Chapter Summaries

Jiang Cheng and his companions left Black Seal City, where he reconciled with Elder Qing and sent a Seventh-Grade Pill to Qing Xue. At Jia Nan Academy, Jiang Cheng reunited with Mang Tianchi and joined the academy’s Experts for a banquet and wine.

• Zi Yan returned with a Storage Ring containing the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and a Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Jiang Cheng’s group continued on.
• Elder Qing and the Experts of the Heavenly Snake Manor pursued Jiang Cheng, but she recognized him and apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Jiang Cheng learned Qing Xue had reached Four-Star Dou Venerate and gave Elder Qing a Seventh-Grade Pill to deliver to her.
• Mang Tianchi teased Jiang Cheng about his connection with Qing Xue, and Jiang Cheng said they might only be friends.
• Jiang Cheng and Mang Tianchi arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where First Elder Su Qian and the academy’s Experts welcomed them to a banquet.
• Jiang Cheng tasted Mang Tianchi’s aged wine and found it fragrant and sweet, though it lacked a lingering aftertaste.

Zi Yan secured Elder Hao’s medicinal materials for Jiang Cheng, while Jiang Cheng agreed to help protect Jia Nan Academy during Mang Tianchi’s travels. Later, Xiao Xun Er visited Jiang Cheng to ask about someone, leaving her purpose about to be discussed.

• Zi Yan admitted she had taken Elder Hao’s herbs for Jiang Cheng, and Mang Tianchi ordered Su Qian to send him the remaining materials in exchange for an Eighth-Grade Pill.
• Zi Yan promised Elder Hao a chance at Jiang Cheng’s treasures, including an Eighth-Order Magical Beast Core, and led him toward the Herb Garden.
• Jiang Cheng received a Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and gained ten Experience Points, bringing him one point short of one hundred.
• Mang Tianchi said he planned to travel the continent and asked Jiang Cheng to look after Jia Nan Academy, and Jiang Cheng agreed.
• Xiao Xun Er arrived at Jiang Cheng’s guest courtyard and asked to speak with him about someone.

Xiao Xun Er asked Jiang Cheng to help Xiao Yan recover, but he refused, and she decided to return to the Gu Clan. Days later, Jiang Cheng entered seclusion and began a breakthrough that drew the attention of experts across the Northwest Continent and the visiting Gu Clan delegation.

• Xiao Xun Er confronted Jiang Cheng about teaching Nalan Yanran the sword strike that defeated Xiao Yan and described Xiao Yan's despair and Yao Chen's slumber.
• Jiang Cheng refused to help Xiao Yan return to glory, and Xiao Xun Er accepted that she would leave for the Gu Clan and cultivate.
• Xiao Xun Er told Jiang Cheng that Elder Gu Nanhai wanted to meet him, and Jiang Cheng said he would meet him if time permitted.
• Jiang Cheng entered seclusion at Jia Nan Academy, where his breakthrough tore through the void and produced thunderclouds across the sky.
• Medicine Emperor Han Feng and Gu Nanhai recognized the phenomenon as a breakthrough to Four-Star Dou Saint, and Gu Nanhai warned his delegation not to act rashly.

Jiang Cheng broke through to Four-Star Dou Saint, drawing the attention of Jia Nan Academy and the Gu Clan. After emerging, he ignored Ling Quan’s greeting, and Gu Nanhai began to ask him about the reason for his visit.

• Gu Nanhai and Ling Quan arrived at Jia Nan Academy as Mang Tianchi ordered the Elders to guard Jiang Cheng during his breakthrough.
• Mang Tianchi blocked Gu Nanhai from approaching Jiang Cheng, then struck at Ling Quan before Gu Nanhai intercepted the attack.
• Heavenly Thunder and powerful energy filled the sky as Jiang Cheng completed his breakthrough to Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Cheng emerged, and Mang Tianchi congratulated him while Gu Nanhai and Ling Quan introduced themselves.
• Jiang Cheng ignored Ling Quan, and Gu Nanhai told him he had come to ask a question.

