Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen persuaded Ye Zhong to let him leave the Ye Family and train outside Ye City, with Hu Tian assigned to protect him. After departing, Ye Chen chose to travel west on foot toward Clear Moon City, hoping to battle Magical Beasts and grow stronger before possibly visiting Sacred Pill City.

• Ye Chen insisted that staying in the clan would slow his cultivation, and Ye Zhong agreed to let him travel for up to a year within the Pill Region with Hu Tian as his guard.
• Ye Lan and Song Chun'er opposed Ye Chen's departure, but they yielded after Ye Zhong supported his decision.
• Ye Chen left the Ye Family quietly with Hu Tian, who vowed to protect him at any cost.
• After exploring Ye City, Ye Chen told Hu Tian they would head west on foot toward Clear Moon City and might visit Sacred Pill City.

Ye Chen entered a dangerous forest with Hu Tian to temper himself and defeated a Tusked Blood Mane Beast using Starfire. After discovering human victims and hearing Hu Tian’s warning that people could be more dangerous than Magical Beasts, Ye Chen continued through the mountain range and gained more combat practice.

• Ye Chen encountered a charging Tusked Blood Mane Beast and killed it with Starfire.
• Hu Tian warned Ye Chen to flee because the battle’s noise had alerted nearby Magical Beasts.
• Ye Chen and Hu Tian found more than ten corpses, and Hu Tian concluded that humans had killed them.
• Hu Tian cautioned Ye Chen that danger on the Middle Continent came from people as well as Magical Beasts.
• Ye Chen continued through the forest, fought several suitable Magical Beasts, collected rare spiritual herbs, and crossed the mountain range.

After surviving a series of dangerous battles and learning not to trust appearances, Ye Chen left the mountain range with Hu Tian and arrived in Clear Moon City. There, Ye Chen stopped a bearded man to ask why armed people were rushing through the streets, and Hu Tian intimidated him before he could answer.

• Ye Chen recalled how a seemingly innocent injured girl had stabbed him after gaining his trust, and how Hu Tian had saved him from the attack.
• Ye Chen treated his wounds, left the mountain forest, and learned from Hu Tian that Clear Moon City lay thirty li ahead.
• Ye Chen and Hu Tian reached Clear Moon City, where Ye Chen paid the gate fee and noticed crowds of armed people hurrying in one direction.
• Ye Chen stopped a bearded man to ask what was happening, and Hu Tian’s pressure frightened the man into silence.

Ye Chen learned that Clear Moon City’s Wind Cloud Arena had become entangled in a succession struggle among Lin Qingyue’s heirs. As he headed to the arena, he heard about two heirs and the powerful factions backing them.

• The bearded man explained that Lin Qingyue’s monthly Wind Cloud Arena attracted fighters with cultivation resources and had recently fallen under the control of her four adult heirs.
• Ye Chen rewarded the bearded man with a Third Grade Qi Recovery Pill and asked him to explain the heirs’ backgrounds.
• The bearded man said the eldest son, Lin Yuheng, was a Three-Star Dou Huang backed by the Black Fire Sect, whose strength Hu Tian described as formidable.
• The bearded man said the second son, Lin Yucheng, was also a Three-Star Dou Huang and had support from the Lei Clan of Tianyuan City.

Ye Chen learned about Clear Moon City's Four Heirs and the rivalries shaping the succession struggle. At the Wind Cloud Arena, Hu Tian detected that Lin Yutong was stronger than reported and had a powerful protector, leading Ye Chen to suspect a connection to Ice River Valley.

• Ye Chen asked about the female heir, and the bearded man identified her as Lin Yutong, Clear Moon City's First Beauty and a talented cultivator with little support in the succession struggle.
• The bearded man said rumors had questioned Lin Yutong's right to inherit, while the youngest heir was favored because his father was linked to Lingyun Sword Sect and possibly Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• Ye Chen and the bearded man arrived at the Wind Cloud Arena, where the Four Heirs sat beneath the main arena.
• Ye Chen asked Hu Tian to assess the heirs, and Hu Tian judged Lin Yutong to be a newly advanced Six Star Dou Huang with an Ice Attribute method and a protector likely as strong as himself.
• Ye Chen wondered whether Lin Yutong was connected to Ice River Valley.

Ye Chen watched the Wind Cloud Arena as Lin Yutong’s Half-Step Dou Zong protector noticed him, while the Clear Moon City heirs clashed over Fan Qingge’s allegiance. The chapter left Lin Yuheng ordering Cheng Wu to challenge Fan Qingge and undermine Lin Yuting.

