Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han refined the Bodhi Heart while Gu You attacked him, breaking through from Nine Revolutions Dou Zun to become an early one-star Dou Saint. The System rewarded Jiang Han with the Eternal Life Chain, which let him extract an opponent’s power for his own use.

• Jiang Han began refining the Bodhi Heart in front of the gathered experts, while the wounded Hun Yu summoned Gu You with a Space Jade Slip.
• Gu You introduced himself as the Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerable and attacked Jiang Han with the Dark Skeleton King, but its blows could not penetrate Jiang Han’s flames.
• Jiang Han finished refining the Bodhi Heart and broke through from peak Nine Revolutions Dou Zun to early one-star Dou Saint.
• The System rewarded Jiang Han with the Eternal Life Chain, a technique that let him drain an opponent’s power for his own use.

After reaching Dou Saint, Jiang Han killed Gu You and Hun Yu’s Soul Clan group with the Eternal Life Chain and his overwhelming power. He crushed a jade slip to summon the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master, who confronted him over his clansmen’s deaths and began another battle.

• Xiao Yan watched as Jiang Han became a Dou Saint, then Jiang Han destroyed the Dark Skeleton King and used the Eternal Life Chain to drain Gu You’s body and soul.
• Jiang Han asked Hun Yu whether he had more jade slips, then annihilated Hun Yu and the Soul Clan members despite Hun Yu’s attempt to withdraw.
• Jiang Han crushed a jade slip from the Dead Souls Branch Hall, summoning the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master.
• The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master recognized Jiang Han, mentioned sending people to Jia Nan Academy, and attacked him with a hundred-zhang bone blade.
• Jiang Han covered himself in crimson energy and prepared to test his strength against the bone blade again.

Jiang Han faced the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master in the Sky Battlefield, blocking his attacks despite the gap in their cultivation. As the Vice Hall Master unleashed a powerful soul attack, Jiang Han’s gaze lock finally completed.

• Jiang Han used the Bodhi Tree Blade to clash with the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master’s bone blade, and the Vice Hall Master recognized that Jiang Han had reached the Dou Saint realm.
• The Vice Hall Master sent a blood-red attack from the black clouds, but Jiang Han countered it with the Extreme Blade Three Styles and shattered it.
• The Vice Hall Master began gathering blood and souls into a ferocious face while Jiang Han attacked and used the Eternal Life Chain to drain his energy.
• The Vice Hall Master completed the ferocious face’s formation and sent it lunging at Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han smiled as his gaze lock on the Vice Hall Master completed.

Jiang Han rose to the Three-Star Dou Sheng Initial Stage, defeated the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master, and killed the witnesses to keep news of his strength from reaching the Soul Clan. He gave Bodhi Seeds to his allies and left for Jia Nan Academy, worried that the Soul Clan had traced him there.

• Jiang Han's cultivation surged to the Three-Star Dou Sheng Initial Stage, and he shattered the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master's attacks with the Extreme Blade Three Styles.
• Jiang Han dragged the fleeing Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master back from the void and beat him until he vanished completely.
• Jiang Han trapped the watching experts in a Five-Colored Flame barrier and burned them to prevent news of the battle from spreading.
• Jiang Han warned Xuan Kongzi, Wind Venerable, Iron Sword Venerable, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan to keep the battle secret, then gave each of them a Bodhi Seed.
• Jiang Han left for Jia Nan Academy because he feared the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master had traced him there.

Jiang Han learned that the Soul Hall had abducted Hu Qian, Su Qian, and the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders, then went to Earth Hall to rescue them. After freeing them, he revealed his immense power and formed a colossal palm over the Soul Hall forces.

• Jiang Han returned to Jia Nan Academy and learned from Ruo Lin that Soul Hall experts had taken Hu Qian, Su Qian, and the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders.
• Jiang Han told Ruo Lin he had killed a Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and learned the address Soul Hall had left behind.
• Jiang Han discovered that Zi Yan had been taken by an expert from the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Jiang Han attacked Soul Hall's Earth Hall, where the Great Heavenly Venerable and other experts were gathered.
• Jiang Han freed Hu Qian, Su Qian, and the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders from their chains and brought them beside him.
• Jiang Han pressed down toward the Soul Hall experts, forming a colossal palm a thousand zhang wide.

Jiang Han annihilated the Soul Hall forces at the Earth Hall, absorbed the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s Soul Body, and discovered the All Heavens Gate in his System. After learning that the gate required Dou Di cultivation and an Emperor-realm soul to open, he planned to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul before the coming crises.

