Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaofeng concluded that Jiang Donghua was hiding the true purpose of Hong Yu and Biyao and ordered his men to investigate them. At the medicine lodge, Hong Ling knocked the two women unconscious, and Jiang Donghua prepared to begin his work with them.

• Bai Xiaofeng told Mo Tianhen and Yin Jiuxiao that Jiang Donghua's story about Hong Yu and Biyao being Medicine Persons was likely a cover for a hidden scheme.
• Bai Xiaofeng ordered his men to keep watching Hong Yu and Biyao and bring them to him the next morning without alerting Jiang Donghua.
• Bai Xiaofeng contacted Qin Wuye, who agreed that Jiang Donghua's behavior had seemed deliberate.
• Hong Ling knocked Hong Yu and Biyao unconscious as they entered the medicine lodge and placed them beside the medicine furnace.
• Hong Ling warned Jiang Donghua against having improper thoughts about the women, and he called them tools as he prepared to begin.

Hong Yu and Biyao returned to Bai Xiaofeng after waking in Jiang Donghua’s medicine hut, where Qin Wuye and Bai Xiaofeng speculated about Jiang’s intentions. The chapter then showed Jiang Donghua secretly refining Myriad Ants Devour Heart Poison and sealing it in a Jade Bottle.

• Hong Yu and Biyao woke in the medicine hut with no memory of the night and found that Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling were gone.
• Mo Tianhen’s Shadow Blade delivered a note ordering Hong Yu and Biyao to return to Ninth Young Master, so they hurried to Bai Xiaofeng’s courtyard.
• Bai Xiaofeng struck Hong Yu and interrogated the two maids, then let them leave after they insisted they knew nothing about the night.
• Qin Wuye told Bai Xiaofeng that Jiang Donghua might not have touched the maids and may have kept them ignorant on purpose.
• Jiang Donghua refined Myriad Ants Devour Heart Poison in the Earth Spirit Cauldron and sealed the finished poison powder in a Jade Bottle.

Jiang Donghua prepared for the threat from Myriad Medicine City while Hong Yu and Biyao sought his protection after fleeing Ninth Young Master. He set out with Bai Xiaofeng, Hong Ling, and the two women, unaware that a shadow was following the carriage.

• Jiang Donghua explained that Myriad Ants Devouring Heart Poison could cripple even a Peak Dou Huang, and warned that he would retaliate if anyone attacked them.
• Hong Yu and Biyao returned to Jiang Donghua, confessed that Ninth Young Master had forced them to answer his questions, and begged him for protection.
• Hong Ling broke the Soul Jade Token, while Mo Xuan persuaded Lei Tian to hurry to the Black Corner Region to help Jiang Donghua.
• Bai Xiaofeng visited Jiang Donghua to ask about the medicinal herbs, and Jiang Donghua agreed to leave immediately with Hong Ling, Hong Yu, and Biyao.
• The group departed by carriage, unaware that a shadow had slipped after them from the roof of the medicine hut.

Jiang Donghua’s party was ambushed by the Medicine Family elders in a gorge, but Bai Yan intervened on behalf of the Bai Clan. Bai Xiaofeng revealed that he had secretly alerted his clan and ordered Tie Shan to take Jiang Donghua and the others back to Heavenly Snake City.

• Jiang Donghua rested in his carriage while the three Medicine Family elders followed and planned to kill his party in a remote area.
• Lei Tian and Mo Xuan shadowed the elders, worried that the ambush could turn into a dangerous fight.
• The Medicine Family elders attacked as the carriage entered a gorge, but Bai Yan appeared and blocked Yao Jidao’s strike.
• Bai Yan and Yao Jidao exchanged powerful attacks while Jiang Donghua, Hong Ling, and Bai Xiaofeng reacted to the clash.
• Bai Xiaofeng accused Jiang Donghua of conspiring with the Medicine Family and revealed that he had secretly notified the Bai Clan’s great elder.
• Bai Xiaofeng ordered Tie Shan to take Jiang Donghua and the others back to Heavenly Snake City.

Jiang Donghua revealed that he had lured Bai Yan out by manipulating Bai Xiaofeng, allowing the Medicine Family to turn the battle against the Bai Clan. As the Medicine Family slaughtered the Bai Clan’s fighters, Lei Tian and Mo Xuan watched and wondered whether Jiang Donghua had another trump card.

