Recaps

Chen Xuan took control of the Black Corner Region, then set out for the Central Plains to pursue the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire and expand the Baolai Merchant Association. After bringing the Luo Family under his control, he traveled through Tianya City's wormhole, where a Space-Time Storm forced him to use an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman to escape the spatial passage.

• Qin Hao and Old Ghost Dimu subdued the Black Corner Region's major factions, while Chen Xuan used the Puppet Jade Talisman to secure Demonic Flame Valley and strengthened Old Ghost Dimu to Dou Zun.
• After leaving the region's affairs to Demonic Flame Valley, Chen Xuan returned to the Snake People Race tribe, reached the two-star Dou Zong level, and learned that the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire was in Blazing Flame Valley in the Central Plains.
• Chen Xuan traveled with Qin Hao and Old Ghost Dimu to Tianya City, where they forced the Luo Family's upper ranks to submit and took control of the wormhole.
• Nineteen days into the journey through the wormhole, Chen Xuan encountered a Space-Time Storm and used an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman to escape the spatial passage.

Chen Xuan emerged in a vast forest filled with powerful Monster Beasts and fought a territorial sixth-tier leopard while seeking directions. The leopard warned that the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King was coming, and the golden wolf arrived as Chen Xuan prepared to face it.

• Chen Xuan used an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman to escape the spatial passage and found himself in an unfamiliar forest with many powerful Monster Beasts.
• Chen Xuan transformed into his honey badger form and approached a late sixth-tier leopard to ask where he was and how to leave.
• The leopard treated Chen Xuan as an intruder and attacked, but Chen Xuan overwhelmed it without striking any vital points.
• The wounded leopard warned Chen Xuan that the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King was on its way and never spared intruders.
• Chen Xuan sensed the approaching seventh-tier Monster Beast, and the golden-furred Howling Moon Golden Wolf King appeared before him.

Chen Xuan fought the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King and its subordinates after they mistook him for a spy. He proved his strength and tried to recruit the king, who revealed a cloning ability and prepared to continue the battle.

• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King surrounded Chen Xuan with its clan and accused him of being a spy, while Chen Xuan said he only wanted directions and information about Blazing Flame Valley.
• The king sent three Sixth-tier golden wolves to capture Chen Xuan, but he fought them off and endured their attacks without injury.
• Chen Xuan challenged the king to a fight, saying the clan would submit if he won, and the king transformed into human form to battle him.
• Chen Xuan and the king exchanged powerful attacks, and Chen Xuan's Ice Dragon destroyed the king's golden wolf technique before the king dispelled the dragon.
• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King revealed that he could create five identical clones, leaving Chen Xuan facing six apparent copies as he prepared a wide-area attack.

Chen Xuan withstood the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King's attacks and defeated him with the Godslayer Spear. He spared the injured wolf king and again demanded that he submit as a subordinate.

• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King attacked Chen Xuan with six clones, but Chen Xuan emerged unharmed.
• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King renewed his assault after Chen Xuan mocked his strength.
• Chen Xuan summoned the Godslayer Spear and unleashed Emperor Spear Art: Sweeping Through Armies.
• Chen Xuan's attack destroyed the wolf king's five clones and severely injured his true body, leaving him unable to fight.
• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King surrendered, and Chen Xuan offered to spare him if he became his subordinate.

Chen Xuan questioned the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King about the Beast Region and learned about its three great monster beast families. The chapter ended as two members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan arrived on a Seven-colored Giant Crane.

• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King explained that his clan served the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and Chen Xuan promised to spare him if he answered questions.
• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King told Chen Xuan about the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, including its powerful members and Dou Sheng experts.
• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King described the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and the Ancient Void Dragons, the other two great monster beast families.
• A Seven-colored Giant Crane carrying a man and a woman flew toward them, and the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King identified them as members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Chen Xuan admired the woman's beauty as the newcomers approached.

Chen Xuan confronted two members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan after subduing the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King, then boldly declared his interest in the seven-colored-robed woman. She attacked him but could not defeat him, and the young man accompanying her prepared to take over.

