Chapter Summaries

Yan Lin and Queen Medusa shopped in Black Seal City, where he killed men who leered at her, then traveled to Black Emperor City to seek rare ingredients at Thousand Herb Pavilion. The pavilion could provide three of the six ingredients he needed, and Yan Lin revealed his fifth-grade alchemist robe to gain access to its second floor.

• Yan Lin bought Queen Medusa Golden Phoenix Red High Heels and other goods at Miaofang Studio, then burned a dozen men to ash when they harassed her.
• Yan Lin told Medusa she could defend herself against such men, and the two continued shopping before leaving Black Seal City for Black Emperor City.
• Yan Lin and Medusa reached Thousand Herb Pavilion, where he found none of his missing ingredients on the first floor and asked the attendant about them.
• The attendant said the pavilion had three of Yan Lin’s six desired ingredients, but the second-floor stock required exchanging pills of equal value and at least fifth grade.
• Yan Lin showed the attendant his fifth-grade alchemist robe, and the attendant respectfully led him toward the second floor.

Yan Lin exchanged pills for medicinal ingredients at Thousand Herb Pavilion and learned where to find the Extreme Yin Dragon Ganoderma. After traveling with Queen Medusa to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, he encountered a young girl fighting a nine-headed magical beast and recognized her as Little Dragon Maiden.

• Yan Lin traded a Spirit Breaking Pill for rare medicinal ingredients, and Workshop Master Yao confirmed that Thousand Herb Pavilion had no seventh-rank magical beast cores.
• Elder Yan told Yan Lin that an Extreme Yin Dragon Ganoderma had been seen in Soul Severing Ravine, guarded by the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon.
• Yan Lin exchanged another Spirit Breaking Pill for the Netherworld Flower and Soul Severing Grass, then left with Queen Medusa.
• Several days later, Yan Lin and Queen Medusa reached the forest near the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range and stopped to rest.
• Yan Lin and Queen Medusa investigated a commotion and saw a young girl fighting a nine-headed magical beast; Yan Lin recognized her as Little Dragon Maiden.

Yan Lin recognized Zi Yan as the Ancient Void Dragon’s descendant and rescued her from the Crimson Gold Nine-Headed Tiger with help from Queen Medusa. After they introduced themselves, Zi Yan quickly grew close to Medusa, and the story left them preparing to teach the tiger a lesson.

• Yan Lin identified Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon imperial bloodline and decided to help her.
• The Crimson Gold Nine-Headed Tiger trapped Zi Yan in flames and attacked, but Yan Lin intercepted its claw with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Queen Medusa shattered the tiger’s fire attack, frightening it into fleeing.
• Yan Lin introduced himself and Medusa to Zi Yan, who warmed quickly to Medusa and asked her to help punish the tiger.
• Yan Lin agreed to Medusa’s request to help Zi Yan confront the Crimson Gold Nine-Headed Tiger.

Yan Lin, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan left the Crimson Gold Nine-Headed Tiger’s lair and headed for Soul Severing Ravine to seek medicinal ingredients. They discovered that Black Emperor Sect fighters had provoked the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon, and arrived as a battle raged over the ravine.

• Zi Yan finished beating the Crimson Gold Nine-Headed Tiger, took Crimson Flame Peaches, and grew friendlier toward Yan Lin after he offered to help her when she was bullied.
• Yan Lin persuaded Zi Yan to accompany him and Queen Medusa to Soul Severing Ravine, where he hoped to find the Extreme Yin Dragon Ganoderma and Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• The trio sensed a fierce battle ahead and learned from fleeing War Wolf Mercenary Group members that Black Emperor Sect experts had enraged the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon and caused beast tides.
• Yan Lin, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan reached Soul Severing Ravine and saw the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon fighting a black-robed old man while its subordinates battled a red-faced old man and a young man.

Yan Lin and his companions watched the Black Emperor Sect battle the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon while Mo Ya and Qi Shan searched Soul Severing Ravine for a supposed treasure. They uncovered a gigantic Magical Beast corpse that Yan Lin recognized as a Sky Demon Phoenix.

• Mo Ya and Qi Shan helped slaughter the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon's followers while Elder Han fought the beast, and Qi Shan confirmed that a treasure lay beyond the ravine's waterfall.
• The Wind Nether Tiger Dragon attacked Mo Ya and Qi Shan with its Mysterious Nether Wind Gale, but their combined defenses weakened the strike before Elder Han pierced the beast's tail with his lightning spear.
• Qi Shan collected the Extreme Yin Dragon Ganoderma, while Yan Lin, Medusa, and Zi Yan watched from concealment and waited to learn the Black Emperor Sect's true objective.
• Mo Ya and Qi Shan opened a passage through the waterfall and revealed a huge, long-dead Magical Beast with enormous pale wings.
• Mo Ya sensed the corpse's overwhelming soul pressure, and Yan Lin recognized it as a Sky Demon Phoenix.

