Recaps

Lu Heng and Zi Yan hunted powerful magical beasts in the Back Mountain, and Lu Heng promised to refine pills for her after learning why she had delayed her breakthrough. They returned to Courtyard No. 1 with their spoils, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin welcomed them as Lu Heng prepared to refine pills.

• Lu Heng killed a peak sixth-tier Ironback Nether Beast, extracted its Magic Core and essence blood, and said he would use them to refine pills for Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan told Lu Heng she had suppressed her breakthrough because she feared Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin would be left unprotected, though she had also delayed it to keep asking him for high-grade pills.
• Lu Heng embraced Zi Yan and promised to take care of her pills, while Zi Yan secretly celebrated her scheme.
• Lu Heng and Zi Yan hunted several sixth-tier magical beasts and collected Magic Cores, essence blood, and medicinal herbs in the Back Mountain.
• Lu Heng and Zi Yan returned to Courtyard No. 1, where Qing Lin welcomed them and Xiao Yi Xian gave Lu Heng hot porridge before he began preparing to refine pills.

Lu Heng refined special energy pellets for Zi Yan and sent her into seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough. After resting, he took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to shop in Jia Nan City, where they enjoyed a rare day out together.

• Lu Heng used a Magic Core, essence blood, and medicinal ingredients to refine twenty-four energy pellets tailored to Zi Yan's constitution.
• Zi Yan took the jade bottles and entered seclusion after Lu Heng advised her to eat no more than two pellets a day.
• Lu Heng rested and ate breakfast with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then suggested taking them out for a stroll.
• Lu Heng led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin through Jia Nan Academy to Jia Nan City's main street.
• Xiao Yi Xian bought Qing Lin an emerald hair ribbon, and Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian gold coins to spend as they continued shopping.

Zi Yan underwent a cocooned metamorphosis and emerged briefly as a young girl before reverting to her familiar child form. Lu Heng and the others were left with Zi Yan bewildered and unable to transform again.

• Lu Heng found a glowing cocoon in Zi Yan's room and, with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, concluded that she was undergoing a safe metamorphosis, possibly connected to the dragon clan.
• Lu Heng set up a warning barrier and watched over Zi Yan's cocoon while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin resumed their usual routines.
• On the seventh day, the cocoon shattered, and Zi Yan emerged taller, looking about sixteen or seventeen years old.
• Zi Yan celebrated her growth with Lu Heng, but a flash of purple light changed her back into her familiar little form.
• Zi Yan panicked and tried to transform again, but she remained small.

Zi Yan advanced to the initial Sixth Rank, briefly transformed into an older girl, then shrank back because her cultivation could not sustain the form. Lu Heng celebrated her breakthrough with a feast, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin he had something to discuss.

• Zi Yan told Lu Heng she had reached the initial Sixth Rank and asked why she had shrunk back after briefly growing older.
• Lu Heng gave Zi Yan five pills for cultivation, and she flew into Back Mountain to test her new strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin returned to find Lu Heng cooking a celebratory meal, and he told them about Zi Yan's transformation and breakthrough.
• Zi Yan returned with a Fifth-Rank Magical Beast and a pile of Magic Cores, boasting that she could defeat a Fifth-Rank beast with one punch.
• Lu Heng, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan shared the feast, and Lu Heng began to tell them something important.

Lu Heng prepared to leave the academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to explore the Black-Corner Region and seek treasures. After nine days of seclusion, he told Su Qian of his plan, and Su Qian asked him to deal with the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower before departing.

• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan that he planned to travel through the Black-Corner Region and later visit Tianbei City to find Han Yue.
• Lu Heng warned Zi Yan to behave carefully outside the academy and planned to search for treasures, ruins, and materials to awaken the Five Elements Spirit Body while seeking a lasting solution for Xiao Yi Xian's poison body.
• Lu Heng spent nine days in seclusion consolidating his peak One-Star Dou Zong cultivation and refining Imperial Pills, Sect-Breaking Pills, and Imperial Creation Pills.
• Lu Heng met Su Qian on Back Mountain and announced that he would leave the academy the next day with companions to travel through the Black-Corner Region.
• Su Qian asked Lu Heng to help with the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower, and Lu Heng agreed to go there.

Lu Heng gave Su Qian valuable pills, including an Imperial Creation Pill that could help a Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor break through to Dou Zong at the cost of future potential. He extracted the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin to reach Early Two-Star Dou Zong, then left pills and a letter at Ruo Lin’s courtyard as he prepared to depart.

