Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng prepared to leave the Xiao Family and told Xiao Yan he would travel to the Monster Mountain Range instead of attending Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan decided to go with him, while Xiao Yu was disappointed that Lin Feng would not accompany her to the academy.

• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan refined pills for the Xiao Family as Lin Feng prepared for his departure.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Yan he planned to travel and gain experience rather than join Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan said he would train in the Monster Mountain Range to prepare for the Three-Year Agreement, and Lin Feng agreed to accompany him.
• Xiao Yu caught Xiao Yan teasing her about her concern for Lin Feng and scolded him while Xun Er joined in.
• Xun Er accepted Xiao Yan's decision to leave and asked Lin Feng to watch over him.
• Xiao Yu's expression dimmed when she learned Lin Feng would travel with Xiao Yan instead of going to the academy with her.

Lin Feng said farewell to Ya Fei and gave her medicines to improve her physique and cultivation before heading to the Jia Nan Academy recruitment square to find Xiao Yan. There, a Jia Nan Academy teacher noticed Lin Feng’s strength, but he refused her invitation to join the academy.

• Lin Feng watched the crowded recruitment square from the Mittel Auction House and told Ya Fei he planned to gain experience on his own.
• Ya Fei gave Lin Feng the supplies he had requested, and he thanked her with medicinal liquid and pills to help her cultivation.
• Lin Feng encouraged Ya Fei to pursue her ambitions before leaving to find Xiao Yan.
• Lin Feng spotted Xiao Yu leading Xiao Yan and others through testing, then waited near the square for them.
• A Jia Nan Academy teacher approached Lin Feng and praised his talent, but he said he had only come to wait for a friend and did not intend to join the academy.

Instructor Ruo Lin tried to recruit Lin Feng into Jia Nan Academy, but he refused and urged her to consider his friends instead. After Xiao Yu arrived and revealed Lin Feng was a Dou Zhe Eight Star and a Tier 3 Alchemist, Ruo Lin accepted his decision and went to meet the other candidates.

• Instructor Ruo Lin offered to admit Lin Feng to Jia Nan Academy without the usual procedures, but he declined and pointed her toward the promising candidates inside.
• Teacher Wang and other academy staff gathered, and Lin Feng learned that the gentle recruiter was Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Yu arrived, greeted Instructor Ruo Lin, and told her she had brought members of her clan to register.
• Xiao Yu recognized Lin Feng as her cousin and revealed his strength as a Dou Zhe Eight Star and his status as a Tier 3 Alchemist.
• Lin Feng again refused to join Jia Nan Academy, and Instructor Ruo Lin agreed to let him go before asking Xiao Yu to show her the candidates she brought.

Lin Feng declined Instructor Ruo Lin’s offer to join Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er impressed the instructors with their talent. As Lin Feng prepared to leave, Xiao Yan asked Instructor Ruo Lin for a year’s leave so he could travel with him.

• Lin Feng remained unmoved by Instructor Ruo Lin’s efforts to recruit him, then entered Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yu to see the applicants being tested.
• A student told Instructor Ruo Lin that Xun Er had S-Rank aptitude and Xiao Yan had A-Rank aptitude, and Ruo Lin praised them as consolation for failing to recruit Lin Feng.
• Xiao Yu told her friend that Lin Feng was an eight-star Dou Zhe and a Tier 3 Alchemist, leaving the girl astonished.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Yan he was packed and ready to leave, and Xiao Yan said the recruitment was finished and he needed to ask Instructor Ruo Lin for leave.
• Xiao Yan asked Instructor Ruo Lin to let him travel with Lin Feng for one year, promising to report to Jia Nan Academy afterward.

Xiao Yan asked Instructor Ruo Lin for a year of leave, and she agreed on the condition that Lin Feng consider becoming a Guest Elder at Jia Nan Academy. Lin Feng accepted, and he and Xiao Yan departed, promising to return to the academy in a year.

• Xiao Yan told Instructor Ruo Lin he would give up his place at the academy if she would not grant him leave to pursue an important task.
• Instructor Ruo Lin offered to approve Xiao Yan's leave if Lin Feng considered becoming a Guest Elder when he came to the academy a year later.
• Lin Feng accepted the Guest Elder position, and Instructor Ruo Lin approved Xiao Yan's leave.
• Xiao Yan promised Xun Er that he and Lin Feng would return in a year, while Xun Er and Xiao Yu agreed to wait for them.
• Xiao Yu told Lin Feng to take care, and Lin Feng asked her to wait for him at the academy before he and Xiao Yan left.

