Chapter Summaries

Ji Changqing ambushed Gu He at Clear Wind Cliff after Gu He and Liu Ling plotted to kill him. Gu He fled as Ji Changqing prepared to unleash his Heaven-tier fighting skill.

• Ji Changqing decided to kill Gu He before Gu He could cause him trouble.
• Gu He vented his anger over the Misty Cloud Sect’s treatment of him, and Liu Ling urged him to kill Ji Changqing before leaving.
• Gu He agreed to Liu Ling’s plan and set out to target Ji Changqing that night.
• Gu He sensed an enormous array around Clear Wind Cliff and found a black-clad figure waiting behind him.
• Ji Changqing revealed that he intended to erase the place, and Gu He fled on his flaming wings while Liu Ling chased after him.
• Ji Changqing raised a glowing sun at his fingertips and prepared to use the Heaven-tier Great Sun Shattering Finger.

Ji Changqing used the Great Sun Shattering Finger to destroy Clear Wind Cliff and kill Gu He and Liu Ling, then captured their souls. Yun Shan and Yun Yun investigated the devastation, while Gu He and Liu Ling discovered they had been killed twice; Ji Changqing left them with a warning that Gu He had no chance.

• Ji Changqing unleashed the Great Sun Shattering Finger, obliterating Clear Wind Cliff and killing Gu He.
• Yun Shan sensed the attack and rushed to the crater, where he suspected a Dou Venerate had struck and wondered if the Soul Hall was responsible.
• Yun Yun arrived and told Yun Shan she did not know who caused the destruction, while keeping the reason for her rapid cultivation growth secret.
• Ji Changqing captured Gu He and Liu Ling's souls, returned to the courtyard, and entered the Blazing Banner.
• Gu He and Liu Ling realized they had been killed twice and vowed to uncover the truth, but Ji Changqing told Gu He he had no chance.

After Ji Changqing destroyed Gu He and Liu Ling’s souls, he enjoyed a quiet two days before Protector Yuan’s message threatened to expose his impersonation of Protector Wu. Protector Yuan grew suspicious and sent for a scout, setting up a confrontation in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Ji Changqing annihilated Gu He’s soul attack with his Spirit Realm soul power and two Heavenly Flames, then ignored Liu Ling’s pleas and returned to sleep.
• Ji Changqing spent two peaceful days refining pills, cultivating, practicing Dou Skills with Yun Yun, and sparring with Yanran.
• Protector Yuan messaged Ji Changqing for an update on the Jia Ma Empire, then questioned his earlier claim about a sect he had secretly supported.
• Ji Changqing pretended to be angry with the sect for failing to find the Xiao Family, but worried that Protector Yuan might suspect him and began preparing for the coming battle.
• Protector Yuan reasoned that Protector Wu’s account did not add up and decided to send someone to scout, messaging Protector Liu.

Ji Changqing left the Misty Cloud Sect to confront Protector Yuan, but when he reached their meeting place, he discovered Yuan had arrived early and was speaking with the extraordinarily lucky Protector Liu. The gathering grew as another black-mist figure approached, whom Liu mistook for Protector Wu or Protector Tie.

• Ji Changqing told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran that he was going out to gain experience, then left the Misty Cloud Sect the next day with Yun Yun's medicinal pills.
• Ji Changqing reached the forest a day early, hid in the canopy, and watched Protector Yuan arrive before the appointed time.
• Protector Liu appeared and told Protector Yuan that he had captured the souls of two Fifth-grade Alchemists, completing his quota for the next half year.
• Protector Yuan questioned Protector Liu's extraordinary good luck and began to feel that he himself might be in danger.
• Another humanoid mass of black mist cautiously approached, and Protector Liu called out to ask whether it was Protector Wu or Protector Tie.

