Chapter Summaries

Gu He accepted Han Yue as his sixth disciple and transmitted cultivation to her, rapidly advancing her from Seven-Star Dou Ling to One-Star Dou Wang. Han Yue warned him that she could no longer absorb the power.

• Han Yue became Gu He's disciple, and he discovered that she possessed an unactivated Three Absolute Cold Body.
• Zi Yan told Han Yue there were no sect rules and promised three welcome gifts, then persuaded her to accept whatever Gu He gave her.
• Gu He had Han Yue squat down and began transmitting cultivation into her body.
• Han Yue advanced from Seven-Star Dou Ling through the peak of Nine-Star Dou Ling and broke through to One-Star Dou Wang.
• Han Yue felt unable to absorb any more power and told Gu He she could not hold on much longer.

Gu He gave Han Yue cultivation, the Soul Splitting Art, and a Seven Leaf Star Sunflower Birth as meeting gifts, while the system rewarded him with cultivation, the Nine Revolutions Soul Splitting Art, and a Heavenly Profound Dragon Sun Birth. After accepting the gifts, Han Yue shyly asked Gu He for something, and he agreed to hear her request.

• Gu He stopped transferring cultivation when Han Yue reached her limit at the peak of one-star Dou Wang, and the system rewarded him with fourteen years of cultivation.
• Gu He taught Han Yue the Soul Splitting Art, and the system returned the Nine Revolutions Soul Splitting Art, which could create self-cultivating clones with the original body's cultivation and potential.
• Han Yue admitted her soul power was too weak to condense a split soul, so Gu He gave her a Seven Leaf Star Sunflower Birth to nourish her soul.
• The system rewarded Gu He with a Heavenly Profound Dragon Sun Birth, an eighth-tier spiritual medicine.
• Han Yue asked Gu He for something, and he agreed to hear her request.

After Zi Yan persuaded Han Yue to ask Gu He for Spirit Medicine Pills, Gu He refined the Heavenly Profound Dragon Sun Birth to strengthen his soul and began creating a clone with the Nine Revolutions Soul Splitting Art. He completed the soul clone and started refining its body.

• Gu He gave Han Yue a box of Spirit Medicine Pills and warned her to be wary of Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan took the box from Han Yue and greedily ate a handful of the pills.
• Gu He refined the Heavenly Profound Dragon Sun Birth into a golden particle and used it to nourish his soul while cultivating the Nine Revolutions Soul Splitting Art.
• Over ten days, Gu He separated strands of his soul and formed a clone, raising his soul strength from the initial to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.
• Gu He began refining a physical body for the soul clone and drew out a drop of his essence blood as its main component.

Gu He completed a powerful clone through a secret body-refining process while Zi Yan and Han Yue waited outside his room. After emerging, he gave Han Yue body-tempering Spirit Liquid and obtained a strand of Zi Yan’s hair and a drop of her blood to research a suitable treatment for her.

• Gu He refined materials with essence blood to create a body while Zi Yan and Han Yue discussed his long absence and Zi Yan’s rapid rise to peak Dou Wang.
• Two days later, Gu He completed a clone with the same cultivation, soul strength, techniques, and Dou Skills as himself, at the two-star Dou Zun realm.
• Zi Yan tried to kick open Gu He’s door, but he dodged, and she fell into the room as Han Yue watched.
• Gu He gave Han Yue bottles of Body Tempering Spirit Liquid and told her to use them while bathing.
• Gu He asked Zi Yan for a strand of hair and a drop of blood so he could research body-tempering medicine suited to her, then secretly collected the blood from a small cut on her finger.

Gu He entered the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and found the young Fallen Heart Flame and Heavenly Fire Venerable’s remnant soul. After learning how Heavenly Fire Venerable had been gravely wounded, Gu He demanded to know what he would gain for taking him away.

• Gu He used Within Reach, Yet Worlds Apart to evade the Flame Lizardmen and reach the place where the Fallen Heart Flame in his body sensed its young flame.
• Gu He opened the transparent barrier and found a skeleton with a young Fallen Heart Flame floating above it.
• Gu He called out Heavenly Fire Venerable, who revealed himself as Yao Tianhuo and asked Gu He to explain his circumstances.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable recounted that he had subdued one Fallen Heart Flame, then entered the magma deeper and tried to take a second, causing the flames to clash before Flame Lizardmen attacked him.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable asked Gu He to take him away, and Gu He demanded to know what payment he could offer.

