Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan discussed his cultivation and plans to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame with Yao Lao, while Xiao Yu prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy for Xiao City. Zi Yan joined Xiao Yu on the journey after Su Qian agreed to let her stay at Xiao Court.

• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that subduing the Fallen Heart Flame could greatly improve his cultivation speed, advance the Flame Mantra, and possibly take him to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yu gave Su Qian a jade pendant to signal when the Fallen Heart Flame was close to breaking its seal, then said goodbye to Xiao Yan and left for Xiao City.
• Xiao Yu sensed Zi Yan following him and asked why she had come after him.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yu that Su Qian had agreed to let her join Xiao Court, and Xiao Yu accepted her explanation.
• Xiao Yu gave Zi Yan pills as an apology, and she agreed to travel with him in exchange for more pills made from medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Yu absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame’s Origin Heart Flame in seclusion, tempering his body and strengthening his Dou Qi. Two months later, he began refining a peak sixth-tier Sect Breaking Pill to prepare for his breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yu upgraded the Spirit-Gathering Array, and the tower’s heart flame improved disciples’ cultivation and foundations.
• Xiao Yu sealed his palace and began testing the Origin Heart Flame, then absorbed it to temper his body and increase his strength.
• Xiao Court disciples crowded the upgraded Spirit-Gathering Tower, making points more valuable and boosting mission activity.
• Xue You managed Xiao Court while the elders cultivated in the tower, and he planned to attempt a breakthrough after Xiao Yu emerged.
• Two months later, Xiao Yu finished tempering his body and began refining a Sect Breaking Pill with ingredients bought using the proceeds from auctioning three Emperor’s Extreme Pills.

Xiao Yu completed refining a Sect Breaking Pill after strengthening his physique and advancing to the late Nine-Star Dou Emperor stage with the origin heart flame. The pill’s emergence caused a spectacle across Xiao City, while Xue You continued managing the rapidly growing Xiao Court.

• Xiao Yu refined a Cold Marrow Branch and completed the final stages of making the Sect Breaking Pill in his Medicine Cauldron.
• Xiao Yu reflected that the origin heart flame had raised his physical strength to rival a Peak Dou Ling and advanced his cultivation to the late Nine-Star Dou Emperor stage.
• After nurturing the pill for a day, Xiao Yu completed the Sect Breaking Pill and collected it as an energy pillar burst through his palace roof.
• Xiao Yu stored the pill, put away his Medicine Cauldron, and began restoring his condition with a Spirit-Gathering Array.
• The pill’s spectacle was visible across Xiao City, and Xue You continued overseeing Xiao Court’s affairs and screening new applicants.

Zi Yan brought a huge haul of medicinal herbs to Xue You, who exchanged them for 150,000 points. After a month and a half of cultivation, Xiao Yu reached Peak Dou Emperor and began studying records to prepare for breaking through to Dou Zong.

• Zi Yan asked Xue You to exchange her medicinal herbs for points after the Mission Hall refused, and the pile buried him.
• Xue You stored the herbs and transferred 150,000 points to Zi Yan, then planned to put the herbs in the Treasure Medicine Vault.
• Xiao Yu cultivated for a month and a half using the Spirit-Gathering Array and small medicinal pellets until he reached Peak Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yu stopped cultivating and read old records of Dou Emperors breaking through to Dou Zong to prepare for his own breakthrough.
• Xiao Yu regretted not taking Yun Shan's or Protector Wu's Storage Ring, while thinking Little Yanzi had gained a valuable prize.

After preparing for ten days, Xiao Yu used a Sect Breaking Pill to break through to Dou Zong and gain an initial grasp of spatial power. He demonstrated his new strength above Xiao Court and summoned Xue You to meet him.

• Xiao Yu spent ten days studying Dou Zong records and sensing space, then rested before attempting his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yu swallowed the Sect Breaking Pill and refined its energy while immersing his consciousness in spatial fluctuations.
• Xiao Yu gathered the pill’s energy into his dantian, transformed his Dou Qi source, and successfully advanced to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yu’s breakthrough unleashed Dou Qi and spatial ripples that shattered the Palace and sent him rising into the sky.
• Xiao Yu tested his ability to compress space, then dismissed his aura as the people of Xiao Court watched in astonishment.
• Xiao Yu called for Xue You, who hurried toward him from the Elder’s residence.

