Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian followed the distant sounds of a battle and discovered a Red-haired Elder fighting a powerful member of the Barbarian Tribe. As the Barbarian Tribe fighter unleashed his Beast Soul, the Red-haired Elder revealed the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire.

• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian heard a battle more than a hundred li away and hurried toward it, suspecting the combatants were Dou Zuns.
• Lu Yunxiao concealed himself and Xiao Yi Xian near the battlefield, where they saw a five-star Dou Zun Red-haired Elder fighting a horned member of the Barbarian Tribe.
• Lu Yunxiao explained the Barbarian Tribe’s Beast Souls, origins, and conflict with humanity to Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Barbarian Tribe fighter summoned a savage evil flood dragon Beast Soul and transformed into a scaled, clawed killing machine.
• The Red-haired Elder answered the transformation by releasing silver flames and nine lightning-wreathed dragons, which Lu Yunxiao recognized as the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire.

Lu Yunxiao recognized Tang Zhen, the Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley, as he fought a barbarian wielding a Beast Soul. Lu Yunxiao declined Xiao Yi Xian’s suggestion to seize Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire, while the battle escalated as both fighters revealed more of their power.

• Lu Yunxiao identified the red-haired elder wielding the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire as Tang Zhen, Burning Flame Valley’s Valley Master.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested taking Tang Zhen’s Heavenly Flame, but Lu Yunxiao refused, citing its inheritance mark, Burning Flame Valley’s strength, and the risks involved.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about the Three Thousand Burning Flame at the Pill Tower, and Lu Yunxiao said he intended to give it to Xun'er.
• The barbarian transformed into a ten-meter giant by activating another hidden power, and Tang Zhen answered by using the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao observed that Tang Zhen had not mastered the technique’s highest realm as the two fighters clashed even more fiercely.

Tang Zhen struggled against the Barbarian and unleashed Burning Flame Valley’s Heaven-tier Dou Skill, but his attack was destroyed and he was left helpless before the Barbarian’s final strike. Lu Yunxiao watched as Tang Zhen faced death, while Xiao Yi Xian learned that Lu Yunxiao planned to teach her the Jie Character Secret.

• Lu Yunxiao promised Xiao Yi Xian he would teach her the Jie Character Secret once her poison body was under control.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized that Tang Zhen was losing to the Barbarian’s brute strength and expected him to use his trump card.
• Tang Zhen unleashed the Great Burning Cloud Refining Finger against the Barbarian’s black-red flood dragon.
• The flood dragon shattered Tang Zhen’s attack, leaving him severely injured and unable to defend himself.
• Tang Zhen closed his eyes as the flood dragon moved to devour him, despairing that he had failed to protect Huo'er.

Lu Yunxiao appeared just as the Barbarian Tribe was about to defeat Tang Zhen and killed it with a single sword strike. Tang Zhen was left stunned by Lu Yunxiao’s strength, while Lu Yunxiao secretly kept the Barbarian Tribe’s soul for later.

• Lu Yunxiao split the Barbarian Tribe’s giant flood dragon attack and appeared before Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen warned Lu Yunxiao about the vicious Barbarian Tribe and recognized his sword as Star Spirit Gold.
• The Barbarian Tribe gathered blood-colored lightning into a powerful attack, but Lu Yunxiao cut through it and killed the creature with one strike.
• Lu Yunxiao collected the Barbarian Tribe’s soul, dismissed his sword, and turned to face the astonished Tang Zhen.

After Lu Yunxiao rescued Tang Zhen in Northern Witch Mountain, Tang Zhen explained that he was seeking an ingredient for a Fire Bodhi Pill to save his daughter. Lu Yunxiao learned from Tang Zhen where the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beasts lived and prepared to pursue their Magical Core.

• Tang Zhen was stunned by Lu Yunxiao's youth and strength, then thanked him for saving his life.
• Lu Yunxiao introduced himself as Xiao Yunlu, and Tang Zhen wondered whether he was related to a powerful expert surnamed Xiao.
• Tang Zhen explained that his daughter had suffered backlash from the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire inheritance and needed a Fire Bodhi Pill to survive.
• Lu Yunxiao told Tang Zhen he had come to find the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast's Magical Core.
• Tang Zhen revealed that a hidden valley about two thousand five hundred li northeast held a group of the beasts and warned Lu Yunxiao that they were dangerous.

