Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian faced Mu Ling in a public duel over the disgrace his younger brother Mu Tie suffered after losing to her. The duel began with Xiao Yi Xian unleashing a powerful water-serpent attack, leaving the spectators stunned as Mu Ling charged toward her.

• Frank marveled that Xiao Yi Xian might become an eighteen-year-old Dou Ling, and Gu Te comforted him by pointing out that some geniuses surpassed ordinary cultivators.
• Mu Ling confronted Xiao Yi Xian, saying he would erase the shame her victory over his younger brother Mu Tie had brought upon his family.
• Xiao Yi Xian argued that Mu Tie’s inability to recover from defeat showed his own weakness, then prepared her Magic Core whip as Mu Ling took up his wooden staff.
• The two waited for the other to attack while the crowd grew impatient, and Mu Ling advanced with the aura of a peak Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yi Xian used her Magic Core weapon to form a massive water serpent with the mid-grade Profound Water Mandala and sent it at Mu Ling as he charged.

Xiao Yi Xian gained the upper hand against Mu Ling by countering his water-based attack with swordsmanship, but Mu Ling swallowed pills and surged with stronger Fighting Qi. He recovered his staff and closed in to attack her at close range.

• Xiao Yi Xian used her longsword and sword qi to repel Mu Ling after his wood-attribute tendrils absorbed her water-based attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck Mu Ling with a miniature water dragon and sword qi, blasting him backward and injuring him.
• Mu Ling swallowed a Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill and a healing pill, causing his Fighting Qi to surge and darken.
• Mu Ling hurled his wooden staff at Xiao Yi Xian, then caught it after she knocked it back and swung it down at her head.

Xiao Yi Xian fought Mu Ling after he used a pill to strengthen himself and unleashed a relentless assault. She escaped his Wood Prison Binding and deadly energy whips, replenished her Fighting Qi, and prepared to defeat him and investigate his hostility.

• Mu Ling took a pill and struck Xiao Yi Xian's water-wall defense hard enough to force her back, drawing the crowd's condemnation.
• Mu Ling attacked continuously to keep Xiao Yi Xian from taking medicine, but she strengthened her first water wall and resisted his assault.
• Mu Ling used Wood Prison Binding to absorb the water walls' Fighting Qi, so Xiao Yi Xian withdrew one layer and cut through the wooden stakes with sword qi.
• Mu Ling charged through the stakes and sent thorn-covered energy whips at Xiao Yi Xian, who blasted him back with a massive wave of Fighting Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian retreated, swallowed Qi Restoration Pills and a Windwalk Pill, and decided to defeat Mu Ling and find out who was behind his hostility.

Xiao Yi Xian used a Windwalk Pill to gain overwhelming speed, then unleashed Thousand Flame Sword Qi to break through Mu Ling’s defenses. Mu Ling fell defeated, leaving Xiao Yi Xian drained after the battle.

• Mu Ling watched Xiao Yi Xian take a Windwalk Pill, while Gu Te and Frank recognized its value and discussed its cost.
• Xiao Yi Xian used the pill’s wind energy to rush Mu Ling, but her sword strike only marked his armor.
• Mu Ling proposed a draw, but Xiao Yi Xian ignored him, took several Qi Restoration Pills, and prepared an Earth-grade Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed Thousand Flame Sword Qi, tearing through Mu Ling’s wooden prison and shattering his armor.
• The remaining Sword Qi pierced Mu Ling, who spat blood and collapsed as Xiao Yi Xian’s strength gave out.

After Xiao Yi Xian defeated Mu Ling, Yun Leng learned that his plan had failed and that she possessed an Earth-grade Dou Technique. Mu Ling later died by suicide before revealing who had ordered him to kill her, leaving Yun Hai to warn Xiao Yi Xian to stay inside the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yi Xian recovered some Dou Qi after winning and asked the Misty Cloud Sect elders to investigate Mu Ling's killing intent.
• Yun Leng learned from his subordinate that Xiao Yi Xian had defeated Mu Ling and that Elder Yun Hai had taken him to the Misty Cloud Sect branch.
• Xiao Yi Xian fully recovered over the following days, while Mu Ling awoke without Dou Qi and refused to explain who had instructed him.
• Mu Ling killed himself with bandage scissors while his maid was changing his medicine, shocking Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Hai.
• Yun Hai concluded that Mu Ling's death had cut off their lead and advised Xiao Yi Xian to remain in the Misty Cloud Sect for the next few months.

