Chapter Summaries

Hun Tiandi withdrew from the auction, allowing the Ancient Eight Great Clans to win Eight Desolations Destruction Finger and entrust it to Yan Jin. After the auction, Shi Hao offered the Stone Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment to Li Xiao but demanded a steep reward, and the chapter ended with him revising his offer.

• Hun Tiandi stopped bidding on Eight Desolations Destruction Finger after Nihility Devouring Flame warned that continued bidding could drain the Hun Clan, and he tasked Nihility Devouring Flame with sowing discord among the other clans.
• Li Xiao announced that the Ancient Eight Great Clans had jointly purchased Eight Desolations Destruction Finger, and the clans placed it temporarily with Yan Jin.
• Shi Hao met Li Xiao at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and revealed the Stone Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, the final piece needed to complete the jade.
• Shi Hao demanded a pill to raise him to the Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak in exchange for the fragment, but Li Xiao challenged his assumption that the fragment alone could open Tou She Ancient God’s cave abode.
• After Shi Ziling urged him to show respect, Shi Hao suppressed his anger and offered to accept a pill, two Heaven Rank Mid-Level cultivation methods or Dou Techniques, and two Heaven Rank Low-Level weapons.

Li Xiao refused Shi Hao’s exorbitant offer for the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, while Shi Hao left convinced the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would eventually give in. After the auction, Li Xiao collected his system rewards, including a breakthrough to Low-Level Half Saint, and gained three lottery chances.

• Li Xiao rejected Shi Hao’s offer for the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, and Shi Hao lowered his demand but was refused again.
• Shi Ziling told Shi Hao that his price was too high, but Shi Hao left believing Li Xiao would eventually buy the fragment.
• Bailing offered to kill Shi Hao, but Li Xiao refused and had people follow the Stone Clan party instead.
• Li Xiao checked the system and learned the auction had earned 4.8 billion Spirit Crystals, bringing his total assets to 98.05 million System Coins.
• The system rewarded Li Xiao with a breakthrough to Low-Level Half Saint, three lottery chances, and several other prizes, which he collected eagerly.

Li Xiao used three lottery chances and summoned Long Kui with a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak card. Long Kui awakened in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where the others learned she had been secluded there since its founding.

• Li Xiao drew the Hidden Dragon Spirit Extinguishing Skill, an Eighth Grade Ice Elf Flower, and a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, then put them away.
• Li Xiao used a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak card and summoned a little girl who introduced herself as Long Kui.
• Li Xiao threw Long Kui out the window after she asked for food, but she landed unharmed and began eating on the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s First Floor.
• Yun Yun asked Long Kui who she was, and Bailing explained that Long Kui had awakened after cultivating in seclusion within the pavilion.
• Niu Meng greeted Long Kui, who teased him as Big Dumb Ox, while Bailing told Cai Lin that Long Kui had entered seclusion when the pavilion was founded.

Li Xiao welcomed Long Kui, the newly arrived Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak expert, and announced a bonfire banquet for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. As preparations began, he reflected on Bailing’s years of service and shared a quiet moment with her.

• Long Kui complained to Bailing that the Pavilion Master had thrown her down from the Fifth Floor, then greeted Li Muchen and Li Xiyuan.
• Li Xiao arrived, and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Protectors saluted him before he announced a bonfire banquet to celebrate their work on the auction.
• Long Kui kicked Niu Meng flying, and Li Xiao told Xun'er that Long Kui was a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak expert.
• Li Xiao held Li Xiyuan and Li Muchen before Niu Meng, Ye Chen, and the others prepared the banquet while Zi Yan and Long Kui played together.
• Bailing reassured Li Xiao that Long Kui could stay with Zi Yan, and Li Xiao recalled that the pair had consumed nine hundred million Spirit Crystals in medicinal pills the previous year.
• Li Xiao thanked Bailing for managing the Pavilion, sent Li Muchen to Yun Yun, and let Bailing sit on his lap.

During the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s bonfire banquet, the Ancient Void Dragon Zhu Jin arrived seeking the source of a royal bloodline aura. Li Xiao called Zi Yan forward, setting the stage for her to learn about her heritage and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Zi Yan told Xun'er to follow her plan at the bonfire banquet to show Li Xiao her sincerity.
• As the group shared roasted magical beast meat, Zi Yan and Bailing made room for Xun'er to sit with Li Xiao.
• Five Ancient Void Dragons entered the Pavilion’s airspace, and Long Kui forced them to the ground.
• Zhu Jin apologized to Li Xiao for his earlier behavior at the Auction, then asked to see the person with the Ancient Void Dragon royal bloodline.
• Li Xiao called Zi Yan over, and she felt a faint sense of familiarity toward Zhu Jin.

