Chapter Summaries

Han Feng prepared the Black Alliance to face Jia Nan Academy’s coming offensive, while Lu Bu repaired Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul and joined the academy’s forces. As the counterattack began, Su Qian’s good mood collapsed when he saw Lu Bu carrying Zi Yan.

• Mad Lion Tie Wu reported that Jia Nan Academy’s offensive had slowed, and Han Feng claimed two hidden Dou Zong-level fighters would help the alliance defeat them before Feng City.
• Han Feng met Protector Xuan, who agreed to fight Jia Nan Academy in exchange for pills and souls.
• Lu Bu used Soul Nourishing Saliva to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul, and the elder promised to repay his favor.
• Su Qian gathered Jia Nan Academy’s forces for a counterattack, while Xiao Yan, Lu Bu, and Zi Yan arrived at the assembly point.
• Su Qian ordered the forces to depart without waiting for Lu Bu, annoyed to see him carrying Zi Yan.

Han Feng summoned Protector Xuan to help the Black Alliance defeat Jia Nan Academy and claim Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame, but Lu Bu confronted the Soul Hall protector as Xiao Yan fought Han Feng. After Lu Bu damaged Protector Xuan, the protector formed two Fierce Souls, which Lu Bu and Heavenly Fire Venerable recognized as an opportunity.

• Han Feng sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame in Lu Bu and called Protector Xuan to attack Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Bu held off Protector Xuan while Xiao Yan revealed his strength and fought Han Feng.
• Lu Bu wounded Protector Xuan with his fire wolf and Yin Demon Howl, forcing the protector to summon the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation.
• Protector Xuan formed two Fierce Souls and ordered them to kill Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu and Heavenly Fire Venerable welcomed the Fierce Souls as a chance to gain power.

Lu Bu captured Protector Xuan and the two Fierce Souls during the battle that destroyed the Black Alliance, then interrogated Protector Xuan about Soul Hall branch halls. After learning that regional halls might have only one Dou Zun, Lu Bu decided he could take greater risks and turned to the Fierce Souls.

• Lu Bu bound the two Fierce Souls with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and sealed them in his storage ring, then used Spirit Fire to defeat Protector Xuan.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable captured Protector Xuan, while Xiao Yan killed Han Feng and traded Han Feng's soul to Lu Bu for his storage ring.
• Su Qian killed the Gold-Silver Elders, and the Black Alliance collapsed as its remaining forces died or fled.
• Lu Bu took Protector Xuan to a sealed cave and tortured him into revealing Soul Hall branch locations and details about their Protectors and Dou Zuns.
• Lu Bu sealed Protector Xuan in a jade bottle, concluded that he might face only one Dou Zun at a regional branch hall, and brought out the Fierce Souls for Heavenly Fire Venerable to examine.

Lu Bu returned to the Inner Academy, refined a High-grade Seventh-grade Minor Assistance Pill with Zi Yan guarding him, and completed it as pill lightning gathered overhead. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan returned and thanked Su Qian for the Inner Academy’s help against Han Feng, while Mo Tianxing prepared to break through a barrier and seek revenge.

• Lu Bu refined two Fierce Souls, shared one with Heavenly Fire Venerable, and used the other to raise his soul strength to just short of Mortal Realm Perfection.
• Lu Bu searched Han Feng’s Nether Sea Storage Ring, found seventh-grade pill formulas and ingredients, and took the Myriad Beast Cauldron back to the Inner Academy.
• Mo Tianxing and Elder Feng celebrated finding a weak point in a massive barrier and plotted revenge against Lu Bu and a woman they blamed for their losses.
• Lu Bu reunited with Zi Yan, who complained of hunger, then flew with her to the mountains and began refining pills.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy, told Su Qian he had reached one-star Dou Wang after devouring the Sea Heart Flame, and Yao Lao gave Su Qian a Snow Soul Pill.
• After a month of refining, Lu Bu completed the Minor Assistance Pill, and pill lightning gathered above the mountain.

