Chapter Summaries

Medusa rejected Gu He's offer, and the negotiations over the Green Lotus Core Flame turned into a battle at the Snake-People Tribe's Holy City. Xiao Fan slipped inside to find the flame, but Yao Lao sensed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame nearby.

• Yun Yun exposed Medusa's appearance as an avatar and attacked, prompting the Snake-People Tribe's forces to strike back.
• Gu He flew toward the Holy City while Yan Shi and Feng Li engaged Mo Bass and Yue Mei, and Yun Yun later took on Hua She'er.
• Xiao Fan used his concealment to enter the city and sensed Heavenly Flame auras in all four corners before heading east toward a guarded temple.
• Xiao Fan drew the temple patrols away with an explosion and sneaked inside, while Yao Lao sensed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's aura.

Xiao Fan crossed a venom-filled lake guarded by a giant snake and reached the Green Lotus Core Flame on the island. He found Medusa preparing to advance and heard her vow to kill everyone present if she succeeded.

• Xiao Yan recognized the aura of Bone Spirit Cold Flame and fought the temple guards after Xiao Fan's infiltration alerted them.
• Xiao Fan swam through a pool of venom protected by Bone Spirit Cold Flame and narrowly escaped a giant emerald snake's attacks.
• Xiao Fan used a Da Dou Shi Combat Power Card and Dou Qi Armor to survive the snake's tail strike, then climbed out of the soil on the island.
• Xiao Fan followed the aura of Green Lotus Core Flame to an Ice Spirit Cold Spring, where the flame rested inside a crystal lotus pedestal.
• Xiao Fan spotted Medusa near the pool, and she approached the Green Lotus Core Flame, deciding to advance and declaring that no humans there would survive if she succeeded.

Medusa began evolving by entering the green lotus core flame, and Xiao Fan accepted a system mission to help her survive by giving her his blood. When she ignored his attempts to deliver it, he provoked her until she sucked toward him, giving him a chance to throw his blood into her mouth.

• Medusa removed her clothes, transformed into a giant purple serpent, and plunged into the green lotus core flame to evolve.
• Yun Yun sensed that Medusa's evolution had begun while Hua She'er insisted that her queen would succeed.
• The system gave Xiao Fan a time-limited mission to help Medusa evolve, explaining that his blood could greatly increase her chances.
• Xiao Fan revealed his identity and tried to send his blood through the flame, but Medusa did not believe him.
• Xiao Fan shouted provocative comments about Medusa until she opened her mouth and sucked toward him.
• Xiao Fan wrapped his blood in Dou Qi and hurled it toward Medusa.

Xiao Fan fed Medusa his blood essence to help her endure the green lotus core flame and its heavenly tribulation. The lightning stopped and Medusa’s aura briefly overwhelmed the Holy City, but then vanished, leaving Yun Yun convinced something was still wrong.

• Xiao Fan repeatedly sent his blood essence to Medusa, easing the heavenly flame’s pain and improving her chances of surviving.
• Medusa swallowed the green lotus core flame, summoning dark clouds and a heavenly tribulation as Xiao Fan fled toward the island’s edge.
• The tribulation battered Medusa’s enormous purple serpent form until her charred body fell motionless and the clouds disappeared.
• Gu He asked Yun Yun whether Medusa had failed, but Yun Yun sensed something was wrong as a vast aura spread across the Holy City.
• The Snake-People Tribe celebrated Medusa’s apparent success, while Gu He urged Yun Yun to flee.
• Medusa’s aura suddenly vanished, and Yun Yun remained wary as the Snake-People Tribe stared in confusion.

Xiao Fan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and reunited with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao inside the temple, while Xiao Yan secured the flame on its lotus seat. As the temple barrier vanished, Xiao Fan activated his Dou Wang-level Combat Power Card, and the group prepared to face the experts outside.

• Xiao Fan found Medusa's tiny purple snake form in the crater, fed her companion amethyst source, and watched her coil around his arm.
• Xiao Fan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, gained one star of cultivation, and completed his mission.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Lao, and Xiao Fan urged them to secure the Green Lotus Core Flame before the Dou Wang experts outside could reach it.
• Xiao Yan collected the Green Lotus Core Flame on the Green Lotus Seat while the three waited for the temple barrier to fall.
• As the barrier dissolved, Xiao Fan activated his Combat Power Card and rose to six-star Dou Wang strength, while Yao Lao warned them to get ready.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan escaped the Temple with the green lotus core flame as Gu He and his allies searched for it and discovered it was gone. Gu He pursued the thieves while Yun Yun held off the Snake-People Tribe, leaving the chase underway.

