Chapter Summaries

Han Feng traveled toward the Shennong Mountain Range, upgraded the Void God Stele, and obtained maps after surviving an ambush by a tavern owner. He entered the dangerous mountains the next day to search for Rank 8 medicinal herbs and a rumored treasure.

• Han Feng and Yao Tianhuo found medicinal herbs from the treasury growing in a hidden valley, and Han Feng refined a Nine Profound Soul Flower into a pill that restored his Soul Power.
• Han Feng bought top-grade Space Materials to add three Spatial Anchor Points to the Void God Stele and learned to refine spatial storage rings.
• At a tavern near the Shennong Mountain Range, Han Feng paid the Red-haired Woman for information, but he deflected her map-based Soul Power attack and subdued her.
• The Red-haired Woman gave Han Feng maps to three Rank 8 medicinal herbs and a predecessor’s treasure, and Han Feng spared her after confirming the maps were genuine.
• Han Feng entered the Shennong Mountain Range the next morning and cautiously made his way through its misty, dangerous forest.

Han Feng exploited the conflict between two Rank 8 Magical Beasts to steal two eighth-grade medicinal herbs and return to Medicine Saint Valley. After he went back to the Shennong Mountain Range, he witnessed a golden-haired girl recover the Spirit Weapon Extreme Lion, just as the Dou Zun Ao Tianxuan confronted her.

• Han Feng used the Void God Stele to draw two Rank 8 Magical Beasts into a fight, then stole an eighth-grade medicinal herb from each of them and escaped to Medicine Saint Valley.
• Han Feng planted the two herbs, recovered overnight, and returned to the treasure location in the Shennong Mountain Range, where he encountered the red-haired woman and several other fighters.
• A golden-haired girl released a seal on a mountain and reclaimed the Golden Long Saber, the Spirit Weapon Extreme Lion.
• The red-haired woman warned Han Feng about danger at the mountain, but he stayed behind as the three golden-haired Dou Zongs and others rushed toward the girl.
• Ao Tianxuan emerged from a crack in the sky and told the golden-haired girl that the Golden Lion Tribe had been destroyed.

Han Feng killed Ao Xuantian after the blonde girl used the Spirit Weapon Extreme Lion to fight him, then accepted her sacrifice to become its saber spirit. He set out for the Golden Lion Tribe’s territory in the Beast Domain to find out whether any of her clan had survived.

• The blonde girl unleashed Extreme Lion’s power and battled Ao Xuantian, while Han Feng made the Red-haired Woman play music before he climbed the mountain.
• Han Feng revealed himself and killed the wounded Ao Xuantian with Green Lotus Meteor Kill.
• The dying blonde girl asked Han Feng to search for survivors of the Golden Lion Tribe and offered to become Extreme Lion’s saber spirit.
• Han Feng used Innate Yuan Magnetic to form a bond with Extreme Lion after the blonde girl released the weapon’s defenses.
• Han Feng left the Shennong Mountain Range aboard the Void Hall and headed toward the Golden Lion Tribe’s territory.

Han Feng and Jin Xi rescued the surviving Golden Lion Clan members from the Silver Mastiff Clan and escaped the Blood Tiger Tribe’s pursuit. Jin Xi led her clansmen in joining Han Feng, and they set out for the Southern Departure Continent.

• Han Feng and Jin Xi found the Golden Lion Clan’s territory occupied by the Silver Mastiff Clan and learned that the clan’s leaders had been killed and other survivors taken away.
• Han Feng subdued the Silver Mastiff Clan general, while Jin Xi tortured information from him and slaughtered the remaining enemies.
• Han Feng and Jin Xi caught the escort convoy, killed the Silver Mastiff Clan leader, and rescued the captured Golden Lion Clan members into the Void Hall.
• Han Feng returned the survivors to their territory, where Jin Xi urged them to flee and agreed with Han Feng’s proposal to settle in the Southern Departure Continent.
• Jin Xi introduced herself to Han Feng, and he gathered the Golden Lion Clan into the Void Hall before setting off for the Southern Departure Continent.

