Chapter Summaries

After emerging from seclusion, Chen Xuan learned that Demon Cloud City was thriving and set out for Maple City to join Han Feng’s gathering of Black-Corner Region experts. There, he recognized the disguised Gold and Silver Elders and bound them as they tried to flee.

• Chen Xuan welcomed Hai Bodong’s breakthrough to Dou Zong and heard from Great Elder Snake Ji that Han Feng had been recruiting Black-Corner Region factions for a bid to obtain Jia Nan Academy’s heavenly flame.
• Chen Xuan praised Yue Mei’s advancement to Six-Star Dou Emperor and promised Hai Bodong and Great Elder Snake Ji that their aptitude and bloodlines could also be improved.
• Chen Xuan rewarded a Dou Ling expert who had mastered the first half of the False Transformation Technique with a Dou Ling Pill, a Blood Pool entry, and the rest of the technique.
• After reviewing Demon Cloud City’s progress, Chen Xuan traveled to Maple City, where Han Feng had assembled more than thirty experts, including Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Elder.
• Chen Xuan arrived through a spatial vortex, and the gathered experts recognized him as Queen Medusa; Han Feng greeted him respectfully.
• Chen Xuan spotted the disguised Gold and Silver Elders, who fled into the sky, and imprisoned them with a single command.

Chen Xuan subdued the Gold and Silver Elders, then joined Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region’s experts as they prepared to seize Jia Nan Academy’s heavenly flame. After the flame erupted, the force reached the mountains around the Inner Academy, where Han Feng ordered everyone to attack.

• Chen Xuan spared the Gold and Silver Elders on the condition that they guard Demon Cloud City’s gates for ten years after the matter was over.
• Han Feng explained that the group would attack Jia Nan Academy after its heavenly flame erupted, while Chen Xuan would hold back the academy’s strongest elders.
• Han Feng led more than thirty experts to Peace Town, where Fan Lao stayed behind to confront Elder Zhang while the others continued toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Xuan and Han Feng sensed the heavenly flame erupting, and Elder Zhang sent a warning to the Outer Academy.
• Han Feng led the experts to the mountains surrounding the Inner Academy and ordered them to attack.

Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region forces attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame after the academy's elders sealed it back inside the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. Great Elder Su Qian refused to surrender it, and Jia Nan Academy revealed two newly risen Dou Zong elders as the standoff began.

• Han Feng urged the assembled Black-Corner Region leaders to break Jia Nan Academy's seal, while their combined attacks battered it from outside.
• Great Elder Su Qian and dozens of Jia Nan Academy elders subdued the rampaging Fallen Heart Flame and forced it back into the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan and his friends discussed the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor and the difficulty of obtaining the Fallen Heart Flame before explosions revealed an attack on the academy.
• Han Feng arrived with Mo Tianxing, Eagle Mountain Elder, the Gold and Silver Elders, and other forces, then demanded that Su Qian hand over the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian refused Han Feng's demand, and Jia Nan Academy brought out Elder Huo, Elder Bing, and five Outer Academy elders to confront the invading forces.

Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan and confronted Han Feng, his former disciple, as Jia Nan Academy and the Black-Corner Region forces clashed. The battle between master and disciple began with their Heavenly Flames and powerful attacks meeting in the sky.

• Mo Tianxing challenged Su Qian, and their Dou Zong auras collided as both sides assessed the forces gathered above the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan called on Yao Lao, who took control of his body and revealed his identity to Han Feng, shocking the assembled fighters.
• Han Feng accused Yao Lao of favoritism over the Flame Mantra and ordered the Black-Corner Region forces to attack Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian fought Mo Tianxing while the other experts engaged, and Yao Lao and Han Feng prepared to face each other.
• Han Feng and Yao Lao clashed with their Heavenly Flames, then exchanged a black palm strike and a flame-wreathed Black Heavy Ruler attack that shook the battlefield.

