Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu and the Jia Ma Empire’s allies battered the Lion Nether Sect, but Shi Tian revealed a hidden technique and used it to target Lu Bu. Lu Bu survived the ambush and fatally struck Shi Tian with a puppet assisted by a Soul Body.

• Lu Bu ordered Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppet to attack the Lion Nether Sect Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan fought Protector Tie and the other battles remained locked in stalemates.
• Shi Tian was overwhelmed by Snake Venerable and the Heavenly Demon Puppet as Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian injured Miao Jin.
• Shi Tian unleashed the Tian Ming Sect’s Heavenly Nether Asura Hand, feinted toward Snake Venerable, and charged at Lu Bu instead.
• Lu Bu sent his Earth Demon Puppet to intercept Shi Tian and retreated, but Shi Tian damaged the puppet and pulled Lu Bu toward him.
• Lu Bu used Yin Demon Howl to stall Shi Tian, and a silver hand pierced Shi Tian’s heart while a Soul Body attached to the puppet burned his soul.

Lu Bu and his allies defeated the Lion Nether Sect, though Protector Tie managed to send a warning to the Soul Hall before Xiao Yan killed him. Days later, Lu Bu refined a pill at the Heavenly Snake Mansion while pill lightning restored and strengthened his puppets.

• Lu Bu killed Shi Tian, extracted and sealed his soul, and claimed his corpse to make another Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Medusa killed a peak Dou Zong elder, and Xiao Yi Xian stopped the elder from self-destructing with Calamity Poison Blood.
• Xiao Yan killed Protector Tie after the Soul Hall expert sent a message warning the Soul Hall about Lu Bu and Xiao Yan.
• Lu Bu offered Snake Venerable only Shi Tian's Ring while leaving the Lion Nether Sect's territory and other spoils to the Heavenly Snake Mansion, which allied with Jia Nan Academy.
• A few days later, Lu Bu refined a seventh-tier pill as pill lightning repaired the Earth Demon Puppet and strengthened the golden Heavenly Demon Puppet.

While Lu Bu finished refining pills, Zi Yan recounted her adventures to Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa left to settle tensions among their factions. After Lu Bu reunited with Qing Lin, they dealt with a young man who had been trying to arrange a match with her, and the chapter ended with Lu Bu drawing Qing Lin into his embrace.

• Zi Yan told Qing Lin how she and Lu Bu had defeated Mo Ya and Mo Tianxing and how Lu Bu had rescued her.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa returned to the Jia Ma Empire to manage their factions, while Lu Bu continued refining pills for half a month.
• Lu Bu gave Snake Venerable two Tian Yun Pills, and the delighted Snake Venerable took over She Lin's duties as mansion master while She Lin prepared to attempt a breakthrough.
• Qing Lin reunited with Lu Bu and told him that Zi Yan was asleep and that the Elder Council had tried to arrange her marriage to the First Elder's grandson.
• The First Elder's grandson confronted Lu Bu and Qing Lin, but Qing Lin slapped him and the First Elder dragged him away after Lu Bu revealed that Snake Venerable had two Tian Yun Pills.
• Lu Bu pulled Qing Lin into his embrace after the First Elder and his grandson left.

Lu Bu teased Qing Lin, accepted Xiao Yan’s request to protect the Xiao and Nalan families while he trained, and refined an Earth Demon Puppet for him in exchange for a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Fire’s Child Fire. Meanwhile, Hun Ya intercepted a message about Xiao Yan and set off toward the Northwest Continent, while Lu Bu questioned whether Soul Origin could help him reach a Spirit Realm Soul; Xiao Yan left the chapter worried that Lu Bu would pursue Nalan Yanran.

• Lu Bu showed Qing Lin information about Dual Cultivation, but Xiao Yan interrupted them and asked Lu Bu to watch over the Xiao and Nalan families while he searched the Northwest Continent for Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Bu teased Xiao Yan about Nalan Yanran, then agreed to refine an Earth Demon Puppet in exchange for a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Fire’s Child Fire from Yao Lao.
• Hun Ya intercepted a drifting message mentioning Xiao Yan, learned the elders might regard him as the key, and headed toward the Northwest Continent despite his companion’s warning about the Ancient and Thunder Clans.
• Lu Bu asked Heavenly Fire Venerable whether refining Soul Origin could advance his soul, but learned that reaching the Spirit Realm required transformation through spiritual energy.
• Lu Bu finished refining Xiao Yan’s peak Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppet, and Xiao Yan hurried away after Lu Bu joked that he would raise Xiao Yan’s wife.

Lu Bu traveled back toward the Jia Ma Empire with Zi Yan and reflected on his plans to pursue the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and eventually become a Dou Di. After the alliance’s leaders discussed Medusa’s future and their shared commitment to Lu Bu, Medusa told him the Snake People Tribe’s elders wanted to meet him, leaving him nervous about meeting her family.

• Lu Bu decided to remain in the Jia Ma Empire and cultivate before heading to the Central Continent, while worrying that Zi Yan might be taken back by the Ancient Void Dragon clan.
• The Snake People Tribe, Jia Ma Empire, and Poison Sect consolidated their alliance after dividing the Mulan Empire and Luoyan Empire, and Black Mountain Fortress became their headquarters.
• Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa cultivated with the Fallen Heart Flame and bickered over Lu Bu and their ages.
• Medusa explained that the tribal elders had demanded she produce royal descendants, but she refused because she did not want to keep Lu Bu waiting or leave him.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian declared that they would accompany Lu Bu in pursuing his ambitions, and the three women agreed they were sisters.
• Lu Bu arrived while the women were talking, was slapped into a wall by Medusa, and learned that the Snake People Tribe elders wanted to meet him because they knew she had lost her virginity.

Lu Bu and Queen Medusa entered Snake People Tribe territory, where he defeated two commanders who challenged him and Queen Medusa declared him her husband. The tribe’s elders asked him to help secure its strength before she left with him, and he offered them six Po Zong Pills.

• Jia Xing Tian watched Queen Medusa arrive with Lu Bu and regretted that he had not allied himself more closely with him.
• Black Poison and Mo Bass confronted Lu Bu and attacked him, but he defeated both without seriously endangering them.
• Queen Medusa declared Lu Bu her husband and warned the Snake People Tribe members not to disrespect him again.
• Queen Medusa took Lu Bu to meet the four elders, who explained that the tribe would lack a top-tier fighter if she left.
• Lu Bu produced six Po Zong Pills for the elders, whose eyes lit up at the prospect of strengthening the tribe.

Lu Bu prepared to attack a Soul Hall branch in Mist Willow Swamp to obtain Soul Origin, while Hun Ya arrived there seeking Venerable Xiutu’s help to capture Xiao Yan. The chapter also followed the Black Annihilation Army’s search for Hun Ya and ended with Heavenly Fire Venerable observing Lu Bu refine a powerful puppet.

• Medusa distributed two Po Zong Pills to the First Elder and Third Elder of the Snake People Tribe, then stayed behind to manage the tribe’s affairs while Lu Bu returned to Black Mountain Palace.
• Lu Bu studied intelligence about the Soul Hall branch in Mist Willow Swamp and decided to destroy it for its Soul Origin; he then brought out a golden-haired corpse and bone wings to refine.
• Yang Hao and the Black Annihilation Army learned that Hun Ya had gone north while Hun Huai had returned to the Soul Realm, and the Chief Commander ordered them to pursue Hun Ya.
• Hun Ya reached the Mist Willow Swamp branch hall, presented his command token to Venerable Xiutu, and asked for help capturing Xiao Yan.
• At Black Mountain Palace, Heavenly Fire Venerable watched golden light flare from Lu Bu’s secret chamber and sensed that the puppet being refined was nearly a peak four-star Dou Zun.

Lu Bu refined Sky Demon Phoenix Wings and prepared his companions to fight Soul Hall, while Hun Ya learned about Xiao Yan and planned to infiltrate his circle by impersonating Lu Bu. Xiao Xun'er and Yang Hao tracked Hun Ya’s scattered auras and identified the trail heading north.

• Lu Bu refined the Sky Demon Phoenix Wings with Green Lotus Core Flame and bound them to himself with his blood.
• Hun Ya learned that Xiao Yan was in the Jia Ma Empire and disguised himself as Lu Bu to get closer to him.
• Lu Bu gave magical-beast blood essence to Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan; Zi Yan consumed hers, while Xiao Yi Xian declined because of her Calamity Poison Body.
• Hun Ya learned that Lu Bu and Xiao Yan were not inseparable friends, then ordered Venerable Xiutu to study Lu Bu and try to capture him.
• Xiao Xun'er learned that Hun Ya's aura had split into ten trails, and Yang Hao used the Earth-Listening Technique to find the trail heading north.

