Chapter Summaries

Xu Qi rejected Jia Xing Tian’s offer to marry Yao Ye and Yao Yue, and Myriad Spirits Pavilion continued developing peacefully. That peace ended when Gu Xun’er arrived with ten powerful Dou Zong experts to confront Xu Qi over Xiao Yan’s death.

• Xu Qi seriously refused Jia Xing Tian’s proposal involving Yao Ye and Yao Yue, though Jia Xing Tian said the offer remained open.
• Xu Qi spent most of his time with Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran as Myriad Spirits Pavilion developed peacefully.
• A huge spatial rift opened above Myriad Spirits Pavilion, and ten Dou Zong experts descended, each stronger than Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan.
• Xu Qi recognized their leader, Gu Xun’er, as the Ancient Clan’s eldest young lady.
• Gu Xun’er confronted Xu Qi and declared that she had come to avenge Brother Xiao Yan.

Xu Qi challenged Gu Xun'er to a personal fight and created a small world as their battlefield. After their Heavenly Flames clashed, Xu Qi revealed that he also possessed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, leaving Gu Xun'er stunned.

• Xu Qi provoked Gu Xun'er into fighting him herself and separated them from the others inside a small world he created.
• Gu Xun'er dismissed the world as an illusion and attacked Xu Qi with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xu Qi countered with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but Gu Xun'er's flame gradually overwhelmed them.
• Xu Qi added his own Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to the battle, startling Gu Xun'er.

Xu Qi sealed most of Gu Xun'er’s Dou Zong cultivation inside his Spatial Small World and trapped her there alone. Unable to kill her without provoking the Ancient Clan, he forced her to swallow an aphrodisiac, leaving her overwhelmed by its effects.

• Xu Qi sealed eighty percent of Gu Xun’er’s cultivation and told her that no one could enter the Spatial Small World to help her.
• Gu Xun’er attacked Xu Qi, but he stopped her and restrained her after she could not escape his hold.
• Gu Xun’er threatened Xu Qi with the Ancient Clan’s retaliation, and he admitted that he could not risk killing her.
• Xu Qi caught Gu Xun’er as she retreated and forced her to swallow a pill.
• Xu Qi revealed that the pill was an aphrodisiac, and Gu Xun’er’s attempt to expel it intensified its effects.

Xu Qi used a Soul Recording Talisman to record Gu Xun'er in a compromising state, intending to keep the recording as leverage. Gu Xun'er remained furious and threatened to kill him as she dressed and prepared to leave.

• Xu Qi warned Gu Xun'er that he was recording everything and said he would use the recording to keep her in check.
• Xu Qi activated the Soul Recording Talisman and recorded Gu Xun'er.
• An hour later, Gu Xun'er swore she would kill Xu Qi, who kept the recording and threatened her.
• Gu Xun'er silently put her clothes back on.

Xu Qi set out for the Central Plains with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian after helping Yun Yun raise her cultivation, but first headed to the Black Corner Region to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy. The three arrived in the lawless region on their way to the academy.

• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to accompany Xu Qi to the Central Plains.
• Xu Qi used the Silver Needle Acupuncture Method to raise Yun Yun from a Three-Star Dou Huang to the peak of the Dou Huang realm and taught her Wind Element techniques and skills.
• Xu Qi, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye to Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, and the others at the Jia Ma Empire border.
• Xu Qi chose the Black Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy as his first destination because he sought the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The three flew across a grassland and arrived in the chaotic Black Corner Region.

Han Feng and the Black Corner Region attacked Jia Nan Academy as Fallen Heart Flame broke free, and Han Feng fought to capture it. Just as Han Feng was about to absorb the flame, Xu Qi appeared, seized its Origin Flame, and swallowed it.

• Su Qian ordered Jia Nan Academy's elders to fight the Golden Silver Elders and the Black Corner Region forces while Han Feng confronted Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng used the Ice Pearl and Sea Heart Flame to weaken Fallen Heart Flame, then began drawing out its Origin Flame.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan tried to stop Han Feng, but the Golden Silver Elders blocked them.
• Xu Qi appeared, took Fallen Heart Flame's Origin Flame from Han Feng, and swallowed it.

After Fallen Heart Flame was stolen and the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower was nearly destroyed, Su Qian and the Jia Nan Academy elders decided to focus on repairs and protecting the students. Outside the academy, Xu Qi released Medusa from the seal restricting her control of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.

• Su Qian and the elders considered pursuing the mysterious person who had taken Fallen Heart Flame but realized they could not locate or defeat him.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and stabilize the students' situation.
• Xu Qi flew away from Jia Nan Academy after devouring two Heavenly Flames, and Medusa demanded that he release her.
• Xu Qi descended into a forest, took out the little seven-colored snake, and removed the seal restricting Medusa.

