Chapter Summaries

Sun Buxiao’s well-funded Heavenly Poison Gate launched a sweeping attack on allied minor sects, while Sun Buxiao went after the Four-Star Dou Zong Eagle Mountain Elder. Hai Bodong cut down a Dou Wang and challenged the survivors as the campaign began.

• Yuan Yi reported that the minor sects had found the Eagle Mountain Elder, and Sun Buxiao dismissed the Four-Star Dou Zong as weak.
• Sun Buxiao ordered Yuan Yi to clear out the minor sects, checked that the sect’s short batons had been distributed, and flew off to attack the Eagle Mountain Elder.
• Five elders led forces in five directions as the Heavenly Poison Gate army charged into a city under Hai Bodong’s supervision.
• The disciples beat the city’s defenders with batons, declaring that Sun Buxiao’s authority had replaced the Black-Corner Region’s old rules.
• Hai Bodong answered the allied Dou Wangs’ challenge, killed one with his ice guandao, and beckoned the remaining three to attack together.

Sun Buxiao confronted the Eagle Mountain Elder, who had been hired to kill him, and overwhelmed him with his poison and Dou Techniques. After the Elder offered resources to buy his life, Sun Buxiao killed him and prepared to make use of his corpse and soul.

• Sun Buxiao identified himself to the Eagle Mountain Elder and attacked him with his scorpion tail.
• The Eagle Mountain Elder learned that Sun Buxiao had killed Mo Tianxing and tried to escape.
• Sun Buxiao struck the Eagle Mountain Elder with multiple Dou Techniques, blasting him into the ground.
• The wounded Eagle Mountain Elder asked to make peace and offered his resources in exchange for his life.
• Sun Buxiao stopped the Elder's escape attempt with his soul power, then stabbed him through the heart.
• Sun Buxiao brought over the bowl containing his sea heart flame and planned to use the Elder's corpse and soul.

Sun Buxiao strengthened the Heavenly Poison Gate’s hold over the Black-Corner Region, alarming rival sects and empires while the Hall of Souls’ protectors debated how to approach him. He returned to Xiao Yi Xian with a new kind of Soul Solution, but their private moment was interrupted when Qing Lin walked in.

• The Black-Corner Region’s sects and surrounding empires worried about Sun Buxiao’s growing power, while Wu Ying decided to try approaching him privately.
• Sun Buxiao praised the Heavenly Poison Gate’s elders, then showed Xiao Yi Xian two tubes of death solution condensed from the dying emotions of Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Elder.
• Sun Buxiao explained that death solution could immerse its user in the experience of dying, but that anyone below Dou Emperor might not withstand it.
• Sun Buxiao thanked Xiao Yi Xian for managing the sect, and she invited him to experience the results of her soul cultivation and Poison-Pressure Body Tempering.
• Qing Lin opened the door and caught Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian together, leaving her feeling as though the sky had fallen.

Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian discussed testing the Death Solution, while Yao Lao faced his Inner Demon in the Storage Ring. Yao Lao resisted its attempts to weaken him and waited for it to reveal the woman's name.

• Sun Buxiao planned to test the Death Solution on Bai Kun, and Xiao Yi Xian volunteered to drink a vial herself.
• Xiao Yan worried as Yao Lao remained motionless while confronting his Inner Demon.
• Yao Lao asked the woman in the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to tell him her name, but she disappeared without answering.
• The Inner Demon's Han Feng taunted Yao Lao and tried to provoke him with threats about Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao rejected Han Feng's accusations, praised Xiao Yan's grateful heart, and banished the imitation.
• The false Han Shanshan realized her attacks were failing as Yao Lao waited for the Inner Demon to reveal the woman's name.

Xiao Yi Xian absorbed Mo Tianxing’s death solution, bringing her soul close to a breakthrough, while Sun Buxiao learned that Jia Ma families were interested in the Black-Corner Region. Before leaving Canaan to help Xiao Yan fuse the Sea Heart Flame, Sun Buxiao met Xiao Xun’er, who asked whether he was serious about Brother Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that seeing Sun Buxiao in Mo Tianxing’s memories had weakened her fear during the death-solution trial, and that her soul neared the Spirit Realm threshold.
• Hai Bodong told Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian that the Mittel Family and Nalan Family were interested in entering the Black-Corner Region, while Yun Shan had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect’s leadership.
• Sun Buxiao left Qing Lin with Su Qian and learned from Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun’er wanted to meet him and had asked him to keep the Ancient Jade Fragment’s whereabouts secret.
• Sun Buxiao found Xiao Xun’er, who clasped her hands over her heart and asked whether he was serious about Brother Xiao Yan.

