Chapter Summaries

Li Changqing concealed his connection to Yao Chen after Mu Gu recognized Yao Chen’s alchemy methods, and Gu You and Qin Tian continued to support his advancement in the Hall of Souls. Back in his quarters, Li Changqing wondered why Hun Miesheng had given him a Ninth-Rank Alchemist’s experience.

• Gu You gave Li Changqing a high-grade Earth Tier Dou Technique and told Qin Tian to help him focus on alchemy in the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Mu Gu accused Li Changqing of learning his alchemy methods from Yao Chen, but Li Changqing feigned ignorance and showed him a book of alchemy experience he had obtained from Yao Chen.
• Mu Gu recognized the book, asked about Yao Chen’s whereabouts, and left to investigate after Li Changqing gave him a false location.
• Gu You encouraged Li Changqing to pursue eighth-tier alchemy, then left; Qin Tian promised to protect Li Changqing’s seclusion and help search for the Yin-Yang Flame.
• Li Changqing returned to his quarters and pondered why Hun Miesheng had provided him with a Ninth-Rank Alchemist’s experience.

Li Changqing realized the Hun Clan wanted him to advance as an alchemist so he could refine the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and he planned to exploit their support while eventually taking the pill for himself. After half a year of study, training, and pill refinement, he had advanced his alchemy and cultivation, reaching Three-Star Dou Zun.

• Li Changqing deduced that the Hun Clan had supplied his Heaven-Tier soul cultivation technique and Ninth-Rank Alchemist insights to secure his help refining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and he planned to take advantage of their investment.
• Li Changqing found that the Soul-Casting Pill barely improved his late Spirit Realm soul force and decided to give the remaining pill to Qin Tian instead.
• Li Changqing studied the alchemist insights, soul cultivation technique, and Mysterious Shadow Seal, then arranged with Qin Tian to build a separate residence for pill refinement.
• Qin Tian arranged for the Branch Hall to supply Li Changqing with medicinal ingredients, while Li Changqing declined his offer of help against pill lightning.
• Over half a year, Li Changqing learned to refine eighth-tier pills that summoned five-colored pill lightning, strengthened the Yin-Yang Sword by absorbing the lightning, and advanced to Three-Star Dou Zun with a stable foundation.

Li Changqing advanced his alchemy until he could refine eighth-tier pills that summoned six-colored pill lightning, then learned that Qin Tian had found a possible location of the Yin-Yang Flame. Li Changqing and Qin Tian prepared to investigate the strange valley north of the Dead Soul Mountain Range, and Li Changqing gave Qin Tian the Soul-Casting Pill he had been asked to refine.

• Li Changqing refined eighth-tier pills that summoned six-colored pill lightning and thanked Qin Tian for supplying medicinal ingredients.
• Qin Tian told Li Changqing that he had found a valley with extreme cold and heat, but could not venture beyond its outskirts.
• Li Changqing questioned a Dou Zong who had discovered the valley, learned it lay roughly ten thousand li north of the Dead Soul Mountain Range, and rewarded him with pills.
• Li Changqing agreed to investigate the valley with Qin Tian, who offered to accompany him.
• Li Changqing presented Qin Tian with the Soul-Casting Pill requested by the Second Heavenly Venerate.

Li Changqing accompanied Qin Tian to a valley where a Yin-Yang Flame was suspected to have appeared, then secretly found and refined the infant flame. After absorbing the valley’s yin and yang energy for six months, he reached Nine-Star Dou Zun, leaving the valley barren and stripped of its unusual aura.

• Li Changqing accepted a medicinal pill from Qin Tian, and the two traveled to the valley north of the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Li Changqing entered the valley’s depths, where the dense fog prevented Qin Tian from observing him, and discovered an infant Yin-Yang Flame.
• Li Changqing refined the Yin-Yang Flame in less than half a day, though it did not immediately increase his cultivation.
• Li Changqing used the Kunpeng Method to absorb the valley’s yin and yang energy for six months, raising his cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• The valley’s extreme hot-and-cold aura vanished, revealing barren ground scorched and frozen by the yin and yang energy.

After absorbing the Yin-Yang Flame and growing much stronger, Li Changqing discovered that the valley’s mist had vanished and that Feng Lieshan and the Thunder Venerable were closing in. He reunited with Qin Tian and confirmed he had found the flame as the two newcomers pursued him.