After spending the night with Medusa, Xu Qi let her leave with a medicinal pill and returned toward the Black Corner Region. He reflected on how he had unexpectedly intervened in Han Feng’s attack on Jia Nan Academy and claimed both the Fallen Heart Flame and the Sea Heart Flame.

• Medusa threatened to kill Xu Qi after their encounter, while admitting to herself that her feelings toward him had become complicated.
• Xu Qi gave Medusa a medicinal pill to ease her pain, and she left after declaring that they owed each other nothing.
• Xu Qi headed back to the Black Corner Region, where Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun were waiting for him.
• Xu Qi recalled that he had planned to scout Jia Nan Academy but had arrived during the Fallen Heart Flame’s eruption and Han Feng’s invasion.
• Xu Qi reasoned that his intervention had kept the Fallen Heart Flame from Han Feng, secured the Sea Heart Flame, and prevented Jia Nan Academy from suffering greater losses.

After demonstrating his overwhelming strength, Xu Qi persuaded the Luo Family to let him repair the spatial passage and restored it by himself. The Luo Family Ancestor gave him an excellent Space Ark, and Xu Qi set off with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun toward the Central Plains.

• Xu Qi showed his strength, and the Luo Family agreed to let him help repair the spatial passage.
• Xu Qi restored the spatial passage by himself while the others mostly watched.
• Xu Qi declined a reward and asked to travel to the Central Plains as soon as possible.
• The Luo Family Ancestor gave Xu Qi an excellent Space Ark.
• Xu Qi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun entered the spatial passage and headed for the Central Plains.

Xu Qi intervened when Xia Mang attacked Han Xue and her convoy in Myriad Snake Gorge. He severed Xia Mang’s hand and launched a powerful sword qi at him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xia Mang agreed to let Han Chong’s convoy pass but demanded that Han Xue stay behind.
• Han Xue flew from the carriage and attacked Xia Mang, but he repelled her and injured her.
• Han Chong warned Xia Mang that Han Xue belonged to the Han Family, but Xia Mang threatened to kill everyone in the gorge.
• Xia Mang rushed to seize Han Xue, but Xu Qi appeared and severed his reaching hand with an invisible sword.
• Xu Qi identified himself as someone who could not stand injustice and sent a powerful sword qi toward Xia Mang.

Xu Qi avoided joining Han Xue’s convoy to Tianbei City, but later intervened when the Han Family was ambushed by two Hong Family Dou Huang elders. After helping Han Xue defeat them, he gave her his name and left, while the Han Family wiped out the remaining attackers.

• Xu Qi, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian continued toward Tianbei City at an unhurried pace after Han Xue’s convoy had departed.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian sent Xu Qi to help when they spotted Han Xue’s group facing two Hong Family Dou Huang elders.
• Han Xue attacked Hong Mu, and Xu Qi’s aid empowered her sword strike enough to fatally wound both Hong Mu and Hong Lie.
• Xu Qi told Han Xue he would not accompany her to the Han Family, then gave her his name before leaving.
• Han Chong ordered the Han Family to kill the remaining Hong Family members, and Han Xue joined the cleanup while remembering Xu Qi.

Xu Qi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun watched the Han and Hong families clash in Tianbei City, then decided to leave and pursue their plans elsewhere. Their departure was interrupted when Han Xue came to request an audience with Xu Qi.

• Xu Qi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun woke to a battle between the Han Family and the Hong Family, while Yun Yun shielded their inn with a barrier.
• Hong Shan and Han Li fought above Tianbei City, but both sides withdrew without a clear victor.
• Yun Yun explained why neither family was willing to risk an all-out war, and Xu Qi decided they should leave Tianbei City.
• Han Xue knocked on Xu Qi's door and requested an audience.

Xu Qi killed Hong Chen after being insulted, prompting Yun Yun to suggest using the conflict between the Han and Hong families to establish the Myriad Spirits Pavilion in Tianbei City. Hong Li brought the Hong Family to the inn for revenge, and Xu Qi appeared before him after the inn was destroyed.

• Xu Qi killed Hong Chen and told Han Yue and Han Xue to leave the corpses behind and send the Hong Family to him.
• Han Yue warned that Hong Chen's death would provoke the Hong Family, while Xu Qi dismissed the danger.
• Yun Yun suggested expanding the Myriad Spirits Pavilion into Tianbei City amid the families' conflict, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed.
• News of Hong Chen's death reached the Hong Family, and Hong Li led its experts to the inn and destroyed it while searching for the killer.
• Xu Qi emerged in midair and teased Hong Li, who recognized him as a Dou Zong and asked whether he had killed Hong Chen.

