Chapter Summaries

Jiang Cheng watched the Jia Ma Empire auction, where Gu He yielded the Three-Leaf Green Spirit Grass to him and the final item, an Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill, drew fierce bidding. Fan Lao of the Blood Sect arrived and asserted his authority, while Jiang Cheng remained indifferent as the auction continued.

• Gu He recognized Jiang Cheng in Private Room One and stopped bidding on the Three-Leaf Green Spirit Grass, which Ya Fei awarded to Jiang Cheng.
• Jiang Cheng found the auction's early items useless, and Hai Bodong told him that the final item was an Earth Tier Low Grade Fighting Skill.
• Ya Fei introduced the Soul-Shattering Palm, and the crowd began bidding on the rare technique.
• Fan Lao entered the auction house, struck down its guards, and took over a private room after identifying himself as the Blood Sect's sect master.
• Jia Xing Tian challenged Fan Lao, but Fan Lao invoked his status and the Medicine Emperor's backing, while Mittel Teng Shan swallowed his anger.
• Fan Lao told Ya Fei to continue the auction, and Jiang Cheng remained seated and paid him no heed.

Fan Lao competed with Jia Xing Tian for an Earth-Tier Dou Technique, then tried to obtain Jiang Cheng’s Three-Leaf Green Spirit Grass and left after Hai Bodong stopped him. Jiang Cheng declined Jia Xing Tian’s offer to pay for his purchases and announced that he would soon leave the Jia Ma Empire.

• Fan Lao and Hai Bodong drove the auction price of the Earth-Tier Dou Technique higher, until Jia Xing Tian bid ten million gold coins and won it.
• Fan Lao threatened the bidders by invoking the Blood Sect and the Medicine Emperor, but yielded when Jia Xing Tian and the Jia Ma Empire’s experts united against him.
• After the auction, Fan Lao asked Jiang Cheng to sell him the Three-Leaf Green Spirit Grass, but Jiang Cheng refused and Hai Bodong blocked Fan Lao from attacking him.
• Fan Lao suppressed his anger and left the Mite'er Auction House with his subordinates.
• Jia Xing Tian offered to cover Jiang Cheng’s medicinal-material costs, but Jiang Cheng declined and said he would leave the Jia Ma Empire soon.

Jiang Cheng ambushed Fan Lao and the Blood Sect pursuers, killing them with seemingly effortless control over blood, leaves, and rain. He returned to Peach Forest Mountain with treats and told Cai Lin he had found most of the herbs for her Breakthrough Pill, then asked Qing Xue about her plans.

• Jiang Cheng stopped in the woods after sensing Fan Lao following him, and Fan Lao demanded the Three-Leaf Green Spirit Grass before ordering his men to attack.
• Jiang Cheng caused one Blood Sect Dou Wang to explode in blood mist, then killed the other charging Experts with flying leaves.
• Fan Lao begged Jiang Cheng for mercy, but the rain shattered and killed him; Jiang Cheng took the valuable items from the Storage Rings and discarded the rest.
• Jiang Cheng returned to Peach Forest Mountain, where Cai Lin and the others were reminiscing, and gave Qing Xue cherries and other treats.
• Jiang Cheng told Cai Lin he had gathered eighty percent of the herbs for her Breakthrough Pill and planned to seek the remaining two in the Black Corner Region.
• Jiang Cheng asked Qing Xue where she planned to go next.

After more than half a month of cultivation, Jiang Cheng demonstrated how he had adapted Yun Yun’s sword technique before setting out with Cai Lin to search for the herbs needed for her Breakthrough Pill. He left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to cultivate, while Qing Xue returned to Heavenly Snake Manor.

• Jiang Cheng watched Cai Lin and Yun Yun spar, then tested Yun Yun and showed her a quicker, more decisive version of the Misty Cloud Sect’s sword technique.
• Jiang Cheng used the Folding Fan as a sword to send a towering surge of water from the lake, shocking Yun Yun with his skill.
• Jiang Cheng announced that he would leave with Cai Lin to find the remaining herbs for the Breakthrough Pill and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to keep cultivating.
• Jiang Cheng departed on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, leaving Qing Xue behind and prompting her to pout.
• Qing Xue gave Qing Lin several Heavenly Snake Manor Cultivation Methods before returning to the manor, while Cai Lin and Yun Yun bid her farewell.

Jiang Cheng and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King reached the Black Corner Region in search of medicinal materials and traveled toward Jia Nan Academy. Jiang Cheng presented a token from Dean Mang Tianchi, and academy disciples escorted him aboard a War Boat to the academy.

