Chapter Summaries

Shen Wen traded information about the Sea Heart Flame for the Great Nirvana Finger and negotiated with Xiao Xun'er to kill Han Feng and obtain the flame in exchange for another Heavenly Grade and an Earth Grade High-rank Dou Technique. Xiao Xun'er left to prepare the techniques while Shen Wen planned to travel to the Black Corner Region.

• Shen Wen offered Xiao Xun'er information about a Heavenly Flame in exchange for a Heavenly Grade Dou Technique, appealing to her desire for Xiao Yan to win the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Shen Wen the Great Nirvana Finger, and he revealed that Han Feng held the Sea Heart Flame in the Black Corner Region.
• Shen Wen explained that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen and joined forces with the Soul Hall, while Xiao Xun'er questioned how Xiao Yan could challenge Han Feng at his current strength.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Shen Wen to kill Han Feng, and they negotiated a price of one Heavenly Grade and one Earth Grade High-rank Dou Technique in exchange for killing him and obtaining the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Xun'er departed with Ling Ying to prepare the techniques, while Shen Wen planned to visit the Black Corner Region for the Sea Heart Flame and information about the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.

On the way to the Jia Ma Empire, Shen Wen broke through to Dou Zong, triggering new system rewards and lifting a cultivation restriction for Cao Ying. The group continued toward the imperial capital to negotiate the Snake People Clan’s relocation before heading to the Chu Yun Empire for the Nether Poisonous Flame.

• Cao Ying, Cai Lin, and the others asked Shen Wen why Xiao Xun'er had paid him to kill a Rank Six Alchemist for Xiao Yan, but Shen Wen said the matter involved secrets he could not discuss.
• Shen Wen told the group to meet Jia Xingtian about relocating the Snake People Clan, then travel to the Chu Yun Empire to deal with the Nether Poisonous Flame.
• While the Flying Boat traveled toward the Jia Ma Empire, Shen Wen sensed Space Power and began breaking through as the women gathered to guard him.
• Shen Wen broke through from Dou Huang to Dou Zong, and Cao Ying’s favorability reached 51%, unlocking her ability to cultivate techniques Shen Wen possessed and granting him system rewards.
• Cao Ying and Cai Lin congratulated Shen Wen, and Hai Bodong reported that they were nearing the imperial capital.

Shen Wen and Cai Lin arrived in the Jia Ma imperial city aboard a Flying Boat, and Jia Xingtian greeted them with deference after recognizing their Dou Zong strength. Shen Wen entered the Imperial Palace to discuss the purpose of their visit, while Hai Bodong went to the Mittel Family.

• The Flying Boat entered the imperial city’s no-fly zone, alarming the residents and major families.
• Jia Xingtian flew out to meet the visitors and respectfully apologized for failing to welcome them.
• Shen Wen and Cai Lin stepped down from the Flying Boat, and Jia Xingtian recognized them as two Dou Zongs.
• Hai Bodong asked Shen Wen for permission to return to the Mittel Family, and Shen Wen agreed.
• Jia Xingtian led Shen Wen and Cai Lin into the Imperial Palace, where Yao Ye served tea as Shen Wen and Jia Xingtian sat down to talk.

Shen Wen told Jia Xingtian that the Snake People Clan would relocate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range and ordered the Jia Ma Empire to manage any resulting unrest. After Shen Wen offered to refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong, Jia Xingtian eagerly agreed to handle the relocation.

• Shen Wen informed Jia Xingtian that the Snake People Clan would move to the Monster Beast Mountain Range and said the Jia Ma Empire must deal with public opposition.
• Jia Xingtian protested that the decision was overbearing and invoked Yun Shan, but Shen Wen dismissed the possibility that Yun Shan could challenge him.
• Shen Wen offered to refine Jia Xingtian a Pill to Break Dou Zong if the imperial family supplied the herbs.
• Jia Xingtian learned that Shen Wen had refined the Seventh-Grade Pill seen over Stone Desert City and asked how many herb sets were required.
• Shen Wen said one set was enough, and Jia Xingtian promised the Jia Ma Imperial Family would arrange the Snake People Clan's relocation and prevent trouble.

