Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan invited Xiao Yi Xian to join the Seven-Star Organization and revealed his plan to use the Demonic Poison Spot as a way to gather cultivation energy. After Xiao Yi Xian agreed to help him and they reviewed the Chu Yun Empire’s situation, Lin Yuan warned that the coming war involved enemies beyond the Myriad Scorpion Gate; Protector Tie then arrived to support Xie Biyan.

• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian a booklet about the Seven-Star Organization, and she accepted the position of Tian Xuan Star Lord, Mu Yunxian.
• Lin Yuan explained his plan to unify the Chu Yun Empire and refine energy from Demonic Poison Spots, while Xiao Yi Xian warned him of the danger and agreed to help with his research.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged information and concluded that the Hall of Souls was stirring up the Chu Yun war to harvest souls.
• Lin Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian that the threat extended beyond the Myriad Scorpion Gate’s elder.
• At the Myriad Scorpion Gate, Xie Biyan welcomed Protector Tie, who offered aid for the coming battle against the Poison Sect.

Xie Biyan was forced to accept Protector Tie’s higher price for help against the Poison Sect, while Lin Yuan used Protector Wu’s knowledge to identify and lure out Protector Tie. After confirming Protector Tie was the only Soul Palace Protector in Chu Yun, Lin Yuan prepared to hunt him.

• Protector Tie denied his promise to Xie Biyan and demanded thirty percent more payment, leaving Xie Biyan to suppress his anger and proceed with the alliance.
• Lin Yuan questioned Protector Wu about Soul Palace methods and learned Protector Tie’s background, then planned to use a Blood Soul to locate him.
• Lin Yuan returned Xiao Yi Xian’s strand of black hair, and he, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan shared a relaxed reunion over drinks.
• Lin Yuan sent the Blood Soul disguised as Protector Yuan toward Myriad Scorpion Mountain, then followed with Zi Yan.
• Protector Tie harvested souls at Ghost Soul Mountain and told the disguised Protector Yuan that the Chu Yun war and its souls belonged to him.
• Protector Yuan confirmed Protector Tie was the only Soul Palace Protector in Chu Yun, while Lin Yuan prepared to attack him.

Lin Yuan and Zi Yan teamed up with Protector Yuan to ambush Protector Tie, capture him, and take the souls he had collected. After reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Yuan discussed her poison-refining talent and proposed making a plan to defeat Myriad Scorpion Gate and unify Chu Yun.

• Protector Tie attacked Lin Yuan and Zi Yan, but Zi Yan blocked his chains while Lin Yuan prepared the Starry Sky Seal.
• Protector Yuan betrayed Protector Tie during their fight, stole his soul bag, and helped Lin Yuan and Zi Yan capture and seal Tie.
• Lin Yuan stored Protector Tie and the stolen soul bag, then left with Zi Yan and encountered Xiao Yi Xian on the way to Heavenly Poison City.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Lin Yuan and Zi Yan to her secluded cultivation area and gave Zi Yan a storage ring full of medicinal ingredients.
• Lin Yuan discussed Pill-Poison Convergence with Xiao Yi Xian and proposed planning an operation against Myriad Scorpion Gate, which had lost its Soul Palace support.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian planned to weaken the Myriad Scorpion Gate while Lin Yuan took the Poison Sect Vice Sect Master position. After they exposed and captured the traitor Wu Ya, Xiao Yi Xian handed control of the Poison Sect to Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan learned from Protector Tie that Xie Biyan had Soul Palace support and prepared to face Xie Biyan as a potential Five- or Six-Star Dou Sect.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian planned to capture Myriad Scorpion Gate experts and eliminate the threat of the Poison Cloud Formation while advancing Lin Yuan's Demonic Poison Spot research.
• Xiao Yi Xian appointed Lin Yuan, under the name Medicine Lord, as Poison Sect Vice Sect Master, and he accepted the mission to subdue the Chu Yun Royal Family.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian caught Elder Wu Ya sending a secret letter to the Myriad Scorpion Gate, sealed his strength, and forced him to reveal intelligence about the gate and its infiltrators.
• Lin Yuan arranged for Wu Ya to send false information that would lure the Myriad Scorpion Gate into an ambush, and Xiao Yi Xian sealed Wu Ya away after interrogating him.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Lin Yuan control of the Poison Sect, and he accepted responsibility for using its forces.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian confronted the Myriad Scorpion Gate after Xie Shan and Xie Biyan ambushed him on the way to Chu Yun Holy City. Lin Yuan quickly defeated the five Dou Huangs and demanded that Xie Biyan submit, leaving the sect master to decide whether to join the Poison Sect or be destroyed.

