Chapter Summaries

Su Qian assigned Xiao Yan and Qing Lin to Instructor Ruo Lin’s Outer Academy class, while Qing Lin sensed a terrifying presence nearby. At the academy, Ruo Lin was overwhelmed by Qing Lin’s powerful magical beast pets, and Xiao Yan reunited with Xun’er.

• Su Qian arranged for Xiao Yan and Qing Lin to study in Ruo Lin’s Yellow Class Two, and Xiao Yan accepted the placement.
• Qing Lin sensed a frightening aura from a figure with purple hair, while Little Purple and Little Shuang reacted as if threatened.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about the Fallen Heart Flame and considered how he might trade for Sun Buxiao’s myriad beast spirit flame.
• Su Qian brought Xiao Yan and Qing Lin to Ruo Lin and introduced them as her new students.
• Ruo Lin was alarmed by Qing Lin’s pets, especially the fifth-rank Amethyst Winged Lion and fourth-rank Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xun’er rushed to Xiao Yan, and the two embraced.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xun'er and recounted how Sun Buxiao had helped him, leaving her torn between suspicion of Sun Buxiao and gratitude for his kindness. In Maple City, Han Feng’s worsening madness and Inner Demon’s taunts left him in despair.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er that he had easily won the Three-Year Agreement and returned everything she had given him.
• Xiao Yan praised Sun Buxiao for helping him obtain the green lotus core flame, while Xiao Xun'er worried about Sun Buxiao’s identity and influence over him.
• A crowd gathered around Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, while Qing Lin said she missed Lord Buxiao as she brushed Little Purple’s fur.
• A subordinate told Han Feng that a white-haired man and woman had flown northwest from the Black-Corner Region, and Han Feng erupted in rage at Sun Buxiao.
• Han Feng’s Inner Demon mocked his failures and reminded him of his schemes, leaving Han Feng on his knees in despair.

Sun Buxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong entered the Swamp of Death to confront the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, which was drawn by the scent of their poisonous bodies. The battle began, and Sun Buxiao wounded the beast with Netherworld Poison Flame, revealing that he possessed the poison flame it had been guarding.

• Sun Buxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong entered the swamp and sealed themselves in protective poison or insect molt.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast sensed two Woeful Poison Bodies and flew toward them, eager to consume them.
• Sun Buxiao sensed the approaching beast, and the group spent a day preparing before it arrived.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked the beast, while Hai Bodong protected the group from its dark green flames with ice techniques.
• The beast attacked Sun Buxiao with its tail and Xiao Yi Xian with Scorpion Dragon Swallows the Heavens, but Xiao Yi Xian pierced the poisonous dragon and Hai Bodong reinforced their defenses.
• Sun Buxiao struck with Heavenly Poison Cloud-Treading Collapse and Netherworld Poison Flame, causing the beast to roar in pain and recognize the flame.

Sun Buxiao recovered after the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast knocked him down, while Xiao Yi Xian fought the beast and tore through its wing. With his poison spreading through his body, Sun Buxiao drew Xiao Yi Xian’s toxins into himself, unleashed several flames, and trapped the fleeing beast as he prepared to refine a Poison Pill.

• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast charged Sun Buxiao, knocked him from the sky, and left him unconscious.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked the beast with Earth Tier Dou Techniques, wounded its tail, and tore a hole in its wing before exhausting herself.
• Sun Buxiao caught Xiao Yi Xian, shielded them from the beast’s poisonous attacks, and revealed that the poison line had reached his heart.
• Sun Buxiao took Xiao Yi Xian’s hand and drew her toxins into his body, then unleashed the netherworld poison flame and seized the myriad beast spirit flame and Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast tried to flee, but Sun Buxiao trapped it with Soul Capture Net and charged at it to refine a Poison Pill.

Sun Buxiao defeated the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast but pushed his woeful poison body to the brink of bursting apart. With Xiao Yi Xian guarding him and the beast’s seventh-tier magic core in hand, he began refining the Poison Pill.

• Sun Buxiao battered the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with his fists and three Heavenly Flames, then grabbed its tail and hurled it into the swamp.
• Sun Buxiao struck the grounded beast with Heavenly Poison Cloud-Treading Collapse and Purple Demon Piercing Thorn, tearing it in two despite his own body breaking down.
• Xiao Yi Xian dug the beast’s seventh-tier magic core out of its skull and gave it to Sun Buxiao.
• Sun Buxiao poured Soul Solution over himself, reset his broken leg bones, and began refining the poison with the magic core and three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian enveloped Sun Buxiao in Poison Veil while Hai Bodong watched and hoped he could successfully refine the Poison Pill.

