Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng killed Lu Hao, disbanded the Spirit Mountain Gang, and established the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion in Spirit Mountain City. As Jia Nan Academy’s elders debated how to respond, Zi Yan barged into their meeting searching for a Sixth-grade water-attribute Magic Core and offered Dou Ling Pills to trade for it.

• Lin Feng killed Lu Hao with an Earth Tier Dou Skill and claimed Spirit Mountain City for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Lin Feng appointed Pang Sheng, Niu Tuo, and Zhang Shi to lead departments and ordered the pavilion’s headquarters to open in the city center within a month.
• Lin Feng organized the pavilion’s rules, shops, and points system while preparing to sell pills.
• Hu Gan and the Jia Nan Academy elders discussed the new pavilion and debated whether it posed a threat to the academy.
• Zi Yan crashed through the meeting room wall looking for a Sixth-grade water-attribute Magic Core, then offered Dou Ling Pills as payment.

Lin Feng traded a Dou Ling Pill to Elder Liu for a Sixth-grade Water Attribute Magic Core and a promise to obtain Green Wood Immortal Vine. With Zi Yan’s help, he also secured the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, bringing him closer to his goals.

• Zi Yan learned from Hu Gan that Liu Ying possessed a Sixth-grade Water Attribute Magic Core and hurried to find him.
• Medusa questioned Lin Feng about his rapid rise in strength and learned he had found two portions of Soul Melting Wood but still needed a Soul Containing Flower.
• Zi Yan brought Elder Liu to Lin Feng, who traded a Dou Ling Pill for Liu Ying’s Magic Core and his help obtaining Green Wood Immortal Vine.
• Elder Liu accepted the trade and promised to deliver the herb within three days.
• Zi Yan gave Lin Feng the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit he had requested.

Lin Feng prepared Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for its opening, then agreed to help Zi Yan retrieve Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from a Snow Demon Sky Ape. They reached the ape’s valley, where Zi Yan drew it out while Lin Feng waited to enter its cave.

• Lin Feng sent Zhang Shi to buy Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and told Zi Yan that a Snow Demon Sky Ape might possess Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Heavenly Treasure Pavilion opened to crowds, sold a Fifth-grade Wound Healing Pill by bidding, and gained three Dou Wang members.
• Zi Yan returned after two months and asked Lin Feng to help obtain the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, explaining that nearby magical beasts joined the Snow Demon Sky Ape against her.
• Lin Feng agreed to accompany Zi Yan into Jia Nan Academy’s back mountain, hoping to locate the Inner Academy as well as retrieve the treasure.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan reached the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s valley, and Zi Yan provoked the ape into charging at her.

Lin Feng searched the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave and found an underground cavern containing Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. He collected the diluted liquid from a stone basin, then discovered and harvested the genuine treasure sealed inside the largest stalactite, leaving some behind.

• Lin Feng used the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s battle with Zi Yan as cover to enter its cave and found a hidden passage beneath the fur-covered floor.
• Lin Feng followed the passage into an underground cavern and used his Soul Perception to locate the area with the most concentrated Earth Power.
• Lin Feng found milky-white Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in a basin beneath the largest stalactite and filled five Jade Bottles with it.
• Lin Feng realized that the liquid in the basin was only a diluted protective illusion and that the genuine treasure was inside the stalactite’s root.
• Lin Feng cut a circular piece from the stalactite, poured its jade-green liquid into a jade box, and left some of the treasure behind.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan escaped the Snow Demon Sky Ape with the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then divided it in Spirit Mountain City. Lin Feng refined and swallowed his portion, enduring a painful transformation as the milk tempered his body, and its remaining energy continued into his meridians.

• Lin Feng returned the stalactite to its place, escaped the cave with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and called Zi Yan away from the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Lin Feng gave Zi Yan diluted milk during their flight, and she drank it eagerly as he sensed Space Power near the location of Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy.
• Lin Feng divided the real Earth Core Body Tempering Milk with Zi Yan, who took her share and flew away, saying she would sleep for ten days or half a month to digest it.
• Lin Feng realized Zi Yan had flown toward the location where he had sensed Space Power, then went to the Alchemy Room and refined his portion with medicinal herbs.
• Lin Feng swallowed the refined Earth Core Milk, endured its painful bone and body tempering, and discovered that the process released medicinal power left behind by pills he had consumed.
• Lin Feng's transformed bones and other body parts glowed like white jade, while the milk's remaining energy began entering his meridians.

