Chapter Summaries

Su Yun refined a Poison Breaking Pill that restored Hai Bodong’s strength, then rejected Gu He and Yun Yun’s offer to buy Medusa’s Heavenly Flame. Hai Bodong returned as a Two-star Dou Huang and pledged his loyalty to Su Yun, who promised further help restoring his cultivation.

• Su Yun used the Sand Mandala to refine a Poison Breaking Pill while Gu He and Yun Yun waited to meet him.
• Su Yun told Gu He and Yun Yun that their offer was too poor for the Heavenly Flame and had Mittel Tengshan escort them out.
• Hai Bodong took the pill and recovered enough strength to become a Two-star Dou Huang.
• Hai Bodong pledged to serve Su Yun, who told him he could earn a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill by serving faithfully.

Su Yun took Hai Bodong to the Jia Ma Imperial Family to consult its historical records and plan a second identity as the Xiao Clan’s Old Ancestor. He concluded that the identity should possess Dou Venerable strength and a Dou Di Bloodline, then thought of Xun’er.

• Su Yun told Hai Bodong he knew many Pill Formulas and brought him to the Imperial Family.
• Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye feared Su Yun’s arrival, but he only asked to consult the Imperial Family’s historical records.
• Yao Ye led Su Yun to the Library Pavilion, where he searched for records of the Xiao Family’s history in the Northwest Continent.
• Su Yun planned the abilities for a second Heavenly Lie and decided the Xiao Clan’s Old Ancestor should have Dou Venerable cultivation and a Dou Di Bloodline.
• Su Yun realized the Xiao Family’s old bloodline was likely unusable and thought of Xun’er.

Su Yun continued preparing for his plans while Jia Xing Tian’s poisoned condition stirred rumors in the Imperial Capital. Months later, Nalan Jie sought Su Yun’s help with his worsening Scorching Poison, and Su Yun began treating him after accepting payment.

• Su Yun considered how to manifest Xun’er’s Divine Bloodline and Dou Venerable cultivation for a future Heavenly Lies, then left the pavilion with Yao Ye.
• Su Yun and Hai Bodong departed the imperial palace after Hai Bodong had defeated Jia Xing Tian, whose poison prevented him from fighting back.
• Rumors about Jia Xing Tian’s injuries, poison, and declining cultivation spread through the Imperial Capital over the following days.
• Months later, Su Yun accepted ten Storage Rings of poisons and poisonous herbs gathered by Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family.
• Nalan Jie asked Su Yun to cure his Scorching Poison and offered Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as payment.
• Su Yun accepted the herb and pressed his palm against Nalan Jie’s chest, sending poison-attributed Dou Qi into his body.

Su Yun treated Nalan Jie by absorbing some of his Scorching Poison, then used the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to raise his Soul Power. When Jia Xing Tian asked him to remove his poison, Su Yun cured him but bound him with a new poison and ordered him to defend Black Sky City.

• Su Yun absorbed part of the Scorching Poison from Nalan Jie, who endured severe pain but regained some color and was told to return for more treatments.
• Su Yun refined the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva overnight, bringing his Soul Power to the peak of the Mortal Realm.
• Ya Fei told Su Yun that Jia Xing Tian had arrived with Yao Ye to request detoxification.
• Jia Xing Tian pleaded for Su Yun to cure his poison, citing pressure from the Three Great Empires along the border and the harm to the Jia Ma Empire's people.
• Su Yun removed Jia Xing Tian's poison, then placed a poisonous flame pellet near his heart and ordered him to leave for Black Sky City the next day.
• Jia Xing Tian agreed to defend Black Sky City, knowing the pellet would punish him if he left.

Su Yun attended to his duties in the Jia Ma Empire as Medusa’s awakening approached, agreeing to attend Nalan Jie’s recovery banquet and deciding to watch the Alchemist Tournament finals. At the banquet, Xiao Yan learned that Su Yun was coming, and Old Yao urged him to seek Su Yun’s help while warning that his disguise might not fool him.

• Su Yun finished purging Nalan Jie’s poison, accepted an invitation to the Nalan Mansion banquet, and considered that Medusa might soon awaken.
• Su Yun fed pills to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, then told Mittel Tengshan he would attend the Alchemist Tournament finals.
• Su Yun gave Mittel Tengshan a Dou Ling Pill after Mittel Tengshan reported that President Fa Ma had invited him to the tournament.
• Nalan Jie and his guests waited at the banquet entrance for Su Yun, while Xiao Yan, attending under the alias Yan Xiao, was surprised to hear that Su Yun was coming.
• Old Yao advised Xiao Yan to ask Su Yun for help using an item he had obtained in the Imperial Capital and warned him that Su Yun might see through his disguise.

