Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng gave Xiao Yan a Soul Force-restoring medicinal liquid for Yao Chen and a Three-patterned Azure Spirit Pill, prompting Xiao Yan to begin cultivating for his breakthrough. That night, Yao Chen appeared before Lin Feng, who looked forward to negotiating with him, while Yao Chen recognized Lin Feng’s strength and regretted that he could not take him as a disciple.

• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yan a medicinal liquid that could restore Yao Chen’s Soul Force and told him to hurry back and cultivate with the Three-patterned Azure Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan rented a cultivation chamber, placed Yao Chen’s ring in the bottle, and swallowed the pill to begin his breakthrough.
• Yao Chen watched Xiao Yan and complained that Lin Feng’s free gift would cost him dearly when he went to meet him that night.
• Yao Chen appeared before Lin Feng in the Alchemist Guild pavilion, and Lin Feng welcomed him while eager to strike a deal.
• Yao Chen saw through Lin Feng’s fabricated backstory, acknowledged his talent and power, and regretted that his current condition made taking him as a disciple unlikely.

Lin Feng renegotiated Yao Chen’s payment for helping Xiao Yan at the Three-Year Agreement, then agreed to train Xiao Yan in alchemy in exchange for more pill recipes. He obtained Yao Tianhuo’s resurrection method and a sealing technique, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan arriving at the Alchemist Guild after breaking through to an Eight-star Great Dou Master.

• Lin Feng raised his fee for confronting Misty Cloud Sect, and Yao Chen agreed to provide ten Eighth-grade Pill Recipes and a resurrection method.
• Yao Chen offered Lin Feng three additional Eighth-grade Pill Recipes to teach Xiao Yan alchemy for half a month, and Lin Feng accepted.
• Lin Feng released Yao Tianhuo from a Storage Ring and showed him Yao Chen’s resurrection method; Yao Tianhuo offered to protect Lin Feng after being resurrected.
• Lin Feng told Yao Tianhuo that he already had three Heavenly Flames and a possible body for his resurrection, and Yao Tianhuo gave him a sealing technique.
• Xiao Yan broke through to an Eight-star Great Dou Master during Secluded Cultivation and arrived at the Alchemist Guild in disguise, where he met Yao Chen.

With Yao Chen’s guidance and Lin Feng’s help, Xiao Yan advanced to Fourth-grade Alchemist before the Three-Year Agreement. Lin Feng cultivated to Peak One-star Dou Zong, then arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Xiao Yan appeared to face Nalan Yanran.

• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to master his increased Dou Qi through pill refinement and sent him to Lin Feng for guidance.
• Lin Feng trained Xiao Yan until he became a Fourth-grade Alchemist, then entered Secluded Cultivation while Xiao Yan competed in the Alchemist Tournament.
• Lin Feng refined Xie Bi Yan’s essence blood energy and advanced from Mid One-star Dou Zong to Peak One-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Feng went to the Misty Cloud Sect and assured Yun Yun that he wanted a fair match and for Xiao Yan to leave safely afterward.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza in black robes, dragging a massive black ruler, and declared that he had come to honor the agreement.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their long-awaited duel on the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, while Yun Shan faced pressure from Protector Lu to harvest the souls of three alchemists. The chapter revealed that Lin Feng had secretly warned Yun Shan about Protector Lu’s threat, leaving Yun Shan prepared to resist.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the Eight-star Great Dou Master realm, and Lin Feng confirmed that his Dou Qi was stable and his advancement appeared normal.
• Xiao Yan demanded a fight to the death, while Nalan Yanran defended her choice to break off their engagement and promised to become his servant if she lost.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought evenly despite her One-star Dou Ling realm, with her training and Nalan Jie’s support having strengthened her.
• Protector Lu ordered Yun Shan to harvest the souls of three Sixth-grade Alchemists and capture Xiao Yan, but Yun Shan refused to comply outright because Lin Feng was connected to Jia Nan Academy.
• Yun Shan recalled that Lin Feng had warned him Protector Lu would threaten him, then greeted Lin Feng after he secretly appeared during Yun Shan’s secluded cultivation.

Lin Feng examined Yun Shan and discovered that Protector Lu had hidden a black mist restriction deep within his soul. After safely containing it, Lin Feng and Yun Shan planned to use it to capture Protector Lu.

