Chapter Summaries

Kurumi used the Golden Emperor Transformation and her Heavenly Flames to fight Han Feng, eventually breaking through his defenses with the Void-Piercing Palm. The chapter ended with Han Feng severely injured and staring venomously at her.

• Kurumi's aura surged to seven-star Dou Emperor, and she pursued Han Feng through the air with a spear formed from the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Kurumi used Wind Control to close the distance and sent heartfire into Han Feng, forcing him to suppress it with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Kurumi revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and used its fire whip to restrain Han Feng's blue spears.
• Han Feng broke through the green sea of fire and charged Kurumi, but she caught his spear and struck his chest with the Void-Piercing Palm.
• Kurumi shattered more than half of Han Feng's bones, dispersing his blue spears.

Kurumi fought Han Feng, who tried to break through to the Dou Zong realm with a seventh-tier pill, and killed him with her Heavenly Flames. She claimed the Sea Heart Flame and ordered the Lin brothers to loot Maple City for resources.

• Kurumi and Han Feng exchanged attacks while both used pills to restore their strength, and Kurumi formed a spear from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• The golden spear burned away one of Han Feng’s Dou Qi wings, leaving him badly wounded and afraid Kurumi would kill him.
• Han Feng swallowed a seventh-tier pill and enclosed himself in a sphere of Sea Heart Flame to attempt a breakthrough, but Kurumi poured Hurricane Fire into the sphere and surrounded it with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Han Feng was burned to nothing, and Kurumi took the Sea Heart Flame before her exhausted Dou Qi forced her transformations to end.
• Kurumi ordered Lin Tie and Lin Tong to search Maple City for resources and split their findings with her, and the brothers began looting the city.

After absorbing the Sea Heart Flame, Kurumi grew stronger and decided that she and Xun'er would return to the Gu Clan soon. Zi Yan agreed to travel with Kurumi to search for her own clan after Kurumi offered to take her to the Central Plains.

• Kurumi's Flame Mantra advanced to the low Tian tier, and her strength reached six-star Dou Emperor after she absorbed the Sea Heart Flame.
• Zi Yan exchanged a huge pile of medicinal herbs for enhanced Qi Nourishing Pills, then hugged the bottle as she left; Xun'er embraced Kurumi and asked if she was holding happiness too.
• Kurumi told Xun'er they would return to their clan, leaving Xun'er anxious about facing the Gu Clan's competition and expectations.
• Kurumi reassured Xun'er that she could win over the young men in the clan herself, and resolved to help her sister's talent bloom after they returned.
• After consuming the Qi Nourishing Pills, Zi Yan caused magical beasts in the back mountain to rampage, prompting the academy elders to investigate.
• Kurumi told Zi Yan she could take her to the Central Plains and look for clues about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Zi Yan agreed to go with her.

Kurumi and Zi Yan traveled to the alchemy department’s herb storage room, where Zi Yan used her spatial abilities to break in and help them steal its medicinal herbs. After Kurumi stored the haul, Zi Yan asked for her promised Qi Nourishing Pills.

• Zi Yan agreed to help Kurumi in exchange for twenty bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills each day during their journey, with the supply doubling whenever Zi Yan broke through a major realm.
• Zi Yan urged Kurumi to leave immediately after spotting an elder carrying herbs into the storage room, and Kurumi told Xun'er they were going to collect medicinal herbs.
• Xun'er watched Kurumi and Zi Yan leave, then notified the Lin brothers and Elder Lin before preparing to head for the Gu clan.
• Zi Yan carried Kurumi through spatial ripples into the interlayer of planar space and warned her to hold on tightly.
• Kurumi collected the low-grade herbs while Zi Yan broke the seals and gathered the high-grade herbs without alerting the guarding elder.
• Kurumi stored the stolen herbs in her storage ring, and Zi Yan asked for that day's Qi Nourishing Pills.

As Lin Bai and the others departed Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, Elder Han mourned her leaving while secretly anticipating the chance to take herbs without being blamed on her. He discovered the storage room had been completely emptied, and Su Qian arrived to find him amid the mess.

• Elder Han joined the farewell gathering and grew emotional as Zi Yan left, though his real concern was losing access to high-grade spiritual herbs he had charged to her account.
• Lin Bai said goodbye to the elders and took Zi Yan and the others away aboard a massive boat.
• After the boat disappeared, Elder Han hurried back to the medicinal herb storage room, planning to take a dozen high-grade herbs and blame Zi Yan.
• Elder Han found every spiritual herb missing from the storage room and cried out in shock.
• Su Qian went looking for Elder Han and was stunned when he entered the ransacked storage room.

