Recaps

Lu Yunxiao emerged unscathed from the Soul Hall and Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan’s attack, then used the Elemental Great Hand Seal to annihilate their forces and the other enemies caught in its shockwaves. After revealing his real name and returning to camp, he left the battle’s survivors and witnesses to carry news of his identity to the Soul Clan and Gu Clan.

• Lu Yunxiao survived the combined attack without injury and prepared to counterattack.
• Lu Yunxiao unleashed the Elemental Great Hand Seal, trapping Yao Kuang and the others beneath its Saint-like might.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed his name, and Venerable Blood River began to recognize him before the hand seal cut off his words.
• The hand seal killed the Soul Hall and Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan fighters, while its shockwaves buried many others and left fewer than one in ten survivors.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to camp, where Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er praised his strength.

After the Dou Sheng Remnant, Lu Yunxiao agreed to take Zi Yan back to Ancient Dragon Island so the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit could be handled, while planning to visit the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan. He left the group preparing to retrieve a treasure from the clan.

• Lu Yunxiao and his companions emerged from a Space Rift after the battle at the Dou Sheng Remnant, carrying several valuable gains.
• Hei Qing asked Lu Yunxiao about his plans and revealed that he wanted to take Zi Yan back to Ancient Dragon Island to deal with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan resisted returning, but Lu Yunxiao promised to accompany her and take her back after handling a few matters.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian and the others that he planned to visit the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan to retrieve one of its treasures.
• Zi Yan became excited when she realized Lu Yunxiao intended to take the clan’s treasure.

Lu Yunxiao sent Huang Ling'er to take control of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and gave her a Nine-Leaf Azure Blood Ganoderma to help create another Ancient Heavenly Phoenix with a Royal Bloodline. He then infiltrated the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan’s headquarters and descended into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.

• Lu Yunxiao asked Huang Ling'er to unite the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and take complete control of it.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Huang Ling'er a Nine-Leaf Azure Blood Ganoderma to temper the body and purify the bloodline.
• Huang Ling'er thanked Lu Yunxiao and left to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao traveled through the Nine Nether Deep Abyss to the Underworld Serpent Vein, evading the clan’s powerful soul perceptions.
• Lu Yunxiao reached the abyss above the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and forced his way through the freezing winds toward its bottom.

Lu Yunxiao entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to rescue someone and further his plans to bring the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan under his command. As its cold rapidly drained his power, he realized he could use his Innate Kan Water Energy to withstand it.

• Lu Yunxiao tested the freezing Nine Nether Yellow Springs and brought Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, and the others out of his Inner World.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that he planned to rescue someone in the lake as part of his effort to unite the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan against the Soul Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing under Lone Walker's protection, then plunged into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Lu Yunxiao relied on his Heavenly Flames and Phoenix Bath Spring to resist the cold, but the effort consumed his Origin Power faster than it recovered.
• Lu Yunxiao realized that his Innate Kan Water Energy could let him withstand the Nine Nether Yellow Springs instead of fighting its cold.

Lu Yunxiao realized his Innate Power should become the foundation of his cultivation, with other spiritual objects serving as nourishment, and tested Innate Kan Water Energy in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. After fighting off a swarm of monstrous snakes, he reached the bottom and uncovered a massive iron chain while searching for a hidden presence.

• Lu Yunxiao decided to cultivate his Innate Power by absorbing the strengths of other spiritual objects, though he believed fully carrying out the plan would require reaching Emperorhood.
• Lu Yunxiao used Innate Kan Water Energy to absorb the cold energy of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and rapidly restore his Origin Power.
• Lu Yunxiao struck down an approaching shadow, then used the water to grind a swarm of black monstrous snakes into blood mist.
• Lu Yunxiao reached the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and searched the sandy ground for the presence he expected to find.
• Lu Yunxiao spotted black light seeping from the ground and uncovered a massive iron chain over a hundred zhang long.

