Chapter Summaries

Karn and Tsunade visited the Jia Nan Academy to recruit a Central Plains guide and discuss the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s new contribution point system. They chose Han Yue and left Su Qian to deliberate whether the academy would accept the system, while Karn prepared to expand the chamber’s reach through the Black-Corner Region.

• Su Qian welcomed Karn and Tsunade, and Karn asked him to find someone born in the Central Plains to guide Tsunade there.
• Zi Yan slipped into the Technique Pavilion while Su Qian assembled twenty-seven Central Plains-born students for Karn to consider.
• Han Yue described her family’s knowledge of Wild Ancient Town and the Wilderness Ancient Region, and Karn and Tsunade chose her as their guide.
• Karn showed Su Qian the contribution point system and its tier 7 pills, then left three Zong King Pills as an advance gift before departing with Han Yue.
• Su Qian considered the system’s implications and decided to summon the academy’s elders to deliberate, while Zi Yan caught up with Karn and said she had taken many techniques from the pavilion.
• Karn planned to establish branch chambers throughout the Black-Corner Region and use force against sects that opposed the chamber’s expansion.

Hermione announced the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s contribution point system to the Black-Corner Region’s leaders, while the Chamber prepared to expand and Tsunade departed for the Central Plains. The system’s threat to the factions’ influence provoked Fang Yan to accuse the Chamber of scheming to absorb them and demand that it share its pill-making methods.

• Hermione gave the Snake-People Race Contribution Crystal Cards and explained that their vassal status allowed them to redeem items above their strength rank.
• Karn equipped Tsunade for her journey to the Wilderness Ancient Region, and she left with Han Yue to pursue the Chamber’s expansion toward the Central Plains.
• Karn swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame, then planted its lotus platform on Marvel Earth and used life fluid to revive it for cultivation into a stronger flame.
• The Black-Corner Region’s leaders gathered in Black Mark City, where Hermione introduced Contribution Crystal Cards and explained how factions could earn and redeem contribution points.
• Fang Yan denounced the system as a scheme to swallow the factions’ foundations and demanded that the Karn Chamber of Commerce share its pill-refining method.

Hermione launched the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s contribution point system by issuing a mission against five opposing forces, prompting Medusa and the others to capture their leaders. The survivors planned a joint campaign to seize territory and earn points, while Xiao Xun'er decided to investigate the system before Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy.

• Fang Yan, Elder Mu, and Fan Ling opposed the contribution point system, and Kui Sha and representatives of two other forces joined them.
• Hermione named Demon Flame Valley, the Blood Sect, the Kui Wolf Gang, the Mad Lion Gang, and the Earth Flame Sect as mission targets and revealed the contribution point rules and rewards.
• Medusa and three Snake-People Race elders attacked Fang Yan’s group, while Jia Xing Tian and Mittel Teng Shan pursued Blood Sect members; Karn arrived, shrank the captives, and restored the ruined meeting hall.
• Hermione, Medusa, Su Qian, Yuan Yi, and the others arranged a joint campaign against the five forces, with the Karn Chamber of Commerce staying out of the fighting and the operation set for the next day.
• After Jia Nan Academy learned of the operation, Xiao Xun'er chose to participate and asked Ling Ying to obtain a Contribution Crystal Card and investigate the available rewards.

The Karn Chamber of Commerce’s contribution system spread as its allies destroyed the Black-Corner Region’s major factions and the Snake-People Race settled there. As the chamber expanded and Karn continued his experiments, Gu Xun’er, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong each encountered the changes reshaping the Jia Ma Empire, leaving Hai Bodong considering a trip to the Black-Corner Region.

• Su Qian, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Jia Xing Tian attacked Demon Flame Valley, where Old Earth Demon Ghost was killed and Han Feng was captured after the fighting spread across several fronts.
• The Karn Chamber of Commerce issued hundreds of missions and Contribution Crystal Cards, while Ling Ying earned points and gave Gu Xun’er a One-Star Zong King Pill; she also discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame listed among the chamber’s rewards.
• Karn completed Guardian T1, a spatially powerful puppet, and later examined Ichikishimahime, who had developed a human form while retaining snake traits.
• After the purge eliminated five factions and seven Black Ranking experts, the Snake-People Race moved into two Black-Corner Region cities and the Karn Chamber of Commerce began expanding across the Northwestern Continent.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Jia Ma Holy City to investigate the upheaval in alchemy and take the Alchemist Association’s third-tier assessment, while Yao Chen urged him to keep pursuing resources.
• Hai Bodong reunited with Mittel Teng Shan, learned about the new political divisions and contribution system, and heard that the Karn Chamber of Commerce could refine pills on request; Mittel Teng Shan invited him to the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Yan learned that the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s mass-produced pills threatened alchemists, while Karn used a serum to help Medusa evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. The chapter ended with Karn luring Ichikishimahime inside to try a special medicinal liquid.

