Chapter Summaries

Yao Chen sacrificed his soul, Dou Qi, and Bone Chilling Flame to empower Xiao Yan, then urged him to seek the Hall of Souls’ support and wait for a chance to defeat Xu Ran. Xiao Yan swore revenge and vowed to reclaim Xun'er, while Xu Ran mocked his hopes.

• Yao Chen burned his soul and transferred his power and Bone Chilling Flame into Xiao Yan to help him grow stronger.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to cultivate quietly, avoid confronting Xu Ran until he was strong enough, and use the Hall of Souls as an ally.
• Yao Chen dissipated, leaving Xiao Yan grieving and alone.
• Xiao Yan swore to kill Xu Ran and avenge the people he had lost.
• Xu Ran taunted Xiao Yan by listing the powerful enemies he had killed, but Xiao Yan insisted he would keep fighting and reclaim Xun'er.

Xu Ran defeated and taunted Xiao Yan, who resolved to leave Jia Nan Academy and grow stronger before returning. Xun'er then reaffirmed her devotion to Xu Ran after learning how Yao Chen had caused Xiao Yan’s loss of talent.

• Xu Ran told Xiao Yan that Xun'er was devoted to him and kicked Xiao Yan away, leaving him severely injured.
• Xiao Yan remembered Yao Lao’s warning about the Hall of Souls and decided to leave Jia Nan Academy for the Central Plains.
• Xu Ran found Xun'er waiting at the doorway and embraced her as they talked.
• Xu Ran explained Yao Chen’s history and how he had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi while dormant.
• Xun'er said she did not regret being with Xu Ran and had no feelings for Xiao Yan.

Xu Ran explained to Xun'er why he had not killed Xiao Yan, then faced Hu Jia’s pleas to become his disciple. He refused for now, leaving Xue Ni excited by his claim that she was his only disciple.

• Xu Ran told Xun'er he wanted to test Xiao Yan’s potential and had no hurry to kill him.
• Hu Jia, impressed by Xu Ran’s strength, begged him to take her as a disciple and imagined the status it would bring.
• Xiao Mei clung to Xu Ran and warned Hu Jia away, while Hu Jia offered to make Xiao Mei her big sister if she would help.
• Xu Ran refused Hu Jia, saying Xue Ni was his only disciple for now and that Hu Jia’s character needed consideration.
• Xue Ni felt fortunate to be Xu Ran’s disciple and privately imagined scenes with him.

Hu Jia kept finding excuses to approach Xu Ran, and he finally agreed to take her as his disciple. When Xu Ran teased her about liking him, Hu Jia confessed that she did, and admitted she would be happy to live with Xun'er and the others too.

• Hu Jia continued visiting Xu Ran each morning and brought him meat soup in an effort to win his attention.
• Xu Ran agreed to take Hu Jia as his disciple, but she revealed that becoming his disciple had only been an excuse to keep seeing him.
• Xu Ran teased Hu Jia by asking whether she wanted to be his girlfriend, and she confessed that she liked him.
• Hu Jia explained that Xu Ran was the only man who interested her, though she would not object to living with Xun'er and the others.
• Hu Jia recognized that her feelings for Xu Ran were romantic, unlike her feelings for the other girls.

Xu Ran and Hu Jia discussed Hu Jia’s interest in women and Xu Ran’s desire for her to involve Xue Ni, while Hu Jia agreed to ask Xue Ni what she thought. Hu Jia asked for more pills and brought Xu Ran food, then teased him about whether he could keep up with his many women.

• Xu Ran told Hu Jia he would not stop her from pursuing her hobby as long as she did not seek out men, then suggested involving Xue Ni.
• Hu Jia accused Xu Ran of wanting Xue Ni and agreed to ask her about it, while Xu Ran said there was no need to rush.
• Hu Jia asked whether she could receive pills like Xun'er, and Xu Ran said she would need to cultivate diligently and build a solid foundation.
• Hu Jia promised to train hard, gave Xu Ran food she had stewed for him, and warned that his many relationships might wear him out.
• Xu Ran rejected Hu Jia’s doubts about his stamina and insisted he could handle all the women around him.

Xiao Yan left the academy intending to seek the Hall of Souls’ help against Xu Ran, but Xu Ran let him go, confident he could control what happened. As the Inner Academy competition began, Xun’er and the others stunned Jia Nan Academy with their Dou Ling cultivation, while Ruo Lin learned she might soon meet Xu Ran’s companions from other worlds.

