Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing returned from the underground magma world and told Medusa about the treasures and Skyfire Venerable he had found. After refining Soul-Nourishing Saliva to restore Skyfire Venerable’s strength, Xiao Qing examined the spoils he had taken from Han Feng.

• Xiao Qing told Medusa about finding the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, fire pearls, and Skyfire Venerable in the underground magma world.
• Xiao Qing spent several days refining Fifth Grade Soul-Nourishing Saliva for Skyfire Venerable.
• Skyfire Venerable absorbed the Soul-Nourishing Saliva and recovered enough strength to defeat an ordinary Mid-Rank Dou Zong.
• Skyfire Venerable asked Xiao Qing to let him perceive the outside world except when Xiao Qing needed to keep secrets.
• Xiao Qing broke the soul imprint on Han Feng’s Advanced Storage Ring and examined its herbs, techniques, pill formulas, and high-grade pills.

Xiao Qing looted Han Feng’s treasures, discovered a Flame Mantra Fragment, and considered using the Bodhi Ancient Tree to create his own cultivation method. After sensing that Yuan Yi had crushed his jade slip, he suspected the Black Emperor Sect had made a move and headed out to investigate.

• Xiao Qing found and swallowed Han Feng’s Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, but gained no noticeable benefit from its dragon aura.
• Xiao Qing stored the Myriad Beast Cauldron and found a Flame Mantra Fragment with Han Feng’s annotations in the Nethersea Storage Ring.
• Xiao Qing decided not to cultivate the flawed fragment and planned to study the Flame Mantra with Yao Chen before seeking enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Qing sensed that Yuan Yi had crushed his jade slip and suspected the Black Emperor Sect was involved.
• Xiao Qing put away the scroll and left his room, while Zi Yan had just emerged from seclusion after refining an Energy Core.

Xiao Qing left the academy and went to the Black Emperor Sect after learning it possessed the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. He killed Mo Tianxing and began searching his soul for information.

• Xiao Qing left Zi Yan and Medusa at the academy and flew toward the Outer Academy.
• Yuan Yi gave Xiao Qing a letter reporting that the Black Emperor Sect would auction the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Qing refused Yuan Yi’s offer of support and traveled alone to the Black Emperor Sect.
• Xiao Qing trapped Mo Tianxing with Spatial Power and pierced his chest with a Soul Chain.
• Xiao Qing pulled Mo Tianxing’s soul from his body and began searching his memories.

Xiao Qing stole the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse from the Black Emperor Sect, leaving only the seventh-tier Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core needed to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body. After he escaped, the sect discovered its treasury had been emptied and began a lockdown, while Qi Shan found Mo Tianxing missing.

• Xiao Qing searched Mo Tianxing’s memories, learned where the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse were kept, and sealed Mo Tianxing in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Qing bypassed the spatial protection around the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Qing found a peak seventh-tier Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse in the treasury and asked Skyfire Venerable whether he dared use its essence blood to revive himself; Skyfire Venerable agreed.
• Xiao Qing stored the corpse and the treasury’s other treasures, then escaped through spatial ripples.
• A treasury Elder discovered the chamber had been emptied and triggered an alarm, prompting the Black Emperor Sect to forbid anyone from leaving.
• Qi Shan went to Mo Tianxing’s residence but found no trace of him.

After Mo Tianxing disappeared and the Black Emperor Sect’s treasury was robbed, Xiao Qing infiltrated Demon Flame Valley to find Earth Demon Old Ghost. He trapped the Seven-Star Dou Zong in a soul barrier and attacked him, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Qi Shan failed to find Mo Tianxing, and news of the Black Emperor Sect’s crisis spread through the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Qing appeared above Demon Flame Valley and used his soul power to locate Earth Demon Old Ghost’s secluded chamber and the treasury.
• Xiao Qing entered Earth Demon Old Ghost’s chamber undetected and trapped him inside a powerful soul barrier.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost sensed the barrier, tried to negotiate with Xiao Qing, and offered compensation on behalf of Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Qing told Earth Demon Old Ghost to accept his death and unleashed overwhelming soul power against him.

Xiao Qing killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, seized his soul, and looted Demon Flame Valley’s treasury. Hours later, Fang Yan and the Elders discovered the theft and, believing their Patriarch was in seclusion, issued a wanted notice while waiting for him to emerge.

• Xiao Qing overwhelmed Earth Demon Old Ghost, killed him, captured his soul, and took his Storage Ring and body.
• Xiao Qing entered Demon Flame Valley’s treasury, collected its treasures, and killed the azure giant snake guarding it.
• Several hours later, Demon Flame Valley sounded the alarm, and Fang Yan and the Elders found the treasury emptied and the snake slain.
• Fang Yan led the Elders to Earth Demon Old Ghost’s retreat, but the Patriarch did not respond to their summons.
• Fang Yan ordered a wanted notice to be issued across the Black-Corner Region, offering valuable rewards for clues and postponing further action until Earth Demon Old Ghost left seclusion.