• Xie Biyan and Xie Shan decided to intercept Lin Yuan, and Xie Biyan joined the ambush in case the intelligence was a trap.
• Lin Yuan encountered the five Myriad Scorpion Gate members in a valley, where Xiao Yi Xian appeared and challenged them.
• Xie Biyan fought Xiao Yi Xian while Xie Shan and the other Dou Huangs attacked Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan used Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds to stun his opponents, then knocked out and sealed all five Dou Huangs.
• Xie Biyan offered to withdraw from the Anti-Poison Sect Alliance and recognize the Poison Sect, but Lin Yuan demanded that he join the Poison Sect and submit.

Lin Yuan defeated Xie Biyan and forced him to submit, then arranged for Myriad Scorpion Gate to merge into the Poison Sect under Xie Biyan’s leadership. Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian left to explore Chu Yun Holy City, intending to use the sect as an affiliated force that would guard their holdings and provide resources.

• Xie Biyan rejected Lin Yuan’s demand for a Soul Restriction and transformed using the Blood Soul Art to fight Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Yuan formed the Mountain River Merges Three Radiance seal, broke through Xie Biyan’s attack, and heavily injured him.
• Xie Biyan submitted, allowing Lin Yuan to seal his strength at the Nine-Star Dou Huang level and place a Soul Restriction on him.
• Lin Yuan appointed Xie Biyan Supreme Elder and Xie Shan Vice Sect Master as Myriad Scorpion Gate joined the Poison Sect.
• Xie Biyan took the unconscious Myriad Scorpion Gate Dou Huangs back to the sect, while Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian set out for Chu Yun Holy City.

Lin Yuan used Xie Biyan to help research the Demonic Poison Spot while bringing the Chu Yun Empire under the Poison Sect’s control. He guided Xiao Yi Xian in mastering the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, then prepared to guard her as she began a breakthrough to Three-Star Dou Sect.

• Lin Yuan explained that Xie Biyan’s sealed strength would be restored only through his work improving the Demonic Poison Spot, and he taught Xiao Yi Xian about the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Chu Yun imperial family; the Myriad Scorpion Gate and the imperial family then submitted to the Poison Sect, whose allied forces conquered the empire and gathered its resources.
• After more than half a month of guidance, Xiao Yi Xian used the Nether Transformation to advance from peak Two-Star Dou Sect to peak Three-Star Dou Sect, and Lin Yuan gave her his Heavenly Abyss Fire Control Method.
• Lin Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian that the Nether Poison Flame might replace the poison pill in the Poison Pill Method, then revealed that he had reached Eight-Star Dou Huang and planned to use a Fire Emperor Pill to advance further.
• Lin Yuan explained that Zi Yan was asleep while digesting abundant treasures and would likely remain so for ten more days, then set up space barriers around her as Xiao Yi Xian entered secluded cultivation to break through to Three-Star Dou Sect.
• Lin Yuan left the Poison Sect Forbidden Area and headed toward one of its great halls.

Lin Yuan oversaw research to improve the Demonic Poison Spot, then spent a month refining pills and created the Heavenly Origin Qi Tempering Pill. After learning that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body was worsening and that her Essence Devouring Gu plan needed a Tier 7 magical beast, he prepared to travel abroad with her and Zi Yan to capture one.

• Lin Yuan reviewed the Poison Sect’s preliminary Demonic Poison Spot research plan, ordered Xie Shan to devote resources to it, and rewarded Ge Fu for solving a key problem.
• Xie Biyan ordered Xie Shan to focus the conquering armies on capturing prisoners for experiments, while Lin Yuan returned to the secluded valley and began refining pills.
• One month later, Lin Yuan completed the Heavenly Origin Qi Tempering Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan teased him as he recovered from the long refinement.
• Lin Yuan showed Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan the pills he had refined, then learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body was worsening and resolved to reach Jia Nan Academy soon.
• Lin Yuan learned that the Demonic Poison Spot research was more than halfway complete and reviewed Xiao Yi Xian’s Essence Devouring Gu plan, which required a Tier 7 magical beast as its host.
• Lin Yuan invited Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to travel abroad with him for a month to capture a Tier 7 magical beast.

