Chapter Summaries

Lin Che killed Yan Li despite Fama’s objections, and the Jia Ma Empire claimed the tournament victory and received the Spirit Fusion Pill Recipe. After a state banquet, Lin Che visited the Nalan Family, where Nalan Jie thanked him for saving his life.

• Fama tried to stop Lin Che from killing Yan Li, but Lin Che crushed Yan Li’s skull after he lunged for the pills.
• Jia Xing Tian and Fama agreed to conceal Yan Li’s death by claiming the contestant had been an impostor.
• Lin Che collected the herbs, while Jia Ma Empire forces purged Chu Yun Empire alchemists and drove the two empires toward open conflict.
• At a state banquet, Fama presented Lin Che with the sixth-tier Spirit Fusion Pill Recipe as the tournament prize.
• Lin Che visited the Nalan Family, advised Nalan Jie to keep recuperating, and joined the family for a meal.

Nalan Yanran thanked Lin Che for helping her grow stronger as the Three-Year Pact approached, then Yun Yun took her back to the Misty Cloud Sect to prepare. Later, Lin Che told the Queen Medusa that he had secured Jia Xing Tian’s help in settling the Snake People Clan, and she asked why he was helping her.

• Nalan Yanran arrived at the Nalan Family hall and thanked Lin Che for the wine that had helped her reach the Dou Spirit realm.
• Yun Yun urged Nalan Yanran to keep cultivating for the Three-Year Pact and promised to stand by her even if she lost.
• Yun Yun led Nalan Yanran back to the Misty Cloud Sect to prepare for the match.
• Lin Che told the Queen Medusa that Jia Xing Tian would help the Snake People Clan build a city if they refrained from harming humans.
• The Queen Medusa promised to enforce the condition and asked Lin Che why he was helping her.
• Lin Che stepped closer to the Queen Medusa, who blushed and moved half a step back.

Lin Che teased Cai Lin about her gratitude before joining Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three-Year Pact. Xiao Yan arrived at the sect as a three-star Dou Ling, and the duel with Nalan Yanran was about to begin.

• Cai Lin teased Lin Che after revealing she had overheard his conversations with Yun Yun and thanked him for helping the Snake People Clan.
• A month later, Lin Che arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with his companions to watch the Three-Year Pact.
• Yun Yun welcomed Lin Che warmly, while the sect elders and gathered experts assembled to await Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the sect and announced his challenge, and Zi Yan remarked that he was only a three-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan greeted Lin Che, who praised his strength as the duel with Nalan Yanran approached.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Pact duel, revealing that both had reached the Three-star Dou Spirit realm. Nalan Yanran gained the upper hand with her superior swordsmanship and powerful techniques, then closed in on Xiao Yan with her speed as he tried to sense her unseen attacks.

• Xiao Yan revealed that Lin Che had helped him recover his talent, and Lin Che signaled for the duel to begin.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged attacks, but her swordsmanship knocked his silver-white longsword away.
• Xiao Yan used the Earth-tier Spirit Sword Slash, while Nalan Yanran blocked his thrown sword with Wind Push Stance.
• Nalan Yanran manifested Dou Qi armor and used the Misty Cloud Sect's Flying Catkins Movement Technique to rush at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan closed his eyes and sensed the wind energy around him because he could not see Nalan Yanran's attacks.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed their strongest Earth-tier Dou Skills against each other in a decisive clash. Their attacks collided above the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran wounded each other in an evenly matched exchange, and Nalan Yanran declared she would still have broken off their engagement.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan gathered their strength and prepared to decide the victor with their strongest attacks.
• Nalan Yanran launched Ultimate Wind: Setting Sun Glory as Xiao Yan summoned a golden flame that Lin Che recognized as the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to form a barrier, while Yun Yun reinforced it and Lin Che said there was no need for him to intervene.
• Nalan Yanran's attack collided with Xiao Yan's Blazing Heaven Slash in a tremendous explosion that stunned Jia Xing Tian and the other observers.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their duel with the power of Heavenly Flames, and she accepted that her earlier engagement-breaking had been wrong. As she tried to take her own life rather than honor the duel’s terms, someone suddenly intervened.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames shattered his sword and sent Nalan Yanran crashing to the ground, leaving the arena stunned.
• Gu He and Fama recognized the power as Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran struggled to continue the fight.
• Nalan Yanran said she had refused to let others decide her marriage, and Xiao Yan said he resented her manner of breaking the engagement but no longer hated her.
• Xiao Yan struck Nalan Yanran again, and Yun Yun rushed to her side and gave her a Third-grade healing pill.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Xiao Yan’s father but said she could not become Xiao Yan’s servant for the sect’s sake.
• Nalan Yanran grabbed her weapon and attempted to take her own life, but a figure suddenly appeared.