• Jiang Han destroyed the Soul Hall experts with a flaming palm, then found and erased the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s Soul Body while absorbing its memories and strengthening his own soul power.
• Jiang Han razed the remaining buildings of the Soul Hall’s Tiangang Hall Earth Hall and told Hu Qian that he was a Three-Star Dou Saint before returning to Jia Nan Academy with him and the others.
• Jiang Han discovered the All Heavens Gate in his System and learned it could not be opened until he reached Dou Di cultivation and Emperor-realm soul power.
• Jiang Han learned from the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s memories that the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire would emerge soon and that three Void Ancient Dragon islands would attack East Island.
• Jiang Han decided to visit the Nether Serpent Earth Vein to absorb the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Emperor-realm remnant soul.

Jiang Han descended into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and freed Yao Ming, the deposed clan chief of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan. As they headed back up, Yao Ming revealed that his younger brother Yao Pingri had poisoned and imprisoned him, while Yao Pingri learned the seal had been broken and moved to stop him.

• Jiang Han gave Hu Qian treasures and cultivation resources, then set up the Five-Fire Grand Formation to protect the Inner Academy and Outer Academy.
• Jiang Han entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, fought through swarms of strange snakes, and found Yao Ming chained beneath the sandy ground.
• Jiang Han shattered Yao Ming's chains and Yellow Springs Yin Stones, freeing him despite Yao Ming's warning that the stones' cold power suppressed his cultivation.
• Yao Pingri learned that Yao Ming's seal had been broken, and he left the palace to prevent his elder brother from rising again.
• Yao Ming told Jiang Han that Yao Pingri had poisoned and imprisoned him, but Jiang Han ordered him to stop talking as they made their way back up.

Jiang Han killed Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s Grand Elder, while Yao Ming confronted the clan elders. The elders recognized Yao Ming as their true clan chief after he revealed the Nine Nether Underworld Staff.

• Jiang Han overwhelmed Yao Xiaotian with a Five-Colored Flame palm, destroyed his body, and absorbed his Soul Body.
• As the clan elders arrived, Yao Ming stepped forward and revealed himself, but the Grand Elder attacked him with the Yellow Springs Grand Seal.
• Jiang Han split the Grand Seal with the Bodhi Tree Blade and killed the Grand Elder, then purified and absorbed his Soul Body.
• Yao Ming stopped Jiang Han from attacking the remaining elders and revealed the Nine Nether Underworld Staff.
• The elders recognized the staff and knelt to greet Yao Ming as their clan chief.

Jiang Han entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and absorbed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul, raising his soul power to Heaven Realm Great Perfection and gaining the Demon Saint’s techniques. After confirming that the All Heavens Gate still required Dou Emperor cultivation and an Emperor Realm soul, he headed toward the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire.

• Jiang Han entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet with his Soul Body and fought through attacks formed by the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm.
• Jiang Han triggered the System’s extraction and purification, causing the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and his throne to vanish when progress reached 100%.
• Jiang Han gained the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and essence blood, and his soul power advanced to Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Jiang Han gave Yao Ming the cultivation method for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and kept the Demon Saint’s essence blood for himself.
• Jiang Han found the All Heavens Gate had solidified but could not open it because he had not reached Dou Emperor or the Emperor Realm soul.
• Jiang Han sent his soul toward the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire’s location from Great Heavenly Venerable’s memories.

Jiang Han reached the site where the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire was about to emerge and clashed remotely with Soul Hall Hall Master Hun Miesheng. When the Demon Fire Space opened, Jiang Han followed the Pill Tower experts inside.

• Jiang Han sensed the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire's emergence and matched Hun Miesheng's soul attack, then challenged the Soul Hall Hall Master.
• Two days later, the sign of the Demon Fire appeared, and Jiang Han arrived at the desert where several powerful factions had gathered.
• Xuan Kongzi welcomed Jiang Han and introduced him to the Pill Tower Grand Elder and the leaders of the other factions.
• Hun Miesheng arrived with Soul Hall forces and searched the assembled experts for Jiang Han, who concealed his aura.
• The Demon Fire Space opened, and Jiang Han entered through its milky-white ring with the Pill Tower experts.

Jiang Han entered the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire’s domain and used the Bodhi Tree to break its Nightmare Illusion, freeing the trapped experts. The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire trapped them in a sea of flames and unleashed its Fire Slaves, and the experts charged into battle while Jiang Han kept copying the Demon Fire.