• The seven-colored-robed woman and a young man arrived on a Seven-colored Giant Crane and found Chen Xuan beside the injured Howling Moon Golden Wolf King.
• Chen Xuan explained that he had fought the Howling Moon Golden Wolf King to subdue it, prompting the two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes to turn hostile.
• The woman attacked Chen Xuan with colored silks, but his Green Flame burned them away, and she questioned his identity.
• Chen Xuan asked the woman her name and declared that he wanted her to be his woman, angering her.
• The woman used Wind Finger Kill, but Chen Xuan remained unharmed, and her companion judged him strong enough to fight at the level of a five-star Dou Zong.

Chen Xuan challenged Yao Chen, a Dou Zun of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and revealed strength far beyond his apparent two-star Dou Zong rank. After shattering Yao Chen’s lightning attack with the Godslayer Spear, Chen Xuan left Yao Chen and the Seven-colored Robed Woman stunned.

• Yao Chen dismissed Chen Xuan as a weak magical beast and attacked him with a seven-colored strike.
• Chen Xuan activated his Berserk skill and blocked Yao Chen’s strike with an ice wall, emerging unharmed after being knocked back.
• Yao Chen unleashed his Dou Zun aura and attacked Chen Xuan with Thunderclap Kill.
• Chen Xuan’s aura surged as he charged with the Godslayer Spear and pierced through the lightning sphere, causing it to explode.
• Yao Chen and the Seven-colored Robed Woman were shocked that Chen Xuan had matched a Dou Zun’s power.

Chen Xuan used the Godslayer Spear and a Heaven-tier combat skill to withstand Yao Chen’s powerful Thunder Phoenix attack. Yao Chen was shaken by Chen Xuan’s strength but prepared to continue fighting.

• The Howling Moon Golden Wolf King marveled at Chen Xuan’s combat power, while the Seven-colored Robed Woman warned Yao Chen about the Godslayer Spear.
• Yao Chen gathered his Dou Qi and summoned a massive Thunder Phoenix, whose strength surpassed his previous attack.
• Chen Xuan unleashed Emperor Spear Art: Heaven-Splitting and pierced through the Thunder Phoenix, dispersing it into starlight.
• The clash forced Chen Xuan and Yao Chen backward, and Yao Chen realized Chen Xuan’s combat skill was likely Heaven-tier.
• Chen Xuan asked whether Yao Chen’s attack had been his strongest, and Yao Chen vowed not to disappoint him.

Yao Chen used Bloodline Devouring Spirit to rise from a One-star Dou Zun to a Two-star Dou Zun and attacked Chen Xuan with Demonic Phoenix Sacred Image, Devour Heaven and Earth. Chen Xuan fused five flames into a Five-Colored Fire Lotus that overwhelmed Yao Chen’s defense, leaving him injured in a crater as Chen Xuan turned his gaze toward the Seven-colored Robed Woman.

• The Seven-colored Robed Woman recognized Yao Chen’s Bloodline Devouring Spirit technique as he absorbed the Thunder Phoenix and increased his strength to Two-star Dou Zun.
• Yao Chen unleashed Demonic Phoenix Sacred Image, Devour Heaven and Earth, sending a massive black beam toward Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan revealed three Heavenly Flames and two beast flames, fused them into a Five-Colored Fire Lotus, and sent it against Yao Chen’s attack.
• The fire lotus and black beam clashed before erupting in a destructive explosion that collapsed space and scorched the surrounding area.
• Yao Chen formed Sacred Image Demonic Phoenix Bell to protect himself, but the bell shattered and he crashed into a crater, spitting blood.
• Chen Xuan looked meaningfully at the Seven-colored Robed Woman, whose expression changed.

Chen Xuan defeated Yao Chen and overpowered the Seven-colored Robed Woman, who revealed that her name was Feng Qing'er. He left after kissing her and declaring that he would come to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to claim her.

• Yao Chen attacked Chen Xuan to protect the Seven-colored Robed Woman, but Chen Xuan struck him down and left him unable to fight.
• The Seven-colored Robed Woman used the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Bloodline Devouring Spirit, but Chen Xuan froze her attack and defeated her with an Ice Dragon.
• Chen Xuan caught the Seven-colored Robed Woman, restrained her, and made her reveal that her name was Feng Qing'er.
• Chen Xuan kissed Feng Qing'er and told her to wait for him in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan because he would return to take her away.
• Chen Xuan vanished, leaving Feng Qing'er furious and wondering what powerful faction he came from.

