Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian declined to compete in the Alchemist Conference, then diagnosed guests’ ailments and accepted dozens of pill-making orders at the Na Lan Family banquet. When Mu Zhan attacked him out of jealousy over Ya Fei, she kicked him away and Ye Tian punished him with lightning before leaving with her.

• Ye Tian told Yao Yue and Liu Ling that he would attend the Alchemist Conference but had no interest in competing for its fame.
• Ye Tian examined Zhang Chi’s soul damage, explained that Soul Hall methods had caused it, and offered him pill remedies; several other guests then hired Ye Tian to refine pills.
• Mu Zhan arrived at the banquet, saw Ya Fei with Ye Tian, and charged at Ye Tian after she made her preference clear.
• Ya Fei kicked Mu Zhan into a courtyard wall and warned him to stop causing trouble.
• Ye Tian struck Mu Zhan into a lake and subjected him to three minutes of lightning, then Ya Fei warned Mu Zhan again and left with Ye Tian.

After Mu Zhan was humbled and his family apologized to Ye Tian, Ye Tian helped Xiao Yan fulfill alchemy commissions. Fa Ma then asked Ye Tian to prepare Xue Mei for the upcoming alchemy championship, and Ye Tian planned to help her break through to Da Dou Shi.

• Na Lan Yan Ran warned Mu Zhan not to pursue Ya Fei or provoke Ye Tian, and Mite'er Tengshan reinforced the warning.
• Mu Chen sent Mu Zhan to train at the northwestern border and brought Ye Tian gifts and an apology on the Mu Family's behalf.
• Ye Tian gave Xiao Yan herbs to refine commissioned pills, and after two days they delivered the orders through Mite'er Tengshan.
• Fa Ma and the other alchemy masters asked Ye Tian to help keep the championship in the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan suggested Xue Mei as their best candidate.
• After learning Xue Mei was an eight-star Dou Master, Ye Tian promised to help her advance to Da Dou Shi and sent Fa Ma a list of herbs to gather.

Ye Tian refined pills to improve Xue Mei’s chances of winning the Alchemist Tournament, while Xiao Yan’s teacher, Yao Chen, awoke and assessed Ye Tian’s power. On tournament day, Ye Tian woke, gathered his companions, and headed to Royal Plaza to help ensure Xue Mei won.

• Frank gave Ye Tian a one-million-Gold-Coin card and asked him to help Xue Mei prepare for the tournament.
• At the Alchemist Guild, Ye Tian refined three kinds of pills and gave Xue Mei pills that increased her soul strength and could raise her cultivation.
• Yao Chen awoke and told Xiao Yan that Ye Tian’s soul had reached the Spirit Realm and that Ye Tian’s flame could suppress their Heavenly Flames.
• When the tournament day arrived, Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian woke Ye Tian, and he called Yun Yun out of seclusion before they returned for breakfast.
• Ye Tian stored Xiao Bai and Yun Yun in the Chaos Tower, then set out with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian for Royal Plaza to help secure Xue Mei’s championship.

Ye Tian attended the Alchemist Conference and exposed Yan Li, who had disguised himself as a young contestant. After the remaining competition resumed, Xue Mei won the championship, and Frank and Otto rewarded Ye Tian and Xiao Yan for their help.

• Ye Tian arrived at Royal Plaza with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, spotted Yan Li among the contestants, and found Xiao Yan watching from the audience.
• Xiao Yan warned Ye Tian that Yan Li was cheating, and Ye Tian agreed to expose him while Fa Ma and the others protected the Jia Ma Empire's promising contestants.
• As the finals began, Ye Tian used lightning to reveal Yan Li's true appearance, and Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian captured him.
• The competition continued, and Xue Mei won the championship by refining a mid-grade fourth-grade pill.
• Frank and Otto gave Ye Tian and Xiao Yan two hundred thousand Gold Coins each in thanks for helping Xue Mei.

Xiao Yan prepared to fulfill his Three-Year Agreement with Na Lan Yan Ran while Ye Tian planned to use the gathering to subdue the Misty Cloud Sect and begin unifying the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan defeated Na Lan Yan Ran, and Ye Tian then confronted Yun Leng on the sect plaza, where the chapter ended with Ye Tian provoking him over Mo Cheng’s death and offering pills to turn the elders against one another.

