Chapter Summaries

Lin Ze sent Medusa to protect the Ten Thousand Medicines Trading Firm, then returned to Jia Nan Academy while she settled the Snake-People Tribe in the Yunmeng Peaks. As the Inner Academy Selection Tournament approached, he prepared to use his growing forces and a new set of Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors to expand his reach.

• After a Ten Thousand Medicines Trading Firm branch was attacked in the Chu Yun Empire, Lin Ze sent Medusa to destroy the offending family, securing the firm’s expansion there.
• Medusa and Lin Ze surveyed the Snake-People Tribe’s new settlement in the Yunmeng Peaks, where Medusa was pleased to see her people building a home.
• Lin Ze told Medusa she could rest with her tribe, and she asked that her time there not count toward their three-year agreement; Lin Ze refused to change his promise and departed.
• Medusa descended to the Snake-People City Prototype, where the tribe welcomed her, and she encouraged them to build a brighter future.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Lin Ze reached Eight-Star Dou Ling and prepared for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, while noting that his forces had grown and his Cultivation Speed Bonus exceeded 225%.
• Lin Ze examined a Dou King Pill and more than a thousand Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors, which he planned to unveil as he established a Long-Distance Trading Platform to gather Medicinal Materials.

Lin Ze tested the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror’s Cultivation, Trade, and Exchange functions and prepared to distribute 1,000 mirrors across the Northwest Continent. With the mirrors ready and his deployment plan set, he decided to begin.

• Lin Ze activated a 100% Cultivation Speed Buff with Resource Points and reviewed the mirror’s Trade and Exchange functions.
• Lin Ze set aside his two personal mirrors and planned to cleanse the others so they could not be used to track him or the Death Soldiers.
• Lin Ze planned to deploy about 900 mirrors across the Northwest Continent and send the remaining 100 to the Black-Corner Region.
• Lin Ze expected the mirrors’ cultivation boost and long-distance trading to help their owners grow stronger and obtain resources.
• Lin Ze closed his eyes after months of preparation and decided it was time to act.

Lin Ze used the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror to spread the Xuangguang Clan’s plea for help across the Northwest Continent, stirring widespread interest and violence. A month later, a mirror was put up for auction in Black Blood City, where its claims drew the crowd’s greedy attention.

• Lin Ze projected a message about the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and the supposedly endangered Xuangguang Clan over Jia Ma Holy City, then made the Death Soldier carrying the mirror die.
• A Da Dou Shi seized the mirror, but the crowd killed him with a barrage of Dou Qi, and Lin Ze fled amid the ensuing chaos.
• Lin Ze repeated the spectacle across the Northwest Continent with 64 Death Soldiers and planned to turn the exposed ones into Mirror Spirits.
• A month later, an auctioneer in Black Blood City presented a Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and started bidding at 5 million.

The Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror fueled a killing frenzy in the Black-Corner Region while boosting its owners’ cultivation and enabling long-distance trades. After Lin Ye bought a Coiling Dragon Blood Tree through his mirror, he anticipated another wave of bloodshed.

• Rumors about the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror spread through the region, and auction bids for one climbed to ten million.
• Powers across the Black-Corner Region fought and killed to obtain multiple mirrors, while Jia Nan Academy distributed its mirrors peacefully.
• Lin Ze gave mirrors to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, whose cultivation continued to advance, though Qing Lin was running short of high-tier Snake-type Magical Beasts.
• The auctioneer sold a Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror at the Black Blood Auction House, and Lin Ye used his own mirror to buy a Coiling Dragon Blood Tree for ten thousand Resource Points plus the transmission fee.
• Lin Ye admired the mirror’s cultivation boost and predicted another storm of bloodshed over its power.

The Blood-Eyed Heavenly Sovereign tested the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and ordered the Hall of Souls to collect the mirrors and report their origins to the Hall Master. Lin Ze watched the branch hall through Mirror Spirit Trace and concluded that the mirrors were safe from investigation.

