Chapter Summaries

Song Jun exposed Yuan Gaolang’s scheme to use rival factions to reclaim his ancestor’s tomb, but Yuan Gaolang revealed a pill whose bloody gas rapidly dissolved everyone’s dou qi. Song Jun attacked Yuan Gaolang, and the pill’s crimson python melted his lightning as the chapter ended.

• Yuan Gaolang admitted Song Jun had correctly identified his scheme, and Song Jun explained the clues that exposed him.
• Song Jun challenged Yuan Gaolang to reveal his remaining trump card, while Zhou Changqing hoped Song Jun’s confidence would help him and Zi Yan escape.
• Yuan Gaolang produced a dark red pill that released bloody gas, weakening Zi Yan and Zhou Changqing and making everyone below Dou Zong collapse.
• He Yanhao and the other Dou Zong discovered that using dou qi to defend themselves made it dissipate faster.
• Song Jun charged Yuan Gaolang, but the pill’s crimson python melted the silver lightning he sent against it.

Yuan Gaolang revealed that he had lured the experts into the tomb to feed their flesh-and-blood essence to the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill and boost his cultivation. Song Jun and the others, stripped of their Dou Qi, rallied to attack him.

• Yuan Gaolang used the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill to dissolve Song Jun's Dou Qi and explained that only a Dou Zun could resist its effects.
• Yuan Gaolang revealed that he had entered the tomb before through another entrance and had brought the experts there to harvest their essence.
• Yuan Gaolang explained that the pill could devour the essence of weakened victims and refine it into energy that strengthened whoever consumed it.
• Song Jun realized Yuan Gaolang had specifically lured him to the tomb, then stood up and vowed to resist despite losing his Dou Qi.
• He Yanhao urged the others to fight, and over a hundred weakened experts charged toward the raised platform.

Yuan Gaolang used the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill to drain the gathered cultivators of their flesh and blood, while Zhou Changqing watched calmly with Zi Yan. Yuan Gaolang then turned his attention to Zhou Changqing and asked him to surrender or reveal why he was unafraid.

• Yuan Gaolang remained unaffected by the pill’s gas and incapacitated the gathered cultivators without killing them.
• Song Jun, He Yanhao, the Second Elder, and other cultivators fled for the Palace doors, but Yuan Gaolang sealed them with a Blood Membrane.
• Yuan Gaolang seized Song Jun and the others with a blood-colored hand and threw them back into the Palace.
• Yuan Gaolang activated the pill, which drew the crowd’s liquefying flesh and blood into itself as the cultivators screamed.
• Yuan Gaolang noticed Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan, praised Zhou Changqing’s composure, and asked him to surrender or reveal his means.

Zhou Changqing fought Yuan Gaolang, whose strength far surpassed his, and used restorative pills to fuel a hidden physical ability. The chapter ended with Zhou Changqing activating Law of Heaven and Earth and stopping Yuan Gaolang’s blood-colored drill with his bare hand.

• Zhou Changqing rejected Yuan Gaolang’s demand to surrender and agreed to test their strength in battle.
• Zhou Changqing exchanged powerful blows with Yuan Gaolang, but Yuan Gaolang shattered his blood-colored sword and blasted him into a massive crater.
• Zhou Changqing’s injured hand regenerated quickly, though he realized his physical strength still lagged behind Yuan Gaolang’s Five-Star Dou Zong power.
• Zhou Changqing swallowed three sixth-grade Dou Qi-restoring pills and channeled the resulting Dou Qi into his cells before Yuan Gaolang could stop him.
• Zhou Changqing activated his physical divine ability, Law of Heaven and Earth, grew to about three meters tall, and caught Yuan Gaolang’s blood-colored drill with one hand.

Zhou Changqing fought Yuan Gaolang inside the palace, enduring the Blood-Red Demon Drill and answering with a devastating punch. He continued battling Yuan Gaolang’s Boundless Blood Sea as Zi Yan watched, wondering why Zhou Changqing had not helped Xiao Yan when the Fallen Heart Flame swallowed him.

• Zhou Changqing caught Yuan Gaolang’s Blood-Red Demon Drill in his bare hand, taking severe damage to his right hand and forearm without showing pain.
• Zhou Changqing crushed the drill and struck Yuan Gaolang with a powerful punch that embedded him in the palace wall.
• Zhou Changqing swallowed more pills and grew to around ten meters tall as Yuan Gaolang gathered energy for another attack.
• Yuan Gaolang unleashed Boundless Blood Sea, attacking with waves, blood spears, and blood seals while Zhou Changqing countered with blazing punches.
• Zi Yan watched the battle and wondered whether Zhou Changqing held a grudge against Xiao Yan for not intervening when the Fallen Heart Flame swallowed him.