After breaking through to Dou Zong, Xiao Yu examined his new spatial powers, Void-Burning Divine Flame, and Eternal Sun Divine Thunder, which granted him a way to cultivate the Eternal Undying Body. Days later, he sensed that the jade pendant tied to Su Qian had been broken, suggesting the Fallen Heart Flame was no longer contained, and he set out for the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Xiao Yu meditated in Zi Yan's courtyard and discovered that his Dou Qi Source now held spatial power and far more Dou Qi than before.
• Xiao Yu examined the Void-Burning Divine Flame and learned that it could erode and control space, giving him an advantage against spatial techniques.
• Xiao Yu learned that the Eternal Sun Divine Thunder came with the cultivation method for the Eternal Undying Body, which required tempering every bone with strands of thunder.
• Xiao Yu stopped reading the later stages of the method and decided to focus on completing its first stage.
• A few days later, Xiao Yu sensed that the jade pendant containing his trace of the Three Thousand Puppet Thunders had been broken and suspected the Fallen Heart Flame was no longer restrained.
• Xiao Yu decided to go to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, expecting that the Magma World beneath it might hold unexpected gains.

The fallen heart flame erupted beneath Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian summoned help to contain it as hostile forces gathered to seize it. Xiao Yu arrived and agreed to defend the academy, leaving Han Feng and his allies preparing to fight him and Su Qian.

• Su Qian ordered everyone out of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and directed the elders to stabilize the seal as the fallen heart flame erupted.
• Xiao Yan evacuated the tower after his teacher told him to retreat and wait for another opportunity.
• Xiao Yu flew to Jia Nan Academy, and Zi Yan followed him so she could secure more pills later.
• Xiao Yu found Su Qian holding the barrier against Han Feng and his allies, including six Dou Huang experts and two powerful elders.
• Su Qian offered Xiao Yu valuable rewards to help defend the academy, and Xiao Yu accepted.
• Han Feng failed to persuade Xiao Yu to withdraw, so the gold- and silver-robed elders prepared to engage Su Qian while Han Feng and his allies targeted Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu confronted Han Feng and Yan during the battle for Jia Nan Academy and revealed a vast advantage in strength. He killed Yan while Han Feng escaped, leaving the Gold and Silver Elders questioning whether Han Feng could handle him.

• Su Qian fought the Gold and Silver Elders while Jia Nan Academy's elders battled Han Feng's forces around the energy barrier.
• Han Feng and Yan blocked Xiao Yu and attacked him with a heavenly flame and a flaming cleaver.
• Xiao Yu wounded Yan with the Nine Nether Profound Flame Finger, while Han Feng's attack passed through Xiao Yu after he dodged too quickly to be seen.
• Xiao Yu formed a giant golden hand that burned and crushed Yan to death, while Han Feng escaped with burns.
• Su Qian was surprised by Xiao Yu's strength, and the Gold Elder demanded to know whether Han Feng could defeat him.

Xiao Yu stopped Han Feng from killing Xiao Yan, but Han Feng’s attack broke the barrier containing the fallen heart flame and let it escape. As the flame overwhelmed Su Qian and threatened Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yu spoke with Yao Lao and prepared to help.

• The Black-Corner Region forces began retreating after Xiao Yan killed Fan Lao with his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, while Han Feng launched a surprise attack at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu knocked Han Feng unconscious and swept Xiao Yan out of the Long Halberd’s path, but the weapon tore open the barrier and the fallen heart flame broke free.
• The Gold and Silver Elders carried Han Feng away as Su Qian rushed to confront the escaping fallen heart flame, and Xiao Yu treated Xiao Yan before he began recovering.
• Yao Lao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring to speak privately with Xiao Yu, then returned to the ring after their conversation.
• The fallen heart flame absorbed the Fire Lotus’s energy and grew powerful enough to rival a Four-Star Dou Zong, leaving Su Qian struggling to contain it.
• Su Qian called on Court Master Xiao to help as Jia Nan Academy faced destruction.

Xiao Yu held off the Fallen Heart Flame while Su Qian and the elders completed the sealing formation, but the flame dragged Xiao Yan inside and swallowed Xiao Yu. Su Qian ordered the formation sealed despite leaving both men underground, and the Fallen Heart Flame was forced back beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yu agreed to hold back the Fallen Heart Flame while Su Qian left to complete the sealing formation.
• Xiao Yu destroyed the flame serpent with his blue ice thunderflame greatsword as the elders strengthened the formation.
• The Fallen Heart Flame burned its origin, seized Xiao Yan, and swallowed Xiao Yu before the formation could close.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to seal the Fallen Heart Flame despite Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu being trapped inside.
• The sealing barrier forced the Fallen Heart Flame back underground, and Jia Nan Academy was left in ruins.