At the Nalan Mansion banquet, Su Yun proposed a contest for the capital’s young talents to test his disciple Xiao Yi Xian. He offered a rare sixth-tier pill to anyone under twenty-five who could withstand one of her moves without being defeated, leaving the eager guests facing the challenge.

• Nalan Jie welcomed Su Yun and his companions, and introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Nalan Yanran as Su Yun’s disciple.
• Su Yun noticed Mu Zhan calling to Ya Fei, and Nalan Jie quickly redirected attention to the alchemist Yan Xiao.
• Su Yun recognized something familiar about Yan Xiao but did not expose his identity, while Xiao Yan privately worried that his disguise had been seen through.
• Su Yun announced that Xiao Yi Xian would spar with the capital’s young talents, who could earn a reward by facing her.
• Su Yun revealed the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill and set the condition: anyone under twenty-five who endured one move from Xiao Yi Xian without being defeated could claim it.

At Su Yun’s banquet, Xiao Yi Xian defeated Mu Zhan and Nalan Yanran in a single move, revealing her strength as a one-star Dou Spirit. The contest seemed over until Xiao Yan stood up to challenge her.

• Su Yun challenged Mu Zhan to face Xiao Yi Xian, and Mu Zhan stepped forward with his peak Dou Master cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian pierced Mu Zhan’s arm with a poison needle, defeating him in one move and revealing her one-star Dou Spirit strength.
• Mu Chen apologized to Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian on Mu Zhan’s behalf, then took his injured son away.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yi Xian but was defeated in one move and admitted defeat.
• After no one else volunteered, Xiao Yan rose and offered to challenge Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Yi Xian at Nalan Jie's banquet and lost after she stopped his Eight Extremes Collapse with the Poisonous Fiend Seal. After the banquet, Xiao Yan discussed the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill with Old Yao, while Xiao Yi Xian asked Su Yun to give her the pill for its beauty effects.

• Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Yi Xian to a spar, and Su Yun secretly warned her not to underestimate him.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Eight Extremes Collapse, but Xiao Yi Xian's Poisonous Fiend Seal withstood its seven layers of hidden force and stopped just before his face.
• Su Yun praised Xiao Yi Xian, while Hai Bodong insisted that Nalan Jie had underestimated her potential.
• After the banquet, Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he had saved Flame Splitting Wave Ruler for his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, and Old Yao explained the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill's remarkable effects.
• At the Mittel Family estate, Xiao Yi Xian asked Su Yun to give her the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill because she wanted its skin-beautifying effects.

Su Yun gave Xiao Yi Xian the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill, then received Xiao Yan, who asked him to escort him to the Misty Cloud Sect for his Three-Year Agreement. Xiao Yan offered the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations as payment, and Su Yun left him stunned by claiming the art had originally been created by a great expert surnamed Xiao.

• Su Yun gave Xiao Yi Xian the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill after she pleaded for it.
• Ya Fei reported that Yan Xiao had come to see Su Yun, and Su Yun ordered her to bring him in.
• Xiao Yan revealed his true appearance and asked Su Yun to escort him to the Misty Cloud Sect for his duel with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan offered a Jade Slip Fragment containing the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations as payment.
• Su Yun claimed the art had been gifted to Fen Yan Valley by a great expert surnamed Xiao, leaving Xiao Yan bewildered.

Su Yun told Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and an ancient Xiao Clan might connect Xiao Yan’s family to the Xiao Clan of old. After Old Yao confirmed that the Xiao Clan was one of the Eight Ancient Races, Su Yun attended the Alchemist Tournament finals and learned that hostile empires were testing Jia Ma’s borders.

• Su Yun claimed that he had seen a Xiao Clan Venerable near ancient ruins, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect his family descended from the ancient Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan left Su Yun’s residence, declined Mittel Tengshan’s recruitment, and asked Old Yao about the Xiao Clan and the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Old Yao confirmed that the Xiao Clan was one of the Eight Ancient Races and explained that Xun’er’s unusual placement in the Xiao Family supported Xiao Yan’s suspicions.
• At the Alchemist Tournament finals, Fa Ma identified Yan Xiao, Liu Ling, Yao Yue, and Yan Li as the favorites, and Su Yun recognized Yan Li as a disguised Chu Yun Empire scout.
• Fa Ma and Hai Bodong warned that the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mu Lan Empires might invade, but Su Yun questioned whether he needed to avoid them.

