Chapter Summaries

Lin Che confronted the Nether Blood Wolf clan chief over the Heavenly Flames in the Ancient Nether Poison Marsh and fought off its pack. Unable to quickly overcome the chief amid the poisonous miasma and its tactical attacks, Lin Che decided to retreat and look for a chance to turn the fight around.

• Lin Che killed several Nether Blood Wolves that ambushed him, drawing out their Five-star Dou Zun clan chief.
• The clan chief demanded a Rank 9 Pill for the Heavenly Flames, rejected Lin Che’s offer of a Rank 8 Pill and two Earth-tier cultivation techniques, and refused to let him leave with the treasure.
• Lin Che and the clan chief exchanged attacks, but the chief’s thick hide withstood his sword strikes before Lin Che used Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps to slam it into a wall.
• The injured clan chief enraged its pack and sent the Nether Blood Wolves to attack while Lin Che’s Frost Ice Sword formed a domain that erased any wolf that touched it.
• The clan chief had its subordinates hurl stones at Lin Che to drain his Dou Qi, and Lin Che decided to retreat because the poisonous miasma prevented him from replenishing his strength.

Lin Che fought the Nether Blood Wolf chieftain in the Ancient Nether Poison Marsh and revealed the power of his sword techniques after drinking wine. He defeated the chieftain with his final form, God Slayer, and staggered toward it as the chieftain demanded to know how he had won.

• Lin Che froze and shattered the falling boulders, then blocked the Nether Blood Wolf chieftain's charge with a Wind Shield that the chieftain smashed apart.
• Lin Che drank wine and used the eighth form of Thirteen Sword Slashes of the Spirit Sword, River Sever, to split the First Elder's attack.
• Lin Che realized the Nether Blood Wolf chieftain had devoured the Nether Poison Fire, and drank more wine as his Sword Qi surged.
• The chieftain transformed into human form and attacked Lin Che with Blood Wolf Seal, while Lin Che prepared the Frost Ice Sword's compressed energy.
• Lin Che used the final form, God Slayer, and shattered the void, severely injuring the chieftain and spreading the marsh's poisonous miasma across the forest.
• The chieftain knelt and asked how Lin Che had defeated it, while Lin Che staggered toward it, weakened by ten portions of drunken power.

Lin Che killed the Nether Blood Wolf clan chief, obtained the Nether Poison Fire, and traveled to the Black Corner Region. There, he agreed to help a wounded Jia Nan Academy instructor and his student, drawing the pursuers’ threats.

• Lin Che sealed the Nether Blood Wolf clan chief’s escape and killed it with his sword, taking its purple beast core and Nether Poison Fire.
• After Lin Che left, a massive lizard emerged from the swamp, swallowed the wolf chief’s corpse, and remarked that Lin Che was interesting.
• A month later, Lin Che reached the Black Corner Region and decided to visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Che initially ignored a wounded man and girl fleeing pursuers, but stopped when the man revealed he was a Jia Nan Academy instructor.
• Lin Che told the instructor and his student to follow him, and the pursuing Dou Ling threatened him for interfering.

Lin Che rescued Instructor Zack and Huai Zhu from Magic Flame Valley, then went to Jia Nan Academy to ask about Xiao Yan. Vice Principal Hu Gan recognized Lin Che as the Drunken Sword Immortal and told him Xiao Yan had left for another continent.

• Lin Che killed the black-robed Dou Ling and his men after they attacked Zack and Huai Zhu.
• Zack told Lin Che that Xiao Yan had left Jia Nan Academy half a year earlier, and Lin Che said he was Xiao Yan's teacher.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Hu Gan learned that Zack and Huai Zhu had been attacked by Magic Flame Valley and summoned Zack to explain.
• Lin Che arrived and greeted Hu Gan, who recognized him as the Drunken Sword Immortal and introduced him to the Outer Academy experts.
• Hu Gan told Lin Che that Xiao Yan had left for another continent to gain experience.

At Jia Nan Academy, Han Yue asked Lin Che to save the Han Family from the Hong Family’s attempt to annex it. Lin Che agreed in exchange for the Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid but refused to travel to Tianbei City, leaving Han Yue pleading with him.

• Lin Che watched the new disciples spar at Jia Nan Academy while Hu Gan explained that Su Qian was in seclusion.
• Han Yue visited Lin Che and explained that Hong Chen and the Hong Family threatened the Han Family and that Hong Chen wanted to marry her.
• Han Yue offered to serve Lin Che for life if he helped her family, and Lin Che demanded the Han Family’s Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid.
• Han Yue asked Lin Che to accompany her to Tianbei City so her father could approve the deal, but Lin Che refused because the journey would take too long.
• Han Yue grabbed Lin Che’s wrist and pleaded for help, explaining that her grandfather’s seclusion had left the family vulnerable.

