Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu tried to recruit Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect to help him conquer the Chuyun Empire and settle Queen Medusa’s people there, while repeatedly provoking Yun Yun with talk of having children. Yun Yun agreed only to consult her master, and Fang Yu warned her that her master was tied to the Soul Hall and would urge her to destroy the Xiao Family.

• Fang Yu told Yun Yun he had come to watch the Three-Year Agreement, not to seek her out, and mocked the prospect of having children with her.
• When Yun Yun drew her sword in anger, Fang Yu took it from her and offered to help her reach higher cultivation realms if she followed him.
• Fang Yu proposed that Yun Yun help him unite the empire and attack the Chuyun Empire so Queen Medusa’s people could settle there.
• Yun Yun considered the benefits for the Misty Cloud Sect but said she needed to discuss the matter with her master.
• Fang Yu warned Yun Yun that her master had relied on the Soul Hall to become a pseudo-Dou Ancestor and would urge her to destroy the Xiao Family and use a honey trap against him.

Fang Yu entered the Alchemist Guild competition’s final round and began refining a pill that the Guild president suspected was seventh-tier. As time ran out, powerful energy surged from Fang Yu’s cauldron and dark clouds gathered overhead, signaling an impending lightning tribulation.

• Yun Yun left after Fang Yu warned her about her teacher, and Fang Yu spent the night resting before the final round.
• Fang Yu arrived at the competition grounds, where spectators cheered for him, and prepared rare ingredients gathered from across the empire.
• The Alchemist Guild president and the imperial family’s ancestor realized Fang Yu might be attempting a seventh-tier pill and discussed the consequences of his success or failure.
• Fang Yu refined more than a hundred herbs in an hour, then placed them all into the cauldron at once, alarming the gathered alchemists.
• As the other contestants finished and time nearly ran out, powerful energy rose from Fang Yu’s cauldron, the contestants took cover, and dark clouds and thunder appeared overhead.

Fang Yu won the Alchemist Association competition after effortlessly destroying the pill lightning and claimed the association’s obedience along with his prize. He then revealed to Gu He that he had made a fetal-protection pill for Yun Yun, threatened him, and drove him to leave the empire.

• Fang Yu destroyed every bolt of pill lightning with his control over space, and the president of the Alchemist Association declared him the competition champion.
• Fang Yu collected the champion’s prescription and secured the Alchemist Association’s agreement to obey his commands, while promising to strengthen the empire.
• Fang Yu met Gu He, rejected his concerns about the Xiao Family’s duel, and told him to stop interfering with Yun Yun.
• Fang Yu revealed that he had refined the Spirit-Nurturing Divine Fetus Pill specifically for Yun Yun and taunted Gu He about his relationship with her.
• When Gu He refused to leave Yun Yun, Fang Yu struck him down and threatened his loved ones, prompting Gu He to leave the empire.

Fang Yu explained his pregnancy-preserving pill to Yun Yun, who left embarrassed and angry before retreating into seclusion. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their long-awaited Three-Year Agreement battle as Fang Yu watched with satisfaction.

• Yun Yun questioned Fang Yu about Gu He’s departure, and he revealed that he had refined a pregnancy-preserving pill for their future children.
• Fang Yu ignored the arriving guests while the Xiao Family reclaimed its property in the imperial capital and the Nalan Clan paid heavy compensation.
• Experts from across the empire gathered at the Misty Cloud Sect to watch Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, now both Dou Kings, face each other.
• Yun Yun entered seclusion, leaving the First Elder to oversee the gathering as Nalan Yanran waited in the square.
• Xiao Yan arrived and announced that he had come to honor the agreement, and Nalan Yanran accepted his challenge.
• Nalan Yanran summoned green Dou Qi shaped like a phoenix while Xiao Yan answered with fiery red Dou Qi, and Fang Yu watched the confrontation with delight.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their duel, ending their engagement and leaving her shaken. Fang Yu then proposed to Yun Yun before the Misty Cloud Sect, offering a seventh-tier pill and ten Earth-class Dou Techniques as a bride price, but Yun Shan postponed his answer.

• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and watched Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fight, while Fang Yu ignored him.
• After nearly half an hour, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed their strongest attacks, and Fang Yu contained the resulting shockwave as Xiao Yan won.
• Fang Yu talked Nalan Yanran out of suicide, and Xiao Yan burned their marriage contract before remaining at the sect to see what Fang Yu would do.
• Fang Yu asked Yun Shan for Yun Yun's hand in marriage, stunning Yun Yun and the gathered leaders.
• Fang Yu offered the Misty Cloud Sect a seventh-tier pill and ten Earth-class Dou Techniques, but Yun Shan declined to decide immediately.

After Fang Yu proposed marriage to the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun discovered that Yun Shan was tied to the Soul Hall and feared the sect would be caught between powerful enemies. Fang Yu promised to free Yun Shan from the Soul Hall’s control, and Yun Yun agreed to bear him several children if he succeeded.

• Yun Shan warned Yun Yun that Fang Yu’s proposal might conceal another purpose, and Yun Yun decided to ask Fang Yu about it herself.
• A Soul Hall Protector ordered Yun Shan to investigate Fang Yu’s backing, while Yun Shan proposed delaying action and avoiding a conflict.
• Fang Yu revealed that he and Yun Yun had overheard Yun Shan’s conversation with the Protector, leaving Yun Yun shaken by her master’s connection to the Soul Hall.
• Nalan Yanran comforted Yun Yun and learned that the sect needed to avoid being drawn into the conflict between Yun Shan and Fang Yu.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Fang Yu could free Yun Shan from the Soul Hall’s control and that she had agreed to bear him several children if he did.

Yun Yun explained why she accepted Fang Yu’s conditions, while Fang Yu discussed alchemy with Yao Lao and revealed his plan to attack the Chuyun Empire. He also outlined what Xiao Yan would need to revive Yao Lao and pointed to Canaan Academy’s Heavenly Flame as one possible source.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Fang Yu had promised to help her reach Dou Zong, protect the Misty Cloud Sect, and end the feud with the Nalan Clan, and she reassured her that she would still inherit the sect leadership.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran speculated that Fang Yu’s marriage alliances were meant to unite the Jia Ma Empire and prepare for an attack on the Chuyun Empire.
• Fang Yu shared his alchemy knowledge and a soul-training technique with Yao Lao while Xiao Yan listened and memorized their discussion.
• Fang Yu revealed his plan to attack the Chuyun Empire, then urged Xiao Yan to reach Dou Huang so he could gather what was needed to revive Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao listed the revival requirements, and Fang Yu identified possible sources for a Dou Zong body and seventh-rank magical beast essence blood, as well as a Heavenly Flame at Canaan Academy.

Fang Yu agreed to help Yun Yun free her teacher, Yun Shan, from the Soul Hall's control and confronted the Soul Hall Protector lurking in the Misty Cloud Sect. The Protector attacked Fang Yu, and their fight began.

• Fang Yu told Xiao Yan that Han Feng, Yao Lao's former disciple, possessed the Sea Heart Flame, and Yao Lao explained how Han Feng had betrayed him.
• Yun Yun asked Fang Yu to rescue Yun Shan from the Soul Hall's control, and Fang Yu warned her about the Soul Hall's power before she agreed to cooperate.
• Fang Yu and Yun Yun agreed to act separately, with Yun Yun holding Yun Shan back while Fang Yu dealt with the Protector.
• Fang Yu found the hidden Soul Hall Protector in the Misty Cloud Sect and taunted him into revealing himself.
• The Soul Hall Protector recognized Fang Yu as a Xiao Family member and attacked him with black chains.

