Chapter Summaries

Gu He killed the Black Wind Group after it left the convoy, then destroyed the bodies and returned to watch over the travelers. On the third day, a Black Windstorm battered the convoy, and Gu He sent a blue eagle formed from Heavenly Flames toward the gathering energy.

• Gu He followed Li Gui away from the convoy and killed him with a single palm strike.
• The Black Wind Group fled, but Gu He used Thousand Flame Sword Qi to kill its members, then destroyed their bodies.
• The convoy cremated its dead and continued toward Twilight City at a faster pace.
• On the third day, a Black Windstorm struck, and the convoy formed its carts into a circle as the darkness and gales swept people away.
• Gu He formed Heavenly Flames into a blue eagle and hurled it toward the storm's gathering energy.

After surviving the Black Windstorm and crossing the plains, Gu He reached Twilight City and demanded that Fan Lao hand it over. Fan Lao attacked, but Gu He revealed his Heavenly Flames and suppressed the Blood Sect master, leaving their fight poised to continue.

• The caravan survived the Black Windstorm, mourned more than twenty missing people, and continued toward Twilight City.
• Gu He destroyed a group of Black Bandits and left the caravan when he sensed Twilight City nearby.
• Gu He flew into Twilight City, overwhelmed its guards with his Dou Emperor aura, and demanded that Fan Lao give him the city.
• Fan Lao refused Gu He's demand and attacked him with blood-red mist.
• Gu He unleashed his green Heavenly Flames, disrupting Fan Lao's Dou Qi and triggering his alarm at the Blood Sect's natural nemesis.

Gu He battled Fan Lao, wounding him with his Heavenly Flame and slaughtering the Blood Sect warriors who came to his aid. Fan Lao then seized an opening and attacked Gu He with Blood Demon Hand.

• Gu He struck Fan Lao with Eagle Incineration, burning his hands, but Fan Lao escaped by turning himself into a streak of blood-red light.
• Fan Lao accused Gu He of trying to kill him, and Gu He admitted he intended to do so.
• Hao Han arrived with nearly a thousand Blood Sect warriors, and Fan Lao ordered them to attack Gu He.
• Gu He unleashed nearly three hundred streams of sword Qi, killing many Blood Sect warriors and wrecking part of the city wall.
• Fan Lao used the chaos to approach Gu He unnoticed and attacked with Blood Demon Hand.

Gu He fought off Fan Lao and the Blood Sect warriors with his Heavenly Flame and sword while Fan Lao gathered blood aura to strengthen himself. Fan Lao then unleashed Blood Transformation and charged at Gu He with sharpened claws.

• Fan Lao sacrificed blood to escape Gu He's attack, but Gu He's Azure Flame incinerated the blood-red hand.
• Fan Lao ordered the Blood Sect warriors to keep attacking and assigned Hao Han to hold Gu He back.
• Hao Han threw silver-white darts at Gu He, but the Green Lotus Core Flame melted them.
• Gu He cut down the Blood Sect warriors as they swarmed the city wall, while Fan Lao gathered and absorbed a sea of blood.
• Fan Lao activated Blood Transformation, sent the warriors away, and lunged at Gu He with blood-red claws.

Gu He trapped Fan Lao and Hao Han in the city and revealed power close to the Peak Dou Emperor level. Fan Lao and Hao Han launched desperate attacks, and the chapter ended with Gu He’s soul cone destroying Hao Han’s Blood Poison Seal and continuing toward him.

• Gu He reclaimed his scattered Green Lotus Core Flame, revealed his full strength, and raised his aura to the Peak Dou Emperor level.
• Fan Lao and Hao Han considered fleeing, but Gu He surrounded nearly half the city with threads of flame to block their escape.
• Fan Lao offered to withdraw the Blood Sect and swore he would not become Gu He’s enemy, but Gu He refused and challenged him to fight at full strength.
• Fan Lao condensed a blood spear while Hao Han formed the Blood Poison Seal, and Gu He channeled his Dou Qi into his sword as they prepared to attack.
• Hao Han sent the Blood Poison Seal at Gu He, who pierced it with a soul cone that continued toward Hao Han despite the backlash disrupting Gu He’s Dou Qi.

Gu He killed Hao Han and shattered Fan Lao’s strongest Blood Spear technique, then nearly finished Fan Lao with a Heavenly Flame-imbued kick. Fan Lao escaped at great cost, leaving Gu He determined to kill him.