After winning the Three-Year Pact, Xiao Yan ended his ties with Nalan Yanran and asked Lin Che to accept him as a disciple. Lin Che agreed, gave Xiao Yan a sword and wine, and sent him back to Jia Nan Academy to broaden his experience and pursue Sword Intent.

• Lin Che stopped Nalan Yanran from taking her own life, and Xiao Yan burned the divorce letter and declared that she and the Xiao Family were no longer connected.
• Xiao Yan knelt and asked Lin Che to take him as a disciple; Lin Che agreed and introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as his senior sisters.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Yun Leng against harming Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun ordered Yun Leng and the other Misty Cloud Sect members to withdraw.
• Lin Che told Xiao Yan to return to Jia Nan Academy and gave him the Demon Slaying Sword and a jar of Peach Blossom Wine.
• Lin Che advised Xiao Yan to travel and see more to change his state of mind and develop Sword Intent.

Xiao Yan set out to train after Lin Che warned him to limit his Peach Blossom Wine, but he drank too much and was overwhelmed by its energy. Lin Che refused to let Xiao Yi Xian train alone yet, and arranged for Cai Lin to accompany Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy to obtain Earth Core Body Tempering Milk while he pursued another goal in the Black Corner Region.

• Lin Che sent Xiao Yan away to train and told him to return in three years, warning him to drink no more than two taels of Peach Blossom Wine each day.
• Xiao Yan drank several large gulps of Peach Blossom Wine and became so overheated and unsteady that he feared the energy would make him explode.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked why Lin Che would not let her train outside, and he said she could go once she reached the Dou Emperor realm.
• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian that they would go to the Black Corner Region in a few days to seek something he wanted.
• Cai Lin agreed to accompany Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy to obtain Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, which was guarded by a powerful Snow Demon Sky Ape.

Lin Che spent a quiet morning with Yun Yun and the others while Yun Shan met with Protector Wu, who ordered him to search the Xiao Family for a Jade Slip. Yun Shan agreed outwardly but secretly instructed Yun Leng to retrieve it without harming anyone, hoping Protector Wu would die in the Monster Mountain Range.

• Lin Che woke beside Yun Yun, prepared medicinal wine, and later watched Cai Lin and the others wake and wash by the lake.
• Protector Wu told Yun Shan that his search of the Xiao Family had found no trace of the treasure and suggested it was with Xiao Yan.
• Protector Wu threatened Yun Shan into sending people to the Xiao Family and said he would go to the Monster Mountain Range to kill Xiao Yan and target Lin Che.
• After Protector Wu left, Yun Shan summoned Yun Leng and ordered him to take Yun Lei and Yun Sheng to find a Jade Slip at the Xiao Family without harming anyone.
• Yun Shan privately hoped Protector Wu would die in the Monster Mountain Range so the Misty Cloud Sect would no longer have to obey him.

Lin Che confronted Wu Ying, a Soul Hall Protector who came to the Bamboo Forest seeking the Xiao Family brat and Lin Che’s soul. After rejecting Wu Ying’s offer to join the Soul Hall, Lin Che faced him in the air as their fight began.

• Lin Che sensed Wu Ying approaching and told Cai Lin he would face the Three-star Dou Zong himself to question him.
• Cai Lin offered to help, but Lin Che departed to meet Wu Ying while she remained uneasy about his safety.
• Lin Che confronted Wu Ying in the black mist and dismissed his claim that Lin Che’s strength had drawn him there.
• Wu Ying introduced himself as a Soul Hall Protector and offered Lin Che a place in the Soul Hall, but Lin Che refused.
• Wu Ying demanded that Lin Che hand over the Xiao Family brat and threatened to kill him, while Lin Che pointed the Green Lotus Sword at Wu Ying.