Ji Changqing, disguised as Protector Wu, ambushed and killed Protector Yuan before tracking down Protector Liu. Protector Liu surrendered and offered to help Ji Changqing deceive Venerable Qin Tian, but Ji Changqing forced a drop of Seven-Colored Poison Blood into his mouth.

• Ji Changqing approached Protector Yuan and Protector Liu while pretending to be Protector Wu, then struck Protector Yuan with Five Wheels Great Sun.
• Protector Yuan’s blood-colored attacks failed against Five Wheels Great Sun, and Ji Changqing captured his soul with the Blazing Banner.
• Protector Liu fled into the forest, but Ji Changqing tracked him down and found him hiding among the magical beasts.
• Protector Liu knelt and offered to help Ji Changqing impersonate Protectors and deceive Venerable Qin Tian.
• Ji Changqing decided to control Protector Liu and forced a drop of Seven-Colored Poison Blood into his mouth.

Ji Changqing secured Protector Liu’s loyalty by poisoning him with Calamity Poison Body blood, then returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after staging the appearance of a battered trainee. Yun Yun told him that the treasures for refining the Heavenly Flames were ready and that Yun Shan had come out of seclusion to guard him.

• Ji Changqing forced Protector Liu to take more poisonous blood, ensuring only he could provide the antidote, then secretly watched him leave to check for disloyalty.
• Ji Changqing killed several monster beasts, collected their cores, and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect looking like a battered refugee.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran welcomed Ji Changqing home and fed him, while Nalan Yanran asked to train alongside him next time.
• Yun Yun told Ji Changqing that the treasures needed to absorb the Heavenly Flames had been gathered and that Yun Shan had ended his seclusion to guard him during the refining.

Ji Changqing began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame under Yun Shan’s protection, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran watched anxiously. The flame recoiled from Ji Changqing until he suppressed it with the fused Heavenly Flame inside him and seized it, leaving Yun Shan and Yun Yun rushing to his side.

• Yun Shan warned Ji Changqing about the danger of refining a Heavenly Flame and said his protection and the prepared treasures gave him an eighty or ninety percent chance of success.
• Yun Shan drew the Green Lotus Core Flame from a Storage Ring and shielded Ji Changqing as the heat warped the chamber and scorched his skin.
• Ji Changqing took a Blood Bodhi Pill with the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and reached for the flame, but it repeatedly drifted away from him.
• Ji Changqing activated the fused Heavenly Flame within his body to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame, then thrust his hand into it.
• Ji Changqing grimaced through the pain as blood streaked his face, and Yun Shan and Yun Yun hurried to his side.

Ji Changqing swallowed the Origin Fire and pretended to suffer through refining it while Yun Yun tried to rush in and save him. Yun Yun transformed into a dragon maiden and fought Yun Shan, but the stone chamber collapsed before their clash could continue.

• Ji Changqing swallowed the Origin Fire after Yun Shan and Yun Yun left him alone in the stone chamber.
• Yun Yun tried to enter when flames cracked the chamber walls, but Yun Shan blocked her and insisted Ji Changqing must endure the trial.
• Yun Yun revealed her rapidly growing power and transformed into a dragon maiden when Yun Shan said Ji Changqing might die.
• Yun Yun formed a wind-and-water sword and struck Yun Shan, whose Great Sorrow Wind Tear Hand failed to stop her first attack.
• The stone chamber collapsed, and a seemingly weak Ji Changqing slowly walked out.

Ji Changqing recovered after refining the Heavenly Flame, while Yun Yun refused to reveal the source of her new strength to Yun Shan. That night, she met Ji Changqing in his mysterious-senior disguise, unaware that Yun Shan had followed her.