Shen Wen arranged a public pill refinement and an extravagant concubine wedding banquet to draw out Soul Hall agents hidden in the Jia Ma Empire. He reassured Xiao Yi Xian that her ceremony was a sincere choice, not merely part of the bait.

• Shen Wen asked Jia Xingtian to announce that he would publicly refine pills in the Imperial City, and Jia Xingtian agreed.
• Shen Wen chose Hai Bodong’s prepared residence and asked Yao Ye to invite every major force, including the Misty Cloud Sect, to Xiao Yi Xian’s wedding banquet.
• Cai Lin questioned Shen Wen’s reasons for making both events public, and he explained that he planned to lure out Soul Hall agents connected to the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that Shen Wen was holding the wedding only as part of his plan, but he reassured her that he genuinely wanted to give her the ceremony and status she deserved.

Shen Wen married Xiao Yi Xian before representatives of Jia Ma Empire’s major factions, then stunned them with generous pill gifts. As guests prepared to watch him publicly refine a Pill to Break Dou Zong, Gu He and Yun Leng considered how Shen Wen might relate to Yun Leng’s master.

• Nalan Jie, Mu Chen, Fa Ma, and Yun Leng decided to attend Shen Wen’s ceremony and prepared gifts, hoping to befriend him or see his alchemy firsthand.
• Three days later, representatives of the major factions arrived at the Mittel residence, where Shen Wen led Xiao Yi Xian through a simple wedding ceremony.
• The system rewarded Shen Wen for taking Xiao Yi Xian as a concubine with the Future Non-Birth Scripture, Cosmic Extreme Bell, Primal Spirit Body Origin, and Great Poison Technique.
• Shen Wen gave each guest a jade box of medicinal pills, and the guests reacted with awe to the valuable gifts and the pills’ exceptional quality.
• Yun Leng asked Gu He to assess the pills, and Gu He said they were nearly perfect; after Gu He left to see Shen Wen’s public refinement, Yun Leng resolved to inform his master about the new alchemist.

After marrying Xiao Yi Xian, Shen Wen consummated their union and absorbed several powerful cultivation rewards, greatly increasing his abilities. He turned his attention to the Soul Hall and began studying the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi before dawn.

• Xiao Yi Xian worried that her poison would harm Shen Wen, but he reassured her and the two spent their wedding night together.
• Shen Wen received the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, the Space Ancestral Talisman, and the Destroying King Celestial Disk, gaining powerful movement and spatial abilities.
• Shen Wen absorbed the Future Non-Birth Scripture and Cosmic Extreme Bell, boosting his thinking and gaining a soul technique that could disrupt an opponent's consciousness.
• Shen Wen judged that his new strength had shifted the balance against the Soul Hall, though he would still need to weigh his chances against Dou Zuns.
• Shen Wen began studying the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi and recalled that Cao Ying had received the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Technique and Past Amitabha Sutra.

Shen Wen gave Xiao Yi Xian an Origin Spirit Body and the Great Poison Technique, helping her break through to Dou Master and gain better control over her Calamity Poison Body. The Nether Poisonous Flame remained the main obstacle to her future cultivation, and Xiao Yi Xian felt deep affection for Shen Wen.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke beside Shen Wen and started to go pay her respects to her sisters, but he asked her to stay and accept gifts.
• Shen Wen gave Xiao Yi Xian an orb that granted her the Origin Spirit Body and a scroll containing the Great Poison Technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the orb, broke through to Dou Master, and learned how the Origin Spirit Body would improve her cultivation and recovery.
• Xiao Yi Xian read the Great Poison Technique and felt its methods ease the cravings and unrest caused by her Calamity Poison Body.
• Shen Wen explained that the technique could help her control her constitution and prepare to refine the Nether Poisonous Flame, which they still needed to find.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Shen Wen affectionately for caring for her.