Han Feng brought the Golden Lion Tribe to Yuguan City to monitor the Purple Shattered Ruins, then traveled with Yao Tianhuo to Chiyu City to find the artisan who had made Yao Tianhuo’s Heavenly Fire Ring. At the Xiao Family’s gate, they learned that Xiao Tianbao was its Old Ancestor.

• Han Feng entered the Southern Departure Continent, bought a map, and chose to settle the Golden Lion Tribe near the Purple Shattered Ruins.
• Han Feng released the Golden Lion Tribe near Yuguan City and tasked its members with monitoring the ruins and reporting any abnormal movements.
• Han Feng inspected the ruins from a distance, left a Spatial Coordinate, and resolved to improve his artifact refining so he could use his weapons and repair his puppets.
• Han Feng traveled to Chiyu City with Yao Tianhuo, where officials registered Yao Tianhuo as a Soul Body and explained the ban on using Soul Bodies to make puppets.
• Han Feng and Yao Tianhuo visited the Xiao Family and learned that Xiao Tianbao was the family’s Old Ancestor.

Han Feng visited Xiao Tianbao with Yao Tianhuo and learned artifact refining from him, quickly advancing to the sixth and then seventh rank. As Xiao Tianbao’s health faltered, Han Feng gave him a Rank 8 Heavenly Venerate Pill to help him attempt to reach Dou Zun again.

• Yao Tianhuo reunited with his old friend Xiao Tianbao and told him how he had lost his physical body.
• Yao Tianhuo revealed that Han Feng was a Rank 8 Alchemist, and Xiao Tianbao agreed to teach him artifact refining.
• Han Feng learned to refine a third-rank Mechanism Button, then improved until he could independently refine sixth-rank artifacts.
• Han Feng prepared medicinal soup to restore Xiao Tianbao’s frail body while continuing his lessons.
• Xiao Tianbao taught Han Feng the Rank 7 Artifact Refining Technique and gave him the Xiao Clan Artifact Sect manual, asking him to pass it on to future talented descendants.
• Han Feng gave Xiao Tianbao a Rank 8 Heavenly Venerate Pill to help him attempt another breakthrough to Dou Zun.

Han Feng helped Xiao Tianbao break through to Dou Zun and agreed to resurrect Yao Tianhuo. Xiao Tianbao then explained why he had passed the Xiao Clan Artifact Sect inheritance to Han Feng and concealed his breakthrough from his family.

• Han Feng repaired three Golden Puppets with Rank 8 Magic Cores, giving him three powerful Venerate-level combatants.
• Han Feng offered Yao Tianhuo resurrection in exchange for thirty years of service, and Yao Tianhuo accepted.
• Xiao Tianbao broke through to Dou Zun, and he and Han Feng exchanged thanks for their help.
• Xiao Tianbao brought Han Feng to the Xiao Family Secret Realm and explained that he had entrusted him with the Artifact Sect inheritance because of his talent and character.
• Xiao Tianbao asked Han Feng to represent the Xiao Family at the Artifact Refining Tournament, but Han Feng declined, citing his limited experience.
• Xiao Tianbao explained that he had concealed his breakthrough so the younger generation would learn to face the Xiao Family's challenges themselves.

Han Feng awakened the damaged Red Emperor Armor, a Rank 9 Saint Artifact, and tested its abilities against a Five-star Dou Zun puppet. He left the ruined secret realm with the armor and asked Xiao Tianbao about the Soul Clan and the Hall of Souls.

• Han Feng told Xiao Tianbao that the Xiao Family should seek a suitable successor rather than rely on its profound artifact techniques, and Xiao Tianbao agreed to consider it.
• Xiao Tianbao gave Han Feng the damaged Red Emperor Armor, and Han Feng won its recognition with his Spirit Realm soul power.
• The armor awakened as Han Feng summoned its Mysterious Bird form, collapsing the secret realm as Xiao Tianbao supported its structure.
• Han Feng tested the armor's speed, strength, and defense against a Late Five-star Dou Zun puppet, then accepted the armor and promised to repair its damaged Artifact Spirit.
• Han Feng asked Xiao Tianbao about the Soul Clan, then asked whether the Southern Departure Empire had any Hall of Souls influence.

