Chapter Summaries

Yao Feng refined a near-fifth-grade Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill with help from Yao Chen and the Black Demon Cauldron. Afterward, he heard the He Family planned a banquet and told Hai Bodong to begin searching for ingredients for the Spirit Revival Purple Pill.

• Yao Feng used the Black Demon Cauldron and the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin refining the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill while Yao Chen watched.
• Yao Feng and Yao Chen balanced three Heavenly Flames around the forming pill, then completed the refinement and produced a perfect pill marked with green, brown, and white patterns.
• Yao Feng, Old Zhou, and Hai Bodong went downstairs to eat, where they overheard that the He Family had lost several members and would host a banquet the next day.
• Hai Bodong and Old Zhou explained that the He Family's aging Dou Wang was likely preparing for the future, and Yao Feng dismissed the family's affairs as no threat.
• Yao Feng asked Hai Bodong to search for ingredients for the Spirit Revival Purple Pill, and Hai Bodong agreed.

Yao Feng consumed the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill and endured its fierce energy as it expanded and strengthened his meridians. He successfully rose from two-star to five-star Da Dou Shi and demonstrated Dou Qi Armor Transformation.

• Yao Feng shut himself in his room and began absorbing the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill.
• The pill's three streams of extreme heat and cold surged through Yao Feng's meridians, forcing him to guide them with his cultivation technique.
• The combined energy split into countless streams, widening and toughening Yao Feng's meridians as it repeatedly circulated through his body.
• The energy entered Yao Feng's Dou Crystal and raised his cultivation to five-star Da Dou Shi.
• Yao Feng opened his eyes and formed green Dou Qi armor over his body.

Yao Feng reflected on his progress and the people he had left behind before stepping into a new day. Meanwhile, Yao Ling arrived at the Wandering Tavern in the Asura Holy Domain with her mysterious master to begin the Asura Trial.

• Yao Feng judged that his rise from a one-star Dou Zhe to a five-star Da Dou Shi had been too slow and thought about Yao Ling, Huo Zhi, and the clans.
• Yao Feng put away his Dou Qi armor, opened the door, and greeted the morning sunlight.
• Yao Ling reached the Wandering Tavern in the Asura Holy Domain and asked her master whether it was the trial's starting point.
• Yao Ling's master confirmed that the Asura Trial was about to begin, and Yao Ling entered the tavern.

Yao Feng attended He Li’s gathering at the He Family, where the Black Rock City Lord revealed a power beyond the Dou Ling realm after Yao Feng’s eyes countered his soul technique. The chapter left the city’s balance of power uncertain and revealed that He Li’s ancestor had long relied on the City Lord’s Mansion for protection.

• Old Zhou gave Yao Feng the invitation He Li had delivered, and Yao Feng went to the He Family with him.
• Yao Feng met Sun Kai at the gathering and learned that the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid he had refined had helped Sun Kai advance.
• He Li apologized to Sun Kai for their past conflict and welcomed Yao Feng, while the Sun Family’s old master and the City Lord came over to meet him.
• The City Lord used a soul secret technique on Yao Feng, whose Netherworld Demonic Eyes injured him and triggered an aura beyond the Dou Ling realm.
• The City Lord admitted he had advanced, stirring concern about Black Rock City’s power balance.
• He Li’s ancestor revealed that the City Lord’s Mansion had helped him evade an enemy and had stayed in contact with him for years.

Yao Feng learned about the Hundred Nations Martial Arts Tournament and accepted Black Rock City's invitation to compete, hoping to earn a place in Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. The Black Rock City Lord announced an alliance with the He Family and opened the city's selection, leaving the young contenders stirred by the chance to compete.

• He Liancheng told the Sun Family patriarch that an evil force had once controlled the He Family and that Yao Feng had helped resolve its crisis.
• The Black Rock City Lord explained that the Hundred Nations Martial Arts Tournament gathered five competitors under twenty from each empire and offered an Inner Academy opportunity to top individual scorers.
• Yao Feng accepted one of Black Rock City's tournament spots because he wanted to enter Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy.
• The Black Rock City Lord announced the City Lord's Mansion's alliance with the He Family and said the city's remaining two tournament slots would be decided at the gathering.
• The Black Rock City Lord urged the young attendees to compete, and his speech excited many of them.

Black Rock City selected Sun Sheng, Cao Tian, and Yao Feng to represent it in the Hundred Nations Martial Arts Tournament. After Cao Tian challenged Yao Feng’s selection, Yao Feng went up to the platform to prove his strength.