Lin Che agreed to protect Han Yue’s family in exchange for the Han Family’s Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid and allegiance. After traveling for two months, he and Han Yue arrived at Tianbei City, where the Han Family awaited them.

• Lin Che told Han Yue he would handle the Wind Lightning Pavilion threat if the Han Family gave him its Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid and pledged allegiance to him.
• Han Yue accepted Lin Che’s conditions, and he arranged to accompany her to Tianbei City three days later.
• Lin Che left Jia Nan Academy with Han Yue aboard a War Boat, and Han Yue tended to him during the journey.
• After two months of travel, Lin Che and Han Yue reached Tianbei City, and Han Yue pointed out that the Han Family was nearby.

The Hong Family pressured the Han Family to surrender its properties and marry Han Xue to Hong Chen, while Han Yue returned with Lin Che instead of the Jia Nan Academy dean. The chapter ended with Hong Chen entering the Han Family residence and asserting his power after one of his Dou Emperor guards knocked down a Han Family elder.

• Han Chi and the Han Family elders discussed the Hong Family's demands, and Han Xue declared she would never marry Hong Chen.
• Han Chi explained that he had hoped Han Yue would bring help from Jia Nan Academy, whose dean was a Half-Saint.
• Han Yue returned with Lin Che, whom she introduced as an expert from the Jia Ma Empire, and Han Chi urged his daughters to leave Tianbei City.
• Hong Chen arrived at the Han Family residence with Dou Emperor guards and insulted the family.
• A Hong Family guard sent a Han Family elder flying, and Hong Chen sat down and demanded that the Han Family apologize.

Lin Che killed Hong Chen and the Hong Family’s Dou Emperor guards after they provoked the Han Family. He told the Han Family to throw out the bodies and said he would deal with any Hong Family experts who came.

• Hong Chen taunted the Han Family and insisted he had come to see his fiancées, Han Xue and Han Yue.
• Han Yue asked Lin Che to intervene, reminding him that the Han Family would honor their agreement.
• Lin Che killed a Three-Star Dou Huang guard and challenged the Hong Family’s remaining experts to attack together.
• Hong Chen threatened Lin Che with his Dou Zong grandfather and his ties to the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion.
• Lin Che killed Hong Chen and the remaining Dou Emperors with his Green Lotus Sword.
• Lin Che ordered the Han Family to throw out the corpses and promised to deal with any Hong Family experts who came.

Lin Che offered to protect the Han Family, but Han Chi refused to give him the Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid. Lin Che left as the Hong Family arrived, leaving Han Chi to confront Hong Zhen.

• Lin Che revealed that he was a Dou Zun and assured Han Chi that the Hong Family would not threaten them while he was present.
• Hong Zhen learned that his son Hong Chen had died and gathered the Hong Family's experts to attack the Han Family despite an elder's warning.
• Han Yue told the Han Family that she had offered the Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid to Lin Che, but Han Chi refused to hand over the treasure.
• Lin Che said he would leave without forcing the trade, warned Han Yue that the Hong Family had arrived, and vanished despite her pleas.
• Hong Zhen confronted Han Chi, who accused him of wanting to destroy the Han Family and reminded him that Hong Chen had tried to seize Han Yue.

The Han Family faced destruction after Hong Zhen attacked them, but Old Ghost Han emerged from seclusion to defend them. When the Hong Family Ancestor Hong Tianxiao and Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion elder Shen Yun refused to leave, the confrontation escalated toward a fight to the death.

• Hong Zhen wounded Han Chi and threatened to wipe out the Han Family unless they surrendered their treasures.
• Old Ghost Han appeared, struck Hong Zhen down, and prepared to kill him before Hong Tianxiao arrived to protect him.
• Shen Yun revealed that he was from the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion and demanded an explanation for the Han Family killing someone from the pavilion.
• Han Chi explained that a Dou Zun expert had killed Hong Chen and already departed, prompting Old Ghost Han to berate him for driving the expert away.
• Hong Zhen demanded Han Yue and her sister as compensation, while Hong Tianxiao claimed Han Yue as his concubine.
• Old Ghost Han prepared to fight, and Shen Yun offered to hold him back while Hong Tianxiao destroyed the Han Family.