After months of accumulating energy for his breakthrough, Gu He supplemented the dwindling supply with Fire Beads and refined a Sky Demon Phoenix Magic Core. He gathered enough energy to begin advancing to Dou Zun, and the Monster Mountain Range shook as his aura awakened.

• Xiao Yi Xian chose to stay with the Mittel Family in the Imperial Capital, and the empire remained peaceful for four months.
• Gu He struggled to maintain his advancement as the energy vortex above the Small Valley depleted the surrounding energy.
• Queen Medusa and Green Barbarian noticed the vortex weaken, and Queen Medusa judged that Gu He's aura remained stable.
• Gu He refined more than a thousand Fire Beads, then turned to the Sky Demon Phoenix Magic Core when the accumulated energy remained insufficient.
• Gu He erased the Magic Core's faint consciousness and refined its energy until he had enough to advance to Dou Zun.
• A powerful suction drew energy from the Monster Mountain Range as Gu He's aura awakened, briefly shaking the entire range.

Gu He broke through to Dou Zun, while Queen Medusa used the pressure from his breakthrough to advance to four-star Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Gu He demonstrating Space Travel and warning the weakened Queen Medusa that her risky breakthrough could have injured her.

• Gu He’s breakthrough shattered the Small Valley and filled it with dense energy as White Fang, Green Barbarian, and Queen Medusa watched.
• Queen Medusa pushed her cultivation from three-star to four-star Dou Zong by using Gu He’s breakthrough pressure, despite White Fang’s warning that the attempt was dangerous.
• Gu He awakened, restored the valley’s space and energy, and repaired the Space Seal.
• Gu He demonstrated Space Travel by disappearing and emerging beside Queen Medusa, White Fang, and Green Barbarian.
• Gu He scolded Queen Medusa for risking injury, while she replied that she did not want him to leave her behind.

Gu He prepared for a future journey to Central Continent while Qing Lin discussed her cultivation and the strain on Big Flower. At Xiao Yan’s adult ceremony, he revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Zhe, and Yao Chen advised him to train at Jia Nan Academy.

• Gu He told Queen Medusa he planned to leave for Central Continent in about two years and gave her a Qi Cultivation Pill.
• Qing Lin told Gu He she had reached Four-Star Da Dou Shi, and he advised her to feed Big Flower medicinal herbs or let other magical beasts share the burden of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan retested at the Xiao Family adult ceremony and displayed the result “Dou Zhe: Two Stars!” to the gathered guests.
• Xiao Yan reflected that he had risen from the third stage of Fighting Energy to Two-Star Dou Zhe in one year and hoped to catch up to Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Chen stopped Xiao Yan from leaving immediately to gain experience and recommended that he train at Jia Nan Academy, where the Fallen Heart Flame was located.

After emerging from seclusion as a Dou Zun, Gu He met Zi Yan and learned that Nalan Yanran had completed her trial and advanced to Da Dou Shi. He took Zi Yan back toward the Small Valley and planned to help Qing Lin in the Black Corner Region before pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan decided to wait until he enrolled at Jia Nan Academy in half a year before seeking experience, focusing on alchemy and cultivation under Yao Chen.
• Gu He found Zi Yan and heard how Nalan Yanran had killed a Third Tier magical beast, broken through to Da Dou Shi, received pills, and left after fighting more beasts.
• Gu He brought Zi Yan back toward the Small Valley because she had reached Peak Dou Wang and could soon break through to Dou Huang.
• While Zi Yan collected medicinal ingredients, Gu He frightened nearby magical beasts with a trace of his aura and planned to help Qing Lin reach Dou Huang in the Black Corner Region.
• Zi Yan handed Gu He a Ring full of carelessly piled medicinal ingredients, and he scolded her for letting their potency dissipate.

Gu He brought Zi Yan through space, where she displayed an innate ability to use Space Power and showed signs of an impending breakthrough to Dou Huang. After returning to the Small Valley, Gu He visited Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, then continued his travels without entering Wutan City.

• Gu He carefully took Zi Yan through space, where she felt comfortable and instinctively produced a small amount of Space Power.
• Gu He examined Zi Yan and found her energy saturated, so he told her she would likely enter a deep sleep and advance to Dou Huang within a few days.
• Gu He returned with Zi Yan to the Small Valley, where she could spend time with Qing Lin and the others before her breakthrough.
• Gu He visited Xiao Yi Xian, promised to investigate Mu Ling, placed a spatial mark on her, and gave her medicinal pills.
• Gu He visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect, gave her Flame Lizard Tribe Fire Beads, and found that Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong but was still stabilizing his realm.
• Gu He passed near Wutan City, sensed only a Dou Huang there, and left without entering.

