Chapter Summaries

Fama avenged his past by killing Ye Lan, while Fa Wutian traveled to Wutan City to meet Yao Chen and discuss a deal. Xiao Yan continued grueling training for his three-year agreement with Naran Yanran, and Fa Wutian warned Zi Yan to search the Magic Beast Mountain Range for a hidden map.

• Skyfire Venerable captured Ye Lan and brought him to Fa Wutian, where Fama stabbed him to death for his past crimes.
• Fama accepted Yi Yan as his granddaughter-in-law after Ye Lan's death.
• Xiao Yan endured Yao Lao's harsh training and recommitted himself to defeating Naran Yanran in their three-year agreement.
• Fa Wutian arrived in Wutan City with Yi Yan and Chen Fei to meet Yao Chen and make a deal.
• Zi Yan took Yi Yan to search nearby for medicinal herbs, and Fa Wutian told her to look around cliffs and bring back anything they found.
• Chen Fei sensed Ling Ying and the Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame within a little girl, but abandoned his thought of taking the flame after sensing mortal danger.

Fa Wutian and Chen Fei confronted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan at the Xiao Clan’s rear mountain, offering Han Feng’s soul as a bargaining chip. Yao Chen learned that his former disciple was alive as a soul and, after telling Xiao Yan the truth about Han Feng’s betrayal, considered Fa Wutian’s deal.

• Xiao Xun'er sensed her protective talisman activate, but Ling Ying reported no unfamiliar experts in Wutan City.
• Fa Wutian and Chen Fei appeared before Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, and Fa Wutian introduced himself and proposed a deal with Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen questioned how Fa Wutian had found him, but Fa Wutian claimed he had discovered Yao Chen by chance while passing nearby.
• Fa Wutian released Han Feng’s soul from a Soul-Binding Bottle, and Yao Chen recognized his former disciple as the traitor who had killed him.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan how Han Feng had betrayed him, and Xiao Yan vowed to avenge his teacher before Yao Chen warned him that the culprits were beyond his current strength.

Fa Wutian traded Han Feng to Yao Chen for the Poison Pill Method, then refused Yao Chen’s offer to protect Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Zi Yan and Yi Yan found a cave dwelling and uncovered an ancient scroll before an unexpected guest appeared.

• Fa Wutian traded the Poison Pill Method to Yao Chen in exchange for Han Feng, whose memories of Fa Wutian cultivating the Flame Mantra had been erased.
• Yao Chen offered Fa Wutian an Earth-Rank Battle Skill to protect Xiao Yan for three years, but Fa Wutian refused and left with Chen Fei.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Fa Wutian was a Five-Star Battle Ancestor, prompting Xiao Yan to resolve to surpass him.
• Zi Yan and Yi Yan gathered herbs in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, then used Zi Yan’s Treasure-Seeking Talent to find a cave dwelling.
• Yi Yan searched the cave after finding nothing of interest in its three chests and discovered an ancient scroll hidden among a skeleton’s bones.
• Zi Yan finished collecting the herbs, and she and Yi Yan encountered an uninvited guest as they left the cave.

Yi Yan and Zi Yan killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, looted his lair, and returned to Wutan City, where Fa Wutian encountered Ya Fei. Ya Fei explained that she had come to train at the auction house to avoid Mu Zhan after her family redirected a marriage alliance toward him.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King confronted Yi Yan and Zi Yan, but Yi Yan defeated him and cut off his horn before killing him with her Serpent Spirit Devouring Body.
• Yi Yan and Zi Yan searched the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, where Yi Yan killed his cub and they collected the Companion Amethyst Source, storage rings, and other useful materials.
• Yi Yan and Zi Yan returned to Wutan City while Fa Wutian wandered through a marketplace and bought a hairpin.
• Fa Wutian noticed Ya Fei following him and asked why she was there.
• Ya Fei told Fa Wutian that she had come to train at the auction house to avoid Mu Zhan after her family turned its attention to him for a marriage alliance.

