Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng and Yao Ming defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s forces, with Xiao Heng killing the Three Phoenixes and the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan suffering no casualties. After securing the bodies, they left quickly to avoid the clan discovering the massacre before they could get away.

• Xiao Heng used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and a falling meteorite to overwhelm the Three Phoenixes, while Yao Ming attacked the remaining Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members.
• Phoenix Emperor feigned death and ambushed Xiao Heng, but his Dragon-Phoenix Sword pierced her defenses and killed her.
• Xiao Heng stored the three Dou Sheng corpses in ice coffins and helped slaughter the remaining Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces alongside Yao Ming and the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan.
• Yao Ming praised Xiao Heng’s strength, and Xiao Heng warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan must not learn who defeated them.
• Xiao Heng and Yao Ming ordered the battlefield cleared and led the clan members away before the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could discover the deaths.

The South, West, and North Dragon Kings gathered their forces and formed an alliance to invade East Dragon Island and kill Zi Yan, the Dragon Emperor, before she could unify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Their uneasy coalition prepared to attack, though each king remained wary of the others.

• Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan guards saw the jade tablets of several supreme elders and Elder Phoenix Emperor shatter after Xiao Heng's Formation Arrays were withdrawn.
• The South and West Dragon Kings confronted each other as their forces assembled in the void, but the North Dragon King arrived and stopped them from fighting.
• The three Dragon Kings' forces gathered and recalled how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four islands, leaving East Dragon Island weakened after the previous Dragon Emperor disappeared.
• The three Dragon Kings agreed that Zi Yan's bloodline and return threatened their ambitions to become Dragon Emperor, while East Dragon Island grew stronger around her.
• The North Dragon King proposed that the three islands attack East Dragon Island together, and the South and West Dragon Kings accepted the alliance.

North Dragon King, West Dragon King, and South Dragon King led their forces to East Dragon Island to seize power from Zi Yan. Zi Yan rallied her people, expelled the three Dragon Kings from the clan, and ordered the battle to begin as their forces clashed.

• North Dragon King led his army toward East Dragon Island, while West Dragon King and South Dragon King followed with their forces.
• Zi Yan addressed East Dragon Island’s elders and soldiers, promising to fight alongside them against the approaching armies.
• The three Dragon Kings arrived outside East Dragon Island, and Zi Yan ordered her forces to prepare for battle and lowered the island’s energy barrier.
• West Dragon King demanded that Zi Yan cripple her Dou Qi and surrender her bloodline, while North Dragon King and South Dragon King tried to lure her to their islands.
• Zi Yan formally expelled the three Dragon Kings from the clan and denied them entry to the Dragon Tomb after death.
• The three Dragon Kings and their forces unleashed their killing intent, and Zi Yan called on East Dragon Island to attack.

The Three Dragon Kings attacked East Dragon Island and trapped Zi Yan inside the Divine Dragon Cover while battles spread across the island. Xiao Heng and Yao Ming hurried toward the conflict with the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan, and Xiao Heng promised to free Yao Ming regardless of the outcome.

• The Three Dragon Kings led their forces against East Dragon Island as both sides erupted into battle.
• Zi Yan attacked a Two Star Dou Sheng, but the North Dragon King intercepted her, and the three Dragon Kings surrounded her.
• The Three Dragon Kings trapped Zi Yan inside the Divine Dragon Cover, while Hei Qing and East Dragon Island's fighters struggled against the invading forces.
• Xiao Heng and Yao Ming rushed toward East Dragon Island with the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan, uncertain whether they would arrive in time.
• Xiao Heng promised to remove Yao Ming's soul mark and let him leave after the battle, prompting Yao Ming to urge his forces to speed up.

Xiao Heng arrived as Qian Xuan and the North Dragon King’s forces were about to kill Zhu Li and Hei Qing. He rescued them and killed the pursuing Half Saints, leaving Zhu Li alive but badly injured.

• Qian Xuan and the other pursuers surrounded Zhu Li and Hei Qing, overpowered them, and threatened to kill them for opposing the North Dragon King.
• An elder in red armor grabbed Hei Qing and prepared to kill him while another Half Saint restrained Zhu Li.
• Xiao Heng appeared and beheaded the elder in red armor, then faced Qian Xuan as Qian Xuan held Zhu Li hostage.
• Xiao Heng used his bloodline and spatial abilities to sever Qian Xuan’s claw, kill him, and defeat the remaining pursuers.
• Xiao Heng gave Zhu Li a medicinal pill, and Hei Qing checked on him as Zhu Li confirmed he was still alive.

Xiao Heng and Yao Ming reached East Dragon Island after defeating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and turning the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan into allies. They learned that the island was under siege and hurried to join the battle, where East Dragon Island was losing ground to the Three Dragon Islands.