After using Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to reach Three-Star Dou King, Lin Feng refined the King Ascension Pill and gave it to Pang Sheng, who successfully broke through to Dou Wang. Lin Feng sent Pang Sheng to stock pills and gather Dou Ling Pill ingredients before returning to cultivation as Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Pact approached.

• Lin Feng refined the remaining Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, advanced to Three-Star Dou King, and gained a stronger physique, steadier Dou Qi, and about a year of lifespan.
• Lin Feng used a drop of diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to perfect the King Ascension Pill, which he estimated had an eighty percent chance of helping a Peak Dou Ling break through to Dou Wang.
• Lin Feng offered the untested King Ascension Pill to Pang Sheng, who accepted it after considering the risks.
• Pang Sheng took the pill and broke through to Dou Wang, then thanked Lin Feng for the opportunity.
• Lin Feng gave Pang Sheng pills to sell and a list of ingredients for Dou Ling Pills, instructing him to have Wang An collect them.
• Lin Feng returned to cultivation to strengthen himself before Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Pact.

Lin Feng agreed to enter Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy with Zi Yan to use its cultivation resources and grow stronger before his limited lifespan ran out. After Medusa agreed to guard his Green Lotus Core Flame while Little Cai lent her its body, Lin Feng set off for the academy with Zi Yan.

• Lin Feng told Zi Yan he needed to destroy the Eight Sects and obtain their resources so he could reach Dou Huang before his three-year lifespan expired.
• Zi Yan offered to take Lin Feng into Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy, where the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower could accelerate his cultivation.
• Lin Feng fed Little Cai Companion Amethyst Crystal Source and told it he would be away for a few days.
• Little Cai arranged for Medusa to control its body for seven days in exchange for guarding Lin Feng's Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa secured the Heavenly Flame with defenses and then entered Lin Feng's sleeve as he prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan.

Lin Feng followed Zi Yan into Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and visited the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame’s Heart Flame Projection emerged. He suppressed it quickly and continued exploring the crowded tower with Zi Yan.

• Lin Feng met Zi Yan and followed her through a hidden spatial barrier into the Inner Academy, bringing Little Cai along.
• Zi Yan showed Lin Feng the Inner Academy and explained Fire Energy, then gave him her Purple Fire Crystal Card, which held only twenty points.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan reached the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Lin Feng examined the tower and its role in containing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• A formless Heart Flame Projection emerged inside the tower, but Lin Feng suppressed it with Dou Qi and Beast Fire.
• Zi Yan was surprised that Lin Feng handled the flame so quickly, admitted she had deliberately failed to warn him, and led him toward the lower levels of the packed tower.

Lin Feng toured the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with Zi Yan, learned how its floors and cultivation rooms worked, and gained access to her top-ranked room. After Zi Yan left, he explored the Inner Academy’s trading district to find a way to obtain Fire Energy, but the low prices for common pills left him wondering how to earn enough.

• Lin Feng followed Zi Yan through the tower’s lower floors and learned that deeper cultivation rooms cost more Fire Energy to use.
• Zi Yan explained that the sixth floor’s numbered rooms belonged to Strong Ranking experts and offered Lin Feng her number-one cultivation room.
• Lin Feng gave Zi Yan Fifth-grade Pills and medicinal pellets, then left the tower to look for Fire Energy.
• Medusa refused to accompany Zi Yan, so Zi Yan flew into the woods while Lin Feng headed for the trading district.
• Lin Feng browsed the trading district’s rare goods and discovered that low-grade pills sold for too few Fire Energy points to fund his cultivation.

Lin Feng met Lin Yan and began treating the Fire Poison that had accumulated in his body, accepting two hundred Fire Energy as an advance. The next morning, Lin Feng headed to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and found students gathering in a huge crowd.

• Lin Feng offered to treat Lin Yan’s Fire Poison for five hundred Fire Energy, and Lin Yan agreed after seeing Lin Feng’s Purple Fire Crystal Card.
• Lin Feng gave Lin Yan Ice Spirit Pills to suppress the poison and prepared medicinal liquid for daily use, warning him to avoid the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower while recovering.
• Lin Yan transferred Lin Feng two hundred Fire Energy and learned that Lin Feng would be cultivating in Training Room No. 1.
• The next morning, Lin Feng traveled toward the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and found thousands of students gathered outside as some students cut to the front of the queue.

Lin Feng entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and cultivated in Training Room No. 1, where Fallen Heart Flame tempered his body and Dou Qi. After seven days, his Fire Energy ran almost dry, so he left the tower and planned to earn more by selling pills.

