Chapter Summaries

After the Southern Departure Empire’s victory, Han Feng said farewell to Si Kongchan and returned to Medicine Saint Valley. There, he reunited with his disciples as Ye Qingyun celebrated her breakthrough to Dou Wang and Lin Xian'er and Qinglin showed how much they had grown.

• The Empress oversaw the aftermath of the war while Han Feng and the Empire’s alchemists refined Healing Pills, and Han Feng improved his pill refining with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Han Feng merged the Southern Bright Departing Fire into the Flame Mantra, advanced to the early stage of Nine-star Dou Zong, and resolved to stabilize his foundation before pursuing Dou Zun.
• Han Feng visited Si Kongchan to say farewell, accepted her spirit-artifact belt, and left the Southern Departure Continent through the Void God Stele.
• At Medicine Saint Valley, Ye Qingyun broke through to Dou Wang, while Lin Xian'er revealed she had become a Dou Shi and Qinglin reported reaching the seventh stage of Dou Qi.
• Han Feng returned to the valley and embraced Ye Qingyun, then noticed how much Lin Xian'er and Qinglin had grown.

Han Feng reunited with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin, checked his disciple's cultivation, and promised to stay nearby. After examining Ye Qingyun and discovering her rapid progress came from her Green Wood Longevity Body, he entrusted Medicine Saint Valley's management to her; Han Feng then turned his attention to dealing with the Hall of Souls.

• Han Feng reunited with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin, teased Qinglin about gaining weight, and inspected Lin Xian'er's Calamity Poison Body and five-star Dou Shi cultivation.
• Lin Xian'er embraced Han Feng and asked to sleep beside him, and he agreed while promising he would not leave for a long time.
• Han Feng examined Ye Qingyun and learned that Medicine Saint Valley's energy was boosting her cultivation because of her Green Wood Longevity Body.
• Han Feng entrusted Ye Qingyun with managing Medicine Saint Valley, inspiring her to begin cultivating immediately.
• Han Feng consolidated his cultivation, then decided it was time to deal with the Hall of Souls.

Han Feng established the Soul Punishing Division as part of his plan to oppose the Hall of Souls, while crafting puppets and preparing Yao Tianhuo to build a force in the Central Plains. After Yao Tianhuo recovered his strength and set out to establish that force, Han Feng continued cultivating until he reached nine-star Dou Zong Perfection, ready to advance to Dou Zun.

• Han Feng planned the Soul Punishing Division, assigned puppet ranks, and began crafting puppets to gather intelligence against the Hall of Souls.
• Han Feng discovered that the mysterious seed in the medicine valley had sprouted and continued refining puppets and improving the Red Emperor Armor.
• Yao Tianhuo brought Han Feng Xuanqing Fuling, accepted the task of establishing a force, and recovered to Late Five-star Dou Zun with the Fuling Qingdan.
• Han Feng and Yao Tianhuo challenged the Sea of Mist again, then Yao Tianhuo departed for the Western Region to establish a foundation.
• Han Feng continued refining and cultivating until he reached nine-star Dou Zong Perfection and stood ready to advance to Dou Zun.

Han Feng helped Lin Xian'er overcome a dangerous complication while she condensed a poison pill and stabilized her breakthrough to one-star Da Dou Shi. The next morning, he left Medicine Saint Valley for a mission in the Western Region, planning to check on Yao Tianhuo's faction afterward.

• Han Feng entered Lin Xian'er's cultivation chamber when her poison qi caused a dangerous backlash and helped stabilize her with Soul Power, the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the Green Lotus Seat.
• Lin Xian'er followed Han Feng's guidance and successfully condensed a purple poison pill, stabilizing her one-star Da Dou Shi cultivation.
• Han Feng apologized for not understanding the Poison Pill Method and told Lin Xian'er to seek his help whenever she faced cultivation problems.
• Lin Xian'er asked Han Feng to return quickly, reminding him that he had stayed away for a long time on his previous trip.
• The next morning, Han Feng left Medicine Saint Valley for the Western Region to complete a mission and check on Yao Tianhuo's faction.

Han Feng led the assault on the Earth Fiend Hall, killed its Venerable Elder, and discovered that its true ruler was away capturing a Dou Zun-level Soul Body. After freeing the captive Soul Bodies, he entered the hall’s deepest underground chamber and faced a surge of Dark Dou Qi.

• The White Robe Puppets attacked the Earth Fiend Hall, and Han Feng confronted its late One-star Dou Zun Venerable Elder.
• Han Feng wounded the Venerable Elder with his saber, pursued him with a Silver Arrow, and killed him after the elder’s escape was blocked by the Sea Suppressing Barrier.
• Han Feng refined the elder’s Soul Body and learned that the Earth Fiend Hall’s true ruler, the late Three-star Dou Zun Ten Thousand Blades Venerable, was away on a mission to capture a Dou Zun-level Soul Body.
• Han Feng and the puppets wiped out the remaining Hall of Souls forces, leaving no survivors.
• Han Feng shattered the chains holding the exhausted Soul Bodies and let them dissipate naturally.
• Han Feng entered the deepest underground chamber, where Dark Dou Qi surged toward him.

