Chapter Summaries

Xu Kun killed the Fire Poison Ant Queen, used racial dominion to command and slaughter the remaining Fire Poison Ants, then turned them into a soul army. He discovered Heart-Earth Fire Poison Spirit Milk underground and began using it to strengthen the Corrosive Poison Termite Race before announcing a grand clearing operation.

• Xu Kun killed the Fire Poison Ant Queen, gained its Fire Poison Body talent and dominion over the Fire Poison Ant Race, then ordered the remaining ants to line up and killed them.
• Xu Kun summoned the souls of the Fire Poison Ant Queen and all 13,440 Fire Poison Ants, forming an army of soul soldiers and a soul general.
• Xu Kun brought the Heart-Devouring Blood Ant Emperor and a thousand Corrosive Poison Termites underground, where he found the Heart-Earth Fire Poison Spirit Milk Crystal.
• Xu Kun broke open the crystal, collected its spirit milk, and placed the Corrosive Poison Termites in it to raise their levels and ranks.
• Xu Kun returned to the surface, buried the underground entrance, and told his companions to begin a grand clearing operation.

Xu Kun led his growing Soul Soldier army through the Poisonous Mistlands and crossed the Crimson River despite its poisonous mist and dangerous aquatic monsters. After slaying the river’s boss and summoning it as a Soul General, he brought his army into the inner region.

• Xu Kun marched north with his Soul Soldier army, which grew to sixteen thousand as it swept away monsters and gained four Soul Generals.
• At the Crimson River, Yang Yao explained its water-poisoned monsters, fire-poisoned mist, and the usual advice to cross during the coldest part of the day.
• Xu Kun ordered the army across at noon, then used his ice skills to freeze and kill large numbers of aquatic monsters while the party gained a level.
• Xu Kun transformed into a dragon and unleashed Ice Dragon's Breath, but a water jiao emerged from the cracking ice and challenged him.
• Xu Kun killed the level 5 tenth-tier A-grade Crimson River Jiao, summoned its soul as his first Soul General, and led the army across the river into the Poisonous Mistlands' inner region.

After killing the Crimson River Jiao, Xu Kun and his companions entered the Poisonous Mistlands’ inner region and used his Soul Soldier army to hunt powerful elite monsters while they gained experience. Xu Kun reached Level 10 Level 4 and gathered poisonous herbs, but the Book of Life and Death: General Outline suddenly reacted to something nearby.

• Xu Kun gained the A-rank Water Jiao Poison talent from killing the Crimson River Jiao and discovered that its death had earned him the Poison Dragon’s hatred.
• Xu Kun led Yang Yao, Sikong Ting, and Shen-bao into the inner Poisonous Mistlands, where his Soul Soldier army scouted Level 10 Level 6 through Level 10 Level 8 elite monsters.
• Xu Kun sent his five Soul Generals and Soul Soldier army to fight the elite monsters while the four companions played Landlord and gained experience.
• The Soul Soldier army suffered heavy losses but killed elite monsters that yielded experience, A-rank Spirit Stone Shards, and poisonous herbs Xu Kun gathered.
• Xu Kun reached Level 10 Level 4, then felt his chest grow hot as the Book of Life and Death: General Outline reacted, and he looked toward the source.

Xu Kun found Duan Yu and Zhong Ling near the Poison Source Pool and saved them from the poison with Five Elements Poison Avoidance Pills. After they explained how the Joyous Union Sect and Five Venoms Sect had driven them into the Poisonous Mistlands, Duan Yu revealed his connection to the Dali Duan Family, leaving Xu Kun to recognize the family’s link to the legendary Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing.

• Xu Kun sensed a Book of Life and Death fragment nearby and approached after his soul soldiers were killed and he heard humans calling for help.
• Duan Yu accidentally struck Xu Kun with a powerful light-element beam, then recognized him as a fellow human and introduced him to the poisoned Zhong Ling.
• Xu Kun used two Five Elements Poison Avoidance Pills to save Zhong Ling and Duan Yu, whose aura had triggered the Book of Life and Death’s master outline.
• Xu Kun checked their profiles and learned that Duan Yu had an SS-tier Child of Light talent and that Zhong Ling was an S-rank Spirit Tamer with a Lightning Sable.
• Duan Yu explained that the Joyous Union Sect and Five Venoms Sect had pursued them, driving them across the Chi River and deeper into the Poisonous Mistlands.
• Duan Yu identified himself as a descendant of the Dali Duan Family, and Xu Kun recalled the family’s connection to Duan Zhixing.

