Chapter Summaries

Gu He captured Wu Protector after rejecting his offer to join the Soul Hall, then headed toward the Misty Cloud Sect to confront Yun Shan. Yun Shan’s suspicions about Gu He were confirmed when Gu He appeared in his cave through a tear in space.

• Wu Protector touted the Soul Hall’s rewards, but Gu He dismissed his claims and decided to capture him for interrogation.
• Wu Protector sensed Gu He appearing nearby, attacked with black chains, and fled, but Gu He blocked his escape and imprisoned him with spatial power.
• Gu He knocked Wu Protector unconscious, sealed him in a jade bottle, and set off toward the Misty Cloud Sect to deal with Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan paced uneasily in his cave and concluded that Gu He was the likely source of the danger, vowing to protect the sect and Yun'er.
• Gu He tore open space in Yun Shan’s cave and stepped through, appearing before the former Sect Leader.

Gu He confronted Yun Shan in seclusion and forced him to take Choking Qi Powder, using its antidote to control him. Yun Shan agreed to help Yun'er take complete control of the Misty Cloud Sect and eliminate those who plotted against Gu He.

• Yun Shan learned that Gu He had reached the Dou Zun realm and feared his power.
• Gu He questioned Yun Shan about helping the Soul Hall find him, and Yun Shan claimed the Soul Hall had threatened him.
• Gu He gave Yun Shan Choking Qi Powder and explained that antidote pills could only suppress its effects for a month at a time.
• Yun Shan swallowed the poison and agreed to help Yun'er take control of the Misty Cloud Sect and eliminate those involved in the plot against Gu He.
• Yun Shan objected to dealing with Yun Leng, but Gu He said Yan Ran would soon reach Dou Wang and replace the sect's lost strength.

Gu He learned that Yun Leng had killed Sun Yi after tracing Gu He's whereabouts, and he ordered Yun Shan to deal with Yun Leng. He purged the Soul Hall's influence from Yun Shan, then visited Yun Yun and asked how to prepare for the upcoming Myriad Sects Convention.

• Yun Shan told Gu He that Yun Leng had found him through Sun Yi and killed Sun Yi, prompting Gu He to demand that Yun Leng be dealt with.
• Gu He gave Yun Shan a Soul Clearing Pill and explained that the Soul Hall's secret technique had left foreign Soul Power in his soul that could weaken or control him.
• Gu He left Soul Imprints on Yun Leng, Yun Lei, and others before going to see Yun Yun, whose strength had stabilized at three-star Dou Huang.
• Gu He told Yun Yun he had reached Dou Zun, that the Soul Hall members near the Jia Ma Empire had disappeared, and that Yun Shan had agreed to sever ties with the Soul Hall and help her control the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He and Yun Yun discussed Nalan Yanran's training and the Misty Cloud Sect's support before Gu He asked how to prepare for the Myriad Sects Convention.

Gu He learned that the Myriad Sects Convention welcomed unaffiliated Dou Zong experts, then visited Black Rock City to mourn Sun Yi and meet his daughter. He offered Sun Yunxin a chance to study under Fama and went to see Frank at the Alchemist Guild.

• Yun Yun explained the Myriad Sects Convention to Gu He, and he gave her cultivation pills before they discussed Yan Ran eventually taking over as sect master.
• Gu He found Sun Yunxin searching the ruins of her father’s home and told her that his enemies had killed Sun Yi after using him to find Gu He.
• Gu He offered to arrange for Sun Yunxin to study under President Fama in the Imperial Capital whenever she was ready within the next four months.
• Gu He went to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, where a guard recognized him and led him to the alchemy room to meet Frank.

Gu He prepared for the Myriad Sects Convention, deciding to attend with Queen Medusa while the others stayed behind. As he worked to improve his sword formation, Heavenly Fire Venerable recognized its resemblance to his own Five Rounds of Fiery Law and explained the technique.

• Frank and Otto taught Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and Gu Te alchemy, and Gu He later praised their progress while pressuring Gu Te to become a Fifth-grade Alchemist within a year and three months.
• Gu He returned to the Small Valley after telling Frank about Sun Yunxin, and he reviewed his cultivation and preparations for the Myriad Sects Convention.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, Green Barbarian, and White Fang chose not to attend, leaving Gu He and Queen Medusa as the only travelers.
• Gu He focused on advancing the seventh sword formation of the Profound Gang Spirit Splitting Sword, and Heavenly Fire Venerable compared it to the Five Rounds of Fiery Law.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable explained that the Earth-grade advanced fire-control formula used five fire spirits to form the powerful Five Rounds of Fiery Formation.