Lu Bu refined a high-grade Minor Assistance Pill and used his alchemy to help Zi Yan and Queen Medusa advance their cultivation. After their breakthroughs, a massive disturbance erupted in the northern Black Corner Region, possibly signaling the discovery of the secret realm associated with Mo Tianxing.

• Zi Yan, Su Qian, and Xiao Yan watched as Lu Bu used his spatial puppet to withstand the Pill Lightning and claim the Minor Assistance Pill.
• Lu Bu refined a Dou Ling Pill for Zi Yan, then gave Queen Medusa the Minor Assistance Pill to help her prepare for their enemy from the Black Emperor Sect.
• Lu Bu set up an array so Zi Yan and Queen Medusa could refine their pills safely, and both began cultivating.
• After about half a month, Zi Yan advanced to seven-star Dou Wang and Queen Medusa advanced to three-star Dou Zong.
• Lu Bu saw a blue pillar of light rise from the northern Black Corner Region and suspected that Mo Tianxing's secret realm had been found.

Mo Tianxing tried to conceal that he had spent months investigating the Space Barrier, but Lu Bu exposed him before the gathered Black Corner Region experts. After the experts shattered the barrier, Lu Bu and Zi Yan entered the ancient battlefield, where Lu Bu planned to rely on Zi Yan to find what mattered most.

• Mo Tianxing summoned his Imperial Guards and tried to convince the arriving experts to join forces to break the Space Barrier.
• Su Qian, Lu Bu, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan arrived, and Lu Bu revealed that Mo Tianxing had explored the barrier for months and that his son had told him so.
• Mo Tianxing attacked Lu Bu, but Su Qian blocked the strike, and the other experts pressed Mo Tianxing to share what he knew.
• Mo Tianxing disclosed that the Space Barrier enclosed an ancient battlefield where Dou Zongs, Dou Zuns, and Half-Saints had once fought.
• Gong Heng, Mo Tianxing, Su Qian, Old Man Yingshan, and the gathered Dou Emperors attacked one point until the Space Barrier shattered.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan entered the desolate battlefield, and Lu Bu told Zi Yan to follow whatever gave her the strongest reaction.

Lu Bu and Zi Yan discovered a strange, highly spiritual space in the ancient ruins and drove off the three elders of Magic Flame Valley. After Zi Yan broke the space open, they found a skeleton and jade slips identifying the dead man as Ling Chang of the Spirit Clan, leaving Lu Bu wondering whether that clan existed in the original story.

• Lu Bu and Zi Yan explored the ruins on foot and followed the strange sensation Zi Yan detected to a twisted space near a battle between Magic Flame Valley's elders, a corpse puppet, and a crimson flame.
• Lu Bu realized the space and its guardians possessed great spirituality, then revealed himself to the elders and demanded they leave.
• The Third Elder attacked Lu Bu, but Zi Yan knocked him aside, and Lu Bu's Dou Zong aura forced all three elders to flee.
• Zi Yan shattered the twisted space while Lu Bu guarded her, revealing a wounded skeleton and two glowing jade slips.
• Lu Bu read a message identifying the skeleton as Ling Chang, a member of the Spirit Clan, and wondered whether the clan had existed in the original story.

Lu Bu learned that one jade slip contained the Spirit Bestowal secret technique and another held a dual cultivation method, then followed Zi Yan toward an aura she hated. Meanwhile, Gong Heng encountered the elders of Magic Flame Valley and reached a crater where Mo Tianxing was examining a massive magical beast corpse.

