Recaps

After winning the Outer Academy tournament, Xiao Yan was approved to enter the Inner Academy early. When Great Elder Su Qian told Xiao Tian to pick him up, Xiao Tian hurried off at once, surprising Xun'er.

• Xiao Yan won the Xuan-class tournament, and Instructor Ruo Lin offered to seek approval for his early entry to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Mei congratulated Xiao Yan and told him to ask Xiao Tian for help if he encountered trouble there.
• Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan recognized Xiao Yan's cultivation as that of a Dou Ling and approved his transfer to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian lounged with Xun'er and complained inwardly that the Fallen Heart Flame had not erupted yet.
• Great Elder Su Qian told Xiao Tian to pick up Xiao Yan, and Xiao Tian immediately mounted his beast and flew toward the Outer Academy.

Xiao Tian teleported to the Outer Academy to collect Xiao Yan and revealed to Hu Gan that he had advanced to Dou Emperor. Hu Gan sent the brothers off to the Inner Academy, while Xiao Tian exposed the illustrated book Hu Gan had been hiding.

• Xiao Tian put away the Earth War Dragon Beast, teleported to the Outer Academy, and headed for Hu Gan's office.
• Xiao Tian kicked Hu Gan's office door to pieces and teased him about the suggestive illustrated book he had been reading.
• Hu Gan summoned Xiao Yan using a jade ball, and Xiao Tian asked to borrow it.
• Hu Gan noticed Xiao Tian's strength and learned that he had advanced to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan arrived, and Hu Gan told the brothers to leave for the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian called Hu Gan's illustrated book dirty as he and Xiao Yan departed.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan discussed the Fallen Heart Flame and discovered that Xiao Tian had refined three Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan gave Xiao Tian the first stage of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, then won the right to claim the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Tian flew Xiao Yan toward the Inner Academy and talked about their cultivation and Xun'er's strength.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had refined the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, while Xiao Tian admitted he had refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and two others.
• Xiao Tian displayed his three Heavenly Flames, and Yao Lao said the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations suited him.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Tian the first stage of the technique and explained that its complete version could be found in Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Tian offered Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan won their rock-paper-scissors match.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan encountered Zi Yan in the primeval forest, where she challenged Xiao Tian to a fight. After they traded punches, Yao Lao recognized both fighters as humanoid magical beasts, leaving Xiao Yan wondering about the brothers’ origins.

• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan heard a girl's voice and found Zi Yan riding a Three-Eyed Thunder Tiger by a riverbank.
• Zi Yan sensed the brothers, flew to meet them, and demanded that they fight her.
• Xiao Tian accepted Zi Yan's challenge and met her punch with his fist, creating a shock wave that tore through the trees.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched in surprise as Xiao Tian fought Zi Yan without Dou Qi or Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Lao explained that Zi Yan had used Transformation Grass to take human form, while Zi Yan excitedly demanded another round from Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian brought Xiao Yan to the Inner Academy and introduced him to the villa’s residents, where Bai Shan tried to challenge Xiao Yan and Hu Jia immediately declared her love for him. The chapter ended with Hu Jia asking Xiao Yan to be her boyfriend while Xiao Tian looked on in shock.

• Xiao Tian and Zi Yan fought fifty rounds before stopping to barbecue a Black-Striped Thunder Tiger with Xiao Yan.
• After eating, Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan traveled to the Inner Academy, and Zi Yan left to go to sleep.
• Xiao Tian registered Xiao Yan and brought him to the villa where Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Bai Shan were gathered.
• Bai Shan eagerly tried to shake Xiao Yan’s hand with enough force to challenge him, but Xiao Yan made him cry out in pain.
• Hu Jia mocked Bai Shan, then grabbed Xiao Yan’s other hand and asked him to be her boyfriend.

Xiao Tian watched Xiao Yan rise to fame in the Inner Academy while he enjoyed a carefree life with Xun'er and the others. When the Fallen Heart Flame began attacking its seal, Su Qian asked Xiao Tian to help suppress it, and Xiao Tian proposed persuading it instead.

• Hu Jia and Xiao Yu argued over Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan, while Bai Shan prepared food and drinks for Xiao Yan's welcome party.
• Xiao Yan defeated Lei Na, gained attention for his fights and pill-refining victory over Han Xian, and helped Pan Gate establish itself in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian returned Pan Gate's leadership to Xiao Yan and spent his days cultivating, relaxing, and teasing his friends and family.
• The Fallen Heart Flame grew restless and attacked the formation beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Tian to use his Heavenly Flames and spatial power to help suppress the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Tian offered to persuade it to behave.

