Chapter Summaries

Jia He prepared the Jia Ma Empire for war while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived at the royal plaza for their three-year agreement battle. The chapter ended as both fighters unleashed their Dou Qi and prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan agreed to seek admission to Imperial Prison with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's help.
• Jia He assigned the Nalan and Mu clans to lead the empire's campaign against three neighboring empires and tasked Jia Xing Tian with destroying the Golden Goose Sect.
• Jia He promised Yaoye he would return from the Central Plains and inspected the growing herb field with her.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived at the royal plaza with their supporters for the three-year agreement battle.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran released their Dou Qi as the battle was about to begin.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to settle their three-year grievance, with both revealing their strength and signature techniques. Their attacks collided in a massive explosion, and both fighters collapsed unconscious.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their duel as Fama and Jia He discussed Xiao Yan’s cultivation and alchemy talent.
• Xiao Yan used Eight Extremes Collapse to strike Nalan Yanran, then both fighters revealed that they had reached the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Wind's Ultimate: Sunset Kill while Xiao Yan fused five beast flames into a multicolored fire lotus.
• Xiao Yan sent the fire lotus at Nalan Yanran, and her sword strike collided with it in a devastating explosion.
• Jia He restrained the blast from spreading beyond the Royal Plaza, but Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran both spat blood and fainted.

After Jia He settled the Xiao and Nalan clans’ dispute, he summoned Pill Hall’s alchemists and organized the Jia Ma Empire’s invasion of three neighboring empires. The campaign began with Jia Xing Tian attacking Orchid Valley and Queen Medusa confronting Yan Luotian at the Golden Goose Sect.

• Jia He declared Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s match a draw, ended the Xiao and Nalan clans’ feud, and asked Fama to gather the empire’s alchemists to learn his medicinal-herb and pill methods.
• Jia He arranged for the Mittel Family to supply Pill Hall with herbs so it could prepare pills for the army, and the imperial armies assembled at Black Mountain Fortress.
• Jia He divided the invasion forces among Jia Xing Tian, Queen Medusa, and himself, ordering them to conquer the three empires and execute the leaders of Golden Goose Sect and Orchid Valley.
• Jia Xing Tian led the attack on Orchid Valley, killed one of the Mulan Three Elders, and defeated the remaining elders after their combined technique weakened.
• Queen Medusa confronted Yan Luotian at the Golden Goose Sect, and the two began fighting after she warned that he would soon join his allies.

Medusa killed Yan Luotian and the Golden Goose Sect fell, allowing the Mu Clan to occupy the Falling Goose Empire. Jia He and Xiao Yi Xian moved against the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, where Iron Protector planned to flee and Jia He was recognized from a wanted portrait.

• Medusa killed Yan Luotian, and Yue Mei and the other Snake-People Tribe experts killed the Golden Goose Sect elders and looted its treasure vaults.
• Mu Chen led one hundred thousand imperial troops into the Falling Goose Empire’s capital after the Golden Goose Sect’s defeat.
• Jia He brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Cloudrise Empire and entrusted its territory to her, while Xie Shan asked Iron Protector to protect the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.
• Iron Protector told Xie Shan to put the sect on alert, but secretly planned to flee and report Jia He’s strength to the Soul Hall.
• Jia He and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Ten Thousand Scorpion Mountain Range, and Jia He entered a hall where Xie Shan had gathered the elders.
• An elder recognized Jia He as the man in the portrait and shouted to Xie Shan that he had found him.

Jia He destroyed the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and returned to Jia Ma Holy City, where he confronted Xiao Yan about his hidden teacher. Yao Lao revealed himself, and Jia He pointed out that they both opposed the Soul Hall.

• Jia He silenced Xie Shan, killed several Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect elders, and learned that the Soul Hall had sent a Protector to support the sect.
• Jia He found the Protector’s cave empty, killed Xie Shan, and left the sect’s remaining elders dead.
• Jia He gave Xiao Yi Xian the sect’s treasury and a Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion magic core, then left her with Hai Bo Dong to aid the imperial army.
• Jia He returned to Jia Ma Holy City and met with Xiao Yan, whose strength had risen to three-star Da Dou Shi.
• Jia He asked about Xiao Yan’s teacher, prompting Yao Lao to appear; after discussing the Soul Hall, Jia He asked whether Yao Lao was also its enemy.

Jia He explained that the Xiao Clan was one of the Ancient Eight Clans and still possessed a fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, making it a target of the Soul Hall. He urged Xiao Yan to join Imperial Prison for protection, leaving Yao Lao questioning why the Soul Hall wanted the Xiao Clan's fragment if it already had one.

• Jia He told Yao Lao that he wanted both Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to join Imperial Prison, but Yao Lao declined.
• Jia He revealed that the Tou She Ancient God Jade had been split into eight fragments, one held by each of the Ancient Eight Clans, including the Xiao Clan.
• Jia He explained that the Soul Hall sought the Xiao Clan's jade fragment and that Gu Xun'er was actually the Ancient Clan leader's daughter, sent to the Xiao Clan for the same reason.
• Jia He warned that the Soul Hall would eventually threaten the Xiao Clan and Yao Lao, and promised Imperial Prison would protect the clan until the Soul Hall sent Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Yan asked whether joining Imperial Prison would keep his clan safe, and Yao Lao questioned why the Soul Hall pursued the Xiao Clan's fragment after obtaining another one.

Jia He persuaded Xiao Yan to join Imperial Prison and offered him a path to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame, while revealing what he knew about the Flame Mantra. Venerable Yao agreed to join Pill Hall if his freedom was preserved, and he ended by asking whether Jia He was an alchemist.

• Jia He explained that the Ancient Clans were powerful enough to make the Soul Clan wary, then encouraged Xiao Yan to believe he could one day reach Dou Sheng or even Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan agreed to join Imperial Prison, and Jia He said he should focus on improving his cultivation technique, the Flame Mantra.
• Jia He claimed Tou She Ancient God had once cultivated the Flame Mantra and said Xiao Yan could ask him about it when they opened his dwelling.
• Xiao Yan refused to let Jia He inspect the Flame Mantra for now, but Jia He offered him a chance to earn the Green Lotus Core Flame through Pill Hall or Imperial Prison.
• Jia He invited Venerable Yao to join Pill Hall and promised to refine a body for him; Venerable Yao accepted on the condition that his personal freedom remain unrestricted.
• Venerable Yao sensed Jia He's powerful soul and asked whether he was an alchemist, prompting Xiao Yan to look at Jia curiously.

Jia He revealed that he was a Seven-Rank Alchemist and invited Yao Lao and Xiao Yan to Imperial Prison’s upcoming Pill Hall Assembly. He told Xiao Yan about two Heavenly Flames in the Black-Corner Region and warned him about Han Feng, then Xiao Yan reunited with Lin Fei and Xue Mei at the Pill Hall plaza.

• Jia He told Yao Lao he was a Seven-Rank Alchemist and described his ambition for Imperial Prison’s Pill Hall to rival the Pill Tower.
• Jia He invited Yao Lao and Xiao Yan to attend the Pill Hall Assembly, and Yao Lao accepted.
• Jia He told Xiao Yan that the Falling Heart Flame was sealed beneath Jia Nan Academy and that Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame.
• Yao Lao reacted with hatred to Han Feng’s name, and Xiao Yan agreed to kill him if he had the chance.
• Jia He arranged lodging and Pill Hall access for Xiao Yan, who reassured Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he had joined Imperial Prison.
• Three days later, Lin Fei and Xue Mei spotted Xiao Yan at the Pill Hall plaza and went to greet him.

Jia He taught Pill Hall how to cultivate medicinal fields and use Spirit Medicine Formations, while Yao Lao recognized the value of his methods. After the Jia Ma Empire absorbed three neighboring empires, Jia He planned further expansion into the Northwest Continent and the Black-Corner Region, leaving nearby powers wary of the Imperial Prison.

