Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo formed a four-colored flame lotus from four Heavenly Flames and launched it at Yun Shan, who countered with a massive green Dou Qi vortex. The lotus struck the vortex and exploded, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Ning Luo retreated from Yun Shan and combined the Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame into a four-colored flame lotus.
• Yun Shan pursued Ning Luo, but Ning Luo’s smaller flame lotuses delayed him while the four-colored lotus took shape.
• Yun Shan summoned a massive green Dou Qi vortex around himself as Ning Luo prepared his attack.
• Ning Luo launched the four-colored flame lotus at Yun Shan’s vortex while Yun Yun watched anxiously from the wedding platform.
• Ning Luo shouted for the lotus to explode, and it detonated atop the vortex with an earth-shattering blast.

Ning Luo used a four-Heavenly-Flame Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus to weaken Yun Shan, then killed him with a frenzied attack and lightning. Afterward, he told Yun Yun that he had won.

• Ning Luo's four-colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus collided with Yun Shan's attack and unleashed a devastating Energy Storm across Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Ning Luo rushed after the weakened Yun Shan and struck his chest, breaking bones in his own fist as Yun Shan suffered fatal injuries.
• Ning Luo punched through Yun Shan's chest, then struck his falling body with Thunderous Might until it exploded.
• Yun Yun watched in shock and relief as Ning Luo told her, "Master, I won!"

Protector Wu of the Soul Hall appeared during the battle at the Misty Cloud Sect and attacked Ning Luo, revealing that the Hall wanted to capture his body and soul. Ning Luo repelled Protector Wu’s chains and vowed to destroy the Soul Hall, while Protector Wu devoured Yun Shan’s soul.

• Protector Wu appeared in black mist and announced that the Soul Hall had come to capture Ning Luo; Yun Yun warned Ning Luo to be careful.
• Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and their allies fought the Misty Cloud Sect elders while Ning Luo confronted Protector Wu.
• Protector Wu ripped Yun Shan’s soul from his body and attacked Ning Luo with a black chain, but Ning Luo blocked it with White Flame.
• Protector Wu unleashed three chains in his Three-Stage Soul Lock, and Ning Luo countered them with five streams of white flame.
• Protector Wu enveloped Yun Shan’s soul in black mist and began devouring it as Ning Luo vowed to level the Soul Hall.

Ning Luo fought Protector Wu as the Soul Hall elder extracted the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect elders, prompting Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to intervene. Ning Luo then unleashed the Soul Seizing Technique, leaving Protector Wu terrified.

• Ning Luo refused to let Protector Wu escape and faced the elder as flames erupted around him.
• Protector Wu used a strange suction force to extract the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect elders, revealing that they had received power from the Soul Hall.
• Yun Yun attacked Protector Wu in anger, but he struck her down, and Ning Luo caught her and told her to leave the fight to him.
• Nalan Yanran arrived from the rear mountain to help Ning Luo, but he insisted he would defeat Protector Wu himself.
• Ning Luo confronted Protector Wu and unleashed the Soul Seizing Technique, causing terror in the Soul Hall elder.

Ning Luo defeated the Soul Hall Protector and reunited with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who agreed to marry him despite Yun Yun asking to wait because her master had just died. When Ning Luo’s other relationships surfaced, the women turned on him and demanded answers.

• Ning Luo used the Soul Seizing Technique on the Soul Hall Protector, whose illusory head exploded and plunged the world into darkness before the Protector was destroyed.
• Ning Luo landed before Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, proposed to Yun Yun, and heard her accept while asking to delay the marriage because her master had just died.
• Ning Luo asked Nalan Yanran to marry him as well, and she accepted.
• Ning Luo told Princess Yao Ye to withdraw the army, thanked Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and the others, and spoke with Hai Bodong after the troops left.
• Queen Medusa tried to leave for the Snake People Tribe, but Ning Luo stopped her; Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran questioned their relationship and clashed with Medusa.
• Queen Medusa asked Ning Luo how many other confidantes he had, prompting Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Medusa to unite against him.

After the Misty Cloud Sect’s impending disbandment and Yun Shan’s death shook the Jia Ma Empire, Ning Luo spent time with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran. The chapter ended with Ning Luo promising to dote on Nalan Yanran, while teasing that he wanted all his women to sleep together.

