Recaps

After spending over a month stabilizing his cultivation and mastering Soul Skills, Chen Guan learned from the Third Will that a severely injured Soul Hall Protector was hiding in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The warning changed his plans, and he decided to hunt the Protector instead of baiting out his unknown enemy.

• Chen Guan practiced the Soul Star Vine and combined it with Azure Flame to create a versatile Soul Fire Net.
• He recalled devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame, stabilizing his cultivation, and preparing Soul Skills because someone had attacked the stone door.
• As Chen Guan prepared to leave the chamber, the Third Will appeared and described a future battle in which Queen Medusa and a Soul Hall Protector killed him.
• Chen Guan realized the Protector was severely injured and hiding in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then decided he could kill him.

Chen Guan planned a secret hunt for the badly wounded Soul Hall Protector and sought stronger allies to improve his chances. After sending Wang Yan to bring Jia Xingtian, he confronted the hidden Medusa and asked her to join him, while Yun Shan remained in agony at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Chen Guan decided that he needed backup to hunt the wounded Soul Hall Protector and left the lake to return to Qingshan Town.
• Medusa followed Chen Guan, prioritizing her search for Heavenly Flames and a path to Dou Zong over kidnapping him.
• Chen Guan reunited with Qing Lin and told Wang Yan to deliver a letter to Yaoye requesting that she secretly arrange for Jia Xingtian to come.
• Chen Guan escorted Wang Yan and the others out of town, then called on Medusa to reveal herself and discuss joining the hunt.
• Yun Shan continued waiting in agony at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Chen Guan negotiated with Queen Medusa to help her evolve using his Heavenly Flame in exchange for her support and other terms. After he revealed his strength as a sixteen-year-old Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, Medusa accepted the deal.

• Medusa confronted Chen Guan and questioned whether his puppet gave him the confidence to face her.
• Chen Guan revealed his Azure Flame and said he knew Medusa sought a Heavenly Flame to evolve.
• Chen Guan offered to help Medusa evolve in exchange for two acts of assistance, two Sand Mandaras, and a guarantee that the Jia Ma Empire would not invade the Snake People Race unless they launched a large-scale invasion.
• Chen Guan proposed that he accompany Medusa to the Snake People Race while Jia Xingtian waited outside with forces, giving both sides leverage during her evolution.
• Medusa questioned whether the Jia Ma Imperial Family might trade Chen Guan for her, so Chen Guan revealed his aura as a sixteen-year-old Nine-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Medusa accepted Chen Guan's offer.

Chen Guan returned from negotiating with Queen Medusa and introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian, who had awakened her Poison Body of Misfortune and grown rapidly stronger. Xiao Yi Xian decided to travel to the Chu Yun Empire to cultivate, leaving Chen Guan to accept her choice and promise her a gift when he returned.

• Chen Guan returned to the inn, found Qing Lin playing with her Fire Spirit Snake Er Long, and took her to meet Xiao Yi Xian.
• Chen Guan discovered Xiao Yi Xian had awakened the Poison Body of Misfortune and learned she had reached Dou Qi Stage Eight in two months.
• Xiao Yi Xian introduced herself by her new name, Qingyi Xian, and explained that she no longer wanted everyone to call her Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Chen Guan she planned to travel to the Chu Yun Empire to cultivate among its poison masters and promised to contact him if her Poison Body of Misfortune became dangerous.
• Chen Guan accepted Xiao Yi Xian's decision and promised to give her a gift when he returned from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Chen Guan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to locate the hidden Soul Hall Protector before Jia Xingtian arrived. He crafted disposable Crimson Ice Snake Tracking Puppets to scout the area and explained how puppet crafting worked.

• Chen Guan left Qingshan Town alone and entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for the Soul Hall Protector’s hiding place.
• He hunted Crimson Ice Snakes, carved a cave, and used one snake’s corpse to make a rudimentary Tracking Puppet.
• Chen Guan tested the puppet’s detection by sending a Dou King Level Puppet after a nearby Tier 2 Fire Fox, confirming the tracking worked.
• He animated the snake corpse and began making more disposable scouts to search the mountain range.
• Chen Guan outlined the steps of puppet crafting, the role of puppet formations and Soul Imprints, and how puppets obtained energy.

