Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen explained his rapid growth to Ling Ying by claiming he had found a Blessed Land left by Yao Chen. Ling Ying taught him the Prajna Vajra Fist on Gu Xun'er's orders and lent him an illustrated manual, which he had to return within a month.

• Gu Fengchen realized Ling Ying had only happened to encounter him in the Jiama Imperial Capital and had not been secretly following him.
• Ling Ying questioned how Gu Fengchen's talent and cultivation had changed so dramatically since leaving the Gu Clan.
• Gu Fengchen claimed he had found a Blessed Land left by Yao Chen and gained opportunities there.
• Gu Fengchen sensed an unsettling gaze directed at his soul from somewhere other than Ling Ying.
• Ling Ying demonstrated the Prajna Vajra Fist, explained its ability to shake the Primordial Spirit, and gave Gu Fengchen an illustrated manual to study.
• Ling Ying told Gu Fengchen he had to return the manual in one month.

Gu Fengchen received a Tier 7 Magical Beast Egg, two Gu Clan protectors, and a token containing one of Gu Yuan’s avatars. Before Ling Ying departed, Gu Fengchen asked whether he had the black ring once given to the Xiao Clan as an engagement token.

• Ling Ying gave Gu Fengchen a Tier 7 Magical Beast Egg from Gu Yuan and explained that hatching it required five Tier 5 Magic Cores of different attributes.
• Ling Ying introduced Gu Dongli and Gu Mei, Nine-Star Dou Emperor experts sent by Gu Yuan to protect Gu Fengchen in secret.
• Gu Fengchen accepted the two protectors and learned that Gu Yuan’s token could summon an avatar once in a life-or-death emergency.
• Gu Fengchen considered visiting Desert City to look for Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu Fengchen asked Ling Ying whether he had the black ring originally given to the Xiao Clan as Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s engagement token.

Gu Fengchen reclaimed the black ring from Ling Ying, intending to exploit Old Ya for alchemy knowledge. Later, he stumbled upon an ambush against the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and paused when Ling'er asked him for help, asking whether she knew Xiao Yi Xian.

• Gu Fengchen reasoned that Ling Ying had taken the black ring from Xiao Clan and persuaded him to hand it over.
• Kagang led the Myriad Medicine Pavilion guard squad, including his daughter Ling'er, as they escorted herb gatherers toward the mountains without Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mu Gu revealed that he had come to kill the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's mercenaries in revenge for Mu She and ordered his men to attack.
• Gu Fengchen stopped his carriage after smelling blood, entered the forest, and deflected arrows with a Qi Wall.
• Ling'er asked Gu Fengchen to save the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and he asked whether she knew Xiao Yi Xian.

Gu Fengchen returned to Qingshan Town after rescuing Kagang and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion mercenaries from Mu Gu’s attack. At the pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him home, and he reflected on how he had begun to belong in this world.

• Gu Fengchen killed Mu Gu and more than thirty mercenaries who had attacked Kagang’s group, then revealed that he owned the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Kagang and the surviving mercenaries thanked Gu Fengchen, who told them to return to the pavilion and collect their fallen companions.
• Gu Fengchen returned to Qingshan Town after nearly a month away and found Xiao Yi Xian preparing medicinal powder at the pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian happily welcomed Gu Fengchen back, and he gave her gifts from the Imperial Capital and shared a meal with her.
• Gu Fengchen realized that Xiao Yi Xian and others cared about him, and he reflected that he was beginning to feel at home in this world.

Yun Yun learned that Nalan Yanran had persuaded Chen Fenggu to take the Misty Cloud Sect's assessment and grew curious about him. Back in Qingshan Town, Gu Fengchen caught up with Xiao Yi Xian, shared news from the imperial capital, and revealed his Dou Ling strength while discussing the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and its new recruits.

• Yun Yun worried about Gu He's repeated questions about Chen Fenggu, then learned from Nalan Yanran that he had agreed to take the Misty Cloud Sect's assessment.
• Nalan Yanran offered to ask Gu Fengchen for pills, and Yun Yun became eager to meet him.
• Gu Fengchen told Xiao Yi Xian about the imperial capital and gave her jewelry and poisonous drugs to help her cultivate for the Misty Cloud Sect's assessment.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Gu Fengchen that she had taken in Kagang's small mercenary group, and Gu Fengchen recounted how Mu Gu had ambushed Kagang on the road.
• Gu Fengchen told Xiao Yi Xian that he had reached Dou Ling and urged her to increase her strength; Xiao Yi Xian asked whether he had used his full strength earlier.

