Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yun killed Wu Tong, used the spoils to break through to the late stage of the Heavenly Connection Realm, and followed a map toward the battlefield’s greatest place of opportunity. He and his companions reached an ancient complex where powerful cultivators were gathering, as a Flame Demon Clan force entered the ruins to recover a lord’s corpse.

• Jiang Yun killed Wu Tong, recovered his storage bracelet, and left the pill chamber with Zi Yan and Medusa while the remaining cultivators resumed fighting the Pill Beasts.
• Jiang Yun consumed a Heavenly Connection Pill and broke through to the late stage of the Heavenly Connection Realm.
• Jiang Yun activated an ancient map from Wu Tong’s bracelet, found the ruins’ central complex, and set out there with Zi Yan and Medusa.
• A Flame Demon Clan group entered the battlefield ruins and was ordered by its leader to recover a lord’s corpse without jeopardizing the mission.
• Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Medusa reached the ancient complex, where cultivators had gathered and Wu Ming proposed joining forces to break through a spatial restriction.

Jiang Yun entered the Great Hall with Zi Yan and Medusa after the gathered experts shattered its spatial seal. When two lecherous cultivators attacked them over a treasure room, Jiang Yun killed both Huang brothers and prepared to investigate the room.

• Wu Ming, Li Yan, Huo Du, and the other experts joined forces to break the Great Hall's Space Seal, then rushed inside as the crowd followed.
• Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Medusa followed the Treasure-Seeking Dragon through the passages to a sealed room, which Jiang Yun opened with his Soul Power.
• The Huang brothers arrived and threatened Jiang Yun while leering at Zi Yan and Medusa, so the women blocked their escape routes.
• Jiang Yun used the White Tiger Divine Seal to kill Huang Wu, passing through his attack unharmed after stunning him with a flash of violet light.
• Jiang Yun defeated Huang Wei with the Vermilion Bird Seal, burned him to death with black flame, and then invited Zi Yan and Medusa to inspect the treasure.

Jiang Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan discovered a blood pool that could strengthen them, and each entered it to cultivate. Jiang Yun reached the peak of the heavenly connection realm, Medusa completed her body tribulation, and he agreed to create a protective array for the Snake-People Tribe while Zi Yan continued cultivating.

• Jiang Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan found a blood pool filled with powerful energy among the skeletal remains and entered it to cultivate.
• Jiang Yun endured the pool's painful energy, strengthened his body, and broke through to the peak of the heavenly connection realm after ten days.
• Three days later, Medusa emerged from the pool after completing her body tribulation and asked Jiang Yun to create a Clan Protection Array for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Jiang Yun agreed to help Medusa, and she explained that Little Nine had become her symbiotic divine soul and might eventually form a separate body.
• Jiang Yun and Medusa watched Zi Yan's aura grow stronger as she continued cultivating at the bottom of the blood pool.

Jiang Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan reached Fallen Saint Mountain, but abandoned their search for the inheritance after seven days of unchanging storms and pressure. When they returned to the gathering place, they found the gathered experts slaughtering one another under the influence of Xin Kui of the Heart Demon Clan and the Flame Demon Clan.

• Zi Yan broke through to the Body Tribulation stage after Jiang Yun gave her an Immortal Spirit Pill, and the three traveled to Fallen Saint Mountain.
• At the mountain, Jiang Yun's group found shattered space and overwhelming pressure that kept everyone from reaching the peaks, so they waited seven days before deciding to leave.
• A sudden disturbance erupted at the gathering place, where Jiang Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan discovered the gathered experts fighting in a deadly frenzy.
• Jiang Yun recognized Wu Ming using Nine Heavens of the Thunder Dao and saw Li Yan and Huo Du wreaking havoc amid the fighting.
• Xin Kui and the Flame Demon Clan watched from black mist as Xin Kui's Heart Demon Clan divine arts drove the experts to slaughter one another.

