Chapter Summaries

Chen Guan’s group pursued the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, while Chen Guan discovered the crystal box was made of valuable Soul Heart Jade. Xiao Yi Xian entered the sealed auction stage to offer their pills, as Xiao Yan and Old Yao prepared to help Chen Guan after the bidding.

• Mo Tianxing let Chen Guan’s group buy the Magical Beast Corpse for three Dou Spirit Pills, and Chen Guan inspected the item after Mo Ya completed the exchange.
• Xiao Yi Xian bought poison materials, then the Black Emperor Sect revealed the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva as the auction’s finale item.
• Chen Guan recognized the crystal box as Soul Heart Jade and told his companions it could help him make a puppet with growth potential.
• Mo Tianxing began accepting private offers for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and experts from the VIP boxes took turns entering the sealed auction stage.
• Chen Guan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Breakthrough Pill, two Emperor Extreme Pills, and two Dou Spirit Pills to offer, and she went to the stage.
• Xiao Yan spotted Xiao Yi Xian, while Old Yao said they would help Chen Guan afterward and seek a share of the spoils from the Bodhi Heart.

Xiao Yi Xian’s offer of pills won the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for Box Nine, and Chen Guan’s group completed the handover despite attracting hostile attention. As the group left Black Emperor City, Mo Tianxing prepared to follow them in disguise and watch the danger unfold outside the city.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Chen Guan and the others that Mo Tianxing had been tempted by their offer of a Breakthrough Pill, an Emperor Extreme Pill, and two Dou Spirit Pills.
• Qi Shan recommended Xiao Yi Xian’s offer to Mo Tianxing, who chose it because the Breakthrough Pill could help Mo Ya advance to Dou Zong.
• Mo Tianxing announced that Fairy Qing of Box Nine had won the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, then warned the watching experts not to attack anyone inside Black Emperor City.
• Chen Guan accepted the soul imprints aimed at Box Nine, and Yao Chen led Xiao Yan away while warning that a storm of bloodshed was beginning.
• Chen Guan’s group collected the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and left the city after declining Mo Tianxing’s offer of protection.
• Mo Tianxing told Mo Ya to gather the sect’s Dou King-level forces and prepare to follow the group outside the city in black robes.

Chen Guan and his companions fought off the factions trying to seize the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva outside Black Emperor City. The battle remained unresolved as Xiao Yan arrived and offered to take over Fang Yan, while Mo Tianxing continued to wait for an opening.

• Chen Guan led Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Yuan Yi out of Black Emperor City despite the experts waiting to ambush them.
• Old Man Eagle Mountain engaged Medusa while Fang Yan, Liu Jian, Old Man Yin Gu, Old Man Ban, and other experts attacked the group.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed two Dou Emperors with a gray strike and fought Liu Jian, while Chen Guan and Zi Yan battled the remaining opponents.
• Zi Yan severely wounded Old Man Yin Gu and helped Chen Guan pressure Fang Yan and Old Man Ban, as Mo Tianxing refused to join the fight.
• Old Man Ban fled, but Xiao Yan appeared and killed him with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler before offering to fight Fang Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Chen Guan to help Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, and the two women turned to look at him.

Chen Guan and his companions defeated Old Man Eagle Mountain and the remaining attackers, then turned on Mo Tianxing when he tried to seize the advantage after the battle. After Chen Guan’s group wiped out the Black Emperor Sect’s forces, he returned to the city and told Mo Ya that he had accidentally killed his father.

• Xiao Yi Xian trapped Liu Jian in her Heavenly Poison Prison Realm and killed him, while Medusa killed Old Man Eagle Mountain after Chen Guan exposed his Soul Clone Technique and found him hiding in a pit.
• Chen Guan’s puppet killed the Dou Emperor fighting Yuan Yi, and Xiao Yan and Zi Yan killed Fang Yan.
• Mo Tianxing surrounded Chen Guan’s group, but Chen Guan unleashed his Heavenly Movement of All Phenomena and overwhelmed the Black Emperor Sect’s forces with Soul Storms.
• Chen Guan’s companions killed the Black Emperor Sect elders, and Zi Yan killed Mo Tianxing after he was badly wounded.
• Chen Guan returned to the Auction House and told Mo Ya that he had accidentally killed his father.