Lin Che battled Protector Wu of the Soul Hall in the Monster Mountain Range after Protector Wu demanded the Jade Slip. Lin Che’s sword strike tore open space and revealed that he had killed Protector Wu’s friend Demon Protector, leaving Protector Wu enraged and determined to kill him.

• Protector Wu demanded the Jade Slip and threatened to slaughter everyone if Lin Che refused to hand it over.
• Lin Che split Protector Wu’s black mist with his sword, then fought off his iron chains with the Green Lotus Sword.
• Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yao Chen, and several Sixth-tier Magical Beasts watched as Cai Lin shielded the area from the battle’s aftershocks.
• Lin Che unleashed the Green Lotus Sword Song, forcing Protector Wu to retreat from a strike that tore open a hundred-zhang rift in space.
• Protector Wu learned that Lin Che had killed Demon Protector and swore to make him pay.

Lin Che battled Protector Wu, who used captured souls and the lives of Magical Beasts to unleash a powerful attack. Lin Che overcame him and prepared to finish him off as Protector Wu warned that a Soul Hall Venerable would come.

• Enraged by Demon Protector's death, Protector Wu attacked Lin Che with black skulls and chains, then drew on captured souls to raise his strength.
• Protector Wu sacrificed countless Magical Beasts to empower his Funeral of Souls technique and hurled the giant skull at Lin Che.
• Lin Che countered with Myriad Swords Return as One, shattering the skull and blasting Protector Wu into the ground.
• Lin Che reminded Protector Wu that he had defeated Xie Bi Yan while only a half-step Dou Zong, then said he would send him to join Demon Protector.
• Protector Wu claimed that Lin Che could not kill his soul body and threatened him with the arrival of a Soul Hall Venerable.

Lin Che killed Protector Wu of Soul Hall with the final move of the Thirteen Sword Slashes of the Spirit Sword, then protected his family and prepared to address matters in the Black Corner Region. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan celebrated Protector Wu's death and ordered Yun Leng to leave the Xiao Family unharmed.

• Lin Che used God Slayer to pierce Protector Wu and reduce him to ash, destroying the mountain peak and surrounding forest.
• Lin Che returned to the Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, where Yun Yun checked that he was unharmed and Yao Chen asked why Soul Hall had attacked.
• Lin Che explained that Soul Hall wanted an item, strengthened the barrier around the area, and said he would handle matters in the Black Corner Region.
• Yun Shan saw that Protector Wu's Soul Jade Slip had shattered and celebrated his death.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Leng to stop searching the Xiao Family, harm no one there, and keep the Misty Cloud Sect's visit secret.

Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Black Seal City for the auction, where they encountered the Blood Sect’s young master, Fan Ling, outside the Eight Fan Gate Auction House. As Fan Ling noticed Xiao Yi Xian, a drunken woman spilled wine on his shoes.

• Lin Che set out for the Black Corner Region aboard a War Boat with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen, while Yun Yun stayed behind to cultivate and guard their home.
• After half a month, Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Black Seal City and disguised themselves in black robes to avoid attention.
• Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian headed toward the Eight Fan Gate Auction House through the city’s dangerous, crowded streets.
• The Blood Sect’s young master, Fan Ling, arrived with his group, and people nearby whispered about the feud between the Blood Sect and the Eight Fan Gate.
• Fan Ling glanced toward Xiao Yi Xian, but her black robe hid her face; then a woman stumbled out of a tavern and spilled wine on his shoes.

Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian attended the Black Seal City auction, where they learned that a Fragment of the Netherworld Flame Map was among the items for sale. The Eight Fan Gate auctioneer opened the event, beginning with the display of an azure-blue magic-core weapon.

• Fan Ling had one of his men drag a woman away, and she died after screaming; he then entered the auction house.
• Lin Che stopped Xiao Yi Xian from intervening in Black Seal City's violence, and they entered the auction as honored guests.
• Fan Ling noticed the black-robed Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian and suspected they were dangerous, while planning to seize the auction's final treasure.
• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen that another Fragment of the Netherworld Flame Map would be auctioned.
• The Eight Fan Gate auctioneer warned attendees against causing trouble and declared the auction open, presenting an azure-blue weapon first.