Xu Kun obtained Page 107 of the Book of Life and Death from Duan Yu, who gave it to repay Xu Kun for saving him and Zhong Ling. The page greatly enhanced the artifact and gave Xu Kun power over insectoids, leaving him imagining the strength of an insectoid army.

• Xu Kun learned that Duan Yu and Zhong Ling had entered Guanjiang Ghost Manor to retrieve an item sought by Duan Yu's family elders.
• Duan Yu handed Xu Kun a Human Book fragment to repay him for saving them, and Xu Kun received SS-tier Page 107: Insectoid Registry.
• The fragment joined the Book of Life and Death, improving its attributes and abilities and unlocking information and life-and-death powers over countless insectoids.
• Xu Kun considered how unifying the many insectoid races could create an army capable of sweeping across the world.

Xu Kun gained the 107th page of the Book of Man from Duan Yu and continued leveling with his companions in the Poisonous Mistlands. After recalling most of his soul soldiers, he led the group deeper into the toxic area to pursue their leveling goal before their trip to Imperial Capital Academy.

• Xu Kun accepted the Book of Man page from Duan Yu and traded away two SS-tier poison avoidance pills, while Duan Yu promised to help him in the future.
• Duan Yu and Zhong Ling separated from Xu Kun to search for Zhong Ling's Lightning Sable and a poisonous herb, and Duan Yu privately guessed Xu Kun's identity.
• Xu Kun returned to Yang Yao and the others, who stopped playing Landlord when he told them nearby monsters had mostly been cleared and his soul soldier army had dwindled to about two thousand.
• Xu Kun gave his companions the remaining Five Elements Poison Avoidance Pills and led them deeper into the Poisonous Mistlands to reach Level 10, Level 5 before leaving for Imperial Capital Academy.

Xu Kun pushed deeper into the Poisonous Mistlands while his companions left, then disguised himself as a Crimson River Jiao to investigate the Poison Source Pool. He learned that the Poisonous Mistlands’ bosses had gathered there to await the birth of a mysterious thing, and the chapter ended as the Ink Jiao led him up the mountain.

• Xu Kun explained that his health regeneration let him endure the poison without a Five Elements Poison Avoidance Pill, while his group hunted elite monsters for another day.
• Yang Yao left the Haotian Pagoda after teasing Xu Kun, and he decided to investigate the Poison Source Pool alone.
• Xu Kun transformed into a Crimson River Jiao and learned from a water snake that the Dragon Lord had summoned the other masters because something was about to be born.
• The Ink Jiao appeared, mistook Xu Kun for the Fifth Brother, and took him toward the Poison Source Pool after saying that absorbing the thing’s aura would benefit him.
• Xu Kun read the Ink Jiao’s information and realized the Poisonous Mistlands’ bosses had gathered near the Poison Source Pool; the sight on the mountain made him uneasy.

Kun Jiao watched Calamity Dragon Komodo and his sons use countless poisonous creatures to complete a natural formation in the Poison Source Pool, while Duan Yu and Zhong Ling were thrown in as sacrifices. The formation produced a crimson-and-gold treasure that blasted Komodo away, leaving its nature unknown.

• Kun Jiao learned that the poison gathering in the pool was completing a natural Poison Source Formation, guarded by Komodo’s four sons.
• Kun Jiao identified Komodo as an SSS-tier, Tier 10, Level 10 boss, but the Myriad Races Bestiary stopped revealing his information when Komodo noticed him.
• Moon Jiao brought Duan Yu and Zhong Ling before Komodo, who ordered them thrown into the Poison Source Pool as sacrifices.
• Duan Yu and Zhong Ling resisted the pool’s deadly poison, and the venomous snakes around them collapsed as the formation neared completion.
• The toxins gathered into a crimson sphere streaked with gold, and Komodo was blasted back when he tried to seize it.
• The crowd saw something inside the sphere of light after it repelled Komodo.