• Jiang Cheng refused to let the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King attack the fighters scrambling over the Blood Sect’s former territory and continued searching for herbs.
• Jiang Cheng and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King approached Peace Town, where Jia Nan Academy required visitors to take a pill that detected murderous intent.
• Jiang Cheng told an academy Dou Ling that he was the Academy Confucian Sage and wanted to visit Jia Nan Academy, then showed him a token bearing the academy’s authority.
• The Dou Ling and the other disciples knelt, arranged a War Boat for Jiang Cheng, and sent word to the academy elders.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King learned Jiang Cheng had received the token from Dean Mang Tianchi, while the Dou Ling wondered whether Jiang Cheng’s strength exceeded the Dou Zong realm.

Jiang Cheng, the Academy Confucian Sage, arrived at Jia Nan Academy with the Dean’s token and was welcomed by Vice Dean Hu Gan. He asked Hu Gan to help obtain a list of rare medicinal materials, and Hu Gan promised to search the academy’s stores and beyond.

• Hu Gan summoned the academy’s Elders to welcome Jiang Cheng after learning he carried the Dean’s token.
• Jiang Cheng arrived at Jia Nan Academy with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Hu Gan led them to the Inner Academy.
• A young girl in the crowd recognized Jiang Cheng and fearfully wondered why he had come.
• Hu Gan hosted Jiang Cheng in First Elder Su Qian’s guest courtyard and offered him tea.
• Jiang Cheng gave Hu Gan a list of rare medicinal materials, and Hu Gan agreed to search for them despite their great cost and scarcity.

Jiang Cheng revealed an Eighth-Grade Pill at Jia Nan Academy, drawing the Thousand Hundred Elders to meet the powerful visitor. In the Black Corner Region, Han Feng sensed the pill and moved to gather Dou Emperors for a plan involving Jia Nan Academy and the Heavenly Flames.

• Jiang Cheng opened a box containing an Eighth-Grade Pill with Nine-Colored Heavenly Thunder, briefly stirring a powerful phenomenon over Jia Nan Academy before suppressing it.
• Han Feng sensed the pill’s aura and decided to visit Jia Nan Academy, believing a great figure had arrived.
• Elder Ban arrived to discuss the Heavenly Flames, and Han Feng ordered him to summon the Black Corner Region’s Dou Emperors to advance their plan.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie arrived at the Dean’s Guest Courtyard, recognized Jiang Cheng as a Dou Saint Expert, and respectfully greeted him.
• Jiang Cheng told Qian Mu and Bai Lie that he knew them through their Dean, Mang Tianchi, and asked them to dispense with formalities.

Jiang Cheng began refining four Dou Venerate Pills for the Thousand Hundred Elders at Jia Nan Academy, drawing a massive Pill Lightning phenomenon. The chapter ended as the clouds turned into legendary five-colored thunder, revealing the pills’ extraordinary quality.

• Jiang Cheng promised to fulfill his agreement with Mang Tianchi by refining Dou Venerate Pills to help the Thousand Hundred Elders break through.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan evacuated the Inner Academy while the Elders prepared Jia Nan Academy’s Back Mountain for the dangerous refinement.
• Jiang Cheng used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Golden Dragon Phoenix Cauldron to refine the medicinal materials as thunderclouds gathered overhead.
• Su Qian and Alchemists from across the region arrived to witness the refinement while the Thousand Hundred Elders guarded Jiang Cheng.
• After several days, Jiang Cheng opened his eyes and the black thunderclouds transformed into five-colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the observers.

Jiang Cheng completed the Eighth-Grade pill refinement, subdued the pills, and handed two Dou Venerate Pills to the Thousand Hundred Elders. He revealed that his Soul Power had reached the Half-step Heaven Realm, then declined the gathered Alchemists’ requests to become his disciples as they left Jia Nan Academy.

• Jiang Cheng faced the Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and completed the pill refinement.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan realized Mang Tianchi had planned to exchange the Fallen Heart Flame for Jiang Cheng’s help, and agreed the trade was worthwhile.
• Jiang Cheng subdued the Eighth-Grade Pills, gave two Dou Venerate Pills to the Thousand Hundred Elders, and kept the other two for Yun Yun and Cai Lin.
• Jiang Cheng told the Alchemists that his Soul Power had reached the Half-step Heaven Realm and refused their requests to become his disciples.
• The Alchemists departed Jia Nan Academy peacefully while the Thousand Hundred Elders kept their Dou Venerate Pills.

After resting at Jia Nan Academy, Jiang Cheng received Xiao Xun Er, who came to discuss the Tou She Ancient God Jade taken from the Xiao Family. She was stunned to learn that he was a twenty-one-year-old Dou Saint and confused when his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame overpowered hers.