Chen Xuan traveled into a vast mountain range and encountered a Great Earth Violent Bear that attacked him. After easily defeating it, he tried to recruit it as an underling, promising to help it reach the Seventh tier.

• Chen Xuan explored the mountain range to learn about the Beast Region and find a suitable place for his subordinates.
• Chen Xuan sensed an unseen watcher, then waited as a Sixth-tier Great Earth Violent Bear charged toward him.
• The Great Earth Violent Bear attacked Chen Xuan, but Chen Xuan knocked it down with two punches.
• Chen Xuan demanded that the Great Earth Violent Bear become his underling and offered to help it advance to the Seventh tier, leaving the bear doubtful.

Chen Xuan recruited the Great Earth Violent Bear with a Beast Source Fruit, but four Gold-Devouring Rats arrived to claim it. Chen Xuan faced the seventh-tier old man’s sonic attack and remained unharmed.

• Chen Xuan offered the Great Earth Violent Bear a Beast Source Fruit in exchange for becoming his underling, and the bear agreed.
• Chen Xuan sensed four approaching Gold-Devouring Rats, including one with a seventh-tier aura, but refused to give them the fruit.
• The Gold-Devouring Rat old man demanded the Beast Source Fruit, while Chen Xuan challenged all four to take it by force.
• The old man unleashed a powerful sonic attack, but Chen Xuan resisted it without injury, making the old man realize he had met a difficult opponent.

Chen Xuan drove off the Gold-Devouring Rat Elder and his three allies, then gave the Beast Source Fruit to the Great Earth Violent Bear. After the bear refined it, Chen Xuan ordered him to lead the way to the Gold-Devouring Rats, despite the bear's warning.

• The Gold-Devouring Rat Elder and three Gold-Devouring Rats attacked Chen Xuan, but he froze and shattered their attacks.
• The Gold-Devouring Rats formed the Phantom Array, then used it to flee when Chen Xuan prepared to overwhelm them.
• Chen Xuan summoned the Great Earth Violent Bear and gave him the Beast Source Fruit, which the bear refined to reach the late sixth rank.
• Chen Xuan promised the bear a Form Transformation Pill and asked where the Gold-Devouring Rats were.
• The Great Earth Violent Bear warned Chen Xuan not to confront the Gold-Devouring Rat clan, but Chen Xuan insisted on going after them.

Chen Xuan headed into Gold-Devouring Rat territory, intent on confronting the clan and intrigued by its Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. At the mist forest entrance, Jin Gu and other Gold-Devouring Rats confronted him, and Chen Xuan discovered their clan chief had recently advanced to Eight-star Dou Zong.

• Chen Xuan dismissed the Great Earth Violent Bear’s warning about the Gold-Devouring Rats and told it to lead him to their territory.
• On the way, the Great Earth Violent Bear told Chen Xuan about the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and the eight cultivation slots recently offered to outside factions.
• The pair reached a mist forest that suppressed the strength of outsiders and concealed the route to the Gold-Devouring Rats’ territory.
• Fifteen Gold-Devouring Rats emerged from the mist, and an elder accused Chen Xuan of invading their habitat and attacking him.
• Chen Xuan recognized the gray-robed clan chief as Jin Gu and realized he had recently broken through to Eight-star Dou Zong.

Chen Xuan confronted the Gold-Devouring Rat clan over its earlier attack and the Beast Source Fruit, then fought Jin Gu and fifteen clan experts. After the clan’s Sound Wave Formation suppressed him, Chen Xuan used Dragon Roar of Nine Heavens to overpower them, leaving the Gold-Devouring Rats injured and defeated.

• Jin Gu and the Gold-Devouring Rat elders confronted Chen Xuan, learned he possessed a Beast Source Fruit, and refused his demand for compensation.
• A Gold-Devouring Rat elder attacked Chen Xuan, who struck him down with a powerful blow.
• Jin Gu attacked with a huge gray claw, but Chen Xuan activated his Berserk skill and used Ice Heaven Frozen Earth and ice blades to shatter it.
• Jin Gu ordered fifteen Gold-Devouring Rat experts to attack Chen Xuan together, and they defeated his Ice Dragon before using their Sound Wave Formation to suppress him.
• Chen Xuan purchased Dragon Roar of Nine Heavens from the System Shop and unleashed a dragon’s roar that overwhelmed Jin Gu and the others, injuring them and making them vomit blood.