• Xiao Yan decided to approach the Hall of Souls for resources and allies, despite the danger that it might kill him because he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• Xu Ran refused to capture Xiao Yan, saying he had anticipated his moves and wanted him to retain hope, then wondered when the System Lady would finish upgrading.
• Xu Ran told Ruo Lin he would introduce her to women from another world, and Ruo Lin said she did not mind how many companions he had.
• Ruo Lin told Xu Ran that she had become a Di Rank instructor and would enter the Inner Academy, where First Elder Su Qian wanted him to build cultivation towers.
• Xun’er and the other Dou Ling contestants revealed their strength at the Inner Academy competition, astonishing Jia Nan Academy with five or six Outer Academy students at Dou Ling level.

Zi Yan broke through to Dou Huang, took on an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old form, and went to show Xu Ran. She left him flustered by her transformation while insisting he not get improper ideas about her.

• Xun'er and the others claimed the Outer Academy's top five places, leaving Wu Hao pushed out as students focused on the newcomers.
• The Inner Academy worried that its usual Fire Energy Hunting Competition would be upended because the incoming students were powerful Dou Ling experts.
• Zi Yan broke through to Dou Huang and transformed from a girl into a young woman with a powerful Ancient Void Dragon presence.
• Zi Yan put on a blue dress and headed to the Outer Academy, eager to see Xu Ran's reaction to her grown-up appearance.
• Xu Ran was startled by Zi Yan's transformation, and Zi Yan teased him before warning him not to get ideas about her.

Xu Ran boasted to Zi Yan that he was the Ancestral Dragon, far above the Ancient Void Dragons, while she questioned his identity. As they prepared to enter Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, Zi Yan agreed to find him a secluded place in exchange for him revealing his true identity, and Xun'er and the other girls noticed their conversation.

• Xu Ran told Zi Yan that her clan’s elders might kneel and call him ancestor, and claimed even her father could not defeat him.
• Zi Yan recalled Xu Ran’s powerful bloodline pressure and asked whether he was a dragon nobler than the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Xu Ran called himself the Ancestral Dragon, but Zi Yan refused to believe him and kicked him in anger.
• Xu Ran asked Zi Yan to find a quiet, secluded place for him in the Inner Academy, and she agreed in exchange for learning his true identity.
• Xun'er and the other girls saw Zi Yan with Xu Ran and felt hostility and insecurity about her imposing presence.

Xu Ran brought Xun'er and the others to the Inner Academy, where Zi Yan’s identity as the Strong Ranking’s top student surprised them and an elder welcomed Xu Ran with a generous fire-energy reward. The group entered the academy, and Xu Ran received crystal chips granting each of the women one hundred thousand fire energy.

• Xu Ran introduced Zi Yan as the Inner Academy's number-one Strong Ranking student, and the women learned she was also the little girl they had met before.
• Zi Yan teased Xu Ran instead of clarifying her unusual ability to change her body, then warmly greeted Xun'er and the others.
• Xu Ran carried the women high above the ground on their way to the Inner Academy, prompting them to reflect on their smallness and their pursuit of strength.
• Xu Ran revealed the hidden silver gate to the Inner Academy and led the group through it.
• Elder Su Zheng greeted Xu Ran enthusiastically and explained that Su Qian had excused the women from the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Elder Su handed Xu Ran crystal chips granting each woman one hundred thousand fire energy, while Xu Ran resolved to claim the Fallen Heart Flame for himself.

Xu Ran promised to create a cultivation site far more powerful than the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and settled Xun'er and the others in a hidden residence in the Inner Academy. He revealed that the site would draw energy from the place where Zi Yan's father was trapped.

• Su Qian gave Xu Ran and the girls a hundred thousand Fire Energy, and Xiao Mei said she preferred cultivating with Xu Ran to using the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xu Ran considered freeing Dragon Emperor Zhukun and reuniting the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then told everyone he knew of a cultivation site far stronger than the tower.
• Elder Su respectfully left after hearing Xu Ran's claim, and the girls examined the Fire Energy chip he had received.
• Zi Yan led Xu Ran and the others to a scenic area in the Inner Academy, where Xu Ran hid their residence behind a barrier.
• Xu Ran told Zi Yan that he planned to build a cultivation room using the energy from the place where her father was trapped.

