Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng parted ways with Yun Yun, traveled through the Monster Mountain Range to Daling City, and removed his Fifth-tier Beast Fire. He absorbed the Purple Flame from the Companion Source and stabilized at Six-star Dou Shi, leaving him ready to refine the new flame into a Fire Seed.

• Yun Yun gave Lin Feng the Heart of the Sea Armor and a Misty Cloud Sect token before flying away.
• Little Cai took the purple orb and consumed the remaining Companion Amethyst Crystal Source as Lin Feng set off for Daling City.
• Lin Feng saw the He Family's bounty notice for Feng Lin and entered Daling City under a different identity.
• Lin Feng removed his Fifth-tier Beast Fire and stored it in a jade bottle.
• Lin Feng drank refined Companion Source, absorbed the Purple Flame, and stabilized his cultivation at Six-star Dou Shi.
• Lin Feng summoned a small purple flame above his fingertip and prepared to refine it into a Fire Seed.

Lin Feng formed a purple Fire Seed, sorted through the Amethyst Winged Lion King's treasure trove, and left the Jia Ma Empire for the Black Corner Region. After arriving outside the border, he tested the explosive power of combining Beast Fires.

• Lin Feng refined the purple flame into a Fire Seed and decided to nurture it with Companion Amethyst Crystal Source.
• Lin Feng sorted the Amethyst Winged Lion King's collection, finding fifth-tier magic cores, an Azure Glass Flower, valuable alchemist prescriptions, and an unopenable Copper Scroll.
• Lin Feng extracted magic cores and Beast Fire from the magical beast corpses he had collected.
• Lin Feng passed through Town Ghost Pass and left the Jia Ma Empire, then flew east toward the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Feng tested an explosion made from two Third-tier Beast Fires and was blasted back, but judged that stronger fires could seriously injure powerful opponents.

Lin Feng entered seclusion before crossing the dangerous Black Region Great Plain and consumed a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill to strengthen himself. Its energy painfully expanded and reinforced his meridians, and he neared the breakthrough to Da Dou Shi while much of the pill's power remained.

• Lin Feng considered his experimental flame-explosion Fighting Skill too dangerous and costly to use except in a critical moment.
• Before entering the Black Region Great Plain, Lin Feng went to a cave behind a waterfall to take the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, hoping to reach Da Dou Shi.
• Lin Feng swallowed the pill, and its three streams of energy surged through his meridians, causing intense pain as his Dou Qi tempered them.
• The pill's energy forced open and strengthened countless narrow meridians, while tri-colored energy burst from Lin Feng's pores and left him bloodied.
• Lin Feng refined the remaining energy into his vortex, bringing his strength close to the Da Dou Shi barrier even though nearly a third of the pill's medicinal power remained.

Lin Feng compressed his Dou Qi into a Dou Crystal and broke through to become a two-star Dou Grandmaster. After recovering his energy, he set off toward the Black Region Great Plain, the gateway to Black Corner Region.

• Lin Feng compressed the energy in his Dou Qi Vortex until a Dou Crystal formed, creating a rudimentary suit of Dou Qi Armor.
• Lin Feng refined the remaining three-colored energy and stabilized his cultivation at the two-star Dou Grandmaster level.
• Lin Feng tested his external Dou Qi release and combined the Purple Flame with his armor before deciding to save his Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills for later.
• Lin Feng fed Little Cai two Blazing Fire Pills, then flew toward the Black Region Great Plain.
• Lin Feng recovered his Dou Qi in a mountain forest and used Explosive Steps to speed toward the plain.

Lin Feng crossed the Black Region Great Plain with a merchant caravan after breaking into a tribe and killing its gate guard. The caravan brought him to Black Seal City, where he waited to enter after learning about the city and its powerful rulers.

• Lin Feng found a tribe, smashed its gate after a guard shot at him, and killed the guard as he entered.
• Lin Feng paid a passerby for directions, then agreed to help a merchant caravan in exchange for a guide across the plain.
• Lin Feng killed high-level Dou Master bandits who attacked the caravan, earning the travelers’ respect.
• The fat caravan leader explained that Black Seal City was ruled by the Eight Sects and that its leader, Yuan Yi, was a Dou Emperor ranked among the Black Corner Region’s top ten.
• The caravan reached Black Seal City, where Lin Feng joined the queue and saw the guards collecting a hefty entrance fee.

Lin Feng acquired the third Demonic Flame Fragmented Map by negotiating for it at the Black Seal Auction House, then set out toward Jia Nan Academy. On the road, he killed a pursuer with his enhanced Purple Flame Dou Skill, while another pursuer demanded that he hand it over.

