Chapter Summaries

Jia He and Medusa Queen entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Grand Elder Su Qian questioned their arrival. Jia He revealed that he had founded Imperial Prison and sought an alliance against the forces plotting to attack it, while Su Qian and Hu Gan insisted the academy remained neutral.

• Jia He and Medusa Queen encountered Zi Yan in the mountain forest, and Zi Yan summoned the Grand Elder after Jia He said they had come to cause trouble.
• Su Qian assessed Jia He and Medusa as powerful guests and invited them into the Inner Academy to talk.
• Zi Yan asked Jia He to refine medicinal pills in exchange for acting as his bodyguard, and Jia He said he could refine pills up to the seventh tier.
• Su Qian introduced himself and Hu Gan, and Jia He explained that he came from the Jia Ma Empire in the Northwest Continent.
• Jia He revealed that he founded Imperial Prison and sought an alliance because rival forces planned to attack it.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan said Jia Nan Academy did not ally with other forces, while Jia He warned that the academy could not remain neutral forever.

Jia He warned Su Qian that the Black-Corner Region’s factions and Soul Hall could threaten Jia Nan Academy, then offered to reinforce the Falling Heart Flame’s seal in exchange for an alliance against the region. At the seal, Jia He gained insight into a powerful sealing technique, leaving the reinforcement about to begin.

• Jia He told Su Qian that Han Feng and Soul Hall could target the academy and the Falling Heart Flame.
• Jia He offered to reinforce the flame’s seal for at least ten years if Jia Nan Academy allied with Imperial Prison to sweep through the Black-Corner Region, and Su Qian agreed to provide elders above Dou Emperor level.
• Jia He and Medusa followed Su Qian to the Heavenly Burning Flame Qi Tower, where Zi Yan was caught eavesdropping before she ran off.
• Su Qian brought Jia He and Medusa into the chamber containing the Falling Heart Flame and explained that its lower seal needed reinforcing.
• Jia He studied the formation near the Falling Heart Flame and comprehended the high-tier Earth-class Thunder Dao Sealing Technique.

Jia He reinforced the seal containing Falling Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy, promising it would keep the academy safe for fifty years. He then reunited with Xiao Yan, who learned that Jia He had reinforced the seal and feared he had lost his chance to absorb Falling Heart Flame.

• Jia He used the Thunder Dao Sealing Technique to reinforce the seal beneath the Heavenly Burning Flame Qi Tower and restrained Falling Heart Flame.
• Jia He told Su Qian that the seal would last fifty years and suggested finding Falling Heart Flame a new master, but Su Qian refused to lose the Inner Academy’s foundation.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Falling Heart Flame had become calmer, and Yao Lao realized the Academy had reinforced its seal; Xiao Yan worried he could no longer absorb it.
• Jia He and Medusa met Xiao Yan after leaving the tower, and Jia He offered to reward talented Pan Gate graduates who joined Imperial Prison.
• Jia He told Xiao Yan he had come to the Black-Corner Region partly to establish Imperial Prison, then revealed that Su Qian had asked him to strengthen Falling Heart Flame’s seal.

Jia He told Xiao Yan that two Falling Heart Flames existed beneath the academy and discussed the Black-Corner Region with him before meeting Xun Er. After leaving Pan Gate, Jia He encountered Zi Yan, who offered to become his guard in exchange for pills.

• Jia He told Xiao Yan that the academy’s seal had been reinforced and revealed that two Falling Heart Flames lay beneath the Heavenly Burning Flame Qi Tower.
• Xiao Yan introduced Jia He and Medusa to Xun Er, then discussed the Xiao Clan, Imperial Prison, and the academy’s plans with Jia He.
• After Jia He and Medusa left, Xun Er questioned Ling Ying about Jia He and ordered him to investigate the imperial prince.
• Xun Er privately warned Jia He not to harbor other intentions toward Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan asked Jia He to refine pills from her medicinal ingredients and offered to become his guard when he said the arrangement was not worthwhile.

Jia He agreed to bring Zi Yan along in exchange for her becoming an elder of Imperial Prison, then confronted Ling Ying over Xun Er’s warning. As they flew back to Black Mark City, Jia He explained the Ancient Clan’s power and encouraged Medusa about her cultivation, leaving her flustered by his teasing.

• Zi Yan offered to find heavenly treasures, and Jia He agreed to take her along if she became an elder of Imperial Prison; she accepted and received three sixth-tier pills.
• Jia He, Medusa, and Zi Yan set off for Black Mark City and encountered Ling Ying in the forest.
• Ling Ying revealed that Xun Er had sent him to warn Jia He, but Jia He rejected the warning and sent Ling Ying flying with his pressure.
• Medusa asked Jia He about the Ancient Clan, and he explained the Dou God Clans and told her the Nuwa Spirit Art could help her awaken her bloodline.
• Medusa thanked Jia He for teaching her the precious cultivation art, and Jia He teased her about devoting her body to him, making her blush.

Jia He ordered a preemptive assault on Demon Flame Valley and the Medicine Emperor Sect while Mo Tianxing gathered Black-Corner Region experts to attack the Imperial Prison. The Imperial Prison forces destroyed Demon Flame Valley and looted Han Feng’s residence, where Jia He detected traces of the Soul Hall, before leaving the story poised for the coming confrontation.

• Jia He assigned Lei Yun, Youhai, and Hai Bo Dong to attack Demon Flame Valley, while he, Medusa, and Yun Yun went to the Medicine Emperor Sect; Zi Yan was sent to Jia Nan Academy to summon Su Qian and bring Xiao Yan.
• In Black Emperor City, Mo Tianxing warned the gathered experts about Jia He, but Earth Demon Old Ghost dismissed the danger, and Mo Tianxing announced they would march on Black Mark City the next day.
• Lei Yun, Youhai, and Hai Bo Dong raided Demon Flame Valley, where Lei Yun killed Fang Yan and the forces slew the elders and drove off the remaining disciples.
• Youhai and the others looted Demon Flame Valley’s treasure vault, taking its pills and medicinal ingredients.
• Jia He, Medusa, and Yun Yun entered Han Feng’s bamboo residence in Maple City, killed its guards, and found traces of the Soul Hall that Jia He believed had left with Han Feng.
• Medusa took the residence’s pills, cultivation techniques, and battle skills, and Jia He destroyed the building before the group departed.

Jia He’s forces fought Mo Tianxing’s group in Black Mark City after Lei Yun reported that Demon Flame Valley had been destroyed. Jia He killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, but Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders remained engaged in battle as Han Feng summoned a mysterious figure.

• Jia He and Medusa returned to Black Mark City and sensed Mo Tianxing, Earth Demon Old Ghost, Han Feng, and their powerful companions approaching.
• Mo Tianxing and Earth Demon Old Ghost threatened Jia He, but Lei Yun arrived and revealed that his group had massacred Demon Flame Valley.
• Jia He ordered his allies to kill the invaders, then used the Great Scarlet Emperor Seal to burn Earth Demon Old Ghost into nothingness.
• Lei Yun, Youhai, Hai Bo Dong, and the arriving Su Qian and Inner Academy elders battled Mo Tianxing’s forces, while the Gold and Silver Elders joined together to protect Han Feng.
• Han Feng formed a summoning technique, opened a spatial crack, and called forth a mysterious figure.

Jia He defeated the Soul Hall envoy and left Han Feng in Xiao Yan and Yao Lao’s hands, leading Yao Lao to extract Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame before Xiao Yan killed him. As the battle’s survivors faced a newly arrived Soul Hall Dou Zun named Qing Hai, Jia He challenged him and began fighting in the sky.

• Jia He killed the Soul Hall envoy, severely wounded Han Feng, and sent him to Xiao Yan while Lei Yun, Youhai, and Su Qian fought the other opponents.
• Yao Lao confronted Han Feng over his betrayal, extracted the Sea Heart Flame with Bone Chilling Flame, and gave it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, while Lei Yun and Youhai killed Mo Tianxing and Elder Ying Shan, and Su Qian defeated the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Qing Hai arrived with five Soul Hall envoys and confronted Jia He, who ordered Lei Yun and Youhai to deal with the envoys and challenged Qing Hai.
• Jia He broke Qing Hai’s spatial restraint and struck his fist with lightning, leaving Qing Hai’s arm numb as their forces tore open the surrounding space.