Han Feng agreed to represent the Xiao Family in the Artifact Refining Tournament and accompanied its members to Heavenly Forging Mountain. The tournament began with a forging trial, while Han Feng watched the contestants prepare to refine iron ore.

• Han Feng learned that the Hall of Souls had been purged from the Southern Departure Kingdom and agreed to attend the Artifact Refining Tournament with the Red Emperor Armor available if needed.
• Han Feng sent a Two-star Dou Zun puppet through a Space Wormhole toward Jia Nan Academy before continuing with the Xiao Family convoy.
• At Heavenly Forging Mountain, Han Feng encouraged Xiao Teng to compete boldly and learned that the first-place prize was eighth-grade Spirit Ore.
• Han Feng joined the Xiao Family on the tournament's highest platform, where he was introduced as its contestant for the final round.
• Duan Hong announced that the tournament rules had changed and opened the competition, beginning with a trial of contestants' forging skill.

Xiao Teng risked his life to forge a High Rank 7 Spirit Artifact, winning the Artifact Refining Tournament for the Xiao Family and preserving their standing among the Four Great Artifact Sects. The weapon tournament then began, and Xiao Yi faced Duan Tianci in the final as the chapter left their match underway.

• Xiao Teng endured the heavenly lightning and Duan Tianci's interference to forge a High Rank 7 Spirit Artifact, though he was left barely alive.
• Han Feng fed Xiao Teng a Rank 7 Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and the Xiao Family took first place in the Artifact Refining Tournament.
• The weapon tournament began, and a Hegemon Blade Sect cultivator defeated the Jade Blade Sect, frustrating Bi Changtian's hopes of rising in rank.
• The Xiao Family and Duan Tian Pavilion met in the final, with Xiao Yi wielding Xiao Teng's saber against the Dou Zong Duan Tianci.
• Xiao Yi opened with a swift attack, but Duan Tianci countered with a barrage that sent him flying and made the outcome appear grim.

Xiao Yi defeated Duan Tianci in the tournament, but Duan Tianci tried to cripple him after the match. Han Feng stopped him, and the Southern Departure Kingdom’s officials enforced the result, leaving Duan Hong resentful and suspicious of the Xiao Family.

• Duan Tianci overwhelmed Xiao Yi with sword qi until Xiao Yi’s blood qi surged and a blood-colored beast appeared behind him.
• Xiao Yi used Blood God Unrivaled to break through Duan Tianci’s sword qi and knock his Rank 7 longsword out of the arena, winning the match.
• Duan Tianci attacked Xiao Yi with the Heaven Refining Hand after the result, but Han Feng seized his wrist and stopped him.
• Han Feng subdued Duan Tianci, and the Southern Departure Kingdom’s overseer compelled the referee to declare the Xiao Family victorious.
• Duan Tianci launched his white jade sword at Han Feng and Xiao Yi, but Han Feng’s Innate Yuan Magnetic sent Duan Tianci crashing into a wall.
• Duan Hong restrained himself when the overseer raised the Vermilion Bird Token, then ordered his subordinates to investigate the Xiao Family’s recent movements.

Han Feng entered the final weapon-combat match against Duan Hong, the Dou Zun master of Duan Tian Pavilion, after the other sects fought for victory. As Duan Hong summoned the Heaven Suppressing Hammer, Han Feng revealed the Mystic Bird Mark and began forming crimson feather armor.

• Han Feng treated the injured Xiao Teng and Xiao Yi, then left with the Xiao Family members for the final match.
• The weapon-combat stage proceeded through the minor sects, and the Tang Sect defeated the Jade Blade Sect after Bi Changtian was severely injured.
• Qin Heng and the Divine Machine Sect Master fought with their weapons and puppets, and the Divine Machine Sect won when Qin Heng conceded.
• Han Feng and Duan Hong entered the arena, where Duan Hong offered to spare Han Feng if he conceded.
• Duan Hong summoned the Rank 8 Heaven Suppressing Hammer, and Han Feng activated the Mystic Bird Mark to equip crimson feather armor.

