Chapter Summaries

Hai Bodong ordered the Mittel Family to place Ya Fei in charge and break off her arranged marriage after learning that Ling Feng could destroy the family. At the Ling Residence, Ling Feng and Ya Fei spent an intimate time together before setting out to see Aunt Qing.

• Hai Bodong berated Mittel Tengshan and the Mittel Family elders for provoking Ling Feng by targeting Ya Fei.
• Hai Bodong ordered Mittel Tengshan to hand all family authority to Ya Fei and personally dissolve her marriage arrangement with the Mu Family.
• Hai Bodong warned that neither he, the Imperial Family, nor the Misty Cloud Sect could protect the Mittel Family from Ling Feng.
• Hai Bodong decided that Ya Fei's relationship with Ling Feng could secure the Mittel Family's future.
• Ling Feng and Ya Fei exchanged affectionate teasing in her temporary room at the Ling Residence, then remained together for two hours before preparing to visit Aunt Qing.

Xun'er ordered Green Shadow to investigate the mysterious Ling Feng, while Ling Feng returned to the Ling Residence and reunited with his mother, Liu Qingqing. As Liu Qingqing urged him to pursue Ya Fei and revealed how she and his father had conceived him, Ling Feng was left astonished by her bold advice.

• Xun'er questioned Green Shadow about Ling Feng's background, then ordered him to continue investigating and vowed to protect Xiao Yan from harm.
• Ling Feng overheard Liu Qingqing say she missed him and was knitting clothes for him, then knelt before her and announced his return.
• Liu Qingqing embraced Ling Feng, fussed over his health, and insisted he stay home while she prepared food for him.
• In the kitchen, Liu Qingqing asked why Ya Fei had not come with Ling Feng, and he claimed she was busy.
• Liu Qingqing urged Ling Feng to make Ya Fei his wife and shared blunt advice about winning her over, including getting her drunk and having a child.
• Ling Feng asked whether his father had used the same approach, and Liu Qingqing blushed and said that was how they had ended up with him.

The Six Paths of Pain attacked the Mu Family estate, using summoned beasts and Planetary Devastation to devastate it while Mu Chen tried to defend his family. As the estate was pulled into the sky and its members were slaughtered, Mu Chen survived Asura Path’s missile but remained under attack.

• The Animal Path summoned a giant centipede and rhinoceros, which began wrecking the Mu estate until Mu Chen destroyed them.
• Deva Path Pain ignored Mu Chen’s demands and used Planetary Devastation, pulling apart the estate and drawing its people and buildings into the sky.
• Mu Chen attacked Deva Path Pain, but Preta Path Pain absorbed his Thousand-Hand Vines while Human Path Pain intercepted him.
• Asura Path fired a tracking missile and laser cannon as the Animal Path summoned more beasts to attack the fleeing Mu Family members.
• Mu Chen formed a Thousand-Vine Wall to block the missile, whose explosion battered him and left him disheveled but alive.

The Six Pains destroyed the Mu Family, and Mu Chen died trying to take them with him. Hai Bodong warned Jia Xingtian not to pursue them, while Xiao Yan learned about the Fallen Heart Flame; by morning, the massacre had left the whole Jia Ma Imperial Capital on edge.

• Deva Path Pain used Universal Pull to lift Mu Chen into the sky, where his self-detonation killed him and blasted apart the surroundings.
• Jia Xingtian arrived at the ruined Mu Manor and tried to pursue the Six Pains, but Hai Bodong stopped him and warned him against chasing them.
• Xiao Yan saw the destruction and heard Yao Chen advise him to leave for Jia Nan Academy after the Three-Year Agreement to seek the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The next morning, crowds gathered at the ruined estate as news of the Mu Family's destruction frightened the Imperial Capital's factions, especially the Jia Ma Imperial Family.

Ling Feng went to the Nalan Mansion to help purge Nalan Jie's poison, using his flames to convince the gathered Alchemists that he was a prodigious fourth-tier Alchemist. Nalan Mo escorted him into the main hall, where the Nalan Family members and other Alchemists looked at him with suspicion.

• Ling Feng heard people discussing the destruction of the Mu Family as he walked through the street.
• At the Nalan Mansion, Ling Feng learned that Alchemists had gathered to treat Nalan Jie and decided to help.
• When Nalan Mo doubted that Ling Feng qualified, Ling Feng displayed a Heavenly Flame and a tangible flame, astonishing the Alchemists.
• Nalan Mo respectfully escorted Ling Feng into the mansion while the gathered Alchemists praised his talent and departed.
• Ling Feng entered the main hall, where the people inside frowned at his youthful appearance and lack of Alchemist robes.