Sun Buxiao forced the toxins in his body into the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core and successfully formed a Poison Pill with the help of three Heavenly Flames. His aura stabilized, but his body was left gravely injured, and Xiao Yi Xian began treating him.

• Sun Buxiao's toxins gathered into a seven-colored vortex, and he thrust the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core into it.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried over Sun Buxiao while Hai Bodong watched and reflected on the remarkable fighters around him.
• Sun Buxiao drank two vials of Soul Solution and used the three Heavenly Flames to force the toxins into the magic core despite the missing ingredient.
• The magic core turned smooth and seven-colored before the vortex vanished, and Sun Buxiao's aura stabilized as he declared the attempt successful.
• Xiao Yi Xian hugged Sun Buxiao, then laid him on a mat and began treating his severe injuries.

At Jia Nan Academy’s tournament, Xiao Yan and Qing Lin easily defeated top students while displaying habits they had picked up from Sun Buxiao. The chapter ended with Qing Lin wondering whether Sun Buxiao had found the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, while he crashed through a swamp in his Dou Qi wheelchair.

• Xue Beng challenged Xiao Yan over Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yan knocked him unconscious and off the arena with his Heavy Black Ruler.
• Xiao Xun'er embraced Xiao Yan after his victory, drawing jealous stares from the students and concern from Hu Gan.
• Qing Lin faced Yang Kai, insulted him with a line Sun Buxiao had taught her, and defeated him with Ten Thousand Wood Thrusts.
• Qing Lin wondered whether Sun Buxiao had found the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast as he raced through a swamp and was thrown from his wheelchair after a wheel caught in the grass.

Sun Buxiao used the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s soul and tail to create a powerful, retractable limb-like Dou Technique. He left the chapter able to summon and resize the tail, while Xiao Yi Xian eyed it with a suspicious idea.

• Sun Buxiao explained his secret art for making limb-grafting Dou Techniques to Hai Bodong.
• Sun Buxiao captured the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s soul and molded it into the shape of its tail.
• Sun Buxiao fused the beast’s soul with its tail, creating what he judged to be an Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Sun Buxiao learned to retract the tail and summon it at different sizes, while Hai Bodong stared in disbelief.
• Xiao Yi Xian tested whether the tail could feel anything, then formed a purple Spiral and made Sun Buxiao retract it warily.

Sun Buxiao reached Five-Star Dou Emperor after completing his Poison Pill, and the group prepared to pursue the Netherworld Poison Flame. At the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Qing Lin formed an alliance for a fifty-person free-for-all, where Qing Lin revealed unexpectedly powerful soul abilities.

• Sun Buxiao completed his Poison Pill and advanced to Five-Star Dou Emperor, leaving Hai Bodong stunned by his rapid growth.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others divided the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's materials and planned to make inner armor before pursuing the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• At the tournament, Hu Gan announced that the selection would be a fifty-person free-for-all instead of one-on-one matches.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Qing Lin to ally with her and Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin agreed so she could compete for a place in the Inner Academy.
• When the contest began, the students targeted Xiao Yan, who and Xiao Xun'er fought back while protecting their alliance.
• Qing Lin released a soul tremor that briefly dazed nearly everyone, impressing Xiao Yan and shocking Xiao Xun'er.

Qing Lin defended Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er from students who challenged them over Xiao Xun'er, while elders discussed the group’s ties to Sun Buxiao and possible action against the Black-Corner Region. Elsewhere, Sun Buxiao, Hai Bodong, and Xiao Yi Xian searched for the Netherworld Poison Flame, and Sun Buxiao decided Xiao Yi Xian would devour it once they found it.

• Qing Lin condemned the students who believed they could win Xiao Xun'er by defeating Xiao Yan and threatened them in Sun Buxiao’s name.
• Hu Gan told Old Man Huo that Sun Buxiao had sent the children to the Outer Academy only to build their foundations, and said he and Elder Su Qian might act against the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er joined Qing Lin in the arena and overwhelmed their opponents.
• Sun Buxiao accidentally poisoned Hai Bodong with the wrong grilling sauce, and Hai Bodong used the Netherworld Insect Molt to ease the poisoning.
• Sun Buxiao and his companions discussed where to find the Netherworld Poison Flame, and Xiao Yi Xian suggested waiting where the poisonous mist was strongest.
• Sun Buxiao gave Xiao Yi Xian the Advanced Naling he had obtained from Yuan Yi and told her she would devour the Netherworld Poison Flame.

