Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to trade Jia Nan Academy’s medicinal ingredients for pills and cultivation techniques, while concealing that he had another purpose for visiting. After choosing nearly the entire storehouse’s inventory, he offered more than twelve hundred pills as payment, leaving Su Qian astonished.

• Su Qian suspected Xiao Yan had come for the academy’s Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan said he wanted to trade for medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan offered pills, Cultivation Methods, and Combat Skills, and Su Qian agreed to provide ingredients in exchange.
• Zi Yan urged Su Qian to agree and joked with Xiao Yan about raiding the mountains and taking revenge on a Magic Beast.
• Su Qian led Xiao Yan to the ingredient storehouse, where Xiao Yan quickly marked his selections on the inventory scroll.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted everything except the marked ingredients and produced more than twelve hundred pills as payment.

Xiao Yan exchanged pills for medicinal materials at Jia Nan Academy as Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived with Demon Flame Valley to demand the academy’s Heavenly Flame. Su Qian and the academy’s elders fought back but were overwhelmed, while Xiao Yan watched and waited for the conflict to advance his own plans.

• Xiao Yan traded his pills for a large supply of medicinal materials and waited at the storehouse while Su Qian’s people gathered them.
• Xiao Yan sensed an approaching threat, and Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived above Jia Nan Academy with Demon Flame Valley’s Four Great Elders.
• Xiao Yan identified the invaders, while Su Qian and the academy’s experts flew up to confront them.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost demanded Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame, and Su Qian refused to surrender it.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost and Demon Flame Valley attacked, quickly overpowering Su Qian and the academy’s elders as Xiao Yan watched.

Xiao Yan intervened when Demon Flame Valley attacked Jia Nan Academy, rescuing Hu Gan and revealing that he had reached the Dou Zong level. Earth Demon Old Ghost ordered Fang Yan to hold Xiao Yan off while he continued fighting Su Qian.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Su Qian to seize Jia Nan Academy's heavenly flame, hoping to earn the Soul Hall's help in breaking through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan stopped Zi Yan from rushing into the battle and went to help the academy's defenders.
• Fang Yan defeated Hu Gan and prepared a deadly attack, but Xiao Yan appeared and dispelled it.
• Xiao Yan gave Hu Gan a medicinal pill and told him to recover while he faced Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Zong aura, prompting Earth Demon Old Ghost to order Fang Yan and his men to stall him while he fought Su Qian.

Xiao Yan faced Fang Yan and three Demon Flame Valley elders as they combined their Life Transformation Fire and blood essence into a Starry Sky Fire Phoenix. He devoured the attack with the Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand, leaving the elders badly weakened and terrified as Xiao Yan prepared to kill them.

• Fang Yan and the other elders combined their Life Transformation Fire into a Starry Sky Fire Phoenix.
• Fang Yan ordered the elders to sacrifice their essence blood, strengthening the firebird enough to threaten a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan used the Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand to devour the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix and the surrounding flames.
• The elders suffered a backlash that drained their strength and left them at risk of never advancing beyond Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan mocked the elders as they realized their attack had failed and faced certain death.

Xiao Yan killed Fang Yan and the other elders, then confronted Earth Demon Old Ghost after the old fighter defeated Su Qian. Xiao Yan mocked his opponent and countered his attacks with Heavenly Flames, but the clash continued as Earth Demon Old Ghost formed a massive ice sword and Xiao Yan prepared a powerful strike.

• Xiao Yan used his speed and strength to kill Fang Yan and the other elders after they lost the Life Transformation Fire.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost defeated Su Qian and turned to face Xiao Yan over the deaths of the Demon Flame Valley elders.
• Xiao Yan taunted Earth Demon Old Ghost, dodged his ice attacks, and struck his black ice shield with the heavy ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed deep-blue Heavenly Flames to burn away Earth Demon Old Ghost's Thousand Illusions Profound Ice Thorn.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost formed the Ice Condensation Sword Art, while Xiao Yan covered his Xuan Heavy Ruler in flames and released a terrifying surge of energy.

