Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu and Zi Yan flew north to claim a treasure, but found an Inner Academy student fighting Mo Ya, the Young Sect Master of the Black Emperor Sect. The chapter left Lu Bu and Zi Yan facing Mo Ya as he offered to take them as his disciples.

• Su Qian reflected on Zi Yan's lonely past and felt pleased that she had made friends with Lu Bu.
• Zi Yan led Lu Bu north toward a treasure she had once been unable to claim, and Lu Bu sensed trouble ahead.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan found Mo Ya fighting an injured Inner Academy student beside the corpses of two magical beasts.
• Mo Ya tried to recruit the student into the Black Emperor Sect, but the student refused and Mo Ya prepared to kill him.
• Zi Yan recognized the student only vaguely, while Mo Ya introduced himself and offered to take Lu Bu and Zi Yan as his masters.

Lu Bu recognized Mo Ya, the Black Emperor Sect’s young sect master, and grew suspicious of how powerful he might become. After Mo Ya tried to make Lin Yan kill Lu Bu in exchange for his life, Lin Yan refused, and Mo Ya attacked Lu Bu and Zi Yan.

• Lu Bu recalled Mo Ya’s future strength and questioned why the young sect master was in the unexplored forest despite currently being only an eight- or nine-star Dou Wang.
• Lu Bu recognized the injured Lin Yan and realized Mo Ya had interrupted his discovery of the Green Wood Immortal Vine.
• Mo Ya offered to spare Lin Yan and give him Lu Bu’s Flying Dou Technique if Lin Yan killed Lu Bu, but Lin Yan angrily refused.
• Mo Ya unleashed his Dou Qi Wings and charged at Lu Bu and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan shouted that she had had enough and punched Mo Ya, creating a sonic boom and a huge depression in the air.

Lu Bu discovered that Mo Ya had planted a deadly hidden force in Lin Yan and removed it before joining Zi Yan's fight against the Eight-star Dou Wang. Their plan to catch Mo Ya off guard was interrupted by his Dou Emperor guard, Che Cheng, but a mysterious rune-covered figure appeared behind Che Cheng as Lu Bu faced Mo Ya.

• Mo Ya suppressed Lin Yan with a hidden force while Zi Yan fought him, and Lu Bu realized Mo Ya had never intended to let Lin Yan survive.
• Lu Bu expelled the hidden force from Lin Yan, ordered him away from the fight, and flew up to help Zi Yan capture Mo Ya.
• Lu Bu quietly instructed Zi Yan to attack again, then created an opening that made Mo Ya hesitate as Zi Yan's punch closed in.
• Che Cheng rushed in to protect Mo Ya, exposing himself as a Dou Emperor and leaving Lin Yan convinced they were doomed.
• A black figure marked with blue-silver runes appeared behind Che Cheng, and Mo Ya's confidence gave way to foreboding.

Lu Bu, Zi Yan, and the Talisman Puppet fought Mo Ya and Elder Che Cheng, but Mo Ya escaped using protective jade talismans. Afterward, Lu Bu searched the elder’s remnant soul and looted Mo Ya’s Ring, then promised to refine Zi Yan’s medicinal herbs into pills before asking her to help him cultivate.

• The Talisman Puppet struck Elder Che Cheng with Azure Flame, while Zi Yan punched Mo Ya and Lu Bu attacked him.
• Mo Ya used jade talismans to block attacks and flee, but Lu Bu’s Azure Flame severed one of his arms before Zi Yan’s punch sent him flying away.
• Lu Bu questioned Elder Che Cheng’s fading remnant soul and learned only that a Sect Master had ordered someone to dig for a realm.
• Lu Bu took the Rings from Elder Che Cheng and Mo Ya, finding several precious medicinal herbs that delighted Zi Yan.
• Lu Bu agreed to refine the herbs into pills for Zi Yan, then solemnly asked her to help him cultivate, leaving her confused.