• Jiang Donghua revealed that he had anticipated Bai Xiaofeng’s betrayal and used him to lure Bai Yan out, while Yao Sha killed Tie Shan.
• Yao Jidao struck Bai Yan while he was distracted, and the Medicine Family gained the upper hand.
• Qin Wuye activated the Blood Fiend Soul Burning Technique, fought Yao Ming with a blood saber, then detonated himself and blasted Yao Ming into a mountain wall.
• Yao Sha hunted down the fleeing Bai Clan Dou Ling fighters, while Hong Ling killed Hong Yu and Biyao after they pleaded for their lives.
• Lei Tian and Mo Xuan watched the battle and discussed whether Jiang Donghua had a hidden trump card.

Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling escaped while Bai Yan used a life-burning secret technique to hold off Yao Jidao and Yao Sha. Lei Tian and Mo Xuan prepared disguises and disappeared into the forest, while Hong Ling brought Jiang Donghua to a concealed cave and sealed their auras.

• Poisoned and trapped, Bai Yan tried to flee, but Yao Sha intercepted him.
• Jiang Donghua urged Hong Ling to escape with him, pretending they would seek reinforcements while secretly abandoning Bai Yan to fight.
• Bai Yan used Snake Spirit Possession to burn his life and hold off Yao Jidao and Yao Sha as Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling fled.
• Lei Tian and Mo Xuan disguised themselves with black robes and Illusion Silk Masks, then vanished into the forest.
• Hong Ling carried Jiang Donghua across two cities, carved a cave into a hidden mountain wall, and set restrictions to conceal their auras.

Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling hid in a cave after escaping their pursuers, but two masked Peak Dou Huang experts found them. Jiang Donghua agreed to swallow their soul-controlling poison pill to save Hong Ling, only for the second masked figure to intervene and call him a disciple.

• Jiang Donghua gave Hong Ling pills and stood guard while she recovered in the cave.
• Two masked Peak Dou Huang experts entered, and Jiang Donghua tried to bargain for their lives by offering his services as a Fourth-grade Alchemist.
• One masked expert subdued Hong Ling and demanded that Jiang Donghua swallow a poison pill.
• Jiang Donghua agreed to take the pill to save Hong Ling, despite her protests.
• As Jiang Donghua swallowed the pill, the second masked expert knocked it away and called him his dear disciple.

Jiang Donghua learned that Mo Xuan and Lei Tian had staged the crisis as a test, then traveled with them and Hong Ling back toward Jia Nan Academy. Hong Ling’s feelings toward Jiang Donghua grew more intense, while he became inspired by flying and vowed to become a Dou Wang.

• Mo Xuan and Lei Tian revealed themselves and explained that the danger had been a test for Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling.
• Lei Tian warned that the Bai Clan and Medicine Family would seek revenge, then led the group away for Jia Nan Academy.
• Hong Ling reflected on Jiang Donghua’s willingness to risk his life for her and decided she wanted to make him hers.
• Mo Xuan and Lei Tian carried Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling into the sky on their Dou Qi wings.
• Jiang Donghua marveled at flying and vowed to become a Dou Wang before the group reached Jia Nan Academy at dawn.

Jiang Donghua returned to Jia Nan Academy's Outer Court with Mo Xuan and Lei Tian, drawing the students' attention before Hong Ling prepared to leave for the Inner Academy. He gave her Fire Spirit Pills, and she hugged and kissed him before running off, leaving him dazed and delighted.

• Mo Xuan brought Jiang Donghua back to the Outer Court, where students admired his strength and alchemy talent.
• Jiang Donghua told Lei Tian and Mo Xuan that he dreamed of surpassing them and eventually running rampant across the Battle Qi Continent.
• Hong Ling said she was returning to the Inner Academy's Qi Refining Tower, but Jiang Donghua stopped her as Mo Xuan and Lei Tian departed.
• Jiang Donghua gave Hong Ling more than a dozen Fire Spirit Pills to support her cultivation.
• Hong Ling hugged and kissed Jiang Donghua, then ran off while he stood stunned and smiling.

Jiang Donghua gave Mo Xuan four Fifth-grade Pill Recipes taken from Yao Jidao, and Mo Xuan began removing their Soul Force imprints. Yao Jidao discovered the imprints were erased and, furious at Jiang Donghua for helping provoke the Medicine Family’s conflict with the Bai Clan, vowed to remember him.

• Jiang Donghua returned to the Alchemy Department and went to see Mo Xuan after parting from Hong Ling.
• Jiang Donghua showed Mo Xuan four Fifth-grade Pill Recipes bearing Yao Jidao’s Soul Force imprint and said they were compensation from the Medicine Family.
• Mo Xuan began erasing the imprints and allowed Jiang Donghua to choose a recipe to study.
• Yao Jidao sensed that the imprints on the recipes had been erased and smashed his altar in rage, worsening his injuries.
• Yao Jidao blamed Jiang Donghua for inciting the Medicine Family and Bai Clan to fight and vowed to remember him.