Xiao Yan feigned weakness to make Earth Demon Old Ghost capture the fallen heart flame, which erupted from Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. Earth Demon Old Ghost fled with the flame, and Xiao Yan pursued him.

• Xiao Yan used a feint and the Mountain Splitting Seal to injure Earth Demon Old Ghost while deliberately holding back.
• The fallen heart flame burst from the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower after its seal broke, leaving Su Qian and Hu Gan unable to contain it.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost froze the fallen heart flame into a black ice crystal while Xiao Yan pretended to be driven back.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had secretly arranged the eruption and weakened the flame so Earth Demon Old Ghost could capture it.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost fled with the flame, and Xiao Yan chased after him as Su Qian watched in dismay.

Xiao Yan ambushed Earth Demon Old Ghost at Demon Flame Valley after wiping out its members and demanded the Fallen Heart Flame. When Earth Demon Old Ghost summoned a Soul Hall protector for help, the protector attacked him instead.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost fled toward Demon Flame Valley with the Fallen Heart Flame, believing he had escaped Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan waited at the valley entrance and revealed that he had killed everyone in Demon Flame Valley.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Xiao Yan and tried to escape, but Xiao Yan turned his ice sword against him and struck him with a golden fist.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost crushed a jade token to summon a black-mist figure, who praised him and agreed to help kill Xiao Yan.
• The black-mist figure attacked Earth Demon Old Ghost instead, freezing his smile.

Xiao Yan stole the fallen heart flame from Earth Demon Old Ghost, revealed that he had impersonated a Soul Hall Protector, and killed him. He refined the fallen heart flame in Demon Flame Valley and used an earth fire lotus seed to push his cultivation toward Five-Star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan blasted Earth Demon Old Ghost and seized the black ice crystal containing the fallen heart flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Soul Hall Protector disguise and killed Earth Demon Old Ghost with the Annihilation Flame Eyes.
• Xiao Yan returned to Demon Flame Valley, summoned puppets to guard him, and released the fallen heart flame from its seal.
• Xiao Yan extracted the flame seed and refined the fallen heart flame, merging it into the nine nether illusion heart flame.
• Xiao Yan reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Zong, then swallowed an earth fire lotus seed to break through toward Five-Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Black-Corner Region for the Central Plains, but Hun Moli ambushed him before he could return to Jia Nan Academy. He recognized that Hun Dai'er had also been reborn, setting their old conflict in motion again.

• Xiao Yan suppressed the evil flame inside him with a cold pill and reviewed the Demonic Flame Remnant Map fragments he had collected.
• Xiao Yan sensed a powerful aura approaching and stowed his puppets and Green Lotus Seat.
• Hun Moli shattered the ceiling, attacked Xiao Yan with black chains, and trapped him behind spatial barriers.
• Xiao Yan identified Hun Moli as a Hun Clan Dou Zun and deduced that Hun Dai'er had sent her.
• Xiao Yan realized Hun Dai'er had been reborn and prepared to settle their conflict in this life.

Xiao Yan fought Hun Moli, using his Heavenly Flames and techniques to resist her overwhelming strength. After a series of feints and counterattacks, he launched another Light Wind Void Flame Slash at her.

• Hun Moli trapped Xiao Yan with spatial barriers, but he activated all three Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and broke free at near Two-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Hun Moli used the Hun Clan's clan mark to raise her power to peak Six-Star Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan attacked with a fake Light Wind Void Flame Slash before fleeing toward the Demon Flame Valley entrance.
• Hun Moli caught up and struck at Xiao Yan, but he combined the Mountain Splitting Seal, Sea Overturning Seal, and Earth Covering Seal to blast her backward.
• Xiao Yan used the recoil to retreat and launched another Light Wind Void Flame Slash, which Hun Moli recognized as the same feint and prepared to counter.