• Lin Feng entered the Black Corner Region's Black Seal Auction House and asked to buy a Fifth-tier Beast Fire.
• Lin Feng bargained for the Beast Fire and received a tattered Treasure Map, which he recognized as a Demonic Flame Fragmented Map.
• Lin Feng left with his third Demonic Flame Fragmented Map and headed toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Feng sensed an ambush on the road, raised his strength with Purple Flame, and killed a Nine-star Dou Grandmaster with the Roaring Lion Chant.
• A second pursuer confronted Lin Feng, coveted his Dou Skill, and demanded that he hand it over.

Lin Feng fought a concealed Shadow Team Dou Ling who tried to seize his Roaring Lion Chant, then used two fused Fifth-tier Beast Fires to badly injure him. After killing the Dou Ling and fleeing, Lin Feng left the Shadow Team captain to discover the failed ambush and order a search for him.

• The old man revealed his Dark Attribute and attacked Lin Feng with Shadow Grasp Palm, but Lin Feng countered and injured him with Heart Piercing Finger's Penetrating Force.
• Lin Feng forced two Fifth-tier Beast Fires together and hurled the unstable fireball at the fleeing Dou Ling, causing a massive explosion that wounded them both.
• Lin Feng killed the badly injured Dou Ling, took his Storage Ring, and left with Little Cai after it sensed someone approaching.
• The Shadow Team captain arrived, identified the dead man and the Beast Fire traces, and realized Lin Feng had escaped with the team's stealth technique.
• The captain flew toward Black Seal City and ordered a search to find and kill Lin Feng before he could expose the Shadow Team's attacks on customers.

Lin Feng discovered two Peak Seventh-grade Soul Devouring Pills and a sealed Pill Recipe in a hidden cave, then fed Little Cai an Earth Core Lotus Seed. Little Cai transformed into Medusa, who accepted two of the herbs Lin Feng had gathered and gave him three years to find the remaining soul-related ingredients before leaving to explore the Black Corner Region.

• Little Cai led Lin Feng to a concealed cave, where he found two Soul Devouring Pills and learned they could briefly raise a Da Dou Shi to Dou Wang at the cost of years of life.
• Lin Feng stored the pills and sealed Pill Recipe, then rewarded Little Cai with an Earth Core Lotus Seed, which sent the snake into a deep sleep and triggered its transformation.
• Medusa appeared and explained that Little Cai was digesting the seed's energy; she also noticed Lin Feng had reached Two-star Dou Grandmaster and heard how he had survived an ambush in the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Feng gave Medusa the Azure Glass Flower and Eight Ridge Demon Needle Fruit, then warned that the two remaining soul-related herbs might be difficult to find.
• Medusa gave Lin Feng three years to gather the remaining herbs and left to explore the Black Corner Region, while Lin Feng took a pill and began healing his injuries.

Lin Feng reached Peace Town near Jia Nan Academy, but learned that the academy would not admit him without an elder’s guarantee because he had entered the Black Corner Region. Unable to secure a meeting with an elder, he chose to seek life-extending treasures in Black Emperor City as he planned for a chance to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Medusa turned back into a little snake as Lin Feng approached Peace Town, where he saw the Spirit Tree and its hanging corpses.
• The Enforcement Team required Lin Feng to state his identity and take a pill that detected murderous intent.
• Lin Feng told the team’s instructor that he came from the Jia Ma Empire to join Jia Nan Academy, but the instructor refused to make an exception or arrange a meeting with an elder.
• Lin Feng considered using the Soul Devouring Pill to gain strength, then decided to search for treasures that could extend his lifespan and give him more time.
• Lin Feng chose to travel to Mo Tianxing’s Black Emperor City and flew there with his Purple Cloud Wings.

Lin Feng searched Black Emperor City for lifespan-extending treasures and found Soul Melting Wood at Thousand Medicine Pavilion. After discovering that Shou Wang Jiang would be auctioned in two months, he decided to take the Soul Devouring Pill and left the city to prepare.

• Lin Feng entered Black Emperor City and bought both portions of Soul Melting Wood from Thousand Medicine Pavilion, but found no herbs that could extend his lifespan.
• Lin Feng learned that an auction would be held in two months and used Hai Bodong's Purple Gold Card to obtain its catalog.
• Lin Feng found Shou Wang Jiang in the catalog and decided he needed to obtain it to offset the lifespan cost of the Soul Devouring Pill.
• Lin Feng spotted a Seventh-tier Beast Fire and an Earth Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method among the auction items, and worried that rivals might try to steal the treasures.
• Lin Feng decided to take the Soul Devouring Pill, then left Black Emperor City for the mountains and forests to prepare.

Lin Feng swallowed the Soul Devouring Pill and endured its life-draining power as it strengthened his body and drove his cultivation from Dou Grandmaster to Dou Wang. The pill’s power then transformed his Dou Crystal into crimson liquid that merged into his body, leaving him with vastly strengthened Dou Qi but no Dou Crystal.

