Chapter Summaries

After the Blood Sect’s medicinal herb storehouse was looted, Fan Lao executed its guard and mobilized the sect to search the Black-Corner Region. Xiao Lin and Zi Yan continued robbing powerful factions and framing Jia Nan Academy, while the victims eventually joined forces to identify a likely Dou Zong-level mastermind.

• Fan Lao ordered a region-wide search for the Blood Sect’s stolen herbs and personally executed the storehouse guard.
• Xiao Lin and Zi Yan looted the Ghost Emperor Hall’s storehouse and left a message blaming Jia Nan Academy; You Gui responded with an enraged outburst and mobilized his faction to search.
• Fan Lao and You Gui dismissed Jia Nan Academy as an obvious frame-up, while Xiao Lin and Zi Yan continued looting factions including the Heavenly Yin Sect, Mad Lion Gang, Rakshasa Gate, and Earth Flame Sect.
• After the Eight Gates and the Underworld discovered their storehouses had also been robbed, the leaders of the affected factions exchanged information and agreed to work together.
• The factions concluded that a Dou Zong-level power or individual was likely responsible and identified the Black Hell Alliance, Black Emperor Sect, Demon Flame Valley, and Elder Ying Shan as suspects.

The Black-Corner Region’s Dou Emperor factions gathered at the Blood Sect to discuss how to respond if a Dou Zong faction had robbed their medicinal herb storerooms. Su Mei urged them to seek another ally, and Ban Lao identified Jia Nan Academy as the faction they had overlooked.

• After three days without reports of Dou Zong factions or experts being robbed, the Dou Emperor factions suspected that a Dou Zong faction was behind the thefts and dismissed Jia Nan Academy as a suspect.
• Fan Lao welcomed the gathered Dou Emperor leaders to the Blood Sect, where Tie Wu asked what they would do if a Dou Zong faction proved responsible.
• The Dou Emperor experts fell silent, unwilling to risk their lives in a direct fight against a Dou Zong.
• Su Mei suggested finding another ally and asked which faction ought to have joined the gathering.
• Ban Lao named Jia Nan Academy, reminding the gathered leaders that it, too, had been implicated in the thefts.

After realizing the looter had framed Jia Nan Academy, the Black-Corner Region’s Dou Emperor factions considered how to bring the academy into their fight against the mastermind. They agreed to pressure Jia Nan Academy with threats to its reputation while pooling resources to hire its help.

• Ban Lao and the other Dou Emperor experts concluded that Jia Nan Academy was likely an ally because the mastermind had framed it.
• Yan warned that Jia Nan Academy had little reason to join their fight against a Dou Zong-level force.
• Su Mei proposed spreading the accusation against Jia Nan Academy if it refused to help and pooling their remaining valuables to persuade it.
• Ban Lao endorsed Su Mei’s plan, and the other Dou Emperor experts agreed to contribute resources and invite Jia Nan Academy to act.

After the Black-Corner Region’s Dou Emperor factions asked Jia Nan Academy to intervene, Xiao Lin and Su Qian chose the ambitious Black Hell Alliance as their target. Xiao Lin prepared to meet the factions’ leaders while sending Zi Yan on an important mission.

• Su Qian received the factions’ joint request for Jia Nan Academy to intervene and sent the news to Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin realized the request gave Jia Nan Academy a chance to eliminate the Black Hell Alliance with the factions’ support.
• Xiao Lin and Su Qian settled on Kui Chuan’s expanding Black Hell Alliance as their target.
• Xiao Lin accepted responsibility for meeting the Dou Emperor factions’ leaders and explained a mission to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan departed to carry out her mission, and Xiao Lin set off for the Blood Sect’s territory.

Xiao Lin arrived at the Blood Sect to investigate the accusations against Jia Nan Academy, pretending he knew nothing about the scheme while Fan Lao welcomed him. When the faction leaders mocked Jia Nan Academy for sending an unfamiliar elder instead of a Dou Zong, Xiao Lin revealed his displeasure with a cold snort that made their expressions change.

• Su Qian replied to the faction leaders that Jia Nan Academy would investigate the accusations.
• Xiao Lin arrived at the Blood Sect and announced that he had come on Su Qian's orders to uncover who had framed Jia Nan Academy.
• Fan Lao welcomed Xiao Lin and led him into a secret chamber where Dou Emperor experts from various factions were waiting.
• Several faction leaders mocked Jia Nan Academy for not sending Su Qian or one of its Supreme Elders.
• Xiao Lin gave a cold snort, and the faction leaders' expressions changed drastically.

