Recaps

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.

Mo Tianxing persuaded the Black Emperor Pavilion elders to trade the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and other materials with Lin Feng, then brought Lin Feng to the treasury. There, Lin Feng discovered a mysterious high-grade magical beast corpse whose presence affected Qing Man.

• Mo Tianxing told the Black Emperor Pavilion elders that Lin Feng was a young peak sixth-grade alchemist, and the elders approved exchanging the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for a Pill to Break Dou Zong.
• Mo Ya suggested letting Lin Feng choose magical beast corpses himself, and Mo Tianxing arranged for Qi Shan, Elder Lin, and Mo Ya to accompany him.
• Mo Tianxing introduced Lin Feng to the group, who were stunned when they learned he was also a Dou Zong; afterward, Mo Ya and Qi Shan concluded he likely came from beyond the Northwest Continent.
• Elder Lin led Lin Feng and Qing Man into the treasury, where Lin Feng asked to inspect the magical beast blood essence and dried corpses.
• Elder Lin showed Lin Feng a mysterious corpse suspected to belong to a peak seventh-order or eighth-order beast, and Qing Man felt oppressed by its presence.
• Lin Feng recognized the corpse as belonging to a Sky Demon Phoenix and discreetly shielded Qing Man from its suppressive aura.

Lin Feng obtained the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva from Mo Tianxing and traveled to Demon Flame Valley to seek the Sky Demon Puppet secret technique. When Grand Elder Fang Yan said he could not trade the technique without the ancestor’s approval, Lin Feng offered a Pill to Break Dou Zong to persuade him to awaken the ancestor.

• Lin Feng traded two Pills to Break Dou Zong and an Emperor-grade Pill for the Black Emperor Pavilion’s spiritual items, including the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Lin Feng sent Elder Qing and the Heavenly Snake Manor people to Peace Town, then flew to Demon Flame Valley.
• Lin Feng concealed Demon Flame Valley beneath a Five Elements Barrier and called for Old Ancestor Di Mo.
• Fang Yan met Lin Feng and explained that he could not dispose of the Sky Demon Puppet secret technique while Di Mo was in secluded cultivation.
• Lin Feng showed Fang Yan a Pill to Break Dou Zong and asked him to awaken Di Mo for the exchange.

Lin Feng traded a Pill to Break Dou Zong to Demon Flame Valley for the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique. Old Ancestor Di Mo let him leave, then urged Fang Yan to use the pill to advance to Dou Zong.

• Fang Yan returned Lin Feng’s Pill to Break Dou Zong and awakened Old Ancestor Di Mo to discuss the proposed exchange.
• Old Ancestor Di Mo met Lin Feng, tested his strength, and recognized his Green Lotus Core Flame and formidable cultivation.
• Old Ancestor Di Mo agreed to trade the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique for the pill, and Fang Yan retrieved the technique.
• Lin Feng exchanged the pill for the secret technique and departed from Demon Flame Valley.
• Fang Yan asked why Di Mo had not seized the pill, and Di Mo explained he feared provoking a powerful force behind Lin Feng.
• Old Ancestor Di Mo told Fang Yan to consume the pill and attempt to advance to Dou Zong.

Lin Feng returned to Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, learned that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Five-star Dou Zong after refining the Netherworld Poison Flame, and spent ten days with both women. He then went with them to the Dou Di Space to seek news of Zi Yan, and the magma stirred in response to his call to the Old Dragon Emperor.

• Lin Feng returned from Demon Flame Valley and reunited with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the Netherworld Poison Flame had stabilized her Calamity Poison Body and helped her reach Five-star Dou Zong.
• Cai Lin left Lin Feng and Xiao Yi Xian alone, and Lin Feng went with Xiao Yi Xian into her cave.
• After ten days, Lin Feng, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the magma passage toward the Dou Di Space to ask when Zi Yan would emerge from Secluded Cultivation.
• Lin Feng called out to the Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, and the surrounding magma began to move.

Lin Feng visited the Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to check on Zi Yan and seek a place to cultivate. Zhu Kun welcomed them as family, offered gifts and training, and left Lin Feng to begin secluded cultivation while he arranged combat practice for the two women.

• Zhu Kun emerged from the magma and told Lin Feng to call him Uncle, then Lin Feng explained that he had come to see whether Zi Yan had finished her secluded cultivation.
• Lin Feng told Zhu Kun about Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Zhu Kun invited her to Dragon Island to meet Royal Blood Snake Clan members who could help her reach the Dou Saint realm.
• Lin Feng introduced Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian as Zi Yan's elder sisters, and Zhu Kun gave each of them a droplet of Purple-gold blood as a gift.
• Lin Feng asked to cultivate at the treasured place and break through to the peak of the Mortal Realm, so Zhu Kun explained Dragon Might and said Lin Feng could learn it with Zi Yan later.
• Zhu Kun permitted Lin Feng to undergo secluded cultivation and offered to summon Lizardmen to help Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian temper their combat methods at the Dou Zong realm.

Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin continued their trials against the Lizardmen beneath the magma while Lin Feng’s Soul Force broke through to the peak of the Mortal Realm. Lin Feng planned to head to the Middle Continent after Zi Yan awakened, but first intended to visit another place.

• Xiao Yi Xian used her Netherworld Chains to defeat a Lizardman and claimed his energy bead.
• A Half-Saint Lizardman asked whether the women would continue their daily trials, and Cai Lin prepared to challenge an Eight-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Feng’s Soul Force broke through, drawing Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to his side.
• Lin Feng reached the peak of the Mortal Realm and resolved to visit another place before heading to the Middle Continent after Zi Yan awakened.

Lin Feng, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin reached the Heavenly Snake Mountain Range and asked the Heavenly Snake Manor to lead them to its headquarters. The Manor Lord received them, then called a meeting and asked the elders to recall the Saintess’s origins, directing them to Elder Lu Man for an answer.

• Lin Feng and his companions flew into the Heavenly Snake Empire, openly releasing their auras to attract the attention of the Heavenly Snake Manor.
• Two Heavenly Snake Empire elders intercepted the group, and one led them to the Heavenly Snake Manor’s headquarters.
• The Manor Lord welcomed Lin Feng and his companions, then left them waiting in a reception hall with several maids.
• Cai Lin asked Lin Feng why the Manor Lord had stopped attending to them, and Lin Feng said they should wait.
• The Manor Lord convened a sect meeting and asked who remembered the Saintess’s origins.
• The Manor Lord said Elder Lu Man should answer, leaving the gathered elders surprised.

At a Heavenly Snake Manor meeting, Lu Man revealed that Qing Lin had been protected as a child by an exceptionally talented elder brother, and the Manor Lord announced that her brother had returned as a Dou Zong. Elder Qing then recounted her near-fatal encounter with the Blood Sect and told the elders that the sect had already been destroyed.

• Lu Man told the elders that Qing Lin had been protected from mistreatment by her elder brother, a gifted young alchemist and Dou Wang.
• The current Manor Lord revealed that Qing Lin's brother was one of the three unfamiliar Dou Zongs who had arrived at Heavenly Snake Manor.
• The current Manor Lord asked Elder Qing to explain her recent trip to the Black Corner Region.
• Elder Qing said the Blood Sect had attacked her while she was auctioning the Seventh-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill for Qing Lin.
• The elders demanded retaliation against the Blood Sect, and Elder Qing said it had already been destroyed.

Elder Qing told the Heavenly Snake Manor elders about Lin Feng’s strength and alchemy, leaving them wary of offending him as they considered his visit. The Manor Lord met Lin Feng and explained that Qing Lin had entered the Inheritance Forbidden Land for secluded cultivation a year earlier and might remain there for about five years.

• Elder Qing revealed that Lin Feng had helped her destroy the Blood Sect and could refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong.
• The elders debated whether Lin Feng had come to take Qing Lin away, and the Manor Lord decided to meet him with Lu Man and Elder Qing.
• The Manor Lord, Lu Man, and Elder Qing greeted Lin Feng in the reception hall, where he thanked Lu Man for caring for Qing Lin.
• Lin Feng asked where Qing Lin was, and the Manor Lord explained that she had entered the Inheritance Forbidden Land for Secluded Cultivation a year earlier.

Lin Feng learned that Qing Lin had entered Heavenly Snake Manor’s inheritance and would be away for several years, so he agreed to refine a pill for Lu Man and offered to make pills for the manor in exchange for ingredients. He then withdrew to a secret chamber to begin alchemy.

• Lin Feng confirmed that Qing Lin had entered the Land of Inheritance a year earlier and would need at least four more years to emerge.
• Lin Feng warned Heavenly Snake Manor not to force Qing Lin into anything she disliked, and the Manor Lord assured him that no one would force the Saintess.
• Lu Man asked Lin Feng to refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong, and Lin Feng agreed to do so with the two sets of ingredients she had gathered.
• The Manor Lord offered to supply Lu Man’s missing ingredients, and Lin Feng invited Heavenly Snake Manor to gather ingredients for other pills he could refine.
• Lin Feng sent Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to explore with Lu Man and Qing Man, then entered a secret chamber and began warming his cauldron with the Green Lotus Core Flame.