• The Blood-Eyed Heavenly Sovereign used the mirror and was shocked by its doubled cultivation speed and ability to make a Dragon Blood Lotus appear without warning.
• A purple-robed elder reported that a thousand mirrors had appeared across the Northwest Continent alongside people from the Xuangguang Clan, who died after their Life Force and souls vanished.
• The Blood-Eyed Heavenly Sovereign ordered the branch hall to collect mirrors and took its twelve gathered mirrors to present to the Hall Master.
• The two Venerable Elders sent their Protectors to gather more mirrors, then found that cultivating without one felt unbearably slow.
• Lin Ze monitored the Hall of Souls branch hall with Mirror Spirit Trace and was reassured that its members could not trace the mirrors or use Time Reversal.

At Jia Nan Academy, Lin Ze profited from the expanding reach of the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and finally obtained the Earth Tier High Grade Ten Thousand Wind Art. After learning that the new method would require a great deal of energy to cultivate, he decided to switch methods before attempting to break through to Dou Wang.

• Lin Ze sensed that the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror had spread beyond the Northwest Continent and noted that its spatial transaction fees had earned him several hundred million gold coins.
• Lin Ze explained how cultivators used the Mirror to trade incompatible Cultivation Methods and Dou Skills, generating large fees for him.
• Lin Ze's request for a Wind Attribute Earth Tier High Grade Cultivation Method was fulfilled after a seller appeared, and the Mirror Spirit appraised the method.
• Lin Ze adjusted the Mirror's cultivation speed bonus to last a full day rather than one hour because the shorter duration made the cost too steep.
• Lin Ze received the Ten Thousand Wind Art, absorbed its information, and decided to switch from his Xuan Tier High Grade Cultivation Method before trying to reach Dou Wang.

After completing his switch to the Ten Thousand Wind Art, Lin Ze rested and prepared for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. The tournament began with Lin Ze’s first match, where he faced a senior student while relying only on his physique.

• Lin Ze took more than ten days to switch to the Ten Thousand Wind Art and chose not to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Wang before the tournament.
• Xiao Yi Xian proposed selling Wanbao Food Pavilion’s nourishing dishes through the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror, but Lin Ze declined and warned her and Qing Lin not to reveal too much about themselves.
• Lin Ze encouraged Qing Lin to prepare for the tournament and said a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill could help her reach Da Dou Shi, while she had the talent to place in the top five.
• Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin joked that they could claim the top three places by holding back their strength.
• At the tournament, Lin Ze received loud cheers before facing a senior student who had lost to him at the Wind and Cloud Platform.
• Lin Ze fought the senior student with his physique alone, blocking the senior’s Dou Qi-enhanced greatsword without budging.

Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin each won their Inner Academy Selection Tournament matches with overwhelming ease. Their victories left the spectators and Canaan Academy elders astonished at the young contestants’ strength.

• Lin Ze defeated a Nine-Star Dou Master using only his physical strength and won the crowd’s cheers.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan and the elders sensed that Lin Ze was nearing Dou Wang and anticipated his impact on the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated her opponent in one strike, then joined Lin Ze and encouraged Qing Lin before her match.
• Qing Lin faced a senior student and, after the match began, made him unable to control his body before knocking him off the arena with a palm strike.

Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin advanced through the Inner Academy Selection Tournament with ease, while the academy elders discussed rewarding Lin Ze with a Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror. In the Final Round, the three secured three of the five Arenas, leaving the other students to fight fiercely for the remaining spots.

• Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin quickly won their preliminary matches and left before the first day ended.
• Hu Gan and the elders praised Lin Ze’s rapid cultivation and considered giving him the Outer Academy’s Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror.
• The trio continued to defeat their opponents on the second day, and Lin Ze eliminated a One-Star Great Dou Master as the tournament narrowed to fifty students.
• Hu Gan announced that the Final Round would use a King of the Hill format with five Arenas, and Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin immediately claimed three of them.
• Students rarely challenged Lin Ze and Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Lin defeated her two challengers; the remaining contestants battled over the other two Arenas.

The Inner Academy Selection Tournament ended with Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Luo Dong, and Li Jia claiming the five places. After a farewell celebration, the winners gathered at the Library Pavilion, where Hu Gan prepared to lead them inside.

• Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin held their Arena victories, while Enforcement Team members Luo Dong and Li Jia won the other two Arenas.
• Hu Gan announced the tournament’s end and told the five winners to prepare for a trip to the Library Pavilion the next day.
• Xiao Yu felt saddened by how far she had fallen behind Lin Ze and Xiao Yi Xian, and Instructor Ruo Lin comforted her.
• Lin Ze celebrated the victories with his friends and Instructor Ruo Lin at Wanbao Food Pavilion, where she thanked the three students for helping her earn a Xuan Class Mentor position.
• The next day, Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin joined Luo Dong and Li Jia at the Library Pavilion, and Hu Gan prepared to lead them inside.