Chen Xuan defeated the Gold-Devouring Rat experts’ soundwave attack and demanded that Jin Gu’s clan submit to him. When Jin Gu refused, the clan attacked and then fled into the Mist Array, leaving Chen Xuan unable to track them.

• Jin Gu and the Gold-Devouring Rat elders recognized Chen Xuan’s strength and considered retreating.
• Chen Xuan offered to end the feud if the Gold-Devouring Rat clan submitted to him, but Jin Gu refused.
• Chen Xuan challenged Jin Gu to fight, and Jin Gu led the Gold-Devouring Rat experts in a combined attack.
• Chen Xuan unleashed a cyan storm of wind blades against their attacks, and Jin Gu ordered the clan to retreat into the mist-covered forest.
• Chen Xuan lost track of the fleeing Gold-Devouring Rats and threatened to burn down the forest.

Chen Xuan entered the Gold-Devouring Rat clan’s mist-shrouded territory and set the forest ablaze to destroy its Mist Array, then stopped the fire once the hidden area was revealed. Jin Gu and a vast horde of Gold-Devouring Rats emerged to confront him.

• Chen Xuan told the Great Earth Violent Bear to wait outside while he entered the misty forest alone.
• Unable to find his way through the mist, Chen Xuan used his Emerald Green Flame to ignite the forest and burn away the Mist Array.
• The Gold-Devouring Rat clan panicked as the Heavenly Flame spread, and Jin Gu’s elders urged him to gather the clan and kill Chen Xuan.
• After revealing the depths of the forest, Chen Xuan halted the blaze with freezing energy and sensed Jin Gu and the Gold-Devouring Rats approaching.
• A huge horde of Gold-Devouring Rats appeared before Chen Xuan, who joked that a Heavenly Wrath Fire Lotus could roast them all.

Chen Xuan defeated Jin Gu and the Gold-Devouring Rat clan, then forced them to submit and secured control of the clan. He claimed their accumulated treasures and planned to cultivate at the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.

• Jin Gu ordered the Gold-Devouring Rats to attack Chen Xuan over the damage his Emerald Green Flame had caused to their habitat.
• Chen Xuan used the Godslayer Spear's Sweeping Through Armies to overwhelm the clan, heavily injure Jin Gu, and kill many Gold-Devouring Rats.
• Chen Xuan threatened to destroy the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus unless Jin Gu submitted, and Jin Gu agreed.
• Chen Xuan used Puppet Jade Talismans on the Gold-Devouring Rat clan's high-ranking members and made himself their master, leaving Jin Gu and the others to manage the clan.
• Chen Xuan took the clan's treasures and decided to cultivate at the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.

Chen Xuan cultivated in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool for twenty days, reaching Three-star Dou Zong, then descended through the volcano’s magma. He discovered a patch of Blood-colored Invisible Flame and approached it with his Heavenly Flame protecting him.

• Jin Gu led Chen Xuan to the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool inside a volcanic crater, where Chen Xuan used his Heavenly Flames to resist the fire poison.
• Chen Xuan opened the spatial barrier with a dark golden skull and entered the hidden depths of the Blood Pool.
• Chen Xuan cultivated in the crimson energy for twenty days, strengthening his body and soul force until he advanced to Three-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan left the Blood Pool and descended through the magma, protected by Emerald Green Flame.
• Chen Xuan found Blood-colored Invisible Flame resting on the magma and forced his way close enough to reveal a small space containing a drifting cluster of the flame.

Chen Xuan absorbed the Blood-colored Invisible Flame into the Sea Heart Flame, creating a more powerful blood-blue flame and reaching the peak of Three-star Dou Zong. He abandoned his plan to seal off the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range for now and left for the Central Plains to seek Blazing Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire.

• Chen Xuan fused the Blood-colored Invisible Flame with the Sea Heart Flame, enduring severe pain as the flames clashed within his meridians.
• The fusion strengthened the Sea Heart Flame, gave it a soul-tempering ability, and raised Chen Xuan’s cultivation to the peak of Three-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan ordered Jin Gu to bar outsiders from the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, but Jin Gu warned that this would provoke the Central Plains factions and powerful magical beast clans.
• Chen Xuan learned that the four pavilions relied on access to the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, so he postponed sealing off the range until he was strong enough.
• Chen Xuan obtained a map, left the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, and headed to the Central Plains to pursue Blazing Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire.