• Lu Heng gave Su Qian Imperial Pills, Sect-Breaking Pills, and an Imperial Creation Pill, and Su Qian accepted the gift on the academy’s behalf.
• Lu Heng entered the sealed space beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and drew the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin into his Heavenly Flame core.
• Lu Heng absorbed the energy and broke through to Early Two-Star Dou Zong, stopping before his extraction endangered the seal.
• Lu Heng left the Inner Academy and went to the Outer Academy with letters and pills for Ruo Lin, Xueni, and Xiao Yu.
• Lu Heng found Ruo Lin’s courtyard dark and left jade bottles of pills and a folded letter on the sitting-room table.

Before leaving for the Black-Corner Region, Lu Heng left promises and pills for Ruo Lin, Xue Ni, and Xiao Yu, then spent the night with Xiao Yi Xian. Zi Yan raided the Inner Academy treasury, and the next morning Lu Heng began planning their route.

• Lu Heng left identical letters and jade bottles for Ruo Lin, Xue Ni, and Xiao Yu, promising to give them an answer when he reached the continent's peak.
• Ruo Lin tucked Lu Heng's letter into her notebook and decided to wait for him.
• Xue Ni and Xiao Yu read their letters and agreed to wait for Lu Heng, though Xue Ni warned she would not forgive him if he lied.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian they would leave the next day, and she said she would go wherever he went.
• Zi Yan used a spatial rift to enter the Inner Academy treasury and took seventy percent of its medicinal ingredients before returning to sleep.
• The next morning, Lu Heng studied Su Qian's map of the Black-Corner Region while Qing Lin prepared breakfast.

Lu Heng and his companions prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy for Black Seal City, where the power vacuum after the academy battle offered a chance to explore and gather resources. Su Qian gave Lu Heng a flying boat, and the group set off northwest, planning to enter the dangerous city discreetly.

• Lu Heng planned a route through Black Seal City and Maple City before continuing toward Black Emperor City, Demon Flame Valley, and Tianbei City.
• Su Qian gave Lu Heng an academy flying boat and warned him to be careful in the Black-Corner Region.
• Lu Heng learned that Zi Yan had taken seventy percent of the academy's treasure vault, and promised Su Qian he would repay the academy for the missing medicinal ingredients.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan left Jia Nan City aboard the flying boat and headed toward Black Seal City.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian they would keep a low profile in Black Seal City and assess the situation after arriving.

Lu Heng and his companions entered Black Seal City, where he raided the Lord's Manor treasury and found little of value. He planned to leave for Maple City the next day, while two black-robed figures discussed Han Feng's death and the loss of his soul and Heavenly Flames.

• Lu Heng brought Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan into Black Seal City in conical hats and booked two rooms at the Golden Sparrow Tower.
• After Xiao Yi Xian realized he planned to explore the city, Lu Heng told her he would raid the Lord's Manor treasury and slipped out at night.
• Lu Heng bypassed the manor's guards and restrictions, cleared out its treasury, and found its contents worth less than a tenth of Han Feng's Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng returned to the inn, told Xiao Yi Xian that Maple City was their next destination, and went to bed with her.
• Two black-robed figures in a secret chamber confirmed that Han Feng had died at the hands of a newly advanced Dou Zong and lamented the loss of his soul and Heavenly Flames.

Lu Heng led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan through the wild forest to train on increasingly powerful magical beasts. After Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin defeated a Fifth-Rank beast through coordinated attacks, Lu Heng told Zi Yan to limit her strength in future fights to improve her combat awareness.

• Protector Wu and Protector Xuan decided to wait for Xiao Yan to leave Jia Nan Academy before attacking him.
• Lu Heng and the others left Black Seal City and chose the wild forest route to Maple City for training.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue an Iron-Mane Wolf, while Zi Yan swiftly defeated three more and Xiao Yi Xian's poison killed another.
• Lu Heng directed Xiao Yi Xian to fight a Fifth-Rank Mid-Stage Black-Iron Horned Rhino, and she and Qing Lin defeated it with coordinated poison and mental disruption.
• Lu Heng praised Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin's teamwork, then ordered Zi Yan to use only thirty percent of her strength against the next Fifth-Rank beast to develop her combat awareness.

Lu Heng and the three girls reached Maple City, where he planned to uncover Han Feng’s hidden vault. After gathering his bearings at an inn, Lu Heng left at night to scout the City Lord’s Manor.

• Lu Heng led Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian into Maple City and explained that Han Feng’s businesses and hidden wealth remained despite his death.
• Lu Heng chose rooms at Hundred Herbs Residence and studied a city map while Qing Lin rested beside him.
• As night fell, Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian to keep the others inside while he scouted the City Lord’s Manor.
• Lu Heng concealed his aura with Chaos Dou Qi and slipped out through the window, leaving Xiao Yi Xian at the inn.

