Recaps

Yun Yun asked to travel with Qin Yu, then used a Qilin Blood Pill to break through to the peak of Eight-Star Dou Emperor. As Qin Yu and Yun Yun prepared to leave, Yun Shan saw them off and decided to visit his old acquaintances in Jia Ma Imperial City.

• Yun Yun asked Qin Yu if she could accompany him, and he agreed.
• Yun Yun's Dou Qi surged, so Qin Yu told her to take a Qilin Blood Pill while attempting a breakthrough.
• The Qilin Mark appeared on Yun Yun's forehead, and her cultivation rose from Six-Star to the peak of Eight-Star Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan that she and Qin Yu would soon leave, and he encouraged her to go without worry.
• Yun Shan decided to visit Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bo Dong in Jia Ma Imperial City.

Qin Yu brought Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan to the Black-Corner Region to seek treasures and prepare for the Eight Gates' upcoming auction. After days of searching with Zi Yan, he sensed a powerful treasure in a strange woodland.

• Yun Yun told Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian about Qin Yu's hidden abilities, and Zi Yan proposed that their group could dominate the Black-Corner Region.
• Qin Yu and the others crossed into the Black-Corner Region and went to Black Seal City, where he learned the Eight Gates' auction would take place in half a month.
• Qin Yu took Zi Yan treasure hunting while Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind, and the pair found incomplete Earth Tier Dou Technique scrolls, medicinal pills, and other items.
• On their eleventh day of searching, Qin Yu and Zi Yan reached a strange, scorched-looking woodland, where Qin Yu's Treasure-Seeking Sacred Body sensed a treasure.

Qin Yu and Zi Yan discovered Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva forming inside a dead tree, and Qin Yu extracted and secured it. They left the dead Lin with the valuable treasure safely stored.

• Qin Yu and Zi Yan entered the dead Lin after sensing something unusual and followed the signs deeper into the woods.
• Qin Yu sensed an unformed energy gathering inside an enormous tree, while Zi Yan suggested smashing it open.
• Qin Yu used Volcanic Rock Flame to heat the tree, causing the scattered energy inside to converge.
• Qin Yu cut a small opening in the trunk, and Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva flowed out and hovered in the air.
• Qin Yu sealed the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva in a jade box, and he and Zi Yan left the Lin.

Qin Yu returned to Black Seal City and learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had flared up, though the Yin-Yang Suppression of Calamity Pill had stabilized her. Yun Yun confronted Xiao Yi Xian about her habit of seeing herself as a burden, and Xiao Yi Xian appeared more confident when the group met for the auction the next day.

• Qin Yu returned to Black Seal City with Zi Yan and discovered that Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun were away from the inn.
• Qin Yu heard that a thief had fought with someone wielding a huge iron ruler and suspected the owner was Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yu learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had flared up, but the Yin-Yang Suppression of Calamity Pill had kept her safe.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yi Xian that Qin Yu helped her because he wanted to and challenged her belief that she was a burden.
• Qin Yu, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan went to the auction house, where Qin Yu noticed Xiao Yi Xian seemed more composed and confident.

Qin Yu attended the Black Mark Auction House and bought an unidentified map fragment for five hundred thousand gold while Xiao Yan watched from another private room. The auction ended without the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill appearing, and Qin Yu encountered Fan Ling as they went to collect their purchases.

• Qin Yu sensed the Sky Serpent Mansion, Black Skull Tomb, and Blood Sect at the auction, while Yao Lao concealed Xiao Yan's aura from him.
• Qin Yu bid five hundred thousand gold for a mysterious map fragment, and no one challenged his offer.
• Xiao Yan wondered at the fragment's price, and Yao Lao noted its ancient aura but said it had nothing to do with Xiao Yan.
• Black Skull Tomb won the bidding for Three Thousand Lightning Movement, while Qin Yu passed on the technique.
• The auction ended without the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill appearing, and Qin Yu ran into Fan Ling on his way to collect his item.

Qin Yu studied sealing techniques to contain Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body while she prepared to break through to Dou Emperor. A battle between Fan Ling’s Blood Sect and Black Skull Tomb interrupted him, and Fan Ling’s forces suffered another major loss.