Jia He defeated Venerable Qing Hai and sealed his soul, then entered seclusion after Imperial Prison took control of the Black-Corner Region. A year later, Imperial Prison had built Imperial City and expanded, while Jia He remained in seclusion and the Soul Hall had not appeared again.

• Jia He used his combined elemental energies to defeat Venerable Qing Hai, destroy his body, and seal his soul to keep the Soul Hall from noticing his death.
• Lei Yun and the others killed Qing Hai's Soul Hall envoys, and Jia He gave the injured fighters pills before ordering Imperial Prison to expand across the Black-Corner Region.
• Jia He assigned Hai Bo Dong to organize construction of Imperial City and accepted Su Qian's plan to report the battle to Headmaster Mang Tianchi.
• Jia He entered seclusion after sensing that his battle with Qing Hai had brought him close to advancing to Dou Zun.
• Over the next year, Medusa and Yun Yun helped Imperial Prison establish Imperial City and its halls, while the Soul Hall remained absent and Jia He did not emerge.

Jia He emerged from a year of seclusion as a peak one-star Dou Zun and began planning to develop the Northwest Continent’s spiritual energy and medicinal resources. After returning to Imperial City, he learned that Jia Nan Academy’s headmaster, Mang Tianchi, would soon arrive, while Mang Tianchi himself returned to the Black-Corner Region through a dangerous spatial rift.

• Jia He absorbed natural energy from across the Black-Corner Region and broke through to Dou Zun, drawing Medusa, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and others to his cultivation site.
• Jia He returned to Imperial City with Yun Yun, thanked Medusa and Yun Yun for managing affairs, and promised to help Medusa advance in cultivation.
• Jia He ordered Imperial Prison to focus on planting medicinal ingredients and establishing Medicine Valleys, assigning Elder Mitchell to the work.
• Su Qian told Jia He that Headmaster Mang Tianchi would return to the Black-Corner Region and wanted to meet him, and Jia He agreed to wait.
• Mang Tianchi emerged from a spatial rift outside the Black-Corner Region, complained about surviving the turbulence, and set off to change his tattered clothes.

Mang Tianchi returned to Jia Nan Academy and learned from Su Qian about Jia He’s unusual four-attribute cultivation and growing power. He and Su Qian flew to Imperial City to meet Jia He, while Mang Tianchi considered inviting him to the Central Plains and Jia He sensed their arrival.

• Mang Tianchi returned to Jia Nan Academy, met Su Qian, and learned that Jia He cultivated fire, wood, lightning, and ice attributes.
• Mang Tianchi changed into fresh robes and flew with Su Qian toward Imperial City, discussing the academy, Falling Heart Flame, and Jia He’s growing domain.
• Su Qian told Mang Tianchi that Venerable Yao’s soul was in the Inner Academy and that Xiao Yan was his disciple, so Mang Tianchi asked to meet Xiao Yan later.
• Mang Tianchi and Su Qian discussed the dangers and powerful factions of the Central Plains as they approached Imperial City.
• Jia He sensed a powerful aura outside the central hall and recognized it as likely belonging to Mang Tianchi.

Jia He persuaded Mang Tianchi to help construct Spatial Wormholes across the Northwest Continent in exchange for information about the Soul Clan’s plans. After all thirty Wormholes were connected, Jia He warned Mang Tianchi that the Soul Clan might have planted spies in the Thunder Clan, prompting him to return and investigate.

• Mang Tianchi questioned Jia He about the Soul Hall’s conspiracy, and Jia He revealed that it involved the Ancient Eight Clans and the Tou She Ancient God.
• Jia He asked Mang Tianchi to help build Spatial Wormholes across the Northwest Continent, and Mang Tianchi agreed in exchange for useful information.
• Jia He and Mang Tianchi constructed thirty Spatial Wormholes connecting major cities across the Northwest Continent.
• Jia He told Mang Tianchi that the Soul Hall was searching for the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and might have spies inside the Thunder Clan.
• Mang Tianchi hurried back to the Thunder Clan to investigate, while Jia He anticipated that the inquiry would cause trouble for the Soul Hall.