Lu Yunxiao found Yao Ming, the imprisoned former Clan Leader of the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan, and agreed to free him in exchange for a wisp of his Soul Origin. Yao Ming accepted, and Lu Yunxiao took the Soul Origin, securing control over him as they prepared to pursue revenge against Yao Xiaotian.

• Lu Yunxiao pulled back the sludge and revealed Yao Ming, who was bound by chains and drained by the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming told Lu Yunxiao that Yao Xiaotian had stolen his position and imprisoned him for hundreds of years.
• Yao Ming begged Lu Yunxiao to rescue him and agreed to become his servant in exchange for freedom.
• Lu Yunxiao demanded a wisp of Yao Ming's Soul Origin, and Yao Ming consented.
• Lu Yunxiao pulled the Soul Origin from Yao Ming, causing him intense pain.

Lu Yunxiao bound Yao Ming to him with a Soul Contract Stone and broke the seal imprisoning him. Yao Xiaotian and the clan’s Grand Elder sensed the seal’s destruction and prepared to respond.

• Lu Yunxiao removed a wisp of Yao Ming’s Soul Origin and sealed it in a Soul Contract Stone, making Yao Ming completely loyal to him.
• Yao Ming explained that a hidden mechanism connected to the Yellow Springs Yin Stone maintained his imprisonment and warned that destroying it would alert Yao Xiaotian and a powerful Grand Elder.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to keep the Yellow Springs Yin Stone as material for a weapon and promised Yao Ming the chance to kill his enemies.
• Lu Yunxiao pierced the mechanism with the Demon Suppressing Sword, breaking the chains and freeing Yao Ming.
• Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder sensed that Yao Ming’s seal had broken and feared the consequences of his return.

Lu Yunxiao freed Yao Ming from his centuries-long imprisonment and brought him to the lake surface, where Yao Xiaotian confronted them. Yao Xiaotian threatened Lu Yunxiao and coveted Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Lu Yunxiao to turn against him.

• Lu Yunxiao broke Yao Ming's final chain, gave him medicinal pills, and told him to recover so he could reclaim the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan from Yao Xiaotian.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yao Ming escaped through the lake, while Yao Ming used strange cries to drive away the serpents in their path.
• Yao Xiaotian and a crimson-robed elder appeared above the lake and threatened the newly freed Yao Ming and Lu Yunxiao.
• Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiaotian with hatred, and Lu Yunxiao's companions, including Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian, joined them.
• Yao Xiaotian threatened Lu Yunxiao and coveted Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian, so Lu Yunxiao warned him that he was seeking death.

Lu Yunxiao summoned Gu Duhang to confront Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan’s Grand Elder after Yao Xiaotian threatened him and Yao Ming. Gu Duhang revealed the overwhelming aura of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng and drew his Black Dragon Sword, leaving his opponents stunned as the fight began.

• Yao Xiaotian ordered the Grand Elder to attack Lu Yunxiao and threatened to throw him and Yao Ming into the Myriad Serpent Cave.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yao Ming to recover his Dou Qi and summoned Gu Duhang to face their enemies.
• Yao Ming warned Lu Yunxiao that Yao Xiaotian was a mid-stage One-Star Dou Saint and that the Grand Elder was stronger.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Gu Duhang to kill one opponent but leave Yao Xiaotian alive, and Gu Duhang agreed.
• Gu Duhang unleashed his Seven-Star Dou Sheng aura, overwhelming Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder, then drew the Black Dragon Sword.

Gu Duhang overwhelmed Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder, killing the Grand Elder after he tried to escape in a self-detonation. Lu Yunxiao’s group then turned to the badly wounded Yao Xiaotian, who summoned the Nether Serpent Guard for protection.

• Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder unleashed their strongest techniques against Gu Duhang, but he sliced through both attacks and grievously wounded them.
• Gu Duhang pursued the Grand Elder as he detonated his body and scattered black energy serpents, then killed him by driving the Black Dragon Sword into his hiding place.
• Gu Duhang recovered the Grand Elder’s Magical Core and handed it to Lu Yunxiao, who accepted it for refining puppets.
• Lu Yunxiao’s group faced the terrified Yao Xiaotian, who called for the Nether Serpent Guard to protect him.
• The Nether Serpent Guard emerged from the surrounding mountain peaks and surrounded Lu Yunxiao’s group.

