Chapter Summaries

Luo Zixi confronted Yun Shan over Yun Leng and Gu He's attempt to capture Xiao Yan, then challenged Yun Shan to survive a single attack. Luo Zixi unleashed Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus, and Yun Shan was caught in its devastating blast.

• Luo Zixi rose to Yun Shan's height and rejected his offer to join the Yunlan Sect, revealing that he was a Dou Zong.
• Luo Zixi accused Yun Leng and Gu He of targeting Xiao Yan after he revealed his Heavenly Flame, prompting Yun Shan to ask how he wanted to settle the matter.
• Luo Zixi wagered that Yun Shan had to escape one attack without injury, and Yun Shan accepted.
• Luo Zixi fused a crimson flame with a green flame into Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus and warned Xiao Yan not to imitate the technique carelessly.
• Yun Shan raised two wind barriers and tried to evade the Fire Lotus, but its energy shattered his defenses and enveloped him.

Luo Zixi defeated Yun Shan, became an honored guest of the Yunlan Sect, and teased Xiao Yan about Nalan Yanran’s rapid cultivation. After taking Medusa to dinner, he revealed that something might happen to the Xiao Family.

• Luo Zixi survived his clash with Yun Shan, healed him, secretly planted a seed in his body, and told him to deal with the Mo Family’s trash.
• Xiao Yan wanted to learn Luo Zixi’s explosive flame technique, then became furious when Luo Zixi admitted he had given Nalan Yanran two Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills.
• Luo Zixi and Medusa went out for dinner, and he killed three men who blocked their path.
• Medusa pressed Luo Zixi about what was troubling him, and he said something might happen on the Xiao Family’s side.

After learning that the Soul Hall had captured Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan resolved to strengthen himself and rescue his father, while Luo Zixi warned him that confronting the Soul Hall was beyond his power. Later, Luo Zixi returned to the Inner Courtyard, where Medusa took control of their intimate encounter.

• Xun'er told Luo Zixi that Xiao Zhan had gone missing and that Xiao Yan and his brothers had returned to protect the Xiao Family.
• After questioning witnesses, Xiao Yan decided to move the Xiao Family to the Gamma Empire because Yao Chen identified the black chains and ghosts as signs of the Soul Hall.
• Luo Zixi told Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall had captured Xiao Zhan and that even a powerful Dou Zun like Yao Chen had fallen into its hands.
• Luo Zixi urged Xiao Yan to relocate the family and promised that Hai Bo Dong would watch over them, while Yao Chen reminded Xiao Yan that Luo Zixi had endured hardships and grown stronger during his years away.
• Xiao Yan vowed to save his father, and Luo Zixi later met Medusa, who teased him and demanded that he serve her well.

Luo Zixi made Zi Yan a fresh supply of medicinal candy pills before Han Yue visited him and spent the day with him. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan arrived in the Black-Corner Region and discovered that a flirtatious woman had stolen his money.

• Zi Yan visited Luo Zixi, who used her medicinal herbs to make more than two thousand powerful candy pills for her.
• Han Yue arrived at Luo Zixi's office, and they spent the day together as she worked on her foreign language homework.
• Xiao Yan found that a woman had stolen the money in his pouch after he arrived in the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to sell his remaining Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills and warned him to be more careful around women.
• Xiao Yan compared his troubles with Luo Zixi's relationship with Queen Medusa, and Yao Chen struck him on the head.

Luo Zixi reunited with Xiao Yan at the Black Seal Auction House and teased him about his interest in a mature beauty from Heavenly Serpent Mansion. Luo Zixi warned that she would face a bloody calamity that night, leaving Xiao Yan eager to learn more while Yao Chen forbade him from pursuing women before reaching Dou Huang.

• Luo Zixi met Xiao Yan outside the auction house while accompanied by a bunny-eared woman, then gave her a third-tier pill as a tip.
• Luo Zixi explained to Xiao Yan why he had rewarded the woman, and Xiao Yan agreed with his reasoning.
• Xiao Yan watched the auction and pointed out a cold, green-haired beauty, whom Luo Zixi recognized as the Azure Serpent Elder.
• Luo Zixi warned that the Azure Serpent Elder would face danger that night because the auction's unusual item would bring an assassination attempt against its buyer.
• Yao Chen threatened to burn Xiao Yan if he pursued women before reaching Dou Huang, and Xiao Yan protested that Luo Zixi already had many wives and concubines.

