Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming confronted Mo Tianxing over the demonic beast mummy and revealed his greatly increased strength and fused Heavenly Flame. The Black Emperor Sect backed down, and Lin Ming turned the conversation toward negotiating for the mummy.

• Mo Tianxing unveiled a giant demonic beast mummy and promoted it as rare material for refining a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.
• Lin Ming suggested Mo Tianxing had left something unsaid, prompting Mo Tianxing to release his Dou Ancestor aura over the hall.
• Lin Ming protected himself and his companion with an emerald flame shield, and Mo Ya recognized Lin Ming as a peak Eight-Star Dou Emperor.
• Qi Shan identified the shield’s Sea Heart Flame properties, while Mo Tianxing withdrew his pressure and apologized to Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming’s thoughts revealed that he had fused the Sea Heart Flame with two other Heavenly Flames to create the Jade Profound Heart Flame, and that he wanted to obtain the mummy through a transaction.
• Lin Ming accepted Mo Tianxing’s apology and redirected the discussion to the demonic beast mummy.

Lin Ming negotiated with Mo Tianxing for the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s corpse by arguing that it might lack a Magic Core, then traded a Sect Breaking Pill for it. After taking the corpse, he asked the Black Emperor Sect for its secret Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and revealed that his Soul Power had reached the Spirit Realm.

• Lin Ming argued that the corpse might have no Magic Core, lowering its value in Mo Tianxing’s eyes.
• Lin Ming offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for the corpse, and Mo Tianxing required Qi Shan to observe the refining.
• Lin Ming accepted the condition and stored the corpse in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Ming asked Mo Tianxing to give him the Black Emperor Sect’s Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, shocking the sect members by naming its secret treasure.
• Lin Ming described the four realms of Soul Power and revealed that his own Soul Power had reached the Spirit Realm.

Lin Ming leveraged his potential as a Tier 8 Alchemist and promised to help Mo Tianxing reach the Dou Venerate realm in exchange for the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. After securing it for Xiao Yi Xian, he began refining a Sect Breaking Pill at the Black Emperor Sect and let Qi Shan observe.

• Lin Ming warned Mo Tianxing that he would use any means necessary to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, but offered peaceful negotiation.
• Lin Ming promised to help Mo Tianxing reach the Dou Venerate realm once he became a Tier 8 Alchemist, and Mo Tianxing agreed to trust him.
• Mo Tianxing gave Lin Ming the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, which Lin Ming put away.
• Three days later, Qi Shan told Lin Ming that the materials for the Sect Breaking Pill were ready and led him to the alchemy chamber.
• Lin Ming summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron, prepared his flame, and allowed Qi Shan to observe his pill refining.

After Lin Ming and Zi Yan set course to visit Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Shan responded to Xiao Yan’s return by announcing a Misty Cloud Sect ceremony and ordering Xiao Yan’s capture. Jia Ma’s major factions discussed the threat and began considering how to protect themselves, leaving the empire bracing for Yun Shan’s next move.

• Lin Ming told Zi Yan they were returning to the clan but would first visit Xiao Yi Xian in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Yun Leng reported that Xiao Yan had returned as a Six-Star Dou King and that the Mittel Family had helped the Xiao Family, prompting Yun Shan to announce a Sect Promotion Ceremony in three months.
• Vulture Protector ordered Yun Shan to capture Xiao Yan at the ceremony and wipe out the Xiao Family, demanding the Soul Bodies he required.
• Yun Shan sent invitations to the major factions, and Yao Ye warned Jia Xingtian that the Misty Cloud Sect was making its move.
• Fa Ma and the Alchemist Guild Vice Presidents debated whether the guild could stay neutral, while Nalan Jie warned Nalan Su that their ties to the Misty Cloud Sect had weakened.
• Hai Bodong told the Mittel Family leaders they should attend the ceremony, but he would lead the group while the others stayed behind ready to retreat.

Lin Ming returned to the Poison Sect and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who had become a Peak Dou Emperor and sect master during his absence. He promised to help control her Calamity Poison Body and break through to Dou Zong, then joined her at a pool of potent poison water.

• Xiao Yi Xian sensed Lin Ming's return through her jade pendant and hurried away from a Poison Sect meeting, while Miao Miao dismissed the others.
• Lin Ming reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and safely touched her poison-laden white hair, then assured her that he had found the materials needed to control her Calamity Poison Body except for a Seventh Order Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core.
• Lin Ming gave Miao Miao a Spirit Dou Pill to help her advance toward Dou Wang Peak and offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Five days later, Xiao Yi Xian led Lin Ming and the others to a pool of poisonous water she had made from more than a hundred poisonous grasses.

