Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan refined the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva and used its essence to advance his Soul Power to the Mortal Realm Late Stage, gaining Seventh Grade-level Soul Power. His soul breakthrough loosened the barrier in his Dou Qi cultivation and gave him an opportunity to reach Dou Emperor.

• Lin Yuan placed the Azure Lotus Platform in his cave and prepared to refine the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva.
• Lin Yuan used the Azure Lotus Core Flame to burn the plant into seven-colored dew, then joined his Soul Power with it.
• Lin Yuan entered an Enlightenment State as the dew nourished his soul and the Heavenly Heart Soul Technique circulated on its own.
• Lin Yuan's Soul Power broke through, sending a fluctuation that Su Qian, Elder Huo, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin sensed.
• Lin Yuan confirmed that his Soul Power had reached the Mortal Realm Late Stage and that his Dou Qi cultivation had begun to loosen toward a Dou Emperor breakthrough.

Lin Yuan completed his secluded breakthrough to middle-stage One-Star Dou Huang after nearly eight months, greatly strengthening his Dou Qi, Soul Power, and body. He also successfully produced a Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian established the Poison Sect and Queen Medusa waited for Lin Yuan to return.

• Lin Yuan used the Emperor Reaching Pill and the Heavenly Capital Fire Canon to begin his breakthrough, then worked on a method to resolve the Fallen Heart Flame while the process continued.
• Su Qian sensed the gathering World Energy, later sealed the area around Lin Yuan’s cave, and considered sending Zi Yan outside to gain experience.
• Xiao Yi Xian officially established the Poison Sect and named Tang Family Fort as its next target for destruction.
• Little Cai told Queen Medusa that she missed Lin Yuan, and Queen Medusa reassured her that Lin Yuan would visit after his breakthrough.
• After nearly eight months, Lin Yuan broke through to middle-stage One-Star Dou Huang and found that his Soul Power and physical strength had also improved considerably.
• Lin Yuan returned to his cave and found that the Earth Flame Lotus Seeds had produced a Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame.

Lin Yuan perfected a Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame he could control, then learned that Protector Wu planned to target Xiao Yan and Elder Yao during the Three-Year Agreement. After identifying the likely cause as Elder Yao’s pursuit of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Lin Yuan decided to prioritize securing the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade and prepare for the coming events.

• Lin Yuan created a Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame fused with his Soul Power and used it to temper his body and Dou Qi.
• Lin Yuan analyzed Yun Shan’s intelligence, tested and broke through Su Qian’s space barrier, and thanked Su Qian for helping his breakthrough.
• Su Qian told Lin Yuan that Qing Lin had become the Power Ranking’s top student and was attempting to break through to Dou Wang, while Zi Yan had cocooned after absorbing a vast amount of energy.
• Lin Yuan reviewed Mittel Family reports and concluded Elder Yao had exposed himself while helping Xiao Yan seize the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the Tagor Great Desert.
• Lin Yuan resolved to focus on obtaining the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade and began preparing by cultivating Dou Techniques.

Lin Yuan cultivated Heavenly Dragon Chant and combined it with two other Dou Skills to create Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds. In the Chu Yun Empire, Xiao Yi Xian learned that her followers had found traces of the Nether Poison Flame, while both she and Lin Yuan thought of their hoped-for reunion.

• Lin Yuan selected Heavenly Dragon Chant, Frenzied Dragon Roar, and Illusionary Sound Bewildering Heart to fill gaps in his combat abilities and test whether their effects could be combined.
• After several days of training, Lin Yuan brought Heavenly Dragon Chant to great achievement, discovered it could be released using soul power instead of hand seals, and named a protective spirit liquid Ice Spirit Meridian Protecting Liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached the late stage of one-star Dou Huang and received word that her followers had found a suspected trace of the Nether Poison Flame near the Nether Poison Ancient Marsh.
• Xiao Yi Xian rewarded the followers who brought the report, then studied the notebooks Lin Yuan had given her and wondered when they would meet again.
• Lin Yuan fused the three sound-based Dou Skills into a new technique called Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds and considered making Dou Skill scrolls to trade or use against opponents.
• Lin Yuan looked at the moon and thought of Xiao Yi Xian as he hoped for their reunion.

