Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang arrived in the Central Plains and visited Burning Flame Valley to obtain an alchemy cauldron and meet Fire Cloud Old Ancestor. After treating Tang Huo'er and offering Burning Flame Valley a bounty of pills, he asked to borrow the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and left Fire Cloud Old Ancestor agreeing to his proposal.

• Chu Yang, Yun Yun, and Sun Wukong arrived in the Northern Desert, then separated after reaching Tianbei City.
• Chu Yang traveled to Burning Flame Valley and convinced its gatekeeper to alert Valley Master Tang Zhen by promising to heal Tang Huo'er.
• Chu Yang revealed his Dou Saint strength, met Tang Zhen, and asked to exchange for the Mountain Melting Cauldron.
• Tang Zhen gave Chu Yang the cauldron, and Chu Yang refined more than a dozen batches of high-quality pills and treated Tang Huo'er.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor emerged from seclusion, and Chu Yang asked to borrow the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame by having Tang Huo'er accompany him; Fire Cloud Old Ancestor agreed.

Chu Yang healed Tang Huo'er and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, then left Burning Flame Valley with his new disciple after the valley pledged its allegiance to him. In Saint Pill City, he met Pill Tower giant Xuan Kongzi, who invited him into the Pill Tower, where they were joined by Xuan Kongzi's disciple Cao Ying.

• Tang Huo'er accepted Chu Yang as her master after he promised to provide cultivation resources and guidance, and he gave her a powerful Dou skill.
• Chu Yang used Source Qi to heal Tang Huo'er and alter her foundation, then healed Fire Cloud Old Ancestor; Tang Huo'er later inherited the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and reached the peak of the Dou Sect realm.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor pledged Burning Flame Valley's support to Chu Yang, and Chu Yang departed with Tang Huo'er.
• In Saint Pill City, Chu Yang recognized Xuan Kongzi as a senior Pill Tower figure, introduced himself, and accepted an invitation to visit the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi brought Chu Yang and Tang Huo'er to his quarters, where his disciple Cao Ying arrived and greeted Chu Yang.

Chu Yang visited the Pill Tower, where Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi discovered he was the eighteen-year-old genius from the Jia Ma Empire and learned of his peak eighth-grade alchemy. The Pill Tower opened its pill formulas to him, while Xuan Kongzi sought higher approval for his request for resources, and Chu Yang began studying the formulas.

• Xuan Kongzi left Chu Yang with pill-formula scrolls when Xuan Yi arrived urgently to speak with him.
• Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi that Yao Chen had been captured by the Soul Hall and asked for help rescuing him after the Pill Conference.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi realized the Chu Yang in the room was likely the genius from the Jia Ma Empire after learning his name and age.
• Chu Yang confirmed he was from the Jia Ma Empire, knew Yao Chen through Xiao Yan, and revealed that he was a peak eighth-grade alchemist.
• Chu Yang asked the Pill Tower for pill formulas and alchemy resources, offering half his refined pills and a future favor; Xuan Kongzi opened the Tower's formulas to him but deferred the resource decision to the Grand Elder.
• Chu Yang spent the following days studying the Pill Tower's formulas and learned about the transformation and intelligence of ninth-grade pills.

Chu Yang refined a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, drawing Nine Xuan Gold Lightning over the Pill Tower and shocking the Pill Domain. He trapped the lightning dragon with his South Heavenly Gate, while the Pill Tower Ancestor watched and hoped to obtain a strand of the lightning.

• Chu Yang refined large quantities of eighth-grade pills, convincing Lin Old Oddity and the Small Pill Tower elders to provide him with ingredients.
• After receiving three sets of Ninth-Grade Pill ingredients, Chu Yang refined a Golden Pill, summoning Nine Xuan Gold Lightning and alarming the Pill Tower and the Pill Domain.
• Lin Old Oddity and the Pill Tower elders urged Tang Huo'er to let them stop Chu Yang, but Chu Yang emerged and continued forming the pill.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived and offered to block the lightning, but Chu Yang insisted on handling it himself and promised to leave the Ancestor a strand.
• Chu Yang summoned the South Heavenly Gate with Tianque and trapped the Nine Xuan Gold Lightning dragon as the Pill Tower elders and other experts watched.

Chu Yang subdued Nine Xuan Gold Lightning, became a nominal Pill Tower elder, and gave the Pill Tower a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, further raising its standing. After helping Tang Huo'er advance, he arranged a journey to East Dragon Island and departed with Old Azure Dragon.