Xiao Yan used a concealed Ten Prisons Azure Flame Finger to pressure Hun Moli while he prepared a Demon Fury Fire Lotus. Hun Moli destroyed the incomplete attack and the puppets Xiao Yan sent to stall her, but he dodged her chains with Flame-Treading Sky-Soaring Step as he continued fusing four Heavenly Flames.

• Hun Moli expelled the hidden force from her meridians after shattering Xiao Yan's Light Wind Void Flame Slash.
• Xiao Yan summoned an incomplete Ten Prisons Azure Flame Finger, concealing its buildup behind the slash, and began fusing four Heavenly Flames for a Demon Fury Fire Lotus.
• Hun Moli formed a black chain python to resist the finger, then shattered it with a series of attacks.
• Hun Moli realized Xiao Yan possessed four Heavenly Flames and rushed to stop him from completing his next attack.
• Hun Moli knocked away Xiao Yan's silver puppets and destroyed them with chains, but Xiao Yan evaded the barrage using Flame-Treading Sky-Soaring Step.

Xiao Yan used his Soul Body, the Fallen Heart Flame, and the Netherworld Poison Flame to keep Hun Moli at bay while his physical body fused Heavenly Flames. After blasting through her soul defense with the Annihilation Flame Eyes, he formed a terrifying Fire Lotus and sent it toward her.

• Xiao Yan separated his soul from his body and struck Hun Moli with a soul attack, briefly staggering her while his body continued fusing Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan used the Fallen Heart Flame to disrupt Hun Moli's Dou Qi, and poison from the Netherworld Poison Flame seeped into her body and slowed her further.
• Hun Moli expelled the poison and charged again, but Xiao Yan returned his soul to his body and attacked her with the Annihilation Flame Eyes, badly damaging her soul.
• Xiao Yan formed a brilliant Fire Lotus and tossed it toward Hun Moli.

Xiao Yan unleashed a four-flame Demon Fury Fire Lotus that devastated the Black Steel Mountain Range and badly wounded Hun Moli, though he appeared to be knocked unconscious by the blast. As Hun Moli approached him, an illusory figure suddenly appeared behind her and mocked her for falling for the same trick twice.

• Xiao Yan formed the Demon Fury Fire Lotus from four Heavenly Flames and injured himself in the process.
• Hun Moli used her strongest attack, the Great Nether Blood-Congealing Sword, to try to stop the Fire Lotus.
• The Fire Lotus detonated, destroying the sword and reducing the Black Steel Mountain Range to a scorched wasteland.
• Hun Moli survived behind her armor but suffered grave injuries, while Xiao Yan lay motionless on the ground.
• As Hun Moli moved to subdue Xiao Yan, an illusory figure appeared behind her and mocked her.

Xiao Yan trapped the badly injured Hun Moli in his Soul Refining Tower and used soul flame and fallen heart flame to weaken her soul. After the tower vanished, he invaded her mind, took her memories, and altered them.

• Hun Moli staggered back after Xiao Yan's Soul Body ambushed her, but believed he could not keep his soul outside his body for long.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Soul Refining Tower and enclosed Hun Moli within it.
• Xiao Yan poured soul flame into the tower and began refining Hun Moli's soul, but she resisted with black mist.
• Xiao Yan sent fallen heart flame into the tower, burning away Hun Moli's defense and overwhelming her weakened soul.
• Xiao Yan returned to his physical body, invaded Hun Moli's mind, and used the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Art to obtain and alter her memories.

Xiao Yan brainwashed Hun Moli, renamed her Yuan Li, and kept her as a loyal Dou Zun guard. After returning to Jia Nan Academy with severe injuries, he recovered while Qing Lin and Zi Yan cared for him, and he resolved to be more cautious before heading to the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan used the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Art and Fallen Heart Flame to brainwash Hun Moli, then planted a Soul Imprint in her mind.
• Xiao Yan renamed Hun Moli Yuan Li and ordered her to follow him, intending to use her to guard the Xiao Gate and as an experiment for dealing with Hun Dai'er.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy badly injured, told Great Elder Su Qian he had failed to retrieve the Fallen Heart Flame, and pretended to faint.
• Qing Lin and Zi Yan cared for Xiao Yan as he recovered over half a month, while he kept Yuan Li outside the academy.
• Xiao Yan reflected that stronger enemies could be sent after him in the Central Plains and resolved to proceed with greater caution.