Han Feng fought Yao Lao while the Black-Corner Region forces overwhelmed Jia Nan Academy’s elders. As Elder Huo faced a fatal attack, Qian Mu and Bai Lie appeared to defend the academy, but Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Elder remained confident.

• Han Feng attacked Yao Lao and Xiao Yan with the power of his heavenly flames, and their battle devastated the forest around Jia Nan Academy.
• Eagle Mountain Elder and Mo Tianxing joined the assault, and the Black-Corner Region experts suppressed Su Qian, Elder Huo, and Elder Bing.
• Eagle Mountain Elder unleashed the Fiery Eagle Palm at the weakened Elder Huo, but a spatial vortex swallowed the attack.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie emerged from the vortex, revealing themselves as High-Rank Dou Zong elders who had been guarding Jia Nan Academy.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie confronted the attackers, while Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Elder remained defiant; Han Feng and Yao Lao stopped fighting nearby.

Queen Medusa joined Han Feng’s side, and Chen Xuan fought Qian Mu and Bai Lie while the wider battle broke out around them. As Chen Xuan was driven back, he hinted that he had yet to unleash his true power, and Queen Medusa’s aura surged.

• Han Feng revealed that Queen Medusa had come to support him, alarming Su Qian, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor carried Lin Xiuya, Han Yue, and the others to Chen Xuan, who sent them away and promised not to kill Su Qian and the other elders.
• Chen Xuan challenged Qian Mu and Bai Lie, then fought them with his halberd and Mountain Splitting Seal as they joined forces against him.
• Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Elder attacked Su Qian and the others while Han Feng began fighting Yao Lao for the complete Flame Mantra and the Heavenly Flames.
• Chen Xuan took wounds and appeared to weaken, then said he could finally unleash his true power as a terrifying surge erupted from Queen Medusa.

Chen Xuan reached the peak of Eight-Star Dou Zong and continued fighting Qian Mu and Bai Lie while Yao Lao and Han Feng battled to a draw. The fallen heart flame broke free of its seal and charged at Han Feng and Xiao Yan, intent on devouring them.

• Chen Xuan used the Eight Gates to raise Queen Medusa's strength to the peak of Eight-Star Dou Zong, then fought Qian Mu and Bai Lie without trying to kill them.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie attacked Chen Xuan with the Wooden Barrier and Blazing Fire Palm, but Chen Xuan broke through their combined techniques as the battle raged on.
• The fallen heart flame weakened its seal in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower while the Black-Corner Region fighters and Jia Nan Academy elders gradually tired.
• Yao Lao gained the upper hand against Han Feng, who revealed his Soul Hall techniques and unleashed the Soul Heaven Seal, Soul Chains, and Sea Heart Flame.
• Yao Lao and Han Feng's attacks erupted in a tremendous blast, leaving both wounded and their battle unresolved.
• The fallen heart flame broke free, formed a massive fire dragon, and charged at Han Feng and Xiao Yan to devour them.

As the Fallen Heart Flame attacked Han Feng and Xiao Yan, Chen Xuan slipped into the underground cavern beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and found a young Fallen Heart Flame for Gu He. He took the flame from the soul of Yao Tianhuo, the former Heavenly Fire Venerable, and decided against exploring the dangerous depths below.

• The Fallen Heart Flame ambushed Han Feng and Xiao Yan, prompting Han Feng to fight back with the sea heart flame as the others stopped battling to watch.
• Chen Xuan left the battle above and searched the underground cavern, where he found a young Fallen Heart Flame on a skeleton.
• Queen Medusa learned that Chen Xuan intended to take the flame for Gu He, and Chen Xuan called out the soul of Yao Tianhuo, the Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Yao Tianhuo revealed that he had once mastered the Fallen Heart Flame, but Chen Xuan easily severed his connection to the young flame and collected it.
• Yao Tianhuo warned that Dou Zun-level monsters guarded the depths below, and Chen Xuan chose not to venture farther in.