Xu Qi confronted Shen Yun of the Wind Thunder North Pavilion and Hong Li over Hong Chen’s death. He killed them both with his newly developed Buddha Slaughtering Immortal Sword.

• Shen Yun told Xu Qi that killing Hong Chen had insulted the Wind Thunder North Pavilion.
• Xu Qi dismissed Shen Yun’s threat, and Shen Yun called on Hong Li to attack him together.
• Shen Yun and Hong Li charged at Xu Qi.
• Xu Qi used the Buddha Slaughtering Immortal Sword to reduce Shen Yun and Hong Li to ashes.

Xu Qi learned of a rumored Heavenly Flame in the Withered Bone Mountain Range and went there alone while Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to guard the Myriad Spirits Pavilion. He found the Nether Poison Flame hovering above a poisonous swamp deep in the mountains.

• Han Chi reported that people had discovered possible traces of a Heavenly Flame in the Withered Bone Mountain Range.
• Xu Qi decided to investigate alone, leaving Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to defend the branch pavilion against the Wind Thunder North Pavilion.
• Xu Qi entered the mountain range and used his Heavenly Flames and perception to search for a source of scorching energy.
• Xu Qi followed the energy to a valley where poisonous mist and intense heat filled the air.
• Xu Qi spotted the emerald-green Nether Poison Flame floating above the swamp.

Xu Qi clashed with a veiled woman who wielded the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, then countered with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. As his flame began to overpower hers, Xu Qi suddenly turned toward the Nether Poison Flame.

• Xu Qi attacked the woman with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Seal, and the collision blew away her veil.
• The woman revealed her face, then unleashed a fiery tornado of Red Lotus Karmic Fire against Xu Qi.
• Xu Qi summoned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, which took the form of a golden dragon and battled the woman's flame.
• The woman recognized Xu Qi's flame as the Ancient Clan's inheritance and questioned whether he belonged to the Ancient Clan.
• Xu Qi's flame began suppressing the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and he abruptly charged toward the Nether Poison Flame.

Xu Qi received the red Talent Trait Favored Child of Heaven, which granted the Yan Clan bloodline and peerless aptitude. Its ability to maximize comprehension and insight impressed him.

• Xu Qi encountered the red Talent Trait Favored Child of Heaven.
• He learned that it granted the Yan Clan bloodline and peerless aptitude.
• Xu Qi found that the trait could maximize comprehension and insight.
• Xu Qi raised an eyebrow and judged the trait very good.

Xu Qi treated Huo Zhi after the Nine Nether Underworld Python poisoned her, using his Heavenly Flames to weaken the Nether poison before she used the Red Lotus Karmic Fire to purge it. Huo Zhi recovered but refused to thank Xu Qi, who started to leave the cave until she called after him.

• Xu Qi found that antidote pills barely affected Huo Zhi's Nether poison and decided to use his Heavenly Flames to treat her.
• Xu Qi washed the poison and mud from Huo Zhi in an underground river, changed her into his clothes, and began driving the poison from her body.
• Huo Zhi woke and, at Xu Qi's urging, circulated the Red Lotus Karmic Fire to protect her meridians and expel the remaining poison.
• Huo Zhi recovered and said she had not expected the Nine Nether Underworld Python's poison to be so potent.
• Xu Qi pointed out that he had saved Huo Zhi, but she accused him of showing off about obtaining the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xu Qi headed for the cave entrance, and Huo Zhi called, "Wait!"

The Wind Thunder North Pavilion arrived in force at Tianbei City to avenge Shen Yun, confronting the Myriad Spirits Pavilion. Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian faced the three remaining Great Elders, but their confidence faltered when Pavilion Master Fei Tian appeared.

• The three remaining Great Elders of the Wind Thunder North Pavilion arrived in Tianbei City with a large force and demanded that Shen Yun's killers come out.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian flew above the city walls to confront the elders, confident that their strength surpassed theirs.
• Fei Tian appeared, causing the crowd to predict the Myriad Spirits Pavilion's defeat.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian recognized the danger posed by Fei Tian.

Xu Qi returned as Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian were trapped by Fei Tian and the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array, then turned the fight against the Wind Thunder North Pavilion. He killed Fei Tian with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, leaving the pavilion’s forces devastated.

• Xu Qi’s fire dragons shattered the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array and scattered its lightning.
• Xu Qi appeared, and Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian recognized him as he confronted Fei Tian.
• Xu Qi attacked the Wind Thunder North Pavilion disciples with fused Heavenly Flames, killing many and forcing the three elders back.
• Fei Tian charged Xu Qi, but Xu Qi used Spatial Confinement to imprison him in midair.
• Xu Qi burned Fei Tian to ashes with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.