Xu Ran told Zi Yan that her father, Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, was trapped beneath Jia Nan Academy, where the Fallen Heart Flame lay under the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. He took Zi Yan into the tower to investigate and collect the Heavenly Flame, leaving them at the iron door above the abyss.

• Xu Ran explained that the Fallen Heart Flame came from the magma beneath Jia Nan Academy and warned Zi Yan not to go looking for her father alone.
• Zi Yan pleaded with Xu Ran to take her below the tower, and he agreed after she kissed his cheek, on the condition that she stayed by his side.
• Xu Ran and Zi Yan used their spatial abilities to slip past the tower guards, while he teased her about raiding the academy's Medicinal Materials Storehouse.
• As they approached the tower's lowest level, Zi Yan admitted she was concerned for Xu Ran's safety, though she insisted she only needed him for his pills.
• Xu Ran said he would collect the Fallen Heart Flame before attempting the rescue, then led Zi Yan through the iron door into the abyss below.

Xu Ran and Zi Yan descended to the lowest level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where they found the Fallen Heart Flame straining against its seal. Xu Ran’s arrival provoked a tremendous reaction from the underground world, and Su Qian rushed to the tower as Jia Nan Academy faced a possible eruption.

• Zi Yan accused Xu Ran of intending to steal the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xu Ran said he planned to claim it to resolve the danger it posed to the academy.
• Xu Ran and Zi Yan reached the tower’s lowest level and saw cracks in the energy barrier containing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The underground magma erupted into violent waves of heat when Xu Ran arrived, apparently reacting to his Dou Di strength and the presence of the Ancient Emperor beneath the academy.
• The disturbance spread through the tower, alarming its cultivators and prompting calls to seal it and summon the elders.
• Su Qian rushed into the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to respond to the threat of the Fallen Heart Flame breaking free.

Xu Ran calmed the upheaval beneath Jia Nan Academy, subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, and told Su Qian that a newborn flame could keep the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower working. He prepared to descend into the magma sea, and Zi Yan insisted on accompanying him.

• Zi Yan and Su Qian found Xu Ran amid the roiling magma, and he calmed it with a command.
• Xu Ran called the Fallen Heart Flame out of the magma and subdued it in his hand.
• Xu Ran asked to take the Heavenly Flame, and Su Qian agreed despite its importance to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xu Ran reassured Su Qian that a newborn Fallen Heart Flame beneath the magma could power the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Xu Ran said he would descend into the magma, and Zi Yan insisted on going with him despite Su Qian's objections.

Xu Ran realized that the Fallen Heart Flame had intensified Zi Yan’s feelings for him, and she kissed him while under its influence. He stopped things before they went further and brought her back to her senses, leaving Zi Yan bewildered by how closely she had clung to him.

• Su Qian noticed Zi Yan’s affection for Xu Ran and left her in his care, hoping they would become a couple.
• After Su Qian departed, Zi Yan asked to play with the Fallen Heart Flame and pressed herself against Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran recognized that the flame was amplifying Zi Yan’s feelings and understood that she had already been fond of him.
• Zi Yan confessed that she liked Xu Ran and kissed him passionately.
• Xu Ran stopped before their intimacy went further and called Zi Yan back to her senses.
• Zi Yan realized she was embracing Xu Ran with her hand inside his clothes and stared at him in bewilderment.

Zi Yan confronted Xu Ran after the Fallen Heart Flame had made her lose control and cling to him, while he showed her a replay of what happened. Though she complained that he had taken advantage of her, she was relieved he did not dislike her, and they jumped together into the magma below.

• Zi Yan woke up with her dress slipped down and accused Xu Ran of doing something to her.
• Xu Ran showed a replay of Zi Yan hugging and kissing him while she was affected by the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xu Ran explained that the flame had stirred up Zi Yan’s desires, and she reasoned that he could have stopped her sooner if he disliked her.
• Zi Yan took Xu Ran’s arm and asked how they would get down, and Xu Ran jumped with her into the magma.

Xu Ran and Zi Yan discovered a hidden world beneath the magma, where Xu Ran subdued the infant Fallen Heart Flame and encountered the spirit of Skyfire Venerable. Skyfire Venerable offered Xu Ran his techniques and Dou Techniques in exchange for being taken out of the underground world.