Lin Ze and the other four students reached the Library Pavilion, where Su Qian opened its Spatial Lock and explained the rules for choosing a treasure. They entered the pavilion with one hour to search, and Lin Ze led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin into its dark passage.

• Hu Gan led Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Luo Dong, and Li Jia through the passage to the Library Pavilion.
• Lin Ze recognized Su Qian, who explained that the pavilion’s guardian was in seclusion and used Ancient Jade to open the Spatial Lock.
• Hu Gan and Su Qian explained that the students could take only one item and had to obtain it by passing through its energy barrier.
• Lin Ze suspected the guardian’s seclusion was connected to the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and considered it fortunate for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Su Qian opened the pavilion doors and gave the students one hour to search.
• Lin Ze shook Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin from the sign’s influence, then led them into the dark passage.

Lin Ze and the others reached the Library Pavilion’s treasure chamber, where they collected rewards from energy spheres. Lin Ze found the Nine-Fold Demon Body secret art and chose it, leaving the group to continue searching for treasures.

• Luo Dong invited Lin Ze to form a group in the Inner Academy, but Lin Ze politely declined to decide later.
• The group reached a chamber of energy barriers, and Lin Ze caught a golden scroll containing the Xuan Tier High Grade Dou Skill Golden Thunder Wild Blade.
• Lin Ze proposed that everyone search for treasures independently, and Luo Dong and Li Jia agreed before pursuing the energy spheres.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to detect a promising black sphere, which Lin Ze retrieved ahead of Li Jia.
• Lin Ze read that the black jade held the dangerous Nine-Fold Demon Body secret art, which used Magical Beast blood essence to forge a powerful physique, and chose to cultivate it.

Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin searched the Library Pavilion for suitable treasures and each obtained a fitting item. They left with Luo Dong and Li Jia after Su Qian confirmed they had followed the rules.

• Lin Ze encouraged Qing Lin to guide them through the Library Pavilion, while Xiao Yi Xian searched for an item related to poison.
• After several unsuccessful searches, Lin Ze suggested Qing Lin lower her requirements, and she found a golden manual about developing talents.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached into a dark purple energy barrier and obtained a Ten Thousand Poison Heavenly Crystal suited to her Woeful Poison Body.
• When their time ran out, Lin Ze and the others left the Library Pavilion with the items they had chosen.
• Su Qian confirmed that each of them had taken only one item and dismissed them.

Hu Gan offered Lin Ze a Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror for cultivation, but Lin Ze claimed to already own one and declined the academy’s mirror. Back at the Small Courtyard, Lin Ze warned Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to prepare for the Inner Academy, then examined the Black Jade’s activation requirements.

• Hu Gan reminded the tournament’s top finishers that Inner Academy students faced fierce competition and told them to enter within seven days.
• Hu Gan offered Lin Ze the academy’s Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror, but Lin Ze showed him a mirror of his own and declined the offer.
• Hu Gan warned Lin Ze to keep his Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror secret because people in the Black-Corner Region coveted them.
• Lin Ze returned to the Small Courtyard and explained the offer to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then urged them to digest what they had learned before entering the Inner Academy.
• Lin Ze examined the Black Jade and learned that activating the Nine-Fold Demon Body required the blood essence of at least a Tier 5 Magical Beast.

Lin Ze obtained the Nine-Fold Demon Body and assigned Death Soldiers to study its risks before cultivating it himself. He then broke through the Peak Dou Ling barrier and began his transformation into a Dou King.

• Lin Ze unlocked the Black Jade with High-Tier Magical Beast blood essence and had a Death Soldier test the Nine-Fold Demon Body inheritance.
• After learning the technique's Body Nourishing and Body Refining Methods, Lin Ze ordered Death Soldiers to investigate ways to reduce the risks of cultivation.
• Lin Ze examined his Dou Qi Cyclone and confirmed that his Sea Urchin Dou Crystal had reached its limit at Peak Dou Ling.
• Lin Ze swallowed a Dou King Pill and circulated its medicinal power until his Dou Crystal cracked and shattered.
• The crystal fragments released energy throughout Lin Ze's body, beginning his breakthrough transformation.