Gu Fengchen awakened Yao Chen from the black ring and tried to recruit him as a companion, while concealing how strongly the Spiritual Body tempted the Taotie Seal. Yao Chen emerged wary of Gu Fengchen, who offered him wealth and prospects in exchange for working for him.

• Gu Fengchen cultivated with Xiao Yi Xian, helping her advance to Five-Star Dou Shi.
• Gu Fengchen examined the black ring and considered asking Yao Chen to help break Hai Bodong's seal and restore the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon's strength.
• Gu Fengchen called out Yao Chen and threatened to give the ring to Gu Yuan, prompting Yao Chen to emerge.
• Yao Chen assessed Gu Fengchen's identity, powerful Soul Power, and unsettling aura, while Gu Fengchen struggled to restrain his trembling left hand.
• Gu Fengchen offered Yao Chen a position as his companion, citing his resources and the future potential of Xiao Yi Xian's Body of Calamitous Poison.

Gu Fengchen tried to recruit Yao Chen by promising to help him rebuild his body and take revenge on Han Feng in exchange for help growing stronger. Yao Chen remained wary but was tempted by the offer as Gu Fengchen laid out the requirements for his resurrection and withheld a soul-restoring herb until they agreed on an exchange.

• Gu Fengchen defended Xiao Yi Xian and her Body of Calamitous Poison to Yao Chen, then decided he needed to stop Yao Chen from watching him constantly.
• Gu Fengchen asked Yao Chen for the Flame Mantra and offered to help him rebuild his body and take revenge on Han Feng and Soul Hall.
• Gu Fengchen told Yao Chen he would kill Han Feng within half a year, partly to obtain the Sea Heart Flame, and explained the three conditions needed to resurrect him.
• Yao Chen showed faint hope at the prospect of rebuilding his body, while Gu Fengchen offered him a Spirit White Seven Soul Branch to restore his soul.
• When Yao Chen reached for the herb, Gu Fengchen put it away and said he preferred an equal exchange.

Gu Fengchen pressured Yao Chen into trading the Flame Mantra for the Spirit White Seven Soul Branch, then used the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame to cultivate the technique. He broke through to Three-star Dou Spirit and planned to feed the Cold Flame to the Flame Mantra and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon’s beast flame to the Taotie Seal.

• Gu Fengchen demanded a Heaven Tier technique from Yao Chen in exchange for the Spirit White Seven Soul Branch, and Yao Chen offered the dangerous Flame Mantra instead.
• Gu Fengchen recognized the scroll as a technique from Tou She Ancient God and began cultivating it while giving Yao Chen the medicinal herb.
• Gu Fengchen merged the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame into the Flame Mantra, startling Yao Chen with the Heavenly Flame’s power.
• Gu Fengchen broke through to Three-star Dou Spirit and evolved the Flame Mantra to high Profound Tier.
• Gu Fengchen decided to use Ya Fei’s Cold Flame to evolve the Flame Mantra and give the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon’s beast flame to the Taotie Seal.

Gu Fengchen absorbed Ya Fei’s Tier 5 Cold Flame, evolved the Flame Mantra into an Earth Rank technique, and named his fused flame the Blue Gold Emperor Flame. He remained a three-star Dou Spirit, then asked Yao Chen to help him make and sell Foundation Elixir.

• Gu Fengchen chose to absorb the Cold Flame directly so the Flame Mantra could evolve, relying on his strong physique and Soul Power to endure its resistance.
• Gu Fengchen refined the Cold Flame with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, fused them into the Blue Gold Emperor Flame, and evolved the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank.
• Gu Fengchen found that his Dou Qi circulated much faster, while his cultivation remained stable at three-star Dou Spirit.
• Gu Fengchen saw that Yao Chen had finished absorbing the Spirit White Seven Soul Branch and asked him to teach alchemy and help with future requests.
• Gu Fengchen proposed a business deal involving Yao Chen’s Foundation Elixir, and Yao Chen asked what the deal was.

Gu Fengchen entrusted Yao Chen to Xiao Yi Xian, then absorbed the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva and Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast Flame. The flame transformed his body with blue scales and enhanced his physical abilities.

• Gu Fengchen arranged for Yao Chen to make Foundation Elixir and asked him to guide Xiao Yi Xian while keeping an eye on her.
• Gu Fengchen gave Xiao Yi Xian the ring containing Yao Chen and introduced the old man as her cultivation guide.
• Gu Fengchen absorbed the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva, enduring a strange vision of Taotie before finding that his soul had grown stronger and purer.
• Gu Fengchen began absorbing the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast Flame and suffered intense pain as his blood and qi surged through his body.
• Blue scales spread across Gu Fengchen's body, increasing his strength, defense, agility, and reflexes.