Ge Ye ordered Mo Cheng and Yun Jun to ambush Lin Feng and Xiao Yan in the Monster Mountain Range, relying on a stronger hidden ally to ensure their deaths. Meanwhile, Lin Feng and Xiao Yan camped on the way to Green Mountain Town, shared a meal, and talked about Lin Feng’s future.

• Ge Ye decided Lin Feng and Xiao Yan had to be eliminated and sent Mo Cheng and Yun Jun ahead to ambush them near Green Mountain Town.
• Mo Cheng worried that Lin Feng’s strength and unknown trump cards could let him escape, but Ge Ye assured him they had an even stronger ally.
• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan camped in the woods after five days of travel, and Lin Feng continued asking about Xiao Yan’s mysterious teacher and alchemy.
• Lin Feng used Xiao Yan’s Mystic Heavy Ruler to roast meat, which Xiao Yan and Lin Feng ate while Yao Lao complained about the weapon’s use.
• Xiao Yan asked what Lin Feng planned to do in the future, and Lin Feng said he wanted to reach the pinnacle and live freely with the person he loved.

Lin Feng and Xiao Yan reached Green Mountain Town but were ambushed by Ge Ye, two Dou Ling experts, and mercenaries from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. As Lin Feng and Xiao Yan fought to hold them off, a stronger enemy remained hidden nearby.

• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan traveled to Green Mountain Town, with Xiao Yan struggling under the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Ge Ye and a group of mercenaries blocked their way outside town, revealing that they intended to kill Lin Feng.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that two attackers were Dou Ling experts and another hidden enemy had reached the Dou Wang level.
• Xiao Yan fought the mercenaries while Ge Ye and the two Dou Ling experts attacked Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng used Phantom Tracing to evade the attackers but struggled under their combined assault as onlookers gathered in town.

Lin Feng and Xiao Yan struggled against Ge Ye, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and a hidden Dou Wang outside Green Mountain Town. Lin Feng unleashed the Eight Inner Gates to break their formation, but Yun Leng of the Misty Cloud Sect revealed himself and vowed to kill him.

• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan found themselves increasingly pressured as Ge Ye and the mercenaries attacked, while Yao Lao warned that a hidden Dou Wang was targeting Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng urged Xiao Yan to escape, then used the Meteor Tear and Undying Scripture to greatly amplify his power.
• Xiao Yan tried to break through the Wolf Head Mercenary Group but was struck down by the hidden Dou Wang, while Lin Feng opened the Second Gate of the Eight Inner Gates.
• Lin Feng's punch shattered the attackers' Dou Qi barrier and injured Ge Ye and the two other assailants, though Lin Feng also sustained injuries.
• Ge Ye revealed that the hidden Dou Wang was Yun Leng of the Misty Cloud Sect, and the two other attackers showed their faces as elderly men before threatening Lin Feng.

Lin Feng and Xiao Yan fought the Misty Cloud Sect forces before fleeing separately into the Monster Mountain Range. Yun Leng pursued Xiao Yan, while Ge Ye and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group chased Lin Feng, who headed deeper into the mountains.

• Yun Leng attacked Xiao Yan while Ge Ye and two others fought Lin Feng, and Mu She kept the Wolf Head Mercenary Group out of the battle.
• Lin Feng used a Dou Technique against Ge Ye and the others as Yao Lao, controlling Xiao Yan, struck Yun Leng with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that his power was fading, so Xiao Yan and Lin Feng fled in separate directions toward the Monster Mountain Range.
• Yao Lao guided Xiao Yan through the mountains and used medicinal powder to draw magical beasts toward Yun Leng's pursuit, while Lin Feng evaded his pursuers on his own.
• Lin Feng used medicinal powder to drive away magical beasts and ran deeper into the Monster Mountain Range, but Ge Ye ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to keep chasing him.

Lin Feng fled deeper into the Monster Mountain Range while Ge Ye, Mo Cheng, and Yun Jun pursued him. He lured powerful magical beasts into attacking his pursuers, but Elder Yun Leng arrived and resumed the chase as Lin Feng headed toward a cliff and the range’s deepest region.

