Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan handed the Ancient Jade to Gu Xun'er so the Gu Clan could trade it for Xiao Zhan, but he worried that Xun'er was distancing herself from him. Elsewhere, Karn oversaw Medusa and Ichikishimahime’s fusion, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran accepted a dangerous poison-gathering mission.

• Gu Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the great clans would give the Ancient Jade to the Soul Clan in exchange for Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Yan gave her the jade despite sensing that she was avoiding him.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen, Little Fairy Doctor, Xuan Yi, and the others about the exchange and the clans’ plan to let the Soul Clan find the inheritance before attacking; they prepared to grow stronger for the decisive battle.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked Xiao Yan why he was upset, and he said he feared Xun’er was distancing herself from him; she resolved to ask Xun’er about it later.
• Karn explained the Potara Earrings to Medusa and Ichikishimahime, and the two fused into Meiji, whose strength reached the initial Half-Saint level.
• A mission clerk rejected Nalan Yanran’s complaint that Snake-People had taken her and Yun Yun’s mission, and Yun Yun registered them for a dangerous mission to collect Black Underworld Poison Water from the Netherworld Poison Marsh.

After the Misty Cloud Sect disbanded, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran sought Contribution Points to save Yun Shan, while Karn prepared for the Soul Clan’s pursuit of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling. Hun Tiandi obtained the final Ancient Jade from Gu Yuan, and Karn’s return to the Northwestern Continent left Gu Xun’er wondering how he knew about her acquaintances at Jia Nan Academy.

• The Misty Cloud Alchemist Association Alliance collapsed, and the Misty Cloud Sect disbanded after losing its alchemists, disciples, privileges, and businesses.
• Yun Yun chose a dangerous mission in the ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh to earn Contribution Points for pills that might extend Yun Shan’s life, and Nalan Yanran offered to ask Xiao Yan for help.
• Karn briefed Tsunade and Hermione on the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling, sent Zi Yan to refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and tested the Potara Earrings’ fusion.
• Hun Tiandi brought Xiao Zhan and the Soul Clan’s forces to meet Gu Yuan, who traded the last piece of Ancient Jade for Xiao Zhan.
• Medusa asked Karn to give the Snake-People Race a child, while Gu Xun’er resisted his advances and wondered how he knew about Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran pursued a contribution-point mission while Karn returned to the Black-Corner Region and arranged to evacuate Jia Nan Academy before the Soul Clan attacked. After Karn warned Su Qian about Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, he met Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu, whose admiration for him left Xiao Mei considering a visit to Black Mark City.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Xiao Yan could only help a year later, so Yun Yun took her to the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh to complete a private mission.
• Karn returned to Black Mark City, where Ya Fei told him the new city was nearly ready, and Medusa visited the Snake-People Race with resources and news about her bloodline.
• Karn told Su Qian that the Soul Clan would soon come for Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, prompting Su Qian to arrange the Inner Academy's relocation.
• Xun'er told Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Zun and awakened the Xiao Family bloodline.
• Karn met Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu, gave them Three-Line Green Spirit Pills, and invited them to visit Black Mark City.
• After Karn and Xun'er left, Xiao Mei wondered whether she should visit Black Mark City to see Karn again.

After Jia Nan Academy relocated to New Jia Nan City, Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu explored Black Mark City and visited the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s beast-pet exhibition. Xiao Yu went to meet Gu Xun’er, while Karn led Xiao Mei away, leaving the chapter with Xiao Mei alone with him in a private room.

• Jia Nan Academy moved from the Primeval Forest to New Jia Nan City, where its students retained access to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu used Three-Line Green Spirit Pills from Karn and each advanced three stars in strength.
• Xiao Mei declined Li Yifan’s invitation to hunt magical beasts and went with Xiao Yu to explore Black Mark City.
• At the beast-pet exhibition, Karn offered to take the two cousins inside, and Xiao Yu received a message from Gu Xun’er asking to meet.
• Gu Xun’er gave Xiao Yu a list of resources for the Xiao Family, then left to find Xiao Mei after learning she was with Karn.
• Karn took Xiao Mei to a private room, where she hesitated as he urged her to leave everything to him.

