Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyun guided Hong Yi and the others as they absorbed the Wind and Thunder Power from their shattered scrolls, then his soul traveled through the void and discovered the remains of an ancient battlefield. He was forced back after glimpsing a ruined world with an altar and countless Stone Statues, while unseen voices identified Tou She Ancient God as the last visitor.

• Hong Yi and the other three crushed their Instant Thunder Sky Flash scrolls and began refining the Wind and Thunder Power within them.
• Lin Qingyun meditated in the storm and, protected by the Chaos Grinding Mill, sent his soul into the void.
• Lin Qingyun crossed vast stretches of the void, passing Space Channels and sensing the terrifying auras of Dou Saints.
• Lin Qingyun found ancient battlefield remains, including an Ancient Void Dragon skull, a Bodhi Tree, and a giant ape holding a Stone Staff.
• Lin Qingyun reached a distant light and glimpsed a shattered world, an altar, and countless Stone Statues before its force hurled him back.
• Unseen voices discussed Lin Qingyun’s arrival and recalled that Tou She Ancient God had visited the place before.

After emerging from a distorted space, Lin Qingyun discovered he had advanced to an eight-star Dou Wang and returned to find Wu Hao cultivating amid the clashing Wind and Thunder Power and Blood Fiend Energy. Wu Hao survived and fused the forces into Blood Fiend Wind Lightning, while Lin Qingyun searched the mountain range for a Dou Wang-level Magical Beast.

• Lin Qingyun emerged from distorted space, tested his new control over space, and realized he had advanced to an eight-star Dou Wang.
• Lin Qingyun stopped the others from disrupting Wu Hao’s cultivation and sent them to hunt one tier-three Magical Beast each.
• Lin Qingyun recalled seeing a shattered continent, an ancient altar, and enormous Stone Statues in the void space.
• Wu Hao woke after fusing Wind and Thunder Power with Blood Fiend Energy, advanced to an eight-star Da Dou Shi, and named his new power Blood Fiend Wind Lightning.
• Lin Qingyun spread his Soul Power across the mountain range, sensed a Dou Wang-level Magical Beast, and looked toward the southeast.

Lin Qingyun brought Wu Hao, Lu Mu, Zi Yi, and the others to a valley to finish their training, where they encountered an adult Snow Demon Sky Ape guarding Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Lin Qingyun overpowered the beast and forced it to submit, leaving the group with their final trial completed.

• Lin Qingyun criticized the four trainees' practice of Instant Thunder Sky Flash and ended their training for the day.
• Lin Qingyun flew with the group on a Giant Eagle to a secluded valley, where Wu Hao recognized the presence of a rank five Magical Beast.
• A Snow Demon Sky Ape emerged from a cave and revealed that it was comparable in strength to a Three-Star Dou Wang.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape attacked Lin Qingyun over the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, but Lin Qingyun struck it into the mountain wall.
• Lin Qingyun threatened the Snow Demon Sky Ape with golden flame, and it knelt and submitted to him.

Lin Qingyun put the trainees through a timed trial dodging the Snow Demon Sky Ape while he searched its cave for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. After collecting diluted milk and more than half of the ancient, potent reserve without destroying its source, he returned to watch the four trainees flee the ape.

• Lin Qingyun set the trainees a one-incense-stick trial to dodge the Snow Demon Sky Ape, and Zi Yi warned them as the ape attacked.
• Lin Qingyun entered the ape's cave and found a hidden passage leading to an underground world filled with glowing stalactites.
• Lin Qingyun collected diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from a pool beneath the largest stalactite.
• Lin Qingyun cut into the stalactite, extracted more than half of its Ten Thousand Year Earth Core Milk, and sealed the cut while leaving some behind.
• Lin Qingyun returned to find the Snow Demon Sky Ape chasing the four trainees and watched from a nearby mountaintop.

Wu Hao, Lu Mu, Hong Yi, and Zi Yi endured the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s mock pursuit until Lin Qingyun rewarded it with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. The group returned to the Inner Courtyard and Phoenix Perch Courtyard, where Lin Qingyun disappeared and Zi Yi quietly reacted to a distant little courtyard.

• The Snow Demon Sky Ape chased Lu Mu around a confined space while Wu Hao and the others struggled to dodge it.
• Lu Mu exhausted himself fleeing and finally challenged the Snow Demon Sky Ape, only to find it teasing him as the others held back their laughter.
• Lin Qingyun praised the Snow Demon Sky Ape and gave it two drops of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, which triggered its berserk bloodline and sent it charging away.
• Lin Qingyun led Wu Hao and the others back to the Inner Courtyard, then vanished upon their arrival.
• Wu Hao and the others returned to Phoenix Perch Courtyard, and Zi Yi glanced toward a distant little courtyard before humming a tune.

