Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu confronted two four-star Dou Zong followers of the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast in Luoshen Ravine, then prepared to face the beast itself. Elsewhere, Soul Hall agents pursued the mysterious Master of the Sacred Gate, while Hei Qing headed toward Central Continent after hearing an Ancient Void Dragon had appeared there.

• Fat Rat and Lean Monkey tracked Lu Bu to Luoshen Ravine and revealed they wanted to find a Calamity Poison Body for their Domain Lord, the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Lu Bu identified the pair as the beast’s subordinates and swiftly battered both of them when they attacked.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast arrived, and Lu Bu asked Elder Yao to keep it from escaping.
• Bone-Marrow Old Man met Elder Hei Hong, learned that the elusive Master of the Sacred Gate called himself Lu Bu, and decided to pursue him personally.
• Hei Qing killed a Sky Demon Phoenix, heard that an Ancient Void Dragon had appeared in Central Continent, and left the Beast Domain to investigate.
• Nie Yang arrived in Tianbei City to ask about the man who had made his name there, while Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu questioned Fei Tian about that man’s brother.

Lu Bu defeated the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with the Five Wheel Separation Fire Formation, soul attacks, and Heavenly Fire Venerable’s help, then claimed the Scorpion Dragon Domain. He gathered three treasures in a secret chamber and prepared to break through to a Spirit Realm Soul.

• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast arrived in Luoshen Ravine, recognized a Calamity Poison Body’s scent on Lu Bu, and demanded to know where she was.
• Lu Bu fought the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with the Green Lotus Core Flame and trapped him in the Five Wheel Separation Fire Formation.
• Lu Bu replenished his energy by drawing on heaven and earth energy, then struck the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with Yin Demon Howl.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable sealed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s escape, and Lu Bu killed him with a massive pillar of fire; the Earth Demon Puppet extracted a blood-red crystal.
• Lu Bu claimed the Scorpion Dragon Domain, secured its stone fortress with formation flags, and gathered Sky Hemp Jade Stone Essence, Pill Spirit Fluid, and Earth Core Jade Mother.
• With Heavenly Fire Venerable and the Heavenly Demon Puppet guarding him, Lu Bu began preparing to break through to a Spirit Realm Soul.

Xiao Yan consumed a Seven Heart Pill and discovered a powerful expert approaching, forcing him and Yao Lao to flee. In a Central Continent city, he learned that Lu Bu had spread outrageous rumors about him and began plotting a boast of his own, despite Yao Lao warning that it could expose them to the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan successfully refined a Seven Heart Pill, consumed it, and sensed a formidable expert approaching; he escaped with Yao Lao on the Earth Demon Puppet.
• Mu Gu arrived at the mountain site, confirmed that someone had refined pills there, and flew northeast to investigate.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed their pursuer and suspected the Soul Hall before Xiao Yan went to an auction house to buy medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan overheard people praising him as a figure with Dou Di Potential because of Lu Bu's deeds, but they laughed when he revealed his name and assumed he could not be the legendary Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan decided to spread an even more outrageous boast about his alchemical prowess, but Yao Lao warned that doing so could reveal their location to the Soul Hall.

Yun Yun, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan set out for Central Continent while Lu Bu completed his breakthrough to a Spirit Realm Soul in the Scorpion Dragon Domain. When Nie Yang and his companions confronted him over Tian Ming Sect’s ultimate art, Lu Bu claimed to be one of their own and produced a Nether token.

• Yun Yun left Black Mountain Fortress with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, while Yun Shan stayed behind to watch over Yan Ran and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Nie Yang and Uncle Nan headed toward Luoshen Ravine after learning Lu Bu was there, while Mo Yu and Hei Qing secretly followed events from the shadows.
• Lu Bu’s soul power surged through the Scorpion Dragon Domain as he broke through to a Spirit Realm Soul, drawing the attention of Nie Yang, Uncle Nan, and Mo Yu.
• Lu Bu emerged from seclusion and told Heavenly Fire Venerable he planned to seek another Heavenly Flame at Fierce Flame Valley.
• Nie Yang and Uncle Nan confronted Lu Bu over the Tian Ming Sect ultimate art, and Lu Bu claimed he was a Tian Ming Sect disciple and showed them a Nether token.

