Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie killed Mo Ya and led an assault on the Black-Imperial Sect, battling Mo Tiange while his allies fought the sect’s forces. Mo Tiange unleashed a devastating self-destructive attack, and the chapter left Xiao Jie’s fate uncertain as the Earth Demon Puppet continued pursuing Mo Tianxing.

• Xiao Jie killed Mo Ya, prompting Mo Tianxing and Mo Tiange to order the Black-Imperial Sect to fight to the death.
• Xiao Jie sent the Earth Demon Puppet after Mo Tianxing and fought Mo Tiange, activating the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation to reach Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Mo Tiange struck Xiao Jie with his Black-Imperial Dharma Image, but Xiao Jie broke free and trapped the phantom with the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method and five Fire Spirits.
• Xiao Jie attacked Mo Tiange’s restrained Dharma Image with Heaven-Burning Fist, cracking its defenses.
• Mo Tiange used Annihilation, unleashing an enormous blast that swept through the battlefield and badly injured many fighters.
• Kui Shan and the others worried about Xiao Jie, but Yao Ling spotted the Earth Demon Puppet still pursuing Mo Tianxing and took it as a sign that Xiao Jie might have survived.

Xiao Jie and his allies defeated the Black-Imperial Sect, then entered its treasury to claim its valuable cultivation methods, techniques, and treasures. After distributing several Earth Tier scrolls among his allies, Xiao Jie went to inspect the medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Jie emerged from the pit alive, took a seventh-grade Life-Returning Pill, and ordered Kui Shan and the others to deal with Mo Tianxing while he restored his Dou Qi.
• Kui Shan reported that all experts above Dou King level had been killed and that their group had suffered only three serious injuries; Xiao Jie stored Mo Tianxing's corpse for use in refining an Earth Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Jie ordered the surviving Black-Imperial Sect members controlled and had a deacon lead him to the treasury, which he opened using Mo Tianxing's Sect Master Token.
• Xiao Jie claimed the Black-Imperial Scripture and distributed other Earth Tier cultivation methods and Dou Techniques among his allies, including Lady Hua and Rakshasa Lady Su Mei.
• Xiao Jie offered to let his allies divide the remaining treasures while he took the medicinal ingredients, then headed to inspect them.

Xiao Jie gathered treasures from the defeated sects, then used a Life Simulation to learn that the Nine Nether Wind Flame was in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s ancestral ground and chose a movement technique as his reward. He prepared for Elder Mu Gu’s arrival and met with Earth Demon Old Ghost and his companions, who had come to discuss a matter.

• Xiao Jie collected medicinal ingredients, pill recipes, and three Tier 7 Monster Cores, then let his allies divide the remaining resources and gave Hua Yuwei a Spirit-Awakening Pill.
• Xiao Jie ran a Life Simulation that showed him escaping to the Central Plains, joining the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, obtaining the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and later dying to Mang Tianchi.
• Xiao Jie chose the Star-Chasing Moon-Pursuing movement Dou Technique instead of the Honored Spirit Pill or Tier 9 Heaven Demon Phoenix Magic Core.
• Xiao Jie resolved to prepare for Elder Mu Gu’s arrival in four months by advancing his cultivation and mastering more Dou Techniques.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Fang Yan, and their companions greeted Xiao Jie, and Earth Demon Old Ghost asked him to call him Di Mo before raising their business.

Xiao Jie revealed that an ancient mystic realm would appear in the Black-Corner Region in a little over four months and prepared the region’s experts to face the dangers inside. He left the others to gather allies and ingredients, then accelerated Zi Yan and Hai Bodong’s recovery so they could join the expedition.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost asked Xiao Jie to form an alliance, but Xiao Jie explained that he planned to leave the Black-Corner Region in a few years.
• Xiao Jie revealed that an ancient mystic realm containing at least a Dou Saint-level inheritance would appear in the region in a little over four months, and warned that powerful experts might arrive.
• Xiao Jie offered to refine peak Seventh-grade Ancestor Origin Pills to strengthen the gathered experts, and Earth Demon Old Ghost promised to send Demon Flame Valley’s medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Jie ordered Kui Shan to contact Workshop Master Yao and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, then disappeared to the Blood Spirit Pool.
• Xiao Jie refined more than a hundred medicinal ingredients into energy-rich liquid and fed it into the pool, speeding Zi Yan and Hai Bodong’s recovery.

After spending over three months refining a peak Seventh-grade Ancestor Origin Pill, Xiao Jie completed it and rested. He then witnessed Zi Yan emerge from her transformation with a mature appearance before she returned to her little-girl form, ending with her realizing she was naked.

