Chapter Summaries

The observers marveled at Xiao Yan’s rise to Da Dou Shi, but were even more astonished to learn that Ning Luo had reached five-star Dou Ling at seventeen. After defeating Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus with his stronger Heavenly Flame, Ning Luo began preparing to demonstrate his own version of the technique.

• The onlookers compared Xiao Yan’s three-year rise to Da Dou Shi with Ning Luo’s extraordinary cultivation as a seventeen-year-old five-star Dou Ling.
• Fa Ma praised Ning Luo, and Jia Xingtian predicted that he would achieve greatness.
• Xiao Yan struggled up after his Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus failed to harm Ning Luo, who explained that his Green Lotus Core Flame outranked Xiao Yan’s Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• Ning Luo gathered azure and purple flames, joined them, and used Soul Power to control them as he began forming his own Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus.

Ning Luo defeated Xiao Yan with a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and forced him to kneel and apologize to the Misty Cloud Sect. After the victory, Ning Luo advanced to six-star Dou Ling and prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy after two days of rest.

• Ning Luo copied Xiao Yan's Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and blasted him out of the arena.
• Ning Luo demanded that Xiao Yan stop pursuing Yanran and kneel to apologize, while Yao Lao pleaded for mercy.
• Yao Lao reminded Xiao Yan of his father, and Xiao Yan knelt, apologized, and promised not to provoke Ning Luo or the Misty Cloud Sect again.
• Ning Luo let Xiao Yan leave and revealed that he had advanced to six-star Dou Ling during the battle.
• Yun Yun congratulated Ning Luo, who said he would return to Jia Nan Academy after resting for two days.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Ning Luo and kissed him as he reassured her that no one would disturb her again.

Ning Luo accompanied Nalan Yanran to the Nalan Family to visit her ailing grandfather and offered to treat his Luo Poison with a Heavenly Flame. The chapter ended as he examined the unconscious elder and Nalan Su asked whether he could be saved.

• Nalan Yanran asked Ning Luo to accompany her home so she could visit her grandfather, whose chronic illness had not healed.
• After a little more than a month, Ning Luo traveled with Nalan Yanran to the Nalan Family and saw Alchemists gathering to treat the elder.
• Nalan Su welcomed Nalan Yanran and Ning Luo, and Ning Luo offered to try using his Heavenly Flame to expel the Luo Poison.
• Ning Luo examined Nalan Yanran's grandfather and saw the gray-black poison marks and deathly aura on his unconscious body.
• Nalan Su explained that the Luo Poison was dangerous even for a Dou Emperor and asked Ning Luo whether there was hope of treatment.

Ning Luo used Azure Flame to begin treating Nalan Jie’s deep Luo Poison, and the first treatment restored some of the old man’s blackened bones. After promising to return the next day, Ning Luo cultivated and purified the poison he had absorbed.

• Ning Luo warned Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran that he had less than fifty percent confidence, but Nalan Su chose to let him attempt the treatment.
• Ning Luo used Azure Flame and Soul Power to drive the poison from Nalan Jie, causing the old man to awaken in intense pain.
• Ning Luo restored part of Nalan Jie’s blackened bones and said several more treatments would be needed, though he expected the poison could be removed.
• Nalan Jie praised Ning Luo and told Nalan Yanran to take care of him, leaving her blushing as she thanked Ning Luo on their walk.
• Ning Luo cultivated that night and used Azure Flame to purify the black mist and bead of poison within his vortex.

Ning Luo discovered that Nalan Jie's poison had left him with a potent blackened finger, then finished curing Elder Nalan. At a gathering in the Nalan Family estate, Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran confronted each other over Ning Luo, who declared that he would marry them both.

• Ning Luo found that Nalan Jie's poison had stained his middle finger, but its power strengthened his Dou Qi and caused him no harm.
• After several days of treatment, Ning Luo cured all of Nalan Jie's poison and settled in the Nalan Family estate.
• Ning Luo entered a gathering with Nalan Yanran and encountered Ya Fei, who greeted him warmly.
• Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei argued over their closeness to Ning Luo, and Ning Luo urged them to get along.
• Hai Dongbo arrived and approved of Ning Luo having many confidantes.
• Ning Luo embraced Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran, said he would marry them both, and the two women blushed and nodded.