Lu Heng searched Han Feng's treasure vault in Maple City and found only leftover medicinal materials and ores, which he took. He told Xiao Yi Xian they would leave at dawn for Black Emperor City to seek resources for the Five Elements Spirit Body.

• Lu Heng assessed Maple City's weak defenses and found no Dou Emperors among its remaining forces.
• Lu Heng searched the City Lord's Residence treasury and found sixth- and seventh-grade materials, copied pill formulas, and raw magical beast essence blood, but no eighth-rank materials.
• Lu Heng concluded Han Feng had carried his most valuable possessions with him and emptied the remaining contents of the vault into his Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng searched the rest of the City Lord's Residence, found nothing more, and planned to leave Maple City for Black Emperor City at dawn.
• Lu Heng returned to Hundred Herbs Residence, explained his findings to Xiao Yi Xian, and said they would head to Black Emperor City.

Lu Heng and his companions traveled to Black Emperor City, where he planned to obtain rare Five Elements treasures through the Black Emperor Sect’s auction house or treasury. After checking into an inn, Lu Heng prepared to investigate the city’s medicinal shops and auction houses, leaving Qing Lin and Zi Yan behind.

• Lu Heng took Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan from Maple City aboard a flying vessel, and Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils cultivation continued to fade her scale patterns.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lu Heng that Black Emperor City’s underground auctions sometimes offered eighth-grade treasures, and Lu Heng explained that the Black Emperor Sect controlled most high-grade resources in the city.
• After three days of travel, Lu Heng landed outside Black Emperor City, and the group entered through a gate staffed by Black Emperor Sect patrol disciples.
• Lu Heng found an inn called Moon-Watching Tower and saw Black Emperor Sect patrol disciples openly collecting protection fees from shopkeepers.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to stay at the inn while he went with Xiao Yi Xian to investigate the city’s medicinal shops and auction houses.

Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian found no Eighth-Rank Heavenly Treasures for sale in Black Emperor City, so Lu Heng decided to seek them from the Black Emperor Sect. When Mo Ya tried to claim Xiao Yi Xian, Lu Heng revealed his Dou Zong strength and killed Mo Ya and four of his followers, leaving two Dou Wangs alive but terrified.

• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian visited three Yao Cai shops and learned that Eighth-Rank Heavenly Treasures appeared only at the Black Emperor Sect's annual auction.
• Lu Heng concluded that the Black Emperor Sect likely controlled the treasures and started back toward Moon-Watching Tower with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mo Ya stopped them on the street, demanded Xiao Yi Xian, and ordered Lu Heng to leave her behind.
• Lu Heng released his Dou Zong aura, suppressing Mo Ya and his followers.
• Lu Heng used Five Elements Divine Light to kill Mo Ya, two Dou Emperors, and two Dou Wangs in two breaths, while the two remaining Dou Wangs collapsed in fear.

After Lu Heng killed Mo Ya for harassing Xiao Yi Xian, Mo Tianxing arrived in Black Emperor City to avenge his son. Lu Heng confronted the Three-Star Dou Zong and began overpowering him with the Five Elements Roulette and Golden Light Slash.

• Lu Heng returned to Moon-Watching Tower with Xiao Yi Xian, while news of Mo Ya’s death spread through Black Emperor City.
• Lu Heng planned to kill Mo Tianxing, take the Black Emperor Sect’s treasury, and use Mo Tianxing’s intact Dou Zong body as a vessel for Skyfire Venerable.
• Mo Tianxing left seclusion and flew to Moon-Watching Tower after discovering Mo Ya’s corpse; Lu Heng went outside to face him.
• Mo Tianxing confronted Lu Heng over his son’s death, and Lu Heng declared that Mo Ya had harassed Xiao Yi Xian and deserved to die.
• Lu Heng summoned the Five Elements Roulette and attacked Mo Tianxing with Golden Light Slash, breaking through his whirlwind and damaging his Dou Qi barrier.

Lu Heng defeated and killed Mo Tianxing, then looted the Black Emperor Sect's treasury. He returned to the Moon-Watching Tower with rare five-element Heavenly Treasures, where Zi Yan asked what he had brought back.

