Chapter Summaries

Lei Luo absorbed a vast reserve of energy and broke through from Dou Ling to Dou Wang while cultivating in a ruined cave. He used Companion Purple Crystal Source to reach Three-Star Dou Wang, then opened his eyes with his new power.

• Lei Luo rapidly advanced through the Dou Ling stages and reached Nine-Star Peak Dou Ling.
• Lei Luo broke through the realm barrier and entered the Dou Wang stage, continuing to push his cultivation higher.
• Lei Luo swallowed the remaining Companion Purple Crystal Source to replenish his fading energy.
• Lei Luo reached Three-Star Dou Wang and opened his eyes in the flattened cave.

After arranging the Mittel Family’s affairs, Lei Luo returned to Green Mountain Town to see Xiao Yi Xian, who planned to join the Poison Sect. He gave her a pill to suppress her Woeful Poison Body and carried her toward their old courtyard, leaving their farewell to continue there.

• Lei Luo helped Ya Fei advance to Dou Master, while Miter Tengshan handed the Mittel Family’s affairs to her and prepared to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• Lei Luo refined pills for the Mittel Family with Otto and Frank’s help, and Xue Mei expressed her feelings for him.
• Lei Luo left the Imperial Capital for Green Mountain Town after receiving Xiao Yi Xian’s letter asking him to return.
• Lei Luo found Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Hall, comforted her, and gave her a pill that could suppress her Woeful Poison Body.
• Lei Luo revealed that he had reached Dou Wang and flew with Xiao Yi Xian toward the courtyard where she had continued living.

Lei Luo brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Poison Sect and challenged its leaders to ensure they would treat her well. He overwhelmed the sect master and prepared to confront the second elder, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Lei Luo promised Xiao Yi Xian that he would take her to the Poison Sect and protect her from mistreatment.
• A week later, Lei Luo flew with Xiao Yi Xian across the Chu Yun Empire to the Poison Sect.
• Lei Luo confronted the Poison Sect’s sect master and demanded a test of its strength, then called out the elder hiding in the great hall.
• The sect master attacked with poisonous smoke, but Lei Luo dispersed it with azure flames and struck him in the chest.
• The second elder charged at Lei Luo, who unleashed the power of two Heavenly Flames and stopped him in terror.

Lei Luo secured Xiao Yi Xian’s place as the Poison Sect Master’s personal disciple after the sect discovered her Woeful Poison Body. After helping the Xiao Household and leaving Xiao Yi Xian behind, he traveled to the Black-Corner Region and reached the outskirts of Black Mark City.

• Lei Luo pressured the Poison Sect into examining Xiao Yi Xian, and Zhao Kai confirmed she had the Woeful Poison Body.
• Zhao Kai accepted Xiao Yi Xian as his personal disciple and promised she would become the Poison Sect’s next Sect Master.
• After several days at the Poison Sect, Lei Luo said farewell to Xiao Yi Xian and warned Zhao Kai’s teacher not to let anyone mistreat her.
• Lei Luo learned that Eagle Protector had attacked the Xiao Household, so he dispatched experts to help after the Soul Hall destroyed more than half the family.
• Lei Luo traveled through the Black Domain Great Plains, left the flying transport fleet to hurry ahead, and joined the crowd lining up outside Black Mark City.

Lei Luo arrived in Black Mark City ahead of a major auction and secured a VIP admission token as a Fifth-Rank Alchemist. While waiting for the auction to begin, he refined Green Spirit Pills to fund his purchases and headed to the auction house with his pills ready to sell.

• Lei Luo entered Black Mark City and requested an admission token for the upcoming grand auction at the Eight Gates Auction House.
• Lei Luo explored the city’s markets, bought ten sets of ingredients for Green Spirit Pills at Thousand Medicine Workshop, and settled into a high-class inn.
• Lei Luo spent the next ten days refining pills, producing five one-pattern and three two-pattern Green Spirit Pills while one batch exploded.
• Lei Luo used three flames to refine a final Green Spirit Pill, then placed the finished pill in a jade bottle.
• Lei Luo dressed and left for the Black Mark City Auction House as the sun rose.

Lei Luo took nine Green Spirit Pills to the Black Mark Auction House for appraisal and secured a first-class VIP seat. The appraiser planned to notify the sect master after suspecting Lei Luo was a fifth-grade Alchemist.