Xiao Tian helped reinforce the seal on the fallen heart flame before Great Elder Su Qian sent him to investigate rumors that Xiao Gate had allied with the Black Alliance. After leaving the Inner Academy, Xiao Tian teleported to a secret base in the Black-Corner Region to meet Xiao Gate.

• Xiao Tian helped the Inner Academy elders evacuate the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and reinforce the fallen heart flame's seal.
• Su Qian warned Xiao Tian that the flame could erupt again and asked him to help evacuate the students if it did.
• Xiao Yan rose to sixth place on the Strong Ranking, and Liu Qing challenged him after Liu Fei's love letters went unanswered.
• Su Qian told Xiao Tian that Xiao Gate had joined the Black Alliance and might be preparing to eliminate Jia Lan Academy.
• Xiao Tian agreed to investigate Xiao Gate, left the Inner Academy, and teleported to its secret base in the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Tian disguised himself as Sasuke and used the Xiao Gate’s name to punish factions that had persecuted the Rakshasa Gate, while making it clear the Black Alliance’s supposed alliance with the Xiao Gate was false. Elder Jin and Han Feng learned of the escalating attacks and decided to speak with the Xiao Gate’s leader.

• Xiao Tian arrived at Rakshasa City disguised as Sasuke and questioned Su Mei about rumors that the Black Alliance had allied with the Xiao Gate.
• Su Mei explained that the Black Alliance had spread the rumors and that several factions had been targeting the Rakshasa Gate, so Xiao Tian requested their names and refused her offer of assistance.
• Xiao Tian wiped out the Raiga Gate, Fierce Tiger Sect, and Flying Heaven Gate, leaving the words “Xiao Gate! Lightning Qilin King! Sasuke!” at the scenes.
• Xiao Tian killed two Black Alliance Dou Wang elders and left the same message, prompting factions across the Black-Corner Region to doubt that the Black Alliance and Xiao Gate were allies.
• Elder Jin received news of the killings, and Han Feng read the intelligence before saying it was time to speak with the Xiao Gate’s leader.

Disguised as Yan Lingji, Xiao Tian negotiated an alliance between Xiao Gate and the Black Alliance while secretly seeking information about its plans against Jia Lan Academy. After returning to the Inner Academy, he resumed his usual life and provoked the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Tian presented Han Feng with a demanding agreement, and Han Feng accepted it except for the Mandala Blood Jade Fruit.
• Xiao Tian and Han Feng agreed that the Black Alliance would retain leadership while Xiao Gate received a fixed share of interests in the Black-Corner Region.
• After inspecting the goods, Xiao Tian agreed to have Xiao Gate's Heavenly Kings search for Jia Lan Academy's Inner Academy to support a planned surprise attack.
• Han Feng watched Xiao Tian leave and privately yearned to possess him.
• Xiao Tian told Su Mei about the alliance in Rakshasa City, then teleported back to Jia Lan Academy's Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian returned to his slacker routine, spending time with Xun'er and provoking the Fallen Heart Flame in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

Xiao Tian supervised the Strong Ranking tournament, where Xiao Yu defeated Liu Fei and Bai Shan lost to Han Xian after fighting hard. Xiao Tian healed Bai Shan with a powerful pill, leaving him back on his feet.

• Xiao Tian dozed through the tournament until Elder Liu reminded him that the next match was starting.
• Xiao Yu narrowly defeated Liu Fei, then threatened Bai Shan when he complained that she had kicked too hard.
• Xiao Tian called Bai Shan into the arena, where he faced Han Xian and initially tried to surrender to protect his hairstyle.
• Bai Shan fought Han Xian with his strongest techniques but ultimately lost to the veteran Dou Ling.
• Xiao Tian gave Han Xian a healing pill and quickly restored Bai Shan, who thanked him.

Xiao Tian learned that the Fallen Heart Flame was rampaging at Jia Lan Academy and joined Han Feng’s plan to attack the Inner Academy. As they headed there, Xiao Tian secretly anticipated turning Han Feng’s ambitions against him.

