Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu helped Jia Nan Academy defeat the Soul Hall invasion, capturing Qin Tian’s soul and securing a Dou Zun puppet. The Soul Hall accepted Xiutu’s fabricated account of the loss, while Lu Bu rushed toward a familiar figure near the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Qing Lin refined Fallen Heart Flame and resisted its effects, while the Green Robed Elder celebrated the Soul Hall’s troubles.
• Lu Bu interrupted Qin Tian’s attempted self-destruction, bound his soul with a Soul Chain, burned it with Fallen Heart Flame, and sealed it in a Soul Bag.
• Elder Bai Lie and Elder Lin subdued the remaining Soul Hall Protectors, while one wounded Venerable escaped; Lu Bu stored Qin Tian’s corpse for his puppet plans.
• Venerable Xiutu told Protector Gongyang to report that Qin Tian and the four Heavenly Protectors had fallen to powerful forces, and the Soul Hall headquarters chose not to retaliate.
• The Green Robed Elder led Qing Lin back toward the Heavenly Snake Mansion, where Lu Bu’s familiar aura reached them and Qing Lin recognized her young master.

Lu Bu reunited with Qing Lin and invited her to leave Heavenly Snake Mansion with him, but she chose to keep cultivating there. Snake Venerable backed down after learning Lu Bu’s ties to the Ancient Clan, and Queen Medusa confronted Lu Bu after Qing Lin left.

• Qing Lin joyfully threw herself into Lu Bu’s arms, and Lu Bu introduced himself to Snake Venerable, who learned that Lu Bu was Qing Lin’s young master and Bai Lie’s benefactor.
• Snake Venerable grew hostile when Lu Bu invited Qing Lin to travel with him, but Qing Lin chose to remain at Heavenly Snake Mansion and continue cultivating.
• Lu Bu gave Qing Lin a jade token and warned that he would destroy Heavenly Snake Mansion if anyone bullied her, prompting Snake Venerable to unleash his Dou Zun aura.
• Lin Hao arrived with Black Annihilation Army soldiers and greeted Lu Bu as the Eighth Commander, causing Snake Venerable to withdraw his threat and Qing Lin to depart safely.
• After Elder Lin and Bai Lie left, Queen Medusa appeared, accused Lu Bu of enjoying his reunion with Qing Lin, and ordered him back to their room.

Lu Bu completed a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet from Qin Tian’s corpse, soul, and a Rank 8 Demonic Core while Medusa guarded him from Xiao Yan and Yao Chen. After revealing the puppet’s strength and materials, Lu Bu asked what they would pay for his help refining one.

• Medusa sealed the valley and allowed Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to watch Lu Bu refine a puppet, warning them not to interfere.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan recognized Qin Tian’s corpse, a Rank 8 Sky Demon Phoenix Demonic Core, and Qin Tian’s soul among the refining materials.
• After seven days, Lu Bu finished the golden Heavenly Demon Puppet and tested its strength.
• Lu Bu explained the Heavenly Demon Puppet’s grades, combat abilities, and ability to absorb Pill Lightning.
• Lu Bu told Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that refining a puppet required a body, soul, Demonic Core, and unusual metals, then asked what they would pay.

Xiao Yan agreed to trade thirty pill formulas with Lu Bu for an Earth Demon Puppet, while Lu Bu began refining a Snow Soul Pill for Medusa. After Xiao Yan asked Jia Nan Academy’s newly advanced Dou Zongs for help, they set out to hunt Gong Heng, and Nalan Yanran arrived seeking Lu Bu.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao decided to obtain a Dou Zong corpse for an Earth Demon Puppet, and Lu Bu demanded the Spirit Ascension Method in exchange for refining it.
• Lu Bu refused to make the deal without the Spirit Ascension Method, so Xiao Yan offered pill formulas; Lu Bu accepted twenty seventh-grade and ten eighth-grade formulas, including the Bodhi Pill.
• Lu Bu began refining a Snow Soul Pill for Medusa, who emerged and then stood guard over him.
• Xiao Yan met Su Qian, Lei Yi, Hu Gan, and Wu Tianlang after their breakthroughs, and they agreed to hunt Gong Heng for the corpse needed to refine the puppet.
• Su Qian and Elder Bai Lie discussed Jia Nan Academy as Nalan Yanran arrived and asked where Xiao Yan and Lu Bu had gone; she left without asking Elder Bai Lie to find Lu Bu.

