Chapter Summaries

Shen Tiancheng escorted Feng Ruo Ting out of the former Izumo Empire, then returned to Anyang City and learned that the Chen Family had destroyed the Myriad Scorpion Gate and was hunting Xie Biyan and Ling Long. He remained in the city’s long inspection line, surprised that the Chen Family had recruited Dou Zong experts.

• Shen Tiancheng told Feng Ruo Ting to change his name and flee southeast, then watched the boy leave before flying back toward the former Izumo Empire.
• At Anyang City’s gates, Shen Tiancheng joined the long line of people waiting to pass strict identity checks.
• Shen Tiancheng heard that Xie Biyan and Ling Long were wanted, with rewards offered for information about them.
• When Shen Tiancheng asked why Xie Biyan was wanted, people explained that the Chen Family had used two Dou Zong experts to defeat him and destroy the Myriad Scorpion Gate.
• Shen Tiancheng asked whether the Chen Family also had Dou Zong experts.

Chen Tiansheng returned to the Chen Family after completing a decades-long undercover mission and secretly watched his son, Chen Zihang, practice spear techniques. When Chen Zihang recognized the stranger as his father, Chen Tiansheng stopped leaving.

• Chen Tiansheng used his direct-line jade token to enter the Chen Family residence and learned that Chen Zihang was in Qing Xing Courtyard.
• Chen Tiansheng watched Chen Zihang practice spear techniques, then tried to leave without revealing who he was.
• Chen Zihang sensed Chen Tiansheng was no ordinary guard and demanded to know his identity.
• Chen Tiansheng called himself a sinner and turned away, remembering the secret mission that had kept him separated from his son for twenty years.
• Chen Zihang dropped his spear and called out to Chen Tiansheng, asking if he was his father.

Chen Cheng evolved his cultivation method and Calamity Poison Body in the Chen Family’s secret chamber, becoming far stronger but draining Chen Ye’s strength in the process. Chen Ye recovered enough to see that Chen Cheng had succeeded, though his condition remained dire.

• Chen Zihang reunited with Chen Tiansheng, and Fang Siyao welcomed him into their home for a banquet that brought father and son closer.
• Chen Cheng returned to the Chen Family and followed Chen Ye to the underground secret chamber to evolve his cultivation method.
• Chen Cheng absorbed the Poisonous Calamity Pool’s accumulated toxins for several days as his body transformed and Chen Ye struggled to maintain the formation.
• Chen Cheng’s Advanced Fighting Technique evolved into Undying Body, his Calamity Poison Body reached LV2, his Poison Art reached LV3, and his cultivation method became Heaven Low-Rank.
• Chen Cheng found Chen Ye collapsed and weakened from peak Dou Emperor to one-star Da Dou Shi, then gave him a medicinal pill.
• Chen Ye regained some strength, saw Chen Cheng’s successful evolution, and asked him whether it had worked.

After awakening his Calamity Poison Body, Chen Cheng returned to Linjiang Courtyard and prepared to advance his cultivation, but found Iron Protector waiting in his room. Chen Cheng copied Iron Protector’s Soul Control Method, drove him off in a soul-power clash, and let him escape while planning to deal with him later.

• Chen Ye explained that awakening Chen Cheng’s Calamity Poison Body had caused his cultivation to regress, and Chen Cheng returned to Linjiang Courtyard after seven days in seclusion.
• Chen Cheng noticed his hair had turned black again, while Xiao Yi Xian’s hair had begun to turn white as her poison intake increased.
• Chen Cheng entered his cultivation room and found Iron Protector, who offered to teach him a method to control his constitution in exchange for help capturing alchemists and collecting soul bodies.
• Chen Cheng used the Copy System to obtain Iron Protector’s Soul Control Method and refused to cooperate with Soul Hall.
• Iron Protector attacked Chen Cheng with a soul chain, but Chen Cheng countered with the same technique and wounded him before he escaped as black smoke.
• Yuwen Tuo, Ao Bing, and Howling Celestial Hound arrived after sensing the clash, and Chen Cheng ordered Howling Celestial Hound to remember Iron Protector’s aura.

