Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng spent the day with Queen Medusa before learning that Hai Bodong had obtained the Soul Recovery Purple Pill recipe, though two ingredients were still missing. Back at his residence, he accidentally saw Queen Medusa changing, and their confrontation ended with him stumbling into her arms.

• Nalan Yanran saw Lin Feng off, and he hurried back to the stall where Queen Medusa was waiting.
• Lin Feng took Queen Medusa around the Imperial Capital all day, then brought her back to his courtyard, where she claimed his room to rest.
• Hai Bodong gave Lin Feng the Soul Recovery Purple Pill recipe and explained that two ingredients had not yet been found.
• Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan teased Lin Feng about Queen Medusa's fragrance on him, while Lin Feng denied that anything had happened.
• Lin Feng walked in on Queen Medusa changing, and she threatened to teach him a lesson when he tried to flee.
• Queen Medusa caught Lin Feng by the arm as he rushed away, and he fell forward with his hands on her waist.

After spending the night outside Queen Medusa’s room, Lin Feng visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, where their teasing turned into an intimate encounter. A knock at the door interrupted them, leaving Ya Fei to compose herself before answering.

• Lin Feng spent the night in the courtyard and left breakfast for Queen Medusa, who watched him go and then came out to eat it.
• Lin Feng met Ya Fei outside the Mittel Family gates and accepted her invitation to visit the auction house.
• Ya Fei showed Lin Feng around the busy auction house and brought him to her private office, where they drank tea.
• Ya Fei teased Lin Feng, and he kissed her, pulled her into his arms, and touched her before a knock interrupted them.
• Ya Fei pushed free of Lin Feng, straightened her clothes, and told the visitor to come in.

Lin Feng and Ya Fei discussed the Mittel Family’s wish to bring them together, and Ya Fei admitted she might win him over. Lin Feng collected medicinal ingredients for Old Hai and went to the Nalan Family to treat Nalan Jie, where he learned Nalan Yanran had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• A maid delivered the medicinal ingredients requested by the Ice Emperor, and Ya Fei teased Lin Feng about their earlier kiss.
• Lin Feng told Ya Fei she need not sacrifice her wishes for the Mittel Family, and Ya Fei said she was willing to pursue him herself.
• Ya Fei showed Lin Feng the ingredients for Old Hai, and he confirmed they were suitable and took them.
• Lin Feng left for the Nalan Family to remove Nalan Jie’s poison and learned Nalan Yanran had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect to gauge her teacher’s position.

After curing Nalan Jie, Lin Feng returned to the Mittel Family and refined the energy he had absorbed, advancing to Five-Star Great Dou Shi. He discovered that the Sundial contained a space where time passed at a different rate, allowing one day of cultivation inside to equal about ten days outside.

• The system rewarded Lin Feng with a Meteor Tear and a Sundial after he removed the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie, who thanked him and promised the Nalan Family's help.
• Lin Feng returned to the Mittel Family and shared a quiet meal with Queen Medusa, then offered her money to go out while he cultivated.
• Queen Medusa stayed in the room as Lin Feng cultivated, and she sensed a suspicious fragrance connected to his morning contact with Ya Fei.
• Lin Feng refined the energy from the Brand Poison and Nalan Jie, advancing from Two-Star to Five-Star Great Dou Shi.
• Lin Feng explored the Sundial and discovered that one day of cultivation in its space equaled roughly ten days outside.

Lin Feng prepared to compete in the Alchemist Convention after advancing to Five-Star Great Dou Shi and growing closer to the Queen Medusa. At the competition venue, he met the other contestants and influential guests, while Liu Ling grew jealous and resolved to defeat him.

• Lin Feng teased the Queen Medusa, but she suddenly threw him into the courtyard after sensing a faint fragrance from him and ordered him to get lost.
• Over the next two days, the Queen Medusa made Lin Feng sleep outside before his persistent coaxing improved their relationship; she declined to attend the convention and asked him to bring back the Soul Fusion Pill recipe.
• Lin Feng met Hai Bodong, Mittel Tengshan, and Ya Fei at the Mittel Family entrance and confidently promised to win the championship.
• At the venue, Fa Ma introduced Liu Ling, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei to Lin Feng, and the contestants exchanged greetings.
• Princess Yao Ye, Princess Yao Yue, Old Jia, and Nalan Jie arrived and greeted Lin Feng warmly, while Liu Ling became jealous and vowed to defeat him.

