Chapter Summaries

Gu Han recovered a Fallen Heart Flame Seedling from the Lava World and discovered Yao Tianhuo, the Heavenly Fire Venerate, whose soul agreed to help him in exchange for a chance at revival. Back at the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, Gu Han refused Xiao Yan’s request for the flame but offered to help him obtain a stronger one if he agreed to assist with a task.

• Gu Han took the Fallen Heart Flame Seedling and revealed Yao Tianhuo’s soul, learning that the former Dou Venerate had fallen after suffering injuries from two incompatible Fallen Heart Flames.
• Yao Tianhuo asked Gu Han to help revive him and offered his signature Dou Technique; Gu Han agreed, refined the elder’s skeletal remains into a Jade Thumb Ring, and let Yao Tianhuo reside inside it.
• Gu Han planned to ask Xiao Yan and Old Yao for help refining a revival pill and began devising a way to make the arrangement beneficial to them.
• Gu Han returned to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Zi Yan and Xiao Yan asked about his gains and he revealed that he had found another Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu Han refused to give Xiao Yan the flame but offered to help him obtain a stronger Fallen Heart Flame if he agreed to help with something.

Gu Han proposed splitting Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame into Yin and Yang Fires, allowing Xiao Yan and the academy to benefit while gaining control over their respective halves. In return, he asked Old Yao to help resurrect himself, then astonished everyone by producing nearly all the rare materials needed for the resurrection.

• Gu Han explained that he could divide the Fallen Heart Flame into two fires, giving Xiao Yan one and leaving Jia Nan Academy with the other.
• Su Qian agreed to the arrangement and offered Gu Han information and a favor, while Xiao Yan asked what he could do in return.
• Gu Han asked Old Yao to explain how to resurrect himself, and Old Yao listed the pill, beast blood, Dou Zong bones, and three Heavenly Flames required.
• Gu Han produced a Dou Zong corpse, Heavenly Demon Phoenix essence blood, and every ingredient Old Yao named for the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Gu Han claimed that obtaining three Heavenly Flames would be the simplest part, leaving everyone shocked.

Gu Han revealed that he had captured a Soul Hall Protector and gathered the resources needed to revive Yao Chen, while explaining the power Yao Chen once possessed. After Yao Tianhuo chose to delay his own revival in hopes of greater potential, Gu Han prepared to settle the matter at Jia Nan Academy.

• Gu Han asked Old Yao to refine a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and revealed that the corpse was a Six-Star Dou Zong Soul Hall Protector he had captured half a year earlier.
• Gu Han listed five Heavenly Flames among the group and noted that Jia Nan Academy stood above the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Old Yao explained that he had once been a Nine Revolutions Dou Venerate Peak, and that the available revival materials would restore him to roughly Three-Star Dou Venerate.
• Gu Han offered Yao Tianhuo the choice to revive with current resources or wait for a Dou Venerate corpse, a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, and Eighth-Order Magical Beast essence blood.
• Yao Tianhuo chose to wait and assist Gu Han for a while, and Gu Han told Su Qian they would begin resolving the matter immediately.

Gu Han split the Fallen Heart Flame, distributed its spirit liquid, and helped several Jia Nan Academy members advance before leaving. Ye Xinlan received a letter from him through Han Yue and was stunned by how much he knew about her.

• Gu Han used the Yin Yang Taiji Diagram to split the Fallen Heart Flame into yin and yang halves and distributed the refined Heart Flame Spirit Liquid.
• Gu Han broke through to Two-Star Dou Ancestor, Su Qian reached Four-Star Dou Zong, and other cultivators gained cultivation improvements.
• Zi Yan returned to her residence to sleep, while Xiao Yan took the Yin Fallen Heart Flame into the tower to refine it.
• Gu Han said farewell to Su Qian and left for Cloud Dusk City as students discussed joining his city.
• Han Yue gave Ye Xinlan a letter from Gu Han, and Ye Xinlan was shocked by its contents.

Ye Xinlan accepted Gu Han’s offer of powerful alchemical training in exchange for becoming his Personal Alchemist, while Gu Han tasked Yao Chen with refining pills and promised him a powerful revival. As Misty Cloud Sect returned from the sect tournament, a spatial rift opened before them and the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python attacked, prompting Yun Shan to call for Queen Medusa’s help.