• Lin Feng landed in a secluded valley, set Little Cai aside, and swallowed the Soul Devouring Pill.
• The pill’s red energy spread through Lin Feng’s body, strengthened his organs, and drained his life force to power his Dou Crystal.
• Lin Feng’s cultivation rose to the peak of Dou Grandmaster as his Dou Crystal transformed into a nine-spiked, sea-urchin-like shape.
• The Dou Crystal’s spikes gradually retracted, and Lin Feng reached Dou Wang as the Soul Devouring Pill’s power neared exhaustion.
• The Dou Crystal dissolved into crimson liquid that spread through Lin Feng’s body and fused with his bones, flesh, and meridians.
• The transformation ended with Lin Feng’s Dou Crystal gone, but his Dou Qi remained and had become many times stronger.

After advancing to the Dou Wang realm, Lin Feng reached the peak of one-star Dou Wang and refined a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill. Its fragrance drew Zi Yan, who tried to steal it, and Lin Feng recognized her as she confronted him.

• Lin Feng absorbed the remaining medicinal energy overnight, reaching the peak of one-star Dou Wang and forming Dou Qi Transformation Wings.
• Lin Feng inspected his declining vitality and decided he needed to obtain Shou Wang Jiang.
• Lin Feng tested his improved alchemy by refining the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, succeeding after five failures.
• Lin Feng decided to remain in the valley and refine more pills instead of returning to Black Emperor City.
• Zi Yan rushed into the valley to steal Lin Feng's pill, but he repelled her attack and recognized her.
• Zi Yan told Lin Feng to hand over the pill, claiming he could not defeat her.

Lin Feng persuaded Zi Yan to become his guard in exchange for pills and offered to teach her fist techniques. More than a month later, he attempted to advance to a Fifth-grade Alchemist by refining a pill, successfully forming a green Pill embryo.

• Lin Feng demonstrated his stacked Flying Dou Skill and convinced Zi Yan to guard him for pills, while allowing her to leave for a few days each month.
• Zi Yan accepted Lin Feng's offer, ate the pill he gave her, and introduced herself; Lin Feng discovered their damaged pill cauldron was unusable and replaced it with another.
• Lin Feng learned that Zi Yan knew no Dou Skills and gave her two fist-technique scrolls, promising to take her to an auction in two months.
• After more than a month of refining, Lin Feng compressed the medicinal liquids into a green Pill embryo and began shaping it with Purple Flame.

Lin Feng completed a Fifth-grade Windwalk Pill and traveled with Zi Yan and Little Cai to Black Emperor City's Black Emperor Sect auction. The auction began under the authority of the Dou Zong Mo Tianxing, who warned the crowd against causing trouble.

• Lin Feng refined a Windwalk Pill and reflected on how Flank's alchemist inheritance had helped him become a Fifth-grade Alchemist.
• Zi Yan gave Lin Feng Beast Fire and said she had obtained an Earth Tier Dou Skill from Su Qian; Lin Feng prepared Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills for the auction.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan disguised themselves in black robes and flew to Black Emperor City, where they entered the crowded auction hall and found seats near the front.
• Mo Tianxing appeared on the auction platform, demonstrated his Dou Zong aura, and threatened anyone who tried to disrupt the Black Emperor Sect's auction.
• Mo Tianxing welcomed the crowd and withdrew from the platform, beginning the auction.

Lin Feng bid against Yuan Yi for Shou Wang Jiang and won it, then watched the auction’s Seventh-tier Beast Fire draw an intense bidding war. A gray-robed old man offered five million Gold Coins and appeared to have secured the flame as the bidding paused.

• Lin Feng bought Zi Yan a pair of Gloves and several sixth-grade Medicinal Herbs during the auction.
• Lin Feng recognized Yuan Yi as possibly connected to the group behind an earlier assassination attempt and decided to investigate him after the auction.
• Lin Feng outbid Yuan Yi and bought Shou Wang Jiang for 3.2 million Gold Coins and two fifth-tier Magic Cores.
• The auctioneer introduced a Seventh-tier Beast Fire seed from a Blazing Horned Lizard, prompting alchemists and fire-attributed experts to compete for it.
• A gray-robed old man bid five million Gold Coins for the beast fire, hoping it would help him refine a Dou Ling Pill.

Lin Feng won the Beast Fire auction by outbidding a gray-robed alchemist, who planned to steal it and the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill Recipe later. He watched the Huang Ji Pill and Earth Tier cultivation method sell without bidding, while considering future plans to seize the Fallen Heart Flame and Han Feng’s fortune.

