Chapter Summaries

Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian helped refugees fleeing the Stone Kingdom before heading toward the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh to find the Netherworld Poison Flame. They encountered two Dou Venerates fighting over the conflict between the Stone Kingdom and Qingyun Empire, but Jiang Cheng left the dispute behind and continued toward the Abyss.

• Jiang Cheng gave Xiao Yi Xian a pill to heal the refugees, then told them to leave before the area became another battlefield.
• Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian continued toward the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh, where Jiang Cheng sensed a battle between Dou Venerates.
• Jiang Cheng protected Xiao Yi Xian with Dou Qi armor and stopped the two Dou Venerates' clash with a wave of his fan.
• The Qingyun Empire Dou Venerate and the Stone Kingdom Dou Venerate argued over which side had provoked the conflict.
• Jiang Cheng refused to get involved in the empires' dispute and continued toward the Abyss, with Xiao Yi Xian following.

Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh to search for the Netherworld Poison Flame, braving its deadly miasma and collecting a Seven-Colored Poison Flower. They followed strange claw marks deeper into the underground world, where signs of a large poisonous creature suggested they were not alone.

• Jiang Cheng ignored the Dou Venerates' warning and descended into the Forbidden Zone with Xiao Yi Xian, protecting them from the Poisonous Miasma with a Dou Qi barrier.
• Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the underground world, passing deadly vines and the skeletons of people who had died in the poisonous miasma.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a Seven-Colored Poison Flower, and Jiang Cheng uprooted it while dispersing its poisonous gas so she could safely collect it.
• Jiang Cheng gathered the Storage Rings from the skeletons, and he and Xiao Yi Xian continued deeper in search of the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian found strange claw marks surrounded by poisonous gas, and Jiang Cheng judged that a three-to-five-meter creature likely lived nearby.

Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian encountered a Netherworld Blood Wolf clan in the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh. After Jiang Cheng slaughtered many of the wolves, their Three-Star Dou Saint leader arrived and demanded an explanation.

• Jiang Cheng recognized an ancient Netherworld Blood Wolf after it attacked him and Xiao Yi Xian in the poisonous fog.
• The Three-Star Dou Venerate wolf summoned its clan, and Jiang Cheng killed it as more wolves surrounded them.
• Jiang Cheng shielded Xiao Yi Xian and cut down the charging Netherworld Blood Wolves with his folding fan.
• The surviving wolves cried out for reinforcements, and their blood-red Three-Star Dou Saint leader appeared and confronted Jiang Cheng over the clan’s deaths.

Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian confronted the Netherworld Blood Wolf King over the Netherworld Poison Flame, and the king revealed that it had swallowed the flame before attacking Jiang Cheng. Their battle shook the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh, while nearby rulers feared the spreading poisonous miasma and moved to contain it.

• The Netherworld Blood Wolf King refused to trade the Netherworld Poison Flame for Jiang Cheng’s Eighth-Grade Pill, demanding a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill instead.
• The Wolf King attacked Xiao Yi Xian after she insulted it, and Jiang Cheng kicked it into the ground to protect her.
• The Wolf King rose with dark green flames covering its body, revealing that it had swallowed the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Jiang Cheng began fighting the Wolf King while Xiao Yi Xian waited behind him with her Seven-Colored Poison Flower keeping the other wolves at bay.
• Liu Qingyun, Huang Hunzan, and Shi Heng sensed the battle’s immense power near the Abyss, and Shi Heng ordered the area sealed to stop the poisonous miasma from escaping.

Jiang Cheng burned away the Poisonous Miasma with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, then killed the Netherworld Blood Wolf King and obtained the Netherworld Poison Flame. He stored the flame in a Storage Ring, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned because Heavenly Flames supposedly could not be stored that way.

• Shi Heng called the Eastern Continent's Dou Zong Experts to the border as the Poisonous Miasma rapidly spread, while Liu Qingyun worried about the Senior trapped inside.
• Jiang Cheng summoned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, burned away the Poisonous Miasma, and shocked the three Dou Saint Experts outside by revealing the fourth-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Jiang Cheng used Three Thousand Illusions and a barrage of attacks to kill the Netherworld Blood Wolf King.
• A butterfly containing the Netherworld Poison Flame emerged from the Wolf King's body, and Jiang Cheng captured it with protection from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Jiang Cheng placed the Netherworld Poison Flame in a Storage Ring, surprising Xiao Yi Xian, who believed Heavenly Flames could not be stored in one.

Jiang Cheng defeated the Netherworld Blood Wolf King, took its Nine-Tier magical core, and reassured the Eastern Continent’s experts that he would not punish them for trying to seal the area. The Qingyun Fairy then appeared and confronted him over leaving without saying goodbye, ending with her asking whether he hated her.

