Chapter Summaries

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.

Lu Heng and his companions traveled through a space wormhole for twenty days and arrived in Sky Maple City in the Northern Domain of the Central Plains. With Tianbei City and its rival clans as their destination, Lu Heng found that the Central Plains’ richer spiritual energy strengthened his cultivation.

• Lu Heng bought a terrain map, reviewed the powers surrounding Tianbei City with Xiao Yi Xian, and decided to assess the Han Clan and Hong Clan situation when they arrived.
• Lu Heng and his companions boarded a spatial ship outside Tianya City and entered the wormhole.
• During the twenty-day journey, Yao Tianhuo kept watch, Qing Lin cultivated, Xiao Yi Xian studied notes and medicinal formulas, and Zi Yan ate and slept.
• The spatial ship emerged from the wormhole and landed at Sky Maple City, where Lu Heng sensed denser spiritual energy and his Five Elements Spirit Body began absorbing it.

Lu Heng and his companions reached Tianbei City and went to the Han Clan estate to meet Han Yue. Han Clan guards and Elder Han Seven treated Lu Heng as an unimportant outsider and doubted his claimed strength.

• Lu Heng and his companions left Sky Maple City and flew north to Tianbei City.
• The group heard that the Han Clan was losing mines and facing pressure from the Hong Clan and the Wind Lightning North Pavilion.
• Lu Heng told the Han Clan gate guards he had come to see Han Yue, but the lead guard refused to announce him and insulted his origins.
• Elder Han Seven came out, scrutinized Lu Heng, and mocked the idea that someone from the Black-Corner Region could be a Dou Emperor at eighteen.

Lu Heng arrived at the Han Clan residence and revealed his early five-star Dou Zong cultivation after Elder Han Qi challenged him. Han Yue rushed to the main gate with Han Xue, where she called out to Lu Heng.

• Elder Han Qi ordered Lu Heng to leave Tianbei City, but Lu Heng suppressed him and the gatekeeping disciples with his Dou Zong aura.
• Lu Heng identified himself as Han Yue's man and told Elder Han Qi to announce his arrival.
• The Han Clan felt Lu Heng's aura, and several Dou Emperor elders hurried toward the main gate.
• Han Yue recognized Lu Heng's aura while reviewing family reports and rushed out with her younger sister, Han Xue.
• Han Yue reached the main gate plaza and called out to Lu Heng as the clan elders remained immobilized by his pressure.

Lu Heng reunited with Han Yue at the Han Clan and revealed that he had reached Five-Star Dou Zong. Han Fei emerged from seclusion, dismissed Lu Heng’s strength as a trick, and attacked him, leaving Lu Heng’s companions ready to intervene.

• Han Yue rushed to Lu Heng and learned he had broken through to Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Han Xue watched Lu Heng subdue the Han Clan elders and guards, then blushed as she wondered whether he was Han Yue’s beloved.
• Han Fei emerged from seclusion and confronted Lu Heng after Elder Han Qi complained about him.
• Lu Heng explained that he had injured the gatekeepers because they insulted him and refused to let him enter the Han Clan.
• Han Fei accused Lu Heng of impersonating a Dou Zong and sent a powerful wave of green Dou Qi at him.
• Lu Heng stopped Yao Tianhuo from intervening as Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin prepared to support him.

Lu Heng defeated Han Fei with one punch after the Han Clan challenged his strength. Han Fei apologized and welcomed Lu Heng and his guests, leaving the clan humbled and Han Yue vindicated.

• Han Yue stopped Zi Yan from rushing at the Han Clan and assured her that Lu Heng could handle the situation.
• Lu Heng unleashed his Chaos Dou Qi and Five Elements Roulette, suppressing Han Fei’s wind-attributed Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng broke Han Fei’s Wind Whirl Wall with one punch and sent him crashing into the main hall, badly injured.
• Han Xue realized Han Yue’s letter had understated Lu Heng’s strength, while the Han Clan elders stood in fearful silence.
• Han Fei apologized to Lu Heng and accepted a Sixth-Grade Restoration Pill, and Lu Heng let the offense pass for Han Yue’s sake.
• Han Fei ordered the clan to escort Lu Heng and his guests to the Elegant Garden and prepare a family banquet.