Chapter Summaries

Han Feng agreed with Si Kongchan to leave a spatial marker in the imperial palace, then returned to the Heavenly Fire Pavilion to develop a device for detecting Heavenly Flames. He emerged with Fallen Heart Flame sustaining his [Fallen Brahma Heart] state and prepared to help search for his Teacher.

• Han Feng showed Si Kongchan the Void God Stele and placed a Spatial Anchor Point in the palace so he could return there.
• Han Feng left the Southern Departure Empire and returned to the Heavenly Fire Pavilion, where he told Yao Tianhuo that the Xiao Family had agreed to help.
• Han Feng entered the Earth Fire Cave to develop new devices and emerged half a month later with a compass that could detect Heavenly Flames.
• Han Feng explained to Yao Tianhuo and Feng Xian that he used Fallen Heart Flame to power the detection device, though maintaining [Fallen Brahma Heart] taxed him.
• Han Feng returned to his residence, where Lin Xian'er and the others remarked on his transformed appearance.

Han Feng brought Ye Qingyun to the Flower Sect so she could grow stronger, then traveled there with her and the others. After Ye Qingyun found a way through the sect’s protective array, Han Feng met Sect Master Hua Yu, who recalled searching for Yao Chen after his death.

• Han Feng asked Ye Qingyun to consider joining the Flower Sect, and she agreed to become stronger there.
• Han Feng and the three girls departed, leaving Cai'er behind to continue her mission in the Western Region.
• On the way, Han Feng heard that the Hall of Souls was searching for the person who had moved the Earth Fiend Hall.
• Ye Qingyun used her Green Wood Longevity Body to guide the group through the Flower Sect’s Soul-Confusing Flowers and protective array.
• Hua Yu received Han Feng and told him she had gone to Starfall Pavilion to look for Yao Chen after his death.

Han Feng told Hua Yu that Yao Chen might still be alive and asked the Flower Sect to help search for him. He discovered that Hua Yu was suffering from evil aura and used Southern Bright Departing Fire to dispel much of it, then left her to rest as he considered Ye Qingyun’s situation.

• Han Feng explained Yao Chen’s disappearance and search plan, and Hua Yu agreed to have the Flower Sect help find him.
• Hua Yu revealed that Heavenly Evil Poison had worsened for years and that she believed she had little time left.
• Han Feng examined Hua Yu and found evil aura obstructing her Dou Qi, especially in her legs.
• Han Feng used Southern Bright Departing Fire and silver needles to remove much of the evil aura from Hua Yu’s body.
• Hua Yu accepted Han Feng calling her Aunt Hua and invited him to call her Feng'er.
• Han Feng returned to the main hall, where Ye Qingyun was chatting with a Flower Sect cultivator, and wondered whether Hua Yu could help with Qingyun’s matter.

Han Feng healed Hua Yu with a Rank 8 pill and prepared to part from Ye Qingyun, reassuring her that she was family and arranging a future path for Qinglin. He brought Ye Qingyun to Hua Yu, who discovered her Green Wood Longevity Body and agreed to introduce her to the Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders.

• Han Feng gave Hua Yu a Rank 8 healing pill, restoring her aura and helping her recover from the evil energy.
• Han Feng reflected on the mysterious evil and demonic energies found across the continent, then set aside his questions to focus on his cultivation and Hun Tiandi.
• Ye Qingyun confessed that she was reluctant to part from Han Feng, and he told her she and Cai'er were both his family.
• Han Feng told Ye Qingyun he planned to send Qinglin to the Sky Snake Mansion to study her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and promised to arrange a guardian.
• Han Feng brought Ye Qingyun to Hua Yu, who recognized her Green Wood Longevity Body and agreed to take her to meet the Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders.

Han Feng arranged a search for Yao Chen and the Hall of Souls’ branch halls, then helped Ye Qingyun secure a place as the Flower Sect Supreme Elder’s personal disciple. He left the sect with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin, while Ye Qingyun stayed behind to cultivate and parted from her daughter.

• Han Feng told Hua Yu that he needed trustworthy people to search for Yao Chen and locate the Hall of Souls’ branch halls, and Hua Yu agreed the search required careful choices.
• Hua Yu said she had obtained Heavenly Evil Poison in the Northwestern Sea Region, and she and Han Feng realized they had both been there around the time he acquired Sea Heart Flame.
• Ye Qingyun met the Flower Sect Supreme Elder and was accepted as her personal disciple.
• Han Feng decided to leave for the Northern Region, and he and Ye Qingyun promised to reunite after she cultivated at the Flower Sect.
• Han Feng and Ye Qingyun discussed leaving Medicine Saint Valley’s medicine garden in the care of his puppets, then went to the residence where Ye Qingyun said goodbye to Qinglin.