After recovering, Xiao Yan partnered with Jia Nan Academy and began gathering treasures before settling in the Magma World to resume alchemy. The chapter left him ready to refine pills in seclusion beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.

• Su Qian returned the pills to Xiao Yan, who then accepted Jia Nan Academy's proposal to cooperate with Xiao Gate and gained the title of honorary elder.
• Zi Yan confronted Xiao Yan over his new status, and he overpowered her before she spent the next day clinging to him.
• Qing Lin brought food to Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, and the two girls tussled over their closeness to him.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin plundered natural treasures in Jia Nan Academy's mountain forests and fed several snake-type Magical Beasts to Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan went to the Magma World beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower to begin refining pills.

Xiao Yan entered the Magma World beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower to cultivate and refine pills in seclusion, where he discovered that absorbing pill lightning could strengthen him and create powerful silver pearls. He continued refining pills underground, newly equipped with a way to turn pill lightning into both cultivation energy and a weapon.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Tou She Ancient God Jade react in the Magma World, then sealed it away and set aside thoughts of whatever it might lead to.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron and began refining pills in the dense underground fire energy.
• Xiao Yan used the Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand to devour the pill lightning from his first successfully refined pill.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the lightning energy to strengthen his body and Dou Qi, and condensed its unabsorbable residue into a silver Pill Lightning Pearl.
• Xiao Yan stored the pearl and continued refining pills, encouraged by the lightning's benefits and the weapon it could provide.

After months of pill refining and hunting Flame Lizardmen, Xiao Yan reached Nine-Star Dou Zong and became a mid-stage eighth-tier Alchemist. As he prepared to leave the Magma World, the fallen heart flame inside him led him to a hidden space containing skeletal remains and another fallen heart flame.

• Xiao Yan advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zong by absorbing pill lightning, crimson beads from Flame Lizardmen, and energy from the underground world.
• Xiao Yan killed Flame Lizardmen across several ranks, including more than a dozen Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardmen, before withdrawing when powerful auras approached.
• Xiao Yan successfully refined eighth-tier pills, reached the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, and ran out of medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan followed the summons from his fallen heart flame to a hidden spatial ring in the magma.
• Xiao Yan entered the hidden space and found skeletal remains with a transparent fallen heart flame floating above them.

Xiao Yan collected an infant Fallen Heart Flame and encountered the fading Soul Body of the Heavenly Fire Venerable, who offered his Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method in exchange for help restoring his soul. Xiao Yan agreed to help if the Venerable would assist him afterward, while planning to take precautions of his own.

• Xiao Yan cut off the spatial power from the mysterious skeleton and collected the infant Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable emerged from the skeleton and introduced himself to Xiao Yan.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable asked Xiao Yan to restore his weakening soul and offered the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method as payment.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help restore the Heavenly Fire Venerable if he would assist him with a few things afterward.

Xiao Yan returned the infant fallen heart flame to Jia Nan Academy, then went back to Xiao Gate to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable and awaken Yao Lao. With both souls awake, he gathered the final ingredient needed to refine bodies for them.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable told Xiao Yan how the fallen heart flame backlash and Flame Lizardmen had killed him, and Xiao Yan took his corpse.
• Xiao Yan gave the infant fallen heart flame to Great Elder Su Qian, delighting Jia Nan Academy after its elders had feared losing the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower's benefits.
• Xiao Yan returned to Xiao Gate with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, where Yuan Li guarded the faction.
• Xiao Yan used medicinal liquids to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable's soul and awaken Yao Lao, who was astonished by Xiao Yan's rise to Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan extracted blood essence from a Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardman corpse, completing the materials needed to refine bodies for Heavenly Fire Venerable and Yao Lao.