• Xiao Jie refined the Ancestor Origin Pill, and the Earth Demon Puppet absorbed its Pill Lightning and advanced toward Eight-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Jie stored the completed pill, returned home, checked Twilight City with his soul power, and fell asleep.
• Xiao Jie sensed Zi Yan awakening and entered the Blood Spirit Pool while Kui Shan and the others waited outside.
• Zi Yan emerged from her energy cocoon in a tall, mature form and asked Xiao Jie whether she looked pretty.
• Zi Yan changed back into her little-girl form, and Xiao Jie told her to put on clothes before she noticed she was naked and screamed.

Xiao Jie gave Zi Yan a Humanoid Pill, learned that she could assume the form of a purple dragon, and promised to help her find her clan in the Central Plains. After Zi Yan left to see her First Elder, Xiao Jie began a Life Simulation that showed him gaining Great Saint Wandering Dragon’s inheritance before being badly wounded while escaping Elder Mu Gu.

• Xiao Jie brought Zi Yan back to his residence and comforted her when she wondered why her parents had abandoned her.
• Xiao Jie gave Zi Yan a Humanoid Pill, which let her transform into a purple dragon, and told her that her clan was likely in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Jie gave Zi Yan dozens of pill bottles and urged her to visit First Elder Su and stay out of trouble as powerful experts gathered in the Black-Corner Region.
• Zi Yan agreed to see First Elder Su, then entered a spatial passage while Xiao Jie suspected she had ignored his warning.
• Xiao Jie started a Life Simulation, which showed him reaching Three-Star Dou Zong, defeating Elder Mu Gu’s attack, and obtaining Great Saint Wandering Dragon’s inheritance before escaping with severe injuries.

Xiao Jie chose the complete Seven-Star Primordial Technique from his simulation rewards, then broke through to Three-Star Dou Zong in the Blood Spirit Pool. He reviewed the Burning Heaven Sect’s expanding influence and gathered its leaders and allies for a meeting.

• Xiao Jie selected the Seven-Star Primordial Technique and learned that his current body could likely activate only its Fourth Star, while its backlash left him weakened for half a month.
• Xiao Jie used the Blood Spirit Pool to break through to Three-Star Dou Zong and considered how the Fallen Heart Flame could further refine his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Jie summoned the elders and the master of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to the council hall and reviewed the Burning Heaven Sect’s growth across the Black-Corner Region.
• Kui Shan, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and the other leaders arrived, and Xiao Jie began the meeting.

Xiao Jie met with Sikong Lin and the other experts to discuss the coming secret realm, likely arrivals, and how their forces would explore it together. He distributed valuable pills to allies and sent everyone away to prepare for the realm’s appearance.

• Xiao Jie welcomed Sikong Lin, the master of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and gathered the experts to discuss the secret realm and Ancestor Origin Pills.
• Xiao Jie assured Lv Man that the secret realm would produce results within a month, and Sikong Lin agreed to join forces with the Black-Corner Region to explore it.
• Lv Man, Sikong Lin, and the others discussed nearby powers and potential rivals, including the Luo Family and its young Dou Zong, Luo Tian.
• Xiao Jie gave Ancestor Origin Pills to Earth Demon Old Ghost and Kui Shan, then gifted Kui Shan a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Jie promised Old Man Ying Shan an Ancestor Origin Pill in return for future contributions and told everyone to prepare for the secret realm.

Xiao Jie completed the third turn of the Nine Turns Golden Body Art and reunited with Zi Yan, who returned to Twilight Mountain for pills and his company. After practicing the Void-Breaking Finger, he joined Sikong Lin and others as a powerful icy aura emerged from the Blood Spirit Pool, suggesting the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill was taking effect.

• Xiao Jie emerged from his medicinal bath after reaching the third turn of the Nine Turns Golden Body Art and reflected on his rapid growth and plans to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Zi Yan returned through a spatial passage, embraced Xiao Jie, and received more than a hundred bottles of pills from him.
• Xiao Jie spent nearly twenty days practicing the Void-Breaking Finger while Zi Yan watched and ate pills.
• An icy energy spread across Twilight Mountain, so Xiao Jie took Zi Yan to the Blood Spirit Pool, where Sikong Lin and others had gathered.
• Xiao Jie asked Sikong Lin whether he had heard of the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Sikong Lin recognized it as a Tier 7 pill said to let someone shatter and rise anew.

Hai Bodong awakened from the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill’s transformation as a Five-Star Dou Zong, while Zi Yan’s strength had also surged. Xiao Jie then told Hai Bodong that the Black-Imperial Sect and its allies had been destroyed, leaving him shocked by what had happened during his recovery.