The Alchemist Convention began, and Lin Feng dominated its first test while the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders suspected the young Chu Yun alchemist Hutton was actually Holden in disguise. Lin Feng exposed Holden’s arrogance during the second round, leaving Holden to refine his pill as the crowd rallied behind Lin Feng.

• Fa Ma opened the Alchemist Convention, and Lin Feng received the final ingredients for Hai Bodong’s Soul Recovery Purple Pill before entering the arena.
• Lin Feng took first place in the opening test, while Hutton placed just behind him and Fa Ma’s group discovered that the seventeen-year-old might be Holden using a pill to alter his appearance.
• During the second round, Xue Mei and Liu Ling failed to control their furnaces, and Holden mocked the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemists.
• Lin Feng released a jade-green pillar of light and called Holden an old man pretending to be young, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Holden darkened and resumed refining his pill as another pillar of light rose, while Liu Ling accepted his defeat and Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma recognized Holden’s aura.

Lin Feng defeated Holden in the competition’s previous round, warned Jia Xingtian that Holden had ulterior motives, and returned to find Queen Medusa drunk and asleep. At the finals, Holden revealed a powerful beast fire, but Lin Feng countered with a mysterious black flame and declared that the championship was his.

• Lin Feng defeated Holden, then warned Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma that Holden might be targeting the Jia Ma Empire’s royal family and alchemists.
• Ya Fei flirted with Lin Feng after he returned to the Mittel Family, and he fled to his residence in embarrassment.
• Lin Feng found Queen Medusa drunk from red wine, covered her with a blanket, and quietly left her room.
• At the finals, Holden unveiled a powerful beast fire that weakened the other alchemists’ flames.
• Lin Feng summoned a mysterious black flame that made the other flames tremble, then declared that the championship was his.

Lin Feng refined a Soul Recovery Purple Pill during the alchemy competition, completing it through the rare Pill Refining Without Cauldron technique. After Holden sabotaged the other contestants and attacked Lin Feng, Lin Feng defeated him, leaving the Jia Ma Empire’s victory assured.

• Lin Feng and Holden began refining pills, and Lin Feng’s soul power and medicinal fragrance revealed that he was far ahead.
• As Lin Feng’s pill threatened to overwhelm the Pill Furnace, he removed the Embryonic Pill and finished refining it in the air without a cauldron.
• Holden used his soul force to disrupt the other contestants, but Lin Feng overpowered him and completed the Soul Recovery Purple Pill.
• Holden charged at Lin Feng in desperation, and Lin Feng struck him into a pit with a lightning-fast attack.
• Jia Xingtian and the others found Holden barely alive and ordered him taken away.

Lin Feng won the alchemy competition, collected the Soul Fusion Pill Recipe and some available ingredients, and learned that Queen Medusa’s pill could not yet be refined. As Yun Shan’s threat approached, Lin Feng received a new check-in reward tied to the Yun Lan Sect.

• Lin Feng gave Hai Bodong the Soul Recovery Purple Pill, then left the competition’s aftermath to Jia Xingtian and the others.
• Lin Feng collected the Soul Fusion Pill Recipe and the guild’s available ingredients from Fa Ma, while declining to join the Alchemist Guild.
• Lin Feng received the Earth Rank High Level Dou Skill Wind Xun Thousand Leaf Soaring Dragon and learned that checking in at the Yun Lan Sect could reward him with the All Character Secret.
• Lin Feng attended the celebratory banquet, where he and Ya Fei flirted discreetly before she left for work.
• Lin Feng returned to Queen Medusa and told her that rare ingredients were missing and that he was not yet capable of refining a Six-Rank Pill.

Lin Feng asked Queen Medusa to help him train before his upcoming trip to the Misty Cloud Sect, and their days of sparring rapidly strengthened him. After they shared dinner beneath the night sky, Lin Feng tried to get closer to her, but Queen Medusa grew suspicious of his intentions.

• Lin Feng asked Queen Medusa to train him so he could prepare for the Misty Cloud Sect, and she followed him into the room after he whispered an explanation.
• Three days later, Hai Bodong recovered his strength and advanced, while Mittel Tengshan told him Lin Feng had gone into seclusion until the day of his journey.
• Inside the Sundial Space, Queen Medusa repeatedly fought Lin Feng, helping him approach the Six-Star Great Dou Shi barrier as he pushed himself through painful training.
• Lin Feng and Queen Medusa left the Sundial Space and shared dinner, pastries, and wine in the courtyard, where their increasingly close relationship became apparent.
• Lin Feng leaned toward Queen Medusa while pointing out the beautiful night, but she drew back and asked what he was trying to do.