Xiao Lin revealed that he was a Dou Zong, earning the respect of the gathered faction leaders, then followed Fan Lao to inspect the looted medicinal herb storehouses. He pretended not to know what had happened and asked why the theft concerned Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Lin released his Dou Qi, and Ban Lao recognized him as the Dou Zong who had recently joined Jia Nan Academy.
• Fan Lao apologized for the earlier slight and yielded his seat to Xiao Lin, who asked what had happened.
• Fan Lao led Xiao Lin and the faction leaders to the Blood Sect's medicinal herb storehouse.
• Fan Lao explained that the Blood Sect's storehouse and those of the other factions had all been looted.
• Xiao Lin concealed his amusement and asked what the theft had to do with Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Lin used the message blaming Jia Nan Academy to feign outrage, destroy the Blood Sect's herb warehouse, and make Fan Lao apologize. After the faction leaders urged Jia Nan Academy to join their investigation, Xiao Lin agreed that the academy could not ignore the matter without appearing afraid.

• Fan Lao showed Xiao Lin the words blaming Jia Nan Academy in the Blood Sect's looted medicinal herb warehouse.
• Xiao Lin punched through the warehouse wall, then pretended to apologize while Fan Lao accepted the damage and apologized to him.
• Yuan Yi, Yan, and the other faction leaders said they believed Jia Nan Academy was being framed and urged Xiao Lin to pursue the culprit.
• Tie Wu pressed Xiao Lin to help, while Fan Lao warned that Jia Nan Academy's reputation could suffer if it did nothing.
• Su Mei denied that the factions were threatening Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Lin said the academy should respond rather than appear afraid.

Xiao Lin agreed that Jia Nan Academy would intervene in the factions’ stolen-herb dispute, but the leaders could not identify which Dou Zong faction was responsible. A Blood Sect disciple then arrived with news about the missing herbs, confirming to Xiao Lin that Zi Yan had succeeded in her mission.

• Xiao Lin told the Dou Emperor faction leaders that Jia Nan Academy would handle the matter.
• The leaders debated whether the Black Hell Alliance, Demon Flame Valley, or Black Emperor Sect had orchestrated the theft and framed Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Lin recalled that Jia Nan Academy’s plan targeted the Black Hell Alliance and that he had already sent Zi Yan into action.
• A Blood Sect disciple arrived at the herb storehouse with important news about the stolen herbs.
• Fan Lao rushed to hear the disciple’s report, and Xiao Lin realized Zi Yan had completed her task.

Xiao Lin used Zi Yan’s staged sale of Blood Sect medicinal ingredients to make the faction leaders believe the Black Hell Alliance had stolen from them. Convinced Kuang Feiyu was responsible, the leaders prepared to confront the alliance.

• Xiao Lin calmed a nervous Blood Sect disciple and Fan Lao promised to make him his personal disciple if his information proved important.
• The Blood Sect disciple showed Fan Lao a purplewood box marked with the sect’s character and reported that someone had been selling its medicinal ingredients.
• The disciple said he had followed the mysterious seller to the vicinity of the Black Hell Alliance before they disappeared.
• Fan Lao blamed Kuang Feiyu, and Yin Gu Lao, Tie Wu, Yuan Yi, and the other faction leaders agreed that the Black Hell Alliance was behind the theft.
• Xiao Lin recognized that Zi Yan had deliberately let the disciple follow her and led him toward the Black Hell Alliance, framing Kuang Feiyu.

Xiao Lin persuaded the Dou Emperor-level faction leaders to investigate the Black Hell Alliance carefully before accusing it, earning Su Mei’s full trust in Jia Nan Academy. The leaders set out for the alliance’s headquarters, with Xiao Lin hidden among them and awaiting Zi Yan’s next move.

• Xiao Lin urged the faction leaders to consider that the Black Hell Alliance might have been framed, and Su Mei abandoned her suspicion of Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Lin proposed searching the Black Hell Alliance’s headquarters for the factions’ special storage boxes or the mysterious medicinal-ingredient seller, while warning everyone not to attack without evidence.
• Fan Lao promised the Blood Sect disciple a place as his personal disciple if he found the mysterious seller at the alliance’s headquarters.
• The faction leaders accepted Xiao Lin’s plan and marched toward the Black Hell Alliance, while Xiao Lin concealed himself among them.

Mo Tianxing and Earth Demon Old Ghost expected the approaching Dou Emperor factions to trouble the Black Hell Alliance but not destroy it, unaware that Jia Nan Academy had sent Xiao Lin to join them. After the Alliance’s strategist urged Kuang Feiyu to use the confrontation as an excuse to subdue the factions, Kuang Feiyu saw a chance to unify the Black-Corner Region.