• Fan Ling learned that Black Skull Tomb and Sky Serpent Mansion had left, then pursued them with his people to avenge their earlier scheme.
• Qin Yu obtained the third fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and left the city with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu explained that he could not fully resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body without a suitable poison-attributed magic core, so he planned to develop a sealing method from techniques Su Qian had given him.
• Qin Yu set up a barrier around Xiao Yi Xian as she began cultivating for her breakthrough, then went to investigate a nearby fight.
• Qin Yu found Fan Ling’s Blood Sect close to defeating Black Skull Tomb, told Fan Ling to finish the fight and leave, and returned to his study.
• Black Skull Tomb launched a desperate counterattack that nearly killed Fan Ling and killed the Blood Sect’s accompanying Dou Wang.

Qin Yu helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Woeful Poison Body with a Golden Hoop forged from Heavenly Flames and Qilin Power. Soon afterward, he and Xiao Yi Xian joined Yun Yun in a confrontation with two pursuers, leaving one enemy down and the other outnumbered.

• After months of preparation, Qin Yu used an array to suppress Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Dou Qi and fitted a Golden Hoop to her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian stabilized her Dou Emperor cultivation and found the procedure painless.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian spotted Yun Yun being pursued by Fang Yan and Xie Zhen, both of whom were injured.
• Qin Yu attacked the pursuers with dark crimson flames as Yun Yun engaged them, while Xiao Yi Xian struck Fang Yan down with a purple palm imprint.
• The red-haired old man, Xie Zhen, saw Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian join Yun Yun and accused her of setting a trap.

Qin Yu, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian killed Demon Flame Valley elders Xie Zhen and Fang Yan after they attacked Yun Yun and pursued Zi Yan. Once Zi Yan explained that she had stumbled upon Demon Flame Valley’s treasure trove, Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian reassured her that they would protect her.

• Qin Yu blocked Fang Yan while Yun Yun trapped him with the Four-Sided Wind Wall and Xiao Yi Xian joined the attack.
• Zi Yan and Su Qian arrived, and Zi Yan killed Fang Yan with a needle-thin thread of green Dou Qi.
• Su Qian returned to Jia Nan Academy, and Qin Yu asked Yun Yun and Zi Yan what had happened.
• Zi Yan explained that she had accidentally found Demon Flame Valley’s treasure trove, and Xie Zhen had pursued her before Yun Yun intervened.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian comforted Zi Yan and said they would handle anyone who blamed or punished her.

Qin Yu killed Demon Flame Valley elders Fang Yan and Xie Zhen, then concealed the evidence while Yun Yun suggested wiping out the valley. At Demon Flame Valley, Earth Demon Old Ghost learned of their deaths and ordered an investigation and tighter restrictions on his people.

• Zi Yan recovered her spirits and persuaded Qin Yu to give her two drops of blood essence, which she began refining.
• Yun Yun asked Qin Yu what he planned to do about Demon Flame Valley and proposed destroying it, but Qin Yu said there was no rush.
• Qin Yu took Fang Yan and Xie Zhen's Storage Rings, burned their bodies with Heavenly Flames, and erased the lingering traces of Dou Qi.
• Demon Flame Valley's Second Elder reported to Earth Demon Old Ghost that Fang Yan and Xie Zhen's Soul Tablets had shattered.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost ordered an investigation into newcomers and Jia Nan Academy, and forbade anyone above Dou Wang from leaving the valley alone without his orders.

After Zi Yan grew taller, Qin Yu returned with her and Yun Yun to Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian asked him to help reinforce the Seal holding back the Fallen Heart Flame. Su Qian also hinted that the academy might have an incomplete Formation manual.

• Zi Yan finished her growth and pointed Qin Yu toward the hidden treasure site in Demon Flame Valley.
• Qin Yu took Zi Yan and Yun Yun back to Jia Nan Academy after agreeing to help with a matter there.
• Su Qian explained that the Fallen Heart Flame was striking the Seal beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower more frequently and asked Qin Yu to help reinforce it.
• Qin Yu agreed to help with Yun Yun and gave Su Qian a list of materials he needed for his Formation experiments.
• Su Qian recalled that Jia Nan Academy might possess an incomplete Formation manual.

Qin Yu and Yun Yun joined Su Qian and the academy elders to reinforce the Seal containing the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, giving Qin Yu a chance to study its spatial Formation. As the tower closed, Yao Lao suspected the Fallen Heart Flame was involved and sent Xiao Yan to get close enough to sense what was happening.