• Sun Sheng and Cao Tian registered as candidates, while Lin Fei recognized that Yao Feng was the City Lord’s Mansion’s representative.
• Fu Bai challenged Cao Tian, but Cao Tian defeated him with a series of Dou Techniques.
• After no one else challenged the candidates, the City Lord announced Sun Sheng, Cao Tian, and Yao Feng as Black Rock City’s representatives.
• Cao Tian questioned Yao Feng’s selection and demanded a spar, and Yao Feng stepped onto the platform.

Yao Feng defeated Cao Tian and secured a place representing Black Rock City in the Hundred Nations Martial Arts Tournament. After learning that powerful magical beasts had begun appearing near the city, he suspected the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was searching for its missing cub and worried that Old Zhou could not protect them while injured.

• Cao Tian attacked Yao Feng with Storm Palm, but Yao Feng’s black Dou Qi armor and Demonic Flame burned Cao Tian’s hand and sent him flying.
• Yao Feng revealed his Da Dou Shi cultivation, and Cao Tian conceded the match as the crowd watched in disbelief.
• Yao Feng returned to Lin Fei, and the Black Rock City Lord confirmed that Yao Feng and two others would represent the city in the final selection.
• The Black Rock City Lord warned that powerful magical beasts had been appearing around the Monster Mountain Range and urged Black Rock City’s factions to defend the city.
• Yao Feng suspected the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was behind the beasts’ movements and decided not to release its cub while Old Zhou remained injured.
• Yao Feng considered seeking a seventh-tier magic core in the Black-Corner Region or returning Old Zhou to the clan for treatment.

Yao Feng helped the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King advance by feeding it Fire Lotus Seeds, transforming its flames and crystals before giving it the Companion Purple Crystal Source to begin its evolution toward the fifth tier. After returning the sleeping beast to his Spirit Pet Space, he wondered how Yun Yun was doing and whether she had refined the Eye of the Storm.

• Yao Feng brought the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King out of his Spirit Pet Space and named it Little Purple.
• Yao Feng fed Little Purple Fire Lotus Seeds, which strengthened it and changed its flame and crystals as it advanced to the fourth tier.
• Yao Feng gave Little Purple the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and it swallowed the sphere before falling into a deep sleep.
• Yao Feng returned Little Purple to the Spirit Pet Space, where its abundant energy could aid its evolution.
• Yao Feng told Old Zhou that he had brought Little Purple back because it looked handsome, then wondered whether Yun Yun had refined the Eye of the Storm.

Yao Feng prepared to return to the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group while worrying that something was wrong there. After collecting the medicinal herbs Frank had found and paying him, Yao Feng flew toward the Monster Mountain Range with Hai Bodong and Old Zhou.

• Yao Feng ate breakfast, checked on the still-sleeping Little Purple, and reflected on his stabilized five-star Da Dou Shi cultivation and growing unease about the mercenary group.
• Hai Bodong told Yao Feng that he had found few of the herbs he needed in Black Rock City.
• Yao Feng and Hai Bodong went to the Alchemist Guild, where Frank gave Yao Feng the medicinal herbs he had gathered.
• Yao Feng paid Frank seven hundred thousand gold coins and left the Alchemist Guild with the herbs.
• Yao Feng unfolded his Purple Cloud Wings and flew toward the Monster Mountain Range with Hai Bodong and Old Zhou.

Qingshan Town and the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group came under assault by Demonic Beasts controlled by the Spirit Control Mercenary Group, forcing Wang Dahu and his brothers to fight a mid-stage Third-tier Raging Stone Ape. As the enemy commander prepared to intervene, Yao Feng returned to Qingshan Town and sensed something was wrong.

• Demonic Beasts surrounded the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group base, and Wang Dahu sent Wang Shi and Hua Yu to reinforce the defenders.
• Wang Dahu led Wang Erhu and Wang Xiaohu toward the Raging Stone Ape while telling Shen Meng to remain behind.
• Wang Dahu, Wang Erhu, and Wang Xiaohu formed the Black Fiend Tiger Formation and halted the Raging Stone Ape's attack.
• Hong Gang watched the brothers battle from behind a tree, then lowered his flute and prepared to act himself.
• Yao Feng returned to Qingshan Town after two days of travel and sensed danger before reaching it.

Yao Feng returned to the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group during a Demonic Beast assault and stopped Hong Gang from capturing Shen Meng. He defeated Hong Gang and the attackers, then ordered his people to clean up the battlefield.

