Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin prepared a dramatic entrance above the Misty Cloud Sect while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran faced each other for their Three-Year Agreement duel. As Nalan Yanran warned Xiao Yan to wear his armor, he looked toward the sky and said to let the bullet fly a while longer.

• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian and Mr. Yao Mist Tokens and flew above the clouds carrying a black-red iron pillar.
• Jiang Lin dropped the pillar toward the Misty Cloud Sect and followed it in a free fall.
• Xiao Yan stood before Nalan Yanran as the gathered factions learned that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran equipped her Azure Mist Battle Armor, Azure Mist Wings, and Azure Mist Sword, then warned Xiao Yan to put on his armor.
• Xiao Yan looked toward the sky and told Nalan Yanran to let the bullet fly a while longer.

Jiang Lin sent the Heavenly Flame Components crashing down around Xiao Yan, who assembled them into armor and faced Nalan Yanran in their duel. Xiao Yan challenged her to apologize to his father if he won, and their battle began with Nalan Yanran launching Wind Blades.

• A fireball descended toward the Misty Cloud Sect, then split into streaks of Heavenly Flame that struck the ground around Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used his Dou Qi and prepared garment to assemble the Heavenly Flame Components into black-and-red armor.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that he wanted her to apologize to his father if he won, while Nalan Yanran said she would apologize to Uncle Xiao regardless of the outcome.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their fight, with her Wind Blades and his swift, thunderous movements opening the battle.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran tested their strength in a duel, revealing that both had powerful physiques and that Nalan Yanran's Azure Mist Set greatly enhanced her speed. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan abandoning his ruler and using Explosive Step and his Alchemist's perception to strike toward one of her afterimages.

• Xiao Yan's heavy-ruler blow sent Nalan Yanran flying, but she landed steadily and tested his strength.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan recognized that each had a second-tier physique and that their strength was closely matched despite their different cultivation levels.
• Nalan Yanran activated Dou Qi Resonance through her Azure Mist Sword and armor, then attacked Xiao Yan at exceptional speed.
• Xiao Yan abandoned the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler and used Explosive Step and his soul perception to predict an afterimage's position and punch.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged blows as their armor’s Dou Qi Resonance strengthened their combat abilities. Nalan Yanran broke through Xiao Yan’s defenses with a close-range kick and continued pressing her speed advantage.

• Xiao Yan abandoned his heavy ruler and activated Dou Qi Resonance, drawing in Heaven and Earth Energy and boosting his Dou Qi to the level of a Four-star Great Dou Shi.
• Yuan Bao explained that Dou Qi Resonance increased Xiao Yan’s total Dou Qi rather than changing his realm, while Hai Bodong and the spectators reacted to the effect.
• Nalan Yanran revealed her Five-star Great Dou Shi aura and used Azure Mist Slash, carving a deep mark into Xiao Yan’s arm armor.
• Nalan Yanran dashed low past Xiao Yan’s guard and struck his lower abdomen with Gale Leg, sending him sliding backward.
• Nalan Yanran followed with close-range punches and kicks, exploiting her speed to keep attacking Xiao Yan’s defenses.

Xiao Yan struggled against Nalan Yanran’s speed and sword-assisted close-range attacks, while his heavy Heavenly Fire Battle Armor kept him alive but made it harder to respond. He eventually blasted her away with his ruler and leaped into the sky, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Nalan Yanran repeatedly cut and struck Xiao Yan, evading his counterattacks and leaving him unable to match her speed.
• Xiao Yan realized his Soul Power could track Nalan Yanran’s movements, but his body could not keep up well enough to land attacks on her vital points.
• Xiao Yan argued that his heavy armor slowed him down, while Nalan Yanran challenged him to remove it and claimed she could defeat him in three strikes.
• Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Core Flame failed to threaten Nalan Yanran because her Dou Qi shield could keep the flames at bay.
• Xiao Yan spun with the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler and blasted Nalan Yanran away, then leaped into the sky and spread his light wings.

Xiao Yan admitted that Nalan Yanran’s Azure Mist equipment made her nearly unbeatable in a ground fight, and he could not match her speed. When she took the fight into the air, he used his wings and the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler to become more agile and defend against her attacks.