Gu He exchanged the Profound Gang Spirit Splitting Sword for the Heavenly Fire Venerable's Five Rounds of Fiery Law, then tested the technique in the sky. The five fire spirits formed a vast, scorching formation as townspeople below mistook it for a sign from Heaven.

• Gu He and the Heavenly Fire Venerable exchanged the Five Rounds of Fiery Law for the Profound Gang Spirit Splitting Sword.
• Gu He studied the Five Rounds of Fiery Law and learned that its five-fire formation could approach quasi-Heaven-grade power, or reach Heaven-grade strength with four Heavenly Flames.
• Gu He went into the Gang Wind layer and used four beast flames and a green flame to create five fire spirits.
• Gu He linked the fire spirits in a pentagonal formation, producing a five-colored light curtain that scorched the air and opened faint spatial cracks.
• The townspeople below saw the light curtain, feared it was a second sun, and knelt to pray after an old man called it a warning from Heaven.

Gu He tested the Five Rounds of Fiery Formation, then spent three months mastering his techniques and advancing his sword formation. He and Queen Medusa traveled to the Chu Yun Empire for the Myriad Sects Convention, where Poison Masters repeatedly attacked them along the way.

• Gu He tested the unstable five-colored flames and sent their destructive sphere into a spatial rift to protect the town below.
• Gu He explored the formation’s combat abilities and concluded that it was a powerful technique for defense, attack, and support.
• After mastering his techniques, Gu He spent three months deducing the seventh formation of the Profound Gang Spirit Splitting Sword.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa set out for the Myriad Sects Convention and entered the Chu Yun Empire on their way to Heavenly Poison City.
• Poison Masters repeatedly attacked Gu He and Queen Medusa, who killed each group that came after them.

Gu He and Queen Medusa arrived at Heavenly Poison City for the Myriad Sects Convention and explored the trading stalls before its opening ceremony. Gu He heard an elder claim to have a Soul Falling Pill made from Netherworld Poison Flame and secretly marked him, leaving the matter unresolved as Xie Biyan began the convention.

• Gu He examined his youthful appearance in a space mirror, and he and Queen Medusa wore black robes for the rest of their journey.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa reached Heavenly Poison City one day before the convention and sensed many powerful experts there.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa entered the Myriad Scorpions Sect and browsed the convention’s stalls, where outsiders sought the Chu Yun Empire’s poisons and locals sought foreign medicinal ingredients.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa discussed how the Chu Yun Empire’s Poison Master culture left its sects vulnerable to collapse when their leaders died.
• Gu He heard an elderly man claim that his Soul Falling Pill, refined from Netherworld Poison Flame, could kill a Dou Zong, then secretly placed a Soul Imprint on him as Xie Biyan opened the convention.

Gu He investigated whether Xie Biyan possessed the Netherworld Poison Flame, then learned that the poison expert at a nearby stall was Li Wu, the Chu Yun Empire’s Alchemist Guild President. He watched as visitors approached Li Wu to trade for a Poison Pill, while his own plans to confirm the old man’s Heavenly Flame remained unresolved.

• Gu He wondered whether Xie Biyan possessed the Netherworld Poison Flame, but the Green Lotus Core Flame gave no sign of reacting.
• Queen Medusa suggested testing Xie Biyan, but Gu He decided to wait until the Myriad Sects Convention ended in case Dou Zun experts intervened.
• Gu He followed his Soul Imprint to a poison-wielding old man and learned from nearby visitors that he was Li Wu, President of the Chu Yun Empire’s Alchemist Guild.
• A scarred Dou Huang and his thin companion headed to Li Wu’s stall to trade for a Poison Pill that they hoped could kill Yan Luotian.
• Gu He recognized Li Wu’s reputation and reflected on the longstanding dispute between the Chu Yun and Jia Ma empires over refining Poison Pills.

Gu He and Queen Medusa inspected Li Wu’s Demise Pill stall, where he revealed his newly subdued Netherworld Poison Flame. After leaving without taking the flame, Gu He explained his fear of powerful hidden experts and his plan to reach the peak before revealing himself.

