Chapter Summaries

Hai Bodong accepted the Time Wheel Hourglass, a Chaos Seed that let him travel between worlds, and arrived in the Jie Mo Ren Universe. There, Queen Medusa’s seal weakened, allowing him to recover to Two-Star Dou Emperor, though the world’s scarce ambient energy threatened to hinder his further progress.

• After failing to break the Serpent Seal, Hai Bodong heard Chaos Tide: Qing offer him power and found a golden hourglass in his sea of consciousness.
• Hai Bodong learned that the Time Wheel Hourglass could take him to another world and that its fusion had given him a Divine Blood Realm.
• Hai Bodong activated the hourglass and vanished from the Dou Qi Continent, arriving on an azure planet in the Jie Mo Ren Universe.
• Hai Bodong found Queen Medusa’s seal weakened by the new world’s laws and broke it, recovering his cultivation to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong realized the world’s ambient energy was scarce and that restoring his former Five-Star strength through cultivation could take decades.

After exploring another world for a year, Hai Bodong returned to the Dou Qi Continent and went back to the Mittel Family. He reunited with Mite'er Tengshan and arrived at a reception where the family elders had gathered to hear of his return.

• Hai Bodong reflected on his year in the other world and returned to the Ice Cellar of the Mocheng Map Shop to cultivate in richer energy.
• Hai Bodong left Mocheng and flew for three days to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where he made his way into the Miter Auction House.
• Hai Bodong asked the guards to summon Mite'er Tengshan and revealed that he was the Mittel Family's Supreme Elder.
• Mite'er Tengshan recognized Hai Bodong, and Hai Bodong was surprised to learn Tengshan had reached three-star Dou Wang.
• Hai Bodong had Mite'er Tengshan report on the Mittel Family's development and current challenges as they headed to the family headquarters.
• The Mittel Family elders gathered in the reception hall and watched Hai Bodong respectfully as he took the seat of honor.

Hai Bodong returned to the Mittel Family and sought Pill King Gu He’s help to restore his strength. After Gu He refined a Fu Zi Ling Pill, Hai Bodong received it from Nalan Yanran in exchange for information about the Green Lotus Core Flame and prepared to take the pill.

• Hai Bodong told Miter Tengshan to continue managing the Mittel Family after praising how he had led it during Hai Bodong’s absence.
• Hai Bodong visited the Misty Cloud Sect and asked Gu He for a way to resolve the abnormality weakening his Dou Qi.
• Gu He offered to refine a Fu Zi Ling Pill if Hai Bodong supplied the ingredients and owed him a favor, and Hai Bodong accepted.
• Half a month later, Nalan Yanran delivered the Fu Zi Ling Pill to Hai Bodong at the Miter Auction House.
• Hai Bodong gave Nalan Yanran information about the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert as repayment for Gu He’s favor.
• Hai Bodong summoned Miter Tengshan, then entered a concealed chamber to prepare to consume the pill and restore his cultivation.

Hai Bodong recovered his peak five-star Dou Emperor cultivation and refused Gu He's request to escort him into the Tagor Desert. Nalan Yanran asked Hai Bodong to mediate her plan to annul her engagement to Xiao Yan, and he went with her to speak with Nalan Jie.

• Hai Bodong broke through the seal's aftereffects and recovered his peak five-star Dou Emperor cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Hai Bodong on Gu He's behalf and asked him to escort Gu He to the Tagor Desert to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Hai Bodong refused because of Queen Medusa.
• Nalan Yanran asked Hai Bodong to mediate her plan to annul her childhood engagement to Xiao Yan, citing Xiao Yan's low cultivation and her status as Misty Cloud Sect's young sect master.
• Hai Bodong offered to explain the matter to Nalan Jie, and Nalan Yanran reluctantly agreed to go with him to the Nalan Family residence.
• Hai Bodong and Nalan Yanran met Nalan Jie and Nalan Su in the Nalan Family reception hall to discuss annulling the engagement.

Hai Bodong agreed to help Nalan Yanran break off her engagement and brought her to the Xiao Family in Wutan City to meet Xiao Zhan. Xiao Yan was summoned to greet the distinguished guests, leaving the engagement matter poised to be discussed.

• Hai Bodong persuaded Nalan Jie to let him handle Nalan Yanran's engagement and accepted the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as a gift.
• Hai Bodong flew with Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Family's residence and announced that they had come to meet Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in his room, discovered that his Dou Qi had diminished again, and was summoned to the reception hall.
• Xiao Yan entered the hall, greeted Xiao Zhan and the Elders, and took a seat among the gathered guests.

