Chapter Summaries

Lin Ze and Zi Yan discovered the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk beneath the stalactite and collected most of it while leaving some behind so it could form again. After returning to the Inner Academy, they shared the diluted milk with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Zi Yan gave them bottles from her own share.

• Lin Ze and Zi Yan found the underground chamber where diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk gathered beneath a stalactite.
• Lin Ze uncovered the concentrated milk hidden inside the stalactite and collected more than half, leaving some behind to keep forming.
• Lin Ze and Zi Yan collected four bottles of diluted milk and divided them equally according to their prior agreement.
• Lin Ze and Zi Yan returned to the Inner Academy after concealing the valley and filling in the cave beneath the nest.
• Lin Ze gave bottles of diluted milk to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Zi Yan gave them bottles from her own share.

Lin Ze refined Earth Core Body Tempering Milk pills and used them to advance both his Nine-Fold Demon Body and Dou Qi cultivation. After leaving the cultivation room, he greeted Han Yue, who cautiously addressed him as a junior student.

• Lin Ze swallowed the pills refined for him and cultivated, using the Resonance Function to refine their medicinal power quickly.
• Lin Ze used Myriad Hearts as One to swallow his final two pills when he sensed barriers to both his physical and Dou Qi cultivation.
• Lin Ze broke through to the middle stage of the fifth level of the Nine-Fold Demon Body and the Six-Star Dou King realm.
• Lin Ze saw that Zi Yan was still cultivating in the No. 2 Cultivation Room and left without disturbing her.
• Lin Ze greeted Han Yue and recalled seeing her shine in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.

Lin Ze reunited with Han Yue and invited her to see Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while his rapid rise to Dou Wang inspired the Strong Ranking students to train harder. The four friends shared nourishing dishes and playful company, leaving Han Yue’s aloof image behind.

• Lin Ze and Han Yue discussed how he had risen from a Four Star Dou Practitioner to Dou Wang in two years, astonishing the Strong Ranking students who watched them.
• Lin Ze invited Han Yue to visit Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and she agreed to join him.
• After Lin Ze and Han Yue left, the Strong Ranking students returned to their cultivation rooms, motivated to work harder by Lin Ze’s progress.
• Lin Ze brought Han Yue to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who welcomed her and offered her nourishing dishes.
• Han Yue enjoyed the meal with Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and the women laughed and played together.

As the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors intensified competition in the Black-Corner Region, the Lei Clan warned Jia Nan Academy to keep its mirrors secret. Lin Ze prepared 2,000 Second Generation mirrors with a cultivation speed bonus, aiming to expand his resource-gathering network.

• The Black-Corner Region drew powerful cultivators and Ancient Clans as Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors appeared there in unusual numbers.
• The Lei Clan contacted Jia Nan Academy, protected its mirrors, and warned Vice Dean Hu Gan to keep their existence secret.
• Hu Gan warned Lin Ze, who had already learned about the situation through the Mirror Spirit Trace.
• Lin Ze created Second Generation Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors, offering original owners a way to obtain them while setting a maximum cultivation bonus of 200%.
• Lin Ze noted that only a little over 700 original mirrors remained functional and that the Second Generation mirrors had increased his network to 2,000.

Lin Ze announced the Second Generation Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and a daily auction for valuable trading items, prompting cultivators across the continent to exchange Resource Points for the upgraded mirrors. In the Soul Realm, Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan elders failed to block or understand the mirror’s appearance, even after sealing the space.

• Lin Ze ordered the Death Soldiers to announce the Second Generation Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror, its double Cultivation Speed Buff, and the daily auction of ten valuable items.
• Mirror owners learned they could exchange 10,000 Resource Points for one Second Generation Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror, and many made the exchange.
• A Dou Venerate tried the mirror’s double Cultivation Speed Buff and lamented its daily cost of 300 Resource Points.
• Cultivators and factions across the continent discussed the Xuangguang Clan scattering the new mirrors throughout the Endless Void instead of sending out clan members.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan elders watched a new mirror appear without spatial or energy fluctuations and found that they could not see through it.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sealed the space with black flames and tried another exchange, but the mirror appeared through the seal again.

Nihility Devouring Flame and the Gu Clan tested the Second Generation Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors but could not stop them from appearing or uncover their power. Meanwhile, Lin Ze used his new space-affinity Death Soldier to scatter the mirrors across the continent, leaving the Ancient Clans waiting to see where they would appear.

• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered that Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror holders be barred from cultivating in the Soul Realm's core areas, then dismantled one mirror without finding anything unusual.
• Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan used their deepest reserves to test a mirror, but could not prevent another from appearing.
• Gu Yuan decided to keep the Gu Clan's Northwest Continent arrangements unchanged until they knew where the new mirrors would appear.
• Lin Ze learned that his Death Soldiers had spread across every region of the continent using Spatial Wormholes and Precision Deployment.
• Lin Ze used a newly manifested Golden Legend Death Soldier with an affinity for space to deploy the mirrors through the void.

Lin Ze distributed more than a thousand Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors across the Dou Qi Continent, hoping to expand their reach and attract users. In the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan used his mirror to speed up his cultivation and prepared to break through before the Three-Year Agreement.

• Lin Ze sent over a thousand Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors through the void, scattering them across the continent.
• Xiao Yan woke from cultivation and told Yao Lao that the mirror’s double Cultivation Speed Buff had greatly improved his results.
• Yao Lao asked whether Xiao Yan could become a Da Dou Shi before the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan confidently said he could reach One-Star Great Dou Master in two or three months.
• Yao Lao planned to refine a breakthrough pill for Xiao Yan, who also wanted to enter the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Tournament.
• Xiao Yan worried that the full buff would consume his Resource Points, so Yao Lao agreed to hunt High-Tier Magical Beasts while reminding him to keep training in real combat.

Xun'er and Gu Yuan discussed the spread of the Second Generation Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors and the Gu Clan's plans to collect them. As the mirrors sparked conflict across the continent, Lin Ze continued cultivating and reached Eight-Star Dou King.

• Xun'er questioned how the Xuangguang Clan could distribute so many powerful mirrors, and Gu Yuan told her the latest batch had appeared across the continent after falling from the void.
• Gu Yuan said the Gu Clan would collect mirrors when possible, then reported that the Xiao Clan members had been brought back to Central Plains while one young man stayed behind by choice.
• Gu Yuan and Xun'er discussed using the mirrors for long-distance communication while cautioning against relying on an artifact they did not control.
• Lin Ze recognized that the mirrors had caused hundreds of bloody clashes each day but continued cultivating without trying to excuse the turmoil.
• Two months after the mirrors appeared, most Ancient Clans had withdrawn from the Northwest Continent, and Lin Ze reached Eight-Star Dou King.

Lin Ze became a Nine-Star Dou Wang after taking a Dou Spirit Pill, then manifested a Golden Legend Death Soldier with combat-focused skills and talent. He used the soldier’s strength to attack forces in the Black-Corner Region, leaving the Desire Maiden Sect’s Dou Emperor Sect Master fighting him.

• Lin Ze took an exceptional Dou Spirit Pill and smoothly advanced from Eight-Star to Nine-Star Dou Wang.
• Lin Ze manifested a Golden Legend Death Soldier named Zhan Wuxiu, whose skills were Battle Skill Mastery and Stronger Through Battle.
• Lin Ze took out the Little Notebook and decided to settle accounts with the forces listed in it.
• Lin Ze controlled Zhan Wuxiu and attacked the Desire Maiden Sect, whose experts recognized him as the battle-crazed man.
• The Desire Maiden Sect’s Dou Emperor Sect Master confronted Lin Ze, and their battle erupted.

Lin Ze killed the Desire Maiden Sect leader after activating Proxy Function, then entered the sect and slaughtered its elders. He freed a drained captive and left the sect in ruins with its valuables collected.

• The Desire Maiden Sect leader asked how Lin Ze had gained Thunder Attribute abilities, and he claimed to have two mutated attributes before she died.
• Lin Ze ended Proxy State, returned to Two-Star Dou Wang strength, and entered the Desire Maiden Sect to search for survivors and valuables.
• Lin Ze found the sect's elders fighting over a gaunt man whose life force they had drained, and he attacked and killed them with lightning and his spear.
• Lin Ze freed the man and gave him Longevity Pills before sending him away from the Black-Corner Region.
• Lin Ze searched the sect for useful items, collected them in the Mirror World, and left its buildings in ruins.

After consolidating his forces and reaching Nine-Star Dou King, Lin Ze sent Fa Wujin to the Jia Ma Empire’s upcoming Alchemist Tournament to overcome a cultivation bottleneck through combat. Fa Wujin set out for Jia Ma Holy City with a Dou King assigned as his guard.

