Chapter Summaries

Han Feng settled his companions into Medicine Saint Valley and began building a puppet army to prepare for the Hall of Souls and Hun Tiandi. A month later, he summoned Ye Qingyun and the others, interrupting their work in the Medicine Valley.

• Han Feng brought Ye Qingyun, Cai'er, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Qinglin through the Void God Stele to Medicine Saint Valley, where they began building a home.
• Han Feng showed Medusa the Medicine Valley and explained its life-giving field, then helped complete the home's basic facilities.
• Ye Qingyun gave Han Feng a close-fitting inner armor woven from Heavenly Ice Silkworm Silk, and he asked her to make armor for herself, Lin Xian'er, and Qinglin.
• Han Feng studied a map of the Central Plains and planned an elite puppet force to destroy the Hall of Souls' Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array and stop Hun Tiandi.
• Han Feng spent the next month refining Rank 6 Puppets, repairing Rank 7 human puppets, and strengthening his Rank 8 Puppets' ability to command them.
• Lin Xian'er told Ye Qingyun that Han Feng was calling for them, and Ye Qingyun left the Medicine Valley to answer him.

Han Feng prepared for a dangerous trip to the Southern Departure Kingdom with Medusa and Zi Yan, while leaving Ye Qingyun and Lin Xian'er protected at home. After gathering a medicinal herb in the Shennong Mountain Range, he reached the Purple Shattered Ruins and found the border heavily guarded, suggesting conflict was imminent.

• Han Feng gave Ye Qingyun and Lin Xian'er protective puppets and devices before leaving on his journey.
• Han Feng set out with Medusa and Zi Yan, planning to attend Xue Yi's banquet, gather intelligence on the Purple Shattered Ruins, and revive Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Han Feng used a Five-star Dou Zun puppet to defeat a Rank 8 Magical Beast long enough to take a Rank 8 medicinal herb.
• Han Feng brought Medusa and Zi Yan near the Purple Shattered Ruins, where they saw a larger army conducting drills and he suspected events there would soon unfold.
• Han Feng concealed their auras and smuggled the group into Yuguan City, where Medusa and Han Feng concluded that war was likely approaching.

Han Feng visited the Golden Lion Tribe in Yuguan City, where a subordinate secretly raided the army’s logistics warehouse to obtain spatial materials for the Void God Stele. After upgrading it, Han Feng left for Chiyu City and went to meet Xiao Tianbao with Xiao Feng.

• Han Feng received intelligence that troops had surrounded Purple Shattered Ruins and asked the Golden Lion Tribe where he could find Space Attribute materials.
• Han Feng told Medusa she could return whenever she wished, while she reflected on why she had chosen to travel with him rather than return to her tribe.
• The Golden Lion Tribe expert admitted that he had raided the army’s logistics department and brought Han Feng the spatial treasures.
• Han Feng used the materials to add three Spatial Anchor Points to the Void God Stele, then learned the army had searched hostile factions instead of Golden Manor.
• Han Feng rewarded the Golden Lion Tribe with two Rank 7 Pills and traveled to Chiyu City, where the Xiao Family welcomed him.
• Han Feng followed Xiao Feng to meet Xiao Tianbao.

Han Feng prepared to enter the dangerous Purple Shattered Ruins, obtained a map and a tainted black stone, and promised to resurrect Yao Tianhuo before the journey. He began the resurrection using Duan Hong’s corpse, Rank 8 Magical Beast essence blood, and the Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill.

• Han Feng met Xiao Tianbao and Yao Tianhuo, discussed the imperial capital banquet and unusual activity at the Purple Shattered Ruins, and revealed that he wanted something inside the ruins.
• Han Feng persuaded Yao Tianhuo to accompany him by promising to resurrect him with a Rank 8 Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill.
• Xiao Tianbao gave Han Feng his father’s rough map of the Purple Shattered Ruins and a sealed black stone that released a dangerous, agitating aura when Han Feng examined it.
• Han Feng contained the black stone’s aura with his Soul Power and suspected that the energy resembled the Demonic Sword Fragment.
• After Yao Tianhuo prepared himself, Han Feng began restoring him with Duan Hong’s corpse, Rank 8 Magical Beast essence blood, and three fused Heavenly Flames.

