Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and their companions received the Great Desolate Sect’s repaired talisman puppets and inherited knowledge from Old Man Heitong. He also gave them nine Nirvana Pill Rivers and a vast storage pouch, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by its immense capacity.

• Old Man Heitong showed Lin Dong and the others three hundred High-grade Talisman Puppets, sixty Spirit Puppets, and five Heavenly Puppets arranged in the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Array, warning that they consumed enormous amounts of pills.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to improve the puppets’ energy consumption, and Old Yao agreed, drawing on his previous puppet research.
• Old Man Heitong passed his talisman puppet and formation research to Old Yao, including powerful arrays capable of suppressing Reincarnation Realm experts.
• Old Man Heitong offered the group nine Nirvana Pill Rivers, but Xiao Yan said they lacked the storage space to carry them all.
• Old Man Heitong used the Sky Swallowing Bag to absorb all nine pill rivers and revealed that it also contained thirty million Xuan Yuan Pills.
• Xiao Yan examined the bag’s interior and realized it could hold a space as large as Wutan City.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong traveled with Old Man Heitong to the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, where Lin Dong prepared to begin refining it. Xiao Yan received two clumps of peak Reincarnation Realm Super Monster Beast Essence Blood and learned that the Great Desolate Sect’s foundational martial arts could evolve alongside their cultivators.

• Lin Dong suggested using the Sky Swallowing Bag to capture Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerables, but Old Man Heitong explained that it could not hold living beings; Xiao Yan realized the Life and Death Gate could serve that purpose.
• Old Man Heitong said Lin Dong would need to refine the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and offered to help him, while Xiao Yan asked for Super Monster Beast Essence Blood.
• Old Man Heitong gave Xiao Yan Essence Blood from an Ancient Demon Blood Python and a Wind Thunder Golden Ape, both of which had reached the peak of the Reincarnation Realm.
• Old Man Heitong led the group to the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and prepared to help Lin Dong communicate with its Talisman Spirit.
• Xiao Yan asked why the Great Desolate Sect had no Heavenly Martial Arts, and Old Man Heitong explained that its foundational martial arts could evolve to higher levels with their cultivators.

Xiao Yan prepared to travel to the Black Corner Region after the Wind Thunder Fire Dragon Ape advanced and the Branded Iron Poisonous Python began evolving. He planned to give the newly forged Blood Scale Soft Sword to the python once its breakthrough was complete.

• The Fire Demon Dragon Ape fused with the Wind Thunder Golden Ape's Essence Blood and advanced to a Seventh-Order Wind Thunder Fire Dragon Ape.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he planned to leave for the Black Corner Region to find Han Feng and investigate whether Zhu Kun could be rescued.
• Xiao Yan instructed the Wind Thunder Fire Dragon Ape to stabilize its realm before joining the journey once Branded Iron had fused with the Ancient Demon Blood Python's Essence Blood.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Little Poison was about to break through while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed toxins in the blood mist.
• Xiao Yan showed Qing Lin the Earth Tier Blood Scale Soft Sword, forged from the Ancient Demon Blood Python's scales, and said it was best suited to Branded Iron.

Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Nirvana Realm, while the Branded Iron Poisonous Python evolved into a powerful blood-colored python. Hai Bodong returned with news that the Black Emperor Sect held the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Xiao Yan prepared to lead an attack on the Black Corner Region to seize it and eliminate Han Feng.

• Xiao Yan gave the Branded Iron Poisonous Python the Blood Scale Soft Sword, and it completed its evolution as Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion and announced her breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin teased him about whether he feared being seen by others or by Sister Xun'er.
• The Third Elder announced that Hai Bodong had returned, and Xiao Yan brought Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to meet him.
• Hai Bodong reported defeating Yuan Yi, wounding Fan Lao, and earning fourth place on the Black List before revealing that the Black Emperor Sect possessed the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave for the Black Corner Region the next day to take the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and wipe out Han Feng and his followers.

Xiao Yan brought his companions to Black Seal City and set a trap to draw Han Feng’s allies, especially Mu Gu, into a decisive battle. As the Miterre Merchant Guild’s challenge to Maple City spread, Jia Nan Academy’s leaders discussed the coming conflict.

• Xiao Yan opened a spatial gate and transported Hai Bodong, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the two monster beasts to Black Seal City.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Wind Thunder Fire Dragon Ape and Branded Iron Poisonous Python to accompany Hai Bodong toward Maple City and display their strength, hoping Han Feng would summon Mu Gu and other allies.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong that he intended to eliminate Han Feng and his gathered supporters, then asked about contact with Jia Nan Academy and planned to meet its leaders after the battle.
• News of the Miterre Merchant Guild’s challenge to Maple City spread through the Black Corner Region, drawing attention to the coming fight between Hai Bodong and Han Feng.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Hu Gan and two elders discussed the conflict in Maple City with the head of the Alchemy Department.