• Mittel Teng Shan invited Hai Bodong to join the Karn Chamber of Commerce after Hai agreed to gather ingredients for Xiao Yan’s pill.
• Gu He and Fa Ma persuaded Yun Yun to ally the Misty Cloud Sect with the Alchemist Association against the Mittel Family and Jia Ma Imperial Family, but Jia Xing Tian’s new Dou Zong strength left them at a disadvantage.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that the Mittel Family bought its pills from the Karn Chamber of Commerce and that the chamber had defeated several powerful Black-Corner Region factions; Xiao Yan later discussed the threat with Yao Chen.
• Karn extracted a serum from a preserved Violet Nether Flame Snake and injected it into Medusa, whose evolution raised her from a one-star to a four-star Dou Zong and temporarily awakened the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul.
• Karn warned Ichikishimahime that he might give her the remaining serum if she behaved, then lured her into the leisure Manor with the promise of a special medicinal liquid.

Karn consumed the Douqi Continent’s Chakra Fruit, gaining immense power and the Bishamonten space-time technique, while the ley-line disturbance triggered a crisis at Jia Nan Academy. Su Qian sought help as the Fallen Heart Flame battered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower’s seals.

• Ichikishimahime pretended to rest, then planned to take pills and wander off, forgetting that Karn could summon her across the Douqi Continent.
• Karn confiscated Han Feng’s Heavenly Flame, Storage Ring, and Dou Qi crystal, then arranged for Spatial Wormholes to be built and assigned Zi Yan to construct more.
• Karn visited the Shinobi World and confirmed that Kurenai Yuhi was pregnant; after failing to abort the child, Kurenai Yuhi gradually accepted the pregnancy.
• Karn ate the mature Chakra Fruit, grew horns, gained heightened perception of natural energy, and awakened the Bishamonten technique, which let him open gates to the past and future.
• The God Tree’s effect on the ley lines triggered a magma eruption beneath Jia Nan Academy, weakening the seals around the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian evacuated the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and joined the elders in reinforcing its seals, then left to seek help from the Thousand and Hundred Elders.

Ba Mu and Qian Lie sealed the Fallen Heart Flame, disabling the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, while Su Qian sought Karn’s help to restore it. Meanwhile, Yao Chen and Xiao Yan joined the Misty Cloud Sect-Alchemist Association Alliance, and Xiao Yan planned to ask Ya Fei about treasures that could restore Yao Chen’s soul power.

• Ba Mu and Qian Lie sealed the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower completely, ending its heart-flame body tempering, and Su Qian flew to seek Karn’s help.
• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and joined the Misty Cloud Sect-Alchemist Association Alliance as a sixth-grade alchemist while insisting that Xiao Yan would still fight Yun Yun’s disciple Yanran at the appointed time.
• Xiao Yan brought Hai Bodong into the alliance, and Mittel Teng Shan stripped Hai Bodong of his position as the Miteer Auction House’s supreme elder after he left the Mittel Family’s side.
• Xiao Yan contacted Ya Fei through his Contribution Crystal Card to ask whether the Karn Chamber of Commerce had treasures that could restore Yao Chen’s soul power.
• Zi Yan told Karn that Su Qian had come with an urgent matter, and Su Qian explained that the Inner Academy’s sealed Fallen Heart Flame had disabled the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Karn agreed to accompany Su Qian to the Inner Academy and examine the Fallen Heart Flame.

Karn dealt with Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flames, acquired Yao Tianhuo’s remnant soul, and later resurrected him as a member of the Karn Chamber of Commerce. After Hermione expanded the company across the Northwestern Continent, she organized its first major expedition into Central Plains, with the group set to assemble in Black Mark City in one month.