• Lu Bu explained the Spirit Clan and learned that Spirit Bestowal could nurture intelligence in objects, which he hoped to use on his infant Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan found a Wind Moon Yin Yang dual cultivation method, then Zi Yan sensed a hated aura to the north-northwest and led Lu Bu toward it.
• The three elders of Magic Flame Valley met Gong Heng, and Fang Yan falsely claimed they had gotten along well with Lu Bu.
• Gong Heng reached a huge crater containing a desiccated magical beast corpse with jade-like bone wings and noted its immense wind and lightning energy.
• Gong Heng challenged Mo Tianxing's explanation of the corpse's power as two groups stood beside the crater.

Mo Tianxing and Gong Heng argued over an eighth-tier magical beast’s corpse, which had no magic core, until Mo Tianxing attacked. Lu Bu and Zi Yan waited nearby for the rivals to become fully absorbed in their fight so they could launch a sneak attack.

• Mo Tianxing sensed that the magical beast’s corpse had no magic core and claimed it for the Black Emperor Sect’s auction house.
• Gong Heng disputed Mo Tianxing’s claim, and Lu Bu and Zi Yan agreed to target Mo Tianxing’s attendant when the fighting began.
• Mo Tianxing vanished with the Power of Space and attacked Gong Heng, who detected his position and countered with a punch.
• Mo Tianxing drew a Spatial Blade and pressed his old grudge against Gong Heng, who answered with his Golden Claw.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan watched the two men trade attacks and decided the moment had come to sneak attack.

Lu Bu intervened in Mo Tianxing and Gong Heng’s battle, while Zi Yan and the puppet killed Elder Feng. Lu Bu distracted Mo Tianxing with feigned sword attacks, helping Gong Heng wound him, but Mo Tianxing still refused to convince Gong Heng that Lu Bu was truly powerful.

• Elder Feng spotted a black shadow, but an attack interrupted his warning.
• Lu Bu struck Mo Tianxing with a cyan energy seal, and Zi Yan and the puppet killed Elder Feng.
• Lu Bu offered to join Gong Heng against Mo Tianxing, and Gong Heng agreed while dismissing Mo Tianxing’s warning about Lu Bu’s strength.
• Lu Bu waved a longsword at the edge of the fight, distracting Mo Tianxing and allowing Gong Heng to slash his chest.
• Mo Tianxing repeatedly braced for Lu Bu’s supposed sword attacks, but Gong Heng continued fighting him and doubted his claims that Lu Bu was dangerous.

Lu Bu and Zi Yan escaped with the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse after Mo Tianxing fled, then followed Queen Medusa's sensing east to a giant python skeleton and discovered valuable treasures nearby.

• Mo Tianxing fled after suffering a loss, and Lu Bu departed with Zi Yan while the black Talisman Puppet carried off the Sky Demon Phoenix Corpse.
• Gong Heng realized the corpse had been stolen and resolved to keep quiet about Lu Bu's abilities.
• Queen Medusa emerged as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and directed Lu Bu east toward something she sensed was important.
• Lu Bu reached a massive Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python skeleton and spotted a multicolored object beneath its jaw.
• Zi Yan pointed out two Sky Hemp Jade Stone Essence stones buried beneath the nearby hills.

Lu Bu found Sky Hemp Jade Stone Essence and traded a piece to Xiao Yan for his help finding Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. He decided to stop searching aimlessly and seek out First Elder Su Qian to deal with Mo Tianxing.

• Zi Yan retrieved two pieces of Sky Hemp Jade Stone Essence and a Seven-Colored Raw Stone from beneath the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python skeleton.
• Lu Bu explained the Sky Hemp Jade Stone Essence to Zi Yan, then encountered Xiao Yan arriving at the hill.
• Lu Bu gave Xiao Yan a piece of Sky Hemp Jade Stone Essence in exchange for help finding Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Xiao Yan agreed to search for it.
• Yao Lao explained to Xiao Yan that Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva was difficult to find but could be used as medicine for people below the Dou Wang level.
• Lu Bu decided to find First Elder Su Qian and deal with Mo Tianxing.

