Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang helped Elder Yao recover some of his strength, and Xiao Yan emerged from meditation with his soul realm greatly improved. Wei Yang released Han Feng’s remnant soul, leaving Elder Yao to confront the disciple who had betrayed him.

• Wei Yang gave Elder Yao Soul Nourishing Liquid, restoring his aura to the peak of the Dou Wang level.
• Xiao Yan awakened with his soul realm at the apex of Mortal Realm Late Stage and thanked Elder Yao and Wei Yang.
• Elder Yao asked Wei Yang about Han Feng, and Wei Yang placed Han Feng’s remnant soul in a jade bottle before him.
• Wei Yang removed the seal, releasing Han Feng, who demanded to see Elder Yao before recognizing him.
• Han Feng knelt and begged forgiveness, but Elder Yao rejected him and challenged his claim that he had acted impulsively.

Elder Yao rejected Han Feng’s pleas for forgiveness and ended their master-disciple bond, but Han Feng blamed him for withholding the complete Flame Mantra and revealed that this had driven him to kill his master. The confrontation ended with Elder Yao insisting that the technique was too dangerous for Han Feng, who remained convinced he could have mastered it.

• Elder Yao refused to forgive Han Feng, declared their debts and grudges settled, and told him never to call him Master again.
• Han Feng accused Elder Yao of favoring Xiao Yan and Wei Yang, while Elder Yao explained that Han Feng had tried to kill him and that he had survived only with their help.
• Han Feng claimed Elder Yao had withheld the Flame Mantra because he feared Han Feng’s talent and might, and admitted he had killed him to seize the technique.
• Elder Yao said the Flame Mantra was perilous and Han Feng lacked the character to endure it, but Han Feng insisted his talent would have let him reach Peak Dou Zong.

Elder Yao rejected Han Feng, who secretly planned to betray everyone to the Soul Hall after being allowed to leave. Wei Yang and Xiao Yan arranged for Ah Da to pursue him, and Ah Da promised Han Feng would disappear.

• Elder Yao condemned Han Feng’s arrogance and refused to acknowledge him as his disciple, while Xiao Yan and Han Feng exchanged hostile looks.
• Han Feng asked to leave the cliff, and Elder Yao coldly agreed; Han Feng flew into the forest, secretly planning to report them to the Soul Hall.
• Elder Yao returned to the ancient ring on Xiao Yan’s finger and said he would sleep for a while.
• Wei Yang hinted that Han Feng was a vulnerable stranger in the mountains, and Ah Da immediately pursued him.
• Xiao Yan secretly asked Ah Da to kill Han Feng, and Ah Da promised to erase him from the world.

Han Feng fled through the forest in his weakened Soul Body, hoping to reach Demonic Flame Valley, but a mysterious soul-eater ambushed him. After revealing its intent to consume him, the attacker swallowed Han Feng and devoured his soul.

• Han Feng escaped toward the Black Corner Region, vowing revenge on Xiao Yan, Wei Yang, and the old bastard.
• A hidden figure contacted Han Feng and asked where he wanted to go.
• Han Feng offered a Dou Zong Pill and his friendship in exchange for an escort to Demonic Flame Valley.
• The unseen attacker revealed that it wanted to eat Han Feng's soul and refused his pleas for mercy.
• The attacker used a strange sound wave to render Han Feng unconscious, then swallowed and devoured his Soul Body with a cold blue vortex.

After Han Feng’s death, Xiao Yan told Wei Yang he would soon return to the Jia Ma Empire to seek revenge on the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall, and Wei Yang agreed to accompany him. Xiao Yan then tried to obtain Wei Yang’s Sea Heart Flame, and Wei Yang offered to trade it for a Dou Zong-level Sub-Flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Ah Da told Wei Yang and Xiao Yan that Han Feng’s body and soul had been destroyed, while Elder Yao silently reacted from inside the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire soon to reunite with the surviving Xiao Family members and pursue revenge against the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall.
• Wei Yang agreed to accompany Xiao Yan and said he would deal with Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan asked Wei Yang for the Sea Heart Flame, but Wei Yang refused to sell it on credit and asked for something valuable in return.
• Wei Yang proposed trading the Sea Heart Flame for a Dou Zong-level Sub-Flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

Wei Yang offered Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame in exchange for a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Sub-Flame, hoping the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame could imitate its traits. Torn between his pride and his desire for strength, Xiao Yan left after Elder Yao urged him to decide for himself and reminded him that strength supported dignity.