• Qin Tian entered the valley after its mist and extreme temperatures disappeared, while Feng Lieshan and the Thunder Venerable arrived from another direction seeking its treasure.
• Feng Lieshan and the Thunder Venerable realized the valley had changed and hurried inside, each hoping to claim the treasure first.
• Li Changqing rose after six months of absorbing yin and yang energy, having fully matured the Yin-Yang Flame and reached Nine-Star Dou Zun, with his soul force nearing the Heaven Realm.
• Li Changqing collected several precious herbs and sensed Qin Tian and two unfamiliar Dou Zun auras, then flew toward Qin Tian rather than reveal his full strength.
• Feng Lieshan detected Li Changqing’s soul force and pursued him as Qin Tian welcomed him and asked whether he had found the Yin-Yang Flame.
• Li Changqing confirmed that he had found it and thanked Qin Tian for the information.

Li Changqing and Qin Tian were confronted by Feng Lieshan of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Thunder Venerable, who demanded the treasures they had found. After Li Changqing refused and provoked Feng Lieshan, the two battles began, while Li Changqing prepared to draw Feng Lieshan away.

• Feng Lieshan emerged from a spatial rift and demanded the treasures from Li Changqing and Qin Tian, while Thunder Venerable arrived behind them.
• Qin Tian invoked the Hall of Souls to intimidate Feng Lieshan, but Feng Lieshan identified himself as a member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and threatened them.
• Qin Tian secretly urged Li Changqing to surrender the Yin-Yang Flame, but Li Changqing refused and insulted Feng Lieshan as a mangy bird.
• Li Changqing told Qin Tian he would lure Feng Lieshan away while Qin Tian fought Thunder Venerable, claiming he could escape with a speed technique.
• Qin Tian attacked Thunder Venerable, and Li Changqing continued taunting Feng Lieshan as their battle began.

Li Changqing lured Feng Lieshan away from the others and led him to a barren mountain range, where their battle began. Feng Lieshan struck Li Changqing into a mountain and prepared to continue his attack.

• Li Changqing taunted Feng Lieshan, fought off his claw with Shattering Astral Force Thousand Strikes, and fled north to draw him into pursuit.
• Li Tian warned Thunder Venerable against opposing the Hall of Souls, while Qin Tian used Senluo Ghost Hand to escape south toward the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Thunder Venerable let Qin Tian escape and flew back toward the Wind-Thunder Pavilion, deciding not to help Feng Lieshan pursue the treasure.
• Li Changqing stopped above a barren mountain range, summoned the Yin-Yang Sword, and challenged Feng Lieshan to surrender his treasures and become his mount.
• Feng Lieshan charged Li Changqing with a crimson saber, overpowered him in their clash, and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Feng Lieshan slashed the mountain in two with a blade of crimson light.

Li Changqing fought Feng Lieshan, countering the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elder’s bloodline techniques with his own powerful Dou Techniques and Kunpeng Ultimate Speed. The chapter ended as Li Changqing’s Mysterious Shadow Seal and Feng Lieshan’s Demon Phoenix Bell hurtled toward each other.

• Li Changqing survived Feng Lieshan’s mountain-cleaving attack and struck back with Burning Thousandfold Sword, badly burning and freezing Feng Lieshan.
• Feng Lieshan used Demon Phoenix Step to attack Li Changqing from behind, but Li Changqing revealed his golden wings and used Kunpeng Ultimate Speed to overpower him.
• Li Changqing repeatedly wounded Feng Lieshan, whose injuries resisted healing, until Feng Lieshan unleashed his bloodline power in a desperate fight.
• Feng Lieshan summoned Demon Phoenix Bell and its sound waves briefly dazed Li Changqing’s soul.
• Li Changqing formed the Mysterious Shadow Seal and sent it toward Feng Lieshan as Feng Lieshan charged with Demon Phoenix Bell.

Li Changqing used the Mysterious Shadow Seal to disrupt Feng Lieshan’s soul and severed one of his wings. Feng Lieshan summoned the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, but Li Changqing countered it with the Kunpeng Method, leaving the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom crumbling as it was swallowed by his Giant Kun.

• Li Changqing detonated the Mysterious Shadow Seal, briefly disrupting Feng Lieshan’s soul, then struck and severed Feng Lieshan’s right arm and wing.
• Feng Lieshan tried to threaten Li Changqing with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and offered treasures for his life, but Li Changqing rejected his pleas.
• Feng Lieshan transformed into his Heaven Demon Phoenix true form and summoned the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, manifesting a thousand-zhang Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom.
• The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom fired a destructive beam at Li Changqing, who manifested a Netherworld Giant Kun with the Kunpeng Method.
• The Giant Kun swallowed the beam and began consuming the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom, while Feng Lieshan burned his blood essence to no avail.

