Chapter Summaries

After restoring order in the Jia Ma Empire, Lin Chen returned to Jia Nan Academy and made a deal with Su Qian to replace the mature Fallen Heart Flame with a younger one. He subdued the flame beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, strengthened the Seven-Colored Little Snake, and reached the early stage of Three-Star Dou Emperor before sensing another Fallen Heart Flame farther below.

• Yun Shan gave Lin Chen most of the Misty Cloud Sect's treasury, and Lin Chen urged Yun Yun to stabilize the sect and meet him in Central Plains.
• Lin Chen returned to Jia Nan Academy and persuaded Su Qian to let him take the mature Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for a young flame that could keep the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower running.
• Lin Chen entered the magma beneath the tower and used the Red Lotus Karma Fire and his soul power to subdue and refine the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Chen fed some of the flame's energy to the Seven-Colored Little Snake, helping it grow stronger and move closer to awakening.
• Refining the Fallen Heart Flame raised Lin Chen's cultivation from peak One-Star Dou Emperor to early Three-Star Dou Emperor.
• Lin Chen sensed another Fallen Heart Flame aura deeper in the magma and continued downward with the Seven-Colored Little Snake.

Lin Chen found Yao Tianhuo and the young Fallen Heart Flame in the magma abyss, persuaded the Venerable to serve him for a hundred years in exchange for a chance at rebirth, and killed a Five-Star Dou Zong Magma Lizardman to prove his strength. As Lin Chen left the abyss, the Seven-Colored Little Snake began glowing after absorbing Fallen Heart Flame energy.

• Lin Chen found Yao Tianhuo's remnant soul and the young Fallen Heart Flame at the bottom of the magma abyss.
• Lin Chen offered to take Yao Tianhuo out and help him obtain a new body in exchange for the young flame and a hundred years of service; Yao Tianhuo accepted.
• A Five-Star Dou Zong Magma Lizardman attacked Lin Chen, who used Red Lotus Possession and the Void-Splitting Sword Art to kill it.
• Yao Tianhuo was awed by Lin Chen's power, and Lin Chen collected the Magma Lizardman's Magic Core and valuable parts before heading upward.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake began shining brightly after absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame's origin and energy from the battle.

Medusa completed her evolution into a Three-Star Dou Zong, and Lin Chen helped her regain control of the heartfire before she agreed to stay by his side. After months of cultivation and alchemy at Jia Nan Academy, Lin Chen received word of a brewing invasion and a possible discovery of the Nether Poison Fire in the Chu Yun Empire, prompting him to prepare for a journey there.

• Medusa emerged from her evolution and, while affected by the Fallen Heart Flame, kissed Lin Chen; he used the Red Lotus Karma Fire to calm her and restore her clarity.
• Medusa thanked Lin Chen for saving her and agreed to stay with him until his future faction was established, claiming she would protect him to repay her debt.
• Lin Chen settled Medusa in the Inner Academy, refined pills for himself, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and befriended Zi Yan by sharing his pills with her.
• After two or three peaceful months, Lin Chen received Jia Xingtian's message that the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mulan Empires were massing troops near Jia Ma's borders and preparing for a possible invasion.
• The message also reported a possible Nether Poison Fire discovery in the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's territory, and Lin Chen decided to visit the Chu Yun Empire, seeing the flame as a potential aid to Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Chen crushed the invasion by the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mu Lan Empires, forcing them to accept a humiliating treaty and cede territory. He used the ceded lands to establish the Snake-Person Empire for Queen Medusa, then set his sights on claiming the Nether Poison Fire.

• Lin Chen arrived at Black Mountain Fortress and led Jia Xingtian, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and the Jia Ma Empire’s experts against the allied armies.
• Lin Chen unleashed his Blood Sea Domain, captured Xie Biyan, crippled Yan Luotian, and helped subdue the Three Elders of Mulan.
• Lin Chen and the Jia Ma Empire’s fighters routed the allied forces, killing or capturing their experts and sending the million-man army fleeing.
• The three invading nations signed a treaty paying reparations, ceding borderlands, and recognizing the Jia Ma Empire as their suzerain.
• Lin Chen declared the ceded lands would form the Snake-Person Empire, with Queen Medusa as its first empress.
• After the treaty was settled, Lin Chen turned his attention to the Chu Yun Empire to claim the Nether Poison Fire.

