Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan gave Su Yitang a Dou Ling Pill before the Strong Ranking tournament’s top-ten matches began, then advised her on fighting defensive opponents. The tournament was suspended when Fallen Heart Flame broke through the Heavenly Flame Training Tower’s seal, while Han Feng summoned allies to Maple City.

• Yang Shan gave Su Yitang a Dou Ling Pill as a special exception, and she took it after he warned her that Fallen Heart Flame was stirring.
• Su Qian drew the top-ten matchups, and Li Batian fought Blood Rampage with his defensive Dou Skill against Blood Rampage’s attacks.
• Yang Shan explained to Su Yitang how speed and patience could counter a defensive fighter, and reflected on his own lack of defense.
• Fallen Heart Flame shook the Heavenly Flame Training Tower, disrupting Li Batian’s attack and prompting Su Qian to suspend the tournament and evacuate the students.
• Fallen Heart Flame blew the tower’s top apart, and Su Qian realized the seal had broken.
• Han Feng ordered Pill Slave to summon powerful groups and two other allies to Maple City.

Yang Shan helped Su Qian and the academy elders weaken and restrain the escaped Fallen Heart Flame, earning Su Qian’s favor. As the elders prepared to seal it, Han Feng arrived from the Black-Corner Region with nearly a hundred powerful allies and confronted Jia Nan Academy.

• Yang Shan flew to the battle and struck the Heart Flame Python three times with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, weakening it while Su Qian’s elders held it in their energy net.
• Yang Shan landed to recover his Dou Qi as Su Yitang, Xiao Xun'er, and Zi Yan gathered around him; Ling Ying declined to intervene because he did not know the sealing technique.
• Hu Qian arrived with Outer Courtyard elders, helping Su Qian reinforce the net and trap the Heart Flame Python with the Three-Fold Seal.
• Han Feng arrived with nearly a hundred Dou Wang-level or stronger followers, including Ban Lao, Fan Lao, Yan Zhe, and Yuan Yi, and demanded to know why Jia Nan Academy had concealed the sentient Fallen Heart Flame.

Players rushed to defend Jia Nan Academy as Han Feng demanded the Fallen Heart Flame and confronted Su Qian with the Gold Silver Duo at his side. Xiao Aotian and Yang Shan struck at the Black-Corner Region’s forces, and the chapter ended with Yang Shan facing Fan Lao as Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Xiao Aotian arrived behind him.

• Players received system notices promising points and rewards for defending Jia Nan Academy, then charged past Ruo Lin and the other instructors despite Su Qian’s orders to retreat.
• Han Feng demanded the Fallen Heart Flame, revealed his Sea Heart Flame, and attacked Su Qian, who repelled him and challenged the Black-Corner Region’s forces.
• The Gold Silver Duo appeared to support Han Feng, and Xiao Aotian attacked them with a green-flame ruler strike that Sea Heart Flame nearly extinguished.
• Yang Shan ambushed the Black-Corner Region’s ranks, killed a Dou Wang, and badly damaged Yuan Yi’s Dou Qi Armor while Su Yitang waited for a chance to strike.
• Fan Lao confronted Yang Shan over the dead Blood Sect member, and Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Xiao Aotian appeared behind Yang Shan as he taunted Fan Lao.

Yang Shan and Jia Nan Academy’s fighters clashed with Han Feng’s Black-Corner Region alliance over the Heavenly Flame Training Tower. As the battle left the academy outnumbered, Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian targeted Yuan Yi, ending the chapter by disrupting his ultimate technique with soul-striking sonic attacks.

• Fan Lao summoned Ban Lao to reinforce him against Yang Shan and Jia Nan Academy’s Dou Wang students, while Han Feng approved attacking anyone who stood in their way.
• Hu Qian and the academy elders confronted Han Feng’s forces, and Su Qian’s opening attack sparked a full battle between the two sides.
• Han Feng fought Hu Qian for control of the Heavenly Flame Training Tower, while Ling Ying arrived to shield Yang Shan, Xiao Xun’er, Zi Yan, and their companions from Ban Lao and Fan Lao.
• Yang Shan joined Xiao Xun’er, Zi Yan, and Xiao Aotian in attacking Yuan Yi, using his Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to weaken the Eight Gates master’s lightning techniques.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian unleashed their sonic Dou Skills together, injuring Yuan Yi’s soul, reducing his combat attributes, and interrupting his attempt to use Lightning Arc Absolute Barrier.