Fang Yu killed a Soul Hall Protector and saved Yun Shan after Yun Yun agreed to bear him more children. He then gave the Protector’s collected soul force to Yao Lao and urged Xiao Yan to focus on cultivation as he planned to unite nearby empires.

• Fang Yu killed the Soul Hall Protector, took his possessions, and prepared to give the collected souls to Yao Lao.
• Yun Yun asked Fang Yu to save her unconscious teacher, Yun Shan, and agreed to bear him several more children in exchange.
• Fang Yu revived Yun Shan, warned him against cooperating with the Soul Hall again, and left Yun Yun and her teacher to talk.
• Fang Yu gave the Protector’s soul force to Yao Lao and told Xiao Yan to cultivate while he worked to unite nearby empires.
• Xiao Yan warned Fang Yu about Queen Medusa, and Fang Yu told him to keep quiet about spicy strips and focus on getting stronger.

Fang Yu arranged for Yun Shan to investigate the Chu Yun Empire and ordered Yun Yun, the sect, and the empire’s leading factions to prepare for war. He revealed that he planned to conquer other nations as well and intended to bolster his forces by refining puppets.

• Fang Yu sent the recovered Yun Shan to the Chu Yun Empire to gather intelligence, while Yun Yun agreed to prepare the Misty Cloud Sect for war.
• Fang Yu reassured Yun Yun that he would not force her to have a child soon, and she agreed to ready her disciples for the campaign.
• Fang Yu met the leaders of the major families, royal family, and Alchemist Association, promised rewards for their cooperation, and ordered them to prepare for the invasion.
• When the royal family's eldest princess questioned the risk to Yun Shan, Fang Yu dismissed her concern and told the leaders that their preparations would support a wider conquest of other nations.
• Fang Yu announced that he would refine Dou Emperor-level and possibly Dou Zong-level puppets from the materials they had gathered, and said he would teach them the refining method.

Fang Yu strengthened the Jia Ma Empire and prepared it for war against a coalition led by the Chuyun Empire and supported by Soul Hall. His self-destructing puppets routed the coalition’s first attack, but a horde of Magic Beasts blunted their effectiveness as the larger war approached.

• Fang Yu refined Phoenix-tier and Dou King-tier puppets and helped the Alchemist Guild produce hundreds of Dou Spirit Pills, rapidly increasing the Jia Ma Empire’s forces.
• Yun Shan reported that the Scorpion Sect had joined the Chuyun Empire, which had gained Soul Hall’s support and allied with neighboring nations against Jia Ma.
• Fang Yu supplied the Jia Ma Empire with cultivation resources, then sent Yun Shan and other strengthened leaders to face the coalition at the border.
• Fang Yu deployed self-destructing puppets against the invading armies, inflicting devastating losses and forcing the coalition to retreat.
• The coalition sent a powerful horde of Magic Beasts, reducing the puppets’ effectiveness, and Fang Yu warned his allies that the real war had not yet begun.

Fang Yu defeated the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect Grand Elder and a Soul Hall protector, forcing the allied nations to surrender and securing the sect’s territory for Queen Medusa’s people. After arranging for Queen Medusa to govern the region, he prepared to leave for the Black-Corner Region and the academy.

• Fang Yu sent the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect Grand Elder flying with one slap, then destroyed the Soul Hall protector and gathered its remaining soul power.
• Fang Yu gave the hostile nations the choice to surrender or die, and Yun Yun assured them that their sects could keep their status if they surrendered.
• After three days, the allied nations surrendered, and Fang Yu claimed the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s territory as a home for Queen Medusa’s people.
• Fang Yu told Queen Medusa he was leaving and entrusted her with the tribe and the Jia Ma Empire, promising he would return.
• Fang Yu set out for the Black-Corner Region to seek a Heavenly Flame and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, then planned to visit the academy and teach the little dragon man the Myriad Things Transform into Dragons Art.

Fang Yu and Yun Yun traveled to the Black-Corner Region, gathering herbs and magic cores along the way before joining Xiao Yan at an auction. Fang Yu bought a fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame map and used the attention it drew as bait for the people watching him.