Lin Qingyun prepared a marrow-cleansing medicinal bath for Lu Mu, Wu Hao, Zi Yi, and Hong Yi using Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and many rare herbs. As Zi Yi entered the first private Bamboo House to begin, a mysterious little girl left the Medicinal Herb warehouse after sensing treasure.

• Lin Qingyun showed the four disciples the medicinal baths he had prepared and explained the rarity and danger of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Lin Qingyun refined dozens of Medicinal Herbs into the baths, while Lu Mu explained how valuable the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk was to Wu Hao, Zi Yi, and Hong Yi.
• Lin Qingyun told the disciples to undress and cultivate in the baths, and Zi Yi volunteered to go first inside a screened Bamboo House.
• At the Medicinal Herb warehouse, a little girl ignored a Dou Wang elder's pleas and ate a Crimson Flame Golden Fruit.
• The little girl sensed treasure, stepped into the air, and vanished into space, leaving the elder relieved but worried.

A mysterious little girl tracked a treasured fragrance to Lin Qingyun’s courtyard, then sensed a powerful bloodline connection with him and called him her father. Lin Qingyun woke to find her on top of him and was left stunned by her claim.

• Lin Qingyun tried to nap beneath a willow tree while worrying that his twitching eyelid foretold trouble.
• A little girl entered Lin Qingyun’s courtyard through space, searched the Bamboo Houses for a treasured fragrance, and found it had been used as bathwater.
• The little girl sensed a familiar bloodline in Lin Qingyun and struggled through its pressure to reach him.
• The little girl knelt over Lin Qingyun and wondered if he was her father.
• Lin Qingyun woke to find the little girl on top of him, and she declared that their similar bloodlines proved he was her father.

Lin Qingyun discovered that Zi Yan had mistaken him for her father, but he reassured the lonely girl that he would be her big brother instead. After they bonded, he made her sweetened pills from medicinal herbs, and Zi Yan showed her affection by kissing his cheek.

• Lin Qingyun told Zi Yan that their similar bloodlines did not make him her father, and she became upset at the thought of being alone.
• Lin Qingyun promised to be Zi Yan's big brother, and they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.
• Zi Yan told Lin Qingyun her name and complained that the elders would not let her leave the Inner Courtyard.
• Zi Yan asked Lin Qingyun to turn her White Jade Snow Ginseng into pills, and he refined it with powdered sugar to improve the taste.
• Zi Yan enjoyed the pills, declared that she loved Lin Qingyun, and kissed his cheek, leaving him panicking about leading an underage girl astray.

Zi Yi endured the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk’s agonizing marrow-cleansing process while Lin Qingyun waited outside the Bamboo House. After three days, the others neared breakthroughs, and Zi Yan’s growing strength became clear when she attacked Xiao Yan for teasing her.

• Zi Yi’s bones, marrow, meridians, flesh, and blood were scorched and purified as she held on by remembering her desire for revenge and a faintly remembered person.
• Lin Qingyun sensed that Zi Yi, Hong Yi, and Lu Mu had reached the dangerous peak of their transformation but could only wait for them to survive it.
• Three days later, Zi Yan admitted that Lin Qingyun’s aura comforted her and stirred her bloodline, then blasted apart the pond with her punches.
• Xiao Yan arrived and teased Lin Qingyun about Zi Yan, then tried to pat Zi Yan’s head and call her cute.
• Zi Yan beat Xiao Yan with repeated Flick Strikes, then told Lin Qingyun she had left him one breath.

Xiao Yan asked Lin Qingyun for help against Bai Gang, and Lin Qingyun agreed to send Wu Hao and the others to the challenge match. Meanwhile, Zi Yi and the others began breaking through after their body tempering, and Lin Qingyun watched over them with hopes they would become his trusted assistants and companions.

• Xiao Yan asked Lin Qingyun to lend Pan Gate fighters for its challenge match against Bai Gang, whose leader Bai Cheng was a powerful Strong Ranking expert.
• Lin Qingyun learned the challenge would take place in three days and include five single matches and one team match, with one thousand Fire Energy at stake.
• Zi Yan asked to fight, but Lin Qingyun refused and instead said Wu Hao and the others would represent Evergreen Gate.
• Zi Yi regained consciousness after the body tempering and absorbed vast energy as her Dou Crystal grew.
• Zi Yi broke through from Three-Star Great Dou Shi to Four-Star Great Dou Shi, then continued advancing as Lin Qingyun sensed the others breaking through as well.

Zi Yi and the others emerged from their breakthroughs, and Lin Qingyun left them to attend an urgent meeting of Jia Nan Academy’s elders. The elders prepared to reseal the Fallen Heart Flame and learned that the deaths of Demon Flame Valley’s leaders had awakened a powerful enemy.