Chen Guan shared the spoils with Xiao Yan, gave him the Flame Manipulation Art, and warned him about Demonic Flame Valley before their group parted ways. He then left for Tianya City with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, while pregnant Medusa stayed behind to oversee the Snake People Race and Heavenly Alliance; the travelers arrived at the bustling Heavenly Peak Mountain Range.

• Chen Guan offered Xiao Yan pills and then gave him the Flame Manipulation Art, warning that using it could permanently harm its cultivators and that stronger Spiritual Power was a better way to control flames.
• Chen Guan warned Xiao Yan that Demonic Flame Valley was connected to Soul Hall, then departed with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others as Xiao Yan resolved to investigate Fallen Heart Flame first.
• Chen Guan's group settled in Heili Town, sorted their auction gains and spoils, and prepared to travel onward after Xiao Yi Xian recovered.
• Medusa told Zi Yan she would stay behind, and Chen Guan revealed that she was pregnant and needed to remain home; the group said their farewells before Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan departed.
• After six days of travel, Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached the prosperous Heavenly Peak Mountain Range near Tianya City.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan arrived in Tianya City, bought a Level 4 Spatial Ship and a Sixth Level Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, then began their journey through the Spatial Wormhole toward the Central Plains. As Zi Yan happily steered the ship, Chen Guan planned their work for the month-long trip, and Xiao Yi Xian recalled how he had given her hope when she learned about her Poison Body of Misfortune.

• Luo Xiang welcomed Chen Guan and the others to Tianya City and led them to Tianya Pavilion to purchase a Spatial Ship.
• Chen Guan bought a Level 4 Spatial Ship, and Xiao Yi Xian purchased a Sixth Level Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core.
• Chen Guan accepted Tianya Pavilion's VIP Card, and the group entered the Spatial Wormhole and boarded their ship.
• Zi Yan eagerly took control of the ship while Chen Guan told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to refine the Demonic Poison Spot and prepare Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings during the journey.
• Chen Guan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he knew where to find a Seventh Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and could seal her Poison Body of Misfortune if it erupted early.
• Xiao Yi Xian remembered that Chen Guan had once told her the Poison Body of Misfortune could be solved, and she said she had sworn to repay his kindness with her life.

Chen Guan recovered from his breakthrough and spent the journey to the Central Plains refining the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse into valuable materials and a magic core. After half a month aboard the Spatial Ship, he completed his preparations as the Central Plains came into view.

• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian how long the journey would take, and Xiao Yi Xian estimated they had about half a month left.
• Chen Guan took over steering after revealing he had reached seven-star Dou Emperor, then spent two days piloting the ship.
• Chen Guan examined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, refined its minions into sharp spikes, and extracted five drops of blue-red essence blood from its flesh.
• Chen Guan burned the corpse's dried skin, suppressed its hidden soul fluctuation, and obtained a Seventh Tier Heavenly Demon Phoenix magic core.
• Chen Guan worked on crafting the Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings and strengthening himself with the Emperor Extreme Pill during the remaining journey.
• A powerful aura erupted from Chen Guan's room as the Spatial Ship reached the Central Plains.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan arrived in Liyue City in the Central Plains, gathered maps, and began planning a journey to Luoshen Ravine. While Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan explored beyond the city, Chen Guan discovered them watching a confrontation between the Soul Hall and the Shi Clan and recognized a possible acquaintance among the Soul Hall members.