Xiao Yan escaped a horde of living corpses and sheltered in a cave behind a waterfall, where Yao Lao discovered that a spreading black Qi was corrupting them. Xiao Yan realized the outbreak threatened the Jia Ma Empire and the wider Northwest Continent, leaving him determined to stop it despite his limited strength.

• Xiao Yan hid among boulders while living corpses, including a powerful magical beast, wandered nearby, and Yao Lao directed him toward a cave behind a waterfall.
• Xiao Yan used Burst Step to cross the water and reach the cave, where an unknown magical beast devoured many corpses pursuing him.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan to take an antidote pill and explained that the living corpses contained black Qi that had corroded their organs.
• Yao Lao judged that the outbreak had been caused by humans and could spread across the Northwest Continent unless a powerful expert stopped it.
• Xiao Yan resolved to contain or destroy the living corpses, while Lin Tie sneezed aboard a giant boat elsewhere.

Kurumi and Lin Bai’s group entered the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm and traveled through Ancient Saint City toward the direct-line residential district. After studying the history of Gu Sujin, Kurumi resolved to follow her path and claim command of a branch of the Black Annihilation Army.

• Black Annihilation Army soldiers escorted the giant ship into the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm, where Zi Yan tested the stabilized spatial layer.
• The ship passed over Ancient Saint City, and Kurumi observed how members of other surnames depended on service in the Black Annihilation Army to gain standing in the clan.
• Lin Bai presented his token to Black Annihilation Army inspectors, who let the ship continue toward the direct-line residential district.
• The escorting soldiers said farewell to Lin Tie before the ship entered the residential district, where younger direct-line members were beginning to fill senior military posts.
• Kurumi read the records of Gu Sujin’s rise to become the Black Annihilation King and decided to copy her legend by taking control of a Black Annihilation Army branch.

Gu Yao learned that Gu Mo'er had reached seven-star Dou Huang and worried she might compete for a Black Annihilation Army Grand Commander position. Kurumi submitted her own application and took Xun'er and Zi Yan to the Black Annihilation Army encampment, where she considered how she could overcome Gu Qingyang and coveted the veteran squads stationed in the Barren Ancient Region.

• A Black Annihilation Army soldier reported Gu Mo'er's recent cultivation to Gu Yao, who advised him to suppress his breakthrough before the Imperial Altar Baptism.
• Gu Yao resolved to pursue a Grand Commander position and grew wary that Gu Mo'er, backed by the Black Annihilation King and Clan Leader, might claim one.
• Kurumi received a storage ring from Gu Qingyang and told Xun'er to temper her state of mind, while Xun'er and Zi Yan insisted on joining her at the encampment.
• Kurumi reflected that she might need a soul attack to defeat Gu Qingyang and then brought Xun'er and Zi Yan to the Black Annihilation Army encampment.
• Kurumi learned about the scattered internal troops, the dangerous veteran units, and the elite formations in the Barren Ancient Region that she wanted to control.

Kurumi arrived at the Black Annihilation Army encampment with Xun'er and Zi Yan after receiving the commander appointment, alarming soldiers and rookies who recognized her status. The old commanders planned to have Gu Qingyang defeat her and reduce her to unit commander, but Kurumi's claim that Black Annihilation King Gu Lie supported her made them reconsider.

• Kurumi presented the Elder Council's jade token at the encampment entrance, and the guards recognized her as a commander.
• Rookies speculated about Kurumi's appointment, while one soldier hurried to report her arrival in Ancient Saint City.
• The commanders discussed Kurumi's low cultivation, and Brother Mo proposed that Gu Qingyang defeat her and lower her to unit commander.
• Gu Qingyang and the other commanders approached Kurumi, who said Gu Lie had pressured the Elder Council to approve her appointment.
• The commanders realized that challenging Kurumi's rank could offend Gu Lie, the Black Annihilation King and their direct superior.

Kurumi faced Commander Gu Qingyang in a trial to prove she belonged among the Black Annihilation Army commanders. She unleashed her secret techniques and Imperial Seal Art, and the chapter ended as Gu Qingyang struggled to keep his Overturning Sea Seal stable after it cracked.

• Gu Qingyang explained the Black Annihilation Army's tradition of testing commanders and led Kurumi to an arena where the soldiers gathered to watch.
• Gu Qingyang offered to lose if Kurumi could last one hundred breaths, but Kurumi decided she needed to defeat him decisively to earn the soldiers' respect.
• Kurumi used Secret Technique: Chasing Wind to raise her strength to the peak of the nine-star Dou Huang realm, and she and Gu Qingyang simultaneously formed the Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Kurumi combined Heaven Burning Transformation and Golden Emperor Transformation, then attacked with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame while keeping a Soul Needle ready.
• Gu Qingyang used the Overturning Sea Seal to block Kurumi's flaming spear, but his seal cracked as he poured Dou Qi into it to keep it stable.