• Zi Yan spotted a long-dead expert's skeleton and recognized the Fallen Heart Flame drifting above it.
• Xu Ran and Zi Yan reached the ground as the flame creatures gathered around Xu Ran in worship.
• Xu Ran drew the infant Fallen Heart Flame into his hand, considering how it could benefit Jia Nan Academy.
• Skyfire Venerable emerged from the skeleton and expressed surprise that Xu Ran had subdued the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Skyfire Venerable offered Xu Ran his lifetime of cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques if Xu Ran took him out.

Skyfire Venerable offered to teach Xu Ran and Zi Yan, but Zi Yan mocked his strength compared with Xu Ran’s. Skyfire Venerable warned them about the Hall of Souls, unaware that Xu Ran had already killed three of its Heavenly Venerables.

• Skyfire Venerable offered Xu Ran and Zi Yan his knowledge, believing his Dou Zun experience made him a valuable teacher.
• Zi Yan laughed at Skyfire Venerable and said that he was only an ant before Xu Ran.
• Skyfire Venerable grew furious when Zi Yan repeated that he was a Dou Zun but still weak compared with Xu Ran.
• Zi Yan asked Skyfire Venerable about the Hall of Souls, and he warned her that its Heavenly Venerables could overpower him.
• Skyfire Venerable urged them not to provoke the Hall of Souls, while Zi Yan realized Xu Ran had already killed three of its Heavenly Venerables.

Zi Yan told Venerable Tian Huo that Xu Ran had killed three of the Hall of Souls' Heavenly Venerables, and proved it by showing their tokens. Venerable Tian Huo was left questioning whether the young pair's claims were true, while Zi Yan offered him the Heavenly Venerables' corpses as possible bodies for his revival.

• Venerable Tian Huo offered to protect Xu Ran and Zi Yan from the Hall of Souls, assuming they had only caused minor trouble.
• Zi Yan teased Venerable Tian Huo by revealing that Xu Ran had killed the Great, Second, and Ninth Heavenly Venerables.
• Venerable Tian Huo doubted her claim and described the Heavenly Venerables' formidable strength.
• Zi Yan showed Venerable Tian Huo the three Heavenly Venerables' tokens to prove what she had said.
• Zi Yan said Xu Ran had kept the Heavenly Venerables' corpses to make demon puppets and suggested Venerable Tian Huo could use one as a body.

Xu Ran revealed to Skyfire Venerable that he had killed three powerful members of the Hall of Souls and agreed to consider saving him in exchange for his loyalty. Xu Ran then took Zi Yan deeper into the magma to meet something, leaving Skyfire Venerable behind to wait.

• Skyfire Venerable recognized the tokens of the dead Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerables and concluded that Xu Ran was a Dou Sheng.
• Skyfire Venerable knelt and begged Xu Ran to restore his soul and provide him with a body, offering lifelong loyalty in return.
• Xu Ran compared Skyfire Venerable's promise to Han Feng's and said he believed Skyfire Venerable, though he would have to wait while Xu Ran handled other business.
• Xu Ran asked Zi Yan whether she would stay behind, and she insisted on accompanying him.
• Xu Ran took Zi Yan deeper into the magma, where increasingly powerful flame lizards gathered without attacking them.

Xu Ran and Zi Yan entered the magma depths and learned that the lizardmen guarded the God's Graveyard, where Zi Yan believed her father had encountered danger. Xu Ran drove the guards aside and descended toward the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, sensing a Dou Di presence and wondering whether Tuoshe Ancient Emperor would appear.

• Two Half-Saint lizardmen warned Xu Ran and Zi Yan to leave the God's Graveyard or be killed by its Guardian.
• Zi Yan worried that her father had fallen into danger in the graveyard and clung to Xu Ran for reassurance.
• Xu Ran claimed he did not fear the graveyard's master, and the lizardmen wondered whether he was a god too.
• The lizardmen refused to abandon their duty, so Xu Ran roared and sent them flying without killing them.
• Xu Ran took Zi Yan toward the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and sensed a familiar, weakened Dou Di presence.
• Xu Ran wondered whether Tuoshe Ancient Emperor would appear and thought about devouring him to obtain another Heavenly Flame.