Chapter Summaries

Chen Cheng and his companions entered the Golden Winged Great Peng Bird’s cave and endured its dangerous upper layers. After the eighth layer strengthened Chen Cheng’s Undying Body and brought Xu Changqing and Zi Xuan’s power together, Chen Cheng left them behind and entered the ninth layer alone.

• Chen Cheng brought Xu Changqing, Zi Xuan, and Three-Eyes to the cave entrance, and the group flew into its first layer.
• Three-Eyes guided them through the cave’s layers before staying behind at the seventh-layer entrance, while Chen Cheng, Xu Changqing, and Zi Xuan pressed onward.
• The seventh layer’s Dou Sheng-level pressure raised Xu Changqing’s cultivation to Four-Star Dou Zun and Chen Cheng’s soul power to the Heavenly Realm, while Zi Xuan remained unaffected.
• In the eighth layer’s energy storm, Xu Changqing and Zi Xuan fused their powers, and Chen Cheng’s body repeatedly shattered and reconstructed until his Undying Body advanced to LV3.
• Chen Cheng told Xu Changqing and Zi Xuan to stay behind, then entered the ninth layer alone.

Chen Cheng reached the Golden Winged Great Peng’s ancient palace and found the Rank 9 Magical Beast’s perfectly preserved corpse, but its body was too tough and large for him to remove its wings or carry away. He reluctantly left the corpse behind, planning to return after gathering more Heavenly Flames.

• Chen Cheng explored the peaceful ninth floor and found the Golden Winged Great Peng’s autobiography and enormous stone coffin.
• Chen Cheng opened the coffin and discovered the Great Peng’s intact corpse, whose wings could provide extraordinary speed if refined into the Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings.
• Chen Cheng tried cutting the corpse with ordinary blades and then a Heavenly Flame saber, but the body resisted and removing the wings would take at least half a year.
• Chen Cheng searched the palace for a way to move the cave dwelling, but found no mechanism and decided to leave rather than waste time.
• Chen Cheng returned the corpse to the coffin, poisoned the great hall as a precaution, and left, intending to gather more Heavenly Flames before coming back.

Chen Cheng advanced to Dou Zun, summoned Zixia Fairy and Sun Wukong, and had Sun Wukong dismantle the Golden Winged Great Peng Bird’s corpse. After gaining new abilities by copying Sun Wukong, Chen Cheng was left with a Somersault Cloud that duplicated the speed of his own wings.

• Chen Cheng broke through to Dou Zun and used two summoning opportunities to summon Zixia Fairy and Sun Wukong.
• Zixia Fairy and Sun Wukong appeared at the inn, where Chen Cheng welcomed them and arranged for them to stay.
• Chen Cheng took Sun Wukong to the Golden Winged Great Peng Bird’s cave, where Sun Wukong dismantled the corpse and gave Chen Cheng its parts.
• Chen Cheng refined the bird’s wings into Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings and smelted its flesh and blood into a bottle of essence blood.
• Chen Cheng copied Sun Wukong’s Seventy-Two Transformations, then improved his Fire Control Art after a failed attempt to copy another ability.
• Chen Cheng copied Sun Wukong’s Somersault Cloud and lamented that its speed overlapped with his Dazzling Golden Wings.

After refining Rank 9 Magical Beast blood essence, Chen Cheng reunited with his companions and led them toward the Black-Corner Region to find materials for an auxiliary pill. They arrived in Maple City, where their powerful group drew attention as Chen Cheng obtained a detailed map of the region.

• Chen Cheng and Sun Wukong finished refining a drop of Rank 9 Magical Beast blood essence, though only Chen Cheng gained a noticeable benefit.
• Chen Cheng reunited with Yan Lingji, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian at the inn, then spent the night with them.
• Chen Cheng told his companions they would travel to the Black-Corner Region to seek resources and materials for a pill that could help them absorb the blood essence.
• Three-Eyed carried the group to a city in the Black-Corner Region, while Sun Wukong followed on his cloud.
• The group landed in Maple City, alarming locals with their numbers and apparent strength.
• Yuwen Tuo bought a detailed map of the Black-Corner Region, and Chen Cheng identified their location as Maple City.

