Chapter Summaries

Yun Shan broke through to Dou Zong and learned that Xuan Jin had become a powerful force in the Jia Ma Empire. He chose to approach Xuan Jin rather than oppose him, and Yun Yun delivered his request for a visit.

• Yun Yun discussed how the Misty Cloud Sect should respond to Xuan Jin, but Yun Shan's sudden breakthrough to Dou Zong interrupted the meeting.
• Yun Shan heard Yun Yun's account of Xuan Jin, the Royal Family's submission, and Queen Medusa serving as his maid, then decided to avoid confronting Xuan Jin and seek an alliance.
• After learning that Xuan Jin had saved Yun Yun, Yun Shan sent her to invite him to a personal visit, considering the possibility of a closer tie between them.
• Xiao Yi Xian informed Xuan Jin that Yun Yun had arrived, and he agreed to receive her.
• Yun Yun told Xuan Jin that Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong and wished to visit him, and Xuan Jin accepted.

Han Feng led an army into the Tagor Desert to seize Cai'er’s Heavenly Flame, and she rallied the Snake People Clan to defend their Holy City. When Cai'er crushed Xuan Jin’s emergency Jade Slip, he abandoned talks with Yun Shan and rushed to the desert, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Protector Wu secretly watched Han Feng’s army approach, hoping Han Feng and Cai'er would weaken each other so he could collect their souls.
• After a Snake People patrol raised the highest-level alarm, Cai'er ordered the Holy City into full alert and assembled the Four Great Elders and Eight Great Commanders.
• Han Feng demanded that Cai'er surrender the Heavenly Flame and submit to him, but she refused and challenged him as a One Star Dou Ancestor.
• Han Feng ordered his forces to attack and lunged toward Cai'er as the two sides prepared to fight.
• At the Mittel Family, Xuan Jin sensed that Cai'er had crushed his Jade Slip, broke off his discussion with Yun Shan, and tore through space toward the Tagor Desert.

The Snake People Clan fought Han Feng’s forces outside the Holy City, and Cai'er struggled to hold her ground as her clansmen were overwhelmed. After four elders sacrificed themselves to cripple Golden Silver Elders, Cai'er charged Han Feng in grief and fury while Golden Silver Elders emerged from the sand.

• Cai'er battled Han Feng while the Four Supreme Elders, the commanders, and the Snake People Clan warriors were driven toward defeat.
• Two Snake People Clan commanders self-destructed, killing two Feng City Dou Kings and weakening the others.
• Han Feng struck Cai'er while she was distracted, but she transformed into her Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python form and attacked him again.
• The Great Elder and the other three elders self-destructed, blasting Golden Silver Elders away and halting the battlefield.
• Cai'er mourned the elders and attacked Han Feng with renewed fury as Golden Silver Elders rose from distant sand pits.

Xuan Jin arrived at the Snake People Clan’s Holy City and stopped Han Feng from capturing Yue Mei and the others. After seeing Cai’er gravely wounded and his people slaughtered, he attacked the fleeing Han Feng.

• Cai’er fought the Golden Silver Elders and ordered Yue Mei, Hua She’er, and the surviving Snake People Clan warriors to escape.
• Yue Mei, Hua She’er, and the other commanders prepared to self-destruct, but Han Feng sent a flaming hand to seize them.
• Xuan Jin tore open space, shattered Han Feng’s attack, and appeared before the Snake People Clan.
• Han Feng fled in terror, while Protector Wu concealed his aura after mistaking Xuan Jin for a Dou Venerate.
• Xuan Jin saw Cai’er’s injuries and the deaths of the Four Great Elders and four commanders, then struck toward Han Feng with the Hundred Veins Burning City Palm.

Xuan Jin killed Han Feng, the Golden Silver Elders, and the trapped Feng City fighters after they attacked the Snake People Clan. As he tended to Cai'er and avenged the fallen, he sensed someone watching from a distant sand dune.

• Han Feng recognized Xuan Jin as Yao Chen's successor and sent a warning to Old Man Mu Gu before Xuan Jin vaporized him with the Hundred Veins Burning City Palm.
• Xuan Jin trapped Wang Liu, Qian Bao, and the surviving Feng City fighters in the Eight Extremes Flame Prison, then killed the fleeing Golden Silver Elders with the Thousand Illusions Phoenix Flame Finger.
• Cai'er reverted from her Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python form and collapsed into Xuan Jin's arms, and he gave her a seventh-tier healing pill.
• Yue Mei, Hua She'er, and the surviving Snake People warriors asked Xuan Jin to avenge their fallen clansmen, and he burned the prisoners to ashes.
• Xuan Jin turned toward a distant sand dune and called on the hidden observer to come out.