Yang Shan and his allies overwhelmed Yuan Yi, and Yang Shan killed the Eight Gates' master despite Han Feng's attempt to save him. As the battle continued, Han Feng clashed with Hu Qian again while Blood Rampage killed a wounded Dou Wang and drew Fan Lao's attention.

• Zi Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Yang Shan, and their allies battered Yuan Yi until Han Feng broke away from Hu Qian and sent four Eight Gates Dou Wangs to help him.
• Xiao Xun'er held off the rescuers, allowing Yang Shan to pursue Yuan Yi, but Han Feng intercepted him with Sea Heart Flame.
• Yang Shan slipped past Han Feng and beheaded Yuan Yi, earning experience and a reward announcement for Players within Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng raged at Yuan Yi's death and resumed fighting Hu Qian after Yang Shan escaped his pursuit.
• Blood Rampage killed a critically wounded Dou Wang from the Black-Corner Region, and Fan Lao recognized him and cried out over his son's death.

Fan Lao pursued Blood Rampage through the Jia Nan Academy battle, killing Players in his way until Yang Shan intervened to protect Ruo Lin and the students. Yang Shan and his allies battered Fan Lao from the air, and as Fan Lao fell toward the ground, a vast crowd of students gathered to attack him.

• Fan Lao blamed Blood Rampage for killing Fan Ling and chased him, while Yang Shan realized the Blood Devouring Scripture had come from Fan Ling and left Blood Rampage to face the consequences.
• Fan Lao’s attacks killed hundreds of Players, and Ruo Lin stepped in to protect the students before Yang Shan rescued her and sent her away with Han Yue.
• Yang Shan taunted Fan Lao and dodged his attacks, then used Three Thousand Thunder Movement and Tyrant Blade—Seven Kills to damage him.
• Xiao Xun’er, Zi Yan, Xiao Aotian, and Su Yitang joined Yang Shan, trapping Fan Lao and breaking through his defenses with their attacks.
• Yang Shan struck Fan Lao from behind and Zi Yan kicked him out of the sky, while Yu Feifei and Mei Yangyang rallied the gathered students to attack him as he fell.

Yang Shan coordinated nearly thirty thousand Players to badly injure Fan Lao, but Fan Lao escaped before they could finish him. Yang Shan then teamed up with Su Yitang to bring down two Black-Corner Region Dou Wangs for the Players to defeat, and he claimed their drops.

• Yang Shan had Yu Feifei and Mei Yangyang organize the Players to unleash a coordinated assault that reduced Fan Lao's health from 155,000 to 99,370.
• Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, Xiao Aotian, and Yang Shan attacked Fan Lao, but he used Blood Transformation and then fled with Blood Escape Flying Flash.
• Yang Shan let Xiao Xun'er and Zi Yan recover, summoned Su Yitang, and went to assist two academy elders fighting Black-Corner Region Dou Wangs.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang knocked the two Dou Wangs from the sky, where the Players wounded them with a barrage of Dou Skills.
• Yang Shan killed both wounded Dou Wangs with a single strike each and received their drops.

Yang Shan and the Jia Nan Academy Players turned the battle’s tide, forcing Han Feng’s forces to retreat after killing many Black-Corner Region Dou Wangs. The deaths of eight academy elders, including Yan Wenyu, triggered a revival storyline that gave Players a chance to bring them back.

• Yang Shan and the Players killed Black-Corner Region Dou Wangs in coordinated attacks, while Blood Rampage stole a kill and was killed by the enraged Players.
• Han Feng’s forces lost heavily as Yang Shan and Su Yitang hunted their Dou Wangs, and Han Feng ordered a retreat rather than risk further losses.
• Su Qian and the Players discovered that eight Jia Nan Academy elders had died, including Yan Wenyu, whose students mourned her.
• Su Qian revealed that the elders’ souls had not dispersed and that the academy’s guardian could revive them if Players gathered the required items.
• Jia Nan Academy Players received a system notification activating the Revival Storyline and directing them to collect mission items from the Mission Hall.

After Jia Nan Academy’s victory, Su Qian began preparations to revive the eight fallen elders and promised rewards for the players. Yang Shan collected the battle spoils, gained a level, and discovered Yuan Yi’s powerful Earth Rank lightning Dou Skill among the drops.