Gu Nanhai demanded that Jiang Cheng return the Gu Clan’s lost Heaven Tier Weapon, but Jiang Cheng denied having it and refused to be threatened. After Jiang Cheng crippled Ling Quan, Gu Nanhai took Xiao Xun Er and the Black Mist Army away, warning that Ling Quan’s patron might seek revenge.

• Gu Nanhai asked Jiang Cheng about the Heaven Tier Weapon lost three years earlier, and Jiang Cheng denied possessing it while warning that an attack would make him the Gu Clan’s enemy.
• Ling Quan ordered the Black Mist Army to seize Jiang Cheng, but Jiang Cheng released his aura and sent the soldiers flying.
• Jiang Cheng crippled Ling Quan’s cultivation and spared his life because he had once met Gu Dao.
• Gu Nanhai withdrew, took Xiao Xun Er and the Black Mist Army away, and warned that Gu Lie might retaliate against Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and returned to Peach Forest Mountain, where he gave Qing Lin a Seven-Rank Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill. The chapter ended with Zi Yan eyeing the pill and offering to eat it if Qing Lin would not.

• Jiang Cheng and Mang Tianchi exchanged farewells after discussing Gu Dao and the end of Jiang Cheng’s visit to Jia Nan Academy.
• Jiang Cheng departed with Zi Yan, who brought back herbs she had taken from Old Man Hao, and gave Elder Hao an Eighth-Order Magical Beast core.
• Jiang Cheng returned to Peach Forest Mountain and planted the harvested herbs in the garden.
• Jiang Cheng gave Qing Lin a Seven-Rank Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and reassured her that Xiao Yi Xian would receive suitable poison pills instead.
• Zi Yan eagerly asked for the pill when she saw Qing Lin hesitate.

Jiang Cheng gave Qing Lin a Seven-Rank Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and offered Cai Lin pills to help her cultivation, while Cai Lin struggled with new feelings for him. Later, Xiao Yi Xian asked why he had never accepted Qingyun, and Jiang Cheng explained that their desires for life differed; he left his past and romantic choices unresolved.

• Jiang Cheng stopped Zi Yan from taking Qing Lin's Seven-Rank Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Qing Lin swallowed it without feeling pain.
• Cai Lin noticed her growing feelings for Jiang Cheng, then accepted pills he had refined to help her condense her Qi Vortex.
• Jiang Cheng reviewed the improved cultivation of his companions as he drank beneath the moon.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Jiang Cheng by the lake and asked why he had never accepted Qingyun.
• Jiang Cheng told Xiao Yi Xian that he wanted to travel the continent, while Qingyun and Qing Xue preferred cultivation and the righteous path.

Jiang Cheng promised Xiao Yi Xian he would not remain alone, then delayed Queen Medusa’s plan to move the Snake People Tribe until the surrounding Magical Beasts were dealt with. Qing Xue arrived furious over the Charm Fragrance Pill Jiang Cheng had refined for her, and he stopped her attack as they faced off.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Jiang Cheng whether he would remain alone for life, and he promised he would not.
• Queen Medusa asked Jiang Cheng when the Snake People Tribe could move, and he told her to wait until the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King finished dealing with the other Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to accompany her in conquering those Magical Beasts.
• Jiang Cheng sensed a disturbance as dark clouds gathered, and a lightning strike destroyed his bamboo pavilion.
• Qing Xue accused Jiang Cheng of making a Charm Fragrance Pill that caused her embarrassment, then attacked him with her sword.
• Jiang Cheng blocked Qing Xue’s Sword Qi with one finger and suggested they talk instead of fighting.

Jiang Cheng defeated Qing Xue’s strongest Dou Technique with a single strike of Green Lotus Sword Qi, ending their old contest. Qing Xue accepted the loss and agreed to stay, while Xiao Yi Xian teased her about Jiang Cheng’s feelings.

• Qing Xue attacked Jiang Cheng and unleashed her high-tier Dou Technique, Myriad Snakes Devour Heart.
• Jiang Cheng used Green Lotus Sword Qi and Heaven and Earth Power to shatter Qing Xue’s attack and split the dark clouds.
• Qing Xue admitted defeat, and Jiang Cheng invited her to stay for a few days.
• Jiang Cheng tapped Zi Yan on the head after she worried he might attack her, then offered Qing Xue wine and hospitality.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qing Xue that Jiang Cheng held her in his heart and led her away to pick peaches and talk.

Jiang Cheng repaired the bamboo pavilion while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Xue made peach wine, and Qing Xue confessed her feelings by kissing him and claiming him as her man. The next morning, Cai Lin and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King returned from subduing Magical Beasts across the Northwest Continent, leaving Jiang Cheng to wonder how many they had killed.

• Jiang Cheng finished repairing the bamboo pavilion, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Xue prepared peach wine by stomping the peaches with their feet.
• Qing Xue visited Jiang Cheng, asked if he had once loved her, and kissed him before telling him he was her man.
• Cai Lin and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King returned after subduing Magical Beasts across the Northwest Continent, killing dangerous beasts and collecting their Magic Cores.
• Jiang Cheng accepted the Magic Cores and asked Cai Lin how many Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts they had killed.

After the Magical Beasts in the Monster Mountain Range were defeated, Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin encountered Qing Xue, who chose to remain in seclusion after their encounter the previous night. Jiang Cheng began refining a Soul Power pill, while Medusa watched over the area as the month-long refinement neared completion.

• Cai Lin reported that most Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts had been wiped out, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King became master of the Monster Mountain Range.
• Cai Lin claimed the slain beasts’ herbs, and Jiang Cheng stored them for future pill refining.
• Qing Xue emerged, greeted Cai Lin, and told Jiang Cheng she would stay in seclusion after their encounter the previous night.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King advised Cai Lin that she would need special methods to win Jiang Cheng’s heart, leaving her conflicted about her feelings.
• Jiang Cheng spent nearly a month refining a Soul Power pill in the Golden Phoenix Dragon Cauldron while the Magical Beasts stayed away under the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s orders.
• Medusa opened her eyes above the mountain and released her aura toward the Magical Beasts gathered below.

Jiang Cheng completed the refinement of the ancient Eighth-Grade Mirror Breaking Spirit Pill, summoning Nine-Colored Heavenly Thunder that shook the Monster Mountain Range and faraway regions. Medusa, Yun Yun, Hai Bodong, and the experts of the Black Corner Region watched in awe as the pill’s birth revealed Jiang Cheng’s extraordinary power.

• Jiang Cheng spent several days refining the Mirror Breaking Spirit Pill while Medusa waited nearby.
• Jiang Cheng completed the pill, and the gathering thunderclouds transformed into Nine-Colored Heavenly Thunder.
• Medusa watched as Pill Lightning struck toward Jiang Cheng, who answered with a powerful gale while the surrounding Magical Beasts fled.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, and Yun Yun arrived but could not enter the sealed area, and Hai Bodong praised Jiang Cheng’s rise.
• Medicine Emperor Han Feng and Elder Ban discussed Jiang Cheng’s achievement, but Han Feng declined the idea of becoming his disciple because he feared Jiang Cheng knew his secrets.

Han Feng celebrated his rise to Dou Ancestor while Jiang Cheng completed an Eighth-Grade Mirror Breaking Spirit Pill and prepared to advance his soul. As Jiang Cheng entered seclusion, Qing Xue left for Heavenly Snake Manor after promising to return, and Xiao Yi Xian teased her about becoming Jiang Cheng’s wife.

• Han Feng reflected bitterly on his former master and celebrated becoming a Dou Ancestor, while Elder Ban joked that he should now be called Medicine Sect Han Feng.
• Jiang Cheng split the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, captured the Mirror Breaking Spirit Pill, and gave Cai Lin Eighth-Grade Pills for her and Yun Yun.
• Cai Lin asked whether Jiang Cheng helped her out of guilt or other feelings, and he admitted there might be another feeling before leaving to advance his soul.
• Jiang Cheng swallowed the pill and entered seclusion, while Qing Xue reached Four-Star Dou Venerate and waited seven days for him to emerge.
• Qing Xue gave Qing Lin a secret Cultivation Method and left to handle Heavenly Snake Manor’s affairs, promising Xiao Yi Xian she would return.
• Xiao Yi Xian hinted that Qing Xue could become Jiang Cheng’s wife, and Qing Xue laughed and agreed to the idea.

After finishing his seclusion with his soul and strength greatly enhanced, Jiang Cheng heard of a high-ranking Heavenly Flame in Wu Tan City and found Xiao Yan preparing to leave for Jia Nan Academy. Jiang Cheng interrupted Xiao Yan’s declaration of resolve and asked whether he remembered their previous conversation.

• Jiang Cheng emerged from half a month of seclusion, having reached the Heaven Realm Soul and gained enough strength to challenge a Six-Star Dou Saint.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King told Jiang Cheng that the others were touring the Jia Ma Empire and that a powerful Heavenly Flame had appeared there.
• Jiang Cheng arrived at a Xiao Family banquet, where Xiao Zhan celebrated his breakthrough to the Dou Ling realm and Xiao Yan announced his plan to go to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xun Er had graduated and Xiao Yan had been expelled for his long absence, but Xiao Yan vowed to prove himself to those who had rejected him.
• Jiang Cheng entered the hall, and Xiao Yan greeted him as Mister Confucian Sage before Jiang Cheng asked whether he remembered what Jiang Cheng had told him before.

Jiang Cheng warned Xiao Yan that leaving Wu Tan City would lead to the Xiao Family’s destruction, but Xiao Yan chose to pursue strength and leave with Yao Chen. After Xiao Yan thanked Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng arrived in the Jia Ma Empire Capital and found the women shopping in the streets.

• Jiang Cheng told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Family would perish if he left Wu Tan City, and Xiao Yan vowed to defy the Soul Hall and grow powerful enough to protect his family.
• Yao Chen accepted that he would venture across the Dou Qi Continent, while Jiang Cheng warned Xiao Yan never to go to the Central Plains.
• At Xiao Zhan’s urging, Xiao Yan performed three kowtows and nine bows to thank Jiang Cheng for helping the Xiao Family.
• Jiang Cheng appeared in the Jia Ma Empire Capital and found Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin shopping.
• Yun Yun stopped Cai Lin from attacking the people staring at the women, reminding her of the treaty between the Snake People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Jiang Cheng scolded the women for neglecting cultivation, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin assured him they had only come out to relax.

Jiang Cheng visited the Jia Ma Empire during its Founding Day, where Jia Xing Tian welcomed him and received a Po Zong Pill from him. The visit ended with Jiang Cheng confronting Zi Yan and Queen Medusa after they returned with a Blueberry Spirit Fruit.

• Princess Yao Ye escorted Jiang Cheng and his companions through the Jia Ma Empire, then dismissed the guards when Jiang Cheng objected to the attention.
• Jia Xing Tian, President Fa Ma, Mittel Teng Shan, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen welcomed Jiang Cheng and invited him to the imperial palace.
• Jiang Cheng told Mittel Teng Shan that Hai Bodong had reached the Half-Step Dou Ancestor realm and gave Jia Xing Tian a seventh-tier Po Zong Pill.
• Zi Yan and Queen Medusa left the gathering, then returned about ten minutes later with a Blueberry Spirit Fruit.
• Jiang Cheng took the fruit from Zi Yan and scolded her for taking things without permission.

Jia Xing Tian decided to continue the war against the Cloudy Sky Empire after Jiang Cheng warned him to consider future threats. After returning to the Monster Mountain Range, Jiang Cheng let Zi Yan stay and declined to accompany Cai Lin to the Snake People Tribe.

• Queen Medusa offered to pay Jia Xing Tian for the fruits Zi Yan had taken, but he accepted them as a gift and sought friendly ties between the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People Tribe.
• Jia Xing Tian told Jiang Cheng that Chuyun Que and the neighboring empires wanted the Jia Ma Empire to withdraw its troops and make peace.
• Jiang Cheng advised Jia Xing Tian to follow his judgment and deal with threats, and Jia Xing Tian chose to keep fighting the Cloudy Sky Empire with Nalan Jie and Mu Chen's support.
• Jiang Cheng asked Jia Xing Tian to retrieve Poison Pill materials from the Cloudy Sky Empire's Alchemist Guild for Xiao Yi Xian, and Jia Xing Tian agreed.
• Jiang Cheng returned to the Monster Mountain Range, forgave Zi Yan for sneaking away to take fruit, and allowed her to stay there.
• Cai Lin asked Jiang Cheng to accompany her to the Snake People Tribe, but he refused and sent Little Fire instead; she also decided Zi Yan should remain in the Monster Mountain Range.

Jiang Cheng followed Cai Lin after Zi Yan urged him to stop delaying and confess his feelings. Cai Lin accepted his promise of devotion, and the two officially became a couple as they continued toward the Snake People Tribe.

• Zi Yan told Jiang Cheng that Cai Lin loved him and pushed him to pursue her before it was too late.
• Jiang Cheng tore through space and caught up with Cai Lin after she left with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Cai Lin asked why Jiang Cheng had come, and he said he would accompany her to handle the Snake People Tribe's affairs.
• Jiang Cheng embraced Cai Lin and confessed that he wanted her to be his.
• Cai Lin questioned whether he would truly treat her sincerely, and Jiang Cheng promised never to betray her.
• Cai Lin embraced Jiang Cheng in return, while Zi Yan and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King watched them together.

Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin led the Snake People Tribe out of the Tagor Desert toward its new settlement in the Monster Mountain Range. The migration began under their protection, and Cai Lin promised to enforce rules so her people would not endanger their new home.

• Jiang Cheng encouraged Cai Lin to become a peerless powerhouse and brought her to the gathered Snake People Tribe by tearing open space.
• Cai Lin announced that the tribe had built a settlement in the Monster Mountain Range and ordered everyone to depart after they said farewell to their home.
• The Snake People Tribe set out in a vast procession, guarded by the Eight Great Leaders, Four Elders, Jiang Cheng, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with his magical beasts.
• Human experts watched the migration but did not interfere after seeing Jiang Cheng and the other powerful escorts.
• Jiang Cheng warned Cai Lin to establish rules for the tribe, and she vowed to punish any snake person who committed heinous acts.

Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin learned that an ancient prophecy linked the Confucian Sage to the Snake People Tribe’s unification and their return to the continent. Days later, Jiang Cheng led the tribe safely across the Jia Ma Empire’s border, where strict discipline kept the Snake People from pillaging.

• First Elder Sno told Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin that a prophecy foretold the Snake People’s unification when the Sage appeared, with love and destiny tied to his arrival.
• Cai Lin asked Jiang Cheng why he had not sought revenge for their past, and he reassured her before embracing her.
• Several days later, the Snake People reached the Jia Ma Empire’s border, where City Lord Mora opened the gates on Elder Jia’s orders.
• The Snake People passed through the city without trouble, while guards executed those who disobeyed Cai Lin’s orders and tried to rob humans.
• Mora asked Jiang Cheng whether he needed anything else prepared.