At Heavenly Snake Manor, Lin Feng refined a Pill to Break Dou Zong for Lu Man, then offered more pills in exchange for rare ingredients. After half a month of pill-making and gathering supplies, Lin Feng announced he was entering secluded cultivation to refine a Seventh-grade Pill.

• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian broke the legs of several spoiled youths who approached them, and the elders treated the women respectfully because of their connection to Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng emerged amid a pillar of energy and handed Lu Man a Pill to Break Dou Zong.
• Lin Feng offered to refine pills for any elder who found an item on his list of rare ingredients, and the Grand Elder supplied a Seventh-order Water Attribute Demonic Core.
• Lin Feng refined more pills while the elders searched for the listed treasures, and the Grand Elder reserved his pill for a gifted descendant.
• After half a month, Lin Feng announced that the ingredients for his Seventh-grade Pill had been gathered and began secluded cultivation.

Lin Feng refined Fan Lao into a Sky Demon Puppet, experimenting with Demonic Beast essence blood to increase its power. The experiment succeeded, producing an Eight-star Dou Huang puppet, and Lin Feng planned to use it to extort Yao Chen later.

• Lin Feng reviewed the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique and chose Fan Lao's corpse for his first experiment.
• Lin Feng burned away Fan Lao's lingering thoughts, then placed a sixth-order Water Attribute Demonic Core and Fan Lao's soul in his body.
• Lin Feng added sixth-order Demonic Beast essence blood and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to fuse the puppet's flesh, soul, Demonic Core, essence blood, and metal.
• While Lin Feng refined the Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood over ten days, elders took his pills into Secluded Cultivation, and some successfully advanced.
• Lin Feng activated the completed puppet, which reached Eight-star Dou Huang strength, and concluded that it could later grow to at most seven- or eight-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Feng decided to use the puppet to extort Yao Chen before heading to the Middle Continent.

Lin Feng refined Xie Bi Yan into a Dou Zong-level Sky Demon Puppet while using Zhu Kun's essence blood to strengthen himself. He finished a Human Puppet with Four-star Dou Zong physical strength and linked it to his Soul Force for control.

• Lin Feng began refining Xie Bi Yan's corpse and spent most of his attention cultivating with Zhu Kun's essence blood.
• Lin Feng released Xie Bi Yan's soul, rejected his plea for mercy, burned him with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and returned his soul to the corpse.
• Lin Feng fused the corpse with exotic metal and seventh-order Demonic Beast essence blood using the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Feng completed the bronze Human Puppet and found that it possessed the physical strength of a Four-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Feng established a Soul Force control link with Xie Bi Yan's puppet and planned to reserve Fan Lao's puppet for extorting Yao Chen.

Lin Feng refined two Human-Demon Puppets and began refining a Seventh-grade Instant Qi Pill, hoping to secure a stronger position in the Pill Tower. As the ingredients fused, the Six-Orifice Cauldron cracked and threatened to shatter, leaving Lin Feng trying to hold it together.

• Lin Feng refined a Human-Demon Puppet from a Dou Zong corpse and soul, but it reached only the Two-star Dou Zong level.
• Lin Feng set aside the three puppets and prepared to refine a low-grade Seventh-grade Instant Qi Pill from the ingredients he had collected.
• Lin Feng reviewed Yao Chen's instructions, warmed the cauldron, and carefully refined the medicinal ingredients with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• After several days, Lin Feng finished refining the ingredients and began fusing them, but the Six-Orifice Cauldron cracked across its surface.
• Lin Feng struck the failing cauldron and used the Five Elements Sealing Technique to try to hold it together.

Lin Feng successfully refined a Seventh-grade Pill, drawing powerful Pill Lightning over Heavenly Snake Manor. He used two Dou Zong-level Human Puppets to withstand the lightning, and the chapter ended as the puppets absorbed it and grew stronger.

• Lin Feng completed the pill after his six cauldrons failed to withstand the refining process.
• Dark clouds gathered over the sealed chamber, and the Manor Lord recognized the Pill Lightning as a sign of a Seventh-grade Pill.
• Lin Feng emerged and brought out two Dou Zong-level Human Puppets to guard the pill.
• The puppets took the first lightning strike, with Bronze Two blasted into a crater before returning to the sky.
• The elders noticed that both puppets were absorbing the Pill Lightning and rapidly growing stronger.

Lin Feng sealed the remaining pill lightning from the Seventh-grade Pill and swallowed it to temper his body, hoping to reach the peak of the sixth order. As he entered Secluded Cultivation, the Heavenly Snake Manor lord recalled an old record that resembled what Lin Feng had done.

