Chapter Summaries

Yan Lin refused Jia Shentian’s offer of compensation and forced him to withstand one final attack, using Queen Medusa’s borrowed Dou Zong power to overwhelm him. Jia Shentian survived but fell unconscious, while Yan Lin’s victory made the Imperial Capital’s factions fear and respect him.

• Yan Lin rejected Jia Shentian’s offer to make peace and agreed to end the fight only if Jia Shentian survived one move.
• Jia Shentian summoned his energy avatar and unleashed his signature Earth-grade skill, Starfall Sand Phoenix.
• Yan Lin manifested a giant colorful-scaled serpent and defeated the sand phoenix, then shattered Jia Shentian’s Thousand Hand Stone Buddha with Ten Thousand Snake Spirit Explosion.
• Jia Shentian survived Yan Lin’s attack and accepted that their grievances were settled before collapsing unconscious.
• Hai Bodong caught Jia Shentian and treated him, while Yun Leng and Yun Lei fled and the other Imperial Capital experts resolved not to provoke Yan Lin.
• The Imperial Capital’s factions recognized Yan Lin as a powerful threat, and his name began spreading throughout the Jia Ma Empire.

After Queen Medusa fell into a deep slumber, Yan Lin prepared to remove Hai Bodong’s strength seal while the capital reacted to Yan Lin’s victory over Jia Shentian. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong seated in a guarded secret chamber, ready for Yan Lin to begin.

• Queen Medusa warned Yan Lin that she would sleep for several days, and Yan Lin resolved to find the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew to help her recover.
• Yan Lin returned to Dou Wang strength after their power-sharing ended, then fed the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python as Hai Bodong returned with the injured Jia Shentian in Fama’s care.
• Yan Lin and Hai Bodong agreed to remove Hai Bodong’s seal, and Mite'er Tengshan joined them before they flew to the Mittel Family residence.
• Yun Leng reported Yan Lin’s battle to Yun Shan, who ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to avoid provoking Yan Lin and to end the dispute over Liu Ling.
• Yan Lin arranged guards around Hai Bodong’s secret chamber, and Hai Bodong sat on an ice platform as Yan Lin prepared to begin removing the seal.

Hai Bodong regained his Dou Huang cultivation after Yan Lin lifted his seal, and Yan Lin promised to refine a pill to help him recover further. Meanwhile, Jia Shentian learned he needed a rare pill formula to heal his injuries, and Yan Lin ended the chapter embarrassed by Hai Bodong’s lavish, purple-clad maidservant arrangements.

• Hai Bodong’s Snake Seal Curse was lifted, restoring him to two-star Dou Huang, and Mite'er Tengshan and Yan Lin congratulated him.
• Hai Bodong asked whether Yan Lin could refine a Solid Spirit Pill, and Yan Lin promised to do so once the missing ingredient was found.
• Fama told Jia Shentian that a Fu Ling Purple Pill could heal his damaged foundation, but he lacked the pill formula.
• Jia Shentian warned Jia Yaoye not to provoke Yan Lin and recognized Hai Bodong’s restored Dou Huang aura outside the palace.
• Hai Bodong showed Yan Lin his new quarters and thirty maidservants dressed in purple, leaving Yan Lin embarrassed as Mite'er Tengshan laughed.

Yan Lin reached the peak of the Six-Star Dou King, then visited the Nalan Residence and offered to remove Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison. While waiting for Nalan Jie, he noticed Nalan Yanran’s unusual attention and wondered whether she had become attracted to him.

• Yan Lin absorbed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed and advanced to the peak of the Six-Star Dou King, then decided to seek more strength by absorbing Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison.
• Ya Fei met Yan Lin at Hai Bodong’s request, and Yan Lin gave her a list of rare poisons to gather.
• At the Nalan Residence, Yan Lin ran into Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran; Liu Ling hurried away while Nalan Yanran escorted Yan Lin inside.
• Yan Lin told Nalan Yanran he could remove Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison but refused to explain how he would do it.
• While they waited for Nalan Jie, Nalan Yanran watched Yan Lin and blushed when he caught her attention, leading him to wonder if she had fallen for him.