Lu Bu, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Heavenly Fire Venerable attacked the Soul Hall branch in Mist Thistle Swamp, destroying its protective formation and killing several Protectors. Hun Ya recognized that Lu Bu knew secrets about the Hun Clan, and Lu Bu unleashed a second Dou Zun puppet against him.

• Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind in the Jia Ma Empire while Lu Bu, Medusa, and Yun Yun departed, leaving Zi Yan behind because she was advancing.
• Hun Ya learned that Xiao Yan had helped destroy the Lion Nether Sect and ordered Venerable Xiutu to provide five Heavenly Protectors for an attack on the Xiao Family.
• Lu Bu’s group slipped past the Soul Hall’s sentries, sealed the branch inside a formation, and used Yin Demon Howl to kill many Protectors.
• A golden puppet destroyed half the Soul Hall and shattered its protective formation, after which Medusa, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and a Talisman Puppet killed three Heavenly Protectors.
• Lu Bu recognized Hun Ya as a Hun Clan member and decided he could not let him escape; Hun Ya was stunned when Lu Bu summoned a second Dou Zun puppet to attack him.

Lu Bu killed Hun Ya and the Soul Hall Protectors, then sent Medusa and Yun Yun away with soul treasures while preparing to draw the Soul Hall’s pursuit away from the Northwest Continent. Star Seizer and Bone-Marrow Old Man tracked him down, while Xiao Xun’er learned that the Hun Clan had sent reinforcements to protect her.

• Lu Bu severed Hun Ya’s arms, destroyed him with the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Spirit Fire, and helped Medusa, Yun Yun, and the Heaven Fire Venerable finish off the Soul Hall Protectors.
• The Soul Hall Hall Master learned of Hun Ya’s death and sent Star Seizer and Bone-Marrow Old Man to investigate in the Northwest Continent.
• Lu Bu incinerated the Soul Hall site, gave Medusa and Yun Yun soul-origin scrolls and a Seven-Colored Raw Stone, and told them to return to the Jia Ma Empire while he lured the enemy away.
• Five days later, Star Seizer and Bone-Marrow Old Man examined the traces at the ruined Soul Hall and followed the blood trail toward Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu sensed that the two Soul Hall experts had arrived, while Elder Lin emerged from a spatial wormhole and told Xiao Xun’er that the clan had sent help because the Soul Hall was pursuing her.

Xiao Xun'er led the Black Annihilation Army north to track Hun Ya, while Lu Bu fought Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man before fleeing south. After three days of flight, Lu Bu sensed Xiao Xun'er nearby and saw an opportunity.

• Xiao Xun'er ordered the Black Annihilation Army to continue tracking Hun Ya, suspecting that either Lu Bu or Xiao Yan had caused the Soul Hall's response.
• Lu Bu studied Hun Ya's Thousand Illusions Divine Art before Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man ambushed him in the forest.
• Lu Bu used Heavenly Demon Puppets to injure Bone-Marrow, then escaped while Star-Picking Old Ghost destroyed one puppet.
• Lu Bu flew south for three days and stopped to rest in a forest.
• Lu Bu sensed Xiao Xun'er approaching and decided to take advantage of their unexpected reunion.

After escaping the Soul Hall, Lu Bu disguised himself as Xiao Yan and approached Xiao Xun'er, while the Soul Hall elders tried to identify their mysterious enemy. Xiao Xun'er saw through the disguise and attacked him, and Elder Lin recognized who Lu Bu might be as the fight continued.

• Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man assessed their injuries and recorded clues about the white-clad puppet user before reporting to Soul Hall headquarters.
• Two concealed Ancient Clan Dou Zuns watched as Xiao Yan, disguised as Lu Bu, approached Xiao Xun'er and greeted her.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized that the supposed Xiao Yan was an impostor and struck him with her Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame.
• Lu Bu fought back, punched Xiao Xun'er into the forest, and then defeated Third Commander Yang Hao with a copied Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Elder Lin told Elder Guan that he recognized Lu Bu and asked him to release some killing intent when they intervened.

Soul Hall sent its Heavenly Venerates to investigate the destruction of its branch hall, but the Wind Thunder Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan offered no useful leads. Meanwhile, Lu Bu confronted the Black Annihilation Army and faced Xiao Xun'er's Great Annihilation Finger with a dragon technique that made everyone mistake him for an Ancient Void Dragon.