• Gu He broke Hao Han’s blood seal with Soul Power and killed him with a soul spike.
• Fan Lao launched his Blood Spear technique, and Gu He met it with Cloud Tearing Sword Qi in a clash that devastated part of the city.
• Gu He broke the Blood Spear with Soul Power, then struck Fan Lao through his shields and Blood Devouring Armor.
• Gu He appeared behind Fan Lao and kicked toward his head, but Fan Lao sacrificed his left hand and used a blood mist to escape.
• Fan Lao reappeared hundreds of meters away, gravely injured, and Gu He said Fan Lao’s decisiveness made him even more determined to kill him.

Fan Lao tried to escape Gu He by breaking through the fire net, but Gu He caught up and cornered him. With no hope of escape, Fan Lao unleashed a final attack, leaving Gu He to face a crystal-like arm charged with his remaining power.

• Fan Lao tore off his charred left hand, used his blood to form a protective membrane, and broke through Gu He's fire net.
• Gu He swallowed a Windwalk Pill and pursued Fan Lao at wind-boosted speed.
• Fan Lao tried to fend off Gu He's sword shadows, but stopped when Gu He closed to within a hundred meters.
• Fan Lao drained his blood and Dou Qi to form a sea of blood, then concentrated his remaining power into a crystalline right arm and sent it toward Gu He.
• Gu He calmly told Fan Lao that Twilight City, which Fan Lao had managed for years, was the real gift he had left behind.

Gu He defeated Fan Lao, claimed Twilight City, and imposed three rules on its residents. He headed to the Blood Sect's headquarters to take over its legacy while leaving an intelligent afterimage to keep order in the city.

• Gu He used a second Soul Hammer to shatter Fan Lao's crystalline arm, collected items from Fan Lao's shattered Ring, and flew back to Twilight City.
• Gu He announced that Fan Lao was dead and that Twilight City belonged to him, silencing the residents with his reputation and killing intent.
• Gu He forbade fighting, harming Jia Nan Academy's teachers or students, and persecuting alchemists, warning that violators would die.
• Gu He told residents they could leave peacefully and warned them against exploiting the chaos, then sent an intelligent afterimage to watch over the city.
• Gu He flew to the Blood Sect's headquarters, where its members were scrambling to seize valuables and flee.

Gu He tracked the Blood Sect’s remaining leaders to their underground headquarters and confronted them as they prepared to flee Twilight City. The chapter ended with Fan Ling blaming a supposed traitor for revealing their location, while Gu He faced the assembled sect members.

• Fan Ling and the Blood Sect elders decided to withdraw from Twilight City and take the treasury with them.
• Fan Ling ordered Elder Liu to destroy treasures they could not carry and retrieve the storage rings.
• Gu He sensed the Blood Sect’s leaders underground, broke through the hidden entrance, and killed the guards with green flames.
• Gu He flew into the underground hall, startling nearly a hundred Blood Sect members into silence.
• Fan Ling shouted at the crowd and accused someone of leaking the headquarters’ location.

Gu He slaughtered the Blood Sect’s underground forces and tracked Fan Ling as he fled with most of the sect’s treasures. He found Elder Liu destroying valuables in the treasury, spared him after securing his obedience, and learned where the remaining treasures had gone.

• Gu He killed the Blood Sect elders underground while Fan Ling and several elders escaped, and he secretly marked the fleeing group.
• Gu He gathered the dead elders’ Rings, burned their bodies, replenished his city-protecting afterimage, and searched the Blood Sect headquarters for surviving experts.
• Gu He found Elder Liu directing warriors to destroy the treasury’s treasures, and his warning stopped them from damaging the pitch-black Medicine Cauldron.
• Gu He told Elder Liu that Fan Lao and the Blood Sect’s underground core forces were dead, then forced Elder Liu to choose between serving him and dying.
• Elder Liu told Gu He that Fan Ling had taken most of the treasury’s treasures and that several elders carried the rest in their Rings.

Gu He learned about the treasures in the Blood Sect treasury, then pursued Fan Ling and the escaping Blood Sect remnants. As Fan Ling led several hundred warriors toward the Black Region Great Plains, Gu He prepared to attack them and close his net.