• Lin Fei told Xiao Yan that many Pill Hall alchemists had been summoned to hear Jia He teach medicinal herb cultivation.
• Jia He explained how to create medicinal fields and use Spirit Medicine Formations to speed the growth of herbs, while Yao Lao described the Life Spirit Flame and the Yao Clan’s Medicine Valley.
• Yao Lao praised Jia He’s methods, and Jia He told Xiao Yan that the Imperial Prison planned to expand toward Jia Nan Academy and the Black-Corner Region.
• Yaoye reported that three great empires had been conquered, and Jia He ordered their lands reorganized before launching campaigns on two fronts and recruiting more disciples.
• The Heavenly Serpent Empire and Heavenly Thunder Empire feared the Imperial Prison’s power, while Lin Zhijun visited the imprisoned Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor at Heavenly Serpent Palace.

Lin Zhijun asked Bai Ya whether the Heavenly Serpent Palace should submit to Jia He’s Imperial Prison, and Bai Ya urged her to join. At Imperial Prison, Medusa gave Jia He treasures from the Golden Goose Sect, and Bai Ya arrived to pay his respects but was beaten and restrained by Youhai and the Lion King.

• Lin Zhijun told Bai Ya that Jia He had spared her life and that his strength was at least that of an eight-star Dou Zong.
• Bai Ya advised Lin Zhijun that the Heavenly Serpent Palace and Heavenly Serpent Empire could join Imperial Prison, and Lin Zhijun asked him to help with one thing.
• Medusa gave Jia He a storage ring containing Golden Goose Sect treasures, including the Heavenly Goose Ninefold Flight Wings technique.
• Yun Yun told Jia He that Bai Ya had arrived at Imperial Prison, and Jia He went with her to meet him.
• Youhai and the Lion King mistook Bai Ya for an attacker and beat him before learning he had come to see Jia He.

Jia He forced Lin Zhijun to bring Heavenly Serpent Palace to Jia Ma Empire after discovering its plans to spy on Imperial Prison. With the surrounding empires conquered, he prepared to decide whether Heavenly Serpent Palace would submit as his plans turned toward the Black-Corner Region and Central Plains.

• Jia He uncovered Bai Ya's agreement to steal Imperial Prison's cultivation techniques for Heavenly Serpent Palace and ordered him to summon Lin Zhijun to Jia Ma Empire within ten days.
• Jia He discussed Youhai's Artifact Technique progress and planned to establish an Artifact Hall once he could forge seventh-tier spirit artifacts.
• Xiao Yan told Jia He he was leaving for Jia Nan Academy, and Jia He warned him to guard against Soul Hall in the Black-Corner Region.
• Jia He and his allies learned that the three great empires had been incorporated into Jia Ma Empire, while Xiao Yi Xian reported reaching the peak of nine-star Dou Ling.
• Jia He invited Hai Bo Dong to join him in the Black-Corner Region before they eventually headed for the Central Plains.
• Lin Zhijun arrived at Jia Ma Holy City with Heavenly Serpent Palace elders and two companions, and Jia He went to meet them in the main hall.

Lin Zhijun brought the Heavenly Serpent Palace and Empire under the Imperial Prison, and Lei Yun soon surrendered the Thunder Sect as Jia He expanded his influence across the Northwest Continent. Ya Fei proposed building the Imperial Prison’s Earth-grade auction house in the Black-Corner Region, and Jia He agreed to support her.

• Lin Zhijun offered the Heavenly Serpent Palace’s treasures and submitted its people and the Heavenly Serpent Empire to Jia He, who ordered the empire to prepare for Jia Ma’s army and allowed palace members to leave or relocate.
• Lei Yun told Lei Wuxing that the Jia Ma Empire had conquered the Heavenly Serpent Empire and was waging war across the Northwest Continent, and Lei Wuxing ordered him to join the Imperial Prison.
• Lei Yun led the Thunder Sect to submit to Jia He, while Jia Ma’s territory and its stores of resources and disciples continued to grow.
• Ya Fei told Jia He she planned to establish an Earth-grade Imperial Prison auction house in the Black-Corner Region because of its central location.
• Jia He told Ya Fei to proceed with the Black-Corner Region project and promised to handle any obstacles.