Gu Fengchen gained another layer of protection from the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon's scales, while Yun Yun headed to the Magic Beast Mountain Range to seek an Amethyst Winged Lion King cub and considered recruiting him. The chapter ended with Old Man Yao warning Xiao Yi Xian to guard herself against Gu Fengchen.

• Gu Fengchen withdrew the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon's scales and believed his improved defenses would let him face Mu Chen.
• Yun Yun brought Nalan Yanran to the Magic Beast Mountain Range for the Misty Cloud Sect's selection and secretly planned to obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub.
• Yun Yun explained that she wanted the cub as a personal ally and decided to seek help from Chen Fenggu.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun about Chen Fenggu's strength, achievements, and alleged romantic entanglements.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yi Xian that Gu Fengchen coveted her and told her to protect herself.

Gu Fengchen bought ingredients and used promises of soul-restoring materials and revenge on Han Feng to persuade Yao Chen to refine pills on a strict schedule. While Gu Fengchen cultivated and went to the market, a storyteller began spreading rumors about his fight with the Mu Clan and his refusal to join powerful factions.

• Gu Fengchen bought ingredients for Foundation Elixir and Primordial Bone Shaping Pill, along with materials to strengthen Yao Chen's soul.
• Gu Fengchen ordered Yao Chen to refine the pills and argued that pill refining was a valuable form of cultivation, promising him more soul-restoring ingredients and reminding him that he would kill Han Feng within three months.
• Yao Chen accepted Gu Fengchen's reasoning and began preparing to refine the pills.
• Gu Fengchen went to the market, where a storyteller recounted how Chen Fenggu had killed Mu Zhan, faced Mu Chen's attack, and refused offers from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, the Nalan Clan, and the Mittel Family.

Gu Fengchen entered the Misty Cloud Sect examination in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where Mu Chen and Gu He planned to ambush him in the unprotected third region. The chapter left Gu Fengchen unaware that the alarm firework in his Storage Ring had been sabotaged.

• At a teahouse, an old storyteller sold booklets about Gu Fengchen after listeners argued over whether his tale was true.
• Gu Fengchen left Xiao Yi Xian’s residence and went to the Misty Cloud Sect examination, which tested candidates by having them hunt Magic Beasts and collect their ears.
• At the examination grounds, Gu Fengchen noticed hostile-looking youths from the Mu Clan and saw Nalan Yanran presiding over the event.
• Mu Chen and Gu He watched Gu Fengchen from a teahouse and concluded he would enter the third region to pursue the top-scoring prize.
• Gu He told Mu Chen that five Five Star Dou Spirit experts would ambush Gu Fengchen and that the alarm firework in his Storage Ring had been sabotaged.

Gu Fengchen hunted Magic Beasts in the mountain range, aiming for the highest-ranked targets while sensing hostile watchers following him. Gu He and Mu Chen planned to have five Dou Spirit experts kill him and seize his Heavenly Flames, while Gu Fengchen continued hunting as the sun began to set.

• Gu He reassured Mu Chen that five hired Dou Spirit experts could kill Gu Fengchen without implicating them, and both men anticipated claiming his Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Fengchen entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range, killed a Tier 2 wild boar, and headed toward the third area after sensing Gu Dongli, Gu Mei, and other watchers nearby.
• Gu Fengchen killed a Tier 3 Bear-Human with ease, then collected its ear, hide, and flesh.
• Gu Fengchen killed a Tier 2 Baboon Demon, bringing his tally to nine Tier 3 and twenty-one Tier 2 Magic Beasts while honing his swordsmanship.
• As sunset fell over the mountain range, Yun Yun appeared amid the mist and fading light.

Gu Fengchen was ambushed by five Dou Spirit experts but fought back with hidden weapons, poison, and overwhelming strength. He killed two attackers, leaving the other three terrified as Gu Dongli, Gu Mei, and Yun Yun watched from the shadows.

• Yun Yun noticed five auras closing in on Gu Fengchen, who continued walking unaware of the ambush.
• Gu Fengchen sensed the first attacker, deflected his strike, and faced five Dou Spirits surrounding him.
• Gu Fengchen fired poisoned crossbow bolts and used Prajna Vajra Fist against two attackers while Gu Mei urged Gu Dongli to intervene.
• Gu Fengchen broke one Dou Spirit's wrist, poisoned him with smoke, and killed him with his sword.
• Gu Fengchen punched through another Dou Spirit's chest, making the remaining three attackers consider retreating.

Gu Fengchen identified one of his attackers as a member of the Mo Clan and killed all five Dou Lings with his Earth-tier sword technique. Afterward, he collapsed from exhaustion while Yun Yun and the others watched in shock.

