Chapter Summaries

Su Yun revealed the history of the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and its connection to the Sword Emperor Inheritance, prompting the Six Clans to target both inheritances. He then planned to leave the Northwest Continent and began crafting a Soul Guiding Jade method he could use to protect himself while gaining leverage.

• Su Yun told Xiao Yan that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had traded him the Soul Guiding Jade crafting method and Nirvana Method for permission to leave the cave.
• Xiao Yan connected the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s birth to the Sword Emperor Ruins and suspected it was searching for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit after healing its sword wound.
• Xiao Yan suggested that Su Yun visit Jia Nan Academy and seek help from its headmaster, Mang Tianchi, to leave the Northwest Continent.
• The Six Clans’ Dou Saints overheard the revelations and decided to report the two Dou Di Inheritances to their Clan Leaders.
• Su Yun considered contacting Mang Tianchi and began drawing a Soul Guiding Jade method, intending to offer it to the Six Clans while secretly exploiting its potential for eavesdropping.

Su Yun returned to the Black Corner Region and visited Mang Tianchi at Jia Nan Academy, offering two rare cultivation resources in exchange for help leaving the Northwest Continent. He departed when two local Dou Venerables appeared, and Mang Tianchi anticipated their defeat.

• Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa returned to the Black Corner Region, where Xiao Yi Xian showed Medusa the territory once held by her Poison Sect.
• Su Yun left the two women behind and met Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy before speaking with Mang Tianchi.
• Mang Tianchi warned Su Yun that the Six Ancient Clans were watching the routes out of the Northwest Continent and that leaving could bring disaster.
• Su Yun gave Mang Tianchi the Soul Guiding Jade crafting method and the Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pill formula in exchange for help with his departure.
• Su Yun sensed two Dou Venerables in the Black Corner Region, tore open space, and left while Mang Tianchi predicted they were no match for him.

Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa attended the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, where Xiao Yi Xian exchanged a Sect Breaking Pill for a Peak Seventh-tier Magical Beast corpse. As the auction was about to offer Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, which Xiao Yi Xian wanted for her Teacher, two Dou Venerables attacked and destroyed the pavilion.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa entered the Black Emperor Sect’s auction house and watched Mo Tianxing begin the auction.
• Medusa recognized the exceptional bloodline of a Peak Seventh-tier Magical Beast corpse and urged Xiao Yi Xian to bid for it.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered a peak sixth-tier Sect Breaking Pill, and Mo Tianxing gave her the Magical Beast remains.
• Mo Tianxing unveiled Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Xiao Yi Xian decided they had to obtain it for her Teacher.
• Two enormous pressures descended, and the attackers destroyed the auction pavilion; Xiao Yi Xian recognized the aura of a Dou Venerable.

The Heavenly Snake Manor ancestor and Shi Tian seized the Black Emperor City ruins and killed everyone there except Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, who survived behind Xiao Yi Xian’s poison-flame barrier. Su Yun arrived to protect them and faced the two Dou Venerables as they launched a combined attack.

• Mo Tianxing recognized the Heavenly Snake Manor ancestor and Shi Tian, who claimed the territory and forced everyone to leave.
• Shi Tian took Mo Tianxing’s treasure box, destroyed it, and exposed the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Shi Tian destroyed the ruins with a vast energy blast, killing Mo Tianxing and the auction crowd while Xiao Yi Xian protected Medusa.
• The Heavenly Snake Manor ancestor tried to seize Medusa for her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form, but Su Yun appeared and severed her hand.
• The Heavenly Snake Manor ancestor and Shi Tian attacked Su Yun together, and he calmly prepared to meet them.

Su Yun killed the Old Woman and Shi Tian, then joined Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa after their battle. The Six Clans agreed to let him leave the Northwest Continent, and back at the Mittel Family Su Yun explained the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva’s use in condensing a poison pill.

• Su Yun used his poison-flame sword to destroy the Old Woman’s shield and kill her and Shi Tian.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered as Su Yun supported her, and Medusa retrieved two Storage Rings containing the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Mang Tianchi argued that capturing Su Yun would risk exposing the Six Clans’ plans, and the elders agreed to let him leave the Northwest Continent.
• At the Mittel Family, Su Yun gave Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa medicinal pills and accepted the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva from Medusa.
• Su Yun explained that the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva could help condense a poison pill, embarrassing Xiao Yi Xian when Medusa teased her about her earlier reaction.

