Chapter Summaries

Lu Changfeng received the Imperial Family’s armored dragon saliva herb and promised to refine a Sect Breaking Pill to help Jia Xingtian advance to Dou Zong. The Imperial Family gathered the required ingredients, while news of its activity reached Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Jia Xingtian gave Lu Changfeng the armored dragon saliva herb, and Lu Changfeng offered to grant him one request in return.
• Jia Xingtian asked for help breaking through to Dou Zong, and Lu Changfeng agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill once Jia Xingtian gathered the listed ingredients.
• Jia Xingtian ordered the Imperial Family to collect the ingredients and celebrated the prospect of strengthening its hold over the Jia Ma Empire.
• The Imperial Family’s herb-gathering spread word of its plans, and a subordinate reported the activity to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun suspected Jia Xingtian might be seeking a breakthrough to Dou Zong and ordered her subordinates to keep watching the Imperial Family.

Lu Changfeng arrived at the Imperial Family to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Jia Xingtian, while several powerful figures gathered to watch. As the pill took shape in the sealed alchemy room, everyone waited anxiously outside.

• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Gu He waited at the Imperial Family for Lu Changfeng to refine the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Lu Changfeng arrived, checked the medicinal ingredients Jia Xingtian had prepared, and agreed they were complete.
• Hai Bodong thanked Lu Changfeng for lifting his seal and restoring his peak strength, while Mittel Tengshan accompanied him.
• Lu Changfeng entered the prepared alchemy room and ordered everyone to wait outside in silence.
• Lu Changfeng controlled the furnace smoothly as the Sect Breaking Pill slowly took shape, while Jia Xingtian and the others waited anxiously.

As everyone waited for Lu to finish refining a Sect Breaking Pill, the Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared over the imperial palace and called him its master. The witnesses were left wondering how anyone in the Jia Ma Empire could have subdued a sixth-rank magical beast.

• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Gu He, Hai Bodong, and Mittel Tengshan waited anxiously outside the refining chamber while Lu worked on the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan praised Lu's alchemy and strength, and the others marveled that he had come from the Xiao Clan of Wutan City.
• Dark clouds gathered over the imperial palace as the Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived and alarmed Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and Mittel Tengshan.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King landed before the great hall, made no attack, and called Lu its master.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Gu He, and Hai Bodong were stunned by the beast's submission and questioned who could have subdued it.

Lu Changfeng gave Jia Xingtian a Sect Breaking Pill and received a thousand-year lingzhi from the Amethyst Winged Lion King. After Lu Changfeng left, Jia Xingtian sealed off a cultivation chamber to take the pill and attempt his breakthrough.

• Lu Changfeng handed Jia Xingtian the Sect Breaking Pill, and Jia Xingtian thanked him for helping the Imperial Family.
• Lu Changfeng picked up the thousand-year lingzhi that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had left as a gift.
• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and Gu He expressed their awe at Lu Changfeng's ability to subdue the Amethyst Winged Lion King and refine the pill.
• Lu Changfeng left the great hall, and Hai Bodong promised to visit him another day.
• Jia Xingtian declined to keep Fa Ma and Gu He for a meal, then ordered a cultivation chamber sealed so he could take the pill.

Jia Xingtian used Lu Changfeng’s Sect Breaking Pill to become the Jia Ma Empire’s first Dou Zong expert in hundreds of years. News of the breakthrough reached the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun feared the Imperial Family would now overshadow her sect and wondered about Lu Changfeng’s origins.

• Yao Yue and Yao Ye waited anxiously outside Jia Xingtian’s cultivation chamber, then sensed his powerful presence and watched him walk through the air as a Dou Zong.
• Jia Xingtian credited Lu Changfeng’s Sect Breaking Pill for his breakthrough and told Yao Yue and Yao Ye to maintain a close relationship with him.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ye promised to remember Lu Changfeng’s kindness, while Yao Yue privately admired him and envied Xiao Xun’er.
• News of Jia Xingtian’s breakthrough spread across the empire and reached the Misty Cloud Sect within days.
• Yun Yun realized the Imperial Family could now challenge the Misty Cloud Sect’s standing and suspected Lu Changfeng had enabled Jia Xingtian’s breakthrough.

