Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Lei punished Demon Flame Valley’s Fourth Elder at the auction, Demon Flame Valley learned his identity and came to Eight Gates seeking revenge. Xiao Lei returned to face the Earth Demon Old Ghost and his forces, and an unidentified voice challenged the old ghost as the confrontation began.

• Xiao Lei restarted the final Imperial Pole Pill auction and warned the crowd not to disrupt the rules.
• The Black Ink City auction’s events spread through the Black-Corner Region, and Demon Flame Valley investigated Xiao Lei’s background.
• The Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived over Black Ink City with Demon Flame Valley fighters and demanded that Yuan Yi hand over Xiao Lei.
• Xiao Lei returned to Eight Gates with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, while Yuan Yi refused to surrender him.
• The Earth Demon Old Ghost threatened to destroy Eight Gates, and a clear laugh challenged his strength.

Xiao Lei confronted Earth Demon Old Ghost, who attacked him over Xie Zhen’s death and tried to seize his Thunder Emperor Scepter. Their techniques clashed in the sky, and Xiao Lei began forming a soul-force hand seal as the battle continued.

• Xiao Lei admitted to killing Xie Zhen and dismissed Earth Demon Old Ghost’s demand to surrender.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Xiao Lei with chilling Dou Qi, but Xiao Lei opened a spatial crack to absorb the attack.
• Xiao Lei blocked Earth Demon Old Ghost’s claw with the Thunder Emperor Scepter, and the collision forced them both back.
• Xiao Lei used Thunder Dragon Sky Locking Staff, while Earth Demon Old Ghost countered with Thousand Illusions Mysterious Ice Thorns; their attacks exploded against each other.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost fused the ice spikes into a massive black sword and thrust it toward Xiao Lei, who put away his scepter and began forming a soul-force hand seal.

Xiao Lei killed Earth Demon Old Ghost with his Soul Hand Seal and Space Greatsword, stunning Black-Ink City and securing the Eight Gates’ position. He then demanded that Demon Flame Valley’s surviving experts join the Eight Gates in exchange for their lives.

• Xiao Lei shattered Earth Demon Old Ghost’s ice sword and energy barrier with the Soul Hand Seal, leaving him dazed.
• Xiao Lei cleaved Earth Demon Old Ghost in two with a Space Greatsword, killing the Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Onlookers in Black-Ink City marveled at Xiao Lei’s victory, while the Eight Gates celebrated and Demon Flame Valley’s experts grew fearful.
• Xiao Lei took Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Storage Ring and refused Fang Yan’s request to end the conflict without consequences.
• Xiao Lei offered to spare Fang Yan and the surviving Demon Flame Valley experts if they joined the Eight Gates.

Xiao Lei killed Fang Yan after Demon Flame Valley’s leaders hesitated to join Eight Gates, then ordered the valley and its assets incorporated into his faction. As Eight Gates took control of Demon Flame Valley and Maple City, rival factions began secretly uniting against its growing power.

• Xiao Lei slaughtered Fang Yan with Space Light Blades when Fang Yan hesitated to join Eight Gates, prompting the other Demon Flame Valley experts to agree to join.
• Xiao Lei ordered Yuan Yi and Hai Bodong to absorb Demon Flame Valley and seize its assets, appointing Yuan Yi as Eight Gates’ leader and Hai Bodong as its Great Elder.
• Xiao Lei announced that Demon Flame Valley no longer existed, revealed that he had killed Han Feng, and warned other factions not to interfere with Eight Gates’ claims.
• Yuan Yi, Hai Bodong, and Demon Flame Valley’s remaining Dou Emperors went to take control of Maple City and Demon Flame Valley while Xiao Lei stayed at Eight Gates with Zi Yan and Qing Lin.
• Eight Gates’ expansion caused turmoil across the Black-Corner Region, and some factions began secretly joining forces against it.

Xiao Lei learned that the Jia Ma Empire was at war with the Chu Yun Empire and agreed to help Hai Bodong against the Poison Sect. He traveled to the Jia Ma Empire, reunited with Ya Fei, and asked her for details about the fighting.