Chen Cheng secluded himself and broke through to Dou Zong, while Chen Yuan returned to the Chen Family and settled matters with Chen Tiansheng over Feng Ruo Ting’s escape. Chen Cheng’s breakthrough also awakened Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and raised her cultivation to Dou Wang.

• Chen Cheng began secluded cultivation with a Breaking Sect Pill, while the Chen Family suppressed resistance and Chen Yuan returned to the family at Seven Star Dou Huang.
• Chen Yuan and Chen Tiansheng joyfully reunited, and Chen Yuan later held a meeting to discuss how the empire would be governed.
• Chen Tiansheng confessed that he had let Feng Ruo Ting escape, and Chen Yuan spared his life but ordered one hundred military rods and ten years without rewards.
• Chen Yuan told Chen Tiansheng that his personal guards would hunt Feng Ruo Ting for three months and announced that he would attend Chen Zihang and Fang Siyao’s wedding.
• Chen Cheng’s breakthrough gathered a purple vortex over Linjiang Courtyard, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body resonated with his power, raising her to Dou Wang and turning her hair white.
• Chen Cheng completed his breakthrough to Dou Zong and received a summoning opportunity.

Chen Cheng used his two summoning chances to summon Bai Suzhen and Fa Hai, then reviewed his strengthened abilities and newly expanded forces after reaching Dou Zong. He left seclusion, introduced the newcomers to Yuwen Tuo, and had him arrange their lodgings.

• Chen Cheng summoned Bai Suzhen, a Six-Star Dou Zong, and Fa Hai, a Nine-Star Dou Zong, and reviewed his cultivation, abilities, and summoned characters.
• Chen Cheng emerged from the cultivation room and told Yuwen Tuo that he had reached Dou Zong.
• Bai Suzhen and Fa Hai arrived, greeted Chen Cheng, and agreed to serve alongside his other summoned characters.
• Chen Cheng introduced Bai Suzhen and Fa Hai to Yuwen Tuo, who escorted them to the guest rooms.

Chen Cheng attended the Chen Family’s meeting, where the clan established its hierarchy and decided to govern the empire without an emperor. He then persuaded Chen Ye to give him the Emperor Flame Sacred Art and examined the powerful techniques Chen Ye had copied for him.

• Chen Cheng joined the Chen Family meeting, where attendees agreed that the clan would lead the empire and established its ranks, halls, and administrative structure under Chen Yuan.
• After the meeting, Chen Cheng visited Chen Ye and asked to learn the Emperor Flame Sacred Art, but Chen Ye initially warned that its energy could overwhelm him alongside his Heaven Rank cultivation method.
• Chen Cheng displayed his Ice Attribute Dou Qi, poison Dou Qi, and Green Lotus Core Flame, convincing Chen Ye that he could handle the cultivation method.
• Chen Ye brought Chen Cheng to his secret chamber and gave him twenty-two soul-written scrolls containing the Emperor Flame Sacred Art and other techniques.
• Chen Cheng read the scrolls and took interest in the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, the Heavenly Flame Earth Splitting Skill, and Fierce Flame Light Blade.

Chen Cheng delivered Cultivation Methods, Fighting Skills, and the Deep Sea Holy Token to Chen Ye, who planned to expand against the Jia Ma Empire after settling the Izumo Empire. Later, Chen Cheng met Lin Ling practicing the Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword and agreed to help her prepare for the Chen Family disciple ranking.

• Chen Cheng gave Chen Ye his collected Cultivation Methods and Fighting Skills, and Chen Ye identified Jia Xingtian's Mountain Shattering Skill and the Deep Sea Holy Token.
• Chen Ye said they could expand toward the Jia Ma Empire after resolving affairs in the Izumo Empire.
• On his way back to Linjiang Courtyard, Chen Cheng saw Lin Ling practicing the Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword in her courtyard.
• Chen Cheng entered Lin Ling's home, learned she hoped to qualify as a core disciple by defeating a Dou Shi, and offered to guide her.
• Lin Ling accepted Chen Cheng's help, and he asked her to practice the sword technique again so he could point out its shortcomings.