Xuan Jin confronted Protector Wu, a Soul Hall Protector who had been secretly observing the battle, and overwhelmed him despite his desperate counterattack. Protector Wu split into more than a hundred soul fragments to escape, but Xuan Jin pursued them and began destroying them one by one.

• Xuan Jin appeared behind the dune and caught Protector Wu spying on the battlefield.
• Protector Wu revealed that he was a Soul Hall Earth-rank Protector and tried to frighten Xuan Jin by invoking the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Jin attacked, and Protector Wu absorbed souls to raise his strength before forming a massive vicious soul skull.
• Xuan Jin destroyed the skull with Crimson Annihilation Divine Light and severely wounded Protector Wu.
• Protector Wu split into more than a hundred fragments and fled, but Xuan Jin pursued them with Thousand Illusions Flowing Fire and annihilated them as he caught up.

Xuan Jin destroyed Protector Wu, whose death also killed Yun Shan through a planted Black Rune. Old Man Mu Gu learned of Yao Chen's successor and ordered a search, while Xuan Jin returned to the devastated Snake People Clan and began helping Cai'er tend to the survivors.

• Xuan Jin burned away Protector Wu's final soul fragment with the Nether Sea Ice Flame.
• Protector Wu's death triggered the Black Rune in Yun Shan's soul, killing him in the Misty Cloud Sect's Back Mountain Forbidden Ground.
• Old Man Mu Gu received Han Feng's final message identifying Yao Chen's successor as someone with the Burning Art and two Heavenly Flames, then ordered Human-Grade Protectors to search the Black Corner Region and surrounding areas.
• Xuan Jin descended into the ruined Holy City and gave Cai'er pills to distribute among the wounded Snake People.
• Xuan Jin assessed the Snake People Clan's losses and resolved to help rebuild its strength.

Xuan Jin spent seven days refining pills to help the Snake People Clan recover, then began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame. Meanwhile, Yun Yun discovered that Yun Shan had died in his secluded cultivation chamber.

• Xuan Jin ordered Cai'er to count the clan’s surviving fighters and promised to refine pills to strengthen them.
• Xuan Jin refined pills for seven days, helping the Snake People Clan recover and enabling Yue Mei, Moba Si, and two other commanders to break through.
• Xuan Jin entered the Divine Temple and began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame while Cai'er guarded the entrance.
• Yun Leng warned Yun Yun that Yun Shan had not emerged from seclusion or answered requests for more than ten days.
• Yun Yun and Yun Leng entered the Back Mountain Forbidden Ground and found Yun Shan dead on his stone bed.

After Yun Shan was mysteriously killed, Yun Yun hid his death and kept a sinister token as she vowed to avenge him. Meanwhile, Xuan Jin continued cultivating in seclusion, and more than half a year passed as Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Cao Ying awaited news of him.

• Yun Yun found Yun Shan dead beside a damaged black token, and she stopped Yun Leng from touching it.
• Yun Yun ordered Yun Leng to seal off the forbidden ground, conceal Yun Shan's death, and bury him in secret.
• Xuan Jin refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, reached the peak of Nine Star Dou Ancestor, and began breaking through to Dou Venerate.
• More than half a year later, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin missed Xuan Jin while he remained in seclusion.
• Yun Yun continued leading the Misty Cloud Sect and privately studied the token, while Cao Ying in the Pill Region thought about Jin'er.

Cao Ying waited for Xuan Jin’s promised return while he completed a breakthrough inside the Snake People Clan’s Divine Temple. Xuan Jin emerged as a Dou Zun with a Spirit Realm soul, and the chapter left him looking toward Zhongzhou.

• Xuan Yi reassured Cao Ying that Xuan Jin had promised to return within three years, motivating Cao Ying to grow stronger before they met again.
• Cai'er worried that Xuan Jin had remained inside the Divine Temple for nearly a year, even as the Snake People Clan prospered under his pills.
• A vast energy vortex formed above Holy City, and Cai'er ordered the Snake People Clan to evacuate as she realized Xuan Jin was breaking through to Dou Zun.
• The energy tide poured into the Divine Temple, then dissipated as Xuan Jin opened its doors and emerged.
• Xuan Jin revealed that he had reached the Spirit Realm and Dou Zun, suppressed his unstable cultivation to the initial stage of one-star Dou Zun, and looked east toward Zhongzhou.

