Chapter Summaries

Chen Guan returned from dealing with Ling Quan and worked with Queen Medusa and Jia Xingtian to plan an alliance and the Snake People Race’s migration. He gathered support from major factions and prepared to refine Breakthrough Pills, with the alliance’s details still to be finalized.

• Ling Quan withdrew the Black Annihilation Army from the misty mountains after Protector Chen’s Soul Power attacks left him enraged and humiliated.
• Protector Chen returned to the Tagor Desert, discussed the Central Plains with Venerable Skyfire, and updated Queen Medusa on the border conflict and the proposed alliance.
• Queen Medusa agreed that the Snake People Race would join the alliance, accepted the Heavenly Observation Pavilion name, and chose the Magical Beast Mountain Range as her people’s new homeland.
• Jia Xingtian informed Queen Medusa that the Snake People Race could begin migrating, while Chen Guan returned to Jia Ma and left Zi Yan to help with the relocation.
• Fama agreed to bring the Alchemist Guild into the alliance if Chen Guan reached tier seven within five years, and Chen Guan accepted the condition.
• Chen Guan secured preliminary support from Yun Yun and the Mittel Family, then accepted enough ingredients from Jia Xingtian, Misty Cloud Sect, and the Snake People Race to attempt six Breakthrough Pills.

As the Snake People Race settled in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Chen Guan and Jia Xingtian prepared an alliance to defend Jia Ma Empire against the Three Empires. The alliance’s founding meeting began with Chen Guan outlining its purpose and promising a shared institution to train its members’ successors.

• Crowds watched the Snake People Race migrate into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while people debated whether humans and snake people could coexist.
• Chen Guan refined pills with Fama, and Fama praised his progress toward becoming a seventh-grade alchemist.
• Yaoyue took Chen Guan to Jia Xingtian, where he, Yun Shan, and Hai Bodong discussed plans for an alliance.
• The next day, Chen Guan gathered Medusa, Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, Fama, Hai Bodong, Yun Yun, Teng Shan, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie to begin the alliance meeting.
• Chen Guan and Jia Xingtian explained that the alliance would unite its members against outside threats without interfering in their internal affairs, and Chen Guan proposed a Sect Hall to train talented members.

Chen Guan established the Heavenly Alliance with the Jia Ma Empire’s major factions and appointed Queen Medusa as Vice Pavilion Master. After the alliance settled into place, a letter from Xiao Yi Xian revealed that the Myriad Scorpion Sect threatened the Chu Yun Empire, so Chen Guan flew to meet Queen Medusa and seek her help.

• Chen Guan founded the Heavenly Alliance and its Heavenly Observation Pavilion, with himself as Pavilion Master and Queen Medusa as Vice Pavilion Master.
• Chen Guan gave Queen Medusa a Breakthrough Pill for the Snake People Race’s Grand Commander, Chuzhi, and the alliance’s formation caused a stir across the Jia Ma Empire.
• A month later, Chen Guan reached four-star Dou Emperor and learned from Xiao Yi Xian’s letter that Xie Biyan and the Myriad Scorpion Sect were moving against the Chu Yun Empire.
• Chen Guan decided to bring Queen Medusa to help deal with the Myriad Scorpion Sect and flew to the Snake People Race’s new home in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Mobas and Yuemei escorted Chen Guan and told him that Chuzhi had left seclusion and admired Queen Medusa, prompting her to warn Chen Guan to be careful.

Chen Guan met the Snake People Race’s Grand Commander Chuzhi, then joined Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to travel to Heaven Poison City and confront the Myriad Scorpion Sect. They met Xiao Yi Xian outside the city and learned that someone had tried to poison her with four Strange Poisons.

• Chuzhi challenged Chen Guan to test his strength, but Zi Yan interrupted their spar and Queen Medusa punished Chuzhi with half a month in the Snake Cave.
• Chen Guan told Queen Medusa about the Myriad Scorpion Sect and Xie Biyan, and she agreed to accompany him with Zi Yan.
• Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan traveled across Chu Yun Empire and reached Heaven Poison City after two days.
• Chen Guan used the Dongxiao Flute to summon Xiao Yi Xian, whose aura revealed that she had reached Three Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian told them that someone had poisoned her with four Strange Poisons the night before last.