Fa Wutian reunited with Ya Fei in Wutan City and introduced her to his fiancée, Yi Yan, before Jia Lie Ao provoked the group. Fa Wutian killed Jia Lie Ao and destroyed the Jia Lie Family, leaving only a huge palm print.

• Ya Fei questioned Fa Wutian about his visit, learned he was engaged to Yi Yan, and accepted a hairpin from him.
• Yi Yan arrived and pinched Fa Wutian in a jealous misunderstanding, then made peace with Ya Fei.
• Jia Lie Ao approached Yi Yan and Ya Fei and demanded that they dine with him, while Fa Wutian warned him to back off.
• Jia Lie Ao ordered his thugs to attack Fa Wutian, but they were already dead, and Fa Wutian killed Jia Lie Ao.
• Fa Wutian struck the Jia Lie Family with a massive hand of battle qi and wiped it out, leaving a huge palm print.

After the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s death sparked a beast tide, towns near the Magic Beast Mountain Range began evacuating, and Fa Wutian learned that Yi Yan had killed the king. Fa Wutian decided to send help to suppress the tide and summoned Skyfire Venerable.

• Ya Fei agreed to handle the aftermath of Fa Wutian destroying the Jia Lie Family, while Xiao Zhan warned the Xiao Clan not to provoke outsiders.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Jia Lie Family had fallen and went to urge Xiao Zhan to claim its marketplaces before rival clans did.
• The death of the Amethyst Winged Lion King triggered fights among fifth-tier beasts and a beast tide, prompting Xiao Yi Xian and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to flee Qingshan Town.
• Fa Wutian learned from a passerby that the Jia Ma Empire had mobilized its army against the beast tide.
• Yi Yan told Fa Wutian what had happened, and Fa Wutian decided to help the empire by summoning Skyfire Venerable.

Fa Wutian rewarded Ouyang Feng for strengthening the Nine Heavens Pavilion, then sent its disciples to deal with the beast tide. Yi Yan returned with a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and Companion Amethyst Source, while Yao Ye worried that Fa Wutian planned to replace the imperial family.

• Fa Wutian sent Skyfire Venerable to settle a fight among fifth-tier magical beasts in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Ouyang Feng reported that the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s halls were overseen by Dou Wang experts and its affairs were progressing well.
• Fa Wutian gave Ouyang Feng Emperor-Breaking Pills, Emperor's Extreme Pills, and an Eighth-Rank Alchemist inheritance, then told him to entrust pavilion affairs to Elder Yao while he cultivated.
• Fa Wutian ordered Ouyang Feng to send powerful disciples to suppress the beast tide.
• Yi Yan showed Fa Wutian items from a cliffside cave dwelling, including a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and Companion Amethyst Source.
• Yao Ye worried that Fa Wutian intended to replace the imperial family as the beast tide overwhelmed her.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived in the Imperial Capital and met Fa Wutian outside the Alchemist Association while seeking a glimpse inside. Fa Wutian invited her in, but she hesitated, suspicious of his kindness.

• Xiao Yi Xian marveled at the Imperial Capital and hurried to the Alchemist Association to pursue her dream of becoming an alchemist.
• Fa Wutian told Fama he intended to marry Yiyan and explained that Hai Bodong could remain at the Nine Heavens Pavilion until their agreement ended.
• Fa Wutian gave Fama three pills that could help him advance his cultivation and restore his vitality, prompting Fama to enter seclusion.
• Fa Wutian encountered Xiao Yi Xian arguing with the guards and learned that she wanted to enter the association because she lacked the talent to become an alchemist.
• Fa Wutian introduced himself and offered to take Xiao Yi Xian inside, but she hesitated because she suspected he had an ulterior motive.