Jia He led Imperial Prison and Mittel Family members to Black Mark City to establish a foothold in the Black-Corner Region. They bought out the Thousand Medicine Workshop’s rare herbs and prepared to undercut its prices, drawing the Eight Gates into a confrontation.

• Ya Fei agreed to travel with Jia He to the Black-Corner Region, where he planned to test her strength against local experts.
• Half a month later, Jia He departed with Medusa, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Yaoyue, Lei Yun, and others while Lin Zhijun stayed behind to guard the Imperial Prison.
• The group reached Black Mark City, where Jia He learned that the Eight Gates controlled the city and the Thousand Medicine Workshop was its ally and competitor.
• Jia He ordered his followers to buy an estate and shop, acquire rare medicinal herbs, and sell their pills and herbs at half the local prices.
• Youhai bought nearly ten million gold coins’ worth of rare herbs from the Thousand Medicine Workshop, and the Black Mark Medicine Workshop announced its discounted opening, alarming the Eight Gates and its ally.

Jia He launched a half-price sale in Black Mark City and arranged for Medusa to buy up Thousand Medicine Workshop’s incoming medicinal ingredients, while their own stock sold out rapidly. The Workshop Master arrived from Black Emperor City to confront the crisis, and the chapter left her entering Thousand Medicine Workshop to discuss the situation.

• Jia He ordered Hai Bo Dong to begin selling pills and medicinal ingredients at half price and told him to escalate any trouble from Eight Gates.
• Jia He asked Medusa to buy up Thousand Medicine Workshop’s incoming ingredients without revealing her connection to him, and she agreed in exchange for a request.
• Thousand Medicine Workshop’s elder learned that its ingredients, including a shipment from Eight Gates, had all been bought, while reports came in that Jia He’s goods were higher quality.
• Hai Bo Dong’s shop sold out its prepared stock within an hour, and Ya Fei found that the sales had made a profit as Yaoyue complained about being forced to refine pills.
• The Workshop Master arrived from Black Emperor City, was welcomed by the white-robed elder, and went inside Thousand Medicine Workshop to talk.

Jia He countered Thousand Medicine Workshop’s price cuts and planned an auction, provoking Eight Gates to attack. Hai Bo Dong killed Yuan Yi and shattered Eight Gates, leaving Thousand Medicine Workshop alarmed by the strength behind Jia He’s group.

• Thousand Medicine Workshop cut its pill prices in half, and Jia He ordered his side to stay ten gold coins cheaper while preparing an auction with Ya Fei.
• After three days of price competition, Ya Fei publicized an auction featuring spirit artifacts, pills, and Dou Skills, with three powerful pills as its main attractions.
• Yuan Yi led Eight Gates disciples to Hai Bo Dong’s shop and demanded that it close and Ya Fei be handed over to him.
• Hai Bo Dong froze Yuan Yi’s attack, defeated him, and killed him, prompting Eight Gates’ elders and disciples to scatter.
• A white-robed elder told the Thousand Medicine Workshop Master that Hai Bo Dong had killed Yuan Yi and might have a Dou Zong backing him.

Jia He established the Imperial Prison in Black Mark City and prepared to expand its influence through the region, while Ya Fei hosted an auction to attract buyers and allies. As factions gathered, Mo Ya came to bid on a Dou Sect-Breaking Pill, and the auction reached its final item.

• Yao Xin met Jia He, who offered the Thousand Medicine Workshop a share of the profits if it helped build sales channels, and she left to consider joining the Imperial Prison.
• Ya Fei reported that the auction was ready, and Jia He ordered her to erase the Eight Gates' traces and proceed with it.
• Jia He named Black Mark City the Imperial Prison's base, assigned his allies to deal with rival factions, and said their operation would begin after the auction.
• Mo Tianxing warned Mo Ya about Jia He and sent him with Elder Qi to buy a Dou Sect-Breaking Pill while keeping a low profile.
• Ya Fei opened the auction with reduced commissions, and Mo Ya became distracted by her while Elder Qi praised the quality of an Emperor's Extreme Pill.
• Ya Fei presented two Dou Sect-Breaking Pills with a starting bid of 1.2 million gold coins.