• Zi Yi completed her breakthrough, and the energy released destroyed her wooden tub and Bamboo House before Lin Qingyun withdrew the barrier.
• Lin Qingyun praised Zi Yi, Wu Hao, Lu Mu, and Hong Yi for their progress, then arranged sparring practice and left Zi Yan to supervise them for two days.
• Zi Yan complained that Lin Qingyun would not take her to the elders’ meeting, then threatened to spar with the four disciples as their martial aunt.
• The First Elder told Lin Qingyun and the elders that the Fallen Heart Flame was erupting more often and could cause a disaster within six months to a year.
• The First Elder announced that the elders would use the Headmaster’s ancient formation to seal the Fallen Heart Flame again in fifteen days.
• Mo Ya reported that Demon Flame Valley’s sect master and two elders were among the dead Black Ranking experts, awakening an old enemy from Demon Flame Valley.

Lin Qingyun agreed to help Jia Nan Academy deal with Demon Flame Valley in exchange for eight rare medicinal herbs. He then went to Demon Flame Valley’s gathering, where he subdued a young disciple and took his invitation.

• The First Elder warned that Old Earth Demon was targeting Jia Nan Academy after Demon Flame Valley’s Valley Master and two elders died, and ordered Lin Qingyun to monitor the valley.
• Lin Qingyun bargained with the First Elder for eight rare medicinal herbs in exchange for helping make Demon Flame Valley disappear, then left the meeting.
• Jia Nan Academy tightened security, while factions across the Black-Corner Region speculated about its conflict with Demon Flame Valley.
• Lin Qingyun learned that Old Earth Demon was a Seven-Star Dou Zong and traveled to Demon Flame Valley, where many powerful guests had gathered.
• Lin Qingyun joined the entrance line, knocked out a young man named Cai Xu, and took his invitation.

Lin Qingyun arrived at Demon Flame Valley for Old Earth Demon's gathering and watched as the ancestor assembled the Black-Corner Region's experts to discuss the deaths of Black Ranking fighters. Old Earth Demon blamed Jia Nan Academy for the killings and claimed it had fabricated the giant palm print to hide its involvement.

• Lin Qingyun reached the crowded square and settled on a pavilion roof to observe the gathering.
• Great Void Young Master said he had come to see whether a certain person was present, while You vowed to kill anyone who had humiliated him.
• Old Earth Demon arrived and addressed the assembled experts, citing the deaths of more than fifty Black Ranking fighters and the enormous palm print left behind.
• Old Earth Demon and brother Nangong agreed that the palm print seemed to require Dou Zun-level strength, though no Dou Zun had been seen in the Black-Corner Region.
• Old Earth Demon declared that Jia Nan Academy had created the palm print as a diversion and was responsible for the Black Ranking experts' deaths.

Old Earth Demon tried to unite the Black-Corner Region against Jia Nan Academy by warning of its power and tempting the gathered forces with the academy’s treasures. Lin Qingyun exposed himself and demonstrated his strength, leaving the alliance gathering tense and uncertain.

• Old Earth Demon warned the gathered forces that Jia Nan Academy would eventually dominate the Black-Corner Region and urged them to form an alliance.
• Old Earth Demon revealed that he and several powerful experts supported the alliance, then stirred greed by describing Jia Nan Academy’s Fighting Skills, Qi Methods, and Grade 7 Pills.
• Lin Qingyun emerged from the void and restrained a Demon Flame Valley elder as he introduced himself.
• Old Earth Demon attacked Lin Qingyun with gray flames, but Lin Qingyun absorbed them with his Black Flame.
• Lin Qingyun forced a gray flame into the elder, who burned to ash, and Old Earth Demon recognized Lin Qingyun as a dangerous opponent.

Lin Qingyun confronted Old Earth Demon at Demon Flame Valley while You and Great Void Young Master stopped three invited Dou Zong experts from joining the fight. Jia Nan Academy arrived to support Lin Qingyun, who drew Old Earth Demon away and returned after defeating him, leaving Su Qian to handle the aftermath.

• Lin Qingyun exchanged blows with Old Earth Demon as Demon Flame Valley gathered Dou Wang and Dou Huang fighters to form an array around him.
• Old Earth Demon offered three Dou Zong experts Rebirth Pills to help capture Lin Qingyun, but Great Void Young Master blocked them because Lin Qingyun had made him a better deal.
• You froze the three Dou Zong experts when they tried to flee, while Lin Qingyun revealed that Jia Nan Academy had arrived to support him.
• Su Qian and Jia Nan Academy broke Demon Flame Valley's formation, and Lin Qingyun led Old Earth Demon away to keep their battle from destroying the valley.
• Lin Qingyun returned after defeating Old Earth Demon, then left Su Qian to manage the fighting and aftermath.
• Su Qian went outside Demon Flame Valley and recognized the familiar palm print amid the scorched, burning land.