• Xiao Heng arrived after killing Five Dragon and two Half Saints, saving Hei Qing and Elder Zhu Li.
• Yao Ming arrived with members of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan and explained that Xiao Heng had rescued him and helped make his clan East Dragon Island’s ally.
• Xiao Heng told Elder Zhu Li to explain the island’s situation, and Zhu Li said the three Dragon Kings were attacking Zi Yan while the Three Dragon Islands overwhelmed East Dragon Island’s forces.
• Xiao Heng and the others set off for East Dragon Island, where a fierce battle had already killed a third of its defenders and left two-thirds of its territory occupied.
• East Dragon Island’s warriors fought desperately, but the Three Dragon Islands’ superior numbers forced them to retreat and left bodies across the battlefield.

Xiao Heng and Yao Ming arrived at East Dragon Island with their allies and fought through the Ancient Void Dragons surrounding the Dragon Hall. Xiao Heng saw Zi Yan battling the three Dragon Kings, while Yao Ming confronted a powerful Dragon Clan warrior and drove him back.

• Xiao Heng, Hei Qing, Zhu Li, and Yao Ming reached East Dragon Island and cleared attacking dragons with Sword Qi.
• The Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan elders shielded the group and fought the Ancient Void Dragons as they advanced toward the Dragon Hall.
• Xiao Heng saw Zi Yan, now a Four-star Dou Sheng, fighting the South, West, and North Dragon Kings above the island.
• Xiao Heng killed the dragons blocking their way, and Yao Ming stepped in to face a burly Ancient Void Dragon who attacked the group.
• Yao Ming met the burly man's punch with his own and forced him to retreat several hundred steps.

Yao Ming and Xiao Heng’s group joined East Dragon Island’s defenders against the Three Dragon Islands, whose commanders planned to rely on Heaven Demon Phoenix reinforcements. After Yao Ming revealed that those reinforcements had been killed, the commanders launched a renewed attack, and the battle erupted around Xiao Heng’s group.

• Yao Ming fought Xuan Mo until two more Dou Shengs joined the attack, but the Great Elder and Second Elder of East Dragon Island arrived and drove them back.
• Zhu Li identified Xuan Mo, Zhu Mu, and Lie Shan as the Three Dragon Islands’ commanders, and the elders welcomed Xiao Heng and Yao Ming as allies.
• Zhu Mu and Lie Shan taunted the East Dragon Island elders and revealed that they had sought help from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Heng said the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements would not come, and Yao Ming confirmed that their people had already been killed.
• Xuan Mo ordered an attack, Yao Ming engaged him, and the East Dragon Island elders fought Zhu Mu and Lie Shan as the wider battle resumed.
• Two one-star Dou Shengs attacked Xiao Heng directly, accusing him of ruining their plans.

Xiao Heng killed two One-star Dou Sheng who attacked him, revealing strength that shocked both sides of the battle. After the Great Elder drove Zhu Mu back, Xiao Heng turned his attention to the fight between Zi Yan and the three Dragon Kings.

• Two One-star Dou Sheng attacked Xiao Heng while the Great Elder was held up by Zhu Mu.
• Xiao Heng blocked both attackers, then killed one by piercing his heart and destroying his soul.
• Di Tian transformed and attacked Xiao Heng with a massive hammer, but Xiao Heng severed his arm and smashed him into a mountain.
• The Great Elder unleashed Heavenly Dragon Palm against Zhu Mu and forced him to retreat.
• Xiao Heng looked toward the Energy Shield, where Zi Yan was battling the three Dragon Kings.

Xiao Heng broke through the battle below and headed toward Zi Yan, while she struggled against the united three Dragon Kings. Zi Yan wounded the North and South Dragon Kings but took repeated injuries herself, leaving the fight unresolved as the South and West Dragon Kings continued their assault.

• Yao Ming and the East Dragon Island elders held off their opponents so Xiao Heng could reach the void battlefield.
• Xiao Heng cut down a Half Saint in his path and flew toward Zi Yan, while the Great Elder resumed his fierce fight with Zhu Mu.
• Zi Yan struck the South Dragon King with her purple-gold spear, but the West and North Dragon Kings coordinated their attacks and wounded her.
• The South Dragon King shattered Zi Yan’s dragon attack, and the three Dragon Kings tightened their assault as the West Dragon King declared they should kill her quickly.
• Zi Yan countered the North Dragon King with her purple hair ribbon, piercing his chest, but he knocked the ribbon away and stripped it of its spiritual power.
• The South and West Dragon Kings attacked Zi Yan together, and the West Dragon King wounded her shoulder.