Hai Bodong helped Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrange a way to end their engagement without bringing disgrace on the Xiao Family, then discovered that Xiao Yan’s mother’s ring had been preventing his Dou Qi cultivation from advancing. After leaving Xiao Yan with the ring, Hai Bodong went to rest at the Miter Auction House in Wutan City.

• Hai Bodong met Xiao Yan privately and proposed that he dissolve his engagement with Nalan Yanran while the Xiao Family claimed he had fallen for someone else.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong to investigate why his cultivation had stalled, and Hai Bodong examined him before noticing his ancient black ring.
• Xiao Yan removed the ring and cultivated, discovering that it had caused his Dou Qi to regress; Hai Bodong took the ring with him.
• Gu Xun’er arrived, and Hai Bodong left Xiao Yan with her before explaining the arrangement to Nalan Yanran and departing the Xiao Family.
• Hai Bodong decided to stay in Wutan City and visit the Miter Auction House rather than return to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

Hai Bodong settled into the Miter Auction House in Wutan City and used the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Birth to awaken the soul inside Xiao Yan’s Ancient Ring. The soul revealed himself as Venerable Yao and explained his plans for Xiao Yan and the Eight Ancient Clans, leaving Hai Bodong with a legendary alchemist as his captive guest.

• Hai Bodong presented his Supreme Elder token at the Miter Auction House, and Ya Fei and Gu Ni arranged a room for him.
• Hai Bodong infused the Ancient Ring with the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Birth, causing Yao Chen’s Soul Body to emerge.
• Hai Bodong recognized Yao Chen as Venerable Yao, and Yao Chen explained that he had planned to take Xiao Yan as his disciple.
• Yao Chen told Hai Bodong that Xiao Yan’s lover seemed connected to one of the Eight Ancient Clans and explained the clans’ Dou Di ancestry and power.

Hai Bodong traveled to the Monster Mountain Range with Old Yao to find a secluded place where Old Yao could refine an Emperor Pill. After settling in a hidden valley, Hai Bodong gave Old Yao the ingredients and stood guard as the alchemist prepared to begin.

• Old Yao shared stories with Hai Bodong, and the two grew closer during their conversation.
• Hai Bodong set out for the Monster Mountain Range and, guided by Old Yao, found a secluded valley near Qingshan Town.
• Hai Bodong chopped down trees and built a three-story wooden house to serve as their shelter for the coming months.
• Old Yao told Hai Bodong he hoped to return to Starfall Pavilion in the Tian Xing Mountain Range after Hai Bodong settled his affairs.
• Hai Bodong gave Old Yao four sets of ingredients for a sixth-tier high-grade Emperor Pill, and Old Yao summoned his black medicinal cauldron to begin refining.

Old Yao used the Black Demon Cauldron and Bone Spirit Cold Flame to refine an Emperor Pill while Hai Bodong watched. After the pill formed, Old Yao handed it to Hai Bodong, who examined the rare high-grade sixth-grade pill with excitement.

• Hai Bodong recognized Old Yao's cauldron as the Black Demon, ranked eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, and explained that Fama had told him about it.
• Old Yao learned that Fama remained a Peak Fifth Grade alchemist and then began refining the Emperor Pill.
• Old Yao used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to burn the medicinal ingredients in the Black Demon Cauldron through the night.
• The crimson Emperor Pill formed the next morning, and Old Yao contained its energy ripples with a soul-power barrier.
• Old Yao examined the finished pill and tossed it to Hai Bodong, who caught it and marveled at his first Emperor Pill.

After Hai Bodong broke through to seven-star Dou Emperor, Yao Chen accepted him as a nominal disciple and gave him the Earth Rank Low Ice Muscle Jade Bone Art. Hai Bodong converted to the new art and began testing whether a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Flame could awaken the divine blood within him.

• Hai Bodong absorbed Yao Chen's Emperor Pill and advanced two stars to seven-star Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong asked for an Earth Rank ice cultivation art, and Yao Chen agreed to teach him one if he became a nominal disciple.
• Yao Chen gave Hai Bodong the Ice Muscle Jade Bone Art, which could improve his cultivation aptitude through body tempering.
• Hai Bodong converted to the new art and noticed his Divine Blood Realm remained unawakened on his Attribute Panel.
• Suspecting a Heavenly Flame might awaken his divine blood, Hai Bodong asked Yao Chen for a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Flame and began refining it after taking pills from Fa Ma.