Lu Bu completed a high-grade Seventh-grade Minor Assistance Pill after pushing his alchemy limits, then woke from exhaustion and offered Medusa a Snow Soul Pill. Their private moment was interrupted by Su Qian, who reported that something had happened to Zi Yan.

• Su Qian and Elder Bai Lie sensed pill lightning, and Elder Bai Lie identified it as coming from a mid-grade Seventh-grade Pill.
• Lu Bu finished refining the Snow Soul Pill, judged that his soul power had reached Mortal Realm Perfection, and began refining a Minor Assistance Pill.
• Nalan Yanran grew restless after waiting more than twenty days for Lu Bu and the others to respond to news that the Jia Ma Empire was in trouble.
• Elder Qu told Su Qian and Elder Bai Lie that Zi Yan's top-ranked training room was forcibly absorbing energy, and Su Qian rushed to investigate.
• Lu Bu succeeded in refining the high-grade Seventh-grade Minor Assistance Pill but collapsed from exhaustion, so Medusa took him into a cave to rest.
• Lu Bu offered Medusa the Snow Soul Pill, but Su Qian arrived and called out that something had happened to Zi Yan, making Lu Bu's expression turn grave.

Lu Bu and Su Qian rushed to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower after Zi Yan’s cocoon began draining its energy, and Lu Bu moved her to a safer valley to advance. After stabilizing Zi Yan and removing the fire poison, Lu Bu received Yun Yun’s letter, which Medusa read with jealousy.

• Su Qian told Lu Bu that a purple cocoon in Zi Yan’s cultivation room was devouring the tower’s energy, and Lu Bu realized Zi Yan was advancing.
• Lu Bu and Su Qian cleared the sixth floor, and Lu Bu carefully removed Zi Yan’s cocoon from the tower.
• Nalan Yanran gave Lu Bu a letter from Yun Yun before he left with Zi Yan’s cocoon and Medusa.
• Lu Bu formed a Spirit Gathering Array in a secluded valley and used his devouring power to draw the fire poison out of Zi Yan’s cocoon.
• Medusa embraced Lu Bu, then became jealous when he prepared to read Yun Yun’s letter and snatched it from him.

Medusa and Lu Bu learned that the Jia Ma Empire, the Snake People Tribe, and the Poison Sect were struggling against the Luoyan Empire, the Mulan Empire, and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, so Lu Bu began preparing pills for the war. Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire, while Lu Bu went to see whether Zi Yan had finished her seclusion.

• Medusa read Yun Yun's letter describing the Snake People Tribe's losses and the new alliance between the Cloud Empire, the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and the Luoyan Empire.
• Lu Bu told Medusa to wait until Zi Yan finished advancing, then began refining pills while Medusa stayed behind to protect Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran learned that the Jia Ma Empire was losing ground and agreed to return after Yao Lao finished refining pills; Xiao Yan then flew off to ask Lu Bu to refine his puppet.
• At Black Mountain Fortress, Yun Shan, Yun Yun, Fama, and Elder Yin Shi discussed the shortage of pills as the allied forces faced increasingly intense battles.
• Xie Biyan accepted Protector Tie's promise to secure the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's future, while Lu Bu continued refining battlefield supplies for more than ten days.
• Medusa told Lu Bu that Zi Yan seemed ready to emerge from seclusion, and Lu Bu went with her to check.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran left Jia Nan Academy for the troubled Jia Ma Empire, while Lu Bu and Medusa watched Zi Yan emerge from her breakthrough in a new, grown-up form before she shrank back to her childlike appearance. Zi Yan agreed to travel with Lu Bu and Medusa to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran met Su Qian at the Inner Academy barrier, and he sent them off on a Griffon Beast to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Su Qian and Elder Bai Lie discussed the Misty Cloud Sect's founder, Yun Potian, and his possible connection to the Headmaster and the Thunder Clan.
• Lu Bu and Medusa arrived at Zi Yan's valley as the purple cocoon broke open and Zi Yan emerged as a tall, alluring woman.
• Zi Yan's grown-up form suddenly vanished, and she shrank back to her childlike appearance; Medusa comforted her and sensed that she had reached Dou Emperor.
• Lu Bu told Zi Yan that they were heading to the Jia Ma Empire, and she immediately insisted on going with him.