Yan Lin removed the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie in exchange for the Nalan Clan’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew. He left the Nalan Residence with the spirit plant, while Nalan Jie recovered from the treatment’s painful aftereffects.

• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su met Yan Lin at the Nalan Residence and learned that he had come to remove Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison.
• Yan Lin agreed to treat Nalan Jie in exchange for the Nalan Clan’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew, then gave him a pill to make him unconscious.
• Yan Lin absorbed the Brand Poison in Nalan Jie’s cultivation chamber, knocking Nalan Jie unconscious again whenever the pain woke him.
• Yan Lin finished removing the poison and told Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran that Nalan Jie would recover after a day or two of rest.
• Nalan Yanran brought Yan Lin the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew, and he departed the Nalan Residence with it.

Yan Lin discussed talent, hard work, and life-changing opportunities with Nalan Yanran as they walked, then hinted that he possessed such an opportunity himself. He left her with a warning to grow stronger before the Three-Year Agreement, leaving her wondering about his connection to her teacher and Xiao Yan’s strength.

• Nalan Yanran thanked Yan Lin and asked about his cultivation secret, but he told her to guess.
• Yan Lin and Nalan Yanran discussed talent and diligence, and he claimed that even diligent cultivation would not let her reach him.
• Yan Lin explained that birth and later-life opportunities could outweigh talent and effort, then revealed that he had his own opportunity.
• Near the Nalan Residence, Yan Lin warned Nalan Yanran to grow stronger before the Three-Year Agreement or she might lose to Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran tried to ask what Yan Lin meant and whether he knew her teacher, but he left in a Mittel Family carriage, leaving her full of questions.

Yan Lin refined the Brand Poison and broke through to Seven-Star Dou King, then prepared Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew for the sleeping Queen Medusa without waking her. After Hai Bodong reported that Fama had not agreed, Yan Lin decided to meet the Alchemist Guild president in person.

• Yan Lin finished refining half of the Brand Poison, broke through to Seven-Star Dou King, and began refining the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew.
• Yan Lin fed the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python the refined dew, but Queen Medusa did not awaken.
• Yan Lin trained with the Green Lotus Core Flame, failed to shape it into a spirit, and considered pursuing Xiao Yan's flame-fusion Dou Technique.
• Hai Bodong arrived and confirmed Yan Lin had broken through again, then told him that Fama had not agreed to his request.
• Yan Lin asked Hai Bodong to wait while he washed and changed, planning to meet Fama in person.

Yan Lin pressured Fama into lending him the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, then agreed to compete with him in alchemy for access to the Alchemist Guild’s treasury. The chapter ended with Yan Lin hoping the guild’s materials would help him gather ingredients for the Spirit Absorption Pill and Spirit Fusion Pill.

• Yan Lin asked Fama to lend him the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, but Fama refused because it was promised as the Alchemist Conference’s champion reward.
• Hai Bodong revealed that Yan Lin was a tier-five alchemist, and Yan Lin demonstrated his Solid Fire and powerful Soul Power to Fama.
• Yan Lin threatened to represent the Chuyun Empire unless Fama cooperated, so Fama agreed to lend him the formula if he became an honorary guild elder and considered competing in the Alchemist Conference.
• Fama proposed an alchemy contest, offering the formula and asking Yan Lin to represent the imperial capital’s guild if he lost.
• Yan Lin accepted the contest and wagered that, if he won, he could choose whatever materials he wanted from the guild treasury.
• Yan Lin agreed because Fama’s collected high-grade Spirit Stone could help him make the Spirit Gathering Pill, and he hoped to find ingredients for other pills in the treasury.