Zhou Changqing defeated Yuan Gaolang with his growing strength, beat him to death, and destroyed his lingering phantom. He returned to the palace with Zi Yan and considered how to collect the floating Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill.

• Zhou Changqing grew to the hundred-foot limit of his Law of Heaven and Earth and knocked Yuan Gaolang through the palace wall with a mighty punch.
• Zhou Changqing charged Yuan Gaolang in the crater and ignored his plea for mercy, repeatedly striking him until his vitality disappeared.
• Zhou Changqing took Yuan Gaolang’s Storage Ring and then destroyed the transparent phantom that appeared over the corpse.
• Zhou Changqing shrank back to normal, returned to the palace with Zi Yan, and wondered how to collect the floating Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill.

Zhou Changqing learned the Marrow-Devouring Secret Technique and brought the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill under his control before he and Zi Yan left the tomb. Back in Sky Star City, they sorted their enormous haul, and Zhou Changqing began inspecting Song Jun’s especially valuable Storage Ring.

• Zhou Changqing found the Marrow-Devouring Secret Technique in Yuan Gaolang’s Storage Ring and used it to control the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill.
• Zhou Changqing ordered the pill to devour Yuan Gaolang’s corpse, then used it to clear the marrow-devouring vapor from the palace and the survivors.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan collected the remaining valuables from the tomb, left, and returned to Sky Star City after four or five days of travel.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan spent the next morning tallying their Storage Rings and found vast stores of treasures, pills, techniques, and other goods.
• Zhou Changqing opened Song Jun’s Storage Ring and discovered that its treasures and seventh-tier support pills surpassed the others.

Zhou Changqing inspected the treasures taken from Song Jun and Yuan Gaolang, including powerful Wind-Thunder Pavilion techniques and a dangerous blood cultivation method. He found a letter marked for the victor and froze after opening it.

• Zhou Changqing examined Song Jun's Storage Ring and found the Thunder Canon, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, and other Wind-Thunder Pavilion techniques.
• Zhou Changqing identified the Netherblood Spirit-Devouring Canon as a powerful but corrupting cultivation method and decided to seek information about the Sun-Moon Truth-Stabilizing Pill later.
• Zhou Changqing claimed Yuan Gaolang's silver Storage Ring and concluded that the treasures he and Zi Yan had taken from the Crimson Venerable's tomb were its real hoard.
• Zhou Changqing discovered a letter set apart inside Yuan Gaolang's Storage Ring, opened it, and froze as he read its contents.

After discovering Yuan Gaolang’s posthumous trap, Zhou Changqing realized that he and Zi Yan would be blamed for the deaths at the tomb and hunted by the Wind-Thunder Pavilion. He rejected Zi Yan’s plan to flee to the Black-Corner Region and considered seeking help from her Ancient Void Dragon Clan, despite the danger of its internal conflict.

• Zhou Changqing read Yuan Gaolang’s letter, which revealed that a list of the tomb’s entrants would be sent to the Wind-Thunder Pavilion if his plan failed.
• Zhou Changqing explained to Zi Yan that they were the only survivors and would likely face the Wind-Thunder Pavilion’s pursuit, possibly within a month.
• Zi Yan suggested returning to the Black-Corner Region, but Zhou Changqing refused because the Pavilion might follow them there and endanger Jia Nan Academy and his allies.
• Zhou Changqing considered contacting the Ancient Void Dragon Clan through Zi Yan, while recognizing that its internal struggle made her return perilous.

Zhou Changqing decided to evade the Wind-Thunder Pavilion by hiding his and Zi Yan’s identities while traveling to Sacred Pill City to pursue his plan to grow stronger. They set off aboard a grade-six spatial ship, powered by Zhou Changqing’s Little Blue Bottle.

• Zhou Changqing considered joining a stronger force but chose to conceal their identities and buy time to strengthen himself instead.
• He told Zi Yan they were going to Sacred Pill City in the Central Region, and the two changed into black-and-gold clothes, put on masks, and kept their names secret.
• Zhou Changqing bought a grade-six spatial ship and launched it inside Sky Star City’s wormhole.
• Zi Yan marveled at the ship’s expansion, and Zhou Changqing guessed that spatial power compressed it when it was stored.
• Zhou Changqing used his Little Blue Bottle to supply the ship with Dou Qi, letting it race through the wormhole while he prepared to cultivate during the journey.

Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan cultivated while traveling toward the Central Region, and Zhou Changqing used an Emperor's Extreme Pill to advance from Eight-Star Dou Huang to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Emperor. They continued their journey with no news yet about the Crimson Venerable's tomb or the Wind-Thunder Pavilion's response.

• Zi Yan diligently absorbed pills as Zhou Changqing began cultivating with his remaining lightning essence aboard the spatial ship.
• During half a month of travel through the Northern Region, Zhou Changqing heard no news about the tomb or the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and considered developing communication artifacts.
• Zhou Changqing swallowed an Emperor's Extreme Pill while Zi Yan watched and continued eating her own pills.
• Five days later, Zhou Changqing finished absorbing the pill and discovered he had reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Emperor.

Zhou Changqing entered the Central Region after more than a month of travel, hoping the Wind-Thunder Pavilion would have less influence there. Meanwhile, Thunder Venerable ordered Fei Tian to investigate and hunt down whoever killed Song Jun and took the contents of the Dou Zun tomb.

• Zhou Changqing decided to consolidate his cultivation before attempting to break through to Dou Zong, then prepared to disembark with his companion.
• At Thunder Mountain, Thunder Venerable asked the Wind-Thunder Pavilion's senior members how to respond to Song Jun and the West Pavilion experts' deaths.
• Fei Tian argued that the Pavilion should investigate and pursue the killer to avenge the dead, restore its prestige, and recover the Dou Zun tomb's contents.
• Thunder Venerable assigned Fei Tian to lead the investigation and told him to proceed cautiously, calling for Thunder Venerable if necessary.
• Fei Tian assembled Wind-Thunder Pavilion experts, gave them a list of people to investigate, and ordered them to report any clues rather than act alone.
• After more than a month traveling through spatial passages, Zhou Changqing and his companion entered the Central Region and felt relieved that the Pavilion's influence there would be weaker.

After reaching the Pill Region, Zhou Changqing gathered information in Northern Yellow City and set out with Zi Yan for another city. A flamboyant young man who took an interest in them ordered his guards to seize them, and Zhou Changqing repelled the first attack.

• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan arrived at a northern Space Wormhole hub and traveled to Northern Yellow City.
• Zhou Changqing gathered information about the city and the Pill Region, then left with Zi Yan the next day.
• Three finely dressed men approached them on the street, led by an effeminate young man escorted by two High-Rank Dou Emperor guards named Cai Da and Cai Er.
• The young man ordered Cai Da and Cai Er to seize Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan, and the guards rushed at them from behind.
• Zhou Changqing turned and struck back with both palms, forcing the guards to retreat and revealing his strength as a Dou Emperor.
• The young man dismissed his guards’ warning and insisted they capture Zhou Changqing, staring heatedly at his mask.

Zhou Changqing learned that Cai Lehu, the young sect master of the Desire Immortal Sect, targeted handsome men and had picked him out using his technique, Smell a Man by His Scent. Enraged by Cai Lehu’s advances, Zhou Changqing struck down Cai Da and Cai Er and seized Cai Lehu by the neck.

• Cai Lehu introduced himself as the young sect master of the Desire Immortal Sect and called Zhou Changqing a little beauty.
• Pedestrians revealed that Cai Lehu preferred handsome men and had killed thousands of men he had pursued.
• Cai Lehu explained that his Smell a Man by His Scent technique let him identify Zhou Changqing as exceptionally handsome.
• Zhou Changqing attacked Cai Da and Cai Er with two rapid punches, sending them into deep craters.
• Zhou Changqing grabbed Cai Lehu by the neck with a hand covered in a blazing-gold film, leaving the crowd stunned.

Zhou Changqing defeated Cai Lehu, Cai Da, and Cai Er, then set out to attack the Desire Immortal Sect. Zhang Chongzhou, whose wife and daughter had been violated by the sect, offered to guide him there.

• Zhou Changqing knocked Cai Lehu unconscious after overpowering him and had already beaten Cai Da and Cai Er into submission.
• Zhou Changqing asked the crowd for directions to the Desire Immortal Sect, intending to destroy it before it could retaliate.
• Zhang Chongzhou stepped forward, offered to guide Zhou Changqing, and gathered the three unconscious men.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan left Northern Yellow City with Zhang Chongzhou leading the way toward the Desire Immortal Sect.

Zhou Changqing and his companions reached Clear Mist Gorge, the Desire Immortal Sect’s lair, where Cai Jie confronted them. Zhou Changqing crushed Cai Lehu and the other two men in a golden grip, leaving Cai Jie to face him.

• Zhang Chongzhou identified Clear Mist Gorge as the Desire Immortal Sect’s hideout as Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan arrived with him.
• Cai Jie appeared and demanded to know what Zhou Changqing had done to his son, Cai Lehu.
• Zhou Changqing caught Cai Lehu and the other two men in a giant golden hand while Zi Yan and Zhang Chongzhou withdrew from the fight.
• Cai Jie rushed to save Cai Lehu, but Zhou Changqing clenched the golden hand and crushed all three men.
• Zhou Changqing hurled the crushed bodies toward Cai Jie.

Zhou Changqing fought Cai Jie after killing Cai Lehu, revealing strength that could injure the powerful Dou Zong. As Zhou Changqing kept pressing the attack, Cai Jie tried to evade until Zhou Changqing’s secret technique wore off, while Zhang Chongzhou watched with renewed hope for revenge.

• Cai Jie attacked Zhou Changqing with a palm strike, but Zhou Changqing countered it with Flood Dragon Thunder, Ten Thousand Jun, and the attacks canceled each other out.
• Cai Jie stored Cai Lehu’s corpse and resolved to kill Zhou Changqing to avenge his son.
• Zhou Changqing used Law of Heaven and Earth to grow into a hundred-foot giant and struck Cai Jie, breaking his spatial shield and injuring him slightly.
• Cai Jie avoided Zhou Changqing’s following punches and believed the secret technique would eventually expire, while Zhou Changqing continued attacking.
• Zi Yan and Zhang Chongzhou watched the battle from a mountain peak, and Zhang Chongzhou saw hope of avenging his wife and daughter.

Zhou Changqing fought Cai Jie at the Desire Immortal Sect, hiding his full strength until Cai Jie relaxed. He unleashed a nearly all-out punch that shattered Cai Jie's defense and sent him crashing into the ground.

• Zi Yan suspected Zhou Changqing was concealing his strength as the sect's disciples and elders watched the battle from Clear Mist Gorge.
• Cai Jie sensed Zhou Changqing's attacks weakening and believed his opponent's Secret Technique was fading.
• Zhou Changqing deliberately weakened his attacks to make Cai Jie lower his guard.
• Zhou Changqing suddenly poured almost all his remaining Dou Qi into a punch, and Cai Jie defended himself with his usual Space Shield.
• Zhou Changqing's punch melted the Space Shield, engulfed Cai Jie in golden light, and blasted him through space before he crashed into the ground more than a dozen li away.

Zhou Changqing killed Cai Jie after his Law of Heaven and Earth left the sect master near death, then began slaughtering the Desire Immortal Sect. He sent Zi Yan to Clear Mist Gorge to kill everyone below Dou Wang, leaving the sect’s survivors fleeing in terror.

• Zhou Changqing found Cai Jie alive but mangled in the crater and finished him with a punch that destroyed his body and soul.
• Zhou Changqing chose not to use the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill because Zhang Chongzhou was present and he did not want to expose the pill or kill an innocent man.
• The Desire Immortal Sect members realized Cai Jie had fallen and tried to flee as Zhou Changqing appeared above them.
• Zhou Changqing ordered Zi Yan to kill everyone below Dou Wang and began killing the sect’s elders and Dou Wang himself.
• Zi Yan flew toward Clear Mist Gorge while Zhou Changqing continued pursuing and slaughtering the sect members.

Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan wiped out the Desire Immortal Sect and collected its treasures before continuing south. In a mountain retreat, Zhou Changqing drank a bottle of Origin-Gathering Jade Spirit Liquid to help his soul break through to the Spirit Realm.

• Zi Yan and Zhang Chongzhou slaughtered the Desire Immortal Sect's disciples below Dou Wang in Clear Mist Gorge.
• Zhou Changqing confirmed the sect had been wiped out and sent Zi Yan to search its buildings for treasure.
• Zhang Chongzhou thanked Zhou Changqing for avenging his family, then left for Northern Yellow City after Zhou Changqing refused repayment.
• Zi Yan returned with the sect's recovered treasures, and she and Zhou Changqing continued south after selling their Storage Rings.
• Zhou Changqing settled in a mountain forest, prepared himself, and swallowed a bottle of Origin-Gathering Jade Spirit Liquid to strengthen his soul.