Recaps

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan rescued Mai Di and Mo Ling from Demon Flame Valley’s pursuers, then learned that Wu Hao and more than thirty students were trapped in a valley. They hurried to help, but Wu Hao remained surrounded by two Peak Dou Wang experts who were waiting for Demon Flame Valley’s Fourth Elder.

• Xiao Yan blocked the jade-green darts aimed at Mo Ling and Mai Di, then quickly defeated the dozen black-clad pursuers.
• Mai Di recognized Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan as the Inner Academy’s twin stars and explained that Demon Flame Valley had ambushed Elder Wu’s group after someone leaked their location.
• Mai Di revealed that Wu Hao and more than thirty students were trapped in Little Mountain Valley, so Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Mai Di, and Mo Ling rushed there.
• Wu Hao faced two Peak Dou Wang experts while protecting the injured students, and learned that Demon Flame Valley’s Fourth Elder was on the way.

Wu Hao and the Jia Nan Academy students fought Demon Flame Valley forces while hoping Mai Di and Mo Ling had escaped, but Fourth Elder Xie Zhen arrived and swiftly defeated Wu Hao. Xie Zhen sent Wu Hao’s own Blood Sword flying toward his head, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Wu Hao and the students charged the Demon Flame Valley forces in a desperate attempt to break out before Fourth Elder Xie Zhen arrived.
• Wu Hao fought two Dou Wangs at once, forcing them to retreat as they stalled for the Fourth Elder.
• Xie Zhen arrived, and Wu Hao attacked him with the Blood Sword but was struck down and sent flying.
• Wu Hao recovered some of his strength and fought Xie Zhen again, but Xie Zhen disarmed him and knocked him to the ground.
• Xie Zhen took the Blood Sword and sent it toward Wu Hao’s head.

Xiao Fan arrived with Mai Di, Mo Ling, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan to rescue the Jia Nan Academy students from Demon Flame Valley. Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought the remaining enemies while Xiao Fan reunited with Wu Hao and learned about the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Fan’s Xuan Heavy Ruler knocked away the Fourth Elder’s Blood Sword just before it struck Wu Hao.
• Mai Di and Mo Ling led Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan into the valley, reviving the students’ hopes.
• Xiao Fan killed a Peak Dou Wang with his soul power and used black flames to make the other Demon Flame Valley members disappear.
• Xiao Yan fought the Fourth Elder, and Zi Yan fought the remaining Peak Dou Wang as Xiao Fan went to the Jia Nan Academy students.
• Xiao Fan gave Wu Hao pills for his injuries, and the two discussed the Inner Academy and its promising freshmen.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan rescued Wu Hao and the Jia Nan Academy students from Demon Flame Valley, then escorted them to a city before continuing toward Black Emperor City with Zi Yan. At the city gates, Xiao Fan entered through the experts’ gateway under the alias Long Ba and received a Token for accommodations at Black Emperor Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan defeated the Demon Flame Valley elders, while Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan gave healing pills to the injured students.
• Wu Hao explained that Demon Flame Valley was attacking Inner Academy students amid conflicts with the Rakshasa Gate and Mad Lion Gang, and revealed that its valley master was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan escorted Wu Hao and the other students to a nearby city, then traveled with Zi Yan toward Black Emperor City.
• The group reached Black Emperor City after nearly a day of travel and headed for the separate entrance reserved for Dou Emperor experts.
• Xiao Fan proved his strength with the testing stone, gave the yellow-robed old man the name Long Ba, and received a Token for Black Emperor Pavilion.
• The yellow-robed old man sent a disciple to report Long Ba's arrival to the Sect Master.

Xiao Fan searched Black Emperor City for ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and joined the Pill Exchange Gathering at the Thousand Medicine Workshop. When Boss Qi tried to claim a rare snow ginseng fruit with an inferior pill, Xiao Yan outbid him, leaving the gathering poised for a confrontation.

• Xiao Fan bought the available ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill at the Illusion Medicine Workshop and learned that the Thousand Medicine Workshop was holding a Pill Exchange Gathering.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan went to the gathering, where Alchemists exchanged pills for medicinal ingredients.
• Boss Qi offered a Spirit-Cleansing Pill for the snow ginseng fruit, and the other Alchemists stayed silent under his influence.
• Xiao Yan bid a Dou Ling Pill for the snow ginseng fruit, and Xiao Fan backed his offer.
• The Thousand Medicine Workshop's proprietor asked Boss Qi whether he would raise his bid.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan won the Snow Ginseng Fruit and golden ganoderma at the Pill Exchange Gathering despite Boss Qi’s attempts to outbid them. At the Black Emperor Pavilion, they learned that the coming auction would feature Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, then returned to prepare for the auction three days later.

