Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu rescued the imprisoned Yao Ming from the Nine Serene Yellow Springs after binding him with a Black Lotus Soul Seal, intending to restore him as Clan Head and bring the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe into Yuan Manor. When they emerged, Mo Yu found the women under attack by a hostile black-clothed Dou Sheng who threatened to kill him and take them.

• Mo Yu found Yao Ming chained beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and learned that Yao Tianxiao had poisoned and imprisoned him to seize the clan leadership.
• Mo Yu demanded that Yao Ming accept a Soul Seal, and Yao Ming agreed, becoming Mo Yu’s subordinate.
• Mo Yu broke the mechanism anchoring the chains, freed Yao Ming, and ordered him to recover before confronting Yao Tianxiao and leading the tribe into Yuan Manor.
• Mo Yu and Yao Ming returned to the lake surface, where they saw the aftermath of a fierce battle and met Cai Lin and the other two women.
• Cai Lin explained that a black-clothed man had attacked them and fought Purple Fire, and the man threatened Mo Yu and the women.

Purple Fire fought Yao Xiaotian in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and overpowered him despite his higher cultivation. As the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe surrounded Mo Yu and his companions, Mo Yu revealed that Yao Ming, the tribe’s presumed-dead Clan Head, had survived.

• Yao Xiaotian attacked Mo Yu and his companions, but Purple Fire stepped forward and met his blows with Primeval Strength.
• Purple Fire broke Yao Xiaotian’s Yellow Springs Finger and escaped the Yellow Springs Great Seal, then transformed into a Purple Gold Giant Lion and defeated Yao Xiaotian in battle.
• The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s elders and Ming Snake Guard surrounded the group, while Yao Xiaotian ordered the elders to form the Ten Thousand Snake Formation.
• Mo Yu challenged Yao Xiaotian’s claim to be Clan Head, and Yao Ming emerged from the ravine alive.
• The tribe’s elders recognized Yao Ming and cried out in disbelief because they had believed he had died after suffering cultivation deviation.

Yao Ming revealed that Yao Tianxiao and the Great Elder had betrayed and imprisoned him, then fought to reclaim leadership of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe with Mo Yu and Purple Fire’s help. After Yao Ming killed Yao Tianxiao and the Great Elder escaped, Yao Ming told Mo Yu that he had information about the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s inheritance.

• Yao Ming exposed Yao Tianxiao and the Great Elder for poisoning and sealing him, then displayed the Nine Serene Nether Staff as proof of his authority.
• The Great Elder attacked Yao Ming, but Purple Fire intervened, and Mo Yu drove back the Great Elder and Yao Tianxiao with his enhanced strength.
• Yao Ming revealed that he had recovered to the Two-star Dou Sheng realm and took on Yao Tianxiao while Mo Yu and Purple Fire fought the Great Elder.
• Yao Ming killed Yao Tianxiao after his brother begged for mercy and attempted to explode his own Dou Qi.
• The Great Elder exploded his body to escape with his Magic Core, and Yao Ming ordered the tribe to search for him and began removing Yao Tianxiao’s loyalists.
• Yao Ming told Mo Yu that he had information about the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s inheritance.

Mo Yu entered the Yellow Springs Stone Stele, defeated the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s remnant soul, and received Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Saint Essence Blood. He then absorbed the remnant soul’s power, bringing his soul to the Half-step Emperor Realm.

• Yao Ming led Mo Yu and his companions to the Yellow Springs Stone Stele, where Mo Yu sent his soul into the space within it.
• Mo Yu overcame the Stone Stele’s Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm attacks, then faced the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s remnant soul.
• Mo Yu resisted Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath with the Black Lotus Heart Soul Thunder and proved he could defeat the remnant soul.
• The Yellow Springs Demonic Saint passed Mo Yu the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath cultivation method and his Essence Blood, then left behind his soul power for Mo Yu.
• Mo Yu refined the soul power within the yellow halo, advancing his soul to the Half-step Emperor Realm as his Black Lotus Heart Soul Thunder neared its peak.