• Xiao Tian left the Strong Ranking tournament when he felt the ground shake and realized the Fallen Heart Flame was stirring.
• Su Qian sensed that the Fallen Heart Flame had broken through two seals and ordered the elders to contain it and move students farther away.
• Han Feng detected the Heavenly Flame’s disturbance and summoned powerful factions to Maple City to prepare an operation against Jia Lan Academy.
• Xiao Tian teleported to Rakshasa City, met Su Mei, and went with her to meet Han Feng in Maple City.
• Han Feng proposed using his Sea Heart Flame and Xiao Gate’s Heavenly Flames to locate the Inner Academy, and Xiao Tian agreed to join the attack.
• Han Feng eagerly planned to seize the Fallen Heart Flame while Xiao Tian secretly anticipated his defeat.

Xiao Yan and the Inner Academy prepared to contain the Fallen Heart Flame when Han Feng led Black-Corner Region experts in an attack. Xiao Tian used Kamui and his clones to evade Hu Gan, then disguised himself and switched places with a clone in a secluded area.

• Su Qian ordered the students evacuated and called Hu Gan and the Outer Academy experts to help reinforce the seal around the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan secretly headed toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, while Yao Lao warned him that powerful enemies were approaching.
• Han Feng arrived with the Gold and Silver Elders and other Black-Corner Region forces, then ordered Xiao Tian to act according to their plan.
• Su Qian assigned the elders to maintain the seal and fight the attackers while he confronted Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Hu Gan intercepted Xiao Tian, who used Kamui to create two clones and sent Hu Gan away by claiming he would handle the Heavenly Flames Demoness.
• Xiao Tian and his clones reached a secluded area, where one clone became Yan Lingji as Xiao Tian returned to his original appearance.

Xiao Tian used his clone disguised as Yan Lingji to deceive Han Feng and provoke him during the battle at Jia Lan Academy. As the fallen heart flame battered its seal, Han Feng charged at Xiao Tian in fury, leaving the Gold and Silver Elders to call him back into position.

• Great Elder Su Qian and the Gold and Silver Elders struggled to contain Han Feng while Hu Gan warned that the fallen heart flame could destroy the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Tian had used a clone and a spatial technique, while Yao Lao told him to prepare to seize the fallen heart flame amid the chaos.
• Xiao Tian and his clone pursued the Yan Lingji disguise, and Han Feng questioned why she possessed Xiao Tian's eye and spatial techniques.
• Xiao Tian used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to make it appear that the Heavenly Flames Demoness had been killed, enraging Han Feng.
• Xiao Tian activated Kamui as Han Feng charged at him, and the Gold and Silver Elders shouted for Han Feng to return to position.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan attacked Han Feng with their combined Heavenly Flames, leaving him in soul form. As the Fallen Heart Flame broke free and the battle turned chaotic, Yan Lingji revealed that Han Feng had been deceived and vowed to kill him for good.

• Xiao Tian struck Han Feng with his staff, splitting his skull and sending him crashing into a crater.
• Xiao Yan fused the Red Lotus Karmic Fire with Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame to unleash Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, while Xiao Tian continued attacking Han Feng.
• Xiao Tian added another Heavenly Flame attack to the crater, and Han Feng's enemies believed he had been killed.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke through the elders' failing seal, forcing Su Qian and Hu Gan to retreat and turn against the Black-Corner Region experts.
• Han Feng emerged from the crater in soul form, protected by the Sea Heart Flame, and shouted his hatred of Yao Lao.
• Yan Lingji revealed that Han Feng had been deceived by Jia Lan Academy and declared that he would die for good.

Xiao Tian, Xiao Yan, and Jia Lan Academy fought off the Hall of Souls Dou Zong while stopping him from taking Han Feng’s soul. The invader fled wounded, but the Fallen Heart Flame erupted and engulfed the Inner Academy in fire.

• A Hall of Souls expert arrived and bound Han Feng’s soul with Soul Chains.
• Xiao Tian attacked with Kamui, and Su Qian and Xiao Yan helped destroy the expert’s Soul Chain beasts.
• The Hall of Souls Dou Zong tried to take Han Feng, but Xiao Tian used Kamui to pull Han Feng’s soul into the Kamui Dimension, tearing apart his soul and the Soul Chains.
• Su Qian struck the Hall of Souls Dou Zong with Mountain-Shaking Seal, forcing him to flee wounded.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Yan, and the others defeated or captured the Black-Corner Region’s forces, while the Fallen Heart Flame erupted across the Inner Academy.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan plunged into the magma to confront the rampaging Fallen Heart Flame. They attacked it with their Heavenly Flames and powerful techniques, but the battle continued as its furious roar shook the underground depths.