Su Yun watched Xiao Yan win the Alchemist Tournament with the Wind Fury Dragon Flame while discussing the threat from Yan Li and the coming war. Two days later, the Misty Cloud Sect invited the Imperial Capital’s major factions to witness the Three-Year Agreement between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan.

• Su Yun identified Xiao Yan’s Wind Fury Dragon Flame and noted that Xiao Yan had obtained a Heavenly Flame ranked above his own Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Fa Ma explained that Yan Li had used a Youth Restoration Pill to disguise his age, and Su Yun mentioned Calamity Dispelling Powder as a way to expose him.
• Su Yun ordered Hai Bodong to handle Yan Li and rejected the suggestion to assign a Dou Huang to protect Xiao Yi Xian, saying he had his own arrangements.
• Xiao Yan refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, won the Alchemist Tournament, and left Yan Li shocked at the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemy talent.
• Two days later, the Misty Cloud Sect invited the Imperial Capital’s major factions to witness the Three-Year Agreement between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan.

Su Yun and Hai Bodong discussed Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement, then gathered with the Empire’s major forces to watch him face Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Yan arrived and rejected a friendly match, demanding that the contest be fought with their lives left to fate.

• Su Yun reminded Hai Bodong that Xiao Yan was the youth who had taken half of his Fragmented Map, and Hai Bodong agreed to go see the match.
• Yao Ye attended the Three-Year Agreement to assess Xiao Yan as a potential ally while the gathered factions awaited his arrival.
• Xiao Yan entered the martial arena carrying the Black Heavy Ruler, and Hai Bodong recognized him.
• Su Yun predicted that Nalan Yanran would definitely lose, surprising the assembled spectators.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran introduced themselves, and Xiao Yan insisted that their match be a matter of life and death.
• Nalan Yanran defended her past decision to break the engagement, and Yun Leng announced that the match had begun.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect and burned their marriage contract, ending their engagement. As he tried to leave, Yun Leng accused him of cheating and demanded an investigation, while Yun Yun challenged Yun Leng’s response to the loss.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Nalan Yanran, revealed his Eight Extremes Collapse technique, and demonstrated that he had advanced to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremes Collapse and declined to use its hidden-force technique, telling her she had already lost.
• Xiao Yan burned their marriage contract and declared that they were both free from that day onward.
• Yun Leng blocked Xiao Yan from leaving and accused him of using power that did not belong to him, demanding that he cooperate with an investigation.
• Yun Yun urged Yun Leng to accept the loss as repayment for the Misty Cloud Sect’s earlier humiliation of the Xiao Family, but Yun Leng argued that the sect’s reputation mattered more.

Xiao Yan asked Su Yun to protect him after Yun Leng accused him of cheating and tried to keep him in the Misty Cloud Sect. Yun Shan arrived as another Dou Zong, and Su Yun agreed to settle the dispute in battle, dismissing the idea that fighting Yun Shan would bring him honor.

• Xiao Yan rejected Yun Leng’s accusations, and Yao Ye and Fa Ma challenged the Great Elder’s claims that he had cheated.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Yun to intervene, and Su Yun warned Yun Leng not to touch his friend.
• Yun Leng tried to seize Xiao Yan, but Hai Bodong, Yun Yun, and Mittel Tengshan intervened in turn.
• Yun Leng revealed that the Misty Cloud Sect had another Dou Zong and summoned Yun Shan with a white flute.
• Yun Shan arrived and asked to hear Su Yun’s account, but Su Yun proposed settling matters with a battle and said fighting Yun Shan would dishonor him.

Su Yun overpowered Yun Shan and forced him to let Xiao Yan leave the Misty Cloud Sect, then demanded punishment for Yun Leng. The chapter ended with Yun Shan destroying Yun Leng’s dantian after Su Yun declared that severing his arm was not enough.

• Su Yun crushed Yun Shan beneath a mountain phantom, then dismissed his claim that the attack had caught him unprepared.
• Yun Shan offered to let Xiao Yan stay at the sect until Nalan Yanran recovered, but Xiao Yan refused after his teacher warned him through his ring.
• Su Yun exposed that Yun Shan’s breakthrough relied on external force, forcing Yun Shan to admit Xiao Yan could leave.
• Su Yun demanded that Yun Leng be punished for insulting him, and Yun Shan severed Yun Leng’s arm.
• When Su Yun said the punishment was insufficient, Yun Shan struck Yun Leng’s dantian and destroyed his cultivation.

After leaving Misty Cloud Mountain, Su Yun warned Xiao Yan that Soul Hall was behind Yun Shan's sudden change of heart and that Xiao Yan was likely its target. Yun Shan then agreed to send people after the Xiao Family, while Su Yun learned that three neighboring empires had mobilized against the Jia Ma Empire.

