Chapter Summaries

After Yun Yun was captured by Queen Medusa, Gu He informed the Misty Cloud Sect, prompting Yun Leng to summon Yun Shan, who had broken through to Dou Zong. As Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye investigated the desert battle and learned of Yun Shan’s breakthrough, Lin Ran rescued Yun Yun and urged her to consider replacing the Jia Ma Empire’s royal family with the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Gu He told Yun Leng that Queen Medusa had defeated and captured Yun Yun, so Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan from seclusion.
• Yun Shan revealed his Dou Zong breakthrough, learned that Medusa had captured Yun Yun, and ordered the desert expedition kept secret while the Soul Hall’s black mist warned him against confronting Medusa.
• Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye reviewed reports about the desert battle, then realized that the Misty Cloud Sect’s celebratory banquet marked Yun Shan’s breakthrough.
• Lin Ran appeared in Yun Yun’s dungeon cell, embraced her, and took her to a prepared residence, leaving Medusa furious when she found the cage empty.
• Yun Yun learned that Lin Ran had helped Medusa evolve and intended to help the Snake-People Tribe establish a country; Lin Ran then proposed that the Misty Cloud Sect replace the Jia Ma Empire’s royal family and make Yun Yun its ruler.

Lin Ran prepared the Snake-People Tribe for war and learned that Medusa’s evolved bloodline could collapse unless she took a Primordial Blood Merging Pill. He began refining the seventh-rank pill on Heart Lake Island, with Medusa guarding him.

• Lin Ran gave Yun Yun a Saint Jade Token, sent her back to the Misty Cloud Sect, and urged her to prepare for the chaos that could let the sect replace the Jia Ma Empire’s royal family.
• Medusa told Lin Ran that the Snake-People Elders wanted details about his proposal, and he instructed her to prepare for war while he arranged to drag the Chuyun Empire into the conflict.
• Medusa revealed that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had frightened members of her tribe, and Lin Ran gave her a Saint Jade Token for protection and travel through the Black Corner Region.
• White Fang knocked Mo Bass aside when Mo Bass and the others proposed threatening Lin Ran, then declared that Lin Ran was his master.
• Medusa became dizzy, and the Elders determined that her bloodline might collapse unless she took a Primordial Blood Merging Pill; Lin Ran agreed to refine it as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Ran and Medusa went to Heart Lake Island, where Lin Ran summoned the Sunfire Cauldron and began refining the pill while Medusa guarded him.

Lin Ran refined the seventh-tier Primordial Blood Merging Pill for Medusa, defeated its pill lightning, and helped her purify her bloodline and advance to Three-star Dou Zong. After discussing the coming war, Lin Ran and Medusa shared an intimate moment.

• Lin Ran struggled to fuse the pill’s ingredients until he added a drop of Medusa’s seven-colored essence blood, then entered the Pill Soul Realm as the pill took shape.
• After six days of refinement, Lin Ran formed the Primordial Blood Merging Pill and destroyed its lightning tribulation with the Great Sun Holy Yang Palm.
• Lin Ran gave the pill to Medusa, who swallowed it and entered dormancy while he guarded her for three days.
• Medusa emerged as a more powerful Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and discovered she had advanced to Three-star Dou Zong with a purified bloodline.
• Lin Ran told Medusa to prepare for the coming war and said he would arrange matters before heading to the Black Corner Region; they then kissed and became intimate.

Xiao Yan traveled to the Imperial Capital with Hai Bodong to seek medicine that could restore Yao Lao’s soul, while the Misty Cloud Sect welcomed Yun Yun’s return and Yun Shan was warned that she was hiding something. At Town Ghost Pass, Lin Ran’s group clashed with corrupt guards, then faced a mysterious Soul Hall expert who appeared before Lin Ran.

• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong learned that the Nalan Family possessed Seven-Colored Spirit Saliva, which could restore soul power, and Hai Bodong offered to obtain it for him.
• Yun Shan celebrated his breakthrough to Dou Zong and Yun Yun’s return, while Protector Wu warned him that Yun Yun’s strength had increased and asked about the mysterious expert in Jia Ma Empire.
• Lin Ran led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Green Yi toward Town Ghost Pass, where Meng Li crushed their entry token and ordered the guards to seize them.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the guards and defeated Meng Li with one strike, while Green Yi sent Mu Tie flying and escorted Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin away.
• A black-mist figure appeared above Town Ghost Pass, and Mu Tie recognized the newcomer as a Dou Zong expert.

