Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang and his group arrived at Black Emperor Pavilion, where Black Emperor Sect elder Che Cheng escorted them to a Heaven-ranked residence. Wei Yang detected someone following them, and Mo Ya revealed himself and introduced himself to the group.

• Che Cheng welcomed Ah Da and Wei Yang's group to Black Emperor Pavilion and led them through the hall as its residents watched with curiosity.
• Che Cheng explained the pavilion's three residential ranks and assigned the group a secluded Heaven-ranked courtyard.
• Ah Da introduced Wei Yang as his master, prompting Che Cheng to ask whether Wei Yang was the rumored Sixth Grade Peak alchemy master.
• Wei Yang sensed someone hiding nearby and called for them to come out.
• Mo Ya emerged from the foliage, apologized for his approach, and greeted Wei Yang, Ah Da, and the others.

Mo Ya became intrigued by Wei Yang’s mysterious group and reported their arrival to his father, Mo Tianxing. The next morning, Mo Tianxing visited Wei Yang’s party and began a conversation with Ah Da.

• Mo Ya introduced himself to Wei Yang and his companions, then watched them enter the courtyard and became curious about the two cloaked women.
• Mo Ya asked Che Cheng what he knew about the group, and Che Cheng said he could not discern their background or strength.
• Mo Ya told Che Cheng to stay and secretly watch the guests while he reported their arrival to his father.
• The next morning, Wei Yang’s party sensed Mo Tianxing arriving to visit them.
• Mo Tianxing entered the hall with Ah Da and praised Elder You as an honored guest, while Ah Da suspected people wanted to uncover his background.

Wei Yang received Black Emperor Sect Master Mo Tianxing and his party, who were shocked by Wei Yang’s strength and the powerful companions around him. Mo Tianxing kept the meeting cordial and asked who Xian'er and Qing Lin were.

• Ah Da introduced Wei Yang to Mo Tianxing, Mo Ya, and chief alchemist Qi Shan.
• Mo Tianxing recognized that Wei Yang had reached the Dou Zong level, prompting Mo Ya and Qi Shan to react with disbelief.
• Mo Tianxing apologized for Mo Ya’s disrespect, and Wei Yang welcomed the visitors to sit and drink tea.
• Mo Tianxing assessed Wei Yang’s companions and realized that five Dou Zongs were present, enough to overwhelm the Black Emperor Sect.
• Mo Tianxing asked about Xian'er and Qing Lin while Mo Ya secretly admired their beauty.

Wei Yang visited Black Emperor City to ask Mo Tianxing about Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva, and Mo Tianxing confirmed that he knew of it. Mo Tianxing explained the rare substance’s origins and the Bodhi Heart’s power to replace a heart and strengthen the soul, while Wei Yang remained determined to obtain it.

• Wei Yang introduced Xian'er and Qing Lin to Mo Tianxing as his wives.
• Wei Yang asked Mo Tianxing whether he knew of Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva, and Mo Tianxing, Mo Ya, and Qi Shan reacted with alarm.
• Wei Yang realized Mo Tianxing’s group knew about the substance and made clear he would obtain it by force or trade if necessary.
• Mo Tianxing explained how a Bodhi Heart formed and described the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva secreted from it.
• Mo Tianxing described the Bodhi Heart’s ability to replace a person’s heart and nourish the soul, while Wei Yang reflected on its connection to sainthood.

Wei Yang and Mo Tianxing negotiated over the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva, which was said to reveal information about the Bodhi Heart. After Mo Tianxing demanded three pills and protection for the Black Emperor Sect, Wei Yang gave him ten breaths to choose between accepting two pills or being destroyed along with Black Emperor City.

• Mo Tianxing explained that the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva could provide information about the Bodhi Heart and hinted that hidden forces might covet it.
• Wei Yang rejected Mo Tianxing’s attempts to pressure him and demanded that he name a price.
• Mo Tianxing offered the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva for two Breakthrough Pills and one Azure Nether Longevity Pill, provided Wei Yang promised not to retaliate.
• Wei Yang refused the three-pill demand and said Mo Tianxing could choose only two pills.
• Wei Yang threatened to destroy Mo Tianxing, the Black Emperor Sect, and Black Emperor City unless Mo Tianxing handed over the saliva for two pills, giving him ten breaths to decide.

Wei Yang traded a Breakthrough Pill and an Azure Nether Longevity Pill for Mo Tianxing's Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva, after forcing him to agree that Wei Yang and his forces would not retaliate against the Black Emperor Sect. With the treasure secured for Xian'er, Wei Yang planned to obtain a seventh-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Magic Core so she could complete the Poison Pill Method.

