Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian devoured the Netherworld Poison Flame with Chen Yang’s help, gained control of her Calamity Poison Body, and advanced to the Dou Emperor realm. She emerged with silver-white hair, and Chen Yang pulled her into his arms.

• Medicine Elder trapped the Netherworld Poison Flame in Bone Spirit Cold Flame and compressed it into its origin fire seed.
• Chen Yang explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s Heavenly Poison Netherworld Art was highly compatible with the flame, and she prepared to devour it.
• Chen Yang revealed that his Nine Yang Divine Physique made him immune to poison, reassuring Xiao Yi Xian before she swallowed the origin fire seed.
• Xiao Yi Xian endured the flame’s burning, then circulated the Heavenly Poison Netherworld Art to absorb the poison in her body and control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Chen Yang fed Xiao Yi Xian refined poisonous plants as her cultivation surged, and she broke out of a purple cocoon at the Dou Emperor realm with silver-white hair.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed Chen Yang staring at her, and he pulled her into his arms.

After absorbing the Netherworld Poison Flame, Xiao Yi Xian resolved her Calamity Poison Body and rose to the Dou Emperor realm. She decided to stay in the isolated Small World to cultivate, while Chen Yang and the others departed after helping her prepare poison pills and begin learning alchemy.

• Xiao Yan and the others waited for Xiao Yi Xian to stabilize her breakthrough, then learned that her white hair came from her Cultivation Method and Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered and refined the poisonous fog, and Chen Yang and Medicine Elder identified the area as a Small World filled with resources suited to her cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Chen Yang she planned to remain behind and aim for the Dou Zong realm; Chen Yang accepted her decision and promised to return if she had not come to find him within a year.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan refined most of the poisonous plants into Poison Pills, while Medicine Elder taught Xiao Yi Xian, who successfully made her first First-grade Pill.
• Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder, and Qing Lin said goodbye to Xiao Yi Xian and left for their separate destinations.

Chen Yang and his companions reached Black Seal City, where Xiao Yan prepared for the city’s auction and gathered ingredients for pills Chen Yang planned to refine. After Xiao Yan reflected on his debt to Chen Yang and joked about his motives, Chen Yang overheard and sent him out to shop; the chapter ended with Instructor Ruo Lin visiting Xun Er at Jia Nan Academy.

• Chen Yang left Xiao Yi Xian behind in the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s poisonous fog and traveled with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin to Black Seal City.
• Xiao Yan killed groups of would-be robbers in Black Seal City, while Chen Yang explained that Jia Nan Academy allowed the region’s chaos to test its students.
• Xiao Yan told Chen Yang about Medicine Elder’s revival requirements, and Chen Yang encouraged him to pursue a stronger body for Medicine Elder while reminding him to focus on growing stronger.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan a list of ingredients for restorative and body-tempering pills and told him to prepare for the Black Seal City auction.
• Medicine Elder praised Chen Yang’s planned pills, and Xiao Yan acknowledged his debt to Chen Yang before joking about whether Chen Yang wanted him; Chen Yang overheard and sent him to buy ingredients.
• Xiao Yan bought what he could at Thousand Medicine Workshop and dealt with thieves following him, while Instructor Ruo Lin visited Xun Er at Jia Nan Academy.

Xun Er assured Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan was returning as she and Xiao Ling prepared to compete for places in the Inner Academy. In Black Seal City, Chen Yang explained the effects of two pills meant to repair and strengthen Xiao Yan, then attended the Black Seal Auction with him and bought a sword for Xiao Ling.

• Xun Er told Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan was on his way and that she and Xiao Ling would compete in the Inner Academy Advancement Competition.
• Chen Yang teased Qing Lin about her feelings, reassured her, and learned that Xiao Yan had gathered a little more than half of the needed medicinal materials.
• Chen Yang explained that the Dragon Origin Profound Blood Pill and Earth Core Body Tempering Pill could strengthen Xiao Yan's body and repair damage from devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Black Seal Auction with Chen Yang, and Yuan Yi noted the group’s presence but chose not to interfere.
• Chen Yang bought the Cold Edge sword for one hundred and forty thousand Gold Coin and planned to give it to Xiao Ling.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan spent lavishly at Black Seal City's auction, acquiring cultivation resources and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment while Xiao Yan won Three Thousand Lightning Movement. After Medicine Elder declined to pursue Han Feng without investigating first, the group left the city, while the Heavenly Snake Mansion took the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.