After curing Nalan Jie and preparing to travel to Jia Nan Academy, Ning Luo was visited by Queen Medusa, who asked him to refine a Spirit Merging Pill. They agreed that he would help her in exchange for her treating him as a friend, and she decided to travel with him to search for the required ingredients.

• Ning Luo sensed a disturbance while cultivating, and Queen Medusa emerged from his body.
• Queen Medusa took the Spirit Merging Pill Prescription and asked Ning Luo to refine the pill for her.
• Ning Luo refused to help without compensation, then proposed marriage before settling on an agreement to be friends.
• Queen Medusa agreed to travel with Ning Luo until he refined the pill and asked him to search for its ingredients in major cities.
• Ning Luo told Queen Medusa to conceal her appearance in cities, and she headed toward the forest path.

Ning Luo and Queen Medusa traveled toward Jia Nan Academy, stopping in cities to search for the herb needed for the Spirit Fusion Pill. After reaching Da Ling City, they headed toward the Black Corner Region, where their route continued through a lawless land ruled by strength.

• Ning Luo and Queen Medusa spent nearly five days traveling and searching city markets, but found none of the herb Medusa needed.
• Queen Medusa descended into Black Flame City, and Ning Luo gathered local information and bought medicinal herbs for her.
• Ning Luo and Queen Medusa passed through Da Ling City and the two fortresses on their way east.
• Ning Luo approached the Black Corner Region, a dangerous crossroads where the strong preyed on the weak and rare treasures drew outsiders.

Ning Luo brought Queen Medusa into the Black Corner Region on their way to Jia Nan Academy, where Medusa teased him about his confidantes. At the academy, Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Ning Luo was safe and had arrived with Queen Medusa, and she looked forward to seeing him again.

• Ning Luo brought Queen Medusa to the Black Corner Region and told her they were near Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa asked Ning Luo about his confidantes, and he teased her for not objecting when he called her his wife.
• Ling Ying returned to Xun'er and told her that Ning Luo was well but had Queen Medusa with him.
• Xun'er reacted to the news of Medusa, then asked about Ning Luo's strength and learned he had been a five-star Dou Ling when Ling Ying last saw him.
• Xun'er recalled that more than two years had passed and walked down the mountain, hoping to meet Ning Luo again.

After reaching the Black Domain Great Plains, Ning Luo recovered from his journey and broke through to seven-star Dou Ling before entering the Black Corner Region. He approached a tribe to replenish his supplies, where an archer shot at him and a man demanded a toll.

• Ning Luo reached the Black Domain Great Plains and rested in a secluded forest while Medusa urged him to recover before entering the dangerous region.
• After cultivating for most of the afternoon, Ning Luo expelled black vapor and discovered he had advanced to seven-star Dou Ling.
• Ning Luo crossed the plains without finding anyone and continued toward a town to buy a map, while Medusa warned him against showing excessive compassion.
• Ning Luo and Medusa teased each other as he made his way toward a tribe to replenish his supplies.
• An archer fired a long arrow at Ning Luo near the tribe, and a man on the palisade told him newcomers had to pay a toll from a hundred meters away.

Ning Luo entered the Black Corner Region and quickly showed that he would meet its cruelty with ruthless force. After killing several men who tried to rob him, he continued into the market, where a fat man approached with an offer to sell him a map.

• Ning Luo paid a gatekeeper five hundred gold coins to enter the tribe, then killed him with eerie flames when he opened the gate.
• Three armed men and the gaunt archer who had threatened Ning Luo at the gate tried to rob him in the street.
• Ning Luo struck down the three men and killed the archer, while the watching crowd stood by.
• The crowd praised Ning Luo's decisive violence after he walked away from the bodies.
• A smiling, slightly plump man approached Ning Luo and offered to sell him a map.

