Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin and his forces arrived in Feng City, seized Han Feng’s former estate, and rapidly brought the lawless city under new rule. Their show of strength drew the attention of Jia Nan Academy, whose elders and Enforcement Squad appeared above the city.

• Xuan Jin chose Feng City as the group’s first stop in the Black Corner Region and arrived there aboard a massive Flying Boat half a month later.
• Xuan Jin decided to claim Feng City after Ya Fei judged its location ideal for reopening an auction house and monopolizing the local medicinal pill trade.
• Xuan Jin’s Flying Boat landed at Han Feng’s former estate, and Hua She’er and Yue Mei led the Snake People Clan guards in seizing the city.
• Ya Fei posted rules offering protection to skilled residents who registered and obeyed, restoring basic order before sunset.
• Hai Bodong reported that nearby forces feared the takeover, and Xuan Jin said he intended to draw powerful enemies out.
• Cai’er spotted Jia Nan Academy’s approaching forces, and two elders with an Enforcement Squad appeared above Feng City.

Xuan Jin told Hu Gan that he planned to establish his rules in the Black Corner Region, while Ya Fei presented Jia Nan Academy with a trade partnership proposal. The chapter ended as Xuan Jin began tracing a map in flame, just before the terms of the deal were revealed.

• Xuan Jin sensed Hu Gan and another elder, then invited them down to his manor for tea.
• Hu Gan recognized Xuan Jin, dismissed the frightened Enforcement Squad, and descended to meet him.
• Xuan Jin explained that he had taken over Feng City and intended to clean up the Black Corner Region and set its rules.
• Yao Tian Huo revealed that he was a Six-Star Dou Venerable, startling Hu Gan and the other elder.
• Ya Fei offered Jia Nan Academy a twenty percent discount on medicinal pills and magic cores through a partnership with the Mittel Family.
• Hu Gan asked what the conditions were, and Xuan Jin traced a map in flame.

Xuan Jin secured Jia Nan Academy’s help to integrate the Black Corner Region by promising it a share of the resources and discounted pills, then revealed he had already killed the region’s greatest threat, Old Ghost Di Mo. The alliance agreement was signed, while Xuan Jin left his allies wondering what he intended to gain from Jia Nan Academy’s hidden secrets.

• Xuan Jin showed Hu Gan a route through the Black Corner Region toward Zhongzhou and asked Jia Nan Academy to provide manpower in exchange for twenty percent of the resources and discounted pills.
• Hu Gan warned Xuan Jin that Old Ghost Di Mo, a Seven-star Dou Ancestor, threatened any attempt to consolidate the region.
• Xuan Jin told Hu Gan that he had killed Old Ghost Di Mo years earlier, prompting Hu Gan to agree to the alliance.
• Ya Fei finalized the agreement, and Hu Gan returned to Jia Nan Academy to gather people.
• Cai'er and Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xuan Jin’s generous offer, and he explained that he wanted to establish ties with Jia Nan Academy because of what lay beneath it and needed students for routine work.

After helping The Alliance and Jia Nan Academy bring order to the Black Corner Region, Xuan Jin led his companions to the ruined Xuanhuang Fortress, which he planned to renovate into a trade gateway. The group drove away the bandits and began clearing the ruins to establish a temporary camp.

• The Alliance and Jia Nan Academy purged the Black Corner Region, while Qing Lin, Yuan Yi, and Cai'er helped subdue the Blood Sect, Eight Fan Sect, and Demonic Flame Valley.
• Xuan Jin left Feng City with his core team and arrived at the ruined Xuanhuang Fortress in the northern Black Corner Region.
• Xuan Jin explained that the fortress's position in a gorge made it a valuable gateway for trade between Zhongzhou and the Northwest Continent.
• Cai'er subdued the bandits hiding in the fortress ruins, and Xuan Jin ordered Qing Lin to use Rock Snakes to drive them away and move the rocks.
• Xiao Yi Xian leveled several crumbling walls, and Xuan Jin set out tables and chairs as the group prepared a temporary camp.

Xuan Jin turned Xuanhuang Fortress into a transit hub for travelers between the Northwest Continent and Zhongzhou, and Ya Fei led the Mittel Family’s rapid construction and development. After a month, the fortress had become a bustling, fortified commercial center, and Ya Fei asked Xuan Jin how he had thought of its unusual services.

