Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan subdued Mo Ya and used him as a hostage while turning his attention to the Serpent-People leaders and the other Dou Huang fighters. After the Ink Iron Marshal crippled Mo Bas, Yue Mei asked Yang Shan to spare him, and Yang Shan demanded that the Serpent-People show their gratitude.

• Yang Shan and the Ink Iron Marshal wore down Mo Ya until he surrendered and let Yang Shan seal his dantian with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Chao Bafang delivered Mo Yi and Mo Bing to Mo Ya, who ordered his subordinates to lie low and avoid notifying Mo Tianxing while Yang Shan held him hostage.
• Yang Shan arrived to help Su Yitang, and the Ink Iron Marshal beat Mo Bas into unconsciousness after he threatened her.
• Yue Mei pleaded for Mo Bas’s life, so Yang Shan stopped the beating and told the Ink Iron Marshal to kill the four Misty Cloud Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate Dou Huang instead.
• Su Yitang hurried off to support Chao Bafang’s group, while Yang Shan warned Yue Mei against fleeing and demanded that the Serpent-People show appreciation for being spared.

Yang Shan pressured the Eight Great Leaders of the Serpent-People tribe into promising to praise him to Medusa, then left the ruins with them. He failed to find Hao Yunqi, who stayed hidden nearby, while Yi Qingyang was left admiring Su Yitang from afar.

• Yang Shan reminded Yue Mei that he had saved the eight leaders and insisted that the Serpent-People tribe depended on him, forcing her to agree to his terms.
• Mo Bas tried to attack Yang Shan, but Yang Shan stomped him down and used the incident to threaten the six other leaders into silence before Medusa.
• Su Yitang and the others joined Yang Shan, and he proposed searching the third floor for the teleported killing-array puppets.
• Yang Shan's group found no notable puppets and could not locate Hao Yunqi, who was hiding in a room after obtaining a rare footwear artifact.
• Yang Shan departed with the eight leaders to find Medusa, while Zhu Tianpeng, Chao Bafang, Su Yitang, and Yi Qingyang remained behind or split off to pursue their own plans.
• Yi Qingyang tried to team up with Su Yitang, but she declined and left, prompting him to envy Yang Shan.

Yang Shan arrived in the Profound Moon Tribe with the captured Serpent-People leaders and revealed the defensive cloak produced by his Equipment Orb. When the Medusa Queen came to confront him over Mo Bas, Yang Shan countered her intimidation and threatened to withdraw his help and take the leaders away.

• Yang Shan left the Mystic Refinement Sect Ruins, and his Equipment Orb generated the Scarlet Spirit Cloak.
• Yang Shan reached the Profound Moon Tribe and told Yue Mei to summon the Medusa Queen while he reviewed his combat panel and negotiation plan.
• The Medusa Queen entered the reception hall, saw Mo Bas's injuries, and confronted Yang Shan, who admitted that he had beaten him.
• The Medusa Queen tried to intimidate Yang Shan and offered to spare him, but Yang Shan used Scarlet Spirit Might and reminded her that he had saved the Eight Great Leaders.
• When the Medusa Queen persisted with her forceful approach, Yang Shan summoned Ink Iron Marshal, drew the Blood Roar Blade, and threatened to take the leaders away instead of cooperating.

Yang Shan confronted Medusa Queen with overwhelming force, then negotiated cooperation by offering the possibility of refining a Break Sect Pill. Medusa Queen agreed to owe him for saving the eight leaders, while an approaching conflict over her Green Lotus Core Flame was foreshadowed.

• Yang Shan used Ink Iron Marshal and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to force Medusa Queen to stop fighting and speak with him.
• Yang Shan chose to prioritize his own interests rather than seek Medusa Queen's favor, and Medusa Queen acknowledged that he was a formidable person worth treating cautiously.
• A system message announced the special storyline, "Cooperation with Medusa Queen," as she agreed to consider repaying Yang Shan for saving the Eight Great Leaders.
• Yang Shan admitted he could not yet refine a Break Sect Pill, but Medusa Queen promised the Serpent-People tribe's friendship if he eventually succeeded.
• Medusa Queen agreed to keep the eight leaders' lives on her tab, and her favorability toward Yang Shan rose to 7.
• The chapter foreshadowed Pill King Gu He coming to the Tagor Desert for Medusa Queen's Green Lotus Core Flame, accompanied by Yun Shan instead of Yun Yun.