• Gu He and Queen Medusa pushed through the crowd to hear Li Wu describe the deadly Soul Falling Pill and demonstrate his Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Two men offered medicinal ingredients and gold for the Demise Pill, but Li Wu rejected their trade and returned their boxes.
• Li Wu sensed Gu He and Queen Medusa’s strength, and Gu He left with Queen Medusa after confirming Li Wu had a Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa questioned why Gu He had not seized the flame, and Gu He explained that Dou Zuns and hidden forces across the continent could vastly outmatch him.
• Gu He told Queen Medusa that he planned to reach the peak of the Dou Saint realm before openly showing himself, leaving her speechless.

Gu He discovered that Li Wu used a fake Poison Pill offer to identify and rob wealthy traders, and he decided to wait for an opportunity to act. He continued exploring the Myriad Sects Convention while keeping watch on Li Wu and the scar-faced pair.

• Gu He spotted the scar-faced man and his companion under surveillance and asked Queen Medusa to watch them while he followed the gray-robed alchemist.
• Gu He traced the gray-robed man to Li Wu's stall and listened as Li Wu and Feng Qing discussed targeting people who had revealed valuable herbs and money.
• Gu He realized Li Wu used the Poison Pill as bait to learn potential traders' wealth, then planned to rob them after they left the convention.
• Gu He returned to Queen Medusa, said he had found a way to obtain the Heavenly Flames, and placed Soul Imprints on the scar-faced man and his companion.
• Gu He resumed trading and exploring the convention while monitoring Li Wu and the scar-faced pair for signs that they were leaving Heavenly Poison City.

Gu He and Queen Medusa revealed themselves as Li Wu prepared to rob and kill the scar-faced man and his companion. After seeing Li Wu’s true character, Gu He approached him and told him to make his move.

• Gu He followed the scar-faced man and his companion out of Heavenly Poison City as Li Wu came after them.
• The scar-faced man explained that his Sky Goose Sect was threatened by the Golden Goose Sect and that they had hoped to obtain a Poison Pill from Li Wu.
• Li Wu confronted the pair, demanded their Rings, and admitted he intended to kill them to protect his reputation.
• The scar-faced man refused to surrender without a fight, while one of Li Wu’s elderly companions warned him of an uneasy feeling.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa appeared before Li Wu and his companions, and Gu He told Li Wu to make his move.

Gu He killed Li Wu, seized his Ring, and captured his soul after discovering that it contained valuable pill formulas and a Demise Pill. Queen Medusa killed Li Wu’s two companions, leaving Scarface and the other man to face Gu He and Queen Medusa.

• Gu He sealed the space around Li Wu, crushed him with Space Power, and killed him.
• Gu He burned Li Wu’s body, searched his Ring, and found a Demise Pill and several valuable pill formulas.
• Li Wu’s soul revealed pale violet flames, so Gu He sealed it inside a jade bottle and stored the bottle in a Ring.
• Queen Medusa killed the two old men in fewer than ten exchanges.
• Scarface and the other man stayed put as Gu He and Queen Medusa finished disposing of the corpses and turned toward them.

Gu He gave Yan Da and Yan Ming the Demise Pill, secretly hoping they would use it to assassinate Yan Luotian and prevent a future invasion of the Jia Ma Empire. As Gu He and Queen Medusa flew away, she asked whether he would treat her the same way, and his teasing answer angered her.

• Gu He learned that Yan Da and Yan Ming planned to assassinate Yan Luotian, who was forcing the Falling Goose Empire's sects to submit and preparing for war.
• Gu He pretended to retrieve the Demise Pill from Li Wu's Ring and gave it to the pair for their assassination plot.
• Yan Da and Yan Ming accepted the pill, then flew toward the Falling Goose Empire after deciding not to question Gu He's motives.
• Gu He told Queen Medusa that he had given them the pill to eliminate a potential threat to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Queen Medusa asked whether Gu He would oppose her if she invaded the Jia Ma Empire, and he teased that he would capture her as his bedwarming maid.

Gu He devoured the Netherworld Ghost Flame’s essence in seclusion, advancing to Four-star Dou Zun and greatly strengthening the Green Lotus Core Flame. He emerged from the breakthrough eager to assess the flame’s new power.