• Yun Shan confronted Lin Feng for entering the sect, then learned that Lin Feng was a Dou Zong and revealed that the Soul Hall had helped him advance.
• Lin Feng warned Yun Shan that the Soul Hall had likely placed a hidden restriction on him, and Yun Shan consented to an examination.
• Lin Feng searched Yun Shan’s body and soul, found the black mist restriction, and sealed it inside a Five Elements barrier.
• Lin Feng and Yun Shan agreed not to destroy the restriction yet and devised a plan to capture Protector Lu.
• Lin Feng left quietly, and Yun Shan returned the contained restriction to his mind without alerting Protector Lu.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran raised their power to the Dou Ling realm and unleashed their ultimate techniques to settle their grudge. Xiao Yan fused two Heavenly Flames into a Buddha's Rage Flame Lotus and sent it crashing into Nalan Yanran's attack, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed to decide their evenly matched fight with one final move.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flames Three Xuan Transformations, while Nalan Yanran raised her strength to match his at Two-star Dou Ling.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Extreme Wind - Setting Sun Radiance as Xiao Yan summoned Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Flame alongside his Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Yun Ling ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to form the Cloud-Smoke Covering Sun Formation, while Protector Lu urged Yun Shan to capture Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed a Buddha's Rage Flame Lotus by fusing the two Heavenly Flames and launched it against Nalan Yanran's enormous beam of light.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran and ended their engagement, but as he left Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan confronted him about his cold white flame. A mysterious black-mist Dou Zong then appeared and demanded that Xiao Yan reveal Yao Chen’s whereabouts, leaving Xiao Yan facing a powerful threat.

• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, who accepted that she would become his servant or maid.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the divorce letter and declared that he and Nalan Yanran had no further ties before leaving Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan appeared and asked Xiao Yan where the cold white flame on his body came from.
• A mysterious black mist spread from the back mountain, and its occupant demanded that Xiao Yan reveal Yao Chen’s whereabouts.

After Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, Yun Shan and Protector Lu tried to seize him and Lin Feng, but their allies intervened and Lin Feng joined forces with Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo to defeat Protector Lu. With Soul Hall likely to pursue Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, Lin Feng advised Xiao Yan to seek protection at Jia Nan Academy.

• Yun Shan and Protector Lu demanded that Xiao Yan reveal the Heavenly Flame's origin and prepared to capture him and Lin Feng.
• Hai Bodong and the others defended Lin Feng, then fought Yun Shan and drew him away from the square.
• Lin Feng summoned Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, set up a Five Elements Barrier, and coordinated a surprise attack on Protector Lu.
• Lin Feng sealed the injured Protector Lu in a jade bottle before he could escape.
• Lin Feng warned Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that Soul Hall would pursue them and advised Xiao Yan to take Yao Chen to Jia Nan Academy.

Lin Feng exchanged pills for hundreds of cultivation techniques in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, gave Fa Ma a Seventh-Grade Alchemist inheritance, and departed for Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan relocated the Xiao Clan from Wutan City and set out for the Black Corner Region, while Yun Shan began explaining the Soul Hall's connection to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Lin Feng asked Fa Ma to announce a month-long exchange of pills for cultivation techniques and collected several hundred techniques by refining pills at the Alchemist Guild.
• Lin Feng promised Fa Ma he would make his name known across the Dou Qi Continent within ten years, then passed on a Seventh-Grade Alchemist inheritance and left the capital on his Griffon.
• The Xiao Clan finished relocating its members from Wutan City, and Xiao Yan put on his black cloak and headed for the Black Corner Region to train.
• Yun Yun asked Yun Shan about the evil black mist and its connection to the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Shan began recounting how it had started during his secluded attempt to break through to Dou Zong.

Yun Shan revealed that his pursuit of Dou Zong had exposed the Misty Cloud Sect to a powerful organization, so he prepared Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to leave and eventually rebuild the sect. After the sect disbanded, Lin Feng returned to seclusion and began studying cultivation techniques to develop his own.

• Yun Shan told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran that Protector Lu had promised to help him reach Dou Zong in exchange for his cooperation, and warned them that a Dou Zun stood behind the organization.
• Yun Shan urged Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to leave the mountain, while Nalan Yanran chose to enter the Life-and-Death Gate for secluded cultivation.
• Yun Shan gave Yun Yun medicinal pills and the sect's inheritance, then departed to travel the Middle Continent; Yun Yun planned to gain experience in the Black Corner Region.
• The Misty Cloud Sect announced its disbandment, and Lin Feng learned of it at Jia Nan Academy and concluded that Yun Shan had followed his advice.
• Lin Feng found Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan still cultivating, saw that Cai Lin had left a note and resumed cultivation, and began studying collected techniques to create his own cultivation method.