Yang Shan earned Medusa Queen’s friendship by demonstrating his alchemy and secured a Favor Record that let him stack favors for future assistance. Before leaving, he refused to sell her a Break Emperor Pill for Mo Bas and instead said Yue Mei could have it.

• Yang Shan refined two perfect-grade Break Emperor Pills in front of Medusa Queen, proving his skill as a sixth-grade advanced alchemist.
• Medusa Queen gave Yang Shan a Favor Record, adding the lives of two more leaders to his existing favor and gaining five favorability points.
• Yang Shan told Medusa Queen he planned to return in one to six months with a Break Sect Pill, relying in part on Little Yao Xi’s alchemy skills.
• Medusa Queen asked to buy one of Yang Shan’s Break Emperor Pills for the Eight Great Leaders, especially Mo Bas.
• Yang Shan refused to sell the pill and said Yue Mei could use it instead because the black loach had offended him.

Yang Shan gave Yue Mei a Break Emperor Pill and a Dou Ling Pill, then traveled to the Black-Corner Region to address the growing threat of the Black Alliance. After revealing that he had captured Mo Tianxing’s son, Mo Ya, Yang Shan persuaded Su Qian to accompany him and offer Mo Tianxing a Break Sect Pill in exchange for cooperation against the Black Alliance.

• Medusa Queen gave Yue Mei a Break Emperor Pill, and Yang Shan rewarded her with a Dou Ling Pill for their past cooperation.
• Medusa Queen ordered Yue Mei to receive Yang Shan on future visits and ensure he remained pleased with the Serpent-People tribe.
• Yang Shan and his companions traveled to Canaan Academy, where Su Qian and Hu Qian discussed the Black Alliance’s growing strength and the danger posed by Han Feng.
• Yang Shan told Su Qian and Hu Qian that he had sealed Mo Ya’s dantian and brought him back from a secret realm, then showed them the Dou Zong-level Ink Iron Marshal.
• Yang Shan proposed returning Mo Ya unharmed and offering Mo Tianxing a Break Sect Pill in exchange for dealing with the Black Alliance, and Su Qian agreed to accompany him.

Yang Shan negotiated with Mo Tianxing to secure his help in seizing Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame in exchange for a Break Sect Pill, while Su Qian pledged Jia Nan Academy’s support. After Mo Tianxing agreed to cooperate, Su Qian promised Yang Shan generous rewards if they dismantled the Black Alliance.

• Mo Tianxing and Yang Shan set aside their earlier fight and discussed Mo Ya’s provocation over tea, with Su Qian present.
• Yang Shan offered to refine a Break Sect Pill for Mo Ya and asked Mo Tianxing to help seize Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame; Mo Tianxing agreed to prepare the Black Emperor Sect and join him in Canaan City.
• Yang Shan gave Mo Tianxing an Emperor Extreme Pill, and Mo Tianxing’s favorability toward him increased by twenty points.
• After Mo Tianxing and his companions left, Su Qian praised Yang Shan’s negotiation and promised him Han Feng’s spoils, the Break Sect Pill formula, and ten ingredient sets if their plan to dismantle the Black Alliance succeeded.

Yang Shan left Hun Dan and Luo Xie after gaining their trust, then returned to join Jia Nan Academy's campaign against the Black Alliance. The armies met outside Maple City, where Han Feng emerged from seclusion and challenged Su Qian.

• Yang Shan gave Hun Dan a Soul Accumulation Pearl and claimed he would try to poison Han Feng, earning increased favor from Hun Dan and Luo Xie.
• Yang Shan returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian and Mo Tianxing prepared to lead a massive force toward Maple City.
• More than fifty thousand people marched from Canaan City as the Black Alliance leaders learned of the approaching attack and waited for Han Feng to emerge.
• Pill Slave announced that Han Feng would soon leave seclusion, and the Black Alliance sensed his arrival.
• Han Feng appeared outside Maple City with the Sea Heart Flame and declared that he would personally fight Su Qian.