• Yun Yun caught the badly injured Ji Changqing after he succeeded in refining the Heavenly Flame and rushed him to the Alchemy Hall for treatment.
• Elder Danxia assured Yun Yun that Ji Changqing’s injuries had not harmed his foundation and would heal quickly because of the Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Shan confronted Yun Yun about her unfamiliar Dragon Girl Fighting Skill, but she refused to explain where she had obtained it.
• After several days of recovery, Ji Changqing prepared to leave his room to teach Yun Yun as the mysterious senior and noticed the Eight-colored Snake in his hair.
• Yun Shan secretly followed Yun Yun to the hillside meeting and overheard Ji Changqing claim that he had destroyed Gu He years earlier.
• Yun Yun asked the mysterious senior for medicine for Ji Changqing, and Ji Changqing sensed Yun Shan approaching from dozens of miles away.

Ji Changqing wounded Yun Shan with a single strike after the former Misty Cloud Sect leader tried to confront the mysterious mentor guiding Yun Yun. After continuing Yun Yun’s training, Ji Changqing prepared to break through to Dou Venerate.

• Yun Yun tried to obtain a pill for Ji Changqing, but the mysterious senior warned her that Yun Shan was approaching and told her to stop him.
• Yun Shan confronted Yun Yun about her new strength and combat technique, then bypassed her and headed for the hillside.
• Ji Changqing struck Yun Shan through the space between them, leaving a wound that made his right arm numb for a month.
• Yun Shan apologized, accepted Ji Changqing’s explanation, and left after advising Yun Yun to cultivate under the senior’s guidance.
• Ji Changqing continued Yun Yun’s training through the night and predicted she would reach the ninth star of Dou Emperor in a month.
• Ji Changqing said he would give Yun Yun a Sect Breaking Pill after she advanced to Dou Zong, then began preparing to break through to Dou Venerate.

Ji Changqing broke through to Dou Venerate while training, and the Misty Cloud Sect elders proposed sending him to Jia Nan Academy to develop his alchemy talent. He returned to the sect to find Yun Yun, Yun Shan, and the elders waiting for him, unaware of their plan.

• Ji Changqing condensed his saturated Dou Qi into a cocoon as he prepared to break through to Dou Venerate.
• Elder Danxia and the other alchemy elders urged Yun Yun to send Ji Changqing to Jia Nan Academy, where his alchemy talent could flourish.
• Yun Yun reluctantly agreed to arrange an assessment by Elder Danxia's contact, while Nalan Yanran asked to study at Jia Nan Academy with Ji Changqing and was refused.
• Ji Changqing emerged as a Dou Venerate, discovered that Great Five Elements Heaven Derivation had become a Heaven-tier Cultivation Method, and set out for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ji Changqing returned to the sect in tattered clothes and found Yun Yun, Yun Shan, and the elders waiting for him.

Ji Changqing agreed to take Jia Nan Academy's Alchemy Department assessment despite his misgivings about traveling there. He barely completed the preliminary test, leaving him half a month to improve his flame control before the academy's pill competition.

• Elder Jingmei arrived from Jia Nan Academy and, after Yun Yun and Elder Danxia claimed Ji Changqing eagerly wanted to enroll, offered him a special admission assessment.
• Elder Jingmei explained that Ji Changqing had to refine a third-order ice-attributed Magic Core within one incense stick while removing over eighty percent of its impurities and preserving over eighty percent of its medicinal potency.
• Ji Changqing used his Heavenly Flames to refine the Magic Core, but his flames surged and reduced it too quickly, prompting concern from Elder Danxia, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran.
• Ji Changqing finished refining the Magic Core just as the last incense ash fell, and Elder Jingmei told him to practice flame control before the pill competition in half a month.

Ji Changqing worried about connecting the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy with a Space Wormhole while keeping his Mysterious Elder Grandma identity hidden. Yun Yun asked him to build one, and he agreed, saying he was quite fond of her.