• Su Qian remembered that the academy had once acquired a fragmentary Formation scroll, but he could not recall where he had stored it, so Qin Yu agreed to wait while he searched.
• Su Qian gathered the academy elders and introduced Qin Yu and Yun Yun before explaining how they would reinforce Mang Tianchi's Seal with spatial chains and their Dou Qi.
• Qin Yu anticipated learning about the power of space as the elders prepared to begin reinforcing the Seal and the academy closed the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yu about the sudden closure, but she had no explanation; Hu Jia urged him to take responsibility for Pan's Gate.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to approach the tower so his soul power could sense what was happening, suspecting the closure was related to the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan agreed to investigate and left, while Hu Jia complained about his sudden departure.

Jia Nan Academy’s elders reinforced the seal holding the Fallen Heart Flame while Qin Yu glimpsed the power of space within the formation. Xiao Yan learned the seal was complete and left, accepting that he would have to wait longer to claim the Heavenly Flame.

• Yao Lao confirmed that Jia Nan Academy’s elders were reinforcing the seal on the Fallen Heart Flame and told Xiao Yan that two of his old acquaintances were inside.
• Su Qian led the elders in powering the formation as Qin Yu tried to comprehend the spatial power in its silver chains.
• The Fallen Heart Flame struck the formation and interrupted Qin Yu’s insight, but Qin Yu increased his Dou Qi output and helped stabilize the seal.
• Su Qian and the elders completed the reinforcement, and Qin Yu told Yun Yun that he had gained a slight understanding of spatial power.
• Su Qian asked the elders to search for an incomplete formation scroll recovered from the Gan Mountain Sect, but none could recall where it was.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan the seal had been reinforced, and Xiao Yan left the tower, deciding to wait before pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame.

Earth Demon Old Ghost struggled to learn how Fang Yan and Xie Zhen had died, while Qin Yu received an old formation fragment from Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy. The fragment described the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation only in part, leaving Qin Yu to consider how he and Xiao Yi Xian might serve as its cores.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost learned that his subordinates had found no clear evidence about Fang Yan and Xie Zhen's deaths, and ordered them to investigate newcomers in the Black-Corner Region.
• The Third Elder reported that Jia Nan Academy had closed the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and that the Blood Sect had lost several Dou Wang elders.
• Su Qian gave Qin Yu a formation fragment seized from the Gan Mountain Sect and explained how the sect had once fought Jia Nan Academy.
• Qin Yu studied the fragment's Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation, which required two Dou Emperor cultivators aligned with yin and yang, but lacked details about how it worked.
• Qin Yu concluded that he and Xiao Yi Xian could be the formation's cores and wondered where to find the complete formation.

Qin Yu tested a formation-enhanced secret art that raised his strength far beyond the Dou Zong level, then learned that Demon Flame Valley was searching for him. He and Su Qian considered striking first, but the risk of uniting the Black-Corner Region’s factions left the plan uncertain.

• Qin Yu used eight carefully arranged steps and blood essence to activate a formation that boosted his Nine-Star Dou Emperor strength beyond Su Qian’s Three-Star Dou Zong level.
• Su Qian arrived and warned Qin Yu that Earth Demon Old Ghost had emerged and Demon Flame Valley was searching the Black-Corner Region for him.
• Su Qian suggested that the academy and its allies could attack Demon Flame Valley, and Zi Yan eagerly volunteered before Xiao Yi Xian stopped her.
• Qin Yu revealed that he had also improved a sealing formation that could trap Earth Demon Old Ghost, prompting Su Qian to consider proposing an attack to the academy elders.
• Qin Yu cautioned that destroying Demon Flame Valley might unite the Black-Corner Region’s hidden powerhouses, especially if the conflict spread beyond the valley.

After Su Qian left, Qin Yu decided to visit the treasure site in Demon Flame Valley with Zi Yan, relying on his concealment method to avoid detection. Before they departed, Xiao Yi Xian confessed that she felt left out, and Qin Yu reassured her with affection; she stayed behind with Yun Yun as Qin Yu and Zi Yan set off.

• Qin Yu asked Zi Yan to lead him to the treasure site in Demon Flame Valley, despite her and Xiao Yi Xian warning that the valley's defenses had likely been strengthened.
• Yun Yun explained that Qin Yu could conceal his tracks so effectively that he had once infiltrated Heavenly Qilin Palace unnoticed.
• Xiao Yi Xian privately told Qin Yu she felt like an outsider when he and Yun Yun communicated with signals, and Qin Yu comforted her with a kiss and a promise to teach her later.
• Qin Yu left with Zi Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind with Yun Yun and admitted that Yun Yun's earlier advice had worked.