Chen Guan located the badly injured Soul Hall Protector hiding in a Mountain Breaking Rhino’s nest and gathered Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Fama for a carefully planned ambush. With the group assembled, Chen Guan prepared to begin the hunt, while Yun Shan remained in agony at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Chen Guan searched the Fifth-Tier Magical Beast territory with Tracking Puppets and found the Soul Hall Protector hiding in a Mountain Breaking Rhino’s nest.
• Chen Guan signaled Medusa and persuaded her to wait for reinforcements instead of attacking alone.
• Jia Xingtian arrived with Fama, and Chen Guan explained the target’s threat and the plan to kill him.
• Fama warned Chen Guan to conceal his control of Heavenly Flames, and Chen Guan prepared to launch the hunt.

Chen Guan and Queen Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Fama ambushed the wounded Soul Hall Protector in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After his desperate counterattack failed, Chen Guan trapped the weakened soul body in a Soul Fire Net, and the group gathered around their captive.

• Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Fama unleashed a combined attack that flattened the mountain hiding the Soul Hall Protector.
• The Soul Hall Protector rose from the rubble as a severely injured soul body and identified the three experts.
• The Soul Hall Protector tried to fight back with the Three-Stage Soul Lock, but Chen Guan struck him from behind with a Soul Skill.
• The Soul Hall Protector used Mutual Destruction, Soul Explosion, shattering the incoming attacks before the group retreated from the blast.
• Chen Guan captured the weakened Soul Hall Protector in his Soul Fire Net, and Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Fama examined the trapped soul body.

Chen Guan captured the Soul Hall Protector’s soul and agreed to visit the Snake People Race within a year. After Medusa left, he found a Breakthrough Pill among the spoils and planned to remove its hidden trap before giving it to Jia Xingtian; he then prepared to handle one more matter before returning to the Imperial Capital.

• Two Sinister Hall figures discussed traces of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the Tagor Desert and ordered Zhu Hua to assist Wu Ying.
• Chen Guan sealed the Soul Hall Protector’s weakened soul in a jade bottle and reminded the others to keep the matter secret.
• Medusa asked when Chen Guan would visit the Snake People Race, and he promised to go within a year after handling another matter.
• Medusa placed a tracking mark on Chen Guan and left, while he searched the battlefield and found a storage ring containing a Breakthrough Pill.
• Chen Guan suspected the fallen Jiejie Monster might have been Protector Wu and resolved to ask Fama how to remove the pill’s hidden danger before giving it to Jia Xingtian.
• Chen Guan declined to return to the Imperial Capital with Jia Xingtian and Fama, saying he would handle a small matter and come back on his own.

Chen Guan visited Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before Xiao Yi Xian left for the Chu Yun Empire, giving them storage rings and entrusting Xiao Yi Xian with a powerful puppet. The next morning, Qing Lin brought Chen Guan Xiao Yi Xian’s farewell letter and mourned that she had left before she could give her a gift.

• Chen Guan entered Ten Thousand Medicine Hall through a window and joined Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for a meal.
• Chen Guan gave Xiao Yi Xian a better storage ring and Qing Lin his former low-grade storage ring.
• Chen Guan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Dou King Level Puppet for protection in the Chu Yun Empire, and she accepted it and left her Soul Imprint on it.
• Chen Guan spent the evening joking with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then left with Qing Lin around midnight.
• The next morning, Qing Lin told Chen Guan that Xiao Yi Xian had left a letter and departed before receiving her small wooden Two-Headed Snake carving.

After returning to Jiama Holy City, Chen Guan worked with Fama to remove Soul Hall’s hidden mark from the Breakthrough Pill and continued learning alchemy and practicing a powerful Dou Technique. He gave the purified pill to Jia Xingtian and discussed the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill with the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon, while Yun Shan finally received the long-awaited visitor he had been waiting for.

• Chen Guan left Qingshan Town by carriage and reached Jiama Holy City a month later, where he joined Fama to carefully remove Soul Hall’s mark from the Breakthrough Pill.
• Chen Guan continued studying alchemy with Fama and practiced Crimson Star Flowing Flame, while Yaoyue and Qing Lin grew close and caused trouble together.
• Chen Guan gave Jia Xingtian the purified Breakthrough Pill and told the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon that Fama would soon be able to refine the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill.
• Chen Guan discussed Jia Xingtian’s planned seclusion to break through to Dou Zong with Jia Xingtian and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon.
• Yun Shan finally received the person he had long awaited in a secret chamber at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Yun Shan was humiliated by Protector Zhu, while Chen Guan spent two months training and advanced to Dou Ling. After learning that Nalan Su had repeatedly sought him out, Chen Guan went to the Nalan Family, suspecting Nalan Jie’s Scorching Poison was involved and hoping to obtain the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.