Kun Jiao witnessed the Mang Gu Toad, an SSS-Tier Poison Seed, overpower Komodo and his four sons as they tried to capture it. After rescuing Duan Yu and Zhong Ling, Kun Jiao returned to the encirclement and offered to help the jiaos.

• Kun Jiao identified the crimson toad as the Mang Gu Toad, an SSS-Tier Poison Seed, while Komodo ordered his sons to subdue it.
• Ink Jiao, Moon Jiao, Green Jiao, Golden Jiao, and Komodo attacked in turn, but the toad resisted them and knocked Komodo into the Poison Source Pool.
• As the Mang Gu Toad tried to escape, Kun Jiao rescued Duan Yu and Zhong Ling from the pool and agreed to look for an SS-tier poisonous herb Duan Yu needed.
• Duan Yu offered to reveal the whereabouts of more book-fragment pages if Kun Jiao found the herb, then left with Zhong Ling.
• Kun Jiao returned to find the four jiaos surrounding the Mang Gu Toad while Komodo prepared a powerful attack, and he offered to help.

Xu Kun, disguised as Crimson River Jiao, froze the four jiaos and wounded Komodo before pursuing the Mang Gu Zhu Toad through the Poisonous Mistlands. After Komodo attacked him again, Xu Kun defeated him with Water Dragon's Breath and left, while Komodo ordered the jiaos to prepare a counterattack at the Poison Source Pool.

• Kun Jiao froze the four jiaos, injured Komodo with Coiling Dragon Strike, and vanished after tracking the Mang Gu Zhu Toad's aura.
• Komodo realized Kun Jiao was an impostor and sent the four jiaos and poisonous creatures across the Poisonous Mistlands to search for him.
• Xu Kun revealed his true form, pursued the Mang Gu Zhu Toad, and watched it escape after its red mist damaged the Dragon Binding Cord.
• Komodo attacked Xu Kun with venom, but Xu Kun countered with water techniques and defeated him with Water Dragon's Breath.
• Komodo told the four jiaos that Xu Kun was a trial-taker and led them back to the Poison Source Pool to prepare to deal with him.

Xu Kun found the Lightning Sable and restrained the Manggu Scarlet Toad, but the sable poisoned him and was then killed and devoured by the toad. While Xu Kun lay paralyzed, the Divine Wood King Cauldron rolled away and released its energy, drawing the attention of creatures gathering nearby.

• Xu Kun found the Lightning Sable beside the exhausted Manggu Scarlet Toad and froze the toad in place.
• The Lightning Sable bit Xu Kun, inflicting a five-minute paralysis poison that left him unable to move.
• The Manggu Scarlet Toad broke free, killed the Lightning Sable, and devoured its corpse while Xu Kun remained helpless.
• The Divine Wood King Cauldron detached from Xu Kun and released five-colored light despite his attempts to stop it.
• Hissing, squeaking, and rustling sounds began to approach as the Manggu Scarlet Toad continued digesting.

Xu Kun lay paralyzed as the Divine Wood King Cauldron attracted poisonous creatures, and the Mangu Vermilion Toad fought it over them before fleeing into Xu Kun’s body. The cauldron’s struggle with the toad left Xu Kun helpless, and just as his paralysis was about to end, a Fire Seed-like heat ignited in his abdomen.

• The Divine Wood King Cauldron drew poisonous creatures toward itself, while Xu Kun lay paralyzed and a Silver Ring Snake dropped venom into his mouth.
• The Mangu Vermilion Toad finished digesting and ate many of the poisonous creatures, competing with the cauldron for them.
• A giant centipede crawled from Xu Kun’s hair into his mouth, and the Mangu Vermilion Toad leaned over to inspect him.
• The Divine Wood King Cauldron revealed that it had been targeting the Mangu Vermilion Toad and trapped it in its five-colored glow.
• The Mangu Vermilion Toad escaped by diving into Xu Kun’s mouth, and the cauldron sealed his mouth and struggled to pull it back out.
• The cauldron gave up, the toad moved deeper into Xu Kun’s stomach, and a Fire Seed-like heat ignited in his abdomen as his paralysis neared its end.

