Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yi investigated the mysterious poison expert who defeated Earthnight City's ruler and sent him an invitation to the Black Seal Auction. Sun Buxiao adopted the alias Sakigawa and prepared to leave the city, while worrying that his poison cultivation was becoming dangerous.

• Yuan Yi learned that a white-clad poison expert had defeated Bai Cong in fewer than five moves and ordered an agent to contact him with a Black Seal Auction VIP card.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Sun Buxiao to choose an alias before they attended the auction, and he announced that he would use the name Sakigawa.
• Sun Buxiao planned to reach the Black List's top ten before leaving the Black-Corner Region, though Xiao Yi Xian noted that its top ten were Dou Emperors.
• Sun Buxiao showed Xiao Yi Xian how he had condensed toxins into the bones of his legs and explained that he was limiting his poison absorption because his Woeful Poison Body risked becoming unstable.
• Sun Buxiao considered finding a way to form a Poison Pill as his poison cultivation continued to strain his body.

Sun Buxiao accepted an invitation to the Black Seal Auction and gave the Eight Gates a vial of Soul Solution. In Wutan City, Qing Lin drank diluted Soul Solution, awakening her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and stunning Ya Fei and Gu Ni with her mental energy.

• Sun Buxiao accepted a VIP card from an Eight Gates envoy and gave him Soul Solution as a gift for Sect Master Yuan Yi.
• Sun Buxiao explained that Soul Solution could strengthen the soul and aid cultivation, but warned that it unleashed negative emotions as a side effect.
• Qing Lin's eyes continued itching in Wutan City, and Gu Ni suspected her special constitution was close to awakening.
• Gu Ni diluted the Soul Solution Sun Buxiao had left for Qing Lin and gave it to her to drink.
• Qing Lin screamed as her mental energy surged outward, knocking Ya Fei unconscious and leaving Gu Ni dizzy.
• Qing Lin's eyes glowed jade-green with three rotating flowers, and Gu Ni recognized her awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Yuan Yi had Bai Kun test the Soul Solution and learned it could strengthen the soul, then grew greedy for it. At the Black Seal Auction, Sun Buxiao confronted the two Dou Wang experts waiting in VIP Room Eleven and blasted his way inside.

• Yuan Yi asked Bai Kun to test the Soul Solution, and Bai Kun confirmed it was nonpoisonous before drinking a drop.
• Bai Kun went berserk from the Soul Solution, then declared that it had strengthened his soul and might help him become a fifth-tier alchemist.
• Yuan Yi gave Bai Kun half the bottle and decided to test the rest himself, while greed for the treasure took hold of him.
• A month later, Sun Buxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Bai Cong arrived at Black Seal City for the auction, and Sun Buxiao revealed he had deliberately put Yuan Yi on the trail of the Soul Solution.
• Sun Buxiao entered the city with Xiao Yi Xian and Bai Cong, while a guard sent word to the Gate Master that the target had arrived.
• Sun Buxiao sensed two Dou Wang experts waiting in VIP Room Eleven and blasted open the door with black Dou Qi and pink and green flames.

After merging with the Netherworld Poison Flame, Sun Buxiao fought Yuan Yi’s Dou Wang subordinates inside the Black Seal Auction House and forced Yuan Yi to negotiate. The brothers Tu Xin and Tu Miao survived but were poisoned, and Sun Buxiao and Yuan Yi began talks amid mutual suspicion.

• Sun Buxiao merged with the Netherworld Poison Flame, then faced an attack by Tu Xin and Tu Miao while Xiao Yi Xian and Bai Cong watched.
• Sun Buxiao’s poisonous Dou Qi killed several bystanders, and he shattered Tu Miao’s wind blade before charging the brothers.
• Tu Xin and Tu Miao combined their Dou Techniques, but Sun Buxiao broke through their attack with his Heavenly Poison Cloud-Treading Collapse and poisoned them.
• Yuan Yi arrived and demanded that Sun Buxiao neutralize the poison, then agreed to make peace when Sun Buxiao spared the brothers.
• Sun Buxiao asked Yuan Yi to talk, and Yuan Yi agreed while regarding him as a serious threat.

After defeating Tu Xin and Tu Miao, Sun Buxiao negotiated with Yuan Yi and asked him to find two seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic cores. Sun Buxiao left with Xiao Yi Xian, confident his victory would establish his reputation in the Black-Corner Region, and wondered where Bai Cong had gone.