Su Yun refined Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva into a Bodhi Seed and considered what he still needed to condense the Poison Pill. In the Gu Realm, Gu Yuan and Gu Dao discussed the Dragon Phoenix inheritance and decided to pursue the Son of the Dragon Phoenix through the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Su Yun used his poison flame to refine the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and produced a Bodhi Seed that could sense the Bodhi Heart and locate the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Su Yun concluded that he needed a Seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Core and another Heavenly Flame to condense the Poison Pill.
• An elder reported to Gu Yuan and Gu Dao that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and a second Dou Di Inheritance had been found, and presented them with the Soul Guiding Jade crafting method.
• Gu Yuan confirmed the Soul Guiding Jade technique was genuine and ordered Gu Dao to investigate it and use it to trace Ji Bai's location through Xiao Yan.
• Gu Dao suggested targeting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to find the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, and Gu Yuan summoned the leaders of the other five clans.

Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed the newly surfaced Dou Di Inheritance and decided to let the six clans search first while equipping Soul Clan and Soul Hall members with Soul Guiding Jade. In the Jia Ma Empire, Su Yun refined a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse for its essence blood, leaving him intent on using the clan to establish his identity as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.

• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that another Dou Di Inheritance had appeared, and Hun Tiandi chose not to expose their informant by searching alongside the six clans.
• Hun Tiandi rejected investigating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan immediately, reasoning that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix would be in danger if he revealed himself before gaining enough power.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported that Soul Guiding Jade could transmit information across vast distances, so Hun Tiandi ordered Soul Clan and Soul Hall members to carry one and redirected Hun Tu's search.
• Su Yun extracted golden essence blood from a magical beast corpse while Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian watched, and Xiao Yi Xian guessed the beast belonged to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Su Yun received Truth Points for lying about having fought a Heaven Demon Phoenix prodigy and concluded that he needed the clan's help to become the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.

Su Yun forged Sky Demon Phoenix bone wings for Medusa and prepared to leave the Northwest Continent for the Central Plains. As he invited his companions to follow, Hai Bodong and the others hesitated, and Su Yun accepted that their paths might soon part.

• Su Yun refined the Sky Demon Phoenix bones and spiritual materials into a pair of Flying Dou Technique wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian yielded the wings to Medusa, and Su Yun explained how she would need to break the soul phantom within them before merging with them.
• Xiao Yan informed Su Yun that the Six Clans had agreed to let him leave for the Central Plains through Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Yun gave Medusa two pills for the Snake-People Tribe and asked Xiao Yi Xian to summon Hai Bodong, Mittel Tengshan, and Ya Fei.
• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong and the others whether they would follow him to the Central Plains, but Hai Bodong worried they would become a burden, and Su Yun accepted their reluctance.

Su Yun rewarded the Mittel Family, then helped the Amethyst Winged Lion King break through to the Seventh-Tier and survive its lightning tribulation. He later visited the Misty Cloud Sect’s new home in Black Sky City, where Yun Yun remained distressed over Yun Shan’s condition.

• Su Yun gave the Mittel Family Ice Skin Spirit Cleansing Pills and Sect Breaking Pills, then granted Hai Bodong’s request after hearing it.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian found the Amethyst Winged Lion King indulging in spiritual herbs and gave it a Beast Blood Boiling Pill to force a breakthrough.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King broke through to the Seventh-Tier, transformed into human form, and survived thirty-two bolts of lightning tribulation.
• Su Yun warned the Amethyst Winged Lion King to reach the Eighth-tier before he attained the Saint Realm.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect’s new grounds in Black Sky City, Yun Yun visited the imprisoned Yun Shan and asked when he would recover.

Yun Yun learned that Su Yun had provided a pill that could restore Yun Shan’s sanity, though it would leave him with a childlike mind and no memories. Su Yun then departed for the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, choosing a route after hearing Mang Tianchi’s warnings about the region’s powers and declaring that he would not fear Ice River Valley’s Acquired Woeful Poison Body.

• Yun Yun told Hai Bodong that Gu He had been killed and Yun Shan had fallen completely into madness.
• Hai Bodong gave Yun Yun the Mysterious Soul Gathering Pill from Su Yun, explaining that it could restore Yun Shan’s sanity but would erase his memories.
• Yun Yun thanked Su Yun for his generosity and bowed toward the Imperial Capital.
• Su Yun left the Northwest Continent with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa aboard the Amethyst Winged Lion King after bidding farewell to Hai Bodong, Mittel Tengshan, and Ya Fei.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Mang Tianchi described three routes to the Central Plains and warned Su Yun about the Soul Hall and Ice River Valley.
• Su Yun dismissed the danger posed by Ice River Valley’s Acquired Woeful Poison Body, saying the innate had no reason to fear the acquired.