• Gu Han offered Ye Xinlan two paths to protect the Ye Clan’s Elder seat: marry Xiao Yan or work for him as his Personal Alchemist after receiving elite training.
• Ye Xinlan eagerly agreed to meet Gu Han after raising her cultivation to Dou Ling, and Han Yue promised to take her to Cloud Dusk City.
• Gu Han gave Yao Chen resources and promised to revive him with a grade-eight Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and other enhancements, making Yao Chen eager to serve as his alchemist.
• Misty Cloud Sect returned from the Northwest Continent Sect Tournament with its reputation restored, while Xiao Mei asked Nalan Yanran whether the Great Elder would reward them.
• A spatial rift opened before the returning group, and Yun Shan attacked the incoming lightning before recognizing the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python and calling for Queen Medusa.

Yun Shan and Hai Bodong faced an attack by Jin Teng, a powerful Earth Flame Golden Crown Python, until Cai Die and Cai Li arrived and merged into a peak Nine-Star Dou Zong Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Their clash with Jin Teng ended in a massive explosion, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Yun Shan summoned the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python, and Jin Teng attacked Hai Bodong and the others with lava while Yun Shan tried to defend them.
• Cai Die and Cai Li arrived, blocked Jin Teng's attack, and challenged the python alongside Yun Shan.
• Jin Teng revealed that he served the Heavenly Snake Mansion and claimed no one would learn of its violation of the Hundred Sects Alliance Pact if its enemies died.
• Cai Die transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python as Cai Li merged into her, raising their combined cultivation to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• The merged sisters and Jin Teng unleashed powerful techniques against each other, culminating in an explosion that left Yun Shan and Hai Bodong uncertain who had won.

Cai Die and Cai Li sealed the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python with their Yin Yang Diagram, while Gu Han emerged from a battle with the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Second Elder, Qing Yuan. After Gu Han introduced himself and challenged Qing Yuan, the elder unleashed Space Strangulation.

• Cai Die and Cai Li used the Seven-Colored Great Bell and Yin Yang Twin Flames to seal the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python.
• Cai Die revealed that Qing Yuan had been occupied fighting Gu Han, and a spatial rift opened to reveal them battling as an Ice Phoenix and an azure python.
• Gu Han identified himself as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Great Elder, and the sect’s disciples reacted with admiration while Nalan Yanran and Xiao Mei resolved to pursue their own goals.
• Gu Han dismissed Qing Yuan’s claim that he had held back and challenged him to attack.
• Qing Yuan tapped the void with his staff and used Space Strangulation.

Gu Han survived Qing Yuan’s Space Strangulation and fought alongside Cai Die and Cai Li against the Dou Venerate. As the women clashed with Qing Yuan’s giant python, Gu Han contracted the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python and claimed its cultivation.

• Qing Yuan attacked Gu Han with Space Strangulation, but Gu Han escaped into the Xuanwu Secret Realm and reappeared unharmed.
• Gu Han returned the Yin Yang Twin Flames to the Taiji Diagram, which suppressed the Seven-Colored Great Bell and absorbed it into its internal space.
• Qing Yuan summoned cyan Energy Giant Pythons, and Cai Die and Cai Li joined Gu Han in fighting them while Yun Shan and Hai Bodong repelled stray attacks.
• Qing Yuan merged his Energy Giant Pythons into a thousand-foot serpent, and Cai Die and Cai Li transformed into a giant Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to meet it.
• Gu Han used the Snake Seal to contract the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python inside the Taiji Diagram and claimed its Seventh-Tier Peak cultivation.

Gu Han killed the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python, then borrowed Heavenly Fire Venerate's power to battle Qing Yuan, a newly advanced Dou Venerate. He unleashed a powerful Yin Yang Heavenly Cold Palm that devastated the plain, and afterward considered how Xun'er's gifted Dou Technique could help him deduce a true Heaven Tier technique.

