Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng entered the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring to search for the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and found that its energy could help him cultivate. After fighting off swarms of strange black snakes, he reached the lakebed and uncovered a chained, withered figure who might be connected to the missing crystal.

• Xiao Heng tested the Yellow Spring’s frigid power and told Medusa to wait while he scouted the depths.
• Xiao Heng descended through the lake, using the Five Elements and Devouring Power to withstand its corrosive energy.
• Strange black snakes attacked Xiao Heng, but he destroyed many with sword qi and Five Elements energy spheres before escaping their pursuit.
• Xiao Heng reached the lakebed but found no Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and suspected a sealed Nine Netherworld Underworld Python was involved in its disappearance.
• After hearing someone call for help, Xiao Heng cleared away the sand and stones and revealed four chains binding a withered person beneath the lake.

Xiao Heng found Yao Ming, the former Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan leader, imprisoned beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring and learned that Yao Xiaotian had betrayed him. Yao Ming accepted a temporary soul mark in exchange for rescue, and the chapter ended with him free and swearing loyalty to Xiao Heng as his best friend.

• Xiao Heng questioned the chained Yao Ming and learned that Yao Xiaotian had ambushed and imprisoned him for over a hundred years.
• Yao Ming begged for rescue and offered to make Xiao Heng his master, but Xiao Heng instead proposed they become friends and asked Yao Ming to accept a temporary soul mark.
• Yao Ming agreed, opened his soul, and received a mark formed from Xiao Heng's Sword Intent and five-element power.
• Xiao Heng cut through the four chains with his sword, freeing Yao Ming from the restraints and the forces draining his Dou Qi.
• Yao Ming forced the remaining chains from his body, roared his fury at Yao Xiaotian, then calmed down and swore to be Xiao Heng's best friend.

Yao Ming escaped the seal at the bottom of the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring with Xiao Heng’s help, and revealed that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder were rushing to kill him. Xiao Heng gave Yao Ming pills and prepared to head back up, leaving their confrontation imminent.

• Yao Xiaotian sensed that the seal had shattered, and he and the Great Elder hurried toward the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring to kill Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming thanked Xiao Heng for freeing him and promised to help him, while Xiao Heng clarified that he wanted no claim over the clan and requested Yellow Spring Blood Crystals.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Heng his last Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, and Xiao Heng gave him two Eighth-grade Pills to speed his recovery.
• Xiao Heng warned that Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder were likely approaching, and Yao Ming explained their strengths and that he still possessed the Clan Leader’s token.
• Xiao Heng remembered that Medusa was above and swam upward with Yao Ming as disturbances began there.

Xiao Heng arrived in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring just in time to save Medusa from Yao Xiaotian and confront the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan leader and Great Elder. Yao Xiaotian attacked Xiao Heng, Medusa, and Yao Ming, leaving their fight about to begin.

• Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder found Medusa hiding near the wall and attacked her after she refused to surrender.
• Yao Xiaotian overwhelmed Medusa with his attacks and sent her flying, but Xiao Heng emerged from beneath the water and rescued her.
• Yao Xiaotian recognized his elder brother Yao Ming, who had survived a hundred years of torture and vowed not to let him escape again.
• The Great Elder tried to kill Yao Ming, but Xiao Heng intercepted his claw with a sword strike that forced him to retreat.
• Xiao Heng refused Yao Xiaotian's demand to stand down, and Yao Xiaotian unleashed a massive black palm attack against the group.

Xiao Heng fought Yao Xiaotian and overwhelmed him with his sword techniques, forcing the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python to reveal his true form. Yao Xiaotian trapped Xiao Heng beneath the Yellow Springs Great Seal, but Xiao Heng found a crack and began breaking the seal.

• Xiao Heng cut through Yao Xiaotian’s attack and wounded him with a sword strike, then countered the Heavenly Rank Yellow Springs Finger with Sea and Sky One Line.
• Yao Xiaotian transformed into a giant python after Xiao Heng’s attack badly wounded him, while Xiao Heng protected Medusa from falling rocks.
• Xiao Heng confronted Yao Xiaotian in the sky and injured his tail despite the python’s powerful counterattacks.
• Yao Xiaotian summoned the Yellow Springs Great Seal and buried Xiao Heng beneath its sealing mountain.
• Xiao Heng opened his Third Eye, found a tiny crack in the seal, and struck it with Sword Qi, causing the mountain to dissipate.

