Chapter Summaries

Chu Zhou killed Zhao Tianci in the shattered Secret Realm and learned that the highest-grade watches could preserve their wearers on the Dou Qi Continent after a Blue Star death. He struck a deal with the Extraordinary Bureau, then began absorbing spirit stones and preparing to refine the Nethersea Azure Dragon’s Soul Bead.

• Chu Zhou killed Zhao Tianci in the shattered Secret Realm, but Zhao Tianci was reborn on the Dou Qi Continent and lost access to Blue Star rewards and resources.
• Chu Zhou met Extraordinary Bureau director-general Qin Zhengguo, declined to join the bureau, and accepted a nominal adviser role, intelligence, spirit stones, and a satellite phone.
• Chu Zhou sold ten Storage Rings to the Extraordinary Bureau after obtaining them from Queen Medusa on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Chu Zhou gave Meng Ziwei ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones and used ten more to triple his cultivation speed overnight.
• Chu Zhou took out the Nethersea Azure Dragon’s Soul Bead and began refining its soul energy with the Azure Flame Soul-Refining Art.

Chu Zhou absorbed the Nethersea Azure Dragon’s Soul Bead and inner core, bringing his soul to the threshold of the Spirit Realm and his cultivation to five-star Dou Wang. He then told Cai Ling he planned to leave the Snake-People Tribe and asked her to travel with him as his Dao Companion, promising four more Dou Zong for her tribe.

• Chu Zhou absorbed the Soul Bead, overcame its negative emotions with the Mystic Yellow Azure Flame, and reached the threshold of the Spirit Realm.
• Chu Zhou refined the inner core and advanced from three-star to five-star Dou Wang.
• Chu Zhou returned to the Azure Flame Hall and told Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin that he planned to visit the Black-Corner Region and then the Central Plains.
• Chu Zhou asked Cai Ling to leave with him as his Dao Companion, and she questioned whether he expected her to abandon the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chu Zhou confidently promised Cai Ling that he could give the Snake-People Tribe four more Dou Zong.

Chu Zhou persuaded Cai Ling to become his Dao Companion by offering to help the Snake-People Tribe’s four Grand Supreme Elders reach Dou Zong. When Cai Ling announced she would travel the continent with him, the elders confronted them, and Chu Zhou prepared to explain why they need not be angry.

• Chu Zhou explained that his Mystic Yellow Azure Flame, empowered by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, could help the four high-level Dou Emperors use the tribe’s secret technique to break through to Dou Zong.
• Cai Ling accepted Chu Zhou’s offer, clasped his hand, and declared she would become his Dao Companion.
• Cai Ling brought Chu Zhou to meet the four Grand Supreme Elders in the Holy Hall’s forbidden area.
• Cai Ling announced that Chu Zhou was the tribe’s royal consort and that she would travel the continent with him, leaving the elders to manage the tribe.
• The elders objected to Cai Ling leaving and accused Chu Zhou of luring her away, while Chu Zhou asked them to hear him out before getting angry.

Chu Zhou promised the Snake-People Tribe’s four Grand Supreme Elders that he could help them evolve their bloodlines and reach Dou Zong, persuading them to support Cai Ling’s travels with him. He began the process with the First Elder, whose breakthrough summoned thunderclouds over the Holy Hall.

• Chu Zhou revealed his fused Heavenly Flame and offered to help the four elders break through to Dou Zong, and Cai Ling confirmed his abilities.
• The four Grand Supreme Elders reversed their opposition and agreed to let Cai Ling leave with Chu Zhou while they pursued breakthroughs.
• Chu Zhou proposed helping the First Elder first, and the group sealed the Holy Hall’s forbidden grounds to begin her evolution.
• Chu Zhou used the Mystic Yellow Azure Flame and his soul power to evolve the First Elder’s Azure-Winged Rock Snake bloodline into an Azure-Winged Lava Python.
• The First Elder broke through to Dou Zong, and dark clouds and thunder gathered above the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy Hall.

The First Elder survived her lightning tribulation, evolved, and became a Dou Zong, while Chu Zhou arranged for Cai Ling to accompany him to the Black-Corner Region after the elders recovered. Chu Zhou then arrived in Wutan City with Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, leaving Yao Chen stunned by their presence.