• Sun Buxiao met Yuan Yi, who offered compensation on behalf of the Eight Gates for the conflict at the auction.
• Sun Buxiao asked Yuan Yi to find information about, or obtain, two seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic cores, and Yuan Yi agreed to look for them.
• Yuan Yi postponed the auction until the next day and replaced Sun Buxiao's Second-Level VIP Card with a First-Level VIP Card.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered Sun Buxiao's smoke into the pink butterfly in her hand, then followed him out as Yuan Yi realized how dangerous Sun Buxiao was.
• Sun Buxiao explained to Xiao Yi Xian that he had used Dou Qi inside his leg to reconnect its broken bone and said his victory would help keep troublemakers away.
• Sun Buxiao limped into the inn with Xiao Yi Xian and asked where Bai Cong had gone.

After Bai Cong died from Sun Buxiao’s poison, Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian attended the Black Seal Auction House, where his reputation earned him a place among the Black List’s top thirteen. There, he arranged to auction Soul Solution and struck a private bargain with the fourth-tier alchemist Bai Kun, leaving the details of his requested pill-making work unsettled.

• Bai Cong fled during Sun Buxiao’s fight with the Dou Wangs, inhaled Sun Buxiao’s poison gas, and died; Sun Buxiao lamented the gold coins left in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank Sun Buxiao’s Millet Porridge, passed out from its negative emotions, and strengthened her soul; Sun Buxiao explained that body, soul, and Dou Qi should be developed together.
• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Black Seal Auction House, where the crowd recognized him as Sakigawa, the Heavenly Poison Gate Master ranked thirteenth on the Black List.
• Sun Buxiao met Bai Kun, a fourth-tier alchemist expelled from the Alchemist Guild, and asked him to explain the effects of two tubes of Soul Solution at auction without revealing the seller’s identity.
• Sun Buxiao offered Bai Kun two more tubes of Soul Solution for two million gold coins each in exchange for help with minor pill-refinement matters, and Bai Kun asked what he would have to do.

Sun Buxiao attended the Black Seal Auction to bid on a poison-attribute Earth-tier Dou Technique while Xiao Yan finished dealing with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and prepared to travel east. Xiao Yan set out for the Tagor Desert, intending to learn why Sun Buxiao had given him a Mittel Token directing him to Desert City.

• Sun Buxiao entered a first-class VIP room at the Black Seal Auction and dismissed most of the maidservants, keeping one to call out his bids.
• Sun Buxiao planned to bid on the poison-attribute Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn and take interest in fourth- and fifth-grade pills.
• Xiao Yan, covered in blood, asked Yao Lao if he had finished settling matters with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and Yao Lao confirmed it was time to head east.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether a Myriad Beast Spirit Flame might exist in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but Yao Lao urged him to focus on training for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan examined the Mittel Token Sun Buxiao had given him and decided to travel to Desert City to discover whom it was meant to lead him to.

At the Black Seal City Auction, Sun Buxiao bought a mysterious book and an Earth-tier poison Dou Technique, then considered befriending the Heavenly Snake Mansion to help Qing Lin. Meanwhile, Qing Lin demonstrated her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and asked Gu Ni to help her collect venomous snakes.

• Sun Buxiao bid one million for the unreadable Records of Grafting Jia and Yi, and the Mad Lion Gang's young master declined to compete.
• Sun Buxiao outbid the Heavenly Snake Mansion for the Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn Dou Technique at three million.
• Sun Buxiao recognized the Heavenly Snake Mansion as a powerful Northwest faction and considered making connections there for Qing Lin's benefit.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control a Green-Sleeping Snake while Gu Ni explained her ability to command snake magical beasts.
• Qing Lin asked Gu Ni to take her into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to collect venomous snakes and keep them behind the auction house.

Sun Buxiao studied a grotesque grafting book and explored using souls to create Flying Dou Techniques, while Xiao Ding broke through to Da Dou Shi and prepared to set out. Sun’s first experiment on a low-ranked horse failed, leaving him to conclude that he needed a stronger magical beast.

• Sakigawa hinted to Yuan Yi that he planned to expand his territory before their next meeting.
• Sun Buxiao examined Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn and Records of Grafting Jia and Yi, then considered using his knowledge of souls to develop a Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Ding became a Da Dou Shi, collected Poison Attribute techniques for Sun Buxiao, and planned to leave after adapting to his new strength.
• Sun Buxiao attempted to use a third-rank magical beast’s body for his experiment, but Xiao Yi Xian questioned the plan and the horse died without producing a useful result.

Sun Buxiao learned that Han Feng might come after him and secluded himself to break through his soul realm, while Xiao Yan sought a way to obtain the Ice Spirit Spring needed to absorb a heavenly flame. Medusa continued struggling to adapt to the Azure Flame, determined to risk everything for the Snake-People Tribe.