• Wei Yang explained that the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame had begun imitating traits from energy it devoured, prompting him to seek the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's ability to burn Dou Qi and space.
• Wei Yang offered to reserve the Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan for one year while Xiao Yan considered whether to ask Gu Xun'er for help obtaining the Sub-Flame.
• Xiao Yan left and struggled with the thought of asking Xun'er, remembering the Black Annihilation Army commander's contempt when Xun'er was taken away.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Yao for advice, and Elder Yao said that strength was the foundation of dignity while leaving the decision to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan accepted Elder Yao's words and flew into the night, newly resolved to pursue power.

Wei Yang discussed Xiao Yan’s likely decision and assigned Ah Da to pursue the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva while hinting at a search for the Nine Nether Wind Flame. He then discovered that the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame had copied thunder and grown powerful enough to rival a Peak Dou Zong.

• Wei Yang and Ah Da discussed Xiao Yan’s choice, and Wei Yang declared that strength was the source of dignity.
• Wei Yang told Ah Da he planned to search for the Nine Nether Wind Flame and needed Ah Da’s help navigating the void.
• Wei Yang ordered Ah Da to monitor Black Emperor City and obtain the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva from the Black Emperor Sect by any means necessary.
• Wei Yang found that the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame had copied the Thunder Force and transformed into a thunder flame.
• Wei Yang praised the flame and instructed it to copy only powerful properties that would increase its strength.

Wei Yang and Xian'er discussed his coming trip to the Jia Ma Empire and their future plans, then talked about Qing Lin's feelings for him. After Xian'er sent him toward Qing Lin's room, Wei Yang entered and Qing Lin agreed to become his woman.

• Wei Yang told Xian'er he would return to the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yan and leave Single-Horn with her to help secure the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva.
• Wei Yang and Xian'er discussed searching for the Nine Nether Wind Flame and eventually traveling to the Central Plains and the Alchemist Tower.
• Xian'er teased Wei Yang about Qing Lin, who was already over nineteen, and made clear she accepted their relationship.
• Near dawn, Wei Yang went to Qing Lin's room, where she had been waiting awake beneath her blanket.
• Wei Yang asked Qing Lin if she was willing to become his woman, and she agreed while insisting on calling him Young Master.

Xiao Li assembled forces in the Black Corner Region to join the Xiao Family’s campaign against the Misty Cloud Sect. After the leaders of three major factions arrived with their forces, Xiao Li warned them that a powerful, unidentified ally was also coming.

• Xiao Li, now a Dou Wang, gathered his Xiao Sect forces and prepared to take revenge on the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The eldest of the Yao Clan's Three Heroes reported that Xiao Li had eight Dou Wang experts and a force of nearly a hundred black-clad fighters.
• Tie Wu, Elder Yin Gu, and Su Mei arrived with their forces from the Mad Lion Gang, Heavenly Yin Sect, and Rakshasa Gate.
• Xiao Li noted that their three factions had brought six Dou Wang experts and three Dou Emperors, but accepted their explanation that they needed to protect their bases.
• Xiao Li warned the three leaders not to offend a powerful figure who would soon arrive, leaving them wondering which Dou Zong-level expert he had invited.

Xiao Yan gathered his allies to prepare for an attack on the Misty Cloud Sect, then waited for one final arrival. Wei Yang appeared as a Two-Star Dou Zong, shocking the Black Corner Region experts and drawing respectful greetings from Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and Queen Medusa.

• Xiao Yan arrived with Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, Lin Yan, and others, then promised the gathered experts generous rewards for helping him confront the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan said they needed to wait for one more person, and the group watched as the space before them rippled and Wei Yang stepped out.
• The Black Corner Region experts recognized Wei Yang as a Dou Zong and were intimidated by his calm presence.
• Wei Yang greeted Xiao Yan and Xiao Li, noticed Xiao Li's deathly aura, and exchanged greetings with Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa recalled Wei Yang's rapid rise in strength and recognized that he had become a Two-Star Dou Zong, surpassing her in realm.

Xiao Yan and his companions flew toward the Jia Ma Empire on Tiger Eagle Beasts, determined to return with overwhelming strength. During the journey, Zi Yan recognized Wei Yang from their earlier meeting in the Inner Academy, and the chapter left her realizing who he was.