Ning Luo joined Doma’s caravan to travel across the Black Domain Great Plains toward Black Seal City and its auction convention. After surviving a black storm, Ning Luo and Medusa discussed shopping at the auction once they reached the city.

• Ning Luo accepted Doma’s offer to guard his caravan in exchange for passage to Black Seal City and learned that the city’s auction convention was approaching.
• Doma showed Ning Luo a map and explained that Black Seal City was under the Eight Sects, while Han Feng ranked third on the Black List as the Medicine Emperor.
• A black storm engulfed the plains, forcing the caravan to shelter together until the sky cleared.
• Ning Luo found the caravan again, reassured Doma, and returned to the carriage.
• Medusa suggested visiting the Black Seal City auction, and Ning Luo teased her about marrying him for her money.

Xun'er and Instructor Ruo Lin discussed the upcoming Advancement Tournament and Ning Luo's long absence, while Bai Shan grew jealous of the absent student. After safely crossing the Black Domain Great Plains with Doma's caravan, Ning Luo arrived at Black Seal City ahead of its auction convention.

• Bai Shan approached Xun'er, but she left with Instructor Ruo Lin when the instructor came to speak with her.
• Instructor Ruo Lin explained that the Advancement Tournament was in half a month and said Ning Luo would need at least Da Dou Shi strength to qualify for the Inner Academy.
• Xun'er urged Instructor Ruo Lin to enter Ning Luo in the tournament, while Bai Shan silently resented how much Xun'er cared about him.
• Ning Luo accepted Doma's payment and map after the caravan crossed the Black Domain Great Plains without further trouble.
• Doma brought Ning Luo to Black Seal City and told him that powerful factions were gathering for the upcoming auction convention.

Ning Luo arrived in Black Seal City, bought rare medicinal ingredients at the Thousand Medicine Workshop, and gathered what he needed to refine pills for Medusa and to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame. He then entered the Black Seal Auction House to see what it had to offer.

• Ning Luo paid the entrance fee, parted ways with Doma, and witnessed the city’s violent streets, where a skinny man stabbed a bald man who had grabbed him.
• Ning Luo visited the Thousand Medicine Workshop and bought ingredients for Medusa’s Purple Spirit Pill and an Earth Spirit Pill to help him absorb the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Ning Luo and Medusa exchanged teasing threats as they headed to the Black Seal Auction House.
• Ning Luo entered the auction house, whose guards included five Dou Masters, and saw screens displaying the items up for auction.

Ning Luo auctioned two Two-pattern Green Spirit Pills and a Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill at the Black Seal Auction House and received a Level Two Distinguished Guest seat. After arriving at the auction venue, he noticed Fan Ling watching him from nearby.

• Ning Luo entered the appraisal room disguised in a black robe and offered three pills for auction.
• The old appraiser valued each Two-pattern Green Spirit Pill at about three hundred thousand gold coins and the Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill at about seven hundred thousand.
• The old appraiser assigned Ning Luo a Level Two Distinguished Guest card and secretly reported his rare pills to the sect master.
• Ning Luo followed a maid to his seat near the crystal auction platform.
• Ning Luo spotted Fan Ling, the young sect master of the Blood Sect, watching him from a nearby row of seats.

Ning Luo attended the Black Seal City Auction and watched as the early lots sold before his Azure Spirit Pills drew fierce bidding. The Blood Sect's young sect master, Fan Ling, raised the price to five hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.

• Fan Ling sensed something strange about Ning Luo, while an elder assured him that the Blood Sect had secretly prepared to seize its target after the auction.
• The auction began, and Ning Luo dismissed the Cold Edge sword and the other early treasures as unworthy of his interest.
• The auctioneer presented two Azure Spirit Pills that Ning Luo had refined and described their ability to help peak Dou Masters break through, while skimming over their side effects.
• Bidders pushed the Azure Spirit Pills' price upward, and Fan Ling entered the bidding with an offer of five hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.