• The Temple's light barrier shattered, and Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan carried the green lotus core flame out while hiding their auras.
• Yun Yun and Gu He concluded that Medusa had failed, then prepared to search the Temple as Snake-People Tribe reinforcements gathered.
• Gu He and his companions found the scorched island empty, and Gu He spotted two black-clad figures fleeing with the flame.
• Gu He pursued Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, but Yan Ci, Yue Mei, and Mo Bass blocked him until Yun Yun intervened.
• Yun Yun trapped Yan Ci and the others behind a wall of wind energy while Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li continued the chase.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan fled through the Tagor Desert while Gu He and the Snake-People Tribe pursued them. Xiao Fan used Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to slow the pursuers, and after they split into separate groups, Elder Yin and Yan Ci continued after Yun Yun.

• Yun Yun escaped Yue Mei and two other Snake-People Tribe Dou Wangs after trapping them with Wind Rain.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan raced across the desert as Gu He and his two companions pursued them.
• Xiao Fan fused purple flame and bone spirit cold flame into Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and launched it at Gu He and his companions.
• Yun Yun caught up with Gu He and told him to split up, then arranged to meet outside the desert in Rock City.
• Yue Mei and the Snake-People Tribe's other Dou Wangs split up to pursue the fleeing Dou Wangs and Yun Yun.
• Elder Yin and Yan Ci pursued Yun Yun while planning to identify her and wait for reinforcements.

Xiao Fan stayed behind to face the pursuing Dou Huang, only to discover that she was Yun Yun, whom he knew as Yun Zhi. He embraced and kissed her, leaving her stunned as her sword fell into the sand.

• After Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan escaped the Snake-People Tribe's Dou Wang pursuers, Yun Yun caught up with them.
• Xiao Fan convinced Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to continue ahead while he stayed behind to hold Yun Yun off.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Fan beneath his disguise and spared him, urging him to leave.
• Xiao Fan asked if she was Yun Zhi, then rushed to embrace her and pushed back her hood.
• Xiao Fan kissed Yun Yun and told her he loved her most, and her sword slipped from her hand into the sand.

Xiao Fan parted from Yun Yun after she offered to help him cultivate, then reunited with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao. The three escaped the desert and hid in a mountain cave.

• Yun Yun misunderstood Xiao Fan as an abandoned pawn and offered to introduce him to a friend, but he declined her offer.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Fan that Snake-People Tribe Dou Wangs were approaching and stayed behind to face them.
• Xiao Fan reunited with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, who had waited for him, and told them Yun Yun was fighting the pursuers.
• Xiao Fan's borrowed Dou Wang strength faded, so he and Xiao Yan relied on Yao Lao's power while avoiding Snake-People Tribe members.
• After flying through the desert for a day, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan reached a green mountain forest and concealed themselves in a cave.

Xiao Fan revealed to Yao Lao and Xiao Yan that he could wield flames resembling Heavenly Flames, including the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame. Yao Lao could not explain Xiao Fan’s strange constitution and warned him to keep it secret.

• Xiao Fan showed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, startling them both.
• Yao Lao examined the flames and sensed that they had Heavenly Flame traits but lacked the vitality of true Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Fan explained that the flames had appeared after he parted ways with Yao Lao and suggested they came from his constitution.
• Xiao Fan touched the real Green Lotus Core Flame without protection and emerged engulfed in its fire, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched in shock.
• Xiao Fan returned the Green Lotus Core Flame to the lotus pedestal and said he had discovered he could use it.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Fan never to reveal his constitution to anyone else.

Xiao Fan claimed his reward for obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame and surged to peak Nine-Star Dou Shi, astonishing Yao Lao and Xiao Yan. After Yao Lao explained how to devour the flame, Xiao Yan prepared himself, and Yao Lao released its suppression to begin the attempt.