• Su Qian sealed the eight elders’ bodies in an Ice Coffin, pledged the academy’s resources to their revival, and raised their resurrection progress to 35%.
• Su Qian promised contribution rewards, thanked the leading students, and the system announced that Yang Shan had ranked first and would receive a reward selected by Su Qian.
• Yang Shan returned to Xiao Xun’er’s courtyard with Xiao Xun’er, Zi Yan, and Su Yitang, then handed his assorted drops to Su Yitang to sort.
• Yang Shan compensated Xiao Aotian with a Dou Ling Pill for his contribution to defeating Yuan Yi and claimed the rest of Yuan Yi’s drops.
• Yang Shan reached Six-Star Dou Wang and found Yuan Yi’s Purple Word Seal equipment, Mystic Rank Advanced Skill, and Earth Rank Low Grade Lightning Arc Absolute Barrier among the spoils.

Yang Shan raised Xiao Xun'er’s favorability by comforting her as she faced an inevitable departure from Jia Nan Academy, while she admitted she could not bear to part with him. Later, Su Qian brought Yang Shan a new mid-grade spirit weapon, Blood Roar.

• Yang Shan assessed Lightning Arc Absolute Barrier’s enormous attack range and considered how he could use it in future battles.
• After Yang Shan pretended to be asleep, Xiao Xun'er confessed to Ling Ying that she could not bear to part with him, and Yang Shan quietly replied that he felt the same.
• Yang Shan coaxed Xiao Xun'er with a grape, raising her favorability by five, then told her to let him know when she would leave so he could see her off.
• When Yang Shan logged back in, Xiao Xun'er fed him a sour grape, and he reassured her that parting could lead to reunion.
• Su Qian visited Yang Shan and presented him with Blood Roar, a mid-grade spirit weapon bearing the Golden Word Seal.

Yang Shan received the custom Spirit Artifact Blood Roar, discussed faction opportunities and the Serpent-People tribe’s recruitment with his companions, and then told Ling Ying that Soul Hall planned to target Xiao Xun’er. Ling Ying reacted with fury after learning Soul Hall had offered Ban Lao a chance to join in exchange for killing the girl with Ancient Clan blood.

• Yang Shan received Blood Roar from Su Qian and earned first place in the Strong Ranking competition.
• Yang Shan and his companions discussed their faction plans, the Jia Ma Empire’s coming civil war, and the Serpent-People tribe’s recruitment announcement.
• Yang Shan decided not to pursue Medusa Queen and considered visiting the Serpent-People tribe later, when the region’s conflicts could offer a chance to harvest souls.
• Yang Shan invited Ling Ying out of hiding and asked whether the Ancient Clan had a grudge against Soul Hall.
• Yang Shan told Ling Ying he had seen a Black-Clothed Man extract a Dou Wang’s soul and promise Ban Lao entry into Soul Hall and a breakthrough to Dou Zong if he killed Xiao Xun’er.
• Ling Ying shattered the stone table in anger after learning Soul Hall had targeted Xiao Xun’er.

Yang Shan manipulated Ling Ying into giving him a Heartmind Jade Tablet and set out to arrange Protector Liu’s death while pursuing Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame. He persuaded Protector Liu to travel to Maple City to recruit Han Feng for soul harvesting, leaving Luo Xie to guard Hun Dan.

• Yang Shan convinced Ling Ying that he wanted to track the Soul Palace man threatening Xiao Xun'er, and Ling Ying gave him a Heartmind Jade Tablet that could locate him when Ancient Clan reinforcements arrived.
• Yang Shan left Canaan Academy, disguised himself as Cheng E, and traveled to Mad Lion City, planning to use Ling Quan to kill Protector Liu and to take Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.
• Yang Shan told Protector Liu that Han Feng was forming the Black Alliance to oppose Canaan Academy and suggested the conflict could yield souls for the Soul Palace.
• Protector Liu agreed to meet Han Feng personally after Yang Shan and Luo Xie explained that Han Feng would not take Luo Xie seriously.
• Protector Liu ordered Luo Xie to guard Hun Dan and told Yang Shan to lead him to Maple City.

Yang Shan accompanied Protector Liu to Maple City and helped him secure Han Feng’s cooperation in gathering Souls, while positioning himself to handle future dealings. After Protector Liu left, Han Feng’s resentment over Yao Chen’s rejection surfaced, and he killed a maidservant who had witnessed his outburst.