Lin Ran fought the Heaven-ranked Soul Hall Protector Han at Town Ghost Pass, but Han devoured the guards’ souls and grew to peak Dou Zong before three Ancient Clan Dou Zuns intervened and killed him. The elders then tried to take Lin Ran to the Ancient Clan; after one struck him down, Lin Ran crushed a jade slip and released a powerful aura.

• Han attacked Lin Ran with black chains, but Lin Ran’s Green Lotus Core Flame burned through them and blocked his assault.
• Han killed guards at Town Ghost Pass, including Mu Tie, and absorbed their souls to strengthen himself.
• Lin Ran wounded Han with the Ten Directions Green Lotus Palm, but Han used a Soul Bag to consume more souls and reach peak Dou Zong.
• Three Ancient Clan Dou Zuns emerged from a spatial rift, crushed Han’s body, and destroyed his escaping soul.
• The leading elder offered to spare Lin Ran if he returned with them, but Lin Ran resisted and was badly injured by one of the elders.
• Lin Ran crushed a jade slip and asked whether the Ancient Clan elder knew how the old man had lost his hand as a suffocating aura erupted.

Lin Ran killed the three Yang Family elders with the Dou Technique jade slips left by his master, then reached Black Seal City and looted a surviving elder’s Storage Ring. He obtained the Emperor Seal Art and unlocked a second relic that began fusing with him, revealing the Heaven Tier Great Nirvana Technique.

• Lin Ran unleashed the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts’ jade slips, killing Yang Lin and Yang Xiang and destroying Yang Yu with a spatial rift.
• Lin Ran took Yang Yu’s Storage Ring and hurried with his companions to Black Seal City, where he planned to establish a base in the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Ran erased the Storage Ring’s soul imprint and found rare ingredients, Python Flood Dragon Adamantine Bodhi, and two Ancient Clan Dou Technique relics.
• Lin Ran learned the Emperor Seal Art and used blood essence from Yang Yu’s corpse to unlock the black jade relic.
• The relic melted into black jade liquid, fused with Lin Ran’s hand, and revealed the Heaven Tier Great Nirvana Technique.

After Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin’s first encounter with the Black Corner Region’s dangers, Lin Ran learned about the region’s factions and planned to draw out their wealthy experts by announcing rare pills for auction. He began refining Sect Breaking Pills to replenish his stock and prepare for a major Black Seal Auction.

• Xiao Yi Xian showed Lin Ran a Wind Hành Pill taken from robbers, and Green Yi explained that she had dealt with two fleeing attendants.
• Lin Ran warned Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin about the Black Corner Region’s hidden dangers and reviewed the upcoming Black Seal Auction catalog with Green Yi.
• Green Yi described the region’s powerful factions and experts, and Lin Ran decided to auction Imperial Pole Pills, Sect Breaking Pills, and possibly seventh-rank pills.
• Lin Ran sent Green Yi to notify Yuan Yi of the planned auction and spread the news, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to train harder.
• Lin Ran took medicinal herbs from an old man’s collection and began refining Sect Breaking Pills in his Sunfire Cauldron.

Lin Ran’s high-rank pills drew powerful figures to the Black Seal Auction, where Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Imperial Pole Pills sparked fierce bidding. When Han Feng recognized an ancient map fragment as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s location and bid one hundred thousand gold coins, Lin Ran countered with one hundred thousand and one.

• Green Yi persuaded Yuan Yi to promote the auction, and the Eight Fan Sect publicized Lin Ran’s pills across the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Ran arrived with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Green Yi as the Gold-Silver Elders and Han Feng came to the auction; he also noticed a Dou Zong and a space-linked youth in the crowd.
• Yuan Yi opened the auction, and the Black Skull Tomb bought Three Thousand Lightning Movement for ten million two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Fan Ling and Elder Ban won the two Imperial Pole Pills, while Fang Yan offered twenty million for the three Sect Breaking Pills before Han Feng promoted a rival auction in Maple City.
• Han Feng recognized the broken map fragment as connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and bid one hundred thousand gold coins; Lin Ran countered with one hundred thousand and one.

Lin Ran provoked Han Feng in a bidding war over a fragmentary map, driving its price to fifty million gold coins before Han Feng arranged with the Gold-Silver Elders to seize it afterward. The second half of the auction revealed a seventh-grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Han Feng’s bid for it was challenged by an unknown bidder.