Lu Bu defeated Nie Yang and the Earth Nether Sect elder, then tried to pass himself off as a Soul Hall member when Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu confronted him. As Mo Yu restrained Lu Bu, an Ancient Void Dragon intervened, leaving Lu Bu wondering whether Hei Qing had come to his aid.

• Nie Yang attacked Lu Bu over the Tian Ming Sect token, but Lu Bu burned off Nie Yang’s arm with Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Earth Nether Sect elder struck at Lu Bu, who answered with the Yin Puppet Great Law and Blood Essence Talisman, then sent the elder and Nie Yang crashing into a mountain wall.
• Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu emerged and challenged Lu Bu over his claim that his big brother was Xiao Yan and his contempt for Soul Hall.
• Lu Bu produced a Soul Hall token and claimed he was one of them, but Mo Yu tried to seize him with Space Solidification.
• Lu Bu resisted with his purple-gold dragon power until an Ancient Void Dragon appeared and slapped Mo Yu into a distant rock wall.

Hei Qing rescued Lu Bu from Mo Yu and agreed to stay with him after Lu Bu revealed his connection to Zi Yan. Meanwhile, Bone-Marrow Old Man tracked Xiao Yan, who headed for Starfall Pavilion with Yao Lao, and Lu Bu began refining a pill to grow stronger.

• Hei Qing arrived at Scorpion Dragon Fortress, drove off Mo Yu, and accidentally killed the Earth Nether Sect elder with his redirected punch.
• Lu Bu killed Nie Yang, collected the bodies and Rings, and took Hei Qing to a secret chamber to discuss Zi Yan and Lu Bu’s dragon-like power.
• Lu Bu convinced Hei Qing to guard him until Zi Yan arrived, and Hei Qing reluctantly agreed to stay nearby.
• Bone-Marrow Old Man discovered that Xiao Yan had entered Central Continent and set out to capture him, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao decided to seek help from Feng Xian at Starfall Pavilion.
• Lu Bu told Heavenly Fire Venerable that he planned to refine pills and grow stronger, then began making a Minor Assistance Pill as Hei Qing watched in amazement.

Gu You redirected Soul Hall’s pursuit toward Xiao Yan while Lu Bu entered seclusion to increase his strength. In Wind Thunder City, Zi Yan, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion, and Medusa restrained Fei Tian to demand what he knew about Zi Yan and Lu Bu.

• Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu reported that Hei Qing had protected the arrogant boy, so Gu You ordered Soul Hall to leave him alone and sent Mo Yu to investigate reports of a puppet user in the Southern Region.
• Gu You told Mo Yu that Mu Gu had located Xiao Yan, who was suspected of possessing a key and controlling the silver puppet connected to the destroyed branch hall.
• At Luoshen Ravine, Lu Bu completed a seventh-tier pill, accepted Nie Yang’s Rings, and entered seclusion with a Minor Assistance Pill to cultivate his strength before training the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• In Wind Thunder City, Zi Yan, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian confronted the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion, and Yun Yun’s Heart Fire annihilated the Dou Emperor and Dou Wang disciples forming its array.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the three elders, and Medusa split the thunderclouds before Fei Tian appeared and warned that the pavilion had other Dou Zun allies.
• Zi Yan hinted that Fei Tian knew about her and Lu Bu, so Medusa trapped him with spatial power and demanded that he reveal what he knew.

After Mu Gu captured Yao Chen, Xiao Yan resolved to grow strong enough to rescue his teacher and followed Wind Venerable to Heavenly Eye Mountain for a chance to reach Dou Zong. There, Medusa secured Blood Pool slots for Yun Yun and Zi Yan and asked the Gold Devouring Rat clan to search for Lu Bu in Pill Domain.

• Mu Gu fled when Wind Venerable arrived, and Xiao Yan told him that Mu Gu had taken Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan vowed to cultivate, reach Dou Zong, and use the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to strengthen himself, so Wind Venerable took him toward Heavenly Eye Mountain and its Blood Pool opportunity.
• Yun Yun, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian reached Heavenly Eye Mountain, where Wind Venerable explained that the Four Pavilions’ younger generation competed for Blood Pool slots.
• Medusa entered the mountain with the others, and the Gold Devouring Rat clan’s rulers submitted to her pressure.
• Medusa obtained Blood Pool slots for Yun Yun and Zi Yan and asked the clan to find Lu Bu in Pill Domain; Xiao Yi Xian rewarded Jin Shi with two Po Zong Pills.