Lu Bu reunited with Lin Yan after Zi Yan gave him three drops of her essence blood, and he took the Green Wood Immortal Vine while offering to cure Lin Yan’s fire poison. Meanwhile, Mo Ya escaped the forest and collapsed after summoning help from his sect.

• Mo Ya took a hidden pill and fled through the forest under a crushing pressure, while Lin Yan recovered and gathered two fifth-rank magical cores and the Green Wood Immortal Vine.
• Zi Yan gave Lu Bu three drops of her violet-golden essence blood, then exhausted herself and fell asleep after taking a Pill of Origin.
• Lu Bu returned to Lin Yan, took the Green Wood Immortal Vine, and told Lin Yan to visit him at the Sacred Gate so he could remove his fire poison.
• Lin Yan accepted Lu Bu’s healing medicine, collected the magical cores, and hurried away before other magical beasts arrived.
• After three days running through the forest and two days flying, Mo Ya reached a town, crushed a Black Jade Piece to summon help, and passed out before finishing his threat.

Lu Bu cared for Zi Yan until she recovered, then returned to the Sacred Gate and found Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, and Lin Yan sparring. After noticing Lin Yan’s relief from fire poison and hinting at a deal involving rare medicinal ingredients, Lu Bu left Xiao Yan wary but intrigued.

• Lu Bu served Zi Yan Fire Spirit Root congee, confirmed her recovery, and gave her a bottle of pills before leaving her manor.
• Lu Bu returned to the Sacred Gate and watched Lin Yan defeat Xiao Yan and Wu Hao in a sparring match.
• Lu Bu warned Lin Yan that he could find him a stronger opponent, making Lin Yan back down.
• Lin Yan credited the Sacred Gate’s pills and spirit liquid with reducing his fire poison and criticized the Medicine Gang’s pills as fake medicine.
• Lu Bu asked Xiao Yan if he wanted to do business involving Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, and Xiao Yan became suspicious of Lu Bu’s smile.

Lu Bu refused Yao Lao’s offers for the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma, Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, and water-element magic core, then negotiated with Xiao Xun’er for the Emperor Seal Art. Xiao Xun’er agreed to trade it after Lu Bu warned that the Fallen Heart Flame would soon erupt and argued that Xiao Yan needed it to grow stronger.

• Lu Bu offered Yao Lao three ingredients for the Spirit Ascension Method, but Yao Lao refused and also rejected Lu Bu’s demand for the Bodhi Pill formula.
• Lu Bu retrieved the ingredients and reasoned that keeping them from Xiao Yan would make it harder for him to seize the Fallen Heart Flame safely.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to keep searching for the ingredients and train harder, then planned to use Lu Bu as bait in a scheme involving Han Feng and the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Xun’er visited Lu Bu at night and offered the Bodhi Pill formula for the three ingredients, but Lu Bu changed his demand to the Emperor Seal Art.
• Xiao Xun’er initially refused to give up the Emperor Seal Art, but Lu Bu warned that the Fallen Heart Flame would erupt soon and urged her to help Xiao Yan become stronger.
• Xiao Xun’er relented and agreed to trade the Emperor Seal Art, privately apologizing to Xiao Yan.

Lu Bu learned that the Medicine Gang and its allies had brutally injured Sacred Gate members, so he vowed to eliminate their factions and accepted Han Xian’s invitation to a banquet. The chapter left Lu Bu preparing to confront the Medicine Gang at Hongyun Tower.

• Lu Bu took Xiao Xun’er’s two Emperor Seal Art techniques, then traded Earth Spirit Pill ingredients to Yao Lao for a Poria Green Pill recipe.
• Mo Ya demanded revenge for losing his right forearm, and Mo Tianxing gave him the Inner Academy spy to use against his enemies.
• Xiao Yan announced he would enter seclusion while Lu Bu learned that rival factions, led by the Medicine Gang, had been disrupting Sacred Gate’s business.
• After Medicine Gang members severely injured Sacred Gate students, Lu Bu gave the wounded Righteous Qi Pills and vowed to uproot the Medicine Gang, White Gang, and Jade Gate.
• Liu Fei and Lin Yan explained the Medicine Gang’s ties to powerful students and its history of selling ineffective pills, while Han Xian sent Lu Bu a condescending banquet invitation.
• Lu Bu accepted Han Xian’s invitation and decided to attend the banquet at Hongyun Tower.