• Karn offered Su Qian two arrangements for the Fallen Heart Flames, and Su Qian chose to keep the infant flame in exchange for a million contribution points.
• Karn captured the intelligent Fallen Heart Flame, retrieved the infant flame from Yao Tianhuo’s hidden space, and agreed to resurrect Yao Tianhuo in return for a large contribution-point debt.
• Karn gave Su Qian the infant flame and returned to develop the mature flame and prepare to sell Heavenly Flames to alchemists in Central Plains.
• Over the next six months, Hermione expanded the Karn Chamber of Commerce across the Northwestern Continent, while Karn resurrected Yao Tianhuo and assigned him to guard her.
• Hermione convened a meeting and named the personnel for the company’s Central Plains expedition, appointing Ya Fei to oversee its Northwestern Continent operations.
• Hermione ordered the expedition team to prepare in secret and assemble in Black Mark City in one month.

Xiao Yan sought soul-restoring treasures through Ya Fei and traded two pill formulas for a Purple Spirit Soul Recovery Grass and Purple Light Dew, hoping to help Yao Chen recover. Karn noticed that Xiao Yan had supplied an eighth-grade formula and decided to speak with Ya Fei.

• Yao Chen refined an upper sixth-grade Emperor's Pinnacle Pill for the alliance, then returned to Xiao Yan's Storage Ring to recover.
• Xiao Yan contacted Ya Fei, who checked the Karn Chamber of Commerce's inventory and found soul-restoring pills and natural treasures, including the Purple Spirit Soul Recovery Grass.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that the Chamber of Commerce also listed three Heavenly Flames, but obtaining one required more than ten million contribution points and the president's approval.
• Xiao Yan traded the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and Poria Azure Pill formulas for enough contribution points to obtain the Purple Spirit Soul Recovery Grass and Purple Light Dew.
• Ya Fei worried that her help to Xiao Yan might raise questions about her loyalty, while Karn examined the newly acquired eighth-grade formula and decided to talk with her.

Karn appointed Ya Fei general manager of the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s Northwestern Continent branch, prompting Medusa to rebuke the Snake-People Race for resenting the appointment. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er struggled to find a Heavenly Flame for Xiao Yan and decided to seek help from the Chamber of Commerce.

• Karn promoted Ya Fei to general manager, giving her authority over the Chamber of Commerce’s resources and warning her to prioritize its interests.
• The Snake-People Race’s leaders discussed Ya Fei’s appointment, but Medusa defended the Chamber of Commerce’s treatment of them and forbade further complaints.
• Gu Xun'er considered possible Heavenly Flames for Xiao Yan and ruled out both Jia Nan Academy’s flame and the Gu Clan’s Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame as difficult or dangerous to obtain.
• Gu Xun'er decided to ask the Karn Chamber of Commerce for help and prepared to request a few days’ leave from her instructor.

Karn expanded the Chamber of Commerce’s influence across the Northwestern Continent while Xiao Yan won his agreement with Nalan Yanran and traveled to the Black-Corner Region seeking a Heavenly Flame. He arrived at Jia Nan Academy just as the Inner Academy selection tournament called his match.

• Karn examined Ichikishimahime after her evolution, absorbed part of the Netherworld Poison Flame, and introduced Heart Flame Body Tempering Fluid through the Chamber of Commerce.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, dissolved their engagement, and left the Misty Cloud Sect without the satisfaction he had expected.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen chose to visit the Black-Corner Region and consider the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy, since they could not afford a Heavenly Flame from the Karn Chamber of Commerce.
• Xiao Yan reached Black Mark City, discovered that purchases required contribution points, and flew onward to Peaceful Town and Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Xun'er and Instructor Ruo Lin waited for Xiao Yan during the Inner Academy selection tournament, and Xiao Yan arrived just before the judge could disqualify him from his match against Xue Beng.

After winning the Inner Academy selection, Xiao Yan learned that the Hall of Souls had attacked the Xiao Family, taken Xiao Zhan, and sought the family’s Ancient Emperor Tuo She Jade. With his father captive and his family weakened, Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger and began refining pills to help them, while Gu Xun'er secretly decided to take a drastic step to support him.

• Xiao Yan won first place in the selection competition, then told Gu Xun'er he intended to obtain Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame despite her warnings.
• At the Library Pavilion, Xiao Yan saw that two Dou Zong guarded it and realized how difficult it would be to seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Protector Wu and Protector Tie chose to attack the Xiao Family for its Ancient Jade, and their assault devastated the family and left Xiao Zhan captive.
• Xiao Yan learned of the attack, and Xiao Cheng later told him that the attackers had demanded the Ancient Jade before taking Xiao Zhan; the Grand Elder sent the jade to Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er identified the attackers as likely members of the Hall of Souls and explained the jade’s connection to Ancient Emperor Tuo She and the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan accepted that he was too weak to rescue his father yet, spent his contribution points on medicinal ingredients, and began refining pills while Gu Xun'er resolved to help him in a drastic way.