Lu Bu hurried toward the Jia Ma Empire after learning Xiao Yan had gone ahead, while the Lion Nether Sect and Soul Hall plotted around the coming war. As the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect mobilized, Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect to march to Black Mountain Fortress, leaving her past with Lu Bu buried beneath her role as the Heavenly Poison Woman.

• Lu Bu took Zi Yan toward the Jia Ma Empire and learned from Su Qian that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran had already returned there.
• Lu Bu suspected Xiao Yan might claim Yan Luotian’s Nine-Line Sky Goose Wings and sped up the Griffon Beast.
• A yellow-robed elder of the Lion Nether Sect and Protector Tie discussed the coming battle and their plans to harvest souls and expand into the Black Corner Region.
• After learning that Xie Biyan and Xie Shan were leading the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect toward the battlefield, Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect to assemble and march to Black Mountain Fortress.
• Xiao Yi Xian mourned the person she had once known before putting on her veil, taking command, and leading the Poison Sect toward the Jia Ma Empire.

The Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and Luoyan Empire launched a full-scale invasion, forcing the Jia Ma Empire, Misty Cloud Sect, Poison Sect, and Snake People Tribe to prepare for a desperate defense. As Xie Biyan overwhelmed the defenders at Black Mountain Fortress, Xiao Yi Xian arrived to face him.

• Yun Shan learned that Xie Biyan and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect were advancing, so the factions prepared for war and Elder Yin Shi confirmed that Medusa was returning.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan reached Town Ghost Pass, learned the war had turned against the Jia Ma Empire, and flew toward Black Mountain Fortress.
• Lu Bu discovered he could not understand the Spirit Bestowal Method, then learned of the invasion and sped up the Griffon Beast carrying him and Medusa.
• Xie Biyan attacked Black Mountain Fortress earlier than expected, injured Jia Xing Tian with his aura, and engulfed the defenders in poison mist.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived on a Blue Eagle Demonic Beast and declared that she would face Xie Biyan.

The battle at Black Mountain Fortress erupted as Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Shan fought Xie Biyan and Yan Luotian while the allied armies clashed below. Xiao Yan arrived with Nalan Yanran and sent a devastating attack at Yan Luotian, prompting the hidden Lion Nether Sect elder to prepare to intervene.

• Xiao Yi Xian arrived to fight Xie Biyan, while Yun Shan clashed with Yan Luotian and Yun Yun supported Yun Shan with the Cloud-Smoke Veiling Sun Formation.
• Yan Luotian ordered his forces to attack Black Mountain Fortress, and Jia Xing Tian, the Snake People Tribe, and other defenders fought the invading armies.
• The yellow-robed Lion Nether Sect elder watched the battle and planned to intervene if either side gained the advantage.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the battle had begun, and Xiao Yan hurried toward Black Mountain Fortress with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan arrived above the fortress, and after Yan Luotian mocked him, Xiao Yan sent a silver figure to strike Yan Luotian with a powerful punch.
• The Lion Nether Sect elder reacted to the attack and prepared to act.

Xiao Yan returned to Black Mountain Fortress with an Earth Demon Puppet, but a Six-star Dou Zong from the Lion Nether Sect intervened and attacked him. As the battles resumed, Lu Bu and Zi Yan arrived, and Lu Bu revealed another puppet just as Yan Luotian laughed at their arrival.

• Xiao Yan's Earth Demon Puppet nearly struck Yan Luotian, but a yellow-robed Six-star Dou Zong blocked it and declared he intended to destroy the Jia Ma Empire, the Misty Cloud Sect, and the Snake People Tribe.
• The yellow-robed elder attacked Xiao Yan, who used his flames to raise his strength while Yao Lao promised to find an opening to deal with the elder.
• Xie Biyan merged with a Blood Silent Scorpion Emperor and transformed into a half-man, half-scorpion monster, while Xiao Yi Xian unleashed her Calamity Poison Body to fight him.
• Yan Luotian laughed at Yun Shan and Yun Yun, giving Yun Yun an opening to shoot him with a Cloud Arrow; Yun Shan then charged the severely wounded Yan Luotian.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan arrived above Black Mountain Fortress, and Yan Luotian mocked them before Lu Bu summoned a silver puppet, abruptly ending Yan Luotian's laughter.