Zi Yan fought the North, South, and West Dragon Kings as their coordinated attacks wore her down. After their top Dou Techniques detonated and injured her, the three surrounded her again, leaving her close to defeat.

• Zi Yan traded blows with the three Dragon Kings, rejecting their offers to surrender and accusing them of betraying her father and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• The Dragon Kings exploited their complementary strengths to wound Zi Yan while she fought back and injured them in return.
• Zi Yan unleashed the Dragon Emperor Spear, and the North Dragon King countered with the Dragon Emperor Finger before the South Dragon King joined in with the Dragon King Hegemony Fist.
• The three Dou Techniques detonated together, sending the fighters flying and leaving Zi Yan bleeding and shaken.
• The West Dragon King attacked Zi Yan's neck, but she endured damage to her wings and blasted him away with a punch.
• The three Dragon Kings surrounded the weakened Zi Yan as she realized she might soon fall.

Xiao Heng arrived just as Zi Yan risked her life against the three Dragon Kings, helping her survive their combined attacks and giving her a healing pill. After she asked him to hold the Dragon Kings off for ten minutes, Xiao Heng faced all three as they launched a joint attack.

• The North, West, and South Dragon Kings unleashed three Heavenly Rank Combat Skills against the wounded Zi Yan, who prepared to use Dragon Emperor Blood Kill.
• Xiao Heng appeared, disrupting the West Dragon King's attack and clashing with the South Dragon King while Zi Yan's strike wounded the North Dragon King.
• Xiao Heng caught Zi Yan, gave her an Eighth-grade Azure Cloud Pill, and stepped forward to protect her.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Heng that the three Dragon Kings were powerful Three-star Dou Shengs and asked him to hold them off for ten minutes.
• Xiao Heng taunted the Dragon Kings, then faced their combined assault after the North Dragon King ordered them to attack together.

Xiao Heng fought the three Dragon Kings at once, using his Heavenly Rank Combat Skills and special powers to withstand their coordinated attacks and wound the West Dragon King. The Dragon Kings regrouped, recognized how dangerous he was, and prepared to attack again before their niece could recover.

• Xiao Heng met the three Dragon Kings’ attacks with Yellow Springs Palm and Horizon Line, then rushed toward the West Dragon King.
• The West Dragon King’s scale blocked Xiao Heng’s sword until Xiao Heng infused it with violet-gold power and pierced his chest, but the West Dragon King escaped with a wound to his ribs.
• Xiao Heng used Yellow Springs Finger and a Five Elements shield to fend off the South and North Dragon Kings’ attacks.
• Xiao Heng blasted the South Dragon King backward with Yellow Springs Palm and forced the North Dragon King’s blade away with Sea Shaker.
• The three Dragon Kings regrouped and discussed Xiao Heng’s Dragon-Phoenix Power, Five Elements Power, combat skills, wings, and dragon scales.
• The North Dragon King ordered the others to attack quickly before their niece recovered enough to join Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng fought the South, West, and North Dragon Kings and used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to strike their souls. As the three reeled from the attack, Xiao Heng focused on killing the North Dragon King, who retaliated with Dragon King's Wrath.

• Xiao Heng traded attacks with the three Dragon Kings, who kept him surrounded and gradually wore him down.
• The South Dragon King landed a powerful punch and the West Dragon King wounded Xiao Heng's back, but Xiao Heng forced all three back.
• Xiao Heng unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and its soul attack made the three Dragon Kings cry out in pain.
• Xiao Heng targeted the North Dragon King while the Great Elder and Yao Ming watched the attack's effects.
• The bloodied North Dragon King roared at Xiao Heng and fired Dragon King's Wrath.

Xiao Heng fought North Dragon King and the other two Dragon Kings, then unveiled his self-created Five Elements Sword Array against their combined attacks. The Sword River overwhelmed the three dragons, but Xiao Heng was badly drained as someone offered to finish the fight.

• North Dragon King used Dragon King's Wrath, but Xiao Heng shattered its energy beam with Star Shatter and wounded him in close combat.
• South Dragon King and West Dragon King joined North Dragon King, surrounding Xiao Heng in their giant dragon forms.
• Xiao Heng swallowed two medicinal pills and summoned his Five Elements Sword Array, filling the formation with countless swords.
• The three Dragon Kings unleashed Dragon King's Wrath together, but Xiao Heng's five-colored Sword River pushed back and broke their beams.
• Xiao Heng's Sword River engulfed the three dragons, leaving him pale and exhausted before an unseen speaker told him to leave the rest to them.

