Chapter Summaries

Sun Buxiao planted a heart demon rooted in Han Feng’s fear of Venerable Feng, leaving Han Feng confused and panicked after waking. Meanwhile, Sun Buxiao defeated a fifth-tier Howling Moon Nightmare Wolf, extracted its soul to make a Dou Technique, and prepared to sell its claws and roast its meat.

• Sun Buxiao’s heart demon took the form of Venerable Feng, Han Feng’s greatest fear, and Han Feng woke in a panic, unable to understand what had changed inside him.
• Sun Buxiao killed the fifth-tier Howling Moon Nightmare Wolf with two powerful kicks while Xiao Ding watched in disbelief.
• Sun Buxiao gave the wolf’s fifth-tier Dark-Attribute Magic Core to Xiao Yi Xian and used his Spirit Realm soul to extract the wolf’s soul.
• Sun Buxiao sealed the wolf’s soul into a Dou Technique scroll, then told Xiao Ding and Xiao Yi Xian to take its claws to auction and roast its meat for dinner.

Sun Buxiao discussed the limits of his experimental Dou Technique while Han Feng recovered and began plotting revenge. In Wutan City, Instructor Ruo Lin learned that Sun Buxiao was tied to the Xiao Clan and asked about Xiao Yan, who was away training with his brothers.

• Sun Buxiao named his soul-based technique Nightmare Wolf Demon Claw, then dismissed his idea of grafting magical-beast flesh and souls onto people as impractical.
• Han Feng accepted Yuan Yi's account that Yuan Yi had rescued him after Sun Buxiao retreated, while Yuan Yi's hopes of gaining a reward came to nothing.
• Han Feng saw a vision of Venerable Feng, Gu Ling, and the unrefined Sea Heart Flame erupted within him, prompting him to return to Maple City and seek Sun Buxiao.
• Ruo Lin asked Xiao Zhan about Sun Buxiao, and the Xiao Clan's Great Elder described him as a Dou Ling-strength guest elder close to Xiao Zhan's three sons.
• Ruo Lin asked where Xiao Yan was, and Xiao Zhan said he was training with his eldest and second brothers after leaving to fulfill a more important purpose.

Sun Buxiao found a Myriad Beast Spirit Flame fire seed in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and devoured the Netherworld Poison Flame with Xiao Yi Xian’s help. He collected the weakened fire seed in his bowl, while Xiao Yi Xian lay unconscious from absorbing his poison.

• Sun Buxiao identified the flame near a powerful beast skeleton as a Myriad Beast Spirit Flame fire seed and decided to take it.
• Sun Buxiao swallowed Naling and began opening a space in his Dantian to devour the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Ding fled as Xiao Yi Xian helped Sun Buxiao absorb the flame and its poison, pushing her cultivation to the peak of Da Dou Shi.
• Sun Buxiao completely devoured the Netherworld Poison Flame, reaching Nine-Star Dou Ling, while Xiao Yi Xian passed out from the poison.
• Sun Buxiao stored the residual poison in his Dantian, then drew the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame fire seed into his bowl.

Su Qian learned that Sun Buxiao had a sharply divided reputation and decided to investigate him in Wutan City. Meanwhile, Sun Buxiao traveled through the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Ding, while his poison lines crept dangerously close to his heart.

• Instructor Ye Ming reported that Sun Buxiao had been known as a vicious killer in the Chu Yun Empire, while Instructor Ruo Lin described his more recent reputation as a generous guest elder of the Xiao Clan.
• Ruo Lin told Su Qian that Sun Buxiao had broken through to Dou Ling at the start of the year, and Su Qian decided to visit the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• Sun Buxiao concluded that fire-attribute beasts and concentrated beast flames might help the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame grow faster, and he explained how heavenly flames could devour one another.
• Xiao Ding said the group had entered the Jia Ma Empire and was deep in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Sun Buxiao had already killed several fifth-rank beasts for their blood, souls, meat, and materials.
• Xiao Yi Xian had reached five-star Dou Ling after absorbing toxins from Sun Buxiao, but the poison lines near both their hearts continued to advance, leaving Sun Buxiao with only one centimeter of clearance.

Sun Buxiao recognized Yun Yun confronting the Amethyst Winged Lion King and decided to join the fight for the sixth-order beast’s resources. As Yun Yun asked the lion for its Purple Spirit Crystal, Sun Buxiao announced his attack.

• Su Qian sensed a clash of powerful Dou Qi but continued toward Wutan City instead of investigating.
• Qing Lin sensed powerful Dou Qi and persuaded Gu Ni to approach the distant confrontation and watch from hiding.
• Sun Buxiao identified Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then gave Xiao Yi Xian two Netherworld Poison Flame butterflies and told her to handle the ground.
• Yun Yun asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to lend her its Purple Spirit Crystal, and the lion refused.
• Sun Buxiao appeared below the combatants with black Dou Qi gathering around him and declared that he would strike the lion.

Sun Buxiao ambushed the Amethyst Winged Lion King and forced Yun Yun to join the fight for the purple spirit crystal. Their attacks broke the Lion King's horn and wings, leaving him falling toward Xiao Yi Xian, who prepared a final strike.

• Sun Buxiao attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King, broke one of his hind legs, and urged Yun Yun to fight for the purple spirit crystal.
• The enraged Lion King charged Yun Yun, who blocked his attack and agreed to work with Sun Buxiao.
• Xiao Yi Xian launched Sun Buxiao into the air, where he struck the Lion King's horn and shattered it.
• Yun Yun pierced the Lion King's wings with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill, sending him crashing toward the ground.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn for a final strike against the falling Lion King.

Sun Buxiao reunited with Qing Lin and confronted Yun Yun over the Misty Cloud Sect’s grievances. They postponed their showdown until morning and agreed to divide the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s spoils, while Sun Buxiao directed Qing Lin to search a nearby cave.

• Qing Lin arrived with Gu Ni and greeted Sun Buxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Ding after sensing the battle’s powerful Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun recognized Sun Buxiao’s name, and he challenged her over her disciples’ treatment of Xiao Ding.
• Yun Yun proposed settling their grievances with one move, and Sun Buxiao agreed to fight her the next morning after dealing with the corpse.
• Sun Buxiao asked Qing Lin to investigate a nearby cave, then agreed that Yun Yun would take all the purple spirit crystal and the Lion King’s claws while he kept the rest.

Sun Buxiao extracted the Amethyst Winged Lion King's soul into a Flying Dou Technique scroll and showed Yun Yun and Gu Ni how he had done it. Yun Yun learned of the Mo Family's vile practices from his book and agreed to trade two profound-tier wood attribute Dou Techniques for it.

• Yun Yun regretted giving up the Amethyst Winged Lion King's loot and ate the roasted meat Sun Dog offered her.
• Sun Buxiao absorbed the lion king's scattered purple flame into the myriad beast spirit flame, then stored the companion amethyst source.
• Sun Buxiao used his spirit realm soul to compress the Amethyst Winged Lion King's soul into its wings and seal it in a Dou Technique scroll.
• Sun Buxiao gave Gu Ni the Records of Grafting Jia and Yi, and Yun Yun recognized it as a book belonging to the Mo Family.
• Yun Yun read the book, grew angry at the Mo Family's secret arts, and agreed to give Sun Buxiao two profound-tier wood attribute Dou Techniques in exchange for it.

Qing Lin gained control of a young Amethyst Winged Lion, while Sun Buxiao prepared to fuse with the lion king’s wings. The chapter ended as Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Sun Buxiao began their decisive clash to settle their grudges.