Yao Ming returned and exposed Yao Xiaotian’s betrayal, using the Nine Nether Scepter to prove his identity and rally the clan elders. After Yao Ming revealed his Two-Star Dou Sheng strength, Lu Yunxiao allowed him to confront Yao Xiaotian.

• Yao Xiaotian ordered the Nether Serpent Guard to form the Myriad Serpent Grand Formation around Lu Yunxiao and his companions.
• Yao Ming emerged from the ravine, and the clan elders recognized him as the previous Clan Leader.
• Yao Ming accused Yao Xiaotian of conspiring with the Grand Elder to poison him and seal him in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming produced the Nine Nether Scepter, convincing the elders of his identity and leaving Yao Xiaotian isolated.
• Yao Ming revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Sheng, and Lu Yunxiao gave him permission to deal with Yao Xiaotian himself.

Yao Ming defeated and killed Yao Xiaotian, reclaimed leadership of the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan, and ordered the Elders to remove Yao Xiaotian’s remaining supporters. He then gave Lu Yunxiao ten Ninth-Grade Monster Cores for his plans to refine Dou Saint-level puppets.

• Yao Ming revealed that he had become a Two-Star Dou Sheng and vowed to repay Yao Xiaotian for his centuries of suffering.
• Yao Ming overpowered the already-injured Yao Xiaotian and killed him, extracting a black orb containing his brother’s remaining essence.
• Yao Ming reclaimed the clan leadership, instructed the Elders to handle clan affairs and eliminate those who should not remain, and invited Lu Yunxiao inside.
• Yao Ming presented Lu Yunxiao with a Storage Ring containing the clan’s ten Ninth-Grade Monster Cores.

Lu Yunxiao learned that the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan possessed the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet, which held the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s techniques and essence blood. Before attempting to claim them from the remnant soul inside, he began refining pills to strengthen his Soul Power.

• Lu Yunxiao confirmed that he had gathered all the Magical Cores needed to refine twelve puppets and vowed to settle his grudge with the Soul Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Yao Ming about the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s inheritance, and Yao Ming explained that the clan’s Yellow Spring Stone Tablet contained three Dou Skills and the saint’s essence blood.
• Yao Ming led Lu Yunxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others to the ancient altar where the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet stood.
• Yao Ming explained that Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and the essence blood were hidden within the tablet, guarded by the remnant soul of the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to strengthen his Soul Power before confronting the remnant soul, then began refining pills from two Soul Infant Fruits while Xiao Yi Xian and the others stood guard.

Lu Yunxiao refined the Ninth-Grade Great Soul-Nourishing Pill and began consuming it to strengthen his soul. The chapter ended as its energy surged toward his Baihui point.

• Lu Yunxiao completed the Great Soul-Nourishing Pill, and Gu Duhang destroyed the Black Demonic Lightning tribulation with his sword.
• Lu Yunxiao caught the pill as it tried to escape and used the Pill Transformation Art to condense it into a medicinal pill.
• Lu Yunxiao explained the pill's power to Xiao Yi Xian and said it could greatly increase Soul Power.
• Lu Yunxiao left Zi Yan to study the Yellow Spring Finger and Yellow Spring Palm, then prepared to enter seclusion.
• Lu Yunxiao swallowed the Great Soul-Nourishing Pill, and its energy rushed toward his Baihui point.

Lu Yunxiao absorbed the Great Soul-Nourishing Pill and raised his Soul Power to the Heaven Realm Late Stage. He then entered the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet to face the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s trial.

• Lu Yunxiao spent half a month absorbing the pill’s energy and advanced from the Heaven Realm Early Stage to the Heaven Realm Late Stage.
• Lu Yunxiao considered seeking the Soul Hall’s collected Soul Origins and ordered that information on its bases be gathered.
• Yao Ming warned Lu Yunxiao that the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet had previously wounded him and housed the remnant soul of the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint.
• Lu Yunxiao formed his soul into a human shape, approached the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet, and vanished inside when he touched it.

