Chapter Summaries

Chen Cheng advanced to a two-turn Dou Venerable, gained a powerful new alchemy method and the Evil Thought Like Sword ability, and considered future sources of power. He reunited with the memory-erased Xue Qianlan, who was frightened of him but began accepting Yun Yun as her family and teacher.

• Chen Cheng refined Tian Shuangzi's energy and soul power during seven days of seclusion, reaching the two-turn Dou Venerable realm and weighing several possible opportunities for advancement.
• Chen Cheng received a copy chance, failed to copy Xie Jianxian at first, then upgraded his alchemy to LV3 and successfully copied the Evil Thought Like Sword ability.
• Chen Cheng learned that LV3 Alchemy let him break down medicinal ingredients into basic particles and recombine them into higher-grade ingredients, while Evil Thought Like Sword let him cultivate by absorbing evil thoughts.
• Chen Cheng found Yun Yun caring for the memory-erased Xue Qianlan, who hid from him because her instincts still feared him.
• Chen Cheng offered Xue Qianlan dessert, and she cautiously took it before retreating to Yun Yun; Yun Yun agreed to make her a personal disciple.

Xiao Yan traveled to Starfall Pavilion to seek help from Wind Venerable in rescuing Yao Lao. After recognizing Yao Lao’s tokens, Feng Xian welcomed Xiao Yan as his disciple and agreed to search for Yao Lao, who had been captured by Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan headed toward Starfall Pavilion while three followers secretly protected him on Xun Er’s orders.
• Wind Venerable learned that Yellow Spring Pavilion’s new master had killed Yellow Spring Venerable and destroyed Ice River Valley, then ordered an elder to consult the other pavilions.
• A disciple brought Wind Venerable Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which he recognized as Yao Lao’s secret recipe.
• Xiao Yan showed Wind Venerable Yao Lao’s ring, and Feng Xian recognized its aura and accepted Xiao Yan as his disciple.
• Xiao Yan told Feng Xian that Soul Hall had captured Yao Lao, and Feng Xian decided to search for him.

Chen Cheng attacked Soul Hall’s Nether City with a spatial barrier and poison, while Xie Jianxian absorbed the fear and evil thoughts. As Soul Hall’s Honored Elders struggled to resist the poison, Chen Cheng’s four puppets ambushed them, leaving one Honored Elder facing their attack alone.

• Chen Cheng brought Howling Celestial Hound and Xie Jianxian to Nether City, where the hound tracked Ice Venerable’s treasured sword to a Soul Hall branch.
• Chen Cheng sealed the city inside a spatial barrier and released poison that devastated Soul Hall members, while Xie Jianxian absorbed their terror and evil thoughts.
• Imprisoned underground, Yao Lao recognized the poison as an overwhelming Calamity Poison Body toxin and feared it would threaten the entire continent.
• Ice Venerable slowly absorbed the poison as Star Plucking Old Ghost and four other Honored Elders guarded him, but the poison weakened their ability to fight.
• Four golden puppets suddenly struck the Honored Elders, heavily injuring four of them and surrounding the last remaining Honored Elder.

Chen Cheng overwhelmed Soul Hall’s Nether City Branch with poison and four Heavenly Demon Puppets, then let Star Plucking Old Ghost summon reinforcements. After Black White Venerable arrived, Chen Cheng sent the puppets to fight them and began absorbing the injured Venerable Elders.

• The four Heavenly Demon Puppets defeated Soul Hall’s six Venerable Elders, while Ice Venerable tried and failed to escape through a Space Channel.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost crushed a Space Jade Slip to summon help, and Chen Cheng allowed the message through his spatial blockade.
• Black White Venerable arrived and learned from Star Plucking Old Ghost that an attacker had poisoned the branch and used four puppets to defeat them.
• Chen Cheng appeared with Xie Jianxian and challenged Black White Venerable to summon more reinforcements before ordering the puppets to attack.
• Chen Cheng used the Star Absorbing Great Art to drain an injured Venerable Elder and captured the fleeing soul body.

Chen Cheng absorbed the Soul Hall elders and Heavenly Venerates in Nether City, then began gathering their Storage Rings and extracting Soul Origin. In the underground prison, he discovered a powerful soul containing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

• Chen Cheng stopped Old Man Mu Gu from self-destructing, sealed the remaining Soul Hall elders, and absorbed four Dou Venerables while sparing Ice Venerable for the moment.
• Chen Cheng and his four puppets defeated Black White Venerable; Chen Cheng absorbed the black-robed Heavenly Venerate and then killed the wounded white-robed Heavenly Venerate.
• Chen Cheng told Xie Jianxian to collect Storage Rings while he extracted Soul Origin, and summoned Howling Celestial Hound and Three-Eyed Golden Eagle to help.
• Chen Cheng sensed a Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul in Soul Hall's underground prison and discovered that it contained the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

Chen Cheng destroyed a Soul Hall branch, devoured Yao Lao’s Soul Origin, and returned to Yellow Spring Pavilion with Ice Venerable and a trove of Storage Rings. Soul Hall learned of the branch’s destruction and began investigating, suspecting that Yao Chen had been rescued.