Xiao Heng broke through Yao Xiaotian’s attack, but the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan surrounded him and prepared to kill him. Yao Ming revealed himself and accused Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder of imprisoning him, and the chapter ended as the Great Elder attacked him.

• Xiao Heng disrupted Yao Xiaotian’s Dou Technique, but stopped short of killing him when clan reinforcements arrived.
• The Great Elder ordered the Nether Snake Guards and elders to surround Xiao Heng and form the Ten Thousand Snake Grand Formation.
• Yao Ming appeared beside Xiao Heng, shocking the gathered clan members and prompting them to question whether he was truly their former Clan Leader.
• Yao Xiaotian called Yao Ming an impostor, but Elder Liu, Elder Ming, and Elder Xian recognized or suspected his identity, and the formation dissipated.
• Yao Ming accused Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder of ambushing him and sealing him beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring for a hundred years.
• The Great Elder attacked Yao Ming, hoping to kill him and preserve his and Yao Xiaotian’s positions.

Yao Ming proved his identity to the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan with the Nine Netherworld Nether Staff, reigniting the dispute over the clan leadership. As Yao Xiaotian attacked him and Xiao Heng fought the Great Elder, Yao Ming revealed his strength and resumed his battle with his younger brother.

• Xiao Heng repelled the Great Elder, and Yao Ming presented the Nine Netherworld Nether Staff as proof of his identity.
• Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder tried to retain power by demanding Yao Ming surrender the staff, while elders supporting Yao Ming called for him to reclaim the leadership.
• Yao Xiaotian charged Yao Ming as the Great Elder engaged Xiao Heng, who repeatedly wounded the Great Elder with his sword.
• Yao Ming revealed that he had recovered to the Two-star Dou Sheng level and exchanged powerful attacks with Yao Xiaotian.
• Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian clashed with their Yellow Springs Fingers, and Yao Ming attacked again after both were thrown back.

Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian’s struggle for clan leadership escalated into a brutal battle as their supporters fought around them, while Xiao Heng defeated the Great Elder. The brothers remained locked in a deadly clash, leaving the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan’s civil war unresolved.

• Several elders supporting Yao Xiaotian attacked Yao Ming, but Elder Liu, Elder Ming, and their allies intervened, beginning the clan’s civil war.
• Yao Ming gained the advantage over the wounded Yao Xiaotian, repeatedly striking him as the brothers fought at close range.
• Yao Xiaotian blamed Yao Ming for the favoritism and advantages he had received, then transformed into a giant serpent and resumed the fight in his true form.
• Yao Ming also transformed, and the brothers grappled and bit each other while their attacks devastated the surrounding land.
• Xiao Heng cut through the Great Elder’s Heavenly Rank Combat Skill and pierced his chest, but the Great Elder tried to self-destruct and drag him down with him.
• Xiao Heng used the Power of Time to slow the Great Elder, then pierced his head and killed him before supporting the falling corpse with Dou Qi.

Xiao Heng defeated the Great Elder while Yao Ming killed Yao Xiaotian and reclaimed leadership of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan. Yao Ming began healing, and Xiao Heng and Medusa waited as the clan handled the aftermath.

• Xiao Heng devoured the Great Elder's strength, killed him, and suppressed the power he had gained rather than breaking through.
• Yao Ming defeated Yao Xiaotian, pulled out his Magic Core, and reclaimed the Clan Leader position.
• Yao Ming and the clan elders formally acknowledged his return as Clan Leader, while Xiao Heng offered him a medicinal pill.
• Elder Liu escorted Xiao Heng and Medusa to the clan's guest quarters, and Yao Ming entered closed-door cultivation to heal.
• The clan placed Yao Xiaotian's corpse in the Ten Thousand Snake Tomb, while Xiao Heng and Medusa waited for Yao Ming to emerge.

After recovering and reclaiming control of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan, Yao Ming offered Xiao Heng a chance to obtain the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s soul technique and essence blood. Xiao Heng accepted, and they set off for the stone tablet with Medusa.

• Yao Ming emerged from seclusion, and Elder Ming reported what the clan had learned about Xiao Heng.
• Yao Ming told the elders to trust and respect Xiao Heng because he had saved Yao Ming’s life and could be an important ally.
• Yao Ming met Xiao Heng and offered him a chance to claim the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s treasures.
• Yao Ming explained that the stone tablet held Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Sage Essence Blood, but its test required Heaven Realm Soul Power.
• Xiao Heng agreed to share the rewards with Yao Ming if he obtained them, and they flew to the stone tablet with Medusa.