Han Feng held a Pill Appraisal Conference and refined a Seventh Grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill before the gathered Black-Corner Region experts. Chen Cheng and his powerful companions entered, and the chapter left Han Feng and the Gold Silver Elders wary as they assessed Chen Cheng’s identity.

• Han Feng distributed pills for appraisal and announced that he would refine a Seventh Grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Han Feng spent seven hours refining the pill, and the Gold Silver Elders helped him disperse its lightning tribulation.
• Han Feng kept the pill and told the gathering that its rare dragon-type magic cores were the main materials.
• Chen Cheng entered with Yuwen Tuo, Howling Celestial Hound, and Ao Bing, then praised Han Feng’s alchemy and mentioned Yao Chen.
• Yuwen Tuo killed a servant who challenged Chen Cheng and used his Dou Zong aura to overwhelm the gathering until Chen Cheng ordered him to stop.
• Han Feng and the Gold Silver Elders recognized the strength of Chen Cheng’s companions and grew wary of the man they served.

Chen Cheng refined a seventh-grade Venerable Sect Breaking Pill in front of Han Feng and the gathered experts, revealing alchemy skill far beyond Han Feng’s. After Ao Bing scattered the pill’s lightning tribulation, Chen Cheng announced that the pill could let a nine-star Dou Huang advance to Dou Zong with complete certainty and no side effects.

• Chen Cheng began refining a pill while seated, using fused Heavenly Flames as a cauldron and leaving Han Feng to watch in shock.
• Han Feng realized Chen Cheng was refining a seventh-grade pill, and the gathered experts began valuing Chen Cheng above him.
• Ao Bing transformed into his true form, destroyed the lightning tribulation, and released Dragon Might that forced the assembled experts to the ground.
• Chen Cheng presented the Venerable Sect Breaking Pill and said it guaranteed a nine-star Dou Huang’s breakthrough to Dou Zong without side effects.

Chen Cheng offered Han Feng a Venerable Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for the Sea Heart Flame, Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, and Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, but Han Feng refused to surrender his prized possessions. Chen Cheng sealed the area and proposed paying the Gold Silver Elders to help beat Han Feng, leaving the brothers willing to consider it for a higher price.

• Han Feng and the Gold Silver Elders coveted Chen Cheng’s Venerable Sect Breaking Pill, and Han Feng asked to trade for it.
• Chen Cheng demanded Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, and Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, but Han Feng refused to give up the Heavenly Flame and cauldron.
• Chen Cheng sealed the space and warned Han Feng that he would take what he wanted by force, prompting Han Feng to ask the Gold Silver Elders for help.
• Chen Cheng offered the Gold Silver Elders the pill if they helped beat Han Feng, but Gold Elder said they would need more payment because Han Feng had treated them well.

Chen Cheng watched the Gold Silver Elders defeat Han Feng, took the Sea Heart Flame and Han Feng’s treasures, and then kept Han Feng alive because he still had a use for him. Han Feng began recovering while Chen Cheng prepared to discuss terms with him.

• Chen Cheng promised the Gold Silver Elders a Venerable Sect Breaking Pill and a Bone Growing Pill, and they attacked Han Feng.
• Han Feng fought the Gold Silver Elders for half an hour, but ran out of Dou Qi and was beaten into submission.
• Chen Cheng extracted the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng and absorbed it into his body.
• Chen Cheng gave the Gold Silver Elders the promised pills and had Howling Celestial Hound take Han Feng’s Storage Ring.
• Chen Cheng gave Yuwen Tuo the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, then tossed Han Feng a healing pill and told him to recover before they discussed terms.

Chen Cheng forced Han Feng and the other experts in the hall to submit by poisoning them, then ordered Yuwen Tuo to take control of the Black-Corner Region within three months. After Chen Cheng departed through a Space Channel, the captives learned he was a Dou Venerable and faced their new superiors, Yuwen Tuo and Ao Bing.