Lu Yunxiao learned the location of the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast territory from Tang Zhen and offered to connect him with the Cao Clan for a Fire Bodhi Pill. Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian reached Scorpion Demon Valley, investigated the tribe’s strength, and discovered a terrifying presence in its central forbidden area.

• Tang Zhen told Lu Yunxiao that the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast territory lay 2,500 li northeast, and Lu Yunxiao offered to introduce him to the Cao Clan for help refining a Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Scorpion Demon Valley and spotted a fifth-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast on patrol.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian sneaked into the valley, wary that poisonous creatures might serve as the tribe’s eyes and ears.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed a seventh-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Magical Core he had taken from a stone fortress while gathering information.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian discovered at least five beasts above the eighth tier, dozens above the seventh tier, and a terrifying aura in the central forbidden area; Xiao Yi Xian urged them to leave.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions ambushed two Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beasts to obtain an eighth-tier Magical Core, but the kill drew the wrath of the victim’s Half-Saint parent. After being gravely injured by its attack, Lu Yunxiao faced an enemy far beyond his strength.

• Lu Yunxiao persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to wait for an eighth-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast rather than settle for a seventh-tier Magical Core.
• After three days of watching a passage with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing, Lu Yunxiao ordered an ambush on two passing beasts.
• Lu Yunxiao killed the eighth-tier beast and took its Magical Core, while Qing Yanjing killed the accompanying seventh-tier beast.
• A Half-Saint Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast sensed its child’s death and attacked; Lu Yunxiao placed Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian in his Inner World and tried to flee.
• The Half-Saint struck Lu Yunxiao into a crater, leaving him injured as it vowed to kill him.

Lu Yunxiao faced a High-level Half-Saint Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast, but the Lord of Devouring appeared and swallowed the beast with his black hole. The Lord of Devouring retrieved the beast’s essence blood and Magical Core for Lu Yunxiao, revealing himself as a Peak Third Reincarnation Stage expert comparable to a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

• A High-level Half-Saint Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast attacked Lu Yunxiao with a devastating poison-attributed light pillar.
• The Lord of Devouring appeared and absorbed the beast’s attack into a black vortex.
• The Lord of Devouring created a black hole that devoured the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast and left the surrounding land barren.
• At Lu Yunxiao’s request, the Lord of Devouring retrieved the beast’s essence blood and Magical Core.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted the treasures and recognized the white-clad figure as the Lord of Devouring, a supreme expert comparable to a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

Lu Yunxiao revealed the Lord of Devouring, who transported him and his companions to a volcanic region in the Northern Continent. There, Lu Yunxiao prepared to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Poison Body and condense a Poison Pill.

• The Lord of Devouring accepted Lu Yunxiao’s thanks and led him and the others through a Space Rift.
• Lu Yunxiao brought Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian to a magma-filled region in the Northern Continent to refine Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that the Lord of Devouring would protect them from the shadows, but warned that they still needed to grow strong enough to face the Soul Clan and Gu Clan themselves.
• Lu Yunxiao carved a concealed cave and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to calm the magma while Qing Yanjing stood guard.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian that they first needed to break the seal and release the toxins, then asked her to remove her clothes.

Lu Yunxiao began treating Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Demonic Poison by removing its seal and using Heavenly Flames to gather the poison in her lower abdomen. After the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s Magical Core merged into the poison vortex, he refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and produced a small emerald-green bead.

• Lu Yunxiao warned Xiao Yi Xian that forcing the poison from her body would be painful, then used the Innate Separation Fire to undo her seal.
• The Body of Demonic Poison erupted, and Lu Yunxiao’s flames drove the poison back into Xiao Yi Xian’s body and gathered it in her lower abdomen.
• Lu Yunxiao placed the eighth-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s Magical Core on Xiao Yi Xian’s abdomen, and it merged into the poison vortex.
• Lu Yunxiao refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva with the Innate Separation Fire.
• The refined saliva released emerald-green sediment that gathered into a thumb-sized bead.

Lu Yunxiao used the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to help Xiao Yi Xian neutralize her poison qi and condense a Poison Pill. Three days later, she awakened as a Five-Star Dou Zun, while Lu Yunxiao discovered that the other women had also made major breakthroughs.