• Sun Buxiao confirmed Qing Lin had stably controlled the fourth-order Amethyst Winged Lion cub and gave her three million to feed it.
• Sun Buxiao explained the ancient Beast King tribes and decided to save the companion amethyst source until Qing Lin could safely control the lion at a higher rank.
• Sun Buxiao prepared to fuse with the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s wings and planned to have Gu Ni auction off three beast-based Dou Techniques for Qing Lin.
• The next morning, Yun Yun agreed to fight Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian, with the winner settling their grudges.
• Yun Yun unleashed Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill as Xiao Yi Xian attacked head-on and Sun Buxiao leaped into the air.

After returning to Wutan City, Sun Buxiao prepared to travel to Tagor and allowed Qing Lin to join him, then met Jia Nan Academy’s Great Elder Su Qian at the Mittel Auction House. Su Qian asked to speak with him privately, leaving their purpose unresolved.

• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Ding to prepare for another journey and gave him millet porridge to try now that he had become a Da Dou Shi.
• Sun Buxiao realized Qing Lin could protect herself with her magical beasts and agreed to take her along.
• Sun Buxiao thanked Ya Fei for looking after Qing Lin, while Ya Fei discreetly noted Qing Lin’s habit of filling the auction house with snake-type magical beasts.
• Xiao Zhan brought Su Qian to the Mittel Auction House, where they encountered Sun Buxiao and exchanged greetings.
• Sun Buxiao arranged for Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ding to return home, then accompanied Su Qian to a private room.
• Gu Ni asked Xiao Zhan whether Su Qian was a Dou Emperor, and Xiao Zhan revealed that he was a Dou Zong.

Sun Buxiao discussed his ambitions for the Black-Corner Region with Su Qian, proposing to seize control while keeping good relations with Jia Nan Academy. He claimed that mastering the Poison Pill would let him break through to Dou Zong and face the region’s powers, then shifted the conversation to recommending two students.

• Sun Buxiao offered Su Qian a Pheobe King cigarette, and Su Qian coughed violently after trying it.
• Su Qian asked Sun Buxiao what he thought of the Black-Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy, and Sun Buxiao admitted he wanted to claim the region as his territory.
• Sun Buxiao outlined his plan to treat the region’s powers to dinner, behead them, and take the survivors in as dogs.
• Sun Buxiao said he was gathering materials for the Poison Pill and expected to reach Dou Zong afterward, but Su Qian remained unconvinced that he could defeat the Black-Corner Region’s Dou Zongs.
• Sun Buxiao affirmed that he wanted good relations with Jia Nan Academy, recommended two students, and invited Su Qian downstairs for a look.

Sun Buxiao introduced thirteen-year-old Qing Lin, a Dou Shi with an Amethyst Winged Lion cub, to Su Qian, who urged her to enroll at Jia Nan Academy. Sun Buxiao prepared to take Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian toward the Tagor Desert, while his poison line remained dangerously close to his heart and he awaited news of the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.

• Su Qian praised Qing Lin's talent and pressed Sun Buxiao to let her study at Jia Nan Academy, but Sun Buxiao said he would bring her and Xiao Yan later.
• Xiao Yi Xian remarked that Su Qian seemed like a good teacher, while Sun Buxiao privately focused on Jia Nan Academy's fallen heart flame.
• Sun Buxiao offered the Profound Tier Dou Techniques Nightmare Wolf Demon Claw and Black Tortoise Ice Shield to the Mittel Auction House, and Gu Ni bought them for research.
• Sun Buxiao extracted venom from the snakes Qing Lin had collected and stored their meat for the journey toward the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted a tube of venom, while Sun Buxiao showed Qing Lin that his poison line was nearly at his heart and lamented the lack of news about the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.

Sun Buxiao’s group reached Desert City after three months on the road, while Yun Yun confronted Mo Cheng about the Mo Family’s experiments and destroyed their secret records. Xiao Yan trained with Yao Lao’s ruler technique in the desert until Xiao Li told him that Xiao Ding and Sun Buxiao had returned.

