Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the deadly Primordial Desolate Region, Liu Ling realized the three great sects had shared the news to draw in sacrificial pawns. As he and his companions departed the trading meet, three hostile experts arrived to confront them.

• Liu Ling deduced that Treasure Appraisal Mountain and the other two great sects wanted outsiders to help them enter the Primordial Desolate Region.
• Old Man Baoshan announced the end of the Spatial Trading Meet, and Liu Ling decided to seek out the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Liu Ling and his group flew northwest and stopped atop a mountain, where Liu Ling sensed pursuers approaching.
• Three black-clad experts arrived at the mountain and fixed their cold gazes on Liu Ling's group.

Liu Ling confronted the Scorpion Demon Three Specters after they tried to take the fragmentary map from him. He stopped them from leaving and prepared to seize the treasures they had won at the auction.

• Sky Scorpion demanded that Liu Ling hand over the fragmentary map, while Elder Yao also called for the Gutu.
• Liu Ling mocked the three, and Sky Scorpion recognized him as the Mercenary Guild’s chief guild master.
• Sky Scorpion apologized and tried to leave with Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion after Liu Ling confirmed his identity.
• Liu Ling stopped the three and said he would take their auction treasures.
• Liu Ling unleashed his Dou Qi, and Sky Scorpion realized that escaping would likely require a fierce battle.

Liu Ling attacked Sky Scorpion and his two brothers, overwhelming their combined assault. Unable to beat him directly, Sky Scorpion sent Human Scorpion to seize Xiao Yi Xian and the others as hostages, while Liu Ling kept Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion occupied.

• Liu Ling struck Sky Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion with a colossal flaming hand, and their combined attack failed to gain the advantage.
• Sky Scorpion ordered Human Scorpion to capture Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Han Yue, Han Xue, and Nalan Yanran alive.
• Human Scorpion rushed toward Xiao Yi Xian's group while Liu Ling mocked his decision to target them.
• Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion attacked Liu Ling to prevent him from turning back, and Liu Ling clashed with them again.
• Human Scorpion appeared in front of Xiao Yi Xian's group with a scorching gaze.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Human Scorpion after he attacked her and the others, while Liu Ling pursued the fleeing Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion. Liu Ling struck Sky Scorpion and engulfed Earth Scorpion in magma, leaving both enemies badly attacked.

• Human Scorpion leered at Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, Han Xue, and Qing Lin and attacked them with a Dou Qi hand.
• Xiao Yi Xian destroyed Human Scorpion's attack and struck him with gray Dou Qi, killing him.
• Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion fled after Human Scorpion died.
• Liu Ling sent erupting magma after Earth Scorpion and struck Sky Scorpion in the back.
• The magma engulfed Earth Scorpion in flames as he struggled.

Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the two Half-Saint Earth Scorpion and Sky Scorpion. After Xiao Yi Xian killed Sky Scorpion and took his Storage Ring, Liu Ling led his junior sisters away.

• Liu Ling's lava attack burned Earth Scorpion until his bones were exposed.
• Sky Scorpion tried to flee, but Liu Ling struck him with a flaming hand and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Xiao Yi Xian blocked Sky Scorpion's escape route as he prepared to self-destruct.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed Sky Scorpion with a palm strike and took his Storage Ring.
• Liu Ling led his junior sisters away, leaving the area silent.

After defeating the Scorpion Demon Three Specters, Liu Ling and the others examined their spoils and returned to the Mercenary Guild headquarters. News of the Bodhi Ancient Tree spread across the Central Plains, drawing powerful experts toward the Primordial Desolate Region in hopes of reaching Dou Saint.

• More than a dozen experts arrived at the flattened mountain range and found Earth Scorpion's corpse, realizing the Scorpion Demon Three Specters had likely been defeated.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Liu Ling, and the others decided to bring the incomplete ancient map back for their Master to examine.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered Liu Ling the Glazed Vajra Body, and he eagerly chose to cultivate the low-level Heaven-tier body-tempering Dou Technique.
• Liu Ling and his group returned to the Mercenary Guild headquarters and planned to visit the Primordial Desolate Region.
• News of the Bodhi Ancient Tree swept across the Central Plains, prompting secluded Dou Zun and Half-Saint experts to pursue its promise of helping them become Dou Saints.

Liu Ling began cultivating the Adamantine Glazed Body while factions across the Central Plains waited for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to appear. When the tree’s aura swept across the region, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others gathered outside Liu Ling’s cultivation chamber, wondering whether he had left seclusion.

• Liu Ling entered the Mercenary Guild headquarters’ cultivation chamber and began cultivating the Adamantine Glazed Body.
• Liu Ling repeatedly expanded and shrank his body as he endured the technique’s painful transformation.
• Factions sent advance teams toward the Primordial Desolate Region while they waited for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance.
• A peculiar pure breath swept across the northeastern Central Plains, showing people an image of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others arrived outside Liu Ling’s cultivation chamber and wondered whether Eldest Senior Brother had left seclusion.