• Lin Yutong’s protector sensed Ye Chen watching, and Lin Yutong blushed when their eyes met.
• Fan Qingge entered the arena after winning five consecutive matches, and Hu Tian explained the strength and weaknesses of his earth-attributed fighting style.
• Lin Yuting bragged that Fan Qingge had chosen to serve him despite better offers from his brothers, provoking Lin Yuheng’s scorn.
• Lin Yuting and Lin Yuheng traded insults while Lin Yutong stayed silent and Lin Yucheng watched from the sidelines.
• Lin Yuheng ordered Cheng Wu to go up and teach Fan Qingge a lesson.

Cheng Wu fought Fan Qingge at the Wind Cloud Arena, while Ye Chen considered supporting Lin Yutong to protect the Ye Family’s interests. He argued that Lin Yutong was a better ally than Lin Yuheng, whose Black Fire Sect could threaten the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar.

• Cheng Wu attacked Fan Qingge with a dagger, but Fan Qingge’s Dou Qi armor blocked his first strikes.
• Cheng Wu unleashed a stronger attack, but Fan Qingge shattered it and drove him back with a punch.
• Ye Chen asked Hu Tian what might happen if the Ye Family supported Lin Yutong’s bid to become City Lord.
• Hu Tian wondered if Ye Chen was interested in Lin Yutong, but Ye Chen denied it and explained that the Ye Family needed outside support.
• Ye Chen rejected Lin Yuheng as an ally, claiming the Black Fire Sect might covet the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar, and said Lin Yutong’s reputation made her a better choice.

Cheng Wu defeated Fan Qingge by exploiting hidden damage to his defenses, leaving Lin Yuting furious and embarrassed. With Cheng Wu crowned arena champion but injured, Lin Yuting challenged Lin Yucheng and Lin Yutong to send fighters, putting Cheng Wu at risk.

• Fan Qingge used a secret technique to raise his strength, but Hu Tian told Ye Chen that Cheng Wu was hiding dark-attribute attacks inside Fan Qingge’s protective armor.
• Cheng Wu shattered Fan Qingge’s armor and overwhelmed him with his Soul Devouring Dagger, killing him on the arena.
• Lin Yuting was shocked that Fan Qingge had lost and recalled the rule limiting each sibling to one Dao Protector who did not exceed the Dou Huang realm.
• Lin Yuting urged Lin Yucheng and Lin Yutong to send fighters now that Cheng Wu had become arena champion.
• Lin Yuheng realized Cheng Wu’s injuries and the challenge rules could leave him in danger if Lin Yucheng sent someone to fight.

Lin Yucheng sent Blood Dance, a rapidly strengthened blood-attribute Dou Huang, to fight Cheng Wu after Lin Yuheng challenged him to a match. Blood Dance overwhelmed the already injured Cheng Wu, who unleashed a strange blood mist that covered his body in crimson patterns.

• Lin Yucheng called on Blood Dance to fight, and Lin Yuheng recognized her as a Seven Star Dou Huang who had recently advanced through blood cultivation.
• Blood Dance appeared in the arena, and Ye Chen and Hu Tian noted her speed, blood aura, and the dangers of her cultivation method.
• After an hour, Blood Dance faced Cheng Wu, who had recovered only to about eighty percent of his strength.
• Blood Dance struck Cheng Wu with her greatsword, wounded him, and then sent him flying back with a faster attack.
• Cheng Wu spat out blood that became a controlled mist, which enveloped him as crimson patterns spread across his body.

Ye Chen sent Hu Tian to interrupt Blood Dance’s attempt to drain Cheng Wu, prompting Lin Yucheng to order an attack on the powerful newcomer. Lin Yutong noticed Ye Chen, and Old Luo urged her to seek his support in the struggle among the Lin brothers.

• Blood Dance used her secret art to drain Cheng Wu’s blood and qi, but Hu Tian struck her with Thunder Light and triggered a severe backlash that made her vanish as a Blood Shadow.
• Lin Yucheng ordered three subordinates to capture Hu Tian, but Hu Tian stopped the Three-Star Dou Huang’s sword attack with one hand and frightened the two Dou Wang into keeping their distance.
• Lin Yucheng, Lin Yuheng, and Lin Yuting recognized that Hu Tian’s strength had reached the Nine Star Dou Huang level.
• Lin Yutong glanced toward Ye Chen, and Old Luo, noticing her interest, urged her to gain Ye Chen’s support against the three Young Masters.