• Sun Buxiao studied a map with Xiao Yi Xian, noted Maple City’s distance, and predicted Han Feng would investigate his strange flames.
• Sun Buxiao left the Netherworld Poison Flame with Xiao Yi Xian and began secluded cultivation after drinking his remaining Millet Porridge to break through his soul realm.
• Xiao Yan learned he needed the Ice Spirit Spring to absorb a heavenly flame and considered trading the Soul Solution Sun Buxiao had given him to obtain it from Gute.
• Medusa rejected the Azure Flame again, then resolved to endure the ordeal and find a way to break through for the Snake-People Tribe.

Han Feng tested a Soul Solution that strengthened his soul despite its painful emotional side effects, then learned of another vial and a possible heavenly flame in Sakigawa’s possession. He set out to pursue both leads, though the mention of Earthnight City visibly unsettled him.

• The Fox King presented Han Feng with Soul Solution bought at auction, and Han Feng tested it with his Sea Heart Flame before drinking a drop.
• Han Feng endured the solution’s painful effects, discovered that it had strengthened his soul, and spared the Fox King.
• The Fox King told Han Feng that the Flower Evil Sect’s leader had bought the other vial, so Han Feng planned to visit Flower Evil City and question Yuan Yi.
• The Fox King reported that Sakigawa, a Dou Ling ranked thirteenth on the Black List, used a flame that might be a heavenly flame.
• Han Feng learned Sakigawa was in Earthnight City and reacted with disgust.

Sun Buxiao reached the Spirit Realm and planned to make Kui Wolf City his base, while Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding in Desert City and followed Sun Buxiao’s lead to Hai Bodong. Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan a map marking a possible Heavenly Flame, leaving Xiao Yan shocked and eager to learn more.

• Sun Buxiao confirmed he had reached the Spirit Realm and announced his plan to take charge of Kui Wolf City.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding in Desert City and learned Xiao Ding was carrying poison attribute Dou Techniques to Sun Buxiao in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Ding recognized Xiao Yan’s Token and brought him to Hai Bodong’s shop, explaining that Hai Bodong was a powerful expert.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong Sun Buxiao’s Token, and Hai Bodong revealed that Sun Buxiao had asked him to look after Xiao Yan during his training.
• Hai Bodong showed Xiao Yan a map marking a hidden treasure and said it might be a Heavenly Flame, startling Xiao Yan.

Sun Buxiao defeated Kui Sha in a deadly battle, using his poison and a powerful leg technique to overcome the Dou Emperor. After Kui Sha’s death, Sun Buxiao looked forward to drawing Han Feng’s attention and testing his Porridge Bowl’s new ability on him.

• Sun Buxiao broke through Kui Sha’s Hurricane Barrier with Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn and rejected Kui Sha’s attempt to surrender.
• Kui Sha unleashed his Earth-tier Moonlit Spiral Cold Edge technique, and Sun Buxiao countered with Heavenly Poison Cloud-Treading Collapse.
• Sun Buxiao’s poison spread through Kui Sha and burned away his remaining Dou Qi, leaving Kui Sha defeated and asking why Sun Buxiao was so strong.
• Sun Buxiao killed Kui Sha and expected his Black List ranking to rise to eighth, pushing Yuan Yi out of the top ten.
• Sun Buxiao examined his Porridge Bowl’s new ability and said he would use it on Han Feng, whom he hoped to draw out of hiding.

Xiao Ding traveled from the Tagor Desert to Ghost-Suppressing Pass while Han Feng killed Hua Lang and consumed the remaining Soul Solution. Sun Buxiao revealed that his new Millet Porridge preserved purified negative emotions, turning it into a poison for the soul.

• Xiao Ding rode a long-distance flying magical beast across the Jia Ma Empire and headed toward Ghost-Suppressing Pass, hoping Little Yanzi would stay safe and cultivate well.
• Han Feng confronted Hua Lang for buying and using Soul Solution without permission, then burned him to ashes with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Han Feng drank the remaining Soul Solution and reacted with ecstatic cries in the Flower Evil Sect courtyard.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yi Xian she could not drink the new Millet Porridge before reaching Dou Ling and showed her its different emotion-infused varieties.
• Sun Buxiao explained that the purified Soul Solution carried anger, fear, or gloom and acted as an emotional poison that stirred negative feelings.

Sun Buxiao sent Xiao Yi Xian away before Han Feng arrived to challenge him in Kui Wolf City. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan learned that the Snake-People Tribe favored handsome young human men like him.

• Sun Buxiao gave Xiao Yi Xian Storage Rings and Netherworld Poison Flame butterflies, then told her to wait at Ghost-Suppressing Pass while he faced Han Feng.
• Han Feng learned from Yuan Yi that Sakigawa had killed Kui Sha and risen to eighth on the Black List, and that the Soul Solution was gone.
• Han Feng invited Yuan Yi to join his hunt for Sakigawa, and they flew toward Kui Wolf City with several Dou Wangs following.
• Luo Bu warned Xiao Yan to improve his cultivation and told him the Snake-People Tribe favored handsome young men like him.
• Xiao Yan was stunned by Luo Bu's warning.

Xiao Yan learned that the Snake-People Tribe might pose a danger and decided to focus on cultivation, while Xiao Yi Xian met Xiao Ding and arranged for him to carry Sun Buxiao’s Storage Rings to Ghost-Suppressing Pass. Sun Buxiao confronted Han Feng at Kui Wolf City, taunted him about the past, and seized his netherworld poison flame as Han Feng attacked.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that his current strength would not be enough to escape a stronger Snake-Person, so Xiao Yan chose to cultivate before pursuing a possible Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yi Xian encountered Xiao Ding on her way out of the Black-Corner Region and handed him Sun Buxiao’s Storage Rings to take to Ghost-Suppressing Pass while she waited for Sun Buxiao.
• Han Feng arrived at Kui Wolf City and sensed that someone was watching him.
• Sun Buxiao emerged from the City Lord’s Mansion, revealed his identity, and provoked Han Feng with remarks about his past with Mu Gu.
• Han Feng charged Sun Buxiao with the sea heart flame, but Sun Buxiao seized the netherworld poison flame and told him not to rush.

Sun Buxiao tamed the netherworld poison flame and used it to overpower Han Feng, exploiting the sea heart flame’s refusal to obey its master. He forced specially prepared Millet Porridge down Han Feng’s throat and left him alive with a Heart Demon Seed, promising to return later.

• Sun Buxiao seized the netherworld poison flame’s core, endured its burning pain, and charged at Han Feng with its power.
• Sun Buxiao and Han Feng clashed in midair, and their flames sent a shock wave that nearly knocked Yuan Yi from the sky and scattered the Dou Wangs.
• Sun Buxiao taunted Han Feng about his incomplete Flame Mantra, while the unruly sea heart flame disrupted Han Feng’s attacks.
• Sun Buxiao broke through Han Feng’s attack, beat him back, and forced specially prepared Millet Porridge down his throat.
• Sun Buxiao told Han Feng he would leave him alive for now and revealed that he had planted a Heart Demon Seed.

Sun Buxiao returned after defeating Medicine Emperor Han Feng, but his Woeful Poison Body was worsening. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and set out for Ghost-Suppressing Pass to collect Poison Attribute Dou Techniques.

• Hu Gan told Elder Su Qian that Medicine Emperor Han Feng had been beaten and his attacker had escaped.
• Sun Buxiao coughed up blood and saw that the poison in his chest had crept closer to his heart.
• Xiao Yi Xian waited for Sun Buxiao, worried about his safety, and urged him to expel some of the toxins.
• Sun Buxiao explained that he planned to refine a Poison Pill after reaching Dou Wang and outlined the ingredients he needed.
• Sun Buxiao learned that Xiao Ding had the Storage Rings at Ghost-Suppressing Pass, then hurried there with Xiao Yi Xian.

Su Qian learned that Sun Buxiao had defeated Han Feng and considered whether Jia Nan Academy should approach him. Meanwhile, Sun Buxiao gathered poison techniques and planned a journey north through the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast before heading to Tagor.

• Hu Gan told Su Qian that Sun Buxiao, a Dou Ling with the Netherworld Poison Flame, had knocked Han Feng unconscious and driven Yuan Yi away.
• Su Qian suspected Sun Buxiao possessed the woeful poison body and ordered Outer Academy teachers traveling to the Jia Ma Empire and Chu Yun Empire to investigate him.
• Xiao Ding brought Sun Buxiao the poison-attribute Dou Techniques he had collected, and Sun Buxiao said he would keep practicing his Earth-tier techniques.
• Xiao Ding told Sun Buxiao that Xiao Yan had reached Tagor and met Elder Hai.
• Sun Buxiao planned to travel north through the Magical Beast Mountain Range to Chu Yun, search for a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, and then go to Tagor.

Sun Buxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Ding searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for powerful magical beasts until Sun Buxiao spotted a Howling Moon Nightmare Wolf and rushed toward it. Meanwhile, Han Feng dreamed that Venerable Feng confronted and killed him, then woke in a cold sweat.

• Xiao Yu told Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan might have met Sun Buxiao years earlier, but she could not recall much else.
• Sun Buxiao complained that he had found neither a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast nor any fifth-rank magical beasts during the group's search.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested they head south rather than continue toward the Chu Yun Empire.
• The group heard a roar, and Xiao Yi Xian identified the distant beast as a Howling Moon Nightmare Wolf that could reach the sixth rank.
• Sun Buxiao eagerly rushed toward the wolf to join the fight.
• Han Feng dreamed that Venerable Feng accused him of confessing to Yao Chen's murder and crushed him, then Han Feng awoke screaming.