Han Feng moved the Earth Fiend Hall and sought a Grand Formation Master to help deal with the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array. At Yao Chen's Former Residence, he unexpectedly met Feng Xian, who confronted him about his identity and past.

• Han Feng found the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array beneath the Earth Fiend Hall, realized he could not unravel the Rank 9 formation, and transported the entire hall into a separate space.
• Han Feng decided to seek Wang Shu's help and went to Yao Chen's Former Residence to look for the Hidden Sect token.
• Han Feng found Feng Xian there, and Feng Xian sealed the space and demanded to know how Han Feng had appeared.
• Han Feng acknowledged that Feng Xian had learned the truth, revealed the Void God Stele, and said Feng Xian could not stop him from leaving.
• Han Feng stayed, poured tea for Feng Xian, and invited him to talk.

Han Feng confessed that his actions had led to Yao Chen’s death, and Feng Xian agreed to join him in seeking revenge against the Hall of Souls. Han Feng found Yao Chen’s Hidden Sect token and prepared to seek help understanding the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array.

• Han Feng confessed that the Hall of Souls had persuaded him to betray Yao Chen, and Feng Xian struck him with a teacup before listening to his plea for a chance to atone.
• Han Feng showed Feng Xian the corpse of a Hall of Souls Venerable Elder he had killed, revealing that he had reached Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Han Feng identified Old Man Mu Gu as the person who had contacted him, and Feng Xian agreed to accompany him in pursuing revenge.
• Han Feng explained that he planned to seek formation guidance from Wang Shu of the Hidden Sect to investigate the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array.
• Han Feng activated a hidden mechanism and found Yao Chen’s Hidden Sect token, which Feng Xian handed back to him after inspecting it.

Han Feng took Feng Xian to inspect the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array, where Feng Xian could not decipher its profound workings and came to believe Han Feng had told the truth. After lunch with Feng Xian and Mu Qingluan, Han Feng left, while Feng Xian pondered how his former disciple had changed and resolved that Starfall Pavilion must act cautiously against the Hall of Souls.

• Han Feng brought Feng Xian to Earth Fiend Hall, where Feng Xian examined the blood-red formation but failed to understand it.
• Han Feng invited Feng Xian to eat, and Feng Xian introduced Mu Qingluan as Han Feng's Junior Sister.
• Han Feng gave Mu Qingluan a Green Wind Chime he had refined, and she recognized his voice from their past encounter at South Region Spiritual Mountain.
• Han Feng warned Feng Xian not to wage war against the Hall of Souls yet, left him a means of contact, and departed through a spatial rift.
• Feng Xian reflected on Han Feng's changed nature and concluded that Starfall Pavilion needed to plan carefully before confronting the Hall of Souls.

Han Feng reunited with Feng Xian and, moved by his trust, broke through to the Dou Zun realm and awakened Fallen Heart Flame’s profound meaning. He then headed for the Hidden Sect, where he secretly discovered the Ten Thousand Blades Venerable gathering Earth Fiend Hall members, and continued without disturbing them.

• Feng Xian resolved to destroy the Hall of Souls after Han Feng challenged its authority, while Han Feng felt grateful that Feng Xian had accepted him despite his past.
• Han Feng’s emotions and Soul Power surged, allowing him to break through from Nine-star Dou Zong to Dou Zun.
• Fallen Heart Flame awakened, and Han Feng comprehended its profound meaning, [Fallen Brahma Heart], which greatly strengthened his Soul Power and let him influence nearby minds.
• Han Feng examined his awakened Heavenly Flames, learned the strengths and limits of their profound meanings, and decided to prioritize sabotaging the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array.
• Han Feng traveled toward the Hidden Sect and spotted the Ten Thousand Blades Venerable gathering the remaining Earth Fiend Hall members, but he used a magical beast to gather information and left without being noticed.

Han Feng entered the Hidden Sect and asked Wang Shu to help him understand how to break the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array. After Wang Shu spent three days analyzing the array, he gave Han Feng the solution, which Han Feng quickly comprehended.

• Han Feng used the Hidden Sect token to enter the sect and found Wang Shu working in the fields.
• Han Feng asked Wang Shu to teach him how to break the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array, and Wang Shu agreed in exchange for Han Feng's reasonable request.
• Han Feng brought out the Earth Fiend Hall, and Wang Shu inspected it and dismantled it to expose the hidden array.
• Wang Shu studied the Rank 9 array for three days, found its core, and condensed his solution into a rune for Han Feng.
• Han Feng received the rune's information and understood the method, earning Wang Shu's praise.

