• The Fallen Heart Flame tore off Qin Yun’s right arm, but he seized it with his left hand and held it until Fei Tian and the other experts subdued it.
• Feng Qing'er burned her ancestral crest to rush to Qin Yun, then felt dizzy from the strain.
• Qin Yun retrieved his severed arm and fused it back into place, restoring its movement.
• Qin Yun gave Feng Qing'er recovery pills and sent Fei Tian to take her to rest; he confirmed that her weakness would not harm her future cultivation.
• Fei Tian showed Qin Yun the Fallen Heart Flame’s sleeping true body and explained that, reduced to Dou Wang strength, it was ready to be forcibly refined.

Qin Yun endured three days of agony to refine the Fallen Heart Flame, with the Heavenly Fire Venerable helping him suppress it. After reaching Nine-Star Dou Wang, Qin Yun revealed he could control the Sea Heart Flame and began demonstrating a way to fuse two Heavenly Flames before Fei Tian stopped him.

• Qin Yun entered seclusion and used Threefold Reversal to survive the Fallen Heart Flame burning through his body.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable lent Qin Yun his soul aura, easing the Fallen Heart Flame's resistance and helping him refine it.
• Qin Yun finished refining the Fallen Heart Flame, broke through four minor stages to Nine-Star Dou Wang, and demonstrated his new control over its fire.
• Fei Tian warned Qin Yun that two different Heavenly Flames could not coexist, but Qin Yun revealed he could wield the Sea Heart Flame.
• Qin Yun and Han Feng's soul body began fusing the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, but Fei Tian extinguished the flames with spatial power.

After absorbing a Heavenly Flame, Qin Yun was warned by Fei Tian to conceal his unusual abilities, then reunited with Feng Qing'er and revealed he planned to continue traveling instead of returning home. He sent Fei Tian to find Xiao Yi Xian while he prepared to split up and pursue another destination.

• Fei Tian warned Qin Yun that his rare techniques and multiple Heavenly Flames could attract powerful enemies, and said he had spent three days suppressing rumors about them.
• Qin Yun found Feng Qing'er asleep outside his room, and she congratulated him on successfully absorbing the Heavenly Flame.
• Qin Yun told Fei Tian that their return to the Wind and Lightning Pavilion after three months had only been an excuse and that they would visit more places.
• Qin Yun proposed splitting up and asked Fei Tian to travel to Qingshan Town to find Xiao Yi Xian, whose woeful poison body he intended to treat.

Qin Yun arranged for Fei Tian to find Xiao Yi Xian and consider taking her as his apprentice, while Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er prepared to travel to the Tagor Desert. After leaving Jia Nan Academy, Fei Tian set off for Qingshan Town and gave Qin Yun a jade pendant so they could stay in contact.

• Qin Yun told Fei Tian that Xiao Yi Xian had a woeful poison body and that he could control it, prompting Fei Tian to consider taking her as his apprentice.
• Qin Yun said he and Feng Qing'er would travel to the Tagor Desert while Fei Tian went to Qingshan Town to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yun brought out Yao Tianhuo, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Fei Tian stored his Soul Body before agreeing to help with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Fei Tian gave Qin Yun a jade pendant and promised to find him in the Tagor Desert after completing his business.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er met the elders of Jia Nan Academy and replenished the energy in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower before departing.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er traveled to Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin, a gifted human-snake hybrid, and reached the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. They met its captains, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, but had not yet found Qing Lin.

• Qin Yun praised Feng Qing'er's recovery and promised to get her a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit that could help her become a Dou Sheng.
• Qin Yun told Feng Qing'er they were searching for Qing Lin, a girl with unusual eyes and snake-like scales, who was believed to be working for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er asked merchants for directions and located the Desert Iron Mercenary Group east of Stone Desert City.
• Qin Yun reassured the patrolmen that he had come to find someone and asked them to summon their captains.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li introduced themselves to Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er, greeting the visitors respectfully.

Qin Yun visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, hoping to find Qing Lin, but learned she was not there and might be at a slave market. Before leaving, he offered Xiao Ding and Xiao Li a favor, and Feng Qing'er swiftly eliminated their rival Luo Bu and his mercenary group.

• Qin Yun told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li how he had helped Xiao Yan and arranged the three-year agreement, earning the brothers’ gratitude.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li said they did not know Qing Lin, and Xiao Li suggested Qin Yun search the slave market where human-snake hybrids might be sold.
• Xiao Li directed Qin Yun to a slave dealer called Golden Tooth at the market on the far western end.
• Qin Yun offered the brothers a favor, and Xiao Li revealed that Luo Bu of the Sand Mercenary Group had been tormenting them.
• Feng Qing'er flew off and returned five minutes later with Luo Bu’s head, saying she had wiped out nearly the entire Sand Mercenary Group.

Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er searched the Slave Market for Qing Lin and found a sick, nameless half-human, half-Snake-People girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Qin Yun bought her and the other slaves, arranging for them to be delivered to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

• Qin Yun teased Feng Qing'er about the Xiao brothers, and she said they seemed all right but complained that they had fed her chicken.
• Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er reached the Slave Market and paid Golden Tooth to let them inspect his slaves.
• Qin Yun learned about a sick thirteen-year-old mixed-blood girl with green scales and asked Golden Tooth to take him to her.
• Qin Yun found the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in the girl's eyes, confirmed she was the girl he sought, and had Feng Qing'er carry her.
• Qin Yun paid for the other slaves and ordered Golden Tooth to deliver them to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group before noon the next day.