The Soul Clan assembled the eight pieces of Ancient Jade and began searching for Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, while Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Clan's plans involved Jia Nan Academy and hurried to question the Pill Tower's First Elder. Xiao Zhan prepared to return to the Northwestern Continent with Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan remained unaware of what was happening between Gu Xun'er and Xiao Mei.

• Gu Xun'er helped Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei choose magical beast pets, and Xiao Mei later visited Karn's courtyard at night.
• Hun Tiandi combined the eight Ancient Jade pieces, saw the location of Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, and sent Soul Clan experts across the continent to find it.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Zhan planned to return to the Northwestern Continent, and Little Fairy Doctor offered to escort him.
• Xiao Yan called Gu Xun'er, who said Jia Nan Academy's move to the Black-Corner Region involved the Ancient Jade and told him to ask the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan ended the call and set off to find the Pill Tower's First Elder.

Xiao Yan learned that Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling lay beneath Jia Nan Academy, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran returned to Black Mark City and sought treatment for Yun Yun's poisoning. The Little Fairy Doctor confronted Gu Xun'er about her changed feelings for Xiao Yan, then Gu Xun'er went to Karn's courtyard and found him with other women.

• Ancestor Xuan Dan told Xiao Yan that the Karn Chamber of Commerce and Gu Yuan planned to send only a small group to the Black-Corner Region for the cave dwelling, and Xiao Yan agreed to join the Pill Tower's group.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran handed over Essence Poison Water, and Nalan Yanran spent most of her contribution points to have the Karn Chamber of Commerce cure Yun Yun's life-threatening poisoning.
• Nalan Yanran spotted Xiao Mei walking intimately with an unidentified man in Black Mark City.
• The Little Fairy Doctor met Gu Xun'er and realized that Gu Xun'er's feelings for Xiao Yan had changed, but Gu Xun'er refused to explain why.
• Gu Xun'er went to Karn's courtyard and, after hearing him with other women, entered the room and joined them.

Little Fairy Doctor advanced to eight-star Dou Zun by refining Poison Water Essence, while Karn and the leaders of several factions gathered in Black Mark City to discuss Ancient Emperor Tuo She's cave dwelling. After the Soul Clan found its location, Hun Tiandi brought the Soul Clan Army toward the Black-Corner Region, and Karn led the others out to meet them.

• Qinglin woke after failing Ichikishimahime's wager, and her collar continued to suppress her strength as she cried about wanting to return to Xiao Yan.
• Little Fairy Doctor refined Poison Water Essence and advanced from five-star to eight-star Dou Zun, then considered seeking more poisons in the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh.
• Little Fairy Doctor met Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran in Black Mark City and later joined Xiao Yan and the others at the Karn Chamber of Commerce.
• Three Hall of Souls Dou Zun found the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling location and alerted the Soul Clan, prompting Hun Tiandi to lead the Soul Clan Army toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Karn told Gu Yuan and the other leaders that the cave dwelling held source qi and promised them portions within ten years, then warned that the Soul Clan had arrived.

Hun Tiandi opened Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, but Karn defeated his attack and revealed a Zerg Army of tens of thousands of Dou Sheng insects. As Karn entered the cave dwelling to claim its Source Qi, Zi Yan discovered Zhu Kun was her father and rejected him, while the Zerg Army trapped the Soul Clan.

• Hun Tiandi used the joined Ancient Jade to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and Gu Yuan arrived with Karn and their companions.
• Karn warned Hun Tiandi to give up the cave dwelling, but Hun Tiandi attacked with the Emperor-Destroying Soul Palm, and Karn destroyed the attack and took Hun Tiandi's right arm.
• Hun Tiandi joined the Soul Clan's formation, but Karn opened a spatial rift and unleashed tens of thousands of Zerg Dou Sheng, who trapped the Soul Clan army.
• Void Devouring Flame fled while the Zerg Army attacked the Soul Clan, and Karn called Zhu Kun out from beneath the magma.
• Karn revealed Zi Yan's connection to Zhu Kun, but Zi Yan rejected him and clung to Tsunade, calling her the only person she would acknowledge as family.
• Karn led his group into Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling to obtain the Source Qi, with Zhu Kun following them.