• Gu Han used the Snake Seal to kill Jin Teng, the Earth Flame Golden Crown Python, and absorbed its cultivation.
• Qing Yuan learned Jin Teng had died and attacked Gu Han, merging with a giant energy python and sealing the surrounding space.
• Gu Han borrowed Heavenly Fire Venerate's power, raised his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Zong, and unleashed the Yin Yang Heavenly Cold Palm against Qing Yuan.
• Cai Li and Cai Die protected Yun Shan and the others from the battle's shockwaves as Gu Han's attack devastated the plain.
• Gu Han recovered with a medicinal pill and recalled that Xun'er had given him a Quasi-Heaven Tier Dou Technique.

Gu Han trapped Qing Yuan with the Yin Yang Tai Xu Array and struck him down with the Five Elements Yin Yang Cold Seal, but the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Great Elder Hui Wen arrived before Gu Han could finish him. Gu Han summoned Feng Xian of the Starfall Pavilion, who appeared to counter Hui Wen’s attack.

• Gu Han explained that his Spirit Realm Soul Power and Yin Yang Twin Flames let him control space well enough to prevent Qing Yuan from escaping through a spatial passage.
• Qing Yuan used Blood Escape but ran into Gu Han’s Yin Yang Tai Xu Array, and Gu Han struck him with the Five Elements Yin Yang Cold Seal, devastating the surrounding terrain.
• Gu Han told Yun Shan that Qing Yuan was not dead, then Hui Wen, a Three-Star Dou Venerate and the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Great Elder, appeared and threatened them.
• A Taiji Diagram enveloped the unconscious Qing Yuan and vanished, while Gu Han called on a hidden ally for help.
• Feng Xian of the Starfall Pavilion emerged from a spatial passage and used a wind blade to counter Hui Wen’s attack.

Gu Han revealed that Hui Qian had died and asked Wind Venerate to kill Hui Wen for the sake of Yao Chen’s resurrection. Wind Venerate pursued Hui Wen but returned with only a captured Tier 8 Black Heaven Python after Hui Wen escaped.

• Feng Xian identified himself as the deputy pavilion master of Starfall Pavilion and explained that he had come to the Misty Cloud Sect after receiving letters from Yao Chen and Gu Han.
• Gu Han told Hui Wen that his great-grandfather Hui Qian had died in a secret realm ten years earlier, and Hui Wen demanded that Qing Yuan be handed over before trying to leave.
• Gu Han showed Wind Venerate the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, whose soul resonance convinced him that Yao Chen was alive and prompted him to attack Hui Wen.
• Wind Venerate fought Hui Wen in the void while Gu Han told the Misty Cloud Sect that Wind Venerate was a Peak Four-Star Dou Venerate and Hui Wen had only recently reached Three-Star.
• Hui Wen used his contracted Tier 8 Black Heaven Python to block Wind Venerate’s killing blow, then escaped with Blood Escape after losing an arm.
• Wind Venerate returned with the severely wounded, unconscious Black Heaven Python stored in his Storage Ring.

Gu Han explained Yao Chen’s revival method to Wind Venerate and secured his interest in providing a Four-Star Dou Venerate corpse, while asking for the Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python. They arrived at Cloud Dusk City, where a Tier 8 pill was being refined and the atmosphere seemed ominous.

• Gu Han told Wind Venerate that Yao Chen’s revival required three Heavenly Flames, a powerful body, and Magical Beast Blood Essence, and revealed that Hui Wen was important to the process.
• Wind Venerate offered the body of a Four-Star Dou Venerate and agreed that there was no need to kill Hui Wen immediately.
• Gu Han asked Wind Venerate for the Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python, and Wind Venerate said he would decide after speaking with Yao Chen.
• Gu Han recounted Yao Chen’s experiences, and Wind Venerate grew furious when he heard about Han Feng.
• Gu Han, Cai Die, Cai Li, and Wind Venerate reached Cloud Dusk City and saw three-colored Pill Lightning above the City Lord’s Manor, signaling a Tier 8 pill refinement.

Gu Han and Wind Venerate watched Yao Chen refine a grade eight Medicinal Pill, but Soul Hall forces and several Dou Zongs moved to seize it and attack him. As the confrontation threatened to erupt into battle, Wind Venerate announced that the Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master had arrived, and a devastating hurricane spread across the sky.