Mo Yu emerged from the Stone Stele with a Half-step Emperor Realm Soul and restored Black Lotus Heart Soul Thunder, then forged a Soul Clone and began tempering it toward his own strength. After sharing Yellow Springs Demonic Saint's Essence Blood with his companions, he ordered Yao Ming to gather his forces for an attack on the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Mo Yu used his Half-step Emperor Realm Soul to destroy a distant mountain and discovered that the Black Lotus Heart Soul Thunder had recovered to its peak condition.
• Mo Yu condensed a Soul Clone with the Black Lotus Heart Soul Thunder and spent three days tempering it until it reached Ban Sheng strength.
• Mo Yu left the Stone Stele, rejoined Cai Lin and the others, and divided Yellow Springs Demonic Saint's Essence Blood among Yao Ming, Purple Fire, and Cai Lin's group, while reserving a share for Xiao Yu.
• Mo Yu ordered Yao Ming to gather his forces and join him in intercepting and killing the people of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Mo Yu refined the Demonic Saint Essence Blood while Cai Lin entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate and pursue her evolution. After Yao Ming convinced the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe's elders to join the Yuan Manor, he reported that the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes would aid the Ancient Dragon Island rebels, and Mo Yu prepared an ambush.

• Cai Lin kissed Mo Yu before transforming into her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form and plunging into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate.
• Mo Yu absorbed the Demonic Saint Essence Blood and advanced to the Late-stage One-star Dou Sheng realm.
• Yao Ming persuaded the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe's elders to accept the merger into the Yuan Manor as Python Hall.
• Yao Ming reported that Feng Huang, Kun Huang, and Ying Huang would set out in three days to assist the Ancient Dragon Island rebels.
• Mo Yu ordered the assembled Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe forces to depart for the void space the next day and intercept the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes.

Mo Yu, Yao Ming, and Purple Fire ambushed Feng Huang’s Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces in the void, and Mo Yu drove them off by revealing his Half-step Emperor Realm Soul Power. With the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe impressed by his strength, Mo Yu turned toward Eastern Dragon Island to help Zi Yan quell the rebellion.

• Feng Huang led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan through the void, intending to help the Three Great Dragon Islands defeat Eastern Dragon Island and later claim the Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.
• Yao Ming, Mo Yu, and Purple Fire ambushed Feng Huang’s group, and Feng Huang recognized Yao Ming and Mo Yu as enemies.
• Feng Huang attacked Mo Yu, but his Half-step Emperor Realm Soul Power shattered her spear and sent her reeling.
• Feng Huang learned that Mo Yu’s Soul Power had touched the Emperor Realm and ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to retreat rather than summon their Clan Head.
• Mo Yu’s display of strength eased the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s doubts about joining the Yuan Manor, and he set off for Eastern Dragon Island to help Zi Yan.

Mo Yu arrived at Eastern Dragon Island with his powerful allies and rescued Hei Qing and Elder Zhu Li from the Three Great Dragon Islands’ rebels. He then saw Zi Yan fighting the Three Great Dragon Kings as Eastern Dragon Island’s forces retreated toward the Dragon Hall.

• Mo Yu and his companions encountered Hei Qing and Elder Zhu Li surrounded by rebels, and Mo Yu ordered Purple Fire, Yao Ming, and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python elders to attack.
• Purple Fire and Yao Ming’s forces wiped out the rebels, and Yao Ming explained that the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe had joined Yuan Manor under Mo Yu.
• Elder Zhu Li told Mo Yu that the Three Great Dragon Islands had surrounded the Dragon Emperor and overwhelmed Eastern Dragon Island, so Mo Yu led his group toward the island.
• Mo Yu’s group defeated the defenders blocking their approach and found Eastern Dragon Island’s forces falling back toward the Dragon Hall.
• Mo Yu used his Thunder Extreme Silver Eyes to see Zi Yan battling the Three Great Dragon Kings, each of whom was at least a Three-star Dou Sheng.