Zi Yan secured a Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool spot by overwhelming the competitors, while Yun Yun struck Feng Qing'er. Meanwhile, Lu Bu learned that his target might be in Luoshen Ravine, then entered Sacred Pill City disguised as Xiao Yan and was recognized during an alchemist badge assessment.

• Zi Yan’s powerful stomp knocked most of the competitors off Heavenly Mountain Terrace, leaving the survivors with Blood Pool spots, and Yun Yun slapped Feng Qing'er before Jin Shi led the group toward the pool.
• Jin Gu told Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian that Lu Bu was likely in Luoshen Ravine, and Medusa decided they would search for him after Zi Yan and Yun Yun emerged from the pool.
• Lu Bu and Hei Qing arrived in Sacred Pill City so Lu Bu could obtain an alchemist badge and approach the Alchemy Tower about the Three Thousand Starry Sky Yan Flame Fire.
• A girl recognized Lu Bu’s disguised face as Senior Xiao Yan, drawing the crowd’s attention and prompting people to question and ridicule him.

Lu Bu, posing as Xiao Yan, entered the Alchemy Tower’s assessment site with help from Ye Chong and defended Ye Xinlan when Cao Dan attacked her. After humiliating Cao Dan, Lu Bu stunned the room by asking to take the seventh-grade high-tier alchemy assessment.

• Ye Chong arranged for Lu Bu to use the special testing site, explaining that it was hosting assessments for the younger generations of the five great families and that the Cao Family was present.
• Ye Chong brought Lu Bu and Ye Xinlan into the testing room, where Qiu Fan and Cao Dan questioned why Lu Bu was with her.
• Ye Xinlan rejected Cao Dan’s claim that she was his fiancée, and Cao Dan attacked her with a palm strike.
• Lu Bu blocked Cao Dan’s attack, identified himself as Xiao Yan, and knocked Cao Dan into his chair after challenging the Cao Family’s authority.
• Steward Han began the Ye Family’s assessment, and Ye Xinlan went to take the fifth-grade test amid the other families’ mockery.
• When Steward Han asked Lu Bu what grade he wanted to assess, Lu Bu requested the seventh-grade high-tier test, silencing the room.

Lu Bu, posing as Xiao Yan, proved himself a Seventh-grade Intermediate alchemist and demanded a Grade 8 assessment, then met the Pill Tower’s leaders. Xuan Yi recognized that he was not Xiao Yan and demanded his real name.

• Lu Bu passed Steward Han’s Seventh-grade Intermediate assessment, then used his spiritual pressure to secure a Grade 8 assessment.
• Steward Han brought Lu Bu and Hei Qing to an estate in the Pill Domain while Elder Ye Chong, Cao Dan, and Qiu Fan worried over Lu Bu’s strength and reputation.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Cao Ying appeared, and Lu Bu greeted them while claiming to be Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi offered Lu Bu recognition and a place among the Pill Tower’s eight elders if he refined a Grade 8 Pill.
• Xuan Yi challenged Lu Bu’s identity, telling him to report his name because he was not Xiao Yan.

Lu Bu revealed his identity to the Alchemy Tower leaders and agreed to prove his Grade 8 alchemist ability by refining a pill in three days. While gathering ingredients at the trade fair, he discovered Spirit Nurturing Dust in an old bronze sheet and left its seller devastated after taking it.

• Xuan Yi challenged Lu Bu to explain his identity, but Lu Bu revealed his true appearance and said he had disguised himself to evade the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi arranged for Lu Bu to refine a Grade 8 pill in three days and promised that the Alchemy Tower would keep his identity secret.
• Lu Bu persuaded Hei Qing to accompany him to the alchemist trade fair, where he traded a Grade 7 Cai Wei Pill for a medicinal ingredient.
• Hei Qing spotted a bronze sheet at Old Man Yan's stall, and Lu Bu bought it with a Grade 7 high-tier pill formula.
• Lu Bu removed the verdigris from the bronze sheet and refined it into Spirit Nurturing Dust, leaving Old Man Yan heartbroken as the other traders laughed.