• Gu Han deduced the strength of the forces nearby and told Wind Venerate that he planned to settle the Black Corner Region before dealing with the Heavenly Snake Mansion and confronting the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen completed the grade eight Medicinal Pill, but Old Devil of the Earth, Xue Teng, and a mysterious Dou Zong tried to snatch it; Yao Chen used his chains to pull the pill away from them.
• A Soul Hall Heaven-Rank Protector appeared with dozens of black shadows and called on Old Devil of the Earth, Xue Teng, and Old Man Yinshan to help capture Yao Chen.
• Old Devil of the Earth, Xue Teng, and Old Man Yinshan agreed to assist the Soul Hall, while the Golden Silver Elders, Ling Xiao, Ling Ying, and Su Qian prepared to support Yao Chen.
• Wind Venerate’s voice declared that the Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master was not someone the attackers could offend, as a vast, destructive hurricane formed over Cloud Dusk City.

Gu Han and Wind Venerate saved Cloud Dusk City from Soul Hall and defeated the attackers, while Wind Venerate reunited with Yao Chen and supplied what he needed for resurrection. The chapter ended with Wind Venerate presenting a captured Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python as the required Magical Beast essence-blood source.

• Wind Venerate killed Protector Diao, and Gu Han sealed the battlefield while Cloud Dusk City's Dou Zong experts confronted Old Devil of the Earth, Xue Teng, and Old Man Yinshan.
• Wind Venerate reunited with Yao Chen, explained why he had changed his appearance, and promised him the corpse of a Four-Star Dou Venerate for his resurrection.
• Wind Venerate revealed that he had captured a living Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python to provide the Magical Beast essence blood Yao Chen needed.
• Su Qian, the Qian and Bai Elders, Mo Tianxing, and the other hidden experts watched in shock as Wind Venerate displayed the enormous, wounded python.

Gu Han took control of the Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python and led the purge of Demon Flame Valley and the Xue Family, then arranged rewards and defenses before preparing to leave for Middle Continent. The chapter ended with him asking Wind Venerate whether he wanted a Half-Saint's legacy.

• Old Yao gave Gu Han the Eight-Winged Black Heaven Python and a Tier 8 Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, and Gu Han sealed the beast and stored it in the Yin Yang Tai Xu Map.
• Gu Han declared that Misty Cloud Sect would not annex the Black Corner Region but would purge the Xue Family, Old Man Yinshan, Old Devil of the Earth, and Demon Flame Valley if they threatened Cloud Dusk City.
• Gu Han and his allies ordered the purge, with Su Qian and Jia Nan Academy assisting, and Demon Flame Valley and the Xue Family were destroyed three days later.
• Gu Han distributed the spoils and rewards, giving Ling Xiao Millennium Cold Jade, Ling Ying python essence blood, the Golden Silver Elders an Earth Tier Mid Grade Fighting Skill, and Xiao Li Demon Flame Valley techniques.
• Gu Han made final arrangements for Cloud Dusk City's defenses and asked Wind Venerate if he was interested in a Half-Saint's legacy.

Gu Han persuaded Wind Venerate to help target Hui Wen and revealed that Hui Qian’s secret realm held his body and wealth, though they had to wait for Hui Wen to recover. Two months later, Gu Han returned from seclusion with Cai Die and Cai Li, having risen to Six-Star Dou Zong, and learned Xiao Yan was close to breaking through.

• Gu Han asked Wind Venerate to help kill Hui Wen before he could recover and strike back.
• Gu Han explained that Hui Qian had died after Old Yao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame weakened him, leaving his body and wealth in a secret realm that required Hui Wen’s blood or the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master’s secret technique to enter.
• Wind Venerate eagerly agreed to go after Hui Qian’s inheritance, but Gu Han said Hui Wen needed about three months to recover before they could open the secret realm.
• Over the next two months, Cloud Dusk City’s pill lightning drew alchemists but no further attackers, while the Black Corner Region’s factions resumed fighting among themselves.
• Feng Xian told Yao Chen that Xiao Yan would likely break through within a month, then Gu Han, Cai Die, and Cai Li emerged from a spatial passage.
• Feng Xian and Yao Chen were astonished that Gu Han had reached Six-Star Dou Zong with a stable foundation after only two months of seclusion.