Jiang Yun exposed Xin Kui’s mind-manipulation and helped the Great Thousand World fighters turn against the Flame Demon Clan. As the battle erupted, Xin Kui confronted Jiang Yun, and Medusa stepped forward to defend him.

• Xin Kui discovered Jiang Yun and attacked, but Jiang Yun’s purple chain pierced Xin Kui’s Heartmind Realm barrier and ended his control over the fighters.
• The Flame Demon Clan commander revealed that Xin Kui had magnified the fighters’ dark thoughts, and Li Yan’s attempt to reach Sovereign strength ended with him being blasted back by the commander.
• Huo Du rallied the Great Thousand World fighters and led their charge against hundreds of Flame Demon Clan members.
• Jiang Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan prepared to join the battle, but Xin Kui approached Jiang Yun and demanded to know his clan’s identity.
• Medusa blocked Xin Kui with her sword and vowed to protect Jiang Yun, prompting Xin Kui to threaten all three of them.

Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Medusa fought Xin Kui, using their combined attacks and Jiang Yun’s formation to drive him back. As the battle’s balance shifted, the Flame Demon commander activated a demonic array underground and announced that their king would return.

• Xin Kui unleashed his evil aura and attacked Medusa, Zi Yan, and Little Nine with the Soul Devouring Hand, but Little Nine transformed into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and Zi Yan revealed herself as a member of the True Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan and Medusa coordinated their attacks against Xin Kui, disrupting his spatial tricks and briefly petrifying him with Medusa’s Gaze.
• Jiang Yun used Spirit Seals to form a vast array and summoned the Demonic Flame Divine Statue, then struck Xin Kui with its giant fist while Zi Yan and Medusa attacked alongside him.
• Xin Kui summoned the Demon Emperor Sacred Statue, but Jiang Yun’s formation-powered attacks forced him backward and left him depleted.
• The Flame Demon commander ignored Xin Kui’s call for help, found the place he was searching for, and activated a black demonic array that sent black flames underground as he called for gifts to celebrate their king’s return.

A revived Demon Emperor began absorbing the Flame Demon Clan’s power and overwhelmed the battlefield, while Wan Huo the Great’s lingering will struggled against him. With escape sealed off, Jiang Yun stayed with Zi Yan and Medusa as they faced the threat.

• A Demon Emperor’s corpse rose from beneath the battlefield, and the Flame Demon Clan’s commander declared their ancestor’s return.
• A red-clad figure identified as Wan Huo the Great appeared from a sea of fire and confronted the demonic silhouette.
• The Flame Demon clansmen sacrificed themselves to empower the Demon Emperor, whose recovered hand fused with his body as the commander also gave his life.
• Huo Du tried to escape with a Boundary-Breaking Shuttle, but every attempt to break through the sealed boundary failed.
• Zi Yan kissed Jiang Yun and confessed her feelings, then teased Medusa, who rejected her invitation.
• Jiang Yun watched Wan Huo the Great’s sea of fire being forced back by the Demon Emperor’s growing power.

Wan Huo the Great awakened to battle the Flame Demon Commander and recognized Jiang Yun’s connection to the Flame Mantra. When Wan Huo tried to draw Jiang Yun into the fight, Qing Ming intervened and protected him, leaving Wan Huo facing the fully empowered demon.

• The Flame Demon Commander attacked Wan Huo the Great, whose lingering will awakened and repelled the demonic seal.
• Wan Huo recognized Huo Du as a descendant of the Fire Spirit Clan and gave him the Fire Control Art.
• Wan Huo asked Jiang Yun to help defeat the demon, but Jiang Yun refused and urged him to choose Huo Du instead.
• Wan Huo tried to pull Jiang Yun toward him, but Qing Ming’s Azure Nether Tower knocked Wan Huo’s will away and sheltered Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Medusa.
• Qing Ming dodged Wan Huo’s compressed fireball, which destroyed a mountain range, as the Flame Demon Commander approached after finishing gathering his power.