Jiang Donghua learned that he would need to reach the Dou Ling realm before he could study the Medicine Family’s Fifth-grade pill recipes, then broke through with practice and received the Sixth-tier Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire from Mo Xuan. The chapter ended as Jiang Donghua prepared to refine the Beast Fire.

• Mo Xuan warned Jiang Donghua that his Soul Force was too weak to read the Fifth-grade pill recipes and promised to return them after he reached Dou Ling.
• Mo Xuan promised Jiang Donghua the Sixth-tier Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire once he broke through, while Jiang Donghua continued guiding junior students in alchemy and fire control.
• Jiang Donghua broke through from Nine-star Great Dou Master to Dou Ling after reflecting on how teaching had deepened his alchemy understanding.
• Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua a Storage Ring containing the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire and explained the dangers of refining it.
• Jiang Donghua declared that he was ready to begin refining the Beast Fire.

Jiang Donghua prepared to refine the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire while Mo Xuan assembled other alchemists to guard him. The refining began with the Beast Fire raging inside Jiang Donghua as he struggled to bring it under control.

• Mo Xuan warned Jiang Donghua about the dangers of refining a Sixth-tier Beast Fire and gave him Vein Protecting Pills to take before the attempt.
• Mo Xuan worried about Jiang Donghua’s inexperience and sent message jade slips to Old Fire Head, Medicine Maniac, and Bing Hong, asking them to help guard the refining.
• Jiang Donghua met with Mo Xuan, Elder Bing Hong, Li Changhai, and Huang Dashan in the chamber and confirmed he had taken the protective medicines.
• Jiang Donghua opened the jade box and swallowed the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire, which unleashed extreme cold and scorching heat throughout his body.
• Mo Xuan and the three elders formed a Dou Qi barrier while Jiang Donghua used his cultivation technique and Soul Force to guide the raging Beast Fire toward his dantian.
• A strange omen of interwoven cold and flame appeared above the Alchemy Department, drawing astonished students as Jiang Donghua endured the refining’s agony.

Jiang Donghua endured the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire’s rampage and, with the four elders’ help, sealed it inside his Battle Crystal. Left alone to recover and refine it, he resolved to grow stronger and fully tame the fire.

• Jiang Donghua struggled to control the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire as it ravaged his meridians, and the elders advised him to guide it with Soul Force rather than suppress it directly.
• When the beast fire counterattacked, Mo Xuan, Elder Bing Hong, Li Changhai, and Huang Dashan poured in their battle qi to help Jiang Donghua imprison it in his Battle Crystal.
• Jiang Donghua accused the elders of letting him fight for his life, and Mo Xuan explained that the ordeal had weakened the fire and reduced the danger of future retaliation.
• Mo Xuan told Jiang Donghua to recover and refine the beast fire, then the four elders left him alone in the secret room.
• Jiang Donghua took Healing Pills, began restoring his meridians, and resolved to increase his strength until he could completely tame the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire.

Jiang Donghua successfully refined the Sixth-tier Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire and mastered its control, strengthening his standing in the Alchemy Department. He left for the mountains to test the Beast Fire against a Battle Spirit-level magical beast.

• Mo Xuan, Bing Hong, Li Changhai, and Huang Dashan emerged from the secret room while Jiang Donghua remained inside refining the Beast Fire.
• Jiang Donghua controlled the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire within his Battle Crystal and learned to shape and wield it without suffering its backlash.
• Jiang Donghua emerged from the secret room, and students congratulated him on absorbing the Sixth-tier Beast Fire.
• Jiang Donghua left the academy for the mountains to test his new flame in actual combat.
• Jiang Donghua stood atop a steep cliff at the edge of the mountain range, looking down over the forest.

Jiang Donghua tested the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire against increasingly powerful Demonic Beasts and confronted a Water Lizard in a swamp. He drove the beast from its terrain and hurt its teeth, but their fight continued.

• Jiang Donghua easily destroyed low-tier Demonic Beasts, including a Tier 2 Shadow Wolf and a Tier 3 Ironclad Rhinoceros, with the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire.
• Jiang Donghua sensed powerful Battle Spirit-level auras deeper in the mountain range and headed toward them.
• Jiang Donghua encountered a Water Lizard, roughly a Two- or Three-Star Battle Spirit, in a swamp and attacked when it hesitated.
• Jiang Donghua spread azure-blue flames across the swamp, evaporating the water and defeating the Water Lizard's venom attack.
• The Water Lizard tried to retreat underwater, but Jiang Donghua set the swamp ablaze and forced it out.
• The Water Lizard lunged at Jiang Donghua, who blocked it with a fire shield that froze and scorched its teeth.