• Yun Yun questioned Mo Cheng about the Mo Family’s grafting experiments, and he falsely claimed the family had abandoned them.
• Yun Yun shredded the Records of Grafting Jia and Yi, then left as Mo Cheng ordered his family to find and kill anyone who knew their secrets.
• Sun Buxiao’s group arrived in Desert City, where he coaxed Little Purple to spit fire into his bowl and promised it the companion amethyst source after its mark stabilized.
• Xiao Yan practiced Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and blasted apart a dune with the technique.
• Xiao Li found Xiao Yan and told him that Xiao Ding and Sun Buxiao had returned, making Xiao Yan’s pupils contract.

Sun Buxiao returned to Stone Desert City, where Luo Bu had cleaned up the streets and expanded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s influence. He revealed that he knew Yao Lao was hiding in Xiao Yan’s ring, and the chapter ended with Yao Lao warning Sun Buxiao not to discuss certain matters in front of Xiao Yan.

• Sun Buxiao praised Luo Bu for curbing mercenary deaths, banning the slave trade, and expanding the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s influence.
• Xiao Yan greeted Sun Buxiao and noticed the changed flame in his bowl, while Yao Lao sensed that Sun Buxiao possessed the myriad beast spirit flame as well as the netherworld poison flame.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan that he had fled the Black-Corner Region after offending Han Feng, the Medicine Emperor, and sensed Yao Lao reacting from Xiao Yan’s ring.
• Sun Buxiao invited Xiao Yan to the mercenary headquarters and revealed that he knew about the old man in the ring.
• Yao Lao appeared before Sun Buxiao, who hinted that he knew about Yao Lao’s past with Gu Ling, then Yao Lao cautioned him against saying too much in front of Xiao Yan.

Sun Buxiao revealed his Heavenly Flames and asked Xiao Yan about the flame in the Tagor Desert, then explained that he and Xiao Yi Xian faced death from their Woeful Poison Bodies. Xiao Yan agreed to lend Sun Buxiao the green lotus core flame after obtaining it, while Sun Buxiao proposed that his millet porridge could replace one of the other ingredients needed for a cure.

• Sun Buxiao confirmed that Xiao Yan was cultivating a technique once practiced by a Dou Di, then revealed he had swallowed the netherworld poison flame and was nurturing the myriad beast spirit flame.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert was the green lotus core flame, though he did not know its exact location.
• Sun Buxiao showed Xiao Yan and Yao Lao the poison lines on his chest and explained that he and Xiao Yi Xian both had Woeful Poison Bodies nearing their limits.
• Yao Lao said they needed a Heavenly Flame, a rank-seven Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, and bodhi body-transforming saliva to resolve the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan agreed to lend Sun Buxiao the green lotus core flame after he obtained it, and Sun Buxiao offered his millet porridge as a possible substitute for bodhi body-transforming saliva.

Sun Buxiao traded a stronger form of Soul Solution to Yao Lao for an Earth Tier poison cultivation method. After Yao Lao absorbed the Fear Solution, he saw a mysterious woman in pale flames and was left wondering who she was and what he truly feared.

• Sun Buxiao explained how Soul Solution strengthened souls and offered Yao Lao some in exchange for an Earth Tier poison cultivation method.
• Xiao Yan gave Sun Buxiao the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture he had found in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Yao Lao produced the Dragon Chi Poison Canon, and Sun Buxiao offered him several kinds of concentrated Soul Solution.
• Yao Lao chose the Fear Solution and poured it over his soul while Sun Buxiao shielded Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao saw memories of his former disciple and clan, then glimpsed a tearful woman in pale flames and wondered who she was.

Sun Buxiao traded Soul Solution to help Yao Lao stabilize his soul, then discussed the coming contest for the green lotus core flame with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao. As Xiao Yan left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group compound, he encountered Qing Lin riding an Amethyst Winged Lion, and Yao Lao sensed something unusual about her.