Xiao Yi Xian prepared the Poison Sect to destroy the Myriad Scorpion Sect while Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan concealed their identities and joined the campaign. As the Poison Sect encircled its enemy, Chen Guan discovered that Elder Wu Ya was a spy, while Xie Biyan received support from a mysterious figure who promised to act.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Chen Guan and Queen Medusa that the Myriad Scorpion Sect was preparing to attack the Poison Sect, possibly at the urging of the Soul Hall, and they agreed to eliminate the sect while watching for Soul Hall interference.
• Xiao Yi Xian disguised Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan with Illusion Beast Skin, then led them to Heaven Poison City and began secretly surrounding the Myriad Scorpion Sect's headquarters.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect to maintain its encirclement and weaken the Myriad Scorpion Sect, then warned Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan that a spy inside the Poison Sect might have poisoned her.
• Wu Ya visited Chen Guan with detoxification supplies, and Chen Guan used his Spiritual Power to see Wu Ya send a poisonous insect toward the Myriad Scorpion Sect, confirming that he was a spy.
• Xie Shan reported to Xie Biyan that Xiao Yi Xian's reinforcements included Shu Baihe, Dieyi, and Shu Yan, and a mysterious figure in the secret chamber told Xie Biyan that he would make a move.

The Poison Sect launched its decisive assault on the Myriad Scorpion Sect, where Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xie Shan and the hidden Dou Zong expert Xie Biyan. Wu Ya betrayed Xiao Yi Xian during the battle, but she had anticipated his attack, and Chen Guan cut down the fleeing traitors as the fighting escalated.

• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to lead a full-scale attack after Chen Guan warned that several Poison Sect elders besides Wu Ya were likely traitors.
• The Poison Sect army charged into Myriad Scorpion Mountain, where Zi Yan led a unit through the enemy ranks and Chen Guan killed a Dou Emperor who tried to block him.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Xie Shan and his allies with Thousand Illusory Poison Spring, but Xie Biyan appeared and blocked her strike with Crystal Poison Wall.
• Xie Biyan and Xiao Yi Xian ordered their forces to fight, and Wu Ya led four Dou Emperor experts in a surprise attack against Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian dissolved Wu Ya's combined attack and gravely wounded him and two elders, while Chen Guan's cobalt-blue flame killed two more of the fleeing traitors.

Chen Guan and his allies overwhelmed the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s forces at the mountain gate, while Xiao Yi Xian continued fighting Xie Biyan. As the battle turned decisively against Xie Shan, he summoned Protector Tie to intervene.

• Xiao Yi Xian fought Xie Biyan in the sky while Chen Guan turned to face Xie Shan and six other Dou Huang Experts.
• Chen Guan used his Heavenly Flames and puppets to split the attackers, then killed Wu Ya with a single fireball strike.
• Xie Shan summoned a Four-Winged Heavenly Demonic Scorpion, but Zi Yan stopped it, battered it nearly unconscious, and hurled it into the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s mountain gate.
• Queen Medusa arrived and joined Zi Yan in killing two Myriad Scorpion Sect Dou Huang Experts as Chen Guan wounded Xie Shan.
• Xie Shan released a mass of black mist and called out to Protector Tie, demanding that he finally act.

Chen Guan and his allies defeated the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s Dou Emperor forces, while Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Protector Tie. When Xie Biyan transformed into a monster with the strength of a Five Star Dou Zong, Chen Guan stepped in to fight him so Xiao Yi Xian would not have to unseal her Poison Body of Misfortune.

• Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and five puppets killed the three Myriad Scorpion Sect Dou Emperor experts as Xie Shan called for Protector Tie.
• Protector Tie emerged from the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s black mist and attacked Zi Yan, but Chen Guan and Queen Medusa struck back; the Soul Hall Protector re-formed after their attacks burned his body away.
• Chen Guan, Zi Yan, and the five puppets overwhelmed Xie Shan, and Chen Guan disrupted his attempt to self-destruct before Zi Yan and a puppet killed him.
• Xie Biyan unleashed his Blood Soul Art and transformed into a half-man, half-scorpion monster with the power to contend with a Five Star Dou Zong.
• Chen Guan told Xiao Yi Xian to help Queen Medusa fight Protector Tie, then prepared to face Xie Biyan with Cobalt Blue Heavenly Flames and two sixth-tier Beast Flames.