• News that the Misty Cloud Sect would disband spread across the Jia Ma Empire, and Ning Luo became known as the sect’s likely future leader.
• Yun Yun recalled the inner armor she had given Ning Luo, and the two embraced and kissed in her room.
• The next day, Nalan Yanran told Ning Luo how much she had missed him and complained that he had neglected her for Yun Yun.
• Ning Luo teased Nalan Yanran about sharing a bed with Yun Yun and his other women, then promised to dote on her alone.

Ning Luo spent the night with Nalan Yanran, then promised Cai Lin he would spend the next night with her, while Zi Yan watched in confusion. He later gathered the Jia Ma Empire’s major factions to propose an alliance stronger than the Misty Cloud Sect, and Mu Chen asked whether he meant to unite their families into one force.

• Ning Luo embraced Nalan Yanran, and the two spent the night together.
• Cai Lin confronted Ning Luo about where he had spent the previous nights, and he promised to keep her company that night.
• Zi Yan asked Ning Luo whether she could join in, and he told her she was too young.
• Ning Luo met with representatives of the Jia Ma Empire’s strongest factions at the Misty Cloud Sect’s council hall and proposed forming a powerful alliance.
• Mu Chen asked whether Ning Luo intended to integrate the major families into a single force.

Ning Luo and Yun Yun persuaded the three great clans to join their new alliance, then offered the Alchemist Guild support and advancement in exchange for joining. Fa Ma agreed to bring the proposal to the guild, while Ning Luo promised the clans and guild major gains within ten years.

• Yun Yun explained that the alliance would protect its members and be governed by an Elder Council, with each founding clan receiving a seat.
• Hai Bodong agreed on behalf of the Mittel Family, Mu Chen agreed for the Mu Clan, and Nalan Jie followed with the Nalan Family.
• Ning Luo urged Fa Ma to bring the Alchemist Guild into the alliance and promised support for its Alchemists’ expenses.
• Ning Luo promised ten Fifth-grade Alchemists and Fa Ma’s advancement to the sixth grade within ten years; Fa Ma agreed to seek the guild elders’ approval.
• Ning Luo promised that the three clans would gain at least three Dou Emperor experts apiece within ten years, delighting Mu Chen, Nalan Jie, and the others.

Ning Luo established the Luo Alliance with the empire’s major powers and accepted the position of alliance leader. After the alliance’s formation stirred the Jia Ma Empire, he left the capital with Zi Yan and Medusa for the Monster Mountain Range so he could enter seclusion.

• Jia Xingtian asked to have the Imperial Family join the alliance, and Ning Luo welcomed it and promised to help nurture its talents.
• Yun Yun announced the alliance’s name as the Luo Alliance, and Fa Ma and the others agreed that Ning Luo should lead it.
• Yun Yun raised a toast as the alliance was formally established, and news of the powerful new force spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire.
• Ning Luo quietly left the capital with Zi Yan, but Medusa joined them, saying she did not trust Zi Yan traveling with him alone.
• Ning Luo explained that he was heading into seclusion in the Monster Mountain Range and flew there with Medusa and Zi Yan following.

Ning Luo returned to Qingshan Town with Medusa and Zi Yan and intervened when the Snake Nest Mercenary Group attacked Ka Gang and Ling'er. He killed their assailants with Formless Fire and recognized Ka Gang, leaving the reunion to continue.

• Ning Luo arrived in Qingshan Town with Medusa and Zi Yan, recalling that it was where he first trained as a Dou Zhe.
• Ning Luo heard the Snake Nest Mercenary Group threatening Ka Gang and Ling'er and killed the scar-faced attacker who reached for her.
• Ka Gang thanked Ning Luo and urged him to escape with Ling'er, but Ning Luo promised that no one in the Jia Ma Empire would dare harm them.
• A member of the Snake Nest Mercenary Group fired a signal flare, and a dozen men rushed Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo used Formless Fire to turn the attackers into piles of ash, then told Ka Gang he had not expected to find him still in Qingshan Town.

Ning Luo reunited with Ka Gang and gave him a way to protect the Blood War Mercenary Group from the Snake Nest Mercenary Group before continuing into a valley in search of medicinal treasures. As he reached the place where a thatched hut had once stood, he wondered where Xiao Yi Xian was now.