Lin Yuan absorbed his clones’ research and nearly combined the Mountain River Seal with the Sun Radiance Seal, then prepared to refine pills for the Great Elder. He witnessed Qing Lin break through to Dou Wang, celebrated with her, and began refining the Emperor’s Extreme Pill.

• Lin Yuan absorbed his clones’ research, learned how to refine the Emperor’s Extreme Pill and Sect Breaking Pill, and found that the Cloud Dragon Movement Technique had reached its current limit.
• Lin Yuan tested combining the Mountain River Seal with the Sun Radiance Seal, but the two seals destabilized before they could merge.
• Lin Yuan traveled to the Black Corner Region in preparation and refined a new batch of ominous greeting gifts.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Inner Academy and witnessed Qing Lin break through from Dou Spirit to Dou Wang, then taught her flying techniques and Soul Power techniques.
• Lin Yuan received the Great Elder’s herbs and began refining the Emperor’s Extreme Pill as a warm-up before attempting the Sect Breaking Pill.

After completing a month of pill refining, Lin Yuan advanced to Two-Star Dou Wang, helped Qing Lin build a powerful Magical Beast force, and traveled to Black Mark City to confront Eight Gates. He ambushed Yuan Yi and demanded everything in exchange for the sect master's life.

• Lin Yuan finished refining seven Emperor's Extreme Pills and four Sect Breaking Pills, then consumed Fire Spirit Marrow to break through to Two-Star Dou Wang.
• Lin Yuan delivered six Emperor's Extreme Pills and three Sect Breaking Pills to Su Qian, then helped Qing Lin subdue Tier 6 snake-shaped Magical Beasts and advance to Two-Star Dou Wang.
• Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin the Three Beast Desolation Art, the Beast Spirit Gathering Array, and his annotated notes before leaving the academy.
• Lin Yuan entered Black Mark City and went to the Black Seal Auction House, where he asked to meet its person in charge using his Fourth Grade Alchemist badge.
• Yuan Yi appeared to receive Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan struck him with the Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds: Soul Capturing Sound and seized him by the throat.
• Lin Yuan told Yuan Yi that he wanted everything and offered the sect master's life as his bargaining chip.

Lin Yuan subdued Yuan Yi, bound him with a pill, a temporary seal, and a soul restriction, then claimed the third Demonic Flame Partial Map and Three Thousand Lightning Movement from his storage ring. He kept Yuan Yi and Eight Gates intact as useful assets, gave Yuan Yi an Emperor's Extreme Pill, and ordered him to gather rare resources.

• Lin Yuan defeated Yuan Yi, forced him to submit, and made him consume a pill before sealing his Dou Qi for two hours.
• Lin Yuan searched Yuan Yi's storage ring and found the third Demonic Flame Partial Map and the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll.
• Yuan Yi explained that Black Emperor Sect had forced him to auction the movement skill, and Lin Yuan decided to use Yuan Yi and Eight Gates as a resource network.
• Lin Yuan planted a soul restriction in Yuan Yi and gave him an Emperor's Extreme Pill as a reward for his cooperation.
• Lin Yuan handed Yuan Yi a list of valuable items to collect and promised that serving him could eventually help Yuan Yi reach the Dou Sect Realm.

Lin Yuan began building the Seven-Star Organization, returned to Jia Nan Academy, and strengthened his connection with Zi Yan while she cultivated inside her cocoon. He then started cultivating Three Thousand Lightning Movement and found its initial techniques easy to learn.

• Lin Yuan learned that Han Feng was obsessed with Heavenly Flames, then recruited Yuan Yi and established Eight Gates as a Tian Shu affiliate of the Seven-Star Organization.
• Yuan Yi began gathering resources and intelligence for Lin Yuan while Lin Yuan flew back to Jia Nan Academy with the Demonic Flame Partial Map and Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Lin Yuan visited Zi Yan's cocoon and let her absorb his purple dragon qi, which returned stronger and increased the Natal Blood Pill's tempering speed.
• Lin Yuan agreed to stay with Zi Yan until she emerged, then began cultivating Three Thousand Lightning Movement near her cocoon.
• Lin Yuan absorbed and refined the scroll's Wind Lightning Power, studied its movement techniques, and began practicing Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Lin Yuan mastered all three levels of Three Thousand Lightning Movement while waiting for Zi Yan to finish her cocoon transformation. Zi Yan emerged with a powerful new aura, briefly took her grown-up form before reverting to a child, and revealed that a new Qi Method had appeared in her mind during her advancement.

