Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo learned that Fire Elder was building an alliance in the Black Corner Region and went to confront him at Demon Flame Valley. He declared that he was targeting Fire Elder and the valley, and Fire Elder prepared to fight.

• Su Qian told Ning Luo that Fire Elder had seized Demon Flame Valley and was recruiting Black Corner Region factions, including the Black Emperor Sect and Old Man Eagle Mountain, into an alliance.
• Ning Luo learned the factions would gather the next day and decided to settle matters at Demon Flame Valley.
• Fire Elder proposed an alliance against Jia Nan Academy and Luomen, warning the gathered factions to submit if Ning Luo came for them.
• Ning Luo entered the gathering and said he was targeting Fire Elder and Demon Flame Valley, adding that his group had already dealt with the guards at the entrance.
• Fire Elder released his Dou Qi and threatened to kill Ning Luo.

Ning Luo forced Mo Tianxing to withdraw from the conflict between Xiao Sect and Demon Flame Valley, then Fire Protector and Xuan Protector unleashed the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array. Ning Luo used the Fallen Heart Flame to destroy many of the attacking souls, but Xuan Protector escalated the attack with Blood Soul Gu.

• Ning Luo warned Mo Tianxing and Old Man Eagle Mountain not to side with Demon Flame Valley, and Mo Tianxing agreed to withdraw in exchange for an antidote for his poisoned son.
• As the gathered factions began leaving, Fire Protector summoned Xuan Protector and declared that Ning Luo had forced his hand.
• Xuan Protector revealed dozens of Soul Envoys and ordered them to form the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array, which darkened the valley with soul-filled clouds.
• Xuan Protector used blood to empower the souls, and Ning Luo summoned the Fallen Heart Flame and its Flame Spirit to burn and destroy them.
• Xuan Protector announced Blood Soul Gu as the black clouds churned with blood-red light and piercing cries.

Ning Luo tried to stop Xuan Protector from turning the souls into a Fierce Soul, but Xuan Protector successfully formed one and sent it to attack him. Heavenly Flame Venerable then used the Ring of Holding to seize the Fierce Soul, and Ning Luo lent him Soul Power as Xuan Protector resisted.

• Ning Luo unleashed a pillar of invisible flame that burned away nearly a thousand souls, but Xuan Protector warned that it would not stop the Fierce Soul from forming.
• Xuan Protector condensed a blood-red Fierce Soul from the clouds and ordered it to attack Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo flew up to confront the Fierce Soul and struck it head-on, triggering a powerful suction force from the Ring of Holding.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable asked Ning Luo to send Soul Power into the ring as Xuan Protector's Soul Power pushed the Fierce Soul out of its reach.
• Ning Luo poured his Soul Power into the Ring of Holding, strengthening its suction force severalfold.

Ning Luo captured the Fierce Soul and killed the ten Soul Envoys, while Xiao Yi Xian drove Fire Protector back. Fire Protector betrayed Xuan Protector and absorbed his soul, forcing Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian to prepare to fight him together.

• Fire Protector attacked Ning Luo, but Xiao Yi Xian appeared and dissolved his Dou Qi sword with her corrosive energy.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable sealed the Fierce Soul and warned Ning Luo to repair his soul within ten days before he fell asleep.
• Ning Luo mocked Xuan Protector’s offer to betray Fire Protector, then killed the ten Soul Envoys with his flaming chains and emerald flames.
• Fire Protector stabbed Xuan Protector, absorbed his soul, and gained a powerful surge of strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward to confront Fire Protector, while Ning Luo prepared to join her by summoning his three Heavenly Flames.

Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian fought Fire Protector in Demon Flame Valley, breaking his attack and unleashing a devastating Three-Colored Fire Lotus. The blast leveled the valley and left Fire Protector grievously wounded as Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to strike again.

• Fire Protector attacked Xiao Yi Xian with a black mist greatsword while she countered with Heavenly Eclipse Rain.
• Fire Protector’s Soul Chant wounded Xiao Yi Xian, but her Poison Body of Calamity seal opened and she slowed and shattered his greatsword with Heavenly Yin Poison Hand.
• Ning Luo sent his Three-Colored Fire Lotus into the black mist, and Xiao Yi Xian added her blood to strengthen it.
• The fire lotus exploded, collapsing Demon Flame Valley and scorching the surrounding forest while the experts watched in shock.
• As the black mist cleared, Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian saw Fire Protector badly burned, bloodied, and missing part of an arm.

Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian defeated Fire Protector, captured his escaping soul, and warned the other factions against challenging them again. The group followed Zi Yan to Demon Flame Valley’s hidden treasure chamber, where an unknown attacker rushed out as Su Qian opened its stone door.

• Xiao Yi Xian used Blood Devour to make Fire Protector’s body explode, while Ning Luo caught his fleeing soul and sealed it in a Jade Bottle.
• Ning Luo warned Old Man Eagle Mountain not to oppose him again, and Xiao Yi Xian gave Mo Tianxing medicine to cure his son’s poison.
• Ning Luo coaxed Zi Yan into locating Demon Flame Valley’s hidden treasure chamber, and the group followed her through a concealed entrance.
• Su Qian smashed open the chamber’s stone door, and a foul wind surged out toward him as Ning Luo shouted a warning.

Ning Luo and his companions entered Old Ghost Di Mo’s storeroom, where Zi Yan’s strength helped them retrieve four hidden treasures. Ning Luo discovered a rare puppet technique and the materials to begin refining a powerful demon puppet.

• Su Qian blasted away the Dou Wang-level magical beast guarding the storeroom, and Zi Yan dragged the giant serpent outside.
• Su Qian explained that Zi Yan’s unknown true form might belong to one of the powerful magical beast clans in the Central Plains, prompting Ning Luo to think of Xun'er.
• Ning Luo persuaded Zi Yan to retrieve four wooden boxes from behind an Earth Rank barrier by promising to return her medicinal ingredients and refine them into flavors she liked.
• Ning Luo identified the boxes’ contents as the Earth Rank Intermediate Thunderclap Mirror, the Blazing Flame Art, a seventh-tier Fire Attribute Magical Core, and a bamboo slip.
• Ning Luo read the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique, which required a body, soul, and Magical Core, and considered refining a puppet to serve as his guard.

Ning Luo refined Soul Nurturing Saliva to help Heavenly Flame Venerable before learning that Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity had erupted early. He began a delicate sealing procedure to suppress it, and the chapter ended as he traced flame marks across her body.

• Ning Luo collected medicinal ingredients and stored the Heavenly Demon Shame scroll and Blazing Flame Art for his preparations to travel to the Central Plains.
• Ning Luo spent five days refining Soul Nurturing Saliva, and Heavenly Flame Venerable thanked him for nourishing his soul.
• Ning Luo learned that Xiao Yi Xian had fainted and found her surrounded by poisonous mist as her Poison Body of Calamity erupted ahead of schedule.
• Ning Luo promised to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body and began forming a seal with emerald-green flame while carefully controlling its heat.

Ning Luo sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity, and she absorbed the poison mist, reaching the five-star level. After confirming the seal would last two or three years, Ning Luo began refining the Fierce Soul with Heavenly Flame Venerable, a process expected to take several days.

• Ning Luo completed the seal on Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity, and Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the room’s poison mist and advanced to five stars.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Ning Luo and drew gray vapor from him into her body.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian thanked Ning Luo and confirmed the seal should last two or three years, giving them time to find the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Xin Lan arrived with the others and told Ning Luo she planned to leave for the Central Plains in two months.
• Ning Luo and Heavenly Flame Venerable trapped the fleeing Fierce Soul in a fire net and began refining it.

Ning Luo refined Old Ghost Di Mo into a gold-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet while Heavenly Flame Venerable absorbed the refined Soul Power. After Luomen gathered the ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill, Ning Luo prepared to begin its refinement at the peak of his condition.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable absorbed the refined Soul Power and entered the white Ring of Holding to recover.
• Ning Luo chose Old Ghost Di Mo's corpse over Yun Shan's to refine into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Ning Luo released Iron Protector's soul, refined its consciousness, and placed it inside Old Ghost Di Mo's corpse.
• Ning Luo refined the puppet until its skin turned gold, bound it with his soul imprint, and stored the Earth Demon Puppet in his Ring of Holding.
• Luomen gathered enough medicinal ingredients for Ning Luo to attempt the Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill.
• Ning Luo opened his eyes in the quiet chamber, feeling at the peak of his condition since advancing to a six-star Dou Zong.

