Chapter Summaries

Gu He broke through the spatial seal and entered the ancient crimson ruin, overcoming its traps and guardians as he searched for its treasures. After collecting the relics along the way, he reached the Pill Hall and began looting its floors.

• Gu He burned through the spatial seal with his Destiny Divine Flame, shattered it, and revealed a colossal crimson hall amid the sea of bones.
• Gu He bypassed the magma and blue flames beneath the entrance, then crossed the passage to a plaza guarded by ten Earthly Demon Puppets.
• Gu He destroyed all ten puppets and passed through the opening stone gate into the ancient hall.
• Gu He collected medicinal pills, Dou Skills, and cultivation methods from the corridors and found the Pill Hall at the center of the ruin.
• Gu He cleared the Pill Hall’s first floor of its treasures and began ascending to the second floor.

Gu He looted the Pill Hall’s three floors, capturing a Pill Beast and collecting many pills before finding the ruin’s main hall. He drew the Dou Saint skeleton toward himself, triggering an attack from the hall’s Dou Zun puppets.

• Gu He cleared the Pill Hall’s first and second floors of their pills, then gathered treasures from the poison-filled third floor.
• Gu He spotted a white Pill Beast, sealed the space around it, and caught it.
• Gu He finished looting the third floor, collecting eleven Eighth-Grade Pills, hundreds of Seventh-Grade Pills, and thousands of Sixth-Grade Pills.
• Gu He used his soul power and a map to navigate the ruin’s corridors and find the enormous main hall.
• Gu He recognized the jade-white skeleton as a powerful Dou Saint and reached for it to claim its Heaven-Class Dou Technique scroll.
• Gu He shattered the seals around the skeleton and pulled it toward himself as the hall’s Dou Zun puppets began attacking.

Gu He left the treasure hall with the Dou Sheng skeleton and followed his map into an ancient medicinal forest in search of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. He found a Soul Infant Demonic Tree guarded by a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon and prepared to harvest its two fruits.

• Gu He stored the Dou Sheng skeleton, left the hall, and followed his map through the corridors.
• Gu He opened an ancient stone door and entered a vast forest filled with rare medicinal ingredients and powerful magical beasts.
• Gu He found a lake with a Soul Infant Demonic Tree on an island at its center.
• A Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon emerged from the lake, but it withdrew after sensing Gu He's Dou Sheng pressure.
• Gu He found two Soul Infant Fruits and cut a branch from the tree to make containers for them.

Gu He collected the Soul Infant Fruits and the Soul Infant Demonic Tree, then entered the Beast Spirit Barrier using Zi Yan’s essence blood. He reached the altar inside and found a small sapling growing from a golden-purple platform.

• Gu He stored the two Soul Infant Fruits in boxes made from the Soul Infant Demonic Tree, then moved the tree and its island into his System Space.
• Gu He gave the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon medicinal pills and a Shapeshifting Pill in exchange for the fruits.
• Gu He continued exploring the Ancient Forest, gathering herbs and finding an area that no magical beasts inhabited.
• Gu He discovered a Beast Spirit Barrier and opened it with a drop of Zi Yan’s essence blood.
• Gu He crossed the crimson plain to the altar and found a small sapling growing from a groove in a golden-purple platform.

Gu He found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the ruins and brought it back to East Dragon Island for Zi Yan. Qingshan and Zhu Li recognized it as a supreme treasure but warned that absorbing it had a very low success rate.

• Gu He collected the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit from the altar and gathered more medicinal herbs in the Ancient Forest.
• Human and magical beast experts entered the ruins after Gu He left, finding the great hall emptied of its treasures.
• Gu He returned to East Dragon Island and showed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zi Yan, Qingshan, Zhu Li, and the others.
• Gu He chose Zi Yan to absorb the fruit, and Qingshan and Zhu Li explained its history and the danger of failed absorption.

Gu He began helping Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but its immense energy formed crystal layers inside her body and threatened to overwhelm her. He used his Destiny Divine Flame to melt the crystals, and the first drops of violet-gold liquid reappeared as he expanded the treatment.

• Gu He reassured Qingshan and the others that Zi Yan could absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and said he would supervise her refinement.
• Zi Yan swallowed the violet-gold liquid on the altar, and the system rewarded Gu He with ten thousand Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits.
• Zi Yan struggled to refine the fruit's immense energy as Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layers formed in her body and clouded her consciousness.
• Gu He sent a wisp of his Destiny Divine Flame into Zi Yan, but it initially failed to melt the crystal layers.
• Gu He increased the flame's power until it melted the layers into a drop of violet-gold liquid, then sent ten more wisps into Zi Yan's body.

Gu He helped Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, allowing her cultivation to soar from Dou Zun to the Late Three-star Battle Saint stage and awakening her Ancient Dragon Phoenix Bloodline. The East Dragon Island experts accepted her as their Dragon Emperor, while Zi Yan reaffirmed her respect for Gu He.

• Gu He used his Purple Flame to refine the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer in Zi Yan's body, and she absorbed its energy as her cultivation rapidly rose.
• Zi Yan broke through to One-star Battle Saint, after which Gu He withdrew his flames and Qingshan thanked him for helping her.
• Gu He asked whether Ancient Void Dragon Clan members risked their lives refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Qingshan said failure would only waste its energy.
• Zi Yan continued absorbing the fruit's power, surpassed Gu He's cultivation, and reached the Late Three-star Battle Saint stage.
• Zi Yan awakened her Ancient Dragon Phoenix Bloodline and manifested Heavenly Phoenix Wings, prompting East Dragon Island experts to kneel and welcome her as Lord Dragon Emperor.
• Gu He remarked that Zi Yan's cultivation now exceeded his, but Zi Yan insisted that her master remained more formidable.

Gu He left Zi Yan to unify the Ancient Dragon Clan and traveled to Danxue Mountain, home of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. When he approached the clan’s territory, its protective formation appeared and an Ancient Phoenix Saint Statue warned him away.

• Gu He praised Zi Yan’s strength and told her she was ready to unify the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Gu He left East Dragon Island and returned to the Beast Region, where word of the ruins had spread but attracted little interest.
• Gu He traveled toward Danxue Mountain and reached the vast range where the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan lived.
• Gu He admired the golden parasol-tree forest and emerald bamboo groves surrounding the clan’s territory.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s protective formation activated, and an Ancient Phoenix Saint Statue appeared to issue a warning.

Gu He approached Danxue Mountain, drew Phoenix away, and learned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had not yet met with the Dragon Kings. After Phoenix attacked him and failed to stop him, two women suddenly appeared through distorted space beside her.

• Gu He’s distant gaze triggered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s protective formation, and Phoenix flew out to confront him.
• Gu He tried to leave, but Phoenix pursued him and demanded to know who he was and why he had come to Danxue Mountain.
• Gu He asked whether the clan had received a special guest and realized the three Dragon Kings had not arranged a meeting with them.
• Phoenix attacked Gu He with spatial force, but he endured it unharmed and casually deflected her battle-qi strike.
• As Gu He prepared to use a movement skill to escape, two women emerged from distorted space beside Phoenix.

Gu He faced Phoenix and two newly revealed Four-star Battle Saints of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, whose combined attacks forced him to draw on his Purple Flame. After blocking their assault, he decided to leave before they could overwhelm him.

• Gu He discovered that Chi and Xuan, two women hidden by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, were Four-star Battle Saints.
• Phoenix told Chi and Xuan that Gu He was a dangerous opponent, and Chi attacked him, but he blocked her strike.
• Xuan formed a giant Golden Demonic Phoenix and sent it at Gu He, who unleashed a vast sea of Purple Flame to stop it.
• The women recognized Gu He's Heavenly Flame and resolved not to let him leave; Chi transformed into a Crimson Phoenix and fired a destructive beam at him.
• Gu He blocked the beam with a Purple Fire Shield, erased the Heavenly Phoenix Phantom, recalled his Destiny Divine Flame, and decided to retreat.

Gu He escaped the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after confirming it was not allied with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Zi Yan prepared to reunify the Ancient Dragon Clan. Zi Yan led East Dragon Island’s army to West Dragon Island and declared that she had come to bring its clansmen home.

• Gu He escaped Crimson Phoenix and Xuan Feng, and Xuan Feng ordered Phoenix to investigate his identity and Heavenly Flames.
• Gu He confirmed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was not allied with the three Dragon Kings, then returned to the Nine-Colored Valley.
• After refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Zi Yan announced her Ancient Dragon Phoenix Bloodline and declared she would reunify the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan and Qingshan assembled nearly ten thousand East Dragon Island warriors and set out for West Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan emerged before West Dragon Island and announced that she had come to take its clansmen home.

Zi Yan led East Dragon Island’s forces to reclaim West Dragon Island, using her awakened royal bloodline and promise of leniency to persuade its people to submit. The West Dragon King and West Dragon Island’s forces knelt to her, reuniting the island with the dragon clan without a fight.

• Zi Yan’s fully matured royal bloodline moved many West Dragon Island clansmen to kneel, while Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu held back from submitting.
• Zi Yan and Qingshan led nearly ten thousand elite warriors through the barrier, and more West Dragon Island clansmen defected as the West Dragon King remained absent.
• Zi Yan promised leniency to those who admitted their wrongs and offered to reduce Zhu Xi’s punishment if he submitted.
• The weakened West Dragon King emerged and accepted Zi Yan’s offer, kneeling and acknowledging her as Dragon Emperor.
• Xuan Mo, Zhu Mu, and all of West Dragon Island’s clansmen submitted to Zi Yan, and Qingshan and the East Dragon Island forces celebrated the peaceful reunification.

Zi Yan united West Dragon Island with East Dragon Island and set the other islands on course to rejoin the clan. The South Dragon King surrendered and began relocating his island, while the North Dragon King secretly prepared to resist.

• Zi Yan ordered Qingshan to move West Dragon Island, and the two islands merged after seven days.
• News of the merger and Zi Yan’s promise of mercy persuaded many on South Dragon Island to favor surrender.
• The South Dragon King relinquished his title, pledged South Dragon Island to the Dragon Emperor, and began its relocation.
• North Dragon Island’s members and elders urged surrender, but the North Dragon King feared punishment for his past schemes.
• The North Dragon King decided to spread false information and secretly began constructing an array.

Zi Yan united the dragon clans of the eastern, western, and southern islands and led them toward North Dragon Island to confront Zhu Bei. They found that Zhu Bei had activated the forbidden Dragon Transformation Demonic Array to slaughter and devour his own clansmen, so Zi Yan and three elders entered the island to stop him.

• The North Dragon King spread false claims about Zi Yan while secretly building the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array on North Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan united the clans of East, West, and South Dragon Islands, and the former West and South Dragon Kings pledged their support.
• After learning Zhu Bei still refused to submit, Zi Yan gathered tens of thousands of warriors and led them toward North Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan's army found North Dragon Island covered in bloody radiance and learned that Zhu Bei was using the forbidden array to devour his clansmen.
• North Dragon Island survivors gathered around Zi Yan, while the West and South Dragon Kings condemned Zhu Bei's actions.
• Zi Yan ordered the army to wait outside the island, then entered with Qingshan, Zhu Xi, and Zhu Nan to capture Zhu Bei.

Zi Yan and the South Dragon King and West Dragon King confronted Zhu Bei, who had slaughtered North Dragon Island’s clansmen to strengthen himself. The battle left Zhu Bei wounded by Zi Yan’s golden sword, but he remained alive and dangerous.

• Zi Yan and her companions found Zhu Bei amid the blood mist, where nearly a thousand North Dragon Island experts were trapped and mutilated.
• Zi Yan ordered Elder Zhu Xi to rescue the clansmen while she, Elder Qingshan, and Elder Zhu Nan attacked Zhu Bei.
• Zhu Bei fought the three opponents without falling behind and used the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array to strengthen himself with his victims.
• Zhu Bei hurled three clansmen at Zi Yan, who saved them and sent them beyond the array.
• Zhu Bei ambushed Zi Yan, but a golden longsword appeared in her hand and severed part of his hand as Qingshan and the South Dragon King joined the attack.

Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and badly wounded the North Dragon King, demonstrating her authority as Dragon Emperor. The North Dragon King unleashed Blood Dragon Swallows Heaven, sacrificing trapped Ancient Dragon Clan members to strengthen a giant blood dragon.

• Zi Yan used the Dragon Slaying Sword to sever the North Dragon King's fingertips and cut a deep wound across his body.
• The Ancient Dragon Clan recognized Zi Yan's ability to summon the Dragon Slaying Sword and accepted her as their true Dragon Emperor.
• The North Dragon King formed a Dragon Emperor Bell from his golden blood, but Zi Yan's sword strike shattered it.
• The North Dragon King summoned a giant blood dragon with Blood Dragon Swallows Heaven, while members trapped in the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array exploded and fed it.
• The West Dragon King rescued trapped Ancient Dragon Clan members from the blood formation, but many were killed before he could reach them.

Zi Yan split the North Dragon King's blood dragon and Dragon Soul Pearl with a life-draining sword strike, while the Ancient Dragon Clan rescued the captives from the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array. The North Dragon King escaped through a spatial rift, and Zi Yan collapsed after the Dragon Slaying Sword vanished.

• The West Dragon King, Qingshan, and the South Dragon King rescued the bound Ancient Dragon Clan members from the blood array.
• The North Dragon King entered the blood dragon and fired a massive blood-red beam at Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan spent a large portion of her life force to split the beam and the Dragon Soul Pearl with her sword.
• With the captives freed and his power dwindling, the North Dragon King tore open a spatial rift and fled.
• Qingshan and the West and South Dragon Kings attacked the rift, while Zi Yan's Dragon Slaying Sword disappeared and she fell unconscious.

Zi Yan’s Dragon Slaying Sword weakened her so severely that she nearly collapsed, while the North Dragon King escaped after a final counterattack. With the four islands united under Zi Yan, the clan began searching North Dragon Island for survivors, though the North Dragon King evaded capture.

• Zi Yan suppressed her injuries after using the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Zhu Mo worried that the attack had drained her life force.
• The North Dragon King struck back at Qingshan and the West and South Dragon Kings before escaping through a spatial rift.
• Qingshan and the two Dragon Kings pursued the North Dragon King, while Zi Yan reflected on the damage to North Dragon Island and the clan.
• Zi Yan affirmed the need to put all Ancient Void Dragon Clan members first, and Zhu Mo and Xuan Mo praised her potential to restore the clan’s former glory.
• Zi Yan organized the clan’s experts to search North Dragon Island for survivors as the four islands accepted her rule.
• After a day of waiting, the clan learned that the North Dragon King had escaped, though his injuries were expected to keep him from causing trouble for years.

The Ancient Void Dragon Clan reunified as Zi Yan’s severe injuries from her battle with the North Dragon King came to light. Gu He arrived by projection and summoned his true body to treat her, leaving the story as he appeared on Ancient Dragon Island.

• The Ancient Void Dragon Clan brought the four Dragon Islands together and established a single Ancient Dragon Island.
• Qingshan and Zhu Mo urged Zi Yan to contact Gu He about her injuries, and Zhu Li supported them.
• Zi Yan crushed the Void Jade Talisman, summoning a projection of Gu He, who learned she had overdrawn her life force fighting the North Dragon King.
• Qingshan explained how the North Dragon King used the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array and escaped after Zi Yan wounded him with the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Gu He examined Zi Yan, sent Qingshan, Zhu Li, and Zhu Mo out, and used the Void Shifting Technique to bring his true body to Ancient Dragon Island.

Gu He reprimanded Zi Yan for hiding her condition, then gave her a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill to heal her injuries. With Gu He's help, she absorbed its remaining medicinal power and reached the late Four-star Battle Saint stage.

• Gu He told Zi Yan he was disappointed because she had hidden her condition, and she promised not to do so again.
• Gu He gave Zi Yan a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and stayed beside her while she absorbed it.
• After the pill healed Zi Yan, its undigested medicinal power began forming energy crystals inside her body.
• Gu He used his Destiny Divine Flame to refine the crystals and help Zi Yan absorb the pill's energy.
• Zi Yan broke through to the Four-star Battle Saint stage and eventually reached its late stage.