• Xiao Tian proposed approaching the Fallen Heart Flame, but Great Elder Su Qian ordered him to stay behind while he sought help.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan secretly descended into the magma, and Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan failed to reach them before the Fallen Heart Flame’s power forced him to retreat.
• The Fallen Heart Flame recognized Xiao Tian as the former Heavenly Flame it had known and attacked the brothers, seeking to devour their flames.
• Xiao Tian used the Hong Lian Transformation, summoned the Earth War Dragon Beast, and struck the Fallen Heart Flame with his Adamantine Staff.
• Xiao Yan hurled his Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus into the magma, while Xiao Tian used Kamui against the Fallen Heart Flame with little effect.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan battled the conscious Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Tian stayed behind while Xiao Yan escaped into the Kamui Dimension. After the Venerables sealed the underground eruption, Su Qian and Hu Gan feared the brothers were trapped below.

• The Earth War Dragon Beast was badly burned by the Fallen Heart Flame, so Xiao Tian recalled it while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao agreed they needed to recover their Dou Qi.
• As the Fallen Heart Flame’s attacks prevented them from recovering, Xiao Tian sent Xiao Yan into the Kamui Dimension, where Xiao Yan recognized the space and found Han Feng’s soul.
• Xiao Tian charged the Fallen Heart Flame with his Adamantine Staff and struck its consciousness, but the creature erupted in rage and its Heavenly Flames burned him to death.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie suppressed the underground eruption and reinforced the seal after warning that the Fallen Heart Flame was damaging its own essence.
• Hu Gan told Su Qian that Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan were still underground, and Su Qian feared they might not survive.

Xiao Tian repeatedly revived while fighting the Fallen Heart Flame and protected Queen Medusa as its power disrupted her body. Queen Medusa awakened after an intimate encounter with him, then found herself unable to harm him because Kotoamatsukami still influenced her.

• Xiao Tian repeatedly revived and struck the Fallen Heart Flame's Invisible Fire Python manifestation with his Adamantine Staff, while the Heavenly Flame repeatedly burned him to death.
• Xiao Tian searched the cavern, found Queen Medusa and the Seven-Colored Little Snake, and absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame to weaken its assault on them.
• Queen Medusa's body stabilized, but the Fallen Heart Flame's influence threw her yin and yang into chaos, and she pounced on Xiao Tian.
• After the encounter, Queen Medusa awoke and tried to attack Xiao Tian, but Kotoamatsukami's influence caused her severe pain.
• Queen Medusa realized the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul had fused with hers and found herself wanting to nuzzle Xiao Tian's arm.

After waking beside Cai Lin, Xiao Tian insisted he would take responsibility and promised to win the Snake-People Tribe’s recognition before proposing to her. He then entered the Fallen Heart Flame’s Fire Domain to refine the Heavenly Flame, leaving Cai Lin astonished by his repeated revivals.

• Xiao Tian woke beside Cai Lin, who conjured a new dress and said they would part ways without the Life Wheel Golden Pill.
• Xiao Tian argued that he would take responsibility for Cai Lin, while she said the Snake-People Tribe would not accept their marriage unless he became strong enough to earn its recognition.
• Xiao Tian promised to defeat the tribe’s powerful elders and propose to Cai Lin, who told him they could talk once he reached Dou Zong or higher.
• Xiao Tian entered the Fallen Heart Flame’s Fire Domain to refine it, and Cai Lin watched him repeatedly revive.
• Cai Lin counted thirty-nine revivals and wondered whether Xiao Tian had truly been the ruler of the universe in his past life.

After refining the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Tian advanced to Five-Star Dou Emperor and discovered another cluster of the flame beneath the magma. He sent Xiao Yan to refine it while he and Cai Lin kept watch, and Cai Lin agreed to return to her tribe and wait for him.

• Xiao Tian refined the Fallen Heart Flame, evolved the Flame Mantra to intermediate Tian Tier, and broke through to Five-Star Dou Emperor.
• Cai Lin questioned Xiao Tian about his past relationships, then agreed to return to the Snake-People Tribe and wait for him.
• Xiao Tian found another growing cluster of Fallen Heart Flame beneath the magma and decided Xiao Yan should absorb it.
• Inside the Kamui Dimension, Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he would find materials to forge him a body after avenging him by destroying Han Feng's soul form.
• Xiao Yan took a sixth-tier Earth Spirit Pill and began refining the new Fallen Heart Flame while Xiao Tian and Cai Lin stood guard.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame, raising their Flame Mantra cultivation and preserving a seed of the flame so Jia Lan Academy’s Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower could operate again. Three months later, as Xun’er waited at the tower, Zi Yan sensed that something was about to emerge.