• Lin Yuan mastered Lightning Flash, Lightning Blink, and Three Thousand Lightning, and refined his movement technique while Zi Yan's cocoon continued to absorb energy.
• The Purple Light Cocoon cracked open, releasing a powerful bloodline aura that reached a mysterious purple-gold creature before the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling.
• Zi Yan emerged in an adult form, but the medicinal power of Shape-Shifting Grass quickly returned her to her childlike appearance.
• Lin Yuan gave Zi Yan pills, examined her after her advancement, and asked about the unfamiliar Qi Method circulating in her body.
• Zi Yan told Lin Yuan that the Qi Method had appeared in her mind during her advancement and had begun circulating on its own.

Lin Yuan concluded that magical beasts inherited knowledge through their bloodlines, then absorbed spiritual aura with a clone and prepared to leave seclusion with Zi Yan. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian found the Nether Poison Flame and began the painful process of refining it.

• Zi Yan told Lin Yuan that she had inherited cultivation methods and other techniques that would emerge as her strength grew, prompting him to reason that magical beasts carried knowledge in their bloodlines.
• Lin Yuan connected Queen Medusa's anticipated strength to her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python inheritance and grew more determined to improve before their battle.
• Lin Yuan recovered his clones' progress, absorbed the spiritual aura gathered by his soul-cultivating clone, and decided to leave seclusion with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Poison Sect experts to the Nether Poison Ancient Marsh, then entered alone to search for the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Woeful Poison Blood to lure the intelligent flame, caught its origin flame, and swallowed it after taking medicine to protect her meridians.
• Xiao Yi Xian circulated the Poison Sect's flame-devouring secret art and began refining the Nether Poison Flame with her Woeful Poison Body.

Lin Yuan reunited with Zi Yan and helped Qing Lin refine her Beast Spirit Gathering Array training and improve her plans for her magical beast subordinates. After refining pills, Lin Yuan took an Emperor's Extreme Pill and began using its power to break through from peak Two-Star Dou Huang.

• Lin Yuan and Zi Yan returned to his courtyard, where Zi Yan reunited with Qing Lin after half a year apart.
• Lin Yuan discussed Qing Lin's Beast Spirit Gathering Array problems and advised her to select suitable snake-type magical beasts rather than change the secret method.
• Lin Yuan taught Qing Lin the Spirit Purification Art and told her to have her three Tier 6 magical beasts fuse their power using the Three Beast Desolation Art.
• Lin Yuan spent half a month refining pills, including two Dou Spirit Pills and three Emperor's Extreme Pills, then gave Qing Lin a Dou Spirit Pill and asked her to protect him during his breakthrough.
• Lin Yuan took the highest-quality Emperor's Extreme Pill and circulated the Heavenly Capital Fire Canon as its medicinal power surged through his body.

Lin Yuan completed his retreat at Four-Star Dou Huang, strengthened his body, and prepared to leave the academy with Qing Lin and Zi Yan. As the trio set out, Han Feng refined an Emperor's Extreme Pill in Maple City and brooded over his break with Venerable Yao and Venerable Feng.

• Lin Yuan broke through to late Four-Star Dou Huang after seven days of refining the Emperor's Extreme Pill, then used the Mysterious Thunder Body Tempering Pill to strengthen his body over another day and night.
• Lin Yuan decided to pursue Han Feng's alchemy inheritance, take Qing Lin to the Snake People Race for a Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil legacy, and return to the Jia Ma Empire; he also planned to travel with Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan told Su Qian about Qing Lin's planned inheritance, and Su Qian approved the journey and allowed Zi Yan to go with Lin Yuan and Qing Lin.
• Lin Yuan agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for the academy, then departed with Qing Lin and Zi Yan after preparing for their trip.
• Han Feng refined an Emperor's Extreme Pill with the Myriad Beast Cauldron, then complained that Venerable Feng's suspicion had kept him from completing the Seventh Grade Alchemist assessment and resented Venerable Yao for withholding the Flame Mantra.