Han Feng helped Yao Tianhuo take over Duan Hong's body, and Yao Tianhuo was reborn at Peak Three-star Dou Zun before sparring with Xiao Tianbao. As rain fell over Chiyu City, Medusa reflected on her growing attachment to her new family and considered returning to the desert, resolving to become stronger.

• Han Feng used blood essence, a pill, and Heavenly Flames to prepare Duan Hong's corpse for Yao Tianhuo to inhabit.
• After enduring three days of tempering, Yao Tianhuo awakened in his new body at Peak Three-star Dou Zun and thanked Han Feng and Xiao Tianbao.
• Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Tianbao sparred beyond Chiyu City, trading powerful attacks before returning to the Xiao Family to drink together.
• Medusa watched the rain and thought about her bond with Cai'er, Han Feng, and Zi Yan, then considered returning and decided she still needed to become stronger.

Han Feng, Medusa, and Zi Yan arrived in Vermilion Bird City, where they explored the prosperous capital and learned about the Empress’s upcoming banquet aboard the Vermilion Bird Treasure Ship. After Medusa remarked on the empire’s strength, Han Feng suggested that she might one day unify the Northwest Continent, leaving her stunned and doubtful.

• Medusa and Zi Yan traveled with Han Feng and Xiao Tianbao to Vermilion Bird City, where envoy Cheng Xiao welcomed Xiao Tianbao and arranged their accommodations.
• Zi Yan jumped onto the inn bed with her shoes on, so Han Feng scolded her and threatened to halve her medicinal pills.
• Han Feng took Medusa and Zi Yan sightseeing, bought them candied hawthorn and other treats, and picked out gifts for Xian'er and the others.
• At the river, Medusa learned that the Empress would host a select group of guests aboard the Vermilion Bird Treasure Ship the following night.
• Medusa compared Southern Departure Empire’s strength with the Northwest Continent, and Han Feng suggested that she could one day unify the Northwest Continent, leaving her doubtful.

Han Feng learned that the Evil Fire in the Purple Shattered Ruins was likely a corrupted Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and considered how to purify it. At the Southern Departure military parade, he watched the Empress arrive and saw a thousand-man army of Da Dou Shi march in under a Dou Zong general.

• Han Feng and Medusa left the riverbank and returned to the inn, where Xiao Tianbao shared information about Evil Fire in the Purple Shattered Ruins and the Wenren Clan.
• Han Feng concluded the Evil Fire was probably a corrupted Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and resolved to seek a way to purify it, possibly from the Southern Departure Empire.
• The next morning, Han Feng and Medusa traveled with Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Tianbao to watch the military parade, where they greeted Xue Tian and met leaders from the Four Great Artifact Sects.
• The Southern Departure Empress entered the viewing area, and Han Feng and Medusa observed her before the parade began.
• A thousand Da Dou Shi soldiers marched into the venue as a Dou Zong general appeared above them.

Han Feng and Medusa watched the Southern Departure Empire’s military parade, where its coordinated legions and six-star Dou Zun Sky-reaching Puppet, Vermilion Bird, revealed the empire’s strength. Back at the inn, Han Feng compensated an old man for medicinal herbs Zi Yan had stolen and eaten.

• A thousand Da Dou Shi and a hundred Dou Wang soldiers demonstrated formations capable of challenging much stronger cultivators, while Xue Yi led the Xue Family Army in the parade.
• The Sky-reaching Puppet Vermilion Bird displayed its overwhelming power, and Han Feng sensed an unusual, high-ranked flame within it.
• Han Feng and Medusa discussed the empire’s military strength and the Snake People Tribe’s need for better weapons; Han Feng urged Medusa to consider returning to her people.
• Han Feng told Medusa that the Purple Shattered Ruins posed a grave danger to the Southern Departure Empire, and she considered whether the chaos there might help her achieve her aims.
• Han Feng caught Zi Yan after she stole and ate medicinal herbs, then offered the old man replacement herbs worth slightly more than what she had taken.