Xuan Jin ordered the Snake People Clan to migrate from the desert to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and traveled ahead with Cai'er to plan their new territory. The migration alerted Jia Ma Empire's leaders and Xuan Jin's companions, who learned that he had returned.

• Xuan Jin learned that the Snake People Clan had recovered much of its strength and ordered it to migrate to the Magical Beast Mountain Range in three days.
• Xuan Jin considered obtaining the newborn Fallen Heart Flame for Ying'er and rescuing Heavenly Fire Venerate from Jia Nan Academy.
• The Snake People Clan began its migration under Yue Mei and Moba Si, while Xuan Jin took Cai'er ahead to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Scouts reported the clan's movement to Stone Desert City and Heiyan City, and Jia Xing Tian realized Xuan Jin had returned and went to meet Queen Medusa.
• Ya Fei heard of Xuan Jin's return, and Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian hurried out to go see him.

Ya Fei persuaded Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to wait for Xuan Jin while he handled his affairs. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xuan Jin had Cai'er subdue the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then secured Jia Xing Tian's promise to let the Snake People Clan settle there.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to prepare for Xuan Jin's return rather than go looking for him.
• Xuan Jin and Cai'er chose a valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range as a place for the Snake People Clan to settle.
• Cai'er defeated the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with a single blow and forced it to submit after Xuan Jin offered it a sixth-grade Imperial Pill and Cai'er revealed he was a Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Xuan Jin ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to guard the area, and it eagerly accepted the duty.
• Jia Xing Tian arrived, and Xuan Jin asked him to ensure the Royal Family did not disturb the Snake People Clan; Jia Xing Tian agreed to let them settle in the region.

Xuan Jin returned to the Imperial Capital after arranging the Snake People Clan’s migration and alliance with the Jia Ma Empire. He reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, reassured them about his plans and her constitution, and began considering an Eighth-grade pill.

• Jia Xing Tian and Cai'er finalized the Snake People Clan’s territory and alliance with the Jia Ma Empire after Xuan Jin left them a note to handle the migration.
• Xuan Jin returned to the Mittel Family courtyard and considered refining the Fenyuan Juhuo Pill to improve his fire-attribute energy absorption and purify his Dou Qi.
• Qing Lin found Xuan Jin in the courtyard, told him she had reached the Dou Master realm, and was reassured that he would not leave for now and would take her with him if he did.
• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xuan Jin, who told her he had obtained the hardest material needed to resolve her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xuan Jin sat with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and briefly recounted his past year, saying he had been cultivating in seclusion in the desert.

Xuan Jin told Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to return to Zhongzhou, then invited them to go with him. He entrusted Ya Fei with managing his interests in the Northwest Continent before news of his return spread across the Imperial Capital and reached the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xuan Jin explained that he was returning to Zhongzhou and invited Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to come with him; both agreed.
• Ya Fei arrived and learned that Xuan Jin would leave the Northwest Continent with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xuan Jin told Ya Fei to remain behind and manage his intelligence network and trade channels, especially gathering information about Heavenly Flames.
• Ya Fei accepted Xuan Jin's assignment to guard his interests in the Northwest Continent.
• News of Xuan Jin's return spread through the Imperial Capital and reached the Misty Cloud Sect the following morning.

Yun Yun learned that the Soul Hall was connected to her master's death and resolved to seek revenge. With the Misty Cloud Sect weakened, she pledged the sect's allegiance to Xuan Jin, who was preparing to return to Zhongzhou.

• Yun Yun traveled to the Imperial Capital to visit Xuan Jin and privately showed him a damaged black token found beside Yun Shan's body.
• Xuan Jin identified the token as belonging to the Soul Hall and explained that Yun Shan may have gained his Dou Zong strength through the organization, which harvested souls.
• Xuan Jin told Yun Yun that the Soul Hall was a powerful force and she needed at least Dou Zong strength before she could seek revenge.
• Yun Yun regained her resolve, learned that Xuan Jin would soon return to Zhongzhou, and pledged the Misty Cloud Sect to his command.
• Xuan Jin directed Yun Yun to handle the sect's affairs with Ya Fei and consult Cai'er, Queen Medusa, on major matters; Yun Yun left to inform Yun Leng.

Yun Yun secured the Misty Cloud Sect’s support for Xuan Jin, who then formed an alliance of Jia Ma Empire’s leading forces and made Ya Fei his representative. The chapter ended with Ya Fei drinking through her sorrow as Xuan Jin’s departure drew near.