• Chu Yang pulled a strand of Nine Xuan Gold Lightning for the Pill Tower Ancestor, then captured and compressed the lightning dragon with Sky Gate.
• At the Small Pill Tower Elders' Council, Chu Yang agreed to become a nominal elder and gave the Pill Tower his sealed Ninth-Grade Golden Pill; the Pill Tower Ancestor promised to help him when needed.
• Lin Old Oddity gave Chu Yang double the requested medicinal ingredients, and Chu Yang asked the Pill Tower Ancestor to arrange an introduction to East Dragon Island.
• During several days in seclusion, Chu Yang guided Tang Huo'er in Tai Chi, and she comprehended its truth and broke through to the Dou Venerate realm.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor brought Old Azure Dragon to meet Chu Yang, and Old Azure Dragon arranged for an East Dragon Island elder to receive them.
• Chu Yang set out for Ancient Dragon Island with Old Azure Dragon.

Chu Yang visited East Dragon Island, told Zhu Li and Qi You that Zi Yan would soon return to the Central Plains, and entered the Void Lightning Pool to cultivate. There he took the Black Demon Lightning and Nine Xuan Gold Lightning, helping the latter begin Spirit Gathering before absorbing the power of all three lightning bolts into his left leg.

• Chu Yang met Zhu Li and Qi You on East Dragon Island and declined their offer to become a guest elder, asking instead to cultivate in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Chu Yang showed the elders an image of Zi Yan and told them she would soon reach the Central Plains, prompting them to prepare for the Old Dragon Emperor's bloodline to return.
• Zhu Li guided Chu Yang to the Void Lightning Pool, where Chu Yang descended through its lightning and seized the Black Demon Lightning.
• Chu Yang found the ancient Nine Xuan Gold Lightning and offered to help it undergo Spirit Gathering in exchange for its power.
• After the Nine Xuan Gold Lightning failed to undergo Spirit Gathering, Chu Yang absorbed its power and helped it develop a trace of intelligence.
• Chu Yang used the Refining Treasure Sutra to combine the power of two Nine Xuan Gold Lightning bolts and the Black Demon Lightning, refining them into his left leg.

Chu Yang discovered a mysterious black crystal at the core of the Thunder Pool and used the Rising Spirit Sutra to evolve his Four Sacred True Spirits. After Ao Ting fused with the Divine Dragon True Spirit, it emerged as an intelligent dragon that called Chu Yang its master.

• Chu Yang finished refining the transformed Nine Xuan Gold Lightning, named the young lightning dragon Ao Ting, and tested the extraordinary speed and destructive power of his left leg.
• Ao Ting led Chu Yang to a black crystal that stabilized the Thunder Pool; when Chu Yang removed it, the lightning turned violent, so he used the Rising Spirit Sutra to let the Divine Dragon True Spirit devour the lightning.
• Chu Yang fed pills to his other True Spirits and considered using the Pill Tower to supply the ingredients needed for their evolution.
• Ao Ting rushed toward the Divine Dragon True Spirit, and the two fused while devouring the Thunder Pool's lightning as Chu Yang cultivated to the late stage of the Four Star Dou Saint realm.
• The fusion produced a tiny, intelligent dragon that recognized Chu Yang as its master, while Chu Yang retrieved the black crystal and celebrated the gains from his trip.

The Chu Yangs investigated how Ao Ting fused with the Divine Dragon True Spirit and found that his intelligence could manifest across their worlds without interference. Chu Yang then returned to East Dragon Island, where he offered to help hide Zi Yan and proposed refining valuable medicinal ingredients into pills for the clan.

• Hokage Chu Yang theorized that the Divine Dragon True Spirit refined the Thunder Pool and absorbed Ao Ting's intelligence, while the others discussed the need for compatible treasures and loyal intelligences.
• The Chu Yangs tested Ao Ting and the Four Sacred True Spirits across worlds, discovering that their manifestations did not interfere and that Ao Ting's shared intelligence resembled their own linked existence.
• Super God Chu Yang said he would improve Pangu's Douqi World database, while Douqi Chu Yang mentioned finding a treasure to refine into their frontal bones.
• Chu Yang arrived at East Dragon Island and learned that Zhu Li and Qi You had found Zi Yan but faced pressure from the other Dragon Islands to hold a clan assembly.
• Chu Yang offered to conceal Zi Yan's aura and let East Dragon Island present his visit as a request for help from a Ninth Grade alchemist.
• Zhu Li and Qi You hesitated over Chu Yang's costly ingredient list, so he offered to refine the ingredients into more potent pills and keep only half; they questioned whether he truly was a Ninth Grade alchemist.