Lin Yuan lured Han Feng into a trap by using Yuan Yi and a false lead about a Heavenly Flame. After Yuan Yi betrayed Han Feng and Lin Yuan sealed his cultivation, Lin Yuan took Han Feng’s storage ring and began questioning him about his betrayal of Venerable Yao.

• Han Feng received a secret report about a Heavenly Flame and flew toward Black Mark City after ordering allies to guard the passes around Eight Gates.
• Lin Yuan used Qing Lin’s intelligence to prepare an ambush with Yuan Yi, while Zi Yan and Qing Lin moved to their assigned positions.
• Han Feng arrived and recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame, then fought Lin Yuan and was forced back by his spear techniques.
• When Han Feng called on Yuan Yi to attack Lin Yuan, Yuan Yi struck Han Feng instead, revealing his betrayal.
• Lin Yuan sealed Han Feng’s cultivation and his control of the Sea Heart Flame, then took his storage ring and questioned him about betraying Venerable Yao.

Lin Yuan seized Han Feng’s Abyssal Sea Storage Ring, learned about his plan to capture the Heavenly Flame, and kept him alive under soul restrictions. He then hunted down the five faction leaders Han Feng had recruited and headed for the Blood Sect to destroy it.

• Lin Yuan forced Han Feng to remove his soul imprint from the Abyssal Sea Storage Ring, claimed its valuable contents, and learned that Han Feng had arranged for five Black Corner Region faction leaders to seal the routes around Eight Gates.
• Lin Yuan placed soul restrictions on Han Feng, gave Yuan Yi pills and a Wind Attribute Earth Tier Dou Skill, and ordered him to organize follow-up matters and continue collecting requested items.
• Lin Yuan met up with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then took them hunting after Qing Lin recalled her dependents.
• Zi Yan killed Mysterious Bone Sect master Zhao Hui, while Lin Yuan killed Heavenly Fiend Poison Gate master Xu Sha, Blade Shadow Sect master Xue You, and Earth Flame Sect master Yao Yuan.
• Lin Yuan caught and killed Blood Sect master Fan Lao after stopping his escape, then flew toward the Blood Sect to wipe it out.

Lin Yuan and his companions plundered several Black Corner Region factions and captured a Soul Envoy before setting off for the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian advanced to peak Dou Huang and resolved to keep expanding the Poison Sect, while Lin Yuan began teaching Qing Lin Shadow Clone during their journey.

• Lin Yuan sent Zi Yan and Qing Lin to loot the Blood Sect’s treasury, where they found valuable herbs and the Blood Soul Jade Ganoderma; in Maple City, they also acquired Han Feng’s Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Lin Yuan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin looted four more factions, then Lin Yuan captured a Dou Wang Soul Envoy and stored its soul for research before leaving the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Nether Poison Ancient Marsh’s energy and poison, rising from two-star Dou Huang to peak Dou Huang before sensing the bottleneck to Dou Zong and the next stage of her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Poison Sect and ordered her followers to resume expanding it, exterminating those who refused to submit.
• On the Winged Snake King’s back, Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin the Shadow Clone scroll and began preparing to teach her one clone while his own clones pursued separate studies.

Rumors about Lin Yuan’s destruction of several Black Corner Region forces reached Jia Nan Academy, while Gu Xun’er learned of Xiao Yan’s progress and secretly arranged help for him before the Three-Year Agreement. In Jia Ma Holy City, Xiao Yan broke through to Nine-Star Dou Master.

• News spread that Lin Yuan had destroyed several major Black Corner Region forces and looted their treasuries, while Su Qian suspected Lin Yuan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin were responsible.
• Gu Xun’er learned that Xiao Yan had arrived in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and reviewed intelligence about his training, achievements, and growing influence.
• After learning that Yun Shan had become a Dou Zong and taken control of the Misty Cloud Sect, Gu Xun’er sent a Heavenly Soul Branch to Teacher Ling for Xiao Yan’s soul-body companion without Xiao Yan’s knowledge.
• Gu Xun’er connected the Black Corner Region destruction to three auras she had sensed leaving Jia Nan Academy and ordered further investigation into Lin Yuan’s cultivation.
• Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough in Jia Ma Holy City and reached Nine-Star Dou Master.