• Lei Luo followed a maid into the Treasure Appraisal room and entered a private chamber with an appraiser.
• Lei Luo presented eight One-Pattern Green Spirit Pills, which the appraiser valued at about two hundred thousand gold coins each to start because of their exceptional quality.
• Lei Luo presented a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, which the appraiser valued at around nine hundred thousand gold coins to start and expected to sell for at least one million.
• The appraiser classified Lei Luo's nine pills as first-class VIP auction items and gave him a green jade seat card for the afternoon auction.
• The appraiser suspected Lei Luo was a high-tier fourth-grade or possibly fifth-grade Alchemist and decided to notify the sect master.

Lei Luo entered the Black Mark Auction House as a distinguished guest and clashed with Fan Ling, the young sect master of the Blood Sect. The auction began with Lei Luo’s Green Spirit Pills, and the crowd discovered that the house had several of them to sell.

• Lei Luo used his Jade Pass to enter through the distinguished guest entrance, ignoring the people who had complained about him cutting the line.
• Fan Ling demanded that Lei Luo move aside and threatened him, but Lei Luo dodged his shove and intimidated Fan Ling’s guards with his aura.
• Lei Luo took a first-class seat and mocked Fan Ling when he arrived and found himself seated elsewhere.
• The Black Mark Auction House auctioneer opened the event by presenting a One-Pattern Green Spirit Pill refined by a fifth-tier alchemy master.
• Bidders drove the first Green Spirit Pill’s price to 400,000, and the auctioneer brought out another identical pill, prompting a guest to ask whether the auction house had stocked up.

Lei Luo watched the auction as Fan Ling and Elder Qing competed for the rare Thunder Bat Sky Wings Flight Dou Technique. Fan Ling won the bidding at 1.9 million, while the major factions saved their funds for the auction’s final treasure.

• The Black Seal Auction House sold eight One-Pattern Clear Spirit Pills, earning Lei Luo nearly three million before fees.
• Lei Luo took interest in the Thunder Bat Sky Wings Flight Dou Technique, thinking it would please Ya Fei.
• Fan Ling said Elder Luo need not worry about the auction because his father had arranged to secure the final item regardless of who won it.
• The auctioneer opened bidding on the Flight Dou Technique at one million, and Fan Ling bid 1.3 million.
• Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion bid 1.4 million, but Fan Ling raised his bid to 1.9 million and the Mansion withdrew.
• Fan Ling ordered the auctioneer to announce the result.

Lei Luo outbid Fan Ling for an ancient map fragment, then watched Fan Ling buy several other treasures, including the Three-Thousand Lightning Movement. The auction’s guarded grand finale was revealed as a seventh-tier Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, the item Lei Luo had come to obtain.

• Lei Luo bid for an ancient map fragment whose pattern showed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Fan Ling eventually won it for 250,000 gold coins.
• Fan Ling bought Lei Luo’s consigned Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill for 1.5 million gold coins.
• Lei Luo bought the Earthfire Ganoderma for 1.3 million gold coins and otherwise stopped bidding, while Fan Ling bought the Three-Thousand Lightning Movement for ten million gold coins.
• The auctioneers raised a cold-iron cage around the crystal platform to protect the final item.
• The auctioneer presented the seventh-tier Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill as the auction’s grand finale, drawing gasps from the crowd.

At the auction, Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion won the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, while Lei Luo collected his proceeds and followed her group into the night. As an ambush began, Elder Qing detected danger, leaving the attackers’ identities and the outcome uncertain.

• The auctioneer explained that the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill could let someone rise stronger after a near-fatal injury, and Elder Qing won it for more than fifteen million gold coins.
• Lei Luo collected 2.54 million gold coins and his auction winnings from the Black Mark Auction House, then set his sights on Fan Ling.
• Lei Luo followed Elder Qing and the Heavenly Snake Mansion group after the auction, intending to seize the pill and kill a Dou Huang expert.
• Elder Qing sent an energy snake to scout the forest, but an arrow destroyed it.
• Elder Qing warned her group that someone was waiting to attack, and a sinister voice praised her Dou Qi Transformation Snake technique from the darkness.