• Chen Guan warned Zi Yan to behave cautiously in the Central Plains before the trio entered a Spatial Wormhole and arrived in Liyue City.
• Chen Guan paid Xiao Miao for information about Liyue City and bought maps covering the Central Plains, locating Luoshen Ravine on two of them.
• Chen Guan gave Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan money to explore the city while he studied the maps and prepared a container for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Chen Guan sensed Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan outside the city and joined them as they watched Soul Hall members confront Shi Yuling and three other Shi Clan Dou Huang Experts.
• Chen Guan recognized a suspicious figure among the Soul Hall members and told Xiao Yi Xian that they had encountered an acquaintance.

Chen Guan watched Li Chang'an use the Soul Hall to avenge his murdered sect, then secretly rescued him after he was gravely wounded fighting the Shi Clan. Li Chang'an remained calm as Chen Guan warned that healing him would be costly and asked whether his voice belonged to an old friend.

• The Soul Hall Protector Cai defeated the Shi Clan’s four Dou Emperors, extracted their Soul Bodies, and left after Li Chang'an gave him a map as payment.
• Li Chang'an confronted the Qin Clan Head and another Dou Zong Expert about their failure to help when his sect was slaughtered, then flew toward the city.
• Chen Guan learned that Li Chang'an was attacking the Shi Clan and disguised himself in a Soul Hall-style robe to approach the battle.
• Li Chang'an used a Secret Technique to fight the Shi Clan’s Dou Wangs and a Blazing Fire Rhino, then disappeared amid the explosions and confusion.
• Protector Chen carried the badly injured Li Chang'an to a nearby mountain and treated him, while Li Chang'an said he would accept returning to his former condition and remarked that Chen Guan’s voice resembled a friend’s.

Chen Guan reunited with Li Chang'an, healed him, and learned how he survived and joined the Soul Hall. After Li Chang'an revealed a map to the Netherworld Poison Flame, Chen Guan decided to leave with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to investigate it before Protector Cai could act.

• Chen Guan recognized Li Chang'an and gave him a Retrace Pill that repaired his damaged meridians and Dantian.
• Li Chang'an recounted his revenge against the Shi Clan, his survival through the Life Devouring Pill and a Space Storm, and his decision to return to the Soul Hall.
• Li Chang'an gave Chen Guan a map marking the possible location of the Netherworld Poison Flame and warned that Protector Cai also knew where it was.
• Chen Guan returned to the inn, showed the map to Xiao Yi Xian, and explained that the flame might help resolve her Poison Body of Misfortune.
• Chen Guan decided that he, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan would leave immediately to reach the Central Region before Protector Cai.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached Dizhou City and clashed with the tyrannical Desire Immortal Gate after its riders threatened them. They overwhelmed the sect’s fighters and joined forces against its sect master, who was left surrounded and badly outmatched.

• Chen Guan killed the horse of a young Desire Immortal Gate master who charged at Zi Yan, then defeated the master’s Dou Wang guard and killed the remaining riders with Heavenly Flame.
• Five Desire Immortal Gate experts arrived, and Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan fought them while townspeople rushed to the sect’s headquarters and treasure vault.
• Zi Yan crushed her opponents first, and Chen Guan defeated his foes with his Red Leaf Blade and Dou Techniques.
• Chen Guan and Zi Yan joined Xiao Yi Xian against Desire Immortal Gate’s sect master, whose defense faltered under their combined attacks.

Chen Guan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian destroyed the Desire Immortal Gate and searched its vault before refusing an offer to control Dizhou City's Spatial Wormhole. They settled in a secluded valley to prepare for the Netherworld Poison Flame and Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Misfortune, while Chen Guan began cultivating in seclusion.

• Zi Yan, Chen Guan, and Xiao Yi Xian finished killing Gate Master Tan and raided the Desire Immortal Gate’s treasure vault.
• Chen Guan burned several cultivation manuals that required women’s essence, then secretly kept an illustrated Earth Tier Low Grade manual for Xiao Yan.
• Wang Yang invited the three to a banquet and offered to help them take control of Dizhou City’s Spatial Wormhole, but Chen Guan declined and left.
• Chen Guan led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to a secluded valley, explaining that they would prepare before going to the Black Mist Mountain Range and might first visit Luoshen Ravine for a magic core.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan agreed to guard Chen Guan as he prepared rations and entered a cave to cultivate in seclusion.