Sun Buxiao warned Xiao Xun'er that the Gu Clan posed a greater danger to Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan than he did, then told Xiao Yan that Gu Clan members might come for the jade fragment. The chapter left Xiao Yan bewildered by Sun Buxiao's warnings and strange claims about the Central Plains Girl Band.

• Xiao Xun'er questioned Sun Buxiao about his intentions toward Xiao Yan and warned him not to involve Xiao Yan or the Xiao Clan in his plans.
• Sun Buxiao revealed the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade Fragment and predicted that the Gu Clan would send people to take it from him.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Xun'er to examine the Gu Clan's internal situation and warned that her family threatened Xiao Yan more than he did.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan that Dou Emperors and Dou Zongs might come looking for him and urged him not to show them any respect.
• Xiao Yan questioned Sun Buxiao's warning and his bizarre reference to the Central Plains Girl Band.

Xiao Yan peacefully devoured Sea Heart Flame, evolving Flame Mantra to Earth Tier and breaking through to Dou Ling, while Han Feng was executed with the flame he had once possessed. Sun Buxiao warned Xiao Yan to be careful with his increasingly powerful Fire Lotuses, which could now reach five colors.

• Sun Buxiao explained Sea Heart Flame’s nature to Xiao Yan and criticized Han Feng for developing it as a beast mimicry.
• Xiao Yan prepared to devour Sea Heart Flame while Sun Buxiao guarded him and Han Feng watched.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Sea Heart Flame with little difficulty, balancing it with his other Heavenly Flame seeds.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Han Feng had any last words for Yao Lao, then burned him to death with Sea Heart Flame.
• Sun Buxiao collected Han Feng’s death solution and soul power as Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra evolved to Earth Tier and he broke through to Dou Ling.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan not to kill anyone with his Fire Lotuses, though Xiao Yan now had enough flames to conjure a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.

A Black Annihilation Army commander confronted Sun Buxiao in Black Seal City and demanded the Ancient Jade, but Protector Wu and two other Hall of Souls protectors appeared, creating a three-sided standoff. When both groups threatened Sun Buxiao, Xiao Yi Xian attacked, turning the confrontation into a fight and declaring that none of the intruders would leave.

• A Black Annihilation Army commander appeared above the Black Seal Auction House and demanded that Sun Buxiao hand over the Ancient Jade.
• Sun Buxiao refused and offered to trade the jade for Heaven Tier Dou Techniques or cultivation methods.
• Protector Wu and two other Hall of Souls protectors arrived, alarming the commander and raising tensions between the three sides.
• The commander accused Sun Buxiao of working with the Hall of Souls, but Sun Buxiao denied it and urged the groups to fight over the jade.
• When the commander and Protector Wu both pressed Sun Buxiao to surrender the jade, Sun Buxiao called for Xiao Yi Xian, who unleashed her Bitterblood Phoenix Plume and vowed to keep the intruders in Black Seal City.

Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian fought the Black Annihilation Army commander and Hall of Souls protectors over the Ancient Jade Fragment, while Xiao Yan confronted Ling Quan at Jia Nan Academy. Ling Quan sensed a distress signal from Commander Yu Shen, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Hai Bodong told Bai Kun to arrange an evacuation and said they could not intervene in the battle above Black Seal City.
• The Black Annihilation Army commander and three Hall of Souls protectors attacked Sun Buxiao to seize the Ancient Jade Fragment.
• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian unleashed their poison techniques against the four Dou Zong experts, turning the battle in the sky chaotic.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Xun'er rebuked Ling Quan for insulting the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan challenged his attitude toward her.
• Ling Quan confronted Xiao Yan over the Xiao Clan's key, then sensed a distress signal from Commander Yu Shen.

Xiao Yan challenged Ling Quan to withstand one of his attacks after Ling Quan threatened him and insulted his background. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan spending nearly all his Dou Qi to launch a three-colored Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus at Ling Quan.

• Ling Quan sent his subordinates ahead and stayed behind to confront Xiao Yan, but Xiao Xun'er stepped in to protect him.
• Xiao Yan pushed Xun'er aside, rebuked Ling Quan, and challenged him to take one move or kneel and apologize.
• Ling Quan accepted the bet, boasting that he could withstand several attacks, while Xiao Yan told Xun'er to watch from farther back.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and compressed three Heavenly Flames into a lotus.
• Xiao Yan launched the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus toward Ling Quan after nearly exhausting his Dou Qi.