Lu Bu confronted Han Xian, Bai Cheng, and Zong Zhengcai over the Medicine Gang’s attack on the Sacred Gate, but rejected their offer to share his pill formulas for an unfair cut of the profits. He faced their threats with confidence, leaving the confrontation on the brink of violence.

• Lu Bu went to Hongyun Tower, where Han Xian, Bai Cheng, and Zong Zhengcai waited to pressure him into cooperating with them.
• Yao Sheng and Lin Yan arrived to protect Lu Bu after Liu Fei and Hu Jia sent them.
• Lu Bu demanded an explanation for the Medicine Gang injuring four Sacred Gate members, and Han Xian presented the bound second-in-command of the Green Gang as the attacker.
• Han Xian offered Lu Bu a thirty-percent share in exchange for four pill formulas, while Bai Cheng offered his Strong Ranking position as compensation.
• Lu Bu rejected the deal, and Han Xian and Bai Cheng threatened the Sacred Gate as Zong Zhengcai waited nearby.
• Lu Bu calmly poured himself wine and declared that he was not Zhang Mazi but Captain Guo.

Lu Bu defeated Bai Cheng and Zong Zhengcai at Hongyun Tower, then demanded that their gangs disband and apologize for attacking his people. The next morning, public anger over the Medicine Gang’s fake pills brought support to the Sacred Gate, and Lu Bu led his thirty-one available members toward the White Gang first.

• Lu Bu sent Bai Cheng flying with a slap, broke his spear and leg, then defeated Zong Zhengcai and broke both his arms.
• Lu Bu ordered Han Xian, Bai Cheng, and Zong Zhengcai to bring the attackers to the Sacred Gate to apologize and disband their gangs, while warning them not to rely on Yan Hao or Lin Xiuyai.
• Qi Jing introduced herself as the owner of Hongyun Tower and said Han Xian’s group would pay for the damage; Lin Yan and Yao Sheng arrived and saw the defeated men.
• Xiao Yan reached Seven-star Great Dou Master and heard students condemning the Medicine Gang’s fake pills and rallying behind the Sacred Gate’s demand that several gangs disband.
• Lu Bu gathered the thirty-one Sacred Gate members able to fight and led them out, choosing to target the White Gang before the Medicine Gang.

Lu Bu and the Sacred Gate dismantled the White Gang and exposed the Medicine Gang, then Zi Yan overwhelmed Yan Hao and Zong Zhengcai. The chapter ended with an unidentified observer sending a report about Lu Bu to a hidden contact.

• Yan Hao agreed to confront the Sacred Gate only if Han Xian promised to stop selling deceptively prepared pills, but he left Bai Cheng without help when the Sacred Gate targeted the White Gang.
• Lu Bu led the Sacred Gate in defeating the White Gang and declaring it disbanded, then brought the group to the Medicine Gang.
• Yan Hao refused to protect the Medicine Gang, and Bai Cheng struck Han Xian before publicly exposing the gang's pill fraud.
• Lu Bu challenged Yan Hao and Zong Zhengcai, then summoned Zi Yan, who beat them both.
• Lu Bu noticed Bai Cheng watching the turmoil as an unknown observer wrote a report about Lu Bu and sent it by sparrow into the forest.

Lu Bu discussed the Sacred Gate’s future after the Medicine Gang’s collapse and investigated the forces behind the attacks. He intercepted a secret message confirming contact with a target and marked the eagle carrying it as it flew away.