Jia He returned to the imperial palace and grew close to Yaoye, who confessed her feelings for him, and they spent the night together. The next morning, Jia Xing Tian told Jia He about growing tensions between the Imperial Prison Pill Hall and Medicine Hall as they headed to meet Fama.

• Jia He visited Yaoye in her bedchamber and learned she had reached the peak of the nine-star Dou Ling realm while managing imperial affairs.
• Yaoye and Jia He drank spirit wine, and Yaoye admitted she liked him and envied the women who could stay by his side; Jia He carried her to bed.
• The next morning, Jia He and Yaoye left the bedchamber together, and Jia Xing Tian understood what had happened and welcomed Jia He back.
• Jia He told Jia Xing Tian that a spatial wormhole in the Imperial Prison Mountains connected thirty cities across the Northwest Continent.
• Jia Xing Tian led Jia He toward the Pill Hall and explained that some alchemists had joined the Medicine Hall, where Li Hao and Jiang Cheng had made major contributions, while Pill Hall members claimed the Medicine Hall should serve them.

Jia He intervened in the conflict between the Pill Hall and Medicine Hall, punished Liu Chang, and reaffirmed the halls’ equal standing. He appointed Jiang Cheng as Medicine Hall Master and tasked Li Hao with developing medicinal gardens across two regions.

• Fama dismissed the Pill Hall elders’ complaints about the Medicine Hall’s herb supplies, while Jiang Cheng accused Liu Chang of seizing herbs and beating Medicine Hall disciples.
• Liu Chang claimed authority over the Medicine Hall and challenged Fama, but Jia He arrived and revealed himself as the Lord of the Imperial Prison and true Hall Master of both halls.
• Jia He executed Liu Chang for breaking Imperial Prison rules and attacking fellow disciples.
• Jia He declared that the Pill Hall and Medicine Hall were equal, appointed Jiang Cheng as Medicine Hall Master, and directed Fama to resolve the stolen-herb matter.
• Jia He asked Li Hao to establish medicinal gardens in the Northern Region and Southern Region of the Northwest Continent, and Li Hao agreed.

Jia He returned to Imperial Prison, revealed that he had reached Dou Zun, and reviewed the faction’s growing strength before preparing to return to the Black-Corner Region. Meanwhile, Mang Tianchi met Xiao Yan at Jia Nan Academy and asked him to bring out Venerable Yao.

• Jia Xing Tian and Fama warned Jia He that factions had formed in Imperial Prison’s Elder Council, and Jia He said their competition could strengthen the faction.
• Jia He revealed his Dou Zun breakthrough and reviewed the cultivation levels of Imperial Prison’s elders and allies, including Medusa’s peak five-star Dou Zong realm.
• Jia He toured Medicine Valley with Fama and Jia Xing Tian, praised Medicine Hall and Pill Hall, and heard that several young alchemists had reached the fourth tier.
• Jia He told Yaoye that he would return to the Black-Corner Region the next day and asked her to focus on cultivation until she reached Dou Emperor.
• Mang Tianchi met Xiao Yan in Su Qian’s secret chamber, praised him, and asked to meet Venerable Yao; Xiao Yan then brought out his teacher’s soul body.

Xiao Yan learned that Mang Tianchi was a Peak Dou Zun from the Thunder Clan and discussed Yao Chen’s plans to return to the Central Plains. Meanwhile, Jia He returned to Imperial City, where Xiao Yi Xian, Yaoyue, and Zi Yan sought his attention and pills.

• Mang Tianchi met Yao Chen, revealed he belonged to the Thunder Clan, and discussed Soul Hall, Venerable Feng, and Yao Chen’s plan to rebuild his body in the Central Plains.
• Mang Tianchi left, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the academy head had reached Peak Dou Zun and explained the Half-Saint realm between Dou Zun and Dou Sheng.
• Jia He traveled back to Imperial City through a Spatial Wormhole after saying goodbye to Yaoye in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Yaoyue greeted Jia He and bickered over their poison and detoxification skills until he told them to stop.
• Zi Yan arrived and asked Jia He for pills, saying his pills tasted the best and had powerful medicinal strength.