Chen Guan forged and inscribed a powerful Seventh Tier puppet, but his dwindling Spiritual Power nearly left its arrays unfinished. Venerable Skyfire used the Five Wheel Tribulation Crossing Array to replenish Chen Guan’s Soul Power, allowing him to complete the puppet, which then faced heavenly lightning.

• Chen Guan melted precious materials, reforged the Red Leaf Blade, and shaped a new puppet with hundreds of arrays.
• After ten days of work, Chen Guan struggled to connect the arrays to the puppet’s Soul Heart Jade as his Spiritual Power ran low.
• Venerable Skyfire activated the Five Wheel Tribulation Crossing Array and sacrificed Protector Wu’s Soul Body, replenishing Chen Guan’s Soul Power.
• Chen Guan connected the puppet’s final seven arrays, drawing World Energy and summoning heavenly lightning.
• The puppet emerged from the cave and rose into the sky to face the lightning while Chen Guan and Venerable Skyfire watched.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan searched Luoshen Ravine for the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, using tracking puppets, captured beasts, and a magic core to find it. They reached its fortress, where it recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Misfortune and reacted with delight.

• Chen Guan finished refining the puppet through the lightning tribulation, then set off with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan for Luoshen Ravine.
• Chen Guan deployed tracking puppets while Xiao Yi Xian used a sixth-tier magic core to help locate the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• After questioning a poisonous flood dragon, the trio pretended to leave, then secretly followed it when Xiao Yi Xian sensed the beast’s aura.
• The trio reached the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s fortress, where it sensed their killing intent and attacked their hiding place.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast accused Jiaoli of leading the enemies there, then recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Misfortune and laughed with delight.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan defeated the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast after Zi Yan used her Ancient Dragon pressure to expose its fear of its lost bloodline. Xiao Yi Xian obtained the magical core needed to condense her poison pill, and Chen Guan turned his attention to resurrecting Venerable Skyfire.

• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but Chen Guan intercepted its stinger beam and severed half its scorpion tail.
• Zi Yan struck the beast into a ruined fortress, then evaded its counterattack as it summoned swarms of poisonous insects and magical beasts.
• Chen Guan burned through the insect swarm and sent two puppets to help fight the beast alongside Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast tried to escape by charging Zi Yan, but her Ancient Dragon pressure left it dazed, allowing Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian to kill it with simultaneous strikes.
• Xiao Yi Xian secured the magical core she needed, and Chen Guan said Venerable Skyfire's resurrection should now be put on the agenda.
• Zi Yan credited Chen Guan's suggestion that she claim to be an Ancient Dragon, and Chen Guan reminded her that she really was an Ancient Void Dragon.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan learned more about Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon heritage, then traveled to the Black Mist Mountain Range to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame. They encountered signs that others were already inside, and the chapter ended as a silver-haired elder called “Venerate” sensed their approach.

• Chen Guan told Zi Yan that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and explained the clan’s power and its hidden home on Ancient Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan felt relieved that she could not immediately return to her clan, while Chen Guan processed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s remains and kept its wings after Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan declined them.
• Chen Guan and the two women left Luoshen Ravine for the Black Mist Mountain Range, while the Heavenly Star Bullfrog and Hei Kui agreed to stop fighting each other.
• The group entered the mountain range, subdued a Two-Headed Fire Poison Snake without killing it, and used Jade Pendants to conceal their auras as they continued deeper.
• Chen Guan sensed a Heavenly Flame ahead, and a silver-haired elder followed by four Soul Hall Protectors stopped and asked whether intruders had arrived.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached the Netherworld Poison Flame’s underground chamber, where Old Monster You Du had already taken the flame and killed the Soul Hall Protectors. When he appeared before them as a Dou Venerate, Chen Guan grabbed his companions and fled, but Old Monster You Du easily stopped his attacks and dismissed their chances of escape.