Lin Ze broke through to Dou Wang with the help of the Dou King Pill and discovered that he could now manifest 64 Death Soldiers each day. After discussing their own cultivation prospects with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, he left the breakthrough behind and enjoyed their playful company.

• Lin Ze recovered from his breakthrough and manifested pale-green Dou Qi Wings, confirming that he had reached Dou Wang.
• Lin Ze checked the Bronze Mirror and saw that he could manifest 64 Death Soldiers daily, while noting that higher-tier Death Soldiers and the Myriad-Life Two-Headed Snake would take time to obtain.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin told Lin Ze they had concealed the breakthrough's energy fluctuation to protect him, and he thanked them.
• Lin Ze told Xiao Yi Xian he would prepare a Dou King Pill for her when she was ready, while warning her not to rush her cultivation or take too much poison.
• Qing Lin joked that she, too, was close to Dou Wang and asked Lin Ze for a pill, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to pinch her cheeks for mimicking her.

Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin joined the fifty winners of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament as Hu Gan escorted them toward the Inner Academy. After arriving at a deep ravine, Hu Gan revealed a hidden silver gate leading into the academy.

• Luo Dong and Li Jia gathered a small circle of students while Lin Ze and his companions drew the crowd's attention.
• Hu Gan congratulated the fifty tournament winners and led them onto ten Griffin Beasts bound for the Inner Academy.
• Lin Ze rode with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Luo Dong, and Li Jia, and they chatted during the journey.
• Hu Gan and the elders protected the students from attacking Magical Beasts as they crossed the Primeval Forest.
• At a deep ravine, Hu Gan struck the air and revealed a silver gate opening onto a dense forest, which he identified as the entrance to the Inner Academy.

Lin Ze and the other top newcomers learned the rules of the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunting Competition, where students fought to seize Fire Energy from one another. After Lin Ze revealed that he had reached Dou Wang, the elders realized the senior students would be no match for him.

• Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Luo Dong, and Li Jia entered the silver gate and met Inner Academy elders Liu and Wu.
• Elder Liu explained that the newcomers would cross a forest while senior students tried to take their Fire Crystal Cards in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Elder Wu sent the other newcomers into the forest first and held Lin Ze’s group back until the senior students had entered.
• At Hu Gan’s request, Lin Ze revealed that he had reached Dou Wang and displayed his Dou Qi Wings, shocking the elders and his teammates.
• Elder Liu and Elder Wu realized Lin Ze could overwhelm the senior students and take their Fire Energy.

Elders Wu and Liu agreed to let Lin Ze’s team enter the forest on the second day of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition so the other freshmen could face the veteran teams first. Lin Ze entered with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then confronted a veteran team and demanded their Fire Crystal Cards.

• Elder Wu and Elder Liu worried that Lin Ze’s Dou King strength would overwhelm the competition, so Hu Gan suggested delaying his entry until the second day.
• Lin Ze accepted the delay after Luo Dong and Li Jia agreed he could decide for them.
• A Mentor told Luo Dong and Li Jia that fifty veterans formed ten teams, including the powerful Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team.
• The next morning, Luo Dong and Li Jia chose to venture into the forest alone, while Lin Ze flew in with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Lin Ze appeared before a veteran team and asked them to hand over their Fire Crystal Cards, leaving them stunned to discover a Dou King among the freshmen.

Elder Wu and Elder Liu observed Lin Ze’s overwhelming progress through the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, while defeated veteran students headed back to the Inner Academy to spread news of the Dou King prodigy. Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin approached the gathered Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team, expecting to collect even more Fire Energy.

• Elder Wu and Elder Liu discussed how Lin Ze’s Dou King strength would bring the Fire Energy Hunting Competition to an early end, leaving only the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team in the forest.
• The first veteran team Lin Ze defeated returned to the Inner Academy, and its captain encouraged his teammates to spread the news of Lin Ze’s strength.
• Lin Ze flew through the forest with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, using his Soul Perception to find veteran teams and collect nearly a thousand days’ worth of Fire Energy.
• Lin Ze sensed that the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team had gathered together, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin anticipated a haul large enough to give each of them over four hundred Fire Energy.