Chapter Summaries

Han Feng refined the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and broke through to become a One-Star Battle Venerable at eighteen. After finding no word from his teacher, Yao Chen, for a year, he headed to the Pill Tower to earn his eighth-tier alchemist qualification and investigate what had happened.

• Han Feng endured the Red Lotus Karmic Fire’s final attack and suppressed it with his Nine Yang Dou Qi and soul force.
• Han Feng absorbed the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, reached the Perfected Spirit Realm, and broke through from peak Dou Ancestor to One-Star Battle Venerable.
• Han Feng left the secret realm and found a message from Elder Xuan Yi inviting him to take the Pill Tower’s eighth-tier alchemist assessment.
• Han Feng discovered that Yao Chen had sent no messages during his year in seclusion and feared Soul Hall might have captured or killed him.
• Han Feng decided to go to the Pill Tower to earn his qualification and search for news of Yao Chen.

Han Feng took the Pill Tower's eighth-tier alchemist examination and astonished its elders by refining a high-tier eighth-tier Heavenly Fortune Pill and absorbing its Five-Colored Pill Lightning with sword qi. After he passed, Elder Xuan Yi summoned him, and Han Feng hoped to learn what had happened to his teacher.

• Han Feng arrived at the Pill Tower and used Yao Chen's jade token to gain access to the eighth-tier examination.
• Han Feng selected ingredients for a Heavenly Fortune Pill and revealed his Perfected Spirit Realm soul and powerful Red Lotus Flame.
• Han Feng smoothly refined the pill, summoning Five-Colored Pill Lightning that the three supervising elders feared could cause severe harm.
• Han Feng shattered each bolt of pill lightning with sword qi, allowing the Heavenly Fortune Pill to absorb it and rise to the high-tier eighth tier.
• Han Feng passed the examination, then left with a maid after Elder Xuan Yi requested to see him.

Han Feng learned from Xuan Yi that Yao Chen had been missing for over half a year after traces of the Soul Hall were found where he vanished. He accepted Xuan Yi’s Elder Token and set out to return to Falling Star Pavilion, determined to take charge and search for his teacher.

• Han Feng visited Xuan Yi and asked why Yao Chen had not contacted him during his year of seclusion.
• Xuan Yi told Han Feng that Yao Chen had gone missing more than half a year earlier while searching for ingredients for an eighth-grade pill.
• Han Feng recalled that he had thwarted Mu Gu’s attempt to drive a wedge between him and Yao Chen, then resolved to use the coming events to reunite with his teacher and Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Yi explained that the Pill Tower and Venerable Feng had searched for Yao Chen but found only traces of the Soul Hall and no leads.
• Han Feng decided to return to Falling Star Pavilion to take charge while Yao Chen was absent.
• Xuan Yi gave Han Feng her Elder Token so he could use the Pill Tower’s intelligence networks, and Han Feng set out for Falling Star Pavilion.

Han Feng returned to Falling Star Pavilion and saved Feng Xian from Thunder Venerable and Yellow Springs Venerable, who had attacked while Yao Chen was missing. After the enemies fled, Han Feng vowed to find his teacher and protect the pavilion, revealing that he was an Eighth-Tier Alchemist.

• Han Feng reached Falling Star Pavilion and found its islands ruined as Feng Xian fought Thunder Venerable and Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Han Feng intervened with the Green Lotus Sword, stopped the enemies’ combined attack, and joined Feng Xian against them.
• Han Feng wounded Thunder Venerable, while Feng Xian seized the opening to injure Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Thunder Venerable and Yellow Springs Venerable fled through a spatial rift, and Han Feng sent a golden sword thread after them.
• Feng Xian told Han Feng that Yao Chen had gone missing, and Han Feng vowed to bring him back and stabilize Falling Star Pavilion.
• Han Feng revealed that he was an Eighth-Tier Alchemist and declared that anyone who threatened Falling Star Pavilion would face devastation.

Over two years, Han Feng strengthened Falling Star Pavilion through pill refinement, cultivation, and new alliances, then decided to unite the Black-Corner Region into a base for the pavilion and a way to seek news of Yao Chen. After gaining Feng Xian’s support, Han Feng set out for the region to claim its territory.

• Han Feng’s pills and leadership helped Falling Star Pavilion rebuild, expand its strength, and deter its enemies, while Feng Xian advanced to five-star Dou Venerable and Han Feng reached three-star Dou Venerable.
• Iron Sword Venerable challenged Han Feng, lost their swordsmanship contest, and stayed at Falling Star Pavilion as a guest elder.
• Han Feng told Feng Xian he planned to unite the Black-Corner Region as a strategic base and intelligence network, including to seek news of Yao Chen and connect with Canaan Academy.
• Feng Xian agreed to Han Feng’s plan, accepted a jade talisman for emergencies, and watched Han Feng depart for the Black-Corner Region.