Lin Ming helped Xiao Yi Xian advance to Dou Ancestor, and Heavenly Flame Venerate explained that her Calamity Poison Body could still bring a fatal backlash. Lin Ming revealed a method he believed could control it, leaving Heavenly Flame Venerate excited by the possibility.

• Lin Ming had Xiao Yi Xian swallow a Sect Breaking Pill after her month-long cultivation, triggering a surge of energy and the spread of her poison mist.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan retreated from Stone Mountain as Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body released poison mist, while Miao Miao asked about the sect master.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate emerged from Lin Ming's ring and said Xiao Yi Xian's advancement to Dou Ancestor should succeed and might raise her by another one or two stars.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate recalled that Calamity Poison Bodies had always suffered fatal poison backlash, but Lin Ming vowed to prevent Xiao Yi Xian from sharing that fate.
• Lin Ming described using a seventh-order Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, three Heavenly Flames, and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to control the Calamity Poison Body, and Heavenly Flame Venerate praised the method.

The Misty Cloud Sect hosted the Jia Ma Empire’s prominent factions to celebrate Yun Shan’s breakthrough to Dou Ancestor. As Yun Shan welcomed his guests, a savage man in the northern land found his target and tore through space to pursue it.

• Mo Cheng led the Mo Family to the Misty Cloud Sect, where he was welcomed as a sect elder and Dou Wang.
• Yun Shan argued with Yun Yun that unifying the Jia Ma Empire would win the people’s support, then left the side hall with a white-clad figure.
• A bare-chested man in the northern land saw his crystal light up, tore through space, and exclaimed that he had finally found his target.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong traded barbs as the invited factions gathered, and Hai Bodong’s remarks about worthy successors irritated Jia Xingtian.
• Yun Shan appeared before the assembled guests, whose members congratulated him on advancing to Dou Ancestor.

Yun Shan proposed an alliance to unite the Jia Ma Empire’s factions for the coming Sect Grand Competition and claimed the position of Alliance leader. When Hai Bodong refused to join on behalf of the Mittel Family, Yun Shan attacked them, and Hai Bodong countered with his ultimate technique.

• Yun Shan reminded the gathered factions that the Jia Ma Empire had fallen behind its rivals, then said his recent advance to Dou Ancestor could help restore its standing.
• Yun Shan proposed an alliance and declared that he would lead it, but the great families and the Alchemist Association hesitated to join.
• Mu Chen questioned whether Yun Shan intended to absorb the factions into the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Shan said the alliance would remain separate but he would rule it.
• Hai Bodong rejected the alliance and led the Mittel Family toward the exit, prompting Yun Shan to challenge him and unleash his Deep Cyan Dou Qi.
• Yun Shan appeared before the Mittel Family and prepared to attack, while Hai Bodong unleashed Mysterious Ice Dragon Soars; Yun Shan sent his energy blast toward the ice dragon.

Yun Shan effortlessly neutralized Hai Bodong’s strongest technique and prepared to attack him, forcing the other families to consider joining Yun Shan’s alliance. A powerful voice from outside intervened on Hai Bodong’s behalf, revealing that the Mittel Family had a formidable ally who could match Yun Shan.

• Yun Shan dissolved Hai Bodong’s Mysterious Ice Dragon Soars with a casual strike, leaving Jia Xingtian and the other families convinced that they could not oppose him.
• Yun Shan decided to strike Hai Bodong, and the other powers in the hall silently resolved to join his proposed alliance to protect their clans.
• A voice from outside the hall declared that a Mittel Family junior would take Yun Shan’s move in Hai Bodong’s place.
• Yun Shan rushed outside and met the newcomer’s searing voice attack with his gathered Dou Qi, causing a clash that appeared evenly matched.
• The people in the hall realized that the Mittel Family had a powerful ally, while they feared their own families would fall under the control of the Mittel Family and the Misty Cloud Sect.