Xu Kun swallowed the Mang Gu Poison Toad and fought its soul in his Sea of Consciousness, where his Six Ding Divine Fire overcame the poison and shattered it. He began recovering as the Poisonous Mistlands’ dragons prepared to delay him while Komodo continued his preparations.

• After the Mang Gu Toad entered Xu Kun’s body, a red mushroom cloud erupted and spread through the Poisonous Mistlands.
• Komodo ordered his four sons to gather the remaining poisonous creatures and stall Xu Kun while he continued preparing at the Poison Source Pool.
• Golden Dragon warned Moon Dragon that the toad’s poison mist made attacking Xu Kun too dangerous, and Black Dragon admitted he had mistakenly let Xu Kun into their territory.
• As Xu Kun’s body withered, he confronted the Mang Gu Toad’s soul in his Sea of Consciousness and transformed his soul into the Six Ding Divine Fire.
• Xu Kun burned away the toad’s poison mist, seized its soul, and shattered it, absorbing its power and changing his flames to rose-red.
• Xu Kun’s breathing steadied, his body began to recover as it absorbed the red mist, and he fell asleep while still digesting the Poison Seed.

Xu Kun fused further with Giant Vermilion Toad, gaining the Myriad Poisons Body and the Poison-Fire Synergy skill. He woke after ten hours and reconnected with Yang Yao, Shen-bao, and Sikong Ting as they prepared to return to the Poisonous Mistlands.

• Xu Kun’s initial fusion with Giant Vermilion Toad granted him the Poison Fusion trait and the SSS-tier Myriad Poisons Body, replacing Poison Soul.
• The four flood dragons discovered that most of their poisonous creatures were gone, so the Golden Flood Dragon sent three of them to set an ambush while he guarded the Poison Source Pool.
• After nine hours, Xu Kun reached a 20% fusion rate, gained more poison affinity, and learned the A-rank skill Poison-Fire Synergy.
• Xu Kun found that Poison-Fire Synergy remained unusable because of the backlash from Zhurong Right Arm, and he thought Yang Yao and the others would soon return to the Poisonous Mistlands.
• Shen-bao and Sikong Ting messaged Xu Kun while Yang Yao video-called him and asked whether he was safe after hearing that poisonous gas had erupted from the Poisonous Mistlands.

Xu Kun and his companions returned to the Poison Source Pool, where he confronted the three flood dragons that had been lying in wait. After the dragons challenged his companions to fight them one-on-one, the trio defeated them, and Xu Kun killed them.

• Xu Kun told Yang Yao, Sikong Ting, and Shen-bao about obtaining another SSS-tier Poison Seed, then led them toward the Poison Source Pool.
• Xu Kun found the Black Flood Dragon, Azure Flood Dragon, and Moon Flood Dragon hiding near the pool and destroyed their surrounding poisonous creatures.
• The Black Flood Dragon proposed that Xu Kun's companions fight the three dragons instead, and Xu Kun agreed not to intervene.
• Shen-bao defeated the Black Flood Dragon, Sikong Ting overwhelmed the Azure Flood Dragon, and Yang Yao froze the Moon Flood Dragon.
• Xu Kun killed the defeated flood dragons.

Xu Kun and his team looted the three jiao bosses, gaining skills, materials, and a divine artifact while Yang Yao explained why wilderness boss drops differed from dungeon rewards. The chapter ended with Xu Kun finding the miscellaneous item Yang Yao had pointed out.

• Xu Kun collected the jiao bosses’ drops, including the S-tier skill Ink Dragon Rampage and an SS-tier Wood Attribute group control skill.
• Xu Kun examined Soul-Devouring Moon, an SS-tier soul-control and poison-attack skill, but set it aside because Shen-bao did not need it.
• Moon Jiao dropped the bracelet Moon Jiao, which Xu Kun’s Heavenly Blessing upgraded into the low-grade SS-tier divine artifact Moon Dragon.
• Yang Yao explained that wilderness bosses mainly gave more spirit stones and miscellaneous items, while dungeon equipment had greater potential because dungeon bosses were restricted by the Haotian Pagoda’s rules.
• Xu Kun searched his Cosmos Belt and found the overlooked item Yang Yao had mentioned.