Shen Wen publicly refined three Pills to Break Dou Zong while teaching the assembled alchemists, earning Gu He’s admiration and impressing the empire’s leaders. After Jia Xingtian collected the pills and warned others away, a chilling laugh interrupted the gathering.

• Shen Wen arrived at the Alchemist Conference plaza and began refining a Pill to Break Dou Zong in the Sky Burning Cauldron while explaining each step.
• Fa Ma, Gu He, and the assembled alchemists watched Shen Wen’s precise Flame Control, and Gu He acknowledged that Shen Wen’s alchemy surpassed his own.
• The Sky Burning Cauldron opened, releasing three Pills to Break Dou Zong as Heaven and Earth Energy gathered above the plaza.
• Shen Wen sent the three pills to Jia Xingtian, who collected them and declared them the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s property.
• A chilling, grotesque laugh rang through the plaza before Jia Xingtian’s warning had faded.

Yun Shan and three Soul Hall Protectors confronted Shen Wen, but Jia Xingtian and Cai Lin stood with him as he prepared to fight. Shen Wen attacked the three Protectors with the Great Nirvana Finger, and their forces collided in a violent blast.

• Yun Shan and Wu Protector appeared before the plaza, and Wu Protector summoned two more Soul Hall Protectors to confront Shen Wen.
• Jia Xingtian stood beside Shen Wen and vowed that the attackers would have to kill him first, but Shen Wen told him to stand down.
• Shen Wen assigned Yun Shan to Cai Lin and said he would fight the three Soul Hall Protectors himself.
• Shen Wen unleashed the Great Nirvana Finger against the three Protectors, who joined forces to block it.
• The Great Nirvana Finger and the Protectors' black chains collided, unleashing a powerful shockwave.

Shen Wen fought three Soul Hall Protectors while Cai Lin battled Yun Shan, and Jia Xingtian detained Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders. The Protectors consumed their Soul Bags to strengthen themselves, leaving Shen Wen under a more powerful assault.

• Cai Lin intercepted Yun Shan as he tried to attack Shen Wen, and the two began fighting.
• Shen Wen faced the three Soul Hall Protectors, using his dragon-scaled arm to block their Soul Chains while Jia Xingtian seized Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders; Gu He surrendered.
• Wu Protector ordered Liu Protector and Wei Protector to use their Soul Bags, and both absorbed the souls inside to raise their strength from Two-star to Three-star Dou Ancestors.
• The three Protectors intensified their attack, driving Shen Wen back as Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying watched in alarm.

Jia Xingtian and the others watched the Soul Hall Protectors overwhelm Shen Wen by absorbing souls to raise their strength. Shen Wen revealed he had been waiting for them to do so, froze their control of space, killed Liu Protector, and began devouring Wei Protector.

• Jia Xingtian and the others feared the Soul Hall Protectors' soul-absorbing technique would let them defeat Shen Wen and destroy the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Leng tried to persuade Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and the others to join the Soul Hall, but Jia Xingtian silenced him with a stomp.
• Wu Protector absorbed a vast number of souls and raised his strength to Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Shen Wen stopped pretending to struggle and used his power to freeze Wu Protector, Liu Protector, and Wei Protector's control of space.
• Shen Wen seized Liu Protector and burned him to nothing with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Shen Wen appeared before Wei Protector and unleashed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

Shen Wen killed the three Soul Hall Protectors and helped Cai Lin seal Yun Shan, turning the battle at Jia Ma Plaza into a crushing victory. Yun Shan was left powerless and captive as the stunned onlookers watched.