At the auction, Lin Che recognized a worn map fragment as part of the Netherworld Flame Map and bid on it, prompting Fan Ling to drive up the price. Lin Che withdrew from the bidding, but decided he would kill Fan Ling and take the fragment after the auction.

• Lin Che watched the auction with Xiao Yi Xian, who bought one item she liked.
• The auctioneer presented a tattered map fragment, and Yao Chen identified it as a Fragment of the Netherworld Flame Map.
• Lin Che bid one hundred and ten thousand Gold Coins, then Fan Ling raised the bid to one hundred and thirty thousand.
• Lin Che raised his bid to one hundred and forty thousand, and Fan Ling answered with three hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Lin Che stopped bidding and decided to kill Fan Ling after the auction to take the map fragment.

Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian let Fan Ling win the map fragment, then watched the major factions compete fiercely for Three Thousand Lightning Movement. The Black Skull Tomb secured the Earth-tier movement skill for ten million Gold Coins, while Lin Che and the Heavenly Snake Mansion held back for the final auction item.

• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian to stay calm and let Fan Ling have the map fragment, explaining that they would avoid exposing its value by bidding further.
• Fan Ling won the map fragment for three hundred thousand Gold Coins and wondered why his rivals had stopped bidding.
• The auctioneer presented Three Thousand Lightning Movement, an Earth-tier, low-grade Movement Dou Skill, and Lin Che identified it as Wind Lightning Pavilion's secret technique.
• Mo Erhan bid five million Gold Coins, and Elder Qing raised the price to eight million, rejecting Mo Erhan's threat to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Mo Erhan raised his bid to ten million Gold Coins, prompting Elder Qing to withdraw because the Heavenly Snake Mansion wanted the later auction item.
• Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian did not bid, and the Black Skull Tomb won Three Thousand Lightning Movement for ten million Gold Coins.

The Eight Fan Gate auctioned a Rank 7 Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and the Heavenly Snake Mansion won it by agreeing to the owner’s terms. After the auction, slaughter spread outside Black Seal City as Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian waited along their target’s route.

• The auctioneer revealed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and explained its power and the two tasks required as payment.
• The Eight Fan Gate evaluated the bidders, and Fan Ling’s father prepared to kill whoever obtained the pill.
• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian that the pill was not enough to earn his help and that a more shocking scene was coming.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion won the pill after its Dou Zun agreed to Elder Qing’s request.
• Slaughter erupted outside Black Seal City, and Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian appeared along their target’s path.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned the killing of a young child, and Lin Che told her that the Black Corner Region had no children, only enemies.

Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian ambushed Fan Ling and the Blood Sect after they killed a Black Skull Tomb expert, and wiped out the group. Xiao Yi Xian failed to finish the fight quickly, and Lin Che criticized her for it.

• Fan Ling ordered a Blood Sect elder to kill a captured Black Skull Tomb expert and took the expert’s Storage Ring and Earth-tier Dou Skill.
• Lin Che blocked the Blood Sect’s path and demanded that Fan Ling surrender his possessions.
• Fan Ling offered an Earth-tier Dou Skill to anyone who killed Lin Che, so Lin Che sent Xiao Yi Xian to fight the Blood Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian used her Heavenly Flame and Poison Body of Calamity to attack the Blood Sect, while Fan Ling tried to flee and then fought her.
• Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed Fan Ling, Lin Che killed the Blood Sect elder and remaining disciples, and then scolded Xiao Yi Xian for taking too long.

Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian escaped after killing Fan Ling, while Cai Lin returned with Zi Yan and the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. As they prepared to leave the Black Corner Region, Ling Quan of the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army blocked their War Boat and demanded answers from Lin Che.

• Xiao Yi Xian burned Fan Ling to ashes, and Lin Che took the Storage Ring containing the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and Earth-tier Dou Skill before they fled from Fan Lao.
• Fan Lao found his son’s remains and swore to avenge him, unaware that Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian had escaped.
• On the War Boat, Lin Che explained to Xiao Yi Xian why he had ended the battle quickly and warned her about challenging stronger opponents.
• Cai Lin returned with Zi Yan, the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s magic core, then told Lin Che that Ling Quan had asked whether she knew him.
• Ling Quan and dozens of others blocked Lin Che’s War Boat as it was leaving the Black Corner Region, and Ling Quan demanded that Lin Che answer the Gu Clan’s questions.