• Xiao Jie explained to Sikong Lin that a sect elder had used a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to recover, and offered to refine pills for Sikong Lin in exchange for ingredients and payment.
• Hai Bodong’s breakthrough stabilized, the ice around him melted, and he awakened as a Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Zi Yan objected when Hai Bodong embraced Xiao Jie, and Hai Bodong sensed that Zi Yan had grown close to the Peak Dou Emperor level.
• Xiao Jie introduced Hai Bodong to Sikong Lin and led them to the discussion hall to discuss recent events.
• Xiao Jie told Hai Bodong that the Black-Corner Region had stabilized and that he had killed Mo Tiange and Vulture Protector, shocking Hai Bodong.

Hai Bodong woke to learn that Xiao Jie had united the Black-Corner Region’s forces, and the long-awaited secret realm appeared above the region. As experts gathered for its opening, Xiao Jie prepared to lead them in exploring it.

• Hai Bodong learned that six months had passed, Demon Flame Valley had joined Xiao Jie’s side, and the Black-Corner Region’s forces were preparing for a secret realm.
• Xiao Jie and Sikong Lin went above Twilight Mountain after a powerful explosion and saw the secret realm’s phantom taking shape in the sky.
• Xiao Jie told Zi Yan the realm held valuable medicinal herbs and ordered Yan Sheng to summon the region’s forces to the Burning Heaven Sect within half a month.
• Over the next half month, countless experts gathered in the Black-Corner Region as the phantom grew more solid and rumors spread about the realm’s dangers and treasures.

Xiao Jie and the Burning Heaven Sect’s allies confronted Elder Mu Gu, a Dou Venerate who came with Protector Xuan seeking revenge and Xiao Jie’s Heavenly Flames. Xiao Jie, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Sikong Lin launched a coordinated attack, leaving Elder Mu Gu under assault from their combined techniques.

• Xiao Jie gathered the Burning Heaven Sect’s experts and discussed reports that a Dou Venerate had arrived with the Luo Family.
• Protector Xuan appeared with Elder Mu Gu, who identified Xiao Jie’s strength and reached for him with a massive black energy hand.
• Xiao Jie dodged Elder Mu Gu’s attack and persuaded Earth Demon Old Ghost and Sikong Lin to join him.
• Xiao Jie raised his cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Zong with the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and trapped Elder Mu Gu in the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost and Sikong Lin attacked Elder Mu Gu with the Heavenly Serpent Devours the Moon and Black Demon Ice Explosion techniques.

Xiao Jie and his allies drove Elder Mu Gu away after a fierce battle, then he recovered and used a simulation to choose a ten-thousand-year Nine-Colored Lotus. He took Zi Yan out for a walk and encountered Hua Yuwei, whose reaction to his request to use his name left their conversation open.

• Xiao Jie, Sikong Lin, and Earth Demon Old Ghost injured Elder Mu Gu and forced him and Protector Xuan to retreat.
• Xiao Jie warned everyone to remain alert and stay until the secret realm opened, then returned to recover from the battle.
• Xiao Jie simulated an exploration of the secret realm and chose the ten-thousand-year Nine-Colored Lotus from the available rewards.
• Zi Yan sensed the lotus's fragrance, but Xiao Jie distracted her by taking her outside for a walk.
• Xiao Jie met Hua Yuwei and suggested that she call him Xiao Jie; she hesitated at the request.

Xiao Jie took Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei to Twilight City's trading district, where Zi Yan found several rare medicinal ingredients. After they returned, Xiao Jie prepared for the secret realm, which was set to open in a few days.

• Xiao Jie brought Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei to the trading district and invited them to look for treasures.
• Zi Yan found Millennium Blood Lotus Essence disguised as Yellow Lotus Essence, and Xiao Jie exchanged a Two-mark Green Spirit Pill for it.
• Zi Yan discovered a mutated Four-Leaf Clover, which Xiao Jie identified as a main ingredient for Tier 8 Pills and traded for a fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill.
• Hua Yuwei helped Xiao Jie identify auxiliary ingredients as she and Zi Yan became more talkative and competitive.
• Zi Yan found Gastrodia Jade Essence, an eighth-grade medicinal ingredient, and Xiao Jie gave its stall owner a fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill in exchange.
• Xiao Jie took Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei back, saying they needed to prepare for the secret realm opening in a few days.

Xiao Jie entered the ancient secret realm, where random teleportation scattered the intruders across a land filled with powerful Magical Beasts. He rescued Su Mei and Yao Ling, then led them into a hidden herb garden to search for Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei.

• Xiao Jie arrived at the secret realm with nearly thirty experts, and the gathered factions watched as the vortex opened.
• Protector Xuan threw a Dou Ling into the vortex, revealing that the formation randomly teleported those who entered, before Elder Mu Gu and his Protectors went inside.
• Xiao Jie was teleported onto a giant tree, killed a Rank Five serpent, and sensed several Rank Six Magical Beasts nearby.
• Xiao Jie rescued Su Mei from a Rank Six Magical Beast and Yao Ling from a Tier 7 flying beast, then decided to find the others.
• Xiao Jie led Su Mei and Yao Ling to a concealed herb garden, pierced the formation's weak point, and entered with them to search for Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei.

