Chapter Summaries

After emerging from three months of seclusion, Jia He warned Jia Xing Tian about a hidden force within the Misty Cloud Sect and agreed to forge him another spirit sword. At the Imperial Family’s Book Collection Pavilion, Jia He fused its cultivation techniques and created the Earth-Tier Intermediate Marrow-Cleansing Scripture.

• Jia He told Jia Xing Tian that Yun Shan had likely not truly reached the Dou Zong realm, but might have touched its threshold with outside help, and warned him of a dark force within the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jia Xing Tian revealed that Fama had become a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, then took Jia He’s spirit sword and asked him to forge another one.
• Yaoyue visited Jia He and proudly showed off her First-Rank Alchemist badge after he returned from three months of seclusion.
• Yaoye asked Jia He to help select techniques and Dou Skills for the Imperial Family’s chosen recruits, and the three went to the Book Collection Pavilion.
• Jia He fused the Pavilion’s techniques through Heaven-Defying Insight and created the Earth-Tier Intermediate Marrow-Cleansing Scripture.

Jia He helped Yaoye and Yaoyue gather cultivation techniques and establish a royal-family force named Imperial Prison, then broke through to the peak of four-star Dou Wang. Jia Xing Tian congratulated him and began telling him about a sect tournament on the Northwest Continent.

• Jia He shared the Marrow-Cleansing Scripture with Yaoye and explained how it compared with the Qi Scripture that she and Yaoyue cultivated.
• Jia He, Yaoye, and Yaoyue collected more cultivation techniques and agreed to establish Imperial Prison under Jia He's command after its members were trained.
• Jia He cultivated in the imperial palace's back mountain and broke through to the peak of four-star Dou Wang.
• Jia Xing Tian congratulated Jia He and said that reaching Dou Huang, alongside his status as a sixth-tier alchemist, would mean he no longer needed to hide his strength.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Jia He whether he had heard of the sect tournament on the Northwest Continent.

Jia He agreed to help Jia Xing Tian build Imperial Prison into the Jia Ma Empire’s foremost power and replace the Misty Cloud Sect before the Sect Grand Tournament in three years. The next day, Jia He visited the Mittel Grand Auction House to order medicinal ingredients and joined Ya Fei at an auction featuring a high-grade Earth-tier lightning Dou Skill.

• Jia Xing Tian explained that the Sect Grand Tournament would bring together sects from across the Northwest Continent and proposed that Jia He strengthen Imperial Prison to replace the Misty Cloud Sect within three years.
• Jia He agreed to help Yaoye train Imperial Prison, and Jia Xing Tian approved of the force’s name.
• Jia He went to the Mittel Grand Auction House and asked Ya Fei to gather the medicinal ingredients on his list for delivery to the imperial palace.
• Ya Fei told Jia He that a high-grade Earth-tier lightning Dou Skill would be auctioned that day, and Jia He offered to attend and help ensure it sold.
• Ya Fei led Jia He into the Earth-tier auction hall and took him to Auction Room Number One.

Jia He pressed Ya Fei to consider whether she would trade herself for a way to escape being controlled by the Mittel Clan, leaving her unsettled as the auction continued. He then bought the incomplete lightning-attribute Dou Technique Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment for eight million gold coins.

• Ya Fei told Jia He she hoped to become a Heaven-tier chief auctioneer, and he challenged her to consider whether she wanted to become the Mittel Clan's leader instead.
• Jia He warned Ya Fei that without strength, her clan might use her to win over a powerful expert, then offered her a way to escape that fate in exchange for a bargaining chip.
• Ya Fei offered anything she possessed, and Jia He suggested that she herself might be the price, leaving her shaken.
• The auctioneer revealed that Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment was only half a scroll, prompting complaints from the bidders.
• Jia He bid eight million gold coins and won Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment.

Jia He comprehended the Thunder Emperor Treasure Art from a lightning Dou Technique and began cultivating it in the imperial palace’s rear mountain. After twenty days, he broke through his bottleneck as thunder tribulation clouds gathered and struck him, drawing the attention of Jia Xing Tian and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon.

• Jia He bought the high-grade Earth-rank lightning Dou Technique Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment and comprehended the Thunder Emperor Treasure Art.
• Jia He startled Ya Fei by releasing the aura of a four-star Dou Wang, then left and asked her to buy the medicinal ingredients on his list.
• Jia He gave Yaoye a low-grade Earth-rank lightning Dou Technique for the Imperial Prison cultivators and said he would oversee their training with medicinal liquid.
• Jia He cultivated the Thunder Emperor Treasure Art in the rear mountain for twenty days and broke through the peak of four-star Dou Wang.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon and Jia Xing Tian came to the rear mountain as thunder tribulation clouds formed above Jia He and lightning began striking him.

Jia He endured a lightning tribulation, absorbed its power, and reached the peak of Seven-Star Dou Wang. After surviving, he told the Nether Sea Flood Dragon that two pills could heal its old injuries, with one potentially helping it break through to a seventh-rank magical beast.

• Jia He absorbed the lightning tribulation while circulating the Thunder Emperor Treasure Art, breaking through to the peak of Seven-Star Dou Wang as Jia Xing Tian, the Nether Sea Flood Dragon, Yaoye, and Yaoyue watched anxiously.
• Jia He shattered the remaining tribulation clouds with a fist imprint, and his charred outer shell broke away, prompting Jia Xing Tian to remind him to get dressed.
• Jia He confirmed his new cultivation level, and Jia Xing Tian advised him to keep strengthening his foundation.
• Jia He recognized the Nether Sea Flood Dragon and learned that its old injuries came from past battles defending the empire.
• Jia He offered the Nether Sea Flood Dragon two sixth-tier pills: the Primordial Bone-Rebuilding Pill and the more powerful Third-Turn Dragon Yin Pill, which could help it recover and potentially break through to a seventh-rank magical beast.

Jia He agreed to refine the Third-Turn Dragon Yin Pill for the Nether Sea Flood Dragon, while Yun Shan obtained a Soul Hall secret technique promising him a breakthrough to Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Jia He completing a batch of the pill after Fama watched him refine it.

• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon chose the Third-Turn Dragon Yin Pill, and Jia He asked Yaoye to prepare its ingredients.
• Yun Shan confronted the black mist about the promised secret technique and agreed to investigate the Xiao Clan further.
• The black mist gave Yun Shan the Soul Hall secret technique after warning him about a strange Dou Wang-level aura near the imperial palace.
• Yaoye gathered ingredients for two batches, and Jia He agreed to let Fama observe the refinement.
• Jia He refined the Third-Turn Dragon Yin Pill over two days and captured the finished pill with a palm of Dou Qi.

Jia He restored the Nether Sea Flood Dragon’s strength with a Third-Turn Dragon Yin Pill, while Yaoye reported the Imperial Prison’s progress. Half a month later, Ya Fei accepted Jia He’s offer to help her grow stronger in exchange for relying on him.

• Jia He refined a Third-Turn Dragon Yin Pill, and Fama praised his precise control before returning to the Alchemist Association.
• Jia He helped the Nether Sea Flood Dragon absorb the pill, restoring him to the peak of the nine-star Dou Emperor realm and possibly putting him within reach of the seventh tier.
• Jia Xing Tian kept the Nether Sea Flood Dragon’s recovery secret as a future trump card, and Yaoye told Jia He that Imperial Prison members had all reached the Dou Ling realm.
• Jia He met Ya Fei at the Mittel Grand Auction House to collect the prepared ingredients and offer the remaining payment.
• Ya Fei declined the payment and told Jia He she was willing to rely on him as the condition for his help increasing her strength.

Jia He gave Ya Fei the first half of the Qi Scripture, then spent more than a year cultivating in seclusion. He broke through to the Dou Emperor realm and sensed Wu Protector of the Soul Hall at the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving him eager for their coming encounter.

• Jia He passed Ya Fei the Qi Scripture and playfully punished her before leaving the Mittel Grand Auction House without paying the remaining balance for the medicinal ingredients.
• Jia He returned to the palace, spent a month refining pills and medicinal liquid, and handed them to Yaoye to distribute.
• After more than a year passed, Jia He secluded himself in a cave in the palace's back mountains to cultivate.
• Jia Xing Tian, the Nether Sea Flood Dragon, Yaoye, and Yaoyue sensed Jia He's breakthrough and gathered outside his cave.
• Jia He broke through to the Dou Emperor realm and advanced his soul power to the Spiritual Realm, sensing Wu Protector in the Misty Cloud Sect's back mountains.

Jia He and the Jia Ma Imperial Family fought Wu Ying, a peak four-star Dou Zong who appeared at the palace. Jia He unleashed Thunder Punishment and struck Wu Ying with terrifying lightning, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Jia He confronted Wu Ying after the black-mist expert appeared at the rear mountain, and Jia Xing Tian shielded Yaoye and Yaoyue.
• Wu Ying attacked Jia He with black chains, but Jia He evaded them and countered with flames while Jia Xing Tian and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon joined the fight.
• Yaoye and Yaoyue tried to flee, and Fama brought them to safety as Yun Yun, Gu He, Nalan Jie, and Mitel Tengshan arrived.
• Yun Yun and Fama joined Jia He, Jia Xing Tian, and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon against Wu Ying, who remained difficult for the five Dou Emperors to defeat.
• Jia He unleashed Thunder Punishment, darkening the sky and blasting apart Wu Ying's chain before lightning struck the place where Wu Ying had been.

Jia He drove off Wu Ying, broke through to the four-star Dou Emperor realm, and told Yun Yun and Fama about the Soul Hall. Back at the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to let her go to Wu Tan City and dissolve her engagement.

• Wu Ying fled after Jia He’s lightning attack, and Jia He recovered with pills before breaking through to the four-star Dou Emperor realm.
• Jia He told Yun Yun and Fama that Wu Ying belonged to the Soul Hall, while Wu Ying returned to Yun Shan and planned to seek more Soul Hall experts.
• Yun Yun and Gu He discussed Jia He’s strength and suspected he was a powerful alchemist as they returned to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she had reached the five-star Dou Zhe realm and asked permission to go to Wu Tan City to dissolve her engagement.

Nalan Yanran broke off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Jia He focused on strengthening the empire and advancing his alchemy. After Jia He reached peak four-star Dou Sect, Yaoye told him poison masters had attacked the empire’s northeastern border, and he offered to investigate while searching for medicinal ingredients.

• Yun Yun approved Nalan Yanran’s plan to break off her engagement and told her to act without arrogance, while Gu He agreed the engagement should end.
• Jia He and Jia Xing Tian identified Yun Shan as the likely ally of Wu Ying, chose not to confront them, and decided to pursue a Dou Sect-Breaking Pill for Jia Xing Tian.
• Jia He provided Jia Xing Tian with the pill recipe and began refining pills to strengthen Imperial Prison and cultivate his soul power.
• After returning to the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran admitted she had mishandled the engagement and accepted Xiao Yan’s three-year challenge, promising to serve him if she lost.
• Three months later, Jia He emerged from the pill-refining chamber at peak four-star Dou Sect and learned from Yaoye that poison masters had attacked the northeastern border and a city near the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Jia He offered to investigate the attacks while gathering medicinal ingredients, and Yaoye asked him to recruit fourth-grade alchemists from President Fama.

Jia He prepared to travel to the northeastern border and coordinated with the Alchemist Association to respond to the Cloudrise Empire’s involvement. After agreeing to leave the next day, he visited the Mittel Family and was welcomed by Teng Shan.

• Yaoye agreed to let Jia He travel to the border after he promised to prioritize his safety.
• Jia He met with Fama and Mitchell, learned that poison masters from the Cloudrise Empire had been linked to a slaughtered border city, and agreed to depart with the Alchemist Association’s team the next day.
• Mitchell brought Jia He his Sixth-Rank Alchemist robes, and Jia He offered to guide the association’s Fourth-Rank alchemists after the trip.
• Jia He left the Alchemist Association and went to Mittel Manor to see Ya Fei, whom he learned had not visited the auction house recently.
• Teng Shan led family members to the manor gates to welcome Jia He as an important guest.

Jia He visited Ya Fei, agreed to take her with him to investigate the poison attacks at the border, and discovered a beautiful girl hiding in Green City. The chapter left the girl unconscious after Jia He struck her, with her identity still unknown.

• Teng Shan told Jia He that Ya Fei had reached the Da Dou Shi realm after a year of diligent cultivation.
• Jia He told Ya Fei about the poison masters attacking the border, and she persuaded him to let her join the journey.
• Jia He, Ya Fei, and the alchemists arrived in Green City, where Mitchell reported that survivors had been taken to Green Mountain Town.
• Jia He tested a medicinal herb and found it carried a poison potent enough to kill Da Dou Shi cultivators.
• Jia He sensed a hidden aura, blasted a black-robed figure into a wall, and revealed a beautiful girl beneath the hood.

Jia He, Mitchell, and Ya Fei learned from Xiao Yi Xian that a Cloudrise Empire poison master unleashed a Six-Winged Centipede on Green City, then went to Green Mountain Town to treat survivors and investigate. Jia He used his flames to purge the poison from a patient, while the poisoner remained at large.

• Jia He revived the injured Xiao Yi Xian, who revealed that she had witnessed a pale-green-robed figure release a Six-Winged Centipede over Green City.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the culprits as poison masters from the Cloudrise Empire, and Jia He decided to visit Green Mountain Town and publicize the alchemists’ arrival to draw out the poisoner.
• Xiao Yi Xian guided Jia He, Mitchell, and Ya Fei into the guarded town and led them to the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall, where patients’ poison had resisted antidote pills.
• Jia He used flames to burn the poison from a patient’s meridians, causing the man to recover and vomit black blood.

Jia He cured the poisoned survivors in Green City and learned that a six-winged centipede had attacked them. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Yan Li and Wu Ya learned that a young man had used flames to purge the poison, and they planned to target the alchemists and seize what they believed was a Strange Flame.

• Jia He purged the survivors’ poison, questioned them about the attack, and heard that a huge six-winged centipede had appeared above the city.
• Jia He told Mitchell to prepare Poison-Avoiding Pills and Antidote Pills, while a middle-aged man secretly left the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall.
• In a cave, Yan Li urged Wu Ya to relocate after the Green City massacre, but Wu Ya insisted on testing his Six-Winged Sky Centipede’s poison against stronger opponents.
• Mr. Yao arrived and told Yan Li that Jia Ma Empire alchemists had gathered at the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall, including three fourth-tier alchemists.
• Mr. Yao reported that a young man had used flames to cure poisoned survivors, and Yan Li concluded that the young man possessed a Strange Flame.
• Wu Ya proposed using the alchemists to test his poison while Yan Li seized the Strange Flame, and Yan Li agreed.

Jia He exposed Mr. Yao as an informant for Wu Ya and Yan Li, then learned they planned to attack the alchemists and seize his supposed Heavenly Flame that night. As Wu Ya and Yan Li launched their assault with a Six-Winged Sky Centipede, Jia He prepared to meet them.

• Wu Ya and Yan Li decided to strike that night, while Yan Li gave Mr. Yao a Poison-Avoiding Pill and ordered him to keep their meeting secret.
• Mitchell reported that Mr. Yao had gone to meet the poison expert, and Jia He explained why he suspected the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall's owner.
• Jia He confronted Mr. Yao when he returned, subdued him with his Dou Huang pressure, and forced him to reveal Wu Ya and Yan Li's plans.
• Jia He burned Mr. Yao to ashes, then told Mitchell to alert the Alchemist Association and ordered Ya Fei and Little Fairy Doctor to stay with Mitchell.
• At night, Wu Ya and Yan Li flew out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range with a Six-Winged Sky Centipede behind them.

Jia He intercepted Wu Ya’s attack on the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall and fought him above Green Mountain Town. After Wu Ya lost his Six-Winged Sky Centipede and was nearly defeated, he self-destructed, forcing Jia He to shield the town; an unknown attacker then lunged at the exhausted Jia He.

• Wu Ya sent the Six-Winged Sky Centipede to attack the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall, but Jia He appeared and struck it down.
• Jia He killed the centipede with Thunder Punishment, then fought Wu Ya as their clash awakened Green Mountain Town.
• Jia He overwhelmed Wu Ya with his flames and Nine Heavens Tribulation Light, and Wu Ya fled after Jia He severed one of his arms with a lightning blade.
• Wu Ya self-destructed, and Jia He escaped the blast before raising an Ice Shield to protect Green Mountain Town from the energy waves.
• As Jia He stood exhausted, a figure appeared beside him and lunged with a dagger.

Jia He killed Yan Li, prepared an antidote from the Six-Winged Sky Centipede’s poison, and gave the poison powder to Little Fairy Doctor. After observing her poison cultivation, he comprehended the Great Heaven Poison Technique and waited for her to wake.

• Yan Li attacked Jia He while he was weakened, but Jia He destroyed Yan Li’s arm and burned him to nothing.
• Jia He extracted poison from the Six-Winged Sky Centipede, prepared an antidotal liquid for the poisoned border troops, and gave the remaining poison powder to Little Fairy Doctor.
• Little Fairy Doctor secretly made and swallowed a poison pill, then collapsed as seven-colored radiance appeared on her face.
• Jia He observed Little Fairy Doctor’s cultivation and comprehended the Heaven-tier Great Heaven Poison Technique.
• Little Fairy Doctor woke the next day and saw Jia He waiting at a table nearby.

Jia He explained that Xiao Yi Xian had awakened the Woeful Poison Body and taught her the Great Heaven Poison Technique to control its poisonous Dou Qi. Xiao Yi Xian agreed to join his faction in the Imperial Capital and rapidly advanced to three-star Da Dou Shi, leaving her grateful to Jia He.

• Xiao Yi Xian feared Jia He would think she was a monster, but he identified her constitution as the Woeful Poison Body after she recalled swallowing poison in Green City.
• Jia He warned Xiao Yi Xian that the Woeful Poison Body could bring poisonous backlash, then offered to teach her a way to control it if she joined his faction in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to join Jia He's faction, and he passed the Great Heaven Poison Technique into her mind.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank the remaining poison and cultivated the technique, advancing from Dou Zhe through Dou Shi to three-star Da Dou Shi by evening.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Jia He for helping her control her constitution and grow stronger.