• The First Elder faced nine bolts of lightning and successfully advanced to Dou Zong.
• Chu Zhou told the Second, Third, and Fourth Elders to govern while the First Elder recovered, and said he would return in about three months to help the Second Elder evolve.
• Cai Ling publicly announced her relationship with Chu Zhou and the First Elder's breakthrough, then assigned the three elders to manage the tribe.
• Chu Zhou left with Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin and flew to Xiao Yan's courtyard in Wutan City.
• Yao Chen sensed their arrival, saw the three women, and telepathically told Xiao Yan to come out and see a Dou Di.

Chu Zhou fulfilled his agreement with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan by giving them the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Yao Chen handed over a trove of pill formulas and received Heavenly Heart Spirit Pearls. Yao Chen declined Chu Zhou’s offer to kill Han Feng, choosing to reserve that revenge for himself or Xiao Yan.

• Yao Chen sensed the extraordinary potential of Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and was astonished by Chu Zhou’s rapid cultivation and soul growth.
• Xiao Yan greeted Chu Zhou and learned that he had brought Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin as his cultivation partners.
• Chu Zhou handed the Green Lotus Core Flame to Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen gave Chu Zhou sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade pill formulas.
• Chu Zhou gave Yao Chen twenty Heavenly Heart Spirit Pearls, which could restore Yao Chen’s strength, and offered to deal with Han Feng in the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Chen refused the offer, saying he wanted to kill Han Feng himself or have Xiao Yan do it; Xiao Yan resolved to avenge his teacher.

Chu Zhou reached Black Seal City and used his reputation as a Fifth Grade alchemist to search the Black Seal Auction House for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. He found the map and a mysterious magical beast feather, then offered to refine an Emperor's Extreme Pill for Sect Master Yuan Yi; the auction house manager went to summon him.

• Chu Zhou and his companions left Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan vowed to grow strong enough to kill Han Feng and honor his teacher.
• Chu Zhou decided to travel to Black Seal City, where he hoped to find information, treasures, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.
• After arriving in Black Seal City, Chu Zhou presented his Fifth Grade Alchemist Badge and received a respectful welcome at the Black Seal Auction House.
• Chu Zhou searched the auction house's old maps and artifacts with his soul power, found the fragment map and a colorful feather, and took both items.
• Chu Zhou offered to refine an Emperor's Extreme Pill for Yuan Yi in exchange for the items and a service fee, and the manager hurried to report the offer to the sect master.

Chu Zhou reached the Spirit Realm with his soul, broke through to Seven-Star Dou Wang, and watched his Demonic Flame Space evolve into a miniature world. The Firmament Ledger awarded him a One-Way Teleportation Array, drawing global attention to his ability to bring resources from the Dou Qi Continent to Blue Star.

• Chu Zhou absorbed the hidden reward's spiritual energy, reached the Spirit Realm, and advanced from Five-Star to Seven-Star Dou Wang.
• Chu Zhou discovered that his Demonic Flame Space had expanded into a miniature world with varied terrain, purer energy, and a stronger connection to his soul.
• The Firmament Ledger announced that Chu Zhou had earned a One-Way Teleportation Array that could send nonliving objects from the Dou Qi Continent to Blue Star.
• Chosen Ones and officials across Blue Star reacted to the announcement, while Huaguo officials discussed seeking Chu Zhou's cooperation and other factions began making plans.
• Chu Zhou considered using the array for open trade with Huaguo and realized he could bring living things into the Demonic Flame Space, then wondered whether he could bring objects from Blue Star into it.

Chu Zhou discovered that his Spatial Boundary could transfer objects between Blue Star and its interior, then revealed the realm to Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. After refining a top-quality Emperor's Extreme Pill for Yuan Yi, he asked for a place to stay and information about Jia Nan Academy.