Liu Ling and his companions set out for the Primordial Desolate Region after the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared, leaving Han Xue and Qing Lin behind for safety. They reached Primordial Desolate Town and joined a huge gathering of experts preparing to enter the dangerous region.

• Liu Ling emerged from his training chamber as an eighty-foot golden giant, then returned to his normal form and announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared.
• Liu Ling decided Han Xue and Qing Lin would stay at the guild while he, Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran traveled to the Primordial Desolate Region.
• Liu Ling's group reached Primordial Desolate Town and learned that many Dou Zun experts had already died in the region's outer reaches.
• Liu Ling arranged for the group to follow the experts entering the region together the next day.
• Liu Ling and his three junior sisters joined a crowd of thousands of powerful cultivators gathered outside the town.

Liu Ling and his companions entered the dangerous Primordial Desolate Region, where Xiao Yi Xian detected poisonous mist forming around them. The group took precautions as screams from the crowd ahead signaled trouble.

• Liu Ling warned that many people were being drawn into the Primordial Desolate Region despite the dangers within.
• Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran entered the forest after most of the crowd had rushed inside.
• The four traveled deeper into the forest while staying alert and moving past beasts that the crowd quickly killed.
• Xiao Yi Xian detected poisonous mist forming around the group.
• Liu Ling told the others to take Detoxification Pills, and Han Yue and Nalan Yanran swallowed theirs.
• Screams rang out from the crowd ahead, causing panic.

Liu Ling and his companions discovered that the poisonous mist in the forest consisted of tiny insects that could enter their bodies and kill them. Liu Ling used his Heavenly Flame and Destiny Divine Flame to purge the insects and protect the group as they continued through the mist.

• Liu Ling and the others found a Dou Zun corpse blackened by poison, and Liu Ling warned Han Yue and Nalan Yanran to be careful.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the poisonous mist as countless tiny insects that entered their bodies and explained that her own poison had killed the insects inside her.
• Xiao Yi Xian said the insects feared fire and asked Liu Ling to protect Han Yue and Nalan Yanran.
• Liu Ling circulated his Heavenly Flame through himself and burned the insects in his body, then purged them from Han Yue and Nalan Yanran.
• Liu Ling summoned his Destiny Divine Flame, driving the poisonous mist beyond a fifty-meter radius and reassuring Xiao Yi Xian.

Liu Ling led Han Yue, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi Xian through the poisonous miasma and into the ancient mountains of the Primordial Desolate Region. After warning them about the powerful beasts, he crossed a vast chasm and swiftly defeated several creatures that attacked them.

• Liu Ling used his Heavenly Flames to clear a path through the poisonous miasma as the group advanced.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the miasma thinning, and Liu Ling urged the group to hurry before the major Central Plains factions reached deeper into the region.
• The group emerged from the miasma and saw a vast chasm and ancient mountains filled with ferocious auras.
• Liu Ling warned Han Yue and Nalan Yanran that the isolated beasts were extremely powerful, then led the group across the chasm.
• Several panther-like beasts attacked Liu Ling in midair, and he knocked them down with a sweep of his sleeve.

Liu Ling and his companions crossed the ancient land, defeating magical beasts and passing the Heavenly Nether Sect, while Liu Ling learned that an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python lived nearby. Hoping to use its blood to strengthen his body and advance his Adamantine Glazed Body, he decided to take the shortcut through its territory.

• Liu Ling and his companions easily defeated seventh-rank magical beasts, then ignored a wary group of Dou Zun experts and continued onward.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed a massive beast with poison, and Liu Ling noted how easily the local beasts succumbed to her abilities.
• Liu Ling encountered members of the Heavenly Nether Sect, who acted politely, and passed them without incident.
• Liu Ling learned that an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python had survived in the ancient land and that its blood could strengthen the body.
• Liu Ling recalled that the python built blood pools filled with energy-rich treasures and decided to seek it out by taking the shortcut through its territory.

Liu Ling and his companions reached the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s mountain to obtain its Heavenly Demon Blood Pool. After the python attacked, Liu Ling blocked it and charged forward when it ignored his offer of compensation.

• Liu Ling explained that he had come to obtain the energy-rich Heavenly Demon Blood Pool accumulated by the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.
• Liu Ling and his companions entered the black mist around the mountain, and the python attacked them with its enormous tail.
• Liu Ling easily blocked the strike, despite the python’s Five-star Dou Zun cultivation and Seven-star Dou Zun-level strength.
• The Ancient Heavenly Demon Python emerged, and Liu Ling offered it a medicinal pill in exchange for borrowing its blood pool.
• When the python responded with hostility, Liu Ling gave up trying to communicate and charged at it.