After the Demon Flame Valley treasury was robbed, the Black-Corner Region speculated that Earth Demon Old Ghost had met with the same fate as Mo Tianxing. Xiao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy and confirmed to Su Qian that he had killed Earth Demon Old Ghost.

• Demon Flame Valley offered a reward for information about its stolen treasury, and its public execution of people who spread false leads quieted the search.
• A mysterious black figure approached the ruins of Feng City as Xiao Qing flew back through Jia Nan Academy’s spatial barrier.
• Su Qian considered whether Earth Demon Old Ghost was in seclusion or had been killed by Xiao Qing, and marveled at Xiao Qing’s formidable soul power.
• Su Qian met Xiao Qing above the Inner Academy basin and questioned him about the Black-Corner Region incidents.
• Xiao Qing claimed he had acted on the Academy’s behalf and told Su Qian that Earth Demon Old Ghost was dead.

After Xiao Qing killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, Xuan Guardian searched Feng City for Han Feng and learned that the forces there had attacked Jia Nan Academy and been defeated. He left to harvest souls elsewhere, while Xiao Qing returned to the Inner Academy and studied a bamboo scroll.

• Xiao Qing left Su Qian after killing Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Su Qian watched him depart.
• Xuan Guardian searched Feng City for Han Feng but found him missing.
• Xuan Guardian tortured a Demon Blade Sect leader for information, learned of the attack on Jia Nan Academy, and stored the man's soul in his Soul Bag.
• Xuan Guardian killed the woman and several Dou Wangs, then decided to investigate the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley for more souls.
• Xiao Qing sat at the Inner Academy's back mountain and opened a grayish-brown bamboo scroll.

Xiao Qing refined Mo Tianxing’s corpse, soul, and a seventh-tier fire-attributed Magic Core into an Earth Demon Puppet. The puppet reached roughly the Three-Star Dou Zong level, and Xiao Qing intended to use it to withstand Pill Lightning while cultivating the Demonic Lightning Body.

• Xiao Qing studied the Heavenly Demon Puppet method and gathered Mo Tianxing’s corpse and soul along with a seventh-tier fire-attributed Magic Core.
• Xiao Qing used the Life Spirit Flame to purge corpse qi from the body, inserted the Magic Core into its chest, and placed Mo Tianxing’s consciousness-cleared soul in its forehead.
• Xiao Qing refined strange metals while tempering the corpse, and Zi Yan and Medusa returned and waited nearby.
• Xiao Qing awakened the puppet by spreading the soul through its body and letting the Magic Core’s energy circulate through it.
• Xiao Qing coated the puppet in molten dark-golden metal, refining it into a silver Earth Demon Puppet with an aura roughly at the Three-Star Dou Zong level.
• Xiao Qing planned to use the puppet to take Pill Lightning for him during his cultivation of the Demonic Lightning Body.

Xiao Qing refined an Earth Demon Puppet and explained the materials needed to make one for Zi Yan before revealing a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse and describing the Beast World’s three great clans. Zi Yan learned she likely belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and struggled with the possibility that her parents had abandoned her, while Xiao Qing and Medusa comforted her and promised to face the truth with her.

• Xiao Qing imprinted his soul on the Earth Demon Puppet, and Zi Yan asked him to refine one for her; he explained that they lacked a Dou Zong’s body.
• Xiao Qing took out a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse, and Medusa and Zi Yan listened as he explained the three great Beast World clans.
• Zi Yan realized her bloodline likely came from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and wondered why she had grown up alone.
• Xiao Qing and Medusa comforted Zi Yan, and Xiao Qing resolved to grow stronger so he could take her to meet the old Dragon Emperor and set things right.

Xiao Qing refined the Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse with the Life Spirit Flame, collecting its blood essence and drawing out its Magic Core. The chapter ended with the cyan-red energy mist condensing into a crystal before Xiao Qing, Zi Yan, and Medusa.

• Xiao Qing refined the corpse and collected five droplets of cyan-red Heaven Demon Phoenix blood essence, which strengthened his body and caught Zi Yan and Medusa’s interest.
• Xiao Qing used one droplet of blood essence to begin extracting the Rank-Seven Heaven Demon Phoenix Magic Core, choosing to reserve the remaining blood for Zi Yan and Medusa.
• Xiao Qing contained the energy-rich mist with a soul barrier after it attracted nearby Magical Beasts, allowing the extraction to continue undisturbed.
• The Life Spirit Flame burned the remaining skin to ashes, and the gathered cyan-red mist formed a vortex that condensed into an irregular crystal.

Xiao Qing gave Zi Yan and Medusa Heaven Demon Phoenix Blood Essence, then learned of a suspected Rank-Seven tiger and decided to hunt it later. He began refining Seventh Grade Pills in the mountains, with Zi Yan and Medusa staying to guard and watch as his Life Spirit Flame rapidly cultivated medicinal herbs.