• Chen Cheng made Han Feng become his alchemy slave and forced him to swallow a poison pill tied to Chen Cheng’s Calamity Poison Body.
• The Gold Silver Elders submitted to Chen Cheng, and he poisoned them and the other experts in the hall to ensure their obedience.
• Chen Cheng gave Yuwen Tuo a jade tablet that could activate the captives’ toxins and ordered him to discipline them.
• Chen Cheng tasked Yuwen Tuo with taking control of the Black-Corner Region within three months and assigned Ao Bing to assist him.
• Chen Cheng left through a Space Channel with Howling Celestial Hound, and Han Feng recognized that Chen Cheng was a Dou Venerable.
• Yuwen Tuo and Ao Bing took charge of the subdued experts after Chen Cheng departed.

Chen Cheng refined the Heavenly Flame, reached Two-Star Dou Zun, and strengthened his ability to fight Dou Sheng-level opponents. He bought the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Chart at an auction in Black Seal City and left to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy.

• Chen Cheng refined the Heavenly Flame, drew out the remaining energy from the Rank 9 Magical Beast essence blood, and advanced to Two-Star Dou Zun.
• Chen Cheng searched Han Feng's Storage Ring, found an incomplete Fen Jue, and used the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron to refine Rank 7 pills while Sun Wukong stopped the lightning tribulation.
• Chen Cheng took Yan Lingji to Black Seal City, where he bought the remnant chart after arriving through a space passage and intimidating the auction crowd.
• Chen Cheng purchased the auction's Cultivation Methods and Fighting Skills, including a Low-Rank Earth Grade method suited to Chen Ming, then left Black Seal City to seek the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy.

Chen Cheng and Yan Lingji watched Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team fight off attackers in a valley, while Chen Cheng recognized Xun Er and the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame sealed inside her. He chose not to intervene, intending to track Xun Er and claim the flame later.

• Chen Cheng and Yan Lingji spotted Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team under attack and watched from a nearby mountaintop.
• Niu Pi and his men overwhelmed the academy’s instructors, demanded that the women be handed over, and killed one instructor while the students panicked.
• Xiao Mei clung to Xiao Yu, while Xun Er remained calm because hidden experts were protecting her.
• Yan Lingji sensed a powerful flame inside Xun Er, and Chen Cheng identified it as the sealed Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
• Chen Cheng decided not to rescue the group and said he could track Xun Er’s flame and take it later.

The instructors and students fought desperately against the Joyful Union Gang, but Niu Pi defeated Captain Wu Di and threatened the academy team. Just as Niu Pi attacked Ruo Lin, an unknown figure stepped forward after apparently helping her repel him.

• Ruo Lin fought a Dou Ling and urged Xiao Yu to lead the students to safety, inspiring Xiao Yu and the others to join the battle.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, Xun Er, and the other students helped hold back three Da Dou Shi, though more than fifty students died and Xiao Ning was gravely injured.
• Niu Pi defeated Captain Wu Di, leaving the instructors and students exposed to the Joyful Union Gang.
• Ruo Lin stood between Niu Pi and her students, but his attack broke through her water curtain as Xun Er prepared to act.
• A warm current entered Ruo Lin as she raised her hand, and Niu Pi was knocked down before a dark-red-dressed figure appeared behind her.

Yan Lingji killed the attackers, and Chen Cheng accompanied the academy instructors after they invited him to Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yu begged Chen Cheng to save Xiao Ning, and after he revived him and treated Xiao Yu’s injuries, Xiao Yu began to fall for him.

• Yan Lingji burned Niu Pi and his subordinates to ash with her crimson Heavenly Flame.
• Wu Di invited Yan Lingji to Jia Nan Academy, and Chen Cheng appeared beside her and agreed to go.
• The instructors could not save Xiao Ning, so Xiao Yu knelt before Chen Cheng and begged him to help her brother.
• Chen Cheng gave Xiao Ning a Fifth Grade healing pill that healed his chest wound, and Xiao Ning woke up.
• Chen Cheng gave Xiao Yu medicine for her injuries and scar, and she realized she had fallen for him.