• Xiao Yan won the Snow Ginseng Fruit from Boss Qi by offering a Dou Ling Pill, and the master of the Thousand Medicine Workshop gave it to him.
• Xiao Fan outbid Boss Qi for the golden ganoderma with two Dou Ling Pills, securing both ingredients he needed.
• Boss Qi glared at Xiao Fan and his companions before leaving the gathering, while Xiao Fan and the others headed to the Black Emperor Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan heard rumors that Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva could lead to clues about the Bodhi Heart, and Xiao Fan explained the substance’s origins and effects.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan returned to their rooms to refine pills for the auction, while Zi Yan promised she would stay put.

Kui Sha provoked Xiao Fan’s group at the Black Emperor Pavilion, and Zi Yan crushed him before Mo Ya intervened. Xiao Fan challenged Mo Ya’s claim that he was merely keeping order, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Kui Sha demanded Xiao Fan’s group give up their seats and planted his foot on a chair.
• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan to cripple Kui Sha’s foot, and she shattered his leg and struck him into the Kui Wolf Gang members.
• Zi Yan went to attack Kui Sha again, but Mo Ya stopped her and trapped her in white light.
• Xiao Yan appeared and blocked Mo Ya’s palm, then questioned whether Mo Ya was allied with Kui Sha.
• Mo Ya claimed he had intervened to maintain order, and Xiao Fan asked whether his reputation was worth that much.

Xiao Fan let Zi Yan beat Mo Ya after the young sect master refused to apologize, then revealed his Dou Zong strength when Kui Sha blamed them to the Black Emperor Sect. The chapter ended with Kui Sha erased by Xiao Fan's black flames and Elder He trembling before him.

• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan to strike back, and his gaze kept Mo Ya from moving as she punched him repeatedly.
• Zi Yan sent Mo Ya flying, then returned to Xiao Fan after declaring that she had let him off.
• Elder He and other Black Emperor Sect experts arrived, and Kui Sha accused Xiao Fan and his companions of using a trick against Mo Ya.
• Xiao Fan condemned Kui Sha for acting as someone else's weapon and revealed that he was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Fan's black flames erased Kui Sha, leaving Elder He terrified by the power he had sensed.

After Mo Tianxing resolved the Black Emperor Pavilion incident, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan prepared for the auction by jointly refining a Sect Breaking Pill. The pill’s formation drew a crowd, and Xiao Fan drove everyone away while Fang Yan and the gray-robed man watched.

• Mo Tianxing apologized to Xiao Fan, expelled the Kui Wolf Gang from Black Emperor City, and gave Xiao Fan an invitation to the auction.
• Xiao Fan accepted the compensation and invitation, then returned to his room with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan decided to refine a sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill together for the auction.
• Two days later, the pill’s formation sent a pillar of light into the sky, attracting auction guests, including Fang Yan and a gray-robed man from Demon Flame Valley.
• The gray-robed man suggested that disturbing the alchemist could injure him, and Fang Yan responded with a sinister smile.
• Xiao Fan appeared above the pavilion and warned that anyone who came within a hundred feet would die, causing the crowd to retreat.

Xiao Fan kept the Demon Flame Valley from disrupting Xiao Yan’s pill refinement, then joined Xiao Yan and Zi Yan at the Black Emperor Sect’s major auction. Mo Tianxing opened the packed auction, where the participants awaited the first lots and the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.

• Xiao Fan identified Fang Yan and a two-star Dou Zong from the Demon Flame Valley, and forced them to back away while Xiao Yan completed his pill refinement.
• The gray-robed man advised Fang Yan to leave, and Mo Tianxing canceled preparations to confront Xiao Fan after he returned to the pavilion.
• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan about refining pills in public, then prepared for the auction and carried the sleeping Zi Yan to his room.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan arrived at the Black Emperor Sect’s crowded auction venue and took reserved seats near the front.
• Mo Tianxing addressed the assembled factions, asserted the Black Emperor Sect’s authority, and declared the auction open as the first items were brought out.

At the Black Emperor Sect auction, Xiao Yan won the Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler, while Xiao Fan focused on a mummified magical beast that he recognized as belonging to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. The auctioneer began presenting the corpse, and Zi Yan felt uneasy near it, though Xiao Fan reassured her.