• Xiao Yan took to the air and conceded that Nalan Yanran’s speed and balanced Azure Mist equipment were wearing him down.
• Yao Chen taunted Xiao Yan for failing to master Jiang Lin’s advanced use of Explosive Step.
• Nalan Yanran activated the Azure Mist Wings and launched herself toward Xiao Yan, while he climbed higher to exploit his aerial advantage.
• Xiao Yan swung his ruler at Nalan Yanran, then used it as a shield to block her counterattack.
• Xiao Yan began shifting freely between shield and greatsword with the Profound Ruler Movement, making Nalan Yanran find him troublesome to fight.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought an aerial battle above Yunlan Plaza, demonstrating how Feather Sheath Wings and their equipment could elevate two Da Dou Shi to extraordinary combat strength. As the crowd watched in stunned silence, a hooded observer investigated Xiao Yan and Jiang Lin before noticing the white-haired elder restraining a hulking man with Red-Gold Eyes.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler and agile aerial movements to block Nalan Yanran's attacks and counterattack.
• Xiao Yan taunted Nalan Yanran's inexperience with Feather Sheath Wings as she struggled to adapt her ground-fighting skills to the air.
• The factions at Yunlan Plaza watched in astonishment as the armored Da Dou Shi fought above them, displaying combat power that seemed comparable to Dou Ling.
• A hooded man wondered whether Jiang Lin was from the locked-down Spirit Clan and searched the crowd for someone.
• The hooded man spotted a white-haired elder holding a hulking man, then looked away; the hulking man raised his head and flashed his Red-Gold Eyes.
• The hulking man told the elder that he would repair the mountain-protecting formation and asked him not to be angry.

Jiang Lin spoke with Yun Shan, who proposed a wager over Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s fight. Xiao Yan unveiled the Mysterious Flame Xuan Heavy Cannon and began bombarding Nalan Yanran, whose damaged Azure Mist Wings limited her flight.

• Yun Shan told Jiang Lin he knew Xiao Yan was connected to the death of Mo Cheng and proposed that Xiao Yan leave if he lost the fight.
• Jiang Lin asked what would happen if Xiao Yan won, and Yun Shan said the Misty Cloud Sect would demand a price for the damage to its dignity.
• Xiao Yan knocked Nalan Yanran out of the air with a spinning slash, damaging her Azure Mist Wings.
• Xiao Yan split the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler into the Mysterious Flame Xuan Heavy Cannon and fired at Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran dodged the first cannon blast, but Xiao Yan used the Fire Element Crystal Core to replenish his energy and launched a barrage while she struggled to recover her flight.

Xiao Yan used the Mysterious Flame Xuan Heavy Cannon to keep Nalan Yanran grounded and bombard her during their Three-Year Agreement, explaining that he had come to defend his father’s dignity rather than prove his own strength. The battle continued with Nalan Yanran trying to repair her Feather Sheath Wings while Xiao Yan prepared to use the cannon’s different firing modes.

• Xiao Yan refused to draw on the full power of his sixth-grade Fire Element Crystal Core and bombarded Nalan Yanran with Xuan Heavy Cannons instead.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that he sought an apology for her public humiliation of Xiao Zhan, not proof of his own strength.
• The spectators cheered as Nalan Yanran dodged the cannon fire, and Yuan Bao explained that her damaged Feather Sheath Wings might recover but that Xiao Yan’s weapon gave him an advantage.
• A hidden observer recorded Xiao Yan’s battle at the Misty Cloud Sect for their young mistress.
• Xiao Yan recalled that Jiang Lin had optimized the Mysterious Flame Xuan Heavy Cannon, giving it standard, Small Fire Lotus, and Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus modes.

Xiao Yan used the Xuan Heavy Cannon and a close-range feint to defeat Nalan Yanran in their aerial battle at Yunlan Plaza. He landed before her after the blast broke her wings, while her Azure Mist Sword remained trapped beneath his arm.

• Nalan Yanran dodged Xiao Yan’s cannon fire and counterattacked with her Azure Mist Sword, but Xiao Yan evaded her strikes and blocked her sword with the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler.
• Xiao Yan canceled the ruler’s cannon form to protect its exposed inner circuits, then fought Nalan Yanran at close range with Eight Extremes Collapse and armored fists.
• Xiao Yan trapped Nalan Yanran’s sword beneath his arm, seized her, and prompted her to look up at the hovering Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler.
• The Xuan Heavy Cannon blasted Nalan Yanran from the sky and broke her wings, while Xiao Yan survived the explosion and descended before her.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran after their equipment-enhanced duel, then stopped her uncontrolled final attack with his Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler. Nalan Yanran admitted defeat but collapsed from her injuries, and Xiao Yan gave her a medicinal pill.