Mo Tianxing gathered Black Emperor Sect fighters and ambushed Lu Bu and Zi Yan, hoping to kill Lu Bu before he could reunite with Su Qian. Lu Bu revealed the strength of his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and badly wounded Mo Tianxing, who began transforming to continue the fight.

• Mo Tianxing summoned Qi Shan, Hong Bian, and seven Dou Wangs after learning Su Qian was fighting Old Man Yingshan, then led them to hunt Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan found a collapsed cave, but Mo Tianxing and nine Black Emperor Sect fighters soon surrounded them.
• Mo Tianxing ordered Qi Shan and Hong Bian to hold off Lu Bu's puppet while the seven Dou Wangs attacked Zi Yan, and he fought Lu Bu himself.
• Lu Bu used his violet-gold scales and overwhelming strength to crush Mo Tianxing's attacks and blast him away with a punch.
• Zi Yan knocked one Dou Wang out of the fight, while the remaining six worked together to keep her occupied.
• Mo Tianxing recovered, recognized Lu Bu as a grave threat, and covered himself in black-and-gold energy as he prepared to fight again.

Lu Bu tested his Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art against Mo Tianxing’s Black Emperor Body, but lost their head-on clash and was left badly injured. As Mo Tianxing raised his Ghost Head Saber to finish him, multicolored light emerged from Lu Bu’s chest with an aura Mo Tianxing recognized as even stronger than before.

• Mo Tianxing used the Black Emperor Body and attacked Lu Bu, who countered his speed and struck his face.
• Lu Bu and Mo Tianxing traded powerful blows, while Zi Yan continued fighting the Dou Wangs nearby.
• Lu Bu charged Mo Tianxing repeatedly to test his transformation, but Mo Tianxing’s strength overwhelmed him and left him bloodied.
• Mo Tianxing formed a Ghost Head Saber and swung it at Lu Bu as he struggled to his feet.
• Multicolored light shone from Lu Bu’s chest, and Mo Tianxing froze when he sensed its familiar, strengthened aura.

Lu Bu defeated Mo Tianxing, found the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique, and learned that Su Qian was fighting over Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. As Lu Bu headed for the valley, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao waited, expecting him to need their help.

• Medusa killed Mo Tianxing, and Lu Bu looted his Ring and discovered the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique.
• Medusa brought Qi Shan to Lu Bu, and Qi Shan told him that Su Qian and Old Man Yingshan were fighting over a green liquid.
• Xiao Yan contacted Lu Bu and gave him the location of the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva after Lu Bu asked where it was.
• Lu Bu left with Medusa and Zi Yan, while a runed figure killed Qi Shan.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched four groups contest the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and discussed how Lu Bu might need their help.
• Lu Bu arrived near Xiao Yan and Yao Lao in a flash of black shadow.

Lu Bu helped Jia Nan Academy secure the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, then refined a Heavenly Demon Puppet from Mo Tianxing’s corpse. After revealing that the puppet could evolve, he asked Zi Yan to help him cultivate, and she mistook his request for dual cultivation.

• Su Qian tried to destroy the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, prompting Gong Heng, Old Man Yingshan, and the Magic Flame Valley elders to attack him before Lu Bu arrived and intervened.
• Lu Bu revealed his powerful soul strength, and Queen Medusa appeared to support him; Zi Yan then used a Talisman Puppet to take the treasure while the opposing elders backed down.
• Lu Bu, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan left the battlefield and returned toward Jia Nan Academy, while Lu Bu stayed in a quiet valley to refine a Heavenly Demon Puppet from Mo Tianxing’s corpse.
• Lu Bu completed the silver puppet after three days and explained to Medusa that it could evolve; Medusa agreed to test her strength against it.
• Lu Bu asked Zi Yan to help him cultivate the Azure Dragon Transformation Art, and she excitedly asked whether he meant dual cultivation, leaving Medusa stunned.

Lu Bu replenished Zi Yan's blood essence, learned of the shifting conflict involving the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People Tribe, and helped Medusa inspect a Seven-Colored Raw Stone. The stone revealed an eight-colored pattern and affected Medusa with a strange force of desire, while an almost invisible black mist appeared over Heavenly Poison City.

• Zi Yan gave Lu Bu three drops of blood essence, and he caught and treated her when she weakened.
• Lu Bu returned to the Sacred Gate, where Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran told him the Strong Ranking Competition was approaching and Nalan Yanran would compete.
• Lu Bu read Yun Yun's letter describing the conflict between the Jia Ma Empire's alliance and the Luoyan and Cloud Empires, along with the Snake People Tribe's improved circumstances.
• Medusa read Yun Yun's news about the Snake People Tribe and then followed Lu Bu to inspect the Seven-Colored Raw Stone.
• Medusa's blood revealed an eight-colored pattern on the stone, and Lu Bu sensed it carried a mind-affecting force of desire before sealing the chamber and leaving.
• A nearly invisible black mist flashed across the sky above Heavenly Poison City.

Protector Tie learned that Wu Ying had likely died at the Misty Cloud Sect and planned to exploit a wider war to harvest souls. At Jia Nan Academy, Lu Bu processed a Sky Demon Phoenix corpse, traded its blood essence to Xiao Yan for pill formulas, and shocked Xiao Yan by quickly performing the Mountain Splitting Seal.

• Xie Shan told Protector Tie that Xiao Yan had fought the Misty Cloud Sect’s Young Sect Master and that a Dou Zong-level soul had intervened, leading Protector Tie to suspect Wu Ying had been killed.
• Protector Tie decided to delay action and encourage a large war so he could harvest more souls, while waiting for Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Sect to grow stronger.
• Lu Bu brought the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse to a valley and extracted its claws, wings, blood essence, and Rank 8 Demonic Core as Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived.
• Lu Bu offered Xiao Yan five drops of the Sky Demon Phoenix blood essence in exchange for seventh- and eighth-grade pill formulas, and Xiao Yan gave him the Earth Covering Seal as a deposit.
• Xiao Yan struggled to cultivate the Mountain Splitting Seal, but Lu Bu formed it easily and suggested that Xiao Xun'er had not given Xiao Yan the real good stuff.

Lu Bu mastered the Earth Covering Seal after several attempts, then returned to Jia Nan Academy and checked on Zi Yan and Medusa. Medusa’s cultivation began producing a seductive aura, and she suddenly collapsed into Lu Bu’s arms.

• Lu Bu tried to cultivate the Earth Covering Seal, failed once, identified a problem with coordinating his Dou Qi and hand seals, and then successfully formed the seal.
• Lu Bu teased Xiao Yan with the completed seal, while Xiao Yan panicked before admitting that he had seen Lu Bu succeed.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, and she and Xiao Yan shared a meal and flirted while Lu Bu left for Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Bu checked on the sleeping Zi Yan, tucked her blanket around her, and then went to the secret chamber to inspect Medusa.
• Energy surged around Medusa as she cultivated with the Eight-Colored Raw Stone, and her seductive aura affected Lu Bu before she lunged into his arms.

Lu Bu helped Queen Medusa resist the lust poison caused by the Eight-Colored Raw Stone and entered into dual cultivation with her. Meanwhile, Soul Hall investigated Protector Xuan’s disappearance in the Black Corner Region, and three days later Zi Yan woke recovered and went looking for Lu Bu.

• Lu Bu used his soul power to restore Queen Medusa’s clarity and realized that dual cultivation was the only cure for her lust poison.
• Queen Medusa acknowledged the danger, and Lu Bu persuaded her to proceed with dual cultivation.
• Two Soul Hall members discussed Protector Xuan’s disappearance, then split up to seek help and investigate the Black Corner Region.
• Three days later, Zi Yan woke in her manor, found Lu Bu’s sealed medicinal meal, and ate it.
• Zi Yan wondered where Lu Bu had gone and headed out to find him.