• Lin Feng entered the tower and reached Training Room No. 1 on the sixth floor, where he found the room filled with dense energy.
• Lin Feng discussed his interest in Fallen Heart Flame with Medusa and persuaded her to help if outsiders tried to seize it.
• Lin Feng used his Purple Fire Energy Card to cultivate, enduring the Heart Flame as it refined his body and purified his Dou Qi.
• Lin Feng cultivated for seven days, then stopped when the stone platform ran out of energy and his card had only ten points left.
• Lin Feng decided to have Zi Yan help him sell pills, told Little Cai to go play in the forest with her, and left the tower.

Lin Feng spent a month cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, using the Green Lotus Seat to filter out the Fallen Heart Flame’s violent fire energy. He returned to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where Wang An presented the medicinal herbs he had collected.

• Lin Yan told Lin Feng that the medicinal liquids were curing his Fire Poison, then transferred his remaining Fire Energy points to him.
• Lin Feng asked Zi Yan to have Lin Yan trade his pills for Fire Energy points, and Zi Yan took Little Cai into the forest with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• After a week, Lin Feng discovered that Zi Yan had coaxed Little Cai into serving her for a tiny amount of body tempering milk, while he had a full bottle in storage.
• Lin Feng used the Green Lotus Seat to filter the violent fire energy during a month of cultivation, then left the tower with Zi Yan and Little Cai.
• Lin Feng returned to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, heard that Spirit Mountain City had remained peaceful, and received twelve sets of medicinal herbs from Wang An.

Lin Feng sent Zi Yan to the Jia Ma Empire to observe the Alchemist Grand Meeting and the Three-Year Pact, warning her to avoid confronting anyone with a white flame. Back in Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, he arranged a large Ice Spirit Pill order with Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Han Yue and bought ingredients to fill it.

• Lin Feng tasked Zi Yan with identifying the owner of a white, icy flame at the Alchemist Grand Meeting and observing the Three-Year Pact at Misty Cloud Sect, while forbidding her from approaching that person.
• Zi Yan accepted the mission in exchange for a guaranteed Dou Ling Pill and a chance to earn a Huang Ji Pill, then returned Lin Feng to Jia Nan Academy before setting off for Jia Ma Empire.
• Lin Feng entered the Inner Academy and met Lin Yan, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Han Yue, who arranged to buy a hundred Ice Spirit Pills each.
• Lin Feng accepted deposits from Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Han Yue, rewarded Lin Yan with Qi Gathering Powder, and bought four hundred portions of ingredients for the order.

Lin Feng delivered the pills he had refined, refused Han Yue’s offer to join her family, and resumed cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. Meanwhile, Zi Yan searched the Alchemist Grand Tournament for someone with white flames, and Xiao Yan headed to the Misty Cloud Sect for his Three-Year Pact with Nalan Yanran.

• Lin Feng refined three hundred pills in a secluded cave, then delivered the ordered pills to Han Yue, Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and Lin Yan.
• Han Yue invited Lin Feng to join the Han Family, but he declined and later used his Fire Energy to cultivate in Training Room No. 1.
• At the Alchemist Grand Tournament, Zi Yan found no contestant using white flames, recognized pills Lin Feng had made, and slipped away toward the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Yan refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and used it with two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills to reach Four-Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan set out for the Misty Cloud Sect, determined to defeat Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Pact.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Pact, with Yun Yun declaring that their grievances would end after the match and neither side could retaliate. The duel began before the gathered sect members and observers, and Nalan Yanran struck first as Xiao Yan charged.

• Xiao Yan climbed to the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, where Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and nearly a thousand disciples had gathered for the Three-Year Pact.
• Fama recalled that the Alchemist Guild treasury had been robbed of its precious herbs and high-grade prescriptions, and he had kept the theft secret while investigating.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yun Yun's suggestion that the match remain friendly, and Nalan Yanran agreed that life and death would be decided by fate.
• Yun Yun ruled that the match would settle their grievances and forbid retaliation afterward, and Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran readied their weapons.
• Xiao Yan charged at Nalan Yanran, who dodged past him and swept her sword toward his neck with wind blades; Xiao Yan raised the Mysterious Heavy Ruler to defend himself.