• Gu He killed nearby Blood Sect warriors while Elder Liu explained the treasury’s treasures, including an unusual Medicine Cauldron that no one could use.
• Gu He sensed Fan Ling meeting the escaped elders and took Elder Liu with him toward their location.
• Fan Ling persuaded the elders and several hundred Blood Sect warriors to leave the forest and head for the Black Region Great Plains to find his father.
• Gu He caught up with the group, left Elder Liu behind under a tracking mark, and warned him to await further orders.
• Gu He charged toward Fan Ling’s group and sent sword shadows flying at the Blood Sect warriors.

Gu He forced Liu Jianlin to prove his loyalty by killing the Blood Sect’s surviving leaders. After Liu Jianlin killed the elders and Fan Ling, he handed their Rings to Gu He.

• Gu He slaughtered the Blood Sect warriors and rejected Elder Han’s plea, saying he would eliminate future threats.
• Liu Jianlin arrived and denied Elder Luo’s accusation that he had leaked the Blood Sect’s whereabouts.
• Gu He ordered Liu Jianlin to kill the four survivors, then struck down the three elders when Liu Jianlin said he could not defeat them.
• Liu Jianlin killed the wounded elders and hesitated when Fan Ling warned that Fan Lao might still be alive.
• Gu He said Fan Lao was dead and ordered Liu Jianlin to continue, so Liu Jianlin killed Fan Ling and gave Gu He the four Rings.

Gu Ling rewarded Liu Jianlin for helping him defeat the Blood Sect and ordered him to publicize Gu Ling’s alchemy skills and an upcoming pill demonstration. After sending Liu Jianlin away, Gu Ling began examining the Rings he had seized.

• Gu Ling collected the Blood Sect warriors’ Rings and burned their corpses to ashes.
• Gu Ling gave Liu Jianlin a Fifth-grade Dragon Power Pill, earning his gratitude and loyalty.
• Gu Ling and Liu Jianlin returned to Twilight City, where Gu Ling ordered him to spread news of the reward and Gu Ling’s Sixth-grade Alchemist status.
• Gu Ling gave Liu Jianlin five hundred thousand gold coins for publicity and kept him out of the treasure chamber.
• Gu Ling opened the bag of seized Rings inside the chamber and prepared to inspect their contents.

Gu He sorted through the Blood Sect's treasure trove, cataloguing cultivation techniques, Dou Skills, medicinal ingredients, and more than ten million gold coins. He discovered that the strange black Medicine Cauldron contained a large amount of Cold Crystal and could make Heavenly Flames easier to control.

• Gu He sorted the treasure trove's scrolls, noting the Blood Sect's highest cultivation technique was High-grade Profound and setting aside valuable techniques, Dou Skills, formulas, and treasure maps.
• Gu He stored the medicinal ingredients, burned worthless clothes and daily items, and gathered more than ten million gold coins into a Ring.
• Gu He examined the black Medicine Cauldron and found that it focused the mind but did not work for an ordinary Third-grade Alchemist.
• Gu He poured Dou Qi and Heavenly Flames into the cauldron, discovering that it strengthened his control over the flames and lowered their temperature.
• Gu He sent Soul Power into the cauldron and discovered that its Cold Crystal was worth at least as much as a Seventh-grade Pill Formula.

Gu He sorted the treasure he had seized, prepared gifts for Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and chose to gamble on an Imperial Pill to advance his cultivation. Meanwhile, Liu Jianlin’s announcements drew a crowd to the former Blood Sect Headquarters, and he rushed to tell Gu He about their arrival.

• Gu He packed away the Medicine Cauldrons, weapons, and unidentified items, setting aside gifts for Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Liu Jianlin’s news spread through Twilight City, exciting people with the promise of a Fifth-grade pill and Gu He’s public pill refinement seven days later.
• Gu He chose to consume an Imperial Pill rather than rely on several Spirit Dou Pills, then spent the latter half of the night restoring his Dou Qi.
• Residents gathered outside the former Blood Sect Headquarters to see Gu He, and Liu Jianlin learned they had come to meet him.
• Liu Jianlin hurried to the treasure chamber, where Gu He had just finished cultivating and questioned him about his rush.

Gu He refined a Fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder in public to prove his standing as a Sixth-grade Alchemist, then gave it to a youth and guided him through his advancement. The youth formed a Fighting Qi Vortex, beginning his transformation into a Dou Zhe.

