Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu awakened in the body of 9527, a young servant whose heart had been pierced after a betrayal, and discovered that his soul and powers had entered the Dou Qi Continent. After killing the two servants who tried to bury him, he prepared to settle the original owner's grudge and was astonished when the Devouring Ancestral Talisman appeared.

• 9529 and 9530 tried to bury 9527, but Lu Bu awakened inside the straw mat and stopped their attacks with invisible power.
• Lu Bu examined the body, sensed the original owner's lingering soul, and absorbed memories revealing that Young Master Yun Yue had killed him after 9528 reported his infatuation with Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Bu restrained 9529 and 9530, learned why 9527 had been killed, and used Spirit Fire to destroy their souls.
• Lu Bu lamented that his Heavenly Symbol Master's power could not draw on the Dou Qi Continent's forces and began preparing to condense his Destiny Heavenly Talisman.
• A rune emerged from Lu Bu's brow and formed a tiny black hole, which he recognized as the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.

After transmigrating to the Dou Qi Continent, Lu Bu used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to begin healing his fatal wounds. He arrived at Yun Yue’s manor to confront the people connected to his death, where a Dou Ling attacked him as Yun Yue ordered his life spared.

• Lu Bu discovered that the Devouring Ancestral Talisman had come with him and used its Devouring Realm to consume two corpses and heal his chest wound.
• Yun Yue named servant 9528 Yun Chun after he reported Lu Bu’s matter, then rebuked him for betraying his friend to seek favor.
• Lu Bu appeared at the lakeside pavilion, startling Yun Chun, who recognized him as 9527 and believed he was dead.
• Yun Yue and the old steward, Uncle Yan, prepared to fight Lu Bu, while Yun Chun quietly drew a dagger.
• Uncle Yan attacked Lu Bu with stone blades and lethal gusts, but Yun Yue ordered him to spare Lu Bu so he could question him.

Lu Bu killed Yun Yue and Yun Chun after revealing his overwhelming power, then fled the Imperial Capital after framing Xiao Yan for the murders. A black-mist figure arrived too late to find their souls and pursued Lu Bu east.

• Lu Bu killed the old steward by devouring his vitality, then trapped Yun Yue and Yun Chun in a formation around the lake.
• Yun Yue tried to escape and attacked Lu Bu with Azure Nether Flame Slash, but Lu Bu stopped the attack, bound him, and extracted his Azure Nether Fire.
• Lu Bu crushed Yun Yue's neck, took his Ring, and burned Yun Chun's soul after rejecting his plea for mercy.
• Lu Bu wrote that Xiao Yan was the murderer, collected his gold coins, and left the Imperial Capital heading east.
• A black-mist figure arrived at the pavilion, discovered the dead men and vanished souls, then followed Lu Bu east.

Lu Bu boarded a train toward Wutan City to recover and pursue cultivation, while Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran joined the same carriage. After hearing Nalan Yanran declare she would marry only a peerless hero, Lu Bu sensed a threat and suspected someone was following him.

• Lu Bu bought a seat in the luxurious train carriage and planned to visit the Magical Beast Mountain Range before seeking alchemy knowledge from Yao Lao.
• Ya Fei and Gu Ni boarded the train, and Gu Ni approached Lu Bu after noticing his alchemy book and inexplicably gave him a detailed explanation of alchemy.
• Nalan Yanran joined Ya Fei and said she was headed to Wutan City to make her own decision about her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Ya Fei teased Nalan Yanran about Lu Bu, and Nalan Yanran blushed before insisting she would marry only a peerless hero.
• Lu Bu heard Nalan Yanran compare marrying anyone casually to marrying Xiao Yan, then sensed an ominous threat and concluded someone was following him.

Lu Bu fought Emperor Wu of Soul Hall, an Earthly Protector who sought to seize his soul, but escaped after tricking him with an illusion formation. Lu Bu emerged from hiding and vowed to take revenge as he headed east toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran discussed Xiao Yan and noticed that the figure by the window had disappeared.
• Emperor Wu ambushed Lu Bu in the forest and attacked him with soul-stealing chains.
• Lu Bu burned Emperor Wu with Spirit Fire and struck him with Yin Demon Howl, disrupting his attack and damaging his armor.
• Emperor Wu unleashed Nine Forests Hundred Devouring Souls, and Lu Bu decided he could not defeat him.
• Lu Bu used an illusion formation to fake an escape through space, then hid underground while Emperor Wu destroyed a mountainside and left.
• Lu Bu crawled out of the earth, vowed to kill Emperor Wu, and raced toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lu Bu arrived in Qingshan Town to pursue the Pure Lotus Demon Sage’s inheritance and meet Xiao Yi Xian, while planning to obtain Heavenly Flames and test the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art. After buying Blood Lotus Essence at Myriad Medicine Hall, he overheard Xiao Yi Xian reveal a cave she had discovered and entered the shop to meet her.