Gu He returned to Qing’s cave and used spatial techniques and the Green Lotus Seat to help Qing gather energy and prepare for his breakthrough. On his way to Gu Ling City, Gu He found a clash between Jia Nan Academy and Tie Wu’s Mad Lion Gang and learned that a dispute over a subordinate’s death had sparked the battle.

• Gu He visited Qing in seclusion, strengthened the cave’s energy-gathering spatial ripple, and replaced Qing’s rock seat with the Green Lotus Seat to purify the energy he absorbed.
• Gu He left the cave and walked toward Gu Ling City through the Black Corner Region.
• Gu He heard a battle ahead and discovered that Tie Wu’s Mad Lion Gang was fighting a Jia Nan Academy recruitment team led by Huo Xuan.
• Tie Wu accused Jia Nan Academy of killing his subordinate, while a young academy member said the subordinate had been killed for violating a woman in Black Seal City.
• Tie Wu grew angrier as he considered the dispute an absurd reason to risk opposing Jia Nan Academy.

Gu He intervened in the dispute between Jia Nan Academy and the Mad Lion Gang, offering Tie Wu a Recovery Pill to settle the grievance. Tie Wu accepted the compensation and agreed to send his Imperial Pill ingredients to Gu Ling Pavilion.

• Tie Wu demanded an explanation from Huo Xuan, who defended the young man's actions and refused to hand him over.
• Gu He revealed himself and reminded Tie Wu of his promise to refine a pill, while Huo Xuan thanked him for protecting Jia Nan Academy's people.
• Tie Wu asked Gu He to stay out of the dispute, but Gu He offered him a Recovery Pill to end it.
• Tie Wu accepted the Recovery Pill and agreed to send the ingredients for his Imperial Pill to Gu Ling Pavilion.

Gu He traveled with Huo Xuan and Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team toward Gu Ling City, where he returned to Gu Ling Pavilion and went to see Hai Bodong. Hai Bodong emerged from his ice cellar only after checking that Queen Medusa was not there.

• Huo Xuan told Gu He that the recruitment team was heading to the Jia Ma Empire, and Gu He agreed to travel with them because their routes overlapped.
• Huo Xuan introduced Gu He to the instructors, including Ruo Lin, who recruited students around Wutan City.
• Gu He and Huo Xuan discussed possible cooperation between Gu Ling Pavilion and Jia Nan Academy, and Gu He said he would send Liu Jianlin to Jia Nan City for an inspection.
• Gu He parted ways with the recruitment team near Gu Ling City and returned to Gu Ling Pavilion.
• Gu He visited Hai Bodong in his ice cellar, but Hai Bodong first made sure Queen Medusa was absent before cautiously coming out.

Gu He discussed the possibility of arranging a pact between the Snake People and the Jia Ma Empire with Hai Bodong, then caught up on events in the Black Corner Region. The chapter ended with Gu He promising to refine Hai Bodong an Imperial Pill once he reached Seven-star Dou Huang.

• Gu He told Hai Bodong that Caiyi could become humanity’s ally if he helped secure suitable land for the Snake People, and Hai Bodong cautiously accepted the plan.
• Hai Bodong asked why Gu He had returned to the Black Corner Region, and Gu He said he had left seclusion after running out of medicinal ingredients.
• Hai Bodong realized Gu He had broken through to Dou Zong and told him that the Black Corner Region’s major factions had remained mostly stable since Demonic Flame Valley was destroyed.
• Hai Bodong recalled that two Dou Huangs had died fighting over Demonic Flame Valley’s former territory, prompting Gu He to promise him an Imperial Pill when he reached peak Seven-star Dou Huang.

Gu He returned to Gu Ling Pavilion, reviewed its growth, and rewarded senior members with Spirit Dou Pills. After hearing the elders’ reports, he collected the medicinal herbs and decided to seal the underground passage to protect the Flame Lizard Tribe and the Dou Di cave dwelling beneath the magma.

• Liu Jianlin gathered Gu Ling Pavilion’s elders to report to Gu He, who arrived with Hai Bodong and learned that the faction had gained new Dou Wang experts and alchemists.
• Gu He promised Spirit Dou Pills to Deputy Pavilion Master Yao, Elder Fan, and Elder Bai, and invited Fourth-grade and higher alchemists to assist with refining them.
• The elders reported on Gu Ling Pavilion’s development, and Gu He listened until evening before ending the meeting.
• Gu He collected the herbs from the storage room and returned to his cultivation area.
• Gu He entered the underground passage and decided to fill it in so outsiders could not discover the Flame Lizard Tribe or the Dou Di cave dwelling.