Chu Yang aided East Dragon Island by refining pills and promised to recover the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit if the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan obtained it. He returned toward the Jia Ma Empire after learning the Soul Hall had entered the Northwest Region, where a powerful invasion had already driven the empire’s forces back.

• Chu Yang told Qi You and Zhu Li that he was the Ninth-Grade Golden Core Grandmaster Alchemist and that a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit would soon appear, with Xiao Yan helping Zi Yan pursue it.
• Zhu Li supplied the medicinal ingredients, and Chu Yang refined pills, gave East Dragon Island its thirty-percent share, and strengthened the Four Sacred True Spirits with the rest.
• Chu Yang said the Soul Hall had extended its reach into the Northwest Region, warned Qi You and Zhu Li to watch the Three Dragon Kings, and left for the Jia Ma Empire.
• The chapter described how Chu Yang’s rise had made the Jia Ma Empire a thriving destination for experts and factions, while the Cloud Mist Sect grew powerful.
• A month earlier, an army of unknown experts had gathered in the Chu Yun Empire and invaded the Jia Ma Empire; even Dou Saints joined the assault, and the Jia Ma Empire and Cloud Mist Sect were repeatedly forced back.

The Soul Hall’s army prepared to resume its assault on the Jia Ma Empire after Xiao Xiao had held back its Dou Saints, while Chu Yang returned to the border and discovered the attack was reaching its final stage. Nalan Yanran and the empire’s allies gathered to plan their defense as the enemy advanced.

• The Soul Hall’s commanders discussed reinforcements and learned that its Vice Hall Master had arrived to help Bone You defeat Xiao Xiao.
• The Vice Hall Master ordered an immediate attack and said he would join the fight against Xiao Xiao.
• Chu Yang emerged from a spatial tunnel near the Jia Ma Empire and recognized that the Soul Hall had gathered twelve Dou Saints.
• Nalan Yanran met with the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders and allies to discuss how to face the Chuyun Army’s final assault.

Chu Yang returned to the Jia Ma Empire during the Chuyun Army’s final assault, effortlessly overwhelmed its Dou Saints, and exposed the Soul Clan’s role in the invasion. After letting Nalan Yanran decide the fate of the enemies who had killed Cloud Mist Sect elders, he unleashed his new Extreme Sword Art across the battlefield.

• Yao Ye reported the Chuyun Army’s final offensive, and Nalan Yanran led the Cloud Mist Sect and allied forces to meet it.
• Bone You demanded the defenders surrender, but Chu Yang appeared beside him and sent eleven Dou Saints flying with a casual wave.
• Chu Yang crushed the Soul Hall’s summoned Vice Hall Master and forced Bone You to admit that the Soul Clan had ordered the invasion.
• Chu Yang reunited with Xiao Xiao and Pill Child, then let Nalan Yanran claim authority over Bone You’s punishment and the enemy’s fate.
• Chu Yang declared that the Chuyun Army members responsible for bloodshed would all die, then unleashed Extreme Sword Art: Thousand Weights across the battlefield.

Chu Yang annihilated the Chuyun Army with the Extreme Sword Technique, drove away the other Ancient Clan experts, and promised aid to the Jia Ma Empire. After discovering Tang Huo'er and her allies had arrived, he arranged for Fa Ma and Gu He to study alchemy with Lin Old Oddity.

• Chu Yang unleashed the Extreme Sword Technique and erased the Chuyun Army, including its eleven Dou Saints, before dispersing the storm overhead with a glance.
• The Lei Clan Elder explained that Mang Tianchi had sent him, and Chu Yang gave him pills for himself and Mang Tianchi before he left to rescue the Headmaster.
• Chu Yang ordered the five remaining Ancient Clan experts to deliver medicinal ingredients within a month, then promised double resources to rebuild the Jia Ma Empire and gifts for those who had resisted the invaders.
• Tang Huo'er arrived and explained that the Supreme Elder and Lin Old Oddity had come with her; Chu Yang asked her to bring them over and said the empire's restriction did not apply to friends.
• Chu Yang welcomed Lin Old Oddity and the Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, then assigned Fa Ma and Gu He to study under Lin Old Oddity.

