Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao learned that the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo had appeared at Wood Emperor Mountain and decided to pursue it despite the danger. A check-in mission then offered him an Inner World Method and a World Tree Sapling, strengthening his resolve to go.

• Lu Yunxiao heard that factions were converging on Wood Emperor Mountain to seize the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.
• Lu Yunxiao explained the bamboo’s valuable properties and considered how it might undo his wood-attributed seal.
• Zi Yan urged Lu Yunxiao to pursue the treasure, while Xiao Yi Xian warned that the gathering factions and possible Soul Hall presence made the trip dangerous.
• Lu Yunxiao received a check-in mission requiring him to reach Wood Emperor Mountain within half a month for an Inner World Method and a World Tree Sapling.
• Lu Yunxiao resolved to go after the treasure and claim the mission rewards.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the danger of pursuing the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, then arrived with Zi Yan and Qing Yanjing at Wood Emperor Mountain. With the Wood Emperor Sect facing a hostile crowd, Lu Yunxiao stayed back to observe and began a one-hour system check-in.

• Lu Yunxiao dismissed Xiao Yi Xian's concerns about the Soul Hall and reaffirmed his plan to obtain the Inner World Method and cultivate an Inner World.
• Lu Yunxiao reassured Xiao Yi Xian that the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo would not attract the continent's most formidable experts and promised to help cure her poison body after they returned Zi Yan to her clan.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian kissed, and he carried her into their room to spend the night together.
• Lu Yunxiao's group arrived at Wood Emperor Mountain, where a crowd of powerful people had gathered to seize the naturally matured Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo from the Wood Emperor Sect.
• Lu Yunxiao chose a secluded place to wait and began a one-hour system check-in as a white-clad, silver-lightning-marked man challenged the Wood Emperor Sect Master to appear.

Lu Yunxiao assessed the Wood Emperor Sect’s powerful leaders as they confronted Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring, then spotted Feng Qing’er among their followers. Zi Yan proposed capturing Feng Qing’er as a mount, but Lu Yunxiao reminded her that they had come for the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.

• The Wood Emperor Sect Master and two Grand Elders emerged from the mountain gate and challenged Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring for bringing their forces to the sect.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring and identified Feng Qing’er in the crowd behind Venerable Lei.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Lu Yunxiao after noticing him looking at Feng Qing’er, and he said he had only recognized her as a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Zi Yan lost interest after Lu Yunxiao told her Feng Qing’er was only a Dou Emperor, then suggested capturing her as a mount.
• Lu Yunxiao told Zi Yan not to cause trouble because they had come to obtain the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.

Lu Yunxiao watched rival Dou Zuns gather outside the Wood Emperor Sect to demand the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, while Zi Yan’s idea of capturing a Heavenly Demon Phoenix as a mount was dismissed as too risky. The standoff intensified with the arrival of Sound Valley and its powerful leader, Venerable Caiyin.

• Zi Yan urged Lu Yunxiao to capture a Heavenly Demon Phoenix as a mount, but Lu Yunxiao warned that provoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would bring trouble.
• Lu Yunxiao and Zi Yan turned their attention to the tense confrontation at the Wood Emperor Sect, where Venerable Lei, Venerable Yellow Spring, and other Dou Zuns confronted its master over the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.
• Venerable Feng said he had no intention of making enemies with the Wood Emperor Sect, while Venerable Azure Wood, Venerable Lei, and Venerable Divine Sword pressed Sect Master Mu to hand over the treasure.
• Sect Master Mu released his Seven-Star Dou Zun aura, but a woman from Sound Valley appeared and dispersed the pressure with her own Seven-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized the white-clad woman from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion among Sound Valley’s group, and Sect Master Mu grew wary when he recognized Venerable Caiyin.

Lu Yunxiao realized Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was likely affiliated with Sound Valley as Venerable Caiyin joined the factions demanding the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo. The Wood Emperor Sect Master refused to surrender it, and the standoff took a new turn when three masses of black fog appeared and claimed the treasure for Soul Hall.

• Lu Yunxiao recognized Sound Valley's likely connection to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion after the Wood Emperor Sect Master identified Venerable Caiyin's faction.
• Venerable Caiyin apologized for Sound Valley's involvement but insisted the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo was essential and offered a valuable exchange.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master refused to give up the treasure, while Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring pressed him to hand it over.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master tried to make the rival factions dispute who would receive the treasure, but Venerable Lei rejected the ploy and the crowd demanded it together.
• A sinister voice declared that the treasure belonged to Soul Hall as three masses of black fog spread across the sky.