Lin Che appeared in time to save Han Yue from Hong Tianxiao and accepted the Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid from Han Chi. He then turned on Shen Yun and Hong Tianxiao, while the Han Family realized Lin Che was a Dou Zun expert reportedly in his twenties.

• Han Yue begged Lin Che to save the Han Family, and Hong Tianxiao attacked her before Lin Che could return.
• Lin Che appeared, stopped Hong Tianxiao, and warned Shen Yun not to harm Han Yue, a disciple of Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Yue pleaded for Lin Che to spare the Han Family, and Han Chi gave him the Ice Crystal Body Transformation Fluid.
• Lin Che asked Shen Yun and Hong Tianxiao if they were ready to die, and Shen Yun knelt and blamed Hong Tianxiao to beg for mercy.
• The Hong Family members also knelt, while Han Chi told Old Ghost Han that Lin Che was a Dou Zun expert in his twenties.

Lin Che killed Hong Tianxiao, Shen Yun, and the Hong Family, then met Tianbei City Lord Muli, a Gu Clan guest elder. Muli offered him a place in the Gu Clan, but Lin Che refused and chose to remain free.

• Lin Che shattered Hong Tianxiao's cultivation and killed him, then killed Shen Yun.
• Old Ghost Han and Han Chi led the Han Family in wiping out Hong Zhen, the other attackers, and the remaining Hong Family members.
• City Lord Muli arrived at the Han Family and questioned Lin Che about the killings and his conflict with the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Muli introduced himself as a Gu Clan guest elder and learned Lin Che was twenty-two and a Dou Zun.
• Muli offered Lin Che a place in the Gu Clan, but Lin Che declined because he did not want to be tied down.

Lin Che refused City Lord Muli’s invitation to join the Gu Clan, but Muli promised to help restrain the Wind Lightning Pavilion and look after the Han Family. At the Han Family banquet, Lin Che secured their pledge to aid him in the future, then declined Han Ye’s offer to make Han Yue and Han Xue his disciples.

• Lin Che rejected City Lord Muli’s invitation to join the Gu Clan and said he would face the Wind Lightning Pavilion if it came after him.
• City Lord Muli warned Lin Che about the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s strength and allies, then promised to intervene if it continued its dispute with the Han Family.
• City Lord Muli told Han Ye that Lin Che was a young Dou Zun who might reach Dou Sheng, and said he would seek the Pavilion Master’s help to stop the conflict.
• At a grand banquet, Lin Che reminded Han Ye that the Han Family had agreed to help him without reservation in return for his aid.
• Han Ye offered Han Yue and Han Xue as Lin Che’s disciples, but Lin Che declined because he already had two disciples.

Lin Che returned from the Central Continent to the Northwest Continent with Han Yue and Han Xue, then reunited with Yun Yun and Queen Medusa. He gave Xiao Yi Xian the Nether Poison Fire to absorb and embraced Yun Yun and Cai Lin after being away for more than half a year.

• Lin Che agreed to let Han Yue and Han Xue cultivate alongside him but refused to take them as disciples.
• Han Yue visited Lin Che that night with tea and pastries, and he told her she could seek him out if she chose to join him.
• Lin Che took the Han sisters aboard the War Boat toward the Northwest Continent, while they later headed for Jia Nan Academy and he continued to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Lin Che returned to the eastern Monster Mountain Range, where Yun Yun and Queen Medusa welcomed him.
• Lin Che gave Xiao Yi Xian the Nether Poison Fire to absorb, then pulled Yun Yun and Cai Lin into an embrace.

Lin Che returned to Yun Yun and Cai Lin after reaching Five-star Dou Zun, reassuring Yun Yun that he would never leave her. The next day, Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Nether Poison Fire and advanced to Two-star Dou Zong.

• Lin Che told Yun Yun he had reached Five-star Dou Zun, and promised to stay with her despite their growing strength gap.
• Lin Che, Yun Yun, and Cai Lin spent the evening drinking and singing together on a wooden boat.
• The next morning, Lin Che went to watch Xiao Yi Xian absorb the Nether Poison Fire into her Poison Body of Calamity.
• Cai Lin told Lin Che that Yun Yun had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after waiting a year for his return.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Nether Poison Fire and advanced from Eight-star Dou Huang to Two-star Dou Zong.

Lin Che reached Seven-star Dou Zun after six months of cultivation and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to Black Emperor City for the Black Emperor Sect auction, seeking Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. The group entered the crowded city, where Lin Che revealed his strength and received a token for lodging at Black Emperor Pavilion.