Lin Yuan planned a trip with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to target several Northwest Region forces, then paused in a valley to cultivate. After reaching peak Dou Huang and tempering his Dou Qi, he prepared to test his rapid advancement in battle.

• Lin Yuan asked Xiao Yi Xian to identify vulnerable forces with valuable techniques or medicinal herbs, and she listed four targets besides the Golden Goose Sect.
• Lin Yuan chose a route through the Luoyan, Luohuang, and Feiyun Empires, assigned Poison Sect matters to Xie Shan, and departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan found a secluded valley and began cultivating while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan guarded him; his clones and Blood Soul worked on advancing his soul cultivation.
• After five days of consuming the Fire Emperor Pill, Lin Yuan reached peak Dou Huang.
• Lin Yuan spent another day and night using the Heavenly Origin Qi Tempering Pill to refine his Dou Qi, increasing his chance of breaking through to Dou Sect by at least ten percent.
• Lin Yuan decided to fight and master the cultivation he had gained.

Lin Yuan absorbed the Demonic Poison Spot and Xiao Yi Xian sealed it with her Woeful Poison Blood, buying him two years before it erupted. After settling affairs in the Chu Yun Empire, Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian left Heavenly Poison City for Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Yan and the new students arrived at its Inner Academy.

• Xie Biyan took the Tier 7 Heavenly Poison Nether Scorpion away as Lin Yuan began refining pills for Demonic Poison Spot cultivation.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Inner Academy, worried about the power guarding the Fallen Heart Flame and wary of Lin Yuan, while Elder Yao considered whether to reveal his situation to Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian transferred the Demonic Poison Spot into Lin Yuan, and Xiao Yi Xian used her Woeful Poison Blood and the poison pool to seal it for two years.
• Lin Yuan recalled that he had used nearly forty Sixth-Grade Pills and five rounds of Origin Dou Qi to build the Demonic Poison Spot, then told Xie Biyan and Xie Shan to manage the Seven Stars and plan further annexations.
• Lin Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and their beasts departed Heavenly Poison City for the Black Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy.

Lin Yuan completed his soul breakthrough to Mortal Realm Peak, then traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to the Luoyan Empire to challenge Golden Goose Sect leader Yan Luotian. After a long battle, Lin Yuan stunned Yan Luotian with a soul attack and let Blood Soul capture him, then prepared to claim the sect’s spoils.

• Lin Yuan used the spiritual energy gathered by Blood Soul and his clones to break through to Mortal Realm Peak, then adjusted to the pressure of his stronger soul power.
• Xiao Yi Xian advised Lin Yuan that reaching Dou Sect required a breakthrough opportunity, abundant energy, firm resolve, and possibly an understanding of space; the three then traveled to the Luoyan Empire.
• Lin Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached Golden Goose Mountain, where Lin Yuan challenged Yan Luotian so he could temper his cultivation in battle.
• Lin Yuan and Yan Luotian fought for hours, with Lin Yuan enduring the Golden Goose Sect leader’s attacks and countering with his varied techniques.
• Lin Yuan used Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds: Tremor to daze Yan Luotian, and Blood Soul captured him; Xiao Yi Xian reported that she had dealt with the sect’s other threats while Zi Yan searched its treasury.
• Lin Yuan collected Yan Luotian’s storage ring and corpse, then set off with Xiao Yi Xian to gather the spoils of war.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian looted the Golden Goose Sect’s hidden treasury, where Lin Yuan found the Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings and Mu Tian Seven Profound Guard. Seven days later, Lin Yuan defeated Huang Ning of the Qiwu Sect and uncovered a possible connection between its techniques and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.

• Zi Yan broke through a hidden stone wall, and Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Golden Goose Sect’s treasury and collected its valuables.
• Zi Yan reached through a spatial barrier to retrieve three ancient boxes; Lin Yuan found a Di-class inheritance, the Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings, and the Mu Tian Seven Profound Guard.
• Lin Yuan decided to investigate the Ten Thousand Instruments Sect’s inheritance in the Heaven Dou Empire, then left with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan after stripping the Golden Goose Sect’s stores and collecting the souls of several experts.
• After the Golden Goose Sect collapsed, the Jin Clan regained control of the Luoyan Empire, and Lin Yuan traveled to the Qiwu Sect seven days later.
• Huang Ning used Phoenix Transformation and the Luohuang Bell against Lin Yuan, who broke the bell with his Sun Radiance Seal and Soul Origin Palm.
• Lin Yuan knocked out the battered Huang Ning with a surprise strike, defeating the three-star Dou Sect.