• Shen Wen devoured Wei Protector's power and killed him after already annihilating Liu Protector.
• Shen Wen shattered Wu Protector's defenses, stopped his attempt to attack the people below, and drained his power before killing him.
• Shen Wen ordered Cai Lin to seal Yun Shan while he used the Space Ancestral Talisman to block Yun Shan's escape.
• Cai Lin bound Yun Shan with the Heavenly Snake Bind and sealed his Dou Qi, leaving him a prisoner.
• The people at Jia Ma Plaza stared in shock as Shen Wen stood calmly above the defeated battlefield.

Shen Wen refined the Soul Hall Protectors’ power and broke through to the Heavenly Realm Soul. As the royal family arranged the Snake People Clan’s relocation, Yun Yun pleaded for the Misty Cloud Sect, and Shen Wen agreed to spare uninvolved members while demanding the sect’s cultivation methods and techniques.

• Shen Wen purified the Soul Power and Dou Qi he had absorbed, breaking through from the peak of the Spirit Realm to the Heavenly Realm Soul.
• Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yi Xian felt Shen Wen’s vast Soul Power spread through the residence and reacted with awe.
• The royal family announced that the Snake People Clan would relocate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and few factions dared oppose the decision.
• Yun Yun visited Shen Wen and begged him to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, offering to do anything in return.
• Shen Wen promised not to slaughter sect members uninvolved with the Soul Hall, but insisted Yun Shan and confirmed collaborators face consequences and demanded copies of the sect’s cultivation methods and combat techniques.
• After Yun Yun left, Shen Wen told Cao Ying he planned to seek the Nether Poisonous Flame in the Chu Yun Empire and then visit Jia Nan Academy to investigate its Heavenly Flames.

Shen Wen cured Nalan Jie’s Curse Poison and received the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva, while the weakened Misty Cloud Sect presented him with its collected techniques. After learning Xiao Yan had encountered the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Shen Wen discussed leaving the Jia Ma Empire with Cai Lin once the Snake People Clan’s relocation was complete.

• Nalan Jie asked Shen Wen to cure his Curse Poison and agreed to give him the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva in return.
• Nalan Yanran delivered copies of the Misty Cloud Sect’s cultivation methods and Dou techniques to Shen Wen, who told her to leave.
• Shen Wen removed Nalan Jie’s Curse Poison with Heavenly Flames and Dou Qi, and Nalan Jie presented him with the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva.
• Leaders and princesses visited Shen Wen, while he gave President Fa Ma guidance on Soul Power and flame control.
• Cai Lin told Shen Wen that the Snake People Clan had encountered Xiao Yan refining the Wind Fury Dragon Flame near the Tagor Desert.
• Cai Lin reported that the clan’s relocation was nearly settled and said they would leave the Jia Ma Empire afterward.

Shen Wen refined a peak Seventh-Grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill for Sky Snake Mansion and offered more pills in exchange for verified information about Soul Hall Branch Halls. Huang Ling accepted the arrangement, and the Snake People Clan began its relocation under guard.

• Huang Ling conveyed Sky Snake Mansion's goodwill to Shen Wen, and he agreed to refine the mansion's prepared medicinal herbs.
• Shen Wen effortlessly refined a peak Seventh-Grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and devoured its Pill Lightning before giving the pill to Huang Ling.
• Shen Wen offered a free Seventh-Grade Pill for verified information about Soul Hall Branch Halls, and Huang Ling agreed to report the deal to the Mansion Lord.
• Shen Wen asked Sky Snake Mansion to pass any intelligence through the Snake People Clan, and Huang Ling and her companions departed.
• The Snake People Clan began its guarded migration, while Luo Yan Empire and Mu Lan Empire stayed away after Sky Snake Mansion warned them.

Shen Wen’s Flying Boat reached the Chu Yun Empire while his companions cultivated and experimented with their abilities. A Guardian delivered warnings from the Pill Pagoda and a map of Soul Hall branches, but Shen Wen chose to stay in the region and pursue his plans.