Zhu Jin recognized Zi Yan as the Old Dragon Emperor’s daughter and urged her to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as its rightful ruler. After learning the clan had been divided by the Dragon Kings, Zi Yan condemned them for weakening it.

• Zhu Jin sensed Zi Yan’s royal bloodline, recognized her as the Old Dragon Emperor’s daughter, and asked her to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan refused to leave before learning about her father, and Zhu Jin told her the Old Dragon Emperor had been missing for thousands of years and was likely dead.
• Zi Yan asked Li Xiao whether her father had fallen, and he assured her that he was only trapped somewhere.
• Zhu Jin argued that Zi Yan should become the new Dragon King Your Majesty, while the North, South, and West Dragon Kings objected because she was young and only a Dou Zun.
• Zhu Jin revealed the clan’s history to Zi Yan, and she accused the North and West Dragon Kings of causing its division and decline.

Zi Yan confronted the Four Dragon Kings over their betrayal, but Zhu Jin asked Li Xiao to spare them to preserve the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. After deciding to return to the clan and consider inheriting the Dragon Emperor position, Zi Yan left under Li Xiao’s protection.

• Zi Yan accused North Dragon King and the other Dragon Kings of betraying the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Long Kui struck them down.
• Li Xiao told Long Kui to take the Dragon Kings outside before killing them, but Zhu Jin asked him to spare them to preserve the clan’s strength.
• Zhu Jin urged Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Dragon Clan and inherit the New Dragon Emperor position, reminding her of her father and lost memories.
• Li Xiao told Zi Yan to follow her heart, and she decided to return to the clan and take a look.
• Li Xiao placed a protective necklace around Zi Yan’s neck and warned the Dragon Kings not to harm her; North Dragon King promised they would not.

Li Xiao warned Zi Yan that Zhu Jin might be plotting something, while she prepared to return to the Ancient Void Dragon clan. Later, Xun'er confessed her love to Li Xiao, and they finally became a couple, leaving Xun'er certain that he would reach the peak of the Dou Qi Continent.

• Li Xiao warned Zi Yan to be cautious of Zhu Jin and the Dragon Kings, and Zi Yan agreed to stay wary despite not sensing anything wrong.
• Zhu Jin set a date for Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Void Dragon clan and led the North Dragon King and the others back to Ancient Dragon Island.
• At the bonfire party, Xun'er comforted Zi Yan about leaving the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Zi Yan encouraged Xun'er to rely on herself in her absence.
• At the Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, Xun'er joined Li Xiao beneath the stars, confessed that she had always admired him, and embraced him.
• Li Xiao accepted Xun'er's feelings but stopped before they went too far, explaining that their union could harm her before she reached the Dou Sheng realm.
• Xun'er thanked Li Xiao and told him she believed he would stand at the peak of the Dou Qi Continent and make the Ascending Heaven Pavilion awe all clans.

After reaching Intermediate Half-Saint, Li Xiao left the Ascending Heaven Pavilion with Cai Lin and Long Kui to visit the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan and seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance. While they traveled, Li Muchen stayed behind with Bailing, eager to play now that his father had left.

• Li Xiao emerged from three months of cultivation at the Intermediate Half-Saint realm and learned that Niu Meng had gone to help Yao Xiao Tian at the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Cai Lin asked to accompany Li Xiao to the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan after awakening her Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline.
• Li Xiao summoned Long Kui and set out to find the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Long Kui opened a Space Wormhole, and Li Xiao, Cai Lin, and Long Kui departed after he left Bailing in charge of the pavilion and his children.
• Li Muchen emerged from hiding and asked Bailing to play with him, claiming he had already mastered the Vajra Glazed Body.

Li Muchen demonstrated his mastery of the Vajra Glazed Body, endured Bailing’s escalating attacks, and then played with the Pavilion’s women. Meanwhile, Li Xiao and Cai Lin arrived at the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan’s headquarters, where Li Xiao confronted Niu Meng for leaving the Ascending Heaven Pavilion without authorization.

• Li Muchen manifested the Vajra Glazed Body before Bailing and the gathered experts, startling them with his powerful aura.
• Bailing tested Li Muchen’s defense by raising her strength from Six-Star Dou Zun to low-level Half Saint, eventually breaking his technique and sending him flying.
• Yun Yun checked on Li Muchen, who said he was fine and invited Bailing and the others to play eagle catches chicks.
• Li Xiao, Cai Lin, and their companion surveyed the Nether Serpent Earth Vein, headquarters of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan.
• Niu Meng learned that Li Xiao had arrived and hurried to welcome him with Yao Xiao Tian and the clan elders.
• Li Xiao confronted Niu Meng about leaving the Ascending Heaven Pavilion without authorization, while Cai Lin reassured him and Li Xiao refrained from punishing him.