• Yao Lao's soul settled and grew more stable after absorbing Sun Buxiao's Soul Solution, though he could not remember the woman he had seen in his fear.
• Sun Buxiao gave Xiao Yan several bottles of Millet Porridge and Soul Solution in exchange for a future loan of heavenly flames.
• Sun Buxiao said Pill King Gu He and Medusa were both pursuing the green lotus core flame, and Yao Lao asked him to explain Han Feng's situation later.
• Yao Lao explained that the green lotus core flame was a subterranean heavenly flame that could nourish Xiao Yan's meridians and aid his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan saw Qing Lin riding a fourth-rank Amethyst Winged Lion, and Xiao Yi Xian told Qing Lin to bring it into the courtyard.
• Yao Lao sensed unusual soul fluctuations from Qing Lin and wondered whether Sun Buxiao was gathering the continent's geniuses.

Sun Buxiao fed companion amethyst source to Little Purple and Xiao Yan, then told Yao Lao about Han Feng’s current strength and unstable Sea Heart Flame. Yao Lao learned that Han Feng had betrayed his trust and asked about the flame he possessed.

• After Qing Lin’s soul brand fully bound Little Purple, Sun Buxiao fed the Amethyst Winged Lion companion amethyst source, helping it begin evolving toward the fifth rank.
• Sun Buxiao offered the remaining companion amethyst source to Xiao Yan, who consumed it and suffered through its potent effects as Yao Lao helped him adapt.
• Sun Buxiao considered the Snake-People Tribe’s powerful elders and wondered whether Hua She’er would also pose a threat.
• Yao Lao asked Sun Buxiao about Han Feng, and Sun Buxiao explained that Han Feng was a Peak Dou Emperor ranked second on the Black List who practiced the Flame Mantra and had absorbed the Sea Heart Flame.
• Sun Buxiao said he had provoked the unstable Sea Heart Flame with his netherworld poison flame, disrupted Han Feng’s Dou Qi, and escaped after beating him.
• Yao Lao reflected on Han Feng’s betrayal and asked Sun Buxiao to confirm that Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame.

Sun Buxiao and Qing Lin searched the desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, clashed with a Snake-Person, and found signs that they were near their target. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian and Sun Buxiao adjusted to their new cultivation method, and Luo Bu broke through to Dou Ling in Stone Desert City.

• Sun Buxiao and Qing Lin flew into the desert with Little Purple, searching for the Green Lotus Core Flame in the hottest area.
• Sun Buxiao sensed a Dou Wang nearby and confronted Hua She'er, who tried to escape when he and Qing Lin attacked.
• Sun Buxiao stopped the pursuit and found that the netherworld poison flame and myriad beast spirit flame seed reacted to something nearby.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she had fallen from Five-Star Dou Ling to two-star Dou Ling after switching to the Earth Tier Low Grade Dragon Chi Poison Canon, while Sun Buxiao had fallen from nine-star to eight-star Dou Ling.
• Luo Bu broke through to Dou Ling, hoping he could finally help Sun Buxiao.

Sun Buxiao and Qing Lin found an underground passage leading toward the heavenly flame and controlled its Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake guardian. After Hua She'er warned Medusa that humans were near the flame, Medusa rushed to investigate, and Sun Buxiao sensed a Dou Emperor approaching.

• Sun Buxiao melted the sand covering an underground entrance, and Qing Lin left the Little Amethyst Winged Lion to guard it before descending with him.
• Qing Lin sensed a creature below and guided Sun Buxiao through the scorching passages while their Dou Qi was suppressed.
• Hua She'er told Medusa that two humans had appeared near the heavenly flame and tried to capture her, so Medusa ordered the elders and clan chiefs notified and headed to investigate.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which revealed that it knew where the blue flame was.
• Sun Buxiao decided to return to the surface after sensing a Dou Emperor approaching.