• Lu Yunxiao extracted a Bodhi Seed from the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and stored it away.
• Lu Yunxiao applied the saliva to Xiao Yi Xian and guided it into her poison qi vortex as she compressed the poison qi to form a Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian completed the Poison Pill three days later and awakened as a Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Lu Yunxiao checked the system and learned that Yun Yun was breaking through to Dou Zun, Queen Medusa had reached One-Star Dou Zun, Ya Fei had reached Four-Star Dou Zong, Nalan Yanran had reached Eight-Star Dou Emperor, and Gu Xun'er had reached Eight-Star Dou Zong.

Gu Xun'er refined the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire and fused it with her Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian successfully controlled her Body of Demonic Poison by condensing her Poison Pill. After Xiao Yi Xian celebrated with Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing, Lu Yunxiao recognized that it was time to fulfill the promise he had made to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Gu Xun'er fused the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire with her Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame, creating the Golden Emperor Dragon Gang Flame and advancing her Flame Mantra to Heaven-tier Mid-grade.
• Gu Xun'er reflected on missing Brother Gu Xiao and wondered how strong he had become.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lu Yunxiao she had succeeded in controlling her Body of Demonic Poison and reached five-star Dou Zun.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian celebrated together in the Inner World before emerging hand in hand.
• Qing Yanjing congratulated Xiao Yi Xian, and Lu Yunxiao realized it was time to fulfill his promise to her.

After passing the Jie Character Secret to Xiao Yi Xian, Lu Yunxiao traveled with his group through the Northern Continent and learned about its powerful Barbarian Tribes. The chapter left them aware that the Silver Dragon Barbarians ruled the region, while the Red Phoenix Barbarians were a formidable second-ranked tribe nearby.

• Lu Yunxiao passed the Jie Character Secret to Xiao Yi Xian, who focused on absorbing its cultivation method.
• Lu Yunxiao and his group spent half a month traveling through the Northern Continent and gathering rare medicinal herbs.
• The group spotted a settlement of crimson, heat-aura Barbarians, and Lu Yunxiao used Man Zheng's controlled soul to identify them as the Red Phoenix Barbarians.
• Man Zheng revealed that the Red Phoenix Barbarians ranked second among the tribes, led by a Three-Star Dou Sheng and supported by two Half-Saints.
• Man Zheng explained that the Silver Dragon Barbarians ruled the Northern Continent, with a Six-Star Dou Sheng leader, another Dou Sheng, and four Half-Saints.

Lu Yunxiao learned about the Northern Continent’s powerful tribes and discovered that the Red Phoenix Barbarians were protected by a mysterious Holy Spring. He suspected the spring was the Phoenix Bath Spring, a treasure he urgently wanted to obtain.

• Man Zheng revealed that the Silver Dragon Barbarians had a Six-Star Dou Sheng chieftain, while the Black Flood Dragon, Exploding Tiger, and Dark Serpent Barbarians each had Half-Saint experts.
• Lu Yunxiao wondered why the weaker Red Phoenix Barbarians had remained independent from the Silver Dragon Barbarians.
• Man Zheng explained that the Red Phoenix Barbarians had repelled a Silver Dragon invasion by letting their Clan Leader borrow power from their Holy Spring.
• Man Zheng described the Holy Spring as fiery red, phoenix-shaped, scorching, and capable of dissolving Dou Qi.
• Lu Yunxiao concluded that the Holy Spring was likely the Phoenix Bath Spring and resolved to pursue it.

Lu Yunxiao learned that the Red Phoenix Barbarians possessed Phoenix Bath Spring, a powerful Sacred Water, and infiltrated their tribe by disguising himself as a young barbarian eligible for its annual baptism. He discovered the Sacred Spring ritual would take place the next day, but his disguise drew the attention of Chimei.

• Lu Yunxiao identified the mysterious Sacred Spring as Phoenix Bath Spring and discussed its power with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to learn the spring’s location and condition before approaching it, then captured and interrogated a Red Phoenix Barbarian.
• Lu Yunxiao learned that eligible young barbarians could bathe in the Sacred Spring each year and used the Myriad Transformation Profound Robe to disguise himself as Red Feather.
• Lu Yunxiao entered the Red Phoenix Barbarian tribe without raising suspicion, but Chimei approached him and tried to get close.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Chimei about the ritual, and she said the Sacred Spring Bath would take place the next day and could awaken his Sacred Soul again.

Lu Yunxiao continued his disguise as Red Feather and went with Chimei to the Red Phoenix Clan’s altar to seek the Phoenix Bath Spring. He found that the spring water had been diluted and lacked its true origin power, while a Three-Star Dou Sheng led the powerful figures guarding it.

