Chapter Summaries

At the Black Emperor Sect auction, Xiao Yan won the Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler, while Xiao Fan focused on a mummified magical beast that he recognized as belonging to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. The auctioneer began presenting the corpse, and Zi Yan felt uneasy near it, though Xiao Fan reassured her.

• Xiao Yan bid three million gold coins to secure the Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler while Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan also bid on several rare medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Fan grew solemn when an earth tier middle grade dark-attribute cultivation method sold for more than nine million gold coins.
• The Black Emperor Sect displayed a hundred-foot mummified magical beast with crystalline bone wings and said it might have been nearing the eighth rank.
• Xiao Fan recognized the corpse as belonging to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and considered its phoenix blood essence and wings valuable for future uses.
• Zi Yan said the corpse made her uncomfortable, and Xiao Fan reassured her that she was likely reacting to the presence of a high-ranked magical beast.

Xiao Fan traded two Dou Ling Pills and two Emperor-Level Pills to Mo Tianxing for the dried magical beast corpse after Demon Flame Valley offered the Flame Manipulation Art. Mo Tianxing then took over the auction and presented a red-cloth-covered object, leaving the crowd eager to see it.

• Xiao Fan bid one Dou Ling Pill and one Emperor-Level Pill for the dried magical beast corpse.
• Fang Yan offered Demon Flame Valley's Flame Manipulation Art, but Mo Tianxing rejected it, warning that using it caused incurable injuries.
• Fang Yan questioned whether the corpse was worth trading for, prompting Mo Tianxing to offer it to Xiao Fan for four Dou Ling Pills and five Emperor-Level Pills.
• Xiao Fan negotiated the price down to two Dou Ling Pills and two Emperor-Level Pills, and Mo Tianxing accepted the trade.
• Mo Tianxing took over the auction and had four Black Emperor Sect elders bring a red-cloth-covered object onto the stage.

Xiao Fan offered a Sect Breaking Pill along with several other pills to trade for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, but the Black Emperor Sect chose Eagle Mountain Old Man’s bid instead. The chapter ended with Mo Tianxing announcing the result and inviting the auction’s guests to stay for the Black Emperor Sect’s banquets.

• Mo Tianxing displayed the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and explained that bidders would submit their offers privately on the auction platform.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Fan whether he would bid, and Xiao Fan decided to enter the platform himself.
• Xiao Fan offered a sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill, then added three Dou Ling Pills and three Emperor-Level Pills to strengthen his bid.
• Mo Tianxing announced that the Black Emperor Sect had chosen Eagle Mountain Old Man as its trading partner.
• Mo Tianxing told the guests they could collect their auction items within two days and invited them to attend the sect’s banquets.

After the auction, Xiao Fan collected his winnings and struck a deal with Mo Tianxing for Sect Breaking Pill ingredients in exchange for sparing the Mad Lion Gang and Rakshasa Gate. Back at the Black Emperor Pavilion, Xiao Fan removed bone wings from the dried Magical Beast corpse to make a Flying Dou Technique for Xiao Yan.

• After returning to the Black Emperor Pavilion, Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to stay inside while he went alone to the Black Emperor Sect to collect their auction items.
• Mo Tianxing offered to provide ingredients for Sect Breaking Pills in exchange for one pill, and Xiao Fan agreed on the condition that the Black Emperor Sect would not target the Mad Lion Gang or Rakshasa Gate.
• After Xiao Fan left, Mo Tianxing revealed that he had recognized him despite his false name and had chosen not to expose him.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan the Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler and other auction winnings, then took out the dried Magical Beast corpse in the pavilion courtyard.
• Xiao Fan carved the corpse’s crystalline bone wings free and told Xiao Yan they could be made into a Flying Dou Technique that would let him move unhindered against anyone below Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan refined valuable materials from a dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, revealing its identity and the danger of keeping its remains. Xiao Yan accepted the risk of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's pursuit in exchange for their spoils.

• Xiao Fan cut ten spikes from the corpse, refined them, and gave them to Zi Yan for a pair of gauntlets.
• Xiao Fan refined the corpse's flesh into five drops of blood essence, and Xiao Yan discovered the essence could restore the hide's energy.
• Xiao Fan used the blood essence and Heavenly Flames to refine the hide, recovering a seventh-tier magic core.
• Xiao Fan identified the corpse as a Heavenly Demon Phoenix and warned that its clan relentlessly pursued outsiders who kept its remains.
• Xiao Yan looked at their bone wings, blood essence, and magic core, then declared that a true man could not languish beneath another forever.