Xiao Heng’s Sword River badly wounded the three Dragon Kings, but he exhausted his strength before finishing them. Zi Yan arrived with the Dragon Slaying Sword, cut off the West Dragon King’s claw, and drove the three kings to flee as the Ancient Void Dragons recognized her claim to the throne.

• Xiao Heng’s Sword River swallowed the three Dragon Kings and left the Ancient Void Dragons on East Dragon Island hoping the attackers would be defeated.
• Xiao Heng weakened as the three wounded Dragon Kings escaped the fading Sword River, and Zi Yan arrived to take over.
• Zi Yan revealed the Dragon Slaying Sword, whose power frightened the three Dragon Kings and the other Ancient Void Dragons.
• The West Dragon King attacked Zi Yan, but she severed his claw with one strike of the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• The Great Elder declared Zi Yan the true Dragon Emperor, and the fighting across East Dragon Island stopped.
• The three Dragon Kings fled, and Zi Yan pursued them with the Dragon Slaying Sword.

Zi Yan defeated the three Dragon Kings and was recognized by the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as their emperor, though her use of the Dragon Slaying Sword left her too weakened to pursue them. As the clan began repairing the damage and preparing to reclaim the other islands, Zi Yan and Xiao Heng reaffirmed that her changing power and status had not changed who she was.

• Zi Yan shattered the Dragon Emperor Bell, wounded the South and West Dragon Kings, and drove the three kings to flee after the North Dragon King took her sword strike to protect them.
• Zi Yan faltered from the strain of using the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Xiao Heng supported her and gave her a medicinal pill.
• The Ancient Void Dragons, including Xuan Mo and the elders, knelt and hailed Zi Yan as their Dragon Emperor; she ordered them to rise and treat the surrendered clan members well.
• Zi Yan told the Great Elder that the three Dragon Kings were too badly wounded to pose an immediate threat and said she would reclaim the other islands after recovering.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Heng that, whatever her appearance or status, she was still Zi Yan, and Xiao Heng remained Xiao Heng.

After the Three Dragon Kings fled East Dragon Island, Zi Yan thanked Xiao Heng and agreed to his arrangements for the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python while he recovered from the battle. The Ancient Void Dragon Clan recognized Zi Yan as its Dragon Emperor, and the defeated Three Dragon Islands were left vulnerable to her eventual campaign to unify the clan.

• Zi Yan thanked Xiao Heng for his help, and he told her about the arrangements he had promised Yao Ming; she agreed to have the Great Elder handle them.
• Xiao Heng went to a secluded chamber to recover from the injuries and energy loss he suffered fighting the three Dragon Kings.
• The Great Elder questioned Elder Zhu Li about Xiao Heng's Dragon Slaying Sword and Dragon-Phoenix Power, but Zhu Li could offer little and advised asking Zi Yan.
• The Great Elder accepted that he would not learn more about Xiao Heng's powers and left the matter alone because Zi Yan had no objection to him.
• East Dragon Island dealt with the aftermath of the battle, while the Three Dragon Islands remained badly weakened and unable to resist Zi Yan's future effort to unify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

After recovering from the battle, Xiao Heng kept his promise to Yao Ming, freed him from the soul imprint, and entrusted him to protect his wife. He then left East Dragon Island for the Void Lightning Pool, where he found a vast field of Black Demon Lightning that could strengthen his powers.

• Xiao Heng recovered his strength, and the Third Elder asked him to stay on East Dragon Island until Zi Yan emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Heng removed the soul imprint from Yao Ming and reaffirmed their friendship.
• Xiao Heng asked Yao Ming to protect his wife, who was still in seclusion within Yao Ming's clan, and Yao Ming promised to do so.
• Yao Ming prepared to return to his territory while Xiao Heng decided to visit the Void Lightning Pool and check on Gu Yue.
• Xiao Heng entered the Black Demon Lightning domain and realized its lightning could serve as a powerful resource for him.

Xiao Heng cultivated in the Void Lightning Pool, absorbing Black Demon Lightning and advancing to the late stage of three-star Dou Sheng. At its center, he found Gu Yue protected by a golden thunder dragon and quietly withdrew, leaving her to continue her mysterious opportunity.

• Xiao Heng endured Black Demon Lightning for more than two months, using his five-element power and Devouring Power to refine it and strengthen himself.
• Xiao Heng headed toward the center of the Void Lightning Pool and saw the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, whose power he believed could further improve his five elements.
• Xiao Heng found Gu Yue meditating atop a golden thunder dragon and sensed that she had reached three-star Dou Sheng while remaining stable.
• Xiao Heng decided not to disturb Gu Yue and quietly retreated from the golden lightning's range.
• The golden thunder dragon watched Xiao Heng leave, then settled back down after confirming Gu Yue remained undisturbed.