• Qing Lin, Yao Tian Huo, and Cai'er helped clear and prepare Xuanhuang Fortress over three days.
• Ya Fei arrived aboard a huge Mittel Family Flying Boat and criticized Xuan Jin for understating how ruined the fortress was.
• Xuan Jin gave Ya Fei blueprints and explained that the fortress would become a major transit hub rather than charge tolls.
• Ya Fei took command, assigning President Fa Ma’s people to survey the earth fire, Jia Xing Tian to organize defenses, and Mu Chen to handle hauling.
• Over the next month, Ya Fei oversaw the construction of walls, defensive towers, shops, and services that drew merchants and mercenaries to the fortress.
• Ya Fei accepted chilled wine from Xuan Jin, teased him about massaging her shoulders, and asked how he had come up with the fortress’s unusual businesses.

Xuan Jin handed Xuanhuang Fortress’s management to Jia Nan Academy and left the Black Corner Region for Zhongzhou. After reaching Saint Pill City with his companions, he considered pursuing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Beast Domain’s Saint Creation Ruins.

• Ya Fei reported that Xuanhuang Fortress was thriving, and Su Qian arrived to discuss Jia Nan Academy’s interns and its share of the profits.
• Xuan Jin paid Su Qian the promised share, arranged for Jia Nan Academy and The Alliance to jointly manage the fortress, and warned him to eliminate any returning remnants of Old Ghost Di Mo.
• Three months later, Xuan Jin boarded a Flying Boat with his companions and departed for Zhongzhou, while Qing Lin watched Xuanhuang Fortress recede below.
• On the journey, Xuan Jin considered the Saint Creation Ruins, its treasures, and the possibility of using Ancient Void Dragon spatial talent to reach them.
• More than half a month later, Xuan Jin and his group arrived at Saint Pill City and stopped before the Pill Tower’s ancient gate.

Xuan Jin returned to the Pill Tower with Cai'er, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, then went to see his teacher, Xuan Yi. He revealed a mysterious flame after Xuan Yi realized she could no longer sense his cultivation.

• Xuan Jin brought Cai'er, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to his courtyard and sent them to settle in while he went to visit Xuan Yi.
• Qing Lin showed Cai'er around the courtyard and told her about Aunt Xuan and Cao Ying.
• Xuan Yi discussed the Soul Hall’s increasing activity before Xuan Jin arrived and surprised her with his return.
• Xuan Yi welcomed Xuan Jin and asked how long he would stay, then discovered she could no longer sense his cultivation.
• Xuan Jin summoned a strange flame with glazed colors, purple starlike mist, an azure Lotus Platform, and a core of white chill.

Xuan Jin returned to Pill Tower and told Xuan Yi he had reached One-Turn Dou Venerate after obtaining and fusing more Heavenly Flames. He revealed a plan to enter the Saint Creation Ruins with help from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then went to see Ying'er and found four women in the courtyard.

• Xuan Jin showed Xuan Yi his fused Heavenly Flame and told her he had become a One-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Xuan Yi reacted with shock at Xuan Jin's rapid cultivation and said his strength could help Pill Tower contend with Soul Hall.
• Xuan Jin told Xuan Yi about the Saint Creation Ruins in the Beast Domain and the Soul Infant Fruit that could help her break through her soul-realm barrier.
• Xuan Jin revealed that the ruins also contained a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and proposed using Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to enter secretly and claim the treasures first.
• Xuan Yi agreed to discuss the plan with Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi, while Xuan Jin left to see Ying'er.
• Xuan Jin entered the separate courtyard and found four women seated in its stone pavilion.

Xuan Jin returned to the Pill Tower, where Cao Ying openly asserted their closeness in front of Cai'er and the others. He announced his plan to find Zi Yan and secretly enter a Saint Creation's ruin in the Beast Domain, then left the women behind to wait for him.

• Cao Ying embraced Xuan Jin when he entered the courtyard and held his hand as she sat beside him, while Cai'er and the others watched.
• Xuan Jin said he would stay for a while and planned to find Zi Yan so he could use her Ancient Void Dragon talent to reach a Saint Creation's ruin in the Beast Domain.
• Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cao Ying all wanted to accompany Xuan Jin, but he refused because the ruin was dangerous and a larger group would attract attention.
• Cai'er agreed to remain at the Pill Tower and pursue a breakthrough, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian also accepted Xuan Jin's decision.
• Cao Ying leaned on Xuan Jin and asked him to compensate her that night, prompting Cai'er to leave with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xuan Jin told Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Lei Zi that a Dou Saint relic called Saint Creation was about to emerge in the Skeleton Mountain Range, with a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit among its treasures. He proposed using Zi Yan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to enter the relic, then hinted at another prize that would interest the Pill Tower elders.

