Chapter Summaries

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan pursued Tyrant Dragon God to Sky Burial Ravine after Protector Xiao rescued it with a Spatial Teleportation Jade Slip. Chen Yang broke through the Soul Hall branch’s concealment and entered the ravine with Xiao Yan and Fierce Tiger King, where a gray-robed elder was waiting for them.

• Chen Yang overpowered Tyrant Dragon God, but Protector Xiao emerged from the Blood Pool and escaped with it through a Spatial Teleportation Jade Slip.
• Protector Xiao threatened Chen Yang and Xiao Yan with a challenge at Sky Burial Ravine, and Xiao Yan recognized it as the site of the Soul Hall’s Northwest Continent branch.
• Chen Yang rejected Xiao Yan’s suggestion to retreat, learned Sky Burial Ravine’s location from Fierce Tiger King, and set out to confront the Soul Hall.
• Protector Xiao brought Tyrant Dragon God to the branch and reported to the gray-robed elder, who sensed Chen Yang’s arrival.
• Chen Yang split the clouds concealing Sky Burial Ravine and entered with Xiao Yan and Fierce Tiger King.

Chen Yang revealed his Five-star Dou Zun strength and used the Rainbow Sword to destroy Soul Hall’s Sky Burial Ravine branch. After sealing the fleeing souls and finding captive Soul Bodies below, he left Xiao Yan to loot the branch.

• Chen Yang gained Five-star Dou Zun strength and the Heaven Tier Dou Technique Fire Dance Whirlwind, then entered Sky Burial Ravine with Xiao Yan and their companions.
• Old Demon Qicang and Protector Xiao surrounded Chen Yang and offered him a place in Soul Hall, believing he was only a One-star Dou Zun.
• Chen Yang revealed his Five-star Dou Zun aura, killed the lower-ranked Soul Hall members with Myriad Sounds Silenced, and slew Old Demon Qicang with the Rainbow Sword.
• Chen Yang blocked Old Demon Qicang’s escaping soul with the Volcanic Stone Flame, sealed it and the souls of seven Dou Zongs in Jade Bottles, and stored the fallen experts’ bodies.
• Medicine Elder discovered more than a hundred imprisoned Soul Bodies below the branch, including one who had been at least a Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to loot the branch, and Xiao Yan led Medicine Elder and the Six-winged Fierce Tiger King toward the building below.

Xiao Yan and Chen Yang destroyed a Soul Hall branch, freed five Alchemist souls, and gathered spoils and medicinal ingredients before heading to the Black Corner Region. Soul Hall's Mo Yu blamed the Yan Clan for the branch's destruction, while Chen Yang and Xiao Yan arrived safely at the Black Domain Great Plain.

• Xiao Yan freed five imprisoned Alchemist souls after promising the Yang Alliance would revive them, then burned the remaining muddleheaded souls to end their suffering.
• Chen Yang dismantled Tyrant Dragon God's corpse and searched the Storage Rings of the fallen Soul Hall powerhouses for techniques, pills, materials, and money.
• Xiao Yan told Chen Yang about the five Alchemists, and Chen Yang arranged to use a Dou Zong skeleton and lower-grade substitutes to revive them.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan traveled to the Tian Xin Empire's Imperial Capital, bought ingredients for several pills, and then opened a Space Tunnel toward the Black Corner Region.
• Mo Yu found the Sky Burial Ravine branch destroyed and blamed the Yan Clan after detecting Volcanic Stone Flame.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan reached the Black Domain Great Plain, where Xiao Yan remarked on the speed of a Dou Zun powerhouse.

Chen Yang returned to Jia Ma with Xiao Yan, reunited with Ya Fei, and visited the Misty Cloud Sect to deliver pills before checking on Xiao Yi Xian. He discovered she was undergoing a powerful inheritance that could raise her to Dou Zun, but would likely keep her cocooned for a year.

• Xiao Yan and Chen Yang left the Tian Xin Empire, and Xiao Yan chose to travel with Chen Yang back to Jia Ma before returning to Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Yang surprised Ya Fei at the Yang Alliance, met Zi Yi after her transformation, and learned she had stayed to serve as the Alliance's protector.
• Chen Yang visited the Misty Cloud Sect, refined pills for Yun Yun and Hai Bodong, and delivered Yun Yun's pills with a letter during her closed-door cultivation.
• Chen Yang returned to the Imperial Capital, delivered Hai Bodong's pills, and told Xiao Yan he was heading to the Chuyun Empire while Xiao Yan planned to return to Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Yang found Xiao Yi Xian inside a Purple Cocoon at the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect Ruins and realized she was receiving an inheritance that could bring her to Dou Zun, though she might remain inside for a year.
• Chen Yang left a letter for Xiao Yi Xian and departed on the fifth day; soon afterward, the cocoon stirred briefly and fell silent again.

Qing Lin and the others prepared Chen Yang’s courtyard and Xiao Yan’s, then reunited with Chen Yang when he returned to the Inner Academy. As Xiao Yan roasted meat from a Seventh-tier dragon for the group, Chen Yang noticed a little girl in a white dress perched on the courtyard wall.

• Qing Lin finished organizing Chen Yang’s courtyard with Xiao Ling, Xun Er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the others, then led them to tidy Xiao Yan’s nearby residence.
• Chen Yang returned to the Inner Academy with Xiao Yan after meeting Yuan Yi in Black Seal City and arranging for him to collect a Huang Ji Pill.
• Qing Lin greeted Chen Yang, and he asked Xiao Yan to treat the group to a meal by roasting a piece of Tyrant Dragon God meat.
• Xiao Yan used Xun Er’s blade to cut the Seventh-tier dragon meat, prepared potent seasonings, and roasted it with his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• As the aroma spread through the courtyard, Chen Yang spotted a delicate little girl in a white dress perched on the wall.

Zi Yan climbed into Chen Yang’s courtyard seeking the enticing roasted meat and learned that he could offer her a Shape-Shifting Pill, though it might not solve her inability to grow up. Chen Yang invited her to travel with him and promised to support her development, while Zi Yan agreed to consider following him and was assured she could eat regardless.

• Zi Yan climbed the wall into Chen Yang’s courtyard, but Chen Yang calmed her and invited her to wait for the roasted meat.
• Chen Yang recognized Zi Yan as a Transformed Magical Beast, and Xiao Yan realized what she was while roasting meat.
• Xiao Yan gave Chen Yang a box of Shape-Shifting Grass, and Chen Yang offered to refine Zi Yan a Shape-Shifting Pill if she followed him.
• Chen Yang warned Zi Yan that the pill might not let her grow up and asked her to travel with him, promising to support her future development.
• Zi Yan agreed to consider following Chen Yang and asked whether she could still eat the roasted meat; Chen Yang told her she could eat as much as she wanted.

Zi Yan joined Chen Yang, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, and the others for a feast of Tyrant Dragon God meat, then left with a promise to bring medicinal materials for Chen Yang to turn into pills. That night, Qing Lin sneaked into Chen Yang’s bed and told him she had turned eighteen that day.

• Qing Lin comforted Zi Yan about growing up alone, and Zi Yan accepted her friendship.
• Chen Yang served everyone skewers of Tyrant Dragon God meat and told the students to cultivate afterward; Zi Yan ate most of the feast.
• After the meal, Zi Yan thanked Qing Lin and Xiao Yan, then left for the Medicinal Material Management Warehouse with Chen Yang’s small stool.
• Chen Yang told Zi Yan he could turn unpleasant medicinal materials into pills, and she eagerly ran to gather them.
• Qing Lin came to Chen Yang’s room late at night, climbed beneath his blanket, and told him she had turned eighteen.

Chen Yang showed Xiao Yan around Jia Nan Academy and promised to help him obtain the Fallen Heart Flame when it erupted. After visiting the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, Chen Yang decided to take Xiao Yan to Magic Flame Valley to seek the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining method.

• Chen Yang teased Xiao Yan about his swollen eyes, and Xiao Yan explained that Xun Er had beaten him after they nearly became intimate.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan that they would prepare to seize the unstable Fallen Heart Flame and persuade the Inner Academy to let Xiao Yan devour it.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan visited Xiao Ling and Xun Er's new group, renamed it Xiao Sect, and drew attention from Inner Academy students, including Lin Xiuya.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan visited the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Chen Yang instantly refined the Heart Fire Scorching while Xiao Yan experienced its cultivation benefits.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to prepare to leave the next morning, intending to visit Magic Flame Valley for the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining method.

Chen Yang refined pills for Zi Yan and brought her, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin to Magic Flame Valley to eliminate its experts and acquire its Heavenly Demon Puppet refinement method. The group arrived inside the valley, where a System notification began as they prepared to attack.

• Qing Lin welcomed Chen Yang home, and he gave Fierce Tiger King a bloodline-stimulating pill.
• Zi Yan brought Chen Yang medicinal materials, and he refined four Fifth-grade Pills for her before inviting her to join the next day's trip.
• Chen Yang left Fierce Tiger King behind and took Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan through space to Magic Flame Valley.
• Chen Yang identified Old Ghost Di Mo as a Seven-star Dou Zong and explained that they would clear the valley for the Yang Alliance.
• Chen Yang transported the group into Magic Flame Valley's Inner Valley, and a familiar System notification sounded as they prepared to attack.

Chen Yang obtained the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals puppet art, then attacked Magic Flame Valley and took control of its elders. After killing its leader, Old Ghost Di Mo, Chen Yang ordered Fang Yan to stabilize the valley and set off with Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin to find its treasure vault.

• Chen Yang received the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals secret art and learned its costly requirements for refining puppets.
• Chen Yang killed Xie Zhen and the disciples who confronted him, while Xiao Yan collected their Storage Rings and Zi Yan asked to help loot.
• Chen Yang subdued Fang Yan and the other two Great Elders by planting strands of Volcanic Stone Flame in them, and they pledged allegiance as his guards.
• Old Ghost Di Mo tried to flee and then attempted to self-destruct, but Chen Yang killed him, extracted his soul, and stored his body.
• Chen Yang ordered Fang Yan to stabilize Magic Flame Valley within three hours, then followed Zi Yan toward the valley's treasure vault with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin.

Chen Yang and his group searched Old Ghost Di Mo’s hidden treasury, collecting its resources and treasures. He then used three Heavenly Flames, Old Demon Qicang’s body and soul, a seventh-order fire-attribute Magic Core, and Ink Steel to forge a Heavenly Soldier, which awakened and recognized him as its master.

• Fang Yan and the Second Elder and Third Elder killed Old Ghost Di Mo’s remaining loyal followers and agreed to eliminate his relatives as well.
• Zi Yan sensed the hidden treasure behind a stone wall, and Chen Yang opened a passage to the underground warehouse.
• Qing Lin captured the Fifth-tier Snake-type Magical Beast behind a stone door and stored it in her Pupil Inner Space.
• Xiao Yan collected the warehouse’s Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills, while Zi Yan gathered its medicinal materials and Chen Yang claimed the treasures in four wooden boxes.
• Chen Yang pulled out an Ink Steel Stone vein and began forging a Heavenly Soldier from Old Demon Qicang’s body and soul with three Heavenly Flames and a seventh-order Magic Core.
• After three hours of forging, the Heavenly Soldier awakened, knelt before Chen Yang, and called him master.

After purging Magic Flame Valley, Chen Yang named his new puppet one hundred thousand and prepared to refine pills there. He appointed Xiao Yan Vice Alliance Leader of the Yang Alliance and sent him to Jia Nan Academy to look for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk while he began alchemy.

• Chen Yang named the Soul Hall Elder puppet one hundred thousand and explained that his Heavenly Soldiers and Generals could retain their former memories and Dou Techniques.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan joked about creating a Hundred Thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, then left Magic Flame Valley with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan that one hundred thousand had the strength of a One-star Dou Zun and appointed him Vice Alliance Leader of the Yang Alliance.
• Chen Yang promised Fang Yan and the other two Sect Breaking Pills and chose Old Ghost Di Mo’s residence as his place to refine pills.
• Chen Yang sent Xiao Yan to Jia Nan Academy to ask about Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then began refining a Shape-Shifting Pill with Volcanic Stone Flame.

Chen Yang refined a high-grade Seventh-grade Shape-Shifting Pill in Magic Flame Valley, while Xiao Yan found Earth Core Body Tempering Milk on his way back from Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan returned to see Chen Yang refining another pill and teased him about how he had found the treasure.

• Chen Yang completed the Shape-Shifting Pill, and Hundred Thousand absorbed its Pill Lightning while Zi Yan and Qing Lin watched.
• Chen Yang captured the pill, made plans to refine more Huang Ji Pills, and considered using Medicine Elder to improve Xiao Yan’s alchemy.
• Medicine Elder directed Xiao Yan to a Snow Demon Sky Ape, which offered Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in exchange for a Shape-Shifting Pill.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Snow Demon Sky Ape, collected the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from its cave, and flew back to Magic Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan saw Hundred Thousand absorb Pill Lightning and told Chen Yang he had found the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then asked him to guess how.

Chen Yang refined two Seventh-grade pills for Xiao Yan and explained how to use them alongside Dragon Spirit Liquid to strengthen his body while rapidly raising his cultivation. Xiao Yan accepted a punishing six-month training plan and prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy before heading to the Black Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan told Chen Yang how he had obtained the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and Chen Yang used it to refine an Earth Core Body Tempering Pill.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan the Earth Core Body Tempering Pill and Dragon Origin Profound Blood Pill, explaining how to use the first and prescribing weekly boiling treatments with Dragon Spirit Liquid for the second.
• Chen Yang revealed that the regimen would let Xiao Yan take Dou Ling Pills without the usual restrictions for six months, provided he kept his growing strength aligned with his cultivation through life-and-death combat.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to visit Su Qian and Xun Er, then train in the Black Corner Region, and required him to refine all but his first three strength-raising pills himself.
• Xiao Yan agreed to the plan and said goodbye to Chen Yang, intending to meet him again in half a year.

Chen Yang gave Zi Yan a Shape-Shifting Pill, warning her that her unusual bloodline might prevent it from making her grow up permanently. After five days, Zi Yan briefly became an adult woman before shrinking back, but she discovered she could now change her size at will.

• Chen Yang explained that the Shape-Shifting Pill might not fully solve Zi Yan’s slow growth, then handed it to her after teasing her.
• Zi Yan swallowed the pill and fell asleep as purple mist enveloped her beside the Hot Spring.
• Five days later, the mist dissipated and Zi Yan awakened in an adult form, but she quickly shrank back to her usual size.
• Chen Yang suggested Zi Yan test for other changes, and she learned she could repeatedly grow bigger and smaller at will.
• Chen Yang asked Zi Yan to try returning to her true form, and she closed her eyes and concentrated.

Chen Yang took Qing Lin and Zi Yan to the Heavenly Snake Mansion to arrange a trade for resources that would help Qing Lin grow stronger. After meeting Lu Man again, he secured the materials and Snake-type Magical Beasts he wanted, promised the mansion master a longevity pill, and left with his companions.

• Chen Yang explained that Zi Yan could not return to her true form until she reached a higher rank, styled her hair in twin tails, and chose the Heavenly Snake Mansion as their next destination.
• Chen Yang instructed Fang Yan and the other Magic Flame Valley leaders to develop the valley and send word to Jia Nan Academy once they gathered the materials for Sect Breaking Pills.
• Chen Yang arrived at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, introduced himself to its two-star Dou Zun mansion master, and entered the reception hall to discuss a trade.
• Lu Man recognized Chen Yang, and her account of their past dealings prompted the mansion master to apologize for the Heavenly Snake Mansion's former offense.
• Chen Yang offered to refine a Seventh-grade Pill in exchange for medicinal materials and Snake-type Magical Beasts for Qing Lin, and promised the mansion master a Longevity Pill as well.
• Chen Yang obtained medicinal materials, more than a hundred Snake-type Beast corpses and essences, and fifty Fifth Rank snakes, refined a Seventh-grade Zong Yuan Pill, and departed with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Chen Yang promised to refine pills for its elders and disciples, then helped Fierce Tiger King advance using Zi Yan’s essence blood. Inspired by the tiger’s name, he studied a sword technique in the Library Pavilion and spent weeks creating the Low-level Earth Tier dual-blade Dou Technique Storm Nebula Split.