• Liu Fei introduced Qi Jing, and Lu Bu thanked her for helping the Sacred Gate while Liu Fei hinted that Han Yue might be connected to Lin Xiuyai.
• Lu Bu told Lin Yan that the Sacred Gate would not recruit the Medicine Gang’s alchemists, suggested Lin Yan form a competing faction, and planned to ask Elder Hao to oversee pill-selling organizations.
• Lin Yan asked Lu Bu what Bai Cheng had said, and Lu Bu considered the suspicious links among Bai Shan, the Green Gang, the Medicine Gang, and the attacks on the Sacred Gate.
• Lu Bu intercepted a sparrow carrying a message that said its writer had made direct contact with the target and that they could act at any time.
• Lu Bu marked the eagle that carried the sparrow away, restored the note, and vanished.

Lu Bu advanced to a two-star Dou Ling by refining the Green Wood Immortal Vine, then accepted a mission to eliminate the Kui Lang Gang. He ordered Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er to join him, while Qi Jing volunteered to help.

• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan teased Lu Bu about being alone, prompting him to leave and cultivate.
• Lu Bu absorbed the Green Wood Immortal Vine overnight and advanced to a two-star Dou Ling.
• Hu Jia told Lu Bu that Qi Jing and a mentor were waiting downstairs with a mission for Sacred Gate.
• The mentor explained that the Kui Lang Gang had ambushed Outer Academy students, and Qi Jing admitted she had recommended Sacred Gate for the assignment.
• Lu Bu accepted the mission and ordered Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er to accompany him, while Hu Jia stayed behind to watch over Sacred Gate.

Lu Bu led Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Qi Jing to attack the Kui Lang Gang, where Mo Ya had prepared an ambush. Qi Jing stabbed Xiao Yan and Lu Bu from behind, but Lu Bu revealed he had only been stabbed through a piece of pork, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

• Lu Bu planned to confront the Kui Lang Gang and Mo Ya with Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Qi Jing, while an instructor followed to protect them.
• Mo Ya confirmed that the Kui Lang Gang's preparations were complete and warned Kui Sha about the academy's Dou Emperor-level puppet.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Yan attacked the gang's stronghold, killing its vanguard and drawing out two Dou Ling leaders.
• The two leaders pretended to be the gang's leaders as Qi Jing stabbed Xiao Yan and Lu Bu from behind.
• Xiao Xun'er knocked Qi Jing aside, and Xiao Yan treated his wound before mocking Lu Bu, who revealed that the apparent wound in his waist was only a piece of pork.

Lu Bu and Xiao Yan were ambushed by Mo Ya and his allies after Qi Jing poisoned them, but Xiao Yan fought back while Lu Bu’s puppet engaged Uncle Li. The battle remained unresolved as Mo Ya ordered Elder Zhou to help capture Lu Bu and Kui Sha to guard against anyone escaping.

• Qi Jing revealed herself as Mo Ya’s ally, and Xiao Yan discovered that he, Xiao Xun'er, and the instructors had been poisoned.
• Mo Ya arrived with Uncle Li and ordered him to cripple Lu Bu, but Lu Bu summoned a puppet that began fighting the elder.
• Mo Ya lunged for Xiao Xun'er, who threw Xiao Yan’s dagger at him, and Xiao Yan unleashed his flames to repel Mo Ya’s attack.
• Xiao Yan pointed out that Lu Bu was trying to escape, prompting Mo Ya to call on Elder Zhou to capture him and Kui Sha to block their escape.

Lu Bu baited Mo Ya into attacking while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er watched from below, hoping to see Lu Bu's true strength. After Elder Zhou injured Lu Bu's palm with a surprise attack, Lu Bu healed it and hardened his hand with scales, preparing to take the fight more seriously.

• Xiao Yan treated his reopened wound while Xiao Xun'er supported him, and he decided to watch Lu Bu fight rather than leave.
• Lu Bu pretended to be frightened by Mo Ya, then drew his dagger and nearly cut Mo Ya's wrists before Elder Zhou pulled him away.
• Lu Bu flew into the sky as Mo Ya pursued him, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er settled in to watch the fight.
• Lu Bu questioned Mo Ya about his previous visit near the Inner Academy and dodged his violet-black palm strike.
• Elder Zhou attacked Lu Bu with Spirit Sword Finger, wounded his palm, and retreated after Lu Bu blocked the strike.
• Lu Bu healed his palm with violet-gold light and covered it in metallic scales.