Jiang Donghua defeated a Water Lizard with the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire, then tested himself against a fire-resistant Crimson Flame Giant Scorpion and killed it after a difficult fight. He headed deeper into the mountain range, intending to find an Earth attribute beast next.

• Jiang Donghua burned the Water Lizard to a skeleton after overcoming its attacks and attempt to burn its blood essence.
• Jiang Donghua sensed powerful beasts deeper in the mountain range and found a three-star Battle Spirit Crimson Flame Giant Scorpion near a cave.
• Jiang Donghua discovered that the scorpion's fire resistance blunted his attacks and that it tried to flee into the cave.
• Jiang Donghua bound the scorpion with azure fire chains and exploded them, killing it with the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire's combined cold and heat.
• Jiang Donghua resolved to find an Earth attribute magical beast for his next test.

Jiang Donghua charged into the mountain depths after his aura frightened away the surrounding Demonic Beasts, where he found a Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit guarded by a Peak Tier 4 Mountain Coiling Rock Python. He began testing his Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire against the python, but its Rock Armor resisted his opening attack.

• Jiang Donghua realized his Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire and killing intent had scared the Demonic Beasts away, so he headed deeper into the mountains to find stronger opponents.
• Jia Nan Academy students discussed the fleeing beasts and a strange, frightening aura before returning to the academy with a trapped Wind Shadow Fox.
• Jiang Donghua spotted a Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit and used his soul perception to uncover the Mountain Coiling Rock Python guarding it.
• The Mountain Coiling Rock Python revealed itself, and Jiang Donghua attacked with Fire Blade Slash, but its Rock Armor canceled much of the flame's power.

Jiang Donghua fought and defeated the Mountain Coiling Rock Python, a Dou Ling Peak magical beast, by combining his Heavenly Gang Overlord Fist, Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Technique, armor, and Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire. He claimed the python’s magic core and the Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit, leaving the mountain ravine victorious and pleased with his growing strength.

• Jiang Donghua tested Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire against the Mountain Coiling Rock Python, but its earth-element defenses weakened the flame and its tail strike sent him crashing into a mountain wall.
• Jiang Donghua relied on his Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Technique and Heavenly Gang Overlord Fist to crack the python’s Rock Armor and meet its attacks head-on.
• The clash sent shockwaves through the forest, causing magical beasts to flee while Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Court students seized the chance to catch them.
• Jiang Donghua broke through the python’s armor and used Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire to wear it down until it died.
• Jiang Donghua recovered a peak Tier 4 Earth-attribute magic core from the python and plucked the Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit from the cliff.
• Jiang Donghua assessed the battle as proof of his strength and celebrated his haul.

Jiang Donghua returned to the Alchemy Department after collecting spoils from a battle in the back mountain, where students speculated about the disturbance. His master, Elder Mo Xuan, arrived and claimed the Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit to refine into pills, leaving Jiang Donghua resigned to the arrangement.

• Jiang Donghua secretly passed Outer Court students hunting beasts and overheard them guessing what had caused the mountain’s commotion.
• Jiang Donghua returned to the Alchemy Department, where students asked about an upcoming First-grade Alchemist assessment and he advised them to practice their fundamentals.
• Jiang Donghua entered his alchemy room to consider how to use the Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit and fourth-tier magic core he had collected.
• Elder Mo Xuan entered, admired the fruit, and learned Jiang Donghua had taken it from a Mountain Coiling Rock Python’s nest.
• Elder Mo Xuan insisted on refining the fruit into Fifth-grade Pills himself, and Jiang Donghua reluctantly accepted his master’s decision.

Elder Mo Xuan made Jiang Donghua create First-grade Pill formulas for the Alchemy Department’s assessment, and the exhausting work strengthened Jiang Donghua’s understanding and Soul Power. After rewarding him with a Fifth-grade Soul Condensing Pill, Elder Mo Xuan told him he would supervise the examination the next day.

• Elder Mo Xuan tasked Jiang Donghua with creating First-grade Pill formulas and handed him a stack of old formulas to copy and develop.
• Jiang Donghua used Soul Power to inscribe the formulas, enduring pain and exhaustion as he worked through more than a hundred scrolls over two days.
• Elder Mo Xuan praised Jiang Donghua’s complete formulas, which included personal insights, and Jiang Donghua realized the work had improved his alchemy knowledge and Soul Power control.
• Elder Mo Xuan rewarded Jiang Donghua with a Fifth-grade Soul Condensing Pill.
• Elder Mo Xuan revealed that Jiang Donghua would personally supervise the examination the following day, leaving Jiang Donghua feeling tricked again.