• Su Qian welcomed Jiang Cheng to Jia Nan Academy and arranged for him to rest before they dealt with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Jiang Cheng settled into a quiet guest courtyard, where Xiao Xun Er arrived and respectfully asked to speak with him.
• Jiang Cheng identified the Tou She Ancient God Jade as the reason for Xiao Xun Er's visit and said he did not fear the Gu Clan's response.
• Jiang Cheng told Xiao Xun Er that he was twenty-one, leaving her astonished at his age and strength as a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Xun Er asked about Jiang Cheng's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and he explained that hers was a Child Flame while his was the true flame.

Xiao Xun Er asked Jiang Cheng for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but he refused and promised to keep its existence secret. The next morning, Jia Nan Academy evacuated the Inner Academy as the Fallen Heart Flame stirred beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, and Jiang Cheng prepared to take over once the seal was opened.

• Xiao Xun Er asked Jiang Cheng to hand over the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but he refused and she agreed not to inform the Gu Clan Experts.
• Xiao Xun Er warned Jiang Cheng to keep the jade secret and said Elder Ling would not reveal it; Jiang Cheng promised to keep quiet until his strength reached its peak.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King asked when they would take the Heavenly Flame, and Jiang Cheng said they would wait until First Elder Su Qian's affairs were finished.
• Jia Nan Academy evacuated its Inner Academy students as the Heavenly Flame began resisting, while Su Qian and Vice Dean Hu Gan summoned Jiang Cheng.
• Jiang Cheng arrived at the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, confirmed the students had been evacuated, and told Su Qian to leave the situation to him after the seal was broken.

Jia Nan Academy’s Elders forced Fallen Heart Flame out of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower while Jiang Cheng waited for it to emerge. When the flame attacked him, Jiang Cheng struck it down with a single finger as Medicine Emperor Han Feng approached the academy with allies.

• Jiang Cheng told Jia Nan Academy’s Elders to release the flame, and Su Qian led them in breaking the tower’s seal.
• Fallen Heart Flame grew too powerful for the Elders to contain, so Su Qian summoned Jia Nan Academy’s hidden Experts to help force it out.
• Medicine Emperor Han Feng and the Black Corner Region’s Dou Emperor Experts approached Jia Nan Academy, intending to obtain the Heavenly Flame while avoiding a confrontation with the academy.
• Jiang Cheng ordered the Elders to withdraw, then walked toward Fallen Heart Flame as it sensed his Heavenly Flames and charged at him.
• Jiang Cheng struck Fallen Heart Flame down with a casual finger, stunning Su Qian and the other Elders.

Han Feng arrived with allies to demand Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame, but Jiang Cheng, the Confucian Sage, stood in their way. The confrontation escalated as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King attacked Han Feng after he asked Jiang Cheng to hand over the flame.

• Jiang Cheng halted his attack on the Fallen Heart Flame when Han Feng and several Dou Emperor Experts arrived.
• Han Feng claimed he wanted to meet the Expert who could refine an Eighth-Grade Pill, then released his own Heavenly Flame after Su Qian refused to cooperate.
• Han Feng summoned the Gold and Silver Elders, who threatened Su Qian and demanded Jia Nan Academy hand over the Heavenly Flame.
• Jiang Cheng stopped Su Qian and the academy Elders from advancing, introduced himself as the Confucian Sage, and drew Han Feng’s attention.
• Han Feng questioned whether Jiang Cheng was a Dou Saint and offered to satisfy any terms in exchange for the Heavenly Flame.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King transformed into her true form and charged at Han Feng for asking Jiang Cheng to give him face.

Jiang Cheng confronted Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts as he pursued the intelligent Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy. He revealed overwhelming strength and forced Fallen Heart Flame to the ground, but it broke free again, and its true body emerged as its power began to erupt.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King revealed that Jiang Cheng was its master, and Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts respectfully greeted Jiang Cheng as Mister Confucian Sage.
• Jiang Cheng warned everyone to leave or face death, while Gold and Silver Elders asked to observe and Jiang Cheng allowed them to stay.
• Fallen Heart Flame tried to flee, but Jiang Cheng used his power to force it to the ground and then intercepted it when it sprang away again.
• Han Feng and Elder Ban recognized Fallen Heart Flame's tremendous strength and compared it with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Jiang Cheng shattered Fallen Heart Flame's condensed form, revealing its true body, and Han Feng ordered everyone to retreat as its energy prepared to erupt.

Jiang Cheng subdued the Lesser Fallen Heart Flame, drove Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts away, and preserved Jia Nan Academy’s Heart Fire Body Tempering. After devouring the flame and fusing it into the Flame Mantra, he raised the cultivation method to Heaven Tier Low Level and remained forty Experience Points short of advancing to Three-Star Dou Saint.