• Elder Jingmei gave Ji Changqing a token to enter Jia Nan Academy and left to return there for the Alchemy Department's pill competition.
• Yun Yun told Ji Changqing that Yun Shan had broken through, while Ji Changqing reflected that Yun Shan had changed since his defeat by a mysterious senior.
• Ji Changqing decided that a Space Wormhole could let him travel between the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy, but he struggled to find a way to offer his help as the Mysterious Elder Grandma.
• After several days of fire-control training, Ji Changqing met Yun Yun for a private lesson and announced he would help her break through to Dou Zong.
• Yun Yun knelt and asked Ji Changqing to build a Space Wormhole, offering him a cyan Storage Ring as a token of sincerity.
• Ji Changqing accepted the ring and agreed to help, telling Yun Yun that he was quite fond of her.

Ji Changqing agreed to build a Space Wormhole between the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy after helping Yun Yun break through to Dou Zong. Yun Yun and Yun Shan gathered the sect’s elders to welcome his energy avatar, which arrived and prepared to begin construction.

• Yun Yun excitedly hugged Ji Changqing, then realized he knew she had spoken with Jia Nan Academy; he claimed he had seen the academy assess her disciple Changqing.
• Ji Changqing helped Yun Yun take a Sect Breaking Pill and break through to Dou Zong.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan she wanted a Space Wormhole built between the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy, and he agreed to support the project.
• Yun Shan learned Yun Yun had reached Dou Zong and advised her to maintain a good relationship with the mysterious senior.
• Yun Yun and Yun Shan gathered the sect’s elders, Changqing, and Nalan Yanran at the mountain gate to welcome Ji Changqing’s energy avatar.
• Ji Changqing’s avatar arrived and said he had agreed to build the wormhole because of his old ties to the Misty Cloud Sect and his admiration for Yun Yun, then asked whether they had chosen a location.

Ji Changqing secretly began constructing a Space Wormhole near the Misty Cloud Sect, while Jia Nan Academy awaited the rumored Changqing Holy Son. After hearing that the visitor was from the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Xun'er recalled her investigation into the Jia Lie Family’s destruction and recognized Ji Changqing as the young man she had once seen in Wutan City.

• Ji Changqing concealed his presence and began expanding a collapsed space to construct a Space Wormhole.
• Su Qian and the Jia Nan Academy elders waited for the Misty Cloud Sect’s rumored Dou Venerate-backed connection, while rumors spread that Changqing Holy Son would challenge the academy.
• Bai Shan went to the plaza after hearing that Hu Jia and Wu Hao had arrived, while Xiao Xun'er initially declined to join the crowd.
• Xiao Xun'er changed her mind when Xiao Yu mentioned the Misty Cloud Sect and the Changqing Holy Son.
• Xiao Xun'er recalled the Jia Lie Family’s destruction and her investigation into the Heavenly Flame traces and the Misty Cloud Sect’s visitors.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized Ji Changqing in the portrait as the young man in green she had seen with Jia Lie Bi in Wutan City.

Xiao Xun'er and Jia Nan Academy waited for the Misty Cloud Sect’s Space Wormhole to open, while rumors about Ji Changqing stirred the students. Yun Yun then led Ji Changqing and the sect’s elders through the wormhole to Jia Nan Academy, where he met Xiao Xun’er’s scrutinizing gaze.

• Xiao Xun'er stayed at the plaza despite Xiao Yu's doubts, and Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia joined her while they waited for the Space Wormhole.
• The Space Wormhole formed above Jia Nan Academy, prompting Su Qian and the elders to evacuate the students and reflect on the Misty Cloud Sect’s powerful backing.
• Wu Hao said Ji Changqing would have to prove himself with his fists, while Xiao Xun'er wondered about his connection to Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement and the destruction of the Jia Lie Family.
• Yun Yun told Ji Changqing that the wormhole would let him return home, and Yun Shan gathered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to escort him to the academy.
• Yun Yun introduced herself and Ji Changqing to Su Qian after they emerged from the wormhole, and Ji Changqing met Xiao Xun'er's gaze across the crowd.

At Jia Nan Academy, Dong Chengkang challenged Ji Changqing, but Nalan Yanran stepped in to defend her senior brother. She swiftly defeated Dong Chengkang and invited anyone else to challenge Ji Changqing.