• Yang Shan catered to Protector Liu during their journey and encouraged him to deal with Han Feng boldly, while hoping Ling Quan would come for Xiao Xun'er during their stay in Maple City.
• Protector Liu and Yang Shan arrived in Maple City, where Protector Liu’s aura interrupted Han Feng’s alchemy and destroyed his batch of Emperor Extreme Pills.
• Protector Liu showed Han Feng Old Mu Bone’s token and assigned him to gather Souls, promising to help him once if he filled one hundred Soul Gathering Pearls.
• Protector Liu appointed Yang Shan, under the name Cheng E, to represent him in future dealings with Han Feng, then left Maple City.
• Han Feng privately cursed the Soul Hall and recalled that Yao Chen had refused to pass on a cultivation technique because he considered Han Feng unqualified.
• When maidservant Xiao Juan overheard Han Feng’s outburst, he questioned her about his feelings and burned her to ash with Deep Blue Flame.

Yang Shan’s plan to kill Protector Liu shifted after Liu left Maple City, and he followed him while preparing to claim the finishing blow. Ling Quan attacked Liu on Xiao Xun’er’s orders, while Xiao Xun’er secretly gave Yang Shan a one-use Heavenly Flame Mark; with Liu critically injured, Yang Shan rushed in to strike.

• Yang Shan escorted Protector Liu to the Fireworks Pavilion and arranged for four Maidservants, then continued with him toward Thousand Speck City while watching for a signal on the jade silk.
• Xiao Xun’er received Ling Quan and the Black Submerging Army at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Courtyard, ordered them to eliminate Protector Liu, and set out with them when the jade silk reacted.
• Ling Quan attacked Protector Liu at the Fireworks Pavilion and wrecked the building with the Overturning Sea Seal, while Ban Lao retreated from the battle.
• Xiao Xun’er found Yang Shan, gave him a one-use Heavenly Flame Mark, confessed she could not bear to leave him, and gained two favorability points.
• Ling Quan battered Protector Liu with the Mountain Splitting Seal and Overturning Sea Seal until Liu’s health became critical, and Yang Shan rushed out with the Side Blade Blood Roar to claim the finishing blow.

Yang Shan killed Protector Liu, secured his soul for Hun Dan, and cemented an alliance with the Soul Clan young master. After returning to Mad Lion City, Yang Shan entrusted Luo Xie to Hun Dan and examined his new rewards, including a costly soul cultivation method and a powerful lightning finger technique.

• Yang Shan killed Protector Liu before Ling Quan could strike, and Xiao Xun'er ensured Ling Quan gave Yang Shan Protector Liu's sealed soul.
• Yang Shan left Thousand Speck City, returned to Mad Lion City, and told Luo Xie that Protector Liu was dead before taking him to Hun Dan.
• Yang Shan proved Protector Liu's soul was in the Jade Bottle, freeing Hun Dan from Protector Liu's control, and Hun Dan declared Yang Shan his trusted ally.
• Hun Dan's favorability toward Yang Shan rose to 73, and Yang Shan asked Hun Dan to bring Luo Xie into their plans while Yang Shan entered seclusion.
• Yang Shan examined Hun Dan's Soul Gathering Art and Protector Liu's drops, finding the Cloud Piercing Flicking Finger technique but learning that its cultivation required Spirit Stones.

Yang Shan secured an advanced Soul Accumulation Pearl and arranged for Hun Dan and Luo Xie to support his plans against Han Feng while Hun Dan cultivated. Back in Maple City, Yang Shan struck a deal with Han Feng to help the Black Alliance fight Jia Nan Academy in exchange for choosing pill formulas, leaving the two men secretly calculating how to profit from each other.

• Yang Shan found an advanced Soul Accumulation Pearl in Protector Liu's selectable drops and planned to use Han Feng's resources to gather souls.
• Yang Shan warned Hun Dan and Luo Xie that Han Feng might contact Old Mu Bone, urged Hun Dan to cultivate toward Dou Huang, and said he would not rush to kill Han Feng.
• Yang Shan returned to Maple City, where Pill Slave escorted him to a private courtyard and arranged two Maidservants for him.
• Han Feng questioned Yang Shan about Protector Liu's absence, but Yang Shan claimed Protector Liu had been delayed after encountering two fighting Dou Zongs.
• Yang Shan persuaded Han Feng that Protector Liu could bring a Four Star Dou Zong from the Jia Ma Empire to help the Black Alliance, then asked for pill formulas as an Alchemist.
• Yang Shan agreed to help the Black Alliance clash with Jia Nan Academy and hand over collected souls in exchange for choosing sixth-tier pill formulas.

