Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye consolidated his influence in U Yue City as Yun Heng arrived and the Yun Lan Sect submitted to the Supervisory Left Division. Gu He publicly withdrew from the Alchemist Guild, the Yun Lan Sect, and the Gama Royal Family to serve Nalan Ye, leaving Dai Tuo and the other alchemists stunned.

• Nalan Ye welcomed Yun Heng as an offering and announced that Zoe's accusation against Gu He would be publicly heard at the City East Training Field.
• Nalan Ye summoned Dai Tuo and several alchemists, and Master Si Wu mocked Yun Heng for submitting to him.
• Nalan Ye brought Zoe and Gu He before the gathered alchemists, and Gu He said that Nalan Ye had cleared his name.
• Gu He announced that he would leave the Alchemist Guild, the Yun Lan Sect, and the Gama Royal Family to join the Supervisory Left Division.
• Gu He gave his three tokens to Dai Tuo, Yun Heng, and Nalan Ye and asked them to return them to their respective leaders.

More than a month after the Supervisory Left Division defeated and absorbed several major forces, the Gama Royal Family sent Princess Yao Ye to join, but the Left Supervisor assigned her to guard U Yue City's western gate. Wu Protector returned with the requested medicinal ingredients and asked how the division's plans were progressing.

• The Supervisory Left Division cleared Pill King Gu He's name, after which Gu He joined it, while Zoe apologized, paid compensation, and received a ten-year term of service.
• The Gama Alchemist Guild and Yun Lan Sect submitted to the Supervisory Left Division, and forces across the territory sent people to seek positions in U Yue City.
• Jia Xingtian confronted Yun Shan after Yun Lan Sect's submission, fought him briefly, and returned to the Gama Imperial Palace.
• Princess Yao Ye arrived in U Yue City with a procession to join the Supervisory Left Division, but the Left Supervisor assigned her to guard the western city gate.
• Wu Protector returned to the Left Supervisor's study, delivered a Ring of Holding containing medicinal ingredients, and asked how things were progressing.

The narrator negotiated with Wu Protector to steal the Xiao Family's jade without harming the family, then narrowly hid Wu Protector's Hall of Souls identity from Ling Ying and Zoe. After Wu Protector departed, the narrator asked Gu He to check the purchased ingredients and formula for tampering.

• The narrator showed Wu Protector a fake jade, and Wu Protector angrily mistook it for the Tou She Ancient God Jade before realizing the mistake.
• Ling Ying and Zoe burst into the study after sensing Wu Protector's aura, but the narrator passed him off as a reclusive expert and convinced them to leave.
• The narrator warned Wu Protector to conceal his Hall of Souls identity, techniques, and deal, and Wu Protector agreed before departing.
• The narrator went to the Cultivation Quiet Room and asked Gu He to inspect the medicinal ingredients and aptitude-improving formula for tampering.

Gu He refined a Sixth-Rank medicinal liquid from Wu Protector’s ingredients, and I used it to temper my body. After four drops, I broke through to Six Star Dou Shi, though the water in the barrel turned murky with residue and expelled impurities.

• Gu He inspected the rare medicinal ingredients and confirmed they were intact and sufficient for two treatments, one external and one internal.
• I asked Gu He to refine the external medicinal liquid first, then had Ling Ying and others guard the City Lord’s Mansion while Gu He worked for three days.
• Gu He successfully refined the medicinal liquid and explained how to use it before leaving to rest.
• I added one drop of medicinal liquid to a barrel of water and cultivated in it, then added more as my body absorbed the treatment.
• After the fourth addition, I broke through to Six Star Dou Shi and saw that the water had become murky.

The narrator cultivated for nearly forty days, advanced to Da Dou Shi, and learned that Gu He was still refining a Sixth-Rank Pill. After resting and eating, the narrator surveyed U Yue City's swift postwar recovery.

• The narrator controlled the violent Lightning Attribute Dou Qi and condensed a pale-violet Dou Crystal, advancing to Da Dou Shi.
• The narrator left the quiet chamber and learned from Ling Ying that the cultivation had lasted almost forty days.
• The narrator asked about Gu He and learned that he was still refining pills and needed time to recover and study between attempts.
• The narrator returned to his room to sleep, then ate a meal and admired U Yue City's recovery from the war.

The narrator swallowed a Sixth-Rank Pill to cleanse his meridians and improve his aptitude, with Gu He controlling its medicinal power and Ling Ying standing guard. After enduring hours of pain and repeatedly spitting out blood, the pill's power ran out, and the narrator believed he had become a little genius.