• Mo Tianxing and Earth Demon Old Ghost heard that the Dou Emperor factions were marching on the Black Hell Alliance and looked forward to seeing it suffer a setback.
• The faction leaders secretly joined forces with Jia Nan Academy, which sent Xiao Lin to help destroy the Black Hell Alliance.
• Kuang Feiyu learned that more than a dozen factions were coming and angrily protested that they had accused his alliance without evidence.
• A scholarly Dou Emperor expert advised Kuang Feiyu that the confrontation could give him an opportunity to subdue the faction leaders.
• Kuang Feiyu decided to exploit the lack of evidence to justify making trouble for them and imagined unifying the Black-Corner Region.

Kuang Feiyu and the Black Hell Alliance’s five Dou Emperor experts decided that accusations over the looted herb stores would give them an excuse to attack rival factions, since they believed no one had evidence against them. They prepared to receive Fan Lao, unaware that Xiao Lin planned to frame them with proof they could not dismiss.

• A Black Hell Alliance Dou Emperor questioned why Fan Lao and the others suspected the Alliance, since it had not looted the herb stores.
• The scholar-dressed strategist argued that accusations without evidence could not threaten the Alliance and might instead justify its expansion.
• Kuang Feiyu displayed his Dou Zong strength, reassuring Third Brother and declaring that the visitors would face consequences if they could not explain their suspicions.
• Kuang Feiyu ordered his five Dou Emperor subordinates to prepare for Fan Lao’s arrival while he stayed behind.
• Xiao Lin prepared to present evidence framing the Black Hell Alliance, despite its members believing they were innocent and untouchable.

Xiao Lin infiltrated the gathering of Dou Emperor-level factions as they entered Black Hell City to confront the Black Hell Alliance over their missing medicinal herbs. The alliance's leaders mocked their visitors, but Xiao Lin restrained Fan Lao and the others until they could meet Kuang Feiyu and find evidence.

• Xiao Lin hid among the roughly one hundred and sixty fighters from the Dou Emperor-level factions, including thirteen Dou Emperors, and entered Black Hell City with them.
• Xiao Lin and the others surveyed Black Hell City, a vast settlement whose residents and businesses all belonged to the Black Hell Alliance.
• Luo You and the Black Hell Alliance's other Dou Emperor experts confronted the visitors and mocked their gathering and intentions.
• Tie Wu accused Luo You of trying to lure rival leaders into a trap, and the Black Hell Alliance's experts continued taunting Fan Lao and the others.
• Xiao Lin used his Heavenly Realm Soul Power to tell the leaders to hold back until they found evidence, so they suppressed their anger and prepared to meet Kuang Feiyu.

The leaders of the Dou Emperor-level factions entered Black Hell City to meet Kuang Feiyu, while Zi Yan secretly appeared to a Blood Sect disciple as part of Xiao Lin's plan. When Fan Lao tried to pursue her, the Black Hell Alliance blocked him, convincing the visiting leaders that the alliance was behind the stolen medicinal ingredients.

• Luo You welcomed Su Mei and the other faction leaders into Black Hell City, where Kuang Feiyu waited for them at the city's central square.
• Zi Yan deliberately let a Blood Sect disciple spot her before slipping into an alley, following Xiao Lin's plan.
• The Blood Sect disciple announced that he had found the person who sold the sect's medicinal ingredients, and Fan Lao moved to chase her.
• Luo You and the Black Hell Alliance's other Dou Emperor experts blocked Fan Lao, leaving both sides confused about the sudden confrontation.
• The faction leaders took the Black Hell Alliance's obstruction as proof of guilt and became convinced it had stolen their medicinal ingredients.

Luo You faced the leaders of several Dou Emperor-level factions after Zi Yan was spotted in Black Hell City and they accused the Black Hell Alliance of hiding a suspect in the theft of their medicinal ingredients. He agreed to accompany them in searching for her, a decision that would bring dire consequences for the alliance.

• Zi Yan deliberately revealed herself to a Blood Sect disciple in Black Hell City, prompting Fan Lao and the other faction leaders to abandon their meeting with the Black Hell Alliance leader and search for her.
• Luo You demanded to know why the faction leaders had changed plans, while Fan Lao accused the Black Hell Alliance of protecting the person selling stolen medicinal ingredients.
• Yan, Fan Lao, Tie Wu, and Su Mei pressured Luo You to let them pursue the suspect, while Black Hell Alliance experts denied any involvement in the theft.
• Luo You agreed to let the faction leaders search Black Hell City on the condition that the Black Hell Alliance accompanied them, and dismissed his colleagues' objections.
• Luo You's decision became the most regrettable choice of his life and affected the fate of the Black Hell Alliance.