• Lu Bu reached Qingshan Town and considered using the Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to cultivate the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.
• Lu Bu bought a bundle of Yellow Lotus Essence from Myriad Medicine Hall after learning Xiao Yi Xian worked there.
• Lu Bu identified the bundle as Blood Lotus Essence and stored it in his Ring, intending to trade it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lifi that she had discovered a cave beneath a cliff while gathering medicinal ingredients.
• Lu Bu overheard Xiao Yi Xian’s secret and entered Myriad Medicine Hall, where she greeted him and offered to examine him.

Lu Bu forced Xiao Yi Xian to lead him to the cave she had discovered, then took her down a cliff to its entrance. They entered together, with Lu Bu teasing and embracing her as they explored.

• Lu Bu trapped Xiao Yi Xian and Lifi with a formation, then agreed to release Lifi if Xiao Yi Xian led him to the cave.
• Lifi hurried to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after Lu Bu carried Xiao Yi Xian away.
• Xiao Yi Xian pointed Lu Bu toward the cave beneath a cliff, and he assured her he would not kill her.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian descended the cliff on a rope, repeatedly colliding before he landed them on a branch beside the cave entrance.
• Lu Bu used a luminous pearl to enter the cave with Xiao Yi Xian, who put away her medicinal powder and followed close beside him.

Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian searched a hidden chamber, claimed its treasures, and escaped the cave. They emerged to find Mu She and his men waiting in the forest.

• Mu She sent Gan Mu, Lifi, and twenty skilled men to pursue Xiao Yi Xian while Mu Li stayed behind to guard headquarters.
• Lu Bu shattered the chamber's boulder with soul force and found a skeleton, medicinal herbs, three stone boxes, and a pile of gold coins.
• Lu Bu took the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, a scroll hidden in the skeleton's arm bone, the Purple Cloud Wings, and all the gold, while Xiao Yi Xian kept the other herbs and two scrolls.
• Lu Bu carried Xiao Yi Xian out of the cave, and they landed in a forest surrounded by Mu She and his men.
• Mu She greeted Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized him as Qingshan Town's strongest expert, a Two-Star Dou Master.

Mu She cornered Xiao Yi Xian and Lu Bu with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, hoping to seize the cave’s treasures. Lu Bu revealed overwhelming strength and crushed the group with a formation, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to decide what to do with Lifi.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Lifi as the one who had alerted the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and angrily confronted her.
• Mu She offered to let Xiao Yi Xian and Lu Bu leave if they surrendered the cave’s items, then boasted of his forces and demanded they comply.
• Lu Bu stopped Xiao Yi Xian from giving up the items, warning that Mu She would not let them leave alive, and Mu She ordered his men to attack.
• Lu Bu activated a formation that forced Mu She and every member of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to the ground.
• Mu She realized Lifi had misled him about Lu Bu’s strength, and Lu Bu asked Xiao Yi Xian how she wanted to deal with Lifi.

Xiao Yi Xian punished Lifi and returned to Qingshan Town, while Lu Bu killed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members and continued training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After months of cultivation, he prepared to use Mu She's corpse and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to refine a talisman puppet.

• Xiao Yi Xian broke Lifi's leg, silenced her with medicine, and threw her into the forest, then declined Lu Bu's offer to travel with him and returned to Qingshan Town.
• Lu Bu killed the kneeling members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, disposed of their bodies, and kept Mu She's corpse to make a talisman puppet.
• Xiao Yi Xian resumed treating patients at Myriad Medicine Hall, while Hemon and Mu Li held the weakened Wolf Head Mercenary Group together against internal unrest and rival mercenaries.
• Lu Bu spent several months fighting magical beasts and training his body in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then cultivated to nine-star Dou Zhe with a Spirit Gathering Array.
• Lu Bu brought out Mu She's corpse and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, preparing to refine a talisman puppet.

Three months later, Xiao Yan reached Qingshan Town and headed into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to train, while Xiao Yi Xian remained at Myriad Medicine Hall, debating whether to activate her Calamity Poison Body. In the mountains, Lu Bu completed a rune puppet from Mu She's corpse and sent it to attack Xiao Yan after discovering him nearby.