Wan Huo the Great and the Flame Demon commander fought as their ruined world collapsed, while Xin Kui and the commander planned to search for Jiang Yun. Jiang Yun returned to the Gate of Life and Death with Zi Yan and Medusa, reuniting with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian before explaining that they had to return to cultivating Dou Qi.

• Wan Huo the Great attacked the Flame Demon commander, and their clash destroyed the small world as Wan Huo self-destructed.
• The Flame Demon commander lost his temporary Heavenly Sovereign power and failed to capture Huo Du, who escaped with the others using a Spatial Jade Slip.
• Xin Kui persuaded the Flame Demon commander to have the Fire Evil Clan help search for Jiang Yun and the remaining Ancient Battlefield fragments.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian waited for Jiang Yun and Zi Yan to return, and Qing Lin revealed that she had reached Nine-Star Dou Wang.
• Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Medusa arrived through a spatial rift and reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Jiang Yun told Medusa and Zi Yan that they had to switch back to the Dou Qi system because the Dou Qi Continent lacked a source of Spiritual Energy.

Jiang Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan returned to the Dou Qi cultivation system, broke through to Dou Zun, and left the Gate of Life and Death with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. In Jia Ma Holy City, Jiang Yun encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to enter the upcoming Alchemist Tournament.

• Jiang Yun persuaded Medusa and Zi Yan to switch back to Dou Qi cultivation, and all three restored their strength in the Gate of Life and Death.
• Jiang Yun reached Nine-Star Dou Zong, Zi Yan became a two-star Dou Zun, and Medusa reached peak Three-Star Dou Zun, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian arrived to greet them.
• Jiang Yun discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Three-Star Dou Emperor and learned that the Bodhi Seed had helped her cultivate without bottlenecks.
• Jiang Yun and the four women left the Gate of Life and Death, and Yun Yun received his farewell message but missed him before he departed Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Jiang Yun and his companions visited Jia Ma Holy City during preparations for the Alchemist Tournament, and he persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to compete.

Xiao Yan arrived in Jia Ma Holy City for the Alchemist Tournament and his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, but Jiang Yun and his companions overwhelmed him with their presence. Jiang Yun recognized a strange flame within Xiao Yan, then returned to the Mittel estate, where Hai Bodong reported that major events had unfolded across the Northwest Continent.

• Xiao Yan entered Jia Ma Holy City determined to confront Nalan Yanran and compete in the Alchemist Tournament, while Yao Chen urged him to stay focused.
• Xiao Yi Xian earned her third-grade alchemist badge, and Jiang Yun's group congratulated her before leaving the Alchemist Guild.
• Jiang Yun and the four women stared at Xiao Yan as they passed, frightening him and causing Yao Chen to hide; Jiang Yun noticed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame within Xiao Yan.
• Jiang Yun's group returned to the Mittel Family estate, where Hai Bodong recoiled at the sight of Queen Medusa and thanked Jiang Yun for restoring his strength.
• Jiang Yun gave Hai Bodong a Sixth Grade Ice Spirit Pill and asked about recent events, prompting Hai Bodong to say that much had happened across the Northwest Continent.

Jiang Yun learned that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s fall had triggered wars across the Northwest Continent, while the Snake-People Tribe remained safe. Medusa returned to her people, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Alchemist Tournament, which began with the Bone-Regenerating Pill qualifying round.

• Hai Bodong told Jiang Yun that the Mulan and Luo Yan Empires had conquered the weakened Chu Yun Empire and later attacked the Jia Ma Empire, where Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan drove them back.
• Hai Bodong reported that war was spreading across the Northwest Continent but that the Snake-People Tribe had not been attacked; Jiang Yun reassured Medusa and promised to visit after the tournament.
• Hai Bodong said a mysterious black-robed figure had visited the Imperial Family while Jia Xingtian recovered, and Jiang Yun deduced that the figure was Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Jiang Yun and his companions traveled to the Royal Plaza, where he greeted the assembled alchemists and officials before Xiao Yi Xian joined the contestants.
• Fa Ma opened the Alchemist Tournament, and the contestants began refining the second-tier Bone-Regenerating Pill; Xiao Yi Xian used the Myriad Beast Cauldron while Xiao Yan watched enviously before starting his own pill.

Xiao Yi Xian won the Alchemist Tournament, while Xiao Yan prepared to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement. As Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, Jiang Yun and his companions watched from concealment, and Yun Yi set out for the Jia Ma Empire after learning that the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army was heading toward the Northwest Continent.

• Xiao Yi Xian advanced through the tournament rounds and won first place by refining a fifth-grade Qi-Gathering Pill, earning the recipe for the sixth-grade Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Yan used the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill to advance to two-star Da Dou Shi, then set out for Misty Cloud Mountain to fulfill his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yi ordered Qin Tian to head for the Jia Ma Empire after hearing that the Gu Clan’s Black Annihilation Army had left the Southern Region.
• Jiang Yun brought Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to watch the Three-Year Agreement from a concealed position above the Misty Cloud Sect’s Great Hall.
• Xiao Yan arrived before the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples as Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong watched from nearby trees.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to settle their broken engagement, with Xiao Yan winning after revealing a Heavenly Flame and unleashing Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus. Nalan Yanran acknowledged his victory, leaving their past conflict settled.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed to decide their dispute in a life-or-death match, and they began fighting before the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran gained the upper hand with her stronger cultivation, but Xiao Yan revealed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and then a second flame.
• Xiao Yan fused the two flames into Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, while Nalan Yanran unleashed Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance.
• Their attacks collided and devastated the arena, so Yun Yun and the elders formed a defensive barrier as Yun Yun rescued Nalan Yanran.
• After the smoke cleared, Nalan Yanran lay injured in Yun Yun's arms while Xiao Yan remained standing, and she admitted that he had won.

After defeating Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan left the Three-Year Agreement behind, but the celebration ended when the Hall of Souls arrived to threaten the Jia Ma Empire. Yun Yi revealed that he had come seeking Jiang Yun, and the chapter ended as Jiang Yun’s attack collided with Yun Yi’s black hole, devastating the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Yun stopped Nalan Yanran from killing herself, and Xiao Yan declared that their entanglement was over before leaving with the Black Heavy Ruler.
• Jiang Yun and Zi Yan sensed powerful arrivals, while Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that the Hall of Souls could destroy the Jia Ma Empire.
• Venerable Qin Tian, Venerable Qing Hai, Qiu Dragon Venerable, and Yun Yi emerged from a spatial passage with Hall of Souls forces, and Qin Tian announced they had come to destroy the empire.
• Yun Yi recognized Yao Chen but said he had come to wait for someone else, then targeted Jiang Yun with a gigantic black hole.
• Jiang Yun answered with a dragon-shaped attack formed from Spirit Seals, and the collision unleashed an energy storm that battered the Misty Cloud Sect.

Jiang Yun and Zi Yan confronted Yun Yi and the Hall of Souls on Misty Cloud Mountain, where their identities and strength stirred alarm among the gathered fighters. Zi Yan battled the Devouring Heavenly Corpse while Jiang Yun faced Yun Yi, and their clash began with Yun Yi’s halberd sweeping toward him.

• Jiang Yun blocked Yun Yi’s attack, and Yun Yi deduced that Jiang Yun was an Eighth-Tier Alchemist connected to Senior Shennong.
• Yun Yi threatened the group, then ordered Qin Tian to attack the Jia Ma Empire and tried to seize Xiao Yan’s Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Zi Yan hurled her Dragon-Headed Long Spear of Amethyst at Qin Tian, but Yun Yi intercepted it with his halberd and identified her as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Yun Yi ordered Qin Tian to subdue the Jia Ma Empire while he held off Jiang Yun and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan charged Yun Yi, but the Devouring Heavenly Corpse intercepted her and traded blows with her spear.
• Jiang Yun accepted Yun Yi’s challenge, and the two clashed in the sky as Yun Yi swung his Great Halberd at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun fought Yun Yi while the Hall of Souls attacked the people gathered at Misty Cloud Mountain and Jia Ma Holy City. Yao Chen burned his soul to unleash a Heaven-Rank Dou Technique, but Yun Yi devoured it and ordered the attack to continue.