Xu Kun learned that the four Jiao he had killed each left behind a jade pendant that could awaken Dragon Race bloodline when all five were collected. He confronted Golden Jiao at the Poison Source Pool, overwhelmed him in battle, and watched him unleash a blood-poison technique.

• Xu Kun examined the four Jiao jade pendants, learned they could awaken Dragon Race bloodline when gathered with Golden Jiao's pendant, and put them away.
• Xu Kun noticed his hatred value from the Poison Dragon had risen to 90% and led his companions toward the mountaintop.
• Golden Jiao confronted Xu Kun with more than a thousand elite monsters and ordered them to kill Xu Kun's companions, but Yang Yao and the other two overwhelmed the attackers.
• Xu Kun caught Golden Jiao's horns, kicked him through a mountain wall, and sent water from Poison Source Pool bursting outward.
• Golden Jiao awakened his true body and attacked with dragon breath, but Xu Kun endured it behind his Rock Armor.
• Golden Jiao used Alchemy Dragon Blood Poison, causing his golden blood to spread through the air, and Xu Kun ordered it to be refined.

Xu Kun defeated the Golden Flood Dragon, whose corrosive blood could not harm him, and his party gained levels and a wealth of loot. Among the spoils, Xu Kun obtained the final one of his four-kill skills, Corrosive Poison Erosion, a powerful poison ability that could spread among its victims.

• The Golden Flood Dragon's corrosive blood failed to injure Xu Kun, so it tried to flee, but Xu Kun struck it with the Judge's Soul-Reaping Brush and then bound it with the Dragon Binding Cord.
• Xu Kun killed the dying Golden Flood Dragon as Yang Yao and the others finished off its remaining subordinates, and the party leveled up from the battle.
• Xu Kun acquired the SS-tier talent Poison of Ruin and accepted its overwrite of Unparalleled, while the team collected the Golden Flood Dragon's loot and its evolved SS-tier Golden-Scaled Dragon Corpse.
• Xu Kun picked up the SS-tier skill scroll Corrosive Poison Erosion, whose poison formation could damage and execute enemies while spreading a debilitating infection to nearby creatures.

Xu Kun collected the Poison Sovereign class advancement certificate and discovered the SS-tier Five Dragons: Golden Scale Dragon Armor among the Golden Flood Dragon’s drops. The chapter ended with Xu Kun learning the armor required Tier 20 and receiving another notification.

• Xu Kun picked up an SS-tier Poison-Spreading Priest certificate, which Child of Fortune advanced into an SSS-tier Poison Sovereign certificate.
• Xu Kun sorted through the Golden Flood Dragon’s remaining drops while Yang Yao, Sikong Ting, and Shen-bao examined and claimed equipment.
• Xu Kun picked up the Golden Scale Dragon Armor, an SS-tier artifact and the first piece of the Five Dragon Set.
• Xu Kun inspected the set’s components and realized that three pieces would replace equipment he currently wore.
• Xu Kun shared the armor’s attributes with the others, saw that it required Tier 20, and heard another notification.

After defeating the Golden Flood Dragon, Xu Kun obtained the first piece of the Five Dragons set and fused five bloodline pendants into a treasure capable of strengthening Dragon bloodlines. His companions learned that he carried both True Dragon and Divine Phoenix bloodlines, leaving his origins uncertain as Yang Yao questioned how his True Dragon awakening had reached 5%.

• Xu Kun received the Golden Scale Dragon Armor, which his protection ability had advanced into a component of the Five Dragons set.
• Xu Kun fused the five Flood Dragon jade pendants into the Five Flood Dragons Bloodline Jade Pendant, which could evolve or strengthen Dragon bloodlines.
• Yang Yao explained that the pendant was far more powerful than the Dragon Blood Fortune Pill and could greatly increase bloodline awakening.
• Xu Kun told Yang Yao and Sikong Ting that Thor's divine blood had awakened his True Dragon and Divine Phoenix bloodlines, and that Su Xiaoxiao's pendant had raised his Divine Phoenix awakening to 5%.
• Sikong Ting's mention of Xu Kun's Human race talent led Xu Kun to question whether his Myriad Races Codex was actually the Book of Earth and whether he was truly human.
• Yang Yao asked Xu Kun how his True Dragon bloodline had suddenly reached 5% awakening.