• Lu Yunxiao endured Chimei’s affectionate advances and went with her to the clan’s stone fort for the night.
• Lu Yunxiao avoided sleeping beside Chimei by claiming he needed to regulate his breathing, then used a Cleansing New Pill before breakfast.
• Lu Yunxiao and Chimei traveled to the altar at the center of the Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe.
• Lu Yunxiao inspected the altar and realized Resurrection Grass had diluted the Phoenix Bath Spring, weakening its Nirvana Power and leaving the water without its original spiritual power.
• Lu Yunxiao saw the altar guarded by elite Dou Zong and Dou Zun squads, two Half-Saints, and the Red Phoenix Clan Leader, a Three-Star Dou Sheng.

Lu Yunxiao infiltrated the Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe’s Sacred Spring Bath and entered the Ring Sea with the tribe’s young elites. When the World Tree stirred in his Inner World, he learned that the Phoenix Bath Spring’s energy could help it grow, strengthening his resolve to claim the spring.

• Lu Yunxiao joined the gathered Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe Heavenly Prides while the Chieftain and two Half-Saint Elders guarded the altar.
• After all fifty participants arrived, the Red Phoenix Barbarian Chieftain ordered them into the lake, and a Half-Saint Elder divided them by gender.
• Lu Yunxiao entered the fiery red Ring Sea and felt its strange power flow into his body.
• The World Tree stirred for the first time in ten thousand years, and Lu Yunxiao sensed its longing for the spring’s energy.
• Lu Yunxiao realized the Phoenix Bath Spring could nourish the World Tree and watched as the Chieftain began his next move atop the altar.

Lu Yunxiao watched the Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe open the altar and summon the Phoenix Bath Spring, whose water empowered the tribe’s Beast Souls. When the spring’s power exposed that he was an outsider, he broke through the Chieftain’s spatial cage and entered the Altar Space, leaving the tribe unsure whether the Spirit would kill him.

• The Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe’s Grand Elder opened a light gate at the altar, and the tribe offered treasures to the Phoenix Bath Spring.
• The Phoenix Bath Spring sent fiery red water through the altar and into the lake, causing the tribe’s Beast Souls to erupt and absorb its power.
• The Red Phoenix Barbarian Chieftain realized Lu Yunxiao was not a member of the tribe when his Beast Soul did not react.
• Lu Yunxiao shattered the Chieftain’s spatial cage and plunged into the light gate despite the Chieftain striking him with a palm.
• The Chieftain told the two Half Saints that Lu Yunxiao was still alive, while one Half Saint said the Spirit would punish anyone who offended it.

After Lu Yunxiao entered the Altar Space, the Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe blamed the Silver Dragon Barbarians for the intrusion and prepared to retaliate. Lu Yunxiao found Phoenix Bath Spring in the barren battlefield and summoned it, whereupon a fiery red figure appeared on a throne of water.

• The Red Phoenix Barbarian Tribe's Clan Leader and two Half-Saints feared Lord Spirit would punish them for allowing Lu Yunxiao into the Altar Space.
• A Half-Saint accused the Silver Dragon Barbarians of orchestrating the intrusion, and the Clan Leader agreed and prepared to strike back.
• Lu Yunxiao arrived in a barren space filled with decayed bones and battle traces, then walked for about half an hour.
• Lu Yunxiao found the vast fiery red lake and recognized it as Phoenix Bath Spring, sensing its dangerous power.
• Lu Yunxiao called for Phoenix Bath Spring to reveal itself, and a fiery red figure appeared on a throne formed from the water.

Lu Yunxiao met Phoenix Bath Spring, a powerful spirit bound within the Crimson Realm, and learned that the small world had once been the domain of the ancient Crimson Emperor. Phoenix Bath Spring began recounting the war that devastated the realm, leaving its history unfinished.

• Phoenix Bath Spring recognized that Lu Yunxiao was not from the Barbarian Tribe, and he revealed his true appearance.
• Lu Yunxiao learned that Phoenix Bath Spring was a Seven-Star Dou Sheng who could not leave because a seal bound her to the altar.
• Phoenix Bath Spring told Lu Yunxiao that the small world was the ancient Crimson Realm, created by the Crimson Emperor.
• Phoenix Bath Spring explained that the Crimson Realm had fought another great world in a three-month war that devastated the realm and nearly extinguished the Crimson Clan's bloodline.