• The Soul Hall Master ordered Gu You to investigate the destruction of the Mist Thistle Swamp branch hall and capture the person who had nearly killed Bone-Marrow.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate found no recent thefts of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement at the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while the Eighth Heavenly Venerate found no stolen corpses among the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Lu Bu decided to draw out the powerful Ancient Clan elders by provoking the Black Annihilation Army, then struck Yang Hao in the face and sent him flying.
• Xiao Xun'er unleashed the Heavenly Tier Great Annihilation Finger at Lu Bu, who formed a violet-gold dragon bell with the Dragon Transformation Art.
• The assembled Ancient Clan elders and Black Annihilation Army soldiers mistook Lu Bu for an Ancient Void Dragon.

Lu Bu survived Xiao Xun’er’s Great Annihilation Finger and revealed that he was the Black Annihilation Army’s Eighth Commander just as Soul Hall’s Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man arrived. Meanwhile, Medusa emerged from seclusion at the peak of the Dou Zong realm and planned to strengthen her allies before pursuing a breakthrough to Dou Zun.

• Xiao Xun’er’s Great Annihilation Finger struck Lu Bu’s Divine Dragon Colossal Bell, but the bell shattered the attack and left Lu Bu standing.
• Xiao Xun’er ordered Elder Lin and Elder Guan to capture Lu Bu, but Lu Bu showed his Black Annihilation Army token and claimed she had recruited him as the Eighth Commander.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man arrived, and Lu Bu blocked their retreat while Elder Guan and Elder Lin prepared to fight them.
• On Misty Cloud Mountain, Medusa emerged from seclusion at the peak of the Dou Zong realm and said she would help Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun absorb their scrolls before expanding their territory and pursuing Dou Zun.
• Elder Guan used his silver clan mark to rise to Five-star Dou Zun, while Elder Lin moved to fight Bone-Marrow Old Man and assigned Star-Picking Old Ghost to Elder Guan.

Lu Bu revealed his full dragonified form as Xiao Xun'er and the Black Annihilation Army cornered Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man. After exposing Bone-Marrow Old Man’s mission to capture Yao Chen, Lu Bu disrupted the pair’s escape attempt and struck Bone-Marrow Old Man with the completed Emperor Seal Art.

• Xiao Xun'er used the Ancient Sage Treasure Mirror to restore Yang Hao and empower the Black Annihilation Army’s formation.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man chose Lu Bu as their apparent weak target, but Lu Bu transformed into an Ancient Void Dragon and revealed his true power.
• Xiao Xun'er questioned Bone-Marrow Old Man, who admitted Soul Hall had sent him to investigate Envoy Hun Ya’s death and a destroyed branch hall, then confessed he had come to capture Yao Chen.
• Lu Bu detected the pair’s attempt to escape and joined Xiao Xun'er, Elder Lin, and Elder Guan in trapping them with attacks.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost used Spatial Blood Escape to draw the Ancient Clan experts away, while Bone-Marrow Old Man fled in the opposite direction.
• Lu Bu struck Bone-Marrow Old Man through space with the completed Emperor Seal Art, leaving him horrified as the Azure light erupted.

Lu Bu escaped the battle with Bone-Marrow Old Man and Star-Picking Old Ghost carrying Bone-Marrow’s Ring, then discovered its valuable contents and swallowed a Huang Ji Pill. As he cultivated, Yang Hao introduced him to Ling Quan and the other Black Annihilation Army soldiers as their new Eighth Commander, leaving Ling Quan skeptical of Lu Bu’s strength.

• Lu Bu and Xiao Xun'er crippled Bone-Marrow Old Man, but Bone-Marrow self-destructed to cover Star-Picking Old Ghost’s escape, and both Soul Hall Venerates fled.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man reached a Soul Hall branch, and their report led Hun Miesheng to order the Soul Hall to avoid confronting the Black Annihilation Army and investigate the attack on the branch hall.
• Lu Bu broke Bone-Marrow Old Man’s soul seal and looted his Ring, finding Pill Spirit Fluid, medicinal ingredients, pill formulas, techniques, and pills before swallowing a Huang Ji Pill to increase his strength.
• After recovering, Yang Hao urged his soldiers to keep quiet about his defeat and said the other commanders should be beaten too.
• Ling Quan arrived with more Black Annihilation Army soldiers, and Yang Hao introduced Lu Bu as the Eighth Commander and praised his battle performance.
• Lu Bu appeared before the gathered soldiers, while Ling Quan eyed him with doubt and challenged the claim that a three-star Dou Emperor had such strength.