Ning Luo began refining the Seventh-grade Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill on the Inner Academy’s stone platform, but the powerful bloodline pressure in a key ingredient threatened to disrupt the process. Zi Yan helped him overcome it with her blood, and the medicinal powers began to fuse steadily as he continued refining.

• Su Qian opened the stone platform for Ning Luo to refine a Seventh-grade Pill, drawing the attention of the Inner Academy.
• Ning Luo prepared the ingredients and began refining the Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill, successfully processing its three main ingredients.
• The blood inside the medicinal cauldron unleashed violent energy, and Ning Luo realized its bloodline pressure was disrupting the refinement.
• Zi Yan broke through the Space Lock, told Ning Luo the pressure came from the bloodline, and offered him a drop of her blood.
• Ning Luo added Zi Yan’s blood to the cauldron, suppressing the pressure and allowing the medicinal powers to begin fusing as he resumed the refinement.

After six days of refining, Ning Luo completed the Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill and faced the Pill Lightning it summoned. He absorbed the lightning’s power and began cultivating to break through to the six-star Dou Emperor level.

• Ning Luo opened his eyes after six days of pill refinement and watched the purple-red pill finish taking shape in the cauldron.
• Xin Lan sensed the approaching Pill Lightning, and Su Qian and the others gathered in the sky to witness it.
• Ning Luo met the descending lightning with his Dou Qi, then shattered a powerful bolt with a punch.
• Ning Luo sent the Earth Demon Puppet to battle the remaining Pill Lightning for nearly half an hour, strengthening it before the storm ended.
• Ning Luo stored the Earth Demon Puppet and the Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill, then began cultivating with the Lightning Power inside him to break through to the six-star level.

After reaching seven-star Dou Zong, Ning Luo left the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Xin Lan to journey toward Central Continent. As they traveled toward Tianya City and its Space Wormhole, Xin Lan described the region’s major factions, including the Soul Hall, which stirred Ning Luo’s killing intent.

• Ning Luo completed his advancement to seven-star Dou Zong after four days, and told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave for Central Continent within three days.
• Ning Luo and his companions departed the Inner Academy on a Griffon Beast provided by Su Qian, bidding farewell to the academy’s people.
• Xin Lan explained that they needed to reach Tianya City to use its Space Wormhole to Central Continent, and described the region’s major human factions.
• Xin Lan identified the One Hall as the Soul Hall, and Ning Luo’s expression turned cold as killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Xin Lan explained the major powers and dangers of the Central Plains as Ning Luo’s group arrived at Tianya City, where the Space Wormhole was temporarily closed. The next day, Ning Luo stood his ground against an arrogant young woman who attacked him with a whip, and pulled her from her horse.

• Xin Lan described the Two Sects, Three Valleys, and Four Pavilions, and warned Ning Luo to be cautious around Central Plains factions and Magical Beast clans.
• Ning Luo and his companions reached the Tianqing Mountain Range and approached Tianya City on a Griffon Beast.
• A yellow-robed elder stopped them from flying over the city and told them its Space Wormhole was undergoing repairs.
• The next day, Ning Luo led Xiao Yi Xian and the others toward the city center to learn when the Space Wormhole would reopen.
• A red-clothed young woman charged down the street on a red horse and lashed her whip at Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo caught the whip and pulled the young woman from her horse, provoking her furious curses.

Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Luo Xiaoyao and her elders in Tianya City, then agreed to help Luo Cheng repair the damaged Space Wormhole in exchange for a Magical Core. The group reached the wormhole and saw that its spatial force was unstable.

• Ning Luo warned Luo Xiaoyao after she insulted him, and Xiao Yi Xian slapped her when she continued threatening them.
• Ning Luo struck back at Luo Xiaoyao’s two elders, who realized he was a Dou Zong expert.
• Luo Cheng arrived and apologized for Luo Xiaoyao, while Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she also had an aura comparable to the Luo Family Ancestor’s.
• Ning Luo agreed to help repair the Space Wormhole in exchange for a sixth-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magical Core.
• Luo Cheng led Ning Luo and his companions to the stone plaza, where they found the enormous Space Wormhole emitting disordered spatial force.