Chen Xuan left the Magma World with Heavenly Fire Venerable, who agreed to serve his faction for thirty years in exchange for help restoring his strength. Back at the surface, Han Feng escaped the battle over the Heavenly Flames, and Su Qian turned the remaining experts’ attention to the spreading sea of fire.

• Chen Xuan declined to explore deeper into the Magma World, then agreed to take Heavenly Fire Venerable out in exchange for thirty years of service and help regaining his former strength.
• After Chen Xuan departed, Dou Zong- and Dou Zun-level magma monsters were revealed beneath him, along with a sealed being who cursed Tuoshe.
• Chen Xuan returned to the surface and learned that Han Feng, Yao Lao, and the Fallen Heart Flame were locked in a battle involving five Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Lao and the Fallen Heart Flame joined forces against Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, forcing Han Feng to swallow a blood-red pill and blast through Yao Lao’s fiery barrier.
• Han Feng fled toward the Black-Corner Region, and Chen Xuan led its experts away while Su Qian and the others remained focused on the sea of fire.

After leaving Jia Nan Academy, Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City and gave Gu He a fledgling fallen heart flame to fulfill his promise of a heavenly flame. Xiao Yan and Su Qian began working together to seal the fallen heart flame at the academy, leaving Xiao Yan at risk of being trapped inside.

• Chen Xuan took the little fellow from Jia Nan Academy and advised Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, Han Yue, and the other students to temper themselves through real combat.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian and the elders to seal the fallen heart flame from outside while he confronted it from within, and they began forming the sealing runes.
• A week later, Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City with the little fellow and heard Great Elder Snake Ji, Yue Mei, and the other elders report that the city had remained stable.
• Chen Xuan told Gu He what had happened at Jia Nan Academy and revealed that Han Feng was Xiao Yan’s teacher’s disciple.
• Chen Xuan gave Gu He a fledgling fallen heart flame, and Gu He accepted it and prepared to refine it.

After refining the Fallen Heart Flame, Gu He learned that Chen Xuan planned to counter Han Feng’s Black Alliance by founding the Sovereign King Hall, a faction for Dou Wangs that would unite the Black-Corner Region through access to Demon Cloud City’s resources. Chen Xuan also revealed his longer-term aim of preparing the region for future threats, then resolved to leave and pursue Dou Zun strength once matters were settled.

• Gu He refined the Fallen Heart Flame seedling in a week and reported his progress to Chen Xuan, explaining that he could now easily refine sixth-grade pills.
• Yue Mei delivered Han Feng’s letter proposing the Black Alliance, and Gu He and Yue Mei warned Chen Xuan that the alliance could become a threat to Demon Cloud City.
• Chen Xuan rejected joining Han Feng’s alliance and proposed founding the Sovereign King Hall, inviting every Dou Wang and faction with a Dou Wang to join.
• Chen Xuan said members would gain access to Demon Cloud City’s auctions and resources, while those who refused would face destruction; Queen Medusa approved of the plan to manage the region’s powerful experts indirectly.
• Chen Xuan considered the danger beneath Jia Nan Academy and his plans to move a Dou Sheng small world to the Black-Corner Region, then resolved to pursue Dou Zun strength after settling local matters.

As Queen Medusa’s Sovereign King Hall drew factions across the Black-Corner Region, Jia Nan Academy agreed to join in exchange for an elder seat. Chen Xuan revealed that she had become a seventh-rank alchemy master and announced a celebration to draw every Dou Wang-level expert to Demon Cloud City, leaving Han Feng’s response uncertain.

• Jia Nan Academy’s leaders weighed Queen Medusa’s ultimatum and agreed to join the Sovereign King Hall, provided they received an elder seat.
• Several major Black-Corner Region factions expressed interest in joining, while Chen Xuan proposed blocking nonmembers from auctions and resource purchases to bring unaffiliated experts into the hall.
• Chen Xuan approved Jia Nan Academy’s request for an elder seat and considered how Han Feng’s decision might affect other factions.
• Chen Xuan revealed a Snow Soul Pill and announced that she had become a seventh-rank alchemy master after a month of refining pills.
• Chen Xuan told Yue Mei to invite every Dou Wang-level expert to Demon Cloud City to celebrate her breakthrough.

Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower after devouring the fallen heart flame, reaching Peak Dou Wang and advancing his Flame Mantra. Yao Lao appeared before Jia Nan Academy’s elders, who learned of Queen Medusa’s terrifying potential and resolved to strengthen their ties with her.

• Xiao Yan devoured the fallen heart flame, advancing the Flame Mantra and breaking through from High-Rank Dou Ling to Peak Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao left the tower and met Su Qian, Qian Mu, Bai Lie, Elder Huo, and Elder Bing, who accepted that Xiao Yan had refined the academy’s heavenly flame.
• Su Qian gave Xiao Yan a letter revealing that Queen Medusa had become a Seventh-Rank Alchemy Master.
• Yao Lao revealed himself to the elders, identified Han Feng as his treacherous disciple, and impressed them by discussing Barrier-Breaking Pills.
• Yao Lao warned the elders that Queen Medusa could reach Dou Sheng and shake the Central Plains, prompting them to resolve to strengthen their ties with her.

Xiao Yan and Great Elder Su Qian traveled to Demon Cloud City as Queen Medusa gathered the Black-Corner Region’s experts for the Sovereign King Hall. At the Sacred Hall, Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng, but Queen Medusa’s arrival stopped their clash before it began.

• Su Qian told Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa planned to draw the Black-Corner Region’s Dou Wang-level experts into the Sovereign King Hall by making membership necessary for access to high-grade resources.
• Xiao Yan and Su Qian saw powerful cultivators heading to Demon Cloud City and found the Gold and Silver Elders and twelve Snake-People Tribe Dou Wangs guarding its gates.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, learned that the Xiao Clan was prospering with the Snake-People Tribe’s support, and stayed with them for three days.
• Xiao Yan and Su Qian attended Queen Medusa’s gathering at the Sacred Hall, where Xiao Yan encountered Han Feng among the seated experts.
• Han Feng and Xiao Yan traded threats and began releasing their auras, but Chen Xuan appeared and Han Feng returned to his seat, ending the confrontation.

Chen Xuan established Sovereign King Hall in the Black-Corner Region and appointed its five elders. After the guests departed, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao approached Chen Xuan about killing Han Feng, and Chen Xuan promised the Hall would not interfere.

• Chen Xuan proposed creating Sovereign King Hall to unite the Black-Corner Region’s experts and curb conflict.
• Chen Xuan, Su Qian, Han Feng, Mo Tianxing, and the Eagle Mountain Elder claimed the five elder seats for their factions.
• Chen Xuan officially established Sovereign King Hall and offered members access to resources, city honors, and Demon Cloud City’s auctions.
• After three days, the assembled experts left Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan noticed Xiao Yan possessed the Fallen Heart Flame fused with another heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan declared that Han Feng must die, and Chen Xuan said Sovereign King Hall would not interfere in their conflict.

Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall might be backing Han Feng, while Chen Xuan insisted the Sovereign King Hall’s standing be protected. A second Fallen Heart Flame erupted in Demon Cloud City, drawing Xiao Yan to Gu He and revealing a mysterious black-robed woman and the Heavenly Fire Venerable.

• Chen Xuan and Yao Lao suspected the Soul Hall had helped Han Feng ambush Yao Lao, and Yao Lao warned that its powerful subordinates might come after him.
• Yao Lao said Elder Qian and Elder Bai could help defeat the Gold Protector and Silver Protector, but urged Xiao Yan to rely on his own strength.
• Chen Xuan reminded Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that the Sovereign King Hall’s dignity must not be damaged, and they left to plan Han Feng’s death.
• A powerful heat swept through Demon Cloud City, and Xiao Yan and Yao Lao recognized a second Fallen Heart Flame near Gu He.
• A black-robed woman watched Xiao Yan fly toward the flame, then departed with the strength of a Dou Wang.
• Chen Xuan explained that he had found the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy, where the Heavenly Fire Venerable appeared and called for the Alchemy Master to meet him.