• Gu He completed a Sixth-Rank Pill, and the narrator revealed that he had absorbed the spiritual liquid and advanced to a one-star Da Dou Shi.
• Three days later, the narrator swallowed a Fourth-Rank healing pill and then the Sixth-Rank Pill while Gu He prepared to guide its medicinal power.
• Gu He controlled the pill's power as the narrator circulated the Vast Thunder Skill to cleanse his meridians and organs.
• The narrator spat out dark blood, but Gu He determined it contained impurities, and Ling Ying returned to his guard post.
• The narrator endured the pill's painful effects until its medicinal power was exhausted, then concluded that his aptitude had improved.

The Supervisory Left Division began its Western Tour, and Jia Xingtian reluctantly came a hundred li out to greet the Left Envoy. After arriving in Gama City, the Left Envoy convened the leaders and announced that it was time to choose their next target, leaving Anthony worried that another war was coming.

• Jia Xingtian raged at the demand to greet the Left Envoy a hundred li outside the city, but feared for the Gama Family’s future.
• The Left Envoy asked Little Fairy Doctor about the Poison Sect’s construction and offered to take her to a Canaan Academy student who might cure her Calamity Poison Body.
• The Left Envoy warned Yao Ye that he would wipe out the Gama Family if Jia Xingtian refused to greet him.
• Jia Xingtian brought members of the Gama Royal Family a hundred li out of Gama City and saluted the Left Envoy, who accepted his submission without killing him.
• The Western Tour party reached Gama City, where the Left Envoy gathered representatives and declared that they needed to choose their next target.
• Anthony asked whether the Left Envoy meant to wage war against another empire.

Nalan Ye persuaded the Gama and Chuyun leaders to make the Black-Corner Region their next objective and planned a visit to Canaan Academy. Yun Yun refused to risk her disciples for advancement, leaving Nalan Ye troubled by their growing distance as he departed with Little Fairy Doctor.

• Nalan Ye urged the council to seek power in Central State, but Yun Yun refused to sacrifice Yun Lan Sect disciples for her own breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye announced that the Gama and Chuyun United Empire would eventually target Central State, beginning by subduing the Black-Corner Region through proxy factions.
• Anthony warned that Central State was too powerful and that the Black-Corner Region blocked their route, so Nalan Ye clarified that the campaign would be a long-term goal.
• Nalan Ye ordered Jia Xingtian to send Canaan Academy a Letter of Credence proposing a friendly exchange between the younger generations, which Nalan Ye would lead in person.
• After the meeting, Yun Yun left without speaking to Nalan Ye, and Little Fairy Doctor teased him before agreeing to go drink with him.

On the journey back to Wutan City, the narrator confessed his feelings to Little Fairy Doctor and told her he planned to break off his engagement to Xiao Meier. She accepted his feelings, and on reaching the city, he ordered the party to bypass the waiting families and lodge at the City Lord's Mansion.

• The narrator reflected on returning to Wutan City three years after arriving as a child and noticed Little Fairy Doctor's troubled mood.
• The narrator explained his engagement to Xiao Meier and confessed that he liked Little Fairy Doctor.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked whether it was right to break a promise, and the narrator said he would disappoint the world for her.
• Little Fairy Doctor nodded in agreement, accepting the narrator's feelings.
• The Western Tour party arrived at Wutan City's eastern gate, where the city's leaders and prominent families waited.
• The narrator took Little Fairy Doctor's hand and ordered an attendant to take the party directly to the City Lord's Mansion.

Nalan Ye argued that Little Fairy Doctor still cared for him, but she denied it before her Calamity Poison Body began to erupt. She fled into the Monster Mountain Range, and Nalan Ye and Ling Ying watched from a safe distance as toxic black mist enveloped her.

• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that she was lying about not liking him and invited her to meet his fiancée, Xiao Meier, but Little Fairy Doctor remained cold toward him.
• Little Fairy Doctor realized her Calamity Poison Body was about to erupt, destroyed the carriage, and flew toward the Monster Mountain Range.
• Nalan Ye ordered the Western Tour party to wait in Wutan City, then asked Ling Ying to help him pursue Little Fairy Doctor.
• Little Fairy Doctor tried to make Nalan Ye turn back, but black mist began seeping from her body as she descended into a valley.
• Ling Ying warned Nalan Ye that the mist was deadly after birds fell lifeless near it, and they watched Little Fairy Doctor from a nearby mountaintop.