• Gu He returned to Small Valley with Queen Medusa, prepared for seclusion, and released Li Wu’s soul from its jade bottle.
• Li Wu’s soul destroyed itself in Gu He’s Azure Flame, leaving behind the Netherworld Ghost Flame’s pale violet essence.
• Gu He used Devouring Flame to consume the Netherworld Ghost Flame’s essence, sending much of its energy into himself and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He broke through from Peak Three-star Dou Zun to Four-star Dou Zun and refined the remaining energy until he reached the high level of Four-star Dou Zun.
• Gu He summoned the strengthened Green Lotus Core Flame and judged that its power now lay between ninth and tenth place on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Gu He prepared the materials needed to refine a body for Heavenly Fire Venerable and explained how the process could restore him to a physical form. He left Heavenly Fire Venerable stunned but hopeful as he prepared to begin refining the pill.

• Gu He collected Old Man Eagle Mountain’s corpse and refined the Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardman corpse into a vial of essence blood.
• After spending six days in the cave, Gu He returned to his room and asked Heavenly Fire Venerable whether he wanted a body compatible with his soul.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable reacted with disbelief and explained the known ways a bodiless soul could survive or occupy another body.
• Gu He explained that the process required a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill, a Seventh-tier Magical Beast’s essence bloodline, and a Dou Zong expert’s skeletal remains.
• Gu He described using the materials and Heavenly Flames to awaken the corpse, fuse it with Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul, and make the body and soul adapt to each other.

Gu He persuaded Heavenly Fire Venerable to help establish a foothold in the Central Continent in exchange for refining him a physical body. He began refining the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill, completing the extraction and first fusion before facing the most difficult stage.

• Gu He told Heavenly Fire Venerable that he wanted him to establish a force in the Central Continent, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed.
• Gu He explained that gathering the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill's ingredients would complete the materials needed to refine Heavenly Fire Venerable's body.
• Gu He began refining the pill in the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, using Azure Flame to extract more than a hundred supplementary ingredients.
• Gu He spent nearly fourteen hours extracting the three main ingredients, then fused them with their corresponding supplementary essences.
• Gu He produced two masses of medicinal liquid and one mass of powder, then prepared to fuse them into the pill's prototype.

Gu He completed the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill and used its pill lightning to strengthen the Earth Demon Puppet. After storing the pill and puppet, he stayed in the Small Valley to recover and prepare to help the Heavenly Fire Venerable refine a new body.

• Gu He spent five days fusing the medicinal essences, then nurtured the pill prototype for two more days until the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill formed.
• Pill lightning gathered over the Small Valley, and White Fang explained to Green Barbarian that such lightning could help peak Sixth Tier magical beasts advance toward human transformation.
• Gu He reinforced the spatial barrier, retrieved the pill, and released the Earth Demon Puppet to withstand the lightning tribulation.
• The Earth Demon Puppet absorbed the lightning and transformed nearly half its body into gold, reaching strength comparable to a nine-star Dou Zong.
• Gu He stored the pill and puppet, then cultivated to recover his Dou Qi before helping the Heavenly Fire Venerable refine a new body.

Gu He refined a new body for Heavenly Fire Venerable using Old Man Eagle Mountain’s corpse, Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardman essence blood, and a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill. After Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul merged with the body, he awakened, though Gu He found his strength had increased by only two stars.

• Gu He brought Heavenly Fire Venerable to the small hill and gave him the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill.
• Gu He infused Old Man Eagle Mountain’s corpse with Heavenly Fire Venerable’s Soul Power and covered it with Flame Lizardman essence blood.
• Gu He burned the corpse with the Green Lotus Core Flame for two days until the essence blood had fully permeated it.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable swallowed the pill and entered the corpse as Gu He continued burning it, triggering cycles of destruction and regeneration.
• After three days, Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul fully merged with the body, which transformed to match his original appearance.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable awakened with a powerful aura, and Gu He judged that his strength had risen by only two stars.

Heavenly Fire Venerable recovered in a new body and agreed to keep his resurrection secret while preparing to build a force in the Central Continent. Gu He planned to travel to the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Lin hesitated because she felt her cultivation was too weak.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable thanked Gu He for giving him a new life and promised to establish a force in the Central Continent.
• Gu He warned Heavenly Fire Venerable to conceal his resurrection and asked him to gather materials for a Poria Azure Pill.
• Gu He realized his strengthened Green Lotus Core Flame had gained the abilities to refine bodies and Poison Pills, and considered devouring more Heavenly Flames to seek Origin Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Gu He to rest, then agreed to accompany him to the Imperial Capital.
• Gu He asked Qing Lin if she would go with them, and Qing Lin said she wanted to but felt her cultivation was too weak.