Chen Cheng traveled with Jia Nan Academy and secretly inspected the Fallen Heart Flame beneath its Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower. After the flame grew unstable and threatened to break free, Chen Cheng approached Vice Principal Hu Qian to propose a transaction.

• Chen Cheng decided not to seize Xun Er’s Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and instead traveled with the academy to Peace Town.
• Xing Hun told Chen Cheng he had infiltrated the Inner Academy and found the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, then led him there.
• Chen Cheng secretly entered the tower, saw the Fallen Heart Flame straining against its seal, and left without taking it.
• Chen Cheng’s unexplained intervention caused the Fallen Heart Flame to erupt more frequently, afflicting students with fire poison and weakening its seal.
• Great Elder Su Qian ordered the academy’s elders to stay alert as the Fallen Heart Flame neared escape.
• Chen Cheng visited Hu Qian and offered to make a transaction concerning the Fallen Heart Flame.

Chen Cheng waited as the Fallen Heart Flame overwhelmed Jia Nan Academy’s formation, then captured it after Su Qian agreed to his terms. He left the academy with the Heavenly Flame secured and awaited the promised tower construction method and medicinal pills.

• Su Qian and the academy’s elders struggled to suppress the Fallen Heart Flame while Chen Cheng and Yan Lingji watched from afar.
• The academy’s experts exhausted themselves, and the Fallen Heart Flame broke through the formation, destroyed the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, and severely injured Su Qian.
• Su Qian agreed to Chen Cheng’s conditions and asked him to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Chen Cheng caught the fleeing Fallen Heart Flame, swallowed it, and extinguished the fires spreading through the academy.
• Chen Cheng promised to deliver the agreed medicinal pills, and Su Qian said he would hand over the tower’s construction method in a few days.

Chen Cheng collected the little Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and recruited Skyfire Venerable by giving his weakened soul a temporary body. After reaching Three-Star Dou Venerable, Chen Cheng descended into the Flame Passage with Nezha and Skyfire Venerable, arriving at its deepest level.

• Chen Cheng agreed to supply the academy with Heavenly Flame energy and entered the underground passage with Nezha.
• Chen Cheng collected the little Fallen Heart Flame and discovered Skyfire Venerable's soul beside a skeleton.
• Chen Cheng offered to restore Skyfire Venerable's body in exchange for his submission, then gave him a temporary living-dead form with One-Star Dou Zong strength.
• Chen Cheng cultivated with the Fallen Heart Flame and advanced to Three-Star Dou Venerable before heading deeper with Nezha and Skyfire Venerable.
• Nezha killed Flame Lizards as Chen Cheng gathered more than four hundred Fire Pearls, and the trio reached the passage's lowest level.
• A resonant voice at the lowest level asked Chen Cheng whether he had the key.

Chen Cheng copied Zhu Kun’s Space Laws and escaped the Ancient God’s Cave Mansion with Nezha after Nezha struck the Ancient Void Dragon with the Universe Ring. In Maple City, Chen Cheng advanced to four-star Dou Venerable and helped his companions grow stronger while wondering how to find the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

• Chen Cheng copied Zhu Kun’s Space Laws, then tried to leave the underground world with Nezha and Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Zhu Kun attacked Chen Cheng, but Nezha hit him with the Universe Ring and Chen Cheng opened a Space Channel to escape.
• Before leaving, Chen Cheng told Zhu Kun that his only descendant was alive above the cave, and Zhu Kun was left unable to pursue them.
• Chen Cheng returned to Maple City, distributed Fire Pearls, and absorbed three Dou Venerable-level pearls to reach four-star Dou Venerable.
• Chen Cheng spent the following months with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, while Tian Yan and Red Serpent cultivated using child flames of the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Chen Cheng wondered whether he would need to return to Zhu Kun to obtain the Ancient Void Dragon’s treasure-hunting ability and locate the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Yuwen Tuo led Han Feng and the Gold Silver Elders in destroying Demon Flame Valley, then killed its Seven-Star Dou Zong leader, Earth Demon Old Ghost. After claiming the sect’s treasures and planting Chen’s banner, he promised Han Feng and Mister Yin a Venerable Sect Breaking Pill.