Lin Chen traveled to the Chu Yun Empire, subdued the Nether Poison Fire in the Nether Poison Swamp, and used its purified origin to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Woe Poison Body. Xiao Yi Xian’s strength rose to Peak Dou Ling, and Lin Chen decided it was time to head for the Central Plains.

• Lin Chen, Medusa, and Zi Yan confronted the Chu Yun Empire’s emperor, who revealed that the Nether Poison Fire might be in the Nether Poison Swamp.
• Lin Chen led Medusa and Zi Yan through the poisonous swamp and found the intelligent Nether Poison Fire in a black pool.
• Lin Chen purified and subdued the Nether Poison Fire with the Red Lotus Karma Fire, raising his cultivation to the Five-Star Dou Emperor level.
• Lin Chen returned to the Mittel Family and infused Xiao Yi Xian with a portion of the Nether Poison Fire’s origin.
• Xiao Yi Xian fused the origin with her Woe Poison Body, gained complete control of it, and advanced to Peak Dou Ling.
• Lin Chen decided to take Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin toward the Central Plains.

Lin Chen purged the Black-Corner Region and consumed its accumulated energy to break through to One-Star Dou Zong. After reuniting with Xun'er, he set out for the Central Plains with Medusa, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.

• Lin Chen, Medusa, and Zi Yan swept through the Black-Corner Region, destroying the Black Skull Tomb, the Blood Sect, and other wicked factions.
• The surviving villains gathered at Black Emperor City, but Lin Chen unleashed his Blood Sea Domain while Medusa and Zi Yan cut down the allied forces.
• Lin Chen absorbed the energy from the massacre, reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Emperor, and broke through to One-Star Dou Zong as the enemy forces were annihilated.
• Lin Chen returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Xun'er gave him an Ancient Clan Soul Imprint jade slip and they parted with a promise to meet again in the Central Plains.
• Lin Chen, Medusa, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Space Wormhole bound for the Central Plains after Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Su Qian saw them off.

Lin Chen and his companions arrived in Sky Yellow City, where he obtained a Relic Key to the Saint-Falling Mountain ruins and defeated Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples who tried to seize it. After confirming the ruins would open in about half a month and absorbing advanced alchemy inheritances, Lin Chen chose to take the group to the Pill Tower for resources and protection.

• Lin Chen and his companions arrived in Sky Yellow City and heard that Saint-Falling Mountain ruins might open soon, with access restricted by cultivation level and Relic Keys.
• Lin Chen bought a metal fragment from a stall, then Zi Yan attacked Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples who tried to claim it.
• Lin Chen used his Spirit Realm soul pressure to defeat all five Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples and discovered the fragment was a Relic Key to the ruins.
• Lin Chen confirmed the ruins' barrier would weaken in about half a month and studied the Sixth- and Seventh-Grade Alchemist inheritances.
• Lin Chen decided to seek the Pill Tower for alchemy knowledge and protection for his companions, and the group left for the Pill Region.

Lin Chen challenged the Pill Tower's seventh-tier certification and stunned its leaders by refining three perfect seventh-tier pills at once. The Pill Tower appointed him an honorary elder, opened its highest resources to him, and agreed to shelter Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as he prepared to leave for the ruins of Saint-Falling Mountain.

• Lin Chen presented his sixth-tier badge at the Pill Tower and requested the seventh-tier certification.
• Lin Chen submitted three original seventh-tier pill recipes and began refining all three pills simultaneously with his Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Lin Chen completed three perfect-quality pills, astonishing the supervising elders and the gathered alchemists.
• Xuan Kong Zi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi learned Lin Chen was not yet fifteen and appointed him an honorary elder with the Pill Tower's highest privileges.
• Lin Chen arranged for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to cultivate at the Pill Tower before he set out for the ruins of Saint-Falling Mountain.

Lin Chen entered the Black Demon Domain with Medusa and Zi Yan to strengthen himself before the Saint-Falling Mountain ruins opened, rising to Eight-Star Dou Zong through slaughter. After creating twelve powerful Blood God Children, he defeated three Wind Lightning Pavilion elders, and prepared to face the ruins’ geniuses in less than half a month.

• Lin Chen left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in the Pill Tower’s care, then traveled to the Black Demon Domain with Medusa and Zi Yan.
• Lin Chen killed a band of Dou Emperor-led bandits with his soul power and began hunting evil cultivators and magical beasts across the Black Demon Domain.
• Lin Chen advanced to Seven-Star Dou Zong after a month of fighting, while Wind Lightning Pavilion’s spies identified him as the Blood Emperor.
• Fei Tian and two Wind Lightning Pavilion elders attacked Lin Chen with the Three Talents Wind Lightning Array, but Lin Chen formed twelve Blood God Children to overwhelm them.
• Medusa and Zi Yan helped Lin Chen kill the two Eight-Star Dou Zong elders, and Lin Chen slew Fei Tian and absorbed his blood and Soul Origin.
• Lin Chen reached Eight-Star Dou Zong and looked toward Saint-Falling Mountain, where the ruins were due to open in less than half a month.

Lin Chen reached Saint-Falling Mountain with Medusa and Zi Yan and slew Thunder Venerable in front of the gathered experts, establishing his power. When the mountain’s barrier opened under a restriction that repelled anyone above Three-Star Dou Zun, the three entered the ruins.

• Lin Chen arrived at Saint-Falling Mountain with Medusa and Zi Yan, where Thunder Venerable confronted him over his killing of Wind Lightning Pavilion elders.
• Lin Chen used his Blood Sea Domain, Twelve Blood God Children, and Red Lotus Karma Fire to raise his strength to Three-Star Dou Zun and slay Thunder Venerable.
• Lin Chen collected Thunder Venerable’s Magic Core and Storage Ring as the experts on the plain looked on in fear and respect.
• The barrier over Saint-Falling Mountain opened, but its field of force repelled experts above Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Lin Chen confirmed that he, Medusa, and Zi Yan could enter, then led them through one of the entrances into the ruins.

Lin Chen explored a perilous realm of opposing fire and ice, gathering treasures and uncovering that the ruins were the Twin Saint Tomb. After defeating Leng Yuehua and finding a jade slip about the tomb’s secrets, he set out with Medusa and Zi Yan toward the Path of Burning Heaven.

• Lin Chen took the Nine-Yang Fire Lotus after killing the Blazing Sun Sect's sect master with a single palm strike and driving off the other factions.
• Lin Chen crossed the Yin-Yang Annihilation Zone and found the Mystic Nether Ice Soul on the Extreme Cold Ice Plain.
• Leng Yuehua tried to claim the Mystic Nether Ice Soul in the name of the Snow God Temple, but Lin Chen killed her and took her Storage Ring.
• Lin Chen read a jade slip revealing that the ruins were the Twin Saint Tomb and that its keys could open the Twin Saint coffins and grant the ancient saints’ legacies.
• Medusa and Zi Yan joined Lin Chen, and the three headed toward the Path of Burning Heaven at the Twin Saint Altar.

Lin Chen led Medusa and Zi Yan through the Path of Burning Heaven, defeating its puppets and reaching the altar, where he slaughtered the Dou Venerates who rushed for the inheritance. Their deaths helped him break through to One-Star Dou Zun, but the golden and silver spheres then merged into a monstrous figure that targeted him.

• Lin Chen used Red Lotus Karma Fire to shield Medusa and Zi Yan from the Path of Burning Heaven's heat and mental assault.
• Lin Chen destroyed successive waves of powerful puppets while Medusa protected Zi Yan, and they reached the Yin-Yang Altar.
• The injured cultivators from the Path of Profound Nether and two rogue Dou Venerates charged for the Dou Sheng inheritance, but Lin Chen's Yuantu Sword Shadow killed them all.
• Lin Chen absorbed the slain cultivators' vital energy and Soul Origins, breaking through from Peak Dou Zong to One-Star Dou Zun.
• The golden and silver spheres merged into a ten-zhang half-man, half-woman phantom that fixed its gaze on Lin Chen and demanded his perfect flesh.

Lin Chen destroyed the Twin Sages’ Yin-Yang Demon Puppet with Red Lotus Possession, the Blood Sea Domain, and twelve Blood God Children. The Twin Sages’ remnant souls merged and attacked him, but Lin Chen faced them without fear, confident in the defenses within his soul.