Venerable Nine Heavens of the Soul Hall arrived at the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and demanded it from the Wood Emperor Sect. Lu Yunxiao prepared to wait for a chance to act as Venerable Nine Heavens threatened to destroy the sect if it refused.

• Venerable Nine Heavens appeared with the Black and White Venerables, revealing his Eight-Star Dou Zun strength and alarming Venerable Caiyin and the Wood Emperor Sect Master.
• Venerable Nine Heavens claimed the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo for the Soul Hall and dismissed the other forces gathered there.
• Lu Yunxiao regarded the Soul Hall as an enemy and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing to prepare to retreat and protect their companions if fighting began.
• Lu Yunxiao waited for the treasure to appear and for a possible clash among the Soul Hall, the Wood Emperor Sect, and Sound Valley, while he also waited for his check-in time.
• Venerable Nine Heavens ordered the Wood Emperor Sect Master to hand over the treasure and threatened to wipe out the sect if he refused.

The Wood Emperor Sect Master revealed the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo as Soul Hall and Sound Valley fought over it. Venerable Caiyin rejected Venerable Nine Heavens’s obscene offer and vowed to stop Soul Hall, while the gathered crowd grew increasingly eager to seize the treasure.

• The Wood Emperor Sect Master decided he could not risk the Wood Emperor Sect by keeping the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and displayed it to the crowd.
• Venerable Caiyin asked Venerable Nine Heavens for one section of the bamboo and offered to trade, but their negotiations failed after he demanded that she sleep with him.
• Venerable Caiyin denounced Venerable Nine Heavens and threatened to prevent Soul Hall from taking the treasure, while Lu Yunxiao watched their dispute.
• Venerable Nine Heavens dismissed Sound Valley’s threat and ordered the Wood Emperor Sect Master to bring him the bamboo as the crowd’s greed intensified.

Venerable Divine Wing snatched the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, triggering a battle among the gathered Dou Zuns. Venerable Nine Heavens was left fighting the Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin while others pursued the treasure.

• Lu Yunxiao predicted that greed and Venerable Nine Heavens' arrogance would drive the gathered cultivators into conflict, and he chose to wait for the chaos.
• As the Wood Emperor Sect Master approached Venerable Nine Heavens, Venerable Divine Wing suddenly seized the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and fled.
• Venerable Nine Heavens caught up with Venerable Divine Wing and struck him down, sending the treasure flying and spurring more than ten Dou Zuns to rush for it.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin blocked Venerable Nine Heavens as he attacked the crowd, and the three began fighting.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian watched the Dou Zuns fight over the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo as Soul Hall seized it. The chapter left the Black and White Venerables besieged by Venerable Feng and the other Dou Zuns, while Lu Yunxiao waited to make his move.

• A gray-robed old man grabbed the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo but was killed by a barrage of attacks, sending the treasure back into the fray.
• Lu Yunxiao explained to Xiao Yi Xian that Venerable Feng and Sound Valley's elders were waiting to stop the Black and White Venerables from claiming the treasure.
• Venerable Heitian seized the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo while Venerable Nine Heavens held off the Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin.
• Venerable Feng and Sound Valley's elders blocked the Black and White Venerables, then persuaded the other Dou Zuns to join forces against Soul Hall.
• Venerable Black put the treasure into his Storage Ring, and the gathered Dou Zuns attacked the Black and White Venerables, pushing them onto the defensive.

Venerable Feng and the allied factions wounded Black and White Heavenly Venerate, but Soul Hall revealed four more powerful fighters in response. The battle’s tide turned against the allies as Venerable Feng recognized the newcomers and realized how dangerous they were.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that Venerable Feng attacked Soul Hall because he suspected it had murdered Yao Chen, while Zi Yan teased Lu Yunxiao about his behavior.
• Lu Yunxiao received the Inner World Method and World Tree Sapling from the system and chose to store the rewards.
• Venerable Heitian and Venerable Baitian threatened Venerable Feng and the other factions, but Venerable Feng, the Sound Valley Elders, Venerable Lei, and independent cultivators refused to back down.
• Venerable Heitian called on Venerable Nine Heavens and summoned four Soul Hall fighters from the distant sky.
• Venerable Feng recognized Old Ghost Zhaixing, Old Ghost Heishan, Old Ghost Youming, and Old Ghost Xiexin, and realized the battle had become more dangerous.