Xiao Fan prepared for the struggle over the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, sharing the Heavenly Demon Phoenix materials with Xiao Yan and arranging support from Jia Nan Academy’s Su Qian. The next day, Eagle Mountain Old Man collected the prize and left Black Emperor City, with Fang Yan and the Demon Flame Valley disciples pursuing him.

• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Demon Phoenix blood essence and magic core, warning him to conceal them from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and kept the Bone Wing to turn into a Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Fan received three sets of Sect Breaking Pill ingredients and other precious medicinal materials from Mo Tianxing, but decided to withhold the pill until he secured the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Fan asked Su Qian to back him in the contest for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and promised to address the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower’s dwindling flame.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man collected the Shadow Art and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva from the Black Emperor Sect and flew out of the city.
• Fang Yan led the Demon Flame Valley disciples after Eagle Mountain Old Man when he heard that the old man had left Black Emperor City.

Xiao Fan tracked down the real Eagle Mountain Old Man, who had hidden outside Black Emperor City with the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. He negotiated with Mo Tianxing to make the Black Emperor Sect withdraw, leaving Eagle Mountain Old Man astonished as Xiao Fan handed over the Sect Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Fan recognized that Eagle Mountain Old Man's departure from Black Emperor City was a decoy and searched for his hidden location with his soul power.
• Xiao Fan led Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to a secluded valley, where Mo Tianxing and Black Emperor Sect elders had cornered Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Xiao Fan and Su Qian arrived, and Xiao Fan offered Mo Tianxing the Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for the Black Emperor Sect withdrawing from the contest for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Fan argued that his strength and alchemy skills made opposing him too costly, and Mo Tianxing asked whether he would keep his word.
• Xiao Fan tossed Mo Tianxing the Sect Breaking Pill.

Xiao Fan secured the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva after Mo Tianxing withdrew, then faced down Demon Flame Valley’s attempt to claim it. When Fang Yan tried to leave after realizing his side was outmatched, Xiao Fan stopped him and arranged for a fight, leaving the gray-robed expert to face him.

• Mo Tianxing accepted Xiao Fan’s Sect Breaking Pill and withdrew, allowing Xiao Fan to demand the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva from Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man surrendered the saliva, and Fang Yan arrived with Demon Flame Valley, only to learn Xiao Fan had already taken it.
• Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Old Man declined to join Fang Yan, and Fang Yan ordered Demon Flame Valley to retreat after assessing Xiao Fan’s strength and allies.
• Xiao Fan stopped Fang Yan from leaving, asked Su Qian to guard against interference, and assigned Xiao Yan to fight Fang Yan and the Second and Third Elders.
• Fang Yan sent the gray-robed expert to face Xiao Fan, who demanded to learn the man’s true identity.

Xiao Yan fought Fang Yan and two elders while Xiao Fan confronted a gray-robed Hall of Souls expert. Xiao Fan concealed the Chaos Flame’s nature as the battle escalated beneath a vast sea of Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Su Qian to wonder what Xiao Fan was planning.

• Fang Yan and the two elders combined their flames into the Life Transformation Fire and attacked Xiao Yan, who charged them without hesitation.
• Xiao Fan used Lightning Flash to strike the gray-robed figure, tearing away his disguise and recognizing him as a Hall of Souls expert.
• Xiao Fan attacked with the Chaos Flame, and the expert reacted with shock before dismissing the flame as a fusion of heavenly flames.
• The Hall of Souls expert formed nine black-chain pythons to restrain Xiao Fan’s fire dragon, and Xiao Fan acted enraged when his attack was blocked.
• Xiao Fan unleashed the Green Lotus Core Flame and spread a vast sea of fire around himself and the Hall of Souls expert.
• Su Qian watched the flames and doubted that Xiao Fan had truly lost his temper over the opponent’s taunts.

Xiao Fan overwhelmed Bi Fang with his Heavenly Flames and questioned him about the dark flame. Bi Fang revealed that a Hall of Souls prodigy named Mo Shang had wielded the same flame, leaving Xiao Fan with unexpected news about his soul clone before he killed Bi Fang.

• Eagle Mountain Old Man and Mo Tianxing witnessed Xiao Fan's Heavenly Flames and were shocked by their power.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to free his fire dragon, which destroyed the Hall of Souls expert's nine giant pythons and trapped him.
• Xiao Fan questioned the expert, who identified himself as Bi Fang and said he had seen the same dark flame at the Hall's grand competition.
• Bi Fang told Xiao Fan that a prodigy named Mo Shang had used the dark flame, but he knew little else about him.
• Xiao Fan had the fire dragon devour Bi Fang and refine him to ash.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan defeated Demon Flame Valley’s forces, then Xiao Fan urged Su Qian to strike the weakened valley before Earth Demon Old Ghost could respond. Although Su Qian doubted they could defeat the Seven-Star Dou Zong without Venerable Yao, Xiao Fan claimed he could handle him himself.