Little Fairy Doctor completed her Calamity Poison Body eruption after six days, drawing the black mist back into herself as Xiao Yan and Ling Ying guarded the valley from gathering magical beasts. She woke with her hair almost entirely white and reached Four Star Dou Huang.

• Xiao Yan anxiously asked Ling Ying how long Little Fairy Doctor would remain unconscious and learned that the black mist consumed energy and would raise her cultivation when absorbed.
• Xiao Yan and Ling Ying waited for six days as high-ranking magical beasts gathered around the valley, drawn by the black mist.
• On the sixth evening, the black mist formed a vortex around Little Fairy Doctor as a storm broke and a Rank 6 White-browed Tiger approached to investigate.
• The magical beasts surrounded the valley as the black mist shrank, revealing Little Fairy Doctor lying on a boulder with her hair nearly all white.
• Little Fairy Doctor opened her eyes, released a powerful aura that drove the beasts back, and was revealed to have reached Four Star Dou Huang.

Nalan Ye and Ling Ying rescued Little Fairy Doctor after her Calamity Poison Body erupted, then escorted her safely back to Wutan City. During their flight, Nalan Ye promised to cure her in one year, and the chapter ended with Wu Protector appearing while Nalan Ye bathed and asking whether Little Fairy Doctor had the legendary Calamity Poison Body.

• Nalan Ye gave the exhausted Little Fairy Doctor a healing pill, and she recovered enough to leave the valley with him and Ling Ying.
• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, and Ling Ying flew through the storm while two magical beasts followed them without attacking.
• Little Fairy Doctor feared her Calamity Poison Body might poison Nalan Ye and others if it erupted again, and Nalan Ye promised to cure it within one year if she went with him to Canaan Academy.
• The three returned safely to Wutan City, where Nalan Ye bathed alone after parting from the others.
• Wu Protector appeared in Nalan Ye's room and asked whether Little Fairy Doctor was the legendary Calamity Poison Body.

The narrator arranged a banquet at the Xiao Family residence to retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade for Wu Protector, using wine laced to make the guests pass out. Wu Protector took the jade, and the narrator asked him to transfer Xiao Zhan’s soul imprint into a forged replacement.

• The narrator promised Wu Protector he would obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade that night, then went with Hai Bodong, Yun Heng, and the Western Tour party to the Xiao Family residence.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders welcomed the narrator, who handed out gifts and replaced the banquet wine with his own.
• The narrator’s wine made the guests, including Xiao Zhan and the three elders, collapse, while Wu Protector sealed the hall with black mist.
• The narrator removed the jade from the Great Elder’s Ring of Holding and gave it to Wu Protector, who confirmed it was the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The narrator explained the jade’s light marked Xiao Zhan’s soul imprint and asked Wu Protector to put that imprint into a forged imitation.

The narrator led a Jialian Empire delegation into the Black-Corner Region for a friendly exchange with Canaan Academy and learned that powerful factions there relied on slave labor. The group arrived in Black-Ink City, where the narrator planned to stay before the city's auction.

• The narrator crossed Town Suppressing Ghosts and learned from Ya Fei that Black-Corner Region factions maintained farms and other enterprises using slaves.
• The delegation reached Black-Ink City, controlled by the Eight Gates Sect, whose territory included farmland worked by slaves.
• Hei Qi Er mistook Yun Heng for the delegation's leader and invited the group to the upcoming auction before recognizing the narrator as their leader.
• The narrator told Hei Qi Er that the delegation had come from Jialian for a friendly exchange with Canaan Academy, not to cultivate there.
• The narrator paid Hei Qi Er, dismissed her, and ordered the innkeeper to clear the inn for the delegation.

Nalan Ye cleared an inn in Black-Ink City for his group, then discovered that the occupants who resisted were students from Canaan Academy led by Han Yue. After he explained his planned friendly exchange with the academy, the tension eased, and he asked Han Yue whether she had come to the city on a mission.

• Nalan Ye ordered Yun Heng and his guards to drive the inn’s guests out so his group could stay there safely.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor discussed his domineering behavior while the guards cleared the inn.
• Nalan Ye stopped his guards from fighting four young cultivators and challenged the silver-haired woman to explain their claim to the inn.
• Han Yue identified herself as a student of Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy, and Nalan Ye introduced himself as the Left Supervisor leading a friendly exchange with the academy.
• Nalan Ye allowed Han Yue and her companions to remain at the inn after learning they had not known about the exchange, then asked Han Yue if she was in Black-Ink City on a mission.