Xiao Yu battled the Fallen Heart Flame’s Fire Python in the Magma World, severely wounding it but failing to stop it from escaping. He collected the abandoned Origin Heart Flame and recovered, while the wounded Fallen Heart Flame was left to turn its attention to Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yu searched the Magma World and was attacked by the Fallen Heart Flame’s Fire Python.
• Xiao Yu struck the Fire Python with three powerful techniques, badly damaging its body and head.
• The Fallen Heart Flame sacrificed its lower body as a decoy and escaped into the magma.
• Xiao Yu concluded that the wounded Fallen Heart Flame would likely seek Xiao Yan, and that Yao Lao could protect him.
• Xiao Yu compressed the abandoned Fire Python body into a fist-sized Fire Bead and began recovering his Dou Qi.

Xiao Yu failed to temper his spine with the eternal sun divine thunder and spent several days healing before preparing to use the Origin Fire Bead. When a fire lizard attacked him, he killed it and discovered its Fire Bead held useful energy for people with special flames.

• Xiao Yu tried tempering his spine with a seed of the eternal sun divine thunder, but withdrew it when the pain and damage threatened to destroy his bones.
• Xiao Yu used a Fifth-Rank Healing Pill and spent several days recovering until his spine returned to normal.
• Xiao Yu took out the Origin Heart Flame Bead, hoping it could strengthen his body enough to cultivate the eternal undying body.
• Xiao Yu sensed an unfamiliar creature approaching, put the bead away, and dodged the fire lizard's flame attack.
• Xiao Yu killed the Four-Star Dou Emperor fire lizard with black-and-white thunder and collected its Fire Bead, which contained energy usable by people with special flames.

After three months of refining Fire Beads and the fallen heart flame’s origin, Xiao Yu greatly strengthened his body and prepared to leave the Magma World. While searching for Xiao Yan to ensure he could still subdue the fallen heart flame, Xiao Yu detected a faint soul fluctuation that seemed to come from someone he recognized from the original story.

• Xiao Yu killed a Two-Star Dou Zong Fire Lizard and refined its Fire Bead along with another, but advanced only to the middle of One-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yu concealed his aura with the Myriad Transformation Flame and spent three months tempering his bones, flesh, and meridians with the origin heart flame while absorbing Fire Beads.
• Xiao Yu emerged from cultivation with a physique more than ten times stronger than before and decided to leave the Magma World rather than risk another Great Sun Divine Thunder tempering unprepared.
• A hidden sphere in the Magma World held white bones and the fallen heart flame’s origin seed, while a faint soul fluctuation drifted from the bones.
• Xiao Yu searched for Xiao Yan and detected an unfamiliar, faint soul fluctuation that seemed to be trying to communicate; he suspected it belonged to the person he recalled from the original story.

Xiao Yu found a spatial sphere hidden in the magma and persuaded the spirit inside to let him enter. He learned that the old man was Yao Tianhuo, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, who invited him in to discuss a favor.

• Xiao Yu followed the soul fluctuations through the magma and uncovered a sphere enclosing an independent space.
• Xiao Yu examined the sphere, then began to leave without breaking it open.
• Yao Tianhuo appeared and persuaded Xiao Yu to enter by promising rewards and insisting he meant no harm.
• Xiao Yu used his speed and spatial force to enter the sphere and asked the old man to identify himself.
• Yao Tianhuo introduced himself as the Heavenly Fire Venerable and told Xiao Yu he could call him Yao Lao.

Xiao Yu spoke with Yao Tianhuo, who asked for help escaping the Underground Magma World and restoring his remnant soul. After discovering Xiao Yu was a peak One-Star Dou Zong with fire-attribute dou qi, Yao Tianhuo offered him the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Technique, while Xiao Yu planned to obtain more of his treasures and eventually help revive him.

• Yao Tianhuo explained that his remnant soul would vanish within three years unless it was restored, and asked Xiao Yu to take him out and help him.
• Xiao Yu said he was trapped and lacked soul-restoring materials, prompting Yao Tianhuo to offer valuable compensation.
• Xiao Yu revealed his peak One-Star Dou Zong strength and fire-attribute dou qi, shocking Yao Tianhuo.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Yu the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Technique, a fire-control method with five beast stages and a powerful formation.
• Xiao Yu examined the technique and planned to secure more of Yao Tianhuo's belongings before helping him regain a new life.