• Xiao Yan explained how their equipment had exposed Nalan Yanran’s weaknesses and thrown away her Azure Mist Sword after narrowly avoiding its blade.
• Nalan Yanran refused to accept defeat and gathered Azure Wind Dou Qi for her final sword strike, Wind Extreme: Meteor Kill.
• Xiao Yan raised the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler, and it blocked Nalan Yanran’s sword-light charge, shattering her blade.
• Nalan Yanran admitted defeat and started toward the Misty Cloud Hall, but collapsed from injuries caused by her own sword fragments.
• Xiao Yan caught the unconscious Nalan Yanran and fed her a medicinal pill while a subordinate reported watching him.

After defeating Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan rejected the wager that would make her his servant and formally ended their engagement with the Misty Cloud Sect’s consent. As he prepared to leave, someone sharply called for him to wait.

• Yun Yun announced Xiao Yan’s victory and asked whether he would enforce the wager against the unconscious Nalan Yanran.
• Jiang Lin flattered Yun Shan and promised to stop Xiao Yan if he tried to humiliate the Misty Cloud Sect further.
• Xiao Yan declared that he had come to end his engagement with Nalan Yanran, not claim her as a servant.
• Yun Yun accepted the breakup on Nalan Yanran’s behalf and publicly declared that the two had no further ties.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave, but a sharp voice called, “Wait!”

Yun Suo accused Xiao Yan of killing Mo Cheng and attacked him after demanding that he remain at the Misty Cloud Sect. As Yun Suo prepared to strike again, Jiang Lin dropped from the sky and stomped him into the ground.

• Yun Suo accused Xiao Yan of killing Mo Cheng and insisted that he stay at the Misty Cloud Sect pending an investigation.
• Xiao Yan mocked Yun Suo, calling him the Misty Cloud Sect's dog and provoking him into a rage.
• Yun Suo attacked Xiao Yan with the Cloud-Dispelling Palm, sending him flying backward after his strike hit the Heavenly Flame Profound Weight Ruler.
• Jiang Lin descended from the sky and stomped Yun Suo into the ground, joking that he had made a perfect landing on dog shit.

Jiang Lin intervened when Yun Leng attacked Xiao Yan, pinning the Misty Cloud Sect elder beneath his foot and exposing that Yun Leng was using the sect’s name to avenge his subordinate Mo Cheng. Yun Yun allowed Yun Leng to accept Jiang Lin’s challenge, and the chapter ended as Jiang Lin beckoned him forward, promising not to kill him.

• Jiang Lin stomped Yun Leng into the ground and asked Yun Yun whether his landing counted as an attack on the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan recovered from the recoil of blocking Yun Leng’s attack, while the watching Dou Emperors reacted to Jiang Lin’s strength.
• Yun Leng accused Jiang Lin of ambushing him and called for the Misty Cloud Sect’s men to seize him.
• Jiang Lin kicked Yun Leng away and gave him the chance to fight back.
• Yun Yun permitted Yun Leng to accept Jiang Lin’s challenge after realizing he had acted to protect his own standing and his subordinate Mo Cheng.
• Yun Leng insisted he represented the Misty Cloud Sect, and Jiang Lin crooked a finger at him, saying he would not beat him to death.

Jiang Lin effortlessly defeated Yun Leng after the Misty Cloud Sect Great Elder attacked him, demonstrating how he had mastered Eight Extremes Collapse. The chapter ended with Yao Chen realizing Jiang Lin had turned the technique into a human-killing art designed to counter people.

• Yun Leng grew angry at Jiang Lin's provocation and charged at him with a Mysterious-grade movement technique.
• Jiang Lin showed Xiao Yan the proper way to use Eight Extremes Collapse, then struck Yun Leng before he could defend himself and stomped him into the ground.
• Jiang Lin drove more force through his foot, blasted Yun Leng away, and left him trembling in the dust.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Jiang Lin had cultivated Eight Extremes Collapse into a human-killing technique designed to counter humans.

Yao Chen explained that Jiang Lin had mastered Eight Extremes Collapse to the point where it could bypass defenses and incapacitate Yun Leng without injuring him. Yun Yun then clarified the Misty Cloud Sect’s investigation into Mo Cheng’s crimes, leaving Xiao Yan surprised by her fairness.