• Xiao Fan claimed the completed quest reward, gaining Dou Qi, experience, and source coins as a massive funnel of energy gathered around him.
• Xiao Fan's strength rose from Six-Star Dou Shi to peak Nine-Star Dou Shi, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Lao stunned.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to take the pill, seize the Green Lotus Core Flame's origin seed, and refine it inside his body.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill, and a blood-colored membrane formed over his body.
• Yao Lao enveloped the Mountain Cave with his soul power and lifted the flame's suppression, causing the Green Lotus Core Flame to surge through the cave.

Xiao Yan extracted the green lotus core flame’s seed and, with Yao Lao and Xiao Fan waiting beside him, swallowed it and began refining it through the Flame Mantra. He managed to guide the flame through his meridians, but Yao Lao warned that Xiao Yan still had to contain it in his Naling space to complete the devouring.

• Xiao Yan pulled the green lotus core flame’s seed from the raging heavenly flame as Yao Lao strengthened the Mountain Cave’s protection.
• Xiao Yan hesitated over Yao Lao’s instruction to swallow the seed, and Xiao Fan encouraged him while Yao Lao waited in silence.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the seed, drank the ice spirit cold spring, and began guiding the flame through the Flame Mantra’s circulation route.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly failed before successfully guiding the flame, which burned and repaired his meridians as it strengthened his body.
• Xiao Fan asked whether Xiao Yan had succeeded, and Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yan still had to force the flame into his Naling space.

Xiao Yan successfully absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, evolved the Flame Mantra, and advanced to Four-Star Dou Shi. After reuniting and sparring with Xiao Fan, he asked whether his senior brother would leave again, and Xiao Fan promised to attend the Three-Year Agreement at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the weakened Heavenly Flame barrier after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, then hurriedly dressed when Yao Lao pointed out he was naked.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame and told Yao Lao that it had evolved the Flame Mantra and raised him from Two-Star Dou Shi to Four-Star Dou Shi.
• Yao Lao judged that Xiao Yan’s cultivation method had reached low-grade Black Tier, and Xiao Yan thought ahead to his coming encounter with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan exchanged news about their recent activities, including Xiao Fan’s training and the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group’s control of Desert City.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan sparred with their bodies until Xiao Fan knocked Xiao Yan down, while Yao Lao watched them vent their pent-up emotions.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Fan would leave to continue cultivating, and Xiao Fan promised to attend the Three-Year Agreement at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Fan used companion amethyst source and medicinal ingredients to reach the Da Dou Shi realm, then endured the system's soul tempering. The system began fusing the origins of the heavenly flames within his body, leaving a black flame-shaped form in his dantian.

• Xiao Fan fed Shasha more companion amethyst source and drank some himself, but it barely increased his Dou Qi.
• After the system absorbed a poisonous medicinal ingredient, Xiao Fan met the requirements to advance and chose to break through.
• The system condensed Xiao Fan's liquid Dou Qi into a Dou Crystal, advancing him to One-Star Great Dou Master.
• The system tempered Xiao Fan's soul, causing him intense pain until the process ended.
• The system began fusing the origins of Xiao Fan's bone spirit cold flame, purple flame, and green lotus core flame, which gathered in his dantian and formed a black flame-shaped object.

Xiao Fan awakened the Chaos Flame after advancing to Da Dou Shi, then received a mission to survive an encounter with a Hall of Souls expert. When a fleeing soul body drew the expert toward him, Xiao Fan tried to escape, but the pursuit continued through the mountain range.

• Xiao Fan learned that the black flame in his dantian was the Chaos Flame and tested it by silently burning away a large tree.
• The system rewarded Xiao Fan with the Flame Manipulation Art and issued a mission to survive an encounter with a Hall of Souls expert.
• A terrified soul body raced toward Xiao Fan, and Xiao Fan used a Dou Ling-Level Speed Card to flee with his Purple Cloud Wings.
• The soul body pursued Xiao Fan, who took Qi Recovery Pills and flew through Magical Beast territories to try to slow the pursuers.
• A Hall of Souls expert's black chain pierced the Purple-Backed Green-Eyed Wolf's skull after the soul body flew past it.

Xiao Fan trapped the pursuing soul in chaos flames and tried to bargain with the Hall of Souls expert hunting it. When the expert arrived and attacked the soul, Xiao Fan joined the fight with power borrowed from a Dou Wang strike, leaving the battle underway.