• Lu Heng overwhelmed Mo Tianxing with successive Dou Techniques and used Five Elements Annihilation Light to destroy his Dou Qi dantian.
• Lu Heng killed Mo Tianxing, preserved his body, and stored the corpse in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng entered the Black Emperor Sect headquarters and ordered the gray-robed elder to lead him to the treasury.
• Lu Heng used Mo Tianxing's token to open the treasury and collected its valuable materials, Magic Cores, and Earth-Tier Dou Techniques.
• Lu Heng returned to the Moon-Watching Tower and showed Zi Yan several rare five-element Heavenly Treasures.

Lu Heng gathered the ingredients to revive Yao Tianhuo and moved to a secluded courtyard in Black Emperor City to refine an Eighth-Grade Reviving Soul-Fusion Pill. After refining through the night, he completed the pill and triggered the approaching Pill Lightning.

• Lu Heng decided to revive Yao Tianhuo using Mo Tianxing's intact Three-Star Dou Zong body and the materials available in the Black Emperor Sect's treasury.
• Lu Heng moved Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan from Moon-Watching Tower to an abandoned courtyard away from the residential district.
• A gray-robed Black Emperor Sect elder delivered additional herbs and ores, and Lu Heng told him not to disturb him.
• Lu Heng refined the Reviving Soul-Fusion Pill overnight in the Myriad Beast Cauldron using the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lu Heng warned Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan to retreat as the completed pill rose from the cauldron, while Yao Tianhuo marveled at Lu Heng's age and alchemy skill.

Lu Heng’s Five Elements Roulette absorbed the Three-Colored Pill Lightning from his Eighth-Grade Reviving Soul-Fusion Pill. He used the pill to revive Yao Tianhuo in Mo Tianxing’s body, and the chapter ended as the revived body released a powerful aura.

• Lu Heng’s Five Elements Roulette absorbed all three bolts of Pill Lightning, leaving the Reviving Soul-Fusion Pill unharmed.
• Qi Shan saw the Three-Colored Pill Lightning and realized Lu Heng was an Eighth-Grade Alchemist as well as a Dou Zong.
• Lu Heng prepared Mo Tianxing’s corpse by burning away its lingering imprints with the Green Lotus Core Flame and nourishing it with Seventh-Rank Blood Essence.
• Yao Tianhuo left the Soul Nourishing Jade and entered the corpse as Lu Heng placed the Reviving Soul-Fusion Pill in its mouth.
• The pill fused Yao Tianhuo’s damaged soul with the body, which revived half an hour later and unleashed a powerful aura.

Yao Tianhuo revived in Mo Tianxing’s body as a Three-Star Dou Zun and pledged his aid to Lu Heng. After asking Yao Tianhuo to watch over the others, Lu Heng entered seclusion to absorb the Three-Colored Pill Lightning.

• Yao Tianhuo awakened in Mo Tianxing’s body with Three-Star Dou Zun strength and thanked Lu Heng for bringing him back to life.
• Lu Heng introduced Yao Tianhuo to Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, while Zi Yan teased him about becoming Lu Heng’s bodyguard.
• Yao Tianhuo began adjusting to his new body and told Lu Heng he needed several days to settle his cultivation.
• Lu Heng told Yao Tianhuo he planned to refine the Pill Lightning and asked him to guard the group in Black Emperor City.
• After eating Qing Lin’s soup and reassuring Zi Yan, Lu Heng entered a room and summoned the Five Elements Roulette to absorb the lightning energy.

Lu Heng absorbed Thunder Force, broke through to Mid-Two-Star Dou Zong, and prepared to raid Demon Flame Valley for its resources. He and his companions set out with Yao Tianhuo expected to intimidate the valley’s master into surrendering.

• Lu Heng absorbed the wheel’s Thunder Force over four days, strengthened his cultivation, and broke through to Mid-Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Lu Heng gathered Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Yao Tianhuo, then planned to take Demon Flame Valley’s five-element ore and medicinal herbs.
• Lu Heng explained that Yao Tianhuo would confront the Seven-Star Dou Zong Earth Demon Old Ghost while the others collected the valley’s resources.
• Lu Heng and his companions left Black Emperor City at dawn and traveled southwest toward Demon Flame Valley.
• Lu Heng told Yao Tianhuo to use his Dou Zun aura to crush the Earth Demon Old Ghost’s will to resist and force him to surrender.

Lu Heng and his companions invaded Demon Flame Valley, where Yao Tianhuo’s strength forced Earth Demon Old Ghost to surrender the valley’s treasures. Lu Heng began inspecting the treasury and asked about a rare eighth-grade herb, learning it came from an ancient ruin in the western Black-Corner Region.