• Jiang Yun and Yun Yi exchanged powerful attacks while Qin Tian, Qing Hai, and Qiu Long led the Hall of Souls in surrounding the Jia Ma Empire’s defenders.
• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan to fight off the attackers, but Xiao Yan’s body weakened under the strain, and Yao Chen sent him a farewell before confronting the three Venerables.
• Yao Chen reached the Heaven Realm by burning his soul and summoned a great cauldron that overwhelmed the Venerables’ attacks and began descending on the Hall of Souls.
• Yun Yi appeared and held up the cauldron, then used his Devouring Black Hole to consume it, leaving Yao Chen weakened.
• Xiao Yan refused to abandon Yao Chen, while Jiang Yun reassured Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that his injuries were minor.
• Yun Yi ordered the Hall of Souls to kill Yao Chen, and Qin Tian sent a giant black-energy palm toward the crowd.

Gu Xun'er arrived with the Gu Clan's Black Annihilation Army and a Gu elder to protect Xiao Yan, but Yun Yi confronted her and escalated the dispute into a clash between the Gu Clan and the Hall of Souls. The chapter ended with both sides facing off after Yun Yi demanded that Gu Xun'er apologize to him.

• A Gu elder appeared before Xiao Yan and shattered Qin Tian's attack, while Gu Xun'er arrived with the Black Annihilation Army and reunited her gaze with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yi mocked Gu Xun'er's threat against the Hall of Souls, prompting a Black Annihilation Army member to attack him.
• Yun Yi overwhelmed the attacker with a flaming punch, and Gu Qingyang used the Earth-Overturning Seal before Gu Xu intervened to protect him.
• Blood River Venerable appeared beside Yun Yi, and the Gu Clan and Hall of Souls forces sized each other up.
• Yun Yi demanded that Gu Xun'er apologize and threatened the other Gu Clan members, while Gu Qingyang accused him of going too far.

Yun Yi forced Gu Xun'er to apologize by threatening Xiao Yan, while Blood River Heavenly Venerate killed two Gu Clan elders in battle. The Hall of Souls withdrew, leaving the Gu Clan to reckon with Yun Yi as a formidable enemy and Gu Xun'er to turn toward Xiao Yan.

• Blood River Heavenly Venerate used a blood secret art to overwhelm Gu Xu and another Gu Clan elder, then killed them despite Gu Xun'er conceding to Yun Yi.
• Yun Yi threatened that a battle between Dou Sheng experts could harm Xiao Yan, forcing Gu Xun'er to apologize on behalf of her clan.
• Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan learned that the two elders had died, and she confronted Yun Yi while golden flames burned in her eyes.
• Yun Yi ordered Blood River Heavenly Venerate to spare the remaining Gu Clan members, and the Hall of Souls departed through a spatial passage.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen concluded that Yun Yi was already their enemy, while Gu Xun'er looked toward Misty Cloud Mountain and called for Xiao Yan.

Gu Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan and gave him a Soul-Nourishing Branch to help Yao Chen recover, while Jiang Yun met Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen. That night, Gu Zhen invited Xiao Yan to talk privately in the courtyard.

• Gu Xun'er arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain and reunited warmly with Xiao Yan, while Jiang Yun teased Zi Yan and listened as Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian discussed how to keep him in line.
• After Yao Chen's Soul Power was badly damaged, Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Yan a precious Soul-Nourishing Branch, which he accepted for his teacher's recovery.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen approached Jiang Yun, who denied being Senior Shennong's disciple before leaving with Zi Yan and the others.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen discussed Jiang Yun and Xiao Yan, while the Jia Ma Empire housed Xiao Yan and the Gu Clan after the day's events.
• That night, Gu Zhen invited Xiao Yan to sit with him and apologized for the Black Annihilation Army's behavior toward him.