Gu He obtained the Fallen Heart Flame seed and recruited Yao Tianhuo by promising to restore his soul and body in exchange for two years of service. He continued descending toward the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where two powerful Lizardmen warned him that he had entered God's Graveyard.

• Gu He took the Storage Ring, found the Five Wheels Departing Fire Method, and offered to revive Yao Tianhuo in return for two years of service.
• Yao Tianhuo swore to follow Gu He, entered the ring with his skeleton, and warned that a terrifying existence lurked below.
• Gu He descended through the magma, evaded a giant Flame Lizard with Within Reach, Yet Worlds Apart, and spotted blackened magma as Flame Lizard Tribe members searched for him.
• Two ancient, powerful Lizardmen confronted Gu He and ordered him to leave God's Graveyard before he awakened the Guardians.

Gu He descended through the magma sea and entered the hidden space beneath it, where he found the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. As he investigated the enormous stone gate, he discovered a colossal creature coiled in the darkness below.

• Gu He escaped a destructive attack in the magma sea and continued diving toward the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• Gu He sealed Heavenly Fire Venerable inside the ring and gave him a medicinal herb to preserve his soul if Gu He died.
• Gu He found a spatial passage in the dark reddish-black magma and entered the ancient, silent space beneath it.
• Gu He discovered a gigantic stone gate marked “Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.”
• Gu He sensed he was being watched, illuminated the darkness with fire, and saw an immense creature coiled below.

Gu He encountered Zhu Kun beneath the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and used Zi Yan's blood to stop him from attacking. After learning Zi Yan was alive and Gu He's disciple, Zhu Kun offered him something to strengthen her body, while warning him not to lie.

• Zhu Kun awoke and attacked Gu He after he admitted he lacked the Ancient Jade.
• Gu He revealed Zi Yan's blood, stopping Zhu Kun's attack and making Zhu Kun ask about his daughter.
• Gu He told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was his disciple and was safe, but refused to reveal her location.
• Gu He challenged Zhu Kun's threats by pointing out that he could not leave the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun questioned Gu He's identity and motives, then learned his daughter's name was Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun offered Gu He something to strengthen Zi Yan's body and threatened to pursue him if he had lied.

Gu He obtained Zhu Kun’s essence blood and learned about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s divided state, promising to help Zi Yan unite it. After returning to the Inner Academy, he refined the blood into a pill and gave it to Zi Yan.

• Zhu Kun gave Gu He his essence blood in exchange for news about Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Gu He told Zhu Kun that the clan had split among four dragon islands and promised to take Zi Yan to Dragon Emperor Island when she was strong enough.
• Zhu Kun asked Gu He to bring Zi Yan to see him, but Gu He refused and left the mysterious space.
• After Gu He departed, Zhu Kun furiously tried and failed to break free from his prison, then cursed Tou She Ancient God.
• Gu He escaped the magma sea, refined Zhu Kun’s essence blood with two herbs, and returned to the Inner Academy.
• Zi Yan and Han Yue greeted Gu He, and Zi Yan ate the pill he had made from the refined essence blood.

After Zi Yan ate the red-and-black pill and Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, Gu He helped her digest the energy building up in her body. Zi Yan broke through to Dou Emperor, and Su Qian asked Gu He how she had advanced so quickly.

• Gu He received Dragon Emperor Essence Blood from the system and considered using it to refine an avatar.
• Zi Yan grew feverish after eating the pill, so Gu He used Purple Flame to refine the excess energy in her meridians.
• Zi Yan's breakthrough gathered a massive amount of natural energy, drawing Su Qian and others to Gu He's courtyard.
• Zi Yan broke through to Dou Emperor, then blasted apart Gu He's room.
• Su Qian arrived, sensed Zi Yan's new realm, and urgently asked Gu He how she had advanced in just one month.

After Zi Yan's strength soared, Gu He agreed to refine Po Zong Pills for Su Qian and rewarded Zi Yan with cultivation. The imparted energy carried her from the One-star Dou Emperor realm to the Five-star Dou Emperor realm before Gu He stopped.