Gu He concealed the magma passage and led Gu Ling Pavilion’s alchemists to the island where they would begin refining Sixth-grade pills. Elder Zhao witnessed Gu He’s Dou Zong power and followed him through the hidden space barrier onto the island.

• Gu He used his Soul Power to seal the passage to the magma, hiding all evidence of it before dawn.
• Gu He greeted the seven Fourth-grade Alchemists and Elder Zhao, the pavilion’s Fifth-grade Alchemist, and invited them to the island to refine pills.
• Gu He had fourth-tier magical beasts carry the seven Fourth-grade Alchemists across the lake while he flew with Elder Zhao.
• Elder Zhao watched Gu He fly without Dou Qi Wings and let go of some of his schemes after realizing the Pavilion Master was truly a Dou Zong.
• Gu He passed through a hidden spatial barrier onto the island, and Elder Zhao followed him through it.

Gu He gathered seven alchemists on an island and demonstrated his skill by refining a Spirit Dou Pill while teaching them. He left them impressed and promised they could earn the right to use his rare Medicine Cauldron through service and contributions to Gu Ling Pavilion.

• Gu He welcomed the elderly man surnamed Zhao and waited for seven alchemists to arrive on the island.
• Gu He showed the alchemists his seventh-grade black Medicine Cauldron and offered qualified members of Gu Ling Pavilion time to use it in return for three years of service.
• Gu He ignited the cauldron and explained the techniques for refining Spirit Dou Pills while he worked.
• The alchemists asked Gu He advanced questions, and he answered them without disrupting the refinement.
• Gu He completed the Sixth-grade Spirit Dou Pill in one day, and the alchemists cheered.

Gu He sent the visiting alchemists away and prepared pills for Qing to devour the Fallen Heart Flame, aiming to locate Heavenly Fire Venerable safely. After refining the needed pills, he began producing Sixth-grade pills for Pill Cauldron Pavilion.

• Gu He continued refining Spirit Dou Pills for Elder Zhao, then let him leave and sealed the island against unauthorized visitors.
• Gu He planned for Qing to devour the Fallen Heart Flame with an Earth Spirit Pill so he could locate Heavenly Fire Venerable through their shared soul origin.
• Gu He refined a second Earth Spirit Pill with the Myriad Beasts Cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame, producing a pill more potent than Han Feng’s.
• Gu He refined a Blood Lotus Pill and stored it with the two Earth Spirit Pills for Qing.
• Gu He began refining Sixth-grade pills for Pill Cauldron Pavilion, leaving lower-grade pills to Gu Ling Pavilion’s alchemists.

Gu He refined pills while Qing completed his breakthrough to Dou Huang and adapted to the energy in his body. After ensuring Qing was safe, Gu He entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy to locate the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and prepare to retrieve its Heavenly Flames.

• Gu He refined three batches of Sixth-grade pills at once and arranged to deliver pills to Tie Wu in return for the ingredients he had sent.
• After ten months of secluded cultivation, Qing absorbed the energy vortex but needed nearly ten more days for his body and Dou Qi to adapt before waking.
• Gu He finished refining his pills, sent Liu Jianlin the promised batches, and traveled through a Space Channel to check Qing’s condition.
• Gu He confirmed that Qing’s body was safely absorbing the accumulated energy and left him to continue recovering.
• Gu He entered the Inner Academy without alerting its guards and searched for the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Gu He sensed a scorching aura from a tower in the Inner Academy’s north and flew toward it while hidden by distorted space.

Gu He entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and sent his Soul Power into the magma to leave a spatial mark near Fallen Heart Flame. He provoked the imprisoned flame and restrained its fire-python form, while anticipating that Su Qian would soon investigate.

• Gu He slipped into the tower after it opened, sensed the faint Heart Fire, and found it too weak to aid his Dou Zun cultivation.
• Gu He extended his Soul Power through the tower’s central opening and endured Fallen Heart Flame’s burning effect as he reached the sealed bottom.
• Gu He released a trace of Green Lotus Core Flame’s aura, provoking Fallen Heart Flame and distracting the Inner Academy elders.
• Gu He slipped his Soul Power through a crack in the barrier and entered the magma, protecting it with a cyan flame barrier.
• Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the magma as an invisible fire python, and Gu He trapped it in hardened space while preparing to leave his mark.