• Jiang Cheng stored the Heavenly Flame, retrieved the Wolf King’s magical core, and returned to the ground with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Qingyun, Shi Heng, Huang Hunzan, and the gathered experts greeted Jiang Cheng and apologized for trying to seal the area.
• Jiang Cheng introduced himself as the Academy Confucian Sage and forgave the experts, who recalled how he had once cured plagues in their lands.
• The Qingyun Fairy arrived and angrily confronted Jiang Cheng for leaving without saying goodbye.
• The Qingyun Fairy asked Jiang Cheng if he hated her, with tears welling in her eyes.

Jiang Cheng reunited with Qingyun Fairy, who brought him and Xiao Yi Xian to her home and revealed that the Yin Yang Lightning Pattern Tiger he had left in her care was killed by a Dou Saint. The chapter ended with Jiang Cheng learning the beast’s magical core had been stolen and its killer had escaped.

• Qingyun Fairy attacked Jiang Cheng, then stopped her sword inches from his neck and left after confronting him about his past departure.
• Qingyun Fairy recognized Xiao Yi Xian as the holder of a Calamity Poison Body and ordered her and Jiang Cheng to follow her.
• Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian visited Qingyun Fairy’s home, where she revealed Jiang Cheng had created its peach grove decades earlier.
• Qingyun Fairy asked Jiang Cheng whether he remembered the Yin Yang Lightning Pattern Tiger he had left with her.
• Qingyun Fairy told Jiang Cheng that a Dou Saint had killed the Yin Yang Lightning Pattern Tiger two years after he left, stolen its magical core, and escaped.

Jiang Cheng brought Xiao Yi Xian to Qingyun Fairy so she could absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame and strengthen her Calamity Poison Body. After helping Xiao Yi Xian begin the process, Jiang Cheng told Qingyun Fairy he would leave once she finished absorbing the flame.

• Jiang Cheng told Qingyun Fairy he would investigate the death of his Yin Yang Lightning Pattern Tiger and seek justice.
• Jiang Cheng revealed the Netherworld Poison Flame and offered it to Xiao Yi Xian to devour.
• Qingyun Fairy gave Xiao Yi Xian an Eighth-Grade Six-Colored Heavenly Thunder Poison Pill to trigger her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian consumed the pill, and Jiang Cheng helped her withstand its effects as her hair turned silver white.
• Qingyun Fairy placed the Netherworld Poison Flame in Xiao Yi Xian's mouth and guided it toward her Na Ling while she endured the painful absorption.
• After Xiao Yi Xian began cultivating, Jiang Cheng told Qingyun Fairy he planned to leave once she successfully absorbed the flame.

Jiang Cheng rejected Qingyun Fairy’s hopes of staying with him, but admitted that she had once held a place in his heart, allowing her to leave with renewed resolve. After Xiao Yi Xian mastered her Netherworld Poison Flame, Jiang Cheng took her to rejoin Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin in the Monster Mountain Range, where construction of a Snake People settlement was underway.

• Jiang Cheng told Qingyun Fairy he could not remain in one place, then admitted that there had been a place for her in his heart.
• Qingyun Fairy left after declaring that she would strive to reach the peak and hoped to ride clouds and travel seas with Jiang Cheng one day.
• Xiao Yi Xian awakened from cultivation and successfully summoned her Netherworld Poison Flame, and Jiang Cheng praised her progress.
• Cai Lin and Yun Yun discussed the Snake People settlement under construction in the eastern Monster Mountain Range.
• Jiang Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in the Monster Mountain Range, where Qing Lin ran to greet them and Jiang Cheng asked whether anything had happened during his absence.

Jiang Cheng agreed to let Cai Lin lead the Snake People Tribe’s peaceful relocation and received a system quest to find a Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Black Corner Region. He prepared for the trip and accepted Cai Lin’s hundred million gold coins after Zi Yan ate a valuable Ice Crystal Fruit.

• Cai Lin assured Jiang Cheng that she would punish any Snake People who harmed or robbed humans, and he agreed to trust her leadership.
• The system assigned Jiang Cheng a one-month quest to obtain a Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Black Corner Region for ten experience points.
• Jiang Cheng decided to leave after a few days and planned to raise his experience before pursuing the quest.
• Jiang Cheng confronted Zi Yan about eating the Peach Forest’s resources and pointed out that her half-eaten Ice Crystal Fruit was a material for a Seventh-Grade Pill.
• Cai Lin gave Jiang Cheng a card holding one hundred million gold coins and said Zi Yan’s eaten fruit could be written off.

Hai Bodong visited Jiang Cheng to report that the Cloudy Sky Empire had attacked the Jia Ma Empire and to ask about a mysterious treasure tied to a Dou Saint. Jiang Cheng left the empire’s response to Jia Xing Tian, declined to attend the Mittel Family’s auction, and allowed Hai Bodong to cultivate near him despite Queen Medusa’s warning.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Jiang Cheng that Hai Bodong had arrived, and Jiang Cheng invited him to the bamboo pavilion.
• Hai Bodong reported that the Cloudy Sky Empire blamed Yan Li’s death on the Jia Ma Empire and had sent Experts to attack civilians along the border.
• Jiang Cheng told Hai Bodong to leave the conflict to Jia Xing Tian and said the Mu Lan Empire and Luo Yan Empire would not interfere because they knew of his presence.
• Hai Bodong told Jiang Cheng that the Mittel Family had found a treasure possibly related to a Dou Saint, but Jiang Cheng postponed discussing it because he planned to visit the Black Corner Region.
• Hai Bodong asked to cultivate nearby, and Queen Medusa warned him to stay out of her sight; he said he would build a small house at the mountain’s foot.

Jiang Cheng left for the Black Corner Region with Zi Yan, who gathered treasures along the way and persuaded him to investigate a hidden stash. The chapter ended with them approaching a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast guarding the hoard Zi Yan had long wanted to loot.

• Hai Bodong left after Queen Medusa made clear she would not welcome his interference, and Jiang Cheng asked Cai Lin to treat his friend more politely.
• Jiang Cheng set out for the Black Corner Region with Zi Yan, who brought an oversized sack to collect peaches before they departed.
• Zi Yan scavenged treasures, herbs, and medicinal pills through the Monster Mountain Range while Jiang Cheng found several herbs needed for an Eighth-Grade Pill.
• Zi Yan urged Jiang Cheng to raid a Dou Zong expert's hidden stash, claiming its owner was a notorious extortionist who hoarded stolen medicinal materials.
• Jiang Cheng agreed to investigate the stash, and Zi Yan kissed his cheek before leading him toward the Sixth-Tier Magical Beast guarding it.

Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan broke into a sealed cave residence guarded by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, freed the beast from its seal, and collected medicinal treasures. Zi Yan gave Jiang Cheng the herbs to refine into pills before the freed beast departed for the mountains.

• Zi Yan woke the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King by striking it with a boulder, and Jiang Cheng stopped its attack with a fallen leaf.
• Jiang Cheng shattered the seal imprisoning the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and broke the cave residence’s spatial barrier.
• Zi Yan and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King entered the cave and gathered medicinal materials while Jiang Cheng waited outside reading.
• Zi Yan gave Jiang Cheng jade boxes of herbs and asked him to refine pills for her, Cai Lin, and Yun Yun.
• Jiang Cheng declined the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s offer to be his mount, and the freed beast flew away to find a mountain range.

Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan headed toward Black Seal City for an auction, where Jiang Cheng intended to obtain a map fragment and a Seventh-Grade Pill. Mang Tianchi found them and invited Jiang Cheng to Jia Nan Academy, but Jiang Cheng said he still had business to handle.

• Jiang Cheng disguised himself and gave Zi Yan black clothes before setting out for Black Seal City to attend the auction.
• Zi Yan complained about the clothes, then cut them to fit after tripping over them while following Jiang Cheng.
• Mang Tianchi appeared after sensing Jiang Cheng's aura and learned that Jiang Cheng had reached peak Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Mang Tianchi asked Jiang Cheng about taking the Heavenly Flames from the academy's tower, and Jiang Cheng said he had left a Fallen Heart Flame Child Flame behind.
• Mang Tianchi invited Jiang Cheng to Jia Nan Academy for food and wine, but Jiang Cheng said he had come for the auction, not to see him.

Jiang Cheng went with Mang Tianchi and Zi Yan to the Eight Gates auction house in the Black Corner Region, where he offered a gourd of fine wine for auction. Mang Tianchi rejected the appraiser’s low estimate and offered Jiang Cheng one million gold coins to buy it himself.

• Mang Tianchi agreed to accompany Jiang Cheng, who said he had come to find a map before the Black Corner Region auction.
• Mang Tianchi met Zi Yan, and the three went to the Eight Gates auction house.
• Mang Tianchi and Jiang Cheng discussed Bai Lie and Qian Mu’s breakthroughs while sharing Jiang Cheng’s wine.
• An Eight Gates appraiser praised the wine and estimated it was worth two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Mang Tianchi snatched back the wine and offered Jiang Cheng one million gold coins for the gourd.