Lin Feng cultivated relentlessly in Sundial Space as Nalan Yanran’s report revealed Yun Shan’s control of the Misty Cloud Sect and his plan to marry Yun Yun to Gu He. As the Three-Year Agreement approached, Nalan Yanran promised Yun Yun she would help her escape Yun Shan’s plans.

• Nalan Jie told Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the others that Yun Shan had imprisoned Yun Yun and intended to use the Three-Year Agreement to build support.
• Nalan Jie reported that Nalan Yanran would accept the challenge but ultimately stand with their side, while Yun Shan planned to announce Yun Yun’s wedding to Gu He on the day of the agreement.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong discussed the need to win support from other factions and wondered when Lin Feng would emerge from seclusion.
• Lin Feng reached Eight-Star Great Dou Shi in Sundial Space, recovered from his injuries, and asked Queen Medusa to fight him again.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she would take her away and prevent Yun Shan from forcing her to marry Gu He.

Yun Shan gathered the Misty Cloud Sect and its allies for Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s three-year agreement, while Jia Xingtian’s faction pinned its hopes on Lin Feng to stop the sect from taking control of the Jia Ma Empire. As Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza, Lin Feng emerged from the Sundial after completing his breakthrough and prepared to fight.

• Yun Shan’s assembly displayed the Misty Cloud Sect’s strength, and Jia Xingtian’s group feared that the sect would seize control of the empire.
• Pill King Gu He brought more than a dozen Dou Lings, six Dou Kings, and two Dou Emperors to support Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun urged Nalan Yanran to flee after the match, while Nalan Yanran prayed that Lin Feng would stop the crisis.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza carrying the Black Ruler to begin the agreement’s opening match.
• Lin Feng completed his breakthrough inside the Sundial, emerged beside Queen Medusa, and took her hand as he said they should go fight.

After Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, Yun Shan abandoned his plans and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to attack the Imperial Capital's forces. As the battle erupted, Yun Leng dove toward Xiao Yan, who faced the elder who had once hunted him.

• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, and she apologized to him and the Xiao Family, settling their past grievances.
• Yun Leng urged Yun Shan to capture Xiao Yan using Mo Cheng's death as an excuse, and Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to attack.
• Yun Leng's elders formed a barrier around the plaza as Yun Shan confronted Jia Xingtian and the Imperial Capital's other leaders.
• Yun Yun rejected Gu He's attempt to approach her, while Nalan Yanran stood by her teacher and hoped Lin Feng would arrive.
• The Imperial Capital's forces clashed with the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Leng attacked Xiao Yan after spotting him.

The Misty Cloud Sect’s battle with the Imperial Capital forces turned against its opponents as Yun Shan overwhelmed three Dou Emperors and Yun Leng’s group attacked Xiao Yan. Lin Feng arrived by breaking the plaza’s barrier, leaving the besieged fighters relieved as he faced the Dou Zong.

• Nalan Jie, Mittel Tengshan, the Mu Family Head, and Misty Cloud Sect elders fought across the plaza while Yun Shan easily suppressed Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma.
• Yun Leng ordered Ge Ye and Yun Jun to help him attack Xiao Yan, who vowed to settle his debts with them and Feng Ge.
• Yun Yun condemned Yun Leng’s attack, then comforted Nalan Yanran as both feared the consequences of the Misty Cloud Sect’s growing arrogance.
• Yun Shan battered Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma, while Ge Ye, Yun Jun, and Yun Leng drove Xiao Yan to his limit.
• Lin Feng shattered the barrier around the plaza and appeared in the sky, prompting relief from Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Hai Bodong, the others, and Xiao Yan.

Lin Feng arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and began settling old scores, crushing Yun Leng, Ge Ye, and Yun Jun before confronting Yun Shan. With the two sides assembled and badly outmatched, Lin Feng prepared to fight Yun Shan while Xiao Yan and the others took on the remaining enemies.

• Lin Feng ambushed Yun Leng, Ge Ye, and Yun Jun, severely wounding all three with one strike.
• Lin Feng killed Ge Ye and Yun Jun, but Yun Leng escaped behind Yun Shan, who blocked Lin Feng’s thrown Mystic Heavy Ruler and hurled it back at him.
• Lin Feng caught Yun Shan’s counterattack unharmed, reunited with Xiao Yan and his allies, and gave them medicinal pills to treat their injuries.
• Lin Feng challenged Yun Shan and revealed that he knew about the source of Yun Shan’s Dou Zong breakthrough, while Yun Shan summoned Gu He and his reinforcements.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Yan and the others that he would handle Yun Shan and asked them to deal with the remaining enemies.

Lin Feng and Yun Shan fought above the Misty Cloud Sect while their allies battled below. After Yun Shan created two clones, Lin Feng unleashed Chaos Flame and opened the Fourth Gate, preparing to escalate the fight.

• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and the others split up the Misty Cloud Sect forces while Xiao Yan fought a Dou King to a standstill.
• Lin Feng confronted Yun Shan and held his own against the Dou Zong with his speed and physical strength.
• Lin Feng and Yun Shan traded powerful attacks, including Thousand Leaf Soaring Dragon and Wind's Extremity, Fallen Kill, damaging the Misty Cloud Sect grounds.
• Yun Shan created two clones after realizing Lin Feng was suppressing him in direct combat.
• Lin Feng summoned Chaos Flame, then opened the Fourth Gate and formed a Lightning Blade.

Lin Feng defeated Yun Shan in battle at the Misty Cloud Sect, then watched Yun Shan summon the sect’s protective array. Ling Lao appeared and shattered the array, leaving Yun Shan’s next move uncertain.

• Lin Feng opened the fourth gate of the Eight Inner Gates and overwhelmed Yun Shan with a series of attacks, finally smashing him into the plaza.
• Lin Feng released Yun Yun from her seal, and Yun Yun admitted to Nalan Yanran that she liked Lin Feng.
• After Yun Shan ordered Yun Leng to form the Cloud Mist Sun Covering Array, Ling Lao appeared and destroyed it with two sword strikes.
• Ling Lao ignored Yun Shan and told Lin Feng he had made quite a mess, while Lin Feng said the Misty Cloud Sect had brought it upon itself.

Yun Shan’s fight against Lin Feng drew Protector Wu of the Hall of Souls into the battle, but Queen Medusa intervened to protect Lin Feng. With Protector Wu still threatening them, Lin Feng asked Xiao Yan whether he could unleash enough power to reach the Dou Zong realm.

• Yun Shan used a secret technique to raise his strength, but a black-robed Hall of Souls figure appeared and revealed himself as Protector Wu.
• Yun Shan attacked Lin Feng while Protector Wu restrained Ling Lao, and Lin Feng fought Yun Shan to a standstill.
• Protector Wu attacked Lin Feng with iron chains, and Lin Feng countered with Chaos Flame before Yun Shan moved in again.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Lin Feng, blocked Yun Shan’s attack, and sent him flying.
• Lin Feng asked Xiao Yan whether he could unleash his full strength and reach the Dou Zong realm.

Lin Feng and Xiao Yan, with Yao Lao taking control of Xiao Yan’s body, joined forces against Protector Wu while Queen Medusa kept Yun Shan occupied. Lin Feng and Yao Lao gained the upper hand, but Protector Wu threatened to outlast Yao Lao’s restored state.

• Xiao Yan agreed to fight alongside Lin Feng, and Yao Lao revealed himself to Protector Wu as the force within Xiao Yan.
• Lin Feng asked Queen Medusa to hold Yun Shan back and told Hai Bodong to watch Pill King Gu He and the others.
• Lin Feng and Yao Lao attacked Protector Wu together, driving their fight into the sky as Queen Medusa blocked Yun Shan from intervening.
• Lin Feng used the fourth gate of the Eight Inner Gates and coordinated with Yao Lao to counter Protector Wu’s attacks and suppress him.
• Protector Wu challenged Yao Lao to see how long his current state could last.

Lin Feng and Yao Lao fought Protector Wu, but Yun Shan broke free and struck at Lin Feng while Protector Wu restrained him. Yun Yun took the beam meant for Lin Feng, and although the Meteor Tear restored her fading life, Lin Feng left her with Queen Medusa and turned to face Yun Shan and Protector Wu in fury.

• Lin Feng and Yao Lao coordinated attacks that shattered Protector Wu’s black mist barrier, but the clash left all three weakened.
• Yun Shan broke free of Queen Medusa’s restraint and attacked Lin Feng while Protector Wu sent chains to hold him and Yao Chen back.
• Yun Yun intercepted Yun Shan’s beam and fell wounded into Lin Feng’s arms as Nalan Yanran and Yun Shan cried out for her.
• Lin Feng used the Meteor Tear to restore Yun Yun’s life force and carry her to safety.
• Lin Feng handed the unconscious Yun Yun to Queen Medusa and turned on Yun Shan and Protector Wu, vowing to kill them.