• Ling'er recognized Ning Luo as the youth who had destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and Ka Gang and Ling'er knelt to ask him to save the Blood War Mercenary Group.
• Ning Luo gave Ka Gang five fire-lotus bottles and a jade token, then vanished after telling him to use a bottle against the Snake Nest Mercenary Group's leader.
• Ning Luo, Medusa, and Zi Yan flew to a valley rich in medicinal herbs, where Ning Luo killed a fourth-tier Magical Beast that attacked him.
• Medusa drove away the Wind Leopard Beasts, and Ning Luo headed deeper into the valley toward the site of the old thatched hut.
• Ning Luo remembered Xiao Yi Xian and wondered where she was now.

Ning Luo confronted a hooded poison master who recognized him, gave him an antidote for Zi Yan, and fled before he could confirm her identity. The figure revealed herself as Xiao Yi Xian, while Ning Luo and Medusa returned to the valley to find Zi Yan suffering from the poison.

• The hooded figure gave Ning Luo an antidote for Zi Yan and said the valley belonged to him and his friend, then left.
• Ning Luo called out Xiao Yi Xian's name, but she vanished before he could catch her.
• Ning Luo admitted Xiao Yi Xian was a confidante, prompting Medusa to scold him about adding more women to his harem.
• From a nearby peak, Xiao Yi Xian recalled her past with Ning Luo, then disappeared after deciding not to return to the valley.
• Ning Luo and Medusa found Zi Yan flushed and struggling to breathe, and Ning Luo could not locate the poison inside her.

Ning Luo settled in the valley and spent over a month refining pills while Zi Yan advanced inside a cocoon. He emerged after an explosion, learned about Zi Yan’s transformation, and confirmed that his pill refining had succeeded.

• Ning Luo gave Zi Yan Xiao Yi Xian’s pill, which cleared the poison from her face, then entered the valley to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Ning Luo gathered rare herbs, carved out a cave, and began refining pills while Zi Yan and Medusa agreed to stay close to the valley.
• Zi Yan persuaded Medusa to sneak out, and the two plundered treasures across the Monster Mountain Range until a massive beast host chased them back.
• Medusa guarded the valley as Ning Luo refined pills for over a month and Zi Yan remained inside a light cocoon.
• An explosion sent Ning Luo out of the cave, where Medusa told him Zi Yan had transformed to advance, and Ning Luo confirmed that he had succeeded in refining his pill.

Ning Luo prepared to enter secluded cultivation to break through to Dou Zong after entrusting Alliance business to Baili Sheng. Meanwhile, the He Family head cornered the Blood War Mercenary Group and questioned them about the Fire Lotus Bottles that had killed his men.

• Ning Luo told Medusa he expected to break through to Dou Zong within ten days and said he would enter seclusion after delivering the pills.
• Ning Luo gave Baili Sheng the pills to take back and instructed him to tell Big Brother that Ning Luo would be secluded for half a year or perhaps a year.
• Ka Gang used three of Ning Luo's Fire Lotus Bottles to kill the Snake Nest Mercenary Group leader and two He Family experts, helping the Blood War Mercenary Group drive its rivals from Qingshan Town.
• The He Family head arrived in Qingshan Town with experts and overwhelmed the Blood War Mercenary Group, prompting Ka Gang to crush the jade tablet Ning Luo had given him.
• The He Family head held a Fire Lotus Bottle and demanded to know whether it was what the Blood War Mercenary Group had used against his son-in-law and the He Family experts.

Ning Luo arrived at the Blood War Mercenary Group’s training ground as the He Family Head threatened Ka Gang and demanded the Fire Lotus Bottles. Ning Luo ordered the He Family to leave Qingshan Town, then revealed Dou Qi powerful enough to shock everyone with an aura beyond a Dou Emperor.

• Ka Gang admitted he had found the jade bottle and begged the He Family Head to spare the Blood War Mercenary Group’s women and children.
• The He Family Head struck Ka Gang and was about to stomp on his head when Ning Luo appeared.
• Ning Luo healed Ka Gang and promised that no one from the Blood War Mercenary Group would be harmed further.
• The He Family Head demanded one Fire Lotus Bottle for each life and threatened Ning Luo when he refused to leave.
• Ning Luo ordered the He Family to leave Qingshan Town, then unleashed his Dou Qi and shocked the crowd with his overwhelming aura.

Ning Luo entered seclusion to stabilize his chaotic Dou Qi while Zi Yan remained inside her energy cocoon and Medusa guarded them. Near the end of Ning Luo’s yearlong cultivation, Medusa left after receiving an urgent summons from the Snake People Tribe, and Ning Luo finally opened his eyes with a powerful aura.