• Xiao Li said he had paid dearly to obtain the Tiger Eagle Beasts as the group flew toward the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan looked toward the southern horizon and declared that he had returned to the Jia Ma Empire and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Zi Yan sniffed Wei Yang and demanded to know why his scent seemed familiar, alarming the others with her boldness.
• Xiao Yan pulled Zi Yan back and warned her to behave, while Wei Yang reassured everyone that he was not angry.
• Wei Yang told Zi Yan that they had met in the Inner Academy more than two years earlier, and she recognized him.

Wei Yang explained to Zi Yan and the Jia Nan Academy elders that he had helped the academy during the Fallen Heart Flame disaster, resolving her suspicion that he was an enemy. He and Zi Yan became friends, bonding over medicinal ingredients and tasty pills.

• Zi Yan recognized Wei Yang as the black-robed figure from the Inner Academy disaster and accused him of being a bad guy.
• Wei Yang explained that he had killed Han Feng, helped stop Fallen Heart Flame, and compensated Jia Nan Academy, and Lin Yan and the others agreed the matter was a misunderstanding.
• Zi Yan accepted Wei Yang as a friend after he agreed not to enter the academy without permission, and she offered to help him if anyone bullied him.
• Zi Yan asked Wei Yang about medicinal ingredients and tasty pills, and he told her he was an alchemist who could refine them.
• Wei Yang and Zi Yan chatted enthusiastically about pills while Xiao Yan, Medusa, Lin Yan, and the others watched in surprise.

As the group flew south, Xiao Yan asked Wei Yang to switch opponents and fight the Soul Hall Guardian while Xiao Yan faced Yun Shan. Wei Yang agreed, and the two made a childhood engagement pact for their future children.

• Wei Yang gave Zi Yan sweetened pills, easing the tension and earning her affection.
• Xiao Yan warned Wei Yang that the Soul Hall posed the greatest danger during their return to confront the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan asked Wei Yang to fight the Soul Hall Guardian while he dealt with Yun Shan, explaining that his Xiao Family’s survival depended on victory.
• Wei Yang reluctantly agreed to face the Soul Hall Guardian despite worrying that the fight could expose his soul realm.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan joked about becoming in-laws, then sealed a childhood engagement between their future children with three high-fives.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan sealed a future marriage pact for their descendants, with Zi Yan claiming the role of their children’s aunt. Wei Yang then learned that Xiao Li had taken the Life Devouring Pill, and the chapter revealed how Xiao Li found it after believing Xiao Yan had died.

• Elder Yao witnessed Wei Yang and Xiao Yan’s agreement to betroth their future children to each other.
• Zi Yan asked to be the children’s aunt, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Wei Yang noticed Xiao Li’s deathly aura and asked what had happened to him.
• Xiao Li said that he had taken the Life Devouring Pill, a pill that granted Dou Wang power by consuming the user’s lifespan.
• After Xiao Yan vanished into the magma, Xiao Li despairingly left the area and struggled alone in the Black Corner Region.
• While fleeing pursuers several months later, Xiao Li found the Life Devouring Pill in a remote mountain range.

Xiao Yan gave Wei Yang the Life Devouring Pill and its formula so Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Elder Yao could search for a way to undo its effects before Xiao Yan’s second brother died. The three agreed to study the pill together, though they knew success was uncertain.

• Xiao Yan showed Wei Yang the sealed, blood-red Life Devouring Pill, which could grant Dou Wang strength at the cost of leaving its user only three years to live.
• Wei Yang recognized the pill as a peak seventh-grade pill and examined the seals on its bottle without opening it.
• Xiao Yan gave Wei Yang the pill formula, explaining that his second brother had only one year left to live and asking them to find a way to break the pill’s effects.
• Elder Yao said the pill would be difficult to undo but suggested that the principle that all things generate and restrain one another might offer a solution.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Elder Yao agreed to study the pill and share their insights.

Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Elder Yao realized that Xiao Li might extend his life by reaching the Dou Emperor level, but they had only one year to achieve it. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun challenged Yun Shan over his attack on the Xiao Family and feared the sect would soon pay for his choices.