Karn’s group plundered Ancient Emperor Tuo She’s Cave Dwelling, defeated the Soul Clan, and began reshaping the continent’s political order. After Karn refined Source Qi, his bloodline power surged, awakening similar changes in Tsunade and Hermione, while he sensed a new Source Qi space and the Great Thousand Planes.

• Karn collected the Heavenly Flames, hundreds of Heaven Tier techniques, the Embryonic Emperor Grade Pill, and Ancient Emperor Tuo She's stone statue before leaving the cave dwelling with the group.
• The Zerg Army overwhelmed the Soul Clan, and Gu Yuan entered the barrier to confront the weakened Hun Tiandi while Karn ordered the surviving Soul Clan members spared for reform.
• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the Pill Tower’s Ancestor Xuan Dan considered joining or cooperating with the alliance, while Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor parted to pursue their own plans.
• The Yan Clan, Lei Clan, and Pill Tower sought to join the Gu Clan-Karn Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and the Soul Clan was sentenced to reform through labor under supervision.
• Karn refined the Source Qi from Ancient Emperor Tuo She's statue, causing his bloodline genes to fuse and triggering a surge of power in Tsunade and Hermione.
• After emerging from seclusion, Karn sensed a newly formed space that produced Source Qi and felt a faint pull toward the Great Thousand Planes.

Tsunade became a Dou Di while the Karn Chamber of Commerce Alliance expanded across the Douqi Continent, and Karn offered Gu Xun'er Ancient Emperor Tuo She's inheritance. After leaving the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh with a newly formed Misfortune Poison Pill, the Little Fairy Doctor learned Xiao Yan was troubled and went to find him.

• Tsunade's emergence as a Dou Di drew powerful factions and cultivators to Alliance Holy City, where Zi Yan accepted their gifts while Tsunade secluded herself to master her strength.
• Hermione and Ya Fei organized the expanding alliance and Karn Chamber of Commerce as Karn visited Gu Xun'er, urged her to cultivate, and offered her Ancient Emperor Tuo She's inheritance.
• The Little Fairy Doctor formed a Misfortune Poison Pill, inherited the knowledge of a former Woeful Poison Body cultivator, and left the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh after reaching the Dou Sheng realm.
• In Wu Tan City, the Little Fairy Doctor learned from Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan had seemed listless and had gone searching for cultivation opportunities.
• The Little Fairy Doctor contacted Xiao Yan and traveled to the South Flame Mountain Range to meet him.

Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor discussed their futures after the Soul Clan’s destruction, Qinglin’s restricted freedom, and their plans to cultivate and gather poisons. Xiao Mei returned to Jia Nan City as an eight-star Dou Wang and invited Xiao Yu to meet someone, while Xiao Yu agreed to hear her out.

• Little Fairy Doctor reunited with Xiao Yan and explained that an inheritance and the Ten Thousand Poison Netherworld Flower had helped her become a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan described how the Karn Chamber of Commerce had changed the pill trade and admitted that he had lost motivation since the Soul Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor contacted Qinglin, who said she would be free after three years but had to speak carefully while serving her mistress.
• Xiao Yan planned to cultivate in the South Flame Mountain Range, while Little Fairy Doctor set out for the Black-Corner Region to collect poisons and investigate Xun’er’s influence over Qinglin’s situation.
• Xiao Mei returned to Jia Nan City as an eight-star Dou Wang and offered to introduce Xiao Yu to someone; Xiao Yu agreed to meet him.

Xiao Yu spent two days with Karn in Black Mark City and gradually began considering a relationship with him, though she remained conflicted about her feelings for someone else. Meanwhile, Little Fairy Doctor exchanged rare legacies for supplies and began refining poisons in a remote cave; the chapter ended with Karn entering Xiao Yu’s room to talk privately.

• Xiao Mei introduced Xiao Yu to Karn, and the three visited Black Mark City’s pet beast arena and other attractions.
• Xiao Yu struggled with whether to let go of the person she loved and slowly grew more attracted to Karn during their outings.
• Little Fairy Doctor exchanged rare Dou Sheng legacies for Contribution Points, bought more than thirty poisons, and applied to exchange for the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor began refining the poisons in a remote cave, causing her Woeful Poison Pill to draw in natural energy from the surrounding area.
• Karn drank with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, then used spatial magic to return them to their rooms and entered Xiao Yu’s room to speak with her privately.