An explosion near Jia Nan Academy interrupted Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian’s fight against the Black Annihilation Army, and Sun Buxiao suspected Little Yanzi had caused it with a bomb. Yu Shen questioned whether Deputy Commander Ling Quan was involved, but new arrivals had no news of him as the battle continued.

• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian fought the four Dou Zongs when an explosion shook the area near Jia Nan Academy.
• Sun Buxiao sensed heavenly flame power and wondered whether Little Yanzi had blown up the Security Team Captain.
• Yu Shen also sensed the disturbance and worried something had gone wrong with Ling Quan.
• Several figures on Four-Winged Unicorns arrived and asked Yu Shen what had happened.
• Yu Shen asked where Deputy Commander Ling Quan was, then refocused on the Black-Robed Men and glared at Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, destroying the mountains behind Jia Nan Academy and leaving both fighters unconscious. Sun Buxiao explained the damage to Su Qian, while Xiao Xun'er left with the Black Annihilation Army and Xiao Yan remained behind.

• Xiao Yan survived his injuries and declared that he would grow strong enough to overcome the force keeping him and Xiao Xun'er apart, before collapsing beside her.
• Xiao Xun'er tended to the unconscious Xiao Yan, then left with Yu Shen and the Black Annihilation Army after they carried off the gravely wounded Ling Quan.
• Su Qian arrived at the devastated mountain and found Xiao Yan unconscious, Xiao Xun'er gone, and Ling Quan being taken away.
• Sun Buxiao explained to Su Qian that Xiao Yan had fused Heavenly Flames into a Dou Technique that exploded, destroying the mountain and its plants and Magic Beasts.
• Sun Buxiao watched over Xiao Yan and approved of his confrontation with the Gu Clan.

After Xiao Yan woke from the backlash of his fused heavenly flames, Sun Buxiao told him to recover before pursuing the fallen heart flame and Xun'er. Qing Lin chose to cultivate with the Heavenly Snake Mansion so she could grow strong enough to help Sun Buxiao, who reassured her as he considered the dangers and opportunities ahead.

• Protector Xuan and Wu Ying decided to report Sun Buxiao to their superiors after realizing they could not handle him themselves.
• Xiao Yan woke after less than two days unconscious and immediately asked whether Xun'er had left.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan that the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower had been damaged and warned him to rebalance his three heavenly flames before attempting to deal with the fallen heart flame.
• Xiao Yan agreed to go to the Central Plains to find Xun'er.
• Qing Lin told Sun Buxiao she wanted to cultivate with the Heavenly Snake Mansion to become strong enough to help him, and he encouraged her while promising to protect her.

Sun Buxiao let Qing Lin leave Jia Nan Academy to develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while he and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the Heavenly Poison Gate’s expansion and the threat of the Hall of Souls. The chapter ended as two Heavenly Snake Mansion elders arrived to retrieve Qing Lin and meet Sun Buxiao.

• Sun Buxiao persuaded Su Qian to let Qing Lin leave Jia Nan Academy so she could develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian soaked in Jia Nan Academy’s hot spring and discussed their growing control of the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried about the Hall of Souls, and Sun Buxiao said he was confident and hoped to break through to Dou Zong.
• Qing Lin overheard Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian flirting, then left angrily when Sun Buxiao sent her away.
• Two Heavenly Snake Mansion elders arrived in the Black-Corner Region to bring Qing Lin back and establish relations with the Heavenly Poison Gate.

Sun Buxiao reviewed the Heavenly Poison Gate’s businesses and warned its elders after revealing an assassination plot tied to the Chu Yun Empire. He agreed to let Qing Lin train at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, while negotiating with its envoys over his strange secret art, and Qing Lin departed determined to become strong enough to help him.

• Hai Bodong reported that the Heavenly Poison Gate’s profitable businesses were secure and that its confiscated resources could sustain it for decades.
• Sun Buxiao revealed that a Chu Yun Empire assassin and an elder of the Heavenly Poison Gate had conspired to kill him, and warned the remaining elders to stay useful.
• Lu Man and Bai Ya arrived from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Lu Man recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Sun Buxiao agreed to let Qing Lin train at the Heavenly Snake Mansion but threatened to kill anyone who bullied her.
• Bai Ya traded money, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques for Sun Buxiao’s Strange Divine Limb-Reattachment Secret Art.
• Qing Lin promised Sun Buxiao she would become strong enough to help him, hugged him, and left on Little Purple’s back.

