Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu prepared a medicinal bath for Xiao Yi Xian, then began refining the immense Soul Origin taken from the Soul Hall ruins. Meanwhile, the Black and White Heavenly Venerates investigated the attack, and Xiao Yan and Yao Chen struggled to find a way to restore Yao Chen’s Soul Origin.

• Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian combined their medicinal bath with the Coupling Dragon Secret Method’s water moves.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates found the Soul Hall ruins destroyed, learned from the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts that Xiao Yan’s group had included a powerful hidden expert, and left without confronting them.
• Xiao Yan kicked aside books in frustration over the failed search for a Soul Infant Fruit or Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma, but decided to wait before asking Lu Bu for help.
• Lu Bu entered his secret chamber, had Heavenly Fire Venerable conceal the soul fluctuations, and began refining a hundred-zhang sphere of Soul Origin.

After emerging from three months of seclusion with his soul at the late Spirit Realm, Lu Bu agreed to help Xiao Yan find the Soul Infant Fruit in exchange for Starfall Pavilion’s support at the Bone Mountain Range Dou Sheng Relic. He planned to use Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon senses to find the treasure, seeing the relic as an opportunity to help her grow stronger.

• Zi Yan and Qing Lin sparred, and Xiao Yi Xian comforted Zi Yan about her slower cultivation before Lu Bu’s powerful aura shook the estate.
• Lu Bu emerged from seclusion with his soul at the late Spirit Realm, then heard Xiao Yan had come seeking a way to restore Yao Chen’s lost Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Bu he needed the Soul Infant Fruit and Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma, and Lu Bu offered clues about the Soul Infant Fruit in exchange for a favor.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Bone Mountain Range was a Dou Sheng Relic, prompting Lu Bu to enlist Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion to help handle hostile experts there.
• Yao Chen agreed to meet Lu Bu at the relic after Lu Bu explained that Zi Yan could use her Ancient Void Dragon senses to locate heavenly treasures.
• Lu Bu celebrated the chance to find the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and help Zi Yan increase her strength.

Lu Bu and his companions reached the Bone Mountain Range, where they waited with Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion for the Dou Sheng Relic to open. After surviving the relic’s spatial storm and entering its grounds, they encountered Ice River Valley and Fierce Flame Valley, while Lu Bu’s group reacted warily to Xiao Yan’s familiar reunion with Huo’er.

• Lu Bu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled toward the Bone Mountain Range and discussed the Nine Netherworld Underworld Pythons along the way.
• At Starfall Pavilion’s camp, Lu Bu reunited with Xiao Yan, teased him about calling Lu Bu greedy and lecherous, and learned that the relic’s seal would soon break and Wind Thunder Pavilion had allied with two magical beast clans.
• Two days later, Lu Bu stopped Xiao Yan from rushing into the relic as a spatial storm killed the first wave of experts, then led their group safely inside.
• The group reached a vast crimson hall and spotted the weakened Ice River Venerable among the gathered factions.
• Huo’er greeted Xiao Yan, and Valley Master Tang of Fierce Flame Valley also approached, leaving Xiao Yan embarrassed as Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian watched.

Xiao Yan and Lu Bu entered the Dou Sheng Relic with their allies, where rival forces gathered and old grudges threatened to erupt. At the inner plaza, Lu Bu moved to claim the Earth Demon Puppets after leading Xiao Yan to believe he was only trying to trick him into entering first.

• Xiao Yan introduced Lu Bu as Lu Ziqiao, a powerful Grade 8 Alchemist, to Tang Zhen, while Lu Bu pretended to be frail and asked Tang Zhen for protection.
• The White-Haired Man and Huang Xuan plotted to kill Lu Bu inside the relic, and a black-robed elder confronted him over the Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence.
• The relic's entrance opened, and a reckless entrant was burned to ashes by the fire passage's traps.
• Lu Bu led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian through the magma into the true relic, and Xiao Yan followed with his companions.
• At the inner plaza, Chen Xian and Yao Hua Xie Jun eyed Xiao Yan's companions while the Sky Demon Phoenixes watched them with hostility.
• Lu Bu spread his soul power over the ten Earth Demon Puppets, and Xiao Yan realized Lu Bu had been manipulating him to hesitate while he targeted the puppets.