• Yao Chen explained to Xiao Yan that Jiang Lin’s Eight Extremes Collapse sent force through Yun Leng’s body, incapacitating him while shattering the stone beneath him.
• Jiang Lin apologized to Yun Yun for Yun Leng’s defeat and said he had given the elder a chance.
• Yun Yun emerged from Misty Cloud Hall and explained that Mo Cheng had abducted Xiao Yan’s friend and tried to kill Jiang Lin before the Mo Clan surrendered the girl.
• Yun Yun’s account restored some of the Misty Cloud Sect’s reputation, while Xiao Yan privately told Yao Chen he had not expected her to be so reasonable.
• Yao Chen reminded Xiao Yan that he and Yun Yun had met before, but Jiang Lin had taken away his opportunity.

Yun Yun expelled Mo Cheng and moved to punish Yun Leng for abusing his position and damaging the Misty Cloud Sect. Jiang Lin backed her reforms by offering the sect a partnership and unveiling Crystal Pills, leaving the gathered powers eager to see the new weapon.

• Yun Yun stripped Mo Cheng of his elder authority and expelled him from the Misty Cloud Sect for his crimes.
• Yun Yun accused Yun Leng of using the sect for personal gain and declared that his crimes warranted death.
• Jiang Lin placed a hand on Yun Leng's shoulder as Yun Yun pressed ahead with reforming the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao offered to establish a cooperative relationship between the Jia Ma Artifact Refining Guild and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jiang Lin revealed Crystal Pills that could help Dou Zhe temper their bodies and offered one to everyone present.
• Fa Ma realized Jiang Lin's offer was aimed at the Jia Ma Artifact Refining Guild.

Jiang Lin distributed second-tier Crystal Pills to the Misty Cloud Sect and explained their limits to Xiao Yan, while discussing his plans for an automatic cultivation Dou Artifact. They met Yun Shan in Misty Cloud Hall, where he agreed to hear Jiang Lin’s cooperation proposal and called for a discussion of the sect’s resources and internal purge.

• Jiang Lin gave second-tier Crystal Pills to the Misty Cloud Sect’s roughly two thousand people, and Xiao Yan asked whether they could cultivate Dou Qi automatically.
• Jiang Lin explained that Crystal Pills relied on Fire-Gold Dou Qi and said he was experimenting with creating an automatic cultivation Dou Artifact using Crystal Cores.
• Jiang Lin led Xiao Yan into Misty Cloud Hall to meet the Misty Cloud Sect’s true master, Yun Shan, and Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Yun Shan was a Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan praised Xiao Yan’s battle performance, rebuked Jiang Lin for secretly damaging the sect’s mountain-protecting array, and agreed to discuss cooperation.
• Jiang Lin asked Yun Shan to invite Fa Ma, Jia Xing Tian, and the others to negotiate, explaining that Crystal Pills were low-cost consumables with great demand.

Jiang Lin explained how Crystal Pills worked and why their production required Artifact Forgers, prompting Yun Shan to seek cooperation with the Jia Ma Empire. Yun Shan offered Xiao Yan a place in the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan accepted an unofficial guest elder position in exchange for protection for his clan.

• Jiang Lin explained that Crystal Pills could temper the body without side effects but could not raise a user’s physique beyond their Dou Qi realm.
• Yun Shan recognized that the Misty Cloud Sect could not control the Crystal Pill market alone and sent Yun Yun to speak with Jia Xing Tian and the others.
• Yun Shan asked Xiao Yan to join the Misty Cloud Sect as his disciple.
• Xiao Yan explained that his existing teacher, his strained ties with sect members, and his promise to meet someone at Jia Nan Academy prevented him from joining immediately.
• Yun Shan offered Xiao Yan an unofficial guest elder position and promised to protect his clansmen, and Xiao Yan accepted.

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan discussed their plans after the Three-Year Agreement, and Jiang Lin told him that Jia Nan Academy’s Qi Refining Tower might be connected to a Heavenly Flame. After parting with Xiao Yan, Jiang Lin reunited with Mr. Yao, who praised his achievements and hinted at a farewell.

• Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan that the Qi Refining Tower at Jia Nan Academy might be connected to a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan grew eager to investigate it.
• Jiang Lin said he planned to refine pills, pursue his experiments, and possibly visit Jia Nan Academy, where he might meet Xiao Yan again.
• Jiang Lin sensed that Queen Medusa might soon appear, said goodbye to Xiao Yan, and flew back toward Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Jiang Lin found Mr. Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Mist Eagle, and Mr. Yao praised how Jiang Lin had grown strong and built influence in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Mr. Yao reminisced about raising Jiang Lin and said he was proud that Jiang Lin could stand on his own, while Jiang Lin remained silent because he knew Mr. Yao was leaving.