Chen Guan trapped Xie Biyan in the Five Ring Fire Separation Method while Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Venerable Skyfire defeated Protector Tie. After Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Xie Biyan and Chen Guan caught his final attack, black threads began spreading across Chen Guan’s palm, enraging Medusa.

• Chen Guan formed the Five Ring Fire Separation Method and used its five-colored flames to contain Xie Biyan, who defended himself behind a blood-colored energy wall.
• Venerable Skyfire joined Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian against Protector Tie, and the three destroyed his Soul Body after he tried to sacrifice harvested souls to escape.
• Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian searched for Protector Tie’s remains and found him hiding in a Poison Sect disciple’s corpse, which Chen Guan erased with an invisible flame.
• Chen Guan weakened Xie Biyan’s defenses, allowing Xiao Yi Xian to send Misfortune Poison Blood into his body while the Five-Colored Flames tormented him.
• Xie Biyan launched a black streak from his mouth instead of self-destructing, and Chen Guan caught it, but black threads spread across his palm as Medusa angrily confronted Xie Biyan.

Chen Guan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Myriad Scorpion Sect and prepared to travel to the Central Plains together. After returning to the Snake People Race, Chen Guan and Medusa were left alone in the hall, where Medusa teased him into saying sweet words.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Chen Guan could refine Xie Biyan's Demonic Poison Spot, and Chen Guan began absorbing its Dou Qi.
• Medusa killed Xie Biyan, while Xiao Yi Xian broke the Poison Cloud Array and the Poison Sect wiped out the Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Chen Guan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to meet again and search for materials to help Xiao Yi Xian condense the poison pill.
• On the way home, Chen Guan comforted Zi Yan about finding her tribe in the Central Plains, and the group returned to the Snake People Race safely.
• Medusa asked Chen Guan to say sweet words to her, and Chen Guan shut the hall doors and invited her inside.

Chen Guan agreed to marry Medusa and promised to prepare for their future child by refining the best pill for nourishing the Medusa Bloodline. The chapter ended with Medusa warning him to behave properly around Yun Yun whenever she was present.

• Zi Yan found Chen Guan and Medusa leaving the hall together, and the Four Great Elders said they approved of their relationship.
• The Great Elder urged Chen Guan to arrange a wedding, and he agreed to marry Medusa after consulting the Heavenly Alliance.
• The Four Great Elders explained the Medusa Bloodline’s prenatal nourishment techniques and asked Chen Guan to refine a Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill.
• Chen Guan proposed refining the superior Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and accepted both pill formulas, promising he could reach the required alchemy level.
• After the elders left, Zi Yan teased Medusa about being pregnant, and Medusa asked Chen Guan whether his promises were sincere.
• Medusa warned Chen Guan not to behave improperly with Yun Yun in her presence, and he eagerly agreed.

Chen Guan returned from the Snake People Race, arranged for the Heavenly Alliance and Mittel Family to expand their influence, and broke through to Five-Star Dou Huang by refining Xie Biyan’s Dou Qi. The Four Great Elders then arrived to discuss his wedding to Medusa and study the Three Beast Savage Arts.

• Chen Guan invited Zi Yan to return with him to the Heavenly Alliance, but she chose to stay with the Snake People Race and warned him to stop monopolizing Medusa’s attention.
• Chen Guan surveyed the prosperous Jia Ma Empire, brought Jia Xingtian to study the Three Beast Savage Arts, and visited the Alchemist Guild and Mittel Family before leaving.
• Chen Guan arranged for the Mittel Family to establish businesses in other empires and the Black Corner Region, promising Teng Shan a Dou Huang-level puppet for the venture.
• Yaoye returned from visiting Yun Yun and advised Chen Guan that Yun Yun would passively accept his advances, while Yaoyue stayed at the Heavenly Alliance.
• Chen Guan refined the Demonic Poison Spot and broke through to Five-Star Dou Huang, estimating that Xie Biyan’s stored Dou Qi could help him reach seven or eight stars.
• The Four Great Elders came to discuss Chen Guan’s wedding to Medusa and examine the Three Beast Savage Arts, and Chen Guan directed them to the Dou Technique Pavilion.