Su Yun escorted Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others through an abandoned Space Passage toward the Central Plains, relying on his Dou Venerable strength to survive a Space Storm. After a month of travel, the group reached the end of the passage and saw the Central Plains ahead.

• Mang Tianchi escorted Su Yun's group to the Lightning Clan's guarded city and its neglected Space Passage.
• Su Yun opened the ruined silver gate, thanked Mang Tianchi, and led the group into the passage.
• Su Yun claimed he had traveled through many Space Passages, earning Truth Points when Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa believed his boast.
• A Space Storm tore through the passage, but Su Yun halted it with his spatial power and repaired the damage.
• After a month of travel without further danger, Su Yun's group reached the end of the passage and saw the Central Plains.

Su Yun emerged from the Space Passage into Ice River Valley territory and challenged Ice Venerable to a fight. Ice Venerable learned that Su Yun was likely an Innate Woeful Poison Body and planned to capture him, but Su Yun attacked Ice River Valley before he could act.

• Su Yun arrived at the Space Passage exit with his companions and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then told an Ice River Valley elder to relay a death challenge to Ice Venerable.
• The elder reported Su Yun's threat to Ice Venerable and the Great Elder in Ice River Valley's Ice Crystal Hall.
• The elder identified Su Yun as a likely Innate Woeful Poison Body, and Ice Venerable decided to seize him for research.
• Su Yun unleashed a jade-green wave of fire over Ice River Valley and called on Ice Venerable to come out and die.

Su Yun fought Ice Venerable above Ice River Valley and decisively defeated him with the Nether Poison Flame. He captured the badly injured Valley Lord and began probing his body to uncover how he had obtained the Acquired Woeful Poison Body.

• Su Yun faced Ice Venerable and mocked his Acquired Woeful Poison Body as an inferior imitation of the innate version.
• Ice Venerable attacked Su Yun, and their clash shattered the surrounding space and devastated Ice River Valley.
• Su Yun overwhelmed Ice Venerable's poison miasma and forced him to unleash a powerful tide of icy poison.
• Su Yun's Nether Poison Flame burned through the icy tide, defeated Ice Venerable, and left him barely alive.
• Su Yun pulled Ice Venerable toward him with the power of heaven and earth and sent Soul Power into his body to investigate the origin of his acquired poison body.

Su Yun exposed Ice River Valley’s method of creating an Acquired Woeful Poison Body and destroyed Ice Venerable by flooding him with poison force. He slaughtered the valley’s Dou Zong and Dou Huang experts, drove out the weaker disciples, and left Ice River Valley in ruins.

• The Great Elder of Ice River Valley attacked Xiao Yi Xian and her companions to force Su Yun to surrender, but Su Yun killed him with a poison-flame sword aura.
• Su Yun explained that Ice River Valley had used the poison-force origins of two generations of Woeful Poison Bodies to create Ice Venerable’s Acquired Woeful Poison Body.
• Su Yun sealed the gap in Ice Venerable’s spine and flooded his body with origin poison force until Ice Venerable exploded.
• Su Yun declared that the Ice River Valley disciples were complicit and killed every Dou Zong and Dou Huang expert with the Jade Poison Flame.
• Su Yun let the disciples below the Dou Wang realm flee, and Ice River Valley collapsed as his name and the Woeful Poison Body shook the Central Plains.

Three months after Nether Valley was established, Su Yun solved its financial problems by giving Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa a secret method to produce Spirit Nurturing Dust. He then left to take an alchemist rank assessment, while the Three Titans discussed the Six Ancient Clans’ blockade of the Northwest Continent.

• Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa struggled with Nether Valley’s finances and agreed that the faction needed a new source of income.
• Su Yun gave Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa the secret production method for Spirit Nurturing Dust, a rare material prized by alchemists.
• Su Yun urged Xiao Yi Xian to keep cultivating toward Dou Venerable and left Nether Valley to go to Alchemist Tower for an alchemist rank assessment.
• A month later, Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi discussed the Six Ancient Clans’ blockade of the Northwest Continent and the suffering of its people.
• Xuan Kongzi insisted that Alchemist Tower should act against the blockade even if its efforts seemed unlikely to help.

Su Yun arrived at the Alchemist Tower in Pill City and passed an Eighth-grade Alchemist examination before its Three Giants. When Xuan Yi questioned him about Han Feng’s Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, Su Yun revealed he had taken it as payment for sparing a junior who had plotted against his disciple and challenged her to defend Han Feng.