After Jia Xingtian’s breakthrough, Xiao Xun’er became reassured that Lu Changfeng could face any trouble from the Gu Clan. While Lu Changfeng cultivated, Mittel Tengshan and Hai Bodong arrived with gifts to thank him and waited quietly in the courtyard.

• Xiao Xun’er praised Lu Changfeng’s pill-refining skill, and he teased her about her earlier worries over the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Xun’er said she trusted Lu Changfeng to handle any trouble, and he went to his room to cultivate.
• Mittel Tengshan and Hai Bodong arrived with gifts and asked to see Lu Changfeng.
• Xiao Xun’er told them Lu Changfeng was cultivating, then let them into the courtyard to wait.
• Mittel Tengshan and Hai Bodong sat quietly while Lu Changfeng remained unaware of their visit and continued cultivating.

Queen Medusa learned that Jia Xingtian had become a Dou Zong with the help of a Sect Breaking Pill and ordered an investigation into the alchemist who made it. After discovering that Lu Changfeng was a young Seventh-Tier Alchemist living in the Jia Ma Empire's capital, she decided to visit him herself and seek a pill to help her break through.

• Queen Medusa heard that Jia Xingtian had broken through to Dou Zong after taking a Sect Breaking Pill and ordered Yue Mei to identify the alchemist.
• Yue Mei reported that Lu Changfeng was a young alchemist living at the Xiao Clan estate in the imperial capital, and that he was a Seventh-Tier Alchemist who had subdued an Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Queen Medusa decided to travel to the Jia Ma Empire and meet Lu Changfeng personally, hoping to persuade him to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for her.

Lu Changfeng emerged from seclusion after comprehending the Heaven Class Dou Technique Icebound for a Thousand Li, then received Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan. Hai Bodong offered to follow Lu Changfeng in exchange for help refining a Sect Breaking Pill, and Lu Changfeng left the offer undecided while considering whether to teach him the technique.

• Lu Changfeng finished cultivating and emerged with a new understanding of Icebound for a Thousand Li, an ice-attribute technique he could not use himself.
• Hai Bodong gave Lu Changfeng a Storage Ring of rare medicinal ingredients and asked him to refine a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Hai Bodong offered his loyalty and service to Lu Changfeng, who said he would consider the proposal but made no promise.
• Hai Bodong told Mittel Tengshan that following Lu Changfeng was a rare opportunity and better than continuing on his own.
• Lu Changfeng returned to studying Icebound for a Thousand Li and considered teaching it to Hai Bodong if he proved himself.

Queen Medusa secretly entered the Jia Ma Empire’s capital to seek Lu Changfeng and his Sect Breaking Pill, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arrived to visit him. The chapter ended with Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Nalan family preparing to go to the Xiao Clan residence.

• Mittel Tengshan and Hai Bodong praised Lu Changfeng’s strength and alchemy, and Hai Bodong resolved to prove his sincerity to him.
• Three days later, Queen Medusa arrived alone in the capital and headed toward the Xiao Clan residence to find the alchemist who made the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran returned to the capital and told Nalan Jie and Nalan Su that they planned to visit Lu Changfeng.
• Nalan Yanran explained that Lu Changfeng was a seventh-tier alchemist in his early twenties who had helped Jia Xingtian break through to Dou Zong, astonishing Nalan Jie and Nalan Su.
• Yun Yun said they could visit without formalities, and Nalan Jie arranged gifts as Nalan Yanran eagerly anticipated meeting Lu Changfeng.

Lu Changfeng met Queen Medusa, who asked him to refine a Sect Breaking Pill so she could break through to Dou Zong. When she promised to provide anything he wanted, he demanded a child with Snake-People blood, leaving her shocked.

• Lu Changfeng gave Xiao Xun'er a pill, and she swallowed it without asking what it did because she trusted him.
• Lu Changfeng sensed Queen Medusa hiding nearby and called her out.
• Queen Medusa introduced herself and asked whether Lu Changfeng had refined the pill that helped Jia Xingtian break through to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa offered the Snake-People Tribe's support and a favor in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill, but Lu Changfeng dismissed those offers.
• Lu Changfeng told Queen Medusa he wanted a child with Snake-People blood, and she asked in shock whether he wanted her to bear him a child.

Lu Changfeng overwhelmed Queen Medusa, kissed her cheek, and demanded that she consider bearing his child. After he released his suppression and returned to his residence, Queen Medusa was left wondering who he was and what he wanted.