Lin Feng reached Two-star Dou Zong after secluded cultivation and went to Black Seal City to attend its auction, intent on obtaining a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. The auction began with Azure Spirit Pills, while Lin Feng waited for the more important items.

• Lin Feng asked Yao Tianhuo to extract Protector Lu's Soul Origin and investigate Soul Hall locations, then secluded himself to cultivate.
• After half a month, Lin Feng broke through to Two-star Dou Zong and judged that refining his Five Elements Sealing Technique could let him contend with ordinary High-level Dou Zongs.
• Lin Feng left for Black Seal City because its auction was about to begin, hoping to secure the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Lin Feng entered the auction house, where an elderly winged man announced the start of the auction.
• Bidders competed for two Azure Spirit Pills, which Old Man Er Gou and a mysterious cloaked figure won for a combined nine hundred thousand gold coins.

Xiao Yan and Fan Ling competed for the Flying Dou Technique Thunderbat Sky Wings at the auction, while Lin Feng watched from another private room. The bidding climbed past one million six hundred thousand gold coins as an unknown woman joined the contest.

• After the auction hall’s excitement grew, the Dou Wang elder introduced the Flying Dou Technique Thunderbat Sky Wings and opened bidding at one hundred thousand gold coins.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to buy the technique, and Xiao Yan began bidding from his private room.
• Bidders in the hall raised the price to four hundred and fifty thousand gold coins before Xiao Yan offered eight hundred thousand.
• Fan Ling bid one million gold coins and invoked the Blood Sect, but Xiao Yan raised the offer to one million two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Fan Ling grew furious, and a seductive voice bid one million five hundred thousand gold coins before raising the price to one million six hundred thousand.

Lin Feng bought an ancient map fragment at auction for one hundred thousand gold coins after Yao Chen recognized its significance. The chapter ended with Yao Chen warning Xiao Yan that another piece had once caused a bloody storm in the Middle Continent.

• Fan Ling stopped bidding on the Flying Dou Technique after his old servant advised him to wait and take it later.
• Yao Chen shattered the Soul Force probing Xiao Yan's private room, and Xiao Yan bid one million seven hundred thousand gold coins for the technique.
• Elder Qing withdrew Heavenly Snake Manor's bid, and Xiao Yan won the Flying Dou Technique.
• The auction house offered a worn, incomplete ancient map fragment, and Lin Feng bought it for one hundred thousand gold coins.
• Yao Chen recognized the fragment and warned Xiao Yan that its other piece had once stirred up a bloody storm in the Middle Continent.

After Lin Feng acquired the map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yan regretted missing it but won the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma at auction. The auction’s final item was the Earth-tier movement technique Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and powerful factions prepared to bid for it.

• Yao Chen explained that the ancient map fragment was connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Yan lamented that Lin Feng had bought it.
• The auctioneer offered the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma, and Xiao Yan won it for one million two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Lin Feng bought two Mysterious Tier high-grade cultivation methods during the auction.
• The auctioneer revealed the Earth-tier low-grade movement technique Three Thousand Lightning Movement, drawing the attention of powerful bidders.
• Old Man Er Gou opened the bidding at one hundred thousand gold coins, and the auctioneer later received a bid of one million gold coins.

The auction house sold Three Thousand Lightning Movement to Black Skull Tomb before unveiling the Seventh-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill. Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng had betrayed and killed Yao Chen, while the pill auction began with buyers required to perform two tasks for its owner.

• Fan Ling and other powerful factions bid against one another for Three Thousand Lightning Movement, which Black Skull Tomb won for ten million two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Lin Feng joined Xiao Yan's private room and revealed that the final auction item was connected to Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Han Feng, his former disciple, had betrayed and killed him after learning the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan vowed to avenge Yao Chen, and Lin Feng teased him by pointing out that Han Feng was a Peak Dou Huang and the Medicine Emperor of the Black Corner Region.
• The auctioneer announced that bidders for the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill would have to perform two tasks for its owner, then opened the auction.

After the auction ended, Lin Feng left with Xiao Yan to intercept the Seventh-grade Pill that Heavenly Snake Manor had won. As Lin Feng considered what Qing Lin’s current status might mean for the pill, he began to suspect that events would differ from the Original Work.

