Chapter Summaries

The Invisible Fire Python broke free from the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower as First Elder Su Qian and the other elders tried to trap it with the Thousand-Layer Seal. The seal was breached, releasing a violent aura across the Inner Academy and as far as the Black-Corner Region.

• Su Qian warned Xiao Fan and the others to leave, then led the elders to prepare the headmaster's formation when the tower's seal began to fail.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan left the tower but stayed nearby in the sky, while Lin Xiuya and the others evacuated to safety.
• The Invisible Fire Python burst through the tower's spire, setting the surrounding area ablaze and revealing itself to the gathered students.
• Su Qian and the elders cast the Thousand-Layer Seal over the tower to contain the python.
• The python compressed its flames into a snake-shaped fire and exploded it against the formation, tearing a hole in the seal and releasing its savage aura.

Han Feng sensed heavenly flames in Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy and summoned powerful allies to help him seize them. Meanwhile, the Inner and Outer Academy elders prepared another attempt to reseal the Invisible Fire Python in the tower.

• Han Feng recognized the heavenly flame aura coming from the Inner Academy and ordered Han Beng to summon the Earth Flame Sect, the Eight Gates, the Blood Sect, and two other powerful men.
• Han Feng planned to obtain and refine a second heavenly flame, then cursed the man who had withheld the Flame Mantra from him.
• The Invisible Fire Python battered the formation until several Inner Academy elders ran out of Dou Qi, leaving the First Elder and eight elders to hold the seal.
• Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy reinforcements, allowing the exhausted Inner Academy elders to recover while the newcomers maintained the seal.
• After half an hour, the First Elder ordered the recovered elders back into position and had instructors assemble around the tower to prepare the next sealing formation.
• Students watching the operation grew eager to join in and help.

The First Elder and the Jia Nan Academy instructors resealed the Fire Python inside the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, but Han Feng arrived with forces from the Black-Corner Region to claim the Heavenly Flame. Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan learned more about Han Feng’s betrayal of Yao Lao as the opposing sides prepared for a fight.

• The First Elder, Hu Gan, and more than eighty instructors tightened the formation and forced the Fire Python back into the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Yao Lao sensed that outside factions had arrived, and Han Feng appeared with a group whose bloody aura silenced the watching students.
• Han Feng asked the First Elder to release the Heavenly Flame, but Hu Gan and the First Elder accused him of trying to steal it and refused.
• Han Feng revealed his own Heavenly Flame, prompting Xiao Yan to worry about Yao Lao and Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan to reassure their teacher.
• Yao Lao explained that Han Feng had betrayed him after being denied the Flame Mantra, and said Han Feng had stolen half of it.
• Han Feng threatened the First Elder, then two figures—one gold and one silver—stepped forward from behind him.

Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region forces attacked the Inner Academy to seize the heavenly flames, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan watched from hiding. Xiao Yan was exposed during the chaos, and Fan Lao recognized him and charged in pursuit.

• Han Feng summoned the Gold and Silver Elders, who agreed to help him in exchange for a promised reward.
• Han Feng’s forces attacked the Inner Academy as the Gold and Silver Elders engaged First Elder Su Qian and the other elders fought the invaders.
• Han Feng flew toward the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, but Hu Gan intercepted him before he could break the seal.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan stayed hidden while Yao Lao advised them to wait for an opportunity and avoid the fighting.
• A blast from a nearby battle forced Xiao Yan to fly into view, and Fan Lao recognized him, drove off the three elders fighting him, and rushed toward Xiao Yan.

Fan Lao recognized Xiao Yan as the killer of his son and attacked him, while Xiao Fan joined the fight against the Peak Dou Emperor. As Fan Lao trapped them with blood threads and hurled spears, Zi Yan, Lin Xiuya, and Liu Qing intervened, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Fan Lao identified Xiao Yan by his green flames and Thunder Bat Sky Wings, then attacked him in revenge for his son's death.
• Xiao Yan evaded Fan Lao's strike with Three Thousand Lightning Movement and taunted him.
• Xiao Fan attacked Fan Lao with Heavenly Flames, then joined Xiao Yan as they faced his growing power.
• Fan Lao bound the area with blood-colored threads, but Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan burned through them with their Heavenly Flames.
• Fan Lao hurled blood spears at Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, but Zi Yan caught one while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing intercepted the other.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan remained trapped in Fan Lao’s blood-shadow cage while Zi Yan, Lin Xiuya, and Liu Qing joined the battle. Fan Lao quickly injured the three fighters, but as he prepared another attack on Zi Yan, Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan drew his attention.

• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing joined Zi Yan in front of the cage as Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan worked to break free.
• Zi Yan destroyed Fan Lao’s blood snakes and repeatedly attacked his shield, forcing him to form Bloodthirst Armor.
• Liu Qing blocked Fan Lao’s Blood Demon Hand to save Zi Yan, while Lin Xiuya launched a sword attack; Fan Lao countered and knocked both men from the sky.
• Fan Lao struck Zi Yan with his Bloodthirst Seal, sending her to the ground with only minor injuries.
• Fan Lao formed another enormous blood-red palm to attack Zi Yan, but Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan called out to him from the cage.

Xiao Yan revealed Dou Emperor-level strength and fought Fan Lao while Xiao Fan helped Zi Yan and secretly prepared the Five-Direction Space-Sealing Formation around the battlefield. Xiao Fan then raised his strength to four-star Dou Wang and flew up to activate the plan.

• Xiao Yan shattered Fan Lao's spear and unleashed a Dou Emperor-level aura, drawing the attention of the fighters and Han Feng, who coveted his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Fan helped the injured Zi Yan reach the gathered students, then returned toward the battle while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing watched Xiao Yan fight Fan Lao.
• Xiao Fan used his Shadowless Mask to secretly plant formation flags around the battlefield for the Five-Direction Space-Sealing Formation.
• Xiao Fan activated the first three transformations of Nine Solar Transformations, reaching four-star Dou Wang, then flew into the air to put his plan into action.

Xiao Fan activated a formation that forced everyone on the battlefield to fight on the ground, while Xiao Yan gravely wounded Fan Lao. Xiao Fan struck Fan Lao as he tried to escape, and Han Feng moved to save him.

• Xiao Fan warned the Inner Academy elders about his formation, and the First Elder ordered them to follow Xiao Fan’s instructions and descend.
• Xiao Fan activated the formation, which trapped the battlefield beneath a barrier and prevented everyone from flying.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a powerful attack inside Fan Lao’s Blood Sea, destroying much of it and leaving Fan Lao gravely wounded.
• Fan Lao attempted to escape with Blood Escape, but Xiao Fan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Eight Extremes Collapse to slam him into a boulder.
• Fan Lao begged Han Feng to save him and offered him the Blood Sect, so Han Feng rushed toward him while Hu Gan struggled to stop him.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan captured Fan Lao, and Xiao Fan killed him after Han Feng failed to bargain for his release. Meanwhile, the Fallen Heart Flame broke free of the Inner Academy's seal, leaving Han Feng and the elders focused on the heavenly flame.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan cornered Fan Lao, while Han Feng offered to grant them favors in exchange for his release.
• Xiao Fan rejected Han Feng's offer and hinted that he knew Han Feng had betrayed and killed his master, terrifying Han Feng.
• The Fallen Heart Flame burst out of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, drawing the Inner Academy elders away from the battlefield.
• Xiao Fan killed Fan Lao, and Han Feng turned his attention to the escaped heavenly flame.
• Han Feng refused Elder Duan's proposal to attack the Inner Academy elders while they resealed the flame.
• The First Elder and the other elders formed the Thousand-Layer Seal, but the Fallen Heart Flame shattered it and escaped completely.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free of the elders’ seal and attacked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, who joined forces to fight the Fire Python. They learned that its huge body was only an outward form and began searching for the flame’s hidden essence.