Han Feng learned from Wenren Jing that the Southern Departure Kingdom’s royal family possessed an Inherited Flame that could purify the evil aura in the Purple Shattered Ruins, and he considered taking it to deal with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After returning to his room, he punished Zi Yan for stealing medicinal ingredients, treated her injuries, and gave her pills; Medusa then asked him for some too.

• Han Feng discovered that the old man chasing Zi Yan was Wenren Jing, the Wenren Clan’s patriarch and a High Rank 7 alchemist, and learned that Wenren Jing was Xiao Tianbao’s old friend.
• Wenren Jing warned Han Feng not to exhaust himself in the Purple Shattered Ruins and explained that the royal family’s Inherited Flame could purify its evil aura.
• Han Feng wondered whether the flame he had sensed in the [Vermilion Bird] puppet was the Inherited Flame and considered using it to purify the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame or taking it for himself.
• Han Feng returned to his room and spanked Zi Yan for stealing Wenren Jing’s medicinal ingredients, then applied restorative ointment and gave her pills.
• Medusa approached Han Feng and asked him for some pills too.

Han Feng attended the Southern Departure Empire’s banquet aboard the Vermilion Bird Treasure Ship, where the Empress announced that the Purple Shattered Ruins had erupted into unrest and called for volunteers. Wenren Xuan stepped forward to join the response, leaving his father alarmed but unable to stop him.

• Medusa asked Han Feng for pills before leaving, and Han Feng later prepared a parting gift for her.
• Han Feng boarded the Vermilion Bird Treasure Ship with Medusa and Zi Yan and attended the Empress’s banquet and auction.
• Han Feng bought Space Attribute spirit ore and a Rank 7 soul treasure herb, while the Rank 8 Wisdomheart Spirit-Communing Pill went to Prime Minister Lu Yan.
• The Empress revealed that evil beasts in the Purple Shattered Ruins had erupted into unrest and asked the guests to help quell the calamity.
• Wenren Xuan volunteered to go to the front, and he stopped his alarmed father from intervening.

Han Feng volunteered to enter the Purple Shattered Ruins, then met privately with the Empress and agreed to help cleanse its sinister energy. Before departing, he sought Heavenly Origin Flowers from Wenren Xuan to strengthen his technique.

• Han Feng volunteered to enter the Purple Shattered Ruins, and the Empress promised him a reward while other clans selected representatives.
• The Empress announced that she would join the campaign, and Wenren Jing introduced his son Wenren Xuan to Han Feng.
• The Empress privately told Han Feng that the Imperial Family's Inherited Flame came from the Vermilion Bird and could cleanse the ruins, but required imperial blood to refine.
• Han Feng asked the Empress to help remove the ruins' sinister energy and said she could reward the participants according to their merits afterward.
• Han Feng trained his Heavenly Origin Finger with Heavenly Origin Flowers and asked Wenren Xuan to obtain thirty or forty more, which Wenren Xuan agreed to arrange.

Han Feng sent Zi Yan and Medusa back to Jia Nan Academy before preparing to enter the Purple Shattered Ruins with the empire's expedition. He joined Yao Tianhuo and Wenren Xuan aboard a military airship, where the Southern Departure Empress began briefing the group on the ruins and their route.

• Han Feng gave Medusa a Rank 7 Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and bid farewell to her and Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa agreed to take Zi Yan to the Snake-People Tribe after Zi Yan reported her plans to Su Qian.
• The Wenren Clan delivered Han Feng fifty Heavenly Origin Flowers and protective tools for the Purple Shattered Ruins.
• Han Feng departed with Yao Tianhuo and Wenren Xuan aboard a high-grade military airship while Xiao Tianbao stayed behind.
• The Southern Departure Empress projected a map and began explaining the dangers and route for the expedition.