Lin Yuan uncovered Qiwu Sect’s connection to the destroyed Blood Phoenix Sect, seized Huang Ning and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, and left Luohuang Empire with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan. A month later, the group headed toward Heavenly Poison City, while Lin Yuan remained unable to break through to Dou Zong and planned to return to Jia Nan Academy.

• Lin Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan defeated Qiwu Sect and found a frozen Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse beneath Heavenly Phoenix Valley.
• Lin Yuan interrogated Huang Ning, learned Qiwu Sect descended from Blood Phoenix Sect, and sealed Huang Ning’s body and soul separately.
• Lin Yuan took the Phoenix Transformation Blood Art and Luohuang Bell, sealed the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, and departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• One month later, the group crossed Tian Sai City on the back of a Darkwing Tiger King, which Lin Yuan warned not to disturb Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan reflected on Zi Yan’s ongoing transformation, his stalled breakthrough to Dou Zong, and his plan to return to Jia Nan Academy after handling matters in Chu Yun Empire.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Poison Sect, where Xie Biyan reported that they had developed a three-stage Demonic Poison Spot. Lin Yuan began testing the technique on captured seventh-rank magical beasts and arranged for the Poison Sect’s strongest practitioners to use it, while Xiao Yi Xian and Lin Yuan prepared to cultivate the poison spots.

• Xiao Yi Xian said Sun Ping’s medical inheritance had advanced both her medical and poison arts, and Lin Yuan gave her his Shadow Clone: Tenth Version technique for research.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed that the Essence Devouring Gu had finished parasitizing the Red Centipede Fire Poison Beast, while Medusa observed Qing Lin and the seven-colored cocoon advancing in the Emerald Ring Mountain Range.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Heavenly Poison City, where Xie Biyan reported that the Poison Sect had developed a Triple Demonic Poison Spot with three stages consuming different amounts of origin Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian left the meeting after praising the work, and Lin Yuan rewarded those who had contributed to the technique’s improvement.
• Lin Yuan gathered the Poison Sect’s seven strongest practitioners in the forbidden area and had Xie Shan use the second-stage Demonic Poison Spot on the Red Centipede Fire Poison Beast, then recover with a medicinal pill.
• Lin Yuan gave Xie Biyan the Heavenly Poison Nether Scorpion and a sixth-grade pill, telling him to remove his strength seal and use the Demonic Poison Spot afterward.

Lin Yuan transferred the Demonic Poison Spot into his body and worked with Xiao Yi Xian to seal it, then prepared to leave the Chu Yun Empire for Jia Nan Academy. The chapter left Lin Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan flying toward the Black Corner Region while the Poison Sect prepared to expand under his orders.

• Lin Yuan completed preparations to cultivate the Demonic Poison Spot, while new students including Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and Xiao Yan considered the danger of pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• A month later, Xiao Yi Xian warned Lin Yuan that the Demonic Poison Spot had reached its limit, so he transferred it into his body and she sealed it to delay its eruption.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer while she set the additional seal, buying him two years before the Demonic Poison Spot erupted.
• Lin Yuan told Xie Biyan and Xie Shan to serve Yu Heng, continue supporting the Demonic Poison Spot, and plan to annex neighboring territories after he destroyed three sects.
• Lin Yuan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan departed Heavenly Poison City on the Darkwing Tiger King, heading for the Black Corner Region.

Lin Yuan returned to the Black Corner Region and rescued Wu Tianlang from Fang Yan and the other Demonic Flame Valley elders. After defeating them and claiming their Transforming Fire, Lin Yuan and Wu Tianlang headed back to Jia Nan Academy to warn the First Elder about Demonic Flame Valley’s likely response.

• Lin Yuan sensed Wu Tianlang’s presence on the Black Domain Great Plains and rushed to him as Fang Yan and two Demonic Flame Valley elders attacked.
• Lin Yuan stopped the elders’ combined strike, gave Wu Tianlang a healing pill, and confronted Fang Yan and the others.
• The three elders combined their Transforming Fire into the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix, but Lin Yuan’s Green Lotus Core Flame overwhelmed it and captured the flame.
• Lin Yuan killed Fang Yan and the other two elders, took their storage rings, and collected the Transforming Fire.
• Wu Tianlang praised Lin Yuan’s strength and urged him to return to Jia Nan Academy before Demonic Flame Valley could retaliate.