Lu Bu arrived at Black Mountain Fortress and helped defeat Yan Luotian while confronting the Lion Nether Sect elder, Dou Xi. After Queen Medusa stopped Xie Biyan from escaping, Xie Biyan launched a Demon Poisonous Spot at Lu Bu, who pretended to be in mortal danger as Xiao Yi Xian watched.

• Lu Bu ordered his upgraded Earth Demon Puppet to kill Yan Luotian, and the puppet pierced Yan Luotian's heart before Lu Bu took the Nine-Line Sky Goose Wings from his Ring.
• Dou Xi attacked Lu Bu, but Zi Yan erased his spatial assault while Xiao Yan fought to keep Dou Xi from reaching his chosen corpse.
• Lu Bu recognized the Lion Nether Sect and ordered the Earth Demon Puppet to attack Dou Xi, prompting Xiao Yan to join the fight over the elder's body.
• Xie Biyan fled with blood-colored wings, but Queen Medusa struck him back, and Xiao Yi Xian and Lu Bu joined her in surrounding him.
• Xie Biyan released a Demon Poisonous Spot at Lu Bu, who let it enter his body and cried out to Xiao Yi Xian to save him.

Lu Bu learned that Xie Biyan’s Demon Poisonous Spot would kill him unless a Dou Zun cured it, and Xiao Yi Xian took him away to delay its onset. Left behind, Medusa and Yun Yun traded jealous revelations about Lu Bu’s other partners and agreed to confront him when he returned.

• Xiao Yi Xian identified the black spots on Lu Bu as Xie Biyan’s Demon Poisonous Spot and explained that it would spread through his meridians and kill him within half a year.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she could delay the poison but that only a Dou Zun could cure it completely, then took Lu Bu toward the Cloud Empire.
• Yun Yun arrived, and Medusa told her that Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian had known each other since he was a Dou Zhe.
• Medusa revealed that she was Lu Bu’s dual-cultivation partner, prompting Yun Yun to threaten to dual cultivate with him too.
• Medusa told Yun Yun that Lu Bu had five partners, and Yun Yun vowed to cut him down when he returned.

Lu Bu reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, revealed a way to control her Calamity Poison Body, and sealed her poison before she cured his poisoning. After returning to Black Mountain Fortress, he reunited with Yun Yun and drew Xiao Yi Xian into their gathering as they read a Dual Cultivation method together.

• Xiao Yi Xian joined Lu Bu in the poison pool, and he explained that the Pill Refining Method for Poison could control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Lu Bu showed Xiao Yi Xian his Heavenly Flames and used the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to seal the poison around her body.
• Poison from Xiao Yi Xian entered Lu Bu, and she helped him recover and sealed his Demon Poisonous Spot.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Black Mountain Fortress, where he reunited with Yun Yun and learned that Medusa had gone to the Snake People Tribe and Zi Yan had gone to fight.
• Lu Bu gave Yun Yun a Dual Cultivation method, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived and joined them.

Lu Bu interrogated the Lion Nether Sect elder Dou Xi and learned that the sect was moving against the region because Jia Nan Academy had produced a Dou Zun, while Soul Hall’s Protector Tie was also involved. Lu Bu killed Dou Xi and planned to accompany Xiao Yan to attack the Lion Nether Sect, whose leader learned that Dou Xi’s soul plaque had shattered.

• Queen Medusa captured the Lion Nether Sect elder and brought him to Lu Bu, who questioned him about the sect’s presence and Protector Tie.
• Dou Xi revealed that the Lion Nether Sect feared Jia Nan Academy’s new Dou Zun and that Protector Tie was a two- or three-star Dou Zong who was not his match.
• Lu Bu killed Dou Xi, gave his corpse to Xiao Yan, and arranged to leave for the Lion Nether Sect with him the next day.
• Zi Yan returned after defeating local Dou Huangs and catching a Four-winged Sky Demon Scorpion, then agreed to accompany Queen Medusa back to the Snake People Tribe.
• An elder reported to the Lion Nether Sect’s leader that Dou Xi’s soul plaque had shattered.