• Gu He explained Zi Yan's sudden strength increase as energy from pills and spiritual herbs, and Su Qian agreed to let her repair the destroyed house herself.
• Zi Yan and Han Yue flew off to gather wood, revealing that Han Yue had also reached the Dou Wang realm.
• Su Qian asked Gu He to refine two Po Zong Pills for elders stuck at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm, and Gu He agreed.
• Zi Yan and Han Yue returned with logs, and Zi Yan promised to rebuild Gu He's house.
• Gu He began imparting cultivation to Zi Yan as a reward for her breakthrough, while Han Yue watched enviously.
• Zi Yan's cultivation surged to the Five-star Dou Emperor realm, and Gu He stopped the transmission.

After transferring twenty days of cultivation to Zi Yan, Gu He received a huge cultivation return and tried to convince her that the transfer had caused him no harm. He calmed Zi Yan with a pill, triggering another system return, and ended with ten thousand Fifth-tier Spirit Pills stored in the System Space.

• Gu He received a Two Thousandfold Return of one hundred and eight years of cultivation after transferring cultivation to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan mistook Gu He's reaction for evidence that the transfer had harmed him and vowed not to accept his cultivation again.
• Gu He claimed that releasing cultivation strengthened his Dou Qi, then threatened to expel Zi Yan when she doubted him.
• Zi Yan cried and pleaded not to be driven away, while Han Yue knelt and urged her to say she believed Gu He.
• Gu He reassured Zi Yan, gave her a Spirit Medicine Pill, and received ten thousand Fifth-tier Spirit Pills through a Ten Thousandfold Return.

Gu He began refining 122 years of cultivation in a sealed valley while Xiao Yi Xian, hunted by the four great clans, entered an auction house in Dark Harbor. The chapter ended as she bid against the feared Li Shan for a fourth-tier poison.

• Gu He gave Zi Yan a large supply of Spirit Medicine Pills and told her and Han Yue to cultivate while he entered seclusion.
• Gu He sealed a valley, then used eight Purple Flames to refine the cultivation energy he had accumulated.
• The four great clans placed a bounty on Xiao Yi Xian after she burned the Ma Clan and Wang Clan herb storerooms and injured their disciples.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the Nine Poisons Auction House in Dark Harbor while discreet watchers followed her.
• Li Shan bid for a Cracked Demon Flower, but Xiao Yi Xian suddenly offered one hundred thousand gold coins.

At the Nine Poisons Auction House, Black Robe outbid Li Shan and bought several poisonous items, including the Three-Eyed Sand Spider for one million gold coins. Just as the auctioneer was about to finalize the sale, members of Rum City's four great families arrived, and Black Robe urged him to hurry.

• Black Robe won the Cracked Demon Flower for one hundred thousand gold coins after Li Shan tried to intimidate the bidders.
• Black Robe and Li Shan drove the price of the Snake Vine up to two hundred thousand gold coins, then Black Robe let Li Shan win it.
• Black Robe bought nearly every following auction item, outbidding the previous highest bid by twenty thousand gold coins.
• Black Robe bid one million gold coins for the Three-Eyed Sand Spider, and no one raised her offer.
• As the auctioneer prepared to finalize the sale, three Dou Wang experts from Rum City's four great families arrived, and Black Robe urged him to award her the spider.

Black Robe, revealed as Little Poison Girl, fled the auction house and hid beneath it in a pool while Ma Dayuan and the other Dou Wang experts surrounded the area. After Ma Dayuan ordered the auction house burned and his men searched the water, a poisoned man surfaced, revealing that Little Poison Girl was still below.

• Ma Dayuan interrupted Black Robe's purchase of the Three-Eyed Sand Spider, and Black Robe seized the cage and fled through the auction house.
• Ma Dayuan, Wang Jing, and Hou Yunfeng identified Black Robe as Little Poison Girl and pursued her, but Ma Dayuan stopped at a hole leading to the pool below.
• Ma Dayuan and the other Dou Wang experts surrounded the pool, and Ma Dayuan ordered the Nine Poisons Auction House burned to drive Little Poison Girl out.
• After the fire burned for three hours, Ma Dayuan ordered his men to search the pool for hidden passages.
• A middle-aged man surfaced with poisoned skin and died, and Ma Dayuan concluded that Little Poison Girl was directly below them.