• Chu Zhou tested the Spatial Boundary and learned that Blue Star supplies could be stored inside, while Dou Qi Continent objects could also be transferred to Blue Star.
• Chu Zhou offered Qin Zhengguo a deal for a Teleportation Array in exchange for modern supplies and returned to the auction house, where Yuan Yi asked him to refine an Emperor's Extreme Pill.
• Chu Zhou took Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin into the Spatial Boundary and showed them its mountains, abundant energy, and safe surroundings.
• Chu Zhou refined a top-quality Emperor's Extreme Pill, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Black-Corner Region.
• Chu Zhou accepted Yuan Yi's offer of temporary lodging and asked him to screen future pill-refining requests and provide information about Jia Nan Academy.

Chu Zhou arranged to stay in Black Seal City while he prepared to refine a Grade Seven Pill, then brought Meng Ziwei into his Microcosm to meet Cai Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. After they shared a nourishing meal and began cultivating together, Chu Zhou and Cai Ling returned to the city, where Yuan Yi delivered intelligence on Jia Nan Academy.

• Chu Zhou accepted Yuan Yi's offer to arrange a private courtyard and gather intelligence on Jia Nan Academy.
• Chu Zhou brought Cai Ling outside while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin stayed in the Microcosm to cultivate and prepare meals.
• Chu Zhou took Meng Ziwei into the Microcosm, where he introduced her to Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cai Ling.
• The five women and Chu Zhou ate Nethersea Azure Dragon meat, which strengthened their cultivation, and Chu Zhou gave the women spirit stones to aid their training.
• Chu Zhou returned to Black Seal City with Cai Ling, and Yuan Yi personally delivered a jade slip containing detailed intelligence on Jia Nan Academy.

Chu Zhou built his reputation as the Black-Corner Region’s leading Alchemist, prompting Han Feng to challenge him by announcing a Grade Seven Pill refinement backed by powerful allies. Chu Zhou received the news with amusement, while Cai Ling dismissed Han Feng as a pathetic clown.

• Chu Zhou chose to expand his influence through alchemy commissions rather than approach Jia Nan Academy directly.
• Yuan Yi promoted Chu Zhou’s pill-refining services, drawing clients to Black Seal City and raising the Eight Gates’ standing.
• Chu Zhou refined pills with exceptional success and quality, earning a reputation that threatened Han Feng’s position as the Medicine Emperor.
• Han Feng commissioned Chu Zhou to refine an Emperor’s Extreme Pill and confirmed that Chu Zhou’s work surpassed his own.
• Han Feng summoned the Gold and Silver Elders to guard him as he prepared to refine the Grade Seven Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in ten days.
• Yuan Yi told Chu Zhou that Han Feng was challenging him, and Cai Ling called Han Feng a pathetic clown as Chu Zhou smiled at the news.

Chu Zhou challenged Han Feng’s public display of Grade Seven alchemy by arranging his own pill refinement, while Han Feng successfully completed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in Maple City. The chapter ended as news arrived that Chu Zhou had also refined a Grade Seven pill—the exceptionally difficult Supreme Extreme Pill—shaking confidence in Han Feng’s apparent victory.

• Chu Zhou sent invitations to the Black Emperor Sect, Jia Nan Academy, and Demon Flame Valley, and hinted that his pill would be a gift for Cai Ling.
• Han Feng spent three days refining the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in Maple City, with the Gold and Silver Elders guarding the ceremony.
• Han Feng captured the pill after it tried to flee and received congratulations from the gathered experts, while many praised him over Chu Zhou.
• Han Feng offered to guide Chu Zhou, but a powerful phenomenon from the direction of Black Seal City interrupted the celebration.
• A Dou Wang arrived from Black Seal City and announced that Chu Zhou had completed the Supreme Extreme Pill, a low-grade Grade Seven pill harder to refine than many Mid-Grade Seventh-Rank Pills.

Chu Zhou’s Supreme Extreme Pill and offer to refine the Heavenly Sect Pill eclipsed Han Feng’s achievement, causing his allies and the Gold and Silver Elders to abandon him. In Black Seal City, Chu Zhou offered Su Qian, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Mo Tianxing a chance to commission pills, while Han Feng vowed to retaliate.