Lu Bu demonstrated his Grade 8 alchemy by refining a three-colored Jie Li Pill, earning an invitation to become one of the Alchemy Tower’s eight elders. When Xuan Yi asked about Yao Chen, Lu Bu demanded payment for any information, leaving her speechless.

• Lu Bu gave Hei Qing a speck of Spirit Nurturing Dust, which strengthened Hei Qing’s soul, and Hei Qing gave Lu Bu a scale that would let them contact each other.
• Alchemists across Sacred Pill City failed to remember or draw Lu Bu’s face, while Xuan Kongzi explained that Lu Bu’s Spirit Realm Soul blocked their attempts to probe him.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Hei Qing arrived at Lu Bu’s estate to watch him refine a pill, and they recognized his Myriad Beast Cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Bu refined a Jie Li Pill and added two specks of Spirit Nurturing Dust, turning its Pill Lightning from two colors to three; Hei Qing intercepted the lightning.
• Lu Bu accepted Xuan Kongzi’s invitation to join the Alchemy Tower as one of its eight elders, then told Xuan Yi she would have to pay more if she wanted news about Yao Chen.

Lu Bu negotiated with the Alchemy Tower to enter the Star Domain, while learning that Yao Chen was alive but imprisoned by the Soul Hall. Inside the Star Domain, Lu Bu trapped the Starry Sky Yan Flame Fire in his Devouring Realm and began erasing its consciousness.

• Lu Bu told Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi that Han Feng and the Soul Hall had ambushed Yao Chen, then agreed to trade information for permission to enter the Star Domain and meet the Starry Sky Yan Flame Fire.
• Hei Qing revealed that the Starry Sky Yan Flame Fire had once been raised by an Ancient Dragon Clan elder, and the Alchemy Tower agreed to let Lu Bu enter after three days of deliberation.
• Gu You arrived at the Soul Hall, ordered Mu Gu to stop tormenting Yao Chen, and warned him to watch Lu Bu, who had a powerful Dou Zun beside him.
• After three days, Lu Bu and Hei Qing entered the Star Domain, where Lu Bu unleashed his Devouring Realm and made the Alchemy Tower lose its connection to the seal.
• Lu Bu bound the Starry Sky Yan Flame Fire with Devouring Chains and pressed a Devouring Seal down on it to erase its consciousness.

Lu Bu subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame while Hei Qing received a message suggesting that Zi Yan carried the Dragon Emperor Bloodline. Zi Yan and the others traveled toward the Pill Domain, where Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool as a Dou Zong and offered to treat Jin Shi’s fire-poison ailment.

• Lu Bu used the Devouring Membrane to withstand Three Thousand Burning Flame’s attack, then ground the flame dragon apart and began absorbing its accumulated energy.
• Hei Qing received a message about a Dragon Emperor descendant and decided to wait for Lu Bu before attempting to bring her back to the clan.
• Zi Yan broke through to Dou Zong at Sky-Eye Mountain, while Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Medusa set out for the Pill Domain with her.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Medusa that the energy tide had loosened the seal on her Calamity Poison Body, and Medusa promised to handle matters while she recovered.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zong and discovered that someone had crushed his attempt to contact Yao Lao; he then recognized Jin Shi’s fire-poison ailment.
• After Lin Yan introduced Xiao Yan with a boastful poem about Lu Bu, Xiao Yan identified Jin Shi’s ailment and agreed to examine him.

Lu Bu refined a seventh-grade pill to treat Jin Shi’s fire poison, while Xiao Yan arranged for the Gold Devouring Rat clan to spread Lu Bu’s fame. As Xiao Yan headed toward Fierce Flame Valley and Medusa’s group searched for Lu Bu in the Pill Domain, Hei Qing continued waiting at the Alchemy Tower Star Domain’s dark barrier.

• Lu Bu refined a low-grade seventh-grade Ice Vein Pill, and Jin Shi agreed to spread his reputation across the Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Yan left Tianmu Mountain, and Xiao Yan set out for Fierce Flame Valley to seek Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and later enlist Lu Bu’s help in rescuing his teacher.
• Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan arrived near Luoshen Ravine and learned that Xiao Yan was in Sacred Pill City, while a white-robed young man ordered his attendant to watch Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hei Qing decided to wait a few more days at the dark barrier in the Alchemy Tower Star Domain, which then rippled faintly.