• Chen Yang returned to Jia Nan Academy with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, and learned that Xiao Yan had left to train in the Black Corner Region.
• Su Qian visited Chen Yang, who reassured him about Zi Yan and offered to refine pills for the academy in exchange for ingredients.
• Chen Yang told Su Qian that he could refine Huan Yu Pills with a thirty percent chance of helping Peak Dou Zongs break through to Dou Zun.
• Chen Yang refined a Dragon Tiger Wind Cloud Pill using Zi Yan’s essence blood, and Fierce Tiger King swallowed it to begin advancing.
• Chen Yang entered the Library Pavilion and spent three days finding a dual short-sword technique to modify.
• Chen Yang combined techniques from the scroll with ideas from Dragon Subduing Palm, Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, and Long Rainbow Swordplay, creating Storm Nebula Split.

Chen Yang gave Hu Gan and Xue Lei pills and learned that Yan Xiao was being hunted by the Blood Sect. Yan Xiao returned to the Blood Sect’s headquarters and declared his alliance before attacking.

• Zi Yan went to the Inner Academy to discipline its students after Chen Yang said Fierce Tiger King would need months to advance.
• Hu Gan and Xue Lei asked Chen Yang to refine pills, but he revealed he already had finished pills in stock and gave them the Sect Breaking Pill and Huang Ji Pill.
• Chen Yang offered to refine an Extreme Star Pill for Hu Jia after seeing Hu Gan’s valuable medicinal materials, then asked the visitors about events beyond the academy.
• Hu Gan and Xue Lei told Chen Yang that Yan Xiao had killed Blood Sect fighters and was being pursued by its acting Sect Leader.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Blood Sect headquarters in disguise, destroyed a building with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and announced, “Yang Alliance: Yan Xiao!”

Xiao Yan fought the Blood Sect and its allies to push himself toward the Dou Emperor realm, while Chen Yang supported Jia Nan Academy and awaited the return of his companions. The chapter ended as Medusa emerged from the Sky Swallowing Python in a red light.

• Xiao Yan attacked the Blood Sect, escaped when Fan Kun and Yan arrived, and secretly watched them agree to hunt him.
• Xiao Yan spent two months fighting the Blood Sect, then killed Fan Kun while badly injuring Yan and blinding Elder Ban before barely escaping.
• After recovering in Black Seal City, Xiao Yan told Medicine Elder he intended to reach Dou Emperor within six months and planned to sell pills to strengthen his enemies.
• Chen Yang refined a Huan Yu Pill for Elder Qian Bai, then took charge of Jia Nan Academy’s safety and the Library Pavilion.
• The Sky Swallowing Python emerged from Chen Yang’s sleeve, and Medusa appeared in a red radiance.

Medusa awakened after fusing with the Sky Swallowing Python and reunited with Chen Yang, who helped her see how the Snake-People Tribe had prospered in the Jia Ma Empire. She accepted his company and the name Cai Lin, then let him buy her clothes and shoes.

• Chen Yang covered the newly awakened Medusa with her robe, but she teased him and ended up embarrassed when he playfully spanked her.
• Medusa said she had reached the strength of a Seven-star Dou Zong and confirmed that Little Sky Swallowing Python’s Spiritual Power was still growing.
• Medusa asked Chen Yang to accompany her shopping, and he took her to a city populated by snake people and humans.
• Medusa thanked Chen Yang for helping the Snake-People Tribe prosper, and he teased her about using the tribe’s wealth as her dowry.
• Chen Yang suggested the name Cai Lin, which Medusa protested while secretly accepting it.
• Chen Yang took Cai Lin to the Imperial Capital, bought her clothes and shoes, and agreed to cover her expenses after she reminded him about the dowry.