Lin Yutong agreed to try recruiting Ye Chen after Old Luo urged her to approach him sincerely, while the Four Heirs investigated Ye Chen and Hu Tian after the arena fight. At his inn, Ye Chen began cultivating in seclusion and absorbed a Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Pill to prepare for another breakthrough.

• Old Luo reminded Lin Yutong that reaching Dou Zong could earn her a meeting with her absent father, and persuaded her to invite Ye Chen to join her side.
• Lin Yutong agreed to approach Ye Chen sincerely and planned to offer him her treasured rare items if necessary.
• Hu Tian intervened in Blood Dance's arena fight, Cheng Wu surrendered, and Lin Yucheng left after Lin Yuheng stepped in.
• The Four Heirs' people investigated Ye Chen and Hu Tian, and Lin Yuheng's men seized a bearded man Ye Chen had questioned.
• Ye Chen settled into a rented courtyard with Hu Tian and began seclusion, swallowing a Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Pill as Dou Qi gathered around him.

After Ye Chen broke through to the Three-Star Dou Grandmaster realm, he met Lin Yutong, who asked him to help her in Clear Moon City’s succession struggle. He initially refused to get involved, and Old Luo tried to reassure him that the request was permitted and would be rewarded.

• Ye Chen absorbed the energy in his Dantian and broke through two stars, reaching the Three-Star Dou Grandmaster realm.
• Hu Tian told Ye Chen that Lin Yutong and Lin Yuheng’s representative were the only visitors still waiting for him.
• Ye Chen asked Hu Tian to invite Lin Yutong and send away Lin Yuheng’s representative.
• Ye Chen introduced himself to Lin Yutong as Song Chen, using his mother’s surname as an alias.
• Lin Yutong asked Ye Chen to come help her, and Ye Chen hesitated because he did not want to interfere in Clear Moon City’s internal succession struggle.
• Old Luo told Ye Chen that the City Lord allowed outside assistance and that Lin Yutong would offer him a suitable reward.

Ye Chen accepted Lin Yutong’s gift and discovered that the Meteorite Stone inside contained Star Power, which greatly increased his Star Essence. Meanwhile, Lin Qingyue learned of the Half-Step Dou Zong expert at the Wind Cloud Arena and summoned four people for an announcement.

• Lin Yutong offered Ye Chen a Storage Ring of valuables as thanks for his help, and Ye Chen accepted it.
• Ye Chen sensed unusual energy in the ring and found a Meteorite Stone, which he later learned could provide Star Power.
• Ye Chen absorbed the Meteorite Stone’s energy and gained ten Star Essence, bringing his total to 47.
• Lin Qingyue heard that a mysterious Half-Step Dou Zong expert had appeared at the Wind Cloud Arena and might serve a young man from a major power.
• Lin Qingyue told her subordinate to leave the matter alone for now and summon four people for an announcement.

Lin Yutong told Ye Chen that the final test for Clear Moon City’s successor would be arena battles, and the rules initially seemed to give her a strong advantage. Her brothers sought backing from their fathers’ forces, so Ye Chen and Lin Yutong prepared for a month of escalating competition; seven days later, Old Luo returned to Ye Chen with news.

• Lin Yutong told Ye Chen that the candidates would fight three matches in the Wind Cloud Arena, with each candidate required to take part in one battle.
• Lin Yuheng ordered Li Yan to report to his father and request the Black Fire Sect’s full support, while Lin Yucheng and Lin Yuting also sought help from their fathers’ forces.
• Ye Chen warned Lin Yutong that her brothers could use their powerful backing to overcome her advantage, and Old Luo promised to watch their movements.
• Over the next five or six days, Ye Chen cultivated and refined pills while Lin Yutong and her allies tried to strengthen themselves and weaken their rivals.
• On the seventh day of the month, Old Luo hurried to Ye Chen to report something.

Ye Chen joined Old Luo and Hu Tian in following Lin Yuheng and the Black Fire Sect to the Fire Dragon Mountain Range, hoping to disrupt their plan and investigate the powerful Magical Beast they sought. As the rival heirs' forces gathered nearby, a Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon burst from a volcanic crater.

• Old Luo told Ye Chen that Lin Yuheng had brought five Dou Emperors and more than ten high-level Dou Wangs to the Fire Dragon Mountain Range to besiege a Magical Beast Emperor.
• Ye Chen agreed to accompany Old Luo and Hu Tian, despite Old Luo's concern that Ye Chen was too weak for the journey.
• Three days later, Hu Tian carried Ye Chen as they followed Lin Yuheng's group into the Fire Dragon Mountain Range, where Old Luo spotted the forces of Lin Yucheng and Lin Yuting.
• After the group reached the range's core region, a huge beast erupted from a volcanic crater, and they identified it as a Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon.