Lin Ming returned to the Misty Cloud Sect's promotion ceremony and confronted Yun Shan after the sect master attacked the Mittel Family. The two fought in the sky, and Lin Ming ended the exchange by declaring that Yun Shan's true opponent should be someone else.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan arrived above the plaza, where Lin Ming greeted Yun Shan and reunited with Hai Bodong.
• Yun Shan recognized Lin Ming as the man who killed Han Feng, then asked if Lin Ming intended to stop him.
• Lin Ming accused Yun Shan of attacking the Mittel Family first and agreed to fight him.
• Lin Ming told Zi Yan to move Hai Bodong aside, then clashed with Yun Shan in the sky as the onlookers watched.
• After the two separated, Lin Ming told Yun Shan that his opponent should be someone else.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and joined Lin Ming against Yun Shan, learning that the sect had attacked the Xiao Family. After Yun Shan threatened Xiao Yan’s family and ordered his forces to kill the invaders, Xiao Yan charged at him as the Misty Cloud Sect began forming an array.

• Xiao Yan arrived with bluish Wings of Dou Qi, and Lin Ming recognized that he had reached Six-Star Dou King and gained another Heavenly Flame.
• The great families recognized Xiao Yan, and Nalan Jie regretted that the former engagement had ended.
• Lin Ming explained that Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong and threatened the Mittel Family, reassuring Xiao Yan that they were on the same side.
• Xiao Yan accused the Misty Cloud Sect of attacking his family and vowed to make the sect pay for the deaths and injuries.
• Yun Shan threatened Xiao Yan’s clan and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect members to form an array and kill the invaders, while Xiao Yan charged at him in bluish flames.

Yun Shan fought Xiao Yan while Yun Leng led the Misty Cloud Sect in forming the Cloudy Smoke Covering Sun Formation. Lin Ming crippled Yun Leng with a blade strike and stopped the formation, but Yun Shan gathered his Dou Qi and prepared to show his full power.

• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect members to form the Cloudy Smoke Covering Sun Formation while Yun Shan pressed his attack on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan struck Yun Shan with Eight Level Collapse and its hidden force, sending Yun Shan's arm numb before Yun Shan blasted Xiao Yan backward.
• Lin Ming's blade radiance struck Yun Leng as he formed hand seals, gravely injuring him and forcing another Elder to carry him away for treatment.
• Lin Ming warned that anyone forming the formation would die, and the Misty Cloud Sect members froze in fear.
• Yun Shan declared that he could defeat Lin Ming without the formation and intensified his Dou Qi until the surrounding space trembled.

Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations to raise his strength and fought Yun Shan, but the Dou Zong overwhelmed him. Xiao Yan launched the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler as Yun Shan countered with the Great Sorrow Tear Wind Hand, leaving their attacks about to collide.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations, raising his strength from a Six-Star Dou King to a Nine-Star Dou King.
• Yun Shan deflected Xiao Yan’s Black Heavy Ruler, wounded his fist, and repeatedly drove him back in their exchanges.
• Yun Shan sent Xiao Yan flying and declared that his methods were useless against a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan poured his Dou Qi into the Black Heavy Ruler and unleashed the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Yun Shan answered with the Great Sorrow Tear Wind Hand, sending an enormous energy hand toward Xiao Yan’s ruler-light.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen wounded Yun Shan in a surprise attack, but Yun Shan recovered and revealed that Protector Wu had been waiting for Yao Chen. Black Mist began gathering above the Misty Cloud Sect as the confrontation widened.

• Xiao Yan held Yun Shan in place while Yao Chen struck him from behind, sending him crashing toward the ground.
• Yun Shan stopped his fall and rose back into the air, while the gathered spectators saw Yao Chen beside Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan mocked Yun Shan, and Yun Shan threatened him while recognizing Yao Chen as a Soul Body.
• Yun Shan called for Protector Wu, and a mass of Black Mist poured from a rear hall and gathered in the sky.

Protector Wu emerged from the black mist and confronted Venerable Yao, while Venerable Yao asked Lin Ming to protect Xiao Yan if necessary. The battle began with Venerable Yao engaging Protector Wu and Xiao Yan preparing to face Yun Shan.

• Venerable Yao asked Lin Ming to escort Xiao Yan safely out if anything happened to him, and Lin Ming agreed to help within his abilities.
• Protector Wu revealed himself as a Soul Hall agent seeking to capture Yao Chen and bring him back to the Hall Master.
• Venerable Yao told Xiao Yan to avoid forcing himself against Yun Shan and to seek Lin Ming's help if needed, but Xiao Yan insisted he would kill Yun Shan.
• Protector Wu told Yun Shan to keep Xiao Yan alive, and Yun Shan agreed to leave him with one breath.
• Protector Wu attacked Venerable Yao with a black chain, and Yun Shan turned his Killing Intent on Xiao Yan and declared he would kill him.