• Jiang Han discovered that the white-robed man was the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, but his Gaze began copying it too slowly for him to safely fight or escape.
• Jiang Han summoned the Bodhi Tree, whose power broke the Nightmare Illusion and freed the experts trapped inside it.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire encased the gathered experts in a flame prison and declared that he would refine them.
• Hun Miesheng proposed that the factions join forces to subdue the Demon Fire, and Gu Nanhai and the Thunder Clan agreed.
• The Demon Fire summoned ten One-Star Dou Sheng Fire Slaves and a late-stage Four-Star Dou Sheng Fire Slave; Gu Nanhai confronted the latter while Hun Miesheng led the other experts against the Demon Fire.
• Jiang Han fought the One-Star Dou Sheng Fire Slaves while keeping his gaze fixed on the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire.

Jiang Han observed the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire and Soul Demon Elder to raise his cultivation to the early stage of Six-Star Dou Sheng. As the battle over the Demon Fire intensified and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared, Jiang Han prepared to reveal himself and reunite with Hun Miesheng.

• Jiang Han copied the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire while it fought seven Four-Star Dou Saints, gaining its memories and knowledge of the Nightmare Mist and Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.
• Hun Miesheng and the six other Four-Star Dou Saints used the Heavenly Net Sealing Demon Formation to make the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire appear sealed, while Jiang Han copied Hun Miesheng and advanced to the early stage of Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• The seven Four-Star Dou Saints turned on one another as they fought for the apparently sealed Demon Fire, and Hun Miesheng called Soul Demon Elder onto the battlefield.
• Soul Demon Elder revealed his true strength and summoned the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who appeared riding an azure ox in the form of a child.
• Jiang Han failed to copy the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, copied Soul Demon Elder instead, and reached the early stage of Six-Star Dou Sheng before announcing that he would reunite with Hun Miesheng.

Jiang Han revealed his strength by turning Hun Miesheng’s attack back on him and killing the Hall of Souls Hall Master. He then confronted the Soul Demon Elder, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• The Small Pill Tower Grand Elder recognized the Blue Ox Herdboy, and Xuan Kongzi identified Jiang Han as a benefactor of the Pill Tower.
• A Soul Clan two-star Dou Saint attacked Jiang Han, who killed him with the Yellow Springs Finger and purified his soul.
• Hun Miesheng recognized Jiang Han and launched three blood-red slashes at him, but Jiang Han used Space Displacement to send the attack back.
• The Soul Demon Elder realized Jiang Han was a Six-Star Dou Sheng as Hun Miesheng’s redirected, flame-imbued attack shattered his body.
• Jiang Han purified Hun Miesheng’s escaping soul, then turned his attention to the Soul Demon Elder and challenged him.

Jiang Han killed Soul Demon Elder and the remaining Soul Hall members before confronting the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire. After Jiang Han destroyed the Demon Fire Divine Statue, the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and claimed the Demon Fire Space gave him the advantage.

• Jiang Han defeated Soul Demon Elder's soul attack, used Space Displacement to pull him back, and killed him before eliminating the remaining Soul Hall members.
• Blue Ox Herdboy identified himself as the Pill Tower Old Ancestor when Jiang Han turned his gaze toward him.
• Jiang Han exposed the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire's deliberate surrender, and the Strange Fire broke free of its seal and declared its intent to make Jiang Han a Fire Slave.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire formed the Demon Fire Divine Statue and attacked Jiang Han, who destroyed the statue with a punch powered by six Strange Fires.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, asserting that he had mastered it and could dominate Jiang Han within the Demon Fire Space.

Jiang Han seized control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation from the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire and saved the trapped experts. After they escaped, he used the formation to destroy the demon fire’s spiritual intelligence and capture its flame.

• The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, trapping the experts and beginning to refine them into Fire Slaves.
• Jiang Han froze the formation’s attacks and took control of the ancient formation, shocking the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire unleashed a sea of flames, and Jiang Han opened a passage so the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and the other experts could escape.
• Jiang Han used the formation’s runic rays to pierce the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire and extinguish its spiritual intelligence.
• The formation dispersed, leaving the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire’s faintly pink flame floating before Jiang Han.

Jiang Han destroyed Soul Hall headquarters with the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, then set out for East Dragon Island to rescue Zi Yan. Meanwhile, Hei Qing was ambushed by North Dragon Island and Nine Nether Earth Python forces, who revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had joined the attack on East Dragon Island.