At the Black Mark auction, Luo Zixi and Xiao Yan watched Azure Serpent Elder win Three Thousand Lightning Movements, while Black Skull Tomb bought a seventh-grade pill. Afterward, Luo Zixi revealed that Han Feng was in the Black-Corner Region and rushed to save Elder Qing, who had been poisoned with Blood Poison mixed with Spring Poison.

• The auctioneer bundled a treasure-map fragment with Three Thousand Lightning Movements, and Azure Serpent Elder won the technique for eleven million two hundred thousand.
• Black Skull Tomb acquired the Yin Yang Xuan Long Pill, and Xiao Yan realized Luo Zixi had once refined the same kind of pill.
• Yao Chen asked about Han Feng, and Luo Zixi confirmed that the traitorous disciple was in the Black-Corner Region.
• Luo Zixi sensed Elder Qing was in danger and brought Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to the scene, warning them about the poison mist.
• Luo Zixi killed the Blood Sect servant who had poisoned Elder Qing, then began treating her with his life and light energy.

Luo Zixi cured Elder Qing’s Blood Poison, then took her away to treat her Spring Poison while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watched. After killing Fan Ling and taking his spoils, Luo Zixi gave Xiao Yan the pill and other items, learned Three Thousand Lightning Movements, and continued treating Elder Qing at an inn.

• Luo Zixi purged the Blood Poison from Elder Qing and carried her away to deal with the Spring Poison.
• Luo Zixi found Fan Ling and killed him with a cut to the neck while Xiao Yan watched.
• Luo Zixi learned the complete Three Thousand Lightning Movements and gave Xiao Yan the Yin Yang Xuan Long Pill and Fan Ling’s other items.
• Luo Zixi brought Elder Qing to an inn and treated her Spring Poison; two hours later, she woke as he suggested continuing for another hour.

Luo Zixi restrained Leng Qing after curing her Spring Poison, gave her pills, and left to attend to other matters. At Canaan Academy’s Fire Energy Hunting Competition, Xiao Yixian paralyzed Xiao Yan and took his Fire Energy, leaving him unable to finish the contest.

• Luo Zixi revealed to Leng Qing that he was a Dou Zong, gave her a Storage Ring of pills, and restrained her from revealing what had happened.
• Luo Zixi returned to Leng Qing after releasing her, then left the hotel at noon to pursue his plans involving Canaan Academy and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan used a dummy to evade the Inner Courtyard students hunting him and continued toward the competition’s destination.
• Xiao Yan mistook Xiao Yixian for a stranger and tried to introduce himself, but she paralyzed him with poison and took all his Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yixian left Xiao Yan paralyzed for an hour, while Yao Chen told him not to blame others for his failure.

Luo Zixi absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame sealed beneath the Burning Sky Refining Qi Tower, then traveled to the underground magma lake and secured the Heavenly Flame Honored One. He returned with the newly born Fallen Heart Flame and placed it in the tower’s seal, restoring the students’ heart flames.

• Luo Zixi showed Elder Liu that he possessed two Heavenly Flames and said he intended to absorb the sealed Fallen Heart Flame, then replace it with a newly born one from the underground magma lake.
• Luo Zixi entered the seal and refined the Fallen Heart Flame, rising to peak seven-star Dou Zong as Su Qian and the other elders gathered outside.
• Luo Zixi reached the Heavenly Flame Honored One in the magma lake and persuaded him to enter an empty Storage Ring by promising to forge him a body.
• Luo Zixi returned to the tower and released the newly born Fallen Heart Flame into the seal, causing everyone’s heart flames to ignite again.
• Elder Liu realized that Canaan Academy truly had two Fallen Heart Flames.

Luo Zixi gave Su Qian a Po Zong Pill, helping him break through to Dou Zong, while his relationships with Xiao Mei and Xun'er continued to grow closer. Outside Canaan Academy, Han Feng took the bait of false intelligence, and Su Qian prepared the elders to ambush him at the Burning Sky Refining Qi Tower.

• Luo Zixi dismissed the elders’ reprimands, revealed he was an alchemist, and gave Su Qian a Po Zong Pill.
• Su Qian entered seclusion and secretly advanced from Dou Huang to Dou Zong, while promising Luo Zixi’s companions would be treated well.
• Luo Zixi became intimate with Xiao Mei and later set a protective restriction around her while she slept.
• Han Feng’s informant reported that Su Qian and the elders had gathered at the Burning Sky Refining Qi Tower, and Han Feng killed him after receiving the information.
• Su Qian and Hu Qian revealed that they had leaked false intelligence to lure Han Feng’s forces into an ambush.