Fa Wutian invited Xiao Yi Xian to join his faction and revealed that her constitution was the Woeful Poison Body, which could eventually kill her and poison the surrounding lands. He showed her a method to resolve it and promised to provide the rare ingredients, leaving her astonished by his five Heavenly Flames.

• Fa Wutian brought Xiao Yi Xian into the Alchemist Association and showed her alchemists refining medicine.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had left Qingshan Town after the beast tide and had no permanent place to stay, so Fa Wutian invited her to join his faction.
• Fa Wutian gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and she learned that her Woeful Poison Body could eventually make her explode and poison everything nearby.
• Xiao Yi Xian feared that her constitution would endanger Fa Wutian's faction, but he showed her the Poison Pill Method and said he would obtain its rare ingredients.
• Fa Wutian revealed five Heavenly Flames and said he already had Bodhisattva Transformation Saliva, though he had yet to find a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core.

Fa Wutian revealed that he had a Netherworld Poison Flame, offering Xiao Yi Xian a way to clear the toxins from her Woeful Poison Body without limiting her future development. After Xiao Yi Xian kissed him on the cheek, Fa Wutian kissed her back.

• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Fa Wutian about his preparations, and he explained that refining the Netherworld Poison Flame could remove the toxins in her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian preferred the first treatment because she did not want to burden Fa Wutian, but he told her he already had a Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked why Fa Wutian had searched for the flame, and he claimed he had done it for her because fate had brought them together.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Fa Wutian on the cheek, and he responded by forcefully kissing her on the lips.
• Yi Yan continued helping Zi Yan ransack medicinal herbs without knowing what had happened between Fa Wutian and Xiao Yi Xian.

Fa Wutian and Xiao Yi Xian discussed their feelings and his existing engagement to Yi Yan, then planned to wait until Xiao Yi Xian reached Dou Zong before she attempted to refine the Netherworld Poison Flame. Yi Yan sensed something and hurried toward the imperial capital with Zi Yan.

• Fa Wutian teased Xiao Yi Xian after their kiss, and she said she would consider becoming his bride if he satisfied her.
• Fa Wutian told Xiao Yi Xian that he was already engaged to Yi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian struggled with the news before insisting she was not afraid of Yi Yan.
• Fa Wutian told Xiao Yi Xian to wait until she reached Dou Zong before attempting to refine the Netherworld Poison Flame, and he promised to keep her safe.
• Yi Yan sensed something and hurried toward the imperial capital with Zi Yan.

Yi Yan returned with Zi Yan and confronted Fa Wutian after finding Xiao Yi Xian sitting with him. Yi Yan stayed behind with Xiao Yi Xian while Fa Wutian went to seek his grandfather Fama's help in preventing a fight.

• Yi Yan questioned Fa Wutian about Xiao Yi Xian, but calmed down after he said he needed his principal wife's approval to take a concubine.
• Yi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian privately judged each other, with Xiao Yi Xian deciding to grow stronger before challenging Yi Yan.
• Yi Yan sent Fa Wutian to meet Yun Yun and ordered Zi Yan to go with him, while she stayed to keep Xiao Yi Xian company.
• Fa Wutian asked Chen Fei to intervene, but Chen Fei refused and suggested that Fa Wutian enlist his grandfather.
• Fa Wutian went to the Alchemist Association, explained the situation to Fama, and sent him home to intervene.

Yun Yun visited the Nine Heavens Pavilion to ask Fa Wutian about the Amethyst Winged Lion King and seek pills that could quickly increase someone’s strength without side effects. Fa Wutian learned that she wanted the pills for Nalan Yanran, and the chapter ended before he answered her request.

• Yun Yun waited in the Nine Heavens Pavilion and felt threatened by Skyfire Venerable’s surveillance.
• Fa Wutian arrived with Zi Yan, and Yun Yun complained about the intimidating pressure she had endured.
• Fa Wutian denied killing the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Yun Yun explained that she had hoped to trade for Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Yun asked whether Fa Wutian had pills that could rapidly increase a person’s strength without side effects.
• Fa Wutian realized Yun Yun wanted the pills for Nalan Yanran.