Gu Xun'er obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame from Karn and prepared to deliver it to Xiao Yan. Before she left, Karn warned her about the Soul Clan and offered to train Xiao Yan as his disciple in exchange for the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s resources.

• Xiao Yan called Gu Xun'er, and she told him the Heavenly Flame needed to be sealed inside an Earthfire Lotus Seed before she could return.
• Karn told Gu Xun'er that the Soul Clan had grown stronger than the Gu Clan and claimed the Ling Clan had been destroyed and Void Devouring Flame had become a nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Karn gave Gu Xun'er the Earthfire Lotus Seed containing the Green Lotus Core Flame and reminded her that they had one last time left together.
• Karn offered to take Xiao Yan as his disciple if Gu Xun'er paid with the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s resources, but she rejected his offer and left.

Gu Xun'er left Jia Nan Academy with Ling Quan and his Black Submerged Army, then tried to negotiate a pill-supply deal between the Gu Clan and the Karn Chamber of Commerce. Karn rejected the Gu Clan’s terms, and Gu Xun'er arranged for clan elders to come while considering how to ask Karn to accept Xiao Yan as a disciple.

• Ling Quan demanded that Xiao Yan reveal the Ancient Jade, but Xiao Yan feigned ignorance, and Gu Xun'er warned him to keep its existence secret before departing with the Black Submerged Army.
• Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Yan the Emperor Seal Art, cautioned him against approaching the Hall of Souls or the Gu Clan before reaching Dou Zun, and promised to ask Karn about taking him as a disciple.
• Su Qian stopped Ling Quan from attacking Xiao Yan, while Ling Quan explained that the Gu Clan wanted to secure a long-term pill supply from the Karn Chamber of Commerce.
• Gu Xun'er proposed that the Gu Clan exchange medicinal ingredients and gold for pills, but Karn rejected the offer as insincere, and his identical double silenced Ling Quan when he challenged Karn.
• Gu Xun'er asked to consult the Gu Clan elders and secured a two-day stay; afterward, she ordered Ling Quan to summon an elder and worried about persuading Karn to take Xiao Yan as his disciple.

Karn resurrected Yao Chen, expanded the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s reach, and planted a Chakra God Tree in the Wilderness Ancient Region to draw out the Ancient Bodhi Tree. After learning of the Ling Clan’s destruction and the Soul Clan’s growing threat, the Gu Clan agreed to cooperate with the Karn Chamber of Commerce, and Gu Xun’er obtained permission to join the effort.

• Karn resurrected Yao Chen in a prepared corpse as an Eight-Star Dou Zong in exchange for a third of the Bone Chilling Cold Flame’s essence and his supervision of Xiao Yan’s training.
• Xiao Yan left Black Mark City with Yao Chen, who imposed harsh training rules, while Karn visited Hermione and learned that the Karn Chamber of Commerce had established itself across the Northern Region of the Central Plains.
• Karn and Tsunade planted a Chakra God Tree in the Wilderness Ancient Region to provoke the Ancient Bodhi Tree, and Karn sent Han Yue and the Han Family back to Tianbei City ahead of the expected unrest.
• Gu Yuan learned that the Ling Clan had vanished and convened the Gu Clan elders to discuss the Soul Clan’s threat and a proposed alliance with the Karn Chamber of Commerce.
• Gu Xun’er urged the Gu Clan to accept the alliance, and Gu Yuan agreed; she then asked to participate in the cooperation and received his permission to leave the clan.

Gu Xun'er tested nearly at ninth-grade bloodline as the Gu Clan prepared to ally with the Karn Chamber of Commerce, while the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s appearance drew factions across the continent. Karn and Tsunade calmed the tree and began helping it recover, but Karn blocked the approaching experts and ordered them to leave.