Chen Cheng helped Lin Ling improve her sword technique, then backed her up when Liu Yu arrived to court her. Lin Ling called Chen Cheng her fiancé to drive Liu Yu away, prompting Liu Yu to challenge him to a duel.

• Chen Cheng demonstrated the Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword and corrected Lin Ling's technique as she practiced.
• Chen Cheng recalled that an old marriage agreement between their families had left him and Lin Ling betrothed, though no one had mentioned it for eleven years.
• Liu Yu arrived with a Third Grade Qi Refining Pill for Lin Ling, but she refused it.
• Lin Ling linked arms with Chen Cheng and called him her fiancé to stop Liu Yu from pursuing her.
• Chen Cheng told Liu Yu to leave, and Liu Yu, angered and heartbroken, challenged him to a duel.

Liu Yu challenged Chen Cheng over Lin Ling, but backed down after seeing Chen Cheng’s strength and tried to impress him by refining a pill instead. Lin Ling’s mother arrived and learned that the two men had been fighting over a woman.

• Liu Yu challenged Chen Cheng to a duel, and Lin Ling tried to make him leave to prevent him from offending Chen Cheng.
• Chen Cheng accepted Liu Yu’s challenge, but Liu Yu withdrew when Chen Cheng revealed he was a One Star Da Dou Shi.
• Liu Yu changed the contest to a public pill refinement, and Chen Cheng agreed to watch.
• Liu Yu used his Beast Flame and practiced technique to begin refining a pill as Chen Cheng and Lin Ling watched.
• Lin Ling’s mother came outside, asked why Liu Yu was there, and Lin Ling quietly answered that they were fighting over a woman.

Chen Cheng demonstrated his alchemy to Liu Yu and Lin Ling, refining a Fourth Grade pill and giving it to Lin Ling while pretending to be her fiancé. After Chen Cheng left, Li Rong recognized him as the Young Master of the Chen Family and learned that Lin Ling had claimed to be engaged to him.

• Liu Yu offered Lin Ling a Second Grade pill, but Lin Ling hesitated to accept it, and Chen Cheng challenged Liu Yu by saying he could refine medicine too.
• Chen Cheng used Gathering Fire into Cauldron and refined a perfect Fourth Grade Listening Wind Spirit Guiding Pill, astonishing Liu Yu and Lin Ling's mother.
• Chen Cheng gave the pill to Lin Ling and called her his fiancée, so she accepted it to keep Liu Yu from doubting their claimed relationship.
• Liu Yu admitted defeat and left without learning Chen Cheng's identity, while Chen Cheng declined Li Rong's invitation to stay for dinner and went home.
• After Chen Cheng left, Li Rong guessed that he was the Young Master of the Chen Family, and Lin Ling confirmed it as Li Rong voiced her support for their match.

Chen Zihang received a Mysterious High-Rank cultivation method, while Chen Cheng asked Murong Yan to gather alchemy ingredients and spent the day with her. Murong Yan approved of Chen Cheng’s plan to propose to Yun Yun and advised him about the women in his life.

• Chen Zihang learned that Chen Guan had prepared the Mysterious High-Rank wind and lightning cultivation method Startling Thunder Transforming Rain Skill, then hurried to register for it.
• Chen Cheng gave Murong Yan lists of ingredients for several pills, and she promised to gather them through the Murong Family’s commercial network.
• Murong Yan asked Chen Cheng to stay with her, and they spent the day talking and walking around Chen Yuan’s courtyard.
• Murong Yan discussed Xiao Yi Xian, Yan Lingji, Tian Yan, and Feng Ruoxue with Chen Cheng, advising him to be cautious about Feng Ruoxue.
• Chen Cheng told Murong Yan he planned to propose to Yun Yun, and Murong Yan approved and said his father could accompany him when he had time.