• Xiao Yan refined the second Fallen Heart Flame and reached One-Star Dou Emperor, while his Flame Mantra advanced to high-level Di Tier.
• Xiao Tian complained that his Flame Mantra had advanced less favorably, and Yao Lao explained that its progress depended partly on chance.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan created a sleeping fire snake from a small portion of the Fallen Heart Flame’s essence, and Cai Lin agreed to clear away creatures that might devour it.
• Xun’er and Xiao Yu waited at the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, while Bai Shan arrived after reaching Three-Star Dou Ling.
• Zi Yan appeared and sensed that something was about to come out, prompting Xun’er to ask if Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan were returning.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan emerged from the Fallen Heart Flame’s rampage alive, with Xiao Yan having refined it and reached Dou Emperor. After Xiao Tian explained that the flame would no longer threaten the academy for centuries, Su Qian welcomed them back and Xiao Tian reunited with Xun’er.

• Su Qian and the others rushed students out of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower as it shook from something rampaging underground.
• The tower exploded, and Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan emerged; Su Qian realized Xiao Yan had become a Dou Emperor too.
• Xiao Tian told Su Qian that Xiao Yan had refined the Fallen Heart Flame but left enough of its source to sustain the Inner Academy and prevent rampages for about two hundred years.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan to explain their ordeal and ordered Elder Liu to prepare to rebuild the tower.
• Su Qian told Xiao Tian how Xun’er had waited for him each day, and Xiao Tian apologized and embraced her.
• Xun’er smiled and told Xiao Tian she was hungry.

Xiao Tian introduced Cai Lin to Xun'er and revealed that Cai Lin was pregnant with his child. The women accepted one another, while Cai Lin told Xiao Tian to come to the Snake-People Tribe within three years or their child would kill him.

• After a barbecue with Xiao Gate's core members, Xiao Tian told Xun'er he had something to confess.
• Xiao Tian brought Cai Lin out of the Kamui Dimension and introduced her to Xun'er as her sister, explaining that they had conceived a child.
• Xun'er and Cai Lin compared notes about Xiao Tian's other admirers and secret lovers.
• Cai Lin revealed that she was carrying Xiao Tian's child and said she would wait for him in the Snake-People Tribe for three years.
• Xiao Tian promised to come for Cai Lin, but she and Xun'er attacked him, blowing up the bed.

Xiao Tian and Xun'er met Ling Feng, deputy commander of the Black Annihilation Army, who had come to escort her back to the Gu Clan. After Ling Feng insulted Xiao Tian and ordered him away from Xun'er, Xiao Tian attacked him, and the clash injured several Four-Winged Unicorns.

• Xun'er told Xiao Tian she wanted him to become a Dou Sheng before he married her and warned him not to let her surpass him during her baptism in two years.
• Great Elder Su Qian informed Xun'er that her clansmen had arrived, and she took Xiao Tian to meet them.
• Ling Feng introduced himself as deputy commander of the Black Annihilation Army and said he had come by order of the clan patriarch to escort Xun'er back.
• Ling Feng saw Xiao Tian holding Xun'er's hand, called him unworthy, and ordered him to let go of her.
• Xiao Tian attacked Ling Feng with his Adamantine Staff, and the impact injured several Four-Winged Unicorns and the Dou Wang experts riding them.

Xiao Tian defeated Ling Feng, a Seven-Star Dou Huang and deputy commander of the Black Annihilation Army, in a clash of powerful techniques. Xun’er left with the Black Annihilation Army after entrusting Xiao Tian with the Ancient Jade, while Ling Feng warned him to give up on her.

• Ling Feng attacked Xiao Tian with the Di Tier Intermediate Dou Technique Dragon Severing Strike, but Xiao Tian countered with a golden staff strike that shattered Ling Feng’s helmet and badly injured him.
• Xun’er intervened, and Xiao Tian warned Ling Feng that he had spared him only because he belonged to her clan.
• Ling Feng told Xiao Tian that defeating him would not make him worthy of Xun’er and said an accompanying elder might act if she refused to return.
• Xun’er took Xiao Tian’s hand, told him to keep her second blood safe, and left on a Four-Winged Unicorn with the Black Annihilation Army.
• Xiao Tian said he would visit Xun’er and greet his father-in-law, then noticed the Ancient Jade she had slipped into his hand.