Xiao Yi Xian fought off a large group trying to capture her, but Ma Dayuan and two other Dou Wang experts trapped her in a triangular energy barrier. Just as she considered using a powerful Dou Technique, Huang Dahai of the Demonic Poison Sect arrived and asked the pursuers to let her go.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed men searching the pool and used poison to evade repeated attacks from Ma Dayuan, Hou Yunfeng, and Wang Jing.
• Ma Dayuan suggested draining the pool, and the pursuers dug channels until the water level fell.
• Xiao Yi Xian escaped the pool but ran into an ambush; she poisoned two attackers before the three Dou Wang experts surrounded her.
• Ma Dayuan, Hou Yunfeng, and Wang Jing trapped Xiao Yi Xian inside a triangular energy membrane and demanded that she be captured alive.
• Huang Dahai arrived from the pool and identified himself as a member of the Demonic Poison Sect, asking the three experts to end the pursuit.

Xiao Yi Xian escaped after Ma Dayuan and the others dropped their barrier and distracted Huang Dahai, who then pursued her. As the three Myriad Poison Sect men discussed calling for reinforcements, Xie Jiu arrived.

• Huang Dahai attacked Ma Dayuan, Hou Yunfeng, and Wang Jing, claiming Sect Master Hua wanted Xiao Yi Xian as a disciple.
• Ma Dayuan and the others released Xiao Yi Xian from their barrier and attacked Huang Dahai so she could escape.
• Xiao Yi Xian ran into the bushes after telling Huang Dahai to ask Sect Master Hua whether he would become her disciple.
• Ma Dayuan, Hou Yunfeng, and Wang Jing fought Huang Dahai but retreated when they could not wear him down.
• Huang Dahai flew after Xiao Yi Xian, while Ma Dayuan said he had alerted the Myriad Poison Sect.
• Xie Jiu arrived, and Ma Dayuan, Hou Yunfeng, and Wang Jing recognized him.

Xie Jiu confronted Ma Dayuan over the destruction of his Nine Poisons Auction House, while Xiao Yi Xian escaped Dark Harbor and secretly returned to Rum City to buy poisonous herbs. After losing Young Master Han, she overheard rumors that ruins might soon emerge in Fallen Forest.

• Xie Jiu rejected Ma Dayuan's offer of one million gold coins for the auction house and threatened the four great families before leaving.
• Xiao Yi Xian escaped Dark Harbor by river, discarded her black robe, and headed for Rum City to gather poisonous herbs and attempt a breakthrough to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered Rum City while the families' patrols were weakened and bought poisonous herbs at a shop.
• Young Master Han tried to get close to Xiao Yi Xian and pay for her purchase, but she refused and disappeared into an alley.
• Xiao Yi Xian overheard people discussing strange phenomena in Fallen Forest and speculating that ruins might soon emerge.

Xiao Yi Xian left Rum City to cultivate in a cave, where she broke through to Dou Wang. After meeting two men who had heard of ruins in Fallen Forest, she learned they were said to lie in a place called the Sacred Fallen Land, where a Saint had supposedly fallen.

• Xiao Yi Xian overheard two men in Rum City discussing ruins in Fallen Forest and decided to investigate after breaking through to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yi Xian left Rum City, prepared a tub of poison in a secluded cave, and absorbed toxins while cultivating.
• Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Crystal vanished, and she formed dou qi wings as she broke through to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yi Xian encountered the two men outside the cave and asked them about the ruins they had discussed.
• The plump man told Xiao Yi Xian that local legend called the ruins the Sacred Fallen Land and claimed a Saint had fallen there.

Xiao Yi Xian followed Pang Wu and Chu Lian to the Sacred Fallen Land, where she discovered a mysterious nine-colored radiance above a valley. After waiting nearby, she watched an unknown force destroy the valley and reveal a vast rift in the sky.

• Xiao Yi Xian made Pang Wu and Chu Lian lead her through the Fallen Forest toward the Sacred Fallen Land.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a village and a faint nine-colored radiance, then flew toward the valley where it shone before landing at a cautious distance.
• Pang Wu and Chu Lian entered the village and met Shi Kui, who recalled telling Ma Liu about the Nine-Colored Rainbow.
• Xiao Yi Xian waited through the night as Pang Wu and Chu Lian secretly approached the valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Pang Wu, and Chu Lian watched the valley shatter under an unknown force as a pitch-black rift appeared in the sky.