Nalan Ye hosted Han Yue and learned about Central State’s Northern Region while keeping the Gama Alliance’s young talents confined for their safety. After punishing a girl who challenged his orders, he sent Ya Fei and the guards to escort the others around Black-Ink City and stayed behind to hear more from Han Yue.

• Nalan Ye invited Han Yue and her companions to attend the Black-Ink City auction with him, then spoke with Han Yue over breakfast about her origins in Tian Bei City.
• Nalan Ye invited Han Yue upstairs for tea, where she described the factions, legends, and history of Central State’s Northern Region.
• A young woman from the Ye Family demanded that Nalan Ye let the Gama Alliance’s young talents leave the inn, and Nalan Ye ordered guards to give her ten military rods.
• Nalan Ye warned the remaining young talents against wandering Black-Ink City, and they left after the punishment.
• Nalan Ye asked Ya Fei to escort Han Yue’s group and the young talents around the city with the guards while he continued drinking tea with Han Yue.

The narrator led his group to the Black-Ink Auction and secured seats in the front rows after the Eight Gates Sect’s leaders recognized Ling Ying’s Dou Emperor strength. The auction was about to begin, and the sect master gave the narrator a highest-grade VIP card.

• The narrator allowed the young talents to bid at the auction but warned them against malicious competition.
• The narrator’s group entered the Black-Ink Auction House after he paid the admission fees for everyone.
• The narrator had Yun Heng ask the front-row occupants to give up their seats, prompting the Eight Gates Sect to intervene.
• The Eight Gates Sect’s elder challenged the group, but Ling Ying’s Dou Emperor aura forced him to stop.
• The Eight Gates Sect’s sect master drove the remaining occupants away, arranged service for the group, and gave the narrator a highest-grade VIP card.

The Left Supervisor attended the Black-Ink City Auction with Little Fairy Doctor and watched several items sell before bidding on a young girl to free her. When the rare Flying Dou Skill Thunder Bat Wings appeared, he considered buying it for Xiao Yan because Xiao Yan had lost the Purple Cloud Wings.

• The Left Supervisor sat with Little Fairy Doctor and Ling Ying as the Eight Gates Sect opened the Black-Ink City Auction.
• The auction sold Cold Edge for sixty-seven thousand gold coins, and Ya Fei remarked that the price was too high.
• The Left Supervisor bought a young girl for seventy-six thousand gold coins after declaring that he would set her free, and no one dared outbid him.
• The white-haired elder unveiled the rare Flying Dou Skill Thunder Bat Wings, which the Left Supervisor recognized as similar to his Purple Cloud Wings.
• The Left Supervisor wondered whether he should buy Thunder Bat Wings for Xiao Yan to restore his ability to escape.

At the auction, Han Yue tried to buy the Thunder Bat Wings, but a VIP bid threatened to price her out. Left Envoy lent her enough gold to outbid them, and she won the flight-type Dou Technique for 850,000 gold coins.

• Han Yue bid 200,000 gold coins for the Thunder Bat Wings as bids from the VIP rooms drove the price up to 700,000.
• Han Yue’s three Canaan Academy companions pooled 260,000 gold coins to help her, and she raised her bid to 750,000.
• A VIP room bid 800,000 gold coins, leaving Han Yue short of money.
• Left Envoy offered to lend Han Yue gold coins and joked that he knew where her family lived; she accepted his help.
• Han Yue bid 850,000 gold coins, and the Thunder Bat Wings were sold to her after no one bid higher.

At the auction, the narrator bought several valuable items before bidding on the Seventh-Rank Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill. As the auctioneer prepared to sell it to him, the narrator realized the silent factions might be plotting to kill him and seize his possessions.

• The narrator bought the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire map fragment and Three Thousand Lightning Movements, while Gu He acquired Earth Core Fire Ginseng.
• The Eight Gates Sect sealed the auction hall’s exits before presenting the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill.
• The narrator bid two million and ten thousand gold coins for the pill and outbid a mysterious, hidden rival.
• The narrator noticed that the major factions had stopped bidding and suspected they had joined forces to murder him and plunder his possessions.
• The auctioneer began the final count as the narrator wondered whether the Eight Gates Sect was involved.