• Xiao Yan complained to Yao Lao about carrying the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, and Yao Lao promised to teach him an Earth-tier Dou Technique once they entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and struggled with whether to activate her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan noticed the tense atmosphere in Qingshan Town, decided not to visit Myriad Medicine Hall, and entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Yao Lao.
• Lu Bu completed a rune puppet from Mu She's corpse and judged its strength to be limited against stronger opponents.
• Lu Bu sensed Xiao Yan watching him and ordered the rune puppet to attack, prompting Xiao Yan to warn Yao Lao.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao stumbled upon Lu Bu refining a rune puppet and were forced into a fight when it attacked them. Yao Lao stepped in after Xiao Yan failed to escape, and the chapter ended with Yao Lao and Lu Bu clashing with soul force and Spirit Fire.

• Yao Lao sensed a powerful soul force near a waterfall, and Xiao Yan followed it to find Lu Bu refining a rune puppet.
• The rune puppet attacked Xiao Yan, who failed to defeat it with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Lu Bu made the puppet use sealed Dou Qi to chase and kick Xiao Yan into a cliff.
• Yao Lao took control and struck the puppet into the lake, leaving a ruler mark on its chest.
• Lu Bu confronted Yao Lao, and their soul forces collided as Yao Lao raised Bone Spirit Cold Fire and Lu Bu raised his Spirit Fire.

Lu Bu battled Venerable Yao while the latter controlled Xiao Yan’s body, devouring the power behind Venerable Yao’s Bone Spirit Cold Fire and surviving Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler with an array. He then struck Venerable Yao’s soul with Yin Demon Howl and blocked the pair’s escape.

• Lu Bu and Venerable Yao clashed with spear and Mysterious Heavy Ruler before trading fire attacks.
• Lu Bu’s Spirit Fire burned Venerable Yao’s soul and devoured his Bone Spirit Cold Fire and attached Soul Power.
• Venerable Yao used Xiao Yan’s body to unleash Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, but Lu Bu blocked it with an array that drew on the lake.
• Lu Bu summoned a rune-covered skull and used Yin Demon Howl to injure Venerable Yao’s soul.
• Venerable Yao tried to flee with Xiao Yan, but Lu Bu spread his wings and hovered above them, cutting off their escape.

Lu Bu extorted an Earth-tier cultivation method from Yao Lao and let him and Xiao Yan leave, then studied the method and began changing his cultivation. Xiao Yan returned to watch Lu Bu’s breakthrough and learned that Lu Bu had advanced to Dou Shi.

• Lu Bu revealed he knew Yao Lao was Venerable Yao and demanded an Earth-tier Advanced cultivation method, refusing Yao Lao’s lower offers until he received an Earth-tier Intermediate one.
• Lu Bu let Xiao Yan and Yao Lao go, offered Xiao Yan a favor, and began studying the Heavenly Gang Crimson Flame Art.
• After deciding Lu Bu could be a safe training partner, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao returned to the waterfall.
• Lu Bu switched to the Heavenly Gang Crimson Flame Art, and the energy gathering around him triggered a breakthrough to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan watched Lu Bu’s breakthrough, but a bright yellow energy gauze appeared before he could learn much.

Lu Bu offered Xiao Yan a map tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Pure Lotus Demon Sage’s inheritance, hoping to trade it for Yao Lao’s alchemy techniques. The chapter ended with Yao Lao eager to bargain and Lu Bu stating what he wanted.

• Lu Bu embarrassed Xiao Yan by revealing his infamous childhood exploits, then agreed to let him use the training ground and rune puppet.
• Over the next month, Lu Bu advanced to Two-Star Dou Master while Xiao Yan improved his cultivation by training against the rune puppet.
• Lu Bu showed Xiao Yan a map depicting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and claimed it marked the Pure Lotus Demon Sage’s inheritance.
• Yao Lao questioned how Lu Bu knew the map’s origins, and Lu Bu offered to trade it for something valuable.
• Yao Lao offered cultivation methods, Dou techniques, or pills, and Lu Bu asked for alchemy techniques.

Lu Bu traded for alchemy techniques and pill formulas, then learned that Yao Lao’s former disciple Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame. After studying alchemy and gathering ingredients, Lu Bu began refining a Qi Burst Pill without a medicine cauldron.