• A report from the Eight Gates revealed that Chu Zhou had refined a Supreme Extreme Pill, given it to Cai Ling, and helped her advance from Three-Star Dou Zong to Four-Star Dou Zong.
• The crowd learned that Chu Zhou would accept commissions for Supreme Extreme Pills and could attempt to refine Heavenly Sect Pills, which could guarantee a Nine-Star Dou Huang’s breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• The Gold and Silver Elders left Han Feng to pursue the Heavenly Sect Pill, while Su Mei, Yan, Fan Lao, and other supporters also departed.
• Han Feng blamed Chu Zhou for his humiliation and resolved to retaliate by revealing that Chu Zhou might possess a spirit realm soul.
• In Chu Zhou’s Black Seal City reception room, he offered Su Qian, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Mo Tianxing one pill commission each under the same ingredient, compensation, and fee terms.

Chu Zhou secured pill-refining agreements with the leaders of Jia Nan Academy, Demon Flame Valley, and the Black Emperor Sect, then negotiated additional services and alliances with each faction. After Su Qian offered expanded terms for more pills, Chu Zhou considered the next stage of his plans.

• Su Qian, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Mo Tianxing agreed to provide Chu Zhou with resources and refining fees for pills, choosing a Heavenly Sect Pill for Jia Nan Academy and Supreme Extreme Pills for the other two factions.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost returned and agreed to help Chu Zhou fight an enemy of comparable strength in exchange for Chu Zhou refining a second Supreme Extreme Pill.
• Mo Tianxing proposed a deeper partnership that would give Chu Zhou access to the Black Emperor Sect's auction network, rare treasures, and intelligence, and Chu Zhou said he would consider it.
• Su Qian asked Chu Zhou to refine an additional Supreme Extreme Pill and Heavenly Sect Pill, offering double ingredients or other treasures in return.

Chu Zhou negotiated with Su Qian to trade Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame for a juvenile one he claimed to know, while continuing to accept pill commissions from powerful factions. After refining a second Supreme Extreme Pill, he learned that the Hall of Souls had arrived, prompting him to turn his attention to Han Feng.

• Chu Zhou asked Su Qian for Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame and offered to replace it with a controllable juvenile flame, so Su Qian returned to the academy to seek approval.
• Chu Zhou went back to the Spatial Boundary, told Meng Ziwei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin about the negotiation, and shared lunch with them.
• After news of Chu Zhou’s Supreme Extreme Pill spread, he refused visitors while Yuan Yi managed the crowds seeking his pills.
• Mo Tianxing brought ingredients for one Supreme Extreme Pill, a Low Earth Tier Swan Shadow Sword Art scroll, and Seventh Tier spirit medicines as payment and a service fee.
• Chu Zhou refined Mo Tianxing’s pill, and two days later the second Supreme Extreme Pill triggered another gathering of heaven and earth energy over Black Seal City.
• Chu Zhou learned that the Hall of Souls had arrived and decided he would no longer concern himself with what Yao Chen thought.

Chu Zhou’s pill refining drew an attack from the Hall of Souls, while Cai Ling and Earth Demon Old Ghost intervened to protect him and secure the Supreme Extreme Pill. With the Hall of Souls’ Protectors occupied, Chu Zhou turned his attention to Han Feng, who was waiting nearby.

• Vulture Protector attempted to seize Chu Zhou’s soul, but Cai Ling appeared and blocked him before forcing him into the open.
• Cai Ling fought Vulture Protector as their Dou Zong auras spread across Black Seal City and drew the attention of its experts.
• Chu Zhou completed the Supreme Extreme Pill, but Silver Protector reached through a spatial rift to steal it until Earth Demon Old Ghost intercepted him and took the pill.
• Silver Protector threatened Earth Demon Old Ghost, but Chu Zhou reminded him of their deal and promised to refine another Supreme Extreme Pill, persuading him to fight the Hall of Souls Protector.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Silver Protector, and Chu Zhou observed the two battles before calling out Han Feng for bringing the Hall of Souls to deal with him.

Chu Zhou exposed Han Feng’s betrayal of Venerable Yao and faced him in a battle above Black Seal City. After the Gold and Silver Elders refused to help Han Feng, Chu Zhou broke through his attacks and left the Nine-Star Dou Emperor struggling to defend himself.