• Chen Yang bought Xiao Ling a Mysterious Tier High-grade water-attribute Cultivation Method and bid on other resources alongside Xiao Yan and Qing Lin.
• Elder Qing sensed Qing Lin's connection to the Heavenly Snake Mansion and ordered her people to help Chen Yang's group if they encountered danger.
• Xiao Yan won the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment and later bought Three Thousand Lightning Movement for eleven million Gold Coin.
• Chen Yang offered to help Medicine Elder attack Han Feng, but Medicine Elder insisted that he and Xiao Yan investigate first and handle the traitorous disciple themselves.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion won the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Chen Yang's group left Black Seal City without hiding their departure.

Chen Yang protected Qing Lin and Elder Qing’s group while preparing to take the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill from Fan Ling. After Fan Lao attacked the Heavenly Snake Mansion group, Chen Yang killed him, and the system rewarded him with an Eighth-grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Primordial Creation Pill.

• Yuan Yi pursued Chen Yang’s group with a cauldron and pill recipe, offered them as a gift, and warned Xiao Yan that Fan Lao had arrived outside Black Seal City.
• Chen Yang told Elder Qing to leave Black Seal City immediately, and Qing Lin killed several robber cultivators who approached their group.
• Chen Yang explained that he intended to gain control of Yuan Yi and use his forces to gather medicinal materials.
• Elder Qing led the Heavenly Snake Mansion group out of the city, but Fan Lao attacked and stole the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Chen Yang appeared and killed Fan Lao with one palm strike, then told Elder Qing to give Elder Lu Man his regards.
• Xiao Yan showed Chen Yang the pill box, and the system awarded Chen Yang an Eighth-grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Primordial Creation Pill for the nearby Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.

Chen Yang and his companions arrived at Jia Nan Academy after Xiao Yan swallowed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and gained Dragon Qi. They entered Jia Nan City with Elder Xue Lei, while Chen Yang’s system prompt sounded as they crossed the city walls.

• Chen Yang rejected Xiao Yan’s offer of the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and fed it to him, explaining that Qing Lin had no need for it.
• Xiao Yan discovered the pill’s Dragon Qi, broke through from One-star Dou Wang to Two-star Dou King, and accidentally changed his voice by roaring.
• Chen Yang’s group reached Peace Town, where Jia Nan Academy Elder Xue Lei approached them after spotting the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor.
• Xiao Yan explained that he was an Outer Academy student, while Chen Yang told Xue Lei that he had detained the snake as compensation from the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xue Lei escorted Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin toward Jia Nan City, and Chen Yang’s system prompt sounded as they entered the city.

Chen Yang reached One-star Dou Zun after entering Jia Nan Academy, then accompanied Xiao Yan to the academy and met its leaders. The academy confirmed Xiao Yan’s identity and was astonished by his strength and alchemy, while Chen Yang’s visit set up a meeting with Great Elder Su Qian.

• The system advanced Chen Yang to One-star Dou Zun, and he planned to pursue further breakthroughs through the Magma Sea and other locations.
• Xue Lei brought Chen Yang, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan to the academy’s reception courtyard and went to verify Xiao Yan’s identity with Hu Gan.
• Hu Gan summoned Ruo Lin, while Su Qian headed to the Outer Academy after Xue Lei reported that a Dou Ancestor had arrived.
• Ruo Lin recognized Xiao Yan as the student who had overstayed his leave, and Chen Yang introduced himself to Hu Gan.
• Su Qian arrived and learned that Xiao Yan was a Two-star Dou King and a Fourth-grade Alchemist; Chen Yang added that Xiao Yan had a high success rate with Fifth-grade Pills.

Xiao Yan asked to remain at Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian welcomed him and arranged for him to enter the Inner Academy Promotion Tournament. Xiao Yan left with Ruo Lin to see Xun Er, while Chen Yang stayed behind to discuss his own business with Su Qian.