• Medusa told Ning Luo she might visit the Snake People Tribe after he emerged from seclusion, but refused his offer to accompany her.
• Ning Luo prepared the cave, then began cultivating with the Fallen Heart Flame as Zi Yan stayed in her purple cocoon.
• After a month passed without movement from Ning Luo or Zi Yan, Medusa waited and cultivated in the valley.
• As energy gathered around the valley, Medusa used Space Lock to conceal and protect Ning Luo and Zi Yan’s cultivation.
• Near the fourth month, Medusa received a summons from the Snake People Tribe, reinforced the valley’s defenses, and departed.
• After nearly a year in seclusion, Ning Luo opened his eyes as a powerful aura erupted from him.

Ning Luo advanced to Dou Zong and briefly encountered the Soul Hall through his Soul Power before discovering that Cai Lin had left to deal with trouble facing the Snake People Tribe. Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon as a grown woman but quickly shrank back into a little girl, leaving Ning Luo to promise to refine Shaping Pills for her.

• Ning Luo broke through to Dou Zong and used his Soul Power to scan the valley, where he sensed a life form inside the purple cocoon.
• Ning Luo's soul briefly entered the Soul Hall, where a terrifying Soul Power destroyed his fragment of a soul.
• Ning Luo broke open the cave entrance and read Cai Lin's scroll, learning she had gone to resolve trouble facing the Snake People Tribe.
• Zi Yan's cocoon burst open, and she emerged as a mature woman before asking Ning Luo whether she could now do what he and Sister Cai Lin did.
• Ning Luo's touch caused Zi Yan to shrink back into a little girl, and he threatened to stop refining Shaping Pills unless she quieted down.

After emerging from Medusa’s spatial seal, Ning Luo and Zi Yan reached Qingshan Town, where an invasion had left the town under threat. Ning Luo rescued the defenders and learned that a major crisis had overtaken the Jia Ma Empire while he was in seclusion.

• Zi Yan passed through Medusa’s spatial seal and brought Ning Luo out of the valley.
• Ning Luo and Zi Yan arrived near Qingshan Town and found its gates shut amid an attack by the three great empires.
• A gray-robed poison expert threatened the town and spread poison mist that killed mercenaries.
• Ning Luo appeared above the town, dispersed the poison mist with his flames, and killed the fleeing attackers with invisible flames.
• Yan Cheng recognized Ning Luo as the Alliance Leader, and Ning Luo asked what had happened after explaining that he had been in seclusion.

After a year in seclusion, Ning Luo learned that the Yunlan Sect and its allies were invading the Jia Ma Empire, and he rushed to help the Luo Alliance and the Snake People Tribe. On his way east, he spotted Yue Mei fleeing two enemy pursuers and went to save her.

• Yan Cheng told Ning Luo that the Yunlan Sect had invaded with Poison Sect masters, forcing the Luo Alliance and the Snake People Tribe to fight back.
• Yan Cheng explained that the Yunlan Sect had allied with the Luo Yan Empire and the Mulan Empire, whose Golden Goose Sect and Mulan Valley added to the threat.
• Ning Luo learned of the crisis, declared that he had returned, and flew toward the Jia Ma Empire with Zi Yan.
• Ning Luo saw refugees during his journey and stopped after sensing a Snake People Tribe expert being pursued by two enemies.
• Ning Luo recognized the fleeing expert as Yue Mei, who had been forced to abandon Lingyan City after three enemy Dou Wang experts attacked.

Ning Luo rescued Yue Mei from two Golden Goose Sect Dou Wang experts pursuing her, then stood between them and the wounded Snake People Tribe warrior. He dismissed Yue Mei’s offer to help and prepared to fight both enemies himself.

• Yue Mei fled after abandoning the city, but two Golden Goose Sect experts caught up and attacked her when she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ning Luo appeared before the Golden Goose Sect experts’ attacks reached Yue Mei and made them vanish.
• Ning Luo gave Yue Mei a medicinal pill, and she recovered enough strength to identify herself and warn him about the two Dou Wang opponents.
• Jin En ordered his companion to attack Ning Luo, while Yue Mei offered to hold off one enemy.
• Ning Luo told Yue Mei to rest and claimed he could defeat both Dou Wangs with one hand.