Xiao Yu accepted her place beside Karn after he offered her and Xiao Mei powerful cultivation resources. The Little Fairy Doctor learned Qinglin wanted to leave Karn’s household and, seeking a way to save her, traded her own body to Karn for the Netherworld Poison Flame.

• Xiao Yu confronted Xiao Mei about joining her the previous night, then decided to remain with Karn and later accepted his gifts of techniques, pills, and cultivation resources.
• The Little Fairy Doctor completed her Woeful Poison Pill cultivation, reached three-star Dou Sheng, and traveled to meet Qinglin in Black Mark City.
• Qinglin confessed that she had become accustomed to Karn’s advances and feared she could no longer return to Xiao Yan; the Little Fairy Doctor promised to help and told her to act as though nothing had happened.
• The Little Fairy Doctor resolved to use the Woeful Poison Pill against Karn and approached Ya Fei to obtain the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• The Little Fairy Doctor signed Karn’s Soul Contract, offering her body in exchange for the Netherworld Poison Flame after she refined it, and said she would return in five days.

Little Fairy Doctor woke after losing her cultivation and vowed not to kill herself for Qinglin’s sake, while Karn and Tsunade made plans to visit Yoko. In the One-Punch Man World, Yoko, Naruto, and Sasuke attended a Hero Association meeting about Earth’s predicted crisis, where Yoko and Naruto suddenly erupted with overwhelming power.

• Little Fairy Doctor woke to Qinglin’s care, mourned her lost cultivation, and promised not to take her own life after seeing Qinglin’s distress.
• Karn and Tsunade agreed to visit Yoko after discussing their plans for the Douqi Continent and the Great Thousand World.
• Karn’s alliance expanded its influence, equipped the police with advanced armor, and prepared to track Void Devouring Flame as Gu Xun’er refined Heavenly Flames.
• Yoko accepted the Hero Association’s invitation to learn about Madame Shibabawa’s prediction, and she brought Naruto and Sasuke to its headquarters.
• Yoko and Naruto were suddenly engulfed in surging magic and chakra, while Sasuke summoned Susanoo and the heroes reacted in alarm.

Yoko and Naruto learned that their sudden power increases came from their Dou Di bloodlines, while Karn warned them about Saitama and urged Yoko to investigate God. The story then shifted to the Shinobi World, where Karn explained his daughters’ surging strength and former prisoners were released from a labor camp, including a ninja determined to return to Kurenai.

• Yoko and Naruto apologized to Sitch after their power surged, and Flashy Flash and Tatsumaki challenged them to spar.
• Yoko rejected the Hero Association’s proposed cooperation, while Bang decided to retire from it and teach his martial art.
• Karn explained that Naruto and Yoko’s Dou Di bloodlines had caused their strength to increase, and he identified Bald Cape as Earth’s strongest hero.
• Karn told Yoko to investigate God and the Black Cubes after discussing the Chamber of Commerce’s findings about monster transformations.
• In the Shinobi World, Karn explained his daughters’ explosive chakra growth to the people who had gathered at the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• More than a hundred prisoners completed their labor terms and were released, including a bearded ninja who said he was returning to Kurenai.

After being released from the Labor Camp, Asuma Sarutobi returned to a transformed Federal Land of Fire and learned that his actions had damaged the Sarutobi Clan and changed Kurenai Yuhi’s life. He rushed toward the Daimyo’s Mansion to confront her and found her with a young daughter, leaving their reunion unresolved.

• Asuma Sarutobi returned to the Federal Land of Fire Capital, where Konohamaru Sarutobi warned him that his past actions had cost many Sarutobi Clan members the chance to become ninja and gave him money and a communicator.
• Karn told Uchiha Mikoto that Sasuke was away on a mission, then authorized Sakura Haruno to pursue Chakra Modification so she could apply for a mission with Sasuke.
• Konohamaru told Asuma Sarutobi that Kurenai Yuhi had been seen entering the Daimyo's Mansion with a child, and Asuma refused to believe it.
• Asuma Sarutobi used ninjutsu despite the law and evaded interception squads as he rushed toward the Daimyo's Mansion.
• Asuma Sarutobi found Kurenai Yuhi holding a little blond girl and called out to her; Kurenai turned in surprise and asked what he was doing there.