Jiang Cheng attended the Eight Gates auction with Mang Tianchi and waited for the valuable treasures to appear. He bought a young girl being auctioned and had her brought to stand beside him, leaving the surrounding bidders speculating about his intentions.

• Jiang Cheng accepted one million gold coins from the Eight Gates appraiser as experts from several factions gathered for the auction.
• The Eight Gates auctioneer opened the event and warned bidders against causing trouble in the Auction House.
• Jiang Cheng and Mang Tianchi dismissed the opening weapon and other low-quality items while waiting for the treasures they wanted.
• Jiang Cheng bid one hundred thousand gold coins for a frightened girl being auctioned, and the other bidders declined to compete.
• Jiang Cheng paid the full amount and ordered the girl brought to stand beside him, prompting the auctioneer and bidders to wonder what he intended.

Jiang Cheng took Xiao Die under Mang Tianchi’s care and bid on a Fragmented Map at the auction. After he stopped bidding, Mohan bought it for two hundred thousand gold coins and blamed Jiang Cheng for the ridicule he faced.

• Jiang Cheng learned that Xiao Die had been tricked into the auction after her family died and entrusted her to Mang Tianchi, saying she had the potential to reach Dou Emperor.
• The auctioneer presented a worn Fragmented Map, and Jiang Cheng bid one hundred ten thousand gold coins for it.
• Elder Qing bid one hundred fifty thousand gold coins, but Jiang Cheng warned her that the map was useful to him and assured her he would not harm Heavenly Snake Manor.
• A member of Black Skull Tomb bid two hundred thousand gold coins after Jiang Cheng stopped bidding, and the crowd mocked him for buying the map.
• Mohan became furious at the insults, glared toward Jiang Cheng, and threatened revenge against the masked bidder.

The auction of Three Thousand Lightning Movement sparked fierce bidding among the Black Skull Tomb and the Heavenly Snake Manor, while Jiang Cheng and Mang Tianchi considered taking it from the winner later. The auction’s guarded finale was revealed to be a likely seventh-grade medicinal pill, which Zi Yan wanted to eat but Jiang Cheng refused to let her have.

• The auctioneer presented Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and Jiang Cheng confirmed it was the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s Cultivation Method.
• Mohan bid five million gold coins for the technique, and Elder Qing countered with eight million before Mohan raised the price to ten million.
• Elder Qing stopped bidding, and the Rakshasa Sect also declined to compete as its members awaited the next item.
• Mang Tianchi and Zi Yan tacitly agreed they could take the technique from the Black Skull Tomb later.
• Yuan Yi arrived with guards and other powerful Experts as the auction house prepared to present its grand finale.
• The auctioneer revealed a chilled box containing a likely seventh-grade medicinal pill, and Jiang Cheng told Zi Yan she could not eat it.

At the Eight Gates auction, the finale was revealed as a Seventh-Grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Jiang Cheng offered a Seventh-grade Creation Pill instead of accepting the seller’s demand for two tasks. Yuan Yi went to consult the seller and ordered the auction venue sealed, leaving the exchange undecided.

• Zi Yan opened the exquisite box and saw the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, whose pill aura formed two golden dragons.
• Mang Tianchi identified the pill and explained its rebirth-after-destruction effect and the tale of Wind Venerate Feng Xian’s breakthrough.
• The auctioneer announced that the seller wanted the pill’s master to complete two tasks, prompting Jiang Cheng to say the offer was not enough for him.
• Jiang Cheng offered a Seventh-grade Creation Pill in exchange, then displayed it to the crowd and Yuan Yi.
• Yuan Yi said he had to consult the seller and ordered everyone kept inside the Eight Gates auction under threat of death.

Jiang Cheng exchanged a Seventh-grade Creation Pill with Han Feng for the Seven-Rank Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, while concealing his identity. After the trade, Han Feng planned to use the Creation Pill to break through to Dou Zong and seek other Heavenly Flames.

• Elder Qing watched Jiang Cheng leave and suspected he resembled someone she knew, then decided to wait and see whether he obtained the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Eight Gates Sect Leader Yuan Yi led Jiang Cheng and Mang Tianchi to meet Han Feng, whom Jiang Cheng recognized as the Medicine Emperor of the Black Corner Region.
• Jiang Cheng offered Han Feng a Seventh-grade Creation Pill for the Seven-Rank Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and revealed that he knew Han Feng had reached Nine-Star Dou Huang.
• Han Feng accepted the exchange, gave Jiang Cheng the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and asked for his name, but Jiang Cheng refused to reveal it.
• Han Feng thanked Yuan Yi, planned to use the Creation Pill to break through to Dou Zong, and prepared to search for other Heavenly Flames.