Yan Lin and Fama competed by refining high-grade fifth-tier pills, with Yan Lin using the Pill Pattern Spirit Refining Method to raise his Solid Spirit Pill's rank. The chapter ended as a four-colored pill fragrance and a pillar of light erupted from Yan Lin's cauldron, signaling the birth of a sixth-tier pill.

• Fama began refining a peak fifth-tier Dragon Tiger Pill while Yan Lin sealed off his room and started refining a high-grade fifth-tier Solid Spirit Pill.
• Yan Lin formed the Solid Spirit Pill and used the Pill Pattern Spirit Refining Method to add pill patterns, raising it to peak fifth tier and startling Fama.
• Yan Lin used Liu Ling's fifth-rank Beast Fire to continue upgrading the pill, while Hai Bodong waited outside and questioned Fama about the delay.
• A thunderous explosion came from Yan Lin's room, and a yellow pillar of light with four-colored pill fragrance burst through the roof.
• Fama recognized the phenomenon as the birth of a sixth-tier pill.

Yan Lin refined a Four-Veined Solid Spirit Pill that reached tier six, winning his competition with Fama and earning the Spirit Fusion Pill formula. He left with Fama for the Alchemist Guild’s treasury while Fama wondered how Yan Lin had raised the pill’s grade.

• Yun Shan and Jia Shentian sensed the pill’s eruption and suspected Fama had become a tier-six alchemist; Jia Shentian sent Jia Yaoye to investigate.
• Yan Lin retrieved the golden Four-Veined Solid Spirit Pill and realized the Pill Pattern Spirit Refining Method had raised his tier-five pill to tier six.
• Yan Lin left the alchemy room and showed the pill to Fama, who confirmed its tier and admitted defeat.
• Fama gave Yan Lin the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, and Yan Lin asked him to honor the rest of their bargain by taking him to the guild treasury.
• Fama led Yan Lin to the treasury while privately speculating about the pill’s four-colored veins and the secret method behind its increased grade.

Yan Lin entered the Alchemist Guild’s treasure vault with Fama and Hai Bodong, then exploited Fama’s offer to take the rare materials he wanted. Meanwhile, Fama told the gathered Imperial Capital dignitaries that Lin Yan had refined the Sixth-grade pill, leaving them stunned and reconsidering their attitudes toward him.

• Fama opened the Guild’s soul-locked material vault and invited Yan Lin to choose whatever he wanted.
• Yan Lin asked Fama to search for Spirit Fusion Pill ingredients, but Fama was called away to greet dignitaries who mistakenly believed he had become a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• After Fama and Chemir left, Yan Lin began taking rare materials from the vault, while Hai Bodong warned him not to provoke the Alchemist Guild.
• In the main hall, Fama corrected the crowd and revealed that Lin Yan—not he—had refined the Sixth-grade pill.
• The dignitaries reacted with shock, and figures including Mittel Tengshan, Mu Chen, and Jia Yaoye resolved to respond to Lin Yan’s growing reputation.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong left the Imperial Capital after Yan Lin emptied Fama’s treasure vault and gave Hai Bodong a powerful Solid Spirit Pill. Yan Lin headed for the Black-Corner Region, while Gu He returned to the capital and brought Liu Ling to the Mittel Family residence to confront his fear of Yan Lin.

• A father distracted his son with a scouting game while carrying on an affair with their neighbor, leaving the boy unaware that he had helped betray his mother.
• Fama discovered that Yan Lin and Hai Bodong had taken the Alchemist Guild’s rarest treasures and erupted in fury after hearing Yan Lin’s voice message.
• Yan Lin gave Hai Bodong a Four-Pattern Solid Spirit Pill and explained that it could restore his strength, reforge his body, and improve his chances of reaching Dou Zong.
• Yan Lin left for the Black-Corner Region despite Hai Bodong’s offer to accompany him, and Hai Bodong returned to the Imperial Capital after they agreed to meet again.
• Yun Yun and Gu He returned to the Imperial Capital after missing Yan Lin, and Liu Ling told Gu He about his grudge with him.
• Gu He decided to help Liu Ling overcome his fear of Yan Lin and forcibly took him to the Mittel Family residence.