• Gu Fengchen recognized the mutated Dou Ling’s Ghost Claws as a Mo Clan technique and suspected Gu He had arranged the attack.
• The Mo Clan Dou Ling charged, but Gu Fengchen unleashed One Sword Breaks All Techniques and killed him instantly.
• Gu Fengchen turned on the remaining attackers and killed the other Dou Lings as they tried to flee.
• Gu Dongli, Gu Mei, and Yun Yun were stunned by Gu Fengchen’s strength and the power of his sword technique.
• After defeating all five Dou Lings, Gu Fengchen braced himself on his sword and thought he was about to collapse.

After defeating five Dou Spirits, Gu Fengchen suspected Gu He and Mu Chen had arranged the ambush and considered the limits of his remaining strength and the secrets of his Taotie Seal. Yun Yun appeared and promised to investigate the attack, but Gu Fengchen declined, leaving the matter unresolved.

• Gu Fengchen took the attackers’ Storage Rings and concluded that Gu He and Mu Chen were likely behind the ambush.
• Gu Fengchen assessed his exhausted condition, recalled his escape techniques, and noted that the Taotie Seal wanted to devour the five Dou Spirit corpses.
• Yun Yun emerged from the shadows, and Gu Fengchen challenged her about whether the Misty Cloud Sect had arranged the ambush.
• Yun Yun denied knowing about the attack and explained that she had not intervened because she could not tell whether the nearby auras belonged to enemies or allies.
• Yun Yun promised to investigate the Mo Clan’s involvement, but Gu Fengchen refused and chose to handle the matter himself.

After Gu Fengchen won the assessment, Yun Yun tried to recruit him into the Misty Cloud Sect, but he declined because he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy. Yun Yun then asked him to help obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub, and Gu Fengchen began negotiating for a Tier 5 Magic Core.

• Yun Yun confirmed Gu Fengchen had taken first place and offered to make him her Personal Disciple in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu Fengchen politely declined, explaining that he intended to enroll at Jia Nan Academy.
• Yun Yun explained her plan to obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub and offered Gu Fengchen the Purple Spirit Crystal in exchange for helping her.
• Gu Fengchen asked for five different Tier 5 Magic Cores as his reward, and Yun Yun said she could not provide them.
• Gu Fengchen clarified that any one of the five Magic Cores would satisfy his request.

Yun Yun arranged to cooperate with Gu Fengchen against the Amethyst Winged Lion King and set others to investigate the Mo and Mu Clans while hiding her suspicions of Gu He. Gu Fengchen’s astonishing assessment results drew the crowd’s attention, while Gu He sensed that his plan had failed.

• Yun Yun agreed to find precious Magic Cores for Gu Fengchen, offered him a strength-raising pill, and agreed to set out that night after they settled the competition rewards.
• Yun Yun returned with Misty Cloud Sect members and Jia Ma Imperial Family guards, then redirected suspicion toward the Mo Clan and Mu Clan and left the investigation to influential groups.
• The guards discovered that Gu Fengchen had killed five Dou Spirit assassins with clean sword strikes, and Yun Yun told the witnesses not to compare themselves with extraordinary talents.
• Gu He sensed an ominous sign, used his feng shui compass to divine what had happened, and realized his operation might have failed.
• Gu Fengchen submitted his beast-ear tally, which showed nine Tier 3 and twenty-one Tier 2 Magic Beasts, including five Peak Tier 3 beasts, stunning the crowd.
• Nalan Yanran watched Gu Fengchen’s remarkable results and privately admired him.

At the Gu Clan, Gu Yuan explained that he had sent Gu Dongli and Gu Mei to the Jia Ma Empire to protect Gu Fengchen from Soul Hall. Back at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Gu Fengchen and Xiao Yi Xian strengthened their cultivation, and Gu Fengchen persuaded Yao Chen to keep refining pills for him.

• Gu Yuan told the Gu Clan Elders that Gu Xun'er was well but the fragments had not appeared, then explained that Gu Dongli and Gu Mei were secretly protecting Gu Fengchen from Soul Hall.
• Gu Fengchen and Xiao Yi Xian used the BUG Dual Cultivation Method with a fifth-tier Poison Attribute Magic Core, raising Xiao Yi Xian to One Star Great Dou Master and Gu Fengchen to Four Star Dou Ling.
• Gu Fengchen collected the Primordial Bone Shaping Pill that Yao Chen had refined so he could treat the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon's hidden injury.
• Gu Fengchen bargained with Yao Chen over work hours and promised him soul-nourishing Medicinal Herbs in exchange for continued pill refining.