• Lin Feng outbid the gray-robed alchemist for the Beast Fire with four Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills and three fifth-tier magic cores, and the alchemist decided to steal the prizes afterward.
• The auctioneer introduced the Huang Ji Pill, and Lin Feng stopped Zi Yan from plotting to rob whoever won it.
• Dou Emperor bidders drove the Huang Ji Pill’s price above seven million Gold Coins before a VIP representative bought it; the suspected black-robed enemy failed to win it.
• The auction moved to its finale, an Earth Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method, which Lin Feng watched without bidding.
• Lin Feng considered saving Medusa’s chances to seize the Fallen Heart Flame and Han Feng’s fortune, including Yao Chen’s remaining treasures and the Myriad Beast Cauldron.

After the auction, Lin Feng visited the Free Trade Convention and bought information about Black Corner Region factions, identifying Yuan Yi of the Eight Sects as the Dark Attribute Dou Huang who had ambushed him. He absorbed the Seventh-tier Beast Fire at an inn, leaving him with a flame far stronger than the Purple Flame.

• Lin Feng and Zi Yan collected their auction items and visited the Free Trade Convention, where Lin Feng traded a fourth-grade pill for detailed faction information.
• Lin Feng noticed they were being followed and took Zi Yan to an inn, where he searched the ambushing Dou Ling's Storage Ring and found a Dark Attribute Cultivation Method and the Wuxi stealth technique.
• Lin Feng used the information scroll to identify Yuan Yi, the Two-Star Dou Huang and leader of the Eight Sects, as the likely attacker, and vowed to kill him with Zi Yan's help.
• Lin Feng told Zi Yan he would refine ten Fifth-grade Pills for her after they killed Yuan Yi, then asked her to keep watch while he absorbed the Seventh-tier Beast Fire.
• Lin Feng successfully absorbed the Blazing Horned Lizard's Beast Fire and summoned its powerful Orange-Yellow Flame.

Lin Feng, Zi Yan, and Little Cai confronted two Dou Kings who tried to rob them for the Seventh-tier Beast Fire and other auction purchases. They gained the upper hand, and Lin Feng left the gray-robed elder badly wounded with his Heart Piercing Finger.

• Lin Feng suspected the gray-robed man who had bid against him for the Seventh-tier Beast Fire, then planned with Zi Yan and Little Cai to ambush the robbers outside the city.
• Lin Feng called out the pursuers in a secluded forest, and the gray-robed man revealed that his companion was an Eight-Star Dou King.
• Little Cai ambushed the Eight-Star Dou King and knocked him into the forest, while Zi Yan attacked the gray-robed elder with her Ground Splitting Fist.
• The gray-robed elder countered Zi Yan with his Fire Origin Palm, but Lin Feng raised his strength with the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and struck him with the Roaring Lion Chant.
• Lin Feng wounded the elder with a direct attack, then asked Zi Yan to keep him occupied and pierced him with the Heart Piercing Finger.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan killed the gray-robed elder and seized valuable treasures, including Earth Tier techniques and a Dou Ling Pill. After choosing to establish his own faction in Spirit Mountain City, Lin Feng set out with Little Cai while Zi Yan declined to join.

• Lin Feng's Heart Piercing Finger weakened the gray-robed elder, and Zi Yan killed him with Ground Splitting Fist while Little Cai pursued the other High-level Dou King.
• Lin Feng took the elder's Storage Ring and found an Earth Tier Cultivation Method, an Earth Tier Dou Skill, numerous Fifth-grade Pill prescriptions, and valuable alchemy tools.
• Lin Feng returned to the valley, learned the Heavenly Sun Flame Transformation Technique, and examined the Fire Origin Palm and the elder's other belongings.
• Lin Feng discovered a Dou Ling Pill, decided to save it for when he reached the High-level Dou King stage, and ruled out joining Jia Nan Academy or Han Feng's faction.
• Lin Feng chose to establish his own faction in Spirit Mountain City, but Zi Yan refused to join because Su Qian had forbidden her from getting involved with factions in the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Feng planned to rely on Little Cai and took out the Companion Source to fulfill his promise to it.

Lin Feng refined a Spirit Ascension Pill and spent a month learning Fire Origin Palm before heading to Spirit Mountain City to take it from the Spirit Mountain Gang. He defeated the gang’s vice leader and began battling its leader, Lu Hao.

• Little Cai devoured the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source, and Lin Feng gave Zi Yan pills before she left in a huff.
• Lin Feng studied the Spirit Ascension Pill recipe, successfully refined a pill on his second attempt, and later mastered the basics of Fire Origin Palm after a month of training.
• Unable to wait for Zi Yan to find a water-attributed Sixth-grade Magic Core, Lin Feng left a note and flew to Spirit Mountain City to establish a base for his faction.
• Lin Feng ambushed the Spirit Mountain Gang’s Vice Leader, pierced his forearm, and struck him through several buildings with an energy lion.
• Lu Hao confronted Lin Feng, who raised his aura to Five-Star Dou Wang and formed a massive Fire Origin Palm to clash with Lu Hao’s energy serpents.