Xiao Yan agreed to help the Heavenly Fire Venerable forge a new body, while Gu He revealed his rapid growth with the Fallen Heart Flame. The story left Chen Xuan investigating a crisis in the Jia Ma Empire involving a mysterious poison-wielding Dou Zong who might be Xiao Yi Xian.

• The Heavenly Fire Venerable told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that Dou Zun-level monsters lived beneath Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Chen Xuan asked Xiao Yan to help forge a new body for the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Gu He emerged after absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame's power and greeted Chen Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao.
• Yue Mei delivered Jia Xingtian's plea for help, reporting that an unidentified female Dou Zong with terrifying poison arts had nearly killed him.
• Chen Xuan suspected the poison expert was Xiao Yi Xian and recalled that her woeful poison body grew stronger by absorbing poisons but eventually risked a deadly backlash.

Chen Xuan sent Heavenly Fire Venerable and Hai Bodong to help the Jia Ma Empire and seek out the woeful poison body, while Xiao Yan bought an Emperor-Breaking Pill in Demon Cloud City. The chapter ended with Yao Lao identifying the black-cloaked rival bidder as Nalan Yanran.

• Chen Xuan ordered Heavenly Fire Venerable to accompany Hai Bodong to the Jia Ma Empire after suspecting their opponent had the woeful poison body, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to try to save her.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa proposed taking control of the surrounding empires, and Chen Xuan decided they would become tributary vassal states while keeping their own administrations.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan about the powerful geniuses of the Central Plains and urged him to grow stronger so he could see Xun'er again.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to buy an Emperor-Breaking Pill at Demon Cloud City's auction, and Xiao Yan secured one after competing with a black-cloaked woman.
• Yao Lao recognized Xiao Yan's bidding rival as Nalan Yanran of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan reunited with Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei in the Black-Corner Region, where they compared their growth and parted on friendly terms. Meanwhile, Chen Xuan prepared to absorb Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python blood essence to raise his strength, despite the danger.

• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Nalan Yanran had reached Peak Dou Wang after gaining an inheritance in the Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death.
• Nalan Yanran bought an Emperor-Breaking Pill at the auction, then reunited with Xiao Yan and explained how she had grown stronger.
• Ya Fei joined Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, and the three caught up before Xiao Yan invited them to the Xiao Clan.
• Nalan Yanran left to travel around the Black-Corner Region, while Ya Fei teased Xiao Yan about her interest in him.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and Hai Bodong departed for the Jia Ma Empire to help deal with Xiao Yi Xian, and Chen Xuan returned to seclusion.
• Chen Xuan prepared to absorb Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python blood essence, and Queen Medusa warned that it had to be diluted to avoid killing them.

Chen Xuan began refining the Nine-Colored Heaven-Connecting Python blood essence in seclusion, while Queen Medusa’s elders debated sending reinforcements to the embattled Jia Ma Empire. As the elders prepared to dispatch half their forces, Chen Xuan appeared and declared that he would go personally.

• Chen Xuan used the green lotus core flame to separate a strand from the blood essence, then endured three days of refining it and gained a major increase in strength; Queen Medusa sensed that her bloodline had also improved.
• Chen Xuan continued refining the blood essence in seclusion, and two months passed.
• Great Elder Snake Ji told the elders that the Jia Ma Empire was losing ground to an alliance backed by a Six-Star Dou Zong and a powerful poison master.
• Yue Mei explained that the Snake-People Tribe had few Dou Zong-level fighters available, and Snake Ji decided to lead the Gold and Silver Elders and Queen Medusa’s symbiotic counterpart to reinforce the empire.
• Yin Shi proposed sending half of the tribe’s Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts, and Snake Ji approved the plan.
• Chen Xuan appeared in the Sacred Hall and announced that he would go personally.