Fa Wutian politely refused Yun Yun’s request for a Heart Flame Pill because he was busy investigating a Hall of Souls agent in the Black-Corner Region. After Yun Yun left, Zi Yan teased Fa Wutian about his feelings for her and bargained for pills in exchange for keeping quiet.

• Yun Yun asked Fa Wutian to trade a Heart Flame Pill for a Profound-tier Dou Technique to help Nalan Yanran.
• Fa Wutian refused, explaining that he had no time to refine pills while a Hall of Souls figure was investigating Han Feng and Elder Mu Gu’s disappearances.
• Yun Yun accepted the refusal and left the Nine Heavens Pavilion disappointed.
• Zi Yan teased Fa Wutian about being interested in Yun Yun and threatened to tell Yi Yan.
• Fa Wutian handed Zi Yan dozens of bottles of pills, and she agreed to say nothing had happened.

Fa Wutian returned to find Yi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reconciled, then learned Yi Yan had accepted Xiao Yi Xian as his other wife. He planned to take Yi Yan somewhere in the Central Plains but refused to bring Zi Yan because of the danger.

• Fa Wutian returned to the courtyard and found Yi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian chatting together while Fama drank tea nearby.
• Fama teased Fa Wutian for causing trouble and left after warning Yi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian that he would punish him if he mistreated them.
• Yi Yan told Fa Wutian she had accepted Xiao Yi Xian and required him to get her consent before taking another concubine.
• Yi Yan said four elders now guarded the Snake-People Tribe and had reached Dou Zong thanks to Fa Wutian's Sect-Breaking Pills.
• Fa Wutian proposed taking Yi Yan somewhere, but refused Zi Yan's request to join them because the Central Plains were too dangerous.

Fa Wutian agreed to let Zi Yan accompany Xiao Yi Xian to the Chuanyun Empire, while he and Yi Yan traveled to the Black-Corner Region. There, they encountered Mo Yu, the Nine Heavens Venerable, who was investigating Han Feng and Elder Mu Gu’s disappearances.

• Zi Yan asked Yi Yan to take her along, and Fa Wutian agreed that she could accompany Xiao Yi Xian to the Chuanyun Empire instead.
• A black-mist-shrouded middle-aged man in Feng City ordered his subordinates to search for the Soul-Awl Killing God, hoping the trail would explain Elder Mu Gu’s disappearance.
• Fa Wutian and Yi Yan arrived in the Black-Corner Region, where Chen Fei warned them that an Eight-Star Dou Venerable was approaching.
• Chen Fei admitted that the man had followed his leaked aura, and Fa Wutian and the others waited for him to arrive.
• The man introduced himself as Mo Yu, the Nine Heavens Venerable of the Hall of Souls, and asked which faction Fa Wutian’s group belonged to.

Fa Wutian and Chen Fei killed Ninth Venerable Mo Yu, prompting Hun Mie Sheng to send Xue Huang to investigate his death. Fa Wutian refined Mo Yu into a Nine-Star Dou Venerable Heaven Demon Puppet named Puppet One, while Chen Fei witnessed the puppet’s power.

• Fa Wutian ordered Chen Fei to kill Mo Yu, then concealed the corpse and headed toward the Central Plains.
• A Hall of Souls disciple found Mo Yu’s soul tablet shattered, and Hun Mie Sheng assigned Xue Huang to investigate.
• Fa Wutian refined Mo Yu’s body and soul with an eighth-tier magic core into a Heaven Demon Puppet.
• Fa Wutian made the puppet his servant and named him Puppet One, whose strength had risen to the Nine-Star Dou Venerable level.
• Yi Yan was astonished by Puppet One’s strength, and Chen Fei recognized that Fa Wutian’s puppet art surpassed the Holy Spear Sect’s methods.