Han Feng, Wenren Xuan, and Yao Tianhuo entered the Purple Shattered Ruins to investigate the Evil Fire, which Han Feng believed was the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame he sought. They reached Black Sky Ridge as the red moon rose and hid from a rampaging group of evil beasts.

• The Empress assigned Han Feng, Wenren Xuan, and Yao Tianhuo to investigate the Evil Fire, and Han Feng confirmed that he wanted to find and purify the Heavenly Flame hidden within the ruins.
• Wenren Xuan proposed a route across Black Sky Ridge and Purple Sun Lake to the Ten Thousand Bone Cavern, where they would search for clues to the Evil Fire's location.
• Han Feng and his companions reached the Purple Shattered Ruins, equipped their protective gear, and entered through the abyss.
• The three crossed the poisonous purple mist and entered a forest, where Yao Tianhuo killed a Black Tiger and Han Feng found its monster core could not be purified without destroying it.
• Han Feng, Wenren Xuan, and Yao Tianhuo entered Black Sky Ridge as the blood-red moon rose and concealed themselves when the evil beasts began rioting.

Han Feng, Wenren Xuan, and Yao Tianhuo crossed Purple Sun Lake and made their way into Myriad Ancient Cave, where they found the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. When they entered its cavern, the Evil Fire stirred a force that drove the cave’s Evil Beasts into a berserk state.

• Han Feng used the Meteor Heart Formation to kill a pack of Demon Wolves after the group crossed Purple Sun Lake.
• Han Feng spread the Green Lotus Core Flame underground to find a route through Myriad Ancient Cave, and the group followed its guidance to a cavern.
• A seventh-tier Evil Beast emerged from the cavern, so Han Feng sent a seventh-tier human puppet to fight it while the others went inside.
• Han Feng, Wenren Xuan, and Yao Tianhuo found the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame burning at the cavern’s center.
• The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame turned violent, black qi empowered the Evil Beast outside, and Evil Beasts throughout Myriad Ancient Cave awakened in a berserk state.

Han Feng and Yao Tianhuo destroyed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in the Ten Thousand Bone Cavern, while Wenren Xuan was briefly corrupted and attacked Han Feng. With the Evil Fires' influence fading, the Southern Departure Army gained ground, and the trio prepared to leave the cavern.

• Han Feng and Yao Tianhuo fought the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, using the Fallen Heart Flame to weaken it while Han Feng destroyed its underground setup.
• Han Feng used Flame God Transformation as Yao Tianhuo and the Five-star Dou Zun puppet exposed the spirit flame's source core, then struck it with Flame God Breaks the Sky and defeated it.
• Wenren Xuan, corrupted by sinister energy, attacked Han Feng, but Han Feng dispelled the darkness and reassured him that he was unharmed.
• The Evil Beasts weakened across the battlefield, allowing the Southern Departure Army to counterattack, and the Empress realized the Evil Fires had been destroyed.
• Han Feng, Yao Tianhuo, and Wenren Xuan headed for the cave entrance, where Han Feng took control of the human puppet and sent a seventh-grade Evil Beast flying.

After recovering from the Purple Shattered Ruins, Han Feng advanced to six-star Dou Zong and learned that evil beasts were overwhelming the Empire’s forces. He chose to stay and help fight, while preparing to refine the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame with an eighth-rank pill.

• Han Feng returned the contaminated Heavenly Flame to the Empress, who said she would need ten days to purify it.
• Han Feng cultivated for five days and broke through to six-star Dou Zong, matching Wenren Xuan’s former cultivation level.
• A soldier told Han Feng that a surge of evil beasts had forced most of the army to deploy, and Wenren Xuan reported that the Empire’s troops were struggling to hold the line.
• Han Feng decided to remain and help the Empire, and Yao Tianhuo agreed to fight alongside him.
• Han Feng told Yao Tianhuo that he had prepared a Nine Spirit Profound Scolding Pill to help him refine the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

Han Feng received the purified Myriad Beast Spirit Flame from the Empress, promised to help defend the Southern Departure Empire, and secluded himself to refine the Heavenly Flame. As Han Feng remained unaware of the battle, the Purple Shattered Ruins produced a trap that left the Empress's Vermilion Bird surrounded by powerful evil beasts.