Xiao Yan reached Nine-Star Dou Master and prepared to enter the Alchemist Grand Meeting, while Lin Yuan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin traveled through mountain ranges collecting treasures and training. After nearly two months, Lin Yuan arrived at the desert near the Snake People Empire, where Queen Medusa also opened her eyes.

• Xiao Yan reached Nine-Star Dou Master, and Elder Yao urged him to compete in the Alchemist Grand Meeting and improve his control over Dou Qi and flame.
• Lin Yuan saved Zi Yan from the dying Purple Gold Blazing Flame Bear’s counterattack, then warned her not to lower her guard before confirming an enemy was dead.
• Lin Yuan praised Zi Yan’s use of Overlord Fist: Penetration, collected the bear’s magic core and Sulfur Flame Ganoderma, and discussed the Seven-Star Organization with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin traveled toward the Snake People Empire, gathering medicinal materials and fighting magical beasts as they trained and improved their cultivation.
• After nearly two months, Lin Yuan reached the desert; he thought of Queen Medusa and Little Cai, while Queen Medusa opened her eyes in a palace.

Lin Yuan reunited with Queen Medusa and Little Cai after returning to the desert, then agreed to fulfill his battle pact with Queen Medusa. They reached the site of their first fight, where Queen Medusa demanded to know Lin Yuan’s true identity and the two prepared to battle.

• Queen Medusa sensed Lin Yuan’s return, and she and Little Cai flew from the palace to meet him.
• Lin Yuan reunited with Queen Medusa, embraced Little Cai, and introduced Zi Yan to them.
• Zi Yan and Little Cai quickly bonded, while Queen Medusa recognized Lin Yuan’s growth to Four-Star Dou Huang and Qing Lin’s cultivation to Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Queen Medusa insisted that she and Lin Yuan settle their battle agreement before discussing the Snake People Race’s situation.
• Queen Medusa led Lin Yuan and the others through space barriers to the site of their first battle in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Queen Medusa demanded Lin Yuan reveal who he really was, and they formed weapons and declared the battle begun.

Lin Yuan fought Queen Medusa under his true identity, but she endured his techniques and defeated him after their final attacks collided. Queen Medusa claimed him as her wager and drew him into a private spatial cover, while the author’s closing note discussed her strengthened combat power.

• Lin Yuan challenged Queen Medusa and used two secret techniques to raise his strength to the peak of Dou Huang.
• Lin Yuan used clones, movement techniques, soul perception, and close-range attacks to pressure Queen Medusa, who switched to defense and waited for his secret techniques to expire.
• Lin Yuan struck Queen Medusa with a prepared dragon-chant attack, then followed with his spear and Sun Radiance Seal as she countered with her bloodline secret technique and Seven-Colored Sky Rainbow Sword Qi.
• Lin Yuan detonated the Sun Radiance Seal, and Zi Yan evacuated Qing Lin and Little Cai from the inner barrier.
• Queen Medusa recovered first, held a sword to Lin Yuan’s neck, and won the battle; Lin Yuan accepted defeat and agreed to be at her disposal.
• Queen Medusa named Lin Yuan as her spoils of war and enclosed them both in a spatial cover.

Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa reconciled after a day-and-night battle, and their intimacy left them relaxed enough for Lin Yuan to enter enlightenment and break through to Five-Star Dou Huang and the late seventh rank in soul power. They left the space together and reunited with Qing Lin, Little Cai, and Zi Yan, whose unauthorized entrance earned her a warning and a threatened reduction in pills.

• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa fought for a day and night, then rested together after Lin Yuan claimed victory.
• Queen Medusa waited while Lin Yuan entered enlightenment, and he broke through to Five-Star Dou Huang and the late seventh rank in soul power.
• Queen Medusa and Lin Yuan dressed, shared a hair tie Lin Yuan had prepared for her, and left the space together.
• Qing Lin and Zi Yan welcomed them back while Little Cai slept, and Zi Yan asked who had won and why the fighting had turned strange.
• Lin Yuan warned Zi Yan for entering the sealed space and threatened to halve her pill supply, but Queen Medusa interceded and he let Zi Yan off with a warning.