Shi Tian learned that Queen Medusa had killed Dou Xi and ordered the Lion Nether Sect to attack the Snake People Tribe and Jia Ma Empire in three days. Lu Bu prepared to rally allies, while Snake Venerable sent word of the threat and planned to watch the clash unfold.

• Protector Tie told Shi Tian that Queen Medusa, now an Eight-star Dou Zong, had captured and killed Dou Xi, and Shi Tian attacked Protector Tie before ordering an investigation.
• Shi Tian announced that he would lead three thousand warriors against the Snake People Tribe and Jia Ma Empire in three days.
• Lu Bu told Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to seek help from Jia Nan Academy and the Heavenly Snake Mansion, then tried to persuade Yun Yun to practice dual cultivation.
• Yun Yun recognized that Lu Bu had given her a jade slip containing the Spirit Bestowal Method and began studying it.
• A messenger told Snake Venerable that the Lion Nether Sect planned to attack Qing Lin's homeland, and Snake Venerable sent the news to Jia Ma Empire and Jia Nan Academy while planning to go there in three days.

Yun Yun began cultivating the Spirit Bestowal Method and successfully started imprinting a Spiritual Seal on Lu Bu’s Fallen Heart Flame, while Heavenly Fire Venerable explained more about the Spirit Clan. Lu Bu then prepared to attack the Lion Nether Sect with Heavenly Fire Venerable’s help, before arriving with a group at the Heavenly Snake Mansion to confront Snake Venerable.

• Yun Yun drew in spiritual energy while studying the Spirit Bestowal Method, and Lu Bu explained its origins and the ancient emperor clans to her.
• Yun Yun began turning Fallen Heart Flame into a Spirit Servant, and Heavenly Fire Venerable described the Spirit Clan and its search for natural treasures.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable revealed that he had recovered to Eight-star Dou Zong strength and noticed that Lu Bu’s soul had reached Mortal Realm Perfection.
• Lu Bu asked Heavenly Fire Venerable to help him ambush the Lion Nether Sect, whose side had a Four-star Dou Zun.
• Snake Venerable told She Lin that Lu Bu had ties to Qing Lin and discussed Jia Nan Academy’s victory over Soul Hall.
• Lu Bu arrived at the Heavenly Snake Mansion with five others and called for Snake Venerable to come out.

Lu Bu persuaded Snake Venerable to join his attack on the Lion Nether Sect, then launched a surprise assault with Xiao Yi Xian and the others. He confronted Shi Tian at the sect headquarters and declared his intent to kill, as the battle began.

• Lu Bu offered Snake Venerable most of the Lion Nether Sect’s assets, then threatened him by invoking Qing Lin, prompting Snake Venerable to agree to help.
• Shi Tian prepared the Lion Nether Sect to attack the Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Tribe, revealing that he also intended to take Medusa as his concubine.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed poisonous rain on the Lion Nether Sect headquarters, badly injuring many of its Dou Wang and Dou Emperor fighters.
• Lu Bu and his group appeared before Shi Tian, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet revealed its Dou Zun strength.
• Lu Bu identified himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family and declared that he had come to kill the Lion Nether Sect’s people.

Lu Bu’s group attacked the Lion Nether Sect, with Xiao Yan battling Protector Tie while Snake Venerable, Elder Bai Lie, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet besieged Shi Tian. Zi Yan defeated the sect’s guardian lion and took on its formation, leaving Lu Bu facing the Lion Nether Sect’s last Dou Zong.

• Snake Venerable countered Shi Tian’s aura, and Xiao Yan attacked Protector Tie after spotting him in the trees.
• Lu Bu ordered the attack; the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Snake Venerable fought Shi Tian while Elder Bai Lie struck him from the side.
• The Lion Nether Sect elders attacked Lu Bu’s group, but She Lin engaged one elder and Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian joined forces against Elder Miao Jin.
• A Lion Nether Sect elder summoned the Golden Abyss King Lion, but Zi Yan subdued it and faced the sect’s Lion King Sky Breaking Formation with the beast.
• Zi Yan led the Golden Abyss King Lion against the formation while Lu Bu confronted the sect’s remaining, injured Dou Zong.