• Lu Bu traded his incomplete Half-Emperor inheritance map for Yao Lao’s Medicine Valley Inheritance, which contained alchemy instruction but no pill formulas.
• Lu Bu exchanged information about the Sea Heart Flame for a hundred pill formulas and revealed that Han Feng, the Medicine Emperor, possessed it, enraging Yao Lao.
• Lu Bu sealed himself in his cave to study alchemy while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao continued training with talisman puppets.
• More than a year after Mu She disappeared, Hemon and Mu Li rebuilt the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s strength in Qingshan Town.
• Lu Bu returned from gathering herbs and began refining a Qi Burst Pill by enveloping its ingredients in Spirit Fire, surprising Xiao Yan because he had no medicine cauldron.

Lu Bu rapidly refined several pills before spending three days making a fifth-grade Blood Lotus Pill, impressing Yao Lao and Xiao Yan. After the pill succeeded, Yao Lao offered to take Lu Bu as his disciple, but Lu Bu’s awkward response sent Yao Lao back into the Ring, leaving Xiao Yan to cultivate.

• Lu Bu effortlessly refined a Qi Burst Pill, an Ice Heart Pill, a Turtle Breath Pill, and a Clear Heart Pill, astonishing Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Lu Bu began making a Blood Lotus Pill from the three ingredients Xiao Yan had gathered to protect himself before swallowing a Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Bu spent three days refining and fusing the ingredients, then waited as the pill formed while Xiao Yan watched.
• The finished Blood Lotus Pill released a powerful energy wave, and Lu Bu caught it and stored it in a jade bottle.
• Yao Lao praised Lu Bu and offered to make him his disciple, but Lu Bu’s response offended Yao Lao, who returned to the Ring and told Xiao Yan to cultivate.

Lu Bu traded a Blood Lotus Pill to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao for twenty pill formulas, then joined them to watch a battle between Yun Yun and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. The chapter left Lu Bu teasing Xiao Yan about Yun Yun as the fight continued.

• Lu Bu offered Xiao Yan the Blood Lotus Pill in exchange for pill formulas, and Yao Lao negotiated the price down to twenty.
• Yao Lao gave Lu Bu twenty pill formulas, and Lu Bu handed over the Blood Lotus Pill; Xiao Yan and Yao Lao were also pleased to have obtained a fragmentary map to a Half-Emperor inheritance.
• A powerful clash and lion's roar drew Lu Bu, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao toward the battle, where they found Yun Yun fighting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for its Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Lu Bu realized the Lion King was female and joked about making her his mount, while Xiao Yan stared at Yun Yun.
• Lu Bu hooked an arm around Xiao Yan and teased him by asking whether he wanted to know who Yun Yun was.

Lu Bu tried to turn Xiao Yan’s rivalry with Nalan Yanran into a profitable deal, but Xiao Yan refused to have Yun Yun killed and instead hired Lu Bu to protect him at the Misty Cloud Sect a year later. After Yun Yun was badly wounded by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Lu Bu flew to save her despite their deal.

• Lu Bu identified Yun Yun as Nalan Yanran’s teacher and offered to help Xiao Yan kill her in exchange for the map, but Xiao Yan refused and vowed to defeat Nalan Yanran himself.
• Lu Bu disguised himself as a refined young nobleman and declared that he would join the Misty Cloud Sect to help Nalan Yanran grow stronger before the Three Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan hired Lu Bu to protect him when he went to the Misty Cloud Sect in a year, and Lu Bu immediately began discussing payment.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King struck Yun Yun with its Purple Crystal Seal, while Yun Yun severed half of its horn with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill before being sent flying.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King ordered magical beasts to search the mountain for Yun Yun, and Lu Bu flew to rescue her, claiming his alchemist’s ethics required it.

Lu Bu rescued the injured Yun Yun and treated her after the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s seal left her unable to move. Yun Yun stayed in Lu Bu’s cave to recover while her Dou Qi and meridians remained sealed for several days.

• Lu Bu carried the unconscious Yun Yun from the river to his cave, while Xiao Yan noticed them and returned to cultivating.
• Yun Yun woke as Lu Bu prepared to treat her wounds, but she could not move and asked him to apply the medicine.
• Lu Bu sent Xiao Yan away and treated Yun Yun, then left her clean clothes and prepared roasted meat for her.
• Yun Yun gave Lu Bu the false name Yun Zhi, and he agreed not to expose her identity.
• Yun Yun said her external wounds had healed but the seal would take several days to break, and Lu Bu advised her to stay inside.