Lu Bu turned the Sky Demon Phoenixes’ ambush into a standoff by offering a rare pill for their demonic cores, then led his group into the Dou Sheng Relic. Following Zi Yan’s senses, they found a vast medicinal forest, where Lu Bu detected the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and realized Zi Yan could finally grow up.

• A white-haired Sky Demon Phoenix attacked Lu Bu, but Lu Bu’s Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body caught the strike, broke the attacker’s wrist, and helped rescue Xiao Yi Xian from the other two Phoenixes.
• Lu Bu revealed his Sky Demon Phoenix Wings and offered one four-colored Grade 8 Jie Li Pill and a favor in exchange for each of the three Phoenixes’ demonic cores, turning the gathered cultivators against them.
• The stone gate to the Dou Sheng Relic opened, and Lu Bu entered with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and the others as the surrounding cultivators followed.
• Inside the relic, Zi Yan sensed a faint medicinal scent and guided the group through the hall to a stone gate, where they discovered a forest filled with rare herbs.
• Lu Bu sensed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the medicinal forest and rejoiced that Zi Yan would finally be able to grow up.

Lu Bu and the others followed Zi Yan’s bloodline summons to a Beast Spirit Barrier, where they found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit beside the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. As Zi Yan began collecting the fruit, Thunder Venerable and the Sky Demon Phoenixes entered the barrier, threatening to interrupt her.

• Zi Yan sensed a summons from an elder of her clan, and the group followed her into the medicinal herb forest while Lu Bu’s dragon might suppressed the powerful beasts there.
• Lu Bu revealed a Beast Spirit Barrier formed by a fallen Ancient Void Dragon, and Zi Yan used her blood to open a passage through it.
• Inside, the group found the skeletons of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, along with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Zi Yan began collecting.
• Xiao Yan examined an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bone while Lu Bu summoned ten Earth Demon Puppets and demonstrated how their formation could raise one puppet’s strength to that of a two-star Dou Zun.
• Thunder Venerable and a group of Sky Demon Phoenixes broke into the barrier as Zi Yan reached the critical stage of collecting the fruit.

Huang Xuan and the Sky Demon Phoenixes tried to claim Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Lu Bu and Xiao Yan rallied Starfall Pavilion against them. As the battle escalated, the Phoenixes summoned an ancestral soul, and Lu Bu revealed his dragon form to confront it.

• Huang Xuan recognized the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in Zi Yan’s hand, and the Sky Demon Phoenixes declared they would seize it from the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Lu Bu used his dragon might to reveal that he and Zi Yan belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Huang Xuan warned the other factions not to interfere.
• Lu Bu reminded Xiao Yan of the Soul Infant Fruit, prompting Xiao Yan to join the fight and declare that Starfall Pavilion would help protect the fruit.
• Huang Xuan persuaded the Wind Thunder Pavilion, Earth Tiger Clan, and Silver Moon Wolf Clan to join the Phoenixes by promising them rewards.
• Lu Bu formed a puppet array that produced a peak six-star Dou Zun puppet, then assigned Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Wind Venerable to fight the opposing forces.
• Huang Yu summoned the Sky Demon Phoenix ancestral soul, which struck Lu Bu’s puppet; Lu Bu then assumed a powerful dragon form and faced the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.

Lu Bu destroyed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestral soul and helped Zi Yan defeat the Sky Demon Phoenix fighters and their allies. After Lu Bu’s group left to search for the Soul Infant Fruit, two mysterious figures appeared in the Beast Spirit Barrier holding Sky Demon Phoenix Blood.

• Lu Bu blocked the White-Haired Man’s golden attack with the Immovable Azure Dragon Bell, then shattered the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal.
• Xiao Yi Xian severed Huang Xuan’s arm, and Zi Yan summoned the Ancient Void Dragon ancestral soul as the White-Haired Man fled and abandoned Huang Xuan.
• Zi Yan wounded the fleeing Sky Demon Phoenixes, and Lu Bu’s Heavenly Demon Puppet killed them; the Black Robe Sky Demon Phoenix self-destructed and destroyed their corpses.
• Lu Bu killed the Earth Tiger and Silver Moon Wolf patriarchs and took their Rank 8 Demonic Cores, while Zi Yan killed Thunder Venerable and Xiao Yan’s group defeated the remaining Wind Thunder Pavilion fighters.
• Lu Bu led Xiao Yan’s group away to find the Soul Infant Fruit, and two mysterious figures later appeared holding drops of Sky Demon Phoenix Blood.