Kurumi, fighting as Gu Mo'er, battled Gu Qingyang with Heavenly Flames and spear attacks before the old Commanders halted the contest as a draw. She revealed that her Soul Needle had not been blocked, then knocked Gu Qingyang unconscious with a snap of her fingers.

• Gu Mo'er used Sea Heart Flame to break Gu Qingyang's Sea Overturning Seal and attacked him with flaming spears.
• Gu Qingyang countered with the Heaven Annihilating Wind-Tearing Hand and Earth Overturning Seal as Kurumi pressed her assault.
• The old Commanders sealed the space to stop the fighters, then declared the battle a draw.
• Gu Qingyang claimed he had guarded against and blocked Gu Mo'er's soul attack, while the soldiers discussed her past fight with the Yan Clan's young master.
• Kurumi snapped her fingers and sent a burst of force into Gu Qingyang's sea of consciousness, knocking him unconscious.

Gu Mo'er became the Second Commander of the Black Annihilation Army as Gu Huatian retired to pursue a breakthrough. After learning about the Deathly Aura Tablet, she received a Blood Jade Token and learned that a force had rebelled in the Eastern Region.

• The old commander declared Gu Mo'er the winner and named her Second Commander of the Black Annihilation Army.
• Gu Huatian resigned, announced he would enter closed-door cultivation to reach Half-Saint, and left as the soldiers bid him farewell.
• Gu Mo explained the Deathly Aura Tablet's origins and its ability to help Dou Zun and Dou Saint cultivators simulate breakthroughs.
• A black-armored Dou Zong delivered the Elder Council's congratulations and a Blood Jade Token to Gu Mo'er.
• The black-armored Dou Zong reported that the Huang Family had sent word of a rebellion in the Eastern Region.

Gu Yao learned that Gu Mo'er had defeated Gu Qingyang and become the Black Annihilation Army's Second Commander, while Gu Xiaohu celebrated her success and hoped to follow her. Kurumi prepared to lead an elite squad on a mission to the Huang Family, whose knowledge could reveal the secrets behind a rebellion in the Eastern Region.

• Gu Yao heard a report that Gu Mo'er had received a commander's appointment, then Gu Xiaohu confirmed she had defeated Gu Qingyang and become Second Commander.
• Gu Xiaohu told Gu Yao that he admired Gu Mo'er and would try to follow her on an external assignment, even if it meant risking death.
• Gu Yao considered the Black Annihilation Army's command succession and developed hostility toward Gu Xing, his rival.
• Kurumi examined the Blood Jade Token and suspected the Elder Council had sent her on a mission without enough information to target her.
• Kurumi reassured Xun'er, teased Zi Yan, and prepared to lead a ten-person elite squad to the Huang Family the next day.

Kurumi took command of a squad of Black Annihilation Army soldiers and traveled to Lanmu City to quell a rebellion. She arrived at the local encampment, where Gu Zhen recognized her as the Young Miss and agreed to cooperate.

• Gu Mo assigned Kurumi an elite squad led by Lin Lin, who recognized Kurumi’s questions about Lin Bai, Lin Tie, and Lin Tong as references to his relatives.
• Kurumi and the squad traveled by flying boat to Lanmu City, where the Huang Family and Chen Family prepared for the arrival of a Black Annihilation Army Commander.
• Huang Fu hurried the Huang Family elders to greet Kurumi, while the Chen Family Clan Leader debated whether to approach her.
• Gu Zhen welcomed Kurumi at the encampment and identified himself as a member of Qing Sheng’s collateral branch.
• Kurumi showed Gu Zhen the Blood Jade Token and declared that she would take full command, and Gu Zhen pledged his cooperation.

Kurumi investigated the Huang Family’s stolen Lanmu wood and learned that the Illusion Rainbow Sect had attacked their caravans despite the Huang ancestor’s challenge. She accepted the case and left with information about the sect, promising the family a second cleansing ceremony quota if their account proved true.

• Huang Fu explained that the Illusion Rainbow Sect had repeatedly looted the Huang Family’s Lanmu wood caravans and that its ancestor had returned injured after fighting the Illusion Rainbow Venerable.
• Kurumi examined the ancestor’s parchment, which warned that Lanmu grass was being used to control others and plot rebellion, and Gu Zhen suspected outsiders or the Soul Clan were behind it.
• Kurumi requested information and a map of the Illusion Rainbow Sect, then promised the Huang Family two cleansing ceremony quotas for the next hundred years if its information was accurate.
• Kurumi rejected Huang Fu’s banquet invitation and warned him that the Black Annihilation Army would punish the family if he had deceived them.
• Huang Fu offered Kurumi a storage ring as a token of appreciation, and she accepted it with her spiritual power.