• Protector Zhu visited Yun Shan to ask about Protector Wu, leaving Yun Shan furious and humiliated.
• Chen Guan trained intensively for two months and broke through to the Dou Ling realm.
• Chen Guan found Qing Lin and Yaoyue playing in Yaoye’s Palace and promised Qing Lin that she would see Xiao Yi Xian soon.
• Yaoyue told Chen Guan that Nalan Su had come to see him again, and Chen Guan suspected the man wanted help with Nalan Jie’s Scorching Poison.
• Chen Guan went to the Nalan Family to meet Nalan Su and seek the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva for his Soul Strength.

Nalan Jie’s worsening Scorching Poison and the Nalan Family’s uncertain future led Nalan Su to seek out Chen Guan, the royal family’s young genius. After learning that Heavenly Flames might cure the poison, Nalan Su asked whether Chen Guan possessed one, leaving the question unanswered.

• Nalan Jie learned that Nalan Yanran had reached Dou Qi Stage Nine, while Xiao Yan remained at Stage Three and the engagement continued to trouble the family.
• Nalan Jie warned Nalan Su not to slight Chen Guan, whose talent made him a likely future Dou Zong, and advised the Nalan Family to keep some distance from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Chen Guan visited the Nalan Family, and Nalan Su hurried to welcome him after realizing the guest had come from the Imperial Palace.
• Chen Guan apologized for missing Nalan Su on earlier visits, and the two exchanged warm greetings before discussing the reason for the visit.
• Nalan Su explained that Nalan Jie’s Scorching Poison had resisted treatment, and that Pill King Gu He had said a Heavenly Flame might eradicate it.
• Nalan Su revealed that he had heard Chen Guan might possess a Heavenly Flame and asked about it; Chen Guan responded that the coincidence was remarkable.

Chen Guan began purging Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison with his Heavenly Flame in exchange for the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva. Nalan Jie survived the first treatment, but the poison would take seven days to remove, and Chen Guan left after telling Nalan Su he could openly confirm that he possessed a Heavenly Flame.

• Chen Guan agreed to treat Nalan Jie in exchange for the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Nalan Jie readily accepted.
• Chen Guan sent his Azure Flame into Nalan Jie's body and drove the Scorching Poison together, causing Nalan Jie excruciating pain.
• Chen Guan withdrew the gathered poison and purified it, then told Nalan Jie that the treatment would take seven days because his body could not endure more at once.
• Chen Guan told Nalan Su to confirm his Heavenly Flame if anyone asked, then left the Nalan residence.
• Nalan Su ordered the secondary living room refurbished to a higher standard than the main living room and their roles switched.

After completing Nalan Jie's poison removal, Chen Guan received the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill and used it to heal the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon, while learning that Jia Nan Academy's Recruitment Team was nearing the Jia Ma Empire. The chapter ended with Yaoye revealing that they had found the people from Heavenly Snake Manor.

• Fama gave Chen Guan the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill after successfully refining it, and Chen Guan thanked him.
• Chen Guan used Heavenly Flames and the pill to remove the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon's hidden injuries, causing its sixth-tier magical beast aura to flash through the Imperial Palace.
• Chen Guan finished removing Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison, then told Hai Bodong that the Barrier Breaking Pill would be ready within a year.
• Chen Guan displayed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Yaoye told him Jia Nan Academy's Recruitment Team would arrive in two or three days.
• Chen Guan explained that he needed to attend Jia Nan Academy for his future plans, and Yaoye revealed that they had found the people from Heavenly Snake Manor.

Chen Guan prepared to send Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Manor so she could develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and she agreed after Yaoye explained the opportunity. The next morning, Chen Guan and Qing Lin departed for Jia Nan Academy with Zhao Gang, while Yaoye and Yaoyue saw them off.

• Yaoye told Chen Guan that soldiers had spotted Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor near Dianyun City, and Chen Guan discussed sending Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Manor.
• Chen Guan arranged for Fama to watch over the Imperial Palace and persuaded the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon to help protect it while he was away.
• Yaoye explained Heavenly Snake Manor to Qing Lin, who chose to go; Chen Guan and Qing Lin then reassured a reluctant Yaoyue.
• Chen Guan told Yaoye about his plan to use bait to lure criminals, and they spent the night talking.
• Yaoye and Yaoyue saw Chen Guan and Qing Lin off the next morning, with Zhao Gang joining their journey to Jia Nan Academy.