• Xuan Yi suggested consulting Su Yun about the Northwest Continent, and the Three Giants learned he had applied for the Eighth-grade Alchemist examination.
• After the Alchemist Tower made an exception for Su Yun’s Spirit Realm Soul Power, Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi went to meet him.
• Su Yun began the examination with Han Feng’s Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, prompting the Three Giants to recognize it and privately discuss Han Feng’s disappearance.
• Su Yun refined an Eighth-grade pill over seven days and used the Nether Poison Flame to withstand its Pill Tribulation.
• Xuan Yi asked how Su Yun obtained the cauldron, and he said he had taken it in exchange for sparing a junior who plotted against his disciple, then asked whether she intended to stand up for Han Feng.

Su Yun explained Han Feng’s disappearance and the Sword Emperor Ruins to Pill Tower’s Three Giants, then revealed details about Xiao Yan that convinced them of his connection to Yao Chen. He planned to use the information to help Zi Yan leave the Northwest Continent and return to Dragon Island.

• Xuan Kongzi explained that Han Feng had been tied to the suspicious death of their old friend, and Xuan Yi apologized to Su Yun for her intrusive question.
• Su Yun recounted Han Feng’s history in the Black Corner Region and said Han Feng had vanished before the Six Ancient Clans arrived.
• Su Yun explained that Xiao Ji Bai had obtained the Sword Emperor Inheritance and that the Six Ancient Clans were searching the Northwest Continent for him.
• Su Yun said he had left the Northwest Continent through Mang Tianchi’s connections, then revealed that Xiao Yan had refined two Heavenly Flames and wielded a jet-black Great Ruler.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized Xiao Yan’s likely connection to Yao Chen and offered Su Yun Alchemist Tower’s help, while Su Yun planned to use the connection to help Zi Yan return to Dragon Island.

Su Yun was publicly seen off by the Pill Tower's Three Giants, strengthening Nether Valley's standing, but his departure was interrupted when Yao Xingji challenged Alchemist Tower and sensed a powerful Heavenly Flame nearby. The chapter ended as Yao Xingji identified Su Yun and called for him to wait.

• Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower Giants warmly saw Su Yun off, signaling that Alchemist Tower regarded Nether Valley as a friend.
• Su Yun encountered Yao Xingji and the Yao Clan's party at Alchemist Tower's entrance.
• Yao Xingji disparaged Alchemist Tower, and Xuan Kongzi rebuked him and denounced the Yao Clan's arrogance.
• Yao Xingji challenged Alchemist Tower to an alchemy contest, while Xuan Kongzi worried that its disciples could not match him.
• As Su Yun tried to leave, Yao Xingji's Nine Nether Wind Flame sensed another powerful Heavenly Flame, and Yao Xingji called out to Su Yun.

Yao Xingji tried to seize Su Yun’s Nether Poison Flame, but Xuan Kongzi protected Su Yun and stopped the Yao Clan elder from attacking. Su Yun left the Alchemist Tower’s entrance while Yao Xingji was left furious and blocked from following him.

• Yao Xingji demanded to know Su Yun’s name and pressed him to reveal his Heavenly Flame, hoping to obtain it for himself.
• Xuan Kongzi defended Su Yun, and Su Yun condemned Yao Xingji’s attempt to take another person’s flame, prompting the gathered alchemists to curse the Yao Clan.
• Yao Xingji ordered a Yao Clan elder to capture Su Yun, but Xuan Kongzi used his power to immobilize the Five-Revolutions Dou Venerable.
• Yao Xingji offered a Yao Clan Pill Formula in exchange for Su Yun’s flame, but Su Yun mocked the offer and turned to leave.
• Yao Xingji tried to pursue Su Yun, but Xuan Kongzi blocked him with a spatial barrier.

Su Yun returned to Nether Valley, established his public alibi, and used the Soul Guiding Jade to track Yao Xingji. He appeared before Yao Xingji in the Central Plains, ready to settle their score.

• Su Yun planned to kill Yao Xingji under Xiao Ji Bai’s identity and spent a month publicly establishing an alibi at Nether Valley.
• Su Yun reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, recounted Yao Xingji’s provocation, and ordered a sect assembly so Nether Valley’s disciples could meet their Valley Master.
• Su Yun addressed Nether Valley’s gathered disciples, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa he would enter seclusion.
• Su Yun used the Soul Guiding Jade to locate Yao Xingji and opened a Space Passage to reach him.
• Yao Xingji boasted of defeating Alchemist Tower’s disciples and told his companions to conceal Su Yun’s Heavenly Flame before Su Yun appeared before them.