Qin Yu secretly visited Demon Flame Valley’s treasure site and set up a formation while its elders guarded the entrance. After returning to Jia Nan Academy, he told Su Qian about two unknown Five-Star Dou Emperors near the site and asked him to investigate.

• Yun Yun teased Xiao Yi Xian, then privately wondered about trying a different flavor when kissing Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu used [Extra Character] to conceal himself from Zi Yan and locate Demon Flame Valley’s treasure site.
• Qin Yu discovered the second and third elders guarding the site and sensed two unidentified Five-Star Dou Emperors nearby.
• Qin Yu secretly buried formation materials around the treasure site without alerting the elders.
• Qin Yu returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and explained his plan to her on the way.
• Qin Yu told Su Qian about the two unknown Five-Star Dou Emperors and asked him to investigate Demon Flame Valley’s recent activity.

Qin Yu learned that Demon Flame Valley had recruited two independent cultivators rather than allied with other forces, and he planned to use a sealing formation against Earth Demon Old Ghost. The chapter left the academy considering how to lure Earth Demon Old Ghost to the formation.

• Qin Yu told Su Qian that Demon Flame Valley might have colluded with other forces, and Su Qian warned him to stay alert and avoid unnecessary risks.
• Qin Yu overheard Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian discussing whether his body heat was deliberate, then caught Yun Yun when she tried to leave and teased her about their conversation.
• Xiao Yi Xian reflected that Yun Yun had brought the topic up to tease her and accepted that having a sister like Yun Yun was not so bad.
• Su Qian told Qin Yu that the two Five-Star Dou Emperors, Zhou He and Zhou Ping, were brothers recruited by Earth Demon Old Ghost for access to Earth Tier Dou Skills.
• Qin Yu concluded that Demon Flame Valley had not allied with another faction and said his sealing suppression formation could weaken Earth Demon Old Ghost, though they still needed a way to lure him there.

Qin Yu revealed that he had planted overlapping formations around Demon Flame Valley, and Su Qian prepared Jia Nan Academy’s forces to attack. The group set out to confront Earth Demon Old Ghost and Demon Flame Valley the next morning.

• Qin Yu gave Yun Yun a pill that restored her strength, and she slept for a full day while he made further arrangements.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yun Yun that Qin Yu had returned to Demon Flame Valley to prepare for emergencies.
• Jia Nan Academy’s investigation confirmed that Zhou He and Zhou Ping were Demon Flame Valley’s only newly arrived Dou Emperors, with no other factions found colluding with the valley.
• Qin Yu showed Su Qian a map marked with formations he had planted around Demon Flame Valley, explaining that they could trap Earth Demon Old Ghost outside the headquarters.
• Su Qian gathered Hu Gan, Wu Zun, Yun Yun, and other Dou Emperor experts, assigning himself and Qin Yu to handle Earth Demon Old Ghost while the rest fought the valley’s forces.
• At dawn, Su Qian led the assembled group to rendezvous with Qin Yu and prepare for the attack.

Qin Yu and Jia Nan Academy's forces attacked Demon Flame Valley, where Qin Yu revealed his Heavenly Flame and raised his strength to Peak Five-Star Dou Zong. He used a Formation to suppress Earth Demon Old Ghost, while a group of uninvited guests arrived near the valley.

• Su Qian led Qin Yu and four Nine-Star Dou Emperors into Demon Flame Valley and began the attack.
• Qin Yu struck Earth Demon Old Ghost with a Heavenly Flame, while Earth Demon Old Ghost knocked Su Qian back.
• Qin Yu used successive steps to raise his aura to Peak Five-Star Dou Zong as Wu Zun delayed Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost began Blood-Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven, but Qin Yu activated a Formation that reduced him to barely Four-Star Dou Zong strength.
• As the battle reached its fiercest stage, a group of uninvited guests arrived near Demon Flame Valley.

Qin Yu and Jia Nan Academy crushed Demon Flame Valley, and Earth Demon Old Ghost died after unleashing a desperate freezing attack. With the valley’s forces defeated, Su Qian prepared to claim its possessions while Qin Yu headed for its treasure vault.