The Inner Academy selection ended with Xiao Yan in first place and Qing Lin advancing to Da Dou Shi, while Han Feng summoned Black-Corner Region experts to Maple City. Sun Buxiao examined the wild netherworld poison flame with Xiao Yi Xian and prepared to help her devour it.

• Xiao Yan won first place in the Inner Academy selection, and Qing Lin broke through to Da Dou Shi.
• Yuan Yi received Han Feng's Medicine Emperor Order and sent Bai Kun to warn Sun Buxiao about Han Feng's plans.
• Bai Kun revealed that he already served Sun Buxiao and left with Yuan Yi's antidote to travel to the Youlan Kingdom.
• Sun Buxiao observed the wild netherworld poison flame take the form of a butterfly and noted the other heavenly flames' reactions to it.
• Sun Buxiao took Xiao Yi Xian's hand and promised to help her devour the wild netherworld poison flame.

Sun Buxiao helped Xiao Yi Xian swallow the netherworld poison flame, guiding its flame seed through her body while sharing the heat and pain. Xiao Yi Xian succeeded, though she was badly injured and the flame still needed time to stabilize.

• Sun Buxiao wrapped Xiao Yi Xian in his flames and had the myriad beast spirit flame contain the wild netherworld poison flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian searched the flame's core and, guided by Sun Buxiao, caught its flame seed and swallowed it.
• Sun Buxiao guided the seed through Xiao Yi Xian's meridians and drew toxins from her body, but the heat grew too intense for her to endure.
• Sun Buxiao kissed Xiao Yi Xian and took part of the heat into his own body, making the pain bearable as the flame seed advanced.
• The flame seed reached the inner space opened by the Naling, and Xiao Yi Xian successfully made the netherworld poison flame her origin Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian treated Sun Buxiao's blistered lips while they acknowledged her injuries and the flame's need to stabilize.

Sun Buxiao returned from the poisonous mist with Xiao Yi Xian after helping her obtain the Netherworld Poison Flame, then rescued Bai Kun from the swamp. Bai Kun revealed that Yuan Yi had sent him with news about the Medicine Emperor Han Feng.

• Hai Bodong waited outside the poisonous mist until Sun Buxiao returned carrying an injured, sleeping Xiao Yi Xian, and Sun Buxiao said she needed four or five days to recover.
• Hai Bodong asked Sun Buxiao which Heavenly Flames suited ice-attribute Dou Qi, and Sun Buxiao suggested the Nine Nether Wind Flame and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Sun Buxiao sensed a stronger soul nearby and found Bai Kun collapsed in the poisonous swamp, poisoned and near death.
• Sun Buxiao drew the toxins from Bai Kun, made him an antidote, and revived him.
• Bai Kun thanked Sun Buxiao and said Yuan Yi had sent him with news about the Medicine Emperor Han Feng, prompting Sun Buxiao to demand the details.

Han Feng tried to rally Black-Corner Region powerhouses to attack Jia Nan Academy and seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian flew ahead toward the Black-Corner Region. Han Feng secured only a few reluctant allies, and the others continued their journey with Hai Bodong and Bai Kun trailing behind.

• Han Feng addressed the Black-Corner Region powerhouses in Maple City and insisted that they had the advantage over Jia Nan Academy.
• Silver Elder, Fan Lao, and Su Mei demanded sincerity and an explanation for Han Feng's plan, while Yuan Yi watched in silence.
• Han Feng claimed the Fallen Heart Flame could remove the presence in his heart and promised free medicine in exchange for help obtaining it.
• Yin Gu Lao, Yuan Yi, Su Mei, and Tie Wu left, while Flame and the Gold and Silver Elders agreed to help for additional rewards.
• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian flirted as they flew, then sped ahead and left Hai Bodong and Bai Kun behind.

Three Hall of Souls Protectors waited in the Black-Corner Region for Sun Buxiao, suspecting he might return when Han Feng attacked Jia Nan Academy. Meanwhile, Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian clarified their relationship and kissed again as they flew onward.

• Protector Wu, Protector Xuan, and Iron Protector discussed Yun Shan's report that Sun Buxiao possessed an Ancient Jade Fragment and decided to wait for him in the Black-Corner Region.
• Protector Xuan proposed watching Han Feng's assault on Jia Nan Academy, reasoning that Sun Buxiao might return because of his feud with Han Feng.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Sun Buxiao what their relationship was and teased him about whether he had intended to pursue her when they first met in Qingshan Town.
• Sun Buxiao admitted he had initiated what happened between them, pulled Xiao Yi Xian close, and kissed her again.

Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian discussed Han Feng’s plan to attack Jia Nan Academy for the fallen heart flame, and Sun Buxiao judged that Han Feng’s inner demon would make the attempt ruinous. Meanwhile, Han Feng gathered powerful allies in Maple City, including Mo Ya, leaving the factions to maneuver for the sea heart flame as well.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Sun Buxiao about their shared woeful poison bodies, then asked why Han Feng was gathering forces in Maple City.
• Sun Buxiao concluded that Han Feng planned to attack Jia Nan Academy for the fallen heart flame and explained that using it would likely burn away Han Feng’s consciousness and soul because of his inner demon.
• Sun Buxiao said he and Xiao Yi Xian would return in time to watch Han Feng’s attempt and planned to kill the Black-Corner Region experts afterward.
• Han Feng recruited several Dou Emperor-level fighters and Dou Wangs, then sought out Mo Ya of the Black Emperor Sect for support.
• Mo Ya considered what the Black Emperor Sect could gain from Han Feng, especially the sea heart flame he possessed.

Xiao Yan prepared to trade a seventh-tier pill and a Dou Technique for Sun Buxiao’s heavenly flame while asking Yao Lao why Han Feng had betrayed him. Han Feng then arrived at Jia Nan Academy with a large force and demanded the fallen heart flame.

• Qing Lin complained that students kept asking her to recruit for Pan Gate because they wanted her fifth-rank magical beast.
• Xiao Yan decided to trade the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and Three Thousand Lightning Movement to Sun Buxiao for the myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao why Han Feng had betrayed him, but Han Feng’s arrival interrupted their conversation.
• Han Feng confronted Su Qian and demanded that Jia Nan Academy hand over the fallen heart flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized Han Feng as Yao Lao’s former disciple, and Yao Lao reacted to seeing him.

Han Feng led eight Dou Emperor experts to attack Jia Nan Academy and seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Yan prepared to intervene. The battle turned as Sun Buxiao arrived with burning clouds and a swarm of pink-and-green butterflies.

• Han Feng sent the Gold and Silver Elders to attack Su Qian and used a powerful fire technique against Hu Gan.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Han Feng cultivated an incomplete Flame Mantra and had devoured the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan flew into the battle, prepared to combine the Green Lotus Core Flame, Netherworld Poison Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Qing Lin and her companions joined Xiao Yan, and she pointed him toward a Girl in Purple.
• Sun Buxiao arrived at the battlefield with burning clouds, pink-and-green butterflies, and a powerful surge of soul presence and Dou Qi.

Sun Buxiao returned to Jia Nan Academy with his woeful poison body resolved and his strength raised to Dou Emperor, then overwhelmed Han Feng and the other attackers. He seized Han Feng and began probing his Inner Demon while his Scorpion Tail fought the remaining Dou Emperors.

• Su Qian sensed Sun Buxiao's Dou Qi and discovered that he had broken through to Dou Emperor.
• Han Feng called on the Gold and Silver Elders and the others to help kill Sun Buxiao, then charged at him with sea heart flame.
• Sun Buxiao pierced Han Feng's chest with his Scorpion Tail, but Han Feng grabbed the tail and unleashed sea heart flame beasts at him.
• Sun Buxiao killed an unnamed Dou Huang expert with a single kick and released poison gas that incapacitated a Dou Wang.
• Sun Buxiao restrained Han Feng and sensed his Inner Demon while his Scorpion Tail continued fighting the Dou Emperors, then mocked Han Feng as useless.

Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed the Dou Emperors attacking them, while the three Soul Hall Protectors reconsidered their plans after witnessing their strength. The Protectors decided to seek a chance to talk to Sun Buxiao instead of confronting him.

• Protector Wu, Protector Xuan, and Iron Protector admitted that none of them could defeat Sun Buxiao alone and wondered whether they could win by attacking together.
• Sun Buxiao asked Xiao Yi Xian to hold off the Dou Emperors while he dealt with Han Feng's Inner Demon.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck Fan Lao with the Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn, and Fan Lao tore off his arm to escape the flames.
• Sun Buxiao pierced Fan Lao's heart with Scorpion's Bane Poison, killing him as the other fighters watched in fear.
• Protector Wu abandoned the idea of reporting Sun Buxiao and suggested finding a chance to speak with him instead.