• Queen Medusa tried to attack Lu Changfeng, but his power suppressed her Dou Qi and left her unable to move.
• Lu Changfeng mocked Queen Medusa and approached her as she wondered whether he had reached a realm beyond Dou Zong.
• Lu Changfeng kissed Queen Medusa on the cheek, leaving her shocked, embarrassed, and furious.
• Lu Changfeng released his suppression, and Queen Medusa regained her Dou Qi but chose to ask what he wanted instead of attacking or leaving.
• Lu Changfeng told Queen Medusa to think over his demand and the Sect Breaking Pill before returning to his residence.

Queen Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe after Lu Changfeng kissed and subdued her, and she wrestled with his demand and the chance to obtain a Sect Breaking Pill. She postponed deciding whether to accept his condition, while Lu Changfeng told Xiao Xun'er that Medusa had visited him.

• Queen Medusa flew back to the Snake-People Tribe, angered and unsettled by Lu Changfeng’s kiss and his ability to suppress her.
• Yue Mei and the elders asked Queen Medusa whether Lu Changfeng would refine a Sect Breaking Pill, but she dismissed them and said she had her own arrangements.
• Alone, Queen Medusa wondered whether Lu Changfeng was a Dou Zong backed by a powerful force and weighed his condition against the chance to obtain a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Queen Medusa decided to delay her choice and went to rest.
• In the imperial capital, Lu Changfeng told Xiao Xun'er that Queen Medusa had asked him to refine a Sect Breaking Pill but had not been sincere enough.

Lu Changfeng visited Jia Xingtian at the imperial palace, then met Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who thanked him for saving her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He left Yun Yun’s favor outstanding and headed back to the Xiao Clan residence, where Xiao Xun'er was waiting.

• Jia Xingtian welcomed Lu Changfeng and thanked him for refining the Sect Breaking Pill that helped him break through to Dou Zong.
• Jia Xingtian told Yao Yue and Yao Ye to spend time hosting Lu Changfeng, and the two women blushed at the implication.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran met Lu Changfeng outside the palace, and Yun Yun invited him to a teahouse to repay her debt.
• Yun Yun offered to help Lu Changfeng, but he told her to leave the favor outstanding until he thought of a use for it.
• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran to be courteous to Lu Changfeng, who then left for the Xiao Clan residence to return to Xiao Xun'er.

Yun Yun invited Lu Changfeng to meet the Nalan Family, where Nalan Jie learned of his strength and sought his friendship. After Lu Changfeng returned to the Xiao Clan residence, Xiao Xun'er welcomed him and expressed confidence in him.

• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran not to offend Lu Changfeng and planned to approach him to repay her debt.
• Nalan Jie, Nalan Su, and Yun Yun welcomed Lu Changfeng at the Nalan Family residence, where Nalan Jie asked about his Sect Breaking Pill and offered the family’s support.
• Yun Yun described Lu Changfeng as stronger than herself, leading Nalan Jie and Nalan Su to suspect he was a Dou Zong expert.
• Lu Changfeng accepted the Nalan Family’s offer of friendship and agreed to remember Yun Yun’s offer to help him.
• Nalan Yanran reconsidered her fixation on Xiao Yan and promised Yun Yun and Nalan Jie to treat Lu Changfeng respectfully.
• Lu Changfeng returned to the Xiao Clan residence, where Xiao Xun'er welcomed him and said she trusted his strength.

Lu Changfeng received the medicinal ingredients from Teng Shan and agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong in exchange for more ingredients and a future favor. As factions investigated Lu Changfeng's identity, he continued cultivating while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran wondered about him.

• Teng Shan delivered Lu Changfeng's requested medicinal ingredients and told him that Jia Xingtian's breakthrough had drawn attention from factions across the empire.
• Lu Changfeng told Teng Shan that he would refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong if the Mittel Auction House supplied listed ingredients and Hai Bodong promised him one favor after reaching Dou Zong.
• After Teng Shan left, Lu Changfeng explained to Xiao Xun'er that he considered Hai Bodong strong and dependable, then returned to cultivation.
• The Mittel Auction House kept Lu Changfeng's identity secret as factions sought information about the alchemist behind Jia Xingtian's breakthrough.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran each wondered about Lu Changfeng's background, while he continued cultivating at home with Xiao Xun'er beside him.