• Wei Yang threatened to destroy Black Emperor City unless Mo Tianxing handed over the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva, and Mo Tianxing agreed to trade it for two pills.
• Mo Tianxing demanded Wei Yang promise that he and his forces would not retaliate against the Black Emperor Sect, and Wei Yang gave his guarantee.
• Wei Yang and Mo Tianxing exchanged the pills and the sealed crystal box, then inspected both sides' items.
• Wei Yang confirmed the Bodhi Transforming Body Saliva was genuine and gave the box to Xian'er, who sealed it and put it away.
• Wei Yang considered the remaining need for a seventh-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Magic Core to help Xian'er complete the Poison Pill Method.

After completing the exchange with Mo Tianxing, Wei Yang prepared to leave the Black Corner Region and headed with his companions to the Black Domain Great Plains to search for Nine Nether Wind Flame. The chapter ended with Wei Yang claiming he was more than fifty percent certain the Heavenly Flame was somewhere high above them.

• Mo Tianxing accepted the Breakthrough Pill and Azure Nether Longevity Pill after Qi Shan verified their quality, then promised Wei Yang to keep the transaction secret.
• Wei Yang told Ah Da to let the matter rest and ordered the group to pack up and leave immediately.
• Wei Yang and his companions traveled for more than a day to the Black Domain Great Plains and stopped to search for Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Xian'er asked whether Nine Nether Wind Flame was truly in the sky, and Wei Yang said he was more than fifty percent certain it was there.
• Ah Da grew excited at the prospect of obtaining Nine Nether Wind Flame, which he thought suited him better than a Sub-Flame of Life Spirit Flame.

Wei Yang demonstrated that the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame could wield both destructive and life-giving power, and the group named it the Life-Extinguishing Flame. After waiting three days for a Black Windstorm, Wei Yang led the others toward it to trace it to its source.

• Wei Yang showed Xian'er, Qing Lin, Ah Da, and Single-Horn that his black flame could turn green and imitate the Life Spirit Flame's vitality.
• Wei Yang and the others settled on the name Life-Extinguishing Flame for the flame's combination of destruction, vitality, and other potential attributes.
• Ah Da praised the flame's potential, prompting Wei Yang to reflect on his rivalry with Xiao Yan and his fear of falling too far behind.
• After three days, Qing Lin spotted a large Black Windstorm forming across the horizon.
• Wei Yang led Xian'er and the others toward the Black Windstorm to follow it upstream to its source.

Wei Yang’s group entered the Black Windstorm and encountered Venerate Qi, a Two-Star Dou Zun from Soul Hall who had tracked him from Black Emperor City. After learning that Venerate Qi had also sent a Peak Dou Zong guardian after Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, Wei Yang prepared to fight, declaring that he wanted Venerate Qi’s physical body and would slaughter a Venerate.

• Wei Yang told Ah Da to lead the group and Xian'er to guard their rear as they flew into the spreading Black Windstorm.
• Wei Yang sensed someone waiting in the darkness, and Venerate Qi revealed himself and identified Wei Yang as his target.
• Venerate Qi said he had tracked Wei Yang from the Black Corner Region and had sent a Peak Dou Zong guardian to deal with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Venerate Qi revealed that Soul Hall's Hall Master had taken an interest in Wei Yang and threatened to extract his soul before going to the Jia Ma Empire.
• After learning Venerate Qi was a Two-Star Dou Zun, Wei Yang announced that he wanted Venerate Qi’s physical body and unleashed his aura to fight.

Wei Yang, Ah Da, and Xian'er attacked Venerate Qi, using Ah Da's soul-shaking roar to create an opening for Xian'er to strike him with her corrosive flames. Venerate Qi recovered and unleashed a furious counterattack as Wei Yang and the others retreated.

• Wei Yang used his Black Flame to send thunderfire dragons at Venerate Qi, who blocked them with black palm prints.
• Ah Da ambushed Venerate Qi with Nine Nether Cold Qi and a beast flame, then summoned a black flaming tiger to roar into Venerate Qi's Sea of Consciousness.
• Xian'er recovered from the roar first, stabbed Venerate Qi in the brow and chest with dark green flame, and swiftly retreated.
• Venerate Qi regained consciousness and erupted with power, shattering the surrounding space as he attacked Xian'er.
• Wei Yang helped Xian'er retreat while Single-Horn struck Venerate Qi's palm print with two air cannons.