Luo You allowed the rival faction leaders to pursue Zi Yan, hoping to use their accusations as a pretext to trap them in Black Hell City. Zi Yan led them to Luo You’s residence and slipped inside to plant evidence, leaving Luo You unable to stop the others from following.

• Luo You chose not to block the faction leaders, believing he could use the dispute to seize their leaders once Kuang Feiyu arrived.
• The faction leaders pursued Zi Yan through Black Hell City as she deliberately left traces to guide them.
• Zi Yan reached Luo You’s luxurious residence and used her spatial ability to enter it.
• Luo You and the pursuers recognized the building as Luo Residence, the home of the Black Hell Alliance’s second-in-command.
• Luo You’s unease grew when he saw Zi Yan enter his home, but he could not prevent the faction leaders from chasing inside.

Luo You realized that a hidden mastermind was framing the Black Hell Alliance, but he could not stop the Dou Emperor faction leaders from searching his residence. The search uncovered charred medicinal-storage boxes, which convinced the leaders that the Black Hell Alliance had plundered their sects.

• Luo You suspected someone was provoking conflict between the Black Hell Alliance and the Dou Emperor factions, but recognized that he had already lost the chance to prevent the search.
• Luo You allowed Fan Lao, Yin Gu Lao, and the other faction leaders to enter and search the Luo Residence while he waited for Kuang Feiyu.
• The searching leaders spotted smoke rising from the rear courtyard and rushed toward it.
• Luo You and his companions arrived to find more than a hundred charred wooden boxes in an extinguished fire pit.
• Fan Lao and the other faction leaders recognized the boxes as containers from their medicinal vaults and concluded that the Black Hell Alliance had tried to destroy evidence of the thefts.

The Black-Corner Region factions confronted the Black Hell Alliance after evidence of stolen herbs was found in Luo You’s residence, while Xiao Lin and Zi Yan’s scheme left the alliance cornered. Kuang Feiyu arrived, rejected their demands, and declared his plan to unify the region, bringing both sides to war.

• Luo You said the Black Hell Alliance would answer when Alliance Leader Kuang Feiyu arrived, while the other faction leaders accused the alliance of stealing their herbs.
• Kuang Feiyu appeared and dismissed Su Mei’s demand for an explanation, then pressured Tie Wu to repeat his threat.
• Tie Wu declared that the factions would fight rather than submit, and the Dou Emperor leaders united against the Black Hell Alliance.
• Kuang Feiyu announced his intention to unify the Black-Corner Region as the Black Hell Alliance’s forces surged forward.
• A battle erupted between the Black Hell Alliance and the assembled factions.

Xiao Lin revealed himself as a Three-Star Dou Zong and joined the Black-Corner Region factions’ battle against the Black Hell Alliance. Kuang Feiyu challenged him while the outnumbered Black Hell Alliance Dou Emperors faced thirteen opponents, and their fight began with Xiao Lin breaking Kuang Feiyu’s Dou Qi attack.

• The Dou Kings and Dou Lings of the Black Hell Alliance and the Black-Corner Region factions began fighting across Black Hell City.
• Kuang Feiyu tried to trap eight opposing Dou Emperors with a giant Dou Qi hand, but Xiao Lin appeared and shattered it.
• Xiao Lin told Kuang Feiyu he would not leave until the Black Hell Alliance was destroyed, and Kuang Feiyu realized the alliance faced defeat.
• Kuang Feiyu attacked Xiao Lin as the five Black Hell Alliance Dou Emperors and thirteen opposing Dou Emperors separated to fight one another.
• Xiao Lin, a Three-Star Dou Zong, shattered Kuang Feiyu’s Dou Qi blast despite Kuang Feiyu being a Five-Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Lin and Kuang Feiyu tested their strength in close combat, with Xiao Lin fighting using only his Three-Star Dou Zong cultivation. Xiao Lin gained the upper hand, but Kuang Feiyu used his Shadow Doppelganger trump card to evade Xiao Lin’s God-Slaying Finger.

• Kuang Feiyu rushed Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin chose to meet him in close combat without using his Heavenly Realm Soul Power.
• Kuang Feiyu used the Dark-Attribute movement technique Shadow Strike and attacked Xiao Lin with a dagger.
• Xiao Lin evaded the strike with Seven-Star Void Step, appeared behind Kuang Feiyu, and knocked him back with an Astral Dou Qi-infused punch.
• Xiao Lin pursued Kuang Feiyu and thrust his God-Slaying Finger toward his glabella.
• Kuang Feiyu evaded the attack by using Shadow Doppelganger to split into two identical figures.