Yun Yun realized that the famous Lin Yan was the same person as Yan Lin and hurried to find him, while warning Nalan Yanran not to fall for him. Yan Lin traveled toward the Black-Corner Region, copied Fama’s High-Level Storage Stone, and began refining poison to strengthen himself.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran about her defeat against the Snake People Clan and recognized Yan Lin as Lin Yan after hearing his appearance and features.
• Yun Yun worried that Yan Lin might be injured, realized Nalan Yanran had feelings for him, and advised her that he was not suited to her.
• Yun Yun urged Nalan Yanran to train harder for her Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan, then flew toward the Mittel Family to find Yan Lin.
• Yan Lin traveled toward the Black-Corner Region on a Fire-Red Two-Headed Spirit Snake and examined Fama’s attribute panel.
• Yan Lin copied Fama’s High-Level Storage Stone and began refining Brand Poison to try to reach Eight-Star Dou King.

After Yan Lin left the Imperial Capital, Yun Yun regretted missing him, while Gu He and Liu Ling accepted his overwhelming talent. On the way to the Black-Corner Region, Yan Lin mastered greater control of the Sword Intent River, and Queen Medusa awakened, able to suppress the Sky Swallowing Python's soul and ready to accompany him.

• Mite'er Tengshan confirmed that Yan Lin had left, and Yun Yun, Gu He, and Liu Ling departed the Mittel Family without seeing him.
• Ya Fei regretted missing her chance with Yan Lin after Mite'er Tengshan explained that he and Hai Bodong had hoped to pair them and secure Yan Lin's ties to the Mittel Family.
• Yun Yun searched for Yan Lin, then returned to the Misty Cloud Sect before setting out toward the Tagor Desert, while Gu He praised Yan Lin and ordered Liu Ling to focus on alchemy.
• After half a month of training on the way to the Black-Corner Region, Yan Lin reached greater mastery of the Sword Intent River and advanced to an eight-star Dou Wang.
• Queen Medusa awakened and told Yan Lin she could now suppress the Sky Swallowing Python's soul for a long time.
• Yan Lin explained that he planned to train in the Black-Corner Region and gather the remaining ingredients for the Spirit Fusion Pill, and Medusa agreed to accompany him.

Yan Lin and Queen Medusa entered the Black Domain Great Plain, where Yan Lin rescued a merchant caravan from bandits and joined it to reach the Black-Corner Region. After the caravan weathered a Black Sandstorm, three powerful auras approached on the horizon.

• Yan Lin gave Queen Medusa a black robe to conceal her beauty as they entered the Black Domain Great Plain.
• Yan Lin spotted a merchant caravan under attack, then used his Myriad Soul Banner to capture the bandits' souls while sparing the caravan members.
• Yan Lin explained the banner to Queen Medusa, then arranged with the caravan steward, Duo Ba'an, to travel with the caravan toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Yan Lin and Queen Medusa questioned Duo Ba'an about the region as the caravan crossed the plain toward Black Seal City.
• The caravan sheltered from a Black Sandstorm, and Yan Lin and Queen Medusa safely passed through it with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's protection.
• Yan Lin and Queen Medusa sensed three distinct auras approaching from the distant horizon.

Yan Lin watched two Eight-Fan Sect Dou Wangs kill a fleeing Dou Wang and take an object from his Ring, then saw them attack the Dopamine Caravan to silence witnesses. Yan Lin's Purple Fire stopped their assault, and the Eight-Fan Sect pursuers demanded that their unseen attacker reveal himself.