• The Empress gave Han Feng the purified Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Han Feng agreed to aid the Southern Departure Empire against the crisis in the Purple Shattered Ruins.
• Han Feng asked Yao Tianhuo to help the Empress, then left the military camp to refine the Heavenly Flame in a secluded cave.
• Han Feng swallowed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and broke through to the Spirit Realm Mid Stage while enduring the beast spirits' assault on his soul.
• A Five-star Dou Zun evil beast appeared in the Purple Shattered Ruins, prompting the Empress to deploy the national guardian puppet Vermilion Bird.
• Vermilion Bird wounded the Five-star Dou Zun, but a Six-star Dou Zun lion and another Five-star Dou Zun turtle emerged and surrounded the puppet.

Han Feng refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, reached the late Eight-star Dou Zong level, and hurried to the Purple Shattered Ruins after learning the Empress’s forces were struggling against the evil beasts. He arrived in time to destroy thousands of them, while the Empress remained uneasy after defeating three Dou Zun evil beasts.

• The Empress killed the Six-star Dou Zun Evil Lion with Southern Bright Departing Fire, and [Vermilion Bird] and the Empress eliminated the other two Dou Zun evil beasts.
• Han Feng comprehended the Origin Profound Meaning while refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and completed the refinement after three days.
• The Flame Mantra advanced to High-grade Earth Tier, and Han Feng’s cultivation rose from early Six-star Dou Zong to late Eight-star Dou Zong.
• Han Feng learned from an injured guard that the Empress had entered the Purple Shattered Ruins to fight the renewed evil-beast attack.
• Han Feng entered the ruins and used the Lotus Sea Fallen Spirit Array to kill thousands of evil beasts, leaving the Southern Departure soldiers staring at him in awe.

Han Feng entered the Dark Domain and used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to awaken the Vermilion Bird Spirit within the puppet. The Vermilion Bird appeared, shattered the domain, and faced the Evil Eye.

• Han Feng broke through the Dark Domain and joined the Empress as her forces struggled to hold off the Evil Eye.
• The Empress revealed she planned to sacrifice herself to awaken the Vermilion Bird Spirit and seal the Evil Eye.
• Han Feng offered to awaken the spirit with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and the Empress told him it was hidden in the puppet core.
• Han Feng used the Myriad Beast Record to awaken the Vermilion Bird, which emerged and addressed the Empress as a descendant of the Si Kong family.
• The Vermilion Bird confronted the Evil Eye, and its flames collapsed the Dark Domain.

Vermilion Bird defeated the Evil Eye, ended the crisis in the Purple Shattered Ruins, and left Han Feng with its mark and the Southern Bright Departing Fire. As the victorious group returned, Han Feng and the Empress discussed their futures and their ambitions to reach the Saint realm.

• Vermilion Bird used the Southern Bright Departing Fire to drive the Evil Eye away for five hundred years and purify the baleful energy harming the soldiers.
• Vermilion Bird told Si Kongchan that its remnant soul was exhausted, then gave Han Feng a spiritual mark for the Myriad Beast Record and granted him the Southern Bright Departing Fire.
• The Empress thanked Han Feng, and Yao Tianhuo praised him for helping avert Si Kongchan’s death and change history.
• On the journey back, Han Feng gave the exhausted Empress a Spirit Recovery Pill, and she explained the Sikong Family’s history and duty to guard the Purple Shattered Ruins.
• Han Feng and the Empress said they expected to reach the Saint realm within five hundred years and challenged each other to see who would advance first.
• The group returned to the entrance of the Purple Shattered Ruins, where the soldiers welcomed the Empress with shouts of “Long live Southern Departure!”