• Lin Feng evaded Ge Ye and the others while scattering medicinal powder and fleeing deeper into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Lin Feng turned to fight his pursuers with the Rest Gate open, then revealed that he had lured magical beasts toward them and marked them with medicinal powder.
• A Magic Ape and several other magical beasts attacked Ge Ye, Mo Cheng, and Yun Jun, forcing them into a losing fight.
• Elder Yun Leng arrived, killed the attacking magical beasts, and pursued Lin Feng after Ge Ye pointed out his escape route.
• Lin Feng sensed Elder Yun Leng, concealed himself among the trees, and fled toward a cliff that led to the deepest part of the Monster Mountain Range.

Lin Feng survived Yun Leng’s fatal attack and the fall into the Monster Mountain Range through the Undying Scripture and the Meteor Tear. After Ge Ye’s search turned up no body, Lin Feng recovered in a hidden cave and opened his eyes.

• Yun Leng, Ge Ye, and their allies attacked Lin Feng until he fell from a cliff, then fled when high-tier magical beasts began rioting.
• Yao Lao treated Xiao Yan’s injuries in a cave and urged him to use the battle as an opportunity.
• Yun Leng ordered Ge Ye and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to search for Lin Feng and kill Xiao Yan if they found him.
• Ge Ye’s group searched beneath the cliff for days but found only blood and torn clothing, then left without finding Lin Feng’s body.
• The Undying Scripture and Meteor Tear healed Lin Feng’s wounds, and he slowly regained consciousness in a hidden cave.

Lin Feng returned to Green Mountain Town and destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in revenge for its role in hunting him. Before leaving, he told Xiao Yi Xian to pass a message to his companion, and his name and deeds spread through the town.

• Lin Feng killed the fleeing members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, including its second-in-command, Gan Mu.
• Lin Feng stormed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters and confronted its leader, Mu She.
• Mu She offered the group's wealth in exchange for his life, but Lin Feng killed him and told the gathered crowd they could take the wealth.
• Lin Feng met Xiao Yi Xian and asked her to tell the young man with the black greatsword that he was safe and would find him later.
• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yi Xian a bottle of pills before leaving, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was wiped out.

Lin Feng trained in the Monster Mountain Range until he reached three-star Dou Master, then encountered Yun Yun battling the Amethyst Winged Lion King. While they fought, he sneaked into the beast's lair to search for its treasures.

• Lin Feng continued training and hunting magical beasts, while Xiao Yan worried about him and prepared to travel to the Tagor Desert with Yao Lao.
• Lin Feng broke through to three-star Dou Master after defeating a third-tier magical beast and harvesting its Magic Core.
• Lin Feng saw Yun Yun confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King and ask to borrow its Purple Spirit Crystal.
• As Yun Yun and the Lion King fought, Lin Feng distracted the lair's guards with medicinal powder and entered the cave.
• Lin Feng reached a platform made entirely of amethyst crystals deep inside the lair.

Lin Feng stole the Purple Spirit Crystal and Coexisting Amethyst Source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, then escaped after the beast discovered him. Back at his waterfall dwelling, he found the injured Yun Yun and decided to save her despite his misgivings about the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Lin Feng used medicinal liquid to put the young Amethyst Winged Lion King to sleep, then took the Purple Spirit Crystal and collected the Coexisting Amethyst Source.
• The system rewarded Lin Feng with Chaos Flame and set his next check-in location at the Snake-People Tribe, with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger as the reward.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sensed the theft, so Lin Feng fought past its guards and fled into the forest while it ordered the mountain's magical beasts to search for him.
• Lin Feng returned to his dwelling beneath the waterfall and found the badly injured Yun Yun on the riverbank.
• Lin Feng first decided to leave Yun Yun to fend for herself, but then turned back and chose to save her.

Lin Feng rescued the wounded Yun Yun and treated her injuries in his cave while she struggled to recover from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Sealing Technique. After he finished tending to her, Yun Yun wondered why he treated her so indifferently.