• Yan Lin sensed three Dou Wangs fighting over an object and watched the two pursuers overwhelm the bald Dou Wang.
• The bald Dou Wang offered to join the Eight-Fan Sect and hand over the object, but the two pursuers refused and killed him.
• The middle-aged Dou Wang took the Ring from the corpse, and his companion urged him to eliminate the Dopamine Caravan witnesses.
• The Eight-Fan Sect Dou Wangs attacked the caravan, whose members fled toward Yan Lin for safety.
• Yan Lin burned away the incoming wind blades and lightning needles with Purple Fire, prompting the attackers to challenge the hidden defender.

Yan Lin killed one Eight-Fan Sect Dou Wang and badly injured another, but a black-cloaked stranger seized the surviving man’s soul before Yan Lin could finish him. The stranger revealed that he had also collected the souls of Yan Lin’s two other victims.

• Yan Lin refused the Eight-Fan Sect Dou Wangs’ threat and attacked after saying he wanted to borrow their souls.
• Yan Lin killed the middle-aged Dou Wang with Eight Extremes Collapse, while the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and Yan Lin’s Snake Spirit Explosion injured the Thunder Attribute Dou Wang.
• The Thunder Attribute Dou Wang fled toward Black Seal City, but a Black Chain pierced him and dragged his soul from his body.
• A black-cloaked stranger appeared holding the Thunder Attribute Dou Wang’s soul and two other Dou Wang souls, including those of Yan Lin’s victims.

Yan Lin fought a Soul Hall Envoy Dou Emperor who had tried to recruit him, and overwhelmed the stronger opponent with his flames, sword techniques, and brute strength. The badly injured envoy fled toward Black Seal City, while Yan Lin remained on the Black Domain Great Plain.

• Yan Lin recognized the black-robed Soul Hall Envoy as a Dou Emperor, rejected his invitation to join Soul Hall, and challenged him for snatching his prey.
• The Soul Hall Envoy attacked with soul chains, but Yan Lin blocked them and countered with Soul Power, twin blades, and flame sword intents.
• Yan Lin broke through the envoy's chain-sphere defense with Asura Slash and sent him flying with a palm strike.
• The Soul Hall Envoy unleashed Asura Soul Hand as Yan Lin used Sword of the Great River Descending from Heaven to break through it.
• Yan Lin struck the weakened envoy with Eight Extremes Collapse, sending him crashing into the ground before he escaped toward Black Seal City.

Yan Lin had Queen Medusa capture the wounded Soul Hall envoy, then used the Myriad Soul Banner to absorb him and the Soul Bodies he carried. While inspecting the defeated Eight-Fan Sect fighters, Yan Lin discovered two valuable movement techniques, leaving him delighted by his unexpected haul.

• Yan Lin asked Queen Medusa to capture the fleeing Soul Hall envoy, and she sealed him in seven-colored energy and brought him back.
• Yan Lin used the Myriad Soul Banner to absorb the envoy and more than a dozen Soul Bodies, including those belonging to the two Eight-Fan Sect Dou Wangs and the bald Dou Wang.
• Yan Lin inspected the envoy's possessions and copied attributes, finding only the Earth-grade Dou Technique Asura Soul Hand of interest.
• Yan Lin checked the Eight-Fan Sect fighters' attributes and discovered Thunder Bat Sky Wings and Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Yan Lin and Queen Medusa discussed the risks of practicing the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Three Thousand Lightning Movement as Dopamine Caravan traveled to Black Seal City. After arriving in the dangerous city, Yan Lin told Duo Ba'an he could leave on his own.

• Yan Lin learned that Jin Ying and Jin Hu had acquired Thunder Bat Sky Wings and Three Thousand Lightning Movement from a legacy before Yuan Yi and the Eight-Fan Sect pursued them.
• Queen Medusa warned Yan Lin not to draw attention to himself while using Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and he promised not to endanger the Snake People Clan.
• Yan Lin decided to give Thunder Bat Sky Wings to Cauliflower Snake and considered how he might refine the wind and lightning power sealed in Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Dopamine Caravan crossed the Black Plain and arrived at Black Seal City, where Yan Lin saw a poisonous street performance and warned Duo Ba'an that he could leave after entering the city.