Han Feng left the Flower Sect with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin, then traveled to the Northern Region to ask the Wind Thunder Pavilion for help finding Venerable Yao's Soul Body. Wei Qianshi agreed to search the South Pavilion's territory, though he warned that the search might yield nothing.

• Qinglin tearfully said goodbye to Ye Qingyun, and Han Feng took her and Lin Xian'er away from the Flower Sect.
• During the three-day journey, Lin Xian'er comforted Qinglin as she grieved over parting from Ye Qingyun.
• Han Feng reached the Northern Region and visited the Wind Thunder Pavilion's South Pavilion, where he reunited with Wei Qianshi.
• Han Feng told Wei Qianshi he was seeking Venerable Yao's Soul Body and explained that he hoped to obtain Venerable Yao's Alchemy Art inheritance.
• Wei Qianshi agreed to search within the South Pavilion's sphere of influence, and Han Feng offered him a Rank 7 Pill as compensation.

Han Feng secured Wei Qianshi’s help searching the Northern Region by giving him a Rank 7 pill, then traveled with Lin Xian’er and Qinglin toward the East Pavilion. He arrived in Wind Thunder City and prepared to pursue leads while avoiding an unnecessary confrontation with the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

• Han Feng gave Wei Qianshi a High Rank 7 Refining Sect Pill to help him advance, and Wei agreed to search the South Pavilion’s territory and assist in the West Pavilion.
• Han Feng considered the Music Building as another source of intelligence and continued placing puppets to support the Soul Punishing Division’s investigations.
• Qinglin told Han Feng she had advanced to Dou Shi, and he promised to take her to see her mother after she reached Da Dou Shi.
• Han Feng traveled with Lin Xian’er and Qinglin to the East Pavilion, then entered Wind Thunder City rather than approaching the Wind Thunder Mountain Range directly.

Han Feng posted a costly mission at the Music Building to search for Venerable Yao’s Soul Body, then traveled north to North Mang City. After learning the Chen Family was in danger, he went to help Chen Xiaoyu’s family and found Chen Yunshu confronting the Yu Family.

• Han Feng paid a one-hundred-million-Gold-Coin deposit to commission the Music Building to search for Venerable Yao’s Soul Body in the eastern Northern Region.
• Han Feng, Lin Xian'er, and Qinglin traveled by Spacecraft to North Mang City.
• Han Feng heard that the Chen Family’s main force had been wiped out and that the Yu Family was pressuring the family over a marriage proposal.
• Han Feng went to the Chen Family residence, where Chen Yunshu faced the Yu Family’s young man while Old Madam Yu watched.

The Yu Family cornered Chen Yunshu and demanded she marry Yu Tianming to spare the Chen Family, but Han Feng arrived and forced them to leave. He then asked Chen Yunshu whether Chen Xiaoyu was there, leaving his reason for seeking her unknown.

• Yu Tianming and Old Madam Yu threatened the Chen Family and demanded that Chen Yunshu marry Yu Tianming and bear his children.
• Chen Yunshu refused to submit and fought Old Madam Yu, who overpowered and injured her.
• Han Feng entered the hall, and Old Madam Yu sensed his strength and stopped attacking Chen Yunshu.
• Yu Tianming demanded Lin Xian'er and Qinglin as well, so Old Madam Yu slapped him unconscious and apologized to Han Feng.
• Old Madam Yu led the Yu Family away after Han Feng told her to end the matter.
• Han Feng asked Chen Yunshu whether Chen Xiaoyu was there, and Chen Yunshu cautiously asked why he wanted her.

Han Feng accepted the Chen Family’s Spirit Nurturing Gourd after Chen Yunshu offered it in exchange for his protection. After weighing the clan’s precarious future, Chen Yunshu asked Han Feng to take the Chen Family in, and he agreed.

• Han Feng told Chen Yunshu that his warning should keep Old Madam Yu from attacking the Chen Family again.
• Chen Yunshu offered Han Feng the Spirit Nurturing Gourd in return for his protection, while some clansmen objected and one elder led several people away.
• Chen Yunshu showed Han Feng, Qinglin, and Lin Xian'er the hidden chamber and explained how the gourd’s spiritual liquid repaired souls and had helped the family prosper.
• Han Feng suggested that the Chen Family develop in another city and asked whether they still wanted to follow him.
• Chen Yunshu asked Han Feng to take in the Chen Family, and he agreed.

Han Feng gave Chen Yunshu two Dou Zong puppets and asked her to help find his teacher, then left North Mang City with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin. Chen Yunshu prepared to face a power struggle at the Space Plaza while Han Feng told his disciples about the Soul Clan and the danger of its ambitions.

