Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yu reported on the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, Jia Nan Academy’s Elders rushed there to buy its offerings, while Xiao Mei used the opportunity to recruit instructors and students. Su Qian and the other Elders remained engrossed in the Heavenly Court’s library, unaware that a mass defection was forming at the academy.

• Xiao Long sent Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei back to Jia Nan Academy and gave Xiao Yu a Dou Zun-level Demonic Puppet for protection.
• Xiao Yu told Jia Nan Academy’s Elders what had happened at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, prompting them and Jia Xingtian to bring valuables and visit it.
• Xiao Mei persuaded eight beautiful female Instructors to leave Jia Nan Academy, then gathered thirty recruits, including Liu Fei and Han Yue.
• Su Qian and the other Elders spent the day exploring the Heavenly Court’s library and buying the Cultivation Techniques, Dou Skills, and other items they wanted.

Su Qian returned from the wormhole with valuable cultivation resources, only to learn that eight Instructors and many students were leaving Jia Nan Academy for Nine Heavens Heavenly Court. Han Yue explained that she was switching sides to protect her family and improve her cultivation, and Su Qian let the departing group go.

• A Nine-star Dou Wang Elder said that his new mid-tier Earth-class cultivation method could help him break through to Dou Huang.
• Su Qian arrived with the returning group and noticed the Instructors and students waiting at the wormhole entrance.
• Eight Instructors announced their resignations, and Xiao Mei led the students in withdrawing from Jia Nan Academy as well.
• Su Qian realized that Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu had persuaded the group to join Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, then asked Han Yue if she was leaving too.
• Han Yue explained that her family was threatened by the Hong Family and chose to join Nine Heavens Heavenly Court to cultivate and protect her family.
• Su Qian told the departing group to go.

Su Qian agreed to let Jia Nan Academy students and Instructors enter Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, while Xiao Long had Medusa train them as service girls. Su Qian then promoted the Heavenly Court across the Black Corner Region, where powerful experts gathered and debated how to benefit from it without losing their sects’ savings.

• Su Qian stopped objecting to Jia Nan Academy’s students entering the wormhole after Xiao Long sent him medicinal pills.
• Xiao Long asked Medusa to train the incoming girls, and she eagerly led them away.
• Su Qian spread exaggerated accounts of Nine Heavens Heavenly Court through the Black Corner Region and invited its experts to enter.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon, Mo Tianxing, and Eagle Mountain Old Man gathered with more than thirty Dou Huang experts to discuss the Heavenly Court.
• Mo Tianxing warned the assembled experts that other powers had been stripped of their wealth, making them question whether to risk their sects’ savings.

Mo Tianxing, Eagle Mountain Old Man, and Old Ghost of Earth Demon urged the gathered Dou Huangs to join them in destroying the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and dividing its treasures. After the group feared the court might have a Dou Zun, Old Ghost of Earth Demon revealed that a Dou Zun from the Shi Ming Sect would lead the assault.

• Mo Tianxing proposed that the gathered powerhouses destroy the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and divide its cultivation techniques, Dou skills, and spiritual pills.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man and Old Ghost of Earth Demon backed Mo Tianxing’s plan, arguing that raiding the court would bring greater rewards than trading with it.
• Several Dou Huangs objected that the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court might have a Dou Zun and said they would not risk their lives against one.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon claimed that a Dou Zun from the Shi Ming Sect had come to lead them against the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon brought out the middle-aged Dou Zun, and the gathered powerhouses rose and bowed to him.

A Dou Zun from the Shi Ming Sect persuaded the Black Corner Region’s Dou Emperors to form an Anti-Heaven Alliance against the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court. Led by Old Ghost of Earth Demon, the alliance arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian tried to avoid a fight and was challenged by Old Ghost of Earth Demon.

• The Shi Ming Sect’s middle-aged Dou Zun urged the Black Corner Region’s Dou Emperors to attack the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and promised the sect’s support.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon and the other Dou Emperors agreed to form an Anti-Heaven Alliance.
• The alliance, accompanied by three Dou Zongs, arrived at Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian welcomed the group and pointed them toward the wormhole to the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon asked Su Qian whether he would join them in going to the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court.

Su Qian let Old Ghost of Earth Demon and the Black Corner Region’s sects head for the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, hoping their deaths would let Jia Nan Academy take control of the region. The attackers emerged from the wormhole and were greeted by a costumed dance team that stunned and delighted them.

• Old Ghost of Earth Demon refused to invite Su Qian to join the expedition, and the Shi Ming Sect Dou Zun glared at him as the group departed.
• Su Qian told a Jia Nan Academy Elder that the group was likely heading to cause trouble at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, whose strength could overwhelm them.
• After the attackers entered the wormhole, Su Qian hoped they would die so Jia Nan Academy could reorganize the Black Corner Region and claim its resources.
• Old Ghost of Earth Demon and the others emerged at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and froze at the sight of more than thirty women in revealing costumes dancing to welcome them.