Han Feng returned to Starfall Pavilion with Wang Shu’s method for quietly altering the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Arrays and planned to lure Mu Gu into a trap. After absorbing Star Power in the Star Tower, he learned that Feng Xian had found a location for the operation.

• Wang Shu gave Han Feng a method to alter the arrays and sent him away from the Hidden Sect.
• Han Feng returned to Starfall Pavilion, showed Feng Xian the black threads Mu Gu had planted in him, and proposed luring Mu Gu into a trap.
• Feng Xian agreed to arrange a location for the ambush, and Han Feng met Mu Qingluan while walking through the pavilion.
• Mu Qingluan took Han Feng to the Star Tower, where he absorbed Star Power for two days.
• Mu Qingluan told Han Feng that Feng Xian had found a location for their plan.

Han Feng and Feng Xian lured Old Man Mu Gu to a secluded town and ambushed him with the Astonishing Swan Sword Formation. After Feng Xian badly wounded Mu Gu, Mu Gu tried to turn Han Feng against him by offering him a place in the Hall of Souls.

• Han Feng gave Mu Qingluan a bloodline-nourishing pill before going to meet Feng Xian.
• Han Feng burned the black thread with the Sea Heart Flame, sending a signal that prompted Old Man Mu Gu to travel to the Southern Region.
• After waiting in the town, Han Feng drew Old Man Mu Gu toward the north gate, where Feng Xian sprung the prepared sword formation.
• Feng Xian struck Old Man Mu Gu with the formation and shattered half his shoulder, while blocking Mu Gu's demonic hand with a defensive artifact.
• Old Man Mu Gu told Han Feng that Feng Xian would not spare him and offered him a Hall of Souls Protector position if he helped kill Feng Xian.

Old Man Mu Gu absorbed the town’s Soul Power and overpowered Feng Xian, but Han Feng arrived to protect him. Han Feng revealed his rapid cultivation and two Heavenly Flames, then struck Mu Gu with a technique that disrupted the Soul Power inside him.

• Old Man Mu Gu swallowed a pill and unleashed a soul storm that drained the cultivators hiding in town, while Han Feng secretly pierced Mu Gu’s soul with a needle.
• Feng Xian entered a demonic state and charged recklessly, allowing Old Man Mu Gu to crush his armor and wound him before preparing to finish him with a scythe.
• Han Feng intercepted Mu Gu’s strike, gave Feng Xian a Healing Pill, and faced Mu Gu, who recognized Han Feng and demanded the Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng revealed he had reached One-star Dou Zun and used Flame God Transformation to raise his cultivation to the late Three-star Dou Zun level with two Heavenly Flames.
• Han Feng attacked with Dual Blades: Lotus Sea, then snapped his fingers and caused the Soul Power within Mu Gu to scatter and leak away.

Han Feng learned from Old Man Mu Gu’s memories that Yao Chen had escaped into a void storm as a Soul Body, and he went to search for him despite the danger. After three hours of probing possible paths, Han Feng withdrew his soul, badly shaken but alive.

• Han Feng defeated Old Man Mu Gu, extracted his Soul Body, and refined it into a Soul Pearl.
• Han Feng discovered in Mu Gu’s memories that Yao Chen had escaped into a void storm, giving him hope that his teacher might still be alive.
• Han Feng and Feng Xian traveled to the storm’s location, where Han Feng prepared to search it with his Soul Power.
• Feng Xian tried to investigate the storm himself, but Han Feng sealed him and insisted on taking the risk.
• Han Feng searched tens of thousands of paths for three hours, then withdrew his Soul Power as Feng Xian stood guard.

After Han Feng survived the spatial storm, he recovered at Starfall Pavilion and told Feng Xian that Yao Chen had likely been carried northwest. Feng Xian began searching the vast possible regions, while Han Feng proposed using soul- and Heavenly Flame-detection artifacts to find his teacher.

• Feng Xian carried the exhausted Han Feng away from the spatial storm, and Han Feng later woke up in Yao Chen's room at Starfall Pavilion.
• Han Feng told Feng Xian that the storm's transmission had gone northwest, giving him a rough direction but no exact location for Yao Chen.
• Feng Xian reassured Han Feng and began investigating possible landing areas while continuing to prioritize stopping the Hall of Souls' scheme.
• Mu Qingluan cared for Han Feng as he recovered, and he reflected on his promise to return quickly to Lin Xian'er.
• Over the next month, Han Feng cultivated and used Star Power and soul-nourishing treasures to recover from his injuries.
• Han Feng reviewed Feng Xian's search map and proposed adapting soul-detection artifacts from the Southern Departure Continent, with a Heavenly Flame detector to identify Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

After recovering from his injuries, Han Feng left Starfall Pavilion to return to Medicine Saint Valley, where Cai'er and Ye Qingyun treated him and he reunited with his disciples. He discovered that Qinglin had awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and asked Cai'er to organize snake-type magical beasts to gather intelligence for him.