• Lin Ze let Zhan Wuxiu train independently in the Black-Corner Region and postponed dealing with the remaining forces listed in the Little Notebook.
• Lin Ze reviewed his Nine-Star Dou King strength and continued seeking a high-quality pill to help him break through to Dou Emperor.
• Lin Ze visited Fa Wujin in the Underground Ruins and learned that Fa Wujin had hit a bottleneck while optimizing the Nine-Fold Demon Body.
• Fa Wujin asked to leave the Underground Ruins and test his techniques against other cultivators, and Lin Ze agreed.
• Lin Ze arranged for Fa Wujin to attend the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Tournament in Jia Ma Holy City with a Dou King guard.

Xiao Yan visited the Ten Thousand Medicines Trading Firm and learned about Fa Wujin’s paid arena challenge, then decided to test his skills against him. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan and Fa Wujin charged at each other.

• Xiao Yan watched Fa Wujin defeat challengers on the arena outside the Ten Thousand Medicines Trading Firm.
• Xiao Yan browsed the firm and learned from Manager Chen that Fa Wujin had paid five million gold coins to hold the challenges.
• Manager Chen told Xiao Yan that a Dou King served as Fa Wujin’s Guard, and Yao Lao confirmed the man’s strength and encouraged Xiao Yan to fight.
• Xiao Yan entered the arena as a One-Star Great Dou Master, and Fa Wujin offered him ten chests if he won.
• The bell rang, and Xiao Yan and Fa Wujin charged at each other.

Xiao Yan fought Fa Wujin in the Arena, lost after his Dou Qi ran out, and received a doubled reward for giving Fa Wujin a satisfying battle. Back at the inn, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao considered how to improve his strength, and the Earth Vein Flame on the auction list offered a possible path forward.

• Xiao Yan and Fa Wujin exchanged powerful blows in the Arena, and Fa Wujin offered to multiply the reward tenfold if Xiao Yan defeated him.
• Xiao Yan and Fa Wujin took pills to recover and resumed their fight, but Xiao Yan lost when his Dou Qi ran out.
• Fa Wujin doubled Xiao Yan's reward to two chests of gold coins, and Xiao Yan left after asking if he could challenge Fa Wujin again.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao how to improve before the Three-Year Agreement, and Yao Lao recommended more Arena fights rather than risking damage to his foundation.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Earth Vein Flame among the auction items and asked whether devouring it could advance his Flame Mantra.
• Yao Lao agreed that the flame could strengthen Xiao Yan's Cultivation Method and went to find something to exchange for Resource Points.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao sold Yao Lao’s treasured scrolls for Resource Points and competed for the Earth Vein Flame, which Yao Lao said would help Xiao Yan’s cultivation and future growth. They won it for more than 390,000 Resource Points, and Yao Lao prepared to refine pills before Xiao Yan devoured the flame.

• Yao Lao explained the Earth Vein Flame’s value and urged Xiao Yan to acquire it despite the high price.
• Xiao Yan exchanged Yao Lao’s Dou Skills and Cultivation Methods for 385,800 Resource Points.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to wait until the auction’s final minutes before bidding.
• Xiao Yan bid 350,000 Resource Points, but another bidder immediately raised the price to 360,000.
• Yao Lao supplied more treasures, and Xiao Yan raised his bid above 390,000 to win the Earth Vein Flame.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to prepare while he refined pills to help Xiao Yan devour the Earth Vein Flame with the Flame Mantra.

Lin Ze profited from the Earth Vein Flame auction as a Danta alchemist lost the bidding and tried to dismiss the prize. He then watched Fa Wujin attract a crowd by defeating challengers in Jia Ma Holy City ahead of the Alchemist Tournament.

• Lin Ze collected nearly 40,000 Resource Points in transaction fees after Xiao Yan won the Earth Vein Flame auction.
• A Bai Clan elder and seventh-tier alchemist in Shengdan City regretted losing the Earth Vein Flame after Xiao Yan outbid his 360,000 Resource Points.
• The Bai Clan elder claimed the flame was not worth emptying his coffers, and Lin Ze laughed at his sour grapes.
• Fa Wujin challenged Jia Ma Holy City residents in an Arena and defeated hundreds of opponents over three days.
• Fa Wujin kept fighting with pills and overnight lighting supplied by the Ten Thousand Medicines Trading Firm, drawing even alchemists into the Arena.

Xiao Yan returned to the Arena and fought Fa Wujin in a hard-fought challenge, then accepted five chests of gold coins after Fa Wujin stopped just short of defeating him. The Alchemist Tournament began, and Lin Ze told Fa Wujin to pursue whatever training would help him improve while completing his assigned task.

• Xiao Yan, having raised the Flame Mantra to the Profound Tier, returned to the Arena after another challenger lost and faced Fa Wujin.
• Xiao Yan and Fa Wujin traded powerful blows until Xiao Yan ran low on Dou Qi and Fa Wujin stopped his greatsword just short of Xiao Yan's side.
• Fa Wujin praised Xiao Yan's progress and awarded him five chests of gold coins, which Xiao Yan accepted before leaving to rest.
• The great bell rang, and the alchemists began competing in the Alchemist Tournament as Fa Wujin stopped accepting Arena challenges.
• Lin Ze asked Fa Wujin about his progress, then told him to make his own arrangements and keep improving while completing his assigned task.

Lin Ze prepared for the Three-Year Agreement while considering Xiao Yan’s chances against the Misty Cloud Sect and letting Fa Wujin attend the duel. Xiao Yan arrived at the sect’s plaza, where the agreement was about to begin.

• Lin Ze let Fa Wujin choose how to train and invited him to watch the Three-Year Agreement, which Fa Wujin eagerly accepted.
• Lin Ze watched Xiao Yan win the Alchemist Tournament and considered the risks he might face at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Ze attended the Three-Year Agreement with Fa Wujin and greeted Mittel Tengshan at the sect’s plaza.
• Xiao Yan climbed the stone steps, entered the plaza carrying his heavy ruler, and announced himself.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran settled their Three-Year Agreement in a battle on the Misty Cloud Sect's plaza, where Xiao Yan won and nearly killed her with an Earth Tier Dou Skill. He rejected Yun Yun's offer to renegotiate the agreement and declared that he and Nalan Yanran had nothing more to do with each other.

• The Misty Cloud Sect's guests and leaders reacted with alarm after seeing that Xiao Yan had reached the Da Dou Shi level in three years.
• Yun Yun began the Three-Year Agreement match, and Xiao Yan told her he would accept a fight to the death.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought as Mittel Tengshan, Hai Bodong, and Lin Ze watched.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, forcing Yun Yun to intervene before Nalan Yanran was killed.
• Yun Yun acknowledged Nalan Yanran's defeat and offered compensation to change the agreement's terms.
• Xiao Yan refused to make Nalan Yanran his servant and said they would have nothing more to do with each other.

After watching the Three-Year Agreement end peacefully, Lin Ze returned to the Inner Academy and prepared to break through to Dou Emperor. With Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan guarding him, he began absorbing a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Energy in a secluded mountain cave.

• Fa Wujin complained that the Three-Year Agreement had ended without bloodshed, while Yun Yun comforted Nalan Yanran and urged her to grow stronger.
• Lin Ze returned to the Inner Academy and wondered whether Instructor Ruo Lin had helped Xiao Yan retain his place at Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Ze left the No. 1 Cultivation Room and met Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, who accompanied him to a secluded mountain cave.
• Lin Ze prepared cultivation treasures in the cave and asked the three women to guard him as he began breaking through the Dou Emperor barrier.
• A powerful gale and vortex of Heaven and Earth Energy formed around the cave as Lin Ze absorbed energy and converted it into Dou Qi.

Lin Ze completed his breakthrough to the Dou Emperor level after three days of absorbing Heaven and Earth Energy, gaining new control over wind-attributed energy. He left the cave with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin and began leading them back to the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin guarded Lin Ze as he absorbed the Heaven and Earth Energy drawn into a massive vortex.
• Over three days, Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan fought off attacking Magical Beasts while Qing Lin helped them kill a Flying Magical Beast with her mental attack.
• The vortex dissipated, and Lin Ze emerged with a powerful aura after breaking through to the Dou Emperor level.
• Lin Ze used wind-attributed energy to fly and slice apart the Flying Magical Beast, then explained that his breakthrough had deepened his mastery of his Dou Skill.
• Lin Ze supported Qing Lin on hovering Wind Blades and set off with the three women toward the Inner Academy.