• Jiang Han left the collapsed Demon Fire Space without confirming whether he had obtained the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire.
• Jiang Han uncovered Soul Hall headquarters and annihilated its buildings and experts with a six-colored flaming mountain, absorbing the souls of three Dou Saint experts.
• Experts from several factions arrived at the burning ruins and recognized the attack as the work of the mysterious person from the Demon Fire Space.
• Hei Qing was wounded in the dark void by North Dragon Island and Nine Nether Earth Python forces hunting dragons returning to East Dragon Island.
• A North Dragon Island leader revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was also on East Dragon Island, while Hei Qing warned them that the Dragon Emperor would one day take revenge.

Jiang Han rescued Hei Qing from the North Dragon Island leader and learned that East Dragon Island was under siege. After You Hai and the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan turned against the North Dragon Island forces, Jiang Han took Hei Qing toward the besieged island, where the enemy noticed their arrival.

• The North Dragon Island leader overwhelmed the wounded Hei Qing and moved to crush his head.
• Jiang Han appeared and burned the North Dragon Island leader to death with a Six-Colored Flame.
• Hei Qing told Jiang Han that East Dragon Island, Zi Yan, and its clansmen were under siege by the other Dragon Islands, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan.
• You Hai and the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan recognized Jiang Han, then switched sides and attacked the North Dragon Island experts.
• Jiang Han killed another North Dragon Island Half-Saint, took Hei Qing, and crossed the void toward East Dragon Island.
• A burly man among the besieging forces spotted Jiang Han and warned that East Dragon Island had received reinforcements.

Jiang Han arrived at East Dragon Island, rescued Zi Yan from the besieging forces, and turned the tide of the battle with his Six-Colored Flame. He left Zi Yan with a promise to take her back to the academy and moved to confront the Three Dragon Island Kings.

• Hei Qing returned to the battlefield and told the burly man that the forces sent to intercept him had been killed.
• Jiang Han destroyed the attacking Void Ancient Dragon experts and killed the burly man before looking down at the battle on East Dragon Island.
• Jiang Han appeared beside Zi Yan, who refused to leave her people, and unleashed thousands of Six-Colored Flame snakes against the invading forces.
• Yao Ming ordered the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan to defend East Dragon Island and killed a Half-Saint expert from West Dragon Island.
• Jiang Han told Zi Yan to return to the academy with him after the battle, then appeared before the Three Dragon Island Kings.

Jiang Han rescued Zi Yan and East Dragon Island by destroying the invading Dragon Kings and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan leader. After the battle, he took Zi Yan away to meet her father at Jia Nan Academy.

• The West Island Dragon King attacked Jiang Han, who killed him with a single palm strike.
• The North and South Island Dragon Kings and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan leader tried to escape, but Jiang Han trapped them with Space Displacement.
• Jiang Han shielded the East Dragon Island Void Ancient Dragons and Nine Nether Earth Python Clan with Six-Colored Flame, then used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to cripple the remaining enemies.
• Jiang Han destroyed the three leaders and absorbed their souls, ending the battle; the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan defected, and the other three Dragon Islands and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were wiped out.
• Zi Yan and the surviving East Dragon Island dragons thanked Jiang Han, and Zi Yan asked why he had summoned her back.
• Jiang Han told Zi Yan he was taking her to see her father, then vanished with her toward Jia Nan Academy.

Jiang Han brought Zi Yan to the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where she reunited with her trapped father, the Old Dragon Emperor. Meanwhile, Soul Clan experts slaughtered Peaceful Town while searching for Jiang Han, and their pursuit headed toward Jia Nan Academy as its students celebrated the new term.

• Jiang Han reinforced Jia Nan Academy’s defensive formation, then took Zi Yan through the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower’s magma to the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Jiang Han introduced Zi Yan to the Old Dragon Emperor, who recognized her as his daughter and apologized for being absent from her life.
• Jiang Han urged Zi Yan and the Old Dragon Emperor to talk, then watched the reunion while his gazing progress on the dragon reached one percent.
• Soul Clan experts tracked Jiang Han to Peaceful Town, killed the Canaan Enforcement Team, and slaughtered the town’s inhabitants.
• Observers from several factions learned that the expert who destroyed Soul Hall came from Jia Nan Academy and followed the Soul Clan toward it.
• Jia Nan Academy held a welcoming celebration for new students, with Hu Qian, Su Qian, and the Thousand-Hundred Two Elders attending.