Li Xiao arrived at the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan and persuaded Yao Xiao Tian to lead him to the clan’s Holy Land, the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. After testing the lake’s freezing energy, Li Xiao and his companions entered it, leaving Yao Xiao Tian behind to worry about what lay within.

• Li Xiao told Yao Xiao Tian that he had come to visit the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, and Yao Xiao Tian agreed to take him there rather than risk offending Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Yao Xiao Tian led Li Xiao and his companions into the Nether Serpent Earth Vein and showed them the vast, chilling lake of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Li Xiao told Yao Xiao Tian to wait outside, while Li Xiao, Niu Meng, and Long Kui protected themselves and Cai Lin against the lake’s oppressive chill.
• Li Xiao touched the water, shattered the dark-yellow ice that formed on his arm, and then leaped into the lake.
• Cai Lin and the others followed Li Xiao into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, while Yao Xiao Tian stayed behind and hoped Li Xiao would not release the thing inside.

Li Xiao and his companions descended through the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where he protected Cai Lin and drove off the strange black snakes. They found the chained former clan leader Yao Ming, and Niu Meng freed him, leaving the group to confront the revelation that Yao Xiao Tian had betrayed him.

• Li Xiao gave Cai Lin Dou Qi to protect her from the chilling Nine Nether Yellow Springs Water.
• Li Xiao blasted apart strange black snakes that attacked the group, and they continued descending after the creatures backed away.
• The group reached a sandy, rocky stretch of ground, where Niu Meng heard someone calling for help.
• Niu Meng tore apart the chains binding Yao Ming, causing the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to tremble.
• Li Xiao identified the prisoner as the former clan leader of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, and Yao Ming vowed revenge on Yao Xiao Tian for trapping him.
• Niu Meng wondered why Li Xiao had known about the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan's affairs but had never mentioned Yao Ming.

Yao Xiao Tian tried to bury the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and kill everyone who could expose his crimes, but Li Xiao restored Yao Ming and led the group out. The chapter ended with Yao Xiao Tian facing them as Li Xiao’s killing intent fell upon him.

• Yao Xiao Tian transformed into a giant Nine Nether Earth Python and began destroying the Holy Land to conceal his crime of imprisoning Yao Ming.
• Niu Meng, Li Xiao, Long Kui, and Yao Ming were nearly buried by falling boulders, but Long Kui shattered one before it could hit them.
• Li Xiao ordered the group to collect the Yellow Springs treasures and head for the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, where the Yellow Springs Sky Wrath technique was carved.
• Li Xiao restored Yao Ming to his Two Star Dou Sheng strength, and Yao Ming pledged his loyalty in gratitude.
• Li Xiao and the others emerged in a burst of golden light, scattering the boulders and knocking Yao Xiao Tian to the ground.

Yao Xiao Tian turned on Li Xiao and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but Long Kui killed him before he could attack. The Nine Serene Earth Python Clan's Great Elder then attacked Li Xiao, who crippled him and left him broken on the ground.

• Yao Xiao Tian accused Li Xiao of betraying him and charged at him, but Long Kui imprisoned him and killed him with a finger.
• The Nine Serene Earth Python Clan's Great Elder launched Yellow Springs Finger at Li Xiao, and Niu Meng shattered the attack with Lion's Roar Shatters Heaven and Earth.
• The Great Elder tried to counterattack and then began Demon Snake Sky Explosion, intent on taking his opponents with him.
• Li Xiao appeared behind the Great Elder, suppressed his energy, shattered his Qi Cyclone, and crippled him.
• Li Xiao struck the Great Elder into the ground, breaking his bones as the Great Elder shouted that he would kill them.

After regaining control of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, Yao Ming ordered a purge of Yao Xiao Tian’s supporters and their families. He then agreed to take Li Xiao to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, but balked when Li Xiao said he intended to take the clan’s treasure with him.

• The Great Elder killed himself, and Yao Ming offered the remaining Nine Serene Earth Python Clan members mercy if they submitted to him.
• Yao Ming thanked Li Xiao and promised to take him to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, then ordered the clan elders to eliminate those who had supported Yao Xiao Tian.
• The clan carried out a purge through the night, killing hundreds or perhaps thousands of its members, including newborn children.
• After the purge, Yao Ming visited Li Xiao and offered to lead him to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.
• Li Xiao said he intended to take the tablet, and Yao Ming objected, offering instead to make him an imprint of it.