Lu Bu defeated Ling Quan and refused to remain with the Black Annihilation Army until Xiao Xun'er threatened to reclaim his Emperor Seal Art. He bargained for Earth Core Soul Marrow in exchange for fighting the Hun Clan, then left to write to his wives.

• Lu Bu dismissed Ling Quan's questions and challenged him after Ling Quan tried to stop him from leaving the Black Annihilation Army.
• Lu Bu blocked Ling Quan's lightning spear with dragon scales and knocked him into a tree with a flame-covered punch.
• Ling Quan learned Yang Hao had also been beaten by Lu Bu, and the two hoped other commanders would suffer the same fate.
• Xiao Xun'er tried to keep Lu Bu in the Black Annihilation Army by threatening to reclaim his token and Emperor Seal Art, but he threatened to use Xiao Yan's face to flirt with women from other clans.
• Lu Bu agreed to fight the Hun Clan in return for Earth Core Soul Marrow, then told Xiao Xun'er he was leaving to write his wives a letter.

Lu Bu traveled with Xiao Xun'er and the Black Annihilation Army toward the Central Continent, then cultivated aboard a Space Ship to strengthen himself for future enemies. Meanwhile, Qing Lin delivered Lu Bu’s letter to Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, assuring them he was safe and promising to meet them in the Pill Domain in a year.

• Lu Bu learned that the Ancient Clan had sealed the Four-winged Unicorns’ intelligence to protect its bloodline, and he teased Ling Quan about wanting a girl who would never marry or have children.
• The Black Annihilation Army boarded two Space Ships at a spatial wormhole, and Lu Bu claimed a cultivation room on Xiao Xun’er’s ship.
• Lu Bu used medicinal ingredients and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to cultivate, while Ling Quan and Yang Hao looked forward to Gu Yao and the others facing him.
• Qing Lin arrived at the Jia Ma Empire with Lu Bu’s letter, and Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan learned that he was safe and would meet them in the Pill Domain in a year.

Lu Bu left the spatial wormhole with the Black Annihilation Army and learned that they had entered Yao Clan territory. As the troops arrived at their camp, the commanders focused on Lu Bu, whose arrival immediately drew Gu Yao’s hostility despite Xiao Xun’er’s warning to treat him courteously.

• Lu Bu advanced to Seven-star Dou Emperor, then searched Bone-Marrow Old Man’s Ring and found poisons suitable for Xiao Yi Xian but no Heavenly Grade techniques.
• Lu Bu left the spatial wormhole with Yang Hao, Ling Quan, and the Black Annihilation Army, and learned that the surrounding territory belonged to the Yao Clan.
• Gu Yao learned that the new Eighth Commander was Lu Bu, whom Xiao Xun’er had recruited from Jia Nan Academy, and ordered the camp to prepare for the reinforcements.
• Two days later, Gu Yao and the other commanders met the arriving forces and directed their attention toward Lu Bu.
• Yang Hao and Ling Quan warned Lu Bu about Gu Yao, and Xiao Xun’er told Gu Yao to treat Lu Bu courteously as a frigid, sinister aura began to rise.

Lu Bu clashed with Gu Yao after Gu Yao challenged his place in the Black Annihilation Army, and Lu Bu demanded the Grand Commander’s position. Their fight revealed Lu Bu’s rapid cultivation growth, Heavenly Flame, and mysterious dragon-like powers, leaving Gu Yao staggered and questioning whether Lu Bu was a Taixu Ancient Dragon.

• Gu Yao insulted Lu Bu’s worthiness as the eighth commander, and Lu Bu called everyone present trash before challenging Gu Yao for the Grand Commander position.
• Gu Yao attacked at great speed, but Lu Bu matched him, endured his freezing Dou Qi, and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to injure him.
• Xiao Xun'er and the commanders recognized Lu Bu’s improved cultivation, while elders watching from the void discussed his past victory over Soul Hall experts.
• Gu Yao unleashed the Myriad Beasts Spear Technique, but Lu Bu blocked its attacks with dark-gold scales.
• Gu Yao formed a beast phantom with Beast King's Roar, but Lu Bu countered with Azure Dragon Palm and drove Gu Yao back with an ancient dragon phantom.
• Gu Yao recognized the dragon-like power and solemnly asked whether Lu Bu was a Taixu Ancient Dragon.