• Xiao Yan bid three million gold coins to secure the Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler while Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan also bid on several rare medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Fan grew solemn when an earth tier middle grade dark-attribute cultivation method sold for more than nine million gold coins.
• The Black Emperor Sect displayed a hundred-foot mummified magical beast with crystalline bone wings and said it might have been nearing the eighth rank.
• Xiao Fan recognized the corpse as belonging to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and considered its phoenix blood essence and wings valuable for future uses.
• Zi Yan said the corpse made her uncomfortable, and Xiao Fan reassured her that she was likely reacting to the presence of a high-ranked magical beast.

Xiao Fan traded two Dou Ling Pills and two Emperor-Level Pills to Mo Tianxing for the dried magical beast corpse after Demon Flame Valley offered the Flame Manipulation Art. Mo Tianxing then took over the auction and presented a red-cloth-covered object, leaving the crowd eager to see it.

• Xiao Fan bid one Dou Ling Pill and one Emperor-Level Pill for the dried magical beast corpse.
• Fang Yan offered Demon Flame Valley's Flame Manipulation Art, but Mo Tianxing rejected it, warning that using it caused incurable injuries.
• Fang Yan questioned whether the corpse was worth trading for, prompting Mo Tianxing to offer it to Xiao Fan for four Dou Ling Pills and five Emperor-Level Pills.
• Xiao Fan negotiated the price down to two Dou Ling Pills and two Emperor-Level Pills, and Mo Tianxing accepted the trade.
• Mo Tianxing took over the auction and had four Black Emperor Sect elders bring a red-cloth-covered object onto the stage.

Xiao Fan offered a Sect Breaking Pill along with several other pills to trade for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, but the Black Emperor Sect chose Eagle Mountain Old Man’s bid instead. The chapter ended with Mo Tianxing announcing the result and inviting the auction’s guests to stay for the Black Emperor Sect’s banquets.

• Mo Tianxing displayed the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and explained that bidders would submit their offers privately on the auction platform.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Fan whether he would bid, and Xiao Fan decided to enter the platform himself.
• Xiao Fan offered a sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill, then added three Dou Ling Pills and three Emperor-Level Pills to strengthen his bid.
• Mo Tianxing announced that the Black Emperor Sect had chosen Eagle Mountain Old Man as its trading partner.
• Mo Tianxing told the guests they could collect their auction items within two days and invited them to attend the sect’s banquets.

After the auction, Xiao Fan collected his winnings and struck a deal with Mo Tianxing for Sect Breaking Pill ingredients in exchange for sparing the Mad Lion Gang and Rakshasa Gate. Back at the Black Emperor Pavilion, Xiao Fan removed bone wings from the dried Magical Beast corpse to make a Flying Dou Technique for Xiao Yan.

• After returning to the Black Emperor Pavilion, Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to stay inside while he went alone to the Black Emperor Sect to collect their auction items.
• Mo Tianxing offered to provide ingredients for Sect Breaking Pills in exchange for one pill, and Xiao Fan agreed on the condition that the Black Emperor Sect would not target the Mad Lion Gang or Rakshasa Gate.
• After Xiao Fan left, Mo Tianxing revealed that he had recognized him despite his false name and had chosen not to expose him.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan the Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler and other auction winnings, then took out the dried Magical Beast corpse in the pavilion courtyard.
• Xiao Fan carved the corpse’s crystalline bone wings free and told Xiao Yan they could be made into a Flying Dou Technique that would let him move unhindered against anyone below Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan refined valuable materials from a dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, revealing its identity and the danger of keeping its remains. Xiao Yan accepted the risk of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's pursuit in exchange for their spoils.

• Xiao Fan cut ten spikes from the corpse, refined them, and gave them to Zi Yan for a pair of gauntlets.
• Xiao Fan refined the corpse's flesh into five drops of blood essence, and Xiao Yan discovered the essence could restore the hide's energy.
• Xiao Fan used the blood essence and Heavenly Flames to refine the hide, recovering a seventh-tier magic core.
• Xiao Fan identified the corpse as a Heavenly Demon Phoenix and warned that its clan relentlessly pursued outsiders who kept its remains.
• Xiao Yan looked at their bone wings, blood essence, and magic core, then declared that a true man could not languish beneath another forever.