• Han Feng gave Chen Yunshu two Dou Zong puppets and showed her how to bind their control token.
• Chen Yunshu thanked Han Feng, and he asked her to help search for his teacher before leaving with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin.
• Chen Yunshu learned Han Feng's name and returned to the main hall, where her family told her that major families had called them to the Space Plaza riot.
• Chen Yunshu agreed to go to the Space Plaza despite the invitation being a trap, trusting the strength of her new puppets.
• Lin Xian'er asked Han Feng whether being his disciple was dangerous, and he explained the Soul Clan's plan to sacrifice the continent's inhabitants for a breakthrough.
• Lin Xian'er and Qinglin promised to grow strong enough to help Han Feng, who hoped they would be able to protect themselves.

Han Feng returned to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range and met Jin Shi, whose Fire Poison had worsened from cultivating in the Blood Pool. After treating him, Han Feng asked the Gold Devouring Rat Clan to help locate his former teacher, a Soul Body.

• Han Feng met Jin Gu, learned Jin Shi had been enduring severe Fire Poison, and declined to join him in seeking a treasure in the Chang Heng Mountain Range.
• Han Feng climbed to the mountain with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin, explaining how the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool's pressure affected visitors.
• Jin Shi welcomed Han Feng and revealed that he had delayed asking for help so Han Feng could later remove Jin Gu's Fire Poison too.
• Han Feng offered to remove Fire Poison for the Gold Devouring Rat Clan without a set limit and asked Jin Shi to help find his teacher.
• Han Feng gave Jin Shi clues and demonstrated a soul-detecting device, while Jin Shi warned that the Hall of Souls hunted Soul Bodies and Han Feng should prepare for the worst.

Han Feng returned to the Northwest Continent after helping Jin Shi cure his Fire Poison and securing future access to the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. He arrived back in Maple City to find it thriving under his influence, with factions gathering around it and Han Feng established as the Black Corner Region’s strongest overlord.

• Han Feng used the Fallen Heart Flame and a pill to eliminate Jin Shi’s Fire Poison, then arranged to leave behind Heart Flame energy and more pills for the Gold Devouring Rat Clan.
• Jin Shi promised Han Feng two places at every future opening of the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and Han Feng set out for the Northwest Continent with Lin Xian'er, Qinglin, and Jin Gu.
• Han Feng sent green robe puppet scouts across the Northwest Continent and planned to use Maple City to unite the Black Corner Region’s factions.
• Han Feng and the two women returned to Maple City, where Han Lie recognized him and reported that Maple City had grown by gaining vassal factions.
• Han Feng learned that Su Mei and the Rakshasa Gate had prospered through cooperation with Maple City, while Han Feng had become the Black Corner Region’s top-ranked expert.

Han Feng returned to Maple City, assigned his subordinates to investigate Soul Bodies, and summoned the region’s factions to a banquet. He then visited Jia Nan Academy, where he revealed to Elder Qian and Elder Bai that he had advanced to Dou Zun.

• Han Feng ordered Han Beng to invite the Black Corner Region’s factions to a moon-viewing banquet and tasked Han Lie with searching for Soul Bodies.
• Han Feng gave the Golden Silver Elders a scroll directing them to locate places where Soul Bodies gathered, and they agreed to bring back intelligence.
• The Golden Silver Elders left Maple City to investigate while Han Feng left a White Robe Puppet behind and traveled to Jia Nan Academy with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin.
• Han Feng reached the Library Pavilion and reunited with Elder Qian and Elder Bai, who struggled to recognize him because his aura had changed.
• Han Feng demonstrated his control over Space Power and revealed that he had become a Dou Zun, leaving Elder Qian and Elder Bai stunned.

Han Feng sparred with Bai Lie after returning as a Dou Venerable, easily proving the gap between them. He then announced his plan to bring the Black Corner Region under his control and considered Su Qian as someone who could help organize it.

• Qian Mu and Bai Lie congratulated Han Feng on becoming a Dou Venerable and reflected on how quickly he had advanced.
• Bai Lie challenged Han Feng to spar, and Han Feng effortlessly blocked several hundred of his attacks while Lin Xian'er, Qinglin, and Qian Mu watched.
• Bai Lie asked Han Feng to attack once, but Han Feng stopped his palm just short of Bai Lie's face, leaving Bai Lie fully convinced of his defeat.
• Qian Mu asked Han Feng about his plans, and Han Feng said he wanted to bring the entire Black Corner Region under control.
• After leaving Qian Mu and Bai Lie, Han Feng headed toward the Inner Academy with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin and considered Su Qian as a capable person to help manage his plans.

Han Feng returned to Jia Nan Academy, recovered his exhausted soul with spiritual liquid from the Spirit Nurturing Gourd, and planned a search across the Northwest Continent. Shi Yuan visited and revealed that his remaining lifespan was nearly gone, while recognizing Han Feng’s transformed state as the result of a great fortune.