• Yun Leng accepted Yun Yun’s pledge of allegiance to Xuan Jin after seeing the Soul Hall token and learning of the old Sect Master’s fate.
• Xuan Jin spent five days refining pills, including a seventh-tier Yin Yang Xuan Dragon Pill.
• Xuan Jin gave Fa Ma alchemy insights through Sixth Grade, and Fa Ma pledged the Alchemist Guild’s obedience to him.
• Xuan Jin established The Alliance, appointed its gathered leaders as Vice Alliance Leaders, and named Ya Fei his authorized representative after he left the Northwest Continent.
• Ya Fei drank and hid her sadness about Xuan Jin’s coming departure while Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Lin away, leaving her with Xuan Jin and Cai'er.

Xuan Jin left the Jia Ma Empire for the Black Corner Region with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, leaving Ya Fei and Cai'er to manage the forces he had built. Before departing, he promised Ya Fei an answer about their future and gave Cai'er powerful medicinal pills; the chapter ended with their Flying Boat heading toward the horizon.

• After Cai'er left the courtyard, Ya Fei confessed her feelings to Xuan Jin, who told her someone in Zhongzhou was waiting for him and promised to give her an answer when he returned.
• Ya Fei accepted that promise as a reason to hope and vowed to manage the Alliance so Xuan Jin would be proud of her.
• Xuan Jin visited Cai'er, gave her a peak seventh-tier Yin Yang Xuan Dragon Pill and other medicinal pills, and promised he would return.
• At dawn, Xuan Jin departed aboard a Flying Boat with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin while Ya Fei and Cai'er watched from the pavilion.
• Ya Fei and Cai'er resolved to strengthen their forces and seek Heavenly Flames for Xuan Jin before his return.
• Aboard the Flying Boat, Xuan Jin traveled toward the Black Corner Region as Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched the scenery below.

Xuan Jin brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Black Corner Region and used his strength and Pill Tower credentials to gain entry to Jia Nan Academy. The chapter ended when Xiao Xun'er learned that Xuan Jin had arrived at the academy.

• Xuan Jin told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that they were headed to the Black Corner Region to retrieve several things.
• Xuan Jin arrived in Peace Town with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and his aura deterred the town’s residents from approaching them.
• Hu Gan greeted Xuan Jin at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment outpost and was stunned by his power and Seventh-grade Alchemist badge from the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Jin asked to visit the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower and bring Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin inside, and Hu Gan agreed.
• Xuan Jin asked Hu Gan about Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Gan confirmed she was studying in the Outer Academy.
• Ling Ying informed Xiao Xun'er that Xuan Jin had entered Jia Nan Academy with Hu Gan escorting him.

Xiao Xun'er learned that Ling Ying suspected Xuan Jin had reached the Dou Venerate Realm, then reunited with him when he visited Jia Nan Academy to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame. Xuan Jin left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in Xiao Xun'er's care and entered the Inner Academy with Hu Gan.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xuan Jin's aura felt like that of a Dou Venerate, shocking her with the possibility that he had risen from Three-Star Dou Ancestor in just over two years.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in his dormitory, frustrated that he was only a Three-Star Dou Master with about half a year left before his Three-Year Pact with Nalan Yanran.
• Xuan Jin asked Hu Gan to take him to the Inner Academy, and Hu Gan sent Ruo Lin to summon Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er greeted Xuan Jin and learned that he had come to see the Fallen Heart Flame and visit her.
• Xuan Jin asked Xiao Xun'er to look after Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin while he handled matters in the Inner Academy, and Hu Gan opened the spatial gate for him.

Xuan Jin entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Zi Yan was drawn to the pill fragrance around him and eagerly ate the pills he offered. After Zi Yan left, Xuan Jin told Su Qian that he had come to make a deal with the academy as well as see the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower.

• Su Qian welcomed Xuan Jin to the Inner Academy and recognized him as a Dou Venerate and Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Zi Yan appeared, demanded medicinal herbs from Su Qian, and rushed to Xuan Jin after catching the pill fragrance around him.
• Xuan Jin gave Zi Yan a Fifth-Grade Pill, which she swallowed at once and complained had too little energy.
• Xuan Jin offered Zi Yan a Sixth-Grade Dou Ling Pill, and Su Qian stopped her from eating it too quickly.
• Zi Yan left after promising to return for more treats, and Xuan Jin told Su Qian he wanted to make a deal with the academy.