• The Yin-Yang Demon Puppet slaughtered the rogue cultivators on the altar and revealed a formation powered by twelve Life Essences, weakening itself as it activated.
• The Demon Puppet attacked Lin Chen, who used Red Lotus Possession to raise his cultivation to Five-Star Dou Zun and unleashed the Blood Sea Domain and twelve Blood God Children.
• Lin Chen’s sword attack shattered the Demon Puppet, and he absorbed and refined its remaining energy.
• Yang Saint Fentian and Yin Saint Xuanming revealed their failed plan to possess a powerful outsider and explained how they had created the Demon Puppet and the ruin.
• The Twin Sages’ remnant souls merged into a twisted soul-fusion entity and lunged at Lin Chen, who remained confident that Yuantu, Abi, and the Karma Fire Red Lotus would protect him.

Lin Chen destroyed the Twin Sages’ remnant souls, absorbed their power and memories, and used the ruins’ life essence to break through to Five-Star Dou Venerate. When the force field protecting the ruins collapsed, he emerged before five waiting Dou Venerates, whose instincts warned them that he could kill them instantly.

• The Twin Sages’ remnant souls entered Lin Chen’s sea of consciousness, where the Yuantu Sword, Abi Sword, and Karma Fire Red Lotus destroyed and purified them.
• Lin Chen absorbed the purified soul power, reached the peak of the Spirit Realm, and gained the high-tier Heaven class Yin-Yang Fate Reversal Art from the remnants’ memories.
• Lin Chen absorbed the life essence prepared for the Twin Sages and advanced from One-Star to Five-Star Dou Venerate.
• The force field around the ruins collapsed after the Twin Sages’ remnants were destroyed and the life essence was exhausted.
• Five high-ranking Dou Venerates waiting outside prepared to enter the ruins, but Lin Chen emerged with Medusa and Zi Yan, radiating an aura that made them fear he could kill them in one strike.

Lin Chen killed two Soul Hall Venerates, reached the Heavenly Realm with his soul, and sent Zi Yan with Zhu Li to East Dragon Island before traveling to the Pill Tower with Medusa. After studying alchemy for a month, he began refining an Eighth-Tier Soul-Shaping Nirvana Pill, and its completion summoned a Nine-Colored Pill Tribulation over Pill City.

• Lin Chen exposed Mo Yu and a Seven-Star Dou Venerate hiding nearby, then joined Zhu Li in preventing them from escaping or sending a message.
• Lin Chen killed both Soul Hall Venerates and absorbed their energy, raising his cultivation to peak Five-Star Dou Venerate and advancing his soul to the Heavenly Realm.
• Zhu Li invited Zi Yan to East Dragon Island, and she left with him after Lin Chen promised to find her when she became the Dragon Emperor.
• Lin Chen and Medusa traveled to Pill City, where he spent a month studying pill recipes and alchemy texts.
• Lin Chen began refining his self-created Eighth-Tier Soul-Shaping Nirvana Pill to prepare a body for Skyfire Venerable.
• Lin Chen's pill triggered a Nine-Colored Pill Tribulation that darkened the sky over Pill City and alarmed the Pill Tower.

Lin Chen refined a spiritually awakened Soul-Shaping Nirvana Pill, then entered the Pill Tower’s Star Domain and subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reaching peak Six-Star Dou Venerate. Meanwhile, the Soul Hall learned that Mo Yu and Skeleton had died and sent a Half-Saint-level Heavenly Venerate to kill Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen used Yuantu and the Abi Sword to tear apart the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, then trapped the escaping Soul-Shaping Nirvana Pill with the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
• Xuan Kong Zi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi praised Lin Chen’s alchemy and agreed to let him claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain.
• Lin Chen suppressed the Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Karma Fire Red Lotus and absorbed it, advancing to peak Six-Star Dou Venerate.
• The Soul Hall discovered that Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu and the Seven-Star Dou Venerate elder Skeleton had died and concluded that Lin Chen posed a growing threat.
• A Half-Saint-level Heavenly Venerate departed for the Pill Tower, vowing to eradicate Lin Chen.

Lin Chen advanced to Seven-Star Dou Zun before Soul Clan forces attacked Pill City, and he fought a Half-Saint while helping the Pill Tower defeat his companions. After the Half-Saint escaped, Lin Chen decided to secure his loved ones on East Dragon Island and pursue strength more aggressively.