• The Sky Demon Puppet and Bronze Two absorbed much of the pill lightning and each advanced by one star as they shielded the Seventh-grade Pill.
• Lin Feng used the Five Elements Seal Technique to draw the remaining lightning out of the puppets and contain it, then stored the pill in a jade bottle and returned to the secret chamber.
• Lin Feng refined the contained lightning with Five Elements Dou Qi and swallowed it, enduring the destructive force as his body regenerated and absorbed its energy.
• The Heavenly Snake Manor elders waited outside, then dispersed as Lin Feng remained in Secluded Cultivation.
• The Heavenly Snake Manor lord told the Grand Elder and others that Lin Feng's sealing of the pill lightning reminded him of a record he had once seen.

The Manor Lord of Heavenly Snake Manor recounted the manor’s ancient glory and speculated that Lin Feng was connected to the Lei Clan, an imperial Dou God Clan. The group decided to win Lin Feng’s favor, and Elder Tang proposed finding him a powerful medicine cauldron.

• The Manor Lord explained that Heavenly Snake Manor once served the Heavenly Snake Lineage in the Beast Domain, with Dou Zuns and Dou Saints among its ranks.
• The Manor Lord and the elders hoped the Holy Maiden’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils would help restore the manor’s former standing.
• The Manor Lord linked Lin Feng’s controlled pill lightning and rapid rise after joining Jia Nan Academy to the Lei Clan and Mang Tianchi.
• The Manor Lord urged Heavenly Snake Manor to satisfy Lin Feng’s requests and invest in his goodwill.
• Elder Tang suggested that Lin Feng’s medicine cauldron had shattered during pill refinement and that the manor should find him a powerful replacement.

The Heavenly Snake Manor’s Former Manor Lord urged the factions to invest in Lin Feng without displeasing Qing Lin, and the Manor Lord decided to offer him the sealed Heavenly Cauldron. Meanwhile, Lin Feng refined pill lightning and Dragon Emperor’s Essence Blood, breaking through to a Seventh-order Demonic Beast physique and becoming a Three-star Dou Zong.

• The Former Manor Lord warned that Lin Feng’s talent would soon surpass the Heavenly Snake Manor and told the elders not to provoke Qing Lin by giving him the sect’s ancestral cauldron outright.
• After the Former Manor Lord departed, the Manor Lord decided to have the Grand Elder retrieve the sealed Heavenly Cauldron for Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng continued refining pill lightning in seclusion, strengthening his body until his progress slowed.
• Lin Feng drew on Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor’s Essence Blood, shattered the barrier to a Seventh-order Demonic Beast physique, and stabilized the powerful energy with his cultivation techniques.
• Lin Feng assessed that he had reached the strength of a Three-star Dou Zong and could contend with stronger Dou Zong opponents, especially alongside Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Feng refined pills for the Heavenly Snake Manor with the Heart of the Earth, then departed with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to visit the flourishing Snake People Tribe before returning toward Jia Nan Academy. On reaching the academy’s Outer Academy, he was mobbed by students eager for his autograph and attention.

• Lin Feng refined a sixth-grade Azure Nether Longevity Pill in the Heart of the Earth and gave it to the Grand Elder.
• Lin Feng left the Heavenly Snake Manor with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, telling the elders that Qing Lin could find him at the Pill Tower after she emerged from Secluded Cultivation.
• Lin Feng and his companions visited the Snake People Tribe, whose settlement near the Jia Ma Empire and Magical Beast Mountain Range had prospered.
• Lin Feng, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the Black Corner Region to Peace Town and entered Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy.
• Jia Nan Academy students surrounded Lin Feng to ask for his autograph and profess their admiration, ignoring Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Feng escaped a crowd of Jia Nan Academy students by tossing them pills, then returned to secluded cultivation with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. As he refined the Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood, he hurried to strengthen himself before Zi Yan emerged and potentially surpassed him.

• Lin Feng threw dozens of pills to distract the Outer Academy students, then left with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and asked Hu Gan to keep order.
• Lin Feng and the two women spent time exploring the Inner Academy in disguise, where Lin Feng learned that Xiao Yan had reached Three-star Dou Spirit and performed well in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Lin Feng brought Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian back to secluded cultivation while they waited for Zi Yan to emerge.
• Lin Feng reflected that Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian had reached Six-star and Seven-star Dou Zong, and that Zi Yan might soon become a Dou Zong as well.
• Lin Feng increased his efforts to refine the Dragon Emperor's Essence Blood because he did not want Zi Yan to become the youngest.