Yun Shan unleashed his Wind Brake Annihilation Force against Xiao Yan while Protector Wu struggled against Venerable Yao. Xiao Yan countered with the Mountain Splitting Seal, and the chapter ended as the clash’s outcome began to emerge.

• Protector Wu called for Yun Shan to finish Xiao Yan and help him against Venerable Yao.
• Yun Shan knocked Xiao Yan back and formed a huge cyan sword with his Wind Brake Annihilation Force.
• Xiao Yan gathered energy for the Imperial Seal Art while Jia Xingtian warned Fa Ma that Yun Shan’s attack would be difficult to stop.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Mountain Splitting Seal and sent it crashing into Yun Shan’s great sword.
• The collision shook the battlefield, stopping Venerable Yao and Protector Wu as everyone waited for the result.

Xiao Yan faced Yun Shan after their clash left both of them injured, but his dwindling Dou Qi and the approaching end of Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations put him in danger. He began combining three Heavenly Flames to unleash a desperate attack as Yun Shan rushed to stop him.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Shan emerged from their clash badly wounded, and Yun Shan warned that Xiao Yan would die once his Dou Qi ran out.
• Xiao Yan realized his remaining strength would not last long enough to protect himself, Old Yao, or the Xiao Family, and he swallowed a handful of medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yan blinked a message to Lin Ming, who nodded, then evaded Yun Shan's sudden attack and retreated while using his wings and Black Heavy Ruler to keep Yun Shan back.
• Xiao Yan shattered his Bone White ring and revealed Bone White Flame alongside the two flames that Lin Ming identified as Wind Fury Dragon Flame and another Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan pressed the three Heavenly Flames together, causing space to ripple as Yun Shan rushed toward him to prevent the attack from being completed.

Lin Min stalled Sect Master Yun Shan while Xiao Yan finished condensing a powerful three-colored fire lotus. Yun Shan fled behind a massive dark green tornado, but Xiao Yan launched the fire lotus at him.

• Sect Master Yun Shan charged toward Xiao Yan but stopped when Lin Min targeted him with the Star Dragon Saber.
• Lin Min mocked Yun Shan, then let the saber’s gathered energy disperse and withdrew after distracting him.
• Xiao Yan completed the three-colored fire lotus while Lin Min kept Yun Shan occupied.
• Yun Shan sensed the fire lotus’s power and retreated inside a dark green tornado to defend himself.
• Xiao Yan saw that Old Yao had gained the upper hand, then launched the fire lotus at Yun Shan.

Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus devastated the battlefield and left both Xiao Yan and Yun Shan unconscious. Protector Wu captured Yun Shan, found his injuries beyond repair, and extracted his soul, killing him.

• Xiao Yan detonated his Fire Lotus inside the tornado, unleashing firewaves that engulfed the Misty Cloud Sect and killed many people.
• Protector Wu and Venerable Yao emerged from the fire clouds battered, and Protector Wu vowed to take Yao Chen’s soul at any cost.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Shan fell unconscious from the sky, and Venerable Yao caught Xiao Yan while Protector Wu seized Yun Shan before the Misty Cloud Sect elders could reach him.
• Protector Wu judged Yun Shan’s injuries irreparable and struck his crown, then tore Yun Shan’s soul from his body and killed him.

After Yun Shan’s death released Yun Yun from her Restriction, she rushed to the battlefield and attacked Protector Wu as he devoured her teacher’s soul. Xiao Yan awoke to learn Yun Shan was dead and realized Protector Wu was likely using the soul to unleash a dangerous technique against him and Yao Chen.

• Protector Wu discarded Yun Shan’s body after extracting his soul, while the Misty Cloud Sect mourned their Sect Master.
• Yun Yun’s Restriction disappeared, and she realized Yun Shan’s death had released her; she flew to the battlefield to find out who killed him.
• Protector Wu used Nine Sen Hundred Soul Devour to envelop Yun Shan’s soul in Black Mist as Yun Yun arrived and challenged him.
• Yun Yun attacked Protector Wu, but his Black Mist repelled her and struck her down, leaving her badly injured.
• Xiao Yan awoke, and Yao Chen told him Protector Wu was devouring Yun Shan’s soul; Xiao Yan rejoiced at Yun Shan’s death before fearing how Protector Wu would use the soul.