Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan searched Qingshan Town for Xiao Yi Xian, only to meet her alongside Hun Tiandi and discover that his origin flame reacted violently to Hun Tiandi. He recounted his escape from the Netherworld, leaving Hun Tiandi quietly angered by what Xiao Yan had endured.

• Xiao Yan listened in a tavern for news of Xiao Yi Xian, found none, and wondered whether to search for her or return home.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan in the street, confirmed he was alive, and introduced Hun Tiandi, whom Xiao Yan recognized as his master.
• Hun Tiandi suppressed the Nihility Devouring Flame when it flared inside Xiao Yan, then transported Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to a private room.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Tiandi and Xiao Yi Xian how he had survived in the Netherworld, concealing details about his past-life memories.
• Xiao Yi Xian expressed relief that Xiao Yan was safe, while Hun Tiandi calmly remarked that killing a Dou Zong would not have been difficult.

Hun Tiandi awakened Yao Chen and gave gifts to Yao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with Yao Chen questioning what a Dou Di was after Hun Tiandi joked that Xiao Yan might reach that realm.

• Hun Tiandi poured Dou Qi and soul power into Xiao Yan’s Black Ring, awakening Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen boasted about surviving an attack from a Half-Saint, then grew nervous when he recognized Hun Tiandi behind him.
• Hun Tiandi gave Yao Chen the corpse of Chen, a Peak Four-Star Dou Saint who had lived a thousand years earlier.
• Hun Tiandi gave Xiao Yi Xian a longsword named Heavenly Spirit.
• Hun Tiandi gave Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan accepted it despite feeling unsure how to repay his master.
• Hun Tiandi joked that Xiao Yan might become a Dou Di, prompting Yao Chen to ask what realm Dou Di was.

Hun Tiandi helped Xiao Yan fuse with the Sea Heart Flame, while Yao Chen feared the process would damage him. Xiao Yan successfully gained the flame and discovered that the nihility devouring flame had subdued it inside his dantian.

• Hun Tiandi sent the Naling containing the Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan and told him to relax for the fusion.
• Yao Chen objected and warned that Xiao Yan needed preparations, but Xiao Yan swallowed the Naling and began refining the flame with the Flame Mantra.
• The Sea Heart Flame rampaged through Xiao Yan's meridians, while the Flame Mantra's black energy absorbed most of its attack.
• The nihility devouring flame intimidated the Sea Heart Flame, struck it into submission, and forced its seed to retreat to a corner of Xiao Yan's dantian.
• Xiao Yan recovered, produced a wisp of sea-blue flame on his fingertip, and Yao Chen marveled at how easily the fusion had succeeded.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian visited Jia Ma Sacred City, where Xiao Yan saw the growing number of enslaved Snake-People and agreed to seek a Heavenly Flame to revive Yao Lao. Their outing ended with the assassination of former chancellor Jia Jin, threatening to plunge the empire into turmoil.

• Xiao Yi Xian complained that Xiao Yan had merged with the Sea Heart Flame while she received the Amethyst Flame, and Xiao Yan realized they had been brought to Jia Ma Sacred City.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had been sent to the Central Plains, and Xiao Yan noticed many enslaved Snake-People on the city streets.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Xiao Yan that one more Heavenly Flame could let him revive Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan agreed to seek one.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian bought clothes and watched former chancellor Jia Jin address a crowd about the war with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan spotted an assassin approaching Jia Jin, but the assassin fired Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles and killed him before the guards could intervene.

After the assassination of Jia Jin, Jia Xingtian stopped Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian during the investigation and demanded that they be detained. Xiao Yan faced a Jia Ma Imperial Family Dou Wang alone as part of a test, revealing his Sea Heart Flame as the elder attacked.

• Jia Xingtian confronted Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan showed his travel permit while Xiao Yi Xian admitted she had none.
• Jia Xingtian trapped them with earthen spikes and ordered a Jia Ma Imperial Family Dou Wang to detain them for questioning.
• Xiao Yi Xian contacted their masters and told Xiao Yan that he had to face the Dou Wang alone as a test.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the earthen spikes, and the black-robed Dou Wang attacked him with a Black-tier High-grade Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Sea Heart Flame as the Dou Wang charged at him.