Ling Feng entered the Nalan Mansion hall and was warmly received by Nalan Su, provoking the third-grade Alchemists. He silenced them by revealing his Dou Emperor strength, a Heavenly Flame, and sixth-grade soul power, leaving Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran stunned.

• Nalan Mo spoke privately with Nalan Su, who then welcomed Ling Feng and seated him beside himself.
• The third-grade Alchemists complained that Ling Feng was too young to deserve such respect, and Ling Feng challenged their ability.
• Ling Feng released his Dou Emperor aura, forcing the Alchemists to the floor and shocking Nalan Yanran.
• Ling Feng summoned an azure Heavenly Flame and unleashed sixth-grade soul power, causing the Alchemists to beg for mercy.

Ling Feng intimidated the third-grade Alchemists, then claimed to Nalan Yanran that he was Yun Yun’s lover and used her token and knowledge of Yun Yun’s birthmark to convince her. He learned Yun Yun was away and began treating Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, which would require several sessions.

• Ling Feng drove the third-grade Alchemists from the hall, and Nalan Su apologized after learning Ling Feng was a Dou Huang expert.
• Ling Feng told Nalan Yanran to call him “Master’s husband” and convinced her he was Yun Yun’s lover with a token and knowledge of Yun Yun’s birthmark.
• Nalan Yanran declined to address Ling Feng that way until she could hear the truth from Yun Yun herself.
• Ling Feng asked whether Yun Yun was at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Nalan Yanran said her teacher had gone out and had not returned.
• Nalan Su led Ling Feng to Nalan Jie, whom Ling Feng treated courteously and began curing of his Brand Poison with Heavenly Flames.

After reaching Seven-Star Dou Ling, Ling Feng went to the Alchemist Competition and discovered that one of its contestants was the disguised Yan Li. He searched Yan Li’s memories for information about Xiao Yi Xian, then joined the VIP audience as the competition began.

• Ling Feng celebrated his breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Ling and headed to the Royal Plaza for the Alchemist Competition.
• Ling Feng recognized a disguised fourth-tier alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire as Yan Li and followed him into a corridor.
• Ling Feng trapped Yan Li in Tsukuyomi, then used the Human Path’s Mind Reading to uncover his identity and memories.
• Ling Feng learned from Yan Li’s memories that Xiao Yi Xian was still in the Chu Yun Empire, then stored Yan Li’s body with Kamui.
• Ling Feng reached the VIP stand and recognized Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Nalan Jie, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei, along with the princesses Yao Ye and Yao Yue.

At the tournament, Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian worried that the suspicious Yan Li would win, and Hai Bodong revealed he knew a young alchemist capable of refining sixth-grade pills. Ya Fei summoned Ling Feng to ask him to compete, leaving the crowd stunned by their intimacy and Xun Xiao wondering why Ling Feng seemed familiar.

• Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong discussed the tournament contenders and suspected that Yan Li was hiding his true age and alchemy rank.
• Hai Bodong told Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian that a twenty-year-old alchemist he knew could refine sixth-grade pills, and said Ya Fei might persuade him to compete.
• Ya Fei used Ling Feng's specially made kunai to summon him, and Ling Feng scolded her for calling him over to help with the tournament.
• Ya Fei linked arms with Ling Feng and explained that Hai Bodong had pleaded with her, while the VIP audience and nearby girls stared in shock.
• Ling Feng playfully smacked Ya Fei and threatened her, and Xun Xiao wondered why the disguised Ling Feng seemed familiar.

Ling Feng met Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian at the Alchemist Grand Gathering and helped them settle the problem of a missing contestant. The competition began with Liu Xiang’s flashy entrance, leaving Ling Feng jealous of his attention to Nalan Yanran and hostile toward Gu He.

• Ya Fei recognized Ling Feng despite his changed face, while Nalan Yanran and the other young women questioned her about him.
• Hai Bodong introduced Ling Feng to Fa Ma, Chester, and Jia Xingtian, who praised him and tried to win his allegiance.
• Ling Feng told the elders that the threat they feared would not return because he had killed the man, and they agreed to replace the contestant under his black robe.
• Fa Ma announced the start of the eighth Alchemist Grand Gathering, and the alchemists took their places.
• Liu Xiang made a dramatic entrance and repeatedly looked toward Nalan Yanran, prompting Ling Feng to think about her and resolve to teach Gu He and Liu Xiang a lesson.

The Alchemy Competition advanced to its final round, where the contestants revealed powerful flames and prepared to refine pills. Xun Xiao’s earthen-yellow flame made the other flames bow, leading Ling Feng to recognize it as a heavenly flame.

• Xun Xiao produced a crimson flame that Fa Ma identified as the beast flame of a sixth-rank Red Demon Dragon, making Ling Feng suspect he might be Xiao Yan.
• Xun Xiao, Liu Xiang, and the other contestants discovered a flaw in the Windwalk Pill ingredients and qualified for the final round, which left fewer than twenty competitors.
• Fa Ma announced that contestants had to supply their own formulas and ingredients and would be judged by the grade and practical value of their pills.
• Yao Yue and Liu Xiang revealed their sixth-rank beast flames, and the other contestants displayed their own hidden strengths.
• Xun Xiao summoned an earthen-yellow flame that weakened and drew the other flames toward it, and Ling Feng recognized it as a heavenly flame.

During the alchemist competition, Xun Xiao used the wind fury dragon flame and refined a fourth-tier Qi Gathering Powder, convincing Ling Feng that he would win. Ling Feng left the arena after spotting Otto, Frank, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei, and resolved to wait for the three-year agreement in five days to learn whether Xun Xiao was Xiao Yan.

• Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian discussed Xun Xiao’s chances after his wind fury dragon flame made the other flames submit.
• Ling Feng recognized the wind fury dragon flame and decided to take it from Xun Xiao, while Yao Yue felt overshadowed and Liu Ling grew resentful.
• Ling Feng identified Xun Xiao’s pill as fourth-tier Qi Gathering Powder and judged that he was on course to win over Liu Xiang and Yao Yue.
• Ling Feng left the arena and overheard Lin Fei and Xue Mei arguing over whether Liu Xiang or Xun Xiao would win.
• Ling Feng recognized Otto and Frank with Lin Fei and Xue Mei, wondered whether Xun Xiao was Xiao Yan, and returned to the Ling Residence.

After reaching Peak Nine-Star Dou Ling, Ling Feng set out for the Misty Cloud Sect with Hai Bodong to watch Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fulfill their three-year agreement. Xiao Yan also prepared to face Nalan Yanran, unaware of Yao Chen’s ominous concern, while Ling Feng hinted he had plans to catch his rivals in one net.

• Xun Xiao won the Alchemist Competition, and Ling Feng spent five days cultivating in seclusion.
• Ling Feng reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Ling and decided to go to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran would fulfill their agreement.
• Xiao Yan thanked Yao Chen for a pill that helped him reach Eight-Star Great Dou Master and declared his confidence in defeating Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that he sensed danger at the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan remained confident and prepared to leave.
• Ling Feng met Hai Bodong outside and set off with him for the Misty Cloud Sect, joking about his relationship with Yun Yun and hinting at preparations for the day.

Ling Feng waited at the Misty Cloud Sect as Xiao Yan arrived for his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, whose changed demeanor and hidden strength unsettled him. Their duel began, and Nalan Yanran quickly gained the advantage.

• Ling Feng told Hai Bodong that he had made all the arrangements and concealed himself among the Mittel Family while waiting for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza, where Nalan Yanran greeted him with an unfamiliar calmness that he and Yao Chen could not explain.
• Yun Leng began setting rules for the Three-Year Agreement, but Xiao Yan demanded a life-or-death contest, and Nalan Yanran accepted.
• Xiao Yan attacked with his Heavy Black Ruler, but Nalan Yanran drew a pale-green longsword and began pressing him after several exchanges.

Xiao Yan lost the Three-Year Agreement fight against Nalan Yanran and, unwilling to accept defeat, borrowed Yao Chen’s power before charging at Ling Feng. Ling Feng faced Xiao Yan’s attack with his newly revealed Mangekyo Sharingan ability, Kamui.

• Xiao Yan’s attack failed to overcome Nalan Yanran, and his Wind Fury Dragon Flame revealed that he was Xun Xiao.
• Nalan Yanran revealed Dou Wang-level strength and defeated Xiao Yan with Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill.
• Xiao Yan refused to accept defeat and asked Yao Chen to lend him power, reaching Dou Emperor strength.
• Ling Feng appeared in the sky, provoking Xiao Yan into attacking him with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• As Xiao Yan’s attack neared, Ling Feng opened his left eye and used Kamui.

Ling Feng confronted Xiao Yan and Yao Chen with Pain, Hai Bodong, and the reincarnated Mo Cheng, turning the Three-Year Agreement into a battle at the Misty Cloud Sect. As Yao Chen was overwhelmed, Ling Ying emerged to protect him, and Ling Feng went to face the newcomer alongside Itachi Uchiha.