• Opportunists tried to loot Demon Flame Valley, but Su Qian, Zi Yan, Yun Yun, Hu Gan, and Wu Zun drove them away.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost unleashed Blood-Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven, trapping Qin Yu inside a massive iceberg.
• Qin Yu shattered the iceberg with his Heavenly Flame dragon and emerged unharmed beside Earth Demon Old Ghost’s corpse.
• Qin Yu judged that his Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor could withstand a full-force strike from a Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Su Qian left elders to guard Demon Flame Valley and returned to gather people to move its possessions.
• Qin Yu, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian discussed his test of the armor before he set out to find the valley’s treasure vault and Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Qin Yu and his companions explored Earth Demon Old Ghost's treasure vault, where Zi Yan subdued a giant snake and bypassed a sealed rack to retrieve its contents. Qin Yu found the method for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet and realized he still needed a Dou Zong's soul, leading him to think of Yao Chen.

• Zi Yan smashed through the vault's stone door and subdued the snake that lunged at her.
• Qin Yu, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the storeroom and collected its treasures, including three Earth Tier Dou Techniques.
• Zi Yan walked through the light barrier and retrieved the techniques, a seventh-rank Fire Attribute Magic Core, and a yellowed bamboo scroll.
• Qin Yu read the method for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet and found that he had its vessel and Magic Core but still needed a Dou Zong's soul.
• Qin Yu realized he needed someone knowledgeable about souls and thought of Yao Chen.

Qin Yu traded the revised Flame Manipulation Formula for a chance to receive Yao Chen’s guidance, then returned to Jia Nan Academy as Demon Flame Valley’s destruction sent shockwaves through the Black-Corner Region. Han Feng began investigating Qin Yu’s Heavenly Flame, while Qin Yu sought out Xiao Yan.

• Qin Yu decided to offer Yao Chen the revised Flame Manipulation Formula in exchange for guidance and left the treasury with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu retrieved the fifth-tier magic core from Zi Yan’s dead snake as they exited the treasure cave.
• News of Demon Flame Valley’s destruction spread, prompting Black-Corner Region factions to investigate their past conflicts with Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng learned that Qin Yu had killed Earth Demon Old Ghost and might possess a Heavenly Flame, then decided to investigate the battle site.
• Qin Yu went to Xiao Yan’s dormitory, where Xiao Yan answered his request to meet.

Qin Yu met with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to learn the Soul Imprisonment Technique, offering the Flame Manipulation Formula in exchange. He also asked Yao Chen about the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation fragment, but Yao Chen could not identify it and suggested Qin Yu seek formation experts in the Central Plains.

• Hu Jia recognized Qin Yu as the person her grandfather often mentioned, then left after Xiao Yan suggested they go elsewhere with Qin Yu.
• Xun'er watched Qin Yu and Xiao Yan depart, while Ling Ying explained that Qin Yu's Peak Dou Emperor strength made him difficult to investigate.
• Qin Yu met Yao Chen at a barren mountain and asked to learn the Soul Imprisonment Technique, raising Yao Chen's suspicions about his motives.
• Qin Yu showed Yao Chen the Flame Manipulation Formula, and Yao Chen agreed to teach him the technique after seeing Xiao Yan's interest in the formula.
• Qin Yu asked Yao Chen about the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation fragment, but Yao Chen knew nothing about it and advised him to consult formation researchers in the Central Plains.
• Yao Chen passed the Soul Imprisonment Technique to Qin Yu and warned him not to use it to slaughter innocents.

Qin Yu practiced the Soul Imprisonment Technique and investigated the Black-Corner Region’s Dou Zong experts. After Qin Yu gave Zi Yan a drop of essence blood, she broke through and physically grew into a young woman.

• Xiao Yan questioned Yao Lao about Qin Yu’s background, but Yao Lao urged him to focus on mastering the Flame Manipulation Formula.
• Qin Yu learned the Soul Restraint Method from Yao Lao and tested it on a Dou Wang in the Black-Corner Region.
• Qin Yu returned to Jia Nan Academy and asked Su Qian for information on the region’s Dou Zong experts.
• Zi Yan urgently asked Qin Yu for a drop of essence blood, then absorbed it and began to cultivate.
• Zi Yan’s cultivation broke through, and her body grew into that of a young woman.

Qin Yu reunited with Zi Yan, then sought out Yao Chen to test his soul restraint method. He revealed that he wanted to experiment on Yao Chen to prepare for his next actions.

• Zi Yan asked Qin Yu to praise how much she had grown, thanked him for sharing his blood, and then went to find Yun Yun.
• Qin Yu reviewed a list of Dou Zong from the Black-Corner Region and decided to use Yao Chen for a soul experiment.
• Qin Yu went to Xiao Yan’s dormitory, learned he was competing with Han Xian, and waited until the competition was over.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Chen to Qin Yu’s room that night, where Qin Yu said he had come to experiment on Yao Chen.