Old Ghost of Earth Demon and Mo Tianxing targeted the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court’s reception girls, encouraging the attackers to claim them as spoils. Medusa appeared to defend Han Yue, Liu Fei, and the other women, confronting the intruders.

• Old Ghost of Earth Demon leered at the reception girls and singled out Han Yue, leaving her terrified.
• Mo Tianxing chose Liu Fei, and the other attackers also decided to claim women from the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court.
• Medusa appeared in a Maid Outfit and angrily warned the attackers to leave the women alone.

Medusa stepped forward to protect Han Yue and the other greeters, then drew the lecherous attention of the visiting men. After she insulted the Shi Ming Sect's One-star Dou Venerate, he vowed to torture her to death.

• Han Yue and the others felt relieved when Medusa stood up for them.
• The men ogled Medusa and shouted lewd demands at her.
• Medusa released the pressure of her Seven-star Dou Ancestor cultivation, overwhelming the Dou Emperors and surprising Old Ghost of Earth Demon.
• The Shi Ming Sect's middle-aged One-star Dou Venerate offered to make Medusa his concubine.
• Medusa scorned his offer and called him unworthy.
• Enraged by Medusa's insult, the middle-aged man threatened to torture her to death.

Medusa declared herself the mistress of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and transformed into her true form, but a One-star Dou Venerate attacked her. Xiao Long stepped in and overwhelmed the attacker, leaving the man trapped by five Heavenly Flames and begging for his life.

• Medusa transformed into a giant, seven-colored python and frightened her sisters and the attackers by revealing she was a magical beast.
• A middle-aged One-star Dou Venerate formed a fiery lion and launched his Lion King Pounce at Medusa.
• Xiao Long appeared in front of Medusa and destroyed the lion with one hand.
• Xiao Long trapped the middle-aged man in his Five Wheels Li Fire Disk, formed from five Heavenly Flames.
• The middle-aged man begged Xiao Long to spare his life, but Xiao Long told him it was too late.

Xiao Long killed the Shi Ming Sect elder and three Dou Zongs, then ordered his war generals to slaughter the remaining Dou Huangs who had attacked the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court. He collected their Storage Rings after the massacre.

• Xiao Long killed the Shi Ming Sect’s Fourth Elder and began refining him into a Demonic Puppet.
• Xiao Long killed Old Ghost of Earth Demon and two other Dou Zongs, taking their Storage Rings and placing them in the Five Wheels Li Fire Disk.
• Xiao Long rejected the Dou Huangs’ pleas for mercy and summoned ten Dou Zong-level war generals to kill them.
• Xiao Long’s war generals slaughtered more than thirty Dou Huangs in under a minute, and Xiao Long collected their Storage Rings.

Xiao Long ordered the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court to recruit powerful fighters and strip the sects of those who had attacked it. Han Yue led ten Demonic Puppets into the Black Corner Region, while Su Qian misunderstood her rise in rank and followed her toward the Black Emperor Sect.

• Xiao Long ordered the Demonic Puppets to remove the slain Dou Huangs and told Ya Fei to recruit Dou Wang-level fighters and above for the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Long sent Han Yue with ten Dou Zong-level Demonic Puppets to loot the invaders' sects without killing indiscriminately.
• Xiao Long left the court carried by Medusa after threatening to dock her pay.
• Su Qian saw Han Yue return through the wormhole with dozens of Dou Huang corpses and wrongly suspected she had advanced through unspoken rules.
• Han Yue left for the Black Emperor Sect, and Su Qian followed, hoping to loot its riches.

After the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court devastated the Black Corner Region, Xiao Long learned that the Heavenly Snake Mansion had a branch there and decided Qing Lin should visit it to advance her cultivation. He sent Heavenly Flame Venerate to take her there, with an Eight-star Dou Venerate Battle Venerate as an escort.

• Su Qian plundered the sects of five fallen Dou Emperors and testified that the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court had acted in self-defense.
• Xiao Long stationed Hai Bodong in the Black Corner Region, where he established the Sea God Hall and seized territory from sects whose Dou Wangs joined the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Long learned that the powerful Heavenly Snake Mansion had escaped the conflict and was expanding its Black Corner Region branch.
• Xiao Long considered the Heavenly Snake Mansion's importance to Qing Lin and resolved to let her choose whether to cultivate there, taking her cultivation method by force if necessary.
• Xiao Long ordered Heavenly Flame Venerate to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion with an Eight-star Dou Venerate Battle Venerate as an escort.

The Black Corner Region’s turmoil brought territory and refugees to the Jia Ma Empire while the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court gained influence across the Northwest Region. After Han Yue helped the Heavenly Court secure assets and recruit Dou Wangs, Xiao Long offered her a reward, but she humbly declined credit.