Han Feng broke through to Dou Zong and battled Su Qian, while Yang Shan and his allies fought the Gold Silver Duo and intervened against Han Feng. The chapter left Han Feng briefly restrained by lightning chains as darkness descended around him.

• Han Feng used his new Dou Zong strength and the Sea Heart Flame to fight Su Qian, while the Gold Silver Duo prepared to attack Hu Qian.
• Zi Yan, Yang Shan, and Su Yitang blocked the Gold Silver Duo; Yang Shan's Ink Iron Marshal struck Silver Elder, and Fan Lao fled when he saw it.
• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to weaken the Gold Silver Duo, then allies including Zi Yan and Su Yitang attacked them as more fighters arrived.
• Yang Shan left the Gold Silver Duo to his allies and attacked Han Feng with the Ink Iron Marshal and Blood Roar Blade, but Han Feng's Dou Qi Armor absorbed most of the damage.
• As Han Feng prepared to retaliate against Yang Shan, six lightning chains briefly restrained him and darkness descended.

Yang Shan and Mo Tianxing’s ambush left Han Feng crippled, while Tian Yao’s developers tried to keep him alive without directly changing his stats. Han Feng escaped as a Soul Body, but Yang Shan pursued his Naling and obtained the Sea Heart Flame.

• Yang Shan’s feint and Thunder Guiding Lock gave Mo Tianxing the chance to strike Han Feng with Netherworld Fiend Seal.
• Xiao Yan learned Han Feng was under attack and used AI Nüwa to slow his health loss without violating the game’s rules.
• Han Feng self-destructed to escape, but Yang Shan pursued him and continued attacking his Soul Body.
• Xiao Yan tried to save Han Feng, but Yang Shan’s allies joined the battle and Han Feng’s Soul Body was left near death.
• Han Feng threw his Naling away to distract Yang Shan, who chased it down and claimed the Sea Heart Flame.

Yang Shan unlocked the Sea Heart Flame’s refinement requirements and used Xiao Xun’er’s Heavenly Flame Mark to erase Han Feng’s soul imprint, beginning a ten-day nurturing process. Han Feng escaped with his remaining Naring and headed south after vowing to kill Yang Shan.

• Yang Shan spent 5 Good Fortune points to reveal the Sea Heart Flame’s high Spirit Root and Soul Power requirements and its refinement conditions.
• Yang Shan used Xiao Xun’er’s Heavenly Flame Mark to frighten the Sea Heart Flame into withdrawing into its Naling.
• Yang Shan poured 500 points of Soul Power into the Sea Heart Flame, erased Han Feng’s imprint, and replaced it with his own, reducing the nurturing time to ten days.
• Yang Shan sealed the Heavenly Flame Mark on his palm and thought about using it later alongside the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Han Feng escaped Yang Shan’s pursuit with his Nether Sea Naring, vowed to kill Yang Shan, and flew south with a token marked “Soul” and “Bone.”

Yang Shan helped Jia Nan Academy and the three allied factions settle control of Maple City after Han Feng’s defeat, then returned to Peace Town with Zi Yan and promised to refine a Break Emperor Pill for her. Their outing was interrupted by news that Xiao Aotian had subdued the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Yang Shan returned to Maple City after Han Feng’s self-destruction and confronted Luo Xie, Su Mei, and Yin Gu Lao before Su Qian explained that Jia Nan Academy could not openly claim the city.
• Luo Xie agreed to Su Qian’s invitation, and the three factions accepted a deal granting them fifty percent of Maple City’s shares in exchange for publicly claiming the city themselves.
• Yang Shan found Zi Yan waiting, gave her Accompanying Amethyst Source, and took her to Peace Town to eat street snacks.
• When Zi Yan asked when Yang Shan would leave, he said he would stay longer and refine a Break Emperor Pill for her, raising her favorability by one.
• A global announcement reported that Xiao Aotian had subdued the fourteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame, and received rewards.

Xiao Aotian endured weeks of trials in the Magma World and finally subdued a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame with Heavenly Flame Venerable’s help. He returned to Jia Nan Academy after its victory over the Black Alliance and rose to second place on the server’s Combat Power Rankings.

• Xiao Aotian triggered a Good Fortune beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Tower and met Heavenly Flame Venerable, who offered him a chance to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Aotian spent half a month killing ten thousand Flame Lizardmen in each illusion and keeping Heavenly Flame Venerable’s favor through daily conversations.
• Xiao Aotian earned Heavenly Flame Venerable’s approval, mined Naling ore, and successfully subdued the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Aotian returned to the empty Inner Courtyard after Jia Nan Academy defeated the Black Alliance and Han Feng self-destructed.
• Xiao Aotian checked the rankings, surpassed Hao Yunqi to become the second-ranked Player, and broke down in tears of relief.

Yang Shan attended a celebration feast with Xiao Aotian and their guild partners, where Xiao Aotian backed down from challenging him after learning how wide the gap between them was. Yang Shan then went to meet Hun Dan and Luo Xie in Maple City, who were anxiously searching for Cheng E, and asked whether they had obtained the items he wanted.

• Su Qian took Zi Yan back to the Inner Courtyard for several days of seclusion, while Yang Shan agreed to attend a celebration feast with the guild leaders and core members.
• Xiao Aotian arrived after refining the Fallen Heart Flame and explained how he had obtained it, while the players exchanged information and joked together.
• Xiao Aotian challenged Yang Shan to a duel, but Yang Shan privately warned that he could defeat him in two hits, so Xiao Aotian postponed the match and began planning to seek Three Thousand Thunder Movement.
• Yang Shan traded items to Yu Feifei for 1.2 million RMB, and Su Yitang distributed the proceeds among their team.
• Hun Dan and Luo Xie worried about Cheng E and discussed sending people to search for him, but Yang Shan arrived and asked where the things he had requested were.

Yang Shan gathered Soul Points and the spiritual treasures needed to refine Sea Heart Flame through Bloodshed Hall and Rakshasa Gate connections. With the flame set to finish nurturing in nine days, he headed to Black Moon Ridge to hunt magical beasts and encountered a pack of Black Iron Magic Wolves.

• Hun Dan gave Yang Shan a Soul Accumulation Pearl, ten Soul Gathering Pearls, and one million Soul Points, while Luo Xie offered to find him more supplies.
• Luo Xie gave Yang Shan a Fire Cloud Mushroom, and Yang Shan arranged through Su Yitang to trade a Break Emperor Pill to Su Mei for a Hundred Year Black Clam Pearl.
• Yang Shan assembled every item needed to refine Sea Heart Flame and planned to spend the nine-day wait raising his strength by hunting magical beasts.
• Yang Shan traveled to Black Moon Ridge, released Ink Iron Marshal, and ordered him to smash a pack of elite fifth-tier Black Iron Magic Wolves.

Yang Shan encountered a seventh-order Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf in Black Moon Ridge, escaped after secretly marking it, and returned to Jia Nan Academy. With Zi Yan guarding him, he successfully refined Sea Heart Flame, gaining its abilities and triggering a global announcement as Xiao Aotian discussed the Fallen Heart Flame with Su Qian.

• Yang Shan sensed the Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf approaching, marked it with Finger Strength, and escaped using Three Thousand Thunder Movement and an Aura Concealing Pill.
• The Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf lost Yang Shan and decided to warn its King about Demon Flame Valley, while Yang Shan planned to return after strengthening himself.
• Yang Shan returned to Jia Nan Academy and found Zi Yan waiting in Xiao Xun'er's former courtyard; she agreed to guard him while he refined Sea Heart Flame.
• Yang Shan used the prepared materials to refine Sea Heart Flame in ten minutes, unlocking its Dou Qi and illusion-related traits.
• Yang Shan considered testing a combination of Sea Heart Flame and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, while Su Qian felt uneasy and Xiao Aotian spoke about the Fallen Heart Flame.
• A global announcement rewarded Yang Shan for subduing Sea Heart Flame, and Xiao Aotian swore after spraying saliva onto Su Qian.

Yang Shan defeated Xiao Aotian’s Fallen Heart Flame with Sea Heart Flame, then asked Great Elder Su Qian to help test a Dou Skill. Hu Qian joined them as Yang Shan’s sparring partner, while Xiao Aotian was told to return to cultivation.

• Players argued on the forum about Yang Shan obtaining two Heaven and Earth Oddities, while Tianyao Official denied that he had broken any game rules.
• Xiao Aotian challenged Yang Shan to compare their Heavenly Flames, and Yang Shan accepted as Su Qian watched.
• Yang Shan’s Sea Heart Flame outlasted Xiao Aotian’s Fallen Heart Flame, leaving Xiao Aotian devastated and prompting him to delete his recording.
• Yang Shan asked Su Qian to help test a Dou Skill, and Hu Qian overheard them discussing whether he was capable of withstanding Yang Shan’s attack.
• Hu Qian agreed to accompany Yang Shan, while Su Qian told Xiao Aotian to cultivate and break through to Dou Huang.

Yang Shan tested Overload, combining Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and Sea Heart Flame against Hu Qian to measure its damage and confirm his theory. After concluding that the attack could deal enormous damage, Yang Shan began preparing a much stronger demonstration, leaving Hu Qian braced behind his defenses.

• Yang Shan took Hu Qian and Su Qian into the forest and explained that his Overload experiment would combine Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning with Sea Heart Flame.
• Hu Qian raised two layers of Protective Gang Qi, but Yang Shan’s first Overload exploded across a wide area and damaged his defenses.
• Yang Shan tested the lightning and Overload repeatedly, measuring their damage and concluding that Heavenly Flames and unusual lightning greatly amplified Overload’s power.
• Yang Shan explained that Overload could deal at least 26,000 damage but required careful control and time between explosions.
• Yang Shan warned Su Qian that his next attempt might go wrong, then powered up with Dou Qi Armor, ten Magical Beast phantoms, Sea Heart Flame, and Blood Roar Blade.
• Hu Qian sensed danger, replenished his defenses, and activated his trump-card Bedrock Armor.

Yang Shan successfully fused Sea Heart Flame and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning into his Dou Skills, triggering a devastating Overload explosion that nearly killed him as well as Hu Qian. After leaving the Inner Courtyard, Yang Shan learned that the Misty Cloud Sect was preparing to attack the Mittel Family’s Spirit Terraces and decided to go help.

• Yang Shan unleashed his fused Dou Skills at Hu Qian, and the resulting Overload blast shattered Hu Qian’s defenses while Su Qian shielded Yang Shan from the explosion.
• Yang Shan calculated that Overload multiplied the combined damage several times, but realized the technique consumed enormous soul power and endangered its user.
• Su Qian and Hu Qian praised Yang Shan, and Hu Qian asked him to reserve a Break Sect Pill so he could attempt to become a Dou Zong.
• Jin Shankao told Yang Shan that the Misty Cloud Sect had issued a mission to seize the Mittel Family’s Spirit Terraces, where Wang Tianhao and the Tian Hao Alliance had joined the attack.
• Yang Shan told Su Qian he would leave the academy after saying goodbye to Zi Yan, intending to respond to the threat against Ya Fei’s interests.

Yang Shan persuaded Zi Yan to travel with him, then left the Inner Courtyard with Su Yitang and other Players to join the conflict over the Spirit Terraces. The Misty Cloud Sect’s force confronted Hai Bodong, who refused Yun Leng’s demand to surrender the Mittel Family’s resource point.

• Zi Yan ate hotpot with Yang Shan and Su Yitang, and Yang Shan persuaded her to owe him a favor by joining his future travels.
• Yang Shan left Zi Yan a Perfect Break Emperor Pill and departed with Su Yitang for the Space Wormhole.
• Yang Shan explained that the Misty Cloud Sect had gathered over two hundred thousand Players for the campaign against the Mittel Family, while fewer than fifty thousand had initially accepted the Mittel Family’s mission.
• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng entered the Space Wormhole and headed toward the Jia Ma Empire’s Spirit Terraces.
• Yun Leng arrived with two other Misty Cloud Sect figures and demanded that Hai Bodong surrender the Spirit Terraces.
• Hai Bodong refused Yun Leng’s demand and flew up to face the approaching force.