Chen Xuan attended Maple Leaf City's Underground Auction as he sought a way to infiltrate Blazing Flame Valley and obtain its Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire. After a Wind Thunder Pavilion combat skill sold, a Purple-clothed Woman was put up for auction, and Chen Xuan recognized her as a Magical Beast.

• Chen Xuan arrived in Maple Leaf City and learned he would need to infiltrate Blazing Flame Valley to reach its Valley Master, a Five-star Dou Zun.
• Chen Xuan heard about the city's Underground Auction and qualified to attend as a Three-star Dou Zong and seventh-tier alchemist.
• The auction opened with the Earth-tier Low-grade Combat Skill Thunder Flame Shakes Heaven, which a mysterious faction bought after fierce bidding.
• The auctioneer presented a beautiful Purple-clothed Woman in an iron cage, and Chen Xuan sensed that she was a Magical Beast.

Chen Xuan decided to bid for the captured Purple-clothed Woman, a Charm Snake being auctioned as a plaything. Xue Yang raised the price to three hundred thousand Gold Coins, and the hall fell silent as he appeared poised to win her.

• Chen Xuan recognized the Purple-clothed Woman as a fifth-tier Charm Snake and resolved to buy her to spare her from the bidders.
• The auctioneer announced that the Purple-clothed Woman was a virgin and set the starting bid at one hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• A young man and a lecherous Dou Zong old man began bidding for the Purple-clothed Woman.
• Xue Yang, the grandson of Glacier Valley's third elder, bid two hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• After the old man bid two hundred and fifty thousand, Xue Yang raised the bid to three hundred thousand Gold Coins and warned the others not to outbid him.
• The old man withdrew, the hall fell silent, and Xue Yang leered at the Purple-clothed Woman.

Chen Xuan outbid Xue Yang for the Purple-clothed Woman, winning her despite Xue Yang’s anger. The auction continued, and Chen Xuan became interested in an indestructible iron block discovered in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xue Yang bid on the Purple-clothed Woman, confident no one would challenge him.
• Chen Xuan raised the bid to one million Gold Coins, and the Purple-clothed Woman was auctioned off to him.
• Xue Yang glared at Chen Xuan but stopped bidding rather than spend more on the woman.
• The auction continued with rare items before the host presented a half-iron block from the Heavenly Tomb that even Dou Sheng experts and Heavenly Flames could not damage.
• Chen Xuan showed interest in the iron block after hearing the auction host explain its origins and unusual durability.

Chen Xuan competed for a mysterious iron block from the Heavenly Tomb at auction, driving its price to two hundred million Gold Coins. When another bidder offered a Grade 8 Soul Sculpting Pill to barter, Chen Xuan countered with a Saint Origin Pill, stunning the crowd and drawing attention to himself.

• The auctioneer opened bidding for the Heavenly Tomb iron block at five million Gold Coins, and several powerful bidders raised the price.
• Chen Xuan entered the contest at one hundred and ten million Gold Coins and kept outbidding a mysterious man in black until the price reached two hundred million.
• The man in black offered a Grade 8 Soul Sculpting Pill in exchange for the iron block, and the auctioneer accepted medicinal pills as barter.
• Chen Xuan revealed a Saint Origin Pill as his own barter offer, prompting the crowd to discuss its ability to raise a Dou Zong expert by one minor realm.
• The crowd stared at Chen Xuan with greed, curiosity, and surprise as they wondered about his identity.

Chen Xuan traded a Saint Origin Pill for a chunk of black iron and the Purple-clothed Woman after the pill proved it could turn a nine-star Dou Zong into a Dou Zun. With people now eyeing him, he took the Purple-clothed Woman to an inn in Maple Leaf City and told her to hold him, leaving her frightened and unsure of his intentions.

• Chen Xuan agreed to let a nine-star Dou Zong guard test the Saint Origin Pill, and the elderly man broke through to Dou Zun after swallowing it.
• The black-clad man gave Chen Xuan the chunk of black iron and the Purple-clothed Woman, while other people began viewing Chen Xuan as a target.
• Chen Xuan left the auction house with the Purple-clothed Woman and brought her to an inn in Maple Leaf City, planning to leave town with her unnoticed.
• Chen Xuan told the Purple-clothed Woman to come and hold him, and she feared he intended to violate her.