Lin Yuan returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, where he met with the academy’s elders and reported the threat from Demonic Flame Valley. At the Inner Academy, Su Qian welcomed Xiao Yi Xian and learned that Qing Lin was safely undergoing a breakthrough to Dou Huang.

• Lin Yuan reunited Zi Yan with Wu Tianlang and introduced Xiao Yi Xian as his closest friend before they traveled to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Gan praised Lin Yuan’s progress and revealed that Hu Jia and Wu Hao had entered the Inner Academy and both reached Dou Spirit.
• Lin Yuan told Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang that he would deal with Old Demon and Demonic Flame Valley, then left to meet Su Qian.
• Zi Yan loudly announced her return to the Inner Academy, dodged Su Qian’s attempt to touch her cheek, and boasted about her strength.
• Lin Yuan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Su Qian, who welcomed her and promised to help find materials for the Poison Pill Method.
• Lin Yuan told Su Qian that Qing Lin was breaking through to Dou Huang under Queen Medusa’s protection.

Lin Yuan proposed using his controlled Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame to replace the main flame in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, while subduing the main body to treat his Demonic Poison Spot. The academy’s elders approved the Flame Replacement Plan and agreed to let him handle the Fallen Heart Flame if the plan succeeded.

• Lin Yuan showed Su Qian the Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame and explained how it could keep the Refining Tower running while reducing the danger of the main flame erupting.
• Su Qian brought Lin Yuan and Hu Gan to the Library Pavilion, where Elder Bai and Elder Qian joined them to consider the proposal.
• Lin Yuan demonstrated that the sub-flame could produce more Heart Flame when supplied with fire energy, and explained that he needed another Heavenly Flame to refine his life-threatening Demonic Poison Spot.
• Lin Yuan revealed Blood Soul, his soul clone bearing Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, and demonstrated how they let him control multiple Heavenly Flames at once.
• Su Qian, Hu Gan, Elder Bai, and Elder Qian approved the Flame Replacement Plan and promised the Fallen Heart Flame’s main body to Lin Yuan if the plan succeeded.

Lin Yuan reunited with Xiao Yan and met Gu Xun'er while discussing the Xiao Clan’s safety and Xiao Yi Xian’s treatment. The discovery that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Three-Star Dou Sect left Gu Xun'er unsettled as Elder Yao presented the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.

• Su Qian told Lin Yuan about Jia Nan Academy’s discreet ties to the Lei Clan and Gu Xun’er’s identity.
• Lin Yuan tested his flame-sealing technique with Xiao Yi Xian, then used his Green Lotus Core Flame to announce his return to the academy.
• Xiao Yan mastered a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill, received Elder Yao’s Fire Lotus Technique scroll, and reunited with Xun’er and Hu Jia.
• Lin Yuan welcomed Xiao Yan, Gu Xun’er, and Elder Yao to his courtyard, where they confirmed that the Xiao Clan’s evacuation was progressing smoothly.
• Elder Yao showed Lin Yuan the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and Xiao Yi Xian’s released aura revealed that she had reached Three-Star Dou Sect.
• Gu Xun’er compared herself with Xiao Yi Xian and wondered whether she had been slacking in her cultivation.

Lin Yuan traded for pill formulas from Elder Yao, warned him and Xiao Yan to follow Jia Nan Academy’s rules, and revealed powerful alchemy rivals awaiting Xiao Yan at the Pill Convention. After Xiao Yan left to cultivate, Gu Xun’er asked Ling Ying to investigate Starfall Pavilion and find a trustworthy way to contact Venerable Feng before Xiao Yan and Elder Yao went there.

• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and accepted a second portion from Gu Xun’er on Elder Ling’s behalf.
• Lin Yuan insisted that Elder Yao’s presence be reported to Great Elder Su Qian, then agreed to mediate the rule violation so Elder Yao and Xiao Yan could remain in the Inner Academy.
• Lin Yuan traded medicinal ingredients with Elder Yao for two seventh-grade pill formulas and told Xiao Yan about Cao Ying and other alchemy prodigies who might compete at the Pill Convention.
• Lin Yuan identified the Black Emperor Sect as a future source of missing ingredients, while Xiao Yan returned to Pan Gate and went to cultivate the Fire Lotus Technique.
• Gu Xun’er instructed Ling Ying to maintain trade with Lin Yuan and investigate Venerable Feng and Starfall Pavilion for a trustworthy contact without alerting the Gu Clan.