Xiao Yan struggled against Nalan Yanran’s superior speed, experience, and Dou Qi during their duel, until he finally landed an Eight Extremes Collapse on her back. Nalan Yanran fell from the sky, but the Misty Cloud Sect’s leaders remained calm, leaving her defeat uncertain.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran clashed, and she drove him back with the Wind Spirit Fractal Sword.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran was at the peak of Da Dou Shi and nearing the Dou Ling realm.
• Nalan Yanran used her speed to keep Xiao Yan at a distance and wear him down with repeated attacks.
• After nearly twenty minutes, Xiao Yan seized an opening and struck Nalan Yanran’s back with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Nalan Yanran fell from the sky as the Misty Cloud Sect disciples stared in disbelief, while Yun Yun, Yun Leng, and the other leaders watched calmly.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran escalated their duel, with Nalan revealing her full strength and Xiao Yan preparing an Earth Tier Dou Skill. The chapter ended as both gathered their finishing attacks, poised to settle the match.

• Nalan Yanran landed safely after evading Xiao Yan’s attack and said she would fight for the Misty Cloud Sect’s honor.
• Nalan Yanran increased her speed and pressed Xiao Yan with relentless sword attacks, while Yao Chen regretted not teaching him more movement and ranged skills.
• Xiao Yan, nearing the end of his Dou Qi, swallowed a Qi Recovery Pill and gathered energy into the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, drawing Dou Qi from the surrounding world.
• The spectators recognized Xiao Yan’s attack as an Earth Tier Dou Skill, while Nalan Yanran let down her hair and began gathering energy into her longsword.
• Nalan Yanran called Xiao Yan by name and unleashed the full radiance of her sword, as Xiao Yan shouted, “Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!”

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s powerful Dou Skills collided, leaving them both badly injured as the shockwave overwhelmed the square. Yun Yun protected the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, while the strange white energy that shielded Xiao Yan drew recognition from Yun Yun, Fama, and Jia Xingtian.

• Nalan Yanran unleashed Setting Sun Radiance, and Xiao Yan countered with Flame Devouring Wave Ruler as onlookers discussed the likely outcome and the threat of people coveting his Earth Tier Dou Skill.
• The two Dou Skills collided above the square, unleashing a devastating shockwave that struck Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran and destroyed the disciples’ defensive barrier.
• Yun Yun raised a green energy barrier to protect the disciples, while Xiao Yan collapsed with his Dou Qi exhausted and Nalan Yanran was hit by another shockwave after dodging several others.
• Yun Leng told the elders to keep watching and ensure Nalan Yanran did not lose, while Yun Yun sensed familiar energy emerging from Xiao Yan.
• Fama and Jia Xingtian recognized the white energy as the power of the Sixth-grade Alchemist who had previously worked with Jia Xingtian.

Xiao Yan appeared to win the Three-Year Pact, but Yun Yun and Hai Bodong suspected that a powerful ally had intervened and moved to capture him. Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and offered Gu He alchemy techniques, secretly planning to trap him with flawed teachings.

• Nalan Yanran threw her Cyan Longsword at Xiao Yan, but he blocked it and claimed victory in the Three-Year Pact.
• Yun Yun challenged Xiao Yan over the white barrier, and Hai Bodong attacked him with Mysterious Ice Thorn Wall.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and used the White Exotic Flame to block Hai Bodong’s attack, revealing his presence.
• Yun Yun ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to help capture Xiao Yan, while Fama worried about rescuing Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen offered Gu He sixth- and seventh-grade Alchemy Techniques in exchange for giving up the Exotic Flame, then told Xiao Yan the teachings would prevent Gu He from advancing beyond the initial seventh grade.

Yao Chen tried to prevent the Misty Cloud Sect from retaliating against Xiao Yan by offering Gu He rare alchemy techniques and Yun Yun a Huang Ji Pill Recipe. Yun Yun rejected his proposed settlement, leaving Yao Chen to press Gu He to persuade her.

• Xiao Yan worried that Gu He might retaliate against the Xiao Family, and Yao Chen reassured him that Gu He would not suspect the alchemy techniques.
• Gu He initially refused Yao Chen's offer and urged the nearby experts to kill him, but he became tempted after inspecting a scroll of Sixth-grade Alchemy Techniques.
• Hai Bodong and Yun Leng urged Gu He to attack, and Yun Yun agreed to join forces against Yao Chen until he threatened to destroy the techniques.
• Yao Chen offered the Misty Cloud Sect the Huang Ji Pill Recipe and proposed calling the duel a draw, but Yun Yun refused.
• Yao Chen promised Gu He the complete alchemy inheritance and the pill recipe if he persuaded Yun Yun to let the matter go, and Gu He began to do so.