• Old Monster You Du refused to let the Soul Hall Protectors attack Chen Guan’s group, insisting that securing Venerable Poison’s legacy mattered more.
• Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan entered a hollow mountain and found the Netherworld Poison Swamp and a stone hall at its bottom.
• Chen Guan and his companions waited outside the hall, while Old Monster You Du took the Netherworld Poison Flame from within.
• Old Monster You Du killed three Soul Hall Protectors and brushed aside the last protector’s self-destruction.
• Old Monster You Du appeared before Chen Guan’s group, and Venerable Skyfire warned Chen Guan that he was a Dou Venerate.
• Chen Guan launched a saber strike and soul attack, then seized Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan and fled with his Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings; Old Monster You Du blocked the attacks and called him interesting.

Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan tried to escape Old Monster You Du, but the four-star Dou Venerate overwhelmed them and forced Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian to go with him. The chapter left them emerging from a Spatial Wormhole as Zi Yan rushed toward them, unaware of the trap.

• Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian attacked Old Monster You Du near the cave entrance, but he blocked their assaults and sealed off their escape.
• Chen Guan sent Zi Yan away while he and Xiao Yi Xian fought Old Monster You Du with their strongest techniques, but he effortlessly overpowered them.
• Old Monster You Du realized Zi Yan had escaped, then immobilized Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian and forced the Netherworld Poison Flame into Chen Guan.
• Old Monster You Du opened a Spatial Wormhole and carried Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian through it to pursue Zi Yan.
• Old Monster You Du emerged from the unstable wormhole with Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian as Zi Yan hurried toward them.

Old Monster You Du captured Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan and brought them to Qingce Manor, where he planned to research their abilities while letting them move freely within the grounds. Ten days later, Cao Ying heard reports of a possible young tier-seven alchemist and went to meet a strange visitor at the Cao Clan’s gate.

• Old Monster You Du repeatedly stopped Zi Yan’s escape attempts, and Chen Guan persuaded her to surrender so their group could return with him.
• Old Monster You Du brought the three to Qingce Manor near Holy Pill City, revealed his identity as Lu Xiu, and explained that he intended to study their powers.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about their freedom, and Old Monster You Du allowed them to move around the manor as long as they followed his rules and did not leave.
• Chen Guan arranged for Old Monster You Du’s servants to deliver a Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill to his family in the northwest, then returned the Netherworld Poison Flame’s Origin Flame Seed.
• Ten days later in Hanyun City, Cao Ying heard that a young tier-seven alchemist might have appeared near Dizhou City, then went to meet a powerful, strangely dressed visitor at the Cao Clan’s gate.

Chen Guan used a puppet to tell Cao Ying that Yao Chen was alive and ask for help escaping Old Monster You Du. After Cao Ying brought the news to the Pill Tower, Xuan Yi and Venerable Feng prepared to rescue Chen Guan, while a powerful man appeared outside the Black Mist Mountain Range seeking revenge for his clan.

• Cao Ying recognized the visitor as a powerful puppet and understood its broken message to mean she should find Xuan Yi at the Pill Tower about Yao Chen.
• Cao Ying took the puppet to Holy Pill City, where Chen Guan explained that Old Monster You Du had trapped him at Qingce Manor and that he knew Yao Chen’s whereabouts.
• Cao Ying brought the puppet to Xuan Kongzi, who summoned Xuan Yi and Venerable Feng after hearing that Yao Chen was alive.
• Chen Guan revealed that Yao Chen’s Soul Body had survived Han Feng and the Soul Hall, then made the puppet collapse before disclosing his own location.
• Cao Ying explained that Chen Guan needed rescuing from Old Monster You Du, and Xuan Yi and Venerable Feng agreed to set out immediately.
• A towering man appeared outside the Black Mist Mountain Range and vowed to kill whoever had harmed someone from his clan.