• Xiao Fan stopped fleeing, used Eight Extremes Collapse and chaos flames to weaken and trap the soul, then asked the pursuing senior to spare him.
• A Hall of Souls expert shrouded in black mist appeared, and Xiao Fan recognized him as a Dou Emperor.
• The expert sent a black chain through Xiao Fan’s flames to attack the trapped soul, who secretly urged Xiao Fan to fight alongside him.
• The soul unleashed Life Lotus at the expert, and Xiao Fan empowered himself with a Dou Wang strike before attacking with Cloud Crane Shadow.

Xiao Fan and his soul form attacked a Hall of Souls expert, but Eagle Protector captured the soul form and took Xiao Fan prisoner. After carrying him beyond the Jia Ma Empire for more than ten days, Eagle Protector brought him to the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Fan and his soul form struck Eagle Protector with their strongest attacks, but Eagle Protector overwhelmed them and trapped the soul form with a chain.
• Eagle Protector asked Xiao Fan whether he wanted to live, then bound him with a chain and carried him away.
• Xiao Fan asked his captor’s name and learned that he was Eagle Protector, who showed interest in Xiao Fan’s unusual body.
• Eagle Protector carried Xiao Fan for more than ten days, capturing several soul forms along the way while Xiao Fan quietly waited for a chance to escape.
• Eagle Protector told Xiao Fan they had reached the Black-Corner Region.

Eagle Protector brought Xiao Fan to Black Heart Old Man’s hidden stronghold in the Black-Corner Region, where Xiao Fan realized the mountain range and its underground sect were devoid of life. The chapter ended with Xiao Fan entering Eagle Protector’s chamber, still waiting to learn why he had been taken there.

• Xiao Fan worried that Eagle Protector had taken him too far from his plans to help Xiao Yan and clear the Misty Cloud Sect’s name over Xiao Zhan’s disappearance.
• Eagle Protector flew with Xiao Fan for two more days before stopping at a strange, lifeless mountain range.
• Black Heart Old Man appeared and questioned Eagle Protector about Xiao Fan, but Eagle Protector said Xiao Fan was needed for another purpose and must not be harmed.
• Black Heart Old Man and Eagle Protector led Xiao Fan into an underground stronghold, where pale disciples bowed to Black Heart Old Man and Xiao Fan suspected the sect conducted experiments for the Hall of Souls.
• Eagle Protector entered a stone chamber and told Xiao Fan he would never have found Black Heart Old Man if the old man did not want to be found.

Eagle Protector revealed that he wanted Xiao Fan’s soul power and strange flame, then tried to recruit him after failing to uncover the flame inside Xiao Fan. Xiao Fan agreed to serve under the false name Mo Shang, while Eagle Protector planted a mark in his mind and the system announced that the survival mission was complete.

• Eagle Protector explained that Xiao Fan’s talent, refined soul, and black flame had drawn his attention and demanded Xiao Fan’s cultivation method and flame in exchange for his life.
• Xiao Fan claimed he did not understand his abilities, and Eagle Protector angrily seized his arms before noticing how quickly his wounds healed.
• Eagle Protector searched Xiao Fan’s body with his soul power but failed to find the Chaos Flame, so he began to believe Xiao Fan’s explanation and decided to recruit him.
• Xiao Fan introduced himself as Mo Shang and agreed to serve Eagle Protector, who planted a mark in his mind as a warning against betrayal.
• The system announced that Xiao Fan had completed the mission to survive an encounter with a powerful member of the Hall of Souls and awarded him 5,000 Source Coins and 100 Dou Qi points.

Xiao Fan entered the Black-Corner Region as a forced member of the Hall of Souls and learned that the Black Skull Tomb served as its local stronghold. He settled into a cave, advanced to Two-Star Great Dou Master, and planned to build strength while keeping his options open.

• Eagle Protector placed a Soul Imprint in Xiao Fan and brought him to the Black-Corner Region, expecting him to become a loyal follower.
• Eagle Protector gave Xiao Fan an identity token and explained that the Black Skull Tomb was a subordinate sect of the Hall of Souls.
• A disciple led Xiao Fan to an unoccupied cave in the middle levels of the Black Skull Tomb and marked it as his.
• Xiao Fan collected his mission rewards and advanced to Two-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Fan reflected on using Mo Shang's appearance and planned to establish himself before seeking a chance to enter Jia Nan Academy as Xiao Fan.