• Han Feng told Feng Xian that he would seek help from Yao Tianhuo, look for helpers in the Northern Region, and handle the Northwest Continent himself.
• Han Feng returned to Medicine Saint Valley, where Cai'er and Ye Qingyun noticed signs of his serious injury and supported him to his residence.
• Lin Xian'er and Qinglin welcomed Han Feng, and he saw that Qinglin had awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Ye Qingyun treated Han Feng with the healing power of her Green Wood Longevity Body, and he felt his condition improve.
• Cai'er showed Han Feng a Seven-Colored Raw Stone she had saved for Medusa and explained that she had found it in a colorful garden west of the valley.
• Han Feng asked Cai'er to form a search team of snake-type magical beasts to gather intelligence for him.

Han Feng arrived at the Heavenly Fire Pavilion and asked Yao Tianhuo to help search for Yao Chen, whose Soul Body might still be alive. He also learned that the Southern Departure Empire had appointed him King of Zhennan without his knowledge.

• Han Feng planned searches for the Northwest, Western, and Northern Regions, then set out for the Northwest Continent with Lin Xian'er, Qinglin, Ye Qingyun, and Cai'er.
• Han Feng arrived at the Heavenly Fire Pavilion, where Yao Tianhuo had been struggling to manage the former Yellow Springs Pavilion after renaming and reforming it.
• Han Feng told Yao Tianhuo that the Starfall Pavilion was his sect and that he wanted helpers to ease Yao Tianhuo's workload.
• Han Feng asked Yao Tianhuo to search for Yao Chen, explaining that his teacher's Soul Body might have survived by attaching itself to a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo explained that they could search using a Southern Departure Empire Soul Detector or by sensing Heavenly Flames, and Han Feng learned that the empress had made him King of Zhennan.

Han Feng discovered an Earth Fire Cave beneath Yellow Springs Pavilion and planned to develop it into a cultivation and weapon-forging site. After Feng Xian arrived to discuss Western Region affairs, he mistook Cai'er for Han Feng's wife.

• Han Feng explored the hidden cave and found a vast Fire Attribute Blessed Land where the Green Lotus Core Flame could grow stronger.
• Han Feng told Yao Tianhuo about the discovery, and they agreed to secure the cave and prepare it for cultivation and weapon forging.
• Han Feng invited Feng Xian, then cultivated in the cave while Yao Tianhuo arranged its development.
• Yao Tianhuo welcomed Feng Xian, and they discussed Han Feng before Han Feng returned with Cai'er.
• Feng Xian heard Cai'er call him Martial Uncle and mistakenly assumed she was Han Feng's wife.

Han Feng organized the Heavenly Fire Pavilion’s operations and introduced Feng Xian to the people he considered family. After Feng Xian suggested seeking the Flower Sect’s help, Han Feng set out for Chiyu City in the Southern Departure Empire.

• Han Feng assigned Starfall Pavilion and the Heavenly Fire Pavilion tasks to support Cai’er’s magical beast reconnaissance force, renovate the Earth Fire Cave, produce soul-detecting instruments, and search for Yao Chen and the Hall of Souls.
• Han Feng warned Cai’er not to fight the Hall of Souls if she found them and to crush her Jade Slip if she faced grave danger.
• Feng Xian met Han Feng’s disciple Lin Xian'er and gave her the Heavenly Jade Sword as a gift.
• Han Feng introduced Feng Xian to Ye Qingyun and Qinglin, who joined the household for lunch.
• Feng Xian suggested that Ye Qingyun study under Fairy Qing and that Han Feng seek the Flower Sect’s help with the search for Yao Chen.
• Han Feng used the Void God Stele to travel to Chiyu City in the Southern Departure Empire.

Han Feng visited the Xiao Family and arranged for them to help with a mission, then traveled to Vermilion Bird City to ask Si Kongchan for imperial assistance. Si Kongchan agreed, and their conversation ended on an unexpectedly personal note.

• In Chiyu City, Wang Lie and the townspeople recognized Han Feng as the celebrated King of Zhennan and saluted him.
• Han Feng met Xiao Tianbao, asked the Xiao Family to handle several matters, and revealed that he had reached One-star Dou Zun.
• The next day, Han Feng left for Vermilion Bird City, where the soldiers and citizens welcomed him as King of Zhennan.
• Han Feng met Si Kongchan at the imperial palace and learned that she had reached Eight-star Dou Zun.
• Han Feng asked Si Kongchan for help with his mission, and she agreed to cooperate and invited him to visit more often.