Lu Bu revealed a terrifying dragon bloodline while fighting Mo Ya and his guards, overwhelming Elder Zhou and pursuing Mo Ya through a spatial barrier. Xiao Xun'er recognized Lu Bu as an Ancient Void Dragon as he began cracking Mo Ya’s protective barrier.

• Xiao Xun'er sensed a mysterious bloodline pressure from Lu Bu, while Mo Ya struggled to recover his composure after Lu Bu outmaneuvered his ambush.
• Lu Bu used his dragon eyes to break Elder Zhou’s attack and struck him in the chest, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Old Man Li pulled Elder Zhou away and warned Mo Ya that Lu Bu had appeared behind him, but Mo Ya crushed a jade tablet to form a spatial barrier.
• Lu Bu appeared beside Mo Ya and enlarged his scaled hand into a purple-lit dragon claw that began cracking the barrier.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized Lu Bu as an Ancient Void Dragon.

Lu Bu tore through Mo Ya’s protective barrier, crippled him, and defeated Old Man Li, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er dealt with the Kui Lang Gang. Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er then headed into the forest to find Lu Bu and investigate his identity.

• Lu Bu used the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand to rip apart Mo Ya’s spatial barrier and destroy his dantian.
• Old Man Li attacked Lu Bu with Lightning Flash Shadow Kill, but Lu Bu pierced his chest with his transformed dragon arm and killed him.
• Lu Bu turned his attention to the incapacitated Mo Ya to settle their dispute.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er decided to deal with the Kui Lang Gang before pursuing Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu’s puppet slaughtered the gang members, and Xiao Yan killed Kui Sha with Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Xiao Yan picked up Xiao Xun'er and headed into the forest to find Lu Bu and probe his background.

Lu Bu interrogated Mo Ya and learned that the Black Emperor Sect was searching for a sealed secret realm that might contain treasures he needed. After Mo Ya died and Lu Bu returned to the Inner Academy, Zi Yan confronted him for being gone so long.

• Lu Bu forced Mo Ya to reveal that the Black Emperor Sect had found a sealed secret realm in the northern Black Corner Region and planned to locate its entrance within three or four months.
• Lu Bu realized the secret realm might be connected to the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and Mo Ya's unusual growth, and decided to seek it and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Mo Ya revealed that Mo Tianxing knew Lu Bu's identity and that Zong Zhengcai was another Black Emperor Sect agent; Lu Bu let the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python kill Mo Ya and took his Ring.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er arrived, and Lu Bu denied being an Ancient Void Dragon before returning with them to the Inner Academy and reporting a coordinated version of events to the elders.
• Lu Bu returned to the Sacred Gate, where Zi Yan complained that he had only just gotten back.

Lu Bu read Yun Yun’s letter about the destruction of the Mulan Empire and learned that the Poison Sect had appeared, making him worry about Xiao Yi Xian. As Lu Bu took Zi Yan to the mountains to refine pills and cultivate, Mo Tianxing found Mo Ya’s corpse and began planning revenge by drawing Han Feng toward Jia Nan Academy.

• Nalan Yanran gave Lu Bu Yun Yun’s letter, and Lu Bu learned that Yun Shan’s alliance had helped defeat and divide the Mulan Empire.
• Lu Bu realized that Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Sect had likely formed after her Calamity Poison Body erupted, and he planned to find her after obtaining the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Mo Tianxing found Mo Ya’s corpse, vowed revenge on Lu Bu, and sent Han Feng information about the Fallen Heart Flame to provoke a conflict with Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Bu took Zi Yan to a mountain forest to refine pills and cultivate, while noting that he had arranged for Zong Zhengcai to fall into a coma and traded a Flying Dou Technique to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao for a pill formula.
• A seven-colored ripple and familiar aura emerged from Lu Bu’s chest as he prepared to refine Zi Yan’s pills.