• Lin Chen expanded his Blood Sea Domain, increased his Blood God Children to eighteen, and broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• A Soul Clan Half-Saint and three transformed Peak Dou Zuns attacked Pill City and demanded that the Pill Tower hand over Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen used Red Lotus Possession to reach Third-Transformation Peak Dou Zun, then helped Xuan Yi kill one Soul Clan Dou Zun and wounded the Half-Saint.
• Lin Chen’s Chaos Sword Wheel broke the Half-Saint’s Nether Deathly Silence Palms and inflicted severe wounds, while Xuan Kong Zi and Tian Lei Zi gravely wounded the other two Soul Clan Dou Zuns.
• The Half-Saint sacrificed the two wounded Dou Zuns and much of his own power to escape, leaving Lin Chen and the Pill Tower victorious.
• Lin Chen told Xuan Kong Zi he would take his companions to East Dragon Island for protection and then seek a faster way to increase his strength.

Lin Chen created the Blood Origin Soul-Tracing Pill, proved its bloodline-purifying power to the Ancient Void Dragons, and secured their support as an honorary elder. After leaving Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian under East Dragon Island’s protection, he returned alone to the Beast Domain to hunt for power.

• Lin Chen completed the Peak Eighth-Tier Blood Origin Soul-Tracing Pill and summoned Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to leave the Pill Tower for safety.
• Lin Chen contacted Zhu Yue through the Communication Dragon Jade, and Elder Qi You brought him and the three women to East Dragon Island.
• Lin Chen gave the pill to Hei Xuan, whose bloodline was purified and whose cultivation broke through to the eighth rank.
• Qi You named Lin Chen an honorary elder, and Lin Chen proposed refining a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill tailored to the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Lin Chen stayed on East Dragon Island for two months, refined pills, and entrusted Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to the clan’s protection.
• Lin Chen left for the Beast Domain alone and set out to hunt for power.

Lin Chen slaughtered several notorious magical beast tribes in the Beast Domain and advanced to the peak of the One-Revolution Dou Venerate level. To avoid drawing the Beast Domain’s overlords, he followed a guide to the Chaos Domain and unleashed his Blood Sea Domain over half the City of Sin, openly challenging its rulers.

• Lin Chen invaded the Shadow Poison Flame Lizard tribe, killed Xi Kui and the tribal leaders, and forced the survivors to submit.
• Lin Chen used three Lizard Clan guides to hunt down the Hundred-Eyed Rotten Bone Crocodile, Lava Explosive Bear, and Ghost-Faced Demon Spider tribes, devouring their leaders and members.
• After destroying the third tribe, Lin Chen broke through to the peak of the One-Revolution Dou Venerate level.
• A Lizard Clan commander warned Lin Chen that his attacks might provoke the Beast Domain’s Dou Saints and directed him to the lawless Chaos Domain.
• Lin Chen arrived at the City of Sin and unleashed his full Blood Sea Domain, bringing the city’s activity to a halt and drawing the attention of its powerful residents.

Lin Chen slaughtered the fiends of the City of Sin, devoured their energy, and killed the Advanced Half-Saint Old Man Soul Fiend, raising his cultivation to the peak of the ninth-revolution Dou Venerate. After learning that Old Man Soul Fiend had sent a warning to Nether Old Ghost, a one-star Dou Sheng, Lin Chen stayed in the ruined city to prepare for their confrontation and seek a breakthrough to Half-Saint.

• Lin Chen used his Blood Sea Domain and Yuantu and Abi to devour the City of Sin’s attackers and kill the Dou Venerate experts who tried to resist.
• Old Man Soul Fiend emerged from Skeleton Hall and attacked Lin Chen with the Ten Thousand Soul Tide, but Lin Chen’s Heavenly Realm soul and Red Lotus Karma Fire destroyed most of the souls.
• Lin Chen burned through Old Man Soul Fiend’s defenses and killed him with the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords after the old man sent a warning to Nether Old Ghost.
• Lin Chen devoured Old Man Soul Fiend’s essence and reached the peak of the ninth-revolution Dou Venerate as the Blood Sea consumed the remaining life in the city.
• Lin Chen stayed above the ruined City of Sin to consolidate his power and wait for Nether Old Ghost, intending to use the one-star Dou Sheng’s arrival to challenge the Saint realm.