After absorbing a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Hai Bodong confirmed that his divine blood could awaken further through Heavenly Flames and told Yao Chen about his unusual constitution. They planned to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert, but Hai Bodong first set out to challenge the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and temper his recently strengthened Dou Qi.

• Hai Bodong absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame sub-flame and saw that his Divine Blood Realm had reached the First Realm (Divine Blood Awakening).
• Hai Bodong told Yao Chen that he could accommodate multiple Heavenly Flames, and Yao Chen promised to make him his personal disciple if Hai Bodong could help him obtain a suitable new body.
• Hai Bodong and Yao Chen planned to stabilize his pill-strengthened Dou Qi in the Monster Mountain Range before traveling to the Tagor Desert to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Hai Bodong fought fifth-tier magical beasts for several days, then prepared to challenge the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, a sixth-tier magical beast.
• Hai Bodong flew to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's mountain and provoked it with his seven-star Dou Huang aura, bringing the beast roaring from its cave.

Hai Bodong fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in the sky, overpowering it with ice techniques until it feigned defeat and launched a sealing attack. Sensing the danger, Hai Bodong summoned Old Yao, whose possession raised his strength to two-star Dou Zong.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King emerged from its cave, challenged Hai Bodong, and clashed with him after he attacked with an icy spear.
• Hai Bodong blocked the lion king’s purple flame with Myriad Flowers Ice Mirror, then struck it with Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar and sent it falling from the cliff.
• The lion king pretended to be dead and launched Purple Crystal Seal at Hai Bodong from its beast horn.
• Hai Bodong sensed the seal’s power and called on Old Yao, who possessed him and raised his aura from seven-star Dou Huang to two-star Dou Zong.

Old Yao possessed Hai Bodong to kill the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, after which Hai Bodong looted its cave and encountered Xiao Yi Xian in his valley. After keeping her there, he used the cave’s fire-attributed treasures to break through to Eight-star Dou Huang.

• Old Yao, possessing Hai Bodong, destroyed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s attack, forced it to choose between death and becoming a mount, then killed it when it tried to flee.
• Old Yao took the beast’s Sixth-grade Demonic Core and returned control to Hai Bodong, who harvested the corpse and searched its cave.
• Hai Bodong collected the cave’s Purple Crystals, killed the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion that attacked him, and took the Purple Spirit Crystals and Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Hai Bodong returned to his valley and found Xiao Yi Xian and her flying beast Xiao Lan; he ordered Xiao Yi Xian to stay with him or be killed, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Hai Bodong spent half a month absorbing the crystals’ energy, drank the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and broke through to Eight-star Dou Huang.

Hai Bodong learned from Old Yao that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the dangerous Calamity Poison Body and explained its risks and cure to her. Xiao Yi Xian agreed to join the Mittel Family and asked Hai Bodong to accompany her to a cave she had discovered.

• After allowing Xiao Yi Xian to gather herbs, Hai Bodong heard Old Yao identify her constitution as the Calamity Poison Body.
• Old Yao explained that consuming poison rapidly strengthened its possessors but could eventually cause a fatal eruption, and described a Poison Pill Method that could control it.
• Hai Bodong decided to recruit Xiao Yi Xian into the Mittel Family and told her about her constitution and the method to control it.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Hai Bodong's invitation to join the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Hai Bodong to accompany her to explore a cave in the Monster Mountain Range, and he agreed.

Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave, where they found treasure and a remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After opening the stone boxes, they left for the Miter Auction House headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian carrying the items she wanted.

• Hai Bodong cleared the cave entrance, and he and Xiao Yi Xian entered the hidden chamber.
• Hai Bodong collected medicinal herbs, then gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring filled with herbs and gold coins and welcomed her as a junior of the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong took the skeleton's keys and, at Old Yao's prompting, discovered a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remnant map hidden in its bone arm.
• Hai Bodong used the keys to open three stone boxes containing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Eagle's Wing, and Roaring Lion Chant.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Eagle's Wing, and they set out for the Miter Auction House headquarters.

Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Hai introduced her to the Mittel Family and asked Miter Tengshan to gather ingredients for a Sect Breaking Pill and treasures that could nourish the soul. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong, Tengshan, and Xiao Yi Xian sharing tea at the family estate.

• Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Jia Ma Imperial Capital after Xiao Lan advanced to a second-tier magical beast.
• Hai Bodong entered the capital by air, startling the gate soldiers and drawing the attention of residents and local experts.
• Hai Bodong landed near the Miter Auction House and identified himself to its guards as the Mittel Family’s Supreme Elder.
• Miter Tengshan welcomed Hai Bodong, and Hai introduced Xiao Yi Xian as a new member of the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong asked Tengshan to gather Sect Breaking Pill ingredients and soul-nourishing treasures, then joined him and Xiao Yi Xian for tea.

Hai Bodong learned that Gu He had invited him to a banquet at the Nalan Family residence and brought Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei along. At the gathering, he sensed Yun Yun’s hidden presence among the powerful guests.

• Ya Fei met Xiao Yi Xian, and Tengshan asked her to treat the new member well.
• Hai Bodong cultivated in seclusion for a little over two months while news of his return stirred the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• Tengshan told Hai Bodong that Pill King Gu He had invited him to a banquet attended by Yun Yun and veteran Dou Wang experts, and Hai Bodong agreed to go.
• Hai Bodong visited Xiao Yi Xian and found that she had advanced to three-star Dou Master after reaching one-star Dou Master just half a month earlier.
• Hai Bodong took Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei shopping, then brought them to the Nalan Family residence in casual clothes.
• Hai Bodong arrived early and spotted several powerful guests, then sensed Yun Yun’s presence with help from Old Yao.

Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian flew beyond the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to settle their rivalry in a fierce battle. Their fight escalated as Hai Bodong unleashed waves of ice attacks and Jia Xing Tian countered with earth techniques reinforced by Spatial Power, leaving Jia Xing Tian braced in armor against Hai Bodong’s latest volley.

• Hai Bodong found Jia Xing Tian near the Nalan Family estate, and the two old friends agreed to fight before flying outside the capital.
• Hai Bodong summoned a Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, but Jia Xing Tian erased it by solidifying the surrounding space.
• Hai Bodong created thirty Mysterious Ice Dragon Soars, and Jia Xing Tian formed four earth shields wrapped in Spatial Power to meet them.
• Jia Xing Tian shaped ten thousand earth swords and sent them at Hai Bodong, who blocked the attack with Myriad Flowers Ice Mirror and transformed it into nearly ten thousand Mysterious Ice Long Spears.
• Jia Xing Tian formed an earthen-yellow suit of armor covered in Spatial Power as Hai Bodong’s spears streaked toward him.

Hai Bodong turned down Gu He's offer to join the hunt for the Green Lotus Core Flame and prepared to pursue it independently. After Old Yao acquired pills and ingredients to restore his soul, they set out for the Tagor Desert, where Hai Bodong suspected he no longer needed pills to subdue a Heavenly Flame.

• Hai Bodong ended his spar with Jia Xing Tian in a draw and went with Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei to the Nalan Family residence.
• At the Nalan Family gathering, Hai Bodong introduced Xiao Yi Xian as an important Mittel Family member and representative.
• Gu He asked Hai Bodong to help restrain Queen Medusa while Yun Yun and others pursued the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Hai Bodong refused and said they would compete for it themselves.
• Old Yao learned that Miter Tengshan had found three Spirit Nourishing Flowers and three sets of ingredients for the Sect Breaking Pill, then gave Hai Bodong formulas for the Soul Nurturing Pill and Spirit Infusing Pill.
• After Old Yao refined the three Spirit Nourishing Flowers, he and Hai Bodong left for the Tagor Desert at dawn, and Hai Bodong sensed that he might not need pills to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Hai Bodong traveled to Stone Desert City to hire the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to survey locations connected to the Green Lotus Core Flame. Xiao Ding warned him that another alchemist had already searched for the flame and appeared to find it gone.

• Hai Bodong flew toward Stone Desert City, hoping to hire local mercenaries to survey the desert while avoiding the dirty work himself.
• Hai Bodong found the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and told its guards he had a major job for them.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li received Hai Bodong in their hall, where Hai Bodong offered five hundred thousand gold coins and gave Xiao Ding a marked map.
• Xiao Ding said the group had already helped another alchemist search for the Heavenly Flame months earlier, but it seemed someone else had taken it.
• Xiao Ding returned Hai Bodong's payment and said the mercenary group could not accomplish anything for him.