Han Feng visited Canaan Academy to announce that he would unify the Black-Corner Region while searching for clues about his missing master, Yao Chen. Su Qian agreed that the academy would stay out of his campaign and cooperate with his new faction, leaving Han Feng ready to begin his cleanup.

• Han Feng arrived in the Black-Corner Region and requested an audience with Grand Elder Su Qian at Canaan Academy.
• Su Qian opened the academy's barrier and welcomed Han Feng, wary of his strength and reputation.
• Han Feng explained that he was investigating Yao Chen's disappearance and planned to unify the Black-Corner Region to make the search more effective.
• Han Feng promised to leave Canaan Academy untouched and offered cooperation in exchange for access to ancient records and an alliance.
• Su Qian agreed that the academy would not interfere and would cooperate with Han Feng's new faction.
• Han Feng left Canaan Academy and prepared to begin his campaign to unify the region.

After thirty years of cultivation and rule in the Black-Corner Region, Han Feng reached the late Heaven Realm and became a Three-Star Dou Saint. He left the Sacred City in Mo Shan’s care and set out to travel, intending to reunite his teacher with his junior brother and help Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin if he found them.

• Han Feng emerged from ten years of seclusion after perfecting the Nine Yang Divine Art and advancing to the late Heaven Realm and Three-Star Dou Saint.
• He reflected on how he had crushed opposition, founded the Sacred City, and built its forces under Mo Shan.
• Han Feng decided to leave the city, thinking of his junior brother in Wu Tan City, his teacher, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Mo Shan and the Sacred City’s leaders welcomed Han Feng as he left the sealed chamber.
• Han Feng placed Mo Shan in charge of the city and vanished, telling the leaders to send him a message if anything happened.

Han Feng returned to Falling Star Pavilion after five years in seclusion and revealed to Feng Xian that he had reached the early Three-Star Dou Saint stage. After reassuring Feng Xian about the pavilion, Han Feng set out for the Jia Ma Empire to retrace his teacher Yao Chen’s path.

• Han Feng traveled through his permanent spatial wormhole to Falling Star Pavilion and found Feng Xian meditating in the main hall’s chamber.
• Feng Xian greeted Han Feng and was stunned when Han Feng revealed his early Three-Star Dou Saint strength.
• Feng Xian told Han Feng that Falling Star Pavilion had prospered, while Soul Hall had grown more active and continued capturing soul bodies.
• Han Feng said he still had no clues about Yao Chen and planned to travel in search of an opportunity or lead.
• Han Feng reassured Feng Xian, left Falling Star Pavilion, and headed northwest toward Qingshan Town in the Jia Ma Empire.

Little Fairy Doctor’s tragic past and poisonous constitution left her isolated, and Shopkeeper Yao refused to protect her from Mu Li unless she signed a ten-year contract and moved into his room. After rejecting his demands, she prepared poisons for a fight she expected to face the next morning, determined not to unleash the power that had destroyed a village.

• Little Fairy Doctor remembered how her poisonous constitution killed the old farmer who had sheltered her and everyone else in their village when she was seven.
• After years of studying herbs and treating patients, Little Fairy Doctor earned a reputation in Qingshan Town and a place at Myriad Medicine Hall, where Mu Li began harassing her.
• Shopkeeper Yao told Little Fairy Doctor that Mu Li had invited her into the Magic Beast Mountains and demanded she sign a ten-year contract and move into his room in exchange for protection.
• Little Fairy Doctor refused Shopkeeper Yao’s terms, and he ordered her to explain herself to Mu Li without Myriad Medicine Hall’s help.
• Little Fairy Doctor prepared poisoned powder and needles for the confrontation, while resolving not to unleash the deadly power that had destroyed her village.

Han Feng retrieved the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map and other treasures from hidden ruins in the Magic Beast Mountains, then found Little Fairy Doctor surrounded by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He killed Mu Li and the mercenaries, offered to cure Little Fairy Doctor, and left town with her after she agreed to follow him.

• Han Feng entered hidden ruins in the Magic Beast Mountains, collected rare herbs and treasures, and recovered the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map.
• Han Feng found Little Fairy Doctor surrounded by Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group outside Qingshan Town.
• Han Feng froze the scene, then killed Mu Li and the mercenaries with a glance while sparing a witness and Shopkeeper Yao.
• Han Feng told Little Fairy Doctor he could solve her constitution’s problems and offered to take her with him.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked whether Han Feng could really cure her, accepted his answer, and followed him away from Qingshan Town.