• Hu Gan praised Xiao Yan and privately hoped he would remain an Outer Academy student long enough to join the Inner Academy Promotion Tournament.
• Su Qian asked Chen Yang whom he wanted to meet, but Chen Yang urged him to settle Xiao Yan’s affairs first.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted to stay at Jia Nan Academy out of gratitude to Ruo Lin, while admitting that he also wanted to see Xun Er.
• Su Qian welcomed Xiao Yan and invited him to participate in the Inner Academy Promotion Tournament, where he could earn access to the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan left with Ruo Lin to visit Xun Er and promised to bring her and Xiao Ling to Chen Yang later.
• Chen Yang stayed behind with Su Qian and the others, preparing to explain his own business.

Chen Yang used a story about knowing Jia Nan Academy’s Dean Mang Tianchi, along with his strength and alchemy, to gain Su Qian’s trust and offer help with the academy’s troubles. He secured an Inner Academy Honorary Elder token and agreed to discuss the academy’s problems later.

• Chen Yang told Su Qian that he had met Mang Tianchi as a child, and Su Qian grew more convinced when Chen Yang nearly revealed a detail about Mang Tianchi’s clan.
• Chen Yang revealed that he was a Seventh-grade Alchemist and summoned the Volcanic Stone Flame, convincing Su Qian and the others of his extraordinary abilities.
• Chen Yang explained the Ban Sheng realm after claiming his sister had reached it, astonishing Su Qian and the other elders.
• Su Qian proposed discussing the academy’s complicated problem after Chen Yang visited the Outer Academy, and Chen Yang agreed to meet at the Inner Academy.
• Chen Yang offered to refine pills for Jia Nan Academy and protect its students in the Black Corner Region in exchange for help gathering Medicinal Materials.
• Su Qian gave Chen Yang an Inner Academy Honorary Elder token, which Chen Yang accepted.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xun Er, who had grown into a beautiful young woman during their year-and-a-half apart. He learned that Chen Yang was meeting with academy leaders, while Xiao Ling chose to wait for him and went shopping with Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin.

• Ruo Lin gave Xiao Yan an academy badge as they walked toward Jia Nan Academy, and teased him for being certain Xun Er would not surprise him.
• Xiao Yan saw Xun Er at the academy gates, was stunned by her appearance, and embraced her while students questioned whether he deserved her.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Yu and Xiao Ling, and Xun Er pinched him hard enough to make him feel pain with a trace of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ling that Chen Yang was meeting the Vice Dean of the Outer Academy and the Great Elder of the Inner Academy, so she decided to wait until he was free.
• Xiao Ling took Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin to browse the marketplace, while Xun Er led Xiao Yan into Jia Nan Academy.

Chen Yang secured Jia Nan Academy’s support and arranged to stay there while preparing to establish his forces in Feng City. After Su Qian consulted the former Inner Academy Great Elders about Chen Yang’s identity and his claim about Han Feng, Chen Yang met Xiao Ling, who greeted him as “Uncle.”

• At a meal with Su Qian, Hu Gan, and Xue Lei, Chen Yang announced that he planned to establish his forces in Feng City and revealed that Han Feng had colluded with the Soul Hall to kill Venerable Yao.
• Chen Yang asked to stay at Jia Nan Academy for about a year, and Su Qian agreed to provide him a residence in the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian consulted Qian Mu and Bai Lie, who concluded that Chen Yang was likely a rising genius of the Yan Clan and agreed to let him deal with the Fallen Heart Flame if necessary.
• Su Qian returned to the Inner Academy and ordered a courtyard prepared for Chen Yang near his own, while Chen Yang took Qing Lin around Jia Nan City and joked that she could lead its future enforcement team.
• Chen Yang and Qing Lin encountered Xiao Ling with two companions, and Xiao Ling ran up to Chen Yang and nervously called him “Chen Yang Uncle.”

Chen Yang reunited with Xiao Ling at Jia Nan Academy and brought her to the Reception Courtyard, where he gave her Xiao Yong’s family letter and several cultivation resources. He promised to support her future training as she resolved to grow strong enough to help him.