• Chen Cheng continued absorbing Yao Lao’s Soul Origin until Yao Lao’s soul was devoured and Chen Cheng’s soul realm reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.
• Chen Cheng found and crushed a Space Jade Slip from the white-robed Heavenly Venerate’s Storage Ring, but no one arrived to answer its summons.
• Chen Cheng gathered nearly a thousand Storage Rings and ordered Howling Celestial Hound to carry the unconscious Ice Venerable back to Yellow Spring Pavilion.
• Soul Hall’s headquarters learned that its Nether City branch had been destroyed, and Third Heavenly Venerate ordered an investigation.
• An honored elder suggested the attackers had come to rescue Yao Chen, and Third Heavenly Venerate suspected the old fellow from Starfall Pavilion and Xuan Yi from the Pill Tower.

Chen Cheng returned to Anyang City with the captured Ice Venerable after Yun Yun told him about the Tianshan Blood Pool and asked him to bring Yanran. In Anyang City, he reunited with Feng Ruoxue, while Starfall Pavilion began planning to capture Han Feng to learn where Yao Lao was imprisoned.

• Yun Yun told Chen Cheng about the Tianshan Blood Pool and asked him to bring Yanran when it opened, and Chen Cheng asked her to seek news of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Chart and the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Wind Venerable learned that Starfall Pavilion had found seven possible Soul Hall branch halls but still could not locate Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan suggested Han Feng might know where he was held.
• Wind Venerable sent Elder Li to the Black-Corner Region to capture Han Feng while he stayed at Starfall Pavilion to receive Yao Lao's former allies.
• Chen Cheng flew to Anyang City with Nezha and the unconscious Ice Venerable, and Feng Ruoxue dropped her teacup when she saw him arrive.
• Feng Ruoxue ran into Chen Cheng's arms, and Nezha took his leave with Ice Venerable.

Chen Cheng gave Chen Yuan and Chen Ye plans to obtain Acquired Calamity Poison Bodies, then distributed the spoils from the Soul Hall branch hall through Chen Ming. After more than twenty days of seclusion, Chen Cheng broke through to Dou Sheng at eighteen and used two summoning opportunities.

• Chen Ye yielded the chance to absorb Ice Venerable's Calamity Poison Body to Chen Yuan, while he chose the twenty-year method to become an Acquired Calamity Poison Body.
• Chen Cheng gave Chen Ming several thousand Storage Rings from the defeated Soul Hall branch hall and told him to sort their contents and distribute the medicinal ingredients.
• Chen Cheng returned to his cultivation room and refined Bone Spirit Cold Fire, the energy of seven Dou Venerables, and the evil thoughts he had absorbed.
• After more than twenty days of seclusion, Chen Cheng advanced to Dou Sheng and received two summoning opportunities and one copying opportunity.
• Chen Cheng used both summoning opportunities after leaving his cultivation room.

Chen Cheng summoned Chonglou and Feipeng, whose strength let him set aside the Central Plains' restrictions on powerful fighters. After gaining the War God Body and considering how to advance his cultivation, he sent them off to battle in a space they created, then checked on Nezha's work on a new refuge for the Chen Family.

• Chen Cheng summoned Chonglou and Feipeng, both Nine Star Dou Sheng, and recognized that their strength could protect him from the Central Plains' powerful forces.
• Chen Cheng's attempt to copy Feipeng failed but strengthened his Undying Body into the War God Body, and he considered refining Ninth Grade pills to raise his cultivation.
• Chen Cheng dismissed Feipeng and Chonglou, who went to settle their unfinished fight in a separate space after he warned them not to damage his home.
• Nezha arrived, felt the immense pressure of Feipeng and Chonglou, and watched them open a battlefield space before he asked Chen Cheng about his breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Nezha told Chen Cheng that the Chen Family's independent space was ready, and Chen Cheng planned to arrange for craftsmen to build houses there.

Chen Cheng strengthened the Chen Family's Pill Hall with medicinal formulas and soul cultivation knowledge, then rewarded Han Feng for his obedience. Han Feng received Black Demon and a child flame of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, leaving him even more afraid of Chen Cheng's power.

• Chen Yuan ordered construction to begin in the newly opened livable space, while the Chen Family completed its imitation Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• Chen Cheng chose the Approaching Wind Art for Feng Ruoxue and spent seven days guiding her cultivation.
• Chen Cheng gave Chen Kuang more than a hundred medicinal formulas and the Soul Nourishing Art, explaining the ranks of soul realms.
• Chen Cheng summoned Han Feng and rewarded him with Black Demon for his service.
• Chen Cheng placed a child flame of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire in Han Feng, who realized Chen Cheng controlled five Heavenly Flames and became more fearful of him.