Xiao Fan prepared for the struggle over the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, sharing the Heavenly Demon Phoenix materials with Xiao Yan and arranging support from Jia Nan Academy’s Su Qian. The next day, Eagle Mountain Old Man collected the prize and left Black Emperor City, with Fang Yan and the Demon Flame Valley disciples pursuing him.

• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Demon Phoenix blood essence and magic core, warning him to conceal them from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and kept the Bone Wing to turn into a Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Fan received three sets of Sect Breaking Pill ingredients and other precious medicinal materials from Mo Tianxing, but decided to withhold the pill until he secured the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Fan asked Su Qian to back him in the contest for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and promised to address the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower’s dwindling flame.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man collected the Shadow Art and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva from the Black Emperor Sect and flew out of the city.
• Fang Yan led the Demon Flame Valley disciples after Eagle Mountain Old Man when he heard that the old man had left Black Emperor City.

Xiao Fan tracked down the real Eagle Mountain Old Man, who had hidden outside Black Emperor City with the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. He negotiated with Mo Tianxing to make the Black Emperor Sect withdraw, leaving Eagle Mountain Old Man astonished as Xiao Fan handed over the Sect Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Fan recognized that Eagle Mountain Old Man's departure from Black Emperor City was a decoy and searched for his hidden location with his soul power.
• Xiao Fan led Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to a secluded valley, where Mo Tianxing and Black Emperor Sect elders had cornered Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Xiao Fan and Su Qian arrived, and Xiao Fan offered Mo Tianxing the Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for the Black Emperor Sect withdrawing from the contest for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Fan argued that his strength and alchemy skills made opposing him too costly, and Mo Tianxing asked whether he would keep his word.
• Xiao Fan tossed Mo Tianxing the Sect Breaking Pill.

Xiao Fan secured the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva after Mo Tianxing withdrew, then faced down Demon Flame Valley’s attempt to claim it. When Fang Yan tried to leave after realizing his side was outmatched, Xiao Fan stopped him and arranged for a fight, leaving the gray-robed expert to face him.

• Mo Tianxing accepted Xiao Fan’s Sect Breaking Pill and withdrew, allowing Xiao Fan to demand the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva from Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man surrendered the saliva, and Fang Yan arrived with Demon Flame Valley, only to learn Xiao Fan had already taken it.
• Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Old Man declined to join Fang Yan, and Fang Yan ordered Demon Flame Valley to retreat after assessing Xiao Fan’s strength and allies.
• Xiao Fan stopped Fang Yan from leaving, asked Su Qian to guard against interference, and assigned Xiao Yan to fight Fang Yan and the Second and Third Elders.
• Fang Yan sent the gray-robed expert to face Xiao Fan, who demanded to learn the man’s true identity.

Xiao Yan fought Fang Yan and two elders while Xiao Fan confronted a gray-robed Hall of Souls expert. Xiao Fan concealed the Chaos Flame’s nature as the battle escalated beneath a vast sea of Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Su Qian to wonder what Xiao Fan was planning.

• Fang Yan and the two elders combined their flames into the Life Transformation Fire and attacked Xiao Yan, who charged them without hesitation.
• Xiao Fan used Lightning Flash to strike the gray-robed figure, tearing away his disguise and recognizing him as a Hall of Souls expert.
• Xiao Fan attacked with the Chaos Flame, and the expert reacted with shock before dismissing the flame as a fusion of heavenly flames.
• The Hall of Souls expert formed nine black-chain pythons to restrain Xiao Fan’s fire dragon, and Xiao Fan acted enraged when his attack was blocked.
• Xiao Fan unleashed the Green Lotus Core Flame and spread a vast sea of fire around himself and the Hall of Souls expert.
• Su Qian watched the flames and doubted that Xiao Fan had truly lost his temper over the opponent’s taunts.

Xiao Fan overwhelmed Bi Fang with his Heavenly Flames and questioned him about the dark flame. Bi Fang revealed that a Hall of Souls prodigy named Mo Shang had wielded the same flame, leaving Xiao Fan with unexpected news about his soul clone before he killed Bi Fang.

• Eagle Mountain Old Man and Mo Tianxing witnessed Xiao Fan's Heavenly Flames and were shocked by their power.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to free his fire dragon, which destroyed the Hall of Souls expert's nine giant pythons and trapped him.
• Xiao Fan questioned the expert, who identified himself as Bi Fang and said he had seen the same dark flame at the Hall's grand competition.
• Bi Fang told Xiao Fan that a prodigy named Mo Shang had used the dark flame, but he knew little else about him.
• Xiao Fan had the fire dragon devour Bi Fang and refine him to ash.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan defeated Demon Flame Valley’s forces, then Xiao Fan urged Su Qian to strike the weakened valley before Earth Demon Old Ghost could respond. Although Su Qian doubted they could defeat the Seven-Star Dou Zong without Venerable Yao, Xiao Fan claimed he could handle him himself.