• Jiang Cheng used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to subdue and collect the Lesser Fallen Heart Flame, while Han Feng recognized the flame and gave up on claiming it.
• First Elder Su Qian warned Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts to leave, and Jiang Cheng infused some of the Lesser Fallen Heart Flame’s energy into the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Jiang Cheng considered the Magma World beneath the tower, where powerful Fire Lizardmen and the cave dwelling of Ancient Emperor Tuoshe lay.
• Jiang Cheng swallowed the Lesser Fallen Heart Flame and fused it into the Flame Mantra, raising the cultivation method to Heaven Tier Low Level and earning twenty Experience Points.
• Jiang Cheng’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame formed a dazzling tri-colored flame, while his experience total reached 60/100.

After fusing three Heavenly Flames, Jiang Cheng reached roughly Four- to Five-Star Dou Saint strength and met Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy. He gave her a Sixth-Grade Pill, and she recognized that his recent pill-energy disturbance came from his refining.

• Jiang Cheng withdrew the fused Heavenly Flames and assessed his strength at around Four- to Five-Star Dou Saint.
• Zi Yan confronted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in Jiang Cheng’s guest courtyard, and they argued over who was stronger.
• Jiang Cheng introduced himself as the Academy Confucian Sage, and Zi Yan questioned whether someone so young could be a Dou Saint.
• Jiang Cheng gave Zi Yan a Sixth-Grade Pill, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King revealed that Jiang Cheng was an Eighth-Grade Alchemist.
• Zi Yan introduced herself as Jia Nan Academy’s top Strong Ranking student and asked Jiang Cheng about the pill-energy disturbance she had sensed.

Zi Yan told Jiang Cheng about Earth Core Body Tempering Milk guarded by the Snow Demon Sky Ape, and persuaded him to help her obtain it. They reached the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Zi Yan taunted the ape into attacking them.

• Zi Yan asked Jiang Cheng about his pills and told him she knew where to find Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Zi Yan explained that the Snow Demon Sky Ape guarding the treasure was powerful and had harmed Jia Nan Academy disciples.
• Jiang Cheng agreed to accompany Zi Yan, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King joined them as they traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Zi Yan called out the Snow Demon Sky Ape and demanded the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• The enraged Snow Demon Sky Ape charged at the group, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King offered to fight it.

Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan entered the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave while the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King fought the ape outside. They found the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, collected some, and left most of it to regenerate.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King trapped the Snow Demon Sky Ape and fought it, revealing her Purple Crystal Seal as the battle intensified.
• Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan entered the cave, where Jiang Cheng uncovered a hidden passage beneath a pile of weeds.
• Zi Yan smelled the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and led Jiang Cheng to the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cultivation site.
• Jiang Cheng found the purer main source of the milk concealed inside a stone formation and explained that the liquid below had seeped from it.
• Jiang Cheng collected two-thirds of the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, gave some to Zi Yan, and restored the stone covering.

Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan returned from the Monster Mountain Range after the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King killed the Snow Demon Sky Ape and they collected its core. Jiang Cheng left Jia Nan Academy with the Lion King to return to the Jia Ma Empire, while Zi Yan stayed behind and planned to visit his home another time.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King crushed the Snow Demon Sky Ape, and Jiang Cheng accepted its core for refining a Sixth-Grade Pill.
• Zi Yan drank the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, while Jiang Cheng said he would give his supply to his two disciples.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King told Jiang Cheng that First Elder Su Qian had prepared the herbs, and Jiang Cheng invited Zi Yan to visit his home in the eastern Monster Mountain Range.
• Jiang Cheng declined the Jia Nan Academy elders' grand farewell and departed with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• On their journey back to the Jia Ma Empire, Jiang Cheng and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King discussed their gains and the need to let cultivation unfold naturally.

Yun Leng learned that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Zhe and decided the Misty Cloud Sect should wait for the sect master before acting. Jiang Cheng returned to the Monster Mountain Range and began refining a Seventh-Grade Pill as Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watched from nearby.

• A disciple reported Xiao Yan’s rapid cultivation to Yun Leng, who rejected Yun Fu and Yun Xu’s suggestion to kill him and chose to wait for the sect master’s return.
• Jiang Cheng and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King returned to the Monster Mountain Range, where Jiang Cheng found Medusa, Yun Yun, and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King absent.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King warned the Magical Beasts to keep their distance while Jiang Cheng began refining pills on Qiong Mountain.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Pill Lightning, and Yao Chen took him closer to observe Jiang Cheng refining a Seventh-Grade Pill.
• Jiang Cheng revealed that he had noticed Xiao Yan and Yao Chen and invited them closer, while Yao Chen cautioned Xiao Yan to remain wary.