Chapter Summaries

Lin Ze flew to the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team and challenged them for their Fire Crystal Cards. After they insisted on fighting, he defeated both teams with a few Wind Blades, leaving them wiped out.

• Lin Ze left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin on a tree branch before flying toward the two senior teams.
• Xiao Yi Xian reassured Qing Lin that their cultivation would eventually let them stand by Lin Ze’s side.
• Lin Ze arrived at the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team and offered them a choice between handing over their Fire Crystal Cards and fighting.
• The Black Fiend captain and White Fiend captain chose to fight Lin Ze together to preserve the senior students’ honor.
• Lin Ze sent out Wind Blades that overwhelmed both teams, then stopped the final blade just before it struck the captains.

Lin Ze defeated the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team, completing his sweep of the veteran teams in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition. He arrived at the Inner Academy, where Elder Wu declared the new students the winners as veteran students gathered to witness his arrival.

• Lin Ze took the Fire Energy Cards from the defeated Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team, whose captains predicted his arrival would shake up the Inner Academy.
• Lin Ze returned to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and told them he had defeated all ten veteran teams.
• Lin Ze flew with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin toward the Inner Academy and spotted veteran students waiting at the edge of its enormous basin.
• Elder Liu welcomed Lin Ze, and Elder Wu announced that the Fire Energy Hunting Competition had ended with the new students victorious.

After the Fire Energy Hunting Competition ended, Lin Ze helped Elder Liu announce the results and asked to challenge an Inner Academy student on the Strong Ranking. He defeated Gu Wu, the ranking's second-place student, and took his position.

• Elder Liu asked Lin Ze to transmit the announcement that the competition was over and that the new students should head toward the forest's depths.
• Elder Liu discussed the new students' rewards with Lin Ze, who asked to challenge a Strong Ranking student while everyone waited.
• Gu Wu stepped forward and introduced himself as second on the Strong Ranking, then accepted Lin Ze's challenge.
• Elder Liu agreed to let Lin Ze and Gu Wu fight where they stood, and Gu Wu prepared his Magma Fire Spear technique.
• Lin Ze countered Gu Wu's Magma Fire Spear with his Mad Lion Chant, leaving Gu Wu wounded and kneeling as Lin Ze claimed second place on the Strong Ranking.

Word spread through the Inner Academy about Lin Ze’s strength and the rewards the new students had earned, while factions avoided targeting them for fear of his intervention. In the Primeval Forest, Lin Ze defeated the white-clad girl who had challenged him, and she revealed herself as Zi Yan, second on the Strong Ranking.

• Veterans and factions across the Inner Academy learned that Lin Ze had become a Dou King and taken second place on the Strong Ranking, discouraging them from collecting tribute from the new students.
• New students heard that Lin Ze’s reputation had protected them from veteran harassment and went to his residence to thank him, but he was away.
• In the Primeval Forest, Lin Ze fought the white-clad girl while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched.
• The white-clad girl complained that Lin Ze had relied on his speed, then reluctantly admitted defeat.
• Lin Ze introduced himself as first on the Strong Ranking, and the girl revealed that she was Zi Yan, second on the Strong Ranking.

Lin Ze convinced Zi Yan that his strength exceeded what he had shown in their spar by demonstrating an Earth Tier Dou Skill, then offered to refine her Green Steel Scale Fruit into tasty pills through the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror. Zi Yan eagerly tried the pill and found it delicious.

• Lin Ze showed Zi Yan an Earth Tier Dou Skill that split a mountain peak, and she conceded that he had won their spar.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin met Zi Yan, who explained that she was a Magical Beast transformed by Human-Shaping Grass.
• Zi Yan ate a Green Steel Scale Fruit and complained that its taste was astringent, so Lin Ze offered to have it refined into pills.
• Lin Ze used the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror to send Zi Yan's bitten Green Steel Scale Fruit for refining while she explored its trading options.
• A Jade Bottle appeared through the mirror, and Zi Yan tasted a pill and exclaimed that it was delicious.

After Lin Ze gave Zi Yan pills and nourishing dishes, she befriended him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. Zi Yan then brought them to the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and explained how its Heart Flame tempered Dou Qi.