• Lin Feng left the private room and told Xiao Yan he planned to take the Seventh-grade Pill rather than bid for it, while Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to exchange his auction winnings quickly.
• The seller accepted Heavenly Snake Manor’s offer, and the auction ended as attendees discussed the valuable items that had appeared.
• Lin Feng met Xiao Yan outside the auction house and reminded him to call him Senior Brother because people in the Black Corner Region still knew his name.
• Lin Feng used the Five Elements Barrier to conceal himself and Xiao Yan as they headed after the pill, then began reconsidering the situation because of Qing Lin’s status.

Lin Feng intervened in the Blood Sect’s attack on the Heavenly Snake Manor, killed Fan Lao, and saved Qing Man from self-destruction. After learning that Qing Lin was safe and treasured by the manor, he decided he would visit her and take her away if she was unhappy there.

• Lin Feng arrived at the Heavenly Snake Manor with Xiao Yan and saw Fan Lao’s Blood Sect overpowering its defenders.
• As Qing Man prepared to self-destruct rather than be captured, Lin Feng suppressed her Dou Qi and killed Fan Lao.
• Lin Feng wiped out the fleeing Blood Sect members but spared Fan Ling, who died by exploding before revealing the location of the sect’s treasure vault.
• Lin Feng asked Qing Man about Qing Lin, explained their relationship, and learned that Qing Lin was safe and cherished by the Heavenly Snake Manor.
• Lin Feng decided to visit Qing Lin later and take her away if she was unhappy.

Lin Feng and the Heavenly Snake Manor group attacked the Blood Sect, where Xiao Yan and Qing Man’s fighters killed its defenders and disciples. Lin Feng found the treasury and killed a hidden attacker before collecting its contents.

• Lin Feng led Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Snake Manor group to the Blood Sect, and Xiao Yan killed the guards at its entrance.
• Qing Man led the manor’s fighters into battle, and Elder Qing killed the Blood Sect elder after showing him Fan Lao’s corpse.
• Lin Feng searched the Blood Sect grounds with his Soul Force and located the treasury while the others slaughtered the sect’s remaining disciples.
• Lin Feng entered the treasury and killed a hidden attacker with a sudden strike.

Lin Feng looted the Blood Sect, parted ways with Xiao Yan, and set out with Qing Man for the Black Emperor Pavilion to buy a spiritual treasure and study her Seventh-grade Pill. At the pavilion, its master Mo Tianxing welcomed him and invited him to the VIP area.

• Lin Feng collected the Blood Sect's techniques, Spiritual Herbs, Demonic Cores, and other treasures before telling Xiao Yan they would part ways.
• Xiao Yan headed toward Peace Town, while Lin Feng privately planned to use him to draw the attention of the Soul Hall and Soul Clan.
• Lin Feng agreed to let Qing Man and the injured Heavenly Snake Manor disciples stay with him, and asked to study Qing Man's Seventh-grade Pill to gain alchemy inspiration.
• Lin Feng and Elder Qing walked through Black Emperor City, where news of the Blood Sect's destruction had briefly made the Black Corner Region more orderly.
• Lin Feng entered the Black Emperor Pavilion, met Pavilion Master Mo Tianxing, and was invited to the VIP area.

Lin Feng offered Mo Tianxing a top-grade Pill to Break Dou Zong in exchange for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and other supplies, revealing that he was a Peak Sixth-Grade Alchemist and a Two-star Dou Zong. Mo Tianxing convened the Black Emperor Pavilion’s leaders to discuss the deal, leaving them stunned by the pill and doubtful that it came from Jia Nan Academy.

• Lin Feng asked Mo Tianxing to sell him the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, but Mo Tianxing initially refused because the pavilion planned to auction it later.
• Lin Feng showed Mo Tianxing a top-grade Pill to Break Dou Zong that he said he had refined himself as a Peak Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• Lin Feng revealed his Two-star Dou Zong aura, requested sixth-tier-or-higher magical beast corpses and essence blood along with other materials, and gave Mo Tianxing a list of ingredients to exchange for pills.
• Elder Qing suggested that Heavenly Snake Manor could supply the materials Lin Feng needed, and Lin Feng decided to arrange a visit there.
• Mo Tianxing summoned Mo Ya, Qi Shan, and the pavilion’s other leaders, who admired the pill and urged him to secure it.
• Mo Tianxing warned the leaders about powerful figures in the Black Corner Region and said the pill had come from Jia Nan Academy, prompting them to insist that such a thing was impossible.