Lu Bu’s group found the Soul Infant Demon Tree, and Zi Yan subdued its guardian so Lu Bu could secure the Soul Infant Fruits for Xiao Yan. Lu Bu kept the fruits until they left the relic, while Black and White Heavenly Venerate planned to seize the Dou Sheng remains and later target Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, and the fruits.

• Zi Yan sensed the Soul Infant Fruit, leading Xiao Yan and the others to a lake where they found the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
• Lu Bu traded Shapeshifting Grasses to the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon after Zi Yan calmed it, then collected the two Soul Infant Fruits.
• Lu Bu refused to hand Xiao Yan the fruits until the group left the Dou Sheng Relic, suspecting Yao Chen would break their agreement and flee with them.
• Yao Chen admitted that he had planned to take the fruit and leave, then followed Lu Bu’s group toward the main hall with Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion.
• Black and White Heavenly Venerate appeared at the empty tree, decided to pursue the Dou Sheng remains first, and planned to later take the Soul Infant Fruit and kill Xiao Yan.

Lu Bu led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian deeper into the ruins, seeking a Dou Sheng Skeleton and the pill formulas in Pill Hall. After finding a Human Puppet method, they encountered Yao Hua Xie Jun, Chen Xian, and Chen Tiannan, just as two Nine Netherworld Underworld Pythons arrived.

• Lu Bu told Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan that he planned to take the Dou Sheng Skeleton to make a body for Heavenly Fire Venerable, and he offered Xiao Yan the Heavenly Tier Dou Technique scroll in exchange for help holding back a faction.
• Lu Bu followed the faint scent of pills to Pill Hall, where Xiao Yi Xian stopped Zi Yan from carelessly swallowing an unknown pill and Zi Yan broke through the weakened Space Barrier to retrieve it.
• Lu Bu searched the cabinets for pill formulas and found a Human Puppet method, which he considered useful for his research despite condemning its practice of turning living people into puppets.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun, Chen Xian, and Chen Tiannan entered and demanded the Human Puppet method, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to release her killing intent.
• Two Nine Netherworld Underworld Pythons appeared, and the Tian Ming Sect newcomers recognized them.

Lu Bu’s group faced Yao Hua Xie Jun and the Tian Ming Sect over the pill chamber and its treasures, while the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python sisters watched for an advantage. Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Yao Hua Xie Jun with an enhanced venom, and Zi Yan overwhelmed Chen Xian as Xiao Yan reconsidered which of Lu Bu’s companions he could defeat.

• Lu Bu explained to Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa that he wanted the two Nine Netherworld Underworld Pythons to help Qing Lin grow stronger, then reassured them he would not take another partner.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun proposed joining forces with Yao Zi and Yao Rong to seize Lu Bu’s group’s scroll and valuables, and claimed he wanted Xiao Yi Xian for himself.
• Xiao Yan and the Wind Venerable arrived with five Starfall Pavilion members and blocked the room’s exits, while Yao Zi declared that her side would claim the pills.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun attacked Xiao Yi Xian as Chen Xian and Chen Tiannan moved against Zi Yan and Lu Bu, but Xiao Yi Xian used the Demon Phoenix Step to evade him.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck Yao Hua Xie Jun with a potent poison that the Python sisters recognized as an enhanced version of their Imperial Python Heart-Corroding Poison, leaving him unable to stand.
• Zi Yan sent Chen Xian crashing into a jade pill rack, and Xiao Yan decided he might be able to defeat Yun Yun instead.

Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian defeated Chen Tiannan’s group, but Yao Hua Xie Jun’s self-destruction let him escape as a phantom. Lu Bu confronted the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python sisters, while the survivors plotted to lure a powerful cultivator after Xiao Yi Xian; one day later, Human Scorpion received their message and was delighted.

• Lu Bu overwhelmed Chen Tiannan, who was badly wounded, while the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python sisters recognized the Black Annihilation Army.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun tried to self-destruct; Xiao Yi Xian’s attack was stalled, and Lu Bu carried her and Zi Yan away before the explosion destroyed the hall.
• Lu Bu summoned a Heavenly Demon Puppet and confronted Yao Zi and Yao Rong, demanding to know why they had interfered and saying they would help Qing Lin cultivate.
• Chen Tiannan, Chen Xian, and Yao Hua Xie Jun survived in hiding, and Yao Hua Xie Jun proposed provoking a powerful dual-cultivation expert by falsely claiming Xiao Yi Xian had the Calamity Poison Body.
• Yao Hua Xie Jun sent the information away, and one day later Human Scorpion received it in the Su Yu Mountain Range and rejoiced.