• Zi Yan enjoyed Lin Ze's pills and gave him medicinal materials to have an alchemist turn into more, agreeing to pay with the materials.
• Zi Yan grew friendly with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, offering to protect them at the academy.
• Qing Lin introduced Zi Yan to nourishing dishes, and Lin Ze invited her to come share meals with them whenever she wished.
• Zi Yan brought Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and explained how newcomers could use Heart Flame to temper and strengthen their Dou Qi.

Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower with Zi Yan, and an elder allowed them to bypass the usual first-level training rule. Zi Yan led Lin Ze to her former training room on the sixth level, where he prepared to begin cultivating.

• Zi Yan explained the Heart Flame to Lin Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin as they approached the tower.
• Lin Ze passed through the entrance Heart Flame without difficulty, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin endured it by circulating their Dou Qi.
• A Mentor warned that new students should train on the first level for a week, but Zi Yan pointed out that Lin Ze was a Dou Wang.
• After a Mentor consulted an elder, the elder approved an exception for the group.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin stayed to train on the third level while Zi Yan led Lin Ze to Training Room No. 1 on the sixth level.
• Lin Ze entered the room, found its energy condensed into pale red mist, and took out his Fire Crystal Card to begin training.

Lin Ze cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, using the Resonance Function to refine Heart Flame energy faster while arranging a pill to prevent Fire Poison. After several days, he broke through to Two-Star Dou King and wondered whether he could keep advancing at the same pace.

• Lin Ze used the Resonance Function to consume Heart Flame energy faster than other students and strengthen his Dou Qi.
• Lin Ze noticed the Fire Poison left by his faster cultivation, and the Mirror Spirit promised to prepare a pill to remove it.
• Lin Ze continued cultivating in No. 1 Cultivation Room, confident he could afford its cost with his Fire Energy and resources.
• After a few days, Lin Ze broke through to Two-Star Dou King and considered whether he could keep advancing by one star each month.

After reaching Two-Star Dou King, Lin Ze reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan and gave them pills to clear Fire Poison from cultivating in the Heaven-Burning Qi Refining Tower. When Xiao Yi Xian feared her Woeful Poison Body might erupt, Lin Ze revealed that his people had developed a method to help her control it.

• Lin Ze left seclusion and met Zi Yan, who had run out of pills and wanted nourishing food.
• Lin Ze visited Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, whose cultivation had improved and whose eyes showed signs of Fire Poison.
• At the residence, Lin Ze gave the group pills that could clear Fire Poison and promised Zi Yan he might ask for her help someday.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Ze that her Woeful Poison Body had grown stronger and might erupt, then showed him the Seven Colored Hidden Line extending toward her heart.
• Lin Ze explained that his alchemists and Death Soldiers had devised a method to form a Poison Power Core inside Xiao Yi Xian and improve her control over her poison power.

Lin Ze began a risky method to improve Xiao Yi Xian’s control over her Woeful Poison Body by containing its poison in a specially refined Na Ling. The procedure was underway in a secluded valley, and Xiao Yi Xian showed no sign of the poison erupting.

• Lin Ze explained the secret technique and its risks to Xiao Yi Xian, who agreed to proceed.
• Lin Ze had the Death Soldiers prepare materials, then took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to a secluded valley outside the Inner Academy, where Zi Yan guarded the area.
• Lin Ze brought out a gigantic Medicine Cauldron and filled it with pale golden medicinal liquid for Xiao Yi Xian’s procedure.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined a gray Na Ling vessel and placed it in the energy vortex in her lower abdomen to contain her Woeful Poison Power.
• Xiao Yi Xian submerged herself in the medicinal liquid and began absorbing its energy while Lin Ze and Qing Lin watched; Lin Ze saw no sign of the poison erupting.

Lin Ze helped Xiao Yi Xian use medicinal liquid and a Na Ling space to contain the poison in her Woeful Poison Body, restoring her hair and easing the danger for now. He left her to control the poison and began considering how the method could be improved beyond the Poison Pill Method.

• Lin Ze watched the Seven Colored Hidden Line retreat as the medicinal liquid and Na Ling method transferred Xiao Yi Xian's poison, while warning Qing Lin that the space could eventually be overwhelmed.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and told Qing Lin that the transfer had succeeded, then discovered her white hair had returned to black.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Lin Ze by embracing him from behind, and he urged her to gain greater control over the poison in the Na Ling space.
• Zi Yan arrived and asked what was happening; Xiao Yi Xian reassured her that the method had worked and that she could interact with others without fear of poisoning them.
• Lin Ze considered refining the method with Xiao Yi Xian and his Death Soldiers so it could rival or surpass the Poison Pill Method.

Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan elders investigated the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and debated whether the unrecorded Xuangguang Clan and its Dou Di truly existed. Gu Yuan ordered a search for the Xuangguang Realm, authorized the mirrors’ use, and called for restrictions on the Ancient Clans’ involvement in the Northwest Continent.

• Gu Yuan convened the Gu Clan elders to examine the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror and hear Elder Gu Cang’s investigation report.
• Elder Gu Dao reported that the clan’s ancient records contained no mention of Xuangguang Dou Di or the Xuangguang Clan.
• Gu Dao suggested that the Xuangguang Clan might be a reclusive clan, while the elders acknowledged the mirror’s power could come from a Dou Di.
• The elders discussed whether they could find the drifting Xuangguang Realm and overcome the Dou Di Formation surrounding it.
• Gu Yuan ordered continued investigations and a search of the Endless Void, and allowed Gu Clan members to cultivate with the mirrors.
• Gu Yuan called for negotiations to limit the strength of those entering the Northwest Continent, declaring that no Saints could enter.

The Ancient Clans agreed to limit their forces while searching for the Xuangguang Clan and Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors. Lin Ze learned the pact would keep powerful Saints out of the Northwest Continent, then received news that an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast carcass had been acquired.

• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan elders planned to search for the Xuangguang Clan and have the Hall of Souls acquire as many Mysterious Light Treasure Mirrors as possible.
• The Ancient Clans met at Jusheng Mountain and agreed that Saints could not enter the Northwest Continent and each clan could send no more than three Dou Venerate experts at Five-Star Dou Zun or below.
• Lin Ze learned of the pact through the Mirror Spirit Trace and felt relieved that the Ancient Clans had restricted their strongest fighters.
• Lin Ze wondered whether Mang Tianchi would return to Jia Nan Academy and thought he should ask the Lei Clan to protect it.
• The Mirror Spirit told Lin Ze that they had acquired the remains of an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast, bringing his goal of reaching a hundred million closer.

Lin Ze converted the Magma Giant Bear’s remains into Flesh Essence and sought another high-tier beast to reach one hundred million. After a Magical Beast answered his trade request, he created a Golden Legend Death Soldier with the Life Substitution ability.

• Lin Ze learned that a high-star Dou Venerate had sold the peerless vicious beast’s leftover materials, then had the Mirror Spirit convert the Magma Giant Bear’s scraps into nearly twenty million units of Flesh Essence.
• Lin Ze posted a trade request offering twice the appraised price for remains of seventh-rank or higher Magical Beasts, allowing their Magic Cores and materials to be taken beforehand.
• After waiting, Lin Ze received an offer from a seller who was a Magical Beast and had the Death Soldiers handle the transaction and convert the remains.
• Lin Ze’s Flesh Essence surpassed one hundred million, so he used it to create a Golden Legend Death Soldier with a random Grandmaster Grade skill, a golden talent, Myriad Hearts as One, and Life Substitution.

Lin Ze manifested the Golden Legend Death Soldier Fa Wujin and learned that his Life Substitution ability could be delayed voluntarily only while Lin Ze remained conscious. He assigned Fa Wujin to cultivate and improve the Nine-Fold Demon Body with the other Death Soldiers.

• Lin Ze considered the power and limitations of Life Substitution while cultivating and planning to summon a Golden Legend Death Soldier.
• Lin Ze manifested a Golden Legend Death Soldier through the Bronze Mirror’s guaranteed-result mechanism and saw his Technique Mastery skill, Law Creation talent, and exclusive abilities.
• Lin Ze sent the new Death Soldier to a hidden underground cavern in the Jia Ma Empire to keep him safe and develop his talents.
• Lin Ze named the Death Soldier Fa Wujin and learned that Life Substitution could be delayed voluntarily until Lin Ze’s consciousness faded.
• Lin Ze ordered Fa Wujin to cultivate the Nine-Fold Demon Body and help the other Death Soldiers improve it.