• Fang Yu agreed to take Yun Yun to the Black-Corner Region, provided she followed his orders, and they subdued a Dou King-level flying magical beast for the journey.
• Fang Yu and Yun Yun spent half a year reaching the Black-Corner Region, collecting valuable herbs and magic cores while fending off magical beasts.
• They encountered Xiao Yan after arriving and went with him to an auction, where they shared the highest-grade VIP room.
• Yun Yun bought a young woman at the auction so she would have someone to serve her while she stayed in the region.
• Fang Yu bid one million gold coins for a fragmentary Pure Lotus Demon Flame map, drawing the attention of the Blood Sect's young sect master and other watchers.
• When Yun Yun reported that at least five Dou King experts were watching them, Fang Yu said there were far too few.

Fang Yu and his companions attended an auction, where the Sky Serpent Palace acquired a seventh-tier Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and the Blood Sect attacked its people. Fang Yu waited for the fight to weaken both sides, then intervened when Elder Qing was near death and struck the Blood Sect's sect master.

• Fang Yu paid for Xiao Yan to buy the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and discussed taking the Three Thousand Lightning Movement from whoever bought it.
• Fang Yu identified the final auction item as a seventh-tier pill, and the Sky Serpent Palace won the bidding for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Yan collected their purchases while Fang Yu and Yun Yun secretly followed the pill; the young girl Yun Yun had bought was settled safely at an inn.
• The Blood Sect attacked Elder Qing and the Sky Serpent Palace, and Fang Yu waited until Elder Qing was severely injured.
• Fang Yu stopped Elder Qing from self-destructing, destroyed the Blood Sect attackers surrounding the others, and sent the sect master flying with a slap.

Fang Yu saved Elder Qing from Blood Sect's Fan Lao and learned that she was carrying a rare seventh-tier pill for Qing Lin. He arranged for Elder Qing to remain with him and help manage the medicine workshop he planned to seize, then recruited Xiao Yan to help defeat his senior brother.

• Fang Yu broke Blood Sect's Fan Lao's spine after Fan Lao tried to surrender, then stopped Elder Qing from self-destructing.
• Fang Yu learned Qing Lin was thriving in the Sky Serpent Palace and ordered Elder Qing to stay with him for protection.
• Elder Qing offered Fang Yu the seventh-tier pill intended for Qing Lin, and Fang Yu agreed to deliver it to her when he visited the sect.
• Fang Yu told Elder Qing he planned to take over the Medicine Emperor's workshop and invited her to help manage it.
• Fang Yu asked Xiao Yan to help him deal with his senior brother and offered him the senior brother's Heavenly Flame; Xiao Yan agreed.

Fang Yu brought Xiao Yan and his master to Maple City to confront Han Feng, Xiao Yan’s treacherous senior brother. After Fang Yu killed Han Feng’s guards and stripped him of the Sea Heart Flame, Xiao Yan killed him and Fang Yu took control of the city.

• Fang Yu, Xiao Yan, and Elder Qing arrived in Maple City to confront Han Feng, while Yun Yun and Elder Qing stayed nearby.
• When five Dou Emperor experts and other fighters challenged them, Fang Yu killed the strongest, a seven-star Dou Emperor, with a single strike.
• Han Feng tried to placate Fang Yu, but Fang Yu revealed Xiao Yan’s identity and condemned Han Feng for betraying their master.
• Fang Yu ordered Han Feng’s followers to leave or die, and they fled rather than face him.
• Fang Yu struck Han Feng down, removed his Sea Heart Flame, and gave it to Xiao Yan before telling him to take revenge.
• Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, Fang Yu claimed Maple City, and he called Elder Qing and Yun Yun to manage what came next.