• Shen Wen taught Cao Ying the Future Non-Birth Scripture, and she quickly improved her ability to think through pill formulas and medicinal changes.
• Dan Chen gave Xiao Yi Xian a poisonous Corpse Heart Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body absorbed it and advanced to Dou Ling.
• Cai Lin praised Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Cao Ying teased Qing Lin about underestimating her own talent.
• The Guardian told Shen Wen that Old Monster Lin knew of his deeds, warned that the Soul Hall was growing more active, and relayed the Old Ancestor’s wish to meet him.
• The Guardian gave Shen Wen a map of Soul Hall branch halls and a fertility Pill Recipe from Old Monster Lin, prompting embarrassed reactions from Shen Wen and the women.
• Shen Wen declined to return to the Pill Pagoda immediately, and the Flying Boat arrived in the Chu Yun Empire.

Shen Wen and Cao Ying traveled to the Chu Yun Empire to seek clues about the Ancient Poisonous Marsh and gather ingredients for a Poison Pill. At the Alchemist Guild, they learned that the Nether Poisonous Flame wandered unpredictably and that little was known about the marsh’s depths.

• Shen Wen told Cao Ying they would first visit the Chu Yun Empire’s capital to seek information and collect supplementary ingredients.
• The Chu Yun Emperor learned Shen Wen’s Flying Boat was heading for the capital and ordered the palace sealed to prevent anyone from provoking him.
• Yun Man, Yan Li, Bai Yi, and the Alchemist Guild’s members welcomed Shen Wen and his companions at the guild.
• Shen Wen asked to study records about the poisonous marsh, rare poison-attributed herbs, and related materials.
• Yun Man explained that the Nether Poisonous Flame had no fixed location and that the Ancient Poisonous Marsh was so dangerous that ordinary Dou Emperors avoided it.
• Shen Wen asked about the guild’s experiments combining Poison Masters and alchemists, and Yun Man invited his guidance.

Shen Wen studied poison-alchemy records and devised a simplified Poison Pill Method for Xiao Yi Xian, with Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva as its key ingredient. He then demonstrated poison-pill refining to the Chu Yun Alchemist Guild, leaving its members watching as he produced increasingly advanced pills.

• Shen Wen compared the guild's poison-alchemy theories with Old Yao's Poison Pill Method and identified ways poison could be guided and controlled.
• Shen Wen told Cao Ying that he had a plan to simplify the method, but that Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva remained essential and might be found at auctions in the Black Corner Region.
• Shen Wen reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he had worked out an approach and knew where to seek the rare ingredient, moving her to tears.
• Shen Wen taught Yun Man, Yan Li, Bai Yi, and other guild members that poison-pill alchemy depended on control and balance.
• Shen Wen demonstrated refining toxic herbs with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and produced a range of poison pills, including a Qi Tempering Pill.

Shen Wen demonstrated poison-pill alchemy to the Chu Yun Empire Alchemist Guild, then led his companions toward the Ancient Poisonous Marsh to search for Nether Poisonous Flame. As the group arrived, Cai Lin told him that she thought she was pregnant.

• Shen Wen refined a Rank Four Rotting Organ Pill and explained the risks and advantages of poison-pill alchemy to Yan Li, Yun Man, and the other alchemists.
• Shen Wen refined a Rank Six Imperial Poison Pill, earning Yun Man's gratitude and giving the pill to the guild as payment for medicinal herbs.
• Shen Wen and his companions finished mapping past Nether Poisonous Flame sightings and set out to search the Ancient Poisonous Marsh, with Xiao Yi Xian expected to sense areas of intense toxicity.
• Shen Wen gave Spirit Nurturing Pills to Cao Ying and Cai Lin to increase their chances of conceiving, while Xiao Yi Xian agreed to wait until her Calamity Poison Body was resolved.
• The Flying Boat reached the edge of the Ancient Poisonous Marsh, where Cai Lin told Shen Wen that her aura and bloodline had changed and that she thought she was pregnant.