Luo Zixi helped Canaan Academy lure Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region attackers into a trap, then captured Han Feng and brought him to Yao Chen. In a hidden cave, Yao Chen began taking revenge on his former disciple and recounting his crimes.

• Luo Zixi and Su Qian staged a massive Fallen Heart Flame eruption to draw Han Feng and his allies toward Canaan Academy.
• Luo Zixi withdrew the flame, struck Han Feng unconscious, and left Su Qian to handle the other attackers.
• Luo Zixi brought Xiao Yan to a hidden mountain cave, where Han Feng was bound and his cultivation sealed.
• Yao Chen cut off Han Feng's right arm and leg while recalling how he had adopted and taught him.
• Luo Zixi told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had poisoned Yao Chen and colluded with Soul Hall to enslave his soul.

After punishing Han Feng, Yao Chen sealed his soul, while Luo Zixi spent time with Xun'er at Canaan Academy. When Gu Clan guards arrived to escort Xun'er home, Luo Zixi provoked their leader and immobilized him with spatial power.

• Yao Chen tortured Han Feng for a week, forced his soul from his body, and sealed it in a Jade Bottle with Heaven Flames.
• Luo Zixi relaxed with Xun'er in the rear mountain, and Ling Ying suspected that Luo Zixi had secretly reached the Dou Zun realm.
• Luo Zixi spotted the Gu Clan guards approaching to take Xun'er home, and Xun'er stayed in his arms instead of getting up to meet them.
• Ling Quan introduced himself as the newly appointed deputy commander of the Black Submerging Army and said he had come under a Clan Elder's orders to escort Xun'er.
• Luo Zixi kissed Xun'er, provoking Ling Quan, who threatened him before Luo Zixi silenced and immobilized him with spatial power.

Luo Zixi tortured Ling Quan and attacked the Gu Clan’s hidden observer, Gu Dao, who revealed himself as a Seven Star Dou Sheng. Gu Dao prepared to take Xun'er back, while Luo Zixi promised to visit her at the Gu Clan within three years.

• Luo Zixi crushed Ling Quan’s right arm and mocked him as the Gu Clan guards stood by.
• Luo Zixi sensed someone hiding in space and blasted the area with nearly a hundred Buddha's Angry Fire Lotuses, forcing Gu Dao out.
• Xun'er identified Gu Dao as her grandfather and pleaded with him not to blame Luo Zixi.
• Gu Dao agreed to leave with Xun'er and declined to argue with Luo Zixi.
• Xun'er asked Luo Zixi to visit her, and he promised to come to the Gu Clan within three years.

A year after Xun'er left, Luo Zixi reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun while Zi Yan eagerly absorbed his life energy and Medusa continued to torment him. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan advanced rapidly but struggled with Rank Six Pills, while Yun Shan was ordered by Soul Hall to capture him.

• Luo Zixi let Zi Yan absorb his life energy, then carried her back to her room after she fell asleep.
• Medusa wrapped herself around Luo Zixi when he returned to his dormitory, and he told her to do as she pleased but let him rest.
• Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo watched Xiao Yan repeatedly blow up furnaces as he tried to refine Rank Six Pills, then warned him that he had spent all his Fire Energy.
• Yun Yun cultivated with help from Luo Zixi's pills and the Fallen Heart Flame seed fire while Nalan Yanran entered the Gate of Life and Death to improve her talent.
• A Soul Hall shadow ordered Yun Shan to capture Xiao Yan and reminded him that he was now Soul Hall's dog.

Yun Yun went to investigate the evil aura in Yun Shan’s cave and fought Protector Jie, who had enslaved her master and overwhelmed her with Soul Hall’s chains. Luo Zixi arrived through a spatial rift and seized Protector Jie, leaving the confrontation poised for his punishment.

• Yun Yun sensed an evil aura in Yun Shan’s cave, while Protector Jie revealed that a curse in Yun Shan’s Po Zong Pill let him torture and control Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun broke into the cave after hearing Yun Shan scream, then attacked Protector Jie to protect the Yunlan Sect.
• Protector Jie used Soul Devouring Chains to suppress Yun Yun and weaken the vines protecting her.
• Luo Zixi sensed that the seal he had placed on Yun Yun was disturbed and rushed from Canaan Academy to Yunlan Sect.
• Luo Zixi emerged from a spatial rift, grabbed Protector Jie by the throat, and condemned him for threatening Yun Yun.