• Su Yun escorted Xiao Yan down Misty Cloud Mountain, then told him that a hidden Soul Hall member had influenced Yun Shan and that Soul Hall likely wanted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan realized that the Xiao Family and his father could be in danger, while Su Yun flew away after warning him to be careful.
• A Soul Hall Protector told Yun Shan that Su Yun was too strong to confront and ordered him to send people to the Xiao Family in Wutan City.
• Yun Shan agreed to act on the Protector's orders, though the Protector withheld the reason the Xiao Family mattered.
• Mittel Tengshan reported to Su Yun that three empires had mobilized against the Jia Ma Empire and that merchant caravans in Chu Yun Empire had gone missing.

Su Yun prepared for the Three Great Empires’ looming attack and helped Hai Bodong strengthen his cultivation. He then revealed that Medusa had successfully evolved, but she refused to aid him unless he made her a Spirit Fusion Pill.

• Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan told Su Yun about the Three Great Empires’ Dou Zong experts and warned that their Dou Huang forces could make victory costly.
• Su Yun assured them he would handle the threat and gave Hai Bodong an Imperial Pill and a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill to refine.
• Su Yun fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python a pill, then called out Medusa, who transformed into human form after her successful evolution.
• Medusa confronted Su Yun about helping her evolve and rejected his attempt to treat her as a pet, though the pill’s aroma tempted her.
• Medusa refused to help resist the Three Great Empires unless Su Yun made her a Spirit Fusion Pill, and Su Yun challenged her right to negotiate.

Su Yun secured Medusa’s agreement to ally the Snake-People Tribe with the Jia Ma Empire and materialized three Dou Techniques before the campaign against the Three Great Empires. As the army prepared to march, Yun Yun arrived with eight hundred Misty Cloud Sect disciples, and Su Yun declared the battle would be won.

• Su Yun threatened Medusa into accepting an alliance and promised the Snake-People Tribe half the Three Great Empires’ territory, then said she could return home after the war.
• Su Yun materialized the Jade Miasma Ghost Sword, Poison Absolute Nine Heavens Qi, and Nether Bone Erosion Butterfly, spending 4,500 Truth Points.
• Medusa sent a letter bearing her aura, and Hai Bodong finalized the alliance between the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-People Tribe.
• Mittel Tengshan assembled the army, and Su Yun ordered it to set out after preparations were completed seven days later.
• Yun Yun arrived with eight hundred Misty Cloud Sect disciples, including Nalan Yanran, and offered to join the campaign.
• Su Yun welcomed Yun Yun’s forces and unleashed jade flames as he declared the battle would be won.

Su Yun arrived at Black Sky City and found Jia Xing Tian badly wounded after defending the Jia Ma Empire’s border. When the allied armies of three nations attacked, Su Yun easily gained the upper hand against Xie Biyan, who tried to bargain by offering the Chu Yun Empire’s poisons in exchange for Queen Medusa and a pledge not to invade.

• Su Yun and his companions arrived at Black Sky City, where Jia Xing Tian described the probing attacks and warned that the three nations’ Dou Zongs knew Su Yun had come.
• The three nations’ forces appeared before the city, led by Xie Biyan, Yan Luotian, and the Mu Lan Three Elders.
• Xie Biyan tested Su Yun with a strike, but Su Yun shattered it and wounded Xie Biyan in their clash.
• Xie Biyan offered Su Yun the Chu Yun Empire’s poisonous substances if he handed over Queen Medusa and promised not to invade the three nations.

Su Yun fought Xie Biyan, Yan Luotian, and the Mu Lan Three Elders as the Jia Ma Empire and Snake-People Race battled the allied armies of three nations. He overwhelmed the opposing Dou Zongs, killed Old Lion and Old Bear, and left Xie Biyan and Yan Luotian facing the battle’s next turn.

• The Snake-People Race arrived to support Su Yun, and Xie Biyan ordered the allied armies to attack.
• Su Yun’s Nether Poison Flame destroyed Old Tiger’s Three Beasts Slaughter technique and exposed the weaknesses of the Mu Lan Three Elders’ art.
• Su Yun sent three fire butterflies after the Mu Lan Three Elders and punched through Xie Biyan’s Jade Scale Sky Barrier, injuring him.
• Yan Luotian carried Old Lion and Old Tiger away from the butterflies, but Su Yun explained that they would keep pursuing their targets.
• Yan Luotian released Old Lion and Old Bear, and the two were caught and burned to ash by the fire butterflies.