Mo Yu and his allies joined Eastern Dragon Island's battle against the Three Great Dragon Islands, while Zi Yan faced the Three Great Dragon Kings. Mo Yu reached Zi Yan and used a powerful soul attack to weaken the Dragon Kings before his Soul Clone detonated a Nine-Colored Thunder Pellet behind them.

• Mo Yu led Yao Ming and the others toward the Dragon Hall while Purple Fire fought Xuan Mo and held his own against the Two-star Dou Sheng.
• The Great Elder and Second Elder of Eastern Dragon Island joined the defense, and Mo Yu told them that he had driven back the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Both sides mobilized their forces and began a massive battle, while Mo Yu flew to help Zi Yan against the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• Mo Yu attacked the Dragon Kings with a Half-step Emperor Realm Soul assault, injuring the Western Dragon King and Southern Dragon King and disorienting the Northern Dragon King.
• Mo Yu's Soul Clone appeared behind the Dragon Kings and detonated a Nine-Colored Thunder Pellet.

Mo Yu used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and a Thunder Pellet to badly injure the Three Great Dragon Kings, then fused nine Profound Thunders into the Nine Extremes Thunder Pellet and overwhelmed them. Zi Yan arrived with the Dragon-Slaying Sword as the Dragon Kings lay defeated, and she gave Mo Yu a displeased look for taking the kills.

• Mo Yu struck the Three Great Dragon Kings with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and a Thunder Pellet, leaving them alive but severely wounded.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings attacked Mo Yu with beams of light, and he summoned nine Profound Thunders to form the Nine Extremes Thunder Pellet.
• Mo Yu’s Nine Extremes Thunder Pellet shattered the Dragon Kings’ attacks and exploded near them, devastating the surrounding void and damaging Eastern Dragon Island.
• The Western and Southern Dragon Kings lost dragon claws, while the Northern Dragon King suffered grave injuries and lost most of his horns.
• Zi Yan arrived carrying the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and the Northern Dragon King mocked her as he acknowledged the Three Great Dragon Islands had lost.
• Zi Yan looked at Mo Yu with shock and displeasure after realizing he had defeated the Dragon Kings before she could use her ultimate move.

Mo Yu and Zi Yan defeated the Three Great Dragon Kings and used the Dragon-Slaying Sword to kill the Western and Southern Dragon Kings. After Mo Yu captured the Northern Dragon King, the Black Dragon Weapon Spirit swallowed him and began transforming, leaving a mysterious figure emerging from the lightning.

• Mo Yu defeated the Three Great Dragon Kings, while Zi Yan summoned the Dragon-Slaying Sword and won the Ancient Void Dragons’ submission.
• Zi Yan killed the fleeing Western Dragon King and Southern Dragon King with the Dragon-Slaying Sword as Xuan Mo and other rebels fled.
• Mo Yu pursued the Northern Dragon King, stopped his attempts to escape, and subdued him after disrupting his self-destruction attempt with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• The Black Dragon Weapon Spirit emerged from the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear and swallowed the Northern Dragon King.
• After digesting the Northern Dragon King, the Black Dragon Weapon Spirit released powerful dragon might, transformed amid black lightning, and revealed a figure walking out.

Mo Yu’s Divine Might Black Thunder Spear took human form as Bei Wang after devouring the Northern Dragon King, and Zi Yan confirmed the weapon spirit could remain Mo Yu’s property. After the Ancient Void Dragon Clan unified under Zi Yan, Mo Yu entered seclusion to seek a breakthrough to Two-star Dou Sheng.

• The Divine Might Black Thunder Spear’s weapon spirit appeared as Bei Wang, who said he had devoured the Northern Dragon King to take human form and could currently wield Two-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Mo Yu explained the Imperial Weapon Embryo to Zi Yan, and she agreed that Bei Wang belonged to him and would handle any objections from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan accepted the remaining members of the Three Great Dragon Islands under close watch and ordered the clan’s unification; she kissed Mo Yu and teased him as she left.
• Mo Yu entered seclusion on Eastern Dragon Island to try to break through to Two-star Dou Sheng.
• With the Three Great Dragon Kings dead, Zi Yan’s forces conquered the other Dragon Islands, and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan reunified as Ancient Dragon Island.

Mo Yu broke through to Two-star Dou Sheng after two months of closed-door cultivation, then learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge and the Soul Hall was targeting Yuan Manor. He returned to Origin City with Zi Yan and found Yuan Manor preparing to strike back against the Soul Hall’s attacks.

• Mo Yu absorbed the energy thunder vortex and advanced to Two-star Dou Sheng, while Zi Yan and the others congratulated him.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Mo Yu that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge and the Soul Hall had begun moving; she also reported that Xiao Yan had reached Dou Sheng and helped form the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Mo Yu sent Yao Ming and Purple Fire to organize the Nether Snake Hall and Mighty Lion Hall and bring their forces to Yuan Manor.
• Zi Yan joined Mo Yu’s party as they left Eastern Dragon Island and traveled toward Origin City.
• Uncle She told Yuan Manor’s core members that Soul Hall experts had helped attack more than half of the manor’s important cities, and proposed attacking Soul Hall branch halls in return.
• Mo Yu arrived at the meeting and supported Uncle She’s plan, revealing an aura that astonished him at Two-star Dou Sheng.

Mo Yu returned to Yuan Manor as a Two-star Dou Sheng and prepared to strike the Soul Hall’s Human Hall with Zi Yan. After Yuan Manor’s forces were reinforced, Mo Yu’s group attacked the Human Hall, where the Great Heavenly Venerate and Second Heavenly Venerate emerged to confront him.

• Mo Yu introduced Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and agreed with Uncle She to target the Soul Hall’s Human Hall.
• Mo Yu praised his disciples Huang Tu and the other two, while Purple Fire and Yao Ming brought reinforcements that greatly strengthened Yuan Manor’s halls.
• Mo Yu and his allies secretly left Origin City and traveled to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, where Zi Yan sealed the area around the Human Hall with a spatial barrier.
• Mo Yu’s group annihilated Soul Hall figures attempting to leave the barrier, then Mo Yu destroyed the attacking black shadows and more than a dozen Heavenly Venerates.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate and Second Heavenly Venerate emerged from the giant hall and challenged Mo Yu.

Mo Yu defeated the Great Heavenly Venerate by shattering his Bone Emperor Blade, then confronted the Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master when he intervened. Mo Yu used the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint's three ultimate techniques to severely injure the Vice Hall Master, who remained alive in a pit.

• Mo Yu fought the Great Heavenly Venerate with the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear and shattered the Bone Emperor Blade, leaving the Great Heavenly Venerate fatally injured.
• The Second Heavenly Venerate tried to escape with the Great Heavenly Venerate, but the Vice Hall Master of the Soul Hall appeared and blocked Mo Yu's Thunder Spear.
• Mo Yu identified the newcomer as the Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master and declared that he had come to bathe the Human Hall in blood.
• Mo Yu unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, destroying nearly ninety percent of the Soul Hall's strong people and injuring the Vice Hall Master with its soul shockwave.
• Mo Yu struck the Vice Hall Master with Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm, leaving him severely injured in a massive pit but still alive.

Mo Yu and Zi Yan destroyed the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, freed its captive souls, and escaped the Vice Hall Master, who fled after his attempt to summon reinforcements failed. Back at Yuan Manor, Mo Yu began feeding the collected Soul Origin and the Great Heavenly Venerate’s purified soul to his Soul Clone to strengthen it.

• Zi Yan appeared to help Mo Yu fight the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, while Mo Yu captured the Great Heavenly Venerate’s and Second Heavenly Venerate’s souls.
• Zi Yan blocked the Vice Hall Master’s attack and sealed the area against reinforcements, but he tore through the spatial turbulence and escaped.
• Zi Yan killed the remaining Soul Hall experts as Mo Yu freed the captive souls and recovered the Human Hall’s accumulated Soul Origin.
• News of the Human Hall’s destruction spread across the Central Plains, raising Yuan Manor’s standing among the major factions.
• Mo Yu purified the Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul and began having his Soul Clone absorb it and the Soul Origin.

Mo Yu completed a powerful Soul Clone and led Yuan Manor toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after it emerged. At the desert where the flame descended, he reunited with Xiao Yan before the Soul Hall Hall Master appeared.

• Mo Yu absorbed the Great Heavenly Venerate's Soul Origin, creating a Soul Clone with strength equal to his own to guard Yuan Manor.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged as two moons appeared and nine stars aligned, prompting Mo Yu to mobilize Yuan Manor and head northwest.
• Mo Yu's group reached the milky-white desert, where the flame's heat distorted the surrounding space and drew powerful factions from across the Central Plains.
• Mo Yu met Xiao Yan and congratulated him on reaching the Dou Sheng realm; Xiao Yan thanked Mo Yu for the Bodhi Seed that had helped him break through.
• The Soul Hall Hall Master arrived with a group of black-mist-shrouded figures, and Old Yao recognized him.

Mo Yu and Xiao Yan faced the Soul Hall Hall Master and reunited with allies from the Yan and Ancient Clans as they gathered to await the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s release. Mo Yu realized Xiao Yan and Xun'er had remained chaste because of the Ancient Clan’s rules, and Xiao Yan reluctantly accepted that reaching Dou Di might be necessary before they could be together.

• The Soul Hall Hall Master arrived with the Vice Hall Master and Hun Feng, who revealed that Mo Yu had defeated him ten years earlier and suppressed his desire to fight.
• Huo Xuan arrived with companions and greeted Mo Yu and Xiao Yan, then Xun'er arrived with Gu Qingyang and Elder Gu Nanhai and joyfully embraced Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er greeted Yao Chen and the women accompanying Mo Yu, while Mo Yu privately guessed that Xiao Yan and Xun'er had not been intimate because of the Ancient Clan’s restrictions.
• Mo Yu told Xiao Yan that breaking through to Dou Di might finally let him be with Xun'er, and Xiao Yan grimaced at the difficulty of reaching that realm.
• Gu Nanhai explained that the Ancient Clan sought no claim on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and mainly wanted to keep it from the Hun Clan, while Mo Yu and the others waited for it to break its seal.

Mo Yu reunited with Lei Fei'er as the Lei Clan and Yao Clan arrived to investigate the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. When Old Yao recognized Yao Wangu as the elder who had expelled him from the Yao Clan, Xiao Yan and Mo Yu vowed to help him take revenge.

• Lei Fei'er arrived with Lei Yin and Lei Jizhou, reunited with Mo Yu, and met Zi Yan and Snake Uncle.
• Lei Jizhou explained that he had come to investigate the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and protect Fei'er's husband from the Soul Hall.
• Gu Nanhai, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan discussed the Ling Clan's destruction and their belief that the Hun Clan was responsible.
• Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Wangu arrived, and Lei Fei'er described their standing in the Yao Clan.
• Old Yao revealed that Yao Wangu had expelled him from the clan, and Xiao Yan and Mo Yu offered to help him take revenge.

Mo Yu and Xiao Yan clashed with Yao Wangu and Yao Tian after the Yao Clan members insulted Yao Chen, forcing them to retreat with help from Lei Jizhou and Xun'er. As the confrontation ended, the shattered space began opening into a milky-white halo, drawing powerful figures toward it.

• Yao Wangu and Yao Tian insulted Yao Chen, prompting Xiao Yan to challenge Yao Tian while Mo Yu considered recruiting Yao Clan members into Yuan Manor if the clan was later destroyed.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Tian clashed with their soul power, and Yao Wangu joined in by sending a soul spear at Xiao Yan.
• Mo Yu crushed Yao Wangu's soul spear and struck him with a Half-step Emperor Realm soul attack, forcing the Four-star Dou Sheng backward.
• Xiao Yan slapped Yao Tian, and Lei Jizhou intervened when Yao Wangu moved to retaliate; Lei Fei'er and Xun'er helped de-escalate the conflict, so Yao Wangu led his group away.
• The shattered space expanded and formed a milky-white halo as its temperature surged, and powerful figures rushed into it.