• Han Feng flew out of hiding and accused Chu Zhou of arrogance, while Chu Zhou revealed that Han Feng had betrayed his teacher, Venerable Yao, and joined the Hall of Souls.
• Han Feng summoned the Gold and Silver Elders with an offer of two Sect Breaking Pills, but Su Qian appeared and deterred them from intervening.
• Han Feng attacked Chu Zhou with his sea heart flame, but Chu Zhou’s mystic yellow azure flame and Azure Slashing Sword Aura shattered the fire flood dragon and forced Han Feng to defend himself.
• Chu Zhou closed in and sent dozens of Azure Slashing Sword rays at Han Feng, piercing his spear defense and cracking his flame armor while injuring him.

Chu Zhou defeated and sealed Han Feng, then joined Cai Ling’s battle against Vulture Protector and helped drive the Hall of Souls fighter into a desperate retreat. The chapter ended as Cai Ling’s Seven-Colored Giant Python struck at the weakened Vulture Protector.

• Chu Zhou wounded Han Feng’s soul and defeated him with a combined sword and palm attack, shocking Black Seal City.
• Chu Zhou’s soul seal suppressed Han Feng’s cultivation, and Chu Zhou severed both his arms before taking his Nether Sea Storage Ring.
• Chu Zhou sealed Han Feng inside the Demonic Flame Space after Han Feng begged to be spared.
• Chu Zhou attacked Vulture Protector with a spirit-powered sword net, giving Cai Ling an opening to unleash her Seven-Colored Giant Python.
• Chu Zhou shattered the sword Ya Fei had given him and sent its fragments into Vulture Protector’s black mist, disrupting his costly secret technique as Cai Ling’s python lunged at him.

Chu Zhou and Cai Ling defeated Vulture Protector while Mo Tianxing and others blocked Silver Protector from intervening. Silver Protector escaped, and Chu Zhou secured promises of cooperation and pill commissions from the region’s powerful factions before leaving with Cai Ling.

• Mo Tianxing blocked Silver Protector from rescuing Vulture Protector, while Cai Ling swallowed Vulture Protector with her seven-colored python and sealed his badly injured shadow.
• Chu Zhou swept Vulture Protector into the Demonic Flame Space, stunning the watching experts with his strength and coordination with Cai Ling.
• Chu Zhou challenged Silver Protector, who admitted defeat, threatened him, and escaped to the Central Plains using blood escape.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost gave Chu Zhou the ingredients and payment for another Supreme Extreme Pill, and Chu Zhou promised to deliver it in four days.
• Chu Zhou discussed pill trades with Su Qian, offered to refine pills for the Gold and Silver Elders, and agreed to visit Mo Tianxing’s Black Emperor Sect to discuss cooperation.
• Chu Zhou thanked everyone and suddenly vanished with Cai Ling.

After defeating Han Feng and driving back the Hall of Souls, Chu Zhou’s reputation spread across the Black-Corner Region and Blue Star as factions debated the threat he posed. He refined pills, broke through to One-Star Dou Emperor as the first Chosen One to reach that rank, and planned how to use his rewards to strengthen himself and his allies.

• Su Qian, the Gold and Silver Elders, Earth Demon Old Ghost, Mo Tianxing, Yuan Yi, and the other Black-Corner Region experts watched Chu Zhou vanish and resolved to befriend rather than oppose him.
• Informants spread news of Chu Zhou’s battle, and reports of his achievements stirred the Black-Corner Region, Blue Star, and international debates over the Huaguo and Chu Zhou threat theories.
• Inside the Demonic Flame Space, Chu Zhou refined pills for Su Qian and Earth Demon Old Ghost, then prepared a Dou Wang Pill, an Emperor-Breaking Pill, and three Emperor’s Extreme Pills.
• Chu Zhou took the Dou Wang Pill and Emperor-Breaking Pill, advancing to Nine-Star Dou Wang and then breaking through to One-Star Dou Emperor.
• The Firmament Ledger announced Chu Zhou was the first to reach Dou Emperor and granted him cultivation and combat techniques plus four Earth-Grade Spiritual Veins.
• Chu Zhou decided to use the rewards to upgrade his body-refining art and azure flame sword intent, create techniques for Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Cai Ling, and give the Spiritual Veins to Ya Fei.