• Chen Yang greeted Xiao Ling, Xiao Yu, and Ruo Lin, then introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Ling and Xiao Yu.
• Ruo Lin and Xiao Yu declined Chen Yang’s invitation because of academy duties, so Xiao Ling went with him to the Reception Courtyard.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Ling that he owed her father Xiao Yong his life and asked about her studies and recent fights at the academy.
• Chen Yang handed Xiao Ling Xiao Yong’s family letter and offered to enlarge the Storage Ring he had given her years earlier.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Ling cultivation manuals, Dou Skills, and a Cold Edge sword, and advised her to wait before changing her cultivation method.
• Xiao Ling accepted Chen Yang’s gifts and vowed to cultivate until she could help him; Chen Yang promised to refine pills for her as she advanced.

Chen Yang comforted Qing Lin over his sadness about Xiao Ling, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er discussed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and reaffirmed their trust in Chen Yang. At the Inner Academy Promotion Tournament, Xiao Yan revealed his two-star Dou King strength to the stunned Xue Beng.

• Chen Yang told Qing Lin how Xiao Yong had saved him, and Qing Lin promised to help repay Xiao Yong and Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er about his training, and Xun'er explained that a special Heavenly Flame had let her hurt him and that he needed to reach Dou Saint before they could be together.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yan to protect the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Yan assured her he trusted her and Chen Yang with it.
• Xiao Yan praised Chen Yang for saving and helping him, easing Xun'er's suspicions about Chen Yang's motives.
• After three days, the Inner Academy Promotion Tournament began, and Xiao Yan was matched against Xue Beng.
• Xiao Yan leaped into the arena, unfurled cyan wings, and announced that he was a two-star Dou King, leaving Xue Beng stunned.

Xiao Yan revealed his Two-star Dou Wang strength during the tournament, secured his place in the Library Pavilion, and learned that Chen Yang had become an Inner Academy Honorary Elder. At the Library Pavilion, Elder Qian Bai offered Xiao Yan three selections instead of one, leaving the others stunned.

• Xiao Yan spread his Dou Qi Wings and forced Xue Beng to concede, winning their match and shocking the academy.
• Bai Shan challenged Xiao Yan’s right to enter the Library Pavilion, but Xiao Yan pointed out that no academy rule barred him, and Hu Gan confirmed his place was approved.
• Chen Yang visited Xiao Yan and advised him to seek a Sixth Rank or higher Dragon-type Magical Beast Magic Core in the Library Pavilion before leaving for the Inner Academy with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan skipped the free-for-all finals, while Xiao Ling and Xun Er dominated; the top five were Xiao Yan, Xiao Ling, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao.
• Hu Gan led the five finalists to the Library Pavilion, where Bai Lie and Qian Mu recognized Xiao Yan’s strength and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Qian Mu offered Xiao Yan three Library Pavilion selections instead of one because he would become an Elder and lose student benefits.

Xiao Yan searched the Library Pavilion for useful skills and materials, then left the Outer Academy to hunt for a Dragon-type Magical Beast. After finding a Six-winged Fierce Tiger King with Dragon bloodline, he reunited with Chen Yang and Qing Lin and proudly announced that he had found a Dragon-type Magical Beast.

• Xiao Yan obtained an Earth Tier Intermediate Cultivation Method for Xun Er and another for Xiao Ling, plus the Electric Light Wind Cutting Leg and the Tiger Roar Dragon Chant Dou Skills.
• Xun Er found Shape-Shifting Grass just as the Library Pavilion visit ended, and Xiao Yan decided to give it to Chen Yang.
• Xiao Yan told Hu Gan he would skip the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and travel through the forest in search of a Sixth Rank Dragon-type Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan left the Outer Academy, while Xun Er and Xiao Ling began switching to their new Cultivation Methods; meanwhile, Chen Yang and Qing Lin trained and gathered materials in the forest.
• After three days of travel, Xiao Yan found a Six-winged Fierce Tiger King and learned from Medicine Elder that it had a strong Dragon-type bloodline.
• Chen Yang and Qing Lin appeared beside Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan told Chen Yang he had found a Dragon-type Magical Beast.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan discovered that the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King carried too little Dragon blood for Xiao Yan’s needs, but learned it could lead them to a Seventh Rank Evil Dragon. After Chen Yang agreed to pursue the dragon, he left Qing Lin to train with White Fang while he, Xiao Yan, and the tiger headed for the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

• Chen Yang suppressed the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King and found that its Dragon-type bloodline was only about thirty percent, too weak to serve Xiao Yan’s purpose by itself.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had obtained the Low-level Earth Tier sound-wave Dou Technique Tiger Roar Dragon Chant and planned to practice it on the tiger.
• The Six-winged Fierce Tiger King explained that a Seventh Rank Evil Dragon had killed its family and that the dragon had been Early Seventh Rank when the tiger fled 250 years earlier.
• Chen Yang judged the tiger truthful and agreed to travel with Xiao Yan to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains in the Tian Xin Empire to find the Evil Dragon.
• Qing Lin chose to stay behind and train with White Fang, and Chen Yang supplied them with pills and instructions before departing with Xiao Yan and the shrunken tiger.

Chen Yang’s display of Dou Zun power astonished Jia Nan Academy’s elders, while Qing Lin chose to keep training in the mountains. In a Space Tunnel bound for the Tian Xin Empire, Xiao Yan questioned Chen Yang’s strength, and Chen Yang learned that the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King’s enemy called itself the Tyrant Dragon God.

• Bai Lie and Qian Mu questioned Qing Lin about the Dou Zun who had torn through space, and Su Qian identified him as Chen Yang.
• Su Qian gave Qing Lin an Inner Academy elder’s token after she decided to train in the mountains with White Fang guarding her.
• In the Space Tunnel, Xiao Yan learned that Chen Yang’s Dou Zun cultivation came from his gradually lifting seal and asked how strong he really was.
• Chen Yang asked the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King about its enemy, and the tiger said the creature called itself the Tyrant Dragon God.
• Xiao Yan sprayed water when he heard the name, while Chen Yang continued guiding the Space Tunnel toward the Tian Xin Empire.

Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder, and their companions traveled toward the Tian Xin Empire, resting along the way and preparing to enter its Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to kill the Evil Dragon. The chapter left Chen Yang napping at their last stop when a System Prompt suddenly sounded.

• Xiao Yan fed the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King dried meat and planned to practice Tiger Roar Dragon Chant, but Medicine Elder stopped him from using Dou Techniques inside the Space Tunnel.
• After seven days of travel, Chen Yang brought the group down to rest in a forest, where Xiao Yan grilled fish with his Green Lotus Core Flame and Chen Yang fed the Sky Swallowing Python Associated Purple Gold Source.
• Chen Yang read the Electric Light Wind Cutting Leg scroll and explained its techniques to Xiao Yan, who realized he could already cultivate its Electric Light Leg stage.
• Chen Yang and the others continued toward the Tian Xin Empire, and Chen Yang warned Medicine Elder to stay hidden because a Soul Hall Branch operated there.
• At their final resting point near the Tian Xin Empire, Xiao Yan went out with the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King to practice while Chen Yang entered a cave to nap.
• Just as Chen Yang was about to fall asleep, a System Prompt sounded in his mind.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan traveled with the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to confront the Tyrant Dragon God, who had killed the tiger’s family. They found the Evil Dragon at his Blood Soul Hall, where he attacked them and revealed his ties to the Soul Hall, and Chen Yang began countering with Space Annihilation.

• Chen Yang obtained the Earth Tier Intermediate sound wave Dou Technique Myriad Sounds Silenced, while Xiao Yan practiced Tiger Roar Dragon Chant and strained his throat.
• Chen Yang’s group crossed the Tian Xin Imperial Capital, where Chen Yang slapped away Ancestor Tian Xin and continued south without harming him.
• At the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, Chen Yang invited the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King to follow him, and the tiger pledged loyalty after hearing of the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s advancement.
• The Six-winged Fierce Tiger King led Chen Yang’s group to the Tyrant Dragon God’s palace, where the half-dragon mocked him as his son and the tiger asked Chen Yang to kill him.
• The Tyrant Dragon God attacked with blood-colored dragon breath and announced that his master needed human souls; Chen Yang opened a spatial rift to swallow the attack and raised his hand to use Space Annihilation.