Xian'er used the Netherworld Poison Flame to poison Venerate Qi and revealed that its bond with her Body of Calamitous Poison made it powerful enough to overwhelm a Dou Zun. Venerate Qi struggled to suppress the flames as Wei Yang recognized their terrifying potential.

• Venerate Qi asked Xian'er whether she had poisoned him and questioned her connection to Ice River Valley.
• Venerate Qi spat out dark green flames, then the poison flames inside his body ignited and engulfed him.
• Xian'er revealed that she had planted two Netherworld Poison Flame Sub-Flames in Venerate Qi, one at his heart and one in his sea of consciousness.
• Venerate Qi recognized the Netherworld Poison Flame but could not suppress its intensified poison.
• Wei Yang explained that the flame had become exceptionally potent through its combination with Xian'er's Body of Calamitous Poison.

Wei Yang and his companions defeated Venerate Qi, but Xian'er's poison destroyed his consciousness before he could be questioned. After Ah Da secured Venerate Qi's body as his future vessel, the group headed upstream through the Black Windstorm toward its source.

• Venerate Qi succumbed to Xian'er's poison, and Wei Yang had Single-Horn restrain his body while Ah Da extracted his remnant soul.
• Xian'er recalled her Sub-Flames, and she told Wei Yang that Venerate Qi's consciousness had collapsed beyond recovery.
• Wei Yang sealed Venerate Qi's Soul Body in a jade bottle, unable to question him about the Soul Hall.
• Wei Yang gave Venerate Qi's Dou Zun body to Ah Da, who preserved it in a jade box as his future vessel.
• Wei Yang led the group of five upstream through the Black Windstorm toward its source in the void.

Wei Yang’s group continued upstream through the dark void, and he crushed a Jade Pendant while worrying about a Peak Dou Zong left behind. In the Jia Ma Empire, Elder Yao guarded the Alliance’s hidden seclusion valley and discovered its underground Energy Lake while checking on those cultivating there.

• Wei Yang crushed a Jade Pendant, looked back toward where his group had come from, and hoped the Peak Dou Zong could hold out.
• Wei Yang caught up with Qing Lin and continued leading the group upstream through the black winds.
• Elder Yao sealed the Small Valley behind a Spatial Barrier and guarded the experts cultivating in its cave dwelling, stone chamber, and purple Light Cocoon.
• Elder Yao reflected on the valley’s inexhaustible Energy Lake and its rare medicinal herbs, recognizing it as the source of Wei Yang’s rapid growth.
• Elder Yao noted that Fama was in seclusion in the stone chamber and thought about soaking in the Energy Lake to restore his soul.

After Wei Yang’s warning pendant shattered, Yao Chen suspected the Soul Hall was coming and left the valley, entrusting Xiao Yan’s future to himself and urging him to seek Wei Yang. Nearly five months passed with Yao Chen still missing, while Xiao Yan and the others remained in seclusion.

• Wei Yang’s jade pendant shattered in Yao Chen’s hand, warning him that danger was approaching.
• Yao Chen suspected the Soul Hall had found him and feared a Dou Zun might be involved.
• Yao Chen spoke to Xiao Yan’s Forest White Flame, expressed his pride in Xiao Yan and Wei Yang, and told Xiao Yan to find Wei Yang if he could no longer stay by his side.
• Yao Chen left his ring and the Forest White Flame behind, then disappeared toward the Black Corner Region.
• The valley remained sealed and undisturbed as nearly five months passed, with Xiao Yan still inside the purple Light Cocoon and Yao Chen nowhere to be found.

Xiao Yan emerged from more than ten months of seclusion as a Dou Emperor, while the valley’s three occupants absorbed vast amounts of energy. After sensing Elder Yao’s Bone Chilling Flame and ring but not Elder Yao himself, Xiao Yan searched the surrounding mountains in alarm and found no trace of his teacher.

• A vast energy vortex poured three streams of energy into the cave dwelling, stone chamber, and purple Light Cocoon, then vanished as the valley returned to silence.
• After another ten-odd days, Xiao Yan opened his eyes, broke through to the Dou Emperor class, and shattered the bluestone platform with his awakening aura.
• Xiao Yan’s Soul Power reached the peak of the Mortal Realm, and he sensed the Light Cocoon and President Fa Ma nearing a breakthrough to the Dou Zong class.
• Xiao Yan saw the Forest White Flame and Elder Yao’s ring on a boulder, then realized Elder Yao was missing.
• Xiao Yan scanned nearly a hundred li of the Magic Beast Mountain Range with his Soul Power but found no trace of Elder Yao, then withdrew it in pain.