Xiao Heng entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet to face the test guarding Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s blood essence. He overcame the tablet’s initial attacks and drew out a figure on a distant mountain.

• Yao Ming led Xiao Heng and the others to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and explained what it contained.
• Xiao Heng sent his soul into the tablet while Yao Ming and Medusa guarded his body.
• Inside the tablet, Xiao Heng entered a desolate space filled with yellow clouds and Thunder.
• Xiao Heng blocked the Thunder and shattered the space’s Yellow Springs Finger with his Soul Power.
• Xiao Heng called on the Yellow Springs Demon Sage to reveal himself, and a figure appeared atop a distant mountain.

Xiao Heng fought the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s remnant soul to obtain Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demon Sage’s blood essence, resisting its Emperor Realm soul technique. After Xiao Heng prevailed, the Demon Sage gave him a strange map tied to the power of the earth, though its destination and significance remained uncertain.

• Xiao Heng rejected the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s warning and demanded Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demon Sage’s blood essence.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage attacked with Soul Power, but Xiao Heng blocked and crushed his strike before launching a river of soul swords.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, shattering Xiao Heng’s sword river, but Xiao Heng emerged unharmed.
• Xiao Heng sensed the power of the earth within the remnant soul’s Soul Power, and the Yellow Springs Demon Sage offered to share the opportunity behind it.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage gave Xiao Heng a strange map, leaving him to ask what it meant.

Xiao Heng obtained Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Sage blood essence from Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s remnant soul, then shared some of the essence with Medusa and Yao Ming. After Yao Ming failed to cultivate the technique, Xiao Heng asked him for help with a matter concerning the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Yellow Springs Demon Sage gave Xiao Heng a map to a possible opportunity, the cultivation methods for three techniques, and Demon Sage blood essence before his remnant soul and the space disappeared.
• Xiao Heng returned from the stone tablet and told Medusa and Yao Ming that he had passed the trial and obtained Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Sage blood essence.
• Yao Ming tried to perceive Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath through the stone tablet, but the technique’s power injured him and showed he could not meet its cultivation requirements.
• Xiao Heng divided some of the Demon Sage blood essence among himself, Medusa, and Yao Ming, who said it gave him confidence to attempt a breakthrough to Three-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Heng asked Yao Ming for help and explained that the matter concerned the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Heng sought Yao Ming’s help to protect Zi Yan from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while Yao Ming weighed the risks to his clan. After Xiao Heng revealed his Dragon and Phoenix Bloodline, Yao Ming agreed to join the effort, though he reserved the right to withdraw if the danger became too great.

• Yao Ming agreed to stay out of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s internal conflict after Xiao Heng asked him not to support the Three Dragon Islands.
• Xiao Heng warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan might target Zi Yan and asked Yao Ming to gather intelligence on its movements.
• Yao Ming said he could not commit his clan’s full strength but agreed to act alongside Xiao Heng, provided they could retreat if necessary.
• Xiao Heng offered pure Nine Netherworld Underworld Python blood essence and the prospect of friendship with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan if East Dragon Island won.
• Xiao Heng revealed a manifestation of the Dragon and Phoenix Bloodline, convincing Yao Ming of his claim and intentions.
• Yao Ming committed the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan to the operation, with the condition that they would withdraw if the situation became untenable.

Xiao Heng left Medusa to cultivate in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring after they exchanged a blood-bound kiss, while Yao Ming began restoring his clan and monitoring the rival clans. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan prepared an attack on Zi Yan, and Xiao Heng went to Starfall Pavilion’s Beast Region branch to arrange for Demon Sage Essence Blood.

• Yao Ming agreed to watch the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for Xiao Heng and let him borrow the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring.
• Xiao Heng gave Medusa pills and advice before she plunged into the spring to begin her long retreat, and they shared a possessive blood-stained kiss.
• Yao Ming began resolving the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan’s internal divisions after Yao Xiaotian’s death.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan sent Phoenix Emperor, Huang Kun, and Huang Ying to kill Zi Yan and take her corpse.
• Xiao Heng visited Starfall Pavilion’s branch in the Beast Region and arranged for it to bring back Demon Sage Essence Blood.