Xiao Yan defeated Elder Yu in Jia Ma Sacred City, revealing wings and sea heart flame before Jia Xingtian's controlled body. Hun Tiandi then ordered that Xiao Yan be given a vacant Hall of Souls protector position.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Elder Yu with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Jia Xingtian watched without intervening.
• Elder Yu flew into the air, but Xiao Yan revealed sea-blue wings and pursued him.
• Xiao Yan killed Elder Yu with sea heart flame, and Xiao Yi Xian realized that Hun Tiandi was controlling Jia Xingtian.
• Hun Tiandi questioned Hun Miesheng about his tenure as Soul Hall Master, leaving him fearing he would be replaced.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Miesheng to give the vacant Jia Ma Empire protector position to Xiao Yan, and Qiu Di went to fetch the Protector Token.

After Xiao Yan defeated a black-robed elder, Nalan Jie reflected on Xiao Yan’s growth and the looming Three-Year Agreement. Back at the Hall of Souls Branch, Hun Miesheng made Xiao Yan a protector and placed the branch under Blood River’s supervision until Xiao Yan reached Dou Wang.

• Nalan Jie realized Xiao Yan had become powerful enough to make Nalan Yanran’s victory in the Three-Year Agreement seem unlikely, but decided he would plead for her if necessary.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned through a Spatial Passage to the Hall of Souls Branch in Jia Ma Sacred City.
• Hun Miesheng greeted Xiao Yan with a joke about a female Dou Zong corpse he had supposedly prepared for him.
• Hun Miesheng gave Xiao Yan a Soul Hall Protector Token and appointed Blood River to manage the branch until Xiao Yan advanced to Dou Wang.
• Hun Miesheng gave Xiao Yi Xian a token and Jade Slip, while Xiao Yan celebrated his new status as Flame Protector.

Hun Tiandi brought Xiao Yan back to Wutan City, where Xiao Zhan learned of his son’s potential and privately discussed the Xiao Clan’s future with the Hun Clan Chief. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhan announcing that the Xiao Clan would relocate to a new territory.

• Hun Tiandi returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yan, bypassing a barrier the Gu Clan had placed over the city.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders were stunned when Hun Tiandi praised Xiao Yan as someone with the potential to become a Dou Di.
• Xiao Zhan dismissed the elders and Xiao Yan so he could speak privately with Hun Tiandi, who sent Hun Miesheng and the others away.
• Outside the hall, Xiao Yan worried that Xiao Xun'er had only stayed close to him to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Xiao Yi Xian teased and comforted him.
• After speaking with Hun Tiandi, Xiao Zhan gathered the clan and announced that the Xiao Clan would move to a new place and receive a city as its territory.

Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi set out aboard a Spatial Ship to search the void for the nine nether wind flame in the Endless Abyss. As Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan behind, Yao Lao joined the Hall of Souls, and Hun Tiandi began teaching Xiao Yan the Hun Clan’s rune techniques.

• Hun Tiandi decided that Xiao Yan needed the nine nether wind flame to advance the Flame Mantra and set out with him to find the Endless Abyss.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the Endless Abyss lay somewhere in the void and was difficult to reach without coordinates or a powerful treasure.
• Xiao Yan bid farewell to Xiao Zhan and the others as the Spatial Ship entered the void, while Xiao Xun'er remained absent after taking the Xiao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Yao Lao revealed that he had become a guest Heavenly Venerable of the Hall of Souls and jokingly advised Xiao Yan to follow the direction of the wind.
• Hun Tiandi taught Xiao Yan the basics of the Hall of Souls' Soul Lock technique and introduced him to the Hun Clan's rune cultivation system.

Hun Tiandi explained to Xiao Yan that the Dou Qi Continent’s laws and professional inheritances were incomplete, then went alone into the Endless Abyss to retrieve the Nine Nether Wind Flame. As he prepared to leave, he discovered another mysterious book resembling the one he had found before.

• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan that the Eight Ultimate Runes could not be formed on the Dou Qi Continent because its laws were incomplete.
• Hun Tiandi instructed Xiao Yan to study the three runes while Xiao Yan practiced alchemy with Yao Chen during their journey.
• After three months, the spatial ship reached the Endless Void, and Hun Tiandi left Xiao Yan and the others behind to enter the abyss.
• Hun Tiandi passed through the astral winds and concealed void creatures, found the Nine Nether Wind Flame beside a powerful void monster, and took the flame without a fight.
• As Hun Tiandi prepared to leave, he noticed a mysterious book floating deeper in the Endless Abyss, recalling the book Battle Through the Heavens.