Chapter Summaries

After Dai Xie attacked Xiao Yi Xian, Su Yun learned that the academy could only expel him, so he secretly marked Dai Xie and arranged to intercept him after he left Jia Nan Academy. Su Yun and Hai Bodong planned to strike in the Black Corner Region, where they expected to face a Six-star Dou Emperor protecting Dai Xie.

• Elder Su told Su Yun that Dai Xie would graduate the next day and that expulsion was the academy’s harshest punishment, so Su Yun secretly placed a Soul Imprint on him.
• Su Qian advised Su Yun that Dai Xie would pass through the Black Corner Region and Peace Town, while warning him not to act within the academy.
• Xiao Yi Xian comforted Su Yun as they traveled to Peace Town, where they met Hai Bodong and Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong told Su Yun that an unfamiliar Six-star Dou Emperor had recently arrived in the Black Corner Region and might be there to receive Dai Xie.
• Hai Bodong planned to gather Cold Pavilion’s fighters, and Su Yun agreed that their combined forces could take on Dai Xie’s protector.

Su Yun visited Cold Pavilion with Hai Bodong and ordered its leaders to help hunt a Six-star Dou Emperor who had recently entered the Black Corner Region. The next day, their ambush began when a scout spotted a suspected target leaving Peace Town.

• Su Yun and Hai Bodong arrived at Cold Pavilion, where Hai Bodong introduced Su Yun, disguised as Master Zhang, to the three Dou Kings.
• Hai Bodong told the Dou Kings that they would hunt the Six-star Dou Emperor at Su Yun's request, and he arranged for scouts to monitor the target.
• Su Yun asked Hai Bodong about the Dou Kings' loyalty and gave him a Dou Ling Pill to reward Xiong Liming if he proved trustworthy, while keeping Su Yun's identity as a Sixth Grade Alchemist secret.
• The next day, a scout reported that a Peak Dou Ling student had left Peace Town and might be their target.
• Su Yun gave the signal to move, and Hai Bodong led the group out from their ambush.

Su Yun ambushed Dai Xie and his Third Uncle with Hai Bodong and three Dou Wang, brutally maiming Dai Xie while the others fought Third Uncle Dai. As the battle continued, Su Yun prepared to join the attack and end it quickly.

• Dai Xie left Peace Town with Third Uncle Dai, who said the Dai Family had cared for Dai Xie's pregnant partner and child.
• Hai Bodong ambushed the pair, forcing Third Uncle Dai back while Su Yun struck Dai Xie with a sword aura.
• Su Yun severed Dai Xie's hands, crushed his fifth limb, shattered his Dou Qi sea, and ordered a subordinate to keep him alive.
• Hai Bodong and three Dou Wang surrounded Third Uncle Dai, whose Ice Dou Qi began corroding him as he struggled against their attacks.
• Su Yun used Soul Transmission to tell the four fighters to unleash their strongest attacks together when he made his move.

Su Yun and Cold Pavilion’s allies killed Third Uncle Dai, a Six-star Dou Emperor, then Su Yun punished Dai Xie for targeting Xiao Yi Xian. After giving Hai Bodong Earth Core Tempering Milk to improve his aptitude, Su Yun returned to Peace Town while Hai Bodong remained to oversee Cold Pavilion.

• Su Yun sensed Third Uncle Dai’s brief lapse and joined Hai Bodong and the others in breaking through his Heavenly Net Shield and killing him.
• Hai Bodong ordered Cold Pavilion’s subordinates to remove Third Uncle Dai’s corpse and leave no trace of the attack.
• Su Yun revealed himself to Dai Xie, who pleaded for his life and offered compensation, but Su Yun threw him into a cage with He Yuan and used a bottle of pink gas to provoke them.
• Su Yun told Hai Bodong to kill Dai Xie after three days, regardless of what had become of him.
• Su Yun gave Hai Bodong Earth Core Tempering Milk and warned him not to give it to Qing Lin, who was still at the Dou Qi stage.
• Su Yun left Cold Pavilion for Peace Town while Hai Bodong stayed behind to help the force develop.

Su Yun defeated three robbers on his way back to Peace Town and arranged for their families to be killed, then returned to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. As he took Xiao Yi Xian back to the Inner Academy, he decided he was not strong enough to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame and reflected on the story’s approaching start and his memories of Wutan City.

• Su Yun used his scanning function to assess three robbers, then fought them after they demanded his Ring of Holding.
• The leading robber self-detonated to blunt Su Yun’s attack, leaving the other two gravely injured.
• Su Yun asked the survivors about their families, killed them, and had Hai Bodong finish off all three families.
• Su Yun returned to Peace Town, reassured Xiao Yi Xian, and reminded Qing Lin to stay safe and keep cultivating.
• On the Griffon Beast, Su Yun judged that absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame at his current strength was too dangerous and thought about Xiao Yan and the approaching start of the plot.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she missed their days in Wutan City, and Su Yun recalled when his parents were still alive.

Su Yun secretly listened as Zhang Ritian told Zhang Wei about his mother, her origins, and her death. Zhang Ritian revealed that Ice River Valley was responsible, leaving Zhang Wei shocked by the connection.

• Su Yun sensed that Zhang Wei had recovered and began using a secret technique while Xiao Yi Xian guarded him.
• Zhang Ritian told Zhang Wei that his injuries had worsened after escaping Jia Nan Academy and that he could not safely use Dou Zong-level power.
• Zhang Ritian explained that Zhang Wei's mother had been born from the Azure Benevolent Wood Vine and the Netherworld Poison Flame's influence, then met and married him.
• Zhang Ritian revealed that Zhang Wei's mother had died to protect him and that Ice River Valley was connected to her death.
• Su Yun secretly overheard the story and was shaken to learn about the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Zhang Ritian revealed that Bing He had used Zhang Wei’s mother to cure the flaws in his Poisonous Body of Misfortune, and explained that Zhang Wei’s Azure Wood Poison Body could absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame. Su Yun considered the flame’s potential for Xiao Yi Xian, then went to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to improve his Dou Techniques.

• Zhang Ritian told Zhang Wei that Bing He had targeted his mother to refine her into a cure for his Poisonous Body of Misfortune, and Zhang Wei vowed to avenge her.
• Zhang Ritian explained that Zhang Wei’s Azure Wood Poison Body could withstand and absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame, potentially raising his cultivation from one-star to Seven-star Dou Emperor.
• Su Yun realized Xiao Yi Xian might benefit from the Netherworld Poison Flame but decided to wait until she was strong enough to handle its fire energy.
• Su Yun returned to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, entered its eighth level, and began searching for stronger Dou Techniques, especially a better movement technique.

Su Yun strengthened his movement and defensive Dou Techniques, weapons, and physical body using the system’s Fusion Function. He judged that his combat power had risen enough to challenge a low-star Dou Emperor, while setting his sights on Han Feng’s valuable treasures for the future.

• Su Yun chose the Earth Tier Low Grade movement technique Mysterious Heaven Azure Feather Steps and defensive technique Extreme Sun Sword Wall, then fused both into himself.
• Su Yun used four Sixth Tier Energy Crystal Blocks to upgrade Setting Sun and Cold Jade into Sixth Tier Magic Core weapons.
• Su Yun fused the Earth Tier Middle Grade body-forging technique White Dragon Emperor Body into himself, greatly strengthening his physical body.
• Su Yun considered Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, Heavenly Cold Qi, Abyssal Sea Storage Ring, and Myriad Beast Cauldron, but decided he needed more time to grow stronger.
• Su Yun assessed that his new strength could let him challenge a one- or two-star Dou Emperor, though he would lose against stronger opponents.

Su Yun reached Dou Emperor-level combat strength and began cultivating, while Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran and discovered that Medicine Elder had been draining his Dou Qi. Half a year later, Su Yun emerged from seclusion and agreed to make up for forgetting to refine pills for Zi Yan.

• Su Yun used the Violet Fire Crystal Card in the Cultivation Chamber and began cultivating after reaching Dou Emperor-level combat strength.
• Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran, and they set a Three Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan met Medicine Elder in the rear mountain and learned that Medicine Elder had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years; Medicine Elder offered compensation.
• Medicine Elder discovered he could not sense the Bone Chilling Flame or Black Demon Cauldron, while Xiao Yan found an Earth Tier Cultivation Method.
• After half a year, Zi Yan confronted Su Yun for forgetting his promise to refine pills, and he agreed to do it right away.

After six months of seclusion, Su Yun reached Three-star Dou King and refined pills for Zi Yan while Xiao Yi Xian fought in the arena. Xiao Yi Xian won her match at Nine-star Dou Ling, then reunited with Su Yun at the pavilion.

• Su Yun checked Xiao Yi Xian’s condition through her Soul Imprint, then began refining pills from Zi Yan’s medicinal herbs.
• Zi Yan noticed Su Yun had advanced to Three-star Dou King after six months of cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated her arena opponent, earning a victory as spectators marveled at her Nine-star Dou Ling cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the pavilion, where Su Yun finished refining Zi Yan’s pills and greeted her.
• Zi Yan left with her pills, and Xiao Yi Xian proudly showed Su Yun her cultivation before the two spent time together.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer, and she agreed to help him whenever he needed it. Half a year later, Xiao Yi Xian insisted on joining him to deliver pills to Cold Pavilion, and Su Yun recognized that her strength made her a formidable partner.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Su Yun in their bedroom until he agreed to let her help him, and they spent the night together.
• The next day, Xiao Yi Xian promised Su Yun she would help him whenever he needed it, and they stayed in their room for another day.
• Su Yun refined medicinal pills for Cold Pavilion, then traveled with Xiao Yi Xian to Peace Town to deliver them.
• Hai Bodong was absent from Peace Town, and Xiao Yi Xian refused to wait there while Su Yun went to Cold Pavilion's headquarters.
• Su Yun considered Xiao Yi Xian's strength and concluded she could contend with powerful Dou Kings and fight alongside him.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian went to Cold Pavilion after learning that Hai Bodong was battling the Blood Sect, Eight Gates, and Kui Wolf Gang. They joined the fight, where Su Yun struck at three enemy Dou Kings, while the wider battle remained unresolved.

• Su Yun disguised himself and Xiao Yi Xian before leaving Qing Lin at home, where she felt uneasy watching them go.
• At Cold Pavilion, Xiong Liming told Su Yun that Hai Bodong and the elders had gone to fight Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and Kui Sha.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian hurried to the battlefield and found Hai Bodong fighting three Dou Emperors while Cold Pavilion's two Dou Kings struggled against six opponents.
• Su Yun joined the fight with Dying Sun and Purple Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian activated her Poisonous Body of Misfortune.
• Su Yun used Flame Splitting Sword against three enemy Dou Kings; two blocked the attack, and the third suffered a slight injury.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian joined the battle at Cold Pavilion, and Su Yun quickly overwhelmed the opposing Dou Kings with his strength and targeted attacks. As Liu Chengli and the Eight-star Dou King tried to flee, Fan Lao threatened Liu Chengli with a Blood Sect manhunt.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian arrived to help Hai Bodong, while the two Cold Pavilion Dou Kings engaged the remaining enemies.
• Su Yun used Purple Flame to summon a lion against the wind-attribute Dou King and struck the earth-attribute Dou King with Eight Extremities Collapse, killing him with hidden force.
• Su Yun wounded the Eight-star Dou King with Blazing Flame Heaven-Earth Split and severed the wind-attribute Dou King's arm.
• The wind-attribute Dou King fled, and the Eight-star Dou King prepared to retreat as well.
• Fan Lao warned Liu Chengli that the Blood Sect would hunt him if he fled before the battle ended.

Su Yun and Cold Pavilion’s Dou Kings defeated the Blood Sect’s Dou Kings and joined Hai Bodong’s battle against Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and Kui Sha. Yuan Yi fled and Fan Lao was badly wounded, while Su Yun intercepted Kui Sha as he tried to escape.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian killed the Dou King fighting her, then helped Cold Pavilion’s Dou Kings defeat the remaining hostile Dou Kings.
• Su Yun and Cold Pavilion’s two Dou Kings attacked Kui Sha while Hai Bodong continued fighting Fan Lao and Yuan Yi.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, and Yuan Yi fled while Fan Lao stayed to face the attack alone.
• Hai Bodong’s ice dragons broke through Fan Lao’s defenses and badly wounded him.
• Su Yun and the two Cold Pavilion Dou Kings struck Kui Sha with their strongest attacks, seriously injuring him.
• Kui Sha tried to flee, but Su Yun appeared in front of him and raised his left fist to meet Kui Sha’s attack.

Su Yun and Cold Pavilion defeated their attackers, killing Kui Sha and Fan Lao while the remaining enemies fled. After returning to the Inner Academy, Su Yun learned that two Elders had failed to break through and agreed to refine two more Sect Breaking Pills for them.

• Su Yun and two Dou Wangs killed Kui Sha after Su Yun shattered his arm.
• Hai Bodong chased down Fan Lao, killed him, and took his Ring of Holding and Sixth Tier Magic Core spear.
• The surviving members of the Blood Sect, Eight Gates, and other forces fled, and Hai Bodong praised Su Yun for helping Cold Pavilion win.
• Su Yun returned to the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, then Zi Yan brought him to Su Qian the next day.
• Su Yun scanned the two Elders and realized their breakthrough attempts had failed, then agreed to refine two Sect Breaking Pills for them.

Su Yun introduced the Jia Nan Academy elders to the Azure Nether Longevity Pill and gave them its ingredients so they could extend their lives and attempt to reach Dou Zong. After months of cultivation, he returned to find Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Dou Wang and Zi Yan was eating at their home while waiting for him to refine more pills.

• Su Yun told Su Qian and the elders about the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, which they had never heard of, and agreed to refine it for them.
• Su Yun wrote down the pill's ingredients, and Su Qian planned to gather six sets to help the elders gain ten years of life and make another breakthrough attempt.
• Su Yun entered seclusion in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower while Xiao Yi Xian continued cultivating at their pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through from nine-star Dou Ling to Dou Wang, astonishing Elder Su.
• After another month in seclusion, Su Yun returned to find Zi Yan eating Xiao Yi Xian's cooking and demanding that he refine pills for her.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had broken through, and Su Yun helped Zi Yan refine medicinal ingredients into pills. Zi Yan challenged Su Yun to a spar, and their fierce fight ended with both still standing.

• Xiao Yi Xian showed Su Yun her new cultivation breakthrough, and he praised her.
• Su Yun refined Zi Yan’s medicinal ingredients into pills, which she eagerly swallowed.
• Zi Yan asked Su Yun to spar, and they moved to an open field in the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian watching.
• Su Yun and Zi Yan traded dozens of blows, their strength and Dou Qi making the fight comparable to a battle between Dou Emperors.
• Zi Yan used an Earth Tier Dou Technique, but Su Yun blocked it with the Extreme Sun Sword Wall.
• Su Yun attacked with Blazing Flame Heaven-Earth Split, and Zi Yan canceled his sword aura with a fist beam.

Su Yun defeated Zi Yan in a fierce sparring match, then refined two Azure Nether Longevity Pills for the Gong brothers. As he prepared to enter secluded training, the elders stopped him so Gong Qiyang could explain their request to help their disciple, Wu Tianlang.

• Su Yun used a brief opening to defeat Zi Yan, and Su Qian and the elders praised the strength he had shown while holding back.
• Xiao Yi Xian took the hungry Zi Yan away, while Su Qian asked Su Yun to refine Azure Nether Longevity Pills for the two elders.
• Su Yun refined two Azure Nether Longevity Pills over two days, failing once before succeeding, and gave the pills to the elders.
• When Su Yun prepared to enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Su Qian stopped him and had Gong Qiyang explain that the Gong brothers wanted to make up for their disciple Wu Tianlang.

Su Yun refined a Sect Breaking Pill, cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and advanced to five-star Dou Wang. After Xiao Yi Xian told him Hai Bodong had deciphered Luo Qianyun’s map, they went to Peace Town and learned the location was in the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

• Su Yun refined a Sect Breaking Pill for the Golden Robed Elder and went to cultivate on the ninth level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• After four months of seclusion, Su Yun reached five-star Dou Wang, while Xiao Yi Xian reached four-star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that Hai Bodong had figured out the location shown on Luo Qianyun’s map, so Su Yun hurried with her to Peace Town.
• Hai Bodong showed Su Yun the copied map and said the recorded Magical Beast Mountain Range was likely in the Heavenly Serpent Empire.
• Su Yun recognized the empire as the domain of the powerful Heavenly Serpent Mansion and looked toward a room inside the house.

Qing Lin revealed that her inheritance helped her cultivation and taught her to conceal her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Su Yun planned a return trip to the Jiama Empire and strengthened himself and Xiao Yi Xian before asking Zi Yan to guard them while they refined more pills.

• Su Yun learned from Hai Bodong that Qing Lin had reached the two-star Dou Zhe stage with help from her inheritance, Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, and Heart Flame.
• Qing Lin explained that she had mastered a secret technique to hide her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and could control a sixth-rank snake-type Magical Beast thanks to her Soul Art.
• Su Yun told Hai Bodong to prepare Cold Pavilion for a trip to the Jiama Empire in fifteen days, then returned to the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Yun spent two days refining two Dou Ling Pills for himself and Xiao Yi Xian to improve their strength before the trip.
• Zi Yan complained about running out of food and pills, so Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian prepared a feast and dozens of pills for her.
• After Zi Yan ate, Su Yun asked her to protect them while they refined medicinal pills, and she agreed.