Chapter Summaries

Yang Tian and the Douluo Gang clashed with an instructor at the academy while Gu Xun'er became curious about Yang Tian and agreed to train with his group. Elder Liu ordered the students to hunt Dou Kings and a Dou Emperor in the Black-Corner Region, and Yang Tian sent the gang to handle it without promising them any safety.

• Gu Xun'er sensed Yang Tian's bloodline suppressing hers and grew curious about him, while Ruo Lin asked him to lead students from Yellow Rank Class Two and he agreed.
• Ma Hongjun defeated the male instructor with Phoenix Howl Soaring Strike just as Elder Liu arrived, and Tang San explained that the instructor had provoked them.
• Elder Liu ordered ten students to lead groups on three months of training and return with ten Dou King corpses and one Dou Emperor corpse.
• Oscar proposed a plan for Tang San and the others to hunt a Dou Emperor, while Yu Tianheng suggested asking Yang Tian for life-saving items.
• Yang Tian refused to give them life-saving items, promised to avenge them if they died, and joked that he would take care of their girlfriends or wives.

Yang Tian selected Gu Xun'er, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia to join his Black-Corner Region training team, then tested Wu Hao's challenge with his overwhelming killing intent. Wu Hao endured the experience but realized Yang Tian had withdrawn it before the ten seconds were up.

• Elder Liu formed teams for the training expedition, and Yang Tian selected Gu Xun'er, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia.
• Wu Hao said he would not take orders from Yang Tian, who mocked his inability to control his killing intent and asked for a male student to join the team.
• Wu Hao challenged Yang Tian, who offered him a chance to fight if he could endure ten seconds beneath Yang Tian's killing intent without yielding.
• Yang Tian unleashed a hellish vision of slaughter that made Wu Hao tremble, while Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to protect the weaker students.
• Yang Tian withdrew his killing intent early, and Wu Hao realized he had endured less than ten seconds and that Yang Tian could conceal or release his power at will.

Yang Tian tested Wu Hao’s control over killing intent and began drawing him into his service while claiming to Gu Xun’er that Uncle Gu had sent him to bring her home. After Hu Jia and Gu Xun’er went to gather fruit, a wounded man in black attacked them and knocked Wu Hao into a tree.

• Gu Xun’er withdrew her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, and Yang Tian’s killing intent left the academy students and Wu Hao shaken.
• Wu Hao asked to follow Yang Tian, who showed him Tang San’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and demanded loyalty unto death.
• Elder Liu asked Yang Tian to protect Jia Nan College students when possible, and Yang Tian’s group headed into the Black-Corner Region.
• Yang Tian told Gu Xun’er that Uncle Gu had sent him to bring her back, then teased that the task was an opportunity to marry her.
• Hu Jia and Gu Xun’er went to find fruit, but a wounded man in black attacked them and sent Wu Hao crashing through a tree.

Yang Tian rescued Gu Xun'er and Hu Jia from the Black-Clothed Man, then healed Wu Hao after the fight. The next day, he led them into Black-Ink City and asked Wu Hao to explain the Black-Corner Region's rules of survival.

• Gu Xun'er revealed her strength and used a secret technique to fight the Black-Clothed Man while protecting Hu Jia.
• The Black-Clothed Man used blood mist to get past Gu Xun'er's attack and struck at the two women.
• Yang Tian seized the Black-Clothed Man's wrist and knocked him down with a physical-strength punch.
• Yang Tian calmed Gu Xun'er's chaotic Dou Qi, gave her a medicinal pill, and healed Wu Hao.
• Yang Tian led Gu Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao into Black-Ink City and told Wu Hao to explain the region's survival rules.

Yang Tian sent Wu Hao to auction a valuable Dou Technique in Black-Corner City, using the danger surrounding the sale to make his companions experience the region’s brutal rules. At the crowded auction, Yang Tian raised the stakes with even rarer treasures, intending to draw powerful opponents to him.

• Yang Tian gave Wu Hao a mid-level Earth Rank Dou Technique to put up for auction, and Gu Xun'er asked him to give it to her afterward.
• Wu Hao arranged for the technique to be auctioned in three days in exchange for valuable, unusual items.
• After powerful experts gathered in Black-Ink City, Yang Tian brought Wu Hao, Gu Xun'er, and Hu Jia to the auction despite Wu Hao's fear of the Dou Huangs.
• Yang Tian surveyed the assembled factions from a private room and ordered Wu Hao to auction a Profound High Rank Dou Technique and a low-level Earth Rank cultivation method.
• Yang Tian added a seventh-tier Venerable Pill to the lots, hoping to attract even more powerful opponents.

Yang Tian and the others attended an unusual Eight Gates Sect auction, where powerful experts gathered and the opening lots were sold. The auction began offering a red-green piece of meteoric copper, prompting a bid from the third floor.