Han Feng took Little Fairy Doctor to the Tagor Great Desert and explained that her Calamity Poison Body could be controlled. Outside Stone Desert City, he found the shunned Qing Lin and brought her along with them as they headed back to the Black-Corner Region.

• Han Feng explained that Little Fairy Doctor had a Calamity Poison Body and promised to help her control it.
• Han Feng and Little Fairy Doctor traveled to Stone Desert City to find a little girl he wanted to pick up.
• Han Feng found Qing Lin being bullied outside the city and learned she had been rejected by both humans and snakefolk because of her mixed blood.
• Han Feng invited Qing Lin to come with him, and Little Fairy Doctor reassured her and comforted her.
• Han Feng carried Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor into the sky and set course for the Black-Corner Region.

Han Feng settled Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in the Sacred City, gave Xiao Yi Xian the name Yaoxin, and spent half a month helping them recover. He then traveled to Wu Tan City, where he found his junior brother Xiao Yan and the two girls following him.

• Han Feng brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Sacred City and ordered maidservants and a medicinal bath to be prepared for them.
• Han Feng asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she had a name of her own, then named her Yaoxin.
• Han Feng spent the next half-month nourishing Yaoxin and Qing Lin until their physical foundations stabilized.
• Han Feng left the Sacred City and traveled to Wu Tan City to observe his junior brother.
• Han Feng found eleven-year-old Xiao Yan, a Dou Zhe, in the marketplace with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei nearby.

Han Feng watched Xiao Yan in Wu Tan City and decided to take him as a disciple on Yao Chen's behalf. After arriving at the Xiao Family, Han Feng asked to speak with Xiao Yan alone, while Xiao Xun'er grew suspicious and ordered Old Ling to investigate him.

• Han Feng spotted Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er in the marketplace, identified the powerful Ling Ying hiding nearby, and decided to approach the Xiao Family.
• Han Feng appeared above the Xiao Family residence and told Xiao Zhan he might accept Xiao Yan as a disciple on behalf of his master.
• Xiao Zhan eagerly summoned Xiao Yan, who respectfully greeted Han Feng.
• Han Feng asked to speak with Xiao Yan alone, and Xiao Zhan led them toward the study.
• Xiao Xun'er watched Han Feng and told Old Ling to investigate his origins.

Han Feng revealed his power and offered to take Xiao Yan to the Black-Corner Region as his teacher’s disciple. After Han Feng treated Xiao Yan’s ring, Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi stopped regressing, and an aged figure emerged from the ring.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Han Feng was the Falling Star Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, ruler of the Black-Corner Region, and a suspected Half-Saint whom the Ancient Clan warned against provoking.
• Han Feng introduced himself to Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, then offered to take Xiao Yan away to train as his teacher’s disciple; Xiao Zhan agreed.
• Han Feng sealed the study and told Xiao Yan he was fated with his teacher, then asked to see the ring causing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to disappear.
• Xiao Yan trusted Han Feng and handed over his mother’s ring, and Han Feng infused it with emerald medicinal liquid from a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan cultivated and found that his Dou Qi was no longer disappearing, then watched an aged, translucent figure emerge from the glowing ring.

Han Feng reunited with Yao Chen and offered Xiao Yan a chance to train in the Black-Corner Region. After Xiao Zhan encouraged his son to leave, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er arrived outside Han Feng’s room the next morning, ready to go.

• Yao Chen awakened from the black ring and recognized Han Feng, who gave him soul-nourishing liquid and urged him to return to the ring to recover.
• Han Feng asked Xiao Yan to come with him to the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yan requested until the next day to decide.
• Xiao Xun'er questioned Xiao Yan about Han Feng’s offer, while news of Xiao Yan’s opportunity stirred the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Zhan encouraged Xiao Yan to leave Wu Tan City and pursue cultivation, and Xiao Yan resolved to go.
• Ling Ying gave Xiao Zhan a storage ring from Xiao Xun'er and said she wished to accompany Xiao Yan to the Black-Corner Region.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er waited outside Han Feng’s guest room, prepared to leave with him.

Han Feng took Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Ling Ying to the Black-Corner Region, where they saw that he had transformed it into an orderly domain centered on the Sacred City. He then reunited with Yao Chen and told his teacher about the decades they had spent apart.