Lin Ze trained with Fa Wujin and learned the optimized third stage of the Nine-Fold Demon Body. After refining his body with Magma Giant Bear essence and blood, he broke through to Three-Star Dou King.

• Lin Ze sparred with Fa Wujin and improved enough to trade blows evenly with him.
• Fa Wujin taught Lin Ze the optimized third-stage Body Refining Method of the Nine-Fold Demon Body.
• Lin Ze swallowed a pill made from Magical Beast essence and blood, then practiced the method in the No. 1 Cultivation Room.
• Lin Ze reached the middle phase of the Three-Fold Demon Body after one session.
• Lin Ze cultivated on the Black Stone Platform and naturally advanced to Three-Star Dou King.

Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er that the clans had allied to explore the Northwest Continent and that she would join only after the first group secured a safe area. Lin Ze learned through the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror that Xun'er was still in the Gu Realm and would eventually travel to the Northwest, then resumed cultivating.

• Gu Xun'er emerged from her golden flames and credited the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror for her improved cultivation.
• Gu Yuan speculated that the Xuangguang Dou Di had advanced beyond the usual Dou Di realm and compared the mirror's power to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan told Xun'er that the allied clans would explore the Northwest Continent and search for the Xuangguang Clan, but he planned for her to travel only after the first group found a safe area.
• Gu Yuan explained that he had once considered sending Xun'er to the Xiao Clan, but he now believed fate had kept her from retrieving its Ancient Jade, and the clans would move the Xiao Clan members to the Eastern Region for protection.
• Lin Ze learned through the Mirror Spirit Trace that Xun'er would go to the Northwest Continent and confirmed she remained in the Gu Realm.
• Lin Ze resumed cultivating, reflecting on how a Golden Legend Death Soldier could greatly increase his cultivation speed.

Lin Ze advanced to the early fifth stage of the Nine-Fold Demon Body and considered how his body and soul cultivation still lagged behind his Dou Qi progress. Zi Yan came to ask him to help take revenge on a powerful Magical Beast, and she grew curious about his cultivation method before worrying it might affect her bloodline.

• Lin Ze broke through to the early fifth stage of the Nine-Fold Demon Body after using five pills and assessed the limits of his physical and soul cultivation.
• The Mirror Spirit told Lin Ze that Xiao Yi Xian wanted to speak with him, and he learned that Zi Yan was waiting outside the cultivation room.
• Zi Yan showed Lin Ze bruises from a Magical Beast she had encountered while searching the mountains and asked him to help her get revenge.
• Lin Ze agreed to accompany Zi Yan and told her about the Nine-Fold Demon Body after she noticed his strengthened physique.
• Zi Yan declined to learn the method because she feared it might affect her Magical Beast bloodline.

Lin Ze accompanied Zi Yan to challenge the Snow Demon Sky Ape guarding Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, hoping to test his physique and claim half the treasure. He traded powerful blows with the ape, which began activating its Berserk Bloodline as the fight continued.

• Zi Yan explained that a Snow Demon Sky Ape had driven her away from a Heaven and Earth Treasure, and Lin Ze recognized the treasure as Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Lin Ze and Zi Yan agreed to split the treasure equally and flew to the ape's valley.
• Lin Ze asked Zi Yan not to interfere while he tested his physique against the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Lin Ze's first punch forced the giant ape back, and he charged into close combat with it.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape grew increasingly furious, and its white fur began turning red as its Berserk Bloodline stirred.

Lin Ze defeated the Snow Demon Sky Ape after it awakened its Berserk Bloodline, then captured it in the Mirror World. With the valley’s guardian gone, Lin Ze and Zi Yan went to search for its treasures.

• Lin Ze fought the Snow Demon Sky Ape while Zi Yan watched from above, and the ape awakened its Berserk Bloodline.
• Lin Ze drew the Extreme Wind Blade and unleashed Extreme Wind Slash as the Snow Demon Sky Ape launched its strongest attack.
• Lin Ze’s slash split the Snow Demon Sky Ape in two, and he used pale green energy to preserve it before sending it into the Mirror World.
• Zi Yan recovered from her shock, and Lin Ze told her they could search the valley for good stuff.
• Zi Yan hurried into the valley first, with Lin Ze following close behind.