Kurumi investigated the Illusion Rainbow Sect with Gu Zhen and discovered that a man had hypnotized its Sect Master and controlled the sect while harvesting the disciples’ yin. She called for Black Annihilation Army reinforcements and learned from the sect’s records that its current Saintess had once been engaged to Gu Xiaohu.

• Kurumi, Gu Zhen, and Lin Lin accepted the Huang Family’s storage rings before leaving Lanmu City to investigate the Illusion Rainbow Sect.
• Gu Zhen infiltrated the sect and found that a High-level Dou Zong man had controlled the Illusion Rainbow Venerable and nearly half the sect’s disciples.
• Kurumi ordered Lin Lin to bring two hundred Black Annihilation soldiers to meet them outside Lanmu City within a day.
• Gu Zhen returned Kurumi to the encampment, where a soldier delivered records about the Illusion Rainbow Sect.
• Kurumi read that the sect’s current Saintess had once been engaged to Gu Xiaohu, a collateral descendant of the Gu Clan.

Kurumi and the Black Annihilation Army attacked the Illusion Rainbow Sect, where the controlled Illusion Rainbow Venerable defended the mountain. As the Golden Shuttle Formation struck the sect’s protective formation, the Venerable briefly regained awareness and begged Gu Zhen for help.

• Kurumi concluded that the planned marriage between Gu Xiaohu and the Illusion Rainbow Sect’s Saintess did not match the rebellion plot described in the parchment.
• Gu Zhen led three hundred Black Annihilation soldiers to the Illusion Rainbow Sect and used the Earth Annihilation Formation to strengthen his aura.
• The Illusion Rainbow Sect’s protective formation activated, and Gu Zhen’s Mountain-Opening Seal struck it but shattered before breaking through.
• Gu Zhen ordered the Golden Shuttle Formation to target the formation eye, and the soldiers launched their golden formation like a spear through the protective light.
• The controlled Illusion Rainbow Venerable began to resist her compulsion, turned toward Gu Zhen, and asked him to save her.

Gu Zhen and the Black Annihilation Army attacked the Illusion Rainbow Sect, while a disguised man tried to escape among the sect’s hypnotized disciples. Kurumi ordered the approaching Dou Wang killed, and the man released his control, leaving the crowd screaming and falling from the sky.

• Gu Zhen fought Illusion Rainbow Venerable as the Golden Shuttle Formation destroyed a formation core and opened a breach in the sect-protecting formation.
• The Black Annihilation Army’s minor formations killed the white-robed Dou Zong and elite disciples who came out to attack.
• Inside the central palace, a man used orchidwood flowers and the bodies of women before disguising himself as an Illusion Rainbow Sect disciple to flee.
• The man joined the hypnotized disciples and regretted not obtaining the complete Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon or reaching Dou Zong earlier.
• Kurumi ordered the Black Annihilation Army to kill the approaching Dou Wang, and the man withdrew his control, causing the women to scream and some to fall to their deaths.

Kurumi and Gu Zhen subdued the Illusion Rainbow Sect and its Venerable, Ye Huancai, after uncovering that a man called Crow had controlled the sect. Kurumi ordered Ye Huancai to identify him among the surviving disciples and demanded that he be captured alive.

• Kurumi stopped the Black Annihilation soldiers from killing the surviving Illusion Rainbow Sect disciples and ordered them taken to the sect plaza while the Golden Shuttle Formation destroyed the formation eye.
• Gu Zhen defeated and imprisoned Illusion Rainbow Venerable, then ended the Earth Annihilation Formation and joined Kurumi at the plaza.
• Kurumi ordered Gu Zhen to seal Ye Huancai's cultivation, then asked whether she could identify the man who had controlled the sect.
• Ye Huancai said the man called himself Crow and that she could recognize him, so Kurumi sent her with Gu Zhen to search the disciples and ordered Crow brought back alive.
• Kurumi speculated that Crow might be a transmigrator and the protagonist of a system-style erotic novel.

Crow used the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon to transform himself into a delicate-looking woman and hide among the Illusion Rainbow Sect's disciples as Ye Huancai and the Black Annihilation Army searched for him. Ye Huancai began inspecting the row where Crow stood, and her eyes suddenly lit up as she reached him.

• Crow recalled how he had infiltrated the Illusion Rainbow Sect, controlled its disciples and elders, and failed to seize the Illusion Rainbow Venerable's primal yin.
• Crow reshaped his body into a petite feminine form and blended in with the sect's female disciples.
• Gu Zhen ordered the Black Annihilation Army to line up the disciples and provided black robes for those who were exposed.
• Ye Huancai inspected the disciples and found that many had lost some or all of their primal yin.
• Kurumi watched the inspection and resolved to obtain Crow, whose system she hoped to understand.
• Ye Huancai reached the area where Crow stood, and her eyes suddenly lit up.