Old Ghost Zhaixing and his Soul Hall allies turned the battle over Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo in Soul Hall’s favor, forcing Venerable Feng and the other factions into a desperate fight. As Soul Hall began to overpower them, Lu Yunxiao watched with Xiao Yi Xian and hinted that he might intervene.

• Venerable Yellow Spring tried to appease Soul Hall by yielding the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, but Venerable Heitian declared that everyone who had offended Soul Hall would die.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing and the other Soul Hall experts attacked, and Venerable Feng, Venerable Lei, and the other Dou Zuns fought back as the battle devastated the entrance to Wood Emperor Mountain.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lu Yunxiao whether he would help Venerable Feng, and Lu Yunxiao responded mysteriously while predicting the factions would lose.
• Soul Hall's fighters began driving back their opponents, and Venerable Divine Sword was blasted away as Venerable Baitian continued to crush Venerable Feng.
• Venerable Caiyin and the Wood Emperor Sect Master resolved to defeat Venerable Nine Heavens, but he raised his aura and their clash reached its fiercest stage.

Lu Yunxiao entered the battle against the Soul Hall and killed Venerable Heitian with a surprise sword strike. After effortlessly breaking Venerable Baitian’s attack, he faced the Soul Hall Dou Zun as Venerable Feng praised his courage.

• Old Ghost Zhaixing killed Venerable Yellow Spring and struck Venerable Lei into the mountains, while Venerable Lei’s thunder illusion bodies helped him survive.
• Venerable Baitian attacked Venerable Feng, and their clash sent a Sound Valley Elder flying.
• Lu Yunxiao suddenly stabbed Venerable Heitian, destroyed his heart and soul, and took his ring.
• Venerable Baitian abandoned Venerable Feng and attacked Lu Yunxiao, but Lu Yunxiao split the giant ghost claw with one sword strike.
• Lu Yunxiao told Venerable Baitian that he was a dying man, and Venerable Feng praised Lu Yunxiao’s courage.

Lu Yunxiao faced Venerable Baitian, Old Ghost Zhaixing, and Old Ghost Heishan after Soul Hall's three Heavenly Venerates moved to kill him. Their fierce battle carried into the sky, while Xiao Yi Xian resolved to enter seclusion and break through to Dou Zong.

• Venerable Baitian, Old Ghost Zhaixing, and Old Ghost Heishan surrounded Lu Yunxiao, while Venerable Bloodheart blocked Venerable Feng from helping him.
• The other Dou Zuns refused to intervene, and Qing Yanjing reassured Zi Yan that the three attackers could not threaten Lu Yunxiao.
• Venerable Baitian ordered the attack, and all three Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates charged Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao met their assault with the Demon Suppressing Sword, and the four fought fiercely until they rose more than ten thousand meters into the sky.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched the battle and decided to enter seclusion to break through to the Dou Zong realm.

Lu Yunxiao used the Jie Character Secret and Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to kill Venerable Baitian, Old Ghost Zhaixing, and Old Ghost Heishan with one strike. The stunned spectators watched as he returned, while Feng Qing'er concluded that he must come from an Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Yi Xian silently resolved to stop holding Lu Yunxiao back as he fought the three Dou Zuns.
• Venerable Feng, the White Veil Lady, and Feng Qing'er watched in shock as Lu Yunxiao held his own against Venerable Baitian, Old Ghost Zhaixing, and Old Ghost Heishan.
• Lu Yunxiao activated the Jie Character Secret and unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique against the three opponents.
• The sword strike erased Venerable Baitian, Old Ghost Zhaixing, and Old Ghost Heishan, destroying their bodies and souls.
• Lu Yunxiao recovered and returned to the spectators, while Feng Qing'er identified his attack as a Heaven-tier Dou Skill and concluded he belonged to an Ancient Clan.

Lu Yunxiao killed Venerable Baitian, Old Ghost Zhaixing, and Old Ghost Heishan, then turned his sword on Venerable Bloodheart and Venerable Netherworld. Venerable Nine Heavens attacked him in fury, while Venerable Caiyin and the Wood Emperor Sect Master held back to pursue the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.