• Xiao Yan told Ye Tian he would go to Misty Cloud Mountain for the Three-Year Agreement, and Ye Tian revealed his plan to subdue the Misty Cloud Sect and unify the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Leng ordered invitations sent to the Imperial Capital’s major powers and Ye Tian, hoping to pressure Na Lan Yan Ran and draw Ye Tian into a trap.
• Ye Tian’s allies agreed to support his plans, and Xiao Yan set off for the sect wearing the robes of a Peak Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan defeated Na Lan Yan Ran in about twenty moves, burned their marriage contract, and rejected any further connection with her.
• Ye Tian arrived after the duel, teased Na Lan Yan Ran, and then confronted Yun Leng when he ordered the sect disciples to capture him.
• Xiao Yan claimed responsibility for arranging Mo Cheng’s death, while Ye Tian offered Yun Leng and the other elders pills to kill or turn against one another.

Ye Tian confronted Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders over their ambush in Wutan City, then used their sect formation to absorb the disciples’ Dou Qi and advance to a Five-star Dou King. He defeated the elders with Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, leaving them alive but badly injured as Na Lan Yan Ran pleaded for mercy.

• Xiao Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Hai Bodong, and Mite'er Tengshan exposed Yun Leng and the elders’ attempt to seize Ye Tian’s earth-tier cultivation technique in Wutan City.
• Yun Leng admitted that power and fortune justified killing and looting, so Ye Tian challenged him and the sect’s elders to fight.
• Yun Leng ordered the disciples to activate the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Great Array, but Ye Tian absorbed its Dou Qi and advanced to a Five-star Dou King while Queen Medusa secretly protected him.
• Ye Tian warned the disciples to move aside, then summoned tens of thousands of swords with Myriad Swords Returning to Origin and heavily injured Yun Leng, Yun Lei, Yun Sheng, Yun Sha, and the other elders.
• Na Lan Yan Ran cried out for mercy, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Ye Tian’s Dou Technique was close to Heaven Tier.

Yun Leng summoned former Misty Cloud Sect master Yun Shan, who pressured Ye Tian and faced resistance from Hai Bodong and Yao Chen possessing Xiao Yan. After Ye Tian warned Yao Chen about the Soul Hall Protector, Yao Chen drew Wu Ying out of the back mountain, where he appeared before the gathered sect.

• Yun Leng blew a jade flute to summon Yun Shan, who emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zong and learned that Jia Xing Tian had also advanced to that realm.
• Yun Leng accused Ye Tian and Xiao Yan of attacking the sect, while Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan condemned Yun Leng for ambushing Ye Tian.
• Yun Shan pressured Ye Tian, but Hai Bodong and Yao Chen possessing Xiao Yan joined forces to push back his aura.
• Ye Tian told Yao Chen that Wu Ying was hiding in the back mountain and that Jia Xing Tian had cooperated with the Soul Hall Protector.
• Yao Chen called out Wu Ying, who emerged from the back mountain in black mist wearing a skull mask and carrying a bone hook.

Ye Tian and his allies battled Soul Hall’s Protector Wu and his collaborators at the Misty Cloud Sect, while Ye Tian subdued Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan with the Soul Locking Curse. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa and Yao Chen capturing Wu Ying after Ye Tian stopped his escape.

• Protector Wu recognized Ye Tian’s powerful soul and ordered Yun Shan to capture him, while Yao Chen fought Wu Ying using Xiao Yan’s body.
• Ye Tian protected the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, then used the Soul Locking Curse to subdue Yun Leng and the other elders and make them serve Yun Yun.
• Wu Ying ordered Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian to attack Ye Tian, and they agreed after he threatened the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Hai Bodong and the White Jade Kirin fought Yun Shan, while Queen Medusa stopped Jia Xing Tian and then engaged Wu Ying.
• Ye Tian used Jin Yan’s power to defeat and subdue Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan, who then apologized to Yun Yun.
• Wu Ying fled, but Ye Tian struck him down with Chaos Divine Thunder, and Queen Medusa and Yao Chen captured him.

Ye Tian subdued Soul Hall Protector Wu, then founded the Heavenly Court and brought the Jia Ma Empire’s major powers under his command. As news of the empire’s unification spread, Iron Protector headed to investigate but was stopped by Wu, who claimed to support Ye Tian.