• Xiao Qing stored some Heaven Demon Phoenix Blood Essence and gave the remaining drops to Zi Yan and Medusa, explaining that his powerful body would gain little from them.
• Medusa and Zi Yan told Xiao Qing about a possible Rank-Seven tiger and nearby treasure in the southwest mountains, and Xiao Qing decided to hunt the beast later.
• Xiao Qing said he would refine Seventh Grade Pills away from the Inner Academy because the Pill Lightning would cause too much commotion, and Zi Yan and Medusa chose to stay as his Guardians.
• Xiao Qing summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron and used the Life Spirit Flame to grow medicinal herbs from seeds, astonishing Zi Yan and Medusa.

Xiao Qing used the Life Spirit Flame to refine a Seventh Grade Sect Origin Pill while Zi Yan and Medusa watched. After seven days the pill took shape, and Pill Lightning gathered overhead, leaving them facing the danger of its strike.

• Xiao Qing began refining a Seventh Grade Sect Origin Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron as Zi Yan and Medusa watched.
• Xiao Qing controlled the Life Spirit Flame and waited seven days for the stubborn principal ingredients to melt.
• Xiao Qing merged the medicinal liquids and refined them into a smooth, jade-green pill with visible Pill Patterns.
• Pill Lightning gathered in the sky above the cauldron, and Medusa warned that its power could be stronger than the lightning she had faced during her evolution.

Xiao Qing refined a seventh-grade Sect Origin Pill and used its Pill Lightning to cultivate his Demonic Lightning Body while the Earth Demon Puppet absorbed the strikes. The lightning drew magical beasts and startled Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders, who realized Xiao Qing had made a seventh-grade pill.

• Xiao Qing summoned the Earth Demon Puppet, which shattered the Pill Lightning and grew stronger as the strikes tempered its body.
• Zi Yan realized the puppet could absorb lightning, while Xiao Qing decided to use the Pill Lightning to cultivate his Demonic Lightning Body.
• Xiao Qing drew the lightning onto himself, and a new black thunder pattern began to form as Medusa and Zi Yan watched over him and the pill.
• The pill's fragrance attracted magical beasts, but the Pill Lightning's might pinned them down before they could approach.
• Su Qian sensed the disturbance and told the Inner Academy elders that Xiao Qing was refining a seventh-grade pill, leaving them astonished.

Xuan Guardian destroyed Demon Flame Valley and killed its leaders, then sensed Pill Lightning from a high-grade medicinal pill near Jia Nan Academy. He decided against investigating and planned to report the Seventh-Grade Alchemist to the Soul Hall.

• Xuan Guardian confronted Fang Yan and the second and third elders, who warned him that Demon Flame Valley's old patriarch might retaliate.
• Xuan Guardian revealed that he believed the Earth Demon Old Ghost was dead and sent his soul chains after the three elders.
• Fang Yan and the two elders attacked with Starry Sky Fire Phoenix, but Xuan Guardian destroyed it, killed them, and collected their souls.
• Xuan Guardian noticed Pill Lightning near Jia Nan Academy and realized that a Seventh-Grade Alchemist had appeared.
• Xuan Guardian chose not to approach Jia Nan Academy and decided to report the discovery to the Soul Hall.

After tempering his body with Pill Lightning, Xiao Qing completed a Sect Origin Pill and gave it to Medusa to use when she reached High-Rank Dou Zong. He left the mountain with Medusa and Zi Yan after the Earth Demon Puppet cleared away the nearby magical beasts.

• Xiao Qing absorbed the remaining Pill Lightning, strengthening his body and bringing his Demonic Lightning Body closer to perfection.
• Xiao Qing drew the completed Sect Origin Pill from the Myriad Beast Cauldron and explained that it could raise a Dou Zong's cultivation by one or two stars.
• Medusa and Zi Yan learned about the pill, and Xiao Qing reassured Zi Yan that he would refine suitable seventh-grade pills for her later.
• Xiao Qing gave Medusa the pill and advised her to wait until she reached High-Rank Dou Zong before taking it.
• The Earth Demon Puppet returned after killing the magical beasts that had lingered nearby.

Xiao Qing spent three months refining seventh-grade pills and tempering his body with Pill Lightning, eventually completing a peak seventh-grade Bone-Growth Blood-Melding Pill capable of resurrecting the Skyfire Venerable. With his work finished, he accepted Medusa’s offer to rest on her lap while she and Zi Yan watched over him.

• Xiao Qing repeatedly refined Sect Origin Pills and endured Pill Lightning while Medusa, Zi Yan, and the Earth Demon Puppet drove away the magical beasts drawn by the pills’ fragrance.
• Su Qian kept the elders from disturbing Xiao Qing, while the Inner Academy students learned of his seventh-grade pill refining and avoided the area out of respect.
• After three months, the Earth Demon Puppet shattered the final bolt of Pill Lightning, and Xiao Qing completed a peak seventh-grade Bone-Growth Blood-Melding Pill.
• Xiao Qing told Medusa and Zi Yan that he had refined enough pills and put away the pill and the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Medusa invited Xiao Qing to sleep with his head on her lap, and he drifted off while she watched over him and Zi Yan began eating pills.