Xiao Yan faced Fu Ao in a match between Pan Gate and Bai Gang, while Zi Yi’s Evergreen Gate was also drawn into the dispute. Elder Wu Shi arrived to witness the match and set rules, and Xiao Yan began by using the Mysterious Yellow Transformation to raise his strength to the Dou Ling Realm.

• Bai Shan and Fu Ao tried to intimidate Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Zi Yi, but Xiao Yan stepped forward to defend them.
• Shangguan Lanling agreed to begin the match, and Xiao Yan volunteered to take the first fight against Fu Ao.
• Elder Wu Shi arrived before they fought and ruled that a fighter had to be knocked off the platform, with serious injury and killing forbidden.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations: Mysterious Yellow Transformation, and his aura rose to the Dou Ling Realm.

Xiao Yan defeated Fu Ao in the first round, then learned that Xiao Xun'er would face the secretly powerful Shangguan Lanling. As Xiao Xun'er promised to beat Shangguan Lanling for him, Xiao Yan spotted Lin Qingyun nearby and realized he was in trouble.

• Fu Ao dismissed Xiao Yan's boosted strength, but Xiao Yan struck him down with the Mystic Heavy Ruler and claimed victory.
• Fu Ao launched a powerful Dou Qi shark at Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan's Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler destroyed it before Wu Shi intervened to prevent Fu Ao from being crippled.
• Wu Shi announced Xiao Yan as the winner, and Xiao Yan took a healing pill as the backlash from the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations weakened him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er identified Shangguan Lanling as a concealed four-star Dou Spirit, and Xiao Xun'er agreed to fight him and beat him up.
• Xiao Yan saw Lin Qingyun standing on a rooftop beside a little girl and realized that he was in trouble.

Pan Gate defeated the Bai Gang in their challenge match, as Xiao Xun'er and Wu Hao won their fights and Shangguan Lanling judged the remaining matches unwinnable. Shangguan Lanling forfeited and transferred the agreed thousand Fire Energy to Xiao Yan, who celebrated the windfall.

• Xiao Xun'er defeated Shangguan Lanling, while Xiao Yan remained troubled by the unsettling gaze he had sensed.
• Shangguan Lanling warned Fu Ao and Bai Shan that Xiao Xun'er was terrifying, and Bai Gang sent Lei Yan to fight Wu Hao.
• Wu Hao fought Lei Yan at high speed and forced him to admit defeat, then explained that his teacher was known to all but seen by none.
• Lei Yan confronted Bai Shan, and Shangguan Lanling decided Bai Gang would forfeit rather than continue the challenge.
• Shangguan Lanling transferred the thousand Fire Energy to Xiao Yan, who marveled that he could not spend it all in a lifetime.

After Lu Mu successfully refined two pills in one cauldron, Lin Qingyun taught him not to chase artificial perfection and urged him to continue developing his own alchemy skills. Lin Qingyun then gave him new pill formulas and asked Zi Yan to fetch Zi Yi, but Zi Yan demanded a hug instead.

• Lu Mu refined two pills in one cauldron after nearly two months of effort, and Lin Qingyun congratulated him.
• Lin Qingyun explained that true perfection could not be achieved through human-made pill refining and advised Lu Mu to focus on improving with every attempt.
• Lu Mu worried that Lin Qingyun was abandoning him, but Lin Qingyun said he could only offer occasional guidance and gave him medicinal herbs and three pill formulas.
• Lin Qingyun asked Zi Yan to call Zi Yi, but Zi Yan refused the offered Fifth-grade Pill and demanded a hug.
• Lu Mu muttered that Lin Qingyun was flirting with an underage girl, unaware that a pair of red eyes had appeared behind him.

Lin Qingyun gave Zi Yi three thousand days of Fire Energy to help Evergreen Gate build its strength and prepare to sell medicinal pills. After Zi Yi left to carry out her plans, Lin Qingyun assigned Lu Mu two more pill-refining tasks and took Zi Yan outside.

• Lin Qingyun summoned Zi Yi and asked how much Fire Energy Evergreen Gate had left.
• Zi Yi explained Evergreen Gate's financial difficulties and warned that selling medicinal pills too soon could bring conflict with the Medicine Gang.
• Lin Qingyun gave Zi Yi a crystal card containing three thousand days of Fire Energy and told her to begin accumulating Evergreen Gate's strength.
• Zi Yi proposed gathering medicinal herbs and hiring fighters to protect the group, then left to organize Evergreen Gate's plans.
• Lin Qingyun assigned Lu Mu the Qi Recovery Pill and Blood Bone Pill, demanding two pills from each cauldron within ten days.
• Lin Qingyun took Zi Yan outside while Lu Mu gathered his new pill-refining scrolls.