• Ye Tian used the Soul Locking Curse to control Protector Wu and ordered him to spy on surrounding empires and lure other Soul Hall Protectors to him.
• Ling Ying revealed himself after Ye Tian spotted him, then left to report to Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan’s teacher was Yao Chen.
• Ye Tian announced the Heavenly Court, and Xiao Yan, Medusa, the Mittel Family, the Misty Cloud Sect, the Imperial Family, and the Alchemist Association joined.
• Ye Tian arranged for the Snake People to relocate to the Monster Mountain Range and established halls and leadership roles for the Heavenly Court.
• Jia Xing Tian and the Misty Cloud Sect announced their loyalty to Ye Tian, and the news of his unification of the Jia Ma Empire spread across the region.
• Iron Protector traveled to investigate Ye Tian’s Heavenly Court, but Protector Wu intercepted him and claimed to support Ye Tian.

Ye Tian expanded the Heavenly Court, captured and subdued Iron Protector with Protector Wu’s help, and dispatched the Soul Hall Protectors to gather intelligence. After explaining the Soul Locking Curse to Yun Yun and spending the night with her, he openly declared their relationship when Gu He and Na Lan Yan Ran saw them together.

• Ye Tian explained that Heavenly Court disciples would begin with Xuan-tier High Grade Cultivation Methods, and Jin Yan upgraded the gathered techniques for him.
• Protector Wu lured Iron Protector to the Misty Cloud Sect, where he and Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian captured him; Ye Tian used the Soul Locking Curse to make Iron Protector submit.
• Ye Tian sent Wu Ying and Iron Protector to monitor other empires and told them not to clash with Green Barbarian and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, who also served him.
• Ye Tian explained his plans to unify the Northwest Continent and said he would wait for rival forces to strike first, while Jia Xing Tian prepared the army for war.
• Yun Yun asked Ye Tian about the Soul Locking Curse, accepted his explanation, and spent the night with him before agreeing to take him to the Gate of Death.
• Gu He and Na Lan Yan Ran discovered Yun Yun and Ye Tian together; Yun Yun confirmed their relationship, rejected Gu He, and Ye Tian gave him six pill formulas and advice on cultivation.

Na Lan Yan Ran sought Ye Tian’s help to improve her cultivation, and Yun Yun set her a trial before she could learn an upgraded technique. The chapter ended with Na Lan Yan Ran accompanying Ye Tian and Yun Yun toward the Gate of Death, now forced to call Ye Tian her uncle.

• Na Lan Yan Ran asked Ye Tian how Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian had grown so powerful, and he showed her the upgraded Cultivation Methods.
• Yun Yun said Na Lan Yan Ran could cultivate the High-tier Earth-grade Wind Spirit Sword Art only after earning 500,000 Gold Coins’ worth of wealth for the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Tian sent the remaining upgraded Cultivation Methods to Senior Yun Shan to be restricted and placed in the Cultivation Technique and Skill Pavilion.
• Ye Tian explained that revealing Heaven-tier Cultivation Methods could attract powerful enemies, and Yun Yun agreed that the Heavenly Court was not strong enough to risk it.
• Yun Yun took Ye Tian toward the Gate of Death, and Ye Tian persuaded her to let Na Lan Yan Ran come along despite her Da Dou Shi cultivation.
• Ye Tian and Yun Yun insisted Na Lan Yan Ran call him Uncle, and she reluctantly obeyed before angrily punching at him.

Ye Tian, Yun Yun, and Na Lan Yan Ran explored the Misty Cloud Sect’s Gate of Death, where Na Lan Yan Ran opened the secret realm and passed its first trial. She received the first patriarch’s scrolls and access to the chamber’s Dou Qi inheritance.

• Ye Tian taught Na Lan Yan Ran the Black-tier High-Grade Dou Techniques Eight Extremes Collapse and Wind Sweeping Clouds, then explained that Xiao Yan had traded the former for Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Yun led Ye Tian and Na Lan Yan Ran to the Gate of Death, and Na Lan Yan Ran endured the lightning that opened its teleportation gate.
• The three entered the underground tomb, where Yun Yun and Na Lan Yan Ran paid their respects to Patriarch Yun Luo.
• Ye Tian declined the challenge and let Na Lan Yan Ran step on the pentagram stone, triggering a formation that attacked her with Wind Blades.
• Na Lan Yan Ran passed the trial, causing scrolls and dense Dou Qi to emerge, and Ye Tian handed her the scrolls containing Yun Luo’s insights and Dou Techniques.

Ye Tian developed artifact forging by creating treasure weapons powered by Magical Cores and inscribed with formation patterns. After his Wind Thunder Sword survived a heavenly tribulation, he introduced the technique to the Misty Cloud Sect and invited its alchemists to learn it.