Xiao Yan received Elder Yao’s final message and the Bone Chilling Flame, learning that his teacher and father might be in the Soul Hall’s hands. After grieving and confirming Wei Yang was safe, Xiao Yan prepared to use the valley’s hidden Energy Lake to devour the Sea Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan heard Elder Yao’s message explaining the Energy Lake, the hidden underground passage, and the danger of revealing the valley’s location.
• Elder Yao left Xiao Yan the Bone Chilling Flame, the Bone Flame Ring, instructions for helping his second brother, and a warning not to act rashly against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan took the flame mark and ring, then broke down in grief and roared his hatred for the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan reassured those inside the stone chamber and Light Cocoon, then exchanged Jade Pendant signals with Wei Yang and confirmed he was safe.
• Xiao Yan examined the Sea Heart Flame and decided to devour it in the Energy Lake to advance toward the peak of the Dou Emperor class.

Wei Yang's group traveled through the Endless Void Depths, following the Life-Extinguishing Flame's response to the Nine Nether Wind Flame. They entered a freezing, scorching storm and, unable to locate their destination there, Wei Yang led them toward the region's outer edge.

• Wei Yang learned from Ah Da that the group had traveled for about a month and more than ten thousand li through the Endless Void Depths.
• The Life-Extinguishing Flame sensed the Nine Nether Wind Flame nearby, and Wei Yang urged the group to advance during a lull in the storm.
• Wei Yang's group entered a domain of extreme cold and heat, where violent winds and ghostly sounds disrupted their senses and emotions.
• Wei Yang used his Soul Power to scan ten li and found a direction where the wind weakened.
• Wei Yang summoned the Green Sun, enclosed the group within it, and sent them toward the outer edge of the region.

Wei Yang and the others escaped the violent wind region inside the Life-Extinguishing Flame and discovered the enormous Wind Vortex that produced the Black Windstorms. Seeing its vast power left Wei Yang awed but determined to pursue strength like it.

• The Life-Extinguishing Flame carried Wei Yang and the others through the wind region while its green flames absorbed some of the wind blades and restored their vitality.
• Wei Yang guided their flight with Soul Perception until they crossed the region’s boundary and left its pressure behind.
• After flying farther, Wei Yang stopped the green sun, and the group emerged into the void and spotted distant stars.
• The group looked back and saw a Wind Vortex more than a thousand miles wide, the source of the Black Windstorms on the Black Domain Great Plains.
• Wei Yang felt awed by the Vortex’s power, then vowed to obtain such power himself.

Wei Yang and his group found the Wind Vortex containing the Nine Nether Wind Flame, but their attacks showed that entering it would be perilous. After deciding to rest and reassess, Wei Yang refined a mass of Soul Origin and gave it to Ah Da.

• Wei Yang pointed out the Wind Vortex's outlet and Eye of the Wind, then led the group to test the vortex's suction at its edge.
• Wei Yang's sword gleam was shredded within ten meters, and Xian'er's Dou Qi lasted only about thirty meters before the vortex destroyed it.
• Wei Yang called off their attempt and returned with the group to rest above the vortex.
• While the others meditated, Wei Yang considered the Nine Nether Wind Flame's likely strength and the danger of confronting an intelligent Heavenly Flame.
• Wei Yang used Black Flame and lightning to refine Soul Origin, collected the gray smoke in a jade bottle, and gave the remaining Soul Origin to Ah Da.

Wei Yang and his companions waited for the Soul Origin to be purified while studying the Wind Vortex’s cycles, planning to enter during its weakened phase. After discussing the risks and ethics of using Soul Origin to strengthen their souls, Wei Yang gave the purified cluster to Ah Da.

• Wei Yang and the others determined they would need to enter the Eye of the Wind during a two-to-three-day weakened phase and leave before the winds intensified.
• After nearly a month of observation and refinement, Wei Yang purified the Soul Origin until it became clear and intensely tempting to consume.
• Wei Yang warned his companions about the dangers of using Soul Origin but said he would not forbid them from choosing that method to improve their souls.
• Xian'er and Qing Lin hesitated over devouring another person's Soul Origin, while Ah Da readily accepted the idea.
• Wei Yang finished refining the cluster and gave it to Ah Da, who eagerly caught it and ran off to consume it.