Jia Nan Academy's elders learned that Hai Bodong's Miterre Merchant Guild could supply Sect Breaking Pills and prepared to support it against Han Feng. In Maple City, Han Feng gathered powerful Black Corner Region allies and confidently planned to destroy the guild.

• Elder Zuo, Elder You, and Hu Gan condemned Han Feng and discussed the Miterre Merchant Guild's promised supply of medicinal pills.
• Elder You and Elder Huo grew eager to help Hai Bodong attack Maple City after hearing about the Sect Breaking Pills and an alchemy master backing the guild.
• Su Qian appeared before the Outer Academy elders, announced that he would watch the battle and intervene if needed, and ordered Hu Gan to protect the academy and recall its students and instructors.
• Su Qian left for Maple City, hoping to secure cooperation that could provide Jia Nan Academy with Sect Breaking Pills.
• Han Feng addressed the Black Alliance gathering in Maple City and promised pills in exchange for medicinal ingredients after the battle.
• Han Feng relied on the gathered Dou Zong-level forces and his hidden backing, convinced they would defeat the Miterre Merchant Guild.

Han Feng offered medicinal pills to recruit Maple City’s experts into a war against the Miterre Merchant Guild, but Hai Bodong arrived with Xiao Yan and his allies before the attack began. The fighting left Han Feng’s side at a disadvantage, and Han Feng called on Protector Xuan to face Xiao Yan.

• Mo Tianxing asked Han Feng to buy a Sect Breaking Pill with gold coins, and Han Feng promised free pills to the gathered experts if they destroyed the Miterre Merchant Guild.
• Hai Bodong arrived in Maple City with Xiao Yan and his allies, and Han Feng recognized the Heavenly Flame within Xiao Yan.
• Han Feng offered Old Man Yingshan three Sect Breaking Pills to capture Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi Xian intercepted Yingshan and began fighting him.
• The Branded Iron Poisonous Python attacked the Gold and Silver Elders, Qing Lin fought the elders of Magic Flame Valley, and Hai Bodong and the Wind Thunder Fire Dragon Ape joined the battle.
• Su Qian watched the Miterre Merchant Guild’s allies overwhelm Han Feng’s forces, while Xiao Yan challenged Han Feng to summon his remaining helpers.
• Han Feng dismissed Xiao Yan as a medicinal-pill-raised Dou Zong and called for Protector Xuan to act.

Xiao Yan revealed that he was a Seven-star Dou Zun and destroyed Han Feng’s forces in Maple City. After capturing Han Feng’s soul, he faced Old Man Mu Gu, who had arrived to claim Yao Chen’s ring and Xiao Yan’s secrets.

• Protector Xuan attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan froze the chain and black mist with his control over space.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself as Venerable Yao’s disciple and killed Protector Xuan, then sealed Maple City so the fleeing experts could not escape.
• Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, imprisoned his soul in a Fusion Flame vessel, and rebuked him for betraying Yao Chen.
• Old Man Mu Gu appeared and demanded that Xiao Yan surrender Yao Chen’s ring and reveal the Fen Jue.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the aura of a Seven-star Dou Zun, killing the weaker fighters and shocking Old Man Mu Gu.

Xiao Yan killed Old Man Mu Gu, captured Han Feng, and seized the Sea Heart Flame after defeating their forces in the Black Corner Region. With the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva secured, he returned to Black Seal City to refine the flame and prepare for Yun Potian’s awakening.

• Xiao Yan killed Old Man Mu Gu with two punches and extracted his Soul Body to leave for Old Yao.
• Xiao Yan took the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng, stopped his attempted soul detonation, and sealed both men’s Soul Bodies in the Ancient Ring.
• Su Qian concluded that Jia Nan Academy could not afford to oppose the Miterre Merchant Guild and left the battlefield.
• Hai Bodong gathered the fallen experts’ corpses and gave Xiao Yan Mo Tianxing’s Storage Ring, which contained the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yan assigned Hai Bodong to occupy and plunder several cities, then returned to Black Seal City to refine the Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan refined the Sea Heart Flame, raising his cultivation to Eight-star Dou Zun and causing the Fen Jue to evolve to quasi-Heavenly Tier. He planned to trade Jia Nan Academy a Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower for the Falling Heart Flame, then obtain a second one beneath the academy’s tower.

• Xiao Yan refined the Sea Heart Flame and advanced from Seven-star to Eight-star Dou Zun.
• A Heaven and Earth anomaly appeared, and Xiao Yan and Old Yao realized the Fen Jue had evolved to quasi-Heavenly Tier.
• Xiao Yan declined to refine Old Yao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame yet and said he planned to exchange another Heavenly Flame for it.
• Old Yao revealed he had forged a Heaven Tier Human Emperor Banner containing the souls of a Dou Zun, a Dou Zong, and a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan proposed building Jia Nan Academy a Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower in exchange for its Falling Heart Flame, then claiming the second Falling Heart Flame beneath the academy’s tower.