• Ye Tian collected rare metals and Magical Cores, then forged the Crimson Flame Sword, a Low-grade Treasure Weapon that could repeatedly release fiery attacks.
• Ye Tian made sword blanks for Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian and explained that higher-tier weapons required spirit bestowal.
• Ye Tian forged the Wind Thunder Sword with a fifth-tier wind-attribute demonic core and a thunder spirit stone, and the sword attracted a heavenly tribulation.
• Ye Tian and the Wind Thunder Sword endured the lightning, and Ye Tian ended the tribulation with a Heaven-Opening Strike from the Heaven Slaying Sword Art.
• Ye Tian explained that spirit bestowal required powerful soul strength and urged Fa Ma, Gu He, and the other alchemists to learn artifact forging.
• Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei demonstrated the basics to the gathered cultivators, who became eager to try the technique.

Ye Tian developed the Artifact Forging Technique into a new industry for the Heavenly Court, then learned sword control and sword flight. With Jin Yan’s power, he used the Mustard Seed Space Technique to move the Snake People’s Holy Temple intact to their new city, where Medusa also received the techniques and made sure he rested.

• Ye Tian demonstrated the Crimson Flame Sword and established basic Treasure Weapon ranks, prompting the Heavenly Court to begin gathering materials and studying Artifact Forging.
• Jin Yan taught Ye Tian the Sword Control Technique and Sword Flight Technique, and he learned to fly on the Wind Thunder Sword in front of the sect’s disciples and the arriving Snake-People leaders.
• Ye Tian welcomed Queen Medusa and the Snake People’s Eight Great Leaders into the Heavenly Court, then learned their new Nine-Colored Holy City was being built near Qingshan Town.
• Jin Yan took control of Ye Tian and used the Mustard Seed Space Technique to shrink the Holy Temple, transport it to the Nine-Colored Holy City, and set it down intact.
• Medusa introduced Ye Tian to the Snake People’s four secluded elders, and the Great Elder teased her about setting a wedding date.
• Ye Tian shared the Mustard Seed Space Technique and Artifact Forging Technique with Medusa, who took him to her chambers and made him rest.

Ye Tian prepared pills and communication devices for the Snake-People, then arranged for Queen Medusa to accompany him to the Black Corner Region while their leaders guarded the tribe. He also sent a Snake-People team to take over the Myriad Medicine Hall in Qingshan Town, leaving the elders to dismiss the old trial against him as a rumor.

• Ye Tian refined hundreds of pills for the Snake-People, swallowed a Dou Spirit Pill, and advanced to Six-Star Dou King.
• Ye Tian and Medusa made Soul Communication Devices, tested one, and flew back to Nine-Colored Holy City on Ye Tian's Wind Thunder Sword.
• Medusa distributed pills to the Snake-People's leaders and announced that she would accompany Ye Tian to the Black Corner Region, while Ye Tian gave the leaders jade pendants and ordered them to stay behind.
• Ye Tian ordered Hua She'er to assign Yue Ling and three subordinates to manage the Myriad Medicine Hall in Qingshan Town, then personally escorted them there.
• After Ye Tian left with Medusa, Hua She'er asked the elders about the Ten Thousand Snakes Devouring Body trial, and they denied that the rule existed.

Ye Tian brought Yue Ling and the Snake-People to manage the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, then learned that the Soul Hall had captured Xiao Zhan and welcomed Yao Chen into the Heavenly Court. He demonstrated the Artifact Forging Technique, and Yao Chen forged a spirit-linked dagger that Xiao Yan claimed for himself.

• Ye Tian warned Qingshan Town's mercenaries not to harass the Snake-People and assigned Yue Ling and her subordinates to run the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Ye Tian and Xiao Yan visited Qinghe Village, where Ye Tian gave the villagers cultivation methods and Xiao Yan distributed pills.
• Xiao Yan told Ye Tian that the Soul Hall had taken Xiao Zhan, and Yao Chen advised him to protect the Ancient Jade and wait before taking action.
• Ye Tian revealed that he had subdued another Soul Hall Protector, prompting Yao Chen to join the Heavenly Court and offer to recruit allies in the Middle Continent.
• Ye Tian taught Yao Chen and Xiao Yan the basics of the Artifact Forging Technique, and Yao Chen forged a spirit-grade dagger that Xiao Yan bound to himself.