• Feng Qing'er suspected Lu Yunxiao was from the Gu Clan and decided not to risk offending him.
• Lu Yunxiao dismissed the other Dou Zuns' attempts to seize the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and told Venerable Bloodheart and Venerable Netherworld they were next.
• Lu Yunxiao wounded Venerable Bloodheart and Venerable Netherworld, then struck at them with Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
• Venerable Nine Heavens broke free of the Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin and attacked Lu Yunxiao to save the two Soul Hall Dou Zuns.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master stopped Venerable Caiyin from helping Lu Yunxiao so they could take advantage of the fight over the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.

Lu Yunxiao killed Venerable Bloodheart and Venerable Netherworld while Venerable Nine Heavens attacked him, but Qing Yanjing intervened and joined him in the fight. Together, they overwhelmed Venerable Nine Heavens, leaving the Wood Emperor Sect Master and his companion too afraid to help.

• Lu Yunxiao's Demon Suppressing Sword killed Venerable Bloodheart and Venerable Netherworld as Venerable Nine Heavens's attack closed in.
• Qing Yanjing appeared beside Lu Yunxiao and knocked Venerable Nine Heavens back with a palm strike.
• Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing exchanged a few words, then joined forces to attack Venerable Nine Heavens.
• Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing used the Jie Character Secret during their assault and beat Venerable Nine Heavens until he was badly injured.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master and another man froze in place, afraid to intervene.

Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing killed Venerable Nine Heavens at Wood Emperor Mountain and left with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan. As they traveled toward the Beast Region by a remote land route to avoid Soul Hall pursuit, the Soul Hall Master learned of the deaths and ordered an investigation.

• Lu Yunxiao used Supreme Elemental Slash to kill Venerable Nine Heavens, an Eight-Star Dou Zun, while Qing Yanjing supported him.
• Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing departed Wood Emperor Mountain with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, ignoring the White Veil Lady's plea about the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.
• Lu Yunxiao chose to cross the Southern Region on foot rather than risk Soul Hall surveillance at a Spatial Wormhole, and the group set out for the Beast Region.
• The Soul Hall Master examined the shattered jade tablets and ordered an investigation into Venerable Nine Heavens's death.

After dinner in the Southern Region, Lu Yunxiao and his companions were approached by Hei Qing and other Ancient Void Dragons, who had tracked down Zi Yan. Hei Qing recognized Zi Yan as their princess, leaving Lu Yunxiao’s group facing her reunion with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• The Soul Hall Master crushed a jade token and demanded to know whether Pill Tower or the Gu Clan had killed his people.
• Lu Yunxiao cooked dinner for Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Yanjing, and Zi Yan eagerly ate the remaining meat.
• Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing sensed someone approaching from the southwest and prepared to defend the group.
• Hei Qing and seven or eight Ancient Void Dragons emerged, and Lu Yunxiao drew the Demon Suppressing Sword.
• Hei Qing knelt before Zi Yan, declared his allegiance to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and addressed her as their Highness.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized Hei Qing’s clan and concluded that the group could help Zi Yan return to East Dragon Island.

Zi Yan reunited with members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, who invited her and her companions to return with them to East Dragon Island. Lu Yunxiao agreed, and the group traveled through a spatial passage toward the clan.

• Hei Qing and the other Ancient Void Dragons recognized Zi Yan as their princess and asked her to return to the clan.
• Zi Yan asked to bring her friends, and Hei Qing agreed to welcome them.
• Zi Yan revealed Little Star, whose mutated Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and Star Power impressed Hei Qing; he also agreed to bring her along.
• Lu Yunxiao approved the journey, and Zi Yan took his hand as the group entered the Space Rift with Hei Qing and the others.
• As they traveled through the spatial passage, Lu Yunxiao reflected on the Ancient Void Dragons' spatial abilities and his sealed space element.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions arrived at East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan felt the island’s Dragon Qi and a sense of belonging. The Grand Elder welcomed her home after recognizing her Royal Bloodline.

• After traveling through space for seven or eight hours, Lu Yunxiao followed Hei Qing through a silver halo to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Lu Yunxiao explained to Qing Yanjing that East Dragon Island held a powerful force of Ancient Void Dragons, while Zi Yan felt comfortable in the island’s Dragon Qi.
• Hei Qing led Lu Yunxiao and the others to a central mountain peak, where the Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder appeared.
• Hei Qing introduced Lu Yunxiao’s group and reported that he had brought Zi Yan back.
• The Grand Elder recognized Zi Yan’s Royal Bloodline and welcomed her home, making her eyes redden with emotion.