Yan Lin, Medusa, and Zi Yan seized a dried Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse from Mo Ya and Qi Shan, then fought the Black Emperor Sect group and the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon. Mo Ya died after marking Yan Lin with the Blood Demon Curse, leaving Yan Lin to flee before Mo Ya’s father could track him down.

• Yan Lin recognized the dried corpse as a Seventh Order Heaven Demon Phoenix and understood why the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon had fought to claim it.
• Yan Lin took the corpse, and Medusa used her Dou Zong pressure to restrain Mo Ya and Qi Shan while Yan Lin and Zi Yan ambushed them.
• Yan Lin pursued Mo Ya and killed him, but Mo Ya cast the Blood Demon Curse before dying, branding Yan Lin so his blood relatives could sense him.
• Yan Lin learned that the curse was a tracking secret art and worried that Mo Ya’s father, Mo Tianxing, could be a stronger Dou Zong.
• Yan Lin killed Qi Shan, while Medusa killed Elder Han and the Wind Nether Tiger Dragon, and the group prepared to leave the ravine.

After Mo Tianxing discovered Mo Ya’s corpse and sent the Black Emperor Sect to hunt his killers, Yan Lin, Medusa, and Zi Yan spent the night in a cave. Yan Lin persuaded Zi Yan to lead them to the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s treasure, then told Medusa about the Blood Demon Curse as Zi Yan interrupted their near-kiss.

• Mo Tianxing found Mo Ya’s corpse in Soul Severing Ravine, vowed revenge, and summoned the Black Emperor Sect to track Yan Lin and his companions.
• Yan Lin, Medusa, and Zi Yan stopped in a cave, where Zi Yan praised Yan Lin’s cooking and asked him to make her a Humanoid Pill.
• Yan Lin promised to refine the pill if Zi Yan found its ingredients, and she offered to guide them to the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave because she could sense treasures.
• Yan Lin revealed that Mo Ya had placed a Blood Demon Curse on him, and Medusa worried about Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect.
• Yan Lin and Medusa nearly kissed, but Zi Yan teased them and interrupted.

Yan Lin finished processing the Sky Demon Phoenix’s remains and planned his next steps toward advancing his cultivation and alchemy. He gave Medusa three drops of Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence, then carried her away for an intimate moment while Zi Yan secretly watched.

• Yan Lin refined ten sharp bone spikes and extracted five drops of Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence from the Sky Demon Phoenix’s corpse, keeping one drop to retrieve its Magic Core.
• Yan Lin examined Qi Shan’s Ring, found the Extreme Yin Dragon Ganoderma, and considered his plans to reach the seventh-tier alchemist level and break through to Dou Emperor.
• Yan Lin decided to seek Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and control sixth-order snake-type magical beasts to accelerate his cultivation.
• Yan Lin gave Medusa three drops of Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence, and she accepted them after he explained how to refine them safely.
• Yan Lin teased and kissed Medusa, carried her away from Zi Yan, and began an intimate encounter while the awakened Zi Yan peeked through her fingers.

Yan Lin obtained the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and learned that the Phoenix Scale Vermilion Fruit was in Jia Nan Academy’s stores. On the way to find Su Qian, he and his companions came upon Han Yue’s group fighting a Flame Demon Giant Bear, just as the battle took an unexpected turn.

• Zi Yan bullied the Snow Demon Sky Ape into admitting it was wrong while Yan Lin and Queen Medusa searched its cave for the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Yan Lin extracted the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from the stalactite, leaving some behind, and took the diluted milk from the bluestone groove.
• Zi Yan told Yan Lin that Old Su had taken a Phoenix Scale Vermilion Fruit she found and stored it in Jia Nan Academy’s medicinal ingredient storage, so Yan Lin decided to seek out Su Qian.
• Yan Lin and his companions encountered Yan Hao, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Han Yue battling a Flame Demon Giant Bear as part of the Inner Academy assessment.
• Han Yue’s group began gaining the upper hand against the bear, but an unexpected change interrupted the fight.

Yan Lin and Zi Yan rescued Han Yue's group from two attacking Fifth Order Magical Beasts, and Yan Lin killed both beasts with his Purple Fire greatsword. After Yan Lin saved Han Yue and continued holding her, Medusa confronted him for holding her too long.