• Yao Tianhuo shattered Demon Flame Valley’s barrier and suppressed the disciples as he led Lu Heng and the others toward the valley’s core.
• Yao Tianhuo forced the valley’s elders to their knees, and Earth Demon Old Ghost emerged from seclusion to confront the intruders.
• Lu Heng demanded Demon Flame Valley’s elemental resources, high-grade ores, and accumulated treasures, and Earth Demon Old Ghost agreed after Yao Tianhuo demonstrated his overwhelming power.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost led Lu Heng into the underground treasury, where Lu Heng found large stores of rare ores and spiritual herbs.
• Lu Heng asked about the eighth-grade Cold Abyss Jade Spirit Grass, and Earth Demon Old Ghost said he had found it in an ancient ruin thirty years earlier.

Lu Heng stripped Demon Flame Valley’s treasury, crippled Earth Demon Old Ghost, and set out with his companions for Tianya City on the way to Tianbei City. On the flying boat, he began using the five eighth-grade Heavenly Treasures to awaken his Five Elements Spirit Body, and the boat shook as the energy surged through him.

• Lu Heng took Demon Flame Valley’s treasures, reduced Earth Demon Old Ghost’s cultivation from Seven-Star Dou Zong to Three-Star Dou Zong, and warned him to leave Jia Nan Academy alone.
• Lu Heng and his companions departed the Black-Corner Region aboard a flying boat bound for Tianya City, intending to reach Tianbei City through its Spatial Wormhole.
• Lu Heng spread out his collected treasures and began preparing to awaken his Five Elements Spirit Body while Yao Tianhuo steered the boat.
• Lu Heng absorbed the Azure Spirit Ancient Vine Heart and Scarlet Flame Heart Lotus Seed, accelerating the Five Elements Cycle and making the flying boat shudder.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan waited in the rear cabin as the five-colored energy around Lu Heng intensified.

Lu Heng refined five Eighth-Rank Heavenly Treasures and completed his transformation into a Five Elements Spirit Body. The awakening propelled his cultivation from Mid-Two-Star Dou Zong to Four-Star Dou Zong, and his uncontrolled breakthrough continued.

• Lu Heng tempered his wood, fire, earth, and metal channels with four Eighth-Rank Heavenly Treasures, using the Five Elements Cycle to withstand their essences.
• Lu Heng used fire-element Dou Qi to restrain the Cold Abyss Jade Spirit Grass’s water essence as frost and heat clashed inside him.
• Yao Tianhuo steadied the flying boat while Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin watched Lu Heng endure the transformation.
• Lu Heng used Chaos Dou Qi and earth essence to reconcile the water and fire forces, allowing all five attribute channels to merge.
• Lu Heng awakened the Five Elements Spirit Body, gaining a stronger body, faster cultivation, and resistance to five-element attacks.
• Lu Heng broke through from Mid-Two-Star Dou Zong to Three-Star and then Four-Star Dou Zong as spiritual energy flooded his dantian.

Lu Heng awakened the Five Elements Spirit Body’s accumulated energy and rose from Two-Star to Five-Star Dou Zong before reaching Tianya City. He entered the city with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Yao Tianhuo to find the spatial wormhole leading toward the Northern Region, where Han Yue was.

• Lu Heng broke through to Five-Star Dou Zong as the Five Elements Spirit Body’s energy overwhelmed his cultivation barrier.
• Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin checked on Lu Heng and reacted to his sudden rise in strength.
• Lu Heng spotted Tianya City and prepared the group to seek information about the city’s spatial wormhole schedule.
• The flying boat landed outside Tianya City, and Lu Heng stored it before leading the others toward the gates.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Lu Heng that the wormhole administration office had powerful backing, and he promised to avoid making a scene.
• Lu Heng and his companions entered Tianya City as the spatial wormhole to the Central Plains loomed nearby.

Lu Heng and his companions explored Tianya City before purchasing passage on the Spatial Wormhole and a detailed map of the Central Plains’ Northern Domain from the Luo Family General Hall. Yao Tianhuo’s concealed presence unnerved the steward as the group prepared for their trip to Sky Maple City the next day.

• Lu Heng toured Tianya City’s medicine shops but bought nothing because their ingredients no longer met his needs.
• Lu Heng reassured Qing Lin as she asked about the city’s stalls, while Zi Yan guarded her collection of Magic Cores.
• Lu Heng explained that the Luo Family controlled Tianya City’s Spatial Wormhole transit rights and led the group to its General Hall.
• Lu Heng purchased an entire cabin for five people on the next day’s trip to Sky Maple City and bought a detailed map of the Northern Domain.
• Yao Tianhuo’s presence frightened the Luo Family steward until Lu Heng addressed him as Elder Yao.