After conquering the city and destroying the Blood Sect, Fang Yu announced that he would refine a tier seven pill in a month and promised to help Yun Yun grow stronger. Xiao Yan received the Sea Heart Flame and advice about returning to the academy, where Fang Yu warned him of a powerful girl in the Inner Academy.

• Fang Yu ordered Elder Qing of the Sky Serpent Palace to announce his upcoming tier seven pill refinement and demand tribute from factions connected to the dead city lord.
• Fang Yu promised Yun Yun tier six pills and help reaching Dou Zong within three years, while joking that she should give him children in return.
• Xiao Yan delivered Fang Yu a ring of valuables from his teacher, including the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and Fang Yu gave Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame.
• Fang Yu warned Xiao Yan that refining the Sea Heart Flame would be dangerous and urged him to return to the academy for the Inner Academy selection competition.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Yan that a girl in the Inner Academy could defeat him and was among the most noble people on the Dou Qi Continent.

Fang Yu prepared to refine a seventh-tier pill while the Inner Academy discussed recruiting him to help suppress a dangerous beast. Elder Huo visited Fang Yu, who welcomed him and was asked whether Venerable Yao was his master.

• Fang Yu urged Xiao Yan to enter the Inner Academy, but Xiao Yan chose to stay and watch Fang Yu refine pills and refine his Heavenly Flame.
• Elder Huo learned from the Grand Elder that Fang Yu planned to refine a seventh-tier pill and that the academy wanted Xiao Yan’s help against the beast sealed within the Inner Academy.
• The Grand Elder speculated that Venerable Yao had taught Fang Yu and instructed Elder Huo to probe carefully without provoking him.
• Yun Yun helped gather rare ingredients as medicinal shops and alchemists offered herbs for the chance to observe Fang Yu’s pill refinement.
• Elder Qing welcomed Elder Huo to meet Fang Yu, and Elder Huo praised Fang Yu before asking who his master was.

Fang Yu rejected Elder Huo’s assumption that Venerable Yao had taught him alchemy, while Xiao Yan accepted a position as an Inner Academy elder to pursue the academy’s Heavenly Flame. Fang Yu agreed to watch the coming selection tournament and began refining pills in the city square as Xiao Yan stayed to learn more about the academy.

• Elder Huo suspected Fang Yu was Venerable Yao’s disciple, but Fang Yu denied it, and Xiao Yan and Venerable Yao privately reacted to the misunderstanding.
• Fang Yu redirected Elder Huo’s questions toward Xiao Yan, who chose to become an Inner Academy elder rather than vice principal of the Outer Academy.
• Elder Huo told Xiao Yan that the Inner Academy Selection Tournament would begin in the next few days and that more than ten Xiao Family members were competing; Xiao Yan and Fang Yu said they would attend.
• Fang Yu proposed that academy students join his faction or gain experience with it, and Elder Huo said he would consult the Grand Elder and others before deciding.
• Fang Yu left Xiao Yan to discuss the academy with Elder Huo, then went to the crowded city square and began refining pills before alchemists from across the Black-Corner Region.

Fang Yu overcame the pill lightning around his seventh-tier medicinal pill, refused Demon Flame Valley’s demands, and invited the Black-Corner Region’s experts to commission pills. He agreed to go to the Inner Academy after Xiao Yan refined the Heavenly Flame and revealed a way to resolve the academy’s unstable flame.

• Fang Yu endured the pill lightning and stopped Fang Yan from asking for the pill or requesting one for Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Fang Yan and his group left in anger, planning to summon Earth Demon Old Ghost to kill Fang Yu and take the pill.
• Fang Yu offered to refine pills for the other experts, collected more than a hundred formulas and numerous requests, and had Yun Yun distribute a list of missing ingredients.
• Fang Yu told the Inner Academy elder that he would go to the academy after Xiao Yan finished refining the Heavenly Flame he had given him.
• Fang Yu said the Inner Academy’s unstable Heavenly Flame could be refined and replaced with a second, younger flame that the academy had not yet discovered.