Luo Zixi saved Yun Shan by burning away Soul Hall’s secret technique, then traveled with Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian to Black Emperor City. He explained that Bodhi Transformation Saliva could improve constitutions and help Xiao Yi Xian form a Poison Core, while Qing Lin prepared to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Luo Zixi killed Protector Jie and used Heavenly Flames to destroy the Soul Hall secret technique hidden in Yun Shan’s heart.
• Yun Shan thanked Luo Zixi, who told him to thank Yun Yun and said he would take her to Central State later.
• Three days later, Luo Zixi arrived in Black Emperor City with Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei remained at Jia Nan Academy.
• Luo Zixi learned that Qing Lin had reached Peak Dou Emperor after subduing snake-type magical beasts and gave her a Po Zong Pill for her coming breakthrough.
• Luo Zixi explained that Bodhi Transformation Saliva could improve constitutions, help locate the Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Ancient Tree, and provide a key ingredient for Xiao Yi Xian’s future Poison Core.

Luo Zixi brought Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yixian to Black Emperor Pavilion, intending to raid the place before its owner could target them. After punishing Mo Ya for plotting against them, Luo Zixi forced the Young Pavilion Master to provide them with the best private room.

• Luo Zixi entered Black Emperor Pavilion with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yixian and invited them to take whatever they liked.
• Xiao Yixian kissed Luo Zixi, while Zi Yan and Qing Lin reacted to the display of affection.
• Several lecherous men threatened Luo Zixi and his companions, so Luo Zixi burned them to ashes with Heavenly Flames.
• Luo Zixi dragged the hidden Mo Ya into the venue and accused him of sending the men to challenge him.
• Xiao Yixian suggested killing everyone to avoid leaving witnesses, but Luo Zixi stopped her and spared the crowd.
• Luo Zixi ordered Mo Ya to arrange the best room for them, and Mo Ya sent them to a Top-Tier Heavenly-Grade Private Room.

Luo Zixi and the girls attended the Black Emperor Pavilion Auction House, where Luo Zixi won a Tier 7 Magical Beast Corpse for Zi Yan with pills. After the auction’s main prize, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, was revealed, Luo Zixi waited outside for the remaining Black-Corner Region powers to arrive before making his move.

• Luo Zixi watched the auction with Xiao Yixian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, while the girls discussed robbing the bidders and Qing Lin summoned images of powerful snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Zi Yan sensed a connection to the Tier 7 Magical Beast Corpse and asked Luo Zixi to win it for her.
• Luo Zixi outbid Elder Fang with Dou Ling Pills and Huang Ji Pills, and Mo Tianxing completed the exchange for the corpse.
• Luo Zixi kept the Magical Beast Corpse in his Storage Ring and promised to let Zi Yan have it after everything was over.
• Mo Tianxing unveiled the auction’s main prize, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, while Luo Zixi waited outside for the remaining powerful figures to arrive.

Luo Zixi, Xiao Yixian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin ambushed the factions competing for the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and looted Black Emperor City and several other major sects. After targeting six treasuries, they headed toward Demon Flame Valley.

• Mo Tianxing confronted Old Man Ying Shan over the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and three elders from Demon Flame Valley arrived to join the standoff.
• Luo Zixi asked Xiao Yixian and Zi Yan to act, and they quickly took the gathered factions' possessions.
• Luo Zixi found the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, valuable techniques, pill formulas, and other treasures in the Storage Rings, especially Mo Tianxing's.
• Luo Zixi killed Mo Ya in Black Emperor City and discovered a huge treasury beneath the city.
• Luo Zixi, Xiao Yixian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin raided the treasuries of several major factions in disguise, spreading alarm across the Black-Corner Region.
• Zi Yan pointed out Demon Flame Valley as their next target, and Luo Zixi led the group away.

Luo Zixi refined his collected corpses into powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets and planned to leave two with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei for protection. He showed one of the puppets to the sisters, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watched from hiding.

• Luo Zixi used the bodies of Protector Jie and Earth Demon Old Ghost to refine a puppet, then tempered it with Nirvana Divine Lightning until it reached the Nine-Star Dou Zun Peak level.
• Xiao Yixian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan gathered around the completed puppet and learned how strong it was.
• Luo Zixi refined his remaining corpses into six more puppets of varying strength, including four made from Dou Zong experts of the Black-Corner Region.
• Luo Zixi called Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei to Canaan Academy's rear mountain and teased Xiao Yu before revealing a golden-patterned Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, hiding nearby, were discovered by Luo Zixi and exclaimed in shock at the Dou Zun-level puppet.