• Ling Feng used Kamui to absorb Xiao Yan’s attack, then summoned Pain and Impure World Reincarnated Mo Cheng.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body, raising his strength, while Ling Feng ordered his allies to attack them.
• Yao Chen tried to flee but Itachi Uchiha’s Susanoo and Totsuka Blade blocked him and drove him into a losing fight.
• Yun Leng played a summoning flute as Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma watched the battle unfold.
• Ling Ying appeared and knocked away Itachi’s Totsuka Blade with Ten Thousand Shadow Hands.
• Ling Feng ordered Hai Bodong and the others to finish Yao Chen, then charged at Ling Ying with Itachi.

Ling Feng and his allies fought Yao Chen and Ling Ying as Yun Shan emerged and used the sect-protecting formation to shield Misty Cloud Sect. Ling Feng ultimately captured Ling Ying’s soul and devoured it with Gluttonous Maw.

• Yun Shan appeared as a Dou Zong and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to activate the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation against Deva Path Pain’s Planetary Devastation.
• Ling Feng and Itachi Uchiha attacked Ling Ying while Hai Bodong and the other Pains fought Yao Chen.
• Obito Uchiha trapped Ling Ying with the Totsuka Blade, allowing Ling Feng to strike him with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The fire lotus destroyed Ling Ying’s body, but his weakened soul survived and fled from the flames.
• Ling Feng seized Ling Ying and swallowed his soul with Gluttonous Maw after dismissing his Gu Clan threat.

The Three-Colored Fire Lotus blast weakened Yao Chen’s defenses, allowing Ling Feng’s Six Paths of Pain to separate him from Xiao Yan and trap him in a sphere of rock. Xiao Yan escaped through Yao Chen’s dangerous teleportation scroll, leaving Ling Feng behind and vowing revenge.

• Hai Bodong fled the Three-Colored Fire Lotus’s explosion while Yao Chen was battered and drawn skyward by Deva Path Pain’s attraction.
• Human Path Pain pulled Yao Chen out of Xiao Yan’s body, and the Six Paths of Pain hurled him into a growing sphere of rock and earth.
• Mo Cheng attacked Xiao Yan, who struggled to withstand his strength and watched his flames fail to stop Mo Cheng from regenerating his arm.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Chen’s old Space Teleportation Scroll to escape through a wormhole as Ling Feng and Hai Bodong tried to stop him.
• Ling Feng dismissed Xiao Yan’s threat and resolved to grow stronger while Yao Chen remained trapped.

After Xiao Yan escaped and Mo Cheng was defeated, Protector Wu arrived at the ruined Misty Cloud Sect and tried to recruit Ling Feng, then threatened to kill him and his allies. Ling Feng dismissed Protector Wu’s five-star Dou Zong strength, while Naraka Path Pain restored Human Path Pain to full strength, shocking the onlookers.

• Ling Feng reflected that villains could kill Xiao Yan and resolved to grow stronger after Xiao Yan escaped with a spatial scroll.
• Protector Wu appeared in black mist above Misty Cloud Mountain, prompting Yun Shan to send Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples down the mountain.
• Protector Wu recognized Yao Chen and coveted Ling Feng’s three Heavenly Flames, then offered Ling Feng a place in the Soul Hall in exchange for Yao Chen.
• Ling Feng rejected Protector Wu’s offer and mocked him, so Protector Wu unleashed his five-star Dou Zong aura and threatened to slaughter them all.
• Ling Feng dispelled Protector Wu’s pressure with his Heavenly Flames, while Naraka Path Pain used the King of Hell to restore Human Path Pain, stunning the watchers and Protector Wu.

Ling Feng sent the Six Paths of Pain to fight Yun Shan while he, Obito Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha battled Protector Wu. As Protector Wu trapped Ling Feng in a net of chains, Ling Feng released his Zanpakutō with the word “Bankai.”

• Protector Wu called on Yun Shan to help capture Ling Feng, but Yun Shan refused to let them fight in the Misty Cloud Sect, and Protector Wu threatened him over his ties to the Soul Hall.
• Ling Feng sent the Six Paths of Pain to engage Yun Shan, forcing him back toward Misty Cloud Mountain while holding back their strength.
• Ling Feng, Obito Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha fought Protector Wu, but the Mid-Rank Dou Zong gained the upper hand and knocked Obito and Itachi backward with his Black Chains.
• Protector Wu used Three-Stage Soul Lock, but Ling Feng countered the chains with three-colored flames.
• Ling Feng drew his pink-glowing Zanpakutō as Protector Wu launched Hundred Chains Soul Lock, then released his grip and called out “Bankai!”