Xiao Jie found Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei in the Medicine Garden and learned from Bi Ji about the secret realm’s history and inheritance trials. He led them to the central plaza, where rival factions were contesting nine scrolls, and joined his allies as the standoff over the treasures continued.

• Xiao Jie reached the central island, reunited with Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei, and met Bi Ji, a Rank Eight Green Water Flood Dragon.
• Bi Ji explained that Great Saint Wandering Dragon created the secret realm for disciple trials and asked Xiao Jie to pass the Three Inheritance Trials so she might escape the formation.
• Xiao Jie left with Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei, gathered Old Man Ying Shan, Yao Da, and Tie Wu, and hurried toward the central plaza.
• At the plaza, Old Monster Fang and his allies challenged Elder Mu Gu and Shi Kuang over the nine scrolls, and both sides agreed to compete for them individually.
• Xiao Jie arrived with his companions and joined the tense gathering, while Hua Yuwei reunited with Lady Hua.

Xiao Jie and the other experts attacked the two Heavenly Demon Puppets guarding the main hall. Xiao Jie erased the soul imprint of one puppet and claimed it, while Elder Mu Gu destroyed the other as the hall’s light curtain began to fade.

• Xiao Jie identified the guardians as ancient Heavenly Demon Puppets at the Dou Venerate level and sent weaker Burning Heaven Sect members away from the fight.
• Xiao Jie attacked a puppet as it awakened, then joined forces with Venerable Fang and the other experts to restrain it with the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array.
• Xiao Jie erased the puppet’s fading soul imprint and stored the three-star Dou Venerate puppet, earning thanks from the other experts.
• Elder Mu Gu destroyed the second puppet with Nether Demon Fire Arm rather than let Xiao Jie claim it.
• The light curtain around the main hall began to fade after the second puppet was shattered.

Xiao Jie and Burning Heaven Sect seized several Heaven Tier Dou Technique scrolls while the experts pursued the others. The fight for a remaining scroll escalated when Elder Mu Gu attacked the Luo Family, Venerable Fang intervened, and Shi Kuang reached for the prize.

• When the light barrier vanished, nine Heaven Tier Dou Technique scrolls flew from the hall, and the gathered experts chased them.
• Xiao Jie told his allies to wait, then led eight Dou Zongs in trapping and claiming three scrolls with coordinated attacks and the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method.
• Elder Mu Gu emerged from the void and attacked the Luo Family Ancestor and his companions while reaching for their pursued scroll.
• Venerable Fang protected the Luo Family and warned Elder Mu Gu against killing people, prompting a tense exchange between them.
• Shi Kuang arrived and reached for the scroll, while Xiao Jie chose not to fight over it.

Xiao Jie and the others gathered at the Zhenyuan Sect’s inheritance trial, where participants were tested for age and aptitude. After Elder Mu Gu killed an eliminated contestant, Yao Da returned from the trial, and Xiao Jie asked him what had happened inside.

• A voice explained that the Zhenyuan Sect’s site had three trial stages and that the best candidates could obtain its inheritance.
• Xiao Jie and the others headed to the plaza, where Hua Yuwei told him that Zi Yan had entered the Trial Space after touching the pillar of light.
• Twenty-four contestants were expelled from the first trial, and Elder Mu Gu questioned a burly Dou Wang before Protector Xuan killed him and collected his soul.
• Su Qian agreed with Elder Bai not to interfere with the Soul Hall group and to leave with the girl after the inheritance ended.
• Five more contestants emerged from the trial in high spirits, including Yao Da, and Xiao Jie asked him to explain what had happened inside.

Xiao Jie and the Burning Heaven Sect entered the inheritance trials, where Xiao Jie quickly passed the aptitude and soul-power tests and defeated a Three-Star Dou Zong puppet. The challenge offered him a chance to continue against stronger puppets.

• Yao Da told Xiao Jie that he had passed the soul-power trial, lost to a Dou Emperor puppet, and received a Deep-tier Advanced Dou Technique.
• Zi Yan emerged from the trials after reaching the third test, where a Dou Zong puppet defeated her, and she gave Xiao Jie her Earth-tier Intermediate Dou Technique.
• Xiao Jie sent the Dou Zong members to handle matters outside and led the others into the Trial Land, while Elder Mu Gu and Luo Tian also entered.
• The first trial eliminated many Burning Heaven Sect members, including Yan Sheng, but Xiao Jie passed with second-grade aptitude.
• Xiao Jie passed the soul-power test, defeated a Three-Star Dou Zong puppet with his Heaven-Burning Fist, and chose to continue the challenge.