• Lin Feng carried unconscious Yun Yun into his cave and scattered medicinal powder outside to keep magical beasts away.
• Yun Yun awoke, recognized that she could not move, and accepted a pill from Lin Feng to heal her internal injuries.
• Lin Feng gave Yun Yun medicinal liquid for her chest wound, then helped her sit up and removed her clothing and Inner Armor to treat it.
• Lin Feng applied the medicine, gave Yun Yun a white garment, and returned to roasting fish.
• Yun Yun thanked Lin Feng and wondered why he acted so coldly toward her despite saving her.

Lin Feng rescued Yun Yun and received Chaos Flame and the Heavenly Cloud Thunder Wings for completing a hidden mission. As Yun Yun recovered in his cave, they exchanged names, though she concealed her identity by calling herself Yun Yun.

• Lin Feng learned that saving Yun Yun had completed a hidden mission and earned him Chaos Flame and the Heavenly Cloud Thunder Wings.
• Lin Feng examined his new abilities and considered testing Chaos Flame against the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert.
• Lin Feng grilled fish and gave one to Yun Yun, whose injuries had begun to heal after taking his medicinal pill.
• Yun Yun asked about Lin Feng, and he told her he came from a small place.
• Lin Feng told Yun Yun she could leave once she recovered, then gave her his name.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as Yun Yun instead of revealing her true identity.

Lin Feng rejected Yun Yun’s invitation to join the Yun Lan Sect and revealed that he had a life-and-death grudge against people in her sect. When Yun Yun promised to investigate, Lin Feng described the attempts on his life and demanded to know how she expected him to calm down.

• Yun Yun gave Lin Feng her real name and invited him to join the Yun Lan Sect, but he refused.
• Lin Feng told Yun Yun he had a life-and-death grudge against someone in her sect and said he would settle it himself.
• Yun Yun offered to investigate the grievance and punish anyone in the sect who was at fault.
• Lin Feng angrily recounted how Yun Lan Sect members had pursued and nearly killed him, showing Yun Yun the wound left by a Dou Wang’s attack.
• Yun Yun was shocked to learn how close Lin Feng had come to death at the hands of people from her sect.

Lin Feng told Yun Yun why members of the Misty Cloud Sect had pursued him, blaming their greed and fear of his revenge. Yun Yun admitted her failings as Sect Master and asked who was responsible.

• Lin Feng rejected Yun Yun’s apologies and said their grudge would end only when his pursuers were dead.
• Yun Yun woke to find Lin Feng gone, then accepted fruit from him when he returned to the cave.
• Yun Yun asked why Lin Feng had been hunted, and he explained that Misty Cloud Sect members coveted his cultivation methods and combat techniques after losing to him.
• Lin Feng criticized Yun Yun’s leadership, and she asked him to name the people responsible.

Lin Feng and Yun Yun discussed his plan to punish corrupt Yun Lan Sect members and the limits of her authority, then grew closer during several quiet days in the cave. As Yun Yun’s strength neared recovery, their time together was approaching a change.

• Lin Feng told Yun Yun he would personally take revenge on the Yun Lan Sect members and that she could not stop him.
• Yun Yun accepted his decision, explaining that she was only Sect Master in name and that she stayed because the sect was her home.
• Lin Feng asked whether she would leave if her teacher and the sect went astray, and Yun Yun admitted she did not know.
• Lin Feng and Yun Yun spent several days together in the cave, sharing meals and teasing each other as their relationship warmed.
• Yun Yun told Lin Feng that her strength was almost recovered.

Lin Feng and Yun Yun discussed his plans to seek strength and his revenge against members of the Yun Lan Sect before she asked him to help retrieve a Purple Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave. Lin Feng revealed he had already looted the cave, explaining why the lion king had been searching for him and causing unrest in the Monster Mountain Range.

• Lin Feng told Yun Yun he planned to go to the Tagor Desert to grow stronger, and Yun Yun apologized for her sect's role in his suffering.
• Yun Yun and Lin Feng exchanged teasing remarks as they prepared to sleep, and Yun Yun asked him for a favor.
• Yun Yun proposed luring away the Amethyst Winged Lion King so Lin Feng could retrieve a Purple Spirit Crystal from its cave.
• Lin Feng told Yun Yun he had already looted the lion king's cave while she fought it.
• Yun Yun realized Lin Feng had caused the recent magical beast unrest and had used her to distract the lion king, and she angrily accused him of taking advantage of her.