Han Feng defeated Duan Hong and secured the Artifact Refining Tournament championship for the Xiao Family. After accepting an invitation to the Southern Departure imperial banquet, he warned the Xiao Family to stay at Heavenly Forging Mountain while he went out, anticipating retaliation from Duan Tian Pavilion.

• Duan Hong attacked Han Feng with the Heaven Suppressing Hammer, but Han Feng blocked it with the Innate Yuan Magnetic and hurled Duan Hong off the arena.
• Han Feng won the match, and the Xiao Family claimed first place in all three events and received the eighth-grade Spirit Ore.
• Duan Hong returned to the award ceremony, recognized Han Feng's armor as a top-grade eighth-grade Spirit Weapon, and concealed his anger.
• Xue Yi gave Han Feng an invitation to the imperial banquet, where the Empress planned to announce an important matter.
• Han Feng told the Xiao Family to remain at Heavenly Forging Mountain for several days because Duan Tian Pavilion might attack, then said he needed to leave.

Han Feng defeated Duan Hong after breaking the Spirit Refining Array, then looted the Heavenly Forging Mountain Range and returned to Jia Nan Academy. The chapter left him reunited with the puppet he had sent ahead, with the Spatial Anchor Point recovered.

• Han Feng and Jin Xi destroyed Duan Hong's Spirit Refining Array, exposing the twenty-four human puppets beneath it.
• Duan Hong attacked Han Feng with the Heaven Suppressing Hammer, but Han Feng defeated him and refined his Soul Body with the Spirit Devouring Secret Art.
• Han Feng gathered the useful items, concealed the battle, and later stole Spirit Ore and Spirit Vein Essence from the Heavenly Forging Mountain Range.
• Han Feng learned that the Xiao Family Old Ancestor had emerged as a Dou Zun and that Duan Hong's disappearance would reshape the Four Great Artifact Sects.
• Han Feng transferred the Spirit Vein Essence to Starfall Pavilion, then used the Void God Stele to return to Jia Nan Academy and retrieve the Spatial Anchor Point from his puppet.

Han Feng returned to the academy after reaching Five-star Dou Zong and visited its elders. After choosing an Emerald Green Seed from the Library Pavilion, he reunited with Su Qian, who was shocked by his cultivation.

• Han Feng entered Peace Town with his Elder Token and the guards recognized him as the academy's hero.
• Han Feng reached the Outer Academy and surprised Elder Qian and Elder Bai by revealing he had become Five-star Dou Zong.
• Han Feng gave Elder Qian and Elder Bai third-grade Spirit Ore for the Outer Academy students and used his Soul Power to search the Library Pavilion.
• Han Feng chose an Emerald Green Seed whose identity Elder Qian and Elder Bai could not determine.
• Han Feng returned to the Inner Academy and stunned Su Qian by revealing his Five-star Dou Zong cultivation.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Han Feng reunited with his family and students and checked on their cultivation. He agreed to remain at the academy for another month or two, teach the students, and help Zi Yan with the treasures she had gathered.

• Han Feng told Su Qian that he planned to stay at Jia Nan Academy for another month or two before setting out again, and Su Qian asked him to teach the students.
• Han Feng returned to the courtyard, where he found Ye Qingyun caring for Qinglin and learned that Qinglin had begun cultivating Dou Qi.
• Han Feng reunited with Lin Xian'er, tested her Poison Dou Qi, and gave her the high-level Profound Tier Dou Technique Heavenly Poison Hand to study.
• Cai'er embraced Han Feng when she returned, while Zi Yan asked him to refine pills and Medusa revealed that she was close to breaking through to Dou Emperor.
• Zi Yan handed Han Feng the storage ring containing what she had gathered during the past half year.