• Han Feng agreed to take Xiao Xun'er along with Xiao Yan, gave Xiao Zhan two cultivation scrolls for the Xiao Family, and invited the hidden Ling Ying to join them.
• Han Feng tore open a spatial passage and brought the group to the Black-Corner Region, where Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying saw its roads, patrols, and cities operating under strict order.
• At the Sacred City, Han Feng asked Xiao Yan for the ring containing Yao Chen, assigned Mo Shan to show Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er around, and went alone to the sealed cultivation chamber.
• Han Feng awakened Yao Chen from the ring and happily reunited with his teacher after more than thirty years apart.
• Han Feng recounted his life and achievements since their separation, and Yao Chen told him that he had suffered.

Yao Chen decided to pass the Flame Mantra to Xiao Yan, while Han Feng showed Xiao Yan’s group the strict order enforced in Sacred City. In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan learned that Xun’er had gone with Xiao Yan and ordered Ling Ying to keep following her as the clan watched Han Feng’s rise.

• Yao Chen told Han Feng he would teach Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra, and Han Feng agreed that Xiao Yan should choose whether to pursue its dangerous path.
• Mo Shan showed Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun’er, and Ling Ying Sacred City’s roads and enforcement system, where the Enforcement Corps swiftly arrested two fighting mercenaries.
• Xiao Xun’er grew wary of Han Feng’s influence after witnessing how his laws governed the Black-Corner Region.
• A black-robed elder reported to Gu Yuan that Xun’er had left the Xiao Family and followed Xiao Yan to the Black-Corner Region.
• Gu Yuan heard that Han Feng was Yao Chen’s disciple and a suspected Half-Saint, then ordered Ling Ying to continue following Xun’er and told the clan to wait and see.

Xiao Yan formally became Yao Chen’s final disciple and chose the dangerous Flame Mantra over a stable Middle Earth Tier cultivation method. Han Feng promised to help him obtain Beast Flames to improve it and later arrange for him to acquire the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Mo Shan summoned Xiao Yan to meet Han Feng and Yao Chen, where Yao Chen formally accepted him as his second personal disciple and final disciple.
• Han Feng presented Xiao Yan with the stable Red Flame Heart Sutra and the risky Flame Mantra, explaining the Flame Mantra’s potential and dangers.
• Xiao Yan chose the Flame Mantra and asked how he would obtain Heavenly Flames.
• Han Feng told Xiao Yan that he would arrange for him to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame at Canaan Academy when he was strong enough.
• Yao Chen passed the Flame Mantra’s formula to Xiao Yan, who found its cultivation speed very slow.
• Han Feng said he had sent people to gather Beast Flames so Xiao Yan could raise the Flame Mantra to High Yellow Tier.

Han Feng guided Xiao Yan through refining three Beast Flames into the Huasheng Flame and using it to evolve the Flame Mantra. After the successful evolution, Xiao Yan reached the Two-Star Dou Practitioner level, while Yaoxin and Qing Lin began training under Yao Chen.

• Han Feng gave Xiao Yan the Purple Crystal Lion Flame, Twin Snake Flame, Earth Dragon Lizard Flame, and the True Flame Controlling Art, then instructed him to refine the flames inside his dantian.
• Xiao Yan endured repeated failures as he confined and purified the three clashing Beast Flames with his Dou Qi and soul power.
• Yao Chen began teaching Yaoxin to control her poison and Qing Lin to use her snake bloodline and strengthen her eyes.
• After half a month, Xiao Yan used medicinal herbs to form the gray Huasheng Flame and devoured it with the Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng protected Xiao Yan through the painful evolution, and Xiao Yan emerged with the Flame Mantra at the High Yellow Tier and cultivation at the Two-Star Dou Practitioner level.

Han Feng refined a Nine-Turn Soul-Reviving Pill that restored Yao Chen’s soul, then learned how Soul Hall and Gu You had betrayed and nearly killed his teacher. He vowed to find Gu You and make Soul Hall pay, leaving their revenge unresolved.

• Han Feng refined the Nine-Turn Soul-Reviving Pill in Starwatch Tower and cut apart the Black Demon Lightning summoned by its completion.
• Yao Chen swallowed the pill, and his damaged soul recovered its strength and solidity.
• Yao Chen told Han Feng that Gu You had lured him into a trap with four Soul Hall elders and stabbed him with a poisoned bone spike.
• Yao Chen explained that he destroyed his body and escaped as a remnant soul after Soul-Dissolving Saliva began dissolving his body and soul.
• Han Feng asked where Gu You was, then vowed to find him and avenge Yao Chen against Gu You and Soul Hall.