• The Invisible Fire Python shattered the elders’ seal, injured several elders, and emerged from the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• The Fire Python targeted Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, who dodged its raining flames and decided to subdue it.
• Xiao Yan struck the Fire Python with the Xuan Heavy Ruler, but its outer body remained unharmed and knocked him back.
• Xiao Fan pierced the Fire Python’s back with the Thousand-Flame Spear, then withdrew when invisible fire spread across its scales.
• Xiao Yan relayed Yao Lao’s explanation about the Fallen Heart Flame’s hidden essence, and Xiao Fan searched the Fire Python’s body for it.
• Han Feng watched Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan fight as the Sea Heart Flame within him stirred.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan lured the Fire Python toward Han Feng, whose attack weakened it before they found and shattered the scale concealing its flame origin. The flame origin emerged, and Han Feng raced to claim it while the Gold and Silver Elders held back the Inner Academy elders.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan drew the Fire Python toward the Black-Corner Region group, and Han Feng attacked it with the Sea Heart Flame.
• The Fire Python struck Han Feng with invisible energy, injuring him and collapsing his sea of fire.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan attacked the weakened Fire Python, and Xiao Fan broke the scale beneath its head to reveal the flame origin.
• Han Feng rushed toward the flame origin, but the Inner Academy elders blocked his path.
• The Gold and Silver Elders led the Black-Corner Region group against the Inner Academy elders while they blocked the First Elder.

Xiao Yan approached the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin while Xiao Fan held off Han Feng, who sought to claim the flame for himself. After their heavenly flames clashed, Han Feng called on the Gold and Silver Elders to help defeat Xiao Fan.

• The First Elder confronted the Gold and Silver Elders as Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan about heart fire near the flame’s origin.
• Han Feng broke through the elders’ blockade and tried to bargain with Xiao Fan for the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Fan refused to let him pass.
• Xiao Fan activated the Fourth Transformation of Nine Solar Transformations and raised his strength to the Six-Star Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Fan and Han Feng clashed with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame, blasting each other backward and scorching the surrounding ground.
• Unable to break through Xiao Fan’s defense, Han Feng asked the Gold and Silver Elders to deal with him in exchange for granting their earlier request.

Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders moved to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan fought to stop them. Xiao Fan faced Gold Elder’s attack as a cool, alluring voice suddenly rang across the battlefield.

• Han Feng promised the Gold and Silver Elders a reward, and Gold Elder transferred much of his Dou Qi to Silver Elder so Silver Elder could hold off the First Elder.
• Gold Elder went to attack the badly injured Xiao Fan while Han Feng approached Xiao Yan and the flame origin.
• Han Feng was caught by the heart fire near the flame origin, but he evaded Xiao Yan’s ambush and fought back with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Gold Elder trapped Xiao Fan beneath his Great Compassion Palm and raised an earthen wall to block his escape.
• Xiao Fan prepared to unlock another stage of Radiant Sun Transformation, but a cool, alluring voice sounded across the battlefield.

You Ruo awakened and rescued Xiao Fan, forcing Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region experts to abandon their attempt to seize the Heavenly Flames. Han Feng withdrew, leaving the Inner Academy’s side in control of the battlefield.

• You Ruo appeared beside Xiao Fan, shattered Elder Gold’s attack, and used seven-colored energy to ease Xiao Fan’s injuries.
• You Ruo struck Elder Gold with her purple snake tail, while Elder Silver rushed to protect him.
• Han Feng asked You Ruo to stay out of the conflict, but Xiao Fan intervened and said he would handle matters.
• Xiao Fan removed the Sky-Sealing Formation Flags and warned Han Feng that the Black-Corner Region group could not take the Heavenly Flames.
• Han Feng conceded and apologized for intruding, and the Black-Corner Region experts and the Gold and Silver Elders breathed a sigh of relief.

After Han Feng left the Inner Academy, the Fallen Heart Flame devoured scattered flames and attacked Xiao Fan, who was too weakened to escape. The fire python consumed Xiao Fan and the area around him, leaving Yue Yao in tears.

• Xiao Fan demanded compensation from Han Feng, who gave him a fifth-grade pill formula before leading the Black-Corner Region group away.
• You Ruo explained that she had briefly awakened after sensing Xiao Fan was in danger, then returned to his sleeve to continue merging her souls.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan noticed the Fallen Heart Flame devouring the scattered flames, and the fire python grew enormous and charged back into the Inner Academy.
• First Elder Su Qian ordered the students to flee, while Xiao Yan attacked the fire python to give Xiao Fan time to escape.
• The weakened Xiao Fan retreated without using his movement techniques, but the fire python bypassed Xiao Yan and lunged at him.
• The fire python consumed Xiao Fan and everything within thirty-odd feet, and Yue Yao watched in disbelief as he vanished.

After Xiao Fan was swallowed by the Fire Python, the First Elder and the other elders recaptured the beast and sealed it in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. As the Inner Academy began rebuilding, Han Yue left a Jade Box for the unconscious Yue Yao, whose forehead briefly showed a crescent moon.