• The Fire Python Tiger joined the Flame Demon Giant Bear against Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and their companions, leaving the Inner Academy students outmatched.
• The Flame Demon Giant Bear entered a berserk state, wounded Liu Qing, and pursued Han Yue until Yan Lin swept her out of danger.
• Yan Lin held the shaken Han Yue while she thanked him, and the Flame Demon Giant Bear fled with a warning for the Fire Python Tiger.
• Yan Lin killed the Flame Demon Giant Bear and the Fire Python Tiger with his Purple Fire greatsword, astonishing Han Yue's group.
• Medusa noticed Yan Lin was still holding Han Yue and coldly asked whether he had held her enough.

Yan Lin and Medusa faced an ambush by the Black Emperor Sect after its men tracked the Blood Mark on him. They killed the attackers, but Mo Xuan sent up a signal summoning more of the sect’s forces.

• Yan Lin handed the rescued Han Yue to Zi Yan and tried to appease Medusa, but the Black Emperor Sect’s pursuers arrived before he could explain himself.
• Mo Xuan confronted Yan Lin with four airborne experts and Black-Clad Guards, demanding answers about the deaths of the sect’s Young Sect Master and elders.
• Wang Tian leered at Medusa and the other women, so Yan Lin killed him with a single sword strike.
• Medusa revealed her Dou Zong strength, crushed the remaining Black Emperor Sect members, and chased after Yan Lin as he pursued Mo Xuan.
• Yan Lin and Medusa cornered Mo Xuan, who released a blood-red signal bearing the Black Emperor Sect emblem before he died.

Yan Lin and Medusa escaped the Black Emperor Sect’s search and reached Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Yan Lin sought refuge and access to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. After he revealed his exceptional age, cultivation, and alchemy, Su Qian eagerly pulled him along to discuss joining the academy.

• Yan Lin and Medusa fled toward the Inner Academy to escape Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect, while Medusa took the other Jia Nan Academy students along behind them.
• Guided by Zi Yan, Yan Lin reached the academy’s spatial barrier and entered the Inner Academy with Medusa and the students.
• Su Qian and Qing Elder questioned Lin Xiuya, then thanked Yan Lin and Medusa for saving the students and offered them temporary shelter.
• Yan Lin introduced Medusa as his wife and revealed that he was fifteen and an eight-star Dou Wang, then asked to join Jia Nan Academy so he could use the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Yan Lin revealed that he was a peak Fifth-Grade Alchemist, prompting Su Qian to call him Elder Yan and hurry him toward his office.

Mo Tianxing vowed to hunt down those who killed his son and Black Emperor Sect experts, while Yan Lin spent the night with Medusa and gave her the private name Cai Lin. They fell asleep together as dawn approached.

• Mo Tianxing learned that a powerful opponent had killed his son, a Dou Emperor, three Dou Wangs, and Black-Clad Guards, then ordered the Black Emperor Sect to search everywhere for the culprits.
• Yan Lin made Spirit Ginseng Pills for Zi Yan and gave them to her, then used the promise of more pills to persuade her to leave.
• Yan Lin reassured Medusa that Han Yue meant little to him, and they spent the night together in their dormitory.
• As dawn neared, Yan Lin asked Medusa if he could give her a more intimate name and proposed Cai Lin.
• Medusa accepted the name Cai Lin, and she and Yan Lin fell asleep in each other's arms.

Yan Lin visited the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and planned to wait until he reached Dou Huang before attempting to refine the Falling Heart Flame. Wearing the elder’s robes granted him entry ahead of the queue, where Liu Fei confronted him, suspecting he was impersonating an elder.

• Yan Lin examined the buried Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and decided not to attempt refining the Falling Heart Flame until he had grown stronger.
• Yan Lin put on the elder’s robes Su Qian had given him, using his newly granted nominal elder status to bypass the students waiting in line.
• Lei Na shoved students aside so Liu Fei and her entourage could cut into the queue, while the other students held back their objections.
• Yan Lin walked past the queue, and Liu Fei noticed his youthful appearance and unfamiliar face beneath the elder’s robes.
• Liu Fei approached Yan Lin and accused him of impersonating an elder.

Yan Lin silenced students who accused him of impersonating an Inner Academy elder by releasing his overwhelming pressure, then let Liu Qing and the others confirm his status. He went with Han Yue to learn about the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, while Liu Fei learned more about his strength and began to admire him.

• Liu Fei convinced the gathered students that Yan Lin was an impostor, so Yan Lin released his aura and forced them all to submit.
• Yan Lin lifted the pressure from Liu Fei and accepted Liu Qing's apology, while Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and Han Yue confirmed that Yan Lin was an elder.
• Yan Lin asked for a guide to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and chose Han Yue to accompany him.
• Liu Qing warned Liu Fei not to provoke Yan Lin and described his feats, including killing a Fifth Order Magical Beast and defeating a Dou Wang.
• Liu Fei learned that Yan Lin was fifteen and a peak fifth-tier alchemist, then became attracted to him.

Yan Lin entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and cultivated in an elder chamber near the sealed Falling Heart Flame, using its intense Heart Flame to purify his Dou Qi. The Falling Heart Flame attacked his soul from afar, but Yan Lin drove it back and resolved to reach nine-star Dou Wang before preparing for a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.

• Yan Lin entered the tower with Han Yue, resisted its Heart Flame, and impressed the students by recovering within seconds.
• Yan Lin met Liu Qingfeng, who escorted him through a guarded entrance to an elder cultivation chamber on the lowest level.
• Yan Lin began cultivating in the dense energy mist, enduring powerful Heart Flame tempering that strengthened and purified his Dou Qi.
• The Falling Heart Flame resonated with Yan Lin's Green Lotus Core Flame and attacked him through his soul, but Yan Lin forced it out with his Soul Power.
• Yan Lin reached peak eight-star Dou Wang and took out Earth Core Body Tempering Milk as he prepared to break through to nine-star Dou Wang.

Yan Lin mastered the first stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement and prepared to return to the Inner Academy for seclusion, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discovered the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the Tagor Desert. The chapter left Xiao Yan hiding nearby as Yao Chen waited for other experts to weaken the Heavenly Flame.

• Yan Lin practiced Lightning Flash and managed to hover briefly before landing with the movement skill.
• Medusa warned Yan Lin that his battle qi was unstable, and he gave her Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and pills to support her cultivation.
• Zi Yan asked Yan Lin to prepare more pills for her, and he promised not to forget her share.
• Yan Lin, Medusa, and Zi Yan set off for the Inner Academy as Yan Lin planned to enter seclusion and attempt a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were caught in a sudden sandstorm and spotted the Wind Fury Dragon Flame at its center.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to hide and let the approaching experts try to tame the newly appeared Heavenly Flame first.

Yan Lin absorbed vast amounts of energy in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and spent months advancing to Dou Emperor. After sensing Falling Heart Flame beneath the tower, he withdrew his Soul Power, leaving the flame raging against its seal.

• Yan Lin’s breakthrough drew energy from the tower and surrounding area, prompting the elders to evacuate the students.
• Su Qian realized Yan Lin’s absorption was weakening Falling Heart Flame and helping stabilize its seal.
• After five months, Yan Lin awoke with the power of a Dou Emperor and extended his Soul Power through the tower.
• Yan Lin sensed Falling Heart Flame, which tried to devour him, and vowed to return and refine it.
• Falling Heart Flame rampaged against its seal after Yan Lin withdrew, so the tower-guarding elders reinforced it before the flame fell silent.

After advancing to Dou Emperor, Yan Lin gained peak Sixth-Grade Soul Power and a Sub-Flame from the Falling Heart Flame. He reunited with Medusa, then refined an intermediate Sixth-Grade Spirit Fusion Pill, leaving the Inner Academy shaken by its appearance.

• Yan Lin emerged from seclusion with peak Sixth-Grade Soul Power and a Falling Heart Flame Sub-Flame, then accepted congratulations from the tower elders.
• Yan Lin returned to the Inner Academy, where Su Qian and others congratulated him, and Zi Yan traded her gathered herbs for several bottles of pills.
• Yan Lin and Medusa spent time together in private while Zi Yan and Su Qian waited outside his bedroom.
• Yan Lin used the Sub-Flame to refine a Spirit Fusion Pill, whose light and energy waves shattered his barrier and disturbed the Inner Academy.
• Yan Lin confirmed that he had successfully refined an intermediate Sixth-Grade pill and become an intermediate Sixth-Grade Alchemist.

Yan Lin refined a Sixth-Grade Spirit Fusion Pill, helped Medusa begin merging with the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, and left the Inner Academy with Zi Yan to return to the Jia Ma Empire. After more than ten days of travel and cultivation, he neared Jia Ma Sacred City.

• Yan Lin successfully refined a Sixth-Grade Spirit Fusion Pill, and Su Qian celebrated his breakthrough while keeping the gathered students away.
• Yan Lin gave Medusa the pill, and she swallowed it before transforming into the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python.
• Yan Lin asked Su Qian for leave to return to the Jia Ma Empire, and Su Qian agreed after Yan Lin promised to help the academy in the future.
• Yan Lin departed with Zi Yan on the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and spent the journey gathering herbs, refining pills, and cultivating his Dou Techniques.
• After more than ten days of travel, Yan Lin approached the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital, Jia Ma Sacred City.