• After half a year of cultivation, Lin Che advanced from Five-star Dou Zun to Seven-star Dou Zun and prepared to head to the Black Corner Region.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian joined Lin Che for the journey, while Yun Yun and Cai Lin stayed behind because of their affairs.
• Lin Che, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan boarded the War Boat and traveled to Black Emperor City to seek Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• In Black Emperor City, Lin Che killed the mercenaries who mocked him and threatened his companions with a strike of Sword Qi.
• A Black Emperor City expert offered Lin Che a token for lodging at Black Emperor Pavilion after recognizing his strength.

Lin Che sought rare medicinal ingredients at Thousand Medicine Pavilion in Black Emperor City and agreed to trade a Grade Six Pill for three prized herbs. Before he could take them, Old Man Qi arrived to claim them, and the shop announced that the contenders would have to compete by offering pills.

• After Lin Che left with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, a soldier was sent to report the young man's apparent Dou Emperor strength to the elders.
• Lin Che, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan explored Black Emperor City and went to Thousand Medicine Pavilion to buy medicinal ingredients.
• The shop elder said the White Spirit Mushroom, Blood Red Grass, and Bone Washing Marrow Extract Vine were rare treasures that would cost a Grade Six Pill.
• Lin Che agreed to the exchange, and the shop elder brought out all three ingredients.
• Old Man Qi arrived and demanded the herbs, so the shop elder said the contenders would settle the dispute by offering pills.
• A woman in a red palace robe appeared as the contest was being proposed.

Lin Che faced off against Qi Shan in the Thousand Medicine Pavilion over three rare herbs and won the contest with a Dragon Emperor Pill. After revealing his overwhelming power, he drove Qi Shan away and kept the herbs, while Shopkeeper Yao warned him that Black Emperor City’s lord was also a Dou Zong expert.

• Qi Shan demanded the White Spirit Mushroom, Blood Red Grass, and Bone Washing Marrow Extract Vine, but Lin Che refused to give them up.
• Shopkeeper Yao proposed that Lin Che and Qi Shan let their pills decide who would obtain the herbs.
• Qi Shan presented a Grade Six Soaring Cloud Pill, and Lin Che countered with a Dragon Emperor Pill that astonished everyone.
• Qi Shan accused Lin Che of cheating, then tried to seize the herbs and was slammed to the ground by Lin Che’s pressure.
• Qi Shan realized Lin Che was a Dou Zong expert, begged for forgiveness, and fled after Lin Che ordered him to leave.
• Lin Che took the three herbs, and Shopkeeper Yao warned him about the Black Emperor City lord; Lin Che said no one could make him leave.

Lin Che, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan entered the Black Emperor Pavilion ahead of the auction, where Kui Sha confronted them over the men Lin Che had killed. Xiao Yi Xian killed Kui Sha despite young sect master Mo Ya’s attempt to intervene, and Lin Che and his companions continued on while Mo Ya chose not to challenge them.

• A Black Emperor Sect elder checked Lin Che’s token and let him and his companions enter the pavilion.
• Kui Sha blocked Lin Che’s group and demanded a reckoning for his nephew’s death.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck Kui Sha with a poisoned palm and made him suffer as he begged Mo Ya for help.
• Mo Ya asked Xiao Yi Xian to remove the poison, but she refused and Kui Sha turned to dust.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Mo Ya that she would have killed him if he were not the Black Emperor Sect’s young sect master.
• Lin Che dismissed Mo Ya as unqualified and left with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, while Mo Ya ordered his men not to provoke them.

Xiao Yi Xian refined a top-grade Rank 7 Mysterious Dragon Pill to help Queen Medusa awaken and purify her bloodline. As the pill’s formation drew powerful experts to Lin Che’s room, he appeared to guard her and ordered everyone to leave.

• Lin Che dismissed Zi Yan’s anger over Mo Ya and gave Xiao Yi Xian herbs to refine pills while he stood guard.
• Xiao Yi Xian began refining the Mysterious Dragon Pill, which could help Queen Medusa inherit true dragon power and strengthen her bloodline.
• After three days, the pill’s formation created a terrifying Pill Cloud and drew experts from across Black Emperor City.
• First Elder Su Qian and the people from Magic Flame Valley gathered near the room as the pill lightning formed.
• Lin Che appeared in the sky, revealed his Dou Zun strength, and threatened to kill anyone who came within a hundred meters.
• The black-robed Protector urged Fang Yan to withdraw, and Lin Che turned his gaze toward First Elder Su Qian and Xiao Li.