Chen Guan brought Qing Lin to Dianyun City and deliberately drew out the Heavenly Snake Manor, whose Lü Man tried to seize the girl after recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Chen Guan and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon fought back, and as their clash with Lü Man escalated, Chen Guan prepared a powerful sideline attack.

• Chen Guan reassured Zhao Gang about his talent during their carriage ride to Dianyun City, where they learned Jia Nan Academy’s Recruitment Team had not arrived.
• Chen Guan took Qing Lin outside the city and waited for Heavenly Snake Manor’s people, while he and the girl shared a meal by the campfire.
• Lü Man arrived and attacked Qing Lin, but the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon intercepted her and knocked her back.
• Lü Man recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and tried to capture her, but Chen Guan and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon broke free of her Myriad Wood Prison and attacked together.
• Lü Man blocked their attacks and declared Heavenly Snake Manor would never give up the girl, while Chen Guan moved to a nearby hill and began casting Crimson Star Flowing Flame.

Chen Guan and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon battled Lü Man to prevent her from taking Qing Lin by force, then agreed to let her bring the girl to Heavenly Snake Manor. Qing Lin left in tears, while Chen Guan stayed behind and tried to accept the separation.

• Lü Man used the falling fireballs to cover her attempt to seize Qing Lin, but the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake carried the girl out of reach.
• Chen Guan and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon joined forces against Lü Man, overwhelming her with Crimson Starfall and Wrath of the Sea until she prepared to call for reinforcements.
• At Chen Guan's signal, Qing Lin returned to the battlefield and asked Lü Man and the others to stop fighting, then offered to go with Lü Man.
• Chen Guan agreed to let Qing Lin return with Lü Man to Heavenly Snake Manor, provided she would not be mistreated.
• Lü Man flew away with Qing Lin, who called tearfully to Chen Guan as he struggled to watch her leave.
• Chen Guan said he was fine, and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon headed off while Chen Guan prepared to help watch over the imperial family.

Lü Man sent Qing Lin ahead to Heavenly Snake Manor while Chen Guan and Zhao Gang passed Jia Nan Academy’s entrance test in Dianyun City. After Chen Guan’s Dou Ling strength caused a stir, the recruits boarded flying magical beasts and set out for Jia Nan Academy.

• Lü Man met the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor in the Tagor Desert and sent it ahead with Qing Lin while she followed behind.
• Chen Guan arrived in Dianyun City for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment and found Zhao Gang had bought him a place near the front of the line.
• Chen Guan and Zhao Gang passed the Dou Qi test, and Chen Guan easily defeated several older students who tried to explain the rules through force.
• Mentor Lu Ren confirmed Chen Guan’s Dou Ling strength, sparking disbelief and gossip across the city.
• After seven days, the successful recruits boarded flying magical beasts and departed for Jia Nan Academy.

After reaching Jia Nan Academy, Chen Guan settled in, advanced to Three-Star Dou Spirit, and joined both the Alchemy Department and Enforcement Team. Rumors of his strength and alchemy skill spread through the Outer Academy, where a freshman girl from the Jia Ma Empire thought of the young genius from her clan.

• Chen Guan agreed to join Instructor Lu Ren's class, then cultivated at the academy and used an Earthflame Lotus Seed to break through to Three-Star Dou Spirit.
• Chen Guan passed the Alchemy Department's assessment by refining an Azurewood Pill, and Elder Huo learned that he already had a teacher.
• Chen Guan passed the Enforcement Team's strength-based assessment and joined the team as well.
• Rumors spread that Chen Guan was a Dou Ling and a Tier 3 alchemist, attracting widespread attention among Outer Academy students.
• A tall freshman girl from the Jia Ma Empire heard about Chen Guan and wondered how her clan's eleven-year-old Dou Zhe might have compared to him.

Chen Guan dominated the Inner Academy Selection Tournament after months of training, earning a place among the finalists with little effort. As the tournament ended, Yaoye received a message in the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Palace and brightened with joy.