• Lin Ran repeatedly outbid Han Feng for the fragmentary map, ultimately offering fifty million gold coins and forcing Han Feng to withdraw.
• Han Feng enlisted the Gold-Silver Elders to help him take the map after the auction, promising them Sect Breaking Pills.
• Yuan Yi opened the second half of the auction by selling a Humanoid Transformation Pill to a black-robed elder from the Earth-class VIP seats.
• Yuan Yi presented the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and explained its power to let someone rise after destruction; Han Feng recognized its importance to Venerable Feng Gu Ling.
• Han Feng offered pills for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, then an unknown bidder countered with two Imperial Pole Pills and two Sect Breaking Pills, provoking Han Feng.

Lin Ran captured a Soul Hall Protector backstage, then returned to the auction as the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva drew furious bidding. He declared the auction over and unleashed his terrifying pressure on the packed hall, beginning his hunt.

• Han Feng outbid the others for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill by adding an Azure Nether Longevity Pill, and Lin Ran withdrew from the bidding.
• Yuan Yi unveiled a Sky Demon Phoenix corpse, and Lin Ran slipped backstage as Su Qian and Zi Yan followed him.
• Lin Ran ambushed and captured a Soul Hall Protector, then accepted a Guest Elder Token from Su Qian after reassuring him about Jia Nan Academy.
• Yuan Yi began auctioning the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Han Feng offered several pills, including a seventh-tier Instant Qi Pill.
• Lin Ran appeared on the auction platform with the Soul Hall Protector's gear, declared the auction over, and released a terrifying pressure over the hall.

Lin Ran overwhelmed the Black Seal Auction with his Soul Hall identity and immense power, then faced a coordinated assault from Han Feng, Mo Tianxing, and the Demonic Flame Valley elders. As they prepared a final attack, he unleashed the Great Annihilation Finger, while Elder Qian, Elder Bai, and Su Qian shielded the area near Jia Nan Academy from the surging spatial fluctuations.

• Lin Ran revealed his Spirit Realm soul force, extracted Yuan Yi’s soul, and declared that the auction attendees could join him in his Soul Bag.
• Han Feng, Mo Tianxing, and the other experts joined forces against Lin Ran, but his Hundred Soul Spider Chains killed most of the people in the auction hall.
• Lin Ran shattered Han Feng’s Sea Flame Halberd and the Demonic Flame Valley elders’ Starry Sky Fire Phoenix with the Emperor Seal Art, then struck Mo Tianxing down with the Earth Overturning Seal.
• Green Yi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin fought Mo Ya, and Green Yi killed him after Han Feng secretly weakened him with a streak of blue flame.
• The Demonic Flame Valley elders empowered their fire phoenix with vital essence blood and charged Lin Ran alongside Mo Tianxing, while Han Feng fled by detonating the Sea Heart Flame.
• In Twilight City, Elder Qian, Elder Bai, and Su Qian formed a spatial barrier to contain the disturbance, while Lin Ran began the Great Annihilation Finger against Mo Tianxing and the elders.

Lin Ran destroyed the Black Seal Auction House battle’s surviving factions, took control of Black Seal City, and named his new sect the Saint Rain Sect. After refining a five-star Dou Zong Corpse Soul Puppet from Mo Tianxing’s corpse and Protector Lu’s soul, he prepared to make a Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill.

• Lin Ran unleashed the Annihilation Finger, killing Mo Tianxing and the three Demonic Flame Valley elders while Han Feng escaped.
• Lin Ran ordered Green Yi to take control of Black Seal City and declared that his new sect would be called the Saint Rain Sect.
• Lin Ran collected the auction’s treasures and subdued Protector Lu, revealing that he had taken the Soul Hall Protector’s soul and token.
• Lin Ran refined Mo Tianxing’s corpse with a seventh-tier Magic Core, Protector Lu’s soul, and other materials to create a five-star Dou Zong Corpse Soul Puppet.
• Lin Ran sent the puppet to protect Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others, then brought out the Sunfire Cauldron to refine a Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill.

Lin Ran refined a seventh-rank Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill to restore his depleted blood vitality, drawing Zi Yan and many Black Corner Region experts to the lightning tribulation. After the pill formed, Zi Yan left with a jade token to seek more pills, while Lin Ran prepared to take the pill and resume cultivating.