• Heavenly Flame Venerate agreed to go find Qing Lin and connect more Space Wormholes.
• Mu Chen led troops into the Black Corner Region, expanding the Jia Ma Empire’s territory as refugees fled there.
• Yun Yun took advantage of the weakened sects to seize territory and build the Misty Cloud Sect’s prestige.
• The Black Corner Region’s surviving sects exchanged their wealth for resources from the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, while Su Qian cultivated a Seventh-grade Pill in hopes of strengthening Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Long praised Han Yue for helping recruit more than twenty Dou Wangs and secure assets, then offered her a reward, but she credited his generals instead.

Xiao Long turned down Han Yue’s offer to serve him and sent a Battle Venerate to protect her family, hoping to make them allies in Central Continent. Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court to seek a way to resolve her constitution, having reached Nine-star Dou King after a year of cultivation.

• Han Yue offered to stay by Xiao Long’s side as his servant girl, hoping to help her family.
• Xiao Long recognized Han Yue’s family troubles and offered her a Battle Venerate to deal with the Hong Family and East Pavilion of Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
• Han Yue thanked Xiao Long and left to return to her family.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court, concerned by the Chuyun Empire’s growing strength and seeking help with her constitution.
• Xiao Yi Xian had reached Nine-star Dou King after a year of cultivation.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court seeking help for her Calamity Poison Body, but left disappointed after searching the Linglong Tower and Doushuai Palace. Xiao Long caught up with her, and their warm reunion left him an opening to offer the help he knew Heavenly Flame Venerate could provide.

• Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and searched the Linglong Tower for poison manuals, but found nothing that pleased her.
• An attendant led Xiao Yi Xian to the Doushuai Palace, where she ordered two medicinal pills before leaving disappointed.
• Xiao Long intercepted Xiao Yi Xian and surprised her by appearing behind her.
• Xiao Yi Xian relaxed when she recognized Xiao Long, and they teased each other after a year apart.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to treat Xiao Long and buy him anything he wanted.

Xiao Long teased Xiao Yi Xian about supporting him, then realized she had come to the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court seeking a way to resolve her Calamity Poison Body. He remembered that he had set aside a method for her and asked whether that was what she needed.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Long she had more than eight million Gold Coins and jokingly offered to keep him.
• Xiao Long asked whether Xiao Yi Xian had come to buy something, and she said she had found nothing she needed.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had hoped the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court could help resolve her Calamity Poison Body, but had found no solution.
• Xiao Long remembered finding a method among Yao Chen's possessions and setting it aside for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Long asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she was seeking a way to resolve the troubles caused by her Calamity Poison Body.

Xiao Long brought Xiao Yi Xian to a lakeside pavilion in the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court and showed her the Poison Pill Method, which could resolve her Calamity Poison Body. He avoided explaining that Xiao Xun'er had been taken back to her family because he had been too weak to protect her.

• Xiao Long led Xiao Yi Xian to a secluded pavilion and asked Medusa to serve them tea and massage his back.
• Xiao Long introduced Medusa as his maid, prompting her to twist his waist in anger.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Long about Medusa and asked where Xiao Xun'er was.
• Xiao Long said Xiao Xun'er had returned to her family home, then took out the Poison Pill Method for Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Long showed Xiao Yi Xian Yao Chen’s Poison Pill Method, which could let her control her Calamity Poison Body, and reassured her that its rare requirements were within his reach. He ended by saying he knew where to look for the remaining ingredient, a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Demon Core.

• Xiao Long considered how Xiao Xun'er might react to Medusa becoming his maid, then turned the conversation back to the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yi Xian read the method and worried that she could not obtain the three Heavenly Flames it required.
• Xiao Long revealed that he possessed five Heavenly Flames, astonishing Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that she could not defeat a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, but Xiao Long claimed he could kill a Dou Zong with a flick of his finger.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she did not know where to find the beast, and Xiao Long replied that he knew it lived near the Central Continent’s border.

Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Long still had the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva she needed to resolve her Calamity Poison Body. After learning he had not sold it, Xiao Long sent a message to check the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court warehouse, leaving the answer uncertain.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Long about the remaining Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and grew anxious because her Calamity Poison Body threatened to erupt again.
• Xiao Long recalled that the saliva had appeared at an auction in the Black Corner Region and suspected he had obtained it.
• Xiao Long asked the Exchange System whether he had sold the saliva, and the system said he had not.
• Xiao Long asked whether the saliva was in his shop, and the system said it was not.
• Xiao Long used a transmission jade slip to ask someone to check the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court warehouse for the saliva.

Xiao Long found the three ingredients Xiao Yi Xian needed, including Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and teased her about how she would thank him. Xiao Yi Xian thought he wanted to sleep with her, but her Calamity Poison Body made her refuse, while Medusa saw through Xiao Long’s feigned innocence.

• Xiao Long asked a warehouse accountant to check whether Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva was in stock.
• The accountant found the saliva, and Xiao Long had a maid bring it to him.
• Xiao Long told Xiao Yi Xian he had obtained all three items and teasingly asked how she would thank him.
• Xiao Yi Xian believed Xiao Long wanted to sleep with her and explained that her Calamity Poison Body made intimacy dangerous.
• Xiao Long pretended not to understand what sleeping together meant, and Medusa recognized his shameless act.