Sun Buxiao advised Su Qian to let Xiao Yan devour the Fallen Heart Flame and leave a child flame in Jia Nan Academy’s tower. After winning the Strong Ranking tournament, Xiao Yan learned Su Qian wanted to discuss a deal about the flame.

• Su Qian asked Sun Buxiao for help suppressing the Fallen Heart Flame without losing the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower’s benefits.
• Sun Buxiao suggested Xiao Yan devour the Fallen Heart Flame and leave a child flame behind for the academy’s students.
• Xiao Yan defeated Lin Xiuya in the Strong Ranking tournament and rose to second place on the Inner Academy’s Strong Ranking.
• Xiao Yan resolved to become strong enough to bring Xun'er back from her clan.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan that Su Qian wanted to discuss a deal concerning the Fallen Heart Flame, making Xiao Yan wonder if Su Qian knew he wanted it.

Su Qian and Sun Buxiao reinforced the seal containing the Fallen Heart Flame, then discussed Xiao Yan’s plan to absorb it. Su Qian agreed to trade the flame while preserving some of its benefits for Jia Nan Academy, leaving Xiao Yan surprised that his goal could be achieved through cooperation.

• Su Qian and Sun Buxiao strengthened the seal over the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower while the Fallen Heart Flame battered it from below.
• Sun Buxiao suggested discussing matters in Su Qian’s office, and Su Qian asked how Xiao Yan had absorbed multiple Heavenly Flame Origins without endangering himself.
• Xiao Yan explained that his cultivation method let him refine Heavenly Flames and asked whether taking the Fallen Heart Flame would harm Jia Nan Academy.
• Sun Buxiao described the flame’s cultivation-boosting and body-tempering benefits, then proposed leaving a child flame to preserve some of its uses.
• Su Qian agreed that Xiao Yan could take the Fallen Heart Flame if its remaining benefits could be preserved, and Xiao Yan marveled at how easily the deal had been settled.

Sun Buxiao accompanied Su Qian and the top ten students into the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower, where he kept watch over the fallen heart flame. He agreed to help Zi Yan return to her race when she reached Dou Zun, then sensed another flame beneath the tower’s magma.

• Su Qian asked Sun Buxiao to guard the fallen heart flame while the academy distributed rewards to the top ten students.
• Sun Buxiao followed Su Qian into the tower and explained that the fallen heart flame gave only a slight cultivation boost to those above Dou Wang.
• Zi Yan asked Sun Buxiao when he would help her return to her race, and he said she would need to reach Dou Sheng before revising the goal to Dou Zun.
• Sun Buxiao agreed to help Zi Yan return to her race once she reached Dou Zun, leaving Su Qian, Xiao Yan, and the other students bewildered.
• Su Qian led the group to the tower’s bottom level, where Sun Buxiao sensed one flame in the magma and wondered where the other was.

Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yan prepared to enter the magma beneath the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower and subdue the Fallen Heart Flame while Su Qian contained the resulting energy surge. The Fallen Heart Flame erupted in anger at the four Heavenly Flame auras, and Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yan plunged into the magma to begin the fight.

• Sun Buxiao explained his poison-based body-tempering research to Su Qian and noted that Xiao Yi Xian was progressing quickly in Medicine-Poison Conversion.
• Su Qian sent the students and elders away, leaving himself, Sun Buxiao, and Xiao Yan at the bottom of the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower.
• Sun Buxiao warned Su Qian that the other Heavenly Flame auras could trigger explosions while he and Xiao Yan fought the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian unleashed his aura and promised to contain the energy surge as the Fallen Heart Flame sensed the approaching threat.
• Sun Buxiao activated Three Thousand Lightning Movement and plunged into the magma, with Xiao Yan following to find the flame seed and claim it as his fourth origin Heavenly Flame.

Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yan entered the Magma World to capture the Fallen Heart Flame, whose fire spirit attacked them. After Sun Buxiao weakened it with Heavenly Cold Qi and located it through his soul perception, Xiao Yan struck its origin with all five of his Heavenly Flames, leaving the outcome uncertain after a huge explosion.

• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yan entered the Magma World and faced the Fallen Heart Flame’s fire python.
• Sun Buxiao seized the fire python and released Heavenly Cold Qi, weakening it before it escaped into the magma.
• Sun Buxiao used a vial of death solution to expand his soul perception and locate the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Sun Buxiao attacked the fire spirit with the Netherworld Poison Flame while Xiao Yan followed close behind.
• Xiao Yan combined his five Heavenly Flames and hurled them at the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin, causing a tremendous explosion that blasted Sun Dog away.