Xiao Heng refined the last drop of Demon Sage Essence Blood and broke through to the early stage of Three-star Dou Sheng. After concealing his strength, he prepared for his plan against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan by reforging twelve formation tokens.

• Xiao Heng refined the Demon Sage Essence Blood and absorbed it through a wound in his chest.
• The blood’s power helped Xiao Heng break through to the Three-star Dou Sheng realm, while his Formation Array contained the energy fluctuations.
• Xiao Heng concealed his new strength with the Hibernation Technique and gained confidence in ambushing the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Heng melted down his twelve old formation tokens and forged stronger replacements with twelve high-grade formation runes.

Yao Ming committed the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan to helping East Dragon Island, and he and Xiao Heng prepared to intercept the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements. They planned to depart for the void the next morning, leaving Xiao Heng ready for the coming battle.

• Elder Ming reported that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would send Phoenix Emperor, Huang Kun, and Huang Ying to aid the Three Dragon Islands, prompting several elders to question Yao Ming’s decision to intervene.
• Yao Ming insisted that his clan would honor its commitment and explained that an alliance with East Dragon Island could bring them essence blood and lasting security.
• Yao Ming visited Xiao Heng, who had grown stronger in seclusion, and told him that the three Heaven Demon Phoenix experts would arrive within three days with additional troops.
• Xiao Heng assured Yao Ming that they could handle the three experts, and they agreed to eliminate them before they could escape or summon help.
• After deciding to leave the next morning to intercept the reinforcements in the void, Xiao Heng returned to the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring and waited there through the night.

Xiao Heng and Yao Ming led a small force of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan through the void to ambush the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. They hid along the enemy’s route and prepared a powerful formation, leaving the group ready to begin the operation.

• Yao Ming gathered two Half Saints and six other experts, and Xiao Heng agreed to join them despite the clan’s limited strength.
• Xiao Heng and Yao Ming traveled through the void while Yao Ming proposed a marriage alliance with his sister, which Xiao Heng declined because he already had several women, including Queen Medusa.
• Yao Ming said his spies had marked a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member and led the group to an unavoidable route through the void.
• The group concealed themselves and waited for two days, while Xiao Heng placed a formation that could trap even a Three-star Dou Sheng for one or two hours.
• Yao Ming praised Xiao Heng’s formation, and Xiao Heng offered to make him a set if Yao Ming supplied the materials.

Phoenix Emperor led a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan force toward the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s civil war, intending to help kill the Dragon Emperor and seize the Dragon and Phoenix Bloodline. Yao Ming and Xiao Heng trapped her party in a formation, and Xiao Heng revealed his strength as a three-star Dou Sheng before admitting he had killed members of her clan.

• Phoenix Emperor ordered her force to set out and pursue the Dragon Emperor while the Ancient Void Dragons fought among themselves.
• Yao Ming ambushed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan party with elders of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan and surrounded them.
• Yao Ming’s allies activated a massive formation that sealed the battlefield, and Yao Ming declared the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes would die.
• Xiao Heng appeared behind the trapped party, and Huang Ying failed to break the formation with a full-force attack.
• Phoenix Emperor recognized Xiao Heng as a three-star Dou Sheng and offered him double the benefits to betray Yao Ming.
• Xiao Heng refused the offer and revealed that he had killed Feng Qing'er and the young clan leader, enraging Huang Kun.

Xiao Heng and Yao Ming fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as Phoenix Emperor tried to break through the formation and summon help. Xiao Heng revealed the Dragon Phoenix Sword and powerful techniques, badly injuring Phoenix Emperor and burying Huang Ying, Huang Kun, and another opponent beneath a meteor.

• Phoenix Emperor transformed into a fire phoenix and attacked Yao Ming, then flew to the formation barrier while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members tried to break through it.
• Xiao Heng intercepted Phoenix Emperor and used the Dragon Phoenix Sword to cleave her fire phoenix apart, causing her to recognize his Dragon and Phoenix Bloodline.
• Phoenix Emperor unleashed the Fire God Pupil, but Xiao Heng countered with Star Split, and the clash injured her and swept nearby fighters into its shockwaves.
• Xiao Heng emerged unharmed from the void and cut apart Huang Ying's Great Demon Claw with Horizon Line.
• Huang Kun blocked Xiao Heng's attack, but Xiao Heng summoned Starfall and buried Huang Ying, Huang Kun, and their companion beneath a vast pit.