• Su Qian welcomed Yun Yun, Ji Changqing, and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation to Jia Nan Academy.
• Dong Chengkang challenged Ji Changqing and taunted him when Ji Changqing did not immediately respond.
• Nalan Yanran drew her sword and declared that anyone who wanted to challenge Ji Changqing would have to face her first.
• Nalan Yanran disarmed Dong Chengkang before he could finish introducing himself, then knocked him back with her sword hilt when he attacked again.
• Nalan Yanran caught her sword and asked who else wanted to challenge Ji Changqing.

Nalan Yanran defeated Bai Shan after he challenged her and insulted Ji Changqing, while Xiao Xun'er left certain that Yanran would win and Changqing would stay out of the fight. The chapter ended as Yanran's green-lit fist closed in on Bai Shan.

• Nalan Yanran defeated Dong Chengkang in one move, silencing the Jia Nan Academy students who had provoked Ji Changqing.
• Bai Shan stepped forward to challenge Nalan Yanran, and Su Qian and Yun Yun agreed to another match.
• Ji Changqing recognized Bai Shan as Xiao Xun'er's admirer and considered how Nalan Yanran's training compared with his knowledge of the original story.
• Xiao Xun'er left the plaza, telling Xiao Yu that Nalan Yanran would win and Ji Changqing would not intervene.
• Bai Shan asked Nalan Yanran to call out Ji Changqing, prompting her to unleash Extreme Wind Meteor Kill against his Thunderous Earth Arc Blast.
• Nalan Yanran's attack injured Bai Shan, knocked his spear away, and left him facing her incoming fist.

After Nalan Yanran defeated Bai Shan, Ji Changqing joined the Misty Cloud Sect delegation at Jia Nan Academy and learned he would enter its alchemy competition. At his new residence, Xiao Xun'er confronted him over her suspicion that he had destroyed the Jia Lie Family, but his evasions and apparent Heavenly Flame reaction left her uncertain.

• Nalan Yanran knocked Bai Shan unconscious, then returned to Ji Changqing and praised herself while Yun Yun apologized to Su Qian for her behavior.
• Yun Yun and Su Qian smoothed over the incident, and the groups agreed that Ji Changqing would enroll and compete in Jia Nan Academy’s alchemy competition a week later.
• Ji Changqing left the reception discussions and headed to his assigned residence to draft a survival guide for the academy.
• Xiao Xun'er stopped Ji Changqing and asked whether he had destroyed the Jia Lie Family, revealing that she had investigated him and that Ling Ying had once followed him.
• Xiao Xun'er’s Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame stirred Ji Changqing’s Green Lotus Core Flame, but his reaction made her doubt that he was responsible for the Jia Lie Family’s destruction.
• Ji Changqing denied her suspicions and angrily challenged Xiao Xun'er over having him followed, leaving her stunned.

Ji Changqing got Xiao Xun'er to promise she would stop investigating him, then checked in at Jia Nan Academy and obtained the Heaven-class fighting skill Tai Xuan Splits Three Corpses. After hearing Ling Ying point out how Ji Changqing had misled her, Xiao Xun'er realized she had been tricked.

• Ji Changqing scolded Xiao Xun'er until she apologized and agreed not to investigate him again.
• Ji Changqing returned to his residence, checked in, and received Tai Xuan Splits Three Corpses, a movement fighting skill that created powerful clones able to take fatal blows for him.
• Ji Changqing entered seclusion to cultivate the fighting skill with Enlightenment Tea and protective formations.
• Xiao Xun'er told Ling Ying she would leave Ji Changqing alone, but Ling Ying questioned what Ji Changqing had gone to Wutan City to do and said the boy had misled her about his own actions.
• Xiao Xun'er understood Ling Ying's point and clenched her hands as she realized Ji Changqing had tricked her.