After leaving seclusion, Gu Han prepared to travel to Heavenly Snake Mansion while arranging to save Flower Sect Leader Hua Yu from the Heavenly Underworld Poison. At the City Lord's Manor, he met Han Yue, her younger sister Han Xue, and Ye Xinlan, and asked Cai Li and Cai Die to nurture the Han sisters.

• Gu Han's cultivation and that of Cai Die, Cai Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin had advanced through their cultivation together, while the Snake Seal was exhausted.
• Gu Han accepted Yao Chen's grade eight medicinal pills and explained that he intended to use the Heavenly Underworld Clearing Pill to save Hua Yu, the poisoned Flower Sect Leader.
• Gu Han said he would head to Heavenly Snake Mansion, where Hui Wen was expected to return in half a month to claim Hui Qian's inheritance.
• Gu Han traveled with Cai Li and Cai Die to meet Han Yue, Han Xue, and Ye Xinlan at the City Lord's Manor.
• Gu Han asked Cai Li and Cai Die to choose one of the Han sisters each and nurture them.

Gu Han arranged for Cai Li and Cai Die to guide Han Yue and Han Xue, then brought Ye Xinlan to Yao Chen, who accepted her as a registered disciple. Ye Xinlan learned her new teacher was Venerable Yao and pledged to serve Gu Han after helping the Ye Clan retain its Pill Tower seat.

• Cai Li and Cai Die argued over which Han sister each would teach, then Cai Die took Han Xue and Cai Li took Han Yue to assess their cultivation.
• Gu Han offered to find Ye Xinlan a teacher in return for her becoming his Personal Alchemist, and she agreed to help preserve the Ye Clan's Pill Tower seat.
• Gu Han brought Ye Xinlan to Yao Chen and Feng Xian, where Yao Chen learned that Ye Xinlan's great-grandfather Ye Mushan had died and the Ye Clan was at risk of losing its Elder's seat.
• Yao Chen accepted Ye Xinlan as his registered disciple because he had been friends with Ye Mushan.
• Gu Han introduced Yao Chen as Venerable Yao of Starfall Pavilion, and Ye Xinlan pledged to serve Gu Han after helping the Ye Clan secure its position.

Gu Han arranged for Ye Xinlan to study under Old Yao, then began reviving Heavenly Fire Venerate with a Tier 8 pill, Heavenly Demon Phoenix Essence Blood, and a Dou Venerate body. After completing the revival process, he went to awaken Zi Yan from seclusion.

• Gu Han encouraged Ye Xinlan to study under Old Yao and told her to join him and Xiao Yan in the Middle Continent after Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion.
• Gu Han offered Heavenly Fire Venerate the chance to revive immediately using a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, Heavenly Demon Phoenix Essence Blood, and Qing Yuan's body, and Heavenly Fire Venerate accepted.
• Gu Han used three Heavenly Flames to help Heavenly Fire Venerate's soul merge with Qing Yuan's body, then supplied the pill and essence blood to transform the body into one compatible with his soul.
• Gu Han left Heavenly Fire Venerate to complete the revival and checked on the others in the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Gu Han went underground to the Lava World and called Zi Yan out of seclusion, causing the purple crystal around her to melt.

Zi Yan emerged from seclusion after absorbing the Transformation Herb, reached the Sixth-Order, and learned to manifest her Ancient Void Dragon form. Gu Han gave her spirit food to support her next breakthrough, then brought her to meet Cai Die and Cai Li in Cloud Dusk City, where Han Yue and Han Xue were astonished by her mastery of space.

• Zi Yan’s body changed as she completed her absorption of the Transformation Herb, and Gu Han explained that her human appearance would mature with her cultivation and age.
• Gu Han kissed Zi Yan, then watched her manifest her giant purple-gold Ancient Void Dragon form and warned her to conceal her identity.
• Gu Han gave Zi Yan a bracelet of spirit food and said it could help her reach the Seventh-Tier within a year.
• Gu Han brought Zi Yan out of the Xuanwu Secret Realm to Cloud Dusk City, where Cai Die and Cai Li were teaching disciples.
• Zi Yan rushed to Cai Die and Cai Li using space-shifting skill, and Han Yue and Han Xue mistook her for a Dou Zong.