Human Scorpion learned about a supposedly powerful Calamity Poison Body but was warned by his brothers not to get involved. In the Dou Sheng Relic, Lu Bu forced Yao Zi and Yao Rong to accept soul seals and serve him, while Yao Zi privately considered turning the situation to her advantage.

• Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion confronted Human Scorpion over a soul message from Yao Hua Xie Jun and warned him that the offer involving a five-star Calamity Poison Body was suspicious.
• Human Scorpion agreed not to interfere while his brothers watched, but decided he would investigate later and dragged a young woman back to his room.
• Lu Bu threatened Yao Zi and Yao Rong with soul seals, and Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran discussed Lu Bu's relationships and Xiao Yan's own loyalties.
• Yao Zi surrendered when Lu Bu sent the Dark Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet to attack, and Lu Bu branded soul seals onto both sisters.
• Lu Bu led the group toward the main hall to claim the Dou Sheng Skeleton, while Yao Zi told Yao Rong that serving Lu Bu might be preferable to their clan elders and hinted that she could seduce him.

Lu Bu’s group reached the relic’s main hall, where ten sealed technique spheres and the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s skeleton awaited. As the seal weakened and the factions prepared to compete, the Black and White Heavenly Venerates arrived, renewing the danger for Xiao Yan and Lu Bu.

• Yao Zi and Yao Rong led Lu Bu’s group to the main hall, where they found ten sealed spheres and the crystalline skeleton of the Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Ice River Venerable realized the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan was absent and plotted to use the Tian Ming Sect against Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Lu Bu’s group had once destroyed his physical body.
• Lu Bu teased Xiao Yan by crediting Xun’er with saving him, then considered taking an Ancient Human Puppet and removing its soul mark with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.
• Tang Zhen asked Xiao Yan and Lu Bu to identify the genuine Heavenly Tier Dou Technique, but neither could see through the Dou Sheng’s spatial seal.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates appeared and fixed their killing intent on Xiao Yan, while Ice River Venerable welcomed the Soul Hall’s arrival.

At the ruins, the Soul Hall confronted Xiao Yan and Lu Bu while the sealed treasures came within reach. Lu Bu seized an Ancient Human Puppet and provoked the Black Heavenly Venerate, whose blood revived the Dou Sheng Skeleton and unleashed a deadly roar.

• Tang Zhen realized the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had disappeared and worried that Lu Bu might have wiped out its experts, then decided to support Xiao Yan against the Soul Hall.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates accused Xiao Yan of killing Mu Gu, and Xiao Yan accepted the blame rather than explain himself.
• Tang Zhen backed Xiao Yan as the spatial seal broke, releasing ten Heavenly Tier Dou Technique scrolls and awakening the eight Ancient Human Puppets.
• Lu Bu took control of one Ancient Human Puppet while the Black and White Heavenly Venerates ignored the scrolls and tried to seize the Dou Sheng Skeleton.
• Lu Bu wounded Black Heavenly Venerate with a Spatial Blade, and his blood landed on the skeleton, which revived and killed the experts pursuing the scrolls with a piercing roar.

Lu Bu and the others survived the Dou Sheng Skeleton’s awakening, but the skeleton unleashed a devastating Heavenly Tier Dou Technique that killed Hei Xi and forced Bai Gang to flee. Lu Bu sent Yao Zi and Xiao Yi Xian to subdue the skeleton while his powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet cornered Bai Gang.

• The Soul Hall’s Black and White Heavenly Venerates blamed Lu Bu for awakening the skeleton, but Tang Zhen and Yao Zi turned the gathered experts against them.
• Lu Bu seized a scroll and urged everyone to flee, while Yao Zi and Yao Rong joined the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerates in attacking the skeleton.
• The skeleton unleashed the Great Heavenly Creation Palm, and Lu Bu’s puppet struck Black Heavenly Venerate, leaving Hei Xi trapped in the expanding black ring and presumed dead.
• Lu Bu ordered Yao Zi and Xiao Yi Xian to attack the skeleton and Xiao Yan to cover them, then summoned ten figures that formed a peak six-star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet to confront Bai Gang.