• The Eight Gates unified the Black-Corner Region under Xiao Lei, who rose to Five Star Dou Zong over the following two years.
• Xiao Yan escaped his seal beneath Jia Nan Academy’s tower, refined the Fallen Heart Flame, left a fragment for the academy, and set out to seek soul-restoring herbs for Yao Chen.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Lei that the Poison Sect had taken control of the Chu Yun Empire and that its war with the Jia Ma Empire was threatening the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Lei agreed to confront the Poison Sect Master and told Hai Bodong and Yuan Yi to keep integrating the Black-Corner Region’s forces.
• Xiao Lei traveled to the Mittel Auction House, reunited with Ya Fei, and asked where the two empires were fighting.

Xiao Lei learned that the Jia Ma Empire was under attack by the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mu Lan Empires and flew to Black Mountain Fortress to help. As the allied armies began their assault, Luo Yan Tian appeared before the fortress.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Lei that the Chu Yun Empire had reached Black Mountain Fortress and allied with the Luo Yan and Mu Lan Empires, whose forces included the Golden Goose Sect and Mu Lan Valley.
• Xiao Lei assured Ya Fei that no Dou Zong was his match, then flew to Black Mountain Fortress in less than an hour.
• Xiao Lei met Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, and Yun Yun, who explained that their forces faced the Poison Sect Master, Luo Yan Tian, and the Mu Lan Three Elders.
• Thunderous drums signaled the allied armies' attack, and Jia Xingtian ordered the Dou Wang experts to defend the fortress.
• Luo Yan Tian appeared above the attacking army and taunted the defenders of Black Mountain Fortress.

Xiao Lei volunteered to face Yan Luo Tian and the Mulan Three Elders, while Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun withdrew to guard the fortress. Yun Shan began fighting Yan Luo Tian, and the Mulan Three Elders formed their battle formation against Xiao Lei.

• Yun Yun identified Yan Luo Tian as a two-star Dou Zong, and Xiao Lei flew out to challenge him.
• The Mulan Three Elders appeared, and Xiao Lei and Yun Shan agreed to fight Yan Luo Tian and the three elders while Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun guarded the fortress.
• Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun retreated after Yun Shan assured Jia Xingtian that Xiao Lei's strength matched his own.
• Yun Shan and Yan Luo Tian exchanged sword attacks, with Yun Shan driven back farther by their first clash.
• The Mulan Three Elders formed a formation against Xiao Lei and unleashed surging azure, red, and blue Dou Qi.

Xiao Lei shattered the Mulan Three Elders’ combined formation with one strike, leaving them gravely injured while he remained unharmed. His victory shocked the allied forces and showed that he had surpassed Yun Shan; the three elders then collapsed to the ground.

• The Mulan Three Elders formed the Three Beasts Wild Desolation Skill and combined their strength into a powerful aura.
• Xiao Lei used the Mountain Splitting Seal against the tiger-headed elder’s energy attack, and the two strikes collided in a violent blast.
• As the distorted space cleared, the elders’ formation lay shattered and all three were badly injured, while Xiao Lei stood unharmed.
• The onlookers marveled at Xiao Lei’s strength, and Jia Xingtian considered strengthening his relationship with him as Yun Yun watched with relief and affection.
• The Mulan Three Elders spat blood and crashed to the ground.

After killing the Mulan Three Elders, Xiao Lei joined the battle and took on Yan Luo Tian. He overwhelmed Yan Luo Tian’s attack with his Thunder Azure Dragon, poised to show him the true gap in their strength.

• Xiao Lei killed the Mulan Three Elders and headed toward the battlefield where Yun Shan and Yan Luo Tian were fighting.
• Xiao Lei arrived, and Yan Luo Tian realized the Mulan Three Elders had been killed; Xiao Lei said he would defeat Yan Luo Tian before facing the Poison Sect Master.
• Xiao Lei forced Yun Shan and Yan Luo Tian apart, then asked Yun Shan to leave Yan Luo Tian to him, and Yun Shan withdrew.
• Xiao Lei revealed the aura of a one-star Dou Zong, while Yan Luo Tian attacked with his Wild Goose Feather Sword and a golden divine goose.
• Xiao Lei destroyed Yan Luo Tian’s attack with a finger, summoned a Thunder Azure Dragon, and declared he would show Yan Luo Tian what a Heavenly Chasm was.

Xiao Lei overwhelmed Yan Luo Tian with the Thunder Azure Dragon, then reshaped its scattered power into a Thunder Light Blade that shattered Yan Luo Tian’s golden shield. As the blade bore down on Yan Luo Tian, he called for the Poison Sect Master, and a powerful Dou Zong arrived.

• Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Jia Xingtian watched Xiao Lei’s attack, and Jia Xingtian decided to arrange for his little princess to befriend Xiao Lei.
• Yan Luo Tian formed the Wild Goose Feather Golden Shield to block Xiao Lei’s Thunder Azure Dragon, but cracks spread across it under the attack.
• Xiao Lei dispersed the Thunder Azure Dragon into motes of thunderous light, then gathered them into a Thunder Light Blade.
• Xiao Lei’s Thunder Light Blade shattered Yan Luo Tian’s golden shield and closed in on him.
• Yan Luo Tian cried out for the Poison Sect Master to intervene, and a powerful Dou Zong arrived with a piercing eagle cry.

Xiao Lei recognized the Poison Sect Master as his old friend Xiao Yi Xian when she arrived to turn the battle in the Chu Yun Empire’s favor. As Yun Shan charged at her, Xiao Yi Xian buried her shock at seeing Xiao Lei and unleashed her poisonous energy.

• Xiao Lei’s attack wounded Yan Luo Tian, who fled as the Poison Sect Master arrived on a giant eagle.
• Yan Luo Tian boasted that Xiao Yi Xian’s arrival guaranteed victory, while Jia Xingtian worried that she had emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Lei recognized Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Shan charged at her to test her strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Lei and recalled how he had helped her control her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered Yan Luo Tian away, then released a flood of poisonous energy that formed a giant green venomous snake aimed at Yun Shan.

Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Shan fought during the conflict between the Chu Yun Empire and the Jia Ma Empire, until Xiao Lei intervened and recognized her after her veil fell. He obtained a Woeful Poison Pill that could eliminate the hidden danger of her Woeful Poison Body and told her he had found a solution.

• Xiao Yi Xian sent an azure venomous serpent to attack Yun Shan and demanded that he surrender, but he refused.
• Xiao Lei trapped the weakened Yan Luo Tian in a cage of lightning while watching Xiao Yi Xian fight Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yi Xian let Yun Shan's sword wound her, then used her poisoned blood to strike and severely injure him.
• Xiao Yi Xian's veil fell, and Xiao Lei drove Yun Shan away before greeting her and touching her, which earned him a Woeful Poison Pill from the system.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Lei to stay away because of the danger posed by her Woeful Poison Body, but he embraced her and said he had found a way to eliminate its hidden danger.

Xiao Lei promised Xiao Yi Xian he could cure her Woeful Poison Body, and they arranged to meet later so she could refine the Woeful Poison Pill. After Xiao Yi Xian ordered the allied army to retreat, Xiao Lei celebrated the victory with Yun Yun and prepared to pursue his plans against the remaining enemy forces.

• Xiao Lei assured Xiao Yi Xian that he could fully control and eliminate the dangers of her Woeful Poison Body, and she said she trusted him.
• Xiao Lei and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to meet at midnight so he could guard her while she refined the Woeful Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian rebuked Yan Luo Tian for the allied army's losses and ordered the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces to retreat.
• Jia Xingtian and the Jia Ma Empire's forces celebrated as Xiao Lei returned to Yun Yun, who kissed him in thanks for saving them.
• Xiao Lei looked toward the retreating allied forces and began preparing for further action that night.

Xiao Lei met Xiao Yi Xian in the forest and learned that Yan Luo Tian still planned to attack the Jia Ma Empire. He gave her a Woeful Poison Pill to refine, and she ended the chapter able to fully control her Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Lei left Jia Xingtian's banquet and traveled to the agreed meeting place, where Xiao Yi Xian arrived with Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Lei that Yan Luo Tian had gathered the Mulan Empire's forces and remained determined to attack the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Lei said they could deal with Yan Luo Tian later and brought Xiao Yi Xian to a cave to control her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Lei gave Xiao Yi Xian a Woeful Poison Pill and explained that it would condense her accumulated toxins.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined the pill and gained complete control over her Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Lei and Xiao Yi Xian assassinated Yan Luo Tian, ending the threat he posed to the Jia Ma Empire and uncovering no new information about the Soul Hall expert. After the war subsided, Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Lei to bring the Jia Ma Empire into an alliance with the Eight Gates, which aimed to unify the Northwest Continent.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Lei attacked Yan Luo Tian in his tent while he was recovering, and Xiao Yi Xian poisoned him.
• Xiao Lei questioned Yan Luo Tian about the Soul Hall expert, learned that Yan Luo Tian did not know the expert's whereabouts, and killed him.
• Xiao Lei took Yan Luo Tian's Storage Ring and found the Mulan Three Elders' Three Beasts Wild Desolation Skill and the Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings.
• Xiao Lei returned to Black Mountain Fortress, where Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and the others celebrated the end of the war and the removal of their strongest enemies.
• Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Lei to accept the Jia Ma Empire into an alliance with the Eight Gates, and Xiao Lei welcomed the empire and declared their goal of unifying the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Lei traveled to the Chu Yun Empire and refined a Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill using Top Grade Void Ancient Dragon Blood Essence. After sending it to Medusa, he left her worried about the enemies he faced, while she agreed to absorb the pill before going to help him.