Han Feng reunited with the women at Jia Nan Academy, learned that his alchemy lesson had inspired students to make cheap first-tier pills, and guided Ye Qingyun in cultivation. Medusa regained her mature body and Cai'er advanced to Four-star Dou Zong, leaving Medusa frustrated enough to challenge her.

• Han Feng gave Zi Yan pills, reunited with the women, and promised to take them to Maple City while catching up on academy news.
• Lin Xian'er told Han Feng that a student faction was selling inexpensive first-tier pills based on his teaching, then admitted her own pill had nearly given Zi Yan diarrhea.
• Han Feng celebrated dinner with the women, then helped Ye Qingyun learn the second part of the Azure Sun Immortal Scripture and assessed her Dou Techniques.
• On the fourth morning, Medusa broke through to Dou Emperor and regained her mature body.
• Cai'er broke through to Four-star Dou Zong, and Medusa challenged her to a fight; Cai'er casually dissolved Medusa's punch.

Han Feng helped Medusa stabilize her new Dou Emperor realm, then lectured Jia Nan Academy’s students on sensing Soul Power. Chen Xiaoyu asked him to become her master, but he declined and encouraged her to enter the Pill Tower on her own.

• Cai'er sparred with Medusa, helping her stabilize her realm, and Han Feng gave Medusa the Imperial Pill she had requested.
• Medusa postponed deciding whether to return to the Snake People Tribe and asked to visit the Blessed Land Han Feng planned to visit with his companions.
• Han Feng taught the students an introductory incantation for sensing Soul Power, impressing Chen Xiaoyu with his knowledge and generosity.
• Chen Xiaoyu went to Han Feng and presented a gift as she asked to become his disciple in Alchemy Art, but he declined because he lacked time to teach her.
• Han Feng considered recommending Chen Xiaoyu to the Pill Tower, then decided not to because he lacked Pill Tower certification, and encouraged her to enter on her own.

Han Feng returned to Maple City, strengthened his techniques, and agreed to help Su Mei prepare a breakthrough pill. The Golden Silver Elders arrived after advancing to Dou Zong, leaving Han Feng poised to negotiate with them.

• Han Feng reviewed Maple City's reports, learned that the Golden Silver Elders had become Dou Zongs, and invited them to discuss joining Maple City.
• Han Feng trained Four Fingers Breaking the Sky with the Heavenly Origin Flowers and refined Sea Stabilizing Pearls and the Heaven Suppressing Hammer.
• Han Feng studied the Heaven Refining Hand and Soul Forging Art, discovering that the Heaven Refining Hand could cripple powerful cultivators.
• Su Mei visited Han Feng to ask for help advancing to Dou Emperor, and he gave her a list of ingredients to gather within a month.
• The Golden Silver Elders arrived above Maple City, and Han Feng called them down to talk.

Han Feng tested Golden Silver Elders in battle, defeated their fusion, and recruited them to guard Maple City. After a month of managing the city and settling matters with Su Mei, he prepared to leave for Medicine Saint Valley and rewarded Zi Yan for replenishing the Void God Stele.

• Han Feng revealed his Dou Zong strength to Golden Silver Elders and offered them Rank 7 Pills in exchange for protecting Maple City.
• Han Feng fought Golden Silver Elders after their fusion, demonstrated his Five-star Dou Zong strength, and broke their fusion with Heaven Refining Hand.
• Golden Silver Elders agreed to serve Han Feng, and he arranged for them to guard Maple City while allowing them to remain in the Black Corner Region.
• Han Feng spent a month teaching Ye Qingyun, taking Cai'er and the girls to the Maple Garden festival, and improving Maple City's administration.
• Su Mei delivered medicinal ingredients and Heavenly Ice Silkworm Silk, and Han Feng paid for the silk and arranged additional trade routes with her.
• Han Feng prepared materials for Medicine Saint Valley, and after Zi Yan replenished the Void God Stele, he rewarded her with Rank 5 and Rank 6 Pills.