Queen Medusa and the other women slaughtered the Desire Immortal Sect in Ding Fan City after Ji Yue tried to drug them, then fled when Ice River Valley intervened. Meanwhile, Lu Bu emerged from the Star Domain after refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving Hei Qing stunned by the dragon’s disappearance.

• Ji Yue tried to use an aphrodisiac on Queen Medusa and the others, so Queen Medusa killed him and his uncle while Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the attendant.
• Queen Medusa and her companions attacked the Desire Immortal Sect, but an Ice River Valley elder rescued the wounded Ji Gong and secured Queen Medusa’s promise not to attack again.
• The women abandoned Ding Fan City’s spatial wormhole and found poison and an Ice River Valley tribute in Ji Gong’s Ring; an Ice River Valley elder recognized the Calamity Poison Qi and took Ji Gong away.
• At the Alchemy Tower, Xuan Kongzi sensed the Star Domain’s black barrier receding and realized Lu Bu was about to emerge.
• Lu Bu appeared in the Star Domain and said he had successfully refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Hei Qing wondered where the enormous fire dragon had gone.

Lu Bu learned that Ice River Valley was hunting Xiao Yi Xian and rushed with Hei Qing to find her. Meanwhile, Medusa and her companions were ambushed in the Wudi Mountain Range, where Medusa nearly beheaded Tian Shuangzi and the battle continued.

• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi confirmed that Lu Bu had obtained the Three Thousand Burning Flame and offered him the chance to become a full Great Elder, but he deferred the assessment.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Lu Bu to trade his Green Lotus Core Flame to Cao Ying, but Lu Bu refused because he had promised it to a friend from the Spirit Clan.
• Cao Ying told Lu Bu that Ice River Valley was mobilizing to hunt a Calamity Poison Woman, prompting him to leave with Hei Qing.
• Hei Qing asked Lu Bu whether the Ancient Dragon hatchling who had given him her blood essence possessed the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and Lu Bu confirmed it as they hurried to find her.
• Tian Shuangzi and three Ice River Valley elders confronted Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Zi Yan in the Wudi Mountain Range and demanded Xiao Yi Xian.
• Medusa wounded Tian Shuangzi with a sword strike, while Tian Shuangzi ordered Tian She, Bing Yuan, and Bing Fu to attack Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Zi Yan.

Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Yun Yun turned the fight against Ice River Valley’s elders, killing Bing Fu and overwhelming the others. Just as Yun Yun’s attack was about to finish Tian She, a white-clad figure appeared and froze it apart.

• Medusa suppressed Tian Shuangzi while Tian She attacked Xiao Yi Xian and Bing Yuan and Bing Fu moved to intervene.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed the seal on her Calamity Poison Body, and Zi Yan transformed into a mature beauty to fight Bing Yuan and Bing Fu.
• Yun Yun killed Bing Fu with help from an invisible flame snake, then spread Heart Flame through the remaining Ice River Valley fighters.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Tian She, and Zi Yan struck Bing Yuan into the Wudi Mountain Range, leaving his fate unknown.
• Medusa wounded Tian Shuangzi, and Yun Yun launched Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill at Tian She.
• A white-clad figure appeared before Tian She and froze Yun Yun’s attack apart.

Ice River Venerable revealed his Acquired Calamity Poison Body and attacked Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, trying to capture them all. Just as his black poison snakes bound the women, a mysterious black figure appeared and confronted him.

• Ice River Venerable arrived at the battle, and Tian Shuangzi reported that Bing Fu was dead while Bing Yuan's fate remained unknown.
• Ice River Venerable absorbed Tian She's Calamity Poison Qi, revealing that he possessed an Acquired Calamity Poison Body and wanted Xiao Yi Xian.
• Medusa and Yun Yun attacked Ice River Venerable while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan covered them, but he countered their strikes with Black Cold Qi.
• Ice River Venerable defeated the women's combined attacks and bound all four with black poisonous snakes, declaring that he wanted them all.
• A black figure emerged from the void, shattered the poisonous snakes with purple-black flames, and challenged Ice River Venerable.