Elder Li arrived in Maple City to capture Han Feng and attacked the city’s defenders when they refused to hand him over. The defenders fought back in a desperate battle, and after two hours Elder Li was wounded and running low on Dou Qi.

• Elder Li demanded that Han Feng come out, but Mister Jin and the Gold Silver Elders refused and tried to stall for time until Ao Bing or Yuwen Tuo returned.
• Elder Li overwhelmed the Gold Silver Elders and killed a Dou Wang, prompting the dead man’s father and other defenders to attack him.
• The Gold Silver Elders and more than a dozen Dou Wang and Dou Huang joined the battle, with additional Maple City fighters arriving as the fighting spread.
• After two hours of fighting, more than a dozen defenders were dead, the survivors were wounded, and Elder Li was bloodied and low on Dou Qi.
• Elder Li swallowed a recovery pill and planned to defeat the remaining defenders, leave Maple City, and return later to capture Han Feng.

Chen Zihang used the thunderstorm to fight Elder Li, a Nine-Star Dou Zong, and revealed his Thunder Law Heavenly God Body. The chapter ended as Chen Zihang unleashed a lightning strike that Yuwen Tuo judged to have reached Dou Venerable-level power.

• Chen Zihang arrived during the battle and struck Elder Li with a lightning attack, forcing him back.
• Chen Zihang ordered the other fighters to withdraw, while Yuwen Tuo watched and let him face Elder Li alone.
• Chen Zihang used the thunderstorm’s power to pressure Elder Li, who fell into a disadvantage despite his higher cultivation.
• Chen Zihang activated his Thunder Law Heavenly God Body, absorbed hundreds of lightning bolts, and entered a state of unity between heaven and man.
• Chen Zihang compressed the storm clouds and unleashed his Thunder Law Heavenly God demon-exterminating strike at Elder Li.
• Yuwen Tuo saw the purple lightning descend and said its power had likely reached the Dou Venerable level.

Chen Zihang defeated Elder Li, a Nine-Star Dou Zong from Starfall Pavilion, after he attacked their territory while seeking Han Feng. Yuwen Tuo killed Elder Li and turned his corpse into a puppet for Chen Zihang, and they planned to return to Anyang City to meet the Young Master.

• Chen Zihang used a thunder strike to break through Elder Li's defenses and leave him gravely injured.
• Yuwen Tuo and the Gold Silver Elders joined Chen Zihang, who questioned Elder Li and learned he had come from Starfall Pavilion to seek Han Feng.
• Chen Zihang refused to spare Elder Li, and Yuwen Tuo killed him despite his threats of Wind Venerable's revenge.
• Chen Zihang traded the Bone Wings from a dried corpse for Yuwen Tuo's help making a puppet from Elder Li's body and soul.
• Yuwen Tuo completed the puppet and gave it to Chen Zihang, then proposed they return to Anyang City to meet the Young Master and bring him their gains.

Feng Lingyu chose to leave the Snake-People Tribe and travel with Chen Cheng, who gathered his companions and brought them to Yellow Spring Pavilion. There, Nalan Yanran reunited with Yun Yun and met Xue Qianlan, while Feng Lingyu’s arrival sparked a tense confrontation with Yun Yun.

• Feng Lingyu told Chen Cheng she had finished arranging the Snake-People Tribe’s affairs and would accompany him to see the world.
• Chen Cheng examined Yuwen Tuo’s Bone Wings, agreed to help refine them, and promised Chen Zihang pills and a chance to improve his puppet.
• Chen Cheng assembled his companions and used a Space Channel to take them from Anyang City to Yellow Spring Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran happily reunited with Yun Yun, who introduced Xue Qianlan as her junior sister; Xue Qianlan soon called Nalan Yanran her senior sister.
• Yun Yun challenged Feng Lingyu’s presence, Feng Lingyu provoked her, and Chen Cheng stopped the two women from arguing.

After Wind Venerable learned that Han Feng had killed Elder Li, he postponed retaliation while dealing with Soul Hall and the coming Four Pavilions Tournament. Chen Cheng led Yellow Spring Pavilion’s candidates into the Tianshan Mountain Range, where Elder Hao’s unexpected presence unsettled the Gold Devouring Rat Race and a Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciple.