Luo Cheng and the others repaired the Space Wormhole, and Ning Luo’s group set off toward the Central Plains aboard the Space Ship. After sixteen days, they encountered a Space Storm in the passage and prepared to force their way through it.

• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her strength as a Dou Zong expert and helped Luo Cheng and the two Han Clan Elders repair the Space Wormhole.
• Luo Cheng gave Ning Luo the promised reward, and Ning Luo’s group entered the passage and departed aboard the Space Ship.
• After sixteen days of travel, Xiao Yi Xian took over the ship’s controls as Xin Lan noticed that the spatial walls had weakened.
• A Space Storm formed in the passage, and Ning Luo ordered Xiao Yi Xian to protect the ship while he drove it forward.
• Ning Luo shouted for Zi Yan to help as Xiao Yi Xian’s energy python shielded the ship and Zi Yan began forming seals.

Ning Luo and Zi Yan escaped the Space Wormhole, but Ning Luo was separated from her and badly injured. Rescued by Han Chong's caravan in the Northern Region of the Central Plains, he began recovering while heading toward Tianbei City, still uncertain where Xiao Yi Xian and the others were.

• Zi Yan used Soul Condensation to shield the Space Ship as Ning Luo forced it toward the wormhole exit, and both poured their strength into escaping the Space Storm.
• Ning Luo crashed through the exit into a desert and later awoke injured in Han Chong's caravan, which had found him in the Northern Desert.
• Ning Luo learned from Han Chong that he was in the Northern Region of the Central Plains and that the Pill Tower lay far away in the central region.
• After resting and recovering for two days, Ning Luo met members of the caravan, including Ghost Head, and learned they were traveling toward Tianbei City.
• Han Chong ordered Ghost Head, Wolf Fang, and Steel Back to prepare the caravan's camp and set sentries before nightfall.

Ning Luo joined Han Xue’s convoy and learned that the route through Myriad Snake Gorge was threatened by Demon Snake Xia Mang. As the convoy neared the gorge’s exit, giant serpents ambushed them and blocked the road.

• Han Xue introduced herself as the convoy’s leader, warned Ning Luo to follow the rules, and gave him something to contact her if needed.
• Han Chong told Ning Luo that Han Xue treated the guards well, and the next morning Han Xue ordered Ning Luo to stay in his tent before the convoy set out.
• As the convoy entered Myriad Snake Gorge, Han Chong ordered the guards to spread snake-repelling powder and asked Ning Luo to protect Han Xue if trouble arose.
• Ning Luo sensed that the convoy had been discovered, and Han Chong urged everyone to speed up.
• Giant serpents surged from both sides of the gorge and blocked the convoy’s path.

Ning Luo secretly saved the Han Family convoy when Xia Mang attacked, using his soul strength to drive the Demon Snake away. The convoy believed an unseen Sixth-grade Alchemist had protected them, while Ning Luo stayed hidden in his carriage.

• Xia Mang blocked the Han Family convoy with giant serpents and demanded that Han Xue stay behind.
• Ning Luo secretly burned the venomous snakes surrounding the convoy, and Han Xue suspected the help came from the carriage where he was staying.
• Ning Luo warned Xia Mang to leave, but Xia Mang attacked Han Xue anyway.
• Ning Luo struck Xia Mang with an invisible burst of energy and forced him to flee.
• The convoy praised the unseen Senior as a powerful Alchemist, and Han Chong entered Ning Luo's carriage to check on him.

Ning Luo traveled with Han Xue and the Han Family convoy toward Tianbei City while recovering from his injuries and hiding that he was the mysterious expert who had saved them. When the Hong Family ambushed the convoy at the city border, Ning Luo revealed himself to protect Han Xue.

• Ning Luo learned the convoy would reach Tianbei City in about six days and spent the journey recovering from his injuries.
• Han Xue repeatedly questioned Ning Luo about his identity while he regained seventy or eighty percent of his strength.
• Han Xue received word that the Hong Family planned to target the Han Family and force her and her sister to marry Hong Chen, with Wind Thunder Pavilion backing the Hong Family.
• As the convoy entered Tianbei City's territory, Hong Family fighters ambushed it with arrows and blocked the road.
• Two Hong Family elders attacked Han Xue, and Ning Luo stepped out of the carriage and stood beside her, exposing himself as the mysterious expert.