• Xuan Jin reunited with Cao Ying, and the two spent the night together.
• The next morning, Xuan Jin met Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi with Xuan Yi and showed them a map of the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• Xuan Jin revealed that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit might appear in the Saint Creation relic, astonishing Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi.
• Xuan Jin proposed that Zi Yan use her royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and spatial abilities to help them enter the relic unnoticed.
• Xuan Jin hinted that the relic contained another treasure of particular interest to Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi.

Xuan Jin persuaded the Pill Tower elders to join his expedition to Saint Creation’s ruin by revealing it might contain a Soul Infant Fruit and a Ninth-Grade Pill Embryo. After preparing pills and saying farewell to his companions, he set out and activated Zi Yan’s spatial Jade Slip.

• Xuan Jin revealed that Saint Creation’s ruin might contain a Soul Infant Fruit and an Eighth-grade pill that could have evolved into a Ninth-Grade Pill Embryo.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi agreed to accompany Xuan Jin, while Tian Lei Zi stayed behind to guard Saint Pill City from the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Jin spent the following days refining a gift for Zi Yan and pills for Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cai'er.
• Xuan Jin said farewell to the women who came to see him off, and Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi planned to follow him in secret.
• Xuan Jin reached a concealed valley and shattered Zi Yan’s purple dragon-shaped Jade Slip, causing the space before him to twist.

Xuan Jin used Zi Yan’s Space Jade Slip to travel to East Dragon Island, where Zhu Huo learned of his arrival and sent Hei Qing to meet him. Hei Qing greeted Xuan Jin at the entrance and told him that Zi Yan was sleeping.

• Zhu Huo sensed that Zi Yan’s Space Jade Slip had shattered and learned from Hei Qing that Xuan Jin had it.
• Zhu Huo recognized Xuan Jin as Zi Yan’s friend and instructed Hei Qing to make sure the island’s guards did not attack him.
• Xuan Jin emerged from the Void Space passage and arrived on East Dragon Island.
• Hei Qing greeted Xuan Jin, remarked on how much stronger he had become, and told him that Zi Yan was sleeping.

Xuan Jin visited Zi Yan on East Dragon Island and offered her an opportunity to change her fate, prompting her to bring him to the Ancient Dragon Hall to meet the elders. The chapter ended as Zi Yan kicked open the hall doors and called for the Great Elder and Third Elder.

• Hei Qing told Xuan Jin that Zi Yan was in seclusion, but a burst of Dragon Might announced her arrival.
• Zi Yan threw herself into Xuan Jin's arms, demanded a treat, and devoured an Ice Spirit Pill he had brought for her.
• Xuan Jin said he needed Zi Yan's talent and promised an opportunity that could help her overpower the disobedient elders of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Excited by the prospect, Zi Yan dragged Xuan Jin and Hei Qing toward the Ancient Dragon Hall, where the elders discussed clan matters.
• Zi Yan kicked open the hall doors and shouted for the Great Elder and Third Elder.

Xuan Jin entered the Ancient Dragon Hall and offered the East Dragon Island elders a deal that could help Zi Yan grow stronger. The elders were stunned when he claimed to possess a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Zi Yan rushed into the hall with Xuan Jin, startling Zhu Li and prompting Zhu Huo to challenge the human alchemist’s presence.
• Xuan Jin calmly deflected Zhu Huo’s Battle Saint pressure, and the elders discovered he was a One-Turn Dou Venerate at only twenty-four or twenty-five.
• Xuan Jin introduced himself and said he had come to discuss a major deal with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Huo and Zhu Li that Xuan Jin’s offering could help her defeat the other three Dragon Kings.
• Xuan Jin suggested that Zi Yan’s bloodline could evolve and revealed that he possessed a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Li shattered his teacup, and Zhu Huo sprang up and demanded that Xuan Jin repeat his claim.

Xuan Jin told Zhu Huo that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit was in Saint Creation’s ruin in the Skeleton Mountain Range, and explained that it could complete Zi Yan’s Imperial Bloodline or transform her into a Dragon Phoenix. He proposed using the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s spatial power to enter the ruin before it opened naturally, and Zhu Huo understood that Zi Yan would help break the seal.

• Xuan Jin confirmed that he had the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving Zhu Huo overwhelmed with excitement.
• Zhu Huo and Zhu Li explained that the fruit could complete Zi Yan’s Imperial Bloodline and might let her evolve into a Dragon Phoenix.
• Zi Yan embraced Xuan Jin and celebrated that he had brought the treasure for her.
• Xuan Jin revealed that the fruit was inside Saint Creation’s ruin in the Skeleton Mountain Range of the Beast Domain.
• Xuan Jin said he wanted to enter the ruin through a back door before it opened naturally and attracted rival factions.
• Zhu Huo realized Xuan Jin intended to use Zi Yan and the clan’s spatial power to overcome Saint Creation’s seal.

Xuan Jin secured Zhu Huo’s support and protection for the trip to obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan. The group arrived at the Pill Tower, where Xuan Kongzi recognized Zhu Li as a Saint Realm expert.

• Xuan Jin explained that he needed Zi Yan’s spatial talent to enter the ruins and that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit was meant for her.
• Zhu Huo agreed to let Zi Yan go, assigned Zhu Li and Hei Qing to accompany the group, and promised to aid Xuan Jin in the future.
• Zi Yan opened a spatial passage from East Dragon Island, and the four traveled through it to Saint Pill City.
• Xuan Jin, Zi Yan, Zhu Li, and Hei Qing appeared in the Pill Tower’s meeting chamber, startling Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi.
• Xuan Kongzi sensed Zhu Li’s immense power and identified him as a Saint Realm expert.

Xuan Jin brought Zhu Li, Zi Yan, and the Pill Tower leaders to Saint Creation’s Ruins in the Skeleton Mountain Range. Zi Yan located the hidden entrance, and Zhu Li tore open the spatial barrier to reveal the ruins.

• Xuan Jin introduced Zhu Li as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Third Elder and a high-level Half-Saint who had come to protect Zi Yan and help them.
• Zi Yan reunited with Xuan Yi, who gave her Eighth Rank Spirit Nourishing Pills, while the group’s warm greeting eased Xuan Kongzi’s concerns about their cooperation.
• Xuan Jin urged the group to reach the ruins early, and Zhu Li opened a stable spatial passage so they could travel there unnoticed.
• The six arrived at Skeleton Mountain, where Xuan Yi sensed a soul-suppressing field and Zhu Li identified it as Saint Creation’s handiwork.
• Zi Yan pointed out the strongest scent within the largest Skeleton Mountain, and Zhu Li tore open the hidden spatial barrier, releasing an ancient aura and the fragrance of medicinal pills.

Xuan Jin led the group into Saint Creation’s hidden world, where Zi Yan’s keen nose guided them to the Pill Beast Chamber. They captured a powerful Nine-Colored Pill Lightning-baptized Pill Beast, and Zi Yan eagerly admired it as a tasty-looking treat.

• Xuan Kongzi sensed the aura of Eighth Rank pills as the group entered a hidden world built from crimson magical-beast bones.
• Zi Yan detected a strange, pleasant scent and led Xuan Jin, Zhu Li, Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Hei Qing down a side passage to the Pill Beast Chamber.
• Xuan Jin used his glass-colored flame to break the restriction on the chamber’s bronze door.
• The group found a snow-white, nine-eyed Pill Beast atop a pill furnace, and Xuan Yi recognized it as an Eighth Rank creature baptized by Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• The Pill Beast fled from Hei Qing, but Zhu Li trapped it in a space lockdown.
• Zi Yan leaned close to the captured Pill Beast and said it looked like a tasty glutinous rice ball.

Xuan Jin's group captured a Pill Beast and then subdued a squad of Peak Dou Zong puppets as they advanced toward the Soul Infant Fruit. They reached the fruit's chamber, where Zi Yan could barely resist its enticing scent.

• Xuan Jin stopped Zi Yan from eating the Pill Beast, and Xuan Yi sealed it in a jade cage for later use.
• Xuan Jin led the group toward the Soul Infant Fruit and warned them that dangerous guardians awaited ahead.
• The group encountered more than a dozen Peak Dou Zong puppets, and Xuan Jin froze them with his Soul Power and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Zi Yan pointed out that the Soul Infant Fruit's scent was growing stronger, and Xuan Jin led everyone toward the half-open stone door.

Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi found two Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruits guarded by a Heaven-Reaching Flood Dragon, but Zhu Li and Zi Yan quickly subdued it. Xuan Jin stopped Zi Yan from picking the fruits, hinting that he had another plan for the tree and its guardian.

• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi recognized the two golden fruits as Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruits and excitedly noted their power to restore souls and increase Soul Power.
• Zi Yan rushed toward the island, provoking the Heaven-Reaching Flood Dragon to attack her and the others.
• Elder Zhu Li pinned the Heaven-Reaching Flood Dragon with his Half-Saint pressure, while Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon bloodline made it submit in terror.
• The Heaven-Reaching Flood Dragon begged for mercy and offered the fruits, and Zi Yan landed on the island to collect them.
• Xuan Jin stopped Zi Yan and suggested there was more fun to be had than simply picking the fruits.