• Xiao Fan killed Bi Fang and learned that Mo Shang appeared to be doing well in the Hall of Souls, while Mo Tianxing led the Black Emperor Sect’s experts out of the valley.
• Xiao Yan sealed away Fang Yan’s life transformation fire and gave it to Xiao Fan, who absorbed it into his chaos flame.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan killed Fang Yan and the two Demon Flame Valley Elders, and Su Qian warned that their deaths could intensify the conflict with the academy.
• Xiao Fan proposed attacking Demon Flame Valley before Earth Demon Old Ghost could prepare, but Su Qian worried that no one could match the Seven-Star Dou Zong without the academy’s Guardians.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian that Venerable Yao had been taken by the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Fan insisted that he could still deal with Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Xiao Fan persuaded Su Qian to strike Demon Flame Valley before Earth Demon Old Ghost learned what had happened, and the academy’s forces set out with the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. When Eagle Mountain Old Man tried to steal it during the night, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan intercepted him.

• Xiao Fan assured Su Qian that he could handle Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Su Qian agreed to join him in attacking Demon Flame Valley.
• Su Qian and Xiao Fan gathered Jia Nan Academy’s experts and set off secretly toward Demon Flame Valley rather than returning to the academy.
• The group faced repeated ambushes on the way, but Xiao Fan and the others defeated the attackers, including three Dou Huang experts.
• Xiao Fan revealed to Su Qian that someone other than Demon Flame Valley was pursuing the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• That night, Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul clone stole the box from Xiao Fan’s Storage Ring and tried to flee, but Xiao Fan exposed him and Xiao Yan blocked his escape.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man charged at Xiao Yan, hoping to escape past the younger Dou Emperor.

Xiao Fan cornered Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul clone, seized the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and forced him to choose between submission and death. Eagle Mountain Old Man agreed to submit, and Xiao Fan told him to open his soul.

• Xiao Yan formed a fused heavenly flame to block Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul clone, while Xiao Fan accused him of manipulating ambushes along their route.
• Xiao Fan sealed the area with his soul power and took the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva from Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Xiao Fan threatened Eagle Mountain Old Man with death and revealed that he knew where the man’s real body was hiding.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man weighed Xiao Fan’s strength and status as a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, then agreed to submit.
• Xiao Fan told Eagle Mountain Old Man to open his soul.

Xiao Fan bound Eagle Mountain Old Man to him with a Chaos Flame Seed, then led Jia Nan Academy’s forces toward Demon Flame Valley. The chapter ended as Xiao Fan struck the valley entrance and called for Earth Demon Old Ghost.

• Xiao Fan planted a Chaos Flame Seed in Eagle Mountain Old Man’s soul, forcing him to join Xiao Fan’s side.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man reunited with his true body, and the group met Hu Gan and the Jia Nan Academy experts.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, Su Qian, and Eagle Mountain Old Man concealed the academy party’s auras as they traveled toward Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Fan’s party reached Demon Flame Valley’s outskirts and prepared to attack its headquarters.
• Xiao Fan smashed a crater into the valley entrance and called out to Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Xiao Fan and Jia Nan Academy launched an attack on Demon Flame Valley, where Su Qian killed an Elder responsible for abducting students. As the academy’s forces fought through the valley, Xiao Fan located Earth Demon Old Ghost’s secluded cultivation site and reached a mist-covered lake in the Back Mountain.

• Xiao Fan struck Demon Flame Valley’s Gatekeeper Disciples, alerting the valley’s experts and drawing out an Elder in a Blue Robe.
• An instructor identified the Blue Robe Elder as the man who had abducted two students, and Su Qian captured and killed him.
• Su Qian rallied Jia Nan Academy’s instructors to attack, and they charged into Demon Flame Valley as its remaining Elders fought back.
• Xiao Fan used his Soul Power to locate Earth Demon Old Ghost’s hidden aura, then left Xiao Yan and Su Qian to oversee the battle.
• Xiao Fan reached Demon Flame Valley’s Back Mountain, where he found a broad Lake veiled in ice-blue mist.