Kurenai Yuhi confronted Asuma Sarutobi after his release, stopped his attack with genjutsu, and had him exiled, then discussed the incident with Karn. Karn began planning to recruit and train personnel for the Karn Chamber of Commerce, while Gu Xun'er prepared to pursue the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.

• Kurenai Yuhi told Asuma Sarutobi that Hotaru Yuhi was her daughter and ended their relationship, while the Security Force surrounded him for unauthorized chakra use.
• Asuma Sarutobi tried to burn Kurenai Yuhi and Hotaru Yuhi with Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning, but Kurenai trapped him in a genjutsu and knocked him unconscious.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked the Security Force to send Asuma Sarutobi away; they took him to Glacier Island after he had lost his chakra.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Karn about Asuma, and Karn said he trusted her to decide what to do; the next day, Karn planned to train talented recruits for branches of his commerce group in other worlds.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er that the Pure Lotus Demon Flame's seal had weakened, and she prepared to set out to refine it.

Gu Xun'er refined the Pure Lotus Demon Flame and reached the late-stage seven-star Dou Sheng level, then hurried toward the Northwestern Continent after reading Karn’s message. In Black Mark City, the Little Fairy Doctor faced Qinglin’s pleas to reconsider her decision about the pregnancy.

• Gu Xun'er met Yan Jin, Gu Yuan, and the Pill Tower’s Ancestor Xuan Dan near the Demon Fire Space, where Xiao Yan saw how far her cultivation surpassed his.
• Gu Xun'er entered the Demon Fire Space with Gu Yuan and the others, while Karn remained on the Douqi Continent as several of his companions cultivated in seclusion.
• Gu Xun'er emerged two months later after refining the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, reaching late-stage seven-star Dou Sheng and Heavenly Realm Great Perfection in soul strength.
• Gu Xun'er read Karn’s message, grew upset that he had not sent another, and hurried toward the Northwestern Continent.
• Qinglin urged the Little Fairy Doctor to reconsider ending her pregnancy, but the Little Fairy Doctor closed her eyes and refused to be persuaded.

Little Fairy Doctor agreed to give birth to Karn’s child in exchange for her Woeful Poison Pill and freedom, while Karn’s allies hunted Void Devouring Flame and prepared to break through to Dou Di using Source Qi. The chapter ended as Little Fairy Doctor went into labor.

• Karn offered Little Fairy Doctor her Woeful Poison Pill and freedom if she gave birth, and she agreed on condition that she could take the child with her.
• Karn returned Little Fairy Doctor’s Woeful Poison Pill and Contribution Crystal Card, then Gu Xun’er arrived at the Karn Chamber of Commerce and found her there.
• A month later, Gu Xun’er tracked down Void Devouring Flame, sealed him with Emperor Flame, and later emerged from seclusion as a nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Medusa and Ichikishimahime returned from the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring stronger, and Karn opened five spatial passages to bring Source Qi to the Douqi Continent.
• Little Fairy Doctor restored her cultivation, refined her Woeful Poison Body with Source Qi, and hid her condition from Xiao Yan when he contacted her.
• Little Fairy Doctor’s labor pains suddenly intensified, and she grabbed Karn to tell him that the child was coming.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran traveled to Poison Dragon Pool on a training mission, where they encountered Little Fairy Doctor and learned that she had a daughter with Karn. After keeping the secret and leaving with the Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s core, they left Little Fairy Doctor to consider joining Karn’s expedition to the Great Thousand World in six months.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran approached the Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s lair and were injured when Little Fairy Doctor mistook them for intruders.
• Little Fairy Doctor healed the two women, revealed she had killed the late eighth-tier Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast, and gave them its core for their mission.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran learned that Little Fairy Doctor’s daughter, Feixian, was not Xiao Yan’s child, and promised to keep the encounter secret.
• Karn arrived, prompting Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to leave; Nalan Yanran later guessed that Karn was Feixian’s father.
• Karn told Little Fairy Doctor that the chamber would depart for the Great Thousand World in six months and asked her to join him.