Xiao Yan extracted a Bodhi Seed from the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, giving Old Yao confidence that Yun Potian would awaken within three months. Meanwhile, Old Ghost Di Mo emerged from seclusion after his elders were killed, only to flee when he learned a Dou Zun was responsible—and Xiao Yan caught up with him.

• Xiao Yan refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva with his Fusion Flame and extracted a Bodhi Seed.
• Old Yao took the Bodhi Seed and began secluded research, confident he could awaken Yun Potian within three months.
• Xiao Yan left Black Seal City and hurried toward Di Mo Valley to eliminate Magic Flame Valley.
• Old Ghost Di Mo emerged from decades of seclusion and learned that the Great Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder had been killed by a Dou Zun.
• Old Ghost Di Mo recognized the danger and fled, telling Magic Flame Valley's experts to scatter and save themselves.
• Xiao Yan used Spatial Lock to stop Old Ghost Di Mo and pierced the center of his brow with one finger.

Xiao Yan destroyed Magic Flame Valley, collected its treasures and brought Old Ghost Di Mo’s soul to Old Yao. After they assessed the spoils, Xiao Yan prepared to travel with Old Yao and Hai Bodong to Jia Nan Academy to trade pills for monster cores and discuss an exchange for the Falling Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan extracted Old Ghost Di Mo’s soul and prepared to use it in the Human Emperor Banner.
• Xiao Yan killed Magic Flame Valley’s remaining experts with a Two-colored Fire Lotus and took the valley’s storehouse and useful treasures.
• Old Yao sorted the spoils in Black Seal City and advised Xiao Yan to obtain High Tier Monster Cores from Jia Nan Academy for the talisman puppet array.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao he planned to trade pills for monster cores and discuss an exchange for the Falling Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy.
• Old Yao decided to accompany Xiao Yan and told him to bring Hai Bodong, so Xiao Yan tore open the void to find him.

Xiao Yan finished securing the Black Corner Region’s resources for the Miterre Merchant Guild and traveled with Hai Bodong to Jia Nan Academy to negotiate with the academy. There, Xiao Yu reunited with her friend Xue Ni, unaware that Xiao Yan had watched her before departing for the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Yan collected the Black Emperor Sect’s resources, and Hai Bodong reported that Yuan Yi and the Branded Iron Poisonous Python were at Twilight City while the Wind Thunder Fire Dragon Ape guarded Maple City.
• Xiao Yan said Magic Flame Valley had been destroyed and asked Hai Bodong to accompany him to Jia Nan Academy; three neutral faction leaders arrived too late to join the Miterre Merchant Guild.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yu told Xue Ni that the Miterre Merchant Guild had won and praised Xiao Yan for capturing Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan observed that Xiao Yu had reached Seven Star Great Dou Master, then chose to visit the Inner Academy before meeting her.
• After Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong disappeared, Xiao Yu turned toward where they had been and then gave Xue Ni medicinal pills, including a Yang Yuan Pill.

Xiao Yan offered Jia Nan Academy pills in exchange for high-tier monster cores, and Su Qian eagerly accepted the deal. After trading seven basins of Nirvana Pills and other pills for the academy’s cores, Xiao Yan was left to explain his second purpose.

• Xiao Yan offered Dou Ling Pills, Imperial Pills, Sect Breaking Pills, and Nirvana Pills to Su Qian in exchange for high-tier monster cores.
• Xiao Yan proposed trading one basin of Nirvana Pills for an Eighth-Tier Monster Core and set prices for the other pills; Su Qian agreed to recruit qualifying Xiao Family members directly into the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian brought seven Eighth-Tier Monster Cores, and Xiao Yan exchanged seven heaped basins of Nirvana Pills for them.
• Su Qian also traded eighty-two Seventh-Tier and four hundred sixty-seven Sixth-Rank Monster Cores for the corresponding pills.
• Xiao Yan praised Jia Nan Academy’s reserves, and Su Qian asked what his second purpose was.

Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to trade the Falling Heart Flame for the chance to rebuild the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower as the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower. After Yao Chen revealed himself and promised the new tower could improve cultivation and protect Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian agreed and summoned two Guardians.

• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian for the Falling Heart Flame, and Su Qian warned that removing it could cripple the Inner Academy’s cultivation system.
• Xiao Yan offered to replace the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower and described its cultivation benefits.
• Yao Chen appeared from Xiao Yan’s ring and confirmed that he had created the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower.
• Yao Chen promised the new tower could use the Falling Heart Flame, support powerful cultivators, and unleash a formation comparable to a Dou Zun’s might.
• Su Qian agreed to the exchange and summoned the two Guardians, who arrived through space; Yao Chen judged them to be Nine-star Dou Zong Experts near the Dou Zun Realm.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao gained the support of Jia Nan Academy’s elders, and Old Yao helped Bai Lie and Qian Mu approach the Dou Zun Realm. After Xiao Yan gave them Xuan Yuan Pills, the academy agreed to help gather materials for modifying the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

• Su Qian explained Xiao Yan and Old Yao’s proposal to Bai Lie and Qian Mu, who decided the deal was worth pursuing.
• Bai Lie and Qian Mu paid their respects to Old Yao and Xiao Yan, and Old Yao shared his insights on advancing to Dou Zun.
• Su Qian thanked Old Yao after he said Bai Lie and Qian Mu could break through within half a year.
• Xiao Yan gave Bai Lie and Qian Mu two basins of Xuan Yuan Pills, further strengthening their confidence in advancing.
• Old Yao asked Hai Bodong to prepare materials for modifying the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Bai Lie, Qian Mu, and Su Qian offered the academy’s help.

Old Yao completed the Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower and took Xiao Yan beneath it to seize the Falling Heart Flame. After Xiao Yan captured the flame, they descended farther into the magma to find the Heavenly Fire Venerable, while Bai Lie and Qian Mu began cultivating in the tower.

• Old Yao activated the eight-layer Nirvana Myriad Transformation Tower and adjusted its lowest layer so Bai Lie and Qian Mu could cultivate safely.
• Old Yao brought Xiao Yan and the two elders to the Eighth Layer, then plunged with Xiao Yan into the magma after sensing the Falling Heart Flame below.
• The Falling Heart Flame emerged as a giant transparent fire python, but Xiao Yan instantly erased its intelligence and stored it in the Sky Swallowing Bag.
• Old Yao sensed a trace of Soul Power belonging to the Heavenly Fire Venerable beneath the magma, and Xiao Yan agreed to continue downward.
• Bai Lie and Qian Mu wondered whether the Heavenly Fire Venerable was the Dou Zun once mentioned by the Old Dean.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao found the second Falling Heart Flame in the magma and faced a clan of lizardmen led by a Half-Saint. After fighting the White Lizardman, Xiao Yan escaped with a Peak Dou Zun lizardman captured, while the deeper mystery of the Guardian remained unresolved.

• Old Yao and Xiao Yan found the second Falling Heart Flame beside a skeleton, and Xiao Yan stored both in the Sky Swallowing Bag.
• A group of Crimson Lizardmen arrived, and their White Lizardman leader warned Xiao Yan to leave the God's Tomb or face death.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed capturing lizardmen to serve the Xiao Family and postponed investigating the Guardian's domain.
• The White Lizardman attacked Xiao Yan, who unleashed his Clan Mark, Great Nirvana Golden Body, and six Flame Splitting Wave Ruler strikes.
• The White Lizardman shielded his clan from Xiao Yan's attack, but Xiao Yan vanished and left a Peak Dou Zun lizardman missing.

Xiao Yan returned from the magma beneath Jia Nan Academy with an unconscious Peak Dou Zun lizardman, revealing that a powerful lizardman race lived underground. After Old Yao ruled out using the lizardman to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable, Xiao Yan considered making it a guardian beast through a Soul Contract with Hai Bodong and went to find him.

• Xiao Yan brought an unconscious Peak Dou Zun lizardman back to the Eighth Layer, alarming Elder Qian Bai and Bai Lie when he revealed that Half-Saint lizardmen lived beneath the academy.
• Old Yao reassured the elders that the lizardmen did not leave the magma, and he examined the captive, finding its body structure unsuitable for reviving Heavenly Fire Venerable but useful for improving puppets.
• Xiao Yan proposed keeping the lizardman as a Clan Protecting Monster Beast and considered having Hai Bodong sign a Soul Contract with it.
• Xiao Yan sealed the lizardman's pressure, left the tower, and headed to the Outer Academy to find Hai Bodong before entering seclusion to refine the Falling Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan revived a dying Lizardman by supplying it with pure fire energy, then arranged a Soul Contract between it and Hai Bodong. He absorbed the Falling Heart Flame and advanced to nine-star Dou Zun in the early Heavenly Rank before Old Yao sensed two old acquaintances approaching.

• Xiao Yan realized the Lizardman was dying outside the magma and used an Exotic Flame Rune to restore its energy.
• Hai Bodong agreed to a Soul Contract with the Three-Revolutions Peak Dou Zun Lizardman, and Old Yao completed the contract.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Falling Heart Flame to advance Fen Jue, overcoming the intense evil fire within him.
• After half a day, Xiao Yan reached nine-star Dou Zun in the early Heavenly Rank.
• Old Yao sensed two old acquaintances approaching, and Xiao Yan wondered whether Xuan Yi had come with Wind Venerable.