• Hong Gang sent two black-robed Dou Shi to capture Shen Meng while he attacked the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group’s defenders.
• Wang Shi confronted the intruders, but Hong Gang disarmed him and struck at him with Mountain-Splitting Palm.
• Yao Feng arrived, saved Wang Shi, and faced Hong Gang as Yan Cheng joined them.
• Hong Gang used his bamboo flute to enrage the Demonic Beasts and attack Yao Feng, but Yao Feng killed the beasts and defeated Hong Gang with the Netherworld Demonic Eyes.
• Old Zhou, Wang Dahu and his brothers, and Hai Bodong reported that the Third-tier Demonic Beast and the two black-robed intruders were dead; Yao Feng ordered everyone to clean up the battlefield.

Yao Feng returned to the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group, asserted his authority over its members, and revealed that he was a Fourth Grade Alchemist. After learning about the group’s strength and its remaining target, the Spirit Control Mercenary Group, he devised a plan to complete his mission and benefit his subordinates.

• Yao Feng entrusted the Beast Taming Flute and its scroll to Wang Dahu and received the mercenary group’s leaders as they welcomed him back.
• Yao Feng rebuked Dong Rong for her arrogance, demonstrated his Fourth Grade Alchemist abilities, and declared that the Pill Hall Master position would remain vacant until a suitable person was found.
• Wang Dahu and the others reported that the nearby mercenary groups had been subdued or destroyed, leaving the Spirit Control Mercenary Group as the only remaining target.
• Yao Feng learned about the group’s key fighters, including Bai Su, Hou Gang, and Feng Ying, and agreed to give Feng Ying spear guidance later.
• Yao Feng asked Wang Dahu how many people were in the group, then whispered a plan to him for completing the mission and arranging the group’s advancement.

Yao Feng traveled to the Spirit Control Mercenary Group and subdued its members after announcing that Hong Gang was dead. He followed Du Jing to Hong Gang’s private treasure vault, whose hidden entrance Du Jing identified.

• Yao Feng left Wang Dahu in charge of the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group and flew to the Spirit Control Mercenary Group with Bai Su, Feng Ying, and Old Zhou.
• Yao Feng used the Netherworld Demonic Eyes to incapacitate the guards, then signed in and received the Earth Rank High-Class Dou Technique Four Symbols Divine Art.
• Feng Ying announced that Hong Gang was dead, and Du Jing offered to guide Yao Feng to Hong Gang’s private treasure vault in exchange for his life.
• Yao Feng ordered the Spirit Control Mercenary Group members to leave or be treated as enemies, and Bai Su and Feng Ying attacked those who remained.
• Du Jing led Yao Feng to the artificial hill, where Yao Feng killed its guarding Stone Devouring Crocodile with the Arrow of Annihilation.
• Du Jing showed Yao Feng a polished sphere hidden in a recess at the hill’s base, identifying it as the treasure vault entrance.

Yao Feng entered Hong Gang’s hidden treasure vault, survived its traps, and discovered a sealed piece of unusual bone hidden behind a wall. He suspected it might be Dragon Bone and prepared to break open the ice encasing it, despite Yao Chen’s warning that it would be difficult.

• Du Jing opened the underground passage, entered ahead of Yao Feng, and was killed by hidden arrows; Yao Feng burned his body and continued with Old Zhou.
• Yao Feng blocked a concealed spear trap and searched the vault, finding low-grade Dou Techniques and a Beast Taming Art whose teaching Soul Power had faded away.
• Old Zhou sensed a sealed room behind a wall and used the Earth Control Technique to open it, revealing an ice-encased bone covered by suppression runes.
• Yao Feng and Old Zhou considered whether the bone was Dragon Bone, but Yao Chen said its aura differed from that of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.
• Yao Feng decided to break the Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice around the bone, while Yao Chen warned that the ice and runes would make it difficult.

Yao Feng released the Azure Dragon from the Dragon Bone and learned that it came from the Origin World and sought his help returning there. After agreeing to cooperate, he began fusing the Dragon Bone through the Four Symbols Divine Art, enduring a painful transformation.

• Yao Feng used the Beast Skin Paper to awaken the Azure Dragon sealed in the ice, and it revealed that Yao Feng's soul came from the Origin World.
• The Azure Dragon explained that it and the other Divine Beasts had perished after reaching the Great Thousand World, then offered Yao Feng power in exchange for helping them return to the Origin World.
• Yao Feng agreed to cooperate with the Azure Dragon, which told him its dragon pearl lay in Hidden Dragon Abyss and that the Black Tortoise could be found in the north.
• The Azure Dragon vanished, and a stone statue in the Barbarian Tribe territory briefly stirred as its light passed overhead.
• Yao Feng's system identified the Dragon Bone and the Four Symbols Divine Art, and he began fusing with the bone as green energy coursed painfully through his body.