• Yang Tian noticed concealed peak Dou Huangs and Dou Zongs around the auction and waited for the opening.
• The Eight Gates Sect presented Red Cloak Girls to guests, and Yang Tian told the two assigned to his room to sit aside.
• Hu Jia wanted to help the Red Cloak Girls, but Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er warned her that kindness in the Black-Corner Region could be dangerous.
• Yang Tian suspected the unusual gathering of powerful experts meant the auction held a Venerable-level treasure.
• The Vajra Art sold for a Profound High-Rank movement Battle Skill, and ten top-grade Rank-4 Dou Ling Pills sold for 1.2 million Gold Coin.
• The auctioneer revealed a fist-sized piece of reddish-green meteoric copper, and someone on the third floor bid a Mysterious Middle-Rank Battle Skill.

At the auction, Yang Tian pursued unusual items and drew attention by bidding with high-rank skills, while Han Feng won a map to a Heavenly Flame. The final auction item was another incomplete map, whose hidden opportunity remained undisclosed.

• Yang Tian recognized that the Red Copper concealed something, bid for it, and watched a Dou King take it while secretly locking onto him.
• Yang Tian bid an Earth Rank Middle-Rank Battle Skill for a sealed map to a Heavenly Flame, prompting Han Feng to counter with an Earth Rank Middle-Rank cultivation method.
• Yang Tian identified Han Feng as Yao Chen's disciple and hinted that he possessed a Heavenly Flame, stirring Han Feng's suspicion and killing intent.
• Yang Tian teased Gu Xun'er about her father and her feelings, while she began to waver in her preference for Xiao Yan.
• Han Feng won the Heavenly Flame map; Yang Tian acquired an Eighth Grade Medicinal Herb but lost a mysterious Pill Cauldron to Han Feng.
• The master of the Eight Gates Sect presented the twenty-seventh item, an incomplete map pointing toward an unclear but potentially valuable opportunity.

Yang Tian led Gu Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao out of Black-Ink City to draw in the people who had followed them from the auction. Surrounded by Han Feng and other powerful pursuers, he faced demands for his treasures and the women with him, while secretly preparing to fight back.

• Yuan Yi auctioned the Eight Gates Sect's map to a Soul Saint's Tomb, and Han Feng won it after Yang Tian offered a Heaven Rank Fragment Cultivation Method.
• Yang Tian left Black-Ink City with Gu Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, then stopped when Han Feng and the other pursuers caught up with them.
• Han Feng offered to trade for Yang Tian's Eighth Grade Medicinal Herb and cultivation methods while the others pressed him for his possessions.
• Yang Tian pretended to yield and called Gu Xun'er his fiancée, offering Hu Jia to the lecherous Nine-Star Dou Wang instead.
• The Nine-Star Dou Wang demanded both women and Yang Tian's life, while Han Feng demanded his Heavenly Flames, cultivation methods, and medicinal herbs.

Yang Tian revealed that he had lured the Black-Corner Region’s strongest fighters into a trap, then killed most of them and seized Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame. After reclaiming the Scarlet Bronze, he found Seven-Colored Flame hidden inside it.

• Yang Tian’s aura surged to Five Star Dou Zong, and a barrier trapped the gathered Black-Corner Region experts within ten miles.
• Earth Demon Old Gui, Mo Tianxing, Han Feng, and the others attacked Yang Tian, but he exiled their attacks through a spatial fissure and killed six powerful fighters with a series of punches.
• Yang Tian stripped Han Feng of the Sea Heart Flame and demanded that the survivors hand over their possessions.
• Yang Tian had Wu Hao search the corpses and recover eight Storage Rings, then reclaimed the Scarlet Bronze from its holder.
• Yang Tian cut a tiny opening in the Scarlet Bronze with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword and discovered Seven-Colored Flame inside.

Yang Tian killed Han Feng, seized control of the Black-Corner Region, and found a map inviting young cultivators to a Saint’s Tomb in the Central Plains. He planned to enter when it opened in a year, while Wu Hao asked to join him and accepted a difficult test.

• Yang Tian drew the Seven-Colored Flame from its bronze shell, sealed it in the Profound Yellow World Cauldron, and kept the shell for possible use in forging an Emperor Weapon.
• Yang Tian took Han Feng’s Storage Ring and killed him, then killed the other experts above Five Star Dou Emperor and branded the weaker survivors with Slave Seals.
• Yang Tian found a map to a Saint’s Tomb in the Aus Holy Kingdom, scheduled to open in a year for entrants under twenty-five who had reached the Dou King realm.
• Yang Tian agreed to visit the tomb with Gu Xun’er after she finished her remaining nine months at Jia Nan College, and he planned to use the intervening time to improve his strength.
• Wu Hao asked to follow Yang Tian to the Central Plains, and Yang Tian challenged him to reach the Dou Spirit realm within three months after learning a zither piece.

Yang Tian reunited with Zi Yan, who accepted his pills, and Wu Hao, who had advanced to Dou Ling. After checking the Douluo Gang's progress, Yang Tian sent its members to train in the Profound Yellow Star Great Desert for nine months so they could reach the strength needed for the Saint's Tomb.

• Yang Tian met Zi Yan in the mountains and refined a hundred pills for her from her Earth Ginseng and other herbs.
• Yang Tian brought Wu Hao out of the Profound Yellow World after Wu Hao completed three months of training and advanced to Dou Ling.
• Yang Tian returned to the Douluo Gang and found that Gu Xun'er had become a Three Star Dou Wang, Tang San a Two Star Dou Wang, and several others were still at peak Dou Ling.
• Yang Tian set nine-month cultivation targets for the group, including a Dou Zong breakthrough for Tang San and a ten-man Dou Huang team.
• Yang Tian sent the gang to train in the Profound Yellow Star Great Desert and warned them that anyone who fell short of his targets would be expelled.

Yang Tian sent Tang San and the others to train in the Profound Yellow Universe while Gu Xun'er gained insight beneath the World Tree. After advancing to Three Star Dou Zun and enduring a day-long heavenly tribulation, he returned to Jia Nan College and began refining pills for the hungry Zi Yan.

• Yang Tian took Tang San, Wu Hao, and the others into the Profound Yellow Universe for nine months of harsh training, then brought Gu Xun'er inside to see the World Tree.
• Gu Xun'er became absorbed in enlightenment beneath the World Tree while Yang Tian prepared supplies for the trainees and refined spirit stones, reaching Two Star Dou Zun and then Three Star Dou Zun.
• Yang Tian left the Profound Yellow Universe beneath a gathering tribulation cloud, but Zi Yan confronted him for more pills, so he confined her within Jia Nan College before drawing the thunderclouds away.
• Su Qian found Zi Yan trapped and could not safely break Yang Tian's barrier as Yang Tian endured a day-long heavenly tribulation in the distance.
• After three days and nights of waiting, Zi Yan complained about eating medicinal roots, and Yang Tian began refining pills for her as Jia Nan College students gathered to watch.

Yang Tian agreed to lead the Douluo Gang in hunting the new students entering Jia Nan College’s inner academy, while Zi Yan chose to follow him for his pills. After Gu Xun'er advanced to Seven Star Dou Wang, she admitted that someone else still occupied her heart, leaving Yang Tian’s pursuit unresolved.

• Yang Tian gave Zi Yan a supply of pills, and she decided to follow him so he could refine more for her.
• Elder Liu asked the Douluo Gang to hunt the outer academy students entering the inner academy, and Yang Tian accepted despite Tang San and the others being away.
• Yang Tian sent eight gang members to prepare for the hunt and asked them to notify Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Yan Hao.
• Yang Tian entered the Profound Yellow Star and found Gu Xun'er had advanced to Seven Star Dou Wang after breaking through her bloodline limits.
• Yang Tian asked whether someone else lived in Gu Xun'er's heart, and she apologized, confirming her feelings remained divided.

Yang Tian brought Gu Xun'er to the Inner Academy and made clear that he wanted her, while Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan College determined to confront her and take revenge on Yang Tian. The next day, Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er joined the Inner Academy students preparing to pressure the new arrivals and take their fire energy.

• Yang Tian asked Gu Xun'er whether Xiao Yan would come looking for her, then invited her to attend the Inner Academy Hunting with him.
• Yang Tian took Gu Xun'er from Profound Yellow Star, and she was astonished by the Douluo Gang's buildings.
• Xiao Yu warned Xiao Yan that Gu Xun'er had grown close to Yang Tian, but Xiao Yan refused to hear her and called it betrayal.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had refined the Living Flame, raising the Flame Mantra to Earth High Rank and his cultivation to Two Star Dou Wang.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to stay calm and said more Heavenly Flames might help him contend with Yang Tian and repair his injury.
• Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er met Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and eight others in the Inner Academy plaza, where Yang Tian said they would pressure the new students and take their fire energy.

Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er relaxed in the rainforest while Xiao Yan hunted the Douluo Gang students with brutal force. Liu Qing fled toward Yang Tian, hoping to escape Xiao Yan, who was closing in behind him.

• Yang Tian and Xun'er discussed his origins and the Holy Soul Hall as they shared wine and roasted meat in the Hunting Ground.
• Xiao Yan defeated Douluo Gang members, seized their Fire Energy, and dragged four of them behind him on a rope.
• Liu Qing intervened when he saw the captured students being tortured, but Xiao Yan's two-star Dou Wang strength forced him to flee.
• Xiao Yan pursued Liu Qing through the rainforest, and Liu Qing raced toward Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er for help.

Xiao Yan pursued Liu Qing to Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er, where he found them embracing and attacked them in a jealous rage. Yang Tian crushed Xiao Yan’s weapon and demanded proof that the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame had once belonged to him.

• Xiao Yan chased Liu Qing toward Yang Tian’s clearing while Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er shared a meal.
• Yang Tian lifted Gu Xun'er into his arms just as Liu Qing and Xiao Yan arrived, and Xiao Yan was devastated by what he saw.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Xiao Yan and struggled with her feelings, but his bloodied appearance and the injured Douluo Gang members made her hesitate to approach him.
• Xiao Yan attacked Yang Tian and Gu Xun'er with his Mysterious Heavy Ruler, but Yang Tian pulled her to safety and crushed the weapon.
• Xiao Yan accused Yang Tian of stealing his Heavenly Flames, opportunities, and woman, and Yang Tian challenged him to prove the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was his.

Yang Tian exposed Xiao Yan’s false claims about the Heavenly Flames, and Ling Ying confirmed how Xiao Yan’s actions had led to his downfall. Gu Xun’er asked Yang Tian to spare Xiao Yan, and Yang Tian let him live after stripping away another flame before healing the injured Douluo Gang members.

• Yang Tian seized Ling Ying and demanded that he explain what he knew about Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Flames.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun’er that Xiao Yan had never possessed the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and had repeatedly coveted Yang Tian’s flames.
• Gu Xun’er discarded the bracelet Xiao Yan had given her and accepted that Xiao Yan was responsible for his own suffering.
• Yang Tian agreed to spare Xiao Yan at Gu Xun’er’s request but stripped away his Living Flame and flung him away.
• Yang Tian healed the four injured Douluo Gang members and Liu Qing, then absorbed the purified Living Flame.

Yang Tian gave Gu Xun'er the Fallen Heart Flame fused with her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, then agreed to take Zi Yan to the Central Plains. Before leaving Canaan Academy, he planned to descend beneath the Burning Sky Refining Qi Tower to investigate the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's tomb and try to rescue Zhu Kun.

• Yang Tian kissed Gu Xun'er, fused the Fallen Heart Flame into her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, and sent her to cultivate in seclusion on Profound Yellow Star.
• Elder Liu told Yang Tian that the First Elder wanted him to take Zi Yan to the Central Plains, and Yang Tian agreed after Zi Yan insisted on coming along.
• Yang Tian told Elder Liu that Tang San and the others were cultivating elsewhere and planned to explore a Battle Saint's tomb in the Central Plains.
• Yang Tian decided to visit the bottom of the Burning Sky Refining Qi Tower before leaving Canaan Academy, hoping to rescue Zhu Kun and gain an ally for establishing a force in the Central Plains.

Yang Tian visited the Ancient Emperor’s tomb, promised to free Zhu Kun in two years, and learned a technique to protect Zi Yan. He returned to the flourishing Yunlan Sect, where Yun Yun and Little Fairy Doctor welcomed him.

• Yang Tian reached the Ancient Emperor’s tomb beneath the magma and spoke with Zhu Kun, who revealed he had been trapped there for a thousand years.
• Yang Tian told Zhu Kun that the Primordial Ancient Dragon Clan had split apart and that Zi Yan was at Jia Nan College.
• Yang Tian promised to free Zhu Kun in two years, and Zhu Kun taught him a secret technique that used bloodline power to suppress dragons.
• Yang Tian sent Zi Yan to the Profound Yellow Star, opened the Reverse Sky Gate, and traveled to the Yunlan Sect.
• Yang Tian found Yun Yun and Little Fairy Doctor stronger after half a year of cultivation, then returned to their delighted embrace.

Yang Tian reunited with Nalan Yanran after she emerged from the Life and Death Gate and broke through to Dou Huang, while Xun Er joined him and the others on Profound Yellow Star. As the group prepared for the journey to the Central Plains, Xun Er warned that their strength might not protect them from its powerful factions and dangerous attention.

• Yang Tian returned to Yunlan Sect, spent three months there with Yun Yun and the Little Fairy Doctor, and waited for Nalan Yanran to emerge from the Life and Death Gate.
• Nalan Yanran emerged at peak Dou Wang, then broke through to Two Star Dou Huang after seven days of cultivation on Profound Yellow Star.
• Yang Tian introduced Zi Yan to the women and replenished her supply of medicinal pills.
• Xun Er woke from three months of secluded cultivation at Five Star Dou Huang and joined Yang Tian and the others below the World Tree.
• Yang Tian said they would leave for the Central Plains three months early, and Xun Er described its powerful clans and warned that their group might not be able to protect itself there.