Fan Lao of the Blood Sect ambushed Elder Qing and the Heavenly Snake Mansion to seize the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill. Lei Luo intervened after Fan Lao took the pill, leaving Fan Ling as his hostage and demanding that Fan Lao spare the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Fan Lao surrounded Elder Qing and the Heavenly Snake Mansion with Blood Sect fighters and demanded the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill.
• Elder Qing and her people fought back, but Fan Lao overpowered her, broke her arm, and took her Storage Ring.
• Fan Lao found the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and threw its jade box to Fan Ling, telling him to return ahead of the others.
• Lei Luo appeared, caught the jade box, and revealed that Fan Ling's guards had been killed.
• Lei Luo restrained Fan Ling and warned Fan Lao to spare the Heavenly Snake Mansion or his son would die.

Lei Luo killed Fan Ling despite Fan Lao’s threats, then used his Heavenly Flames to defeat the Blood Sect forces and kill Fan Lao. The people of Heavenly Snake Mansion watched as the Blood Sect leader’s final escape attempt was consumed by a white flame.

• Lei Luo refused Fan Lao’s demand to release Fan Ling, handed Elder Qing back to Heavenly Snake Mansion, and then snapped Fan Ling’s neck.
• Fan Lao flew into a rage and ordered the Blood Sect forces to kill everyone, while Lei Luo summoned a three-colored flaming bow and wiped out the advancing cultivators.
• Lei Luo signed in and obtained a Minor Realm Breakthrough Card, then caught Fan Lao’s blood-moon attack and destroyed his blood snakes with Heavenly Flames.
• Lei Luo shattered Fan Lao’s Blood Armor with a punch and pierced his chest with a second strike.
• A streak of blood fled from Fan Lao’s body, but Lei Luo sent a white flame after it and ended Fan Lao’s escape as Heavenly Snake Mansion watched.

Lei Luo defeated Fan Lao and the Black Skull Tomb pursuers, claimed the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, and refined its dragon aura to strengthen his soundwave Dou Technique. He reached Peace Town near Jia Nan Academy, where the academy’s brutal history explained why the usually violent travelers kept their hostility in check.

• Lei Luo burned Fan Lao and the Black Skull Tomb pursuers to ashes, then let Elder Qing and the Heavenly Snake Mansion party leave with a message for their mansion master.
• Lei Luo swallowed the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and refined its dragon aura, planning to use it with the Mad Lion’s Roar.
• Lei Luo set off for Jia Nan Academy and, three days later, descended from the mountains to follow the road toward the nearby town.
• Lei Luo noticed travelers suppressing their killing intent as they approached Jia Nan Academy and continued to Peace Town.
• Lei Luo learned that Peace Town’s calm was enforced by Jia Nan Academy, whose past battles had left intruders impaled on the infamous Necro Tree.

Lei Luo entered Peace Town and faced the Jia Nan Academy Enforcement Team’s rules for visitors, but identified himself as an Academy student and agreed to have his records checked. As the group headed to verify his identity, he learned that Xun’er might seek revenge because she believed he had nearly killed Xiao Yan.

• Huo De and the Enforcement Team demanded that newcomers state their identities and take a pill that would expose murderous intent, while Lei Luo asked whether Academy students were exempt.
• Lei Luo said he had passed the selection test, given his name and instructor Ruo Lin, and explained that he had crossed the Black-Corner Region to report to the Academy.
• A bystander recognized Lei Luo as the seventeen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Master from Wutan City, leaving Huo De and the onlookers stunned by his reputation and hidden strength.
• Enforcement Team members said Xun’er had learned Lei Luo badly injured Xiao Yan and had wanted to confront him, prompting Huo De to warn Lei Luo to keep a low profile at the Academy.

Lei Luo arrived at Jia Nan Academy and found Xiao Ning being beaten by four youths at the gates. He rescued his brother-in-law, then slapped him when Xiao Ning sat dazed and failed to answer.

• Huo De confirmed Lei Luo's identity and told him about the ongoing Inner Academy Selection Tournament, where Ruo Lin had registered him and Xiao Yan.
• Lei Luo flew to Jia Nan City with two law-enforcement disciples, thanked them, and continued to the academy on foot.
• Lei Luo reached the academy gates and saw four youths beating Xiao Ning.
• Lei Luo struck the four attackers in the legs with green force, leaving them injured and rolling on the ground.
• Lei Luo recognized Xiao Ning and asked whether his sister still kept him in line, then slapped him when he remained silent.

Lei Luo arrived at Jia Nan Academy during the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and faced Xiao Xun'er, who accused him of trying to kill Xiao Yan. Their confrontation ended with Lei Luo taunting the onlooking students.