Jia He refined a powerful pill in Imperial City, drawing five-colored pill lightning that led onlookers to recognize it as an exceptional eighth-tier pill. The pill remained in Jia He's palm as he nurtured it within a fire dragon.

• Jia He entered the alchemy chamber with Yaoyue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, then spent three days refining a pill while Yaoyue studied his techniques.
• Jia He's pill triggered fierce pill lightning above Imperial City, and Yaoyue identified the two-colored clouds as a sign of a pill above the eighth tier.
• Yao Chen sensed the pill lightning at Jia Nan Academy and concluded that Jia He was likely refining an eighth-tier pill, so he and Xiao Yan flew to Imperial City.
• The thunderclouds above Imperial City turned five-colored as residents and the gathered experts recognized Jia He beneath them.
• Xiao Yan saw a pill floating inside the fire dragon coiled around Jia He's palm, and Yao Chen explained that Jia He was nurturing it.

Jia He completed an eighth-tier pill while demonstrating the rare Fire Dragon Condensation technique, and Xiao Yan learned from Yao Chen how formidable the Pill Tower and its alchemists were. Ye Xinlan of the Ye Clan witnessed the pill lightning and hurried toward Imperial City, hoping to recruit the unknown alchemist for her declining family.

• Yao Chen explained that Jia He was nurturing the pill outside a cauldron with Fire Dragon Condensation, a technique requiring exceptional fire control and soul power.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan about the Pill Tower’s powerful alchemists and encouraged him to aim for the eighth tier and perhaps the ninth.
• Ye Xinlan saw the five-colored thunderclouds and decided to seek out the independent alchemist and invite him to serve the Ye Clan.
• Jia He punched apart the descending five-colored lightning, sent the destructive storm into a spatial rift, and sealed the finished pill in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen visited Jia He at the sect’s main hall, where Xiao Yan congratulated him on becoming an eighth-tier alchemy master.

Jia He agreed to let Yao Chen guide the Imperial Prison’s alchemists through Xiao Yan and promised Xiao Yan Soul Formula techniques as a reward. Ye Xinlan arrived seeking an Eighth-Rank Alchemist to help the Ye Clan keep its elder seat in the Pill Tower, and Jia He asked when the family’s assessment would take place.

• Jia He asked Yao Chen to contribute his alchemy knowledge to the Imperial Prison, and Yao Chen agreed to teach through Xiao Yan.
• Jia He offered Xiao Yan Soul Formula techniques in exchange for helping the Imperial Prison’s alchemists.
• A guard announced that Ye Xinlan, a visitor from the Pill Tower, had come to meet the Eighth-Rank Alchemist who had passed a lightning tribulation.
• Ye Xinlan explained that she wanted the alchemist to join the Ye Clan and help it retain its elder seat in the Pill Tower.
• Yao Lao explained the Five Great Families’ elder seats and the assessment rules to Xiao Yan.
• Jia He asked Ye Xinlan when the Ye Clan’s next assessment would occur, and she said it was a year and a half away.

Jia He recruited Ye Xinlan by promising to help her become a high seventh-rank alchemist and secure the Ye Clan’s place in the Pill Tower, with Yao Chen and later Jia He guiding her. After giving Zi Yan an eighth-rank pill to help her advance, Jia He took Medusa to the Skill Library to look for a cultivation technique.

• Jia He asked Ye Xinlan to bring the Ye Clan into Imperial Prison and offered to help her gain authority within the clan.
• Jia He arranged for Yao Chen to teach Ye Xinlan alchemy and revealed that he would take over her training after a year.
• Ye Xinlan agreed to lead the Ye Clan into Imperial Prison if she became its head and preserved its elder seat.
• Jia He gave Zi Yan an eighth-rank Heavenly Kui Pill and told her to use it to begin advancing.
• Jia He took Medusa to the Skill Library to find a cultivation technique.