Ning Luo watched the auction of the Azure Spirit Pills escalate between Fan Ling of the Blood Sect and Molhan of the Black Skeleton Tomb, then saw Fan Ling turn his attention to the rare Thunder Bat Sky Wings. The Heavenly Snake Mansion entered the bidding against Fan Ling, leaving the auction poised for a new contest.

• Fan Ling and Molhan bid against each other for the two Azure Spirit Pills until Fan Ling won them for six hundred thousand gold coins each.
• Ning Luo and Medusa discussed the high price and the danger of dealing with factions in the Black Corner Region.
• The auctioneer presented the rare Flight Fighting Skill Thunder Bat Sky Wings, which Ning Luo did not want because he already had the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Fan Ling bid one million three hundred thousand gold coins for the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, then Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion raised the bid to one million four hundred thousand.
• Fan Ling recognized Elder Qing and greeted her as the auction hall watched the bidding contest begin.

Ning Luo recognized the Tattered Map as a fragment bearing the pattern of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and began bidding to obtain it. Fan Ling challenged his bids, and the contest was still escalating when the chapter ended.

• Fan Ling won the Flight Fighting Skill after bidding 1.9 million gold coins against Elder Qing.
• The auctioneer presented a Tattered Map, and Ning Luo recognized its pattern as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, matching two maps in his Ring of Holding.
• Ning Luo opened the bidding at 110,000 gold coins, drawing surprise from the auction house.
• Fan Ling raised the price to 130,000, and Ning Luo responded by bidding 150,000.
• Fan Ling bid 200,000 despite his companion's objection, and Ning Luo raised the price to 250,000.

Ning Luo won the map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for one million gold coins and later secured the Earth Heart Fire Ganoderma for 1.2 million. His lavish bids drew attention, while Fan Ling plotted to make him prey before the night was over.

• Ning Luo outbid Fan Ling and bought the map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for one million gold coins.
• Fan Ling told an elder to keep watch on Ning Luo and arrange for him not to live past that night.
• Queen Medusa urged Ning Luo to bid for the Earth Heart Fire Ganoderma, which he needed for the Purple Spirit Pill, and threatened to bite him if he failed to get it.
• Ning Luo waited as the bids for the Earth Heart Fire Ganoderma climbed, then offered 1.2 million gold coins and silenced the remaining competitors.
• Ning Luo prompted the auctioneer to complete the sale, and the hammer fell, confirming his purchase.

Ning Luo outbid the Black Skeleton Tomb and bought the Earth Tier movement skill Three Thousand Lightning Movement for fifteen million. As the auction prepared to reveal its grand finale, the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill appeared inside a Cold Jade Box.

• The auction house put Three Thousand Lightning Movement up for bidding, and the Black Skeleton Tomb drove the price to 10.2 million.
• Ning Luo bid fifteen million, won the movement skill, and drew the covetous attention of people hoping to rob him.
• Medusa teased Ning Luo for claiming to be poor, and he said wealth should not be flaunted.
• The auctioneer announced the grand finale and raised a cold-iron cage around the crystal platform to protect the item.
• The auctioneer opened a Cold Jade Box to reveal the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.

Ning Luo recognized the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill as a Seventh-grade pill with the power to help its user transform after suffering grievous injuries. The auctioneer revealed that Venerable Wind, Gu Ling, had used one to rise from a severely injured Dou Zong to a Dou Zun, and the auction hall’s powerful factions prepared to compete for it.

• Ning Luo identified the pill in the Cold Jade Box as the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and recognized its dragon-shaped pill energy as a sign of its high grade.
• The auctioneer announced that the pill was Seventh-grade and explained that refining it required two fresh dragon-type Magical Cores of at least sixth tier.
• Ning Luo realized he already possessed two Sixth-tier Magic Cores from the Lightning Wolf and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• The auctioneer explained that the pill could enable a transformation after grievous injury, and Ning Luo said he wanted to learn to refine it, prompting Medusa to mock him.
• The auctioneer revealed that Venerable Wind, Gu Ling, had consumed the pill and later advanced from a five-star Dou Zong to Dou Zun, stirring intense greed among the bidders.