After refining the Dragon Bone, Yao Feng reached six-star Da Dou Shi and returned to the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group to claim the reward for conquering the surrounding mercenary groups. He staged the appearance of Revered Wind and Cloud to distribute pills that would raise loyal members’ cultivation by three stars, then claimed the system reward as the crowd began taking them.

• Yao Feng refined the Dragon Bone, gained Azure Dragon power, advanced to six-star Da Dou Shi, and comprehended the Roaming Dragon Free Step.
• Bai Su gave Yao Feng the Spirit Control Mercenary Group’s Storage Ring, and the system announced that he had completed the mission to rule the nearby mercenary groups.
• Yao Feng arranged for Yao Chen to speak from inside a statue as Revered Wind and Cloud, promising three-star cultivation increases through pills that would kill the disloyal.
• Yao Feng offered Hai Bodong the same three-star increase in exchange for becoming an honorary elder, and Hai Bodong agreed to join.
• Wang Dahu and others took the red pills, while observers secretly noted those who hid or refused them; Yao Feng then told the system to claim his reward.

Yao Feng’s followers gained three cultivation stars each, while Yao Chen’s power and soul strength recovered. After executing members who refused the pills, Yao Feng announced a mercenary-group competition and left the group to stabilize their new realms as Old Zhou agreed to guard against leaks and watch for ingredients needed to cure his poison.

• Golden light raised the cultivation of people across the Training Grounds by three stars, while Yao Chen’s soul power recovered to peak Dou Zong strength.
• Yao Chen ordered those who had refused the pills to leave the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group, and Wang Dahu’s men killed them after they were captured.
• Yao Feng announced a competition with rewards for top performers and challenged Da Dou Shi members to withstand ten moves from him.
• Hai Bodong accepted his position as an elder, and Old Zhou told Yao Feng that the God Devouring Thorn’s poison had been suppressed for about three years.
• Yao Feng told Old Zhou to seek a seventh-tier magic core, a Thunderlight Sacred Fruit, and a Desolate Origin Flower, and to prevent news of the pills and the breakthrough from spreading.

Yao Feng introduced Hai Bodong as an honorary elder and began the mercenary group's contest. While the matches proceeded, Yao Feng tested Feng Ying and Hou Gang, rewarding Feng Ying with a powerful Dou Technique and preparing to test Hou Gang's defense.

• Yao Feng introduced Hai Bodong to the mercenary group, and Hai Bodong revealed that he was the famed Ice Emperor.
• Yao Feng announced the contest rules, and Wang Shi quickly overwhelmed Zhu Jianghua in their Dou Shi match.
• Yao Feng challenged Feng Ying, countered her attacks, and stopped her flaming spear with his transformed dragon claw.
• Yao Feng gave Feng Ying the peak Profound-tier Dou Technique Blazing Waves after she conceded.
• Hou Gang asked Yao Feng to test his defense, and Yao Feng donned the Flowing Sand Armor before preparing to attack.

Yao Feng tested Hou Gang and Bai Su, recognizing their abilities and rewarding them with powerful techniques and equipment. He left the three leaders eager to grow the mercenary corps and went to check on the competition.

• Yao Feng struck Hou Gang, who used his force-redirection technique to withstand the blow, and awarded him the peak Profound-tier Earth's Shield technique.
• Bai Su challenged Yao Feng with his sword, but Yao Feng evaded his attack with the Big Dipper Seven Stars Step and defeated him with Starfall, shattering his iron sword.
• Yao Feng gave Bai Su the Fire Cloud Sword and the low-grade Earth-tier Sword Heart Sacred Art, and Bai Su pledged to serve as the mercenary corps' sharpest sword.
• Yao Feng told Bai Su, Feng Ying, and Hou Gang that the Jia Ma Empire was only their starting point, then led them to see how the competition was going.

Yao Feng gave Wang Xiaohu two Profound Tier Dou Techniques and encouraged him to train for the Hundred Nations Martial Arts Tournament selection. He then returned to his room and began refining pills with the medicinal ingredients Wang Dahu had gathered.

• Yao Feng offered Wang Xiaohu the chance to leave with him for the tournament selection and gave him twenty days to learn Wildfire Prairie and Thunder Flood Dragon Transformation before sharing them with the mercenary group.
• Wang Xiaohu explained that Wang Dahu wanted everyone in the mercenary group treated equally, and Yao Feng promised to make him vice commander if his cultivation nearly caught up with his brother's.
• Wang Xiaohu went to the stage to fight Zhu Hongtao after Yao Feng wished him luck.
• Yao Feng returned to his room and started refining simple pills with his battered cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame.