Chapter Summaries

After nearly three years of cultivation, Xiao Lin reached Ninth Star Dou Zong and considered how to advance further with the Tou She Ancient God Jade in hand. He visited Hai Bodong in Jia Ma Holy City and raised the upcoming Northwest Sect Assembly, leaving Hai Bodong concerned that he intended to get involved.

• Xiao Lin reflected on the Xiao Family's growth and how its system rewards had helped him reach Ninth Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Lin examined the Tou She Ancient God Jade and decided on his next move.
• Xiao Lin visited Hai Bodong, whose seal had been broken by Fu Ling Zi Dan and whose strength had risen to Seventh Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Lin brought up the Northwest Sect Assembly, and Hai Bodong asked whether he planned to participate.

Xiao Lin revealed his greatly increased cultivation, instructed Hai Bodong to contact the Jia Ma Empire’s major forces, and left for the Black Corner Region. At Jia Nan Academy, Gu Xun Er learned of Xiao Lin’s strength and was warned to proceed cautiously.

• Xiao Lin explained to Hai Bodong that he wanted to establish an external force to protect the Xiao Family, then asked him to contact the Jia Ma Empire’s major forces.
• Xiao Lin publicly flew over Jia Ma Holy City, where crowds recognized him as the empire’s sole Dou Zong and bid him farewell.
• Jia Xing Tian and other imperial officials watched the city’s reaction and acknowledged the Xiao Family’s influence.
• Xiao Lin set out for the Black Corner Region after deliberately displaying his cultivation to ease Hai Bodong’s burden.
• At Jia Nan Academy, a subordinate told Gu Xun Er that Xiao Lin had reached high-star Dou Zong and advised her to be cautious.

Xun Er left Jia Nan Academy for the Gu Clan, and the Falling Heart Flame seized the chance to break free and attack the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda. Meanwhile, a caravan crossing the Black Region Great Plains witnessed a mysterious white-robed man riding out a Black Storm.

• After Xiao Lin emerged from seclusion as a Nine-Star Dou Zong, the Gu Clan recalled Xun Er, who left behind a handwritten letter without seeing Xiao Yan.
• Once the powerful souls vanished from the academy, the Falling Heart Flame attacked the seal beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• Su Qian ordered students to evacuate and elders to reinforce the seal as the Formless Fire Python broke through and coiled around the tower.
• Xiao Yan and the others retreated while Xiao Yan watched the creature and spoke with Yao Lao.
• A caravan endured a Black Storm on the Black Region Great Plains and saw a white-robed man pass unharmed through the gales.

Han Feng sensed the Falling Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy and summoned Black Corner Region forces to help him claim it. As the academy’s elders struggled to hold the flame, reinforcements arrived, while Xiao Lin traveled toward the academy hoping to advance to Dou Zun.

• Han Feng detected a second Heavenly Flame at Jia Nan Academy and ordered Han Beng to summon several sect masters and two powerful guests to Maple City.
• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders fought to contain the Formless Fire Python, but the seal’s backlash left the elders badly injured.
• Xiao Yan separated from Zi Yan and the others and approached the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, while Yao Lao told him to wait for the Outer Academy reinforcements.
• Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy experts, giving Su Qian’s forces relief as Han Feng led Black Corner Region experts toward the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Lin crossed the Black Region Great Plains through the Black Storm, hoping the journey would help him reach Dou Zun before the Sect Tournament.

As the Formless Fire Python broke free of Jia Nan Academy’s defenses, Han Feng arrived with allies to pursue it, while Xiao Yan followed from hiding. Xiao Lin reached the scene just as the rampaging creature charged toward him.

• Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei organized the Xiao Family members’ evacuation as the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda went out of control.
• Hu Gan brought reinforcements, but the Formless Fire Python gathered strength and shattered the academy’s Energy Net, injuring Su Qian, Hu Gan, and the defenders.
• Han Feng arrived with forces from the Blood Sect, Earth Flame Gate, and Eight Fan Gate, then pursued the escaping Formless Fire Python.
• Xiao Yan recognized Han Feng as the senior brother who had betrayed Yao Lao and destroyed his lineage, and followed the pursuit at Yao Lao’s urging.
• Xiao Lin reached the area and recognized the charging giant as the manifested form of the Falling Heart Flame.

Xiao Lin pursued Han Feng and the weakened Falling Heart Flame after the flame escaped Jia Nan Academy’s pursuit. He knocked Han Feng unconscious and seized the chance to take the flame, leaving the Black Corner Region to believe Han Feng had vanished with it.

• The Falling Heart Flame attacked Han Feng and his allies with Heartfire before escaping as Su Qian and Mr. Gold and Silver confronted one another.
• Xiao Lin disguised himself and followed Han Feng, noticing that Xiao Yan and Yao Lao were being pursued by a bloodied enemy.
• Han Feng consumed medicinal pills to raise his strength to perfected four-star Dou Zong and battled the exhausted Falling Heart Flame until it collapsed.
• Xiao Lin emerged from the ground and suppressed Han Feng, knocking him unconscious despite Han Feng unleashing the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Lin took advantage of the confusion, while people in the Black Corner Region later believed Han Feng had disappeared to cultivate in seclusion.

Xiao Lin arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s battlefield, rescued Xiao Yan, and overwhelmed Fan Lao and the Gold and Silver Elders. After the academy defeated most of Han Feng’s forces, Xiao Lin explained that he had come to recruit talented Xiao Family members and establish a sect, while Su Qian told him about the Heavenly Flames and Han Feng’s attack.

• Xiao Lin appeared on the battlefield and crushed Fan Lao, ending Yao Lao’s stalemate and surprising Xiao Yan with his grandfather’s strength.
• Xiao Lin joined Grand Elder Su Qian and offered to help Jia Nan Academy, prompting the Gold and Silver Elders to flee.
• Xiao Lin intercepted and suppressed the Gold and Silver Elders with a massive Dou Qi palm, while Su Qian ordered the academy to pursue Han Feng’s forces.
• Jia Nan Academy defeated nearly all of the attackers, with a handful escaping, as Xiao Lin recovered his Dou Qi and watched.
• Xiao Lin told Su Qian he had come to recruit talented Xiao Family members and establish a sect, and Su Qian explained the Heavenly Flames’ rampage and Han Feng’s attack.

Xiao Lin led the Xiao Family home with two Heavenly Flames and told Xiao Yan that Xun Er had returned to the Gu Clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans. Xiao Yan vowed to become strong enough to marry her, and Xiao Lin offered him Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.

• Xiao Lin cleared Jia Nan Academy’s suspicions, arranged the Xiao Family’s departure, and kept the Falling Heart Flame hidden for the family’s use.
• Xiao Yan brooded over Xun Er’s departure until Xiao Lin explained that she had returned to her true home in the Gu Clan and challenged him to consider marrying her.
• Xiao Lin revealed the power of the Eight Ancient Clans and asked whether Xiao Yan still intended to marry Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan vowed to marry Xun Er and said he would cultivate all the way to Dou Emperor if necessary.
• Xiao Lin praised Xiao Yan’s resolve and offered him Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, revealing Han Feng helpless in the carriage.

Xiao Lin returned to Wutan City, prompting the Jia Ma Empire’s factions to debate the Xiao Family’s growing power and plans. In the Xiao Family’s cultivation chamber, Yao Lao finally gave Xiao Yan permission to kill Han Feng.

• Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye discussed how the Xiao Family’s new Dou Zong could reshape the Jia Ma Empire and agreed to wait for Xiao Lin’s plans.
• Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye worried that the Chuyun Empire’s Poison Sect could threaten their empire at the coming Sect Tournament.
• Xiao Lin erased Han Feng’s imprint from the Nether Sea Storage Ring and examined the treasures he had collected.
• Han Feng begged Yao Lao to spare him, claiming he had been deceived into betraying his teacher.
• Yao Lao recalled raising Han Feng as his son, then silently signaled Xiao Yan to kill him.

Xiao Lin assessed the Xiao family's younger generation, assigned roles and cultivation opportunities, and prepared them for the family's next steps. A month later, powerful factions from across the Jia Ma Empire gathered at the Xiao estate, and a consequential meeting began.

• Xiao Yan extracted the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng and entered cultivation to devour it and advance his Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Lin assessed Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei, then gave Xiao Ding an Alchemist Manual and assigned Xiao Yu to oversee an upcoming operation.
• Xiao Lin gave all five youths Jade Talismans and arranged for Xiao Li, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei to accompany him to the Northwest Sect Tournament.
• A month later, powerful factions from the Jia Ma Empire arrived at the Xiao estate, where Xiao Yu announced that everyone qualified had gathered.
• Xiao Lin and Hai Bodong began a major meeting in the Xiao Family's council hall.

Xiao Lin proposed that the Jia Ma Empire’s major families jointly establish a sect to restore the empire’s standing, offering powerful cultivation resources and a seat on its Elder Council in exchange for loyalty to the sect. As the gathered leaders weighed the offer, Xiao Lin released an overwhelming aura that left even Jia Xing Tian shaken.

• Xiao Lin explained that the Misty Cloud Sect’s destruction had weakened the Jia Ma Empire and invited the gathered families to form a new sect together.
• When Mu Chen asked whether the families would be consolidated, Xiao Lin clarified that each family could choose whether to join and would not have to abandon its own identity.
• Xiao Lin promised contributors access to Earth Tier techniques and methods, the Xiao Family’s Cultivation Paradise, and other benefits, while requiring sect interests to take priority in conflicts.
• Xiao Lin offered every founding family a seat on the Elder Council, and Hai Bodong declared that the Mittel Family would join and that he would take the first elder position.
• Xiao Lin released a powerful aura that locked down everyone in the hall, including Jia Xing Tian, and left them unable to resist.

Xiao Lin established the Immortal Palace with the Alchemist Association and Jia Ma's imperial family joining, then learned that Poison Cultivators from the Chuyun Empire had crossed the border. The chapter left the new sect facing its first crisis as everyone waited for Xiao Lin to decide how to respond.

• Xiao Lin demonstrated his strength, and President Fa Ma agreed to have the Alchemist Association join the alliance if the promised connection to an exalted alchemist proved genuine.
• Jia Xing Tian asked to send members of the imperial family into the sect, and Xiao Lin welcomed them.
• Xiao Lin named the new organization the Immortal Palace, took the position of Sect Master, and appointed Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and others to the Elder Council.
• Xiao Yu delivered a secret letter from Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye, who announced that Poison Cultivators from the Chuyun Empire had crossed the border.
• The Immortal Palace's members turned to Xiao Lin to decide how the sect would respond to the invasion.

Xiao Lin ordered the Chuyun Empire’s invading Poison Masters executed and went to investigate the threat himself. After sending Hai Bodong and Mu Chen to guard the border, he crossed into the Chuyun Empire and learned more about the Poison Sect and the powerful Myriad Scorpion Gate.

• Xiao Lin declared that anyone who offended the Jia Ma Empire or the Immortal Palace would be executed, then asked Hai Bodong and Mu Chen to accompany him to the front lines.
• Mu Chen learned that more than thirty Poison Masters had crossed into several border cities to scout the Jia Ma Empire’s defenses.
• Xiao Lin ordered Hai Bodong and Mu Chen to guard separate sections of the border while he went to investigate the Chuyun Empire.
• Xiao Lin recalled that the Poison Sect controlled a third of the Chuyun Empire and that the Myriad Scorpion Gate, led by the Dou Zong Xie Bi Yan, had resisted its expansion.
• Xiao Lin crossed the border and traveled deeper into the Chuyun Empire, where he saw citizens fighting amid poisonous creatures.

Xiao Lin disguised himself as the Wind Hall Master and attacked Heavenly Poison City to avenge the Chuyun Empire’s assault and raise the Immortal Palace’s standing. He overwhelmed Wu Ya, and the Poison Sect Master arrived as the battle escalated.

• Xiao Lin decided to strike both the Poison Sect and Myriad Scorpion Gate after learning that Poison Masters had attacked the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Lin donned Phantom Beast Skin and a green robe, adopting the identity of the Wind Hall Master under the Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Lin appeared over Heavenly Poison City and unleashed tornadoes that killed and injured hundreds of Poison Masters.
• Wu Ya confronted Xiao Lin and tried to delay him until the Poison Sect Master returned.
• Xiao Lin attacked Wu Ya and the other Poison Sect figures with Green Longswords, overpowering Wu Ya’s defenses.
• The Poison Sect Master arrived in Heavenly Poison City and revealed her Dou Zong aura.

Xiao Lin confronted Xiao Yi Xian, the Poison Sect Master, outside Heavenly Poison City as their Dou Zong auras clashed. Xie Bi Yan and a mysterious figure intervened, and the chapter left Xiao Yi Xian weighing the stranger’s offer to cure her Calamity Poison Body against his apparent schemes.

• Xiao Lin recalled the Calamity Poison Body’s history and recognized that Xiao Yi Xian had reached the strength of a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived outside Heavenly Poison City, where Poison Sect experts welcomed their Sect Master as she faced Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin formed a cyan Wind Sword Domain, and he and Xiao Yi Xian confronted each other in silence.
• Xie Bi Yan of the Myriad Scorpion Gate appeared and urged Xiao Yi Xian to help him keep Xiao Lin from returning to the Jia Ma Empire.
• A mysterious figure offered Xiao Yi Xian a way to resolve her Calamity Poison Body if she helped capture Xiao Lin, but she suspected the figure was playing both sides.

Xiao Lin confronted Soul Hall Guardian Shi Ye, who revealed that he knew Xiao Lin’s identity and threatened to destroy the Xiao Family. As the battle grew more complicated, the Poison Sect Leader attacked Xie Bi Yan instead of joining forces with Shi Ye, and Xiao Lin accused Soul Hall of plotting to eliminate her and take control of the Chuyun Empire.

• Xiao Lin struck an invisible presence in the sky, revealing Soul Hall Guardian Shi Ye and exposing Xiao Lin as the Xiao Family’s Supreme Elder.
• Shi Ye declared that he would kill Xiao Lin and later slaughter the Xiao Family, including Xiao Yan, and revealed his strength as a Six-Star Dou Zong.
• The Poison Sect Leader suddenly attacked Xie Bi Yan, forcing him to defend himself while Shi Ye questioned her decision.
• The Poison Sect Leader dismissed Shi Ye’s promise to provide a way to undo the Calamity Poison Body and accused Soul Hall of planting spies in her sect.
• Xiao Lin sent a wind sword toward Shi Ye and claimed that Soul Hall intended to kill the Poison Sect Leader and unify the Chuyun Empire.

Xiao Lin revealed his nine-star Dou Zong strength while fighting Shi Ye, shocking the Soul Hall Guardian and the others on the battlefield. He summoned tens of thousands of swords against Shi Ye, who unleashed a mass of black chains and shadows as the battle escalated.

• Xiao Lin deflected Shi Ye's black chain attack and cut through the Black Mist with five green Dou Qi swords.
• Shi Ye gathered nearly ten chains into a massive spear and aimed it at Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin unleashed the Wind Sword Domain's Second Layer, Great Destruction, and raised his cultivation to nine-star Dou Zong.
• Xie Bi Yan and the Poison Sect leader were shocked by Xiao Lin's power, while Shi Ye realized the battle had escaped his control.
• Xiao Lin summoned tens of thousands of swords toward Shi Ye, who threatened the Xiao Family and released countless black chains and dark shadows from the mist.

Xiao Lin destroyed Shi Ye Protector’s black python and captured him, then helped Xiao Yi Xian poison Xie Bi Yan as the battle’s outcome shifted in Jia Ma Empire’s favor. Xiao Yan completed a major realm breakthrough, giving Xiao Lin a chance to advance to Dou Zun.

• Shi Ye Protector summoned the Hundred Soul Lock Heaven Python, but Xiao Lin’s Wind Sword Domain shattered it and exposed Shi Ye Protector as a soul body.
• Xiao Lin tore away Shi Ye Protector’s Black Mist and subdued him, while Xie Bi Yan and the Poison Sect Master abandoned thoughts of fighting.
• Xiao Lin recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and told her that he knew a solution to her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian detonated the Calamity Poison Blood she had planted in Xie Bi Yan, and Xiao Lin blocked his escape as the poison spread through his body.
• Xiao Lin sensed that Xiao Yan had completed a major realm breakthrough and that the resulting feedback and reward might let him advance to Dou Zun.

Xiao Lin prepared to break through from Nine-star Dou Zong to Dou Zun while Xiao Yi Xian came to Wutan City seeking his promised solution for her Calamity Poison Body. As Xiao Lin entered seclusion with the Falling Heart Flame and an Immortal Crane Longevity Pill, his breakthrough shook Wutan City and ended with him rising beneath a four-colored sky curtain.

• Xiao Lin saw that his cultivation had reached Nine-star Dou Zong at ninety-nine percent and identified the system’s Immortal Crane Longevity Pill as his chance to break through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yi Xian to settle affairs in the Chuyun Empire and Jia Ma Empire before visiting him in Wutan City, then retrieved the Falling Heart Flame and entered seclusion.
• Several months later, Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Wutan City after uncovering Myriad Scorpion Gate spies within the Poison Sect and recounted her tragic past to Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body was nearing its eruption and that a path to survival still existed.
• Earthquakes and surging power shook Wutan City as Xiao Lin’s seclusion grounds erupted with four colored sky curtains and he rose into the sky with an aura that Yao Lao recognized as Dou Zun.

Xiao Lin broke through to Dou Zun, learned a soul cultivation technique, and negotiated with Xiao Yi Xian to bring the Poison Sect into the Immortal Palace. After training for the coming Sect Tournament, he set out to test whether his clan members’ cultivation could also strengthen his soul.

• Xiao Lin reached Dou Zun One Star, while Yao Lao suspected he had awakened the Xiao Clan’s bloodline power.
• Xiao Lin reviewed his breakthrough rewards, obtained the Primordial Chaos Meditation Technique, and reunited with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Lin offered Xiao Yi Xian leadership of a Poison Hall and a cure for her Calamity Poison Body if she brought the Poison Sect into the Immortal Palace; she agreed to join personally and went to approach the sect.
• Xiao Lin asked Yao Lao to help with the Calamity Poison Body and warned Xiao Yan to become strong enough to compete for Xun Er.
• Xiao Lin selected six Xiao Family talents for the Sect Tournament and began cultivating the Primordial Chaos Meditation Technique, wondering whether his system could feed him soul power from clan members.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Lin that Elder Hai and Elder Jia were ready to leave for the Sect Tournament, and Xiao Lin asked them to wait a little longer.