• Xiao Lei set off for the Chu Yun Empire and decided to use Top Grade Void Ancient Dragon Blood Essence to make a pill for Cai Lin’s unborn child.
• Xiao Lei refined the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, suppressing the Void Ancient Dragon phantom with his lightning power.
• Xiao Lei sent the pill to Medusa through the Profound Realm Pearl and told her he was in the Chu Yun Empire dealing with enemies.
• Medusa opened the brocade box, and the Four Great Elders recognized the pill as surpassing the superior tier.
• The Four Great Elders stopped Medusa from leaving to help Xiao Lei, and she agreed to absorb the pill before going to him.

Xiao Lei joined Xiao Yi Xian to confront the Soul Hall expert and the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, whose conflict with the Poison Sect was escalating. After a message-bearing centipede exposed a leak, Xiao Lei identified the likely traitor within the Poison Sect.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Lei that the Soul Hall expert was connected to the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect and asked him to help defeat Xie BiYan and eradicate the sect.
• Xiao Lei reassured Xiao Yi Xian and gained the Seven-Colored Sky-Slaying Gourd after touching her.
• Xiao Lei and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Poison Sect encampment, where Wu Ya reported that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect seemed to learn about their operations in advance.
• That night, Xiao Lei intercepted a black centipede carrying a message that said everything was ready.
• Xiao Lei told Xiao Yi Xian that the traitor was the person accusing others of treachery, and she understood whom he meant.

The Poison Sect attacked the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, where Xiao Lei and Xiao Yi Xian faced the sect’s hidden forces. Xiao Yi Xian drew out Xie BiYan, who finally appeared to confront her.

• At dawn, the Poison Sect charged the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, and Xiao Lei killed numerous Dou Wang defenders with lightning.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Lei that the Soul Hall expert had disappeared, while Xie Shan and Xie BiYan remained hidden and the sect was surrounded.
• Xie Shan emerged with several Dou Emperors and used their combined strength to block Xiao Yi Xian’s attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed a massive gray serpent of Dou Qi, but an old man with a Scorpion Head Scepter stopped it.
• Xie BiYan revealed himself and asked Xiao Yi Xian if she had been looking for him.

Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xie BiYan and the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, but Wu Ya and four other Poison Sect elders betrayed her. Xiao Lei’s Seven-Colored Sword Qi deterred Xie BiYan from intervening, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to kill the traitors.

• Xiao Lei recognized that Xie BiYan had concealed his strength and reached the peak of Four Star Dou Zong, while Xiao Yi Xian vowed to destroy the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect.
• Wu Ya and four other elders turned the formation’s attack against Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Lei intercepted it and exposed their betrayal.
• Xiao Yi Xian trapped the five traitors with a gray gale as Wu Ya called for Xie BiYan to save them.
• Xiao Lei revealed his crimson gourd and Seven-Colored Sword Qi, frightening Xie BiYan into holding back.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s gray torrent transformed into a serpent and devoured Wu Ya and the other traitors.

Xiao Lei revealed strength close to Dou Zong as the Poison Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect clashed. After killing Xie Shan and the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion, he sensed a Soul Hall Protector emerging from the sect’s depths.

• Xie BiYan ordered the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect to attack, and Xiao Yi Xian fought him while the two sects’ forces clashed.
• Xie Shan ambushed Xiao Lei with a Blue Staff, but Xiao Lei blocked him with a palm and displayed strength near Dou Zong.
• Xie Shan summoned the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and attacked Xiao Lei alongside the beast.
• Xiao Lei shattered the scorpion’s tail stinger, pierced the beast, and killed Xie Shan with one slash.
• Xie BiYan released a mass of black mist, and Xiao Lei recognized the aura of a Soul Hall Protector beginning to emerge from the sect’s depths.