Liu Ling entered the Heavenly Demon Python’s lair and found a blood pool rich with accumulated energy. He used his Destiny Divine Flame to refine its corrosive power, beginning to strengthen his body and cultivate the Adamantine Glazed Body.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the Heavenly Demon Python and temporarily immobilized it, allowing Liu Ling to reach its mountain lair.
• Liu Ling followed the energy fluctuations through the cave and discovered a blood-red pool filled with beast bones.
• Liu Ling leapt into the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool, whose violent energy began corroding his skin.
• Liu Ling summoned his Destiny Divine Flame to vaporize the corrosive energy and temper the remaining energy into a form his body could absorb.
• Liu Ling felt his skin, muscles, and bones grow stronger and recognized the blood pool as an ideal place to cultivate the Adamantine Glazed Body.

Liu Ling completed the Adamantine Glazed Body by absorbing the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool and led his group toward the Ancient Domain Platform. They approached the ancient battlefield without encountering any half-Saints.

• Liu Ling absorbed the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool until it dried up, revealing bones and strange objects beneath the water.
• Liu Ling transformed into a ninety-foot golden giant and smashed a passage through the mountain before returning to his normal form.
• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Liu Ling on completing the Adamantine Glazed Body, and he told the group to move on.
• Liu Ling's group encountered several unfamiliar but powerful factions while traveling, though they saw no half-Saints.
• Liu Ling's group neared the Ancient Domain Platform, an ancient battlefield whose strange pressure kept ferocious beasts away.

Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where factions gathered for the coming battle over the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Liu Ling was greeted by a smug Nine-star Dou Zun accompanied by a powerful group that included a Half-Saint.

• Liu Ling warned Han Yue and Nalan Yanran to stay close as the group approached the crowded Ancient Domain Platform.
• The gathered factions discussed Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian’s strength and the Half-Saint escorts brought by the ancient clans.
• Liu Ling and his companions went to the central stone platform, where the gathered experts were all at least Dou Zun level.
• A multicolored-eyed, white-robed man welcomed Liu Ling while standing beside more than twenty Dou Zun experts, including a Half-Saint.
• Liu Ling answered the man amicably.

Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian surveyed the Half-Saints gathered at the Ancient Domain Platform as Hun Yu of the Soul Clan proposed an alliance to cross the beast tide and reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan agreed to join, prompting others to support the attempt.

• Liu Ling noted that nearly ten Half-Saints had gathered, including himself and Xiao Yi Xian, and judged their position favorable.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Ling that Hun Yu was the Soul Clan’s leading young contender, had never been defeated, and possessed a Divine Bloodline.
• Hun Yu urged the gathered experts to form an alliance and break through the beast tide, while allowing those who distrusted the plan to stay behind.
• Jiu Feng, the Colored-eyed Man of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, agreed to join Hun Yu’s alliance.
• Other gathered experts voiced their agreement and decided to attempt the crossing together.

Hun Yu led an alliance of experts toward the beast horde, while Liu Ling warned Nalan Yanran and Han Yue that Hun Yu and Jiu Feng intended to use the others as cannon fodder. The force began its assault, with Liu Ling’s group staying near the center as Hun Yu’s vanguard struck the beasts.

• Liu Ling told Nalan Yanran and Han Yue that Hun Yu and Jiu Feng planned to use the allied experts as cannon fodder while they broke through the horde.
• Hun Yu led the assembled experts north toward a vast plain filled with fierce beasts.
• Hun Yu announced that his people would take the dangerous front position first, then fall back when exhausted.
• Hun Yu formed the force into an arrowhead formation and charged the beast horde.
• Hun Yu and the front-line experts unleashed their Dou Qi, crushing the beasts within a hundred zhang, while Liu Ling and his companions held back in the center.

The force pushed deep into the beast tide, but the growing pressure turned the advance into a deadly struggle. Hun Yu and the Soul Hall experts vanished, leaving those at the front to be forced forward and devoured as cannon fodder.

• Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian protected Han Yue and Nalan Yanran as the force fought through the beast tide.
• Hun Yu and the experts at the front attacked fiercely, leading the force deeper and convincing many that Hun Yu was fulfilling his duty.
• As stronger beasts swarmed in, the force slowed and struggled to kill them.
• Hun Yu and the Soul Hall experts disappeared, while those at the front were pushed forward with no chance to retreat.
• Exhausted fighters at the forefront were torn apart by the beasts, and others were shoved into their place to continue the advance.

Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran fought through the savage beast tide after Hun Yu and the major factions broke away. They reached an area where the beasts stopped short, though the reason remained unclear.

• Xiao Yi Xian used gray mist to kill the beasts blocking the group’s path.
• A powerful black beast attacked the exhausted fighters, and a Soul Clan Half-Saint opened a gap for Hun Yu and the Soul Hall to escape.
• Several major factions followed Hun Yu through the gap, leaving the remaining fighters to be overwhelmed by the beasts.
• Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian unleashed their strength to lead Han Yue and Nalan Yanran through the tide.
• The four reached a place where the beasts glared and roared from more than thirty meters away but refused to approach.