Yang Shan negotiated pill formulas with Han Feng and reviewed the Black Alliance’s position before chatting with Su Yitang and Tie Yang. Tie Yang revealed he had crafted powerful equipment, and Yang Shan rewarded him and raised his expectations for the Refiner’s future.

• Han Feng agreed to give Yang Shan the Aura Concealing Pill formula and set Soul Point prices for the other three formulas.
• Yang Shan saw that the Black Alliance had gained the Mad Lion Gang and was stronger than in his previous life, then considered the clashes with Canaan Academy.
• Su Yitang asked Yang Shan to have Tie Yang make her a concealing robe, and Yang Shan deleted her accidentally sent screenshot after teasing her.
• Tie Yang showed Yang Shan a top-quality Purple Word Seal armor piece with strong defense and a Vitality Shield bonus for Fire Attribute cultivators.
• Yang Shan promised Tie Yang the next nine Purple Word Seal pieces as bonuses and increased his annual game resource allocation to match Little Yao Xi’s.

Yang Shan infiltrated Spirit Eucalyptus Valley under his Cheng E identity, secretly weakened Jia Nan Academy’s Players while harvesting Soul Points, then revealed himself to save the trapped students. After Yu Feifei’s reinforcements arrived, Yang Shan destroyed much of the Black Alliance’s force, leaving the battlefield in Jia Nan Academy’s favor.

• Yang Shan flew to Spirit Eucalyptus Valley and killed Jia Nan Academy Players and two weakened Black Alliance Dou Ling NPCs, collecting their Soul Points.
• Yang Shan secretly attacked Players during a large battle, breaking their Dou Qi Armor and helping the Black Alliance turn the fight against Jia Nan Academy.
• Black Alliance reinforcements arrived and overwhelmed the academy Players until Yu Feifei led the Meteor Association and other reinforcements to open an escape route.
• Yu Feifei asked Yang Shan to help the trapped students, and he changed his appearance before launching a soul attack on the Black Alliance forces.
• Yang Shan unleashed Lightning Arc Absolute Barrier, wiping out over half the Black Alliance force and leaving Yu Feifei impressed by his power.

Yang Shan farmed souls and negotiated a trade with Yu Feifei before returning to Maple City with forty thousand Soul Points to claim three pill formulas from Han Feng. Han Feng concealed his resentment toward Cheng E, while Yang Shan obtained the formulas and prepared to pursue sixth-tier Alchemist.

• Yang Shan killed a two-star Dou Wang, collected the battlefield drops, and asked Yu Feifei to guard them while he fought.
• Yu Feifei proposed a business partnership, and Yang Shan agreed to consider selling her guild equipment; he also sent her a pink, Purple Word Seal Side Blade after she transferred him money.
• Yang Shan spent two days farming souls and then met Han Feng in Maple City, presenting four full Soul Gathering Pearls containing forty thousand Soul Points.
• Han Feng gave Yang Shan the three promised pill formula scrolls and concealed his growing resentment, which lowered his favorability toward Cheng E to -30.
• Yang Shan left with the formulas and planned to make a push for sixth-tier Alchemist.

Yang Shan reached Sixth Grade Alchemist and successfully refined Aura Concealing Pills and Break Emperor Pills using the newly unlocked advanced alchemy mini-games. After Su Yitang asked for help amid a looming battle over Black Seal City, Yang Shan set out with Luo Xie to seize the city.

• Yang Shan returned to Mad Lion City, rejected Hun Dan's invitation to a brothel, and shut himself in the alchemy room to cultivate his skills.
• Yang Shan became a Sixth Grade Alchemist, unlocked Advanced Alchemy Gameplay, and successfully refined Aura Concealing Pills and Break Emperor Pills.
• Yang Shan learned that Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng had found a Seventh-Order Thousand Beast King and obtained two Sixth-Order Elite Magic Cores from its territory.
• Su Yitang told Yang Shan that the Heavenly Yin Sect and Rakshasa Gate were preparing to fight over Black Seal City's resources, and asked him to help Su Mei.
• Yang Shan agreed to go to Black Seal City, summoned Luo Xie, and said they were going to take the city.