Li Xiao gave Yao Ming the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Art, then entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet to confront the Yellow Springs Demon Saint. The Demon Saint recognized that Li Xiao wielded a Di-Rank Dou Technique and had an Emperor Realm soul, and wondered if he came from the Great Thousand World.

• Li Xiao bestowed the Heaven Rank Advanced Nine Nether Yellow Springs Art on Yao Ming, who knelt and thanked him.
• Yao Ming led Li Xiao and the others to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, where Li Xiao ordered Niu Meng, Long Kui, and Cai Lin to guard him.
• Li Xiao sent his Soul Power into the tablet and crushed its attacking soul pressure, then destroyed the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm with a single finger.
• Li Xiao called for the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, who appeared and identified Li Xiao's attack as a Di-Rank Dou Technique.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint asked whether Li Xiao had an Emperor Realm soul and came from the Great Thousand World.

Li Xiao defeated the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul with his Emperor Rank Weapon and Di-Rank Dou Technique, Nine Dragons Phoenix Cry. The Demon Saint gave Li Xiao Yellow Springs Sky Wrath and his essence blood, then asked the victor’s name.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint attacked Li Xiao, who countered with his Emperor Rank Weapon and revealed that the Demon Saint’s remnant soul had only a fraction of its former strength.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint manifested his true form and unleashed Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, while Li Xiao answered with the Di-Rank Dou Technique Nine Dragons Phoenix Cry.
• The technique’s power shook the Dou Qi Continent, drawing the attention of Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and other powerful experts, while its shockwave knocked Yao Ming down outside the stone monument.
• After the dust cleared, the Yellow Springs Demon Saint acknowledged Li Xiao’s strength and gave him Yellow Springs Sky Wrath and his essence blood.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint asked Li Xiao’s name, and Li Xiao introduced himself as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

Li Xiao persuaded the dying Yellow Springs Demon Saint to join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion by revealing an Embryonic Emperor Pill and promising to help him reach the Dou Di Realm. After Yellow Springs Demon Saint entered Li Xiao’s Ring, Li Xiao emerged from the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and reunited with Cai Lin.

• Li Xiao showed Yellow Springs Demon Saint an Embryonic Emperor Pill, restoring his soul and convincing him that Li Xiao could help him break through to the Dou Di Realm.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint agreed to join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Li Xiao placed him inside his Ring while promising to forge him a new body.
• Inside Li Xiao’s Ring, Yellow Springs Demon Saint discovered a thriving Small World with far denser Dou Qi than the outside world.
• As Cai Lin and the others waited anxiously, Li Xiao’s soul returned from the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and he awoke.
• Li Xiao reassured Cai Lin that he was unharmed and told Yao Ming that he had gained everything from the stone tablet.

Li Xiao took the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion with the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, whom he promised to give a new body after his Soul Power recovered. The Yellow Springs Demon Saint exchanged his treasures for Spirit Crystals and, after learning Bailing was Li Xiao’s wife, decided to enter seclusion.

• Li Xiao took the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and bid farewell to Yao Ming, who resolved to grow stronger and lead the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan.
• After two months of travel, Li Xiao and his companions returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and released the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• Li Xiao told the Yellow Springs Demon Saint to cultivate at the pavilion and promised to forge him a new body once his Soul Power recovered.
• Li Xiao explained the pavilion’s Spirit Crystal system, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint exchanged his treasures for five hundred million Spirit Crystals.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint admired Bailing, then apologized after she warned him to behave respectfully.
• Li Xiao told the Yellow Springs Demon Saint that Bailing was his wife, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint chose to enter seclusion.

Li Muchen trained in Qinglian Sword Qi while Li Xiyuan chose to learn alchemy, and their father pushed him to become strong enough to protect her. Bailing persuaded Li Xiao to ease his son’s training, leaving Li Muchen’s practice in her hands.

• Li Muchen practiced swordsmanship under Ye Chen’s praise and said he preferred the sword to alchemy, while Li Xiyuan asked Ye Chen to teach her pill refining.
• Li Muchen promised Li Xiyuan that he would protect her, even at the cost of his life.
• Yun Yun objected to Li Xiao’s harsh training, but Li Muchen resumed practice after seeing his father’s stern gaze.
• Bailing picked up the exhausted, injured Li Muchen and warned Li Xiao that his training was depriving the boy of his childhood.
• Li Xiao agreed to leave Li Muchen’s training to Bailing, and Yun Yun teased him about being afraid of her.