• Gu He addressed the crowd of more than ten thousand and announced that he would refine a Fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder before them.
• Gu He refined the pill in his Medicine Cauldron, drawing cheers from the crowd as it took shape.
• Gu He selected a youth at the ninth stage of Fighting Energy, gave him the pill, and promised to protect him as he advanced.
• The youth swallowed the pill, and Gu He controlled the surrounding energy while guiding him through its refinement.
• At Gu He's command, the youth condensed his Fighting Qi into a milky-white vortex in his lower abdomen.

After rewarding a youth for his breakthrough, Gu He announced that he would refine a Fifth-grade pill in seven days and give it to someone in the crowd. He left Twilight City to enter seclusion, leaving Liu Jianlin in charge of keeping the city orderly until his return.

• The youth kowtowed to Gu He in gratitude, and Gu He announced that he would refine a Fifth-grade pill in seven days and give it to someone who caught his eye.
• Gu He exposed Luo Laosan’s soundwave trick and injured him, then reassured the Five Tiger Gang member who asked for mercy that Luo Laosan would recover.
• Gu He ordered Liu Jianlin to publicize the upcoming pill refinement, clean the Blood Sect Headquarters, and leave the city’s factions alone for now.
• Gu He gave Liu Jianlin a jade slip to summon him in an emergency and warned that he would have no use for him if he could not manage Twilight City.
• Gu He flew out of the city to enter seclusion, while Liu Jianlin promised to prevent unrest during his absence.

Gu He refined an Imperial Pill and a Spirit Dou Pill to break through to Dou Huang Nine-star, then returned toward Twilight City. News of his claimed status as a Sixth-grade Alchemist and Fan Lao’s death spread through the nearby cities, prompting several leaders to respond.

• Gu He refined the Imperial Pill for a day and a half, reaching the peak of Dou Huang Eight-star but falling short of breaking through.
• Gu He used the Devouring Flame to refine a Spirit Dou Pill and absorbed its energy while repeatedly attacking the barrier to Dou Huang Nine-star.
• Gu He broke through to Dou Huang Nine-star, declared that he needed a Sect Breaking Pill before preparing to reach Dou Zong, and flew back toward Twilight City.
• Liu Jianlin’s report reached cities near Twilight City, announcing that a Dou Emperor who claimed to be a Sixth-grade Alchemist had killed Fan Lao and would publicly refine Fifth-grade pills.
• The Black Emperor City Sect Master sent Che Cheng with Ya'er to investigate and seek a good relationship with Gu He if his alchemy credentials were genuine.
• Yuan Yi instructed Elder Ling not to offend Gu He, while a Maple City leader planned to meet him and an Earth Flame City leader worried about the threat he posed.

Gu He returned to Twilight City, punished those who violated his rules, and received representatives from across the Black Corner Region, including Han Feng. After executing fighters from the Eight Fan Gate and the Rakshasa Gate, he left their leaders cowed while Han Feng watched with interest.

• Yan sent Elder Han to observe Gu He after learning that he planned to make an announcement to the Black Corner Region.
• Gu He returned to Twilight City, burned the Blood Sect plaque, and found Liu Jianlin exhausted from managing the city.
• Gu He reviewed reports of street brawls and sent an afterimage to kill the people responsible.
• Gu He received Han Feng and later welcomed representatives from distant factions as Twilight City drew more visitors.
• Gu He executed everyone involved in a fight between the Eight Fan Gate and the Rakshasa Gate, then used his aura to subdue their leaders.
• Han Feng watched Gu He depart and remarked on the temper of the man he called Gu Ling.

Gu He publicly refined a Fifth-grade pill in Twilight City to demonstrate his alchemy skill, while Han Feng recognized Gu He's Green Lotus Core Flame and considered taking it. After studying Gu He's techniques and strength, Han Feng decided he had almost no chance of killing him.

• Residents and powerful cultivators filled Twilight City's plaza to watch Gu He refine pills.
• Gu He arrived and explained that he would refine a Fifth-grade pill in public, then began using his Black Ice Medicine Cauldron and Azure Flame.
• Han Feng identified the Azure Flame as the Green Lotus Core Flame and fantasized about devouring it to increase his strength.
• Gu He extracted medicinal essences from the ingredients while remaining alert to the crowd below.
• After watching Gu He's alchemy and weighing their relative strengths, Han Feng concluded that killing Gu He was nearly impossible.