• Lin Ran refined the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill over seven days and moved outside the city when its pill aura summoned lightning tribulation.
• Zi Yan, drawn by the pill fragrance, cautiously met Lin Ran and eagerly ate the pills he gave her.
• Black Corner Region experts gathered around the mountains, while Han Feng and Old Ghost of Earth Demon discussed recruiting help to kill Lin Ran and claim his treasures.
• Lin Ran endured the lightning tribulation, collected the completed pill, and gave Zi Yan more pills and a jade token to visit him in Black Seal City.
• Zi Yan left to return to Jia Nan Academy, and Lin Ran decided to take the pill to restore his blood vitality and break through his cultivation bottleneck.

Lin Ran absorbed the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill, repaired his deficient blood energy, and broke through after nearly a month of seclusion. As the Saint Rain Sect took shape, Lin Ran prepared to purge the Black Corner Region, while the Jia Ma Empire faced a new invasion and Yao Ye sought allies.

• Lin Ran swallowed the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill as a safeguard, then endured the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill's violent effects until his blood energy and body were restored.
• Yao Ye learned that Hai Bodong had returned with someone believed to be Xiao Yan and planned to invite him to an imperial alchemy appraisal, but Mulan and Luoyan launched a surprise attack on the southeastern border.
• Green Yi established the Saint Rain Sect's basic structure while Qing Lin guarded Lin Ran's room and Xiao Yi Xian entered seclusion.
• Lin Ran awoke after breaking through, then gave Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Green Yi Sacred Tokens and explained the sect's ranks and contribution system.
• Lin Ran praised Green Yi's work and announced that he would clear out the Black Corner Region's remaining forces, starting with the factions Han Feng had gathered.

Lin Ran led the Saint Rain Sect in destroying the Blood Sect, Black Skull Tomb, and Earth Flame Sect, but their leaders were absent after Han Feng summoned them. The chapter ended with Han Feng gathering powerful allies in Maple City, including Old Ghost of Earth Demon, as the Saint Rain Sect's advance shook the Black Corner Region.

• Lin Ran flew toward Twilight City with Green Yi and the Saint Rain Sect, then entered the Blood Sect headquarters ahead of them.
• Lin Ran killed the Blood Sect Grand Elder, learned that Fan Lao had been summoned by Han Feng, and plundered the sect's resources.
• Lin Ran found the Black Skull Tomb's leader absent, killed its Grand Elder, and seized its resources before destroying the Earth Flame Sect in Flame City.
• The Saint Rain Sect took control of Twilight City, Skeleton City, and Flame City, prompting fear and alliances among factions across the Black Corner Region.
• Han Feng convened powerful figures in Maple City, including the seven-star Dou Zong Old Ghost of Earth Demon, while an honored seat remained empty.

Han Feng gathered Black Corner Region forces in Maple City to oppose Lin Ran, but Lin Ran arrived and overwhelmed the assembled experts, killing Old Ghost of Earth Demon and crippling Han Feng. A Soul Hall Venerable appeared to rescue Han Feng and recruit Lin Ran, but Lin Ran attacked with the Emperor Seal Art, prompting the Venerable to suspect he belonged to the Ancient Clan.

• Han Feng rallied the Black Corner Region forces and introduced Old Ghost of Earth Demon as their ally, while concealing his desire for Lin Ran’s Netherworld Lotus Flame Fragment Map.
• Lin Ran arrived above Maple City, killed Fan Lao with one strike, and blocked the gathered experts’ attacks while sealing them in place.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon recognized Lin Ran’s peak Dou Zong strength, tried to flee, and was killed after Lin Ran collapsed the space around him.
• Lin Ran crushed Han Feng’s attacks and tore off his right arm, but a purple-robed Soul Hall Venerable emerged and rescued him.
• The Venerable offered Lin Ran a place in Soul Hall, but Lin Ran formed the Emperor Seal Art and launched it at him, making the Venerable exclaim that Lin Ran might be from the Ancient Clan.

Lin Ran killed Revered Qin Tian with the Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm, then killed Han Feng and took his soul, Sea Heart Flame, and possessions. Elder Lin and Elder Han confronted him afterward, and Lin Ran challenged them despite their warning that he could not face both alone.