• Xiao Ning told Lei Luo that men had been harassing him for information about his relationship with Xiao Xun'er, then hurried Lei Luo to the Academy for the selection tournament.
• Xiao Xun'er defeated Mo Wen in the tournament and joined Instructor Ruo Lin and Xiao Yu in the stands.
• Lei Luo entered the stands with Xiao Ning, catching the attention of Xiao Yu, Xiao Xun'er, and the other students.
• Xiao Xun'er confronted Lei Luo over Xiao Yan, while Lei Luo defended himself and challenged her to seek revenge.
• Xiao Xun'er hesitated after recalling Ling Ying's warning about Lei Luo's strength, and Lei Luo mocked the male students watching them.

Lei Luo returned to Jia Nan Academy and faced Xue Beng in the advancement match, boasting that his strength had far surpassed his cultivation from two years earlier. The chapter left the audience stunned as Xue Beng’s spear stopped at Lei Luo’s throat and shattered after Lei Luo blew on it.

• Xun'er chose not to confront Lei Luo, while he reunited with Xiao Yu and greeted Instructor Ruo Lin before heading to the arena.
• Lei Luo told Ruo Lin that Xue Beng was no threat and walked to the arena as students discussed his return and his connection to Xiao Yu.
• Lei Luo and Xue Beng exchanged taunts before the referee started their match.
• Xue Beng charged and launched his Black Iron spear at Lei Luo’s throat, but Lei Luo did not move, and the spear froze before him.
• Lei Luo gently blew on the spear, shattering it into dust and leaving the audience stunned.

Lei Luo defeated Xue Beng in the arena with overwhelming ease, shattering his weapons and leaving the spectators stunned. As the plaza erupted in cheers, Xiao Yu and Instructor Ruo Lin realized how far Lei Luo had advanced.

• Lei Luo shattered Xue Beng's black iron spear with a breath using Mad Lion's Roar, leaving Xue Beng and the spectators in disbelief.
• Xue Beng charged again, but Lei Luo vanished from sight and struck him in the chest, sending him staggering across the arena.
• Xue Beng attacked with another spear, and Lei Luo countered with Blazing Sun Force, breaking the weapon and blasting Xue Beng out of the arena.
• The spectators saw Xue Beng bloodied and defeated while Lei Luo emerged unscathed, and the plaza fell silent in shock.
• Xiao Yu, Instructor Ruo Lin, and the other students marveled at Lei Luo's strength as cheers broke out across the plaza.

After his overwhelming victory, Lei Luo reunited with Xiao Yu and revealed privately to Instructor Ruo Lin that his strength was above Da Dou Shi. Meanwhile, Vice Principal Hu Gan and the academy elders reviewed Lei Luo’s record and resolved to cultivate him with all their strength.

• Lei Luo returned to the stands, embraced Xiao Yu, and drew teasing from Instructor Ruo Lin and the audience.
• Instructor Ruo Lin urged Lei Luo to enter the Inner Academy and warned him about the Little Demoness, who pursued Xun'er and Xiao Yu.
• Lei Luo quietly told Instructor Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xun'er that his strength was above Da Dou Shi.
• Vice Principal Hu Gan showed the elders a report detailing Lei Luo’s achievements, including his Fifth-Rank Alchemist status and conflict with Elder Lv Man.
• Vice Principal Hu Gan concluded that Lei Luo’s strength was at least in the Dou Ling realm, and an elder proposed cultivating him with all their strength.

Lei Luo told Xiao Yu about the Xiao Household’s losses and reassured her that her father was safe, then the two grew closer before the next day’s Inner Academy Selection Tournament. At the tournament, Lei Luo drew the attention of several powerful elders and learned more about the Outer Academy’s factions.

• Lei Luo warned Xiao Yu that his feud with her cousin left no room for reconciliation, but Xiao Yu chose to stay with him.
• Lei Luo told Xiao Yu that an expert had nearly wiped out the Xiao Household and taken Xiao Zhan, while her father remained safe and the Mittel Family protected the relocated clan.
• Lei Luo and Xiao Yu spent the night together, and Xiao Yu thanked him for helping her family.
• Xiao Yu and Lei Luo attended the next day’s tournament, where Instructor Ruo Lin teased them about their closeness.
• Lei Luo sensed four Peak Dou Emperor elders watching him, and Instructor Ruo Lin explained their roles and warned him about the Enforcement Team and Alchemist Department.