Chu Yang strengthened the Cloud Mist Sect’s ties with the Pill Tower and Burning Flame Valley, then prepared to return to the Central Plains before the Ancient Seven Clans could target his sect. He left Nalan Yanran with a plan to train Xiao Xiao as a future sect leader.

• Lin Old Oddity agreed to guide Gu He and Fa Ma, and Chu Yang offered the Pill Tower an annual disciple exchange in return for a teleportation array.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor proposed that Burning Flame Valley join the Cloud Mist Sect, and Chu Yang instead made it the sect’s Central Plains representative while granting it training quotas and Heaven Rank techniques.
• Chu Yang gave Fire Cloud Old Ancestor fire techniques and Five Worldly Extinctions, which could help Burning Flame Valley overcome the limits of the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame inheritance.
• Nalan Yanran gave Tang Huo'er a Bodhi Seed as a meeting gift, and Chu Yang told Nalan Yanran he would return to the Central Plains in one month to draw the Ancient Seven Clans’ attention away from the Cloud Mist Sect.
• Chu Yang suggested Xiao Xiao as Nalan Yanran’s future successor and arranged for Xiao Xiao to learn sect management from her.

Chu Yang refined Ninth-Grade Golden Pills at the Cloud Mist Sect, revealing himself as the continent’s greatest alchemist and strengthening his reputation as a Half-Emperor. As factions sought peace and the Soul Clan invited him to the Soul Realm, he agreed to go in half a month if they waited, while the chapter ended with Nalan Yanran’s friends teasing her about their relationship.

• Chu Yang asked Nalan Yanran about Sun Wukong and Yun Yun, learned they had not responded to attempts at contact, and said their life signals were unstable but not dangerous.
• Chu Yang refined pills that attracted Nine Xuan Gold Lightning for half a month, while rumors spread that he was a Half-Emperor and the Ninth-Grade Golden Core Grandmaster Alchemist.
• The other five Ancient Clans delivered medicinal ingredients, and the Gu Clan sent extra supplies and an apology; the Soul Clan invited Chu Yang to the Soul Realm to apologize and punish Hun Miesheng.
• Chu Yang said he would honor his planned month at the sect and visit the Soul Realm in half a month if the Soul Clan waited, warning that otherwise he would settle old and new scores.
• Chu Yang left with Elder Jin to inspect the planned Directional Teleportation Array, while Nalan Yanran’s female friends teased her about whether she or Chu Yang had pursued the other.

Chu Yang traveled to the Soul Realm after leaving Nalan Yanran and confronted Soul Heavenly Emperor, who offered tribute and an ancient treasure to appease him. The chapter ended with Chu Yang absorbing the Annihilation Soul Astral Wind and ordering the Soul Clan to bring Hun Miesheng before him.

• Nalan Yanran watched Chu Yang leave and resolved to join him once Xiao Xiao took over the sect.
• Chu Yang arrived at the Burial Sky Mountain Range and entered the Soul Realm through a hidden Space Rift with a Soul Clan elder.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor welcomed Chu Yang as Emperor Chu, called himself Little Tian, and blamed Hun Miesheng for attacking the Cloud Mist Sect.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor offered Chu Yang an enormous tribute and the Annihilation Soul Astral Wind as atonement for the Soul Clan.
• Chu Yang revealed that he knew about the Void Swallowing Flame and the Slaying the Emperor Formation, shattered the crystal sphere, absorbed the Annihilation Soul Astral Wind, and demanded Hun Miesheng be brought to him.

Chu Yang forced the Soul Clan to destroy the Soul Hall and surrender its accumulated assets, then prepared to visit the Central Plains’ major powers. He arrived at the Nine Serene Deep Abyss with Tang Huo'er, where the guards recognized him and panicked.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor destroyed Hun Miesheng’s body and remnant soul, then agreed to dissolve the Soul Hall within three days and let the Cloud Mist Sect collect its branch properties.
• Chu Yang declared the grievances between the Cloud Mist Sect and the Soul Clan settled, warned Soul Heavenly Emperor to keep his descendants in line, and left the Soul Realm.
• Chu Yang spent three days refining the Annihilation Soul Astral Wind into his Wind Spirit Power, then arranged for Nalan Yanran to gather the Soul Hall’s assets and sent calling cards to major forces across the continent.
• Lin Old Oddity told Chu Yang that the Ancient Six Clans were nervous about his visit while the Three Demonic Beast Clans eagerly competed to host him; Chu Yang chose to visit the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan first and brought Tang Huo'er along.
• At the Nine Serene Deep Abyss, two guards recognized Chu Yang as Emperor Chu, dropped to their knees, and begged him not to punish them; Chu Yang told them to report his visit.