• Lin Ran used Sacred Origin Blood Burn to raise his strength, outmaneuvered Revered Qin Tian, and struck back against his attacks.
• Revered Qin Tian trapped Lin Ran with a Spatial Barrier and unleashed Nine Nether Forest Hundred Bones, but Lin Ran broke through with the Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm and killed him.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian, Elder Qian, and Elder Bai sensed Lin Ran's battle, while Elder Qian and Elder Bai went to investigate the clash between Venerables.
• Lin Ran collected Revered Qin Tian's corpse, killed Han Feng, and stored Han Feng's soul, Sea Heart Flame, and Storage Ring.
• Elder Lin confronted Lin Ran over his killings and warned him about the Soul Hall, but Lin Ran dismissed the threat and revealed he had noticed Elder Han nearby.
• Elder Han emerged beside Elder Lin and said Lin Ran could not face them both, and Lin Ran challenged them to try.

Lin Ran rejected Elder Lin and Elder Han’s invitation to join the Ancient Clan, but agreed not to attack Yao Chen or Xiao Yan in exchange for knowledge about the Pure Yang Physique. After learning that advancing its next stage required a stronger soul, Lin Ran set his sights on Soul Hall’s Soul Origin and planned a visit to Jia Nan Academy.

• Lin Ran and Elder Han traded barbs after Elder Lin explained that the Ancient Clan no longer suspected Lin Ran of killing the Three Yang Elders.
• Elder Lin offered Lin Ran resources and a route to Dou Zun, but Lin Ran refused to join the Ancient Clan or accept his offer of help from the Pill Tower.
• Elder Lin offered information about the Pure Yang Physique in exchange for Lin Ran leaving Yao Chen and Xiao Yan alone, and Lin Ran agreed after learning the physique’s next trial involved the soul.
• Elder Lin explained that Lin Ran needed to reach the Heaven Realm of soul strength to pass the Soul Realm transformation, and Lin Ran identified Fallen Heart Flame as a possible aid.
• Lin Ran realized Soul Hall’s Soul Origin could strengthen his soul and began considering how to target its branch halls without taking on too much risk.
• Lin Ran decided to visit Jia Nan Academy and thought about Xiao Xun'er as he set off.

Lin Ran prepared Saint Rain Sect to dominate the Black Corner Region and forced its factions to attend a pill auction. While refining Old Ghost of Earth Demon into a puppet, he learned Han Feng’s Fen Jue secret and revealed that Yao Chen was alive, then asked Han Feng whether he wanted his former teacher dead.

• Lin Ran told Green Yi that Han Feng and the Black Corner Region’s leading experts were dead, ordered invitations sent to every faction, and gave her resources, pills, and a list of rare ingredients to gather.
• Saint Rain Sect announced a pill auction in Black Seal City, and frightened factions—including Demonic Flame Valley—decided to attend rather than risk defying Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran began refining Old Ghost of Earth Demon’s corpse into a puppet and used Han Feng’s soul as the required Dou Zong soul thread.
• Han Feng offered to teach Lin Ran Fen Jue, a cultivation method that evolved by devouring Heavenly Flames, and promised to give him the Sea Heart Flame.
• Lin Ran told Han Feng that Yao Chen had survived as a soul body and would appear at the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yan, making Fen Jue obtainable from him.
• Lin Ran asked Han Feng whether he wanted Yao Chen dead.

Lin Ran revived Han Feng in Old Ghost of Earth Demon's body and made him a powerful subordinate of Saint Rain Sect. After defeating Revered Qin Tian’s soul trap and claiming his treasures, Lin Ran began refining Revered Qin Tian’s corpse while the sect’s first pill auction began.

• Lin Ran transferred Han Feng’s soul into Old Ghost of Earth Demon’s corpse and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine him into a six-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Ran gave Han Feng a Golden Token, assigned him to manage Saint Rain Sect’s pills and organize its auction, and sent him to handle Maple City and recover half of the Fen Jue.
• Lin Ran explained that he had planted safeguards in Han Feng’s soul and planned to use him to build Saint Rain Sect’s Pill Hall and provoke Yao Chen.
• Lin Ran opened Revered Qin Tian’s Storage Ring, destroyed the soul trap inside, and found Earth Core Soul Marrow, several high-grade pills, and an eighth-rank Fire Spirit Clear Profound Pill.
• Lin Ran began refining Revered Qin Tian’s corpse into a Venerable-level Corpse Soul Puppet as Saint Rain Sect’s first pill-exclusive auction began.