• Xiao Fan killed Bi Fang and learned that Mo Shang appeared to be doing well in the Hall of Souls, while Mo Tianxing led the Black Emperor Sect’s experts out of the valley.
• Xiao Yan sealed away Fang Yan’s life transformation fire and gave it to Xiao Fan, who absorbed it into his chaos flame.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan killed Fang Yan and the two Demon Flame Valley Elders, and Su Qian warned that their deaths could intensify the conflict with the academy.
• Xiao Fan proposed attacking Demon Flame Valley before Earth Demon Old Ghost could prepare, but Su Qian worried that no one could match the Seven-Star Dou Zong without the academy’s Guardians.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian that Venerable Yao had been taken by the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Fan insisted that he could still deal with Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Xiao Fan persuaded Su Qian to strike Demon Flame Valley before Earth Demon Old Ghost learned what had happened, and the academy’s forces set out with the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. When Eagle Mountain Old Man tried to steal it during the night, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan intercepted him.

• Xiao Fan assured Su Qian that he could handle Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Su Qian agreed to join him in attacking Demon Flame Valley.
• Su Qian and Xiao Fan gathered Jia Nan Academy’s experts and set off secretly toward Demon Flame Valley rather than returning to the academy.
• The group faced repeated ambushes on the way, but Xiao Fan and the others defeated the attackers, including three Dou Huang experts.
• Xiao Fan revealed to Su Qian that someone other than Demon Flame Valley was pursuing the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• That night, Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul clone stole the box from Xiao Fan’s Storage Ring and tried to flee, but Xiao Fan exposed him and Xiao Yan blocked his escape.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man charged at Xiao Yan, hoping to escape past the younger Dou Emperor.

Xiao Fan cornered Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul clone, seized the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and forced him to choose between submission and death. Eagle Mountain Old Man agreed to submit, and Xiao Fan told him to open his soul.

• Xiao Yan formed a fused heavenly flame to block Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul clone, while Xiao Fan accused him of manipulating ambushes along their route.
• Xiao Fan sealed the area with his soul power and took the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva from Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Xiao Fan threatened Eagle Mountain Old Man with death and revealed that he knew where the man’s real body was hiding.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man weighed Xiao Fan’s strength and status as a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, then agreed to submit.
• Xiao Fan told Eagle Mountain Old Man to open his soul.

Xiao Fan bound Eagle Mountain Old Man to him with a Chaos Flame Seed, then led Jia Nan Academy’s forces toward Demon Flame Valley. The chapter ended as Xiao Fan struck the valley entrance and called for Earth Demon Old Ghost.

• Xiao Fan planted a Chaos Flame Seed in Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul, forcing him to join Xiao Fan’s side.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man reunited with his true body, and the group met Hu Gan and the Jia Nan Academy experts.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Su Qian, and Eagle Mountain Old Man concealed the academy party’s auras as they traveled toward Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Fan’s party reached Demon Flame Valley’s outskirts and prepared to attack its headquarters.
• Xiao Fan smashed a crater into the valley entrance and called out to Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Xiao Fan and Jia Nan Academy launched an attack on Demon Flame Valley, where Su Qian killed an Elder responsible for abducting students. As the academy’s forces fought through the valley, Xiao Fan located Earth Demon Old Ghost’s secluded cultivation site and reached a mist-covered lake in the Back Mountain.

• Xiao Fan struck Demon Flame Valley’s Gatekeeper Disciples, alerting the valley’s experts and drawing out an Elder in a Blue Robe.
• An instructor identified the Blue Robe Elder as the man who had abducted two students, and Su Qian captured and killed him.
• Su Qian rallied Jia Nan Academy’s instructors to attack, and they charged into Demon Flame Valley as its remaining Elders fought back.
• Xiao Fan used his Soul Power to locate Earth Demon Old Ghost’s hidden aura, then left Xiao Yan and Su Qian to oversee the battle.
• Xiao Fan reached Demon Flame Valley’s Back Mountain, where he found a broad Lake veiled in ice-blue mist.