• Han Feng, the Gold Silver Elders, and Yuwen Tuo’s forces attacked Demon Flame Valley and fought its defenders for nearly two hours.
• The attackers defeated the sect’s three peak Dou Huang elders, but Earth Demon Old Ghost emerged and quickly overpowered Han Feng and the Gold Silver Elders.
• Yuwen Tuo intervened and fought Earth Demon Old Ghost, using Xuanyuan Sword and Amethyst Holy Fire to gain the advantage.
• Yuwen Tuo beheaded Earth Demon Old Ghost and ordered his subordinates to search the ruined sect for treasures.
• Yuwen Tuo discovered the refinement method for the Heavenly Demon Puppet, claimed Demon Flame Valley’s treasures, and promised Han Feng and Mister Yin a Venerable Sect Breaking Pill.

Chen Cheng strengthened his allies and expanded his power across the Black-Corner Region before preparing to leave for Anyang City and the Central Plains. Yan Lingji awakened her Vermillion Bird bloodline and became a Dou Zong, while Han Feng traded the Life Devouring Pill prescription for a subsidiary flame of Chen Cheng’s fused Heavenly Flames.

• Chen Cheng refined pills from the gathered herbs, strengthening his companions and raising the Three-Eyed Golden Eagle, Purple Flame, and Zijing among others.
• Han Feng conquered much of the Black-Corner Region for Chen Cheng, who controlled Mo Tianxing and used Old Man Ying Shan’s corpse to revive Heavenly Flame Venerable at Seven-Star Dou Venerable strength.
• At Yuwen Tuo’s request, Chen Cheng refined thirty-four Seventh Grade Pills; the pill lightning evolved Yuwen Tuo’s puppet into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Chen Cheng’s soul power reached the Heavenly Realm.
• Yan Lingji broke through to Dou Zong, awakened her Vermillion Bird bloodline, and strengthened her fire control and speed, while Chen Cheng’s Fire Control Art advanced to Fire Essence.
• Chen Cheng prepared to leave for Anyang City and then the Central Plains, but Han Feng brought him the Life Devouring Pill prescription and asked for a subsidiary flame in exchange.
• Chen Cheng granted Han Feng a subsidiary flame, and Han Feng realized it came from a fusion of four Heavenly Flames and wondered what cultivation method Chen Cheng used.

Chen Cheng confirmed that the improved Supreme Life Devouring Pill could reliably raise Da Dou Shi to Dou Wang and, combined with other pills, enable him to mass-produce Five Star Dou Huang, though scarce ingredients remained a major obstacle. He gave the pill to Chi Lian and Tian Yan, then arranged his forces in the Black-Corner Region before preparing to return to Anyang City.

• Chen Cheng tested three Supreme Life Devouring Pills on Yuwen Tuo's subordinates, raising them to Five-Star and Six-Star Dou Wang while leaving them with only three years of life.
• Chen Cheng confirmed that the men could use further pills to advance to Dou Huang and restore the life force the Supreme Life Devouring Pill had consumed.
• Chen Cheng gave Supreme Life Devouring Pills to Chi Lian and Tian Yan, who both reached Nine Star Dou Wang after refining them and taking Venerable Dou Ling Pills.
• Chen Cheng ordered Yuwen Tuo and Ao Bing to develop their forces in the Black-Corner Region, assigned Xing Hun to assist, and tasked Xu Changqing and Zi Xuan with establishing a protected Space Channel.
• Zi Jing asked to stay in the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan so he could gain battle experience, and Chen Cheng agreed before ordering the others to prepare to travel by flight to Anyang City.