Lu Bu killed White Heavenly Venerate and took the Dou Sheng Skeleton, but the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived and identified the wings he had refined. As they prepared to punish him, Lu Bu accused Xiao Yan of possessing their blood essence, dragging him into the conflict.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Zi, and Yao Rong attacked the weakened Dou Sheng Skeleton while Lu Bu's puppet battered White Heavenly Venerate.
• Lu Bu killed White Heavenly Venerate, burned away his soul, and revealed that Mu Gu had told him the Soul Hall could no longer send out experts.
• Most onlookers fled as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived and demanded to know what had happened to Huang Zhi and Huang Xuan.
• Lu Bu reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he had a plan, while Zi Yan dismissed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as scruffy birds.
• Lu Bu handed Xiao Yan the Soul Infant Demon Trees, but a clan spell exposed his refined Heaven Demon Phoenix wings and drew the elder's threat.
• Lu Bu pointed at Xiao Yan and claimed he had Heaven Demon Phoenix blood essence, drawing the elder's attention to him.

Lu Bu and Xiao Yan faced Huang Du and the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan over the Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence and Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, until Zhu Li and Hei Qing arrived and drove them off. After the group departed, Human Scorpion secretly escaped toward the Beast Domain to seek the Calamity Poison Body.

• Huang Du exposed Xiao Yan's Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence and demanded that he and Lu Bu surrender the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Tang Zhen tried to intervene, but Xiao Yan asked him not to risk himself against the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Huang Du attacked Lu Bu, but Zhu Li and Hei Qing arrived, and Zhu Li beat Huang Du and knocked his demonic core from his body.
• Zhu Li sent the Sky Demon Phoenixes away and transported Lu Bu, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the others from the Dou Sheng Relic.
• Xiao Yan left with Wind Venerable and the Fierce Flame Valley group to focus on refining a body for Yao Chen.
• Human Scorpion escaped the Cloud Rain Sect and headed for the Beast Domain to find the Calamity Poison Body for himself.

Lu Bu began helping the Heavenly Fire Venerable rebuild his body while secretly extracting a Heavenly Tier Dou Technique from the Dou Sheng Skeleton. Human Scorpion tracked Xiao Yi Xian to the great hall, where Lu Bu confronted him and summoned a mysterious point of Devouring Power.

• Zhu Li cleared the area and guarded Lu Bu while Lu Bu prepared to refine the Heavenly Fire Venerable's body.
• Lu Bu used three Heavenly Flames, the Sky Demon Phoenix Essence Blood, and the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill to restore the Heavenly Fire Venerable's flesh, leaving his survival to the final process.
• Human Scorpion questioned treasure seekers at the Dou Sheng Relic, found Xiao Yi Xian's poison trace, and followed it through space.
• Lu Bu refined ribs from the Dou Sheng Skeleton into Golden Spirit Saliva and began absorbing the Great Creation Palm's teachings.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yi Xian she would rather stay with her than return to Dragon Island, and Zhu Li overheard her plan to avoid going back.
• Human Scorpion arrived and called out to Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Lu Bu to appear and summon a dark point of Devouring Power that shocked Zhu Li.

Lu Bu, Xiao Yi Xian, and their allies defeated Human Scorpion after he pursued them from the Dou Sheng Relic, with Heavenly Fire Venerable and Zhu Li helping secure the kill. Zhu Li left with Zi Yan for Dragon Island, while Lu Bu sent Human Scorpion’s corpse to Yao Chen and led the others toward the Alchemy Tower.

• Human Scorpion revealed he had tracked Lu Bu and Xiao Yi Xian from the Dou Sheng Relic and threatened to seize them.
• Lu Bu used the Devouring Seal to tear off Human Scorpion’s right arm, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Aura entered the wound and badly injured him.
• Zhu Li restrained Human Scorpion, then Heavenly Fire Venerable attacked him with the Five Rounds of Blazing Fire Method.
• Zhu Li crushed Human Scorpion’s neck and shattered his soul after Heavenly Fire Venerable burned him.
• Zhu Li departed for Dragon Island with Zi Yan after Lu Bu offered help with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lu Bu ordered Human Scorpion’s corpse sent to Yao Chen and flew with Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Zi, and Yao Rong toward the Alchemy Tower.