Li Changqing killed Feng Lieshan and weighed the risks of returning to the Hall of Souls before deciding to go back to the Dead Soul Mountain Range. He resumed his alchemy plans with Qin Tian’s support and searched Feng Lieshan’s belongings, finding little beyond medicinal ingredients, an Eighth-Rank Magic Core, and the corpse.

• Li Changqing used the Netherworld Giant Kun’s lunar energy to extinguish Feng Lieshan’s flames and destroy his soul, then stored Feng Lieshan’s corpse and severed wing.
• Li Changqing considered whether to return to the Hall of Souls, decided the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would likely avoid openly confronting it, and headed for the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Qin Tian anxiously waited for Li Changqing, then welcomed him back and promised to gather high-grade medicinal ingredients for his alchemy.
• Qin Tian sent a report about the encounter with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Thunder Venerable, including Li Changqing’s claimed breakthrough from Three-Star Dou Zun to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Li Changqing searched Feng Lieshan’s Storage Ring, found an Eighth-Rank Magic Core, medicinal ingredients, pills, and Earth Tier Dou Techniques, and judged the loot disappointing.

Li Changqing refined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse into essence blood to strengthen his body, then worked on his alchemy while Hun Miesheng investigated his mysterious rise. Hun Miesheng and Hun Xuzi suspected Li Changqing might belong to another Emperor Clan and prepared to test him for a Dou Di bloodline.

• Li Changqing refined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse and medicinal herbs, then absorbed the essence blood to temper his body with the Kunpeng Method.
• Li Changqing began practicing alchemy, hoping to earn another reward from Hun Miesheng by refining an eighth-tier pill with seven-colored pill lightning.
• Thunder Venerable assumed Feng Lieshan had subdued Li Changqing and taken his treasures, unaware that Feng Lieshan was dead.
• Hun Miesheng questioned a Black-Robed Man about Li Changqing's background, but the investigation had found no trace of his past.
• Hun Miesheng suspected Li Changqing might be an undercover member of another Emperor Clan and reported his concerns to Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Xuzi gave Hun Miesheng a Black Bead that could detect the strength of a Dou Di bloodline and ordered him to seize Li Changqing if he possessed one.

Hun Miesheng learned how the Hall of Souls planned to test Li Changqing’s Dou Di bloodline, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan investigated Feng Lieshan’s death and secretly pursued his killer. After two months of cultivation, Li Changqing reached the Heaven Realm with his soul and began refining a pill that summoned seven-colored lightning.

• Hun Xuzi told Hun Miesheng to wait until Li Changqing qualified, then have him voluntarily touch the pearl to test his Dou Di bloodline.
• Thunder Phoenix investigated Feng Lieshan’s disappearance, discovered his blood at the site of his fight with Li Changqing, and questioned Thunder Venerable about what happened.
• Thunder Phoenix reported Feng Lieshan’s death to Huang Tian, who ordered a secret search for the killer and warned against acting rashly.
• Li Changqing broke through to the Heaven Realm with his soul after two months of cultivation in the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Li Changqing began refining a Venerable Origin Infinity Pill, and seven-colored pill lightning gathered above the mountain range as the Hall of Souls branch-hall protectors watched.

Li Changqing refined a pill that summoned Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, meeting the Hall Master's requirements, while Thunder Phoenix tracked him to the Hall of Souls Branch Hall. After Li Changqing finished another pill for Qin Tian and returned to his quarters, the Amethyst Winged Lion King received a Sect Breaking Pill, unaware that Thunder Phoenix was waiting for a chance to capture Li Changqing.

• Qin Tian reported that Li Changqing had refined an Eighth-Tier Pill with Seven-Colored Pill Lightning and gave him ingredients for another pill.
• Li Changqing subdued the Venerable Origin Infinity Pill, erased its intelligence, and promised to refine a pill for Qin Tian.
• Thunder Phoenix tortured a Hall of Souls Dou Zong for information, learned Li Changqing's identity and location, then killed the captive.
• Thunder Phoenix found Li Changqing refining Qin Tian's pill and decided to wait until he left the Dead Soul Mountain Range before attacking.
• Li Changqing delivered Qin Tian's pill, returned to his quarters, and gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Sect Breaking Pill to help him break through to Dou Zong.