Jia He stopped the Black Emperor Sect from bullying bidders at the auction and killed Mo Ya and an elder after they defied Imperial Prison’s rules. The auction resumed, and Jia He ordered Hai Bo Dong to watch the Black Emperor Sect and destroy it if it made a move.

• Mo Ya used the Black Emperor Sect’s influence to drive up the price of the Dou Sect-Breaking Pill and tried to intimidate other bidders.
• Jia He arrived at the auction platform and told Mo Ya that Imperial Prison would not sell anything to the Black Emperor Sect.
• Mo Ya threatened the other bidders and refused to back down, so Jia He killed him with sword qi.
• A Black Emperor Sect elder charged at Jia He, and Hai Bo Dong killed the elder with an ice spike.
• Ya Fei resumed the auction, and the two Dou Sect-Breaking Pills sold for four million three hundred thousand gold coins.
• Jia He ordered Hai Bo Dong to monitor the Black Emperor Sect and destroy it if it made any move.

After learning that Imperial Prison had killed his son, Mo Tianxing sought Demon Flame Valley's help in taking revenge. Fang Yan accepted his payment and agreed to summon Earth Demon Old Ghost from seclusion to deal with the Lord of Imperial Prison.

• Qi Shan reported that Mo Tianxing's son had been killed by Imperial Prison, and Mo Tianxing killed Qi Shan for surviving.
• Mo Tianxing decided to seek help from Demon Flame Valley, believing Imperial Prison threatened the Black-Corner Region's forces.
• Mo Tianxing met Grand Elder Fang Yan and described the Lord of Imperial Prison as a seven-star Dou Zong who had killed his son.
• Mo Tianxing offered Demon Flame Valley half his payment upfront in exchange for Earth Demon Old Ghost's help in killing the Lord of Imperial Prison.
• Fang Yan accepted the deal and said he would immediately invite Earth Demon Old Ghost out of seclusion.

Mo Tianxing recruited Han Feng to help avenge his son by gathering forces against the Imperial Prison. Han Feng then learned from a Soul Hall messenger that an Elder was coming to the Northwest Continent, possibly because the Imperial Prison knew where Yao Chen's soul was hidden.

• Mo Tianxing left Demon Flame Valley after arranging for Earth Demon Old Ghost to emerge and traveled to Maple City to seek Han Feng's support.
• Mo Tianxing told Han Feng that the Imperial Prison had killed his son and asked him to rally Black-Corner Region experts against its Lord.
• Han Feng accepted Mo Tianxing's pills and medicinal ingredients and agreed to gather allies for the attack.
• After Mo Tianxing departed, a Soul Hall messenger told Han Feng that a Guardian had died in the Northwest Continent and an Elder would arrive within half a month.
• The messenger said Yao Chen's soul was hidden in the Jia Ma Empire and suggested the Elder might let Han Feng question Yao Chen if he cooperated.

Jia He learned that the Black Emperor Sect was gathering allies and went with Medusa to seek support from Jia Nan Academy. In the academy’s back mountains, a mysterious little girl fled a Red Blood Demon Lizard and crashed into the person who rescued her.

• Hai Bo Dong told Jia He that the Rakshasa Gate, Mad Lion Gang, and Heavenly Yin Sect had submitted to Imperial Prison, while Lei Yun reported that Mo Tianxing was visiting potential allies.
• Jia He decided to seek Jia Nan Academy’s help and took Medusa with him after she returned from destroying several small factions.
• Hu Gan warned Su Qian that the Black-Corner Region was growing dangerous, and they agreed to send Inner Academy students to guard Peace Town for Fire Energy.
• Su Qian sensed someone in the back mountains and rushed there with Hu Gan and several elders.
• A soot-covered little girl fled a Red Blood Demon Lizard after eating one of its medicinal herbs, and an arriving figure cut the beast in half before she crashed into them.