Xie Biyan arrived at Centipede Sky Mansion and warned Wu Ya that the Chen Family would destroy his hidden sect. With help from Iron Protector and Ling Long, he offered Wu Ya a path to Dou Zong in exchange for capturing Chen Family’s young master, Chen Cheng.

• Xie Biyan visited Wu Ya at Centipede Sky Mansion after escaping the battle that destroyed Myriad Scorpion Gate.
• Xie Biyan warned Wu Ya that the Chen Family was hunting former allies of Myriad Scorpion Gate and would eventually find Centipede Sky Mansion.
• Xie Biyan revealed that Ling Long had become a Dou Zong and introduced Iron Protector, who had helped raise their cultivation.
• Iron Protector offered to help Wu Ya reach Dou Zong and promised to destroy the Chen Family if Wu Ya helped capture Chen Cheng.

Iron Protector, Xie Biyan, Ling Long, and Wu Ya planned an ambush against the Chen Family, with Iron Protector agreeing to face Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng then arrived at the Meeting Hall with four companions, confronting the plotters before Wu Ya could break through.

• Iron Protector agreed to spend soul bodies to raise Wu Ya and three Dou Wang, and Wu Ya accepted his offer.
• Xie Biyan explained the Chen Family's strength, but Ling Long and Wu Ya admitted that their cultivation methods were countered by the Chen Family's inherited technique.
• Iron Protector claimed he would handle Chen Cheng and proposed luring the Chen Family's young master and his two Dou Zong allies into an ambush.
• As Iron Protector prepared to help Wu Ya break through, Chen Cheng and four companions emerged through a spatial ripple.
• Xie Biyan recognized Yuwen Tuo among Chen Cheng's companions and was shocked to sense four Dou Zong experts.

Chen Cheng and his allies confronted Iron Protector, Xie Biyan, Ling Long, and Wu Ya, who tried to seize him as a hostage. Chen Cheng’s group swiftly defeated them, leaving Iron Protector captured and the others dead or incapacitated.

• Chen Cheng revealed that he had tracked Iron Protector and found Xie Biyan, Ling Long, and Centipede Sky Mansion as well.
• Iron Protector and Xie Biyan attacked Chen Cheng while Ling Long and Wu Ya charged at him, but Bai Suzhen’s water barrier repelled them.
• Fa Hai burned Iron Protector’s soul with Buddhist light and forced him out of his escape technique.
• Yuwen Tuo killed Xie Biyan with the Xuanyuan Sword, while Howling Celestial Hound subdued Ling Long and Yuwen Tuo dragged the wounded Wu Ya to Chen Cheng.
• Chen Cheng ordered Fa Hai to spare Iron Protector, and Fa Hai sealed him inside the Purple Golden Bowl.

Chen Cheng rejected Wu Ya’s offer of loyalty, absorbed his cultivation, and burned him to ashes. He then allowed Yuwen Tuo to kill Ling Long and take his corpse, planning to use both Dou Zong bodies to forge Divine Fire Clones.

• Chen Cheng failed to absorb Ling Long’s Dou Qi with his level-two Star Absorbing Great Art, while Wu Ya and Ling Long begged him to spare them and argued over who deserved his favor.
• Chen Cheng absorbed Wu Ya’s Eight-Star Dou Huang cultivation and burned him to ashes, deciding against taking control of Centipede Sky Mansion.
• Chen Cheng used his last copy chance on a low-talent disciple, but the copy failed and improved his Alchemy ability instead.
• Yuwen Tuo proposed forging Divine Fire Clones from Xie Biyan’s and Ling Long’s corpses, and Chen Cheng agreed.
• Ling Long tried to flee, but Yuwen Tuo killed him with the Xuanyuan Sword and collected both corpses.
• Chen Cheng promised to find Yuwen Tuo a Heavenly Flame to strengthen the clones, and Yuwen Tuo thanked him.

After taking control of Centipede Sky Mansion, Chen Cheng returned to Anyang City and announced a public pill-refining demonstration for the Chen Family. The news drew interest from the clan’s alchemists and others, while Chen Zihang welcomed Chen Cheng’s growing abilities.

• Chen Cheng assigned Yuwen Tuo to manage three Dou Wang survivors and select capable, trustworthy members of Centipede Sky Mansion for a team.
• Back at Linjiang Courtyard, Yan Lingji gave Chen Cheng medicinal ingredients supplied by the Murong Family, including materials for a Breaking Sect Pill and a Beast Fire Saint Spirit Pill.
• Chen Cheng ordered Yan Lingji to announce that he would publicly refine pills at West Square the day after tomorrow, and the news quickly spread through the Chen Family.
• A troubled Fifth Grade Alchemist and his granddaughter decided to attend the demonstration in hopes of improving his alchemy.
• Liu Yu planned to attend so he could see Ling'er's mysterious fiancé, while Chen Zihang praised Chen Cheng after learning of the event.

Chen Cheng publicly refined a high Fourth Grade pill without a Medicine Cauldron, stunning the gathered alchemists and spectators. After Venerable Mo questioned the altered ingredients, Chen Cheng confirmed that the pill was the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.

• Liu Yu recognized Chen Cheng as the alchemist who had once used Gathering Fire into Cauldron to refine Fourth Grade pills, and his father and the other alchemists were astonished.
• Chen Cheng summoned a cyan Heavenly Flame and began refining a pill with more than forty medicinal ingredients, using the flames as his cauldron.
• The alchemists identified the pill as resembling the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, but Venerable Mo noticed that Chen Cheng had added three ingredients absent from its known formula.
• Chen Cheng completed the refinement and collected the pill in a jade bottle as the crowd cheered.
• Venerable Mo asked what pill Chen Cheng had made, and Chen Cheng confirmed it was the high Fourth Grade Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.

Chen Cheng demonstrated his improved Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill by raising Huo Zhenfei from Seven-Star to Nine-Star Great Dou Shi, then prepared to refine a Fifth Grade pill for the alchemists to observe. Lin Ling reaffirmed her determination to pursue Chen Cheng, while the alchemists watched eagerly.

• Chen Cheng explained that his improved Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill raised a Great Dou Shi by two stars and could be taken three times.
• Chen Cheng selected Huo Zhenfei to test the pill and used Heavenly Flames to help him refine it.
• Huo Zhenfei advanced from Seven-Star to Nine-Star Great Dou Shi and thanked Chen Cheng for his kindness.
• Lin Ling watched Chen Cheng and resolved not to give up on him despite doubting whether he still cared for her.
• Chen Cheng offered to teach the twelve alchemists as he began refining a Fifth Grade pill.

Chen Cheng demonstrated his alchemy by refining a Rank 6 Advancement Emperor Pill before the Chen Family and its guests, revealing its guaranteed ability to raise a Nine Star Dou Wang to Dou Emperor. The crowd celebrated the Chen Family’s new Rank 6 Alchemist, while Chen Yang and Chen Ming began hoping they could one day use the pill themselves.

• Chen Cheng refined several pills, including three Fire Lotus Heart Cleansing Pills for Yan Lingji, and patiently answered the alchemists’ questions.
• Chen Cheng began refining a pill in his Medicine Cauldron as Chen Kuang predicted that revealing a Rank 6 Alchemist would attract people to the Chen Family.
• Chen Yang and Chen Ming discussed the benefits of Chen Cheng’s pills and cultivation methods, while Nameless sensed that the pill might open a new world for him.
• A golden beam rose from the cauldron, and Venerable Mo recognized that Chen Cheng had successfully refined a Rank 6 Pill.
• Chen Cheng named the pill the high-level Rank 6 Advancement Emperor Pill and said it could let a Nine Star Dou Wang break through to Dou Emperor with a one hundred percent success rate.