Chu Yang refined the Nine Serene Yellow Springs’ origin, set Tang Huo'er on the path to founding an imperial dynasty in Central Plains, and recruited Yao Feng to serve her. As they traveled toward Ancient Dragon Island, Chu Yang used a Klein Bottle to accelerate time on the Douqi Continent.

• Chu Yang arrived at the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan with Tang Huo'er, saw through Yao Xiaotian’s attempt to divert him from the imprisoned Yao Ming, and proposed Tang Huo'er as the future Empress of Central Plains.
• Chu Yang absorbed and refined the Nine Serene Yellow Springs’ origin over three days while ignoring Yao Ming’s attempts to attract his attention.
• Chu Yang offered Yao Feng the chance to reach the Dou Saint realm in exchange for serving Tang Huo'er, and Yao Feng injected the two serums Chu Yang provided.
• Chu Yang and Tang Huo'er left for Ancient Dragon Island, and Chu Yang told her to support East Dragon Island against the other three dragon islands.
• Chu Yang poured Source Qi into a Klein Bottle, accelerating time on the Douqi Continent.

Chu Yang used the Klein Bottle to bring Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan’s future selves five years forward, then traveled through a Space Fissure to find Sun Wukong. He found Sun Wukong alive in a lifeless world, but the clone had awakened with a fearsome killing intent.

• Chu Yang activated the Klein Bottle, advancing Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan by five years and raising Tang Huo'er’s cultivation to Four Star Dou Saint.
• Chu Yang sent Tang Huo'er to handle the three Dragon Islands and traveled to the Beast Domain to search for Sun Wukong.
• Chu Yang found a Space Fissure in a Life Forbidden Zone and forced open a passage beyond the Douqi Continent.
• Chu Yang crossed the Space Fissure and emerged in a desolate world filled with dense energy, where he found Sun Wukong meditating in an ancient hall.
• Sun Wukong’s original body appeared above him, and a golden circlet-like mark formed on his forehead before he opened his blood-red eyes.
• Chu Yang realized Sun Wukong’s killing intent might control him, and Sun Wukong asked why Chu Yang had come looking for him.

Chu Yang helped Sun Wukong confront the murderous inheritance that had trapped him, then sent him through a Space Fissure to fight the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan. After touring the Central Plains’ major forces with Tang Huo'er, Chu Yang reached the Flower Sect and discovered Yun Yun sitting unresponsive in a cave, seemingly alive but without a soul.

• Sun Wukong told Chu Yang how he had inherited a slaughter legacy and struggled to suppress its murderous influence, and Chu Yang proposed that he Prove the Way through slaughter.
• Chu Yang found a Space Fissure and sent Sun Wukong through it to face the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, warning him that he might have to intervene if Sun Wukong lost control.
• Chu Yang and Tang Huo'er visited the Central Plains’ major forces, discussed the origins of true dragons and true phoenixes, and then set out for the Flower Sect.
• At the Flower Sect, Chu Yang questioned Hua Jin about the missing former Sect Leader Hua Yu and learned that the elders did not know of Hua Yu’s successor.
• Chu Yang searched a cave deep within the Flower Sect and found Yun Yun sitting motionless, unresponsive despite his presence.

Chu Yang restored Yun Yun’s soul, learned how her repeated dream cycles had made him her inner demon, and persuaded her to take control of the Flower Sect. After securing the support of the Central Plains factions for his planned dynasty, he asked Gu Yuan to let Xiao Xun’er choose her own partner and requested the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame in exchange.

• Chu Yang found Yun Yun beside Hua Yu’s grave and used Idle Transfiguration with Tianque’s power to restore her soul.
• Yun Yun awoke, discovered that her soul had reached the Emperor Realm, and explained how Hua Yu’s inheritance and endless reincarnation-like dreams had trapped her.
• Chu Yang urged Yun Yun to grow stronger and take over the Flower Sect, which she agreed to support for his planned imperial dynasty.
• Chu Yang left the Flower Sect, learned that Sound Valley would remain isolated, and gained the Ancient Clans’ cooperation, including the Shi Clan’s Heart of the Earth for a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill.
• Chu Yang sent Tang Huo’er to begin preparations for the dynasty, then met Gu Yuan and Xiao Xun’er to discuss her relationship with Xiao Yan and request the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame.