Chapter Summaries

Liu Qing publicly challenged Jia Lie Jun, while Zi Yan revealed her overwhelming strength by defeating an opponent in one punch during the Strong Ranking Competition. The first round ended, and Jia Lie Jun remained determined to face Liu Qing if they were matched in the next round.

• Liu Qing offered a favor to anyone who drew Jia Lie Jun as an opponent, and Great Elder Su Qian said he believed Jia Lie Jun was hiding his strength.
• Jia Lie Jun told Wu Hao that Liu Qing held a grudge because Jia Lie Jun had taught Liu Fei a lesson.
• Zi Yan defeated a student who mocked her height with a single punch, stunning the crowd when they learned she ranked first on the Strong Ranking.
• Su Qian announced that the first round had ended and the second round would begin the next day.
• Wu Hao warned Jia Lie Jun to forfeit if he drew Liu Qing, but Jia Lie Jun said he would be careful and would not value Liu Qing's life above his own.

Jia Lie Jun recognized that the arena’s betting crowd had been deceived by a match he suspected was fixed, then defeated Han Qing in the fifth elimination match despite limiting the strength he displayed. Han Qing was knocked off the stage, leaving Jia Lie Jun the winner.

• Li Lin and Wu Feng knocked each other unconscious, and the referee declared Wu Feng the winner because Li Lin had lost consciousness first.
• Jia Lie Jun told Xun Er that the match appeared to have been arranged to profit the gambling operation by favoring Wu Feng.
• Jia Lie Jun faced Han Qing, ranked twentieth on the Strong List, who wielded a powerful lightning sword and fought at seven-star Dou Ling strength.
• Jia Lie Jun countered Han Qing’s Thunderclap Palm and traded blows with him, then broke through his defenses with the Python Scale Halberd.
• Jia Lie Jun charged through the Dou Qi storm and punched the exhausted Han Qing in the chest, sending him flying.

Jia Lie Jun advanced to the final elimination round of the Strong Ranking Competition and faced Liu Qing for a place in the top ten. Their battle began with both fighters unleashing powerful attacks, and Liu Qing’s blood-colored spear rushed toward Jia Lie Jun as the chapter ended.

• Jia Lie Jun and Xun Er advanced after Hu Jia and Wu Hao lost their matches.
• The next morning, Jia Lie Jun met Zi Yan, who told him she had fought a powerful magical beast while searching for a medicinal herb.
• Su Qian announced the final elimination round, and the draw matched Jia Lie Jun against Liu Qing.
• Liu Qing revealed his nine-star Dou Ling strength and attacked with two crimson mountains, which Jia Lie Jun shattered with his fists.
• Jia Lie Jun used a golden platform and the Heavenly Scale Halberd Art, but Liu Qing destroyed his attacks with a blood-colored spear and sent it toward him.

Jia Lie Jun and Liu Qing fought fiercely in the arena, with Liu Qing bringing out his Asura Spear and Jia Lie Jun answering with powerful Dou Qi techniques. Jia Lie Jun defeated Liu Qing with the Great Wasteland Prison Finger, leaving him crashing onto the shattered arena floor.

• Jia Lie Jun returned Liu Qing’s giant blood spear, and Liu Qing destroyed it before summoning his Asura Spear.
• Liu Qing attacked with the Asura Spear, but Jia Lie Jun blocked his strikes with his ancient halberd.
• Jia Lie Jun unleashed the Seal Heaven Seal, and Liu Qing used blood to empower his spear and shatter the seal.
• Jia Lie Jun summoned the ancient giant finger with the Great Wasteland Prison Finger technique.
• Liu Qing charged Jia Lie Jun, but the giant finger shattered his blood spear and struck him in the chest, sending him crashing into the arena floor.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Liu Qing and secured a place among the Strong Ranking Competition’s top ten, then spent a quiet night with Xun Er as she gave him a mysterious Dou Technique scroll. He was left with a warning to wait until he reached Dou Wang before cultivating it and to keep it secret except in a critical moment.

• Jia Lie Jun defeated Liu Qing, stunning the spectators and prompting Lin Xiuya and Han Yue to acknowledge his strength.
• The Strong Ranking Competition concluded with Jia Lie Jun and Xun Er among the top ten, and Su Qian announced that they would cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower in five days.
• Jia Lie Jun conserved his strength after the competition as he prepared for the Falling Heart Flame’s upheaval.
• Xun Er visited Jia Lie Jun at night, and the two embraced and kissed before she gave him a mysterious Dou Technique scroll.
• Xun Er warned Jia Lie Jun to open the scroll only after reaching Dou Wang and to use its technique cautiously so the Ancient Clan would not learn of it.

Jia Lie Jun and Xun Er shared their final days together before Ling Quan arrived with the Black Mist Army to take her back to the Ancient Clan. Ling Quan challenged Jia Lie Jun, but Su Qian arrived before the confrontation could escalate.

• Jia Lie Jun teased Xun Er with a mirror, and she confessed that she liked him before they kissed.
• Ling Ying checked that Xun Er was safe and feared that she might have lost her purity before reaching the Dou Saint realm.
• Jia Lie Jun spent several days with Xun Er, but she soon sensed Ling Quan approaching and urged Jia Lie Jun to hide.
• Ling Quan arrived with the Black Mist Army, attacked Jia Lie Jun's hiding place, and insulted him after discovering him.
• Jia Lie Jun mocked Ling Quan, and Xun Er stood protectively between them as Ling Quan prepared to attack.
• Su Qian arrived and objected to Ling Quan threatening a student of Jia Nan Academy.

Jia Lie Jun saw Xun Er leave with Ling Quan after promising to find her again, then returned to the academy and prepared to cultivate on the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. Su Qian gathered the Strong List members who had qualified, including Jia Lie Jun, Zi Yan, Lin Xiuya, Han Yue, and Liu Qing.

• Ling Quan backed down from confronting Jia Lie Jun, and Jia Lie Jun met his Dou Qi pressure with his own.
• Xun Er said goodbye to Jia Lie Jun, who kissed her and promised to find her in a few years before she departed with Ling Quan.
• Su Qian consoled Jia Lie Jun and told him to rest before cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower the next day.
• Jia Lie Jun joined Zi Yan in Su Qian's office, where Lin Xiuya and Han Yue learned that he was a Fifth-grade Alchemist.
• Liu Qing took Xun Er's place among the top ten Strong List members, and Su Qian congratulated those gathered on qualifying for the tower's lowest level.

Jia Lie Jun and the other top students entered the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower to cultivate amid its dangerous Heart Fire. While the others gradually left their chambers, Jia Lie Jun remained inside, protected by his Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Su Qian led the group through the tower and warned them that the lowest level's powerful Heart Fire could burn them alive.
• Su Qian opened the sealed passage, and the group descended to the lowest level, where they found ten cultivation chambers.
• Jia Lie Jun sensed magma beneath the tower and recognized that the Tou She Ancient God's cave abode and a young Falling Heart Flame lay below it.
• Jia Lie Jun entered a chamber, endured the Heart Fire with his Green Lotus Core Flame, and tried to probe the magma with his Soul Power but was blocked about thirty meters down.
• Over the following days, students emerged from their chambers, and Lin Xiuya, Han Yue, and Liu Qing remarked on Jia Lie Jun's ability to keep cultivating.

Falling Heart Flame went berserk inside the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, forcing Su Qian and the elders to fight it while Jia Lie Jun and the others escaped. The tower was left close to collapse, and a vast crowd arrived as Jia Lie Jun and the others fled.

• Su Qian rushed to Jia Lie Jun's chamber after the tower shook, then led him and the others out as the elders fought Falling Heart Flame.
• Su Qian returned to the elders and confronted Falling Heart Flame as it emerged from the magma and attacked with a pillar of flame.
• Su Qian and the elders combined their Dou Qi against Falling Heart Flame, but their clash caused a massive explosion that damaged the tower and threw them back.
• Jia Lie Jun and the others escaped the tower, then ran farther away when another blast made it appear ready to collapse.
• Jia Lie Jun spotted a vast crowd approaching.

The Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower collapsed as Falling Heart Flame broke loose and spread magma across the Inner Academy. While Su Qian and the elders sealed the eruption, Han Feng arrived with powerful allies to seize the Heavenly Flame, leaving Su Qian held back by Mr. Jin Yin.

• Falling Heart Flame erupted from the collapsed tower, spreading magma across the area, and Su Qian and the elders sealed its eruption point.
• Han Feng arrived with more than twenty Dou Wang or stronger fighters and offered to help the Inner Academy, but Su Qian attacked him.
• Mr. Jin Yin appeared and stopped Su Qian, while one of them urged Su Qian to hand the Heavenly Flame to Han Feng.
• Su Qian refused and warned Han Feng's group to leave, but they rejected his offer to let them go without retaliation.
• A powerful puppet fought Falling Heart Flame, and Han Feng sent Mr. Jin Yin to hold Su Qian back before charging toward the Heavenly Flame.

Jia Lie Jun confronted Han Feng, who sought his Heavenly Flame and Flame Mantra, and the two fought fiercely above the academy. Their battle left the spectators stunned as Jia Lie Jun held his own against the Eight-Star Dou Emperor.

• Jia Lie Jun watched Falling Heart Flame battle the Blood Spirit Puppet as Han Feng arrived and recognized the two Heavenly Flames.
• Han Feng demanded Jia Lie Jun hand over the Flame Mantra and Heavenly Flame, while Jia Lie Jun challenged him for Sea Heart Flame.
• Han Feng attacked with Sea Heart Flame, but Jia Lie Jun countered his pressure with a black hole and cleaved apart his enormous flame mountain with the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd.
• Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and the others watched in shock as Jia Lie Jun and Han Feng exchanged dozens of blows in midair.
• Jia Lie Jun and Han Feng were blasted several hundred meters apart after their fierce clash.

Jia Lie Jun and Han Feng fought with powerful techniques, and their first clash injured them both. Jia Lie Jun replenished his Dou Qi and unleashed a stronger attack, but Han Feng countered with a black skeleton and chain as the battle continued.

• Jia Lie Jun attacked Han Feng with Purple Shadow Nine Breaks, and Han Feng answered with the Sun Seal formed from a sea of flames.
• Jia Lie Jun used the Spirit Gathering Cushion to create the Great Wasteland Prison Finger, and the two attacks collided before Han Feng detonated his light seals.
• The explosion shattered both techniques and sent Jia Lie Jun and Han Feng flying as they spat blood.
• Jia Lie Jun used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to replenish his Dou Qi, then launched the Great Wasteland Prison Finger's Two Fingers Shatter Mountains and Rivers.
• Han Feng found himself trapped by the attack's pressure and summoned a black skeleton that pierced the giant finger with its chain.
• Jia Lie Jun retreated and lashed a flame whip around Han Feng's black chain.

Jia Lie Jun defeated and killed Han Feng, then fought the weakened Falling Heart Flame after its battle with the Blood Spirit Puppet broke the seal. The Falling Heart Flame fell into the magma beneath Jia Lie Jun’s Great Wasteland Prison Finger.

• Jia Lie Jun shattered Han Feng’s skeleton and struck him with a giant finger, leaving him grievously injured.
• Jia Lie Jun killed Han Feng and absorbed the Sea Heart Flame.
• The Falling Heart Flame and Blood Spirit Puppet crashed into the seal, breaking it and unleashing magma.
• Jia Lie Jun formed a Golden Platform Demon Subduing Palm and attacked the Falling Heart Flame alongside the Blood Spirit Puppet.
• Jia Lie Jun used Great Wasteland Prison Finger to smash through the Falling Heart Flame’s fire and crack its body, sending it into the magma.

Jia Lie Jun fought Falling Heart Flame in the magma and began refining it alongside Sea Heart Flame. As the Heavenly Flames strengthened the Green Lotus Core Flame, Falling Heart Flame’s influence overwhelmed his reason, leaving him embracing the figure who emerged from the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.

• Hu Gan and the Outer Academy elders arrived, formed a barrier to seal the magma vents, and joined Su Qian’s forces against their attackers.
• Hu Jia tried to stop Hu Gan from acting while Jia Lie Jun was in the magma, but Han Yue calmed her and Hu Gan led the elders into battle.
• Jia Lie Jun struck Falling Heart Flame with the Sky Scale Shocking Method, shattered its massive body, and revealed its small snake-like true form.
• Jia Lie Jun used a black hole’s suction to drag Falling Heart Flame back, then began refining it and Sea Heart Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python produced a graceful figure as Jia Lie Jun lost control under Falling Heart Flame’s influence and embraced her.

Jia Lie Jun reached three-star Dou Zong in the magma and faced Medusa after the two had become intimate. Medusa refused to forgive him, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Jia Lie Jun broke through to three-star Dou Zong while Medusa recovered beside him.
• Medusa attacked Jia Lie Jun and demanded an explanation, but he offered to marry her.
• Jia Lie Jun stopped Medusa's attacks, restrained and scolded her, and endured her biting his arm.
• Jia Lie Jun showed Medusa the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, but she rejected it and said she would pretend she had been bitten by a dog.

Jia Lie Jun searched deep beneath the magma and found a young Falling Heart Flame, which he stored away for Jia Nan Academy. After fighting off magma creatures, he discovered a bone-bound relic and encountered the phantom of the Heavenly Fire Venerable.

• Jia Lie Jun asked Medusa to stay at Jia Nan Academy because he wanted to discuss something with her after she left the magma.
• Jia Lie Jun followed the Falling Heart Flame deep into the magma and found an immature flame python, then placed it in a Storage Ring for the Grand Elder.
• Jia Lie Jun dodged a magma creature's attack, killed it with a punch, and absorbed the Dou Qi from its magic core.
• Jia Lie Jun used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to absorb the pursuing magma creatures and spotted a Storage Ring among a pile of bones.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable's phantom appeared and tried to seize control of the Falling Heart Flame, but Jia Lie Jun's control over flames thwarted him.

Jia Lie Jun made a deal with Heavenly Fire Venerable to help him resurrect in exchange for the Five-Round Separation Flame Method, then returned to Jia Nan Academy with a young Falling Heart Flame. His return gave the grieving Inner Academy hope that the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower could function again.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable offered Jia Lie Jun the Five-Round Separation Flame Method in return for help finding remains and repairing his soul, and Jia Lie Jun agreed to return within five years.
• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders mourned their losses and the theft of the Falling Heart Flame as Medusa emerged from beneath the tower.
• Medusa told Su Qian that Jia Lie Jun was alive, and Jia Lie Jun soon rose from the tower as a Dou Zong expert.
• Jia Lie Jun presented Su Qian with a young Falling Heart Flame, bringing the elders hope that the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower could be restored.

Jia Lie Jun left Jia Nan Academy with Medusa after entrusting the academy with the Falling Heart Flame, then invited her to join him in the Hundred Dynasties War. They returned to the Snake-People Tribe, where Medusa reclaimed her place as queen and Yue Mei recognized Jia Lie Jun.

• Jia Lie Jun gave Su Qian the Falling Heart Flame, thanked the elders, and left Jia Nan Academy with Medusa.
• Jia Lie Jun asked Medusa to join him in the Hundred Dynasties War, and she said she would decide by the next day.
• Medusa headed back to the Snake-People Tribe, and Jia Lie Jun accompanied her, teasing her about being her son-in-law.
• Kui Xing urged the Snake-People Tribe leaders to elect a new king, while Yue Mei and Mo Ba Si opposed the proposal until Medusa's fate was known.
• Medusa arrived at the palace and was welcomed as queen, while the tribe's leaders challenged Jia Lie Jun's presence.
• Yue Mei recognized Jia Lie Jun, and he joked that she had once wanted to make him her male concubine.

Medusa punished Kui Xing for proposing a new election and faced pressure from the Snake People Tribe's elders over her relationship with Jia Lie Jun. She agreed to leave with him the next morning to seek greater strength.

• Medusa struck Kui Xing for challenging her rule, then warned him not to do so again.
• The elders confronted Medusa about Jia Lie Jun and demanded he find an alchemist for the tribe.
• Jia Lie Jun rejected the elders' attempt to use Medusa as a bargaining chip but promised to help the tribe.
• Medusa explained the elders' influence to Jia Lie Jun, and he promised to support her if she needed him.
• Medusa agreed to leave with Jia Lie Jun after arranging the tribe's affairs, and they set out the next morning.

Jia Lie Jun brought Medusa to the Ancient Battlefield, where her energy was unavailable and two men from the Great Wasteland Dynasty tried to harass her. He returned and killed them with the Great Wasteland Prison Finger, leaving Medusa to call him out for holding her longer than necessary.

• Jia Lie Jun took Medusa by the hand and used the system to travel with her to the Ancient Battlefield in the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Jia Lie Jun warned Medusa that powerful experts were common there, then rushed ahead without converting her energy, leaving her unable to use her strength.
• Two men from the Great Wasteland Dynasty approached Medusa and threatened her after she told them to scram.
• Jia Lie Jun returned, protected Medusa, and killed the two men with the Great Wasteland Prison Finger.
• Medusa told Jia Lie Jun to let go of her, and he felt embarrassed because he had held her while fighting despite being able to restore her energy first.