• Wei Yang proposed that helping Xiao Li reach the Dou Emperor level could restore some of the vitality consumed by the Life Devouring Pill, but Xiao Yan and Elder Yao saw that one year was too little time.
• Yun Shan visited Yun Yun in the Forbidden Hall and criticized her for siding with the Xiao Family over the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun condemned Yun Shan for breaking the sect’s promise to settle its grievances with the Xiao Family, which had made Xiao Yan and his allies into enemies.
• Yun Shan dismissed the threat from Wei Yang, calling him only a Sixth Grade Alchemist and assuming he might be dead.
• Yun Yun warned that the Misty Cloud Sect might pay a heavy price for destroying the Xiao Family, and her foreboding grew stronger.

Yun Shan imprisoned Yun Yun after she opposed his plan to destroy the Xiao Family and purge the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan, Wei Yang, and Elder Yao continued studying the Life Devouring Pill during their journey and settled on the Azure Nether Longevity Pill as a temporary way to extend Xiao Li’s life.

• Yun Shan told Yun Yun he would attack the Mittel Family and eliminate anyone who protected the Xiao Family Remnants.
• Yun Yun warned Yun Shan that his plans would turn the Jia Ma Empire against the Misty Cloud Sect, but he accused her of favoring Xiao Yan and confined her in the Forbidden Hall.
• Yun Shan vowed to raise the Misty Cloud Sect to unprecedented heights and threatened to kill Xiao Yan if he returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• After nearly a month of travel, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan admitted that they had not found a perfect way to decipher the Life Devouring Pill.
• Elder Yao, Wei Yang, and Xiao Yan agreed that the Azure Nether Longevity Pill was their best short-term option for extending Xiao Li’s life.

Xiao Yan, Elder Yao, and Wei Yang considered ways to extend Xiao Li’s life, settling on the Azure Nether Longevity Pill and the Dou Emperor plan as their best immediate option. While studying the Life Devouring Pill, Wei Yang imagined combining Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame’s destructive power with the Life Spirit Flame’s vitality, and glimpsed a possible path for his future cultivation.

• Xiao Yan and Wei Yang agreed that the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, paired with Wei Yang’s Dou Emperor plan, could give Xiao Li decades more life.
• Wei Yang proposed finding the Life Spirit Flame as a complete solution, and Elder Yao and Xiao Yan recognized its extraordinary life-giving abilities.
• Elder Yao redirected them to studying the Life Devouring Pill and assigned Wei Yang and Xiao Yan to continue their research for a test.
• Wei Yang reasoned that Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame could devour and copy a Sub-Flame of the Life Spirit Flame, which he expected Elder Shen Nong to reveal at a future Yao Clan gathering.
• Wei Yang imagined his flame combining destruction and life like the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, and entered a strange state as he glimpsed his future path.

Xiao Yan, Wei Yang, and their companions reached Ghost Suppressing Pass on their return to the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Yan announced his homecoming and the Xiao brothers prepared to confront the Misty Cloud Sect. After discovering signs of recent fighting and learning that Misty Cloud Sect members were inside the fortress, the group descended to investigate.

• Xiao Yan saw Ghost Suppressing Pass and loudly declared that he had returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Li recalled fleeing the empire in disgrace, and Wei Yang and the others promised to help the Xiao brothers settle the Xiao Family’s blood debt with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Wei Yang halted the flying beasts above the unusually quiet fortress and noticed its soldiers had low morale.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan sensed signs of a recent battle and gathered powerful fighters in the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Xiao Yan identified the gathered people as members of the Misty Cloud Sect, and Wei Yang led the group down to investigate.

At Ghost Suppressing Pass, Meng Li and Elder Yun Fan tried to force the captured Commander Mu Tie to surrender the Military Seal and the troops to the Misty Cloud Sect. Just as Yun Fan’s Sword Qi was about to kill Mu Tie, mysterious Black Flames destroyed it, and the Sect’s fighters searched the hall for the hidden expert.

• Meng Li demanded that Mu Tie hand over the Military Seal and help the Misty Cloud Sect take control of the army, but Mu Tie refused.
• Meng Li asked Elder Yun Fan to execute Mu Tie, and Yun Fan offered him one final chance to surrender.
• Mu Tie chose death over betraying the Jia Ma Empire, so Yun Fan prepared to kill him with his sword.
• Black Flames appeared in the hall and consumed Yun Fan’s Sword Qi before it could reach Mu Tie.
• Yun Fan stood with the Misty Cloud Sect elites and called out to the unknown expert who had intervened.