• Chen Guan stopped attending classes and spent his time refining pills and taking difficult Enforcement Team missions, while Tutor Lu Ren allowed him to follow his own pace.
• Chen Guan defeated Airiya with an Azure Fire Crystal Wall, then praised her effort as she withdrew happily from the match.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan arranged for Chen Guan to skip the preliminary rounds and enter the top fifty directly.
• Chen Guan easily won the top-fifty finals and took first place in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Yaoye received a voice transmission while handling affairs in the Imperial Palace and reacted with joy.

After the Inner Academy selection tournament, Chen Guan and the other four top finishers were summoned by Vice Dean Hu Gan and escorted to the Library Pavilion to claim their rewards. Two gray-robed figures appeared at the pavilion entrance as Hu Gan asked them to open its doors.

• Chen Guan told Zhao Gang to cultivate in the Outer Academy and offered to help him use his reputation, but Zhao Gang revealed that the First Princess had already given him Qi Gathering Powder.
• Jiang Shu summoned Chen Guan to join the other top-four finishers, Yuan Zhenshan, Nie Xian, and Li Chang'an, and Hu Gan led all five toward the Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan opened a hidden passage behind a bookshelf, and the group followed it through the mountain to a vast valley containing the ancient pavilion.
• Hu Gan bowed before the Library Pavilion and asked the two elders to open its doors, and two gray-robed figures appeared at the entrance.

Chen Guan and the other students entered Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion to seek one item each, while The Two Elders Qian Bai recognized Chen Guan’s Heavenly Flame and unusual talent. Chen Guan found an Earth Tier Low Grade Water Attribute cultivation method, but the chapter ended before he decided whether to take it.

• The Two Elders Qian Bai opened the Space Lock and warned the students that they could take only one item from the Library Pavilion.
• The elders identified Chen Guan’s Heavenly Flame as the Green Lotus Core Flame and noted his exceptional talent.
• Chen Guan and the others entered the pavilion and agreed to help each other search for their desired items.
• Yuan Zhenshan caught a Profound Tier Low Grade cultivation method, but Jiang Shu rejected it and he returned it.
• Chen Guan tested several ordinary items before catching an Earth Tier Low Grade cultivation method called Water God's Aura.

Chen Guan and the others chose rewards from Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion before leaving for the Inner Academy. Hu Gan warned them that the Inner Academy’s competition was brutal, but the group remained confident as they prepared to depart the next morning.

• Jiang Shu successfully retrieved a scroll after Chen Guan let her examine it, and the group gathered Light Clusters before their time in the pavilion ran out.
• Chen Guan chose the Sky Jade Fruit over the Inner Armor and released Flying Cloud Wings and the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma.
• The five left the Library Pavilion, and The Two Elders Qian Bai scanned them and ordered them to keep its contents secret.
• Hu Gan told the group to rest before departing for the Inner Academy and warned them that newcomers should stick together to avoid older students.
• Li Chang'an left without joining the others, while Nie Xian boasted that the remaining four could handle the Inner Academy; Hu Gan doubted they would fare well.

Chen Guan tempered his body with Jade Bone Powder before joining the top fifty students on their journey to the secretive Inner Academy. Their griffins stopped in a mountain ravine, where their escort had brought them to the place where the Inner Academy would welcome them.

• Chen Guan endured a painful Jade Bone Powder bath to prepare his body to absorb the Sky Jade Fruit.
• Chen Guan arrived at Hu Gan’s study room, where the top fifty students gathered for the trip to the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan arranged the students into groups of five and led them onto ten griffins.
• The griffins flew into the Back Mountain, where magical beasts attacked the formation.
• Chen Guan used Fleeting Beauty to help Hu Gan protect the students from the attacking beasts.
• After nearly an hour of flight, the griffins landed in a broad mountain ravine.

Chen Guan and the new students entered the Inner Academy through a hidden silver gate and learned they had to cross a forest while older students tried to steal their Fire Energy. The Fire Energy Hunt began as the students prepared to flee toward the Inner Academy.

• Hu Gan revealed a silver gate hidden in the forest and led the new students through it into the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su and Elder Qing welcomed the group, and Hu Gan revealed that Chen Guan was a Dou Ling and a third-tier alchemist.
• Elder Su gave each new student a Fire Crystal Card marked with the number five and warned them to protect it.
• Elder Su explained that older students would hunt the newcomers through the forest and try to take their Fire Energy without killing them.
• Elder Su announced the start of the Fire Energy Hunt and told the new students to begin their escape.