• Xiao Yan tried to attack the Fire Python, but the First Elder stopped him and poured his strength into a formation to trap the beast.
• The First Elder and the elders forced the Fire Python back into the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and sealed it away.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he had stopped him because he was injured and urged him to recover before seeking revenge for Xiao Fan.
• The elders returned the students to the ruined Inner Academy, where Hu Jia cared for the unconscious Yue Yao.
• Han Yue gave Hu Jia a Jade Box for Yue Yao and left, saying Yue Yao would not want to see what was inside.
• A crescent moon appeared and vanished on Yue Yao's forehead as she lay unconscious.

Inside the fallen heart flame, Xiao Fan searched for its essence and received three system missions. An imprisoned figure warned him about the chaos flame and a dangerous mark, then helped shield him as the mysterious space collapsed.

• Xiao Fan woke inside the fallen heart flame, protected from the magma by his chaos flame, and searched for the flame’s essence.
• The system offered Xiao Fan missions to devour, sacrifice, or subdue the fallen heart flame, and Xiao Fan asked what a chaos flame seed was.
• An aged voice pulled Xiao Fan into the pitch-black space, where he recognized the place from his earlier visit to the Inner Academy.
• The figure bound by Black Chains warned Xiao Fan not to stare at the runes and explained that the chaos flame needed to devour other flames to grow.
• As the space shattered, the figure shielded Xiao Fan from a pale red energy attached to his soul, and both energies disappeared.

Xiao Fan reached Dou Wang and began burning away the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin to strengthen his chaos flame. As Yue Yao mourned his apparent death and confessed her feelings, a silver-white beam descended on Pan Gate, and Han Yue said farewell to Miss.

• Xiao Fan remembered the mysterious space, realized he had reached Dou Wang, and chose to sacrifice the Fallen Heart Flame to advance his chaos flame.
• Xiao Fan wrapped his chaos flame around the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin and began burning away its protective energy as the Fire Python thrashed in pain.
• Yao Lao, speaking through “Xiao Yan,” told the First Elder that the activated formation could only be destroyed by brute force, and Su Qian thanked him for saving the Inner Academy.
• Yue Yao wept over the jade pendant Han Yue had brought, remembered Xiao Fan, and confessed that she liked him while hoping he was still alive.
• A silver-white beam descended into Pan Gate, and Han Yue watched it and quietly bade Miss farewell.

Xiao Fan continued consuming the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin and growing stronger while waiting for the Seven-Colored Little Snake to awaken. At the Inner Academy, Yue Yao left Pan Gate, and Xiao Yan decided to travel to the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Fan used chaos flame to erode the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin, gaining Dou Qi and spiritual strength as the trapped flame pleaded and struggled.
• Xiao Fan realized the Fallen Heart Flame had once tried to seize his body because of his unusual affinity for heavenly flames, and he resolved to consume it.
• Xiao Fan sensed that the Seven-Colored Little Snake was close to awakening and thought of Yue Yao, his junior brother, and the others waiting outside.
• Yue Yao told Hu Jia she was leaving Pan Gate, and Hu Jia noticed that her demeanor had changed sharply since her pavilion was destroyed.
• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that the Black-Corner Region was in turmoil after the Blood Sect’s master died and decided to go there, agreeing to change his appearance.

Three months after the Inner Academy was devastated, Lin Yan described its rebuilding and growing conflict with the Black-Corner Region. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan broke through the Fallen Heart Flame's barrier and began absorbing its accumulated power, with the Chaos Flame directing part of the energy into You Ruo as well.

• Lin Yan told the statue of Xiao Fan that Pan Gate had become the Inner Academy's leading faction and that Hu Jia was managing it while Xiao Fan and the other Xiao founders were away.
• Lin Yan said the Inner Academy and the Black-Corner Region had entered open conflict, then left with a severe wound on his arm.
• Elder Huo urged the First Elder to rest, but the First Elder continued watching the magma before leaving to attend to other duties.
• Xiao Fan shattered the Fallen Heart Flame's barrier and linked its origin to himself with the Chaos Flame.
• When Xiao Fan could not withstand the energy, the Chaos Flame channeled some of it into the sleeping You Ruo, who awakened and began absorbing it beside him.