Xiao Fan challenged Earth Demon Old Ghost in Demon Flame Valley and fought through the old man's icy attacks. After Earth Demon Old Ghost's ice spikes slowed his movements, Xiao Fan spread his chaos flame across the area.

• Xiao Fan called Earth Demon Old Ghost out at the lake, and the old man appeared by freezing the lake and its surroundings.
• Xiao Fan introduced himself and challenged Earth Demon Old Ghost, who threatened to torture him and kill him.
• Xiao Fan struck Earth Demon Old Ghost's ice wall with his chaos flame, surprising both fighters when the flame pressured the ice.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost unleashed Thousand Illusions Profound Ice Thorn, sending hundreds of ice spikes after Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan dodged the spikes with wind lightning power, realized the surrounding cold was slowing him, and spread pitch-black flames outward.

Xiao Fan used the Nine Solar Transformations to raise his strength to Nine-Star Dou Zong while fighting Earth Demon Old Ghost, who coveted Xiao Fan’s heavenly flame and secret technique. As they prepared to clash with their strongest attacks, the battle’s rising auras stunned both sides at Demon Flame Valley.

• Xiao Fan used his heavenly flame to vaporize Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Mysterious Ice Thorns, and Earth Demon Old Ghost recognized the flame and tried to seize it.
• Xiao Fan activated the first six transformations of the Nine Solar Transformations, increasing his cultivation from Four-Star Dou Zong to Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost became greedy for Xiao Fan’s secret technique and heavenly flame, then unleashed Blood-Cold Extreme Freezing Heaven.
• Xiao Fan met Earth Demon Old Ghost’s freezing attack with his scorching aura, which soon surpassed Earth Demon Old Ghost’s energy fluctuations.
• Su Qian and the others sensed the opposing auras and were astonished by their power, with Su Qian judging that they were approaching Peak Dou Zong strength.

Xiao Fan unveiled Dragon Extreme Battle Dance, a new Dou Technique combining green lotus core flame and bone spirit cold flame, and used it to counter Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Blood-Cold Extreme Freezing Heaven. As Earth Demon Old Ghost began raising his cultivation with a secret technique, Xiao Fan struck first, and Earth Demon Old Ghost unexpectedly faltered and bled.

• Xiao Fan formed a pitch-black dragon and merged green lotus core flame and bone spirit cold flame into its eyes.
• Xiao Fan named his new technique Dragon Extreme Battle Dance and sent the dragon to grind away Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Blood-Cold Extreme Freezing Heaven.
• The two attacks ended in explosions, and Xiao Fan was pleased that his new technique had matched Earth Demon Old Ghost’s earth tier middle grade Dou Technique.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost began using a secret technique to raise his cultivation, while Xiao Fan decided not to give him time to recover.
• Xiao Fan appeared in front of Earth Demon Old Ghost and punched toward his heart, but Earth Demon Old Ghost’s block faltered as blood appeared at his mouth.

Xiao Fan killed Earth Demon Old Ghost with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, destroying the lake and leaving Demon Flame Valley without its strongest fighter. After Xiao Fan and his allies subdued the valley’s resistance, they entered its depths to claim its treasury.

• Xiao Fan struck Earth Demon Old Ghost through his ice armor, but detected icy energy gathering beneath the frozen lake and attacked with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost broke through to Eight-Star Dou Zong strength and tried to shield himself with the lake’s frozen water, but Xiao Fan’s Fire Lotus erased the lake and fatally wounded him.
• Xiao Fan took Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Storage Ring and corpse, intending to refine him into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Fan arrived at Demon Flame Valley’s entrance, where its disciples stopped resisting after learning their Sect Master had died; he and his allies suppressed the remaining fighters.
• Su Qian, Xiao Fan, and the others left Hu Gan and several elders to guard the captives, then headed into Demon Flame Valley to reach its treasury.

Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Su Qian, and the others found Demon Flame Valley’s hidden treasury and divided its most valuable treasures. After taking part of the remaining supplies, they left for Jia Nan Academy.

• Zi Yan sensed the treasury’s location and revealed its entrance in a cliff face.
• Xiao Fan broke through the stone gate and knocked aside the Dou Wang-level magical beast guarding the treasury.
• The group found earth-tier treasures, and Zi Yan bypassed the barriers to retrieve the four boxes.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan kept the Flame Manipulation Art, the seventh-rank magic core, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet, while Su Qian took the Thunderclap Mirror and Awakening Thunder Technique to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Fan packed up part of the treasury’s remaining contents, and the First Elder had the instructors gather the rest.
• Xiao Fan, Su Qian, and the others set off for Jia Nan Academy.