Chen Guan visited Yun Yun before leaving for the Central Plains, and she agreed to join him after her duties at the Misty Cloud Sect were settled. Back at the Heavenly Alliance, he learned the Four Great Elders were deeply immersed in the Three Beast Savage Arts and received Jia Xingtian’s advice before departing the next morning.

• Chen Guan asked Yun Yun to travel with him, but she chose to remain until Yun Shan left seclusion or Yun Yanran emerged from the Gate of Life and Death.
• Yun Yun accepted Chen Guan’s Emperor Extreme Pill and agreed to seek him in the Central Plains after she could hand over leadership of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• After three days together, Chen Guan left the Misty Cloud Sect while Yun Yun watched him depart and resumed cultivating.
• Chen Guan returned to the Heavenly Alliance and learned Jia Xingtian had helped the Snake People Race elders begin cultivating the Three Beast Savage Arts, leaving them in seclusion for three to five months.
• Jia Xingtian advised Chen Guan to be cautious in the Central Plains and to eliminate threats decisively once conflict became unavoidable.
• Chen Guan told Jia Xingtian he would leave the next morning.

Chen Guan, Zi Yan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled toward the Black Corner Region, gathering medicinal ingredients along the way, before Chen Guan and Zi Yan visited Jia Nan Academy. There, Chen Guan encountered Xiao Yan, who was investigating the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda and its Fallen Heart Flame.

• Chen Guan and Zi Yan left the Holy City, met Queen Medusa, and set out for the Chu Yun Empire to collect Xiao Yi Xian.
• The group traveled for days as Zi Yan scavenged medicinal herbs, then met Xiao Yi Xian near Heiqi City and continued toward the Black Corner Region.
• After a month of traveling, the four reached the Black Region Great Plains and split up, with Chen Guan and Zi Yan heading to Jia Nan Academy while Medusa accompanied Xiao Yi Xian to the Eight Gates.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Chen Guan and Zi Yan heard that Xiao Yan had won the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and led the freshmen through the Fire Energy Hunt.
• Chen Guan found Xiao Yan watching the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda as Yao Chen explained that it concealed the Fallen Heart Flame, which puzzled Xiao Yan because Chen Guan had attended the academy without taking it.

Chen Guan visited Nie Xian and Zhao Gang at Jia Nan Academy, then spoke with Su Qian about his upcoming journey to the Central Plains and agreed to help investigate Zi Yan’s origins. Su Qian introduced Ye Xinlan, who began explaining the Central Plains and its major factions.

• Chen Guan reunited with Nie Xian, who had reached five-star Dou Ling, and learned that Zhao Gang had reached five-star Da Dou Shi and built the Chen Gang with Lin Yan among its members.
• Chen Guan told Nie Xian and Zhao Gang that he planned to travel to the Central Plains, and he invited Nie Xian to join the Heavenly Alliance after graduation.
• Chen Guan visited Su Qian, explained that he was seeking a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magical core, and agreed to help Zi Yan find her clan in the Beast Region.
• Su Qian agreed to support the Heavenly Alliance and introduced Ye Xinlan of the Ye Clan, asking her to brief Chen Guan on the Central Plains.
• Ye Xinlan explained how Spatial Wormholes served the Central Plains and began outlining its major human factions, starting with One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects, Three Valleys, and Four Directions Pavilion.

Chen Guan reunited with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian in Black Seal City, where Yuan Yi reported finding the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for an upcoming auction. After securing a map fragment and ordering Yuan Yi to gather medicinal ingredients, Chen Guan learned the Black Emperor Sect’s auction would begin in thirteen days.

• Ye Xinlan explained the major factions of the Central Plains to Chen Guan and gave him maps before leaving.
• Su Qian suggested Chen Guan visit the Pill Region once he became a seventh-tier alchemist, and Chen Guan and Zi Yan departed.
• Yuan Yi welcomed Chen Guan and Zi Yan to the Black Seal Auction House, where Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian were waiting.
• Chen Guan obtained a Dragon Blood Ganoderma and a map fragment from Yuan Yi, then gave him pills as payment and asked him to support the Heavenly Alliance’s future members.
• Yuan Yi confirmed that the Black Emperor Sect would auction the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva in thirteen days.