• Gu Xun'er’s test showed that her bloodline had nearly reached ninth grade, and she reaffirmed her plan to leave the clan and establish a force.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree appeared in the Wilderness Ancient Region, prompting Gu South Blue and other factions to send experts there.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree attacked Karn, Tsunade, and their Chakra God Tree, but Tsunade communicated with it and agreed to help heal its injuries.
• Karn refined the tree’s Bodhi Seeds to release Bodhi Clear Qi, and the Ancient Bodhi Tree began accelerating the Chakra God Tree’s growth while taking Tsunade inside.
• Karn confronted the arriving experts with a powerful golden beam and ordered them to leave the Ancient Bodhi Tree alone.

Karn forced the other factions away from the Ancient Bodhi Tree, negotiated an alliance with the Gu Clan, and waited while Tsunade gained the Bodhi Heart and new power. He returned to Tianbei City for the alliance signing, where Gu Xun'er arrived as the Gu Clan’s representative.

• Karn killed a nine-star Dou Zun who challenged him, then drove the gathered factions away with his overwhelming aura.
• Gu South Blue confirmed the Gu Clan had agreed to an alliance with the Karn Chamber of Commerce, and he and Karn negotiated its terms.
• Karn gave Gu South Blue a Bodhi Seed and began analyzing the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s parts and seeds for cultivation in the Marvel Universe.
• Tsunade emerged from the Ancient Bodhi Tree with the Bodhi Heart, demonstrated her powerful energy absorption and a destructive punch, and stayed behind to refine the Bodhi Heart.
• Karn returned to Tianbei City while Tsunade watched over the God Tree, and the Gu Clan delegation arrived for the alliance signing.
• Gu Xun'er met Karn at the Karn Chamber of Commerce after rapidly advancing to peak Dou Ling.

Karn arrived in a parallel Dragon Ball world where Android 17 and Android 18 had devastated Earth, and he sought Bulma to arrange for a Time Machine in exchange for stopping them. Bulma agreed, and Karn set out to confront the androids with Son Gohan.

• Karn searched for a new world through the Trading System and arrived on Earth during the android crisis.
• Karn learned that Android 17 and Android 18 had killed Son Goku and many of Earth's fighters, and he identified the world as a disastrous parallel timeline.
• Bulma and Son Gohan found Shenron had vanished after someone used the Dragon Balls, leaving three babies beside the stone Dragon Balls.
• Karn found Bulma's group hiding in a submarine and offered to provide resources for a Time Machine if Bulma helped him by researching one.
• Bulma agreed to develop the Time Machine if Karn eliminated Android 17 and Android 18.
• Son Gohan volunteered to accompany Karn when he went to confront the androids.

Karn defeated Android 17 and Android 18, then helped Bulma and Son Gohan settle into life in West City. He acquired Senzu Bean cultivation materials and Ultra Divine Water from Master Korin, then began developing his Super Cell Project before Bulma called to ask where Trunks was.

• Karn overpowered Android 17 and Android 18, froze them for later study, and reassured Son Gohan that their friends might someday be revived.
• Bulma invited Son Gohan to live with her in West City, while Karn provided her with research materials to help develop a Time Machine.
• Karn took Son Gohan and Trunks to Korin Tower, where Master Korin gave him a Senzu Bean vine, Water of Life, and Ultra Divine Water in exchange for delicacies.
• Karn examined Dr. Gero's preserved Cell research and told Red Queen to take over the project, planning to create two Cells and use one as an avatar.
• Bulma called Karn after he left the laboratory and asked where he had taken Trunks.

Karn studied Bulma’s Spatial Capsule Technology, obtained the Mind Stone from Loki in exchange for Thor’s freedom, and uncovered Pepper Potts’s plan to help rescue Tony Stark and the Avengers. Back in the Dragon Ball world, he developed a Rage Serum to trigger Saiyan transformations and went to test it on Son Gohan.

• Bulma gave Karn Capsule Corporation’s technologies, and after studying Spatial Capsule Technology, he converted his laboratory and other possessions into capsules.
• Karn tasked the Red Queen with experimenting on Senzu Bean cultivation, then returned to the Marvel Universe and received the Mind Stone from Loki in exchange for Thor’s release and support for Loki’s plans.
• Karn returned to Earth and confronted Pepper Potts after discovering she was coordinating with Scott to use Pym Particles to rescue Tony Stark and the Avengers.
• Karn went to Pepper’s home, where he announced she would be sent to Perot Women’s Prison, then Simmons arrived after Karn summoned her.
• Back in the Dragon Ball world, Karn reviewed the Red Queen’s Rage Serum, which could trigger Super Saiyan transformations in Saiyans, and went to find Son Gohan to test it.