Lu Yunxiao entered the space hidden within the stone tablet and faced the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s tests, countering his signature techniques and soul attacks with ease. After the Innate Separation Fire overwhelmed the Saint, the Saint offered the Demonic Saint Essence Blood and Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath if Lu Yunxiao passed one final trial.

• Lu Yunxiao crossed the thunder-filled space and matched the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s Yellow Spring Finger and Yellow Spring Palm with the same techniques.
• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint appeared and recognized that Lu Yunxiao had learned his signature arts; Lu Yunxiao admitted he had come for the Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and Demonic Saint Essence Blood.
• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint attacked Lu Yunxiao’s soul, but Lu Yunxiao blocked the strike and countered with a giant Soul Power palm.
• Lu Yunxiao infused his giant palm with the Innate Separation Fire, breaking the Saint’s counterattack and forcing him to cry out in pain.
• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint warned that Lu Yunxiao had one final trial to pass before receiving the essence blood and cultivation method.

Lu Yunxiao defeated the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath with his Spirit Severing Sword, earning the remnant soul’s recognition and inheritance. He received the technique and Demonic Saint Essence Blood, then explained that the absence of Origin Qi had prevented the Saint from reaching the Dou Di realm.

• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint unleashed Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath, forming a gigantic sound-wave body that shattered the surrounding space.
• Lu Yunxiao countered with his Heaven-tier High-grade Spirit Severing Sword and overcame the sonic attack.
• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint praised Lu Yunxiao and gave him the cultivation method for Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath.
• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint handed Lu Yunxiao his Demonic Saint Essence Blood and lamented that he had failed to reach the Dou Di realm.
• Lu Yunxiao told the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint that the lack of Origin Qi had prevented his breakthrough, surprising the remnant soul.

Lu Yunxiao passed the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s test and obtained Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Saint Essence Blood. After returning to his companions, he watched Yao Ming fail to withstand the technique’s soul impact, leaving Yao Ming unable to cultivate it for now.

• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint gave Lu Yunxiao Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and his Demonic Saint Essence Blood before his remnant soul disappeared.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to his body after spending the afternoon inside the stone tablet, and Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, and Zi Yan gathered around him.
• Lu Yunxiao said he had passed the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s test, causing a mouth-shaped mark containing Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath to appear on the stone tablet.
• Yao Ming reached into the mark with his Soul Power, was struck by its soul impact, and fell down the steps after spitting blood.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yao Ming not to rush and reassured him that he could learn Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath once his Soul Power met the requirements.

Lu Yunxiao refined and absorbed a drop of Yellow Spring Demonic Saint Essence Blood, gaining a major boost in cultivation. He reached Seven Revolutions Dou Zun Peak and found that his soul and several companions had grown stronger as well.

• Yao Ming led Lu Yunxiao to luxurious accommodations in the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan’s palace.
• Lu Yunxiao purified a drop of Demonic Saint Essence Blood with Innate Separation Fire and swallowed it.
• The blood’s violent energy rampaged through Lu Yunxiao, but he suppressed it with his Heavenly Flames and began refining it.
• After half a month of cultivation, Lu Yunxiao checked his information panel and found that he had reached Seven Revolutions Dou Zun Peak and Heaven Realm Late Stage Peak.
• Lu Yunxiao noticed that Jing'er and Xian'er had also advanced, with one reaching Six Revolutions Dou Zun and the other Seven Revolutions Dou Zun.

After completing his seclusion and securing the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan under Yao Ming, Lu Yunxiao set out with his companions for Ancient Dragon Island. After two days traveling through void space, they reached the area near East Dragon Island.