• Han Feng returned to the Inner Academy with Lin Xian'er and Qinglin, and Su Qian told him that Zi Yan had gone to the Snake People Tribe with Medusa and had not returned.
• Han Feng rested after learning that the search in the Central Plains was progressing poorly, then used two drops of spiritual liquid from the Spirit Nurturing Gourd to recover his soul.
• Han Feng studied a map and considered how to organize a search across the Northwest Continent’s empires and factions.
• Shi Yuan visited Han Feng and showed him a mark indicating that his remaining lifespan was nearly over.
• Shi Yuan said he had no regrets and recognized Han Feng’s current state as evidence that he had encountered a great fortune.

Shi Yuan died peacefully and left Han Feng his Sarira and Buddhist classics, prompting Han Feng to resolve to find Yao Chen sooner. After returning to Maple City and advancing to Two-star Dou Zun, Han Feng hosted a Full Moon Banquet to gather the Black Corner Region’s factions and pursue nominal unification.

• Han Feng sensed Shi Yuan’s grief over Qin Miaoyin, and Shi Yuan asked him to deliver his Sarira to Fa Ming before choosing to die.
• Han Feng read Shi Yuan’s letter, found his copied Buddhist classics in a hidden compartment, and worried that Yao Chen might also be lost to grief.
• Han Feng told Su Qian of Shi Yuan’s death, preserved his courtyard, and returned to Maple City two days later.
• Su Mei arrived in Maple City with tribute, but the Maple Forest Guard turned her away when she tried to visit Han Feng.
• Han Feng advanced to Two-star Dou Zun, visited Yao Chen’s grave, and vowed to find his teacher.
• At the Full Moon Banquet, Han Feng addressed the gathered factions, while Fang Yan and Mo Tianxing considered whether his white hair signaled weakness.

Han Feng announced his plan to unite and rebuild the Black Corner Region, winning a few allies while most leaders deferred their decisions. He privately gathered those who agreed to join, laid down rules for the alliance, and used the Fallen Heart Flame to discern their true reactions.

• At Han Feng's banquet, Fang Yan asked why he had invited the region's leaders, and Han Feng announced his plan to establish an alliance and rebuild the Black Corner Region.
• Fang Yan asked to consult Magic Flame Valley's master, while Su Mei pledged Rakshasa Gate to the alliance and several Maple City allies followed her lead.
• Mo Tianxing prompted a subordinate to object, but Han Feng calmly accepted the refusal, and most other leaders chose to leave and consider the offer.
• After the banquet, Han Feng gathered the leaders willing to join, thanked them, and warned them to clean up shady businesses and unruly subordinates before the alliance's laws took effect.
• Han Feng used the Fallen Heart Flame to assess the members' real attitudes, gave them small gifts, and left the hall.

Han Feng intimidated the Black Corner Region’s factions into founding the Black Alliance after Magic Flame Valley surrendered, then began investigating the region. The chapter leaves the newly unified factions wary as they tighten security in their cities.

• Han Feng ordered Jin Xi to make Magic Flame Valley submit, and she defeated its forces and brought their treasures back to Maple City.
• Han Feng placed a mental restraint on Magic Flame Valley’s people and sent them to the Northwestern Sea Region to carry out tasks in exchange for their freedom.
• After news spread of Magic Flame Valley’s defeat, Mo Tianxing and factions across the Black Corner Region agreed to join Han Feng’s alliance.
• Han Feng held another meeting in Maple City, where the alliance’s formation passed unanimously and he gained the nickname White Asura.
• News of the Black Alliance’s founding spread across the region, and Han Feng began a public geographical survey that led factions to tighten security in their cities.

Han Feng established the Black Alliance, discovered the Heavenly Demon Puppet method, and prepared puppets to secure his rule over the Black Corner Region. After Jia Nan Academy sent its enforcement squad to suppress border unrest, Han Feng visited Su Qian and revealed that he had reached the Dou Zun realm.

• Han Feng issued the Black Alliance Code as faction leaders accepted his rule out of fear, while Jia Nan Academy struggled to respond to the region’s upheaval.
• Hu Gan sent Wu Tianlang and the enforcement squad to the Black Corner Region’s border to suppress unrest.
• Han Feng found the Heavenly Demon Puppet scroll in Magic Flame Valley’s treasury and spent three days creating one Heavenly Demon Puppet, four Earth Demon Puppets, and twenty Human Demon Puppets.
• Han Feng assigned Black Alliance duties, appointed Su Mei an Elder in Maple City, and then traveled to Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng told Su Qian that his cultivation had reached the Dou Zun realm, leaving the First Elder stunned.