Ye Chen watched the Black Fire Sect battle the Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon, intending to wait until both sides were weakened before making his move. After the Sect’s two Nine Star Dou Huang unleashed a devastating flame storm, mysterious Black Shadows suddenly attacked them.

• Old Luo identified the Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon, and Ye Chen secretly told Hu Tian his risky plan.
• Old Luo asked Hu Tian to help restrain the Black Fire Sect experts, while Ye Chen stayed behind and prepared to act later.
• Ye Chen followed the battle from cover as the Black Fire Sect’s two Nine Star Dou Huang overwhelmed the wounded dragon.
• The dragon countered with a massive fire pillar, but the two experts crushed it with a flame storm and swept the dragon into the attack.
• Several Black Shadows suddenly shot from the mountain range and attacked the two Black Fire Sect experts.

Ye Chen waited for Cheng Wu to approach the wounded Flame Spirit Flood Dragon, then used three Fire Beasts to distract him and seized the chance to kill the beast. The Star Vein Diagram offered Ye Chen its complete Beast Soul, and he accepted.

• Lin Yuheng sent Cheng Wu to claim the Flame Spirit Flood Dragon's Monster Core and Dragon Yuan while the Black Fire Sect's forces held off three rival factions.
• Ye Chen watched from a nearby mountaintop as Cheng Wu approached the wounded beast and prepared to attack.
• The Flame Spirit Flood Dragon unleashed a final fire strike at Cheng Wu, then collapsed after exhausting its strength.
• Ye Chen summoned a blood-red Fire Wolf, a black Flame Black Eagle, and a Blue Flame Lion to distract Cheng Wu.
• Ye Chen stabbed the Flame Spirit Flood Dragon through the eye, killing it, and accepted the Star Vein Diagram's offer to integrate its complete Beast Soul.

Ye Chen escaped the battle with the Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon’s Dragon Yuan while Hu Tian carried him to safety. In hiding, Ye Chen completed his Star Vein Diagram and discovered that his attributes had greatly improved.

• Ye Chen took the Dragon Yuan from the Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon and fled as Cheng Wu attacked, but Hu Tian rescued him and carried him away.
• Lin Yuheng’s side won the battle, but Lin Yuheng flew into a rage when Cheng Wu reported that the Dragon Yuan was missing.
• Hu Tian and Ye Chen reached a secluded cave, where they examined the Dragon Yuan and discussed its properties.
• Ye Chen opened his completed Star Vein Diagram Atlas and saw that his Star Souls had reverted to Star Essence.
• Ye Chen found that the completed Unicorn Fire Spirit Flood Dragon diagram had greatly raised his Essence, Qi, Spirit, Speed, and Strength attributes.

After activating the Star Region Diagram, Ye Chen strengthened his Dragon Head Star Region and gained the Dragon Flame Song skill. He swallowed Dragon Yuan and began a rapid cultivation breakthrough, while Hu Tian guarded his seclusion.

• Ye Chen reviewed the Star Region Diagram’s Star Palaces and chose to improve his Soul Power and control rather than his already enhanced physical strength.
• Ye Chen lit four Dragon Head Star Palaces, raising his Spirit, Skill, Soul Control, and Fire Control attributes and unlocking the Dragon Flame Song Star Track Skill.
• Ye Chen told Hu Tian to guard him while he cultivated in seclusion.
• Ye Chen swallowed the Dragon Yuan, endured its erupting energy, and guided it into his Dou Crystal as his cultivation realm began to rise rapidly.

Ye Chen refined the Dragon Yuan and broke through from Dou Grandmaster to Four-Star Dou Ling while suppressing its power to avoid damaging his foundation. With most of the Dragon Yuan still unused, he decided to return to Clear Moon City and save his pills for Xin Lan.

• Ye Chen's Dou Crystal expanded as the Dragon Yuan energy pushed him to Nine-Star Dou Grandmaster.
• Ye Chen advanced to Seven-Star Dou Ling, then restrained the surging energy until his cultivation stabilized at Four-Star Dou Ling.
• Ye Chen's breakthrough released Silver Flame that swept through the cave, and Hu Tian congratulated him.
• Ye Chen decided to save the Spirit Ascension Pill and Honored King Pill for Xin Lan.
• Ye Chen agreed with Hu Tian that they should return to Clear Moon City.