Ye Tian brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li into Heavenly Court, then returned to Misty Cloud Mountain to find its organization prospering. Queen Medusa forged her own upper-grade mortal-tier treasure weapon, the Nine-Colored Sword, but realized she needed a spirit-realm soul to make a spirit-grade weapon.

• Ye Tian told Medusa that Yao Chen came from the Yao Clan and had joined Heavenly Court to seek revenge against the Soul Hall.
• After taking two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills, Xiao Yan reached Five-Star Dou Grandmaster; he and Ye Tian then left Qinghe Village for Shimo City to recruit Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li agreed to join Heavenly Court, disbanded the Iron Desert Mercenary Group, and traveled with Ye Tian and Xiao Yan to Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Ye Tian explained Heavenly Court's upgraded cultivation methods and directed Xiao Yan and his brothers to Yun Shan to exchange techniques for contribution points.
• Ya Fei showed Ye Tian the proceeds from Heavenly Court's first weapon auction, and Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian displayed their treasure weapons.
• With Ye Tian's help preparing rare metals, Medusa forged the upper-grade mortal-tier treasure weapon Nine-Colored Sword and concluded that she needed a spirit-realm soul to forge a spirit-grade weapon.

Ye Tian revealed Yao Chen’s identity to Heavenly Court’s leaders, learned why Soul Hall had taken Xiao Zhan, and prepared an expedition to the Black Corner Region. As Ye Tian’s party set out, Xiao Xun’er learned of his power and worried that Xiao Yan might have been made his servant.

• Ye Tian introduced Yao Chen as Xiao Yan’s teacher and warned everyone to keep his identity secret from Soul Hall.
• Wu Ying and Tie Li reported that an Eight-star Dou Ancestor Heavenly-tier Protector had reached the Black Corner Region and explained that Xuan Protector had taken Xiao Zhan to Soul Hall as a hostage.
• Ye Tian ordered Wu Ying and Tie Li to guard Heavenly Court, gave the leaders communication jade pendants, and selected Yun Lei, Yun Sheng, and Yun Sha to join the expedition.
• Ye Tian gave the Pill Hall seven days to prepare medicines, then stored the expedition’s troops in Xiao Yi Xian’s Space Ring and rode the White Jade Kirin toward the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Xun’er learned from Ling Ying that Xiao Yan had joined Ye Tian’s Heavenly Court and that Ye Tian could defeat Dou Zong experts, so she feared he might have controlled Xiao Yan.

Xiao Xun'er shared news of Ye Tian’s extraordinary achievements with Jia Nan Academy, where the leaders arranged to guide him and students anticipated his arrival. Ye Tian and Xiao Yan were still on their way to the Black Corner Region, while the academy prepared for Ye Tian’s eventual arrival and possible challengers.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan had joined Ye Tian’s Heavenly Court Organization willingly and studied under Venerable Yao, but he could find no clues about Ye Tian’s powerful backer.
• Xiao Xun'er learned that Ye Tian had unified the Jia Ma Empire, reached the Dou Wang realm, and become a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, then reported the news to Instructor Ruo Lin and the other instructors.
• Instructor Ruo Lin informed Dean Hu Gan, who celebrated Ye Tian’s achievements and promoted her to Mystic Grade Instructor.
• Hu Gan consulted Great Elder Su Qian, who decided to personally guide Ye Tian, set his graduation requirement at five-star Dou Emperor, and ordered the Law Enforcement Team to watch for news of him.
• Hu Gan told Zi Yan about Ye Tian, prompting her to look forward to challenging him when he arrived.
• News of Ye Tian spread through Jia Nan Academy, and top Inner Academy students Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan became curious about him.

Ye Tian led his companions into the Black Corner Region and prepared them to survive its dangers with hidden auras, secret passwords, and Spiritual Sense Imprints. After Xiao Yan scouted ahead, they followed the merchant Duo Ma toward Black-Seal City and arrived at his town.

• Yao Chen warned Ye Tian’s group to trust only their own people, and Ye Tian had everyone conceal their strength and mark the plains with Energy Imprints.
• Ye Tian gave the Elite Squad a two-part contact password and arranged for Spiritual Sense Imprints to be placed on them for protection.
• Xiao Yan scouted ahead and reported that a merchant caravan was bound for Black-Seal City, while storms made maps unreliable.
• Ye Tian chose to follow Duo Ma’s caravan rather than take over the nearby town, while hinting to Medusa that he had a plan.
• Ye Tian’s group entered the town, where Xiao Yan’s earlier attack kept the guards from challenging them, and Duo Ma approached in surprise.