• Wind Venerable learned that Elder Li’s soul jade slip had shattered and decided to deal with Han Feng personally later.
• Chen Cheng brought Yellow Spring Pavilion’s candidates to the Tianshan Blood Pool, using his presence to bypass the mountain range’s restrictions.
• Elder Hao entered with Chen Cheng’s group, shocking Jin Gu and Jin Shi, who explained that the assessment would begin after the other forces arrived.
• Chen Cheng joked with Red Serpent and Tian Yan about using snakes or a Devouring Origin Beast against the Gold Devouring Rat Race.
• A Nine Star Dou Huang disciple from Wind and Thunder Pavilion arrived and was stunned to see Elder Hao inside the restricted mountain range.

Chen Zihang and the others met disciples from the Four Directions Pavilion as challengers gathered for the Tianshan Blood Pool trial. After Feng Xiao crossed the Gold Devouring Rat Race’s sonic formation, Chen Zihang stepped forward to attempt it himself.

• Feng Xiao greeted Elder Hao and noticed that the powerful juniors with him included Nalan Yanran and Chen Zihang.
• Chen Zihang learned that Feng Xiao belonged to Wind and Thunder Pavilion, provoked him, and decided he wanted Feng Xiao’s wind-and-lightning techniques.
• Lin Yinger arrived from Starfall Pavilion, followed by a Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion disciple and other challengers.
• Jin Shi announced the trial, and Feng Xiao used Three Thousand Lightning Movements to cross the rat formation and reach the summit platform.
• After Feng Xiao provoked him from the platform, Chen Zihang volunteered to take the trial.

Chen Zihang reached the summit platform and challenged Feng Xiao over Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s cultivation method. Their fight halted the trial as Elder Hao blocked Jinshi and Jin Gu from intervening, leaving the crowd below to watch and wait.

• Chen Zihang used his wind-and-lightning abilities to race through the Rat Tide Grand Formation and reach the platform where Feng Xiao was waiting.
• Chen Zihang demanded that Feng Xiao hand over the item he wanted, and Feng Xiao threatened Wind and Thunder Pavilion would hunt him down.
• Chen Zihang attacked Feng Xiao, and the two wind-and-lightning Dou Huangs clashed on the platform.
• Jinshi and Jin Gu tried to stop the fight, but Elder Hao blocked them and revealed he was an Eight Star Dou Zong.
• The battle scattered the rats and stopped the other participants from attempting the trial, while Chen Cheng and Red Serpent watched from the trees.

Chen Zihang defeated Feng Xiao and tore off his arm, alarming the gathered experts and worsening tensions between the Yellow Spring Pavilion and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. As the trial resumed, Tian Yan stepped forward to attempt it, and Jinshi ordered the formation activated.

• Chen Zihang gained the upper hand against Feng Xiao, then tore off his arm and took Feng Xiao's Storage Ring.
• Jinshi and Jin Gu blamed Elder Li for Chen Zihang's brutality, but Elder Li defended him and Jin Gu had rats carry Feng Xiao away.
• Chen Zihang found the Three Thousand Lightning Movements in Feng Xiao's ring, then returned to the mountaintop platform.
• The gathered candidates hesitated to take the test after seeing Chen Zihang defeat Feng Xiao.
• Tian Yan asked Chen Cheng for permission to attempt the trial and stepped forward, drawing wary attention from Lin Yinger.
• Jinshi nodded to Tian Yan and ordered the grand formation activated.

Tian Yan, Ling Xiao, and Lin Yinger cleared the sonic trial at the Tianshan Blood Pool, while most challengers were driven back. Red Serpent prepared to attempt the trial, with Chen Cheng arranging to retrieve her after she left the pool.

• Tian Yan used Autumn Water Bright Eyes to spot weak points in the sonic waves and reached the summit in under five minutes.
• Liu Tianlong and nine other challengers failed to pass, while Ling Xiao protected himself with sword intent and cleared the trial.
• Lin Yinger purified the rat squeaks with her singing, reached the summit, and tried to befriend Chen Zihang, who rejected her.
• Red Serpent told Chen Cheng she had a plan for the trial, and he warned her to be careful and gave her instructions to summon him after leaving the Tianshan Blood Pool.

Chen Cheng killed the men who insulted Red Serpent, frightening the gathered experts and making Elder Hao kneel to him. Red Serpent still insisted on taking the trial, and Chen Cheng allowed the assessment to proceed.

• Men at the mountain mocked Red Serpent and threatened to capture her, so Chen Cheng killed several with a Heavenly Flame and warned the survivors not to speak out of turn.
• The gathered experts knelt and begged Chen Cheng for mercy, while Elder Hao beat and killed two offenders before kneeling to apologize.
• At the mountaintop, Lin Yinger wondered why Elder Hao had knelt, and Tian Yan guessed that the men below had angered Chen Cheng by provoking Red Serpent.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu offered Red Serpent a trial spot without an assessment, but she refused and demanded to take the trial.
• Chen Cheng approved Red Serpent's assessment, and Jin Shi ordered the Gold Devouring Rats to proceed gently.