Li Changqing advanced to Second-Turn Dou Zun and received an order to travel alone to the Hall of Souls Headquarters. On the way, Thunder Phoenix ambushed him, and Li Changqing recognized his attacker as a likely Half-Saint from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Li Changqing swallowed a Venerable Origin Infinity Pill and broke through to Second-Turn Dou Zun while the Amethyst Winged Lion King advanced to Dou Zong.
• Qin Tian told Li Changqing that headquarters had ordered him to travel there alone, and Li Changqing decided to leave immediately.
• Li Changqing departed the Branch Hall on the Amethyst Winged Lion King and flew toward the Hall of Souls Headquarters.
• Thunder Phoenix followed Li Changqing to a barren mountain range and attacked him with a lightning-charged hand.
• Li Changqing evaded the attack, detected Thunder Phoenix with his soul force, and confronted him, suspecting he was a Half-Saint from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Li Changqing tried to deter Thunder Phoenix from taking him by claiming the Hall of Souls valued him, but Thunder Phoenix refused to back down. Their fight began, and Li Changqing’s Yin-Yang Flame burned Thunder Phoenix’s hand before the battle continued.

• Li Changqing told Thunder Phoenix that the Hall of Souls had offered him valuable rewards and that abducting him could anger Hun Miesheng.
• Thunder Phoenix dismissed the warning and insisted Li Changqing would pay for killing a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elder.
• Li Changqing insulted Thunder Phoenix by demanding that Elder Phoenix warm his bed, provoking him into attacking.
• Li Changqing dodged Thunder Phoenix’s lightning with his Golden Peng Wings and struck at him with the Yin-Yang Sword.
• Thunder Phoenix caught the sword, but Li Changqing sent the Yin-Yang Flame onto his hand and burned it badly.
• Thunder Phoenix flung Li Changqing through several mountains and extinguished the flame, while Li Changqing emerged and joked about eating Heavenly Demon Phoenix.

Li Changqing fought Thunder Phoenix, who sought to seize the secret behind his power, and revealed a golden Divine Peng manifestation that matched Thunder Phoenix’s Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. After Thunder Phoenix used a pill to reach One-Star Dou Sheng strength, Li Changqing drew on the Kunpeng True Blood within his soul as the deadly attack closed in.

• Thunder Phoenix attacked Li Changqing with his lightning spear, driving him into the ground and blasting the surrounding terrain apart.
• Li Changqing emerged atop a golden Divine Peng, whose overwhelming presence made Thunder Phoenix wary and greedy for Li Changqing’s secret.
• Thunder Phoenix unleashed his Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, and its black beam clashed evenly with the Divine Peng’s golden flame.
• Thunder Phoenix swallowed a pill that raised his strength to One-Star Dou Sheng and sent a more powerful black beam at Li Changqing.
• Li Changqing reached for the Kunpeng True Blood in his soul and drew its power into his body.

Li Changqing used Kunpeng True Blood to overwhelm Thunder Phoenix, kill him while preserving his corpse, and store it away. He then woke the Amethyst Winged Lion King and ordered him to carry them to the Hall of Souls Headquarters.

• Li Changqing's Divine Peng phantom destroyed Thunder Phoenix's Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, leaving Thunder Phoenix badly injured and terrified.
• Thunder Phoenix tried to flee through space, but Li Changqing used Kunpeng Ultimate Speed to reach him and kill his soul with his Peng Wings.
• Li Changqing stored Thunder Phoenix's intact Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse in his storage ring and searched for the unconscious Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Li Changqing woke the Amethyst Winged Lion King, slapped him, and ordered him to fly to the Hall of Souls Headquarters.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King set off toward the headquarters, struggling to fly steadily because his back hurt.

Li Changqing reached the Hall of Souls Headquarters and confronted a black-robed guard who questioned his late arrival and new cultivation level. Hun Miesheng invited him into the Heaven Hall, but Li Changqing fought the guard and seized a second token for his mount.

• Li Changqing arrived at the Hall of Souls Headquarters, where the black mist corroded his Soul Force and the letter flew inside to verify his identity.
• A black-robed man emerged and challenged Li Changqing for arriving late, so Li Changqing revealed his Second-Turn Dou Zun cultivation and demanded to see the Hall Master.
• Li Changqing sensed Hun Miesheng's powerful Soul Force and threatened to leave, prompting Hun Miesheng to invite him into the Heaven Hall and send him a token.
• The black-robed man refused to provide a token for the Amethyst Winged Lion King, so Li Changqing beat him and took another token.