• Lu Yunxiao decided to divide the four remaining portions of Demonic Saint Essence Blood among his women and left his ruined bedchamber.
• Yao Ming reported that he had brought the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan under his control, and Lu Yunxiao told him to develop the clan and await orders.
• Lu Yunxiao reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, Zi Yan, and the others, then announced that they would return to Ancient Dragon Island.
• The next morning, Lu Yunxiao opened a Space Rift, and the group traveled through void space toward East Dragon Island.
• After roughly two days, Lu Yunxiao and his companions reached the area where East Dragon Island was located and saw its light barrier.

Lu Yunxiao returned to East Dragon Island with Zi Yan, who had obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, so she could absorb it safely. The Grand Elder and Second Elder confirmed the fruit’s arrival and began planning its absorption, while Lu Yunxiao and Zi Yan went to rest.

• Lu Yunxiao, Zi Yan, and Hei Qing returned to East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan complained about being back.
• The Grand Elder and Second Elder arrived and greeted Lu Yunxiao, who revealed that he wanted to visit the Void Lightning Pool and had returned mainly for Zi Yan.
• Lu Yunxiao told the elders that Zi Yan had obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Dou Sheng Remnant, and Zi Yan confirmed it.
• The Grand Elder and Second Elder reacted with excitement and decided to arrange Zi Yan’s absorption of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit as soon as possible.
• The Grand Elder sent Hei Qing to escort Lu Yunxiao and the others to rest while the elders planned the absorption.

Lu Yunxiao returned to East Dragon Island and reunited with Little Star, who was overjoyed to see him. He invited her to travel with him again and offered her Demonic Saint Essence Blood to help her grow stronger.

• Lu Yunxiao and his companions returned to their residence, where Little Star rushed out and embraced him.
• Lu Yunxiao told Little Star she could follow him from then on, and Zi Yan agreed on the condition that he not leave her behind again.
• Little Star told Lu Yunxiao about her life on Ancient Dragon Island, and he praised her progress to Half-step Dou Zun.
• Lu Yunxiao presented Little Star with half a drop of Demonic Saint Essence Blood to temper her aptitude and increase her strength.

Lu Yunxiao gave Little Star half a drop of Demonic Saint Essence Blood and Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood to help her grow stronger. After Little Star left to refine them, he reminded Zi Yan to be careful when absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Lu Yunxiao gave Little Star half a drop of Demonic Saint Essence Blood, and she accepted it after learning that he and his other companions had already taken theirs.
• Lu Yunxiao offered Little Star Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood, explaining that it could transform her bloodline, while Little Star suggested giving it to Zi Yan instead.
• Zi Yan said she did not need the bloodline because she already had the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and urged Little Star to accept it.
• Lu Yunxiao transferred the Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood into Little Star, and she went inside to refine it.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Zi Yan about her preparations to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and warned her to seek his help if anything went wrong.

Lu Yunxiao traveled with Hei Qing to the Void Lightning Pool, seeking powerful lightning to refine Dou Sheng Puppets. After entering the pool, he pushed deeper through increasingly dangerous lightning in search of Black Demonic Lightning.

• Hei Qing carried Lu Yunxiao through the void toward the Void Lightning Pool while Lu Yunxiao prepared to refine more than ten Dou Sheng Puppets.
• Lu Yunxiao reached the vast lake of silver lightning and sent Hei Qing back before entering it alone, protected by Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Yunxiao found the outer silver lightning too weak for his purposes and advanced farther into the pool.
• Lu Yunxiao crossed into an area of multicolored lightning, where the increasingly dense bolts began to pressure even him.

Lu Yunxiao refined an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix body into a powerful puppet in the Void Lightning Pool while Zi Yan began absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on East Dragon Island. After half a month, the phoenix puppet awakened with its former battle experience intact.

• Lu Yunxiao reached the Black Demonic Lightning and decided to refine his Dou Sheng Puppets before exposing them to it.
• Lu Yunxiao extracted and stored the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's essence blood, then placed its body in the Purple Abyss Cauldron for refinement.
• The Grand Elder asked Zi Yan to consume the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and he, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder helped her regulate its energy.
• After half a month of tempering the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's body with Innate Separation Fire, Lu Yunxiao released the awakened puppet from the cauldron.