Xiao Yu accepted Yao Tianhuo’s cultivation art, sealing technique, and Fallen Heart Flame seed in exchange for taking him out of the Underground Magma World. He prepared to help restore Yao Tianhuo’s soul by refining a Spirit Fusion Pill, leaving Yao Tianhuo impressed by his alchemy.

• Yao Tianhuo offered Xiao Yu an Earth-Rank Sealing Technique and a heavenly flame seed if Xiao Yu would take him out of the Underground Magma World.
• Xiao Yu accepted the items and placed the Fallen Heart Flame seed in his dantian.
• Xiao Yu explained that he was preparing to protect Yao Tianhuo from vanishing, then took out medicinal herbs that could help his soul recover.
• Xiao Yu refined the herbs with flames in his palm and told Yao Tianhuo he was making a Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Yao Tianhuo recognized the Spirit Fusion Pill as a Sixth-Grade Pill and concluded that befriending Xiao Yu could be a worthwhile investment.

Xiao Yu restored Yao Tianhuo’s soul with a Spirit Fusion Pill, then spent half a year mastering the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Technique and the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal while advancing to Two-Star Dou Zong. As they prepared to leave, Xiao Yu began collecting Yao Tianhuo’s remains, claiming he had a beneficial use for the bones.

• Xiao Yu refined a high-quality Spirit Fusion Pill and gave it to Yao Tianhuo to restore his soul.
• Xiao Yu dissolved the pill’s medicinal power into Yao Tianhuo, whose soul recovered enough to contend with a newly advanced Dou Zong.
• Yao Tianhuo agreed to wait while Xiao Yu practiced the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Technique for half a year.
• Xiao Yu learned the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Technique and the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal and advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yu told Yao Tianhuo they could leave, then began collecting his remains and said the bones would be used for Yao Tianhuo’s benefit.

Xiao Yu searched the Magma World for Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, then found the barrier protecting Xiao Yan and met Yao Lao. He introduced Yao Tianhuo to the elder, and Yao Tianhuo clarified that Xiao Yu was not his disciple.

• Xiao Yu concealed his and Yao Tianhuo's auras with the Myriad Transformation Flame and searched the Magma World for Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yu expanded his soul perception through the magma, sensed a dangerous Fire Lizard Tribe and a terrifying aura below, then found a familiar presence.
• Yao Lao recognized Xiao Yu's soul fluctuation while Xiao Yan cultivated inside a barrier that kept out the magma.
• Xiao Yu and Yao Tianhuo entered the barrier and met Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yu introduced the two men, and Yao Tianhuo explained that he was not Xiao Yu's teacher.

Xiao Yu checked on Xiao Yan as he began subduing the Fallen Heart Flame, then exchanged precious items with Yao Lao for techniques and resources that could restore soul bodies. The exchange ended with Yao Lao revealing a method to resurrect a soul body, startling Yao Tianhuo.

• Xiao Yu saw that Xiao Yan had begun subduing the Fallen Heart Flame and decided to leave him in Yao Lao’s care while he handled matters outside.
• Yao Tianhuo told Yao Lao that he had once been the Fallen Heart Flame’s master and that it had caused his death, but he had severed his connection to it before dying.
• Xiao Yu offered Yao Lao two scrolls and a flame seed in exchange for items that could help a soul body recover.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yu formulas for Seventh-Grade and Eighth-Tier Pills, a soul-body resurrection method, and a cultivation art.
• Yao Tianhuo was stunned when he heard that Yao Lao had offered a method to resurrect a soul body.

After leaving Yao Lao, Xiao Yu used his Void-Burning Divine Flame to escape the underground magma region and the seal around the Fallen Heart Flame. He emerged near Peaceful Town and headed back to prepare for pill refining and a trip to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Yu left Yao Lao with the Taiyi Soul Art, pill formulas, and a resurrection method, while promising Yao Tianhuo that he could resurrect him.
• Xiao Yu searched for a way out underground and used the Void-Burning Divine Flame to melt an opening through the spatial barrier.
• Xiao Yu passed through the barrier and used the flame to repair the opening, leaving no trace behind.
• Xiao Yu blasted a tunnel to the surface and emerged from a mountain near Peaceful Town.
• Xiao Yu decided to return and prepare to refine pills before visiting Second Uncle and the others in the Jia Ma Empire.