Chen Guan’s group traveled from Black Seal City to Black Emperor City for the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, where he intended to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. At the city gate, he slaughtered a group of men who harassed Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, then entered the city with his companions.

• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan befriended Zhao Gang, abandoned his plan to form Pan Gate, and spent his Fire Energy upgrading his card to investigate the Heavenly Flames.
• Teng Shan led members of the Mittel Family, including Ya Fei, to Black Seal City, and Yuan Yi ordered Eight Gates to support them and avoid provoking them.
• Chen Guan reached the Six-Star Dou Huang realm while cultivating with Medusa, then prepared to travel with her, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Yuan Yi to Black Emperor City.
• On the road to Black Emperor City, Chen Guan’s group saw the immense city and he warned Zi Yan to behave after they entered.
• At the city gate, Chen Guan killed more than ten men who made obscene remarks about the women, and Yuan Yi destroyed their corpses before following the group inside.

Chen Guan’s group entered Black Emperor City ahead of the auction, where he planned to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for Xiao Yi Xian. As Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian gathered medicinal ingredients, Xiao Yan learned the saliva might lead to the Bodhi Heart and an opportunity to advance to Dou Saint.

• Ning Hai let Chen Guan’s group through the Violet Gate, gave Chen Guan a lodging token, and ordered an attendant to report the mysterious Tian Boguang to the Black Emperor Sect’s leaders.
• Chen Guan and Medusa went to the Black Emperor Pavilion while Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yuan Yi visited a pill exchange gathering; Medusa warned that many powerful experts had come for the auction.
• Chen Guan explained that the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva came from the Bodhi Heart and that the Bodhi Heart could strengthen the soul and preserve a person’s life.
• At the gathering, Yuan Yi used a Dou Spirit Pill to obtain Bone Spirit Fruit and other ingredients needed for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Yan and his teacher recognized Zi Yan and realized Chen Guan wanted the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Misfortune.
• Xiao Yan’s teacher revealed that the Bodhi Heart was connected to an opportunity to advance to Dou Saint.

Chen Guan and Medusa killed Kuisha after he led the Kuilang Gang to their room, then joined the Black Emperor Sect auction with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Yuan Yi. The auction began under Mo Tianxing’s supervision, with the group among the gathering experts and the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva drawing major attention.

• Kuisha confronted Chen Guan over the deaths of Kuilang Gang members, but Chen Guan seized him and offered him the choice of a strike from Medusa; Kuisha tried to flee, and Medusa killed him with one attack.
• Chen Guan let Zi Yan fight the remaining Kuilang Gang members, while Young Master Mo ordered his attendant to report the incident to his father and raise security for the auction.
• Chen Guan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and the others had gathered nearly all the main ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, then rewarded Yuan Yi with a Dou Spirit Pill and a fifth-tier Windwalk Pill.
• The group arrived at the Black Emperor Sect auction, where Yuan Yi identified prominent attendees, including Fan Lao, Fang Yan, and Mo Tianxing, whom Chen Guan recognized as a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Mo Tianxing opened the auction, warned the crowd against causing trouble, and looked toward Chen Guan and his companions’ VIP room.

At the Black Emperor Sect auction, Chen Guan and his companions waited for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva while Xiao Yan won the Six Harmony Flowing Body Ruler. When a mysterious Magical Beast Corpse appeared, Chen Guan recognized its potential and had Yuan Yi bid for it, leaving the auction poised for further dealings with Fang Yan and his Gray-Robed Person.

• Mo Tianxing intimidated the auction crowd, and Zhang Feng began the auction with the Heavenly Feather Finger and other valuable items.
• Chen Guan noticed Xiao Yan bidding on the Six Harmony Flowing Body Ruler, which Xiao Yan eventually won for five million one hundred thousand gold coins.
• The auctioned Magical Beast Corpse reminded Medusa of the materials for the Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings and the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, while Zi Yan reacted with unexplained disgust toward it.
• When bidding for the corpse stalled, Yuan Yi offered two Dou Spirit Pills, then raised Chen Guan's offer to three; the Black Emperor Sect accepted after a rival's Earth Tier Low Grade Dou Technique offer went no higher.
• Fang Yan consulted the Gray-Robed Person, who advised letting Chen Guan's group take the corpse and approaching Chen Guan afterward with the Flame Manipulation Art as bait.